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La Vuelta is a biweekly car cruise in Barrio Logan that runs through the summer. The event has become the heart of lowrider culture here in San Diego. These days, the customized slow- and low-to-the-ground cars and bikes can be found almost anywhere. Lowriding has become a culture created by Chicanos and exported all over the world. It’s big in Japan. No, seriously. Not to mention in Brazil and other lowrider hot spots. But at the border, the lowrider scene is a lifeline. For lots of people here, lowriders are much more than just a hobby. The culture that’s coalesced around lowriders on both sides of the border has offered some people here salvation. It’s given new meaning and purpose to peoples’ lives — from deportees in Tijuana to military veterans struggling with PTSD in San Diego. In this episode of "Only Here," a KPBS podcast about art, culture and life at the Western Hemisphere’s busiest border crossing, a story about lowriders as life rafts. Only here can you find such a crucial lowrider culture on both sides of the wall.

The bill cites President Trump's attempts to intervene in the vote-counting of the Nov. 3 election, as well as his inciting language to supporters in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. Read the resolution.

Protesters took to the streets across Brazil this weekend to voice outrage over the fires burning through the Amazon.

San Diego International Airport officials are working to bolster the facility so it is resilient to rising ocean levels.

Tuesday marked the 25th anniversary of “Operation Gatekeeper,” which increased border security in San Diego county. While border arrests dropped in San Diego afterward, thousands have since died in nearby deserts trying to evade the Border Patrol. Also, this week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a controversial law that promises to allow collegiate athletes to sign endorsement deals and profit from their likeness. We talked to two SDSU football players to see what they think about a law that could drastically change college sports. And, San Diego biologists are trying to help a local bird’s population recover by releasing seven endangered Ridgway rails in the Tijuana River Estuary.

Paul Gigot, editorial page editor of The Wall Street Journal, writes, "There's nothing like playing the race or gender card to stifle criticism."

Our first night of live performances features music from Algeria, Argentina, Ukraine and North Carolina.

Captain Sir Tom Moore, a World War II veteran who raised more than $40 million to help Britain's health service fight the coronavirus, has died from COVID-19 at 100 years old.

California is set to play a pivotal role in the impeachment probe and not just because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is from San Francisco. San Diego Police Department recently released guidelines on the use of neck holds. Community members, however, want to ban the practice. Plus, an inewsource story on a dangerous liver study that was conducted on veterans has triggered a congressional hearing into the Department of Veteran Affairs. Also, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a law that allows student athletes to earn money on endorsement deals. But it could upend amateur sports and trigger a legal challenge from the NCAA. And, North America’s bird population fell by nearly one-third since the 1970s. Scientists say climate change is to blame.

Officials said Tuesday that 34 people died after a boat packed with scuba divers caught fire near an island off the Southern California coast and they have called off search efforts for survivors.