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TV news crews surround Chol Soo Lee after he is released from prison on March 28, 1983.

Premieres Monday, April 24, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Sentenced to life for a 1973 San Francisco murder, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee was set free after 10 years inside California state prisons, finding himself in a new fight to rise to the expectations of the people who believed in him.

Audrey Grinker receives a visit from her doctor after friends found her on the floor of her apartment, she had mixed up her medications and became very ill. She was acting out in the hospital, trying to escape, sitting on the floor near the nurses' station, and walking into other patient's rooms. Aventura Hospital, Miami, Fla., March, 2017.

As she nursed her mom through cancer and dementia, a tense relationship began to heal

Photographer Lori Grinker struggled to get along with her mother all of her life. When she moved in with her to help with her failing health, old wounds melted away.

At your service: A restaurant maître d' tells all in 'Your Table Is Ready'

Michael Cecchi-Azzolina has worked in several high-end New York City restaurants — adrenaline-fueled workplaces where booze and drugs are plentiful and the health inspector will ruin your day.

San Diego Zine Fest 2022

San Diego Zine Fest is celebrating ten years this weekend, with a two-day festival at Bread and Salt. Dozens of vendors, presses, artists, zine makers and more will present their wares, including AjA Project, the SDSU Zine Club, Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go, High Tech High International, Adam Gnade, Particle FM, Grant Leuning, Comic Artists of San Diego and so many more. All ages. For a full list of exhibitors for each day, check here. A kick-off performance will be held 5-10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, also at Bread and Salt, featuring live performances and readings from Adam Gnade, Ana Carrete, D.Wrex and more. Details: Noon to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 17-18, 2022. Bread and Salt, 1955 Julian Ave., Logan Heights. Free. — Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS Related links: San Diego Zine Fest on Instagram

Spectators watch from South Padre Island, Texas, as the SpaceX Starship launches on Thursday. It exploded several minutes later.

Why SpaceX staff cheered when the Starship rocket exploded

Experts say Thursday's flight wasn't supposed to have gone off without a hitch, and still offers SpaceX valuable data. A space industry analyst explains why it was so significant.

A white pickup truck stolen by Jessica Turner after it was shot at by San Diego police officers and crashed, Jan. 12, 2018.

Officers still shoot at cars even as police departments call it a dangerous decision

Records show that from 2012 through 2019, officers from San Diego County police agencies shot at people in cars 20 times.

Prosecutors say Nasyrova gave her friend cheesecake laced with a highly potent sedative, then scattered pills around her unconscious body.

A woman gets 21 years for trying to kill her doppelganger with poisoned cheesecake

Viktoria Nasyrova was convicted in February and sentenced this week in New York. Her lawyer says she'll eventually likely get deported back to Russia — where she's wanted for a 2014 murder.

Lara Downes: Tiny Desk Concert

With a piano draped in spring flowers, Lara Downes plays a smart set of music, new and old, that offers the power of renewal.

SIX The Musical: Tiny Desk Concert

The Queens of the musical SIX reign over the Tiny Desk, enrapturing the audience of NPR staffers assembled.

Arts & Ideas Season Kickoff: Emmy Blotnick

New York-based writer and comedian Emmy Blotnick performs a stand-up show for the LFJCC crowd. She has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, CONAN, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and in her own special on Comedy Central. Previously, wrote for the series THE PRESIDENT SHOW. Currently, Emmy is a writer on HBO Max’s PAUSE WITH SAM JAY.

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