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>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT'S MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THERE IS ENCOURAGING NEWS TONIGHT.

IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19, HOPE FOR PARENTS WITH VERY YOUNG CHILDREN.

PFIZER TODAY ANNOUNCED ITS COVID VACCINE IS SAFE FOR CHILDREN 5 TO 11 YEARS OF AGE.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER, MG PEREZ HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: THIS YOUNG BOY HAS HAD A STOREFRONT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND HE HAS BEEN TESTED.

>> IT FELT LIKE TICKLING.

>> DIDN'T HURT?

>> NO.

MAX HAS TWO OTHER BROTHERS AND A YOUNGER SISTER AND HIS MOTHER WANTS TO MAKE SURE HE IS NOT INFECTED.

LIKE MANY AREAS IN THE CHULA VISTA SCHOOL DISTRICT, KENDRA PETERS BROUGHT HER CHILD TO THIS TESTING CENTER WHICH IS USUALLY THE BOARD ROOM FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE TRUSTEES.

SINCE LATE JULY IT HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO TEST AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE FOR COVID-19.

THE DISTRICT HAS 28,000 STUDENTS UNDER THE AGE OF 12.

>> MOST OF OUR STUDENTS, OVERWHELMINGLY OUR STUDENTS UNVACCINATED SO OUR LIFE HAS REALLY REVOLVED AROUND PROVIDING AMPLE TESTING.

>> Reporter: NEWS THAT THE PFIZER VACCINE COULD BE AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN 5 TO 11 YEARS OLD IS WELCOME.

>> WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR KIDS.

IT IS SCARY WITH THE DELTA VARIANT AND THE FASTER THEY CAN GET THIS APPROVED AND WE KNOW IT IS SAFE, COMING FROM PFIZER AND THE FDA APPROVES IT, WE ARE IN.

JACQUELINE GONZALES DOES NOT SEE IT THAT WAY.

SHE IS A SINGLE MOTHER WHO IS NOT VACCINATED YET, RAISING TWO DAUGHTERS, 8 AND 9 YEARS OLD WHO COULD QUALIFY FOR PFIZER SHOTS.

>> IT IS NOT FULLY FDA APPROVED AND IT IS IN THE EMERGENCY STATUS AND I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE.

WORST-CASE SCENARIO I HAVE TO REMOVE MY CHILDREN FROM IN CLASSROOM.

I WILL DO IT.

>> Reporter: THE PROPOSED PFIZER SHOT IN A YOUNG ARMS IS NOT A FULL ADULT DOSE.

IN FACT, IT IS ONLY ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE COVID VACCINE.

IT WOULD BE ADMINISTERED TWICE, THREE WEEKS APART.

DR. STEPHEN SPECTOR IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND PEDIATRICS EXPERT.

>> THESE ARE THE ADULT DATA AND BASED ON THE DATA IN CHILDREN OLDER THAN 12 YEARS OF AGE, ONE WOULD EXPECT THAT THEY WOULD BE VERY FEW ADVERSE EFFECTS THAT LASTED FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME.

>> Reporter: IF APPROVED BY THE FDA, THE PFIZER SHOT COULD BE READY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 11 BY HALLOWEEN.

MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THE PFIZER VACCINE FOR KIDS IN A FEW MINUTES ON EVENING ADDITION.

>>> COMING UP, HOW MANY PARENTS IN A NEW SURVEY SAY THEY ARE PLANNING TO GET THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED.

>>> AN FDA ADVISORY COMMITTEE SAYS BOOSTER SHOTS ARE NOT NEEDED FOR ALL AMERICANS AT LEAST NOT YET.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER, MATT HOFFMAN SPOKE TO AN EXPERT ABOUT THE DECISION , WHAT IT MEANS AND WHO IS RECOMMENDED FOR ADDITIONAL DOSES.

>> WHAT THEY BASICALLY SAID IS WE ARE NOT READY.

