>>> 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.

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THANK YOU.

>>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 10.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

DESPITE THE ONGOING RISK OF COVID-19 , MORE STUDENTS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY RETURN TO IN PERSON CLASSES TODAY.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TONYA THORNE TALKED TO SOME ESCONDIDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL BEING BACK ON CAMPUS.

>> Reporter: STAFF, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS ARRIVED AT ESCONDIDO HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE BEGINNING OF CLASSES.

B. MAC I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN ALL JUST GO BACK TO SPORTS IN SCHOOL, AND HAVE A NORMAL TEENAGE LIFE FOR MY LAST YEAR HERE.

>> Reporter: SHE HAS PLAYED VOLLEYBALL SINCE HER FRESHMAN YEAR AND IS EAGER TO PLAY AGAIN.

>> I'M SO READY TO GO BACK TO EVERYTHING.

>> Reporter: JUNIOR THIS YEAR, SHE SAYS COVID DOESN'T MAKE HER AS NERVOUS ANYMORE BECAUSE SHE GOT VACCINATED.

>> TO BE HONEST, COVID IS KIND OF SCARY, BUT NOT AS MUCH.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE MY FRIENDS AND HANG OUT WITH THEM, BUT I DON'T WANT TO HANG OUT WITH THEM SO MUCH BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET COVID.

>> Reporter: THE ESCONDIDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT SENT OUT THIS RETURN TO CAMPUS GUIDE THEM OUT WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS, LIKE COVID SCREENING AND EXPOSURE, AS WELL AS SERVICES FOR STUDENTS.

ESCONDIDO UNION HIGH SCHOOLS WILL FOLLOW THE CANDY GUIDELINES OF ANY COVID EXPOSURES IF THEY COME UP.

PEREZ WALKED HIS DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL ON THE 1st DAY.

I FEEL HAPPY THAT SHE IS BACK.

I FEEL THAT WITH ALL MY CLASSES ONLINE, SHE DIDN'T LEARN AS MUCH.

I JUST HOPE STUDENTS WILL TAKE THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS, AND WHERE THE FACEMASKS.

I THINK THE SCHOOL WILL TAKE THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS, AND I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE SITUATION.

JUST LIKE THAT, IT IS THE 1st DAY OF CLASSES FOR ESCONDIDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

OUT OF ALL OF THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS THAT WE SPOKE TO TODAY, NO ONE KNEW OF ANYONE WHO MADE THE CHOICE TO STAY HOME FOR ONLINE CLASSES.

AND ESCONDIDO, TANYA THORNE , KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT WAS ALSO THE 1st DAY OF SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS IN THE GROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT HAS BEEN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF SINCE MONTA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL LOOKS LIKE THIS.

STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND STUFF ON CAMPUS AT THE SAME TIME.

THE SUPERINTENDENT TERESA KEMPER SAYS ALL OF THE COVID PROTOCOLS WERE TESTED LAST YEAR WITH THE HYBRID, IN PERSON, AND ONLINE AND LEARNING MODEL, AND NOW THE FOCUS IS GETTING KIDS BACK ON TRACK.

>> SEEING THOSE STUDENTS FACE- TO-FACE, EYES LOOKING AT EACH OTHER MY BUILDING THE TRUST, AND COMFORT, AND SUPPORT, AND THEN WITH THAT AS A BASIS, THEN WE CAN PROVIDE ALL OF THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS THE STUDENTS HAVE IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

>> DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY ABOUT 60 FAMILIES AT A 20,000 STUDENTS DECIDED NOT TO RETURN TO CAMPUS.

THEY HAVE ENROLLED IN INDEPENDENT LEARNING, WHICH MEANS THEY WILL DO THEIR SCHOOL WORK FROM HOME, AND CHICKEN WITH A TEACHER ONCE PER WEEK.

>>> MASKS ARE REQUIRED IN CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS, BUT SOME OTHER STATES ARE BANNING THEM.

