>>> 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 HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN DRAIN, HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS SINCE 1978.

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

THANK YOU.

>> IT IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

A MISSED COVID-19 SHIPMENT IS STILL BEING FELT THIS EVENING ACROSS SAN DIEGO.

KPBS REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS THE COUNTY'S LARGEST VACCINATION STATION REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO LACK OF SUPPLY.

>> THIS AREA OF 13th IS NORMALLY PACKED WITH PEOPLE IN THEIR VEHICLES BUT RIGHT NOW, GATES ARE CLOSED.

THE EFFECTIVE THE LATEST MODERNA IS THE LATENCY AND PICK THIS MORNING AT THE PETCO PARK SAID, WE SAW PEOPLE DRIVING FOR APPOINTMENTS NOT REALIZING THEY WERE POSTPONED.

SOME GOOD NEWS, UC SAN DIEGO OFFICIALS TELL US THAT SHIPMENT IS ON TRACK TO ARRIVE TOMORROW IN THE SITE DELIVERING 5000 VACCINE THAT WE SHOULD BE BACK UP AND RUNNING DAILY.

THE MIST SHIPMENT HAS THAT HAS NOT STOPPED THE VACCINATIONS AND OTHER SUPER SITES.

>> YOU FOLLOW THE STEPS, IT'S NOT COMPLICATED.

>> TODAY AT THE GROSSMONT VACCINATION SITE IN LA MESA WAS LYING LONG BUT MOVING QUICKLY.

>> I GOT LUCKY, I GOT RIGHT IN WALKING THROUGH THIS.

THE LINE WAS LONG BUT THE PEOPLE ARE FAR APART.

IT WAS NOTHING.

I GOT IN HERE.

>> HEALTHCARE OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE ENOUGH SUPPLY TO GET THROUGH THE WEEK AND WILL OFFER APPOINTMENTS HERE AND AT THE CHULA VISTA SUPERSTATION.

>> I BOOKED IT THIS MORNING, COME DOWN, IT WAS A GOOD SYSTEM.

IT WAS SLICK.

>> COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THE SUPERSTATION AT CAL STATE AND MARCUS HAS ENOUGH DOSES TO STAY OPEN AND WILL PRIORITIZE THE SECOND THOSE APPOINTMENTS.

THE NEW SITE THIS AFTERNOON WAS SHOWING APPOINTMENTS FOR AS EARLY AS THIS WEDNESDAY.

PEOPLE HE TALKED TO TODAY GETTING THEIR FIRST DOSE IS SAY THEY ARE NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THE LATEST FOR THEIR SECOND APPOINTMENTS.

>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT WILL HAPPEN.

IT WILL BE TWO DAYS LATER WORST THING.

>> THEY HAD PFIZER, THEY ADVERTISED IT WAS MODERNA THAT WOULD BE SHORT.

WE DID TAKE THE EARLIEST APPOINTMENT WE COULD WITH PFIZER.

>> UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY EVERYONE WHO MISSED OFFICIALS WILL HAVE TO RESCHEDULE.

THE DELAY DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AFFECTING THE COUNTY'S PARTNERS TOO MUCH.

CAL FIRE SAN DIEGO IS TRYING TO REACH THOSE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS AND NURSING HOMES.

SAN DIEGO FIRE RESCUE OFFICIALS SAID THEY HAVE HOPES AND VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS AND BALBOA PARK AND AT THE MALCOLM X LIBRARY.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS .

>> WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION AT KPBS.ORG, CLICK ON THE VACCINES TAB ON THE HOMEPAGE AND YOU WILL FIND A SEARCHABLE MAP WITH CLINIC LOCATIONS AND LINKS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE.

>> >>> WE ARE SEEING CORONAVIRUS CASES DROPPED MORE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, BUT THE DEATH TOLL REMAINS HIGH.

TODAY, 693 NEW CASES WERE REPORTED AND NO ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

OVER THE WEEKEND, WE SURPASSED 3000 TOTAL DEATHS WHILE DAILY CASE NUMBERS HAVE STAY BELOW 1000.

IT IS A SIMILAR STORY THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA WHICH NOW HAS THE HIGHEST DEATH TOLL IN THE NATION.

HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE CONFIDENT THE STATE IS EMERGING FROM ITS WORST SEARCH OF THE PANDEMIC.

>>> THE BITING WHITE HOUSE IS EAGER TO PUT AN AMBITIOUS AGENDA FRONT AND CENTER AFTER THE IMPEACHMENT VOTE CLOSED OUT THE TRUNK ERA ON CAPITOL HILL.

BITING WILL HIT THE ROAD THIS WEEK TO MAKE A PLACE FOR HIS $1.9 TRILLION COVID-19 RELIEF PLAN, BUT HE NEEDS THE HELP OF CONGRESS.

KAREN QUEZADA IS IN WASHINGTON WITH A LOOK AHEAD.

>> WITH THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ENDING- >> HE IS HEREBY ACQUITTED OF THE CHARGE.

>> DEMOCRATS EAGER TO FOCUS ON PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S AGENDA.

FIRST, HIS MASSIVE COVID-19 RELIEF PROPOSAL.

>> A LOT OF THE RELIEF WILL EXPIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH INCLUDING THE EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS.

>> THE NUMBER OF HOUSE COMMITTEES MOVE ON PORTIONS OF THE LEGISLATION LASTLY.

REPUBLICANS ARGUED ONE-POINT ENTERING OUR PLAN IS TOO MUCH.

>> REPUBLICANS WANT TO SIT PROVIDE SUPPORT WHERE NEEDED.

THIS PACKAGE GOES FAR BEYOND THAT SCOPE.

>> BRUSHING OFF A $600 BILLION PLAN FROM A GROUP OF GOP SENATORS, BIDEN SHOWED LITTLE WILLINGNESS TO YIELD ON SCOPE OR SPEED.

>> WE HAVE REPUBLICANS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE WHITE HOUSE LAST WEEK.

WE WERE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE PLAN, MANY OF WHOM SUPPORT THAT.

WE WILL KEEP MOVING ON IN A BIPARTISAN MANNER.

>> THE WHITE HOUSE FACING PRESSURES ON A PLEDGE TO REOPEN SCHOOLS WITHIN THE FIRST 100 DAYS AND CONCERNS NEW CORONAVIRUS VARIANCE COULD STOP TAXING PROCESS.

>> I WOULD BE CONCERNED, MY ADVICE IS TO CONTINUE TO MASK AND SOCIAL DISTANCE AND AVOID CROWDED ENVIRONMENTS.

WE HAVE A FEW MONTHS TO GO AND WE WILL BE BETTER BY THIS SUMMER.

>> BITING HELPING TO KEEP COVID- 19 RELIEF-INCLUDING INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMMIGRATION.

IN WASHINGTON, KAREN K FOR, KPBS NEWS .

>>> TOMORROW, THE CHULA VISTA CITY COUNCIL IS SET TO APPROVE MORE THAN 16 MILLION DOLLARS AND OTHER FORMS ARE RELEASED TO RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC.

KPBS REPORTER MAX ROOF AND NADLER TELLS US WILL QUALIFY AND HOW THEY CAN GET HELP.

>> Reporter: THE $16.8 MILLION COMES FROM A MIX OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS MEANT TO HELP PAY THE DAY TODAY PILLS IN A CITY HARD-HIT BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

CHULA VISTA MAYOR SALAS ANNOUNCED THE FUND WILL NOT ONLY COVER PAST OR CURRENT RENT, BUT ALSO UTILITY BILLS.

>> MANY HAVE STRUGGLED TO PAY THE RENT, GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER AND SEWER BILLS.

SOME HAVE BEEN FACED WITH HARDSHIPS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.

THESE FUNDS CAN HELP THOSE WHO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS TO GET THOSE BILLS PAID.

>> Reporter: A OF A MORATORIUM IN THE STATE PROTECTS MOST VICTIMS OVER NONPAYMENT.

