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>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT IS FRIDAY, JUNE 25th.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I AM IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

THE FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER WHO MURDERED GEORGE FLOYD, SPARKING A NATIONAL MOVEMENT AGAINST RACIAL INJUSTICE, WAS SENTENCED TODAY.

DEREK CHAUVIN RECEIVED 22.5 YEARS IN PRISON, SHORT OF THE 30 YEARS PROSECUTORS HAD ASKED FOR.

-- BEGINS HER COVERAGE AND --.

>> Reporter: IT'S THE END OF THE CHAPTER.

>> 270 MONTHS.

THAT IS 2 7 0.

THAT IS A TEN- YEAR ADDITION TO THE PRESUMPTIVE SENTENCE OF 150 MONTHS.

>> Reporter: JUDGE PETER CAHILL, ANNOUNCING THE PUNISHMENT.

AFTER A JURY FOUND DEREK CHAUVIN GUILTY OF SECOND-DEGREE UNINTENTIONAL MURDER.

THIRD DEGREE MURDER, AND SECOND DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER FOR HIS ROLE IN GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH.

>> MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE PAIN OF THE FLOYD FAMILY.

>> Reporter: CHAUVIN NOW ALSO FACES FEDERAL CHARGES.

>> DEREK HAS PLAYED OVER AND OVER IN HIS HEAD THE EVENTS OF THAT DAY.

I HAVE SEEN THE TOLL IT HAS TAKEN ON HIM.

>> I WANT TO GIVE MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FLOYD FAMILY.

>> Reporter: FLOYD'S FAMILY, SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE LOSS.

>> WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD?

WHEN YOU HAD YOUR KNEE ON MY BROTHERS NECK?

>> Reporter: PROSECUTORS FOR THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HAD REQUESTED A 30 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE.

CHAUVIN'S DEFENSE ATTORNEY, ERIC NELSON, ARGUED THAT THE FORMER OFFICER SHOULD HAVE, SHOULD INSTEAD RECEIVE PROBATION AND TIME SERVED.

OR AT LEAST A SENTENCE LOWER THAN WHAT THE LAW GUIDED.

BUT FOR MANY, IT IS A WAY TO BRING NATIONWIDE RACIAL AND POLICE REFORM.

>> DO YOU WISH THAT HE WAS STILL HERE WITH US?

>> YEAH.

>> THROUGH HIS SPIRIT?

>> YES.

>> Reporter: IN MINNEAPOLIS, I AM CAMILO BURNELL.

>>> CHAUVIN COULD END UP SERVING ONLY 15 YEARS IN PRISON WITH GOOD BEHAVIOR.

LOCAL ACTIVISTS HERE AT HOME HAVE MARCHED THE STREETS OF SAN DIEGO, DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD AFTER HIS DEATH AND DURING THE TRIAL.

KPBS REPORTER ALEJANDRA -- HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO SOME OF THEM ON WHETHER THEY THINK JUSTICE WAS SERVED.

>> THAT FEELS GOOD, BUT IT STILL DOESN'T FEEL JUSTIFIED.

IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT'S IN A.

>> Reporter: FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE OFFICER, DEREK CHAUVIN, WAS SENTENCED TO 22.5 YEARS IN THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD.

ALTHOUGH SOME MAY FEEL JUSTICE WAS SERVED, SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY ACTIVIST TOSHA WILLIAMSON THINKS OTHERWISE.

>> WHEN WILL OFFICERS GET THE MAXIMUM?

YOU KNOW, WHEN WILL OFFICERS GET THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE THAT MY BLACK BROTHERS, MY BLACK SISTERS IN OUR BLACK CHILDREN GET?

>> Reporter: SHANE HARRIS, A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, SAYS HE SPOKE TO MEMBERS OF FLOYD'S FAMILY.

>> 30 YEARS WAS WHAT THE FAMILY AS A WHOLE REQUESTED.

AND, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY REASONABLE.

A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF 30 YEARS.

8 YEARS OFF IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

IT CERTAINLY OFFERS SOME LEVEL OF CLOSURE.

>> AHEAD OF THE DECISION, CHAUVIN'S MOTHER SPOKE IN COURT, TELLING THE JUDGE SHE BELIEVED IN HER SON'S INNOCENCE, ADDING THAT HE IS NOT RACIST.

WILLIAMSON SAYS PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT RACISM IS.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL.

