>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR.

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

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THANK YOU.

>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT IS THURSDAY, JULY 15th.

THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

MILLIONS OF PARENTS ARE STARTING TO SEE MONEY ARRIVE IN THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS FOR THE ENHANCED CHILD CREDIT.

WE HAVE IMPORTANT DETAILS ABOUT THE CREDITS INCLUDING WHO IS ELIGIBLE.

>>> FOR EVERY CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF SIX YEARS OLD, A PARENT WILL GET $3600 PER YEAR.

EVERY CHILD BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6-17, THEY WILL GET $3000 PER YEAR.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCE THAT TODAY, THE DAY THAT ELECTRONIC PAYMENT STARTED TO HIT BANK ACCOUNTS OF PEOPLE.

THAT IS THE ENHANCED CHILD CREDIT.

WE SPOKE WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED WAY OF SAN DIEGO.

>> THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO USE THIS MONEY FOR TWO SURVIVE AND THRIVE.

>> Reporter: THE CHECKS CHILD CREDIT IS NOT NEW BUT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN PROMISED TO BOOST THE CREDIT AND DELIVER IT EARLY IN THE FORM OF MONTHLY PAYMENTS.

PARENTS WILL GET PAYMENTS OF $300 PER MONTH FOR EVERY CHILD FIVE YEARS AND YOUNGER.

$250 A MONTH FOR EVERY CHILD BETWEEN THE AGES OF 5-17.

THAT IS WHAT SINGLE TAXPAYERS MAKING LESS THAN $75,000.

FOR JOINT FILERS, THEY MUST MAKE LESS THAN $150,000.

>> YOU NEED TO FACTOR IN YOUR TAX LIABILITY.

>> Reporter: PHIL SIMON IS A PROFESSIONAL TAX PREPARER.

HE WANTS PARENTS TO REMEMBER THAT IF THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY GETTING A CHILD TAX CREDIT THEY WILL GET HALF OF THE CREDITS IN MONTHLY PAYMENTS AND WHAT THAT WILL MEAN COME TAX TIME.

>> ON MY 2021 RETURN, THAT MEANS THERE WILL ONLY BE $3000 EVEN IF I HAD $4000 LAST YEAR.

>> Reporter: AND HE IS NOW FIELDING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IF PARENTS ARE NO LONGER TOGETHER BUT PARENTS MAY CLAIM ONE OR THE OTHER CHILD.

YOU CAN GO TO IRS.GOV.

NANCY SAYS, ALONG WITH THE UNITED WAY YOU CAN CALL 211 AND THEY WILL GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH SOMEBODY THAT CAN OFFER THREE ASSIST FREE ASSISTANCE.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS THESE ENHANCED BENEFITS WILL LIFT HALF OF AMERICAN CHILDREN OUT OF POVERTY.

I AM JOHN CARROLL FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY WILL BE REQUIRING EVERYBODY TO WEAR A MASK INDOORS REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION STATUS.

TODAY LA COUNTY REPORTED 1537 CORONAVIRUS CASES.

IT IS THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN WHEN COVID-19 RELATED RESTRICTIONS WERE LIFTED ONE MONTH AGO.

THE INCREASES BLAMED ON THE DELTA VARIANT SPREADING.

THE IMPACT TAKES PLACE JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE A PLAN TO CHANGE MASK GUIDANCE.

THEY SAY, "THE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDANCE ON MASKING AND URGES THOSE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED TO GET VACCINATED TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS FROM THE SPREAD OF COVID-19."

TODAY SAN DIEGO REPORTED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF NEW CASES IN ONE DAY SINCE MARCH.

WITH CASES RISING IN SOME AREAS, IN SOME AREAS THEY ARE GOING DOWN.

>> Reporter: MANY HAD HOPED THAT COVID-19 CONCERTS WOULD BE A THING OF THE PAST BUT THE DELTA VARIANT IS SPREADING RAPIDLY.

>> DELTA IS HERE AND DANGEROUS.

IT IS KILLING PEOPLE.