COMING UP ON "EVENING EDITION," WHY SOME TEACHERS ARE WILLING TO RISK THEIR PAYCHECKS TO DEFY STATE ORDERS.

>>> RESPONDING TO DR. DOWD OVER A VIDEO, SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE RELEASED DETAILS ABOUT A DEPUTY FAINTING DURING A VEHICLE SEARCH.

BUT KPBS'S AMITA SHARMA SAYS THEY LEFT OUT ANY MEDICAL FINDINGS VERIFYING THEIR CONTROVERSIAL CONTENTION THAT HE OVERDOSED ON FENTANYL BECAUSE OF EXPOSURE TO THE DRUG.

>> Reporter: AN INCIDENT REPORT SHOWS THAT DEPUTY TRAINEE DAVID FAIIVAE PASSED OUT AFTER HE BENT DOWN, AND HIS UNMASKED FACE NEARED AN AREA WHERE HE HAD JUST TESTED NARCOTICS, INCLUDING FENTANYL.

THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ALSO MADE PUBLIC LAB RESULTS, CONFIRMING THAT THE DRUG FENTANYL WAS FOUND DURING THE SEARCH, AND THE CALL FOR SERVICE THAT LED TO THE SEARCH, BUT MISSING WAS A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS THAT FAIIVAE , WHO WAS HOSPITALIZED AFTER FAINTING , ACTUALLY OVERDOSED ON FENTANYL.

SHERIFF BILL GORE TOLD " UNION TRIBUNE" THAT HE WAS THE ONE WHO MADE THE DETERMINATION.

UNDERSHERIFF MARTINEZ TOLD US IN A DIFFERENT LAST WEEK.

>> WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER EXPEDITION PAYING.

THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE AGREED HAPPENED.

>> Reporter: AMITA SHARMA, KPBS NEWS.

>>> DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS IS FILING A DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST SAN DIEGO-BASED ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK.

THE PSEUDO-CRUISES ACCUSES THEM OF ALLEGEDLY SPREADING MISINFORMATION, SUGGESTING THE COMPANIES VOTE COUNTING MACHINES HAD A ROLE IN BREAKING THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

NEWSMAX IS ALSO NAMED IN COMPLAINTS FILED TODAY.

OH A AND DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT.

>>> AFTER MONTHS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS, AND CALLS HER RESIGNATION, TODAY ANDREW CUOMO ANNOUNCED HE WOULD STEP DOWN AS GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK.

>> THE BEST WAY I CAN HELP NOW IS IF I STEP ASIDE AND LET GOVERNMENT GET BACK TO GOVERNING.

IN MY MIND, I NEVER CROSSED THE LINE WITH ANYONE.

THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT THERE ARE NOT 11 WOMEN WHO I TRULY OFFENDED.

THERE ARE.

AND FOR THAT, I DEEPLY, DEEPLY APOLOGIZE.

>> THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR DENIED ALLEGATIONS IN A NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL INVESTIGATION, WHICH FOUND HE SEXUALLY HARASSED NEARLY A DOZEN WOMEN.

THE RESIGNATION IS EFFECTIVE IN 2 WEEKS, WHEN THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WILL TAKE OVER.

>>> THE MASSIVE $1.2 TRILLION INFRASTRUCTURE BILL HAS PASSED THE SENATE.

IT NOW GOES TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WHERE IT FACES AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.

ISABEL ROSALES HAS A BREAKDOWN OF THE BILLIONS SAID TO COME TO STATES SHOULD PASS.

>> Reporter: IT IS THE BIGGEST INFRASTRUCTURE BILL OUT OF CAPITOL HILL SINCE FDR'S NEW DEAL.

>> THE BILL AS AMENDED IS PASSED.

>> Reporter: AFTER MONTHS OF HEATED NEGOTIATIONS, A RARE BIPARTISAN VICTORY IN THE SENATE.

>> HERE IN THIS BILL, WE PROVED WE CAN STILL COME TOGETHER TO DO BIG THINGS, IMPORTANT THINGS, FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: THE $1.2 TRILLION BILL AIMS TO SEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO STATES FOR CRUCIAL IMPROVEMENTS.

