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The "Freedom Convoy" began last month as a caravan of truck drivers who planned to drive to Ottawa to voice their opposition to the Canadian government's cross-border vaccine mandate.

Join us to celebrate 135 years of providing healing and hope to children and families throughout San Diego. We are back in person this year! Taking place at the beautiful state-of-the-art Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center. Guests will enjoy exclusive live-auction opportunities, dinner by-the-bite with specialty cocktails, and inspiring performances from our youth. (The Conrad will be following all of the appropriate covid safety protocols per state and local guidelines). Tickets at www.centerforchildren.org/celebration. Date | Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 5:30pm Location | The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Purchase tickets here! $350-$5000 As you may know, San Diego Center for Children is one of San Diego’s most vital community resources, providing therapeutic and educational services to youth and families struggling with mental, emotional, or behavioral health challenges. Even during this unprecedented time, the Center is continuing its uninterrupted services to respond to the needs of the children and families. The Center is a committed community resource, since 1887, with a powerful mission to execute. This will continue unabated with your kind and generous support. For further information on this event please visit: https://sdcc.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/135thAnniversaryCelebration/tabid/1282638/Default.aspx

A coroner in Wyoming says slain cross-country traveler Gabby Petito died as a result of strangulation.

"You don't hear about enslaved people at Mass or in Sunday school," says Rachel Swarns. Her new book tells the story of 272 enslaved people sold in 1838 to help save what is now Georgetown University.

San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery hosts this exhibition of pictorial and sculptural investigations on color, light and texture, featuring recent artworks by San Diego-based artists Christian Garcia-Olivo, Kaori Fukuyama and Melissa Walter. Kaori Fukuyama’s luminous canvases glow as if lit from within. She’s obsessed with distilling the essence of light in all its variations and with capturing minute subtleties of color. Her surfaces are satisfyingly smooth and vibrant, built layer by layer with invisible brush strokes that achieve a sense of depth and gratifying density. Some works become architectural compositions that force the picture frame and painted surface to slightly project, as if lifting off the wall. Kaori’s paintings, drawings and sculptures stand as peaceful meditations on nature, derived from her exposure to Japanese Shintoism and Buddhism. Circles of pure light seem to break through the monochromatic square canvases. They recreate the startling feeling of staring into the sun and they transport the viewer into a tunnel of radiant light. Sculptures fabricated out of reflective and transparent Mylar allow the light to penetrate and dance; the materials refract and bend the rays of light generating delightful prismatic effects. Minimalism and abstraction paired with a rigorousness of design and execution make these into otherworldly pieces. Kaori shapes light into form and makes the ineffable into something tangible. She seduces the viewer to be present, to appreciate the beauty of a moment suspended in time. Join us to hear the artist talk about her artwork, inspiration and process. SD Mesa College: Facebook Instagram

The Biden administration says to end the homelessness crisis, more must be done to keep people from losing housing in the first place. But identifying and reaching those most at risk is a challenge.

REMEMBERING OLYMPIA is a tribute and a celebration of the life and career of the late Olympia Dukakis created in her loving memory by her brother Apollo. Consisting of a one-act play chronicling their turbulent but close relationship the evening also salutes her films, stage work and family and friends through a montage of film clips and photos. The brother and sister will be performed by Kandis Chappell and Apollo Dukakis. The evening concludes with a Q&A with the audience. REMEMBERING OLYMPIA will be performed on June 13, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. at North Coast Repertory Theatre: 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive Solana Beach, CA 92075. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at www.northcoastrep.org or at the Box Office (858) 481-1055.

Today's rain brings tomorrow’s blooms, and that's exactly what's happening in Carlsbad as the Flower Fields open to the public.

Anti-government demonstrations erupted Saturday in several locations across Iran as the most sustained protests in years against a deeply entrenched theocracy entered their fourth week.