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The department store chain, founded in 1670, can't pay its debts and says the pandemic, inflation and now trade tensions have hurt its financial future.

Join us for a book reading and signing of 'Tits Up': 'What Sex Workers', 'Milk Bankers', 'Plastic Surgeons', 'Bra Designers', and 'Witches Tell Us about Breasts' with author Sarah Thornton. After years of biopsies, best-selling author Sarah Thornton made the difficult decision to have a double mastectomy. But, after her reconstructive surgery, she was perplexed: What had she lost? And gained? An experienced sleuth, she resolved to venture behind the scenes to uncover the social and cultural significance of breasts. About 'Tits Up' Riotous and galvanizing, Tits Up excavates the diverse truths of mammary glands from the strip club to the operating room, from the nation’s oldest human milk bank to the fit rooms of bra designers. Thornton draws insights from plastic surgeons, lactation consultants, body-positive witches, lingerie models, and “free the nipple” activists to explore the status of breasts as emblems of femininity. She examines how women’s chests have become a billion-dollar business, as well as a stage for debates about race, class, gender, and desire. Everywhere she turns, Thornton encounters chauvinist myths about this elemental body part that quietly justify deficits in women’s bodily autonomy and endorse shortfalls in their political status. Blending sociology, reportage, and personal narrative with refreshing optimism and wit, Thornton has one overriding ambition―to liberate breasts from centuries of patriarchal prejudice. About Sarah Thornton Sarah Thornton is a sociologist who writes about art, design, and people. Formerly the chief art market correspondent for The Economist, Thornton is the author of three critically acclaimed books. A Canadian who went to the UK on a Commonwealth Scholarship, Thornton was once hailed as “Britain’s hippest academic.” Now based in San Francisco, Thornton is better known as “the Jane Goodall of the art world.” For Dear Life is among more than 60 exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART. Returning in September 2024 with its latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. Visit: https://mcasd.org/events/sarah-thornton Sarah Thornton on Instagram and Facebook

San Pasqual Winery is celebrating 15 years at their downtown La Mesa Tasting Room located on La Mesa Blvd. this December with festive wine events for the public to enjoy, including a Bubble Bash Tasting Event from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. on Sunday, December 8th. Guests can try up to 10 different sparkling wines, including the return of a San Pasqual Winery favorite, Brut Rosé. There will also be sparkling wine gift sets available at special pricing, great for holiday gifting and entertaining. Additionally, there will be a $10 discount on bottle purchases during the event. Tickets for the event are $20 for San Pasqual Winery Wine Club members and $25 for non-members. San Pasqual Winery is San Diego’s first urban winery and produces approximately 3,000 cases of wine each year. The winery sources its grapes from a variety of local and renowned vineyards across California, and produces the wine at La Mesa Wine Works, located in the La Mesa commercial district. San Pasqual Winery is a family owned and operated winery located in La Mesa, Calif. Owners, Mike & Linda McWilliams, purchased the winery in 2009 and have grown it into the thriving business it is today. The winery boasts three tasting rooms, including La Mesa Wine Works, La Mesa Village Tasting Room & Gallery, and Seaport Village Tasting Room. Wine Club membership is also available featuring quarterly wine releases, events and specials. Visit: https://www.sanpasqualwinery.com/ San Pasqual Winery La Mesa on Instagram and Facebook

The Trump administration has suggested bringing the U.S. Postal Service under White House control, and having mail carriers conduct the census. Here's what to know about the controversial ideas.

A new study out this week from the museum think tank Remuseum suggests free admission attracts more visitors without increasing costs.

A Peruvian farmer is going head to head with German energy giant in a climate law test case.

A seaweed called asparagopsis can block the production of methane in a cow’s stomach.

Carney, 59, will succeed Justin Trudeau, who announced in January that he would step down amid low approval ratings following a decade in office.

The beauty of bouquets comes with a cost to the cloud forests of Colombia, the largest exporter of flowers and foliage to the United States.