THERE ISN'T ENOUGH DATA SAYING THAT EACH AND EVERY AMERICAN WHO HAS BEEN VACCINATED SHOULD GET THE BOOSTER DOSE.

>> Reporter: DR. FRANCESCA TORI ON HE IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT AT YOU CC SAN DIEGO.

SHE SAID THE FDA PANEL DID RECOMMEND PFIZER DO BOOSTER DOSES FOR THOSE OVER 65, WITH UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND THOSE WORKING IN HIGH RISK SETTINGS LIKE HEALTHCARE.

>> THEY WOULD DELIVER IN REALLY CONCENTRATING ON THAT POPULATION.

I THINK THE FACT IS THAT IS A REASONABLE THING TO DO.

SHE SAYS THE GOOD NEWS IS THE DATA SHOWS THE PFIZER VACCINE STILL OFFERS GREAT PROTECTION MONTHS AFTER VACCINATION FOR MOST PEOPLE AND THERE IS A SPECIFIC REASON BOOSTERS ARE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR THOSE OLIVER 65.

>> THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES WHEN WE ARE OLDER IS -- THAT WE HAVE SEEN WITH THE INFLUENZA VACCINE AND OTHER VACCINES, IS NOT AS GOOD.

>> Reporter: LATER THIS WEEK, AC/DC ADVISORIES COMMITTEE WILL TAKE UP THE ISSUE OF BOOSTER SHOTS.

THE END OF THE WEEK, FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS COULD OFFICIALLY GIVE THE GO-AHEAD FOR SENIORS AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO GET THEM.

>> WE ARE READY SO OUR HOSPITAL IS READY TO GO AS SOON AS WE HAVE APPROVAL.

>> Reporter: ONE TO THING TO KEEP IN MIND, CURRENT FEDERAL REGULATORS ARE LOOKING AT THE BOOSTER APPROVAL FOR THE PFIZER VACCINE.

IF YOU GOT MODERNA, YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT LONGER.

THE DOCTOR SAYS THOSE WHO GOT THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE WILL BE ABLE TO GET PFIZER BOOSTERS AND REGULATORS NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE WORLD VACCINATION TO SUPPLY WHEN DISCUSSING BOOSTER DOSES.

>> HOW ARE WE DISTRIBUTING VACCINE TO OTHER COUNTRIES?

BECAUSE IN THE END, IT HAS TO BE GLOBAL COVERAGE.

AND NOT SIMPLY IN MY BACKYARD COVERAGE.

THAT WILL END THIS PANDEMIC.

♪ THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED ARE ALREADY ELIGIBLE FOR PFIZER BOOSTER SHOTS.

WHEN MORE DATA COMES IN, BOOSTERS COULD BE RECOMMENDED MORE BROADLY, MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ANOTHER GRIM MILESTONE REACHED TODAY.

MORE PEOPLE IN THE U.S. HAVE NOW DIED FROM COVID 19 THEN IN THE 1918 FLU PANDEMIC.

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY REPORTS MORE THAN 675,400 PEOPLE IN THE U.S. HAVE DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS, ONE PERSON OUT OF EVERY 500.

THE CDC SAYS THERE WERE ROUGHLY 675,000 FATALITIES FROM THE 1918 FLU.

THAT BROKE DOWN TO ONE OUT OF EVERY 150 PEOPLE DUE TO THE SMALLER POPULATION.

>>> IT APPEARS THE DAYS OF FULL COVID COVERAGE ARE OVER.

THIS IS LEAVING PATIENTS RECOVERING FROM LONG HOSPITAL STAYS WITH STICKER SHOCK.

THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCED THAT 72% OF HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS WERE NO LONGER WAVING OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS FOR COVID TREATMENT.

THAT MEANS MOST PATIENTS ARE NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR FULL DEDUCTIBLES AND CO-PAYS.

THE FOUNDATION EXPECTS THE TREND TO CONTINUE WITH PATIENTS TAKING ON MORE OF THEIR TREATMENT COSTS.

