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>>> GOOD EVENING IT IS MONDAY MARCH 1st.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

WE BEGIN WITH A NEW VACCINE.

NEW HOPE , AND SAN DIEGO RESIDENTS BEING ALLOWED TO GET IN LINE.

THIS IS MORE SCHOOLS ARE OPENING UP AND CONCERNS CONTINUE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH DOSES TO GO AROUND.

WE BEGIN WITH MORE ON THIS STORY WITH THE MATT HOFFMAN.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE IN THE SAN DIEGO ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME FINDING FIRST VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS.

THIS LOCATION WAS CLOSED OVER THE WEEKEND DUE TO LACK OF SUPPLY.

OFFICIALS HOPE TO REOPEN ON WEDNESDAY AS SOME ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME FOR THEIR SECOND DOSE APPOINTMENTS.

YOU SEE SAN DIEGO SAYS THAT THEY KNOW THAT THE CDC RECOMMENDS THAT THE SECOND DOSES BE DELIVERED TO SIX WEEKS AFTER THE FIRST DOSE.

BUT THAT HISTORICAL DATA SHOWS THE BOOSTER SHOTS CAN WAIT SIX MONTHS.

SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO WAIT EIGHT OR 10 WEEKS YOUR IMMUNITY WILL NOT DISAPPEAR.

>> WHEN THE STUDIES WERE DESIGNED WE HAD NO IDEA HOW GOOD THESE VACCINES WOULD BE.

AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THESE VACCINES ARE BETTER THAN ANYONE EXPECTED.

AND AS A RESULT THOSE OF US THAT HAVE LOOKED AT THE DATA ARE REASSURED THAT THERE IS REALLY GOOD PROTECTION AFTER THE FIRST ONE.

>> Reporter: A LETTER WAS SENT TO THOSE WHO WERE GETTING BOOSTER SHOTS LATE.

SAYING THAT PEOPLE MIGHT NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A BOOSTER SHOT.

THE SINGLE SHOT THAT JOHNSON & JOHNSON HAS FDA AUTHORIZATION.

>> Reporter: LAW ENFORCEMENT VACCINATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IN SAN DIEGO.

>> WORKERS AT SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE ELIGIBLE NOW.

IT'S A VERY LARGE GROUP.

REFUNDED THE MOST DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: VACCINATIONS FOR TEACHERS ARE BEING SCHEDULED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

AND OPPONENTS ARE BEING SET UP BASED ON AVAILABLE SUPPLY.

MATT HOFFMANN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THERE IS CONCERN THAT AMERICANS MAY BE MORE HESITANT TO TAKE THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON SINGLE DOSE OF VACCINE.

WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROS AND CONS.

>>> GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM AND HAS REACHED AN AGREEMENT THAT WILL SEND THE MILLIONS IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO DISTRICTS THEY CAN REOPEN THEIR CAMPUSES.

SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HOPING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE.

>> THERE ARE CAVEATS.

HEARS MORE ON THAT STORY.

>> Reporter: GOVERNOR NEWSOM ANNOUNCE THE NEW SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN THAT WILL PROVIDE $6.6 BILLION FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS STATEWIDE THAT WILL BRING STUDENTS BACK TO CAMPUSES FOR IN-PERSON LEARNING.

>> WE HAVE INCENTIVIZED OPENING UP SCHOOLS BY PROVIDING REAL RESOURCES TO DO IT.

>> Reporter: THE MONEY WILL BE SPLIT INTO TWO ALLOTMENTS.

TO QUALIFY DISTRICTS MUST HAVE A SEVEN DAY AVERAGE BELOW 25 PER 100,000 RESIDENTS.

THE STATES REMAINING FOUR-POINT $6 BILLION WILL BE DIVVIED UP AMONG ALL DISTRICTS.

TO ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS.

DISTRICTS WILL BE TO USE THIS MONEY ON A RANGE OF THINGS FROM PURCHASING PPE TO EXTENDING THE SCHOOL YEAR INTO THE SUMMER.

>> ONCE YOU DIP YOUR TOE IN AND BUILD A COHORT AND COMPETENTLY BUILD TRUST THEN WE WILL SEE A CADENCE OF REOPENING ACROSS THE SPECTER.

TRUCKS SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PRESENCE OF THAT THEY COULD QUALIFY FOR $100 MILLION.

THEY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL BEGIN THE NEXT PHASE OF REOPENING ON APRIL 12.

