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

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

AND BY THE CONRAD FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCOS CHARLIE AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

MIKE GOODING THINK IT IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th BUT I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

IT WAS 2 1/2 YEARS AGO THAT JOHN SEE ERNEST BURST INTO A HIGHWAY SYNAGOGUE.

TODAY THE 22-YEAR-OLD WAS SENTENCED TO SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL WAS IN COURT AS VICTIMS TOLD ERNEST HOW HIS ACTIONS THAT DAY CHANGED THEIR LIVES FOREVER.

>> Reporter: 2 1/2 YEARS LATER WHOSE MOTHER LORI GILBERT K WAS MURDERED BY JOHN ERNEST STRUGGLE TO EVEN BEGIN HER STATEMENT.

BUT ONCE K REGAINED HER, TORTURE HER MESSAGE THE MAN WHO KILLED HER MOTHER WAS PAINFUL, ELOQUENT.

>> MY MOTHER'S VOICE IS LOUD, STEADY AND CLEAR IN MY HEART AND BECAUSE SHE CANNOT TELL THE WORLD WHAT SHE EXPERIENCED THE DAY SHE WAS MURDERED BEING A I WILL DO SO FOR HER.

THE VOICE OF MY MOTHER IS, SHE IS HERE, SHE IS ALIVE WITHIN MY WORDS .

>> IT WAS APRIL 27, 2019 54 PEOPLE WERE INSIDE THE SYNAGOGUE FOR SMS SERVICE WHEN ERNEST DROVE UP ARMED WITH AN ASSAULT RIFLE.

ONCE HE WAS INSIDE HE OPENED FIRE.

LORI GILBERT K DIED IN THE SYNAGOGUE HALLWAY.

ONE OF THE WORSHIPERS WAS AN OFF-DUTY BORDER PATROL AGENT WHO FIRED BACK AT AMHERST.

HE AND ANOTHER MAN RUSHED TO STOP HIM BUT BY THAT TIME HIS GUN HAD JAMMED.

THEY CHASED HIM OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUE.

ERNEST SPED UP BUT MINUTES LATER HE CALLED POLICE, TOLD THEM WHAT HE HAD JUST DONE AND WAITED FOR THEM TO ARREST HIM.

DR. HOWARD K SPOKE OF WHAT A WONDERFUL PERSON HIS WIFE WAS.

HOW SHE FOCUSED TIRELESSLY ON HELPING OTHERS.

>> EVEN AFTER HER DEATH WE WOULD GET THANK YOU NOTES KEPT COMING IN BECAUSE SHE USED TO GIVE CHECKS TO PEOPLE TO GIVE TO CHARITIES WHEN SHE TRAVELED .

>> LORI GILBERT K SISTER NOTED THE PRESENCE OF GOOD NEXT TO EVIL IN THE COURTROOM AS SHE DESCRIBED IN HER WAY WHAT HAPPENED THAT APRIL DAY OF 2019.

>> THIS MONSTER HUNTED DOWN AND MURDERED MY SISTER WANTED THREE OTHERS INCLUDING A LITTLE GIRL, A LITTLE GIRL.

AND THEN WHAT DID THEY EVER DO TO HIM?

HE HATED JEW SO HE DECIDED TO KILL JEW'S.

>> JOHN ERNEST IN THE BEGINNING OF A LIFE IN PRISON.

FOR THE FAMILIES A DAY OF JUSTICE MAY OR MAY NOT DO ANYTHING TO EASE THEIR UNIMAGINABLE PAIN.

FROM DOWNTOWN, JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>> THE INVESTIGATION IS NOT COMPLETE INTO A DISTURBING VIDEO CAPTURED AT FA HALLE HEISKELL LAST MONTH.

THE VIDEO THAT WENT VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA APPEARED TO SHOW A WHITE CAMPUS SUPERVISOR TAKING HIS KNEE TO THE NECK OF A BLACK STUDENT HE WAS TRYING TO RESTRAIN.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER M.G.

PEREZ TELLS US THE FINAL REPORT MAKES CLEAR WHAT HAPPENED ON CAMPUS AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE.

>> AS A DISTRICT WE OWN WHAT IS IN THIS REPORT.

>> Reporter: TERESA IS THE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT HAPPENED HERE ON THE CAMPUS OF VALHALLA HIGH SCHOOL JUST A MONTH AGO.

