>>> 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 MAINTAIN DRAIN, HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS SINCE 1978.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT IS THURSDAY, APRIL 8.

GOOD EVENING.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.. A >>> TODAY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCED A NUMBER OF ACTIONS ON EXECUTIVE ORDERS.

AND THAT COMES AS TWO MORE DEADLY SHOOTINGS IN CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS GRABBED HEADLINES.

WE BEGIN WITH REPORTER NADIA ROMERO.

TRUCK AFTER SEVERAL MASS SHOOTINGS AND A CONSENSUS FOR CONGRESS ON HOW TO RESPOND.

>> ENOUGH.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCED ON THURSDAY HE IS TAKING ACTION.

>> THIS IS AN EPIDEMIC, FOR GOD SAKE.

IT HAS TO STOP.

>> Reporter: A ROSE GARDEN EVENT, BIDEN LAID OUT SEVERAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AIMED A GUN VIOLENCE.

>> THIS IS AN EFFORT THAT WE MUST MAKE TO KEEP GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS AND SAVE LIVES.

>> Reporter: AMONG THE PROPOSED NEW STEPS, RESTRICTING SO- CALLED GHOST GUNS MADE FROM PARTS BOUGHT ONLINE.

AND TICKETING PISTOLS FOR THEM TO BE REGISTERED.

AND NEW RESOURCES FOR VIOLENCE PRONE AREAS.

>> THEY HAVE OFFERED MANY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

BUT THEY HAVE NOT PASSED A SINGLE LAW TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE.

ENOUGH PRAYERS.

IT IS TIME FOR ACTION.

>> Reporter: THE MOVES COME AFTER DEADLY MASS SHOOTINGS IN GEORGIA, COLORADO IN RECENT WEEKS.

WHETHER CONGRESS ACTS OR NOT, I WILL USE ALL OF THE RESOURCES AT MY DISPOSAL TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE FROM GUN VIOLENCE.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON I AM NADIA ROMERO.

>>> SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA APPLAUDED THE ACTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT THANKSGIVING "AS A MEMBER OF MAYORS AGAINST ILLEGAL GUNS, I THINK THE PRESIDENT FOR INCLUDING GHOST GUNS WHICH ARE EASY TO PURCHASE AND CAN BE BUILT AT HOME.

>>> GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAD THIS STATEMENT.

, "CALIFORNIA IS PROUD TO HAVE THE STRONGEST GUN LAWS IN THE NATION, INCLUDING PIONEERING STATEWIDE PROTECTIONS APPROVED BY VOTERS IN PROP 63 TO BEEN POSSESSION OF LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION MAGAZINES AND REQUIRE BACKGROUND CHECKS TO KEEP AMMUNITION OUT OF THE HANDS OF DANGEROUS PEOPLE" HE ADDED HE IS GLAD TO HAVE A PARTNER IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHO IS DOING MORE TO AND GUN VIOLENCE.

>>> STANDING UP AGAINST ASIAN HATE.

POLICE AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO KEEP ASIAN PEOPLE SAFE.

WE HAVE MORE FROM AN EVENT IN THE CONVOY DISTRICT CONNECTING LAW ENFORCEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO SAY WITH ONE VOICE WE WILL FIGHT BACK AGAINST THIS AND WE WILL HOLD THOSE THAT DO THIS ACCOUNTABLE.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA IS ENCOURAGING VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE TO REPORT IT.

>> IT IS HARD FOR MANY OF US TO COME FORWARD AND SAY SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED.

I AM ASKING YOU TO COME FORWARD.

>> Reporter: LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS THEY CAN ONLY ACT IF CRIMES ARE REPORTED.

AND THEY WANT TO ENCOURAGE ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES TO TALK WITH POLICE.

>> HATE CRIMES ARE UNDERREPORTED AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT WE CANNOT STOP IT UNLESS WE HAVE THOSE REPORTS.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY ATTORNEY SAYS CRIMES AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS ARE HAPPENING HERE.

>> IT IS IN THE MIDST HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

IN 2017, 2018 AND 2019 WE HAD ZERO CASES TARGETING THE ASIAN COMMUNITY WITH HATE.

AND SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC WE ARE TARGETING -- PROSECUTING THREE CASES INVOLVING NUMBERS OF THE ASIAN- AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: TODAY THERE WAS A SAFETY SYMPOSIUM.

