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

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

ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR.

HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN DRAIN, HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM SINCE 1978.

>>> AND BY THE CONRAD APPRENTICE FOUNDATION.

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

THANK YOU.>>> GET EVENING.

IT IS FRIDAY DECEMBER 31st.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I AM IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

WITH JUST HOURS UNTIL THE NEW YEAR, SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS SEEING A RECORD NUMBER OF COVID- 19 CASES.

AS KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SEARCHES, MANY ARE SEARCHING FOR PLACES TO GET TESTED THIS WEEKEND.

>> WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN LOOKING TO GET TESTS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.

SHE ACTUALLY GOT ONE YESTERDAY.

IT WAS A GOOD HOUR PLUS WAIT.

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET HERE AND SIGHED AND FLIPPED A QUICK U-TURN AND CAME IN.

WE ARE DONE.

>> THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT THAT THE DEMAND IS WAY UP BUT OVER THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND, TODAY AND TOMORROW, ALL OF THE POPULAR COUNTY SITES ARE CLOSED SO PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO GET CREATIVE TO FIND WAYS TO GET TESTED.

>> AT THE TRANSIT STATION DOWNTOWN FRIDAY, PEOPLE WERE LINING UP FOR PRETESTS THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM.

>> WOULD LIKE TO SERVE THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY.

WE TAKE EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS, REGARDLESS OF INSURANCE.

>> TRANSIT TESTING CENTERS WILL NOT BE OPEN OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND BUT WERE ONE OF THE NO- COST LOCATIONS OPEN DOWNTOWN FOR YOUR.

>> THE COUPLE MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED OVER THE HOLIDAYS AND ARE NOT GOING OUT TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR.

>> WE DON'T WANT TO SPREAD IT.

WE CAN BE ASYMPTOMATIC AND WE MAY HAVE A.

WITH DON'T KNOW.

>> COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT OVER 600,000.

THE NUMBER DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE RAPID TESTS SAN DIEGO IS HAVE BEEN TAKING AT HOME.

IN A STATEMENT, A COUNTY SPOKESPERSON SAID IN THE FACE OF RISING NUMBERS OF INFECTIONS, THE COUNTY IS URGING PEOPLE TO LIMIT NEW YEAR PARTIES TO SMALL GROUPS OF VACCINATED AND BOOSTED INDIVIDUALS.

>> WHERE STAYING LOCKED DOWN.

>> WE HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT.

>> I THINK WE ARE OKAY AT THIS POINT.

>> WE ALSO SAW TESTING LINES AT THE COVID CLINIC.

THEY OFFER RAPID RESULTS BUT FOR A SMALL PLACE.

HE WAS EXPOSED TO SOMEONE WHO TESTED POSITIVE BUT IS TRAVELING INTERNATIONALLY SOON AND SAID HE PAID $299 FOR A RAPID TEST.

>> I ALREADY POSTPONED MY FLIGHT BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I AM POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.

I NEED TO KNOW THEM.

GIVEN THE TIMEFRAME I THOUGHT I WANTED TO KNOW IN A SHORT TIME SO I BOOKED THE SLOT BUT IT IS PRETTY EXPENSIVE.

>> IS HOPING TO GET THE COST REIMBURSED BY HIS INSURANCE.

HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS ARE ALSO GETTING SWAMPED WITH PEOPLE LOOKING FOR TESTS.

OFFICIALS ARE CURRENTLY LIMITING TESTING FOR THOSE AT THE HIGHEST RISK.

THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE WITH UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND THOSE OVER 65.

>>> NEW YEAR'S EVE IS A COVID TEST TO DATE FOR SAN DIEGO UNIFIED STUDENTS GIVEN HOME KITS TO USE DURING HOLIDAY VACATION.

EVERY STUDENT WAS SENT HOME WITH TWO SELF SWAP TESTS TO BE USED TODAY AND AGAIN MONDAY MORNING BEFORE RETURNING TO IN PERSON CLASSES.

MG PEREZ CHECKED IN WITH ONE FAMILY FOLLOWING THOSE INSTRUCTIONS.

>> 5-YEAR-OLD ADAM HERNANDEZ LIKES TO SIT AND SWING WITH HIS MOTHER'S HELP.

HERE AT WARD CANYON PARK NICOLE HERNANDEZ IS PROTECTIVE OF HER SON LIVING WITH AUTISM.

