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NEW DATA FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHOWS THAT COVID-19 REGULATIONS DURING LOCKDOWNS LED TO A DECREASE IN OUTBREAKS AND SLOW THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.

A KPBS SUPPORTER SAYS LIMITING LOCAL TRAVEL IS WHY IT WORKED .

>> PUBLIC HEALTH DATA SHOWS THAT COVID-19 OUTBREAKS IN RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL SPACES FELL DRASTICALLY DURING THE MOST RECENT STAY AT HOME ORDER.

EIGHT PROFESSOR OF EPIDEMIOLOGY SAYS THE STEEP DECREASE IN OUTBREAKS SUGGEST THAT PEOPLE LISTENED TO THE STAY AT HOME ORDER AND LIMITED TRIPS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES.

>> ACCORDING TO THE STATE DATA, THEY DETERMINED THAT THE MOBILITY OF PEOPLE, THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE THAT THEY TRACKED USING ANONYMIZED DATA FROM OUR CELL PHONES, SHOWED 40% LESS MOVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY IN ALL PLACES.

IT IS AGNOSTIC SWITCH PLACES.

>> THE LIEUTENANT OF THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOLLOWED UP ON COMPLAINTS REGARDING COVID-19 PROTOCOLS THAT THEY RECEIVED THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, THE COUNTY, OR DIRECTLY TO THEIR DEPARTMENT.

HE STRESSED THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE BUSINESSES ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS.

>> EVERY TIME THERE IS A CHANGE IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO COMPLY WITH, WHAT WE DO AS AN DEPARTMENT IS WE GO OUT AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE EDUCATED ABOUT THE CHANGE IN THE LAW AND WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE.

AFTER EDUCATION, IF COMPLIANCE WAS IN STOCK -- COMPLIANCE WASN'T THOUGHT, WE DID HAVE IMPLEMENTATION.

>> IS AS THE VIRUS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD WITHOUT STRICT STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS.

>> IF WE WOULD JUST AGREE TO A THREE WEEK STAY AT HOME ORDER AND RELEASED A HOME FOR THREE WEEKS, INCLUDING KEEPING THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS AT HOME EXCEPT FOR HEALTHCARE AND GROCERIES, WE COULD GET RID OF THIS PANDEMIC IN THREE WEEKS.

>> OVER THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC, SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS IDENTIFIED MORE THAN 1100 COMMUNITY SETTING OUTBREAKS THAT COUNT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF THE SMALL COVID-19 NUMBERS AT 7600 CASES AND 27 DEATHS.

>>> JANUARY WAS AMERICA'S DEADLIEST MONTH OF THE PANDEMIC.

ACCORDING TO JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MORE THAN 95,000 PEOPLE DIED FROM COVID-19 LAST MONTH .

HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, 1027 DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN JANUARY.

THE NUMBER OF CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE TRENDING DOWNWARD IN CALIFORNIA, BUT DEATHS ARE STILL HIGH.

>>> WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH THE FLU SEASON AND IT HAS BEEN A REMARKABLE ONE.

IT HAS BEEN VERY MILD WITH SHARP DECLINES IN CASES AND IN DEATHS.

A KPBS REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THE DROP IN FLU CASES TO PANDEMIC PROTECTION MEASURES.

>> YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 21 YEARS NOW.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT THIS LOW.

I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE EVER HAD A YEAR WHERE THERE WERE NO DEATHS BY THIS TIME.

>> KAISER SAN DIEGO ASSISTANT MEDICAL DIRECTOR SAYS AN EXTREMELY MILD FLU SEASON HAS BEEN A BRIGHT SPOT DURING A DEADLY PANDEMIC.

>> WE NEED A COMBINATION OF FLU AND COVID WOULD BE A KILLER.

>> DURING THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 10,000 CASES AND 32 DEATHS.

>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT LIKE THIS.

>> WHILE INITIAL SYMPTOMS ARE SIMILAR FOR HOSPITALS, THERE IS NO CONFUSING CORONAVIRUS CASES WITH BLUE ONES.

>> THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO ARGUMENT.

IT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

>> HE SAYS AT KAISER SAN DIEGO WHEN PATIENTS HAVE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, THEY ARE GIVEN TEST FOR BOTH THE FLU AND CORONAVIRUS.

>> WE HAVE SEEN EVEN IF THEY ARE POSITIVE FOR COVID, THEY ARE NEGATIVE FOR INFLUENZA.

>> INFLUENZA ACTIVITY NATIONWIDE IS UNUSUALLY LOW BECAUSE THE SAME MEASURES USED TO CONTAIN CORONAVIRUS, STAYING ISOLATED, WEARING MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING WILL ALSO CURB THE FLU.

>> WE ARE DOING THIS TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM COVID BUT THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS WE ALSO DROPPED OUT ANY TYPE OF TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE.

>> HE SAYS PROTECTIVE MEASURES ARE EXTRA-IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW WITH THE NEW MAURITZ CONTAGIOUS VARIANT OF THE CORONAVIRUS IN SAN DIEGO.

LOCALLY, KAISER IS STILL WORKING TO VACCINATE ITS HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND SENIOR PATIENTS.

>> AS SOON AS WE GET THE SUPPLY IN ARMS, WE START WITH THE POPULATION THAT IS MOST AT RISK.

AS SOON AS WE HAD THE SUPPLY AVAILABILITY, THEN WE MOVE DOWN TO THE NEXT TIER.

>> HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR EVERYONE TO GET THEIR FLU VACCINATION.

>> MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>> CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON BIDENS COVID RELIEF PROPOSAL EVEN WITHOUT REPUBLICAN REPORT.

A GROUP OF SENATE REPUBLICANS HAS A PITCH FOR THE PRESIDENT.

>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN OPENING THE DOOR TO A GROUP OF REPUBLICANS TO DISCUSS HIS COVID RELIEF PROPOSAL.

>> HE IS HAPPY TO HEAR FROM THEM, BUT HE ALSO FEELS STRONGLY ABOUT THE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE SIZE OF THE PACKAGE MEETS THIS MOMENT.

>> 10 GOP SENATORS PUTTING FORTH A $600 BILLION PLAN SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER THAN BIDEN'S $1.9 TRILLION BILL .

THERE'S GOING DYING THE INCOME THRESHOLD FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS.

>> YOU CAN HAVE A FAMILY OF FOUR KIDS MAKING 300,000 A YEAR GETTING CHECKS.

OTHERS ARE STRUGGLING.

LET'S FOCUS ON THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING.

>> DEMOCRATS MAY BE LESS WILLING TO YIELD LIKE MOVEMENT TOWARDS A $15 MINIMUM WAGE CITING THE URGENCY OF THE MOMENT.

>> IF YOU LISTEN TO ECONOMISTS ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM, THEY SAY THAT GIVEN THE BIG HIT TO THE ECONOMY WE SAW IN THE LAST QUARTER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO GO BIG HERE.

>> SENATE DEMOCRATS COULD TRY TO PASS TRANSCEND -- BIDEN'S BILL USING A BUDGET RECONCILIATION USING A SIMPLE MAJORITY.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT IS UP TO THEM.

>> HE IS LEAVING IT UP TO THEM.

HE BELIEVES THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR THIS PACKAGE.

>>> PARENTS EMPOWER WAY DROP STUDENTS OFF AT SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WEEKS.

TODAY, THEY MOVED FORWARD WITH THE PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD FOR IN PERSON LEARNING.

THE DISTRICT PLANNED TO GO IN PERSON IN JANUARY BUT THE SURGE IN CASES AND STAFF IT'S SORTA JUST FORCED THEM TO HOLD OFF.

OUR PARTNERS TALKED WITH SOME PARENTS WHO WERE HAPPY TO HAVE THEIR KIDS BACK IN THE CLASSROOM.

>> MY LITTLE BOY DOES NOT LIKE COMPUTERS.

