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>>> THE GIVER JOINING US I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

TODAY A DAY OFF FOR MOST PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO BUT NOT THE PEOPLE WHO TEST TRACK AND TREAT COVID- 19 .

THIS VIDEO IS FROM A DRIVE- UP TEST SITE, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW BUSY IT WAS ALL DAY WITH LONG LINES OF CARS WAITING ABOUT AN HOUR TO GET THROUGH.

WE AREN'T EXPECTING AN UPDATE ON NUMBERS DUE TO THE HOLIDAY.

BUT HERE IS THE MOST UP TO DATE INFO FOR THE COUNTY REPORTED NEARLY 10,000 NEW CASES.

THAT'S STILL INCREDIBLY HIGH.

BUT, IT IS DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM WHAT WE SAW LAST WEEK.

MORE THAN 1200 PEOPLE ARE HOSPITALIZED, A NUMBER THAT HAS NEARLY TRIPLED SINCE THIS TIME LAST MONTH.

NEARLY 200 ARE IN INTENSIVE CARE.

EVEN THOUGH THE HOLIDAY, THE COUNTY IS EXPANDING ITS NUMBER OF TESTING SITES INCLUDING ONE THAT JUST OPENED UP TODAY.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE STOPPED BY AND FOUND PLENTY OF PEOPLE LOOKING FOR PEACE OF MIND.

>> Reporter: IT MAY BE A HOLIDAY, BUT LINES ARE ALREADY LONG AT THE NEWLY OPENED COVID TESTING SITE IN THE ZION MARKET PARKING LOT.

>> WE'VE BEEN DRIVING ALL THE WAY FROM THE SOUTH BAY ALL THE WAY HERE, BACK-AND-FORTH, WE BEEN ON IMPERIAL BEACH TRYING TO GET A TEST EVERYWHERE.

>> Reporter: SHE'S RELIEVED THAT HER FAMILY'S JOURNEY TO GET TESTED IS OVER.

>> MY DAUGHTER HAS A POSITIVE COVID TEST AND MY HUSBAND DOESN'T FEEL WELL SO IF THEY BOTH HAVE IT HOPEFULLY I DON'T AND I CAN BE THE ONE THAT WORKS AND TAKES CARE OF THEM.

>> Reporter: DENISE SAYS THIS SITE POPPED UP RIGHT ON TIME, HER CHILDREN JUST GOT OVER COVID FROM SHE DOESN'T HAVE SYMPTOMS.

BUT WANTS TO KNOW HER STATUS, SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT SEVERAL MORE DAYS TO GET TESTED.

>> IT'S HARD TO FIND APPOINTMENT RIGHT AWAY, AND IF THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS, THE LINES ARE WAITING LIKE THREE HOURS OR MORE.

SO YES, I'M VERY VERY GRATEFUL.

>> Reporter: CDC DATA SHOWS THE COUNTY HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES AND DEATHS OVER THE PAST WEEK.

CASES ARE UP MORE THAN 300% IN TWO WEEKS, AND DEATHS ARE UP ALMOST 60%.

IN RECENT TIMES, AN AVERAGE OF 6 PEOPLE EACH WEEK HAVE DIED FROM COVID IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR AN HOUR AND WE'VE ALREADY DONE A COUPLE HUNDRED TEST.

>> Reporter: DANIEL IS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE COMPANY RUNNING THE TESTING SITE COULD IT IS THE RESULT OF A PARTNERSHIP AMONG BROADWELL, SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCILMEMBER CHRIS AND THAT THE ASIAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF SAN DIEGO.

>> WE ARE HERE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 9:00 TO 5:00, AND WE JUST WANT TO REALLY INVITE EVERYONE TO COME ON DOWN AND -- DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU HAVE INSURANCE, NO INSURANCE, REGARDLESS OF YOUR IMMIGRATION STATUS, YOU CAN GET TESTED.

>> Reporter: THEY SAY THEY HAVE PCR TEST, AND LIMITED RAPID TEST, AND RESULTS SHOULD ONLY TAKE ABOUT 3 DAYS.

BUT THE SAME COMPANY WAS TAKING OVER A WEEK TO DELIVER RESULTS FROM TESTS AT ITS OTHER SITES IN THE COUNTY.

HE ALSO SAID THEY ARE WORKING ON RESULTS.

