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>>> GOOD EVENING, IT'S FRIDAY, JANUARY 7th.

, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI..

THEY ARE A HOT ITEM, NOT JUST YOU BUT ACROSS COUNTRY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AT-HOME COVID TEST KITS, TODAY THEY ARE BEING GIVEN AWAY BY THE TENS OF THOUSANDS IN ONE PART OF THE COUNTY.

MELISSA MAE HAS MORE ON THE PERFECT TIMING FOR THE HANDOUT.

>> THERE'S TWO TESTS PER KIT.

>> IT IS SET TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL ON JANUARY 11 AND RALLY TO DISTRIBUTE JUST OVER 36,000 COVID-19 TEST KITS TO THE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

>> YOU RECEIVED ALLOCATION AT THE WAREHOUSE.

>> Reporter: THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT, HE SAYS THE GOAL IS FOR EVERY STUDENT TO TEST ON SATURDAY AND ON MONDAY FOR THE COME BACK TO IN PERSON LEARNING ON TUESDAY.

>> THE THE RECENT WE'RE DOING IS THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE RETURN FROM WINTER BREAK IN A WAY THAT IS SAFE AND TO GUARD THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENT AND THE STAFF >> WITH THE TURNOUT, THE STUDENTS, THE PARENTS, THEY ARE SHOWING UP BECAUSE THE WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.

>> Reporter: THE PRINCIPLE OF SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL, SHE SAYS THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER , THE NATIONAL CITY POLICE HELPING WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL TO THE SCORE THE SCHOOL STAFF.

>> STAFF IS ON VACATION BUT THEY GAVE UP THEIR VACATION TODAY AND THEY CAME TO SUPPORT.

>> Reporter: MANY PARENTS WERE GRATEFUL FOR NOT ONLY THE TEST KITS BUT HOW FAST THEY RECEIVED THEM LIKE MARCO FRANCO WHO WAS PICKING UP THE KIT WITH HER SON DIEGO.

>> I THOUGHT WE WOULD RUN INTO A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND DELAYS.

WE CAME HERE TWO MINUTES, PULLED UP GOT THE TEST, VERY EASY PROCESS.

>> Reporter: MARCO COACHES AND DIEGO PLACE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM.

>> HE'S VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

IN PART OF THIS SCHOOL AND THE STAFF OUT THERE.

DONATING THEIR TIME TO MAKE SURE THE KITS GET BACK TO THE SCHOOL SAFE.

>> THEY MUST ISOLATE FOR 10 DAYS AND CAN RETURN TO SCHOOL ON THE 11th AND NO NEGATIVE TEST IS REQUIRED TO RETURN TO SCHOOL.

>>> MOMENTS AGO THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED ANOTHER 5922 COVID CASES TODAY.

HEALTH OFFICIALS URGED EVERYONE TO GET ALL THE RECOMMENDED VACCINES INTO ONLY GET TESTED AS NECESSARY.

IT COMES AS CASES JUMPED FROM 4700 PER WEEK TO MORE THAN 45,000 CASES REPORTED.

HOSPITALIZATION HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE PAST 30 DAYS FROM 320 TWO 774.

COUNTY OFFICIALS RECOMMEND THAT YOU ONLY GET TESTED IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS AND TO STAY HOME IF YOU ARE SICK.

IF YOU TEST POSITIVE AT HOME, ISOLATE FOR AT LEAST FIVE DAYS.

>>> THIS WEEK, 86 EMPLOYEES AT THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO WERE TOLD THEY COULD BE FIRED FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH THE COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATE.

THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE EMPLOYEES WHO FILED REQUESTS TO BE EXEMPT EITHER FORM OF MEDICAL OR WITH HIS RELIGIOUS REASON.

CLEAR TRAVIS OR HAS DETAILS ON WHO IS FILING THOSE REQUEST.

>>> NEARLY 1100 CITY OF SAN DIEGO EMPLOYEES HAVE SO FAR FIVE EXEMPTION REQUEST AND MORE THAN HALF OF THEM WORKED FOR THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AS OF WEDNESDAY, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED 525 REQUEST FROM POLICE.

THAT IS MORE THAN 20% OF THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.

OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS WITH HIGH NUMBERS OF REQUESTS INCLUDE FIRE, TRANSPORTATION, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, AND STORM WATER.

