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1KPBS-TV Programming Schedule – August 2020

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CURIOUS GEORGE SESAME STREETDANIEL TIGER’S

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ASK THIS OLD HOUSE

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COOK’S COUNTRY

PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE

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RICK STEVES EUROPE KEN KRAMER’SABOUT SAN DIEGOHISTORIC PLACES

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2 KPBS-TV Programming Schedule – August 2020

Saturday, August 16:00PM KPBS Lawrence Welk Show Grammy Award-winning songs

“Little Green Apples” and “Catch a Falling Star” are sung by Clay Hart and Dick Dale and the Girls.

KPBS 2 PBS NewsHour Weekend6:30 KPBS 2 Coronavirus: KPBS News

Special Report7:00 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow Osborne House 1: Fiona Bruce

and the team are at Osborne, Queen Victoria’s seaside home on the Isle of Wight. Finds include a locket with a secret and a Faberge treasure.

KPBS 2 Neil Diamond: Hot August Night III

Neil Diamond’s triumphant return to the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles in August 2012 is chronicled.

7:30 KPBS Upstart Crow I Did Adore A Twinkling Star: Will

must write a romance set in an exotic foreign location. Meanwhile Kate has fallen for Marlowe.

8:00 KPBS Father Brown The River Corrupted: Sid returns to

Kembleford to ask his old family to help save his new one.

8:30 KPBS 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s Veneto: Verona, Padua, and

Ravenna: In the shadow of Venice, the three great cities of Padua, Verona and Ravenna are explored.

9:00 KPBS Neil Diamond: Hot August Night III


KPBS 2 KPBS Saturday Movie Anzio (1968): Starring Robert

Mitchum and Peter Falk, the story of one of WWIIs bloodiest battles as the Allies smash the German lines which have enclosed the Anzio beachhead.

10:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe Greek Islands: Santorini, Mykonos,

and Rhodes: Rick island-hops through the Aegean, sampling the Greek getaways of Santorini, Mykonos and Rhodes.

11:00 KPBS Professor T Double Life: A missing law student

puzzles the investigation team, who slowly uncover a number of hidden secrets.

KPBS 2 America ReFramed Perfectly Normal for Me:

Alexandria, Jake, Caitlin and Veronica, ages 5 to 15, prepare for an exciting spring dance recital made possible by the dedicated involvement of parents, teenage volunteer helpers, choreographers and physical therapists who believe in them and support their dreams.

Sunday, August 26:00PM KPBS Endeavour Season 6

On MASTERPIECE Confection: Season finale. A triple

murder exposes the secrets of a village in the grip of some very deadly rumors.

6:30 KPBS 2 Neil Diamond: Hot August Night III


7:30 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow Osborne House 1: Fiona Bruce

and the team are at Osborne, Queen Victoria’s seaside home on the Isle of Wight. Finds include a locket with a secret and a Faberge treasure.


8:00 KPBS The Great British Baking Show

The Final: The finalists wrestle with meringues and create a British classic with only one recipe instruction.

KPBS 2 Animals with Cameras, A Nature Miniseries

The secret lives of animals are showcased as animals with cameras capture unprecedented behavior.

9:00 KPBS Endeavour Season 6 On MASTERPIECE

Deguello: The collapse of a tower block reveals a clue that may uncover the truth behind a haunting crime.

KPBS 2 NOVA Making North America: Human:

Discover the challenges faced and the wealth uncovered as humans take over the continent.

10:00 KPBS 2 Power Trip: The Story of Energy

Transportation: Discover how energy changes the way wealth is concentrated in the modern world.

10:30 KPBS Family of Us: A PBS American Portrait Story

See a moving and meaningful picture of families in America today and the way these relationships shape us. Families of all shapes and sizes give us a look into their lives, revealing how we value our families now more than ever.

11:00 KPBS Great Performances Noel Coward’s Present Laughter:

Enjoy Kevin Kline, Kate Burton, Cobie Smulders in Noel Coward’s comedy about a self-obsessed actor.

KPBS 2 Great White Shark: New Perspectives on an Ancient Predator

Come along for a groundbreaking look at an ancient and amazing creature that has adapted and prospered through two mass extinctions and, today, has only one mortal enemy: Us.

Monday, August 37:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Power Trip: The Story of

Energy Transportation: TRANSPORTATION

traces a centuries-long journey across the world to show us the energy that brings us modern transportation.

8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Boston: Highlights include

a violin attributed to Johannes B. Ceruti and an 1836 Joseph H. Davis painting.

KPBS 2 Ken Kramer’s About San Diego

Among this week’s treats, we visit a wonderful and little known exhibit in Balboa Park; uncover the mystery of The Lemon Grove Lips, learn about the most unusual inauguration in San Diego’s political history, and discover why there is no Kearny Mesa!

8:30 KPBS 2 Reflect Richard Williams - Going The

Distance: This episode features 80-year-old Richard at the Hotel Del, running in Balboa Park, in and around Coronado, and in the America’s Finest City Half Marathon.


9:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Tucson, Hour Two: Experts reveal

fascinating truths about family heirlooms, yard sale bargains and long-lost items.

KPBS 2 San Diego’s Historic Places

Restaurants: Find out the stories behind San Diego’s oldest historic restaurants, some of which are more than 100 years old. Join us for another great episode of San Diego’s Historic Places with host Elsa Sevilla.

9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Tijuana Swap Meet: With all sorts

of things to see, food to eat, and junk to buy, the Tijuana swap meet is a must-do. Follow Jorge Meraz as he meanders through the colorful vendor tents, chats with a swap meet enthusiast and learns about the kinds of people that frequent these meets.

10:00 KPBS Billy Connolly’s Great American Trail

Part 1 of 3. Billy Connolly follows the trail of the early settlers from Massachusetts to Nashville.

KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up Matisyahu: Since the release of

Matisyahu’s wildly popular 2005 release “King Without A Crown,” Matisyahu’s affinity for musical improvisation, aligned with his unwavering spirituality, have made his passionate blend of reggae unlike any other.