BACK RENT CONTINUES TO PILE UP FOR RENTERS.

THERE HAVE BEEN NEW SIMILAR PROGRAMS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN BEHIND ON UTILITIES.

THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA SET UP SEEKING ASSISTANCE TO SEE IF THEY QUALIFY AND A CALL IN LINE FOR THOSE WITHOUT INTERNET ACCESS.

RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP FOR NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM I CHULA VISTA CA.COMéCAN HELP.

THE COUNTY HAS ITS OWN SEPARATE WHEN A FRIEND FUND WHICH IS MEANT TO REACH COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF CITIES LIKE CHULA VISTA WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED FOR DIRECT AID FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS.

MAX GORDEN NADLER, KPBS NEWS .

>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS MONTH, FEEDING SAN DIEGO IS DISTRIBUTING FOOD TO HOSPITALITY WORKERS.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB SS TODAY'S EFFORT HELPS ROUGHLY 700 HOUSEHOLDS.

>> CARS LINE UP AT PECHANGA ARENA MONDAY FOR FEEDING SAN DIEGO'S EMERGENCY FOOD DISTRIBUTION SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TO HOSPITALITY WORKERS, EITHER LOST THEIR JOBS OR GOT THEIR HOURS CUT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

BOB IS THE CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER FOR FEEDING SAN DIEGO.

>> THE LAST COUNT WE SAW, THERE WERE ABOUT 77,000 WORKERS IN THIS PARTICULAR INDUSTRY SEGMENT , THEY WERE DISPLACED FROM WORK.

AS A RESULT, MANY OF THEM HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THE NEED TO REACH OUT FOR OTHERS FOR HELP.

>> HOSPITALITY WORKERS LIKE SHANICE SCOTT, THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF THE PANDEMIC CAUSED ECONOMIC HARDSHIP.

>> IT HAS BEEN ROUGH FOR ME TO MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT.

I STARTED WORKING RECENTLY AND HONESTLY, IF I DID NOT PICK UP THIS FOOD, I WOULD NOT KNOW WHERE MY FOOD WOULD COME FROM UNTIL I GOT PAID.

EXPECTED DISTRIBUTIONS PROVIDE EACH HOUSEHOLD WITH 50 POUNDS OF FOOD INCLUDING PRODUCING DRY GOODS ALONG WITH THE FOOD PEOPLE ARE GETTING WITH INFORMATION ON HOW TO ACCESS FEEDING SAN DIEGO DISTRIBUTIONS CLOSE TO THEIR HOMES.

IN ABOUT CALFRESH, PROVIDING FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES.

>> I DON'T QUALIFY FOR FOOD STAMPS OR OTHER FOOD PROGRAMS.

THIS, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET HELP OF GETTING FOOD IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE REALLY.

>> 11 DISTRIBUTION SESSION FOR THIS MONTH IS PLANNED NEXT MONDAY FOR THE 22nd.

IT WILL BE FOR PEOPLE WORKING IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AND ATTENDEES MUST REGISTER ONLINE AT FEEDING SAN DIEGO.ORG.

BOB KAMENSKY SAID THEY PLAN TO HAVE DISTRIBUTION EFFORTS IN THE MONTH INCLUDING ONE IN LEGOLAND AREA FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

JACOB AIR, KPBS NEWS .

>> THE EFFORT TO RECALL GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM JUST GOT A CASH INFUSION.

THE CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY IS GIVING $125,000 TO THE CAMPAIGN.

ORGANIZERS SAY THEY HAVE GATHERED THE 1 1/2 MILLION SIGNATURES REQUIRED TO GET ON THE BALLOT, BUT THEY ARE AIMING TO COLLECT 2 MILLION SIGNATURES BY THE MID MARCH DEADLINE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH VALID SIGNATURES PERFORM A SAN DIEGO MAYOR AND RANCHO SAY BUSINESSMAN JOHN COX ARE TWO REPUBLICANS HOPING TO REPLACE NEWSON.

