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>>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS JULY 5th, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

IT IS GOING TO BE TOUGH DRIVING FROM SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

A MAJOR PIECE OF DEMOLITION TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW TERMINAL 1 PARKING STRUCTURE.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL WENT TO THE AIRPORT TO SEE HOW IT'S GOING.

>> Reporter: THERE IS NO SUGAR COATING IT, COMING TO THE AIRPORT THIS WEEK IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.

>> WE HAVE DETOURS, AND LANES CUT, WE REALLY NEED YOU TO ALLOW TWO HOURS AHEAD OF TIME, TO GET TO THE AIRPORT DROP OFF THROUGH SECURITY AND TO YOUR GAIT.

>> Reporter: THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT TRAVEL IS USED ACROSS BETWEEN TERMINAL 1 AND THE PARKING LOT IS THE ISSUE.

IT IS BEING DEMOLISHED THIS WEEK.

THINK OF IT AS A SLOW MOVING BALLET OF DECONSTRUCTION.

BY THE TIME WE GET TO MIDWEEK, THE PART OF THE BRIDGE THERE, CLOSEST TO THE PARKING WILL BE GONE.

AND THEN THE CARS PARKED ALONG HERE WILL BE MOVING TO THE OLD PARKING LOT.

BY THE END OF THE WEEK, THE REST OF THE OLD TERMINAL 1 PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE WILL BE GONE.

AT THAT POINT, THEY WILL TAKE THE CARS OVER NEAR THE TERMINAL 1 PARKING LOT AND MOVE THEM BACK TO WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.

>> WE ARE BUILDING AN AIRPORT ON TOP OF AN AIRPORT, WE HAVE LIMITED AMOUNT OF SPACE, SO IT IS LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO GET IT DONE AND MAKE PROGRESS ON THE CONSTRUCTION.

>> Reporter: ALL THE WHILE, TRAVELERS ARE USING THIS CROSSWALK AND THE OLD TERMINAL PARKING LOT SIDE.

ON WHAT WAS THE PARKING LOT, CONSTRUCTION IS WELL UNDERWAY ON THE TERMINAL 1 PARKING PLAZA.

THAT IS LATER TO BE COMPLETED SOMETIME IN 2024.

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, THE OFFICES OF THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY MOVED TO A NEW BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.

THEIR CURRENT OFFICES WILL BE TORN DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW TERMINAL 1.

WE WILL SEE THAT COMING TOGETHER IN A 2027 WITH FULL COMPLETION SET FOR 2028.

ONLY THEN, WILL THIS SLOWLY RULING NIGHTMARE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATED DELAYS AND HASSLES FINALLY MOVE FROM DAILY REALITY INTO A NOT AT ALL CHERISHED MEMORY.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> U.S. AIR TRAVEL CONTINUES TO SOAR WITHOUT MAJOR MELTDOWNS.

THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SCREENED MORE THAN 11 MILLION PEOPLE OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

THAT IS THE 30th DAY IN A ROW WHICH MORE THAN 2 MILLION PEOPLE PASSED THROUGH AIRPORT SECURITY CHECKPOINTS.

AIR TRAVEL PEAKED ON FRIDAY WITH NEARLY 2 1/2 MILLION PEOPLE SCREENED.

>>> SAN DIEGO CITY EMPLOYEES, WHO REFUSED TO BE TESTED FOR COVID-19 ON MALICIOUS GROUND ARE NOW AT RISK OF BEING FIRED.

KPBS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER CLAIRE HAS THE STORY AND THE UPDATE.

>> Reporter: THE CITY HAS CONFIRMED THEY HAVE ISSUED TERMINATION LETTER TO AT LEAST THREE DOZEN EMPLOYEES HALF OF THEM IN THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

KPBS OBTAINED THE LETTER THROUGH A PUBLIC RECORD.

THE LETTER SAYS THAT THE EMPLOYEE'S REFUSAL TO TAKE COVID TESTS QUOTE AMOUNTS TO INSUBORDINATION OR BREACH OF DISCIPLINE.

BUT THE CITY IS JUST DARTING THE DISMISSAL PROCESS, SAYING TO THE SPOKESPERSON, NICOLE DARLING.

>> CITY EMPLOYEES WHO WERE GRANTED AN EXEMPTION FROM THE VACCINATION MANDATE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THE WEEKLY TESTING.

THERE ARE SEVERAL EMPLOYEES ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO HAVE FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THAT WEEKLY TESTING ACCOMMODATION.

SO THOSE WHO FAIL TO COMPLY WILL BE ISSUED AN ADVANCE NOTICE OF TERMINATION.

AND THEY WILL BE AFFORDED ALL OF THEIR DUE PROCESS RIGHTS AND THEIR RIGHTS TO REPRESENTATION.

SO THE CITY HAS ISSUED ALREADY ADVANCED NOTICE OF TERMINATION LETTERS TO APPROXIMATELY TWO DOZEN EMPLOYEES AND IN OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.

FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THAT WEEKLY TESTING ACCOMMODATION.

BOTH EMPLOYEES HAVE ALSO BEEN AFFORDED THEIR DUE PROCESS RIGHTS AND RIGHTS TO REPRESENTATION.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO APPROVED THE VAST MAJORITY OF REQUESTS TO SKIP THE COVID VACCINE FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS.

BUT WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT THOSE EMPLOYEES THEN SUBMIT TO REGULAR TESTING.

BUT ABOUT 10% OF EMPLOYEES MOST OF THEM POLICE, ALSO INSISTED THAT TESTING VIOLATE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

THEY SAID THEIR CHRISTIAN BELIEFS INSTRUCT THEM NOT TO USE TESTING SWABS BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN ETHYLENE OXIDE.

THE CHEMICALS KNOWN OF A KNOWN CARCINOGEN.

BUT IT IS NOT ACTUALLY PRESENT ON THE SWAMP.

IT IS USED AS A GAS TO STERILIZE THEM.

MEDICAL AND RELIGIOUS EXPERTS SAY THAT THE EMPLOYEES CLAIMS ARE GROUNDLESS.

KPBS ASKED MAYOR TODD GLORIA FOR HIS RESPONSE TO THE CLAIMS.

HE SAYS -- >> I THINK WE HAVE BEEN IMPATIENT WITH THESE FOLKS.

WE HAVE WORKED ON THIS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE AT AND WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE.

SO TO THE EXTENT THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND THAT IS NOT IDEAL.

BUT WE OF COURSE WILL FOLLOW OUR DUE PROCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND HOPE AS THE MASS MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE COME INTO COMPLIANCE.

>> Reporter: EMPLOYEES CAN APPEAL AND THEN GO THROUGH WHAT IS CALLED A HEARING.

AFTER THAT, IF THE CITY STILL DECIDES TO FIRE THE EMPLOYEE, HE OR SHE WOULD GET A NOTICE OF DETERMINATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEAD.

KPBS NEWS .

>>> GUNFIRE, NOT FIREWORKS RANG OUT IN SEVERAL CITIES ACROSS AMERICA ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.

THE WORST OF THE VIOLENCE, A PARADE IN ILLINOIS, WHERE A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE ON A CROWD.

TODAY THE SEVENTH PERSON DIED AND DOZENS MORE INJURED, CONNOR HOWELL, THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION.

>> Reporter: A BEAUTIFUL DAY TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE.

BULLETS RAINED DOWN ON A FOURTH OF JULY PARADE IN HIGHLAND PARK ILLINOIS.

>> WE CAN'T REMEMBER WHETHER YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SHELTER OR RUN BUT IF YOUR INSTINCT IS TO RUN, WE RAN.

>> Reporter: CROWDED STREETS EMPTIED AS PEOPLE RUSHED TO TAKE COVER.

LEAVING BEHIND AMERICAN FLAGS, STROLLERS AND SCATTERED LAWN CHAIRS.

>> I RAN TO MY GRANDMA'S HOUSE, WHICH WAS AROUND THE BLOCK AND WE WERE STUCK THERE FOR HOURS.

>> Reporter: AS THE CHAOS ENSUED IN THE NORTHERN CHICAGO SUBURB, STORIES OF HEROISM ARE EMERGING, LIKE DR. LAUREN SCHECHTER, WHO RAN BACK TOWARDS THE PARADE TO HELP ANYONE WHO WAS HURT.

>> WE GOT TO SAFETY AND THEN I SAID I'M TURNING AROUND AND WE WILL GO BACK AND DO WHAT WE CAN DO, THERE WERE SEVERAL OLDER PEOPLE WHO HAD FALLEN WHO HAD SCRAPES AND BRUISES.

WE TRIED TO COMFORT AND RELAX AND GET THEM TO RELAX A BIT SO THE AMBULANCES COULD GET HERE.

>> Reporter: THE MAN BEHIND THIS VICIOUS ATTACK IS 21-YEAR- OLD ROBERT GREENOUGH.

A HIGHWOOD ILLINOIS RESIDENT, OFFICIALS SAY THAT HE ILLEGALLY BOUGHT THE HIGH-POWERED RIFLE USED IN THIS ATTACK AND PLANNED THIS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.

CHILLY NEW DETAILS ALSO EMERGING ABOUT THE LINKS HE WENT TO CARRY OUT THIS MASSACRE.

>> DURING THE ATTACK, ROBERT CRIMO WAS DRESSED IN WOMEN'S CLOTHING AND INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE HE DID THIS TO CONCEAL HIS FACIAL TATTOOS AND HIS IDENTITY.

>> Reporter: IN HIGHLAND PARK ILLINOIS, I AM CONNOR HOWELL REPORTING.

>>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION MOVING FORWARD THAT COULD WIPE OUT FRIENDSHIP PARK, ACCESS TO THE U.S. SIDE OF FRENCH A PARK WAS CLOSED DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THE WEEKS AHEAD, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WILL BUILD 230 FOOT WALLS AT THE SITE.

THIS WILL EFFECTIVELY AND FRIENDSHIP PARK WHICH HAS BEEN A MEETING PLACE FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T CROSS THE BORDER.

SINCE THE 1970s.

>>> GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM HAS PARTED A FORMER SAN DIEGO AND FOR KILLING A TEMP WHEN SHE WAS 16 YEARS OLD.

THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT SHE HAS LIVED AN UPRIGHT LIFE SINCE SHE HAS LEFT PRISON NEARLY A DECADE AGO AFTER SERVING 18 YEARS.

SHE CREDITED HER FOR TRANSFORMING HERSELF AND DEDICATING HER TIME TO COMMUNITY SERVICE.

HER WORK TODAY AS AN ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS LIKELY INSPIRED BY HER OWN EXPERIENCE.

AT HER 1995 MURDER TRIAL IN RIVERSIDE, HER DEFENSE ATTORNEY NEVER CALLED A SINGLE WITNESS TO TESTIFY ABOUT HOW SHE WAS ABUSED BY HER MOTHER.

WHILE BY HER AND FORCED INTO PROSTITUTION AT THE AGE OF 13.

>>> A NEW STUDY IS LINKING CORONAVIRUS TO AN INCREASE WE LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING HEALTH CONDITIONS AND IT COMES AS COVID-19 CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS RISE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND A NEW WAVE OF VARIANCE HAVE SOME EXPERTS WORRIED.

JIM SULLIVAN HAS A CLOSER LOOK.

>> Reporter: GETTING COVID-19 TWO OR MORE TIMES COULD RAISE THE RISK OF NEW SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY LOOKING INTO THE IMPACT OF REPEATED COVID-19 INFECTIONS.

A NEW WAVE OF COVID VARIANCE ARE SERVICING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

>> WE ARE REPORTING ON THE NEW VARIANTS.

WE LOOKED AT MORE THAN 5 MILLION PATIENTS.

AND FOUND THAT PEOPLE WITH TWO OR MORE DOCUMENTED INFECTIONS HAD MORE THAN TWICE THE RISK OF DYING, PAIRED TO THOSE WITH JUST ONE COVID-19 REINFECTION.

>> Reporter: AND RESEARCHERS SAY THAT REINFECTION INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING HEART AND LUNG PROBLEMS, DIABETES AND KIDNEY DISORDERS.

AS WELL AS NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS.

THE STUDY FOUND THE RISK WAS THE HIGHEST AROUND A COVID-19 INFECTION.

BUT PERSISTED FOR SIX MONTHS AND INCREASED WITH EACH ADDITIONAL REINFECTION.

NEW RESEARCH COMES AS THE U.S. SEES A RISE IN COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATIONS.

WITH A SEVEN DAY AVERAGE OF NEW KAY RECEDE DAILY CASES, ACCORDING TO DATA FROM JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.

AS THE VIRUS CONTINUES TO EVOLVE, EXPERTS CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND POSTERS AND ARE CALLING FOR AN UPDATE ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST THE VIRUS.

>> THE CONTEXT OF A PANDEMIC THAT IS ONGOING ANTIVIRUS THAT IS EVOLVING AND CREATING MORE CHALLENGES INCLUDING REINFECTION, WE MIGHT NEED TO RECONSIDER THAT UP-TO-DATE AND HAVING THE EXTENSIVE COMPLETION.

>> Reporter: WITH HEALTH MINUTES, I AM JENN SULLIVAN.

>>> THINK OF THE NEAREST GROCERY STORE, WERE TO CLOSE DOWN HOW WOULD IT IMPACT YOUR FAMILY?

KPBS REPORTER WILL TAKE A LOOK AT AND HOW I COULD MAKE IT HARD FOR SOME TO ACCESS FRESH AND HEALTHY FOOD.?

>> Reporter: THE STORE WAS LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES AWAY FROM THE HOUSE.

BUT THAT STORE IS NOW CLOSED AND BOARDED UP.

>> BEING ABLE TO HAVE A GROCERY STORE THAT IS VERY CLOSE AND ACCESSIBLE HAD ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT TO US.

AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE FEELING REALLY, THE STRONG EFFECTS OF NOW BEING FORCED TO DRIVE A CONSIDERABLE WAY TO GET FRESH FOOD.

>> Reporter: THE CLOSURE DOESN'T COME AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE SHOPPING CENTER STARTED TO FEEL UNSAFE.

>> THERE WERE MANY TIMES WHERE I WOULD GET OUT OF MY CAR AND BE ACCOSTED.

AND -- AND, I STOPPED GOING THERE COMPLETELY AT NIGHT.

I HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE STORE FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.

IT SIMPLY DID NOT FEEL SAFE.

AND I KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO ALSO FREQUENT THAT SHOPPING CENTER FELT THE SAME WAY.

>> Reporter: KPBS REQUESTED AN INTERVIEW FOR A RESPONSE TO THE CLOSURE AND THE COMPANY DID NOT RESPOND.

WE TALKED TO SOME EMPLOYEES THAT DID NOT WANT TO BE RECORDED OUT OF FEAR OF LOSING THEIR JOBS.

SOME DOORS CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN HOMELESS IN THE AREA, AND WHAT THEY WERE DEALING WITH AN IRREGULAR BASIS.

OTHERS TOLD US THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE HIGH COST TO REPAIR THE REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS AND THE STORE NOT MAKING A PROFIT.

NO MATTER THE REASON, THE BONDS CLOSURE AS TO THE GLOWING NUMBER OF STORES.

CITY COUNCIL HAS NEGLECTED AS PART OF THE CITY WHILE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS DOWNTOWN.

>> THEY HAVE MOVED MOUNTAINS TO BRING IN NEW STORES AND GREAT RESTAURANTS AND BREWERIES AND IT HASN'T NECESSARILY BEEN BAD.

BUT WE CAN'T FOCUS ON WHAT PART OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN TURN OUR BACK ON ANOTHER PART.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS HE AND HER HUSBAND ARE LUCKY TO HAVE A CAR AND BE ABLE TO DRIVE FURTHER BUT SHE KNOWS NOT EVERYONE HAS THAT PRIVILEGE.

>> PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR AN UBER.

THEY DO NOT HAVE FRIENDS OR FAMILY THAT CAN TAKE THEM REGULARLY TO THE GROCERY STORE.

AND EVEN WHEN THEY OUTPLAYED WAS HERE, ONE OF THE SADDEST THINGS THAT I WOULD EXPERIENCE, THIS I SAW EVERY DAY.

POOR PEOPLE CARRYING AND CARRYING OTHER GROCERIES IN THE HOT SUN.

SOMETIMES IN THE RAIN.

>> Reporter: 76-YEAR-OLD ALEXIS WHITE DOES NOT OWN A CAR BUT SHE HAS A MOTORIZED SCOOTER.

>> I GET IN IT AND RIGHT OVER AND BRING THE STUFF BACK.

>> Reporter: SHE LIVES IN A SENIOR COMMUNITY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE VONS AND SHE SAYS MANY PEOPLE RELIED ON IT.

>> IT IS MAKING IT HARD FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

I NEVER KNEW THAT I WOULD MISS IT.

>> Reporter: WITH THE CLOSURE OF VONS, THE JOURNEY TO OCEANSIDE WHERE SHE THINKS GROCERIES ARE AFFORDABLY PRICED.

>> I THINK GOING TO THE CHEAPER STORE, I GUESS IT IS NOT TOO FAR, I CAN TAKE THE BUS OVER, OR THE TRAIN.

>> Reporter: CITY COUNCILMEMBER SERENA CONTRERAS SAYS THAT IT IS AN ISSUE FOR MANY AND THE LOSS OF A GROCERY STORE MAKES THAT PROBLEM WORSE.

>> IT IS REALLY HEARTBREAKING.

I JUST FEAR THAT THE QUALITY OF NUTRITION IS GOING TO BE GOING DOWN, BECAUSE WHAT IS MOST ACCEPTABLE THERE IS YOU GO TO CVS, RIGHT?

7-ELEVEN?

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE NUTRITIONAL OR DIETARY NEEDS FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO GROW UP WITHOUT HEALTH CONCERNS.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THAT CITY COUNCIL MAY DISCUSS THE SAFETY CONCERNS AND HOW TO GET NEARBY RESIDENTS ACCESS TO FRESH FOOD.

>> WE CAN'T SURVIVE OFF OF FAST FOOD.

WE CAN'T SURVIVE OFF OF CONVENIENCE FOOD.

WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS AND WE NEED REAL FOOD TO GROW.

AND WE NEED A SAFE PLACE TO BE ABLE TO SHOP.

SO WITH VONS LEAVING, IT REALLY GIVES ME A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT SHOPPING CENTER.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE CITY HAS NO INFORMATION ON WHAT IS TAKING VONS'S PLACE BECAUSE IT IS A PRIVATE SALE.

TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CARLSBAD HAS LAUNCHED THEIR OWN COMPOSTING EFFORTS TO KEEP FOOD OUT OF THE LANDFILLS.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON SAYS THE TRANSITION BEGAN LAST FRIDAY.

>> Reporter: REPUBLIC SERVICES BEGAN TO PICK UP THE ORGANIC WASTE LAST WEEK AND THEY TOOK WHAT USED TO GET INTO THE LANDFILL WITH GREEN WASTE.

ABOUT 3% OF BEING DUMPED IN THIS PART OF THE LANDFILL COMPLEX IS NOW FOOD SCRAPS.

AND SOME PAPER WASTE LIKE COFFEE FILTERS.

THEY WILL COLLECT THE ORGANIC WASTE AND ADD THEM TO THE GREEN WASTE BIN.

>> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE TIME FOR RESIDENTS TO GET ON BOARD AND START PARTICIPATING AND USING THOSE FOOD WASTE INTO THE CONTAINER.

>> Reporter: ONCE RESIDENCE ADOPT THE NEW HABIT, THEY WILL PROCESS ABOUT 200 TONS A DAY OF GREEN WASTE.

LOCAL HUMAN MUNICIPALITIES ARE GEARING UP TO RECYCLE WASTE IN CALIFORNIA, THE NEW RULES PUT IN PLACE IN JANUARY HAVE SET UP BILL 283 TAKING OF THAT AND THAT IS AN EFFORT TO REDUCE SHORT-TERM CLIMATES LIKE METHANE.

WHEN ORGANIC MATERIAL DECOMPOSES.

THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BUY BACK SOME 40 TONS OF MULCH THAT WILL BE CREATED.

>> WE ARE RECEIVING THE GREEN WASTE AND WE ARE GRINDING THE GREEN WASTE AND ADDING WATER AND GETTING TO THE MOISTURE AND THEN IT GOES TO OUR COMPOST FACILITY.

>> Reporter: IT TAKES ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS TO TURN THE MATERIAL INTO A COMMERCIAL GRADE PRODUCT.

>> THIS IS THE FINAL PRODUCT, THIS MULCH, WHICH IS GREEN WASTE AND FOOD WASTE CAN NOW BE SOLD TO CITIES OR COMPANIES.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MORE FIREFIGHTERS ON THE WAY TO BATTLE A DIFFICULT FIREFIGHTER WILDFIRE OUTSIDE OF SACRAMENTO.

IT IS RAINING, MORE THAN 3000 ACRES BURNED AND MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE UNDERWAY, AND HUNDREDS OF HOMES ARE THREATENED.

LIKE THE RAIN IS MAKING FIREFIGHTING DIFFICULT AND THE CAUSES ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION.

>>> I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY AS WE CARRY ON THROUGH THIS WEEK WE CONTINUE OUR WARMING TREND AND NOW THE MOUNTAINS AND THE DESERTS, WE WILL BE WARMING AT THE COAST AND THE VALLEY, SO I DO THINK THAT WEDNESDAY POSSIBLY THURSDAY, THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF COOLING AT THE IMMEDIATE COAST, BUT IN GENERAL, THE WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AND THEN YOU ARE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME MORNING LOW CLOUDS SO AGAIN PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT.

AND TEMPERATURES DROPPING THROUGH THE MID 60s.

AND THEN IF YOU LOOK MORE INTERIOR, YOU WILL SEE SOME 50s ACROSS THE AREA AND EVEN IN THE SPRINGS, MOUNT LAGUNA IN THE 50s, 32 DEGREES AND TWO LAVISTA, 65.

IT IS DRY AND SEASONABLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST AND THEN WE HAVE SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS.

NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE HERE, BUT AS WE CARRY ON THROUGH THE WEEK AND THE REST OF IT THE LATE WEEK THAT IS WHEN YOU WILL NOTICE THE CHANGES, TOMORROW, SAN DIEGO, 74.

THERE IS YOUR MORNING LOW CLOUDS, KIND OF DISSIPATING AND MOVING OFFSHORE TOWARDS THE DAY.

AND THEN RETURNING AT NIGHT.

THIS WILL BE A PATTERN THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN WITH THE MARINE LAYER THAT HAS CONTINUED.

IT IS COMFORTABLE AROUND THE COAST FOR JULY, AND THEN THE INTERIOR AREAS, WE REALLY START TO SEE THE TEMPERATURES BECOME WARMER AND THEY START TO BUILD AND THEY BECOME LIMITED BUT STILL PRESENT THROUGHOUT ALBUQUERQUE.

ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THE DENVER AREA, EVEN INTO SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING, LET'S TALK SOME TEMPERATURES AROUND THE COAST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS, YOU CAN SEE THE WARMING TREND GOING UP TO 77 BY SUNDAY FOR THE AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURE, HERE IS THE WARMING TREND AS WELL INLAND, GETTING UP TO THE MID-80s, IF NOT 87 BY SUNDAY.

AND FOR THE MOUNTAINS, YOU WILL ALSO BE SEEING TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER 80s, ALONG WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, JUST IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND.

SO VERY NICE CONDITIONS THERE.

EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN IN THE LOWER TRIPLE DIGITS, GET READY, YOU ARE LOOKING AT 113 TO 114 FOR THE WEEKEND.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE ROTELLA.

>>> CASES OF THE MONKEYPOX VIRUS ARE ON THE RISE IN THE UNITED DATES AND HOW THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ARE SENDING VACCINE FROM THE STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE ALONG WITH MORE TESTING TO STATES THAT ARE DEALING WITH AN INFLUX OF THE VIRUS.

HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, SIX CASES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.

THE UNITED STATES HAVE CONFIRMED MORE THAN 350 CASES IN ALL.

>> I THINK IT WOULD BE RISKY TO CLASSIFY THIS LOW MEDIUM OR HIGH, GIVEN THE NUMBERS, I WOULD NOT SAY RIGHT NOW THAT THIS PARTICULAR POINT, THAT IT IS A QUOTE, HIGH RISK.

BUT THE NUMBERS MAY INCREASE, WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND PAY ATTENTION.

>> UNDER THE NEW PLAN, VACCINES AND TESTING WILL BE PROVIDED FOCUSING ON THEIR KNOWN PARTNERS ALONG WITH ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY EXPOSED.

>>> IN THE WAKE OF THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNING ROE V WADE, GOOGLE SAID THAT IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY DELETE LOCATION HISTORY RECORDS THAT SHOW WHETHER A PERSON HAD VISITED AN ABORTION CLINIC OR FERTILITY CENTER.

GOOGLE SAYS THE MOVE IS AIMED AT PPO HELPING USERS PROTECT THEIR PRIVACY WHEN THEY VISIT PLACES THAT COULD SHED LIGHT ON THEIR MEDICAL DECISIONS OR HEALTHCARE DECISIONS.

GOOGLE USERS CAN ALREADY SET OR SOME OR ALL OF THEIR LOCATION HISTORY TO BE DELETED AUTOMATICALLY.

BUT THE COMPANY SAID THAT IT'S MAKING IT DEFAULT WHEN IT COMES TO A RANGE OF PARTICULARLY PERSONAL TYPES OF MEDICAL LOCATIONS.

>>> I AM JUDY WOODRUFF, TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, HIGHLAND PARK GRAPPLES WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THE JULY 4th PARADE SHOOTING.

COMING UP AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> IT IS THE DAY AFTER JULY 4th AND THAT MEANS OUR LOCAL SHELTERS ARE INUNDATED WITH PETS THAT RUN AWAY IN FEAR.

E.G.

BETWEEN A 300 TO 500 PET LOCAL PETS RUNAWAY.

THE HUMANE SOCIETY SAYS WHAT IS DISTURBING IS HOW MANY OF THEM ARE NEVER PICKED UP.

>> LAST YEAR, WE HAD 270 PETS COME IN, FOLLOWING THE FOURTH OF JULY, ONLY 28% WERE RECLAIMED BY OWNERS.

SO A LOT OF THEM DO AND APPEAR FOR US TO CARE FOR AND THEN ALSO FIND A NEW PATHWAY AND LOOK FOR A NEW HOME FOR THEM.

>> IF YOU HAVE LOST A BET, YOUR FIRST MOVE IS TO CHECK THE AREA, AND THEN CHECK IN WITH NEIGHBORS AND THEN POST SOMETHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN AFTER THAT, MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY WEBSITE WITH PHOTOS OF STRINGS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE.

THERE IS ALSO AN ONLINE FORM ON THE WEBSITE, BUBBLY LETTING SHELTER WORKERS KNOW THAT YOU ARE MISSING YOUR PET.

>>> THE MORNING AFTER MESS, THAT IS WHAT THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION AND DOZENS OF VOLUNTEERS WOKE UP TODAY TO TACKLE ON OUR BEACHES.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE TELLS US ABOUT THE CLEANUP AND THE CALL OF ACTION YEAR-ROUND.

>> Reporter: THERE IS A BIG MESS LEFT ON OUR BEACHES THE DAY AFTER AMERICA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF PARTY STREAMERS, A LOT OF PLASTIC A LOT OF STYROFOAM PIECES.

BUT MOSTLY CIGARETTE BUTTS, THAT IS THE MAIN THING I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING EVERYWHERE.

>> Reporter: MARISOL McLAUGHLIN IS ONE OF THE DOZEN VOLUNTEERS WITH THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION.

THE ANNUAL CLEANUP, WHO SET OUT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

SHE IS EXPECTING HER FIRST BABY.

>> THE BEACH CLEANUP, I THINK IT IS SO CRUCIAL RIGHT NOW.

I WOULD LIKE TO BRING MY DAUGHTER OUT HERE PICKING UP TRASH, IT IS THE LEAST THAT I CAN DO.

EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS AND THEN WHEN THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER, WE CAN REALLY MAKE AN IMPACT WHICH IS NICE.

>> THE OCEAN DOES A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFTING, A LOT OF OUR OXYGEN, OVER 50% IS COMING FROM THE OCEAN, SO IT IS NOT JUST A LUXURY SPACE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP.

>> Reporter: ALEX DARREN WITH THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION THAT DURING LAST YEAR'S CLEANUP, VOLUNTEERS REMOVED 1500 POUNDS OF TRASH FROM FIVE COUNTY BEACHES INTO OURS.

THE MAC THAT IS CERTAINLY ONE PROBLEM, IF PEOPLE ARE FORGETTING, OR DISCARDING ITEMS, BUT SURELY IT IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET.

>> Reporter: AND WHILE ONE-DAY CLEANUPS ARE IMPORTANT, IT IS WHAT THEY FIND THAT WILL HELP SOME TRASH DISAPPEAR FOREVER.

>> WE ARE COLLECTING DATA TO HELP INFORM POLICY.

SO THAT WE CAN REDUCE AT THE SOURCE, RIGHT?

SO THAT WE CAN REALLY IDENTIFY WHAT IS POLLUTING OUR BEACHES AND WHAT IS COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY, WHAT IS DOING THE MOST HARM AND GET RID OF THEM, RIGHT?

WE SAW THAT WE DON'T SEE THOSE PLASTIC BAGS ON BEACHES ANYMORE.

>> Reporter: TO THEIR GROUP OF FRIENDS, THIS BEACH CLEANUP IS ABOUT GIVING BACK TO A PLACE THAT GIVES ENDLESSLY TO THEM AND ALL OF SAN DIEGANS.

>> WHEREVER YOU ARE FROM, RICH OR POOR, WE ALL COME HERE, WITH OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND ENJOY THE BEACH, WE ARE ALL UNIFIED BY THE BEACH, AND LET US SHOW OUR PART IN IT.

>> Reporter: KATIE ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> HEARS ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES AS YOU ARE FLYING OUT OF SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THIS WEEK YOU CAN EXPECT DELAYS, THE VETERAN BRIDGET TERMINAL 1 IS BEING DEMOLISHED TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY, THE TERMINAL GROUND TRANSPORTATION INCLUDING ALL TAXIS RIDES AND RIDE-SHARE'S AND RENTAL CAR AND BUSES WILL BE RELOCATED TO THE FORMIDABLE TERMINAL 1 PARKING LOT.

>>> AND SAN DIEGO CITY EMPLOYEES REFUSE TO BE VACCINATED AND TESTED FOR COVID- 19 ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS ARE NOW AT RISK OF BEING FIRED.

THE CITY CONFIRMED THAT ADVANCED NOTICE OF TERMINATION LETTERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO AT LEAST THREE DOZEN EMPLOYEES AND HALF OF THEM IN THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

EMPLOYEES SAY THAT THEIR CHRISTIAN BELIEFS AND STRUCK THEM NOT TO USE TESTING SWABS BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN A CONCERN ENGINE BUT THEY SAY THESE CLAIMS ARE GROUNDLESS.

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