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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KPCC listener Jerry Tsai and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Local octogenarian, Navy veteran, and dyslexic playwright, Daisy I. Dumas-Featherstone has proven it is never too late to fulfill a dream. While battling cancer and dealing with losses of family members and friends, she has completed her MFA degree in Creative Writing in May of this year, at the age of 85! Unable to have a public reading of her thesis play, "MAST/MASK" before graduation, she is having one now.

The Cabrillo Chamber Orchestra will perform an all Brazilian music concert featuring arrangements by CCO's Domenico Hueso. Featured artists include vocalists Fagner Bernardo and Lexi Pulido, with Combo Elo (pianist Jim Guerin, percussionist Julien Cantelm, guitarist Nikko Nobleza). Sorprano Emma Berggren will sing "Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5" with CCO cellists Daniel Grab and Peter Ko joined by 6 guest cellists of the La Jolla Symphony. The Cabrillo Chamber Orchestra on Facebook / Instagram

The world is opening up again, and now’s the best time to dust off your travel journals and memories and learn about travel writing. Have you crossed the country on a motorcycle? Explored Tuscany as a wine expert? Have a great travel memoir to write? Award-winning travel writer/author, Lenore Greiner, will help you develop your area of expertise and choose your travel writing niche. Get practical advice on story angles, deciphering writers’ guidelines, pitching your work, and press trips for free travel. Plus, she’ll cover freelancing and digital opportunities, blogging, social media, authoring your travel memoir and 2025 travel trends. Includes a free workbook with 45 travel writing prompts, examples of travel articles and their structures, ledes, a sample writers guideline, a story pitching guide, and more. If you’re ready to tell your travel stories, then dive in with Lenore and sign up for this popular, engaging class. San Diego Writers, Ink on Facebook / Instagram

San Diego, CA – Get ready for a praise-filled evening unlike any other as the Bayside Gospel Concert Aboard the Midway returns to the flight deck! Location 910 N Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101, Saturday, July 26, at 7:30 p.m., come join us for an unmeasurable celebration of faith and music. This powerful event will take place aboard the historic U.S.S. Midway Museum on the flight deck, transforming the iconic aircraft carrier into a floating sanctuary of worship and gospel excellence. This year’s headliners include award winning artists such as Gospel legend Vanessa Bell Armstrong, dynamic vocalist and worship leader Kelontae Gavin, and last but not least The Family- with groundbreaking sounds and timeless anthems. Plus, get ready for electrifying performances from Corey Thompson, Robert Earl Dean, and M.A.N.D.A.T.E.’s own recording artist, Palace, who are set to ignite the stage and move the crowd. Join us for a night under the stars filled with unimaginable praise, stunning views, and a message that heals and uplifts. Whether you’re a longtime gospel fan or new to the experience, this is one summer night you won’t want to miss! Tickets are on sale now. Stay connected for updates by visiting www.GODRadio1.com. Contact: Jantenee Corley-Milner, Publicist Office Mobile:(619) 786-0431 Jcmilner@mandaterecords.com M.A.N.D.A.T.E. Records Inc. on Youtube / Instagram

Join us on Free Third Thursday, April 17 for the free public opening of "Yan Pei-Ming: A Burial in Shanghai." These monumental works are being shown for the first time in the United States. Photo: Yan Pei-Ming, "Un enterrement à Shanghai (Montagne céleste, Ma mère, L ’ adieu) (A Burial in Shanghai ((Celestial Mountain, My Mother, The Farewell))" [detail], 2019. © Yan Pei-Ming, ADAGP, Paris, 2025. Photo: Clérin-Morin. Courtesy of the artist, Massimo de Carlo & Thaddaeus Ropac. Visit: https://mcasd.org/events/yan-pei-ming-opening Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego on Facebook / Instagram

Google, Microsoft, Adobe and IBM will offer AI-related tools to California’s schools and universities in an effort to prepare the state’s students for a changing economy.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Texas Democrats jointly promoted California’s plan to redraw congressional lines and offset a redistricting scheme in Texas. The proposed map is expected to be made public next week.

Gov. Gavin Newsom alleges the Trump administration broke a 19th Century law called the Posse Comitatus Act when it deployed military units to Los Angeles in June.

If elected governor, Toni Atkins faces potential conflicts of interest with her spouse’s consulting firms. Atkins and her spouse, Jennifer LeSar, earn hundreds of thousands of dollars annually from clients that also lobby state government.