>> HE IS VERY HAPPY-GO-LUCKY.

>> NICOLE HAS WORKED AS A CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT.

SHE IS FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 AND COMMITTED TO KEEPING ADAM SAFE.

HE GOT HIS FIRST PFIZER SHOT YESTERDAY.

TESTING HIM FOR COVID IS MORE OF A CHALLENGE.

>> HAVING TO GO TO THESE DIFFERENT POP-UP PLACES ON HIM NOT KNOWING THE PEOPLE ADMINISTERING THE TEST IS VERY DIFFICULT.

HE WILL HAVE MELTDOWNS AND OF COURSE WE HAVE TO HAVE IT FOR HIM TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

>> ADAM IS IN KINDERGARTEN AND HIS OLDER SISTER CARLA IS A FRESHMAN AT HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL.

NICOLE BROUGHT TO THE PARK THIS MORNING THE HOME TEST KITS.

HER CHILDREN WERE GIVEN THEM AT HOME -- FROM SCHOOL BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE TO TEST TODAY AND THEN AGAIN MONDAY MORNING BEFORE SHOWING UP AT SCHOOL.

CARLA IS OKAY WITH A.

>> I FEEL LIKE THERE IS LESS OF A CHANCE FOR ME TO GET COVID.

THERE IS STILL A CHANCE AND EVERYTHING BUT GETTING THE VACCINE AND WEARING A MASK, IT IS LESS LIKELY.

>> HOME TEST KITS ARE NOT MANDATORY.

SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE HOPING PARENTS WILL FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS AND TEST CHILDREN BEFORE RETURNING TO CLASSES ON MONDAY.

MORE THAN 98,000 KITS WERE SENT HOME BEFORE WINTER BREAK.

>> THE MORE PEOPLE CONTEST, THE BETTER.

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.

>> SUSAN IS THE DISTRICT'S DIRECTOR OF NURSING ON WELLNESS.

SHE SAYS STUDENTS WHO TEST POSITIVE AT HOME FOR COVID CANNOT GO TO SCHOOL MONDAY.

>> WE HAVE A CLINIC AT THE ED CENTER WHERE THEY CAN GO AND HAVE A FOLLOW-UP PCR TEST BECAUSE THESE ARE RAPID TESTS OR THEY CAN CALL THEIR DOCTOR.

WE JUST WANT THEM TO NOT COME TO SCHOOL, REPORTED, AND FOLLOW- UP.

>> BACK AT THE PARK, CARLA HAS A NEGATIVE TEST RESULT FOR COVID-19.

SHE WILL TEST AGAIN BEFORE HEADING BACK TO HOOVER MANY.

MEANWHILE, NICOLE WOULD DO HER BEST TO GET ADAM TESTED LATER AT HOME.

FOR NOW, HE IS MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN HIS LAST FEW DAYS OF FUN BEFORE VACATION ENDS.

>>> THE HOLIDAYS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A CHAOTIC TIME AT THE AIRPORT BUT THAT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE NOW WITH COVID AND STORMS DISRUPTING TRAVEL PLANS.

ALEXANDRA RACHEL HAS MORE ON WHAT TRAVELERS FACE TODAY.

>> HAD TO GET THEIR 2-3 I WAS EARLY.

>> MICHAELIS AS SHE ARRIVED FOR HER FLIGHT HOURS AHEAD OF TIME.

'S TRAVEL TO SAN DIEGO FOR NEW YEAR'S.

IT IS SOMETHING SHE HAD LONG BEEN WAITING FOR AND THERE WAS NO WAY SHE WAS MISSING HER FLIGHT.

>> WE WERE CHECKING FOR WEEKS.

WE HOPED IT WOULD AND GET CANCEL.

>> WE SPOKE TO ONE COUPLE WHOSE FLIGHT TO THE EAST COAST HAD BEEN CANCELED THREE DAYS IN A ROW.

MANY FLIGHTS AT THE SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAVE EITHER BEEN CANCELED OR DELAYED.

AS A FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NEARLY 60 FLIGHTS WERE DELAYED AND 10 WERE CANCEL.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO FLIGHT TRACKER.

NATIONWIDE, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 9000 FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS AND WITHIN 45,000 DELAYS SINCE CHRISTMAS EVE.

