>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "KPBS EVENING EDITION" HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR.

PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR, HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS SINCE 1978.

AND BY THE CONRAD PRACTICE FOUNDATION.

DARLING MARCO SHYLY AND THE FOLLOWING -- >> AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.

>>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS FRIDAY, APRIL 23rd.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

ANOTHER DEADLY MASS SHOOTING THIS TIME HERE AT HOME IN THE GASLAMP DISTRICT.

SEVERAL HOURS TODAY, INTERSECTIONS ALONG J STREET NEAR 5th THROUGH ISLAND AVENUE WERE SHUT DOWN AFTER A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE MULTIPLE TIMES LAST NIGHT LEAVING ONE MAN DEAD AND FOUR OTHERS WOUNDED.

AS KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL TELLS US IT IS WHAT BYSTANDERS DID IN THE CHAOS THAT MOST LIKELY SAVED MORE LIVES.

>> Reporter: CHAOS AT THE GASLAMP QUARTER THURSDAY NIGHT.

POLICE SAY IT STARTED IN FRONT OF THE PINGREE HOTEL AT 10th AND J.

>> BEFORE THE HAD A CHANCE TO SAY A WORD, THE GUY PULLED OUT THE GUN AND STARTED SHOOTING.

>> Reporter: THIS AFTERNOON, SAN DIEGO POLICE CHIEF IDENTIFIED THE ALLEGED SHOOTER AS 32-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS WHO LIVES DOWNTOWN.

HE SAYS HE FATALLY SHOT THE AS YET UNIDENTIFIED 28-YEAR-OLD PARKING VALET ATTENDANT.

STARTED TO WALK AWAY AND TURNED AND SHOT HIM AGAIN.

HE HEADED NORTH ON 5th AND WHEN HE GOT TO ISLAND AVENUE, HE OPENED FIRE ON A GROUP OF PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE.

>> I HEARD TWO SHOTS, ANOTHER TWO SHOTS, I SAW PEOPLE RUNNING DOWN THE STREET.

FOUR MEN SHOT RANGING IN AGE FROM 26 TO 68 YEARS OLD.

THE CHIEF SAYS THEY WERE VISITING FROM OUT OF TOWN, ONE OF THEM 27-YEAR-OLD WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

THE CHIEF SAYS HE IS ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS OF ONE MAN.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK A CITIZEN WHO IS A FORMER COMBAT MEDIC WHO RENDERED A ONE OF THE SEVERELY INJURED MAN.

>> Reporter: TODAY, THE SON OF THE 68-YEAR-OLD SHOOTING VICTIM TALKED TO OUR MEDIUM PARTNER, 10 NEWS.

>> THINGS CHANGE DAY BY DAY, HE IS STABLE APPARENTLY.

HOPING FOR THE BEST AND STAYING POSITIVE.

>> Reporter: THIS SLIDE SAYS HE WAS TACKLED BY TWO BYSTANDERS WHO HELD HIM UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED.

HE CONTINUED TO STRUGGLE AND HAD TO BE TASED BEFORE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

TODAY, A SINGLE BOUQUET OF FLOWERS MARKS THE SPOT WHERE THE PARKING ATTENDANT LOST HIS LIFE.

THE NONPROFIT RESEARCH GROUP, GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE, DEFINES A MASS SHOOTING AS AN EVENT WHERE FOUR PEOPLE WERE SHOT EXCLUDING THE SHOOTER.

THIS MASS SHOOTING HAPPENED AGAINST A BACKDROP OF CONCERNING STATISTICS IN SAN DIEGO.

THE CHIEF SAYS VIOLENT CRIME ROSE IN 2020 AT A RATE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER LARGE AMERICAN CITIES AND THIS YEAR, THINGS ARE ONLY GETTING WORSE.

>> 50 % INCREASE IN SHOOTING INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THIS YEAR COMPARED TO 2020, WE HAVE SEEN 169 % INCREASE IN UNSERIALIZED OR GHOST GUNS FROM 2020.

