>> PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED ARE STILL PROTECTED ABOUT 70 PERCENT AGAINST INFECTION AMMA ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE BOOSTED.

THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ENDING UP IN THE HOSPITAL, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ENDING UP VERY SICK ARE THE ONES WHO ARE UNVACCINATED.

>>> IMMUNOCOMPROMISED AMERICANS CAN GET ANOTHER COVID-19 VACCINE THOSE.

DOSE PICKED FORTH DOSES WILL BE GIVEN TO 12 AND OVER WITH IMMUNOCOMPROMISED DISEASE.

THE CDC RECOMMENDS GETTING ANOTHER DOSE FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE LAST VACCINE.

THE AGENCY USUALLY RECOMMENDED SIX MONTHS BEFORE ANOTHER SHOT.

>>> THE NATIONAL GUARD IS ARRIVING IN SAN DIEGO TO HELP WITH COVID TESTING.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER STEVE WALSH SAYS IT IS PART OF A REQUEST FROM THE GOVERNOR TO SHORTEN LINES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

>>REPORTER: LINES HAVE BEEN BACKING UP AT TEST SITES THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

IS WHAT THEY ARE GETTING THEIR TEST FOR SCHOOL OR GETTING THEIR TEST FOR WORK, OR JUST GETTING THERE TEST FOR SANITY'S SAKE.

IT IS SUCH A VULNERABLE TIME FOR US.

WE DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE COLD OR WE ARE REALLY TRANSMITTING SOMETHING TO OUR FAMILIES.

>>REPORTER: BEGINNING THE LAST WEEK, GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ORDERED ROUGHLY 200 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO 50 AREAS AROUND THE STATE.

50 GUARD TROOPS HAVE BEEN CALLED UP IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING IN SAN DIEGO.

MORE ARE ON THE WAY>> WE ARE GETTING MORE FOLKS WHO WANTED TO VOLUNTEER WE HAVE SLOTS.

>>REPORTER: THE GUARDED ESTIMATE THEY WILL BE HERE FOR AT LEAST A MONTH, MAYBE LONGER.

ALL OF THE TROOPS CALLED UP ARE VOLUNTEERING FOR DUTY.

MANY HAVE SERVED IN OTHER MISSIONS SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.

UNLIKE OTHER MISSIONS, MOST OF THE TROOPS ARRIVING AT TEST SITES ARE LOCAL SO THEY CAN AT LEAST GO HOME AT NIGHT.

STEVE WALSH, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LOCAL MEDICAL MILITARY TEAMS HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES AT A HOSPITAL THAT WAS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE.

COMING UP ON EVENING ADDITION, MEMBERS OF THAT TEAM SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES OF LIFE, LOST, AND FAITH.

>>> DEMAND FOR COVID-19 TESTING IS SKYROCKETING.

ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOST TESTING TURNAROUND TIMES HAVE BEEN EFFICIENT.

COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY ON AVERAGE, LABS ARE CAUSING TEST IN JUST UNDER TWO DAYS BUT NOT EVERYONE IS GETTING RESULTS QUICKLY.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SPOKE WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENCOUNTERED ISSUES AT TRANSIT TESTING SITES.>> MY WIFE, MY MOM AND MYSELF.

ALL THREE WAITING.

NONE OF US HAVE HEARD ANYTHING.

>> ADAM >>REPORTER: ADAM EPSTEIN IS ONE OF HUNDRED TO TURN TO THE TRANSIT STATION COVID TESTING SITE OVER THE HOLIDAYS BUT NOW MORE THAN 10 DAYS LATER HE AND HIS FAMILY STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY OF THE RESULTS.

>> WE WERE JUST DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND SAW IT AND FLIPPED A U-TURN AND CAME IN AND WE WERE DONE.

>> WE WERE EXCITED AND WE SPOKE WITH YOU THAT DAY THAT WE WERE EXCITED TO MAKE IT WORK AND WE ALMOST WISH WE WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN IT BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD HAVE GONE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WOULD HAVE HAD RESULTS BY NOW.

>>REPORTER: THE EPSTEIN'S ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WAITING FOR THE 10 DAYS FOR RESULTS.

THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM HAS BEEN GETTING COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TESTING PARTNER WHICH IS OPERATED BY BROADWELL HEALTH.

>> HAS BEEN A VERY TERRIBLE AND FRUSTRATING EXPERIENCE.

>>REPORTER: MISSION HILLS RESIDENT CHRONICLE PLAN LONG STRAP AND HER HUSBAND WERE TESTED TWICE AT SITES.

THE GOT THE RESULTS FOR ONE BUT HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FOR TEST TAKEN UNDER THE 30th.

>> IS A PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD.

PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THEY ARE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.

>>REPORTER: VERONICA WAS EXCITED TO FIND FREE TESTING SITES THAT DID NOT HAVE LONG LINES AND WERE PROMISING RESULTS IN JUST ONE OR TWO DAYS.

SHE WENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND LET HER NEIGHBORS KNOW ALL ABOUT IT.

SOMETHING THAT SHE NOW REGRETS.

>> WE FEEL BAD.

WE SENT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE TO THE TESTING SITE AND NOBODY HAS GOTTEN THEIR TEST RESULTS.

>> I AM ON DAY 13 TODAY.

>>REPORTER: MISSION HILLS RESIDENT BECKY WEBSTER WAS ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT'S ON THE POST.

SHE SAID SHE WAS TESTED AT THE OLD TOWN TRANSIT CENTER DECEMBER 28th, BUT DOES NOT HAVE ANY RESULTS.>> NOT A THING.

NOT, WE ARE RUNNING LATE, NOTHING.

OF COURSE MY RESULTS ARE USELESS AT THIS POINT.

BUT MY FEELING NOW IS, I JUST WANT TO SAVE OTHER PEOPLE FROM GOING THROUGH THIS MISERY.

>>REPORTER: BROADWELL HEALTH WHICH OVERSEES THE TRANSIT TESTING OPERATION ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING, DUE TO A SUDDEN INCREASE WERE DEMANDED TESTING OVER THE HOLIDAYS, THEY FAILED TO MEET THE ANTICIPATED 1 TO 3 DAY TURNAROUND TIME.

THE COMPANY IS APOLOGIZING SAYING, THEY ARE NOW INCREASING STAFFING CAPACITY AND ADDING MORE LABS TO INCREASE SPEED.

THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM HAS BEEN ALONG THE TESTING TO BE DONE AT ABOUT HALF A DOZEN TRANSIT FIGHTS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

THEY SAID IN A STATEMENT, BROADWELL HEALTH HAS BEEN RESPONSIVE TO MTS BY DEVELOPING A PLAN TO REDUCE WAIT TIMES AND THEY SAY THEY WILL STAY IN CONTACT WITH THE COMPANY AND FOLLOW-UP.

SL, SUMMER LEFT WAITING WONDERING IF THEY WILL EVER GET BACK THE RESULTS.

>> WITH THE GUIDELINES FROM THE CDC, AT THIS POINT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US-THE RESULTS WILL MEAN ANYTHING.>> MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A FATAL SHOOTING BY THREE OFFICERS IN THE STOCKTON AREA.

POLICE SAY THE OFFICERS WERE CHECKING INTO A REPORT OF A ROBBERY AT A LIQUOR STORE NEAR 32nd AND IMPERIAL.

WHEN THE SUSPECT PULLED A GUN ON THEM IN AN ALLEY.

THE OFFICERS OPENED FIRE KILLING THE SUSPECT WAS LATER, JESUS HE IS WAS TALKING WITH FRIENDS CLOSE BY THE LIQUOR STORE.

HE USED TO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE MORE POLICE PATROLLING THE AREA DUE TO MINIMAL LIGHTING AT NIGHT AND WHAT HE SAYS IS FREQUENT CRIME.>> DEPENDS ON WHO YOU HAVE.

SOME PEOPLE WELCOMED THE POLICE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN BE PROTECTED.

