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Governor Gavin Newsom gives his State of the State address, one year into the pandemic and amid growing pressure from a recall campaign against him. Meanwhile, while San Diego police are touting a lower crime rate in 2020, a closer look at the numbers shows that violent crime here has gone up a bit, as it has big cities across the country in 2020. Plus, San Diego City Council votes to create a “climate equity fund.”

In March 2020 we didn’t even really know what to call the new virus that had already shut down an entire province in China. As it gained traction in the U.S., we had weeks of mixed messages on wearing masks, about wiping off packages and about how contagious or how deadly this virus was. It was the beginning of the learning curve on COVID-19 that is still keeping researchers and scientists busy one year later.

Encore Fridays, May, 31 - July 19, 2024 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 (not available in the PBS App). DI Neville Parker and his team solve a series of murders on the Caribbean island of Saint Marie in 8 episodes.

Climate activists in San Diego say we need to move away from the greenhouse gas and follow the lead of other cities in the state that have banned the use of it in new construction.

You can fittingly close out Black History Month with an intergenerational poetry piece called "Spittin’ Truth To Power While Light Leaping For the People."

Supporters of the San Pasqual Academy in Escondido are calling on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors to help the school for foster youth stay open. Plus, artificial tide pools may help keep rising sea levels from flooding the land around San Diego Bay. And our weekend arts picks: City Ballet, Philipp Scholz Rittermann, a dance film reflection on a year of closures and the acoustic rock of Grampadrew.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

More and more nonprofits are bringing Americans with opposing political views together for civil discussions on divisive issues. Critics question whether these encounters produce lasting results.

Sweetwater Union High in the South Bay could soon have up to 10% of its students back on campuses, but Poway Unified and others will have to hold off on plans to bring back high schoolers.

The missile that North Korea tested this week could potentially be equipped with nuclear warheads and reach the continental U.S., experts say.