The school choice window is open now for six weeks for parents who want their children enrolled in a specific San Diego Unified school. Meanwhile, advocates are calling for the reopening of friendship park at the border. And, some military base names may be changing. Last month a federal commission began taking suggestions for replacing confederate names for military bases.

A local elementary school was locked down on Wednesday because of an active shooter threat. We look at safety plans developed by the San Diego County Office of Education. Meanwhile, San Ysidro's long running issues with air pollution centers on the region's busy cross border traffic. Lengthy wait times at the border make the situation worse. Plus, San Diego County seeks to fight childhood obesity, a problem that has worsened during the coronavirus pandemic.

Local leaders are calling for the protection of Southern California's beaches and diverse ecosystem by putting an end to offshore drilling. Plus: More on that massive oil spill off our California coastline, the push to put an end to free trash pickup for single-family homes in the city of San Diego and more of the local news you need. Keep this daily news podcast strong by becoming a KPBS member today at kpbs.org/donate.

Concerns that the Orange County oil spill is moving south…and SeaWorld says it is on standby to help rescue sea animals. Meanwhile, a Scripps Research scientist has been awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on skin receptors. Plus, County Supervisor Jim Desmond wants placement rules for sexually violent predators changed to give communities more say.

Changes are coming to local police departments after two new laws were signed last Thursday by Governor Gavin Newsom. Following the case of Britney Spears, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a new law that will reform California's conservator-ships. Plus, marines return home from a harrowing journey guarding the airport in Kabul.

The fight over California’s school mask mandate moved to the courts on Thursday. Meanwhile, the details have been released about what happened at Valhalla High School when a campus supervisor was alleged to have used a “knee on neck” restraint against a black student. Plus, the military often falls short recognizing how the wounds of war lead to misconduct.

Students in the San Diego Unified School District eligible for vaccines now have until December 20, 2021, to receive the COVID-19 shot. Meanwhile, the state’s eviction ban expired on Wednesday leaving more than 700,000 households in San Diego vulnerable. Plus, a recent survey found most Americans greatly overestimate how many veterans have PTSD.

San Diego's independent budget analyst is a position born out of the economic crisis of the mid-2000s. Andrea Tevlin has had the position for 16 years and she’s now retiring. She says her office was a source of clear and unbiased information for both the City Council and the public. Meanwhile, the California corrections department is appealing a court settlement that would mandate dramatic reforms at a R.J. Donovan State Prison in San Diego. Plus, while many Americans are eager to bolster their immunity against COVID-19, questions remain about who’s exactly eligible to receive the booster shot.

In San Diego, wildfire smoke days have more than tripled in the last decade, and smoke from western wildfires is causing air pollution problems and health issues far away from fire zones. That’s according to a new analysis of satellite imagery from the California newsroom and Stanford’s Environmental Change and Human Outcomes Lab. Meanwhile, Mayor Todd Gloria announced a proposal on Monday to establish a $5 million legal defense fund to support struggling tenants as statewide eviction protections end. And, our partners at inewsource found that Black students and kids with disabilities are being reported to police at school at disproportionately higher numbers.

Mayor Todd Gloria is pushing for more bike lanes in San Diego, but for some families these changes haven’t come soon enough. Meanwhile, the California Task Force on reparations for African Americans met with expert witnesses to examine the role slavery, the Great Migration and political disenfranchisement have played in the Black Californian experience. The task force is the first of its kind in this country. Plus, we have a fact check on vaccinated Americans catching Covid-19.