SOME PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE THEM BECAUSE OF THE BAD REPUTATION WE HAVE HAD FOR YEARS.

>> THE SUSPECT, WHOSE NAME WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE, DIED AT THE SCENE.

AN EMPLOYEE AT THE LIQUOR STORE WHO DID NOT WANT TO BE INTERVIEWED ALSO SAID THE STORE WAS ROBBED LAST NIGHT.

>>> FOUR WEEKS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES LABOR STRIKE IN CHULA VISTA HAS CALLED CAUSED A LOT OF TRASH TO PILEUP ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDRA RANGEL SHOWS US WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT.>> WITH ALL OF THE EXTRA TRASH PEOPLE HAVE AROUND THE HOLIDAYS, IT HAS GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL.

THE SMELL AND THE RATS.>>REPORTER: RODENTS, BAD ORDERS AND DUMPSTERS FILLED TO THE BRIM CAN BE SEEN ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS AS REPUBLIC SERVICES LABOR STRIKE CONTINUES.

IN CHULA VISTA MAYOR SAYS SHE WANTS THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY THREAT TO BE RESOLVED.

SHE SAID THE LABOR STRIKE WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE TUESDAY TO THE COUNCIL MEETING AND ALL OPTIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED.

THAT INCLUDES TAKING OVER TRASH COLLECTION WITH CAVITY CREWS ARE FIND ANOTHER COMPANY TO DO THE JOB.

REPUBLIC SERVICES PROMISES THAT ALL TRASH, RECYCLING AND GREEN WASTE WILL BE PICKED UP STARTING ON MONDAY.

DONNIE, A DRIVER WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES SAYS THEY ARE HOPING THE MAYORS PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN A CONTRACT THEY THINK IS FAIR.

IT >> WE SAW IT AS A HOPEFUL SIGN.

AS A SIGN THAT WE ARE BEING PACKED BACKED BY THE CITY AND HOPE IT STANDS.>>REPORTER: AS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AT A STANDSTILL HE SAYS DRIVERS WANT TO SEE RESULTS.

>> WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE OUR WORD HEARD STRONGER.

>>REPORTER: STRIKERS WITH THE PICKET LINE LOCATION FROM THE REPUBLIC SERVICES OFFICES TO THE FRONT OF THE LANDFILL HOPING TO ADD PRESSURE AND MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD EVEN LOUDER.

>> WE DO APOLOGIZE FOR ALL OF THE INCONVENIENCE IT IS CAUSING BUT IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND WE CANNOT GO BACK TO WORK UNLESS WE HAVE A FAIR AND JUST CONTRACT.

>>REPORTER: RESIDENCE COULD BE SEEN DRIVING UP THE LANDFILL TO DUMP THEIR OWN GARBAGE.

ALEXANDRA RANGEL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM UNVEILED HIS $286 BILLION STATE BUDGET PROPOSAL TODAY.

IT INCLUDES $2.7 BILLION TO FIGHT THE PANDEMIC AND ADD ANOTHER $2 BILLION TOWARDS ENDING HOMELESSNESS.

THE PLAN WOULD ALSO MAKE CALIFORNIA THE FIRST STATE TO COVER EVERYONE UNDER THE MEDICAID PLAN REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.

EDUCATION REPORTER MJ PEREZ HIGHLIGHTS WHAT THE BUDGET REPORT PROPOSAL MEANS FOR OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS.

>>REPORTER: ANOTHER 205,000 COVID-19 ITSELF TEST KITS ARRIVED AT THIS SAN DIEGO WAREHOUSE SUNDAY MORNING AND TODAY THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY HOME WITH STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

THE CALIFORNIA PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH HAS NOT KEPT UP WITH THE DEMAND FOR PARENTS WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE NOT SPREADING CORONAVIRUS.

LEADERS ARE CONCERNED.

>> OFTEN TIMES WE CANNOT COUNT ON THE STATE OF THE COUNTY TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT BY US AND OUR STUDENTS.

>> IT IS CALLED DEALING WITH REALITY.>>REPORTER: GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM DID NOT MINCE WORDS.

