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Some of the coffee and tea places that stood out to KPBS Staff in 2025 are shown. Top row, from left: Forum Coffee, Ultreya Coffee & Tea and Muri Coffee & Dessert. Bottom row, from left: ASA Bakery, Tea Bazaar, Genteel Coffee Roasters and Café Alessie.

San Diego's best 18 cafes for coffee, tea and matcha in 2025

KPBS staff share the cafes, matcha bars, boba shops and tea spots that fueled their year.

An undated photo of Cal Fire's C-130 taking off.

Ramona Airport now home to Cal Fire’s 4th C-130 airtanker, new Helitack base

Thursday's deployment marks the fourth aircraft out of a planned statewide fleet of seven.

"There's a time and place for confrontation and there's a time and place to just let it pass you by," Williams says. "But overall, my issues are with power and with people's relationship to power."

Saul Williams opens a portal between politics and possibility

The unflinching multidisciplinary artist has long welcomed new challenges. With the release of a new album and a new book, he embraces the role his career has been building toward: investigative poet.

The California Tower at Balboa Park in San Diego on Jan. 21, 2026.

‘People are mad’: First-ever parking fees at San Diego’s Balboa Park draw anger

San Diego’s new paid parking at Balboa Park has sparked widespread backlash as museum visits dropped and residents complained about the additional cost to access one of the city’s most iconic spaces.

Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace, a former science teacher-turned-humanity's last hope.

Ryan Gosling and a cute alien team up to save humanity in 'Project Hail Mary'

The story is fundamentally hopeful, just like Andy Weir's The Martian.

FILE - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks to the press during a press conference in the gardens of the Prime Minister's Chancellery building in Warsaw on July 3, 2026.

Poland's prime minister warns of Russian 'accidental' attacks on Ukraine's allies

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that these potential strikes "intend to paralyze NATO" in an attempt to demonstrate that Article 5 "exists only in theory."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up a Starlink satellite internet dish a he speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026.

Netanyahu rages against critics, including Mamdani, at the U.N. General Assembly

Middle East crises draw major focus as the U.N. General Assembly hears from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Yemen.

Speed cameras have sprung up in school zones across Florida, including this one in Broward County.

As speed cameras spread to more states, so does the backlash from drivers

Millions of drivers across the country are encountering speed cameras for the first time, or will soon. Some don't like it, but advocates say there's clear evidence that cameras make roads safer.

The sign at the entrance to the Otay Mesa Immigration and Detention Facility is pictured in San Diego, June 22, 2018.

County says tuberculosis cases at Otay Mesa Detention Center weren’t reported within 24 hours

A county inspection found two tuberculosis cases that were not reported as required, along with other medical concerns. Officials said there is no known current risk of TB spread from the cases.

Ambassador Samantha Power (C), former head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), embraces fired employees and their supporters outside the agency's headquarters on February 27, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

Former USAID head grieves its closure while hoping for its future

Former USAID administrator reflects on a year since USAID's shutdown and the new direction of US foreign aid.

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