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San Diego County officials announced yesterday that lounging at our region's shores is OK beginning Tuesday. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters podcast: CVS Health will open seven additional drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites across San Diego County today, parents who are wrestling with the difficult decision over whether to send their kids back to daycare and more local news you need.

Water flooded downtown streets and some 18,000 residents experienced power outages as heavy rains, high winds and hail battered Omaha, Neb.

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.

James Spears filed his petition to terminate the conservatorship that has controlled his daughter's life and money for 13 years in Los Angeles Superior Court. A judge will need to approve the move.

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.

Three federal grants to San Diego State University researchers and community partners totaling more than $9 million are intended to expand the school's role in fighting the spread of COVID-19, officials said Tuesday.

Stream now with KPBS Passport / Watch Thursdays, Aug. 14 - Sept. 4 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. Muhammad Ali brings to life one of the most indelible figures of the 20th century, a three-time heavyweight boxing champion who captivated millions of fans across the world with his mesmerizing combination of speed, grace, and power in the ring, and charm and playful boasting outside of it.

A new program is meant to stave off senior loneliness — already widespread before COVID-19 but now intensified amid strict stay-at-home orders.

Black creators on TikTok say that for years, non-black creators have risen to fame performing dances that Black influencers on the app created.

Representatives of three major tourist attractions in San Diego County — SeaWorld, the USS Midway Museum and Legoland California — presented their reopening plans to the county. Also on KPBS’ San Diego News Matters podcast: Law enforcement agencies across the county are not citing people for being out in public without a face covering, many daycares are trying to reopen, but they continue to struggle with a maze of confusing and sometimes conflicting regulations and more of the local news you need.