AND MAJOR FUNDING FOR K PBS HAS BEEN A POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING, HEATING, AND AIR.

HOW TO SUPPORT THE MISSION FOR K PBS AT CONTINUE TO SERVE SAN DIEGO COMPLIANCE.

HELPING TO MAINTAIN HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS SINCE 1978.

AND BY THE CONRAD PURVIS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCO SHYLY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.

>>> GOOD EVENING IT IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER FIRST, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

BUILDING TRUST AND EARNING IT, TOO.

A NEW EFFORT IS BEING MADE BY CITY LEADERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND BUILD BETTER RELATIONSHIPS.

K PBS METRO REPORTER, IS WITH US TO TELL US HOW THEY PLAN TO DO.

>> Reporter: THIS OR BECAUSE FROM A $240,000 CONTRACT WITH THE ISRAELI TECH FIRM IS ZENCITY WHICH BUYS ADS ON WEBSITES AND ASKS TO REACH A RANDOM SAMPLING OF RESIDENTS.

QUESTIONS LIKE WHETHER THAT THE POLICE TREAT PEOPLE WITH RESPECT, AND THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS THE RESULTS WILL HELP INFORM POLICE POLICIES.

>> WE WILL ALSO HAVE 60 DAYS, ROUGHLY, TO WORK WITH ZENCITY TO CREATE PUBLIC EXPERTS TO SO THIS RESULTS ONCE THE DATA HAS BEEN GATHER.

>> Reporter: WENT THE CHIEF IS WILLING TO COME OUT AND SAY THAT RACIAL PROFILING EXISTS, THEN MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION.

>> Reporter: KHALID ALEXANDER IS PRESIDENT OF THE NONPROFIT, PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND HE DOESN'T THINK THE SURVEY WILL RESULT IN ANY MEANINGFUL CHANGE BUT HE SAYS THAT QUESTIONS ARE SUPERFICIAL.

>> THE IDEAS THAT THIS CONVERSATION ARE HAPPENING WITHOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DEMANDING CHANGE IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE THAT THIS IS ONLY AN ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE PERCEPTION AND NOT ACTUALLY CHANGE THE INSTITUTION.

>> Reporter: THREE QUESTIONS ARE COMPILED TO CREATE A SCORE, WITH THAT WILL SHOW HOW MUCH RESPONDENTS TRUST POLICEMAN ANDREW BOWEN, TRANSLATE HIS FRIEND >>> COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE RELEASING HIGHER CASES OF THE FLU THIS YEAR.

AS TRANSFER REPORTS, THEY ARE URGING PEOPLE TO GET FLU SHOTS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR LOVED ONES.

>> Reporter: THIS FAMILY ARE ON THE REGULAR VISIT TO CORONADO FROM MEXICO CITY.

THEY MADE AN IMPORTANT STOP HERE, A DRIVE-THROUGH FLU CAN IT AT CORONADO HOSPITAL.

>> I DON'T WANT TO GET SICK, AND I WANT TO PROTECT MY KIDS IN THE FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY.

>> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT LINDSAY SHIM WANTS TO HEAR.

>> EVERY HEAD INTO RESPIRATORY VIRUS SEASON, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC STAYS HEALTHY AND THAT WE RESERVE THE HOSPITAL RESOURCES BETWEEN COVID, THE FLU, RSD AND COMMON COLD, IT'S ALL THOSE THINGS CAN BE BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL, MAKE THEM UNWELL AND WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREVENT THAT.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS MAKING THE FLU SHOT ACCESSIBLE AND FREE ACROSS THE COUNTY.

THEY ARE SEEING MORE CASES OF THE FLU COMPARED TO LAST SEASON.

DR. CAMERON SAYS PROTOCOLS AND LOCKED OUT LIMITED THE FLU VIRUS LAST SEASON.

>> LAST YEAR WE WERE VERY WORRIED IT WOULD BE A COLLISION BETWEEN BLUE AND COVID-19, AND THAT SIMPLY DIDN'T HAPPEN.

