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As energy bills in San Diego rise so have profits for Sempra Energy, the company that owns San Diego Gas and Electric. Meanwhile, Mayor Todd Gloria recently revealed a new city budget that focuses on investing in infrastructure. Plus, a historic downtown area in Escondido is getting a major remodel.

Firefighters have stopped the rate of spread of the Park Fire in Potrero that prompted evacuations and road closures. The fire has burned 64 acres so far.

The 22-year-old Dutch model will be the second openly trans woman to participate in a Miss Universe pageant.

A KPBS analysis shows more than two-thirds of use-of-force incidents involving San Diego Police Department officers over a 15-year period occurred below Interstate 8.

As social media manager, Natalie Dudas-Thomas oversees KPBS' social media presence, connecting and engaging with our audiences. She has more than a decade of journalism and digital marketing experience working with a variety of nonprofits and public media stations including PRI's The World, GBH, and WUNC.

Brooke Ruth is the senior producer of Audio News. She previously served as a producer for "KPBS Midday Edition" and a web producer. Before joining KPBS, Brooke was a web editor for four newspapers and a local television station. She began her career in news at the Imperial Valley Press. She has also been part of the web teams at the Napa Valley Register, North County Times, and U-T San Diego. While pursuing her undergraduate degree at UCLA in psychology, she worked on the student newspaper, the Daily Bruin.

On Friday, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria unveiled next year’s city budget, signaling a shift away from pandemic emergency planning. Next, antiviral treatments to help fight serious COVID-19 disease were once very hard to access. But now as COVID-19 cases start to decrease in San Diego, are there enough doses? After, Sempra Energy, the parent company of San Diego Gas & Electric, paid out its highest profits ever to its investors Friday. Some SDG&E ratepayers might be wondering if there is a connection to the massive spike in bills they’ve paid in recent months. Then, KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando speaks with San Diego Comic Fest’s new president Alonso Nunez about the fest events happening this week. Finally, award-winning pianist Jeeyoon Kim is debuting a mixed-media concert to coincide with the release of her new album this week. Kim joined Midday Edition to share selections and insights from her upcoming concert.

The acclaimed British singer's final concert was set in Stockholm, and marked the culmination of his "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour, which spanned over five years, 330 shows and 16 Gucci suits.

Acupuncture is an ancient system of manipulating human energy pathways with thin needles to balance the body. It came to our shores with the Chinese immigrants in the 1800s, but was still illegal in the USA in the 1970s. Then, a bursting appendix, deep in the heart of China, exploded a media sensation in the New York Times in 1971. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, James Reston, traveled to Beijing ahead of President Richard Nixon’s historic visit in 1972. There he underwent emergency appendix surgery and was given acupuncture to relieve intense post-op pain. Reston’s New York Times front page account of the mysterious nature of Chinese acupuncture ignited a media frenzy. However, it took decades of a hard-won fight for legalization, education and licensing to allow acupuncture to become established in the USA. Many insurance companies pay for acupuncture treatments as an alternative medicine now. Also, acupuncture is a typical service at the animal rescue centers. Our "Acupuncture" exhibition glimpses a rich history of the integration of cultures and medicine. Many warriors for Traditional Chinese Medicine won legalization and education, and continue the practice of this 5000-year old system in medicine here. Museum Hours: Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays from Noon to 4 p.m. Socials: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Join Solana Center for practical solutions to reduce food waste in your home, and discuss how incorporating these practices into daily life can be a great way to help the environment and save money. This webinar will cover: - Practical and successful methods to prevent food waste in your own kitchen - Where and how is food being wasted in the U.S. and around the world - The social, environmental, and economic impacts of food waste - Best options to divert food waste that can’t be avoided Register in advance here. Socials: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter