A key support center for migrants passing through San Diego County has ceased operations. In other news, California regulators are poised to shake up the solar market for apartments, schools and farms. Plus, a San Diegan will soon lead the American Psychological Association.

State funding has been secured for San Diego’s homeless outreach programs. In other news, we look at how a community garden in City Heights is healing a patch of land and the people who tend it. Plus, a street in Barrio Logan will be renamed Saturday after the neighborhood’s priest Father Brown, who died in 2020.

There have long been calls to add affordable housing to the three-acre lot the Hillcrest DMV sits on. We take a look at where that project stands. In other news, an idea to house homeless people on military land received bad news this week. Plus, more than 20 inmates graduated with associate degrees from Southwestern College.

A migrant aid center in San Ysidro may have to shut down because of a lack of funding. Then, the battle over a biodiesel factory in Barrio Logan that is pitting industry against neighbors. Plus, California State University student workers have been given state approval to vote to unionize.

More than 75,000 Kaiser workers nationwide could walk off the job Wednesday, including a few thousand in San Diego. Then, for the next installment in our public art series, we take you to a giant mosaic. Plus, October is the month for kids to get in free at dozens of museums and attractions around San Diego County. We have details on what's included in “Kids Free San Diego.”

San Diegans are remembering Senator Dianne Feinstein’s life and legacy. In other news, San Diego scientists are advancing an effort to turn plants into allies in the battle to slow global warming. Plus, KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando takes us behind the scenes of the world premiere of “Sumo.”

Congress has until the end of the week to pass funding legislation for the next fiscal year, or parts of the federal government will shut down on Sunday. We tell you about one program that helps mothers and young children that could be impacted. In other news, half a million California fast food workers are set to receive a higher minimum wage and a seat at the table. Plus, we have details on some fall events happening in San Diego County.

Before 2011, tens of thousands of service members were forced out of the military due to their sexual orientation, many with so-called “bad paper” discharges. Now, the Pentagon says it will proactively fix some of them, but a new lawsuit insists it do more. In other news, starting next week, San Diego County judges will be accepting petitions for CARE Court. Plus, we have details on a new exhibit that dives into the history of the hip-hop scene in San Diego.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors this week declared a humanitarian crisis over the surge in asylum-seekers being dropped off by customs officials throughout the county. In other news, we look into the racist origins of zoning, and how its effects continue today. Plus, a North County public health care district is requiring people to accept a terms-of-use agreement to access its website.

In late September of 1978, a Pacific Southwest Airlines jet and a small Cessna collided over North Park and 144 people were killed. We hear more from San Diego City Councilmember Stephen Whitburn on plans to make a memorial 45 years later. In other News, San Diego city leaders recently rejected a grand jury’s advice to help fix the city’s crumbling roads. Plus, the La Jolla Playhouse is hosting the world premiere of the play “SUMO” today. We hear from the playwright.