BUT THIS ALLOWS US RIGHT AFTER SPRING BREAK TO HAVE A WEEK WHERE THE STAFF IS ON CAMPUS PREPARING AND GETTING TRAINED WITH ALL THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE.

>> Reporter: DISTRICT OFFICIALS REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TEACHER UNION TO NOT REOPEN SCHOOLS UNTIL ALL TEACHERS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

THE TEACHERS UNION PRESIDENT SAID THEY WILL NOT CHANGE THAT AGREEMENT TO MEET THE STATES DEADLINE OF APRIL 1st.

THE STATE LEGISLATURE WILL VOTE ON THE FUNDING THIS THURSDAY.

>>> A SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY WELCOME BACK MORE STUDENTS AND STAFF TODAY FOR IN PERSON LEARNING AS PART OF A ORGANIZED A FLEX PLAN THAT THEY ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY.

THEY HAD TO PUSH IT BACK TEMPORARILY DUE TO THE COUNTY COVID-19 RATES.

OFFICIALS ARE URGING FACE COVERINGS, HANDWASHING AND OTHER SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES ALONG WITH TESTING AND VACCINATION.

>>> THE SENATE DOES ON THE CLOCK TO PASS THE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S RELIEF BILL BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

REPUBLICANS AND PROGRESSIVES ARE UNHAPPY WITH PARTS OF THE LEGISLATION.

DEMOCRATS ARE WORKING TO SHORE UP THE BOATS BEFORE KEY BENEFITS EXPIRE.

>> Reporter: MILLIONS AMERICAN INDIVIDUALS ARE RELIANT UPON UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

NEEDING HELP TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES BUT THAT MONEY WILL START RUNNING OUT IN TWO WEEKS IF CONGRESS DOES NOT ACT FAST.

THE PRESSURE IS ON THE SENATE TO PASS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S COVID-19 RELIEF PLAN.

>> WE GO BIG ON UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, AND OPENING SCHOOLS AND SHOTS IN PEOPLE'S ARMS AND MANY PEOPLE'S POCKETS.

>> Reporter: A PROPOSAL TO RAISE THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE $15 AN HOUR MUST BE REMOVED IN THE SENATE VERSION.

AND PROGRESSIVES ARE PUSHING BACK.

IT'S ESSENTIAL TO DELIVER ON THIS PROMISE.

>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS PUSHING FORWARD WITHOUT REPUBLICAN SUPPORT.

>> WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BILL THAT WILL GET NO REPUBLICAN VOTES IN THE SENATE.

>> REPUBLICANS HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED.

LISTEN TO WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY JEN PSAKI AND I STARTED LAUGHING.

IT IS SUCH A JOKE.

THEY MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO NOT INCLUDE US.

>> Reporter: REPUBLICANS SAY THE BILL IS TOO BIG AND NOT FOCUSED ON COVID-19 RELIEF.

>> WE NEED TO PAY FOR TUNNELS AND BRIDGES TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH CORONAVIRUS.

>>> STARTING TOMORROW RENTERS THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO COUNTY CAN APPLY FOR MONEY TO PAY PAST DUE RENT AND BILLS.

THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY $100 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANTS TO BE ELIGIBLE YOU MUST BE RENTING AND HAVE EXPERIENCED A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

HOUSEHOLDS MUST EARN NO MORE THAN 80% OF THE AREA MEDIUM MEDIAN INCOME.

YOU CAN APPLY STARTING TOMORROW AT THE WEBSITE LISTED ON THE SCREEN.

>>> COMIC CON WILL NOT GO ON HIS PLAN.

ORGANIZERS SAY ONGOING UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE ENDEMIC FORCE THEM TO CANCEL THE JULY EVENT.

A LOCAL COMIC BOOK SHOP OWNER TOLD WHAT THIS DECISION MEANS FINANCIALLY AND CULTURALLY?

>> I DON'T KNOW NOW IF I SHOULD CHANGE MY BUSINESS PLAN FOR 2022.

THAT IS HOW UNNERVING THIS IS.

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON IS A STREET SEEING THAT IT'S ALMOST LIKE ON STEROIDS.

IT NEEDS THE HELP AND I MISS ALL THOSE GUYS AND I MISS ALL THE THINGS THAT TURNS THIS CITY INTO THIS ONCE A YEAR MAJOR GEEK CITY AND ALL OF THE COUNTRY.

>> SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON AT HOME IS IN THE WORKS.

>>> THERE ARE NOW THREE COVID- 19 VACCINE IS ON THE MARKET BUT SOME HEALTH EXPERTS WORRY THAT AMERICANS MAY NOT WANT TO TAKE THE ONE DOSE SHOT.