IN A 3.5 HOUR PRESS CONFERENCE LIVE STREAMED ON THE WEB AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

IT IS HIS FIRST TIME PRESENTING HIS PLANS FOR THE 2022-2023 STATE BUDGET.

HE CALLS IT A BLUEPRINT AND IT INCLUDES $2.7 BILLION TO INCREASE VACCINATIONS.

MOST STATEWIDE TESTING FOR THE PUBLIC AND SCHOOL STAFF AND STUDENTS.

>> SO MANY THINGS I PROMOTE AND PROMISE WHEN I PUT MYSELF IN FRONT OF VOTERS THREE YEARS AGO HAVE BEEN REFLECTED IN THESE BUDGETS AND IT IS A POINT OF PRIDE AND ALSO A POINT OF PASSION.

IT IS THE WIFE.

>>REPORTER: WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION THE GOVERNOR STARTS WITH THE RIDE TO SCHOOL.

THE BUDGET HAS $1.5 BILLION TO ELECTRIFY THE STATE'S ENTIRE SCHOOL BUS FLEET, INCLUDING CHARGING STATIONS.

IN THE CLASSROOM, THE BUDGET OFFERS $2.9 BILLION TOLD THE TEACHER SHORTAGE, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF TEACHER OPERATION PROGRAMS.

MORE CAREER COUNSELING TO ENCOURAGE TEACHER RECRUITMENT, AND WAIVING ALL EXAM AND CREDENTIAL FEES, WHICH COULD RUN HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.

THERE IS ALSO $4.3 BILLION BUDGETED FOR AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER IN ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS.

THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION REPRESENTS MORE THAN 1000 GOVERNING SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION.

TROY FLINT SAYS THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET COULD BE JUST A QUICK FIX.>> SO MUCH OF THIS MONEY THAT RELIEF FUNDS OR OTHER SPECIAL PROGRAMS ARE ONE-TIME FUNDS.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THOSE FUNDS GO AWAY.>>REPORTER: THAT IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY REMAINING QUESTIONS PEOPLE WANT ANSWERED AND THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PROPOSAL OF THE GOVERNORS SO-CALLED BLUEPRINT.

HIS FINAL VERSION WILL COME IN MAY FOR THE LEGISLATURES CONSIDERATION.

MJ PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A CONTROVERSIAL NEW PUBLIC SAFETY GUIDELINE MEANS CALIFORNIA NURSES CAN GO BACK TO WORK EVEN IF THEY TEST POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.

IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OVER THE WEEKEND THAT HEALTHCARE WORKERS CAN GO BACK TO WORK IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT ISOLATION OR TESTING IF THEY HAVE NO SYMPTOMS.

THE SAME FOR WORKERS WHO ARE EXPOSED AND SHOWED NO SYMPTOMS AS LONG AS AN AND 95 MASK IS USED.

HEALTHCARE WORKERS ARE RAISING CONCERNS OVER THE NEW GUIDELINES.>> IT IS A MAJOR DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN.

>> THINK IT IS VERY CALLOUS AND IT IS PUTTING OUR PATIENTS AND OURSELVES IN DANGER.>> THE NEW RULES WILL STAY IN PLACE UNTIL FEBRUARY FIRST.

>>> COVID-19 CASES HAVE NEARLY TRIPLED IN THE MILITARY SINCE JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REPORTED JUST UNDER 5300 CASES AMONG SERVICE MEMBERS ON DECEMBER 22nd.

BY JANUARY FIFTH, THE NUMBER REACHED MORE THAN 13,900.

IN RESPONSE, THE MILITARY IS INCREASING HEALTH RESTRICTIONS ON MANY BASES AND AT THE PENTAGON.

>>> THE MILITARY HAS BEEN ON THE FRONTLINES OF THE PANDEMIC.

MILITARY MEDICAL TEAMS HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED TO HOSPITALS OVERWHELMED BY COVID.

ONE OF THE TEAMS IS FROM SAN DIEGO.