>> Reporter: THE SUSPECT USED A GHOST GUN IN LAST NIGHT SHOOTING.

INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE IN THE GASLAMP.

HE HAS A CRIMINAL RECORD BUT WILL NOT ELABORATE.

CHARGE WITH ONE COUNT OF MURDER AND FOUR COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.

JOHN CARROLL WITH KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD SPARKED CALLS TO DEFUND POLICE DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SAYS MAYOR TODD GLORIA IS PROPOSING TO DO THE OPPOSITE.

>> CONTINUES TO DISAPPOINT THOSE OF US THAT WANT REAL REFORM IN THE WAY POLICING OPERATES.

SHE LEADS THE THING TAKE ON POLICY INITIATIVES WHICH HAS FOR YEARS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR MANY IN THE POLICE BUDGET TO BE SHIFTED TO LIBRARIES, PARKS, SOCIAL SERVICES.

THE $19 MILLION INCREASE WORK AS DPD INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET IS A STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

>> A STUDY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE POLICE BUDGET, THERE ARE PLACES WE CAN MAKE REDUCTIONS AND BE ABLE TO REDIRECT FUNDS TO THINGS THAT ARE REALLY GOING TO DELIVER SAFETY FOR SAN DIEGANS.

>> Reporter: THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS INCREASED POLICE BUDGET IS MOSTLY DUE TO HIGHER PENSION OBLIGATIONS.

ANOTHER COST THE CITY IS LEGALLY REPORT REQUIRED TO PAY.

CUTTING THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THE CITY EMPLOYEES IS SOMETHING GLORY SAYS HE WON'T DO FOR NOW.

>> THAT WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT SERVICE LEVEL REDUCTIONS AT A TIME PEOPLE CAN ON THE CITY TO SUPPORT THEIR NEEDS RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T THINK THAT IS APPROPRIATE.

WE COULD DO THAT OVER THE COURSE OF YEARS.

>> Reporter: THE MAYOR PROPOSING $4 MILLION CUT TO POLICE OVERTIME.

IT WILL GO TO YOUTH PROGRAMS AND THE CITY NEW POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION.

SOME CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ARE SKEPTICAL OF THE NEED FOR MORE POLICE FUNDING.

THE COUNCIL STARTS EXHAUSTIVE BUDGET REVIEW ON MAY 5th.

ANDREW BOWEN WITH KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE PAUSE ON THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON COVID-19 VACCINE HAS BEEN LIFTED ALLOWING VACCINATIONS TO RESUME AFTER 11 DAYS.

IT COMES AFTER CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION ADVISORY RECOMMENDED REAUTHORIZING THE SINGLE DOSE SHOT THINK THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH RISK OF BLOOD CLOTS.

THE CDC AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AGREED.

THEY WILL PUT A WARNING LABEL ON THE VACCINE.

WOMEN UNDER THE AGE OF 50 SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE RISK OF BLOOD CLOTS SO THEY CAN DECIDE IF THEY WOULD RATHER CHOOSE ANOTHER VACCINE.

>> THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SHOULD UNDERSTAND THERE IS A RISK, EXCEEDINGLY RARE RISK, THIS IS A COMMON VIRUS AND HAS DONE A LOT OF HARM, CAN BE PREVENTED BY A VACCINE.

>> REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS TODAY'S NEWS, AS ONE LOCAL VACCINATION SITE INCREASING OPERATIONS WITH HOPES THE SUPPLY CHAIN WILL SOON CATCH UP.

>> ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS, TAKE THE CARDS AND IDS.

GET OUT.

FLAG PEOPLE WAVING YOU AWAY.

GO GO GO.

>> THE VACCINATION SUPERSTATION AT THE DELMAR FAIRGROUNDS EXPANDING OPERATIONS DELIVERING 5000 DOSES DAILY WITH ROOM FOR MORE.

>> WE ARE SET UP TO DO AS MANY AS 10,000 A DAY.

IF WE GET THE VACCINE TO DO THAT, WE CAN PUT A LOT OF VACCINE AND A LOT OF ARMS QUICKLY.

