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Las Culturistas Culture Awards take the elitism out of awards shows

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang of the Las Culturistas podcast about their tongue-in-cheek "Culture Awards" broadcast.

Opponents listen as the Imperial County Planning Commission holds a hearing on a lot merger for a massive planned data center near the city of Imperial on Dec. 18, 2025 at the county administration building in El Centro, California.

After months of public pressure, Imperial County passes temporary moratorium on data centers

The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday unanimously to freeze all data center projects through July.

A man walks past a billboard featuring the portraits of (right to left) Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on June 15.

Here's how much the Iran war cost -- and how its effects will linger

More than three months after the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, the costs and aftereffects are felt around the world.

Former Iranian diplomat reacts to preliminary U.S.-Iran agreement

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian diplomat and nuclear negotiator who spent decades representing Iran, about President Trump's deal to end the war with Iran.

For author Jane Yolen, no word was too big for a children's book

Yolen, who authored The Devil's Arithmetic and the picture book Owl Moon, was an author's author — known for gathering loved ones in her Massachusetts home and collaborating with her friends and family.

Lima, Peru's beach is bathed in unseasonal winter sunshine as scientists predict a "Godzilla" El Niño.

Scientists warn 'Godzilla' El Niño could intensify climate impacts worldwide

Peru's capital, Lima, is sweltering, with unusually warm winter sunshine and ocean waters. Scientists warn that a record-breaking "Godzilla" El Niño may be forming, driven by climate change.

Assemblymember Nick Schultz at his desk before the start of the State of the State address in the Assembly chamber at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Jan. 8, 2026.

New commission takes aim at California’s broken public defense system

California is one of just two states that provides no money for the basic defense of poor people accused of crimes.

A "for sale" sign outside of a house in South Park. San Diego, Calif. Nov. 24, 2023.

San Diego home prices hold above $1 million despite sales dip

The median price of an existing single-family home in San Diego County was $1.059 million in May, down from $1.074 million in April.

KPBS Brings StoryCorps One Small Step to San Diego

KPBS’ has brought StoryCorps’ One Small Step program to San Diego, an initiative that brings people with different beliefs and backgrounds together for a conversation — not about politics — but to get to know each other as people.

Tropical Storm Arthur, seen here in a satellite image from Wednesday morning, is the first named storm of the Atlantic season, bringing the threat of dangerous floods along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center predicts the system will not strengthen much before making landfall.

Tropical Storm Arthur is the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season

Forecasters say Arthur could generate life-threatening flash floods along the northern Gulf Coast. But it is not expected to strengthen further.

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