>>> THE U.S. HAS ONCE AGAIN ASCENDED EXTENDED TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS WITH CANADA AND MEXICO.

ALEXANDRA RANGE OF HAS MORE ON THE IMPACTS.

>> Reporter: WHITE HOUSE COVID- 19 RESPONSE COORDINATOR, JEFF ZIENTS SAYS BORDER RESTRICTIONS WITH CANADA AND MEXICO WILL EXTEND THROUGH OCTOBER 21st.

THE RESTRICTIONS WERE FIRST PLACED IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR AND SINCE THEN, IT HAS BEEN A SERIES OF MONTHLY EXTENSIONS.

CARLOS GUERRERO IS A STORE OWNER.

>> I WOULD GET A LOT OF MEXICAN COPS WITH TACTICAL GEAR UP SO BOOTS AND HOLSTERS AND CLOTHING.

SINCE THE PANDEMIC ON THE BORDER IS CLOSED IT HAS BEEN NOT A LOT OF MOVEMENT BUT UGLY THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT SHOP FOR THEM NOW.

IT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE TRAFFIC HE USED TO GET.

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DIRECTOR SAYS BUSINESSES ARE SUFFERING.

>> I AM TIRED OF THE GRIM REALITY OF THINGS WE CAN'T CONTROL SO WHAT WE CAN CONTROL IS GOING HERE FORWARD AND WHAT WE CAN DO FOR BUSINESSES.

WE PUT OUT A RECOVERY PLAN.

>> Reporter: PART OF THE PLAN INCLUDES A PILOT PROJECT TO HELP BUSINESSES PUT THEIR STORES ONLINE.

THE CHAMBER IS STILL FINDING WAYS TO FUND THE PROGRAM.

>> IN MARCH OF 2020, UNTIL NOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT A LOSS OF 270 BUSINESSES.

>> Reporter: THE CHAMBER HAS MADE COUNTLESS ATTEMPTS TO REACH OUT TO THE WHITE HOUSE BUT HE SAYS ALL THE LETTERS HAVE GONE UNANSWERED >> I HAVE NEVER SEEN A POLITICAL DECISION AFFECT THE COMMUNITY AND THAT COMMUNITY HAVE NO REPRESENTATION WHATSOEVER IN WASHINGTON PROVIDING.

>> Reporter: HE IS HOPING THAT OCTOBER 2021 WILL BE THE CUT OFF DATE FOR THE TRAVEL BAN.

>> THE LAWN NUMBER OF LOST BUSINESSES COULD DOUBLE OR TRIPLE WITH A LACK OF ONE MORE HOLIDAY SEASON.

>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED MONDAY THAT STARTING IN NOVEMBER, IT PLANS TO EASE RESTRICTIONS FOR FULLY VACCINATED FOREIGNERS.

BUT IT ONLY APPLIES TO AIR TRAVELERS.

ALEXANDRA RANGEL , KPBS NEWS.

>>> TRAVELERS FROM EUROPE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM MAY BE ABLE TO VISIT THE U.S. FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

THE WHITE HOUSE COVID-19 RESPONSE COORDINATOR SETS STARTING IN NOVEMBER, PRESIDENTS BIDEN PLANS TO LIFT RESTRICTED TRAVEL.

THE VISITOR WOULD HAVE TO SHOW FULL VACCINATION TO TRAVEL TO THE U.S.

THE DELAY IN LIFTING THE RESTRICTION IS SUPPOSED TO GIVE AGENCIES AND AIRLINES TIME TO PREPARE.

>>> THE UNITED NATIONS IS CONCERNED THAT THIS WEEK'S MEETING COULD BE A COVID SUPER SPREADER EVENT.

LEADERS FROM 193 COUNTRIES WILL MEET IN NEW YORK CITY TOMORROW FOR THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

THE U.N. HAS ASKED ANYONE WHO EMBERS ENTERS THE CHAMBER BE VACCINATED BUT VACCINATIONS ARE NOT REQUIRED.

MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO HAD A MESSAGE FOR UNVACCINATED LEADERS, SPECIFICALLY BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT WE NEED TO SEND THE MESSAGE TO ALL THE WORLD LEADERS INCLUDING MOST NOTABLY, BOLSONARO FROM BRAZIL THAT IF YOU INTEND TO COME HERE, YOU NEED TO BE VACCINATED.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE VACCINATED, NO BOTHER COMING.

>> THE CITY OPENED A POP UP TESTING AND VACCINATION SITE OUTSIDE U.N. HEADQUARTERS.

EXPERTS NOTE THERE IS INEQUALITY OF VACCINE ACCESS WORLDWIDE.

ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, MORE THAN 5 1/2 BILLION VACCINES HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED GLOBALLY BUT 73% OF THOSE DOSES WENT TO JUST 10 COUNTRIES.

>>> SOME 14,000 MIGRANTS HAVE GATHERED AROUND THE TEXAS BORDER WAITING FOR PROCESSING AND POSSIBLE ENTRY INTO THE U.S. AS CHRIS WYNN SHOWS US, THEY ARE RAISING HUMANITARIAN AND PUBLIC HEALTH CRISES.

>> Reporter: AT THE SOUTHERN U.S. BORDER IN DEL RIO, TEXAS, TIGHTLY PACKED MIGRANTS ARE SLEEPING A DIRT SURROUNDED BY GARBAGE WITH MINIMAL ACCESS TO FOOD AND WATER.

A RECENT SWELL IN NUMBERS OVERWHELMING U.S. BORDER PATROL.

>> WE ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO EXPEDITIOUSLY MOVE MIGRANTS OUT OF HEAT, ELEMENTS AND UNDER THIS BRIDGE.

SATURDAY THERE WERE MORE THAN 14,000 MIGRANTS ON SITE, MANY OF THEM HAITIAN.

HAITI IS REELING FROM A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE LAST MONTH AS THE ASSASSINATION OF ITS PRESIDENT IN JULY.

>> WE NEED MULTIPLE COUNTRIES COMING TOGETHER SO WE NEED TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY BUT THIS IS A CRISIS THAT IS BIGGER THAN JUST ONE COUNTRY.

THIS IS A REGIONAL CRISIS.

HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY, TRAVEL TO TEXAS TO MONDAY TO ASSESS THE SITUATION.

>> IRREGULAR MIGRATION, THE PERILOUS JOURNEY IS NOT THE JOURNEY TO TAKE.

ONE RISKS ONE'S LIFE, THE LIFE OF ONE'S LOVED ONES FOR A MISSION THAT WOULD NOT SUCCEED.

>> Reporter: DHS SAYS IT PLANS TO RAMP UP DEPORTATION FLIGHTS TO HAITI AND OTHER DESTINATIONS TO DETER MIGRANTS FROM TRAVELING TO DEL RIO.

THE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WILL SEND 600 AGENTS AND OFFICERS TO THE REGION BY TUESDAY.

>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXERCISE THE PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THIS COUNTRY AND THIS WORLD IS CONFRONTING A PANDEMIC.

IN WASHTA, CHRIS WYNN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WHETHER IT IS HERE IN SAN DIEGO OR ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE ARE BEGINNING TO HEAR THE STORIES FROM THOUSANDS OF BACK ANY AFGHANI REFUGEES OMITTED TO THE U.S. REPORTER, MARISSA PERLMAN LOOKS AT HOW SOME ARE ADAPTING TO LIFE IN CALIFORNIA.

>> I'M VERY HAPPY HERE.

RAFE IS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES WHO MADE A HOME HERE.

>> WHEN WE CAME HERE, WE DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH.

I'M ALSO WE HAVE FOUR KIDS.

>> Reporter: HE STILL STRUGGLES WITH THE LANGUAGE BARRIER BUT HIS FOUR KIDS ARE LEARNING ENGLISH IN SCHOOL AND HELP HIM.

