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>>> A GOOD EVENING.

IT IS FRIDAY, JANUARY 15.

THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

IN THE COUNTRY IS ON HIGH ALERT FOR FURTHER VIOLENCE AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE INAUGURATION OF JOE BIDEN.

THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT MORE VIOLENCE ON THE CAPITAL.

>> Reporter: POLICE WERE OUTNUMBERED AND OVERWHELMED DURING THE COUP ON THE CAPITAL.

>> SOMEBODY GOT A HOLD OF MY GUN AND THEY WERE SCREAMING OUT TO KILL HIM WITH HIS OWN GUN.

AT THAT POINT IT WAS LIKE, SELF- PRESERVATION.

YOU KNOW, HOW I SURVIVED THE SITUATION.

>> Reporter: THE VIOLENCE WAS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE.

IT RIOTERS WERE JUST SECONDS AWAY FROM SEEING THE VICE PRESIDENT.

>> THEY CAME VERY CLOSE TO WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT OF MAYHEM AND DEATH >> Reporter: AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ARE PATROLLING THE STREETS OF WASHINGTON, D.C. AND PREPARING FOR MORE VIOLENCE.

>> WE ARE PREPARED.

WE CANNOT STAND FOR MORE OF WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK.

IN WASHINGTON I AM NATALIE ROMERO.

IS >>> A TEMPORARY CHAIN-LINK FENCE IS NOW UP AROUND THE STATE CAPITAL.

THE CHP IS REFUSING TO ISSUE PERMITS FOR RALLIES THERE.

HERE IN SAN DIEGO, DOZENS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS SHERIFF, POLICE CHIEF AND ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE SIGNED AN OPEN LETTER AGAINST VIOLENCE IN OUR STREETS.

>>> ANOTHER GRIM MILESTONE IN THE PANDEMIC.

THE WORLDWIDE DEATH TOLL TOPPED 2 MILLION TODAY.

THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION ARE PREDICTING DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES COULD SURPASS 400,000 BEFORE THE INAUGURATION.

IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WE PASSED 2000 DEATHS YESTERDAY.

PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN HAS RELEASED HIS VACCINATION PLAN.

HE HAS CALLED FOR 100 MILLION SHOTS IN HIS FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE.

>> OUR PLAN IS AS CLEAR AS IT IS BOLD.

GET MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED FOR FREE.

CREATE PLACES FOR THEM TO GET VACCINATED.

MOBILIZE MORE MEDICAL TEAMS TO GET THE SHOTS IN PEOPLE HIS ARMS.

INCREASE SUPPLY AND GET IT OUT THE DOOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SPOT JOE BIDEN >> JOE BIDEN PROMISED TO USE BACKUP SUPPLIES AND TO OPEN VACCINATIONS TO FIRST RESPONDERS, SCHOOLTEACHERS AND OTHER FRONT-LINE EMPLOYEES.

>>> KPBS REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS THAT THIS IMPERIAL BEACH CITY HALL LOCATION IS OFFERING VACCINATIONS BUT ONLY BY APPOINTMENT AND FOR THOSE MOST AT RISK.

>> WE ARE FOCUSING ON OUR PHASE ONE A PARTICIPANTS.

THOSE ARE SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES, THE STAFF AND THE RESIDENTS.

AND ANYONE WHO COULD POTENTIALLY BE A VACCINATE OR SO PARAMEDICS, NURSES.

>> Reporter: THIS LOCATION IS NOW OPEN FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND THEY DO EXPECTED TO ABOUT 300 VACCINATIONS TOMORROW AND THEN 500 PER DAY.

>> THERE IS NO PAIN.

I AM OKAY.

>> Reporter: EVERYBODY COMING HERE MUST SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT THROUGH THE WEBSITE.

IT IS NOT A DRIVE-UP LOCATION.

IT IS OPEN TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

AFTER CHECKING IN, PEOPLE ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND THEN COME BACK THREE WEEKS LATER FOR THE SECOND DOSE.

>> I THINK PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO GET IT.

SOME OF THE SENIORS HAVE SHOWN UP AND ARE DISAPPOINTED WHEN THEY CANNOT GET IT.

