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San Diego County is launching free COVID testing at the San Ysidro border crossing. The local action comes months after funding for support at the border never arrived from state and federal agencies. Plus: The city of San Diego is cracking down on a vacation rental that officials say hosted large parties against COVID-19 health orders, Californians are seeing their electricity bills rise as they're forced to spend more time at home due to the Covid pandemic, how to fix the living-at-work feeling and more locals news you need. San Diego News Matters is our daily news podcast supported by listeners like you. Donate today: https://www.kpbs.org/donate

French President Emanuel Macron has taken center stage in the ongoing Ukraine crisis, insisting on the centrality of Europe to diplomacy.

The Trump administration says it will reject new applications and shorten renewal periods for an Obama-era program that shields young people from deportation. The move Tuesday is a defiant stance after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to let the administration end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

At San Diego Unified, the disparity in arrest rates between Latinx and white students has closed, thanks in part to restorative justice practices. Still, students say police have no place on their campuses.

The San Diego City Council voted Tuesday to place a proposal on the November ballot that if approved would repeal the 30-foot height limit for buildings in the Midway District.

Five Judiciary Committee members cited news reports about Amazon's special treatment of its own brands over other sellers' and said they are weighing a referral for a federal criminal investigation.

Alicia Sasser Modestino studies gender and labor market issues at the school of public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University. She surveyed over 2,000 parents nationwide in May and June and found that a quarter of the women who have lost a job during this pandemic say it is because of a lack of childcare. Modestino says the crisis in childcare could affect women in the workforce for decades to come.

Justices heard arguments in a case testing whether an elected community college board can censure one of its members.

County supervisors approved a measure Wednesday to allow gyms and houses of worship to meet outdoors at county parks, as more activities move outside to limit the spread of COVID-19. And, clean air advocates fall short in their bid to protect communities of color from fossil fuel extraction in urban areas. Plus, County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said Wednesday that California had reported issues with private labs and reporting, meaning some additional cases might be retroactively added to both local and statewide case totals in coming weeks.

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance officials used genetic testing to uncover evidence that at least two condors have reared offspring that only have one parent.