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PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS, AND PRIVILEGED TO HELP SAN DIEGO.

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>>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28.

FOR JOINING US, I AM AMITA SHARMA, AND THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD IS INVESTIGATING A PLANE CRASH IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EAST NEIGHBORHOOD.

WITNESSES DESCRIBE A FIREBALL, FALLING OUT OF THE SKY, KILLING ALL FOUR PEOPLE ON BOARD.

IT WAS ALSO CAPTURED BY NEIGHBORS ON SECURITY CAMERAS.

AS OUR REPORTER, ANGIE REPORTED ABOUT THE NEARBY HOUSE.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE FIERY AFTERMATH OF THE PLANE CRASH ALONG PEPPER DRIVE, A DESTROYED LEARJET IN PIECES.

LEARNING, JUST FEET AWAY FROM HOMES.

>> I LOOKED OVER AND SAW PARTS OF THE PLANE THAT WERE STILL ON FIRE.

>> Reporter: CAJUN LONG AND HAS FATHER WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO SEE THE DISCUSSION IN THE EAST COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY TOOK CELL PHONE VIDEO AND , AS THEY PROCESS WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN FRONT OF THEM.

KAYDEN CAN STILL HEAR THE TERRIFYING SOUNDS.

>> IF YOU WERE LIKE TO CLOSE TO AN AIRPLANE, TAKING UP OR SOMETHING OR LANDING, IT WAS JUST VERY LOUD.

BUT THE NOISE SHOOK THE WHOLE HOUSE.

IT WAS CRAZY.

>> Reporter: IN THE DAYLIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE MANGLED MESS LEFT, THE CORPORATE PLANE REGISTERED TO BUDGET LLC, OF EL CAJON, WAS HEADED TO GILLESPIE FIELD.

CRASHED JUST SHORT OF 7:00 P.M., KILLING FOUR PEOPLE ABOARD.

NO ONE ON THE GROUND WAS HURT, THE PLANE LEFT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT A SHORT TIME BEFORE, NOW 18 FROM THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD WILL INVESTIGATE WHAT WENT WRONG.

THE FLIGHT PATH TO GILLESPIE FIELD LEADS PILOTS AROUND TWO SMALL BALANCE AT EIGHT SHORT VALLEY ALONG THE ROAD, THE PATH RUNS PARALLEL TO PEPPER DRIVE WHERE RESIDENTS SAY THEY ARE USED TO THE AIR TRAFFIC.

>> WHEN I CAME OUT HERE THERE WERE THINGS EXPLODING.

>> Reporter: RANDY LIVES IN A HOUSE PERCHED ON THE SIDE OF ONE OF THOSE SMALL MOUNTAINS.

HE WAS HOME WITH HIS DAUGHTER AND GRANDCHILDREN.

WHEN THEY HEARD THE TERRIFYING SOUND.

>> I KNEW IT WAS A PLAY, WE KNEW IT WAS A PLAY, JUST BY THE SOUND OF IT AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF PLEAS THAT CAN MAKE IT VIABLE LIKE THAT.

>> Reporter: HE DESCRIBES THE WEATHER IS RAINY, WITH NO VISIBILITY BECAUSE OF HEAVY FOG.

HERE IS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AUDIO OF THE FLIGHTS FINAL SECONDS.

AND >> SHORTLY AFTER THE LOUD NOSE, THE AUDIO STOPS AS THE PLANE DISINTEGRATED ON THE STREET.

THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER WILL IDENTIFY THE VICTIMS KILLED, MEANWHILE, EMERGENCY CREWS CONTINUE THE CLEANUP AND SUPPORT FOR RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY THESE HORRIFIC EVENTS ON PEPPER DRIVE.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE A BIG NIGHT FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN SAN DIEGO, WITH THE HOLIDAY BOWL IN TOWN.

LAST MINUTE COVID-19 CASES AMONG PLAYERS MEANS THE GAME IS NOT HAPPENING.

TRY TO REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN IS LIVE IN DOWNTOWN, WITH THE ACTION.