>>> NEW DETAILS HOW TO MERGE ABOUT AN UNETHICAL LIVER STUDY PERFORMED ON SAN DIEGO VETERANS.

I NEWS SOURCE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JILL CASTELLANO HAVE THE LATEST.

>> SAN DIEGO READ THE VA RESEARCH IS PERFORMED A STUDY ON PATIENTS WITH LIVER DISEASE FROM 2013 TO 2018.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO COLLECT LEFTOVER TISSUE SAMPLES FROM VETERANS WHO RECEIVED LIVER BIOPSIES DURING THEIR MEDICAL CARE.

WHISTLEBLOWERS CLAIM THE VA RESEARCH IS CONVINCED PATIENTS TO GET UNNECESSARY BIOPSIES SO THE SAMPLES CAN BE USED FOR RESEARCH PUTTING THE VETERANS AT RISK OF BLEEDING AND OTHER SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS.

NEW REPORTS SHOW THE VA INVESTIGATOR THE CLAIMS TWICE, BUT FAILED TO COOPERATE THEM.

IN A LETTER TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN THIS WEEK, A FEDERAL WATCHDOG CALLED TO THE VA'S MOST RECENT INVESTIGATION AND REASONABLE.

IT SAID WHISTLEBLOWERS HAVE PROVIDED CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE FOR THE ALLEGATIONS.

MARTINA BUCK, ONE OF THE WHISTLEBLOWERS, SAYS SHE WAS FIRED FOR SPEAKING OUT AND THINGS PEOPLE NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED.

>> SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.

SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE BALANCED.

I NEED SOME SORT OF CLOSURE.

>> INEWSOURCE FIRST BROKE THIS RESEARCH IN 2018.

TWO LEARN MORE, GO TO INEWSOURCE.ORG.

I AM INEWSOURCE.ORG INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JILL CASTELLANO.

>>> A NONPROFIT PARTNER OF KPBS.

1 MILLION DOSES OF THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE WAS SENT TO ABOUT 6500 PHARMACIES LAST WEEK.

THE PHARMACIES INCLUDING HERE IN SAN DIEGO WERE SELECTED BY THE CDC FOR THEIR ABILITY TO REACH THE MOST VULNERABLE AMERICANS.

MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE ON WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE GETTING A VACCINE APPOINTMENT FROM A PHARMACY.

>> AS THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS GETTING CORONAVIRUS VACCINES CONTINUES TO RISE, VACCINE SUPPLIES KEEP FALLING BUT MORE DOSES HAD BEEN PURCHASED AND PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYS THE U.S. IS ON TRACK TO HAVE ENOUGH VACCINES FOR 300 MILLION AMERICANS BY THE END OF JULY.

>> A SUPPLY RAMPS UP, WE ARE CAN HAVING NEW LOCATIONS FOR VACCINATIONS.

THESE INCLUDE STANDING UP COMMUNITY VACCINATION SENTENCE, DEPLOYING MOBILE VACCINE UNITS AND LAUNCHING NEW PROGRAMS WITH PHARMACIES.

>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BE CAN DIRECT SHIPMENTS OF CORONAVIRUS VACCINES TO PHARMACIES LATE LAST WEEK , MORE THAN HALF OF THE 1 MILLION AVAILABLE DOSES WERE ALLOCATED TO CVS, WALGREENS AND WRITE A.

NOT ALL STORES WILL GET THE VACCINE INITIALLY.

IN A NEWS RELEASE, CVS SAID AS MY SUPPLY BECOMES AVAILABLE, THE COMPANY WILL EXPAND TO ADDITIONAL STATES WHILE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF STORES OFFERING VACCINATIONS.

PHARMACIES RECEIVING THE DOSES WILL FOLLOW THE STATE GUIDELINES AND ONLY VACCINATE PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE IN THAT STATE.

APPOINTMENTS CAN BE MADE ONLINE OR BY PHONE AND WALGREENS APPOINTMENTS CAN BE BOOKED THROUGH A VACCINE SCHEDULE.

