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WRITE OUT LOUD, an organization founded in 2007 with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading literature aloud for a live audience - announces the 14th Annual TwainFest. Twainfest will take place on Saturday, August 19 from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. in Heritage County Park. There is a limited capacity - so reservations are required for your FREE entry. Learn more and Register for Attendance through here. TwainFest, now a tradition for many San Diego families, is an all-day FREE festival celebrating Mark Twain and the literature and culture of 19th Century America. There is something for everyone at this festive old-fashioned gathering. Write Out Loud Artistic Director, Veronica Murphy, shared “We are so grateful to be returning to Heritage Park for this year’s celebration. TwainFest #14 provides new interactive experiences with Robin Hood, Pinocchio, two bilingual performances, and other literary favorites, as well as games and giant puppets. Family-friendly literary fun is what we do - we look forward to sharing it with the community.” Returning Festival Favorites: Local San Diego performers present 19th Century stories and poems by Mark Twain, Lewis Carroll, Miguel de Cervantes, Carlo Collodi, William Shakespeare, as well as traditional folktales from Africa and South America. Mad Hatter’s Tea Party - Immerse yourself in an interactive event with The Mad Hatter, Alice, White Rabbit & Door Mouse as you explore Wonderland! Tom Sawyer’s Fence Painting - Tom Sawyer, Aunt Polly and Becky Thatcher seek out children at the park. Working together, they find things to trade with Tom for permission to help him whitewash the fence! Foresting with Robin Hood - Join the beloved outlaw on an interactive adventure through Sherwood Forest! Careful to avoid the Sheriff of Nottingham! The Authors Salon provides the opportunity to meet beloved writers of the period: Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson and Charles Dickens. Giant puppets of Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson, Paul Laurence Dunbar and Edgar Allan Poe will wander the park. An arcade of unique literary games and activities designed especially for TwainFest will entertain players of all ages. Games & activities include: Calaveras Jumping Frog Launch, Frog Toss, Never-Ending Story, Election of 1872, Huck Finn’s Rope Making, Fishing for Words, Wheel of Fiction, Chortle This, Colors of Twain and Red Queen’s Croquet. Free Books are provided at the Book Emporium to all who participate.Connect with Write Out Loud on Social Media! Facebook & Twitter

Shy'Kemmia Pate was just 8 years old when she vanished from her family's porch in Unadilla, Ga., on Sept. 4, 1998. She has not been heard from or seen ever since.

NJ/NY Gotham FC completed a worst-to-first comeback Saturday night with a 2-1 victory over OL Reign in the National Women's Soccer League championship match at Snapdragon Stadium.

San Diego Wave FC's hopes of playing for the NWSL championship Saturday at Snapdragon Stadium ended Sunday night with a 1-0 loss to OL Reign.

Write Out Loud - an organization founded in 2007 with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading short stories aloud for a live audience closes their 16th Season of Story Concerts with WOMEN, Witty Wily & Wondrous on Monday, June 12 at the Old Town Theatre. Write Out Loud Story Concerts bring literature to life - aloud - with rehearsed readings by professional actors. Each program explores specific themes by weaving a variety of stories, poems, and sometimes music, together into a literary tapestry. Curtain is at 7:00 p.m. Performers for this concert include Linda Libby, Cynthia Gerber, Veronica Murphy and Walter Ritter. Stories to Include: "Lilacs" by Amy Lowell Read by Veronica Murphy "Shotgun Wedding" by Bonnie Jo Campbell Read by Cynthia Gerber "Roman Fever" by Edith Wharton Read by Linda Libby, Veronica Murphy and Walter Ritter "A Pair of Silk Stockings" by Kate Chopin Read by Cynthia Gerber "Steal Away" by Dorothy Allison Read by Linda Libby "The Reticence of Lady" Anne by Saki Read by Walter Ritter Tickets for WOMEN, Witty Wily & Wondrous are $25. There are discounts for seniors, military ($22) and students ($5). Purchase tickets on-line here or by calling 619-944-8953.

A Chinese coast guard ship and one of its militia vessels separately bumped a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat Sunday off a disputed shoal, Philippine officials said.

The Grammy-nominated R&B artist made her name in the music industry as a songwriter. It took a career pivot for her to write a hit song for herself.

An alternative mental health court program designed to fast-track people with untreated schizophrenia into housing and medical care is starting in San Francisco and six other California counties.

Forty years after the fall of an Argentine military dictatorship that tortured and murdered tens of thousands of civilians, a video record of its trial has its U.S. premiere at Film Forum in New York.

In several California counties, new mental health courts open up in October. Officials hope to persuade people with psychosis to accept treatment. Critics say, it looks more like coercion.