>> Reporter: THE CEO SAID HIS TEAM STARTED USING ANOTHER BUILDING TO MOVE AS MANY PEOPLE THROUGH PRO DAY AS POSSIBLE.

>> THIS IS THE FAIRGROUNDS, PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO COME.

APPOINTMENTS CONTINUE TO BE BOOKED QUICKLY.

>> STILL LEARNING WHAT THE VACCINE STAY WITH VARIANTS.

STILL MASK AND PHYSICAL DISTANCE.

>> Reporter: 200 FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE HAVE TESTED FROM COVID-19 POSITIVE A FRACTION OF 800,000 RESIDENTS VACCINATED AND NONE OF THEM HAVE GOTTEN VERY SICK.

THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER SAYS IT IS ASSIGNED THE VACCINES ARE WORKING.

>> THE KEY IS THEY ALL PREVENT HOSPITALIZATIONS, SEVERE ILLNESS, AND INTENSIVE CARE UNIT STAYS.

>> Reporter: THE CDC RECOMMENDING PREGNANT WOMEN GET VACCINATED, POINTING TO A RECENT STUDY THAT SHOTS ARE SAFE.

>> WE KNOW THIS IS A DEEPLY PERSONAL DECISION.

I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TALK TO DOCTORS OR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS TO DETERMINE WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM AND THEIR BABY.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY HAS 11,000 DOSES OF THE SINGLE SHOT JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE READY TO BE USE.

MATT HOFFMAN WITH KPBS NEWS.

>>> CALIFORNIA NOW HAS THE LOWEST COVID-19 INFECTION RATE IN THE U.S. AND A BIG PART OF THAT IS DUE TO THE PROGRESS MADE HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

THE COUNTY DASHBOARD SHOWS LOCAL CASES HOVERING AROUND THE LOW STRAIGHT SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.

LESS THAN 2 % OF ALL COVID-19 TESTS ARE COMING BACK POSITIVE.

WHEN IT COMES TO VACCINES DECIDED LOCALLY, MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED ONE SHOT.

>>> AS ALWAYS, MORE INFORMATION ON HOW AND WHEN TO GET YOUR SHOT ON KPBS.ORG.

GO TO OUR HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE VACCINES TAB.

>>> SCHOOLS ACROSS CALIFORNIA SAW STEEP DROPS IN ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR AS PARENTS PULLED STUDENTS FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

FOR OTHER ALTERNATIVES AMID THE PANDEMIC, KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER HAS THE STATEWIDE AND LOCAL NUMBERS.

PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT DROPPING STEADILY IN CALIFORNIA THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

THAT TREND ACCELERATED IN SAN DIEGO AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE DURING THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, THE PANDEMIC.

ACCORDING TO NEWLY PUBLISHED STATE DATA, STATEWIDE OVERALL ENROLLMENT DROPPED 3 % IN THE 2020/2021 SCHOOL YEAR.

COMPARED TO A DROP OF LESS THAN 1 % IN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.

THE DRUG CREATED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WERE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOST MORE THAN 17,000 STUDENTS THE SCHOOL YEAR, THAT IS ABOUT 7% OF TOTAL ENROLLMENT.

THE LARGEST DISTRICT ALSO SAW 4% DECLINE.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD -- >> THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, PARENTS WHO WANTED TO FIND SOME ALTERNATIVE SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT WAS PRIMARILY DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM IN OUR DISTRICT MOST OF THE YEAR.

>> Reporter: THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DROP IN KINDERGARTEN WHICH IS OPTIONAL FOR STUDENTS.

>> WE KNOW WE HAD PARENTS WHO DECIDED THIS WAS NOT THE YEAR THEY WANTED TO HAVE THEIR STUDENTS START SCHOOL.

THAT WAS I THINK THE BIGGEST ENROLLMENT DECLINE.

>> Reporter: STATE FUNDING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS USUALLY DETERMINED BY ENROLLMENT.

