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This course is designed for writers who are at the beginning or end stages of writing their children’s book. Writers will examine their main character, plot, and conflict while crafting their storytelling skills. Writers will also learn how to edit their work, identify the appropriate age group for which the book is written for, write a compelling premise, and understand the basics of word count, font, page layouts, and copyrights. San Diego Writers, Ink on Facebook / Instagram / Twitter

An invasion initially lauded as a success soon turned into a decade-long quagmire.

Richard Lederer returns to OTC for a night of Shakespeare. In honor of William Shakespeare’s birthday, Union-Tribune language columnist Lederer will demonstrate through excerpts from the Bard’s plays and sonnets that Shakespeare is alive and well and living robustly in San Diego. A special guest will perform two Shakespeare monologues to help illustrate the brilliance of the great dramatist. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

April 15 & 16 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. with a 1.5-hr break and 2:30 – 6:30 p.m. Materials included. No experience necessary. Ages 18+ Instructor Erin Behling Join us in crafting your own woven stool! In this 2-day intensive series, each student will create their own stool from beech wood while learning the basics of woodworking, furniture design and traditional weaving techniques using Danish cord. While getting familiar with the tools in the woodshop during this course, students will learn mortise and tenon joinery basics, cutting joinery, shaping and finishing wood, how to cut tapered legs on the tablesaw, and of course– how to weave that beautiful seat with Danish cord! Methods we use in this class are different from our other woodworking classes, so this series will give you even more knowledge! • All levels are welcome; ages 18 and up. Must be able to attend all 4 classes. No prerequisite is required, but we do recommend taking our machine safety course: Intro to the Woodshop. • Scholarships available • Military and sibling discounts Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Nicolas Reyes has been the leader and co-founder of the Gipsy Kings for well over 30 years. In the past three decades, they have dominated the World Music charts and sold more than 14 million albums worldwide. Their platinum compilation, The Best of the Gipsy Kings, was charting for over a year upon its release and their ninth studio album, Savor Flamenco, was awarded the Grammy® for Best World Music Album in 2013. This iconic legacy began when Nicolas’ father, Jose Reyes, formed a celebrated flamenco duo with Manitas de Plata (which boasted fans as famed as Miles Davis and Pablo Picasso). When the pair parted ways, the elder Reyes became even more popular upon starting his own band, backed by his son, called Los Reyes. In later years, Nicolas headed out on his own and began playing in the town of Arles in the south of France. He traveled throughout the country, busking on the streets of Saint-Tropez, playing wherever he could. Having adopted the perpetual motion of the gypsy lifestyle, his band eventually translated “Los Reyes” and became the Gipsy Kings. The band’s music went on to fuse with popular culture. In addition to the accolades above, the traveling Gipsy Kings have played some of the world’s greatest stages, from the Hollywood Bowl to Royal Albert Hall as well as hitting the big screen. Their rendition of “Hotel California” was included in the film The Big Lebowski and the HBO series Entourage. The 2010 film Toy Story 3 featured a Gipsy Kings version of the movie’s popular, Randy Newman-penned theme, “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”. The Gipsy Kings recently featured in a Big Lebowski spinoff The Jesus Rolls with Reyes appearing in person with the director and star, John Turturro, for some of the promotion. As active as this remarkable collective remains, they are also confident in the future of their legacy. “Even though it’s been 30 years, we want to keep on making new music because it’s our life. It’s who we are,” says Nicolas Reyes. “But I think there will be a time when we pass down the Gipsy Kings to our sons”. 30 years is an eternity in pop music, but the story of the Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes has the depth to endure. Theirs is a music that extends through generations, to the sounds of their ancestors – Spanish Romani people who fled the Catalonia region during the Spanish Civil War &ndash ;and reflects the vibrantly eclectic and peripatetic history of the gitanos. *Note: the San Diego Symphony does not appear on this program.

Biden's Democratic critics have compared his achievements to that of President Lyndon B. Johnson, while noting LBJ had bowed out in the best interests of the party and the country and provided a model for others.

This week, San Diego officials began lowering water levels at Lake Hodges to protect the dam which is undergoing repair work. What does it mean for San Diego's water situation?

The mayors-elect of Chula Vista, National City and Imperial Beach want a bigger say on countywide boards like SANDAG.

The office property sector is in trouble as many workplaces remain empty, and that threatens to spark a number of economic problems, including more pain at the country's banks.

The San Diego Unified School District is closing its iHigh Virtual Academy for middle and high school students.