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Duo was fatally hit by a Tesla Cybertruck, the language-learning company announced this week. The snarky owl has been the face of Duolingo for over a decade. Why his sudden demise, and what's next?

Ben Redlawsk is a media production specialist for KPBS radio. He provides technical direction for KPBS “Morning Edition” and assists with “KPBS Midday Edition” and “KPBS Roundtable” through audio editing and recording. He got his start in radio as head audio engineer at KSDT, UC San Diego’s student-run radio station. Ben graduated from UC San Diego with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary computing and the arts with an emphasis in music technology.

Join fellow Producers Club members at the La Jolla Playhouse for the premiere of 3 Summers of Lincoln. With an epic original score blending gospel, R&B, powerhouse anthems and Broadway, 3 Summers of Lincoln is the next unmissable, spectacular world premiere from La Jolla Playhouse. This gripping new musical tells the inspirational story of one of the most important friendships in our nation’s history, and a divided country coming together. Due to the popularity of previous Producers Club events at the La Jolla Playhouse, we are offering TWO evenings of 3 Summers of Lincoln. Night 1: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 OR Night 2: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 The $20 price per ticket will cover a Producers Club reception, an artistic chat with members of the production and the performance of 3 Summers of Lincoln. We ask you to limit your purchase to 2 tickets. If registering for 2, please include the names of both attendees.

Join fellow Producers Club members at the La Jolla Playhouse for the premiere of 3 Summers of Lincoln. With an epic original score blending gospel, R&B, powerhouse anthems and Broadway, 3 Summers of Lincoln is the next unmissable, spectacular world premiere from La Jolla Playhouse. This gripping new musical tells the inspirational story of one of the most important friendships in our nation’s history, and a divided country coming together. Due to the popularity of previous Producers Club events at the La Jolla Playhouse, we are offering TWO evenings of 3 Summers of Lincoln. Night 1: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 OR Night 2: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 The $20 price per ticket will cover a Producers Club reception, an artistic chat with members of the production and the performance of 3 Summers of Lincoln. We ask you to limit your purchase to 2 tickets. If registering for 2, please include the names of both attendees.

All 27 scientists at the CDC's viral hepatitis lab were told their duties were "unnecessary." Ongoing outbreak investigations have now been halted.

El gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, dijo el miércoles que su estado presentará una demanda impugnando la autoridad del presidente Donald Trump para imponer aranceles generalizados que han desatado una guerra comercial global.

From the KPBS/Arts newsletter: Burn All Books and Particle FM are collaborating on another "Compressed" zine and music fest at the San Diego Central Library downtown, featuring so many great artists, zine makers, small presses and creatives. Vendors and makers include Hello Barkada, Good Faith, Tijuana's Corrientes/Impresiciones, My Little Underground, Red Brontosaurus Records, Beyond the Veil and more. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS From the organizers: Burn All Books, Particle FM, and San Diego Public Library team up to celebrate independent publishing, zines, DIY culture, and music at the second annual COMPRESSED zine and music fair. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday Aug. 10 San Diego Central Library's Shiley Suite What: Burn All Books, Particle FM, and San Diego Public Library are partnered up to throw COMPRESSED, a zine & music fair, at the SD Central Library (beautiful rooftop view of downtown!) August 10th 2024 from 11am-5pm. This event is all ages, free to the public. We have 65 exhibitors from the San Diego-Baja region with an emphasis on zine makers and vinyl/cassette vendors, as well as the SD Central Library exhibiting their zine collection and printing library cards. Why: Burn All Books and Particle FM are teaming up to present another zine and music fair, with zine exhibitors, DJs, and vinyl vendors from the SD-Baja region and beyond. Inspired by radio/zine collaborations like NYC's 8ball Radio, COMPRESSED was created to bring together our music and independent publishing community in a compressed, intimate space. COMPRESSED will have various art, vinyl, zine vendors with Particle FM DJs playing music. During the year we keep COMPRESSED alive with workshops that bring in speakers from orgs like the Lambda Archives of San Diego, speaking on the topic of the history of queer zine culture in San Diego. This event is completely volunteer run with people from Burn All Books and Particle FM. About Burn All Books: Burn All Books is a risograph publisher, distro, and studio in San Diego, California. Focused on community and collaboration, we work with San Diego and Tijuana, MX based artists, writers and creators to produce zines, artists’ books, alternative comics, and art prints. Through the accessibility and versatility of risograph printing, Burn All Books has become an avenue for promoting and publishing alternative art as resources from and for the people. As of January 2023 we have published over 35 publications and worked with over 100 artists, writers and zine makers since beginning in October 2017. Burn All Books strives to continue printing, growing and fostering an inclusive space for art and culture with a DIY spirit. About Particle FM: Established in 2021 by a diverse group of artists, DJs, and music nerds, Particle FM is a DIY community internet radio station based in San Diego with a non-profit fiscal sponsorship through The Media Arts Center of San Diego. We host over 50 different shows with hundreds of archived shows. We've also hosted live DJ events and workshops in San Diego and other cities like Seattle.

In Steven Soderbergh's supernatural thriller Presence, a family finds they aren't alone in their new house. It's a ghost story told masterfully from the ghost's point of view.

What does the clash between Harvard and the Trump administration look like from the perspective of its faculty? NPR's Michel Martin asks Harvard Law School professor Nikolas Bowie.

Most Black women voters supported Kamala Harris in her presidential run against Donald Trump. Now some say they are pulling back, to rest and mourn.