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Long waits for COVID-19 testing has prompted the state to bring in help from the California National Guard and change San Diego County’s testing guidance. Plus, San Diego’s homeless shelters struggle with coronavirus outbreaks led by the highly transmissible omicron variant. Also, military medical teams have been dispatched to hospitals across the country overwhelmed by COVID-19. Meanwhile, some hospitals are buckling under the pressure of omicron as the highly contagious variant continues to sweep through the state and a growing number of hospital staffers are testing positive. Then, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is trying to better serve veterans who are serving time by housing them together. And, the most anticipated restaurants opening in San Diego in the new year. Finally, from our archives: author Beatrize Zamora and illustrator Maira Meza tell the story of Chicano Park with pictures almost as beautiful as the park's murals.

Limited national data suggest teachers are plentiful, but many districts that serve some of the most vulnerable students would beg to differ.

With case rates falling, Americans will soon have the choice to receive an omicron specific booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The inventors of Corbevax said it was cheap, easy to make, effective and safe. They hoped it could bring vaccine equity to countries that can't access costlier shots. Has it lived up to its promise?

Oversight agencies require Veterans Village of San Diego to follow policies and procedures that protect the health and safety of the residents they serve.

The new shots from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech target both the original strain of the coronavirus and the omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants that most people are catching now.

Poverty, by America author Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year: "That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty."

Americans' life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row and is the biggest drop since the 1920s. COVID-19 is driving the downward trend, according to CDC data.

Local experts react to the Supreme Court's ruling that the Biden administration can end the Remain in Mexico policy. Meanwhile, COVID-19 cases continue to remain steady in the county. Plus, how CAL FIRE San Diego is preparing for the impacts of the holiday weekend firework shows.

Support staff in the nation's second-largest school district walked out over stalled contract negotiations. Teachers joined them in support.