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The event will feature presentations of the Guild’s prestigious Odin Award to four local authors: Matt Coyle, author of the Rick Cahil crime novels; Jonathan Maberry, New York Times best-seller and five-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author; and SDSU professors emeriti Philip Pryde and Bob Riffenburgh for their contributions to science, literary fiction, and non-fiction.The Odin Awards are periodically presented by the Guild in recognition of local authors’ bodies of work.Instituted by Dr. Carl Nelson, past Guild President, Odin Awards have thus far been awarded to over 20 local authors, among them Chet Cunningham, Susan Vreeland, Steve Breen, T. Jefferson Parker, and Alan Russell. A complete list of previous Odin Award recipients is on our website. For four decades, the Guild has served as a San Diego organization dedicated to the advancement of writing and those who pursue it. The Guild has a current membership of over 200 published and aspiring authors. The Guild hosts monthly meetings featuring speakers of interest to the writing community. It also maintains an active website, publishes an annual anthology of members’ works, manages a Manuscript Critique Program, and presents workshops on a variety of writing topics. The 45th Anniversary Gala Event is open to the press and to anyone with an interest in the San Diego writing community. To join with our gala, please visit the Guild’s website at sdweg.org/event-5793668 for ticket information.San Diego Writers & Editors Guild on Facebook

Federal employees have received a second email from the Office of Personnel Management asking them what they did last week.

Almost 15 million Californians have health care coverage through Medi-Cal, a program that stands to lose billions of dollars if Republicans follow through on proposed cuts.

The Borrego Springs Film Institute is proud to present the Twelfth Annual Borrego Springs Film Festival! Featuring five days of exceptional independent films, community panels at the Borrego Springs Library, not to mention top-notch parties, galas and award ceremonies with attending filmmakers and festival pass-holders. The 12th BSFF opens on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, with a day of free screenings - no tickets necessary - at the Library, and continues Thursday through Sunday, with screening Blocks presented at BSPAC, and concluding with an Awards Ceremony at the theater, on Sunday evening, Jan. 19, 2025. This year we’re screening 93 films, with a wide range of styles and genres, and we’ve got several BSFF alumni filmmakers returning to the festival with brand new shorts to debut to our audience, plus a terrific slate of Filmmaker and Community Panels being presented at the Borrego Springs Library, free and open to the public. Festival Passes and Block Passes (for screenings at BSPAC) can be purchased on our website. Borrego Springs Film Festival on Facebook / Instagram

The Vatican says Pope Francis's condition has stabilized after a breathing crisis in hospital on Friday — two weeks after he was first admitted to hospital in Rome with bronchitis.

Before dawn this week, dozens of volunteers spread across Los Angeles to look for immigration officers. When they see U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, they use bullhorns and sirens to warn people to stay inside.

The Trump administration touted the release of files in the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender, on Thursday. But the documents contained no new revelations.

As national security adviser, the Florida congressman will play a key role in shaping U.S. policy on geopolitical conflicts ranging from the war in Ukraine to the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Three years after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, the U.S., in a split with its European allies over the war, sided with Russia at the U.N.

The unprecedented show of security cooperation comes as top Mexican officials are in Washington trying to head off the Trump administration's threat of imposing 25% tariffs on all Mexican imports.