An investigation alleges that fossil fuel companies have long known that messaging to consumers about individual responsibility for climate change is misleading and inaccurate. Next, California is now offering Medi-Cal coverage to older, lower-income residents who do not have U.S. citizenship. Then, hate incidents are on the rise in San Diego, but hate crimes are notoriously difficult to prosecute. KPBS race and equity reporter Cristina Kim reports how 911 dispatchers can help make a hate-crime case. Later, San Diego lost population for the first time in a decade. Meanwhile, San Diego author Tracy Badua's talks about her debut middle-grade novel, "Freddie vs. the Family Curse.” Finally, an Indian dish is causing a “sizzle” in South Bay.
Scripps Mercy Hospital’s Director of Trauma Surgery talks about the impact of an increase in injuries at the border wall. Also, undocumented Californians 50 and older became eligible for Medi-Cal on Sunday. Plus, San Diego Unified is facing a renewed challenge to its vaccination mandate that begins this summer.
"Freddie vs. the Family Curse" is San Diego author Tracy Badua's middle-grade novel debut. It follows Freddie Ruiz, his so-called curse and his quest to understand luck and his family.
San Diego's Tracy Badua is the author of "Freddie vs. The Family Curse," her debut fantasy novel about a Filipino boy trying to break his family's generational bad luck, with the help of an ancestral spirit