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Florida's state universities will start accepting an alternative to the SAT exam that's known for its Christian and conservative backing.

Coronado Public Library, in partnership with Warwick's bookstore, will host Bonnie Garmus as she discusses and signs her #1 New York Times bestselling book, "Lessons in Chemistry" with Jane Mitchell, 28-time Emmy Award winning broadcast journalist and local Coronado resident. This event is free and open to the public but a ticket is required. Free seating is first-come, first-served. Limited preferred seating is available with purchase of "Lessons in Chemistry" through Warwick's bookstore. To obtain a free open-seating ticket, or a reserved seat with purchase of a signed copy of the book, please visit https://www.warwicks.com/event/garmus-2023 or call the store at 858-454-0347. Bonnie Garmus is a copywriter and creative director who has worked widely in the fields of technology, medicine, and education. She's an open-water swimmer, a rower, and mother to two pretty amazing daughters. Born in California and most recently from Seattle, she currently lives in London with her husband and her dog, 99. "Lessons in Chemistry": Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel-prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with - of all things - her mind. True chemistry results. But like science, life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America's most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth's unusual approach to cooking ("combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride") proves revolutionary. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn't just teaching women to cook. She's daring them to change the status quo. Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.

A proposal from the Labor Department would make an estimated 3.6 million salaried workers newly eligible for overtime pay. It covers workers earning less than $55,000 per year.

The two largest sewage system pumps in San Diego are aging and won’t be replaced for years. Meanwhile, large-scale sewage spills are occurring more often, especially as the region faces more heavy rain events.

Top female surfers from all around the world are in Oceanside this weekend, competing in the Nissan SuperGirl Surf Pro. But the event goes beyond a championship title and is intended to inspire young girls to hit the waves.

On Wednesday, March 8 at 7 p.m., Coronado Public Library, in partnership with Warwick's bookstore, will host John Sayles as he discusses his new book, "Jamie MacGillivray: The Renegade's Journey," in conversation with Merridee Book, executive and artistic director of the Coronado Island Film Festival. A book-signing will follow. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served, subject to availability. Limited preferred seating is available with purchase of Jamie MacGillivray through Warwick's bookstore. Please visit https://www.warwicks.com/event/sayles-2023 or call the store at 858-454-0347 for more information. John Sayles is a much-celebrated film director who has made 18 movies, beginning in 1980 when his debut "Return of the Secaucus Seven" was released. Among the other movies he is known for directing—and often writing as well—are "Lianna," "Brother from Another Planet," "Matewan," "Eight Men Out," "City of Hope," "Sunshine State," "Passion Fish" and "Lone Star," the last two of which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay. He also has written screenplays for other directors, including the iconic 1980s horror movies "The Howling" and "Alligator." Sayles also directed three of Bruce Springsteen’s most famed music videos for the songs "Born in the USA," "Glory Days" and "I’m on Fire." As an author, Sayles has written numerous novels and short stories since 1975, when his first novel, "Pride of the Bimbos," appeared. His second novel, "Union Dues," was nominated for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Subsequent books include "At the Anarchist’s Convention," "Los Gusanos," "Dillinger in Hollywood," "A Moment in the Sun," and "Yellow Earth." Sayles has been honored by, or been guest speaker for, such respected organizations as the American Historical Association, the Modern Language Association, and the American Studies Association. His screenplay for the film "Sonora," released in 2021, won the Ariel Award, Mexico’s equivalent to the Oscar, for Best Adapted Screenplay. Sayles divides his time between Los Angeles and Connecticut. About "Jamie MacGillivray: The Renegade's Journey" Spanning 13 years, two continents, several wars, and many smoke-filled and bloody battlefields, John Sayles's thrilling historical and cinematic epic invites comparison with Diana Gabaldon, George R. R. Martin, Phillippa Gregory, and Charles Dickens. It begins in the highlands of Scotland in 1746, at the Battle of Culloden, the last desperate stand of the Stuart "pretender" to the throne of the Three Kingdoms, Bonnie Prince Charlie, and his rabidly loyal supporters. Vanquished with his comrades by the forces of the Hanoverian (and Protestant) British crown, the novel's eponymous hero, Jamie MacGillivray, narrowly escapes a roadside execution only to be recaptured by the victors and shipped to Marshalsea Prison (central to Charles Dickens's "Hard Times") where he cheats the hangman a second time before being sentenced to indentured servitude in colonial America for the rest of his life. His travels are paralleled by those of Jenny Ferguson, an impoverished village girl swept up on false charges by the English and also sent in chains to the New World. The novel follows Jamie and Jenny through servitude, revolt, escape, and romantic entanglements. The two continue to cross paths with each other and with some of the leading figures of the era -- the devious Lord Lovat, future novelist Henry Fielding, the artist William Hogarth, a young and ambitious George Washington, the doomed General James Wolfe, and the Lenape chief feared throughout the Ohio Valley as Shingas the Terrible.

Here are some of the most memorable looks from the 95th Academy Awards.

The former clerk in Rowan County, Ky., was sued by two same-sex couples to whom she refused to grant marriage licenses, claiming it violated her religious beliefs. Her attorney says she will appeal.

Around 130 people have died in ethnic violence between two communities in Manipur state that has driven thousands from their home.

A shutdown would affect the nearly 7 million women and children who rely on WIC for healthy food. Free school lunch and Meals on Wheels are also at risk, and SNAP could be impacted eventually too.