>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT IS MONDAY, AUGUST 8.

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FIRE CREWS ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE ON ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS, WHICH COULD SPARK FIRES.

LIGHTNING STRIKES AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE THE PERFECT PAIR FOR DISASTER.

BUT AS WE SHOW YOU, A NEW FIREFIGHTING WEAPON IS NOW AT THE READY.

>> Reporter: IT IS RAIN AND GUSTY WIND IN HIGH TEMPERATURES AND THE BRUSH AROUND US IS DRY.

CAL FIRE SAN DIEGO CAPTAIN SAID MOST FUEL MIXTURES ARE AT VERTICAL LEVELS.

>> THIS TIME OF YEAR IS WHEN THE FUEL MOISTURE CZAR BOTTOMING OUT AND HITTING CRITICAL LEVELS WHICH MAKES THE FIRE BEHAVIOR MORE EXPLOSIVE.

>> Reporter: HE SAID LATELY THE WEATHER HAS BEEN HUMID, BUT THEY ARE STILL MONITORING POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS CLOSELY.

SO FAR, THE EFFECTS SEEM POSITIVE.

>> ARE LIKELY THERE WILL BE SOME MOISTURE WHICH IS GOOD FOR US AND THE LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STARTS A FIRE, THE MOISTURE HELPS KEEP IT AT BAY.

>> Reporter: THE CAPTAIN SAID IN ADDITION TO BEING AT THE READY WITH THEIR FLEET OF DOZENS OF FIRE APPARATUS, THEY NOW HAVE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THIS HELICOPTER.

>> IT'S AGILE AND HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO HOVER OVER A BODY OF WATER AND SUCK UP THE WATER IN THE TANK CAPACITY FOR THIS IS 2650 GALLON SO QUITE A BIT OF WATER WHICH MAKES IT THE TYPE 1 CAPABILITY.

>> Reporter: IT IS LEASED BY THE STATE AND BASED OUT OF THE RAMONA AIRPORT AND CAN BE USED REGIONALLY.

>> WE WANT TO HELP PROTECT SAN DIEGO AND ITS RESIDENTS.

>> Reporter: HE SAID IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO CLEAR DRY BRUSH AND REMOVE ANYTHING UP AGAINST YOUR HOME THAT POSES AN EXTRA DANGER WITH ONE EXCEPTION.

>> THE CAVEAT IS ABSOLUTELY ANY KIND OF MECHANIZED CLEARING OUTSIDE WHICH COULD START A FIRE THIS TIME OF YEAR HAS A LOT GREATER POTENTIAL TO DO SO AND WE SAW TWO FIRES IN A TWO- WEEK PERIOD IN RAMONA AND BOTH STARTED BY SOMEBODY WHO WAS OUT THERE TRYING TO CLEAR THE PROPERTY AND DO THE RIGHT THING BUT THEY LET IT GO WHERE THEY KEPT CLEARING IT INTO THE HOTTER PART OF THE DAY AND THE FIRE ENDED UP TAKING OFF WITH THEM.

>> Reporter: NEVER TOO LATE TO MAKE A PLAN AND BE READY IN CASE YOU DO HAVE TO EVACUATE IN CASE OF A FIRE.

>>> THE HOUSE IS POISED TO PASS SWEEPING CLIMATE AND HEALTHCARE BILL.

DEMOCRATS ARE CALLING THE $750 BILLION BILL THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT AND THE SENATE APPROVED IT YESTERDAY WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS PROVIDING THE TIE-BREAKING VOTE.

IT INCLUDES $369 BILLION TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE AND PROVIDES TAX CREDITS FOR THINGS LIKE SOLAR PANELS AND ELECTRIC HVAC SYSTEMS AND EXTEND CREDIT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

SAN DIEGO CONGRESSMAN MIKE LEVIN SAID HE HOPES THE BILL WILL HELP CREATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF CLEAN ENERGY JOBS.

