Despite indications that California was on the verge of lifting its mask-wearing requirement in schools, the state's Health and Human Services secretary said Monday the requirement will remain in place for now, pending a Feb. 28 reassessment of COVID-19 case rates and other pandemic metrics. Meanwhile, San Diego has plans to widen the streets surrounding the Grantville trolley station — right where officials recently broke ground on a new affordable housing complex. Plus, the U.S. government pays more than $50 million a year for a private company to manage a federal jail in San Diego, yet the government has refused to provide information to the San Diego community on the future of the facility.