>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MACED FOLLOW IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL-HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM .

AND BY THE CONRAD PREMISE FOUNDATION.

DARLING MARCO SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING -- AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> SAN DIEGO IS COUNT -- I AM MATT HOFFMAN IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS REPORTING A SPIKE IN NEW CASES.

MELISSA MAE HAS AN UPDATE.

>> Reporter: THE NUMBER OF LAB CONFIRMED COVID CASES WENT UP 63% THIS WEEK COMPARED TO LAST WEEK.

>> THIS IS REPEATING ITSELF AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.

WE SEE CASES TEND TO GO UP.

BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, THESE NUMBERS, IN TERMS OF THE -- ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE UNDERCOUNTED.

>> Reporter: THIS DR. IS THE CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER AT STEELY.

>> WE BARELY QUICKLY COULD GET THE HIGH TEAR.

THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE SEEING IN L.A. COUNTY.

THEY ARE NOW IN THE HIGH TRANSMISSION TEAR.

WE COULD GET THERE VERY QUICKLY.

>> WE'RE STILL AVERAGING ABOUT ONE DEATH A DAY FROM COVID-19.

AS COVID NUMBERS INCREASE, COVID DESK -- I MEAN HONEST IS DUE TO COVID, THEY WILL GO UP TOO.

WE MAKE DR. CAMERON KAISER SAYS EVERYONE SHOULD THINK ABOUT WEARING A MASK.

>> MASK AND VACCINATION ARE PART OF THE STRIVE FOR KEEP YOUR BETTER PROTECTED FROM COVID, FLU, AND THE RESPIRATORY VIRUS OF PEOPLE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS YEAR, RSV.

RE/MAX ARE CURRENTLY NO REQUIREMENTS TO ISOLATE OR WEAR A MASK.

IF YOU TEST POSITIVE IT IS STILL RECOMMENDED TO ISOLATE FOR AT LEAST FIVE DAYS.

IF YOU ARE EXPOSED TO COVID -- >> IT IS BETTER TO TAKE A HOME TEST THAT WE WE DO NOT TIE UP THE HOSPITAL.

WE MET BEFORE YOU TAKE THE HOME TEST -- >> CHECK IT OUT ON THE FDA WEBSITE AND SEE THE EXPIRATION DATE HAS BEEN EXTENDED.

SOME OF THOSE EXPIRATION STATES HAVE AN EVEN UP TO A YEAR.

RE/MAX SAN DIEGO'S EMERGENCY ROOMS ARE SEEING INCREASED DEMAND.

DOCTORS ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO BE PATIENT WITH HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF ANGRY, AND FRANKLY NOT VERY BIASED PATIENT.

I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS THE BANDWIDTH ANYMORE.

WE HAVE STAFF WORKING DOUBLE SHIFTS AND COMING IN TO HELP TAKE CARE OF OUR PATIENTS.

IF THEY ARE TREATED THE SAME WAY, I DO WORRY.

THE BURNOUT ISRAEL.

>> Reporter: VACCINES ARE BOTH COVID-19 AND THE FLU ARE WIDELY AVAILABLE AT MEDICAL CLINICS AND PHARMACIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

>> MORE OF A FLU HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATH WERE JUST REPORTED LAST WEEK WE ARE ALSO LEARNING THAT HOSPITALS ARE MORE FULL THAN THEY HAVE EVER BEEN SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC.

MIKE VALERIO HAS THE LATEST ON THE IMPACT OF THREE VIRUSES ALL CIRCULATING AT ONCE.

>> Reporter: WITH U.S.

HOSPITALS FILLING UP AND PHARMACY SHELVES SPINNING OUT, THE COUNTRY CONFRONTED TRIMBLE DEMOCRAT OF FLU, RSV AND COVID- 19.

A NEW VACCINATION PUSHED BY THE WHITE HOUSE AND FIRST LADY, JOE BIDEN.

>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO IS TO GET YOUR UPDATED COVID VACCINE.

