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N.E.L. Hearing Test Brochure, Jim Sundell design, 1956 (ear by Barney Reid). Free hearing tests offered at the Del Mar fair were a good way for the Navy to collect scientific data.

San Diego's Mid-Century Graphic Designers

Culture Lust contributor Dave Hampton explores the eclectic influences of mid-century graphic design in San Diego.

Chef Su-Mei Yu (center) visits the beautiful countryside northeast of sea-hugging Ensenada to learn about the valley's distinctive cuisine, culture and history behind its vintners, chefs and food producers.

SAVOR SAN DIEGO: Season 2: The Guadalupe Valley

Airs Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Concept photo of the proposed expansion of the San Diego Convention Center.

Taxpayers Could Be On Hook For Convention Center Expansion, Attorney Says

The financing for the San Diego Convention Center expansion is being called into question in advance of the California Coastal Commission vote Thursday.

El Paso is the second-busiest southern commercial border crossing. Cross-border trade is fueling new economic growth in border cities like El Paso.

After Some Sluggish Years, NAFTA Creates Border Boomtowns

El Paso faced an identity crisis after NAFTA threatened the garment industry. Businesses changed course, and now the border town is booming.

In 1939, Montgomery Ward in Chicago asked one of its ad men to write a story for the department store's own children's book.

Writing 'Rudolph': The Original Red-Nosed Manuscript

Everybody knows Rudolph was the last reindeer to join Santa's crew, but few people know about the department store copywriter who brought his story to the world.

Isaiah Washington and Tequan Richmond star in "Blue Caprice," inspired by the Beltway sniper killings.

Review: 'Blue Caprice'

Beltway Sniper Attacks Provide Basis For New Film

A truck bearing Mexican and U.S. flags approaches the border crossing into the U.S., in Laredo, Texas.

Economists Toast 20 Years Of NAFTA; Critics Sit Out The Party

In December 1993, President Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Agreement into law. Presidential candidate Ross Perot predicted Americans would hear a "giant sucking sound" as Mexico vacuumed up U.S. jobs. Economists say that the worst of Perot's fears never materialized. But opponents still see downsides.

Rattlesnakes Common Year-Round In San Diego County

"If you are bitten by a snake don't try to clean the wound or make any incisions like they used to do in the past."

Harlem funeral directors Tamara Bullock and Patricia Hamilton are going to spend their next savings-club payout on a sky-diving trip (unless Bullock can get out of it).

When People Make Their Own Banks

An ex-con lends money to people in need; a group of friends creates a savings club. Even without banks, people often figure out how to get the money they need, when they need it.

When People Make Their Own Banks

Miguelo Rada doesn't seem like the kind of guy who'd have extra cash. He just spent 32 years in prison, he lives in a halfway house in West Harlem, and his current income comes only from public assistance.

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