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The library's fifth annual Comic Conference for Educators and Librarians will go digital this year as part of Comic-Con@Home. Check out the literacy and literary arts-inspired panels for anyone interested in graphic novels, education or pop culture.

At least three dozen new restaurants and bars are opening around the county this year, with a variety of food, snack and beverage options.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Alexander Vindman, former director for European affairs at the United States National Security Council, about how the U.S. might deter Russia from invading Ukraine.

The San Diego City Council unanimously voted Monday to pass Mayor Todd Gloria's roughly $4.6 billion proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022, an increase of more than $537 million — or 13.4% — over last year's spending plan.

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When the Roosevelt administration rolled out millions of dollars to fund artists, musicians, writers and actors, it wasn't just about job creation. It was to unite a nation in turmoil.

Stream or tune in Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

La Vuelta is a biweekly car cruise in Barrio Logan that runs through the summer. The event has become the heart of lowrider culture here in San Diego. These days, the customized slow- and low-to-the-ground cars and bikes can be found almost anywhere. Lowriding has become a culture created by Chicanos and exported all over the world. It’s big in Japan. No, seriously. Not to mention in Brazil and other lowrider hot spots. But at the border, the lowrider scene is a lifeline. For lots of people here, lowriders are much more than just a hobby. The culture that’s coalesced around lowriders on both sides of the border has offered some people here salvation. It’s given new meaning and purpose to peoples’ lives — from deportees in Tijuana to military veterans struggling with PTSD in San Diego. In this episode of "Only Here," a KPBS podcast about art, culture and life at the Western Hemisphere’s busiest border crossing, a story about lowriders as life rafts. Only here can you find such a crucial lowrider culture on both sides of the wall.

Scholars have a mantra: Shakespeare is universal and his works are for everyone. But for Black actors and audiences, does an implicit whiteness in the Bard's canon hinder access and identification?

San Diego businesses will be able to continue outdoor operations on sidewalks, city streets and private parking lots through July 13, 2022, under action taken Tuesday by the City Council.