>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS "EVENING EDITION" HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING & AIR , PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS , AND PRIVILEGED TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING & AIR , HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN DRAIN, HEATING, AND COOLING SYSTEMS SINCE 1978.

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>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT IS THURSDAY, JUNE 24.

I AM IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI .

POLITICAL LEADERS FROM ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY ARE CALLING FOR AN END TO TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AT THE BORDER.

THEY SAY THE LIMITS ARE HURTING BUSINESSES.

REPORTER JOHN CARROLL IS LIVE IN SAMBA CEDRO WITH MORE.

>> Reporter: FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE DOWN HERE, WHO DON'T DO BUSINESS DOWN HERE, WHO DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO CROSS THE BORDER, THE SITUATION HERE MIGHT GO UNNOTICED, BUT IT IS VERY SERIOUS.

WITH CROSS-BORDER TRAVEL LIMITED TO ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES ONLY, BUSINESSES THAT RELY ON PEOPLE CROSSING BACK AND FORTH ARE REALLY HAVING A TOUGH TIME.

I DID TALK TO A COUPLE OF MANAGERS OF STORMS STORES IN THE PLAZA LOS AMERICA'S MALL, AND NO ONE I WANTED TO GO ON CAMERA, BUT AT THE DUTY-FREE SHOP, A SUPERVISOR TOLD ME THEIR BUSINESS IS DOWN BY ABOUT 70%.

AT A NEWS CONFERENCE OUTSIDE OF THE PET WEST PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA, ALONG WITH SUPERVISOR NORA VARGAS, CITY MAYOR ALEJANDRA IS A TERRACE OF THESE, AND THE IMPERIAL BEACH MAYOR, THEY ALL SAID THE SITUATION IS VERY SERIOUS.

WE WILL HEAR HOW SERIOUS IT IS FROM SUPERVISOR VARGAS, THEN FROM THERE GLORIA WITH AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION ABOUT WHAT ANSWERS HE IS GETTING FROM WASHINGTON AS TO THE DELAY IN GETTING THINGS BACK OPEN.

>>> AS OF TODAY, 198 BUSINESSES HAVE CLOSED THEIR DOORS FOREVER DUE TO THESE RESTRICTIONS.

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN MARCH 20th 2020, AND 2021, WE HAD A 72% LOSS FOR THE REGION.

>>> THE INFORMATION WE ARE PROVIDING, BUT WHAT I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE BACK IS AN EXPLANATION OF HERE IS WHERE YOU ARE AT AND HERE IS WHERE WE NEED YOU TO BE.

IF GIVEN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, WE COULD GET THERE FROM HERE.

>> Reporter: BEFORE THE NEWS CONFERENCE, MAYOR GLORIA TOWARD A VACCINATION SITE THAT HAS BEEN SET UP HERE AT THE PET WEST CROSSING, WERE MEXICAN NATIONALS WHO WORK IN AMERICAN FACTORIES ARE BEING VACCINATED.

MORE THAN 20,000 HAVE RECEIVED THEIR SHOTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, YET ANOTHER REASON POLITICAL LEADERS SAY IT IS TIME TO GET THE SITUATION BACK TO NORMAL, TO TAKE DOWN THESE BARRIERS, TO LET BUSINESS OPEN UP AGAIN.

LIVE AT THE BORDER, JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS .

>>> FIREFIGHTERS ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON A BRUSH FIRE THAT ERUPTED NEAR PALA CASINO.

IT STARTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON OFF OF STATE ROUTE 76, AND GREW TO 350 ACRES.

AT LAST CHECK, THE FIRE IS 10% CONTAINED.

EVACUATION WARNINGS FOR NEARBY HOMES WERE LIFTED BY THE EVENING AFTER CAL FIRE SAID THE FLAMES WERE NO LONGER SPREADING AT A DANGEROUS RATE.

THE 76 ALSO REOPENED.

