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The White House says the $1,400 direct payments for most Americans funded by the American Rescue Plan will start showing up in bank accounts as early as this weekend.

Despite her age, the case is being handled by a juvenile court, because she was under 21 when she worked at the camp.

The band La Diabla combines traditional Cumbia music with the gritty spirit of Tijuana. They bring their binational dance party wherever they go, and they stopped by the KPBS studio to share their influences and some history about Cumbia.

San Diego's promise to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2035 is facing challenges from outside forces. Meanwhile the city is behind on efforts to reduce waste and car travel.

It's unclear whether Trump's call violated election law or whether the president should — or even could — be prosecuted.

Amid high unemployment and hot weather, local workers are trying to patch together a living in the “gig” economy. Plus, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer speaks at the GOP convention at a resort in Indian Wells. Also, the Trump administration is challenging California and automakers on the state’s fuel emission standards, SANDAG approves prioritizing new homes near public transit and California approves new vaccine exemption rules.

Asian American lawmakers have expressed outrage and heartbreak over the shootings at three Georgia spas. The attacks Tuesday are the latest in a wave of attacks against Asian Americans since the coronavirus entered the United States. Nearly 3,800 incidents have been reported to Stop AAPI Hate, a California-based reporting center for Asian American Pacific Islanders, and its partner advocacy groups, since March 2020. Lawmakers point to anti-Asian rhetoric from politicians, including the use of derogatory names for the coronavirus, as fuel for the uptick in harassment and assaults against Asian Americans.

A big endorsement in the race for San Diego mayor, the local Republican Party launches its own news platform, the United Nations studies homelessness in San Diego, and schools work to update policies on teacher-student interaction.

President Trump is met with protesters and supporters as he visits San Diego and the border wall near Tijuana as part of a fundraising tour across California. Also, the federal government’s plan to end California’s mileage standards is drawing criticism, how heightened wildfire risk is altering the work of California’s National Guard, the UN Secretary General is urging public pressure to address the emergency of climate change, how racism impacts children’s health and Neil Young is vindicated as Amazon debuts its high-quality music streaming service.

Children separated during the Trump administration's "zero tolerance policy" last year, many already distressed in their home countries or by their journey, showed more fear, feelings of abandonment and post-traumatic stress symptoms than children who were not separated, according to a report Wednesday from the inspector general's office in the Department of Health and Human Services.