>> Reporter: YEAH, METER, TONIGHT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE HOLIDAY BOWL'S BIG DOWNTOWN DEBUT AT PETCO PARK, BUT HOURS BEFORE IT STARTED, THE FANS WERE READY AND ALSO LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS, THE GAME CANCELED AGAIN DUE TO COVID-19.

YOU CAN SAY RIGHT HERE, THE GAME IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOING ON BUT NOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY AT PETCO PARK.

FENCE WHO FLEW FOR THIS GAME, ARE STILL HERE.

UCLA AND IT IS NOT HAPPENING.

THAT SORT OF SUGGEST AN OUTBREAK OR LARGE EXPOSURE, NOW THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME FOOTBALL WOULD HAVE A PLAYED AT PETCO PARK WHICH IS TYPICALLY A BASEBALL FIELD.

FOR YEARS THE HOLIDAY BOWL WAS OVER IN VISIBILITY, WITH THAT STADIUM GONE, SOME DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IF THE GAME WOULD CONTINUE ON IN SAN DIEGO.

IT IS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR SAN DIEGO, ESPECIALLY DURING THE WINTER WITH TOURISM DROPS OFF HERE.

NEWS OF THESE CANCELLATIONS JUST HOURS BEFORE KICKOFF LEFT SOME FOR THE BUSINESS OWNERS FRUSTRATED.

>> A LOT OF THE TIME THERE IS NOT MUCH I CAN DO ABOUT IT, MIGHT DISAPPOINTMENT IS GREAT, AND FOLKS HAVE TRAVELED FOR BOTH TEAMS FOR DECISIONS WERE MADE, NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.

LIFE GOES ON, YOU KNOW?

>> I SAY ALL THE WORK SAN DIEGO DID, THE STADIUM IS BEAUTIFUL IN THERE, AND IT IS OPEN AND SAID THEY CANNOT BE IN THERE.

SAD FOR SAN DIEGO, AND US.

>> WE FLEW TO SAN DIEGO, AND FOUND OUT ON THE WAY TODAY.

>> I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THIS PLACE TO BE BUMPING, LIKE A SOLD-OUT PADRE GAME.

THIS IS, LOOK AROUND, JUST THE STREETS IN MY OPINION ARE DEAD.

>> Reporter: WE HEARD FROM SAM ABOUT HOW BAD THEY FEEL ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS OF THE HOLIDAY BOWL SPENDING BILLIONS TO TRY TO MAKE THE EVENT HAPPEN.

AND ALL OF THIS AFTER IT WAS CANCELED LAST YEAR DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

WE ALSO HEARD FROM SAM THAT OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO PROTECT PLAYERS BY CANCELING THIS GAME.

THIS GAME IS SCHEDULED TO GO ON AT PETCO PARK NEXT YEAR, SO IF YOU HAVE TICKETS KEEP IN MIND, OFFICIALS HERE ARE TELLING US STAY TUNED.

THEY WILL BE RELEASING MATERIAL ABOUT HOW TO GET YOUR REFUND.

HERE IN DOWNTOWN, MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE BIG GAME MAY BE OFF BUT THE HOLIDAY BOWL PARADE WENT ON AS PLANNED.

WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE TRADITIONS THAT RETURNED ON EVENING EDITION.

>>> TODAY SAN DIEGO COUNTY ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE FROM THE CDC, CUTTING AND HALF THE TIME MOST PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO ISOLATE.

IT COMES EVEN AS THE COUNTY REPORTS A DRAMATIC SURGE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS, OVER THE WEEKEND.

2367 CASES WERE REPORTED TODAY, FOLLOWING MORE THAN 2600 YESTERDAY AND OVER 1000 BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE GROWING CONCERNS NATIONWIDE, OVER THIS CHANGING PROTOCOL.

>> Reporter: MOUNTING CRITICISM AFTER THE CDC CHANGES ITS ISOLATION RECOMMENDATIONS.

SOME WORKERS ARE RAISING CONCERNS, ABOUT THE MOVE.

>> THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE LESSENING, OUR STAFFING CONCERNS HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED AND MEASURES LIKE THIS WILL MAKE IT WORSE IS THAT A BETTER.

