>>> 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 REMAIN HATE, DRAIN AND COOLING SYSTEMS SINCE 1978 AND BY THE CONRAD PRIVATE FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCO SHYLY AND I THE FOLLOWING-AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> IT IS MONDAY, JANUARY 18th.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING.

I AM MY A TROUBLE SEE.

WE HAVE GOOD NEWS AND NOT SO GOOD NEWS ON THE COVID-19 VACCINE FRONT TODAY.

ONE THAT OF THE VACCINE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE STATE IS ON HOLD AFTER A ALLERGIC REACTIONS IN SAN DIEGO.

MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT BUT AS KPBS HEALTH REPORTER KAREN MENTO TELLS US, PEOPLE 75 YEARS AND OLDER CAN NOW MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE FIRST SHOT AT COUNTY RUN SITE.

>> SAN DIEGO VACCINATION SUPERSTATE WAS STACKED OUT TODAY BUT THE HOLIDAY LEFT MORE OPEN APPOINTMENTS THAN EXPECTED.

UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH DR. CHRISTOPHER SAYS THAT PROMPTED COUNTY OFFICIALS TO MAKE MORE PEOPLE ELIGIBLE FOR AN INJECTION .

>> WE HAVE DONE MANY HEALTHCARE WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, NOT ALL OF THEM BUT AS WE SEE SLACKEN THE SCHEDULES, IT WAS A GREAT CALL TO SAY LET'S OPEN AND GET OUR SENIORS THROUGH AS WELL.

>> A 12:30 ANNOUNCEMENT EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY TO 75 YEARS OR OLDER.

LONGHURST SAYS APPOINTMENT TODAY AT THE PARK WERE FILLED BEYOND ITS DAILY GOAL OF 5000.

>> WE HAVE 5240 SCHEDULED VISITORS TODAY.

>> CAN YOU DO 5240?

>> WE WILL NOT HAVE ALL THOUSAND 5240 IMMUNIZED BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME NO-SHOWS AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE FOLKS THAT WORK IN RESEARCH LABS AND OTHER AREAS NOT YET ELIGIBLE BUT HAVE SIGNED UP.

>> THE COUNTY HOPES TO EXPAND 65 YEARS AND OLDER BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

TERRY MENTO, KPBS NEWS .

>> THE STATE IS PUTTING A HOLD ON ONE BATCH OF THEM I DON'T TO VACCINE AFTER A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE, IN SAN DIEGO, HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION.

KPBS STEVE WALSH REPORTER HAS THE DETAILS.

>> THE STATE'S DECISION CAME OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER SAN DIEGO COUNTY STOP ADMINISTERING A BATCH OF MAGA TO VACCINE AFTER FEWER THAN 10 PEOPLE DEVELOPED AN ALLERGIC REACTION AT THE PETCO PARK SITE.

OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, THE STATE EXTENDED THAT TO THE ENTIRE BATCH.

SOME 330,000 DOSES STATEWIDE WILL BE PUT ON HOLD WHILE BECAUSE IS INVESTIGATED.

DR. CHRIS LONGHURST WITH UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH PEOPLE SHOULD KEEP A POSITIVE PERSPECTIVE.

>> I THINK THE VACCINE HAS SHOWN TO BE SAFE.

EVEN THE FOLKS HAVING SOME REACTIONS WERE ABLE TO MANAGE THOSE.

NOBODY HAS HAD LONG-TERM IMPACT.

IT IS A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE FOLKS WE VACCINATED.

>> UC SAN DIEGO RUNS THE HURT SITE.

THEY BEGIN VACCINATING PEOPLE WITHIN HOURS.

>> IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS, WE VACCINATED OVER 25,000 INDIVIDUALS AT PETCO PARK.

>> STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST DR. ERICA URGED PEOPLE TO STOP USING THE MODERNA VACCINE UNTIL THE CDC, FDA AND MODERNITY CAN COMPLETE THEIR INVESTIGATIONS.

THE 330,000 DOSES ARE ROUGHLY 10% OF THE 3.2 MILLION DOSES THE STATE RECEIVED OVERALL FOR MODERNITY AND KAISER.

ALLERGIC REACTIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE STATE.

AT THE MOMENT, THIS IS A PASS MILE THE STATE LOOKS AT THE SUPPLY-CHAIN.

THE STATE IS NOT ORDERING ANY VACCINE TO BE DESTROYED.