>> WE DON'T WANT BUSINESS OWNERS OR RESIDENTS TO FEEL VULNERABLE.

WE WANT TO EMPOWER THEM LEADERSHIP.

>> Reporter: LOCAL BUSINESS LEADERS ARE LAID TO SLEET RESIDENTS LIKE THIS COMING TOGETHER TO BRING RESIDENTS CLOSER TO POLICE.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE DOORS ARE OPEN TO THE POLICE.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE TWO MORE EVENTS LIKE THIS NEXT WEEK.

ONE IN MIRA MESA AND ONE IN LINDA VISTA.

I AM MATT HOFFMAN FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> ALMOST 19,000 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN PICKED UP BY CUSTOM AND BORDER PROTECTION.

THAT IS THE LARGEST MONTHLY FIGURE THAT HAS EVER BEEN RECORDED.

IT IS ALSO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN CBP ENCOUNTERED IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH OF FEBRUARY AND FIVE TIMES THE NUMBER FROM MARCH 2020.

MANY OF THESE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SENT HERE BY THEIR FAMILIES TO ESCAPE HARSH OR DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES.

>> IT IS A DESPERATE CHOICE OF, DO I STAY HERE AND POSSIBLY ALL OF US GET KILLED OR MY CHILD IS KILLED?

OR DO I GIVE MY CHILD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE.

I WOULD HATE TO BE PUT IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE SO I WOULD NOT WANT TO JUDGE A PERSON WHO FINDS THEMSELVES IN THAT SITUATION.

BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DESPERATION THAT CAUSES PERSONS TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

>> CHAVEZ SAYS THAT UNTIL THESE CHILDREN ARE PROTECTED FROM VIOLENCE IN THEIR COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FLEE.

THIS WEEK BORDER PATROL AGENTS RESCUED A FIVE-YEAR-OLD AND SIX- YEAR-OLD.

THEY WERE LEFT WITHOUT PROVISIONS UNTIL THE ENDO WITH THE NAME OF THEIR MOTHER AND HER PHONE NUMBER.

>>> AN ENCAMPMENT FOR FARM WORKERS JUST UPS AWAY FROM THE BORDER IN IMPERIAL COUNTY HAS BEEN LARGELY LEFT ALONE BY LOCAL OFFICIALS UNTIL NOW.

I NEWS SOURCE REPORTER JENNIFER BOWMAN HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: THE ENCAMPMENT IN CALEXICO IS NO MORE.

THE SITE HAS BEEN DISBANDED AFTER RESIDENTS WERE GIVEN 48 HOURS TO MOVE.

BARRIERS WERE MOVED ONTO THE SITE SHORTLY AFTER.

THE CAMP WAS SET UP IN JANUARY TO GIVE FARMWORKERS, INCLUDING SOME WHO ARE HOMELESS, A PLACE TO STAY AFTER WORKING THE FIELDS.

CALEXICO OWNS THE LAND AND IT HAS BEEN A POINT OF CONTENTION FOR THE DIVIDED CITY COUNCIL.

A NONPROFIT WAS ON HAND TO OFFER SERVICES TO THOSE THAT WERE STILL AT THE CAMP.

OTHERS HAD GONE TO WORK FOR THE DAY.

ONE PERSON WAS ARRESTED AFTER REFUSING TO LEAVE THE SIDE.

HE WAS CITED AND RELEASED.

FOR MORE ON THE CONTROVERSY ON THIS AND CAN'T MAKE GO TO INEWSSOURCE.ORG.

FOR KPBS I AM I NEWS SOURCE REPORTER JENNIFER BOWMAN.

>>> ONLY 14% OF RESIDENTS IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

BUT NOW A GROUP IS PARTNERING WITH THE CITY.

>> Reporter: NATIONAL CITY IS IN THE MIDST OF A VACCINATION CAMPAIGN.

THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE HAS BEEN POSITIVE.

>> IT HAS BEEN AMAZING.

WE HAVE HEARD THAT WE ARE DRIVING DEMAND.

>> Reporter: HOW DO YOU DO BETTER?

USING ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC SYMBOLS OF FAMILY IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE LOW RIDER.

>> Reporter: THE LOW RIDER IS PART OF THE HISPANIC AND CHICANO CULTURE.

IT IS NOT JUST A VEHICLE.

IT IS ART.