>> Reporter: ON MONDAY, THE CDC ANNOUNCED NEW GUIDELINES, SAYING PEOPLE TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 ONLY NEED TO STAY HOME FOR FIVE DAYS, IF THEY DON'T HAVE SYMPTOMS.

AND, IF THEY WERE A MASK AROUND OTHERS, FOR AT LEAST FIVE MORE DAYS, OR IF THEIR SYMPTOMS IMPROVE OVER THAT TIME.

>> IF YOUR ASYMPTOMATIC, AND YOU ARE INFECTED, WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO THE JOBS.

PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH A CENTRAL JOB.

HE THEN MOVE COMES AS A LOOK ON CASES AROUND THE COUNTRY SURGE, DIAZ HAS A 70 AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 237,000 NEW DAILY COVID-19 CASES.

ACCORDING TO DATA FROM JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.

AND CDC AND HHS DATA SHOWS THAT PEDIATRIC HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE UP NEARLY 35% NATIONWIDE IN JUST THE PAST WEEK.

>> THIS OMICRON VARIANT IS A GAME CHANGER BECAUSE OF ITS HIGH, HIGH TRANSMISSIBILITY, LIKE A BIG VIRUS BLIZZARD.

THAT IS WHY YOU ARE SEEING SO MANY KIDS GETTING INFECTED.

>> Reporter: SOME AIRLINES WORKERS ARE PRECISELY THE NEW GUIDELINES, EVEN AS THEY DEAL WITH AN OMICRON FIELD SURGE IN COVID-19 CASES, THAT LED TO GRIZZARD IT DOES AND FLIGHT DISRUPTIONS.

>> HOW THEY WILL IMPLEMENT THIS TO MAKE SURE IT IS ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IS A DRAMATIC, WHO ARE COMING BACK TO WORK, SO THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT FORCED TO COME BACK TO WORK WHEN THEY ARE STILL SICK.

>>> RAPID AT HOME COVID TESTS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND, RIGHT NOW, AND PHARMACIES CAN'T KEEP THEM STOCKED.

OUR NORTH COUNTY REPORTER, HEADED OUT TO SEE WHAT STORES ARE EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: PALOMAR MEDICAL SUPPLIES IN OCEANSIDE STARTED GETTING DAILY CALLS ASKING FOR RAPID COVID TESTS.

THIS MAN TRIED TO PLACE AN ORDER TO GET SOME TEST IN STOCK, THE PROBLEM IS, THEY ARE ON BACKORDER.

>> THEY DON'T HAVE A DATE RIGHT NOW FOR THEM.

WE CAN'T GET THE RIGHT NOW THEY ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE IN HIGH DEMAND.

THEY HAVE ESTIMATED AVAILABILITY OF JANUARY AND DECEMBER, BUT THOSE ARE JUST ESTIMATED DATES, THEY ARE NOT AVAILABLE DATES LIKE AS FAR AS WE CAN GET THEM RIGHT NOW IF WE WERE TO ORDER THEM.

>> Reporter: LARGE PHARMACIES ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS.

SIGNS ON DOORS INFORMED CUSTOMERS THAT RAPID COVID TEST ARE OUT OF STOCK.

THIS AREA IN OCEANSIDE ONLY HAD ONE TEST LEFT FOR SALE.

ADAM IS A PHARMACIST AT A CONFLICT VILLAGE MISTY.

AND THE RAPID COVID TEST HAS BEEN UNAVAILABLE, WE GET SMALL LITTLE ORDERS HERE AND THERE, THEY ARE GONE WITHIN HALF AN HOUR OR SO.

WE GET ABOUT 50 REQUESTS OR SO A DAY ON THE PHONE AND PROBABLY ANOTHER 20 OR SO IN THE STORE, SO LOTS OF REQUEST FOR THEM AND THEY ARE UNAVAILABLE.

>> Reporter: THEY EXPECT MORE TESTS THIS WEEK, BUT DOESN'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT THEY WILL ARRIVE.

HE HOPES THE GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT WITH RAPID TEST TO MEET THE DEMANDS.

>> WE HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE BEING KIND OF COURTEOUS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, MAKING SURE THAT OUR NOT SICK.

