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President Biden walks on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One on Friday. On Saturday, he signed into law a bipartisan spending package that averted a partial governmental shutdown.

Biden signs a $1.2 trillion funding package, averting a partial government shutdown

The compromise funding package will keep the federal government running through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.

Karen Friery gets her magic mushrooms delivered by Mood Healers, an online retail shop that offers personalized microdosing protocols and support.

Lack of regulation raises concerns as psychedelic microdosing gains popularity

Google searches for microdosing psychedelics surged in the last decade. Some physicians say: proceed with caution.

Hiring accelerated in the U.S. in March, adding 303,000 jobs, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate dipped to 3.8%, staying under 4% for more than two full years. People walk past a Home Depot in San Rafael, Calif.

Construction boom helps fuel job gains in March

U.S. employers added 303,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate dipped to 3.8%. Construction companies added 39,000 jobs, despite high interest rates.

A right-wing legal and political campaign has disrupted the work of government agencies meant to safeguard voting and subjected researchers studying online harms to harassment and death threats.

What it means for the election that the government can talk to tech companies

The case is one element in a right-wing legal and political campaign that frames efforts to respond to false and misleading information as censorship.

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris poses for a portrait in San Francisco on June 18, 2004. Harris successfully challenged the incumbent San Francisco D.A. in 2003, and ran the office until her election as California Attorney General in 2010.

Exploring how a President Harris might handle criminal justice issues

Republicans are attacking Kamala Harris for being soft on crime. But her record as a district attorney and California attorney general isn't so simple.

Members of advocacy group Parents for Safe Online Space rally after a hearing on Capitol Hill in January. The group supports proposed legislation that will hold tech companies accountable for limiting children's exposure to harmful online content.

A historic new law would protect kids online and hold tech companies accountable

The new law would require tech companies to limit children's exposure to dangerous online content. The last time Congress legislated on kids online safety was before social media and smartphones.

Then-Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., joins a 2018 U.S. Capitol protest against threats by then-President Donald Trump against Central American asylum-seekers to separate children from their parents along the southwest border to deter migrants from crossing into the United States.

As Republicans attack Harris on immigration, here’s what her California record reveals

Political observers say Kamala Harris' experience as the daughter of immigrants has intertwined with her career as a prosecutor to form a pattern: pro-immigration but tough in enforcing the law.

The sign is seen above the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow Monday, on Jan. 30, 2017.

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky denies it's a hazard after the U.S. bans its software

The Moscow-based company said in a statement that the U.S. Commerce Department’s decision would not affect its ability to sell and promote its cyber security products and training in the U.S.

We want to hear from you: How has the cost of living in San Diego impacted your life?

On June 26, KPBS will host a panel of experts to discuss the cost of living crisis in San Diego County.

Supreme Court seems torn over bump stock ban

In 2018, the federal government banned bump stocks for that reason, but gun enthusiasts have challenged the regulation in court, contending that only Congress has the power to enact such a ban.

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