>>> ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR, PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS AND PRIVILEGED TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

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AND, BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING-AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> WE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, BY CLAIMING A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME IN A DENTIST AND WILL MAKE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, NOR WILL I SHRINK FROM MY SHARE OF RESPONSIBILITY FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND HOW WE MUST MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE.

I AM PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED DATES OF AMERICA.

THE BUCK STOPS WITH ME.

>> SAYING HE HAS NO REGRETS, PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE TO THE NATION TODAY SAYING THE U.S. MISSION, AND AFGHANISTAN, IS OVER, AND HIS DECISION TO REMOVE AMERICAN TROOPS IS THE RIGHT ONE AND IT IS MONDAY, THE 16th.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

THIS IS ON A DEADLY DAY WHEN THE TALIBAN CAPTURES THE COUNTRY THAT WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING A WAR IN FOR 20 YEARS.

WE HAVE LOCAL REACTION.

LET'S BEGIN WITH ISABEL ROSALES IN WASHINGTON.

>> PRESIDENT BIDEN COCKING HIS TRIP SHORT TO ADDRESS THE CHAOS IN AFGHANISTAN.

>> OUR MISSION WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE NATIONBUILDING IN AFGHANISTAN.

>> OUTSIDE THE U.S. EMBASSY IN KABUL, THE TALIBAN ELEVATES TAKING CONTROL OF THE CAPITAL.

AT THE AIRPORT, CROWDS GOING TO MILITARY PLANES, DESPERATE TO ESCAPE.

>> PEOPLE ARE CRYING FOR HELP TO NOT BE ABANDONED.

>> Reporter: AMONG MANY FEARFUL INTERPRETERS AND OTHER ALLIES WHO ASSISTED THAT U.S. MILITARY.

>> IT IS GUT WRENCHING.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WE RELIED ON THAT WE PROMISED THAT WE WOULD NOT LEAVE THEM BEHIND.

>> Reporter: CIVILIANS STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND THE RAPID SPEED OF COUPLES FALL.

>> I DO NOT SEE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: BACK IN THE U.S., MANY ARE DOING THE SAME.

>> AFGHANISTAN POLITICAL LEADERS GAVE UP AND FLED THE COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE SECURITY TEAM IS SHIFTING THE BLAME TO THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT AND TROOPS.

>> AMERICAN TROOPS CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT BE FIGHTING IN A WAR AND DYING IN A WAR THAT AFGHAN FORCES ARE NOT WILLING TO FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES.

>> THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY ARE WORKING WITH OTHER COUNTRIES TO BRING VULNERABLE CITIZENS TO SAFETY.

>> WE DEFEND OUR PEOPLE WITH DEVASTATING FORCE IF NECESSARY.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, I AM ISABEL ROSALES.

OF VETERANS OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN WATCH OF THE PEOPLE THEY FOUGHT AGAINST FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS TAKE CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER STEVE WAS HAVE BEEN TALKING TO A NUMBER OF VETERANS, AND HAS THIS REPORT.

>> VETERANS ARE WATCHING ON TV AS THEY WERE THEY FOUGHT PRECEDES MORE ATTENTION FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN HIS FINAL DAYS THEN THE CONFLICT AND FOR MOST OF THE LAST TWO DECADES OF WAR AND IN 2009.

>> I HAVE BEEN TO THE AIRPORT MANY TIMES AND BEING PICTURES OF THE TALIBAN AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE, A PLACE I HAVE BEEN TO.

>> IS THE FACT THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A TERRORIST ATTACK BY AL QAEDA OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS IS PROOF THAT THE WAR WAS NOT FOUGHT IN VAIN.

SALIMA IS A STAFF SERGEANT STATIONED AT WRIGHT PATTERSON IN DAYTON, OHIO.

SHE BELIEVES IT WAS TIME FOR THE U.S. TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN.

>> THAT IS THEIR COUNTRY, THEY WILL NEVER CHANGE, NEVER EVER EVER WILL CHANGE.