>> Reporter: LINES AND TESTING CENTERS ARE LONG, AND RESULTS ARE SOMETIMES DELAYED.

THIS HAS SOME PEOPLE TURNING TO THE COMMUNITY AND FACEBOOK IS HOPING TO LOCATE A RAPID COVID TEST.

WE HEARD FROM A FEW PEOPLE WHO USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO FIND NEIGHBORS WILLING TO LEND COVID TEST, BUT THEY WERE TOO SICK TO DO INTERVIEWS.

>>> THE PERSON BEHIND THE CHABAD OF POWAY SHOOTING, THE SECOND RANKED, IS IN COURT TODAY.

STEVE WALSH SAYS IT IS THE LAST CHAPTER IN THE 2019 SYNAGOGUE KILLINGS.

>> Reporter: 22-YEAR-OLD JOHN TIMOTHY EARNEST ADMITTED THE KILLING OF LORI GILBERT KAYE AND INJURING THREE OTHERS IN THE APRIL 27th, 2019, SHOOTING.

ACCORDING TO A MANIFESTO HE PUBLISHED JUST PRIOR TO THE KILLING, ERNEST WANTED TO KILL .

THE SISTER OF THE WOMAN KILLED TESTIFY, AND SAID - >> WHAT TURNED YOU INTO SUCH A MONSTER?

LORI IS NO LONGER HERE, BUT HER SPIRIT LIVES ON IN THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOVED HER DEARLY.

>> Reporter: OTHERS DESCRIBE BEING IN THE TEMPLE WHEN THE GUNMEN BURST IN, PROSECUTORS READ STATEMENTS FROM THE TWO CHILDREN INJURED IN THE ATTACK.

CASE DAUGHTER TALKED ABOUT IT.

>> THE DEPENDENT DEFENDANT TARGETED THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE HE HATED THE JEWISH AND MUSLIM COMMUNITIES, HATRED THAT HAS NO PLACE IN OUR SOCIETY.

>> Reporter: ERNEST WAS 19 YEARS OLD WHEN IT HAPPENED, IN SEPTEMBER HE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON IN STATE COURT, HE PLEADED GUILTY TO 113 COUNTS IN FEDERAL COURT, INCLUDING AN ARSON FIRE AT A MOSQUE IN ESCONDIDO.

THE JUDGE SENTENCED HIM TO LIFE +30 YEARS, STEVE WALSH, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING ALL PEOPLE DESERVE TO LIVE AND WORSHIP PEACEFULLY.

HE ADDED, THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE STANDS WITH JEWISH AND MUSLIM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, REJECT HAY IN ALL FORMS, AND IS COMMITTED TO PROSECUTING BIASED AND MOTIVATED VIOLENCE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT.

>>> CHANGES TO CAL FIRE'S MASSIVE WILDFIRE HAZARDS, COULD PUT MORE OF THE SAN DIEGO REGION INTO THE RED.

OUR NEW SOURCE TO ME VON CANAL, SAYS THAT COULD COME AT A COST.

>> Reporter: THE MASK TRIGGERED REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDERS IN RESIDENCE TO MAKE HOMES MORE FIRE RESISTANT.

BY TAKING STEPS SUCH AS INSTALLING AMBER IS A SENTENCE, FOR CLEARING VEGETATION.

THE MAPS WERE LAST DEVELOPED IN 2007, CAL FIRE'S UPDATE WILL DO MORE TO FACTOR IN WINDS WHICH WILL LIKELY EXPAND HIS OWN.

THAT COULD ADD BUILDING COSTS AT A TIME WHEN HOUSING IS SCARCE.

BUT LAKESIDE FIRE CHIEF, DONALD BUTTS, SAYS IT IS WORTH IT.

>> WE CAN'T GET AWAY FROM DISASTERS, WHAT WE CAN DO IS INCREASE OUR RESILIENCY, OUR COMMUNITIES WITH DATA AND OUR INDIVIDUAL HOMES RESILIENCY.

CAL FIRE IS EXPECTED TO START ROLLING OUT THE NEW MAPS IN EARLY 2022, 4K PBS, I AM CAMI VON CANAL.

