>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING & AIR, PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS AND PRIVILEGED TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

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>>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24th.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

POURING RAIN, GUSTY WINDS, MAKING FOR A STORMING NIGHT.

MUCH-NEEDED PRECIPITATION, AND SOME PROBLEMS.

KPBS REPORTER GUSTAVO BILLINGS BEGINS OUR COVERAGE.

>> Reporter: IT CAUSED LIGHT FLOODING IN THE COUNTY, AND FILLED MOTORISTS WITH FRIGHT.

>> PEOPLE ARE DRIVING CRAZY RIGHT NOW, AS IT IS, TRYING TO BEAT THE YELLOW LIGHT.

>> Reporter: EXCESSIVE RAIN FALLS PROMPTED HIGH WIND ADVISORIES, THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 4:00 PM.

THEY TRIED TO RESCUE ANYONE CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THE RAIN.

THE CITY CLOSED ACCESS TO STREET IN THE MISSION VALLEY, INCLUDING QUALCOMM WAY AND CAMINO LA REINA.

>> LESS THAN TWO FEET OF WATER WILL FLOW TO A VEHICLE.

WE HAD INCIDENTS LAST WEEK WHEN THE VEHICLES WENT BEYOND BARRICADES, AND EVER SINCE THERE WAS A RESCUE.

>> Reporter: IT'S CALLED FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS ON FRIDAY AND MORE RAIN ON CHRISTMAS MORNING.

ADVICE FOR MOTORISTS WHO FIND THEMSELVES SURROUNDED BY WATER.

>> IF YOU ARE IN A VEHICLE, SEEK HIGHER GROUND, GET ON TOP OF THE VEHICLE, BUT STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE, STAY IN CONTACT WITH THE DISPATCHER.

>>> IT HAS BEEN A COLD, BLUSTERY, GLOOMY DAY FOR MOST OF US.

BUT FOR EVERY STORM, THERE WAS ALSO A RAINBOW, AND IN THIS CASE YOU CAN MAKE THAT TWO.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO SHARED THIS PHOTO OF A DOUBLE RAINBOW IN RANCHO BERNARDO WHICH GOT JUST OVER 1" OF RAIN OVERNIGHT, THE BIGGER NUMBERS ARE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS, WITH PALAMAR OBSERVATORY GETTING MORE THAN 6 ".

COMMITTEES TO THE NORTH ARE GETTING DRENCHED.

WE SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ORANGE COUNTY.

>> Reporter: A LOT OF RAIN CAME DOWN IN SILVERADO.

>> WE THOUGHT WE HAD ALL OF THE THINGS ON THE TREE, THE ROUTER, WILL RUN THE TRUCK AND TAKING THEM ACROSS THE STREET.

BUT, WE ARE ALL OKAY RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: PARKER'S FAMILY DID PACK UP THE CAMPER AND SPEND THE NIGHT IN BEAVERS, FARTHER AWAY FROM THE HILLSIDE, STILL RECOVERING FROM THE BONFIRE.

ONE LARGE TREE AND POWER LINE DID COME DOWN IN THE STORM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE HILLS HELP.

>> WE DODGED ANOTHER BULLET THIS TIME, WE ARE LUCKY.

>> Reporter: DANNY AGREES, HE SAID THAT SILVERADO CREEK IS RISING FASTER AND HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY, AND THERE ARE MANY MUDDY ROADS THROUGHOUT THE CANYON.

BUT HE HAS NOT HEARD OF ANY DEBRIS GETTING INTO HOUSES LIKE THERE WAS WITH THE LAST ROUND OF STORMS.

>> I CAN ALREADY HEAR THE COMMUNITY ON THE RENO RADIO, EVERYBODY IS GETTING TOGETHER, AND CHECKING THEIR HOUSES.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY ISSUED A MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER LAST NIGHT, BUT MANY CHOSE TO WRITE OUT THE STORM.

>> MOST OF US ARE USED TO IT, THAT WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER OUT.

WE CAN ALSO ASSIST THE FIREFIGHTERS WERE OUT THERE.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE GLAD THIS ROUND DID NOT DUMP TOO MUCH RAIN TOO FAST.

OFFICIALS ARE WARNING EVERYONE TO KEEP THEIR GUARD UP.