AUGUST 31st .

STUDENTS WITH CELL PHONES CAUGHT A FIGHT THAT STARTED IN THE OUTDOOR LUNCH AREA BETWEEN TWO BLACK FEMALE STUDENTS.

THE VIDEO WENT VIRAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND APPEARS TO SHOW A WHITE CAMPUS SUPERVISOR TRYING TO BREAK UP THE FIGHT THAT EVENTUALLY LED HIM TO THROW ONE OF THE GIRLS TO THE GROUND AND PUT HIS KNEE TO HER NECK TO RESTRAIN HER.

>> MY MESSAGE TO THE STUDENT IS THIS.

I AM SORRY.

THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.

>> Reporter: THE SUPERINTENDENCE VIDEO COMMENTS ARE IN RESPONSE TO THE RELEASE OF AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY A LOS ANGELES LAW FIRM WITH NO AFFILIATION TO THE DISTRICT IN THE FINAL REPORT INVESTIGATORS DO NOT LIST NAMES OF THOSE INVOLVED BUT INSTEAD SAYING BOTH STUDENT B AND STUDENT AR 14-YEAR-OLD NINTH GRADE FEMALE STUDENTS.

WHILE EMPLOYEE A IS 51 YEARS OF AGE, AT LEAST 208 POUNDS STANDING 5'11".

>> THE EMPLOYEE WHO INITIALLY BROKE UP THE FIGHT DID VIOLATE OUR DISTRICTS EXISTING RESTRAINT POLICY.

THE VIOLATION WAS IN PART DUE TO A DEFICIENCY IN OUR OTHERWISE ROBUST CAMPUS SUPERVISOR TRAINING.

>> Reporter: THE REPORT STATES AT 10 SECONDS EMPLOYEE A CAN THAT BE SEEN PLACING HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF STUDENT B's NECK PUSHING THE LEFT SIDE OF HER FACE INTO THE GROUND.

HIS LEFT HAND APPEARS TO ALSO PUSH DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF STUDENT B's FACE PIC FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 4 SECONDS EMPLOYEE ACE LEFT KNEE REMAINS ON STUDENT B's NECK.

HOWEVER, HE QUICKLY LIFTED HIS LEFT HAND FROM HER FACE PIC THAT ALIGNS WITH WHAT MANY STUDENTS REPORTED WITNESSING THAT DAY .

>> HE WAS TRYING TO SEPARATE THEM BUT THEY ENDED UP ON THE GROUND.

HE WAS ON TOP OF ONE OF THEM.

I GET YOU HAVE TO BREAK UP A FIGHT BUT IT SEEMED TOO VIOLENT .

>> THE REPORT RECOMMENDS MORE STEP PLANING AND THE EMPLOYEE A BE REMOVED FROM THE SCHOOL.

HE HAS BEEN.

THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR GOES ON TO SAY THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT EMPLOYEE A's ACTIONS WERE BASED ON RACE.

HOWEVER, IT IS MY OPINION BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING RACE BETWEEN 2019 IN THE PRESENT THAT VALHALLA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NEED TO RESERVE SOME FORM OF CULTURAL SENSITIVITY TRAINING .

>> THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THAT CULTURAL SENSITIVITY TRAINING HAS ALREADY BEGUN ON CAMPUS BUT THAT IS A NOT SAY WHERE EMPLOYEE A HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED OR, ANYMORE ON THE STATUS OF THE FEMALE STUDENTS.

M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> GOVERNOR DUCEY HIM TODAY SIGNING SP2 WHICH ENDS ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY FOR OFFICERS WHO ENGAGE IN MELISSA'S PROSECUTION, INJURE OR KILL PEOPLE IN CUSTODY OR INTENTIONALLY DENY MEDICAL CARE TO INMATES.

IT ALSO CREATES A STATEWIDE DECERTIFICATION SYSTEM TO PREVENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH SERIOUS MISCONDUCT LIKE ACCESS FORCE, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, DISHONESTY FROM SIMPLY RELOCATING TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY.

CALIFORNIA'S EVICTION BAN EXPIRES TODAY AND THAT LEAVES MORE THAN 700,000 HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS THE STATE THAT ARE BEHIND ON RENT VULNERABLE.