>> I NEWS SOURCE IS AN INDEPENDENT NON-PARTNER OF K PBS.

>>> NEARLY 2 MONTHS AFTER A OIL SPELL, THE ORGANIZATION IN CHARGE OF THE CLEANUP SAYS THE BEACHES ARE BACK TO NORMAL.

MELISSA MAY HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: ON OCTOBER SECOND, A LARGE OIL PIPELINE OWNED BY AMPLIFY CORPORATION RELEASED OVER 25,000 GALLONS OF OIL INTO THE OCEAN OFF THE COAST OF ORANGE COUNTY.

TODAY THE UNIFIED COMMAND LED BY THE YES COAST, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICE OF SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE, OR COUNTY, SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND AMPLIFY ENERGY CORPORATION ANNOUNCED THE SHORELINE AFFECTED BY THE OIL SPILL HAS BEEN RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION.

THE UNIFIED COMMAND WAS ASSIGNED SHORELINES THAT COVERED APPROXIMATELY 170 MILES OF CALIFORNIA SHORELINE FOR THE SPILL RESPONSE NOW GOES INTO A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD.

WITH MONITORING FOR TARBALLS AND ANYMORE OIL.

THE OIL AND SENT DEBRIS ARE BEING DISPOSED OF IN A SPECIAL LANDFILL DESIGN FOR PETROLEUM CONTAMINATED MATERIAL.

THE PIPELINE REMAINED SHUT DOWN AND THERE IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE OIL SPILL.

MELISSA MAY, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LAKE TAHOE, JUST FOR THE RECORD, SET A HALF-CENTURY AGO.

MORE SNOW FELL THERE THIS MONTH THAN ANY DECEMBER, EVER.

THE UC BERKELEY CENTRAL SIERRA SNOW LAB HAS BEEN REPORTING SNOWFALL IN THE AREA, SINCE 1879.

YESTERDAY, IT RECORDED 39 INCHES IN SNOWFALL OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD.

THAT BROUGHT THE TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE DECEMBER JIK TWO 192.7 INCHES.

>>> MOVING AHEAD, WEATHER IS UNSETTLED WITH DAILY RAIN CHANCES IN THE LOWER TRAIN AND MOUNTAINS.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SNOW TENSES, THAT WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE END OF THE WORKWEEK.

AND THAT HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, SOME IMPROVEMENTS ARE ON THE WAY, BUT TEMPERATURE WISE WE WILL STILL REMAIN COOL.

AND BELOW AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

INTERIM WATCHES THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN ARE IN ANTICIPATION OF NOSE FOR.

RAIN CONTINUES NEAR THE COAST BUT ONCE YOU GET TO HIGHER TERRAIN IT IS ALL ABOUT SNOW SHOWERS THAT COULD BE MIXING IN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN.

THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD.

AND THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW WE WILL START IT OFF ON A CHILLY NOTE, TEMPERATURES DOWN INTO THE 40s IN ESCONDIDO, 40 OUT TO RAMONA, 47 EL CAJON, GETTING DOWN TO THE 20s IN THE MOUNTAINS.

AND THEN, DURING THE DAY, IT REALLY DOESN'T WARM UP A WHOLE LOT.

UP INTO THE MID-50s IN EL CAJON, AND SAN DIEGO GETTING UP TO ABOUT 60 DEGREES.

WITH MORE RAIN.

THIS PATTERN STAYS WITH US FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY, IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN STAYS NORTH OF SAN DIEGO, AND LIKELY IMPACTING LOS ANGELES.

SAN DIEGO WILL STILL SAY RAIN CHANCES OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT AGAIN, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, PERHAPS EVEN A COUPLE LINGERING SHOWERS EARLY IN THE DAY ON FRIDAY BUT THINGS SHOULD BE IMPROVING THROUGH OUT THE DAY FRIDAY.

LOIS TEMPERATURES INTO THE WEEKEND, REALLY DON'T WARM UP EVEN THOUGH SUNSHINE MAKES A RETURN.

