>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR.

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AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

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>>> A GOOD EVENING.

IT IS TUESDAY, APRIL 27.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

>>> PROGRESS OWN BAITING COVID- 19 IS OFTEN MEASURED IN NUMBERS AND TONIGHT IT IS BEING MEASURED IN SOMETHING WE HAVE CARRIED WITH US EVERY DAY FOR MORE THAN WHAT YEAR.

THE CDC SAYS WEARING A MASK OUTSIDE IS NO LONGER NEEDED AS LONG AS YOU ARE VACCINATED AND NOT IN A LARGE GROUP.

>> THE BOTTOM LINE IS CLEAR.

IF YOU ARE VACCINATED YOU CAN DO MORE THINGS MORE SAFELY OUT DOORS AND INDOORS.

SO, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOT GOTTEN YOUR VACCINATION YET, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE YOUNGER AND YOU THINK YOU DO NOT NEED IT, THIS IS A GREAT REASON TO GO GET VACCINATED NOW.

NOW.

>> THAT IS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN URGING PEOPLE TO GO GET THERE SHOTS.

THE EASING OF THE USE OF MASKS IS BEING REDUCED BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN VACCINATION RATES.

AND WE HAVE MORE FOR YOU ON THE GUIDANCE.

>> WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TELLING PEOPLE WHAT THEY COULD NOT AND SHOULD NOT DO.

IT >> Reporter: HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE TELLING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO.

>> FOR VACCINATED PEOPLE, GENERALLY, OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT A MASK ARE SAFE.

IT >> Reporter: DOCTOR ROCHELLE WILENSKY SAYS THAT BASQUES ARE STILL MANDATED INDOORS.

>> THERE IS INCREASING DATA THAT THERE IS LESS TRANSMISSION OPENING OUTDOORS.

>> THIS IS DUE TO HIGH VACCINATION RATES AND A LOW INCREASE IN NEW CASES.

>> WHEN THIS CONTINUES, WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE.

TRUCK GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS THEY ARE WORKING TO ALIGN WITH NEW GUIDELINES.

>> WE WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE INCENTIVE BECAUSE THE STUDY SHOW THAT THEY VACCINATIONS ARE PROTECTING AGAINST INFECTION AND PEOPLE ARE PROTECTED AGAINST DYING.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER DOCTOR SAYS THAT THE RELAXING OF RESTRICTIONS IS GOOD NEWS AND EVIDENCE BASED BUT SHE IS WORRIED THAT SOME MAY HEAR THE SOUND LET THEIR GUARD DOWN TOO MUCH.

>> OUTDOOR TRANSMISSION IS LOW BUT I AM WORRIED BECAUSE THE RISK IS NOT ZERO.

TRUCK SHE SAYS FEDERAL REGULATORS NEED TO BE ABLE TO TOGGLE BACK.

THE DEMAND FOR REGULATIONS IS GOOD.

>> HERD IMMUNITY IS NOT UP TO THE CDC.

IT IS UP TO US.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING ON GETTING APPOINTMENTS BUT OFFICIALS ARE WARNING PEOPLE.

THE CDC HAS POSTED INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE OKAY FOR VACCINATED PEOPLE VERSUS THOSE WITHOUT THE SHOT.

I'M MATT HOFFMAN FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> A SINGLE DOSE OPTION FROM JOHNSON & JOHNSON IS OKAY AGAIN.

THE VACCINE WAS ON HOLD AGAIN AFTER A HANDFUL OF CASES OF PEOPLE OF ELOPING AT BLOOD CLOTS.

MORE THAN 8 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE.

THE CDC FINDS THAT THE BENEFITS OF THE VACCINE OUTWEIGHS THE RISK.

50% OF ALL SAN DIEGANS HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE AND THAT IS 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE.

YOU CAN FIND THE PROPER PROGRESS IN YOUR AREA BY GOING TO WWW.KPBS.ORG AND CLICKING ON THE VACCINES LENGTH.

>>> NOW THAT THE RECALL IS MOVING FORWARD, GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM IS LOOKING AT RIGHT WING POLITICS.

