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Discover how sensory details can elevate your writing from ordinary to extraordinary in this lecture and workshop. Through immersive exercises focusing on each of the five senses, followed by practical editing techniques, you’ll learn to craft vivid, evocative descriptions and master the art of selective prose. Sensory details can transform a story from something mundane into something truly beautiful, but they can also be easily overwritten. In this lecture, we practice writing about each of our senses in turn, then discuss how to edit so that only the most compelling descriptions remain in our final draft. San Diego Writers, Ink on Facebook / Instagram

Kick-off the holiday season with La Valencia’s festive tree lighting tradition. Guests will enjoy cookie decorating, writing letters to Santa, a performance by UC San Diego’s Madrigal Singers chorus, and more while counting down to the tree lighting at 6 p.m. For those looking to make the evening even more special, dining reservations are strongly encouraged through OpenTable for seating in the Mediterranean Room and the Ocean View Terrace. The event is complimentary and open to the public. La Valencia on Instagram

The South Carolina measles outbreak is now bigger than last year's Texas outbreak and is happening as the U.S. is poised to lose its measles elimination status.

Immigration agents are raiding known hubs for Latino workers: day laborer gathering spots, street vendor corners and car washes. Legal advocacy groups say their tactics are unconstitutional.

Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 23 Palestinians Saturday, one of the highest tolls since the October ceasefire aimed at stopping the fighting.

Don't miss the fun and the flavor! Check out some of our chili makers and get that mouth watering. Sunday, December 7 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. 32nd Street & Thorn Street North Park, San Diego This is a free-to-attend event with live music, a kids zone, booze garden, food trucks and artisan vendors! Buy tickets to participate in the EPIC chili Cook-Off and get a pass for 5 tastes - then you be the judge of who will get the fame and glory and Best Chili trophy this year. Visit: sonofestchilicookoff.com/ SoNo Fest & Chili Cook-Off on Facebook / Instagram

Also in theaters this week, Jack Black and Paul Rudd star in a meta reimagining of Anaconda, Amanda Seyfried in a Shaker origin story, and Ralph Fiennes plays a World War I-era choirmaster.

Come visit the fairies, hobbits, gnomes, dwarves, sprites and dragons as they decorate their homes for the holidays. Santa will be there for toy requests and photos. There is no charge to tour the approximately 100 structures but a donation of a new, unwrapped toy would be appreciated. Handicap access is available. Enchanted Garden Poway on Facebook

The comet could be older than our solar system. The comet is also distinct because nickel vapor was detected in the gas surrounding it.

Drinking is illegal for Pakistan's Muslim majority, but Murree Brewery's beer has long been available to non-Muslims and foreigners there. Now it's being exported to the U.K., Japan and Portugal. Is the U.S. next?