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

The first case of the Covid virus variant that has led to a major outbreak in India has been detected in San Diego. Because of the lag time between a positive test and viral sequencing, the variant was not detected until last week.

The pandemic’s impact on education had a profound effect not just on students and their parents, but on educators as well. Tuesday, three educators within the San Diego Unified School District were honored for their excellence in teaching throughout a year of unprecedented change.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday asked U.S. intelligence officials to “redouble” their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. Plus, activists had been pushing the San Diego city Council to reject a franchise agreement with San Diego Gas & Electric, which they said do not do enough to hold the utility accountable. But supporters said they were the best compromise the city could get. And increasing numbers of asylum-seekers have been allowed to enter the United States. But with the asylum system still severely curtailed, thousands remain stuck in dangerous conditions. Then, a Q&A about reproductive health and the COVID-19 virus and vaccine. Finally, the “Port of Entry” podcast talks to a California couple that crossed the border to get fertility treatment in Tijuana.

China scholar Michael Beckley says China is engaged in the largest military buildup since World War II, and is being increasingly aggressive with its Asian neighbors and with the U.S.

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.

Media coverage of Griner's arrest on alleged drug charges in Russia has remained somewhat muted. Some say it's because of her skin color, but others say it's part of a bigger strategy to get her home.

Struggles in accessing and using rent relief programs in California, a San Diego lawmaker wants to give fast-food workers more of a voice in the industry, and how San Diego's largest newspaper plans to cover the upcoming recall election.

Lacy Crawford's is a searing story of injustice. Sexually assaulted at 15 years old, the author investigates her own past as society grapples with gender, power, and privilege - and the roiling depths of shame and guilt used to silence victims like herself. Crawford's 2020 book, "Notes on a Silencing," caused a storm of media coverage and an apology from her elite New England boarding school thirty years later. On September 30, the Coronado Public Library in partnership with Warwick's will host Crawford to discuss her book in the Winn Room. Admission is $40 and includes a luncheon and signed copy. Buy tickets at cplevents.org. Use credit card or PayPal. Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Library.

In the arts this weekend, we have art made by construction equipment, a virtual baroque concert, several art opening receptions in the Barrio Art Crawl, and a final week of a play that imagines Martin Luther King Jr's final night.