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J.J. Abrams' “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” opens in theaters today and our Star Wars nerd in residence and KPBS film critic Beth Accomando has a spoiler-free reaction. Plus, legal weed has led to a bump in emergency room visits, especially among tourists who took an edible. Doctors, however, say legalization hasn't led to the public health crisis some feared. And, as winter gets its start in the eyes of skiers, water managers and farmers turn toward the southern Rocky Mountains to see just how much snow piles up. Hear what this upcoming winter might bring.

A new book argues that the growing profitability of big business is bad news for workers.

Leading members of the far-right gang known as the Proud Boys are facing federal conspiracy charges in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Ahead of the riot, members of the group called for "war."

Elise Stefanik, a four-term congresswoman, is working to remove Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., from her leadership post over her ongoing criticism of former President Donald Trump.

No longer a witch hunt. Duncan Hunter now says he's guilty of corruption. What's next for the East County congressman and those running to replace him? An inconvenient truth. Al Gore brings his climate message to San Diego as scientists escalate their warnings for our planet. And, more than an inconvenience. How the water problem in Poway could end up costing the city millions.

An investigation by Bellingcat, an Internet research organization, and other media outlets, revealed that for years, Russian agents secretly followed Alexei Navalny.

Now that Georgette Gomez is running to replace Congresswoman Susan Davis what does that mean for District 9, which includes City Heights, where some residents say their community is often overlooked.

With last weekend's stabbing in New York and the attack at a Poway synagogue earlier this year, we get reaction from the San Diego Anti-Defamation League on the spate of anti-Semitic violence. Also, San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore discusses what his department is doing to monitor online hate groups and responds to a high number of deaths inside county jails. For years, cities across the state have struggled with illegal cannabis cultivation. Now the city of Sacramento is issuing hefty fines. Plus, in San Diego, finding a place to play roller derby is hard. But one group is taking steps to build its own home in Encanto. And, on this New Year’s Eve, the band La Diabla brings its bi-national dance party to the KPBS studios.

San Diego's reopening expands as progress is made on COVID-19 cases and vaccinations, an encampment for cross-border farmworkers is dismantled by police in Calexico and a look at the revolving door in Chula Vista between the city's police department and the surveillance drone industry.

Premieres Sunday, May 2 - 23, 2021 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV