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Virtual Saturday Morning at the Zoo The nonprofit Wild Wonders animal refuge offers a virtual program, “Saturday Morning at The Zoo,” at 10 a.m. Saturday featuring Wonders from Down Under — a continent of “macropods” (marsupials such as kangaroos, wallabies and wallaroos), poisonous toads and laughing birds. The cost for the 45-minute Zoom session is $20. Registration closes at noon Friday at wildwonders.org/saturday-morning-at-the-zoo. CARLSBAD Local genealogy buffs discuss analyzing DNA The DNA Interest Group, sponsored by the North San Diego County Genealogical Society, will hold...

Build resilience in a COVID holiday season by helping others and making plans: Sheryl Sandberg A year that has been so difficult for so many may leave a positive legacy of greater capacity to face adversity and stronger ties to one another. Sheryl Sandberg What a year it’s been. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died from COVID-19. Millions more have gotten sick, lost their jobs, or risked their health to do their jobs. Kids have had their education disrupted. Those privileged enough to work from home have been isolated from friends and family. And the appalling incidents of racist ...

Smash hit and an anthem for all those facing adversity. over the years, fans shared their stories of how that song inspired them. >> and she has collected some of those stories in her new book "we will survive." joining us is grammy award winner and author, gloria gaynor. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> you have such a powerful story. i remember in the '70s, i was djing in a disco, spinning some records. yours was one of them. i had no idea that you in the '70s fell off a stage here in new york city and what happened? >> well, i woke up the next morning paralyzed from the waist down a...