>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN FUNDED IN PART BY, ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR.

OUT TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS.

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THANK YOU.

STOMACH GOOD EVENING, IT'S FRIDAY, MAY 21st.

YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

TEARS OF JOY AT THE BORDER TODAY.

A LOCAL MOTHER OF AN ARMY OFFICER WAS ALLOWED TO RETURN TO HER HOME OF OVER 30 YEARS.

KPBS REPORTER MAX NADLER WAS THERE.

DUE TO A TRAUMATIC AND SURPRISING CHANGE IN BORDER POLICY.

>> SHE WAS SENT TO MEXICO IN THE EARLY DAYS OF 2020.

SHOCKED THAT SHE WAS BEING DEPORTED, JUST BY A PROGRAM THAT WAS MEANT TO KEEP THE PARENTS OF ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBERS IN THE UNITED STATES.

ON THURSDAY, IN TIJUANA, GOMEZ WAS CRYING TEARS OF HAPPINESS.

SHE WAS ABOUT TO WALK A FEW CITY BLOCKS, CROSS A BORDER, AND REENTER THE LIFE THAT SHE HAD BUILT FOR FOR HEALTH AND HER FAMILY.

SHE SAID SHE WAS THANKFUL TO GOD MORE THAN ANYTHING.

BECAUSE THIS WAS REALLY A MIRACLE TO BE ALLOWED BACK INTO HER HOME AND TO BE WITH HER FAMILY, HER CHILDREN.

WHILE THE ADMINISTRATION KEEPS THE ASYLUM SYSTEM CLOSED TO ALMOST EVERYONE ELSE.

GOMEZ SAYS SHE HAS FAITH IN THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND THAT THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR FAMILIES LIKE HERS.

KEEPING THE PROMISES THAT THEY NEED TO IMMIGRANTS, IN THIS COUNTRY.

CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AGENTS CALLED OUT GOMEZ'S NAME.

SHE WALKED PAST THE WIRE FENCE THAT KEPT HER FROM HER FAMILY.

LATER THAT NIGHT, SHE REUNITED WITH THEM.

SOMETHING THAT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE A FEW WEEKS AGO.

GOMEZ WAS SUPPORTED BY THE GROUP, BORDER ANGELS.

AND UNITED DEPORTED VETERANS.

WHO OPERATE IN TIJUANA.

GOMEZ TOLD JOSE GARCIA, THE DIRECTOR OF BORDER ANGELS, THAT SHE HAD BEEN ATTACKED AND TRAUMATIZED WHILE IN TIJUANA.

GARCIA SAID THAT GOMEZ'S CASE IS NOT UNIQUE FOR THOSE REMOVED TO TIJUANA.

>> LIKE HER, SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN DEPORTED ARE SUFFERING FROM THAT DEPORTATION.

>> ON FRIDAY, GOMEZ, JOINED BY HER SON AND DAUGHTER, SEEMS TO BE RELIEVED.

AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF DISTANCE AND PAIN, THEIR FAMILY WOULD FINALLY BE ABLE TO SPEND A WEEKEND TOGETHER.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> THIS IS A BUSY TIME ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE BORDER.

MEXICO IS HOLDING NATIONAL ELECTIONS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

COMING UP A BIT LATER, KPBS REPORTER, TANIA THORNE TELLS US WHAT IS AT STAKE AND WHY THE VOTE WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHED IN THE U.S.

IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK FOR BORDER CAN -- >>> THE LATEST HAPPEN THIS MORNING AT MISSION BEACH.

AN ABANDONED BOAT WAS FOUND ON THE BEACH WITH A DOZEN LIFEJACKETS, FOOD AND OTHER ITEMS ON BOARD.

NO PEOPLE WERE FOUND.

THIS IS THE THIRD SIMILAR CASE THIS WEEK.

JUST YESTERDAY, SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE RESCUED.

ONE PERSON DIED.

>>> NO MORE CAPACITY LIMITS OR SOCIAL DISTANCING RULES.

JUST SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT STATE OFFICIALS SAY GO INTO EFFECT ON JUNE 15th.

KPBS REPORTER, JOHN CARROLL, HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: AFTER SO MANY MONTHS, SO MUCH LOSS BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS.

FINALLY, FROM THE STATE VIEW POINT IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, THE NEWS TODAY WAS ALMOST UNIFORMLY GOOD.