IT TURNS OUT SOCIAL DISTANCING AND MASKS WORK VERY WELL FOR OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES BESIDES COVID.

ACCORDING TO THE CDC GUIDELINES IT IS PERFECTLY SAFE TO GET A FLU SHOT AND RECOVERED VACCINE BOOSTER OR SHOT AT THE SAME TIME.

HERE WE GO.

IS THAT IT?

THAT'S IT?

IN CORONADO, KITTY ALVARADO, TRANSFERRING HIS.

>>> DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATIONS KICK OFF ACROSS THE COUNTY TODAY, INCLUDING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION CENTER WHERE AN ALTAR WAS SET UP TO COMMEMORATE LIVES LOST IN SAN DIEGO.

K PBS REPORTER, ALEXANDRA HAS MORE ON THAT COMMUNITY ALTAR.

>> SOME OF THE STORIES WE HEAR ARE OF A SON AND MOTHER THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY FROM COVID.

>> Reporter: NEARLY 140S WERE COMMITTED FOR LOVED ONES WHO LOST IN LUDLOW DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THIS IS THE SECOND ANNUAL DAY OF THE DEAD PRESENTED BY KENTE COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR RECEIVED THIS YOUR SUBMISSION.

>> LAST YEAR WE REPRESENTED ALL LIVES LOST TO COVID-19, SO WE HAD 900 REPRESENTED BY, THIS YEAR WE ARE AT 4200.

4213 TO BE EXACT.

>> 42 CANDLES WERE LIT IN PLACE OF THE ALTAR 2% EACH LIFE THAT WAS LOST.

THEY SAY THEY HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY THE COUNTLESS STORIES THEY HAVE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED.

>> THIS IS A CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT HOLIDAY IN THE LATINO AND MEXICAN CULTURE, AND USING IT TO GIVE THE FAMILIES WHO LOST SOMEONE A PLACE TO CELEBRATE THEIR LIVES.

TO COMMEMORATE EVERYTHING THAT THEY LIVED FOR.

>> Reporter: THE HOUSE PUT THE ALTAR TOGETHER, AND HONORED HER GRANDMOTHER WHOSE PICTURE JOINED THE ALTAR.

SHE DIED FROM COVID LAST YEAR.

ALTHOUGH A DEVASTATING LOSS FOR HER FAMILY, SHE KNOWS HER GRANDMOTHER IS SOMEWHERE REJOICING ON THIS DAY.

>> EARLIER THIS DAY WE WERE PLAYING MUSIC AS WE WERE SETTING UP.

AND, SO, I HOPE THAT AS SHE COMES SHE HEARS, SHE HEARD, I REMEMBER ONE OF HER BIRTHDAY PARTY SINGING WITH THE FAMILY, SO THAT WAS, I'M SURE SHE IS GOING TO ENJOY COMING AND ENJOYING THAT SPECIFIC SONG.

>> Reporter: A SPECIAL CEREMONY WILL BE HELD IN FRONT OF THE ALTAR ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER SECOND, AT 6:30 P.M. TO UNDER EACH LIFE LOST.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE GLOBAL DEATH TOLL HIT A NEW MILESTONE SURPASSING 5 MILLION LIVES LOST.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY REPORTED TODAY ANOTHER 40 PEOPLE DIED FROM THE VIRUS.

THERE ARE ALSO 14 HUNDRED AND 50 NEW CASES.

OVER 90% OF RESIDENTS 12 AND OLDER HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE SHOT OF THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.

OVER 81% ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

>>> COMPANIES WITH 100 OR MORE EMPLOYEES WILL BE MORE COMPELLED TO COMPLY WITH REQUIRING THEM TO BE VACCINATED OR TESTED WEEKLY FOR COVID-19.

A REVIEW WAS COMPLETED BY THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, THEY WILL BE PUBLISHING A REVIEW OF THE EMERGENCY ROLE IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER WITHIN A FEW DAYS.

THE NEW STANDARDS ARE BEING DEFINED AS MINIMUM AND THAT MEANS COMPANIES CAN OPT TO ONLY VACCINATE AND NOT OFFER TESTING AS AN ALTERNATIVE.