>> SHE WILL BE MONITORING FOR THE NEXT 15 MINUTES.

>> Reporter: UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH HAS ALREADY STARTED VACCINATING PATIENTS 65 AND OVER.

>> I GOT THE VACCINE BECAUSE HOPEFULLY IT WILL HELP ME AND HELP OTHERS SO THAT WE WON'T HAVE ANY MORE OF THIS CRISIS AND WE CAN GET BACK TO NORMAL.

>> IT WASN'T TOO BAD.

>> NO IT WASN'T.

>> I FEEL SO BLESSED TO GET IT.

>> IT IS A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO IT FOR OUR SOCIETY.

>> Reporter: MANY SENIORS HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME TO GET THIS DONE.

>> I'M VERY EXCITED.

>> Reporter: THE VACCINATIONS DEPEND ON AVAILABILITY OF DOSES IN RIGHT NOW THOSE ARE IN LIMITED SUPPLY.

COUNTY OFFICIALS HOPE WITH MORE SHIPMENTS ON THE WAY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE VACCINATIONS WIDELY AVAILABLE FOR THOSE 65 AND OVER.

I AM MATT HOFFMAN FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED ANOTHER SETBACK IN THE VACCINATION ROLLOUT.

ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SAY THAT NEW DOSES THAT WERE PROMISED TO STATES HAVE REALLY BEEN DISTRIBUTED AND THAT CONTRADICTS A STATEMENT FROM THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY LAST WEEK.

LAST WEEK ALEC CESAR SAID THEY WOULD GET THE FULL STOCKPILE RATHER THAN HOLDING SECOND DOSE IS IN RESERVE.

SO MANY STATES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ALTER ALTERNATE NEAR VACCINATION SCHEDULES.

>>> COMING UP, WHY ROUGHLY HALF OF NURSING HOME FACILITY CAREGIVERS ARE REFUSING THE VACCINATION AND WHAT'S BEING DONE TO CHANGE THAT.

>>> LET THEM PLAY.

THAT'S THE CALL ASKING GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM TO ALLOW COMPETITIVE YOUTH SPORTS TO RETURN.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AERE HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: AT MANY CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOLS, PLAYERS, COACHES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHERED FOR A "LET THEM PLAY" RALLY.

SEVERAL OF THESE HAPPENED AROUND THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR JOINED THE EFFORT THIS MORNING.

>> OUR STRENGTHS ARE OUR YOUTH.

LET OUR KIDS PLAY.

RIGHTS COME WITH RESPONSIBILITIES.

OFF THE FIELD, COACHES, I WOULD IMPLORE YOUR EMPHASIS THAT YOUR PLAYERS MUST WEAR A MASK AND SOCIALLY DISTANCE FROM THE ELDERLY, THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR GRANDPARENTS.

>> HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITIVE SPORTS HAVE BEEN ON HOLD FOR 10 MONTHS.

SINCE MID-MARCH 2021 THE PANDEMIC REACHED THE REGION.

SUPPORTERS OF "LET THEM PLAY ARGUE THAT THE LACK OF THE SPORTS HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC.

>> WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE A PATH FOR EVERYONE TO BE SAFE, FOR TEACHERS TO BE SAFE AND FOR KIDS MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL- BEING TO BE SERVED.

>> SOME ATHLETES ARE GATHERING FOR PICKUP GAMES AND TRAVELING OUT OF STATE FOR TOURNAMENTS AND THAT COULD BE RISKY.

>> WHEN YOU TRAVEL TO SEE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, THEY ARE TRAVELING TO OTHER COMMUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN SPORTS ACTIVITIES.

THE RISK FOR TRANSMISSION OF INFECTION INCREASES.

>>> THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION RECOMMEND THAT ACTIVITIES ARE LIMITED.

IS CDC GUIDELINES STATE THAT ANY TOURNAMENTS OR EVENTS WITH MORE THAN TWO TEAMS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN CALIFORNIA WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS BEING MADE FOR NON-TEAM SPORTS.

I'M JACOB AERE FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS VOTED TO DELAY REOPENING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS.

HIGH SCHOOLS COULD BE CLOSED EVEN LONGER.