MORE VULNERABLE THAN THEY HAVE BEEN AT AT LEAST A YEAR .

RACE AND EQUITY REPORTER CHRISTINA KEN HAS A REPORT.

>> CALIFORNIA'S EVICTION MORATORIA LARGELY PROHIBITED LANDLORDS FROM EVICTING.

LANDLORDS WILL BE ABLE TO START EVICTION PROCEEDINGS IF THE TENANT HAS NOT PAID THE RENT .

SOME PROTECTIONS AND PROGRAMS REMAIN IN PLACE FOR VULNERABLE SAN DIEGO INSPECTS SENIOR HOUSING AUTHORITY WITH THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY .

>> THEY ARE TO PREVENT NONPAYMENT OF RENT EVICTIONS BUT THEY REQUIRE THAT A TENANT HAVE AN APPLICATION AT THE VERY LEAST PENDING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT THE EVICTION FROM PROCEEDING IN COURT .

>> THE LANDLORD WILL HAVE TO PROVE THEY UP APPLIED FOR THE TENANT DID NOT FINISH THE APPLICATION OR DOES NOT QUALIFY.

THESE PROTECTIONS EXTENDED TILL MARCH 2022 BUT RENTERS CANNOT GET THEM IF NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.

>> TENDED TO LIVE IN JURISDICTIONS WITH NO RENTAL ASSISTANCE WOULD NOT HAVE THE PROTECTIONS.

>> Reporter: IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT TENANTS AND LANDLORDS CAN APPLY FOR .

ONE FOR SAN DIEGO RESIDENTS AND A COUNTYWIDE PROGRAM AS SURF CITY FROM AL CAPONE TO AND CONCEIT IS BEEN SINCE SEPTEMBER SAN DIEGO CITY HAS $13 MILLION REMAINING OUT OF THE ORIGINAL $170 MILLION.

VISTA HAD $10 MILLION OVER TWO ROUNDS OF FUNDING.

THE COUNTY HAS AN ESTIMATED $100 MILLION LEFT OUT OF ITS $210 MILLION FUND .

INDIA SHOT ATTENDED AN EVENT.

SHE RECEIVED FULL RENT FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS .

>> IT HAS REALLY LIGHTENED MY LOAD FOR THESE NEXT THREE MONTHS BECAUSE THEN I CAN FOCUS ON OTHER THINGS THAT I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF.

IF IT WAS NOT FOR GOD OPENING UP THIS PROGRAM A LOT OF US, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE OUT THERE ON THE STREETS.

>> Reporter: ALSO STARTING TOMORROW SG AND HE CAN TURN OFF POWER AND HOUSEHOLDS BEHIND ON UTILITY BILLS BUT ANYONE THAT IS BEHIND 60 DAYS OR MORE IS AUTOMATICALLY SIGNED UP FOR A DEBT RELIEF PROGRAM.

THE STATE DOES HAVE PROGRAMS THAT OFFER LOWER RATES FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES.

CRISTINA KIM, KPBS NEWS .

>> AS WE MENTION EMERGENCY RENTAL AND UTILITY RELIEF FUNDS ARE STILL AVAILABLE.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE AND APPLY AT THE WEBSITE THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN.

AGAIN, THERE ARE SEPARATE PROGRAMS FOR THE RESIDENTS IN SAN DIEGO AND CHULA VISTA AS WELL AS SAN DIEGO COUNTY RESIDENTS .

>>> WITH JUST HOURS LEFT LAWMAKERS HAVE PASSED A STOPGAP FUNDING BILL TO AVOID A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

BUT THE PRESIDENTS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN AND OTHER PRIORITIES HANG IN THE BALANCE.

HERE IS CRYSTAL LYNN ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.

>> WITH A FEW SWIPES OF A PEN A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HAS BEEN AVERTED .

>> WITH THIS CONTINUING RESOLUTION WE NOT ONLY KEEP GOVERNMENT OPEN, KEEP CHECKS FLOWING TO OUR VETERANS AND SOCIAL SECURITY REPRESENTATIVE THE REST.

>> Reporter: HOURS AWAY FROM THAT DEADLINE CONGRESS HAS PASSED A STOP GAP FUNDING BILL.

FUNDING AGENCIES THROUGH DECEMBER 3rd WITH REPUBLICANS ON BOARD IN THE SENATE .

