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School districts in San Diego are confronting internal problems ranging from race to finances. KPBS education reporter Joe Hong joins us to discuss how Poway Unified is addressing reports of racist incidents and ongoing budget woes at Sweetwater Union High School district. Plus, the San Diego VA is offering conflicting accounts over its decision to take veterans off a drug treatment that they say helped them cope with depression. Also, the Marine Corps banned the confederate flag and top Marine leaders say a conversation about race in the Corps is long overdue.

With county restaurants shuttered for indoor dining in response to a spike in local COVID-19 cases, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer said he will sign an emergency executive order that will waive regulatory requirements, allowing restaurants to expand their service into outdoor spaces, like sidewalks and even parking lots. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters podcast: COVID-19 numbers continue trending up, the San Diego City Council Tuesday approved a measure for the November ballot that if passed would change how San Diego Unified School District board members are elected and more local news you need.

The San Diego County COVID-19 case total rose rapidly over the weekend and health authorities have reported more than 300 new COVID-19 cases seven times in the past eight days.

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.

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.

The global investigation sheds new light on how the world's wealthy use a network of lawyers and financial institutions to obscure their finances from authorities, their creditors and the public.

FX's limited series Impeachment: American Crime Story refocuses the story — once largely controlled by male journalists, politicians, comedians and activists — on Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp.

Unless the COVID numbers change, San Diego County could be forced to restrict more indoor business activities as soon as Monday. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters podcast: African Americans are disproportionately represented in the county's foster system and local leaders are working to fix that, San Diego officials are optimistic that a long-term fix to stop persistent cross-border sewage flows is close and more local news you need. Local beer resource: https://bit.ly/HelpSDbeer2

San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher asked to speed up the creation of a non-law enforcement "Mobile Crisis Response Team" that would respond to nonviolent incidents countywide involving people with behavioral health crises.

One thing we don’t know now, and might never know is exactly when the coronavirus first arrived in California, which has led to lots of people suspecting they may have had the virus before it was a thing in California. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters podcast: the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to kill DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the zoo is reopening and more local news you need.