AND HOW THESE FOLKS ARE SAYING THEY ARE NOT RACIST.

WE WATCHED CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS TALK ABOUT, THEY ARE NOT RACIST.

BUT YET, NOT SEE THAT TORTILLAS BEING TOSSED IN A HIGH SCHOOL IS A RACIST ACT.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE RECENT INCIDENT AT CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE WORK THAT LIES AHEAD.

AND YUSUF MILLER WHO HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE COUNTY, SAYS THE FIGHT CONTINUES.

>> WHEN WE FALL APART?

HISTORY HAS TOLD US WE WILL.

BUT ACTIVISTS ARE GOING TO TRY TO WEAVE EVERYONE BACK TOGETHER, KEEP THEM TOGETHER AND MOVE FORWARD.

>> K PBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION IS HOLDING A SPECIAL MEETING IN RESPONSE TO OUTRAGE OVER TORTILLA THROWING AT A HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

VIDEO SHOWED TORTILLAS BEING FLUNG AT THE ORANGE GLEN HIGH SCHOOL TEAM, WHICH IS LARGELY LATINO.

CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL'S BASKETBALL COACH WAS FIRED AS A RESULT.

A MAN WHO SAYS HE BROUGHT THE TORTILLAS TO THE GAME TOLD OUR MEDIA PARTNER, KG TV, THAT TOSSING TORTILLAS AFTER A VICTORY WAS A TRADITION AT UC SANTA BARBARA WHERE HE WENT TO SCHOOL.

THE COUNTY MEETING IS SET FOR 5:00 P.M. MONDAY.

>>> SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS ARE SET TO GET -- NEXT WEEK.

AND JOB ALLEN SAYS MAYOR -- ANNOUNCED AGREEMENTS WITH THE RESPECTIVE UNIONS TODAY.

>> Reporter: IF APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE DEALS WOULD GIVE SWORN POLICE OFFICERS A MINIMUM 3.2% RAISE ON JULY 1st.

FIREFIGHTERS WOULD GET A MINIMUM 2.5% RAISE, WITH BIGGER PAY BUMS FOR SPECIALTY JOBS AND INCENTIVES TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION.

SEPARATE FROM THE RECENT AGREEMENTS, FIREFIGHTERS ARE ALSO GETTING BACK THERE GUARANTEED RETIREMENT INCOME.

AFTER THE COURTS STRUCK DOWN THE 2012 BALLOT MEASURE THAT EXCLUDED FIREFIGHTERS FROM CITY PENSIONS.

UNION LEADERS SAY THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER.

>> IT MEANS THAT WE ARE NO LONGER THE ONLY MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT IN CALIFORNIA WITHOUT A PENSION FOR FIREFIGHTERS.

IT MEANS THAT DEATH AND DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF FIRE DUTY WILL BE RETURNING.

AND THEN, ON THE HEELS OF THAT, GETTING, AGAIN, A MEANINGFUL BUMP IN PAY AND BENEFITS, I THINK JUST SUGGESTS THAT THE LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY HAS CHANGED.

>> Reporter: FOR YEARS, SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICERS WERE ALSO PAID SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN NEIGHBORING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

THAT LED TO HIGH TURNOVER.

BUT POLICE UNION LEADERS SAY THE RAISES, IMPLEMENTED OVER THE PAST 6 YEARS HAVE HELPED.

>> WE HAVE TO KEEP COMPETITIVE LIKE ANY OTHER JOB.

YOU KNOW, I NEVER WANT TO GET TO THE POINT AGAIN WHERE OUR OFFICERS CAN GET $1000 A MONTH RAISED BY CHANGING THE COLOR OF THE UNIFORM.

>> Reporter: THE TWO DEALS WILL COST $10 MILLION OVER THE NEXT YEAR, AND HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY UNION MEMBERS.

THE CITY COUNCIL IS DUE TO VOTE ON THE TWO AGREEMENTS ON TUESDAY.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CALIFORNIA IS EXTENDING THE BAN ON EVICTIONS FOR UNPAID RENT THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

THAT IS JUST DAYS BEFORE IT WAS SET TO EXPIRE.

GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM AND STATE LAWMAKERS ANNOUNCED THE DEAL TODAY, WHICH ALSO USES FEDERAL MONEY TO PAY OFF TENANTS OWED BACK RENTS.

