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The Mission Valley Community Plan calls for increased mixed-use development that is pedestrian-friendly and helps residents make better use of public transit. Plus, tens of thousands of homes in San Diego are at high-to-extreme risk of wildfires, according to a new study by CoreLogic. Also on today’s podcast, a new therapy using pig hearts to treat heart attacks shows promising results in human trials and the Supreme Court has handed the Trump administration a victory in its efforts to reduce the number of asylum applicants presenting themselves at the U.S.-Mexico border.

More than a dozen community groups are asking the city of San Diego to stop using “smart” streetlights over privacy concerns. The city says, cameras on the lights are only recording images in the public right of way. Plus, a rash of deaths from vaping, including a California man this week, has increased demands from a local nonprofit for its anti-vamping seminars in San Diego schools. Also on today’s #CoveringClimateNow, a look at how the national guard is being affected with more deployments to battle climate-related disasters. And, San Diego City Council on Tuesday voted to establish a joint-powers authority to buy and sell energy in competition with private companies like San Diego Gas & Electric.

He is one of the last major world leaders to wish Joe Biden congratulations.

Congressmen Mike Levin and Juan Vargas visited the Chula Vista Border Patrol Station, the Otay Mesa Detention Center and a migrant shelter to get a first-hand look at the conditions inside some of San Diego's immigration detention facilities.

Rep. Cheney, third-ranking member of House Republican leadership, was censured by her state party for acting in opposition to the former president.

Authorities say an 18-year-old Chechen refugee attacked the teacher after a lesson in which caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad were shown. Among those arrested were members of the suspect's family.

The action hardens the video-sharing app's previous enforcement against QAnon that targeted specific hashtags on the app but let the videos remain.

The administration says there will only be a few million doses of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine available to distribute right away, assuming the company gets FDA authorization in the next few weeks.

San Diego will have a chance to hear the pianist, composer and bandleader, Herbie Hancock in concert Tuesday night at Humphrey's By The Bay. Hancock joined Midday Edition Monday to talk about who influenced his sound and creativity.

More than 500,000 American veterans were exposed to nuclear weapons tests from the 1940s to the early 1990s. Now the veterans who were exposed to the radiation from the weapons program will be offered a certificate marking their contribution.