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Roundtable: Restaurant Resistance Of COVID-19 Rules
- Jan. 22
- By Bennett Lacy, Mark Sauer
Local restaurants defy COVID-19 rules as a peaceful protest, San Diego's Spanish-speaking community reacts to the end of the Trump era, and the leader of the San Diego Unified School District is chosen for a position in the Biden administration.
Roundtable: How San Diego's Lawmakers Handled Trump's Second Impeachment
- Jan. 15
- By Bennett Lacy, Mark Sauer
San Diego's congressional representatives split on impeachment, a new COVID-19 vaccination center opens near Petco Park, and the vaccine arrives in short supply in Imperial County.
Roundtable: Trump Supporters Storm US Capitol
- Jan. 8
- By Bennett Lacy, Mark Sauer
Calls grow for President Donald Trump's removal from office after deadly protest by supporters at the U.S. Capitol, the role social media played in organizing this week's chaos in Washington and the worsening COVID-19 situation in San Diego County.
Roundtable: The COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives As New Cases Soar
- Dec. 18, 2020
- By Bennett Lacy, Mark Sauer
San Diego receives its first batch of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, transportation advocates have high hopes for a major expansion of bus and rail service, and a look back at how KPBS covered the top stories of 2020.
Roundtable: New Leadership At San Diego City Hall
- Dec. 11, 2020
- By Bennett Lacy, Mark Sauer
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria begins his term with a city council dominated by Democrats, a look back on the Mayor Kevin Faulconer era, and some analysis on San Diego's record-breaking voter turnout in the 2020 general election.
Roundtable: New COVID-19 Disruptions For Local Schools
- Dec. 4, 2020
- By Bennett Lacy, Mark Sauer
The San Diego Unified School District announces distance learning will continue indefinitely, local COVID-19 deaths reach a grim milestone, and Balboa Park's cultural institutions struggle to stay afloat during the pandemic.
Roundtable: San Diego's Staggering COVID-19 Surge
- Nov. 20, 2020
- By Bennett Lacy, Mark Sauer
New efforts to minimize the spread of COVID-19 in San Diego, Amazon's Jeff Bezos donates millions to help local climate change research, and a major development in Mission Valley gets final approval from the city.
Roundtable: Tighter COVID-19 Restrictions Return To San Diego
- Nov. 13, 2020
- By Alison St John, Bennett Lacy
Many local businesses will be forced to reduce capacity as San Diego slides into the state's most restrictive COVID-19 operating tier, women running for political office in San Diego County tell their stories about confronting receiving threats and harassment on social media, and artists go to court to preserve murals slated for demolition at a middle school in Logan Heights.
Roundtable: San Diego's Blue Wave
- Nov. 6, 2020
- By Bennett Lacy, Mark Sauer
San Diego embraces democrats at the city and county level, what the presidential election results tell us about the shifting attitudes of voters, and a roundup of some of the election results in north county.
Roundtable: San Diego Votes
- Oct. 30, 2020
- By Bennett Lacy, Mark Sauer
What the latest polling tells us about San Diego's top races, the San Diego Union-Tribune explains its election endorsements and voters prepare to give President Trump four more years or end the MAGA movement.
Roundtable: California's Most Expensive Ballot Measure
- Oct. 23, 2020
- By 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.
Roundtable: Voting Early In San Diego
- Oct. 16, 2020
- By Bennett Lacy, Mark Sauer
The surge in early voting across San Diego county, the Supreme Court sides with President Trump to end the census early, and a look at what happens to asylum seekers who are returned to Central America.
Roundtable: The Ugly Debate
- Oct. 2, 2020
- By Bennett Lacy, Mark Sauer
The presidential debates get off to a chaotic start, what you need to know about the upcoming KPBS Voter Guide and a look at the race to replace Rep. Susan Davis in Congress.
Roundtable: Democracy In Crisis?
- Sept. 25, 2020
- By Mark Sauer, Natalie Walsh
President Trump's comments that he will not commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the election raises alarms, a man dies after contracting COVID-19 while in federal jail in downtown San Diego, and the fallout continues over San Diego's disastrous purchase of 101 Ash Street building.
Roundtable: A Challenging Year For Media
- Sept. 18, 2020
- By Bennett Lacy, Mark Sauer
2020 poses a gauntlet of challenges for journalists and the news industry, a student journalist's perspective on the COVID-19 situation at San Diego State University, and California's huge investment in firefighting aircraft.
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Mark Sauer hosts KPBS Roundtable, a lively discussion of the week's top stories. Local journalists join Sauer to provide insight into how these stories affect residents of the San Diego region.
KPBS Roundtable airs on Fridays at 12:30 p.m. on KPBS Radio and at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS Television. It airs again on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. on KPBS Television.
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Against All Odds
Stream or tune in Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Friday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2
