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>>> A GOOD EVENING.

IT IS THURSDAY, MAY 13.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

TWO MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LONG BATTLE TO COMBAT THE CORONAVIRUS.

THE CDC NOW SAYING VACCINATED PEOPLE OUGHT TO CHANGE THEIR MASK WEARING WAYS.

>>> FIRST, CHILDREN 12 AND UP CAN NOW FINALLY GET VACCINATED.

OUR COVERAGE BEGINS LOCALLY.

>>> I FEEL SAFE.

CONFIDENT.

>> Reporter: THAT, AND PROTECTED, AS VACCINE ELIGIBILITY OFFICIALLY OPEN FOR EVERYONE 12 YEARS AND OLDER.

FAMILIES HEAD OUT TO VACCINE SITES TO GET THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED.

EMILY WHITE WITH HEALTH CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO SAID THE PROCESS IS SIMPLE.

>> YOU HAVE TO COME WITH A PARENT WHO PROVIDES CONSENT ABOUT WALK-UP, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, YOU ARE IN AND OUT IN ABOUT 30 TO 45 MINUTES.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE ALSO ASKED TO BRING A FORM OF I.D.

FOR THEIR CHILDREN THAT SHOWS THEIR AGE.

>> PARENTS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, AND THEY WANT THE KIDS TO BE VACCINATED SO THE WHOLE HOUSE IS VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: 14-YEAR-OLD SAVANNAH SAYS SHE IS READY TO PLAY BALL WITH HER TEAMMATES.

>> WE HAVE BEEN PRACTICING SINCE LAST YEAR, BUT EVERYBODY IS WEARING MASKS.

YOU CAN TAKE IT OFF IF YOU ARE FAR AWAY IN THE OUTFIELD, BUT THAT IS IT.

MIKE A FRESHMAN ON HUBER HEIGHTS SOFTBALL TEAM, HER TEAMMATES WHO ARE 16 ALREADY RECEIVED THE VACCINE, WHICH ENCOURAGED HER TO DO SO AS WELL.

>> GETTING IT, MOST OF MY TEAM GOT IT READ I ALSO WANT TO BE FULLY VACCINATED JUST TO BE SAFE.

>> Reporter: SHE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HER MOM, WHO HELPED HER REGISTER AND SIGN PAPERWORK.

AS THEY GOT CLOSER TO GETTING A NEEDLE IN HER ARM, SHE WAS FEELING -- >> A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT ALL RIGHT.

>> Reporter: AND ALL RIGHT IT WENT.

THE TEAM AT FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES OF SAN DIEGO ENCOURAGED AND PROVIDED MORAL SUPPORT FOR EACH PERSON AND CHILD MADE THE BRAVE DECISION TO GET THE VACCINE.

SO FAR, THE HEALTH CENTER HAS RECEIVED A GOOD RESPONSE FROM PARENTS LOOKING TO GET THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED.

>> YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE NOW THAT THIS IS AVAILABLE TO THAT AGE GROUP, WE WILL HAVE A SPIKE IN PEOPLE WANTING TO COME IN AND THEN WE WILL REACH THAT GROUP THAT IS A BIT MORE HESITANT.

>> Reporter: ONLY THE PFIZER VACCINE HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR USE FOR CHILDREN 12 AND UP.

ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY, ALL STATIC VACCINE SITES WILL HAVE PFIZER VACCINES ON HAND FOR WALKING APPOINTMENTS.

PARENTS LOOKING TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT CAN LOG INTO THE WEBSITE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AT A SITE NEAR YOU.

THEY ESTIMATE NEARLY 176,000 SAN DIEGANS AGES 12 TO 15 ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THE PFIZER VACCINE.

KPBS NEWS .

>>> A REMINDER, IF YOU WANT TO SET UP A VACCINATION APPOINTMENT FOR YOURSELF OR FAMILY MEMBER, YOU CAN FIND A LOCATION CLOSE TO YOU AT KPBS.ORG .

JUST CLICK ON THE VACCINES LINK ON THE HOMEPAGE.