KPBS REPORTER KATE TELLS US THEY WERE SENT TO A HOSPITAL.

>>REPORTER: SAN CONROE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND NEW MEXICO SERIFS A VAST AREA IN THE FOUR QUARTERS.

DOCTOR BRAD GREENBERG, MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AT THE HOSPITAL SAYS THEY CARE FOR ALL PEOPLE NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE, OR WHERE THEY COME FROM.>> WE SERVE A MIXTURE OF URBAN, RURAL AND FRONTIER AREAS, AND ALSO A REFERRAL CENTER FOR MANY OF THE FACILITIES THAT EXIST AT THE NAVAJO NATION.

>>REPORTER: COVID IS NOT BEEN KIND TO THE REGION.

THEY HAVE HAD FIVE WAVES AND THE LAST 13 WEEKS HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY TOUGH.

>> WE WERE ON THE VERGE OF A TRUE CLINICAL CATASTROPHE.

WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH PERSONNEL TO TAKE CARE ONLY REALLY INCREDIBLY HIGH NUMBERS OF CRITICALLY ILL FOLKS.>>REPORTER: THE NAVY CAME TO THEIR RESCUE.

223 MEMBER NAVY MEDICAL RESPONSE TEAMS FROM THE SAN DIEGO NAVY MEDICAL CENTER.

THE COMMANDER, SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER SAYS, THEY ARE PROUD TO CARRY OUT THE MISSION.

>> I CANNOT IMAGINE BEING ANYWHERE ELSE EXCEPT BEING ON THE FRONT LINES OF PATIENT CARE.>> I WAS REALLY SHOCKED WHEN I HEARD THEY HAD SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WERE ON VENTILATORS.

>>REPORTER: DANIELA JENKINS IS AN ICU NURSE WITH THE NAVY TEAM.

BEFORE THE MILITARY, SHE WORKED AT A CIVILIAN HOSPITAL.>> I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO BE SHORT STAFFED AND IT HAS BEEN REALLY AMAZING TO HEAR THESE NURSES SAY, IT HASN'T BEEN LIKE THIS IN ABOUT A MONTH.

>>REPORTER: DOCTOR GREENBERG SAYS THE NAVY ARRIVAL DID WONDERS FOR THE HOSPITAL AND MORALE.>> WHAT-FINALLY A BIT OF A TAILWIND.

SOME INSPIRATION AND FEELING LIKE WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

>>REPORTER: HE SAYS THEY SAVE THE HOSPITAL FROM COLLAPSE AND MANY LIVES IN THE PROCESS.

>> ANY PATIENT THAT MAKES IT, IT ALMOST HEALED OUR SOUL AND THOSE ARE WHAT KEEP ME GOING.

>>REPORTER: NOT EVERY STORY ENDS THIS WAY BUT LIEUTENANT COMMANDER CHARLES EVOKE A PULMONARY CRITICAL CARE DOCTOR SAYS, LOSING A PATIENT DOESN'T MEAN THE FAILURE.>> IT IS PART OF OUR JOB TO BE THERE IF WE CANNOT TOUR THEM OR HERE AND HEAL THEM, IT IS TO CARE FOR THEM AT THE END OF THEIR LIFE AND TO MAKE SURE THE END OF THEIR LIFE IS AS GOOD AS POSSIBLE.

>>REPORTER: JENKINS SAYS SUCCESS IS ALSO MEASURED BY THOSE THEY TREAT WITH COMPASSION.

EVEN WENT PATIENTS CANNOT FEEL IT.>> THAT TIME IS SPECIAL.

BECAUSE THAT IS TIME THE PATIENT WILL NOT REMEMBER BUT THE FAMILY DOES.

>>REPORTER: OF THESE HEROES ARE HUMAN AND THE EXPERIENCE IS LEAVE THEIR MARK.>> THERE ARE TIMES WHERE IT IS HARD.

IT IS REALLY HARD AND YOU JUST HAVE TO STEP AWAY FROM IT.

WE ARE ALL HUMAN.