IF EMPLOYERS FAIL TO COMPLY THEY COULD FACE A $14,000 FINE PER VIOLATION.

>>> THIS WEEK KIDS 5-11 CAN BE ELIGIBLE TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES FOR A COVID-19 VACCINE.

THAT IS THE AUTHORIZATION PROCESS FOR PHIZER VACCINE, FOR THAT AGE GROUP, AND IT ROSE RIGHT ALONG.

RICK CONWAY HAS MORE FROM DOCTORS WHO RAKE DOWN SOME CONCERNS.

VIRUS VERSUS VACCINE.

>> Reporter: YOU WILL DO GREAT.

AND, GO.

THE GO AHEAD FOR PFIZER'S COVID- 19 VACCINE FOR KIDS 5-11, HAPPENED THIS WEEK.

RECOMMENDATION OF EMERGENCY GET AUTHORIZATION FROM THE VACCINE ADVISORS, CHECK.

OFFICIAL FROM THE FDA, CHECK.

THE CDC VACCINE ADVISORS ARE SET TO VOTE TOMORROW AND THE DIRECTOR WILL OFFICIALLY RECOMMEND IT.

KIDS 5-11 COULD BE GIVEN THEIR SHOTS AS SOON AS WEDNESDAY.

>> THIS IS ALSO, THERE IS NO SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS GIVEN THIS LOWER DOES OF THE VACCINE, AND THE SMALLER KIDS AND IS TO PROTECT THEM FROM GETTING AN INFECTION.

>> Reporter: ONLY A QUARTER OF HER AND SAY THEY WILL GET KIDS VACCINATED RIGHT AWAY, TO THIRD SAY THEY ARE WORRIED IT COULD AFFECT YOUR CHILD'S FUTURE FERTILITY.

>> THERE IS NOTHING TO SUGGEST THAT.

THERE'S NOTHING IN THE DATA THAT SUGGESTED THAT HAPPENS WITH ADULTS, I ALSO KNOW, BIOLOGICALLY, THERE IS NO MECHANISM THROUGH WHICH THAT WOULD OCCUR.

>> Reporter: BETWEEN VIRUS AND SEE THE GREATEST RISK FOR COVID- 19 IS NOT HAVING ONE.

>> COVID HAS BAD, CASES WITH CHILDREN, BUT IT HAS MANY AND HAS COMPLICATIONS IN THIS YOUNG GROUP OF HAVING LONG-TERM ISSUES WHETHER IT IS SYMPTOMS THAT LAST LONGER THAN TWO MONTHS WHICH IS THE LONG COVID PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, OR DEVELOPING A VERY SERIOUS, LIFE- THREATENING CONDITION OF INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME IN CHILDREN.

IF I HAD A CHOICE I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE SUPERSAFE VACCINE AND HAVE THEM BACK IN SCHOOL AND BACK TO THEIR NORMAL LIFE.

>> Reporter: I AM BRICK,, REPORTING PRINT >>> MEDICARE RECIPIENTS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THEY SHOULD GET THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED FOR WHITE GOOD DOSES ARE CATEGORY BY CHILD AGE RATHER THAN WAIT.

>>> MUSLIM STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE, AND THAT ORGANIZATIONS, CARE, ARE TALKING ABOUT BULLYING AND DISCRIMINATION ABOUT BOSOM STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA.

HERE IS OUR EDUCATION REPORTER, ON THIS.

>> Reporter: THE PBS NEWS HOUR INTRODUCED US TO THIS WOMAN, A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN MINNESOTA.

THOUGH BORN IN THE U.S. SHE WAS BULLIED BECAUSE OF HER SOMALI AND MUSLIM HERITAGE.

SHE SAYS CLASSMATES WERE RELENTLESS.

>> THEY WOULD BE LIKE OH, WHY ARE YOU MAKING THE BATHROOM DIRTY, YOU STINKY SOMALIAN OR YOU TERRORIST OR GO BACK FROM WHERE YOU CAME.