THIS WEEK WILL MARK TO YOUR SINCE THE FIRST COVID CASE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE U.S.

IT'S HARD FOR THOSE STANDING IN LINE TO BELIEVE THIS PANDEMIC IS STILL IMPACTING THEIR LIVES.

>> IF YOU'RE WONDERING IF YOU EVER GOING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL LIFE BEFORE MASKS, AND I THINK ABOUT KIDS THEY'VE ONLY KNOWN WALKING AROUND WITH MASKS.

>>> PARENTS IN SAN DIEGO NOTIFIED OF THE DISTRICTS NEW COVID PROTECTION PLANS BUT STUDENTS WILL RETURN TO CLASSES TOMORROW, DISTRICT OFFICIALS ARE INVOKING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TO DEAL WITH THE EXTREME SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS.

THAT INCLUDES CANCELING ALL FIELD TRIPS AND THE SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES.

MOVING STUDENTS OUTDOORS OR TO LARGE INDOOR SPACES AUDITORIUMS.

EXCUSING ALL ABSENCES DUE TO ILLNESS AND MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL STRESS, AND AS A LAST RESORT, PRINCIPLES WILL BE GIVEN AUTHORITY TO DECLARE COVID IMPACT TODAY, CANCELING SCHOOL ON THEIR CAMPUS.

>> IT WILL BE MADE ON A SCHOOL BY SCHOOL BASIS, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO DISTRICTWIDE BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING ONCE HAPPENING IN ONE SCHOOL MIGHT NOT BE HAPPENING IN ANOTHER.

>> IT'S GOING TO KEEP SAN DIEGO CLASSROOMS OPEN INSTEAD OF ANOTHER DISTRICTWIDE SHUTDOWN.

>>> GARBAGE COLLECTORS ARE READY TO END THEIR STRIKE AND GET BACK TO WORK.

THEY VOTED TO APPROVE THE LATEST CONTRACT OFFER FROM REPUBLIC SERVICES.

REGULAR TRASH COLLECTION WILL BEGIN TOMORROW.

IT INCLUDES A RAISE IN PAY AND A $1000 BONUS.

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN CHULA VISTA AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS INCLUDING CLERMONT, FALL UNDER THIS CONTRACT.

>>> MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAS SUPPORTING SANITATION AREA WORKERS, SPEAK CITY HEIGHTS REPORTER JACOB SAYS SOME EVENTS HAD TO GO VIRTUAL AGAIN THIS YEAR DUE TO COVID.

>> Reporter: FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAYS BEING CELEBRATED DURING THE ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO GATHERED IN SEVERAL WAYS, THE AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, IN CITY HEIGHTS THE FEDERATION HOSTED A DAY HAVE SERVICE WHERE THE CEO SAID THEY BEAUTIFIED IN OUR PROJECT AND AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPERTY.

>> WE CHOSE WORDS FROM DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HOPE, PEACE, SO WHEN OUR RESIDENTS COME OUT, WE CAN INVOKE SOME POSITIVE EMOTIONS AND ALSO ALWAYS REMIND THEM OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND WHAT HE'S DONE FOR.

>> Reporter: OTHER EVENTS LIKE THE 34th ANNUAL ALL PEOPLE CELEBRATION, CHOSE TO FORGO THEIR ANNUAL BREAKFAST.

THEY HELD THEIR EVENT VIRTUALLY THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID-19.

THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF ALLIANCES SAN DIEGO SAID IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT "NOW MORE THAN EVER WE MUST CHANNEL THE LOVE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE FELT FOR THIS TOUCH BY THE PANDEMIC.

INTO A PRACTICAL AND POWERFUL RECIPE FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE.

ONE LARGE-SCALE EVENT THAT DID GO ON A PERSON WAS THE 32nd ANNUAL KING DAVID THIS YEAR WAS HELD OUTSIDE IN BALBOA PARK.

WITH LIFE IS A, GUEST SPEAKERS, AND PERFORMERS.

>> WHAT HE MEANT TO THE MOVEMENT IN TERMS OF MAKING THIS WORLD BETTER FOR NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME BUT FOR EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW OF ALL CULTURES AND CREEDS.

WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THAT LEGACY AND THAT LIFE AND DEFINITELY HERE WITH MY FAMILY.

BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE THAT AND PASS IT DOWN TO MY NEXT GENERATION.

TO THE CULTURAL CENTER FOUNDER HELPED TO ORGANIZE THE GOVERNMENT.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO COMMUTE -- TO KEEP THE COMMUNICATION.

WE BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER OF ALL COLORS.

WE DANCE TOGETHER, WE EAT TOGETHER.

THERE'S ONLY ONE RACE AND THAT'S THE HUMAN RACE.

>> Reporter: THE CELEBRATION ALSO DOUBLED AS A FOOD AND CLOTHING DRIVE.

JACOB, KPBS NEWS.

>> THE FAMILY OF DR. KING SAYS THE CURRENT POLITICAL MOMENT IS TIED TO HIS LEGACY.

HERE'S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE STALLED EFFORT TO PROTECT VOTING RIGHTS IN CONGRESS FOR THE SENATE SCHEDULED TO VOTE TOMORROW.

>> FOR ALL OF THE ELECT LEADERS OUT THERE WHO ARE TWEETING, POSTING, AND CELEBRATING MY GRANDFATHER DR. KING, TODAY MY MESSAGE TO YOU IS SIMPLE.

DO NOT CELEBRATE, LEGISLATE.

>> DON'T TELL US WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN, SHOW US.

WITH YOUR BOATS, HISTORY WILL BE WATCHING WHAT HAPPENS TO MARKET BLACK AND BROWN AMERICANS WILL BE WATCHING WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW.

IN 50 YEARS, STUDENTS WILL READ ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW, AND KNOW WHETHER OUR LEADERS HAD THE INTEGRITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

>> WE HAVE A BIT MORE ON DR. KING'S LEGACY LATER IN THIS NEWSCAST INCLUDING A REPORTER BETH ON A SPECIAL NIGHT OF PROGRAMMING FOCUSING ON CIVIL RIGHTS DOCUMENTARIES.

>>> AND IMPERIAL BEACH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND ENDED WITH ANOTHER ROUND BEACH CLOSURES.

KPBS REPORTER GUSTAVO HAS MORE ON THE ONGOING ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS AT THE BORDER.

>> Reporter: SURF IN SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN FIRING ALL WEEK.

IT'S BEEN THE BEST OF YOUR SAYS SERVER AND MAYOR.

>> EVERY SURFER KNOWS IT'S BEEN EPIC, PERFECT TO SERVE EVERY WHERE.

TO SUNSET CLIFFS, AND LA JOLLA THIS WEEK BUT NOT IMPERIAL BEACH.

IN FACT IT'S BEEN MORE THAN TWO YEARS SINCE HE LAST PEDALED OUT IN HIS HOMETOWN.

>> IT'S BEEN SINCE OCTOBER 2019.

THE WATERS POLLUTED THE LAST TIME I SURFED TO THE WATER WAS POLLUTED.

I WOULD GO IN THE WATER AND THEN I THAT THE LIFEGUARDS KNOW AND AUTHORITIES KNOW THAT I GOT SO SICK.

I'VE HAD TWO EAR SURGERIES AND TWO SINUS SURGERIES I JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO GET SICK ANYMORE.

>> Reporter: A RECENT DUDDY AT UC SAN DIEGO SHOWS THAT THE WATER MIGHT ACTUALLY BE EVEN MORE POLLUTED THAN WE THOUGHT.

THE STUDY CAME ABOUT BECAUSE THE RESEARCHER KEPT HEARING SURFER SAY THE WATER SMELLS FUNNY, EVEN AFTER TEST SHOWED IT WAS SAFER FOR THEM TO SWIM .

>> THE SURFERS WOULD SAY HEY, WE TASTE -- LIKE THE WATER TASTES LIKE LAUNDRY DETERGENT.

OR YOU KNOW, LIKE CHEMICALS ARE SOMETIMES LIKE SEWAGE OR FECAL STUFF.

>> Reporter: THE SOURCE OF THIS POLLUTION IS IN MEXICO WHERE SEWAGE FROM A NEARBY TREATMENT PLANT IS DUMPED INTO THE OCEAN 6 MILE SOUTH OF THE U.S. BORDER.

THEY PUSH THAT POLLUTION NORTH TO IMPERIAL BEACH.

