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>>> AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT IS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10th.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, IMPEACHMENT.

REPUBLICANS THREATENING BOTH IN THE WAKE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S SWEEPING NEW FEDERAL VACCINE MANDATE THAT WOULD FORCE SOMEONE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED ARE RISK THEIR JOBS.

AS FOR REACTION HERE AT HOME, KPBS HELP REPORTED MATT HOFFMAN HAS THAT STORY.

>> WE ARE BALANCING THE NEEDS OF OUR EMPLOYEES WITH THE NEEDS OF THE GOVERNMENT.

>> AT WOODSTOCK'S PIZZA, LAURA AMBROSE IS WORKING WITH HER TEAM TO DETERMINE HOW THE FEDERAL VACCINATION REQUIREMENT A REGULAR TESTING FOR UNVACCINATED EMPLOYEES WILL IMPACT THEM.

>> FOR US, THE CHALLENGE IS WE ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO HIRE ENOUGH TEAM MEMBERS FOR ALL OF OUR RESTAURANTS.

>> WHAT STOCKS HAVE EIGHT LOCATIONS WITH MORE THAN 400 EMPLOYEES.

THEY ARE ENCOURAGING VACCINATIONS AND MORE THAN 75% OF STAFF HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN THEM.

ORDER WENT INTO EFFECT RIGHT NOW ABOUT 100 EMPLOYEES WOULD HAVE TO DO WEEKLY COVID TESTING.

>> WE WILL HAVE TO DECIDE HOW WE WILL HANDLE THE REQUIREMENT.

I AM SURE THIS WILL BE REQUIRED.

WE ARE NOT INTENDING TO LET GO OF PEOPLE A PART OF OUR TEAM NOW.

>> WHAT STOCKS HR MANAGER SAYS THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING THE REQUIREMENTS BUT STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

>> WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO IN TERMS OF WHAT WE COLLECT.

CAN WE DO A TEST OF E-SIGNATURE IS?

DO WE HAVE TO DO ANYTHING IN GENERAL SPECIFICALLY?

WHERE DO WE HOUSE IT?

HOW DO WE HOUSE IT AND MAKING SURE WE ARE VERY COMPLIANT.

>> PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID THE VACCINATION AND TESTING REQUIREMENT APPLIES TO BUSINESSES WITH 100 OR MORE EMPLOYEES AND THOSE EMPLOYERS MUST GIVE PAID TIME FOR WORKERS TO GET VACCINATED.

>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EMPLOYERS AREN'T SPENDING AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN.

>> JERRY IS THE CEO OF SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

>> I THINK THERE IS A FRUSTRATION THAT PEOPLE CAN GET VACCINATED IT IS SAFE, IT IS EFFECTIVE AND THEY ARE NOT DOING IT AND IT IS STARTING TO AFFECT A LOT OF OTHERS.

I THINK IT WAS A REASONABLE CHOICE.

>> SANDERS IS HOPING COMPANIES WILL NOT HAVE TO BEAR THE TESTING COST FOR UNVACCINATED EMPLOYEES.

IT SHOULD BE THE WORKER GOVERNMENTS RESPONSIBILITY.

UNTIL THE REQUIREMENT GOES INTO EFFECT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE ON AN ALREADY STRAINED LABORFORCE.

>> SOME MAY LEAVE AND SOME MAY DECIDE IT IS REASONABLE TO GET VACCINATED.

WE WILL NOT KNOW THAT TREND UNTIL IT REALLY ROLLS OUT.

>> THE NEW REQUIREMENTS WILL COME DOWN FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND OSHA EXPECTING TO IMPACT MORE THAN 80 MILLION WORKERS.

>>> AS FOR REPUBLICANS THREATENING LEGAL OR OTHER ACTIONS OVER THE MANDATES, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN DOES NOT SEEM TO BE TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT.

IN FACT, TODAY HE BLASTED GOP GOVERNORS WHO ISSUED STATEWIDE BANDS ON MET MASKS AND VACCINE MANDATES.

SO CAVALIER IN THE HEALTH OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.

WE ARE PLAYING FOR REAL HERE.

THIS ISN'T A GAME.

>> THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE IS CALLING FOR A HALT TO THE MANDATES AND SAYS THEY WILL FILE A LAWSUIT.

