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A study looks at the rate of self-managed abortion since Roe v. Wade fell. The study found that the use of mifepristone to self-manage abortion has nearly doubled from 6.6% in 2021 to 11.0% in 2023.

It was typical Trump fare in an X conversation between the former president and Tesla CEO Elon Musk Monday night. Starting late due to technical issues, the friendly political chat lasted two hours.

The Mission Hills Garden Walk is presenting its 2024 Garden Walk theme of “Another Day in Paradise” on Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s theme will be illustrated in 12 gardens, including the Grant TK-8 School organic Gecko Garden. Local musicians and artists will be in the gardens to add to the festivities. The Mission Hills Garden Walk was inaugurated by the Mission Hills Garden Club in 1999 and has become a celebrated annual community event. Each year a number of Mission Hills homeowners agree to open their magnificent gardens to the community. Tickets are $40 each, kids under 10 free, and will be sold online in half-hour increments beginning April 1 at MissionHillsGardenClub.org. The funds raised will be used to continue the club’s Community College scholarship program, support Mission Hills Summer Concerts in the Park and help fund neighborhood beautification projects. Ticket purchasers who elect to become members of the Garden Club will receive a $15 discount from their membership fee. The Garden Walk will begin at the Mission Hills Nursery, 1525 Fort Stockton Ave., where attendees will pick up their wrist bands and booklets. Trolleys will be available to transport attendees along the route. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook & Instagram

Related event: Free Third Thursday, May 16. Taking the 1990s as its cultural backdrop, Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today is the first major group exhibition in the United States to envision a new approach to contemporary art in the Caribbean diaspora, foregrounding forms that reveal new modes of thinking about identity and place. Over 20 artists are featured in this exhibition, many of whom live in the Caribbean or are of Caribbean heritage. Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s - Today was organized by Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Major support for Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today was provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s - Today is curated by Carla Acevedo-Yates, Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator, with Iris Colburn, Curatorial Associate, Isabel Casso, former Susman Curatorial Fellow MCA Chicago now Associate Curator, MCASD, and Nolan Jimbo, Assistant Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. The presentation at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego is organized by Isabel Casso, Associate Curator, MCASD. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | X

The 20-year-old gunman came within a matter of inches of killing the former president, but investigators are still struggling to understand what may have motivated Thomas Matthew Crooks.

Cardboard beds are one of the Olympics' latest green innovations. But not all the athletes are fans.

Stewart and The Daily Show's executive producer Jennifer Flanz say the show is "clicking" with correspondents in the host chair. Is that a sustainable format for the late night comedy show? They'll revisit that question after the DNC.

The festival’s return is a sign of the South Bay’s strengthening arts scene.

Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan continues to mourn loved ones and hold funerals for the dead, as questions and conspiracy theories swirl over the weekend attack that killed 20 people.

Director: Gabriel Axel Run Time: 102 min. Release Year: 1987 Language: Danish Starring: Birgitte Federspiel, Bodil Kjer, Jarl Kulle, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Stéphane Audran Burke Lectureship Revival Film & Discussion Series (April – June, 2024) The Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society presents the Burke Revival Film Screening & Discussion Series. The program probes religion & society themes imbedded in significant films. Images in these films exemplify the mission of Burke in ways that contrast and compliment the keynote Lectures. Moving images are the new Lingua Franca of our times and instill in our communications much demanded new avenues of perception. Film screenings are in the Digital Gym Cinema located at UC San Diego Park & Market location. Film introductions & special presentations following each film will be led by Rev Scott Young, a Wesley Foundation (UMC) Campus Minister/Religious Advisor at UCSD. He is a member of the Center For Ethics and Spirituality and a Burke Lectureship Board of Governors member. He has taught Cinema Studies at Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles Film Study Center, and UCLA FIAT LUX program. He was a Co-Founder and Director of The City of Angels Film Festival in Hollywood. He was a Juror at the Berlin International Film Festival. His non-profit Culture Connection is co-sponsoring the Long Beach Tiny Film Fest. Synopsis: Beautiful but pious sisters Martine (Birgitte Federspiel) and Philippa (Bodil Kjer) grow to spinsterhood under the wrathful eye of their strict pastor father on the forbidding and desolate coast of Jutland, until one day, Philippa’s former suitor sends a Parisian refugee named Babette (Stéphane Audran) to serve as the family cook. Babette’s lavish celebratory banquet tempts the family’s dwindling congregation, who abjure such fleshly pleasures as fine foods and wines. For more information visit: digitalgym.org Stay Connected on Facebook and Instagram