THEY TESTED THE OCEAN WATER FOR AMOUNTS OF SPECIFIC BACTERIA KNOWN AS FECAL INDICATORS.

THESE INCLUDE THINGS LIKE E. COLI.

>> THAT BACTERIA DIES VERY QUICKLY IN SUNLIGHT.

SO, IT TAKES A GOOD DAY AND A HALF TO TWO DAYS FOR THE FLOW TO GET FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.

THE EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT, THE MICROBES THEY ARE TESTING FOR MIGHT DIE.

>> Reporter: VIRUSES WHICH THE COUNTY DOES NOT TEST FOR DO SURVIVE THE JOURNEY.

AND IT'S MAKING PEOPLE SICK.

THE EPA WILL USE THIS RESEARCH TO HELP DECIDE HOW TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TO HELP THE SEWAGE.

>> DESPITE THE CLOSURES AND ONGOING POLLUTION CRISIS WE DO HAVE SOME PROGRESS ON THE POLICY AND PLANNING IN THE EPA.

THEY ANNOUNCED A PLAN AND A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION THAT WILL INVOLVE FIXING THE RIVER FLOWS, CANYON FLOWS AND WHAT'S COMING OUT ON THE BEACH.

>> Reporter: GUSTAVO, KPBS NEWS .2 THINGS ARE IMPROVING FOR THE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM AS THEY DEAL WITH THEIR OWN COVID SEARCH ONE OF THEIR POSTPONED GAMES IS BACK ON THE SCHEDULE.

THEY WILL NOW PLAY UNLV ONE WEEK FROM TODAY THAT'S JANUARY 24th IT WILL ALSO AIR ON CBS SPORTS NETWORK OF THE GAME WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR THIS COMING SATURDAY ., ONE OF THE SEVERAL TO BE CALLED OFF DUE TO COVID CASES ON THE TEAM.

>>> WE ARE A FEW WEEKS OUT FROM COVID HANGING OVER ANOTHER OLYMPIC GAMES.

CHINA IS NOW SHUTTING DOWN TICKET SALES TO THE PUBLIC.

BECAUSE, OF THE SURGE, IS DICTATORS WHO FOLLOW STRICT RULES WILL BE INVITED TO EVENTS.

DAVID IS IN BEIJING AND SHOWS US THE RIGID CRACK DOWN TO ENFORCE A ZERO COVID STRATEGY.

>> Reporter: CITIES ACROSS CHINA ARE BACK IN WARTIME MODE SCRABBLING TO IDENTIFY AND ISOLATE CASES OF COVID-19.

RECENT OUTBREAKS HAVE SOME 20 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER STRICT LOCKDOWNS, CONFINED TO THEIR HOMES.

OFFICIALS ARE CONDUCTING MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF MASS TENTING, AND SHUTTLING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS TO CENTRALIZED QUARANTINE.

STATE MEDIATION WAS MAKESHIFT CAMP BUILT WITHIN DAYS.

>> IS EERILY REMINISCENT TO THE START OF THE COVID CRISIS.

BUT NOW, AUTHORITIES KNOW WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR, AND THEY ARE TRACKING THOSE OF US LIVING HERE, THROUGH OUR CELL PHONES.

WHEN YOU GO TO MOST PLACES YOU HAVE TO SCAN THEY CAN FLY GUYS SHOULD BE COME INTO CONTACT WITH A CONFIRMED CASE.

CHINA IS PROUD OF ITS ZERO COVID APPROACH.

THAT IS, ONE CASES ONE TOO MANY, IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED THE INITIAL OUTBREAK IN WUHAN, IT SEEMED TO WORK.

THOUGH, BRUTAL AT TIMES.

>> THE STRATEGY HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE UNTIL VERY RECENTLY.

TO THIS LATEST SURGE IS MOST CONCERNING AND PERHAPS EMBARRASSING GIVEN ITS TIMING.

WE ARE THREE WEEKS FROM THE START OF THE WINTER OLYMPICS.

BEIJING HOPED THE SECOND PANDEMIC OLYMPICS WOULD BE A CHANCE TO SHOWCASE ITS SUCCESS OVER COVID.

THE GAMES ARE IN PART WHY THE CAPITAL CITY IS SO HEAVILY PROTECT.