THE NEW PANDEMIC POLICIES INCLUDE VACCINE OR TESTING MANDATES FOR BUSINESS, FEDERAL WORKERS AND TEACHERS UNDER FEDERAL AUTHORITY.>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY UNIFIED, THE COUNTY'S LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS WRAPPED UP ITS FIRST TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL.

RICHARD BARRERA SAYS 172 STUDENTS AND 28 STAFF MEMBERS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID- 19.

THERE WAS AND ALSO AN OUTBREAK AT NAIR MESA HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY HAD MORE THAN THREE POSITIVE TESTS OF FOOTBALL ACTIVITIES WERE CANCELED.

THE TEAMS COACH WHO WAS BATTLING CANCER DIED AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.

STILL, BARRERA SAYS HE BELIEVES THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE WORKING.

THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY CASES AND USE CONTACT TRACING TO DETERMINE THOSE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED.

>> I THINK THE STRATEGIES WE HAVE IN PLACE ARE THE RIGHT STRATEGIES, THE EFFECT OF STRATEGIES BUT WE CONTINUE TO BE CHALLENGED BY THE REALITY THAT ALL OF US ARE FACING, WHICH IS THE CONTINUED SURGE OF COVID WITH THE SURGE OF THE DELTA VARIANT.

>> STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS INDOORS AND OUTDOORS.

THERE ARE MORE HANDWASHING STATIONS AND UPGRADED VENTILATION SYSTEMS.

THE DISTRICT IS STILL DISCUSSING WHETHER TO FOLLOW LOS ANGELES UNIFIED AND MAKING VACCINES MANDATORY FOR STUDENTS AGED 12 IN ORDER.

>> NORTH COUNTY REPORTER SHOWS US THE MEETING NEVER STARTED DUE TO PROTESTERS FORCING THEIR WAY INSIDE THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

>> HALLWAYS SCHOOL MEETING AT A FULL AGENDA OF ITEMS THAT THEY ALL WENT UNADDRESSED BECAUSE THE MEETING WAS DELAYED AND LATER ADJOURNED.

>> WE WALKED OVER AND SAW THERE WAS NOBODY LEFT OUTSIDE.

I SAW SOME OF THE DISTRICT STAFF.

I ASKED IF PUBLIC COMMENT WAS ALLOWED IN PERSON.

>> THE DISTRICT STAFF LOOKS KIND OF STUNNED AND SAID NO.

THESE PEOPLE JUST RUSHED IN.

WE TOLD THEM THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE HERE.

THEY REFUSED TO LEAVE.

POLICE ARE GOING TO COME BECAUSE THEY WON'T LEAVE.

>> AFTER THE DELAY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS RETURNED TO THE LIVESTREAM MEETING ONLY TO ADJOURN.

>> WERE ASKED THE PROTESTERS TO LEAVE AND THEY REFUSED.

THIS MEETING IS A CLOSED MEETING AND THEY ARE TRESPASSING.

WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.

>> PARENTS CAN GATHER TO EXPRESS THEIR OWN POINT OF VIEW.

>> IF MEETINGS ARE BEING HELD VIRTUALLY AND ARE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, LET THEM BREATHE WOULD NEVER ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO ENTER THOSE MEETINGS.

>> TESTERS HAD VARIOUS SIGNS BUT NONE WERE RELATED TO ITEMS.

>> THAT IS A WHOLE OTHER SITUATION.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT JUST GROUP.

IT WAS ALL PROTESTING TOGETHER AND DISRUPTED THE MEETING.

>> A NEW DATE HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED.

>>> THE GROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS HIRED AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR TO LOOK INTO AN INCIDENT OF VALHALLA HIGH.

A VIRAL VIDEO SHOWS A WHITE CAMPUS SUPERVISOR USING A NEED TO THE NECK TO RESTRAIN A BLACK STUDENT INVOLVED IN A FIGHT ON AUGUST 31st.

THE CAMPUS SUPERVISOR HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.

GROSSMONT UNION SUPERINTENDENCE IS THE DISTRICT WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ONCE THEY HAVE THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATORS REVIEW.>>> THE EVENTS OF 9/11 INSPIRED MANY MEN AND WOMEN TO PURSUE PROFESSIONS OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

MD PEREZ TEXAS TO THE GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW COLLEGES TRAINING CENTER.