AN UPDATE IS EXPECTED LATER THIS WEEK.

STEVE WALSH, KPBS NEWS .

>>> WE HAVE LAUNCHED A VACCINATION DASHBOARD AT KPBS.ORG.

THAT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF LOCAL VACCINATIONS COMPARED TO THE TOTAL POPULATION.

YOU CAN FIND A LIST OF VACCINATION CENTERS.

GO TO THE TRACKING COVID-19 SECTION AT KPBS.ORG AND LIKE ON VACCINES.

>>> THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE SECOND-LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CALLED TO WASHINGTON BY PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN.

KPBS REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN HAS MORE ON SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SUPERINTENDENT CINDY MARTENS NOMINATION FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.

>> MARTIN IS TAPPED TO BE SECOND IN CHARGE OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

SHE HAS BEEN AN EDUCATOR FOR THREE DECADES SPENDING TIME AT CENTRAL ELEMENTARY IN CITY HEIGHTS LATER BECOMING THE PRINCIPAL THERE BEFORE CHOSEN TO HEAD ONE OF THE LARGEST IN 2015.

>> WHAT EVER THE STRUGGLE MAYBE, CAN ACHIEVE AND ACHIEVE AT HIGH LEVELS.

>> IN A LETTER TO PARENTS OF THE HUNDRED THOUSAND PLUS SAN DIEGO UNIFIED STUDENTS, MARTIN SAID SHE HAS NEVER BEEN MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM.

THAT'S THE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF HER HOMETOWN MAKING THIS POSSIBLE SAYING SHE'S GRATEFUL FOR BE ENTRUSTED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EDUCATING SAN DIEGO CHILDREN.

THE SENATE WILL HAVE TO TAKE UP SON MARTIN'S CONFIRMATION.

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND DISTRICT 2 SUPERINTENDENT LAMONT JACKSON AS THE REPLACEMENT.

STENTING UNIFIED DID NOT MAKE MARTIN AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS HER NOMINATION TODAY BUT SHE WAS CALLED ON THE INCOMING BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO STEP UP.

>> THE CURRENT RESPONSE TO THE EDUCATION CRISIS SHOULD PRIORITIZE LOW INCOME STUDENTS, SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND STUDENTS FROM MILITARY FAMILIES .

>> DURING HER STATE OF THE DISTRICT MESSAGE, IN NOVEMBER, SHE ASKED THE PRESIDENT-ELECT IMPLEMENT CHANGES WITHIN THE FIRST 100 DAYS.

SHE SAYS THE PANDEMIC IS THAT PROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

>> SCHOOL COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND OTHER SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL MUST BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE EMOTIONAL BURDENS AND THE TRAUMA THAT MANY STUDENTS WILL BE CARRYING.

THIS FACT MAKES ADDITIONAL FUNDING ESSENTIAL.

>> MARTIN SHARED THE DISTRICT (INCLUDING TESTING TEACHERS AND STAFF WITH THE BIDEN'S TRANSITION TEAM.

PART INCLUDES TEACHERS.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF TALK IN WASHINGTON ABOUT TECHNOLOGY.

WHILE CLOSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IS IMPORTANT, THE WAY TO HELP OUR STUDENTS RECOVER, FROM A YEAR IN DISTANCE LEARNING, IS NOT THROUGH MORE EFFECTIVE DISTANCE-LEARNING.

OUR STUDENTS NEED THEIR TEACHERS.

>> MARTIN SAID SHE WANTS TO SEE A TEACHER COURT ESTABLISHED TO HELP DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND CREATE A PLAN ALLOWING ALL THREE AND FOUR EUROS ACCESS HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS .

>>, WHERE OFFICIALLY RESIGNED FROM HER CALIFORNIA SENATE SEAT.

SHE HAS ADMITTED HER RESIGNATION LETTER TODAY AHEAD OF WEDNESDAY'S INAUGURATION.

HARRIS IS MAKING HISTORY OF THE NATION'S FIRST FEMALE FIRST BLACK AND FIRST SOUTH AGENT VICE PRESIDENT.

SHE SAYS IT WAS AN HONEST IN CALIFORNIA FOR FOUR YEARS IN THE SENATE.

>> I AM NOT SAYING GOODBYE.

IN MANY WAYS, I AM SAYING HELLO AS YOUR VICE PRESIDENT.

