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>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT IS MONDAY, JANUARY 11.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

ON THE MOVE TO MOVE HIM OUT.

DEMOCRATS ARE OFFERING UP ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT LOOKING TO MAKE TRUMP THE FIRST EVER PRESIDENT TO BE IMPEACHED TWICE.

OUR COVERAGE BEGINS WITH WHITNEY WILD ON THE UNPRECEDENTED ACTION.

>> THIS PRESIDENT IS GUILTY OF INCITING INSURRECTION.

AND HE HAS TO PAY A PRICE FOR THAT.

>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS INTRODUCED AN IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION MONDAY MORNING.

THAT IS THE FIRST UP TOWARDS HOLDING AN IMPEACHMENT VOTE THIS WEEK.

DEMOCRATS TRIED TO TAKE UP A RESOLUTION URGING VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE TO INVOKE THE 25th AMENDMENT THROUGH UNANIMOUS CONSENT BUT IT WAS BLOCKED BY REPUBLICANS.

>> A RESOLUTION CALLING ON VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE TO CONVENE AND MOBILIZE OF THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CABINET TO ACTIVATE SECTION 4 OF THE 25th AMENDMENT TO DECLARE PRESIDENT DONALD G TRUMP INCOMPETENT OF EXECUTING THE DUTIES OF HIS OFFICE.

AND TO IMMEDIATELY EXERCISE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT.

>> Reporter: IT REFERENCES REPEATED FALSE CLAIMS BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP OF A STOLEN ELECTION AND HIS CALL TO THE GEORGIA SECRETARY OF STATE IN WHICH HE URGED THE SECRETARY TO FIND VOTES FOR HIM TO WIN.

THE COSPONSOR OF THE ARTICLE OF IMPEACHMENT TOLD CNN OF A COME ON WEDNESDAY IF PENCE DOES NOT MOVE ON THE 25th AMENDMENT.

>> WE WILL MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO TAKE THE IMPEACHMENT ARTICLE TO THE HOUSE AND ACT ON IT.

>> Reporter: I'M WHITNEY WILD FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> CONGRESSMAN SCOTT PETERS SAYS THAT IF THE PRESIDENT IS NOT REMOVED BY THE 25th AMENDMENT OR RESIGNS, HE WILL VOTE TO IMPEACH.

BUT IT WILL NOT ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH NOW AND THAT IS GET TRUMP OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE.

BY THE TIME THEY START AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL, VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE -- JOE BIDEN WILL HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

>> I WANT TO KNOW IF HE WANTS THIS TO BE ANY PART OF HIS PRESIDENCY.

I THINK, THAT ATTENTION IS WHAT TRUMP WANTS AND HAVING A TRIAL ABOUT HIM PUTS HIM IN THE CENTER OF PUBLIC DISCUSSION.

IT A IT IS ALMOST MORE OF A REWARD THAN A PUNISHMENT.

>> A LOCAL DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE HAS CALLED FOR THE REMOVAL OF TRUMP.

TODAY TWO U.S. CAPITOL POLICE REPRESENTATIVES WERE SUSPENDED FOR THEIR ACTIONS IT DURING THE RIOT.

ONE WHO TOOK A SELFIE WAS SOMEBODY AND ANOTHER PUT ON A "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" HAT.

>>> THERE IS POTENTIAL UNREST AS WE GET CLOSER TO INAUGURATION DAY.

ARMED PROTESTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

KPBS REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS ANOTHER RIOT LED TO ARRESTS.

TOOK A SAN DIEGO POLICE SAY DEMONSTRATIONS OVER THE WEEKEND TURNED VIOLENT WHEN BOTTLES AND ROCKS WERE THROWN AT OFFICERS.

THEY DECLARED UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY AND HAD TO USE LESS THAN LETHAL FORCE PIERCE.. POLICE SAY THEY NEW IN ADVANCE ABOUT THE PIGEON RALLY AT PACIFIC BEACH.

PEOPLE SHOWED UP WITH TRUMP 2020 FLAGS BUT POLICE WERE NOT EXPECTING COUNTER PROTESTERS DRESSED IN ALL BLACK WITH ANTIFA FLAGS.