THE CBS WEBSITE LET'S YOU SEARCH BY DATE.

EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE VACCINE AT NO COST.

THERE IS NORMALLY A 15 MINUTE WAIT TIME AFTER GETTING THE COVID-19 SHOT, WHICH IS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE AN ALLERGIC REACTION.

FOR HALF A MINUTE, I AM MANDY GAITHER.

>> ESPECIALLY THE ROMAN PERIOD FOR UNINSURED AMERICANS TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE IS OPEN.

THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND ROMAN PERIOD RUNS EACH YEAR IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED A EXECUTIVE ORDER TO OPEN A FEDERAL EXCHANGE ON HEALTHCARE.GOV FOR ANOTHER THREE MONTHS.

15 MILLION UNINSURED PEOPLE QUALIFIED FOR BENEFITS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE UP TO $51,000 AND FAMILIES OF FOUR EARNING UP TO $105,000 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SUBSIDIES TO HELP PAY PREMIUMS.

>>> VALENTINE'S DAY WEEKEND WAS ONE OF THE BUSIEST FOR AIR TRAVEL DURING THE PANDEMIC.

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FLEW BUT AIRLINES WORRIED THE NUMBER TO DROP AGAIN.

THAT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS BUT BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE ACTION FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

PETE MUNTEAN EXPLAINS.

>> THIS IS ACTUALLY THE BUSIEST AIR TRAVEL WEEKEND WE HAVE SEEN SINCE THE HOLIDAYS AND THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THESE NUMBERS WILL LAST.

THE TSA SAID MORE THAN 900,000 PEOPLE PAST SECURITY AT AMERICAN AIRPORTS ON SUNDAY, MORE THAN 900,000 ON SATURDAY AND MORE THAN 1 MILLION ON FRIDAY AND MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION PEOPLE ON THURSDAY.

AIRLINES SAY WE WOULD NOT BE SEEN NUMBERS LIKE THIS IF THE CDC MANDATED THAT DOMESTIC TRAVELERS GET TESTED FOR CORONAVIRUS AT THE START OF THE TRIP .

THAT WENT INTO THE LIMELIGHT LAST WEEK BY PEOPLE TO.

HE SAID THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WAS TALKING WITH THE CDC BY THAT.

AIRLINES PLACE BACKFIRE AND THEY MET WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FRIDAY AND A FEW HOURS AFTER THE MEETING, THE CDC AND THE WHITE HOUSE SAY THEY WERE NOT CONSIDERING A DOMESTIC TRAVEL TESTING REQUIREMENT AT THIS TIME.

THE CDC RECOMMENDED THAT PASSENGERS GET TESTED 1 TO 3 DAYS BEFORE THE START OF THE TRIP AND 3 TO 5 DAYS AFTER THEIR TRIP.

WE WILL SEE IF THE PEOPLE TRAVELING THIS WEEKEND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT.

AND YOU SEEM THAT TRAVELERS ARE FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CDC, WHICH IS SIMPLY TO NOT TRAVEL.

THESE NUMBERS ONLY ABOUT 45% OF WHAT THEY WERE A YEAR AGO.

PETER MUNTEAN, CNN, REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT .

>>> MUCH OF THE NATION IS EXPERIENCING A HISTORIC WINTER ICE STORM.

TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.

IN SOUTH TEXAS, THE SAME HISTORICAL SITE, THE ALAMO WAS BLANKETED BY SNOW.

LIKE MANY AREAS, POWER OUTAGES ARE KEEPING HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN THE DARK.

TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS IN MANY STATES.

>>> SOMEONE IN THE AREA TONIGHT AND ALSO A FEW SHOWERS AS A SYSTEMS TWINS RAPIDLY THROUGH THE AREA.

FOR THE END OF THE WEEK, LOOKS LIKE WE SHOULD BE NICE AND SUNNY , DRY AND WARMER WEATHER IS ON THE WAY.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WIND ADVISORIES ESPECIALLY INLAND SECTIONS UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS.

