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The criticism comes after the City Council declined to slash police funding despite hours of public testimony, mostly from people urging council members to slash

UCSD researchers say how we use stimulus money to restart the economy will have a bigger impact on future climate change than the temporary reduction in carbon emissions created by the pandemic.

The shooting victim is 25-year-old San Diego resident Leonardo Hurtado Ibarra who officers recognized from a wanted poster, according to a police statement. He is in a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters podcast: Antibodies aren’t the body's only weapons against the coronavirus, the San Diego VA is removing suicidal veterans from a life-saving drug and transitioning them to a controversial nasal spray and more local news you need.

Lawyers for victims' families suing Remington say the gun-maker is slowing the legal process by filing thousands of pictures, videos and emoji. Remington sources say that accusation is not fair.

They include one man who told a family member he wanted to attend an event where he could shoot House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on live television.

There was no March Madness for the SDSU Aztecs, no NBA finals for the Golden State Warriors. Major League Baseball says it will play fewer than half the games of a normal season starting in late July. Football season is increasingly doubtful, as is the season for that other contact sport, hockey. The reason is, of course, COVID-19, and the fallout from the lack of sports — professional, collegiate and prep — extends far and wide.

California experiences its hottest summer on record as supersized wildfires burn millions of acres, and local Hispanic journalists mentor the next generation of reporters.

Mayor Kevin Faulconer and police Chief David Nisleit announced two new policies designed to address community concerns about excessive use of force by the San Diego Police Department. Also: San Diego County public health authorities reported 332 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday — a new daily high — and six deaths, raising the county totals to 11,626 cases and 347 deaths and more local news you need.

Packed and peaceful demonstrations, marches and other events to protest racism and inequality in the justice system and police brutality against people of color happened across the county over the weekend. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters Podcast: While the rest of the country begins to open up, the Navy continues to update its own response to the coronavirus and more local news you need.

An NPR investigation found that student borrowers were prematurely rejected under the revamped Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. The Education Department has promised a fix.