In today’s San Diego’s News Matters podcast: Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher is now freed from custody, but the case isn’t over just yet. Plus, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, continues to defend the San Diego-based Navy SEAL accused of war crimes by saying he also posed with dead bodies and probably killed “hundreds of civilians” while serving in Fallujah; San Diego could be facing a bad fire season; and a City Heights football team is getting national recognition after learning from the best.

In today’s San Diego News Matters podcast, meet “Saybie,” a preemie born last December weighing roughly the weight of an apple. Plus, the number of migrants arriving to San Diego from Texas that have the flu is still on the rise and the district attorney announces charges against 11 people in an alleged charter school “scheme.”

In today’s San Diego News Matters podcast, officials killed a mountain lion Tuesday suspected of attacking a 4-year-old boy. Plus, a new $35 million project led by a San Diego researcher will target deadly viruses, such as Ebola and mosquito-borne diseases, and City Heights is now home to a federal program that gives tax breaks for building in economically distressed areas.

In today’s San Diego News Matters podcast, the flu continues to spread among migrants at a downtown shelter with more people now under quarantine. Plus, meet a Marine Corps veteran dedicated to remembering his comrades with a special Memorial Day tribute. And, as the 2020 election cycle gears up, KPBS talks with newly elected chair of the County Democratic Party about his election strategy.

In today’s San Diego News Matters podcast, a proposal to build an agri-community with hundreds of new homes in the semi-rural farmland is back on the drawing board. And several tributes are underway for Memorial Day, plus learn all about a new sea dragon exhibit at Birch Aquarium.

In today’s San Diego News Matters podcast, at least 16 people at a family migrant shelter downtown are suffering flu-like symptoms. Also, say goodbye to plastic plates, bowls and cups when you go out to eat and the city’s Independent Budget Analyst says San Diego’s homeless program funding is "unsustainable."

In today’s San Diego News Matters podcast: Space for paddle sports or a place for dogs to run free? The fate over Fiesta Island’s multi-use park could soon be decided. Also today, the county takes steps towards cleaner air and federal regulators say San Onofre fuel transfers can resume.

In today’s San Diego News Matters podcast: How police and deputies can better respond to people with mental health challenges, local abortion rights advocates join nationwide protest and a north county city looks to knock down an old hospital to make way for new housing.

In today's San Diego News Matters podcast: the latest on the migrant influx from Texas to San Diego, the future of Horton Plaza and the zoo's efforts to revive the nearly extinct northern white rhino.

In today's San Diego News Matters podcast: San Diego Zoo researchers are caring for two pregnant southern white rhinos that are a key part in the plan to save the critically endangered northern white rhinos. The extinction clock is ticking because only two northern whites remain alive. Also in the show: The City of San Diego wants to create bus-only lanes. Records have been released under a new state law requiring law enforcement agencies to make internal reports about officers who shoot someone or commit sexual assaults public. And the San Diego City Council is set to vote on a plan for transforming Horton Plaza into a tech hub.