KPBS Roundtable

California tries to bolster abortion access in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling to allow states to decide whether to legalize the procedure.

As the legal case nears its end, we take a look back at the largest scandal in Navy history.

A discussion on environmental news this week, including the rollout of new water-use restrictions and new developments in the cross-border sewage contamination issue forcing the closure of beaches in Imperial Beach and Coronado.

A recap of the local and state results from this week's California primary election.

Live music, Comic-Con and the San Diego County Fair are among the major events making a full comeback this summer.

We look ahead to the June 7 California primary election with a focus on some of the high profile races in the South Bay.

We look ahead to the June 7 California primary election with a focus on some of the high profile races in North County.

Advocates for criminal justice reform are calling for more accountability and preventative measures as a new study shows San Diego ranks at the top of all California counties in the number of excess deaths inside jails.

Reporters working in the San Diego-Tijuana border region on how federal immigration policies have shaped the border they see today.

Elon Musk's Twitter buyout could mark the end of Black Twitter. A city audit finds major disparities in parks and rec center funding that favors high-income areas. And a recent investigation found changes in how San Diego enforces its rules on vehicle dwelling.

A new documentary showcases a struggle for environmental justice in Barrio Logan, and nonvoters in the 80th Assembly District explain why they chose not to participate in the recent special election.

The vision for a central transit hub in San Diego with direct access to the airport is scrambled, and there has been progress in bringing electric vehicle technology to heavy machinery.

The Anza-Borrego Desert State Park suffers loss of vegetation and other effects due to climate change, San Diego weighs how to electrify buildings as part of its larger climate goals, and new details show where some of the questionable spending was done by SANDAG as part of an internal audit of the regional planning agency.

SeaWorld is negotiating past-due rent tied to the pandemic shutdown in San Diego, a privately operated federal jail will be allowed to stay open, and a local family wants to know why San Diego police didn't investigate a relative's suspicious death.

Union vote could bring the first supermarket strike to the area since 2003, San Diego's new community choice energy program prepares for a big expansion, and immigration activists call for an end to strike asylum measures at the border.

An explanation for why SDG&E utility bills have increased in recent months, SANDAG investigates questionable spending within the transportation and planning agency, and some insight on what it's like to work as a reporter in a war zone.

More than two million people escape Russia's invasion of Ukraine including a family that arrived seeking asylum at the San Ysidro Port of Entry and a parents whose children attend a San Diego preschool say their kids were questioned by the state about COVID mask wearing.

Jade Hindmon hosts a discussion with KPBS reporters on stories in the news this week. Guests include Erik Anderson, Claire Trageser and Gustavo Solis.

A status check on the major bike lane project in North Park, how it fits into the region's larger climate strategy, and why scientists say we're falling short of reaching net-zero emissions by 2035.

A new survey ranks San Diego as the least affordable metro area in the country, the ACLU sues for more transparency over the future of downtown's privately-run federal prison, and local schools resume field trips as pandemic restrictions ease.

Super Bowl weekend in Southern California, women athletes sue SDSU over alleged Title IX inequities and the ties civil rights icons have to San Diego in celebration of Black History Month.

After more than a decade in charge, San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore resigns, another defeat in Sacramento for proponents of a single-payer health care system, and San Diego's new women's soccer team begins training camp.

A discussion on the recent killings of journalists in Tijuana, the city of San Diego's struggle to fill open jobs, and the new lawsuit against the NFL over the Chargers move to Los Angeles.

Latinos in Fallbrook overcome a racist history to secure elected office on local government boards, and congress recognizes Willie O'Ree, the first black player in NHL history who now calls San Diego home.

Healthcare proposals in Sacramento would greatly expand if not completely change California's health care system, local blood banks sound the alarm on critically low supply levels, and the city of Chula Vista investigates if the word 'gringo' is discriminatory.