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Airs Monday, March 16, 2015 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Airs Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Disabled Americans are twice as likely to be poor as those without disabilities. They continue to face many financial and physical barriers, despite the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and Electric are asking ratepayers to pick up the investment costs in the generators that failed at San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant. They also want more than five percent return on their investment. The California Public Utility Commission's Division of Ratepayer Advocates said there should be no profit.

The complicated story behind the simple repetitive wordplay jest.

Airs Friday, March 14, 2014 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Bull trout are dwindling in Montana as their home-waters warm, and invasive fish devour them. Scooping up threatened fish and moving them higher up the mountain could backfire. Is the risk worth it?

Brigid Schulte and her husband planned to have an equal partnership. But years down the road, "I realized that we had both fallen into very traditional roles without even realizing it," she says.

The Immigration Act of 1965 opened the doors to nationalities that were largely shut out before. Since then, 90 percent of U.S. immigrants hail from outside Europe. Three families share their stories.

The severe drought helped shrink the nation's cattle herd to its smallest size in six decades. Fronteras Desk spoke to one rancher last August who was already feeling the pinch.