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The Antique Thai Cuisine dining room, Nov. 7, 2013.

Local Restaurant Owner Sentenced Two Years For Wage Theft, Worker Abuse

A two-year jail sentence was handed down for a San Diego restaurant owner who promised wages to immigrant workers but often paid them only in tips, California Labor Commissioner Julie Su announced Monday.

Gregory Reed tours a former school now becoming a lab for energy research in Pittsburgh. Reed says he's focusing on how microgrids can provide reliable, resilient and locally produced energy.

Pittsburgh's Microgrids Technology Could Lead The Way For Green Energy

Pittsburgh wants to become a model for cutting edge energy supply. Researchers in the city are planning a network of microgrids.

The San Diego Superior Court is shown in this undated photo.

Local Politics 101: Why Do We Elect Judges?

San Diego Mesa College and University of San Diego political science professor Carl Luna is back for the second installment of San Diego Politics 101. Luna answers listener questions about local civics and election rules.

The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday on the proposed repeal of "net neutrality" rules.

FCC Repeals 'Net Neutrality' Rules For Internet Providers

After a brief security evacuation, the agency voted to undo Obama-era regulations that prohibit cable and telecom companies from blocking access to websites and apps or influencing how fast they load.

The end of a pilot whale hunt, hundreds of people head to the beach eager to get a free share of the meat.

POV: The Islands And The Whales

Airs Monday, Oct. 9, 2017 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

A military surplus armored vehicle, acquired for free by local police departments, tours the streets of Juneau County, Wis.

POV: Do Not Resist

Airs Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

'Schoolifying' Minecraft Without Ruining It

Microsoft is trying to help more teachers use the hugely popular game in the classroom without alienating the initial enthusiasts.

A Village Voice newspaper stand lays on the ground next to garbage in New York City's East Village on Tuesday. The Village Voice, one of the oldest and best-known alternative weeklies in the U.S., announced that it will no longer publish a print edition.

New Yorkers Mourn End Of An Era As 'Village Voice' Ceases Print Edition

On Tuesday, the famed alt weekly announced it would be ending its free weekly print edition. The publication was purchased by Peter Barbey in 2015.

A Burmese migrant and her child seek care at a refugee health clinic in Mae Sot, Thailand. Mae Sot, a town along the Thai-Burma border, is home to many Burmese migrants, both documented and undocumented.

Only One Country Offers Universal Health Care To Undocumented Migrants

Migrants often have trouble getting medical care in the country where they've resettled — especially if they're considered "illegal." But not in Thailand.

Demonstrators protest United Airlines at O'Hare International Airport on April 11, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The protest was in response to airport police officers physically removing passenger Dr. David Dao from his seat and dragging him off the airplane, after he was requested to give up his seat for United Airline crew members on a flight from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky Sunday night.

Politics Of Respectability And A Dragged Passenger

The politics of respectability were complicated this week when a 69 year-old Asian-American doctor was forcibly dragged off a United Airlines flight.

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