THE NUMBERS ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNING TO PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS BECAUSE EMPLOYEES IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS HAVE THE MOST FREQUENT INTERACTIONS WITH THE PUBLIC.

SPECIALLY THE POLICE.

PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE CHOICE ABOUT WHETHER THEY COME IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH POLICE OFFICERS SAYS REBECCA FIELDING MILLER AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST AT UC SAN DIEGO.

>> YOU CAN NOT JUST WALK AWAY FROM POLICE OFFICERS IF YOU DON'T FEEL SAFE, THE MANDATORY IS IF YOU HAVE TO SPEND TIME FACE-TO-FACE THAN THE OTHER PERSON HAS TO BE VACCINATED BECAUSE IT IS AIRBORNE.

>> Reporter: THE POLICE AND FIRE UNIONS DID NOT REQUEST RETURN REQUEST FOR COMMENTS.

THE CITY WILL REVIEW EACH EXEMPTION REQUEST ON A CASE-BY- CASE BASIS AND MAY REACH OUT TO PLACE FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CESSNA SPOKESWOMAN NICOLE DARLING.

>> IT INVOLVES HUMAN RESOURCES, EMPLOYEE SUBMISSION, AS WELL AS, COMMUNICATIONS WITH EMPLOYEES TO REALLY DETERMINE THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THEN APPROPRIATE POTENTIAL ACCOMMODATION.

>> Reporter: EMPLOYEES CAN REQUEST MEDICAL OR RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS, BUT THE BULK ALMOST 96% FILED RELIGIOUS REQUESTS.

THE MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS REQUIRE THE EMPLOYEE TO FILL OUT A THREE PAGE QUESTIONNAIRE ABOUT THEIR HEALTH CONDITION AND HAVE A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL FILL OUT A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION FORM.

THE RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS REQUIRE THE EMPLOYEE TO IDENTIFY THEIR RELIGION OR BELIEF SYSTEM AND THEN DESCRIBE THE SPECIFIC TENET, BELIEF OR PRACTICE THAT CONFLICTS WITH THE CITY'S VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS.

IF AN EMPLOYEE HAS RECEIVED OTHER VACCINATIONS LIKE TETANUS SHOTS, FLU SHOTS OR CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS, THE FORM ASK THEM TO EXPLAIN HOW THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING THE COVID VACCINE, BUT NOT THE OTHERS.

NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED, BUT THE FORM SAYS THE CITY MAY FOLLOW UP WITH EMPLOYEE FOR QUOTE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION.

THE CITY HAS YET TO APPROVE OR DENY ANY OF THEIR REQUESTS.

>>> SOME 84 MILLION PEOPLE COULD BE REQUIRED TO GET VACCINATED OR TESTED BEFORE THEY GO TO WORK.

MAYBE EVEN YOU.

TODAY THE SUPREME COURT BEGAN LOOKING AT TWO OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES AND THEY INCLUDE EMPLOYEES OF LARGE BUSINESSES AND OR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WHO GET FUNDING THROUGH MEDICARE OR MEDICAID.

CHALLENGERS BELIEVE THAT THE MANDATES ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE THEY DISREGARD STATE SOVEREIGNTY BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ARGUES THEIR CRITICAL TO THE COUNTRY'S COVID-19 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY.

>>> IS HOSPITALS FILL UP IN THE COUNTY BECAUSE OF COVID, EMERGENCY ROOMS DELAYS ARE CAUSING A BACKUP IN THE SYSTEM.

ADDRESSES ARE HAVING TO WAIT LONGER TO DROP OFF PATIENTS.

KITTY ALVARADO TELLS US PARAMEDICS AND EMTS ARE ALSO GETTING SICK ADDING TO THE STRAIN.

>> Reporter: THERE'S NO ROOM OR IT'S PRETTY SCARCE IN MANY EMERGENCY ROOMS ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

COVID INFECTIONS ARE SPREADING FASTER THAN EVER BECAUSE OF THE MORE CONTAGIOUS OMICRON VARIANT.

THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SAN DIEGO THE EMERGENCY CONTRACTOR, HE SAYS HE HAS NEVER SEEN COVID CALLS AS HIGH AS NOW AND HE WENT FOR THE SURGE IN THE EAST COAST IN 2020.

>> THIS IS THE WORST WE'RE SEEING BECAUSE OF THE CALL VOLUME AND NO DOWN AND EVERYONE IS OUT AND ABOUT.

