STRICT EVENING IT IS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 17th.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

IT IS A MILESTONE MARKING A TRAGIC NUMBER AND ONE FULL OF STARGELL.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY SURPASSING 4000 COVID-19 DEATHS.

4000.

ALSO TONIGHT, DECISIONS MADE INVOLVING BOOSTER SHOTS.

>>> FIRST, MATT HOFFMAN INTRODUCES US TO A FAMILY WHOSE SON IS BATTLING A RARE DISEASE AFTER CONTRACTED COVID AND HAS A MESSAGE FOR THOSE STILL IN VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: THE 8-YEAR-OLD EDUARDO CORTEZ HAS BEEN RECEIVING CARE AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL NEARLY A WEEK AFTER COMING DOWN WITH A RARE DISEASE TRIGGERED BY CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FEVER.

A NORMAL FEVER.

EVERYTHING WAS INCREASING MORE AND MORE AND MORE.

>> Reporter: HIS PARENTS HAD COVID IN AUGUST AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL RECENTLY THAT THE SECOND- GRADER STARTED EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS.

HIS CONDITION GOT WORSE, PROMPTING HIS PARENTS TO TAKE HIM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE EDUARDO HAD A 105 DEGREE FEVER.

>> IT WAS, IT WAS SOMETHING DIFFICULT.

>> Reporter: HIS MOTHER WAS PARTIALLY VACCINATED BUT HIS FATHER WAS NOT ALL SING HE DID NOT THINK HE WOULD GET THE VIRUS.

NOW HE SAYS THAT WAS A MISTAKE.

>> IT IS REALLY HARD, REALLY REALLY HARD.

IT ALREADY HAPPENED TO ME AND I DO NOT WANT IT TO HAPPEN TO ANYBODY ELSE.

ESPECIALLY KIDS.

>> Reporter: CASES OF MULTISYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME STARTED POPPING UP IN KIDS EARLY ON IN THE PANDEMIC.

SO FAR, SOME 600 CASES OF BEEN REPORTED STATEWIDE.

IT CAUSES INFLAMMATION OF THE HEART AND WHILE RARE, CAN BE DOUBLY.

>> FOR EDUARDO SPECIFICALLY HE HAD A BIT OF A DECREASE IN THE FUNCTION OF HIS HEART IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS CARE.

THAT HAS IMPROVED.

HE ALSO HAD RED EYES AND SWELLING OF HIS NECK AND SEVERE NECK PAIN AS WELL AS SEVERE ABDOMINAL PAIN AND VOMITING.

>> Reporter: EDUARDO IS DOING WELL AFTER RECEIVING TREATMENT.

HIS PARENTS WISH THEY NEVER HAD TO GO FOR THIS ORDEAL.

>> Reporter: THERE IS A LOT OF CORONAVIRUS OUT THERE AND OBVIOUSLY WE DID NOT THINK IT WAS WHEN TO HAPPEN TO US.

THAT INFECTS, DID HAPPEN TO US.

THE SICKNESS OUR SON HAS IS REALLY UGLY.

HIS EYES TURNED REALLY RED.

HE HAS MARKS ALL OVER HIS BODY.

>> Reporter: THE DISEASE USUALLY APPEARS TO -6 WEEKS AFTER CATCHING THE VIRUS AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS ARE STILL UNKNOWN.

EDUARDO HAS TWO SIBLINGS WHO ARE HEALTHY.

RESEARCHERS STILL DO NOT KNOW WHY SOME KIDS GET IT AND OTHERS DON'T.

THE PARENTS OF THE 8-YEAR-OLD ARE HOPEFUL THE SUN WILL BE RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL EARLY NEXT WEEK.

>> MY DAUGHTER AS MANY TIMES WHEN MY BROTHER IS IN THE HOSPITAL.

WE DO NOT HAVE THE SAME REASON.

WE DO NOT WANT TO SCARE.

>> Reporter: WITH VACCINATIONS STILL NOT APPROVED FOR THOSE UNDER 12, DOCTORS SAY THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT THE DISEASE IS FOR OTHERS IN THE HOUSEHOLD TO BE FULLY VACCINATED.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A YES TO THE PFIZER BOOSTER VACCINE.

AT LEAST FOR SOME AMERICANS.

WE BREAK DOWN THE DECISION.

>> Reporter: THREE COVID SHOTS.

NOW THE RECOMMENDATION FOR SOME AMERICANS WHO HAVE HAD THE PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE.

FIXING ADVISERS TO THE FDA APPROVING A PFIZER BOOSTER SHOT FOR PEOPLE 65 AND OLDER.

>> WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS 18 OUT OF 18 WHO VOTED YES.

>> Reporter: THE YES VOTE COMING AFTER HOURS OF DEBATE AND PRESENTATIONS.

AFTER A NO VOTE FOR AMERICANS 16 AND OLDER.

>> WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS TO BE VOICED AND DISCUSSED REGARDING THE DATA.

>> Reporter: EXPERTS AT THE CDC HIGHLIGHTING HOW THE DELTA VARIANT AFFECTS BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS.

RESEARCHERS FROM THE UK AND ISRAEL PRESENTING DATA ABOUT HOW GIVING BOOSTERS COULD LOWER THE RATE OF BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS.

>> WE ARE SEEING A ROBUST IMMUNE RESPONSE THAT EQUALS AND GREATLY EXCEEDS THE RESPONSE THAT WE HAVE SEEN AFTER THE SECOND DOSE.

>> Reporter: PFIZER AND OTHER RESEARCHERS SAY THE STUDY SHOW PEOPLE DEVELOP STRONG IMMUNITY EFFORT TO DOSES OF THE VACCINE.

THE LEVELS OF ANTIBODIES START TO DROP AFTER EIGHT MONTHS.

HOWEVER, SOME EXPERTS ARE PUSHING BACK.

>> IT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME THE DATA WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS APPLICABLE AND NECESSARY FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION.

>> Reporter: I AM CAMILO BURNELL REPORTING.

>>> FOR THE LATEST ON THE PANDEMIC AND RESOURCES YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE COVID-19 TRACKING SECTION ON KPBS.ORG.

YOU CAN GET THERE BY CLICKING THE LINK ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

>>> TONIGHT, THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND EXCLUSIVE SAN DIEGO PRIVATE SCHOOL.

A LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST THE FRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL BROUGHT BY A FORMER STUDENT WHO CLAIMS SHE WAS GROOMED, THEN MOLESTED BY HER MALE TEACHER.

HERE IS OUR EDUCATION REPORTER ANGIE PEREZ.

>> Reporter: SHE FINALLY IS TELLING HER HEARTBREAKING STORY.

>> IT I WAS 13 YEARS OLD.

I WAS MOLESTED AND I WAS ABUSED.

I FELT THERE WAS NO SAFE PLACE.

TO SPEAK OUT.

>> Reporter: ATTENDING THE PRESTIGIOUS FRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12th GRADE.

SHE GRADUATED IN 2019, DELIVERING THE COMMENCEMENT SPEECH.

SHE WAS NOT READY TO TALK ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE WITH A TEACHER, A HISTORY TEACHER AND BEST ABOUT COACH TWO YEARS AT THE SCHOOL STARTING IN 2013.

WHEN HE FIRST MET GRACE.

>> AFTER SCHOOL, HE WOULD TUTOR HER IN THE CLASSROOM BY THEMSELVES.

RUB HER THIGHS.

GRABBED HER WHAT?, AND DID INAPPROPRIATE THINGS THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO A CHILD.

>> Reporter: ATTORNEYS FOR THE FAMILY FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE PARKER SCHOOL, CLAIMING NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION AND A BREACH OF MANDATORY DUTY.

THE FAMILY CLAIMS SCHOOL OFFICIALS WERE AWARE OF HIS INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR AND DID NOTHING ABOUT IT.

THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS THE SCHOOL DID FINALLY TERMINATE THE TEACHER, BUT DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT TO CHILD WELFARE OR ANY STUDENTS OR PARENTS.

