“La Paranza dei Bambini (Piranhas)”
at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 22, online. The film, based on the novel by Roberto Saviano,
follows 15-year-old Nicola, who lives with his mother and younger brother in the Sanità neighborhood of Naples, which has been controlled by the Camorra mafia for decades. A live, online discussion of the film with editor Giuseppe Trepiccione will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, July 25. $16; $14 for SDIFF members; $7 for students.
• La Jolla Playhouse presents the
“DNA New Work Series” from Thursday, July 22, to Sunday, July 25, and Thursday, July 29, to Sunday, Aug. 1, at the playhouse, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive. The series was created in 2013 to give playwrights a place to test new scripts for a live audience. This year’s edition will feature four plays: “Sumo” by Lisa Sanaye Dring, “All the Men Who’ve Frightened Me” by Noah Diaz, “Not-for-Profit (Or the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Play)” by Francisca Da Silveira and “One-Sho
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Wildfires scorching the West Coast create nationwide air pollution By Jonathan Vigliotti Western wildfires create nationwide air pollution
The explosive wildfires in the West are threatening millions of Americans with potential health problems. Smoke from those fires has drifted across the country, leading air quality levels to plummet.
From the ground and sky, crews are fighting the flames of the Tamarack Fire, which is located south of Lake Tahoe. The blaze is 0% contained and has grown, crossing state lines into Nevada.
Extreme heat and drought have created tinderbox conditions in southwest Oregon, where the Bootleg Fire has burned more than 394,000 acres. Crews from Arkansas, Nevada, and Alaska are joining more than 2,000 personnel battling the fire there.
SAN DIEGO
San Diego is expected to receive more than $259.4 million from the state’s recently approved $262.6 billion budget to fund projects and programs throughout the city.
The funding will pay for everything from renovations to aging city infrastructure to expanding homelessness programs to repairing the Ocean Beach Pier to funding new developments in science and education.
“These are dollars . are going to help us tackle some of our short-term challenges resulting from the pandemic and our economic downturn, as well as our long-standing challenges that we have wanted to tackle here in San Diego,” said Mayor Todd Gloria.
San Diego’s elected officials joined Gloria Wednesday morning at the entrance of the Ocean Beach pier, which secured $8.4 million from the state for repairs. That would be enough money for immediate repairs, but it amounts to a fraction of the estimated costs of long-term improvements or replacement of the pier, which a consultant estimated a
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