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About Justin & Melonie Grinnell MELONIE GRINNELL is an active as an educator and performer. She began studying piano at an early age and has since been recognized for her skills as a pianist, and her abilities as a vocalist, music educator, and musical director. Melonie received her Bachelors of Music degree in Music Education with jazz emphasis from the University of Miami and a Masters of Music performance degree in Jazz Studies from San Diego State University. Additionally, she is on the faculty for the Francis Parker/KSDS 88.3 Summer Jazz Workshop where she teaches jazz piano and co-directs middle school to high school student ensembles. She is also active as an adjudicator for instrumental jazz festivals including the Coronado/COSA Jazz Festival and the KSDS Jazz 88/CMEA festival. JUSTIN GRINNELL is a San Diego-based freelance jazz bassist and music educator. More importantly, he is a husband to pianist/educator Melonie Grinnell and father to their two sons. In addition to performing, Justin maintains an active teaching schedule as adjunct faculty at University of San Diego and Grossmont College, and as faculty for the Francis Parker Annual Summer Jazz Workshop. He has also served as an adjudicator and clinician at local music festivals, such as the Coronado Jazz Festival and the San Diego Bass Fest. Justin received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Jazz Performance from San Diego State University while studying with bassists Gunnar Biggs and Bert Turetzky. Justin also achieved ABD (all but dissertation) status for a doctoral degree in Jazz Studies at the University of Southern California. Besides studying privately with Los Angeles' first-call jazz bassist, Darek Oles, Justin's enrollment at USC gave him the opportunity to study with internationally-recognized jazz artists Peter Erskine, Russ Ferrante, Bob Mintzer, and Alan Pasqua. See More Events www.booksandrecrodsbar.com www.bardicmanagement.com/events

You can't always know that it's a great year for new music while it's happening, but there was a sense from the very start of 2024 that we were in for a ride.

Much of the Southwest U.S. is experiencing extreme heat this week — with temperatures blazing past 100 degrees. And a phenomenon known as a heat dome is to blame.

As Vaux’s Swifts migrate south, they roost together in a chimney, drawing crowds

The father and son arrested in connection with the Apalachee High School shooting appeared in Georgia court for separate hearings on Friday. They will remain in custody as the investigation continues.

Vice President Harris needs to win back Michigan voters President Biden looked poised to lose. Donald Trump’s appeal remains strong here, but he’s not without his own struggles.

LIVE at the Howard Brubeck Theatre! Back on Stage and In Person! Palomar Performing Arts Proudly Presents CONCERT HOUR Every Thursday at 1 p.m. Emilia Lopez-Yañez is an award-winning singer and oboist. Raised in a musical family, Emilia began performing at a young age and proceeded to continue her musical journey professionally. After earning her Bachelor’s Degree at Chapman University in both vocal and oboe performance, she went on to receive her Masters in oboe performance at the University of Southern California while simultaneously starting a career as a freelance performer. Lopez-Yañez has performed up and down the west coast with the Pacific Symphony, Bay Philharmonic, San Diego City Ballet Orchestra, and Palimpsest, in addition to international performances in Mexico, the Czech Republic, and India. As a Grammy member, Emilia has collaborated on projects with international artists Dan Aykroyd, Julian Lennon, Ricky Kej, Rupam Sarmah, and Allan White of YES. She was the featured oboist on the Chill instrumental single, Distorted Time which charted on the Billboard Charts. Through these recordings, she hopes to expand the musical genres in which oboe can be found, including Jewish-Indian fusion, Chill, House, and Children’s Music. Emilia is an adjunct faculty member at Palomar and Mira Costa Colleges and maintains a large private teaching studio. Ruth Weber has performed internationally as a pianist and been an accompanist/coach with numerous organizations including the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, Opera Aguascalientes, and California State University, Northridge. She was a recording artist with the Music-Minus-One division of the Marantz Corporation, and an Artistic Director/coach for operatic productions presented by Jean Will Presents. Ms. Weber is the director of the award-winning and Billboard charting San Diego Jewish Men’s Choir, and an accomplished composer whose music has won the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, the Global Peace Song Awards, the Shalshelet Music Festival, the Hollywood Music in Media Awards, and more. Her compositions have appeared on recordings, in films, in print music with Alfred and Hal Leonard publishing companies, and have been performed by the Omaha, Virginia, Rochester and Nashville Symphonies. Ruth is presently the Applied Music Coordinator and an adjunct faculty member at Palomar College in addition to teaching music courses at S.D. Miramar College.

Carla is responsible for the planning and execution of KPBS events. She joined the marketing and communications department in 2009 and coordinates receptions, screening events, and KPBS staff events. In addition, she works on annual events such as the GI Film Festival San Diego- a multi-day event showcasing films for, by, and about the military and veteran experience, as well as KPBS' participation in Explore SDSU and quarterly member-only events. Carla started at KPBS in 2001 as a production coordinator in video production services where she assisted clients with video productions. She also managed production for station grant projects including Q Kids and The Mortgage Crisis. Carla earned her degree in filmmaking and child development from Hampshire College and began her non-profit career at Sesame Workshop (Children’s Television Workshop at the time) in their international production department. Born in South Africa, raised on three different continents, Carla has called San Diego home since 2000.

Each year the ARCS Foundation, San Diego Chapter, a non-profit organization led entirely by women, hosts a Scientist of the Year fundraiser to honor a preeminent local scientist. This year’s honoree, Dr. Terry Sejnowski, is one of the world’s foremost computer scientists and computational neuroscientists, whose visionary and ingenious work on neural networks laid the foundation for the machine learning and AI revolution that is taking the world by storm today. Dr. Sejnowski is head of Salk Institute’s Computational Neurobiology Laboratory and holder of the Frances Crick Chair. He is also a distinguished professor at UC San Diego’s School of Biological Sciences, where he is co-director of the Institute for Neural Computation. ARCS San Diego invites you to join them for a celebration of science and scientists that is set for Saturday, April 27 (4 - 8 p.m.) at The Conrad Performing Arts Center in La Jolla. In addition to honoring Dr. Sejnowski, the program will pay tribute to this year’s ARCS Scholars – all 50 of them – along with distinguished ARCS Scholar alumnus, Dr. Randall Kelley, who has served as Director of Data Science and Machine Learning at several major corporations. All funds raised at this event will support future ARCS Scholars. Through their research, these talented Scholars make outstanding contributions to advance science and keep America competitive on the global stage, which is the ARCS mission. ARCS San Diego has put together an exciting program for its signature event. About ARCS: The ARCS Foundation (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists), a national organization with 15 chapters across the country, provides financial awards to promising graduate students who are pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and medical research. Since its inception in 1985, the San Diego Chapter of ARCS has given more than $12.3 million to support graduate students at four local institutions: UCSD, SDSU, USD, and Scripps Research. For program details and to register, go to: san-diego.arcsfoundation.org Stay Connected on Facebook

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Miami Chief Heat Officer Jane Gilbert about the measures she is taking to help residents during this week's heat wave.