>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING ADDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY FAMILY OF COMPANIES PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL ONE 800 BILL HOW OR VISIT BILL HOWE.COM.

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DARLING MARCO SHYLY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

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>>> IT EVENING, IT'S MONDAY JUNE 20th.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

IT'S THE MOMENT MANY PARENTS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR AS THE YOUNGEST KIDS WILL SOON GAIN ACCESS TO THE COVID-19 VACCINE.

THE CDC HAS GRANTED THE FINAL APPROVAL FOR THE VACCINE TO BE GIVEN TO THOSE AGED SIX MONTHS TO FIVE YEARS OLD.

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WILL BE THERE FIRST TWO ADMINISTERED DOSES.

CAUGHT UP WITH PARENTS ABOUT THIS BIG STEP FORWARD.

>> 7-YEAR-OLD GIMENEZ IS AN EXPERT ON PLAYGROUNDS AND JUNGLE GYMS, SHE ALSO HAS REAL EXPERIENCE WITH COVID-19.

WHICH BOTH SHE AND HER FATHER SURVIVED AFTER BEING VACCINATED.

>> SYMPTOMS OF SICKNESS AND SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN GET IF THEY DON'T GET VACCINATED.

IF YOU GET VACCINATED, IT'S NOT THAT BAD.

BUT IF YOU DON'T, IT MIGHT BE BAD.

>> THIS MORNING SHE JOINED OTHER KIDS FOR THE OPENING OF THE CITIES NEW ISLAND AVENUE MINI PARK JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN.

MANY OF THESE KIDS ARE FIVE YEARS OLD AND UNDER WHICH NOW MAKES THEM ELIGIBLE FOR VACCINATION.

HER FATHER IS A BIG ADVOCATE.

>> TRY TO ERROR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND BE JUST AS CAUTIOUS AS POSSIBLE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS VIRUS CAN DO.

THEY'RE STILL NOT TOO MUCH DATA ON EXACTLY WHAT IT IS FINISHES BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY.

>> MORE MANY PARENTS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE MOMENT THE YOUNGEST CHILDREN COULD GET THIS SERIES OF SHOTS.

MARIA IS ONE OF THEM.

HER SON JUST TURNED FIVE.

AFTER GETTING OVER HER INITIAL FEAR, SHE WILL GET HIM VACCINATED WITH THE PEDIATRICIAN LATER THIS WEEK.

TURNS OUT, MOM WAS RIGHT.

>> I'M SCARED.

>> WHY ARE YOU SCARED?

>> I THINK I'M SCARED IT'S GOING TO HURT.

>> WAS SCHOOL OUT FOR THE SUMMER, THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT REALLY HELPS PARENTS TURN TO THE PEDIATRICIANS FOR PROTECTION.

ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY, ONLY 44% OF ALL 5 TO 11-YEAR-OLD KIDS IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AGAINST COVID.

TO HELP GET THE JOB DONE, CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS THAT BEGINS TOMORROW.

ALSO TUESDAY, CVS WILL START OFFERING SHOTS AT SOME OF ITS LOCATIONS FOR CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 18 MONTHS.

WALGREENS HAS MADE A SIMILAR ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT CHILDREN HAVE TO BE AT LEAST THREE YEARS OLD TO GET SHOTS AT THEIR LOCATIONS.

>> ONCE YOU'RE VACCINATED, YOU WILL NOT GET SEVERE DISEASE AND END UP IN THE HOSPITAL OR ON VENTILATOR OR DYING FROM COVID.

AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT.

>> WITH PLANS FOR PROTECTION IN A PANDEMIC THAT IS STILL NOT ENDING, THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN ENJOY THE NEW PLAYGROUND JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

>> I LOVE IT, IT'S REALLY FUN.

>> KPBS NEWS.

>>> IS A GOOD TIME TO UPDATE YOU ON THE OVERALL COVID SITUATION LOCALLY.

THE COUNTIES DASHBOARD SHOWS NEW DAILY CASES HOVERING OVER 1000.

THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY HOME TASKS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE OFFICIAL COUNT.

MOST CASES INVOLVE THOSE AGED 20 TO 39 YEARS OLD.

KIDS AND TEENAGERS ARE AMONG THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF RECENT CASES.

