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>>> GOOD EVENING IT'S THURSDAY OCTOBER 21st.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

THE CDC REPORTING MORE AMERICANS ARE LOOKING TO GET A BOOSTER SHOT THAN A FIRST-TIME VACCINATION.

NOW COMES THE ISSUE OF MAKING ALL BOOSTER SHOTS AVAILABLE.

STEVE DENNIS WITH TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS ON DOING JUST THAT.

>> Reporter: IS THE PUSH TO GET EVERY ELIGIBLE AMERICAN ACCENT AGAINST COVID-19 CONTINUES THERE IS GROWING CONCERN OVER BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS.

HEALTH EXPERTS SAY BOOSTERS MAY BE THE KEY TO MAINTAINING IMMUNITY FOR THOSE ALREADY FULLY VACCINATED.

>> THE BOOSTERS ARE THERE TO EXTEND THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GETTING.

>> Reporter: ONLY THE PFIZER VACCINE HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED AS A BOOSTER FOR CERTAIN HIGH RISK GROUPS.

WEDNESDAY THE FDA GRANTED BOTH MODERNA AND JOHNSON & JOHNSON TO USE THEIR BOOSTER DOSES.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT FOR CONTINUED PROTECTION AGAINST COVID-19.

>> Reporter: THE CDC'S VACCINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS SET TO CLEAR ITS OWN GUIDANCE.

AFTER RECOMMENDING BOOSTERS FOR MOST MODERNA AND JOHNSON & JOHNSON SHOTS.

IT CAN BE ADMINISTERED ONCE THE CDC DIRECTOR SIGNS OFF ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

>> WE WILL RELEASE CLINICAL [ INDISCERNIBLE ].

THE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL NOT JUST ADDRESS WHO SHOULD RECEIVE A BOOSTER DOSE BUT ALSO INCLUDE WHAT VACCINE THEY CONCEIVE AND HOW AND WHEN.

>> Reporter: IT COULD HELP PAVE THE WAY TILL THE END OF THE PANDEMIC.

BOOSTERS ALONE ARE NOT THE SOLUTION.

>> IT IS THE FIRST DOSES THAT MATTER MOST.

FOR COMMUNITY SPREAD AND HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATH.

IT'S NOT THE BOOSTERS THAT WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.

>>> FILIPINO AMERICANS MAKE UP A LARGE NUMBER OF NURSES AND FRONT-LINE WORKERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

A NEW REPORT SHOWS THE TOLL THE PANDEMIC HAS TAKEN ON MENTAL HEALTH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

KITTY COLORADO SPOKE WITH AN ICU NURSE WHO SHARED HIS EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: NFL FROM SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN A NURSE FOR 13 YEARS.

IS A PROUD FILIPINO AMERICAN WHO COMES FROM A LONG LINE OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS.

>> HELPING AND HEALING THE SICK IS SOMETHING I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO.

IT IS KIND OF INGRAINED IN MY GENES.

>> Reporter: HIS PASSION TO SERVE OTHERS MET BEING EXPOSED AND POSSIBLY EXPOSING HIS FAMILY TO A VIRUS THAT COULD KILL.

>> WE WERE SCARED AND I WAS SCARED.

I TOLD MY FAMILY I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COME BACK.

WE DID WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE DOING.

WE SLEPT IN SEPARATE ROOMS.

I SLEPT IN THE GARAGE FOR A MONTH NOT KNOWING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.

MY KIDS WERE AFRAID THAT DAD MIGHT NOT COME BACK OR THAT I MIGHT DIE.

>> Reporter: THOSE FEELINGS ARE NOT UNCOMMON.

THEY HAVE LED TO ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION FOR ONE IN FOUR FILIPINOS DURING THE PANDEMIC.

18% OF NURSES IN CALIFORNIA ARE FILIPINO AND ONE AND THREE ARE FRONT-LINE WORKERS.

THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER SAID THEIR STUDY MAYBE ON STATISTICS.

>> WE KNEW THAT WOULD NOT CAPTION THE STORY IN THE HUMAN FACE OF THE IMPACT OF THIS PANDEMIC.