THIS AD WAS SHARED BY A COMMITTEE AND HE IS ADDRESSING IT.

THEY SAY THAT SOME LIKE THE PROUD BOYS ARE AMONG THE BACKERS.

MANY ARE LOOKING AT THE STRATEGY THAT NEWSOM HAS GOING FORWARD.

>> NO DEMOCRAT HAS REALLY STEPPED IN.

AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE GAVIN NEWSOM AND HIS ALLIES ARE MAKING SURE THAT THEY ENDORSE THEM AND THEY DO NOT HOP INTO THIS REPLACEMENT RACE.

GAVIN NEWSOM WANTS TO SAY IT IS ME OR A DONALD TRUMP REPUBLICAN.

>> YOU CAN HEAR MORE OF THAT CONVERSATION ON THE KPBS MIDDAY AUDITION.

A DATE FOR THE RECALL ELECTION HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED BUT IT WILL LIKELY BE IN EARLY FALL.

>>> IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL IS A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT THIS YEAR AFTER THE CENSUS IS DONE.

AND MANY ARE SAYING THEY WERE CONCERNED THIS COULD HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: THE CENSUS LAST YEAR WAS IT DONE IN THE FACE OF A PANDEMIC AND UNCERTAINTY REGARDING A CITIZENSHIP QUESTION.

ORGANIZERS HAD TO PUT ASIDE YEARS OF PLANNING AND START FROM SCRATCH.

FINDING WAYS TO MEET REACH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT BEING COUNTED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC OR THE ANTI-IMMIGRANT RHETORIC FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

THEY HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THE RESULTS.

BRENDA DIAZ IS THE COORDINATOR AT ONE SITE.

>> I THINK THIS IS AS ACCURATE AS IT IS GOING TO GET.

>> Reporter: WITH THE CALIFORNIA POPULATION GROWING, THE LOSS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL SEAT MEANS FURTHER DILUTING POLITICAL POWER.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL IMPACT LACES LIKE CITY HEIGHTS, WHICH RELIES ON FEDERAL FUNDING FOR HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS.

>> THERE IS NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ADVOCATING FOR COMMUNITIES LIKE CITY HEIGHTS.

AND SO, THAT JUST MEANS THAT WE -- WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD.

IT >> Reporter: NEW YORK SEAT CITY ALSO LOST A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT.

>> THE PROCESS CANNOT BEGIN JUST A FEW YEARS BEFORE.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DOING THE WORK UNDERSTAND WHAT IS AT STAKE AND THAT SOONER THAN LATER WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE MESSAGING AND THAT IT IT IS AS ACCURATE AND AS INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: MORE INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER.

I AM MAX RIVLIN-NADLER REPORTING FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> KPBS RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY REPORTER CHRISTINE CAMP SAYS PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER WINNING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO ACT.

IT >> Reporter: THEY COULD BE THE FIRST BORDER COUNTY ADVOCATING FOR PEOPLE THEY COULD BE DEPORTED.

IS BACK WHETHER YOU ARE A CITIZEN OR NOT, YOU HAVE AN ESTABLISHED RIGHT UNDER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION TO BE REPRESENTED BY LEGAL COUNSEL.

TODAY, WE ARE LAUNCHING A MOVEMENT TO ENSURE IMMIGRANTS FACING DEPORTATION HAVE A FAIR DAY IN COURT.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WILL HELP ALLEVIATE THE BACKLOG OF OVER 1 MILLION CASES WAITING TO BE HEARD WORLDWIDE.

MICHAEL GARCIA SAYS THAT STREAMLINING THE PROCESS MAKES FISCAL SENSE.

>> WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT JUSTICE PREVAILS IN THE ADVERSARIAL IMMIGRATION COURTS.

IT IS THE SOCIALLY MORAL THING TO DO AND ALSO, IT IS ECONOMICALLY PRUDENT FOR OUR FINANCES AND TAX BASE.

>> Reporter: THOSE WITH REPRESENTATION ARE 10 TIMES AS LIKELY TO AVOID DEPORTATION.

ONE MAN WAS ABLE TO GET LEGAL HELP FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENHANCEMENT FOR --.

