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In June, people gathered in Newtown, Conn., to remember the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Newtown Residents Demolish A School, And Violent Memories

Demolition has begun at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman killed 20 students and six adults last December. Bricks will be pulverized, steel melted down and a new school built at the same location.

Louis Gates, Jr. (right) and Ben Jealous (left) during the filming of FINDING YOUR ROOTS – Season Two.

FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. - Season 2: Roots Of Freedom

Airs Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

MIDSOMER MURDERS: Season 2

Thursdays, Aug. 10 - 31, 2023 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV (Not available in the PBS App). This hit murder mystery series is now broadcast in more than 200 countries and continues to attract great ratings and the best in acting talent, based on the award-winning detective novels by Caroline Graham. Blackmail, intrigue, deceit, adultery and murder abound, as the dastardly goings on in the seemingly idyllic county of Midsomer are unraveled by DCI Barnaby. The original cast in the first three seasons includes John Nettles as DCI Tom Barnaby, Daniel Casey as Sgt. Gavin Troy, Jane Wymark as Joyce Barnaby, Laura Howard as Cully Barnaby, and Barry Jackson as Dr. George Bullard.

Present.org's Refugio Mata leads a protest against a mailer sent out by the conservative-leaning Lincoln Club, Feb. 4, 2014.

Latino Groups Accuse Conservative Organization Of Using Racist Mailers Against Alvarez

Latino groups are claiming a conservative group is using racist mailers to target City Councilman David Alvarez, but the group said the mailers aren't racist.

A Lyft driver in San Francisco drops off a passenger as a taxi passes by. The smartphone app lets city dwellers hitch rides from strangers.

For Ridesharing Apps Like Lyft, Commerce Is A Community

In the past several years, the idea of sharing cars and bikes has begun to take hold in major American cities.

A workshop at The New Children's Museum in downtown San Diego.

The New Children's Museum Increases Summer Hours

The New Children’s Museum in downtown San Diego is ready for summer. KPBS culture reporter Angela Carone says as the days get longer, so will the museum’s hours.

Soon to be gone: Marlboro cigarettes on display at a CVS store in Pittsburgh last July.

CVS To Stop Selling Tobacco Products

Saying it is "the right thing for us to do for our customers and our company to help people on their path to better health," the CEO of CVS Caremark announced Wednesday that the company's 7,600 pharmacies will stop selling cigarettes and tobacco products by Oct. 1.

Loyola’s Jerry Hartness and Mississippi State’s Joe Dan Gold meet at half court for a historic handshake before the NCAA Mideast regional semifinal college basketball game in East Lansing, Mich., on March 15, 1963. "One Night In March" tells the story of a historic college basketball game that helped alter race relations on the basketball court.

One Night In March

Airs Monday, April 14, 2014 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Ed Ruscha's first artist book <em>Twentysix Gasoline Stations</em> featured simple black-and-white snapshots of gas stations that he photographed along Route 66 on his road trips from Los Angeles to Oklahoma City. The book would go on to influence a generation of artists with its industrial style and casual look.

In Ed Ruscha's Work, A City Sits For Its Portrait

Once dismissed as "doomed to oblivion," Ed Ruscha's first photo series celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Ruscha devoted his photography to all the mundane details of his native Los Angeles, capturing all the gas stations and buildings that go missing in glamor shots.

Events: La Jolla Symphony, Alison Saar, Tet Lunar New Year

As Museum Month kicks off in February, we'll talk about current exhibits and learn about the Tet Lunar New Year.

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