>>> A MEMBER OF THE COUNTY CITIZEN LAW ENFORCEMENT REVIEW BOARD CLAIMS SHE IS BEING PUSHED OUT FOR OUTSPOKENNESS SOME COMMUNITY GROUPS HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY CLAIMING THEY ARE TRYING TO SILENCE THE ONLY BLACK WOMAN ON THE BOARD.

KPBS ALEXANDER QUINN WAS THERE AND BRINGS US THIS REPORT.

>> WHY IS SAN DIEGO CANCELING BLACK WOMEN?

>> THAT'S THE QUESTION THEY WANT THE COUNTY CITIZEN LAW ENFORCEMENT REVIEW BOARD TO ANSWER.

THE TERM WILL BE ENDING JUNE 30th AND IT WILL NOT BE RENEWED FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM.

SHE IS THE ONLY BLACK WOMAN ON THE BOARD.

>> WAS I TO BLACK TO WOMEN AND TO EMPATHETIC TO THE REAL HARM AND SUFFERING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS CAUSED PEOPLE.

>> APPOINTED COURT BY SUPERVISOR TARA LAWSON LAST OCTOBER.

TWO SERVE THE REMAINING TERM OF SOMEONE LEAVING THE BOARD.

DOMINGUEZ SAYS SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT UNTIL AFTER SHE WAS APPOINTED.

WAS SHE SAYS SHE WAS ASSURED AT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER PAUL CLARK THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM FOR HER TO BE REAPPOINTED TO A FULL THREE- YEAR TERM.

>> I STRONGLY BELIEVE IT WAS A RETALIATION AND I WAS BEING SILENCED BECAUSE THERE ARE PUBLIC ISSUES THAT I WAS PUSHING BASED ON THE DATA THAT WAS RELEASED.

WITH THE DATA SHE WAS REFERRING TO WAS THE STATE REPORT ON THE IN CUSTODY THAT AT SAN DIEGO COUNTY JAIL THROUGH THE REPORT FAULTED THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR NOT ADEQUATELY ASSESSING INMATES, ETHICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH NEGATIVITY TO THEIR DEATHS.

SABRINA'S BROTHER WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO DIED.

SHE SAID THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS NOT FORTHCOMING WITH DETAILS UNTIL THEY GOT INVOLVED WITH THERE WAS STILL UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.

>> HAVE ACTUALLY SO BEEN WAITING FOR HIM TO LET US KNOW IF MY BROTHER A BREAKFAST THAT MORNING AND WHAT WERE THE SYMPTOMS GOING ON.

MY BROTHER WAS ONLY IN JAIL FOR FOUR DAYS AND ANYONE COMING OFF A FENTANYL THE SECOND DAY HE WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOWING SIGNS THAT HE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

WAS NOT HAVING ON THE BOARD IS A COMMITTEE WANTING TO GET ANSWERS TO HOLD THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAUL PARKER DENIES THAT HE OR THE BOARD HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH DOMINGUEZ NOT BEING REAPPOINTED.

HE SAYS COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE THE ONES WHO APPOINT PEOPLE TO THE BOARD.

>> HE HAS LIFE EXPERIENCES THAT NO ONE ELSE ON THE BOARD HAS.

IT'S UP TO DISTRICT 3 TO CONTINUE TO APPOINT SOMEONE THAT WILL CONTINUE AND MAYBE THE BACKGROUND AND MAYBE TO ALSO CONTINUE PUSHING FOR WHAT DISTRICT 3 WANTS WHICH I KNOW IS SOCIAL JUSTICE REFORM.

>> IS CATEGORICALLY FALSE THAT DOMINGUEZ IS BEING PUSHED OUT ON IN CUSTODY DEATH.

HE SAYS THE CLERK WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR COUNTY JAIL REFORMS TO STOP IN CUSTODY DEBTS.

>>> BENDIGO CITY OFFICIAL SAYS THEY HAVE A PROPOSAL TO PUT THE 101 ASH STREET SCANDAL BEHIND THEM.

IT'S A SETTLEMENT THAT WOULD GIVE THE CITY OWNERSHIP OF THE FORMER ENERGY HAD CORTISOL SUPPOSED TO BE THE OFFICE SPACE FOR ALMOST 800 CITY EMPLOYEES IN A LEASE TO OWN DEAL.

BUT THE BUILDING TURNED OUT TO BE AN ASBESTOS RIDDEN MONEY PIT.

