🌱Kudos UCSD + Bikers/Butterflies🦋 + Safe Driving Teens + Surf Pups🐕

Morning, everyone! It's me, Bettyann Pernice, your host of the San Diego Daily — here to let you know what's happening in town. Take a look:

• Kudos🎓UCSD — Named 8th best public university.
• Bikers/Butterflies🦋 — Fights hate.
• Safe🚗Driving Teens — National defensive driving course.
• Surf Pups🐕 — Put your pup on a board: Surf Dog Surf-A-Thon.

First, today's weather:

Patchy fog, 🌤️ then sun. High: 78, Low: 67.

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

1. It has been recognized as one of the most innovative universities in the country. It was named the third best university according to the Forbes 2022 America’s Top Colleges list. Now, it has been named 8th Best Public University by U.S. News & World Report. Our own University of California🎓 San Diego (UCSD) is a winner! “UC San Diego continues to be recognized as one of the nation’s leading public universities, committed to access, affordability and student success,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “This ranking not only speaks volumes about the caliber of education we offer, but also about the growing impact of our innovative academic support programs and specialized wrap-around student services.” To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (University of California San Diego)
2. These bikers fight holocaust ignorance through their🦋butterflies. They teach social justice through lessons of the Holocaust. They speak of the dangers of hatred and bigotry, and they encourage empathy and social responsibility through education, the arts, and memorials. Their students have painted more than 300,000 ceramic butterflies which are displayed as symbols of hope and resilience as a way of connecting with children who perished during the Holocaust. “We’re trying to get across to the kids that you have to speak up, when someone is being treated poorly, when there’s injustice,” said co-founder of the project, Jan Landau. “It’s our responsibility to stand up for those people. That’s the goal of it.” To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (Times of San Diego)
3. On Sunday, 72 San Diego teens participated in B.R.A.K.E.S. — a free national defensive🚗driving program. Founded in 2018 by racing champion Doug Herbert, the program aims to teach teens how to prevent crashes. The program has trained over 100,000 teens. Want to sign up your teen? If so, you can register your teen now. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (CBS News 8)
4. Good news! You can still register your pup and yourself for the 17th Annual Surf🐕Dog Surf-A-Thon on Sept. 18. Over 70 ‘SurFurs’ are expected to compete at the event which will take place at Dog Beach in Del Mar. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe. Winners are eligible for prizes for their humans. Entries start at $55. The event is free. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (Times of San Diego)

Today in San Diego:

• Reverse Mortgage Explained — San Diego Oasis. (10 a.m.)
• Music🎶and Motion — MountainView/Beckwourth Branch Library. (11:30 a.m.)
• Bridge Club — Carmel Valley Branch Library. (Noon)
• Tech Help Sessions — San Diego Public Library/Central Library. (1 p.m.)
• Kamishibai StoryBox🎭Theatre — Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center. (3 p.m.)
• DO YOUR HOMEWORK @ THE LIBRARY — Linda Vista Branch Library. (3 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• San Diego Botanic Garden: "Most of the drugs on the market were either developed from medicinal🌿plants or have had their chemistry modified based on structures that came from those plants, explains Benjamin Naman, PhD, the Garden’s newly-hired director of Medicinal Plants Research." (San Diego Botanic Garden via Facebook)
• San Diego Central Library: "Are you ready for Banned📚Books Week? We sure are! READ ON FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A FREE BANNED BOOK WEEK MUG, GIFT CARD(S), AND MORE! This year, we will be hosting a Banned Book bingo at the Central Library alongside a virtual social media raffle." (San Diego Central Library via Facebook)
• San Diego Humane Society: "It's true, you 'Can't Buy Me Love' — but we did take a few of the 🐕Beagles on a little shopping spree to see what they could find! The pups had their pick of anything they wanted in the store, and, to our surprise, what they wanted most was attention! (From people and pets alike.)" (San Diego Humane Society via Facebook)
• Feeding San Diego: "We are incredibly grateful to have received a $50,000 grant from Chick-fil-A to increase access to nutritious😋food for children and their families. These funds will help grow our school pantry program to ensure that San Diego families have the nutritious food they need to thrive." (Feeding San Diego via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Tuesday off right! I'll see you around.

— Bettyann Pernice

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