>>> BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FOLLOWING.

♪ >>> WE ARE SEEING A LOT MORE GREEN ON AIRPORT SCREENS TODAY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, MORE SOUTHWEST PLANES ARE GETTING IN THE AIR AT SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AND BEYOND.

THE STORY THAT IS DOMINATED THE NEWS THIS WEEK.

THE AIRLINE HAD TAKEN A HIT TO ITS REPUTATION FOR LEAVING HOLIDAY TRAVELER STUCK AT AIRPORTS SINCE THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.

EXTREME WEATHER WAS THE INITIAL PROBLEM, BUT PROBLEMS WITH INTERNAL SCHEDULING SYSTEMS CREATED THE SCENES THAT WE HAVE SEEN ALL WEEK.

IS A BILL ROSALES UPDATES US ON HOW IT IS MAKING PROGRESS.

>> Reporter: HOLIDAY TRAVEL HELLO WEEK FOR SOUTHWEST CUSTOMERS.

>> A CRAZY TIME.

>> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF'S CANCELED FLIGHTS.

>> THE 31st AND BEYOND FOR REBOOKING.>> Reporter: LOST LUGGAGE.

>> [ CHEERING ] >> Reporter: SOUTHWEST FLIGHT STATUS BOARDS ARE IN THE GREEN NOW, WHILE THEY MIGHT BE GOING SMOOTH THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR ITS REPUTATION.>> IVAN WATSON IN THE NEWS, AND THEY WANT US TO STILL GIVE THEM OUR BAGS, ARE THEY CRAZY?

>> I HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION FOR WEEK>> Reporter: THE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY SAYING THE AIRLINE COULD FACE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER VIOLATION PER PASSENGER IF IT DOESN'T MAKE GOOD WITH REFUNDS AND EXPENSES.

>> OUR DEPARTMENT WILL DO EVERYTHING IT TAKES TO HOLD THEM A KUMBLE FOR THEIR TREATMENT OF PASSENGERS.>> Reporter: THE AIRLINE CEO VOWED SOUTHWEST WOULD GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, FOR CUSTOMERS THEY LIVE STRANDED AROUND THE U.S., SOME AND MANY NEVER MAKE IT HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

>> THERE'S ALMOST NO WAY TO APOLOGIZE ENOUGH, WE WILL BE TAKING THINGS AND THINGS LIKE RENTAL CARS AND MEALS IN BOOKING, ON OTHER AIRLINES.

>> Reporter: THEY PROMISE TO MAKE GOOD AFTER THE TRAVEL NIGHTMARE, SOME PASSENGERS READY TO LEAVE THE NIGHTMARE BEHIND IN 2022.

>> I'M NOT GOING TO LET THEM SPOIL MY DAY.

>> Reporter: IS A BILL ROSALES REPORTING.

>> COMING UP, AND THEY WILL WEIGH IN ON THAT, WHAT SOUTHWEST NEEDS TO DO TO REBUILD ITS BRAND, COMING UP IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT>>> A NEW YEAR IS BRINGING NEW LEADERSHIP IN PARTS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, TONIGHT WE ARE GETTING TO KNOW 2 MAYORS RECENTLY ELECTED, IN NATIONAL CITY A FAMILIAR FACES RETURNING TO A JOB HE ONCE HELD, WE WILL HAVE THAT STORY FROM GUSTAVO IN A MOMENT, BUT WE WILL GO TO TONYA, WHERE ESCONDIDO IS SEEING A GENERATIONAL SHIFT AT CITY HALL.

>> Reporter: WHITE MADE HISTORY IN ESCONDIDO IS THE YOUNGEST MAYOR TO TAKE OFFICE .

>> HER CONGRATULATIONS.

>> FIRST TIME I SAW BACK TO THE FUTURE, GOLDIE WILSON THE SWEEPING FLOORS, HE SAYS I'M GOING TO BE MAYOR AND EVER SINCE THEN, I THOUGHT THAT'S RIGHT, I'LL BE MAYOR BUT NOT IN ANY SORT OF SERIOUSNESS.>> Reporter: ORIGINALLY HIS EYES WERE SET ON CITY COUNCIL, NOT BECOMING MAYOR.