>> IN 20 OR 30 YEARS TIME, WE WILL HAVE A WHOLE SWEEP OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND EVERYTHING FROM THE WAY WE MOVE GOODS AND PEOPLE AND THE WAY WE BUILD BUILDINGS AND GROW FOOD AND GENERATE ELECTRICITY TO DO ALL OF THE ABOVE.

I WANT FOR THOSE TECHNOLOGIES NOT ONLY TO BE DEPLOYED IN CALIFORNIA TO BE MANUFACTURED, ASSEMBLED, INVENTED IN CALIFORNIA AND PARTICULARLY IN OUR REGION IN SAN DIEGO IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

THIS BILL IS A HISTORIC STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.

>> THE BILL HAS SEVERAL HEALTHCARE RELATED PROVISIONS INCLUDING GIVING MEDICARE POWER TO NEGOTIATE SOME DRUG PRICES, CAPPING MEDICARE OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AT $2000 AND EXTENDING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SUBSIDIES FOR THREE YEARS.

>>> C WORLD IS FACING ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICISM FROM ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS OVER KEEPING WILSON ACTIVITY.

THIS FOLLOWS THE RELEASE OF A CELL PHONE VIDEO THAT APPEARS TO SHOW TWO KILLER WHALES ATTACKING EACH OTHER.

THIS IS AFTER ANOTHER WHALE DIED FROM INFECTION LAST WEEK.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE VIDEO THAT PETA SAID SHOWS TWO WHALES ATTACKING EACH OTHER INSIDE THE ENCLOSURE AT SEA WORLD LAST FRIDAY.

THE VIDEO WAS SHOT BY KIMBERLY, WHO DIDN'T WANT HER LAST NAME USED.

SHE WAS VISITING WITH HER FAMILY FROM SACRAMENTO.

>> ONE OF MY KIDS POINTED OUT THAT THEY SAW BLOOD IN THE WATER.

SO WE STOPPED AND WE DID NOTICE THAT THE WHALE STARTED TO BEACH ITSELF SO I DECIDED TO TAKE PICTURES AT THAT POINT.

>> Reporter: SHE THEN REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO PETA BECAUSE SHE SAID THAT C WORLD DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE A PROPER PROTOCOL FOR WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS.

PETA SAID THIS HAPPENS WHEN THEY ARE USED TO ROAMING VAST DISTANCES IN HOUSTON CROWDED PLACES.

>> PEETA MARK -- PETA IS WANTING TO INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS THAT ARE SO STRESSFUL THAT THEY LEAD THESE HORRIBLE ATTACKS.

>> Reporter: PETA SAID THEY SHOULD AVOID GOING TO SEE WORLD.

DESPITE THE LOOKS OF THINGS, THEY FEEL THIS IS NORMAL BEHAVIOR.

THEY SAY IT IS KNOWN AS RAKE MARKING WHEN TO BOOST WHEELS RUN THEIR TEETH OVER EACH OTHER SKIN AND THIS SEE WORLD VETERINARIAN SAID IN THIS VIDEO RELEASED BY SEE WORLD AND 2015 THAT THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IN THE WILD AS WELL AS IN CAPTIVITY.

>> THE SUGGESTION IS THAT THIS IS SOMEHOW ABNORMAL OR THIS IS AN INDICATOR OF A PROBLEM.

AND THE TRUTH IS, ALL TOOTHED WHALES AND DOLPHINS RAKE EACH OTHER.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THIS IS HOW ANIMALS INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER BUT PETA SAID THEY SHOULD NOT BE KEPT IN CAPTIVITY AND SHOULD BE RELEASED TO SEASIDE SANCTUARIES WHERE THEY COULD HAVE MORE ROOM TO ROAM AND THE VIDEO WAS TAKEN A DAY AFTER THE DEATH OF A 20-YEAR-OLD ORCA.

SEE WORLD SAID HE DIED OF AN INFECTION.