>>> ANYBODY THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID, THAT DOES RENT GOING BACK TO LAST APRIL, NOT JUST THIS APRIL, LAST APRIL, WE WILL PAY 100% OF THAT RENT.

WE WILL ALSO PAY THAT RENT 100% OF IT GOING FORWARD THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

>> THERE ARE A FEW REQUIREMENTS TO BE ELIGIBLE.

TENANTS MUST PAY AT LEAST 25% OF WHAT THEY OWE BY SEPTEMBER 30th.

SIGNED A DECLARATION OF ECONOMIC HARDSHIP BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, AND, THEY MUST MAKE 80% OR LESS OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.

>>> IN SPITE OF THESE MENTAL AID PROGRAMS, SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY LOST THEIR HOMES, RACE AND EQUITY REPORTER CHRISTINA KIM EXPLORES WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN WHEN ALL OF THE PROTECTIONS ARE FINALLY LIFTED.

>> AND I FELT I HAD LET MY KIDS DOWN AS A MAN.

I WASN'T ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM AND KEEP A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD.

>> Reporter: -- STILL REMEMBERS THE FEAR HE FELT WHEN HE WAS EVICTED FROM HIS HOME IN CHULA VISTA LAST DECEMBER.

HE IS WORRIED ABOUT THE IMPACT IT IS HAVING ON HIS CHILDREN.

>> EVEN MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, MY 3-YEAR-OLD WOULD ALWAYS ASK, WHEN CAN WE GO HOME?

SHE WOULD CRY.

>> Reporter: EVICTION MORATORIUMS WERE SUPPOSED TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

BUT WITH -- MIST PAYING RENT FOR A FEW MONTHS IN HIS LANDLORD WOULD NOT RENEW HIS LEASE.

>> -- SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN EVICTED.

>> IN A NORMAL SITUATION THAT IS NOT SOMETHING A TENANT COULD BE EVICTED UNDER THE STATE PROTECTIONS.

>> Reporter: IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED BUT WITH MAN'S EXPERIENCE IS NOT UNIQUE.

EVEN WITH THE MORATORIUM, LANDLORDS WERE TECHNICALLY ABLE TO EVICT TENANTS THAT THEY MOVED INTO THE PROPERTY THEMSELVES, SO THE PROPERTY, OR WANTED TO WITHDRAW THE PROPERTY FROM THE RENTAL MARKET ALTOGETHER.

>> IN FEBRUARY, THE PROBABLY HAVE BEEN ABOUT ALMOST 1000 WALKOUTS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> Reporter: NOW WITH DETECTION SET TO EXPIRE IN THE COMING MONTHS AND RENTAL RELIEF MONEY ONLY JUST BEGINNING TO TRICKLE OUT, ADVOCATES AND CITY OFFICIALS SAY THERE WILL BE MORE EVICTIONS.

GINGER HIT SKI IS A LOCAL LANDLORD.

SHE SAYS THAT EVEN IF ALL THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS FULLY DISPERSED, SHE EXPECTS A MAJOR TURNOVER IN THE RENTAL MARKET DUE TO SURGING HOUSING PRICES.

IN SOME CASES, LANDLORDS ARE INCENTIVIZING TENANTS TO LEAVE.

>> YOU GIVE SOMEONE CASH AND YOU ASK FOR THEIR KEYS.

LIKE YOU, YOU, YOU INCENTIVIZE THEM.

TO LEAVE.

YOU GIVE SOMEONE $2000, $3000 TO LEAVE.

IF YOU CAN RECOVER, IF YOU CAN INCREASE RENTS SO THAT IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS YOU COULD MAKE AN ADDITIONAL $4000, IT IS WORTH IT TO YOUR.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO EVICTIONS BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAVE AN ESTABLISHED HOUSING RIGHTS CULTURE.

ACCORDING TO GRACE MARTINEZ, DIRECTOR OF A SAN DIEGO, A TENANTS RIGHTS ORGANIZATION.

>> YOU CAN GO TO L.A., A TENANT RECEIVES A NOTICE.

AND THEY WILL THINK, HOW DO I FIGHT THIS?

IN SAN DIEGO, WHEN A TENANT RECEIVES NOTICE, THEY ARE THINKING, WHERE AM I GOING TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE?

>> Reporter: MARTINEZ SAYS SAN DIEGO NEEDS TO CREATE A CULTURE WHERE PEOPLE KNOW THE RIGHTS.

