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In Hawaii, people who lost their homes to wildfires could soon be living in a pop-up village, with space for around 250 people.

At a recent medical gathering, researchers presented their latest hypotheses about what causes – and what could treat – the lingering disease.

Better known as Yermo within the numerous communities where he works, Guillermo Aranda is a multimedia artist who was born and raised in San Diego within a family of artists, craftspeople, and musicians. With close to one hundred murals to his name located throughout the state of California, Yermo will reflect aUSD lecnd speak to his creative and intellectual contributions to the Chicano Art Mural movement that has yet to be fully documented. Cosponsored by the Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center. For more information on parking, visit www.sandiego.edu/parking/parking-information/guests.php

Tiffany Lethabo King is Associate Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Virginia. Professor King’s work is animated by abolitionist and decolonial traditions within Black Studies and Native/Indigenous Studies. In her Knapp Chair Lecture, Dr. King will discuss themes from her forthcoming book, "Red and Black Alchemies of Flesh: Conjuring a Decolonial and Abolitionist Now", in which she invokes both Black and Native queer feminist thought to link to the power of the erotic, to think beyond the carceral and casual violence of the state, and to imagine a bold and beautiful future of inclusion and belonging. For information on parking, visit https://www.sandiego.edu/parking/parking-information/guests.php

The Tenth Annual Borrego Springs Film Festival will take place January 12 – 16, 2023, in Borrego Springs, California - a small town located in the northern end of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, in San Diego County. The five-day festival presents screenings of selected short films, features, documentaries, animated shorts, and Hispanic/Latin films, submitted by filmmakers from around the world, which are shown in Blocks at the Borrego Springs Performing Arts Center. Festival passes and tickets for individual screening Blocks can be purchased at borregospringsfilmfestival.org, and a full schedule of the Screening Blocks can be found there. Tickets and Festival Passes go on sale on December 15. For more information, go to borregospringsfilmfestival.org.

The outlook for climate change is better now than a few years ago, but countries have a long way to go to avoid dangerous climate impacts, according to a new report.

Stars of Star Trek and its many spinoffs gathered outside Paramount Pictures during the labor dispute.

Dan Buettner has spent decades exploring the lifestyles and diets of people in remote places where living to 100 is more common. Here are life-enhancing habits from these "blue zones."

A limited number of monkeypox vaccines will be distributed by the county starting today. Then, KPBS Education Reporter M.G. Perez tells us about a new program to save LGBTQ lives with lessons in harm reduction. Next, the head of San Diego’s new Office of Immigrant Affairs talks about her goals for the new agency. Then, later this week, Californians who are in mental distress and thinking about suicide will be able to call or text a new three digit number to get help, but questions remain on staffing. Plus, long-time voice of the San Diego Padres Ted Leitner talks about his recent induction into the team’s Hall of Fame. Finally, KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando speaks with the creator of a new series about the making of the beloved film “Star Wars.”

Working Title: A group installation and concert Doors open at 6:00 p.m., music performances begin at 7:00 p.m. Project [BLANK]’s annual group art show returns after a pandemic-induced hiatus! WORKING TITLE is a three-day, community-based exhibition of new works by painters, sculptors, sound artists, video artists, performance artists, composers, and musicians from throughout the greater San Diego area and Tijuana. Transforming the public spaces of the historic St. Paul's Cathedral in Bankers Hill into a living, breathing Sistine Chapel, these local artists will present works that dialogue respectfully and reverently with this beautiful space, while interrogating ideas of ritual, sacredness, and religious belief. Is it an art exhibit? Is it a concert? YES TO BOTH! For the full artist and performer list, plus bios of each, click here. Related links: Project [BLANK] on Instagram Project [BLANK] on Facebook