>> Reporter: IS ON THE PHOBIA CONTINUES TO DISRUPT STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IN CALIFORNIA THERE IS A NEW REPORT THAT SHOWS IT IS ESPECIALLY PREVALENT.

THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS ALSO CALLED CARE JUST RELEASED RESULTS OF THE SURVEY CONDUCTED WITH MORE THAN 700 11- 18-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE.

THE SURVEY FOUND MORE THAN 47% OF THEM REPORTED BEING BULLIED BY CLASSMATES FOR BEING MUSLIM.

50 5.7% FELT UNSAFE IN THEIR SCHOOLS.

AND ABOUT A THIRD OF THE REPORT HAVING THEIR HE JOB OFFENSIVELY TOUCHED.

>> KIDS ARE BEING SURVEYED ON RIGHT HERE THAT GO TO SCHOOL WITH YOUR CHILDREN AND MY CHILDREN.

>> Reporter: THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF SAN DIEGO CARE PARTICIPATED IN THE SURVEY AND SHE SAID RESPONSIBILITY RESTS WITH PARENTS AND OTHER ADULTS WHO MODEL BEHAVIOR.

>> OF A CHILD SHOWS UP TO SCHOOL AND IS EATING A FALAFEL, INSTEAD OF A PB&J FOUND SANDWICH, THAT ACCEPTABILITY STARTS THERE.

IF THE CHILD SHOWS UP AND THE MOTHER HAS A HIJAB WHEN SHE DROPPED THEM OFF, THAT ACCEPTANCE OF PARENTS BEING DIFFERENT THAN LOOKING DIFFERENT, ALSO START AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.

>> Reporter: HERE IS A RESPONSE FROM A 12-YEAR-OLD SAN DIEGO STUDENT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE SURVEY, SOME PEOPLE SAID DONALD TRUMP WILL KICK YOU OUT OF THE UNITED STATES AND SEND YOU BACK FROM WHERE YOU CAME.".

ANOTHER STUDENT FROM THE BAY AREA SAID QUOTE, MY SCIENCE TEACHER TOLD ME THAT MY DAD LIKES FLYING PLANES INTO BUILDINGS,".

>> MY SKIN COLOR, OR THAT HIJAB I HAVE, IT MAKES ME NOT AMERICAN, ACCORDING TO SOME KIDS.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE DETERMINED TO SHATTER THE STEREOTYPES READ MJ PEREZ, K PBS NEWS.

>>> CLIMATE CHANGE IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT TODAY, MORE THAN 120 WORLD LEADERS ARE IN GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, SETTING THE TONE FOR TWO WEEKS OF NEGOTIATIONS THAT THEY HOPE WILL PRODUCE A GLOBAL PLAN TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

ISABEL ROSALES REPORTS ON PRESIDENT BIDEN'S NEW PLAN.

>> THIS MAY BE THE LAST CHANCE TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE PROBLEM.

A REPORT PUBLISHED BY THE UN IN AUGUST CALLED THE CODE RED FOR HUMANITY, SHOWING THE WORLD IS WARMING FASTER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.

>> WE ARE DIGGING OUR OWN GRAPES.

ENOUGH OF TREATING NATURE LIKE A TOILET.

ENOUGH OF BURNING AND MINING OUR WAY DEEPER.

>> Reporter: DESPITE LEADERS ARE CHINA AND RUSSIAN LEADERS SKIPPING THE MEETING.

>> IF WE FAIL THEY WILL NOT FORGIVE US.

>> Reporter: THERE IS SKEPTICISM OF PROMISES VERSUS ACTION.

SIX G 20 COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE U.S., NEVER THAT THEIR TARGETS BECAUSE GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS UNDER THE 2015 PARIS AGREEMENT, AND PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN BOWING THE U.S. WILL LEAD THE WORLD PRINCE BE MET WITH THIS BE THE MOMENT THAT WE ANSWER THE CALL.

>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE IS SET TO LAUNCH A LONG-TERM INITIATIVE TO GET TO NET ZERO BY 2050.

AS BIDEN TOUTS CLIMATE CHANGE MEASURES, HIS AMBITIOUS AGENDA IS CURRENTLY INCHING FORWARD ON CAPITOL HILL.

