>>> 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.

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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, JUNE 17.

I AM AMITA SHARMA IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

>>> AN ARMY VETERAN JUST CROSSED BACK OVER THE BORDER TODAY.

AND KPBS REPORTER MAX RIVLIN- NADLER HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY .

>>> ANDREW DE LEON REENTERED THE UNITED STATES AFTER BEING IN TIJUANA FOR NEARLY A DECADE.

HE WAS DEPORTED FOR A NONVIOLENT DRUG OFFENSE.

HE WAS JOINED BY OTHER DEPORTED ILLEGAL ALIENS.

THEY CELEBRATED WITH CAKE AND PHOTOS.

HE HAD PETITION FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO REENTER THE UNITED STATES TO NO AVAIL.

A RECENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES THAT YOU UNION AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE IN MEXICAN THAT ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO REENTER THE UNITED STATES.

EVEN AS THE BORDER REMAINS CLOSED FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE.

THAT AGREEMENT HAS ALLOWED AT LEAST ONE DEPORTED VETERAN TO REENTER THE UNITED STATES.

AN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY HELPED DAILY ON GET HIS APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> HE LIVED HERE AWAY FROM MOST MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY.

IT IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE AND SAD TO EVEN IMAGINE THE SITUATION.

>>> THE DEPORTED VETERANS MARCHED WITH DE LEON TO THE BORDER.

THROUGH SWELTERING HEAT.

HIS NAME WAS CALLED AND HE WALKED INTO THE UNITED STATES.

DAILY ON PLANS TO LIVE IN SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA WITH FAMILY MEMBERS.

HE IS DIABETIC AND CLOSE TO 80 YEARS OLD.

HE IS HOPING TO GET SOME OF HIS ARMY BENEFITS RESTORED BUT TODAY HE IS JUST HAPPY TO BE BACK IN THE UNITED STATES.

AT THE USN MEXICAN BORDER I AM MAX RIVLIN-NADLER FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> ATTORNEY GENERAL MEREDITH GARLAND WITHDREW KEY RULINGS ISSUED IN 2018.

REVERSAL ALLOWS IMMIGRANTS THAT PHASE DOMESTIC OR GANG VIOLENCE TO APPLY FOR CONSIDERATION.

AN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY EXPLAINS THAT CASES DENIED DURING THE OLD POLICY CAN BE REVIEWED.

>> BEFORE THEY COULD NOT DO THIS WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

>>> A PERSON SEEKING ASYLUM STILL NEEDS TO PASS WHAT IS CALLED A CREDIBLE FEAR INTERVIEW .

IN A STATEMENT TO OUR MEDIA PARTNERS, CONGRESSMAN DARRELL ISAAC AND CALLED IT DISAPPOINTING.

HE SAYS IT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE CRISIS THAT GROWS WORSE EVERY DAY.

>>> THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO HAS RELEASED A NEW ANALYSIS OF VIOLENCE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

>> Reporter: THEY LOOK AT TRAFFIC STOPS, NON-TRAFFIC STOPS AND USE OF FORCE.

COMPARING THE TREATMENT OF PEOPLE OF COLOR TO THOSE THAT ARE WHITE.

>> BLACK PEOPLE ARE SUBJECTED TO FORCE MORE TIMES THAN WHITE.

>> Reporter: BLACK PEOPLE ARE BELIEVED TO RESPONSE MORE FREQUENT STOPS.

>> SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN WE HAVE A FINDING OF A RACIAL DISPARITY?

DISPARITY RATES OF POLICE CONTACTED THE OUTCOMES MEAN THAT RACIAL GROUPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF SAN DIEGO HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES OF POLICING.

>> Reporter: THE REPORT CONSIDERS POVERTY RATES AND NEIGHBORHOOD DEMOGRAPHICS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO DISPARITIES.

THE SAN DIEGO POLICE CHIEF SAYS THE DEPARTMENT EXPECTED TO FIND DISPARITIES.

>> THESE DISPARITIES DO NOT NECESSARILY MEAN DISCRIMINATION BUT THEY DO ALLOW US TO TAKE A DEEPER LOOK AT WHY THEY EXIST AND HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THEM THROUGH PROCEDURAL, OPERATIONAL AND STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING.

>> Reporter: FRANCINE MAXWELL, THE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP IN SAN DIEGO SAID THE FOLLOWING.

>> WE NEED A SENSE OF URGENCY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

>> Reporter: THIS REPORT IS PART OF A NATIONAL DATABASE SOCIAL EQUITY STUDY.

IT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE@SANDIEGO.GOV.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PLANNED COMMUNITY LISTENING MEETINGS COMING UP.