A FORTRESS WITH MANY RESTRICTIONS TO GET IT IN AND OUT, THE BIGGEST CONCERN WAS CASES BROUGHT IN BY ARRIVING ATHLETES, OLYMPIC PERSONAL, AND MEDIA FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

IT'S FOR THAT REASON THEY HAVE CREATED A CLOSED OFF SYSTEM WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE AREA THAT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW.

NO PHYSICAL CONTACT BETWEEN IS COMING IN, AND THOSE OF US ALREADY HERE IN BEIJING.

BUT THE VIRUS IS NOW SPREADING OUTSIDE THE OLYMPIC BUBBLE.

AND IMAGES LIKE THESE ARE SURFACING ON CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA.

PEOPLE PACKING IN TO GET TESTED, SOME QUARANTINED RESIDENTS COMPLAINING ABOUT FOOD SHORTAGES.

TWO HOSPITALS WERE ORDERED SHUT FOR THREE MONTHS BY MUNICIPAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES AFTER HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES WERE ACCUSED OF PUTTING COVID PROTOCOLS ABOVE BASIC HEALTHCARE.

IN ONE CASE, REFUSING TO ADMIT A MAN WHO LATER DIED OF A HEART ATTACK.

IN ANOTHER, A WOMAN 8 MONTHS PREGNANT TURNED AWAY BECAUSE SHE DID NOT HAVE A VALID COVID TEST, SHE LATER SUFFERED A MISCARRIAGE.

>> TO ASK ABOUT THE NECESSITY OF THE ZERO COVID STRATEGY.

I THINK THE PUBLIC SUPPORTS TO THAT STRATEGY REMAINS.

TO STATE MEDIA SHOWING A FAR MORE ORDERLY PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE STRICT CONTAINMENT MEASURES BUT MOST HERE, TRUSTING THE POLICIES.

THIS WOMAN'S AWKWARD LOCKDOWN EXPERIENCE, GOING VIRAL.

SHE'S POSTED VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA EXPLAINING HOW A BLIND DATE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO LAST JUST A FEW HOURS SUDDENLY STRESSED SEVERAL DAYS WHEN NEW CONFIRMED CASES FORCED EVERYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTO A SNAP LOCKDOWN.

BOTH TRAPPED, IN HIS HOME.

SHE TOLD LOCAL MEDIA BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW EACH OTHER, IT'S REALLY AWKWARD.

ALL HE DOES IS COOK, CLEAN, WORK, HE DOESN'T TALK MUCH.

INTO THE THREE WEEKS IN THE START OF THE WINTER GAMES CHINA MIGHT PROVE EFFECTIVE IN CONTAINING THE VIRUS.

>> THAT WAS DAVID REPORTING.

>>> PARTS OF SAN DIEGO GOT A FEW MORE SPRINKLES TODAY, THIS IS A VIDEO FROM THE RANCHO BERNARDO AREA, JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON .

WE MIGHT SEE A BIT MORE RAIN OVERNIGHT.

JESSICA HAS THE FORECAST.

>> LAST WEEK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS LOW THAT WAS GOING TO BE BY ALL WEEKEND LONG.

THERE ARE SOME SPOTTY SHOWER CHANCES LIKELY INTO TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW.

THEN WE WARM-UP, OUR WINDS TURN MORE OFFSHORE, INTERPRETERS ARE GOING TO BE ON THE RISE HERE.

SO AGAIN, FOR TONIGHT CAN'T RULE OUT THAT POSSIBILITY OF SOME RAIN SHOWERS HERE.

IT WILL BE PRETTY SPOTTY AND LIGHT IN NATURE BUT TEMPERATURES GETTING 10 TO 52 IN OCEANSIDE .53, IN ESCONDIDO .51, OUTBOARDS BORREGO SPRINGS, I WILL TIME IT OUT FOR YOU, YOU CAN SEE A BIT OF GREEN POPPING OUT HERE FROM TIME TO TIME.

A LOT OF CLOUD COVER HERE, CAN'T RULE OUT JUST A COUPLE PASSING SHOWERS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT.

FOR THE MOST PART TUESDAY IS A DRY DAY HERE FOR ALMOST EVERYONE AND CAN RULE OUT US COUPLES BODY SHOWERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BUT TEMPERATURES MID-60s IN OCEANSIDE.