>>> WE HAVE HIT A GROUNDBREAKING MOMENT IN THE BATTLE AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.

THE CDC IS NOW CHANGING ITS GUIDANCE, DROPPING MASK MANDATES FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

AS ISABEL ROSALES EXPLAINS, THERE ARE A FEW EXCEPTIONS.

>>> IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED, YOU CAN START DOING THE THINGS THAT YOU HAD STOPPED DOING BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> Reporter: A DAY MANY HAVE LONGED FOR SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19, THE CDC SAYS YOU CAN NOW RETURN TO LIFE WITHOUT MASKS.

>> ANYONE WHO IS FULLY VACCINATED AND PARTICIPATE IN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, LARGE OR SMALL, WITHOUT WEARING A MASK, OR PHYSICAL DISTANCING.

>> Reporter: THE CDC IS CITING SEVERAL FACTORS FOR THEIR DECISION.

>> BASED ON THE DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY OF CASES, THE DATA ON THE PERFORMANCE OF VACCINES, AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE VIRUS SPREADS COME OF THAT MOMENT HAS COME FOR THOSE WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS.

>> WE STILL HAVE THE REQUIREMENT TO WEAR MASKS WHEN WE TRAVEL ON BUSES, TRAINS, AND OTHER FORMS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AS WELL AS AIRPORTS.

>> Reporter: DESPITE EASING UP ON MASKS FOR THE FULLY VACCINATED, PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY WHEN IT COMES TO DITCHING THE MASKS -- >> PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE THEIR OWN PERSONAL CHOICE.

WHAT YOU HEARD FROM DR. LEWINSKY IS THE RECOMMENDATION BASED ON SCIENCE, AND THAT IS JUST A RECOMMENDATION.

WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO DO THAT, THEY AT LEAST HAVE THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, ISABEL ROSALES, KPBS NEWS .

>>> THE CDC GUIDANCE SERVES AS A RECOMMENDATION, BUT STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN IMPOSE STRICTER REQUIREMENTS.

DR. CHRISTIAN REAMER'S SAYS IT IS REASONABLE TO CONSIDER TAKING MASKS OFF OUTDOORS MOTHER CAUTIONS THAT COVID-19 STILL POSES A THREAT TO PEOPLE NOT VACCINATED, OR IMMUNOCOMPROMISED.

>> WE ARE STILL SEEING CLOSE TO 100 TO 200 PEOPLE PER DAY, AND THE DISEASE HAS GOTTEN WORSE MORE INFECTIOUS WITH THE NEW VARIANTS.

WHAT HAS CHANGED IS THE ENVIRONMENT.

THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS UNLIKELY TO BE OVERWHELMED, SO IT IS BECOMING LESS GOVERNMENT MANDATES AND MORE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY.

>> GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAS SAID MOST MASK RULES WOULD BE RETIRED WITH CALIFORNIA'S TIER SYSTEM ON JUNE 15.

HE EXPECTS SOME RELUCTANCE ABOUT LOOSENING GUIDELINES FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY LEADERS SO THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO WALK THEM BACK AGAIN.

>>> THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION VISITED TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN CHULA VISTA.

TONY THURMAN STOPPED BY CASTLE PARK ELEMENTARY, WERE STUDENTS RETURNED TO IN PERSON LEARNING IN APRIL, DESPITE BEING IN ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS OF THE COUNTY.

THE SCHOOL HAS IMPLEMENT IT RIGOROUS SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.

IT TOOK PART IN A MINDFUL EXERCISE THAT STUDENTS DO EVERY DAY.

>> IT IS EXCITING BECAUSE IT HIGHLIGHTS THE AMAZING THINGS WE ARE DOING.

IT HIGHLIGHTS HOW OUR KIDS HAVE BEEN RESILIENT DURING THIS TIME , AND ARE EXCITED TO BE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM.

IT WILL BE SHOWCASING WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.

>> HE IS WORKING WITH THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATORS TO ALLOCATE AN ADDITIONAL $3 BILLION ON STATE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 25.

