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San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria launched the “Bridge to Home” program on Monday. It’s goal: to speed up the construction of affordable housing. Next, if approved by the legislature the state will give counties money to expand the courts to focus on getting severely mentally ill and chronically addicted people off the streets and into shelters. But some mental health professionals have concerns about how the so-called Care Court would work in the real world. After, Dr. Lamont Jackson will be the next superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District. What challenges will he face as leader of the state’s second largest district? Then, a $3.5 billion mega project may soon be replacing the original Seaport Village and Central Embarcadero. And, The Old Globe introduces "El Borracho," a play which explores the realities of a Mexican American family dealing with an alcoholic family member. Finally, a preview of the 11th annual San Diego Arab Film Festival which begins Friday at the Museum of Photographic Arts.

Walls' excellent construction of her female characters is most satisfying; each represents women from varying walks of life, each fighting for their own place in a male-dominated world.

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: The audiobooks Mythos and Why We Love Baseball, and the new albums Jaguar II and Blame My Ex.

Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Ashley Moore makes host Julia Collin Davison Spaghetti Carbonara. Tasting expert Jack Bishop shares tips for buying eggs, and Lawman Johnson makes Fried Artichokes from the Recipe Box. Toni Tipton-Martin talks about ancient potato preserving techniques, and Julia makes host Bridget Lancaster Instant Mashed Potato Gnocchi al Forno.

Soccer's global governing body said Luis Rubiales had violated its disciplinary code when he forcibly kissed star Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso during the Women's World Cup medal ceremony.

Colombian artist Fernando Botero has died at the age of 91. "I don't paint fat women," he once told Spain's El Mundo newspaper, "I am interested in volume, the sensuality of the form."

For the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month, labor organizer Luisa Moreno, who founded one of the first Latino civil rights assemblies in the U.S., inspired Friday's Google Doodle.

New recordings of old jazz performances at Baltimore's now-closed Famous Ballroom are being released for the first time.

Bernal flirts and struts and gives one of the best performances of his career in a film inspired by the life of Mexican American professional wrestling star Saúl Armendáriz.

As the world celebrates Democracy Day, we examined how some pillars of democracy are holding up in San Diego County.