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A mighty ROAR as LEGO® Super Mario™ The Mighty Bowser™, complete with sound effects and moveable parts, is unveiled, weighing a whopping 4 tons and standing 14-ft tall! The King of the Koopas, made of nearly 700,000 LEGO® bricks, is on display at the Nintendo Booth (#235 in the San Diego Convention Center). For more information about Comic-Con, visit https://comic-con.org/frontpage

More than 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2021, up 15 percent from the previous year, according to an estimate released by the National Center for Health Statistics. San Diego resident and CEO of Confidential Recovery, Scott Silverman, is teaming up with Jeff Johnston for the Living Undeterred Tour. Jeff became a victim of these stats when his son Seth died of a fentanyl overdose. Jeff and his team are on a mission to start a long-overdue conversation around mental health and addiction, stopping in almost every state in the country. The Living Undeterred Tour will be in Carlsbad on Thursday, August 11 at Dove Library from 4-7 p.m. Location Details: Dove Library/Carlsbad Library, Schulman Auditorium, 1775 Dove Ln, Carlsbad, CA, 92011 Living Undeterred on Facebook + Instagram + @undeterreddad on Twitter Confidential Recovery on Facebook Follow @ScottHSilverman on Twitter Scott is the author of "The Opioid Epidemic"

Another group of approximately 20 migrants have arrived in Sacramento on a private flight.

The Ferry Building has been a beacon to incoming ferry riders since the late 1890s. Threatened by rising sea levels, the waterfront city is considering drastic measures to save its historic shoreline.

Nearly a quarter of Americans believe that "patriots may need to resort to violence to save the country" while an overwhelming majority think democracy is at risk in a new PRRI survey.

Gay faced growing criticism from lawmakers, alumni and donors for not denouncing violence and hateful rhetoric against Jewish students more clearly or forcefully enough during congressional testimony.

Monday, March 25, 2024 at from 9-10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Watch now with KPBS Passport + Encore Friday, March 29 from 8:30-10 p.m. on KPBS 2. The story of Christ’s death and resurrection has dominated western culture for the past 2000 years. It is perhaps the most significant historical event of all time, as recounted by the gospels but, equally, as depicted by the greatest artists in history. From the triumphant to the savage, the ethereal to the tactile, some of western civilization’s greatest artworks focus on this pivotal moment.

A 27-year-old Queens rapper took a defining hip-hop practice and reinvigorated a subgenre, in New York City and beyond.

2023 Year of the Cat or Year of the Rabbit? Find out on January 20-22 in City Heights * free admission If you are looking for something fun and exciting to start the New Year off right while also giving back, look no further! 2023 SD Lunar New Year Festival is back. The festival will include folk and traditional performances, arts and cultural exhibitions, lion dances and firecrackers, and plenty of family fun activities for the kids. More importantly, the festival is inclusive, pet friendly, and free with no admission cost. 2023 will mark an exciting milestone as it also will be the groundbreaking event for the Boat People Garden, a mini park to be built approximately one block from our festival site. If you participated at any of the SD Lunar New Year festivals before, this is your accomplishment. All proceeds from 2020, 2022, and this year 2023 will all be used for the construction of this park. Even if you just attended and purchased goods and services, or if you participated as a vendor, sponsor, entertainer, artist, volunteers, or by any means, you directly contributed, and this park is possible because of you! So don’t forget to stop by the groundbreaking site to pick up a rock or some grain of sands to show to the world because this is your accomplishment and you help paid for those rocks, those sands, and those soon to be installed benches, tables, lanterns, flowers, plants, public art, sculpture, mural, etc. Giving back to the community is the greatest gift of all and we couldn't be more thankful to you for your contribution. Let's make this another festival to remember and let's celebrate this tremendous progress we've made together. Join the fun this January 20-22nd at Jeremy Henwood Park – 4455 Wightman Street, San Diego, CA 92105. If you had trouble finding parking last year, worry no more. Parking spaces are available at Rosa Park Elementary School, and several underground parking structures from several buildings nearby. There will be signs so you cannot miss it. The Lunar New Year Festival will be open Friday, Jan. 20 from 5 p.m. – 10 p.m., Saturday January 21 from 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. and Sunday, January 22 from 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Admission is free

In the videos released by the city, officers are shown aggressively dragging Nichols from his car. Later, they are seen beating and kicking Nichols as he lies on the ground.