THE WINDS WILL BE STRONG THERE.

PRECIPITATION, THERE CAN BE A COUPLE SHOWERS OR PENDING A FEW SHOWERS IN SAN DIEGO.

RAMONA IS 47 AND THE WHOLE 50, 54.

LOOKING AT THE FUTURE RADAR FOR YOU, NOTICING A LITTLE GREEN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THAT MEANS WE WILL BE GETTING A LITTLE BIT ON THE WET SIDE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIKE TO MAYBE A 10th OF AN INCH FOR SOME OF THE WETTER SPOTS.

THAT SYSTEM IS OUT OF HERE AND WE ARE BACK INTO DRIER CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY.

TEMPERATURES HERE LOW TO MID 60s, OCEANSIDE OF SAN DIEGO, ESCONDIDO TO EL CAJON, OREGANO SPRINGS 73 AND CAMPOS AT 55.

WEDNESDAY, WE ARE DRY AND MILD, STILL A LITTLE BIT OF A GUSTY NORTHERLY FLOW BUT WE ARE IN A DRY STRETCH THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

HERE IS OUR FORECAST, SUNSHINE COMING BACK TUESDAY AND THEN PLEASANT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE .

AS WE TAKE YOU INTO THE INLAND SECTIONS, WE WILL BE WARMING UP, TEMPERATURES RISING TO THE LOW 70s, COMFORTABLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND AS WE GET OUR WAY UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS, GETTING CHILLY, STRONG WINDS SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY BUT A LITTLE BIT NIPPY THERE.

TEMPERATURES WILL START TO REBOUND A LITTLE BIT BY FRIDAY.

INTO THE DESERT, TEMPERATURES COOL OFF A LITTLE BIT, BUT SUNSHINE, LOOKS LIKE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND.

FOR KPBS.ORG,, FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST MARK MANCUSO.

>>> CALIFORNIA IS POISED TO BEGIN THE FIRST MAJOR RESTORATION PROJECT AT THE SULTANS THEY.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON SAYS THE PROJECT IS A LONG TIME COMING.

>> THE STATE IS INVESTING MORE THAN $2 MILLION IN A PROJECT MEETING FLOODED PONDS AND OTHER HABITAT OF THE EXPOSED LAKE BED AT THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE LAKE.

WAY CROW FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE CALIFORNIA RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, WHICH OVERSEES THE PROJECT.

>> WE WILL COMPANY BE WORK OVER THE NEXT 2 1/2 YEARS, I BELIEVE COMPLETING THE PROJECT IN 2023.

>> THIS SEA BEGAN RAPIDLY IN 2018 WHEN THE IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT STOP FEEDING THE STATE'S LARGEST LAKE EXPOSING A DUSTY AND DANGEROUS LAKEBED.

CALIFORNIA CONNECTED TO A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR RESTORATION EFFORT AS PART OF A BILL THAT ALLOWS WATER TO BE SOLD TO CITIES LIKE SAN DIEGO.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR PROJECT THAT THE STATE HAS ADVANCED TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF THE FULTON SEE, WORSENING AIR QUALITY AS A RESULT OF A MIST OF DEATH AND RESTORATION OF HABITAT FOR BIRDS ON THE PACIFIC FLYAWAY AND FISH.

>> THE PROJECT CANNOT BE STARTED SOON ENOUGH FOR IMPERIAL VALLEY CLEAN-AIR ADVOCATE, LUISA RAMIRO.

HE SAID THE REGION IS ENDURING EIGHT RESPIRATORY PANDEMIC.

AND HAS THE HIGHEST ASTHMA RATES IN CALIFORNIA.

THERE IS INDUSTRIAL, AGRICULTURAL AND VEHICULAR POLLUTION.

>> FULTON SECO IS A ENTIRELY NEW SOURCE.

EVERY TIME WE ARE PEELING BACK EVERY INCH, WE ARE EXPOSING OVER 100 YEARS OF CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT.