HE BARELY LIKES FORTNITE.

HE BARELY LIKES ZOOM.

JUST SEEING HIM STRUGGLE IN FOURTH GRADE HAS BEEN REALLY HARD.

I HOPE WE CAN GET BACK TO A NEW NORMAL.

>> THERE ARE SPLIT MORNING AND AFTERNOON SCHEDULING WITH STUDENTS NOT WISHING TO GO BACK TO STILL RECEIVE VIRTUAL LEARNING.

HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE COUNTY MOVES INTO A LEFT -- A LESS RESTRICTIVE TIER BEFORE BRINGING BACK MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND HIGH SCHOOLERS.

>>> ARE KPBS HEALTH REPORTER TELLS US ABOUT THE LOCAL TOOL THAT STATE OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING AT WHEN DECIDING HOW MUCH OF THE VACCINE TO GIVE.

>> THE LONG LINES MAY BE FRUSTRATING BUT A STEADY STREAM OF IDLE ARMS MAKES FOR A HIGHER BURN RATE.

THAT IS THE WINDOW BETWEEN RECEIVING AND ADMINISTERING COVID-19 VACCINE DOSES.

THE CEO SAYS ESTATE ONCE VACCINATE IS TO KEEP THAT SHORT.

>> WE ARE ABLE TO ADMINISTER THE VACCINE WITHIN A WEEKS TIME FROM GETTING AN ALLOCATION TO IN ARMS AND THEN THAT WILL DRIVE FURTHER ALLOCATION TO US AS A REGION.

>> THAT ALLOCATIONS GO TO ITS OWN PATIENTS AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND IT ADMINISTERS THE COUNTY VACCINES AT THE DOWNTOWN SUPER SITE.

THE BURN RATES FOR BOTH ARE 6 TO 7 DAYS, BUT THE KEY TO PROVING THAT TO THE STATE IS THE SAN DIEGO IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY.

>> SO WHAT IT IS IS A COMPUTER DATABASE OF IMMUNIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF WHICH HEALTHCARE PROVIDER GAVE THOSE IMMUNIZATIONS.

>> THE SAN DIEGO ADMINISTRATION REGISTRY LAUNCH DECADES AGO AND IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT IS LOCALLY MANAGED IN CALIFORNIA, WHICH HAS A STATEWIDE REGISTRY.

>> IT IS A WAY FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND PHARMACISTS IN SCHOOLS TO LOOK UP WHETHER YOU ARE UP-TO-DATE ON VACCINATIONS AND GET YOU CAUGHT UP IF YOU'RE NOT UP TO DATE.

>> COUNTY OFFICIALS PREVIOUSLY TOLD KPBS IT WAS MOSTLY USED FOR CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS BUT NOW IT IS MANDATED FOR ALL COVID-19 SHOTS.

INSERTING INFORMATION QUICKLY IS CRUCIAL.

>> IT IS THE VISIBILITY THAT THE STATE HAS FOR WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, THE BURN RATE.

>> MASONS IS BURNING THROUGH VACCINES QUICKLY IS STILL A GAMBLE.

SHE IS UNSURE IF OR WHEN THE 3000 DOSES UCSD GETS EACH WEEK WILL INCREASE.

>> THAT SAID, WE ARE NEVER GOING TO GET ALLOCATION OR IF WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO PUT IN ARMS.

>> IS OVER 53,500 PEOPLE RECEIVED BOTH DOSES OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE.

DATA MAY BE MISSING BECAUSE OF REPORTING DELAYS.

>> THE COUNTY SAYS DOSES ADMINISTERED BY THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION IN SAN DIEGO MAY NOT BE INCLUDED IN ITS TALLY.

>>> WHILE THE STATE AND COUNTY ARE WORKING OUT THE NEXT PHASE OF VACCINATIONS, A KPBS REPORTER SAYS HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE MAKING THEIR OWN PLANS.

>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS RAMPED UP VACCINATION EFFORTS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS OPENING UP APPOINTMENTS TO PEOPLE 65 AND UP.

