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Some $1.5 billion flowed to local government coffers this year, sparking debates about transparency and how to spend the money. Here are 5 takeaways from a year's worth of reporting on the issue.

From across the country, NPR member station visual journalists have documented events in their states and cities. These images represent some of the year's most remarkable stories.

BREWS WITH OUR GNOMIES! We ARe taking our specialty Chunky Knit Gnome workshop on the road! Join us for an offsite Chunky Knit Gnome Workshop at Bay City Brewing Co. This workshop will be held at Bay City Brewing Co. in Point Loma, located at 3760 Hancock St., San Diego, CA 92110. In this class, you will customize your gnome's yarn hat, beard, clothes, all the fun "gnome-tastic" things! This class includes all the materials and instruction to complete ONE gnome. Your ticket price of $45 will also include one FREE drink on tap at Bay City Brewing Co.! (must be 21 or older) *EACH GUEST MUST BE REGISTERED. STAY SOCIAL! Instagram & Twitter

This Christmas, reserve your table at Oceana Coastal Kitchen for a festive dining gathering on the shores of Mission Bay. Savor a champagne brunch with your choice of entrée as well as buffet selections including a seafood cold bar. For dinner, look forward to a special three-course Christmas menu with holiday favorites. No matter what time of day you celebrate, Oceana Coastal Kitchen is the ideal setting to make memories this holiday season.

Renowned Louisiana blues guitarist Tab Benoit continues his Summer 2023 Tour, performing locally for two big nights at the Belly Up, Thursday, August 17 and Friday, August 18. Tickets: $43. (advance), $46.(door), $76. (reserved loft seating). Info: (858) 481-8140 or visit bellyup.com. Tab Benoit is renowned throughout his thirty-plus-year career for his passionate environmental activism. To that end, he performed two nights in his hometown of Houma, Louisiana at the 16th Annual Voice of the Wetlands Festival. He also appears prominently in the IMax motion picture Hurricane on the Bayou, a documentary of Hurricane Katrina's effects and a call to protect and restore the Wetlands, and produced a CD to help restore that state's Coastal Wetlands. Benoit was inducted into the Louisiana Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists in 2020.

How ya like yur blues? Direct from the Bayou...you've got mighty Joe and The Boys back at the Old Town Blues Club bringin' it to ya swampy and groovy. The Fremonts are the exception to the rule, a band that evolves and redefines itself by consistently looking to the past. Modern purveyors of Gulf Coast R&B, the Fremonts harvest the fruits of vintage American roots labels like Excello, Vee-Jay, Imperial and Specialty to create a tapestry of sound that is at once both unique and refreshingly familiar. Their back! Everyones favorite!

dohee lee (she/her) is a Performance Artist, Ritualist, and Educator from Jeju Island South Korea.  Since her arrival in the USA, she has been a vital contributor to both the traditional and contemporary arts landscape of the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.  Her creative and award-winning vision comes from traditional Korean music, singing, drumming and dance, which is rooted in Korean indigenous ritual. dohee invites the CSUSM campus community to join in on a Korean ritual from Jeju Island called “The Ritual of Sickness” (Chilseong Saenamgut-칠성새남굿). dohee lee will explore this ritual as a contemporary performance and communal process where the aim is to remove white supremacy culture and to call in vital spirits (Chilseong-칠성신 **) back to humanity and land. “Chilseong Saenamgut-칠성새남굿” is a dedication to the struggling earth and marginalized communities most vulnerable to environmental racism, and an invitation for us all to confront and heal from our own internalized racism. CSUSM Experimental Dance Project Co-Sponsors: MUSC department (Ching-Ming Cheng: email)

In a prequel to Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, director Paul King crafts a musical origin story of Willy Wonka, played by an exuberant Timothée Chalamet.

Five sailors were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after striking the Zuniga Point Jetty just before 2 a.m. Friday

Braugher, who starred on Homicide and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, died Monday at age 61. Trained at Juilliard and adept at stage work, the actor had a steely authority that undergirded most of his roles.