>> THEN WHEN IT WAS CLEAR THERE WAS NO REPUBLICAN STEPPING FORWARD FOR MAYOR WE STARTED PUTTING OUT FEELERS AND ULTIMATELY DECIDED THAT IT WAS WINNABLE IF WE WERE WILLING TO PUT FORTH THE WORK.

>> Reporter: THE WORK PAID OFF, GIVING THE VICTORY TO WHITE.

BUT NOW HE SAYS IT'S TIME TO GET TO WORK IN THE CITY GREW UP IN.

'S PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC WORKS AND ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.

SOMETHING HE HAS EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND.

>> I ENDED UP BECOMING ADDICTED TO DRUGS AND DRINKING A TON OF ALCOHOL, AND ENDED UP HOMELESS RIGHT HERE IN ESCONDIDO.

>> Reporter: HIS PERSPECTIVE ON THE COMPLEX ISSUE?

>> THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TROUBLE EXCEPTING THE FACT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS THAT DON'T WANT HELP AND WON'T ACCEPT HELP AND WILL BE ON THE STREETS BECAUSE THAT'S A LIFE THEY PREFER AND WE WILL NEVER FIND A SOLUTION FOR THAT.

>> Reporter: ON THE OTHER HAND, SOMEONE HELP BUT DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN.

>> THAT'S PART OF THE ISSUE, WE HAVE TO DIRECT PEOPLE ON WHERE THEY NEED TO GO TO GET HELP BUT ALSO WILLING TO PROVIDE MORE OF THE HELP.>> Reporter: IT WAS SENT WEEKS HE HAS BEEN CONDUCTING RIGHT ALONG'S ON THE FRONT LINES WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE FACING AND WHAT RESOURCES ARE NEEDED.

WHILE HOMELESSNESS IS ONLY ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT MANY CITIES FACE, HIS INTENT IS TO LEAVE ESCONDIDO BETTER THAN HE FOUND IT.

>> ESCONDIDO IS RIPE WITH OPPORTUNITY, AND I HOPE WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THAT AND MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US.>> Reporter: TANIA THORNE, KEY PBS.

>>> A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH, THE SOUTH BAY CITY OF 55,000 IS 10 SQUARE MILES, ALMOST COMPLETELY COVERED BY HIGHWAYS BUT AS THE OLD SAYING GOES IT IS ALL ABOUT LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.

>> IN THE PERFECT ADDITION, ALL THE FREEWAYS COME TOGETHER AT THE SPOT, IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

THE WHOLE GAYLORD PROJECTS IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH OF US, WE ARE POSITIONED IN THE RIGHT SPOT.

WE JUST NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

>> Reporter: MORRISON HAS A SENSE OF NATIONAL CITY, HIS THIRD TERM AS MAYOR, 2006, AND THE KEY TO THE ECONOMIC FUTURE, AND BEEN TRYING TO DO IT FOR DECADES.>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO WORK ON WAS CLEANING UP THE VISIBILITY ON THE FREEWAY.

NEWLY HAD THE BUSINESSES AND ALL THE JUNK WENT BEHIND BUILDINGS, THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW ON THE FREEWAY, WHEN PEOPLE WERE DRIVING THROUGH NATIONAL CITY THAT IS WHAT THEY WERE SAW, THAT WAS THEIR IMAGE OF NATIONAL CITY.

>> A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT THAT LURES THEM WITH A GIANT GOLDEN ARROW.

>> IF YOU PUT AN IN AND OUT ON THE CORNER, YOU GET PEOPLE COMING INTO NATIONAL CITY AND SAYING IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY THOUGHT OR HURT OR SOMETHING ELSE.

>> Reporter: IT IS ESTIMATED TO GENERATE $200,000 IN SALES TAX REVENUE EVERY YEAR.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S FIRST AND ONLY CANNABIS CONSUMPTION LOUNGE IS A BUSINESS SLATED TO OPEN NEXT YEAR, CALLED SESSIONS, LOCATED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE FROM THE ORIGINAL IN AND OUT, AND IN ADVANCE TALKS TO TAKE OVER AN EMPTY BUILDING NEAR PLAZA BONITA MALL, IT COULD BRING IN AS MUCH IS 1 MILLION IN SALES TAX REVENUES.

