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The approval replaces the emergency use authorizations granted last December and could make it easier for employers, the military and universities to mandate vaccination.

Encore Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Since his landslide victory in 2018, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has rarely been out of the headlines, with his controversial views on gender, indigenous rights and the Amazon. Yet, despite the increasingly vocal demands for his impeachment, Bolsonaro continues to have millions of supporters, drawn to his straight-talking style and vision of a new Brazil.

Local K-12 schools and colleges begin the academic year with a return to campus amid the COVID-19 pandemic, prep sports including high school football begin play after having their seasons canceled last year, and a look at some of the seemingly solvable issues that have gone addressed in San Diego for decades.

Infectious disease specialist Dr. Mark Sawyer joins us for an update on COVID in San Diego County. Plus, the board of supervisors approved beginning the process to allow people to legally sell food from their home kitchens here in San Diego County. Then, Governor Gavin Newsom has until October 10 to decide whether to sign a bill that softens production quotas for warehouse workers. And, a new generation of fans are being introduced to the tradition of lucha libre, Mexican wrestling, at events held at a Logan Heights brewery. Also, KPBS film critic Beth Accomando unpacks some of the layers of meaning in the reimagined “Candyman” movie by filmmaker Nia Da Costa. Lastly, the KPBS Summer Music series continues and this week features the San Diego-based experimental duo Skrapez, who make curious, creative and chaotic walls of sound.

Voters like to see a sense of authenticity in candidates, especially in Texas. But some experts say cursing and vulgar language in front of kids and the elderly more often than not crosses the line.

The 77-year-old man in a rural part of southwest Australia may have been keeping the wild kangaroo as a pet. It's reportedly the first fatal kangaroo attack in the country since 1936.

Some critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin have died over the years from murky circumstances, as NPR's Scott Simon points out following the death this week of a Russian oligarch.

The KPBS summer music series continues on San Diego News Now with this bonus episode featuring: latin jazz musician Bill Caballero

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with mercenary expert Sean McFate about recent recruiting strategies by the Wagner Group due to Russian losses in Ukraine.

The KPBS Summer Music Series continues with DJ Artistic, considered an architect of the local hip-hop scene. DJ Artistic curates and produces events, makes space for emerging artists, and is a four-time San Diego Music Award winner.