11:00 KPBS POV Chez Jolie Coiffure: A charismatic

woman and her employees work in a shop in Brussels and discuss life back in Cameroon.

KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition

Tuesday, August 47:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 The Forsyte Saga Episode 8: Most everyone is upset

at the death of Philip Bosinney. Young Jolyon suspects that it may have been a suicide - his cousin George Forsyte told him of his encounter with Bosinney in the street - but does his best to hide the facts as they are known to him.

8:00 KPBS Reagan: American Experience

Lifeguard: Recall the life of the man who saw himself as the defender of the “shining city on a hill” and became one of the most popular presidents of the 20th century — and one of the most controversial.

KPBS 2 Grantchester Season 2 On MASTERPIECE

Episode One: Sidney is suspected of murder, along with others. Geordie makes up his mind about who will hang.

9:00 KPBS 2 Endeavour Season 6 On MASTERPIECE

Deguello: The collapse of a tower block reveals a clue that may uncover the truth behind a haunting crime.

10:00 KPBS Statecraft: The Bush 41 Team

The presidency of George H.W. Bush and the expertise of his foreign policy team are examined.

10:30 KPBS 2 Family of Us: A PBS American Portrait Story



11:00 KPBS Independent Lens Shadow World: The shocking

realities of the global arms trade are revealed.


Wednesday, August 57:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Shakespeare & Hathaway-

Private Investigators How The Rogue Roar’d: When

Frank and Lu are hired to help close down an old bingo hall, Frank is surprised to find an old nemesis at work. But what is he really up to?

8:00 KPBS Animals with Cameras, A Nature Miniseries

Deep-dive with Chilean devil rays in the Azores and track brown bears’ diets in Turkey.

KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow Vintage Philadelphia: Phenomenal

Philadelphia finds from 2006 include an asscher-cut yellow diamond ring from around 1930.

9:00 KPBS NOVA Rise of the Mammals: A new trove

of fossils reveals how mammals took over Earth after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

KPBS 2 War When Things Get Tough: Ken

Burns examines the impenetrable force of the German war machine as they occupied most of Western Europe.

10:00 KPBS Power Trip: The Story of Energy

Wealth: Learn how cities consume 40% of U.S. energy. The futures of cities and energy are closely connected.

11:00 KPBS Forces of Nature Color: The shadows of the forces

that govern the Earth can be seen in the shapes of nature surrounding us.


Thursday, August 67:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Animals with Cameras, A

Nature Miniseries Witness the secret lives of

animals as never before, as this three-part series uncovers truly unprecedented behavior. See a side of the animal kingdom where human cameramen can’t go when animals become the cinematographers.

8:00 KPBS Ken Kramer’s About San Diego

Among this weeks treats, we visit a wonderful and little known exhibit in Balboa Park; uncover the mystery of The Lemon Grove Lips, learn about the most unusual inauguration in San Diego’s political history, and discover why there is no Kearny Mesa!

KPBS 2 Secrets of the Dead Galileo’s Moon: Experts examine

an alleged proof copy of Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius with the astronomer’s signature.

8:30 KPBS Reflect Fred Davis - Putting Community

First: This episode features 70-year-old San Diego leader Fred Davis at the West Senior Center, working with the California State Senior Legislature, and taking care of his grandson.


9:00 KPBS San Diego’s Historic Places Mid-Century Modern In San Diego:

Find out how San Diegans are now restoring Mid-Century Modern homes from the 1940s through 1970s on this episode of San Diego’s Historic Places.

KPBS 2 Life from Above Patterned Planet: Discover the

weird and wonderful shapes that cover Earth’s surface as seen from space.

9:30 KPBS Crossing South Tijuana Swap Meet: With all sorts

of things to see, food to eat, and junk to buy, the Tijuana swap meet is a must-do. Follow Jorge Meraz as he meanders through the colorful vendor tents, chats with a swap meet enthusiast and learns about the kinds of people that frequent these meets.

10:00 KPBS Vera Muddy Waters: Vera investigates

the death of an unidentified man dredged up from a slurry pit on a remote Northumberland farm.

KPBS 2 Life from Above Changing Planet: Cameras in space

show growing cities, disappearing forests, melting glaciers and more changes.

11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition11:30 KPBS Born to Explore with

Richard Wiese South Africa: Land of the Penguins:

Explorer Richard Wiese travels to South Africa and discovers the charm of Capetown’s penguins.

KPBS 2 BBC World News

Friday, August 77:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Ride Along The Lincoln

Highway Travel with Rick Sebak on

America’s first transcontinental highway and check out the changing landscape from Times Square to San Francisco. This road show incorporates culture, history, food, family, traditions and the changing way of the automobile.

8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 Theatre Corner We sit down with actors Dule Hill

(Psych, The West Wing) and Daniel J. Watts (Hamilton) at the Geffen Playhouse to discuss their roles in the hit new musical, “Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole”.

8:30 KPBS Coronavirus: KPBS News Special Report

KPBS 2 Beyond The Canvas BEYOND THE CANVAS features

the best arts and culture reporting from PBS NewsHour’s CANVAS arts series. Each episode is built around a specific theme using artist profiles and NewsHour’s first person narrative segments to explore the idea.

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9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Sh*T Happens: Dr. Martin

announces on his new radio show that there is something dangerous in the public pool.

KPBS 2 Great Performances In The Heights: Chasing Broadway

Dreams: Follows the cast and creative team from the musical’s small start to its Tony Award-winning status.

10:00 KPBS Shakespeare & Hathaway-Private Investigators

See Thyself, Devil!: When a washed up rockstar thinks the devil is trying to kill him, Frank and Lu find themselves in a race to uncover the truth before the killer strikes again.

KPBS2 International Jazz Day From

From Cuba: World-renowned artists come together for an International Jazz Day celebration in Havana, Cuba.