>> THAT HELP IN THAT GUIDANCE, THAT IS HOW I GOT MY CASE -- HOW MY CASE SUCCEEDED.

THAT IS HOW I HAVE MY GREEN CARD NOW.

AND NOW I AM WORKING AND IN GOOD CONDITION.

IT >> Reporter: THE SUPERVISORS WERE WILL WORK ON FUTURE PROPOSITIONS.

IT WILL BE REVIEWED AGAIN IN LATE JUNE.

I AM CHRISTINA CAMP FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> MANY OF THOSE THAT HAVE ARRIVED IN THE U.S.

IN RECENT WEEKS ARE GETTING HELP IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

WE WILL TAKE YOU NORTH OF SAN DIEGO TO SHOW YOU WEATHERS BEING DONE FOR THESE FAMILIES AND HOW NONPROFITS ARE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND.

>>> ESCONDIDO POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF A PERSON THAT WAS SHOT AND KILLED LAST WEEK AND THE OFFICER THAT SHOT AND KILLED HIM.

>> Reporter: THE ESCONDIDO POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS 59-YEAR- OLD STEPHEN OLSON WAS HITTING CARS WITH A CROWBAR NEAR BROADWAY AND SECOND AVENUE WHEN OFFICER CHAD MOORE ARRIVED.

AFTER THE OFFICER GAVE OLSON MULTIPLE DIRECTIVES TO DROP THE TOOL, OLSON CONTINUE TO ADVANCE TOWARDS THE OFFICER, WHO WAS BACKING AWAY.

OLSEN WAS SHOT IN KILLED BY OFFICER MOORE.

VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.

THE ESCONDIDO POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT A CRITICAL INCIDENT VIDEO, THAT WILL INCLUDE BODY CAMERA VIDEO, WILL BE RELEASED LATER THIS WEEK.

ESCONDIDO POLICE SAY THEY ARE AWARE THAT HE WAS LIVING ON THE STREET AND HE HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY POLICE HUNDREDS OF TIMES.

ANDREA FELIX, HIS GRANDFATHER WAS OLSON.

HE STRUGGLED WITH COGNITIVE ABILITIES.

>> HE WAS NEVER AGGRESSIVE, AT LEAST IN FRONT OF ME.

HE WAS HARMLESS.

THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER OR ARTICULATE --.

IT IS APPARENT THAT THEY KNEW THAT HE WAS MENTALLY DISABLED.

>> GREG ANGELA OF INTERFAITH SERVICES SAYS THE PRACTICE OF HAVING OFFICERS ADDRESS PEOPLE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IS A BROKEN ONE.

>> WHEN SOMEBODY IS HOMELESS AND POLICE ARE ENCOUNTERING THEM, THAT IS THE ONLY RESPONSE THEY HAVE IN THE MOMENT.

IT IS JUST NOT FAIR TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IT IS NOT FAIR TO THE INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS TO HAVE THAT BE THE ONLY OPTION.

WE NEED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO BE THERE AS WELL.

>> Reporter: A TRIAL IS PLAN FOR TOMORROW AT ESCONDIDO CITY HALL.

I'M JACOB AERE FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SAN DIEGANS STRUGGLING WITH RENT AT THOSE THAT NEED IT MOST ARE NOT APPLYING, ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM THE LATIN NEXT COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE MORE ON THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO NOT BE EVICTED.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMMISSION HAS A LOT OF MONEY AVAILABLE TO HELP PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT.

ABOUT $83 MILLION.

>> TO PROVIDE PAST DUE RENT AND PAST DUE UTILITIES AND UPCOMING RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

>> Reporter: WE SPOKE WITH THE HEAD OF THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMMISSION AND SHE IS VERY MUCH AWARE OF STATISTICS.

SHE SAYS ONLY 35% OF PEOPLE THAT QUALIFY HAVE APPLIED FOR ASSISTANCE.

>> WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO IMPROVE THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS WE ARE RECEIVING, ESPECIALLY FROM THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

IT >> Reporter: THEY SAY THEY ARE LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED WITH TARGETED OUTREACH.

