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TODAY

UC Irvine’s 14th annual Health Care Forecast Conference will be

held from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the UC Irvine Beckman Center, 100

Academy Dr., Irvine. Information: (949) 824-6286 or https://www

.gsm.uci.edu/go/hcc.

The human Genome and Beyond, the University of California

Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellows Series, will begin at 8 p.m. in

the Crystal Cove Auditorium at UC Irvine’s Student Center. The event

is free. Information: (949) 824-6503.

SATURDAY

A Computer Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in building

#12 of the Orange County Fair and Exposition Center, 88 Fair Dr.,

Costa Mesa. Admission is $5. Information: (800) 800-5600 or

https://www.lacomputerfair.com.

A Malibu Cat Show will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in building

#10 of the Orange County Fair and Exposition Center, 88 Fair Dr.,

Costa Mesa. Admission is $5, $4 for children and seniors.

Information: (909) 372-9079.

A guided tour of Fairview Park will be offered by the city of

Costa Mesa’s Fairview Park Friends Committee. The tour will highlight

the ecological significance of the park’s vernal pools, which are the

sole habitat of San Diego Fairy Shrimp. The hike will begin at 9:30

a.m. at the picnic shelter on the west side of Placentia Avenue,

Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 754-5698.

“Prelude to Spring,” the UC Irvine Arboretum’s annual winter bulb

festival will feature wild garden species and a plant sale of rare

and unusual plants. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the

UCI Arboretum, on the corner of Campus Drive and Jamboree Road at the

UCI North campus, Irvine. Information: (949) 824-5833.

Pacific Northwest Ballet School will hold auditions for its

five-week summer course. Auditions will be held at 3 p.m. for dancers

12 to 15 years old and at 4:30 p.m. for students 16 to 18. The

sessions will be at the Jimmie Defoe Dance Center, 151 Kalmus Drive,

Costa Mesa. Information: (206) 441-2435.