IT SHOULD SCARE YOU.

>> Reporter: HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE RISING SIGNIFICANTLY.

>> WE THINK THIS HAS COME WITH A LOT OF THE PEOPLE NOT WEARING MASKS.

>> PEOPLE WILL TAKE THE MESSAGE AND SEE THAT THEY DON'T WANT THIS TO GO ON AND REALLY GO AND GET VACCINATED NOW SO THAT WE CAN PREVENT WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE FALL.

>> Reporter: THE U.S.

SURGEON GENERAL IS URGING PEOPLE TO NOT LISTEN TO SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> AT SOME TIMES THE MOST TRUSTED SOURCES ARE A MOTHER OR A FATHER OR A FAITH LEADER OR A DOCTOR OR A NURSE.

>> Reporter: FOR THOSE LOOKING TO COMBAT MISINFORMATION THE PUSHBACK CAN BE EXTREME.

ONE TOP OFFICIAL SAID THAT BEFORE SHE WAS FIRED, SHE WAS SENT A DOG MUZZLE.

>> THEY OBVIOUSLY DID NOT KNOW ME BECAUSE THEY SENT ME THE SIZE FOR A SMALL DOG AND I AM BIG.

>> Reporter: THERE IS CONCERNS OVER THE SPREAD OF THE DELTA VARIANT AS SCHOOLS OPEN IN THE FALL.

IT >>> FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT VACCINATIONS AND WHERE TO GET ONE VISIT OUR WEBSITE, WWW.KPBS.ORG.

WE HAVE MADE IT EASY TO FIND WITH A VACCINES LINK ON THE HOMEPAGE.

>>> SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA TOOK TIME TODAY TO THINK PEOPLE WORKING TO HOUSE CHILDREN AT THE DADS THE FACILITY IS NOW EMPTY EXCEPT FOR ARTWORK AND NOTES THE CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND.

>> THIS WAS THEIR ELLIS ISLAND.

THIS WAS THEIR STATUE OF LIBERTY.

THIS IS WHERE THEY CAME BECAUSE THEY NEEDED HELP AND SAN DIEGANS STEPPED FORWARD.

>> WE PROVIDED A WHOLE SUITE OF TRAUMA INFORMED SERVICES.

FROM LEGAL, MEDICAL, AND MORE.

>> Reporter: 3213 KIDS ARE NOW BACK WITH THEIR KIDS, LEGAL GUARDIANS OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

LESS THAN 30 WERE PUT INTO FOSTER CARE BECAUSE FAMILY COULD NOT BE FOUND.

>> Reporter: DACA RECIPIENTS ARE FACING NEW CHALLENGES.

ROUGHLY 13,000 RENEWABLE CASES HAVE REMAINED PENDING FOR LONGER THAN FOUR MONTHS.

IT HAS CAUSED SOME TO LOSE JOBS AND HEALTH INSURANCE.

THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS ALLOWS YOUNG PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO WORK.

>>> THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS TAKING ACTION TO COMBAT THE RISE IN GHOST GUNS.

KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAE NOW HAS A SPECIAL POLICE TEAM.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA HAS LAWS TO REGULATE GHOST GUNS BUT THEY WILL NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL JULY 2022.

ONE COUNCILWOMAN DOES NOT WANT TO WAIT.

SHE IS INTRODUCING A CITY ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THE WEAPONS.

>> WE NEED TO PREVENT GHOST GUNS FROM GETTING INTO THE HANDS OF DANGEROUS PEOPLE THAT COULD THREATEN THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED A LARGE INCREASE IN GHOST GUNS.

>> WE WILL WORK AS A RESOURCE TO HANDLE THE GHOST GUN ANGLE AND MAKE SURE THAT IS TAKING BEING TAKEN CARE OF OFFICIALLY AND WE GET AS MANY GHOST GUNS AS WE CAN OFF THE STREET.

>> Reporter: THE SPD IS LOOKING TO SEIZE UP TO 480 OF THEM.