I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR OF REPRESENTING THE PLACE OF MY BIRTH AS A PROUD DAUGHTER OF CALIFORNIA.

THANK YOU.

>> TODAY, GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM FORMALLY APPOINTED CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE ALEX PADILLA TO PHIL HARRIS' SEAT.

BECOMING THE FIRST LATINA SENATOR.

LOCAL ASSEMBLY MEMBER DR. SHIRLEY TO BECOME THE STATE'S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN SECRETARY OF STATE.

>>> ON A THEY MEANT TO HONOR REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AND EQUALITY, THE U.S. CAPITAL IS FORTIFIED AND ON HIGH ALERT.

21,000 TROOPS NOW IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HAVE BEEN SCREENED BY THE FBI TO PREVENT AGAINST ANY INSIDER THREATS.

KAREN QUEZADA HAS MORE.

>> MY FATHER ALWAYS BELIEVED IN THE PEOPLE OF OUR NATION.

CERTAINLY, HE WOULD BE GREATLY DISAPPOINTED IN HOW WE HAVE CHOSEN TO CONDUCT OURSELVES AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT.

>> MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY AFTER DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

SHARED HIS DREAM FOR THE FUTURE, BARB WIRE AND CHECKPOINTS BARRICADE THE NATIONAL MALL WHILE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS STAND AND WATCH.

>> WE ARE PART OF THE LAYERED DEFENSE TO ENSURE THAT THE BUBBLE THAT WILL BE AROUND THE VICE PRESIDENT AND ELECT AND PRESIDENT-ELECT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER.

>> AFTER A VIOLENT MOB SEIZED THE U.S. CAPITAL, SOME WORRY ABOUT EXTREMIST.

>> THERE WERE POLICE WHO TOOK A TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION.

WE ARE IN THE INSURRECTION.

IT DOES CONCERN ME.

>> TO ALLEVIATE CONCERNS, ON NATIONAL TROOPS DEPLOYED TO DC HAVE TO GO THROUGH ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF SCREENING.

>> THEY ARE SCREENED AND REPEATEDLY SCREENED UNTIL THEY ARE PUT ON.

>> AHEAD OF THE DC NATIONAL GUARD SAYS THIS HAS MY FLIGHT ISSUES WITH INCOMING TROOPS.

AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MAKES HIS MOVE OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE TO MAR-A-LAGO, FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP IS SAYING GOODBYE .

>> BE PASSIONATE IN EVERYTHING YOU DO BUT ALSO REMEMBER THAT VIOLENCE IS NEVER THE ANSWER.

IT WILL NEVER BE JUSTIFIED.

>> IN WASHINGTON, KAREN, KPBS NEWS .

>> THE REGION THE US ATTORNEY IN SAN DIEGO STOP PROSECUTOR ASKING FOR HELP IN IDENTIFYING VIOLENCE BEFORE THAT BY AND INAUGURATION.

HARRIS KPBS REPORTER KAREN ANDERSON WITH MARK.

>> THE TOP TWO PROSECUTORS SAID THEY WILL NOT TOLERATE ELECTION RELATED VIOLENCE AHEAD OF AND DURING THE PRESIDENT-ELECT'S INAUGURATION.

THE FBI ISSUED A WARNING LAST WEEK THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE IN ALL 50 STATES.

U.S. ATTORNEY RICHARD BREWER AND SAN DIEGO DISTRICT ATTORNEY SUMMER STEFAN SAID TROUBLEMAKERS WILL BE FOUND AND PROSECUTED.

>> THE POTENTIAL TARGETS ARE WIDE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT LIMIT OURSELVES BUT AT THE SAME TIME, FOCUSING ON THINGS THAT REPRESENT DEMOCRACY HAVE TO BE ON OUR MIND.

>> SUMMER STEPHAN ASKED FOR THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH AND IDENTIFYING PEOPLE CAUSING TROUBLE.

SHE SAYS PUBLIC BUILDINGS REPRESENTING DEMOCRACY ARE THE MOST LIKELY TARGETED.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS .

>>> RACIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISTS OF SAN DIEGO ARE MOVING TO RECLAIM MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY AS A CALL FOR MORE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

KPBS REPORTER CLAIRE TRAGUS OR SAYS THEY WANT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO PROSECUTE POLICE OFFICERS FOR PAST SHOOTINGS.

THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES.

>> SEVEN TIMES EXCESSIVE DEADLY FORCE IS NOT THE ANSWER.

>> ANTHONY KERLEY KNOWS BROTHER, DENNIS, WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY SAN DIEGO POLICE IN 2019.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY SUMMER STEPHAN LATER CLEARED THE OFFICERS SAYING THAT WAS JUSTIFIED BECAUSE DENNIS CAROLINO WAS ARMED WITH A SHOVEL.

>> ACTIVISTS SAY THEY WANT SUMMER STEPHAN TO BRING JUSTICE TO THE PEOPLE LIKE THE CAROLINO'S LOST FAMILY MEMBERS AND POLICE SHOOTINGS.

THEY ARE ASKING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO REVISIT PAST SHOOTINGS AND PROSECUTE THE OFFICERS.

YUSUF MILLER IS WITH THE SAN DIEGO RACIAL JUSTICE COALITION.

>> THERE FAMILIES IN SOUTH BAY, CENTRAL SAN DIEGO, INLAND AND COASTAL THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING.

ALL WE HEAR OVER AND OVER THAT OFFICERS ARE EXONERATED.

>> A SPOKESPERSON FOR SUMMER STEPHAN SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT "OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING REVIEWS CONDUCTED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ARE INDEPENDENT, OBJECTIVE AND THOROUGH.

WHEN THE EVIDENCE AND FACTS TO SUPPORT CRIMINAL JUSTICE CHARGES IN THE USE OF FORCE INCIDENT, WE FILE THEM."

SHE POINTED OUT LAST SUMMER, SUMMER STEPHAN CHARGED A FORMER CHEF DEPUTY WITH MURDER AFTER HE SHOT A SUSPECT WHO WAS FLEEING THE DOWNTOWN JAIL.

DARWIN FISHMAN, A PROFESSOR AT SAN DIEGO STATE, ALSO PART OF THE SAN DIEGO RACIAL JUSTICE COALITION, SAYS THAT MOVE IS NOT ENOUGH.

>> IF YOU USE THE SAME STANDARD, YOU WOULD HAVE HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS PROSECUTED AND ARRESTED.

IF IT IS NOT A STAND AND SHE WAS SERIOUS ABOUT IT, SHE WOULD GO BACK AND LOOK AT OTHER CASES.

>> A REVIEW OF PAST CASES IS EXACTLY WHAT FISHMAN AND OTHER ACTIVISTS ARE HOPING WILL HAPPEN.

CLAIRE TRAGUS OR, KPBS NEWS >>> CELEBRATING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY TAKES ON A DIFFERENT MEANING FOR SOME THIS YEAR.

IN 2020, THE U.S.

FACED RACIAL TENSIONS AND SOME MASS PROTESTS.

ON MAY DAY, WE HEARD FROM REVEREND JAMES LAWSON JR., ONE OF THE ACTIVISTS WHO MARCHED ALONGSIDE DR. KING.

HE SAYS THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE EARLIER CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

>> THIS IS THE CONTINUING HOPE THAT OUR NATION CAN PAY OFF, FULFILL THE PROMISSORY NOTE OF WHICH DR. KING FOUGHT.

>> REVEREND LAWSON SAYS THERE WERE MORE THAN 8000 DEMONSTRATIONS IN ALL 50 STATES AND CALLED IT THE MOST NONVIOLENT AND DIVERSE CAMPAIGN THE NATION HAS EVER SEEN.

>>> CALIFORNIA HAS BECOME THE FIRST STATE TO REPORT MORE THAN 3 MILLION KNOWN CORONAVIRUS CASES AS DEATHS CONTINUE TO SPIKE.

THE STATE REPORTED 432 DEATHS ON SUNDAY, A DAY AFTER RECORDING A SECOND-HIGHEST DAILY COUNT OF 669.

HERE, IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, OVER 2500 NEW CASES WERE REPORTED TODAY AND NO ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

A TOTAL OF 66 DEATHS WERE REPORTED OVER THE WEEKEND.

AS JOHN LORENTZ REPORTS, THE U.S. COULD SEE THE TOLD RISE TO HALF 1 MILLION IN ABOUT A MONTH.

>> AS THE AS WE PREPARE FOR THE PRESIDENT TO TAKE OFFICE WITH A PLAN TO ATTACK THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE NATION'S DEATH TOLD IS NEARING A 400,000 MARK.

