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Next Monday, the San Diego REP launches its new Black Voices 2021 Play Reading Series. It consists of a selection of plays representing a diverse range of Black voices with post-show discussions after each play. Playwright Vincent Terrell Durham's “Polar Bears, Black Boys, and Prairie Fringed Orchids” kicks off the series.

Rapid at-home COVID tests are in high demand right now and pharmacies can’t keep them stocked. Signs on pharmacy doors throughout the county tell customers there are no tests for sale.

"I'm asking for justice," says Peter Lyoya, whose son Patrick Lyoya, 26, was fatally shot by Grand Rapids police officer, Christopher Schurr, 31, during a traffic stop last month.

San Diego Unified School District Superintendent Cindy Marten was questioned by senators in a confirmation hearing for the position of deputy U.S. Secretary of Education Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, a group back in San Diego protested her nomination. Plus, UCSD Assistant Professor Christen Sasaki, Ph.D., joined Midday Edition to talk about the intersection of racism and sexism against Asian American women. And five candidates are now vying for the 79th Assembly District seat. Then, as public health authorities try to convince reluctant Californians to get a COVID-19 vaccination, powerful allies in that effort could be religious leaders. Plus, a recent audit of the Industrial Wastewater Control Program suggests that outdated methods and staffing concerns are the key reasons behind a failure to properly identify polluters. Finally, the podcast “Blood on Gold Mountain” tells the story of the 1871 L.A. Chinatown Massacre through the eyes of a young female Chinese refugee.

This weekend in the arts: a powerful new group exhibition at The Front, Broadway hits from jazz greats, Lauren Gunderson’s play “I and You,” a city-wide art and architecture event.

Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley was found guilty of abusive sexual contact for forcibly kissing his sister-in-law after a 2018 event. He faces dismissal from the military and up to seven years in prison.

Investors wiped more than $250 billion off the market value of Facebook owner Meta after the company warned competition from TikTok is weighing on growth.

Anti-government public protests initially began over shortages of essentials such as cooking gas, petrol, electricity and milk powder and have spread to every part of the Indian Ocean island nation.

California’s public schools could get $6.6 billion from the state Legislature if they return to in-person instruction by the end of March, according to a new agreement announced Monday between Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s legislative leaders.

The COVID-19 Pandemic has highlighted a number of racial health disparities across the nation. But as researchers and physicians continue to study the severe effects of COVID-19 on the body, a new report from UC San Diego Health suggests that long-standing tests used to determine lung capacity are actually rife with archaic and, in some cases, racist components that could lead to a misdiagnosis in patients of color.