BEYOND REDUCING THE TAX BASE TO PROVIDE SERVICES HE SAYS HE WANTS TO GIVE ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT, SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN MISSING FOR DECADES.

>> THE ONLY CITY ON THE WEST COAST THAT EITHER FRONTS ON THE BAYLOR NOTION, IT DOESN'T HAVE 1 INCH OF PUBLIC ACTION TO THE BAYER THE OCEAN.>> Reporter: THE KEY TO THE PLAN IS PEPPER PART, LOCATED ALONG THE CLEARWATER RIVER CHANNEL ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CITY, HE IS WORKING WITH THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO TO EXPAND IT AND GIVE IT MORE CAPABILITIES.

AND FACILITIES.

>>> THE POLITICAL YEAR BROUGHT US NEW LAWS FROM GENERATE FIRST, JAYWALKING, OIL DRILLING AND A WHOLE LOT MORE.

WE HAVE A LIST FOR YOU AT KPBS.ORG, AND YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THE RECENT ELECTION COVERAGE FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS .

>>> IT IN THE SHOOTING AT RIVERSIDE COUNTY AFTER A SHERIFF 'S DEPUTY WAS SHOT AND KILLED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP, ISAIAH CORDERO PULLED OVER A VEHICLE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEY AND SHOT AND LATER DIED, AND AFTER THE SHOOTING, AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, THE SHERIFF SAID THE SUSPECT WAS KILLED AFTER HE SHOT AT DEPUTIES WHO RETURNED FIRE.

HE ADDED THAT THE SUSPECT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FREE ON PREVIOUS VIOLENT CHARGES IF HE HAD BEEN SENTENCE BY THE JUDGE.

>> AND WILLING TO APPEAR AT HIS SENTENCING.

AND ADDITIONAL CRIMINAL CHARGES.

AND RELEASED THEM AGAIN.

THEY WOULD NOT BE RELEASED OF THE JUDGE HAD DONE THE JOB.>> ESCORTING A HEARSE TRANSPORTING THE DEPUTY'S FLAG DRAPED, AND THE COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE.>> AND MAXIMUM ENFORCEMENT, MTS HAS YOU COVERED.

PARTYGOERS CAN RIDE THE TRAIN AND BUS FOR FREE, AFTER 6 PM FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH FREE PARKING AT THE STATIONS, PART OF A COUNTYWIDE PROGRAM BETWEEN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM, NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT AND AGENCIES.

>>> AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW WE UPDATED YOU ON THE SCENE, FINALLY UNTANGLING THE AIRLINES MESS, SO WHERE DOES THE COMPANY GO FROM HERE?

THAT'S WE ASKED FOR THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>> I THINK SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, OF ANY AIRLINE IN THE COUNTRY, IS THE BEST POSITIONED TO WEATHER A PUBLIC RELATIONS AND BRAND CRISIS, BUT IT IS REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO THREAD THE NEEDLE PRETTY FINELY OVER THE NEXT DAYS TO MONTHS, A LOT OF PRN BRAND PROFESSIONALS WILL TELL YOU THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING, FIRST OF ALL THEY CAN'T REALLY BLAME THE STORM, BECAUSE OTHER AIRLINES ASKED THEIR PROBLEMS FAIRLY QUICKLY.

SECONDLY THEY NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT, HONEST AND CONTRITE.

I WILL SAY THAT THEIR SENIOR EXECUTIVES HAVE BEEN THE FRONT LINE, SO THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO AND 3rd, THEY HAVE TO OFFER THAT, AND DO SO QUICKLY, AND FOR SOME TRAVELERS, ACTUALLY OFFERS AND BONUSES, BOTTOM-LINE SOUTHWEST IS LIKE GOING FORWARD, CONSUMERS CAN BE FORGIVING IF THEY KNOW AND HAS TRIED TO BE HONEST AND TRANSPARENT.

THE ASPECTS OF THE BRAND ARE STILL STRONG.

