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>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 5.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

CALIFORNIA IS TAKING ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE INCREASING NUMBER OF COVID PATIENTS ENDING UP IN THE HOSPITAL AND ICU .

ALL HEALTHCARE WORKERS MUST NOW GET VACCINATED BEFORE THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDRA RANGEL HAS THE URGENT MESSAGE FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY HOSPITALS ON WHAT IS EXPECTED THIS FALL IF VACCINE RATES DON'T INCREASE.

>>> WE ARE TODAY AT SCRIPPS HEALTH HAVING 122 PATIENTS AT SCRIPPS HOSPITAL.

AT HER PEAK IN JANUARY, WE HAD 500.

>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE NOWHERE NEAR THE PEAK SEEN IN JANUARY, DR. GONZALEZ WITH SCRIPPS HEALTH SAYS THOSE NUMBERS ARE QUICKLY PICKING UP.

THEY ARE ALSO STARTING TO SEE YOUNGER PATIENTS COME IN.

>> WE HAVE 23, 24, 25-YEAR- OLDS, UNVACCINATED.

>> Reporter: COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THAT 200 PEOPLE HAD BEEN FULLY VACCINATED.

IT'S A GREAT MILESTONE, BUT WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO TO REACH HERD IMMUNITY.

>> OTHERWISE WE WILL KEEP DOING THIS COVID CYCLE.

MY CONCERN IS AT SOME POINT DO WE GET TO A VARIANT WHERE THE VACCINE IS NOT EFFECTIVE AT ALL BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO HERD IMMUNITY YET.

>> Reporter: SHE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE ARE FATIGUED FROM PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS, BUT IT IS TIME TO BUCKLE DOWN.

>> THE BIGGEST THING WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS GO BACK TO MASKING, DISTANCING, ALL THE THINGS WE KNOW THAT WORKED BEFORE.

CHRISTOPHER LONGHURST ALSO AGREES.

>> SOMEBODY DESCRIBED IT RECENTLY AS BEING LIKE A WILDFIRE IN CALIFORNIA.

DELTA WAS THE SPARK THAT LIT THE FLAME, BUT THE CHANGE IN MASKING MEASURES IS REALLY THE WIND THAT CARRIED IT.

>> Reporter: UNLESS THERE IS SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN PUBLIC HEALTH RESTRICTIONS, NUMBERS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.

THERE CURRENTLY IS NO MASKING MANDATE IN THE COUNTY.

MEANWHILE, NEIGHBORING COUNTIES WITH SIMILAR INFECTION RATES HAVE ISSUED MASK MANDATES TO MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.

ALEXANDRA RANGEL, KPBS NEWS .

>>> PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS NATIONWIDE ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM.

IF VACCINATION RATES DON'T INCREASE, THE DANGEROUS DELTA VARIANT COULD CONTINUE TO EVOLVE.

AS ISABEL ROSALES REPORTS, THE SURGE AND LOW VACCINATION RATES HAVE SENT THE U.S. BACKWARDS IN THE PANDEMIC.

>> Reporter: A GRIM PROJECTION.

THE CDC EXPECTS HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS FROM COVID-19 WILL RISE IN THE U.S. OVER THE NEXT MONTH.

>> WE HAVE KNOWN THAT THIS VIRUS IS UNPREDICTABLE, AND WE HAVE BEEN RELENTLESS, RELENTLESS IN OUR EFFORTS TO GET PEOPLE VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: THE WEST KNOW AVERAGING MORE THAN 90,000 NEW COVID-19 CASES PER DAY.

DR. ANTHONY FAUCI PREDICTS THAT NUMBER COULD DOUBLE, AND WORRIES ABOUT FUTURE ATTENTIONAL VARIANTS WORSE THAN DELTA.

>> THERE IS A VERY LONG- STANDING TENANT IN VIROLOGY THAT VIRUSES CANNOT MUTATE UNLESS THEY REPLICATE.

>> Reporter: THE MESSAGE APPEARS TO BE GETTING THROUGH.

THE CDC REPORTS A NEAR 20% INCREASE IN VACCINATIONS OVER LAST WEEK.

>> WE'VE MADE THE DECISION THAT IT'S TIME.

IT'S TIME TO BE VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BATTLING TO GET THE PANDEMIC UNDER CONTROL, NOW REEVALUATING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, PLANNING VACCINE REQUIREMENTS FOR TROOPS, AND RAMPING UP COMMUNITY VACCINATION EFFORTS.

>> I AM ECHOING THE PRESIDENT'S CALL TO ACTION TO POST POP-UP VACCINE CLINICS IN EVERY SCHOOL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: S HEALTH EXPERTS BATTLE VACCINE MISINFORMATION -- >> GO TO YOUR DOCTOR.

LISTEN TO WHAT YOUR DOCTOR SAYS.

>> Reporter: MODERNA SEEKS TO APPLY FOR FULL FDA APPROVAL FOR THE COVID-19 VACCINE THIS MONTH.

PFIZER HAS ALREADY APPLIED.

IN WASHINGTON, ISABEL ROSALES, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IN SAN DIEGO, MORE THAN 80% OF COVID-19 CASES ARE AMONG THE UNVACCINATED, BUT NUMBERS OF THOSE FULLY VACCINATED AND CATCHING THE VIRUS ARE RISING.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS AMONG THOSE VACCINATED ARE STILL EXTREMELY LOW .

>>> TO BE HONEST, THE LAST, YOU KNOW, MOTHER SO, I HAVE NOT BEEN WEARING A MASK INSIDE GROCERY STORES, AND WE HAVE BEEN INSIDE GROUTED RESTAURANTS.

>> Reporter: SUZANNE AND HER HUSBAND WERE BOTH VACCINATED IN APRIL, AND SLOWLY STARTED RETURNING TO A PRE-PANDEMIC LIFESTYLE.

>> KIND OF ENJOYING THAT FREEDOM I THOUGHT WE HAD.

>> Reporter: BUT AFTER RECENTLY FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER, SHE DECIDED TO GET A CORONAVIRUS TEST, AND IT CAME BACK POSITIVE, MAKING HER ONE OF NEARLY 3000 BREAKTHROUGH CASES IN SAN DIEGO.

>> MY SYMPTOMS WERE VERY MILD, ALMOST SO MUCH THAT I PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN TESTED IF I HAD NOT BEEN SO PARANOID ABOUT BREAKTHROUGH CASES.

>> Reporter: HER HUSBAND ALSO CAUGHT THE VIRUS, DESPITE BEING VACCINATED.

THEIR SYMPTOMS HAD BEEN MILD, AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.

>> I FEEL GRATEFUL UNVACCINATED.

I'M SO GRATEFUL MY SYMPTOMS ARE MINIMAL.

I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE THE ONLY REASON WHY I AM WALKING AND TALKING AND STANDING HERE IS BECAUSE I'M VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY CASES LIKE HERS SHOW THAT DESPITE INFECTIONS, THE VACCINES ARE WORKING, PROTECTING AGAINST DEATH IN HOSPITALIZATIONS.

>> EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE MORE BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS, THEY ARE DEFINITELY VERY MILD, AND SHORT LIVED IN VACCINATED PERSONS.

>> Reporter: DR. FRANCESCA IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AT UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH.

SHE SAYS THE MORE CONTAGIOUS DELTA VARIANT COULD BE THE REASON FOR THE UPTAKE OF CASES AMONG THOSE FULLY VACCINATED.

>> WE DO SEE MORE BREAKTHROUGHS THAN WE EVER SAW BEFORE.

THIS MAY SIMPLY BE BECAUSE DELTA IS, THAT IS A VARIANT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SO MUCH MORE VIRUS.

>> Reporter: SINCE MARCH OF THIS YEAR, AROUND 9% OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS HERE HAVE BEEN AMONG THOSE FULLY VACCINATED, AND THEY ACCOUNT FOR JUST 2% OF HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND 7% OF DEATHS.

>> SO, THIS PANDEMIC IS STILL IN UNVACCINATED PANDEMIC.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS A DELTA VARIANT IS CHANGING THE FIGHT AGAINST THE PANDEMIC, ESPECIALLY SINCE INFECTIONS IN THOSE FULLY VACCINATED CAN BE EXTREMELY MILD, BUT THE VIRUS CAN STILL BE SPREAD.

>> THAT IS WHY MASKING IS PROTECTION OF OTHERS, SO THAT I DON'T INFECT OTHERS, SO THAT THIS IS SOURCE CONTROL.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT.

