>>> 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 SINCE 1978, AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND, BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

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>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT'S MONDAY, JULY 5.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

MILLIONS ARE HITTING THE HIGHWAY OR FLYING HOME TONIGHT.

IT COMES WITH SOME CONCERN AS THE STATES COVID-19 POSITIVITY RATE HAS CERTAINLY DOUBLED.

THE NEW DELTA VARIANCE MAY BE THE REASON WHY.

AS THE KPBS REPORTER TELLS US TRAVELS TO SAN DIEGO ARE NOT CONCERNING.

>> THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT JUMP IN VISITOR STREAMING THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

>> JULY 2 WE SAW APPROXIMATELY 68,000 PEOPLE COMING AND GOING FROM THE AIRPORT NOW, THAT IS STILL LESS THAN WE SAW IN 2019, BUT THAT IS THE MOST THAT WE HAVE SEEN SINCE MARCH OF 2020.

>> THE SPOKESPERSON SAID THE NUMBER OF TRAVELERS HAS CONSISTENTLY INCHED UPWARD SINCE MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

>> WE ARE SEEING MORE PEOPLE TRAVELING DURING THIS TIME.

I THINK IT IS A COMBINATION OF PEOPLE BEING VACCINATED FEELING MORE COMFORTABLE TO GET OUT AND TAKE THE TRIPS THAT THEY HAD TO POSTPONE DURING COVID.

>> THIS DESPITE NEWS THAT THE NEW DELTA VARIANCE OF COVID WHICH THE CDC CALLS HYPER- TRANSMISSIBLE IS THE DOMINANT STRAIN IN CALIFORNIA.

>> WE FOLLOW CDC GUIDANCE AS WELL, SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE HAVEN'T CHANGED ANY OF THE ROBUST HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES.

>> TRAVELERS KPBS SPOKE TO SAID THEY FELT SAFE EVEN WITH THE REPORTS OF THE DELTA VARIANCE.

DESIREE AND JOHN CUMMINS ARE RESIDENTS WHO CAME TO SAN DIEGO FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND TO CELEBRATE THE FOURTH WITH FAMILY.

>> I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE.

EVERYONE IS JUST SO EXCITED TO GET OUT AND GO SEE FAMILY AND HAVE EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE THAT EVERYONE IS JUST EXCITED TO BE OUT.

>> AIRPORTS ARE MUCH BUSIER THAN THEY WERE A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT SHE STILL FEELS SAFE.

>> I FEEL LIKE I'M FINE.

I KNOW HOW TO KEEP MYSELF HEALTHY AND SAFE.

I WEAR MY MASK WHEN I'M AROUND OTHER PEOPLE.

>> I SEE PEOPLE ARGUING THAT SINCE THEY HAVE GOTTEN THEIR VACCINE THEY DON'T THINK THEY NEED TO WEAR A MASK INSIDE.

>> COVID MAKERS OF VACCINES ALL HAVE CONFIRMED THEIR SHOT PROTECTS AGAINST THE DELTA VARIANT.

SOCIAL DISTANCING IN AIRPORTS AND AIRPLANES ARE ENFORCED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 13 REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION STATUS.

>> DOCTORS AT PALOMAR MEDICAL CENTER ARE EXCITED OVER -- ARE UPSET OVER A NEW CONTRACT.

DOCTORS SAY THEY ARE PRIORITIZING PROFIT OVER PATIENT CARE.

>> FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN EMERGENCY WOUND DOCTORS AND PALOMAR HEALTH IS GOING WITH THE NEW COMPANY.

THE HOSPITAL SAYS THE CHANGE WILL HELP IMPROVE PATIENT CARE AND THE SAVINGS WILL HELP PAY FOR NEW EQUIPMENT SUCH AS CT SCANNERS AND MRI MACHINES.

THE DOCTORS WHO WORK HERE ARE NOT TOO SHORT.

>> THE CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS THE CHANGE IS MORE ABOUT MONEY THAN PATIENT CARE.

>> BUYING MRI MACHINES AND CT SCANNERS SURE, IF WE HAVE THE MONEY WE WILL DO IT.

BUT, DON'T DO IT AT THE COST OF JEOPARDIZING THE CORE BUSINESS THAT WE DO, AND THAT IS THE BUSINESS OF TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE.

>> THE NEW COMPANY EMA WILL PROVIDE PALOMAR WITH ER DOCTORS, HOSPITALISTS, AND INTENSE SINFULNESS.

THE DOCTOR SAYS EMA PLANS TO INCREASE THE DOCTORS WORKLOAD, AND THAT WILL AFFECT PATIENT CARE.