THEY HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

>>> CHECKING OUT THE WEATHER HEADLINES, MOSTLY CLOUDY, COOL AND DAMP WEATHER CONTINUES, THEN A STRONGER WINTER STORM, BACK THROUGH YOUR LATE SATURDAY, AND AN ATMOSPHERIC WHAT RIVER, AND THE CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW HERE ACROSS THE WEST, NICELY ON THE MOISTURE CHART, AND QUICKLY MOVES AWAY ON SUNDAY, AND A LITTLE BIT >>, AND THIS NEXT WEEK, AND I WENT WATCHES FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS, TAKE A LOOK AT TEMPERATURES TONIGHT, WITH THE CLOUDS IN SAN DIEGO A SPOTTY SHOWER OUT THERE, AND COOL LOW TO MID 50s FOR MOST.

IN THE FUTURE SETTLING RADAR, PLENTY OF CLOUDS HERE, THE PRESENT TIME.

STILL UP TO THE NORTH, LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT, HERE IT COMES, THE DOWNPOUR OF RAIN, WE WILL SEE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TOO ESPECIALLY UP IN THE MOUNTAINS, THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING TOO.

AND LOS ANGELES, ANOTHER COOL DAY, AND SEE THE RAIN ARRIVING, AND HITTING BACK YOUR ON SUNDAY.

AND NEXT ONE COMES TUESDAY, AND'S THIS ONE HERE, WAY UP ABOVE 7500 FEET WILL BE WINDY, WITH LITTLE BIT OF SNOW INTO MONDAY, AND AS WE TAKE YOU TO THE DESERT, EVEN HERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF WET WEATHER, AND ANOTHER CHANCE COMING NEXT WEEK.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM YOUR METEOROLOGIST.>>> WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US FOR A YEAR AND EPISODE OF KPBS NEWS, WE WILL GO INTO THE ARCHIVES FOR SOME OF OUR BIGGEST AND MOST MEMORABLE STORIES OF 2022.

AND THE VIDEO JOURNALIST, AND REPLACE TO THE WEEKEND, AND WE WILL HAVE THAT FOR YOU ON THE YOUTUBE PAGE AS WELL .

>>> THE TIME WHEN PEOPLE REFLECT ON THE YEAR, KITTY ALVARADO WENT TO BALBOA PARK AND ASKED SANDY HIGGINS WHAT STORIES THEY THOUGHT MADE THE BIGGEST IMPACT IN 2022.

>> Reporter: WHAT STORIES STAYED WITH PEOPLE?

IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK OF COURSE.

2022 DID SEEM TO BE A PROMISING YEAR, IT WOULD BE THE YEAR THAT WE WOULD LEAVE COVID BEHIND, NO MORE MASKING, WE HAD A VACCINE AFTER ALL, PLENTY OF TREATMENTS AND EVEN AN UPDATED VACCINE.

BUT AS WISE 9-YEAR-OLD ELEANOR McINTYRE FROM SAN DIEGO POINTS OUT, COVID IS NOT OVER.

>> I GOT COVID, I STILL HAVE SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS.

>> Reporter: FOR HER, THE PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO BE THE BIGGEST STORY OF 2022.

AND MANY WOULD SAY SHE IS RIGHT.

BUT HER DAD CHARLES DISAGREES.

>> THE BIG STORY WAS PROBABLY THE MIDTERMS, COMING OFF OF ROE VERSUS WADE.

>> Reporter: NORTH COUNTY RESIDENT JAY BOYD SAID THE WAR IN UKRAINE STRUCK A CHORD, MAKING IT HIS TOPIC FOR THE STORY OF THE YEAR.

>> I THINK THE BIG STORY IS UKRAINE.

AND THEIR FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY, IT IS A CAN IN SOME STRANGE WAYS TO THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY THAT WE ARE ALL ENGAGED IN FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDING OUR OWN COUNTRY.>> Reporter: ALESSANDRO COSTA SAID HOUSING WAS THE BIGGEST STORY OF 2022.

>> WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO MOVE OUT OF SAN DIEGO BECAUSE WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE ARE READY TO BUY A HOUSE AND THEN YOU LOOK AROUND AND TRY TO BUY A HOUSE AND THERE'S NOTHING IN YOUR RICE RANGE>> I THINK THE BIGGEST STORY WAS THE WILL SMITH SLAP.

>> Reporter: HE OPTED FOR THE SLAP SEEN AROUND THE WORLD AT THE OSCARS.

