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  • Dozens of protesters gathered at the entrance to one of the nation's largest mass-vaccination sites, leading officials to shut down the entrance for an hour.
  • For a week and a half, Gazans have taken cover in their stairwells and other parts of the house, eating canned foods and hoping they can run out in time — if an airstrike warning comes.
  • Author Nick Neely will be signing copies of and speaking about his new book, "Alta California: From San Diego To San Francisco, A Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State," Thursday at Warwick's in La Jolla.
  • A man in Border Patrol custody was held for three weeks while his family and lawyers had no idea where he was or if he was even alive. KPBS has an exclusive look at how one man became lost in an overloaded immigration system. Plus, hospitals and the medical devices inside your body could be vulnerable to cyber hackers. So why are federal regulators teaming up with hackers? And, Rep. Duncan Hunter was in court Monday to see if a well-known San Diego former prosecutor could represent him at his corruption trial in January. Hunter recently fired his legal defense team.
  • The House Financial Services Committee is convening a noon hearing to ask questions of major players touching several facets of the GameStop and meme stock story.
  • The military found that video games are more effective than traditional recruiting methods. Anyone who came to a recent Army recruitment event was able to play the new "Call of Duty" game as long as they also spoke to recruiters. Plus, Californians may be more likely to get a whiff of marijuana while walking down the street, now that the drug is fully legal in the state. One of our listeners wanted to know whether anyone's raising the alarm about secondhand pot smoke. We have an answer. And, scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography found that microplastics are a million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought. Those tiny pieces of plastics are ending up in the food chain and ultimately in humans with unknown health effects.
  • U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack removed Acting Voice of America Director Elez Biberaj, part of a broad effort to install Trump supporters before the Biden administration comes to power.
  • Across the country, jubilation and relief broke out at the guilty verdict for the former Minneapolis police officer. But many people see it as the start of a long fight toward justice.
  • From Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger to Al Franken and Donald Trump, there’s a rich history of celebrities trying out new careers in politics. The list could soon grow.
  • Over 180 German actors who identify themselves as members of the LGBTQ+ community signed a manifesto calling for changes in the industry. NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to actor Jules Elting.
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