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Writer Olivia Laing recalls her days as an expatriate Brit in New York in her new book, a meditation on modern life and loneliness. It's a lonely read, too, but full of heart-piercing wisdom.

Airs Friday, November 7, 2014 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Judge Michael Kenny ruled Tuesday that he will hear arguments from attorneys representing a group of Central Valley farmers and landowners who argue that the state's $68 billion high-speed rail plan no longer complies with promises made to voters.

Featuring a chart and some old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting.

California's largest lake has been teetering on the edge of an ecological disaster for years, but there is new momentum to find a solution for the environmental challenges at the Salton Sea.

"I wanted to see Manzanar with my own eyes, so that my understanding of history might feel deeper through the experience of place."

Remembering William Bowen, a former president of Princeton University and an important scholar of higher education, who died last week.

At the TED Conference in Vancouver this week, two Fellows, Devita Davison and Damon Davis talked about putting ideas to work to invigorate marginalized communities from within.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes place over two weekends in April in Indio.

Derek Klingenberg in Kansas put a drone over his farm, then he used his tractor to drop some feed in strategic places for a happy result.