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Reddit users in r/sandiego asked about the issues and candidates at the center of April's special election to fill Nora Vargas’ vacancy on the county Board of Supervisors.

Syria's new de facto government faces a host of challenges. One of its most pressing is also one of its most basic: keeping the lights on.

Live Fast won France's top literary prize in 2022. Brigitte Giraud's haunting book revisits the death of her husband in a motorcycle crash 20-odd years earlier.

Lucy Dacus headlines a stacked week for new releases. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Indie 102.3's Alisha Sweeney to share their favorites of the bunch.

The men told NPR they were kept in the dark about why they were in Guantánamo Bay, and were denied access to an attorney or a phone call with loved ones.

The Maritime Museum of San Diego is proud to announce the International Guild of Knot Tyers North American Chapter will bring the Art and Craft of Knot Tying to visitors and members of the Maritime Museum of San Diego one day only Saturday, October 5 from 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. A Registered Educational Charity, the International Guild of Knot Tyers was founded, with twenty-five members, in April 1982, as an association of folks with interests in knots and knotting techniques of all kinds. In succeeding years, the Guild has grown beyond all expectations and now has over one thousand members worldwide. According to Raymond Ashley, Ph.D., K.C.I., President/CEO of the Maritime Museum of San Diego, “We are excited to share with our community the enormous talent of this special group of artisans enthusiastic about their knot-related work and eager to teach visitors the art of ropemaking and knot tying.” The purpose of IGKT NA is to promote the art, craft, and science of knotting, its study and practice, and to facilitate communications among all North American members and between the IGKT-NA and IGKT. For one day only, Maritime Museum of San Diego visitors and members can view IGKT NA members’ work, meet the artisans, learn the art of ropemaking, witness knot tying demonstrations and more. This unique opportunity to free with purchase of general admission. Maritime Museum of San Diego on Facebook / Instagram

Premieres Sunday, May 26, 2024 at 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. America’s national night of remembrance returns live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol for a special 35th anniversary broadcast taking us back to the real meaning of Memorial Day through personal stories and tributes interwoven with musical performances. The deeply moving annual event unlike anything else on television brings us together as one family of Americans to honor the service of generations of our men and women in uniform, our military families, and pay tribute to all those who have given their lives for our country.

Palestinians fled the 1948 Mideast War and took refuge in neighboring Syria. After 77 years, they're still waiting to go back. They are telling Palestinians in Gaza to stay put.

The decision offers a venue compromise in the bellwether case, while Khalil's legal team seeks to release him from detention and block his deportation.

Premieres Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Walter White — arguably the most influential Black man in mid-century America and the leader of the NAACP from 1929 to 1955 — has been all but forgotten. The film traces the life of this neglected civil rights hero and seeks to explain his disappearance from our history.