TODAY’S LIVING BEST BETS

GARDENS

The Japanese Friendship Garden in San Diego’s Balboa Park will reopen to the public Tuesday. It had been closed for renova-

tions. (619) 232-2721.

WILDFLOWERS

Sun Valley’s Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants hosts volunteer training. Saturday-Sunday. (818) 768-1802.

POLITICS

Sen. Barbara Boxer discusses her campaign to “Take Back the House and Senate” Saturday. Step Up Women’s Network, West Hollywood. (323) 651-5813.

MURALS

The Mural Conservancy of L.A. presents a bus tour of East L.A.’s Mexican-

American murals, painted from 1966 to the present. Saturday. (818) 487-0416.

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