HE BELIEVES CARING FOR THE OVERALL HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA STUDENTS MAKE FOR A SMOOTHER TRANSITION INTO THE FALL.

>>> SCRIPPS HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO RESTORE ONLINE SYSTEMS AFTER A CYBER ATTACK TOOK THEM OFF-LINE NEARLY 2 WEEKS AGO.

HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IS WORKING WITH A CYBER SECURITY FIRM.

>> Reporter: STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE DESCRIBED THE ATTACK AS RANSOMWARE MOWER HACKERS COULD BE HOLDING INFORMATION IN EXCHANGE FOR A PAYMENT.

OFFICIALS HAVE NOT GONE THAT FAR, SAYING A CYBER A TALK PLACED MALWARE ON ITS INFORMATION SYSTEMS.

HEALTHCARE AND URGENT CARE POSITIONS ARE OPEN, BUT SOME OPERATIONS ARE BEING POSTPONED.

SOME CRITICAL-CARE PATIENTS, INCLUDING THOSE BEING TREATED FOR TRANSFER, WERE TRANSFERRED EARLIER IN THE WEEK.

THEY ARE PARTNERING WITH PRIVATE LABS TO RESTORE SYSTEMS.

THOSE REQUESTING ACCESS TO MEDICAL RECORDS ARE TOLD TO EMAIL INQUIRIES DIRECTLY, AND PER A SOCIAL MEDIA POSTING, OUTSTANDING BILLS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED LATE, AND THERE WILL BE 14 DAYS AFTER SYSTEMS GO LIVE AGAIN FOR PAYMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED ON TIME.

IN A MEMO, THE SCRIPPS CEO THANKED EMPLOYEES FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY WAY THEY ARE CARING FOR PATIENTS, SAYING USING OUR MANUAL SYSTEMS FOR A FEW HOURS IS ONE THING, BUT TO DO IT 4 DAYS IS ANOTHER THING ALTOGETHER.

THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SOME PHARMACIES NOT FILLING WRITTEN PRESCRIPTIONS, AND THERE IS NO INDICATION OF WHEN SYSTEMS COULD BE FULLY RESTORED.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS .

>>> IN 2015, SAN DIEGO ADOPTED VISION ZERO, A CAMPAIGN TO END ALL TRAFFIC DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES BY 2025.

5 YEARS LATER, THE CITY HAS MADE LITTLE IF ANY PROGRESS TOWARDS THE GOAL.

ANDREW BOWEN TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT WHY THAT IS.

>> Reporter: THIS FOOTAGE FROM OUR PARTNERS AT 10NEWS SHOWS THE AFTERMATH OF A FATAL COLLISION IN NOVEMBER 2019.

66-YEAR-OLD LEE WAS WALKING TO HER DOCTOR'S OFFICE IN THE LITTLE SAIGON DISTRICT.

AS SHE WAS CROSSING THE STREET, THE CROSSWALK THE DRIVER OF AN SUV STRUCK AND KILLED HER.

>> IT WAS A TRAGEDY.

AND IT REMINDED THE CITY, ALL OF US, THAT THIS BOULEVARD IS VERY DANGEROUS.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT OF THE LITTLE SAIGON FOUNDATION, A NONPROFIT THAT WORKS TO PROMOTE AND UNIFY THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAID BUSINESS LEADERS HAVE LONG BEEN CALLING FOR MORE CROSSWALKS AND SLOWER SPEEDS ON EL CAJON BOULEVARD, WHICH IS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST CORE DOORS.

SHE SEES JAYWALKING ALL OF THE TIME, AND SHE UNDERSTANDS WHY.

>> THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO CROSSWALKS IS VERY FAR, SO THAT IS THE REASON WHY IT MAKES IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE, A PEDESTRIAN TO CROSS THE STREET, SO THEY WOULD RATHER JAYWALK THE STREET , AND THAT CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DRIVER, AND ALSO FOR THE PEDESTRIAN THEMSELVES.