>> WITHOUT THE POISON PILL OF A DEBT LIMIT INCREASE .

>> IT IS JUST A REMARKABLE THING TO THINK OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: AS THE CLOCK TICKS BY THE MAX MORE AMBITIOUS DOMESTIC AGENDA REMAINS IN LIMBO.

THE DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED HOUSE REMAINS DIVIDED .

>> I AM VOTING NO .

>> DESPITE THE SPEAKER PELOSI IS STANDING FIRM SAYING SHE WILL HOLD A VOTE ON THE SEPARATE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL TODAY .

>> I DO NOT PLAN ON NOT DOING ANYTHING BUT I PLAN ON MOVING FORWARD IN A POSITIVE WAY.

>> TO MODERATE SENATORS HOLDING THE KEY TO PASSAGE PIC WITH MANSION NOW SAYING HE TOLD PRESIDENT BIDEN HE WOULD AGREE TO A $1.5 TRILLION DEAL.

>> MY TOP LINE HAS BEEN 1.5 BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT THE NEEDS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW .

>> IN WASHINGTON, CHRIS NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>> THE FIGHT OVER THE MASK MANDATE WENT TO COURT TODAY.

TONYA THORNE WAS IN THE COURTROOM .

>> THE MASK MANDATE IN SCHOOLS REMAINS IN PLACE.

JUDGE CYNTHIA FREE LAND DENIED THE REQUEST FOR A RESTRAINING ORDER ON STUDENT MASK MANDATES.

THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED AGAINST THE STATE AND GOVERNOR GAVIN GAVIN NEWSOM.

THE GROUPS CLAIM MASKING, TESTING AND COURTROOM PROTOCOLS IN SCHOOLS ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY SCIENCE AND ARE DOING MORE HARM THAN GOOD.

SHARON IS THE FOUNDER OF LET THEM BREATHE .

>> WE KNEW IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO GET THAT EMERGENCY TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER BUT OBVIOUSLY OUR KIDS ARE SUFFERING BEHIND HIS MASK.

WE WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

I AM THANKFUL THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING THAT FULL HEARING AT THE START OF NOVEMBER.

>> A FULL HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 8.

THE JUDGE SAYS THIS SUBVENTION WILL ALLOW BOTH PARTIES TO REVIEW AND SUBMIT THEIR ARGUMENTS.

ARGUMENTS SHE NOTED HAVE BEEN EXPENSIVE.

THE STATE SUBMITTING A 1600 PAGE REPORT.

>> THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ANYONE SHOULD CONSIDER LIGHTLY .

I WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO PROVIDE ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION.

>> THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THAT IS PLEASED WITH THE REALLY .

IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT IT SAID ITS GUIDANCE IS FIRMLY GROUNDED IN SCIENCE AND NOTED RECENT STUDIES CONFIRM THAT SCHOOLS WITH UNIVERSAL MASKING REQUIREMENTS ARE MUCH LESS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE OUTBREAKS.

CONFIRMING THAT MASKING IS A CRITICAL STRATEGY TO KEEP STUDENTS SAFE IN SCHOOLS OPEN.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE CLOCK IS CLICKING DOWN FOR A DEAL TO BE REACHED BETWEEN KAISER PERMANENTE PICKED THE CURRENT CONTRACT OF UNITED NURSES AND UNION HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT .

NEGOTIATIONS HAVE STALLED AFTER KAISER PROPOSED A 1% RAISE IN CUTS TO FUTURE EMPLOYEE WAGES BREAK THE UNION SAYS IF A DEAL IS NOT REACHED THERE ARE ROUGHLY 24,000 MEMBERS WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH A STRIKE WHICH COULD TAKE A WEEK OR MORE.

>> WE DON'T WANT TO STRIKE.

THE NURSES DID NOT WANT TO STRIKE.

WE WENT TO BE IN THERE TAKING CARE OF THESE PATIENTS, ALL OUR PATIENTS THAT IS WHERE OUR HARDEST .

IF A STRIKE IS CALLED WE BELIEVE THE BLAME WILL REST SQUARELY ON KAISER PERMANENTE.

DUE TO THEIR EXTREME APPROACH TO BARGAINING.

