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University of Southern California epidemiologist Dr. Jeffrey Klausner on Tuesday compared it to a wildfire that is running out of fuel.

Sunday's ceremony marked the first time as president that Biden had traveled to Dover to witness the return of fallen U.S. service members.

San Diego County public health officials reported 560 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths Thursday, raising the county's totals to 18,402 cases and 415 deaths.

California's Attorney General Xavier Becerra and other attorneys general sent a letter asking the federal government to step in to increase the supply and decrease the cost of the COVID-19 drug remdesivir. Plus, the county is exploring outsourcing health care of jail inmates to private contractors. Also, KPBS partner inewsource is launching a series today called Veterans Voices. It will follow veterans as the San Diego VA removes them from a drug treatment they say has been effective in relieving their depression and suicidal thoughts. And, violence in Mexico hit an all-time high last year and major drug cartels are diversifying into international criminal enterprises — two disturbing findings in a report by University of San Diego. Finally, the San Diego Writers Festival wraps up with a focus on how to get published.

The move comes after the tennis superstar refused to attend press conferences during the tournament. Officials fined her and threatened to expel her if she didn't meet her media obligations.

San Diego County is seeking to make a sea change in how it handles people facing mental health crises. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters Podcast: a new daily high of 38 COVID- 19 positive patients were hospitalized in Wednesday's data, single-use plastic bags reappeared in California at the end of April because of the COVID 19 pandemic and more local news you need.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has formally prohibited federal prosecutors from seizing the records of journalists in leak investigations.

The coronavirus pandemic's disproportionate impact on Black and Hispanic communities has highlighted long-existing health disparities. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters podcast: eighteen sailors were hospitalized Sunday with minor injuries after a fire broke out aboard a ship docked at Naval Base San Diego, about 136 of every 100,000 San Diegans are testing positive for COVID-19 and more local news you need.

Trump's business continues to suffer losses: fewer tenants, lost government contracts, bailing business partners. But some observers say things aren't as dire as they seem for the former president.

In 2009, San Diego scientists were the first to report the strain of virus that became known as the H1N1 swine flu. Not as deadly as the coronavirus, it eventually killed some 285,000 worldwide. Now scientists are concerned by a new strain of the same virus which is spreading quickly in China