>> Reporter: THE DEATH IS EVEN MORE TRAGIC BECAUSE SHE DIED IN AN AREA WHERE THE CITY HAS ALREADY PLANNED FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

A 2017 STUDY RECOMMENDED NARROWING THE LANES TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC, WHICH OFTEN EXCEEDS 40 MILES PER HOUR.

IT ALSO RECOMMENDED MORE CROSSWALKS, AND A RAISED MEDIAN.

BUT NONE OF THE STUDIES RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

NOT EVEN AFTER THE DEATH.

>> THESE ARE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOING OUT THERE AND TALKING TO PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE REFLECT AND VOICE THEIR CONCERN, BUT THE CONCERN IS NOT BEING LISTENED TO.

>> Reporter: THIS IS DESPITE THE CITY LAUNCHING A PROGRAM IN 2015 CALLED VISION 0.

IT IS AN AMBITIOUS GOAL OF ELIMINATING TRAFFIC DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES WITHIN 10 YEARS, BUT HALFWAY THROUGH AND THE NUMBERS HAVE NOT GONE DOWN.

IN 2015, THERE WERE 58 TRAFFIC DEATHS WITHIN CITY LIMITS.

IN 2020, THEY WENT UP TO 61.

>> WE DO SEE YEAR-TO-YEAR FLUCTUATIONS.

OF COURSE WE WANT TO SEE ALL SERIOUS INJURIES AND FATALITIES TRENDING TOWARDS 0.

>> Reporter: A CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER, HE SAYS HIS DEPARTMENT HAS DONE WHAT IT CAN WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL HAVE PROVIDED, INCLUDING NEW CROSSWALKS, BIKE LANES, AND OTHER SAFETY MEASURES.

HE ADMITS IT TOOK A WHILE FOR THE PROGRAM TO RAMP UP.

>> EVERY YEAR WE CONDUCT ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS, EVALUATING HIGH CRASH LOCATIONS, AND THEN AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LATEST WE HAVE DONE WITH HER SYSTEMIC SAFETY ANALYSIS, IS LOOKING AT WAYS TO IMPROVE SAFETY SYSTEMWIDE ACROSS THE CITY.

>> WE AREN'T MEETING THE MARK.

WE NEED TO DO BETTER.

I HAVE HOPEFULLY BROUGHT A NEW ATTITUDE AND ENERGY TO THIS ISSUE.

>> Reporter: THERE TODD GLORIA BLAMES THE HALTING PROCESS ON HIS PREDECESSOR, AND WHAT HE CALLS A LACK OF URGENCY ON MAKING STREETS SAFER.

>> HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE TO EFFECTUATE THOSE CHANGES?

MY HOPE IS TO HAVE AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE SOME OF THE STUFF IS DIFFICULT, AND WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

>> Reporter: MANY CITIES ARE FINDING FASTER AND CHEAPER WAYS TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC.

PROJECTS THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE DONE WITH CONCRETE CAN ALSO BE DONE WITH PAINT AND BOLLARDS.

THE EL CAJON BOULEVARD BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION SAYS CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEERS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO ADOPT THE MORE INNOVATIVE MEASURES.

>> OF SOMEONE STANDING IN THE WAY WHO IS A DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT, WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE IT IS OKAY TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER, THAN THEY PROBABLY SHOULD NOT BE IN THAT POSITION, BECAUSE WE HAVE GOALS SET, AND WE NEED TO ROLL OUT AND TAKE ACTION.

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: FREQUENTLY, THE VISION 0 PROJECT RUNS INTO COMMUNITY OPPOSITION BECAUSE OF PARKING AND TRAFFIC CONCERNS.

A PROTECTED BIKE LANE MAY REQUIRE MOVING PARKING, AND A WIDER SIDEWALK MAY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRAVEL LANES.

IF TAKING SPACE AWAY FROM CARS MEANS FEWER PEOPLE IN HER COMMUNITY DYING, SHE IS OKAY WITH IT.

