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Bring your ideas to life at our Mobile Maker Lab in the Mission Hills-Hillcrest Library. Learn to use various programs and equipment such as our 3D printer and die cut machine powered by Silhouette Studio. Open to all ages; some equipment in the lab may require an appointment. Laser cutter 3D Printer Silhouette Studio Cameo Cutter

Join local artist Stephanie to learn watercolor techniques and create a watercolor card ready to send to friends and family. All materials are supplied and no experience is necessary.

Prices of homes in San Diego County edged up in April for the second straight month, but still remained below the prices of a year ago, the California Association of Realtors reported Thursday.

The alef beys and your first Yiddish words are building blocks of Jewish identity, culture, and heritage. Join us and learn how to read and write in Yiddish. You will master some basic words and useful phrases. Music and poetry will be used to enrich the experience. Arturo Kerbel is a clinical psychologist (U Iberoamericana, Mexico), cognitive neuroscientist (UCL, King’s College London), and lifelong Yiddish activist. He led a student group resisting the exclusion of Yiddish from the school curriculum, received a grant from the Abraham Golomb Fund at age 14, and from the Ashkenazi Community at age 16, to continue with the fight. He founded Idishe Shtub Mx, a group of young Yiddish activists offering lessons and other cultural activities. He is the current coordinator of Yiddish House London, an informal organization planning Yiddish trips for young people around Europe, Yiddish lessons, Jewish holiday celebrations, and outreach projects in Jewish communities in Lithuania and Belarus.

Make a beautiful flower arrangement to take home! Classes are taught by master artist Jackie Zhang of the Ohara School of Ikebana. Contact Jackie Zhang directly at (858) 337-5671 or jzhana@hotmail.com to sign up.Registration for the class is required at least three days in advance.$19 per class to cover the cost of materials. Offered on the following select Saturdays: 1st Series: Feb. 5, 12, 19 2nd Series: Mar. 19, 26, Apr. 2 3rd Series: May 7, 14, 21 4th Series: June 18, 25, July 2 5th Series: July 30, Aug. 6, 13 6th Series: Sep. 10, 17, 24 Exhibition: Oct. 22 (10am-5:30pm); Oct. 23 (12:30-4:30pm) 7th Series: Nov. 5, 12, 19 Holiday Workshop & Party: Dec. 10 (9:30am-3pm)

Veterans funding could be affected by the two high-stakes showdowns in Washington right now: budget talks and the possible default on America's debt.

At least four inmates died and 46 others attempted suicide from July 2021 through June 2022, according to a new report. It is the most yearly deaths and attempted suicides recorded since 2016.

Need extra money for groceries? Apply for CalFresh! Join the Feeding San Diego CalFresh Team for a CalFresh application workshop. Receive 1:1 application assistance with our trained CalFresh specialists. You can sign up first Thursday of the month from 12:30pm-3:30pm at the Central Library in the Mary Hollis Clark Conference Center. What is CalFresh? : CalFresh (SNAP) is a food assistance program that provides qualifying households with money to buy groceries each month. CalFresh recipients receive an EBT debit card that is reloaded each month and can be used at most grocery stores and farmer’s markets. A household of one can receive up to $250/month. Contact the CalFresh Team at Feeding San Diego with questions: 858-863-6635

The Carlsbad City Library invites children and families to attend a special program recognizing the 2022 Ringing of the Peace Bells. The library program will consist of a storytime about the topics of peace and friendship and a Japanese-themed craft activity, followed by a live on-camera Zoom session with Futtsu, Japan for the bell ringing ceremony. The event, in cooperation with Carlsbad’s Sister City, Futtsu, Japan, will commemorate 77 years of peace since the first use of an atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan. Sister Cities International was created at President Eisenhower’s 1956 White House conference on citizen diplomacy. At a Glance: Date: Aug. 5, 2022, 4:15 – 6 p.m. Location: Georgina Cole Library, 1250 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad Calif. 92008 For children in grades K-3 and their families Storytime, craft activity will run from 4:15 – 5 p.m. The live, on-camera Zoom session for the bell ringing ceremony will begin at 5 p.m. Event is free For more information, contact Bill Sannwald, Senior Librarian, 442-339-2926 or bill.sannwald@carlsbadca.gov.

In a rare bipartisan move on Capitol Hill, Democrat Mike Levin and Republican Darrell Issa have re-introduced legislation on removing spent nuclear waste from San Onofre. Next, families with children under 5 will have to wait a while longer for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to be available for small children. An explanation of the decision. Then, what should California do with its estimated $20 Billion budget surplus? Last year some of that surplus was returned in the form of stimulus checks for some Californians. And, a fourth grade High Tech elementary teacher was placed on administrative leave last week after reading a piece from a Harlem Renaissance poet that included an offensive word as part of a lesson. Later, California’s mask mandates will be lifted again this week in many places, but they’ll remain in congregate settings like immigrant detention centers where COVID-19 is still spreading. Finally, Black Comix Day returns this weekend at the WorldBeat Cultural Center in Balboa Park after a pandemic hiatus.