AFTER BEING FIRED HERE AT THE FRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL IN 2015, MIGUEL FOUND ONE LAST TEACHING JOB.

A SHORT TIME AT ANOTHER SCHOOL.

IN 2016, HE KILLED HIMSELF.

HIS DEATH CLOSER TO POTENTIAL INVESTIGATION BY LAW- ENFORCEMENT.

LATE THIS AFTERNOON, KPBS RECEIVED A STATEMENT FROM THE PARKER SCHOOL COUNSELOR.

HE SAYS THE FRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL DENIES THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED IN THE LAWSUIT AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT IS ALL WE HAD, ALLEGATIONS.

WE WILL PUT OUR FAITH IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND JUDICIAL PROCESS AS OPPOSED TO LITIGATING IN SOCIAL MEDIA OR OUTSIDE OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM.

THE FRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL TAKES ALL ALLEGED INCIDENTS VERY SERIOUSLY.

>> I WANT THE SCHOOL TO LEARN AND I WANT THE SCHOOL TO BE BETTER.

I WANTED TO BE BETTER AND YOU BETTER.

I WANT THEM TO FINALLY PUT STUDENTS FIRST.

>> Reporter: GRACE SAID SHE STARTED COLLEGE LAST YEAR AS PART OF THE HEALING PROCESS.

>>> TODAY MILITARY BASES AROUND THE COUNTY HONORED THE TROOPS DIED IN THE BOMBING OF KABUL AND IN A HELICOPTER ACCIDENT ON THE USS LAKE IT.

STEVE WELSH WAS AT THE NAVAL BASE IN SAN DIEGO FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

>> Reporter: A TERRIBLE MONTH FOR THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY.

TED CARLSON THE COMMANDER OF THE NAVAL BASE SANDIA.

>> DEFINITELY A LONG TIME WE HAVE NOT SEEN THIS MANY SERVICEMEMBERS THAT DIED ALL AT ONCE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE IN A DANGEROUS JOB.

THEY PASS FROM TIME TO TIME FROM ARMED CONFLICT OR JUST, THE NATURE OF THE JOB THAT WE DO.

>> Reporter: NINE MARINES AND A SAILOR FROM CAMP PENDLETON WERE AMONG THE 13 THAT DIED AUGUST 26 DURING THE TECH OUTSIDE OF THE AIRPORT IN KABUL.

LESS THAN A WEEK LATER, FIVE SAILORS DIED IN A TRAINING ACCIDENT WHEN A HELICOPTER FROM THE USS LINCOLN CREST OFF OF THE COAST.

JUST TWO YEARS INTO HIS SERVICE, JOSHUA HOLMES SUGGESTED A MOMENT OF SILENCE AT THE NAVAL BASE, SAN DIEGO TO HONOR ALL OF THE DEAD.

SPOKE EVERYTHING WE HAVE BITTER THIS PAST YEAR, DEEP IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

IT'S HEADS DEEP TO HEART IN THE MILITARY BECAUSE YOU DO NOT EVER WANT TO HEAR YOU LOST SOMEBODY.

>> Reporter: HE IS FROM RIVERSIDE, SEVERAL MARINES KILLED IN KABUL WERE FROM THE AREA NORTH OF SAN DIEGO.

HIS DAD IS FRIENDS WITH ONE OF THE FATHERS OF MARINE WHO DIED.

>> THIS MAGISTER WILL GO A VERY LONG WAY AND I HOPE ALL OF THE FAMILIES SEE THAT'S WE REMEMBER THE FALLEN VICTIM AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM FROM 13 IN AFGHANISTAN AND FIVE IN SAN DIEGO, WE WILL REMEMBER EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM FOR THE REST OF TIME.

>> Reporter: ONE OF SEVERAL CEREMONIES HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTY TO MOSTLY OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC VIEW INCLUDING NORTH ISLAND, HOME OF THE HELICOPTER SQUADRON SAYS THE CHAPLAIN COMMANDER.

