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Hundreds of broken streetlights in Balboa Park are waiting for repairs, which will likely come much faster once the city's paid parking plan is in effect.

Beverly Cleary's fictional third grader with an adopted dog named Ribsy made his debut in 1950. Cleary was praised for writing simple, humorous stories that kids wanted to read.

This week's albums and singles charts are both dominated by the same record: Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend, which debuts at No. 1 and lands all 12 of its songs in the Hot 100's top 40.

A small group of opera lovers launched Ópera de Tijuana 25 years ago. The company has since become a cultural force in Mexico’s second-largest city.

For years, California refused to create a Western mega energy market over concerns about fossil fuels and union jobs. But now, the idea is closer than ever.

The festival, presented by the nonprofit organization Karama, showcases Arab cinema and cuisine over two weekends at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park,ƒ featuring award-winning films and stories from Gaza, the West Bank and beyond.

Premieres Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. When three children die of leukemia in a rural Mexican community, two mother’ partner with a hydrogeologist to investigate their water supply. The discovery of dangerous radioactivity leads to community backlash and government denial.

Salt & Straw ice cream is celebrating the month of chocolate and love by re-inventing the traditional heart-shaped box of Valentine’s Day chocolates with their new Dipped In Chocolate Perfume and Chocolatier’s Series – available on affiliate via ShareASale. The Dipped in Chocolate Perfume is a wearable perfume created in collaboration with Portland based Imaginary Authors, with notes of chocolate, cardamom, vanilla cream, sandalwood and benzoin sumatra to create a decadent fragrance, available only in scoop shops in 14mL bottles for $46. Additionally, starting Tuesday, January 28 through the month of February, the Chocolatier’s Series is available at all scoop shops and via nationwide delivery, and features five flavors created by co-founder and ice cream innovator Tyler Malek in partnership with some of the most renowned chocolatiers and bean-to-bar connoisseurs in the country. From San-Francisco based Dandelion to Miami-based Exquisito Chocolates, each flavor contains chocolate in some form, from chocolate bars to cocoa nibs, fudge, stracciatella, truffles, and more. Flavors include: Chocolate Almond Gold Bar - Bits of Almond Gold Bars from Fran’s Chocolate in Seattle are tossed into a salted vanilla ice cream, with ribbons of buttery caramel and dark chocolate stracciatella Cocoa Nibs & Frangipane - Candied cocoa nibs from San Francisco-based chocolate company Dandelion are folded into a light milk chocolate base, mixed with frangipane, a toasted almond cream. Cake Batter Chocolate Fudge - Rainbow-sprinkle cake batter ice cream is rippled with brown butter vanilla bean fudge made with LA-based Compartés chocolate to mimic chocolate frosting. NEW: Hazelnut Chocolate Cookies and Cream (v) - A chocolate barley milk base is churned with housemade oreo cookies stuffed with a chocolate hazelnut filling made with Portland-based cloudforest chocolate, and swirled with hazelnut chocolate fudge. NEW: Milk Chocolate Fudge with Candied Macadamia Nut - Inspired by the macadamia nut bonbon from Stick with Me Sweets in New York City, puffed rice-infused ice cream is mixed with milk chocolate fudge and clusters of white chocolate and coconut covered candied macadamia nuts. For customers who want even more chocolate, shops will offer a Brownie Waffle Cone made with a rich, chocolatey brownie batter, finished with a hint of salt, and freshly pressed into a swoon-worthy waffle cone. This limited-edition cone will be available from January 31 to February 27 in all Salt & Straw locations. On Valentine's Day (February 14) in all Salt & Straw shops, customers who buy one single scoop, will get another single scoop free for the Valentine in their life. SAN DIEGO LOCATIONS

Bolsonaro is awaiting a Supreme Court ruling about an alleged coup attempt and learned Wednesday he might face another case as police formally accused him and one of his son of obstruction of justice

Firefighters are working to contain a blaze currently tearing through California's beloved wine country. The Pickett Fire first sparked Thursday afternoon and continued to rage Saturday.