>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT'S TUESDAY, JUNE 8.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

A MAJOR CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, AND THE NEWS.

CAPACITY LIMITS WILL INCREASE NOW THAT OUR TIER LEVEL IS DECREASING.

THE VIRUS IS NOT GOING AWAY.

>> THE PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER.

JUNE 15 IS NOT THE MAGIC DATE OR BULLET.

>> THE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER SAYS YOU STILL SING ABOUT 100 COVID-19 CASES PER DAY, BUT THINGS ARE DEFINITELY SLOWING DOWN AS THE STATE PREPARES TO LIFT NEARLY ALL COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS NEXT WEEK .

>> WE ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT THE WORST OF COVID-19 MAY NOW BE IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR.

>> SAN DIEGO IS MOVING TO THE STATES LEAST RESTRICTIVE YELLOW REOPENING THAT ALLOWS FOR MORE CAPACITY AT BUSINESSES AND GROUP EVENTS.

>> IT IS A TESTAMENT TO GET VACCINATED AND A TREMENDOUS TESTAMENT TO OUR ENTIRE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

>> NATHAN FLETCHER SAYS SAN DIEGO IS ABOUT 80 % TOWARDS THE HERD IMMUNITY GOAL.

COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE DOING THEIR OWN PARTNERING WITH THE SAN DIEGO PADRES ENTERING THOSE VACCINATED FOR RAFFLES.

>> THE FIRST IS COMING THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 12 AND THE SECOND IS ON JUNE 26.

THE FIRST 1000 PEOPLE VACCINATED AT THESE EVENTS GETS A FREE COMMEMORATIVE T-SHIRT >> WE NOW HAVE MORE VACCINES THAN WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET VACCINATED.

>> THERE IS A BIG PUSH TO REACH THOSE VACCINATED.

VACCINE DISTRIBUTION WILL BE SIMILAR TO FLU SHOTS THE VERY BUSY SUPERSTATION WILL SOON BE CLOSING.

>> THE STATE OF EMERGENCY CONTINUES BEYOND, BECAUSE IT IS A PART OF THE REBUILD.

IT IS A PART OF THE RECOVERY.

>> COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY TO ALIGN WITH THE STATE, THEY WILL BE EXTENDING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR BUT THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN RESTRICTIONS.

>> HE WILL REVERT TO AS CLOSE TO NORMAL AND WE HAVE BEEN IN MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF >> A NUMBER OF VARIANTS CAN BE LESS RECEPTIVE TO THE VACCINES.

PUBLIC REPORTS ABOUT OUR LOCAL COVID-19 SITUATION WILL SHIFT AND THE REGULAR NEWS BRIEFINGS WILL HAPPEN AS NECESSARY.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>> RESTAURANTS AND GYMS CAN INCREASE TO 50% CAPACITY INDOORS.

BARS CAN EXPAND TO 25% CAPACITY, AND OUTDOOR GATHERINGS CAN INCLUDE UP TO 200 PEOPLE.

>>> AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE END OF THE COVID PANDEMIC, WE ASSESSED THE LOSSES OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF.

THERE IS SOME MAJOR FINANCIAL HELP THAT IS ON THE WAY FOR OUR REGION.

THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED HOW TO DIVVY UP ABOUT $650 MILLION WORTH OF FEDERAL RELIEF.

>> IT WOULD BE EASY AND UNDERSTANDABLE TO THINK THAT WE ARE BASICALLY DONE WITH COVID NEXT WEDNESDAY WHEN THE STATES TIER SYSTEM EXPIRES BUT THE DAMAGE DONE TO LIVES OF, AND LIVELIHOODS WILL LINGER.

THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DISCUSSED HOW TO DISTRIBUTE NEARLY $650 MILLION OF RELIEF FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT >> NO ONE DESERVES TO BE HOMELESS.

NO ONE DESERVES TO BE STRUGGLING, NO ONE.

>> WE PROVIDE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR POST-9/11 VETERANS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS.

>> ROSEMARY SAYS SHE COULD USE MORE FINANCIAL HELP, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ASSISTING VETERANS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

>> SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 20 TO 25% OF THE HOMELESS ARE VETERANS IN SAN DIEGO.

SO, SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY REGARDING TO HOUSING WOULD ALWAYS BE VERY HELP FULL TO LIKE I SAID, TO HELP US PLAN FOR LONG-RANGE FUNDING.

>> HERE IS A BIG PICTURE BREAKDOWN OF HOW COUNTY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE MONEY BE DISTRIBUTED.

THE LION SHARE WOULD GO TO COSTS ALREADY INCURRED FROM THE PANDEMIC AND MONEY TO DEAL WITH IT INTO THE FUTURE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, HOMELESS SERVICES, SMALL BUSINESS, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PREMIUM PAY FOR COUNTY WORKERS STAYED ON THE JOB DURING THE CRISIS WOULD ALL GET ASSISTANCE.

>> IF THEY COULD PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES AND PAY THEIR RENT, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WOULD REPRESENT MANY TYPES OF BUSINESSES.

JERRY SANDERS SAYS RESTAURANTS ARE AMONG THE HARDEST HIT.

