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Health care employees for Kaiser Permanente are poised to launch a three-day strike that their union says will be the largest of its type in U.S. history.

Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Experience the groundbreaking sounds of bebop pioneer and virtuoso composer Max Roach, whose far-reaching ambitions were inspired and challenged by the inequities of the society around him.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., launched the process for holding a vote to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker but the road ahead is still unclear.

Buses, trolleys and trains will be free all day on Wednesday, Oct. 4 to mark California Clean Air Day.

It was a subtle gesture: As actress Selma Blair delivered remarks to an audience at the White House, Scout, her service dog, laid down next to her and then gently flopped over on Biden's shoe.

Friday, Dec. 29, 2023 at 10 a.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App. How can we reimagine trade to help countries left behind by globalization? Can we trade our way out of the world's biggest crises? GZERO sits down with one of the most powerful voices in the global economy, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Palm trees, surfboards and Mexican food don’t exactly conjure up images of Appalachia and dueling banjos, but if you look hard enough, you will find a thriving Bluegrass Music scene right here in our backyard. One of San Diego’s finest Bluegrass bands, Prairie Sky joins us. Plus, sibling duo Finnegan Blue is rooted in traditional folk, but play by their own rules blending bluegrass, gospel, and second-line jazz with a punk rock edge. Credits: Produced and hosted by Kurt Kohnen, and Maureen Cavanaugh. Megan Burke is senior producer.

Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Steam now with the PBS App. From the smallest sea shell to the immense whale shark, award-winning international wildlife photographer and filmmaker Todd Gustafson introduces viewers to the creatures that inhabit the sand flats, tidepools, lagoons and ocean depths. He also shares photographic techniques and some of the physical practicalities of taking a camera underwater.

Strong high pressure over the eastern Pacific was expected to move slowly toward San Diego County Monday, bringing drying and a strong warming trend.

An alternative mental health court program designed to fast-track people with untreated schizophrenia into housing and medical care is starting in San Francisco and six other California counties.