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Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2. Kendra, an adult Native adoptee, reconnects with her birth family, discovers her Lummi heritage, and confronts issues of her own identity. Her singular story echoes many affected by U.S. policy towards Indigenous people.

Yesterday was a bad day for Grubhub. The food delivery service launched a free lunch promotion for people in New York City. And spoiler alert: it backfired.

As the nation waits for a verdict in the George Floyd killing, a case with a disturbingly similar set of facts has just been resolved in San Diego. In October 2019, 24-year old Angel Zepata Hernandez died after being restrained with knees in his back and on his neck by Transit law enforcement. Yesterday, a 5.5 million dollar settlement was announced in the case – as well as reforms in the policing policies of San Diego’s Metropolitan transit system.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The commission submitted a 19 proposed changes involving SDPD's policy on how officers respond to and interact with protestors.

Both the heads of the Citizens Law Enforcement Review Board (CLERB) and the Commission on Police Practices (CPP) said they were not informed of the changes announced Wednesday.

Shrinkflation isn't new, experts say. But it proliferates in times of high inflation as companies grapple with rising costs for ingredients, packaging, labor and transportation.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 12 to 15 by next week, setting up shots for many before the beginning of the next school year. Plus, a cyber attack that shut down Scripps Health's systems over the weekend is still causing problems. Also, the Biden administration is starting to reunite families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration. In addition, the Pentagon is trying to make some of the nation's most crucial military bases less vulnerable to the effects of climate change. And, the Southern Fire is now 65% contained and evacuated people were able to return home; but when the fire started on Saturday, it took off with frightening speed, doubling in size overnight. Then, NASA scientists got their first glimpse of a neutron star, a class of stars that's on the verge of collapsing into a black hole. Finally, California's underwater kelp forests are in trouble, but in the Monterey Peninsula, there's a kelp forest guardian — sea otters.

NPR spoke with high school and college students who have been impacted by gun violence, and are now working to make sure others won't be.

A U.N. official calls for new policies across East Asia to halt the soaring production of methamphetamines.