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Officials Call For More Federal Help In Champlain Towers Search-And-Rescue Mission

Thunder and lightning storms interfere with searchers as they claw through debris in search of survivors. State officials say an extra federal team would help them deal with inclement weather.

Track art for "Yemayá," by Gaby Moreno and Mexican Institute of Sound.

6 Songs To Discover In San Diego In July

We're listening to new music from Jake Najor and the Moment of Truth, Jean Jules Julian, Rafter, Gaby Moreno and Mexican Institute of Sound, and Alfred Howard, Mara Kaye and Tim McNalley.

Ladale Hayes plants a tree in Watts, part of a Los Angeles campaign to plant 90,000 trees by 2021, in this undated photo.

The Need For Shade Trees On A Warming Planet

A new article in National Geographic outlines both the necessity of shade for a warming planet and the unequal distribution of shady, tree-lined streets in our cities, including in San Diego.

With adultery punishable by death in Iran, a young couple make the fateful decision to flee the country with their son. Follow the trio on their life-threatening journey to plead asylum, and witness a mother’s heartbreaking fight to keep her family together and secure a future for her son.

POV: Love Child

Airs Monday, Sept. 14, 2020 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV + Saturday, Sept. 19 at 9 a.m. on KPBS 2 + PBS Video App

Many survivors of climate-driven disasters, including hurricanes, floods and wildfires, struggle for months or even years to repair their homes or find new stable housing. Poor people are less likely to get some type of basic housing assistance from the federal government.

Why FEMA Aid Is Unavailable To Many Who Need It The Most

The people who need help the most after disasters are least able to get it from the federal government. Internal records show that FEMA knows it has a problem.

Family members who have lost a loved one because of gun violence leave remembrance items inside the glass bricks of the four houses that are the cornerstone of the Gun Violence Memorial Project.

Nearly 700 People In The U.S. Die From Gun Violence Each Week; A Memorial Honors Them

An art installation in Chicago honors victims of gun violence, and its organizers hope to make it a national monument. They want to bring widespread attention to what they consider another epidemic.

Hilton Kelley's home in Port Arthur was damaged by Hurricane Harvey. The local environmental and health activist says many Black people in the city were denied FEMA assistance to repair their homes, which he attributes to systemic racism in how the agency allocates money. "We don't want a handout," he says. "We just want what's due to us."

Why FEMA Aid Is Unavailable To Many Who Need It The Most

The people who need help the most after disasters are least able to get it from the federal government. Internal records show that FEMA knows it has a problem.

SECRETS OF THE DEAD: Abandoning The Titanic

Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Join a team of investigators as they search for the identity of the captain of a “mystery ship” that turned away from the “unsinkable” Titanic in its darkest hour, abandoning thousands of lives to the icy waters and their deaths.

Dynamite raises clouds of dust above Guadalupe Canyon, near the New Mexico-Arizona border. The Diamond A Ranch, which is located next to the construction site, has sued the government, claiming the blasting has sent "car-sized boulders tumbling down onto ranch property."

Contractors Dynamite Mountains, Bulldoze Desert In Race To Build Trump's Border Wall

They're destroying wilderness prized by biologists to construct as many miles of border wall as possible — even though the incoming Biden administration is expected to cancel the barrier.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson shows off HB85, which he signed inside Frontier Justice gun shop in Lee's Summit, Mo., on Sat., June 12. The bill prevents local and state law enforcement officials from enforcing federal gun laws.

New 2nd Amendment Protections In Missouri Split Law Enforcement

Missouri's new gun law, which imposes a $50,000 fine on any state or local official who enforces a federal gun law that is not also state law, has a "chilling effect" on some police.

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