HEARS MORE ON THAT STORY FROM MANDY GAITHER.

>>> THE LATEST WEAPON ON THE WAR OF COVID-19.

FEELING CONCERNS THAT SOME MAY NOT WANT THE ONE DOSE SHOT.

BUT THERE'S ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES AND IT'S HARD TO COMPARE THEM SIDE-BY-SIDE BECAUSE THEY WERE TESTED AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

>> Reporter: THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE WAS TESTED IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH THE MORE CONTAGIOUS VARIANT.

THERE THE VACCINE SHOWED A 64% EFFICACY.

IN THE UNITED STATES THE VACCINE SHOWED A 72% EFFICACY RATE AND SEVERE FORMS OF THE DISEASE IT'S EVEN HIGHER.

OFFERING 86% PROTECTION.

>> IT PREVENTS SEVERE ENOUGH DISEASE THAT CAUSES HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH.

THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT WE CARE ABOUT.

>> Reporter: THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE MAY BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS.

>> IT DOES GIVE INCREASING EVIDENCE THAT GETTING THE VACCINE PREVENTS YOU FROM GETTING SICK AND FROM SPREADING THE VIRUS TO OTHERS.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO WHICH VACCINE TO CHOOSE ?

>> WHICHEVER VACCINE IS MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU.

>>> WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON TRAN TO.

JUST CLICK ON THE VACCINE TAB ON THE HOMEPAGE AND YOU WILL FIND A SEARCHABLE MAP.

>>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MET VIRTUALLY WITH HIS MEXICAN COUNTERPART.

DISCUSSING MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND THE PANDEMIC.

MEXICO ASKED THE UNITED STATES TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR VACCINE SUPPLY.

>>> A BLUNT ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AT THE BORDER FROM THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY.

HE HAS BEEN ON THE JOB FOR 27 DAYS AND SAYS THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING TO REASSEMBLE A SYSTEM THAT FACED A MASSIVE OVERHAUL UNDER THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

>> WHAT WE SEE NOW AT THE BORDER IS THE IMMEDIATE RESULT OF THE DISMANTLEMENT OF THE SYSTEM AND THE TIME IT TAKES TO REBUILD IT VIRTUALLY FROM SCRATCH.

>> WITH MIGRANT CHILDREN ARRIVING BY THE HUNDREDS THE ADMINISTRATION WAS FORCED TO OPEN A TEXAS OVERFLOW FACILITY FOR NEW ARRIVALS.

>>> CALIFORNIA SPENDING MORE THAN $200 MILLION TO KEEP AN UNFOLDING ECOLOGICAL CRISIS FROM GETTING WORSE.

THE STATE WANTS TO STABILIZE THE BANKS OF THE SULTAN SEE.

HERE'S MORE ON THE STORY FROM ERIC ANDERSON >> Reporter: TOM ANDERSON WALKED ACROSS A DRY PATCH OF THE SULTAN SEAS FIVE YEARS AGO.

THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE MANAGER WAS SHOWING OFF AN AREA ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST LATE.

HE DRAGGED HIS WORK BOOTS ACROSS THE SURFACE TURNING IT INTO FINE DUST.

THE LAKE WAS SHRINKING EVEN BACK THEN BECAUSE THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT SOLD THEIR RIVER WATER TO SAN DIEGO.

AND NOW THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF LAKEBED ARE EXPOSED TO THE DESERT WIND.

THE STATE IS FINALLY READY TO HELP.

>> THE NOTION OF THE SHRINKING SEA AND THE DUST FROM THE SEABED IS REALLY ALARMING AND CONCERNING TO LOCAL RESIDENTS AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA SPENDING MONEY TO COVER 4000 ACRES OF EXPOSED LAKEBED WITH SHALLOW WATER AND HABITAT.

THE FIRST OF MANY WILDLIFE HABITAT PROJECTS ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE LAKE THAT COULD END UP COSTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BUT IT'S A LONG TIME COMING.

THERE'S A REAL IMPATIENCE OF RESIDENCE IN RIVERSIDE COUNTIES REGARDING RESTORATION AND STABILIZATION.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA AGREED TO TAKE ON THE RESTORATION WHEN THEY SIGNED THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN 2003.

THAT THE CLEAR THE WAY FOR THE IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT TO SELL WATER TO LACES LIKE SAN DIEGO.

AND CUT THE FLOW INTO THE THIRSTY DESERT LAKE EXPOSING THE DUSTY LAKEBED.