>>> DURING A MEETING THAT WENT LATE INTO THE NIGHT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTED TO PUSH BACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REOPENING SPY TWO WEEKS.

THEY ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO RESUME IN PERSON SCHOOL NEXT WEEK.

DISTRICT EMPLOYEES SOMETIMES HAD TO QUARANTINE IF A COWORKER TESTED POSITIVE UP UNTIL RECENTLY.

>> STAFFING SHORTAGES AND THE SURGE IN CASES, WE JUST DID NOT FEEL LIKE WE COULD REOPEN OUR SCHOOLS SAFELY BY THE TARGETED DATE OF JANUARY 19.

>> FOLLOWING THE WINTER BREAK WE HAD ABOUT 70 CASES REPORTED TO US IN ABOUT A WEEK.

YOU CAN IMAGINE THE.DOMINO EFFECT OF STAFFING ISSUES THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN ALL OF THE QUARANTINES AND ILLNESSES.

>> Reporter: MANY SUPPORT THE DECISION.

>> THE BOARD MUST KNOWLEDGE THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION.

THERE IS A NARRATIVE BEING PERPETUATED THAT TEACHERS ARE THE REASON WE CANNOT RETURN TO CAMPUS AND THIS IS NOT TRUE.

WE CANNOT RETURN TO CAMPUS BECAUSE THE CASE RATE WITHIN THE COUNTY MAKES IT UNSAFE TO DO SO.

>> Reporter: BUT SOME ARE CRITICIZING THE DISTRICT FOR WHAT THEY ARE CALLING A CONSTANT CHANGE IN PLANS.

>> KIDS ARE HAPPIER WHEN THEY RETURN TO SCHOOL.

THEY ACCOMPLISH MORE.

THEY ACCOMPLISH MORE WHEN A TEACHER IS PRESENT REAL-TIME.

>> THE DACHSHUND PLAN TO REOPEN.

>>> UC SAN DIEGO SAYS 245 STUDENTS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS SINCE THE WINTER QUARTERS STARTED.

ABOUT 7300 STUDENTS LIVE ON CAMPUS WITH 2% OF CLASSES BEING HELD IN PERSON.

STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO GET TESTED EACH WEEK AND COMPLETE TESTING EACH DAY.

>>> TODAY SAN DIEGO COUNTY REPORTED 32 MORE DEATHS FROM CORONAVIRUS BETWEEN JUST BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND NOW DEATHS FROM THE VIRUS HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED IN OUR REGION.

KPBS REPORTER CLAIRE TRAGESER SAYS PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE BEARING THE BRUNT OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> Reporter: IT TOOK NINE MONTHS FOR THE DEATH TOLL TO REACH 1000 IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BUT IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS, THE REGION HAS SEARCHED TWO MORE THAN 2000 DEATHS.

EXPERTS EXPECT THE NUMBER TO CONTINUE RISING RAPIDLY FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER MONTH, IF NOT TWO.

DOCTOR TOM LORI IS THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AT SHARK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

HE SAYS A SPIKE IN INFECTIONS LEADS TO A SPIKE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS AND THAT LEADS TO ANOTHER SURGE IN DEATHS.

SO EVEN IF INFECTIONS PLATEAU IN THE REGION, BUT SO FAR THEY HAVE NOT, DEATHS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE RAPIDLY FOR WEEKS TO COME.

BUT HE DOES NOT THINK THE RISING NUMBERS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO A LACK OF MEDICAL RESOURCES IN THE COUNTY.

>> THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHIFT OUR RESOURCES AND MOVE THEM TO PATIENTS AND MOVE PATIENTS TO RESOURCES.

AND WE HAVE DONE THAT WITH GREAT EFFICIENCY.

I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN INVISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

WE HAVE BEEN SO GOOD AT DOING THESE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ABSORB THE 50 OR 100% BEYOND WHAT WE USUALLY TAKE CARE OF.

>> Reporter: THE PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO IMPACT PEOPLE DISPROPORTIONATELY, DEPENDING ON THEIR RACE AND WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE COUNTY.

ALMOST HALF OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIED LIVED IN EAST AND SOUTH COUNTIES WHILE 11% LIVED IN THE COASTAL AREAS.

