Emilyn Mohebbi

The VA is receiving a surge of claims ahead of a major deadline for the Pact Act. In other news, the Port of San Diego is celebrating the arrival of two massive electric powered cranes that’ll move cargo at the 10th Avenue Marine Terminal. Plus, the San Diego Unified School District will soon have more community schools, in hopes that the schools will improve absences and enrollment.

It’s hot over much of San Diego County, but at and near the coast the wet winter has kept it relatively cool this summer. In other news, a political fight is brewing over the typically bipartisan annual defense spending bill. Plus, how pop culture will be used to teach people about law at Comic-Con.

The San Diego City Council is reconsidering a key transparency pledge regarding how the city uses surveillance technology. In other news, more SDG&E natural gas customers are getting money back thanks to a utility review that happened after KPBS raised questions about a Fallbrook customer’s oversized bill. Plus, KPBS’ arts reporter has the 411 on Comic-Con.

For many residents of City Heights, the 15 freeway that runs through the neighborhood isn't a harmless piece of infrastructure, it's a nuisance, creating noise and air pollution. The freeway was built with several amenities that were meant to mitigate its harmful impacts, but decades later, the promise of reconnecting City Heights remains unfulfilled. In other news, the San Diego Foundation recently awarded millions of dollars in scholarships to local college students. Plus, while two Hollywood strikes mean actors and writers can't promote their projects at this week's San Diego Comic-Con, the show must go on, and the Gaslamp Quarter is beginning to transform.

San Diego Gas and Electric is reacting to an oversized natural gas bill, after KPBS brought the issue to their attention. In other news, the Village Health Center at Father Joe’s is now open after flooding caused major damage this past spring. Plus, a local artistic director talks about why she chose to study the transgender singing voice.

Five former San Diego State University football players accused of rape will get their day in court Friday. In other news, most natural gas customers got big bills this past winter, but few people got the bill surprise that came for one North County resident. Plus, the San Diego Unified School District is more than doubling the number of community schools opening in the district this fall.

Nathian Shae Rodriguez, a journalism and media studies professor at SDSU, teaches a class inspired by the late pop star and her legacy. The course is called "Selena & Latinx Media Representation."

A new YA fantasy novel by San Diego author Lizz Huerta builds a magical Mesoamerican-inspired world where a lineage of seers — women known as Dreamers — can see truth beyond reality.

The Mexico-based artist opens a new exhibition, "New Man: A Woman's Gaze," at Bread and Salt on Saturday, Feb. 12, featuring textiles, fashion, sculptures … and lots of bejeweled phalluses.