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Social networking has almost doubled among people older than 50 in the past year, with 42 percent of seniors participating in the hot Internet trend. Using Facebook and other sites, seniors build support networks that help them begin a second career, prepare for retirement or deal with health issues, a Pew report finds.

Airs Monday, March 22, 2010 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

The old saying "sleep tight - don't let the bed bugs bite" isn't a figure of speech anymore. Bed bugs are crawling over mattresses, in crevasses and carpets across California and the country! Heading into the busiest travel week of the year, bed bugs are reportedly hitchhiking with airplane travelers. Why is San Diego playing reluctant host to this persistent pest and what can we do about it?

Airs Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Why are voters not interested in Tuesday's Special Election? We'll explore the politics behind ballot-box budgeting and what the outcome of the election means for the state.

After several rounds of last-minute diplomacy at the climate change talks in Copenhagen, President Obama announced that he had reached a "meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough" with the key developing nations of China, India, South Africa and Brazil. The countries say they will work to limit global warming to no more than a 2-degree Celsius increase over the next decade.

Justice Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the appeal is expected this week. On Monday, a federal judge ruled that the stem-cell research violated the will of Congress in prohibiting the destruction of human embryos.

Despite some legislative successes, hopes for bipartisanship expressed by the Democratic leaders and President Bush were not realized in the first session of the 110th Congress. Andrea Seabrook speaks with John Bresnahan, Capitol Hill bureau chief of the Politico newspaper and Ross Baker, political science professor at Rutgers University.

Airs Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV

Sci-fi Classic Screens at MoPA's POP Thursday