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Playwright Paula Vogel is known not just for her work on Broadway — but for the generations of famous playwrights whose careers she has nurtured. Mother Play is about her own mother.

Customers at a San Diego gun range are accusing an employee of leaking their personal data to right-wing extremists. In other news, the nation’s energy secretary says the process is underway to move spent nuclear fuel rods from the San Onofre nuclear station, but it will take time. Plus, a local art history professor says public art in San Diego County is thriving.

NPR was able to produce depictions that appear to show ballot drop boxes being stuffed and of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump holding firearms.

San Diego County leaders are calling on landlords to make rooms and apartments available to homeless veterans who have been granted vouchers from the VA, yet still can’t find housing. In other news, Ann Hamilton’s public art piece “Kahnop: To Tell a Story” is the latest addition to the Stuart Collection at UC San Diego. Plus, we have details on the 11th annual PAWmicon happening this Sunday.

Not many early-round exits at the Olympics trigger conspiracy theories, fact-checkers, a week’s worth of memes and an online petition.

Herbert Siguenza returns with his third alternative Christmas play for OnStage Playhouse. Star of Ocotillo (Oh-Koh-Tee-Yoh) is a dark Chicano comedy of manners with miraculous consequences. A Hollywood producer and his TV star wife construct a luxury home on the edge of the border. A couple of old friends come over for the weekend and things unravel when a young undocumented girl is found hiding. Dark secrets are exposed and their world falls apart as the young girl carries the hope of a New World. Dates: Dec. 1–23, 2023 Time: 8 p.m. Thursday – Saturday; 5 p.m. Sunday; 8 p.m. Monday Dec. 11. Directed By: Herbert Siguenza and James P. Darvas Price: Donation-based starting at $15 online Related links: OnStage Playhouse: website | Instagram | Facebook

Lansing tangled with titans, kept the network’s shows on the air even as its offices closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and steered NPR through what he defined as an “existential” financial crisis.

In 1908, a white lynch mob of thousands terrorized a Black neighborhood in Springfield, Ill. The events were so horrific they led to the founding of the NAACP.

Some students face criminal charges, suspensions and even expulsions for participating in pro-Palestinian protests and encampments. Their reason? A "just cause."

Shipping containers may seem like a sustainable construction material, but are they actually eco-friendly? Many people don't want a heavily-used container — and the energy bills are through the roof.