HE SAID IT GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE'S ATTENTION AND IT GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE DISCUSSING TOPICS LIKE VIOLENCE, PLUS.

>> WE DIDN'T REALLY SEE IT COMING, EVERYBODY WAS IN SHOCK.>> Reporter: RODRIGUEZ SAYS THE BIGGEST STORY IS THE SOUTHWEST FIASCO, HUGE TO HIM AND HIS LOVED ONES BECAUSE IT IS STILL HAPPENING NOW.

>> I HAD A FEW FRIENDS AND STAYED AT MY PLACE BECAUSE THEY CAN GET HOME AND THEY ARE STILL KIND OF WAITING TO SEE IF THEY ARE GOING TO GET HOME OR NOT BECAUSE FLIGHTS ARE STILL BEING CANCELED AT THE AIRPORT.

>> SO THEY MIGHT HAVE A 2023 HERE?

>> A FEW OF THEM ARE GOING TO HAVE A 2023 IN SAN DIEGO AND NOT BACK HOME.

>> THAT MIGHT NOT BE SO BAD?

>> IT WOULDN'T BE BECAUSE SAN DIEGO WAS THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD.

>> Reporter: THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR 2022 WITH US, YOU HAVE MADE OUR YEAR MEMORABLE.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> 2022 SAW THEATERS FULLY REOPENED BUT AUDIENCES WERE NOT QUITE READY TO RETURN TO PRE- PANDEMIC NUMBERS, BUT THAT DID NOT STOP FILMMAKERS FROM DELIVERING STUNNING WORK THAT DELIVERED -- WAS ON THE BIG SCREEN, THE TOP THREE FILMS OF 2022.

♪ ♪ >> ARE YOU WITH US?

MISSES WANG?

>> I AM PAYING ATTENTION.>> MY THREE FAVORITE FILMS OF THE YEAR.

STARTING WITH THIS BOLD JOLT OF SENSORY OVERLOAD.

THAT WAS THE QUESTION EVERYONE WAS ASKING, EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE WAS UNLEASHED INTO THE UNIVERSE, WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY THE DANIELS, THEY EXPLODE WITH CHAOTIC ENERGY AND SUCH HUMAN LIKE A BLACK HOLE.

MICHELLE YEOH PLAYS EVELYN, HIS PROBLEMS TAKE ON EXISTENTIAL DIMENSIONS AS SHE'S TOLD THE FUTURE OF THE MULTI-VERSE DEPENDS ON HER.>> MANY UNIVERSES.

AND YOU MIGHT BE OUR ONLY CHANCE OF STOPPING IT.

>> ANCHORING HUMANITY THAT MAKES US CARE EVEN THOUGH THE UNIVERSE TELLS US THAT NOTHING MATTERS.

BUT WHO KNEW THAT FANNY PACKS COULD BE SO COOL AND LETHAL?

>>> NUMBER 2 GOES TO DAVID KRONENBERG'S, BODY HORROR IN CRIMES OF THE FUTURE.

I LOVE SEEING A 79-YEAR-OLD FILMMAKER WHO IS MORE RADICAL AND TRANSGRESSIVE THAN HIS YOUNGER COLLEAGUES, CONTINUING TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE NOT JUST IN TERMS OF CONTENT BUT ALSO CINEMATIC FORM.

>> AGAINST EVEN PULLING THINGS AROUND AND THERE.

>> NEVER BEFORE SEEN.

>> Reporter: IT OFFERS A STUNNINGLY CRAFTED MEDITATION ON HIS OWN CAREER AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF ARTIST TO THEIR WORK.

>> THE WORLD IS MUCH MORE DANGEROUS.

NOW PAIN IS ALL THAT DISAPPEARS.

>> Reporter: IT STILL EXISTS FOR THE ARTIST, THE ARTIST COMMITMENT TO HIS WORK NO MATTER WHAT THE COST THAT IS A KEY REASON TO GIVE IT TO PHIL TIPPIT'S MED GOD, EVERY FRAME IS DENSE WITH DETAIL, STOP ANIMATION, BLEAK AND DARK AND GORGEOUS IN THE CRAFTSMANSHIP, IT TELLS US WE ARE UTTERLY INSIGNIFICANT AND THAT NOTHING MATTERS BUT THE FILM ITSELF IS ABSOLUTE PROOF THAT ART MATTERS.

