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KPBS' Summer Music Series is back to heat up the summer.

The concert is being billed by New York City government as a reopening of the city — and most of the tickets will be free, but you can only get in if you provide proof of a COVID-19 vaccination.

"Due to the time and effort it takes to pull off a successful large event of this nature, and signals from Governor Gavin Newsom that events like music festivals aren't likely to be allowed until 2021, this announcement had to be made now."

Airs Friday, Aug. 7, 2020 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 (not available to stream)

The Facebook-owned app is making new accounts for kids under 16 private by default, amid growing pressure over child safety and privacy.

In a new episode of KPBS Explore podcast "My First Day," Meshate Mengistu describes her experiences arriving and growing up in San Diego after coming from Ethiopia when she was 9 years old. Later, she finds new motivation to become the first in her family to graduate from college.

The grant, thought to be the largest-ever from a philanthropic institution for poetry, will enable the academy to fund its Poets Laureate Fellowship program for the next three years.

Jazz drummer, bandleader and mentor Art Blakey was born 100 years ago. The Jazz Messengers came to be called Blakey's University and graduated stars Donald Byrd, Wayne Shorter and Wynton Marsalis.

Slushy machines, salt tablets, cooling jackets: The Tokyo Games have already proved to be a hot and humid affair, and experts say the role of climate change can't be overlooked.

Overwhelmed sewers. Flooded streets. Deadly heat waves. Baltimore is one of many American cities where the costs of climate change far exceed local resources. Should oil companies pay?