>> THEY ARE BEING SEIZED IN MANY NARCOTIC AND GANG INVESTIGATIONS.

WE KNOW THEY ARE BEING USED ON THE STREETS.

THEY ARE EASY TO OBTAIN AND ASSEMBLE.

AND THEN THEY ARE UNTRACEABLE.

>> Reporter: MICHAEL SCHWARTZ AT THE GUNOWNERS IMPACT SAYS IT IS A POLITICAL MOVE.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE TRIED TO COVER THEIR OWN INCOMPETENCE OR FAILURES AND BLAME IT ON FIREARMS.

>> Reporter: THE HOPE IS THAT THE ORDINANCE WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

I AM MELISSA MAE FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE FIRST GUARANTEED INCOME PLAN IS GOING TO BE INTRODUCED FOR PEOPLE THAT RECENTLY LEFT OF FOSTER CARE OR ARE PREGNANT.

THERE WON'T BE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON HOW MONEY CAN BE SPENT BY THE RECIPIENTS.

>>> THE CLEAN CALIFORNIA INITIATIVE FROM GOVERNOR NEWSOM IS BEING INTRODUCED.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDRA RANGEL HAS MORE ON A JOB FOR BY CALTRANS.

>> Reporter: THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO OPEN 11,000 JOBS FOR CALIFORNIANS INCLUDING PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS, VETERANS AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED.

WE SPOKE WITH THE DIRECTOR OF CALTRANS IN SAN DIEGO.

THEY ARE LOOKING TO HIRE 50 PEOPLE OVER THE NEXT 4-6 WEEKS.

>> THESE ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS, THEY ARE GOOD JOBS.

AND THESE PEOPLE COULD BE ON THE HIGHWAYS KEEPING OUR HIGHWAYS CLEAN.

>> Reporter: SEAN RIZZUTO SAYS THESE SHOPS CAN LEAD TO GREATER OPPORTUNITIES.

>> THESE ARE TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS AND ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS.

AND THEN YOU CAN APPLY FOR PERMANENT JOBS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.

>> Reporter: WHITE ELLIOTT IS A POLITICAL SCIENCE GRADUATE FROM SAN DIEGO STATE.

HE SAYS HE WAS LUCKY TO HAVE A JOB THROUGH THE PANDEMIC BUT IS LOOKING TO START A JOB WITH CALTRANS.

>> I AM LOOKING FOR A GOVERNMENT POSITION LIKE LIAISON.

>> Reporter: THE MONEY WILL BE SPENT ON LITTER ABATEMENT AND OTHER PROJECTS.

I AM ALEXANDRA RANGEL FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> WILDFIRES ARE BURNING NEAR TO COT A ROAD.

CAL FIRES SAYS CREWS HAVE STOPPED THE SPREAD OF THE FIRE AT TECATE.

THEY ATTACKED THE FLAMES FROM THE AIR AND THE GROUND.

THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE A DOWNED POWER LINE.

FIREFIGHTERS WILL REMAIN ON THE SCENE THROUGH THE EVENING.

>>> ANOTHER WILDFIRE IS GROWING NOT FAR FROM THE TOWN OF PARADISE.

THAT TOWN WAS DEVASTATED BY THE CAMP FIRE.

THE DIXIE FIRE IS A 0% CONTAINED.

FIREFIGHTERS SAY THE FLAMES ARE BURNING AWAY FROM HOMES THAT THE SURVIVORS OF THE CAMP FIRE ARE WORRIED THAT HISTORY CAN REPEAT ITSELF.

>> IN SO MANY OF US JUST ESCAPED WITH OUR LIVES.

SEEING THE PLUMES OF SMOKE, IT RAISES ANXIETY LEVELS.

>> Reporter: AS FIRES CONTINUE TO BURN, FLOODS ARE HITTING ARIZONA.

DARRYL FORGES HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: FIRES ON THE WEST COAST CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC.

>> THEY COME IN ALL DAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO ALL NIGHT.

>> Reporter: THE BOOTLEG FIRE HAS SCORCHED 227,000 ACRES SO FAR.