>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL NOW SEE THE MOST ROBUST INJECTION OF FUNDING INTO INFRASTRUCTURE IN DECADES.

>> Reporter: THINGS LIKE ROADS, BRIDGES, TRANSPORTATION, AND BROADBAND INTERNET.

BEFORE THE BILL GOES TO THE PRESIDENT'S DESK, IT NEEDS TO PASS THE HOUSE.

SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI SAYS SHE WON'T TAKE UP THE BIPARTISAN BILL UNTIL THE SENATE PASSES THE LARGER SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE.

>> THEY CAN'T LET THIS OPPORTUNITY PASS.

>> Reporter: SENATE DEMOCRATS ALREADY FORGING AHEAD, LIVING TO TAKE OUT THAT $3.5 TRILLION BUDGET RESOLUTION.

THEY SAY INVEST IN FAMILY, CLIMATE, HEALTHCARE, AND JOBS.

>> WE ARE MOVING ONTO A SECOND TRACK, WHICH WILL MAKE GENERATIONAL TRANSFORMATION.

>> Reporter: BUT REPUBLICANS AND SOME MODERATE DEMOCRATS ARE BALKING AT THE PRICE TAG, THE PARTISAN PROCESS, AND THE FAILURE TO ADDRESS THE U.S. NATIONAL DEBT.

>> THIS RECKLESS SPENDING IS NOTHING LIKE WE'VE SEEN.

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

>>> LOCAL CONTRACTORS SAY THEY ARE NOT BEING GIVEN AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN CHULA VISTA'S BILLION-DOLLAR BAYFRONT DEVELOPMENT.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDRA RANGEL HAS MORE ON THE LATIN'S BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ADVOCATING FOR MINORITY CONTRACTORS.

>>> WE HAVE THE RESOURCES.

WE HAVE THEM MANPOWER.

WE HAVE EVERYTHING THEY ARE ASKING FOR.

WHY NOT GIVE YOUR COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS?

>> Reporter: ONE OF THE 50 LOCAL CONTRACT COMPANIES ASKING TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CHULA VISTA BAYFRONT PROJECT.

THE REDEVELOPMENT WILL COMPLETELY TRANSFORM THE BAYFRONT INTO A HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER THAT INCLUDES MARTIAL SPACE AND PUBLIC AMENITIES.

THE BILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT APPROVED BY THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO, AND THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, IS EXPECTED TO BRING 30,000 JOBS, AND 10,000 OF THOSE ARE CONSTRUCTION JOBS ACCORDING TO THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO'S PROJECT SUMMARY.

RUBEN GUERRERA IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LATIN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.

HE SAYS LOCAL LATINO BUSINESSES ARE NOT BEING GIVEN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYMENT.

>> THE DEVELOPERS FROM TEXAS.

THAT'S ONE NEGATIVE.

BUT EVEN IF YOU ARE FROM OUTSIDE, YOU STILL HAVE TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY WHERE YOU ARE BUILDING.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS IT IS NOT JUST LATINOS THEY ARE REPRESENTING, BUT ALL MINORITY CONTRACTORS.

HE SAYS THEY HAVE TRIED TO SIT WITH THE MAYOR OF CHULA VISTA TO DISCUSS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PLAN, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO FOLLOW-THROUGH.

HE IS HOPING THAT WILL CHANGE, AS THE PROJECT HAS ALREADY BEGUN ITS INITIAL PHASE.

>> THEY COME TO THEIR SENSES AND SAY HEY, LET'S SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT AN AGREEMENT THAT WE CAN COME TO TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE CONTRACTORS LOCALLY, THE MINORITY CONTRACTORS.

>> WE ARE LOCAL AND FEMALE OWNED COMPANY.

WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR MORE CONTRACTS.

>> Reporter: ALEXA VASQUEZ HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ANG CLEANING FOR 4 YEARS.

