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The 3-digit suicide prevention lifeline went live a year ago. More work is needed on the 988 system, but the first year has gone more smoothly than many expected.

For the first time, the Mexican government is formally opposing the controversial Trump-era program known as Remain in Mexico. Then, an in-depth look at what California is spending to address homelessness, and if it’s made a difference. And, a story about how police officers at one South Bay college are working to create a community for change. Then, in California we've grown accustomed to power outages. But what if you could live in a community where your lights always stayed on, no matter what happened to the grid? Next, one way to honor Black History Month is by celebrating Black culture. San Diego chef Quinnton Austin does that every day in the food he cooks. Finally, San Diego Opera is presenting four performances of “The Puccini Duo” starting Saturday. We have a preview.

Join us for a thoughtful and engaging introduction to the art of collecting, including looking at, examining and assessing art from a collector's point of view. Mr. Stern will share his experience as well as the basics of art collection that can turn an art aficionado into a Connoisseur. A Connoisseur is defined as a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in art, particularly the visual arts. Jean Stern is Director Emeritus, The Irvine Museum, and a nationally recognized authority on California Impressionism. In his career, Mr. Stern has presented over 250 lectures and judged and juried more than 100 local, national, and international art competitions. in 2017, Mr. Stern received the prestigious Chavalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French Ministry of Culture. Cocktail attire Wine and Charcuterie served Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

David Bazan's multi-part memoirs have blurred memories of his adolescence, but with the goal of being honest and accountable. NPR Music critic Ann Powers sees connections between Pedro the Lion's Santa Cruz and Jane Schoenbrun’s new film, I Saw the TV Glow.

Raymond Liddy's deceased father, G. Gordon Liddy, was a lawyer and FBI agent who was convicted of burglary, conspiracy and other charges in the Watergate scandal.

A French woman and Japanese man battle to inherit the world's most valuable wine collection in this high-gloss Apple TV+ series, based on the hit Japanese manga.

The San Diego Action Center for the non-profit Child Rights & You, America brings the celebration of Holi - Festival of Colors to San Diego on Saturday, March 11, 2023, in Hourglass Community Park, Black Mountain Road (near Miramar College). CRY America's San Diego Action Center is a group of volunteers who are organizing this event. It draws people who come here to greet each other by applying color (very eco-friendly) on each other, dancing to music, and enjoying Indian food from various vendors. We would like to welcome all of San Diego to come with friends and family to participate in this celebration of color in our lives, to let go of our own worries, enjoy being a child, and help bring color to the children's lives! Date: March 11, 2023, 11 a.m. Venue: Hourglass Community Park (near Miramar College), Black Mtn Road, San Diego All the proceeds from this festival go to CRY America - a 501c3 registered non-profit - that works for the rights of underprivileged children. Please buy your tickets online and we look forward to seeing you!! Tickets can be purchased here. More information about the event can be found here. For sponsorship or volunteer opportunities , please contact us via email.

This illuminating essay uses film scenes to tell of the forced cultural appropriation of a world-famous landscape. Monument Valley is one of the most recognizable landscapes in the world. Its iconographic use in American Westerns has had a lasting influence on stock photography, advertising, and tourism. The valley has been given mythical significance as an image of a “primitive West” firmly in the hands of white people and meant to be protected from intruders. The fact that Monument Valley is traditional Navajo territory has been obscured in the process. A radical examination of Monument Valley’s representation in cinema and advertising since John Ford’s Stagecoach (1939), The Taking scrutinizes how a site located on sovereign Navajo land came to embody the fantasy of the “Old West,” replete with self-perpetuating falsehoods, and why it continues to hold mythic significance in the global psyche.

This three-hour class taught by poet Jim Moreno, for beginning or seasoned poets, walks the path of duende, a term of Federico Garcia Lorca’s career poetics describing a demonic earth spirit containing irrationality, earthiness, and a heightened awareness of death. Moreno also has a grasp of the term as the space between words on the page, or the silence between words or line breaks in recitation. This 3-hour class is divided into two 90-minute segments. The first segment will be all about Mr. Lorca’s Duende, with research on the topic conducted from the book In Search of Duende: Federico Garcia Lorca by Norman Thomas di Giovanni. This 90-minute segment will include quotes from well-written prose essays that spell out Lorca’s ars poetica, a poem that explains the “art of poetry,” or a meditation on poetry using the form and techniques of a poem. The second 90-minutes explores the genius of our second Spanish poet, Antonio Machado, famous for his poetry and his walks after teaching school around scenic Barcelona, Spain; e.g., the way Machado’s consciousness on walks around Barcelona changed the way Moreno walks around San Diego: Machado suggested we pay attention to the landscape, the history of the landscape, the universal beauty, the synchronicity, and what I call the “hear and now” aesthetics. Border of a Dream: Selected Poems of Antonio Machado and Times Alone: Selected Poems of Antonio Machado, translated by Robert Bly, are the books researched by Moreno for the second segment. This class is not a critique class. This is a poetry workshop for composing original poetry. A safe place with the foundation of a container of respect and dignity for all participants no matter what culture or color of skin. The class is accompanied by a syllabus with bibliography, quotes, film clips, and poetry that will give you hours of pleasurable reading post class. The syllabus and Zoom link will be issued to participants on Saturday, July 22, 2023. Poets are asked to enter the Zoom meeting room at 12:50 p.m. on Sunday, July 23, 2023 in case you have trouble navigating the internet. For more information visit: writeyourstorynow.org Stay Connected on Facebook

DACA has once again been deemed unlawful by a federal court. The ruling leaves over half a million “dreamers” in limbo.