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  • 8 people were killed at Houston's Astroworld Festival after crowd rushed the stage
    Authorities in Houston said the victims range in age from 14 to 27, with one unknown. A criminal homicide and narcotics investigation is now underway.
  • Total County COVID-19 Cases Cross 18,000 As Daily Count Reaches 500 Again
    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.
  • An iPhone displays a Facebook page in New Orleans. Facebook, Twitter, and Google are being asked by the European Commission to share more details about what their platforms are doing to curb disinformation.
    Europe Wants Social Media Giants To Do More To Stop Disinformation
    The executive branch of the European Union is asking Facebook, Google, Twitter and others to provide details on how they are responding to disinformation on their platforms.
  • A demonstrator wears a badge for the extremist group the Oath Keepers on a protective vest during a protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, 2021.
    Active-duty police in major U.S. cities appear on purported Oath Keepers rosters
    Hacked records purported to be from the extremist group Oath Keepers include the names of active-duty law enforcement officers in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago, NPR and WNYC/Gothamist found.
  • Law enforcement agencies are continuing their search in the a Sarasota County, Fla., nature reserve for Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the death of Gabby Petito. The families of Jelani Day and Daniel Robinson, who have been missing for weeks and months, respectively, are calling for more attention to be brought to their cases.
    With A Spotlight On Gabby Petito, The Parents Of 2 Missing Black Men Call For Action
    The families of Jelani Day and Daniel Robinson, both Black men in their 20s, are continuing their push for answers in the weeks and months, respectively, after their disappearances.
  • Helping People In Crisis
    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.
  • California AG Calls For Coronavirus Drug Supply, County Exploring Outsourcing Jail Health Care, Veteran Voices, Mexico’s Violence Hits All-Time High, SD Writers Festival Wraps Up
    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 Intersection Of Racism And Health
    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.
  • A young girl gets the kids version of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, Nov. 3, 2021.
    Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5
    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.
  • New Swine Flu Concerns Scientists
    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
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