>> THE STAFFING MODEL WILL REQUIRE EACH PHYSICIAN TO SEE 25 PATIENTS A DAY, AND THAT IS A 12 HOUR SHIFT SO YOU DO THE MATH.

LESS THAN 20 MINUTES PER PATIENT AND HOW DO YOU DO YOUR DOCUMENTATION AND TAKE CARE OF SICK PEOPLE LIKE THAT?

>> HOSPITAL IN CALIFORNIA GO THROUGH A THIRD PARTY.

THE CURRENT PROVIDER HAS BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB, AND SHE DOES UNDERSTAND WHY THE BOARD DECIDED TO CHANGE PROVIDERS.

>> IN A STATEMENT THE PALOMAR CEO ADMITS THE MOVE WAS ABOUT MONEY BUT SAID IT WAS MADE WITH PATIENTS IN MIND.

EMA'S PROPOSAL ALLOWS HER TO RETAIN ALL OF HER STAFF PLUS REINVEST RESOURCES TO UPGRADE PATIENT CARE.

IN AN EMAIL, THE MA PRESIDENT SAYS NO CUTS OR CHANGES IN STAFFING OUR PLANT HOWEVER, THERE IS A PLAN TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY OVER TIME USING PROPRIETARY MANAGEMENT TOOLS WE HAVE DEVELOPED.

EMA SAYS THEY WILL KEEP THINGS RUNNING THE WAY THEY ARE 90 DAYS.

AFTERWARDS THEY WILL REEVALUATE AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY CHANGES, AND THAT IS WHAT WORRIES DR. PASHA.

>> THAT SAYS A LOT.

>> EMA SAYS THEY HAVE COMMITMENTS FROM 50 OR SO DOCTORS.

>> THE CONTENTION HAS LEFT NO CONFIDENCE AGAINST PALOMAR'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

>>> PALOMAR SAYS CHANGES WILL ONLY AFFECT DOCTORS WHO WORK EXCLUSIVELY AT THE HOSPITAL AND ONE AFFECT FAMILY DOCTORS OR SPECIALISTS.

THE NEW CONTRACT DOESN'T AFFECT AUGUST 1.

IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE MAJORITY OF DOCTORS REFUSED TO SIGN WITH A NEW PROVIDER BY THEN.

>>> SURVIVING CANCER IS NOT JUST ABOUT HEALTH AND SCIENCE, IT IS ALSO ABOUT COMMUNITY.

THAT IS WHAT WE FOUND AMONGST A SPECIAL GROUP OF WOMEN THAT KNEW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO SURVIVE BREAST CANCER AND THE TOLL IT CAN TAKE ON THE WOMEN'S BODY.

THEY ARE USING THEIR LOVE FOR KNITTING TO HELP SURVIVORS LOOK AND FEEL WHOLE AGAIN.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT STORY COMING UP A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THIS NEWSCAST.

>>> TODAY, VOLUNTEERS DID ALL THEY COULD TO CLEAN THINGS UP.

WE WERE WITH THEM IN MISSION BEACH.

>> AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT ABOUT EIGHT POUNDS HERE.

>> 80 POUNDS AND COUNTING, THAT IS HOW MUCH TRASH VOLUNTEERS PICKED UP BY 10 AM MONDAY MORNING.

I LOVE A CLEAN SAN DIEGO PARTNERED WITH A FOUNDATION TO LEAVE THE CLEANUP EFFORT AT SAN DIEGO BEACHES.

OVER 50 VOLUNTEERS CAME OUT TO HELP.

>> VOLUNTEERS ARE GIVEN A PAIR OF GLOVES AND A TRASH BAG TO HELP PICK UP TRASH.

THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ANY TYPE OF TRASH BOTH BIG AND SMALL.

HERE AS WE ARE WALKING DOWN THE BEACH, WE CAN ALREADY SEE SOME PIECES OF WOOD AND PLASTIC HERE WITH THIS DENTAL FLOSS.

>> EVERYTHING FROM PLASTIC CUPS , TO COOKING UTENSILS, AND PLASTIC INFLATABLE'S WERE LEFT BEHIND BY BEACHGOERS.

NICHOLAS KENNEDY, THE COMMUNITY COORDINATOR FOR I LOVE A CLEAN SAN DIEGO EXPLAINED THE IMPORTANCE OF CARING FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT.

>> A LOT OF STUFF CAN GET LEFT BEHIND.

IT IS NOT JUST IMPORTANT TO GUINEVERE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THINGS THAT CAN FLOW DOWNSTREAM BUT IN THIS CASE A HIGH TIDE OR SOME WINDS OR BIRDS CAN EASILY TAKE TRASH AND PUT IT RIGHT INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

>> PICKING UP TRASH FOR LIFE IT HAS BECOME A TRADITION FOR JULIA THOMAS AND HER MOM.