THE HEADLINE, JUNE 15th.

THAT'S THE BIG DAY WHEN MOST HEALTH-BASED RESTRICTIONS GO AWAY.

CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR, MARTIN GALLI, SPELLED OUT IN A MORNING CONFERENCE CALL.

>> WE WILL NOT HAVE CAPACITY LIMITATIONS.

THERE WILL NO LONGER BE RESTRICTIONS FOR CUSTOMERS AND GUESTS IN BUSINESS SECTORS.

MASKS WILL FOLLOW THE CDP AGE GUIDANCE FOR COVERAGE.

>> HE SUPPORTS GUIDANCE REGARDING MASKS TO CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THEY WILL GO AWAY.

RESTRICTIONS SURROUNDING TRAVEL AND FOR DOMESTIC TRIPS.

HE SAYS THAT THE STATE WILL FOLLOW CDC GUIDANCE WHEN IT COMES TO INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.

HE SAYS THE STATE WILL RECOMMEND VACCINATION VERIFICATION, OR A NEGATIVE TEST, FOR OUTDOOR VENUES WITH MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE.

AND IF A PERSON WANTS TO GO TO A BIG EVENT WHO CAN'T SHOW EITHER OF THOSE THINGS -- >> WE GIVE THAT PERSON THE OPTION TO COME INTO THE EVENT BUT WEAR A MASK THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.

>> Reporter: FOR INDOOR EVENTS WITH MORE THAN 5000 PEOPLE, THE STATE WILL REQUIRE PROOF OF VACCINATION OR A NEGATIVE TEST.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS THE HIGHEST VACCINATION RATE OF ANY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTY.

AND ONE OF THE LOWEST DEATH RATES IN THE STATE.

STILL, 37 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM COVID HERE.

ONE STATISTIC THAT SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

AS THIS NIGHTMARE SLOWLY FADES AND PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS DRAW TO AN END.

>>> IT'S A BIG MILESTONE FOR CALIFORNIA'S FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.

ONE OF THE BAY AREA'S BIGGEST HOSPITALS ISN'T TREATING A SINGLE PATIENT FOR THE VIRUS.

J.R. STONE HAS A REACTION FROM DOCTORS WHO ARE OVERJOYED.

>> I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES.

>> Reporter: DR. MONICA GANDHI OF CENTRAL HOSPITAL IS REFERRING TO HER REACTION WHEN SHE SAW THE UPDATED NUMBERS.

THEY NOW HAVE ZERO HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR COVID.

>> IT FEELS LIKE A MILESTONE.

ZERO MESSAGE.

>> Reporter: THE NEWS COMES 4 TO 5 MONTHS AFTER WHAT WAS A VERY CHALLENGING TIME IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.

>> I THINK DECEMBER AND JANUARY WERE OUR BUSIEST TIMES WHEN WE WERE FACING A THIRD WAVE OF CASES.

WE WERE EXTREMELY BUSY IN THE HOSPITAL.

>> Reporter: THE DR. OF SF GENERAL SAYS THE HUGE ACCEPTANCE OF VACCINES AMONG SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS, 76% OF THE POPULATION.

IT HAS LED TO LOWER COVID RATES.

AND THAT HAS REFLECTED AT GENERAL.

>> ALL OF MY FRIENDS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED ALREADY.

FINALLY.

IT'S FEELING GOOD.

I'M HOPEFUL.

>> Reporter: THEY TELL US THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE PATIENTS BEING HOSPITALIZED FOR COVID-19 WITHIN THEIR HOSPITALS.

STANFORD IS TELLING US THAT THEY ALSO, CURRENTLY, HAVE FIVE PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID.

SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HAD 1 TO 2 OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.

AND NOW THIS.

>> WE ARE AT THE POINT WHERE THIS IS NO LONGER A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.

>> THAT WAS A J.R. STONE REPORTING.

YOU GET THE LATEST NUMBERS AT KPBS.ORG.

WE ALSO HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT INCLUDES LOCAL VACCINE LOCATIONS.

JUST CLICK ON THE VACCINES LINK ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

>>> A MEDICINE THAT CAN STOP OVERDOSES WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE AT COUNTY CLINICS FOR ANYONE.