>> AS YOU CAN HERE NOW, NEXT TO US, THERE IS STILL A LOT OF RUNNING WATER, SO, ALTHOUGH THE SERVICE WATER YOU STILL DO NOT SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF GROUNDWATER UNDERNEATH.

WITH THE FRESH BONE AREA, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.

>>> THAT WAS TINA PATEL REPORTING.

THE LATEST STORM SURGE IS RAISING CONCERNS FOR BUSINESSES, AND THE OMICRON VARIANT IS SPREADING.

WE LOOK AT HOW EMPLOYEE ILLNESS IS CAUSING CLOSURES AND CANCELLATIONS.

>> Reporter: MANY WERE HOPING THAT THE WORST IS BEHIND THEM, BUT THE EMERGENCE OF THE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS OMICRON VARIANT IS PUTTING THE BRAKES ON BUSINESS AS USUAL.

YOU CAN SEE THE EFFECTS OF THE LATEST COVID WAVE AT THE AIRPORT FOR BOTH UNITED AND DELTA CANCELED FLIGHT DUE TO THE SPIKE IN CASES AMONG EMPLOYEES.

ON THIS CORNER OF SAN DIEGO'S MISSION HILL NETWORK, THE COFFEE BAR IS CLOSED.

OWNER KIMBERLY MORAN SAID THAT SEVERAL EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING HER, WERE RECENTLY EXPOSED TO COVID, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT SHE HAS HAD TO CLOSE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> AND, IT IS JUST SORT OF EXHAUSTING TO HIT THIS NUMBER.

WHAT SEEMED LIKE WAS GOING TO BE THE FINISH LINE, BUT IT WASN'T.

>> Reporter: EARLIER THIS MONTH, CAL OSHA, REGULATING WORKPLACE SAFETY, EXTENDED THE COVID PROTOCOL, STARTING JANUARY 14th EVEN VACCINATED WORKERS EXPOSED TO SOMEONE AFFECTED WILL HAVE TO WEAR MASKS AND BE SOCIALLY DISTANCED FOR 14 DAYS.

>> WELL, IT IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT.

YOU TALK TO ANY EMPLOYER, THEY ARE ALL LOOKING FOR ANYONE TO COME IN.

>> Reporter: SOMETHING NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE STRUGGLING SERVICE INDUSTRY TO FOLLOW.

SAYS JERRY SANDERS, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

>> THIS WILL BE ANOTHER BLOW WITH PEOPLE HAVING TO STAY HOME FOR 14 DAYS.

SOME CAN WORK REMOTELY, BUT IF YOU ARE IN THE BUSINESS WHERE YOU NEED A SERVER OR A CASH REGISTER ATTENDANT OR SOMEBODY STOCKING OR A LOT OF THOSE THINGS.

IT IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT.

ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT CAL OSHA NEEDS TO PROVIDE MORE GUIDANCE.

MORAN SAID SHE NEVER QUESTIONED STAYING ON THE KEEPER AND THE COMMUNITY SAFE, BUT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES NEED TO STEP UP AND HELP SMALL BUSINESSES NAVIGATE WHAT MANY CALL A NEW NORMAL.

>> I THINK THAT A BIG PUSH FOR US TO LIVE OUR LIVES AND OPERATE LIKE EVERYTHING IS NORMAL.

AND NONE OF THIS IS NORMAL.

AND WE HAVE LIKE, LESS THAN ZERO SUPPORT FINANCIALLY FROM OUR CITY, COUNTY, STATE I MEAN, THE LITTLE HELP THAT WAS THERE IS LONG GONE.

>> Reporter: FOR NOW, HARDWARE COFFEE BAR WILL EXIST ONLINE, WHERE YOU CAN STILL ORDER THEIR SPECIALTY COFFEE BEANS KENNY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT IS NOT JUST SAN DIEGO SCRAMBLING TO ACCOMMODATE PASSENGERS AND CANCELED FLIGHTS.

THIS IS HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WE SEE THE TRAVEL CRUNCH ON ONE OF THE BUSIEST DAYS OF THE YEAR.

GET THE LATEST COVID-19 SURGE, CAUSING MAJOR TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS.

MORE THAN 2000 CHRISTMAS EVE FLIGHT CANCELED, WORLDWIDE.

