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SeaWorld Entertainment on Monday announced revenue and audience losses stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. Plus, UC San Diego neurointensivist Dr. Navaz Kanranjia explains how COVID-19 can impact the brain. And, Barbara Bry leads over Todd Gloria in campaign fundraising for the San Diego mayoral race, what’s behind the numbers? Finally, why the Museum of Man changed its name.

If we’re ever going to have self-driving cars, they will need to be able to talk wirelessly to one another … and to roadside monitoring infrastructure, like traffic signals. Such technology has been around but has failed to take hold. Now Qualcomm is out to prove the effectiveness of a new version of technology that connects cars.

The new Apple TV+ series feels far removed from the comedies Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd have become known for.

San Diego is now officially off the state’s coronavirus watch list but what that means for local businesses remains to be seen. Plus, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill by Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) that requires all students at California State University to take an ethnic studies course to graduate. Also, California’s power grid manager is in the hot seat after calling for the first rolling blackouts since 2001. In addition, as the new school year starts during the pandemic, the question of how to discipline students who are attending classes virtually is a challenge for teachers and administrators. And, many nursing homes are ill prepared for wildfire disasters, we examine the regulations that are supposed to protect residents. Finally, La Jolla Music Society Summer Fest is back — the musicians will be live but the audience will be virtual.

Premieres Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, Nov. 25 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. Amid record police shootings in Utah, an investigation into the use of deadly force in the state. With The Salt Lake Tribune, an examination of police training, tactics, and accountability; and racial disparities in the way force is used.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom laid out strict criteria Friday for school reopenings that makes it unlikely the vast majority of districts will have classroom instruction in the fall as the coronavirus pandemic surges

Looking at the zip codes of the people who’ve died of the virus reveal a huge disparity. Plus: The Padres are back sans fans, the big differences between virtual learning and homeschooling, how the pandemic is shaking up plans for the region's transportation future and more of the local news you need. San Diego News Matters is KPBS’ daily news podcast. Support the show: https://www.kpbs.org/donate

Journalist Art Cullen discusses the battle to keep print news alive in small-town America. Cullen runs Iowa's Storm Lake Times, along with his brother. Originally broadcast Sept. 16, 2021.

In the messages, Donald Trump Jr. and Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity urge Meadows to get then-President Donald Trump to tell his supporters to leave the Capitol.

Having kids taking classes at home again is a challenge for everyone involved, but perhaps most especially parents. Whether they’re trying to work from home, or have to go to work themselves, parents will again be juggling competing responsibilities.