WE WILL NOT CHANGE THEM AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, 20 YEARS AND LOOK HOW QUICKLY THE TALIBAN JUMPED BACK IN.

>> SHE WAS A CIVIL AFFAIRS OFFICER IN 2008 AND 2009 OVERSEEING RECONSTRUCTION PROGRESS.

AS PAINFUL AS IT IS TO WATCH THEY COLLAPSE, SHE SAYS WE DID AS MUCH AS WE CAN WHILE WE WERE THERE.

>> I INDIVIDUALLY THINK THIS WAS A WASTE OF TIME.

>> JASON BARRY IS A FORMER MARINE RATE OF BASE TO LIVES IN ORANGE COUNTY.

HE WAS IN AFGHANISTAN IN 2009, AND BEGAN IN 2012 AND 2013.

>> IT COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.

WE WOULD HAVE WENT TO GO AS HARD AS WE COULD AND DID WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO AND GET RID OF THE TALIBAN AND AL QAEDA AND OSAMA AND GOT OUT.

WHY HAS IT BEEN 20 YEARS?

BACK TEMPERATURE IS A NAVY RESERVIST WHO SPENT A YEAR IN AFGHANISTAN IN 2010.

HE IS WITH THE AFGHAN VETERANS OF AMERICA, DEDICATED TO POST- 9/11 VETERANS.

>> SEEING THIS ALL MELT AWAY IN A MATTER OF HOURS IS SHOCKING AND ANGRY.

YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF VETERANS, SERVICE MEMBERS, THEIR FAMILIES WONDERING WAS IT ALL WORTH IT.

>> AT THE MOMENT, HIS SUGGESTION IS TO ASK VETERANS ABOUT THEIR SERVICE, BUT TO KEEP THAT JUDGMENT FREE, AS AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR ENDS, THERE WILL BE PLENTY TIME TO TALK ABOUT POLITICS.

STEVE WAS, KPBS NEWS .

>>> AS THE U.S.

FOCUSES ITS EFFORTS ON BRINGING U.S. CITIZENS AND ALLIES BACK HOME, MANY AFGHANS FEAR FOR THEIR LOVED ONES.

ALEXANDRA RON HOWARD MORE FROM AN AFGHAN NATIVE HERE IN SAN DIEGO, WHO WAS TRYING TO BRING HIS FATHER TO THE U.S. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

>> HOW DESPERATE AND HOW SAD ONE'S LIFE MUST BE TO BE ABLE TO CLING TO A WING OF AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER.

>> HE AND HIS FAMILY FLED AFGHANISTAN 20 YEARS AGO, WHERE THEY SETTLED IN SAN DIEGO.

THEY HAVE SEEN THE TRAGEDIES OF WAR WITH THE TALIBAN FIRSTHAND.

NOW, THEY ARE GRAPPLING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THE WITHDRAWAL OF U.S.

TROOPS FROM THEIR HOME COUNTRIES.

>> THERE IS NO SECURITY AT THE AIRPORT, THERE IS NO AIRLINE STAFF.

THE O'HARE AIRPORT HAS BEEN AMBUSHED BY CIVILIANS, U.S. CITIZENS OR WHOEVER IS TRYING TO GET OUT THINKING THEY CAN HOP ON A PLANE AND,.

>> SOME OF AHMED NAEEL'S FAMILY LIVES IN KABUL.

HIS DAD HAS BEEN TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM THE CAPITAL.

>> MY DAD IS STILL IN AFGHANISTAN.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT HIM.

OBVIOUSLY HE MISSED ALL OF HIS FLIGHTS.

>> Reporter: HIS BIGGEST CONCERN IS GETTING HIS DAD TO THE NEAREST AND SAFEST COUNTRY.

AS WE SEE THE IMAGES PLAY OUT, THE AIRPORT IN KABUL IS IN SHAMBLES.

TRENTO 19 WAS IN FAVOR AHMED NAEEL WAS IN FAVOR OF U.S.

