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Description: San Diego County has nearly 600 assisted living facilities but not a lot is publicly known about how they’re handling COVID-19; inewsource investigative reporter Jill Castellano tells the story of a tragic outbreak at one local facility. Plus: One superintendent about plans to reopen schools even if the COVID numbers in San Diego County remain high, San Diego records the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases since July 7 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

In the United States there's lots of discussion about when the coronavirus will finally become endemic the way colds are. But African scientists say that may have already happened on their continent.

Many Republicans appear to have bought into Trump's lies about widespread election fraud. A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that just a third of GOP voters say they trust elections are fair.

The nearly all-white jury has been sent home until Monday, when they're expected to hear closing arguments. Earlier in the day, Travis McMichael, who killed Arbery, underwent cross-examination.

Irene Predazzi arrives in San Diego seeking balance between her scientific career and her love of horseback riding. About the show: My First Day is a KPBS Explore series that explores these important days through people who came to San Diego from elsewhere, and now call it home. About the producer: Andrew Bracken is a documentary mediamaker working with audio, video, and interactive media. He is the creator, producer, and host of the KPBS podcast My First Day. Follow the show: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myfirstdaystories/ Contact: myfirstdaystories@gmail.com

California prisons have emerged as raging COVID-19 hot spots, even as the state annually spends more on inmate health care than other big states spend on their entire prison systems.

The number of COVID cases in San Diego continues to rise in people between the ages of 20 and 49, Especially for people in their 20s. Plus: problems inside one San Diego memory care facility, safe-as-possible camping in California during the pandemic and more local news you need. San Diego News Matters is KPBS’ daily news podcast. Support the show: https://www.kpbs.org/donate

We're listening to new music from Jake Najor and the Moment of Truth, Jean Jules Julian, Rafter, Gaby Moreno and Mexican Institute of Sound, and Alfred Howard, Mara Kaye and Tim McNalley.

If you, like many people, are getting through the dragging months of the pandemic by being Very Online, you'll find poet Leigh Stein's new book is a perfect encapsulation of that experience.

As activists nationwide call for the defunding of police departments, the same reckoning is occurring in schools. At San Diego Unified, students say police have no place on their campuses. But the district's police department has made some progress in recent years. KPBS Education Reporter Joe Hong spoke to students and experts about whether police can play a role in student well-being. Plus: Tenants in San Diego who have fallen behind on rent just got a little extra time to repay it, San Diego falls short of housing goals, daycares are struggling to stay open and more of the local news you need. San Diego News Matters is KPBS’ daily news podcast. Support the show: https://www.kpbs.org/