11:00 KPBS Live at the Belly Up Yonder Mountain String Band:

Each live performance of the Progressive Bluegrass group Yonder Mountain String Band is promised to be unique from the

last, and after almost a year since the release of their last studio album “Black Sheep,” who knows what surprises await?


Saturday, August 86:00PM KPBS Lawrence Welk Show Keep A Song In Your Heart: Myron

Floren and JoAnn Castle team up for a rare accordion duet and Arthur Duncan is “Runnin’ Wild.”

KPBS 2 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 KPBS2 Coronavirus: KPBS News

Special Report7:00 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow Floors Castle 2: Fiona Bruce and

the team return to Floors Castle in Scotland. Finds include Robert Burns memorabilia, a diamond pendant and a jade figurine.

KPBS 2 Latin Fury LATIN FURY showcases the vocal

talents of Marc Devigne, Antonio Larosa and Michael Murphy. The debonair trio, with an album and tour on the way, deliver a high-energy performance filled with the Latin rhythms and sounds viewers know and love.

7:30 KPBS Upstart Crow Food of Love: Will has invented an

amazing new dramatic form: the musical! He needs the help of a great songwriter.

8:00 KPBS Father Brown The Curse of the Aesthetic: Father

Brown must discover who’s out to kill a tortured artist before it’s too late.

8:30 KPBS 2 Rick Steves’ Europe The Netherlands Beyond

Amsterdam: Charming Dutch sights are visited from Haarlem to Rotterdam and from Delft to the Zuiderzee.

In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams, August 7 at 9:00 p.m.

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KPBS 2 KPBS Saturday Movie Dick (1999): Two girls wander away

from a White House tour and meet President Nixon. Stars Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams.

10:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe European Festivals I: Siena’s Palio

horse race, the Scottish Highland Games and Carnevale in Venice are highlighted.

KPBS 2 Family of Us: A PBS American Portrait Story


11:00 KPBS Professor T The Hotel Murder: Professor

T decides to launch his own investigation into the murder of a plastic surgeon.

KPBS 2 America ReFramed Gentlemen of Vision: Gentlemen

of Vision (GOV) follows a year in the life of coach, counselor and founder, Marlon Wharton, and his 2015-2016 class of young Black students as he strives to rewrite their future prospects.

Sunday, August 96:00PM KPBS Endeavour Season 6 On

MASTERPIECE Deguello: The collapse of a

tower block reveals a clue that may uncover the truth behind a haunting crime.

6:30 KPBS 2 Latin Fury LATIN FURY showcases the vocal


7:30 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow Floors Castle 2: Fiona Bruce and

the team return to Floors Castle in Scotland. Finds include Robert Burns memorabilia, a diamond pendant and a jade figurine.

Endeavour Season 7 on MASTERPIECE, August 9 at 9:00 p.m.

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8:00 KPBS The Great British Baking Show

The Final: The three remaining bakers attempt pastry perfection with a Pithivier. Chiffon sponge is prepared.

KPBS 2 Animals with Cameras, A Nature Miniseries

Deep-dive with Chilean devil rays in the Azores and track brown bears’ diets in Turkey.


Oracle: Season premiere. Thursday tries to catch a murderer in Oxford. Old friendships show signs of strain for Morse.

KPBS 2 NOVA Rise of the Mammals: A new trove

of fossils reveals how mammals took over Earth after the extinction of the dinosaurs.


Wealth: Learn how cities consume 40% of U.S. energy. The futures of cities and energy are closely connected.

11:00 KPBS Great Performances In The Heights: Chasing Broadway

Dreams: Follows the cast and creative team from the musical’s small start to its Tony Award-winning status.

KPBS 2 Animal Babies: First Year On Earth

Testing Limits: The new challenges baby animals face once they can get around on their own are highlighted.

Monday, August 107:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Power Trip:

The Story of Energy Wealth: WEALTH traces a

centuries-long journey across the world to show us the energy that gives us wealth.

8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Tucson, Hour Three: Journey to

Tucson to discover fantastic finds, including a 1994 Pete Seeger original song.


We go back to the early days of Downtown baseball; remember San Diego’s “Chinatown”; consider San Diego’s role in the early days of the manned space program; and visit a community where the ostrich is king! Plus, “Guess The Year” and more!

8:30 KPBS 2 Reflect Fred Davis - Putting Community

First: This episode features 70-year-old San Diego leader Fred Davis at the West Senior Center, working with the California State Senior Legislature, and taking care of his grandson.

9:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Omaha, Hour One: Journey to

Omaha to learn more about amazing vintage finds, including a 1939 Grant Wood “Fertility” lithograph, a Daytona model Rolex from around 1970 with its box and papers, and Prohibition liquor bottles, ca. 1925. Can you guess which is $100,000?

KPBS 2 San Diego’s Historic Places Mid-Century Modern In San Diego:

Find out how San Diegans are now restoring Mid-Century Modern homes from the 1940s through 1970s on this episode of San Diego’s Historic Places.


9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Baja Art & Technology: Tijuana

Innovadora shows off innovation, Mazateno tacos serves us flavor, and Entijuanarte gives us art. We visit the “Tijuana Innovadora” event which showcases all the industry innovations and technology going on South of the border.


Part 2 of 3. Billy Connolly follows the trail of the early settlers from Massachusetts to Nashville.

KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up Yonder Mountain String Band:

Each live performance of the Progressive Bluegrass group Yonder Mountain String Band is promised to be unique from the last, and after almost a year since the release of their last studio album “Black Sheep,” who knows what surprises await?

11:00 KPBS POV About Love: Power structures

become visible when a daughter turns the camera towards her family in Mumbai.


Tuesday, August 117:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS2 The Forsyte Saga Episode 9: The Forsyte family,

including Soames and Annette’s daughter, Fleur, gathers in London when June arrives with her half-brother Jon (son of young Jolyon and Irene). Eleven years later, in 1920, Fleur and Jon meet again, unaware of their family connection.