4 THEY'RE NOT SURE HOW THEY GOT THE VIRUS, BUT THEY ARE NOW BACK TO MASKING AND AT LEAST, FOR NOW, IS NOT SOLD ON RETURNING TO NORMAL.

>> I WAS FLYING REALLY CLOSE TO THE SUN, ENJOYING WHAT I COULD, AND NOW I'M GOING TO DIAL IT BACK.

IF I AM A CAUTIONARY TALE, I WOULD JUST SAY TO DIAL IT BACK A LITTLE BIT, AND MAYBE WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET.

HER BACK AT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A REMINDER THAT EVERYONE AGED 12 AND UP MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A VACCINE, AND YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG , AND CLICK ON THE VACCINES LINK THAT YOU WILL FIND OF THE HOMEPAGE.

>>> SAMPLE RECALL BALLOTS WENT OUT IN THE MAIL TODAY.

MEANTIME, SOME OF THOSE WHO WANT TO REPLACE GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM MADE THEIR THOUGHTS KNOWN IN A DEBATE.

>> Reporter: FOR REPUBLICANS VYTAS UNSEAT GAVIN NEWSOM ON A DEBATE STAGE TO IT OUT.

THE FORMER MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO KEVIN FAULCONER, SAN DIEGO BUSINESSMAN AND FORMER GOVERNOR TORI CANDIDATE JOHN COX, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLYMAN KEVIN KILEY, AND FORMER CONGRESSMAN AND BUSINESSMAN DOUG OSE.

ON VACCINES AND MASK MANDATES, THE CANDIDATES WANT TO TAKE CALIFORNIA IN A VERY DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

>> LOOK AT WHAT OTHER STATES HAVE DONE.

I COMPARE CALIFORNIA TO FLORIDA.

I HAVE TWO NEPHEWS THAT LIVE IN ORLANDO.

THEY WERE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL THE WHOLE TIME.

>> MY VIEW IS THAT INSTEAD OF GIVING PEOPLE MANDATES, WE NEED TO GIVE THEM OPTIONS.

>> I BELIEVE IN PERSONAL CHOICE, BUT I URGE EVERYONE TO GET VACCINATED.

VACCINATIONS IS HOW WE GET OUT OF THIS.

I'M VACCINATED.

MY FAMILY IS VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: A SENATOR KILEY WAS ASKED ABOUT MASK MANDATES FOR KIDS AT SCHOOL.

>> I 100% AGAINST A MASK MANDATE AT THE STATE LEVEL.

I THINK A LOT OF THE AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE THAT STEMS FROM THE STATE OF EMERGENCY.

I WOULD TERMINATE THE STATE OF EMERGENCY.

>> Reporter: ON TACKLING CALIFORNIA'S ONGOING CRISES LIKE HOMELESSNESS, ALL FOUR TOOK AIM AT GAVIN NEWSOM.

>> HOTELS ARE HOMELESS NOT AN ANSWER.

ALL IT DOES IS TAKE SOMEBODY WHO IS DYING ON THE STREET, AND PUTS THEM IN A HOTEL ROOM WHERE THEY CAN DIE.

>> I'M GOING TO FOCUS FIRST AND FOREMOST ON MAKING CALIFORNIA AFFORDABLE.

I PUT FORWARD THE LARGEST TAX CUT IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY FOR OUR MIDDLE CLASS, BECAUSE WE NEED IT.

>> Reporter: NEWSOM WAS ALSO HAMMERED FOR THE AND IMPLEMENT CRISIS.

>> JUST ANSWER THE DARN PHONE, ALL RIGHT?

ANSWER THE DARN PHONE.

>> Reporter: THE CANDIDATES ALSO PILED ON NEWSOM, CLAIMING HE CREATED A CLIMATE BAD FOR BUSINESS AND THE STATE.

>> JUST TO START A NEW BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA NOW IT TAKES 6 TO 12 MONTHS TO GET THE PAPERWORK DONE.

THEN YOU'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS WITH BUREAUCRACY AND REGULATIONS.

>> Reporter: ALL FOR A GREAT LESS REGULATION AND LOWER TAXES ARE CRITICALLY NEEDED POINT >> WE HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO DOESN'T SEEM TO THINK THAT IT'S A PROBLEM, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE VOTING WITH THEIR FEET.