THE MAIN REASONS ARE WINTER WEATHER AND COVID CASES AMONG STAFF.

HANDFUL OF COWORKERS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID.

THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION HAS ALSO REPORTED MORE THAN 1700 ACTIVE COVID CASES AMONG WORKERS.

REBECCA SAYS SHE IS JUST TRYING TO GET HOME BUT IT IS UNCLEAR WHEN THAT WILL BE.

>> IT WAS FUN COMING OUT HERE BUT OUR FLIGHT -- THIS FLIGHT IS DELAYED SO WE ARE GOING TO MISS OUR CONNECTING FLIGHT.

WE KNOW IT WAS THAT LAST ONE OUT OF THE NIGHT.

ERIN LITTLE READ.

>> EVEN WITH ALL OF THE OBSTACLES TRAVELERS ARE FACING, MANY ARE JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW YEAR EVEN IF THAT MEANS RINGING IT IN AT THE AIRPORT.

WE CAME ACROSS ONE WOMAN WHO HAD LUCK ON HER SIDE.

>> WERE LEFT ON CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER COMING BACK ON THE EVEN BOTH WAYS IT WAS QUICK THROUGH CHICKENS AND EVERYTHING.

>> FOR PEOPLE IN ADDICTION RECOVERY HOLIDAY PARTIES CAN BE HARD.

NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TANIA THORNE TELLS US SOME ORGANIZATIONS OFFER SAFE ALTERNATIVES FOR PEOPLE CHOOSING A SOBER LIFESTYLE.

>> IRONMONGERS JIM IN SAN MARCOS WILL CLOSE EARLY ON NEW YEAR'S EVE FOR PARTY.

THEY WILL NOT BE POPPING CHAMPAGNE.

THE 5000 SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY IS HOSTING A SOBER NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

MIKE DELGADO, A TRAINER AT IRONMONGERS JIM SAID HE WANTED TO OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE RECOVERY SUPPORT PROGRAM MEETINGS WHICH GO FOR HOURS WELL INTO THE NIGHT.

SOON I DO HAVE MARATHON MEETINGS.

THAT IS: IF YOU ARE AT THE LEVEL BUT IF YOU FIRST START THAT AND PEOPLE TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE CAN BE OVERWHELMING.

I WANT TO OFFER SOMETHING MORE FUN.

>> HE BEGAN USING DRUGS WHEN HE WAS 10.

HE BECAME ADDICTED BY 13 AND SOUGHT TREATMENT WHEN HE TURNS 27.

HE KNOWS FIRSTHAND HOW HARD PARTIES CAN BE FOR SOMEONE IN RECOVERY.

>> ANY CELEBRATION WOULD BE HARD ESPECIALLY AROUND THE HOLIDAYS BECAUSE I AM USED TO DOING EVERYTHING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND EVERYONE ELSE AROUND YOU SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO ANYTHING SOBER.

THE ONLY THING THAT WAS OFFERED WAS WHY DON'T GO TO A MEETING?

WELL I HAVE BEEN TO ENOUGH OF THOSE.

>> SOMETIMES THE STORIES HE HEARD DURING MEETINGS WOULD TRIGGER HIM AND MAKE HIM WANT TO USE DRUGS AGAIN.

>> I THINK PLACES LIKE IRONMONGERS GYMS AND OTHER PLACES THAT OPEN THEIR DOORS UP TO SOBER PEOPLE THAT COME IN, IT BREAKS THE STIGMA OF I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO A REHAB I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO SOBER LIVING TO GET MY SOBER HOLIDAY PARTY IN.

I CAN COME TO THE GYM AND MEET LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE AND EVERYONE HERE MIGHT NOT BE SOBER BUT THE ENVIRONMENT IS A SOBER ENVIRONMENT.

>> SOBER EVENTS TAKE AWAY THE PRESSURE OF TURNING DOWN ALCOHOL OR DRUGS AT PARTIES.

>> BEING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS IS A SAVE SPACE.

YOU ARE COMING INTO THE SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDING OF PEOPLE MORE OPEN-MINDED.

>> FOOD, NONALCOHOLIC DRINKS, WEIGHT TRAINING AND KARAOKE WILL TAKE PLACE FROM NINE A CLOCK P.M. UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING PEOPLE NOT TO GATHER IN LARGE GROUPS DUE TO COVID DELGADO SAYS HE HAS ENOUGH SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO SPREAD OUT AND WILL KEEP THE DOORS OPEN FOR AIRFLOW.