THANKS JUSTIN ELLIS MONEY, SAN DIEGO UNIFIED AND OTHER DISTRICTS WILL NOT SUFFER FINANCIALLY FROM THE ENROLLMENT DECLINE, AT LEAST FOR THIS YEAR.

>> THEY ARE BASING FUNDING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON THE 1920 YEAR ENROLLMENT PERIOD.

HOLDING DISTRICTS HARMLESS FOR ENROLLMENT TO CLIMB AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC AND AND THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL FOR THE COMING YEAR AS WELL, 2021/22 YEAR.

>> Reporter: HE EXPECTS ENROLLMENT TRENDS TO GO BACK TO WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

STEADY DECLINE OF 1 % EACH YEAR.

JOE HONG WITH KPBS.

>>> CALLING FOR WAIVING PROTECTIONS FROM THE COVID-19 VACCINE.

MAX RIVLIN-NADLER TELLS US WHY A LOCAL CONGRESSMAN IS THE TARGET OF PROTESTS OVER IT.

>> Reporter: FIND A CONNOR SMITH SCOTT PETERS PUSHED TO WAIVE THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR VACCINES MADE BY COMPANIES LIKE MODERNA AND PFIZER.

A MOVE PROTESTERS OUTSIDE HIS LA JOLLA OFFICE SAY COULD SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES AROUND THE WORLD IF POOR COUNTRIES CAN MANUFACTURE DIFFERENT VERSIONS.

THIS IS AN ORGANIZER WITH THE CALIFORNIA TRADE JUSTICE COALITION.

HE SAYS PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOULD ISSUE WHAT IS KNOWN AS A TRIPS WAIVER.

>> IF WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE TROOPS A WAIVER, COUNTRIES CANNOT PRODUCE THE VACCINE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE AND MORE DEATHS AND MORE ZOOM FUNERALS.

>> Reporter: OVER 400 ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH HAVE CALLED ON THE U.S. TO ISSUE THE WAIVER.

PETERS, WHOSE DISTRICT IS ON THE MANY BIOTECH COMPANIES, SAYS THE ISSUE ISN'T TRADE SECRETS, IT IS PRODUCTION CAPACITY.

>> IT IS A MATTER OF PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING AND ADMINISTERING VACCINES.

THIS IS A SIDE ISSUE.

CONSTRUCT FACILITIES, ESTABLISH SUPPLY CHAINS, THAT TAKES TIME.

BY LIFTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTIONS, THE U.S. COULD GIVE OUT SECRETS BEHIND MRNA TECHNOLOGY.

>> THAT TECHNOLOGY COULD BE THE BASIS FOR CANCER CURES AND OTHER INNOVATIONS WE WANT FOR AMERICANS.

IT IS NOT IMPEDIMENT TO GETTING VACCINES OUT, DETRIMENT GETTING A HOLD OF TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING RUSSIA AND CHINA.

WE WANT AMERICA'S TO BE IN THE LEAD.

NO NEED TO SACRIFICE THAT GETTING VACCINES OUT.

>> Reporter: THE REQUEST FOR THE WAIVER ORIGINALLY CAME FROM INDIA, WHICH HAS SEEN A DEADLY EXPLOSION OF CASES IN RECENT WEEKS.

YESTERDAY, IT RECORDED OVER 300,000 NEW CASES.

>> NOBODY IS MORE THAN 20 HOURS AWAY BY TRAIN ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

WE ARE ALL NEIGHBORS WHETHER WE WANT TO BE OR NOT.

>> Reporter: THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SO FAR RESISTED THE REQUEST TO ISSUE THE TRIP WAIVER.

MAX RIVLIN-NADLER WITH KPBS NEWS.

>>> LONG BEACH JOINED SAN DIEGO IN CARING FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDREN FROM BORDER FACILITIES.

150 CHILDREN ARRIVED AT THE LONG BEACH CONVENTION CENTER AND EXPECTED TO HOLD 1000 ONCE FULL.

THE GOAL IS TO ULTIMATELY REUNIFY THESE CHILDREN WITH RELATIVES.

