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Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Discover the fascinating and unexpected history behind America's favorite board game. Part detective story and part pop culture commentary, the film explores what makes this game, a celebration of unbridled capitalism, such an enduring favorite.

Encore Monday, Jan. 13, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Golden state treasures shine at Filoli in Woodside, California, including a Cartier platinum, diamond & onyx brooch, a Pennsylvania firefighter's helmet, and a Carrie Bethel basket. Which find struck gold with a $75, 000 to $150,000 value?

California has the most Hispanic Serving Institutions among its colleges of any state — 174, including 21 of 23 California State University campuses and five of the nine University of California campuses. But how well are HSIs — where almost 90% of the state’s Latino undergraduates are enrolled — actually serving Latino students? It’s a mixed bag, students and advocates say.

Stream now with KPBS Passport + YouTube. In this series we look at the past 40 years of Afghan history through the individual perspectives of men and women, who played a decisive role or had a unique point of view on these events, to understand the journey of this nation from paradise to hell.

Opponents clashed over a state proposal to ban gas-fueled truck sales and make large trucking firms convert to electric within two decades.

California has set up a permanent task force of National Guard members to do what used to be occasional work fighting and preventing wildfires.

The Brooklyn-based composer talks about the artistic powers of her island homeland, writing scores for America's top orchestras and making music with plants.

From the debt ceiling to Disney, basketball and a very colorful creature, a lot happened this week. Did you catch it all? Find out with NPR's new foray into the news-quiz space.

Starting January 21st, Classics 4 Kids is hosting a free family concert series on intermittent Saturdays at the Chula Vista Library Civic Center. Open to all ages. Three different performances, including: - Pattern Play Trio - Saturday, January 21 at 2 p.m.: Connect patterns in music to math, science, and language arts (featuring award-winning Classics4Kids musicians) - Música de Mariachi - Saturday, February 25 at 2 p.m.: Spanish/English program, participants will learn how mariachi instruments make their sounds and how their rhythms layer to form this special musical style - Classics 4 Kids Trio - Saturdays, April 22 and June 3 at 2 p.m.: Interactive musical performance, teaches participants about musical instruments & engages them in fun stories Related links: Classics 4 Kids on Instagram

The album's not dead! Want proof? NPR Music's list of the best albums of 2023 features masterworks by veterans, newcomers, iconoclasts and at least one supergroup.