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In Ottawa, hundreds of large trucks and other vehicles have blocked streets in central districts of the Canadian city. The protest of vaccine rules is in its second week with no sign of a resolution.

The new Apple TV+ series feels far removed from the comedies Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd have become known for.

Premieres Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, Nov. 25 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. Amid record police shootings in Utah, an investigation into the use of deadly force in the state. With The Salt Lake Tribune, an examination of police training, tactics, and accountability; and racial disparities in the way force is used.

Alicia Sasser Modestino studies gender and labor market issues at the school of public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University. She surveyed over 2,000 parents nationwide in May and June and found that a quarter of the women who have lost a job during this pandemic say it is because of a lack of childcare. Modestino says the crisis in childcare could affect women in the workforce for decades to come.

Neighbors attempted to block construction of an apartment building. But an unsuccessful lawsuit will likely end up easing the approval of similar projects.

County supervisors approved a measure Wednesday to allow gyms and houses of worship to meet outdoors at county parks, as more activities move outside to limit the spread of COVID-19. And, clean air advocates fall short in their bid to protect communities of color from fossil fuel extraction in urban areas. Plus, County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said Wednesday that California had reported issues with private labs and reporting, meaning some additional cases might be retroactively added to both local and statewide case totals in coming weeks.

Journalist Art Cullen discusses the battle to keep print news alive in small-town America. Cullen runs Iowa's Storm Lake Times, along with his brother. Originally broadcast Sept. 16, 2021.

In a new episode of the "The Parker Edison Project" podcast, Parker explores the media landscape beyond news and social media and speaks with a photographer who does everything from album covers to popular movies, a professor of history who produces a podcast and a musician who argues that music is the foundation of all art forms.

- This episode first aired in October of 2019. - Lowriders are big in Japan. These days, the customized, slow and low to the ground cars and bikes can be found almost anywhere. Lowriding is a culture created by Chicanos and exported all over the world. But at the border, the lowrider scene is a lifeline. For lots of people here, lowriders are much more than just a hobby. The culture that’s coalesced around lowriders on both sides of the border has offered some people here salvation. It’s given new meaning and purpose to peoples’ lives — from deportees in Tijuana to military veterans struggling with PTSD in San Diego. In this episode of "Only Here," a KPBS podcast about art, culture and life at the Western Hemisphere’s busiest border crossing, we bring you a story about lowriders as life rafts.

Californians with unruly hair or those needing skin care, nail care or massages will be able to get some services outdoors despite the current surge in coronavirus cases.