HE SAYS HE HAS MET DOZENS OF NEW AFGHANIS FAMILIES WHO HAVE ESCAPED COUPLE KABUL IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

HE SAYS THERE IS NOT ENOUGH HOUSING.

>> IT IS HARD NOW.

ESPECIALLY IN CALIFORNIA.

INTEGRATING INTO CALIFORNIA'S LIFESTYLE WAS NOT EASY FOR CINDY WHO LEFT A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN FOUR YEARS AGO.

HE FOUND A JOB AND BUILD A LIFE FOR HIS FAMILY.

>> I HAVE A HOME.

I HAVE A CAR.

I HAVE EVERYTHING THERE.

WHEN I CAME TO THE UNITED STATES I STARTED FROM ZERO.

>> Reporter: FAMILIES ARE STILL ARRIVING EVERY DAY HERE IN SACRAMENTO.

RESETTLEMENT AGENCIES LIKE WORLD RELIEF ARE HERE TO HELP.

THEY CALL IT A DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR THE THOUSANDS OF NEW ARRIVALS IN CALIFORNIA WHO ARE WALKING INTO A HOUSING SHORTAGE.

>> THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION IS SLOWED DOWN JUST DUE TO THE INSTABILITY OF HOUSING.

>> SAN DIEGO IS PARTNERING WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO TACKLE HOMELESSNESS.

THE HOUSE AMERICA PARTNERSHIP IS INTENDED TO REHOUSE AND BUILD ADDITIONAL HOMES FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

IT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.

SAN DIEGO RECEIVED 400 480 EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS AND $21 MILLION IN GRANTS THROUGH FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL DOLLARS.

THE CITY PLANS TO REHOUSE WITH AND TO HAVE THOUSAND 2000 HOUSEHOLDS AND START MORE THAN 100,000 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY 2022.

>>> A MOVE IS BEING MADE TO PROTECT WORKERS AND COMMUNITIES FROM EXTREME HEAT.

PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE IS MOBILIZING A LARGE-SCALE GOVERNMENT EFFORT TO HELP THOSE IN NEED.

THE MOVE COMES AFTER A DANGEROUSLY HOT SUMMER THAT SPURRED AN ONSLAUGHT OF DROUGHT , WORSENED WILDFIRES AND CAUSE HUNDREDS OF DEATHS FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO HURRICANE HAVING RAVAGED LOUISIANA.

AMONG THE EFFORTS, HELPING PEOPLE PURCHASE AIR CONDITIONING AND PAY ELECTRIC BILLS.

HEAT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER RELATED DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES.

>>> RIGHT NOW, BUSINESS AS USUAL HERE ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

BUT LATER IN THE WEEK, WE WILL WATCH THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM ARRIVE.

THAT WILL LIKELY BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES ON THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ESPECIALLY IN THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES FALLING TO THE UPPER 50s IN ESCONDIDO, UPPER 50s OCEANSIDE, MID 60s IN SAN DIEGO AND OFF TO ABOUT 74 FOR THE OVERNIGHT LOW.

TOMORROW, BACK UP INTO THE LOW 80s FOR SOME OF THE COASTAL REGIONS.

STILL A LITTLE ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

101 IN BORREGO SPRINGS, AGAIN WE WILL STILL BE WARM TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BUT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WE WILL START TO SEE SOME CHANGES HERE.

FOR NOW, HIGH PRESSURE IS IN CONTROL AS THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH AND HE CONTINUES TO BUILD TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY HERE BUT HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T LAST ALL THAT LONG.

NEAR THE COAST YOU WILL NOTICE TEMPERATURES GET UP INTO THE MID-80s.

WEDNESDAY, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THERE BUT AFTER THAT, TEMPERATURES FALL BACK DOWN TO THE UPPER 70s.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

BY SATURDAY, IN THE MID-70s.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE WILL GET MUCH MOISTER BY THE COAST BUT YOU SHOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN THE CLOUD COVER FOR THE LATER PART OF THE WEEK.

AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

FURTHER INLAND, TEMPERATURES FALL FROM THE LOW 90s HERE FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BACK INTO THE MID-TO UPPER 80s ON THURSDAY .

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BACK INTO THE LOW 80s HERE.

A LITTLE MORE OF A DRAMATIC TEMPERATURE DROP HERE AND AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER FRIDAY AND MOVING INTO SATURDAY.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES FALL FROM THE LOW 70s TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY INTO THE LOW TO MID 60s FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOME STORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WHICH IS PARTLY SUNNY SKIES IN THE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY.

IN THE DESERTS TEMPERATURES FALL OUT OF THE TRIPLE DIGITS INTO THE UPPER 90s AND THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A COUPLE OF STRAYS STORMS IN THE FORECAST.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST, --.

>>> A BRIGHT SPOT IN THE FIREFIGHT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

FOUR SECOURS WERE NOT HARM BY A WILDFIRE THAT REACHED THE EDGE OF GIANT FOREST IN SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK.

THE TREES, KNOWN AS THE FOUR GUARDSMEN WERE PROTECTED FROM THE KMP COMPLEX FIRE.

ONE KNOWN AS GENERAL SHERMAN IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST TREE.

PARK RANGERS REMOVED DRY BRUSH FROM THE AREA AND WRAPPED SPECIAL FIRE RESISTANT ALUMINUM MATERIAL AROUND THE BASES OF THE TREES.

>> HI MERRY FOCUSES OUR PROTECTION OF THE COMMUNITIES AND WE ALWAYS WILL.

THAT IS WHERE MOST OF THE FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED.

THAT WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL TEAM OF RESOURCE MANAGERS LED BY PARKS STAFF THAT IS FOCUSED ON PROTECTION OF THE SEQUOIAS WHILE THE FIREFIGHTERS DEAL WITH THE MAIN THREAT OF THE FIRE.

>> THE KMP COMPLEX FIRE HAS BURNED OVER 21,000 ACRES WITHIN THE PARK'S FOOTPRINT AND IS 0% CONTAINED.

>>> ALMOST HALF OF TEAMS IN THE U.S. ARE FULLY VACCINATED ACCORDING TO DATA RELEASED BY THE CDC.

AS OF NOW, ABOUT 46% OF ALL 12 TO 17-YEAR-OLDS HAVE GOTTEN BOTH SHOTS.

MORE THAN 14 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE AGE GROUP HAS GOTTEN AT LEAST ONE DOSE.

AS WE REPORTED EARLIER, A VERSION OF PFIZER'S VACCINE COULD BE AVAILABLE TO KIDS AGED FIVE BACK TO 11.

HERE IS MANDY GAITHER.

>> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME, RESULTS RELEASED FOR A COVID-19 VACCINE IN CHILDREN'S AGES 5 TO 11, PFIZER SAYS THE TRIAL REVEALS IT IS A FOR THAT AGE GROUP.

>> I THINK THIS WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

THE DATA HAS NOT YET BEEN PEER- REVIEWED OR PUBLISHED.

PFIZER SAYS THE RESULTS SHOW THE VACCINE IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE IN YOUNGER CHILDREN.

THE TRIAL USED A TWO DOSE REGIMEN IN THE VACCINE GIVEN THREE WEEKS APART AND USES A SMALLER DOSE THAN THAT USED FOR THOSE 12 AND OLDER.

>> SO MANY PARENTS ARE WAITING FOR EXACTLY THIS.

ESPECIALLY GIVEN WHAT IS HAPPENING DOWN WITH A DELTA VARIANT.

THERE HAVE BEEN HALF A MILLION CASES IN THE U.S. >>> >> Reporter: PFIZER PLANS TO SUBMIT THE EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION SOON AND WANTS DONE, THE AGENCY COULD AUTHORIZE A VACCINE FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN IN A MATTER OF WEEKS.

ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF PARENTS WITH CHILDREN AGES FIVE BACK TO 11 SAID THEY WOULD VACCINATE THEIR CHILD ONCE AWAY ONCE A VACCINE IS AUTHORIZED BUT FOUR IN 10 PARENTS WOULD WAIT AND SEE HOW THE VACCINE IS WORKING.