FOR THE FIRST TIME WE LOST POPULATION LAST YEAR.

WE LOST A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT.

OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF THESE TERRIBLE POLICIES.

>>> A REMINDER, THE SPECIAL ELECTION IS SET FOR SEPTEMBER 14 .

ALL REGISTERED VOTERS WILL GET A BALLOT IN THE MAIL.

YOU CAN CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION ONLINE AT ESTE VOWED TO.COM.

>>> CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST ACTIVE WILDFIRE HAS WIPED OUT MUCH OF ONE TOWN, ENDANGERING ANYONE WHO DID NOT HEED EVACUATION ORDERS.

AS WE EXPLAINED, THIS WILDFIRE SEASON IS PREDICTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SEPTEMBER, OR MAYBE EVEN LONGER.

>> Reporter: THE FLAMES FROM THE DIXIE FIRE SWEEPING THROUGH THE GREENVILLE COMMUNITY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

MUCH OF THE TOWN WIPED OUT.

>> WE LOST GREENVILLE TONIGHT.

THERE'S NOT WORDS FOR -- ASSENT GOVERNMENT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THE JOB DONE.

>> Reporter: DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRES ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY COMMON.

REPRESENTATIVE DOUG LaMOTTA LEADING TO LET FIRES OF DONE TO COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT ALSO IN PREVIOUS ONES.

>> FORGET THE POLITICS AND NONSENSE.

WE HAVE TO STOP MAKING THIS HAPPEN BY INATTENTION TO WHAT IS OBVIOUS.

>> Reporter: THE DIXIE FIRE HAS CONSUMED MORE LAND THAN ANY OF THE 12 LARGE ACTIVE FIRES IN CALIFORNIA, THAT IN TOTAL HAVE DESTROYED MORE THAN 475,000 ACRES.

THE FLAMES FORCING THOUSANDS IN THE STATE TO EVACUATE.

>> IF YOU RECEIVE AN EFFECTUATION WARNING, PLEASE GO.

AND IF YOU RECEIVE AN ORDER, GET OUT.

DO NOT TAKE YOUR CHANCES.

>> Reporter: ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 100 LARGE, ACTIVE FIRES HAVE SCORCHED NEARLY 2 MILLION ACRES, AND THE FUTURE LOOKS GRIM.

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL INTERAGENCY FIRE CENTER, THE DROUGHT AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES COULD EXTEND THIS WILDFIRE SEASON UNTIL SEPTEMBER, OR EVEN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER HIM UP FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

KPBS NEWS .

>>> IT HAS BEEN A COT ONE OUT THERE, AND WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THINGS HOT AND SUNNY AS WE HAD THERE THE NEXT FEW DAYS, STAYING PRETTY DRY.

THE GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE TAPERING HEAT OFF JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THAT MEANS WE ARE GETTING AWAY FROM THE HEAT ADVISORIES AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS.

WE WILL AGAIN SEE A SLIGHT EASE IN THOSE TEMPERATURES.

TONIGHT 66 OVER SAN DIEGO.

A COUPLE OF MARINE CLOUDS, BUT LIMITED AS FAR AS THE MARINE LAYER.

BORREGO SPRINGS COMING IN AT 81 FOR THE LOW.

FUTURECAST SHOWS THERE WILL BE SOME COASTAL CLOUDS, BUT NOT A TON.

NOT A BIG MARINE LAYER.

IS GETTING TO THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A PRETTY EXTENSIVE THREAT FOR THAT.

AS WE MOVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, LOTS OF SUNSHINE, AND TOMORROW, WE ARE TALKING SLIGHTLY COOLER.

WHY?

IT'S ACTUALLY ALL OF THE ACTIVITY IN THE NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES THAT IS SUPPRESSING AND WEAKENING THE HIGH OVERHEAD HERE THAT IS WHERE THE TEMPERATURES WILL EASE UP A LITTLE BIT FOR US .75 THE HIGH REST TOMORROW.

ARSON SIDE 75.

CHULA VISTA 76.

MT.

LAGUNA CLOSER TO 80 DEGREES.