>> COMMUNITIES OF LOVE AND WELCOMING HAVE COME TOGETHER, USED THEIR COMMUNITY RESOURCES, BROUGHT THEM ALTOGETHER SO THAT CHILDREN CAN BE SAFE, SO THAT WHILE THEY WAIT FOR THEIR PARENTS, WHILE THEY GET THE LEGAL REPRESENTATION THEY NEED THAT IN THE MEANTIME, THEY KNOW SOMEBODY CARES FOR THEM.

>> CHILDREN WERE RECEIVED THREE OR FOUR HOURS OF DAILY CLASSROOM TIME AND PLAY OUTDOORS WITH MORE THAN 20,000 IMMIGRANT CHILDREN CURRENTLY IN GOVERNMENT CUSTODY, U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN SCRAMBLING TO OPEN SUCH FACILITIES.

>>> CAITLYN JENNER NOW WANTS TO BE GOVERNOR, THE FORMER OLYMPIAN AND REALITY TV STAR ANNOUNCED HER CANDIDACY IN A RECALL ELECTION EXPECTED LATER THIS YEAR, JENNER IS A REPUBLICAN AND STAUNCH CRITIC OF GAVIN NEWSOM.

SHE CALLS HERSELF A DISRUPTOR AND SAYS DEMOCRAT RESTRICTIONS LAST YEAR DEVASTATOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND ALLOWED CHILDREN TO FALL BEHIND IN EDUCATION.

>>> DOZENS OF COUNTRIES BACKING A NEW PUSH TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS AND SO IS CORPORATE AMERICA.

WHY THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS ON BOARD IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN PRESENTED A BIG GOAL TO THE SUMMIT HE IS HOSTING OF CUTTING U.S.

EMISSIONS BY 50 % BY 2030.

WHICH IS OFF OF 2005 LEVELS WHICH ARE FAIRLY HIGH.

WHAT IS INTERESTING IS OF THE 40 COUNTRIES IN ATTENDANCE, 17 REPRESENT COUNTRIES THAT ACCOUNT FOR 80 % OF ALL GLOBAL EMISSIONS.

ALL OF THE RIGHT PLAYERS WERE THERE, BUSINESS IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS EFFORT.

THIS TWEET, 300 COMPANIES FROM APPLE TO WALMART WROTE OPEN LETTER TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYING 50 % IS BARELY THE MINIMUM WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT BECAUSE FOR BUSINESS, GREEN AND SUSTAINABILITY IS A HUGE WINNING POLICY BECAUSE OF SHAREHOLDERS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS, ESPECIALLY MILLENNIAL AND GEN Z CUSTOMERS ARE VERY STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF REDUCING AND REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

>>> ANGLERS USED THE LOVELAND RESERVOIR NEAR ALPINE FOR YEARS.

NOW THEY ARE WORRIED THE SWEETWATER AUTHORITY WHO OWNS IT IS CHIPPING AWAY AT THE FISHING PROGRAM.

JENNIFER BOWMAN HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: THE RESERVOIR SITS ON MUD AND MUCH OF THE COVE DESIGNATED FOR SHORELINE FISHING HAS DRIED UP.

THESE DAYS, THE LOVELAND WATER LEVELS ARE NOT WHAT VISITORS ARE USED TO BECAUSE SWEETWATER AUTHORITY DRAINED OVER 2 BILLION GALLONS EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE WATER UTILITY IS ALSO CONSIDERING A CONSULTANT RECOMMENDATION TO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF EMERGENCY STORAGE POLICY THAT COULD MEAN DRAINING THE LAKE FURTHER.

NOW, ANGLERS LIKE RUSSELL WALSH ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM.

>> NO WAY THEY HAVE CONCERNS FOR THE FISHING PROPERTY.

THIS IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF SOMEBODY WHO CARES ABOUT THE FISHING PROGRAM OR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUT HERE.

