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The Federal Building in Balboa Park, the future home of the Comic-Con Museum, Jan. 30, 2021.

Roddenberry Foundation Donates $100,000 For Comic-Con Museum To Boldly Open

The donation also coincides with the year of what would have been Roddenberry's 100th birthday. Roddenberry died in 1991.

A Department of Corrections officer guards the main entryway leading into San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., July 24, 2019.

US Judge May Require Vaccines For California Prison Staff

A federal judge is considering ordering all California prison employees and inmate firefighters to be vaccinated.

The second patient in a first-stage study of a potential vaccine for COVID-19 receives a shot in in March at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle.

Public Health Expert Calls To Repair Distrust In A COVID-19 Vaccine

Public health officials say a promising coronavirus vaccine is on its way in 2021. But does that matter if only half of Americans say they're willing to get such a vaccination?

Volunteers putting together holiday "baskets" at the Community Resource Center in Encinitas on Nov. 30, 2020.

North County Families In Need To Receive Holiday 'Baskets'

The Encinitas Community Resource Center is hoping to make the holidays a little more special with holiday baskets for families who have faced a difficult year.

A Planet Fitness Inc. employee cleans gym equipment before the location's reopening on March 15, after being closed due to Covid-19 in Inglewood, California.

Obesity Rates Rise During Pandemic, Fueled By Stress, Job Loss, Sedentary Lifestyle

New data shows the pandemic exacerbated an already fast-growing problem, tipping more Americans' weight over the scales into unhealthy territory.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City on April 16, 2016.

Guggenheim's Audio Guide Brings The Art Museum To Listeners' 'Mind's Eye'

The "Mind's Eye" audio experience is an aural escape during the pandemic, but it's actually designed for the blind community. The idea is to immerse listeners in a space that can be vividly imagined.

Rayshun LaMarr and the American Pops Orchestra perform "We Are Family." Meridian International Center, Washington , D.C.

We Are Family: Songs Of Hope And Unity

Stream or tune in Friday, May 14, 2021 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Sunday, May 16 at 4 p.m. on KPBS 2

Post racist attack in 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. American National Red Cross Photograph Collection.

Why does Black History Month matter?

There is an ongoing debate as to whether U.S. history segregates Black history in February or whether Black History Month brings forward necessary untold stories.

Mark Anthony “Gator” Rogowski as seen in this April 23, 2019 photo

Ex-Pro Skateboarder Imprisoned For Carlsbad Rape And Murder Up For Parole Again

Mark "Gator" Rogowski was sentenced to 31 years to life behind bars for the 1991 killing of 22-year-old Jessica Bergsten, who was struck over the head with a metal steering wheel lock, raped and suffocated.

The Justice Department has charged four men in connection with the June 22 attempt to take down the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C.

Justice Department Charges 4 Over Attempt To Topple Andrew Jackson Statue In D.C.

The men are accused of trying to tear down the monument in Lafayette Park, near the White House. President Trump promises to prosecute such cases to the fullest extent of the law.

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