THAT WILL KINDA BE THE TREND FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

WE WILL KEEP THING WARM AND DRY.

WE ALSO WON'T BE TALKING ABOUT EXCESSIVE HEAT.

THE MONSOONAL FLOW WILL PROBABLY RETURN TO PARTS OF ARIZONA, NOT SO MUCH FOR OUR AREA, THOUGH.

THE NEXT FEW DAYS, A LITTLE BIT COOLER.

MID-70s ON THE BOARD AS YOU GO TO THE COASTAL LOCATIONS.

A COUPLE OF CLOUDS OUT THERE.

AS WE TAKE YOU IN THE END, THAT WILL BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MID-80s, BUT STILL PRETTY COMFORTABLE, ESPECIALLY AS WE GET TO SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

NOT A BAD WEATHER TREND FOR US.

MARTIN LOCATIONS WILL ACTUALLY BE IN THE MID-70s FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY, EVEN LOOKING GOOD INTO TUESDAY AS WE KEEP THINGS A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN WHERE WE TYPICALLY FIND THEM.

DESERT LOCATIONS, CLOSE TO 110, OR MAYBE EVEN JUST A LITTLE BIT UNDER.

MONDAY COULD BE ONE OF THE COOLER DAYS OF THE WEEK.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST MELISSA CONSTANZER .

>>> A SCATHING REPORT FROM SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUND THAT THE COUNTY AGREED TO PAY AN UNQUALIFIED CONTRACTOR $30 MILLION TO OPERATE COVID-19 ISOLATION HOTELS.

CODY DELANEY HAS THE STORY.

>>> THE COMPANY DOESN'T HAVE THE CREDENTIALS TO DO THE JOB, AND EMPLOYS A STAFF WITHOUT THE PROPER TRAINING.

THE RESULT, GAPS IN SERVICES THAT MAY HAVE LED TO OVERDOSES AND SUICIDE.

THOSE ARE AMONG THE FINDINGS ABOUT AQUEOUS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS.

THE COUNTY HIRED SDSU TO EVALUATE THE PROGRAM AFTER INEWS SOURCE REPORTED MISMANAGEMENT IN FEBRUARY.

A GETTY SPOKESPERSON DEFENDED THE PROGRAM, SAYING OFFICIALS QUICKLY RESPONDED TO AN UNPRECEDENTED PANDEMIC.

IT'S UNKNOWN WHEN COUNTY SUPERVISORS WILL DISCUSS THE REPORT.

FOR KPBS , I AM INEWS SOURCE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER CODY DELANEY .

>>> IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS CONSIDERING SUICIDE, CALL THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE AT 1-800-273-8255.

>>> A LOCAL MILITARY VETERAN WHO SURVIVED THE ATTACK AT PEARL HARBOR HAS DIED OF COVID- 19.

STU HADLEY WAS THE SOLE FIRST DRIVER ON THE BATTLESHIP WEST VIRGINIA.

IN A TWEET, THE SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA SAID STU HADLEY IS A HERO.

HE SURVIVED PEARL HARBOR AND SPENT THE LAST OF HIS LIFE ENSURING SAN DIEGANS NEVER FORGOT THE DATE THAT LIVES IN INFAMY.

HE WOULD HAVE TURNED 100 YEARS OLD ON OCTOBER 31st.

>>> AS A MORE CONTAGIOUS DELTA VARIANT CIRCULATES, MANY PARENTS ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT HOW TO BEST PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS NO VACCINE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE UNDER 12 YEARS OLD.

WE ASKED EXPERTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH HOW THEY ARE KEEPING THEIR OWN CHILDREN SAFE.

>>> I THINK THERE IS A LOT THAT SCHOOLS AND CHILDCARE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE KIDS ARE SAFE, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS PARENTS CAN ASK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S HAPPENING.

TWO OF THE BIGGEST THINGS ARE VENTILATION AND MASKING, FOR KIDS WHO ARE OLD ENOUGH TO MASK EVERY DAY.

WE KNOW THAT MASKING IS INCREDIBLY INEFFECTIVE EFFECTIVE TO PREVENT SCHOOL SPREAD FOR OLDER KIDS.

WE SAW THAT LAST YEAR.

