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San Diego Authorities expect the beaches to be mobbed this memorial day weekend -- so be prepared for crowds and get there early to find parking. Meanwhile, a new report finds that more than 100,000 Californians don’t have access to affordable housing and local housing advocates are calling on the state to help preserve affordable housing. Plus, the department of veterans affairs is reopening veteran cemeteries, at a limited capacity, in time for the holiday weekend.

The nursing home industry is pushing a plan to have state public health inspectors double as advisors for the industry in an effort to improve care. Critics argue such a plan would weaken oversight, detracting from the inspectors watchdog role. Meanwhile, state lawmakers are considering reducing how many out-of-state and international students are admitted into the University of California system. Plus, new guidance has been given to national park managers in a response to climate change conservation efforts.

The move is part of negotiations to settle a lawsuit over pandemic-related powers that deny migrants a right to apply for asylum.

Saturday's game between Coronado and Escondido's Orange Glen High School reportedly ended with unidentified people throwing tortillas at the Orange Glen team, which is predominantly Latino. Plus, Democratic lawmakers in California unveiled legislation this month that would fast track the normally lengthy process to prepare for a recall election. And a new Biden administration policy gives hope for protection from deportation to undocumented immigrants waiting for U visas to be processed. Then, as San Diego Community College District Chancellor Constance Carroll prepares for retirement at the end of the month, she looks ahead to some of the key issues that face community colleges. Also, a report finds many California students were counted present and engaged when they did little more than log-in during remote learning. Plus, in just two years, Not Me SD has helped 320 women become gun owners and that number is expected to grow. Finally, a San Diego author turned his Facebook posts into a book during quarantine.

China's president says the "one country, two systems" framework is working — even as recent changes have all but eliminated dissenting voices in the territory.

Ukraine's soldiers have held off a full-scale Russian invasion. But rising casualties are taking a toll — and the lackluster welcome soldiers received from some fellow citizens has hurt their morale.

Deanna Mackey, an executive leader and journalist with more than 30 years of experience, will serve as general manager for KPBS, leading the organization through its next phase of development.

Maria Hinojosa recorded years of conversations with a man who never expected to get out of prison. Then he did. On Monday, Suave, a podcast about his incarceration and release won a Pulitzer.

Monday, June 20, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Not available on demand. On a hot summer night in Detroit in 1982, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American engineer with a baseball bat. Although he confessed, he never spent a day in jail. This gripping Academy Award-nominated film relentlessly probes the implications of the murder, for the families of those involved, and for the American justice system. (released in 1988)

Shaina Gross who is Vice President of Client Services at San Diego Workforce Partnership joined Midday Edition to talk about ways employers can create equity for women in the workplace post pandemic.