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Dr. Anthony Fauci helped guide the U.S. through the COVID crisis, and earlier in his career played a key role in the response to AIDS. He has served under seven presidents.

President Biden wants to focus midterm arguments on the threat of political violence and risks to rights and freedoms. It's a strategy that worked for Democrats in a recent special election race.

Former president Donald Trump said in a statement that he has had no option but to use the Fifth Amendment in the New York attorney general's investigation into his business practices.

One law expert weighs in on how the FDA approval will impact vaccine mandates in the workplace. Plus, images of chaos in Afghanistan have deeply resonated with veterans from another long war: Vietnam. Also, the recall campaign now aimed at Governor Gavin Newsom was fueled in part by parents who were angry with how he handled public school closures during the worst months of the pandemic. Then, Kim Desmond, San Diego’s first chief race and equity officer on what we can expect from the city’s Office of Race and Equity. In addition, competing interests battle over a proposed plan to restore marshland habitat in Mission Bay. And, after the pandemic restrictions lifted in San Diego, there’s a run on new cars with some going for more than the sticker price. Finally, the Vista’s Viking Festival is going virtual again this year.

A reckoning has come for cities and farms in the desert Southwest that were built to rely on the Colorado River.

Stream all 3 Seasons now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Saturday, Jan. 10 from 9 - 11 then Saturdays Jan. 17 - Feb. 21 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. When a young boy is murdered, this small town of Broadchurch in Dorset suddenly becomes the focus of a major event in the full glare of the media spotlight. DI Alec Hardy (David Tennant) and DS Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) lead the investigation.

In all California counties, Medi-Cal enrollees have been vaccinated at substantially lower rates than the overall population. Experts point to several factors for this economic divide, like the inability of low-income people to take time off work.

On August 18, 1971, First Lady Pat Nixon stood at the place at the southwestern most point of the U.S.-Mexico border and celebrated what was envisioned as "International Friendship Park.” That day, Nixon said, “I hope there won't be a fence too long here.” Flash forward 50 years, and the small barbed-wire fence that once demarcated the border has been replaced with two large fences, dozens of cameras, a watch tower and other security measures. In this special bonus episode produced as part of the park's 50th anniversary celebration, we talk to some of the people in Tijuana and San Diego who are working hard to keep Nixon’s vision of a fence-free binational park alive. Plus, we connect with someone who has a very personal connection with the place.

The lawsuit alleges real estate brokerage Kidder Mathews Inc. and agent Jim Neil did not disclose the alleged conflicts when advising the San Diego Housing Commission to acquire two Residence Inn hotels.

The book is part of a series of books on the history of local places. It's called “Images of America: Scripps Institution of Oceanography.”