THAT IS WHY WE COMPLEMENTED THE SURVEY WITH THESE FOCUS GROUP SESSIONS AND WHAT WE CALL TALK STORY OR IN FILIPINO TWO SESSIONS.

THEY ARE HEART WRENCHING.

>> THE STORY OF ONE YOUNG WOMAN LIVING IN A MULTI GENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLD, SOMETHING NOT UNCOMMON IN FILIPINO FAMILIES HAS STAYED WITH HER.

>> FOR OUR FAMILY IT'S LIKE A WOLF IS AT THE DOOR.

THAT WAS JUST STRIKING.

TO SEE THE WOLF IS AT THE DOOR.

THE SENSE OF DANGER.

CREATING ALL SORTS OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION.

>> Reporter: RODRIGUES HOPE STUDIES LIKE THESE LEAD TO MORE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES.

FOR MORE WHO ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES FOR A LIVING.

>> IT TOOK A TOLL.

THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY SOME OF THE NURSES DID SUFFER GENERAL ANXIETY AND PTSD.

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT?

TWO THE DECLINING HOME PRICES IN SAN DIEGO ARE OVER.

JOHN CARROLL LOOKS INTO WHY HOMES ARE ONCE AGAIN GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: LET'S START WITH THE DECADE-LONG TRUISM.

SAN DIEGO IS A NICE PLACE TO LIVE.

THE PRICE OF HOMES HERE REFLECTS THAT.

>> AGAIN A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO LIVE HERE.

>> Reporter: YOU HAVE IT FROM A USDA ECONOMICS PROFESSOR.

MATTER OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

WHY IN THE DOWN TURN IN PRICES IN JULY AND AUGUST.

THAT COULD BE CHALKED UP TO SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

>> THERE HAS BEEN MORE SUPPLY OF HOUSES ON THE MARKET.

AND THE SUPPLY INCREASES THAT PUTS DOWNWARD PRESSURE IN TERMS OF PRICES.

>> Reporter: EXTRA SUPPLY HAS BEEN DOUBLED UP.

AS OF SEPTEMBER PRICES STARTED CLIMBING AGAIN.

THE LATEST DATA FROM CORE LOGIC DQ NEWS SPELLS IT OUT.

THE MEDIAN PRICE FOR A HOME IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY ROSE.

PRICES ARE UP NEARLY 14% THIS YEAR.

THE MEDIAN PRICE IS STILL OFF AT THE PEAK OF $749,750.

REACHED IN JUNE.

PROFESSOR JIM SAYS HE THINKS PRICES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE FOR THE FUTURE ESPECIALLY IF IN STER'S INTEREST RATE STAYS LOW.

>> SOME PEOPLE MIGHT END UP HOMELESS.

>> WE CANNOT TRACK HIGH QUALITY WORKERS.

>> BUSINESSES THAT ARE ABLE TO ATTRACT QUALITY WORKERS OFTEN HAVE TO PAY HIGHER WAGES.

THAT THEY BECOME LESS COMPETITIVE.

LEADERS MUST DO MORE TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE TO MAKE A LIVING HERE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CORNER OF THE WORLD AT LEAST SOMEWHAT AFFORDABLE.

>> CALIFORNIA IS LOOKING TO CREATE WHAT WOULD BE THE NATION'S LARGEST BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN OIL WELLS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE DRAFT RULE WITH VAN NEW OIL AND GAS DRILLING WITHIN 3200 FEET OF SCHOOLS, HOMES AND HOSPITALS.

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS IN GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S THE MINISTRATIONS OF THE PROPOSAL IS ABOUT PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.

RIGHT NOW MORE THAN 2 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE STATE LIVE NEAR DRILLING SITES.

MAINLY LOW INCOME RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.

>> THE RESEARCH TELLS US OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS GENERATE TOXIC AIR CONTAMINANTS.

THEY THREATEN HEALTH AND A NUMBER OF WAYS.

INCLUDING REDUCING LUNG FUNCTION AND LEADING TO ASTHMA EXACERBATIONS.

DIAGNOSIS OF ASTHMA AND HOSPITALIZATIONS.

>> THE PROPOSAL WOULD NOT BAN WELLS OPERATING IN THOSE ZONES.

