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The Supreme Court didn't say Trump can't end DACA, just that his administration went about it the wrong way. We’ll explain the court’s majority opinion. Also, what are the political implications of the DACA ruling for the November election. And, advocacy groups say about 40,000 Daca eligible immigrants live in San Diego County. Today’s decision means they are safe from deportation - for now. We hear the voices of two San Diego DACA recipients.

California will use about $1 billion in federal money to help people who fell behind on their mortgage payments during the pandemic. The program will pay past due housing payments in full, up to a maximum of $80,000 per household.

Karen Watkins ran for her local school board because she wanted to be involved in her children's education. Since her election in 2020, she's been yelled at, threatened and followed to her car.

After more than 10 hours of public comments, the San Diego City Council voted to pass the budget with no cuts to the police department. Plus, the coronavirus pandemic is magnifying the social inequity in at-risk communities, such as the homeless. Also, two local black journalists reflect on recent protests and why they remain hopeful for the future of race relations in the U.S. And, the Navy continues to lean heavily on isolation in its response to COVID-19 after the virus spread uncontrollably through the USS Roosevelt. Finally, a new San Diego-based documentary on hospice and the impact of AIDS on the gay rights movement

The council took more than 10 hours of public testimony, nearly all of it from people asking for cuts to the San Diego Police Department amid nationwide outrage over police violence in the wake of the George Floyd killing.

More than 24 hours after a fire started on the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego, the blaze is still raging. Officials are monitoring the air quality and advising residents to stay indoors where smoke is present. Plus, with the start of peak wildfire season, we check in with Cal Fire about how the COVID-19 pandemic may change the way fires are fought. Meanwhile, the pandemic continues to highlight long-existing health disparities in the Black and Hispanic communities. We trace back some of that history. Also, Border Patrol agents gave an asylum-seeking mother a harrowing choice: give her newly U.S.-born child to social services or return together to Mexico while her asylum case winds through U.S. courts. Finally, Comic-Con had to cancel its annual convention but it is still giving fans a taste of the action, all for free at home.

The San Diego City Council heard public comments Monday — both written and telephoned in — from hundreds of residents urging the council to reject a proposed $27 million increase in the budget for the San Diego Police Department. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters podcast: what defunding the police actually means and more local news you need.

Today on San Diego news Matters: Local Faith leaders come together to demand an end to police brutality. We have the third and final installment of our investigative series on Police Use of Force. And from our KPBS film critic: a review of an old-new movie, PBS’ American Playhouse ‘The Killing Floor’ (1984).

A dozen journalists and freelancers were evacuated from the AP offices in the 12-story building before it crumbled to the ground. AP said the military has long known the building housed journalists.

Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig says President Trump froze key federal agencies, including the FBI and Dept. of Defense, whose job it was to investigate and stop threats to national security.