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It had been known as the La Jolla Historical Society since its founding. But now it’s got a new name to better reflect its mission.
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A phone call sends Taylor Guitars founder Bob Taylor to Cameroon, where he encounters a problem that changes how he thinks about the instruments he builds. His search for answers takes him deep into the forests and into an unexpected connection with elephants. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe star of "Broad City" will bring her stand-up tour, "Ilana Glazer Live!" to San Diego Tuesday.
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Ali plays a devout Muslim family man, who also happens to be an assassin in Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother. After decades in the business and two Oscars, he says he has less fear as an actor.
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Cristian Mungiu's latest film takes place in a small Norwegian town, where a recently arrived couple stands accused of abusing their children — but in Fjord, the truth is never quite clear.
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"I just want to make people really feel things about the world they live in," Grian Chatten says of Dopamine Chamber, which he describes as the band's attempt to map the tensions of our moment. -
NPR Music culture critic and reporter Rodney Carmichael ruminates on the latest in rap culture. This week: an unbothered, radically different, equal but opposite response to rap's podcast bros.
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Chris Rock's new movie Misty Green wants to critique Hollywood's treatment of Black women. Instead, it gives star Rosalind Eleazar a half-baked role while Rock plays a moralizing savior we've seen before. -
Lips drag icon Tootie invites you to gather and share supernatural tales at the City Heights outdoor venue.
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Carson's writing, including The Beauty of the Husband, Autobiography of Red, and Eros the Bittersweet, is eclectic in genre and theme. -
This weekend in the arts: "Actual Size" at Art Produce; Future Is Color presents Shabaka; Roustabouts Theatre Company's "Ripcord"; Nexus Film Festival; DISCO RIOT's residency showcase performance and ballerinas in the library.
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Residents said the arena would displace four heavily used softball fields at Kit Carson Park. -
Action movie icon Dolph Lundgren talks about "Dolph: Unbreakable," the new documentary about his life, career and battle with cancer. -
Sorkin's latest film follows Mark Zuckerberg as his company fights lawsuits and whistleblowers after modifying its algorithm to promote reshares, which overwhelmingly tend to be divisive.
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Fernando Tatis Jr.‘s 429-foot home run leading off the third inning got the sellout crowd of 47,712 at Petco Park revved up and waving their yellow rally towels. That was pretty much the extent of the excitement as the San Diego Padres once again fell short of winning their first World Series.
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A trove of documents and interviews with people close to tech billionaire Elon Musk reveal a damning picture of his rise as one of the world's richest and most powerful men.
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