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Michael Mosley (Presenter). VICTORIAN SLUM HOUSE takes viewers back to the British slums of the 1800s, where a group of modern day families, couples and individuals recreate life in London’s East End as their forbearers once lived between 1860-1900.

Airs Tuesdays, May 2-30, 2017 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

New NASA evidence suggests that there's a chemical reaction taking place under the moon's icy surface that could provide conditions for life.

Signs Of Hospitality To Life Found On Saturn's Moon Enceladus

"This is the closest we've come, so far, to identifying a place with some of the ingredients needed for a habitable environment," NASA says. There are signs of a promising reaction under the surface.

Murals surround the complex of the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools in Los Angeles.

50 Years After His Death, Making RFK More Than A Ghost And A Mural

Multi-generations debate and reminisce about the legacy left by the slain Democratic senator from New York. He championed for better treatment of the poor and people of color.

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer speaks at a press conference unveiling his proposed budget for fiscal year 2019, April 12, 2018.

Faulconer Proposes $3.8 Billion Budget, Averting Major Cuts

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer's proposed budget for next fiscal year manages to close a deficit by carrying over unspent money from the current fiscal year, dipping into reserve accounts and trimming the budgets of several departments.

Spaghetti westerns loved the landscape of the human face, here Lee Van Cleef stars as a lawman tracking a Mexican peasant in Sergio Sollima's "The Big Gundown."

'The Big Gundown' Kicks Off Spaghetti Western Film Series

First film in They Call Me Sergio program screens May 24 at Digital Gym Cinema

Authorities in China have demolished the Beijing studio of contemporary artist Ai Weiwei, a dissident and longtime critic of the Chinese government.

Ai Weiwei Responds To Chinese Authorities Destroying His Beijing Studio

The Chinese dissident artist tells NPR his studio is in the process of being demolished. The workspace is located in Beijing's Songzhuang District, on the outskirts of the city.

The Trash Cinema Of John Waters

FilmOut San Diego is screening John Waters' 1977 film "Desperate Living" at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Museum of Photographic Arts. The perfect excuse to dust off a 1997 archive interview.

Ai Weiwei Responds To Chinese Authorities Destroying His Beijing Studio

The Chinese dissident artist tells NPR his studio is in the process of being demolished. The workspace is located in Beijing's Songzhuang District, on the outskirts of the city.

Men sit in the sun in the health ward at the Otay Mesa immigration detention center in San Diego, May 26, 2010.

City Leaders Defy White House Threat On 'Sanctuary' Policies

Ignoring fresh threats from the White House, city leaders across the U.S. are vowing to intensify their fight against President Donald Trump's promised crackdown on so-called "sanctuary cities" despite the financial risks.

Planets graphic. NOVA tells the spectacular story of our solar system — a narrative spanning billions of years — through the eyes of the latest and most daring space missions ever mounted.

THE PLANETS On NOVA

"Jupiter" encore Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / "Saturn" encore Wednesday, March 18 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Saturday, March 21 at 3:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, March 22 at 3:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. NOVA will explore the awesome beauty of the planets, including Saturn’s 175,000-mile-wide rings, Mars’ ancient waterfalls four times the size of any found on Earth, and Neptune’s winds — 12 times stronger than any hurricane felt on our planet.

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