AT ONE POINT THE GROUPS WERE SPLIT INTO TWO SIDES.

THOSE WITH ANTIFASCIST FLAGS AND TRUMP FLAGS ON THE OTHER.

THAT IS WHEN ROCKS AND BOTTLES WERE THROWN AT OFFICERS.

TWO WERE ARRESTED FOR FAILING TO DISPERSE AND A MINOR FOR ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER.

POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR VICTIMS OF CRIMES.

SEVERAL FIGHTS BROKE OUT BETWEEN OPPOSING SIDES AND ONE BUSINESS DID HAVE A WINDOW BROKEN OUT.

FIVE OFFICERS RECEIVED INJURIES THAT DID NOT REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION.

EARLIER IN THE SUMMER PACIFIC BEACH WAS THE SITE OF ANTI- LOCKDOWN PROTESTS AND WE HAVE SEEN RACIAL JUSTICE PROTEST DOWNTOWN AS WELL.

BUT THIS WAS DIFFERENT WITH TWO DIFFERENT SIDES SQUARING OFF.

WITH PRESIDENT ELECT JOE BIDEN'S INAUGURATION JUST DAYS AWAY, THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR PROTESTS THAT THEY KNOW OF BUT THAT COULD CHANGE.

GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAYS FREE SPEECH IS WELCOMED BUT THERE WILL BE NO VIOLENCE.

>> WE HAVE HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF SECURITY AS IT RELATES TO SOME CONCERNS.

>> Reporter: WHAT GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAYS HE WILL ACTIVATE CALIFORNIA GUARD TROOPS AS NECESSARY.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THIS LAST WEEK AND WAS THE MOST DEADLY FOR COVID-19 IN CALIFORNIA.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AERE HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS THERE IS REASON TO BE OPTIMISTIC DESPITE THE COVID- 19 DEATHS.

>> WE WILL SEE AN 6% INCREASE IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS OVER THE LAST 14 DAYS.

THAT IS AMONG THE SMALLEST INCREASES THAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER A TWO-WEEK PERIOD IN QUITE SOME TIME.

>> Reporter: DUE TO THE INCREASED STRESS ON HOSPITALS AS THEY FIGHT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, CALIFORNIA HAS SECURED STATE AND FEDERAL ASSISTANCE WITH A VACCINATION ROLLOUT.

>> WE EXPECT WITHIN SEVEN DAYS WE WILL HAVE MORE RESPIRATORY SPECIALISTS, RN'S AND LPNS WILL BE JOINING US.

WE WILL SEE MORE PARAMEDICS JOINING US AND WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF EMTS AS THIS LOCAL OPTION FOR ADDITIONAL VACCINATE OR IS TO HELP ADMINISTER THE VACCINATIONS FASTER.

>> Reporter: WITH THE GOAL OF 1 MILLION VACCINATIONS BY THE WEEKEND, THERE HAS BEEN MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH WHO CAN ADMINISTER THE SHOTS.

>> WE HAVE INCREASED FLEXIBILITY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND TO CAN RECEIVE IT.

THAT INCLUDES 65 AND OLDER AND THEN WE MOVED DOWN TO 60 AND OLDER IF NEEDED.

>> Reporter: THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 2,000,700 CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS.

OVER 780,000 DOSES OF THE VACCINATION HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED IN THE STATE.

I AM JACOB AERE FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> TODAY SAN DIEGO COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS OPENED UP THE FIRST COVID-19 VACCINATION SUPER SITE.

KPBS REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: HEALTHCARE WORKERS ON STAFF AT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES CAN DRIVE OR WALK UP AND GET THE MUD DHARNA VACCINE.

UCSD STAFF IS ASSISTING.

BUT THERE ARE BARRIERS TO GETTING SHOTS OUT QUICKLY.

>> IT IS A VERY FRAGMENTED AND DISJOINTED MEASURE.

THERE IS NOT ONE PLACE THAT PEOPLE CAN JUST GO AND SAY THAT I AM A HEALTHCARE WORKER AND I CANNOT GET IT.

SO WE WANT TO DO THAT.

>> Reporter: THE CYCLE START WITH 2500 VACCINATIONS PER DAY.

