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March is Women’s History Month, and Women’s Resource Center at San Diego State University has prepared a slate of empowering and insightful events. Kicking off with a virtual keynote on March 3rd featuring noted author Roxane Gay, the Women's History Month events include the following: • Women of Color Empowerment Group on Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. – Our Womxn of Color Empowerment Group is back! This virtual meeting space is co-hosted by Counseling & Psych Services and the SDSU Center for Intercultural Relations! • Self-Love, Body Image, and Gender-Affirming Clothing on Friday, March 4, noon to 4 p.m. – Join us for an afternoon of self-love and exploring body image, while picking up free clothing from the Pride Center's Community Care Closet! • Women's Global Recovery Roundtable on Tuesday, March 8, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. | This event will feature several speakers throughout the day, bringing awareness to issues of women's mental health and addiction and highlighting the voices of women in recovery. • Women of Color in the Workplace on Wednesday, March 9, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. | Being a woman of color in the workplace can bring new challenges! Together we'll learn about responding to microaggressions, impostor syndrome, stereotypes, and patriarchal or familial expectations. • Queer Femme Healing Circle biweekly on Fridays, March 11 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. | Join the Women's Resource Center & Pride Center's Queer Femme Healing Circle! A safe space to connect with other femmes and discuss the lived experiences of queerness and being femme-presenting. • Violence on the Land/Violence on Our Bodies on Monday, March 14, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. | Audience members will learn how gender-based violence is used to assert control of natural resources and will engage through art response and dialogue. Click here to see full schedule of activities. These events are free and open to SDSU students and staff. For more information, please visit sacd.sdsu.edu/womens-resource/womens-history-month or call Women's Resource Center at (619) 594-2304.

Security agents arrested five Russians, two Ukrainians and an Armenian as suspects in the explosion, which disabled a critical link between Russia and the Ukrainian peninsula it annexed in 2014.

Elon Musk caused Twitter chaos, the streaming industry hit adolescence, late night TV lost its footing, there were lots of layoffs and some dispiriting indications of compassion fatigue.

A KHN investigation found when some Medicare Advantage plans got a rare federal audit, they couldn't produce billing records for care they said they'd provided. Some blamed fire, flood — or doctors.

This year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Swedish scientist Svante Pääbo for his discoveries on human evolution.

During the pandemic, it felt as if the world went digital all at once, but San Diego Public Library would like to invite you to switch gears back into the analog world of handwriting as we begin hosting in-person programming once again.  We will be hosting Christian Michaels from The Writing Den as he facilitates a small group in chatting, writing, and sharing what's on your mind as you put pens to paper. The Writing Den is a nonprofit organization that helps those in need create, communicate, and connect through the power of handwriting. Prompts, supplies, and stamps as well as support will be provided by staff. Date | Every last Monday of the month from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., starting on February 28 through December 26. Location | San Diego Central Library This is a free event, open to the public. You may also join us virtually on the second Tuesday of each month hosted by the Rancho Peňasquitos Library. For more information, please visit sandiego.librarymarket.com/events/the-writing-den or call SD Central Library at (619) 236-5800.

Conservationists' objections to proposed renovation plans for the 100-year-old Castro Theatre in San Francisco illustrate an ongoing debate about the future of historic theaters.

The organization had displayed Iran's national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic to show "support for the women in Iran" ahead of the two nations' soccer match.

You will learn all about sourdough, and how to make your first loaf of sourdough bread with organic flour and local sourdough starter. Nothing tastes quite like fresh-baked, naturally leavened bread! LEARN: We’ll explain fermentation and have a brief discussion about the benefits of making and eating fermenting foods DEMO: We’ll show you how easy it is to start making naturally-leavened bread yourself at home! TASTE: We’ll have a variety of sourdough bread flavors and will bake bread fresh during the workshop DO IT YOURSELF: Roll up your sleeves and make your very own dough (to be baked the next day!) CACAO! We will be serving a hot cup of drinking cacao, along with fresh baked bread and herbed butter Includes your own sourdough starter and take-home loaf of sourdough bread!

Jack Bishop of the PBS television show America's Test Kitchen walked Morning Edition host A Martínez through a recipe from the kitchen's new vegan cookbook. Texans beware: This chili features beans.