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An explosion in a Washington, D.C., suburb leveled a home where firefighters were investigating a gas leak. One firefighter was killed and nine other firefighters injured. Two civilians were injured.

The San Diego Writers Festival in collaboration with Mingei Museum Community Mondays is delighted to present IMMIGRANT FOODS + STORIES "Gup Shup" event, where cuisine and culture come together for an evening of food tasting and inspiring conversation from some of San Diego’s most salient immigrant voices. Come for the food…stay for the laughter! The panel will include Huda Al-Marashi, author of "First Comes Marriage: My Not-So-Typical American Love Story" and Jane Muschenetz, co-founder of "Table M" and author of "All the Bad Girls Wear Russian Accents," with insightful moderation by Madhushree Ghosh, author of "Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory and Family." The presentation will also feature a visit with farmers from City Heights’ groundbreaking New Roots Community Farm, recognized by Michelle Obama as “a model for the nation, for the world.” Related links: San Diego Writers Festival website | Instagram | Facebook

Japanese Art Historian and Curator of the exhibition "Washi Transformed" Meher McArthur will explore the wonders of Japanese handmade paper, or washi, and share her experience working with the nine outstanding Japanese contemporary artists featured in the exhibition. Meher McArthur is an Asian art historian specializing in Japanese art, with degrees from Cambridge University and London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). She was Curator of East Asian Art at Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA (1998-2006), Creative Director for the Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden, Pasadena (2014-2020), Academic Curator for Scripps College, Claremont (2018-2020) and Art and Cultural Director for JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles (2020-2022). For over a decade, she has curated traveling exhibitions for International Arts & Artists (IA&A), most recently Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper (2021-2024). Her new exhibition for IA&A is KIMONO: Garment, Canvas, and Artistic Muse (2025-2029). She recently curated the exhibition SHIKI: The Four Seasons in Japanese Art at the Sturt Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens (February- May 2023). Her major publications include Gods and Goblins: Folk Paintings from Otsu (PAM, 1999), Reading Buddhist Art (Thames & Hudson, 2002) and The Arts of Asia (Thames & Hudson, 2005), Confucius (Pegasus Books, 2011), Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami (IA&A, 2012), New Expressions in Origami Art (Tuttle, 2017), Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper (IA&A, 2021) and the children’s book An ABC of What Art Can Be (The Getty Museum, 2010). She lives in Pasadena, CA.

Middle- and upper-class Chinese are joining a migration wave to Japan.

India expelled a senior Canadian diplomat a day after Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat over allegations that India may have had links to the assassination of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil.

Across the world, people are looking on in horror at the rise of political violence in the U.S. But many international leaders have also fallen prey to political extremism.

Carrie Preston revives her eccentric Good Wife character in a new CBS series featuring delightful guest stars and clever mysteries that are resolved at the end of each episode.

Californians will soon return to the polls for the 2024 primary election. What do voters need to know about the voting process?

While Southern California has seen historic rains, Northern California is only approaching average.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have fired Ippei Mizuhara. He gave conflicting accounts about paying large gambling debts, ESPN's Tisha Thompson tells NPR.