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Young people are spending more time at home and on their phone, which makes them more vulnerable to human traffickers who lurk on social media.

A quarter of a million people in San Diego County have lost a job amid business reductions and closures caused by the coronavirus. If you are among those who are still getting a paycheck, the pandemic has likely still impacted your finances.

Tanya Aguiñiga's art explores what happens to people when they cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Sanford Biggers' works challenge the 'black-washing' of African history.

The U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of DACA recipients, COVID-19 cases surge in Imperial County, and how the Black Lives Matter movement is playing out on social media.

Small businesses are bleeding in San Diego County as the pandemic rages on. More coronavirus relief is likely in store, though, as congress works on another round of loans under the Paycheck Protection Program, known as PPP. NPR member station KPCC in Los Angeles mapped where loans were given out in San Diego and KPBS investigative reporter Amita Sharma found that businesses south of Interstate 8 had a tough time getting any money in the first round of PPP loans. San Diego News Matters is KPBS’ daily news podcast. Support the show: https://www.kpbs.org/

Encore Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 at 8:50 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App. A huge leak reveals hidden assets and deals of the wealthy and powerful. With the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, secret finance overseas and in the U.S. Also, with Retro Report, the legacy of a 1981 massacre in El Salvador.

Horror explores themes relating to the brain be it about disembodied brains on a rampage or how someone can control your mind or what happens to your gray matter when you're zombified. Now COVID-19 is serving up real horrors about how it can affect the brain. UC San Diego Health neurointensivist Dr. Navaz Karanjia explains what the dangers are.

While off the state monitoring list for now, San Diego county could be placed back on should it be flagged for exceeding any one of six different metrics, such as case rate and the number of intensive care beds available, for three consecutive days. Also, the Governor declares a state of emergency and California's power grid managers are under fire after initiating r the first rolling blackouts since 2001. Plus, classrooms are virtual but some students are still misbehaving. This adds another layer of complexity to the challenges facing teachers and administrators amid the pandemic.

Advocates gathered at the now-infamous 101 Ash St. property Friday and said city leaders are about to make another bad deal with San Diego Gas & Electric. Plus, California firefighters are already struggling to fight fires this year and the hottest part of the year is still in front of them. COVID 19 is making that work even more difficult. And, a video produced three decades ago shows a bobbing Hitler and Nazi symbols along with an old photo of the current chairman of the San Diego County Republican Party, Tony Krvaric. Also, the fifth and final part of the Older and Overlooked series from our partners at KQED.

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. Plus, plasma is being used to treat coronavirus patients here and across the country, with fresh encouragement from the FDA. But do plasma treatments work? Also, San Diego Police have released seven out of eight videos of police shootings since July 2019. But one video hasn't been released and it's not clear why. Finally, KPBS’ Rad Scientist podcast profiles Melonie Vaughn, a rising second year neuroscience PhD student at UC San Diego. Vaughn’s desire to study neurodevelopmental disorders stems from watching her austic brother struggle with school and social relationships.