New PBS and PBS Kids Channels on Roku Offer Hundreds of Videos On-Demand, including NOVA, MASTERPIECE, FRONTLINE, SUPER WHY!, CURIOUS GEORGE and local favorites such as KPBS EVENING EDITION and KEN KRAMER’S ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

A fire that destroyed a home in rural Southern California is 40 percent contained, and all evacuations have been lifted, but winds are kicking up and could make hard work for hundreds of firefighters battling it.

University of California, San Diego will celebrate the life of Cesar Chavez with a slate of activities set for the months of April and May.

A Fourth District Court judge on Wednesday overturned the firing of a San Diego teacher who spent more than three years in prison after being falsely convicted of molesting second and third grade students.

With the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station still shuttered, Southern California could face some challenges this summer in meeting the region’s power-supply needs.

KPBS staff are mourning the death of California public television icon Huell Howser. The sad news comes less than two months after learning of his retirement.

Associate General Manager Stephanie Bergsma will retire from KPBS on December 10. Bergsma has been with KPBS for 30 years having spearheaded the station’s first development department and since then led all major funding initiatives that have helped lift KPBS into the national public media spotlight.

KPBS announced plans to hold a two-day conference for public media stations looking to converge their organization and content to reach a wider audience. The Convergence Boot Camp will be held at KPBS in San Diego on February 7 and 8, 2013. Station leadership, management, and staff are invited to attend and learn how to implement similar strategies as KPBS -- with the goal of creating a successful and efficient organization.

KPBS is pleased to announce that audience favorite Downton Abbey is the theme for this year’s gala. The KPBS Celebrates Gala inspired by Downton Abbey will be held at the historic US Grant on Saturday, May 4, 2013. The event will also honor the 2012 KPBS Hall of Fame inductees Audrey Geisel, Conrad Prebys, and Brad Warner.

Democrat Juan Vargas won handily over Republican Michael Crimmins in the 51st Congressional District.

San Diego County’s premier live music venue, The Belly Up in Solana Beach, is proud to announce a series of shows in November that will be filmed in conjunction with KPBS and San Diego State University School of Theatre, Television, and Film, set to air on KPBS in starting January 4, 2013.

KPBS is pleased to announce two new local television programs: Savor San Diego and A Growing Passion. Both feature local experts in their field and are a recognizable part of the community. KPBS received 52 submissions for the Explore San Diego Project.

Legendary journalist and longtime KPBS personality Gloria Penner passed away today after a two-year battle with cancer. Penner, KPBS’ Senior Political Correspondent, held many different positions during her 43 year career at the public media organization. She was best known as a tough journalist unafraid of tackling and helping the audience make sense of the difficult issues – namely politics and elections.

With the flip of a switch, the KPBS 89.5FM transmitter is now broadcasting from Mt. Soledad in La Jolla. The move allows the station to boost its power, increasing the strength of the radio signal. As a result, most listeners will be able to receive a stronger, clearer signal at 89.5 FM.

KPBS 89.5 FM has added five new programs to the weekend schedule and is reshuffling existing programs to make room for these fresh new offerings from NPR, the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), and others.

KPBS Hall of Fame ceremony takes place during the station's annual gala, KPBS Celebrates Downton Abbey, on May 4, 2013 at the US Grant. This year’s inductees have all made important and lasting contributions to KPBS.

The Living Coast Discovery Center, a nonprofit zoo and aquarium located on San Diego Bay in Chula Vista, is hosting three weeks of special programming from Sept. 15 through Oct. 6 in celebration of COASTWEEKS 2012.

Serra High School was on lock-down today after police received a call about a shot being fired; all-clear issued at 9:35 a.m.

KPBS General Manager Tom Karlo has been elected to the 2012/2013 PBS Board of Directors.

Fox 5 News reports friends say a former Navy SEAL is among four Americans killed in Libya.

A report in the San Diego Business Journal says UT-San Diego has purchased the North County Times; UT owners deny deal is done.

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Authorities have issued a mandatory evacuation order for residents in the Ranchita community as hundreds of firefighters continue to work by ground and air to contain four lightning-sparked East County blazes that have blackened thousands of open acres.

Save Our Heritage Organisation announced Monday it has sued the city of San Diego in Superior Court over the Balboa Park Plaza de Panama project.

Cal Fire is battling the Chihuahua Fire, which spread to 900 acres in the community of Dodge Valley off of Chihuahua Valley Road.

California ISO has called for a Flex Alert from Thursday through Sunday and SDG&E implemented its hot weather discount program for the first time today.

United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that forged documents were sent to media organizations claiming the U.S. Attorney's office was shutting down pharmacies in San Diego County. The identity of the person or people who sent the documents is under investigation.

At 2 p.m. Monday, the San Diego Zoo's Panda Cam will begin offering live streaming video of its giant panda den, where a cub was born Sunday.

A lawyer representing family members of the suspect in the Colorado mass shooting held a news conference Monday afternoon in San Diego.

A 24-year-old college student accused of killing at least a dozen people and injuring at least 50 others in a massacre in a Colorado movie theater early today has roots in San Diego.

KPBS is pleased to announce Peggy Pico as the new host of KPBS Evening Edition. Pico, who was the station’s Science and Technology Reporter, will officially begin hosting the evening news program beginning July 2.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa port of entry early Monday morning apprehended a fugitive wanted for murder who was hiding in the trunk of a vehicle to evade capture.

Congressman Bob Filner leads City Councilman Carl DeMaio by three points in the race to be San Diego's next mayor, according to a 10News/SurveyUSA poll released today.

Marti Emerald won the new District 9 seat. The incumbent from District 7 got three-quarters of votes cast, trouncing challenger Mateo Camarillo.

People from across San Diego County go to the polls today to choose new mayors, county supervisors, congressmen and congresswomen and to decide on a wide variety of ballot measures.

A fast-moving wildfire that prompted the evacuation of 100 homes and blackened 1,200 acres is 5 percent contained as of 9:30 p.m., according to Cal Fire.

Tonya Lewis Lee, wife of film director Spike Lee, was in San Diego today promoting "A Healthy Baby Begins With You," a U.S. Health and Human Services Agency campaign.

Pradeep K. Khosla, dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering in Pittsburgh, has been named as the eighth chancellor of UC San Diego.

KPBS is increasing its commitment to investigative reporting with added staffing and a deepening partnership with Investigative Newsource, a journalism nonprofit embedded within the KPBS newsroom.

In chapter 16 Mitra returns and begins work at the University. She has lunch with Roya and tells her some interesting things about Mr. Elmi. Roya begins to receive notes from Shireen through Nasrin.

In chapter fifteen, Roya goes to see Shireen in prison.

In chapter fourteen Roya is invited to visit Shireen in Tehran. Kyan asks her a very important question.

In chapter thirteen demonstrations escalate. Roya learns the sentence for Shireen and Eemon, and attends Ali's funeral.

In chapter twelve Roya goes to see Jenab, and is kept home by her father.

In chapter eleven Roya goes to see Shireen and hears something unexpected.

In chapter ten, Roya meets Kyan, a fellow student at her school. Summer comes and she goes to the farm with her father.

In chapter nine school ends and Roya takes her university exams. She and Shireen start university and Shireen gets married. Roya notices a change in her friend.

In chapter eight Roya finds out why Shireen was gone for so long and receives a gift from her.

School starts again in chapter seven with SAVAK attacks escalated, and no sign of Jenab.

In chapter six, Roya spends her summer at the family farm.