KPBS REPORTER CASSONDRA HAS MORE ON THE EFFORTS TO INCREASE ACCESS.

>> ABOUT 3 1/2 YEARS AGO, I LOST HAS BEEN TO A FENTANYL OVERDOSE.

AT THE TIME, I HAD NO ACCESS TO LOCKS ON.

>> Reporter: SINCE THAT DAY, JESS HAS MADE IT HER MISSION TO EDUCATE PEOPLE.

SHE CARRIES AT LEAST ONE DOSE WITH HER EVERYWHERE SHE GOES.

IN THE HOPES OF PREVENTING OVERDOSE DEATH, SAN DIEGO COUNTY SIGNED A POLICY, FRIDAY, MAKING THE DRUG FOR REVERSING OVERDOSE MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE AT CLINICS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.

THEY SAY THIS POLICY IS PART OF THE BOARD'S NEW HARM REDUCTION POLICY.

>> IT WILL SAVE LIVES.

IT WILL RESTORE FAMILIES.

IT WILL ENSURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE A FULL AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE.

>> IN 2020, THEY RECORDED 457 THE SENTINEL RELATED OVERDOSE DEATHS.

THAT'S A 202% INCREASE FROM 2019.

SUSAN MUNROE, A LOCAL PARAMEDIC, SAYS READILY AVAILABLE DOSES ARE NEEDED.

>> I'VE HAD THREE NARCOTIC OVERDOSES.

AND THEY DID NOT SURVIVE.

>> Reporter: HAD THE DRUG BEEN AVAILABLE, THE PATIENT MIGHT HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT OUTCOME.

ACCORDING TO THE SERVICES DIRECTOR, LUKE BERGMAN, THE PANDEMIC HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

>> IN AUGUST OF 2020 ALONE, A AVERAGE OF OVER FOUR SAN DIEGO DIED FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE.

>> Reporter: IT'S CAUSE MY FENTANYL.

A DRUG THAT HAS ETHICALLY INFILTRATED THE COMMUNITY.

OPIOID OVERDOSES ARE HAPPENING IN NORTH AND EAST COUNTY.

>> IT'S NOT A URBAN ISSUE.

THE DATA WILL SHOW THAT THIS AFFECTS EVERY COMMUNITY OF EVERY IDEOLOGY.

>> Reporter: NALOXONE IS EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE AT COMMUNITY CLINICS AND ORGANIZATIONS , FOR FREE, BY NEXT MONTH.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> SOME HARD WORK BY FIREFIGHTERS IN SANTA BARBARA KEPT A WILDFIRE FROM BURNING MORE THAN TWO HOMES.

FLAMES CAME SO CLOSE TO A TV STATION THERE.

>> TV STUDIOS HERE.

THIS IS OUR GREEN SCREEN FOR THE WEATHER.

RIGHT BEHIND IT, YOU CAN SEE THE FLAMES OUTSIDE.

WE WILL GO OUTSIDE REAL QUICK JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW CLOSE THIS IS TO OUR STATION.

THERE ARE THE FLAMES.

RIGHT THERE.

RIGHT THERE.

THE WIND IS BLOWING AWAY FROM US.

AGAIN, THERE IS A HOME RIGHT OVER THERE.

WE ARE ON TV HILL IN SANTA BARBARA.

THE TRUCKS ARE COMING.

THE NEIGHBOR, DOWN THERE, HAS BEEN PUTTING SOME WATER OUT AND TRYING TO HELP US OUT.

>> INCREDIBLY CLOSE.

THE OVERNIGHT FIRE TRIGGERED EVACUATIONS.

BUT BY THE DAYLIGHT HIM A THEY HAD IT CONTAINED 220 ACRES.

NOBODY WAS HURT.

THE CAUSE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

>>> WHEN YOU ORDER AND HUBER OR A LIFT IN THE YEARS AHEAD, THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT IT WILL BE AN ELECTRIC CAR.

THE CALIFORNIA RESOURCES BOARD JUST APPROVED A PLAN TO REQUIRE 90% OF ALL MILES LOGGED BY SHEER COMPANIES TO BE ELECTRIC BY 2030.

JUST 1% OF RIDES WERE ELECTRIC IN 2018.

IT'S UNCLEAR HOW THE COMPANIES WILL TRANSITION.

