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The CDC came out with two studies to detail the bivalent booster's effectiveness against COVID-related emergency department visits and hospitalization.

Utility crews raced Saturday to restore power to tens of thousands of customers across New England and New York after a powerful storm dumped 2 feet of snow in some places.

In this webinar for Healthy Soils Program awardees, we'll discuss the benefits, considerations, and options for creating compost on your cropland, orchard, vineyard, or rangeland, and how it fits into your funded project. Compost application is the most commonly-funded practice within CDFA's Healthy Soils Incentives Program: during the 2020 solicitation, over 80% of the 300+ awardees included compost application in their project! For many growers and ranchers, producing compost on-site offers multiple benefits, including a convenient method for managing crop residues or manures; improving nutrient cycling on your property; and the ability to create a tailor-made finished product. If you are wondering how to get started composting or improve your existing compost system while meeting Healthy Soils Program requirements, this webinar is for you! Although the content of this webinar is tailored for Healthy Soils Program awardees, registration is open to all. Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 6p.m. Location: Virtual Cost: Free For more information on this event and zoom link registration please visit HERE!

Learn the basics of composting in your backyard and how to use the bokashi fermentation method at upcoming free workshop at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) San Diego North! Composting can help you improve the quality of your soil while reducing waste and conserving water. Incorporating bokashi enables you to compost all your food waste, reduces composting time, and allows fresh materials to be preserved and composted at your leisure. Date: Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 2p.m. Location: Lux Art Institute Cost: Free Sponsored by the City of Encinitas. For more information on this event and registration details please visit HERE!

The city of San Diego is suing the real estate brokerage firm and broker who advised the housing commission in acquiring two hotels to house unsheltered people during the peak of the pandemic. Plus, the economic divide is showing up in vaccination rates across California. Medi-Cal enrollees have been vaccinated at substantially lower rates than the overall population. Also, the Biden administration and DOD have endorsed major changes in how sexual assaults in the military are handled. In addition, scorching heat continues in San Diego’s backcountry, but at the beaches it’s a different story, as ocean temperatures are colder than usual. Then, Sesame Street has tackled difficult issues in a kid-friendly way, now it’s taking on how military families can talk about racism. And, the new Amazon fulfillment center in Otay Mesa is ready to hire 1,500 people, but low wages and a competitive labor market are creating doubt on whether they will find enough workers. Finally, a Cal State San Marcos professor’s new book looks at the Haitian Revolution in film and video games.

Designed with local makers, students and faculty in mind, join us for a Gallery Talk led by Glenn Adamson who will explore craft as a catalyst for further conversation on process, history and narrative. This event will be held on the Gallery Level and will be standing room only. Glenn Adamson is a curator, writer and historian based in Brooklyn, who works across the fields of design, craft and contemporary art. Additionally, his books Craft – An American History and Thinking Through Craft will be available for purchase at Shop Mingei. Date | Saturday, March 5 from noon to 1 p.m. Location | Mingei International Museum Get tickets here! Admission ranging from $10 to $14. For more information, please visit mingei.org/events/public-program/craft-as-a-catalyst or call the museum at (619) 239-0003.

Read the KPBS feature and listen to our Midday Edition interview with playwright Tony Meneses and director Edward Torres here: 'You have to write the play that scares you.' Feb. 17 – March 20, 2022 Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre Conrad Prebys Theatre Center "El Borracho" By Tony Meneses Directed by Edward Torres About the play: Raul is ill. He drinks, because he always drinks, just like el borracho on the lotería card. In his final months, Raul moves in with his ex-wife, who swore she’d never see him again, and their son, who’s longing to connect with his father at last. Developed as part of the Globe’s 2020 Powers New Voices Festival, the world premiere of Tony Meneses’s vibrant dramedy follows one family’s journey to come together so they can finally say goodbye. Contains strong language. Open Caption Performance: Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 2 p.m. "El Borracho" is supported by production sponsors The Joseph Cohen and Martha Farish New Play Development Fund and Univision. Related links: The Old Globe on Facebook The Old Globe on Instagram

Listen to our KPBS Midday Edition interview with the artist here: From the gallery: Bread & Salt is pleased to announce Irma Sofia Poeter’s upcoming solo exhibition "New Man: A Woman’s Gaze" opening in our main gallery February 12, 5-8 p.m. New man is comprised of fifteen never-before-seen works created over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the language of textiles, Poeter imagines a world in which women control the lens, directing and defining a new masculinity. She describes the body of work as an “exploration of an alternative masculinity in which ways of being and being in the world stand out in a different way. Sensitive men, men in harmony with nature, men clad in floral and lace textiles, men whose sexual organs are not the center of attention, men who are passive and reflective, men who live together without competing, men aware of their sensuality, men who by means of symbolic devices, blur the violent gender binary and open the way to the existence of a new man.” About the artist: Irma Sofia Poeter is a multidisciplinary Mexican-American artist whose practice encompasses all forms of textile. Her work is deeply rooted in the reevaluation of sewing and textile as high art and its ethos lies in the absolute necessity of an empowered femininity in collective pursuit of a more balanced and equitable future. Poeter currently resides and works in Tecate, Baja California. Related links: Bread and Salt on Instagram Bread and Salt on Facebook Irma Sofia Poeter on Instagram

Meet & Eat with Harvestly’s new San Diego vendors. Join us and our local San Diego food businesses at our farmer’s market where you can: • Shop from local farms, bakeries, and more • Sample amazing foods • Engage in family-friendly games and activities • Enter raffles to win awesome prizes (gift cards, food, and more) • Listen to live music • Sip on some local wine and brews Date | Saturday, February 13 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Location | Miralani Makers District Register here! This is a free event, open to the public. For more information, please visit miralanimakersdistrict.com.

In all California counties, Medi-Cal enrollees have been vaccinated at substantially lower rates than the overall population. Experts point to several factors for this economic divide, like the inability of low-income people to take time off work.