>> I BELIEVE IT GIVE SERVICE MEMBERS A CHANCE TO GET A STRUGGLE WITH THE SENATE IS TO FIND SOME CLOSURE, TO FIND THE PEACE IN A MOMENT HERE AND TO REFLECT ON THEIR OWN SERVICE.

>> Reporter: FUNERALS HAVE BEEN GOING ON AROUND THE COUNTRY AS BODIES RETURN HOME.

A MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL CONTINUES TO FORM OUTSIDE THE GATES OF CAMP PENDLETON.

LAST SUMMER NOTE, THE FIRST MARINES FROM THE UNIT SENT TO GUARD THE AIRPORT IN KABUL ARRIVED OVERNIGHT AT PENDLETON.

THE REST OF THE COMPANY OF THE SECOND BATTALION FIRST MARINES IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO A MORE PUBLIC WELCOME IN THE COMING DAYS.

STEVE WALSH, K PBS NEWS.

>>> THE MAN CHARGED WITH CARRYING OUT A HATES MOTIVATED SHOOTING HAS PLEADED GUILTY TODAY TO ALL 113 FEDERAL COUNTS TO THE 22-YEAR-OLD JOHN T ERNEST PREVIOUSLY PLEADED GUILTY TO MURDER AND OTHER STATE CHARGES IN THE ABELL 2019 ATTACK.

LAURA GILBERT WAS KILLED AND THREE OTHER PEOPLE INCLUDING THE RABBI OF THE CONGREGATION AND AN 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL WERE INJURED.

ERNEST COULD HAVE A THE DEATH PENALTY AND FACE FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS BUT THROUGH HIS PLEAS HE IS SAID TO BE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.

>>> THE NATION'S CAPITAL ON HIGH ALERT AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS BRACE FOR POTENTIAL VIOLENCE AHEAD OF A RIGHT-WING RALLY PLANNED FOR THIS WEEKEND.

CHRIS LEWIN IS IN WASHINGTON DC WITH A LOOK AT 30 PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY.

>> WE WILL NOT TOLERATE VIOLENCE AND WE WILL NOT TOLERATE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR OF ANY KIND.

>> Reporter: GROWING CONCERNS OVER THE SATURDAY JUSTICE FOR J6 RALLY HELD TO SUPPORT INSURRECTION IS CHARGED IN THE DEADLY JANUARY 6th CAPITOL RIOT.

EVENT ORGANIZERS INSISTED WILL BE PEACEFUL.

>> NO.

BRINGING A WEAPON TO BE PART OF THE CROWD.

I CAN ASSURE THE POLICE THE.

>> Reporter: YET THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MEMO IS WARNING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF VIOLENCE AS EARLY AS FRIDAY.

CAPITAL POLICE ARE NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES.

>> WE NOW HAVE GROWN AND EXPANDED OUR INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS.

WE HAVE DRAMATICALLY CHANGED THE WAY WE PROCESS AND SHARE INTELLIGENCE WITH LAW- ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS AND AT EVERY LEVEL.

>> Reporter: A NEW FENCE IS AROUND THE CAPITAL AND IN ADDITION TO MORE SECURITY, THE DC NATIONAL GUARD IS EXCITED TO BE ON STANDBY TO PROVIDE HELP IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.

>> ALSO THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS AND RALLIES AND OTHER PLACES, SO, WE ARE ALL OVER THAT AND WITH THE STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS.

>> Reporter: THURSDAY, THE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DEFENDED THE CAPITOL RIOTERS AS PEOPLE BEING PERSECUTED SO UNFAIRLY AND CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION BEING RIGGED.

EXPERTS ARE WORRIED THOSE COMMENTS COULD LEAD TO MORE VIOLENCE.

>> AS WE KNOW FROM HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE OF EXTREMIST VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTRY, YOU DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE A LARGE CROWD TO CAUSE TROUBLE AND CREATE UNSAFE SITUATIONS.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, CHRIS WINN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS RULED THE GOVERNMENT MUST STOP USING A PUBLIC HEALTH OR TO REFUSE ENTRY TO MIGRANT FAMILIES AT THE BORDER.

