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State officials are projecting a $25 billion budget deficit for next year. The news is a stark contrast to back-to-back years of record budget surpluses in California. Then, rents are down in San Diego county by almost 5% but the same economic forces that are pushing rents down are also slowing what was on track to be a record year for housing construction in the county. And, women trying to climb the ranks in law enforcement sometimes have to battle sexism, toxic masculinity, even sexual harassment. KPBS investigative reporter Claire Trageser brings us one such story from the San Diego Sheriff’s Department. Next, a controversy at a high-profile San Diego nonprofit prompted a board member’s resignation and concerns about retaliation. Then, a recent incident in a UC San Diego chemistry class highlights the distance between where the university says it wants to be and where it is when it comes to respect, inclusion and race relations. Finally, Rick Steves talks about traveling in the age of COVID-19.

Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 5 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App. Killer Mike is joined by NBA Hall-of-Famer and Atlanta Hawks legend Dominique Wilkins plus a look at the state of Covid vaccines with Emory's Dr. Kimberly Manning.

Los votantes del centro de San Diego, La Mesa, Lemon Grove y Spring Valley elegirán entre cuatro candidatos en la elección especial.

It's taking off around the country: Treatment at home for patients sick enough to be in a hospital, but stable enough to be home. Are family caregivers ready for all the responsibility?

It would make more sense to screen a plane's wastewater to look for new variants than to screen individual passenger volunteers, some researchers say. Others say any information is helpful.

Visually striking — NatGeo and superb photography have always walked hand-in-hand — and incredibly complete, deep and nuanced, this is a book that comes close to the impossible.

Family child care providers who operate their businesses out of their own rental units will now have greater protections and education, the San Diego City Council voted Monday.

A federal appeals court on Monday denied a last-ditch effort by tribes to block construction of what's likely to be the largest lithium mine in North America on federal land in Nevada.

The U.S. Navy is offering its 70-acre Navwar property up for bid. Developers could turn the enormous Midway area property into housing and commercial space alongside a smaller Navy complex. Then, more is being learned about the cause of COVID-19 symptoms like brain fog and the effects of long Covid. Next, on Tuesday, a federal judge struck down Title 42, the pandemic-era public health order used to expel migrants. But the judge granted a stay at the Biden administration's request, which will keep the policy in place until December 21. Then, a high wind warning is in effect for San Diego until Wednesday night and forecasters say Santa Ana conditions are also expected this weekend. And, the leaders of a San Diego nonprofit sparked a major controversy over $70,000 worth of historical antiques. Finally, with Thanksgiving just over a week away many of us are thinking about our connections to each other. A conversation with Geoff Cohen, professor of psychology at Stanford University, who explores the science behind that need for connection in a new book.

County health officials are preparing Friday for the closure of several state COVID-19 testing and treatment sites in San Diego County, scheduled by the end of February.