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For Veterans With PTSD, Virtual Treatment Takes The Place Of In-Person Therapy

Disruptions to everyday life caused by the coronavirus pandemic are putting a strain on veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Some are seeking help virtually.

San Diego's Poet Laureate Wants To Read Your Pandemic Poetry

Each of us has our own experience of this pandemic.. It’s very personal, and the feelings about it run deep below the surface of the day to day practicalities of dealing with this new reality. San Diego’s recently appointed

Reflecting On A Week Of Protests, Being Black In San Diego, Coronavirus Numbers Up Slightly

More than 2,000 demonstrators marched from downtown San Diego through Hillcrest Thursday night over the death of George Floyd. We check in with a community organizer about this week’s protests in San Diego and where the movement against police violence and racial injustice goes from here. Also, a San Diego native describes the “daily grid” of what it’s like to be a black man in “America’s Finest City.” Plus, NPR’s Code-Switch podcast looks back on a decade of watching black people die in America. Plus, protests against police brutality have been taking place in the middle of a pandemic and public health officials are watching coronavirus numbers closely.

Professor William Nericcio is shown in his office at SDSU in San Diego, Calif. He uses comic books to teach students about critical thinking. Sept. 7, 2021

Would You Take A Class Called 'Sex, Drugs, And Rock 'N' Roll'?

SDSU uses comics to teach students how to think critically in an age of disinformation

Relatives of students who attend a school in the Russian city of Kazan, where a gunman opened fire on Tuesday, killing several students and at least one teacher and injuring more than 20 others.

At Least 9 Dead In School Shooting In Russia

Officials say a 19-year-old former student at a school in the Russian city of Kazan opened fire there Tuesday, killing at least seven students, a teacher and a school worker.

Tanzania is now endorsing COVID-19 vaccines. But for many months, its leaders said that vapors could prevent the disease. Above: A man inhales at a booth installed by an herbalist in Dar es Salaam.

Tanzania's Dilemma: It's Not So Easy To Go From Vaccine Denier To Vaccine Embracer

The African country, previously credited for high childhood vaccination rates, was 1 of 4 countries to reject COVID vaccines. Now they've done a 180. It's unclear if its citizens will go along.

A new study finds that common climate change terms can be confusing to the public. That includes phrases that describe the transition from fossil fuels to cleaner sources of energy. Here, wind turbines near a coal-fired power plant in Germany.

Enough With The Climate Jargon: Scientists Aim For Clearer Messages On Global Warming

People are likely to be confused by common terms such as "mitigation" and "carbon neutral," according to a recent study. How can scientists do a better job communicating about global warming?

Spectators stand in the visiting team dugout during a stoppage in play due to an incident near the ballpark in the sixth the inning of a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the San Diego Padres, Saturday, July 17, 2021, in Washington.

Padres-Nationals Game Interrupted by Shooting, Resumed Sunday

Padres manager Jayce Tingler made his first public comments Sunday, regarding the shooting outside the Washington D.C. stadium that wounded three people and prompted the suspension of the game between San Diego and the Washington Nationals.

Haircuts Might Happen Soon

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a dramatic relaxation of health standards to reopen the state. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters podcast: droves of people turned out for Viejas Casino & Resort's reopening yesterday, restaurants across San Diego are preparing to open for dine-in service as soon as they get the go-ahead, the coronavirus’ silver lining and more local news you need.

Meeting Tracy Chapman In The Spaces Between

After Chapman released her 1988 debut, she was everywhere in pop and always on the mind of writer Francesca T. Royster. Hearing that album, she writes, "helped me say what I hadn't yet said out loud."

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