TITLE 42 WHICH WAS ADOPTED UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC ALLOWS CUSTOMS OFFICIALS TO QUICKLY EXPEL FAMILIES TO STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION STOPPED EXPELLING CHILDREN BUT CONTINUES TO REMOVE ADULTS TRAVELING BY THEMSELVES AND SOME FAMILIES.

THE ACLU LAWSUIT SAYS THE POLICY ILLEGALLY DEPRIVES PEOPLE OF THE RIGHT TO SEEK ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> WE SENT AFTER WORLD WAR II WE WOULD NEVER SEND PEOPLE BACK TO DANGER WITHOUT AT LEAST GIVING THEM A HEARING.

AND THAT IS WHY WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION A STORY.

WITHOUT IT WOULD END WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND IT HAS NOT.

I THINK THAT SHOULD BE TROUBLING TO EVERYONE.

NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO ADVOCATED BE HALF OF THIS.

>> Reporter: THE INJUNCTION RULING GIVES THE GOVERNMENT 14 DAYS TO STOP THE POLICY PART OF THE ACLU BELIEVES THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WILL LIKELY APPEAL.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE VACCINE BOOSTER.

THE FDA DEBATES, WHO SHOULD GET ANOTHER SHOT.

WE BREAK DOWN THE LATEST RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT IS COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> TOMORROW IS THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL CLEANUP DAY AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, MANY CLEANUPS ARE TAKING PLACE BY THE COAST.

BUT MELISSA MAE TELLS US ABOUT A FREE COUNTYWIDE EVENT HELPING SAN DIEGO'S CLEANUP THEIR HOMES TO GO.

>> Reporter: COASTAL CLEANUP DAY IS A STATEWIDE EVENT TO HELP CLEAN UP LITTER AND TRASH THAT COULD OTHERWISE END UP IN THE OCEAN.

IN HONOR OF THE DAY, CALTRANS IS COLLECTING OVERSIZE HOUSEHOLD ITEMS IT FOR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

FOR FREE.

>> Reporter: WE PRETTY MUCH ACCEPT EVERYTHING EXCEPT HAZARDOUS WASTE TYPE THINGS AND IDEOLOGICALLY WASTE.

>> Reporter: MAINTENANCE PROGRAM ADVISER AND SENIOR ROTATION ENGINEER FOR CALTRANS SAYS SOME OF THE ITEMS WILL BE RECYCLED OR REPURPOSED.

>> WE HAVE SEPARATE BINS LIKE TIRES, SO TIRES WE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN BE GROUND UP AND TURNED INTO, YOU KNOW, ENTRYWAY MATS.

ALSO WE AS GROUND UP TIRES IN ASPHALT AND HOT MIX ASPHALT.

>> Reporter: THE EVENT IS ONE OF THE MANY PLANT IN THE COUNTY.

THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO SCHEDULED A CLEANUP IN OCEAN BEACHES STARTING AT 9:00 SATURDAY MORNING.

THERE ARE EVENTS PLANNED IN THE MISSION VALLEY PRESERVE, THE RIVER VALLEY AND UNIVERSITY CITY.

>> TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN THE BEAUTY OF SAN DIEGO AND WHAT WE APPRECIATE EVERYDAY.

SOMETIMES IT CAN BE BLIGHTED BY DEBRIS AND LITTER.

>> Reporter: YOU CAN VOLUNTEER FOR AN EVENT ONLINE AT THE CLEAN SAN DIEGO WEBSITE.

>>> CALTRANS ACCEPTING ITEMS FROM 7:00 UNTIL 10:00 UNTIL MORNING.

TO FIND THE CLOSEST DROP OFF SITE TO YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

>>> CREWS ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SAVE THE CALIFORNIA ICONIC GIANT SEQUOIAS FROM A WILDFIRE EXPECTED TO REACH A GROVE OF 2000-YEAR-OLD TREES WITHIN DAYS.

