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Third Sunday Craft is a monthly gathering of creative writers that fosters support, inspiration, and community. More than craft classes, Third Sunday Craft will help you construct and sustain a writing practice. New focus topics* for each session will challenge writers to explore and expand their craft. Generative writing prompts will encourage you to grow and learn in exciting new ways. Sharing your work within a safe, supportive community will help you discover and strengthen your voice. Finally, with the goal of fostering supportive accountability, each session will conclude with a writer’s intentions for the month. Come check out Third Sunday Craft! August’s Focus: August, Desire & Resistance: Robert Olen Butler says we must find our character’s ‘white hot center,’ and write from that space. Why must our characters want things? What happens when they don’t? Why do writers put up roadblocks (physical, psychological, spiritual) to create a sense of conflict and tension in stories?

Getting abortion medication online is easier than ever thanks to regulatory changes. The practice is pushing the boundaries of the traditional doctor-patient relationship.

Despite ongoing advocacy and legislation to combat anti-Asian racism that arose after the pandemic, about a third of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders say they have experienced an act of abuse based on their race or ethnicity in the last year, including being on the receiving end of verbal harassment, slurs, physical threats or cyberbullying.

The agency says SpaceX often said in its marketing materials for open jobs they couldn't hire U.S. citizens because of export control laws. But asylees and refugees are protected under those laws.

Veteran Wall Street Journal reporters Josh Chin and Liza Lin spent years covering China. In a new book, they untangle how China built its formidable digital surveillance apparatus.

Join us on Sunday, September 4 from 12:00-2:00pm for artmaking. Draw inspiration from bright colors, tongue-in-cheek humor, pop culture and found object artworks highlighted in Pop Smoke: A Veteran Art Exhibition and create shoes that POP! Add vibrant paint, whimsical bling, vintage fabrics, stickers, and retro tchotchkes inspired by pop culture to your own shoes or decorate shoes provided by OMA. All materials supplied! Bringing your own shoes to decorate is highly encouraged. This family friendly event is FREE along with admission to the museum. Just bring your imagination! Follow on social media! Facebook + Instagram

A new citizen-scientist research project aims to test whether daily moments of awe, kindness and gratitude can make a real impact. Early results are promising. And it's not too late to join the study.

Celebrate the launch of Geri Reid Suster’s new book "Grateful Exits: Making the Case for Getting Good at Goodbye" at Casa de Bandini at The Forum in Carlsbad on November 17 at 5 p.m. Snack on free, authentic Mexican appetizers, buy a copy of the book, meet the author and get an autograph! Suster is a Carlsbad native and San Diego State alumnae with a zest for adventure. After a robust career in the publishing industry that ended in an unexpected layoff, she purchased an RV and traveled the country. Currently, she is a freelance writer and consultant and a professional at “graceful exits.” To learn more about her new book and get 30% off "Grateful Exits: Making the Case for Getting Good at Goodbye", visit here. STAY SOCIAL! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that as recently as 2016, Exxon executives were privately pushing back on the idea that humans need to cut their use of oil and gas to limit global warming.

The Category 5 storm slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast early Wednesday, killing at least 39 people, and with 10 missing.