TROOPS LEAVING AFGHANISTAN, BUT HE SAYS THE SPEEDINESS CAUGHT EVERYONE BY SURPRISE, INCLUDING THE EASE AT WHICH THE TALIBAN WAS ABLE TO MOVE IN AND TAKE CONTROL.

>> IF THEY WERE TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM AFGHANISTAN IN 2022, WHO IS NOT TO SAY THE RESULTS WOULD HAPPEN THE SAME?

I THINK THAT IS POOR PLANNING.

IT IS POOR EXECUTION OF THE PLANNING.

THE ONE THING I PRAISE THE UNITED STATES, THEY HAVE HELP.

THEY HAVE HELPED NEARLY 2000 FAMILIES WHO HAVE ASSISTED THESE PEOPLE, AND THEIR WAR EFFORTS.

>> AHMED NAEEL WAS ONCE ONE OF THOSE FAMILIES.

HE SAID AFGHANISTAN HAS BEEN WORSE AND BELIEVES THEY WILL GET THROUGH THIS.

>> I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE MEN , WOMEN, AND CHILDREN WHO ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY TO THIS DAY.

RIGHT NOW, JUST LIVING IN AFGHANISTAN IS SURVIVING.

>> WITH NO FLIGHTS BOOKED, OR CLEAR DAY INSIGHT, AHMED NAEEL HOPES HIS DAD WILL BE BACK WITH HIM SOON.

ALEXANDER AHMED NAEEL NEWS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WITH CORONAVIRUS CASES WRITING, COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE PUTTING OUT A REQUEST FOR BUSINESSES TO REQUIRE VACCINES FOR THEIR WORKERS.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS THEY ARE ASKING THOSE UNVACCINATED TO BE TESTED ON A REGULAR BASIS.

>> WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW IS THIS IS A PANDEMIC OF THE UNVACCINATED.

>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE URGING EMPLOYERS TO REQUIRE PROOF OF VACCINATION FROM THEIR WORKERS, AND HAVE UNVACCINATED EMPLOYEES GET TESTED REGULARLY.

>> WE THINK THESE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO TO SLOW THE SPREAD AND HAVE OUR ECONOMY RECOVER.

>> THE COUNTY IS ENACTING THE POLICY THEMSELVES.

SUPERVISOR NATHAN FLETCHER SAID STARTING THIS WEEK, 18,000 COUNTY PLUS EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE TO DISCLOSE THEIR VACCINATION STATUS.

THOSE UNVACCINATED HAVE TO BE TESTED AND WEAR MASKS INDOORS.

I ASKED FLETCHER IF THAT MEANT THOSE WHO DO NOT COMPLY WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS.

>> WE ARE WORKING OUT WITH OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNITS.

THERE WILL BE A PENALTY.

>> SUPERVISOR NORA VARGAS HOPES THOSE ARE THE PRIVATE AND NONPROFIT SECTORS TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

>> WE WANT BUSINESSES TO STAY OPEN AND OUR ECONOMY TO RECOVER.

WE REQUIRE THEM TO GET THE VACCINE OR TEST ON A WEEKLY BASIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

WE WILL GO TO CONSUMERS, CUSTOMERS AND YOUR BUSINESS IS.

>> WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INCREASE IN COVID-19 CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS, WHETHER 90% OF THOSE UNVACCINATED.

COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER SAYS THE MORE CONTAGIOUS DELTA VARIANT IS DRIVING CASES.

>> WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEARCH, IT WILL GET WORSE BEFORE THAT GETS BETTER.

THE WAY OUT OF THAT IS FOR PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED.

>> FOLLOWING FEDERAL APPROVAL STARTING TODAY, THOSE WHO ARE IMMUNO COMPROMISED, AND VACCINATED WITH MODERNA OR PFIZER DOSES CAN REQUEST A THIRD BOOSTER SHOT.

FOR NOW, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GO TO A SITE AND TEST AS NEEDED.

MORE DETAILS ARE SAID TO BE RELEASED ABOUT BOOSTERS IN THE COMING DAYS.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> RESISTANCE TO VACCINES, MASKS AND LOCKDOWNS HAVE BEEN A COMMON THREAD OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, MUCH OF THAT PLAYING OUT IN CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.