8:00 KPBS Reagan: American Experience

An American Crusade: Ronald Reagan spent two terms in office as one of the most popular and controversial presidents.


Episode Two: A professor dies in a suspicious fall and a government agent warns Geordie to back off the case.

9:00 KPBS 2 Endeavour Season 7 On MASTERPIECE

Oracle: Thursday tries to catch a murderer in Oxford. Old friendships show signs of strain for Morse.

10:00 KPBS FRONTLINE A mother’s fight to survive COVID

and see her newborn baby. How the coronavirus hit one immigrant family, their struggle to be reunited, and the community that rallied around them.

11:00 KPBS Positive All The Way The Paralympic movement’s

revolution is explored and its founder Sir Philip Craven is profiled.


Wednesday, August 127:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Shakespeare & Hathaway-

Private Investigators See Thyself, Devil!: When a washed

up rockstar thinks the devil is trying to kill him, Frank and Lu find themselves in a race to uncover the truth before the killer strikes again.

8:00 KPBS Nature Undercover in the Jungle: A film

crew journeys to the untouched wilderness of biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest.

KPBS2 Antiques Roadshow Omaha, Hour One: Journey to

Omaha to learn more about amazing vintage finds, including a 1939 Grant Wood “Fertility” lithograph, a Daytona model Rolex from around 1970 with its box


and papers, and Prohibition liquor bottles, ca. 1925. Can you guess which is $100,000?

9:00 KPBS NOVA Decoding The Great Pyramid:

Archaeologists investigate how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids of Giza.

KPBS2 War A Deadly Calling: Ken Burns

examines the reaction to the war as the public begins to see the toll it’s taking on the troops.


Cities: Travel across the centuries to discover the energy that brings us modern transportation.

11:00 KPBS Forces of Nature Motion: The forces of nature have

kept Earth on the move since it was formed billions of years ago.


Thursday, August 137:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Nature Undercover in the Jungle: Go

undercover with a film crew on a perilous journey to the untouched wilderness of biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest. Meet some of the most incredible creatures, frompygmy marmosets to pumas, as the wild secrets of the jungle are revealed.


We go back to the early days of Downtown baseball; remember San Diego’s “Chinatown”; consider San Diego’s role in the early days of the manned space program; and visit a community where the ostrich is king! Plus, “Guess The Year” and more!

KPBS 2 Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A Generation: American Experience

This film brings the three-day concert to life through the voices of those who were at Woodstock.

8:30 KPBS Reflect Carmen Bianchi - Unlocking Doors:

This episode features 69-year-old active educator Carmen Bianchi at SDSU, with colleagues, in Denver with her family, and around the Del Mar area where she lives.

9:00 KPBS San Diego’s Historic Places WWII In San Diego: As World War

II waged on in Europe, San Diego became a key part of the war. Find out how the city of San Diego became unrecognizable as fears of a Japanese attack on the West Coast became very real.

9:30 KPBS Crossing South Baja Art & Technology: Tijuana

Innovadora shows off innovation, Mazateno tacos serves us flavor, and Entijuanarte gives us art. We visit the “Tijuana Innovadora” event which showcases all the industry innovations and technology going on South of the border.

10:00 KPBS Vera Shadows in the Sky: Vera uncovers

a life of secrets and lies when a well-loved family man plummets to his death from a multi-story car park.

KPBS 2 Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution

The struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans is chronicled.

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Friday, August 147:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Ice Cream Show The history of ice cream, the best

locations and how to make it.8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 Theatre Corner We catch up with actor Alimi

Ballard (Queen of the South, Numb3rs) and opera singer Michelle Bradley.


KPBS 2 Great Performances Much Ado About Nothing:

A modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s romantic classic stars Danielle Brooks and an all black cast.

9:00 KPBS Doc Martin The Portwenn Effect: Martin makes

a house call to the park ranger, who introduces him to a six-foot, red squirrel.


The Sticking Place: Long-buried secrets are unearthed when Frank and Lu come to the aid of a community of allotment holders who are being threatened with eviction.

11:00 KPBS Live at the Belly Up Johnny Clegg: Johnny Clegg

recently became a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. He has always been a political and social advocate for South Africa which is greatly reflected in his lyrics. His upbeat music will make you groove, while making you think at the same time!


Saturday, August 156:00PM KPBS Lawrence Welk Show Those Were The Days: Sandi, Gail

and Mary Lou sing “Apple Blossom Time” and Anacani performs “Besame Mucho.”

KPBS 2 PBS NewsHour Weekend6:30 KPBS 2 Coronavirus: KPBS News

Special Report 7:00 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow Cardiff Castle 1: Fiona Bruce

and the team visit Cardiff Castle. Treasures range from a simple pottery jug given as a love token, to an early Hockney print found in a junk shop.

KPBS 2 Rise Up: Songs of the Women’s Movement

Celebrate the centennial of women’s right to vote through popular music with great performances.

7:31 KPBS Upstart Crow Beware My Sting: Will’s story of

strong-willed lady humiliated by a man doesn’t go down well the women in his life.

8:01 KPBS Father Brown The Fall of the House of St

Gardner: A gossip columnist is murdered after threatening to expose the secrets of a fashion house.

8:30 KPBS 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Prague: Prague’s massive castle,

statue-lined bridge, evocative Jewish Quarter and more are visited.

9:00 KPBS Rise Up: Songs of the Women’s Movement


KPBS 2 KPBS Saturday Movie Gattaca (1997): Vincent Freeman

(Ethan Hawke) has always fantasized about traveling into


outer space, but is grounded by his status as a genetically inferior

“in-valid.” He decides to fight his fate by purchasing the genes of Jerome Morrow (Jude Law), a laboratory-engineered “valid.”

10:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe European Festivals II: Rick dances

with Spaniards at Sevilla’s April Fair, celebrates Bastille Day in Paris and more.

