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The first of a new breed of ships dubbed the “corvettes of the Navy” is on its way to join the Navy’s Third Fleet in San Diego Bay. The “USS Freedom” is a fast ship, and an expensive one. The U.S. General Accounting Office estimates she cost more than $700 million to develop, though future models should cost closer to $400 million.

Byron LaDue (pictured) is the IT volunteer on this research mission. He spent four months in Berlin with me in 1998, mentoring my 10-year old niece,…

Airs Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

The U.S. Navy is on a building-boom in San Diego. We'll talk about the strategic decision to beef up security along the Pacific Rim and how San Diego's economy is benefiting.

After intelligence officials reported activity at Syrian chemical weapons sites, the U.S. warned Syrian President Bashar Assad he'd face "consequences" if Syria uses such weapons. Many questions remain about what chemical weapons Syria has and how they could use them.

As France hosts the Rugby World Cup competition, the mayor of St. Denis, a suburb of Paris, has commissioned a street parade of dancers, chanters, and musicians, and the Musee du Quai Branly is presenting rugby art exhibitions. Is the macho sport going soft?

Mississippi residents raced to shore up faltering levees Wednesday in hopes of holding back raging floodwaters that soaked cities upstream and are bearing down on one of the most poverty-stricken regions.

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day and all things Irish, we have a special hour of music, storytelling and performance for you. The San Diego band Skelpin will perform in our KPBS studios. Members of Write Out Loud will share their favorite Irish literature, and three local Irish will explain what it is about the Irish that Americans just don't understand.

Hugh Jackman as host tried to engage the audience in the onstage shenannigans. ( & copy;AMPAS)

As the republic celebrates the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution with nationwide rallies, journalist Mark Bowden, author of Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam, recalls the hostage crisis that followed the 1979 regime change..