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Solar power is by far the cheapest source of electricity available these days, beating coal, natural gas, and nuclear in your checkbook. But if the solar power is placed far away from the end user, these low prices are dwarfed by transmission costs and grid losses. Far away no longer makes sense. So, what are the solutions? Please join us to hear from Dr. Phillip Watts about a prospective North County renewable energy project at Markel Reservoir, Carlsbad and as well as other nearby projects. Learn how we can be a part of the team to promote this collaboration, to save money, create jobs, advance the use of renewable energy, and mitigate the climate crisis! Local CCAs (Community Choice Aggregation) such as the Clean Energy Alliance are in a position to bring hundreds of millions of dollars into their cities, with local jobs, local energy resiliency, lower energy prices, and additional city revenue. This is true community power! _______________________________________ We will also hear from Dave Rosenfeld, who is the Executive Director of the Solar Rights Alliance. He will update us on the current efforts underway to save rooftop solar. (PG&E, So Cal Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric are lobbying the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to make consumer solar twice as expensive than it is today. The CPUC is expected to make a decision by the end of this year. If you were following the now-defeated AB 1139, the CPUC is where this issue will get settled. Date: Nov. 11, 2021 Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm Location: Virtual Zoom Link Cost: Free, Registration required For more information and registration details please visit HERE!

Brittney Griner has asked her supporters to advocate for the release of Paul Whelan, a former Marine serving a 16-year prison term in Russia for espionage charges the United States are baseless.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point as part of its ongoing effort to fight inflation. Price hikes have begun to ease, but the Fed says inflation is not yet tamed.

People can experience symptoms of PTSD after being exposed to videos with violence and death. Those symptoms can show up immediately or weeks later.

Few bands have had a more entertaining and over the top live show than THE TUBES. Their influence can be seen in many of the visually oriented groups of today such as The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Marilyn Manson and others. Though they may have been ahead of their time in the eighties, they haven’t lost a step and continue to reinvent themselves. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show is at 8 p.m. Ages 21+ Only $35-$100 Visit Belly Up on Facebook + Instagram

After two years of a virtual presentation, Write Out Loud in association with The San Diego Shakespeare Society is thrilled to return in person to bring "The Bard" to life with the 17th Annual Student Shakespeare Festival. Attendees will enjoy performances of students from K-12 from throughout San Diego County, presenting scenes and monologues from Shakespeare's plays. The Festival begins with a parade led by “Shakespeare” himself followed by participating students. Performers will present monologues, sonnets and scenes from Shakespeare’s canon. In preparation for the Festival, in-class workshops were provided to area students on basic poetics and performance skills as well as finishing touches for performances. Date | Saturday, April 30 at 11 a.m. Location | Heritage Park This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit writeoutloudsd.com/shakesfest or call Walter Ritter, Festival Director, at (619) 297-8953.

The company's longtime chief financial officer had pleaded guilty to 15 felonies and testified against the Trump Organization, which was convicted last month and is set to be sentenced on Friday.

Russell Cook expected a quick, inexpensive visit to an urgent care center for his daughter after a car wreck. She wasn't badly hurt, but they were sent to an emergency room — for a much larger bill.

When Vanessa Foster was stranded in the middle of Alaska, a stranger with bright blue eyes stopped to give her a ride, and changed her life.

Dozens of companies have announced mass layoffs this year and there might be more still to come in 2023. Are you in a job or industry that's at risk of being cut? NPR wants to hear from you.