>> MY ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING OVERTIME TO SHOW THAT OUR CLIMATE COMMITMENT IS ACTION, NOT WORDS.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, ISABEL ROSALES, KPBS.

>>> LOOKING AT SOME NICE, SUNNY DAYS AHEAD IN STUDYING CALIFORNIA WHICH IS GREAT NEWS.

TEMPERATURES MAY RISE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO STAY DRY.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, LIKELY TO GET SOME RAIN, BUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IT IS LOOKING LIKE A NICE AND DRY STRETCH AHEAD.

AT THE END OF TONIGHT TEMPERATURES FALL OFF INTO THE LOW 50s FOR YOU, IN OCEANSIDE 45, AND TUESDAY IS MAINLY DRY FOR MOST OF US, ACROSS THE ROCKIES IT MAY FEEL A LITTLE RAIN BUT DRY AND COMFORTABLE ACROSS BASICALLY ALL OF CALIFORNIA.

TEMPERATURES FOR TUESDAY GETTING UP INTO THE LOW TO MID 70, RAMONA, GETTING UP TO 75.

YOUR DAYTIME HIGH TOMORROW ON WEDNESDAY RATHER, IS A LITTLE NICE WE HAVE A DIP IN THE JET STREAM ACROSS THE WESTERN AND THAT WILL BRING US OUR NEXT STORM SYSTEM, AND RAIN MAY ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY.

ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, IT SHOULD BE ANOTHER NICE, DRY DAY FOR WEDNESDAY.

NO COMPLAINTS AND AGAIN, TEMPERATURES LOOK TO WARM UP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

LOOKING AT YOUR FIVE DAY OUTLOOK, NEAR THE COAST WE GO FROM THE UPPER 60s ON TUESDAY TO THE LOW 70s WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY APPROACHING A MID-70s AS WE HAD INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

FURTHER INLAND WE HAVE LOW 70s ON TUESDAY UP TO THE 80s BY THE TIME WE GET TO THURSDAY AND WE HOLD ONTO THOSE UPPER 70s FOR FRIDAY SO LITTLE DROP AS YOU GET TOWARD NEXT SATURDAY.

PLENTY OF SUNSHINE I HAD FOR THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES IN GENERAL SITTING IN THE UPPER 50s AND LOW 60s, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE HERE.

AND IN THE DESERT WE ARE GENERALLY GOING TO BE SITTING AGAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 80s.

MAINLY FOR THE COASTAL AREAS AND A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INLAND WE WILL SEE SOME OF THOSE TEMPERATURE RISES BUT FURTHER INLAND LIKE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND OTHERS WE SEE TEMPERATURE STAYING NEAR THE SAME RAINSFORD FOR K PBS NEWS, I AM THE METEOROLOGIST.

>>> THE SUPREME COURT IS HEARING ORAL ARGUMENTS TODAY ON THE TEXAS LAW THAT SET BARRING MOST ABORTIONS AFTER SIX WEEKS.

IT CREATED A FIRESTORM.

WE NOW EXPLAIN SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED WHY THE SHARPLY DIVIDED HIGH COURT.

>> CASE 21 463, WOMEN'S HEALTH VERSUS JACKSON.

>> Reporter: ARGUMENTS BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT REIGNITING A DEBATE CONCERNING THE MOST RESTRICTED ABORTION LAW IN THE COUNTRY.

THE NINE JUSTICES CONSIDERING A TEXAS LAW HAD BARRED ABORTION AFTER THE DETECTION OF AN EMBRYONIC HEARTBEAT, AT AROUND SIX WEEKS.

OFTEN BEFORE A WOMAN KNOWS SHE'S PREGNANT.

>> LIFE IS PROTECTED WHEN THE HEARTBEAT IS DETECTED.

>> Reporter: DOES JUSTICES NOT DISCUSSING WHETHER THAT TEXAS LAW VIOLATES ROBY WAY, IS THAT THEY'RE FOCUSING ON THE UNUSUAL WAY IN WHICH THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE CRAFTED THE LAW.