AND THE DEAL CAME UNDER SCRUTINY WHEN QUESTIONS AROSE ABOUT MORE THAN $9 MILLION PAID TO REAL ESTATE BROKER JASON HUGHES.

THE MAYOR TOM GLORIA SAYS INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE DEAL SHOULD CONTINUE.

>> WANT TO MAKE ONE THING PERFECTLY CLEAR.

NOTHING IN THIS PROPOSED SETTLEMENT ABSOLVES ANYONE WITH POTENTIAL CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

NOT JASON HUGHES OR ANYONE WHO MAY HOLD TERMINAL LIABILITY AS A PART OF THIS TRANSACTION AND ITS AFTERMATH.

THE JUSTICE SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT ITS DUTIES UNIMPEDED BY THE SETTLEMENT AND THEY SHOULD.

>> THE FORMER OWNER WILL RETURN MORE THAN $7 MILLION IN PROFIT FROM THE ASH STREET DEAL AND THE CITY WILL TAKE OVER THE ASBESTOS CLEANUP.

PROPOSAL ALSO INCLUDES BUYING CIVIC CENTER PLAZA.

THE CITY IS ALSO RESTRUCTURING THE FINANCING WHICH WOULD SAVE $15 MILLION AND STILL OWES $132 MILLION ON BOTH OF THE BUILDINGS.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON THE SETTLEMENT PROPOSAL AT A PUBLIC HEARING NEXT MONDAY.

>>> IF YOU HAVE A FLIGHT PLAN YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK AHEAD.

THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS TODAY STILL EXPERIENCING DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS AFTER ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL WEEKENDS OF THE YEAR.

HERE'S THE ISSUES FACING FIRES A SUMMER.

>> AIRLINE SCRAMBLED TO GET BACK ON TRACK AFTER A WEEKEND PACKED WITH DISRUPTIONS.

>> SAT ON THE PLANE FOR FOUR HOURS.

FOUR HOURS BEFORE THEY TOOK US BACK TO THE TERMINAL.

>> FRIDAY CLUCKING THE BUSIEST AIR TRAVEL DAY SO FAR THIS YEAR.

JUNETEENTH AND FATHER'S DAY DRIVING MORE AMERICANS TO THE SKIES.

A DEVASTATING COMBO OF BAD WEATHER, STAFF SHORTAGES AND INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES LEADING CARRIERS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP.

ALTOGETHER MORE THAN 3200 FLIGHTS CANCELED BETWEEN FRIDAY AND SUNDAY.

EXPERTS PREDICTING MORE TRAVEL WELLS ON THE ITINERARY.

>> THE DELAY WAS WAS 32 HOURS AND ENDED UP BEING FIVE.

WITH AIRLINE CANCELING EVEN MORE FLIGHT THREE SOUTHWEST CUTTING NEARLY 20,000 OF THEM BETWEEN JUNE AND LABOR DAY.

DELTA WILL CANCEL 100 DAILY FLIGHTS OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.

FESTERING FOR TRAVELERS AND MORE COSTLY, TOO.

AIRFARE SHOOTING UP MORE THAN 10% LAST MONTH.

>> WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE ARE FLYING A SMALLER SCHEDULE THAN WE DID IN 2019 TO TRY TO CREATE SOME RELIEF.

>> IN WASHINGTON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CALIFORNIA IS CONSIDERING CASH PAYMENTS AS DRIVERS CONTINUE TO PAY WELL OVER SIX DOLLARS A GALLON FOR GAS.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THINKING ABOUT REBATES OR EVEN A GAS TAX HOLIDAY.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS SPENDING THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY BY THE BEACH IN DELAWARE AND HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT LAWMAKERS PUSHING FOR SOME SORT OF DIRECT RELIEF FOR CAR OWNERS.

>> HOW SOON CAN WE EXPECT A DECISION?

>> A SMALL BIT OF GOOD NEWS, GAS PRICES ARE NO LONGER RISING IN SAN DIEGO.

AAA IS REPORTING A SMALL DECREASE OVER THE PAST FIVE DAYS.

IT'S NOW 6:34 PER GALLON.

SO MY GUESS IS NOT THE ONLY THING YOU NEED TO FACTOR IN IF YOU'RE IN THE MARKET FOR CAR.

STICKER PRICES ARE UP DUE TO THE SUPPLY ISSUES FROM THE PANDEMIC AND ASKING ME TO REPORTS, RISING INTEREST RATES MEANS THE MONTHLY PAYMENTS ARE GOING UP, TOO.

