The pandemic created massive challenges for educators and doctors. So what was it like to attend medical school during the pandemic? We take a look at some med school students at UC San Diego. Meanwhile, Mayor Todd Gloria says he wants the city to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2035. And, vaccines for children ages 5-11 could be approved as early as next week. We speak with a local expert about what that means for San Diegans.

Black renters are more rent burdened in San Diego than in anywhere else in the country, according to a new study by Zillow. Meanwhile, the family of a Scripps Ranch high school student is suing the San Diego Unified school district for religious discrimination over the covid-19 vaccine mandate. Plus, San Diego’s Asian Film Festival returns as an in-person event.

A community clinic in Vista has a volunteer group going door to door to convince North County Latinos to get vaccinated. Meanwhile, 10 months after being required to post prices for every medical procedure they offer, many hospitals in San Diego and across the country have failed to do so. Plus, we’ll meet San Diego Unified School Board’s first-ever high school student representative.

The board tasked with managing some of the state’s federal COVID-19 relief funds finds the agency's work has been marred by delays and not enough monitoring. Meanwhile, California’s Board of State and Community Corrections mismanaged nearly $60 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds. Plus, the descendants of some of Southern California’s early pioneers are trying to save their ancestors’ crumbling home.

Big investments in new and improved public transit services are in the latest SANDAG transportation plan. But those likely still won't be enough to achieve San Diego's climate targets of shifting commuters away from using cars. Meanwhile, a far-right group called Defend East County is trying to go mainstream in San Diego’s local politics. And, one Poway man wants you to call him if you find a rattlesnake on your property, but relocating a live rattlesnake is not as easy, or legal, as you may think.

The White House is preparing to deliver COVID-19 Vaccines to millions of kids ages 5 to 11. We have input from our local health experts. Also, the San Diego Military Advisory Board’s (SDMAC) annual report reveals the military accounts for hundreds of thousands of jobs in the region and billions in economic impact. Plus, Governor Gavin Newsom despised Trump’s border wall, but now he’s hired the same company that built it here in San Diego to help fight COVID-19.

San Diego county continues to deliberate how it will meet California's greenhouse gas reductions goals while accommodating new growth. Meanwhile, construction to widen one of San Diego’s deadliest streets, El Cajon Boulevard, goes forward despite concerns over pedestrian safety. Plus, the local organization “Let Them Breathe” has become known nationally for opposing mask mandates in schools. We have a look at the people behind the group.

More than a thousand people crowded the front steps of the California Capitol on Monday to protest the state’s requirement that all children get the coronavirus vaccine to attend public and private schools. In San Diego, protestors gathered at Balboa park. Meanwhile, enough people are vaccinated that experts are cautiously optimistic that there won’t be a huge surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths this winter. Plus, the results of a new survey says teenage military dependent’s mental health is suffering.

Activists have been pushing to decriminalize jaywalking statewide. In San Diego and elsewhere across the state there are racial disparities in how jaywalking laws are enforced with Black people disproportionately ticketed. However, a recent effort to legalize jaywalking was vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom. Also, UC San Diego has a record-high number of students on campus now, but students say they are struggling for space in dining, parking and class enrollment. Plus, California Congressman Adam Schiff spoke with our partners at Cap Radio about how he believes claims of election fraud are tearing apart our democracy.

California launches a study that will explore how a state government backed public banking system might work. Meanwhile, an underutilized MTS parking lot in San Diego’s South Bay won approval on Thursday to be turned into a housing development. And, federal data shows San Diego has one of the highest inflation rates in the nation.