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  • Singer and actor Leslie Grace stars as Nina Rosario (center), the beloved and brilliant neighborhood sweetheart in the film adaptation of the musical In the Heights.
    The Limitations Of 'Latinidad': How Colorism Haunts 'In The Heights'
    Film critic Monica Castillo reflects on the glaring absence of Afro-Latino actors from the new screen adaptation of In the Heights and how colorism still affects Latino representation on screen.
  • Stopping The COVID-19 Hate
    On Thursday, more than 50 Asian Pacific Islander organizations in San Diego County released a joint statement denouncing xenophobia, racism and acts of violence toward their communities amid the pandemic. Also in the San Diego News Matter’s podcast: More essential workers in San Diego County are now required to wear cloth face coverings, testing a possible coronavirus vaccine and more local news you need.
  • UC San Diego Chancellor On Devastating Impact of Coronavirus
    The financial impact of the coronavirus on higher education is enormous. At UC San Diego students and faculty are working from home. There is no revenue from tuition or dining contracts. The university's vast medical system is not taking elective surgeries. Yet, online costs are soaring, and research goes on.
  • Food Banks, Nonprofits Scramble To Address Overwhelming Food Need
    Replicating the disorganized network of providers and individuals who distributed meals to the homeless on the streets isn’t easy. And food banks are ill-equipped to address the crisis on their own.
  • Taliban fighters patrol in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021 as they seek to convince a wary population that they have changed.
    Taliban Destroy Statue Of Foe, Raising Fears Over Their Claims of Moderation
    The insurgents' every action is being watched closely. They insist they have changed and won't impose the same restrictions they did when they last ruled, but many remain skeptical.
  • Some Social Distance Resistance
    Over the weekend, two separate protests questioned the governor’s stay-at-home orders. Also on the San Diego News Matters podcast: around 1500 labs around the country say they aren't testing for COVID-19, but they could if they had the right guidance, The Old Globe’s online efforts and more local news you need.
  • Stephanie Rimel looks at a photo of her brother Kyle Dixon, who died of the coronavirus on Jan. 20, 2021 at the age of 27. She says that during Kyle's illness and after his death, some acquaintances and relatives made insensitive comments, or denied the reality of the pandemic.
    When COVID Deaths Are Dismissed Or Stigmatized, Grief Is Mixed With Shame And Anger
    After their brother died, two sisters faced a barrage of misinformation, pandemic denialism and blaming questions. Grief experts say that makes COVID-19 the newest kind of "disenfranchising death."
  • Everybody Wants In On Antibody Tests
    UC San Diego Health has started testing patients and health care workers for the presence of novel coronavirus antibodies, but the tests come with warnings. Also on the KPBS daily San Diego News Matters podcast: A regional plan to reopen local beaches and bays, lower income communities of color in southern parts of the county are being hit hardest by the coronavirus and more local news you need.
  • How Will The Coronavirus Impact San Diego County's Economy?
    SANDAG the regional body with representation from all 18 cities in the County of San Diego, published its first weekly report forecasting the potential impacts of the pandemic on the region's economy this week.
  • San Diego Proposes Major Budget Cuts To Offset COVID-19 Revenue Losses
    The revised budget would eliminate 354 city jobs among San Diego's 11,000-member workforce, cut arts funding in half, and reduce hours at city libraries and recreation centers.
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