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When McKinsey Comes to Town authors Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe say the consulting firm helped companies boost tobacco and opioid sales — while at the same time working for the FDA.

The Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was just 16 years old when his cousin and best friend, Emmett Till, was lynched in 1955. Today, he is the last living witness of the kidnapping.

Officials say all four University of Idaho students who were found dead inside a home near campus are considered victims in the case, but police have yet to release the cause of deaths.

The pandemic inspired a slate of local, state and national eviction bans, and other protections for homeowners and renters to keep people housed. But those protections are going away, leaving renters especially vulnerable to eviction as the San Diego rental market heats up. In Part 1 of a 2 part series, KPBS Race and Equity reporter Cristina Kim looks at the efforts to keep people housed here in San Diego County. We talk about what worked, and who fell through the cracks, and what’s next for the region’s renters and landlords as housing becomes increasingly more expensive and protections evaporate. We also learn about the toll that the threat of evictions places on families and children.

Thinking of joining the Escondido Chamber of Commerce? Or is it time to get an update on your membership benefits? This is a great opportunity to learn more about the Chamber, and find out how your business will benefit from membership. Meet our Board of Directors, Ambassadors and Staff, and find new ways to market your business and to participate in Chamber networking opportunities! Date | Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 5pm Location | Greater Escondido Chamber of Commerce Register here! Enjoy hors d'oeuvres and beverages compliments of our Chamber Sponsors, and learn how the Chamber is here for you and your business! The Open House is a free event, but you are required to register so we have an accurate count of guests for food and drinks...thanks! For further information on this event please visit the website: http://escondidochamber.org/new-member-open-house/

Camilo Séptimo and Francisca Valenzuela will share the stage next to each other on a tour that will go from East to West, through the most important US markets. Camilo Séptimo will share with audiences some of their biggest hits along with the new single "Inevitable" as well as music from their album "ECOS," which will be released this spring. Francisca Valenzuela will continue to promote her latest single "Hola Impostora," fifth advance of her forthcoming album to be released in 2022. Camilo Séptimo is on Facebook + Instagram Francisca Valenzuela is on Facebook + Instagram

The teen fentanyl crisis is following students onto college campuses. Here's what students and staff are doing about it.

While many industries have suffered as a result of COVID 19 the Biotech industry has grown. Carlsbad's GenMark Diagnostics was bought by Swiss Pharmaceutical Giant Roche for $1.8 billion. This is thanks to its development of rapid testing kits which has put San Diego in the spotlight for bringing innovation to the market during a pandemic.

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

“Biophilic Harmonies” A Solo Fine Art Exhibition by Artist Rachel Berkowitz San Diego’s Pacific Beach/Taylor Branch Library Gallery has selected international artist Rachel Berkowitz’s large-scale mixed-media paintings for a 2 month show, beginning February 1, 2023 until March 31, 2023. There will be an opening reception on February 4 with musical performances at the gallery from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. The gallery will be open daily Monday- Saturday, with hours as Monday - Tuesday: 11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. and Wednesday - Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. The Biophilic Harmonies series explores how human interactions with the natural world are expressed as desires and emotional constructs. The artwork serves as an escape from an anxious reality, allowing the viewer to get lost into a contemplative mindset, similar to that found in natural environments. Through painting and mixed media installations, the work combines abstract organic forms with physical natural elements to represent the human affinity for nature - or biophilia. The interplay between the conceptual and the formal elements in each piece creates a visual garden. Light as an energy source plays a strong role in the aesthetic and spiritual nature of the work, as the contrasting techniques lead into meditations for the viewer. Berkowitz’s recent travels across US National Parks have been a strong source of inspiration, placing a need on the heightened concern for conservation and preservation. Emotional experiences are the premise of the work, and the mark-making process serves to deepen mental awareness of one’s place in the natural world. In response to lengthy spells of indoor isolation, societal anxiety and loss during the pandemic, Berkowitz began to incorporate plants and natural elements into her artwork to recreate a fusion between human spiritual experience and nature. The artwork engages the viewer through textured techniques and intricate abstract painting methods, using various materials such as wax, copper oxides, glass particulates and real plants themselves. By using a mix of both dried and alive plant matter, the work itself is alive and will change as time progresses. The cyclical nature of the work highlights the idea of rebirth and renewal, reminding the viewer to breathe and slow down. Heightened desires to be released from enclosures are expressed through the structural compositions. There are references to man-made architectural structures hidden within the paintings, depicting the space that the work has been made in and to time-stamp the art-making process. Pacific Beach/ Taylor Library - 4275 Cass St., San Diego, CA 92109 https://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/locations/pacific-beach-taylor-library About the Artist: Rachel Berkowitz Rachel Berkowitz lives and works in Los Angeles, (b. Ohio, USA 1993), grew up in London, England and received a BA from UCLA’s School of Art and Architecture, graduating in 2016. Rachel has previously exhibited her paintings and photography at solo and group shows across the US and internationally including the UK, Italy, France and Japan. Rachel’s art practice has developed through artist residencies and community experiences, including the La Napoule Artist Foundation in France (2020) and the Slade School of Art London Summer Intensive in England (2019). Rachel has been awarded first place in various International Fine Art competitions, and is constantly working on public and private commissions from staging paintings for Palm Springs Modernism Week, to painting a mural for Bill Nye, The Science Guy’s new videos at The Planetary Society in Pasadena. Rachel is also engaged in community arts programming where she teaches art to children in schools that cannot afford arts education, and at children’s hospitals and neighborhood LA events. For competitions sponsored by the City of Los Angeles, she has painted many public murals incorporating natural forms and flora. SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook & Instagram