>>> THE CORONAVIRUS DELTA VARIANT WHICH SWEPT THROUGH INDIA AND IS NOW THE DOMINANT STRAIN IN THE UK, IS RAPIDLY SPREADING THROUGH THE U.S. KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDRA RANGEL HAS MORE ON WHAT IT MEANS HERE AT HOME WHERE AT LEAST A DOZEN CASES OF THE VARIANT HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>>> THE DELTA VARIANT IS CURRENTLY THE GREATEST THREAT IN THE U.S. TO OUR ATTEMPT TO ELIMINATE COVID-19.

>> Reporter: DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAYS THE DELTA VARIANT WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT STRAIN IN THE REGIONS WHERE VACCINATION RATES ARE LOW.

THE CDC SAYS ABOUT 20% OF THE STRAINS IN THE U.S. ARE THE DELTA VARIANT, A 10% INCREASE FROM 2 WEEKS AGO.

AT LEAST 16 CASES OF THIS VARIANT HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

EVEN THOUGH NEARLY 50% OF AMERICANS ARE INOCULATED, THE DOCTOR HERE SAYS THAT VARIANT IS STILL A CONCERN.

>> WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO BEHAVE.

THERE IS SOME DATA OUT OF ISRAEL TO SHOW IT DOES CAUSE HIGHER RATES OF INFECTION, EVEN IN PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: AND UNVACCINATED PEOPLE RUN HIGHER RISK.

>> IF YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN A VACCINE, YOU NEED TO GET ONE NOW.

THIS VIRUS IS VERY MUCH A THREAT TO YOU.

AFTER THE FIRST DOSE OF THE VACCINATIONS, THERE'S ONLY A 33% PROTECTION FROM THE VISOR VACCINE, WHICH IS CONCERNING CREATED IS EVIDENCE THAT THIS VIRUS IS MUCH MORE OF A THREAT, POTENTIALLY THE MOST CONTAGIOUS VARIANT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE VIRUS IS MORE DEADLY.

IT COULD BE THAT DOCTORS ARE GETTING BETTER AT TREATING THE VIRUS.

ANOTHER CONCERN IS AT THE DELTA VARIANT HAS A NEW MUTATION CALLED DELTA PLUS.

>> THE VIRUS WILL CONTINUE TO MUTATE AND CHANGE, AND IT'S DOING IT VERY EFFICIENTLY AND RAPIDLY, WHICH IS VERY CONCERNING.

THAT BETA VARIANT, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE THE CAUSE OF MORE INFECTIONS IN THE SEYCHELLES, WHICH HAS BEEN ONE OF THE HIGHEST, MOST VACCINATED NATIONS.

>> Reporter: IS DR. AND SCIENTISTS PREPARE FOR THE IMPACT OF THE DELTA VARIANT MAY CAUSE, THE BEST OPTION FOR PEOPLE IS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES WITH THE VACCINE.

ALEXANDRA RANGEL , KPBS NEWS .

>>> 75% OF SAN DIEGO VOTERS APPROVED MEASURE B TO CREATE A COMMISSION ON POLICE PRACTICES, BUT SUPPORTERS WHO RALLIED OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL TODAY, SAY A DRAFT ORDINANCE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEYS OFFICE LEAVES OUT THEIR TOP THREE REQUESTS.

25 REQUIRED INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE COMMISSION, SUBPOENA POWER, AND ROBUST INVESTIGATIONS, ALL OF WHICH THE GROUP SAN DIEGO JUSTICE SAYS IS MISSING ON THE CITY'S CURRENT PROPOSAL.

>> IN THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE, IT HAS DEFINED THE TERM INVESTIGATION SO LOOSELY THAT IT IN EFFECT DOESN'T EVEN REALLY REQUIRE AN INVESTIGATION.

THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE DOESN'T EVEN MENTION INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL, OR LEGAL COUNSEL AT ALL.

>> THE CITY COUNCILS COMMITTEE ON SAFETY AND LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODS REVIEWED THE DRAFT ORDINANCE TODAY.

THE PANEL IS ASKING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO CLARIFY SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSAL BEFORE MOVING IT TO THE FULL COUNCIL.