>> Reporter: FISHING AT LOVELAND IS ALLOWED UNDER EASEMENT TO THE SHORELINE AT THE LAKE IS USED TO DELIVER WATER TO SOUTH COUNTY RESIDENTS.

SWEETWATER SAYS RECREATION ISN'T ITS TOP PRIORITY.

HERE IS ENGINEERING DIRECTOR RON MOSHER.

>> OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SAFE WATER TO NEARLY 200,000 PEOPLE IN OUR SERVICE AREA.

THAT IS OUR FOCUS AND WHAT THE FOCUS OF STAFF HAS BEEN AND NEEDS TO BE.

>> Reporter: SWEETWATER HAS NOT TAKEN UP THE CONSULTANT RECOMMENDATION.

THE BOARD CHAIRMAN SAYS IT IS UNDER RECOMMENDATION.

I'M REPORTER JENNIFER BOWMAN.

>>> INDEPENDENTLY FUNDED NONPROFIT ORTNER OF KPBS.

>>> HAPPY FRIDAY, EVERYONE.

WE HAVE SEEN CLOUD COVERED SKIES AND TEMPERATURES HAVE NOT JUMPED OUT OF THE LOWER 60s AND THAT IS THE CASE THREAT TONIGHT, STUBBORN CLOWNS STICK WITH US, MORE SUNSHINE IN STORE FOR SATURDAY AND TURNING SLIGHTLY MILDER THROUGH THE WEEKEND, THE NEXT STORM ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT AND COULD BRING MUCH-NEEDED RAIN ACROSS THE AREA.

LOOKING AHEAD FOR THIS EVENING, TEMPERATURES FALLING BACK TO AROUND MID-50s, LOW CLOUDS STICKING AROUND, MORE SO TOMORROW WE FINALLY START TO SEE THOSE CLOUDS BREAK UP A LITTLE BIT.

UNTIL THEN, WE WILL SEE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES MORE INLAND.

BURRITO SPRINGS DROPPING DOWN TO 58, NOT LAGUNA 49 AND RAMONA WILL DROP DOWN TO LOWER 40s.

AROUND THE COASTAL AREAS, MORE SO LOW TO MID 50s FOR THE OVERNIGHT LOWS.

TOMORROW LIKE I SAID, WE WILL FINALLY SEE CLOUDS DIMINISH, THE MARINE LAYER WILL WEAKEN A LITTLE BIT.

WILL GET SUNSHINE AND SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES, EVERYONE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

LOTS OF SUNSHINE FOR THAT, A LITTLE BIT COOLER AS YOU LOOK NORTH THROUGH SAN FRAN AND UP THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, WE WILL SEE OF FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION AND SHOWERS STAY TO THE NORTH FOR SATURDAY.

IF YOU HAVE TO DO ANYTHING OUT AND ABOUT OUTSIDE, SATURDAY IS A BETTER DAY TO DO THAT.

ALL OF THE SUNSHINE YOU WANT, ESCONDIDO 69, RAMONA 70 DEGREES, LOOKS LIKE BORREGO SPRINGS DROPPING UP TO 90, MT.

LAGUNA 76 DEGREES.

WE WILL SEE SHOWERS INCH THEIR WAY CLOSER FOR SUNDAY NIGHT MORE SO, SUNDAY DURING THE DAY NOT SO BAD BUT DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS, WE WILL START TO SEE CLOUDS CREEP IN AND SHOWER CHANCES PICK UP MONDAY, NOT JUST FOR THE COASTAL AREAS BUT INLAND AS WELL, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON, THEN WE SEE THINGS CLEAR OUT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE EVEN ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN AREAS, LOOK AT THE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MOUNTAINS, ONLY 36 FOR MONDAY, 68 WITH SHOWERS FROM THE DESERT AREAS AS WE LOOK TOWARD MONDAY, CLEARING OUT FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST -- >>> SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH TODAY WITH THE SPACEX MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

WHAT MAKES US MORE INTERESTING IS THE UC SAN DIEGO ALUM PILOTING THE FLIGHT.

HERE IS MELISSA MAY.