GETTING AN APPOINTMENT HOWEVER IS CONTINGENT ON FOLLOWING NEWS UPDATES AND HAVING ACCESS TO A PHONE OR COMPUTER.

>> FOR FOLKS WHO FOR WHATEVER REASON HAVE TROUBLE USING THE INTERNET HAS A LOT OF CHAOS IN THEIR LIVES FOR EXAMPLE THEY ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, SIGNING UP FOR AND GETTING TO AN APPOINTMENT FOR VACCINES IS CERTAINLY A CHALLENGING ENDEAVOR.

>> FATHER JOE'S VILLAGES ONE OF THE MAIN SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR ONE OF THE HOMELESS AND LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR MASS VACCINATION EVENTS.

TO VACCINATE PEOPLE IN SHELTERS AND THOSE CURRENTLY LIVING ON THE STREET.

>> THE EVENTS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE HAVING A MIX OF APPOINTMENTS OF THOSE FOR WHOM AN APPOINTMENT DOES WORK WITH AND ALSO WALKING CAPACITY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN LITERALLY WALK UP AND POTENTIALLY GET A VACCINE.

WE WILL HAVE AS MUCH CAPACITY AS WE ARE ABLE TO FOR THOSE WALKUP VACCINES.

>> THE VACCINES WILL BE PAIRED UP WITH A REGULAR FOOD DISTRIBUTIONAL PROGRAM AS WELL AS OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR ADMINISTERING VACCINE.

IT WILL MAKE THIS WORK TRICKY.

>> ONCE YOU STICK A NEEDLE INTO THE BILE TO DRAW THE VACCINE, YOU HAVE TO USE THE ENTIRE FILE WITHIN SIX HOURS.

THAT PRESENTS A LOT OF CHALLENGES FOR SETTING UP A MASS VACCINATION EVENT OR YOU DON'T KNOW WHO WILL SHOW UP OR HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP.

>> IT IS UP TO THE STATES TO DECIDE WHEN TO OFFER VACCINATIONS FOR THE HOME.

>> PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHETHER THEY ARE UNSHIELDED ON THE STREET OR IN A CERTAIN SHELTER THERE AT A HIGHER RISK OF COVID-19 THAN THE AVERAGE POPULATION.

>> FATHER JOE'S HAS ALREADY BEGAN FUNDRAISING FOR COVID-19 VACCINATION FUND THAT WILL SUPPORT THE NEED FOR MORE STAFF AND MORE SAFETY EQUIPMENT AS THE ORGANIZATION TAKES TO THE STREETS TO MAKE SURE SOME OF SAN DIEGO'S MOST VULNERABLE ARE VACCINATED.

>> WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON WWW.KPBS.ORG/EVENINGEDITION.

YOU CAN ALSO FIND LINKS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT ONLINE IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE.

THE COUNTY'S $27 MILLION COVID RELIEF PROGRAM ISN'T QUITE ROLLING OUT QUITE AS PLANNED.

>> IN AUGUST, COUNTY SUPERVISORS WERE CLEAR THAT NONE OF THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE SHOULD BENEFIT TENANTS LIVING IN CITIES WITH MONEY IN THEIR OWN PROGRAMS.

AT THE TIME, THEN SUPERVISOR DIANNE JACOB SAID THE PROGRAM WAS BADLY NEEDED IN HER EAST COUNTY DISTRICT AND ASKED THAT PRIORITY BE GIVEN TO THE 2000 RENTERS IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS WHO ARE READY TO APPLY.

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW STAFF IS GOING TO WORK OUT PRIORITIES, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE FOLKS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

>> IT DIDN'T WORK OUT THAT WAY.

AN ANALYSIS FOUND NEARLY 3/4 OF THE 11 MILLION SPENT THROUGH THE END OF LAST YEAR RATE TO HELP THEM WAS AGAINST THIS WISH.

NEARLY HALF OF THE BENEFIT TENANTS ALSO HAD A RENT RELIEF EFFORT.