NEARLY 1 MILLION ACRES HAVE BEEN SCORCHED IN 71 LARGE FIRES IN 12 STATES.

>> WE ARE MONTHS INTO AN INTENSE DROUGHT.

FEEL CONDITIONS ARE VERY RECEPTIVE TO FIRE.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE BEING FED BY DROUGHT.

LAKES IN SOME AREAS ARE UNRECOGNIZABLE.

>> DRY.

LIKE COMPLETELY DRY.

WHERE YOU USUALLY SEE THOUSANDS OF TROUT, IT'S A DRY.

>> Reporter: RAIN IN THE SOUTHWEST IS PROVIDING RELIEF.

BUT A SUDDEN DOWNPOUR IN ARIZONA CREATED FLASH FLOODING.

PARTS OF THE MIDWEST ARE SEEING HEAVY FLOODING IN ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN.

>> OVERNIGHT WE GOT HIT WITH OVER 23 INCHES OF RAIN.

IT CAME DOWN VERY HARD AND FAST AND AT SOME POINTS ONE INCH OR MORE PER HOUR.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN TWO DOZEN TORNADOES WERE SPAWNED ACROSS THE STATE OF IOWA AS WELL.

I'M DARRYL FORGES REPORTING FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE ARE GETTING MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES.

IT IS A BIT OF A REPRIEVE FOR THE WEEKEND.

WHAT WE WILL FIND IS MAYBE, AND THIS IS A BIG IF, WE COULD SEE SOME SMALL RAIN CHANCES EARLY NEXT WEEK.

MAY BE SPOTTY AT BEST.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT TONIGHT THOUGH.

THE MARINE LAYER IS COMING IN OCEANSIDE.

FOR SAN DIEGO AT SELF, UPPER 60s OF THE SAME IN MOUNT LAGUNA.

THE MARINE LAYER WILL COME IN AS IT ALWAYS DOES WITH JUST A FEW LOW CLOUDS.

NOTHING PROMINENT LIKE THE DEEPER LAYERS EARLIER THIS SEASON.

FRIDAY, WHAT WILL CHANGE?

SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AROUND THE FOUR CORNERS.

WE WILL STAY LARGELY DRY.

IT WILL BE 76 IN THE CITY.

CHULA VISTA WILL SEE 76 AND BORREGO SPRINGS WILL SEE 109 DEGREES.

SO WHAT WILL CHANGE?

THE HIGH DOES INTENSIFY AND STRENGTHEN A BIT.

AND WE WILL SEE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY PIVOTING A BIT MORE.

THERE COULD ALSO BE A CHANCE THAT THE MOISTURE WILL BREAK ACROSS THE BASE OF THE HIGH AND WILL FORM OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

SPOTTY AT BEST.

FOR RIGHT NOW WE ARE DRY FOR THE WEEKEND WITH SUN AND CLOUDS.

UPPER 70s ALONG THE COAST.

FEELING NICE AND SEASONABLE.

INLAND LOCATIONS HOLDING ONTO THE MID-80s.

PRETTY QUIET CONDITIONS.

THE MOUNTAINS, OR LIKE THE 70s.

WE HAVE TO WATCH OUT.

MAYBE THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COME IN ACROSS THOSE MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS.

DOESN'T LOCATIONS HOLDING ON AROUND 100 DEGREES.

FOR KPBS NEWS I AM METEOROLOGIST MELISSA CONSTANZER.

>>> THE CALIFORNIA DROP COULD SHUT DOWN POWER PLANTS NEAR SAN FRANCISCO.

BUT, ONE AREA COULD LOSE WATER, LAKE ORVILLE, COULD SHUT DOWN THE PUMPS.

>> Reporter: TODAY, THE WATER IS SO LOW AT LAKE ORVILLE ANY BOAT RAMPS ARE CLOSED.

>> WE ARE SEEING ISLANDS ON THE LAKE THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND I HAVE BEEN FISHING HERE SINCE THE 80s.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE SECOND LARGEST RESERVOIR.

