Premieres Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. The First Peoples of Southern California before 1775 include the Payómkawichum, Cupa, Cahuilla, and Kumeyaay. Discover how they lived before contact in ways that were rich, scientific, and sophisticated. Before the American Revolution, their world was already changing.