CALL VOLUME HAS INCREASED 30% SINCE CHRISTMAS AS A RESULT, AMBULANCES ARE HAVING TO WAIT LONGER OUTSIDE DOS IDOLS TO DROP OFF PATIENTS BECAUSE STAFF BEDS ARE SCARCE.

WE HAD BEEN AT HOSPITALS FOR A THREE HOURS WAITING WITH PATIENTS AND SO THAT IS JUST A REDUCTION IN THE UNITS THAT ARE OUT IN THE FIELD TRYING TO SEND AN AMBULANCE TO PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP.

THAT'S DEFINITELY HITTING IS HARD.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE HAVING TO WAIT MORE THAN AN HOUR AND A HALF IN EMERGENCY ROOMS HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED.

THAT FORCES PARAMEDICS TO PROVIDE MORE THAN EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION.

>> WE ARE WALKING INTO A HOSPITAL TRYING TO TURN THE PATIENT OVER AND WE ARE PROVIDING ANOTHER SERVICE THAT WE ARE NOT GETTING COMPENSATED FOR TO CARE FOR PATIENT WHILE THEY ARE IN THE HOSPITAL PROPERTY.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND.

>> WE NEED TO TRIAGE, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH A CERTAIN VOLUME THAT IS HIGHER THAN THOSE UNITS CAN RESPOND TO.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET TO THE LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS.

>> Reporter: JODI PIERCE OF SAN DIEGO FIRE AND RESCUE SAYS STAFFING SHORTAGES AND BED AVAILABILITY ARE TWO FACTORS THAT ARE AFFECTING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, BUT THE MUTUAL SYSTEM IS FEELING THE NEED.

>> SAN DIEGO AGENCIES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COME TOGETHER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH INCREASED COMMUNICATION, RESOURCE SHARING, WE ARE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO ANY INCIDENT AND PROVIDE THE CARE.

>> Reporter: KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE COVID SURGE HAS NOW IMPACTED THE SEARCH FOR SAN DIEGO UNIT BY NEXT SUPERINTENDENT.

INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT JACKSON AND DR. ENFIELD OF THE SEATTLE AREA ARE IN THE RUNNING FOR THE TOP JOB.

THE DISTRICT HAD PLANNED THREE PUBLIC FORUMS WITH THE TWO FINAL CANDIDATES, BUT NOW THOSE ARE ON HOLD FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

>>> I WOULD HATE TO RUSH THIS AND RISK THE HEALTH AND LIVES OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAFF AND STUDENTS UNNECESSARILY.

A DELAY IN MAKING THIS DECISION DOES NOT, IN MY VIEW, OR IN THIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES VIEW, HARM THE DISTRICT IN ANY WAY.

>>> THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT ADDRESS WHICH WAS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 18th WILL ALSO BE POSTPONED.

>>> TRASH CONTINUES TO PILOT IN CHULA VISTA AND MIRA MESA AS THE TRASH HAULERS STRIKES CARRY ON.

ALEXANDER HAS MORE.

>>> RIGHT NOW, THIS IS MY SECOND LOAD.

I THINK I WILL BE DONE AFTER THIS ONE.

RICARDO HAS ADDED A NEW TASK TRASH PICKUP TO THE LIST OF MAINTENANCE JOBS HE HAS TO GET DONE AT FIESTA PLAZA.

WASTE COLLECTION HAS BECOME PART OF HIS DAILY ROUTINE SINCE THE LABOR STRIKE OF PUBLIC SERVICES STARTED THREE WEEKS AGO.

HE FILLS UP HIS VAN WITH AS MUCH TRASH AS HE CAN AND THEN DRIVES UP THE ROAD TO DUMP IT AT THE LANDFILL.

>> AND IT'S NOT JUST THE TRASH FROM THE BUSINESSES AT THE PLAZA THAT HE'S PICKING UP.

BUT GARBAGE FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S HOMES.

HE SAYS NEARBY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE NOT HAD THEIR TRASH COLLECTED HAVE STARTED USING THE PLAZA'S DUMPSTERS.

ALTHOUGH HE'S DIRECTLY AFFECTED, THE ROSSO SAID HE'S NOT ANGRY.

>> ONLY THEY KNOW WHY THEY ARE ON STRIKE, THEY ARE HUMAN JUST LIKE US AND NEED OUR SUPPORT HE SAYS.