>> Reporter: OUR MEDIA PARTNER REACH OUT TO KAISER WHICH SENT A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART "WE HAVE BEEN BARGAINING IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE ALLIANCE OF HEALTHCARE UNIONS TO REACH FAIR AND EQUITABLE AGREEMENTS THAT PROVIDE OUR EMPLOYEES WITH EXCELLENT MARKET COMPETITIVE WAGES AND BENEFITS AND WE ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT WE WILL REACH AN AGREEMENT BEFORE A POTENTIAL STRIKE WOULD BEGIN."

BUT TODAY A STATEWIDE MANDATE FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO BE VACCINATED OR LOSE THEIR JOBS GOES INTO EFFECT BREAK AT SCRIPPS HEALTH 1% OF THE WORKFORCE ARE NOT VACCINATED OR HAVE APPROVED EXEMPTIONS .

A SPOKESPERSON FOR SHARP HEALTHCARE SAYS 3% OF THE WORKFORCE OR 539 EMPLOYEES ARE UNVACCINATED IN WITHOUT EXEMPTIONS.

THE STATE MAY ALLOW SOME HOSPITALS TO DELAY IMPLEMENTING THE MANDATE BECAUSE OF STAFFING SHORTAGES.

>>> THE CITY OF ENCINITAS AND THE -- WANTED DISTRICT ARE OFFERING THEIR EMPLOYEES A BIG INCENTIVE TO GET THE COVID 19 VACCINE PICKETT IS $2500 FOR FRONT-LINE WORKERS AND $2000 FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES.

ENCINITAS MAYOR SAYS THIS INCENTIVE IS ALSO TO RECOGNIZE THE STAFF'S HARD WORK OVER THE PANDEMIC.

>> WE HAD TO KEEP ESSENTIAL WORKERS WORKING IN ORDER TO HAVE OUR WORKFORCE FUNCTION AS A CITY.

SO, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF THAT WORK.

WE ALSO WANT OUR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES TO BE PROTECTING THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH.

WE WANT OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE VACCINATED.

>> EMPLOYEES MUST SUBMIT PROOF BY OCTOBER 7 TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WELLNESS INCENTIVE WHICH WILL BE PAID AS A LUMP SUM TO DIRECT DEPOSIT.

>>> AN URGENT CALL TO PREGNANT WOMEN FROM THE CDC .

GET VACCINATED NOW.

INDICATOR HAS A LOOK AT WHAT PROMPTED THIS BREAK >> Reporter: A WARNING TO PREGNANT WOMEN .

>> YOU COULD PROTECT YOURSELF, YOUR PREGNANCY AND YOUR FETUS BY GETTING VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: THE RENEWED URGENCY COMES AS THE CDC'S ONLY 31% OF PREGNANT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID 19.

AS OF SEPTEMBER 27 THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 125,000 COVID 19 CASES IN PEOPLE WHO ARE PREGNANT INCLUDING 22,000 HOSPITALIZED AND MORE THAN 160 DEATHS.

22 DIED IN AUGUST ALONE.

THE AGENCY SAID THE WARNING EXTENDS TO THOSE WHO HAVE RECENTLY GIVEN BIRTH, THOSE TRYING OR PLANNING TO BECOME PREGNANT AND THOSE WHO ARE BREAST-FEEDING .

>> WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS SEE WOMEN WHO FOR SOME REASON OR OTHER ARE HESITANT TO GET VACCINATED WHEN THEY ARE PREGNANT OR WANTING TO GET PREGNANT AND THEN HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR PREGNANCY.

>> Reporter: THE RISK IS NOT ONLY TO THE MOTHER.

TOBIN 19 IN PREGNANCY CAN CAUSE PRETERM BIRTH OR BABIES BORN SO SICK THEY HAVE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.

THE AGENCY ALSO SAYS ADVERSE PREGNANCY OUTCOMES SUCH AS STILLBIRTHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

STRESSING THE SAFETY OF THE VACCINE.

>> WE NOW HAVE DATA THAT DEMONSTRATES VACCINES AND WHATEVER TIME OF PREGNANCY OR LACTATING THAT ARE GIVEN ARE ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE AND SAFE AND HAVE NO ADVERSE EVENTS TO MOM OR TO BABY.

>> FOR HELP THE MINUTE I AM MANDY GAITHER .

