KPBS Roundtable

A discussion around higher education as a new academic year begins at SDSU and CSU San Marcos.

An apology from Padres star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. underscores the ongoing issues of performance enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball and the pressure on athletes to perform at a high level.

The Inflation Reduction Act commits billions of dollars to climate, health care and tax reform. We discuss how some of the spending will go to California and how local residents and politicians are reacting.

President Biden announces a formal end to the Remain in Mexico asylum policy, Ensenada struggles to supply water amid drought conditions, and summer closures continue at South County beaches amid a new round of cross-border sewage contamination.

A discussion on San Diego State University's move to open an investigation into a reported sexual assault by members of the Aztec football team and the larger issue of how schools handle sexual violence in the college setting.

The city of San Diego strikes a deal that allows it to move on from years of legal fights over the asbestos-tainted high-rise that was supposed to be a new hub for city workers.

Comic-Con holds its first full scale event in downtown San Diego since 2019 after being sidetracked by the pandemic.

The 2022 San Diego Pride Festival and related events are underway this weekend amid an uptick of public health and safety concerns.

The Padres are making a playoff push, football and soccer teams will soon move into a brand new stadium and California will ask voters to weigh in on sports betting.

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.