>>> IT IS AN INDEPENDENTLY FUNDED NONPROFIT PARTNER OF KPBS.

>>> BLACK HISTORY MONTH STARTS TODAY IN THE SAN DIEGO HISTORY CENTER.

THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON LOCAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN STORIES.

OUR ARTS AND CULTURE PREVIEW IS THE NEW ONLINE EXHIBITS.

>> THERE IS A SAYING THAT A PICTURE IS WORTH 1000 WORDS.

SAN DIEGO HISTORY CENTER HAS PHOTOS THAT SPEAK VOLUMES ABOUT AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN SAN DIEGO THROUGHOUT THE DECADES.

TAKE THESE PORTRAITS FROM THE 1890S DESCRIBED AS A WOMAN WITH A PARASOL AND MAN WITH A DERBY HAT.

MARKETING MANAGER SHELBY GORDON HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THESE PHOTOS AND WHAT THESE IMAGES CAN TELL US.

>> PEOPLE THINK THAT BLACKS COMING TO SAN DIEGO EARLY WERE NOT SUBJECT TO SEGREGATION AND RACISM THINKING THAT CALIFORNIA WAS MORE PROGRESSIVE.

THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY TRUE, SO WHAT I SEE IN THOSE PHOTOS IS PERSEVERANCE THAT IN SPITE OF THE FACT, YOU STILL HAVE A FINE MAN WHO HAS ENOUGH RESPECT FOR HIMSELF AND HIS REPUTATION AND THAT IS HIS FAMILY AND PAID A PHOTOGRAPHER TO TAKE A PICTURE.

>> I AM A BLACK SAN DIEGO AND -- A BLACK SANDY -- SAN DIEGAN.

>> I AM REALLY GLAD WE HAVE THESE KINDS OF PHOTOS.

>> MANY OF THESE ARE FURTHER NORMAN BAIN ART PHOTO COLLECTION.

>> MR. BAYNARD, WHO WAS A BLACK PORTRAIT AND EVENTS PHOTOGRAPHER HERE FOR DECADES, HIS SON LITERALLY BROUGHT US NEGATIVES AND PRINTS OF HIS COLLECTION, WHICH WAS HOUSED IN THE ARCHIVES.

>> WE ARE IN THE RECURRENT -- RESEARCH ARCHIVES.

WE ARE BELOW THE FLOOR BELOW THE EXHIBITION SPACE, AND THIS IS SACRED GROUND.

THERE ARE NEWSPAPERS AND MICROFICHE, AND NEGATIVES, AND PRINTS, AS OF THE BLACK ARCHIVES COLLECTION CONTAINS DOCUMENTS RANGING FROM THE SPANISH COLONIAL CENSUS OF 1798 TO THE BLACK NEWSPAPER OF THE WHITE HOUSE.

>> THEY TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE STILL RELEVANT NOW ABOUT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL EVEN THOUGH THAT HAPPENS IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN RACE RELATIONS, AND THAT IS DEPICTED ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE SAN DIEGO LIGHTHOUSE.

>> THERE ARE ALSO ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN DONATED.

>> THIS IS A BOOK FROM BETHEL AME CHURCH AND THAT IS AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPALIAN.

THIS IS THEIR COMMEMORATIVE BOOK FOR THEIR 100th ANNIVERSARY AND AGAIN FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS HERE IS A REAL FEAT, BECAUSE THAT RIGHT THERE IS A CAPSULE, THAT'S A TIME CAPSULE.

THEN LAST YEAR, JACKIE THOMPSON, WHO WAS AN OLYMPIC ATHLETE, ACTUALLY RAN AND WENT TO MORRIS HIGH SCHOOL, AND SHE DONATED HER OLYMPIC COMPETITOR NUMBER TWO US HERE AT THE CENTER.

>> BUT, THERE ARE GAPS IN THE LACK HISTORY THE CENTER HAS GATHERED.