>>> A REMINDER THAT COULD SAVE YOU FROM PAYING OFF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN STUDENT LOANS.

A TEMPORARY WAIVER FOR THE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM WILL RUN OUT IN TWO MONTHS AND ALLOWS ANYBODY WORKING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR FOR 10 YEARS HAVING THE REMAINDER OF THE LOAN CANCELED AFTER THAT.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BEGIN IN 2017 BUT WAS CUT SHORT BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

CALIFORNIA AND OTHER STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL SUED TO REINSTATE THE PROGRAM.

>> WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE EVERY PUBLIC-SECTOR EMPLOYEE FROM TEACHERS TO FIREFIGHTERS AND NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATORS TO STATE EMPLOYEES KNOWS ABOUT THE PUBLIC SERVICE LOANS DURING THIS WAIVER PERIOD BEFORE IT CLOSES ON OCTOBER 31.

>> IN ORDER TO QUALIFY, YOU HAVE TO APPLY BEFORE THE HALLOWEEN DEADLINE AND YOU CAN START THE PROCESS BY GOING TO THE CALIFORNIA BORROWERS.ORG.

>>> TWO NORTH COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS JOINED FORCES TODAY TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

TONYA THORNE GIVES US A LOOK.

>> Reporter: INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES OFFER SERVICES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN NORTH COUNTY.

TERRY WAS LIVING ON THE STREETS BEFORE SEEKING HELP AT THEIR EMERGENCY SHELTER AND RECEIVING SOME TERRIBLE NEWS.

>> I CAME HERE BECAUSE I WAS REALLY LOSING IT.

I CAME HERE, AND THEN I FOUND OUT I HAVE BREAST CANCER AND THEY HAVE BEEN SO HELPFUL.

>> Reporter: IT IS STORIES LIKE THIS THAT MOTIVATES INTERFACE TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHCARE IN THE ON HOUSE.

TODAY THEY JOINED FORCES TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE CAN BRING PEOPLE INSIDE SO THEY CAN GET CLOTHING AND SHOWERS AND HAIRCUTS.

THEY CAN GET DENTAL SERVICES AND A LOT OF THE HEALTH PLANS ARE HERE SO THEY CAN SIGN UP FOR HEALTHCARE.

>> Reporter: SHE IS THE CHIEF OFFICER HERE AND SHE SAID HEALTHCARE AFFAIRS LIKE THIS BUILD TRUST AND NOT ONLY WITH THEM BUT ALSO WITH OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS.

>> WE BELIEVE THAT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND HEALTHCARE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO MAKE EVERYBODY HEALTHY AND GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS.

>> WE SEE AN INCREASING NEED AND THESE ARE GETTING MORE COMPLEX.

>> Reporter: HE IS THE CEO OF NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTHCARE AND SAID MOBILE CLINICS HAVE HELPED THEM WITH MORE OUTREACH AND THEY ARE PART DURING WITH INTERPHASE AND IT ALLOWS THEM TO ADDRESS MORE NEEDS.

>> WE THINK ABOUT HEALTHCARE AND WE KNOW WE NEED TO FIX HOUSING, FOOD, AND OTHER ISSUES THAT WE ARE NOT THE BEST AT DOING THAT BUT WHEN WE PARTNER WITH OTHERS WE CAN START TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS AND AT OUR AND WE BRING MEDICAL SERVICES AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AND PODIATRY SERVICES TO FILL IN THIS COMPLETE PICTURE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PATIENTS.

>> Reporter: OVER 150 INDIVIDUALS ATTENDED THE FAIR AND SHE SAID WITHOUT THEIR HELP SHE WOULD BE LOST.

>> I HAD NO IDEA THERE WERE PLACES LIKE THIS.

IF I HAD NOT HAVE COME HERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I HAVE DONE.

>>> THE WHITE FATHER AND SON CONVICTED OF MURDERING AHMAUD ARBERY HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON ON FEDERAL HATE CRIME CHARGES.

