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Simone Biles pulled out of the women's gymnastics Olympics team finals competition for mental health reasons. A winner of five Olympic medals, Biles' reason was the pressure she carries.

On Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered 40 million Californians to “stay at home.” And President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the shutdown of the U.S.-Mexico border for all non-essential traffic. All around the state, we'll be hunkered down, no school, no workplace, no restaurants, movie theaters, concerts — we'll just find ourselves at home. From morning to evening, dusk to dawn. And all the while, we're dealing with reports on the increase in Covid-19 cases. So the question is ... how are YOU coping?

Stimulus checks are starting to roll out this week to millions of Americans with the goal of getting money to quickly circulate into the battered economy. Also, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he doesn’t see California lifting coronavirus restrictions anytime in the near future and local authorities will have a “profound and outsize” influence on when that will happen. County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher talks about what that will mean here in San Diego. Plus, even with the shelter-in-place orders, law enforcement still needs to continue. How local police officers are handling the job with its new added danger. And, public health officials are supposed to give the public accurate and up-to-date information, but there have been several instances in the past month where that information was incorrect or contradictory. Finally, introducing a new pop-up podcast series on people who are doing creative and innovative things to keep the community connected through COVID-19 isolation.

The San Diego non-profit Climate Action Campaign is out with their annual report card. It finds bright spots in the San Diego region, but also some big challenges ahead.

San Diego County creates public health order and closes schools, forbids gatherings of more than 50. Plus, immigrations courts continue to require asylum seekers to cross the border, and charities try to help those for whom health mandates cause hardship.

The town of Lytton, British Columbia, caught fire and was completely evacuated Wednesday, just one day after setting a new all-time Canadian heat record with a high of 121 degrees Fahrenheit.

Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examines how journalists Gretchen Carlson and Don Lemon were able to overcome biases in their careers, drawing parallels to relatives who met profound challenges of their own.

Instacart, the shopping app that provides personal shoppers for grocery pick-up and home delivery has run into trouble with California’s new AB5 labor law. The company announced Tuesday that it will appeal a ruling by a San Diego judge that people who work for the company should be reclassified from “independent contractors” to employees. Plus, as President Trump’s “public charge” rule goes into effect, there could be a far-reaching impact on San Diego’s immigrant community. The rule makes it harder for low-income immigrants to become legal residents if they rely on public assistance programs. Also, a San Diego man is free after a change in California’s felony murder law, which allowed prosectuors to charge people with murder if they are present during a dangerous felony, even if they didn’t commit the crime. In addition, the county is one step closer to finishing its plan to address homelessness. The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday was presented with 15 locations that could be used for the county's first homeless shelter and/or supportive housing. And, a law professor weighs in on whether a judicial candidate is fit for judgeship after his racially-charged social media posts became public. Finally, the future of the iconic Ken Cinema is up in the air after Landmark Theatres announced it is not renewing its lease.

We learned more about the suspect in the Georgia shootings than the victims, possibly because the women who died may have been too busy working to leave long histories on social media.

Slushy machines, salt tablets, cooling jackets: The Tokyo Games have already proved to be a hot and humid affair, and experts say the role of climate change can't be overlooked.