THE LATINO COMMUNITY IS BEING HIT THE HARDEST.

ACCOUNTING FOR 44% OF DEATHS EVEN THOUGH LATINOS MAKE UP 34% OF RESIDENTS.

>> THE FACT THAT THINGS HAVE NOT CHANGED HAS NOT SURPRISED AS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE THOSE INFECTION RATES ARE COMING FROM, IT IS FROM A LOT OF THESE FRONTLINE JOBS.

THE SOCIAL WORKERS THAT ARE BEING EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS.

THAT HAS NOT CHANGED.

THE LATEST REPORT SHOWS THAT THE NUMBERS FOR GROCERY STORE WORKERS AND PHARMACY WORKERS ARE GOING UP.

OF COURSE THEY ARE THOUGH.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE RISK OF EXPOSURE.

>> Reporter: MALDONADO SAYS PEOPLE IN THESE JOBS ARE LESS LIKELY TO FEEL CONFIDENT AND DEMAND PROTECTIONS FROM EMPLOYERS.

AND PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE OFTEN TREATED DIFFERENTLY BY DOCTORS.

>> HOW PEOPLE SYMPTOMS ARE BEING INTERPRETED AND OFTEN TIMES PEOPLE ARE SENT HOME EVEN THOUGH THEIR SYMPTOMS WOULD INDICATE THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE SENT HOME.

>> Reporter: THESE INEQUITIES CONTRIBUTE TO A TRAGEDY THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL NOT FULLY GRASPING.

>> EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS A SON OR A DAUGHTER OR A MOTHER OR FATHER.

AND WE NEED TO GET BACK TO UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOES NOT HIT PEOPLE UNTIL IT IMPACTS THEM DIRECTLY.

>>> LOW INCOME FRONT-LINE WORKERS ARE MOST AT RISK BECAUSE OF THEIR LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS, SAYS REBECCA FIELDING MILLER, AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST.

>> YOUR GROCERY STORE WORKERS OR PHARMACY STAFF AND YOUR RIGHT AID OR CVS WORKERS, THEY MIGHT HAVE ALSO DONE THINGS LIKE GATHERED OVER THE HOLIDAYS.

BUT, THE PEOPLE COMING INTO THESE PUBLIC SPACES ARE NOW AT HIGHER RISK SO YOU HAVE THIS DUAL -- THESE TWO DIFFERENT WAVES CRASHING INTO EACH OTHER.

>> Reporter: FOR DOCTORS AND NURSES WORKING IN HOSPITALS, THE DAILY DEATH TOLL IS INESCAPABLE.

SAYS LORI WITH SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

>> EVERY TIME I GO INTO THE ICU I AM ALWAYS IMPRESSED AT HOW CALM, COOL AND COLLECTED THEY ARE.

AND HOW CONFIDENT THEY FEEL THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING THE CARE THAT IS NEEDED TO THEIR PATIENTS.

THAT BEING SAID, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR WEEKS, THEY STILL HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE.

THEY STILL HAVE THE SAME CALM APPROACH TO TAKING CARE OF THEIR PATIENTS BUT THEIR MOREL IS WORN DOWN.

THEY ARE SUBJECTED TO THIS CONTINUAL ONSLAUGHT OF PATIENT CARE THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD TO DO EVER.

>> Reporter: MOST NOT DOCTORS AND NURSES ARE VACCINATED NOW AND THERE IS HOPE THAT THE NUMBERS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY GO DOWN.

LORI SAYS THERE IS STILL A LONG RACE THAT NEEDS TO BE RUN.

I'M CLAIRE TRAGESER WITH KPBS NEWS.

>>> AS CARE FACILITIES STRUGGLE TO GET VACCINES FOR THEIR RESIDENTS AND STAFF, THEY ARE FINDING THAT ABOUT HALF OF CAREGIVERS ARE REFUSING THE SHOT.

>>> CHARACTER TURNING DOWN CORONAVIRUS SHOTS IS ANOTHER LAYER OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT POSED BY THE PANDEMIC.

CARL STEINBERG, PRESIDENT ELECT FOR POST ACUTE AND LONG-TERM CARE MEDICINE SAYS CONCERNS RUN THE GAMUT.

>> SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO BE A GUINEA PIG.

OTHERS THINK THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO CATCH COVID-19 FROM IT.

SOME HAVE THESE REALLY WILD THEORIES ABOUT MICROCHIPS.

>> Reporter: HEALTH OFFICIALS PLAN TO STEP UP CAMPAIGNS.

>> WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO POPULATIONS OF COLOR AND WE HOPE TO GET SOME PEER COUNSELING AND PERHAPS HELP FROM THE FAITH COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: SOME FACILITIES ARE OFFERING UP TO $150 IN BOTH BONUSES FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE THE SHOT.

>>> A DIFFERENT KIND OF OPENING DAY AT DODGER STADIUM TODAY.

IT WAS THE FIRST DAY AS A MASS VACCINATION SITE.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN THE NATION.

2000 HEALTHCARE WORKERS WERE EXPECTED TO GET THEIR SHOTS.

AS THEY RAMP UP THEY HOPE TO VACCINATE 12,000 PEOPLE PER DAY.

GOVERNOR NEWSOM HOPES TO SOON OPEN UP SHOTS TO THOSE 65 AND OLDER.

>> WE NEED TO QUICKEN THE PACE OF ADMINISTRATION OF THESE VACCINES.

WE NEED TO GET THEM OUT OF THE FREEZER AND INTO PEOPLES ARMS.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE NOW OVER 100,000 PEOPLE ABLE TO ADMINISTER VACCINATIONS.

ABOUT HALF 1 MILLION HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY ALONE STILL NEED TO RECEIVE THEIR SHOTS.

>>> WE LAUNCHED A KPBS VACCINATION DASHBOARD.

YOU CAN FIND A LIST OF VACCINATION CENTERS AS WELL.

JUST GO TO THE TRACKING COVID- 19 SECTION AT WWW.KPBS.ORG AND CLICK ON VACCINES.

>>> SAN DIEGO IS GETTING A TASTE OF DRY AND HOT WEATHER AND THAT IS RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT WILDFIRES.

KPBS REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON SAYS THAT'S AFTER 2020 WAS DECLARED ONE OF THE HOTTEST YEARS ON RECORD.

>>> SEVERAL DOZEN ACRES BURNED.

>> WE HAD AN AGGRESSIVE ATTACK WITH PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.

>> SANTA ANNA WIND CONDITIONS MEANT CONCERNS.

>> WE HAVE SEEN 25-50% AVERAGE RAINFALL THIS WINTER.

WHILE WE DID EXPECT THAT, WE EXPECTED A DRY YEAR, USUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY WE HAVE GREEN VEGETATION.

>> HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND.

>> FROM JUNE THROUGH OCTOBER, IT WAS THE HOTTEST ON RECORD NOT JUST FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BUT THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

>> AND IT WAS NOT JUST HOT HERE.

FEDERAL CLIMATE SCIENTISTS SAY 2020 WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST YEARS ON RECORD.

SANCHEZ SAYS THESE RECORD- SETTING YEARS ARE INCREASING THE RISK OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS LIKE WILDFIRES.

>> SOME ARE EXPERIENCING MORE INTENSE HEAT WAVES.

THE MOST OF HONORABLE ARE THOSE THAT WORK OUTDOORS.

OF THE ELDERLY AND KIDS.

>> Reporter: THE OUTLOOK FOR 2021 IS A BIT BRIGHTER.

SHE SAYS A MILD LA NIÑA COULD KEEP GLOBAL TEMPERATURES FROM SETTING ANOTHER RECORD.

I'M ERIC ANDERSON FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> THIS WEEKEND WE MANAGED TO STAY DRY AND MILD.

WE WILL START TO SEE MORE WINDS TUESDAY AND THEN BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, ANOTHER CHANCE FOR RAIN.

IT HAS BEEN DRY AND A BIT BLUSTERY.

BUT FIRE IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN.

HEADING THERE TONIGHT SO, TEMPERATURES BACK DOWN TO THE 30s AND 40s.

MOUNT LAGUNA COMING IN AT 32 DEGREES AND THEN THE STORY IS, AS WE GO INTO THE WEEKEND, HIGH PRESSURE IS KEEPING THINGS PRETTY QUIET OUT THERE THROUGH THE INTERIOR SOUTHWEST.