THEY WERE BOTH PREVIOUSLY SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE IN A STATE COURT AND THEY CHASED HIM, A BLACK MAN THROUGH A GEORGIA NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN SHOT AND KILLED HIM.

HIS FAMILY WAS IN COURT FOR TODAY'S SENTENCING.

>> THEY SHOWED NO REMORSE FOR HOW THEY TOOK HIS LIFE AND THAT IS THE THING THAT REALLY BOTHERED ME REALLY BAD AND THEN THEY ACT -- ASKED FOR MERCY AND THEY DIDN'T GIVE HIM NO MERCY THAT DATE.

>> THIS NEIGHBOR WHO JOINED THE PURSUIT AND RECORDED THE SHOOTING WAS SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS IN PRISON.

>>> IT IS CALLED THE U VISA AND SPECIFICALLY FOR IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE VICTIMS OF CRIMES IN THE UNITED STATES BUT POLICE DEPARTMENTS PLAY A KEY ROLE IN GRANTING THEM.

WE FIND OUT THAT SOME DEPARTMENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO HELP THAN OTHERS.

>> Reporter: THIS WAS CREATED IN 2008 TO ENCOURAGE ON DOCUMENT IMMIGRANTS TO REPORT CRIMES TO THE POLICE AND IN EXCHANGE FOR COOPERATING, UNDOCUMENTED AND HIM IMMIGRANTS CAN GET A VISA AND WORK PERMIT.

HE IS AN ATTORNEY WHO HAS BEEN HELPING PEOPLE GET THESE VISAS SINCE THEY BECAME AVAILABLE.

>> IT IS SUPPOSED TO KIND OF GIVE SOME REASSURANCE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED THAT THEY CAN REPORT A CRIME.

>> Reporter: ADVOCATE SAY THAT A PERSON'S CHANCES OF GETTING THIS VISA DEPEND WAY TOO MUCH ON WHERE THE CRIME OCCURRED AND NOT ENOUGH ON WHETHER THEY DESERVED IT.

A BIG REASON FOR THIS IS THE ROLE POLICE AGENCIES PLAY.

TO APPLY, APPLICANTS NEED TO GET A CERTIFICATION FORM SIGNED BY LOCAL TO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THIS VERIFIES THAT A CRIME TOOK PLACE AND THE APPLICANT COOPERATED.

>> THERE IS ONE STEP ON THIS AND THEY ARE NOT MAKING A DECISION ON THE VISA BUT IT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE VISA THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACIDIFICATION YOU WON'T GET IT.

>> Reporter: SHE IS AN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY THAT HAS BEEN HELPING PEOPLE APPLY FOR THIS SINCE 2016 AND SHE SAID POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE TOO MUCH INFLUENCE OVER THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

>> THEY ESSENTIALLY HOLD ALL OF THE CARDS AND WITHOUT THIS STEP THERE IS NO STEP TWO.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID THE ODDS GO DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY IF THE CRIME HAPPENS IN THE SAME POLICE DEPARTMENT JURISDICTION.

>> GENERALLY, THERE HAS BEEN A MORE NOTICEABLE UPTICK IN DENIAL RATES FROM FPD AND I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS FIRM SINCE 2016 AND IT DOES SEEM LIKE THEY ARE AN OUTLIER AS FAR AS THE OTHER AGENCIES IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: DATA CAME THROUGH A REQUEST UNDER THE PROPER -- PUBLIC RECORDS ACT SHOWS THEY HAVE A HIGHER DENIAL RATE THAN ANY OTHER AGENCY IN THE COUNTY AND BETWEEN 2017 AND 2020, THEY DENIED 40% OF CERTIFICATION REQUESTS THE AGENCY PROCESSED AND DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE CHULA VISTA DEPARTMENT DENIED 18% AND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DENIED 21%.

BUT WHY?

HE SAID IT HAS TO DO WITH THE RECORD RETENTION POLICY.