AND REVIEWING WHETHER THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CAN CHALLENGE THE LAW IN COURT.

>> I AM WONDERING IF IN A DEFENSIVE POSTURE IN STATE COURT THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEFENSE CAN BE FULLY AIRED.

>> Reporter: JUSTICE AMY CONEY BARRETT, A KEYPAD, QUESTIONING THE STRUCTURE OF THE JUSTICE LAW.

AND JUSTICES MY YOUR AND KAGAN FOCUSING ON HOW THE BANK CREATES A MODEL TO ATTACK OTHER RIGHTS.

>> THIS IS NOT LIMITED TO ABORTION, THAT IS THE POINT THAT HAS BEEN RAISED.

IT IS LIMITED TO ANY LAW THAT A STATE THINKS IS DISSATISFIED WITH IT.

>> Reporter: JUSTICE CAVANAGH SAY THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THAT KIND OF LOBBYING POINTED AT OTHER CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS BECAUSE THOSE RIGHTS ARE MORE CERTAIN THAN A RIGHT TO A ABORTION.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> AN INVESTIGATION HAS FOUND THAT THE VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS STOPPING VETERANS FROM GETTING MEDICAL CARE OUTSIDE OF ITS HOSPITALS.

OUR REPORTER JILL CASA LOT OF SHOWS HOW ONE FAMILY HAS STRUGGLED TO GET THE HEALTHCARE THEY NEED.

>> JOHN SEYMOUR IS A FORMER NAVY COMBAT ENGINEER WHO GETS MEDICAL CARE THROUGH THE VA. A FEDERAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOR VETERANS.

SEYMOUR LIVES WITH HIS WIFE, AMY WORK, IN CALIFORNIA, MORE THAN AN HOUR AND A HALF FROM THE CLOSEST VA HOSPITAL.

BECAUSE OF SEVERE SPINAL INJURY AND HER NEED OF DISC, SEYMOUR STRIVES TO THE VA ARE EXCRUCIATING.

>> THE BEST WAY I CAN SAY, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN STUCK ON YOUR BUTT FOR 16 HOURS?

I GET THAT FOR 20 MINUTES, IT'S PAINFUL.

IT HURTS, LIKE GETTING STABBED WITH A NEEDLE.

>> Reporter: UNDER A LANDMARK LAW KNOWN AS THE MISSION ACT SEYMOUR QUALIFIES TO GET HIS MEDICAL CARE FROM PRIVATE DOCTORS CLOSER TO HOME.

BUT GETTING THE VA TO SIGN OFF ON THOSE APPOINTMENTS CAN BE A HUGE CHALLENGE.

THAT IS WHITE WORK, HIS FULL- TIME CAREGIVER, AND SUBSTANTIALLY MOST OF HER HUSBAND'S CARE AT THE VA ANYWAY.

BUT IT CAN TAKE MONTHS OR EVEN YEARS TO GET THOSE APPOINTMENTS.

>> HIS LOWER BACK IS DETERIORATING, AND WE FOUND OUT THROUGH THE IMAGING THAT HE NEEDS TO BE SEEN FOR THIS.

SO, PART OF THE RISK THAT WE ARE RUNNING RIGHT NOW HAVING TO WAIT IS ONE DAY I COULD WALK INTO THE HOUSE AND HIS LEGS COULD GIVE OUT AND HE COULD HIT HIS HEAD ON THE WAY DOWN.

AND WOULD THAT BE PREVENTABLE?

>> Reporter: OUR NEW INVESTIGATION HAS FOUND THAT LIKE SEYMOUR, VETERANS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE BEING TOLD TO RETURN TO THE VA EVEN WHEN THEY QUALIFY FOR MEDICAL CARE ELSEWHERE.

NATIONAL VA MANUALS SHOW THAT THIS COMES AT A TIME WHEN THE VA IS TRYING TO RETAIN PATIENTS AND SAVE MONEY.

FOR SEYMOUR AND WARRICK, THOSE KINDS OF ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS HAVE A PERSONAL IMPACT.

