Emilyn Mohebbi

The Biden administration says asylum seekers can’t come to the border without scheduling appointments through a phone app, and now advocates have filed a class action lawsuit against the policy. In other news, Operation Hope in Vista is one of the few family shelters in San Diego County offering families with children who are experiencing homelessness a safe space and help for a new beginning. Recently the shelter underwent some changes. Plus, the national trove of medical information called, All of Us, just got a $54 million grant to try to enlist people who will bring more diversity to the database.

California’s power grid is showing a little more stress this week during a persistent hot spell. In other news, a small group of indigenous athletes in San Diego are working to bring back one of the oldest team sports in history, called Ulama. Plus, we have details on some arts events happening this weekend in San Diego County.

San Diego Police can begin enforcing the city’s unsafe camping ordinance on Sunday. In other news, San Diego's largest community power agency is handing out its first public grants since the agency started buying power for about a million electricity customers in the spring. Plus, we learn about a summer camp giving kids a chance to ride the waves.

A relatively unknown contract that gives Customs and Border Protection access to San Diego County’s crime data has advocates worried. In other news, a North County private school just received millions of dollars that will go towards affordable housing for its teachers. Plus, researchers at San Diego State University have identified 60 chemical compounds in tire waste, and some of them are toxic.

The hearing continues in a civil case against former SDSU football star Matt Araiza. In other news, as part of the latest installment in KPBS’s series on public art, we explore San Diego’s curiously creative wastewater system. Plus, veterans are invited to join the Chula Vista's VA Summer VetFest on August 5. More information is available on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website, https://www.va.gov/san-diego-health-care/events/57781/.

As Team USA faces its first match in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, we talk about San Diego’s growing soccer fandom. In other news, this year’s Comic-Con is focusing less on Hollywood, and more on comics because of the writer and actor’s strikes. Plus, a look behind the scenes of a Comic-Con panel on busting myths, about scientists who are neither mad or villainous.

Following a statewide trend, San Diego City College’s enrollment declined by about 15% this year.

Petco Park has boosted its regulated capacity, thanks to San Diego entering the Orange Tier and seating sections reserved for people who can show proof of COVID-19 vaccination.

California's governor signs a legislative package that directs more than half a billion dollars to wildfire prevention efforts.