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Rep. George Santos, a Republican freshman who fabricated much of his life story but has defiantly resisted public pressure to leave, has shown just how much things have changed.

School staff across San Diego county will participate in training sessions for student mental health awareness starting this week.

A small ocean animal that loves to eat phytoplankton could be helping deposit carbon into the deep ocean.

Romance novel sales are surging, even as overall book sales experience their first decline in years. And no, fans are not embarrassed by their love of the genre.

The largest Russian Orthodox cemetery outside Russia is in a suburb of Paris. This normally tranquil place has become a battleground between Russia and the West.

Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Watch now with the PBS App. The film captures the transformational story of how idealistic cllege students and Black activist teachers came together at the height of the civil rights movement, in a small Midwestern town, for a two-week training session aimed at teaching Mississippi African Americans how to register to vote.

WRITE OUT LOUD, an organization founded in 2007 with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading literature aloud for a live audience - announces the 13th Annual TwainFest. Twainfest will take place on Saturday, August 20 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Heritage County Park,. There is a limited capacity - so reservations are required for your free entry. TwainFest, now a tradition for many San Diego families, is an all-day FREE festival celebrating Mark Twain and the literature and culture of 19th Century America. There is something for everyone at this festive old-fashioned gathering. Write Out Loud Artistic Director, Veronica Murphy, shared “We are so grateful to be returning to Heritage Park for this year’s celebration. TwainFest provides new interactive experiences with Don Quixote, Meg and Jo of Little Women fame, and other literary favorites. Reading aloud is what we do - we look forward to sharing it with the community.” Returning Festival Favorites: ● Local San Diego performers present 19th Century stories and poems by Mark Twain, Lewis Carroll, Miguel de Cervantes, Robert Louis Stevenson, Louisa May Alcott, Alice Dunbar Nelson and Kenneth Grahame. ● Mad Hatters Tea Party - immerse yourself in an interactive event with The Mad Hatter, Alice, White Rabbit & Door Mouse as you explore the world of Lewis Carroll. ● Tom Sawyer’s Fence Painting - Tom Sawyer, Aunt Polly and Becky Thatcher seek out children at the park. Working together, they find things to trade with Tom for permission to help him whitewash the fence! ● The Authors Salon provides the opportunity to meet beloved writers of the period; Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson and Henry David Thoreau. ● Giant puppets of Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson, Paul Laurence Dunbar and Edgar Allan Poe will wander the park. ● An arcade of unique literary games and activities designed especially for TwainFest will entertain players of all ages. Games & activities include: Calaveras Jumping Frog Launch, Frog Toss, Never-ending Story, Election of 1872, Huck Finn’s Rope Making, Fishing for Words, Wheel of Fiction, Chortle This and Red Queen’s Croquet. ● Free books are provided at the Book Emporium to all who participate. Learn more about this event at www.writeoutloudsd/twainfest/

The Oscar-nominated documentary follows two brothers in Delhi who run a homemade infirmary nursing black kites — birds of prey widely considered a scavenging nuisance — back to health.

Activist Greta Thunberg was just 15 when she called on the world to take action on the climate crisis. Just as impressively, she has now pulled together essays by 100 scholars on what's needed now.

The Comic-Con-affiliated event is free and open to the public, running concurrently at the downtown library, dedicated to the ways comics intersect with literacy and learning — including how to defend against book bans.