Jesse Medina

The Marine Corps pushed back late Thursday on reports a planned 250th birthday event Saturday includes Navy ships firing missiles from the ocean into Camp Pendleton.

After street closure permits were canceled last-minute, the North Park Book Fair is back. This Saturday, it returns in pop-up form — and the switch rallied one local business to step up.

Premieres Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Test cook Morgan Bolling makes Indoor Barbecued Ribs for host Julia Collin Davison. Equipment expert Hannah Crowley reviews panini presses. Toni Tipton-Martin shares the origins of jalapeño poppers, and test cook Lawman Johnson shows host Bridget Lancaster how to make them in the air fryer.

Vice President JD Vance is coming to Camp Pendleton on Saturday for the event. That’s led to planned freeway closures near the base.

Premieres Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Test cook Keith Dresser prepares host Bridget Lancaster a hearty German Farmer’s Breakfast (Bauernfrühstück). Equipment expert Adam Ried reviews cookie sheets. And Bridget makes host Julia Collin Davison a delicious Appeltaart (Dutch Apple Pie).

The co-founding member of the band was known as the Spaceman and had a hit single of his own in "New York Groove."