>> YOU KNOW, HOW DO I GO HELPING HIM THROUGH EVERYDAY LIFE WITH AS MUCH DIGNITY AS POSSIBLE?

AND THE DIGNITY GET RIPPED AWAY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY HEALTHCARE THAT IS PROMISED TO YOU.

>> Reporter: FOR K PBS, JILL CASTELLANO.

>>> YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION, IT IS AN INDEPENDENT NON-PARTNER OF K PBS.

>>> FRUSTRATIONS FOR AMERICAN AIRLINE PASSENGERS, THE AIRLINE HAS CANCELED ANOTHER 250 FLIGHTS AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF CANCELLATIONS.

SINCE FRIDAY ABOUT 1900 FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED, AS AMERICAN DEALT WITH WEATHER ISSUES, AND STAFFING SHORTAGES.

THINGS ARE STARTING TO TURN AROUND NOW, BUT IT WAS A LONG WEEKEND FOR FRUSTRATED PASSENGERS.

>> IT IS ANNOYING BECAUSE IT IS AMERICAN, AND THEY SHOULD OF TOLD US WEEKS AGO.

SO YEAH, THEY'RE CANCELING UP UNTIL WHATEVER, WE HAVE TO STAY HERE.

>> THREE WEEKS AGO SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CANCEL MORE THAN 2000 FLIGHTS OVER SEVERAL DAYS BECAUSE OF WEATHER AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ISSUES.

>>> TOMORROW THE CDC WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO RECOMMEND PFIZER'S COVID-19 VACCINE FOR CHILDREN AGES FIVE-11.

SOME PARENTS HAVE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THE DOSING IN SIZE FOR THAT VACCINE IS BASED ON A CHILD'S AGE, NOT WEIGHT.

WENDY GAITHER EXPLAINS.

>> Reporter: IT IS RECOMMENDED BY THE CDC, PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE WOULD BE THE FIRST FOR USE IN CHILDREN AGES 5-11 IN THE U.S., AND THE BACKS HE WOULD BE ADMINISTERED IN TWO DOSES GIVEN 21 DAYS APART.

BUT EACH DOSE WOULD JUST BE A THIRD OF THE SIZE OF THE ONE GIVEN TO CHILDREN FIVE AND OLDER.

>> VACCINES ARE NOT ADMINISTERED BASED ON WEIGHT LIKE OTHER THERAPEUTIC ONES, AND WHY NOT?

>> Reporter: THE DOCTORS SAYS THE DISHES SIZE VARIES DEPENDING ON THE CHILD'S IMMUNE SYSTEM.

>> VACCINES ARE REALLY BASED ON DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN A YOUNGER PERSON, THAT IS WHY YOU SEE DIFFERENCES CUT OFF AT AGES.

>> Reporter: TWO SMALLER DOSES OF THE PHIZER VACCINE GENERATED JUST AS STRONG AN IMMUNE RESPONSE IN CHILDREN, AT THE LARGER DOSE GIVEN TO PEOPLE OVER 12.

SHE SAYS PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN SHOULDN'T WORRY, ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE DOSE.

>> A PARENT WHO HAS A 10-YEAR- OLD WHO HAS GOTTEN IT YET, THE 11-YEAR-OLD SHOULD RECEIVE THE ASTEROID DOSE FOR THAT AGE.

>> Reporter: THERE IS ALSO POTENTIAL TO LOWER THE DOSAGE OF THE COVID-19 DOSE FOR CHILDREN AGE 12-15 IN THE FUTURE.

RIGHT NOW THE COMPANY SAYS THEY ARE PROVIDING PROTECTION WITH SAFE AND EFFECTIVE VACCINE.

FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I AM ANDY GAITHER.

>>> PFIZER HAS PACKAGED UPFOR THE VACCINE FOR CHILDREN AGES FIVE HAVE A LEVEL WHICH HAVE ORANGE LABEL SO PURPLE LABELS ARE FOR VACCINES FOR THOSE AGES 12 AND OLDER.