IT WOULD ADD POLLUTION CONTROL.

IT'S PART A NUISANCE EFFORT TO END OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION IN THE STATE BY 2045.

THE OIL INDUSTRY ARGUES IT WOULD DIMINISH RELIABLE ENERGY AND RAISE PRICES.

>>> SAN DIEGO WILL FALL SHORT OF ITS AMBITIOUS CLIMATE GOALS ACCORDING TO A REPORT RELEASED TODAY.

ANDREW BOWEN SAYS SUCCESS HINGES ON GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF CARS.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY'S PLANNING AGENCY IS MONTHS AWAY FROM ADOPTING A NEW REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

THE PLAN WILL ONLY GET SAN DIEGO ABOUT HALFWAY TO ITS GOAL OF SLASHING AUTOMOBILE COMMUTE TRIPS AND HALF.

BY 2035.

THAT THE CONCLUSION OF THURSDAY'S REPORT FROM THE NONPROFIT CLIMATE ACTION CAMPAIGN.

THE GROUPS TRANSPORTATION POLICY ADVOCATE IS NOAH HARRIS.

CARSON TRUCKS LARGEST SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

REPLACING CAR TRIPS WITH BIKING WALKING AND PUBLIC TRANSIT.

IT IS CENTRAL TO THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

CITY LEADERS WILL HAVE TO DOUBLE DOWN ON STRATEGIES TO REENGINEER SAN DIEGO SUBURBAN STYLE CAR DEPENDENT NEIGHBORHOODS.

TO BE DENSER AND MORE WALKABLE.

>> WE WANT TO REPORT TO SERVE AS A REALITY CHECK FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS.

SANDBAGGING IS TAKING A GREAT FIRST STEP TOWARD A MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE.

THERE'S MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

>> Reporter: THE AGENCY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS EXPECTED TO ADOPT ITS NEW REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN DECEMBER.

>>> LEER EMILLIA PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO FIRST-DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE MIGHT HAVE.

SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING ON JANUARY NINTH TWO DAYS AFTER SHE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE.

PROSECUTORS ALLEGED HE KILLED HER ON OR AROUND JANUARY SEVENTH.

ALTHOUGH HER BODY HAS NOT YET BEEN FOUND.

HE FACES UP TO 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON IF CONVICTED.

>>> RATES WERE 30% HIGHER IN THE U.S.

IN THE PANDEMIC THAN A YEAR EARLIER FOR VIOLENCE.

RESEARCHERS FOUND 27 STATES INCLUDING CALIFORNIA HAD SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RISK OF GUN VIOLENCE.

JUST ONE STATE, ALASKA, WAS FOUND TO FOUND SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER RISK DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THE AUTHOR OF THE STUDY SUGGESTED THAT PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS FROM COVID OR AN INCREASE IN FIREARM PURCHASES MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCREASE.

>>> THE FAR RIGHT GROUP DEFEND EAST COUNTY BURST ONTO THE LOCAL SCENE LAST SPRING IN ITS RESPONSE TO RACIAL JUSTICE PROTESTS.

NOW THE GROUP ASSOCIATED WITH RACISM AND CONSPIRACY IS TRYING TO BE A PLAYER IN SAN DIEGO POLITICS.

>> THE JEFF ELLIS GENESIS TO DEFEND THE EAST COUNTY IS THIS.

IT LAUNCHED IN THE LATE SPRING OF 2020 AFTER A BAND OF MOSTLY WHITE MEN PLEDGE TO PROTECT BUSINESSES FROM BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS.

SOON THE GROUP KNOWN AS DC MORPHED INTO THIS.

THAN THE GROUPS FOUNDER JUSTIN HASKINS, LIVE STREAMED FROM THE JANUARY SIXTH INSURRECTION.

AT ONE POINT THAT DAY HE CALLED IT OUR CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO OVERTHROW A TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT.

>> NO I DID NOT TAKE PART IN IT.

I WAS AT THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY SIXTH.

I DID NOT AGREE WITH IT.

>> Reporter: THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER DOESN'T BELIEVE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WAS LEGITIMATELY ELECTED.

HE BELIEVES FALSE QANON THEORIES.

