
Tijuana beyond the bad headlines
When reporter Sandra Dibble started covering Tijuana in the 1990s, many of her stories dealt with violence and corruption in the city. But like most Tijuanenses, Sandra actually felt pretty. She didn’...
13 Apr 202233min

Earth Day: Binge or cringe?
In 1969, off California’s coast, an ecological disaster gained worldwide attention. The state’s largest oil disaster shocked a nation into action: It led to the creation of the federal Environmental P...
12 Apr 202225min

Come fly the toxic skies
An L.A. Times investigation found that jet engine oil can leak into the air supply of passenger planes, creating a toxic cocktail that can lead to health problems. It happens with an alarming frequenc...
11 Apr 202219min

What COVID-19 wrought on Black men
Black people are two and a half times more likely to be hospitalized, and 1.7 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than whites.That stat from the CDC is shocking. But it’s not exactly surprising. No...
8 Apr 202227min

Welcome to Tijuana
Reporter Sandra Dibble spent more than 25 years covering the U.S.-Mexico border for the San Diego Union-Tribune. And what she found out after her first day on the job is that Tijuana is ... complicate...
7 Apr 202233min

The lawyer behind Trump's Jan. 6 attack
Before Jan. 6, 2021, John Eastman was known as a fringe figure in conservative circles. But now, Eastman’s not so fringe anymore.A California-based federal judge said Trump probably committed felonies...
6 Apr 202215min

What's slowing down the Jan. 6 investigation
Hundreds of people have been charged with federal crimes in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection. The amount of evidence against many of the insurrectionists is growing. But sorting through ...
5 Apr 202220min

Goodbye, Title 42
Title 42 has plugged up the asylum system since it was put in place at the start of the coronavirus crisis. Since March 2020, U.S. border officials have used the policy to quickly remove migrants by s...
4 Apr 202218min




