>> WE ARE LOOKING AT ADS IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH AS WELL AS IN NEWSPAPERS AND POSTCARDS HAVE BEEN SENT TO HOUSEHOLDS THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO.

SPANISH INSERTS IN THE CITY OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.

UTILITY BILLS AND POSTED ADVERTISEMENTS ON SYSTEMS.

WE HAVE CONTRACTED SEVERAL COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

>> ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS IS A CHICANO FEDERATION.

I ASK WHAT IS BEHIND THE HESITANCY BY MANY IN THE LATIN NEXT COMMUNITY.

>> I THINK THERE IS A VARIETY OF FACTORS AT THIS POINT.

>> MALDONADO SAYS THAT PLENTY OF RENTERS OWN OLD MONEY BUT NOT NECESSARILY TO THEIR LANDLORD.

>> THEY HAVE FIGURED OUT WAYS TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY AND PAY THE RENT.

>> BUT MALDONADO SAYS THE CHICANO FEDERATION WANTS TO HELP ANY WAY THEY CAN.

>> YOU CAN FIND HELP BY GOING TO THE COVERT ASSISTANCE WEBSITE .

I'M JOHN CARROLL FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE DEADLINE TO ENROLL FOR HEALTH INSURANCE IS COMING UP.

AT THE AMERICAN HEALTH RESCUE PLAN RECENTLY APPROVED BY CONGRESS EXPANDS ASSISTANCE TO MANY AMERICANS.

PETER LEE SAYS CURRENT ENROLLEES WILL SEE LOWER PREMIUMS STARTING IN MAY.

>> THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC HAS HAD A HUGE IMPACT.

THE COMMUNITIES HIT THE HARDEST, THOSE ARE EXACTLY THE COMMUNITIES TARGETED BY THIS PLAN.

>> THE SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD ENDS ON APRIL 30 TWO HAVE COVERAGE BY MAY 31.

>>> IT CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR SERVICEMEMBERS TO FIND A NEW PURPOSE OF FOLLOWING THEIR CAREER IN THE MILITARY.

A KPBS REPORTER TALKED WITH A LOCAL VETERAN TO TALK ABOUT HOW ONE GROUP HELPED HIM PUT HIS TALENTS TO WORK.

IT >> Reporter: MICHAEL SPENT YEARS IN THE MILITARY AND WAS ALSO PART OF AN EXPLOSIVES UNIT.

HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE INJURIES.

>> I HAD AN IED GO OFF BEHIND ME.

IT WAS ABOUT 110 POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVES AND I WAS ABOUT 10 YARDS AWAY FROM THAT.

THAT HURT REALLY BAD.

>> Reporter: IN 2016, HE HAD TO GO HOME AND EVENTUALLY TOOK MEDICAL RETIREMENT IN 2018.

>> I LEFT KUWAIT AND IRAQ THAT YEAR.

I WAS PRETTY ANGRY.

JUST, DEFEATED.

IT WAS LIKE, THEY TOOK AWAY ONE OF THE MAIN PURPOSES I HAD FOR LIVING.

>> Reporter: HE WANTED TO FIND A NEW PURPOSE BUT DID NOT KNOW WHERE TO START.

>> PEOPLE LOOK AT YOU AS BEING SUPERMAN.

THAT WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU DO IT AND THEN, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE, IT IS TOUGH TO PULL YOURSELF OUT OF IT.

>> Reporter: HIS INJURIES GAVE HIM MIGRAINES AND DISORIENTATION PREVENTING HIM FROM DEDICATING 40 HOURS PER WEEK TO AN EMPLOYER.

>> I WAS SCARED ABOUT HOW I WOULD PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY.

MARINE CORPS RETIREMENT DOES NOT PAY ALL OF THE BILLS.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU RETIRE AND EVERYTHING IS FINE.

>> Reporter: AND THAT IS WHAT THIS FUND FOCUSES ON.

>> THERE ARE MANY AMERICANS SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING TANGIBLE AND PURPOSEFUL.

