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San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria’s “Home for All of Us” plan will build on the city’s effort to make more construction possible in developed areas of the city and makes it easier for employers to develop employee housing. Plus, the Sheriff's Department promoted Theresa Adams-Hydar, a 27-year veteran of the department, to oversee county jails. Also, with the number of unsheltered people growing in San Diego, some city leaders are contemplating changing conservatorship laws to get more people off the streets and into treatment programs for various mental health issues. Meanwhile, the first years of a child’s life can set the course for a lifetime. San Diego’s “First 5 first steps” program can enroll 100 more families in the South Bay. And, San Diego is in the midst of a record-breaking heat wave. When will we see temperature returning to normal? Finally, reimagining how we eat to support food justice is the subject of a new book called “The Spirit of Soul Food: Race, Faith And Food” by USD professor of theology and religious studies Christopher Carter.

Join us at Five Suits Brewing in Vista for the launch of Urban Surf 4 Kids’ Kiai IPA. The proceeds from this fundraiser will go towards surf therapy programs for foster and at-risk youth in the San Diego region. Mother Erth will join us at our sample sale and donate a part of their proceeds back to Urban Surf 4 Kids. Mother Erth is a slow fashion company whose mission is to keep pollution from our land/oceans and to give artisan moms in rural areas access to markets to stop the poverty cycle. At this beer launch party, we will also be hosting a sample sale with Reef and Ripcurl products: • Sandals for $5 • Shoes for $10 • Tees for $10 • Boardshorts for $15 Date | Saturday, September 25 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Location | Five Suits BrewingFor more information, please visit our website at urbansurf4kids.org.

An estimated one to two million people already work out while wearing a virtual reality headset. We break down the best fitness apps and games for VR.

March 2023 took us places: from scary Spain in Resident Evil 4 to Tchia's colorful archipelago, to the Diablo IV beta's grim Sanctuary.

A report published by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows a world on track to push past the 1.5 degrees Celsius mark. While the IPCC is calling on political leaders to act on a national and international scale, the report authors said that work at the local level is also critical. In recent years, there’s been a shift in perspective on who is truly responsible for the sweeping changes needed to limit emissions. Meanwhile, young people are in the forefront of climate activism. Their networks span countries and continents for one goal – saving the future. Plus, San Diego researchers working to stave off the worst impacts of global warming are looking for answers in the region’s wetlands. Cattails could be part of the answer. And, California state air regulators put forth a bold proposal to move the state away from gasoline powered cars to a greener future- one led by electric vehicles. Finally, participating in clean-ups and trash pickups are always popular around this time of year as Earth Day makes people more conscious than ever about the necessity of caring for the environment. But where does the trash end up? Big questions remain about our landfills and if recycling is working.

They can’t afford to take off their masks: Immunocompromised students and campus staff are highly susceptible to COVID-19, and with mask mandates dropping, some believe their schools don’t value their safety.

Mission Valley Branch Library has partnered with Rady Children's Hospital Healthy Development Services/Children's Care Connection (C3) and First 5 San Diego to present this series of online workshops to learn about your child's development and how that development relates to their behavior as well as the world around them. This workshop will give practical strategies and tips on subjects such as practicing positive discipline, creating routines and healthy habits, learning to cope with big emotions and building healthy relationships. Go to sandiego.librarymarket.com to register. Date: Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022 Time: 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Location: Virtual Zoom Link For more information on this event and zoom registration visit HERE!

Victor Kvaric's alleged attempt to join Patriot Front is part of a larger trend.

For more than three decades, GRAMMY Award-winning conguero Poncho Sanchez has stirred up a fiery stew of straight-ahead jazz, gritty soul music, and infectious melodies and rhythms from a variety of Latin American and South American sources. Throughout his career Sanchez has held aloft the torch lit by such innovators as Mongo Santamaria, Tito Puente and Cal Tjader, embraced by each of those icons and entrusted to carry forward the traditions of Latin Jazz. Come see him perform at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center on Thursday, December 15 at 7:30 p.m. Click here for more information about this event!

What better way to spend a holiday than with Storm Large? Storm will love you, leave you, delight you and abuse you with wicked charm and stunning vocals ‘till you’re begging for more. Holiday Ordeal is a night of music, gags, gifts, and some very special guests, with songs ranging from “2000 Miles,” “Hallelujah,” and “Sock it to Me Santa,” to the greatest holiday song never written for the holidays, “Somebody to Love.” Come see her perform at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center on Saturday, December 10 at 7:30 p.m. For more information about this event, click here!