THE BASE OF GENERAL SHERMAN THE WORLDS BIGGEST TREE IS NOW WRAPPED IN FIRE RESISTANT ALUMINUM FOIL.

OTHER TREES AND SOME BUILDINGS IN THE SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST ARE ALSO GETTING THE SAME TREATMENT.

>>> HAPPY FRIDAY, EVERYONE.

THANKS FOR TUNING INTO KPBS NEWS.

I AM MARVIN GOMEZ.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FORECAST IN SEND EAGLE COUNTY.

THE NEXT COUPLE OF MORNINGS, THE MARINE LAYER WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE US MORNING LOW CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA.

WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES ACROSS MANY SPOTS DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE TRENDING ONCE AGAIN ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT TONIGHT'S FORECAST, A COUPLE OF CLOUDS, VERY LITTLE ACTION, BUT LAGUNA 61 DEGREES.

BORREGO SPRINGS, SOMEBODY WENT.

SAN DIEGO IS COOLING DOWN INTO THE MID-60s.

WE HEAD INTO SATURDAY AND THE ONSHORE FLOW BRINGS AGAIN THE MARINE LAYER INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, MOST OF THE SOUTHWEST IS GOING TO STAY ON A WARM NOTES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

HERE IS A QUICK LOOK AT SAN DIEGO COUNTY FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE MID-70s ACROSS THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

MY LAGUNA 67, BORREGO SPRINGS 97 DEGREES.

WE HAD INTO SUNDAY WITH NOT A LOT OF CHANGES.

BOTH DAYS OF THE WEEKEND VERY SIMILAR.

HERE IS A QUICK LOOK AT THE FORECAST ON THE COAST.

MID 70s FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

MOST A SUNNY CONDITIONS MONDAY.

WE WILL SEE IF YOU MORE CLOUDS INTO TUESDAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL GET INTO THE LOW 80s AS WE TRANSITION INTO OUR WEDNESDAY.

INLAND AREAS ALSO WE'LL SEE A WARM-UP, LITTLE MORE PRONOUNCED WITH 70s FOR THIS WE CAN.

LOW 90s INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS, WE WILL STAY IN THE 60s FOR MOST OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WEDNESDAY, WE COULD BE GETTING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO 70 DEGREES.

THE DESERT, THAT IS WHERE WE WILL FIND THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES FOR SURE, MID AND UPPER 90s FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND EARLY NEXT WEEK, YOU MIGHT BE TRACKING SOME TRIPLE DIGITS AS WE HEAD INTO TUESDAY.

THAT IS MARVIN GOMEZ WITH YOUR KPBS FORECAST.

>>> THE THUNDERBOLTS ARE BACK IN TOWN FOR THE SAN DIEGO BAYFAIR .

THE POWERBOAT RACE KICKED UP TODAY AND CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN MISSION BAY.

>> IT IS THE WORLDS BIGGEST, FASTEST RACING BOATS IN THE WORLD.

WE RUN OVER TO HER MILES AN HOUR.

>> Reporter: THE SIX-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION JIMMY SHANE IS THE DRIVER OF THE MISS HOME STREET AND HE'S LOOKING TO TAKE HOME HIS SEVENTH TITLE THIS WEEKEND.

DOZENS OF DRIVERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL BE COMPETING IN DIFFERENT RACES.

THIS WARD MEMBER SAYS IT IS A SPECTACLE YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS.

>> WE HAVE NEARLY 1000 MOTORHOMES DOWN HERE.

GREAT FOOD VENDORS.

A MOTORCYCLE SHOW ON SATURDAY.

ART SHOW ON SATURDAY.

>> Reporter: BAYFAIR HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 1964, BUT IT WAS POSTPONED LAST YEAR DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

HE SAYS THE EVENT DRAWS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO TOWN, GIVING THE LOCAL ECONOMY A BOOST.