>> WE NEED TO START REDESIGNING AND RETHINKING ABOUT OUR STREET AND OUR CITY, TO IMPROVE, TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE, AND MAKE IT AS SAFE AS IT CAN BE FOR EVERYBODY USING THEM, BECAUSE THE STREET AND SIDEWALK IS NOT JUST ONLY FOR CARS, BUT ALSO FOR PEOPLE AS WELL.

>> Reporter: ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS .

>>> TAKING A SHOWER IS A BASIC NEED, WHEN THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAVE A HARD TIME ACCESSING.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TONYA THORNE SHOWS US HOW AN ORGANIZATION IS STEPPING IN TO CHANGE THAT.

>> Reporter: A FRESH SHOWER, A NEW HAIRCUT, AND NEW CLOTHES CAN MAKE ANYONE FEEL HUMAN AGAIN.

THAT WAS JORDAN REDDING'S MISSION WHEN HE FOUNDED HUMANITY SHOWERS, A MOBILE SHOWER TRAILER RINGING BASIC HYGIENE TO THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> THIS WAS A PLACE THAT THEY FELT HUMANITY WAS BEING INSTILLED, DIGNITY BEING INSTILLED BACK INTO THEM.

>> Reporter: WHEN THEY STARTED PROVIDING SHOWERS IN 2019 ONCE PER MONTH WITH A MOBILE TRAILER IN OCEANSIDE.

THEY NOW CALLED SIX EVENTS EVERY WEEK THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO COUNTY, AND OFFER AN ARRAY OF RESOURCES.

>> WE OFFER CLOTHING, BARBERS, BREAKFAST.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE RESOURCES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO COMMUNITY CLINICS, TONS OF RESOURCES NOW.

>> Reporter: THESE EVENTS ARE MOBILE NAVIGATION CENTERS THAT HELP PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS GET CONNECTED WITH SUPPORT.

HUMANITY CLOSETS IS ONE OF THE NEWEST ADDITIONS TO THE SHOWER EVENTS.

>> THEY HAVEN'T HAD PANTS AND A COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND THIS IS A BRAND-NEW PAIR.

IT IS LITTLE THINGS.

AND WHEN IT FITS JUST PERFECTLY , AND IT MATCHES THEIR EYECOLOR, OR THEY ARE TRYING TO GET TO AN INTERVIEW AND THEY NEED SOME INTERVIEW CLOTHES, THAT IS COMPLETELY ACCESSIBLE TO THEM.

>> Reporter: BIANCA LOPEZ IS FUNDRAISING TO MAKE THE CLOSET MOBILE TO TAKE TO ALL OF THE SHOWER LOCATIONS.

IRVINE IS ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS AT THE SHOWER EVENTS.

HE DID NOT WANT TO SHARE HIS LAST NAME MUPPETS THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ABLE TO USE THE SHOWERS WHEN THE PROGRAM STARTED.

>> YOU FEEL LIKE A WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSON.

YOU WANT TO LIVE AND GO OUT THERE AND START COUNTING YOUR DAEMONS.

YOU FEEL BETTER ABOUT YOURSELF.

BACK ALL OF THE MONEY HAS BEEN PRIVATELY DONATED, BUT HE HAS HESITATED TO APPLY FOR GRANTS BECAUSE ALL OF THE FUNDING IS FROM THE PEOPLE TO THE PEOPLE, BUT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS ULTIMATELY WILL MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE.

>> IT IS ONLY GOING TO BE WHEN WE ALL COME TOGETHER AS A COLLECTIVE AND COMMUNITY THAT WE START TO SEE WHERE INNOVATED THINGS HAPPENING.

>> Reporter: HE PLANS ON ADDING A FOURTH TRAILER THROUGH A DONOR, AND A MOBILE LAUNDRY TRAILER EXPECTED TO DEBUT LATER THIS MONTH.

TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS .

>>> THE IMPACT OF LESS RAIN AND SNOW PACK ACROSS THE STATE IS BEING FELT.

NEW INFORMATION RELEASED TODAY FROM THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR SAYS CONDITIONS ARE INTENSIFYING ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT AREAS HAVE EXPANDED IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SIERRA NEVADA IN RESPONSE TO POOR SNOWPACK CONDITIONS.

