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Los legisladores estatales regresan hoy del receso de primavera, y será en los próximos meses cuando la representación realmente importe. ¿Pero qué tan bien les va? Una serie de historias de CalMatters explora esa gran pregunta.

The U.S. and Israel are close allies, but they've had sharp disagreements. Are the current differences over the war in Gaza a short-term dispute or a fundamental change in the relationship?

Two recent studies suggest that prospective homeowners will have to earn more than $100,000 annually to afford a typical home in much of the U.S.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline rose to $5.154, its highest amount since Nov. 17.

From the KPBS weekend arts preview: Bread and Salt is open late with several receptions on Saturday, Aug. 12, during Barrio Art Crawl. In the main gallery is a new exhibit from Alejandro Zacarías' "Evocaciones II," featuring new works by the Tijuana-based sculptor. Zacarías is known for his assemblage work, including pieces that work with a lot of found and scavenged materials. —Julia Dixon Evans About the artist: Alexander Zacarias Soto was born in Guadalajara Jalisco and lives since 1970 in Tijuana, where he has developed his work. Self-taught visual artist who since the early 90's participates and organizes multidisciplinary art events, exhibitions and festivals. (Painting, installation, performance, video, photography and object art) Work for which he is considered one of the protagonists of the emergence of contemporary border art in Tijuana. His work is based on assembly, he has worked with techniques ranging from painting, recycling, intervention and installation of public and private space. His work has participated in more than forty exhibitions, biennials or group shows in Tijuana and in other cities in Mexico and the United States, places such as the Tijuana Cultural Center, the Rufino Tamayo Museum and the Tijuana-San Diego InSite 97 site-specific festival. He has a dozen individual exhibitions, he has been awarded the Scholarship for Creators with Career, awarded by the Institute of Culture of Baja California on a couple of occasions. “Alejandro Zacarías is part of the handful of artists who are identified as the representatives of urban aesthetics on the Mexico-United States border” -Heriberto Yepez Related links: Bread and Salt website | Instagram

From the KPBS weekend arts preview: "Promises, Promises," part of the La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest, spotlights the work of composer and cellist Paul Wiancko. For his work "Closed Universe," Wiancko will perform on cello, along with a piano quartet (violin, viola, another cello and piano) and glockenspiel. Wiancko, who is the cellist for the world-renowned Kronos Quartet, wrote "Closed Universe" in 2016 amidst what he referred to as a "news addiction." It's a beautiful, cinematic piece, almost with the breadth and complexity of a symphonic work — save for the undeniable intimacy of the cello. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS Details: 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 13. The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at the Conrad, 7600 Fay Ave., La Jolla. $43-$85. From the organizers: Prelude Lecture by Karen Koner 2 p.m. in The JAI Schubert’s epitaph reads “Here the art of music has entombed a rich treasure, but even fairer promise.” It is hard, however, to imagine surpassing the last year of Schubert’s life—which produced the most enduring masterpieces in music, including the epic piano trio heard on this concert. Showing tremendous promise at the very start of his composing career, the 18-year-old Dohnányi’s extraordinary first piano quintet caused Brahms to exclaim “I could not have written it better myself.” Paul Wiancko wrote “Closed Universe” as part of an attempt to find beauty and peace in the midst of a bout of news addiction. Program: PAUL WIANCKO Closed Universe for Solo Cello, Piano Quartet and Glockenspiel Alisa Weilerstein, cello Geneva Lewis, violin Teng Li, viola Paul Wiancko, cello & glockenspiel Joyce Yang, piano DOHNÁNYI Piano Quintet in C Minor, Op. 1 Joyce Yang, piano Takács Quartet SCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major, D.929 Inon Barnatan, piano Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin Alisa Weilerstein, cello Related links: La Jolla Music Society website | Instagram | Facebook

Midday Edition is back, connecting our communities through conversation. We are talking about friendships and their power to uplift us and even keep us healthy. We’ll hear what science says about friendship from the longest running research project on human happiness. Then, for kids it’s easy to make friends, for adults not so much. We’ll hear advice on making new friends and how to nurture existing friendships. And, we’ve heard joining a group is a great way to make friends. How one such San Diego group is finding connection and building community.

A fan of both The Beatles and Beyoncé, 82-year-old Melba Pattillo Beals says the song is more special to her than ever. She is one of the Black students who helped desegregate U.S. public schools.

City planning officials hope to capitalize on the neighborhood's six trolley stations by allowing some of the highest density housing outside of downtown.

The action called on San Diego County officials to address issues with the rental assistance program that left thousands unable to get help.