IT IS EXPRESSION OF FAMILY MEMBERS THAT THEY MAY HAVE LOST OR RESPECT.

>> Reporter: THE UNITED LOW RIDER COALITION WILL SHOWCASE THEIR LOW RIDERS ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH SATURDAYS OF THE MONTH AT THE LOSS FOLLOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE THERE IS A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED VACCINATION SITE.

>> Reporter: A VOLUNTEER WITH THE LOW RIDER COALITION SAYS THE GROUP WILL SUPPORT THE CITY THAT MANY OF THEM CALL HOME.

>> IT WILL DRAW MORE PEOPLE TO THE EVENT.

ESPECIALLY THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

THEY WILL FEEL MORE CONFIDENT SAYING THEY SHOULD GO DO THIS FOR ME AND FOR MY FAMILY.

>> Reporter: THE NATIONAL CITY FIRE CHIEF KNOWS WHAT LOW RIDERS MAY TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> THIS IS A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT HAVE GROWN UP IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY ENJOY THE VEHICLES.

THE CULTURE.

IT JUST BRINGS IT HOME FOR THEM.

>> Reporter: FROM NOW UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF JULY, PENDING VACCINE AVAILABILITY, THERE WILL BE A WALK-UP CLINIC AT NATIONAL CITY LIBRARY EVERY THURSDAY.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS IS TAKING UP A PLAN RESOLUTION.

IT IS PART OF I MILTON MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR TRANSIT PACKAGE THAT SOME SAY THEY ARE BEING EXCLUDED FROM WORKING ON THE PROJECT.

MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL BLACK CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION TALKED OUTSIDE OF SANDAG SAYING THAT THE SYSTEM IS FLAWED WHEN IT COMES TO INCLUDING THEM.

THEY SAY IT IS JUST DOCUMENT BUT IT COULD EXCLUDE APPRENTICESHIPS INCLUDING THOUSANDS OF CONTRACTORS OF COLOR.

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT INCLUSION AND PROMOTING DEMOCRACY IN THE NAME OF HYPOCRISY.

YOU CANNOT SET ASIDE A PROGRAM THAT EXCLUDES OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE VIABLE AND QUALIFIED TO PARTICIPATE.

>> Reporter: A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE BOARD WILL TAKE UP THE MATTER TOMORROW.

>>> ACROSS CALIFORNIA MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM COVID- 19 IN STATE PRISON.

THE DONOVAN PRISON IN MESA HAS BEEN THE MOST PROMINENT.

AND WE HAVE UNCOVERED NEW DETAILS ABOUT INMATES WHO HAVE DIED OF THE VIRUS.

>> Reporter: SHORTLY BEFORE CHRISTMAS DONOVAN STATE PRISON WAS DEALING WITH A MAJOR COVID- 19 OUTBREAK.

ABOUT 20% OF PEOPLE INCARCERATED WERE KNOWN TO HAVE COVID-19.

18 INMATES DIED OVER THE FOLLOWING WEEKS.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.

THE RANGE BETWEEN 48-83 YEARS OLD.

THREE WERE FOUND DEAD OR DYING OF COVID-19 IN THEIR JAIL CELLS.

THEY WERE ALL 65 OR OLDER.

FIVE PEOPLE THAT DIED, THE RELATIVE SAID THEY HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED THEIR FAMILY MEMBER WAS ILL OR DYING.

UC HASTINGS LAW PROFESSORS REVIEWED OUR FINDINGS.

THEY SAY THE QUALITY OF CARE PROVIDED TO INCARCERATED PEOPLE DURING THE PANDEMIC IS HARD TO COMPREHEND.

>> EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE IN HARSH PUNISHMENT AND YOU BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD DO THE TIME IF THEY COMMITTED THE CRIME, NOBODY WAS SENTENCED TO DIE OF COVID IN THEIR CELL.

>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT, CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS SAY THEY WORKED TIRELESSLY TO RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY BUT THE GOAL OF PROTECTING PRISON STAFF AND INMATES.

THEY SAY THAT INMATES ARE SCREENED TWICE PER DAY BY MEDICAL STAFF.

STATEWIDE NEARLY 50,000 PEOPLE IN PRISONS HAVE CONTRACTED THE VIRUS AND EARLY 200 HAVE DIED.

FOR CHI PBS I AM I NEWS SOURCE REPORTER MARY PLUMMER.