RE/MAX 80% OF HOSPITAL BEDS ARE NOW IN USE NATIONWIDE.

THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN JANUARY.

THAT IS 6% OF BEDS ARE USED BY COVID PATIENTS.

THE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION SAID AN INFLUX OF FLU PATIENTS IS A KEY REASON WHY HOSPITALS ARE FILLING UP.

DOCTORS ARE URGING MORE PEOPLE TO GET THEIR FLU SHOT.

>> 40 TO 50% OF THE POPULATION HAS ONLY TAKEN THE FLU VACCINE, VACCINES THAT SIT ON A SHELF ARE OF NO USE.

VACCINES ARE IN PEOPLE'S ARMS.

>> Reporter: WIDESPREAD MEDICAL STAFF SUGARS AND A BACKLOG OF PATIENTS WHO DELAYED CARE FOR YEARS.

AS PARENTS LOOK FOR MEDICINE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR KIDS AT HOME, MANY HAVE FOUND STORE SHELVES CLOSE TO BEAR.

>> REALLY HARD TO ORDER TYLENOL.

COUGH SYRUP, ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS.

>> Reporter: THE CURRENT COVID WAVE IS NOT AS LARGE.

HERE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, COVID METRICS ARE RISING.

L.A. COUNTY'S TOP HEALTH OFFICIAL SAYS SHE FEELS MORE HOPEFUL METRICS MIGHT IMPROVE ANY INDOOR MASK MANDATE MAY BE AVOIDED.

IN LOS ANGELES, MIKE VALERIO, KPBS NEWS .

>>> THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PRESENTING ACADEMIC WORKERS ARE HEADING INTO MEDIATION WITH THE HOPES OF RESOLVING THE STRIKE.

THEY TOLD THE UNION YESTERDAY THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE MAKING ANY NEW BARGAINING PROPOSALS.

THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR MEDIATION TO HELP REACH A NEW LABOR CONTRACT.

THE UNION AGREED THAT SOMEONE ELSE NEEDS TO STEP IN TO MAKE PROGRESS.

AROUND 48,000 WORKERS AT UC SAN DIEGO AND THE NINE OTHER CAMPUSES WENT ON STRIKE IN MID- NOVEMBER.

THEY ARE DEMANDING BETTER PAY, FREE PUBLIC TRANSIT, IMPROVED CHILDCARE BENEFIT, AND GREATER JOB SECURITY.

NOW THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION ARE OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED, NEW MAYORS IN CHULA VISTA AND NATIONAL CITY AND IMPERIAL BEACH CAN CELEBRATE THEIR CLOSE VICTORIES.

THEY ALL WANT THE SOUTH BAY TO PLAY A BIGGER ROLE IN REGIONAL POLITICS.

>> Reporter: HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE BENEFITED FROM THE FACT THAT BOTH OF HIS OPPONENTS WERE YOUNG LATINO DEMOCRATS.

THEY SPLIT THE CITY'S PROGRESSIVE BASE.

>> IT WOULD'VE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT IF IT WAS AND WHAT I WANT THIS RATION.

>> Reporter: MORRISON SAYS HE WANT TO SEE MORE INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL CITY, PARTICULARLY FROM THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO.

>> IN OUR CASE WE HAVE A TALE OF TWO PORTS.

WE HAVE NORTH OF THE CORONADO BRIDGE AND THE ONE THAT IS SOUTH.

>> Reporter: JOHN McCANN HAS A LONG HISTORY OF SERVING ON THE CITY COUNCIL.

HE NOTED THAT CHULA VISTA AND OTHER SOUTH BAY CITIES HAVE NOT ALWAYS GOTTEN THEIR FAIR SHARE OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.

HE WANTS TO WORK WITH OTHER NEWLY ELECTED MAYORS TO CHAIR THE REALITY.

>> MANY TIMES WE HAVE BEEN LACKING WITH THE SUPPORT BUT I HOPE TO WORK WITH BOTH THE NATIONAL CITY AND IMPERIAL BEACH NEW MAYORS TO HAVE A UNITED FRONT TO BE ABLE TO GET QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE SOUTH BAY.