WE GET SHOWN HOW ONE CHURCH, NEAR SACRAMENTO, IS TRYING TO PROVIDE COVER TO ITS FOLLOWERS.

>> YOU HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE, AND NOBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MANDATE THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE A VACCINE OR YOU LOSE YOUR JOB, THAT IS JUST NOT RIGHT IN AMERICA.

>> PASTOR GREG EXPLAINED WHY DESTINY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, IN ROCKLAND, IS HANDING OUT HUNDREDS OF LETTERS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE AGAINST TAKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE.

AFTER THE SUNDAY SERVICE, A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE WAITING TO PICK ONE UP.

>> MY THINGS BELOW ARE SINISTER AND QUALIFIED.

>> THIS COMES AFTER MORE EMPLOYERS STARTED TO REQUIRE THEIR WORKERS TO GET THE VACCINE OR GET WEEKLY COVID-19 TESTS IF THEY HAVE A RELIGIOUS OR ANYTHING, IT AFFECTS HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND TEACHERS, LIKE DANIEL.

>> I AM A HEALTHCARE WORKER.

I HAVE BEEN IN HEALTHCARE ALL OF MY LIFE.

I DO NOT FEEL IT'S FAIR TO PUT THIS ON ANYONE.

IT HAS NOT BEEN AROUND LONG.

>> YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING LOT IS FULL HERE.

IT'S NOT REGULAR MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH ONLY, WE TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE FOR THESE VACCINE EXEMPTIONS.

ONE PERSON DROVE TWO HOURS TO GET HERE.

>> I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING.

SOMEBODY TOLD ME ON INSTAGRAM.

I STARTED LISTENING TO THE SERVICES HERE.

I DROVE HERE TO SUPPORT THEM IN THIS.

>> Reporter: MR. JACOBS, A PROFESSOR AT THE SCHOOL OF LIFE EXPLAINED EMPLOYERS CAN LEGALLY REQUIRE EMPLOYEES TO TAKE VACCINES AS LONG AS THEY MAKE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR SINCERE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS THAT INCLUDES A MINIMAL BURDEN ON THE EMPLOYER, ACCOMMODATIONS LIKE REQUIRING TESTING INSTEAD.

>> IF WE HAVE GOT EMPLOYEES, WHO EXAMPLE HAVE A JOB WHERE THEY HAVE TO SEE PEOPLE, IT WOULD BE MORE THAN A MINIMAL BURDEN TO PUT THEM IN AN ON FRONT FACING POSITION.

AN EMPLOYER WOULD NOT BE WANTING TO DO THAT.

>> Reporter: THAT IS WHY SHE SAYS REFUSING VACCINE COULD COST PEOPLE THEIR JOBS.

>> I THINK PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS IF THEY REFUSE TO GET THE VACCINES, EVEN IF THEY HAD EXEMPTIONS FOR SOME POSITIONS BECAUSE THE LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO KEEP EMPLOYEES ON THE JOB IF THEY CANNOT DO THAT.

WE WILL SEE THAT.

WILL WE SEE THIS GO TO COURT?

I'M SURE WE WILL.

>> THAT WAS LYSEE MITRI REPORTING .

PFIZER SAYS IT IS GETTING GOOD RESULTS ON TESTS FOR THE COVID-19 BOOSTER SHOT.

THE COMPANY SAYS THE BOOSTER WILL PROTECT PEOPLE FROM THE MAIN VIRUS, AND ITS VARIANTS.

THAT INCLUDES THE DELTA VARIANT LARGELY TIED TO RECENT SURGE AMONG THOSE UNVACCINATED.

THE FDA IS REVIEWING THE FINDINGS AND WILL BE THE ONE TO DECIDE TO CLEAR THE PFIZER BOOSTER SUFFER PUBLIC USE.

STACY: HAS AN UPDATE ON THE NATIONAL COVID-19 SITUATION.

