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Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Joan Shelley's new song, and an HBO reality show that sets up single parents.

From housing and health to transportation and education, the Legislative Analyst’s Office provides a litany of sobering climate change impacts for California legislators to address as they enact policies and set budgets.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Artem Chapeye, author of the book The Ukraine, who is currently serving as a private in the army fighting for Ukraine.

The new normal in the arts and culture scene in San Diego is an ever-evolving mix of formats and this weekend has it all.

As bombed rained down on the streets of Kyiv, Aleksandra Makoviy wanted to make sure that her 2-year-old would be safe. The only way to do that was by writing her phone number on the girl's back.

After 50 years in a basement footage of 'Black Woodstock' lights up the screen

Belly Up brings the best in new, up-and-coming artists as well as established legends in genres ranging from alternative rock, indie rock, rock, reggae, and hip-hop to blues, folk, jazz, Latin & more! Are you ready to rock out this summer? Belly Up Tavern will be hosting a night of live rock with a lineup of great local bands such as The Dark Alley Dogs, The Thieves About, Iron Sage Wood, and Los Beautiful Beasts. Don't miss the fun and join us for a great time on Saturday, July 10. Show starts at 8 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m.! Get tickets here! Advanced admission: $12 Day-of-show admission: $15 Reserved loft seating: $21, only available over the phone or in person at the box office. Only people ages 21+. For more information, visit bellyup.com or call 858-481-8140.

Phase 1B of COVID-19 vaccinations can begin Saturday. This includes education and childcare workers, law enforcement, food and farm workers. Plus, San Diego Unified School District leaders announced a targeted date of April 12 to allow students of all grade levels to return to the classroom. And San Diego Unified School District has made significant progress toward reducing the longstanding inequities its Black students have faced, but there’s room for growth. Then, Common Ground Theatre's mission is “to produce classics and new works by and about people of African descent.” This weekend it showcases "Day of Absence" by Douglas Turner Ward, who died last Saturday. Finally, San Diego musician Rebecca Jade told KPBS Midday about her influences, her childhood with a jazz singer for a mother, the songs that made her fall in love with music and the artists that shaped her style.

Rebecca Jade is winner of multiple San Diego Music Awards, and is a jazz soloist, performs in her own band, Rebecca Jade and the Cold Fact, and as a backup singer with Sheila E. We asked her to reflect on her influences, and she told us about her childhood with a jazz singer for a mother, the songs that made her fall in love with music, and the artists that shaped her style.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has conditionally opened an entry that had been shuttered for two years.