THERE ARE TIMES WHERE I HAVE CRIED.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>>REPORTER: NURSE JENKINS SAYS SEEING DEATH IS HARD AND EXPRESSING LOSS DURING THE HOLIDAYS SOMEHOW FEELS DIFFERENT.>> IT IS TOUGH.

WALKING INTO A ROOM AND SEEING A LIFELESS SOUL THERE, IT IS HARD TO.

IT IS NOT EASY.

ESPECIALLY CHRISTMAS DAY.

THAT WAS TOUGH.

>>REPORTER: THOSE EXPERIENCES HAVE CHANGED THEM FOR THE BETTER ALSO.

AND THEY WILL CARRY THE STORIES OF THIS COMMUNITY WITH THEM FOREVER.

DOCTOR BOTT SAID THEY LEARNED FROM THOSE CARED FOR.

>> WE ARE CLOSE TO NAVAJO NATION AND HEARING SOME OF THEIR STORIES, PRACTICES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN TOUCHING FOR US AND IT HAS BEEN A PROFOUND KIND OF EXPERIENCE.

>>REPORTER: DOCTOR GREENBERG SAYS THAT THEY WILL ALSO LIVE ON IN THE HEARTS OF THE STAFF AND COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY ANSWER THE CALL WHEN THEY NEEDED THEM THE MOST.>> OUR SINCEREST APPRECIATION FOR YOUR SACRIFICES AND FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO COME OUT HERE AND HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

>>REPORTER: NEWS OF THEIR GOOD WORK TRAVELED TO MAYOR TODD GLORIA IN SAN DIEGO.

>> FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART I THANK THEM.

THEY REPRESENT THE BEST OF THIS COUNTRY AND THE BEST OF OUR CITY.>>REPORTER: IT MEANS A LOT TO THOSE THAT SERVED ON THE MISSION FOR OVER A MONTH THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS AND NEW YEAR.

>> HONESTLY, THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS.

THANK YOU.

IT MATTERS A LOT.

THOSE TWO WORDS MEAN A LOT.

>>REPORTER: AS THEY WERE LEAVING, ANOTHER COVID WAVE IS HITTING THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

THAT IS NOT LOST ON DOCTOR GREENBERG.

>> WE ARE SITTING AT THE EDGE OF OUR SEATS WAITING FOR FLURONA REALLY MAKE ITSELF KNOWN WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO AND THE REGION.

>>REPORTER: AS THE VIRUS CONTINUES TO MUTATE THERE ARE MANY UNKNOWNS BUT HAVING HEROES LIKE THESE ON THE FRONT LINES, 1000 OF THEM WHO WILL SOON BE DEPLOYED, BRINGS HELP HOPE TO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FACING WERE ABOUT TO FACE THE WORST.

KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> EXTREME WEATHER IS EXPENSIVE.

WEATHER DISASTERS HAVE COST THE UNITED STATES $750 BILLION IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION REPORTS THAT 20 WEATHER AND CLIMATE DISASTERS JUST LAST YEAR COST THE COUNTRY AT LEAST $1 BILLION DURING EACH EVENT.

THAT INCLUDES THE DEEP-FREEZE EXPERIENCED IN TEXAS, AS WELL AS A HURRICANE THAT DEVASTATED THE REGION FROM THE GULF COAST TO THE NORTHEAST.

THE TOTAL ECONOMIC TOLL FOR 2021 WAS $145 BILLION.

>>> WE HAVE HAD HIGH PRESSURE AND CONTROL OVER THE GREAT BASIN.

THAT HAS BROUGHT ANOTHER SANTA ANA WIND EVENT.

THAT WILL CONTINUE LIKELY THROUGH TUESDAY.

I WEDNESDAY WE START TO SEE THE ONSHORE GRADIENT MAKING A RETURN.

TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE WHAT IS AVERAGE AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, AS A RESULT OF THE SANTA ANA WIND EVENT.

BUT THEY WILL RELAX LATER IN THE WEEK WITH THE COOLING TREND OF FOREMOST ON THE WAY.

WE WILL STATE GENERALLY DRY.

