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The event will be livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook. Links will be provided in your confirmation email and event reminders. Please join KPBS and our partners for a special live virtual event with Trung Le Nguyen, author of our 2022 One Book, One San Diego teen selection, "The Magic Fish." A 2021 winner of two Harvey Awards and named one of the best books of the year by The New York Public Library, “The Magic Fish" is a beautifully illustrated YA graphic novel that deals with the complexity of family and how stories can bring us together. It follows the life of a young, queer Vietnamese boy struggling to share his sexuality while teaching his mother English through fairy tales. "The Magic Fish" tackles tough subjects in a way that is accessible to readers of all ages, and teaches us that no matter what—we can all have our own happy endings. One Book, One San Diego is a partnership, led by KPBS, with the San Diego Public Library, the San Diego County Library, San Diego State University, One Book Sin Fronteras and more than 30 others. For more information about One Book, One San Diego, please visit: https://www.kpbs.org/onebook or One Book, One San Diego on Facebook. One Book One San Diego is funded by the Linden Root Dickinson Foundation, the Dr. Seuss Fund at the San Diego Foundation, the Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation, the Payne Family Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Francis Parker School, the City of San Diego, Lloyd Pest Control, and Compass Charter Schools. Follow Trung Le Nguyen on social media: Facebook + Instagram

In his first interview since thousands of subreddits went dark in protest, Huffman said he is not going to reverse his plan to start charging for outside access to Reddit data.

Interview with Maria Hinojosa and Dean Nelson as part of the 2023 Writer's Symposium by the Sea, Writing That Celebrates. Maria Hinojosa has written three books: "Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America"; "Raising Raul: Adventures Raising Myself and My Son"; and "Crews: Gang Members Talk" with Maria Hinojosa. Hinojosa’s career includes reporting for PBS, CBS, WNBC, CNN, NPR, and anchoring the Emmy Award winning talk show from WGBH Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One. In 2022 she received a Pulitzer Prize for co-writing her podcast, Suave. As a reporter who was the first Latina in many newsrooms, Maria Hinojosa dreamt of a space where she could create independent, multimedia journalism that explores and gives a critical voice to the diverse American experience. To that end, in 2010, she created Futuro Media, an independent, nonprofit organization based in Harlem, NYC with the mission to create multimedia content for and about the new American mainstream in the service of empowering people to navigate the complexities of an increasingly diverse and connected world. Hinojosa is the Anchor and Executive Producer of the Peabody Award-winning show Latino USA, distributed by PRX, as well as Co-Host of the award-winning political podcast, In The Thick. She is also a contributor to the long-running, CBS Sunday Morning and a frequent guest on MSNBC. Included in the ticket is live music from Fred Benedetti to begin at 6:15 p.m., when doors open for general admission seating. The 28th Annual Writer's Symposium by the Sea will be February 21-24, 2023, also featuring Pulitzer winning writers N. Scott Momaday, Anthony Doerr and William Finnegan. For more info, visit here!

The page was created by Jack Sweeney, the 20-year-old who also started the popular Twitter account tracking billionaire Elon Musk's private jet.

The ban will go into effect Jan. 1, 2024, but many questions, including how it will be carried out and whether it is even legal, are swirling.

For the first time ever, trailblazing ensembles Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles & Villalobos Brothers join forces—at The Conrad. America’s first all-female mariachi ensemble, Reyna de Los Angeles, brings sensitivity, beauty, and a vivacious spirit to the historic art of mariachi. Hailing from Veracruz, the Villalobos Brothers are acclaimed as one of today’s leading contemporary Mexican ensembles. Their finely crafted original compositions and arrangements masterfully blend and celebrate the richness of traditional son jarocho melodies with the intricate harmonies of Latin jazz, rock, and flamenco. Follow on social media! Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles: Facebook + Instagram Villalobos Brothers: Facebook + Instagram

Millions of dollars are being allocated to help fight a mental health crisis in San Diego County. In other news, the young woman who reported being sexually assaulted by members of the SDSU football team speaks out. Plus, the San Diego City Council approves a revision of its climate action plan.

Sarah Hurwitz grew up in what she would describe as a culturally Jewish home. But it wasn't until she was in her 30s that she really connected with the spiritual identity she was raised with.

Presented by Write Out Loud for Lit Alive 2022: Part autobiography, part Gothic Horror, Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote The Yellow Wallpaper “not… to drive people crazy, but to save people from being driven crazy.” Within her lifetime, she had irrefutable proof that “it worked.” This exploration of self-actualization, social norms, mental health, self-expression, and the desperate grasping for meaning and purpose at the frayed edges of the human psyche resonates all the more as we find our way out of the isolation, uncertainty, and unrest of the past two years. Follow on social media! Facebook + Twitter

A former Indian lawmaker convicted of kidnapping and facing murder and assault charges was shot dead along with his brother in a dramatic attack that was caught live on TV in northern India.