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  • The PBF Energy refinery in Paulsboro, N.J., uses toxic chemicals such as hydrofluoric acid. Rather than using "inherently safer" design methods, the industry says, other safety measures are taken to prevent accidents like the one in West, Texas.
    After Deadly Chemical Plant Disasters, There's Little Action
    You might think that everything would have changed for the chemicals industry on April 16, 1947. That was the day of the Texas City Disaster, the worst industrial accident in U.S. history. A ship loaded with ammonium nitrate -- the same chemical that appears to have caused the disaster last month in West, Texas -- exploded. The ship sparked a chain reaction of blasts at chemical facilities onshore, creating what a newsreel at the time called "a holocaust that baffles description."
  • Three Mile Pilot Ends 13-Year Hiatus
    After a 13-year hiatus and some high-profile side projects, the members of the San Diego rock band Three Mile Pilot are together again and have a new album to show for it. We'll talk with two members of Three Mile Pilot about the new album "The Inevitable Past is the Future Forgotten."
  • Anne Heche stars in "That's What She Said."
    Two Films With San Diego Ties Screen At Sundance
    A pair of films with San Diego ties will screen as part of the Sundance Film Festival's Next program. Sundance kicks off this Thursday.
  • Brainy, Fat And Full Of Ideas: 'Night Film' Is A Good-Natured Thriller
    In the pages of Marisha Pessl's Night Film, you'll uncover the death of a beautiful woman; her terrifying, filmmaker-father; even a seemingly haunted mansion. But reviewer Meg Wolitzer says that while the book dips into the unsavory and the scary, it stays surprisingly PG.
  • Amy Adams (far left) and Jennifer Lawrence (far right) took home acting honors for "American Hustle" last night at the Golden Globe Awards. The film took best motion picture comedy.
    Rants And Raves: The Golden Globes 2014
    The Hollywood Foreign Press Spreads Out Its Awards
  • First Listen Live: Iron And Wine
    Like The Shepherd's Dog, Kiss Each Other Clean showcases Iron and Wine's subtly exploratory, even meandering side. Hear the increasingly exploratory band perform its new album at New York City's Greene Space. Tickets for the surprise show were scarce, but fans got to watch the intimate performance on NPR.org.
  • Sgt. Angie Johnson Signs Recording Contract (Video)
    Talk about "Rolling in the Deep"! Missouri Air National Guard Tech Sgt. Angie Johnson, who gained international fame when video of her singing to troops in Afghanistan went viral, has signed a recording contract with Sony Music Nashville.
  • Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men perform "Mountain Sound" from their hit album, "My Head is an Animal," for SOUND TRACKS cameras.
    Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders 2
    Airs Friday, March 1, 2013 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV
  • Seven people were shot and killed Sunday morning at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., in what officials are treating as a case of domestic terrorism.
    San Diego Sikh Congregation Not Increasing Security
    Sikh congregations in Escondido and Poway kept a close eye today on the investigation into a mass shooting at a temple in Oak Creek, Wis., that left six people and the gunman dead.
  • The fourth standing ovation and final encore for the Spirit of Goodwill Band at the concert for the US Mayors convention held at the Adrienne Arscht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, 2009.
    INDEPENDENT LENS: For Once In My Life
    Airs Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV
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