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2023 Year of the Cat or Year of the Rabbit? Find out on January 20-22 in City Heights * free admission If you are looking for something fun and exciting to start the New Year off right while also giving back, look no further! 2023 SD Lunar New Year Festival is back. The festival will include folk and traditional performances, arts and cultural exhibitions, lion dances and firecrackers, and plenty of family fun activities for the kids. More importantly, the festival is inclusive, pet friendly, and free with no admission cost. 2023 will mark an exciting milestone as it also will be the groundbreaking event for the Boat People Garden, a mini park to be built approximately one block from our festival site. If you participated at any of the SD Lunar New Year festivals before, this is your accomplishment. All proceeds from 2020, 2022, and this year 2023 will all be used for the construction of this park. Even if you just attended and purchased goods and services, or if you participated as a vendor, sponsor, entertainer, artist, volunteers, or by any means, you directly contributed, and this park is possible because of you! So don’t forget to stop by the groundbreaking site to pick up a rock or some grain of sands to show to the world because this is your accomplishment and you help paid for those rocks, those sands, and those soon to be installed benches, tables, lanterns, flowers, plants, public art, sculpture, mural, etc. Giving back to the community is the greatest gift of all and we couldn't be more thankful to you for your contribution. Let's make this another festival to remember and let's celebrate this tremendous progress we've made together. Join the fun this January 20-22nd at Jeremy Henwood Park – 4455 Wightman Street, San Diego, CA 92105. If you had trouble finding parking last year, worry no more. Parking spaces are available at Rosa Park Elementary School, and several underground parking structures from several buildings nearby. There will be signs so you cannot miss it. The Lunar New Year Festival will be open Friday, Jan. 20 from 5 p.m. – 10 p.m., Saturday January 21 from 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. and Sunday, January 22 from 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Admission is free

The task force is a coalition of local government officials, policy experts, and community leaders "dedicated to developing comprehensive immigration reform strategies," a statement from the association read.

They will converge on California State University, Long Beach, on June 8 to light the cauldron at the Special Olympics Southern California's Summer Games.

A recent survey finds that more than half of young people aged 16-25 are highly worried about climate change. Some universities are now trying to help them navigate those emotions in class.

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.

Weinstein's New York conviction was overturned last year. Jury selection began on Tuesday for a new trial, in which prosecutors will retry the case alongside a brand new charge.

The Bear, Shogun and Baby Reindeer split most of the major categories, while Eugene and Dan Levy did their best to move things along. There weren't many surprises and ... wait, didn't we just do this?

In this two-day workshop we’ll explore the potential of the Prose Poem form as a meaningful addition to the writer’s toolbox. Our first session will serve as introduction: we’ll discuss examples of the prose poem—some poems will be finished pieces & other will show how some poets switched from lined verse to the prose poems format & possibly why. Participants will have an opportunity to create some prose poems of their own. The following week at our second session, you’ll be asked to bring copies of prose poems you have written. Please be prepared for a read and critique segment wherein you’ll be asked to read your work, discuss how you chose the form & why. This two-part workshop is an excellent opportunity for writers of prose to discover how their work can be transformed into a poetic form. San Diego Writers, Ink on Facebook / Instagram

Sophomore students at Hoover High School held a self-care fair Wednesday to promote mental health therapies for childhood anxiety, depression and isolation.

Join the North County Climate Change Alliance and Surfrider Foundation’s San Diego Chapter online for a deep dive into microplastics with Matt Simon, science writer for Wired magazine and author of "A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies". There is no charge for this online event, but please register in advance. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing the Zoom link along with additional details. This will also enable us to inform you if there are any last-minute announcements, instructions, or other information. Thank you! About Matt Simon Matt Simon has been a science writer at Wired magazine since 2011. His focus includes biology, robotics, climate change, and microplastic pollution. Matt was the creator of Wired’s Absurd Creature of the Week column, which ran from September 2013 to March 2016. This was turned into the weekly web video series Absurd Creatures. In April 2020, it was adapted into the hit Netflix series Absurd Planet. In 2017, Matt received an Alex Award for his book, The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar: Evolution’s Most Unbelievable Solutions to Life’s Biggest Problems, which cataloged the strangest creatures on Earth. His second book, Plight of the Living Dead: What Real-Life Zombies Reveal About Our World—and Ourselves, explored the science of how parasites mind-control their hosts. Matt attended UC Davis and holds an A.B. in English, Communications. For more information visit: volunteer.surfrider.org Stay Connected on Facebook