>> IF YOU ARE ASKING ME IF I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A GROUP OF ELITISTS IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND IN HOLLYWOOD THAT RUN A PEDOPHILE RING, ABSOLUTELY I BELIEVE THAT.

>> Reporter: ONE MEMBER HAS OPENLY DISCUSSED VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE.

FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY SAN DIEGO AND BRAD IN THE TEXT ABOUT PAUL PULLING HIS GLOCK ON A PERSON HE CALLED USING THE N WORD.

LOCAL BLACK ACTIVIST TOSHA WILLIAMSON SAYS THAT SOME MEMBERS HAVE MADE RACIALLY VIOLENT THREATS AGAINST HER AND HER SON.

>> THEY PUT THIS OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND PEOPLE ARE CALLING FOR MY LYNCHING.

>> THERE IS AN UNDATED VIDEO ON TWITTER OF HASKINS.

HE CLAIMS THAT THE COMMENTS WERE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.

IT HAS PROVEN TO BE RELEVANT IN MAINSTREAM SAN DIEGO COUNTY POLITICS.

AT ONE POINT IN 2020 HE BOASTED A FACEBOOK FOLLOWING A MORE THAN 20,000 MEMBERS.

THE PLATFORM EVENTUALLY SUSPENDED THE GROUP DUE TO VIOLENT RACIST RHETORIC ON ITS PAGE.

BY THEN BOTH REPUBLICAN DARRELL ICELAND DEMOCRAT HAS SOUGHT TEC'S ENDORSEMENT IN THE RACE FOR THE 50th DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL SEAT.

THE DIRECTOR AT THE CENTER FOR HATE AND EXTREMISM AT CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO.

>> THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS LIKE FACEBOOK HAVE ENABLED PEOPLE WHO WOULD JUST BE BRINGING THE CATTLE ON A CORNER SOMEWHERE TO USE THE POWER OF SYMBOLS AND MEANS AND VIDEOS TO CREATE FEAR AND ANTIDOTES AND IDENTIFYING VILLAINS.

>> Reporter: HASKINS INSISTS THE PURPOSE IS TO PROMOTE ADDITIONAL CONSERVATIVE VALUES.

>> I WANT TO PROTECT FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

WE WANT TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF OUR HOMES.

>> Reporter: THE DDC WANTS TO GET LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE ELECTED.

HE SAYS THEY INCLUDE THE MAYOR JOHN MINTO.

COUNCILMEMBERS JUSTIN TROTTER AND LAURA CALDWELL.

IN THE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEE JIM MILLER.

KPBS REACHED OUT TO THEM.

SUCH AS PAULA WITSEL, CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AT SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THEY DECLINED COMMENT OR DID NOT RETURN CALLS.

MESA COLLEGE POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR BELIEVES THEIR SILENCE IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT DAC'S RADICALISM HAS GONE MAINSTREAM WITHIN THE PARTY.

HE CALLS THE STRATEGY DANGEROUS.

>> YOU CALL OUT YOUR CRAZIES AND YOU DON'T BRING THEM INTO THE COALITION.

>> Reporter: A MORE MILITANT OFFSHOOT OF THE GROUP HAS MATERIALIZED AND IS CALLED THE EXILE TO PATRIOTS AND LED BY ANOTHER LOCAL RESIDENT MIKE FASANO.

WHO DO NOT RESPOND TO INTERVIEW REQUESTS.

HASKINS SAYS HE CONDEMNS THE PATRIOTS BECAUSE OF THEIR VIOLENT RHETORIC.

>> THAT IS EVERYTHING I HAVE TRIED TO AVOID.

AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE NEVER GONE DOWN THAT PATH.

>> JANUARY SIXTH SHOWS THE DDC IS A GATEWAY GROUP TO THE PATH.

>>> EARTHQUAKES ARE PART OF LIFE HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

EVERY YEAR THE STATE HOLDS THE GREAT SHAKEOUT EARTHQUAKE DRILL TO REMIND US HOW TO REACT WITH A QUICK.

>> Reporter: ALARM BELLS WENT OFF WELL SCHOOLS AROUND THE STATE THIS MORNING.

SIGNALING THE START OF THE GREAT SHAKEOUT.

