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Premieres Friday, Aug. 29, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. The beloved annual concert is conducted for the first time by Maestro Tugan Sokhiev. Renowned opera singer Piotr Beczała joins as the vocal soloist, performing three famed arias from Bizet’s “Carmen,” Puccini’s “Turandot,” and Kálmán’s operetta “Gräfin Mariza.” Additionally, the Vienna Boys Choir will perform at the concert for the first time.

Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe outlines proposals to improve oversight, reduce solitary confinement, and implement trauma-informed practices in county detention facilities.

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV. San Diego-based Sue Palmer and Her Motel Swing Orchestra bring their vibrant mix of swing, blues, and jazz while delivering a high-energy performance that captures the spirit of classic swing while adding a modern twist.

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. As global conflicts surge, the refugee crisis is spiraling out of control. International Rescue Committee President and CEO David Miliband joins Ian Bremmer. Then, an Indigenous group’s fight for land in Argentina.

Residents of the nation's capital say crime is a problem and they want more enforcement, but they also see Trump's takeover of the police as targeting a city run by Democrats.

Premieres Wednesdays, Sept. 10 - 28, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Thursdays, Sept. 11 - 25 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Sundays, Sept. 14 - Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. Stream Season 1 now with KPBS Passport! Over six new episodes, an elite team of wildlife filmmakers returns to Botswana’s breathtaking Okavango Delta to follow the dramatic lives of its lions, leopards and cheetahs, day and night, in one of Africa’s last wildernesses.

President Trump lashed out on social media late Sunday against ABC and NBC, putting the nation's top broadcast regulator once more at the center of his culture wars.

In anticipation of a redrawn congressional district map aimed at shifting five U.S. House seats to Democrats, Ammar Campa-Najjar has announced that he will run again for the East County district seat he lost to incumbent Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Bonsall, in 2020.

Israeli forces killed 22 people, including five journalists, in two strikes on Gaza's Nasser Hospital, drawing global condemnation and prompting a rare admission of regret from the Israeli government.

The countdown has begun for the decaying building in the heart of downtown to either be sold or demolished. The nearly 100-year-old California Theatre has been shuttered since 1990 due to structural safety concerns.