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San Diego County health officials reported a record number of 1,087 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, the highest one day total yet. Plus, the Port of San Diego has been working on an update to its master plan, which will set the vision for future development on San Diego’s waterfront. Also, President-elect Joe Biden will inherit President Donald Trump’s border wall construction and all of the lawsuits that come with it. In addition, Biden has pledged that on his first day in office he will end Trump’s “travel ban,” which bars entry for most nationals from several Muslim-majority nations, including Iran. And, Scripps Institution of Oceanography is planning to deploy 500 new robotic floats to study what’s going on underneath the waves as the planet warms. Then, if you’re cooking a Thanksgiving meal for the first time because of the pandemic, we have some tips for you. Finally, if you ask people in the city of Mexicali, Mexico, about their most notable regional cuisine, they won’t say street tacos or mole. They’ll say Chinese food. Editor’s note: During the Thanksgiving dinner at home interview that appears in this podcast our guest said that defrosted cooked turkey bones are poisonous. According to the US Department of Agriculture, It is true that undercooking a turkey can lead to serious food-borne illness, as can leaving leftovers out too long. But we can find no source stating frozen turkey bones, if cooked properly, are poisonous. If you have questions about food safety for your Thanksgiving dinner, call the USDA Meat and Poultry hotline at 888-674-6854. We regret the error.

San Diego activists argue the database, known as CalGang, includes many people who are not actually gang members and unfairly targets people of color who live in lower-income communities.

Like many college classes, ROTC training is mostly online because of the pandemic. But some cadets have resumed limited in-person training.

Santa Ana winds will sweep through parts of San Diego County Monday as temperatures heat up amid low humidity, significantly raising the risk of wildfires throughout the region, according to the National Weather Service.

Musician Ian Brennan made a name for himself recording live shows in a San Francisco laundromat in the 1990s. He went on to become a producer, working with Lucinda Williams, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and others. He then turned to field recordings of musicians around the world, like prisoners in Malawi and survivors of Genocide in Cambodia. Now he's made an album with his own family – his sister Jane, who has Down syndrome, and her companions with developmental disabilities at an adult care facility in Contra Costa County.

Hundreds of thousands of California renters facing eviction could get another three months of protection.

Local activists are suing the state to stop the use of the California Gang Database, known as CalGang. Plus: racial justice protests continue and more state and local news you need. Support KPBS and this podcast by becoming a member today online at www.kpbs.org/donate

When it comes to receiving organ transplants, patients are not usually judged on prior behavior, but some doctors are questioning whether unvaccinated COVID patients should qualify for new lungs.

The Thanksgiving Text will follow the true story of an unlikely friendship between a grandmother and an unintended text message recipient that began in 2016.

At least three people were arrested near police headquarters in downtown San Diego during a protest calling for justice in the Breonna Taylor case, it was reported Thursday.