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We asked, you answered: How do you stay cool without air conditioning?

How do you cool down without air conditioning? Our readers respond with clever hacks involving towels, ice packs — and a pickle.

A vehicle is left abandoned in floodwater on a highway after Hurricane Beryl swept through the area on Monday in Houston.

Beryl weakens to a tropical depression as it moves eastward out of Texas

At least three deaths were reported after Beryl's landfall. In Houston, the storm flooded roads and took down traffic lights. Cleanup could take weeks, officials said.

Usai Niiazi (foreground) demonstrates an augmented reality sandbox by SmartandActive.org for learning by students with special needs, San Diego, Feb. 16, 2024

National Conference on Education brings resources and harsh reality to San Diego

The National Conference on Education hosted 3,600 superintendents and other school administrators, this week, at the San Diego Convention Center.

A group of Okalolies head toward a house belonging to one of their own in Edinburgh of the Seven Seas on Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic Ocean, on Dec. 31, 2023. New Year's Eve, or Old Year's Night as it's known on the island, is a chance for the whole community to come together.

The Okalolies of Old Year's Night: Celebrating tradition on the world's most remote inhabited island

"Okalolies" ring in the new year on the world's most remote inhabited island by visiting the population of not quite 250 in masks and making mischief, an annual chance for the community to come together.

Actor Jonathan Majors arrives at court for his domestic abuse trial, on Dec. 5, 2023, in New York.

Jury deliberations begin in the trial of actor Jonathan Majors

Majors is on trial for assault and harassment in a domestic violence incident involving a former girlfriend. If convicted, he faces up to a year in prison.

Luca Vega

Luca Vega served as a technical producer and sound designer for KPBS. He provided audio and sound design for the podcast “Port of Entry” and technical direction for KPBS’ presentation of “Morning Edition” and “KPBS Midday Edition.”

Thrill of Hope: A Concordia Christmas

Stream now with KPBS+. The vocal and instrumental musical ensembles of Concordia University Irvine and friends invite you to join us for a festive collection of music that celebrates, rejoices, and finds hope in the gifts of Christmas.

Another atmospheric river has soaked California. What role has climate change played?

California is in the grips of an atmospheric river that's causing flooding all over the state. Climate change might be intensifying storms like it — but scientists are still working out the details.

Iowa Republicans will use an app to transmit caucus results. Sound familiar?

The state Republican Party is extremely confident the system will work Monday, but election experts can't help but notice parallels to Iowa Democrats' disastrous technology in 2020.

In a hot room, you're told to play a vicious game. Will heat make you behave badly?

The study assigned subjects to one of two rooms: 68 degrees or a sweat-inducing 86 degrees. They played a computer game that can bring out the worst in human nature. What are the real-world lessons?

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