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KPBS and Film Consortium San Diego are announcing the launch of Film Consortium TV, a channel featuring local and independently produced content on the public television affiliate’s streaming platforms. Film Consortium TV is available to stream for free from any smart TV or device via the PBS Video app and online at video.kpbs.org.

The first presidential debate is high stakes. Here are six questions ahead of the debate, to be moderated by Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace beginning at 6 p.m. Plus, SUVs have been the largest cause of the increase in worldwide carbon emissions over the last decade. And COVID-19 continues to spread through our region, and contact tracers are only contacting on average 2.2 people for each person who tests positive. Also, Kelvin Barrios, former aide to City Council President Georgette Gómez is ending his campaign for her seat. Plus, San Diego's Historic Resources Board voted Thursday to designate the vacant Mission Hills Branch Library as a historic resource, likely derailing plans to redevelop the site into housing for the formerly homeless. Finally, G.I. Film Festival launches its Virtual Film Showcase this Thursday and Friday featuring six documentaries about military experiences.

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 .

Non-tenured professors, lecturers and some other faculty members at the nine University of California campuses are planning a walkout Wednesday and Thursday.

Social Democratic politician Olaf Scholz takes over from center-right Angela Merkel as chancellor to lead a coalition of three different parties in government.

On several street corners around the Tokyo Olympic media press center and at several venues, you find people shooting pictures. Not of the athletes or journalists, but of the buses they ride in.

In the race to succeed outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, the offspring of two presidents are gunning to run the country in an unprecedented tie-up.

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.

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.