KPBS 2 Family of Us: A PBS American Portrait Story


11:00 KPBS Professor T Tamara: A call girl’s suicide

perplexes the police. Professor T knows more about the victim than he lets on.

KPBS 2 America ReFramed Agents of Change: Agents of

Change looks at a pivotal moment when our nation was caught at the intersection of the Civil Rights, Black Power, and Anti-Vietnam War Movements. The film examines the racial conditions on college campuses across the U.S., focusing on two seminal protests: San Francisco State in 1968 and Cornell University in 1969.

Sunday, August 166:00PM KPBS Last Tango In Halifax An unexpected visitor forces Alan

to think about his past, making Gillian and Caroline anxious.

6:30 KPBS 2 Rise Up: Songs of the Women’s Movement


7:00 KPBS Last Tango In Halifax Alan finally lets Celia into his secret

about Gary, but is saddened when Celia punishes Caroline.

8:00 KPBS Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album

Lucky Worsley explores how the British royal family has shaped their image with photography.

KPBS 2 Nature Undercover in the Jungle: A film

crew journeys to the untouched wilderness of biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest.


Raga: A clash between rival gangs results in tragedy and the investigations lead Morse to a familiar face.

KPBS 2 NOVA Decoding The Great Pyramid:

Archaeologists investigate how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids of Giza.


Cities: Travel across the centuries to discover the energy that brings us modern transportation.


11:00 KPBS Great Performances Much Ado About Nothing:

A modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s romantic classic stars Danielle Brooks and an all black cast.

KPBS 2 Great Yellowstone Thaw Cameras continue to follow the

wildlife dramas in Yellowstone as Spring brings many new challenges.

Monday, August 177:00PM KPBS 2 Power Trip: The Story of

Energy Cities: Cities shape our relationship

with the natural and built environment and consume 40% of U.S. energy. CITIES traces a centuries-long journey across the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and North America to show us the energy that gave us modern cities.

8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 6: Fantastic

items include a Ty Cobb game-used baseball bat and a 1942 Lynn Bogue Hunt painting.


Films made in San Diego. We see clips of some classics. A look at the people and places where movies have been made in Our County. An old film from 75 years ago invites tourists here. We play “guess The Year”...and more!

8:30 KPBS 2 Reflect This episode features 69-year-old

active educator Carmen Bianchi at SDSU, with colleagues, in Denver with her family, and around the Del Mar area where she lives.

9:00 KPBS Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album

Lucky Worsley explores how the British royal family has shaped their image with photography.


WWII In San Diego: As World War II waged on in Europe, San Diego became a key part of the war. Find out how the city of San Diego became unrecognizable as fears of a Japanese attack on the West Coast became very real.

9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Surfing and Poco Cielo: Host Jorge

Meraz travels just south of Rosarito for surf lessons with the “Surf Diva,” then explores Poco Cielo, a local bed and breakfast that features specialty room themes.


Episode 3 of 3. Billy Connolly follows the trail of the early settlers from Massachusetts to Nashville.

KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up Johnny Clegg: Dancer,

anthropologist, singer, songwriter, academic, activist and French knight and recently became a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. He has always been a political and social advocate for South Africa which is greatly reflected in his lyrics. His upbeat music will make you groove, while making you think at the same time!

11:00 KPBS America’s Socialist Experiment

The victories and failures of a unique brand of socialism in Milwaukee, Wisconsin are chronicled.



Tuesday, August 187:00PM KPBS2 The Forsyte Saga Episode 10: Fleur visits a farm

where Jon is working. Young Jolyon asks Soames to stop Fleur seeing his son.

8:00 KPBS Across The Pacific Airborne: Charles Lindbergh and

other aviation pioneers struggle to find a place in post-World War I aviation. Part 1 of 3.

KPBS2 Grantchester Season 2 On MASTERPIECE

Episode Three: Sidney and Geordieanswer a false alarm, which turns into a real murder investigation.

9:00 KPBS Across The Pacific Latin Laboratory: Charles

Lindbergh and other aviation pioneers prepare for their ultimate goal of flying the oceans. Part 2 of 3.

KPBS 2 Endeavour Season 7 On MASTERPIECE

Raga: A clash between rival gangs results in tragedy and the investigations lead Morse to a familiar face.

10:00 KPBS FRONTLINE Amazon Empire: The Rise of Jeff

Bezos: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ ascent to power and the global impact of the empire he built are examined.


Wednesday, August 197:00PM KPBS 2 Shakespeare & Hathaway-

Private Investigators The Sticking Place: Long-buried

secrets are unearthed when Frank and Lu come to the aid of a community of allotment holders who are being threatened with eviction.

8:00 KPBS Nature Nature’s Miniature Miracles:

Survival stories of the world’s smallest animals, including a tiny sengi a small shark, are shared.

KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow Recut Politically Collect 2: A

Congressional desk and chair, 20th century presidential autographs and more items are appraised.

8:30 KPBS 2 War Pride of Our Nation: Ken Burns

examines the invasion of Europe, as a million and a half Allied troops landed in France in 1944.

9:00 KPBS Great White Shark: New Perspectives on an Ancient Predator

Come along for a groundbreaking look at an ancient and amazing creature that has adapted and prospered through two mass extinctions and, today, has only one mortal enemy: Us.


War: Discover how energy, depending on how it’s used, can lead to either peace or conflict.

11:00 KPBS Red Power Energy Told from the American Indian

perspective, this film reframes today’s complex energy debate.



Thursday, August 207:00PM KPBS 2 Nature Nature’s Miniature Miracles: Great

things come in small packages and animals are no exception to the rule. Learn the epic survival stories of the world’s smallest animals as NATURE shines a light on these tiny heroes who have evolved extraordinary skills.


Films made in San Diego. We see clips of some classics. A look at the people and places where movies have been made in Our County. An old film from 75 years ago invites tourists here. We play “guess The Year”...and more!

