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A rocket is launched from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during a military live-fire shooting training in Taichung City, Taiwan, Wednesday, June 10, 2026.

Taiwan drills with U.S. rocket system, firing in China's direction

The drill on Wednesday marked the first time the U.S.-supplied HIMARS system has been fired into the Taiwan Strait.

A flyer with the proposed fare changes at the Escondido Transit Center with a North County Transit Breeze bus in the background, June 6, 2026.

Taking public transit in San Diego could cost a bit more starting this fall

Regional transit agencies said the fare increases are needed to offset rising costs.

Wildlife biologist Christina Aiello found an endangered Peninsular bighorn sheep dead on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, after becoming entangled in concertina wire in the Jacumba Wilderness. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is closing gaps in the California-Mexico border with concertina wire.

Endangered ram dies after getting caught in concertina wire at US-Mexico border

The fatal entanglement is raising alarms among wildlife experts who say the concertina wire poses a threat to regional biodiversity.

Ayisha William talks with KPBS at a park in Emerald Hills on Friday, April 24, 2026.

Black San Diegans 9 times likelier to be charged with ‘resisting an officer’ — and nothing else

How these cases unfold, what the data say and what can be done about it.

Energy costs accounted for more than 60% of the monthly rise in the consumer price index in May.

Inflation tops 4% for the first time in 3 years on spike in gasoline prices

Inflation has surged to its highest level in more than three years since the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, triggering a surge in gasoline prices.

July 1 brings big student loan changes. Here's what you need to know

A popular (and generous) repayment plan ends, two new plans begin and many borrowers will see new loan limits.

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, Chinese President Xi Jinping (center left) shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (center right) during a welcome ceremony in Pyongyang on Monday.

China re‑centers North Korea ties as nuclear silence reshapes balance

Xi's silence on North Korea's nuclear program came as Kim tried to convince the world of the irreversibility of his country's status as a nuclear power.

Demonstrators attend an anti-ICE rally in Lewiston, Maine on January 24, 2026. Federal officials have acknowledged collecting information on some protesters, even as they deny maintaining a database tracking U.S. citizens.

ICE denies having a protester database. But a letter to Congress sheds more light

In a previously unpublicized letter to Congress, the newly departed head of ICE said the agency collects data on people suspected of potentially unlawful activity, which could include protesters.

Elin, who immigrated seeking asylum from Nicaragua, is currently awaiting his final asylum hearing in San Francisco, and now will likely need to navigate the challenge of transport to the court in Concord, Calif., which is hours away from his home in San Francisco.

San Francisco immigration court shuts down, striking at heart of historic advocacy

The main San Francisco court was one of the busiest in the country, hearing thousands of cases a year. It was also one of the courts most likely to grant an immigrants' asylum application.

Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. The committee is continuing to hold closed-door interviews as part of an investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Bill Gates tells lawmakers he was not aware of Epstein's crimes

Gates is sitting for a closed-door interview before the House Oversight Committee about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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