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A desert festival where robots are the headliner

Scientists are using the Mojave Desert to test robots for the next space age.

Floodlights illuminate steam rising from a CalEnergy geothermal plant along the edge of the Salton Sea near Calipatria in Imperial County on March 19, 2024. CalEnergy is one of three companies with plans to retrofit their geothermal facilities to begin extracting lithium in the region.

As lithium emerges in Imperial County, what will it take for residents to benefit?

Past renewable energy booms haven’t brought the prosperity they promised to the region. But experts say this time could be different.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the House Judiciary Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 21, 2023.

Adam Schiff to be sworn into the Senate, where he wants to be more than a Trump antagonist

Schiff will be sworn in on Monday because he is filling the seat of longtime Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died last year.

Panels in MGM Resorts' Mega Solar Array are show after it was launched on June 28,2021 in Dry Lake Valley, Nev. The project sits n 640 acres of desert about 30 miles north of the Las Vegas Strip. (Getty Images)

Some rural Nevadans want Trump to stop the state's solar energy boom

Backlash against massive solar energy farms drove strong rural turnout in Nevada may have helped flip the presidential vote there to Republican for the first time since 2004. But it's not a given Trump will derail President Biden's plans for more Nevada solar.

Community members and volunteers gather inside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Escondido for Interfaith Community Services' annual meeting, Oct.30, 2024.

North County leaders gather to discuss homeless solutions

For the past 30 months, the Regional Task Force on Homelessness has counted more people becoming unhoused for the first time than those being rehoused.

Members of Congress attend President Biden's State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on March 7.

The next Congress will face an urgent to-do list. But how productive will it be?

The 118th Congress is on track to be the least productive in modern history. If Washington enters a new season of divided government next year, as seems likely, Congress could get even less done.

A JetBlue Airbus flies over a pair of Southwest Airlines' jets from Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., bound for New York's JFK airport, July 19, 2005.

California announces sustainable fuels partnership to curb emissions from planes

California is partnering with a major airline trade group to increase the availability of sustainable aviation fuels in the state.

A displaced Sudanese child pours water at Zamzam camp in Darfur, Sudan, Aug. 1. Famine was confirmed in the camp that same month.

Sudan's biggest refugee camp was already struck with famine. Now it's being shelled

The siege, blamed on the Rapid Support Forces, has sparked a new humanitarian catastrophe and marks an alarming turning point in the Darfur region, already overrun by violence.

Primary Election 2024: State Assembly races

Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake with KPBS' primary election guide for local State Assembly Districts.

San Diego Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar, right, talks to umpire Adrian Johnson after items were thrown at Profar in the outfield during the seventh inning in Game 2 of a baseball NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Los Angeles.

Tossed balls from stands, apparently aimed at Profar, interrupt Padres' win in NLDS Game 2

With San Diego leading 4-1 and Yu Darvish warming up for the bottom of the seventh, fans appeared to be yelling at Profar and a ball was thrown.

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