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Johnny Depp had sued Amber Heard for more than $50 million over a 2018 op-ed she wrote about abuse against women. Because of a limit set by state law, Depp's award will be $10.35 million.

Travel to and hotel bookings in San Diego are up, though not quite back to pre-pandemic levels. And… remember how back in the early days of the pandemic, San Diego unveiled a "slow streets" program to give residents safe places to walk and ride bikes? In recent months that program has been quietly scaled back to just one street in Pacific Beach. Plus, a new podcast called “Blood on Gold Mountain” tells the story of the 1871 LA Chinatown massacre.

Strikes and organizing efforts at high-profile companies have generated new enthusiasm for organized labor. But numbers tell a different story. Union membership is tied for the lowest level on record.

To receive food stamp benefits in California, eligible recipients must recertify every six months. A new study from UC Berkeley finds that complicated processes often drive people out of the program. Meanwhile, as more migrant teenage girls arrive at the San Diego convention center, local social service agencies and educators are stepping up to help them. Plus, a new analysis from the San Diego Union Tribune shows biased policing practices in San Diego have been consistent for years.

Researchers at UC San Diego estimate that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was likely circulating undetected for at most two months before the first human cases of COVID-19. Plus, distance learning during the pandemic has only worsened students' achievement gap from marginalized communities and those growing up in privilege. But could there be some long-term benefits to this experience? And this weekend in the arts: Cauleen Smith at the San Diego Museum of Art, outdoor Afro-Cuban jazz at Queen Bee’s, a year of virtual civic organ concerts and "There's Something About the Weather of This Place," at Best Practice gallery in Barrio Logan.

Author and oceanographer Kim McCoy combines science and adventure in his new book, "Waves and Beaches: The Powerful Dynamics of Sea and Coast."

Voters in the Philippines go to the polls Monday for that country's presidential elections. We take a look at the last days of the campaign there.

The San Diego Food Bank ran out of all baby formula earlier this week.

Corrections officer Vicky White told jail staff she was transporting inmate Casey White (no relation) to a mental health evaluation before the two went missing.

Supporters of the San Pasqual Academy in Escondido are calling on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors to help the academy stay open.