A BIG PART OF THAT IS HAVING ACCESS TO LEGAL HELP BUT, ACCORDING TO THE LEFT-LEANING CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS, NATIONWIDE, ONLY 10% OF TENANTS HAVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION COURT CASES.

COMPARED TO 90% OF LANDLORDS.

VERA SAYS WITHOUT LEGAL HELP, TENANTS CAN FIND THEMSELVES ON THE STREET FAST.

>> EVICTION CASES ARE ONE OF THE FASTEST MOVING LAWSUITS THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEMS.

SO, A TENANT CAN, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON'T RESPOND QUICKLY, AND MEANINGFULLY, THEY COULD BE EVICT WITHIN TWO MONTHS TO WHEN THE LANDLORD FILED THE EVICTED.

>> Reporter: EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE SAN DIEGO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED A DRAFT PLAN THAT WOULD ALLOCATE $50 MILLION OF FEDERAL MONEY TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES AND COUNSELING FOR TENANTS.

>> MOTION PANOS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

>> Reporter: AND, THERE COULD BE ANOTHER SILVER LINING ON THE HORIZON FOR BOTH TENANTS AND LANDLORD'S.

GOVERNOR NEWSOM RECENTLY RELEASED A PLAN TO PAY ALL BACKGROUND.

THERE OF LEGAL AID SAYS WITHOUT THE TYPE OF HELP, PEOPLE WILL BE PUSHED INTO A CYCLE OF HOUSING AND SECURITY.

>> BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE, NOT ONLY HAVE THEY BEEN DISPLACED, BUT THEY ARE ALSO SETTLED WITH THIS MOUNTAIN OF DEBT THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO EVER RECOVER.

WHICH, WHICH IMPACTS THEIR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO RENT IN THE FUTURE.

>> Reporter: DESPITE ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS, THE CHULA VISTA TENANT IS STILL UNCERTAIN ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS ONCE ALL THE PROTECTIONS ARE GONE.

>> WE WANT TO GET BACK TO, TO NORMAL LIFE.

BUT, WE ARE GOING TO PAY THE PRICE.

>> Reporter: HE FOUND A NEW PLACE TO LIVE, AND IS LOOKING FOR WORK.

BUT EVEN NOW, HE IS WORRIED HE WILL BE EVICTED AGAIN.

CHRISTINA CAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> KPBS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER -- CONTRIBUTED TO THE STORY.

THE CITIES OF SAN DIEGO AND CHULA VISTA HAVE SET UP THEIR OWN EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR RESIDENTS.

EVERYONE ELSE CAN APPLY TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S PROGRAM.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND APPLY AT THE WEBSITES ON YOUR SCREEN.

>>> COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL BE CLOSING MORE VACCINATION SITES AS DEMAND FALLS FOR SHOTS.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS ALL OF THE LARGER SUPERSTATIONS WILL ALSO SEIZE OPERATIONS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

BUT THE VACCINATION PUSHES NOT OVER.

>> I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO GET IT FOR A WHILE.

>> Reporter: AT THE VACCINATION SUPERSTATION IN THE SOUTH BAY, PEOPLE LIKE ANTHONY STEWART'S ARE GETTING THE SHOT BEFORE THE HEALTHCARE WEBSITE CLOSES OVER THE WEEKEND.

>> I JUST WAITED BECAUSE I FIGURED I AM YOUNG.

I WILL TAKE MY CHANCES.

INITIALLY.

AND THEN I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF VACCINE -- I WAS LIKE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING UP, I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON WHERE I CAN'T DO, WHERE I CAN GO.

>> Reporter: THOSE GETTING THE FIRST DOSES, LIKE MAX BARRETT, WILL HAVE TO SCHEDULE A SECOND APPOINTMENT ELSEWHERE.

HE DID CONTRACTED COVID-19 IN JANUARY AND IT NEARLY HOSPITALIZED IT.

>> 15 DAYS OF MISERY AND AFTER THE FEVER AND EVERYTHING BROKE, I HAD ABOUT ANOTHER TWO WEEKS OF DIZZINESS AND CONFUSION.

>> Reporter: HE HAS SOME LEVEL OF IMMUNITY SINCE GETTING INFECTED BUT WANTED TO BOOST IT WITH THE VACCINATION, AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME NORMALCY.

>> GETTING MY LIFE BACK.