THEY REACHED OUT MULTIPLE TIMES TO PROJECT DEVELOPERS FOR CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES, BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE.

>> HAVING THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS DEVELOPED DURING COVERED, AND NOT BEING ASKED TO COME WORK HERE, IT IS REALLY INSULTING FOR A COMPANY.

IT'S DISAPPOINTING.

>> WE DON'T WANT A HANDOUT.

WE CALL IT A HANDOUT, JUST OPENED THE DOOR AND LET US DO THE JOB.

WE CAN DO IT.

BACK WE REACHED OUT TO THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO FOR COMMENT.

THEY SAID ONLY A GENERAL CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN SELECTED SO FAR FOR THE PROJECT , AND ALL OF THE CONTRACTS HAVE NOT BEEN AWARDED.

ALEXANDRA RANGEL , KPBS NEWS .

>>> 1 MONTH AGO TODAY, THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO LOST ONE OF ITS MOST BELOVED RESIDENCE.

WHEN FATHER JOE CARROLL DIED AT THE AGE OF 80 .

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL, OF NO RELATION, SAYS THOSE WHO WORKED WITH HIM KNEW HIM WELL, AND LEFT HIM DEEPLY.

THEY GATHERED TODAY TO SHARE MEMORIES OF A PRIEST THAT DID SO MUCH FOR SO MANY.

>>> ♪ ♪ >> Reporter: FATHER JOE CARROLL MEANT A LOT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> HE ALWAYS TREATED ME WITH RESPECT, AND ALWAYS INSPIRED ME TO KEEP GOING.

>> Reporter: THAT SUMS UP WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO KNEW FATHER JOE SHARED ABOUT HIM TODAY.

MARK WAS ONCE WITHOUT A HOME, BUT HE FOUND FATHER JOE CARROLL , AND HIS VILLAGE.

LIKE MANY HERE, HE SAID THE BELOVED ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST SAVED HIS LIFE.

THAT PRIEST SERVED THREE DIFFERENT PARISHES IN SAN DIEGO, BEFORE HIS FELLOW PRIESTS VOTED FOR HIM TO TAKE OVER WHAT WAS THEN THE ST. VINCENT DePAUL SOCIETY.

>> HE WENT FROM A $100,000 PER YEAR PROGRAM THAT SERVED PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES, NOT EVEN PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICHES, TO A $40 MILLION OPERATION, THAT IS MORE THAN THREE MEALS AND A COT.

IT IS A TRUE OPERATION TO BRING PEOPLE TO A WHOLE HEALTHY LEVEL OF LIVING.

>> HE HAS DONE GREAT THINGS FOR ME IN MY LIFE.

HE HAS CHANGED MY LIFE.

>> Reporter: A VIDEO PROVIDED STORIES FROM A FEW OF THE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES WERE CHANGED BY FATHER JOE.

>> HE DIDN'T CALL US HOMELESS PEOPLE.

HE CALLED US NEIGHBORS.

HE REALLY SAVED MY LIFE.

>> Reporter: HE KNEW THAT WHAT HE WAS PLACED HERE TO ACCOMPLISH, THAT HE DID THAT AS BEST HE COULD.

AND THAT HE NOW IS PASSING IT ON TO OTHERS TO CONTINUE IN THAT WORK, AND BUILD ON THAT LEGACY.

>> Reporter: LESS THAN A MILE AWAY FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER WERE SO MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES WERE BEING SHARED OF FATHER JOE CARROLL TODAY IS CONCRETE EVIDENCE OF HIS WORK IN THE CITY.

FATHER JOE'S VILLAGES, AND HERE JUST ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY, THE SAINT TERESA OF CALCUTTA VILLAS .

WHEN IT IS FINISHED, IT WILL PROVIDE ABOUT 400 UNITS OF HOUSING, A FITTING LEGACY FOR A MAN WHO DEVOTED MUCH OF HIS LIFE TO HELPING HIS FELLOW SAN DIEGANS, HIS FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS, OR HAS HE MIGHT CALL THEM, HIS NEIGHBORS.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS .

>>> THE MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM IN SAN DIEGO IS PREPARED TO VACCINATE ALL TROOPS AGAINST COVID-19 AS SOON AS IT BECOMES MANDATORY.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER STEVE WALSH SAYS THIS COMES AS THEY ROLL OUT A NEW COMBINED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOR TROOPS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: THE NAVAL HOSPITALS THAT BALBOA AND CAMP PENDLETON HAVE ALREADY ADMINISTERED ROUGHLY 250,000 DOSES OF COVID VACCINE SINCE IT BECAME AVAILABLE.

IT IS ACTUALLY A FRACTION OF THE VACCINES ALREADY GIVEN OUT BY THE TWO HOSPITALS EACH YEAR, SAYS REAR ADMIRAL TIM WEBER.

>> THEY GET 5 TO 600 MILLION VACCINES EVERY YEAR.

WE KNOW HOW TO DO VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW TO DO VACCINES ON A MASSIVE SCALE, BECAUSE WE DO IT EVERY YEAR.

>> Reporter: THE PENTAGON HAS ASKED THE PRESIDENT TO REQUIRE THE VACCINE FOR ACTIVE-DUTY TROOPS.

ROUGHLY 70% OF ACTIVE-DUTY TROOPS HERE IN SAN DIEGO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, IN LINE WITH THE REST OF THE MILITARY.

STILL, THERE HAS BEEN RESISTANCE, SAYS CAPTAIN KIM DAVIS, DIRECTOR OF NAVAL HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO.

>> WE'VE EDUCATED FOLKS WHERE WE CAN.

WE KNOW THAT ANY VACCINE COULD HAVE POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS.

HOWEVER, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES COVID-19 INFECTIONS CAN BE EXTREMELY SEVERE.

4 DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY DIRECTOR LIEUTENANT GENERAL RONALD PLACE WAS IN SAN DIEGO TO UNVEIL A NEW COMBINED MEDICAL MARKETPLACE FOR TROOPS, RETIREES, AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>> THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE, THE DATA THAT WE LOOK AT, ARE REALLY OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.

THESE VACCINES ARE AMONGST THE MOST EFFECTIVE VACCINES WE'VE EVER SEEN, WITH THE SAFETY PROFILE THAT IS ONE OF THE SAFEST VACCINES WE'VE EVER SEEN.

>> Reporter: PART OF A NATIONWIDE CONSOLIDATION OF MILITARY MEDICINE, PLANS WERE PUT ON HOLD FOR A YEAR WHILE THEY GRAPPLED WITH THE PANDEMIC.

THE NEW SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO ALLOW LOCAL MILITARY PATIENTS MOVE BETWEEN THE MILITARY HOSPITALS AND THEIR CLINICS, AS WELL AS THE VA AND BY THE DOCTORS TO FORM A MORE COHESIVE SYSTEM.

STEVE WALSH, KPBS NEWS .

>>> FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL WORKING TO CONTAIN CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST WILDFIRE EVER.

THE DIXIE FIRE IN THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA IS 25% CONTAINED, AND NEARLY HALF 1 MILLION ACRES.

HOT, DRY WEATHER COULD RETURN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, MAKING A LANDMARK IMPOSSIBLE.

NEARLY 900 HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, INCLUDING THE SMALL TOWN OF GREENVILLE.

>>> THE COMMUNITY OF PARADISE IS STEPPING IN TO PROVIDE DIXIE FIRE VICTIMS WITH ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT THEY MAY NEED.

THE TOWN WAS DEVASTATED BY THE CAMP FIRE BACK IN 2018.

A SURVIVOR OF THAT FIRE ORGANIZED THIS RESOURCE CENTER TO HELP PEOPLE LOOKING FOR CONTACT INFORMATION, A COUNSELOR , AS WELL AS ITEMS LIKE CLOTHING AND WATER.

