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U.S. first lady Melania Trump presided over a U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday focusing on children in conflict, as the United States has joined Israel in attacking Iran.

A San Diego preschool focuses on the “little guys” who experience domestic violence and other trauma. Mi Escuelita now has a long record of helping families move forward.

Typically concerned with local issues, residents at town meetings in Vermont and elsewhere increasingly use the forum to debate polarizing national and international events.

The Supreme Court is clearing the way for California schools to tell parents if their children identify as transgender without getting the student’s approval, granting an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group.

More free spaces are now available to city residents, but controversy over paid parking continues, with museum leaders speaking out against the fees.

Do you want to see your writing in magazines? Would you like to receive a check for what you write? If your goal is to write personal essays and get paid for them, this is the class for you. We will go through idea generation, how to find publications that are right for your idea, and how to pitch to editors and locate their e-mail addresses. You will finish the class with several ideas for essays, where to pitch them, and with a list of resources to build those bylines! Note: We are offering TWO scholarships for writers who self-identify as having financial need. If you are interested, please contact Kristen at programs@sandiegowriters.org. Thank you! San Diego Writers, Ink on Facebook / Instagram

Members of San Diego's Iranian community are also expressing mixed emotions for what comes next.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine said Iran objectives will “take time” and involve “difficult ... work.” They did not say when operations might end.

The growing popularity of fast fiction – short stories under 1,000 words in length and sometimes drastically shorter than that – can be attributed to more than the digitalization of content and the shortening of attention spans. In truth, writers and readers alike are discovering that short fiction need not be lesser fiction. The flash-fiction form allows writers to not only be concise but to be creative in ways they perhaps hadn’t thought possible. This course is a guide to that form and its possibilities. San Diego Writers, Ink on Facebook / Instagram

In this workshop, we’ll define personal essays, and distinguish them from short stories. Examples of essay and short story collections will be shared, and students will get a chance to brainstorm some ideas they are interested in exploring in their writing (sharing those ideas with the class will be optional.) This workshop is for anyone at any stage of writing, whether you have a draft and are unsure of what it could be, or are just beginning your personal writing journey. Students will walk away from this workshop with a clear understanding of essays and stories, and will have a few of their own ideas to work on in the future. San Diego Writers, Ink on Facebook / Instagram