>> THIS WAS COWRITTEN BY MARY COSTA LLANO AT I NEWS SOURCE.

YOU CAN GO TO INEWSSOURCE.ORG FOR THE FULL INVESTIGATION.

>>> THE PROSECUTION IN THE DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL CALLED A MEDICAL EXPERT AS THEIR FIRST WITNESS.

THE TESTIMONY COULD PROVE DEVASTATING WHO ARE SEEKING TO PRESENT THAT DRUG USE AND HEALTH ISSUES CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.

>> MR. FLOYD DIED FROM A LOW- LEVEL OF OXYGEN.

>> Reporter: START TESTIMONY FROM THE FIRST WITNESS FROM THE PROSECUTION.

A PULMONARY EXPERT FROM CHICAGO.

>> THE CAUSE OF THE LOW LEVEL OF OXYGEN WAS SHALLOW BREATHING.

SMALL BREASTS.

>> Reporter: DOCTOR MARTIN TOBIN, AN UNPAID EXPERT BROUGHT IN BY THE STATE OF MINNESOTA EXPLAINED HOW HIS OXYGEN LEVELS DECREASED SHARPLY WHEN HE WAS BEING HELD DOWN BY DEREK CHAUVIN AND OTHER OFFICERS.

>> HE WAS PRONE ON THE STREET WITH HANDCUFFS ON.

HE HAS A KNEE ON HIS NECK AND ON HIS BACK.

>> Reporter: ARMED WITH AN ARSENAL OF GRAPHICS, CHARTS AND PHOTOS OF THE SCENE, HE SPOKE DIRECTLY TO THE JURY DURING HIS TESTIMONY.

BREAKING DOWN COMPLICATED MEDICAL TERMS TO EXPLAIN WHY FLOYD COULD NOT BREATHE IN THAT POSITION.

AND HOW HE ULTIMATELY DIED.

>> WITH EACH BREATH, HE HAS TO TRY TO FIGHT AGAINST THE STREET AND THE SMALL VOLUME THAT HE HAS AND THAT HE HAS TO TRY TO LIFT OFF THE KNEE OF THE OFFICER WITH EACH BREATH.

>> Reporter: KABILA ARE NOW, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A $536 MILLION HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED FOR FIRE MITIGATION AND FORCE MANAGEMENT PROJECTS.

THAT IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE SPENDING IN RECENT YEARS.

>> WE HAVE TO DO MORE IN TERMS OF FOREST MANAGEMENT AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.

WE HAVE GOT TO DO MORE GETTING INTO THE FOREST TO DO THE KIND OF WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST CENTURY.

WE HAVE GOT TO ON THAT.

>> Reporter: GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TEND TO ADD MONEY TO THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.

LAST YEAR THE RECORD SETTING WILDFIRE SEASON CHARRED MORE THAN 4% OF THE STATE.

>>> COOLER CONDITIONS NEAR THE COAST BUT FURTHER INLAND, TEMPERATURES REMAIN NICE AND TOASTY.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, WE ARE DEALING WITH IT GUSTY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING.

AND THEN, SOME POSSIBLE CHANGES AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM COMING ONSHORE.

WIND ADVISORIES IN THE MOUNTAINS.

THAT MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20-30 MILES PER HOUR WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MILES PER HOUR.

TEMPERATURES NOT GETTING TO CHILE IN THE MOUNTAINS BECAUSE OF THAT.

CHECK OUT VIRAGO SPRINGS AND MOUNT LAGUNA IN THE 40s.

THE SUNSHINE CONTINUES ON FRIDAY.

TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE UPPER 60s AND LOW 70s.

THE FURTHER EAST YOU GO, THE WARMER IT GETS.

THE MOUNTAINS COULD GET UP INTO THE 90s ON FRIDAY.

THE HE CONTINUES INTO THE WEEKEND.

ONCE AGAIN, SAME PARDON PATTERN.

COOLER NEAR THE COAST AND WARMER TEMPERATURES FURTHER INLAND.

TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE IN THE UPPER 60s OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.

PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE EARLY ON SATURDAY AND OTHERWISE, THE SUNSHINE WILL BE RETURNING THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND TO START OFF NEXT WORK WEEK.

INLAND TEMPERATURES STAY IN THE UPPER 70s AND LOW 80s BUT WE SEE A BIG DROP OFF ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

WE WILL BE BACK DOWN INTO THE 70s.