>> I LIKE TO GO TO THE BEACH HERE AND SPEND MY TIME YES I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE LIKE TO SPEND THEIR TIME HERE.

I WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO FEEL SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME HERE.

>> I FOUND A LOT OF CIGARETTE BUTTS.

THIS YEAR WEIRDLY A LOT OF DIAPERS.

>> WHILE SOME STICK TO THE SAND AND GRASS AREA, WE LIKE TO GO TO THE PARKING LOTS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE IN THEIR CARS EATING FOOD AND A LOT OF THE TRASH ENDS UP IN THE PARKING LOTS.

I DON'T THINK HE GETS AS MUCH ATTENTION.

>> THIS YEAR'S CLEANUP WAS HOST IN VIRTUALLY.

>> WE DEVELOPED AN ONLINE TO WILL, A REALLY AWESOME RESEARCH TOOL.

>> KENNEDY SAYS EFFORTS TO CLEAN UP LOCAL BEACHES CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THOSE WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED CAN GO ONLINE.

>>> THIS NEXT STORY IS A REMINDER OF HOW DANGEROUS PERSONAL FIREWORKS CAN BE.

A YOUNG NHL GOALIE IS DEAD.

THE RESULT OF FIREWORKS LAST NIGHT IN MICHIGAN.

HE PLAYED FOR THE COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS.

POLICE SAY HE WAS IN A HOT TUB WHEN FIREWORKS TILTED SLIGHTLY AND STARTED TO SHOOT TOWARDS HIS GROUP.

THE 24-YEAR-OLD ORIGINALLY FROM LATVIA WAS STRUCK.

THE BLUE JACKETS SAY THIS IS A DEVASTATING TIME FOR THEIR TEAM.

>>> THE PANDEMIC HAS PERSISTENT HEALTH INEQUITIES HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

THE RACE AND EQUITY REPORTER HAS THE STORY OF ONE MAN'S EFFORTS TO EXPAND HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO.

>> WE WERE TRYING TO FIND JUST AN URGENT CARE CENTER TO GET HER BREATHING PROPERLY AND THAT KIND OF THING.

>> BARRY POLLARD REMEMBERS HOW HELPLESS HE FELT WATCHING HIS STEPDAUGHTER GASPER -- GASPED FOR AIR DURING AN ASTHMA ATTACK THERE WAS NO NEARBY URGENT CARE CENTERS.

>> I WAS THOROUGHLY UPSET THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IT, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL OF THE ENTITIES, MEDICAL ENTITIES THAT ARE IN HERE.

>> THAT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO.

EVER SINCE, HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET MORE URGENT CARE CENTERS IN SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO.

>> PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY DESERVE AN URGENT CARE.

THEY ARE SO USED TO DRIVING OUT OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT IT'S NOT AN ISSUE, RIGHT?

UNTIL YOU ARE A SINGLE MOM JUMPING ON THE BUS WITH THE TROLLEY TO TAKE YOUR KID OUT TO ONE OF THESE UNDERLYING HEALTH FACILITIES.

>> SO, THERE IS A VOID.

WE TALK ABOUT FOOD DESERTS, THERE IS A HEALTHCARE DESERT IN THIS COMMUNITY.

>> A RETIRED KAISER DOCTOR SAYS THE NEED FOR URGENT CARE IS PARTICULARLY ACUTE IN PLACES LIKE VALENCIA PARK.

ALL OF WHICH ARE PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND LATINO.

>> BY NOT HAVING TO ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU LIVE IN, YOUR CHRONIC DISEASES, YOUR DIABETES, YOUR PERTENSION, YOUR HE DISEASE AND THINGS LIKE THAT JUST CONTINUE TO GET WORSE.

>> THE COSTS COULD BE STEEP, BUT THEY ARE OPEN TO WORKING ON IT SAYS KEEP CEO KEVIN MATTSON.

>> WE ARE HAPPY TO COLLABORATE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN HELP SOLVE THIS ISSUE IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

>> THE URBAN COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS AS CHANGE NEEDS TO HAPPEN SOON.

>> EVERYBODY IS JUMPING ON THE EQUITY BANDWAGON.

PUT UP OR SHUT UP.

>>> WITH A CUP SIZE A, B, C, OR ANY OTHER -- LETTER OF THE ALPHABET, LOSING ONE BREAST TO CANCER CAN BE A SHATTERING EXPERIENCE.

I MET WOMEN WHO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MASTECTOMY ONE LOVING STITCH AT A TIME.

>> IT'S LIKE RIDING A BICYCLE.

YOU DON'T FORGET.

