As Team USA faces its first match in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, we talk about San Diego’s growing soccer fandom. In other news, this year’s Comic-Con is focusing less on Hollywood, and more on comics because of the writer and actor’s strikes. Plus, a look behind the scenes of a Comic-Con panel on busting myths, about scientists who are neither mad or villainous.

The VA is receiving a surge of claims ahead of a major deadline for the Pact Act. In other news, the Port of San Diego is celebrating the arrival of two massive electric powered cranes that’ll move cargo at the 10th Avenue Marine Terminal. Plus, the San Diego Unified School District will soon have more community schools, in hopes that the schools will improve absences and enrollment.

It’s hot over much of San Diego County, but at and near the coast the wet winter has kept it relatively cool this summer. In other news, a political fight is brewing over the typically bipartisan annual defense spending bill. Plus, how pop culture will be used to teach people about law at Comic-Con.

The San Diego City Council is reconsidering a key transparency pledge regarding how the city uses surveillance technology. In other news, more SDG&E natural gas customers are getting money back thanks to a utility review that happened after KPBS raised questions about a Fallbrook customer’s oversized bill. Plus, KPBS’ arts reporter has the 411 on Comic-Con.

For many residents of City Heights, the 15 freeway that runs through the neighborhood isn't a harmless piece of infrastructure, it's a nuisance, creating noise and air pollution. The freeway was built with several amenities that were meant to mitigate its harmful impacts, but decades later, the promise of reconnecting City Heights remains unfulfilled. In other news, the San Diego Foundation recently awarded millions of dollars in scholarships to local college students. Plus, while two Hollywood strikes mean actors and writers can't promote their projects at this week's San Diego Comic-Con, the show must go on, and the Gaslamp Quarter is beginning to transform.

San Diego Gas and Electric is reacting to an oversized natural gas bill, after KPBS brought the issue to their attention. In other news, the Village Health Center at Father Joe’s is now open after flooding caused major damage this past spring. Plus, a local artistic director talks about why she chose to study the transgender singing voice.

Five former San Diego State University football players accused of rape will get their day in court Friday. In other news, most natural gas customers got big bills this past winter, but few people got the bill surprise that came for one North County resident. Plus, the San Diego Unified School District is more than doubling the number of community schools opening in the district this fall.

It's expensive to live in San Diego, but a new report has a big surprise when it comes to renting a place in the city. In other news, the Americans with Disabilities Act requires the city of San Diego to offer sign language interpreters for all of its programs. Plus, Tijuana’s Little League All Star team is headed to the World Series.

Pride events are taking place across the country amid growing threats of violence against the LGBTQ+ community and an increasingly charged political environment, and one way that’s impacting Pride organizations’ bottom lines is with skyrocketing insurance costs. In other news, San Diego wants to crack down on companies that dig up city streets without properly fixing them after. Plus, San Diego residents are getting acquainted with the stinky, smelly part of their garbage, as organic recycling expands in the city.

A California law says when a person with visible injuries shows up at a hospital, and domestic violence is suspected, medical staff must notify police, but a proposed bill would leave the decision to contact police up to the victim. In other news, we have details on a one-time benefit that thousands of students and their families are eligible for, to help with food costs during summer vacation. To learn more go to www.sdhunger.org, or call the state hotline at 1-(800)-887-8230. Plus, insurance is getting more difficult to get in California, and it’s not just homeowners insurance anymore, the issues are now leaching into the car insurance market too.