>> WE SAID AND WHAT A GREAT IDEA THEN TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN INSERT THEIR MEMORIES, THEIR REFLECTIONS, THEIR MILESTONES, THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS, THERE ARE TO BE INSERTED INTO OUR VIRTUAL TIMELINE.

>> VIRTUAL TIMELINE GATHERING ALL OF THESE MATERIALS CAN BE FOUND AT THE SAN DIEGO HISTORY CENTER WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN LOOK THROUGH IMAGES THAT TELL AMAZING STORIES.

>>> LOCAL CONGRESSWOMAN SARAH JACOBS IS AMONG THOSE CALLING FOR REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREEN TO RESIGN THE GEORGIA REPUBLICAN IS UNDER FIRE FOR PAST REMARKS INCLUDING SUGGESTING THE PARKLAND AND NEWTOWN SCHOOL SHOOTINGS WERE STAGED.

HOUSE DEMOCRATS WANT A REMOVAL FROM COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.

ONE MID-DAY ADDITION, JACOB SAID GREEN MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

>> I FELT LIKE IT WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SIT DOWN THIS MARKER OF CENSURE THAT THIS IS BEYOND THE REALM OF NORMAL POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS, AND THIS IS BEHAVIOR THAT IS FRANKLY UNACCEPTABLE.

>> 100 HOUSE MEMBERS HAVE SIGNED ON TO SUPPORT A RESOLUTION TO REMOVE GREEN FROM THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

REPUBLICAN HOUSE MINORITY LEADER KEVIN McCARTHY'S OFFICE SAYS HE IS MEETING WITH GREEN THIS WEEK BUT THERE IS NO INDICATION WHETHER HE WILL TAKE ANY ACTION.

>> I AM JUDY WOODRUFF TONIGHT THE DRIVE TO A DEAL, PRESIDENT BIDEN PUSHES TO RAMP UP ECONOMIC RELIEF TO THE PANDEMIC.

COMING UP AT SEVEN AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> THE DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO IS MOURNING THE SHOOTING DEATH OF ONE OF ITS TEACHERS.

THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED THAT A MAN WAS FOUND DEAD THIS MORNING IN A SUSPECTED HOMICIDE IT HAPPENED NEAR MUNRO.

AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND SO FAR, NO ARRESTS.

>>> HE GRADUATED FROM CATHEDRAL CATHOLIC IN 2002 AND RETURNED TO TEACH THEIR IN 2016.

HE ALSO SERVED AS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT NOTRE DAME ACADEMY.

EXTRA SECURITY IS BEING ADDED TO CAMPUS, WHICH IS NOW CLOSED UNTIL THURSDAY.

GRIEF COUNSELING IS ALSO BEING MADE AVAILABLE.

>>> MORE THAN 11,000 POUNDS OF COCAINE AND 9000 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA WERE INTERCEPTED IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN.

THE COAST GUARD NAVY AND MET FEDERAL AGENCIES, AND IT CAME FROM THE U.S.. LAST APRIL, THE NARCOTICS OPERATIONS INCREASED DEPLOYMENT TO DISRUPT THE FLOW OF DRUGS.

>> TSA IS GOING TO START ENFORCING PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MASK MANDATE FOR PASSENGERS USING MASS TRANSIT AT MIDNIGHT.

>>> AVIATION WORKERS HAVE BEEN WANTING THIS FOR MONTHS.

THEY HAVE BEEN THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING MASK RULES WITH AIRLINES AND AIRPORTS.

NOW THE TSA WILL START REQUIRING MASKS HERE AT SECURITY BUT ASSESSED THROUGHOUT THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL, WHOSE PLANES, TRAINS, BUSES, BOATS, AND TAXIS AND RIDE SHARES AND TRANSPORTATION HUBS.

ALL OF THIS GOES INTO EFFECT AT 11:59 PM MONDAY NIGHT.

PASSENGERS COULD HAVE CIVIL CIVIL PENALTIES THAT ARE SO INTERESTING.

AIRLINES HAVE REALLY ONLY HAD RECOURSE BY BANNING PEOPLE FROM FLYING AGAIN.

