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Coronado Public Library, in partnership with the Coronado Island Film Festival, presents FILM FORUM CORONADO, taking place the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. in the library's Winn Room. Film expert Ralph DeLauro provides a brief introduction to each film and leads a discussion afterwards, often including pointers about how lighting or camera angles contribute to a scene’s mood or propel the story. March 5: "Midnight Special" (2016, PG-13, 112 min) Jeff Nichols fires the imagination in this shape-shifting, genre-defying sci-fi road movie. A father (Michael Shannon) his mysterious friend (Joel Edgerton) and his son (Jaeden Lieberher) with supernatural abilities go on the run to uncover the truth behind the special gifts, all the while pursued by shady government forces. Co-starring Adam Driver, Kirsten Dunst and Sam Shepard.

Acclaimed best-selling writer Gary Phillips delivers the 4th Annual Clara Breed Civil Liberties Lecture, named after heroic former San Diego Public Library director Clara E. Breed. Gary Phillips has written novels, short stories, comic books, and worked in TV. His latest novel "Ash Dark as Night" was chosen by Parade magazine as one of its best mysteries of 2024. Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, his landmark hard-boiled noir novel "Violent Spring" broke ground on depictions of Los Angeles as it existed in the halls of power and on the street in 1992. Son of a mechanic and a librarian with roots in the Texas Hill Country and the Mississippi Delta, Gary Phillips must keep writing to forestall his appointment at the crossroads. He has written more than 25 novels, short stories, comic books, and was a staff writer on FX’s SNOWFALL, about crack and the CIA in 1980s South Central Los Angeles. Culprits currently streaming on Hulu is based on the linked anthology "Culprits: The Heist Was Just the Beginning" he co-edited. Publishers Weekly named his recent novel "Ash Dark as Night" as one of the best mysteries of 2024. The Clara Breed Civil Liberties Lecture honors Miss Breed's triple legacy of service, decency, and advocacy on behalf of Japanese Americans wrongly imprisoned in concentration camps by the federal government during World War II. Learn more about this on our website: mysdpl.org/civilliberties

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

DNA testing determined that the body part was that of Indian national Mahi Patel, who was traveling in the small vessel with her parents, older sibling and about 15 other suspected undocumented immigrants.

The Friends of the Oak Park Library Chapter invites our communities to celebrate at the "San Diego Legacy In Black" event to promote education, history, community authors, the arts and library programs. Celebrate Black History Month with singers, storytellers and African dance! All ages are welcome. Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025 from Noon - 2 p.m. We look forward to seeing you on February 22! Visit Oak Park Library: https://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/locations/oak-park-library Oak Park Library is on Facebook

Vance Boelter was captured in a wooded area on Sunday night, and charged in the shootings of two state lawmakers and their spouses. He appeared in federal court after being charged with murder.

The former FBI director posted — then deleted — a picture of seashells forming "8647." Trump and his allies view it as a call for his assassination, but Comey says he was unaware of that meaning.

The weekend bombing of a Palm Springs, Calif., fertility clinic has cast a fresh spotlight on a 19th century philosophy linked to Russian revolutionaries. What does "nihilism" mean?

The National Weather Service says it plans to hire more than 100 additional staff members. The move follows complaints and concerns after the Trump administration eliminated more than 500 positions.

Federal rules to reduce the levels of "forever chemicals" in drinking water are getting delayed.