>> I WOULD SAY TO PARENTS, DEFINITELY LOOK AT THE DATA, DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH, EXAMINE THE SAFETY DATA BUT LISTEN TO YOUR PEDIATRICIAN.

>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>>> FOR THE LATEST ON THE PANDEMIC AND RESOURCES, CHECK OUT THE TRACKING COVID-19 SECTION AT KPBS.ORG AND YOU CAN GET THERE BY CLICKING THE LINK ON OUR HOME PAGE.

>>> DEEP IN THE BASEMENT OF THE KELLOGG LIBRARY AT CAL STATE SAN MARCOS IT'S A TREASURE TROVE OF SAN DIEGO BEER HISTORY.

IT IS KNOWN AS THE BRUTAL BRUTAL PREW ARCHIVE.

>>> IT IS NO SECRET THAT CINDY LOVES HIS CRAFT BEER.

NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE HISTORY OF THIS COMPANY SITS INSIDE THAT BUILDING RIGHT THERE.

>> IT IS KNOWN AS THE BREWCHIVE.

LOCATED DEEP IN THE BASEMENT OF KELLOGG LIBRARY, IS A TREASURE TROVE OF THE REGIONS BEER HISTORY.

BOTTLE CAPS, COASTERS, HANDLES AND MORE.

HERE IS THE LADY WHOSE JOB IT IS TO ARCHIVE THEM ALL.

>> I'M JUDITH AND I AM THE HISTORY AND COLLECTIONS LIBRARIAN OF CAL STATE SAN MARCOS.

MUCH SHE IS THE BEER HISTORIAN.

>> THEY ARE FASCINATED AND I TRIED TO HAVE A LITTLE GEM OF KNOWLEDGE THAT BUSTS A MYTH OR CORRECT'S A MISCONCEPTION.

PROMOTE ONE MISCONCEPTION IS THAT IT STARTED IN THE 1980s BUT IT ALL STARTED IN 1868 WITH CHRISTIAN DUPLICATE SAN DIEGO BREWING COMPANY.

>> THIS IS THE SECURED STORAGE AREA.

>> Reporter: AS SHE WALKS AROUND THE COLLECTION, SHOWING THING SHE HAS COLLECTED OR PEOPLE DONATED TO THE ARCHIVE, YOU CAN SENSE HOW MUCH SHE LOVES HER WORK >> I ALSO HAVE THINGS LIKE W AND I SAY, "I" BUT THIS IS THE CSU COLLECTION.

IT IS SUCH A PASSION FOR ME THAT I ALWAYS SAY I, MY COLLECTION BUT IT REALLY IS NOT.

THE COLLECTION HAS LOGOS AND ARTWORK FROM VARIOUS BREWERS SOME HAVE GONE OUT OF BUSINESS AND OTHERS SHOW THE EVOLUTION OF THEIR LABELS ON THE COLLECTION KEEPS GROWING.

>> THAT IS ABOUT IT FOR THIS ROOM.

WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ROOM ON THE OTHER END OF THE BUILDING THAT I WILL TAKE YOU TOO.

>> THE IDEA FOR THE BREWCHIVE STARTED AS EARLY AS 2015 ONE CAL STATE SAN MARCOS WAS STARTING ITS BEER MAKING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM.

IT WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF JENNIFER FABI.

SHE IS THE DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.

AS THE SAN DIEGO CRAFT BEER SCENE EXPLODED INTO A BILLION- DOLLAR INDUSTRY, SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY.

BECAUSE, AS IT TURNS OUT, NOBODY IN TOWN KNOWS.

>> WE KNEW THAT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE WOULD NEED SOME RESOURCES AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A COLLECTION THAT WAS EXCITING TO BOTH THE PUBLIC AND ALSO TO THOSE INTERNAL TO THE UNIVERSITY.