>>> WE HAVE A DEAL.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYS HE REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH A GROUP OF DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN SENATORS TO MOVE HIS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FORWARD.

AS WE REPORT, THERE IS STILL MUCH TO BE DONE ON CAPITOL HILL.

>>> IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG TIME SINCE THE LAST TIME OUR COUNTRY WAS ABLE TO STRIKE A MAJOR BIPARTISAN DEAL ON AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE.

HER BACK PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS AND THEY FINALLY HAVE A DEAL ON AN INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING PLAN.

>> THIS AGREEMENT SIGNALS TO THE WORLD THAT WE CAN FUNCTION, DELIVER, AND DO SIGNIFICANT THINGS.

>> Reporter: REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WHO WORKED ON THE FRAMEWORK OF THE DEAL WERE WITH THE PRESIDENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE THURSDAY.

>> WE DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING WE WANTED, BUT WE CAME UP WITH A GOOD COMPROMISE THAT WILL HELP AMERICAN PEOPLE.

>> WE ALL GAVE SOME TO GET SOME, BECAUSE WHAT WE DID WAS PUT FIRST THE NEEDS OF OUR COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: LAWMAKERS WILL HAVE MUCH TO DO, BUT FINDING AN AGREEMENT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY PASS WITH 60 SENATE VOTES IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP.

THE COLD TOTAL COST IS SAID TO BE AROUND $1.2 TRILLION, MORE THAN 1 TRILLION LESS THAN WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE INITIALLY PROPOSED, BUT ABOUT $559 BILLION IN NEW SPENDING, ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER.

>> WE HAVE AGREED ON THE PRICE TAG, THE SCOPE, AND HOW TO PAY FOR IT.

IT WAS NOT EASY TO GET AGREEMENT ON ALL THREE, BUT IT WAS ESSENTIAL TO READ >> Reporter: THAT SPENDING FOCUSED ON PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE THE NATIONS ROADS AND BRIDGES AND INTERNET.

DEMOCRATS WILL TRY TO PASS BIDEN'S SO-CALLED HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES PROPOSALS FOR CHILD CARE, ELDER CARE, FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND PREKINDERGARTEN WITHOUT REPUBLICAN SUPPORT USING A BUDGET PROCESS KNOWN AS RECONCILIATION, WHICH ONLY REQUIRES A CIVIL MAJORITY IN THE SENATE.

>>> WITH THE CDC'S MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS SET TO EXPIRE IN A WEEK, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS EXPECTED TO ORDER AN EXTENSION THROUGH JULY.

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION, 6 MILLION AMERICAN FAMILIES ARE BEHIND ON RENT, AND AT RISK OF BEING HOMELESS THIS SUMMER.

THE WHITE HOUSE WANTS TO BUY MORE TIME TO GET FEDERAL RENT RELIEF MONEY TO THE TENANTS WHO NEED IT.

NEARLY $50 BILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S EVICTION MORATORIUM WILL MOST LIKELY END THIS FALL.

IT IS UNCLEAR HOW MANY EVICTED PEOPLE WILL END UP ON THE STREET.

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER CLEAR TRIGGERS ARE FOUND THAT A RENTAL RELIEF PROGRAM AIMED AT PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS DOESN'T ALWAYS GET TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT MOST.

>> I AM 2 YEARS OLD.

>> Reporter: REMOTE IS A DAY LABORER AND FATHER OF 5 KIDS, SOON TO BE SIX.

TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE AND MOTHER-IN-LAW COME OF THE FAMILY LIVES IN A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT IN VISTA.

>> THIS BEGAN WITH THE PANDEMIC IN MARCH.

WE TRIED TO ASK FOR LOANS, AND USER SAVINGS TO PAY RENT, BUT THEN IT BECAME HARDER FOR US.

>> Reporter: WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, WORK DRIED UP.

THEY SOON FELL BEHIND ON RENT.

>> WE COULD EAT OR WE COULD PAY RENT.

I MEAN, THAT'S A REALLY HARD DECISION.

