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He lived in a village in Tanzania. He dreamed of being an astronaut. Now he's studying in a Florida flight academy — and hoping his secret potato salad recipe will bring support to pay the tuition.

Airs Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

If you were a high-profile politician caught plagiarizing, would you:

Airs Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

As part of our ongoing series, San Diego Gang Stories, KPBS reporter Ana Tintocalis tells us how gangs are affecting lives in all corners of the North County.

Airs Friday, September 25, 2015 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

As part of the Convention Center expansion plan, city of San Diego will pay $500,000 for ways to help the public reach the waterfront more easily.

The Tale of Despereaux (opening December 19 throughout San Diego) looked promising. The trailer was amusing and took a laid back approach to selling its story rather than the usual hysterical, frantic, in your face pitch that American animation feels compelled to use. It was based on a popular and well-written children's book by Kate DiCamillo that bore the subtitle: "Being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread." The animation looked state of the art with an appealing big-eared mouse hero. The film also boasted some talented voice actors in Kevin Kline, Matthew Broderick, Tracey Ullmann, Robbie Coltrane, Frank Langella and Dustin Hoffman. So what went wrong?

The All Songs Considered host saw 555 different bands play in 144 venues across 16 cities over the course of 2014. Here is the list of his favorites.

How the class divide is widened by gaps in counseling kids for college.