>> Reporter: SHE FORMED AN ADVISORY GROUP COMPRISED OF LOCAL BREWERS AND A FILMMAKER WHO HAS DONE A DOCUMENTARY OF SANDY HILL BREWING TO SEE WHAT ARCHIVE SHOULD COLLECT.

IT WAS THE ADVISORY GROUP THAT CAME UP WITH THE NAME.

>> AT FIRST RECALL THAT THE BARKOV BECAUSE THAT RHYMES WITH ARCHIVE BUT THOSE ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SAID THAT WON'T DO, BREWCHIVE IS BETTER SO WE TRADEMARKED BREWCHIVE.

>> Reporter: THE BREWCHIVE BENEFITED BECAUSE BREWERS ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT OTHER BEER SO THEY COLLECT A LOT OF KEEPSAKES SUCH AS GREG COOK, THE FOUNDER OF STUDENT BREWING.

HE DONATED MORE THAN 600 BOXES OF STUFF TO THE ARCHIVE.

>> I COLLECT.

I COLLECTED A LOT OF STUFF FROM HISTORY ALONG THE WAY AND BOUGHT A LOT OF STUFF.

AS WELL AS FROM OTHER CRAFT BREWERIES AND PLACES I HAVE BEEN.

I HAVE JUST BEEN COLLECTING THIS IN A SPARE ROOM IN MY HOUSE AND IT WAS OVERWHELMING.

IT WAS PACKED.

I HAD SO MUCH STUFF.

>> Reporter: WHEN HE WAS APPROACHED BY THE BREWCHIVE, HE JUMPED AT THE IDEA.

HE CALLED IT A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP.

THE BREWCHIVE PRESERVES THE COLLECTION AND HE GETS IT OUT OF THE HOUSE.

IT IS THE LARGEST DONATION TO THE BREWCHIVE TO DATE .

DOWN HE SAYS THE COLLECTION IS ON PERMANENT LOAN FROM COOK WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE BREWCHIVE IS DEDICATED TO WHAT DOWNEY SAYS IS THE THIRD WAVE OF SAN DIEGO BREWING FROM 1987 UNTIL 2020.

SHE IS WORKING ON THE 4th WAVE OF THE POST PANDEMIC PERIOD.

DOWNEY IS ALSO WORKING TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF WOMEN'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE SAN DIEGO BREWING INDUSTRY.

>> TRYING TO GET WOMEN'S STORIES BECAUSE WOMEN'S HISTORY IS STILL NOT WELL REPRESENTED.

ALEXANDER WYNN, KPBS NEWS.

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

>>> WE ARE AWAITING A DECISION BY THE CDC AFTER AN FDA ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PFIZER BOOSTERS FOR THOSE OVER 65 ARE AT HIGH RISK OF COVID- 19.

IF YOU GOT THE MODERNA VACCINE YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER FOR A BOOSTER SHOT BUT THOSE WHO GOT THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE PFIZER BOOSTER.

>>> THE NONESSENTIAL GROUND TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS OF CANADA AND MEXICO HAVE BEEN EXTENDED AGAIN FOR ANOTHER MONTH.

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAID SINCE THE RESTRICTION IN MARCH OF 2020, ABOUT 270 BUSINESSES HAVE CLOSED THEIR DOORS FOR GOOD.

THE CHAMBER'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS HOPING RESTRICTIONS WILL BE LIFTED OCTOBER 21st IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

>>> THE MOON WILL BE A SIGHT TO BEHOLD TONIGHT.

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO MISS IT.

THAT IS BECAUSE THE HARVEST MOON WILL APPEAR LARGER THAN NORMAL AND ORANGE IN COLOR.

IT MAY EVEN SEEM LIKE THERE ARE FULL MOONS ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

ITS PROXIMITY TO THE HORIZON GIVES IT THAT ORANGE COLOR.

NASA SAYS IN THE DAYS BEFORE AND AFTER THE HARVEST MOON, THE MOONRISE WILL HAPPEN ABOUT 30 MINUTES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

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