THE INCOMING DIRECTOR OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION SAYS THE U.S. HAS DARK WEEKS AHEAD.

>> BY MID-FEBRUARY, WE EXPECT HALF 1 MILLION DEATHS IN THIS COUNTRY.

THAT DOES NOT SPEAK TO THE TENS OF THOUSANDS PEOPLE LIVING WITH A UNCHARACTERIZED SYNDROME AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN RECOVERED.

>> AFTER VACCINES SLOWLY ROLL OUT, THE U.S. IS STRUGGLING TO GET THE UPPER HAND ON THE PANDEMIC, ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF CALIFORNIA, WHERE STATE OFFICIALS SAY LOS ANGELES IS THE FIRST COUNTY IN THE NATION TO REPORT MORE THAN 1 MILLION CASES.

AROUND 14,000 OF THOSE HAVE DIED.

>> FEELS LIKE YOU ARE WAKING UP TO A NIGHTMARE EVERY DAY.

IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE THAT MANY PEOPLE PASSING AWAY AND EACH ONE IS A STORY.

IT IS A FAMILY.

>> THE CDC REPORTS 80 CASES OF A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS CORONAVIRUS VERY FIRST IDENTIFIED IN THE UK AND CONFIRMED IN 14 STATES.

THE COUNTRY HAS YET TO SEE FOR RAMIFICATIONS OF SPREAD CAUSED BY HOLIDAY TRAVEL.

>> IT WILL TAKE WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS TO DO THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY.

WE HAVE TO BE PATIENT.

I THINK WE WILL GET THERE BUT IT WILL BE HARD.

>> I AM JOHN LORENTZ REPORTING.

>>> SANTA ANA WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PICK UP CREATING DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS WITH DRIED OUT FEELS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, IN SAN DIEGO, ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING AT 10:00 TONIGHT.

THE GOOD NEWS IS WE COULD GET RAIN THIS WEEK.

MARK MANCUSO HAVE THE FORECAST.

>> COOLER TEMPERATURES AND WIND.

A CHANCE FOR A LITTLE PRECIPITATION PERHAPS BY THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK.

HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN, UPPER LOW DROPS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE.

THAT IS GIVING US THE WIND OUT HERE AND WITH THE WIND INCREASING, HIGH WIND WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT.

DRY CONDITIONS OF THE WEDNESDAY.

FIRE AND WEATHER WATCHES AND ALSO RED FLAG WARNINGS.

ALONG THE COAST, STILL PRETTY ROUGH, WE HAVE A HIGH SURF ADVISORY INTO TUESDAY.

TEMPERATURES TONIGHT LOW 40s OCEANSIDE LOW 50s, RAMON'S UPPER 30s.

EL CAJON IS AT 49.

DRAGO SPRINGS 49 AND 28.

UPPER LOW TOMORROW DROPS SOUTH.

WE WILL BE LOOKING AT STRONG WINDS IN OUR AREA.

A LITTLE MOISTURE RETURNING TO OUR EAST.

TEMPERATURES ARE COOLER.

OCEANSIDE 68, SAN DIEGO, 68, RAMONA, 63.

RIGHT AROUND 70.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, UPPER LOW TO THE SOUTH, IT WILL START TO MOVE EAST.

MOST RAIN STAY SOUTH OF THE BORDER.

HIGHEST CHANCES FOR ANY SHOWERS PROBABLY SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS INTO LOWER DESERTS.

TEMPERATURE WISE, AFTER THE COOL TUESDAY, TEMPERATURES REBOUND ON WEDNESDAY.

ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHES FOR THE WEEKEND.

THAT COULD BRING US MORE SHOWERS.

CHECKING INLAND, WELL IT IS COOL AND WINDY.

A LITTLE BIT MILD WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

HERE COMES THE SYSTEM ON THE WEEKEND WITH SHOWERS RETURNING.

INTO THE MOUNTAINS, VERY WINDY WITH COOLER AIR, MAYBE WENT ON WEDNESDAY AND A NEXT CHANCE FOR SOMEWHAT WEATHER IS ON SATURDAY.

THE DESERTS, NOT AS WARM TUESDAY AND A LITTLE WET WEDNESDAY.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY LOOK NICE.

SHOWERS COMING BACK OVER THE WEEKEND.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST MARK MANCUSO.