TOWARD SAN DIEGO, MT.

LAGUNA, MAY BE A PASSING SHOWER WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40s.

THE SAME PATTERN CONTINUES AS WE HEAD TOWARD YOUR WEDNESDAY.

NEAR THE COAST, TEMPERATURES GET BACK UP INTO THE 70s FOR YOU, AS WE MOVE FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WE WILL GET MORE IN THE WAY OF SUNSHINE RETURNING WITH THAT OFFSHORE GRADIENT.

FURTHER INLAND SIMILAR TRENDIER TEMPERATURES GETTING WARMER HERE, GETTING UP TO THE MID-70s FOR YOU ON THURSDAY AND DID THE LOW 70s AS WE MOVE TOWARDS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY .

IN THE MOUNTAINS, CAN'T RULE OUT THAT PASSING SHOWER ON TUESDAY.

OTHERWISE, MORE IN THE WAY OF SUNSHINE AND SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BEFORE DROPPING BACK INTO THE 40s AS WE MOVE INTO NEXT SATURDAY.

THEN, THE DESERT TEMPERATURES HERE LOOKING CRAWLING FROM THE LOW 70s INTO THE UPPER 70s ON THURSDAY .

MID-70s FRIDAY, AND THEN LOW 70s WITH SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT SATURDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS I AM METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PASH.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR I SPEAK TO MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.'S SON, ABOUT WHY HE BELIEVES CONGRESS MUST PASS NEW VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION.

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

>>> AFTER A RECORD LOW LAST WINTER THE NUMBER OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES AND A BEAGLE IS A THIS YEAR .

SO, WHAT'S BEHIND THE REBOUND?

ALEXANDER FOUND IT COULD BE FROM A PARTICULAR PLANT MORE PEOPLE ARE USING IN THEIR GARDENS.

>> WE HAVE MILKWEED AROUND HERE AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A CHRYSALIS RIGHT THERE.

>> Reporter: THE OWNER OF THE VILLAGE WALK SHOP IN CARLSBAD LAST YEAR, DURING THE PANDEMIC, SHE WANTED TO IMPROVE HER SHOPS GARDEN SPACE TO ATTRACT MORE CUSTOMERS.

HER GARDENER SUGGESTED SHE PLANT MILKWEED.

AND IT WORKED.

THE GARDEN DIDN'T JUST ATTRACT CUSTOMERS, IT BROUGHT BUTTERFLIES .

>> STARTED ON THIS INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF SEEING WHAT THE BUTTERFLIES LIFECYCLE IS REALLY LIKE.

WHICH WE WERE NOT -- I DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE.

SO, IT WAS A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME.

>> Reporter: OVER THE SUMMER MORE THAN 300 MONARCH VISITED HER GARDEN.

PEOPLE LIKE HER ARE LIKELY HELPING THE MONARCH REBOUND.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO PAT FLANAGAN WHO RUNS THE BUTTERFLY FARMS.

>> WE THINK A LOT OF THESE MONARCHS THAT WE ARE FINDING OVER THE WINTERING SPOTS ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF PEOPLE ADDING MORE MILKWEED IN THE URBAN GARDENS.

>> Reporter: LAST WINTER MORE THAN 2000 WERE RECORDED IN CALIFORNIA THAT WAS A MASSIVE DECLINE FROM THE TENS OF THOUSANDS RECORDED IN PREVIOUS YEARS BUT THIS YEAR, SO FAR, MORE THAN 50,000 MONARCHS HAVE BEEN COUNTED IN SAN DIEGO, FLANAGAN SAYS HE'S COUNTED MORE THAN 300 SO FAR.

UP FROM 0 LAST YEAR.

RESIDENCE ALAN RUSSELL WAS ALSO INSPIRED TO PLANT MILKWEED'S BUT IT'S THE ONLY PLANT WHERE A FEMALE MONARCH BUTTERFLY WILL LAY HER EGGS.

>> WHEN I READ THE NEWS ABOUT THE DEVASTATING LOSSES OF THE MONARCH YOU KNOW, LIKE EVERYONE WHAT COULD I DO?

SO LAST YEAR I PROBABLY HAD 14 OR 15 MILKWEED PLANTS GOING AND I NURTURED THEM.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THERE'S NOTHING LIKE WATCHING A MONARCH HATCH AND FLY AWAY.