>> WE ARE PEELING EVERY LAYER BACK AND EXPOSING 100 YEARS OF CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT.

>> Reporter: COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS HAS WORKED FOR YEARS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE DIRTY AIR WHICH AFFECTS AIR QUALITY FROM LOS ANGELES TO MEXICO.

>> THE ENTIRE AIR BASE IN WE ALL SHARE THE AIR.

AND WE HAVE FAILED TO MEET FEDERAL STANDARDS.

>> Reporter: FARMS, TRUCKS, AND FACTORIES ALL COMBINED TO HEIGHTEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH RISK .

AND IMPERIAL COUNTY RESIDENTS SUFFER THE MOST.

>> IS A BECAUSE WE ARE OVER 85% LATINO LIVING IN POVERTY THAT WE ARE NOT WORTH THE INVESTMENT ?

AND HERE WE HAVE THE SULTAN SEE.

TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY.

>> SITUATION THE CONTINUES TO GET WORSE.

>> SINCE IT WAS SIGNED 24,000 ACRES HAVE BEEN EXPOSED.

AND IT COULD BE ANOTHER 60,000 ACRES.

NOT ACCOUNTING FOR THE WATER USE FROM THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES.

SOME PROJECTIONS SUGGEST IT COULD BE 100,000 ACRES OF LAKEBED EXPOSE.

>> Reporter: THE PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT ADDS URGENCY ALONG WITH THE UNIQUE ROLE OF POLITICS.

IT IS THE SINGLE LARGEST USER OF THE COLORADO RIVER WATER AND THEY HOPE TO LEVERAGE THAT POWER AND UPCOMING NEGOTIATIONS TO FUNNEL MONEY INTO RESTORATION EFFORTS.

THAT CREATED SOME DIFFICULT CHOICES.

>> SHOULD THE PEOPLE IN THE ENVIRONMENT SUFFER TO DELIVER ADDITIONAL WATER TO PEOPLE ON THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA ?

>> THE PRESSURE TO ACT INCREASES.

THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN IS IN A TWO DECADES LONG DROUGHT AND THE SULTAN SEE ISSUES CANNOT BE SIDELINED.

LESS WATER FLOWING MEANS LESS DRINKING WATER FOR GROWING URBAN AREAS.

IT ALSO PUTS EXTRA PRESSURE ON OFFICIALS TRYING TO KEEP THE SULTAN SEE FROM BECOMING A PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER.

ERIK ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TODAY MAYOR TODD GLORIA SWIFT FLIPPED THE SWITCH ON COMMUNITY POWER.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY CREATED TO SPEED UP THE TRANSMISSION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY.

THE PURCHASING CLEAN ELECTRICITY ON BEHALF OF CUSTOMERS.

TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY THAT THEY ARE POWERING MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS LIKE LIBRARIES, POLICE STATIONS, AND WATER PUMPS.

BUSINESS CUSTOMERS ARE EXPECTED TO COME ONLINE IN JUNE.

BUT THE SITUATION WHERE THE CITY ECONOMY AND CLIMATE ARE SEEING SIGNIFICANT AND TANGIBLE BENEFITS.

AND WITH THE LAUNCH OF COMMUNITY POWER WE ARE TAKING BOLD STEPS TOWARDS CLEANER AIR AND LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND A THRIVING ECONOMY.

BUT THEY HAVE PLEDGED THAT 55% OF ELECTRICITY WILL BE CARBON FREE COMPARED TO THE CURRENT 31%.

CUSTOMERS CAN PURCHASE 100% CLEAN ENERGY FOR A SMALL BUMP IN COSTS.

>>> IT IS ONE OF THE SIGNS THAT SPRING IS COMING TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

TANIA THORNE TAKES US TO THE CARLSBAD FLOWER FIELDS FOR OPENING DAY.

>> Reporter: THE CARLSBAD FLOWER FIELDS ARE IN FULL BLOOM BUT THE SEASONS GOING BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE .

IF YOU WANT TO GET AN UP CLOSE LOOK AT THE 50 ACRES OF FLOWERS THERE ARE NEW RULES TO COMBAT COVID-19.

INCLUDING FACE MASKS, SOCIAL DISTANCING AND MANDATORY ONLINE RESERVATIONS.

TICKETS WILL NOT BE SOLD AT THE DOOR.

>> I THINK IT'S GOING SELL OUT.

THIS IS OUTDOOR RECREATION EDITS FINIS.

NOWHERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LIKE IT.

