A look back at the very first quarantine efforts in San Diego at MCAS Miramar, two years later. Meanwhile, a San Diego lawmaker is proposing a new bill to keep schools open and safe as the pandemic continues. The proposal would infuse the California Immunization Registry with COVID-19 data from across the state. Also, neighbors attempted to block construction of an apartment building next to St. Paul's Cathedral. But an unsuccessful lawsuit will likely end up easing the approval of similar projects across California.

Early findings show hate crimes are on the rise in recent years both in the San Diego region and across the country. In 2021, the trend only worsened. Also, the San Diego Police Department is spending more than it budgeted on overtime. Plus, a preview of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival happening at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park.

Thursday marks the last day in office for San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore. The department made strides in fighting sex crimes and human trafficking during Gore’s 13 years at the helm. But his tenure was also marked by racial profiling, deputy misconduct and jail deaths. Meanwhile, some San Diego County residents will soon have a choice on what kind of power they use. But many are confused about how it will work, and whether or not they should opt out of San Diego Community Power. Plus, students in Southeast San Diego have a new resource for getting into college.

According to Scripps Health, daily COVID volumes at their five hospital campuses peaked two weeks ago. Scripps predicts the omicron surge is winding down. Meanwhile, the San Diego History Center's exhibit, ‘Celebrate San Diego: Black History & Heritage’ showcases the rich history of Black San Diego. It’s timed for Black History Month which began on Tuesday. Plus, a City Heights rehab center provides a safe pathway to recovery for LBGTQ individuals that struggle with alcohol and substance abuse.

California Democrats on Monday failed to gather enough support to advance a first-in-the-nation universal health care bill, succumbing to intense pressure from business groups and the insurance industry in an election year. Meanwhile, San Diegans are seeing their electricity bills skyrocket. Plus, the widespread impacts of wage theft in California, and why legal action against it has been delayed.

The California Education Code mandates art, music, theatre and dance be offered to every student, yet less than one-in-five public schools today have a full-time arts and music teacher. That could change with a proposed state ballot measure that would guarantee funding for arts in public schools. Meanwhile, a new state law requires that all food waste be composted rather than sent to landfills. A composting specialist calls the new law a much needed "kick in the pants" for cities and counties that have not been doing this in the past. Plus, in what many are calling a surprise victory, an Indigenous woman was found not guilty on federal charges of blocking border wall construction in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

California Secretary of State Shirley Weber authored legislation creating the first-in-the-nation task force to study and recommend reparations. She’s now made it clear who should be eligible. Meanwhile, the two Tijuana journalists murdered this month had sought help from Baja California’s journalist protection program. The help never came. Plus, Digital Gym Cinema makes its comeback as a satellite screen for the Sundance Film Festival.

A one-and-a-half acre parcel of land in downtown San Diego’s Waterfront Park will be transformed into a sports park. The County Board of Supervisors just approved a proposal to move forward with construction bids for the park. Meanwhile, a local development firm has purchased property across the street from the recently opened Clairemont Drive trolley station and hopes to build twice as many apartments than previously planned. Plus, a new partnership between Caltrans and San Diego’s newest homeless outreach program is working to help unsheltered people living along the state's highways.

The Navy has been embarrassed by COVID outbreaks on the USS Roosevelt. Now it’s relying on vaccines and new guidance to keep crews healthy at sea. Meanwhile, the two latest murders of journalists in Tijuana have prompted the Baja California Attorney General's Office appoint a a special prosecutor to investigate. Plus, legislation that would help create a single-payer, government run health plan in California will face a key hurdle in the next week.

State Lawmakers in California announced on Monday legislation to require California students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 for in-person school attendance. The bill removes a mandatory personal belief exemption. Meanwhile, a Mexican journalist was gunned down in front of her home in Tijuana on Sunday. This is the second reporter murdered there in less than a week and the third this month in Mexico. Plus, part two of a KPBS investigation into the child care staffing shortage in San Diego, and efforts to help.