BUT FLANAGAN WARNS NOT TO CELEBRATE THIS REBOUND JUST YET BUT HE SAYS SCIENTISTS DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHY THE NUMBERS DECLINED, OR SEEM TO BE ON THE REBOUND.

ALEXANDER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES HAS CREATED A SPECIAL SLATE OF CIVIL RIGHTS DOCUMENTARIES FROM THE 1960s IN HONOR OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY.

KPBS FILM CRITIC BETH HAS THIS PREVIEW OF TONIGHT'S LINEUP.

>> TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES PARTNERED WITH THE CHICAGO FILM ARCHIVES TO BROADCAST EIGHT FILMS FROM THE FILM GROUP COLLECTION.

THE DOCUMENT DOES OFFER A WINDOW INTO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF THE 1960s WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE UNREST THAT TOOK PLACE IN CHICAGO DURING THE 1968 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

>> MOST PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BEING BEATEN.

>> THE FILM GROUP BEGAN MAKING SOCIAL DOCUMENTARIES AFTER ITS COMMERCIAL FILM CREW WITNESSED POLICE OF VIOLENCE DURING THE 1968 PROTESTS.

THE CREW STARTED FILMING THE EVENTS UNFOLDING BEFORE THEM.

THAT EVENTUALLY LED TO AN EDUCATIONAL SERIES CALLED "THE URBAN CRISIS".

>> THE IDEOLOGY OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY IS PRETTY MUCH THE IDEOLOGY OF THE MASSES OF BLACK PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, WE ONLY OFFER WHAT BLACK PEOPLE WANT, WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN CRYING FOR FOR A LONG TIME.

THAT IS TO HAVE COMPLETE FREEDOM.

>> IN THIS FILM, MEMBERS OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY A SIT DOWN WITH AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PRINCIPAL.

>> WE CHANGE WHAT EXISTS NOW, BY THE MEANS NECESSARY.

>> TWO OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARIES, WHICH LOOKS TO THE LIFE AND TRAGIC DEATH OF THE 21-YEAR-OLD BLACK PANTHER LEADER.

>> WE ALWAYS SEE THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT TO TO US.

I MIGHT BE JOHN MIGHT BE ANYWHERE.

I AM A REVOLUTIONARY, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP ON SAYING THAT.

>> TONIGHT DOCUMENTARIES PROVIDE A VITAL AND FASCINATING HISTORICAL CONTEXT, AND POLITICAL UNREST.

BETH, KPBS NEWS.

>>> HAWAII IS CONSIDERING TAKING EXTRA MEASURES THE GOVERNOR SAYS HIS OFFICE IS STRONGLY CONSIDERING CHANGING ITS DEFINITION OF FULLY VACCINATED TWO INCLUDED THREE SHOTS FOR INCOMING TRAVELERS .

AT THE MOMENT TO TORSTAR ONLY REQUIRED TO HAVE THE INITIAL TWO DOSES ON THE ISLANDS FREELY.

THOSE WHO ARE NOT BOOSTED MAY BE REQUIRED TO ISOLATE FOR 5 DAYS WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE.

>>> THE QUEENSLAND BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY PUBLISHED A SATELLITE PHOTOS SHOWING THE ASH CLOUD TO SCATTERING ACROSS THE STATE, THE VOLCANO IS NOT PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT ASH AT THE MOMENT THE CLOUD DRIFTED WESTWARD ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN SINCE THE ERUPTION.

>>> IF YOU WANT TO GET A SENSE OF THE BONE CHILLING WEATHER MUCH OF THE COUNTRY IS DEALING WITH IT WAS ON DISPLAY THIS WEEKEND.

THE BUFFALO BILLS HOSTED A PLAYOFF GAME WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THAT KICKED OFF SATURDAY NIGHT BUT IT ONLY GOT OLDER AS THEY WENT ON TO BEAT THE PATRIOTS.

WE HAVE MORE ON THE CONDITIONS THAT PUT 50 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER WINTER WEATHER ALERTS.

>> I APOLOGIZE WE SEEM TO BE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL PROBLEMS .

BUT YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE THAT IS KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, I AM MAYA TRABULSI I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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