SUPPLYING WATER AND POWER TO CALIFORNIANS.

>> NORMALLY IT WILL RANGE BETWEEN 100-400 MEGAWATTS DEPENDING ON WHAT THE WATER CONDITIONS ARE.

>> Reporter: THE WATER IS AT 667 FEET OF ELEVATION AND THAT IS ABOUT ONE THIRD OF WHERE IT SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE THE DRY RIDGES THIS YEAR WHERE THE LAKE USED TO REACH.

>> WE EXPECT THEM TO GET DOWN TO AROUND 460 FEET.

>> Reporter: POSSIBLY, BY SEPTEMBER, THEY COULD SHUT DOWN THE POWER PLANT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE ITS CREATION IN 1967.

THAT IS A CONCERN ON THE POWER GRID TO.

>> ESPECIALLY FOR US AROUND SACRAMENTO, WE COULD SEE ROLLING BLACKOUTS.

THAT IS A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY.

>> Reporter: THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES SAYS THEY ARE COORDINATING WITH THE DAM TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH THEY MAY NEED TO --.

>>> RESEARCHERS AT THE UC SAN DIEGO NANOTECHNOLOGY LAB HAVE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO CREATE ENERGY WITHOUT LIFTING A FINGER.

THIS LITTLE SHOP TURNS SWEAT ON YOUR FINGERTIPS INTO ENERGY.

IT COULD MEASURE ALL KINDS OF THINGS ON YOUR BODY.

>> THE ENZYMES CAN BREAK DOWN THE LACTATE IN YOUR SWEAT.

THAT WILL GENERATE ENERGY.

>> Reporter: THE LAB HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SWEAT ENERGY FOR ABOUT A DECADE.

EARLIER, DEVICES REQUIRED INTENSE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BUT THIS STRIP WORKS WHEN A PERSON IS LYING STILL OR SLEEPING.

BUT THEY ARE STILL YEARS AWAY FROM WIDESPREAD USE.

>>> BARS ARE BACK AS COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN LIFTED.

KPBS IT REPORTER KATIE STEAGALL REPORTS.

>> Reporter: IT WAS MID JUNE, TWO DAYS AFTER COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS WERE LIFTED.

IT HAS BEEN A HARD ROAD BACK.

THE OLDESTBAR HAS SURVIVED ATTACKS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE HIV AND AIDS EPIDEMIC AND MOST RECENTLY THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS.

A LOW POINT CAME WHEN THE 2020 PRIDE WAS CANCELED.

>> THAT TO ME WAS LIKE THE HARDER BLOW.

NOT JUST COVID-19.

LOSING PRIDE IS HUGE.

IT IS JUST BIGGER THAN MOST PEOPLE CAN IMAGINE.

>> Reporter: BUT WELL THAT HAPPENED, THEY RECEIVED A PPP LOAN AND THEY HAVE TO HELPED HER WORK OUT OTHER PLANS.

>> I WOULD COME IN, WALK AROUND THE BAR AND THINK, I CANNOT DO THIS AND THEN JUST WALK OUT IN TIERS.

I JUST DID NOT KNOW.

NONE OF US KNEW.

WE JUST FELT LIKE, IT IS OVER AND WE ARE PAST IT AND EVERYBODY IS HEALTHY.

>> Reporter: BUT NOT ALL BARS MADE IT THROUGH.

ONE BAR KNOWN FOR ITS SPECIALTY DRINKS ANNOUNCED THEY WERE ENDING.

BUT OTHERS HAVE SHOWN REMARKABLE RESILIENCE.

PAUL DETWEILER PRODUCED A DOCUMENTARY ON THE BARS.

HE SAYS THAT LGBTQ BARS RELY ON PLACES FOR OTHER THAN JUST DRINKING.

>> THESE ARE PLACES FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF RIGIDNESS AND DISCRIMINATION GROWING UP.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE STREET POPULATION HAS NOT EXPERIENCED.

>> MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY HAVE SERVED AS THE HUBS OF THE RIGHTS MOVEMENT GOING BACK TO THE 60s.