>> THE SETTLEMENT GETS PICKED UP BY WINDS AND BREATHED IN BY RESIDENTS, DEGRADING THE REGIONS ALREADY POOR AIR QUALITY.

>> IT IS A CONTROL MEASURE TO THE WATER HABITAT PROJECTS AND THAT IS WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES.

>> THIS IS PART OF A COMPETENT THE PLAN TO COVER CLOSE TO 40,000 ACRES OF EXPOSED LAKE AND.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS .

>>> SOME GOOD NEWS NOW ABOUT THOSE GUERRILLAS AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO SAFARI PARK.

THEY HAVE RECOVERED FROM THEIR BATTLE WITH CORONAVIRUS AND READY FOR VISITORS.

THE EIGHT-MEMBER TROUPE HAD BEEN OUT OF THIS AFTER CONTACTING THE VIRUS IN JANUARY.

DURING THAT TIME, THEY RECEIVE CARE FROM EXPERTS IN HUMAN AND VETERINARY MEDICINE.

THE TROOP WAS LIKELY EXPOSED BY A KEEPER.

>>> IN A FEW YEARS, MONITORING YOUR HEALTH COULD BE AS EASY AS WEARING A STICKER.

THE UC SAN DIEGO NANO ENGINEERING LAB CREATED A NONINVASIVE PATCH WHICH USES ULTRASOUND TECH TO MONITOR BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE.

IT ALSO ANALYZES SWEAT FOR THINGS LIKE GLUCOSE LEVELS FOR ALCOHOL AND SEND THE INFORMATION BACK TO A SMART PHONE.

IT COULD BE A GAME CHANGER FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES WHO WOULD NO LONGER NEED FINGERPRINTS TO TEST THEIR BLOOD SUGAR.

AND WOULD MAKE TELEHEALTH A LOT EASIER.

>> YOU CAN ANALYZE THE PATIENT REMOTELY WITHOUT GOING TO THE CLINIC.

THIS IS THE DR. TO THE DOCTOR OR SELF TESTING.

>> RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING ON THE DEVICE STILL TO MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE, AND EASIER TO MASS PRODUCE.

IT ALSO NEEDS WIDESCALE TESTING AND FDA APPROVAL.

>>> LIVE PERFORMANCES, THE NONPROFIT IS PUTTING THE DOWNTIME TO GOOD USE BY STARTING LONG-OVERDUE BUILDING RENOVATIONS.

KPBS ARTS REPORTER BETH OKAMOTO HAD ACCEPTED DIRECTOR TAKE US ON A TOUR OF THE REMODEL IN PROGRESS.

>> HI THERE, MY NAME IS MATT, THE EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF DIVERSIONARY THEATER.

I WILL GIVE YOU A TOUR OF THE RENOVATION OF THEY ARE HAPPENING.

VERY EXCITING ON THE FRONT OF THE DIVERSIONARY, WE ARE GETTING A NEW MARQUEE AND A DIGITAL DISPLAY THAT WILL INCREASE OUR STREET PRESENCE, VERY EXCITING.

THE STAIRS UP TO THE THEATER ARE GOING TO BE REDIRECTED DOWN TO THIS PATIO.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE TO THE STREET TO GET UP TO THE THEATER.

LET'S GO INSIDE AND I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING.

IN HERE, THIS IS THE WHILE THAT IS GONE AWAY.

THIS WILL OPEN UP TO THE OTHER PATIO AND THEN AN INDOOR LOUNGE THAT IS THIS ENTIRE SPACE AND THEN A FULL BAR THAT WILL STRETCH THE EXPENSE OF THIS WALL RIGHT HERE.

THE SIGN BEHIND THE BAR IS THIS BEAUTIFUL LIGHT UP PLEXI.

OVER HERE IN THE MIDDLE, IT WILL BE A SERIES OF CABARET TABLES, THE CABARET TABLES WILL BE MADE OUT OF ANTIMICROBIAL MATERIAL, IT WILL BE COPPER WHICH NEUTRALIZES VIRAL CONTAGION.

