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Friday, April 18, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Glimpse behind the curtain at opera legends Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman's famed concert at Carnegie Hall on March 18, 1990, featuring performance clips and new interviews with opera star Angel Blue, Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb and more.

Pulitzer Prize winner William Finnegan is among the featured writers at this week's 28th Annual Writer's Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University.

In a Richmond area special election, Virginia has elected its first Black woman to Congress. Democratic State Sen. Jennifer McClellan won easily in the heavily Democratic district.

San Diego writer Jac Jemc's new novel, "Empty Theatre," explores the stranger-than-fiction lives and deaths of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and his cousin Empress Sisi of Austria.

In April The Municipal Gallery is overflowing with radiant art, for the “Local Color: Primarily Yellow” exhibition. The Innerspace Gallery features PhotoArts Group’s “Abstracts”, in Expressions Gallery I a solo show of Carmen Saunders’ "Photography Layered Landscapes and Waterscapes” Expressions Gallery II Bob Weller’s solo show “Abstractions on Grand”, and in the In-Between Gallery are oil painters Pat Hunter and Wayne Adachi. Studio artists include Bettina Heinz, Sunshine Riehl, Martita Foss, Robert Barry, Ted Washington and Paula Thomas. The exhibit is available at Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery until Friday, May 6 on gallery hours: • Tuesday: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. • Thursday to Saturday: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The exhibit is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit escondidoarts.org or call (760) 480-4101.

Local Ukrainians say they are surprised and encouraged by the U.S. president's visit with his Ukrainian counterpart in Kyiv.

The concept of a perma-long weekend is so attractive. But it's starting to feel like that mirage of an oasis in the desert. We're desperate for some relief but it always seems just out of reach.

Democratic governors in 20 states are launching a network intended to strengthen abortion access.

Distinguished Speaker Series presents Philip Molnar, award-winning San Diego Union Tribune reporter covering residential real estate and the San Diego economy, will speak on "San Diego's Post-Pandemic Recovery," breaking down the housing market, local economy and interest rates. Date | Tuesday, April 19 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Location | La Jolla Community Center Register here for free! This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit ljcommunitycenter.org/dss or call (858) 459-0831.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose for the 14th consecutive day Tuesday and 19th time in the last 21 days, increasing 1.4 cents to $4.814, its highest amount since Dec. 5.