>> Reporter: DECEASED CITY ATTORNEY CANDIDATE DEFEATED DAN SMITH.

THIS MEANS THAT THE CITY WILL NOT HAVE TO'S AND UP TO $2 MILLION IN TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON A SPECIAL ELECTION.

THAT ELECTION WILL BE HELD EITHER IN THE SPRING OR FALL OF 2023.

SHE BECAME THE CITY'S FIRST EVER LATINO MAYOR.

SHE PUSHED BACK A MINUTE ABOUT THE SOUTH BAY IS MISSING OUT.

REGIONAL BODIES LIKE MTS AND THE PORT ARE ALREADY BEING MORE INCLUSIVE THAN THEY WERE IN THE PAST.

>> EVERYTHING SOUTH OF THE BAY WAS NOT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION I THINK NOW IN REGIONAL BODIES THAT I HAVE SERVED ON, THERE HAS BEEN A RENEWED INTEREST IN A RENEWED FOCUS ON EQUITY.

>> Reporter: GUSTAVO'S, KBS NEWS.

>>> ORION WILL NOT BE SPLASHING DOWN ON THE COAST SAN DIEGO THE SENATE.

THAT IS BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER IN THE FORECAST.

NASA DECIDED ON A NEW LANDING SITE.

THIS ONE OFF THE COAST OF BAJA NEAR GUADALUPE ISLAND.

THE RETURN OF THE SPACECRAFT MARKS A MONUMENTAL MOMENT.

THE FIRST STEP TO RETURN ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON'S SERVICE.

ORION IS SCHEDULED TO SPLASHDOWN SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN AT 9:40 A.M. SUNDAY MORNING.

YOU CAN WATCH IT LIVE ON NASA TV OR JOIN THE WATCH PARTY AT THE SAN DIEGO AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM.

>>> SCIENTIST AT THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH HAVE IDENTIFIED ANTIBODIES THAT COULD STOP THE VERY COMPLEX VIRUS THAT GIVES PEOPLE AIDS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEFORE IT TIDES THOMAS FUDGE TELLS OF THE FIRST TRIAL OF A POSSIBLE VACCINE.

>> THE DECADE-LONG SEARCH HAS NOT YET SUCCEEDED BECAUSE HIV HAS SO MANY DIFFERENT STRAINS.

IT MADE IT A VERY HARD TARGET FOR A VACCINE.

SCRIPPS RESEARCHERS NOW SAY AN EFFECTIVE VACCINE NEEDS TO MOBILIZE THE VERY SPECIFIC KIND OF ANTI-BODY TO ACTUALLY STOP THE VIRUS.

>> THOSE ANTIBODIES ARE CALLED BROAD-SPECTRUM ANTIBODIES.

WE THINK A VACCINE NEEDS TO ELICIT BROADLY NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES AGAINST HIV TO PROTECT AGAINST THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OR MILLIONS OF HIV VARIANCE THAT ARE IN HUMANS AROUND THE PLANET RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: BILL IS COAUTHOR OF A PAPER PUBLISHED IN NATURE ABOUT THE CLINICAL TRIAL AND THE RESEARCH AROUND IT.

HE SAYS, IT HAS PROVEN THAT THE STRATEGY FOR CREATING A VACCINE IS ON THE RIGHT PATH.

SCRIPPS ANTIGEN, THE PRECURSOR TO A VACCINE, ELICITED THE CORRECT IMMUNE RESPONSE IN 97% OF THE HUMAN TEST SUBJECTS.

>> THIS IS BEEN IN PEOPLE.

WE ARE ON OUR WAY BUT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

>> Reporter: THOSE ANTIBODIES THAT BILL TALK ABOUT REMAIN ELUSIVE EVEN AFTER A CLINICAL TRIAL AND ANALYSIS HE CALLS UNDENIABLY SUCCESSFUL.

