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As hospitalizations from COVID-19 continue to increase across San Diego, there are growing concerns about the possibility of ICU nurse staffing shortages. Meanwhile, Governor Newsom has reversed a decision to close playgrounds under the state stay-at-home orders. Also, a new report finds veterans are struggling to file claims for VA benefits during the pandemic.

As ICU bed capacity drops to 0% in the Southern California region of the state, we look at how hospitals in San Diego and Imperial counties are doing. Plus, a Mexican-American teenager comes to terms with her immigrant grandparents’ support of Donald Trump in this final installment of Every 30 Seconds. Finally, our picks for weekend arts events include jazz, a literary story concert and an updated spin on a Tchaikovsky classic.

Hospitals across California have all but run out of intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients, ambulances are backing up outside emergency rooms, and tents for triaging the sick have been erected in hospital parking lots.. Meanwhile, a judge’s ruling that strip clubs and restaurants can stay open during the pandemic and despite the surge prompts a reaction from San Diego’s newly inaugurated Mayor Todd Gloria. Also, only one company has bid for the franchise agreement to provide San Diego gas and electricity for the next two decades.

On its 50th Anniversary, The Godfather is one of the most influential and respected films in Hollywood history. But that outcome didn't seem likely at its premiere.

For years, Friendship Park, on the US-Mexico border, has connected communities in the two countries through good times and bad. In the coming months, Border Patrol plans to replace the border wall on the site, drastically altering the park’s landscape.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Emily Harding, who has been tracking the Russian invasion from the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, on Zelenskyy's wartime leadership.

Encore Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. on KPBS TV + Friday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. retraces the ancestral journeys of David Chang and Raul Esparza, whose families fled their homelands, leading them to find lost parts of themselves along the way.

As cases of COVID-19 increase around California and the country, people of color continue to bear the burden of the virus. But Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiians have the highest prevalence of the disease.

Emmy Ross has a bunch of student debt, so when callers offered to help have the loans forgiven, she was immediately interested. The problem? They were scams.

A new book by two former Encinitas city officials explains what you need to know to make change. The book is called "Potholes, Parks, and Politics: A guide to getting things done locally (without having to run for office yourself).”