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Authorities in Western states warned of the rising risk of wildfires amid a protracted heat wave that has dried out the landscape while setting temperature records and putting lives at risk. Forecasters, meanwhile, said Thursday that some relief was due by the weekend.

In a parking lot and on San Francisco Bay, NPR witnesses two different tests for solar geoengineering to tackle climate change. With much science unsettled, experts say regulations aren't keeping up.

Donald Trump and his supporters have said it was God who saved him from the assassination attempt over the weekend. But some are deeply troubled by such language.

The Biden administration is quadrupling tariffs on China-made EVs. The tariffs are part of a broad swath of protectionist policies first imposed by former President Trump.

This weekend in the arts: Marino Gomez's customized action figure art; City Ballet's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"; Drug Hunt's album release; bomba dance and free admission at MCASD; 32 years of juried exhibitions at the Athenaeum; a new mural meets centuries-old art; plus concert picks and more.

Gov. Newsom pledged to address a rise in jail deaths. Since then, fentanyl overdoses and suicides have death rates at historic highs.

Premieres Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. A debt-laden grad turns Tokyo Uber Eats biker, confronting the gig economy's harsh truths. Pedaling along the city's deserted streets, he wonders about the "Uberization" of society and what it offers to an unemployed young person with student debt.

Problems with the capsule's propulsion system, used to maneuver the spacecraft, prompted NASA and Boeing to delay the flight home several times while they analyzed the trouble.

On Saturday, March 9, 2024, join fellow San Diegans and participate in the Screen Your Gut - Save Your Butt 5K Race/Walk in Mission Bay, to raise awareness about colorectal cancer, the 2nd deadliest form of cancer, and to promote its prevention and early detection. Screen Your Gut - Save Your Butt is sponsored by C4, a statewide, all volunteer, non-profit organization whose mission is to save lives and reduce suffering from colorectal cancer in all Californians. Funds raised from the event will be used to support C4’s grants program. This program is designed to increase screening to prevent the development of colorectal cancer and to detect existing cancers early, for better patient outcomes. Presented by: CA Colorectal Cancer Coalition What: Screen Your Gut-Save Your Butt 5k timed race/walk When: Saturday, March 9, 2024 from 8 a.m. – Noon Where: Mission Bay Park - De Anza Cove, 2750 North Mission Bay Drive, San Diego Cost: In person and virtual 13 years and up: $40. Prince will increase to $45 on February 19. In person 12 & Under $30, price will increase to $35 on February 19. View this event on Facebook

A rocket has hit a sports complex filled with children playing soccer in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights region Saturday afternoon, on the same day that an Israeli strike in Gaza devastated a school building and killed dozens.