NOTE RANGE HAS A SIGNIFICANT HERE IN THE FORECAST.

THAT IS FOR OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.

WE DO HAVE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FURTHER INLAND.

THAT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING.

HEADING INTO TONIGHT IN THE METRO, TEMPERATURES FALLING BACK TO THE UPPER 40s UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY'S GUYS.

ELSEWHERE TONIGHT, WE GET DOWN TO 43 IN OCEANSIDE, FOR THE ONE IN RAMONA.

43 BORREGO SPRINGS.

43 OUT TOWARDS MOUNT LAGUNA.

TUESDAY IS A QUIET DAY.

HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL OVER THE GREAT BASIN.

ANOTHER DAY WITH SANTA AND SANTA ANA WIND EVENTS.

THERE WILL BE MORE DRY AIR THAT CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST.

THINGS SHOULD CHANGE A LITTLE BIT HEADING INTO THE LATER PART OF THE WORK WEEK.

I THINK WEDNESDAY IS A WARM DATE FOR MANY.

BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WE START TO COOL THINGS OFF.

FOR TUESDAY, TEMPERATURES IN CHULA VISTA GETTING UP TO 74.

75 POINT SAN DIEGO.

EL CAJON CLOSE TO 80 DEGREES.

73 IN BORREGO SPRINGS AND 52 AND MOUNT LAGUNA.

NEAR THE COAST, TEMPERATURES GO FROM THE LOW TO MID 70s TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND BACK INTO THE 60s WITH THE ONSHORE GRADIENT MAKING A RETURN THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

OTHER INLAND, TEMPERATURES WITH A SIMILAR TREND UPPER 70s TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BACK INTO THE 60s THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND MOVING INTO SATURDAY.

A BIT OF AN INCREASED CLOUD COVER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 50s TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND A DROP OFF INTO THE UPPER 40s FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

A POSSIBLE SHOWER LATER IN THE DAY FRIDAY THE MOUNTAINS INTO THE DESERT, TEMPERATURES DO NOT LOOK TO CHANGE A WHOLE LOT, GENERALLY STAYING IN THE LOW TO MID 70s.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEROLOGIST JESSICA PASS.

>>> MORNING THE SUDDEN PASSING OF ACTOR AND COMEDIAN BOB SAGET.

HE WAS KNOWN TO MILLIONS AS AMERICA'S DAD ON THE HIT SHOW "FULL HOUSE".

HE ALSO HOSTED "AMERICA'S FUNNIEST VIDEOS.".

WAS FOUND DEAD BY DEPUTIES FOLLOWING A 911 CALL TO HIS HOTEL ROOM IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA.

HE HAD PERFORMED HIS STAND UP AFTER THE NIGHT BEFORE.

DEPUTY STATE WAS NO SIGN OF FOUL PLAY OR DRUG USE.

AN AUTOPSY WILL BE PERFORMED.

>>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF.

TONIGHT AS COVID THIRD AS WE EXAMINE WHETHER THE CDC LATEST GUIDANCE IS EFFECTIVE OR CREATING UNNECESSARY CONFUSION.

THAT IS COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS WITH COVID AT RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS TWICE AS HIGH AS THE PEAK LAST YEAR.

THE DIRECTOR OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES SAID THESE CHILDREN WENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR OTHER REASONS AND ROUTINE TEST CAUGHT THE INFECTION.

HE URGES PARENTS TO VACCINATE THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE EVEN A MILD INFECTION CAN FORGIVE TRIGGER A MORE SERIOUS ILLNESS.

>>> THE NATIONAL GUARD IS ARRIVING IN SAN DIEGO TO HELP WITH COVID TESTING.

THE GUARD IS ESTIMATING THEY WILL BE THERE AT LEAST ONE MONTH OR MAYBE LONGER.

GOVERNOR NEWSOM ORDERED ROUGHLY 20 MILLION NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO 50 SITES AROUND THE STATE.

SO FAR 70 GUARD TROOPS HAVE BEEN CALLED UP IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING IN SAN DIEGO.

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

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM A MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

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