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT, VERY PERSONAL AND ECLECTIC HOT PICKS FOR 22, FIND MY FULLEST OF THE BEST AND WORST OF THE YEAR AT KPBS.ORG CINEMA JUNKIE.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> ALMOST TIME TO SAY GOODBYE TO 2022, THAT MEANS REMEMBERING THE MOMENTS IN THE TORIES THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD.

HERE IS EMILY SCHMIDT WITH A LOOK BACK.

>> WITH ALL WE FACED IN 2022, MORE OF US FACED AT THAN EVER BEFORE.

WE HAD A GLOBAL POPULATION RECORD OF 1 BILLION PEOPLE, EVEN THE YOUNGEST MADE NEWS.

MILITARY AIRCRAFT FLEW AND TONS OF BABY FORMULA TO HELP A U.S. SHORTAGE, DUE TO A SAFETY- RELATED MANUFACTURING SHUTDOWN AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

THE FIRST DAY OF 2022 SHUTTER THE U.S. COVID CASE RECORD WITH MORE THAN 355,000 DAILY INFECTIONS, AND BROUGHT THE ONE MILLIONTH COVID RELATED DEATH IN THE U.S.

IN MAY.

MASS REQUIREMENTS ON PLANES DISAPPEARED, 17 MILLION KIDS UNDER FIVE WERE FINALLY ELIGIBLE FOR VACCINATION.

THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION SURVEY FOUND THAT 43% SAID NOT FOR THEIR KIDS, DR. ANTHONY FAUCI HELD HIS LAST PREP REAPING.

>> I'VE NEVER LEFT ANYTHING ON THE FIELD.

>> Reporter: AND RETIREMENT CREATED A SUPREME COURT VACANCY, GIVING PRESENT BIDEN A CHANCE TO FULFILL HIS CAMPAIGN PLEDGE, NOMINATING THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO THE NATION'S HIGHEST COURT.

>> I HOPE THAT IT WILL BRING CONFIDENCE, IT WILL HELP INSPIRE PEOPLE.>> Reporter: NOW JUSTICE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, CAN HELP THE SUPREME COURT WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED LEAK, A DRAFT OF THE OVERTURNING OF ROE VERSUS WADE WEEKS BEFORE THE RULING, THE SCOOP WAS ACCURATE, THE COURT OUTLAW THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO AN ABORTION.

FLIPPING NEARLY HALF A CENTURY OF LEGAL BUT IN A YEAR OF EYE- OPENING HEADLINES.

>> EVERYTHING IS GOING OUT.>> Reporter: GAS PRICES WENT UP.

THE AVERAGE PRICE HIT FIVE DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST TIME BEFORE DROPPING OFF AGAIN.

MORTGAGE RATES MORE THAN DOUBLED, RSV HOSPITALIZATIONS 10 TIMES HIGHER THAN NORMAL.

MONKEYPOX CASES SURGED, MILLIONS, WEATHERED RECORD- BREAKING STORMS.

A HURRICANE HUNTER FLYING INTO HURRICANE IAN SAID IT WAS THE ROUGHEST PLANE RIDE EVER, THE STORM EVEN MORE BRUTAL ON THE GROUND IN FLORIDA.

>> IT TOOK ME TO THE MIDDLE OF THE YARD.

>> Reporter: CAUSING MORE THAN 100 DEATHS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE.

ALL YEAR NATURE GOT THE LAST WORD.

RECORD FLOODING AT YELLOWSTONE CALLED A1 AND 500 YEAR EVENT, KENTUCKY FLOODS KILLED DOZENS, OCEAN WAVES CLAIMS NORTH CAROLINA HOMES.

SNOW SOCK TO BUFFALO AND STRANDED VIRGINIA INTERSTATE DRIVERS FOR MORE THAN A DAY.

LOUISIANA TORNADOES AND WESTERN WILDFIRES, DROUGHT, SOAP SCREAM, DECADES-OLD -- SO EXTREME, DINOSAUR TRACKS EMERGING IN TEXAS AND MORE THAN 50 MIGRANTS DIED IN A SWELTERING SEMITRUCK ABANDONED OUTSIDE SAN ANTONIO.

