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The registrar of voters says the number of ballots received thus far in the election cycle is up 300 to 400 percent from 2016. Plus, climate activists are meeting online to figure out how to meet California’s ambitious climate goals and social workers are being offered gun safety classes for the first time.

After Louis Armstrong reigned as King Zulu in 1949, musicians began writing music specifically for and about Mardi Gras. These early songs paved the way for the sounds of Carnival for decades to come.

Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. A new perspective on the Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, is told through conversations with his close friend and official biographer, African-Cuban Carlos Moore. The accompanying live-action animated short tells how Nigerian drummer Tony Allen and his partner Fela Kuti created the Afrobeat genre.

"I am being attacked for utilizing my freedom of speech," Jared Schmeck told The Oregonian.

Monday is the deadline for San Diego County residents to register to vote in the Nov. 3 election. Plus, candidates for the County Board of Supervisors’ District 3 show little common ground. This seat will likely determine the political majority of the board. And City Attorney Mara Elliot touts her work on gun regulations and cracking down on domestic abuse while competitor Cory Briggs says she lacks transparency and is too political. Plus, two democrats, Nora Vargas and Ben Hueso, are vying for a County Supervisor seat that’s been in GOP hands for decades. And KPBS examines different approaches to tallying available hospital beds. Finally, reformed white supremacists talk about their transformations to becoming people who promote empathy and inclusivity in new documentary "Love Wins Over Hate."

Russia-led alliance troops arrived in Kazakhstan on Thursday after increasingly chaotic and violent protests rocked the nation for days and resulted in dozens of people killed and hundreds injured.

Friday, July 15, 2022 at 9 p.m. and Monday, July 18 at 10 p.m. on kPBS 2 / On demand with PBS Video App. Discover the legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey whose dances center on the Black American experience with grace, strength and beauty. Featuring previously unheard audio interviews with Ailey, interviews with those close to him and an intimate glimpse into the Ailey studios today.

Gov. Gavin Newsom says California won’t allow any distribution of coronavirus vaccines in the state until it is reviewed by the state’s own panel of experts. The pledge raises the possibility that California residents might not receive a vaccine as distribution begins in other states.

San Diego is a leader among the 49 large U.S. cities taking action to tackle greenhouse gas emissions. A study released today by the Brookings Institution examines what these pioneering cities are doing in the absence of direction from the federal government.

CSUSM history professor wrote an article in 2016 titled "Donald Trump Is No Mussolini But Liberal Democracy Could Still Be In Danger." Now, as Trump is up for re-election, she revisits the potential threats she sees to democracy.