PROTEST AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS AND EVEN THE SAN DIEGO FIRST PRIDE WERE CONCEIVED IN THESE DARK AND DUSTY CLUBS.

>> BEFORE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT STEPPED UP AND ASSISTED WITH HIV AND AIDS, THE COMMUNITY DID IT THEMSELVES.

THAT IS THE REASON THAT THE OLDER GENERATION OF LGBTQ PEOPLE HAVE THAT SPOT IN THEIR HEART FOR THESE BARS.

>> Reporter: WHILE LGBTQ PEOPLE TODAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EMERGE FROM THE SHADOWS IN WAYS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN INCONCEIVABLY BEFORE, THEY ARE STILL ESSENTIAL.

ALLEN SAYS THESE REMAIN A PART OF HIS COMFORT ZONE.

>> THESE ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR MYSELF AND MY PARTNER.

WE CAN'T COMPARE THIS TO GOING TO A STRAIGHT BAR.

IT IS NOT THE SAME AS GOING TO ONYX DOWNSTAIRS OR ANOTHER BAR.

IT'S JUST NOT LIKE COMING HERE.

IT >> Reporter: THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT PRIDE 2021, HAPPENING THIS WEEK.

ORGANIZERS HAVE PUT TOGETHER A WHOLE SLATE OF EVENTS THAT SHOULD KEEP THE BARS PACKED ALL WEEK.

FOR KPBS NEWS I AM KATY STEGALL.

>>> THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY IS COMING BACK WITH THE WHOLE PLATFORM OF STREAMING PLATFORMS.

DARRYL FORGES TAKES US BEHIND THE SCENES.

IT >> Reporter: WE ARE IN GEORGIA AND THIS MASSIVE PROPERTY IS KNOWN FOR MANY PRODUCTIONS LIKE THE AVENGERS.

RIGHT NOW, MANY OF THE PRODUCTIONS GOING ON HERE ARE TOP-SECRET.

>> THE MOVIE BUSINESS, HAS NEVER BEEN SO BUSY.

>> TO MEET BIGELOW PATTERSON.

>> Reporter: JUST UP THE ROAD IS EAGLE STUDIOS.

IT IS HOME TO SEVERAL TV AND STREAMING SERVICE SERIES.

>> I CONVINCED MY OWNERS TO LET US GO OUT AND PURCHASE ANOTHER PROPERTY AND WE FOUND ONE JUST DOWN THE STREET.

>> Reporter: THE DEMAND IS HIGH BECAUSE OF STREAMING PLATFORMS AND THE APPETITE FOR CONTENT.

AT THE START OF THE PANDEMIC, THESE BUILDINGS WERE QUIET.

BUT THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS NEXT.

>> WE WANTED TO HELP OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY GET BACK TO WORK.

PEOPLE NEEDED JOBS.

>> Reporter: MAY OF LAST YEARS, A BEST PRACTICE GUIDE AGAINST COVID-19 WAS RELEASED FOLLOWED BY UNIONS AND OTHER COMPANIES.

ONCE SAFETY PROTOCOLS WERE IN PLACE, THEY GOT A BIG BOOST FROM MEMBERS OF THE MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION.

>> THEY MADE A COMMITMENT TO RETURN TO GEORGIA AND TO SPEND $2 BILLION IN GEORGIA OVER MONTHS.

>> THEY COMMITTED TO HIRING OVER 17,000 SMALL BUSINESSES.

>> Reporter: BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IT WAS LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION.

ONCE AGAIN.

IN ATLANTA I AM DARRYL FORGES REPORTING .

>>> THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO FLY TO SPACE WILL JOIN JEFF BEZOS SOON.

THIS MYSTERY BIDDER PAID $28 MILLION HAD SCHEDULING CONFLICTS SO, THEY BUMPED UP DEMON WHO HAD BOUGHT HIM A SEAT.

THE ORIGINAL WINNER WILL FLY IN A FUTURE MISSION.

>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, 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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