KPBS 2 Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World

A celebration of the artistic legacy of the Muslim world provides a window into Islamic culture.

8:30 KPBS Reflect William Kelly - Making A

Difference: William Kelly, 69 is an activist in the LGBT community who has worked to support and establish rights for LGBT seniors. He helped bring the first LGBT senior housing community to San Diego, only one of three in the country. This episode features William’s endless efforts to help those in need and his 37 year marriage with his husband Bob. William’s husband Bob, colleagues and friends will be featured in this episode.

9:00 KPBS San Diego’s Historic Places Old Town - Mexican Period: Get a

closer look at the historic adobe houses and the original artifacts in Old Town Historic State Park and the first families and the original artifacts that reside there. On this episode, we hear from

an archaeologist, a historian, and first family descendants nine generations later.

9:30 KPBS Crossing South Surfing and Poco Cielo: Host Jorge

Meraz travels just south of Rosarito for surf lessons with the “Surf Diva,” then explores Poco Cielo, a local bed and breakfast that features specialty room themes.

KPBS 2 Independent Lens Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story

of Black Colleges and Universities: The pivotal role historically black colleges and universities have played in America is explored.

10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders The Made-To-Measure Murders:

The widow of a tailor is murdered on her way to the vicarage. Soon after, the vicar is also murdered.


Friday, August 217:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Few Good Pie Places There are delicious pies for sale

at shops, restaurants, cafes and roadside stands across America. So, in this delicious documentary we celebrate A Few Good Pie Places where people still make flaky crusts and scrumptious fillings.

8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 Theatre Corner Theatre Corner sits down with

actor/comedian Mark Christopher Lawrence (Chuck, The Pursuit of Happyness) and artistic director L. Peter Callender.



the best arts and culture reporting from PBS NewsHour’s CANVAS arts series. Each episode is built


around a specific theme using artist profiles and NewsHour’s first person narrative segments to explore the idea.

9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Of All The Harbors In All The

Towns: An old flame of Aunt Joan sails back into her life, but Martin discovers he is seriously ill.

KPBS 2 Great Performances Twilight: Los Angeles: Anna

Deavere Smith stars in a one-woman/multi-voiced production about the 1992 Los Angeles riots.


A Serpent’s Tooth: 10:30 KPBS 2 Theatre Corner Theatre Corner sits down with

actor/comedian Mark Christopher Lawrence (Chuck, The Pursuit of Happyness) and artistic director L. Peter Callender.

11:00 KPBS Live at the Belly Up Nahko & Medicine for the People:

The oral tradition of storytelling is so important for our generation and part of what Nahko and Medicine for the People are trying to convey is accountability and empowerment through their music.


Saturday, August 226:00PM KPBS Lawrence Welk Show Episode to Be Announced KPBS 2 PBS NewsHour Weekend6:30 KPBS 2 Coronavirus: KPBS News

Special Report 7:00 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow Minehead Railway Station 2: Fiona

Bruce and the team visit Minehead Railway Station, where items include a 19th-century washing machine and an exquisite miniature of Napoleon.

KPBS 2 INXS: Live Baby Live The rock band INXS performs for

72,000 wildly enthusiastic fans at London’s Wembley Stadium in 1991.

7:31 KPBS Upstart Crow Sweet Sorrow: Will has finished

Romeo and Juliet and now there is s a lot of competition for who will play Juliet.

8:01 KPBS Father Brown The Tower of Lost Souls: Father

Brown joins forces with Chief Inspector Valentine to uncover a dark secret at Helmsley House.

8:30 KPBS 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Berlin: Berlin’s trendy east side,

people-friendly riverfront and its vibrant social scene are explored.

9:00 KPBS Inxs: Live Baby Live The rock band INXS performs for


KPBS 2 KPBS Saturday Movie Agatha Christie’s The Witness for

the Prosecution: In 1920s London, a young chancer is accused of the brutal murder of a glamorous and rich woman.

10:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe The Best of Sicily: Sicilian

highlights include the slopes of Mount Etna and Roman mosaics at the Villa of Casale.

11:00 KPBS Professor T The Mask Murders: A crime occurs

that is identical to a double murder solve byCommissioner Flamant fifteen years ago.

KPBS 2 Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World

A celebration of the artistic legacy of the Muslim world provides a window into Islamic culture.


Sunday, August 236:00PM KPBS Last Tango In Halifax Celia builds bridges with Alan and

accepts Gary into her life, despite her initial reservations.

6:30 KPBS 2 Inxs: Live Baby Live The rock band INXS performs for


7:00 KPBS Last Tango In Halifax Caroline is overwhelmed at the

prospect of looking after baby Flora, until a stranger appears.

8:00 KPBS Secrets of the Royal Jewels Take a closer look at the tiaras,

earrings, rings and neckpieces that make up the royal collection.

KPBS 2 Nature Nature’s Miniature Miracles:

Survival stories of the world’s smallest animals, including a tiny sengi a small shark, are shared.


In Season 7, Endeavour and his colleagues enter a new decade and era of change. However, the events of the past year have left their mark: old friendships will be challenged, and new relationships will blossom.

KPBS2 Great White Shark: New Perspectives on an Ancient Predator

Come along for a groundbreaking look at an ancient and amazing

creature that has adapted and prospered through two mass extinctions and, today, has only one mortal enemy: Us.

10:00 KPBS2 Power Trip: The Story of Energy

War: Discover how energy, depending on how it’s used, can lead to either peace or conflict.

11:00 KPBS Great Performances Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The

King and I: A British school teacher instructs the royal children of the King of Siam in this beloved musical.

KPBS 2 Supernature - Wild Flyers Masters of the Sky: The extremes

of true flight power, acceleration, speed, maneuverability and endurance are explored.

Monday, August 247:00PM KPBS 2 Power Trip: The Story of

Energy War: Energy done the right way

can lead to peace, energy done the wrong way leads to instability and conflict. WAR traces a centuries-long journey across the world to show us how energy changed the way we fight wars.

