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Roundtable: A Challenging Year For Media
- Sept. 18
- 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.
Roundtable: SDSU Sees Spike In COVID-19 Cases
- Sept. 11
- By Bennett Lacy
San Diego State University pauses in-person classes amid a surge in COVID-19 cases among students, San Diego takes steps to help hotel workers reclaim lost jobs, and the tight race for congress in east county.
Roundtable: A Snapshot Of San Diego's Mayoral Race
- Sept. 4
- By Bennett Lacy, Mark Sauer
A new poll shows a tight race between the two candidates for San Diego Mayor, time is running out to complete the 2020 Census, and more people in San Diego County are dying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Roundtable: Back To School Amid COVID-19
- Aug. 28
- By Bennett Lacy
SDSU begins a subdued fall semester as K-12 schools await reopening guidance as COVID-19 persists, a look at how the nation's asylum system has changed in recent years, and a new documentary series investigating child sex trafficking in San Diego.
Roundtable: Conventions Kick Off Home Stretch For 2020 Election
- Aug. 21
- By Bennett Lacy
Democrats begin two weeks of political conventions modified by the COVID-19 pandemic, KPBS dives into how San Diego's women played a role in the suffrage movement 100 years ago, and San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. forces Major League Baseball to rethink its unwritten rules.
Roundtable: Joe Biden Looks To California For His Running Mate
- Aug. 14
- By Bennett Lacy
The presidential election matchup is set as Joe Biden chooses California Senator Kamala Harris as his democratic running mate, a local Republican leader rails against voting by mail despite a long history of doing so himself, and the push for more enforcement of COVID-19 public health orders.
Roundtable: San Diego's High Rise Money Pit
- Aug. 7
- By Bennett Lacy
A mismanaged real estate deal for a downtown office building is costing the city of San Diego thousands of dollars per day, the San Diego County Sheriff wants to streamline the outsourcing of inmate health care, and how telecommuting during COVID-19 might change our long term work culture.
Roundtable: San Diego Braces For A Rent Crisis
- July 31
- By Bennett Lacy, Mark Sauer
A patchwork of local eviction moratoriums could end in the weeks ahead and possibly lead to a rent crisis brought on by the COVID-19 economic collapse, major economic interests urge action on climate change, and a new podcast series takes a look at the experiences of Generation Z.
Roundtable: California Becomes COVID-19 Hot Spot
- July 24
- By Bennett Lacy
A recent surge pushes California to the top of the list for new COVID-19 cases, local parents form learning pods to help their kids' virtual education, and how uneven funding in the public justice system creates an advantage for prosecutors.
Roundtable: California's COVID-19 Setback
- July 17
- By Bennett Lacy
The state of California reimposes restrictions on certain businesses as COVID-19 cases surge, the city of San Diego wants public input on plans to transform the Midway District, and Comic-Con International prepares an online experience this week due to the convention's cancellation.
Roundtable: The Uncertain Summer For San Diego Schools
- July 10
- By Bennett Lacy
Local schools prepare for a mix of in-person and distance learning for the upcoming academic year, the San Diego Padres navigate COVID-19 as Major League Baseball tries to salvage a season, and a look inside the police culture behind 'The Thin Blue Line.'
Roundtable: The Cultural Divide Over Masks
- June 26
- By Bennett Lacy
How wearing a facial covering to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has become a cultural and political dividing line, congress investigates the San Diego VA for discontinuing the use of ketamine treatments for suicidal veterans, and the internal debate within newsrooms over racial representation and diversity in journalism.
Roundtable: The DACA Decision
- June 19
- By Bennett Lacy, Mark Sauer
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of DACA recipients, COVID-19 cases surge in Imperial County, and how the Black Lives Matter movement is playing out on social media.
Roundtable: Pandemic And Protests
- June 12
- By Bennett Lacy
The KPBS Roundtable returns from hiatus to discuss the two major stories driving our coverage. A KPBS investigation looks into use of force by local police, residents of Southeast San Diego describe their interactions with law enforcement, and more places reopen in San Diego County as COVID-19 restrictions ease.
Roundtable: Living With The Coronavirus Pandemic
- March 13
- By Mark Sauer, Pat Finn
Cruise lines, concerts, classes, conventions, conferences, even conversations. The novel coronavirus is disrupting most aspects of daily life in San Diego, just as it is in the rest of the world.
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