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In an unusual partnership, Google Earth has joined with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to focus its high-tech lens and high-powered search on the atrocities in Darfur. The goal of the project, launched Tuesday, is to inform and motivate users.

San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Ruben Barrales announced today that he will step down at the end of the year to pursue other opportunities.

When you see those graceful figure skaters perform at the Winter Games in Sochi -- with their athleticism and their big-money endorsement deals -- for better or worse, Sonja Henie paved the way.

Stream now with the PBS app / Watch Friday, Aug. 15, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. This episode profiles exceptional artists forging metal magically transformed by fire. Follow Chloe Darke as she begins her career as a silversmith at Old Newbury Crafters; Iraqi war veterans Tom Pullin and Jeremiah Holland as they turn to art as an antidote to the harsh realities of war; Join sculptor Albert Paley as he prepares for Paley on Park Avenue, the most ambitious project of his 50 year career.

There wasn't anything close about Sunday's Super Bowl -- a 43-8 blowout win for the Seattle Seahawks over the Denver Broncos.

Cultural products like books, movies and song lyrics can tell us a lot about society and how it changes over time. KPBS arts reporter Angela Carone says a new study from San Diego State looks at how books reflect changing gender roles.

The largest "ex-gay ministry" that has promoted conversion therapy as a way to "cure" people of same-sex attractions now says the approach is wrong. The shift comes after new studies by evangelical researchers showed that conversion therapy does not work. It's created a ruckus about whether people can change their sexual orientation.

The debut novel of Robin Sloan, a former Twitter and Current TV employee, tells the thoughtful, magical story of Clay, a worker in a mysterious literary emporium. Aside from the occasional groaner insight, the buoyant narrative demonstrates Sloan's gift of charismatic prose.

What would you change about the city budget? For each item you add, you need to make a cut to keep it balanced!