8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow The Best of 20: Favorite appraisals

include a Navajo Ute First Phase Blanket and a Tang Dynasty marble lion.


Why are there ornamental gates around one San Diego community? Whatever happened to the steamship Orizaba? In what residential neighborhood was one of the biggest auto races in San Diego history held? So much more!

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8:30 KPBS2 Reflect William Kelly - Making A

Difference: This episode features 69-year-old William Kelly’s endless efforts to help those in need in the LGBT community and his 37-year marriage with his husband Bob.

9:00 KPBS Secrets of the Royal Jewels Take a closer look at the tiaras,

earrings, rings and neckpieces that make up the royal collection.


Old Town - Mexican Period: Get a closer look at the historic adobe houses and the original artifacts in Old Town Historic State Park. On this episode, we hear from an archaeologist, a historian, and first family descendants nine generations later.

9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South La Justina and Tijuana’s Culinary

School: Revolution Avenue is experiencing a fresh culinary revival that is turning its tourist trap reputation on its head. We visit La Justina, a trendy restaurant co-owned American Chef Chad White, and visit Tijuana’s Culinary Art School.

10:00 KPBS POV Dark Money: An investigative

reporter exposes the shadowy world of unlimited, anonymous campaign contributions.

KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up Nahko & Medicine for the People:

The oral tradition of storytelling is so important for our generation and part of what Nahko and Medicine for the People are try to convey is accountability and empowerment through their music.

11:00 KPBS2 KPBS Evening Edition

Tuesday, August 257:00PM KPBS2 The Forsyte Saga Episode 11: Jon and Fleur meet at

Robin Hill, and Fleur relates their parents’ history. Jolyon is still very ill, and Annette is still having an affair. Fleur realizes she may have to break with Jon; her father presses her to marry Michael Mont.

8:00 KPBS Across The Pacific Another Ocean: Aviation pioneers

focus on the Pacific and Pan Am defies skeptics by building an airway to Asia. Part 3 of 3.


Episode Four: An apparent suicide leads Sidney to perform an exorcism. Gary goes on trial. Margaret makes a move.

9:00 KPBS Ball of Confusion: The 1968 Election

The 1968 Presidential election was impacted by assassinations, racial unrest and anti-war protests.

KPBS 2 Endeavour Season 7 On MASTERPIECE

Zenana: Morse investigates an accident at Lady Matilda’s College and becomes convinced it is foul play.

10:00 KPBS FRONTLINE The Facebook Dilemma (Part 1):

Early warnings about Facebook’s impact on privacy and democracy are investigated.

11:00 KPBS FRONTLINE The Facebook Dilemma (Part 2):

Facebook’s response to charges of promoting “fake news” and disrupting American politics.



Wednesday, August 267:00PM KPBS 2 Shakespeare & Hathaway-

Private Investigators A Serpent’s Tooth: After a fatal

accident in a carpet warehouse, the youngest daughter of a carpet king hires Frank and Lu to investigate her own sisters.

8:00 KPBS Nature A Squirrel’s Guide to Success:

Join some of the world’s top squirrel scientists who are making groundbreaking discoveries.

KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow The Best of 20: Favorite appraisals

include a Navajo Ute First Phase Blanket and a Tang Dynasty marble lion.

9:00 KPBS When Whales Walked: Journeys In Deep Time

Scientists follow clues from the fossil record and use technology tmake exciting new discoveries.

KPBS 2 Circus: American Experience

America’s first circus in 1793, the arrival of P. T. Barnum and Ringlingbrothers are highlighted.

11:00 KPBS The Forgotten Coast Three friends leave civilization and

enter the American wilderness on a rugged thousand-mile journey.


Thursday, August 277:00PM KPBS2 Nature Dogs in the Land of Lions: Filmed

over two years by cinematographeKim Wolhuter , NATURE takes viewers into the heart of an Africanwild dog family. When lions kill hermate, a wild dog mother called Puzzles suddenly must raise two generations of pups all on her own.

8:00 KPBS Ken Kramer’s

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community? Whatever happened to the steamship Orizaba? In what residential neighborhood was one of the biggest auto races in San Diego history held? So much more!

KPBS 2 Expedition with Steve Backshall

Oman - Desert Canyon: Steve Backshall plans to drop nearly 400 meters into the deepest canyon in Southern Arabia.

8:30 KPBS Reflect Luis Monge - Intergenerational

Action: Luis Monge, 77 has lived and raised his family in Chula Vista for over 30 years. Influenced by his grandmother as a child, Luis has always understood the importance of intergenerational bonding and helping children grow.

9:00 KPBS San Diego’s Historic Places Balboa Park: Balboa Park was first

known as City Park. It was a land donation to the city by a local businessman and philanthropist who would leave his mark on San Diego. Who were the key players behind the creation of City Park?

KPBS 2 Circus: American Experience

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey merged, but the circus faced competition from radio and movies.

9:30 KPBS Crossing South La Justina and Tijuana’s Culinary


10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders The Sword of Guillaume: A serial

killer swinging an ancient sword murders members of the Causton Chamber of Commerce.



Friday, August 287:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Few Great Bakeries Discover some of the best bakeries

in America.8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 Theatre Corner Host Michael Taylor travels to the

Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles for a conversation with actors DB Woodside (Lucifer, 24) and Kelly McCreary (Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19), who both perform in Dominique Morrisseau’s play, “The Skeleton Crew”.



the best arts and culture reporting from PBS NewsHour’s CANVAS arts series. Each episode is built around a specific theme using artist profiles and NewsHour’s first person narrative segments to explore the idea.

9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Haemophobia: Gossip about

Martin’s blood phobia seems to have spread around the village like wild fire.

KPBS 2 Great Performances Vienna Philharmonic Summer

Night Concert 2019: Conductor Gustavo Dudamel and pianist Yuja Wang perform Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and more.


