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Deb Perelman, the founder of Smitten Kitchen, answers your anonymous questions on clutter and hosting.

First Strokes, a nonprofit based in New York City, is helping students learn water safety skills and how to swim. They offer free swimming lessons for teens — taught by other teens.

Rescuers are scouring the crash site for survivors, and Nepal has declared Monday a day of national mourning.

A shutdown would affect the nearly 7 million women and children who rely on WIC for healthy food. Free school lunch and Meals on Wheels are also at risk, and SNAP could be impacted eventually too.

Demand for monkeypox vaccines in San Diego County continues to outpace supply. There have been 239 cases of the virus reported here since June. Then, among the initiatives that make up San Diego’s Climate Action Plan is one that involves restoring 700 acres of wetlands along the coast. Environmentalists say the wetlands will help mitigate sea level rise and absorb carbon dioxide from the air. Then we head to Big Bear in the San Bernardino Mountains where hot days and air pollution are getting in the way of fire prevention efforts. Next, a conversation with an Alzheimer’s Association researcher about the links between diseases like dementia and Alzheimer’s and COVID-19. And: bark, bark! 100 beagles rescued from a Virginia research facility will be looking for loving homes in San Diego in the coming weeks. We have the details. Finally, San Diego children’s book author Matt de la Peña talks about nurturing curiosity and self-discovery in children and his new book, “Patchwork.”

Attendees share their experiences at the scaled back pop culture convention.

Mayor Todd Gloria Thursday announced a pilot program that will use solar power to charge San Diego's municipal electric vehicle fleet as part of the city’s climate action plan. Also, since the beginning of the pandemic, 535 child care providers have shuttered their doors in San Diego county, putting a strain on an already beleaguered child care system. Plus, scientists say carbon capture technology, that pulls CO2 out of the air, is the quickest way to reduce carbon emissions.

This month, LJAA will feature a demonstration by Ann Chaitin, a mixed-media artist. The demonstration will be held on Thursday, April 28 from 3-5 p.m. The demonstration will show how a variety of handmade papers, bits of nature, photos and found objects can be combined and layered to reflect a personal visual image. Chaitin says that "mixed media lends itself to working with varied textures and multiple layers, often becoming a symbolic representation of time or place or person that is real and personal." Free and open to the public. (In-person) Held every fourth Thursday of the month. Visit: https://www.ljcommunitycenter.org/art-receptions La Jolla Community is on Facebook

The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds Trump and Biden in a dead heat — but a conviction could change that, as independent voters aren't interested in supporting Trump if he's convicted.

Gas stoves in California homes are leaking cancer-causing benzene, researchers found in a new study published on Thursday.