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A New York federal judge is set to hear pivotal questions in the case of Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of large Gaza solidarity protests at Columbia University who now faces deportation after his arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Council members rejected a resolution saying the city would support federal deportation efforts and also follow state law forbidding local police from cooperating with federal agents.

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.

Dorothy Thompson saw the rise of Nazi Germany as a foreign correspondent in Berlin. A new series from Radio Diaries tells the story of Thompson's career as a radio broadcaster.

A city staff report said 19 accidents happened at the El Portal roundabout between February 2023 and August 2024. Eighteen were at night, and 12 involved drivers under the influence.

This phenomenon known as a "planet parade," will feature Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all present at the same time along a line in the night sky on Friday, NASA says.

More than 10,000 federal employees who had yet to complete their probationary periods have been fired by the Trump administration, including those who work to protect American agriculture.

From the organizers: The Book Catapult is proud to welcome back local author Jim Miller for his latest collection of poetry, "Paradise and Other Lost Places" on Thursday, November 21 at 7 p.m. In this collection of poems, Jim Miller asks: “How much pain and sweetness can fit into one man’s life?” Miller’s Paradise and Other Lost Places looks at subjects as diverse as colonialism, war, nature, labor, love, and loss—giving us moments of stunning realization and personal truth: “There is no describing the vast love that wells up in you when you find yourself in rapture with the stunning, naked radiance of the world.” Jim Miller is the author of the novels Flash (AK Press, 2010) and Drift (University of Oklahoma Press, 2007). He is also co-author of a history of San Diego, Under the Perfect Sun: The San Diego Tourists Never See (with Mike Davis and Kelly Mayhew on The New Press, 2003) and a cultural studies book on working class sports fandom, Better to Reign in Hell: Inside the Raiders Fan Empire (with Kelly Mayhew on The New Press, 2005). Miller is also the editor of Sunshine/Noir: Writing from San Diego and Tijuana (City Works Press, 2005), Sunshine/Noir II: Writing from San Diego and Tijuana (with Kelly Mayhew on City Works Press, 2015), and Democracy in Education; Education for Democracy: An Oral History of the American Federation of Teachers, Local 1931 (AFT 1931, 2007). He has published poetry, fiction, and non-fiction in a wide range of journals and other publications, and has a weekly column in the San Diego Free Press and the OB Rag. Miller is a native San Diegan and a graduate of the MFA program at San Diego State University. In addition to his MFA in Fiction, Miller has a Ph.D. in American Culture Studies from Bowling Green State University. Miller teaches English, Humanities and Labor Studies at San Diego City College. He lives in San Diego with his wife, Kelly Mayhew, and their son, Walter.

The Burke Revival Film Screening & Discussion Series is launching its second season with a special screening of Kent McKenzie’s 1961 drama The Exiles at Digital Gym Cinema at UC San Diego’s Park & Market. The Exiles chronicles a night in the life of a group of 20-something Native Americans who left reservation life in the 1950s to live in the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles. The film is a narrative feature with a script pieced together from interviews with the documentary subjects. As a bonus, attendees will also view a screening of the 1965 short documentary film Bunker Hill. After the films, UC San Diego’s Campus Minister/Religious Advisor Rev. Scott Young will lead a special discussion with a panel of guests, a film reviewer, and attendees about the film. Tickets are $13 for the general public and $11 for students and seniors. Visit: The Burke Revival Film Screening & Discussion Series: The Exiles + Bunker Hill UC San Diego Park & Market on Instagram and Facebook

Attorney General Pamela Bondi says the accused are part of a "wave of domestic terrorism." Experts say this is a common stance of the federal government and can be used to seek stiffer penalties.