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President Barack Obama urged Congress to take action on measures to protect children from gun violence while speaking in the East Room of the White House last week. Standing with Obama are Vice President Joe Biden, and, according to the White House, law enforcement officials, victims of gun violence, and others, who the White House did not want to name.

Outrage Alone Won't Advance Gun Control Measures

President Obama is trying to regain some traction for federal gun control measures by visiting states that are moving forward on their own.

A front-end loader piles up manure as a pen is cleaned out at the JBS feed lot west of Greeley, Colo., in 2009. JBS is taking action to reduce the smell from its facilities.

Colorado City Tries To Cleanse Its Reputation For Cow Odor

Greeley, Colo., has an image problem. Actually, it's more of an odor problem.

Presenter Fiona Bruce closes the program with a copper pump that used to dispense rum.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: Dartmouth 2

Airs Monday, May 12, 2014 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Carson Luke, 13, was injured when he was restrained at a school in Virginia at the age of 10.

National Data Confirms Cases Of Restraint And Seclusion In Public Schools

A controversial practice to tie, hold down or seclude agitated students mostly impacts kids with disabilities. Schools say it's for safety, but opponents say it's dangerous and a civil rights issue.

At ANTIQUES ROADSHOW in Tulsa, Oklahoma, appraiser Dessa Goddard admires this circa 1600 Ming Dynasty cast bronze guardian figure. Goddard assigns a value between $70,000-$100,000 to this Chinese figure.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: Tulsa, Okla. - Hour Three

Airs Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Tour guide Rick Halsey of the Chaparral Institute and host Nan Sterman view montane chaparral. Chaparral is the shrubland that blankets our hillsides and valleys, from desert to coast. We don't always recognize its beauty and its value, but that makes it ripe for exploration.

A GROWING PASSION: Chaparral, The Elfin Forest

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Encore Sunday, May 24 at 11 a.m. on KPBS TV. Chaparral is the shrubland that blankets our hillsides and valleys, from desert to coast. We don't always recognize its beauty and its value, but that makes it ripe for exploration. We start where desert vegetation gives way to chaparral near Anza Borrego Desert, then follow it to the coast at Torrey Pines State Reserve. We take an up-close look at these "Elfin Forests" and the environmental pressures that make them uniquely California.

Artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña and members of his collective La Pocha Nostra at a 2008 event at Sushi.

Why Sushi Went Belly Up

During the 1980s, a downtown arts organization brought cutting-edge artists to San Diego. Thirty-one years later, Sushi Performance and Visual Art is closing its doors. Angela Carone looks at how Sushi thrived and eventually died.

Gemma Arterton and Jeremy Renner, as the completely kick-ass orphan duo, Hansel and Gretel, in "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters."

Review: 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters'

The Best Plotless, Steampunk Film This Year

This housing model, showcased at the Museum of the City of New York, depicts possible space-saving methods in the city. Some housing experts say New York's zoning code has discouraged the building of affordable housing by requiring that all apartments be at least 400 square feet. The city is interested in finding ways to rewrite the rules.

Making Room: Can Smaller Apartments Help New York City Grow?

Some housing experts say the city's zoning code has discouraged the building of affordable housing by requiring that all apartments be at least 400 square feet. The city is interested in finding ways to rewrite the rules. An exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York looks at ways to fix the city's housing shortage.

At Last...The First Installment of "Vinson 101" (Video)

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