>> THE FIREFIGHTERS TRADITION PICKED TODAY IT HONORS THE FALLEN HEROES OF 9/11.

WITH SORROW THERE IS SPACE FOR CELEBRATION TOO.

SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE OFFICIALLY OPENED THE NEW $29 MILLION PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING CENTER THIS AFTERNOON.

CHELSEA IS A PARAMEDIC STUDENT WHO JUST STARTED THE RIGOROUS 14 MONTH EDUCATION PROGRAM.

SHE WAS A CHILD IN 2001 WHEN TERROR ATTACKED AMERICA.

>> BEING EIGHT YEARS OLD WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND TO BE A PART OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND A PART OF THIS FAMILY IT HITS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

>> FULLY 24 STUDENTS A YEAR ARE ACCEPTED INTO THE PARAMEDIC PROGRAM.

THEY ARE TAUGHT HOW TO HELP A PATIENT WHO HAS STOPPED BREATHING, HOW TO GIVE CORRECT MEDICATIONS AND PERFORM CPR.

WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SAME SAVE LIVES.

ACID RAIN FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS.

>> PEOPLE DESERVE TO BE CARED FOR AND CARED ABOUT.

I THINK BEING A PARAMEDIC IT COVERS ALL OF THOSE FIELDS.

>> THIS NEW FACILITY COMPLEMENTS AN ALREADY STELLAR PROGRAM.

LAST YEAR, AS THE PRESIDENT PANDEMIC PROCEEDED, SOUTHWESTERN EMERGENCY SERVICE STUDENTS RETURNED TO IN PERSON LEARNING WITHIN SIX WEEKS OF THE SHUTDOWN.

MORE THAN 95% OF THEM GRADUATED THE PROGRAM AND ALL OF THEM NOW HAVE JOBS.

>> THE COLLEGE SAYS IT HAS A 100% RATE OF JOB PLACEMENT FOR STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE ALL OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS.

THAT IS A GUARANTEE THESE ARE SOME OF THE FUTURE HEROES INSPIRED BY THOSE WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR THEIR SERVICE.

>> ON ALL OF OUR HEARTS ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACES.

I KNOW WE WOULD ALL BE HELPING OUT IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT WERE TO HAPPEN.

>> WORDS TO REMEMBER ON THIS A DAY OF SOMBER CELEBRATION.

>>> AS GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES MAKE A LAST PUSH TO SECURE VOTES, THE COUNTY'S REGISTRAR IS REMINDING VOTERS ABOUT THEIR VOTING OPTIONS THIS ELECTION.

ALEXANDER RANG HAS MORE ON WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

>> MORE THAN 200 VOTING LOCATIONS ARE OPENING UP SATURDAY.

THEY ARE EXPECTING A 70% VOTER TURNOUT.

>> IT HAS BEEN STEADY.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT OVER 700,000 BALLOTS RETURN.

>> THEY CAN BIT THE VOTING LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY.

STARTING SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WILL BE OPEN FROM 8:00 A.M.-5:00 HIM.

>> AN EMAIL BALLOTS POST MARKED ON OR BEFORE ELECTION DAY AND RECEIVED UP TO SEVEN DAYS AFTER ELECTION DAY THROUGH MAIL THOSE ARE TIMELY PAST AND WILL BE COUNTED.

>> SOME CANDIDATES ARE HOPING TO GAIN SOME VOTES LIKE LARRY ELDER WHO MADE A STOP IN VISTA FRIDAY MORNING.

HE TALKED ABOUT VACCINE MANDATES AND SAYS IT SHOULD BE A MATTER OF CHOICE.

HE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE MAKING THE ROUNDS IN SAN DIEGO.

JOHN COX MADE US STOP IN SHELTER ISLAND TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HE CALLS A BROKEN STATE.

MEANWHILE, UP NORTH IN SACRAMENTO, GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM CAST HIS VOTE IN THE RECALL ELECTION.

TO LEARN MORE WHERE YOU CAN CAST YOUR BALLOT VISIT THE WEBSITE ON YOUR SCREEN.

