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Every year, we ask NPR staff and book critics to share their favorite titles in our annual Books We Love guide. Behind the scenes, it's fun to spot trends and see what gets nominated again and again.

In conjunction with the Coronado Historical Association's latest exhibit, An Island Looks Back: Uncovering Coronado's Hidden African American History (read more here). CHA cordially invites you to join us for a special exhibit lecture, The California Innovation No One Talks About: How and Why the Real Estate Industry Segregated America. Author, Gene Slater, will delve into his path-breaking book Freedom to Discriminate: How Realtors Conspired to Segregate Housing and Divide America and the implications of this history today. - Member ($15 each) - Non-Member ($20 each) - Important Registration Information: Capacity is limited and reservations are required. No walk-ins will be admitted. If you have any questions please email us or call (619) 435-7242. About the Speaker: Gene Slater has served as senior advisor on housing for federal, state, and local agencies for over forty years. He co-founded and chairs CSG Advisors, which has been one of the nation’s leading advisors on affordable housing for decades. He has advised on housing issues in thirty states. His projects have received numerous national awards, and in the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2009, he helped design the program by which the United States Treasury financed homes for 110,000 first-time buyers. He received degrees from Columbia, MIT, and Stanford, as well as a mid-career fellowship from Harvard. He has lived and worked in New York, Boston, rural Wisconsin, Chicago, and the San Francisco Bay Area, where he currently resides. Stay Connected with Coronado Historical Association! Facebook & Instagram

Merle Wakefield was cleared for release four years ago. But the state has struggled to place him in the community as residents protested his release.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law raising wages for the state’s lowest-paid health care workers to gradually increase to $25 an hour.

A criminal complaint alleges that guards pepper-sprayed Othel Moore Jr., placed a mask over his face and left him in a position that caused him to suffocate.

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point. How much further rates fall could depend on how President-elect Trump approaches his second term.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz popularized the term to brand his Republican opponents in the presidential race. To Minnesotans, though, it hits different.

The statement from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton "corrects falsehoods" from critics who say death row inmate Robert Roberson was unjustifiably convicted in the death of his toddler child.

This week of Summer Camp is all about Game Making & Pinball Machine Building! Calling all makers, designers & traditional “gamers”! In this 1-week camp kids will use multiple mediums and different materials to create a variety of fun, hands-on games, including a handmade Pinball Machine! STEAM principles apply at every turn as kids learn to navigate materials to design and construct their own unique interactive games. We’ll be the guides as the campers design their hearts out. Then we’ll work together to help make their designs come to life! This camp is recommended for ages 8-14 years. OPTIONAL | Lunch Hour Supervision If there is a camp ending as ours begins and you need your child or teen transferred, let us know! If you’d like your child or teen to stay during the lunch hour, there’s a $25 fee for the week to cover the lunchtime gap. They can bring a lunch and have lunch with us with the option to do a fun craft after lunch, or head out to grab a lunch and head back to the studio to eat in a safe, welcoming space. Click here to read more & add the lunch break. • Military and sibling discounts. • Scholarships available. • If you would like to be notified of future offerings, join the Interest List to be notified when new dates or spaces are available. San Diego Craft Collective on Facebook / Instagram

The Independent Rates Oversight Committee helps the city track and review how the city spends the money from utility bills and more.