INCLUDING HUNDREDS IN THE U.S. DELTA AIRLINES, AND UNITED, POINTING TO SHORTAGES, DUE TO THE NEW VARIANT.

JOHNS HOPKINS NEW DATA SHOWS THAT STORE INFECTIONS FROM THE NEW STRAIN HAVE QUICKLY SURPASSED THE BELT THAT SURGE.

THE DAILY AVERAGE NEW CASES IS OVER 182,000.

>> THERE IS NO WAY FOR US TO RANK IN THE NEW INFECTIONS DUE TO OMICRON.

THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE.

>> Reporter: MANY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT.

>> WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT IS TO COME, AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.

>> Reporter: AS THE VIRUS CONTINUES TO TAKE ITS TOLL ON MANY IN HEALTHCARE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> ICU BEDS ARE FULL.

PATIENTS ARE BACK OUT IN THE HALLWAY.

AND WE NEED WAYS.

>> Reporter: THE DEMAND FOR TESTING GROWS NATIONWIDE.

AMERICANS, STILL WAITING IN LONG LINES, ALL TO GET THEIR HANDS ON A COVID TEST.

>> I HAVE MY VACCINATIONS AND I HAVE MY BOOSTER, BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE SURE.

>> Reporter: SOME SAY THEY ARE NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES WITH OMICRON, NEW YORK CITY ANNOUNCED IT IS SCALING BACK ITS NEW YEAR EVE CELEBRATION AT TIME SQUARE, LIMITING ATTENDANCE TO 15,000 PEOPLE AND YOU MUST SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION AND WEAR MASKS.

DARRELL FORGES, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THIS NEXT STORY IS ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR AT KPBS.ORG.

COME THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, A NEW MANDATE WILL GO IN MANDATING ORGANIC RECYCLING, THAT MEANS THAT APPEALS CAN BE RECYCLED INTO COMPOST.

MULTIMEDIA REPORTER ALEXANDER ALEXANDER NGUYEN IT SHOWS IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF CITIES ARE NOT READY.

>> Reporter: KELLY HAS BEEN COMPOSTING FOR NEARLY A YEAR WITH HELP FROM OCEANSIDE'S COMPOSTING PROGRAM.

IT IS MEANT TO HELP REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRASH THAT GOES INTO THE LANDFILL.

LANDFILLS EMIT METHANE, WHICH IS A POTENT GREENHOUSE GAS.

ORGANIC WASTE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 20% OF THE STATE'S METHANE EMISSIONS.

COME JANUARY 1st, A NEW LAW MANDATES CITIES AND COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA MUST PROVIDE CURBSIDE ORGANIC RECYCLING.

KELLY NEW THINKS THAT IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

>> IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT OF US TO GET RID OF THE AMOUNT OF FOOD WASTE THAT GOES INTO OUR LANDFILL.

>> Reporter: THE IDEA IS THAT RESIDENCE CAN DISPOSE OF FOOD SCRAPS INTO GREEN GARDEN WASTE BINS.

THOSE BINS WOULD BE PICKED UP WITH THE WEEKLY GUARD SERVICE.

SUCH AS SAN FRANCISCO, THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED DOING THIS.

BUT IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, MOST CITIES HAVE BEEN WAITING TO ROLLOUT THE SERVICE, THE NEW YEAR.

PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH CONTRACT WITH WASTE HANDLERS FOR VARIOUS CITIES.

HER CITY IS WORKING TO FINALIZE THE CONTRACT IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2022.

>> AT THAT POINT, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO USE THEIR GREEN BINS, WHICH IS FOR LAND WASTE, AND TO START PUTTING THEIR FOOD WASTE IN THERE.

>> Reporter: WASTE MANAGEMENT, WHICH SERVICES MUCH OF NORTH COUNTY, SAID IT IS TAKING A STEPS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.

AN APPROPRIATE TIMELINE.

THERE IS A GRACE PERIOD FOR CITIES AND COUNTIES TO IMPLEMENT THE LAW, THOSE NOT IN COMPLIANCE COULD FACE FINES UP TO $10,000 A DAY BY 2024.

THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE ORGANIC WASTE BY 75%, BY 2025.

THAT IS THE SAME AS REMOVING 1.7 MILLION CARS OFF THE ROAD.