>> WE HAVE REDESIGNED OUR WEBSITE KPBS.ORG PICKETT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BUT YOU CAN STILL FIND THE LATEST ON THE PANDEMIC AND RESOURCES IN THE TRACKING COVID 19 SECTION.

YOU WILL FIND IT IN THE NEWEST TAB ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

TWO BY NOW YOU HAVE SEEN THE GIANT SEQUOIAS WRAPPED IN ALUMINUM FOIL TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE RAGING WILDFIRES.

THE COMPANY THAT MAKES THAT FILE IS LOCATED IN SAN DIEGO'S NORTH COUNTY.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER WYNN HAS THE DETAILS.

>> WE WRAP THE FOIL VERY SIMILAR TO WHEN YOU WRAP A BAKED POTATO.

>> Reporter: THE FOR SERVICE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO.

IT RULED OUT SOME GIANT ALUMINUM FOIL TO WRAP THE BASE OF THE TREE TO PROTECT IT FROM THE FLAMES.

THE FOREST SERVICE HAS BEEN USING THESE FOILS FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS OR SO.

STAN IS THE DEPUTY FOREST MANAGER .

>> THE IDEA BEHIND THE FOIL IS TO PROTECT STRUCTURES AND SOMETIMES TREES AND OTHER THINGS.

IN PLACES WHERE A FIRE IS GOING TO IMPACT IT AND IT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE SAFE TO LAYPEOPLE AND RESOURCES AT THAT LOCATION.

>> THE FOIL IS MADE BY FIRE SET WHICH IS HEADQUARTERED IN DELMAR BUT THE COMPANY'S WAREHOUSE IS IN DENVER, COLORADO.

THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS A CENTRALIZED LOCATION TO QUICKLY MOVE THE PRODUCT TO WHERE THEY NEED IT IN THE FIRE PRONE WESTERN U.S. >> THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL KITCHEN FOIL PICKETT IS BACKED BY CARBON FIBER AND KEVLAR PICKETT IT WAIVES HEAT AWAY FROM THE STRUCTURE YOU'RE TRYING TO PROTECT.

>> CEO SAYS IT WILL COMBUST AROUND 500 DEGREES BUT THE FOIL KEEPS STRUCTURES WELL BELOW THAT.

>> WE HAVE DONE LABORATORY TESTS EXPOSED TO HEAT FOR 10 MINUTES AND THE TEMPERATURE BEHIND THE WRAP ONLY GOT TO 212 DEGREES.

AFTER 20 MINUTES THE TEMPERATURE ONLY GOT UP TO ABOUT 248 DEGREES BUT THAT IS FAR BELOW THE 500 DEGREES WHICH IS WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO PROTECT FROM.

>> Reporter: WHILE MOST CUSTOMERS ARE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SUCH AS THE FOR SERVICE HE IS STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS MAINLY THOSE WITH REMOTE CABINS.

>> RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS LEARNING THAT THIS FOIL WORKS BEST IN RURAL AREAS SUCH AS THIS BREAK ALEXANDER WYNN, KPBS NEWS.

>> METEOROLOGIST CHRIS ALLEN WITH YOU.

WE'RE TALKING HEADLINES IN AND AROUND SAN DIEGO.

WARMING TEMPERATURES INTO THE WEEKEND ALREADY TALKING ABOUT WARM WEATHER BUT WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE 80s FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

THAT WE ARE WATCHING A POSSIBLE PATTERN CHANGE IT TO NEXT WEEK COULD WE BE SEEING SOME SHOWERS?

IT IS POSSIBLE AS WE SEE ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUE TO SPIN AND MOVE OUR WAY.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH THE CHANCES.

THERE IS THAT CHANCE FOR AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF WET WEATHER AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

THAT IS ALWAYS GOOD NEWS FOR CALIFORNIA BUT WE ARE DRY NOW.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY DRY .

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE HUES OF ORANGE POPPING UP RIGHT AROUND SAN DIEGO.

BONE DRY AIR HERE, BLUE SKIES, CLEAR SKIES INTO THE NIGHT.

AS WE ARE WATCHING QUIET WEATHER FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE ACTIVE ZONE THAT CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF NEW MEXICO WITH ONGOING RAIN INTO EASTERN ARIZONA.

SOME SHOWERS CONTINUE .

