Lara McCaffrey

For those who want to help beyond the county-sponsored relief fund, fundraisers and donation drives, there are multiple volunteer efforts led by both community members and organizations.

North County Transit District will receive $53.9 million in federal funding for improvements to the San Dieguito River Railway Bridge. The bridge will be replaced, moving from a single track to a double track and raising the height of the tracks. Then, an independent investigation released by Metropolitan Transit System found former San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher had no involvement with the firing of a former MTS employee who has accused him of sexual harassment and assault. Finally, Black Comix Day is an annual event that puts the spotlight on Black creators in the comic book industry. It’s happening Feb. 3-4 at the WorldBeat Cultural Center.

The biggest stories on readers’ minds this year: housing, homelessness and cost of living.

Looking for a gift for the person who always has their nose in a book? Here's a list of suggestions from San Diego County bookstores.

In return, Matt Araiza has dropped the counter-lawsuit against the young woman.

Plus, San Diego scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography will be at the United Nations Climate Conference in Dubai Thursday. Finally, a crew has docked their small, double canoe – the Hōkūle’a – in San Diego. The boat, modeled after ancient Polynesian vessels, has sailed around the world. It made its last stop in San Diego before returning to those still recovering from the fires in Maui.

The study from UC Merced shows that the decline in labor participation during a week of aggressive enforcement was similar to the first month of the Great Recession.

The funding bill allocates $75 billion to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. KPBS reporter Gustavo Solis spoke with Adam Isacson from the Washington Office on Latin America about how that could impact ICE arrests, detentions and deportations.

KPBS Border Reporter Gustavo Solis hosted Kathleen Bush-Joseph from the Migration Policy Institute for a brief conversation about immigration cases in the Supreme Court.