Gorgeous hike and hiking weather #MissionTrailsRegionalPark

RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.

California Arts Council to award 10influential artists, arts leaders, & arts organizations at 50th anniversary celebration: Luis Valdez Josie Talamantez San Jose Taiko Sage Romero Charles Ray Cheech Marin Magic Theatre Barbara Kruger Mildred Howard arts.ca.gov/press-releas...

Friday #flowerReport #Bloomscrolling

If Thursday’s motions succeed, that decision would become permanent, and the rulings would extend nationwide, barring ICE from arresting immigrants at courthouses when they attend hearings, and reinstating the 12-hour detention limit at ICE holding facilities across the country

Immigration arrests quietly surge by 1,500% in San Diego: ‘I feel the temperature rising’ calmatters.org/justice/2026...

Shirley Raines, founder of Beauty 2 The Streetz and known for her volunteer work serving homeless communities in Los Angeles and Nevada, has died

Friday #FlowerReport Cabrillo National Monument

Wild cucumbers (Marah macrocarpa) have returned!

Midweek #FlowerReport

#sdmlk San Diego College of Continuing Education’s fantastic float (SDCCE Welding Dept

between Jan. 26 and March 13, passengers can use the code V526 to receive a 20% discount on Surfliner trips

The plaintiffs include the American Public Health Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the American College of Physicians, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the Massachusetts Public Health Alliance.

Light purple/lavendar #FlowerReport on a hot Santa Ana day

Margarita Cabrera, ‘Voluntad de hierro’ (Iron Will), 2013, screenprint w/ vinyl & thread Radical Histories exhibition on view at @ The Huntington through March 2nd www.huntington.org/exhibitions/...

Anastasio Hernández-Rojas Mural Project, Chicano Park Led by master muralist Victor Ochoa, local community artists painted the mural on the 50-ft tall pillars (completed in 2020) ¡Anastasio, presente!

“It’s a deliberate choice when you’re going to release a documentary and how. If I were HBO & I had evidence of a murder by the feds, I would’ve led with that in my promotion. I would think that’s a selling point, especially with the [immigration] raids.“

Artist Open House for the Ward Canyon Park Public Art Project, Sat, Jan 10, 1-4pm, Normal Heights Masonic Center parking lot, 3366 Adams Ave, San Diego Christopher Fennell will share his proposal for a permanent, site-specific artwork designed for Ward Canyon Park www.sandiego.gov/sites/defaul...

Last day of 2025 #FlowerReport

Anastasio Hernández Rojas, presente! Chicano Park mural, completed 2021, lead muralist, Victor Ochoa

The organizers are a group of immigrant women who have endured their own struggles and face similar risks as the people they are helping. Community members, many immigrants themselves, donated $15,000 and around 900 gifts to support families affected by the ICE raids.

San Diego Christmas #FlowerReport

People weren’t doing this just for themselves. They were doing it for their castmates. For their crew. For the show. For the elders in their company and the children at home. They understood instinctively that their own health was connected to the well-being of the people around them

Neighborhood #caturday greeting

every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different

Raul Malo, presente! youtu.be/2aXOOWPxyYs?...

#FlowerReport yelllows

Infuential Chicano artist Jose Lozano left lasting mark on SoCal art scene Fullerton Museum Center is planning to host a public celebration of Lozano’s life on Dec. 22, 12-3 pm José Lozano, presente! www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...

Disney [Hall], with stunning acoustics, proved both a place of modernity for a new millennium and one of the world’s most acoustically engaging venues. It is very new and very traditional, and the best of both worlds. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

7th annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film awarded to “American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez.” The film examines the extraordinary life of renowned playwright & screenwriter Luis Valdez, directed by David Alvarado newsroom.loc.gov/news/seventh...

6:28am facing east

Historias Radicales: 2-day conference, Dec 5 & 6, 2025 examining topics related to Chicana/o communities in Southern California, including border politics, social justice movements, and identity @thehuntington.bsky.social www.huntington.org/event/histor...

¡David Avalos, Presente! Dec 5, 1-3pm, AD&A Museum, UC Santa Barbara, CA Celebration of the life & legacy of the late artist David Avalos & his impact on Chicano Art Movement www.museum.ucsb.edu/news/event/1...

“I would never argue that technology hasn’t done some good things”… “I just don’t see why this toxic ideology had to accompany it. These are tools. I mean, modern dentistry is great. But your dentist doesn’t insist you worship him.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...

With the immigrant community dealing with raids by ICE, Turner wanted to meet the moment by partnering with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), an organization that advocates for the civil rights of immigrants & refugees www.latimes.com/sports/rams/...

Applications for Emerald Hills Park Public Art Project, to bring permanent, site-specific artwork are accepted til Dec 22, 2025, 4pm Art budget: approx $70,000; open to any artist/artist team authorized to work in US Info /apply (go to ‘current opportunities’ tab) www.sandiego.gov/economic-dev...

Between storms #FlowerReport 🌱

Su Casa: sucasacw.org Illinois Community for Displaced Immigrants: icdichicago.org

Wonderful thread of writing by Alice Wong:

Mission Bay rain-washed vistas

Between rain spells

So Cal #FlowerReport yellows

Fundraiser today for ongoing care of Tommie Camarillo, longtime chairwoman of the Chicano Park Steering Committee

Leggy hiking buddy blending in with shadow #tarantula #mtrp #CaliforniaBlackTarantula

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Great writeup, great film!

Foggy warm morning at Mission Bay Park

Vienna’s treasure, Mexico’s wound: The fight over ‘Moctezuma’s headdress The intricate ensemble, weighing in at less than 4 pounds, somehow survived the Spanish conquest, a perilous ocean crossing and two centuries of musty anonymity in a Tirolean castle www.latimes.com/world-nation...

Friday #FlowerReport 🌱

Job opening: Executive Director, Chicano Park Museum & Cultural Center, San Diego, CA chicanoparkmuseum.org/jobs/