>>> THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAS CELEBRATED TODAY IN THE 33rd ANNUAL ALL PEOPLE CELEBRATION.

ORGANIZED BY ALLIANCE OF SAN DIEGO, THIS WAS VIRTUALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS DR. REVEREND EVENTFUL UNDER WHO SPOKE OF THE YEARS SEEM: PERSISTENCE.

SHE REFLECTED ON THE DR. KING'S TEACHINGS.

>> BLACK BELT AND WHITE BONES, PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC AND MUSLIM AND MORMON AND BUDDHIST AND BEHIND BONES, STRAIGHT DAY, TRENDS AND BY BONES, DEMOCRATIC, INDEPENDENT AND REPUBLICAN BONES, BONES FRONT EVERY LAND AND COUNTRY AND ETHNICITY AND CULTURE, FINDING THEIR WAY TO EACH OTHER AND BLURRING THE LINES THAT SEPARATE US.

>> THE EVENT, WHICH NORMALLY DREW MORE THAN 1000 ATTENDEES BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, ALSO HAD MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY THE TO ME I BART SINGERS.

THE BANK SENDS IN POETRY BY EMMY AWARD-WINNING POET BORIS BLUES ROGERS.

ALLIANCE SAN DIEGO IS A COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION TO PROMOTE JUSTICE AND SOCIAL CHANGE.

>>> MLK DAY IS A DAY OF SERVICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

TODAY, STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WITH THE THAT CHICANA FEDERATION CLEANED UP AND PRINTED A NEW SECOND GARDEN AT A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY IN CITY HEIGHTS.

VOLUNTEERS DECORATED ROCKS IN THE GARDEN WITH INSPIRING MESSAGES IN HONOR OF DR. KING.

PARK PLACE APARTMENTS IS ONE OF MINE APARTMENT COMPLEXES OWNED AND MANAGED THAT CHICANA FEDERATION THROUGH THEIR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM.

>>> IT IS A QUESTION LEADERS PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THE WORLD OVER HAVE HAD TO ANSWER AS A RESULT OF THIS PANDEMIC.

HOW DO YOU KEEP REFORMING WHEN LIFE PERFORMANCES ARE NOT POSSIBLE?

IN OUR CONTINUING SERIES OF PANDEMIC PROFILES, KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL CHECKS IN WITH THE CEO OF THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY.

>> THE GOOD OLD DAYS BEFORE ANYONE HAD EVER HEARD THE WORDS CORONAVIRUS OR COVID-19, A TIME WHEN WE COULD GO AND HEAR IN PERSON , THE WORLD-CLASS SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY.

THEN, IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, THE LIVE MUSIC STOPPED.

>> WHAT DO YOU DO?

YOU TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND START TO IMAGINE WHAT LIFE LOOKS LIKE IN THE NEXT ITERATION.

>> FOR THE SYMPHONY, THE NEXT ITERATION LOOKED LIKE THE NEXT ITERATION OF MANY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS MOVING ONLINE TO THE WORLD OF ZOOM.

THAT LASTED FOR A COUPLE MONTHS.

AS WE BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE VIRUS, THE LOOK AND SOUND WAS REFINED.

>> WE WERE ABLE TO RETURN TO LIVE PERFORMANCES, SOCIALLY DISTANCED WITH WEARING MASKS.

>> THIS WAS FROM A PERFORMANCE LAST NOVEMBER IN THE CONRAD PROVINCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN LA JOLLA.

>> THIS IS THE BEST QUALITY LIVE EXPERIENCE IN A NATURAL ACOUSTIC.

WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL CAMERA WORK BRINGING YOU CLOSE TO THE PLAYERS IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME.

WE DO SOME BEAUTIFUL PIECES THAT OFTEN DO NOT MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE CONCERT PROGRAM AND ARE KIND OF TRADITIONAL TIMES.

BEAUTIFUL SERENADES FOR STRINGS ALONE OR WINDS ALONG.

>> IN 2002, THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY WAS A $100 MILLION DONATION FROM QUAM COFOUNDER ERWIN JAMES AND HIS WIFE, JOAN, WHO TAUGHT SUPPORTERS OF KPBS.

GILMER SAYS THE SYMPHONY ONLY DRAWS OFF THE INTEREST OF THAT DONATION.

THE PRINCIPAL IS LEFT UNTOUCHED.