>> MOST RECENTLY WE HAD A CASE DENIED BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T VERIFY THE VICTIMS LEVEL OF HELPFULNESS AND COOPERATION WITH THE INVESTIGATION SOLELY BASED ON THE FACT THE REPORT HAD BEEN PURGED.

>> Reporter: ONE WAS FROM A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT FROM 2001 AND SEVEN YEARS BEFORE THIS VISA BECAME AVAILABLE AND IN THAT INSTANCE THEY DENIED A WRITTEN ORIGINAL REQUEST BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN PURGED CITY FROM COURT RECORDS SHOWING THE CLIENT HAD FILED A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AFTER TALKING TO POLICE.

THEY STILL DENY THE CERTIFICATION REQUESTS.

WITHOUT THIS VISA, HER CLIENT HAD NO CHANCE OF GETTING LEGAL STATUS IN THE IN THE U.S. >> IT RETURNS HER TO LIVING UNDER THE SHADOWS.

>> Reporter: JEFF JORDAN SAID THAT THE DEPARTMENTS KEEP RECORDS AS FAR BACK AS 2004 WHICH IS WHEN THEY SWITCH FROM PAPER TO COMPUTERS.

HE SAID THE MAIN REASON THAT APPLICATIONS GET TONIGHT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T FEEL THERE WAS ENOUGH DOCUMENTATION OR FILL THEM OUT DIRECTLY.

>> THESE PACKETS HAVE TO BE COMPLETE AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION, AND THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOLKS TO PROVIDE THESE DOCUMENTS.

>> Reporter: THE DENIAL RATE IS LARGELY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY SEE MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS FROM THE SAME INDIVIDUALS.

>> IF IT ISN'T COMPLETE, IT WILL LEAD TO MULTIPLE DENIALS.

>> Reporter: HE SAID IT IS UNREASONABLE TO HOLD ONTO RECORDS DATING BACK 20 YEARS.

>> I THINK IT SENDS A DEMORALIZING MESSAGE HONESTLY AND SPECIFICALLY IN THIS CASE SHE WAS A VICTIM IN 2001 AND IT WASN'T EVEN AN OPTION AT THAT POINT FOR THIS VISA.

SO WHEN SHE COMES FORWARD, IT IS TOO LATE AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW SHE NEEDED TO GO TO SD PD AND REQUEST A COPY OF HER POLICE REPORT TO MAKE SURE SHE KEPT IT FOR 21 YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT.

TRUCK SHE SAID THEY WILL START PUTTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS NEW VISA ON THE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE INCLUDING A LIST OF QUALIFYING CRIMES AND WHAT KIND OF DOCUMENTATION OFFICERS ARE LOOKING FOR.

>>> DEATH VALLEY EXPERIENCED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AFTER IT GOT NARROWLY A YEARS WORTH OF RAINFALL OVER THREE HOURS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAID THE 1.47 INCHES OF RAIN IS CONSIDERED 1000 YEAR EVENT AND FLOODING DEBRIS PROMPTED THE CLOSURES OF ALL ROADS TO THE NATIONAL PARK LEAVING 1000 PEOPLE STRANDED.

>>> THAT MONSOON MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ITS WAY WESTWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS HERE AND RING THE CHANCE FOR A FEW SHOWERS AND MAYBE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND OUT TOWARD THE DESERT AND IT REALLY WON'T SEE ANY OF THAT MAKING IT TO THE COAST.

TEMPERATURE -WISE, IT WILL STAY SEASONABLE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

AGAIN, THE BIG PICTURE STORY WILL BE THIS UPPER HIGH WORKING ITS WAY A LITTLE BIT WESTWARD WHICH WILL DIRECT ALL OF THE MOISTURE FURTHER WEST AND YOU WILL SEE IT PUTTING IN TOO MUCH OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN THE DAYS TO COME.

TONIGHT, SOME STORMS POSSIBLE HERE IN SAN DIEGO DOWN TO THE UPPER 60s AND LOW 70s AND 66 AND RAMONA AND ONLY DROPPING OFF INTO THE LOW 80s.

