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New research puts stark numbers on a well-known disparity: poor and vulnerable communities suffer over 90% of deaths associated with major storms.

Premieres Wednesdays, Oct. 4 – Nov. 1, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. THIS WEEK: The story of Earth can only be told because now, 4.5 billion years into its existence, a technological and self-aware animal species roams its surface, able to study the very planet that gave rise to it. But how exactly did Earth give rise to humans? Through stunningly realistic animation, witness the cataclysmic asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs, the tumultuous changing climates that allowed early primates to spread across the planet, and the geologic events that created the conditions for the evolution of an animal that walks upright on two legs.

A significant number of new HIV infections happen among Black women, and a health education effort in Atlanta wants to make sure Black women can access the HIV-prevention medicines known as PrEP.

Among the most prominent of blooming plants that are seemingly everywhere this year following an unusually wet winter is the highly flammable wild mustard.

The Coronado Island Film Festival presents their March Classic Series film: "A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)." Enjoy watching Classic Films on the Big Screen the way they were meant to be seen! The Coronado Island Film Festival (CIFF) welcomes makers and lovers of film from all over the world to the storied seaside village of Coronado, California to celebrate the magical art of visual storytelling. Coronado’s enduring love affair with Hollywood began more than a century ago at the iconic Hotel del Coronado, our festival’s Presenting Sponsor. About "A Streetcar Named Desire": Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her. Date | Wednesday, March 23 at 5:30 p.m., doors open at 5 p.m. Location | Village Theatre Get tickets here! General admission: $15 Price includes a complimentary glass of wine, beer or a non-alcoholic beverage. For more information, please visit coronadofilmfest.com/2022-classic-movie-series or email info@coronadofilm.com.

The nonprofit group One Acre Fund wants smallholder farms to grow more, earn more and feed more people. The organization just won a $2.5 million award from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

The epicenter of North Park is the bar-hopping intersection of University Avenue and 30th Street, which holds claim to being "the best beer neighborhood in the nation," thanks to numerous craft-beer establishments. This October, The Lafayette Hotel has paired up with Mike Hess Brewing and to bring you a paired four course Dinner & Brew! Mike Hess Brewing Menu Pairing, featuring Mike Hess Brewery with head brewer Paul Deras Course #1 — Oktoberhess-Marzen, Traditional Oktoberfest Marzen Beer Served alongside Kartoffelpuffer, with smoked salmon, capers, dill, horseradish cream sauce Course #2 — Claritas-Kolsch, 2016 World Beer Cup-winning Kolsch Ale Served alongside Kaese Spaetzle, with sauteed onions, emmentaler cheese, winter salad Course #3 — Solis West Coast IPA, Definitive of the San Diego beer scene Served alongside Sauerbraten, with red wine reduction sauce, braised red cabbage, mash potatoes Course #4 — Hop Cloud-Hazy IPA, Mike Hess' Flagship Hazy IPA Served alongside Apfelkuchle, with cinnamon sugar, vanilla bourbon sauce Date | Friday, October 22 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location | The Lafayette Hotel Get tickets here! General admission: $48.50 plus fees Admission only for people 21 and up. For more information, please visit www.lafayettehotelsd.com/events/san-diego/dinner-brew-series or contect The Lafayette Hotel at 619-296-2101.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is home to dozens of species — and to an ongoing political fight over oil and gas. Now, the Biden administration is hoping ending oil and gas leases will be a win.

Hurricane Idalia made landfall near Keaton Beach, Fla., on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm before it was downgraded to a tropical storm. Georgia and South Carolina could see heavy wind and flooding

Chávez Rodríguez is the granddaughter of labor leader César Chávez. President Biden has chosen her to run his reelection campaign.