A DRIVER WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES AS A COMMUNITY SUPPORT HAS MOTIVATED THEM TO KEEP GOING UNTIL THEY GET A CONTRACT.

>> WE KNEW IT MIGHT COME TO THIS POINT.

SO WE WERE PREPARING THE WHOLE YEAR TO STAY OUT FOR AS LONG AS WE HAD TO.

>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT SENT TO KPBS, REPUBLIC SERVICES SAYS THEY ARE IN DISAPPOINTED THAT THE UNION REPRESENTING THE TEAM REJECTED A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN THE LABOR CONTRACT AND PUT AN END TO THE THREE WEEK WORK STOPPAGE, THEY SAID THE OFFER FEATURED A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE WAGE AND TOTAL COMPENSATION PLAN, MEANWHILE REPUBLIC SERVICES SAYS THEY ARE BLUE COOL RELIEF DRIVERS WILL CONTINUE COLLECTION SERVICE, BUT STRIKERS SAY, THOSE REPLACEMENT DRIVERS ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH.

ALEXANDRA KPBS NEWS.

>>> MARINE CORPS OFFICIAL AT CAMP PENDLETON ARE DELIBERATING THE FUTURE OF THE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE AMPHIBIOUS TANK THAT SANK AND KILLED NINE MARINES DURING A TRAINING EXERCISE LAST YEAR.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER STEVE WALSH HAS DETAILS.

>> Reporter: LIEUTENANT COLONEL MICHAEL REDNER WAS IN CHARGE OF THE BATTALION WHEN AND AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT VEHICLE SINK .

THE VEHICLE LEFT SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND BEACH AND SINK IN THE WATER.

THE MOTHER OF JACK RYAN ONE OF THE MARINES WHO DIED.

>> I THINK THEY WERE TOO DISTRACTED.

THEY HAD TOO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE.

ALL WOULD HAVE TAKEN WAS FOR ONE OFFICER, ONE LEADER TO STEP UP AND SAY STOP.

>> Reporter: IN THE WEEKS PRIOR TO GETTING TO THE WATER, THEY TESTIFIED THAT THE ELEMENTS OF THE UNIT RETURNED FROM 90 DAYS OF DUTY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

OTHERS PARTICIPATED IN A DESERT FOCUSED EXERCISE CALLED NATIVE FURY.

COVID HAD ALSO JUST TAKEN HOLD.

>> WHAT WAS THE RUSH?

THESE WERE BRAND-NEW MARINES.

MOST OF THEM.

LIKE I SAID, MY SON JUST HAD 13 MONTHS.

>> Reporter: THE COLONEL WHO CONDUCTED THE COMMAND INVESTIGATION CALLED THE CRAFT USE THAT DAY GARBAGE.

RIDDLED WITH MECHANICAL PROBLEMS.

SAYING THAT THE OPERATION WAS POORLY EXECUTED.

A STROKE SKI WATCH FROM THE AUDIENCE SAYS OTHER PARENTS FROM DOWN IN THE STAND AS THEY RECOUNTED THE LAST 18 MONTHS SINCE THEIR SONS DIED.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S JUSTICE, NOTHING WILL BRING OUR SONS BACK IN THE TRAGIC THING.

HE DID NOT JUST DIE ON JULY 30th.

2020 WITH HIS EIGHT BUDDIES, HE DIES EVERY DAY IN OUR MEMORIES.

>> Reporter: THE FIRST OF SEVERAL CAMP PENDLETON MARINES TO FACE BEING KICKED OUT OF THE SERVICE FOR THEIR ROLE IN THE DEADLIEST ACCIDENT WITH AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT VEHICLES IN THE HISTORY OF THE CORE.

STEVE WALSH, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE THREE MEN CONVICTED IN THE KILLING OF AHMAUD ARBERY WERE SENTENCED TODAY.

THE 25-YEAR-OLD LACK CHAPTER WAS GONE DOWN BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2020.

CHRIS NGUYEN HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: INSIDE THE SOUTH GEORGIA COURTROOM ENTRY OF CONVICTED KILLERS LEARN THEIR FATE DURING SENTENCING FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

>> AHMAUD ARBERY WAS MURDERED.

TRAGEDY.

TRAGEDY ON MANY, MANY LEVELS.

>> Reporter: IN NOVEMBER, TRAVIS McMICHAEL, HIS FATHER, GREGORY McMICHAEL AND NEIGHBOR WILLIAM RODDY BRIAN JR.

