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Forty years ago this month, the comedic basketball troupe, the Harlem Globetrotters, added a woman to its roster. NPR's Ashley Montgomery has the story of legendary athlete Lynette Woodard.

Native Plant Poaching Presenters: Rose Ramirez & Kevin Alison Tuesday, June 17, 2025 Casa del Prado Rm 101, Balboa Park 6 p.m.: Browsing and socializing 7 p.m.: Presentation begins Attendance is free and open to all View the award winning film “Saging the World” at the meeting. Sage smudging with white sage (Salvia apiana) has become a viral trend. Metric tons of white sage have been poached to supply an international demand. This species is deeply rooted in the cultures and lifeways of the Indigenous communities of Southern California and northern Baja California, the only region where white sage naturally grows. Kevin Alison will discuss poaching of Dudleya species and efforts being taken to protect the plants and prevent their removal from the wild. Dudleya species (liveforevers) have been poached from mainland California and from Santa Catalina Island. Poachers have been caught stealing thousands of plants, shipping them internationally, and selling them as trendy houseplants for top dollar. Investigators now estimate that poachers have stolen several hundreds of thousands of Dudleya plants from California. In 2021 Governor Newsom signed the CNPS-sponsored AB 223 into law, providing important protection for California’s Dudleya species. California Native Plant Society, San Diego Chapter on Facebook / Instagram

This weekend, celebrate Black History Month, explore Thumbprint Gallery's latest exhibition and experience Wookieerotica. Plus, more San Diego weekend arts events.

The restless musician, sporting less electronic gear than usual, spotlights the acoustic warmth of her instrument in pieces stimulated by Bach's cello suites.

It's the peak of the fall migration season. This is when bird deaths from window collisions tend to spike, even though simple solutions can prevent this.

Before there was Rodgers and Hammerstein, there was Rodgers and Hart. Richard Linklater's new film meets lyricist Lorenz Hart on the night he's watching his partnership with composer Richard Rodgers fade away.

Tomiichi Murayama, Japan's prime minister from 1994, was best known for the "Murayama Statement," an apology delivered on the 50th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender.

A wrongful death lawsuit alleges the company fostered a risky culture of drug use among some leaders and employees, claiming they routinely use potent psychedelics as an unregulated form of “healing” and for recreational purposes.

When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with President Trump on Friday, the mood is expected to be very different from their first Oval Office encounter in February.

Organizers say they expect millions of Americans will march this weekend against the policies of the Trump administration. The protests come amid National Guard deployments in several cities.