THIS IS A LOOK AT A PREVIOUS THRILL.

THE EVENT IS DONE TO DEMONSTRATE THE RIGHT TECHNIQUE OF FINDING A SAFE PLACE TO WAIT OUT AN EARTHQUAKE.

>> DURING THE DRILL WE DO THE SIGNAL.

THE BELL SIGNAL.

OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF DUE TO COVER AND HOLD.

THEY DUCK UNDER TABLES AND COVER UNDER TABLES AND HOLD THERE UNTIL THEY RECEIVE THE ALL CLEAR.

>> Reporter: THE DRILL IS IMPORTANT FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF.

>> IN THE EVENT THAT AN EARTHQUAKE COMES IT BECOMES A REALITY.

WE CAN PRACTICE WITH OUR STUDENTS AND PREPARE OUR STUDENTS.

THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO THEM IN REAL LIFE.

>> Reporter: EARTHQUAKE WARNING CALIFORNIA, PEOPLE CAN DOWNLOAD THE FREE MY SHAKE APP.

TO RECEIVE WARNINGS ON THEIR CELL PHONES AS SOON AS SEISMIC WAVES ARE DETECTED IN THEIR AREA.

>>> THANKS FOR TUNING INTO KPBS NEWS.

I MARVIN GOMEZ WITH ACCUWEATHER FORECAST ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE CLOUDS FOR THE NEXT FEW MORNINGS WITH A STRONGER ON FOR SURE FLOW.

RAIN ON THE WAY AND EVENTUALLY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN WILL START THE WARMING UP A BIT.

HERE'S A QUICK LOOK AT TONIGHT'S FORECAST ACROSS OUR COUNTY.

LOOKING AT THE DOWNTOWN AREA NEAR 57.

FOR SAN DIEGO.

OCEANSIDE NEAR 50 DEGREES.

MOST OF THE SOUTHWEST CONTINUES TO STAY VERY DRY AND QUIET.

AS WE HEAD INTO ARE FRIDAY CALIFORNIA, WE WILL BE TRACKING A COUPLE SHOWERS.

HIGH PRESSURE IS IN CONTROL KEEPING CONDITIONS RELATIVELY STABLE THROUGHOUT MOST OF CALIFORNIA.

AND INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST.

HERE'S A LOOK AT SAN DIEGO COUNTY FOR THIS FRIDAY.

61 DEGREES IS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE.

MOUNT LAGUNA LOOKING AT SAN DIEGO NEAR 70 DEGREES.

THAT WILL BE THE HIGH ALSO FOR OCEANSIDE.

WE ARE TRACKING A BIG STORM THAT WILL MOVE INTO CALIFORNIA.

SUNDAY NIGHT AND WE WILL BRING IMPACTS ALL THE WAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

ACROSS NOT JUST CALIFORNIA BUT INTO OTHER STATES.

ACROSS OUR AREA HERE IN THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE STATE THAT WILL BE RAIN AND GENERALLY SPEAKING SOME IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

IT COULD POTENTIALLY SEE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE VALLEY AND ALONG THE COAST.

WE ARE LOOKING AT AN INCH OR RAIN AND PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT.

THE RAIN WILL HELP US ALLEVIATE WITH THE DROUGHT.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE COASTAL FORECAST.

THE UMBRELLA WILL BE NEEDED AS WE TRANSITION INTO MONDAY.

WE WILL BE TRACKING THE DOWNPOURS MOVING FARTHER INLAND.

TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60s FOR BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY ACROSS INLAND AREAS.

IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN THERE WILL BE SUNSHINE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

MONDAY THAT WILL BE THE DAY WERE A COUPLE OF SHOWERS WILL BE ROLLING BY WITH HIGHS CLOSE TO THE MID-40s.

IN THE DESERTS WHERE IN THE 80s.

WE DIP DOWN INTO THE 70s FOR BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

MONDAY WILL BE THE DAY WHERE THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR A QUICK PASSING SHOWER.

>>> THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY SAYS IT IS ALREADY SERIOUS SHORT FOR SHORTAGES GETTING WORSE.

ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATION THE INDUSTRY IS DOWN 80,000 DRIVERS.