BEING ABLE TO GO OUT.

>> Reporter: OF THE STATE REASONS FOR DELAYING WHERE THEY WERE AFRAID OF POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS BUT ULTIMATELY JUST GET THE SHOT.

>> I KNEW THAT EVERYBODY WAS DOING IT.

BEFORE I WASN'T SURE.

THAT AFTER THAT, I GOT PRETTY COMFORTABLE.

BECAUSE MY SISTER DID IT, TOO.

>> Reporter: JUST UNDER 100,000 PEOPLE CAME THROUGH THIS SITE ALONE.

BUT THE PUSH TO VACCINATE PEOPLE IN AN AREA HARD-HIT BY COVID 19 IS CONTINUING.

>> WE KEEP GOING.

EVEN THOUGH THE SUPER SITES ARE CLOSING, THE SAN DIEGO LATINA HEALTH COALITION IS STILL ASSISTING PEOPLE WITH VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS, AND WE ARE HAVING VACCINATION PROCESS SITE.

>> Reporter: SANDRA MENDOZA WITH THE CHICANA FEDERATION AND LATINA HEALTH FEDERATION SAYS TEAMS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH FEDERATIONS -- IS STILL ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO GET THE VACCINATION MESSAGE OUT.

>> THEY DO A LOT OF TALKING FORESTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY ARE TABLING EVENTS.

THE DISTRIBUTION EVENTS.

THEY ARE AT SCHOOL EVENTS.

THEY ARE HANGING OUT -- AND PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES .

SO, THEY ARE THE ONES ACTUALLY BREAKING THE BARRIERS FOR THE HESITANCY.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY'S VACCINATION DASHBOARD SHOWS 77% OF RESIDENTS AGES 12 AND OVER ARE PARTIALLY VACCINATED, WHILE 65% HAVE COMPLETED ALL OF THE DOSES.

THE SUPERSTATIONS WERE DESIGNED TO PUSH THROUGH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PER DAY.

THE ONE IN DELMAR STOP ADMINISTERING DOSES ON TUESDAY, AND COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS ALSO EXPECT TO CLOSE SOME ADDITIONAL SMALLER VACCINATION SITES BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO GET VACCINATED BUT HAVEN'T YET, WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW AND WHERE TO GET ONE ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

CLICK ON THE VACCINES LINK ON THE WEBSITE TO FIND A LOCATION CLOSE TO YOU.

>>> VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS SAYS THE UNITED STATES MUST BE CONSISTENT IN DEALING WITH ISSUES ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

SHE VISITED EL PASO, TEXAS TODAY.

HER FIRST TRIP TO THE REGION AS HEAD OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE.

THE PAST FEW MONTHS HAVE SEEN RECORD NUMBERS OF MIGRANTS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE BORDER.

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION REPORTED MORE THAN 180,000 ENCOUNTERS IN MAY ALONE.

THE MOST IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES.

>> I AM COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT WE ENGAGE IN AN ACTIVE WAY, ON THE ROOT CAUSES ON ADDRESSING THE CAUSE AND EFFECT.

AND ALSO, BEING PARTNERS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY.

AND IF WE IGNORE THAT RESPONSIBILITY, IT WILL VISIT ITSELF UPON US IN A VERY DOMESTIC WAY.

>> HARRIS ALSO SAID THE ADMINISTRATION IS MAKING PROGRESS IN ITS COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS ORDERLY AND HUMANE.

>>> AS CALIFORNIA BRACES FOR WHAT COULD BE ITS WORST FIRE SEASON BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT, NEW REPORTING BY OUR SISTER STATION CAP RADIO AND NPR'S CALIFORNIA NEWSROOM REVEALS GOVERNOR NEWSOM DRAMATICALLY OVERSTATED WHAT HE HAS DONE TO PREVENT WILDFIRES.

EARLIER, I SPOKE WITH THE REPORTER WHO BROKE THE STORY.

CAP RADIO'S SCOTT ROTH.

SCOTT, WHAT DID THE GOVERNOR PROMISED TO DO TO STEM WILDFIRES WHEN HE FIRST TOOK OFFICE IN 2019?

AND WHAT DID HE ACTUALLY DO?

>> SO, HE ENTERED OFFICE PROMISING TO TACKLE THESE PRIORITY FIRE PREVENTION PROJECTS.

THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE FOREST THINNING AND PRESCRIBED BURNS.

