Michael Lipkin
KPBS San Diego
San Diego, CA, United States
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San Diego's Top Weekend Events: Skates, Pom-Poms And One 'Gorgeous' Kid
This weekend meshes sports and arts with an ice skating-themed circus performance and a musical about cheerleaders. → Read More
San Diego Writer Reflects On A (Sometimes Morbid) Childhood Abroad
Did Amy Wallen's family really dig up a grave in 1970s Peru? Wallen explores the uncertainty of memory in her new memoir. → Read More
Report: Hispanic Education Disparities Threaten San Diego Economy
“The fastest growing population is statistically the least prepared for high-skilled, high-wage jobs,” the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation wrote. → Read More
San Diego's Top Weekend Events: Music And Magical Realism
This weekend brings some high-profile musicians, plus a dose of magical realism. → Read More
San Diego's Civic Organist Makes His Official Spreckels Debut
Raúl Prieto Ramírez played his first concert as San Diego's civic organist on Jan. 7. → Read More
Studies Show DACA Recipients Unlikely To Displace U.S. Jobs, Spur Large Family Sponsorships
When Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, one reason he gave was that the program recipients were taking jobs away from U.S. citizens. But a new study finds that competition for jobs between DACA recipients and their corresponding millennial U.S. population is not widespread. → Read More
Boosted Funding, New Forester To Help San Diego Meet Its Tree Planting Goal
San Diego's recently installed forester says his department has an additional $300,000 in funding to plant new trees, as the city moves towards its goal of 15 percent canopy cover by 2020. → Read More
Astronaut Scott Kelly On His Yearlong Journey To Space And Back
Astronaut Scott Kelly has been back on Earth for over a year now, after setting a record for the single-longest American space mission. But in a sense, his mission is far from over. → Read More
Harvard Professor To Critique U.S. Foreign Policy In San Diego Speech
Harvard international affairs professor Stephen Walt is in favor of using America’s military forces as sparingly as possible and saw some promise in President Trump’s campaign promises. But since the election, Walt sees Trump as basically following the status quo. → Read More
Lawsuit Seeks To Curb California Voting Rights Act, Local District Elections
Former Poway mayor Don Higginson wants to stop the city from electing its city council based on districts and arguing the California Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. → Read More
Frida Kahlo Joins Latin American 'Modern Masters' At San Diego Museum Of Art
The museum is showing nearly 100 works from the collection of Juan Antonio Pérez Simón, a major Latin American art collector. → Read More
San Diego Federal Judge Calls Out County Child Welfare Policy
U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez ruled Child Welfare Service's policy of interviewing young children without a warrant or parental consent is unconstitutional. → Read More
San Diego Police Chief Search Wraps Up Community Forums
Forum participants are asked for the top issues the next chief should address and what qualities they should possess. City officials expect to announce their final pick in January. → Read More
Average Rent Hit Record High In San Diego County
The average rental price in San Diego County hit a record high of $1,875 last month, growing faster than home price increases. → Read More
Do More Guns Make People Safer? Research Says No
Gun advocates often claim that gun owners make the country safer, because responsible gun owners can stop criminals from committing gun violence. But science reporter Melinda Wenner Moyer looked into what decades of gun research has shown about gun violence and the answer is the exact opposite. → Read More
Documentary Shows What It's Like To Be Homeless In San Diego
San Diego businessman Dennis Stein wanted to hear and document the story of what it is like to be homeless in San Diego and what city leaders are doing about the problem. He met Tony Rodriquez, who is homeless and lives downtown, and together they made a movie. → Read More
Chamber Of Commerce Brings Binational Delegation To Lobby D.C. Leaders
A trade delegation of officials from San Diego and Tijuana is visiting Washington, D.C. this week, meeting with officials to discuss homelessness funding, ports of entry renovations and health care policy. → Read More
Community Choice Aggregation Critics Want San Diego To Slow Down
Critics of San Diego's move toward community choice aggregation have formed a coalition questioning a potential plan to let the city buy power separately from San Diego Gas & Electric. → Read More
GamerGate Target Zoë Quinn Pushes Back Against Online Trolls
Video game designer Zoe Quinn was the target of an online harassment campaign in 2014. She received rape and death threats, people hacked her accounts, stalked her in person and threatened her family. → Read More
Two Chances To See Monet Paintings This Fall In Balboa Park
His paintings gave a name to the impressionist movement and his life spanned to the beginnings of modern art. The 19th-Century French painter Claude Monet's works are celebrated in museums around the world, and this fall they will be celebrated in Balboa Park. → Read More