IF YOUR TRAVELS TAKE YOU FROM SAN DIEGO TO ALBUQUERQUE THERE COULD BE SOME FLIGHT DELAYS OR TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE PICKED TONIGHT QUIET WEATHER AROUND THE METRO.

WE ARE IN THE MID 60s UNDER MAINLY CLEAR SKIES.

AS WE TAKE YOU IN AND TONIGHT'S FORECAST AROUND THE AREA WILL BE AROUND LOW 50s.

53 REPLACED BY LOTS OF SUNSHINE AND WARM TEMPERATURES INLAND NEAR THE WATER.

GREAT DAY TO BE NEAR THE BEACH AS IT WILL BE RIGHT AROUND 80 DEGREES.

SUNNY WEATHER AND DRY AIR CONTINUE AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR FRIDAY.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR COASTAL FORK ASPECT LOW 80s TO THE MID-80s BY SUNDAY AND TURNING COOLER TUESDAY WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS INLAND.

YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS START TO DROP AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF RAIN COME TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.

AROUND THE MOUNDS WE WILL BE IN THE MID 60s.

COOL WITH SOME SUNSHINE.

VERY PLEASANT WEATHER.

LOOKING GOOD HERE FOR THE DESERT PIC IF YOU LIKE THE HEAT WILL BE IN THE MID-90s.

REPORTING FOR KPBS I AM CHRIS NOW.

>>> CONGRESS PUSHING FACEBOOK ON CLAIMS THAT THEY EXPLOIT CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH FOR FINANCIAL GAIN.

DARRELL HAS A RECAP FROM THE HEARING.

>> FACEBOOK GRILLED BY LAWMAKERS .

A SENATE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING FOCUSED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH.

>> FACEBOOK HAS SHOWN US, ONCE AGAIN, THAT IT IS INCAPABLE OF HOLDING ITSELF ACCOUNTABLE .

>> THE DOCUMENT PROVIDED BY WHISTLE BLOWER LOT MAKER SAY THAT HAVE INSIGHT FOR FACEBOOK'S CAMPAIGN TO RECRUIT AND EXPLOIT YOUNG USERS.

>> FACEBOOK HAS CONCEALED EXPERTS THAT SHOW THE HARM THAT HAS BEEN CAUSED TO CHILDREN ON ITS SITE, HOW IT KNEW ABOUT THAT HARM.

>> ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS AND SURVEYS NOT RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC OVER ONE THIRD OF TEENAGERS FELT THEY HAD LITTLE CONTROL OR NO CONTROL OVER HOW INSTAGRAM MAKES THEM FEEL.

LAWMAKERS SAY THERE IS A TEENAGE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT SAYS IT HAS TEENAGERS FOCUS ON PROTECTING KIDS ONLINE.

>> WE USE AI TO IDENTIFY A SUICIDE CONTENT IN OUR PLATFORMS.

WE LAUNCH TOOLS TO HELP CONTROL TIME SPENT ON OUR APPS.

>> SOME LAWMAKERS WANT MORE ACTION AND BELIEVE THE COMPANY CHERRY PICKED PARTS OF ITS OWN RESEARCH TO FIT ITS OWN NARRATIVE .

>> WE DO NOT TRUST YOU.

WITH INFLUENCING OUR CHILDREN.

WE MAKE SURE HEALTHCARE IS BREAKING GROUND ON A NEW INTERVENTION CENTER.

WILL BENEFIT THE ENTIRE REGION PICKED THE 70,000 SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY IS SET TO BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AND WILL SERVE AS A HUB FOR FUTURE PROJECTS AND MEDICAL ADVANCEMENTS THAT SHOT .

PHYSICIANS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE FACILITIES AND WELCOME EXPERTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO COLLABORATE.

>> DID ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO TO EDUCATE, DEVELOP, ADVANCE OUR CLINICAL SKILLS WITHIN SHARP AND RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE GEOGRAPHY THROUGHOUT ALL SAN DIEGO AND HAVE A CREW WE CAN BRING IT ALL TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE.

>> OFFICIALS ARE CALLING THE CENTER PROJECT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THE COMPANY'S HISTORY PICKETT WILL HAVE A SIMULATION CENTER IN A TECHNOLOGY LAB FOR RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATIONS.

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

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.