FOR CALLIE NUKE, HER GARDEN HAS NEVER LURKED LOOKED BETTER.

>> OUR GARDEN WAS A COMPLETE JUGGLE.

EVERYTHING TOOK OFF.

EVERYTHING WAS PRODUCING.

WE HAD SO MANY TOMATOES, WE HAD SO MANY MELONS.

EVERYTHING WAS JUST GOING CRAZY.

>> Reporter: ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IF YOU ARE PLANNING A TRIP TO DISNEYLAND, YOU MAY WANT TO NOTE THAT GETTING THROUGH SOME OF THE LONGER LINES IS GOING TO COST YOU MORE, THE THEME PARK RESORT IS RAISING THE PRICE OF ITS LIGHTNING LANE PASSED FROM $17-$18 AT TWO OF ITS MORE POPULAR RIDE, BOTH ARE AT CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE PARK, THE RESORT IS ALSO CONTINUING ITS HOLIDAY RATES INTO JANUARY 2022, >>> NEARLY 300 BUSINESSES CLOSED FOR GOOD SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN MOP BACK IN MARCH OF 2020.

FOR BUSINESSES THAT MANAGED TO SURVIVE, THIS HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON IS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL.

KPBS BORDER REPORTER GUSTAVO LUIS VISITED A FEW OF THE GRATEFUL SHOPKEEPERS.

>> Reporter: THE COMBINATION OF A PANDEMIC AND CROSS-BORDER CRISIS, BUT THOSE BUSINESSES THAT SUBSCRIBE ARE RELISHING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

THE OUTLET MALLS ARE FULL OF CUSTOMERS TO DO THEIR LAST- MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AND FAMILIES POSING FOR PHOTOS IN FRONT OF A TREE.

ON THE BOULEVARD, THEY WELCOME CUSTOMERS THAT THEY HAVE NOT SEEN IN NEARLY TWO YEARS.

>> LAST YEAR WAS VERY DEPRESSING WE CAN SAY.

BUT THIS YEAR LOOKS BETTER.

>> Reporter: MANY OF THE SHOPS SURVIVED BY BORROWING MONEY.

TO THE TO THEM, THESE NEXT FEW WEEKS MEAN EVERYTHING.

>> WHAT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON MEANS IS THE STABILIZATION OF BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN RUNNING FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS.

IT STABILIZES THEM, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THEM IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN START PAYING BACK SOME OF THE CREDIT THAT THEY ABUSE.

>> Reporter: SALES AROUND SAN PEDRO HAVE BEEN 70% OF PRE- PANDEMIC LEVEL, NOT QUITE WHAT THEY USED TO BE, BUT STILL BETTER THAN A FEW MONTHS AGO.

NOW, HOLIDAY SEASON WON'T BE WITHOUT A GRID.

HE GETS DAILY REMINDERS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE SPEND HOURS WAITING TO CROSS.

>> TURN ON YOUR RADIO, ANY GIVEN MORNING, YOU ARE HEARING THREE HOURS, 2 1/2, ANYTHING OVER AN HOUR IS EXCESSIVE.

>> Reporter: GUSTAVO LUIS, MAYA TRABULSI , KPBS NEWS.

>>> ONE OF THE HOTTEST HOLIDAY BUYS IS NOT A GIFT, BUT SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP YOU CELEBRATE WITH SOME PEACE OF MIND.

SCS YOU EXPLAINS HOW RETAILERS ARE TRYING TO MANAGE DEMAND FOR AT-HOME COVID TESTS IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>> THE COVID TESTS ARE KIND OF THE TICKLE ME ELMO GIFT THIS YEAR.

WHAT THEY WANT TO AVOID IS THE HOARDING THAT OCCURRED IN THE FIRST PART OF THE PANDEMIC WITH CLOROX WIPES OR TOILET PAPER.

FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW, AMAZON IS LIMITING PURCHASES PER CONSUMER TO 10.

INITIALLY, CBS AND WALGREENS STARTED AT 10, BUT YESTERDAY THEY ANNOUNCED THEY ARE LIMITING IT TO SIX, BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF COVID TESTS BEING SOLD.

WALMART IS LIMITING THEIRS TO EIGHT.

AND THEN SOME REALLY POPULAR COVID TESTS, LIKE THE ONE MADE BY CALIFORNIA-BASED EYE HEALTH IS LIMITED TO FIVE.