>> ALL WE CAN DO IS PAY IT FORWARD, AND HELP OTHERS THAT ARE IN NEED.

A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING BACK TO A HOME YET.

NOT KNOWING IS THE HARDEST PART TO GET THROUGH.

>> BECAUSE MANY DIXIE FIRE VICTIMS ARE CAMPING, THE BIGGEST NEEDS ARE TENTS, PILLOWS, BLANKETS, AND AIR MATTRESSES.

>>> THE MONSOON MOISTURE IS GOING TO BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME FLASH FLOODING, MAINLY IN THE DESERT, AND IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN HERE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE REST OF YOUR TUESDAY, AND INTO WEDNESDAY.

AFTER THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS WILL DRY OUT, AND TEMPERATURES IN SOME SPOTS ARE GOING TO BE WARMING UP JUST A LITTLE BIT AS WE MOVE INTO THE WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW, FLASH FLOOD WATCHES POSTED FOR SOME HIGHER TERRAIN.

AGAIN, THESE LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

FOR TONIGHT, YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE STORMS FROM RIGO SPRINGS TO MT.

LAGUNA, INTO PERHAPS EVEN EL CAJON.

TEMPERATURES GENERALLY STAYING IN THE MID TO UPPER 60s HERE FROM OCEANSIDE TO ESCONDIDO, DOWN TOWARDS SAN DIEGO.

MOST OF THIS MOISTURE IS LIKELY NOT GOING TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE COAST.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH THAT HERE TONIGHT.

MOVING AHEAD TO WEDNESDAY, HERE'S THE MONSOON MOISTURE.

SOME OF THAT GETS INTO SOME OF THE MOUNTAINS, AND INTO THE DESERTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

JUST NORTH OF THERE, THE HEAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY.

TEMPERATURES IN OCEANSIDE GETTING UP TO 80 DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY.

CHULA VISTA, 80.92 IN EL CAJON.

YOU CAN NOTICE SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS BUBBLING UP HERE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

IT IS GOING TO BE MAINLY CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS, AND PERHAPS SOME OF THE DESERT REGIONS HERE.

ISOLATED COVERAGE OF SOME OF THOSE STORMS WILL QUIET DOWN AS WE MOVE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THURSDAY IS A RETURN TO THE TYPICAL WARM PATTERN, AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR YOUR THURSDAY.

NEAR THE COAST, TEMPERATURES GENERALLY SITTING IN THE LOW 80s.

PRETTY SEASONABLE.

PERHAPS A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE WHAT IS NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

FURTHER INLAND, MOSTLY SUNNY, WARM TEMPERATURES WARMING UP INTO THE MID-90s.

BY THE TIME WE GET INTO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY OF THIS COMING WEEKEND.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, IF YOU STORMS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY.

WE DRY UP THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, BUT WE COULD SEE SOME MOISTURE RETURNING AS WE MOVE INTO THE WEEKEND.

IN THE DESERT, AGAIN, SIMILAR STORY.

A COUPLE OF STORMS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY, THEN PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE FOR THE WEEKEND.

FOR KPBS NEWS , I'M METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PASH .

>>> IS MY CHILDREN AND TEACHERS HAD BACK TO THE CLASSROOM, THE DEBATE OVER WHETHER TO MASK UP SHOWS NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN.

GOVERNORS IN TEXAS AND FLORIDA HAVE FORBIDDEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM PUTTING MANDATES IN PLACE, BUT WITH THE RECORD NUMBER OF CHILDREN HOSPITALIZED FOR COVID- 19, WE REPORT SOME ARE WILLING TO RISK THEIR PAYCHECK TO DEFY STATE ORDERS.

>>> ARE YOU GOING TO BULLY HIM INTO WEARING A MASK?

>> Reporter: PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IN FLORIDA AS THE DISTRICT VOTED TO DEFY AN EXECUTIVE ORDER GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS, AND IMPLEMENT A SCHOOL MASK MADE IT.