>> IN HER LITTLE COTTAGE PAT ANDERSON'S CREATIVITY HASN'T SLOWED DOWN OVER THE YEARS AFTER A LONG CAREER AS A TEXTILE DESIGNER, SHE STILL ENJOYS MAKING YARN BY HAND ON HER HOMEMADE SPINNING WHEEL.

>> EVERYTHING YOU WEAR STARTS WITH THIS PROCESS.

>> HER WORK BOTH OLD AND NEW IS STREWN ON HER COUCH.

>> THIS IS THE VERY FIRST THING I HAVE EVER MADE.

>> AND ADMIRES HER CREATIONS FROM THE 70s.

>> HOW NEEDS.

>> THE TWO PADS CALLED THIS TRANQUIL HOME IN ESCONDIDO THE MAGIC PLACE AS WELL AS THE SURPRISING GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT CALLED SPW.

>> THAT STANDS FOR SISTERHOOD OF THE BLOODLESS WONDERS, BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS AND A TRIO OF KNITTERS THAT HAVE TAKEN COMFORT INTO THEIR OWN HANDS IN THE SHAPE OF BUSTERS.

>> HERE THEY ARE.

THEY ARE NOTHING BUT A SPECIALLY DESIGNED ACCESSORY.

>> IN THE SINS -- IN THE SIX YEARS, THEY HAVE HELPED WOMEN WHO HAVE UNDERGONE MASTECTOMY SURGERY.

>> ALL WOMEN'S CLOTHING IS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONTOUR.

SO, IF THAT IS GONE, YOUR CLOTHES DON'T FIT RIGHT, AND YOU END UP FEELING DUMPY AND UNCAP.

>> PAT SAYS MOST OF ALL, IT SHOWS AND UNTIL NOW THE ONLY THING OFFERED TO PATIENTS IS DANGEROUS.

>> THEY ARE SOFT.

THEY ARE WASHABLE.

THEIR NATURAL AND NORMAL LOOKING.

>> THESE ARE TRICKY TO MAKE PAT HAS PROUDLY PATENTED IN THE DESIGN.

>> THEY ARE CUSTOMIZABLE AND SIZE EVERY DENIES G2 WHAT YOU THINK >> WHEN FELLOW RESIDENTS DENISE FLOOR >> IT WAS HOT IN THE SUMMER IT GOES TOWARDS FUNDS ANOTHER WOMAN'STHE PRODUCT WAS BUILT TO LAST DOWN TO THE FINAL THOUGHTFUL STITCH.

>>> AND BY THE WAY, BUSTERS ARE FREE FROM ANY BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR YOU CAN DIRECTLY MAIL PACK YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE WITH OUTDOOR SPACES, WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE WATER RUNNING DOWN, 15 MILES OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON DC.

IT OFFERS VIEWS OF THE POTOMAC RIVER CASCADING OVER JAGGED ROCKS.

MORE PEOPLE ARE SEEKING THE OUTDOORS >> EVEN THOUGH IT IS QUIET, WE STILL DO GET A LOT OF VISITATION.

>> AS OF JUNE 21, WE HAVE A FIRE RESTRICTION IN PLACE, SO THERE ARE NO FIRES ALLOWED ANYWHERE IN PART THERE WAS SOME SUNSHINE OUT THERE ON THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL FOR THE INTERIOR SECTION OF THE SOUTHEAST.

AGAIN, IT KEEPS THE HEAT LOCKED IN AND SOME OF THE MOUNTAINS WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE STILL UP IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS THERE IS MORE HEAT IN THE FORECAST >> IT IS HIP INTO THE AIR TO DEEP LEFT FIELD.

HE HAS DONE IT AGAIN THE PHILLIES ARE BACK HOME TONIGHT AGAINST THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS TO FIND THE ROOT.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> AND JAKE.

[ APPLAUSE ] >>> THE PADRES RELEASED A RARE LOOK INSIDE OF THE CLUBHOUSE DURING THE COVID-19 ERA.

THE PICTURE WILL ALSO GO TO DENVER FOR THE ALL-STAR GAME.

THE ALL-STAR GAME WILL BE PLAYED NEXT TUESDAY, JULY 13.

>>> COVID-19 DELAY THE RELEASE OF MARVELS BLACK WIDOW FOR MORE THAN A YEAR BUT THIS FRIDAY, THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER.

>>> SCARLETT JOHANSSON FIRST ONE ONTAKE A TRIP BACK IN TIME AND IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THIS GLORIOUS PHONE.

FINALLY THERE IS PLENTY STREAMING AND IN CINEMAS.

NETFLIX DOES FEAR STREET THE FIRST INSTALLMENT DELIVERED BY THE MEMBERS.

EVEN MORE ABOUT THE WONDERS >>> AND YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE WWW.KPBS.ORG/EVENINGEDITION.

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