RIGHT NOW, BOTH BUSINESS MODELS RELY ON DRIVERS USING THEIR PERSONAL VEHICLES.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FREEWAY CONGESTION HAS NEARLY RETURNED TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER, ERIK ANDERSON, SAYS IT IS A SIGN THAT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS LOOSENING ITS GRIP ON THE REGION.

>> Reporter: THE EVIDENCE IS NOT HARD TO FIND.

THESE FREEWAYS.

THEY MAY NOT BE PACKED NOW, BUT IN RUSH HOUR, THEY WILL BE WALL-TO-WALL WITH CARS AND TRUCKS.

JUST LIKE IT USED TO BE.

THE DISTRICT 11 DIRECTOR SAYS THAT THERE ARE TELLTALE SIGNS THAT THINGS ARE RETURNING TO NORMAL.

>> A LOT OF THE RAMP METERS STARTED ACTIVATING AUTOMATICALLY FOR THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTE.

AND THE METERS ACTIVATE WHEN THE FREEWAY VOLUME INCREASES AND CONGESTION BUILDS UP.

SO YOU WILL SEE, NOWADAYS, THAT MOST OF THE RAMP METERS ARE ON IN THE MORNING AND THE AFTERNOON.

THAT IS BECAUSE TRAFFIC IS GETTING BAD, LIKE IT USED TO BE.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT TRAFFIC HITS THAT THE ECONOMY IS GETTING BACK ON TRACK AND MORE PEOPLE ARE RETURNING TO THEIR OFFICES.

HE SAYS THE SITUATION, A YEAR AGO, WAS UNPRECEDENTED.

>> EXACTLY A YEAR AGO WAS WHEN WE SAW SOME OF OUR LOWEST VOLUMES IN HISTORY.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

MOST OF OUR FREEWAYS WERE EMPTY.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT TRAFFIC VOLUMES ARE UP ON MANY FREEWAYS IN THE COUNTY.

SOME ROADS ARE EVEN SEEING HIGHER TRAFFIC VOLUMES THAN THEY HAD BACK IN 2019.

ERIK ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A WAS A BIG MONTH FOR JOBS IN SAN DIEGO.

THE STATE PUTS THE COUNTIES ON THE PLANET RATE AT 6.7%.

THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT DROP FROM 7.8% BACK IN MARCH.

AT THE PEAK OF THE SHUTDOWN, ONE YEAR AGO, WE WERE JUST UNDER 60%.

THE STATE ESTIMATES NEARLY 10,000 JOBS WERE ADDED TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY LAST MONTH.

STOMACH JUNE 17th IS A DAY TO THAT PADRES FANS HAVE CIRCLED ON THEIR CALENDARS.

THE TEAM ANNOUNCED, TODAY, THAT'S WHEN THE PARK WILL REOPEN TO FULL CAPACITY.

THEY ARE CALLING IT SAN DIEGO'S OPENING DAY.

A BUNCH OF SPECIAL PROMOTIONS AND GIVEAWAYS ARE PLANNED FOR THAT FIRST SERIES AGAINST THE CINCINNATI REDS.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

SINCE THE START OF THE SEASON, THE PADRES HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO FILL THE STADIUM TO LESS THAN HALF CAPACITY.

>>> GETTING BACK TO NORMAL ALSO MEANS DATING.

LIKE A LOT OF THINGS THESE DAYS, A LOT OF IT STARTS WITH AN APP.

SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR APPS ARE WORKING WITH THE WHITE HOUSE TO OFFER EXTRA FEATURES TO THOSE WHO CAN PROVE THEY ARE VACCINATED.

THE PREMIUM CONTENT WILL BE FREE.

AMONG OTHER THINGS, YOU CAN ADJUST YOUR SETTING TO MATCH WITH PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAVE THE VACCINE.

A WHITE HOUSE SENIOR ADVISOR EXPLAINED HOW IT WILL WORK.

>> YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR VACCINATION STATUS.

AND YOU GET SOME MAGICAL FEATURES IN YOUR APP, WHICH I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 25 YEARS.

APPARENTLY THERE ARE 50 MILLION PEOPLE ON THESE APPS.

I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF PEOPLE'S LIVES.

IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, PEOPLE MISS THEIR SOCIAL LIVES.

