Navy officials will avoid incarceration in the latest twist involving the ‘Fat Leonard’ bribery scandal. Also, some financial assistance for child care centers will run out in the days ahead. And, an adaptive surfing event comes to Oceanside.

San Diego State University opened a new hub to get funding for environmental justice projects into the right hands. UC San Diego looks at the growing role of artificial intelligence in wildfire detection. Plus, a new program aims to help foster youth transition into the workforce.

San Diego County is reporting the highest monthly COVID-19 infections since March. In other news, if you’re planning a road trip for this weekend, you should pack some extra cash because demand is driving up gas prices. Plus, the San Diego Humane Society has an overpopulation problem, especially when it comes to dogs, so one local dog groomer is transforming dogs into walking works of art to help them get adopted.

Students of the former San Diego-based Ashford University got some relief from their outstanding government loans, following a state and federal lawsuit on their behalf. In other news, in the special election to replace former San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, outside spending has reached a new high. Plus, applications close today to join the Black Panther Party in San Diego. The San Diego chapter is one of many being revived across the country, after the United States government spread misinformation that caused the party to become mostly inactive decades ago.

KPBS recently rode along with Father Joe’s Villages street health outreach team to learn more about what it takes to help people move off the street and into shelter. In other news, a quarter of a million dollars from the Biden administration infrastructure bill is coming to Vista. Plus, San Diego County leaders published a blueprint on ways to address the childcare crisis.

The Street Health Team from Father Joe’s Villages provides care and support to the unsheltered community in downtown San Diego, but as the city enforces its unsafe camping ordinance, the team faces even more challenges. In other news, San Diego State University students react to a sexual assault reported over the weekend. Plus, a group of computer scientists at the University of California San Diego say they have a way to repurpose the tens of millions of smartphones we stop using every year.

There are plans to move the rail line off the Del Mar Bluffs and into an underground tunnel, but Del Mar residents aren’t too excited about a train running underneath the town. In other news, a San Diego Lifeguard Lieutenant gives us tips on how to stay safe in the water. Plus, a profile of San Diego artists who make art in public, that’s also about the public.

The first homeless shelter in Oceanside has opened its doors to residents. In other news, a San Diego-based developer wants to convert the city-owned office building at 101 Ash Street into affordable housing. Plus, we have details on some arts events happening in San Diego County this weekend.

Worker coalitions are pushing state lawmakers to increase the number of minimum paid sick days from three to seven per year. In other news, Tropical Storm Hilary forced more than two billion gallons of polluted storm water into the United States this past weekend. Plus, artwork at Waterfront Park represents inclusion.

Before there was the Me Too Movement, there was the Bob Filner sexual harassment scandal. KPBS looks back at the allegations against the then San Diego mayor and fallout since he agreed to resign 10 years ago today. In other news, the Biden administration’s already contentious decision to continue with a Trump-era border wall replacement in the San Diego region has sparked another controversy. Plus, hundreds of thousands of students are back in school, after the storm delayed the start of the new year.