>> Reporter: THE FAMILY APPLIED TO THE COUNTY'S RENT RELIEF PROGRAM THIS PAST MARCH, AND WAITED.

FINALLY, THE MONEY CAME LAST MONTH.

RENT RELIEF WAS MEANT TO QUELL A SYNONYMY OF EVICTIONS MAMA BUT ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY, THE MONEY IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING TO TRICKLE OUT.

THE COUNTY HAS DOLED OUT ONLY A QUARTER OF THE MONEY IT HAS RECEIVED AS OF LAST WEEK, AND A KPBS ANALYSIS OF THE FUNDING REVEALS THAT WEALTHIER ZIP CODES DISPROPORTIONATELY BENEFIT .

RESIDENTS OF SAN DIEGO'S DOWNTOWN HIGH RENT DISTRICT HAVE GOTTEN THE MOST SO FAR.

LITTLE ITALY AND THE GASLAMP RECEIVED ALMOST $1.4 MILLION, WHILE RESIDENTS OF SOME OF THE COUNTIES THREE LOWEST INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS EACH RECEIVED A FRACTION OF THAT.

IN LOGAN HEIGHTS THOMAS AND YOU SEE JOE, AND NATIONAL CITY, AND THE ZIP CODES OR RESIDENTS OF HAD THE BEST CHANCE OF RECEIVING RENT RELIEF ARE SOME OF THE WEALTHIEST IN THE COUNTY.

RANCHO SANTA FE, LITTLE ITALY, AND THE GASLAMP.

PART OF THE PROBLEM IS GETTING THE WORD OUT TO RENTERS FOR HOW TO GET HELP SAYS THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMMISSION.

>> THE LIST IS SO LONG.

WAITED PAID ADVERTISEMENTS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH, ON THE RADIO.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH HOW THE MONEY IS GOING OUT.

A COMP LOCATED SYSTEM THAT IS DIFFICULT FOR TENANTS TO NAVIGATE.

THE FACT THAT MONEY CAN'T BE GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN LOANS TO PAY THEIR RENT, AND THE REQUIREMENT THAT LANDLORDS COVER 20% OF THE RENT MONEY.

>> THE EVICTION MORATORIUM DOES NOT ABSOLVE THE TENANTS FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY ALL OF THE RENT.

WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE STATES SB 91 GUIDELINES.

OF THOSE CHANGES HAPPEN, AND THAT IS A BIG IF, IF THOSE CHANGES HAPPEN, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO EXHAUST ALL OF THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THEY HAVE SEEN MANY TENANTS WHO DESPITE THE EVICTION MORATORIUM PRIORITIZED PAYING RENT OF HER OTHER BILLS.

>> THEY MAY HAVE TAKEN OUT LOANS, MAY HAVE CHARGED IT ON THEIR CREDIT CARDS.

UNFORTUNATELY, UNDER THE CURRENT PROGRAM GUIDELINES, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY OR PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN OUT LOANS.

>> Reporter: FORGES CANO, THE VISTA RESIDENT, HE DID GET SOME MONEY, BUT NOTHING TO COVER APRIL, MAY, JUNE, THE MONTHS HE WAITED AFTER HE APPLIED.

CALIFORNIA IS CONSIDERING A PLAN TO FORGIVE ALL BACKGROUND FOR PEOPLE LIKE US CANO.

HE OWES ALMOST $5000, AND IS WORRIED.

>> MAY BE WE ARE ONE MORE HOMELESS STATISTIC, BECAUSE IF I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR MY RENT, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?

I'M GOING TO TAKE MY FAMILY ONTO THE STREET, OR IN THE CAR TO LIVE?

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF SOMETHING HIS FAMILY DIDN'T ASK FOR, THE PANDEMIC.

BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT, HE SAYS HE ALWAYS FOUND A WAY TO PAY THE RENT, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

CLAIRE TRAGESER , KPBS NEWS .

>>> KPBS RACE AND EQUITY REPORTER CHRISTINA KIM CONTRIBUTED TO THE STORY.