>> THIS IS THE WRANGLER FOUR- WHEEL-DRIVE.

>> THIS IS THE NEW JEEP.

>> LEFT HIS MONTHLY PAYMENT ABOUT $100.

HIGHER THAN THE MOST RECENT KELLEY BLUE BOOK MONTHLY PAYMENT AVERAGE AT $712.

>> THE NEW CAR PRICES ARE NEAR RECORDS.

>> NEW CAR PRICES HAVE GONE UP 12.6%.

USED CARS ARE UP 16.1% AND FOOD, 10.1% AND GAS IS UP 48 .7%.

THE GAS PRICES IS NOT NECESSARILY DETERRING POTENTIAL BUYERS AT THIS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAR DEALERSHIP.

>> DEMAND IS HIGH AND DEMAND IS STILL LOW.

AND WE ARE STILL IN SHORTAGE.

>> DESPAIRED WITH HIGH INTEREST RATES ARE MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR BUYERS.

>> YOU DON'T SEE PRICES DECREASING MUCH.

EVEN IF THEY DO, JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT INTEREST RATES ARE RISING.

THE COST OF BORROWING MONEY IS GOING UP.

SO THAT JUST MEANS YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE PAYING AS MUCH OR NEARLY AS MUCH AS YOU WERE, EVEN IF THOSE PRICES GO DOWN.

>> CAR, HOME AND STUDENT LOANS ALL HIGHER.

INTEREST RATES ON A 30 YEAR FIXED MORTGAGE HAVE JUMPED FROM 2.93 TO 5.78%.

IN THE LAST YEAR.

>> THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS.

>> HE WISHES HIS INTEREST WOULD HAVE BEEN LOWER THE SAYS IT WAS HIS NEED AND WANT THAT MOTIVATED HIS CAR PURCHASE.

>> AND JUDY WOODRUFF TONIGHT ON THE NEWS, WE HONOR THE LIFE OF LONGTIME NEWS CLINICAL ANALYST MARK SHIELDS.

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

>> WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT POLLUTION SOURCES FROM THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO THAT ARE AFFECTING PEOPLE'S HEALTH.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS NEW INFORMATION HAS LEFT PORT COMMISSIONER SPLIT ON HOW TO PRIORITIZE WORK TO REDUCE EMISSIONS.

>> THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO CARGO TERMINALS NEAR NATIONAL CITY AND LOGAN ARE CONSTANTLY MOVING CARS, LUMBER, CEMENT, AND EVEN FRESH FOOD SO IT IS NO SURPRISE THE HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT PUTS THOSE AHEAD OF CORONADO AND DOWNTOWN FOR CANCER-CAUSING ISOLA MISSIONS.

HERE IS PORT COMMISSIONER RAPHAEL.

>> I THINK IT'S THE TRICKIEST THING WE HAVE DEALT WITH SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION WITH THE MOST SERIOUS IMPLICATION WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH OBVIOUSLY.

HE WAS THE SOURCE OF THE POOR POLLUTION, RAIL OPERATIONS, VESSELS, CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND OF COURSE SEMI TRUCKS.

THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS FOR YEARS.

POOR TRUCKS MAKE UP A PERCENT OF THE RISK IN NATIONAL CITY AND 4% IN LOGAN.

>> WITH THIS RISK ASSESSMENT ALSO IS TELLING US IS THAT THE EMPHASIS ON THE TRUCKING IS MUCH SMALLER THAN PERHAPS THIS COMMISSION MAY HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS VERY >> COMMISSIONER FRANK HOPES THAT THIS REVELATION CAN HELP PRIORITIZE WERE TO CUT EMISSIONS.

BOARD CHAIR DAN MALCOLM SAYS HE WANTS THE MOST BANG FOR HIS BUCK.

>> NOW THAT WE HAVE INFORMATION I THINK WE NEED TO PROCEED HOLISTICALLY AND STRATEGICALLY AND LOOK AT WHERE WE CAN PLACE OUR DOLLARS IN THE BEST PLACE.

>> THE PORT HAS A PLAN TO CUT EMISSIONS.

THE MARITIME CLEAN AIR STRATEGY OUTLINES REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM TRUCKS TO BOATS AND EVEN CARGO HAULERS.

