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Lawsuits in more than a dozen states are looking to follow a Colorado court's lead in declaring former President Donald Trump ineligible for election in 2024 due to his role in the Jan. 6 attack.

Despite relatively mild wildfire seasons this year and last year, California has seen 12 of its largest 20 wildfires — including the top eight — in the previous five years.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Indiana Hoosier's basketball coach Bobby Knight, who died this week at the age of 83.

When it comes to the health benefits of cold water dips, the hype is ahead of the science. NPR talked to researchers about what's true, what's not, and the latest on how to get the most out of it.

Twiggs Coffeehouse and the Green Room on Park Boulevard in University Heights, proudly present A Special Night of Poetry with Kevin Powell, Friday, March 10, 2023, at 7 p.m., free. Kevin Powell, renowned writer on hip-hop and an upcoming biography of Tupac Shakur, will be reading in the Twiggs Greenroom from his newest collection of poetry, “Grocery shopping With My Mother.” Powell, originally from Brooklyn and a dedicated writer and community activist for social justice, has long been considered an insightful writer on the intersections of culture, race, and poetry. He is a founding staff member of Vibe — a magazine that documents pop culture history, and the author of a series of seminal interviews with Tupac Shakur. Powell’s work can be found in Esquire, The Amsterdam News, Newsweek, The Washington Post, Ebony, Rolling Stone, and Essence, among others. He is also the author of 16 books as well as host and writer of the acclaimed HBO documentary, “Straight From the Hood,” about post-riot Los Angeles. Powell’s most recent book, “Grocery Shopping With My Mother,” is a close look at the disconnects, sorrows and joys of growing up as a POC man in a society that does not always value family, POC children, and/or fathers. Powell will be signing copies of his book which will be available at the reading through The Book Catapult in South Park. The Greenroom at Twiggs is an inclusive space and all are welcome. Poetry events at Twiggs are well attended, so please consider coming early for a seat. Food and refreshment available through Twiggs Coffeehouse. For further information, please contact Adrian Arancibia, owner and curator, at adrian.e.arancibia@gmail.com or call 6198940225 Related links: Twiggs Coffeehouse on Instagram The Book Catapult on Instagram Kevin Powell on Instagram Kevin Powell on Twitter

Our Pool is a joyful, colorful, picture book ode to the neighborhood pool — the lockers, the sunscreen, the cannonballs. Author Lucy Ruth Cummins was inspired by trips to the local pool with her son.

Under Ballot Measure 110, instead of arresting drug users, police give them a citation and point them towards treatment. Over three years in, there's a debate about whether it's succeeded or failed.

A citizen's advocacy group organized the walk to see how friendly the surrounding streets and sidewalks are for people going to and from the Nobel Drive station.

In his new book, We Wait for a Miracle, Zaman writes about the struggle for health care by forcibly displaced people — refugees, the internally displaced, the stateless.

The Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts is pleased to invite you to the Media Care Talk, "When Does Care Become Cruel? Rethinking Care with Animals in 3 Scenes" with Juno Salazar Parreñas on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 5 p.m. at the Public Engagement Building (PEB) 721 in the North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood. Speaker: Juno Salazar Parreñas, associate professor of Science and Technology Studies and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Cornell University Respondent: Pascal Gagneux, professor, Department of Anthropology, UC San Diego Hosted by Wentao Ma, Ph.D. student, Department of Literature, UC San Diego Abstract When does care become cruel? Caring for semi-wild orangutans entails hitting them in order to make them averse to human contact because an ideal rehabilitated orangutan should avoid people instead of seeking them out. Caring for ex-circus lions, which are apex predators, hinges on both unequal land ownership and an attitude that some lives are naturally prey. Meanwhile, offering sanctuary to ex-dairy cows extends their lives to unknown durations and unknown geriatric health challenges. All of these cases suggest the difficulty of drawing a line between care and cruelty. This talk cautions against uncritical acceptance of what care is and what actions are done in its name. Biography Juno Salazar Parreñas is an associate professor of Science and Technology Studies and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Cornell University. She is the author of "Decolonizing Extinction: The Work of Care in Orangutan Rehabilitation" (Duke UP, 2018), which received the 2019 Michelle Rosaldo Prize from the Association for Feminist Anthropology. Location + Parking Public Engagement Building (PEB) 721 is located in the North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood. The closest visitor parking is located in the Scholars Parking underground parking structure. Weekend parking is $2/hour. About the Media Care Talk Series Dozing at the movie theater, listening to the podcast on the subway, counseling via Zoom appointments, searching immigration policy on the internet…In this increasingly crumbling world, media offer maintenance and sustain our vitality while they also harm our well-being through abuse and addiction. This talk series examines the concept of care and showcases the process of knowledge production surrounding artificial care in media practice. We will browse a range of media objects and platforms - from cinema to teletherapy, from smart drugs to sleep apps - and explore the habitual, affective, and material potential of healing and solidarity within film and media theories. This series is co-organized by the Film Studies Program and the Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts at UC San Diego with generous support from the following: 21 Century China Center, Department of Communication, Department of Visual Arts, Department of Literature, and the Institute of Arts & Humanities. Questions Email surajisranicenter@ucsd.edu. By registering for this event you agree to receive future correspondence from the Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts, from which you can unsubscribe at any time.