WE WILL BE WATCHING AT LEAST SOME FIRE DANGER.

IT WILL BE BLUSTERY THROUGH PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND CANYONS BUT OVERALL, NOT TOO MUCH OF A LARGE THREAT.

WE ARE TALKING A LARGER THREAT NEXT WEEK.

TEMPERATURES IN THE 80s ONCE AGAIN AND IT IS GOING TO BE MILD.

82 IN SAN DIEGO AND CHULA VISTA COMING IN AT 81 DEGREES.

THE WARMTH CONTINUES IN AS WE CLOSE OUT THE WEEKEND, REALLY THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF WINTER.

WHAT WE WILL BE WATCHING EVENTUALLY IS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING IN OFF SHORE.

THIS IS GOING TO FORCE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND THAT MEANS WE ARE GOING TO GET STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS.

POSSIBLY SOME OF THE STRONGEST WE HAVE HAD THIS SEASON SO FAR.

SO BE READY FOR THAT TO CONTRIBUTE TO EXTRA CLOUDS AS WELL AS SOME SPRINKLES.

PROBABLY NOT SO MUCH TOWARDS THE COAST BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY HAVE SOME EXTRA CLOUDS ARE THE INLAND LOCATIONS.

NUMBERS DROPPING BACK INTO THE 60s AND IN THE MOUNTAINS THERE COULD BE A SHOWER OR SNOW SHOWER OUT THERE AS WE HEAD THROUGH TUESDAY.

LOWER 50s FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AND WE DO COOL OFF AS WELL WITH THE DESERTS BACK INTO THE 60s.

FOR KPBS NEWS I AM MELISSA COSTANZA OR.

>>> TODAY, JANUARY 15 IS THE ACTUAL BIRTHDAY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. TO HONOR HIS LIFE AND LEGACY, PEOPLE GATHERED TODAY AT THE HEIGHTS PROMENADE FOR A BRIEF SERVICE IN HIS HONOR.

FOLLOWING A REENACTMENT OF THE "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH, HARVEY VAUGHN TOOK THE STAGE AND CALLED FOR DREAMERS TO UNIFY THE NATION.

>> WE NEED DREAMERS THAT CAN LOOK BEYOND THE PIGMENTATION OF SOMEONE'S SKIN.

WE NEED DREAMERS.

JUDGE A PERSON BY THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER.

NOT THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.

>>> THE PROMENADE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN FEBRUARY 2019 TO PROVIDE A CULTURAL GATHERING PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

THE OUTDOOR MUSEUM IS INTERACTIVE AND FEATURES ICONIC FIGURES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

>>> CORPORATE AMERICA APPEARS TO BE CUTTING TIES WITH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

SDSU'S EXPLAINS IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>>> THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON THIS WEEK WITH REGARD TO TRUMP.

THE PGA CANCELED THE 2020 DO PGA CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE GOLF COURSE OWNED BY TRUMP.

AND THEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN CAN'T COLLECT DONATIONS BECAUSE AN ONLINE PAYMENT PORTAL STOP PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.

AND SHOP IF I, A BIG e-COMMERCE SELLS A LOT OF TRUMP MEMORABILIA AND ITEMS.

THIS IS A MAJOR BLOW TO THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION AND THEIR ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD WILL BE SO SEVERELY LIMITED.

>>> A COMING UP TONIGHT ON THE PBS NEWS HOUR, SECURITY MEASURES ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE AMID NATIONWIDE THREATS OF VIOLENCE DURING BEFORE THE IN THAT INAUGURATION THAT'S COMING UP TONIGHT AFTER KPBS EVENING EDITION.

>>> AFTER 41 SEASON AS THE PLAY-BY-PLAY CALLER, HE IS MOVING TO THE PADRES TEAM AMBASSADOR.

HE WILL CONTINUE TO DO PLAY CALLING FOR BASKETBALL.

>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON WWW.KPBS.ORG/EVENINGEDITION.

THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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

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

ANDERSON PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR.

HELPING PEOPLE MAINTAIN HEATING, PLUMBING AND AIR SINCE 1978.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.