Thy Fury Spent: A simple missing persons case takes a dramatic turn as Frank and Lu find themselves in the middle of a dispute over the opening of a new Shakespeare centre where it’s clear that no-one is who they seem.

10:30 KPBS2 Theatre Corner Host Michael Taylor travels to the

Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles for a conversation with actors DB Woodside (Lucifer, 24) and Kelly McCreary (Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19), who both perform in Dominique Morrisseau’s play, “The Skeleton Crew”.

11:00 KPBS Live at the Belly Up Soul Rebels Sound System Feat.

Talib Kweli: The New Orleans brass tradition blended with funk, soul, jazz, hip hop and rock. Both artists come together for a very special show charting new territory in hip hop as they combine songs and grooves that celebrate dancing, life, funk and soul.


Saturday, August 296:00PM KPBS Julia Child: Best Bites Chefs and celebrities share

personal insights as they screen Julia Child’s most-beloved episodes.

KPBS2 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 KPBS2 Coronavirus: KPBS News

Special Report7:00 KPBS2 Suze Orman’s Ultimate

Retirement Guide The personal finance expert

provides essential advice on planning for and thriving in retirement.

7:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe Sicilian Delights: Rick dines at the

fisherman’s harbor in Cefal? and ponders ancient Greek greatness in Siracusa.

8:00 KPBS Father Brown The Judgement of Man: Father

Brown becomes embroiled in an audacious art heist masterminded by his adversary Flambeau.


9:00 KPBS Linda Ronstadt: Live In Hollywood

Singer Linda Ronstadt performs “Blue Bayou” and more big hits in an electrifying 1980 concert.

KPBS 2 KPBS Saturday Movie The Way We Were (1973) Set

against the politicalism of pre-WWII and later McCarthyism, a diametrically opposed couple come together only to find that genuine friendship and physical attraction is not enough to overcome fundamental societal beliefs. Starring Babra Streisand and Robert Redford.

10:30 KPBS Growing Bolder’s Launchpad to What’s Next

“Launchpad to What’s Next” is a fast-paced, entertaining and inspirational pledge program that shares the secrets to healthy aging and active longevity.

11:00 KPBS 2 America ReFramed Through The Repellent Fence:

Through the Repellent Fence follows the creation of a two-mile long ephemeral art installation by three Native American artists: Raven Chacon, Cristobal Martinez, and Kade L. Twist collectively known as “Postcommodity.”

Sunday, August 306:00 KPBS Growing Bolder’s

Launchpad to What’s Next “Launchpad to What’s Next” is

a fast-paced, entertaining and inspirational pledge program that shares the secrets to healthy aging and active longevity.

KPBS 2 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide

The personal finance expert provides essential advice on planning for and thriving in retirement.

8:00 KPBS Secrets of Westminster A world of intrigue and traditions

is explored behind the gothic walls of the Houses of Parliament.

KPBS 2 Nature Dogs in the Land of Lions: When

lions kill her mate, a wild African dog mother raises two generations of pups all on her own.

9:00 KPBS Spies of Warsaw Episode One: David Tennant

and Janet Montgomery star in this adaptation of Alan Furst’s celebrated spy novel set in Poland, Paris and Berlin in the years leading up to the Second World War. At the french embassy in Warsaw, the new military attache, Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier, is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of the city. At the same time, the handsome aristocrat is involved in a passionate love affair with a Parisian woman of polish heritage, a lawyer for the league of nations.Risking his life, Mercier works in the shadows amid a remarkable cast of characters, some known to him as spies, some never to be revealed. It is a city where people drink and fight and spy and love, because no one knows what tomorrow will bring.

KPBS 2 When Whales Walked: Journeys In Deep Time

Scientists follow clues from the fossil record and use technology to make exciting new discoveries.

10:00 KPBS Spies of Warsaw Episode Two: Mercier has escaped

a deadly fate inside the German border, but now faces an uncertain future. Episode 2 of 4.


11:00 KPBS Dr. Fuhrmann’s Food as Medicine

Learn how to use food to help prevent disease and improve health with Dr. Joel Fuhrman, expert on nutrition and natural healing, who provides the latest scientific research and practical, easy-to-follow advice.

KPBS 2 Wild Metropolis Commuters: In a modern migration,

animals travel in and out of cities to find food or to start a family.

Monday, August 317:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 NOVA Decoding The Great Pyramid: New

archeological evidence sheds light on the stunning engineering of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Omaha, Hour Three: Travel to

Omaha to see fantastic pieces of history, like a Humphreys’ homeopathic medicine cabinet.


Why are there ornamental gates around one San Diego community? Whatever happened to the steamship Orizaba? In what residential neighborhood was one of the biggest auto races in San Diego history held? So much more!

8:30 KPBS 2 Reflect Luis Monge - Intergenerational

Action: Luis Monge, 77 has lived and raised his family in Chula Vista for over 30 years. Influenced by his grandmother as a child, Luis has always understood the importance of intergenerational bonding and helping children grow.

9:00 KPBS Independent Lens Won’t You Be My Neighbor?: The

legacy of icon Fred Rogers is celebrated in a film from Academy Award winner Morgan Neville.


Balboa Park: Balboa Park was first known as City Park. It was a land donation to the city by a local businessman and philanthropist who would leave his mark on San Diego. Who were the key players behind the creation of City Park?

9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South La Justina and Tijuana’s Culinary


10:00 KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up Soul Rebels Sound System Feat.

Talib Kweli: The New Orleans brass tradition blended with funk, soul, jazz, hip hop and rock. Both artist coming together for a very special show charting new territory in hip hop as they combine songs and grooves that celebrate dancing, life, funk and soul.

11:00 KPBS Feel Better with Pressure Point Therapy

Dr. Michael Pinkus (D.C.) empowers viewers to take pain relief into their own hands. From observations and many years of hands-on application as a successful Doctor of Chiropractic, he derived a technique which he coined “Pressure Point Therapy.”


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