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Latino Lawmakers Report Ventura Shelter For Migrants Adequate, Kids Healthy

Members of the state Latino Legislative Caucus on Tuesday toured an emergency shelter for Central American children in Ventura. The legislators said they were satisfied with the shelter’s conditions and the children’s health.

Stanley Strum shows off some of the mods he's created in Minecraft, Sept. 20, 2014.

Minecraft Can Help Kids Learn To Code. Will Microsoft Keep It That Way?

Inside one San Diego classroom, kids are learning the basics of computer science by playing their favorite video game: Minecraft.

An 'Epilogue' That Makes Sense Of The Chaos Of Memory

In his episodic memoir, Will Boast meets the siblings he never knew while navigating family deaths and secrets. Critic Ellah Allfrey finds Epilogue conceptually ambitious, but lacking in execution.

Take a hilarious year-long ride with iconic comedian Joan Rivers in her 76th year of life.

AMERICAN MASTERS: Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work

Airs Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Children from southern Somalia lined up for cooked food at a distribution center in Mogadishu in 2011.

A Somali Aid Worker Would Rather Give Out Cash Than Free Food

Degan Ali, a Somali humanitarian, tells us about her organization's efforts to fight famine in Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan.

The Harvey Girls: Opportunity Bound

Airs Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Pakistani supporters of opposition politician Imran Khan wave party flags in Islamabad on Thursday, the country's Independence Day. In addition, thousands of protesters gathered in the city of Lahore to march on the capital. They say the country's election last year was marked by fraud.

Pakistan's Mixed Message: Celebrations Amid A Security Lockdown

The country's Independence Day was a study in contradictions. The effort to mark the occasion in the capital Islamabad kept bumping up against anxiety over protest marches against the government.

David Tomas Martinez was born and raised in San Diego.

David Tomas Martinez Turns Hustle In The Street To Poetry On The Page

Before writing the poems that make up Hustle, Martinez was hustling for a long time. His work dips into his teenage years running with a gang, his enlistment in the Navy, and his turn to poetry.

The Omari mosque was badly damaged in the recent fighting in the territory. In the foreground are the remains of Qurans at the mosque, which dates back centuries.

Gaza's Casualties Of War Include Its Historic Mosques

More than 40 mosques in the Gaza Strip were destroyed or damaged in the recent fighting.

Better Off Red: 'War Dogs' Puts Marines On Mars

Greg Bear's latest space adventure goes from the Earth to Mars and back again with a grizzled group of "Skyrines" (Sky Marines, get it?) on the trail of a mysterious alien treasure.

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