Nicole Lee

Premieres Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Revisit 1940s Los Angeles, when a mysterious cloud of smoke descended over the city, sickening residents. The struggle to determine the cause and then the cure for smog would take years of scientific investigation and bipartisan determination.

Watch a preview of "Clearing the Air: The War on Smog."

This is the latest shakeup since Trump took over the cultural center. "We will have an exciting announcement about the new direction for Dance programming soon," said a Kennedy Center spokesperson.

Many California Democrats are reluctant to give up the state’s independently drawn congressional districts, but they say it’s a necessary step to counter gerrymanders in Republican states.

The San Diego Zoo announced Wednesday the death of Maka, a 30-year-old Western lowland gorilla, just days after staff made the decision to compassionately euthanize some of its longest-tenured animals.

Additional meter hours will begin as soon as Thursday in Pacific Beach and the Mid-City area, but over the next month, will also hit uptown and downtown San Diego.