EVENTUALLY THE COUNTY WILL OPEN MORE SITES.

THE MAYOR SAYS EVERYBODY THAT CAN GET VACCINATED SHOULD DO IT NOW.

>> GET READY AND FIND OUT WHERE YOU ARE AT.

AVAIL YOURSELF OF KNOWLEDGE SO THAT WHEN YOUR TIME IS HERE YOU CAN GET VACCINATED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: APPOINTMENT SITES WILL BE LISTED ON SD.COM.

I'M ANDREW BOWEN FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINATION VISIT WWW.KPBS.ORG.

>>> TWO GORILLAS AT THE SAN DIEGO SAFARI PARK HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.

AND IT IS SUSPECTED THAT A THIRD GUERRILLA MAY ALSO BE INFECTED.

>> Reporter: THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS TOUCHED A GROUP OF GORILLAS THAT LIVE AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO.

SEVERAL WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF A SICKNESS SO THEY TESTED FECAL SAMPLES.

>> THERE IS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MATCH UP THE SAMPLE WITH THE APPROPRIATE MEMBER OF THE TROOP.

WE GOT A TENTATIVE POSITIVE ON FRIDAY.

>> Reporter: THE GORILLAS LIKELY GOT THE ILLNESS FROM AN ASYMPTOMATIC KEEPER.

THE ZOO WAS REQUIRING MASKS AND GLOVES WHEN INTERACTING WITH THE PRIMATES BUT CAUTIONS WILL BE STEPPING UP.

ZOOKEEPERS WILL BE WATCHING THEM CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE SYMPTOMS ARE MORE SEVERE.

>> WE ALLOW THEM TO TELL US WHAT IS HAPPENING THROUGH BEHAVIOR THAT WE SEE AND WE WILL INTERVENE IF NEEDED BASED ON THE SYMPTOMS THAT SHOW THEMSELVES.

UNFORTUNATELY THE SYMPTOMS THAT WE ARE SEEING ARE MILD.

WE ARE HEARING A BIT OF COUGHING AND A LITTLE BIT OF RUNNING NOSE.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE FIRST KNOWN CASE OF HUMAN TO GUERRILLA TRANSMISSION IN THE UNITED STATES BUT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER CASES OF HUMAN TO ANIMAL TRANSMISSION, PARTICULARLY TO BIG CATS AT ZOOS IN NEW YORK AND KENTUCKY.

>>> AS COVID-19 NUMBERS SPIKE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, KPBS REPORTER MAX RIVLIN-NADLER SAYS IT IS IMPACTING THOSE THAT BRING US OUR FOOD AND MEDICINE.

>> Reporter: THE NUMBERS REFLECT JUST HOW MANY CASES THERE ARE IN THE COUNTY.

THE UNION REPRESENTING EMPLOYEES AT MANY ESSENTIAL WORKPLACES SAY THAT A RECORD NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES ARE CONTRACTING COVID-19.

IN NOVEMBER, 82 WORKERS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.

THAT NUMBER EXPLODED TO 404 BY DECEMBER.

152 CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN JANUARY SO FAR.

>> IT IS EVERYWHERE.

NOT JUST SOUTHBAY.

>> Reporter: DESPITE THE POSITIVE TESTS, WORKERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENSURE SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR THEMSELVES.

>> WE ARE ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO CLEAN THEIR CHECK STANDS AND WASH THEIR HANDS AND THEY CAN REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM UNSAFE SITUATIONS LIKE OVERCROWDING OR SOMEBODY REFUSING TO WEAR A FACE COVERING.

>> Reporter: BUT WITH COVID-19 CASES AT STAGGERING HIGHS, THEY THINK THAT VACCINATIONS FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS SHOULD BE SPED UP.

>> THEY ARE LABELED AS LEVEL 1C.

SO WE HAVE FIRST RESPONDERS AND NURSING STAFF.

AND THEN THE PEOPLE AT CARE FACILITIES.

BUT THEN THERE ARE ABOUT 10 MILLION PEOPLE IN THAT CATEGORY BEFORE THEY GET TO LEVEL TRANXXXV.

THERE IS A FIGHT IN THE STATE.

EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO PUSH THEIR GROUP TO THE TOP OF THE LIST.

>> WITH CASES AND DEATHS AT RECORD HIGHS, VACCINATIONS AND PROVISIONS CANNOT COME FAST ENOUGH.

I AM MAX RIVLIN-NADLER FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> THERE HAS BEEN AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS SINCE NOVEMBER IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

AND WE PRESENT YOU THAT PERSPECTIVE OF THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS.

>> Reporter: A GRUELING 10 HOUR SHIFT IN AN AMBULANCE IN LOS ANGELES.

THAT IS WHAT IS IN STORE FOR EMT SADIE POPE.

THEY SAY A PERSON IS DYING FROM COVID-19 EVERY 18 MINUTES HERE.

>> IT HAS SHIFTED IN THE LAST MONTH.

JUST WITH THE CALL VOLUMES CONSTANTLY INCREASING.

WE ARE JUST RUNNING AND RUNNING.

>> Reporter: A MOTHER OF THREE AND FORMER STAY AT HOME MOM HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR JUST A FEW MONTHS.

IT'S A JOB SHE LOVES BUT IT'S TAKING A TOLL.

>> SOMETIMES WE WOULD SIT FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS WAITING FOR A CALL BUT NOW WE ARE LUCKY IF WE SIT FOR HALF AN HOUR.

>> Reporter: HER PARTNER HAS BEEN AN EMT FOR ABOUT ONE YEAR.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME I COME BACK TO WORK IT IS WORSE.

>> Reporter: DAILY DEATHS ARE EXCEEDING HOMICIDES COMPARED TO ALL OF THE HOMICIDES FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR HERE.

>> HOW HAS THIS IMPACTED YOU?

>> A LOT OF TIMES I AND JUST EXHAUSTED.

I GO HOME, EAT DINNER AND GO TO BED.

IT IS DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO GET REST, EAT AS MUCH AS THEY CAN AND STAY HEALTHY.

>>> AMBULANCE SUPERVISOR CAROLYN CARAWAY ALLOWED US TO RIDE ALONG.

>> I AM CONSTANTLY TALKING TO THEM AND CHECKING IN ON THEM TO SEE HOW THEY ARE DOING.

MY TRUCK IS FULL OF SNACK AND SNACKS AND GATOR RAIDS TO GET THEM THROUGH THE DAY.

>> WE ARE THEY GOING?

>> LET'S SEE.

>> Reporter: THERE IS NO LET UP TODAY.

A NEW 911 CALLER.

>> THIS ONE WILL BE A COVID-19 POSITIVE PATIENT.

>> Reporter: THEY PUT ON FULL PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

THE PATIENT IS PLACED ON A GURNEY AND THEY ARE RUSHED TO A HOSPITAL WHERE, ACCORDING TO CARAWAY, EIGHT AMBULANCES ARE ALREADY STANDING BY WITH OTHER PATIENTS.

THE PATIENT THAT WE WATCH THEM TRANSPORT HAD TO WAIT THREE HOURS BEFORE GETTING A HOSPITAL BED.

FIVE HOURS INTO HER SHIFT WE CATCH UP WITH SADIE POPE AFTER TRANSPORTING A PATIENT.

>> DID YOU EVER THINK GOING INTO THIS FIELD THAT YOU WOULD BE IN A PLACE WHERE YOU WERE TAKING THESE KINDS OF PRECAUTIONS FOR YOURSELF WHILE HELPING OTHER PEOPLE.

>> I WAS NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING LIKE THIS BUT IT IS A BIG DEAL.

I AM WITH THESE PATIENTS ALL DAY AND THEN I GO HOME TO MY KIDS.

I'M JUST TRYING TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHO IS AROUND ME AND BE SMART ABOUT WHAT I AM DOING.

>>> THAT WAS JOSH CAMPBELL REPORTING.

COVID-19 MADE EVACUATING FROM DISASTERS DIFFICULT LAST YEAR AND THE THREAT IS NOT OVER.

ONE OF OUR REPORTERS TELLS US WHAT OFFICIALS HAVE LEARNED.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS WORKING TO IMPROVE ITS RESPONSE TO DISASTERS.

