COVID-19

Health

Thanksgiving In The Time Of COVID-19: To Grandmother's House Or No?

April Fulton / NPR

COVID-19 cases are surging across the country and with Thanksgiving right around the corner, is it safe to travel to spend the holiday with friends and family? We have tips from the experts.
Health

U.S. Records Highest Number Of Coronavirus Cases In 1 Day Since Pandemic Began

Suzanne Nuyen / NPR

The 83,000 surpasses the previous record from mid-July by about 6,000. In addition, 943 people died from COVID-19 on Friday. Cases of the virus have been rising in the U.S. since mid-September.
KPBS Evening Edition

San Diego Unified’s First Phase Of In-Person Learning Gets Mixed Reviews

Joe Hong

Some parents of special-needs students say they haven’t received the services they hoped for. District officials say they are working to increase services at all schools.
KPBS Evening Edition

San Diego County Reports 430 COVID-19 Cases, One Death

City News Service

Of the total COVID-19 cases in the county, 3,827 or 7.1% have been hospitalized, with 884 — or 1.6% — spending at least some time in an intensive care unit. The number of current COVID-19 hospital patients in the region is 236, with 73 of those in the ICU.
Health

With Halloween Approaching, SDSU Students Told To Stay Home

Matt Hoffman

To keep COVID-19 cases down San Diego State University officials are issuing another stay-at-home advisory that runs Friday through Nov. 2.
Health

Coronavirus FAQs: What's Up With Bubble Dining? Should You Hand Out Halloween Candy?

Pranav Baskar / NPR

Answers to your COVID-19 questions about how to handle Halloween trick-or-treaters, whether it's safe to eat in a restaurant's outdoor bubble and whether you can be infected through your ear canal.
Environment

Roundtable: California's Most Expensive Ballot Measure

Bennett Lacy

Mark Sauer

Major money fuels California's Prop 22, how San Diego's Measure E could impact the city's climate plan, and the partisan battle for control of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.
Health

City Attorney Files Action to Shut down La Jolla 'COVID Party Mansion'

City News Service

The San Diego City Attorney's Office filed a civil enforcement action Friday to shut down a La Jolla vacation rental property where several raucous parties were allegedly hosted in violation of state and county public health orders.
Health

U.S. Tops 70,000 Coronavirus Cases In 1 Day — Heights Not Seen Since July

Bill Chappell / NPR

U.S. cases have been rising sharply since the middle of September, when the daily rate was hovering around 40,000 cases.
Health

5 Takeaways From inewsource’s Uncounted Deaths Investigation

Jill Castellano

Mary Plummer

We spoke with the loved ones of those who died during the pandemic, analyzed four years of mortality data and consulted with several epidemiologists to try to capture the full scope of the loss caused by this year’s COVID-19 pandemic.