OFFICIALS SAY IF IT IS FOLLOWED, THE CANCER RISK FOR NATIONAL CITY, LOGAN AND CORONADO CAN BE CUT ALMOST IN HALF BY 2030.

BUT NOW THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT A PIECE OF THE PLAN INVOLVING ELECTRIC TRUCKS.

>> MY PROBLEM IS THAT I THINK SOME OF THE GOALS HERE ARE REALLY NOT FEASIBLE.

>> THE TRUCK PLAN CALLS FOR 40% OF PORT TRUCK TRIPS TO BE ELECTRIC BY 2026 AND ALL OF THEM THAT WAY BY 2030.

OFFICIALS WOULD SPEND UP TO $18 MILLION TO HELP CARRIERS TRANSITION BUT SOME WONDER IF IT'S ACTUALLY WORTH IT ESPECIALLY WITH THE PORT'S OWN DATA SHOWING THAT THEIR TRUCKS ARE MUCH SMALLER RISK THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.

>> IT IS A SOURCE OF OMISSIONS FOR SURE.

THE WHERE DO WE GET THE BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK AND WORK WE HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT.

THE CARGO AND EQUIPMENT.

>> CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT REPRESENTS THE HIGHEST CANCER RISK TO BARRIO LOGAN AND CORONADO.

EVEN SO, COMMISSIONER MICHAEL SAYS STATE MANDATES FOR TRANSITIONING SEMI TRUCKS TO ELECTRIC ARE ALREADY COMING.

IT DOES NOT HURT TO START ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY KNOW THAT TRUCKS ARE PART OF THE MISSION PROBLEM.

>> IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH TRUCKS, THE PERCENTAGE CONTRIBUTION WILL GO UP WITH TRUCKS.

THAT'S JUST MATH, RIGHT?

>> SOME OF THE PORTS BIGGEST TENANTS AND TRUCKING INDUSTRY ARE PUSHING BACK.

TRUCKERS ARGUE ELECTRIC SEMI'S ARE EXPENSIVE AND THERE IS NOT WIDESPREAD CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

TENANTS ARE WORRIED THAT IF TRUCKERS ARE REQUIRED TO BUY ELECTRIC IT WILL NOT BE FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE FOR THEM TO PICK UP IN SAN DIEGO ANYMORE.

SARAH MARSH WITH PRODUCE GIANT DOLE WORRIES THAT THE COMPANY WOULD TAKE AHEAD.

>> ALL THIS HAS A DIRECT AND SERIOUS IMPACT TO US AS A TENANT.

IF WE ARE UNABLE TO DISTRIBUTE OUR PRODUCT, THERE IS NO REASON FOR DOLE TO CALL SAN DIEGO.

>> DOLE IS BEHIND THE ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS BUT THEY WOULD RATHER SEE THE AGENCY FOCUSING ON HIGH EMITTING CARGO EQUIPMENT.

THE COMPANY HAS ALREADY ELECTRIFIED A QUARTER OF ITS CARGO FLEET.

COMMISSIONER SANDY SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO KEEP IN MIND WHAT IS AT STAKE.

>> THIS IS IN A FITTING THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE A HEALTHY AND DRIVING LIFE.

LET'S NOT FORGET THAT.

LET'S REMEMBER THAT THESE INVESTMENTS IS GOING TO MEAN SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> ADVOCATES WANT COMMISSIONERS TO STAY THE COURSE AND STICK WITH GOALS OUTLINED IN THE CLEAN AIR STRATEGY.

INCLUDING THE TRUCK TRANSITION PLAN.

THE PORT IS ALREADY MAKING INVESTMENTS, AND NEW ELECTRIC TUGBOAT SCHEDULED TO BEGIN OPERATIONS NEXT YEAR AND ALL ELECTRIC CRANES ARE SET TO REPLACE THEIR POLLUTING COUNTERPARTS.

PORT OFFICIALS ARE HOPING TO SEE SIGNIFICANT EMISSION REDUCTIONS STARTING DONE.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>> YOU MAY NOT LIKE THEM MUCH WHEN THEY ARE AROUND YOU BUT WE DO INDEED NEED BEES.

IN FACT A NEW STUDY IS SHEDDING LIGHT ON BUMBLEBEE IS HERE IN CALIFORNIA AND THEIR IMPORTANCE.

THERE IS KPBS REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE.

>> UNTIL RECENTLY, 25 SPECIES OF BUMBLEBEES WERE THOUGHT TO EXIST IN CALIFORNIA.

