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San Diego news; when you want it, where you want it. Get local stories on politics, education, health, environment, the border and more. New episodes are ready weekday mornings. Hosted by Lawrence K. Jackson and produced by KPBS, San Diego and the Imperial County's NPR and PBS station.

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  • Many Southern California beaches are gradually disappearing, and communities along the coast, like Oceanside, are looking for ways to save the sand. Plus, San Diego congressional representatives have introduced new bills aimed at tackling the issue of Tijuana River pollution, thousands of bikes and scooters have been impounded by the city during Comic-Con and humidity is getting worse in San Diego.
  • San Diego City Council is set to consider new antenna regulations for 5G technology at Tuesday’s meeting. Also, at this year’s Comic-Con, George Takei unveiled his new graphic novel depicting his childhood experience of being held in a Japanese Internment camps during World War II, and an Australian product is being used in San Diego to gather honey minus the sting.
  • The Department of Homeland Security is giving conflicting messages whether its own policies has led asylum-seekers to cross the border illegally. Plus, San Ysidro remembers the victims of a shooting massacre at a McDonald’s 35 years on and the Del Mar Racetrack mourns the loss of two horses after a ‘freak collision.’ Also ahead on today’s podcast: learn how San Diego scientists are using wave machines for climate research.
  • Gun shows will be back at the Del Mar Fairgrounds following a judge's order that a ban on the shows be lifted until a final ruling is made in a federal lawsuit. Plus, Mission Valley's population could triple under new growth plan, Congressman Hunter is outpacing opponents in campaign fundraising and day one of Comic-Con officially kicks off at the Convention Center.
  • The summer racing season kicks off Wednesday in Del Mar after 30 horses died earlier this year at Los Angeles' Santa Anita Park track. Plus, new research from Scripps Institute of Oceanography shows how climate change is fueling California wildfires, Trump’s new asylum law leaves migrants in Tijuana desperate and confused and nuclear fuel transfers at San Onofre resume this week following a near accident last year.
  • Reversing decades of U.S. policy, the Trump administration says it will end all asylum protections for most migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border. So what does that mean for asylum-seekers in Tijuana? Plus, San Diego City Council approves a new law requiring gun owners to lock up their guns and San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliot campaigns for reelection.
  • The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System plans to spend $34 million for a new “tap-and-go” fare collection system. Plus, despite a new state law aimed at increasing transparency of police investigations, the public will not be able to access records detailing the case of an officer killing a man armed with only a pen. Also on today’s podcast, a large San Diego-based tuna fishing operation is slashing the size of its fleet by more than half and a former La Mesa pastor files a civil rights lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security.
  • This week, the list of migrants waiting to enter the United States through the San Ysidro port of entry reached over 9,000. Plus, President Trump abandons his effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, Vice President Mike Pence visits San Diego navy bases and the family of a man who was shot and killed by San Diego police in 2015 has their suit reinstated by a federal appeals court.
  • A local archive space in University Heights is home to much of San Diego’s LGBTQ history. Hear what’s inside. Plus, despite a growing Latino middle class, California families face hurdles getting there; Scripps researchers take the lead in a $129 million grant for HIV vaccine research; and a teenage girl from Alpine meets the kidney donor who saved her life.
  • San Diego's winters may start seeing fewer but more intense storms as the planet's climate changes. Plus, migrants from Cameroon seeking asylum in the U.S. protest the immigration process in Tijuana, California’s Latino middle class is growing and a Carlsbad-based jazzercise club turns 50.