Kids’ Nature Festival Offers Trail, Booths

A special self-guided nature trail, undersea adventures, rocks, fossils and bones, and touch and feel for tots are some of the booths that will be on hand for the Kids’ Nature Festival on May 30 in Temescal Canyon.

The festival will also feature critters from the Wildlife Way Station, a tide pool touch tank and insects, lizards and more for kids to watch, examine and learn about.

Sponsored by Nursery Nature Walks, an organization that offers nature walks for families with babies through kindergartners, the festival will run from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Advance reservation tickets can be ordered today and Wednesday, and tickets can also be purchased the day of the event at a slightly higher cost. Call (310) 476-4084.

HEALTH/MEDICINE

The signs, symptoms and treatment of anxiety and related disorders will be the topic of a Community Health Education Forum at St. John’s Hospital and Health Center on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the seventh-floor auditorium. Reservations are required; call (310) 829-8453.

The Stroke Support Group at Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital in Inglewood will discuss “Shared Support” at the group’s meeting Monday at 3:30 p.m. in the MECC “E.” To register call (310) 674-7050, Ext. 3324.

Dr. James G. Haughton, medical director of the Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center will discuss “Public Health: A Different Definition,” tonight at 8 p.m. in the Hacienda Room of the UCLA Faculty Center, sponsored by the UCLA School of Public Health. Call (310) 825-5119.

UCLA’s Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention will hold a seminar on “Culturally Sensitive AIDS Education for Impoverished Minority Women,” by Dr. Adeline Nyamathi of the UCLA School of Nursing, today at 4 p.m. at the School of Public Health Dean’s Conference Room, CHS 16-059. Call (310) 825-6709.

BOTANY

Bruce Pavlik, lead author of the “Oaks of California,” will discuss his book and the state’s diverse native tree and shrub oaks tonight at 7 p.m. at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Claremont. A tour of the California Oaks at the botanic garden will be conducted by Bart O’Brien, head of the horticulture department, before the lecture at 6 p.m. Call (714) 625-8767.

SCIENCE POLICY

David Goodstein, Caltech professor of physics, will discuss “Scientific Fraud” as the Watson Caltech Lecture on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Beckman Auditorium on the campus. Call (818) 356-4652 or (800) 423-8849.