San Diego County creates public health order and closes schools, forbids gatherings of more than 50. Plus, immigrations courts continue to require asylum seekers to cross the border, and charities try to help those for whom health mandates cause hardship.

Governor Gavin Newsom issues new directives to slow the spread of the Coronavirus and to protect vulnerable populations. Plus, the virus impacts military bases, and the November contest for San Diego Mayor is still up in the air.

The new cases include a man in his 50’s who likely got the virus from someone else in the community. Plus, gatherings of 250 people or more are banned in San Diego until the end of March. And San Diego Unified District schools will stay open for the time being.

Asylum seekers to the U.S. will keep being sent to Mexico, despite the program being deemed illegal by the Court of Appeals. Plus, a nearly billion-dollar housing bond moves forward in San Diego. And San Diego homeless providers try to address the coronavirus.

Four conventions in March and April that were scheduled for the San Diego Convention Center have been cancelled due to concerns about the coronavirus. Plus, UC San Diego students are bummed about having to take classes online, because of the virus. And San Diego gets poor grades for failing to meet the terms of its Climate Action Plan.

The “presumptive” case of coronavirus was found in a woman in her 50’s who traveled overseas. Also, local schools ponder what to do if the virus appears among students. And supplying clean needles to drug users is again on the agenda of San Diego county supervisors.

Success in the primary election could mean Democrats will get an 8-1 majority and a Democratic mayor. Also, Catholics modify the Mass in response to coronavirus. And a San Francisco Bay Area journalist speaks across a cultural divide to her grandpa in Montana.

Man who killed one and wounded three at Chabad of Poway could face the death penalty. Plus, San Diego would suffer great damages if conditions lead to a big earthquake on the Rose Canyon fault. And AT&T employee who worked in San Diego stores tests positive for Covid-19.

San Diego scientists have diagnosed a patient with a new form of a rare disease - they say he's the only known person in the world with it. And California scientists are seeing how warmer oceans might impact fish communities living near the ocean floor.

Bry and Sherman battle for second in March primary. Plus, San Diego’s convention center expansion, Measure C, appears to be headed to defeat. And Democrat Amar Campa-Najjar has the top spot in the 50th Congressional District.