AND THE TOOLS THAT THEY CAN USE TO HELP WITH THE RECOVERY.

>> Reporter: CASEY MANAGES SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT SEMPER FI RUNS TO HELP VETERANS FIND A NEW PURPOSE.

>> HE IS SO GIFTED.

IF YOU SEE HIS WORK.

HE WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT HE COULD PULL THAT TALENT INTO THAT WOULD MAKE HIM SOME MONEY AND GIVE HIM PURPOSE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: AND THAT IS WHERE THE IDEA FOR HIS SIGN COMPANY GREW.

IT IS NOT JUST SIGNS.

CUSTOMERS CAN COME IN AND MAKE THEIR OWN CRAFTS.

>> MY WIFE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR THIS COMPANY.

MAKING IT A WORKSHOP AND NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE SELL.

PEOPLE COME HERE AND THEY GET TO START OUT WITH SOME WOOD AND THEY END UP WITH SOMETHING THAT THEY CREATED AND SOMETHING THAT THE PERSONALIZED.

THEY MADE AND THEY PAINTED AND THEY TAKE IT HOME.

>> Reporter: YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THE DETAILS ON THE FUNDING AND HOW TO START THE BUSINESS ONLINE.

>> YOU CAN TAILOR THE BUSINESS PLAN AROUND WHAT YOU WANT AND WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR BUSINESS BECOME.

>> Reporter: FUNDING FOR SEMPER FI AMERICA COMES FROM DONATIONS AND GRANTS.

THEY HAVE HELPED OVER 30,000 FAMILIES NATIONWIDE.

THEY SUPPORT THE WOUNDED, ILL OR INJURED VETERANS IN ALL MILITARY BRANCHES.

>> WE HAVE PROGRAMS FROM SPORTS, WE HAVE HORSE PROGRAM.

WE TRAIN SERVICEMEMBERS TO RIDE HORSES.

AND THEN, THE PROGRAM THAT I AM IN, WHERE WE HELP VETERANS NAVIGATE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AFTER THE MILITARY.

>> Reporter: SEMPER FI AMERICA WILL HAVE A VIRTUAL AUCTION NOW THROUGH THE END OF APRIL.

I'M TONYA THORNE FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE PADRES ROAD TRIP CONTINUES TONIGHT IN ARIZONA AFTER THEY TOOK THREE OUT OF FOUR IN LA.

THE PADRES ARE 2.5 BEHIND THE DODGERS.

THE DODGERS ARE TIED FOR FIRST.

THE PADRES WILL PLAY TONIGHT BEFORE THEY RETURN TO SAN DIEGO THIS WEEKEND.

>>> THE WEATHER IS CHANGING AGAIN TO THE WARMER SIDE.

METEOROLOGIST MARK MANCUSO HAS THE FORECAST.

>>> THE WEATHER WILL BE IMPROVING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

WE HAVE QUITE THE WARM-UP COMING I THE END OF THE WEEK.

THE INTERIOR SECTIONS, WE COULD SEE SOME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES.

OVER THE WEEKEND WE SEE A TROUGH APPROACHING FOLLOWED BY ONSHORE FLOWS.

HERE WE GO.

TONIGHT, WE ARE CLEARING OUT.

TEMPERATURES DROPPING DOWN TO ABOUT 55 DEGREES IN THE METRO.

46 DEGREES IN OCEANSIDE.

MOUNT LAGUNA DOWN TO 37 DEGREES AND CAMPOS WILL BE 39 DEGREES.

TOMORROW, THIS SYSTEM IS PULLING AWAY FROM US AND TEMPERATURES WILL RISE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF SUNSHINE AND GUSTY WIND COMING IN FROM THE NORTH.

TEMPERATURES AROUND 71 IN OCEANSIDE AND SAN DIEGO.

EL CAJON 81.

CAMPO IS AT 73 DEGREES.

WHAT A DAY.

ON THURSDAY, A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING AND IT WILL GET HOT.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE WARM, ESPECIALLY IN THE INTERIOR SECTIONS.

WE WILL BE WARMING UP ALONG THE COAST.

TEMPERATURES NEAR 80 ON FRIDAY AND THEN COOLING OVER THE WEEKEND.

