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Vista Hill Council on Mental Health presents "Beyond Hidden Valley Road: Shedding Light on the Challenges Faced by Families With Mental Illness, Then and Now" with speaker Robert Kolker is the author of "Hidden Valley Road", an instant #1 New York Times best-seller. Mr. Kolker tells the true story of one extraordinary family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in understanding this disease. At the Vista Hill Council on Mental Health event, he will discuss how this story sheds light on many of the crucial issues that families with mental illness still face today. Luncheon Chair, Ellen Moxham, PhD along with her committee, invite you to join them for this event where they will also be honoring Barb Crew with the Vista Hill Mental Health Advocate Award. Date | Friday, November 12 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Location | Town & Country Hotel Reserve your spot today! To make a reservation please email jcairncross@vistahill.org or call (858) 514-5155. For more information please visit Vista Council for Mental Health website or email info@vistahill.org.

This was supposed to be a week where President Biden celebrated a series of legislative victories. But it was overtaken by news that FBI agents had searched the home of former President Donald Trump.

The group Swayam Shikshan Prayog, which will be recognized today at the U.N. COP27 summit, focuses on the restoration of livelihoods, especially for women, amid the negative impacts of climate change.

Premieres Tuesdays, April 19, 26 and May 3, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. This three-part documentary series is a deeply researched investigation of what scientists, corporations, politicians and the public have known about climate change for decades and the many missed opportunities to mitigate the problem.

Electric cars can help reduce climate change, but they are costly. Some commuters in the city say e-bikes are the best way to get around.

Fleet Week San Diego returns to the Broadway Pier and welcomes the public to meet active service members and tour military vehicles.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Alice in Borderland Season 2, and the films Aftersun, After Yang and Jeanne Dielman.

The world's population continues to grow, but at a slower rate as people have fewer children. The U.N. predicts it will not reach 9 billion for another 15 years.

This 5-week session provides an opportunity to develop that idea in your head into a script, or hone and develop your current play-in-progress. Playwriting format and essentials will be covered in the first class. Both group and individual feedback is offered to writers throughout the workshop. Aleta Barthell is a playwright and teaching artist in the San Diego area and a Dramatists Guild Ambassador for the San Diego region. Aleta received her Bachelor of Science in Theater from Northwestern University and trained at the British American Drama Academy and Shakespeare & Company. Aleta studied playwriting/screenwriting at UCSD. Her stage play, WINDOW OF SHAME, is a finalist with the 2020 National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and was a finalist for the 2016 HUMANITAS/CTG Playwriting Prize. Aleta is currently developing a television series about the 12th century queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Note: This hybrid session will be held via Zoom for the first four classes and IN PERSON for the last class on February 13, 2022, at our Liberty Station space (2730 Historic Decatur Rd., Barracks 16, Suite 204). If you cannot attend the final session in person, there will be a Zoom link available. To attend the in-person session, please submit either proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours of the event using this Google Form. Masks are also required for everyone except the instructor/presenter. Thank you for your compliance! For more information on this event and class registration please visit HERE!

NASA successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in a test of planetary defense. Now it will determine whether the mission was able to alter the asteroid's course.