Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of large anti-war demonstrations in East Los Angeles that were organized by the Chicano Moratorium Committee.

Firefighters have been battling hundreds of blazes sparked by thousands of lightning strikes. "It wouldn't matter if we had five times more firefighters," says the battalion chief for Sonoma County.

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Shruti Gohil from UC Irvine’s School of Medicine.

We could all use a good laugh right now. Comedian and TV host Samantha Bee included. The pandemic has upended our lives and in times of distress, we look to comedy to help provide us with momentary relief. But with the entertainment industry at a stand still and studios halting their production, it’s been an adjustment for entertainers like Bee to continue trying to make audiences smile.

Director Taghi Amirani wanted to shine a light on Britain’s involvement in the 1953 coup that overthrew then prime minister of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh. The documentary “Coup 53” released this week on the anniversary of the events. According to the New York Times, British involvement isn’t a secret, and the United State’s involvement has also been acknowledged.

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Angie Han, Christy Lemire and Charles Soloman review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

The Latino population this year makes up the largest non-white voting group, according to Axios. That’s why many political experts say it’s critical for Presidential Nominee Joe Biden to clinch the young Latino vote, which is one of the nation’s fastest growing populations.

Democratic nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden officially accepted his party’s presidential nomination.

When U.S. schools went online-only in the spring, many struggled to provide vital services to students with disabilities. Families, advocates and many educators say this fall has to be different.

In 2003, polio reemerged in twenty countries that had long been declared polio-free. Anthropologist Heidi Larson says to stop the spread of disease, we need to first build trust in vaccines.