Recently, I ran across an article which briefly recounted how and why Thomas Jefferson sold his personal library to the federal government when most of our national collection was destroyed by the British during the war of 1812. Jefferson suggested that any attempt to rebuild a national library during wartime…
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Childcare and education, environmental protection, gender equality, transgender and indigenous rights, women’s rights—these are some of the subjects of the critically acclaimed films at the 13th annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival hosted by the Museum of Photographic Arts from Feb. 2-9. Kicking off the festival on Feb. 2, an…
Co-presented by the Spring Valley Community Alliance, New Seasons Church, and the Spring Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Spring Valley Day Planning Committee is looking to the local community in bringing together a day of celebration with its inaugural Spring Valley Day 2023 to be held on April 29. Spring…
A $4 million grant from UnitedHealth Group is helping the University of California to build a more diverse child and adolescent psychiatry workforce. Announced in 2020, the UC San Diego School of Medicine launched the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inclusive Excellence Program (CAPIE) to expand the state’s mental health workforce…
The County of San Diego announced that the state is closing six state COVID-19 testing and treatment sites due to declining demand, but the County ensures there will still be plenty of option for San Diegans to get testing and treatment. Last week, state-supported testing and treatment sites were closed…