>>> MUCH OF THE U.S.

EXPERIENCED RECORD WARM TEMPERATURES THIS SUMMER.

CALIFORNIA WAS ONE OF THE FIVE STATES THAT REPORTED THEIR WARMEST SUMMER EVER.

AS MELISSA MAY FOUND OUT, LAST NIGHTS THUNDER AND LIGHTNING STORM SUGGESTS THAT TEMPERATURES COULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

>> IF YOU LOOK OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW LAST NIGHT YOU PROBABLY SAW AND HEARD SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

>> IT PUSHES MOISTURE IN AND COLLIDES MOISTURE FROM OFF THE COAST.

>> EITHER A SMALL IS A NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC METEOROLOGIST AND SAYS STORMS LIKE THE ONES LAST NIGHT THE RESULT OF A LARGER THAN NORMAL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WEST.

>> WHEN THAT HAPPENED IT DID IT WANT TO MOVE SO TEMPERATURES PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE WERE ABOVE NORMAL.

HERE IN CALIFORNIA SOME PLACES HAVE NOT BEEN THIS HOT BEFORE.

>> WITH YOU HAS PLAYED OUT AS A DANGEROUS FIRE SEASON.

BY RISK THROUGH THE FALL WILL KEEP ON BEING HIGHER THAN NORMAL.

>> IT SHOULD BE EVEN WARMER THAN NORMAL DURING THE FALL TIME PERIOD AND DRIER THAN NORMAL.

BOTH OF THOSE ARE BAD WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FIRE SITUATION.

>> TEMPERATURE PATTERNS ARE PREDICTED TO BE HOTTER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

>>> DRY WEATHER IN THE DAYS TO COME.

WE HAVE HAD SOME OF THE SHOWER AND THAT IS 4 OF IT IS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.

WE STAY PRETTY HOT AS OUR OTHER POTENTIAL FROM MOISTURE FROM THE PACIFIC DOESN'T BRING ANY CHANGES.

THERE ARE HEAT ADVISORIES STILL IN PLACE THROUGHOUT PARTS OF THE REGION AS WE WATCH FOR THOSE TEMPERATURES TO STAY A BIT ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

WE HAVE SEEN IT MAKE THAT CURVE TOWARD THE PACIFIC AND IT IS GOING TO KEEP GOING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

WE WILL NOT BEGINNING ANY RAIN FROM IT EITHER.

AND A SOMETIMES WE COULD USE THE BRAIN.

71 FOR THE LOW.

AS HE LOOKED TOWARD OCEANSIDE, 65.

VENTURING INTO BORREGO SPRINGS, UPPER 70s.

ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST, THERE IS SOME MOISTURE.

SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

THAT IS MORE ASSOCIATED WITH A VERY BIG CHANGE IN THE PATTERN FOR THE NORTHWEST.

WE MISS OUT ON IT THOUGH.

DON'T SEE ANYTHING.

WE WILL KEEP THINGS DRY AND QUIET.

THE VENTURE THROUGH TOMORROW 83.

CHULA VISTA HOLDING ONTO THE MID-80s.

AS HAD TOWARD VIRGO SPRINGS 105 .

IT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE.

ESCONDIDO IN THE LOWER 90s.

WE STILL HAVE A HEAT.

THAT THE GO ANYWHERE.

AS WE VENTURED TO THE END OF THE WEEKEND IT IS GOING TO STAY PRETTY QUIET, PRETTY DRY ACROSS NOT JUST THE SOUTHWEST BUT THE ENTIRE WAS.

WHEN DID THE TEMPERATURES GO DOWN?

HOPEFULLY AS WE GET INTO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

YOU CAN SEE FOR THE COAST THERE IS A TRAIL OFF GRADUALLY THROUGH THE WEEK STARTING IN THE MID-80s AS WE GO THROUGH SATURDAY AND GETTING BETTER FOR SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

WE WILL BE IN THE 90s THROUGH THE WEEKEND TRAILING OFF TOWARD MID-80s FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

REMAINING PRETTY WARM WITH SOME CLOUDS AND MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS.

WILL HAVE SOME OF THOSE CLOUDS FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

NOT EXPECTING ANY CHANCES OF RAIN.

