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There are attempts across the nation to reimagine public safety. In Baltimore, the Safe Streets program seeks to stem violence by interrupting it before it happens. The work can be dangerous.

The American dream of owning a small home with a backyard is being put on hold. In 1982, 40% of houses built were entry level homes. By 2019, the annual share had fallen to 7%.

As the U.S. heads into midterm elections next year, the political right and the anti-vaccine movement are drawing ever-closer together — potentially at the cost of thousands of American lives.

People have been told to flee from a long section of the Lake Tahoe shoreline as a huge forest fire threatens to push into the resort region straddling California and Nevada.

Encore Saturdays, Jan. 8 - Feb. 5, 2022 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. The lives of everyone in the Trefelin community are about to change when the wild and rambunctious sons of the mine owner return to bring a first real taste of the swinging '60s.

The court ruled Golden Dawn is a criminal organization. Huge crowds massed outside the courtroom, waving banners that read "Nazis in Prison." The crowds roared after each guilty verdict was announced.

In Tokyo there is reduced excitement about the Summer Olympics which have been marred by rising coronavirus infections. Many athletes feel muted and isolated as the Games get underway.

It's the second-largest acquisition for Amazon after purchasing Whole Foods — and its biggest move into entertainment.

Though infections are still sky-high, the U.S. may be turning a corner, according to a consortium of researchers who forecast the pandemic. And we may well be spared a winter surge.

Joy Banner's family took shelter in a house on a plantation their ancestors helped build. "They were not able to have this kind of house for their own protection when a hurricane hit them," she says.