>>> THE LAW TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GRASS DECIMATE GAS EMISSIONS IN LANDFILLS TAKES EFFECT TOMORROW.

MELISSA MAY TALKED WITH TWO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED.

>> THE LAW WAS PASSED IN 2016 BUT TAKES EFFECT JANUARY 1st 2022.

IT IS A STATEWIDE EFFORT TO REDUCE EMISSIONS OF SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANTS IN LANDFILLS BY REDUCING DISPOSAL OF ORGANIC WASTE.

>> THE NEW LAW IS REALLY RATIONAL AND HAS A LOT OF COMMON SENSE TO IT.

AS THE FOUNDATION AND THE IDEA WE CAN RECYCLE RATHER THAN THROW THINGS AWAY IS PROBABLY A LOT HEALTHIER.

>> BOB HARRINGTON IS THE OWNER OF SPECIALTY PRODUCE.

ONE OF THE LARGEST FOOD SERVICE AND RETAIL FRESH PRODUCE SUPPLIERS IN SAN DIEGO IN A BUSINESS THAT HAS TO COMPLY WITH THIS BE.

BUSINESS WILL CONTINUE AS USUAL BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD WASTE REDUCTION PROCEDURES IN PLACE.

>> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING THAT COMES IN THROUGH THE BACK DOOR IS USEFUL DON'T A LITTLE AT A RESTAURANT WE STARTED WORKING WITH LOCAL FARMSTEAD/?

>> OUR STATE THROWS AWAY ABOUT ONE POINT GERGEN UNSOLD SO FRESH MEALS HER HERE.

ALL WHOLESALERS STORES AND OTHER FOOD BUSINESSES MUST DONATE THEIR SURPLUS TO HUNGER RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE FEEDING SAN DIEGO IN THE SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK.

>> WE WORK WITH THE SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK AND WE HAVE A SCHEDULE OF PICKUPS DAILY.

ANYTHING THAT CAN BE CONSUMED BY HUMANS GOES INTO A PARTICULAR WASTE NOT SECTION.

>> BY REQUIRING FOOD GENERATORS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FOOD THEY THROUGHWAY INTO LANDFILLS THAT THEN PROVIDES MORE EDIBLE FOOD THAT WE CAN IN TURN DISTRIBUTE TO PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> PATTY O'CONNOR IS THE CHIEF SUPPLY OFFICER FOR FEEDING SAN DIEGO AND SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN RESCUING FOOD FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS AND HAVE ALMOST 800 FOOD PICKUPS A WEEK.

>> ABOUT 160 PARTNERS ACTUALLY HELPING US DIRECT RESCUE.

THEY WILL GO TO IN ALBERTSON'S AND PICK UP THE FOOD THAT MORNING THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED FOR PICK UP AND THEN THEY WILL BRING IT BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> THE ONE MAJOR ADJUSTMENT FEEDING SAN DIEGO HAS HAD TO MAKE IS MAKING SURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES.

>> WE ARE TRYING TO STOCK UP AND GET MORE TRUCKS AND VOLUNTEERS AND HELP SAVE AS MUCH FOOD AS POSSIBLE.

>> THE GOAL OF SB 1383 IS TO REDUCE 75% OF LANDFILLED ORGANIC WASTE AND INCREASE RECOVERY BY 2025.

PENALTIES FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH THE NEW LAW INCLUDE FINES BETWEEN $500 AND $10,000 A DAY DEPENDING ON THE VIOLATION.

>>> MANY OF THE LOWEST PAID WORKERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA ARE ABOUT TO GET A RAISE.

THE STATES MINIMUM WAGE HITS $15 PER HOUR IN THE NEW YEAR.

THAT IS ONE DOLLAR MORE THAN THE CURRENT RATE.

THE PAYRAISE APPLIES TO BUSINESSES WITH 26 OR MORE EMPLOYEES.

CALIFORNIA'S MINIMUM WAGE HAS RISEN STEADILY SINCE 2017 WHEN IT WAS AROUND $10.

>> GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES HOPE TO LEAD TO INFLATION NOT SEEN IN DECADES.

AS JENN SULLIVAN REPORTS ECONOMIC EXPERTS SAY THE HIGH PRICES WILL LIKELY STICK AROUND IN 2022.

