San Diego County is reporting the highest monthly COVID-19 infections since March. In other news, if you’re planning a road trip for this weekend, you should pack some extra cash because demand is driving up gas prices. Plus, the San Diego Humane Society has an overpopulation problem, especially when it comes to dogs, so one local dog groomer is transforming dogs into walking works of art to help them get adopted.
KPBS recently rode along with Father Joe’s Villages street health outreach team to learn more about what it takes to help people move off the street and into shelter. In other news, a quarter of a million dollars from the Biden administration infrastructure bill is coming to Vista. Plus, San Diego County leaders published a blueprint on ways to address the childcare crisis.
The Street Health Team from Father Joe’s Villages provides care and support to the unsheltered community in downtown San Diego, but as the city enforces its unsafe camping ordinance, the team faces even more challenges. In other news, San Diego State University students react to a sexual assault reported over the weekend. Plus, a group of computer scientists at the University of California San Diego say they have a way to repurpose the tens of millions of smartphones we stop using every year.
Hurricane Hilary is packing wind and drenching rains that are expected to reach San Diego County this weekend. In other news, a marine charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in his barracks room was in a Camp Pendleton courtroom Thursday, for a preliminary hearing. Plus, DC is opening Blue Beetle this weekend, and positioning the film as the first Latinx superhero on the big screen from a major studio.
Firefighters continue to work to put out the Bunnie fire in Ramona, and we hear from a homeowner whose house was saved from the fire. In other news, we hear from a San Diego drag queen, who shot to the top of the iTunes Christian music charts after a Twitter tiff with a conservative worship leader. Plus, we have details on a Filipino Punk Rock music festival happening Saturday.