FOR KPBS NEWS I AM MELISSA MAE.

>>> NEW GUIDELINES HAVE CONFIRMED THAT HAVE TAKEN EFFECT THIS WEEK ALLOWING FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE TO TAKE OFF MASKS.

GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM HAS MADE THE RULE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

BUT BUSINESSES CAN STILL DECIDE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS TO REQUIRE WORKERS AND CUSTOMERS TO WHERE FACEMASKS.

>> WE REMAIN IN A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REACT TO THAT DIFFERENTLY.

THAT IS WHY BUSINESSES ARE GIVEN THIS LATITUDE.

THEY HAVE HEARD WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE BUT WE ARE TAKING A MORE CAUTIOUS APPROACH.

>> ATTORNEY DAN EATON SAYS, THE LACK OF RESTRICTIONS DO NOT GIVE PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO IGNORE RULES PUT IN PLACE.

>>> IT IS DAY ONE OF THE U.S. OPEN.

THE MULTI DAY CHAMPIONSHIP IS WELCOMING FANS BUT NOWHERE NEAR THE LARGE CROWDS WHEN THE TOURNAMENT WAS HERE MORE THAN A DECADE AGO.

KPBS REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF IS BACK AT TORREY PINES BUT THINGS ARE A BIT DIFFERENT FROM LAST TIME THEY WERE HERE.

MOST COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN LIFTED.

>> WE WILL SEE SOME GREAT CROWDS THIS WEEK.

UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE COVID- 19 RESTRICTIONS, WE ONLY EXPECT ABOUT 8000-10,000 FANS PER TODAY.

>> Reporter: THEY SAY LESTER THERE WERE NO FANS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND THAT WAS ALMOST THE CASE AGAIN.

>> UNTIL A FEW DAYS AGO WE WERE NOT SURE WE WOULD HAVE ANY FANS AT ALL.

BUT THIS IS A BIG EVENT FOR THE AREA.

>> Reporter: ALL ATTENDEES ARE ASKED IF THEY ARE VACCINATED AND IF NOT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE A NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST TO ATTEND.

DESPITE THE SMALLER THAN USUAL CROWDS, MANY POPULAR GOLFERS HAD GOOD FOLLOWING.

>> THERE WERE A LOT OF GUYS WATCHING PHIL.

YOU HAVE GOT TO LOVE THE LEFTY.

IT WAS PRETTY CROWDED BUT NOT ENOUGH BEER.

>> Reporter: THERE WERE FEWER FAN AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPTIONS.

>>, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO GET CLOSER TO THE GREENS IN THE FAIRWAY TO SEE THE PLAYERS AND WE REALLY LIKED THAT.

>> Reporter: MATT DONOVAN WAS HERE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR HIS 20th U.S. OPEN.

>> WE ARE WATCHING SOME GOOD SWINGS.

>> Reporter: HE MISSES SOME OF IT BUT, HE WAS ABLE TO PICK UP SOME SWAG.

MORE THAN 150 PLAYERS ARE TEEING OFF THIS WEEK.

ANOTHER PANDEMIC RESTRICTION IS NO AUTOGRAPHS OR FIST BUMPS WITH PLAYERS.

>> WE LIKED THAT WE COULD GET AUTOGRAPHS SO IT IS A BIT DISAPPOINTING.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE ARE JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> Reporter: FANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SPREAD OUT BUT SOCIAL DISTANCING IS NOT REQUIRED.

I'M MATT HOFFMAN FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE PADRES ARE PLAYING AT PETCO PARK AT FULL CAPACITY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 630 DAYS.

THEY ARE FACING THE CINCINNATI REDS WITH A GAME SET TO BEGIN AT 5:40 PM.

HOMETOWN HERO JOE MUSGROVE, HE THROUGH THE FIRST OF HER NO- HITTER FOR THE PADRES, WILL BE PITCHING.

THERE WILL BE A FLYOVER BY THE MILITARY.

>> THIS IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN SITTING AT HOME AND WATCHING IT ON THE COUCH.

HEARING THE CRACK OF THE BAT.

WE NEEDED THIS.

>> IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 2 YEARS SINCE WE COULD COME IN.

>> WITH NEAR CAPACITY CROWDS EXPECTED THAT IN PARK, TROLLEY SERVICE WILL BE EXPANDED.

BUT MASKS ARE STILL REQUIRED ON BUBBLE TRANSPORTATION.

>>> PEOPLE ACROSS CALIFORNIA ARE BEING ASKED TO REDUCE ELECTRICITY USE TONIGHT AS A HEAT WAVE CONTINUES TO BLANKET THE STATE.