THEN WHATEVER A SCHOOL OR CHILDCARE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AS MUCH FRESH AIR AND VENTILATION AS POSSIBLE, IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE ASKING OTHER PARENTS OR TEACHERS IF THEY ARE VACCINATED, ENCOURAGING ALL OF THE ADULTS WHO ARE AROUND THE KIDS TO BE VACCINATED IS ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT WAY TO PROTECT THEM.

>> IN TERMS OF GROUP ACTIVITIES, IT'S A LITTLE TRICKIER.

AN EXAMPLE, THIS WEEKEND WE HAD A COUPLE FAMILIES GET TOGETHER, AND WE REALLY HAD A REACH OUT TO ALL THE PARENTS AND COMMUNICATE ABOUT VACCINATION STATUS, ALL OF THE FAMILIES AND KIDS THAT WERE ELIGIBLE WERE VACCINATED, BUT THERE WERE SOME BELOW AGE 12, AND WE HAD TO DO TESTING TO MAKE SURE IT WAS SAFE TO BE TOGETHER, AND THOSE KIDS THAT WERE LESS THAN AGE 12 WORE MASKS AND DOORS.

IT TAKES A LOT OF MANAGEMENT, A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO MITIGATE YOUR RISK AND DECREASE YOUR RISK, AND WE TRY TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME OUTDOORS AS POSSIBLE.

>>> YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE FULL INTERVIEWS FROM "MID-DAY EDITION" ON KPBS.ORG.

>>> THERE IS A MAJOR EFFORT UNDERWAY IN THE U.S. TO SHUT DOWN THE MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR TRADE IN EXOTIC ANIMALS, SUCH AS LIONS, TIGERS, AND LEOPARDS.

SOME OF THESE BIG CATS WIND UP IN SANCTUARIES, LIKE THE ONE RIGHT HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL TAKES US THERE.

>> Reporter: SAID AMONG THE ROLLING HILLS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S BACKCOUNTRY, JUST A FEW MILES OUTSIDE OF ALPINE, A MENAGERIE .93 ACRES OF SANCTUARY, AND A NAME, LIONS, TIGERS, AND BEARS, A HOME FOR RESCUED ANIMALS.

>> THE EXOTIC ANIMAL TRADE IS SECOND TO DRUGS, WEAPONS, AND THEY ARE USED AND BREAD FOR NOTHING MORE THAN PROFIT.

>> Reporter: BOBBY IS THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF LIONS, TIGERS, AND BEARS, HOME TO DOZENS OF ANIMALS, NOT JUST THE ONES IN THE TITLE.

BOBCATS, GOATS, A LLAMA MAMA ALONG WITH SOME HORSES AND BIRDS.

IT IS ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN SANCTUARY ASSOCIATION, AND THAT IS IMPORTANT.

>> AT YOUR SANCTUARY RESCUE PROVIDES A LIFETIME HOME.

DOES NOT BREED, SELL, OR TRADE ANIMALS.

>> Reporter: MY VIDEOGRAPHER AND I WERE HERE LAST THURSDAY.

INTERNATIONAL TIGER DAY.

>> AT LEAST 10,000 TIGERS ARE CAPTAINED ACTIVITY AS PETS.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE START THEIR TIME HERE SEEING A VIDEO SEEING HOW THE ANIMALS THERE ABOUT AS HE GOT HERE.

THIS BEING INTERNATIONAL TIGER DAY, THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL.

TREATS HIDDEN IN CARDBOARD CREATIONS.

RAW MEAT.

THE COST SIZER 43 OR $46 FOR ADULTS DEPENDING ON THE DAY, AND $26 FOR CHILDREN FOR A SINGLE DAY VISIT.

THE 15,000 YEARLY VISITORS HELP PAY THE BILLS.

>> IS ABOUT $15,000 PER YEAR TO FEED ONE CAT, AND THEN OF COURSE OUR BIGGEST EXPENSE IS BUILDING THESE VAST HABITATS, INSURANCE, PUMPING THE WATER, ELECTRICITY, KEEPERS SALARY.

THESE ANIMALS HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE TAKE CARE OF THEM DAILY.

IT'S NOT CHEAP.

>> Reporter: ABOUT $2 MILLION PER YEAR TO TAKE CARE OF 65 ANIMALS.