>> THERE NOT ENOUGH TO BE NEUTRALIZING ANYBODY YET BUT THEY ARE SORT OF BABY -- THEIR BABY BROADLY NEUTRALIZING.

THEY NEED TO LEARN MORE.

THEY NEED TO GAIN MUTATION.

>> Reporter: MANY PEOPLE HIV ARE ABLE TO LIVE WELL BY TAKING ANTIVIRAL DRUGS EVERY DAY.

IN PLACES LIKE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA WERE HIV CASES ARE VERY HIGH, THOSE DRUGS ARE EXPENSIVE AND OFTEN INACCESSIBLE.

THAT IS WHY THEY SAY WE NEED A VACCINE.

>> WERE TRYING TO DEVELOP A VACCINE THAT WILL PREVENT INFECTION IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WE CAN PREVENT INFECTION IN THE FIRST PLACE, WE CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY IN FACT DID AND MAKE IT MUCH MORE FOR ANTIVIRAL THERAPY TO CATER THE PEOPLE THAT ALREADY ARE INFECTED.

>> Reporter: DENNIS BURTON COMPARES THE SEARCH TO A BASEBALL GAME IN WHICH CREATING A VACCINE IS LIKE HITTING A HOME RUN.

HE SAYS THE WORK OF BILL AND HIS COLLABORATORS HAVE GOTTEN US TO FIRST BASE.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS .

>>> DISPOSABLE GLOVES AND BEER COVERS ARE ALL AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WORKING INSIDE OF HOSPITALS.

TWO HEALTHCARE WORKER SAW A NEED FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

THEY DECIDED TO CREATE IT THEMSELVES.

SHARON YU HAS THEIR STORY.

>> Reporter: FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, FIGHTING COVID HAS BEEN THE PRIORITY FOR BOTH JAZMIN AND MS. ADAMS.

>> THEY ARE GOING WITH COVID AND BEING FRONT-LINE WORKERS.

>> Reporter: AS HEALTHCARE WORKERS, THEY CONTINUOUSLY RAN INTO PROBLEMS.

>> WHEN IT FALLS OFF WHEN YOU DRINK IMPRESSIONS AND THERE IS BLOOD EVERYWHERE, THEN YOU HAVE TO GO NEXT DOOR TO YOUR NEXT PATIENT.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

YOU SEE WE TRIED BUT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE CAN GET IT TO OTHER PATIENTS OR OUR FAMILY.

WE WERE THE SAME THINGS AWAY RIGHT NOW.

WE MAKE SURE, WE ARE HELPING EACH OTHER OUT.

MAKE SURE IT IS TUCKED IN AND UNDER OUR OTHER GOWN.

WE HELP EACH OTHER OUT AS NEEDED AT THAT MOMENT.

THAT IS HOW WE PUT ON TEMPORARY BANDAGE.

>> Reporter: TIRED OF FINDING SOLUTIONS ON A WHIM THE TWO DECIDED TO FIND UNDERREPRESENTATION BY INVENTING HYGIENIC HIJABS.

>> WE INTRODUCED HYGIENIC HIJABS, A DISPOSABLE HIJAB THAT IS FDA COMPLIANT.

>> IT IS MORE CULTURAL INCLUSIVITY IN THE HOSPITAL.

MAKING SURE MOTION WOMEN FEEL THAT THEY ARE PRESENT AND VALUED.

>> Reporter: AND THEY ARE NOT JUST FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS EITHER.

>> YOU WILL SEE MORE PATIENT SATISFACTION AND THE PEOPLE, I HAVE SOMETHING AT THE HOSPITAL THAT IS PROVIDED FOR ME AND GEARED TOWARDS MY CULTURAL NEEDS.

>> WE WERE TRYING TO FIT IN WITH THE SYSTEM BUT WHEN THE SYSTEM IS NOT, YOU KNOW, IS NOT MADE FOR YOU.

LET EVERYONE KNOW, WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM.

