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Climate change, education, abortion rights and other hot button issues are all on the ballot this year. And they will generate tens of millions of dollars in spending and countless campaign ads before Election Day. Here’s everything voters need to know about California’s ballot props.

Premieres Monday, Oct. 30, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encore Sunday, Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. on KPBS 2. Watch ROADSHOW's thrilling and chilling appraisals, including a MAD Issue 8 complete "Frank N. Stein" story, a German wax-head doll, and a Georgian & Victorian mourning jewelry collection. Dare to guess the top $80,000 to $120,000 find!

More than 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2021, up 15 percent from the previous year, according to an estimate released by the National Center for Health Statistics. San Diego resident and CEO of Confidential Recovery, Scott Silverman, is teaming up with Jeff Johnston for the Living Undeterred Tour. Jeff became a victim of these stats when his son Seth died of a fentanyl overdose. Jeff and his team are on a mission to start a long-overdue conversation around mental health and addiction, stopping in almost every state in the country. The Living Undeterred Tour will be in Carlsbad on Thursday, August 11 at Dove Library from 4-7 p.m. Location Details: Dove Library/Carlsbad Library, Schulman Auditorium, 1775 Dove Ln, Carlsbad, CA, 92011 Living Undeterred on Facebook + Instagram + @undeterreddad on Twitter Confidential Recovery on Facebook Follow @ScottHSilverman on Twitter Scott is the author of "The Opioid Epidemic"

Monday, Oct. 30, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Wearing snapback caps and Air Jordans, the Reality Poets aren’t typical nursing home residents. In "Fire Through Dry Grass," these young, Black and brown disabled artists document their lives on lockdown during Covid, their rhymes underscoring the danger and imprisonment they feel. In the face of institutional neglect, they refuse to be abused, confined, and erased.

A project in Charlottesville, Va. seeks to upend the narrative around the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was the center of deadly white nationalist protests there in 2017.

Despite relatively mild wildfire seasons this year and last year, California has seen 12 of its largest 20 wildfires — including the top eight — in the previous five years.

The Tigers fended off Iowa 102-85 in the women's national championship basketball game.

From Australia to Canada, Big Tech has resisted lawmakers' efforts to force them to pay news publishers for carrying their articles. Now, that battle is playing out in California.

Homeowners in Florida, like other states, are seeing their home insurance rates soar. Multibillion-dollar disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires have led insurers to hike premiums.

Seasonal drivers with start at $21 per hour, with tractor-trailer drivers making as much as $35 per hour. Package handler starting wages can range from $15 – $21 per hour.