ONE THING THAT'S INTERESTING THAT WE SAW IS A PIECE OF DATA WHICH SAYS, IF YOU'VE BEEN VACCINATED, YOU ARE 14% MORE LIKELY TO GET A MATCH.

WHICH TELLS ME THAT WE FINALLY FOUND THE UNIVERSAL SERUM FOR ATTRACTIVENESS.

GETTING VACCINATED.

>> SOME OF THE APPS TAKING PART INCLUDE TENDER, HINGE, OKCUPID AND BUBBLE.

CLOSE TO 50% OF AMERICANS HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE VACCINE.

THIS WEEK BROUGHT WORD OF A BIG MERGER THAT COULD BRING A NEW PLAYER TO THE STREAMING WARS.

HERE IS THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>> Reporter: THIS IS A HUGE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISE.

FINDING A PARTNER, A STRATEGIC PARTNER LIKE DISCOVERY, IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

DISCOVERY, AS AN ORGANIZATION, MUCH SMALLER THAN AT&T.

BUT THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF CHANNELS LIKE HOME AND GARDEN, THE LEARNING CHANNEL, AND OPEN ROOM FREE NETWORK.

IT'S A HUGE MEDIA DEAL.

IT COMBINES MEDIA COMPANIES INTO A HUGE BEHEMOTH THAT IS EFFECTIVE WITH COMPETING AGAINST NETFLIX, DISNEY AND AMAZON, WHO ARE INVESTING TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NEW CONTENT.

AS A OVERALL MEDIA OFFERING, THIS NEW ENTITY THAT IS GOING TO BE RUN BY THE CEO OF DISCOVERY IS GOING TO BE A POWERHOUSE COMPARED TO THE KEY COMPETITORS.

RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, NETFLIX DOESN'T HAVE SPORTS.

DISNEY DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF REALITY SHOWS.

AMAZON DOESN'T HAVE NEWS.

THIS NEW ENTITY HAS ALL OF THIS STUFF.

>>> A LATE SPRING STORM IS DUMPING PLENTY OF SNOW IN THE SIERRAS.

CHECK OUT WHAT LOOKED LIKE IN TRUCK HE, ALONG THE CALIFORNIA BORDER.

A WINTER STORM ADVISORY WENT OUT.

EVEN THE LOCALS DIDN'T EXPECT SO MUCH SNOWFALL THIS LATE IN MAY.

TOURIST ON THEIR WAY TO TAHOE IN RENO GOT A COLD, YET PLEASANT SURPRISE.

LOCALLY, PEOPLE ARE STICKING AROUND.

WE HAVE THE WEEKEND FORECAST.

>>> WE ARE KEEPING THINGS COOL HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, WITH SOME CLOUDS.

BUT DON'T WORRY.

OUR TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE RISE.

NEXT WEEK, WE WARM UP A LITTLE BIT AND BRING BACK SOME MORE SUNSHINE.

NOT THAT WE ARE NOT SEEING ANY OF IT AT ALL.

IT HASN'T BEEN TOO BAD OUT THERE.

THOSE BLUSTERY WINDS, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED.

WINS ARE GUSTING AT 30 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS.

BE CAUTIOUS.

THAT'S A WESTERLY WIND.

DOES WIND ADVISORIES PERSIST INTO TONIGHT.

IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A LITTLE BLUSTERY.

THE ONSHORE FLOW OF SAN DIEGO, 58 DEGREES.

OF COURSE, GETTING SOME OF THOSE CLOUDS.

52, THE LOW IN OCEANSIDE.

LOTS OF COOL AIR IS STILL AROUND.

AND MAYBE A SHOWER OR TWO FOR SOME OF OUR MELT LOCATIONS EARLY ON IN THIS EVENING.

AFTER THAT, THINGS WILL DIE DOWN FOR US.

AND THEN WE GET THE CLOUDS.

WE WILL BE BACK WITH THE FORECAST TOMORROW MORNING.

WE WILL ALSO HAVE MORE OF THOSE EXTRA CLOUDS ON TOP OF THAT.

THIS UPPER-LEVEL THAT HAS BEEN CREATING SO MANY OF THE PROBLEMS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST, CONTINUES TO HANG AROUND FOR TOMORROW.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AND THUNDERSTORMS, THAT'S OVER THE EASTERN ROCKIES.

WE WILL NOT BE IMPACTED BY THAT TOO MUCH.

