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The original launched in February 2000 and spawned one of the most successful franchises in video game history. NPR's Susan Stone went hands-on with The Sims shortly after its debut.

Four days, dozens of speakers and many balloons later, the 2024 Democratic National Convention is officially over.

In this festival mainstay, we honor the lives of six San Diego area Jewish women through words, music, and images. Hear their stories and leave uplifted and inspired. Honoring Sara Brown, Debbie Kornberg, Vered Libstein, Rabbi Devorah Marcus, Bev Pamensky, and Dr. Barbara Parker. “A woman of valor, who shall find?” asks the famous psalm. These 6 inspiring women have made unique contributions to our community. JFest celebrates their lives and accomplishments. Directed by Ali Viterbi Written by Sarah Price Keating, Rebecca Myers, Todd Salovey, and Ali Viterbi Debbie Kornberg is a spice expert and entrepreneur. She owns SPICE + LEAF and teaches weekly Spice It Up with Deb: A Live Cooking Experience workshops. Dr. Barbara Parker is a professor emerita in the Department of Medicine at UCSD and a medical oncologist at UC San Diego Health. She was the medical director of oncology services and senior deputy director of Cancer Medicine at Moores Cancer Center. Rabbi Devorah Marcus has been the senior Rabbi at Temple Emanu-El since 2013. Bev Pamensky is the Executive Director of the Kindness Initiative, an organization dedicated to alleviating poverty in the San Diego Jewish community. Sara Brown is the San Diego regional director of the American Jewish Committee. She was previously the Executive Director of the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights, and Genocide Education, and managed post-secondary education programming for USC Shoah Foundation. She also conducted research and wrote a book on the Rwandan genocide. Vered Libstein is a survivor of the October 7 terrorist attack in Israel. Her husband, Ofir Libstein, was the mayor of San Diego's sister city Sha'ar HaNegev, and he (along with their son, her mother, and her nephew) was murdered on October 7. Vered founded the Darom Adom Festival, one of Israel's largest nature events. Visit: https://www.sdjfest.org/

The CDC said on Friday that dozens more people have been reported sick with E. coli linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder.

Premieres Tuesday, Aug.13, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Examine a racially complicated American city as it confronts both its past and future. Boston’s acting mayor, a black woman once bussed as a child to hostile neighborhoods, breaks 200 years of white male mayors and ushers in the historic 2021 mayoral race.

Premieres Monday, July 1, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Meet Bordertown besties, Silvia and Beba, making magic of one last summer together as they face uncertain futures. This coming-of-age story celebrates the power of friendship and joy as tools of survival and resistance.

Special educators are more likely to experience violence or aggression from students. That can make hiring a challenge, at a time when schools nationwide are struggling to fill these positions.

The San Diego County Registrar of Voters is looking for poll workers for the November election.

The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A librarian explains how they were used and what we can learn from them today.

Tom Homan's perch inside the White House will give him a global view, but also pose challenges for immigration policy.