WE ARE TELLING YOU THAT HEALTHCARE WORKERS SO ONCE WE LET PEOPLE KNOW, THEY ARE MORE AWARE.

>> Reporter: THEY BOTH SAY THIS IS AT LEAST ONE BARRIER DOWN FOR FUTURE MUSLIM HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

>> I DID NOT WANT ANYONE TO LOOK LIKE ME TO SHY AWAY FROM GOING INTO HEALTHCARE.

JUST KNOWING THAT YOU ARE REPRESENTED IN THE HEALTHCARE FIELD, GIVES YOU THE SELF-CONFIDENCE.

>> Reporter: NECESSITY MAYBE THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.

BY FACING ADVERSITY, THEY HOPE TO INSPIRE A NEXT GENERATION OF PROBLEM SOLVERS.

>> I DON'T WANT TO WORRY ABOUT THIS.

I WENT THROUGH.

THERE IS NO REASON THE NEXT GENERATION SHOULD GO THROUGH IT.

WE NEED TO IMPROVE THIS.

THEY NEED TO HELP EACH OTHER IN ANY WAY WE CAN.

WE NEED EVERYBODY TO WORK ON DIFFERENT THINGS THAT IS GOING AROUND.

NEGLECT -- >> THAT WAS SHARON YU REPORTING.

THE HYGIENIC HIJABS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ONLINE.

THE HOPE IS THAT HOSPITALS WILL STOCK UP ON THEM SO THAT ONE WILL BE AVAILABLE ANYTIME A HEALTHCARE WORKER OR PATIENT NEEDS ONE.

>>> I AM JUDY WOODRUFF, OUR ARIZONA SENATOR KYRSTEN SINEMA BECOMES AN INDEPENDENT.

WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE DEMOCRAT AGENDA.

SUMMING UP AT 7:00 ON THE EVENING EDITION.

>>> HOLIDAY CHEER IS SPREADING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

FESTIVAL AND TOY GIVEAWAYS ARE BEING HELD IN ESCONDIDO.

NORTH COUNTY REPORTED TANIA THORNE TAKES A LOOK AT THE WORK BEHIND THE EVENT.

>> Reporter: BABY DOLLS, TOY BARS, AND SOCCER BALLS -- VOLUNTEERS ASSIST WITH THE TOYS IN PERSPIRATION FOR THE HOLIDAY FESTIVAL.

>> A LOT OF BEHIND-THE-SCENES GO INTO ALL OF THIS TO MAKING A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

THE FESTIVAL IS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT, FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: HILDA HANDELMAN IS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS.

HER GROUP IS PUTTING ON THE EVENT FOR THE SEVENTH YEAR.

>> IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE COMMUNITY EVENTS.

IT HELPS BRING THE CULTURE BACK TO GATHER IT HELPS BRING COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.

WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY GOING STRONGER EVERY DAY AND KEEPING THINGS IN LIFE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING ON THE EVENT IS ALSO A COMMUNITY EFFORT.

SAYS THE COFOUNDER OF U.S. MULTICULTURAL.

>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Reporter: IN ORDER FOR A COMMUNITY TO BE STRONG, FAMILIES HAVE TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT.

COVID IS STILL WEIGHING HEAVY ON PEOPLE'S MINES.

HE SAYS MANY FAMILIES STILL HESITATE TO VOLUNTEER OR ATTEND COMMUNITY EVENTS.

>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] FROM SPONSORS AND BUSINESSES WAS ALSO LOWER THIS YEAR.

THEY WILL CONTINUE TRYING TO GET MORE PARTNERS ON BOARD.

HE IS GRATEFUL THE ORGANIZATION GOT TOY DONATIONS FOR THE KIDS ATTENDING THE EVENT.

SANTA AND MRS. CLAUS WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE GIVING OUT CANDY CANES AND TOYS.

