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Open enrollment for Medicare just started, and more than 30,000 Scripps clients in San Diego County who have Medicare Advantage plans are facing a difficult choice. In other news, it’s Undocumented Student Action Week on community college campuses across California. Plus, we hear from the San Diegan who was named the “Most Influential Filipina in the World.”

Two-wheeled electric vehicles offer great speed and ease of use and could be a sword in the fight against greenhouse emissions. But health officials in San Diego question whether they are safe to use.

The chain’s closure is disappointing for many but may have the biggest effect on communities with low food access.

Come experience OMA West Gallery’s newest exhibition “Echo´s Potential" created by San Diego-based artist Annalise Neil. The Exhibition aims to encourage public discourse on what it means to be human in an interconnected world. Her spectacular work unites recognizable subjects–such as plants and animals floating in the characteristic blue of the cyanotype–with conceptual and philosophical threads related to quantum theory, perception, and time. This exhibition will be on display from October 21, 2023 to January 23, 2024, and a celebration will be help on November 9, 2023 from 6-8 p.m. at The Seabird Resort.

Celebrate summer with the sounds of local music during InterContinental San Diego’s 2023 Summer Sunset Live Music Series every Saturday through September 2 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. hosted at Layover, the hotel’s aviation themed rooftop bar and lounge. Throughout the series, guests will enjoy live music from a talented selection of local artists performing on the rooftop lounge, set alongside unparalleled sunset views over the San Diego Bay along with Layover’s signature cocktails. Guests will also enjoy additional brand enhancements from handpicked drink partners including tasting tables, additional swag, visits from brand ambassadors and more. Event Schedule: June 17: Groove to the island-style reggae sounds of Mario Marauak along with beverage partner Maker Wines. June 24: Enjoy the Lofi beats of NBC The Voice’s Johnny Martin filling the air with soulful music along with classic hits and RnB along with beverage partner Ketel One. July 1: The soulful sounds of songbird Helena Holleran who draws influence from Rnb, Soul, Jazz, Latin, Afrobeat, and Reggae; inspiring an undeniable groove, infectious swing, sweet songbird-soul melodies, along with beverage partner Don Julio. July 2: Kat Hall whose soulful vocals and unique style blur boundaries by blending reggae elements with jazz chords and R&B beats along with messages of unity, female empowerment, and individuality, and beverage partner Ketel One. July 4: Get transported to the tropic islands with Ben Benavente's Hawaiian/Island style music, showcasing a softer reggae through singing and ukulele played live alongside recorded piano and bass guitar, with beverage partner Aviation Gin. July 8: Groove to Jonny Tarr’s funk-soul-inspired pop originals who will double on the guitar, sax, beat-box, and vocals, along with beverage partner Old Harbor Spirits.

From the organizers: Betsy Konrad, the acclaimed San Diego abstract artist whose work has been featured in in New York galleries, has a new show next month in La Jolla. The show is scheduled for May 12, and will be hosted at Dunia’s Hair Lounge, 1110 Torrey Pines Road, Suite E, in La Jolla. The show, which runs from 6-10 p.m., is free to the public. The renowned French Gourmet of Pacific Beach will cater the event with complimentary food, along with wine and beverages. Konrad is a former foreign policy and national security expert and consultant whose work included time in the White House. She retired due to medical conditions, then turned her focus to the arts. She has since found her passion for painting and became a full-time abstract artist who has quickly found critical and commercial success. “It’s only as the paint and my brush flow that I find the direction I’m heading -- which goes with my wanderlust personality,” Konrad said. “I’ve traveled a lot and have found that my best adventures and experiences were when I was ‘lost or didn’t have a plan.’ ” 
Konrad’s website, which features numerous examples of her work and details of her extraordinary life, is www.betsykonrad.com.

Students of the Waldorf School of San Diego High School will mark Cesar Chavez Day with the inaugural “Head, Hands, Heart & Land” limited-run art show. The show, running March 31 – April 7, features jury-selected original works by Waldorf students and will celebrate and open on Cesar Chavez Day at the Logan Heights gallery, CM Curatorial, located adjacent to San Diego’s Cesar Chavez Park. Opening night will be March 31 at 6 p.m. The Waldorf School of San Diego, a K-12 independent school with two campuses located in the City Heights, ranks as one of the best high schools for the arts in California. “Student works are inspired by activism, and ideas such as caring for the land and waterways, standing up for rights and freedoms and being good stewards of social change,” says Rachel Davis, Waldorf School Administrator. “It is a moving display of how the next generation explores themes around social justice, food justice, climate change and conservation.” The Waldorf School of San Diego on Facebook / Instagram

Olivier Latry is Notre Dame Cathedral's longest-serving organist. Just days before the church's gala reopening, after the destructive fire in 2019, he talks about the refurbished instrument — it holds 8,000 pipes — and its role in the church.

A handful of rescued bears in Europe are competing in March Napness, a bracket-style tournament to see what bear can stay in hibernation the longest.

Fix your items for free! There is a better way than throw-away. Join the San Diego Fixit Clinic at the Chula Vista Norman Park Senior Center on December 16 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m, Learn how to repair your broken items for FREE with our volunteer Fixit Coaches. Learn how to | • Fix broken appliances and gadgets • Repair road and mountain bikes • Mend your favorite outfit Free to the public, register today!