>> BACK-TO-SCHOOL POLICIES BECOME THE LATEST PANDEMIC BATTLEGROUND AS CASE NUMBER CLIMB ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

ONE OFFICIAL WARNS THE U.S.

SOON HIT 200,000 NEW CASES PER DAY AS THE DELTA VARIANT SPREADS WITH TERRIFYING RISK FOR THE UNVACCINATED.

>> ALL WE CAN SAY IS THAT THIS IS GOING STEEPLY UPWARD WITH NO SIGNS OF HAVING PEAKED OUT.

>> CHILDREN AND EDUCATORS RETURNING TO IN PERSON LEARNING ARE GETTING CONFLICTING MESSAGES UNMASKING IN SOME STATES THE GOVERNORS IN FLORIDA AND TEXAS ISSUED EXECUTIVE ORDERS BANNING MASKS IN SCHOOL.

SOME DISTRICTS, INCLUDING DALLAS, TEXAS, ARE DEFYING THE ORDER BY REQUIRING MASKS IN SCHOOL.

>> WE WILL BE NICE ABOUT IT.

WE WILL GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO COMPLY, BUT WE WILL NOT LET THEM MIX WITH THE OTHER STUDENTS.

>> THE U.S.

THE PERMANENT EDUCATION SENT STERN LETTERS TO RON DESANTIS AND GREG ABBOTT OF TAX IS VOWING TO SUPPORT EDUCATORS WHO REQUIRE MASKS.

MORE CHILDREN ARE HOSPITALIZED WITH THE VIRUS, WITH 17 AND UNDER, HOSPITALIZED LAST WEEK AND 21% HIGHER THAN THE WEEK BEFORE ACCORDING TO CDC DATA.

OREGON IS DEPLOYING THE NATIONAL GUARD TO HELP STRESSED HOSPITAL SYSTEMS.

OFFICIALS INSIST VACCINATION IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO SLOW THE SPREAD, BUT JUST UNDER 51% OF AMERICANS ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

>> HEARTBREAKING SITUATION WHERE 90 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNVACCINATED, WHO ARE SITTING DUCKS FOR THE VIRUS.

THAT IS THE MESS WE ARE IN.

>> STACY COHAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LET THE VOTING BEGIN.

MAIL-IN BALLOTS FOR THE SPECIAL GOVERNOR RECALL ELECTION WENT OUT TODAY.

THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGISTER'S OFFICE OPENED TODAY FOR THOSE WHO WANTED TO VOTE IN PERSON.

THE FORMAL ELECTION DATE IS SEPTEMBER 14th.

ALL VOTERS WILL RECEIVE A MAIL BALLOT, WHICH ASKS IF NEW SOME SHOULD BE REMOVED.

IF YES, VOTERS PICK FROM A LIST OF DOZENS OF CANDIDATES TO REPLACE HIM.

>>> AS FOR NEWSOM, HE IS SPENDING THE NEXT MONTH TRYING TO KEEP HIS JOB INCLUDING A WEEKEND CAMPAIGN SWING WITH STOPS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, INCLUDING SAN DIEGO.

WE TALKED WITH GAVIN NEWSOM ABOUT THE CHALLENGE AHEAD BEFORE HIM.

>> LET'S GIVE IT UP TO OUR GOVERNOR, GAVIN NEWSOM.

>> THIS WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AN ELECTION YEAR.

THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM IS FIGHTING FOR EVERY VOTE, CALL BY CALL, PERSON TO PERSON.

>> VOTE NO ON THIS RECALL.

>> HE IS TRYING TO CONVINCE CALIFORNIANS THAT HE SHOULD STAY ON THE JOB.

>> HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THE BATTLE?

BACK WE HAVE TO GET THE ENTHUSIASM.

THAT IS WHAT THE NEXT 30 DAYS IS ABOUT.

>> Reporter: LESS THAN A MONTH UNTIL HIS RECALL ELECTION, VOTERS WILL EITHER SAY YES OR NO ON KEEPING GAVIN NEWSOM.