>>> A 12-YEAR-OLD CITY HEIGHTS BOY IS RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE DRINKING WATER QUALITY AND LOCAL SCHOOLS.

REPORTER MAX RIVLIN-NADLER SPOKE WITH THE INCOMING SEVENTH GRADER ABOUT WHY HE SPENT THE PANDEMIC FOCUSING ON THIS PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.

>>> GULP.

>> Reporter: SALLY JENKINS REMEMBERS WHEN HIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEGAN HEADING OUT BOTTLED WATER AFTER IT WAS DETERMINED THE TAP WATER WAS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRINK.

>> FOR THE LONGEST TIME WE HAD TO DRINK FROM WATER BOTTLES, HALF THE YEAR WE COULDN'T EVEN DRINK FROM THE FOUNTAIN IS BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY UNSAFE THE AMOUNT OF LEAD.

>> Reporter: WHEN IT CAME TIME TO DO GROUP PROJECTS THIS YEAR, HE LOOKS FORWARD TO LOOKING INTO THE ISSUE OF DRINKING WATER.

AND WHEN HE LOOKS CLOSELY, HE DIDN'T LIKE WHAT HE SAW.

SPECIFICALLY, HOW COMMON LEAD IS IN SCHOOL DRINKING WATER.

>> I WAS SURPRISED, BUT I REALIZED AS I SEARCHED, SOME OTHER PLACES HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.

I REALIZE MY OTHER SCHOOL, IT WAS THE SAME PROBLEM.

OVER TIME, AFTER NOT THAT LONG, I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T GOOD, BUT THIS IS NORMAL.

>> Reporter: HE CREATED A YOUTUBE VIDEO AND A CHANGE.ORG PETITION TO RAISE AWARENESS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH DRINKING WATER AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, AND THE DANGER THAT CONTAMINANTS LIKE LEAD PRESENT.

>> HERE'S HOW IT CAN AFFECT CHILDREN.

IT CAN CAUSE BRAIN DAMAGE, STUNTED GROWTH, OF ELEMENT LEARNING AND MENTAL PROBLEMS.

HERE ARE SIGNS OF LEAD POISONING.

THE SIGNS ARE PAIN, MUSCLE WEAKNESS, PINS AND NEEDLES, NAUSEA, ABDOMINAL PAIN, AND VOMITING.

>> Reporter: HE'S ALREADY SHOWN THE VIDEO TO THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL, AND HAS TAKEN HIS RESEARCH TO THE STREETS, TAKING UP FLYERS ACROSS THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO RAISE AWARENESS.

>> AS I WAS PUTTING THEM UP, I WENT OUT BY MYSELF ON MY SKATES AND PUT THESE ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN DIFFERENT AREAS, LIKE ON COLLEGE.

>> Reporter: THE SOLUTION IS REPLACING THE INFRASTRUCTURE SURROUNDING SCHOOLS TO GET RID OF CORRODING PIPES AND THE LACK OF FILTRATION.

>> WE NEED DIFFERENT PLUMBING MATERIALS THAT DON'T CONTAIN LEAD IN THEM, BUT THE MAIN REASON SOME OTHER STUDENTS TALKED ABOUT THIS IS PIPES, THERE ARE A LOT OF OLD PIPES THAT HAVE RESTED, OR THEY'VE HAD THE SOLDERING REST, AND THAT IS POLLUTING IT WITH LEAD, AND THERE IS ALSO LEAD PAINT.

>> Reporter: HE WANTS TO CONTINUE HIS ACTIVISM AND RESEARCH IN THE COMING YEARS, AS HE CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR CLEANER WATER IN CITY HEIGHTS.

MAX RIVLIN-NADLER, KPBS NEWS .

>>> THE SUPREME COURT HAS RULED AGAINST A CALIFORNIA LAW ALLOWING UNION ORGANIZERS REPRESENTING FARMWORKERS ACCESS TO THE FIELDS THEY WORK ON.

IN A 6-3 VOTE, THE HIGH COURT RULED THAT UNION ORGANIZERS CANNOT RALLY SUPPORT ON PRIVATE LAND UNLESS THEY PAY THE BUSINESS FOR THE VISIT.

