The fight over California’s school mask mandate moved to the courts on Thursday. Meanwhile, the details have been released about what happened at Valhalla High School when a campus supervisor was alleged to have used a “knee on neck” restraint against a black student. Plus, the military often falls short recognizing how the wounds of war lead to misconduct.

Students in the San Diego Unified School District eligible for vaccines now have until December 20, 2021, to receive the COVID-19 shot. Meanwhile, the state’s eviction ban expired on Wednesday leaving more than 700,000 households in San Diego vulnerable. Plus, a recent survey found most Americans greatly overestimate how many veterans have PTSD.

San Diego's independent budget analyst is a position born out of the economic crisis of the mid-2000s. Andrea Tevlin has had the position for 16 years and she’s now retiring. She says her office was a source of clear and unbiased information for both the City Council and the public. Meanwhile, the California corrections department is appealing a court settlement that would mandate dramatic reforms at a R.J. Donovan State Prison in San Diego. Plus, while many Americans are eager to bolster their immunity against COVID-19, questions remain about who’s exactly eligible to receive the booster shot.

In San Diego, wildfire smoke days have more than tripled in the last decade, and smoke from western wildfires is causing air pollution problems and health issues far away from fire zones. That’s according to a new analysis of satellite imagery from the California newsroom and Stanford’s Environmental Change and Human Outcomes Lab. Meanwhile, Mayor Todd Gloria announced a proposal on Monday to establish a $5 million legal defense fund to support struggling tenants as statewide eviction protections end. And, our partners at inewsource found that Black students and kids with disabilities are being reported to police at school at disproportionately higher numbers.

Mayor Todd Gloria is pushing for more bike lanes in San Diego, but for some families these changes haven’t come soon enough. Meanwhile, the California Task Force on reparations for African Americans met with expert witnesses to examine the role slavery, the Great Migration and political disenfranchisement have played in the Black Californian experience. The task force is the first of its kind in this country. Plus, we have a fact check on vaccinated Americans catching Covid-19.

Our summer music series continues on San Diego News Now with this bonus episode featuring: Martin Luther King Jr. Community Choir San Diego

Mayor Todd Gloria signed an ordinance Thursday officially banning firearms without individual serial numbers — so-called "ghost guns." The ordinance was authored by City Councilwoman Marni von Wilpert and is an attempt to address increasing gun violence in San Diego. Meanwhile, restaurant week San Diego is back, amid a staffing shortage. Plus, the biggest professional tennis tournament in San Diego history is being served up next week.

A San Diego Charter school is the first in the county to mandate vaccines for students 12 and older. The move by Urban Discovery School comes as a charter school alliance reports increased enrollment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, Governor Gavin Newsom asked for a 15% voluntary water reduction in July but Californians have conserved less than 2%. Plus, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has hatched an Egyptian vulture.

It’s official: San Diegans will soon be paying more for water. Meanwhile, Cal Fire firefighters are getting sick, and some have even died, during training. Plus, survivors of past fires have a message for new fire victims considering hiring a lawyer: “buyer beware.”

Blaming a staffing shortage, the city of San Diego has slashed September weekend public pool hours. Meanwhile, the border remains closed -- the US has once again extended it’s non-essential ground travel restrictions with Canada and Mexico. Plus, with extended families in Afghanistan, those living in this country with special immigrant visas are left in a terrible limbo.