BUT WE WILL STILL HAVE THE COOL AIR.

67, THE HIGH IN SAN DIEGO.

MT.

LAGUNA, 49 FOR THE HIGH.

IT IS A COOL PATTERN.

WE DO TRY TO BREAK INTO SOME SUNSHINE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

BUT WE WILL KEEP A FEW CLOUDS OUT THERE.

ONCE WE GET THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING, ANOTHER MARINE LAYER IS COMING BACK TO SHORE.

WE WILL HAVE A COOLER PATTERN THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST.

ALTHOUGH, THE STORY FOR US IS TRYING TO GET BACK TO AVERAGE.

WHICH IS WHY SUNDAY IS WARMER.

LOWER 70s FOR US AT THE COAST.

MID-70s FROM MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

THAT'S THE REBOUND THAT WE HAVE INTO NEXT WEEK.

THEY USUALLY REBOUND INTO THE MID-80s AFTER SUNDAY.

FOR THE MOUNTAINS, LOWER 60s.

MID-60s ARE ON THE BOARD THERE.

THINGS ARE LOOKING BETTER FOR US AS FAR AS MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES.

IN THE DESERT, WAY BACK TO THE TRIPLE DIGITS BY TUESDAY.

>>> THE U.S. IS SEEING THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF THE ROCKETS AND AIRSTRIKES OVER ISRAEL AND GAZA.

JEWISH COMMUNITIES, COAST-TO- COAST, ARE ON EDGE AFTER A SERIES OF ATTACKS ARE CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

SOME OF THE IMAGES MAY BE HARD TO WATCH.

HERE IS THE REPORTER, ISABEL ROSALES.

>> Reporter: A CEASE-FIRE IS CALLED IN THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER 11 DAYS OF IS REALLY AIRSTRIKES ON GAZA, AND ROCKET FIRE FROM HAMAS.

IN THE UNITED STATES, ATTACKS ON ARE RAISING ALARM BELLS FROM COAST-TO-COAST.

>> PEOPLE ARE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> Reporter: IN BEVERLY GROWTH CALIFORNIA, A VIOLENT ATTACK ON A GROUP OF JEWISH DINERS ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

ONE DINER SAYS THAT A GROUP OF PRO-PALESTINIAN MEN GOT OUT OF THEIR CAR AND STARTED ATTACKING THEM.

THE SUSPECTS ALLEGEDLY WERE ASKING THEM WHO WAS JEWISH.

LOS ANGELES POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.

>> IT WAS A HATE CRIME.

THEY WERE PREPARED.

THEY CAME TO MAKE A FIGHT WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: A VIOLENT ATTACK WAS ALSO CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

>> WE HAVE SEEN A DANGEROUS AND DRASTIC SPIKE IN ANTI-SEMITISM AT HOME, JUST THE PAST WEEK TO 10 DAYS.

>> Reporter: THE ANTI- DEFAMATION LEAGUE WARNS THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM CLOSER TO HOME.

THE AGENCY IS TRACKING MORE THAN 50% BOOSTS IN ANTI-SEMITIC ACTS IN THE U.S.

IN THE LAST WEEK.

>> HATE AGAINST ANY GROUP.

ASIANS, , PALESTINIANS.

IT'S WRONG.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, ISABEL ROSALES.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT'S ELECTION TIME IN MEXICO AND BAJA CALIFORNIA WILL SOON GET A NEW GOVERNOR.

THE REPORTER, TANIA THORNE, TELLS US MORE ABOUT HOW THIS ELECTION IMPACTS SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF OFFICES ARE AT STAKE IN MEXICO'S UPCOMING ELECTION.

ALMOST HALF OF THE COUNTRY WILL ELECT NEW GOVERNORS.

CHRISTIAN DONE, A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PARTY, SAYS THIS IS A HISTORIC DAY FOR MEXICANS TO GO TO THE POLLS.

>> THIS IS THE LARGEST ELECTION IN THE HISTORY OF MEXICO BECAUSE IT IS A CONCURRENT ELECTION.

FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS, THEY ARE ONE YEAR AND FEDERAL ON THE NEXT.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, FEDERAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN COMBINED.

>> Reporter: SEVEN CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.

THREE OF THEM ARE WOMEN.

