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New coins marking the United States' 250th anniversary begin circulating this week. The Trump administration tweaked the design of some coins and is considering a dollar coin featuring the president.

With his attack on Venezuela, President Trump says the Monroe Doctrine is back, reviving a more than 200-year-old foreign policy idea. In Cuba, residents brace for what that could mean for them.

Housing bills in California often face fierce opposition from construction unions. The carpenters’ union went their own way, becoming a “game-changing” force in the debate.

The rise of Venezuela's deposed president, Nicolás Maduro, was slow, beginning in youth politics and shaped by the mentorship of Hugo Chávez. Maduro's fall, too, unfolded over years.

One of the first police officers to respond to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, goes on trial Monday on charges that he failed to protect children during the attack.

In the play by A. M. Dolan, Clapp portrays Frost, a native Californian, as the famed poet "bards around" the country, speaking to thousands at the height of his enduring popularity. The production blends Frost’s poetry, speeches, and conversations to offer a multidimensional portrait of the iconic American writer and four-time Pulitzer-Prize winner. Clapp, perhaps best known for playing detective Greg Medavoy in the12-season TV drama "NYPD Blue," "embodies the poet's joy and mischievous sense of humor," said the Boston Globe. The play is being produced by poet and Frost authority Robert Bernard Hass, executive director of the Robert Frost Society, and Rancho Santa Fe poet and Frost scholar Jim Hurley, associate director of the society. "We are thrilled to join with North Coast Rep to bring this superb production to San Diego for the first time," said Hass. "Those who know and revere Robert Frost will find him again in their midst through Gordon’s impeccable portrayal; others will meet a timeless Frost for the first time and fall for his irresistible mind and charm." The event will mark the latest in a series of recent collaborations by the Frost Society to present the California-born poet's work in three successive artistic genres: poetry, music, and drama The series launched in March 2024 with a four-day celebration of the poet's sesquicentennial year that drew hundreds of Frost lovers to hear ten of America's premier poets, including Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy K. Smith. The following November, the Society collaborated with the San Diego Master Chorale in its interpretation of Randall Thompson's Frostiana, a composition based on seven of Frost's most beloved poems. The multi-venue events drew an estimated audience of 1,000. "This Verse Business" will run November 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m. at North Coast Rep: 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach, CA 92075. To Purchase tickets to This Verse Business call (858) 481-1055 or visit www.northcoastrep.org. Tickets are $45. Senior, Military and Student discounts are available. North Coast Repertory Theatre on Facebook / Instagram

Lawrence K. Jackson is the producer and host of KPBS’ San Diego News Now daily podcast.

Four performers. Four treadmills. A simple wager with the audience turns into "magnificently chaotic, breathlessly frenetic fun" (The Scotsman). This Australian juggernaut is an international hit — audiences from Melbourne to Edinburgh to New York rave that it’s one of the most fun theatre experiences they’ve had. Don’t miss this limited encore run in San Diego — it will sell out again! Visit: https://ponycam.co/Burnout-Paradise-1 La Jolla Playhouse on Facebook / Instagram

Get ready for a spooktacular celebration of senior dogs and community spirit! The HOWL-oween Mutt March is a family- and pet-friendly Halloween fundraiser benefiting Lionel’s Legacy, a 501(c)3 senior dog rescue creating a legacy of compassion and care for people and pets in our community. We hope you will join in on the fun! What to expect at the HOWL-oween Mutt March: - Costumed walk around the lake on the Trick-or-Treat Trail - Trick-or-treating for pets and kids - Music, activities & entertainment for the family - Costume and fundraising contests with amazing prizes - Giveaways and adoptable senior dogs - Swag bags for registered paw-ticipants Our goal is to raise $20,000 through this event! - $10,000 for our Keeping Pets Home Fund – supporting up to 25 families with vet care, food, and emergency resources. - $10,000 to rescue and care for over 60 senior dogs – covering exams, dental work, medications, diagnostics, and surgeries. Can’t attend? You can still make a difference. Donate today and be part of the legacy. Lionel's Legacy Senior Dog Rescue on Facebook / Instagram

Internet Darlings Mega64 presents the ultimate nostalgia mutant-monster-movie mash-up, the definitive double bill of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and "Critters"! Remember that scene in TMNT when Raphael goes to see a movie and walks into a theater screening of Critters? What if you could live that experience? Well now you can! Mega64 and Digital Gym Cinema Present: TMNT x CRITTERS! Perplexed? Come join us for this one of a kind screening experience and find out the true meaning of double feature. Digital Gym Cinema on Facebook / Instagram