WE WILL STAY DRY INTO THE REST OF THE NEXT WORK WEEK.

DOES IT LOCATIONS TRIPLE DIGITS FOR YOU AND AGAIN STAYING SUNNY, HOT, DRY.

>>> TOMORROW MARKS 20 YEARS SINCE THE SEPTEMBER 11th ATTACKS.

FOR MANY PEOPLE IN NEW YORK CITY, THE EMOTIONS OF THAT DAY ARE STILL RAW.

>> 20 YEARS LATER BUT WE STILL FEEL IT SO INTENSELY.

THIS WON'T WILL NEVER ENTIRELY HEAL.

>> TODAY, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VISITING THE 9/11 MEMORIAL WHERE THE TWIN TOWERS ONCE STOOD PAYING THEIR RESPECTS.

TOMORROW, PRESIDENTS, LEADERS, FAMILIES OF VICTIMS WILL BE GATHERING AT ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER TO HONOR THE LIVES THAT WERE LOST.>>> 9/11 LOST THE SCHMICK LAUNCHED TWO WARS, SPAWNED INTENSE FEARS OF TERRORISM AND UNIFIED AMERICANS AGAINST A COMMON FOE.

WE EXPLORE THE COLLECTIVE TRAUMA OF THAT DAY AND HOW IT MIGHT INFORM THIS MOMENT IN OUR HISTORY AND A WARNING TO VIEWERS, THIS STORY CONTAINS DISTURBING CONTENT.

>> FIRST CAME CLUES THAT HOARDER WAS ON IT SMART THAT SEPTEMBER 11th MORNING 20 YEARS AGO.

>> THEN, DISBELIEF AND SHOCK AS THE FIRST WORLD TRADE CENTER TOWER WAS HIT BY A PLANE HIJACKED BY AL QAEDA TERRORIST.

WHEN THE SCOPE OF THE ATTACK CAME INTO VIEW THERE WAS SADNESS, ANGER AND A WARNING BY THEN PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH THAT AMERICA WAS READY FOR RETRIBUTION.

>> THE SEARCH IS UNDERWAY FOR THOSE BEHIND THESE EVIL ACTS.

I HAVE DIRECTED THE FULL RESOURCES OF OUR INTELLIGENCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITIES TO FIND THOSE RESPONSIBLE AND TO BRING THEM TO JUSTICE.

>> I THINK THE THING THAT LEFT AMERICA SO SHAKEN AND LEFT ME SO SHAKEN ABOUT 9/11 WAS NOT JUST THIS HORRENDOUS LOSS OF LIFE THAT WE ALL WATCHED LIVE ON TV BUT WHERE IT HAPPEN.

IT HAPPENED ON AMERICAN SOIL.

>> UC SAN DIEGO POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR HAUSER SAYS THE TRAUMA BONDED THE COUNTRY.

A BROUGHT PEOPLE ACROSS POLITICAL DIVIDES TOGETHER.

IN MANY WAYS HE SAYS OUR COLLECTIVE RESPONSE TO THE DAY SHOWED RESILIENCE.

>> AMERICANS FELT MORE UNITED AND MORE LIKE CITIZENS OF A COUNTRY THAT WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER BY THIS SHEER TRAUMA.

>> THAT SENSE OF COLLECTIVE ACTION OF ALL IN IT TOGETHER HAS BEEN ELUSIVE DURING THIS PANDEMIC.

EVEN THOUGH COVID HAS KILLED MORE THAN 650,000 AMERICANS AND EVEN THOUGH THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN A MUCH MORE COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE WITH SCHOOL AND WORK CLOSURES OF PEOPLE GETTING SICK AND DYING.

>> IF YOU LOOK PURELY AT THE NUMBERS, WE HAD MORE PEOPLE DIED DURING MANY SINGLE DAYS OF THE WINTER SURGE THAN DIED IN ALL OF THE SEPTEMBER 11th ATTACKS COMBINED.

>> A CONTRAST OF REACTIONS EXPOSES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHO WE WERE THEN AND WHO WE ARE NOW.

HE SAYS WE ARE IN AN ERA OF HYPER POLITICAL POLARIZATION.

>> THIS IS AN ERROR OF POLITICAL WARFARE THAT LEAVES AMERICO MORE STARKLY DIVIDED THAN ANY ERA WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE.

