​🌱 Free Transit For Youth + GI Film Fest SD + Adopt A Fur Baby

Good morning, San Diego! Let's get you started this Thursday with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and pleasant. High: 73, Low: 62.

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Here are three of the top stories in San Diego today:

1. For the next 14 months, youth under the age of 18 can ride free on public transit in San Diego County. SANDAG regional planning agency will let kids under 18 ride on buses, trolleys, and trains in the Metropolitan Transit System and the North County Transit District. The program will begin operation on Sunday. “SANDAG’s Youth Opportunity Pass pilot program will break down barriers giving the next generation a chance to experience new possibilities, and become lifelong transit riders,” said SANDAG chair and Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (Times of San Diego)
2. The annual GI Film Festival returns to San Diego on May 17. Taking place at the Museum of Photographic Arts, the festival is a military-themed film fest produced and organized here in San Diego. The festival focuses on the real stories of service members and their families. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (Coast News)
3. Their names are Lupita, Versace, Chanel, Gus, McFly, and Victor. They are among the approximately 3.3 million dogs and 3.2 million cats available for adoption. In addition, there are pigs, birds, and horses in search of a permanent home. If you want to expand your family with a fur baby, check out local San Diego shelters now. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (San Diego Patch)

Today in San Diego:

• Toddler and Preschool Storytime — Mission Valley Library. (10:30 a.m.)
• One Book One San Diego: Meet Hershey Kiss the Therapy Horse — Skyline Hills Branch Library. (11 a.m.)
• Cinco De Mayo — Seaport Village. (Noon)
• Ulysses S. Grant, Part I (Online) — Continuing Education Center, CECRB. (1:30 p.m.)
• Monthly San Ysidro Domestic Violence Prevention Collaborative Meeting — San Ysidro Branch Library. (2 p.m.)
• DO YOUR HOMEWORK @ THE LIBRARY — Malcolm X Library and Performing Arts Center. (3 p.m.)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow morning with your next update.

— Bettyann Pernice

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