>> A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY.

>> Reporter: THE WORLD'S LARGEST ACTIVE VOLCANO ERUPTED IN HAWAII FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1984.

RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE.

DESTROYING AND DISPLACING, DISRUPTING, BUT NOT DEMORALIZING.>> THEY DO NOT KNOW OUR PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTAND HER PHILOSOPHY.>> Reporter: RUSSIANS RELEASED BRITTANY GREINER AND REGION 2 SEPARATE VISITOR SWAPS.

QUEEN ELIZABETH II MARKED A 70 YEAR REIGN LONGER THAN ANY MONARCH IN BRITISH HISTORY, JUNE JUBILATION, SEPTEMBER DEVASTATION, JUST TWO DAYS AFTER APPOINTING HER 15th PRIME MINISTER, THE 96-YEAR-OLD QUEENS DEATH REWROTE THE MONARCHY.

MANY SAID YOU WILL NEVER SEE AN EVENT IN THE UK ON THIS DAY AGAIN.

UNLIKE A TOO OFTEN REPEATED SITE IN THE U.S.>> HE WENT IN THERE SHOOTING.

>> WE RAN AND SUDDENLY EVERYBODY WAS RUNNING BEHIND US, AND PEOPLE WERE JUST SHOT.

>> WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO SOMETHING?

>> Reporter: MASS SHOOTINGS, A BUFFALO SUPERMARKET, SUBURBAN CHICAGO FOURTH OF JULY PARADE AND SO MANY MORE.

U.S. GOVERNMENT DATA PUT THE GUN RELATED DEATH RATE AT THE HIGHEST AND DECADES.

NO PLACE SEEMS TO BE SAFE, NOT EVEN A TEXAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TWO DAYS BEFORE SUMMER BREAK.

>> THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: 19 CHILDREN, TWO TEACHERS KILLED IN THEIR CLASSROOMS, WHEN PRESENT BIDEN VISITED, THE CROWD PLEADED.

ONE MONTH LATER.

HE SIGNED THE FIRST MAJOR GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION IN DECADES.

CONGRESS ALSO PASSED A 750 BILLION-DOLLAR HEALTHCARE TAX AND CLIMATE BILL AND THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE JANUARY 6, 2021 INSURRECTION WENT PRIME TIME.

20 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED THE FIRST OF EIGHT HEARINGS, TRYING TO TIE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO AN ATTACK ON THE CAPITAL AND DEMOCRACY.

SEPARATELY THE FBI EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT HIS MAR-A- LAGO RESIDENTS.

>> UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW MEANS APPLYING IT EVENLY WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR.

>> Reporter: IT DID NOT STOP TRUMP FROM ANNOUNCING A 2024 RUN IN A POLITICAL WORLD WHERE DEMOCRATS DEFIED EXPECTATIONS AND HELD ONTO THE SENATE.

THE HOUSE WENT REPUBLICAN, ENDING NANCY PELOSI'S LEADERSHIP.

>> I WILL NOT SEEK REELECTION TO DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP IN THE NEXT CONGRESS.>> Reporter: IT PROVED THAT CHANGE IS CONSTANT, BLACKBERRY PHONE STOPPED WORKING, iPOD PRODUCTION DISCONTINUED, EVEN AS APPLE BECAME THE FIRST TRILLION DOLLAR COMPANY.

NEARLY 1500 TIMES MORE THAN THE RECORD POWERBALL TICKET IN CALIFORNIA.

DOLLY PARTON JOINED TIKTOK, HER HASHTAG IMMEDIATELY GOT MORE THAN 5 BILLION VIEWS.

APPROACHING ONE VIEW FOR EACH OF THE EARTH 1 BILLION PEOPLE.

OUR WORLD IN 2022, SO IS THIS, SEEING WHERE THE STARS ARE BORN AND WHERE THE MOON MIGHT TAKE US.

AS ARTEMIS SAID, WE RISE TOGETHER, FACING THE YEAR AHEAD.

I AM EMILY SCHMIDT REPORTING.

>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY: PROVIDING HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOODING REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

1-800 BILL HOWE, OR BILLHOWE.COM , AND BY THE FOLLOWING- >>> AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.

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