EVEN THOUGH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAID THAT THEY WERE BY 500 MILLION COVID TESTS AND PROVIDE THEM FOR FREE TO CONSUMERS, THOSE TESTS, UNDER THE BEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES, ARE NOT REALLY GOING TO BE AVAILABLE EN MASSE UNTIL AFTER THE NEW YEAR.

FAMILIES GATHERING FOR CHRISTMAS, THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE STAY HEALTHY.

STOMACH TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, WIFE THOUSANDS OF LIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELED, JUST AS AMERICANS ARE TRYING TO HEAD HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, THAT IS COMING UP AT 7:00, AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> STORMY WEATHER, IT CONTINUES.

WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST, OFF AND ON, CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT AND EVEN INTO TOMORROW, CHRISTMAS DAY, KEEP IT COOL THROUGHOUT THE REST OF NEXT WEEK AS THE PATTERN HOLD.

WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ONSET OF WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE GOLDEN STATE.

BUT EVEN IN OUR AREA.

AS YOU GO THROUGH TIME HERE TONIGHT, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE SHOWERS STICKING IN THE FORECAST., BACKWARDS 50 DEGREES FOR OUR LOW.

48 IN OCEANSIDE, 43 IN VERONA, AND OLYMPIA AND MT.

LAGUNA.

NOW, SOME OF THOSE SPOTTY SHOWERS ARE STAYING AROUND, DEFINITELY LOW CLOUDS, AS SOME OF THE ENERGY WORKS IN OFF THE PACIFIC.

HE WILL NOT BE A LOT OF RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, BUT CERTAINLY IT COULD BE GROUND AS WE HEAD INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING.

CHRISTMAS MORNING, YOU ARE LOOKING AT KIND OF A BIT OF A BREAK, BUT WE WILL STILL SEE SOME OF THE SHOWERS TRYING TO SLIDE IN, YOU CAN SEE THROUGHOUT THE WEST, WE ARE NOT GETTING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL, THAT IS GOING TO BE THROUGH NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES ITS WAY ON DOWN.

I THINK IT IS STILL A LITTLE BIT UNSETTLED AS WE VENTURE THROUGH TOMORROW.

IN FACT, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER-60.

HIGHS, 57, CHULA VISTA, BORREGO SPRINGS, AND WE ARE STILL SEEING SOME CLOUDS, MAYBE A SPRINKLE OR TWO IN THAT AREA.

YOU CAN SEE THE MOISTURE COMING IN OFF THE PACIFIC AS A GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY, JUST MOSTLY SPOTTY SHOWERS AND STRUGGLES, IT IS NOT UNTIL WE GET INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH A HEAVY RAIN REALLY WORKS IN.

AND, IN FACT, EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, SO REALLY, PAST CHRISTMAS NIGHT, IN INTO THE CORE OF IT, AS WE SEE SOME OF THAT HEAVY RAIN COME IN WITH THE NEXT COLD FRONT, WHICH WILL BE LEAVING BEHIND A WINDIER, COOLER FRONT.

SO, SOME BIG-TIME CHANGES HERE, AS WE KEEP THOSE TEMPERATURES LOWER THAN WHERE WE ARE USED TO IN THE MID-50s, FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

TOWARDS THE COAST, THAT POSSIBILITY OF A SHOWER.

IN MANY LOCATIONS, THAT IS GOING TO BE TRUE FOR OUR INLAND IMMUNITY.

TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY GOING TO BE HAVING OUT INTO THE LOWER TO MID-50s FOR MOST OF THE WEEK.

A LOT OF LOCATIONS ARE DEALING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 30s AND 20s, WATCH OUT FOR THE NEXT ON SYSTEM NEXT TUESDAY.

THERE WILL BE ICY SPATE SPOT.

AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR THAT TRANSFER WHEN, BEFORE FALLING INTO THE 50s BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

FOR KPBS, I AM A METEOROLOGIST.

>>> FOR THOSE OF YOU PLANNING TO BE UP EARLY ON CHRISTMAS MORNING, NASA IS PLANNING A SHOW.

THE SPACE AGENCY WILL LAUNCH A SUCCESSOR TO THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE.

THE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE WILL BE THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL SPACE OBSERVATORY.

