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Insurance companies are dropping customers as the cost of disasters goes up. Some communities in California are working to reduce their risk, but so far, insurance companies often aren't factoring that in.

James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist remarks that made him an outcast.

Please join us for an online presentation from Charles Rilli (Sierra Club), Anthony Dang (Climate Action Campaign), and Professor Gregg Macey (UC Irvine). These three have been engaged on air pollution issues across the state for a few years now. Charles and Anthony with the support of Professor Gregg Macey are working with the San Diego Air Pollution Control District and environmental justice champions to combat air pollution in the county. They are jointly working to begin the electrification of "indirect sources" of warehouse operations through expediting the transition to clean fleets, looking to combat pollution coming from operation equipment, and lowering emissions in the largest warehouse polluters. Through Climate Action Plans, Charles and Anthony are looking to hold local municipalities accountable to reducing their emissions and making sound climate actions. While there is no charge for this event please register in advance here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/lLdwKoisQX2jK-DG2Y3BCA#/registration North County Climate Change Alliance on Facebook / Instagram

After deadly Minneapolis mass shooting, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison push for federal, state and local gun reform.

Under the law, shoppers could pay 10 cents for thicker plastic bags that needed to be reusable and recyclable. But the makers of the bags labeled them as recyclable even though they were not — recycling facilities cannot process them and they end up dumped in landfills, incinerated, or in the state’s waterways, Bonta said.

States are trying to sort what options they can offer beneficiaries to fill the gap in food assistance. Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the impact of this potential lapse in states across the country.

The 2025 San Diego International Fringe Festival wrapped with standout performances, big wins and powerful stories from local and international artists.

Premieres Wednesdays Nov. 5 and 12, 2025 / Stream with KPBS+ / Encores Sunday, Nov. 9 and 16 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Thursdays, Nov.13 at 9 p.m. and 20 on KPBS 2. The size of a football field, the International Space Station hurtles around Earth at 17,000 mph. Witness terrifying moments of high danger – when ingenuity and teamwork keep astronauts alive as they do remarkable science in space.

Premieres Monday, Oct. 20, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+ / Encore Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2. How well will values of vintage desert discoveries from ROADSHOW's 2015 Phoenix stop hold up today? Highlights include a 1956 David Klein TWA poster, a 1921 Lyonel Feininger watercolor and an enamel and rock crystal pendant watch, ca. 1910.

Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Thursday, March 19, 2026 on KPBS 2. A French explorer makes an unprecedented discovery in Alexandria's harbor that could reveal vital new information about Cleopatra's reign and her connection with the goddess Isis.