PART OF THE GROUP'S GOAL IS TO ALSO CELEBRATE THE DIFFERENT CULTURES IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE EVENT WILL FEATURE PERFORMERS, ENTERTAINMENT, AND VENDORS FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES AS WELL DID THE HOLIDAY FESTIVAL IS FROM 11:00 TO 6:00 AT WRIGHT STATE PARK.

THE CHRISTMAS PARADE ALSO STARTS AT 2:00 P.M. AND ENDS AT THE FESTIVAL LOCATION.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS .

>>> THE ROCK CHURCH IS HELPING THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES GET IN THE SPIRIT THIS WEEKEND.

THEY ARE HOSTING THE 26 ANNUAL TOYS FOR JOY EVENT, FOOD, CLOTHES AND TOYS WILL ALL BE GIVEN AWAY.

THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT DIFFERENT ROCK CHURCH CAMPUSES.

IT IS TO HELP REACH PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.

CHARLIE'S JONES IS NOW A VOLUNTEER FOR THIS.

SHE WANTS WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE PROGRAM.

SHE KNOWS WHAT THESE FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH.

>> IT MAKES ME FEEL BLESSED.

IT MAKES ME FEEL HAPPY.

I FELT OVERFLOWED WITH JOY.

IT PUTS A SMILE ON MY HEART.

I KNOW THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE ONLY TIME THIS KID HAS SOMETHING.

>> THE ROCK CHURCH IS STILL IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS AND SOME TOY DONATIONS TO DONATE OUR SIGN UP VISIT THEIR WEBSITE.

>>> ARE STOPS THE STORY, A COLD WINTER STORM MOVING DOWN THE COAST THIS WEEKEND WITH IMPACTS HERE.

WE WILL STAY COOL AS WELL BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK.

SUNDAY IS THE BIG DAY WITH WIDESPREAD RAIN.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, WE WILL LEASE SEEING SNOW AND WIND.

CERTIFICATES KNOW OF ABOVE 6000 FEET.

THEY COULD GET A LITTLE BIT LOWER.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOL.

WE ARE IN THE MID 40s.

WE WILL BE IN THE 30s OCEANSIDE.

DOWN TO FREEZING IN RAMONA.

THE FUTURE SATELLITE AND RATER IS JUST KIND OF QUIET HERE OVERNIGHT.

HEAVY RAIN SWINGS OUT TO THE BAY AREA AND IT WILL BE WINDY THERE TOO.

IT RETURNS TO THE SIERRA.

THAT RAIN COULD GET AS FAR SOUTH AS LOS ANGELES BY LATE IN THE DAY.

WE WILL BE STAYING DRY HERE, WHICH IS A PARTLY SUNNY SKY.

YOU CAN SEAR TEMPERATURES COOL LOW TO MID 60s IN THE MOUNTAINS.

SOME 40s AND MOUNT LAGUNA.

SUNDAY, THAT IS OUR DAY FOR THE RAIN, SOME WIND, AND SOME HIGH TERRAIN SNOWS.

IT WILL BE A POOR DAY FOR TRAVEL.

A POTENTIAL FOR SOME WATER ON THE ROAD.

AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.

THIS IS THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT RAIN WE HAVE SEEN IN ABOUT A MONTH.

IT SHOULD BE A GOOD SOAKING.

ONCE THE STORM PULLS OUT, THIS TROUGH CONTINUES.

IT WILL STAY COOL RIGHT THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK.

HERE IS OUR EXTENDED FORECAST.

SUNDAY IS THE BIG DAY FOR RAIN.

IT GETS A LITTLE COOLER MONDAY WITH LEFTOVER SHOWERS IN THE INTERIOR SECTIONS INLAND.

COOL WITH THE RAIN SUNDAY AND RAIN TIME STILL INTO MONDAY.

UP IN THE MOUNTAINS, IT IS GETTING WINDY WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN BY MONDAY.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE WINDS AND CHILLY TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE.

EVEN IN THE DESERT, IT WILL BE QUITE COOL.

SHOWERS AROUND SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

EVEN SOME SUNSHINE, BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.

FOR KPBS NEWS I AM MARK MANCUSO.