THE DEMOCRAT HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY VISIBLE IN THE CENTER OF THE STATES MUST PRESENT PROBLEMS FROM HOMELESSNESS, TO THE MASSIVE WILDFIRES, TO HOSTING A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR GIVEAWAY TO ENCOURAGE MORE CALIFORNIANS TO GET VACCINATED.

WHY IS HE FIGHTING SO HARD IN A STATE WHERE REGISTERED DEMOCRATS OUTNUMBER REPUBLICANS NEARLY 2:1?

>> THAT'S WHAT RECALLS ARE ABOUT.

IN THESE OFF YEAR ELECTIONS, THEY HAVE A CHANCE.

>> THAT CHANCE IS BECAUSE MANY CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS DO NOT KNOW THE RECALL IS EVEN HAPPENING.

>> THEY WANT TO REMOVE HIM.

>> DEMOCRATS CONSTANTLY LOSE CAMPAIGNS BECAUSE WE DO NOT SHOW UP.

>> DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST MICHAEL TRUJILLO SAID PEOPLE OF HIS PARTY ARE DEPRESSED BY COVID-19 AND PERSISTENT STATE PROBLEMS, MAKING THIS RECALL FAR CLOSER THAN IT SHOULD BE.

>> IF WE SLEEP ON THIS, WE WILL WAKE UP TO A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR.

>> WHO WILL THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR BE?

>> SEEMS LIKE IT WILL BE LARRY ELDER.

>> RADIO HOST LARRY ELDER WITH NO POLITICAL EXPERIENCE, VIRTUALLY NO PUBLIC SCRUTINY, HAS LET UP REPUBLICAN ENTHUSIASM , A TRUMP SUPPORTER, HE WILL BE VASTLY OUT OF STEP WITH THE MAJORITY OF CALIFORNIA VOTERS.

>> THE OUTRAGEOUS MINIMUM WAGE HAS GONE HIGHER.

>> GOVERNOR NEWSOM IS INCREASINGLY BUCKING HIS NAME.

>> YOU HAVE LARRY ELDER, THAT IS NOT FIGHTING FOR 15.

HE DOES NOT BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A MINIMUM WAGE EXPECTED RETURN UP DEMOCRATIC PASSION AGAINST HIS RECALL.

>> WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TURN THE PAGE WHEN TRUMP LOST AND SOMEHOW TRUMP GOES IN WAYNE.

>> KEYLOCK, CNN, LOS ANGELES.

>> WHAT HAPPENS IN HAITI ENDS UP ON SAN DIEGO'S DOORSTEP.

THAT IS EVIDENCE IN THE WAY OF A ISLANDS SEEKERS IN TIJUANA LAST YEAR.

KPBS TOLD YOU THE NEWS OF HAITIAN MIGRANTS HOPING TO SEEK ASYLUM IN THE U.S. AND THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE IN MEXICO.

IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE IN- DEPTH STORYTELLING BY KPBS REPORTERS.

YOU CAN STREAM THAT ON THE KPBS YOUTUBE PAGE .

>>> WHETHER IT'S EARTHQUAKES OR POLITICAL INSTABILITY, HAITI IS A COUNTRY IN NEED.

CINDY AGAINST SAN DIEGOANS ARE ORGANIZING TO HELP.

MELISSA MAE HAS MORE ON THE OUTREACH UNDERWAY FOR THIS LATEST CHRIST IS.

>> Reporter: THE EARTHQUAKE HAS KILLED ALMOST 1300 PEOPLE AND DESTROYED THOUSANDS OF HOMES AND BUILDINGS.

HOSPITALS ARE OVERWHELMED, ROADS AND WATERWAYS ARE BLOCKED .

IN SAN DIEGO, A LOCAL CHURCH FEELS THE LOSS ESPECIALLY HARD.

>> WHAT IS THE MOMENT FOR HAITI, FOR ALL OF THE HAITIANS AND PEOPLE OVER THE WORLD?

>> HE IS THE PASTOR AT THE HAITIAN METHODIST OF SAN DIEGO.

>> WE ARE NOT HOPELESS, WE STILL HAVE HOPE, WE CAN GO THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.