A FLEX ALERT FROM 5:00 P.M. UNTIL 10:00 A.M. -- 5:00 P.M. UNTIL 10:00 P.M. IS IN PLACE.

YOU ARE ASKED TO SET YOUR THERMOSTAT TO 78 DEGREES OR HIGHER AND TO AVOID USING MAJOR APPLIANCES.

THEY DO NOT ANTICIPATE ROLLING BLACKOUTS LIKE LAST YEAR.

>>> UPWARDS OF 300 RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES COULD BE BROKEN THIS WEEK.

THAT COULD SPELL TROUBLE FOR CROPS IF WITH THE CONDITIONS RIPE FOR FIRES.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 40 MILLION PEOPLE ARE ALERT FOR THIS POTENTIALLY LETHAL HEATWAVE.

>> Reporter: JESSE LOPEZ AND HIS WIFE WAS IN THE BACKYARD AND IT WAS 112 DEGREES.

>> SHE FELT LIGHTHEADED AND HER EYES ROLLED BACK.

>> Reporter: IN STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS, OFFICIALS ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO CONSERVE ENERGY.

>> CLOSE YOUR BLINDS TO KEEP OUT THE AFTERNOON HEAT AND LIMIT THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF REFRIGERATORS.

>> Reporter: MUCH OF THE UNITED STATES IS UNDER A DROUGHT CONDITION AND THAT IS EXPANDING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

>> I WILL JUST SAY, IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO VISIT.

THERE ARE WILDFIRES AND MORE.

>> Reporter: OVER 30 LARGE WILDFIRES BURN ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND THE FIRE DANGER IS INCREASING.

RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT IN MONTANA AND UTAH.

>> PEOPLE WITH LUNG DISORDERS, THEY COULD STRUGGLE WITH THIS.

>>> I WISH I HAD BETTER NEWS FOR FOLKS.

TEMPERATURES IN THE 110 DEGREE RANGE.

TEMPERATURES ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE BUT BY THE TIME WE GET INTO NEXT WEEK, IT WILL BE HOT.

JUST NOT AS HOT.

WE WILL START TO TAPER THINGS DOWN.

THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS WILL EVENTUALLY GO AWAY.

BUT TONIGHT, SOME OF THE COASTAL CLOUDS ARE PROVIDING RELIEF.

OCEANSIDE IS COMING IN AT 61 AND VIRAGO SPRINGS HANGING ON AT 88 DEGREES.

THERE WILL BE SOME MOISTURE HERE WITH THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SOME MODELS ARE TRYING TO HINT AT.

IT HAS BEEN A DRY TIME SO WE DON'T THINK WE WILL HAVE MUCH OF THAT THOUGH.

THE BAD NEWS IS, WE COULD REALLY USE THE RAIN AS THAT WOULD PROVIDE SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT.

HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE KEEPING THINGS HOT AND DRY.

78 DEGREES IS THE HIGH IN SAN DIEGO.

BUT IF YOU ARE IN VIRAGO SPRINGS IT IS SO DANGEROUS OUTSIDE.

THE GOOD NEWS, THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM STARTS TO DRAG TO THE SOUTHWEST.

AND ON SATURDAY, IT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END.

ALONG THE COAST, NO REALLY BIG CHANGES.

TEMPERATURES MORE OR LESS IN THE 70s.

ONCE WE WORK OUR WAY INLAND, WE WILL FALL OUT OF THE 90s.

MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS, WE HAVE BEEN IN THE 80s HERE WE HOPE TO GET OUT OF THAT GOING INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

FINALLY, WE ARE STARTING TO GET SOME RELIEF ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS I AM ACCUWEATHER METEOROLOGIST MELISSA CONSTANZER.

>>> THERE IS A NEW FEDERAL HOLIDAY.

CONGRESS HAS APPROVED MAKING JUNETEENTH OR JUNE 19 FEDERAL HOLIDAY.

IT COMMEMORATES THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES.

BACK ON JUNE 19, 1865, UNION SOLDIERS BROUGHT THE NEWS TO ENSLAVED BLACK PEOPLE IN GALVESTON, TEXAS.

MONTHS AFTER THE CONFEDERATES THREE SURRENDERED.

PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE IT A FEDERAL HOLIDAY BY SIGNING IT INTO LAW.

MANY AFRICAN-AMERICANS SEE IT IS ONLY A SYMBOLIC GESTURE.

ONE PROFESSOR WANTS PEOPLE TO BE SUPPORTED ON SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES.

>> POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, HOUSING AND ENDING MASS INCARCERATION.

ENDING THE RACIST DRUG WAR.

IT GOES ON AND ON.

THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS IMPORTANT TO AFRICAN- AMERICANS AND THAT AFRICAN- AMERICANS TALK ABOUT AT JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS.

>> HE ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN- AMERICANS.

>>> THE U.S. SUPREME COURT CAME OUT WITH TWO MAJOR RULINGS.

THE HIGH COURT THREW OUT A CHALLENGE TO AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

AND THEN A FOSTER CARE AGENCY THAT IS CATHOLIC AND REFUSED TO WORK WITH SAME-SEX COUPLES WAS SUPPORTED.

>> Reporter: IN A LONG ANTICIPATED DECISION.

>> DACA IS HERE TO STAY.

>> Reporter: AFTER HIS 7-2 VOTE, A CHALLENGE TO AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WAS DISMISSED UPHOLDING HEALTHCARE COVERAGE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS FOR A THIRD TIME.

JUSTICES SAID THAT THE PENALTY IS A TACK TAX IN REFERENCE TO THE MANDATORY COVERAGE RATE.

DEMOCRATS APPLAUDED THIS.

>> IT IS A PILLAR OF HEALTH AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ALONGSIDE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE AND MEDICAID.

>> THE LAST THING WE NEED IS TO HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE DROP FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.

>> Reporter: AND THE HIGH COURT SIDED WITH A CATHOLIC SOCIAL CARE AGENCY SAYING THAT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA BROKE THE FIRST AMENDMENT WHEN THEY PULLED FUNDING BECAUSE THEY REFUSE TO WORK WITH COUPLES.

>> THEY SAID THIS IS FRONT AND CENTER.

THE BEDROCK OF OUR CONSTITUTION AND FREEDOM IN AMERICA.

>> Reporter: DESPITE THE RULING NOT EVERYBODY IS HAPPY WITH THE RESULT.

ONE JUSTICE SAYS , "THE COURT HAS OMITTED A WISP OF A DECISION THAT LEAVES RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN A CONFUSED AND VULNERABLE STATE.

THOSE WHO COUNT ON THIS COURT TO STAND UP FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE DISAPPOINTED, AS AM I."

>>> OUR PARTNERS AT I NEWS SOURCE SAY THAT A DOCTOR OFFERING WHAT IS CONSIDERED A QUESTIONABLE DIABETES TREATMENT IS FACING THE STATE MEDICAL BOARD.

DOCTOR JAMES NOVAK WAS A KEY FIGURE IN AN 2019 I NEWS SOURCE INVESTIGATION.

THE MEDICAL BOARD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS ACCUSED DOCTOR NOVAK OF FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ACCURATE RECORDS AND UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT INVOLVING TWO PATIENTS.

DOCTOR NOVAK IT DECLINED TO COMMENT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT INEWSSOURCE.ORG.

>>> I AM JUDY WOODRUFF.

TONIGHT, THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE.

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SURVIVES ANOTHER SUPREME COURT CHALLENGE.

THAT'S COMING UP TONIGHT AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> THE EFFORT TO WORK ON THE -- AREA -- AS IT MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF THE SURPLUS LAND ACT.

THEY HAVE TO PRIORITIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE AREA FIRST.

THE BLAME THE PROBLEMS ON THE LAST ADMINISTRATION IN THE CITY.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED MORE AFFORDABLE MARKET RATE HOUSING.

KPBS REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SAYS THAT THIS COULD BE A PREVIEW OF WHAT IS TO COME.

>>> CONSTRUCTION IS WELL UNDERWAY IN SEQUOIA.

A 100 UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING IN SAN DIEGO BANKERS HILL.

THE LOT IS ON FOR ONLY 25 APARTMENTS BUT LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FIRMS SAW THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE.

>> SEVEN OF THE UNITS OUT OF 100 ARE AFFORDABLE TO VERY LOW INCOME.

ANOTHER FOUR UNITS ARE REPRESENTED TO MODERATE INCOME.

>> Reporter: A DEVELOPER, GUNMAN BISHOP SAYS, THOSE 11 HOMES ARE WHAT MADE THIS BUILDING ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM.

>> YOU CAN HAVE UNLIMITED DENSITY WITHIN A SPECIFIC BUILDING ENVELOPE AND IT INCENTIVIZES DEVELOPERS TO BUILD SMALLER UNITS SO THEY GET MORE UNITS IN THEIR.

>> Reporter: SMALLER HOMES WITH CHEAPER RENTS IS WHAT THE PROGRAM IS MEANT TO ENCOURAGE.

NONE OF THE APARTMENTS COME WITH OFFSTREET PARKING BUT THEY WILL BE NEXT TO PROTECTED BIKE LANES.