>>> THE PADRES MADE IT OFFICIAL.

THEY SIGNED ALEXANDER BOGART TO A HUGE CONTRACT.

THIS ONE WORTH $280 MILLION OVER 11 YEARS.

BOGART BECAME A STAR WITH THE BOSTON RED SOX IN RECENT YEARS.

HE TOOK THEM TO TWO WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIPS.

A.J.

PRELLER SAID XANDER IS A STRONG FIT FOR THE TEAM AS IT LOOKS TO BRING THEIR OWN WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP TO SAN DIEGO.

IT IS UNCLEAR WHERE FERNANDO TATIS JR. WILL FIT IN WHEN HE RETURNS FROM SUSPENSION IN APRIL.

>>> TWO OF THE STORIES THIS YEAR ARE GAS PRICES AND INFLATION.

NOW THAT GAS PRICES ARE DROPPING, MARICOPA TELLS US HOW THAT MIGHT INFLICT INFLATION INTO 2023.

HERE'S THE FRIDAY BUSINESS FOR ART.

>> AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, GAS PRICES DECLINED TO $3.32.

IT IS DOWN $.15 OVER THE LAST WEEK.

IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THEY ARE DOWN TO $4.60.

ANALYST TO FOLLOW GAS PRICES ARE GOING TO SUGGEST THAT GAS PRICES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FALL FOR ROUGHLY THE NEXT 60 DAYS.

CONSUMERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO DRIVE DURING THE HOLIDAYS, THE TIME TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE GAS PRICES WILL BE FAIRLY REASONABLE.

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, CONSUMER CONFIDENCE PAUL, THE LAST ONE FOR 2022 -- IT WAS UP SUBSTANTIAL, WAY ABOVE EXPECTATIONS.

THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DECLINED FROM 8.12 7.4%.

IT CONTINUES TO CLIMB IN CONSUMER PRICES.

SINCE THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX WILL BE RELEASED NEXT WEEK WHEN THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE RAISING THEIR RATES ABOUT HALF A POINT.

>> IF YOU PLAYED THE PLAYSTATION GOD OF WAR RAGNAROK, THEN YOU PROBABLY KILLED FERNANDO J WARE TOE AND PROBABLY MORE THAN ONCE.

BETH OKAMOTO SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT BEING A STUNT PERFORMER AND DOING MOTION PICTURE CAPTURE WORK FOR THE VIDEO GAME.

>> TODAY IS A BIG DAY FOR ME.

THE GAME RELEASED TODAY.

THAT IS ME.

THAT IS ME.

>> Reporter: FERNANDO IS IN THE GAME.

>> THAT IS ME.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> Reporter: UNLIKE THE 5 MILLION OTHER PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT THE GAME, HE WAS NOT JUST KILLING RANDOM BUT DEMS.

>> I GET TO KILL ME, IN A WAY.

I WAS DURING THE REACTION TO ALL THE HITS.

I THINK I AM A LOT OF THE CHARACTERS.

I'M KILLING MYSELF HERE.

IT IS JUST SO WEIRD TO THINK ABOUT.

I AM TAKING THE HIT AND I'M JUST DOING EIGHT HOURS OF DIFFERENT REACTIONS.

GETTING MY HEAD LOBBED OFF.

GETTING MY BODY SPLIT IN HALF.

REMAKING US TO KILL HIMSELF REPEATEDLY THANKS TO THE MAGIC OF MOTION CAP ARE.

IT ALLOWS PHYSICAL AFFECT ARTIST TO WORK WITH ACTORS LIKE ANDY SERKIS TO CREATE A CHARACTER LIKE GOLLUM FOR THE LORD OF THE RINGS AND HOBBIT MOVIES.

OR TO EMPLOY A STUNT MAN TO CREATE THE ACTION FOR A VIDEO GAME >> SO THEY PUT THE SUIT ON YOU THAT HAS REFLECTED MARKERS OR L.E.D.

LIGHT PENDING ON THE SYSTEM.

