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A new spike in COVID infections is causing concerned San Diegans to revisit their pandemic anxieties.

When was the last time you picked up a pen and composed a letter to a friend or a family member? NPR's poet in residence Kwame Alexander wants you to share a poem in letter form.

An Amazon fulfilment center under construction in Otay Mesa is hiring 1,500 workers with a starting pay of $15 an hour - which may present the online retailer with certain challenges given the shifting attitudes on worker compensation in the county.

Sterlin Harjo says there's a tendency to be "very precious with Native people ... that's kind of how the world is trained to view us." The irreverent series follows four teens on a reservation.

Japan's Unification Church is under the spotlight after the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Known as the "Moonies," the group was apparently the target of the alleged assassin's hatred.

With a heat warning in effect, county officials have set up “Cool Zones” for the community to escape the heat. But advocates in Escondido say access isn’t equal for everyone and the centers aren’t in all parts of the county.

Now that the Taliban has virtually seized full control of Afghanistan, the lingering threat of international terror is on the minds of many Americans. Plus, a new program in California is offering stipends to volunteers, in an effort to bring climate change solutions to urban and rural communities throughout the state, including here in San Diego. Also, a sewage testing program at UCSD could be key to helping identify COVID-19 outbreaks when students return to school in the fall. And, we highlight Daniella De Jesús, one of the playwrights in the fifth annual San Diego Repertory Theatre's Latinx New Play Festival happening next month. Finally, from the archives, a summertime anthem about Southeast San Diego.

In the first California recall debate this week, four Republican contenders traded few jabs at each other, but concentrated on a litany of complaints against Newsom and the Democratic-controlled Legislature. Plus, the phenomenon of breakthrough cases is making people concerned about COVID again. And, this weekend in arts, the San Diego Symphony opens the Shell, an interactive photography exhibit opens at SDMA, and Fern Street Circus goes on a neighborhood tour.

The move, planned for 2024, would make the Big Ten the first college athletics conference to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Monday, April 10, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Experience Judith's multigenerational love story. As a daughter caring for her terminally ill mother and an "old-new mom" adopting a baby in her 50s, this film ultimately asks: "what do we really want to leave our children?"