>> HIM AND MANY OF HIS PARISHIONERS WOKE UP SATURDAY TO THE HORRIBLE NEWS.

>> WHEN YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING AND YOU SAW ON FACEBOOK AND TV AND WHAT IS GOING ON, ONE AFTER ANOTHER, AGAIN, WE HAVE SOMETHING AGAIN?

>> IT'S LIKE RELIVING THE DEVASTATING 2010 HAITI EARTHQUAKE THAT TAKES THE LIVES OF OVER 500,000 PEOPLE.

>> PEOPLE WILL TRY THE BEST AFTER 2010 TO GET ON THEIR FEET.

NOW THEY HAVE TO START OVER AGAIN AND YET.

IT'S SAD.

>> THIS PAST WEEKEND, JEAN ELISE DURANDISSE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH ONE OF HIS COUSINS IN HAITI .

>> WE WERE AFFECTED BECAUSE HE LOST HIS HOUSE.

HIS HOUSE WAS COLLAPSED.

>> ON THE PHONE, HE COULD HEAR CHILDREN SCREAMING.

THE PASTOR STARTED A GOFUNDME TO RAISE MONEY TO GO TO HAITI, AND HOPEFULLY TO VISIT AND BRING SUPPLIES WITH HIM.

>> WE WANT TO BE ON THE GROUND TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON AND TO PRAY FOR THEM.

WE ALSO WANT TO SERVE THEM.

>> THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT ASKED FOR DONATIONS TO GO THROUGH THEM.

THE RED CROSS ISN'T COLLECTING DONATIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR HAITI RIGHT NOW.

THEY SAY THEY ARE WATCHING THE SITUATION, INCLUDING MULTIPLE AFTERSHOCKS HAVING STRUCK THE AREA WITH AT LEAST FOUR BEING A MAGNITUDE OF 5.0 OR HIGHER.

THE RED CROSS IS CLOSELY MONITORING TROPICAL STORM GRACE, WHICH THREATENS THE ISLAND WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND IN THE COMING DAYS.

MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS .

>>> WE WILL TALK ABOUT GUSTY WINDS PICKING UP WITH A DIP IN THE JET STREAM MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.

THAT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO COOL DOWN HERE A LITTLE BIT.

WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND IN THE DESERTS.

TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE UPPER 60s AND LOW 60s OCEANSIDE AND RAMONA IS LOW 80s AND MALIBU DROPS TO 66 DEGREES FOR THE OVERNIGHT LOW.

THE MARINE LAYER IS THICKENING BACK UP OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MORNING HOURS OF YOUR TUESDAY, THE FOG AND LOW HANGING CLOUD COVER SHOULD CLEAR INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND ALLOW FOR SUNSHINE TO RETURN.

HERE IS THE BIG PICTURE STORY TUESDAY, A DIP IN THE JET STREAM, BREEZY CONDITIONS PICKING UP, BUT I THINK THE WINDS WILL GET FURTHER SOUTH AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN, WE TALK ABOUT GUSTY WINDS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE ALSO HAVE SHOWER AND STORM ACTIVITY THAT WILL BE CREEPING IN OUT OF THE EAST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

TEMPERATURES ON YOUR TUESDAY GETTING INTO LOW 80s AND OCEANSIDE IS LOW 80s AND SAN DIEGO, NOT LAGUNA IS MID-70s.

105 TOWARD BORREGO SPRINGS AND WE HAVE A LITTLE MOISTURE CREEPING INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA AS COOLER AIR SPREADS FURTHER EAST.

NEAR THE COAST, TEMPERATURES FALL BACK FROM THE LOW 80s ON TUESDAY BACK INTO MID-70s BY THE TIME WE GET TO THIS WEEKEND AND A LITTLE BIT OF A INCREASED MARINE LAYER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

FURTHER INLAND, TEMPERATURES DROPPING MID TO UPPER 80s INTO THE LOWER 80s, 82 IS THURSDAY AND 81 ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, WE HAVE WET WEATHER ON YOUR WEDNESDAY, A COUPLE SHOWERS AND STORMS POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE.