A TEAM OF ENTOMOLOGIST FROM UC RIVERS CONDUCTED A SURVEY IN 2019 THAT WAS PUBLISHED THIS YEAR IN THE JOURNAL ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION.

THEY GATHERED 100 BEES FROM EACH OF 17 STATE LOCATIONS.

EIGHT SPECIES COULD NOT BE FOUND ANYWHERE.

THEY LET THE TEAM AND SHE TALKS ABOUT THE WESTERN BUMBLEBEE.

>> ONE OF THE MOST SURPRISING OR ALARMING THINGS THAT WE FOUND IN OUR STUDIES IS TO DETECT THEM, HIS FACE IS THAT WE KNOW HAS DECLINED HERE IN CALIFORNIA AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WESTERN U.S. AND WE DID HOPE TO FIND IT.

IF I CARRIED OUT THIS EXACT SAME STUDY IN 1980, WOULD HAVE FOUND QUITE A FEW OF THEM.

HE WAS NOT FINDING OTHER SPECIES WAS LESS OF A SURPRISE.

>> WE DID NOT FIND OTHER SPECIES.

THERE ARE QUITE A FEW THAT WE HOPED TO DETECT IN OUR STUDY AND WE ARE NOT SHOCKED THAT WE DID NOT FIND HIM BUT ITS FURTHER CONFIRMATION THAT THESE ARE SPECIES THAT USED TO BE FOUND HERE IN CALIFORNIA AND NOW THEY ARE EITHER RARE OR POTENTIALLY EXTINCT.

>> FOUR OF THE BUMBLEBEE SPECIES RESEARCHERS DID NOT FIND JUST QUALIFY FOR PROTECTION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.

IN A DECISION THAT RAISED MANY EYEBROWS, THE STATES THIRD DISTRICT COURT RULED LAST MONTH THAT BEES ARE INVERTEBRATES THAT MEET THE DEFINITION OF PROTECTED FISH UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.

DEFINES IT AS A WILD FISH, MULLIS, MENSTRUATION, AND FABIAN, OR ANY OF THOSE ANIMALS.

STATE PROTECTIONS FOR THE BUMBLEBEES IS VERY GOOD NEWS.

SOME OF THE BIGGEST MYSTERY IS WHY SOME SEEM TO PERSIST IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING.

>> THE FORECAST IS LOOKING TO STAY BRIGHT AND DRY AHEAD FOR THE MOST PART.

HE WILL SEE LITTLE BIT OF A WARM UP HERE INTO THE DAY OR TWO TO COME.

BUT WE ARE ALSO WATCHING THE TROPICS LATE IN THE WEEK.

SOME MOISTURE WILL TRY TO RIDE UP BAJA CALIFORNIA.

IT'S LIKELY NOT GOING TO BRING A WHOLE LOT INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF INCREASING CLOUD COVER.

AGAIN, NO MAJOR IMPACTS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

AMATEURS AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY NIGHT DROPPING BACK DOWN INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50s IN OCEANSIDE AND 56 IN RAMONA.

ALCOHOL GETTING DOWN TO 61 DEGREES BUT AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO YOUR FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH A GENERALLY WARM PATTERN FOR MOST.

A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE IN THE MARINE LAYER BUT OVERALL, ALL THE WET WEATHER IS LIKELY GOING TO BE OUT TOWARDS NEW MEXICO.

TEMPERATURE WISE, HIGHS LIKELY TO BE AROUND 72 IN SAN DIEGO, 75 FOR YOU OUT TOWARDS VISTA.

TRIPLE DIGITS IN THE DESERT MID TO UPPER 70s FOR US.

WEDNESDAY, THE HEAT REALLY BUILDS BACK IN.

THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE WARMEST DAYS DURING THE WEEK AND MEANWHILE FURTHER EAST WE STILL HAVE THE MOISTURE IN THE FORM OF THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP ACROSS NEW MEXICO AS THE MONSOON MOISTURE DOES CONTINUE.

KING HAD NEAR THE COAST, WE LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70s.

AGAIN, TOPPING OUT WEDNESDAY IN THE UPPER 70s.

WE KEEP THOSE FOR THURSDAY AND TEMPERATURES NOT WAVERING A WHOLE LOT AS WE PUSH TOWARDS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

FURTHER INLAND, THAMES UPPER 80s ALL ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT CHANGING A WHOLE LOT MORE DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND WINDS NOT TOO BREEZY FOR US.

