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Gov. Gavin Newsom Delivers State Of The State Address

KPBS Midday Edition
KPBS Midday Edition
Episode • Mar 11, 2021 • 44m
Governor Gavin Newsom urged Californians to dream of brighter days during his annual State of the State address, this year from an empty Dodgers Stadium. Plus, a North County mobile crisis response program is expanding county wide by this summer. And, a new report from UC San Diego Health suggests that long-standing tests used to determine lung capacity are actually rife with archaic and, in some cases, racist components that could lead to a misdiagnosis in patients of color. Then, the County Board of Supervisors called for a review of the entire COVID-19 hotel sheltering program eight days after our partners at inewsource reported on problems at a county-run COVID-19 isolation hotel. Plus, leaders from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York will allow most of the students involved in a major cheating scandal to remain at the prestigious school. Finally, how the San Diego Latino Film Festival is adapting and growing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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