WHILE VISITORS HELP WITH DAILY EXPENSES -- >> WE DO SURVIVE ON DONATIONS.

>> DONATIONS THAT HELP PAY FOR BIG COSTS, LIKE THE REHABILITATIONS OF THE ANIMALS.

A LOT OF THEM ARE IN BAD SHAPE WHEN THEY ARRIVE.

THE LIFE THESE BEARS LIVED BEFORE GETTING HERE IS STOMACH TURNING.

>> BEHIND ME IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CALL PIT BEARS.

THEY ARE IN CINDERBLOCK PITS WERE THE BEARS CANNOT SEE OUT, KEPT IN BREEDING PAIRS, AND WHEN THE BABIES ARE BORN, THEY PULL THE BABIES AT SIX-DAY DAYS FROM THE MOTHER.

THEY TAKE THEM UP TOP OR THE MOTHER CAN HEAR AND SMELL THEM, BUT NOT SEE THEM, FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR PICTURE TAKEN.

>> DO YOU GET ANGRY AT HER FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS?

>> I HAVE TO CONTROL MY TEMPER A LOT, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T LOSE YOUR TEMPER, OR WE LOSE.

WE WANT TO GET THE ANIMALS OUT OF THEIR.

SOMETIMES THIS CAN TAKE YEARS, 5 TO 6 YEARS COME UP TO GET ANIMALS OUT OF DISCUSSING PLACES.

>> Reporter: SHE BEGAN HER PROFESSIONAL CAREER AS A FLIGHT ATTENDANT IN 1990, BUT SHE SOON REALIZED THAT WASN'T FOR HER.

NEXT SHE BECAME A RESTAURANT TOUR, BUT EVENTUALLY SHE AND HER HUSBAND'S LIFE PATHS LET THEM HEAR.

THEY OPENED THIS PLACE IN 2002.

SHE SAYS NOWADAYS, HER MOST REWARDING MOMENTS COME FROM VISITORS WHO ARRIVE NOT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT THE EXOTIC ANIMAL TRADE, BUT LEAVE EDUCATED AND MOTIVATED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

SOMEDAY, SHE HOPES THERE WON'T BE A NEED FOR PLACES LIKE LIONS, TIGERS, AND BEARS.

>> THAT'S A SANCTUARIES JOB, TO TRY TO BE PUTTING SANCTUARIES AT A BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: UNTIL THAT DAY ARRIVES, SHE, HER STAFF, AND VOLUNTEERS, WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND THIS SPECIAL PLACE BY BUILDING MORE HABITATS, AND BY DOING THE DAILY WORK OF MAKING LIFE AS GOOD AS IT CAN BE FOR THESE ANIMALS WHO HAVE SUFFERED SO MUCH.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS .

>>> THE NEW SHELL AT THE PARK WILL HOST ITS FIRST-EVER CONCERT TOMORROW NIGHT.

TODAY THE RIBBON WAS CUT FOR THE NEW BAYSIDE VENUE, AND KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAE GIVES US A LOOK.

>>> WE WOULD LIKE TO AT THIS TIME ASK FOR BLESSINGS UPON THIS NEW FACILITY HERE.

>> Reporter: A BLESSING FOR THE NEW SHELL FROM NATIVE AMERICAN ACTIVIST RANDY EDMONDS.

>> LESS THIS NEW FACILITY BUT THAT IT MAY BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY .

THANK YOU.

I HAVE SPOKEN.

BACK THE SHELL AT JACOBS PARK IS THE NEW HOME FOR THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY.

MARTHA GILMER IS THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY CEO, AND IS EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE OF THE VENUE.

>> IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVE, IT'S INCLUSIVE.

IT DOES NOT STOP AT BORDERS OR FENCES.

THAT IS WHAT THIS SPACE SYMBOLIZES, AND WILL COME TO MEAN IN THE LIFE OF SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: DAVID SCHNEIDER IS THE CHAIR OF THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY, AND SEES THE RADY SHELL AS A NEW BEGINNING FOR THE SYMPHONY.

>> WHAT WE ASPIRE TO TODAY IS A SPACE TO BE FILLED WITH CONCERTS, EVENTS AND ACTIVITY THAT WILL RAISE THE HUMAN SPIRIT.

TODAY WE COMMENCE THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK OF THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY.

