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The rainy weather is expected to bring ample wildflowers to the state this spring for bees to forage. That could mean a good year for honey.

In conjunction with the Center for Ethics in Science and Technology, the Fleet Science Center welcomes guests to encounter science from an ethical viewpoint. Held on the first Wednesday of the month, this ongoing series brings the public and scientists together to explore how science and technology can best serve society. Through forums, projects and resources, the Ethics Center gives stakeholders an opportunity to share perspectives on the ethical implications of new developments in science and technology. Each event includes an opportunity for the audience to share thoughts and questions with guest speakers. The Exploring Ethics forums welcome anyone who is open to learning new ideas and listening to viewpoints that are different from their own. Schedule: • Wednesday, March 2 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. | Centering the Environmental Impact of Computing in CS Teaching and Tesearch with George Porter, PhD. • Wednesday, April 6 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. | Telling the Story of Science: Creatively Countering Environmental Despair with Monica Stufft, PhD. • Wednesday, May 4 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. | Last Gift: Ethical Considerations for HIV Cure Research at the End of Life - A Community Update and Conversations with Karine Dubé, DrPH, Jeff Taylor, and Sara Gianella Weibel, M.D. Click here for more details on speakers and sessions. The Exploring Ethics forums take place online, prior registration is required and free. Please register here. For more information, please visit fleetscience.org/events/exploring-ethics or call the Fleet at (619) 238-1233.

Kotek, a former state House speaker, beat out Republican Christine Drazan, a former state lawmaker. The race was uncomfortably close for Democrats, who've held the governor's mansion for four decades.

Just two days before the World Cup is set to kick off, FIFA announced that only non-alcoholic beer will be sold at the 64 matches in Qatar. The tournament is sponsored by Budweiser.

Arturo Sandoval is fluent in at least four musical languages. He can burn through an Afro-Cuban groove, tear up a bebop tune, soar over a Mozart concerto, and sooth you with a luscious ballad, all with equal power and grace. A protégé of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, Sandoval is one of the world’s most revered guardians of jazz trumpet and flugelhorn, as well as a renowned classical artist, pianist, and composer. Date | Friday, June 3 at 8 p.m., prelude at 7 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Get tickets here! Ticket Prices ranging from $45 to $95. This event is brought to you by La Jolla Music Society. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/arturo-sandoval or call (858) 459-3728.

Join us for a panel discussion with a group of San Diego and Bay Area-based scholars, curators, and artists, each of whom knew López variously as a friend, teacher, mentor, and icon. The panelists will discuss their relationship to López and her practice, exploring the late artist’s influence and legacy as a progenitor Chicana feminist art. Yolanda López (1942-2021) was an artist, activist, and educator celebrated for her role in the Chicano civil rights movement and for her iconic Guadalupe series. With her exuberant Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of Guadalupe, López produced one of earliest feminist transformations of the figure and inspired subsequent generations of Chicano/a/x artists and thinkers. Date | Thursday, March 3, 3033 at 5:30pm Location | Virtual Link The panel is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Yolanda López: Portrait of the Art, on view through April 24 at MCASD downtown. Panelists include: • Leticia Gomez Franco, Executive Director of Balboa Art Conservation Center • Irene Lara, Professor of Women's Studies at San Diego State University • Terezita Romo, art historian and Lecturer in the Chicana/o Studies Department at UC Davis • Jessica Sabogal, Muralist Image: Jessica Sabogal, Sobreviviremos: A Portrait of Yolanda López and Tribute to the 1969 organizations working toward liberation and self-determination: Los Siete de la Raza, The Black Panther Party, and the Indians of All Tribes, 2021. Located at Casa Adelante - 2060 Folsom Street, San Francisco For further information on this event and discussion link visit: https://www.mcasd.org/events/portrait-artist-panel-discussion-celebration-yolanda-l%C3%B3pezs-legacy

Havana-born and based pianist Roberto Fonseca honors his deep Afro-Cuban roots while embracing modern music and showcasing what the future of Cuban music can be, thus becoming “one of the most exciting musicians in the new Cuban scene” (BBC Music). Fonseca, who has toured the world’s best venues with Buena Vista Social Club, is known for ripping up the rule book, entwining folkloric sounds with everything from jazz and classical music to rap, funk, reggaeton, and electronica. Date | Thursday, May 19 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Location | The JAI at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center. Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $63 to $83. A $15 Food and Beverage Voucher is included with each ticket. This event is brought to you by La Jolla Music Society. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/roberto-fonseca or call (858) 459-3728.

The Maritime Museum of San Diego hosts a second Sea Monster Saloon, sponsored by Pusser’s Rum, on the main deck of Star of India Saturday, October 29, 2022 5 to 10 p.m. for guests 21 and up. Halloween costumes encouraged! Tickets include a spectacular waterfront concert on the world's oldest active sailing ship under the stars along the beautiful San Diego Bay. Guests will enjoy the popular San Diego blues and rock trio, Fish & the Seaweeds, specialty rum cocktail, sea-inspired appetizers and dessert nibbles. Guests will also explore the new Sea Monsters: Delving into the Deep Myth exhibit experience nested below deck on the Star of India. Sea Monsters: Delving into the Deep Myth exhibit is a fresh, fun, eye-catching experience, complete with dramatic Kraken-inspired tentacles climbing across the yards and rigging of the legendary Star of India. Visitors will be taken on an imaginary journey at the end of the 19th Century, when a fictional Professor of Natural History is tasked with investigating the existence of Sea Monsters in various parts of the globe. SOCIALS: The Maritime Museum of San Diego: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Pusser's Rum: Twitter & Instagram

Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov launched his career by winning the London International Piano Competition in 2009 at the age of 18 and has made a seamless transition from prodigy to celebrated career musician. He performs frequently in recital at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, among many others. The exciting program includes Schumann’s dramatic Kreisleriana and Rachmaninoff’s riveting Variations on a Theme of Corelli. Date | Sunday, May 15 at 3 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $49 to $100. This event if brought to you by La Jolla Music Society. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/behzod-abduraimov or call (858) 459-3728.

This American bluegrass/American roots GRAMMY award-winning duo has put their passion for the outdoors at the heart of their children’s music. A five-time Parent’s Choice Award winner, they have garnered praise from the likes of NPR’s All Things Considered and USA Today, and have been called “two of family music’s best songwriters.” The Okee Dokee Brothers come to San Diego this spring, as part of La Jolla Music Society's ConRAD Kids Series. Date | Saturday, May 5 at 3 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Get tickets here! Adult admission: $28 Child admission: $18 For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/okee-dokee-brothers or call (858) 459-3728.