>> WE WANT TO TAKE MASKS OFF OF OUR CHILDREN.

THAT SHOULD BE OUR CHOICE.

YOU CHOOSE TO MASK YOUR CHILDREN, FINE.

>> Reporter: SO FAR, AT LEAST TWO DISTRICTS IN THE STATE SAY THEY WILL.

>> WE WERE ADVISED TO START SCHOOL WITH ALL THE MITIGATION FACTORS THAT WE COULD EMPLOY, AND MASKING WAS ONE OF THEM.

>> Reporter: EVEN WITH GOVERNOR DeSANTIS DOUBLING DOWN AND THREATENING TO WITHHOLD SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD PAY IF THEY DO.

>> WE WILL DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO VINDICATE THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS.

>> Reporter: SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS ALSO PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE SAME EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM THE GOVERNOR, AND SAY THEY WILL REQUIRE MASKS FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

>> IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, IT COULD KILL AS MANY AS 2000 NEW CASES EVERY DAY BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

I FELT IT WAS TIME TO STEP IN.

>> Reporter: MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY THAT MANDATES ARE NECESSARY TO KEEP THOSE TOO YOUNG TO GET VACCINATED SAFE.

WITH INCREASING NUMBERS OF CHILDREN BEING HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID.

>> I'M SORRY.

I KNOW PEOPLE MUST LIKE TO HAVE THEIR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, AND NOT BE TOLD TO DO SOMETHING, BUT I THINK WE ARE IN SUCH A SERIOUS SITUATION NOW, THAT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, MANDATES SHOULD BE DONE.

>> Reporter: KPBS NEWS .

TARMAC TOP U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO SAY GETTING VACCINATED IS THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS FROM COVID-19, AND THE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS DELTA VARIANT.

BUT AS MANDY GAITHER REPORTS, A RECENT STUDY FROM THE CDC HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF COVID SURVIVORS ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES.

>> Reporter: IT IS NOT A NEW RECOMMENDATION.

FOUR MONTHS, TOP U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS HAS ADVISED EVERYONE ELIGIBLE TO GET FULLY VACCINATED FROM COVID-19.

PARTIAL DATA FROM THE CDC NOW SUGGESTS THAT MORE THAN 99.99% OF FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE HAVE NOT HAD A SEVERE BREAKTHROUGH CASE.

>> I THINK ALL OF US WOULD WANT THE VACCINATION NUMBERS TO BE A LOT HIGHER, IN THE SENSE THAT WE KNOW WE NEED A LOT MORE IMMUNITY IMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: IN A JUNE SURVEY, ONE OF THE REASONS AMERICANS SITE FOR NOT WANTING THE VACCINE IS A BELIEF THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAD COVID-19.

>> HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY INFECTED IS NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU THE SAME LEVEL OF PROTECTION AS BEING FULLY VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: A NEW STUDY BY THE CDC SUGGEST THOSE WHO GOT COVID- 19 IN 2020, AND DID NOT GET VACCINATED, WERE MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE REINFECTED IN MAY OR JUNE OF 2021, COMPARED WITH PEOPLE WHO CONTRACTED THE VIRUS, BUT WERE LATER FULLY VACCINATED.

>> MY ADVICE TO ANYBODY WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY INFECTED IS THAT YOU NEED TO GET VACCINATED, BECAUSE HE WILL SEE A LOT MORE BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS.

THE EVIDENCE IS REALLY CLEAR.

YOU WILL GET MORE INFECTIONS IF YOU ARE NOT VACCINATED COMPARED TO IF YOU ARE.

>> Reporter: IS NOT CLEAR HOW LONG NATURAL IMMUNITY LAST FROM THOSE WHO RECOVERED FROM COVID- 19, BUT THE CDC SAYS THERE IS NO MINIMUM TIME TO WAIT BETWEEN RECOVERY AND GETTING VACCINATED.

FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I AM MANDY GAITHER.