AS WE REPORT, THE DECISION TO OUTCRY FARMWORKERS AND ACTIVIST CESAR CHAVEZ.

>> Reporter: FARMWORKER ADVOCATES WERE STUNNED BY A RULING FROM THE SUPREME COURT, BARRING UNIONS FROM ORGANIZING ON THE LAND OF FARMERS.

IT WAS CHAMPIONED BY CESAR CHAVEZ THAT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 70s.

MARIA DELGADO IS A GREENFIELD RESIDENT AND FARMWORKER.

SHE SAYS IT IS DURING THOSE HOURS AND VISITS FROM ORGANIZERS THAT SHE AND OTHERS WERE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS.

>> THERE'S A GREAT NEED IN THE FIELDS.

MANY TIMES THE COMPANIES DON'T DO ENOUGH FOR US WORKERS, AND THESE UNIONS ARE THE ONES THAT FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS AND KEEP US INFORMED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING.

>> Reporter: UNITED FARMWORKERS SAY THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE DECISION MADE BY THE COURT, AND THAT THE RULING WILL CREATE FURTHER INJUSTICES FOR THESE ESSENTIAL WORKERS IN A SYSTEM THAT IS ALREADY BROKEN AND RACIST.

>> THEY WANTED THEM TO HAVE LESS ACCESS TO INFORMATION HIM A LESS ACCESS TO TRY TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS.

THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE THE WORKER BOW THEIR HEAD AND GO FASTER THAN A WORKER RAISE THEIR HEAD AND ASK ABOUT CONDITIONS.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

>> Reporter: CESAR CHAVEZ'S SON SAYS THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THE COURTS HAVE TRIED TO VIOLATE FARMWORKERS RIGHTS TO UNIONIZE, AND HE SAYS IT IS A SETBACK, BUT NOT A DEFEAT.

>> FARMWORKERS CONTINUE TO BE THE ONE SEGMENT OF SOCIETY THAT IS OFTEN VOICELESS, POWERLESS, AND YET, IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM, YOU KNOW WHERE I, NOR MANY MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE FOOD ON OUR TABLE ON A DAILY BASIS.

>>> THE GROWER SHIPPER ASSOCIATION AT THE CENTRAL COAST SAYS THE AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES CAN NOW CONTROL ACCESS AND DECIDE WHETHER TO ALLOW UNION ORGANIZERS ON THEIR PROPERTY.

THEY SAY THE ACCESS WAS DISRUPTED DUE TO BOTH THE FARM AND EMPLOYEES.

>>> A HISTORICAL DROUGHT IS STILL GRIPPING THE U.S.

THEY REPORT 91% OF THE WEST IS IN SOME LEVEL OF DROUGHT, UP FROM 88% LAST WEEK.

CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, UTAH, AND NORTH DAKOTA ARE STILL COMPLETELY INTRA-.

IN TOTAL, 47% OF THE CONTINENTAL U.S. IS UNDER DRUG CONDITIONS.

THERE WERE SLIGHT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CAROLINAS, GEORGIA, AND FLORIDA BECAUSE OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE.

>>> WAS ALSO WET WEATHER THIS PAST WEEK, BUT WE SAY GOODBYE TO THE RAIN AS WE HAD THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

SEASONAL TEMPERATURES TO BEGIN WITH TOMORROW, BUT WE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME WARMERS NUMBERS OUT THERE.

THE DESERTS WILL BE BACK TOWARDS THE 110 RANGE.

64 FOR THE LOW.

WE DO HAVE THE MARINE CLOUDS OUT THERE.

CHULA VISTA 62 FOR YOUR LOW.

AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY TOWARDS BORREGO SPRINGS, MID-70s.

ALL IS FAIRLY QUIET.

THAT COASTAL COMFORT WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH SOME OF THE SHORELINE AND CREATES A FEW CLOUDS TO BEGIN WITH AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

TOMORROW ITSELF, WE ARE BACK INTO THE 70s .73 FOUR SAN DIEGO, 73 IN OCEANSIDE.