IT RECORDS THE PERFORMERS MOVEMENTS.

THE PROGRAMMERS AND THE ANIMATORS AND DIRECTORS, THEY CAN PUT IT DIRECTLY INTO THE SCENE.

IT IS JUST ME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW AM I GOING TO SELL THIS ANIMATION.

IT IS ALL ABOUT PROBLEM SOLVING.

HOW I SAW THIS HIT THAT IS OVER THE TOP OR NOT REALISTIC?

YOU JUST HAVE TO USE YOUR IMAGINATION AND THAT THE ANIMATORS TAKE IT FROM THERE.

>> Reporter: HIS WORK ON THE INDIE GAME, MIDNIGHT BY THE EXPRESS, LEAD THE JOB ON IT GOT A WAR: RAGNAROK.

IT WAS DEVELOPED BY SANTA MONICA STUDIO FOR SONY PLAYSTATION.

>> IT IS COMING UP.

THAT WAS IT.

THAT WAS MY SCENE.

>> Reporter: PRETO IS AN AVID GAMER AND STREAMED HIMSELF PLAYING ON TWITCH.

>> I REMEMBER DOING THAT.

WE JUST ACT AND PULLED ERIC OVER THE MAT.

MOTION CAPTURE IS HEAVEN.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HIDE PADS.

IT CAN BE RIGHT THERE.

THE SOFTWARE IS NOT GOING TO CAPTION THAT.

IT IS ONLY GOING TO CAPTURE WHAT IS REFLECTED ON THE MARKERS THAT ARE ON YOUR SUIT.

>> Reporter: PERFORMING STATS ON LOCATION FOR A MOVIE IS MUCH HARDER ON THE BODY.

YOU CANNOT ALWAYS HIDE MATH AND PAD.

IN ADDITION TO PERFORMING STUNTS, PRETO HAS WORKED ON FEATURES AS GET OUT AND US.

FILMS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE ACTION GENRE.

HE DID PRE-VISUALIZATION WHICH IS MAPPING OUT SCENES FOR A MOVIE PRIOR TO FILMING.

>> THOSE TWO FILMS HAD A LOT OF VIOLENT MOMENTS.

THAT IS WHERE THE STUNT TEAM CAME IN.

WE WOULD CHOREOGRAPH AND SHOOT.

>> Reporter: HIS WORK ALSO TOOK HIM TO CHINA TO PERFORM AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS BEIJING THEME PARK.

HE WORKED ON A SHOW INSPIRED BY THE HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON MOVIE.

THAT IS PRETO BEING PULLED OFF THE BRIDGE.

PRETO ALSO MAKES HIS OWN FILMS, WHICH GIVES THEM THE MOST PERSONAL SATISFACTION.

ONE OF THOSE IS A FAN FILM ABOUT THE D.C.

CHARACTER, HARLEY QUINN.

>> I AM THE ONE HOLDING THE BASEBALL BAT AND THAT MEANS I GET TO SPEAK.

>> I KNOW HARLEY'S ABILITY.

SHE HAS SUPERSTRENGTH AND POISON IVY.

SHE DOES GYMNASTIC.

SHE HAS A BAG OF TRICKS.

SHE COULD TOTALLY FIGHT.

WE CAN TOTALLY DO A VIRTUAL ARTS HIGHLY HARLEY QUINN.

LIKE A BATMAN FIGHT IN THE WAREHOUSE.

WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AREA >> Reporter: AND HE DID.

IT IS ALREADY RECEIVED 14 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE.

IT IS PROBABLY SAFE TO SAY THAT WITH GOD OF WAR: RAGNAROK, HE HAS BEEN KILLED AT LEAST 14 MILLION TIMES.

THAT SHOULD MAKE ANY STUNT PERSON HAPPY.

KPBS NEWS.

>> YOU CAN FIND MY STORIES ON HER WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG .

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL-HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM .

AND BY THE CONRAD PREMISE FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCO SHILEY .

AND BY THE FOLLOWING -- AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.