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A photo from Tacos y Birria La Unica's Facebook account.

Also hit by inflation? Your local taco truck

Higher prices for gasoline, meat and vegetables and even cooking oil have put pressure on food trucks as they struggle to balance menu prices with customers' expectations of a low-cost meal.

NATURE: The Elephant and the Termite

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Sunday, March 23 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. Witness the creation of the waterhole, one of Africa’s greatest wildlife meeting places manufactured by giant elephants and tiny termites. From baboons to dung beetles to chameleons, an entire community of creatures call the waterhole their home.

Female Marine Corps recruit Kylieanne Fortin, 20, of Williamsport, Maryland goes through close combat training at the United States Marine Corps recruit depot June 23, 2004 in Parris Island, S.C. Marine Corps boot camp, with its combination of strict discipline and exhaustive physical training, is considered the most rigorous of the armed forces recruit training. Congress is currently considering bills that could increase the size of the Marine Corps and the Army to help meet US military demands in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images

AMERICAN VETERAN

Wednesdays, April 2 - 23, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! This four-part documentary series traces the veteran experience across the arc of American history and exploring the present-day divide between civilian and veteran communities.

A woman takes a photo of Andy Warhol's 'Shot Sage Blue Marilyn' on April 29 during Christie's 20th and 21st Century Art press preview in New York City.

Art values are booming as New York auctions make billions of dollars in sales

Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips total sales have hit more than $2.5 billion for 2022 already, led by works by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Pablo Picasso.

Eritrean cyclist makes history with win in Belgium

Eritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay sprinted to victory in Belgium and became the first Black African to win one of road cycling's classic races.

The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant shut down in 2019. Exelon Generation blamed the closure on a lack of state subsidies. Such subsidies are growing amid concerns that such closures abet climate change.

Nuclear power is gaining support after years of decline. But old hurdles remain

Investment from the government and private sector are changing the trajectory of the aging U.S. nuclear fleet and spurring development of new nuclear technology.

A city electrician replaces a streetlight fixture in San Diego's Bay Terraces neighborhood, March 25, 2022.

California prepares for energy shortfalls in hot, dry summer

State energy officials say threats from drought, extreme heat and wildfires are creating challenges for energy reliability.

Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains Model of the wildlife corridor bridge over a freeway north of Los Angeles in this undated photo.

California breaks ground on largest urban wildlife crossing

Officials held a ceremony Friday to mark the construction of a $90 million bridge over a freeway and feeder road near downtown Los Angeles.

The world's best women's tennis player, Ash Barty, is retiring at age 25

Barty is retiring only two months after winning the Australian Open, saying she wants to pursue other dreams.

Rebound

Encore Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV (no longer available to stream). Separated by decades and starkly different circumstances two women rebound from incarceration. They each overcome their years of addiction and abuse to pursue the promise of higher education. These aspiring scholars navigate parole, raising young children, and self-healing to find acceptance, sisterhood, and hope for a new life.

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