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Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two.

An introduction to mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease, and other dementias. Learn information about risk factors, common symptoms, and resources for help. This class is presented by local non-profit Alzheimer's San Diego and pre-registration is recommended. Register at the ticket link and learn more at www.alzsd.org/services/education.

Home health care workers in Nevada are lobbying the state legislature to raise caregivers' minimum wage from $16 to $20 an hour.

Composer Zane Alexander S.B. will lead the 13-piece Holy Ghost Ensemble of distinguished San Diego musicians through a structured improvisation blending jazz, classical, and new textures in an idiom of his own - a composition that has surprised concert-goers with its sound and scope. Admission is free. Related links: Zane Alexander S.B.: website | Instagram

Develop new skills and strategies for connecting and communicating more effectively with a person experiencing memory loss, and responding when interactions are challenging. This class is presented by local non-profit Alzheimer's San Diego and pre-registration is recommended. Register at the ticket link and learn more at www.alzsd.org/services/education.

City of San Diego and San Diego Unified School District opens new joint-use space for soccer and other sports.

Maritime Museum of San Diego presents "Steam and Splendor: Treasures from the Ocean Liner and Cruise Ship Emphemera Collection" Opening Friday, May 26 at Noon, and included free with general admission. Exhibit will remain open until Memorial Day weekend next year (2024). "Steam and Splendor: Treausures from the Ocean Liner and Cruise Ship Emphemera Collection" is staged aboard the Gould Eddy gallery aboard the Museum’s elegant 1898 Victorian-era steam ferryboat Berkeley. The new exhibit transports visitors to a time when ocean travel was sedate, luxurious, and exclusive. The collection includes hidden treasures never displayed for the public and one of the largest of ocean liner and cruise ship ephemera in California. Journey back in time to the era of the great ocean liners of the 20th century – among them the Titanic, the Normandy, the SS United States, the Empress of Britain, and many others. Visitors to the new exhibit will learn how passengers chose these destinations, purchased tickets, what they packed for their voyage, what they ate, where they slept and dined, and how they passed their time on board. Exhibit entry is free with general admission. General admission self-guided tickets are $20.00 for adults, $15.00 for seniors/active military and ages 13-17 and $10 .00 for youth ages 12 and under. Ages 2 and under free. The Maritime Museum of San Diego is open daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit: www.sdmaritime.org or call 619-234-9153 x101 Maritime Museum of San Diego on Facebook / Instagram

KPBS Midday Edition wants to have a conversation with a dog trainer, to help you better connect with your canine companions.

The Tenth Annual Borrego Springs Film Festival will take place January 12 – 16, 2023, in Borrego Springs, California - a small town located in the northern end of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, in San Diego County. The five-day festival presents screenings of selected short films, features, documentaries, animated shorts, and Hispanic/Latin films, submitted by filmmakers from around the world, which are shown in Blocks at the Borrego Springs Performing Arts Center. Festival passes and tickets for individual screening Blocks can be purchased at borregospringsfilmfestival.org, and a full schedule of the Screening Blocks can be found there. Tickets and Festival Passes go on sale on December 15. For more information, go to borregospringsfilmfestival.org.

Javier Salazar Rojas is known as the Deported Artist. He paints about immigration, Mexican culture and the borderlands.