WE ARE FOLLOWING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT ON THE PANDEMIC AT K PBS.ORG, TRACK THAT ON THE LINK UNDER THE NEWS TAB ON OUR HOMEPAGE AND YOU WILL FIND ALL OF OUR RECENT REPORTS AS WELL AS RESOURCES LIKE OUR VACCINE TRACKER.

>>> IT IS OFFICIAL THE PADRES HAVE A NEW MANAGER.

AND HE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS.

TRANSFER REPORTER MELISSA TELLS US ABOUT THE SKIPPER WHO IS MOVING SOUTH FROM HIS FORMER BALLCLUB.

>> THE PADRES PICKED A BETTER MANAGER WITH A PLAYOFF TRACK RECORD, TO TAKE OVER A TEAM THAT UNDERPERFORMED EXPECTATIONS LAST YEAR.

BOB MELVIN HAS AGREED TO A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT TO BECOME THE 22nd MANAGER IN THE FRANCHISE HISTORY.

>> THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME PERSONALLY, WAS BOB'S BURNING DESIRE TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP, AS A MEAGERLY MAJOR LEAGUE SKIPPER.

>> Reporter: AJ PELLER SAYS MELVIN WAS AT THE TOP OF THE CLUB'S LIST OF MANAGER CANDIDATES.

>> HIS LEADERSHIP STYLE STANDS OUT, HOLD PLAYERS ACCOUNTABLE, HE IS HONEST AND HAS TOUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH PLAYERS, WHILE STILL MOTIVATING PLAYERS TO GO OUT AND PLAY FOR HIM AND FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

>> Reporter: MOTHER REMEMBERS ONE GAME IN PARTICULAR WHEN HE CAME TO A GAME AS THE A MANAGER.

>> THERE WERE 40,000 PEOPLE HERE, AND IT WAS ELECTRIC.

YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS THE PLAYOFFS.

AND IT RESONATED WITH EVERYBODY IN OUR DUGOUT, WE ARE ALL LOOKING AROUND GOING WHILE.

>> Reporter: THEY CALLED IS A TRUE DESTINATION, BUT ALSO NAMED A FEW OTHER REASON FOR COMING TO SAN DIEGO.

>> THE FAN BASE AND ENTHUSIASM YOUR IN THE ROSTER, I MEAN THE ROSTER IS THE REAL HOOK.

>> Reporter: THE PADRES MANAGER ENDED WITH SAY HE KNOWS IT IS CLEAR WHAT THE FANS AND TEAM WANTS FROM THEM, WINNING.

>> IT IS ALL ABOUT WINNING, HAVING THE PEOPLE THEY GIVE YOU THE RESOURCES AND BACKING TO DO IT, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS A BETTER DESTINATION IN BASEBALL TO COME, I AM A LUCKY MAN.

>> Reporter: K PBS NEWS.

>>> A FUNK LIKE NO OTHER, THE CORPSE FLOWER THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON FOR BATED BREATH, TO OPEN IS FINALLY IN BLOOM.

SPEAKING OF BREATH YOU CAN TAKE WHENEVER YOURSELF AND SMELL WHAT ALL THE HYPE IS ABOUT AT THE SAN DIEGO BOTANIC GARDEN, HE REPORTEDLY SMELLS LIKE ROTTEN FLESH HENCE ITS MORBID NAME.

>> IT DOESN'T SMELL GOOD BUT I THINK THAT IS WHAT THE PLANT DOES SO IT'S JUST FUN TO COME AND SEE IT AND SMELL IT.

IT WOULD PROBABLY BE MANY YEARS BEFORE IT BLOOMS AGAIN.

>> Reporter: THE PLANT TAKES BETWEEN SEVEN AND 10 YEARS TO PRODUCE ITS FIRST BLADE WHICH GENERALLY STAYS OPEN FOR ABOUT 48 HOURS.

IF YOU ARE CURIOUS OR JUST WANT TO GET YOUR OLFACTORY SENSE IS A CHALLENGE, NOW IS THE TIME.

YOU DO HAVE TO MAKE A RESERVATION FOR THIS RARE EXPERIENCE.

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

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US I AM MAYA TRABULSI, HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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