I'M ANDREW BOWEN FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO WILL NOT CONSIDER CLOSING THE ROCKY SHORELINES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AN ACTIVE SEA LION BREEDING AREA.

A SHORT-TERM CLOSURE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

>> I THINK TO JUST DISMISS THE REQUEST OUT OF THIN AIR, BECAUSE THEY JUST BELIEVE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY OR, NOBODY HAS TOLD THEM THEY HAVE AUTHORITY, I AM NOT CONVINCED YET.

>>> THE CITY RESPONSES THAT THE MAYOR IS WILLING TO CONSIDER CLOSING THE AREA IF IN THE LONG- TERM, REGULATORS AND STAKEHOLDERS CAN REACH CONSENSUS.

PARK RANGERS WILL BE SPENDING MORE TIME IN THE AREA TO PROTECT THE SEA LIONS.

>>> GUIDANCE FOR TRAVELERS THAT ARE NOT FULLY VACCINATED ON CRUISE LINES IS OUT.

THEY SAY THE CHANCE OF GETTING CORONAVIRUS IS STILL HIGH ON A CRUISE SHIP BECAUSE IT SPREADS EASIER IN CLOSED SPACES.

THEY SAY THOSE PLANNING A CRUISE SHOULD GET TESTED 1-3 DAYS BEFORE THE TRIP AND 3-5 DAYS AFTER THE TRIP.

>>> ANGELIKA FILM CENTER CARMEL MOUNTAIN HAS REOPENED UNDER NEW GUIDELINES AT THE STATE.

KPBS REPORTER BETH ACCOMANDO HAS MORE ON WHAT IS DIFFERENT FOR PATRONS.

>>> ANGELIKA FILMS IS SAYING GOODBYE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING.

>> FOR US, IT REALLY IS A MOMENT OF JOY.

>> Reporter: CINEMAS RECEIVED NEW GUIDELINES FOR OPERATION FROM THE STATE SIGNALING A RETURN TO A KIND OF NORMALCY FOR THEATER PATRONS.

>> IT IS LIKE COMING BACK HOME BASICALLY.

PEOPLE WANT TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE.

AT A LOT OF PEOPLE, WEEKLY ROUTINES INCLUDE GOING TO THE MOVIES.

WE HAVE SO MANY REGULARS COMING IN AND IT IS GOOD TO SEE THAT.

>> THEATER STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO WEAR MASKS BUT PATRONS WILL NO LONGER NEED A MASK IF THEY ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

>> WE ARE REQUIRING THAT YOU COME IN WITH A MASK ON IN ALL COMMON AREAS.

THIS IS UP TO THE PATRON TO BE HONEST ABOUT AND WE REALLY HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL DO THE RIGHT THING.

>>> THE ANGELIKA FILM CENTER IS NOT SELLING OUT.

AT LEAST NOT YET.

>> WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO COME BACK.

IT INCORPORATES SEVERAL FUN EVENTS.

WE WILL BE DOING MOVIE TRIVIA AND WE ARE HERE TO TEST YOUR MOVIE KNOWLEDGE >> HOW EAGER PEOPLE ARE TO COME BACK TO MOVIE THEATERS WILL DEPEND ON THE FILMS.

>> THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THAT MOMENT WHEN THE LIGHTS GO DOWN AND THE PROJECTOR LIGHTS UP.

AND WE BELIEVE.

>> WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PRE- SALES FOR BLACK WE KNOW AND FAST 9.

>> WE ARE REALLY GEARING UP FOR THAT.

>> ANGELIKA FILM CENTER HAS A HISTORY OF ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO ATTEND MORE THAN JUST BLOCKBUSTERS.

>> THERE IS A FANTASTIC DOCUMENTARY ABOUT RITA MORENO.

AND MORE.

I FEEL A STRONG SENSE OF POSITIVITY.

I THINK PEOPLE REALLY DO WANT TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND HAVE A FEELING OF NORMALITY AGAIN.

CINEMAS ARE A PLACE WHERE COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHO LOVE FILMS.

>> WE TRY HARD TO MAKE SURE WE DO TWO THINGS.

WE SHOW GOOD MOVIES AND WE TAKE CARE OF OUR GUESTS.

THAT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST.

WHEN YOU COME IN HERE, YOU ARE TREATED LIKE PART OF THE FAMILY.

>> IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK.

>> NOW THAT PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN LIFTED, ANGELIKA FILM CENTER IS HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL GET OFF THEIR COUCHES AND GET BACK INTO THE HABIT OF GOING TO THE MOVIES.

I'M BETH ACCOMANDO FOR KPBS NEWS.

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

THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US.

I AM AMITA SHARMA.

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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