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The Beat Generation icon and owner of City Lights bookstore and press in San Francisco is still writing. He celebrates his centennial March 24, and his new autobiographical novel is out now.

Lawmakers unveiled a package of proposals following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Steve Inskeep talks to state Rep. Randy Fine about where he stands on the proposals.

Fewer than 50 people are believed to have been on or near White Island. Officials say some are still unaccounted for and it remains too dangerous for emergency services to access the island.

Luis Armando Albino was lured away from a California park at the age of 6. He reunited with his biological family this summer after his niece found him through DNA testing and newspaper clippings.

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina crashed into Louisiana and Mississippi, surprises continue to surface. A washed-up ID and how a park ranger found its owner is a moment of joy in the tragedy.

Hurricane Ike is expected to come ashore on the Gulf Coast of Texas. It's predicted to be a Category 3 storm, and hurricane warnings are in effect for a 400-mile swath of the coast.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Mother Jones editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery about advice she's learned living under smoky skies after 22 years in San Francisco.

A magnitude 4.2 quake has been reported off the southern Oregon coast.

World Cafe takes a trip to Glasgow, Scotland for a Sense Of Place session with this festival favorite.

Natural resources in the Pacific Northwest are closely linked to tribal culture and identity. As Oregon’s ocean advisory council works with community groups to update policies for managing the rocky shores, sovereign tribal nations have special status and unique needs.