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The firing of Shirley Sherrod by the Department of Agriculture has reopened a sore spot with many African-American farmers who have been charging the USDA with discrimination for years. In fact, the USDA still faces thousands of discrimination lawsuits by minorities.

Airs Monday, November 24, 2014 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

The Living Coast Discovery Center, a nonprofit zoo and aquarium located on San Diego Bay in Chula Vista, is hosting three weeks of special programming from Sept. 15 through Oct. 6 in celebration of COASTWEEKS 2012.

The Coast Guard filed criminal charges Thursday against four members of the service involving the collision of one of its patrol boats and a civilian craft that killed an 8-year-old boy and injured five other people on San Diego Bay.

A new study finds that the number of people in multigenerational households grew by 2.6 million between 2007 and 2008. The trend is fueled by young adults, but older adults are also slightly more likely to share households. Another factor is the increasingly large share of immigrants living in the U.S.

Advocates in Chicago say schools there should address school violence in their curriculum before students are shot or killed. This might help students cope with the violence. "Being shot at but not murdered or being stabbed and not killed happens at a rate 120 times higher than the murder rate among adolescents," one expert says.

Jazz pianist Joshua White is taking the San Diego music scene by storm. KPBS arts reporter Angela Carone brings us a profile of the young man who spends hours studying his craft.

One year ago this week, powerful tornadoes killed more than 300 people in the Southeast. Experts now say that some tornado deaths could be prevented if people add one more step when taking cover: wear a helmet. But official guidelines from the CDC call for people to use their hands to protect their heads.

Bank of America foreclosed on Mark Forster's home in Lake Oswego, Ore., in July. But Forster's home wasn't supposed to go to foreclosure. Now, he's fighting to get the situation resolved. Consumer advocates say this isn't an isolated case.

We speak to representatives on both sides of the Proposition D debate about how the city will move forward now that the proposal has failed. Hear from the new city councilman for the 8th District, David Alvarez. And, we talk to County Supervisors, Bill Horn and Ron Roberts, who were re-elected last night. Also, learn more about the propositions that will change California government.