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SAN DIEGO —  News of the death of retired teacher Ralph Dotinga sparked some classroom memories from his past students, including Will Chandler of Chula Vista. “I have always remembered Ralph with gladness and gratitude, for his great skills as teacher, and particularly for his kindness, decency and determination to reach all of his students,” Chandler wrote in an email to Dotinga’s son, Randy Dotinga. “There must be many hundreds of people out there who will always recall him with admiration and thanks.” Dotinga died of COVID-19 on Dec. 23. He was 85 and left behind a wife, Sud...

King A three-year sonic drought ended this October for fans of North Preston R&B luminary Keonté Beals as he dropped his long-awaited LP, King. Over nine tracks that evoke Elijah Blake, Ledisi and peak 2000s Usher, Beals delivered songs fit for everything from baby-making to breaking up to party starting to reckoning with personal identity. The self-produced effort sees Beals playing with shades of reggae (the rip-roaring opener “Let Go”) and returning to familiar slow-jam territory (the silk-sheet “Know Better”), all while finding his true voice and ex...