WE LOOKING AT THE MOUNTAINS AND AGAIN MORE IN THE WAY OF SUNSHINE AND QUIET WEATHER.

TEMPERATURES LOOKING TO GENERALLY STAY IN THE MID TO UPPER 70s AND PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT OF A COOLDOWN THEREFORE YOU ON THURSDAY BUT OVERALL, MID TO UPPER 70s IS WHERE WE WILL BE TEMPERATURE WISE.

IN THE DESERT, TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT ON THE WAY.

A BE A SMALL CHANCE FOR A STRAY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ON WEDNESDAY BUT ASIDE FROM THAT IT IS DRY LOOKING AHEAD.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PASS.

>>> THE PADRES ARE BACK HOME TONIGHT BUT FANS MIGHT NOT SEE TEAM LEADER AT THE LINEUP ANYTIME SOON.

>> AS YOU CAN SEE HE HURT HIS ANKLE WHILE RUNNING TO FIRST BASE DURING SUNDAY'S GAME FOR THE PADRES SAY THEY DON'T SHOW ANY BROKEN BONES BUT IT'S UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT HOW MANY GAMES HE MIGHT MISS.

THE THIRD BASEMAN IS HAVING HIS BEST SEASON YET.

FOR NOW NECK AND NECK WITH THE DODGERS RIGHT NOW FOR FIRST PLACE IN THE DIVISION.

THE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP IS BACK IN CALIFORNIA FOR THE STATE WARRIORS PARTIED WITH THEIR FANS IN SAN FRANCISCO.

TODAY'S PARADE HAS A RETURN FOR THE TEAM LED BY STEPH CURRY WHO WAS NAMED FINALS MVP.

HE IS AMONG THE CORE GROUP OF PLAYERS WHO NOW HAVE FOUR NBA TITLES AFTER BEATING THE BOSTON CELTIC'S IN SIX GAMES.

>>> GROWING OLD DOES NOT MEAN STAYING BEHIND TECHNOLOGY.

THE LOCAL SENIOR COMMUNITY USING VIRTUAL REALITY TO TRANSPORT ITS RESIDENTS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TONYA THORNE HAS THE STORY.

>> 78-YEAR-OLD LILY STARTED HER MORNING OFF BY CLIMBING MT.

EVEREST.

VIRTUALLY, THAT IS.

>> I ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO THE BASE CAMP OF MT.

EVEREST.

MY DAUGHTER DID.

SHE CLIMBED UP TO 18,000 FEET WHICH IS HALF THE HEIGHT.

HE WAS A RESIDENT AT WHITE SANDS SENIOR COMMUNITY.

>> I FEEL LIKE I SHARED MY DAUGHTER'S EXPERIENCE.

>> HERE, PRESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS THEM TO VIRTUALLY GO ANYWHERE.

RESIDENTS PUT ON THE VIRTUAL REALITY GOGGLES AND PICKED AN EXPERIENCE THEY WANT.

COULD BE SWIMMING WITH DOLPHINS, HOT AIR BALLOON OVER PORTUGAL, OR EVEN THEIR CHILDHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.

JEAN ALSO LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY AND USES THE VR.

>> THIS IS GREAT.

ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE ARE RECOUNTING WHAT WE SAW WILL BE LIVED THROUGH.

>> THE DIRECTOR AT WHITE SANDS SAYS THE TECHNOLOGY REALLY BENEFITS THE SENIORS IN MANY WAYS.

>> BEING ABLE TO TAKE RESIDENCE ON AN ADVENTURE SOMEWHERE OUT OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE HAVE BEEN USING IT WITH SKILLED NURSING, ASSISTED LIVING, MEMORY CARE, AND IN THE PRESENT INDEPENDENT SOCIAL LIVING.

>> KYLE HELPED DEVELOP A NUMBER TO PREVENT FROM SHRINKING.

>> SOCIAL ISOLATION AND THE AGING POPULATION THAT I SAW WITH MY LOVED ONES AND SOMETHING WE HAVE SEEN HAPPEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

WE REALIZE THERE SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP PEOPLE CONNECT THROUGH THE POWER OF SHARED EXPERIENCES.

>> VIRTUAL REALITY IS A HOLISTIC INVESTMENT THE MANY SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES ARE STARTING TO MAKE.

TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

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PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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