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The county Board of Supervisors unanimously approved waiving fees for the events industry — planners, venues and vendors — as event restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic loosen, officials announced Wednesday.

Journalist Dawn Turner revisits her own past, and tells the story of her sister, who died at 24 from chronic alcoholism, and her childhood best friend, who served 20 years in prison for murder.

Building codes will be changing soon to eventually eliminate the use of a steel column found in many California structures.

Earlier in the summer, we asked you to vote for your favorite science fiction and fantasy reads of the past decade — so here are 50 fabulous reads, curated by our expert judges and you, the readers.

After several small brush fires that started in canyons and open areas, San Diego City officials are urging residents to be on the alert for potential wildfires. In state after state, the Mexican government long ago relinquished effective control of whole towns, cities and regions to the drug cartels. The Culiacán incident is just the latest example. The plan to turn Horton Plaza into a tech campus downtown may be in jeopardy as Macy’s, one of the last remaining retail stores in the largely defunct mall, is suing to block the new mall’s owner from making changes. The San Diego Opera opened its season with Verdi's ‘Aida.’ KPBS arts and culture reporter Beth Accomando sits down with the opera’s general director, David Bennet, for a preview of the upcoming season.

I became a fan of Benh Zeitlin after his first film "Beasts of the Southern Wild." Now almost eight years later he has a second film that once again captures the wonder of childhood through a young girl's eyes. For "Wendy" he has reimagined "Peter Pan" from her point of view and place the idea of motherhood front and center. I speak to him about shooting on 16mm, working with non-professional child actors, and keeping reality as part of the magical world he creates.

The missile fire further escalates tensions across the Persian Gulf, which previously had seen a series of assaults near Emirati soil.

Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App + Encore Saturday, March 23 at 3:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Meet Pris Austin, the golden-hearted owner of “Los Adoptables” dog shelter in Ensenada, Baja California. Next, we head over to Tecate where Noel Téllez, a former lawyer turned entrepreneur, shows us his famous Bichi Wine.

Stream or tune in Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, July 1 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2

San Diego group Project [BLANK] won a prize for innovation for their virtual opera.