KEEPING THE SYMPHONY AND THE FINANCIAL CONDITION IS A NEVER ENDING EFFORT.

THE GROUPS FULL-TIME MUSICIANS ARE ON REDUCED HOURS AND REDUCED PAY, BUT THEIR HEALTH BENEFITS HAVE NOT BEEN TOUCHED.

FORTUNATELY, GILMER SAYS SEASON- TICKET HOLDERS AND OTHER DONORS TO THE ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN GENEROUS.

THE SYMPHONY IS DOING AS WELL AS CAN BE EXPECTED.

NOW, THE SYMPHONY IS LOOKING FORWARD WITH GREAT ANTICIPATION TO PERFORMING IN FRONT OF LIVE AUDIENCES.

THE FIRST PLACE WE ARE LIKELY TO EXPLAIN IS THE NEW SOUTH EMBARCADERO MARINA PARK SOUTH, A MAGNIFICENT ADDITION TO SAN DIEGO'S WATERFRONT.

>> RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU ARE OUT THERE, THEY ARE PUTTING THE INTERNAL AND COVERING UP THE TECHNOLOGY.

IT IS NOT YET AVAILABLE BUT IT WILL BE.

I HOPE SOON.

>> VERY SOON CANNOT COME SOON ENOUGH FOR GILMER.

>> THERE IS THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON OUR MUSICIANS AND ON OUR STAFF AND ON OUR AUDIENCE AND OUR ENTIRE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY FAMILY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS MOST DIFFICULT FOR ME IS THAT PEOPLE REALLY NEED, AT THIS TIME MORE THAN EVER, TO BE ABLE TO BE TOGETHER AND EXPERIENCE MOVIE MUSIC, IT CARRIES YOU AWAY.

IT TAKES IT TO ANOTHER PLACE ALL TIMES IN OUR HISTORY, WE NEEDED THIS MORE NOW THAN EVER.

>> JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS .

>>> A BOBCAT FOUND INJURED AND PREGNANT IN RANCHO BERNARDO HAS BEEN RELEASED INTO THE WILD.

IT WAS HIT BY A CAR LAST MONTH AND TAKEN TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY'S WILDLIFE CENTER IN RAMONA FOR TREATMENT.

THE MARINES PERFORM AN ULTRASOUND AND DISCOVERED THAT BOBCAT WAS PREGNANT AND SUFFERING FROM A FRACTURED JAW.

AFTER BEING NURSED BACK TO HEALTH, SHE WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY, NOT FAR FROM WHERE SHE WAS FOUND.

>>> I AM JUDY WOODRUFF TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH NATIONWIDE.

AHEAD OF THE PRESIDENTIAL TRANSFER OF POWER, THREATS OF VIOLENCE.

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

>>> ANOTHER LOOK AT THE TOP STORIES.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS OPENING COVID-19 VACCINATION SITE TO THOSE AGED 75 AND OLDER.

PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS ANNOUNCED THE CHANGE TODAY BECAUSE OF A SLOWDOWN IN APPOINTMENTS.

THE NEW REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO THE PETCO PARK SUPERSTATION AND OTHER COUNTY RUN SITES.

THAT COUNTY INTENDS TO EXPAND VACCINES TO THOSE 65 AND OLDER NEXT WEEK.

>>> CALIFORNIA STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST CALLED FOR A PASS ON ADMINISTERING A BATCH OF THE MID-TO VACCINE BECAUSE OF ALLERGIC REACTIONS.

LESS THAN 10 PEOPLE WHO GOT THE SHOT AT THE PETCO PARK SUPERSTATION NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

THE BATCH, WHICH INCLUDES OVER 330,000 DOSES DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE STATE, IS ON HOLD UNTIL AN INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED.

>>> SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SUPERINTENDENT IS HEADED FOR WASHINGTON, D.C. CINDY MARTIN WAS NOMINATED BY THE BIDED ADMINISTRATION TO BE THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.

MARTIN HAS BEEN AN EDUCATOR FOR THREE DECADES AND WAS CHOSEN TO LEAD CALIFORNIA'S SECOND LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 2013 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SELECTED LAMONTE JACKSON AS INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE AT KPBS.ORG /TRAN02.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING ADDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR, PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS AND IS ALLEGED TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

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

AND, BY THE CONRAD PREMISE FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHYLY AND BY THE FOLLOWING-AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

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