RAIN LIKELY TO LAST ALL THE WAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND THEN AFTER THAT SUNSHINE RETURNING AND TEMPERATURES UPPER 50s TO MAYBE LOWER 60s BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, SNOW MIXING WITH RAIN WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, MAYBE SOME ICE OUT THERE FRIDAY.

HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, UPPER 30s TO LOW 40s WITH MORE IN THE WAY OF SUNSHINE AND IN THE DESERT, NOT MARRIAGE MUCH IN THE WAY OF SUNSHINE BUT PLENTY OF CAUSE FOR TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50s TO LOW 60s OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

FOR TRAGEDIES, JESSICA PASH.

>>> AND ICONIC CASTER HAS I, THE NFL SAID HE DIED UNEXPECTEDLY THIS MORNING AND DID NOT PROVIDE A CAUSE.

AS A COACH FOR THE OAKLAND RAIDERS, HE LED HIS TEAM TO VICTORY IN THE SUPER BOWL AFTER THE 1976 SEASONS, AND LATER HE BECAME A GREATER FIGURE IN THE NFL, PROVIDING A WEEKLY SOUNDTRACK GAMES.

FOR THREE DECADES.

JOHN MADDEN, WAS 85 YEARS OLD.

>>> THE HOLIDAY BOWL FOOTBALL GAME WAS CANCELED, BUT THE PARADE MARCHED ON AS PLANNED THIS MORNING.

PADRES FANS EVEN GOT A SPECIAL TREAT WITH A FAMILIAR FACE, LEADING THE PARADE, MARSHALL.

WE HAVE MORE.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO PADRES SAYS LEADING THIS YEAR'S HOLIDAY PARADE WAS AN HONOR FRIENDS TO MAKE THIS IS SOMETHING WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY WINTER, WATCHING THE PARADE ON TV AT HOME AND THEN GOING TO THE GAME OR CATCHING THE GAME IN A BAR.

IT IS COOL TO BE INSIDE THE WORKINGS OF IT AND BEING A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED THIS YEAR.

>> Reporter: THE PARADE WAS CANCELED LAST YEAR DUE TO COVID BUT THIS YEAR IT CONTINUED AS PLANNED.

>> THE CHALLENGE THIS YEAR IS WEATHER, BUT AS LONG AS IT IS NOT HIGH WINDS, IT IS EASY TO DO A PARADE.

>> Reporter: MARVIN HINES, CHAIRMAN OF THE PARADE, SAYS THE BALLOONS ARE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SHOW.

EVERY YEAR THEY MAKE SURE TO HAVE MORE BALLOONS THAN THE AVERAGE MACY'S THINGS GIVING PARADE.

AND THE LARGEST BLUEPRINT IN THE COUNTRY COME UP 25 BALLOONS AS SCHEDULED AND 11 VANS.

30-35 SPECIAL UNITS OF BATON TWIRLERS AND MILITARY VEHICLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> Reporter: LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL BAND LIKE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CULTURAL GROUPS MARCH ALL THE WAY DOWN HARBOR DRIVE AS THE CROWD CHEERED THEM ON.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE AND YOU SILLY MARCHING BANDS ALSO PERFORMED AT THE PARADE.

THIS WAS BEFORE THE NEWS THAT THE GAME HAD BEEN CANCELED.

DESPITE THE WET AND COLD TEMPERATURES, THE PARADE HAD CROWDS OF LOCALS AND TOURISTS.

>> THE FIRST I HAVE EVERYTHING, SO WE FIGURED IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO COME DOWN TO SEE WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

>> THE RAIN HAS A WORKING WITH US, NOT MESSED UP ANY PLANS AT ALL, YET.

>> Reporter: K PBS NEWS.

>>> IN RECENT WEEKS, K PBS HAS REPORTED THAT LOCAL CITIES WILL BE READY FOR A NEW FOOD COMPOSITING LAW.

STILL GOING FORWARD, CAMI VON CANAL REPORTS WHY IT IS COMING TO CALIFORNIA IN 2022.

>> Reporter: THE STATE HAS LONG FASHIONED ITSELF AS A PLANNER PROTECTOR BUT IN 2022, IT TAKES IT TO A NEW LEVEL.

