Search

Critic Aisha Harris has been rewatching The Dick Van Dyke Show. The actor is pictured above in May 1967.

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend scrolling, listening and viewing

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: JamesEarl333 on TikTok, The Dick Van Dyke Show and the songs "Young Lion" and "Kid on Christmas."

A stop sign is seen near the White House during a government shutdown in Washington in December 2018.

What happens if Congress doesn't fund the government?

If lawmakers can't reach a deal to avoid a shutdown, many federal workers would be furloughed, while essential functions like Social Security payments would continue.

A homeless man on a bicycle is shown in front of tents in downtown San Diego in this undated photo.

More people housed than made homeless in November for first time in 33 months

For the first time in nearly three years, more San Diegans found housing than became homeless in November, marking a small but significant milestone in addressing the region's homelessness crisis, officials announced Friday.

A help wanted sign at the Tin Fish restaurant on Imperial Beach Pier, Sept. 12, 2020.

San Diego County unemployment declines slightly between October and November

San Diego County's unemployment rate decreased slightly in November to 4.6% from a revised 4.7% in October, but above the year- ago estimate of 4.3%, according to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department.

INDEPENDENT LENS: Minted

Premieres Monday, Jan. 6, 2025 at 11 pm. on KPBS TV / PBS app. A pioneering group of artists gain global recognition after embracing NFTs, but they must reckon with the controversies that threaten to undermine this new technology.

People outside Magdeburg Cathedral follow a memorial service on Saturday for victims of Friday's Christmas Market attack, where a car drove into a crowd, in Magdeburg, Germany.

Germans mourn the 5 killed and 200 injured in the attack on a Christmas market

A Saudi doctor drove into a market teeming with holiday shoppers in Magdeburg, an official said, as people mourned the victims and their shaken sense of security. Some 200 people were injured.

Indian sand artist Sudersan Pattnaik gives final touches on a sand sculpture with a message of prayers for the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished from radar early on March 8 somewhere at sea between Malaysia and Vietnam, at Puri Beach, on March 9, 2014.

Malaysia plans to restart a private search for the missing Flight MH370

Over a decade later, none of the bodies of the 239 passengers and crew members aboard have been recovered.

The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is up outside the building where GOP leaders are furiously scrambling to find a way to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the day on Friday.

Biden signs stopgap spending bill, preventing a government shutdown

Congress has approved a short-term spending bill to fund the government until March 14. President Biden signed the legislation on Saturday.

Owner Jamie Fortin opened Friends to Lovers book store on Nov. 14. Three days later, a fire closed her to close the shop.

A fire closed a bookstore named Friends to Lovers. Romance readers kept it afloat

Jamie Fortin's romance-centric bookstore shut down shortly after its grand opening due to a fire. She says the romance community has been integral in helping her rebuild.

San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Nora Vargas speaks with San Diego press about the county’s plan for the end of Title 42 and the increase in refugees and migrants coming into the country and into San Diego County, May 10, 2023.

County Supervisors Chair Nora Vargas announces she will not take second term

San Diego County Supervisor Nora Vargas, chair of the county Board of Supervisors, Friday announced her decision to step down from the board at the end of her term, Jan. 6, 2025.

Search results for