AS WE VENTURE INLAND, MT.

LAGUNA COMING INTO THE LOWER 70s, SO THERE ARE SOME PLACES GETTING A LITTLE BIT HOTTER.

ESCONDIDO COMING IN IN THE LOW 80s.

THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO START TO HEAD UP, ESPECIALLY GETTING INTO SUNDAY.

THE END OF THE WEEKEND, TRENDING WARM TO THE MID-70s IS WHERE THE COASTAL LOCATIONS WILL GO.

BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY, WE STILL HAVE THE COASTAL FOG GIVEN LATE AFTERNOON SUNSHINE.

IT DOES GET BRIGHTER THROUGH THE DAYS, BUT THE TEMPERATURE RISE, THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIT MORE NOTABLE IN LAND AND EAST.

FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS, LOW TO MID 80s.

ONCE WE VENTURE INTO SUNDAY, BACK CLOSE TO 90 DEGREES TO CLOSE AT THE WEEKEND FOR INLAND SPOTS, AND THEN STAYING CLOSE TO 90 DEGREES FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A SIMILAR SET UP FOR THE MOUNTAINS AS WE HOLD ONTO THE LOW TO MID 70s, THEN GO INTO THE MID-MOMENT EVEN CLOSE TO THE UPPER 70s FOR SUNDAY.

THE DESERTS, WE ARE TALKING THE 110 RANGE.

105 FOR FRIDAY, BUT WE WILL BE BACK INTO THE 110, 112 RANGE EVEN BY THE TIME WE GET INTO MONDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST MELISSA CONSTANZER .

>>> COVID-19 DEATHS HAVE FALLEN DRAMATICALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

ACCORDING TO DATA FROM JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, AVERAGE DAILY DEBTS ARE LESS THAN 1/10 OF WHAT THEY WERE AT THE PEAK OF THE PANDEMIC.

BUT NEARLY 3 PEOPLE ARE STILL DYING OF COVID-19 EACH DAY IN THE U.S. AND AS MANDY GAITHER EXPLAINS, SOME GROUPS REMAIN MORE AT RISK THAN OTHERS.

>> Reporter: IS COVID-19 DEBTS HIT RECORD LOWS AMONG THOSE DYING ARE MORE DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK THAN BEFORE.

BLACK PEOPLE ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 12.5% OF THE POPULATION, BUT MORE THAN 15% OF TOTAL COVID-19 DEBTS.

IN MAY, THAT NUMBER JUMPED TO 19%, ACCORDING TO CDC DATA.

THE AVERAGE AGE OF PEOPLE DYING OF COVID-19 HAS ALSO SHIFTED TO YOUNGER PEOPLE RECENTLY.

IN MAY, 59% OF DEATHS WERE AMONG THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 75.

>> THIS VIRUS IS AN OPPORTUNIST.

>> Reporter: ATOP U.S. HEALTH OFFICIAL SAYS AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF THOSE DYING OF COVID- 19 ARE UNVACCINATED.

THERE HAS BEEN A DIP IN VACCINATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY , ESPECIALLY AMONG THOSE AGED 18 TO 39 YEARS OLD.

THE CDC SURVEY OF THAT AGE GROUP SHOWS AROUND 52% ARE ALREADY VACCINATED, OR PLAN TO.

23% SAID THEY WOULD PROBABLY GET VACCINATED, OR WERE UNSURE, AND NEARLY 25% REPORTED THEY PROBABLY OR DEFINITELY WOULD NOT GET VACCINATED.

>> NEARLY EVERY DEATH DUE TO COVID-19 IS PARTICULARLY TRAGIC, BECAUSE NEARLY EVERY DEATH, ESPECIALLY AMONG ADULTS DUE TO COVID-19, IS AT THIS POINT ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE.

>> Reporter: STUDIES SHOW THAT VACCINES PROTECT PEOPLE WELL, EVEN AGAINST THE NEWLY CIRCULATING VARIANTS OF THE VIRUS.

