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Stream now with the PBS app / Watch Wednesdays, Aug. 6 and 13, 2025 from 8 - 10 p.m. on KPBS 2. The four-part documentary series, reveals a little-known truth: that public health saved your life today and you probably don’t even know it. But while public health makes modern life possible, the work itself is often underfunded, undervalued, and misunderstood.

KPBS checks in with a renter and a business owner whose lives were upended by the flood.

El gobernador Gavin Newsom hizo de la salud mental una prioridad desde que asumió el cargo hace cinco años. La iniciativa electoral aprobada por los votantes esta semana proporcionará miles de millones de dólares para financiar viviendas e instalaciones de tratamiento para californianos con enfermedades mentales.

Premieres Monday, March 25, 2024 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Follow the people dealing with economic uncertainty and the healthcare crisis in rural America. Learn about the mental health and isolation of Midwestern farmers and the Appalachian communities left with limited or no access to healthcare.

California workplace safety rules for indoor heat protection are five years late, and the Newsom administration wanted to delay them again over state prison cost concerns. But the safety board rebelled and passed the rules anyway.

Las normas de seguridad en el lugar de trabajo de California para la protección del calor interior tienen un retraso de cinco años y la administración de Newsom quería retrasarlas nuevamente por preocupaciones sobre los costos de las prisiones estatales. Pero la junta de seguridad se rebeló y aprobó las reglas de todos modos.

California state law adds six months to some public health emergency requirements. In other news, the South Bay has its first shelter for the unhoused. Plus, we have details on some arts events happening in San Diego County this weekend.

Only seven states have legalized human composting as a burial practice. That's why 29 percent of the bodies brought to Recompose, a composting facility in Seattle, come from out of state.

UC service and patient care workers across the state picketed, on Wednesday, demanding higher pay in their contract negotiations.

San Diego's most charitable, pet-friendly Pet and military Appreciation event of the year (and voted as one of San Diego's Favorite Events 2020), "Unleash the Holiday Cheer," presented by the McBeth Foundation! This year, we partnered with San Diego Humane Society, who will bring adoptable pets to our event for all to foster or adopt! Traci's Paws will sponsor pet adoption fees for military and veterans and their families if approved for adoption! Santa photos for you, your kids, pets, AND gifts from Santa! Holiday Vendor Village for Holiday Shopping with Military discounts, Entertainment, Fun Take-Home craft activities for Kids and adults, and MORE. Event Details | 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Pet Parade and Pet Costume Contest with Prizes! Gifts for Military and Veterans and each dependent with ID in attendance! More to be announced. All friendly pets are welcome! For everyone's safety and to have the best time, please see the following: No retractable leashes, and please clean up after your pets. If pets get unruly and aggressive, we will ask you to leave for your pet's safety and the safety of others. Since the event's inception in 2016, we have raised over $550,000 for the military, veterans, and their families with gifts and sponsored adoption fees for homeless pets at various rescue organizations! Like all Traci's Paws events, we will practice all safety precautions as the CDC and San Diego County requested. Please respect our COVID-Safe Rules and respect anyone who may choose to wear a mask outdoors. Ticket Details | Military/Veterans Tickets : You will order 1 ticket for EACH dependent in your immediate family. Each person must have a military or government-issued ID. Military ID • Dependent ID • Veterans ID • DD-214 and Driver’s License • NGB Form 22 Civilian Tickets: 1 ticket for each member of your family who is 12 years of age or older. 11 and under are free.