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The group has become a regular presence at ongoing protests over racial injustice to provide licensed care for any injuries and demonstrate support for community health.

Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand now with KPBS Passport! Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shares the family histories of director Alejandro G. Inarritu, iconoclastic performance artist Marina Abramovic and painter Kehinde Wiley. These visionary artists find their identities challenged -- and affirmed.

Dr. Wilma Wooten, the county's public health officer, said a significant spike in cases could be traced to the periods following restaurants opening, churches allowing services, and the mass protests calling for police reform.

Creators of the HBO Max series Harley Quinn said executives blocked a scene where Batman performs oral sex on Catwoman, sparking a social media conversation about censorship of female pleasure.

The musician rose to fame in the 1960s and '70s, bringing global attention to his hip-shaking style of music.

San Diego County amended its public health order to require all employers to inform anyone who could have possibly been exposed if three or more cases of COVID-19 occur at the workplace in a 14-day period. Plus, South of Interstate 8 is the dividing line in the wide gap in the number of Paycheck Protection Program loans awarded to small businesses in San Diego County. Also, a new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California shows that a majority of Californians take the coronavirus pandemic seriously and also believe racism is widespread and a long-festering problem. And, Dolores Robledo, the matriarch of Roberto’s, one of San Diego’s favorite taco shops and the first Mexican fast-food chains, has died. The impact she had on the community. Finally, KPBS’ Summer Music Series is back. The series is to highlight and support San Diego’s music and artists. On today’s episode is blues artist Whitney Shay, a four-time San Diego Music Award winner.

A new report from the U.S. Immigration Policy Center at UC San Diego says one-third of the city of San Diego's essential health, food and agricultural workers in the city of San Diego are foreign-born. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters podcast: San Diego City Council members voted Tuesday to extend the city's moratorium on evictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more restrictions for bars and restaurants and more of the local news you need.

When author Behrouz Boochani was seeking asylum in Australia, he was held on an island of Papua New Guinea. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with him about the closure of Australia's refugee processing center.

Thousands of teachers, nurses and other public servants are learning they could have some of their federal student loan debts erased months — and even years — earlier than expected.

Around the country, a number of public health officials have resigned, retired or been fired, some after being verbally attacked or threatened in response to their repeated warnings of the crucial importance of wearing masks, social distancing and delayed reopening in slowing the spread of coronavirus.