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Richie, responsible for a seemingly endless catalog of hits, will be awarded the songwriting prize this spring by the Library of Congress.

Film critic Monica Castillo reflects on the glaring absence of Afro-Latino actors from the new screen adaptation of In the Heights and how colorism still affects Latino representation on screen.

Evolving technology is making it possible to turn sewage wastewater into energy that can heat and cool large buildings. The largest such project in the U.S. is under construction in Denver.

La Vuelta is a biweekly car cruise in Barrio Logan that runs through the summer. The event has become the heart of lowrider culture here in San Diego. These days, the customized slow- and low-to-the-ground cars and bikes can be found almost anywhere. Lowriding has become a culture created by Chicanos and exported all over the world. It’s big in Japan. No, seriously. Not to mention in Brazil and other lowrider hot spots. But at the border, the lowrider scene is a lifeline. For lots of people here, lowriders are much more than just a hobby. The culture that’s coalesced around lowriders on both sides of the border has offered some people here salvation. It’s given new meaning and purpose to peoples’ lives — from deportees in Tijuana to military veterans struggling with PTSD in San Diego. In this episode of "Only Here," a KPBS podcast about art, culture and life at the Western Hemisphere’s busiest border crossing, a story about lowriders as life rafts. Only here can you find such a crucial lowrider culture on both sides of the wall.

Chinese director Zhang Yimou tells an epic tale of subterfuge and spies in Cliff Walkers. And in the Scottish dramedy Limbo, a young musician is stranded in a starkly beautiful no-man's-land.

Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. "Four-season growing" is the ultimate goal for many gardeners. Eliot Coleman has mastered it. The methods Eliot and his wife use to grow year-round in Zone 5 are ones you can use to extend your season, too, no matter where you live.

A Russian delegation was in Brussels Wednesday to meet with NATO officials, who are trying to head off an invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops massed on the border.

Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV. Painted onto a boulder by artist Steven Garcia in 1977, these red "lips" have been maintained as a piece of public art by the City of Lemon Grove ever since. They have been seen by countless motorists over the years and remain one of the symbols of Lemon Grove, even though they are technically located a few feet into La Mesa.

Reid was recalled as a "legendary leader" as colleagues and friends gathered to pay tribute to a hardscrabble Democrat who rose from poverty in Nevada to the most powerful position in the Senate.

The casket of former Sen. Harry Reid is lying in state at the U.S. Capitol.