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After months and weeks of anticipation, registered voters in California will all automatically receive mail-in ballots in coming days. The message from officials -- send it in early. Also, as the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn continue, communities across the country are seeing an upsurge in mental illness and addiction. In City Heights, a group of addiction specialists have gone online to meet with people in crisis. Plus, an investigation into a nursing home in Chula Vista finds poor state and federal oversight allows abuse to occur.

Premieres Monday, Jan. 3, 2022 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Meet a generation of young people in China who have come of age online, where virtual relationships are replacing real-life connections. Both the wealthy and the poor gather in online showrooms to worship idols who sing karaoke or host talk shows.

COVID cases in Japan fell more than 99% from the last peak. Unlike previous infection waves, and countries in similar situations, it's largely staying there. Experts are struggling to explain why.

Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe identified the three students who were killed as a 16-year-old boy and two girls, ages 14 and 17.

Vice President Kamala Harris is capping off a controversial first year in office, creating history as the first woman and first Black and Indian American person in her position while fending off criticism and complaints over her focus and agenda.

The contract for software used in the police department's new real-time operations center gives the corporation wide control over any data collected via police surveillance systems, according to privacy advocates.

Kevin Dawes describes how a fellow prisoner in Syria kept a promise that called attention to Dawes' detention. Now, five years after his release, Dawes is suing the Syrian regime.

Encore Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Friday, Sept., 17 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand

Voters overwhelmingly passed Prop. 13, but now, 42 years later, voters are being asked with Proposition 15 to undo a major loophole in that 1978 ballot measure which has allowed corporations to keep their property taxes artificially low for decades.

After being blocked from slides and swings for six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, kids can now use any outdoor playground regardless of what tier their county falls in, according to new state guidelines.