>> FROM THE SUPERMARKET TO THE GAS PUMP ONGOING SUPPLY-CHAIN PROBLEMS AND SERVING ASPECTS URGING POST COVID DEMAND ARE DRIVING UP PRICES.

>> WE ARE SEEING THE HIGHEST INFLATION WE HAVE SEEN IN ALMOST 40 YEARS.

>> THE LATEST FOOD PRICE INDEX FROM THE UNITED NATIONS OUT OF THERE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN A DECADE AND EXPERTS WORRY CONTINUED DISRUPTIONS FROM THE PANDEMIC LIKE LABOR SHORTAGES, HIGH COST FOR SHIPPING AND FERTILIZER COULD MAKE THINGS WORSE.

>> THOSE PRICES HAVE GONE UP QUITE A BIT DOUBLE AND TRIPLE SOME OF THE FERTILIZER PRICES.

FARMERS FACE A LOT OF DIFFICULTIES GETTING THE THINGS THEY NEED TO PRODUCE.

>> ALSO LIKELY RETURNING NEXT YEAR MORE PAIN AT THE PUMP.

WHILE PRICES HAVE FALLEN A NEW GAS BUDDY FORECAST PREDICTS PRICES MAY CLIMB TO ALMOST FOUR DOLLARS A GALLON BY MEMORIAL DAY.

>> THE ECONOMY IS VERY STRONG AND THE GAS DEMAND WILL BE STRONG WITH IT TOO.

THAT IS LIKELY BEHIND THE PATIENT INCREASE ANTICIPATING FOR THE YEAR AHEAD.

>> PRICES FOR ELECTRONICS CLOTHES AND FURNITURE COULD ALSO JUMP NEXT YEAR.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO A U.N. REPORT THAT THE HOME PRICES COULD RISE MORE THAN 10% GLOBALLY DUE TO HIGH SHIPPING COSTS.

ECONOMISTS SWORN COVID RELATED SHUTDOWNS COULD SCRAMBLE SUPPLY CHAINS EVEN FURTHER.

>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO SHUT DOWN HERE BUT CHINA WILL SHUT DOWN.

THEY SAID DOWN THAT HAS IMPACT IMPACTS ON ALL OF THE SUPPLY CHAINS THAT ORIGINATED IN ASIA.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER HEADLINES AS WE START THE NEW YEAR.

ANY LINGERING SHOWERS THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH AND WE WILL HAVE A DRY START TO THE NEW YEAR.

TUMBLING TEMPERATURES WILL BE WITH US IN THE AIR COMING IN ON GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT.

ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TIDES THIS WEEKEND.

THERE COULD BE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT THE TIME.

HERE WE SEE THE WIND ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE PAST MIDNIGHT INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

THESE WINS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BUT THE FLOW DOES TURN OFFSHORE.

LOOKING AT OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT BREEZY THIS EVENING.

PLENTY OF CLOUDS AROUND.

TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 50s.

THERE COULD BE A SHOWER AND SPOTS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

MANY AREAS TRYING OUT AND WE WILL BE LOOKING UP THE BRISK WINDS.

TEMPERATURES REALLY CALLING OFF TOO.

WE WILL SEE SOME 30s AND RAMONA AND MOUNT LAGUNA.

SATURDAY IT SHOULD BE A DRY DAY THAT WILL BE QUITE COOL IN OUR AREA.

WE WILL SEE THE RETURN OF SOME SUNSHINE.

WE WILL LOOK AT TEMPERATURES HOVERING THE 50s AND 60s.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DRY DAYS AHEAD.

THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL PASS MORE TO THE NORTH AND MAYBE BRINGING SOME CLOUDS AND DURING TIMES OF NEXT WEEK.

THE CLOUDS COME IN ON TUESDAY INTO THE INLAND SECTIONS.

HERE AGAIN: THE CLOUDS ROLLING IN ON TUESDAY.

LOOKING KIND OF CHILLY.

WE WILL HAVE SUNSHINE CLOUDS COMING BACK NEXT WEEK NOT QUITE AS COLD.

NEW YEAR COMING IN DRY BUT QUITE COOL.

>> FOR KPBS NEWS I AM METEOROLOGIST MARK MANCUSO.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

>>> HOLLYWOOD IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF ITS GOLDEN GIRL.

