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Discuss the film “Amour” with Faye Girsh, well-known founder of the Hemlock Society of San Diego. This is a highly-acclaimed, award-winning French film about a couple in their 80s coping with the wife’s debilitating strokes and dementia. Faye Girsh will lead the discussion after the film. All are welcome and we encourage you to bring friends. Free parking is available in the library parking lot.

The band camp was founded by a local music teacher to counter the lack of musical education in schools decades ago.

Tens of thousands of homes and businesses along the Northern California coast remained without power Tuesday evening, nearly a day after a powerful quake jolted people and shook homes off foundations.

Pomp and circumstance again fall victim to circumstance for some students in the graduating class of 2024, as protests over the war in Gaza threaten to disrupt commencement ceremonies.

New medications like Wegovy are changing the way people lose weight and manage obesity, but many Medicaid beneficiaries can't get them.

The Hemlock Society presents "The Carer." Michael, a theatrical legend, is suffering from Parkinson’s Disease that has left him deteriorating and cantankerous. After he alienates a host of caregivers, his daughter forces a new companion on him who has acting aspirations of her own. They develop a close relationship that helps him regain his vigor and sense of meaning, but Michael learns of his scheming daughter’s plans to remove his caregiver and the drama unfolds. The film is a reminder of how the elderly are often treated as if their useful days are behind them, but these feisty, fully, alive people can show us how to live. WHEN| Tuesday, October 18, 2022 ‣ This movie runs from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. WHERE| Pacific Beach/Taylor Branch Library ‣ 4275 Cass Street San Diego, California 92109 ADMISSION| This event is free to the public! ‣ Plenty of free parking

The annual Little Italy Wednesday Holiday Market is back on Wednesdays on West Date Street from Kettner Blvd to India Street, adjacent to the weekly Wednesday Farmers Market on the Piazza della Famiglia. Find gifts from artisan food producers and local crafters on these four special weeks! This is a great way to support local businesses and meet our local makers and artisans, while giving one-of-a-kind gifts to your loved ones. November 29 and December 6, 13 and 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Little Italy on Facebook / Instagram

Della Infante, 60, has been at the center of a debate about how to ethically and lawfully deal with San Diegans experiencing homelessness.

Free screening of the film, "How to Die in Oregon," followed by a group discussion. This film is an emotional first-person journey through the issues and emotions surrounding terminal illness and the right to die. It won a Grand Jury Prize for documentaries at the 27th Sundance Film Festival. It is one of many films in the HSSD's right-to-die film series. Hemlock Society of San Diego is on Facebook

Pope Francis overcame concerns about his health to preside over Easter Sunday Mass, leading tens of thousands of people in a flower-decked St. Peter's Square.