THE MOUNTAINS, MUCH OF THE SAME.

WE START OFF IN THE 60s BUT BY THE TIME WE GET TO TUESDAY WE WILL BE DOWN IN THE MID 50s WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE HEAT IN THE DESERT ROLES ON.

MID 90s FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

A BIT OF A DROP OFF THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND AND THEN BY TUESDAY, UPPER 80s.

FOR KPBS I AM METEOROLOGIST MELISSA ASH.

>>> A MEETING IS BRINGING TOGETHER BUSINESS OWNERS AS THEY REIMAGINE EL CAJON BOULEVARD.

THEY SAY PREVIOUS TOWNHALL HAVE LED TO CHANGE ON THE BOULEVARD.

>> Reporter: THE THURSDAY TOWNHALL IS THE THIRD IN A SERIES THAT HAVE HELPED REVAMP EL CAJON BOULEVARD.

IN AN EFFORT TO BOOST MOBILITY FOR THE AREA, WHICH IS SHUT OFF FROM THE TROLLEY SYSTEM.

WE SPOKE WITH THE BOULEVARD ASSOCIATION AND THEY SAY THEY WILL FOCUS ON THE AREA BETWEEN THE 805 AND 15 FREEWAYS.

>> WITH THIS TOWNHALL WE THOUGHT WE WOULD USE IT TO REIMAGINE WHAT EL CAJON AT BOULEVARD WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THIS HUB WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, NORMAL HEIGHTS AND CITY HEIGHTS.

>> Reporter: LAND-USE EXPERTS AND DEVELOPERS ARE FOCUSING ON TRANSPORTATION.

THEY ARE LOOKING AT DWELLING UNITS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT.

MANY BUSINESSES HAVE CLOSED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>> EL CAJON BOULEVARD IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO PUT DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE TO DO IT.

WE WANT TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUT MAKE EL CAJON BOULEVARD A LABORATORY OF TOD.

>> THAT IS TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

INLAND EXPERT MARY LINDEN SAYS IS KEY FOR DEVELOPING THE AREA WHILE NOT DISPLACING PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.

>> Reporter: WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF EL CAJON IS 80% OF THE SAN DIEGO POPULATION.

THIS IS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE A TRANSIT ORIENTED CORRIDOR DOOR WHERE ALL INCOMES CAN LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.

THAT IS AN OVERRIDING DESIGN PRINCIPLE OF WHAT THE EL CAJON IS TRYING TO CREATE HERE.

>> Reporter: THE TOWNHALL BEGINS AT 5:30 PM AND CAN BE VIEWED@THEBOULEVARD.ORG.

I'M MAX RIVLIN-NADLER FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> C WORLD IS GETTING READY TO OPEN ITS RIDES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A YEAR.

THEY WILL BEGIN RUNNING ON MONDAY, APRIL 12.

THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED ENHANCED CLEANING AND SANITATION.

AMUSEMENT PARKS ARE ALLOWED TO OPEN AT 25% CAPACITY IN THE ORANGE TIER.

ONLY CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO VISIT.

>>> WHILE VACCINE ELIGIBILITY CONTINUES TO EXPAND, FINDING COVID-19 VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS HAS BEEN DIFFICULT.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AERE SAYS SOME EXPERTS ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER THROUGH TWITTER.

>> Reporter: ELIGIBILITY FOR VACCINE SEEMS TO OUTPACE SUPPLY SO SOME WITH TECHNOLOGY BACKGROUNDS ARE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE BOOK APPOINTMENTS.

ONE OF THE ACCOUNTS IS CALLED SAN DIEGO VACCINE BOT.

IT WAS CREATED BY OMAR DARR WHICH.

HE HAS APPOINTMENT SCANNING THROUGH THE OTS.

>> IT WILL LET YOU KNOW IF THERE IS AN APPOINTMENT THERE THAT YOU CAN GRAB.

IT IS NOT PERFECT BUT IT DOES TAKE AWAY THE BURDEN IF YOU ARE HOPING TO PICK UP AN APPOINTMENT.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER IS CALLED VAX SPOTTER.

THEY FOCUS ON FINDING PHARMACIES WITH APPOINTMENTS.

>> IF YOU NEED A VEXING, COMING ON THE 15th, THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE IN THE RISK GROUP THAT NEED THEM.

