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Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're still fighting stubborn segregation, poverty and gun violence.

Leon Williams moved to San Diego in 1941. Restaurants and hotels refused him service. Still, he wanted to serve the city that wouldn't serve him.

At the center of legal challenges against Trump's executive actions is whether he's telling federal agencies to violate a key legal standard established nearly 80 years ago.

Commerce Department employees caught up in a legal battle over their mass firings are now learning that their health care coverage was cut off weeks ago, even though they were paying their premiums.

The bodies of four Israeli hostages are to be returned late Wednesday and more than 600 Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed during the last week of the current Gaza ceasefire deal.

Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024 from 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Caltrans is closing traffic at the 43rd St on and off-ramps at Interstate 805 while crews perform routine scheduled road and landscape maintenance. As the work is being performed, members of the public will have the opportunity to walk and bike the highway while helping to clean it up and learn more about the Reconnecting Communities: Highways 2 Boulevards Pilot Program. Caltrans, SANDAG, Mundo Gardens, and the Urban Collaborative Project CDC will host this family-friendly event, which will include booths from public agencies and community organizations, live art demonstrations, and other engagement activities. Trash pickers and trash bags are available to beautify the area. Attendees can enter the event at the 43rd Street / I-805 ramps, across from the Southcrest Park Plaza. More info at https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-11/programs/reconnectingcommunities/43i805-closureevent

A 19-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to a series of drive-by pellet gun shootings in Hillcrest earlier this month. In other news, the city of Del Mar recently passed a set of rules regulating short-term rentals and capping their numbers, but the ordinance still needs the state’s approval. Plus, KPBS just launched a new project called Public Matters, where our newsroom explores how we engage over politics, how government impacts our lives and threats to democracy.

Come find all the best hand-made items for your holiday gift giving! Our elves have been hard at work crafting unique gifts like cutting boards, turned bowls and platters, ornaments, toys, and more! San Diego Fine Woodworker's Association is a 501C3 Non-profit, and this is our biggest fundraiser of the year. Don't miss your chance to score awesome one of a kind items, at very reasonable prices! The sale opens to the public Friday Nov. 15 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., and Saturday Nov.16 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Come early for best selection. Follow on Instagram

The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs says Native American and Alaska Native women make up a significant part of missing and murdered people in this country.

In the flurry of first-day executive orders, President Trump revoked a 2022 police accountability package, including a system to flag misconduct.