ALMOST MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO IMAGINE WE COULD COME TOGETHER IN THE WAY WE DID AS A NATION AFTER 9/11.

>> UC IRVINE PSYCHOLOGIST ROXANNE SILVERS IS ANOTHER REASON 9/11 UNIFIED AMERICANS IS BECAUSE THE THREAT WAS FORMED.

>> THOSE BAD PEOPLE DID SOMETHING TO US.

WE ARE ALL PERPETRATORS OF THE INFECTION.

>> AMERICA IS FRACTURED TODAY EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT IS FAR BIGGER.

ANOTHER REASON SAYS SILVER IS BECAUSE WE HAVE LIVED THROUGH TRAUMA AFTER TRAUMA, AFTER TRAUMA OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.

MASS SHOOTINGS, CLIMATE DRIVEN WEATHER CATASTROPHES.

POLITICAL SCANDALS OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION, THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD, THE JANUARY 6th INSURRECTION AND OF COURSE, THE PANDEMIC.

SHE SAYS AT SOME LEVEL, PEOPLE ARE EXHAUSTED.

>> PEOPLE TO BECOME NUMB TO THE NUMBERS.

I DON'T THINK WE BECAME NUMB TO THE TRAGEDY.

>> THE CASCADE OF TRAGEDIES HAS CHANGED HOW WE VIEW 9/11 TODAY.

>> IT MAY BE EASY TO LOOK BACK AND SAY REALLY?

THAT EVENT?

ON THE OTHER HAND, 9/11 WASN'T JUST ONE DAY.

IT IS SET IN PLACE A SERIES OF THINGS.

THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN, THE LONGEST WAR.

THE WAR IN IRAQ.

>> AS WE COMMEMORATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11, THE COUNTRY MIGHT TAKE A LESSON FROM THE UNITY BACK THEN.

HOWEVER BRIEF, TO NAVIGATE THE CURRENT DIVIDE.

>> IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMEMBER WHY EVERYONE MADE THE SACRIFICES, WHAT BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER AT THAT TIME AND THINK ABOUT WHETHER SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE FACING TODAY, WHETHER THESE ARE TRAUMAS ON THAT SCALE AND WHETHER WE CAN GET OVER SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES IN HOW WE WANT TO LEAD OUR DAILY LIVES, WHETHER WE WANT TO WEAR A MASK AND GET THROUGH BACK TO THAT RENEWED SENSE OF PURPOSE.

>> THAT IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL SPECIAL REPORTS FROM K PBS NEWS LEADING UP TO THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11.

YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR CONTENT ONLINE.>>> THE PUSH TO SECURE MORE WATER IN CALIFORNIA MAY HURT THE STATE'S ABILITY TO MEET GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION GOALS.

ERIC ANDERSON BREAKS DOWN THE FINDINGS OF A NEW STUDY.

>> A NEW STUDY FROM THE NONPARTISAN GROUP AND THE PACIFIC INSTITUTE FINDS THE STATE STRIVE FOR DRINKABLE WATER MAY ACTUALLY BE INCREASING EMISSIONS IN THE FUTURE.

THE STUDY EXAMINED THE CONNECTION BETWEEN WATER USE AND POWER.

IT TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY, IT TURNS OUT, TO COLLECT, PRODUCE, TREAT, DISTRIBUTING AND TO USE THE WATER THAT WE USE.

>> DROUGHTS FED BY CLIMATE CHANGE WILL LIKELY INCREASE LOCAL PRESSURE TO TAP INTO NEW WATER RESOURCES.

TO SAN DIEGO STRATEGIES, DESALINATION AND TREATMENT OF USED WATER, BOTH CARRY HIGH- ENERGY PRICE TAGS.

REDUCING THE DEMAND FOR WATER IN.

>> CONSERVATION CAN HELP US MEET WATER GOES BUT ALSO ENERGY AND CLIMATE GOES.

THERE ARE MANY THINGS WE CAN DO IN OUR HOMES, BUSINESSES AND AGRICULTURE TO ADDRESS EFFICIENCY.

>> CONSERVATION HAS HELPED KEEP WATER DEMAND FROM GROWING EVEN AS THE POPULATION HAS GOTTEN BIGGER.

