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San Diego has reported the first person to die of COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated. This so-called “breakthrough” case was a 70-year old woman who had "many underlying health conditions." Meanwhile, Rady Children's officials are seeing a 25 percent increase in mental health emergency room visits. They’re attributing the increase to the adverse effects of the pandemic, both directly and indirectly. Plus, many American Legion posts have closed due to the pandemic. Some are reopening but are facing financial uncertainty.

The city of San Diego announced Monday more than $840,000 can be returned to nearly 1,070 residents and business owners who have paid for city services or have done business with the city during the last three years.

Our weekend arts and culture picks deliver in-person art at Best Practice, the San Diego Blues Fest and North Coast Rep's new production of “Necessary Sacrifices.”

In San Diego this weekend, you'll find new plays by emerging and acclaimed voices in Latinx theater, a couple of in-person visual art experiences, and an instrumental rock performance live streamed from an empty venue.

It took Captain Sergio Davi over four months to get here. He faced difficult challenges along the way.

As a bomb cyclone hits California this week and dumps massive amounts of water on the state, some people are asking: why can't we save the water for times when we desperately need it?

The opening concert for La Jolla Music Society SummerFest 2022 brings together compositions written in collaboration with multiple composers or played by multiple performers on the same instruments all performed by some of the most brilliant chamber musicians of our era. A series of Romantic-era variations culminates in two stunning quartets, Bacewicz’ Quartet for Four Violins and Czerny’s Quartet for Four Pianos, with four of the finest pianists in the world—Garrick Ohlsson, Inon Barnatan, Joyce Yang, and Wynona Yinuo Wang—on stage at once. With prelude interview with Inon Barnatan hosted by Leah Rosenthal at 6:30 p.m. at the The JAI. Date | Friday, July 29 at 7:30 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $53 to $113. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/opening-night-side-by-side or call LJMS at (858) 459-3728.

As the Marine Corps investigate extremist ties to the reservist son of a former local GOP leader, there are questions regarding the effectiveness of new policies aimed at rooting out white supremacy. Meanwhile, treatments are now available for immunocompromised to ease back into a new normal. Plus, local farmers confront food inequality and climate change through the creation of a “Farm Hub” in City Heights.

“SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS” (2021. 133 minutes. PG-13) A Marvel legend will rise in this electrifying, eye-popping extravaganza. Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) must reconcile his dark past by battling the legacy of his immortal crime lord father (Tony Leung). With Awkwafina. Screening Schedule Friday, December 3 at 8 PM Sunday, December 5 at 7 PM (No screening on Saturday, December 4) Location: Cinema Under The Stars 4040 Goldfinch Street San Diego, CA 92103 (619)295-4221 www.topspresents.com Ages: 13+ Cost: Members - $17 Non-members -$18 Online reservations -$20 More information about Cinema Under the Stars: • A unique and intimate outdoor movie theater in Mission Hills, with heaters and blankets provided. • Reservations for members begin 9.a.m. on Monday. • Reservations for non-members begin 9 a.m. on Tuesday. • Box Office opens 6 p.m. on movie nights. • Films start at 8 p.m., except on selected Sundays, when the film starts at 7 p.m. • Concessions are $2 each (popcorn, candy, drinks). • Guests must follow health guidelines for COVID-19. • Now at 100% capacity and using all seats. For more information and ticket purchases please visit HERE!

Culinary Historians of San Diego will present “Indigenous Foods and Native Subsistence: Living off the Sustainable Landscape,” featuring Richard Carrico. He will detail how for thousands of years, the Kumeyaay people of San Diego County were more than simple hunters and gathers. Instead, they developed a healthy sustainable cuisine based on native plants, seafood and land animals. Richard Carrico, a Warner Springs resident and wine maker, is a lecturer in the Department of American Indian Studies at San Diego State University and an adjunct professor in the Behavioral Sciences Department at San Diego Mesa Community College where he teaches anthropology. In addition to more than 30 publications in professional journals, Richard is the author of Images of America Series: Ramona; Strangers in a Stolen Land: The Indians of San Diego County from Prehistory to the New Deal and History of the Wineries of San Diego County. He has also authored stand alone chapters in three academic books. Date | Saturday, January 13 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Location | San Diego Central Library This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit chsandiego.org/public-meetings.