EXCEPTIONAL IS THE WORST LEVEL, AND MUCH OF THE STATE IS IN THE EXTREME OR SEVERE CATEGORIES.

GOVERNOR NEWSOM EXPANDED A DROUGHT EMERGENCY DECLARATION TO 41 OUT OF 58 COUNTIES, AND SAID FURTHER EXPANSION IS LIKELY.

>>> IF YOU HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THE WEATHER THE PAST FEW DAYS, FRIDAY BRINGS MORE OF THE SAME MOTHER BUT THINGS WILL CHANGE SATURDAY, BECAUSE THERE IS AN UPPER TROUGH HEADED IN.

IT WILL NOT MEAN A LOT OF MOISTURE IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND SHOWERS, BUT THERE COULD BE SOME DRIZZLE, AND THERE WILL BE A DEEPER MARINE LAYER WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THE COAST AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

FIRST UP TONIGHT, MORE OF THE SAME AS WE HEAD THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW.

A BIT OF A MARINE LAYER.

SAN DIEGO 61, 59, AND MT.

LAGUNA AT 58.

AS WE VENTURE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, YOU WILL NOTICE THE MARINE LAYER COMING IN.

AS WE GET INTO TOMORROW MORNING, IT WILL FADE AWAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

THIS HAS BEEN AGAIN THE SAME PATTERN WE HAVE HAD THE PAST FEW DAYS, CONTINUING INTO TOMORROW I'M AWARE WE HAVE THE WARMTH AND THE DRY AIR STILL IN PLACE.

THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM, YOU CAN SEE THE SORRY MAKING AND ENTRANCE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

IT WILL HAVE SOME IMPACT FOR US.

NOT A LOT IN THE WAY OF SHOWER OR WET WEATHER, MOSTLY JUST A CHANGE IN OUR MARINE LAYER AND TEMPERATURES.

NOTICE TOMORROW, TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60s.

SAN DIEGO, 68.

MT.

LAGUNA 66.

BORREGO SPRINGS, 100 DEGREES TO THE AFTERNOON.

THE MARINE LAYER FADES AWAY AFTER 11:00 A.M., AND THEN BRIGHT THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY.

IT IS A PRETTY TYPICAL PATTERN FOR US TO START OFF THE DAY.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WORKS IN ON SATURDAY.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT MORE MARINE LAYER INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS, AND THEN A LOT OF THOSE TEMPERATURES FALLING OFF A LITTLE BIT.

FOR FRIDAY, SATURDAY, UPPER 60s, BUT BY SUNDAY, NOTICED THE CHANGE, LOW TO MID 60s FOR THE HIGHS.

INLAND, MID-60s RETURN FOR SUNDAY WITH LOW CLOUDS, EVENTUALLY BREAKING, THEN WE STAY IN THE LOW 70s NEXT WEEK.

NOT LOCATIONS, SUNSHINE, A FEW CLOUDS, 60s TO BEGIN, AND THEN WE HEAD BACK TO THE 50s.

FOR THE DESERTS, WE SEE THE TEMPERATURES TREND BACK TO THE LOW 80s BY THE TIME WE GET INTO SUNDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST MELISSA CONSTANZER.

>>> AS MUSLIMS CELEBRATE AN ISLAMIC HOLIDAY, WHICH MARKS THE END OF THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN, THEY HAD TO BALANCE SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS RITUALS WITH COVID CONCERNS.

FOR MANY, THIS YEAR IS PROMISING TO BE CLOSER TO NORMAL.

HOWEVER, MASKS WERE REQUIRED AT MANY PRAYER SERVICES, AND TEMPERATURES WERE TAKEN AT THE DOOR.

>> PEOPLE HAVE JUST BEEN COMING FOR THE REGULAR PRAYERS, AND GOING AWAY, BUT THIS IS ONE OCCASION WHERE MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AT THE SAME TIME, SO THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY IS BEING REBUILT TODAY.

>> WORSHIPERS WERE ASKED TO BRING THEIR OWN PRAYER RUGS AND BAGS FOR THEIR SHOES.