>> Reporter: FRED CLARK IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE FLOWER FIELDS AND HE RECOMMENDS BOOKING IN ADVANCE AS PEOPLE WILL BE LOOKING FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES A SPRING TIME APPROACHES.

AND THERE'S SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR..

YOUR OWN BLUEBERRIES.

>> WHEN YOU.

BLUEBERRIES AND EAT THEM THEY TASTE SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE ONCE YOU GET IN THE STORE.

>> Reporter: THE CARLSBAD FLOWER FIELDS ARE OPEN FROM 9:00 TO 6:00 EVERY DAY THROUGH MOTHER'S DAY.

>>> IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL SEE SOME RAIN IN OUR FUTURE.

IT COULD TURN WET IS THAT STORM SYSTEM DROPS INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.

WE DO HAVE SOME GUSTY WINDS ARRIVING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

THE WINDS WILL INCREASES THAT STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES.

THAT WET WEATHER RETURNS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING.

THAT WILL DRY OUT RAPIDLY BY THURSDAY.

TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING DOWN TO 37, WITH GUSTY WINDS AROUND.

THERE IS THAT STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL BE APPROACHING.

LOOKING AT THE DRY CONDITIONS HERE.

OCEANSIDE UP TO 72 DEGREES.

WE WILL WARM UP 281 DEGREES IN RAMONA.

HERE COMES THAT STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL DROP DOWN INTO OUR AREA.

ON WEDNESDAY WE WILL SEE WETTER WEATHER DEVELOPING AND SLIDING UP ACROSS THE DESERT.

WE WILL PROBABLY SEE SOME SNOW AT THE MOUNTAINS.

ABOUT 6000 FEET.

HERE IS FUTURECAST, WEDNESDAY MORNING STILL DRY.

HERE COMES THE RAIN.

YOU CAN SEE IT SPREADS OVER THE AREA IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND WE COULD SEE SOME SNOW UP THERE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY.

IT WILL BE WELL.

THE FORECAST REFLECTS SOME AFTERNOON RAIN.

WE ARE BACK TO DRIER CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY.

THE INLAND SECTIONS WILL BE NICE AND WARM.

>> THE AFTERNOON RAIN ON WEDNESDAY IT'LL BE NICE AGAIN ON FRIDAY AND THEN HEADING UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS IT WILL BE COOL AND BREEZY.

AND THEN IT WARMS UP FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.

>>> THE HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ADMITTED THAT THEY HAD NOT HAD ANY BLACK MEMBERS FOR TWO DECADES.

BUT THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS THEY HANDED OUT FOUR HIGHLY VISIBLE AWARDS.

ONE OF THOSE WINNERS WAS ANDRA DAVE WHO HAS TIES TO SAN DIEGO.

>>> LAST NIGHT IN A VIRTUAL AWARD CEREMONY ANDRA WON A GOLDEN GLOBE FOR CHANNELING BILLIE HOLIDAY.

>> Reporter: THE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED ONLINE AND A DAY GAVE HER ACCEPTANCE SPEECH SURROUNDED BY FAMILY.

>> DE HAS A SAN DIEGO ROUTES.

AND STUDIED IN MUSIC AT THE SCHOOL CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE WINNERS.

WE HAVE A NEWS THAT JUST CAME IN.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS ANNOUNCING THE 10% OF THE POPULATION HAS BEEN VACCINATED.

THIS NEWS COMES AS A SINGLE DOSE OF VACCINES ARE SHIPPING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

SOME PEOPLE ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME FINDING APPOINTMENTS PICK COUNTY'S LARGEST VACCINATION SITE WAS CLOSED OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE OF LACK OF SUPPLY.

IT IS EXPECTED TO REOPEN ON WEDNESDAY.

>>> GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT TO SEND A $6.6 BILLION TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO REOPEN CAMPUSES.

THEY MUST BRING STUDENTS BACK BY APRIL 1st.

SAN DIEGO UNIFIED WHICH IS SET TO REOPEN ON APRIL 12 IS HOPING TO QUALIFY FOR $100 MILLION.

THE STATE LEGISLATURE WILL VOTE ON THE FUNDING THIS THURSDAY.

>>> SAN DIEGO UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL IS RANKED AMONG THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.

SUNDAY'S WIN WAS THE 10th STRAIGHT WIN.

THEY WILL PLAY AT UNLV ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE HEADING TO THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT.

THEY HOPE TO RETURN FOR MARCH MADNESS.

>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE WWW.KPBS.ORG.

THAT IS OUR PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.