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The CARES Act tried to make COVID-19 testing affordable. So why are some San Diegans paying hundreds of dollars for their tests?

Pfizer said in late March that clinical trials found "100% efficacy and robust antibody responses" to the coronavirus in 12- to 15-year-olds.

Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022 at 10 a.m. and encore Saturday, Oct. 15 at 11 a.m. on KPBS 2 / Live Stream. Watch live coverage of the public hearings held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol. Judy Woodruff will anchor the live coverage with contributions from NEWSHOUR correspondents and expert analysis from guests.

Both groups can be seen in the spotlight as abortion and gun violence take hold of the national conversation. Though similar in name, each stands behind different political issues.

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons are ineligible to apply to become permanent residents. Plus, new data shows that grades went down and absenteeism was up with about 14% of San Diego Unified students skipping a significant number of online classes. And San Diego city Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe is a member of California’s newly formed Reparations Task Force. She spoke to Midday Edition about what she hopes to accomplish. Then, the county's Building Industry Association, which represents developers, is in a transition — to a new CEO. Lori Holt Pfeiler will be taking over that job on July 6. Plus, the California Senate passed a bill last week that would dramatically change the way bottle recycling works in the state. Finally, Ed Vodrazka captured some of his most exceptional experiences and stories from his fellow lifeguards as a testament to life on the beach in a new book, “Stories from Sea Level: The Heroic and Humorous Adventures of California's Ocean Lifeguards.”

LeBron James tweeted his support for WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been detained by Russian authorities for over 100 days.

There could be as many as half a million stray cats on county streets, according to the San Diego Humane Society. Feral cats are spayed or neutered and then released by the humane society -- and that program has recently expanded, despite critics. Meanwhile, annual inspections of nursing homes by the California Department of Public Health have resumed after being suspended in March of 2020, at the start of the pandemic. Plus, a San Diego Superior Court ruling that overturned an Oceanside ballot initiative could have widespread implications for housing development in the state.

Russia has cut off access to Facebook inside the country in response to the tech giant's blocking of state-backed media outlets in the European Union.

In the cases against the hundreds of Capitol riot defendants, attorneys repeatedly reference how Trump's tweet motivated rioters to come to Washington, D.C. — sometimes with weapons and armor in tow.

Private, isolating thoughts have always been central in Sophie Allison's songs, but Sometimes, Forever breaks new ground, using the studio to blow those feelings up to arresting scale.