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New congressional districts map approved by the Citizens Redistricting Commission made a big change to San Diego County — a majority Latino district, one of 16 in California. Plus, Pfizer is considering increasing the doses for its children COVID-19 vaccine to three after a two-dose trial shows disappointing results. And, a closer look at renting in the San Diego area and the growing housing rights movement in the wake of the pandemic. Finally, a preview of Mystery Science Theater 3000’s Live Time Bubble Tour coming to the Balboa Theatre.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the government's ban of TikTok on all government-issued mobile devices might be a first step to further action or that it might be it.

Instagram and Facebook are launching a new paid verification service, Meta Verified. Here's what it means — and how it compares to Twitter Blue.

Experience Gotham City on the Giant Dome Screen. "The Batman" premieres at the Heikoff Giant Dome Theater at the Fleet Science Center on March 3. Tickets and showtimes available online now. Batman ventures into Gotham City's underworld when a sadistic killer leaves behind a trail of cryptic clues. As the evidence begins to lead closer to home and the scale of the perpetrator's plans become clear, he must forge new relationships, unmask the culprit and bring justice to the abuse of power and corruption that has long plagued the metropolis. Visit Fleet Science Center on Facebook + Instagram + @fleetscience on Twitter

Tuesdays, Aug. 30 - Oct. 4, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with KPBS Passport! 1900s Vienna is a hotbed of philosophy, science and art. Dr. Max Liebermann’s extraordinary skills of perception and Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt’s determination lead them to some of the city’s most mysterious and deadly cases. This week: Their latest investigation draws Max and Oskar into the sphere of nationalistic groups who despite Vienna's immigrants. Max's fiancee is provoked into taking daring risks before the murderer's shocking rationale is finally revealed.

The Paramount+ series, based on the game franchise, starts off stiff and familiar. It may take some time for the show, and its main character, to loosen up.

Are you still paying $4 or more for a pint of kombucha?! Learn to make it for pennies a pint at home! This class will cover how to make delicious kombucha safely at home, including secondary flavoring and carbonation Includes your own SCOBY and a take-home swing-top bottle of seasonal kombucha! Date | Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 11am Location | At a private urban garden oasis in Normal Heights, zip 92116 (exact address upon registration) Purchase tickets here! $59-$113 LEARN: We'll explain fermentation and have a brief discussion about the benefits of making and eating fermenting foods, and the history and science of kombucha DEMO: We'll show you how easy it is to start making fermented foods yourself at home! We'll demo the techniques for brewing kombucha and also flavoring & carbonating it! TASTE: We'll have a variety of various homemade kombucha flavors to sample DO IT YOURSELF: Roll up your sleeves and make your very own bottle of kombucha with seasonal flavors. We'll be sipping on Babe high-alcohol kombucha (if you've made at least 21 trips around the sun, that is.) For further information on this event please visit website: https://fermentersclub.com/shop/kombucha-workshop-san-diego/

Much will be written about Abraham Verghese's latest novel in the coming months and years; it's a literary feat that deserves to be lauded as much as those of the likes of Dickens and Eliot.

Young tech nerds in Seattle are trying to preserve the mysterious machines — many of them almost lost forever — that made America's landline telephone system work before the age of computers.

In goggles and flipflops, they dive to harvest seaweed. It's risky work. They'll earn $3 to $6 a day. Now climate change and environmental rules make it harder to pursue the traditional profession.