THAT IS AN ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH.

INDUSTRY WAS ALREADY SHORT MORE THAN 60,000 DRIVERS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

A SPOKESPERSON SAYS MANY DRIVERS ARE RETIRING OR LEAVING THE INDUSTRY.

71% OF ALL GOODS IN THE U.S. HAVE TO BE MOVED BY TRUCKS AT SOME POINT TO GET TO STORES.

>>> THE BACKPACK IN THE BACKUP OF ALL OF THOSE CARGO SHIPS OFF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CREATING NEW PROBLEMS.

NEIGHBORHOODS NEAR THE PORTS ARE SEEING STREETS JAMMED WITH SEMI'S WAITING TO OFFLOAD THOSE CONTAINERS.

BOTH GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAVE CALL FOR 24 SEVEN WORKFLOWS TO GET THE BACKLOG CLEARED.

TOY SHOPS ACROSS THE U.S. ARE RUNNING OUT OF PRODUCTS.

AS CLARE SEBASTIAN REPORTS SOME SHOP OWNER SAY THEY HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT IS GOING TO ARRIVE IN TIME.

>> STUFF THIS NEW YORK'S TO THE CITY TOY STORE SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA THEY WOULD BE GETTING THE DELIVERY OF TOYS AND BOOKS TODAY OR THAT THE ORDERS WOULD BE INCOMPLETE.

>> WE ARE REPLACING ORDERS EVERY DAY CONSTANTLY.

WE HAVE A HUGE ORDER FOR FEBRUARY THAT JUST SHIPPED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE WHEN AND IF THINGS WILL COME.

>> THE ENTICING DISPLAYS MARKETING'S PRECEDENTED INVENTORY PROBLEM.

MANY ITEMS RUNNING OUT.

>> I HAVE THREE OF THESE AND THERE ARE NO MORE DOWNSTAIRS.

>> Reporter: OTHERS IN OVERSUPPLY.

>> I HAVE ABOUT 20 TIMES NOT IN MY BASEMENT.

>> BEHIND THE SCENES?

>> THIS IS WHAT MIGHT MESSY OFFICE LOOKS LIKE.

SHIPPING OUT TO BE DONE.

AND PROCESS >> Reporter: JANNA CLARK SAYS SHE WAS WARM TO STOCKPILE AHEAD HOLIDAYS.

85% OF ALL TOYS SOLD IN THE U.S. ARE IMPORTED.

ACCORDING TO THE TOWING ASSOCIATION.

THE SHIPS THAT CARRIED MOSTLY FROM ASIA ARE STUCK IN A GIANT MARITIME TRAFFIC JAM.

THE RESULT OF SURGING DEMAND AS ECONOMIES RECOVER AN ONGOING CUP AND COVID RELATED DISCUSSIONS.

>>> A SHORTAGE OF TRUCK DRIVERS TO GET THEM TO THEIR DESTINATION.

>> COMBINATION OF ONLINE SHOPPING AND COVID SHUTDOWNS AND RESUPPLYING THINGS TALK AND THE HOLIDAYS TOGETHER COMBINED INTO WHAT REALLY IS A CRISIS OF SHIPPING AND CRISIS CONSUMER PRODUCTS.

>> IT IS SENDING COSTS SKYROCKETING.

>> AND HAS GONE FROM SOMEWHERE AROUND $3000-$24,000 ON THE SPOT STOCK MARKET.

>> MANY OF HER SUPPLIERS HAVE RAISED PRICES TWICE THIS YEAR.

SOME ARE NOW TAKING ON A SHIPPING SURCHARGE.

MOST OF WHICH SHE ISN'T PASSING ON TO HER CUSTOMERS.

>> I HAVE A LOT OF DEBT.

A HUGE AMOUNT.

I HOPE IT WILL BE COVERED.

>> HER MESSAGE TO COME CUSTOMERS START YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING NOW.

THIS WILL NOT BE OVER BY CHRISTMAS.

>>> SOME STUDENTS IN CITY HEIGHTS GOT A LATE BACK TO SCHOOL BOOST TODAY.

>> KIDS AT JOYNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOT TO PICK OUT NEW BACKPACKS FILLED WITH NEW SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

THE DONATIONS WERE COLLECTED BY THE UNITED WAY BACK IN AUGUST.