THE DIRECTOR OF U.S. MEXICAN STUDIES AT UC SAN DIEGO SAYS THAT THREE CANDIDATES ARE CURRENTLY LEADING THE POLLS.

>> THE ONES THAT ARE HEADING THE POLLS ARE MARIA.

SHE IS CURRENTLY THE MAYOR OF MEXICALI.

>> Reporter: THEY WANT INCREASED SELLERS FOR POLICE FORCES AND KEEPING AN EYE ON CRIME BY SETTING UP 10,000 SECURITY CAMERAS.

FOLLOWING HER IN THE POLLS, IS THE NEXT CANDIDATE, JORGE.

HE HAS THE LARGEST SPORTS BETTING COMPANY IN MEXICO.

>> HE'S A VERY CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE IN TIJUANA AND MEXICO.

>> Reporter: HE HAS BEEN RUMORED TO BE A SUSPECT IN MONEY LAUNDERING INVESTIGATIONS.

HIS CAMPAIGN MESSAGE HAS BEEN ABOUT PROVIDING SECURITY, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

>> PEOPLE SAY THAT HE IS BASICALLY DIVIDING AND LIMITING THE CHANCES.

>> Reporter: LUPITA JONES DOES NOT HAVE MUCH POLITICAL EXPERIENCE BUT SHE SAYS THIS IS TO HER ADVANTAGE.

SHE IS A TRUE CITIZEN CANDIDATE.

SHE SAYS SHE WANTS TO CREATE A MODEL STATE FOR BAJA CALIFORNIA BY CREATING A TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT.

STOPPING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, AND CONNECTING BAJA CALIFORNIA WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD.

SHE SAYS BAJA CALIFORNIA CAN WELL BE ON ITS WAY TO HAVE THE FIRST WOMAN GOVERNOR.

BUT VOTERS NEED TO GO OUT AND VOTE.

>> UNFORTUNATELY, BAJA CALIFORNIA HAS A MUCH LOWER TURNOUT RATE OF VOTERS THAN MOST STATES.

>> Reporter: IN THE LAST GOVERNOR ELECTION, ONLY 29% OF CALIFORNIANS VOTED.

IN COMPARISON, 64% OF CALIFORNIA VOTERS PARTICIPATED IN THE 2018 ELECTION.

>> IN THIS ELECTION, OUR BIGGEST RIVALS ARE INTO THE COMPETING PARTIES.

IT'S GETTING PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND VOTE AND GAINING TRUST.

>> Reporter: WE ASKED MEXICAN CITIZENS AT THE BORDER IF THEY WERE PARTICIPATING IN THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS.

EVERYONE SHARED SIMILAR SENTIMENTS.

>> I DON'T PLAN ON VOTING EVERY TIME A NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE EVERYTHING STAYS THE SAME.

WE'LL SEE THE CHANGE.

>> Reporter: DECASTRO SAYS THAT THIS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON SAN DIEGO.

>> THERE IS AN IMPORTANT INTEGRATION HAPPENING.

NOT ONLY FOR THE ECONOMY.

IT'S SOCIAL.

THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILY TIES.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE U.S. AND MEXICO HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF DUE TO POOR GOVERNMENT.

THIS ELECTION COULD SHIFT THAT.

>> ONE OF THE PERSONALITIES WILL ENSURE THAT BAJA CALIFORNIA GETS ITS HOUSE IN ORDER AND PROFITS AND TAKES ADVANTAGE OF BEING NEXT DOOR TO CALIFORNIA.

AGAIN, THE SINGLE RICHEST STATE IN THE U.S. >> Reporter: THE CANDIDATE WITH THE MOST VOTES WILL BECOME GOVERNOR OF BAJA CALIFORNIA ON NOVEMBER 1st.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND OF COLLEGE FOR GRADUATING SENIORS.

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES BEGIN NEXT WEEK.

THE UNIVERSITY OFFENSE WILL BE HOSTED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AT PETCO PARK.

THERE IS ALSO A VIRTUAL OPTION.

IT'S NOT JUST THE CLASS OF 2021.

LAST YEAR'S GRADUATING CLASS IS BEING INVITED BACK TO TAKE PART IN CEREMONIES WHICH WERE CANCELED OVER THE LAST YEAR DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE.

KPBS.ORG .

THINGS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

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