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Basketry is an ancient art, practiced by many peoples and cultures. Traditional basket makers used readily available materials, such as sweet grass, pine needles, willow, and thin strips of ash or oak. Marsha teaches Appalachian-style basketry which is a functional form of basketry used for everyday activities. Thus, the basket names often reflect their functions, such as Market Basket, Egg Basket, Herb Drying Basket, and others. Wow your friends and enhance your table with a hand woven Bread Basket. This basket is suitable for beginning basket weavers and includes basic weaving skills that you can use for many future projects. You’ll have a choice of colors for the center section and top off your creation with real leather handles. The Bread Basket measures 12” long x 5” wide and 5” high. No experience necessary. Ages 18+ welcome.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’d send tiny homes to San Jose, Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego County. Why haven’t any materialized yet?

Celebrate National Carousel Day at the Dorothea Laub Balboa Park Carousel on Tuesday, July 25, from 11am to 5:30pm. National Carousel Day is a free community event hosted by Forever Balboa Park, offering free carousel rides all day, family friendly activities, and entertainment. Entertainment and activities include a family-friendly DJ, circus performers by J7 Productions, face painting, photo booth, craft activity with Spanish Village Art Center, and activities with the San Diego Natural History Museum. Food will be available for purchase from local vendors Golden State Dogs and Ice Cream, Toro Churros and Doughnuts, Lick It Lollipops, and Caokie Organics. Event Schedule: 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. : Kathryn the Grape 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. : The Young Lions Jazz Conservatory 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. : Mariachi and Folklorico 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. : Pasacat 2:00 - 2:50 p.m. : Opera 4 Kids More Entertainment & Activities: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more infromation visit: foreverbalboapark.org

Synagogues around the U.S. are having a lively discussion about how Israel is waging the war in Gaza, trying to balance care for the Jewish community with empathy for those suffering in Gaza.

"1000 sunflowers" by Vira Ustianska Located at the Inspirations Gallery at Liberty Station (Writer's Ink on the 2nd Floor of Barracks 16) If you haven't been to this exhibition yet, this will be the last day of the exhibition and we can meet together, and you can also: - see how an oil painting is created during a live demo - sign up for drawing and painting classes - be impressed with high-quality prints of my sunflowers with stories - purchase postcards with views of San Diego and NEW postcards and notecards with sunflowers. - choose your favorite painting and learn about its creation - have time to take advantage of special Christmas discounts and choose a unique gift - and also support me and take part in a drawing with interesting prizes, such as - an original painting, prints, postcards, notecards and individual lessons in painting and drawing. Many thank for sharing this publication. See you at the Inspiration Gallery and happy holidays! For more information visit: writeyourstorynow.org Stay Connected on Facebook

Writer-producer Ron Jackson serves up "Murder and Cocktails" in his Little Italy condo. Find out whodunit when the film starts streaming in January.

As a Grammy-nominated singer and touring band member with the legendary songwriter Leonard Cohen, Perla Batalla knew there was much of Cohen’s body of work she still wanted to perform and record. Cohen's passing in November 2016 reaffirmed Batalla’s mission of sharing the lesser-known songs of Canada's poet laureate to a younger public mostly familiar with the well-covered, “Hallelujah.” Perla Batalla In the House of Cohen features selected songs and rare personal anecdotes that serve to reveal the timelessness of Cohen's art through Perla Batalla’s signature cross-cultural style. For more information visit: my.lfjcc.org Stay Connected on Social Media Perla Batalla Instagram / Facebook

New legislation announced Wednesday in Sacramento would prevent school districts across the state from telling parents their students identify as LGBTQ+ to avoid what supporters of the legislation describe as “forced outing.”

De niña Xóchitl Gálvez vendía gelatinas y tamales en un pequeño pueblo del centro de México y ascendió en la política nacional con una historia de vida que muchos creían la llevaría a la presidencia.

Five athletes from Baja California have already qualified for the Olympics, the most in state history. And more than a dozen more athletes could still qualify through regional tournaments, according to local officials.