Jun 06 Photos: Senior volunteers give San Diego police a helping hand By Daniel Costa-Roberts If you got in a fender bender, you probably wouldn't expect the first responder to be an unarmed octogenarian -- but that scenario is entirely possible in San Diego. Continue reading
Apr 04 'Revenge porn' site operator sentenced to 18 years for identity theft, extortion By Elisabeth Ponsot A San Diego judge has sentenced 28-year-old Kevin Bollaert to 18 years in prison for running a "revenge porn" website that featured explicit photographs and included identifying information such as links to the victims' social media accounts. Continue reading
Nov 20 San Diego to recycle sewage water as drinking water By Colleen Shalby What’s there to do when your city is in the midst of an ongoing drought and the price tag on imported water continues to spike? Recycle your sewage water, that’s what. Continue reading
Sep 18 San Diego nearing 1,000 days of drought By Susan Murphy, KPBS Despite Tuesday's thunderstorms, San Diego is nearing a grim milestone of 1,000 days of drought. The conditions are taking a toll across the state. Continue reading
Aug 01 Firefighters get high tech to douse wildfires By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Using satellites, communication networks and weather sensors computer scientists have created WIFIRE, which analyzes burning wildfires and predicts where they will spread. Continue reading
Jun 27 Watch Fixing the disconnect between Medicare and Medicaid to serve the most vulnerable Americans By PBS News Hour Providing long term care at a reasonable cost — especially for low-income Americans who are elderly or have disabilities — has long been a challenge in the U.S. In California, long term care providers are coordinating in order to tackle… Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch Blind Dissident's Escape: an 'Opportunity' for Chinese Government? Blind Dissident's Escape: an 'Opportunity' for Chinese Government?… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch Occupy Movements in San Diego, Oklahoma City, Boise Dig in The Occupy Movement stayed in the headlines this week as police broke up the San Francisco camp, but groups are digging in and holding up in many other places around the country. KPBS San Diego, OETA Oklahoma and Idaho Public… Continue watching
Mar 19 Around the Nation Roundup Here's a selection of art and culture reports from local public broadcasting stations and national producers. Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch High Tech High School Pushes Hispanic Students to Become Top Achievers A San Diego charter high school is aiming to close the education gaps between students of immigrant families and their counterparts by motivating them to acquire business and science skills and pursue college degrees. Paul Solman offers the latest in… Continue watching