>> WE MOST LIKELY WILL SEE 80 TO 100,000 PEOPLE OVER THE THREE DAYS.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THEY ARE HAPPY TO CONTINUE THE TRADITION THIS YEAR.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE FINEST RACING COURSE IN THE WORLD TODAY, MISSION BAY PARK AS WE SEE IT WAS ACTUALLY BUILT TO BRING THIS TO SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: FOR THOSE PLANNING TO COME ON SATURDAY, THE RACES START EARLY AT 8:00 I AM.

ALSO THERE IS A NIGHT SHOW AT 8:00 P.M. THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS.

TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS YOU CAN VISIT THE SAN DIEGO BAYFAIR WEBSITE.

ADMISSION IS FREE FOR ACTIVE MILITARY AND RESERVISTS.

STRIKE IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE HAVE HAD AN IN PERSON COMIC CON.

SO PEOPLE CAN GET LONG-AWAITED BADGES.

ORGANIZER SENT OUT ALERTS THAT THEY WOULD GO ON SALE NEXT SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 25th AT 11:00 A.M.

IT IS ALL DONE ONLINE AND YOU WILL NEED TO REGISTER FOR A COMIC CON MEMBER I.D.

IN ADVANCE.

MORE ON THE COMIC CON RETURN AND WHAT ATTENDEES NEED TO KNOW IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>> Reporter: THE THREE-DAY EVENT IS THANKSGIVING WEEKEND FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN REGISTERING, IT IS A PROCESS.

ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO PARTAKE NEED TO BE A VERIFIED COMIC CON MEMBER BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN PURCHASE A TICKET OR BE ALLOWED INTO THE WAITING ROOM.

THEN YOU ARE RANDOMLY SELECTED TO BUY TICKETS.

YOU HAVE TO EITHER BE VACCINATED OR TO HAVE A NEGATIVE COVID TEST.

THEN, THERE ARE MASKING REQUIREMENTS.

FOR SAN DIEGO, IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT EVENT.

IT IS THE SINGLE LARGEST EVENT HELD AT THE CONVENTION CENTER BY FAR.

IT BRINGS IN OVER $150 MILLION IN ECONOMIC BENEFIT IT HELPS WITH SALES TAX, FILLS HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS AND RETAILERS.

WE WILL NOT SEE $150 MILLION BUT CERTAINLY ABOUT $100 MILLION IN A HOLIDAY WEEKEND BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.

FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO COME TO THE EVENT AND REALLY ENJOY REIMBURSING THEMSELVES IN THE COMIC CON, THEY HAVE TO HAVE BOTH REGISTERED MAKING SURE THEY STAY SAFE FOR THE EVENT.

>>> THE SAN DIEGAN STATE UNIVERSITY USING COMICS TO TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT CRITICAL THINKING AT A TIME WHEN SUCH SKILLS ARE MOST NEEDED.

WE CHECK IN ON THE CLASS.

WITH BETH ACCOMANDO.

>> Reporter: HOW DID THEY SIGN UP FOR CLASS WITH ADULT TITLE OF ENGLISH 157?

CHANGE THE NAME.

>> I CALL IT PSYCHEDELIC MIRRORS.

SEX DRUGS AND ROCK 'N ROLL.

THEY SAY HUMANITIES ARE DYING.

IT IS JUST UNTRUE.

WE JUST HAVE NOT MARKETED THEM IN THE RIGHT WAY.

>> Reporter: HE IS A PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY AND HIS MARKETING WORKED.

>> IT WAS SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY AND SOMETHING THAT MIRRORS LOOKING INTO YOURSELF LIKE SELF-DISCOVERY LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF SOMEONE WHO COULD POSSIBLY BE ON PSYCHEDELICS.

JUST A VERY, VERY STRANGE I'M A VERY, VERY UNIQUE NAME FOR A COURSE.

>> Reporter: THE COURSE LOOKS TO HISTORY IN COMMENTS.

>> THE FOCUS OF THE CLASS IS HUMAN PSYCHE AND HOW BRILLIANT ARTISTS DEPICT THE INTRICACIES OF THE HUMAN MIND IN COMIC BOOKS.

>> Reporter: A COURSE ON COMIC BOOKS MIGHT MAKE SOME TAXPAYERS THINK THEIR MONEY IS WASTED.