DELTA SAYS IT BANNED ABOUT 900 PEOPLE FROM ITS FLIGHTS ALONE FOR REFUSING TO FOLLOW ITS MASS MASK POLICY.

THE SAN DIEGO DEMONSTRATION IS PUTTING THIS MANDATE IN PLACE AFTER THE TRUMPET ADMINISTRATION FAILED TO ACT.

>>> UNDER THE NEW MANDATE, THE MASK NEEDS TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO OR MORE LAYERS AND FIT SNUGLY.

THAT ALSO APPLIES TO OTHERS.

SCARVES AND BANDANNAS DO NOT MEET THE NEW STANDARD.

>> SAN DIEGO CAN REJOICE AS ONE OF THE MOST GENEROUS IN TRYING TO -- IMPORTANT TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IS OPENED AGAIN.

IT USUALLY GETS MORE THAN 1 MILLION VISITORS PER YEAR.

20/20 SAW LESS THAN HALF OF THAT NUMBER WITH ONLY $350,000 DOES NOT HUNDRED AND 50,000 GUESTS.

THE TAURUS HAVE TO BE RESERVED ONLINE.

>> -- THE TOURS HAVE TO BE RESERVED ONLINE.

>> THE MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS, MANY OF THEM ARE RETIRED MILITARY MEMBERS IN THE 70s HAVE AMPED UP THE CLEANING OF HIGH TOUCH AREAS.

MANY OF THEM HAVE ALREADY HAD AT LEAST THEIR FIRST VACCINATION.

>>> WELL, WE HAVE SEEN A FEW SPRINKLES IN THE AREA DURING THE DAY TODAY, BUT TONIGHT DRYING OUT, IT WILL BE DRY ON TUESDAY THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY AND MAINLY UP IN THE MOUNTAINS.

IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT WILL BE MUCH OF A STORM WITH US.

WITH THAT SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH, IT WILL BE COOLER WITH DRY WEATHER AND TEMPERATURE STARTING TO RISE ONCE AGAIN.

AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER TONIGHT, JUST A FEW CLOUDS AROUND.

SAN DIEGO IS AT 52 AND MOUNT LAGUNA AT 44.

DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY, WE WILL BE DRY HERE.

THE NEXT SYSTEM STARTS TO DROP DOWN TO THE COAST.

THAT WILL BRING WET CONDITIONS TO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STAYS DRY.

WE WILL LOOK AT OCEANSIDE AND SAN DIEGO IN THE MID 60s.

LOOK AT THAT, 79 AND MOUNT LAGUNA AT 49.

WEDNESDAY, THAT SYSTEM SLINKS THROUGH OUR AREA WITH SPOTTY SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH MOISTURE WELL TO THE NORTH AND WELL TO THE WEST OUT.

YOU CAN SEE THE SYSTEM SPLITTING IN 2.

TEMPERATURES TURNING COOLER ON WEDNESDAY BUT THEN SUNSHINE IS NICE FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.

THE CLOUDS WILL BE WITH US AND TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY RISE AS WE WILL BE BACK TO THE 70s.

AS WE HAD OUR WAY TO THE MOUNTAINS, A RATHER BREEZY WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW SPRINKLES THERE.

IT GETS COLDER INTO THURSDAY PRETTY NICE AND MILD THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEN TEMPERATURES COOL OFF LATER IN THE WEEK AND ARE PLEASANT FOR THE WEEKEND.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST MARK .

>>> THIS MORNING, MLB THE SHOW REVEALED A COVER FOR THIS YEAR'S VERSION.

THE GAME COMES OUT IN APRIL AND THIS YEAR IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR XBOX SYSTEMS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.

MLB THE SHOW IS PLAYED AROUND THE WORLD, BUT IT IS PRODUCED RIGHT HERE IN SAN DIEGO AT SONY STUDIOS IN SORRENTO VALLEY.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE, WWW.KPBS.ORG/EVENINGEDITION.

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