SOCIAL DISTANCING WAS ALSO CARRIED OUT.

>>> THE PANDEMIC WREAKED HAVOC ON LONG-STANDING NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANTS, FORCING SOME TO CLOSE.

BUT IN CITY HEIGHTS, MANY PERSEVERED, THROUGH HARD WORK AND SUPPORT FROM THEIR COMMUNITY.

KPBS REPORTER IS CHECKING IN WITH SOME OF THE BELOVED LONGTIME ESTABLISHMENT AS PART OF A SERIES HE CALLED CITY HEIGHTS BITES.

>> Reporter: WALK AROUND IN THE HARD-WORKING NEIGHBORHOOD, AND YOU WILL FIND A PLACE YOU CAN RELY ON FOR FAST, CHEAP, AND DELICIOUS COMFORT FOOD FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS, THAT ROLE HAS BEEN FILLED BY PAT AND HIS WIFE KIM WHO OWN MEAN KEY.

HE STARTED AS A DISHWASHER AT A CHINESE RESTAURANT IN HORTON PLAZA, WORKING HIS WAY UP TO EXECUTIVE CHEF.

BEFORE HE DECIDED HE WANTED TO OPEN A RESTAURANT THAT WOULD MEET PEOPLE AT THE PRICE POINT THEY WERE AT IN HIS OWN NEIGHBORHOOD OF CITY HEIGHTS.

SO HE BOUGHT THE RESTAURANT, CONTINUING TO WORK WITH CHINESE FOOD, AND FOCUSING ON DISHES LIKE HANDMADE WONTON NOODLES, SERVED QUICKLY TO A HUNGRY COMMUNITY ON THE GO.

HIS DAUGHTER SANDY SAW HER FATHER WAS COMING FROM.

>> WE DID NOT GROW UP WITH A LOT OF MONEY.

WHEN HE WAS STRUGGLING, A SINGLE DAD FOR A WHILE RAISING TWO GIRLS, HE HAD THREE JOBS, AND TRYING TO FEED ME AND MY SISTER WAS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR HIM.

HE FOUND PLACES LIKE MINH KY WHERE FOOD WAS AFFORDABLE, BECAUSE HE WANTED TO BRING REALLY GOOD QUALITY, HOMEMADE FOOD, BUT KEEP IT AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE.

>> Reporter: BUSINESS GROUND TO A HALT LAST SPRING AS THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN RESTAURANTS.

OVERNIGHT, THE BUSINESS THAT HAD KEPT LONGTIME RESIDENTS OF CITY HEIGHTS FED HAD TO SHUT DOWN.

>> FOR MINH KY, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT IN THE BEGINNING.

MY PARENTS ARE OLDER, BUT THEIR STAFF IS OLDER, AS WELL AS THEIR CLIENTELE.

THEY MADE IT A PRIORITY TO TRY TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.

>> Reporter: THEY SHIFTED TO FULL TAKE OUT, BUT MISSED THE BUSINESS FROM THE QUICK SHUFFLING SITDOWN EXPERIENCE, WHICH FIT THE VEGGIE SCHEDULES OF THEIR CUSTOMERS.

LUCKILY FOR THEM, WONTON SOUP CAN EASILY BE REHEATED, AND THEIR CUSTOMERS FELL BACK ON THE OLD FAVORITE DURING THESE TROUBLED TIMES.

WITH A FEW LOANS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER SMALL GRANTS, MINH KY IS STILL ON ITS FEET AS IT EMERGES FROM THE PANDEMIC.

>> EVERYONE HAS BEEN REALLY EXCITED TO STILL SEE US HERE, WALKING THROUGH THE DOORS.

IT HAS JUST BEEN VERY FUN TO SEE EVERYONE COME BACK AND ENJOY A MEAL WITH US.

>> Reporter: IT DOESN'T STICK OUT, AND IT IS NOT FLASHY, BUT RESTAURANTS LIKE MINH KY KEEP THE COMMUNITY FED.