IT WILL POSSIBLY BE DRY FOR THE REST OF THE FIVE DAY OUTLOOK.

IN THE DESERTS, SAME STORY, WE CAN HAVE A COUPLE STORMS.

ON WEDNESDAY, TEMPERATURES FALL OUT OF THE TRIPLE DIGITS INTO THE 90s.

FOR KPBS, I AM METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PASH .

>>> WE REPORT FROM KABUL AS THE TALIBAN TAKES CONTROL.

COMING UP AT 7:00, AFTER EVENING ADDITION ON KPBS .

>>> A LOCAL FIREFIGHTER IS BACK IN SAN DIEGO AFTER BEING HURT BATTLING THE DATE THE FIRE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

THE AGENCY HAS NOT RELEASED THE CAPTAIN'S NAME, BUT HE WAS GREETED AND THANKED BY DOZENS OF PEOPLE FOR HIS SERVICE.

HE WAS INJURED WHEN A FIRE WEEKEND TREE FELL ON HIM.

THREE OTHERS WERE STRUCK BY THE TREE, BUT THEIR INJURIES WERE NOT SERIOUS.

IT IS A.M. CENTRAL TIME FOR FIRE EVACUEES.

RYAN MATHEWS CAUGHT UP WITH SOME OF THEM.

>> IT HAS BEEN A MONTH SINCE THE DIXIE FIRE FIRST EXPLODED, BURNING OVER 550,000 ACRES AS OF SATURDAY.

THOUSANDS WERE LEFT WITH NOTHING.

>> THIS IS TERRIBLE.

IT'S HARD TO READ AND EVERYTHING.

I JUST WISH IT WOULD BE OVER FOR EVERYBODY.

IT'S SAD.

>> WE ARE NOT IN CONTROL OF OUR LIVES NOW, EXCEPT WHATEVER HAPPENS.

>> SEVERAL ARE LIVING IN THEIR CARS ARE CAMPING.

THOSE LUCKY ENOUGH TO SNAG A HOTEL ROOM ARE NOT PROMISED THEM FOR MUCH LONGER.

>> WE ARE STAYING AT THE PHILIPPINE.

WE HAVE A ROOM THERE UNTIL WEDNESDAY.

WE HAVE TO BE OUT WEDNESDAY.

THEY HAVE NO OPEN ROOMS NOW.

>> THE PLAN IS TO FIGURE THAT OUT AFTER WEDNESDAY?

>> YES.

>> Reporter: THESE SURVIVORS GOT A HELPING HAND SUNDAY, A $250,000 HAND AT THAT, DURING A RESEARCH GIVER RATE SUNDAY MORNING.

IT IS A EFFORT THAT TRENDS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THIS 18 WHEELER WAS IN FLORIDA A FEW DAYS AGO, AND MADE THE DAYS LONG TRIP HERE WITH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF RESOURCES FOR SURVIVORS.

>> IT WAS JUST A ONE DAY THING.

IN THIS CASE, WE WERE ABLE TO DELIVER THE LOAD WITHIN THREE DAYS FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA TO HEAR .

>> TENTS, BLANKETS, HYGIENE KITS, EVEN PHONE CHARGES, IT'S WHAT EVACUEES ARE LACKING.

>> TRY TO IMAGINE YOU GOT EVACUATED.

YOU ARE BASICALLY LIVING IN YOUR CAR IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A TENT AND START FROM THERE.

>> Reporter: HOW IMPORTANT IS AN EVENT TO SOMEBODY?

>> REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.

>> Reporter: WHILE IT MAY NOT FIX EVERYTHING, IT IS A MOMENT EVACUEES SAY HUMANIZES THEM.

>> WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO GET FROM THIS TODAY?

>> A STEP FORWARD INTO GOING BACK TO HOW LIFE WAS.

THE DONATIONS MAKE US FEEL LIKE WE ARE STILL HUMAN BEINGS.

>> THAT WAS RYAN MATTHEY REPORTING.

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

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>>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 PRIVILEGED TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

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

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