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Elnaz Rekabi, the Iranian rock climber who competed without a hijab, returned home to a jubilant crowd at the airport. The question is, how will the Iranian government receive her?

Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants have been released into the U.S. Now many are stuck in a complicated legal limbo: They're legally present for now, but unable to work lawfully.

The U.S. retail industry is setting records: workers quitting and workers hired. Wages are finally growing. And despite the pandemic devastation, brand-new stores are still opening.

The former military analyst has been called both a hero and a traitor for leaking classified information about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In a new memoir, she talks about why she did it.

Explosions rang out across Kyiv early Monday, a week after nationwide strikes rocked the city for the first time since June.

Spreckels Organ Society, a non-profit organization curating concerts and performances in the heart of Balboa Park, will host a special performance in support of Ukraine, called “A Music Tribute to Peace, Dignity & Democracy” on Saturday, March 19 at 5:30 p.m. at Spreckels Organ Pavilion. Event is free & open to the public Other organizations supporting the event include the San Diego Diplomacy Council. All donations received at the concert will be used to provide humanitarian relief for Ukraine. Guest artists include Soprano Laynee Dell Woodward, Mezzo-Soprano Sarah-Nicole Carter, Baritone Michael Sokol and the Organ Pavilion Rock Band with Chloe Lou, Lauren Leigh Martin, Kenseth Thibideau, Richard “T-Bone” Larson, and Ben Zinn. The band will perform classic rock songs from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and AC/DC. “This concert is a call for peace with no political affiliation,” said Raúl Prieto Ramírez, San Diego Civic Organist. “We see the current events as an opportunity to call for human dignity and peace. When JD Spreckels donated the organ to the City of San Diego, it was meant to be not just an entertainment tool, but a tool to feed every human soul with deeper and more delicate emotions to grow our human values.” The Spreckels Organ Society – as the cultural organization – seeks ways to honor Spreckels’ philanthropic gift to the City by building upon its wish to support the uniqueness, value, and importance of the individual human soul, which is highlighted through music as an intimate experience of inner self. The Spreckels Organ Society’s trustees believe in that duty. The Society’s educational program constantly seeks to grow in that mission as well. The Spreckels Organ Pavilion hosts weekly concerts each Sunday at 2 p.m. Beginning last Sunday, and continuing until the crisis in Ukraine ends, each Sunday concert will start with the National Anthem of Ukraine. Prieto Ramirez will also dress in the Ukrainian colors to spread awareness and support for all of those affected. All concerts on the Spreckels Organ are free to the public in accordance with the 1915 Deed of Gift whereby the brothers John and Adolph Spreckels gave the organ and pavilion to the City of San Diego. For more information, visit www.balboaparkconcerts.org. Set in the beautiful backdrop of Balboa Park’s open-air venue, the Spreckels Organ is the largest open air musical instrument in the world, and its performances bring a one-of-a-kind experience for guests. The elevated music venue brings world-class musical artists for San Diegans and visitors to enjoy, for free. For more information about the Spreckels Organ Society, visit www.spreckelsorgan.org.

Over 13 days beginning on Oct. 16, 1962, the U.S. and Soviet Union were at the brink of a nuclear conflict. But since the Cold War ended, some historical assumptions about the crisis have changed.

"He's been canceled," a Chilean activist says of 20th century poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda. Five decades after his death, feminists are denouncing him as a male chauvinist and sexual predator.

Inspired by Women’s History Month and Jazz Appreciation Month, Allison brings together a band of talented jazz women featuring Holly Hofmann flute, Lexi Pulido voice/guitar, Melonie Grinnell piano, Evona Wascinski bass, Monette Marino percussion, and young jazz lion Samantha Lincoln drums. Also featuring special appearance from Mission Bay High School Preservationists. Starting in 2012, UNESCO with legendary jazz pianist Herbie Hancock designated April 30 as International Jazz Day in order to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe, promoting peace, diversity, and respect for human rights and human dignity; eradicating discrimination; promoting freedom of expression; fostering gender equality; and reinforcing the role of youth in enacting social change. Date | Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 6pm Location | Quartyard Purchase tickets here! $20/ticket The first UNESCO event was held in Paris on the same day that Allison (together with bassist Evona) recorded her second album "April in Paris” there. Women in Jazz are excited to host the official International Jazz Day festivities in San Diego for this one night only show celebrating artistic freedom and the universal connection of music. For further information regarding this event please visit the website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-jazz-day-ft-women-in-jazz-tickets-290043486877?aff=ebdssbcitybrowse

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield following a vote by the U.N. General Assembly to condemn Russia's annexations in Ukraine.