THE LAUNCH IS SET FOR 4: 20 TO 4:50 PACIFIC TIME.

AFTER WEATHER FORCED A DELAY.

IT WILL ALSO BE STREAMED LIVE ON NASA'S WEBSITE.

AMONG OTHER THINGS, WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON OUR CHANGING PLANET.

ERIK ANDERSON, KPBS ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER , TALKS ABOUT CONCERNS FOR A GLACIER THAT COULD IMPACT LOCAL SEA LEVELS.

>> Reporter: THERE IS DISTURBING NEWS FROM A VAST COLLECTION OF NIGHT ICE ON THE WESTERN PORTION OF ANTARCTICA.

WARM OCEAN WATERS ARE HELPING TO MELT THE MASSIVE GLACIER FASTER THAN EXPECTED, WITH HUGE CHUNKS OF ICE BREAKING OFF INTO THE SEA, IT COULD HAVE APPLICATION FOR SAN DIEGO.

>> FROM AN ARTICLE, IT IS NOT IMMEDIATE.

BUT WE WILL SEE IT HERE.

YOU KNOW, OFFSHORE IN SAN DIEGO.

AND ANY, YOU KNOW, ANY LARGE CHANGES, WE WILL EVENTUALLY NOTICE HERE.

>> Reporter: IT SITS IN AN ATTACHMENT BASIN ABOUT THE SIZE OF NEVADA.

IT COULD RAISE GLOBAL SEA LEVELS AS MUCH AS A ONE FOOT IF IT FINDS ITS WAY INTO THE OPEN OCEAN.

BE BACK YOU KNOW, THE GROUNDED PART THAT FORMS THE ICE TONGUE, THAT IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BE THE FASTEST DIGGING PART OF THE CONFIDENT CONTINENT, AND WHERE THE MASS IS LOST.

>> Reporter: THEY WILL BE DOING SURVEYS OF THE EYES, USING INSTRUMENTS THAT RESEARCHERS CAN REACT.

RIGHT NOW, THE GLACIER APPEARS TO BE MELTING FASTER THAN MODELS PROTECT.

THE RESEARCH COULD HELP FIND DATA TO MAKE THOSE MODELS MORE ACCURATE.

ERIK ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

OUR CHRISTMAS IS A BIG DAY FOR MOVIES, AND KPBS CINEMA JUNKIE SAID THERE ARE PLENTY OF WONDERFUL GIFTS WAITING UNDER THE TREE.

BUT BEWARE OF SOME LUMPS OF COAL.

>> Reporter: THIS WEEKEND YOU CAN UNWRAP SOME GORGEOUS HOLIDAY GIFTS, STARTING WITH JOE COLON'S BREATHTAKINGLY CINEMATIC ADAPTATION OF SHAKESPEARE'S THE TRAGEDY OF MacBETH.

ANOTHER SURPRISE PACKAGE IS THE LOST DAUGHTER, THE DIRECTING DEBUT OF ACTRESS MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL.

OLIVIA COLMAN PLAYS A PRICKLY BUT FASCINATING CHARACTER, WHOSE BEACH VACATION TAKES DARK AND UNEXPECTED TURNS.

COLEMAN IS EXQUISITE AND MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL POSE A SAVVY FILM MAKER WITH A SENSE FOR PORTRAYING THE CHARACTERS IN HER LIFE.

SPIDER-MAN NO WAY HOME DOES HAVE A WAYWARD FIRST HAVE TO GET TO THE WAYWARD TWIST IN THE SECOND STORY, BUT ONCE YOU GET PAST THE STUPID DECISION THAT SPIDEY AND DR.

STRANGE HAVE TO MAKE, THE FILM SOARS WITH GENUINE EMOTION.

NOW, FOR THE LUMP OF COAL.

THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS AS A POTENTIAL PREMISE, FULL OF RIFFS ON THE ORIGINAL.

BUT IT ENDS UP FEELING MORE LIKE THE MATRIX REGURGITATED, AS IT RECYCLES OLD CLIPS AND RECAST FAMILIAR CHARACTERS WITH NEW ACTORS AND SPENDS MOST OF THE FILM ON A BOARDING EXPECT EXPEDITION.

I WISHED THAT THEY HAD STOPPED AFTER THE FIRST FILM, WHICH WAS SIMPLY PERFECTION.