SANDY HAS OPENED UP HER OWN RESTAURANT, DUMPLING IN, BUT HER FAMILIES FOOD AND ETHIC REMAINS ROOTED IN CITY HEIGHTS.

>> THAT IS WHAT MAKES CITY HEIGHTS CITY HEIGHTS BY THESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT ONLY INDEPENDENTLY OWNED BY SMALL FAMILIES AND NOT BACKED BY SOME BIG CORPORATION, BUT THAT WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG.

WE ARE WHAT THE CULTURE HERE IS.

>> Reporter: KPBS NEWS .

>>> THE NEW OUTDOOR HOME FOR THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY NOW HAS A NEW NAME.

ACTUALLY, MORE THAN ONE NEW NAME.

TODAY I'M AT THE SYMPHONY ANNOUNCED THE VENUE WILL BE KNOWN AS THE SHELL AT JACOBS PARK.

JOHN CARROLL TALKED TO SOME OF THE BIG DONORS WHO MADE THE PROJECT POSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY, WE GOT TO HEAR MEMBERS OF THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY PLAYING FROM THE STAGE OF THE SHELL AT JACOBS PARK.

THE SOUND, THE SPACE, THE OVERALL SETTING BROUGHT ONE WORD TO MIND FOR SYMPHONY CEO MARTHA GILMER.

>> JOY.

IN THE MIDST OF THE DARK TIMES OF THE PAST YEAR, EVERY TIME WE WOULD COME TO THIS PLACE, WE WOULD FEEL JOY.

>> Reporter: JOY THAT IS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF SAN DIEGO'S LEADING PHILANTHROPISTS STEPPING UP WITH HUGE DONATIONS.

$15 MILLION FROM EVELYN AND ERNEST BRADY.

>> IT IS MORE THAN I COMPLICATED IN MY WILDEST DREAMS.

>> Reporter: $11 MILLION FROM THE JACOBS.

>> WE DID NOT IMAGINE ANYTHING AS GRAND AND WONDERFUL AS IT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE.

IT IS SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE NOW.

I AM SURE WE ARE GOING TO ALL GET WONDERFUL ENJOYMENT FROM HEARING ALL TYPES OF MUSIC AND EVENTS HERE.

>> Reporter: MILLIONS WERE ALSO GIVEN BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION , AND PHILANTHROPIST LUNA DAVIS.

LAST MONTH, THE RADY SHELL IS A TECHNOLOGICAL WONDER, STATE-OF- THE-ART LIGHTING AND SOUND WILL ENVELOP AUDIENCES.

THERE WILL BE VARIOUS FOOD OFFERINGS FROM SOME OF SAN DIEGO'S BEST CHEFS, AND MORE THAN 60 NEW RESTROOMS REPLACING THE FORMER PORT-A-POTTIES.

>> LOOK AROUND.

THIS IS FANTASTIC.

>> Reporter: WHEN IT IS NOT BEING USED FOR PERFORMANCES, THE VENUE WILL BECOME A PUBLIC PARK.

>> IT WILL BELONG TO ALL OF SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: MARTHA GILMER HAD MORE ON HER MIND TODAY THAN THE VENUE.

THE SYMPHONY TOOK ON A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN.

THEY ARE NEARLY 80% OF THE WAY TOWARDS RAISING $125 MILLION.

NOW THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC TO CHIP IN TO HELP WITH THINGS LIKE THEIR OTHER VENUE, SYMPHONY HALL.

>> IT IS A 90-YEAR-OLD PERFORMANCE VENUE.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THINGS.

>> Reporter: FOR TODAY I'M AT THE START OF THE SHOW WAS THIS REMARKABLE PLACE, AND ALL THAT IT WILL OFFER TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN DIEGO.

THE FIRST CONCERT AT THE RADY SHELL AT JACOBS PARK WILL HAPPEN SOMETIME THIS AUGUST , AN EVENT THAT WILL KICKOFF UNTOLD YEARS OF PERFORMANCES AT THIS GIFT TO SAN DIEGO.

A ONE-OF-A-KIND THE WORLD OVER.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS .

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