MATT SARAH RISK USER HAS BEEN THE PRINCIPAL OBOIST SINCE 2009, AND SPOKE ON BEHALF OF HER FELLOW MUSICIANS.

>> THIS WORLD-CLASS PERFORMANCE SPACE HAS INSPIRED US TO PLAY TOGETHER WITH FAR GREATER SENSITIVITY AND ACCURACY, AND WILL ULTIMATELY HELP US GROW TOGETHER AS AN ORCHESTRA.

WE CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE OUR MUSIC AT THE RADY SHELL WITH THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.

>> Reporter: THE RADY SHELL IS THE FIRST PERMANENT WATERFRONT CONCERT VENUE ON THE WEST COAST, AND THE FIRST BAYSIDE CONCERT VENUE IN THE NATION TO BE OPERATED BY A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> OUR KPBS SUMMER MUSIC SERIES CONTINUES WITH FINNEGAN BLUE.

THEY ARE A HIGH-ENERGY FOLK BAND LED BY BROTHER AND SISTER MUSICIANS ANNALEE AND WILLIE FLEMING.

TAKE A LISTEN.

>>> WE ARE ALL SUPERTIGHT HOMEY'S UP THERE ON STAGE, SMILES ACROSS EVERYBODY'S FACES.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE FAMILY, WE ARE FRIENDS AND USUALLY A LOT OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.

IT'S A LOT OF GOOD ENERGY COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE MUSIC.

>>> ♪ ♪ >>> ♪ WITH EVERY DREAM A FANTASY ♪ THERE'S NIGHTMARES HANGING OVER ME ♪ I'M CRYING OUT TO GOD ♪ ABOUT THE STATION IN MY CLOSET ♪ SEE TO IT THAT I WAKE UP AGAIN ♪ >>> I WROTE "RUN" WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER.

IT'S ONE OF THE TUNES WHEN YOU HEAR IT BACK, YOU FIND NEW MEANINGS IN IT EVERY SINGLE TIME.

THAT WAS A SONG REALLY JUST ABOUT GROWING UP AND GETTING OLDER.

IT IS SOMETHING WE ALL EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY.

SO, YES, I TALK ABOUT ANNALEE AND I GROWING UP.

HE ALSO REFERENCE EVER GRANDMOTHER MOTHER REWROTE "LG" FOR.

AND JUST THE DIFFERENT PATHS THAT WE GO ON, AND SORT OF THINGS THAT MAKE US VULNERABLE.

THAT IS WHY I FEEL LIKE IT IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE TO PLAY WITH ANNALEE, BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF JUST ABOUT US.

>>> ♪ I'M CRYING OUT TO YOU ♪ TO GET THESE DEMONS FOR MY CLOSET ♪ >>> WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS SONG, IT'S A VERY FREE-FORM VISION PIECE.

IT IS NOT AN ABA BE VERSE CHORUS VERSE CHORUS, IS THAT REALLY JUST HIM PUTTING DOWN WHATEVER HE FELT LIKE SAYING, AND THE SUN GOES ON A DIFFERENT JOURNEY, JUST LIKE LIFE GOES ON A JOURNEY.

>>> ♪ WHERE IT ALL BEGAN ♪ >>> IT TALKS ABOUT GROWING UP, GETTING OLDER, EXPERIENCING THE DIFFERENT VULNERABILITIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR LIVES, AND THE WAY THAT IT KIND OF ENDS IS JUST THAT, YEAH, THAT'S LIFE.

THE WORLD IS GOING TO KEEP ON SPINNING, BUT WE WILL KEEP ON SINGING.

SO, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH YOU CAN DO TO CONTROL EVERYTHING AROUND YOU, SO YOU JUST KIND OF GOT TO KEEP CELEBRATING WHAT YOU ARE ABLE TO ENJOY, AND THAT IS WHY THE ENDING FEELS VERY TRIUMPHANT.

>>> ♪ ♪ MY HANDS ARE SHAKING ♪ MY BODY IS ACHING ♪ AND I'M NEVER MAKING IT ALONE ♪ ♪ >>> YOU CAN WATCH MORE OF OUR INTERVIEW WITH FINNEGAN BLUE, AS WELL AS ALL OF TONIGHT'S STORIES, ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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