BETTY WHITE DIED TODAY WEEKS AWAY FROM CELEBRATING HER 100th BIRTHDAY.

THE BELOVED ACTRESSES STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME IS TURNING INTO A MEMORIAL.

REPORTER STEPHANIE ELAM LOOKS BACK ON HER LIFE AND CAREER THAT SPANNED GENERATIONS.

>> BETTY WHITE'S CHEERFUL HOLLYWOOD CAREER BEGAN IN HER TEENS AND BY HER 20s SHE WAS A FIXTURE ON TELEVISION WITH HER OWN DAILY TALK SHOW.

AHEAD OF THE TIMES, SHE COFOUNDED HER OWN PRODUCTION COMPANY IN 1952.

SHE WORKED ON A VARIETY OF TELEVISION AND FILM PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS BEFORE RETURNING A 1973 GUEST APPEARANCE ON THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW INTO A PERMANENT ROLE.

SHE WAS A SEEN STEALER AS THE MAN HUNGRY SUE AND NEVINS.

HER SECOND SIGNATURE ROLE WAS ON THE BELOVED SERIES THE GOLDEN GIRLS AS THE COMICAL ROSEN ISLAND.

>> I DON'T CARE ABOUT CHICKENS, ROSE.

SHE DIDN'T CALLED ME CHICKEN.

SHE CAUGHT ME PEACOCK.

>> YOU LOOK MORE LIKE A CHICKEN WHEN YOU ARE ANGRY.

CONNECT STICKS OUT.

>> WITH THE GOLDEN GIRLS I GOT TO PLAY WITH THOSE SILLY LADIES EVERY WEEK.

I LOVE ROSEN ISLAND.

SHE WAS POSITIVE.

SHE WASN'T THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE DRAWER BUT SHE WASN'T DUMB.

SHE WAS JUST TERMINALLY NAOVE.

>> OFFSCREEN SHE MARRIED THREE TIMES.

SHE CAUGHT HER THIRD HUSBAND THE LOVE OF HER LIFE.

THEY WERE TOGETHER ALMOST 20 YEARS BEFORE HE DIED OF STOMACH CANCER 1981.

>> HE NEVER REMARRIED?

>> NOPE!

WHEN YOU HAVE HAD THE BEST, WHO NEEDS THE REST?

>> LIGHT WAS A LONGTIME ADVOCATE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE.

SHE CAN'T TELEVISION HER HOBBY AND ANIMALS HER WORK.

YET, HER HOBBY KEPT HER BUSY.

HER TALENTS AS AN ACTRESS AND COMEDIAN WERE IN DEMAND WELL INTO HER SENIOR YEARS FOLLOWING A GRASSROOTS FACEBOOK CAMPAIGN IN 2010 SHE BECAME THE OLDEST PERSON EVER TO HOST SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AT THE AGE OF 88.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT?

STAYING AWAKE ON THE TOILET.

>> THE SHOW ERNST EARNED HUGE RATINGS AND WHITE, HER SEVENTH EMMY AWARD.

LATER THAT YEAR SHE TOOK ON A ROLL ON HOT IN CLEVELAND.

>> I THOUGHT YOU WEREN'T COMING?

>> I RAN OUT OF VODKA.

I THOUGHT I WOULD COME OVER HERE AND FRESHEN IN MY DRAWER.

>> IN HER 90s SHE WAS AS POPULAR AS EVER WITH SEVERAL ONGOING FILM AND TELEVISION PROJECTS.

>> HOW LUCKY CAN A 90-YEAR-OLD BROAD BE?

I HAVE NO IDEA.

I AM STILL WORKING.

THAT IS THE THING.

>> LOVE OF HER WARM SMILE, WIT AND HUMOR, SHE DIDN'T MISS A BEAT WHEN ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY HOLLYWOOD PROJECTS SHE WOULD STILL LIKE TO DO.

>> I USUALLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION WITH ROBERT REDFORD.

I THINK I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO DO ABOUT SO MUCH THAT IF I START COMPLAINING ABOUT ANYTHING UNDER THE SUN, THROW ME OUT OF THE BUSINESS.

>> THE PARADE AND ACCOMPANYING THE BALLGAME ARE STILL ON FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY.

ATTENDEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION OR NEGATIVE TEST RESULT.

