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A La Mesa woman is in intensive care this week after being struck in the face by a rubber bullet while she was peacefully protesting the death of george floyd in front of the La Mesa Police Department over the weekend. Her family is now calling for an investigation - they want the person who fired the bullet to be charged. Law enforcement used rubber bullets along with pepper spray to respond to protestors in san diego and la mesa, prompting outraged citizens to question what are the rules for when to use these non lethal weapons. Joining us is Liz ZAY-bo,, Senior Correspondent for Kaiser Health News,

The U.S. Marine Corps graduates its first class of female recruits trained in San Diego, the challenge of fighting COVID-19 misinformation in Spanish-language social media, and the Port of Entry podcast dives into the world of cross-border medical tourism.

Ali Nazary, the National Resistance Front's head of foreign relations, denies that the last holdout against the Taliban has fallen, calling such reports part of the "Taliban propaganda machine."

Each of us has our own experience of this pandemic.. It’s very personal, and the feelings about it run deep below the surface of the day to day practicalities of dealing with this new reality. San Diego’s recently appointed

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Yale professor Alicia Schmidt Camacho and NPR correspondent Franco Ordoñez about Latin American migration into the U.S. and government policies trying to address it.

In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBTQ workers from being fired because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The decision stems from several cases filed by gay and transgender employees. Plus, San Diego City Council President Georgette Gomez is defending her vote to approve the city’s budget, which did not include cuts to police funding. Also, some members of the National Guard could face discipline for refusing to deploy to respond to protests against police brutality and racial injustice. And, a grandfather from San Diego opens up to his granddaughter about his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement and reflects on how it compares to today’s protest movement.

Calls for racial justice and an end to police brutality still fill social media platforms a year after George Floyd's murder. But Black Lives Matter says posts targeting it are full of disinformation.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a dramatic relaxation of health standards to reopen the state. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters podcast: droves of people turned out for Viejas Casino & Resort's reopening yesterday, restaurants across San Diego are preparing to open for dine-in service as soon as they get the go-ahead, the coronavirus’ silver lining and more local news you need.

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More than 2,000 demonstrators marched from downtown San Diego through Hillcrest Thursday night over the death of George Floyd. We check in with a community organizer about this week’s protests in San Diego and where the movement against police violence and racial injustice goes from here. Also, a San Diego native describes the “daily grid” of what it’s like to be a black man in “America’s Finest City.” Plus, NPR’s Code-Switch podcast looks back on a decade of watching black people die in America. Plus, protests against police brutality have been taking place in the middle of a pandemic and public health officials are watching coronavirus numbers closely.