Making a living from the ocean in Southern California is never easy, but the planet’s changing climate is creating additional hurdles for a 50-year-old oyster farm in Carlsbad. KPBS continues its weeklong #CoveringClimateNow series. Plus, a 2016 ballot measure that was supposed to fix potholes, sidewalks and street lights in San Diego is trending tens of millions of dollars short of city projections given to voters. What went wrong? Also on today’s podcast, San Diego Unified has launched an investigation into reports of racial taunting at a football game between Lincoln High and San Clemente High in Orange County. And, Governor Gavin Newsom has issued an executive action to spend $20 million on a public awareness campaign on the dangers of vaping.

Climate change is impacting us here and now. In KPBS’s coverage of San Diego’s Climate Change Crisis, we profile a couple who lost their home to wildfire but rebuilt in the same place. Plus, a new bill passed by the California legislature last week bans the use of private prisons and detention centers. For San Diego, that could mean finding a different place to keep more than a thousand detained migrants.

It was a hotly contested ballot measure and now residents are getting a better picture of development plans for SDSU West as the university held an open house to get feedback. Plus, new research from the Navy found troops almost always used personal firearms to kill themselves, highlighting the need for safely storing guns. And KPBS talks to an asylum-seeker a day after the Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration asylum rule to stand. Also on today’s podcast, county public health officials share details about how local and state officials are working together to investigate the mysterious vaping-related illness.

The Mission Valley Community Plan calls for increased mixed-use development that is pedestrian-friendly and helps residents make better use of public transit. Plus, tens of thousands of homes in San Diego are at high-to-extreme risk of wildfires, according to a new study by CoreLogic. Also on today’s podcast, a new therapy using pig hearts to treat heart attacks shows promising results in human trials and the Supreme Court has handed the Trump administration a victory in its efforts to reduce the number of asylum applicants presenting themselves at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography has found that California’s system of Marine Protected Areas is doing exactly what it was designed to do — allowing marine species to reproduce in safe places. Plus, 12 church leaders from the Imperial Valley Ministries have been indicted for allegedly holding homeless people against their will and forcing them to panhandle in several cities, including San Diego. Also ahead on today’s podcast, residents of San Diego County's unincorporated areas could soon start seeing cheaper energy bills.

Former San Diego Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Fischer pleaded guilty Monday to sexually assaulting 16 women. In many cases, he was on duty and was dispatched to help women who were victims of a crime. Also, San Diego County children are slightly less obese than they were a decade ago, according to a new report. And, the Mexican city of Juárez, opposite El Paso, sees a diverse population of migrants waiting to get their asylum cases reviewed.

Amid high unemployment and hot weather, local workers are trying to patch together a living in the “gig” economy. Plus, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer speaks at the GOP convention at a resort in Indian Wells. Also, the Trump administration is challenging California and automakers on the state’s fuel emission standards, SANDAG approves prioritizing new homes near public transit and California approves new vaccine exemption rules.

Cockroaches, mold, and broken windows. The Kashindis, who immigrated from Congo as refugees, say these are just a few of the problems they’ve had to deal with since moving into a home in City Heights. Also, Congresswoman Susan Davis sat down with KPBS to discuss her political career after announcing she won’t be seeking reelection in 2020, a new mental health clinic offers transportation and childcare to help veterans, plus what California’s new data privacy law means for you.

The California Air National Guard is losing an $8 million flight simulator as one of 127 military projects to lose funding to pay for border projects ordered by the Trump administration. Also ahead on today’s podcast: two Southern California congressman are rallying support to block new offshore oil drilling along the state’s coast, San Diego Unified is speaking out about the need to provide food to immigrants and a report from UCSD found plastic sediment in the Santa Barbara Basin has doubled every 15 years.

There is still no word on what caused the boat fire off the Santa Barbara coast that left 34 people presumed dead. Local charter boat operators said tragic incidents like these are extremely rare. Also, San Diego is entering a dangerous phase of its wildfire season, a new California law that goes into effect in January will give consumers more control over their personal data online, and the governor has appointed a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur as the new head of the DMV.