BUT, A LUMP OF COAL IS POLISHED INTO A DIAMOND OF SORTS.

AS 3000 GOES LIVE AT THE BUBBLE THEATER, AND TURNS THE EXPENSE OF WATCHING ROLAND EMERICK'S ATROCIOUS CONTACT IT IS SOMETHING NOT ONLY BEARABLE BUT FUN.

IN ABOUT SUPERNATURAL FORCES AND A VENTRILOQUIST DUMMY, SO THERE IS PLENTY TO REFINE SAYS CAST MEMBER EMILY MARSH.

>> THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS SO WATCHABLE ABOUT A POSSIBLY BAD MOVIE.

AND I THINK THAT I JUST REALLY ENJOY TIME TO FIND SOMETHING NEW IN MAKING CONTACT EVERY NIGHT.

AND GETTING TO SHARE IT WITH A NEW AUDIENCE, EVERY NIGHT, IT IS JUST SO MUCH FUN.

IT IS SO FUN TO SEE PEOPLE REACT TO, THERE IS A REALLY CRAZY SCENE IN THIS MOVIE.

THERE ARE A COUPLE.

AND JUST HEARING PEOPLE'S JENNY AND REACTIONS TO IT.

IT IS A PLEASURE.

I LOVE IT.

>> Reporter: MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 LIVE, SHARING A BAD MOVIE IN PERSON WITH THE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE.

CHOOSE WISELY WHEN YOU REACH FOR THAT CINEMATIC PACKAGE UNDER THE TREE.

REBECCA ROMANO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE ARE TAKING A LOOK BACK AT THE BEST FEATURE REPORTING IN 2021, THAT INCLUDES INSPIRING STORIES OF RESILIENCE IN NORTH COUNTY.

THIS SUMMER, KPBS REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN VISITED A REHAB FACILITY THAT IS GETTING PEOPLE BACK HOME.

>> NICE WORK.

ALL RIGHT.

>> Reporter: 77-YEAR-OLD DOUG BAILEY IS IN THE MIDDLE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY SESSION.

>> GO AROUND THE FRONT OF THE CAR.

>> OKAY.

>> Reporter: AFTER A HORRIBLE BIKE ACCIDENT WHICH BROKE HIS NECK AND CAUSED SPINAL CORD DAMAGE, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW PALAMAR HEALTH REHABILITATION INSTITUTE.

>> I AM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE ACTUALLY.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS ENOUGH TO STOP MY BREATHING.

>> Reporter: WHILE BAILEY'S BRAIN IS WORKING FINE, HE IS LEARNING TO HAVE TO REUSE HOW TO USE IT.

BEFORE BEING ADMITTED TO THE REHAB INSTITUTE, HE WAS WHEELCHAIR BOUND.

>> THEY TAUGHT ME HOW TO WALK AGAIN.

HOW TO USE NEW NEURAL PATHWAYS, SINCE THE SPINAL CORD IS DAMAGED.

AND, YOU KNOW, MY BRAIN THINKS THAT I CAN GET UP AND GO FOR A LITTLE JOG RIGHT NOW, BUT IT DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY.

>> Reporter: WITH A FEW HOURS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY A DAY, BAILEY SAYS THAT HE FEELS HIMSELF GETTING STRONGER.

>> I CAN TELL THAT I AM IMPROVING.

MY FUNCTION IS IN MY FINGERTIPS.

I COULD NOT DO THIS BEFORE.

AT ALL.

SO, IT IS COMING BACK.

GOSH.

NOT AS FAST AS I WOULD LIKE.

BUT FASTER THAN ANTICIPATED.

>> GOOD.

YOUR BALANCE IS GETTING BETTER.

>> Reporter: BAILEY IS ALSO UNDERGOING OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY HERE.

>> PUTTING ON MY CLOTHES, BATHING MYSELF, FEEDING MYSELF.

>> Reporter: MOST PATIENTS STAY HERE FOR JUST UNDER TWO WEEKS.

BUT BAILEY HAS A 30-DAY STAY.

WHILE HE CAN WALK AGAIN, THE NEXT PART OF HIS RECOVERY WILL FOCUS ON REFINING HIS MOTOR SKILLS.