YOUR FORECAST FOR TUESDAY SHOWS HIGHS AROUND 90 IN ESCONDIDO AND 96 AND RAMONA, UPPER 70s IN SAN DIEGO, WITH RIGHT ALONG THE COAST DRY BUT FURTHER INLAND SHOWERS AND STORMS POSSIBLE.

MOST OF THAT WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND YOU WILL NOTICE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE MORNING, IT IS DRY.

BUT IN THE AFTERNOON THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE BUBBLING UP.

THEY WILL BE QUIETING DOWN HEADING TOWARD THE EVENING HOURS.

WEDNESDAY, SHOWERS AND STORMS POSSIBLE, BUT PERHAPS THEY WILL COMBINED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS.

TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 80s NEAR THE COAST WITH HUMIDITY ON THE HIGHER-END.

AGAIN, LOOKING TO STAY MAINLY DRY.

FURTHER INLAND, TEMPERATURES AT LOW 90s OR UPPER 80s WITH A FEW STORM CHANCES FOR YOU TUESDAY AND PERHAPS THURSDAY, BUT PERHAPS OTHERWISE STAYING LARGELY DRIVE.

SOME STORMS LIKELY TO STAY IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH A STRAY STORM WEDNESDAY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AND THEN WE LOOK TO DRY UP INTO THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING UP FROM THE UPPER 70s TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY INTO THE 90s THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

WE DO HAVE SOME STORM CHANCES IN THE DESERTS TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY, BUT THURSDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE DRY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS.

>>> IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE THE MILITARY LIFTED THE BAN ONAND LESBIAN TROOPS SERVING OPENLY.

THE VETERANS KICKED OUT UNDER THE BANNER STILL ON THEIR OWN TO CLEAR THEIR NAMES.

WE HAVE THAT STORY.

>> Reporter: TERESA WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE NAVY IN 1980 AFTER SHE CONFIDED IN ANOTHER SAILOR THAT SHE WAS ATTRACTED TO A CIVILIAN WOMAN AND THE SAILOR THREATENED TO GO TO THEIR COMMAND SAYING EVEN TALKING ABOUT HER FEELINGS WAS A LEGAL UNDER THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE.

>> SHE WAS RIGHT.

ANYTHING HOMOSEXUAL I HAD TO GO.

AND I COULDN'T HAVE HER OUT ME.

I HAD TO DO THE HONORABLE THING.

AND OWN IT.

THEY COULD HAVE SAID OH, SHUT UP AND GO TO WORK.

BUT THEY CHOSE NOT TO.

AND THEY ASKED ME IF I WOULD LIKE TO LIKE LITTLE KIDS.

>> Reporter: SHE STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF UPGRADING THEIR OWN DISCHARGE WITH THE VETERANS LAW PROJECT.

>> IT CAN BE ONEROUS FOR VETERANS WHICH I THINK MAYBE VETERANS DON'T ALWAYS PURSUE THIS.

>> Reporter: EMPLOYERS OFTEN ASK FOR A VETERANS DISCHARGE PAPERS AND SAID IS THE VA BUT STILL MANY DON'T GO THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS TO CHANGE THEM.

>> SEVEN WITH YOUR APPLICATION HAVE YOUR DISCHARGE UPGRADED AND MAYBE A PERSONAL STATEMENT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU AND WHY AND THAT COULD BE OBVIOUSLY TRAUMATIC FOR SOME VETERANS AND MAY TAKE TIME FOR THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY COULD PUT DOWN ON PAPER WHAT HAPPENED.

AND IT CAN TAKE TIME.

>> Reporter: IT CAN TAKE YEARS FOR VETERANS GIVEN LESS THAN HONORABLE DISCHARGES.

HOGAN'S CASE TOOK A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE LANGUAGE WAS REMOVED AND CLOSING THE CHAPTER ON DECADES OF UNNECESSARY PAIN SHE SAID.