WERE FOUND GUILTY OF FELONY MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES IN THE FEBRUARY 2020 SHOOTING OF AHMAUD ARBERY OUTSIDE BRUNSWICK.

>> WE'RE GOING TO REMISS MRS.

JOKES, HIS IMPERSONATIONS, HIS WARM SMILE.

>> ARBORIST MOTHER REJECTED A PLEA DEAL WHERE MAN BOAT SENTENCE FOR 30s, ON FRIDAY SHE ASKED FOR NEXT MONTH PENALTY LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE, THE JUDGE HANDING THAT PRESENT AT SENTENCE MAKING BRIAN ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE.

DEFENDANTS SAY THEY ACTED AS IN SELF-DEFENSE.

AFTER THE SUSPECTED AND OF ROBBERY.

>> THEY KILLED HIM.

WHILE HE WAS DOING WHAT HE LOVED.

THAN ANYTHING.

RUNNING.

THAT'S WHEN HE FELL.

MOST ALIVE.

MOST FREE.

AND THEY TOOK ALL THAT.

FROM HIM.

>> Reporter: THIS COMMUNITY FOREVER CHANGED BY ARBERY'S DEATH.

>> ASSUMING THE WORST IN OTHERS.

WE SHOW OUR WORST CHARACTER.

ASSUMING THE BEST IN OTHERS IS ALWAYS THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION.

AND MAYBE THOSE >> Reporter: CHRIS NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> POLICE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAD BEEN USING TECHNOLOGY THAT TRACKS THE LOCATION OF PEOPLE'S CARS.

AS CODY DELANEY FOUND, SOME AGENCIES HAD BEEN BREAKING STATE LAWS BY SHARING THAT DATA WITH LAWRENCE FOR SIMMONS UP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

>> THERE CALLED AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS, POLICE USE THEM TO CAPTURE EVERY LICENSE PLATE THAT COMES INTERVIEW INCLUDING THE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION.

THAT DATA CAN BE USED TO CONNECT CARS TO CRIME SCENES.

IT CAN ALSO BE REVEALED INTO DETAILS ABOUT A PRIVATE LIVES.

SUCH AS WHERE AND HOW WE SPEND OUR TIME.

>> MOST PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE EXCEPT TO DRIVE IN ANY CAR -DEPENDENT COMMUNITIES.

THEY HAVE TO SUBJECT THEMSELVES TO THE SURVEILLANCE WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT.

>> Reporter: DOES BY LAWMAKERS IN 2015 SAID THIS DATA HAS TO REMAIN IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

BUT AN I-NEWS-SOURCE INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT UNTIL RECENTLY, FIVE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE SHARING WITH STATES AS FAR AWAY AS FLORIDA AND NEW YORK.

POLICE MAINTAIN THE MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, THE MORE SUCCESSFUL THEY CAN BE IN THEIR MISSION.

FOR KPBS, I NEWS SHORES INVESTIGATOR REPORTER, CODY DELANEY.

>> I NEWSOURCE IS A INDEPENDENT PARTNER OF KPBS.

>>> MORE THAN 60 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNDER WINTER LET WEATHER ALERTS SOMETHING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND SCHOOLS AND OTHER STATES TO CLOSE.

KENTUCKY IS UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY ON MORE THAN 20 CAR PILEUP THERE SHUT DOWN A MAJOR ROADWAY.

NEW YORK CITY IS SEEKING A FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WITH AT LEAST FIVE INCHES BLANKETING THE CITY AS WELL AS, PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND.

THERE ARE MAJOR DISRUPTIONS FOR AIR TRAVELERS, TOO.

MORE THAN 2000 FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED TODAY.

>>> A MARINE LAYER IT COULD CERTAINLY QUICK THE TIME AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE MARINE LAYER OVER THE WEEKEND.

A SLOW-MOVING GOING INTO THE NEXT WEEK.

IT WILL BE STAYING DRY ALL THE WHILE.

NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAIN.

MAYBE AS WE GET TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WE COULD SEE POSSIBLY SOME SHOWERS TRYING TO WORK IN.

MARINE LAYER, SOME CLOUDS FOR US, TEMPERATURES FALLING BACK INTO THE 50s.

53 FOR THE LOW, I OCEANSIDE TONIGHT, OVER ALL FAIRLY QUIET GETTING INTO TOMORROW.

WHICH IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE WARMER THAN AGAIN WHERE WE HAVE SPENT MOST OF THE END OF DECEMBER.

