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San Diego County officials say they are creating a Safe Reopening Compliance Team – to offer guidance to businesses confused about Covid compliance, and to crack down on businesses and organizations operating in defiance of those rules.

More than half of the people who died lived in either the South Bay, City Heights, or Southeast San Diego — the most ethnically diverse areas in the county.

The new, multimillion-dollar Democratic push to mobilize voters of color in 2022 includes voter protection and combating disinformation. Republicans had some gains with nonwhite voters in 2020.

While more coronavirus relief for small businesses is likely in store as Congress works on another round of loans under the Paycheck Protection Program, some storefronts in underserved communities south of I-8 couldn’t get any money during the last round.

Atlantic journalist Bart Gellman says the Republican party is increasingly unwilling to accept defeat and, in fact, is "prepared to win by sacrificing the essential elements of democracy."

Academic freedom is at the heart of America’s Higher Education system, but a proposal under debate at San Diego State University is raising questions about limits to freedom of speech. The University's Academic Policy and Planning Committee is suggesting a new policy that could strip retired professors of their emeritus status for conduct that harmed SDSU’s reputation.

The move could open the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots by early March. The nation’s 19 million children under 5 are the only group not yet eligible for vaccination against the coronavirus.

San Diego County and Affirmed Housing broke ground on a planned nearly $40 million housing complex on Tuesday to provide affordable housing units for low-income people and families.

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

Afghanistan is facing crisis on multiple fronts as borders are closed, farmers in the country are facing a drought and the economy is in free-fall.