SHE SAYS CUTTING WATER USE IS ALSO IMPORTANT.

>> WE HAVE SPENT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WATER IRRIGATING LANDSCAPES AND IN MANY CASES IRRIGATING VERY WATER INTENSIVE LAWNS.

WE HAVE TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES NOW, TO BE MOVING AWAY FROM LAWN AND PUTTING IN LOW WATER USE PLANTS.

>> THE REPORT ALSO RECOMMENDS RENEWABLE POWER TO EASE THE IMPACT OF USING ENERGY TO GENERATE OR MOVE WATER.

>>> IF YOU WORK FOR A LARGE EMPLOYER, REFUSING TO GET VACCINATED MIGHT SOON COST YOU YOUR JOB.

MERRILL KOPEC EXPLAINS WHAT IS COMING TO BUSINESSES ACROSS SAID DIEGO IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>> THIS IS A HUGE MOVE BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

IT IS TAKING THE FULL FORCE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND APPLYING IT THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE ECONOMY AS MUCH AS THEY CAN LEVERAGE THAT.

IT IS REALLY, AS BIDEN TALKED ABOUT, REALLY A PANDEMIC OF THE UNVACCINATED AND IT IS REALLY TRYING TO GET THE VACCINATION RATES IN THE UNITED STATES OVER 75%-80%.

THE FINE FOR EVERY CASE -- THE FINE FOR EVERY CASE IS $14,000.

IT IS CATCHING EVERY EMPLOYERS ATTENTION.

HOWEVER, IT CAN BE FRIGHTENING BECAUSE YESTERDAY, THERE WERE NO DETAILS BEYOND WHAT WAS ANNOUNCED.

HOW IS THIS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED?

WHEN IS IT GOING TO START?

HOW IS THE ENFORCEMENT.

IS GOING TO WORK?

IF A COMPANY HAS TO PROVIDE TESTING CAPABILITIES IN ORDER TO BE COMPLIANCE, WHERE THE TESTS COMING FROM?

WHERE CAN THE EMPLOYEES GET A TEST?

THIS WILL HAVE VERY SPECIFIC RULES AND START DATES.

THOSE ARE GOING TO BE RELEASED IN ABOUT A WEEK.

>> THEME PARK ATTENDANCE IS PICKING UP IN LOCATIONS LIKE DISNEYLAND, SEA WORLD, AND LEGOLAND.

THEY ARE ADDING ATTRACTIONS THAT ARE FUN AND CULTURAL.

DISNEYLAND RESORT IS KICKING OFF THE FALL FAVORITES RETURN FEATURING HOLLOW WEEN TIME FOR BOTH PARTS.

THERE IS ALSO CULTURAL AND'S LIBERATORY EVENTS HONORING THE EVERLASTING BONDS OF FAMILY.

THE PARK WHICH EMPLOYS THOUSANDS IS ALSO CONTINUING TO STEP UP ITS COVID REQUIREMENTS.

>> YOU WILL SEE OUR CHARACTER FRIENDS OR SOCIAL DISTANCING.

THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE.

WHERE KEEPING CHARACTER FRIENDS SAFE AS WELL AS GUEST'S.

GUESTS AND CAST MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO WALK AROUND OUTSIDE WITHOUT A MASK.

IF THEY ARE INSIDE, REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION STATUS, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK INSTEAD THE END UNLESS THEY ARE ACTIVELY EATING OR DRINKING.

IT FEELS NICE THE COMPANY IS BEING SAFE.

WE ARE ENFORCING IT FOR MOST OF THE TIME YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO PICK GUESTS WANT TO BE HERE.

CAST MEMBERS ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE.

YOU JUST FEEL VERY WELCOMED AND EVERYONE IS DOING THE RIGHT THINGS.

>> THE FALSE SPECIAL EVENTS RUN THROUGH NOVEMBER 2nd.

SPECIAL OFFERS INCLUDE TICKETS AS LOW AS $83 A DAY PER PERSON.

NEXT WEEK, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT ATTRACTIONS COMING TO LEGOLAND.

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

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

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 PRIVILEGE TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR.

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

AND, BY THE CONRAD PREVOST FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCO SHYLY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.