KPBS San Diego Book Festival returns for second year
The KPBS San Diego Book Festival returns Aug. 22 with 60 authors, bigger venues and free family-friendly events at the University of San Diego
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ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: Idaho Botanical Garden - Hour 2
Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Monday, Aug. 10, 2026 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV. breathtaking appraisals at Idaho Botanical Garden, including Idaho State gems and gold nuggets, ca. 1905, 1935 Gum I...
KEN KRAMER’S ABOUT SAN DIEGO: The Romping Canines of Dog Beach
Stream the episode early beginning Aug. 1, 2026 with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Thursday Aug. 20, 2026 at 8 p.m. We meet a North County woman who has amassed the largest collection of pop-up books west o...
The Women's Professional Baseball League makes its historic debut
The Los Angeles Queens, the New York Heights, the Boston Hunters and the San Francisco Firebells take the field in Springfield, Ill., as the Women's Pro Baseball League kicks off its inaugural season.
A tale of two very different horny movies
One Night Only manages to fail as a dystopia and as a rom-com. Meanwhile, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a perfect tale for this moment — if you don't mind your eroticism with a side of gore.
Meet the man circumnavigating the Arctic Ocean, alone
Matt Rutherford is sailing 10,000 nautical miles, through ice floes and gales, to try and accomplish a world first. He spoke with NPR from the cabin of his boat.
This rising painter reimagines Renaissance art in a cocoa plantation in Cameroon
A new gallery show in London features the paintings of Marc Padeu, playing with themes from Renaissance art and bringing them to his homeland of Cameroon.
There's a birth control backlash online. Can it explain the rise in abortions?
The number of abortions is up in the United States. Is it because fewer people are using birth control pills?
Demi Vollering wins Tour de France for the 2nd time
Vollering, who first won the competition in 2023, finished the stage more than a minute ahead of Spaniard Paula Blasi Cairol and 2024 champion Polish rider Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney.
Trump renews push to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook
Trump is once again threatening to fire Cook over unproven allegations of mortgage fraud after an earlier effort to remove Cook was struck down by the Supreme Court.
Haunted by Hoover, Trump searches for an endgame in Iran
President Trump is confronting a question that has haunted presidents throughout history: how a war - that has gone on longer than predicted - can reshape a presidency.
Netanyahu rejects Trump's Gaza Peace Plan, demands Hamas disarm first
Netanyahu's comments come just over a week after President Trump said his Board of Peace had reached a "historic" agreement with Hamas to give up its weapons.
New preschool curriculum in San Diego Unified finds literacy lessons in everyday life
The Creative Curriculum uses play, props and reading aloud to help kids build early reading and writing skills.
Football fans revel in nostalgia as Chargers return to San Diego for training camp
While the Chargers are now based in Los Angeles, thousands of fans still poured into the University of San Diego’s Torero Stadium to show their support at two training camps this week.
Santee School District hires its first director of safety and security
Michael Castillo previously managed and trained campus law enforcement at the University of San Diego.
San Diego-based USS Fort Worth decommissions after 14 years of service
The Littoral Combat Ship hasn't been to sea in almost five years and was part of a class of ships plagued with reliability issues, according to the Navy.
50 Yorkies, huskies surrendered to overflowing San Diego Humane Society
While the organization's leaders are happy to help dogs in a precarious position, the shelters themselves are overflowing. Adoption fees for all pets (except horses) will be 50% off throughout August as part...
Women’s sports are No. 1 at this new bar in North Park
One of Us in North Park is San Diego’s first women’s sports bar. It’s already become the go to spot to watch Wave FC matches.
Fierce floods or wild waves? How San Diego is preparing for a winter of extreme weather under El Niño
As a “super El Niño” season gains steam, San Diego contends with aging stormwater systems and century-old dams.
Crews battle wildfires in western U.S. and Canada
There have been 183 new wildfires, including eight large ones, across the U.S. since Saturday, the National Interagency Fire Center reported on Sunday.
'House of the Dragon,' Season 3 finale: The rumble at Tumbleton
By Glen Weldon Published August 9, 2026 at 7:19 PM PDT Facebook WhatsApp Email Ollie Upton / HBORhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy). This is a recap of the most recent episode of HBO's House of the Dragon. It contains s...
The view from the proving grounds for next-generation nuclear reactors, Atomic City, Idaho
A new generation of small nuclear reactors is poised to come online in the next few years. Public opinion remains split.
Affordable energy advocates rally in front of Sempra HQ after the company posts ‘strong’ quarterly earn...
Sempra, SDG&E’s parent company, reported $762 million in adjusted earnings for the second quarter, up from $583 million over the same period last year.
Report: Hundreds of thousands of Afghans shut out of US resettlement
A new report from San Diego-based nonprofit #AfghanEvac says more than 175,000 Afghans are sitting on approvals for Special Immigrant Visas.