ON THE CORNER, THEY WILL BE A SMALL STAGE, WE HAVE A PIANO AND THIS WILL BE A REALLY EXCITING HIGH-ENERGY SPACE.

SO, THIS IS THE DIVERSIONARY MEANS AGE, IT IS CURRENTLY GETTING.

WE WILL GET ON THE THEATER SEATS OBVIOUSLY, AND THE STAGE ITSELF IS GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT LARGER ABOUT THREE FEET.

I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, THERE WILL BE A DOOR THAT OPENS UP, JUST LOAD IN THE SCENIC ELEMENTS WE'LL FROM THE SCENIC SHOP RIGHT DOWN THE HALL.

BEFORE WE WOULD HAVE TO BUILD EVERYTHING PIECES AND THEN BRING THEM IN HERE THROUGH THE LITTLE BIT THE SIDE DOOR AND BUILD THIS ALL ON THE STAGE.

IF YOU WANT TO COME THIS WAY, WE ARE GOING BACKSTAGE.

HERE ARE DRESSING ROOMS THAT ARE BEING DIRECTED.

ON NEW DRESSING ROOMS FOR OUR FASTENED CREW TO ENJOY.

ONE VERY EXCITING THING IS RIGHT NOW, THE ACTORS SHARE A BATHROOM WITH THE AUDIENCE.

IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIVERSIONARY TRICK WHERE THEY HAVE TO SNEAK INTO THE ARE THE INTO THE BATHROOM IN THE AUDIENCE IS NOT THERE.

THE ACTORS WILL HAVE THEIR OWN BATHROOM.

IT IS GOING TO BE INSTALLED RIGHT OVER HERE.

IF YOU COME THIS WAY, THIS ENTIRE SPACE HERE IS OUR SCENIC SHOP, THIS IS WHERE WE BUILT OUR SETS AND PROPS AND THIS WAS OUR OLD BLACK BOX THE A, IT IS NOW THE ONLY NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

THIS WAY, IN THIS ROOM, IS A VERY EXCITING SPACE.

THIS WILL BE THE DIVERSIONARY EDUCATION CENTER, WHICH WILL BE HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRESSIVE PARTS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS HEADED BY OUR DIRECTOR OF ART EDUCATION SULLIVAN.

WE CANNOT PRODUCE, IT IS THE PERFECT TIME TO RENOVATE AND IT IS THE PERFECT TIME TO REALLY ADDRESS WHAT A SAFE SPACE MEANS.

THE LGBTQ THEATER IN SAN DIEGO, WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING A SPACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR 35 YEARS.

COVID-19 HAS CAUSED US TO REEVALUATE WHAT A SAFE SPACE MEANS.

REALLY INTERROGATING THAT RELATIVE TO COVID-19.

FEEL VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INTEGRATE THOSE SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES.

WE ARE COMING BACK AND REEMERGING FROM COVID-19, WE BRING PEOPLE INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FROM SAN DIEGO TO ENJOY THE RESTAURANTS IN THE CAFES AND THE COFFEE SHOPS AND THE BARS, OUR RECOVERY WILL BE THEIR RECOVERY.

VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

>>> NASA'S MOST SOPHISTICATED ROVER IS EXPECTED TO LAND ON THE SURFACE OF MARS ON THURSDAY.

NAMED PERSEVERANCE, THE ROVER HAS BEEN TRAVELING THROUGH SPACE SINCE THE END OF JULY.

ONCE ON MARS, IT WILL BEGIN A TWO YEAR MISSION TO SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF TENSION LIFE AND STUDY THE PLANETS', AND GEOLOGY.

THE SPACECRAFT INGENUITY ON BOARD, THAT THE FIRST HELICOPTER THAT WILL FLY ON ANOTHER PLANET.

IT'S EXPECTED TO HAVE FIVE TEST FLIGHT DURING A 30 DAY PERIOD.

>>> YOU CAN FIND THE STORY ON THE WEBSITE AT KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI, HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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