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This week's election results show education issues foremost in the minds of many voters, and suggest many parents may be seeking a course correction after 18 months of disruptions.

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.

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.

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

The nation's top doctor, Vivek Murthy, says misinformation will keep sowing mistrust and endangering lives unless all Americans do their part to fight it.

San Diego County recorded a record number of new COVID-19 cases Thursday and will be added to the state’s monitoring list. Plus, the rise in coronavirus cases has impacted communities of color at alarming rates. And, “John Lewis: Good Trouble” a documentary about a 17-term Congressman and civil rights crusader is releasing over the holiday weekend.

The extra $600 a week unemployment benefit under the federal CARES Act has helped over two million Californians make ends meet. Now that it's ending, nonprofits and the state look to help fill the gap. We hear from two San Diegans on how the end of the extra benefit will impact their livelihoods. Local and statewide moratoriums have kept a wave of possible evictions on hold for months. With those moratoriums expiring in the coming weeks, thousands of San Diegans could end up on the street if legislators don’t act. In San Diego art events this weekend: TwainFest kicks off a virtual festival, stories inspired by art at Lux Art Institute, youth actors present a classic, a poetry workshop with Gill Sotu and the Spreckels Organ Society continues its weekly webcasts.

Karl notes often that Trump continues his campaign to invalidate the 2020 election — even now. The "Trump show" remains very much on stage, finding an audience and threatening to extend its run.

In two 7-2 rulings written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court allowed a subpoena in a New York criminal case but told a lower court to consider separation of powers when it comes to Congress.

LGBTQ social media users encounter hate speech and harassment at higher rates than all other identity groups at 64%, according to GLAAD's inaugural social media index report.