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A confusing postcard sent out by the US Postal service has misleading advice for California voters. Plus, Following the departure of the "North Park Community Fridge," we find food assistance offered at another location just down the street in North Park. And, California’s Common Sense Party, which KPBS found was signing up voters without their knowledge or consent, is now suing the state to get on the ballot, even though it hasn't collected enough signatures.

For many parents of young children, the pandemic has made child care the most challenging issue of their lives. For some who have kept their kids home, caregiving has affected their ability to work. For others who don’t have the option to work at home the health risk posed by sending their child to day care has to be weighed against loss of income. And, the childcare centers and the people who operate them have lost income and are struggling to stay open. KPBS Investigative reporter Claire Trageser has been focusing on this issue and brings us this special program, “COVID-19 And The Child Care Crisis.”

A recent poll by The San Diego Union-Tribune/10News SurveyUSA shows the race for San Diego mayor between Barbara Bry and Todd Gloria is neck and neck but it gives a hint of where voters are leaning on city ballot measures. Plus, Wednesday is Clean Air Day and the recent wildfires and the USS Bonhomme Richard fire gave heightened awareness on the effects of climate change on the air we breathe. Also, much of today’s political discourse lacks civility and an annual conference seeks to bring that back to American civic dialogue. In addition, regardless of who wins in the second district San Diego County Supervisor race, the East County will have a change in leadership for the first time in 28 years. Who will win depends on the candidate’s performance record. And, administrators at an East County nursing home waited eight days before reporting a resident’s sexual assault to police, advocates say the home’s handling of the case put residents at risk. Finally, listen to five songs to discover in October.

Firefighters battled for a fourth day Tuesday to subdue a Santa Ana-driven wildfire that blackened thousands of acres in rural eastern San Diego County over the Labor Day weekend, leveling about a dozen homes and forcing widespread evacuations.

We don't know the full impact of nonfatal firearms-related injuries. Unreliable data and political pressure have obscured the picture for researchers, the media and the public. That may soon change.

This weekend in the arts: The San Diego Gay Men's Chorus, two Christmas album release concerts from Matrida and SACRA/PROFANA, small works at Quint Gallery, Golden State Ballet's "Nutcracker," Cognate Collective closes at Best Practice, and a North Park LEGO exhibition.

In spite of unprecedented public support for police reform measures after the death of George Floyd, California legislators failed to pass a majority of the police reform bills up for a vote this week.

It's one of the world's most unequal countries, says a new report. And the gap between rich and poor is getting worse. Two workers who each make less than $5 a day describe what their lives are like.

In China, leadership has concluded a four-day meeting that endorsed Xi Jinping's vision for the country and signed off on a reassessment of the party's 100-year history.

A man who set fire to a historic commercial structure in downtown La Mesa following a police brutality protest pleaded guilty.