INLAND, SUNSHINE AND VERY WARM.

TEMPERATURES BACK OFF OVER THE WEEKEND.

THINGS WILL WARM-UP AND THEN THE DESERTS, IT IS GOING TO BE HOT.

TEMPERATURES IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS OF FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

AND THEN COOLING ON SUNDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS I AM METEOROLOGIST MARK MANCUSO.

>>> IN RECENT WEEKS WE HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS ARRIVE IN SAN DIEGO AND ELSEWHERE ALONG THE BORDER AND SOME ARE ENDING UP A COUPLE OF HOURS TO THE NORTH.

OUTREACH CREWS ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN.

WE TOOK A BEHIND-THE-SCENES TOUR WITH ONE OF THOSE NONPROFITS.

>> Reporter: INSIDE OF THIS SHELTER IN THE EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY, IT IS A RACE AGAINST TIME.

>> PEOPLE SLEEP ON THE SCOTS.

>> Reporter: SHE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE CENTER.

SHE IS HELPING HOUSE A BUS FULL OF ASYLUM-SEEKERS.

>> WE ARE EXPECTING 17 PEOPLE AND THEY WILL BE HERE IN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES OR SO.

>> Reporter: THE BUSES COME FROM NEARBY BORDER TOWNS.

THOSE THAT TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 ARE TAKEN TO HOTELS.

THEY ARE PROVIDED WITH FOOD AND CLOTHING DURING QUARANTINE AND ONCE THEY TEST NEGATIVE THAT COME HERE.

>> EVERY DAY WE CLEAN THE PILLOWS AND GIVE THEM CLEAN TOWELS.

AND EVERYBODY GETS THIS.

>> Reporter: ONE IMMIGRANT SAYS SHE IS DOING GODS WORK.

SHE SAYS SHE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR THIS WORK.

>> IN THE YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICE, I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT LIKE THIS.

>> Reporter: LAST YEAR, OVER 150 MIGRANTS CAME.

SINCE MARCH, PEOPLE STUMBLE INTO THE SHELTER WITH ANKLE MONITORS AFTER BEING RELEASED BY IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES AFTER WEEKS IN HOLDING.

>> Reporter: SHE TELLS THEM ALL WELCOME AND THEY HAVE NO ASSOCIATION WITH IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES.

SHE SAYS THAT'S COMING HERE WITH HER DAUGHTER WAS RISKY BIT STAYING WHERE SHE WAS WAS EVEN MORE RISKY.

IT WAS A HARD DECISION.

SOMETIMES, THEY HAD NOTHING TO EAT.

NOTHING TO DRINK.

WHEN SHE ASKED FOR FOOD THERE WAS NOTHING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHOCKED THEM WAS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRYING TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES.

>> SHE SAYS THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET HERE AND THE SYSTEM HAD COLLAPSE FROM ALL OF THE PEOPLE.

THERE ARE SO MANY MIGRANTS COMING IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

IT JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM TO SLEEP, EAT, SHOWER AND BOOK THE LAST LEG OF THEIR TRIP.

ANOTHER ROUND OF BUSES WILL ARRIVE TO START THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN.

>> THERE IS A CERTAIN WAY OF -- A CERTAIN LEVEL OF COMFORT KNOWING THAT WE CAN HELP THEM.

AS >> Reporter: FAMILIES THAT HAVE COME IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE.

>> THAT WAS CATALINA VILLEGAS REPORTING.

>>> WE DO HAVE A PROGRAMMING NO.

WE WILL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE OF THE "SPEECH TO CONGRESS.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME HE HAS ADDRESSED THE JOINT SESSION SINCE JANUARY.

WE WILL BEGIN LIVE COVERAGE AT 6:00 P.M. AND WE WILL CARRY THE SPEECH LIVE ON KPBS FM.

YOU CAN ALSO STREAM IT ON OUR HOMEPAGE, WWW.KPBS.ORG.

WE WILL HAVE RESPONSE AND ANALYSIS FOLLOWING THE SPEECH.

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

THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

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.