>> Reporter: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION ALUMNA MEGAN McARTHUR LAUNCHED INTO SPACE EARLY THIS MONEY FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA.

MacARTHUR PILOTED THE SPACEX DRAGON SPACECRAFT TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WHERE SHE AND THREE OTHER ASTRONAUTS WILL SPEND THE NEXT SIX MONTHS AS PART OF THE STATION CREW.

>> ALL OF US AT THE INSTITUTION AND UC SAN DIEGO ARE DRAMATICALLY PROUD OF HER AND HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

>> Reporter: HE MET MacARTHUR IN THE MID-1990S WHEN SHE WAS A GRADUATE STUDENT AT THE SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY.

>> SORT OF TWO PARALLEL INTERESTS.

REALLY INTERESTED IN THE OCEAN BUT HAD MAINTAINED INTEREST IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING.

>> Reporter: IN THE ORBITING LAB, MacARTHUR WILL HAVE TO REPAIR INSTRUMENTS AND PROTECT THEM FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AND OPERATE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT REMOTELY JUST LIKE SHE DID ON OCEAN RESEARCH.

HER DREAM OF PILOTING INTO SPACE COMES ON THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF SALLY WRIGHT SCIENCE AT UC SAN DIEGO FOCUSING ON S.T.E.M.

INSTRUCTION FOR GIRLS.

ASSOCIATE DEAN OF EDUCATION AT UC SAN DIEGO EXTENSION DESCRIBES HOW INSPIRING McARTHUR'S LAUNCH IS TO YOUNG FEMALES.

>> BECOMING THE FARMING SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF ASTRONAUTS IN S.T.E.M.

FIELD NOT TO MENTION UC SAN DIEGO GRADUATES MORE S.T.E.M.

MAJORS, WOMEN IN S.T.E.M.

THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: DR. SALLY WRIGHT THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN TO FLY INTO SPACE AND PAVED THE WAY FOR ASTRONAUTS LIKE MEGAN McARTHUR.

>> NOTCHES BEING INCREDIBLE SCIENTIST, SHE PAVED THE WAY FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND OTHER THINGS WITH THE EQUITY ROUTE.

>> Reporter: THIS FROM OUR FIRST VISIT TO THE SPACE STATION AND SECOND TRIP TO SPACE.

MELISSA MAY WITH KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO OPERA IS STAGING ITS SECOND DRIVE IN OPERA, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE OPENS TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE CHUNK A SPORK ARENA PARKING LOT FOR QUARTET OF PERFORMANCES.

WE HAVE THE DELIGHTFUL COMIC OPERA.

>> Reporter: FOR THE SECOND TIME THE SEASON, SAN DIEGO OPERA BUILDING OUTDOOR STAGE AT THE PECHANGA SPORTS ARENA PARKING LOT.

LAST OCTOBER IT STAGED LA BOHHME.

SPRING DICTATE SOMETHING MORE UPBEAT, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE SAYS THE CONDUCTOR, BRUCE.

>> IT IS A GREAT COMEDY AND SORT OF DEFINES WHAT COMIC ITALIAN OPERA IS IN THE EARLY TO MIDDLE 19th CENTURY.

>> Reporter: ITS ROOTS MAYBE 19th CENTURY, THE GROOVY COSTUMES FROM THE PRODUCTION INSPIRED THE DIRECTOR TO DO A LITTLE UPDATE.

>> HE TOLD THE CAST IN A MEETING WE HAD EARLIER TO SORT OF THINK OF TELEVISION DURING THAT ERA.

IF WE THINK OF THAT, THE STRONGEST TELEVISION MOMENT SHE TALKED ABOUT WAS LAUGHING.

PARTICULARLY THE COCKTAIL HOUR.

ZANY, LOTS OF DANCING, LOTS OF COLOR.

THIS WILL BE FUNNY, FUN AND ZANY COLORFUL ART.

>> Reporter: CENTERING ON THE TRICKSTER, FIGARO, PROVIDES THE EXACT KIND OF COMEDY TO RAISE OUR SPIRITS AS QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS WITH SAYS THIS BARITONE, DAVID.

