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Students from the Mira Mesa High School band are shown performing, Feb. 27, 2015.

Mira Mesa High Band Invited To Perform At Rose Parade

The Mira Mesa band, nicknamed "Sapphire Sound," will be the first from the San Diego Unified School District to appear in the Rose Parade in nearly 30 years.

A Black Hawk helicopter flies over the site of a Taliban suicide attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Aug. 2.

Behind The Scenes, A Major Choice Looms On Afghanistan

Will President Trump double down on America's longest-running — but forgotten — war? Or could he decide to pull the plug?

Watkins Family Hour: Tiny Desk Concert

With help from Fiona Apple, two Nickel Creek alums gather a band to perform old and new material. Watch the Watkins Family Hour perform three charming, country-flavored songs at the NPR Music offices.

A previous Nerd Nite San Diego at Liberty Public Market.

Nerd Nite San Diego: Be There And Be Square

Monthly event promotes learning in a fun environment

Native Americans held a protest against the Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota last week.

San Diego Native Tribes Rally Against North Dakota Oil Pipeline

A rally is scheduled for Saturday across the street from Belmont Park in Mission Beach.

An Australian flag flies outside Bandyup Women's Prison where a woman was forced to give birth alone in a locked prison cell despite pleading for help for more than an hour, according to a newly released report.

Report Condemns Australian Prison For Forcing Woman To Give Birth Alone In Cell

"I wanted to understand how such a distressing, degrading and high-risk set of events could have occurred in a 21st Century Australian prison," the head of a prison watchdog said on Wednesday.

Musician And Chicano Rights Activist Ramon 'Chunky' Sanchez Dies At 64

Born in Riverside County to farmworker parents, Sanchez achieved legendary status in San Diego with his music and advocacy work for more than four decades.

Sam Venable teaches music at Langston Hughes Elementary in New Orleans.

Hot Jazz, Cool Teacher: How One New Orleans Man Fosters Greatness

For struggling students, music can often be what keeps them going. The same is true for this New Orleans band director.

The New York-based orchestra Alarm Will Sound puts a fresh twist on The Beatles' most maligned song.

A Symphonic 'Revolution' From Alarm Will Sound

The new music ensemble from New York puts a bold, orchestral spin on that Beatles song you always skip over on the White Album.

LIVE AT THE BELLY UP: The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Featuring Rick Vito

Monday, Aug. 21, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App. Did you know that Fleetwood Mac started out as a blues band in the 60s? Rock legend Mick Fleetwood returns to the stage to revisit his blues music roots along with Rick Vito

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