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Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos was 23 when his semi crashed on a Colorado interstate, causing a fiery pileup that killed four people. More than 4 million people are petitioning to reduce his sentence.

For some, the term 'Latin music' is too broad to be meaningful. For others, it invokes a sense of pride and resistance. To help break it down, we spoke to an expert on race and music and pop culture.

Honduras, one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Americas, is holding presidential elections tomorrow. On top of COVID-19, it has also seen large numbers of people leaving for the U.S..

The department has followed state law and released videos of seven out of the eight police shootings since July 2019, sometimes within 72 hours of the incident. But one video hasn't been released and it's not clear why.

Rooting out racism includes so much more than reforming police practices. Those subtle and not so subtle barriers exist everywhere, from the streets, to the schools to the ivory towers of academia. A new season of personal stories launches today from the KPBS podcast, “Rad Scientist,” stories from Black scientists who have made some cool scientific discoveries and overcome racial barriers to follow their passion .

Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are back online after a massive global outage.

Opening statements and testimony began in the trial of Matthew Dages, who is accused of lying about the basis of his May 27, 2020, arrest of Amaurie Johnson, a young Black man who was waiting for friends outside an apartment complex.

The Valley fire has burned 17,665 acres, so far destroyed 26 "habitable structures" and 25 "minor structures" and resulted in two injuries. It was not clear if the injury victims were firefighters or civilians. Also, County Officials are warning that San Diego is close to being placed in the highest tier of restrictions via the state’s COVID-19 tiered ranking system. Plus, local organizations were joined by San Diego congressman Juan Vargas in their sprint to the census finish line — to make sure everyone in San Diego county gets counted. But many barriers still stand in their way.

Insecure housing is typical for US families whose finances have fluctuated during the pandemic. Hundreds of thousands of workers across the country have faced delays waiting for unemployment insurance to kick in. Those income gaps have led families to double and triple up to keep a roof over their heads.The instability is one reason census organizers are worried about a possible undercount among Latino communities.

After hours of public input and deliberation, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved a $6.5 billion operating budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year.