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Mother nature brought a lot of closures to North County rail lines this year, causing ridership to drop. Officials are suggesting solutions to the problem. In other news, the Israel-Hamas war is history happening in real time, which means textbooks aren’t current. We hear from students determined to learn the truth. Plus, we’re looking back at the stories of 2023. We’ll hear a story about the late Nicolas Reveles, who died before the premiere of his opera, "Ghosts."

A bonus holiday edition! Cinema Junkie's Beth Accomando and Moviewallas' Yazdi Pithavala have created a cinematic shopping list to get you through the holidays and avoid any lumps of coal.

Apple TV+ recently launched Season 3 of "Slow Horses" starring Gary Oldman. It is also midway through its "Monarch Legacy of Monsters" show that expands Legendary’s Monsterverse.

Spare Pen presents "Every Day Vanilla," a play about one Filipino American woman's relationship with her hometown. Plus, "Slow Horses" premieres its third season on Apple TV+. And the return of a local adaptation of "A Christmas Carol," plus other weekend arts events.

Hive of creativity will hold a party on Tuesday.

Long wait times to travel north across the Tijuana-San Diego border is an ugly fact of life we've all gotten used to, but now, traffic is jamming up for people going south. In other news, U.S. Representative Darrell Issa is introducing legislation that could make it easier to prosecute fentanyl deaths as homicides. Plus, Queen Bee's Art and Cultural Center is a lively community space and a beacon for artists in North Park, and this month it celebrates its 15th anniversary with a party ...

An original holiday musical returns to the stage for its third year. Plus, a beloved arts center is celebrating its 15th anniversary. And, the top events to check out this weekend.

Faculty working with the California State University system are on strike this week. In other news, some of the concrete benches at Swami’s Beach in Encinitas are now back, after the city removed them more than two weeks ago, for what it says was routine maintenance. Plus, the San Diego Air and Space Museum is home to airplanes of all sorts, but now, it’s also where you’ll find a very special vehicle that never leaves the ground.

As we head into the holiday season, hundreds of migrants are sleeping at the San Diego International Airport, and advocates see this as a sign that taxpayer dollars targeted toward migrants aren’t being well spent. In other news, a new report says more than half of those detained by immigration officials in the San Diego area are held for too long. Plus, we hear from our resident movie critics about the films they’re thankful for.

We preview some arts and culture events to check out ahead of Thanksgiving. Plus, Midday Movies critics discuss the films they’re thankful for.