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Monday, May 3, 2021, marks the 50th anniversary of NPR's first on-air original broadcast. Look back at the network's history through a linear timeline.

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Online review service Yelp estimates some 29,000 California businesses on its site have closed since the pandemic started. Kiki's Alterations in La Jolla is one local businesses trying to avoid becoming a statistic.

Influenza in San Diego County remains relatively low, with 34 new lab-confirmed cases reported in the past week, eight more than the week previous.

The Rye Riptides began as a science class project in New Hampshire. Some 462 days and 8,300 miles later, a sixth-grader retrieved it from an uninhabited Norwegian island, with its notes still intact.

San Diego Opera's "La Bohème," a famously perfect first opera and a car full of snacks makes for a COVID-safe and slightly chaotic night of culture.

"Coal supply will be increased and coal-fired power plants" will run at full capacity, the central government said this week.

Aging can be hardest for strivers, says social scientist Arthur Brooks, because they sometimes mourn that their biggest successes are in their rearview mirror.

In the news, the al-Aqsa mosque compound is a fuse for conflict between Israel and Palestinians. But in daily life of Muslims, it's a park, holy site and, yes, a symbol of resistance.

Lahiri famously brought a disco vibe to India's biggest film industry. He composed dozens of hits in the 1970s and '80s — which appeared in many top Bollywood movies.