>> Reporter: WHEN THE VALLEY FIRE ERUPTED, WORKERS SCRAMBLED TO FIND ENOUGH HOTEL ROOMS TO SAFELY HOUSE EVACUEES.

HERE IS SEAN MAHONEY FROM THE RED CROSS.

>> A BIG FIRE OCCURRED DURING LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

EVEN ON THAT WEEKEND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO FIND PLACES WHERE EVERYBODY.

>> Reporter: ANY OTHER DISASTER AND THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO TURN TO SMALL SHELTERS FOR EVACUEES.

SINCE THEN THEY HAVE TRAINED ADDITIONAL STAFF TO STEP IN.

>>> OUR NEWS SOURCE IS AN INDEPENDENTLY FUNDED PARTNER OF KPBS.

>>> >>> HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE STRENGTHENING THIS WEEK.

AND BY THE END OF THE WEEK, WE COULD SEE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES.

THAT INCLUDES THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY INCLUDING THE DESERT REGIONS.

WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF SUNSHINE AND CLEAR SKIES.

TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK AND WE WILL SEE PERIODS OF GUSTING NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS.

IT LOOKS LIKE FRIDAY COULD BE QUITE BREEZY AND WINDY.

SURF ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT GOING INTO TUESDAY BUT AFTER THAT THEY SHOULD BE DROPPED BACK DOWN.

TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES DROPPING DOWN TO 36 IN OCEANSIDE AND SAN DIEGO WILL BE 45.

RAMONA WILL BE 35.

MID 20s IN MOUNT LAGUNA AND CAMPO.

IT IS GOING TO BE A DRY DAY WITH OFFSHORE FLOW.

A LITTLE BIT BREEZY HERE.

TEMPERATURES RUNNING A BIT ABOVE AVERAGE SO UP TO 70 DEGREES IN OCEANSIDE.

RAMONA WILL BE 70 AND EL CAJON, 76 DEGREES.

CAMPO WILL BE IN THE 60s.

WEDNESDAY, THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL REALLY BE STARTING TO BUILD.

THAT WILL COME IN TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

THINGS WILL PICK UP IN INTENSITY AS FAR AS THE WINDS GO ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WE WILL HAVE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES.

INLAND SECTIONS WARMING UP INTO THE 70s.

BUT THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WE WILL BE IN THE 80s.

MID-70s ON THURSDAY.

AND IN THE DESERTS, TEMPERATURES REACHING RECORD WARMTH GOING INTO THE WEEKEND.

FOR KPBS NEWS I AM METEOROLOGIST MARK McCLUNE SO.

>>> CHAD WOLF HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS STEPPING DOWN AS THE ACT THING SECRETARY OF SECURITY.

HE HAS RECOMMENDED THAT PEOPLE CONDEMN THE VIOLENCE THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE CAPITAL.

TWO OTHERS RESIGNED LAST WEEK.

>>> A FORMER CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER CALLED TRUMP A FIELD LEADER WHO WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE WORST PRESIDENT.

HE COMPARED THE SIEGE ON THE U.S. CAPITAL WITH THE NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS IN 1938 WHEN SOLDIERS RAVAGED JEWISH NEIGHBORHOODS IN GERMANY.

HE SAYS WEDNESDAY WAS THE NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> THE BROKEN GLASS WAS IN THE WINDOWS OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITAL.

IT SHATTERED THE IDEAS OF --.

THEY TRAMPLED THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED.

>> Reporter: SCHWARZENEGGER WENT ON TO CRITICIZE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS FOR BEING COMPLICIT TO THE EVENTS.

>>> PFIZER IS RAMPING UP PRODUCTION OF THEIR COVID-19 VACCINATION WITH THE GOAL OF DISTRIBUTING 2 BILLION DOSES WORLDWIDE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THAT IS BASED ON IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROCESS AND EXPANSION UP PRODUCTION FACILITIES.

SO FAR 32 MILLION DOSES HAVE SHIPPED AROUND THE WORLD.

AS AMERICANS GET THEIR VACCINATIONS IN THE COMING MONTHS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ANYBODY THAT GETS ONE COULD STILL GET SICK.