THE CDC DIRECTOR SAYS AS LONG AS THERE ARE THOSE UNVACCINATED PEOPLE, COVID-19 WILL REMAIN A THREAT.

FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>>> IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO GET A VACCINE, BUT HAVE NOT YET, WE HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW AND WHERE TO GET ONE ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG .

CLICK ON THE VACCINES LINK ON THE HOMEPAGE TO FIND A LOCATION CLOSE TO YOU.

>>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF.

TONIGHT ON THE "NEWS HOUR" THE ROAD AHEAD, A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS AND THE WHITE HOUSE AGREE ON A NEARLY $1 TRILLION INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN , COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION," KPBS .

>>> THE HOLIDAY BOWL WILL HAVE A WHOLE NEW HOME THIS YEAR.

PETCO PARK.

THIS NEWS YEAR'S GAME WILL BE ON DECEMBER 28, AND IT WILL BE A NUMBER OF FIRSTS.

IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME IN 42 YEARS THAT THE HOLIDAY BOWL WOULD BE PLAYED IN MISSION VALLEY, AND IT WILL ALSO BE THE FIRST TIME A FOOTBALL GAME IS PLAYED AT PETCO PARK.

CITY OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE NEW MOVE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ALIENS OF DOLLARS IN REVENUE TO THE REGION.

>> IT BRINGS THE EYEBALLS OF THE WORLD TO OUR CITY, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, BUT IT ALSO BRINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE TO TOWN, AND THEIR CREDIT CARDS.

>> THE MOVE ALSO RAISES THE QUESTION OF WHY THE GAME ISN'T GOING TO BE PLAYED AT THE BRAND- NEW AZTEC STADIUM IN MISSION VALLEY ONCE IT IS BUILT.

HOLIDAY BOWL OFFICIAL SAY IT'S TOO SMALL.

TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE IN DECEMBER.

>>> CALIFORNIA HAS SLOWLY BEEN RETURNING TO NORMAL AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS.

MELISSA MAY GIVES US A LOOK AT ONE SLICE OF THAT ON A SAN DIEGO SOCCER PITCH.

>> Reporter: AS CARS TRAVEL ABOVE THEM ON THE SAN DIEGO CORONADO BAY BRIDGE, PLAYERS GATHER IN CHICANO PARK FOR PICKUP SOCCER GAMES.

>> THIS PLACE IS AN ICONIC PLACE IN SAN DIEGO.

IT'S VERY CENTRAL.

THE COMMUNITY IS VERY VIBRANT.

THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE THIS.

IT FALLS WITHIN OUR MOTTO OF AMERICANA.

THE COMMUNITY IS SO RICH IN CULTURE HERE.

>> Reporter: PAUL IS ONE OF THE BRIDGE PICCATA FOUNDERS.

>> IT'S A FILIPINO WORD MEANING COMMUNITY, CREW, FRIENDS, THAT KIND OF THING.

>> Reporter: SATURDAY, THEY HOSTED THEIR FIRST STREET SOCCER PICKUP GAMES IN OVER A YEAR.

>> PEOPLE WERE REALLY EXCITED AND HERE BEFORE WE STARTED.

>> Reporter: THIS GROUP PROVIDES DIY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH SOCCER.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE.

WE WANT THIS TO KIND OF BE THE MODEL WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST COME AND PLAY, AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WE WILL HAVE SOCCER SPECIFIC COURTS FOR MORE OF THEM OUT THERE, AND WE WILL HAVE MORE THINGS LIKE THIS IN SAN DIEGO, BECAUSE WE LOVE TO PLAY, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PLANT ME PEOPLE ALL AROUND SAN DIEGO.

IT'S A GOOD WAY TO REALLY BRIDGE THE GAP, METAPHORICALLY.

WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: THEY HOPE TO HOST AT LEAST A MONTHLY PICKUP FOR NOW, BUT ARE HELPING WITH THE HELP OF MORE VOLUNTEERS TO RETURN TO PLAYING EVERY WEEK, AS THEY DID BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS .

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