A COUPLE OF MONTHS INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THERE IS ALWAYS A NEED.

THE SUPPLIES RUN OUT.

YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE REPLACING THEM.

IT IS ALSO JUST HELPING TO RELIEVE THE ADDED STRESS THE FAMILIES ARE UNDER RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT PAYING RENT.

THEY KNOW NEED TO WORRY ABOUT BUYING SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

>> UNITED WAY IS TAKING DONATIONS.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE AT UW ST.ORG.

>>> DE DALLAS MOORE TOES OR DAY OF THE DEAD IS CELEBRATED ON THE FIRST AND SECOND OF NOVEMBER.

THIS YEAR THE HOLIDAY HOLDS A HEAVYWEIGHT.

THE PANDEMIC IS TAKEN THE LIVES OF MANY PEOPLE.

ALEXANDER DUNN HAS MORE ON THE MEXICAN TRADITION OF CELEBRATING LIFE AND DEATH.

TAKING PLACE IN OLD TOWN.

>> CHEERFUL AND HAPPY.

LIFE OF THE PARTY.

EVERYONE THAT SHE HAD SPOKE TO LOVED HER.

>> Reporter: THAT TIME NATALIE BISHOP HOPES HER GRANDMOTHER IS REMEMBERED.

WHEN SHE WAS A LONGTIME STORE OWNER IN OLD TOWN, SHE DIED IN AUGUST FROM COVID-19.

>> IT WAS HARD FOR ALL OF US TO COME AROUND HERE AND VISIT THE SHOP AFTER KNOWING SHE WOULD NOT BE HERE.

>> Reporter: WEEKS AGO WHEN SHE WAS WORKING AT HER SHOP DOING WHAT SHE LOVED MOST.

CREATING BEAUTIFUL DOLLS.

HER PICTURE ADORNS THE DAY OF THE DEAD OUTSIDE OF HER SHOP.

>> IT'S WEIRD EVERY DAY JUST TO SEE HER AND REMEMBER THAT SHE IS NOT HERE.

SHE IS UP THERE.

SHE IS IN HER PRESENCE OR IN THE PICTURES.

>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH THEIR FAMILY IS GRIEVING BISHOP SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING HER LIFE AND THE LEGACY SHE LEAVES BEHIND.

IT'S EXACTLY WHAT VICTOR SANTANA HOPES PEOPLE WILL EMBRACE WHEN THEY VISIT THE ALTAR AT OLD TOWN MARKET.

>> WE COMMEMORATE THOSE WHO WORKED WITH US AT SOME POINT OR FAMILY MEMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE TODAY.

>> Reporter: HE FRAMED PICTURE OF HIS FATHER AND HIS GRANDPARENTS.

THEY MAY RECOGNIZE SAN DIEGANS THAT ARE NO LONGER WITH US AND CELEBRITIES THAT LEFT THEIR MARK ON THE WORLD.

SANTANA EXPLAINS THE MEANING OF LEADING A FRIEND ON THE ALTAR.

>> YOU WOULD ADD ITEMS THAT YOU REMEMBER THEM BY.

WHAT THEY LIKE TO DRINK OR EAT.

MAYBE A PIECE OF CLOTHING.

>> Reporter: A SPECIAL CELEBRATION ON NOVEMBER SECOND TO HONOR THE DEN.

FOR MORE ON HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY ALTAR TAKING PLACE ACROSS SAN DIEGO, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT KPBS.ORG.

>>> WE HAVE A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE FOR YOU.

MILLIONS MORE OF AMERICANS CAN GET A COVID-19 BOOSTER ENGINES A DIFFERENT VACCINE FOR THE NEXT SHOT.

THOSE WHO RECEIVED THE PFIZER VACCINATION MONTHS AGO ARE THE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A BOOSTER.

THE CDC EXPANDED APPROVAL FOR MODERNA AND JOHNSON & JOHNSON RECIPIENTS TOO.

IN A BIGGER CHANGE, THE AGENCY IS ALLOWING THE FLEXIBILITY OF MIXING AND MATCHING THE EXTRA DOSE.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

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