MANDY GAITHER EXPLAINS.

>> Reporter: COVID-19 VACCINES ARE BECOMING AVAILABLE TO MORE AMERICANS.

>> I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH GIVING STATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE MORE EXPANSIVE IN WHO THEY CAN GIVE THE VACCINE TO PARTICULARLY AS SUPPLIES BECOME MORE AVAILABLE.

>> Reporter: THEY SAY NO VACCINE WORKS 100% OF THE TIME.

THEY SAY THE VACCINES ARE BELIEVED TO BE 95% EFFECTIVE BUT STILLS SOME BECAME ILL.

THEY SAY BECAUSE IT CAN TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS FOR THE BODY TO BECOME IMMUNE.

SO THE BODY DOES NOT ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DEVELOP DEFENSES.

THEY SAY BUILDING IMMUNITY TAKES A FEW WEEKS.

MODERNA MEASURED ITS EFFICACY 14 DAYS AFTER THE SECOND DOSE WHILE PFIZER STARTED SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE SECOND DOSE.

THE CURRENT CORONA VICE CORONAVIRUS VACCINES CANNOT INFECT ANYONE WITH THE VIRUS.

THE CDC SAYS VACCINATED PEOPLE SHOULD STILL USE ALL OF THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO US INCLUDING WEAR A MASK, STAY 6 FEET AWAY FROM OTHERS AND WASH HER HANDS.

FOR HEALTH MINUTE I AM MANDY GAITHER.

>>> CALIFORNIA HAS EXTENDED ITS LIST OF MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT INSURERS MUST COVER.

>>> IF YOU BREAK A LEG OR NEED HEART SURGERY, YOUR INSURANCE COVERS IT BUT THAT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN TRUE FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND MENTAL HEALTH.

A NEW 2021 LOCK COULD IMPROVE THAT.

>> MY NAME IS JOCELYN MINOR AND I AM GOING TO EXPLAIN THE NEW MENTAL HEALTH PARITY LAW.

IN THE PAST THERE WERE ONLY NINE SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESSES THAT WERE COVERED BY INSURANCE.

BUT THEY SAID MOST PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS COULD STILL NOT GET HELP.

SOME PEOPLE DROPPED INSURANCE TO QUALIFY FOR SERVICES IN THE PUBLIC SYSTEM.

DURING THE PANDEMIC OUR NATION'S MENTAL HEALTH IS GETTING WORSE.

NEARLY 1/3 OF PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE ANXIOUS OR DEPRESSED.

OVER AND OVER LEGISLATION TO EXPAND MENTAL HEALTH COVERAGE FAILED.

THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY BLOCKED ATTEMPTS TO CHANGE THE LAW.

THEY SAY NEW REQUIREMENTS WOULD INCREASE CONSUMER COSTS.

BUT OTHERS SAY IT WILL EXPAND MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT IN THE STATE AND MAKE CALIFORNIA A LEADER IN THE STATE.

TO LEARN ABOUT OTHER NEW LAWS TAKING EFFECT IN 2021, VISIT CALMATTERS.ORG.

>>> PROTEST BROKE OUT IN PACIFIC BEACH AND HELP IS BEING SOUGHT IDENTIFYING THOSE THAT WERE PART OF THOSE RIOTS.

SD PD SAYS THEY HAVE NO REPORTS OF POTENTIAL VIOLENCE DURING THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT ELECT JOE BIDEN BUT THAT COULD CHANGE.

>>> UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH AND THE PADRES ARE TEAMING UP TO VACCINATE 5000 HEALTHCARE WORKERS PER DAY AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS.

THE VACCINATION SUPERSTATION OPENED NEAR PETCO PARK TODAY.

IT WILL BE OPEN FROM 7 AM UNTIL 7 PM FIVE DAYS PER WEEK.

>>> TWO GORILLAS AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO SAFARI PARK HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS.

IT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST TRANSMISSION OF THE VIRUS TO APES.

ZOO OFFICIALS SAY TWO WILLIS BEGAN COUGHING AND THE VIRUS WAS CONFIRMED.

A THIRD MAY ALSO BE INFECTED.

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

THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

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 SINCE 1998.

>>> AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

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