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A koala joey born last fall at the San Diego Zoo has recently emerged from her mother's pouch.

"At this age, she has not shown us her personality yet,” zoo keeper Lacy Pearson said.

Worn out from the political rabble-rousing and election mailers? Cheer up: The California primary is right around the corner.

It all started with a lion’s roar.

Dr. Harry Wegeforth founded the San Diego Zoo in 1916 after driving past Balboa Park and hearing a big cat roar from a small zoo exhibit in the 1915-1916 Panama California Exposition, which had closed earlier that year.

KPBS hosted a debate Tuesday night for the top contenders in the U.S. Senate race. Some highlights:

Front-runner Kamala Harris deflected questions about San Onofre. 

Duf Sundheim repeatedly went after her. 

Tom Del Beccaro said it's time for the U.S. to give up on immigration reform. 

Loretta Sanchez debated in what one political scientist compares to Ted Cruz’s Shakespearean style. 

Ron Unz boasted about his training as a physicist before saying he’s not “persuaded that the evidence is there” for climate change. 

You can watch the debate here. 

Fliers naming students "who have allied themselves with Palestinian terrorists" that were recently posted around California universities have stirred up inflammatory rhetoric about terrorism and anti-Semitism.

These are all horror films KPBS film critic Beth Accomando ( @cinebeth ) has recommended for 30 Days Of Streaming Horror. She is recommending a horror film a day every day in October. The best part is that all of the films she is recommending are available to be streamed online.

Girl Scout Troop 4307 leader Bethlehem Degu who leads an East African Girl Scout troop in San Diego.

"Amazons and Their Men," a play being performed at Diversionary Theatre in University Heights is inspired by German director Leni Riefenstahl. 

If Riefenstahl were judged on her filmmaking skills alone then she might reside in the cinematic pantheon with Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa and Federico Fellini. Unfortunately, her groundbreaking documentaries "Triumph of the Will" and "Olympia" were commissioned by the Third Reich, making Adolf Hitler her boss.

The play runs through Oct. 4. 

Bayard Rustin was the chief architect of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

Rustin, an outspoken activist, skilled strategist and charismatic leader in his own right, was pushed out of the historical spotlight because he was openly gay.

He is the subject of “Blueprints to Freedom: An Ode to Bayard Rustin," which is getting its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse this month.

A display of 8,700 pairs of shoes was set up Tuesday in downtown San Diego to represent the number of homeless men, women and children in the county.

Full story: 8,700 Pairs Of Shoes Displayed To Represent San Diego County’s Homeless

Scripps Institution of Oceanography Director Margaret Leinen on climate change

The Barrio Logan College Institute is an after-school program that serves low-income families, mostly Mexican immigrants, in Barrio Logan, Chula Vista and other parts of San Diego County. The method is two-fold: start preparing students for college in elementary school and involve the whole family in the planning process.

Early-start, family-focused programs like BLCI are becoming increasingly common across the United States to address the needs of the rising immigrant population. 

Full story: Barrio Logan Education Program Sends More Immigrants To College