>> I DON'T EVEN HAVE DOGTAGS OR ANYTHING.

AND THE THING IS, MY DAD DIED LAST YEAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

AND HE DIDN'T TALK TO ME FOR SO LONG AND I CAN'T EVEN TELL HIM.

MY BROTHERS DISOWNED ME FOR SO LONG.

AFTER DAD DIED, THAT WAS JUST LAST YEAR.

SO AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS THE AWKWARDNESS AND HATEFULNESS.

>>> THE U.S. MONKEYPOX CASE COUNT IS NEARING 9000 AND CONTINUES TO GROW.

HERE, THERE HAVE BEEN 98 PROBABLE AND CONFIRMED CASES AND SINCE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH VACCINE TO MEET THE DEMAND, THE FDA IS CONSIDERING A RULE CHANGE TO ALLOW A ONE DOSE OF I'LL TO BE ADMINISTERED AND AS WE SHOW YOU, PEOPLE ARE LINING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT HOPING TO GET VACCINATED BEFORE SUPPLIES RUN OUT.

>> Reporter: WE STARTED EARLY BEFORE 6:00 IN THE MORNING AND OUR DESTINATION WAS FAMILIAR TO HER OVER DRIVER AND WE WERE HER THIRD PASSENGER THAT MORNING ALSO HEADED TO THE HOSPITAL.

WE ARRIVED AND WE SAW ALIGN WITH DOZENS, MOSTLY MEN, CAMPED OUT, WAITING AND SOME NEARLY ALL NIGHT.

>> THE SECURITY GUARD SAID THIS LINE STARTED BUILDING AROUND TO A CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

>> Reporter: ALL OF THEM WANTING TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST THE MONKEYPOX VIRUS.

HE SAID HE HAS BEEN TRYING FOR WEEKS TO NEW YORK FROM NOW HERE IN THE BAY AREA.

>> IT DOES SHOW THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: WILLING TO STAND IN AN HOURS LONG LINE THAT SPILLS OUT ONTO THE SIDEWALK.

INSIDE EXHAUSTED HOSPITAL STAFF FACES ANOTHER SURGEON DEMAND AND COVID-19 IS STILL RAGING AND NOW MONKEYPOX.

>> I THINK ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS REALLY JUST THE INCONSISTENCY OF THE SUPPLY AND IF WE COULD SERVE MORE, WE WOULD LOVE NOT TO HAVE TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY.

>> Reporter: HERE, NEARLY ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE REPORTED PROBABLE OR CONFIRMED CASES, MORE THAN 98% ARE MEN WITH 97% OF PATIENTS IDENTIFYING AS LGBTQ+ AND WELL DEATHS ARE RARE, THE SYMPTOMS ARE VISIBLE AND PAINFUL.

>> I HAD BETWEEN 600 AND 800 LESIONS.

IT WAS LIKE SOMEBODY TAKING A HOLE PUNCH ALL OVER MY BODY RIGHT UNDER MY SKIN SO THERE WERE POINTS WHERE I COULDN'T WALK OR TOUCH THINGS AND REALLY DIFFICULT.

>> Reporter: DIAGNOSED IN JULY AFTER GOING TO NEW YORK CITY PRIDE, HE SAID HIS SYMPTOMS LASTED TWO WEEKS AND CHRONICLED HIS RECOVERY ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> I WANTED TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE AND SEE IF OTHERS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME.

>> Reporter: THIS IS A FAMILIAR SENTIMENT FOR OTHER ADVOCATES LIVING AND WORKING IN THE CASTRO DISTRICT.

>> YOU GET A SENSE OF GROWING UNEASINESS AROUND MONKEYPOX BUT FOR OTHERS IT IS EERILY REMINISCENT OF WHAT THEY EXPERIENCED IN THE EARLY 80s WITH THE AIDS CRISIS.