>> RIGHT NOW, I DON'T THINK I COULD EVEN SIGN MY NAME TO A PIECE OF PAPER.

BUT I THINK THAT THAT WILL IMPROVE A LOT.

>> Reporter: THE IDEA BEHIND THE FACILITY IS TO PREPARE PEOPLE FOR A RETURN TO NORMAL LIFE.

FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT COULD BE LEARNING HOW TO USE A WASHER AND DRYER AGAIN, OR EVEN SIMPLER TASKS LIKE OPENING AND CLOSING THE REFRIGERATOR.

THE REHAB FACILITY IS TECHNICALLY A HOSPITAL, AND IT ALSO HAS A FULL APARTMENT INSIDE WHERE PATIENTS CAN STAY OVERNIGHT, JUST BEFORE RELEASED BACK INTO THEIR HOMES.

>> WHAT IS YOUR TYPICAL DAY LIKE WE ARE YOU A GOLFER?

ARE YOU A WALKER, A HIKER?

WHAT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES DO YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO TOLERATE WHEN YOU GO HOME?

THAT IS SORT OF HOW WE BUILT THAT PLAN.

>> Reporter: NATALIE IS PRESIDENT OF THE REHAB INSTITUTE, WHICH IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN PALAMAR HEALTH AND GRID HOSPITAL.

>> THERE IS DEFINITELY A NEED, ESPECIALLY IN THIS COUNTY, FOR THE TYPE OF CARE.

IT IS A SEPARATE ENTITY FROM NORMAL, ACUTE CARE.

WE HAVE SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, SPECIALLY TRAINED NURSING STAFF.

>> Reporter: SOME OF THAT INCLUDES MOTION-SENSING TECHNOLOGY, WHICH CAN BE USED IN GAMES TO HELP PEOPLE REGAIN BALANCE AND FUNCTION.

THERE IS ALSO A SMALL CAR INSIDE THE GYM SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PRACTICE GETTING IN AND OUT OF.

>> IT DOES NOT HAVE OB, NOT E.R., BUT ARE NOT COMPETING FOR RESOURCES.

EVERYTHING IS BUILT AROUND REHABILITATION.

>> Reporter: THE 52-BED FACILITY WAS LICENSED BY THE STATE IN MAY, AND IS ONLY ACCEPTING MEDICARE PATIENTS.

BUT THAT WILL CHANGE AS OCCUPATIONS ARE GRADUALLY SCALED UP OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

>> WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, JUST WITH OUR SMALL POPULATION.

84% TO 90% OF OUR PATIENTS GO HOME, THEY DO NOT NEED TO GO TO A SKILLED LEVEL FOR FURTHER CARE.

>> Reporter: THEY GENERALLY TREAT PATIENTS WHO SUFFERED STROKES, AND SPINAL CARE DAMAGE.

>> I WANT YOU TO HOLD ONTO THAT.

>> OKAY.

>> THIS IS ACTUALLY HIS FIRST TIME WALKING WITHOUT HOLDING ONTO ANYTHING.

>> Reporter: BAILEY'S PROGRESS IS REMARKABLE.

HE IS HOPING TO BE AT, OR NEAR, 100% HUTCHINSON.

RIGHT NOW, HE STILL HAS TO WEAR A BRACE AROUND HIS BODY AND NECK.

>> I AM HOPING THAT MY STRENGTH RETURNS AND MY BALANCE RETURNS.

AND I WILL NOT HAVE TO WEAR AS MANY BRACES, ANYWAY.

MAYBE NOT EVEN A NECK BRACE.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THAT IF YOU ARE COACHABLE, AND WITH THREE ENCOURAGEMENT FROM STAFF, RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE.

HE IS NOT SURE WHAT LIFE WILL BE LIKE WHEN HE GOES HOME.

>> I THINK THAT MY BICYCLING DAYS MIGHT BE OVER.

JUST BECAUSE I AM MY WIFE'S PRIMARY CAREGIVER, AND I DON'T WANT TO JEOPARDIZE THAT ANYMORE THAN I HAVE TO.

>> IF YOU HAVE TO, IT IS HERE.

>> Reporter: THE FALLBROOK RESIDENT IS SET TO GO HOME AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.

IT'S BEEN A GUESS, NICE WORK.

TURNAROUND FOR ME.

>> Reporter: MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

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