TWO NEW LAWS IN THE STATE ABOUT REGULAR GARBAGE, AND IT WILL STOP PRODUCTS FROM CARRYING A SYMBOL WITH THE ARE NOT REALLY RECYCLABLE.

MY NAME IS CAMI VON CANAL, A REPORTER AND I WILL EXPLAIN THE NEW LAWS IN A MOMENT.

>> THE LEFTOVERS AND TABLE SCRAPS HAVE BEEN TUCKED AWAY, ALL THAT THE IN THE YARD ENDS UP HERE, IN CALIFORNIA LANDFILLS.

IT RELEASES GREENHOUSE GASES.

UNDER THE NEW LAW YOU HAVE TO PUT LEFTOVERS IN ORGANIC WASTE BINS, THAT WEIGHT CITIES AND COUNTIES CAN TURN THEM INTO COMPOST AND EVEN MAKE ENERGY FROM THEM.

AND THIS SYMBOL ON THINGS LIKE DAIRY CONTAINERS, WHILE THE TECHNICALLY MIGHT BE REFLECTIVE OF THE REAL WORLD, THEY ARE NOT.

IN FACT, AT LEAST 80 5% OF CALIFORNIA'S SINGLE-USE PLASTIC WINDUP AND LANDFILLS.

SOON THE STATE AGENCY WILL DETERMINE WHICH OBJECTS CAN CARRY THE RECYCLABLE SYMBOL, ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS TO REPLY.

THE PLASTIC INDUSTRY WANTS IT WILL COSTS .

LEARN MORE AT CAL MATTERS.ORG.

>>> AS WE WRAP UP 2021, WE ARE REVISITING SOME OF OUR BEST FEATURE REPORTING, AND FALL, THE SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE DID SOMETHING NO OTHER NORTH AMERICAN ZOO HAS MANAGED TO DO.

WILDLIFE SPECIALISTS HELPED AN ENDANGERED EGYPTIAN BULGER.

OUR ENVIRONMENT REPORTER, ERIK ANDERSON, TAKES US INSIDE THE EXHIBIT.

>> Reporter: THEY WALK BETWEEN LARGE WIRED ENCLOSURES, IN A QUIET AREA FROM THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE SAN DIEGO ZOO SAFARI PARK.

>> HI GUYS, GOOD MORNING.

>> Reporter: THIS OFF EXHIBIT AREA IS HOME TO A PAIR OF STRIKING WHITE VOTERS.

THE MALE WITH FLUFFY WHITE PLUMAGE, SITS ON A PERCH SURVEYING THEM.

THE FEMALE ON THE GROUND, BUT AT A DISTANCE.

>> THEY ARE SPECIAL, THEY ARE THE ONLY EGYPTIAN VULTURES, THEY ARE VERY STRANGE BUT THEY TAKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF A CARCASS THAT LARGER BIRDS DON'T GET TO.

THEY KIND OF PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE ECOSYSTEM.

>> Reporter: INTERACTION LIKE THIS IS LIMITED BECAUSE SHE WANTS THE BIRDS TO KEEP THEIR HEALTHY DISTRUST OF PEOPLE.

IN FACT, MUCH OF THE MONITORING HAPPENS INSIDE A SAID, OUT OF THE BIRDS SITE.

A CABINET WITH VIDEO SCREENS THAT MONITOR ALL OF THE ENCLOSURES.

>> WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT A LOT OF THE BIRDS, WITHOUT DISTURBING THEM TOO MUCH.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE CAMERAS ON A LOT OF OUR NESTING AREAS.

SO THIS IS A GREAT VIEW OF OUR NESTING AREA FOR THE EGYPTIAN VULTURES.

>> Reporter: AN ELEVATED SQUARE BOX SERVES AS A NEST, THE BIRDS TYPICALLY CLEAR A FLAT, ROCKY AREA TO LAY AN EGG.

INSIDE THE PLYWOOD SOLDIER THERE IS A BARRIER THAT CAN KEEP THE EGGS FROM FALLING.

THE NEST IS SCREENED FROM A PAIR OF TERRITORIAL VULTURES IN THE NEXT ENCLOSURE.