HE SAID THAT THESE PROJECTS TREATED 90,000 ACRES.

BUT, OUR REPORTING FOUND THAT STATE DATA SHOWS LESS THAN 12,000 ACRES WERE ACTUALLY DONE.

THAT IS JUST A FRACTION OF WHAT HE CLAIMED.

>> IN FACT, YOUR INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT NEWSOM OVERSTATED HOW MANY ACRES WERE TREATED WITH FUEL BREAKS AND PRESCRIBED BURNS BY 690%.

WHAT DID THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAY ABOUT YOUR FINDINGS?

>> SO, WE HAVE REPEATED REQUESTS FOR INTERVIEW WITH THE GOVERNOR, BUT THEY WERE ALL DECLINED.

WE DID GET TO SPEAK TO CAL FIRE CHIEF TOM PORTER, HOWEVER.

HE TOLD US THAT, WHILE THE SCOPE OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECT WAS 90,000, HE SAID THAT THEY WHITTLED IT DOWN OVER TIME, AND THAT WAS THE WORK THEY WERE ABLE TO GET DONE.

HOWEVER AGAIN, IT IS WORTH NOTING, CAL FIRE AND THE GOVERNOR BOTH SAID THAT 95, 90,000 ACRES WERE TREATED.

SO, WE ARE HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO THOSE CLAIMS.

>> AND HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO QUANTIFY THE TOLL OF NEWSOM NOT ONLY NOT DOING WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD DO FOR WILDFIRE PREVENTION, BUT ACTUALLY CUTTING CAL FIRE'S WILDFIRE PREVENTION BUDGET?

>> SO, OUR INVESTIGATION ALSO LOOKED AT FUNDING FOR THIS PREVENTION WORK WE FOUND THAT LAST YEAR, THE GOVERNOR CUT $150 MILLION FROM THE STATE'S BUDGET FOR THIS PREVENTION WORK.

AND IN THAT TIME, OVERALL, PREVENTION WORK DROPPED BY ABOUT HALF.

AND, IT WAS A CRAZY FIRE SEASON, CERTAINLY.

AND IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID.

BUT, THESE ACRES ARE ESSENTIAL TO GET DONE IN ORDER TO MEET A GREAT THE SPREAD OF FIRES.

>> HOW HAVE SURVIVORS OF CALIFORNIA'S RECENT FIRES REACTED TO YOUR REPORTING?

>> SURVIVORS WE SPOKE TO SAID THEY WERE PRETTY DISAPPOINTED AND THEY FELT MISLED OR DECEIVED.

I SPOKE TO ONE WHO LOST HIS HOME IN THE TUX FIRE A FEW YEARS AGO AND ALSO, EXPERIENCE DAMAGE TO HIS BUSINESS IN LAST YEAR'S LAST FIRE.

HE SAID THAT HE FELT NEWSOM WAS COMING IN AND MAKING BIG PROMISES, AND HE FELT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT.

HOPEFUL.

BUT SEEING THAT THE PROMISES WERE NOT DELIVERED ON, HE FELT DECEIVED.

>> IT IS CLEAR THAT YOUR REPORTING WILL HELP THE GOVERNOR WHO IS A TIGER OF A RECALL ELECTION.

HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK IT WILL HURT HIM?

>> YOU KNOW, IT IS TOUGH TO SAY.

CERTAINLY, WE HAVE SEEN THAT CANDIDATES FOR THE RECALL HAVE JUMPED IN AND HAVE SEIZED ON THIS REPORTING.

AND ALSO, LAWMAKERS, MOSTLY REPUBLICANS, HAVE COME OUT AND SAID LOOK, WE WANT TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH PREVENTION WORK HAS ACTUALLY GOTTEN DONE.

WHAT HAS FUNDING LOOK LIKE.

AND WHERE HAVE THERE BEEN MISSTATEMENTS FOR POTENTIAL MISLEADING OF THE PUBLIC ON THIS PREVENTION WORK.

>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING WITH US TODAY, SCOTT.

TERRIFIC REPORTING.

>> THANKS AGAIN FOR HAVING ME.

>>> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE HEAT WAVE.

LET ME JUST SAY, THE CORE OF THIS HEAT WAGED WITH HIS HISTORIC THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAN WEST IS GOING TO BE IN THE NORTHWEST.

