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Press freedom in Hong Kong has tanked in recent years. Many journalists have left the field, but a few have set up tiny outlets to report on local issues and try to hold the authorities to account.

The coronavirus pandemic's disproportionate impact on Black and Hispanic communities has highlighted long-existing health disparities. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters podcast: eighteen sailors were hospitalized Sunday with minor injuries after a fire broke out aboard a ship docked at Naval Base San Diego, about 136 of every 100,000 San Diegans are testing positive for COVID-19 and more local news you need.

This weekend in the arts: "The Pleasure Trials" at Moxie Theatre; Khalid Alkaaby at Sparks Gallery; the San Diego Union-Tribune Festival of Books; "The Planets" at SummerFest; Francis Blume at the Casbah; "Turning Tides" at BFree Studio and more.

San Diego County public health officials reported 1,025 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths Monday. Fully vaccinated county residents now number close to 2.09 million, or around 74.4% of the county's eligible population.

Cartels are increasingly turning to huge, industrial-scale labs to churn out synthetic drugs as they shift away from naturally grown drugs like opium and marijuana.

Dozens of women protested against the release of the men in the capital, New Delhi on Thursday.

Residents of Sapelo Island reached a deal with McIntosh County, which will pay $2 million in damages and increase services on the island, where descendants of the enslaved have lived for centuries.

Highsmith's writing was full of fakes, forgeries and falsehoods, revealing not only what her characters concealed, but what readers were willing to see.

Russia has launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling.

Antibody tests may be coming soon to a pharmacy near you. Here's what the tests reveal — and don't reveal — about you and COVID-19.