San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria’s proposed budget cuts find an ally in the head of the municipal employees union. Plus, Encinitas residents want changes after a series of accidents at a roundabout on Coast Hwy 101. A local historian looks at San Diego’s Black queer history and the San Diego Zoo has a new baby koala. All that plus, a look at Sunday’s South Bay Zine Fest in Chula Vista.

Fear of threatened Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids have one community group on watch. A professor and popular podcaster says President Donald Trump’s boundary-pushing exercise of executive power meets the definition of a coup. Also, the latest on an effort to help teachers buy their first homes and Voice of San Diego’s Scott Lewis explains the impact of Proposition 36. All that plus, the demise of a long-running San Diego alt-weekly.

As billionaire Elon Musk enacts Donald Trump’s mass government cuts, San Diego Rep. Sara Jacobs says Democrats need a more creative strategy to stop him. Also, another San Diego Democratic representative, Mike Levin, says those cuts could soon come for Medicaid — Medi-Cal in California. A new homeless shelter for women and children is coming to downtown. Also, we hear about what’s new at the Oceanside Film Festival.

President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on all aluminum and steel imports are concerning local brewers. Plus, two San Diegans are doing what they can to help people heal from the LA fires with the help of some feline friends. And, a new play premiering at The Old Globe explores loss and the supernatural.

San Diego dropped the race requirement for a program meant to help households of color. We explain why. Plus, we take a look at whether California's energy infrastructure can support a surge in electric vehicles. And, the Oceanside Public Library is helping kids learn about the world through beans.

More than 100 people in San Diego County have died this flu season, health experts explain what makes this flu deadly. Then, one South Bay city is looking to build new housing on city-owned land. And a Carlsbad church is challenging Democratic Rep. Mike Levin over his vote in support of the Laken Riley Act.

Community members were thinking about last year’s flooding as they prepared for the first big storm of the season. Then, San Diego Congressman Scott Peters is now speaking out about executive orders that could hinder local scientists. Plus, the price tag for a new transit line has even supporters wondering whether it will ever become a reality.

A letter supporting a federal bill to ban transgender women from playing in women’s sports failed to move forward Tuesday at the San Diego County Board of Supervisors meeting. Then, a community garden in Oceanside is closing down because of differences in beliefs and values. Plus, on the heels of the state releasing test scores, we visit one district where students’ scores are improving.

Plans for a new congregate homeless shelter at Kettner Boulevard and Vine Street were abandoned, but the city of San Diego is looking at other options. Plus, the avian flu is keeping eggs expensive and scarce. One egg farm in Lakeside is trying to keep their prices reasonable. And KPBS investigates Vista-based Dr. Bronner’s after a lawsuit alleges the company has turned a blind eye to an internal culture of drug use.

Following the Trump administration’s back-and-forth on a federal funding freeze, researchers at UC San Diego are now concerned their work could get blocked if they use certain restricted words. They say research is at risk if it contains language deemed problematic by the White House, including the word “women.” Plus, the San Diego Police Department has agreed to make some changes to its vehicle pursuit policy following recommendations from the city’s Commission on Police Practices. But Police Chief Scott Wahl said they will not limit their reasons for starting pursuits in the first place. And how the nationwide loneliness epidemic is affecting our democracy.