ENJOYING SOME MILD WEATHER AS WE KEEP THINGS PRETTY QUIET ACROSS THE REGION.

63 FOR THE HIGH TOMORROW.

CHULA VISTA 62, RAMONA, 61.

OREGANO SPRINGS, LOWER 70s.

EVERYONE, A COUPLE CLOUDS OUT THERE, NOT A WHOLE LOT HAPPENING.

THAT CONTINUES INTO SUNDAY AS THE JETSTREAM CONTINUES TO PUSH NORTH EVEN GIVING PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST LIKE OREGON AND WASHINGTON A BREAK IN THE ACTION.

FOR US, TEMPERATURES MID 60s AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK.

EXTRA CLOUDS FOR MONDAY.

TEMPERATURES TRYING TO RISE A BIT TOWARD TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

INLAND LOCATIONS, EXTRA CLOUDS POSSIBLE, SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

TEMPERATURES GETTING CLOSE TO 70 DEGREES BY THE TIME WE START NEXT WEEKEND.

THAT'S WHERE WE WILL STAY AS WE GET INTO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

LOWER TO MID 70s, PRETTY MILD WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH.

MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS, LOOKING QUIET.

DEALING WITH EXTRA CLOUDS.

OVERALL, TEMPERATURES SEASONABLE IN THE 40s OR 50s DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE AND IS WHERE WE IN THE DESERT LOCATION, 70 DEGREES EXTRA CLOUDS OF MONDAY COULD KEEP US A TOUCH COOLER.

HE WILL STAY PRETTY MILD INTO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

>>> THE RECOVERY IN THE JOBS MARKET COST OF BIG MILESTONE WITH UNEMPLOYMENT BELOW 40%.

>>> THE U.S. ECONOMY CREATED 199,000 JOBS, A LITTLE BIT BELOW THE EXPECTATION OF 450.

BUT ON THE WHOLE, THE U.S. LABOR MARKET AT THE END OF 2021 IS EXTRAORDINARILY ROBUST.

WE GENERATED OVER 6.4 MILLION NEW JOBS WHICH IS A RECORD BASED ON ANY YEAR THAT THEY HAVE BEEN RECORDING THE JOBS GROWTH.

THE LAST TWO MONTHS HAVE BEEN REVISED UPWARD TO REFLECT AN ADDITIONAL 140,000 JOBS CREATED IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF INCREASING NEW JOBS DECLINED FROM 4.2% TO 3.9% .

WE ARE AT 3.5% JUST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE P PANDEMIC CLOSE, AS LONG AS WE'RE HITTING THE 350+ THOUSAND JOB AVERAGE THRESHOLD, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO READ ABSORB ALL THE OTHER JOBS STILL MISSING FROM THE ECONOMY AND CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH.

>>> LEGENDARY AND GROUNDBREAKING AT THE, SIDNEY POITIER DIED.

HE WAS THE FIRST BLACK PERFORMER TO WIN THE BEST AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS WHICH HE WON IN 1964 FOR HIS ROLE IN THE FILM LILIES OF THE FIELD.

HE RECEIVED MUCH ACCLAIM INCLUDING A SECOND HONORARY OSCAR FOR HIS PERFORMANCES IN ICONIC MOVIES INCLUDING IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, AND THE REASON THAT RAISIN IN THE SUN.

POITIER IS ALSO A PROMINENT CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND SERVED AS A BAHAMIAN AMBASSADOR FOR JAPAN IN DECADES STARTING IN 1997.

HE WAS 94 YEARS OLD.

>>> ALTHOUGH THE PANDEMIC HAS NOT GONE AWAY, MEMOIR CINEMAS HAD REOPENED A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE RELEASES IN THEATERS.

KPBS CINEMA JUNKIE BETH - - SPENT HUNDREDS OF HOURS IN THE DARK WATCHING FILMS IN 2021 IN ORDER TO COMPILE THIS LIST OF THE YEAR'S BEST MOVIES.

>>> >> Reporter: ANY YEAR THAT GIVES ME A PAIR OF FRENCH SLACKERS TRYING TO TRAIN A GIANT FLY AND ADEMON CONTROLLED BY A BRATTY LITTLE GIRL IS A YEAR TO REJOICE IN.

>> BE WORRIED.

