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.
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Local genealogy buffs discuss analyzing DNA
The DNA Interest Group, sponsored by the North San Diego County Genealogical Society, will hold a live webinar from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Evert-Jan Blom will discuss “Analyzing Your DNA Matches Using Genetic Affairs.” The webinar is free; registration is required at nsdcgs.org.
Rancho Bernardo High students host event to feed those hungry overseas
RB High students Sarah Flores, Leyna Nguyen, Jazmine Rosa and Andrea Hillmer holding up filled meal bags. See more photos in the gallery below.
(Elizabeth Marie Himchak)
A couple hundred community members of all ages gathered at Rancho Bernardo High on Saturday morning to assemble more than 37,000 meals for those in need overseas.
The school’s Fight Against Hunger Club organized the event after spending the past year conducting fundraising efforts made more difficult than usual due to the pandemic.
Club President Gina Lee said the club had to raise $10,000 to cover the meal ingredients, shipment to countries such as Peru and other event costs.
Genealogy buffs hold online class Tuesday
An Intermediate Genealogy Class, presented in a live online webinar by the North San Diego County Genealogical Society, will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. Jeanette Shiel will discuss “Researching New York State Records.”
The webinar is free; registration required at nsdcgs.org. For questions, call (949) 310-1778.
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GIA offers virtual activities for gem buffs
The Gemological Institute of America offers a number of free virtual activities and resources that are available to the community. For example, folks can learn about the latest gemological research and new discoveries in Gems & Gemology GIA’s quarterly journal including the most recent issue on colored stone origin and every issue, back to 1934 at gia.edu/gems-gemology. GIA also offers access to important books on gemology, mineralogy, gems and jewelry in the digital collection of rare and historical books from GIA’s Cartier Rare Book Repository and A
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Virtual family songs, storytimes Wednesdays
The Carlsbad Library hosts 30 minutes of stories and songs in English and Spanish at 10 a.m. Wednesdays with a different theme each week, led by Ms. Angelica at facebook.com/carlsbadcitylibrary/live.
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Drive-in ‘Nutcracker’ ballet set for Saturday
City Ballet of San Diego performs “The Nutcracker” at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday Dec. 19 as part of the Holidays in your Car drive-thru entertainment program at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd. Tickets are $99-$279. Visit holidaysinyourcar.com.