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State Lawmakers in California announced on Monday legislation to require California students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 for in-person school attendance. The bill removes a mandatory personal belief exemption. Meanwhile, a Mexican journalist was gunned down in front of her home in Tijuana on Sunday. This is the second reporter murdered there in less than a week and the third this month in Mexico. Plus, part two of a KPBS investigation into the child care staffing shortage in San Diego, and efforts to help.

DigiFest Temecula is Temecula's largest film festival and digital media competition. Featuring live music, guest speakers and panelists from the film, media and entertainment industries, DigiFest Temecula provides a place for everyone to celebrate the arts and learn about the film and digital media industry by participating in networking opportunities, workshops and more. People of all ages and abilities are welcome to come and get involved with the artistic community. DigiFest Temecula is also a place to learn about entertainment industry advancements, discover how to pursue a career in the industry, and incorporate digital arts into the economic culture. EVENT SCHEDULE Friday, April 22nd | 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. 7 p.m. Speaker: Jenny Brown 8 p.m. Speaker: Kari Michaelsen 9 p.m. ENTERTAINMENT: Torin Floyd Saturday, April 23 | 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. 10:45 a.m. Speaker: Mario Ortiz 1:30 p.m. Guest Panel: Animation/Comics Panel 3 p.m. Speaker: Renee Pezzotta 6 p.m. Festival Screening - Blue Carpet + See Best of the Best DigiFest Submissions at JDS Studios Sunday, April 24 | 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. 7:45 p.m. Digi Awards Banquet & Ceremony Walk the blue carpet at the DigiFest awards banquet. Enjoy a cocktail hour, entertainment, and dinner before finding out who wins a DigiAward! Pricing: All Access Pass/$150.00 Friday Admission/$35.00 Saturday Admission/$35.00 Virtual VIP Access Pass/Friday & Saturday Speaker Streams/Awards Banquet Keynote and Awards Stream/$85.00 JDS Studios - Screenings/Attend Screening of Film Submissions/$25.00 Sunday Awards Banquet/Awards Ceremony/Banquet Dinner & Dessert/$65.00 For further information on this event and ticket purchases please visit here!

A one-and-a-half acre parcel of land in downtown San Diego’s Waterfront Park will be transformed into a sports park. The County Board of Supervisors just approved a proposal to move forward with construction bids for the park. Meanwhile, a local development firm has purchased property across the street from the recently opened Clairemont Drive trolley station and hopes to build twice as many apartments than previously planned. Plus, a new partnership between Caltrans and San Diego’s newest homeless outreach program is working to help unsheltered people living along the state's highways.

California utility regulators have quietly tabled a controversial plan that would drastically reduce the benefits provided to homeowners with rooftop solar panels. Plus, the Otay Mesa Detention Center saw a spike in covid-19 cases last week among federal immigration detainees. Plus, the federal program to order covid-19 at-home testing rolled out this week.

The magazine's publisher is suing the two Grammy award-winning artists for releasing a parody Vogue issue to promote their new album.

The California Education Code mandates art, music, theatre and dance be offered to every student, yet less than one-in-five public schools today have a full-time arts and music teacher. That could change with a proposed state ballot measure that would guarantee funding for arts in public schools. Meanwhile, a new state law requires that all food waste be composted rather than sent to landfills. A composting specialist calls the new law a much needed "kick in the pants" for cities and counties that have not been doing this in the past. Plus, in what many are calling a surprise victory, an Indigenous woman was found not guilty on federal charges of blocking border wall construction in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

Sick children overwhelmed hospitals this past fall and winter, exposing vulnerabilities in the nation's ability to care for its youngest during a crisis.

Friday was the fourth day of voting for House speaker. Photographers captured tense moments in the House chamber as lawmakers negotiated.

San Diego Unified School officials are invoking emergency procedures to deal with an extreme shortage of teachers in classrooms. Meanwhile, some immunocompromised people will be eligible for additional Covid-19 shots, but is that enough protection? Plus, Turner Classic Movies has created a program of documentary shorts and features in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The clubs will collaborate on "community initiatives, merchandise and storytelling content on their respective fanbases," according to a statement from the Loyal.