A new COVID-19 variant nicknamed “razor blade throat” is making its way through parts of California. While case numbers remain relatively low in San Diego County, health experts are warning people not to let their guard down.| KPBS Public Media
Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem continues to dominate the charts, while long-ago chart queen Connie Francis is gathering momentum for a song from 1962.| KPBS Public Media
The migrants refused to be repatriated to their countries. They will be held in a migration facility near the Darien Gap along the Colombian border until third countries can be found to take them.| KPBS Public Media
Orders to deploy medical personnel suggest the Trump administration is contemplating an extended stay for people at the U.S. base in Cuba.| KPBS Public Media
Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography descended thousands of meters where they likely discovered dozens of new animal species. Creatures flourish where methane gas seeps into the ocean through cracks in the earth.| KPBS Public Media
As their lives have become less free and more structured in recent decades, kids have also become less happy. Experts say that isn’t a coincidence.| KPBS Public Media
The California Public Utilities Commission is close to unveiling changes that could alter the financial windfall of installing rooftop solar.| KPBS Public Media
Both of Canada’s major freight railroads have come to a full stop because of a contract dispute with their workers, an impasse that may bring economic disruption in Canada and the U.S.| KPBS Public Media
In around 18 months since Mayor Todd Gloria signed an executive order intended to streamline the affordable home- permitting process, a total of 27 projects representing 2,834 homes have been permitted, it was announced Thursday.| KPBS Public Media
Retired engineer and volunteer docent Ron Peterson guides visitors around the Tijuana Estuary by teaching them to rely on their other four senses.| KPBS Public Media
The California Public Utilities Commission is considering new solar rules that will eliminate some of the financial incentives for apartments, schools and farms by getting rid of most virtual net-energy metering.| KPBS Public Media