>> THIS IS THE CHAMPAGNE OF OPERA, LIGHT AND BUBBLY, EVERYONE FEELS GOOD AFTER THEY HAVE A BLAST.

I THINK IT WILL BE LONG FOR OUR SOUL TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING SO FUN.

>> Reporter: HE PLAYS THE ROLE OF FIGARO.

>> THIS ROLE IS VERY TECHNICALLY DEMANDING.

>> Reporter: BUT HE RELIES ON THE CONDUCTOR TO HELP THEM OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES.

>> BRUCE IS VERY IN TUNE WITH THE LANGUAGE, TIMING, STAGING AND VERY HELPFUL.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT AWARE, THE CONDUCTOR'S JOB IS TO GET THE GROUP OF MUSICIANS PLAYING AS A COMPLEMENT ALL THE SINGERS TOGETHER PLAYING THE RIGHT PITCHES AT THE RIGHT TIME.

THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR HAS TO BE TIMED WELL NOT JUST FOR US BUT THE ACTING.

IT TAKES A SERIOUS VOICE BUT LIGHTHEARTED ATTITUDE.

THAT IS WHAT MAKES THIS PIECE SO DIFFICULT.

>> I THINK IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH KEEPING YOURSELF IN THE MOMENT IN OUTDOOR VENUE, FIRE ENGINE SUDDENLY STREAMS BY, HOW WILL THAT INTERFACE WITH THE CHARACTERS ON STAGE?

WILL THEY MAKE ALLOWANCE FOR THAT OR WILL THEY NOT?

WILL THEY PRESS FORWARD?

WHICHEVER WAY IT DOES GO, I HAVE TO BE POISED AND READY TO ADAPT INSTANTANEOUSLY.

>> Reporter: THE AFTER SETTING COUPLED WITH PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS ALSO PRESENT CHALLENGES.

>> IN PARTICULAR, THE ORCHESTRA AREA BECAME DENOTED BY A PLATFORM THAT WOULD BE INSTALLED THAT WAS 42 FEET WIDE BY 60 FEET LONG.

ONCE YOU HAVE THAT DEFINED AREA, THEN BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE LOOK AT THE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE SO WE ARE LOOKING AT FACING THE INSTRUMENTALIST ACCORDING TO WHETHER THEY ARE MASKED PLAYERS, VIOLINISTS OR UNMASKED BRASS PLAYERS AND WOODWIND PLAYERS, THE MASKED PLAYERS PERFORM WITH MASKS ON, THEY HAVE TO HAVE 6 FEET OF SEPARATION BETWEEN INSTRUMENTS.

THE WOODWIND AND BRASS PLAYERS HAVE 12 FEET.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE OUT MEASURING TAPE AND HOW MANY PLAYERS CAN YOU ACTUALLY FIT ON 40 2X 60 FOOT ORCHESTRA PLATFORM?

IT IS ENORMOUS CHALLENGE, THE ANSWER IS 24.

>> Reporter: THE DRIVE AND SETTING MAY NOT PROVIDE PRISTINE ACOUSTICS OF INDOOR VENUE THAT IT CREATES A VITAL SENSE OF COMMUNITY AROUND LIVE PERFORMANCES.

>> AT THE END OF HOPEFULLY A GREAT NUMBER, THE HORNS GO BLAZING AND LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF TO BEING THIS DAY IN AGE APPLAUSE MOMENT AND WE MOVE FORWARD.

THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY I THINK IS ESSENTIAL ASPECT OF HOW THE ARTS WORK.

>> Reporter: OPERA AS AN ART FORM HAS WEATHERED PENDANTS BEFORE.

SAN DIEGO OPERA MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF THIS PANDEMIC WITH FAR OUT INNOVATION.

THAT'S OUR MONDO WITH KPBS NEWS.

>>> FINE TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE ON KPBS.ORG.

TANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI .

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "KPBS EVENING EDITION" HAS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR.

PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

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