KPBS Midday Edition

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing new asylum restriction at the U.S.-Mexico border. Also, San Diego’s climate action campaign is launching a speaking series on San Diego’s Green New Deal, eye experts around the world are questioning experiments on babies in China involving UC San Diego researchers, a proposed update to the city’s affordable housing policy would change the equation for developers, and San Diego is getting 5G.

The Trump administration is expanding its fast-track deportation authority across the U.S. Also, San Diego congressional reps have introduced a package of bills aimed at combating pollution in the Tijuana River Valley. Oceanside residents are lobbying for a new strategy to save disappearing beaches, the city of San Diego has been awarded a $15 million in a lead paint settlement, and Democrats are issuing warning against a viral Russia-based face-morphing app.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra weighs in on the $600 million settlement Equifax is expected to pay in fines and monetary relief to consumers over its 2017 data breach. Also, a ratepayer lawsuit claims that a new California wildfire fund law unconstitutional, San Diego scientists make waves in climate research, a beehive invention looks to backyard beekeepers to save dying bees, and how to make sure you’re taking proper care of your pet.

A local investigation reveals that less than 10% of San Diego rape cases have been solved since 2013, also San Diego researchers are contributing to a human spaceflight mission to Mars. And George Takei speaks about a new graphic novel “They Called Us Enemy” at Comic-Con which details his experience in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II.

The U.S. Marine Corps ordered embattled Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, to stop using its emblem in his Islamophobic campaign mailers. Congresswoman Susan Davis, D-San Diego, is co-sponsoring a bill that will make it easier for military families to get food assistance. Plus, what led asylum-seekers from Cameroon to Tijuana? And a new experiment by UC San Diego researchers will send human brain organoids, or “mini-brains,” into outer space to find out what effect weightlessness has on a growing brain. Comic-Con celebrates its 50th show this week and has evolved into an event that attracts upwards of 130,000 attendees. But it wasn't always that big.

President Trump’s new asylum laws have gone into effect, and opponents are suing. Also, nuclear fuel transfers have resumed at San Onofre, state leaders are trying to reestablish a sexual harassment tracking system in the “Me Too” era. Del Mar’s horse racing season begins in the shadow of Santa Anita’s horse deaths, NASA Ames is helping the FAA brace for the rise of delivery drones, and a suggested guide of interesting panels at Comic-Con 50.

A new study finds climate change has already had an impact on California wildfires.

Asylum-seekers in Tijuana expressed a mix of frustration and desperation over a new Trump administration rule that would bar most of them from declaring asylum in the U.S. Also, the Democratic members of San Diego’s congressional delegation have condemned Trump’s racist tweets. A new study links many California wildfires to climate change and how the San Diego Catholic Diocese is raising awareness about climate change, and the humble beginnings of the popular junk food, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.

President Trump is ending asylum protection for Central American asylum-seekers. Also, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to help future wildfire victims pay for damage, San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott is campaigning for reelection, a former La Mesa Pastor is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over its border surveillance program. And director Lulu Wang’s says her film “The Farewell” is based on an actual lie.