THERE IS FEAR AND ANGER AND ANXIETY AND STIGMA.

>> IT IS A TRAGIC, COMPLICATED STAIN ON AMERICAN HISTORY THAT DESERVES ITS OWN MEMOIR BUT IT IS, WHAT IS THE SAME AS THE LACK OF URGENCY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS LEFT US ON OUR OWN TO RESPOND.

>> IT IS PERSONAL FOR TYLER.

HE RUNS THE AIDS FOUNDATION IN SAN FRANCISCO AND LIVES WITH HIV.

>> WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO NOT FURTHER STIGMATIZE OR POLITICIZE THIS ISSUE FOR A COMMUNITY THAT IS LONG FACED MANY ISSUES DATING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE EARLIEST DAYS OF THE HIV EPIDEMIC.

>> Reporter: FACING MOUNTING CRITICISMS FOR THE HANDLING OF THE OUTBREAK THE BIDEN MINISTRATION DECLARED MONKEYPOX A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY CALLING THIS A CRITICAL INFLECTION POINT.

>> WE HAVE A FEELING THIS IS NOT GETTING THE ATTENTION IT WOULD IF IT WERE IMPACTING STRAIGHT PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: HE EXPERIENCED DELAYS FIRST-HAND.

>> I GOT MYSELF OVER TO SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL AND BY 5:30 I WAS 123rd PERSON IN LINE.

>> Reporter: BACK ON THE FRONT LINES, CODY MAKES HIS THIRD ATTEMPT TO GET VACCINATED AGAINST THE VIRUS AND OFF-CAMERA HOSPITAL STAFF ARE ADDRESSES THE CROWD.

>> I HEAR THEM ANNOUNCING SOMETHING AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.

>> Reporter: 45 MINUTES INTO THE DISTRIBUTION -- THEY HAD ALREADY REACHED THEIR DAILY LIMIT.

>> THAT WAS DAVID CULVER REPORTING.

ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MORE THAN 600,000 DOSES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED AND ANOTHER 150,000 DOSES ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN SEPTEMBER.

THE CDC ESTIMATES AT LEAST ONE POINT 5 MILLION PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT VACCINATION.

>>>'S SINGER AND ACTRESS OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN HAS DIED FOLLOWING A DECADES LONG BATTLE WITH BREAST CANCER.

HER HUSBAND BROKE THE NEWS ON FACEBOOK SAYING SHE PASSED AWAY ON THEIR CALIFORNIA RANCH.

SHE ROSE TO FAME IN 1978 IN THE HIT MOVIE GREASE WITH JOHN TRAVOLTA.

>> ♪ YOU ARE THE ONE THAT I WANT.

YOU ARE THE ONE THAT I WANT.

>> THROUGHOUT HER LENGTHY CAREER, SHE WON FOUR GRAMMYS AND SOLD MORE THAN 100 MILLION ALBUMS AND SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER IN 1992 AND BECAME A VOICE FOR THE BATTLE AGAINST DISEASE.

SHE WAS 73 YEARS OLD.

>>> TONIGHT, THE WHITE HOUSE DISCUSSES THE SENATE BUDGET BILL AND THE FIGHT AGAINST INFLATION AND THAT IS COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE NEWSROOM.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE SHOWS THE CHANGING HISTORY OF A PRE-HICK LOWER -- PREHISTORIC LAKE AND ON MONDAY A NEW VISION FOR THE FUTURE.

>>> MASCOTS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE WHEN IT COMES TO SPORTS TEAMS AND THE MARINERS HAVE A NEW UNOFFICIAL MASCOT, A DOG NAMED TUCKER, A FOUR-YEAR-OLD LABRADOR RETRIEVER SAVED FROM EUTHANASIA.

THE TEAM WANTED TO REMIND BASEBALL FANS THAT THERE IS A HUGE POPULATION OF ANIMALS WHO NEED FOREVER HOMES.

YES, THEY DO.

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

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOODING AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL BILL HALL.

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