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Celebrate as the sights, sounds and aromas of Asia come alive during this local San Diego festival that’s fit for the whole family happening February 10 and 11, 2024. You won’t want to miss SeaWorld San Diego’s one-of-a-kind Lunar New Year celebration, featuring local performers and delicious culinary delights. Dig into the Asian-inspired offerings of Fried Rice, Chow Mein, Bao Buns, Beef Bulgogi, and more. Please visit here for additional information about the event. Stay Connected with SeaWorld San Diego! Facebook | Instagram | X

Blue Water Film Festival celebrates UN – World Water Day and promotes San Diego, California as a hub for marine science, naval exploration and an epicenter for environmental storytelling. The mission of the Blue Water Film Festival is to encourage attendees to think broadly about how climate change affects planet Earth and think deeply about the universal concerns and actions needed to bring us into balance. 50% of all film selections are non-US productions, helping to fulfill the festival mission of promoting cross-cultural understanding through film. For more information visit: theconrad.org Stay Connected on Facebook / Instagram

The union representing the magazine's staff said that SI's publisher plans to cut "a significant number, possibly all" of its union-represented staff.

Third Sunday Craft is a monthly gathering of creative writers that fosters support, inspiration, and community. More than craft classes, Third Sunday Craft will help you construct and sustain a writing practice. New focus topics for each session will challenge writers to explore and expand their craft. Generative writing prompts will encourage you to grow and learn in exciting new ways. Sharing your work within a safe, supportive community will help you discover and strengthen your voice. Finally, with the goal of fostering supportive accountability, each session will conclude with a writer’s intentions for the month. February: Scenes, Sequences and Acts: The goal of this class is to introduce writers to the importance of using scenes in our narratives. Basic scene architecture will be explored, as well as the criticality of showing and not telling, when we write. Scenes are often coupled together to form a ‘sequel’ and sequels are combined to form the ‘act’. We will explore all 3 of these story design principles. Stay Connected with San Diego Writers, Ink! Facebook | Instagram | X

In another step toward a commercial cannabis ordinance, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Wednesday voted 3-2 in favor of a social equity program that advocates say will allow people affected by previous criminalization efforts to participate in the regulated market.

This morning, Feeding San Diego is hosting a large-scale, free food distribution at Faith Chapel in Spring Valley open to 750 households to help support flood victims amidst the ongoing storms. Though wet weather is forecast, volunteers will be onsite to distribute ready-to-eat food and produce to anyone in need of food assistance to start the month, no registration required. This distribution was originally scheduled for Thursday, February 1 but was rescheduled. The distribution now coincides with the regularly scheduled Feeding San Diego produce pantry food distribution that takes place there on the first Monday of every month. “Emergency response is engrained in Feeding San Diego’s DNA. It’s how our organization got started back in 2007, by providing food to those displaced by the fires that year,” said Bob Kamensky, interim CEO of Feeding San Diego. “It’s of critical importance to our organization to step up and show up for our neighbors who continue to be impacted by these ongoing storms. Food is a necessity, and we are here to provide it to our community.” WHEN: Monday, February 5 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. WHERE: Faith Chapel 9400 Campo Road Spring Valley, CA 91977 Visit: feedingsandiego.org/ Facebook / Instagram

The New Hampshire resort town was the first place in the nation to vote in the 2024 primaries. The voters were outnumbered more than 10-to-1 by reporters from every corner of the globe.

Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Thursday, Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. In July 1956, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, prompting a response from Israel, Great Britain and France. By the end of the crisis Britain and France had assembled impressive invasion fleets in the Mediterranean, issued an ultimatum and by the 100th day military action was engaged from Sinai to the Canal. The incident remains one of the great follies of modern history from which the British and French were obliged to timidly withdraw, their posture as global powers diminished.

The California Independent Petroleum Association on Wednesday announced it would withdraw the referendum from the ballot. Instead, the association plans to file a lawsuit asking a judge to block the law.

Inspired by a 100-year-old photograph in the belongings of his great Uncle Kim, author Russell Low will share his decades-long search to find the stories behind the photograph. Low will share the story of Ah Ying and illustrate Chinese American history from the building of the Transcontinental Railroad to the devastating effects of the Chinese Exclusion Act and subsequent slave trafficking of young Chinese women. A story rooted in a strong, resilient protagonist, this story encourages everyone to explore their roots and celebrates what makes us uniquely American. The Ripples of Ah Ying’s survival and her “Three Coins” shaped the journey of the next generations eventually arriving at the WWII generation in 1941. Two Chinese American brothers left the Oregon Hop Fields for the Battle Fields of the Pacific in WWII. One came home with a Silver Star and the other is missing. Their heroic actions and sacrifices in the Pacific War remind us of the courage, patriotism and diversity that forms our connections to the past and to each other. Join us to learn how, the Ripples of these Chinese American pioneers created scholarships for the CSUSM School of Nursing. Co-sponsors: College of Education, Health & Human Services and School of Nursing