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Monday, June 20, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Not available on demand. On a hot summer night in Detroit in 1982, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American engineer with a baseball bat. Although he confessed, he never spent a day in jail. This gripping Academy Award-nominated film relentlessly probes the implications of the murder, for the families of those involved, and for the American justice system. (released in 1988)

They flew a Biden 2020 flag at the migrant encampment, saying it gave them hope. Now they're safely in the United States.

Julian Named California's Second Dark Sky Community

The National Parks Service has issued new guidance on how best to prioritize conservation efforts in the face of intensifying climate change.

A North County farming family of Japanese descent has overcome legal barriers, internment camps, and most recently, the pandemic. The Yasukochi family tells us how their farm has survived and evolved to this day.

Days before Memorial Day, the Department of Veterans Affairs is easing restrictions at the cemeteries it manages.

How long are they? Reportedly an astonishing 23 inches, which might qualify the kid for a Guinness World Record.. But some goat gurus say the floppy ears should be trimmed for the animal's well-being.

The reservoir is now below 30% of capacity. Its level has dropped 170 feet (52 meters) since reaching a high-water mark in 1983, leaving a bright white line of mineral deposits on the brown canyon walls that looms over passing motor boats as high as a 15-story building.

The Building Industry Association of San Diego County announced last week it was hiring Lori Holt Pfeiler, an affordable housing developer, as its next chief executive, making her the first woman to lead the main lobbying organization for local developers. Meanwhile, San Diego County Supervisors Nathan Fletcher and Nora Vargas outlined the details of their proposed Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs. Plus, a look inside the California Reparations task force.

The KPBS Investigates podcast is where our news team is able to dive more deeply into the stories we cover. Today, investigative reporter Claire Trageser brings us the story of one woman and her struggle to keep her massage business afloat during the past turbulent year. Her story is emblematic of what has happened to many small businesses all across San Diego county because of the economic fallout of the pandemic. This episode explores the difficulties San Diego businesses faced accessing the loans and resources aimed at helping them survive the brutal cycles of shutdowns and reopenings. Many businesses were forced to close but, it turns out, some parts of the county fared far better than others.