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From housing and health to transportation and education, the Legislative Analyst’s Office provides a litany of sobering climate change impacts for California legislators to address as they enact policies and set budgets. Plus, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego will reopen its La Jolla campus this weekend, after a major renovation that began in 2018. We have a preview.

The Anza-Borrego Desert State Park suffers loss of vegetation and other effects due to climate change, San Diego weighs how to electrify buildings as part of its larger climate goals and new details show where some of the questionable spending was done by SANDAG as part of an internal audit of the regional planning agency.

The fate of the private military company is unclear, especially after it was credited with delivering Russia recent gains in the country's war against Ukraine.

The Greater San Diego Music Coterie presents Fauré and Fauré, a joint performance of the Greater San Diego Chamber Orchestra and Chorus and the St Bart’s Community Choir, with guest conductor Dr. John-Luke Addison. Program includes Cantique de Jean Racine, written in 1865 when Fauré was 20 years old, and his monumental work the Requiem in its full orchestra version as published in 1901. Free admission with free-will donation at the door. All performers have been fully vaccinated and boosted. Masks are encouraged. Visit https://gsdmusicoterie.org/all-events/ for program updates and further inquiry. Follow on Facebook!

Come hear 5 musical settings of Ave Verum Corpus from the Gregorian Chant, a solo by Gounod to choral settings by Mozart, Elgar, and Fauré, performed by the Greater San Diego Chamber Orchestra and Chorus (Dr. Angela Yeung, director) in collaboration with the St Bart's Episcopal Church Community Choir (Dr. John-Luke Addison, director). Our performance of Fauré’s Requiem will be based on the full orchestra version published in 1901. Free admission with free-will donation at the door. All performers have been fully vaccinated and boosted. Masks are encouraged. Follow on Facebook!

Join I Love A Clean San Diego and Think Blue San Diego for a litter cleanup in Loma Portal! We will divert litter from the San Diego River Watershed and keep it from traveling to the Pacific Ocean. This event requires a signed release-of-liability waiver for all volunteers, and anyone under 18 needs a waiver signed by a guardian Follow on social media! Facebook + Instagram

Join I Love A Clean San Diego, Spring Valley Community Alliance, and the County of San Diego for a litter cleanup in Spring Valley! We will divert litter from the Sweetwater Watershed and keep it from traveling to the Pacific Ocean. Our staff will be set-up with a check-in table and supplies at Lamar County Park. Join us at 8am for a talk by our Education Team about our watersheds and recycling right, then grab supplies and help us clean up! This event requires a signed release-of-liability waiver for all volunteers, and anyone under 18 needs a waiver signed by a guardian. Follow on social media! Facebook + Instagram

Local author Gary Fogel will discuss ballooning pioneer Park Van Tassel. His eccentric life’s journey took him around the world and secured his rightful place among the prominent aerial exhibitionists of his time. Gary B. Fogel is an adjunct professor of aerospace engineering at San Diego State University and the CEO of Natural Selection, Inc., a computer science company in San Diego. He is also the author of "Quest for Flight: John J. Montgomery and the Dawn of Aviation in the West," "The Torrey Pines Gliderport," and "Wind and Wings: The History of Soaring in San Diego." Dr. Fogel is an IEEE Fellow and Associate Fellow of the AIAA. Having established national and world records in aeromodelling, he is also a Fellow of the Academy of Model Aeronautics. REGISTER NOW Connect with him on Linkedin!

Join San Diego Coastkeeper on October 26 at the beautiful Bali Hai Restaurant as we raise a glass to celebrate clean water. San Diego Coastkeeper is a 27-year old local environmental nonprofit that works to protect and restore San Diego County’s rivers, streams, beaches, bays, and ocean. Enjoy a night of mixing and mingling with environmental advocates, community leaders, elected officials, and Coastkeeper supporters. Drink in the sunset overlooking San Diego Bay with a classic Mai Tai cocktail in hand. Get your tickets today! Follow on social media! Facebook + Instagram

A new California law will make it easier to remove racially restrictive covenants from the deeds of their homes. However, some homeowners believe the language should remain so San Diego's racist past is not forgotten.