>> Reporter: NONE OF THOSE FILMS MADE MY TOP 10 BUT THEY BOTH HAVE A PLACE IN MY HEART AND I HOPE YOU WILL SEE.

ON TO THE TOP THAT.

NUMBER 10 SPOT IS NO TIME TO DIE.

THE FILM THAT SUFFERED REPEATED DELAYS BEFORE HITTING THE CINEMAS IN OCTOBER, I SAW IT FOUR TIMES IN THE THEATERS AND FELL IN LOVE WITH DANIEL CRAIG'S BONDS APPEARS.

I FELT THE FILM DELIVERED ALL THE ACTION THAT YOU EXPECT.

BUT WITH AN EXPECTED EMOTIONAL WAY.

COMING IN AT NUMBER NINE, ON ASIA'S TERM BY FRENCH DIRECTOR - - TITANIUM SHE DELIVERS ANOTHER TAIL BOTH GENDER AND GENRE BENDING.

>>> NUMBER EIGHT, EDGAR WRITES LAST NIGHT IN SOHO A FILM THAT MADE ME SOON, A RAVISHING VALENTINE MOVIE AND IN LONDON IN THE 1960S, HE GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS BUT IT'S RAPTURE IS THE SENSE OF STYLE.

>> NUMBER SEVEN, I HIGHLIGHT VAL, ONE OF 2021 OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARIES.

>> NAME IS VAL KILMER.

COMPILED FROM DECADES OF VIDEOS AND FROM A NARRATIVE KILMER HAS HIS SON READ, A HEARTBREAKING AND INSPIRING DOCUMENTARY SERVES UP A COMPELLING PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST AS WELL AS, THE CREATIVE PROCESS.

>> WE DON'T SEE MANY FILMS FROM AFRICA RELEASED HERE IN THE U.S., BUT I FOUND MY NUMBER SIX PICK THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, THIS IS THE RESURRECTION, AND AMAZON PRIME.

I WAS DAZZLED BY THE UNIQUE NARRATIVE STYLE AND WINDOW TO A VERY DIFFERENT WORLD.

>>> A NUMBER FIVE IS JANE CAMPUS, THE POWER OF THE DOG, WESTERN REVENGE FAILED TO DO IT WITH AN EXPECTED NEW ONES AND ELEGANCE, I LOVE THE CONFIDENCE IN CREATING A FILM MADE OF SILENCES AND MINIMAL ACTION.

>> NUMBER FOUR, I HAVE A SECOND DOCUMENTARY AND AN ANIMATED ONE CALLED FLEE.

A TRUE STORY OF AMY WHO ARRIVED IN DENMARK AS AN UNACCOMPANIED MINOR FROM AFGHANISTAN.

IT STARTS IN THE PRESENT WITH THE ADULT BECOMING A SECRET HE HAS BEEN HIDING FOR DECADES.

THE AUDIO OF THE INTERVIEW IS BOUGHT BROUGHT TO VIVID LIFE THROUGH ANIMATION AND ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE.

>>> MY NUMBER THREE SLOT IS JOEL COWANS, ADAPTATION OF SHAKESPEARE'S MacBETH.

>> I ASKED, KING SHED BE.

>> WE FAIL.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER FAILED THAT IS IN TOXIC CINEMATIC, THE COST OF PUBLIC AND ORANGE TINGED IMAGERY PERFECTLY MATCH THE TAIL OF A MAN WHO FEELS MORE AND MORE TRAP OF FROM FAITH AND BAD CHOICES.

ANOTHER FILM I'VE FOUND ON AMAZON CALLED NINE DAYS.

>> YOU ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY OF LIFE.

>> Reporter: THE VISUALLY POETIC FILM IS INVENTIVE AND OFFERS AN ACHINGLY SWEET CELEBRATION OF THE TINY DETAILS OF LIFE THAT WE SHOULD APPRECIATE.

AND THAT NUMBER ONE IS DRIVE MY CAR.

THE FILM DOES NOT SHOW ITS HAND AS IT SEEMS TO ME UNDER ABOUT THAT YOUR PATIENCE IS REWARDED WITH AN EXQUISITELY CRAFTED STORY ABOUT GRIEF AND LOSS IN FINDING HUMAN CONNECTIONS.

MANY OF THE BREATHTAKING FILMS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON STREAMING PLATFORMS.

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

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI., I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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

AND ANDERSON PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN DRAIN, HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS SINCE 1978.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

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