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Join us for the 7th Annual Alley Art Festival Nonprofit curated, inclusive and innovative art festival experience to inspire creative minds to be returning to Historic Downtown Vista, July 22, 2023 The Alley Art Festival is teaming up with Backfence Society and they are bringing Alley Art Back to Downtown Vista and celebrating ELEVATED760's 1 year anniversary! Join us on Saturday, July 22, 2023 from 4:00 p.m – 9:00 p.m. in Historic Downtown Vista in front of 110 S. Citrus Ave., Vista, California. The festival is a family-friendly, free one-day event featuring live entertainment, including music curated by Elevated760, art demonstrations, children’s art activities, an artist market, food trucks, and more! Organized by a collaboration of community arts organizations, The Backfence Society and The Vista Art Foundation, this free-to-attend, nonprofit community festival focuses on art appreciation and diversity among the San Diego and Los Angeles Art Communities, showcasing local, regional, and emerging artists. Enjoy browsing and connecting with artists who create through traditional art forms and contemporary styles. We will be hosting 75 booths of different Artists exhibiting an array of mediums from contemporary to traditional: sculptures, conceptual creations, music, paintings, and many other forms of art. The festival will also host food trucks and an artist market with canvas paintings, jewelry, paper crafts, photography, home decor, ceramics, gift items, and other artistic creations available to purchase. In addition, a children’s arts and craft station will be available to inspire budding artists, where they can create a piece of art to take home with them. Always evolving, and ever-changing, the festival welcomes any artists who push the creative envelope. All are welcome to participate and share in the inspiration and passion that artists bring to this unique experience in the Vista countryside. Seize the chance to experience a myriad of art forms up close and create memories with the one-of-a-kind Alley Art Festival. It is not too late to take part and exhibit, so vendors and artists interested in participating in the event can contact the organizer at: backfencesociety@gmail.com or Elevated760@gmail.com. Follow them on Instagram as well @AlleyArtfestival @BackfenceSociety @Elevated760 For more information visit: downtownvista.org

Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs urged female graduates to embrace the title of "homemaker" in a controversial commencement speech. The NFL says he was speaking "in his personal capacity."

Credit unions chartered in California collected over $250 million in overdraft fee revenue in 2022. A KPBS investigation found some credit union executives in San Diego saw their compensation balloon in recent years.

A lot of San Diegans got their first look at the Exchange Pavilion Wednesday.

The San Diego City Council is reconsidering a key transparency pledge regarding how the city uses surveillance technology. In other news, more SDG&E natural gas customers are getting money back thanks to a utility review that happened after KPBS raised questions about a Fallbrook customer’s oversized bill. Plus, KPBS’ arts reporter has the 411 on Comic-Con.

Award-winning author and artist Myriam Gurba Gurba will read from her most recent book Creep: Accusations and Confessions. Gurba has been described as “the most fearless writer in America.” She is the author of the essay collection, Creep, and the true crime memoir Mean. O, The Oprah Magazine, ranked Mean as one of the best LGBTQ books of all time. This event is cosponsored by the MALAS Program and the Instructionally Related Activities Fund. For more information visit: mfa.sdsu.edu

Join SDSU Alumni and your fellow Aztecs for a San Diego Gulls hockey game! Invite your family and friends to a night of fun at Pechanga Arena as the SD Gulls take on the San Jose Barracudas on Wednesday, April 3. 5 - 7 p.m. | Join fellow SDSU alumni for appetizers and networking before face-off during the pre-game mixer in the Stella Artois Lounge. 7 p.m. | Cheer on the Gulls as they take on the Barracudas. Post-Game | Go inside the rink after the game for an on-ice Aztec group photo! Section L20 & L21 | Tickets: $35 per person | Tickets include: One (1) seat in the SDSU Alumni section Access to the SDSU Alumni section of the Stella Artois Lounge and private, no-host bar throughout the game Pre-game appetizers in the Stella Artois Lounge Tickets are digital and will be sent the week before the game. An AXS account must be created in order to receive your tickets. SDSU Lifetime Members - Purchase tickets at the discounted rate of $23! Also, register for this event by March 26th to be entered in a drawing to ride the Zamboni on the ice during a period break! One lucky lifetime member will be selected for this exclusive opportunity and contacted on March 27. For more information visit: sdsualumni.org

"This is a photo of an event in one city on one day," said one AI researcher. "I mean, what hope do we have to actually tackle complex problems in society if we can't agree on this?"

There are three very different ways you can experience music in San Diego this weekend, from a new jukebox musical and a music fest in North Park.

Stream the series now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Wednesdays, March 11 - 25, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Explore the extraordinary lives and achievements of women who overcame gender discrimination and segregation to build fulfilling lives and legacies on America’s most iconic highway. From entrepreneurs and waitresses, anthropologists and politicians, to artists and military sergeants, these women transformed their communities and the American West.