>>> SAN FRANCISCO IS ENJOYING A NEW INTERNATIONAL TOURISM BOOM, BUT IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF SIGHTSEEING.

INSTEAD, PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO THE AIRPORT FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO GET THE COVID VACCINE.

WE HAVE THE STORY.

>> Reporter: IT IS THE TREND THAT IS BRINGING HUNDREDS TO SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

FORGET ABOUT THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, AND FISHERMAN'S WHARF.

THIS IS THE MAIN ATTRACTION.

>> IT'S HARD TO GET A VACCINE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

IT IS EASIER TO JUST COME HERE, AND GET IT IN TIME.

HER MAC SHE COULDN'T GET VACCINATED IN HER HOME COUNTRY, SO SHE TRAVELED OVER 15 HOURS TO LAND HERE, AND WALKED INTO A CVS AND GOT VACCINATED.

ANOTHER POPULAR OPTION IS THE SFO VACCINE CLINIC AM AWARE TOURISTS ARE GETTING THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE LATER FRIDAY.

>> 80% OF THE NEW APPOINTMENTS ARE ACTUALLY NON-US CITIZENS.

HER MAC SINCE MAY, SFO HAS GIVEN OVER 1000 VACCINES TO TOURISTS FROM 58 COUNTRIES.

THEY SAY THE MAJORITY ARE COMING FROM TAIWAN AND MEXICO.

>> IN MEXICO, THERE IS NO PLAN.

IN MEXICO THEY ARE VERY SLOW.

4 IS A DELTA VARIANT SPREADS ACROSS THE GLOBE, SFO HAS NOW TURNED INTO AN UNEXPECTED VACCINATION HOTSPOT.

>> IT ALLOWS THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON DOSES TO GO TO GOOD USE.

IT ALLOWS THEM TO NOT GO TO WASTE.

>> Reporter: THE TRAVEL AGENT HAS GOTTEN MULTIPLE CALLS INQUIRING ABOUT THE VACCINE HARRITY SAYS THE TRAVEL PRICE TAG IS HIGH, BUT WORTH IT IS COVID CASES ARE SPIKING IN MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES.

>> IT COST THEM ONLY ABOUT $45,000, YOU KNOW.

THAT IS THE MOST.

>> Reporter: SFO IS HOPING FREE AND ACCESSIBLE VACCINES WILL ALSO HELP BOOST THE ECONOMY, BUT ONE DOSE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME.

>> IT'S NOT, BECAUSE HONESTLY, THE HOTEL MAY GET SOME ADVANTAGE , AND THE AIRLINE MAY HAVE AN ADVANTAGE, BUT PEOPLE AREN'T GOING ON A TOUR, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET THE VACCINE END.

>> Reporter: THE WORD IS SPREADING FAST.

>> YOU KNOW ANYONE ELSE DOING THIS?

>> MY FRIEND CAME HERE WITH ME TO GET A VACCINE AS WELL, BUT SHE WENT BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES.

>>> EVERYONE AGED 12 AND UP MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A VACCINE.

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>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS JUST UPDATED HIS COVID-19 DASHBOARD.

MORE THAN 1400 CASES WERE REPORTED, ALONG WITH FOUR DEATHS AND 51 HOSPITALIZATIONS.

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>>> THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS OF TWO LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS RETURNED TO CLASS IN PERSON TODAY.

THE ESCONDIDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT SENT OUT A RETURN TO CAMPUS GUIDE GOING OVER HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

COVID SCREENINGS, AND EXPOSURE.

AS WELL AS SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR STUDENTS.

GROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT ALSO WENT BACK TO FULL, IN PERSON LEARNING TODAY.

>>> A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR FATHER JOE CARROLL WAS HELD AT THE SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER , KNOWN SIMPLY AS FATHER JOE.

THE CATHOLIC PRIEST IN HIS DECADES OF WORK FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS MADE HIM A SAN DIEGO ICON.

HE DIED A MONTH AGO AT THE AGE OF 80, FOLLOWING A BATTLE WITH DIABETES.

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