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The group is more racially diverse than Hennepin County, Minn., as a whole: Six are white, four are Black, and two identify as multiracial. Derek Chauvin's fate is now in their hands.

The civil rights group says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised Congress and the public the network would move fast to take down posts that break its rules, but anti-Muslim bigotry is still present.

The first Santa Ana wind event of the fall will continue Friday, elevating fire danger and other public-safety concerns in San Diego County's mountains and valleys.

The California Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging inewsource’s lease with San Diego State University. And, four protestors arrested at the border last year go on trial for trespassing. Plus, a supposed national shortage of a childhood cancer drug isn't affecting San Diego patients. San Diego’s Qualcomm is investing 200 million dollars into innovative companies developing new 5G technologies. Finally, a new rent control measure could land on California’s November 2020 ballot.

The San Diego Police Department says surveillance video corroborates a Syrian teen’s report of being attacked on the trolley by a man shouting Islamaphobic slurs. Now, police are investigating the incident as a hate crime. It’s one of several recent incidents targeting the local Muslim community. Plus, the San Diego Opera opens its new season with Verdi’s “Aida.” This is a scaled-back version but KPBS’ Beth Accomando says it still keeps the “grand” in grand opera. And KPBS alum, and new editor of Pacific Magazine, Nina Garin, returns for a preview of the top local events happening in October, including rapper and singer Lizzo’s show at SDSU.

A KPBS analysis of city records revealed an epidemic of broken bins — residents ordered nearly 17,500 replacement bins in 2018 alone. And over the last decade, the number replaced annually has increased by 42%.

The first Santa Ana windstorm of the fall will elevate fire danger and other public safety hazards in the San Diego County mountains and valleys Thursday and Friday.

The Biden administration faces a challenge on the Southwest border, where about 5,000 unauthorized migrants cross daily. Around half are turned back, but now some places in Mexico won't accept them.

At issue is a 1975 California law that allows union organizers limited access to farms so they can seek support from workers in forming a union.

Civil libertarians say immigration officials are overseeing a drastic expansion of how DNA is used on non-criminal populations by targeting the migrant population.