AND IT IS ALSO GOOD FOR THEM NOT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THESE GUYS.

WITH THE EXITING, SO THEY DON'T GET DISTRACTED.

BUT THEY CAN SEE THEM ANYWHERE ELSE THEIR PURGING AND THEY CAN MAKE SURE THEY ARE PROTECTING THE AREA FROM THE OTHER BIRDS NEARBY.

>> Reporter: THE MATING PAIR HAS DONE SOMETHING NOT ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE, IN NORTH AMERICA, THEY PRODUCED AND FERTILIZE AN EGG.

WHICH HATCHED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

THE PARKS LEAD CONDOR CARE SPECIALIST, RON WEBB, SHOWED US THE TRAILER WHERE THE ENDANGERED CHICK WAS PUPPET FED.

JAMILA, AS SHE HAS BEEN NAMED, WAS BROUGHT TO THE SPEEDING STATION IN A SMALL WHITE BOWL FILLED WITH SNUGGLY ANIMAL HAIR.

THOSE FAINT SQUEAKS TOLD KEEPERS SHE WAS HUNGRY, AND READY TO EAT.

>> WE HAVE A ONE-WAY WINDOW HERE, SO AS LONG AS THIS LIGHT IS ON AND THIS LIGHT IS OFF, SHE CAN'T SEE US.

AND WE CAN SEE HER.

>> Reporter: THE FEEDINGS STARTED WITH A SIMPLE SOCK PUPPET AND A PAIR OF TWEEZERS.

>> ALDER VULTURES TEND TO TAKE MORE FOOD DIRECTLY FROM PARENT BEAKS, THEY WILL EAT THROUGH VEGETATION BUT THEY ALSO TO OTHERS.

>> Reporter: IS A SOCK PUPPET WAS USED, THEY HAD TO GET A MORE REALISTIC ONE.

>> WHEN IT IS YOUNG, IT'S EASY, BUT WHEN THEY GET OLDER YOU HAVE TO GET MORE REALISTIC.

>> Reporter: JAMILA GRABS THE FENCE AND HELPS HER WINGS TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THIS IS HER TERRITORY.

THE DARK BROWN PLUMAGE, BY THE WAY, WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME WHITE LIKE HER PARENTS.

THE VULTURES ARRIVAL IS BEING CHEERED BY INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION GROUPS.

>> YES, IT IS VERY WELCOME TO HAVE A BROADER NETWORK OF ZOOS THAT HAVE THOSE AND CAN POTENTIALLY PROVIDE BIRDS FOR A LEASE PROGRAM.

>> Reporter: STEFAN IS A CONSERVATION SCIENTIST FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS.

HE SAYS MORE THAN HALF OF THE VULTURE POPULATION HAS BEEN LOST TO HUNTING, POISON, AND ELECTROCUTION IN THE LAST 40 YEARS.

CAPTIVE BREEDING ONLY HAPPENS IN A HANDFUL OF LOCATIONS IN EUROPE AND ISRAEL, AND THOSE EFFORTS PRODUCE A SMALL NUMBER OF BIRDS EACH YEAR.

POPULATIONS CONTINUE FOLLOWING A FALL, THAT THERE ARE CONSERVATION SUCCESSES.

>> IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AND NORTHERN SPAIN, AND ON THE CANARY ISLANDS, INTENSIVE CONSERVATION PROGRAMS HAVE ACTUALLY MANAGED TO REVERSE THE FORTUNE OF THE EGYPTIAN BULGER BUT THEY ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITIES BY CHANGING THE WAY WE VIEW AND BUILD ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> Reporter: WHILE IT IS TOUGH TO HELP CORRECT THE CHALLENGES THAT THE BIRDS ARE FACING IN A WHILE, HALF A WORLD AWAY, REVERSE HOPES THE BREEDING IN SAN DIEGO WILL GROW HERE AND EXPAND TO OTHER NORTH AMERICAN ZOOS.

SHE SAID THAT WILL STRENGTHEN THE SPECIES CHANCES FOR SURVIVAL.

ERIK ANDERSON, TRANSLATORS.

>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S WEBSITE FOR THE STORIES, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.