Five candidates seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination spoke in San Diego at the annual conference of the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization on Monday; KPBS sat down with Bernie Sanders for a one-on-one interview to discuss homelessness and affordable housing. Plus, a quadriplegic veteran’s death at the San Diego VA might have been avoidable and Encinitas officials say the bluff that collapsed last week and killed three people is at risk of another collapse.

The Bank of Cardiff is reported to have left sensitive financial data unsecured in an online storage service. Plus, Congress may expand fertility benefits for injured troops, but some religious groups are objecting, and an Oceanside film festival hosts the world premier of a music documentary.

The suspected Poway synagogue shooter used a hunting license to buy the AR-15 rifle used in the shooting from a local gun story. Also, a brush fire in Otay Mesa burns over 300 acres, a request for designate part of Rose Creek as parkland was rejected by the San Diego City Council.

The California Coastal Commission has encouraged cities to include a strategy called “managed retreat” in plans to prepare for sea level rise. But the commission may be retreating from that position. Plus, a California appeals court has stopped plans to build houses on a 1400 acre ranch near Julian and the post office in Poway may soon be getting a new name in honor of the longest-living Pearl Harbor survivor, who died last year.

The San Diego City Council formally approved an ordinance Tuesday requiring gun owners to store their weapons in a locked container or disable them with a trigger lock when not in use or being worn on their person. Plus, the city council considers changing the city’s affordable housing policy and America’s finest city continues to captivate health seekers.

Police were out in force Monday issuing tickets to scooter riders. Plus, a southern white rhino has given birth to a baby boy by artificial insemination at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Also ahead on today’s podcast, UCSD Extension is testing a new way for students to pay for class and a new teen IdeaLab brings sound recording booths, 3D printers, state-of-the-art computers and virtual reality games to teens in Logan Heights.

San Diego researchers say that global warming could happen a lot faster because of melting ice caps. Plus, scientists say Californians are going to experience hotter temperatures in the coming decades. Also on today’s podcast, a recent spike in Big Sur tourism has caught local officials unprepared and hear how San Diego’s reputation as a place to get well may well have started with the Cupa Indians.

An investigation into Marines accused of helping smuggle migrants into the United States led to the arrest Thursday of 16 of their fellow Marines at California's Camp Pendleton, just north of the U.S.-Mexico border. Plus, a San Diego-base SEAL platoon was pulled out of Iraq over disciplinary issues, construction jobs on MTS land will pay more under a new policy and the San Diego Symphony has signed a lease with the port for a new outdoor concert venue.

Twenty-one researchers from the University of California San Diego were involved in a study performed on babies in China that has been called unethical, risky and misleading. Plus, a federal ruling could toss hundreds of “improper” immigrant convictions, a recent survey shows Chula Vista residents are concerned about homelessness and drug use in their community and a proposed update to the city’s affordable housing policy would require developers to pay higher fees in order to avoid building affordable housing.

CalFresh, the state’s food assistance program, makes a push to get low-income seniors signed up. Plus, the governor's office releases potential fixes for California's DMV troubles. And SDG&E moves San Diegans to time-of-use plans in response to a changing grid.