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A tent is pitched on a sidewalk underneath the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles earlier this year. Los Angeles County has seen an increase in homelessness, and local officials blame rising rents and evictions.

Despite Increased Spending, Homelessness Up 12% In Los Angeles County

The rise comes despite two voter-approved tax hikes and more than $600 million spent last year on social services and new supportive housing. Officials blame rising rents and evictions.

San Diego's Top Weekend Events: Music, Old Hollywood And Monsters, Too!

San Diego’s biggest free music festival returns this weekend. Plus there’s a tap extravaganza and a scarily funny monster musical.

Range Resources was sued over the effects of drilling Washington County, Pa., in 2012.

$3 Million Settlement Revealed In High-Profile Fracking Case

The settlement is now public because of computer error. Pennsylvania families, whose ordeal was detailed in a Pulitzer-winning book, claimed air, groundwater and soil contamination.

A resident at the Mother Teresa of Calcutta senior home in Caracas. The people at the home were not reluctant to be photographed, says photojournalist Wil Riera: "They want to share their history, to have a voice."

Remembering Wil Riera: The Photographer With An Eye For The Forgotten In Venezuela

In poignant and powerful photographs, Wil Riera draws attention to senior citizens in a country teetering on the brink. Riera died this weekend.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to receive diplomatic credentials from newly appointed foreign ambassadors at the Kremlin in Moscow on Oct. 11.

Here's How Russia Runs Its Disinformation Effort Against The 2018 Midterms

Court documents, intelligence reports and other official accounts have now created the most comprehensive picture yet of one key aspect of the "active measures" targeting the West.

Facebook Shuts 652 Iran-Backed Accounts Linked In Global Disinformation Campaign

The company says a network of accounts, pages and groups "originated in Iran and targeted people across multiple internet services in the Middle East, Latin America, UK and US."

When a fellow officer dies, Chicago police wear black bands around their badges as a sign of mourning. At least five Chicago officers have taken their own lives since July.

5 Chicago Police Officers Died By Suicide Since July. Is The Department Doing Enough?

Some officials and mental health experts say the suicides are a sign of deeper problems with the mental health and well-being of Chicago police officers.

Sacred

Airs Monday, Dec. 10, 2018 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Cleanup workers rake oil-soaked hay along a Santa Barbara beach in 1969, after an oil spill that was then the largest in U.S. history.

How California's Worst Oil Spill Turned Beaches Black And The Nation Green

In 1969, oil from an offshore well left beaches in Santa Barbara, Calif., coated with crude and littered with dead birds. The country's reaction helped create the modern environmental movement.

Living Coral is the Pantone Color Institute's color of the year for 2019. The vibrant hue represents "the fusion of modern life," the institute explains.

A Royal Hue: 'Living Coral' Crowned Color Of The Year For 2019

Pantone chose the "vibrant, yet mellow" shade for its ability to bridge the natural and digital worlds. The pick comes at a poignant time, given the existential threats the color's namesake now faces.

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