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The San Diego Botanic Garden expands its collection of medicinal plants four-fold as scientists learn to harness their power.

The Borrego Art Institute kicks off its 2024-2025 season Oct. 5 with “The Art of Flora and Fauna” showcasing our world’s astonishing plants, animals and elements. New and returning regional artists will present their work in a variety of mediums in the McQuown-Wermers Main Gallery. The North Gallery will feature “Starry Nights: Wildlife with a Twist,” paintings by Sarah Soward that merge the astronomy and mythology of the cosmos into wildlife paintings. Soward’s symbolic and surreal art centered on animals is an effort to elicit love and genuine concern for them. Artist Rinse de Konig’s show “Natural Impressions” will be spotlighted in the Alcove Gallery. His paintings of impressionistic scenes are “a world of color and peace,” featuring a composition that is uncomplicated but forceful through the choice of color and shape, where they become a story of their own.    The opening reception is Oct. 5 from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. The shows run through November 3. This event is part of the Borrego Springs ArtWalk. Visit: Borrego Art Institute Borrego Art Institute on Instagram and Facebook

The "Hands Off" protests will rally against the administration's handling of federal programs and mass federal employee firings, as well as Elon Musk's involvement through the Department of Government Efficiency.

Join us to learn about in-home care options and community-based resources such as adult day care, care management, and more. This class is presented by local nonprofit Alzheimer’s San Diego. Pre-registration is recommended. Visit: Alzheimer’s San Diego Care Options: Living at Home Alzheimer's San Diego on Instagram and Facebook

The instrumentation pilots rely on to safely land planes has not functioned properly since Tuesday, the National Weather Service confirmed.

Downtown’s The Whiskey House, which holds the Guinness World Record for Most Varieties of Whiskey, is hosting its July Whiskey Club event on Wednesday, July 24 at 6 p.m. with Buffalo Trace Distillery’s W.L. Weller from Frankfurt, Ky. Each of the previous six Whiskey Club events in 2024 sold out so grab a ticket for this intimate evening while you can. Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite for $90, and the price includes a Special Reserve Old Fashioned welcome cocktail, 0.5-oz. tastings of five whiskeys (Special Reserve, 12-year, Single Barrel, Full Proof, and “C.Y.P.B.”), and a food menu of wings and sliders. Visit: https://www.thewhiskeyhousesd.com/news/the-whiskey-club-with-w-l-weller-6-18/ The Whisky House on Instagram and Facebook

Join us for the 23rd annual Walk To Defeat ALS 5K on October 6th, 2024. Checkin - 8:30 a.m., Start Time - 10 a.m. Food and drinks, entertainment for the whole family, clowns, bubbles, sign making, airbrush tattoo artists and a DJ! SDSU men's and women's basketball teams and USD's mens baseball teams will be there to support. SDSU marching band will be performing too! Visit: https://secure2.convio.net/alsa/site/SPageServer/?pagename=WLK_landing The ALS Association on Instagram and Facebook

Experts are divided whether a new missile defense system for the U.S., inspired by Israel's Iron Dome, would be worth the cost.

SB 9 allows homeowners to split their lots in two and sell off their excess land. After a slow start, the law is starting to produce results in San Diego.

It's exactly what it sounds like. Celebrate our 150th birthday at the Big Block Party! Enjoy free admission to the Museum all day. Donations are appreciated as part of our Giving Day! Our birthday wish is for 150 friends like you to help us raise $50,000 on Giving Day, October 19. You can donate online here, and there will also be opportunities to donate in person at the Block Party. Join us on the South steps—near the fountain—for a proclamation from Mayor Todd Gloria at 9:30 AM to kick off the Block Party. Get the deal of a century and enjoy 50% off membership, onsite only. The littles can play interactive games and activities in our new Nature Trail with some community partners from San Diego Canyonlands, Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation, Earth Discovery Institute, and more. Get a first look at our new 8,000-square-foot Paleontology Center and the new collections exhibition being built in the basement. Walk through 150 years of our history in our Library and check out historical photographs, specimens, and more. Meet and learn from our scientists. See our newest film, T. REX, for just $5 per person. Snack on food from our new cafe vendor, The Craft Taco, and explore our new retail store partner, Gold Leaf. Pop up to our rooftop bar for a cocktail and the best views of Balboa Park. Visit with our Balboa Park neighbors from the San Diego Railroad Museum, Balboa Art Conservation Center, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Forever Balboa Park, House of Pacific Relations International Cottages, the San Diego History Center, and the Fleet Science Center. And more from the Anza-Borrego Foundation, Barona Cultural Center & Museum, Botanical Community Development Initiatives, Coronado Public Library, Des Border, Endangered Concepts, Fauna del Noroeste, Friends of Famosa Slough, Friends of Rose Creek, I Love A Clean San Diego, Lakeside's River Park Conservancy, National Marine Mammal Foundation, Queer Science Society, San Diego 350, San Diego Botanic Garden, San Diego Coastkeeper, San Diego River Park Foundation, San Diego Tracking Team, Terra Peninsular, Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, Turgid Succulents, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Related links: San Diego Natural History Museum: website | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook