
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021
Season 1 Episode 2459 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
The historic impeachment trial of Donald Trump.
The historic impeachment trial of Donald Trump. The legal battle and vote over the insurrection at the Nation's capitol and his involvement. Plus, big money, big problems to solve. The multi-billion dollar backlog when it comes to infrastructure in San Diego. And where to turn now if getting a vaccination at the super sites doesn't work for you. The answer could be right down the street.
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Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021
Season 1 Episode 2459 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
The historic impeachment trial of Donald Trump. The legal battle and vote over the insurrection at the Nation's capitol and his involvement. Plus, big money, big problems to solve. The multi-billion dollar backlog when it comes to infrastructure in San Diego. And where to turn now if getting a vaccination at the super sites doesn't work for you. The answer could be right down the street.
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>> AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.
>>> IT IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9th.
THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI.
LET THE TRIAL BEGAN.
IN AN HISTORIC VOTE IN THE SAME CAPITAL RECEIPTS BY WRITERS, THEY CONSIDER THE IMPEACHMENT CASE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
KPBS REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN JOINS US LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE ARGUMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE VOTE AND WHAT COMES TOMORROW.
>> Reporter: TODAY, SENATORS VOTED 56-44 TO DECLARE THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL IS CONSTITUTIONAL, DESPITE TRUMP NOT BEING IN OFFICE.
SIX REPUBLICANS REGULAR DISJOINTED DEMOCRATS AFTER LISTENING TO HOURS OF DOCUMENTS BUT IT WAS A REALLY LONG DAY, IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS ARE ORDERING THE PRESIDENT INCITED THE VIOLENCE AND INSURRECTION AFTER THE P McVEIGH STARTED OFF TODAY PLAYING A 13 MINUTE DRAMATIC VIDEO DETAILING THE EVENTS WITH CHILLING IMAGES FROM DORIS WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL.
THEY SHOWED SOME OF HIS COMMENTS WHICH SEEMED TO ENCOURAGE THEM.
OF A DEADLY SHOOTING OF A RESIDENT INSIDE OF THE CAPITOL WAS ALSO SHOWN.
IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS SAY THE PRESIDENT MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE HE INCITED THE MOB WHILE IN OFFICE.
HIS ATTORNEYS ARE SAYING EMOTION AND RAGE IS OVERPOWERING PEOPLE.
THEY ARGUED THE SENATE HAS NO JURISDICTION TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE IS NO LONGER IN OFFICE, SINGING DEMOCRATS ARE RUSHING THIS THROUGH AND NOT WAITING FOR FULL INVESTIGATION TO BE COMPLETED FROM HIS ATTORNEYS ARGUED THE ATTACK WAS PREPLANNED AND DEMOCRATS WANT TO USE IMPEACHMENT TO BAR HIM FROM FUTURE OFFICE.
>> CAN'T POSSIBLY BE SUGGESTING WE PUNISH PEOPLE FOR POLITICAL SPEECH IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND IF PEOPLE GO AND COMMIT LAWLESS ACTS AS A RESULT OF THEIR BELIEFS AND THEY CROSS THE LINE, THEY SHOULD BE LOCKED UP.
>> THE TEXT OF THE CONSTITUTION MAKES CLEAR, THERE IS NO JANUARY EXCEPTION TO THE IMPEACHMENT POWER.
PRESIDENTS CAN'T COMMIT GRAVE OFFENSES IN THE FINAL DAYS AND ESCAPE ANY CONGRESSIONAL RESPONSE.
THAT IS NOT HOW OUR CONSTITUTION WORKS.
>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA SENATORS DID VOTE TO PROCEED WITH THE TRIAL, MOVED BY THE SENATE COMES LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS INFECTED.
HIS TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO BE QUICKER THAN HIS FIRST, WHICH DID NOT RENDER A CONVICTION.
ARGUMENTS IN THE TRIAL WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00 A.M. >>> THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTED TO PROVIDE ANOTHER ROUND OF AID TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
$30 MILLION IN GRANTS WERE MADE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS FEDERAL OR STATE STIMULUS DOLLARS ARE AVAILABLE.
COUNTY STAFF WILL DEVELOP A PROGRAM AND EACH SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE TO CHOOSE WHO GETS THE MONEY TO MIKE LAST YEAR, SUPERVISORS APPROVED MORE THAN $47 MILLION FOR A SIMILAR PROGRAM WHICH HELPED NEARLY 8000 SMALL BUSINESSES.
>>> LONGTIME SAN DIEGO IS HAVE HEARD THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN OVER THE YEARS, THE CITY HAS AN EXPENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE BACKLOG AFTER YEARS OF NEGLECT.
AS KPBS FUTURE JOHN CARROLL TELLS US, THE CITY COUNCIL FOUND OUT JUST HOW BAD IT REALLY IS.
>> Reporter: IT IS THE STUFF THAT MAKES A CITY FUNCTION.
ROADS, SIDEWALKS, PIPES, DRAINS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS, THE LIST GOES ON.
TODAY, CITY STAFF PRESENTED THE DEPRESSING SITUATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH ITS SIX NEW MEMBERS.
HERE IS A BIG PICTURE.
OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THE CITY ESTIMATES IT HAS A $5.7 BILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, RIGHT NOW, IT ONLY HAS 3.4 BILLION TO SPEND TO FIX THINGS, LEAVING A $2.3 BILLION GAP.
OF THAT $2.3 BILLION, THE VAST MAJORITY, NEARLY 1.3 BILLION, IS THE AMOUNT THE CITY FIGURES IT MUST SPEND TO FIX ITS CRUMBLING STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> IT IS MIND BLOWING THAT SAN DIEGO IS OVER $1.2 BILLION SHORT OF WHAT IT NEEDS TO FIX THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM.
>> Reporter: AFTER A HEAVY RAIN, HE HAS SEEN CARS OF FLOATING IN THE STREET IN SOME OF THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE PROBLEM COMPOUNDS BECAUSE THE CITY MUST VENUES PRECIOUS FUNDS FOR TEMPORARY FIXES.
>> THE CITY HAS TO TAKE MONEY FROM PARTS OF PROJECTS, LIBRARY PROJECTS, SIDEWALK REPAIRS TO PAY FOR THESE SUDDEN EXPENSES.
>> WE ARE SO FAR FROM WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN OUR CITY.
AS SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED, THAT IS A RESULT OF MULTIPLE YEARS AND MULTIPLE ADMINISTRATIONS FAILING TO HAVE THE HONEST CONVERSATION OF WHAT IT COSTS.
>> Reporter: THAT THEME RAN THROUGH MOST OF THE COMMENTS, BUT IN THE BLAME FOR THE PROBLEMS ON PAST COUNCILS AND MAYOR >> ONE COUNCILMAN SAYS THAT LACK OF LEADERSHIP HAS PUT THE CITY INTO A SITUATION WHERE IT IS CONSTANTLY SPENDING MONEY ON TEMPORARY FIXES WHEN IT SHOULD BE DOING PERMANENT FIX IS ONE BUILDING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> IT COMES DOWN TO RESPONSIBLY PRIORITIZING THE MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES.
>> Reporter: TODAY'S PRESENTATION WAS JUST INFORMATIONAL, NO VOTES WERE TAKEN.
IT IS MORE CLEAR THAN EVER, THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS A MASSIVE ISSUE IN FRONT OF IT, FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET THE DOLLARS IT IS GOING TO TAKE TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS YEARS IN THE MAKING.
>>> IF YOU ARE 65 AND OLDER AND HAVING TROUBLE GETTING A VACCINE THROUGH YOUR DOCTOR OR AT ONE OF THE COUNTY RUN SITES, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS.
SEVERAL GROCERY STORES ARE OFFERING THE VACCINES AT THEIR PHARMACIES.
14 LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY ARE TAKING APPOINTMENTS ONLINE WHEN DOSES ARE AVAILABLE AT ALBERTSON'S, VONS, AND PAVILION.
RALPHS IS ALSO TAKING APPOINTMENTS AT NINE PHARMACY LOCATIONS, STARTING THIS WEEK, CVS HEALTH WILL START OFFERING VACCINATIONS THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP GRAHAM.
>> AS OF FEBRUARY 11th, OUR REGISTRATION WINDOW WILL OPEN, TAKING ON CVS.COM, LEVERAGE OUR APP, OR CALL OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS IN ORDER TO SCHEDULE, NOT ONLY THE FIRST VACCINE, BUT ALSO THE BOOSTER VACCINE.
>> VACCINATIONS AT CVS PHARMACIES WILL START ON FEBRUARY 12th.
>>> WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION AT KPBS.ORG, CLICK ON THE VACCINES TAB ON OUR HOMEPAGE AND YOU WILL FIND A SEARCHABLE MAP WITH CLINIC LOCATIONS AND LINKS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE.
65 AND OVER CAN ALSO CALL 211.
>>> MANY OF US HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COVID-19 VACCINE, BUT FOR PREGNANT WOMEN, THERE IS EVEN MORE UNCERTAINTY.
KPBS REPORTER CLAIRE SIMMS PREGNANT WOMEN WHO COULD STILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINE ARE GETTING CONFUSING GUIDANCE.
>> THREW UP ONCE TODAY.
>> Reporter: IT TOOK PARRISH AND HER HUSBAND FOUR YEARS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO CONCEIVE A BABY THROUGH IN VITRO FERTILIZATION.
NOW, AT LONG LAST, THE COUPLE IS EXPECTING A BOY IN AUGUST.
SINCE THEY CONCEIVED DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, THEY ARE FACING THE QUESTION OF WHETHER SHE SHOULD GET A VACCINE.
>> MY OB/GYN SAID IT IS DEFINITELY OKAY, GO AHEAD AND GET IT FOR US, THIS HAS BEEN A FOUR YEAR JOURNEY OF INFERTILITY AND WE HAVE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY AND SO MUCH EMOTION AND JUST PHYSICALLY DRAINING TIME INTO THIS PROCESS, SO WITH THIS ONE CHART WE HAVE, IT IS A HUGE QUESTION OF, DO WE WANT TO RISK IT?
>> Reporter: DOCTORS AND MEDICAL EXPERTS AGREE THAT THE COVID-19 VACCINES ARE LIKELY SAFE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN.
YET, SHE STILL ISN'T CONVINCED.
>> FOR US, BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ENOUGH DATA, WE WILL LET OTHER PEOPLE BE THOSE GUINEA PIGS FOR US.
>> Reporter: THE REASON FOR THE LACK OF DATA IS SIMPLE, PREGNANT AND BREAST-FEEDING WOMEN ARE ALMOST ALWAYS EXCLUDED FROM DRUG TRIALS, AND THE COVID-19 VACCINE TRIALS ARE NO EXCEPTION.
SOME MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY THIS WAS A MISTAKE, ESPECIALLY WHEN CONSIDERING REGNANT WOMEN ARE AT MORE RISK FOR SERIOUS CASES.
>> I THINK WE COULD HAVE CAREFULLY AND PROPERLY INCLUDED THEM, BUT I THINK THAT SHIP HAS SAILED.
>> Reporter: DR. DENISE JAMISON IS A MEMBER OF THE COVID-19 EXPERT GROUP WITH THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY.
SHE SAYS THERE ARE PLANS TO DO CLINICAL TRIALS SPECIFICALLY FOR PREGNANT WOMEN.
>> THE ISSUE IS THAT THE VACCINE IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE AVAILABLE, IT IS HARDER AND HARDER.
>> Reporter: THOSE WOMEN MIGHT GET A PLACEBO, WHILE NO COVID- 19 VACCINES WERE PURPOSELY TESTED ON REGNANT WOMEN, THERE IS SOME DATA AVAILABLE FROM WOMEN WHO ENTERED TRIALS BEFORE THEY KNEW THEY WERE PREGNANT AND FROM TESTING ON ANIMALS.
NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS WERE FOUND IN EITHER CASE.
ALSO, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE PREGNANT WOMEN ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO RECEIVE OTHER VACCINES LIKE THE FLU SHOT AND THE WHOOPING COUGH VACCINE.
>> HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO MY PATIENTS.
>> Reporter: DR. JOANNA SPECIALIZES IN HIGH RISK PREGNANCIES AND IS A CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER.
SHE SAYS REFUSING THE VACCINE IS THE GREATER RISK FOR PREGNANT WOMEN.
>> THESE LADIES DO GET MORE SICK, THEY HAVE HIGHER RATES OF ICU ADMISSIONS, HIGHER RATES OF HOSPITALIZATIONS, NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT IT CAN LEAD TO PRETERM LABOR.
>> Reporter: THAT REALITY IS VISIBLE EVERY DAY FOR DR. BECKY, A MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE SPECIALIST WHO HAS BEEN TREATING REGNANT WOMEN WITH COVID-19.
>> I HAVE SEEN PATIENTS WERE ADMITTED TO ICU WHO ARE INTUBATED, IT CAN BE REALLY SCARY, WE KNOW THERE IS A HIGHER RISK OF MORTALITY, SEEING THOSE EFFECTS DEFINITELY MAKES ME THINK IT IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT TO BE VACCINATED.
>> Reporter: SHE IS PREGNANT HERSELF, AND WHEN THE CALL CAME IN MID DECEMBER OFFERING HER A COVID-19 VACCINE DOSE, SHE DIDN'T HESITATE.
>> I GOT THE CALL THAT IT IS AVAILABLE AND I SAID I WILL COME IN THAT DAY AND GOT IT.
>> Reporter: SOME WOMEN WHO DON'T WORK IN HEALTHCARE AND BELIEVE THEY AREN'T AT RISK OF GETTING COVID-19 ARE OPTING TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THEY DELIVER TO GET THE VACCINE.
ALICIA, A TEACHER AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL, COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINE SOON, BUT SAYS SHE WILL WAIT UNTIL AFTER SHE DELIVERS HER BABY IN APRIL.
>> I AM PRO-VACCINE IN GENERAL AND BACK STORY, MY DAD HAD POLIO , SO, I DEFINITELY AM PRO- VACCINE.
I ALSO AM VERY DATA-DRIVEN, THERE IS NO CLINICAL TRIAL DATA SHOWING THAT THE COVID-19 VACCINE OR ANY OF THE MANUFACTURERS SAY IT IS SAFE TO TAKE BECAUSE THERE IS NO CLINICAL TRIAL DATA GET.
BUT DEFINITELY MAKES ME PAUSE AND TO SAY, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS AND RISKS AND IF THERE IS NO ONE THAT CAN TELL ME THERE ARE NO RISKS, I AM JUST GOING TO WAIT.
>> Reporter: EVEN AFTER SHE DELIVERS SHE IS NOT SURE SHE WILL TAKE THE VACCINE BECAUSE OF CONCERNS OVER BREAST-FEEDING.
WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT TOMORROW.
>>> AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES ARE RAISING THE ALARM ABOUT A MASSIVE PORTFOLIO OF LOW-COST APARTMENTS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY THAT IS UP FOR SALE.
KPBS METRO REPORTER SAYS YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THE SELLER.
>> Reporter: THE NAME CONRAD IS ALL OVER SAN DIEGO.
THE REAL ESTATE MOGUL TURNED PHILANTHROPIST DONATED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO SPREAD ACROSS INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING SCRIPTS HEALTH, THE SAN DIEGO ZOO, A LAWYER MUSIC SOCIETY, AND KPBS.
IS A WAS ON THE PROPERTIES HE BUILT, SUCH AS CONRAD VILLAS .
THESE APARTMENTS, ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS OBTAINED I KPBS, ARE PART OF A PORTFOLIO OF NEARLY 6000 OWNED BY THE CONRAD ESTATE, NOW UP FOR SPILL.
ADVOCATES ARE WORRIED THE NEW OWNERS WILL UPGRADE THEM AND JACKED UP THE RENTS.
>> THEY HAVE A LOWER COST BASIS, THEY ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING POTENTIAL IN RAISING RENT.
>> Reporter: STEPHEN RUSSELL IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NONPROFIT SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION.
THE PROPERTIES IN THE PORTFOLIO ARE WHAT EXPERTS REFER TO AS A NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THEY ARE RELATIVELY AFFORDABLE TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES, NOT BECAUSE OF PUBLIC SUBSIDIES, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE OLDER AND MAYBE DATED.
RUSSELL SAYS INVESTORS LOOKING TO FLIP THE HOMES CAN MAKE A QUICK PROFIT.
>> WHEN IT IS DONE INCREMENTALLY THE IMPACT IS NOT GREAT.
IT IS WHEN YOU DO A LARGE COMPLEX AT ONCE OR AN ENORMOUS PORTFOLIO OVER SEVERAL YEARS, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE MAJOR DISPLACEMENT.
>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO MAYOR SHARED THOSE CONCERNS IN A LETTER TO THE FOUNDATION COSIGNED BY COUNTY SUPERVISOR NATHAN FLETCHER AND STATE SENATOR TONY ATKINS.
IT WOULD BE A OVERSTATING BLOW TO THE SAN DIEGO REGION, IF THESE APARTMENTS WERE TO BECOME ECONOMICALLY OUT OF REACH FOR SO MANY.
THE CONRAD FOUNDATION DONATES TO A RANGE OF CAUSES, INCLUDING HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION.
IT SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE WILL HELP THEM CONTINUE THAT WORK AND THE CURRENT LAWS, INCLUDING THE CALIFORNIA TENANT DETECTION ACT, WOULD BE ENOUGH TO SAFEGUARD TENANTS LIVING IN THESE PROPERTIES FROM >>> AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF KOBE BRYANT, HIS DAUGHTER AND SEVEN OTHERS, NTSB IS RELEASING ITS FINDINGS OF THE HELICOPTER CRASH.
PILOT ERROR IS BEING LISTED AS THE PROBABLE CAUSE.
THE REPORT STATES THAT THE PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED IN HEAVY FOG THAT LEFT HIM UNABLE TO DISCERN, QUOTE, UP FROM DOWN, CAUSING HIM TO SLAM THE HELICOPTER INTO A HILLSIDE.
THEY'RE CALLING IT A CRASH RATHER THAN AN ACCIDENT.
>> AN ACCIDENT IS SOMETHING THAT IS UNFORESEEN, UNPREDICTABLE, IF YOU WELL.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WASN'T.
WE PRETTY WELL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD IDEA OF WHY IT HAPPENED, AND WE ABSOLUTELY NO HOW TO PREVENT THESE KINDS OF CRASHES.
>> INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CRASH OUTSIDE CALABASAS PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF THE PILOT RELIED ON INSTRUMENTS INSTEAD OF WHAT HE COULD SEE, THOSE ON BOARD WERE FLYING TO A YOUTH BASKETBALL CAMP.
>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS STANDING WITH FELLOW DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM.
THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY TWEETED THAT IN ADDITION TO SHARING A COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND GETTING THE PANDEMIC UNDER CONTROL, THE PRESIDENT OPPOSES ANY EFFORTS TO RECALL NEWSOM, ORGANIZERS NEED TO COLLECTED NEARLY ONE AND A HALF MILLION SIGNATURES TO QUALIFY FOR THE BALLOT.
THEY CLAIM TO BE ON TRACK TO MEET THAT OLD.
>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AT THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER AS A SEWAGE TAINTED WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW INTO THE U.S. ERIC ANDERSON EXPLAINED THE NEW TACTIC.
>> Reporter: ONGOING SEWERAGE HAVE LED TO A NEW TACTIC AT THE COUNTY.
INSTEAD OF DECLARING THE SITUATION AN ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS, THE SUPERVISOR HAS PASSED A RESOLUTION DECLARING IT A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
PERSISTENT SEWAGE TAINTED FLOWS IN THE WINTER, WHAT ARE GROUPS SAY THE DECLARATION OPENS THE DOOR TO STATE AND FEDERAL MONEY IN THE REGION TO ADDRESS BOTH SEWAGE AND TRASH.
>> OUR REQUEST IS TO GO A STEP FURTHER AND IMMEDIATELY START A CLEANUP EFFORT AT THE VALLEY, AND OUR CONCERN IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT THERE IS A PUBLIC CAMPGROUND THAT IS GOING TO BE OPENING THIS YEAR, AND IT IS NOT , SO, THAT IS WHY WE ARE ASKING THE COUNTY TO GO A STEP FURTHER.
"FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE $3 MILLION SET ASIDE TO BUILD TREATMENT FACILITIES OR OTHER PROJECTS IN THE REGION, BUT IT REMAINS UNCLEAR WHEN THOSE WILL BEGAN.
>>> MORE SUNSHINE AND TEMPERATURES ON THE RISE, THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, IT LOOKS LIKE OUR WARMEST DATE WILL BE THURSDAY.
THEN WE WILL SEE ANOTHER SYSTEM SWINGING RAPIDLY DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THAT MAY GIVE US A SHOWER OR TWO.
MAINLY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS, AND THEN ANOTHER POTENTIALLY STRONGER STORM DROPS OVER THE WEEKEND, MORE SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS.
A LITTLE WEAK SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH.
LOOKING AT A FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, WE WILL SEE CLOUDS HERE AT OCEANSIDE, SAN DIEGO DOWN TO 54, RAMON AT 42.
BORREGO SPRINGS DIPPING INTO 40s, AND 30s AT ABOUT NOON.
OUR WEATHER WEDNESDAY WILL BE PRETTY QUIET, NICE AND MILD FOR THE INTERIOR, OUR TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT THE CLOSE TO AVERAGE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WE WILL SEE TEMPERATURES HERE HOVERING INTO THE LOW TO MID 60s , FORECAST HIGH, 62, SAN DIEGO, VERMONT, 62.
A LITTLE BIT BELOW AVERAGE HERE, THE SPRINGS AT 78, THAT IS NICE.
THURSDAY, A LITTLE BIT MILDER, THAT NEXT THE SYSTEM WILL START TO DROP DOWN FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, FOLLOW THAT AS IT DROPS ITS WAY RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST ON THE UPPER AIR CHART.
THAT IS WHY WE COULD SEE A SHOWER FRIDAY.
HERE IS THAT NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHING FOR THE WEEKEND.
LET'S GO TO OUR EXTENDED FORECAST.
WEDNESDAY, PARTLY SUNNY SKIES, A TOUCH COOL.
UP AND MILD WITH MORE SUNSHINE ARRIVING THURSDAY.
FRIDAY, A BIT COOLER, THE SYSTEM PASSING OVER THE WEEKEND.
LOW 60s OVER THE WEEKEND.
TO THE INLAND SECTIONS, WE WILL SEE MILD WEATHER HERE, AND THEN OVER THE WEEKEND, WE SEE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SHOWER >> IN THE MOUNTAINS, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT WINDY WEATHER FRIDAY AND SHOWERS AND RATHER GUSTY WINDS OVER THE WEEKEND.
LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL COOL OFF A TOUCH FRIDAY, BUT WARMING UP SATURDAY.
>>> THE HOME OF THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ers IS NOW CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST COVID-19 VACCINATION SITE.
HEALTHCARE WORKERS ARE INOCULATING ABOUT 5000 PEOPLE A DAY AT LEVI'S STADIUM IN SANTA CLARA.
THE PLAN IS TO EVENTUALLY BUMP THAT UP TO 15,000 A DAY.
GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM VISITED THE SITE WHERE HE SAID EQUITY IS A REAL CONCERN.
>> WE ARE TRYING TO GEOGRAPHICALLY PLACE THESE SITES IN A WAY THAT CAN ADDRESS THE UNDERSERVED AND UNDER RESOURCED IN A VERY STRATEGIC WAY, WE ARE JUST STARTING THAT PROCESS AT A DIFFERENT SCALE AND PACE, AGAIN, THE ONLY LIMITING FACTOR IS GOING TO BE SUPPLIED.
>> OVERALL, CALIFORNIA HAS ADMINISTERED 4.7 MILLION VACCINE DOSES, IT ONLY 800,000 OF THE STATE'S NEARLY 40 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED BOTH DOSES.
>>> FROM HER CHARGES HEAD COACH HAS DIED.
HE COACHED 21 YEARS OF THE NFL, FIVE OF THOSE HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
HE DIED AT HIS HOME IN NORTH CAROLINA.
FORMER PLAYERS CALLED HIM A GREAT LEADER, GREAT COACH, THOUGH HE NEVER TOOK A TEAM TO THE SUPER BOWL, HE IS ONE OF ONLY EIGHT COACHES TO REACH 200 VICTORIES.
HIS BEST SEASON WITH THE CHARGERS WAS HIS LAST WHEN THEY WENT 14-2.
HE WAS 77 YEARS OLD.
>>> MARY WILSON, A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE SUPREMES, HAS DIED AT AGE 76.
THE SINGER'S PUBLICIST SAYS SHE DIED MONDAY NIGHT AT HER HOME IN NEVADA, AND THE CAUSE WAS NOT CLEAR.
MOTOWN FOUNDER SAID HE IS SHOCKED AND SADDENED TO HEAR OF HER DEATH.
HE SAYS THE SUPREMES WERE ALWAYS KNOWN AS THE SWEETHEARTS OF MOTOWN.
THE GROUP HAD SEVERAL NUMBER ONE SONGS, INCLUDING "WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO?"
AND A "STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE."
>>> THE FIRST FEMALE MARINE RECRUITS STARTED TRAINING TODAY.
KPBS MILITARY REPORTER SAYS AFTER ARRIVING TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY TOOK THEIR FIRST STEPS TO BECOMING MARINES.
>> Reporter: AFTER TWO WEEKS OF COVID-19 ISOLATION, THE FIRST COMPANY TO INCLUDE FEMALE RECRUITS IN THE 100 YEAR HISTORY OF SAN DIEGO, OFFICIALLY STEPPED ON THE YELLOW FOOTPRINTS THAT SIGNIFY THE BEGINNING OF TRAINING.
STAFF SERGEANT WAS BROUGHT IN FROM PARRIS ISLAND TO BE PART OF THE FIRST TEAM OF FEMALE DRILL INSTRUCTORS.
AS A DRILL INSTRUCTOR, SHE WAS BLUNT.
>> THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO PROVE.
THEY ARE THE ONLY FEMALES TRAINING, THIS IS OUR FIRST FEMALE PLATOON, SO, THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING AGAINST ALL THEIR BROTHERS.
SO AM THEY HAVE TO SHOW EVERYONE THAT THEY ARE READY TO BE HERE.
>> Reporter: DAY ONE, THE PILE OUT OF THEIR AND ARE GREETED BY DRILL INSTRUCTORS.
>> SOME PEOPLE HAVEN'T GOTTEN YELLED AT AT ALL THEIR WHOLE LIFE.
THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND, YOU ARE GOING TO MOVE, YOU ARE GOING TO DO WHAT I TELL YOU TO DO.
>> Reporter: THERE THE LAST SERVICE TO MAINTAIN GENDER SEGREGATION.
THE CORE HAS BEEN MANDATED BY CONGRESS TO INTEGRATE WOMEN INTO BOOT CAMP, THAT INCLUDES OPENING UP SAN DIEGO TWO WOMEN FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> I HAD NO WORDS AT FIRST, NOW I TAKE PRIDE IN THAT, NOT MANY PEOPLE GET THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY.
>> Reporter: LIKE THE OTHER WOMEN, SHE WAS OFFICIALLY SCHEDULED TO GO TO BOOT CAMP AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA BEFORE BEING RANDOMLY SELECTED TO COME TO SAN DIEGO.
SHE IS JUST STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE.
>> I DON'T THINK IT IS GOING TO BE TOUGH, I THINK IT IS JUST GOING TO GIVE ME SOMETHING TO COMPETE AGAINST.
MAKE ME PUSH HARDER.
I LIKE THAT.
>> Reporter: THIS IS STILL OFFICIALLY A TEST TO SHOW WHAT THE MARINES NEED TO EXPAND BOOT CAMP TWO WOMEN FROM THE COMMANDERS SAY FOR NOW, VERY FEW CHANGES WERE PUT INTO PLACE FOR THIS FIRST-CLASS, FOR MEN AND WOMEN TOGETHER EMBARKING ON THE 13 WEEKS IT TAKES TO BECOME A U.S. MARINE.
>>> IT JUST IN, SAN DIEGO COUNTY REPORTED 798 COVID-19 CASES AND 32 DEATHS.
ON A POSITIVE NOTE, HOSPITALIZATIONS AND ICU PATIENT NUMBERS ARE DOWN.
HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR OTHER TOP STORIES PERMIT >>> FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S SECOND IMPEACHMENT TRIAL IS CONSTITUTIONAL.
DeSANTIS HAS JURISDICTION AND MAY PROCEED.
HE IS CHARGED WITH INCITING THE VIOLENT MOB ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL IN AN ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION.
HIS LAWYERS HAD ARGUED TRYING A FORMER PRESIDENT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
>>> SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL GOT A CLEAR PICTURE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE BACKLOG ESTIMATED AT $5.7 BILLION.
THAT IS HOW MUCH IS NEEDED TO FIX THINGS LIKE ROADS, SIDEWALKS, DRAINS, AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS PERMIT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GO AROUND.
FOR EXAMPLE, SAN DIEGO IS OVER $1.2 BILLION SHORT OF WHAT IT NEEDS TO FIX THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM.
>>> VIRTUAL MEETINGS ARE A DAILY REALITY FOR MANY OF US, BUT SOMETIMES, THE TECHNOLOGY CAN ALTER REALITY, AS IT DID FOR A LAWYER DURING A LIVE COURT HEARING TODAY IN TEXAS.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME, JUDGE?
>> I CAN HEAR YOU, I THINK IT IS A FILTER.
>> IT IS I DON'T KNOW HOW TO REMOVE IT.
I'VE GOT MY ASSISTANT HERE, SHE IS TRYING TO PROMOTE I AM PREPARED TO GO FORWARD WITH IT.
I AM HERE LIFE, I AM NOT A CAT.
>> THE JUDGE TOOK IT IN STRIDE, TWEETING OUT OF THE VIDEO AND ADVISING IF A CHILD USES YOUR COMPUTER, BE SURE THE FOLDERS ARE OFF BEFORE YOU SIGN INTO ZOOM.
NOTETAKING.
>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.
THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI.
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