WE ARE GOING TO MISS OUT ON THE MOST INTENSE HEAT.

HOWEVER, OUR WEEKEND IS TRENT WARMER AND WE ARE STILL NOT TALKING ANY RAIN.

BECAUSE WE DO TRENT WARMER, THERE ARE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCHES IN PLACE GEARING UP FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

KIND OF THE PEAK OF THE HEAT, IF YOU WILL, FOR MOST SPOTS IN OUR AREA.

TONIGHT, WE ARE FALLING BACK INTO THE 60s HERE FOR SAN DIEGO.

64 FOR THE LOW WITH A FEW CLOUDS AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY TOWARD OCEANSIDE.

WE COULD BE IN THE UPPER 50s.

OF COURSE, THAT MARINE LAYER DOES COME IN FOR TOMORROW MORNING.

SO, WE WILL NOTICE THOSE CLOUDS IN THE USUAL SPOTS.

PLACES LIKE CHULA VISTA.

AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER VENTURING INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

AFTERNOON TIME, BREAKS OUT INTO SUNSHINE.

74 FOR THE HIGH TOMORROW.

NOTICE RAMONA COMING IN AT 89.

MOUNT LAGUNA, 76.

-- SPRINGS 109 DEGREES.

WE ARE NOT QUITE IN THE 110 RANGE BUT WE WILL GET THERE.

HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND.

SO, THE HEAT IS RETURNING.

THOSE NUMBERS ARE NOT QUITE AS NOTICEABLE FOR THE INCREASE FOR THE COASTAL LOCATIONS.

WE GO TO THE MID-70s HERE AND STAY THERE FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

AND ACTUALLY, WE ARE GOING TO HOLD ONTO THAT RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK INLAND LOCATIONS, CLOSER TO 90 DEGREES FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

SO, THAT IS WHERE WE ARE STARTING TO TREND A LITTLE WARMER WITH THAT HE.

AND WE WILL ACTUALLY HOLD ONTO THAT CLOSE TO TUESDAY, TOO.

NOTICED CLOUDS, STILL GIVING WAY TO SUNSHINE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

MOSTLY SUNNY TIMES FOR THE MOUNTAINS.

UPPER 70s ON SUNDAY.

THAT WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY THERE.

THE REST OF THE DAYS, AT LEAST IN THE MID-70s.

WE WON'T SEE ANY LOWER 70s IN THE DAYS TO COME.

AND FOR THE DESERTS.

IT IS REALLY GOING TO BE HOT.

THE DESERT LOCATIONS, REALLY DEALING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 110 RANGE FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, WE DON'T FALLOFF TOO MUCH.

THOUGH THERE IS A GENERAL TRENDED DOWNWARD.

HOPEFULLY A LITTLE RELIEF TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM ACCUWEATHER METEOROLOGIST, MELISSA CONSTANZER.

>>> WHAT MANY AMERICAN STAYED HOME DURING THE PANDEMIC, PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCE AND FOCUS MORE ON HYGIENE MEASURES, FLU CASES NEARLY DISAPPEARED.

AS AMANDA GAITHER REPORTS, A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS THAT NOT THE ONLY WINTER BUG THAT DISAPPEARED THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER CASES OF WINTER BUGS THAT ACTUALLY DECREASE.

>> Reporter: IT IS A SILVER LINING IN THE DARK CLOUD THAT HAS HOVERED OVER THIS PAST YEAR.

WHILE FLU CASES NEARLY DISAPPEARED DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND A STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE MEDICAL JOURNAL, JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE, RESEARCHERS LOOKING AT DATA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HEALTH FOUND A RANGE OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS SICK IF THE CURRENTLY DECREASED THE PAST FLU SEASON AS WELL.

WINTERS SEASONAL BUGS LIKE THE FLU, RESPIRATORY VIRUSES, AND SEASONAL CORONA VIRUSES, CURRENTLY AVERAGED 12 PER MONTH, COMPARED WITH 4800 PER MONTH IN PREVIOUS SEASONS AT THAT HOSPITAL.

THEY ALSO REPORT PRESCRIPTIONS FOR ANTIBIOTICS FELL BY 79%.

BUT, DON'T EXPECT THOSE LOWER NUMBERS TO STAY.

>> PEOPLE ARE GETTING ALL KINDS OF VIRUSES BECAUSE WE HAVE JUST BEEN APART FROM ONE ANOTHER.

>> Reporter: THE STUDIES RESEARCHERS SAY DATA SUGGESTS MASKS, SOCIAL DISTANCING, AND OTHER HEALTH MEASURES USED DURING THE PANDEMIC MAY HAVE HELPED KEEP CASES FOR OTHER ILLNESSES LOWER.

WITH MORE PEOPLE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL, EXPERTS SAY THERE IS A CONCERN FOR NEXT FLU SEASON.

IT IS GOING TO BE HARD TO DISTINGUISH WHAT IS COVID-19, WHAT IS INFLUENZA, WHAT IS ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.

WE REALLY NEED TO BE RAMPING UP TESTING RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE COVID-19 VACCINE PROTECTS AGAINST CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH EXPERTS SAY TO REMEMBER, IT WON'T STOP YOU FROM GETTING SICK FROM OTHER VIRUSES.

FOR HELP MINUTE, I AM MANDY GAITHER.

>>> SOME PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH PARK AND NORTH PARK NEIGHBORHOODS ARE FRUSTRATED WITH CONSTRUCTION THAT IS GETTING RID OF PARKING SPACES.

CITY CREWS ARE PAINTING CURBS READ ALONG 30th STREET TO CREATE BIKE LANES THAT SEPARATE CYCLISTS FROM TRAFFIC.

THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE INSTALLED IN EARLY JULY.

PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN APARTMENTS ALONG 30th STREET SAY THEY HAVE HAD TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO PARK, AND THAT IS CAUSING A RIPPLE EFFECT.

>> THE IMPACT IS, THAT THE CARS THAT WERE NORMALLY ON 30th STREET ARE NOW FINDING SPACES IN NEIGHBORING STREETS.

AND THEREFORE, THE IMPACT IS BACKING EVERYTHING UP.

>> WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO PARK OUR CARS, WE COME HOME WITH GROCERIES IN PART THREE BLOCKS AWAY, IT IS SO HARD TO GET JUST BACK TO OUR APARTMENT.

>> THE CITY SAYS THERE IS A SIX STORY PARKING GARAGE ON 30th THAT PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE TO STREET PARKING.

THE GROUP CALLED SAVE 30th STREET PARKING HAS HIRED A LAWYER TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO TO STOP THE BIKE LANES.

>>> A MEASURE OF OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS PLAYING OUT AT MOVIE THEATERS.

SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNALS, MARIELLE CONSENT SEE ON, EXPLAINS WHY SO MUCH IS RIDING ON THE F9 OPENING IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>> F9, THE NINTH INSTALLMENT OF THE -- FAST AND FURIOUS MOVIE SERIES IS HITTING CINEMAS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA.

THIS IS THE FIRST BIG-BUDGET FILM TO HIT EXCLUSIVELY THEATERS.

SINCE COVID-19.

A SICKLY SINCE COVID-19 BASICALLY HALTED THE MOVIE INDUSTRY.

THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE HOPE IS THAT FAST AND FURIOUS WILL REALLY RAMP UP SOME OR TICKET SALES FOR MOVIE THEATERS.

BECAUSE OPERATORS ARE BASICALLY IN RECOVERY MODE AT THIS POINT.

IN FACT, UNIVERSAL PICTURES, WHICH IS BEHIND THE FAST AND FURIOUS SAGA, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY POSTPONED THE ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE OF MAY 2020 SO THAT THEY CAN RELEASE F9 EXCLUSIVELY TO MOVIE THEATERS WHEN IT WAS SAFE TO DO SO.

NON-IT IS NOT THE ONLY FLICK HITTING MOVIE THEATERS EXCLUSIVELY.

THERE IS ALSO A BLACK WIDOW MOVIE COMING, REMAKE OF SPACE JAM WITH LeBRON JAMES AND ALSO A DC COMICS LIQUOR ALL SCHEDULED FOR MOVIE THEATERS THIS SUMMER.

>> THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TODAY RELEASED ITS LONG-AWAITED REPORT ON UFOS.

HOWEVER, THE UNCLASSIFIED INTELLIGENCE DOCUMENTS REVEAL VERY LITTLE THAT WAS NOT ALREADY KNOWN.

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REVIEWED 144 REPORTS OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA, AND FOUND A LOGICAL EXPLANATION FOR JUST ONE OF THEM.

SO, IN THE END, THE TRUTH IS STILL OUT THERE.

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