SO, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT CAN'T SIT THERE ALL DAY OR SIT AT A COMPUTER AND KEEP REFRESHING, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THEM.

>> Reporter: AND THE BOT CREATORS ARE WORKING TOGETHER .

THERE IS A COVID-19 VACCINATION BOT .

>> WE WANT TO GET AS MANY SHOTS IN ARMS AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT BENEFITS ALL OF US.

IF IT INCREASES VISIBILITY, BY ALL MEANS, IT IS SURFACE INFORMATION THAT ONE BOT HAS THAT ANOTHER MAY NOT SO YOU MAY SEE RETWEETS.

>> YOU CAN SEARCH FOR THE TWITTER EL CAJON AT THE ADDRESSES ON YOUR SCREEN.

I'M JACOB AERE FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW AND WHERE TO GET YOUR SHOT AT WWW.KPBS.ORG.

JUST GO TO OUR HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE VACCINES TAB.

>>> SOME COLLEGE STUDENTS WILL NEED TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES BEFORE ENROLLING FOR THE FALL SEMESTER.

BROWN UNIVERSITY IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND AND NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY IN BOSTON WILL BE REQUIRING STUDENTS TO BE FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.

THEY PLAN TO FULLY REOPEN BY THE FALL.

UC SAN DIEGO AND SAN DIEGO STATE PLAN TO RETURN TO MOSTLY IN-PERSON CLASSES IN THE FALL BUT HAVE NOT SAID YET IF VACCINATIONS WILL BE MANDATORY.

>>> I AM JUDY WOODRUFF, IN THE NEWS, GUNS IN AMERICA.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MOVES TO CURB GUN VIOLENCE IN THE WAKE OF MASS SHOOTINGS.

THIS IS COMING UP AFTER KPBS EVENING EDITION.

>>> WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS.

THE LATEST RESULTS FROM THE COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS SHOWS THAT AQUILA WEBER IS FIRMING UP HER VICTORY IN A SPECIAL ELECTION.

JUST 300 BALLOTS LEFT TO COUNT AND SHE HAS 52% OF THE VOTE IN HER ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.

SHE NEEDS 50% OF THE VOTE TO WIN THE RUNOFF ELECTION.

>>> PAC ARTS WILL BE REVEALING THE LINEUP FOR THEIR ARTS.

AND WE GOT A SNEAK PEEK AT A PROGRAM AIMED AT THE RISE OF ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRIME.

>> Reporter: THEY CAN CREATE EMPATHY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED.

AND THAT HIS WIFE M FILMS LIKE " CHAN IS MISSING" IS PART OF A SHOWCASE CALLED SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME.

IT HAS BEEN PART OF HELPING ASIAN AMERICANS.

SUSPECT THIS WON'T BE SOLVED RIGHT AWAY BUT IF MORE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF, WHERE PEOPLE COME FROM.

WHAT ARE THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

AS OPPOSED TO ONE-DIMENSIONAL.

THAT IS THE MOTIVATION.

>> Reporter: THE PROGRAM HAS TWO PARTS.

WHAT IS A HOME VIEWING LIST LIKE "CHAMBLEE IS MISSING" AND " PUSHING HANDS."

>> THIS MOVIE WAS RELEASED ON DVD YEARS AGO.

THEY SAID IF WE CAN FIND THE DVD WE COULD SHOW IT THAT WE FOUND IT IN THE ARCHIVES.

IT IS ABOUT AN ELDERLY INDIAN AMERICAN LIVING IN NEW JERSEY AND HE BECOMES CURIOUS ABOUT ONE OF HIS NEIGHBORS.

>> Reporter: THE FULL LINEUP OF THE UPCOMING SPRING SHOWCASE WILL BE REVEALED TOMORROW NIGHT ON THE PAC FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE ACCOUNTS.

BETH ACCOMANDO , KPBS NEWS.

>>> NINE PUPPIES ARE GOING TO BE IN NEED OF A HOME.

THE MOTHER OF THE PUPPIES WAS TAKING SHELTER UNDER A VAN FROM RAINY WEATHER AND THAT IS WHERE SHE GAVE BIRTH.

THE RHODESIAN HOUND MIX PUPPIES WILL BE UP FOR ADOPTION SOON.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, WWW.KPBS.ORG/EVENINGEDITION.

THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>>> 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 MAINTAIN DRAIN, HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS SINCE 1978.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

♪ >> AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

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