MASKS ARE ALSO REQUIRED.

SOME SAN DIEGO TAKING A PART IN THE FESTIVITIES.

THE SAN DIEGO ZOO WILL HAVE A FLOAT IN THE PARADE AND MIRA MESA'S HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND WILL BE PERFORMING.>>> AS WE CLOSE OUT 2021 WE ARE REVISITING SOME OF OUR FAVORITE STORIES OF THE PAST YEAR.

WE TAKE IT INTO THE BASEMENT OF THE KELLOGG LIBRARY AT CAL STATE SAN MARCOS TO UNCOVER A TREASURE TROVE OF SAN DIEGO BEER HISTORY.

>> IT IS NO SECRET SAN DIEGO LOVES ITS CRAFT BEER BUT NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THE HISTORY SITS INSIDE THAT BUILDING RIGHT THERE.

>> IT IS KNOWN THE BREW, AND THE ONLY ONE DEDICATED TO THE BREWING SCENE.

MOST PEOPLE KNOW HER AS -- >> THEY WILL SAY YOU ARE THE BIGGEST DURING.

I ALWAYS TRY TO HAVE A HIDDEN GEM OF KNOWLEDGE THEIR BUSTS A MYTH OR CORRECTS A MISCONCEPTION.

>> ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS IS THAT IT STARTED IN THE 1980S.

IT STARTED IN 1868.

>> PEOPLE HAVE DONATED TO THE ARCHIVE YOU CAN SENSE HOW MUCH SHE LOVES HER WORK.

>> I HAVE ALSO GOT THINGS -- I KEEP SAYING I. I FEEL SO INVESTED IN THIS BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A PASSION FOR ME.

I ALWAYS SAY I -- MY COLLECTION AT IT IS REALLY NOT.

>> HAVE PLAYING GLASSES ADORNED WITH PHOTOS AND ARTWORKS FROM VARIOUS IMPROVERS.

SOME SHOW THE EVOLUTION OF THEIR LOGOS AND THE COLLECTION KEEPS GROWING.

>> THAT IS ABOUT IT FOR THIS ROOM.

WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ROOM DOWN ON THE OTHER END OF THE BUILDING THAT I WILL TAKE YOU TO.

>> THE IDEA STARTED AS EARLY AS 2015 AROUND THE TIME WHEN CAL STATE AND MARCUS WAS STARTING THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM.

IT WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF JENNIFER.

SHE IS THE DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.

AS THE CRAFT BEER SCENE EXPLODED INTO A BILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO PRESERVE THAT HISTORY.

AS IT TURNS OUT NOBODY IN TOWN WAS.

>> WE KNEW IN ORDER TO DO THAT WE WOULD NEED SOME RESOURCES.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A COLLECTION THAT WAS VERY EXCITING TO THE PUBLIC AND ALSO THOSE INTERNAL TO THE UNIVERSITY.

>> SHE FORMED AN ADVISORY GROUP OF COURSE THAT RHYMES WITH ARCHIVE.

THOSE PEOPLE ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THEY SAID JUST MAKE >> IT ALSO BENEFITED BECAUSE A LOT OF BREWERS ARE PASSIONATE OF OTHER BEERS SO THEY COLLECT A LOT OF KEEPSAKES.

HE DONATED BOXES FULL OF STUFF TO THE ARCHIVE.

>> I COLLECTED A LOT OF STUFF FROM STONE HISTORY ALONG THE WAY AND BUY A LOT OF STUFF I MEAN A LOT OF STUFF AS WELL AS OTHER CRAFT BREWERIES IT WAS OVERWHELMED.

THE BREW CAR GETS TO PRESERVE THE COLLECTION AND GET THAT OUT OF THE HOUSE.

IT IS THE LARGEST DONATION TO DATE.

THE COLLECTION IS FROM COOK WHILE THE MAJORITY IS DEDICATED TO WHAT DOWNEY CALLS THE THIRD WAVE OF SAN DIEGO BREWING.

SHE IS NOW WORKING ON THE FOURTH WAVE, THE POST-PANDEMIC PERIOD.

THERE ALSO WORKING ON PRESERVING THE HISTORY INVOLVEMENT IN THE BREWING INDUSTRY.

>> REALLY TRYING TO GET WOMEN'S STORIES BECAUSE THE HISTORY IS NOT WELL REPRESENTED.

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

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.