BUT IT IS NOT ACCORDING TO STUDENTS.

>> COMICS MAY SEEM NOT AS IMPORTANT AS OTHER ACADEMICS BUT I FEEL LIKE COMICS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY INTERACTIVE AND SOME PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE MORE VISUAL LEARNERS OR SOME PEOPLE WHO SEE COMICS AS ENTERTAINMENT CAN ALSO GET EDUCATIONAL VALUE AND THEY COULD ALSO SEE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND OTHER THINGS THROUGH COMICS.

>> I THINK IT DOES MORE THAN COMICS.

I THINK IT IS CRITICAL THINKING.

I THINK IT IS ANALYZING TEXTS THAT ONE MIGHT OVERLOOK AS SOMETHING THAT IS A BUNCH OF CARTOONS.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO THINK OF YOURSELF WITH CRITICAL THINKING AND THAT IS WHAT FAKE NEWS AND TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM HAVE KIND OF STRIPPED PEOPLE OF RECENTLY.

THE ABILITY TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES.

>> Reporter: COMICS AS A WAY TO GET THE STUDENTS TO THINK.

>> OKAY WOMAN BE IN A WAY A METAPHOR FOR THE FAMILY OR FRIENDS?

>> Reporter: THIS CLASS IS THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT HOW THE IMAGES THEY SEE CAN AFFECT THEM.

>> HE TOOK GREAT PAINS TO SHOW US WHERE RACISM GROWS.

IT GROWS THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT.

WHAT WE ARE SEEING ARE TWO YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE STREETS OF PRAGUE WATCHING AN EARLY FORM OF A MOTION PICTURE.

TODAY I WAS LECTURING HOW AN UNDERGROUND CARTOONIST FRAMES AN EARLY FORM OF MOTION PICTURES TO SHOW HOW SUSCEPTIBLE PEOPLE ARE TO BEING RACIST PIGS.

IF WE SEE IT IN THE MOVIES WE WILL BELIEVE IT.

IF WE HEAR IT ON TV, WE WILL BELIEVE IT.

IF WE SEE IT ON THE INTERNET, WE WILL BELIEVE IT.

>> Reporter: HE'S NOT JUST A CONSUMER OF IMAGES BUT HE ASKS STUDENTS TO DEEPLY UNDERSTAND IMAGES.

>> I THINK IT IS WHY I WAS ASKED TO TEACH A CLASS ABOUT COMICS.

>> Reporter: ALSO THE WORLD IS AWASH OF INFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO TEACH PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MESSAGE IS FOR THE IMAGE BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE OF THE IMAGE ITSELF AND TO THINK DEEPLY THROUGH, OKAY, I AM CONSUMING THE IMAGE, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR MY THOUGHTS?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR MY ACTIONS?

>> I DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWER.

>> IT'S ONE OF US WILL BE CONFRONTED BY AMBIGUITIES EVERY DAY.

>> UNAPOLOGETIC CURIOSITY.

IF ANYTHING, LITERATURE PREPARES US MUCH MORE FOR LIFE THEN A COURSE IN BOTANY.

>> SET OF TRYING TO FIND A SPECIFIC ANSWER YOU REALLY ARE BRINGING YOUR OWN WORLD PERSPECTIVE AND CONCEPTS AND IDEAS YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY TO BECOME A MORE MATURE PERSON AND DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE A SPECIFIC ANSWER BUT MAYBE BECOMING SOMEONE WHO IS MORE OPEN-MINDED AND OVERALL WELL- ROUNDED.

>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT WE NEED CLASSES LIKE PSYCHEDELIC MIRRORS.

>> LITERATURE IS ONE OF THE LAST PLACES IN THE UNIVERSITY FOR OPEN DIALOGUE, THOUGHTS, AND CONFLICTS.

THOUGHTFUL CONFLICT.

DISAGREEMENT.

ARGUMENT.

WE NEVER HAD MORE OF A NEED FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE A CRITICAL CAPACITY TO EVALUATE INFORMATION.

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