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  • Stream now with the PBS app / Watch Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Monday, Sept. 8 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. The San Diego County Administration Building is a magnificent historical site. The plans came together by the late 1920s when President Franklin Roosevelt designated the Public Works Administration to help revitalize the economy during the Great Depression.
  • Stream now with the PBS app / Watch Monday, Sept. 1 at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Coming to this country with dreams of a better life, frontline caregivers, nannies, and house cleaners risk it all to support their families while fighting for workplace protections during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through grit, activism, and unbending solidarity, these mostly female and largely undocumented workers show how change can happen—even when the odds are stacked against them.
  • Stream now with the PBS app / Watch Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV. An ingredient Pati constantly uses is salt and Yucatán has one of the most unique salts. The Las Coloradas salt, which means blush red, gets its distinctive color from red algae. Engineer Felipe Perez takes Pati to the pink lakes where the salt is produced. Down the road in Rio Lagartos, conservationist Diego Nuñez takes her to see another pink wonder, Mexico’s highest concentration of flamingos.
  • Stream now with KPBS Passport + YouTube / Watch Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. For special occasion entertaining, Christopher Kimball makes Barolo-Braised Beef Short Ribs, demonstrating the right way to cook your meat in wine. Rosemary Gill shows off the magic of dried mushrooms with Porcini-Rubbed Beef Tenderloin with Roasted Portobello Mushrooms. Rose Hattabaugh modernizes chocolate mousse with a recipe for Dark Chocolate Terrine with Coffee and Cardamom.
  • Stream now with the PBS app + YouTube. Artificial intelligence is reshaping our world in countless ways — but what happens when we use it to protect the natural one? In India, where tigers prowl the outskirts of rural villages, scientists are training neural networks to help communities avoid conflict and protect their livestock.
  • Premieres Monday, Sept. 1, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. After losing it all, Desiree Wood takes a second lease on life as a long-haul trucker. In a rapidly changing labor landscape, she and her sisterhood of truckers, rally against the crushing forces of an industry that is indifferent to their survival.
  • Monday - Thursday at 7:30 a.m. on KPBS TV + 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on PBS Kids. Available in English and Spanish. PBS KIDS presents a new animated STEM series for viewers ages 5-8 from Al Roker Entertainment, the production company helmed by Al Roker, Emmy-winning weatherman and host from TODAY. The new show is designed to support kids’ learning about Earth science and meteorology through adventure and comedy to cultivate their awareness, curiosity, and caring about how weather and climate impact individuals, communities, and our global society.
  • Premieres Friday, Aug. 29, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. The beloved annual concert is conducted for the first time by Maestro Tugan Sokhiev. Renowned opera singer Piotr Beczała joins as the vocal soloist, performing three famed arias from Bizet’s “Carmen,” Puccini’s “Turandot,” and Kálmán’s operetta “Gräfin Mariza.” Additionally, the Vienna Boys Choir will perform at the concert for the first time.
  • Stream now with the PBS app / Watch Friday, Aug. 29, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV. San Diego-based Sue Palmer and Her Motel Swing Orchestra bring their vibrant mix of swing, blues, and jazz while delivering a high-energy performance that captures the spirit of classic swing while adding a modern twist.
  • Stream now with the PBS app / Watch Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. As global conflicts surge, the refugee crisis is spiraling out of control. International Rescue Committee President and CEO David Miliband joins Ian Bremmer. Then, an Indigenous group’s fight for land in Argentina.

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