MANY SHELLED OUT THOUSANDS TO BUILD OUT SPACES.

PURCHASING FOOD WAS A VEXING PROPOSITION.

>> SOMETIMES THE PREMIUM PAY PORTION, AND OVERALL SHE SAID THE HELP SHOULD BE COMING SOON.

>> MY HOPE IS BY SUMMER, FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THOSE PROGRAMS.

>> PROGRAMS REPRESENTING A BIG STEP IN HELPING THE PEOPLE FROM THIS COUNTY RECOVER FROM THE COVID PANDEMIC.

>> A NEW REPORT FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAD A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY.

BUT AS I REPORTER SHOWS US, IT HAS NOT DOCKED PEOPLE FROM ARRIVING AT THE BORDER.

>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMPS ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY AIMS TO DISCOURAGE MIGRATION, BUT THAT DID NOT STOP THE THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WHO CAME AND CONTINUED TO COME EVERY DAY TO SEEK ASYLUM IN THE U.S. MONDAY MORNING, A FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS DROPPED OFF AT THE BORDER.

BORDER PATROL OFFICERS SAW THE YOUNG GUATEMALAN GIRL WALKING ALONG THE RIVER CHANNEL BY HERSELF.

THIS COMES AS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WORKS TO REUNITE FAMILIES WHO WERE SEPARATED AT THE BORDER.

BIDEN'S REUNIFICATION OF FAMILIES TASK FORCE FOUND 3932 CHILDREN WERE SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS AT THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER FROM JULY 2017 TO THE END OF TRUMPS PRESIDENCY.

HOWEVER, THAT NUMBER IS FAR LOWER THAN THE 5500 CHILDREN IDENTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION.

THE ACLU DEPUTY DIRECTOR EXPLAINS THE DISCREPANCY IN THE NUMBERS REPORTED.

>> THE GOVERNMENT HAS EXCLUDED FOR THE TIME BEING PARENTS WHO THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE CRIMINAL HISTORIES, AND SO WE HAVE NOTED, AND I DON'T THINK THE GOVERNMENT DISPUTES THIS THAT THERE WERE MORE THAN 5500 CHILDREN SEPARATED.

>> OUT OF THE 3900 CHILDREN, ONLY 1700 HAVE BEEN REUNITED WITH A PARENT.

NEARLY 60% OF THE CHILDREN WERE IDENTIFIED AS GUATEMALANS.

THIS WEEK, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WAS IN GUATEMALA ON A DIPLOMATIC MISSION WHERE SHE DISCOURAGED GUATEMALANS FROM TRYING TO CROSS TO THE U.S. >> DO NOT COME.

DO NOT COME.

>> THAT IS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO BE SENDING, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SAY TO PEOPLE, IF YOU ARE IN DANGER NOW, OUR BORDER IS OPEN.

>> IN THE COMING WEEKS, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THEY WILL REUNITE OVER TWO DOZEN FAMILIES THAT WERE SEPARATED AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

>>> VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WRAPPED UP HER FIRST FOREIGN TRIP AS VICE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO TODAY.

SHE TOLD MEXICO'S PRESIDENT THE TWO COUNTRIES ARE EMBARKING ON A NEW ERA AS SHE SEEKS GREATER COOPERATION TO CUT DOWN ON IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S.

ACCORDING TO DATA FROM U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, MEXICANS HAD 36 ENCOUNTERS IN APRIL.

THE LARGEST NATIONALITY.

>> THERE IS WORK WE ARE ALSO DOING TOGETHER THAT RELATES TO OUR SHARED INTEREST AND CONCERN ABOUT SMUGGLING, IN PARTICULAR, HUMAN TRACK AND -- HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

WE HAVE A SHARED INTEREST IN TERMS OF NARCOTICS AND THE TRAFFICKING OF NARCOTICS.

>> HARRIS ALSO MET FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS AND HELD A ROUNDTABLE IN MEXICO BEFORE HEADING BACK TO WASHINGTON.

>>> A SAN DIEGO-BASED FBI PROGRAM HAS LED TO THE ARRESTS OF MORE THAN 800 SUSPECTS AROUND THE WORLD.

AGENTS SAID THE SUSPECTS SENT MESSAGES ABOUT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS ENCRYPTED CELL PHONE TECHNOLOGY.

THEY DID NOT KNOW THAT THE FBI WAS WATCHING.

OUR KPBS REPORTER HAS MORE ON OPERATION PETROSIAN AND SHIELD.

>> DRUG TRAFFICKING, MONEY LAUNDERING, AND MURDERS ARE JUST SOME OF THE TOPICS DIEBOLD ON THE PHONES OF CRIMINALS WHO BELIEVED THEY WERE COMMUNICATING ON A SECURE MESSAGE SERVICE.

RANDY GROSSMAN SENDS IT WAS THE FBI'S TROJAN SHIELD PROGRAM, WHICH TRACKED EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION.

THE FBI WAS MONITORING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

>> A TROJAN HORSE HAD PROVIDED CRIMINALS WITH WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS A SECURE WAY TO COMMUNICATE.

SPECIAENTS ARE IN CHARGE OF THE F VI'S FIELD OFFICE IN SAN DIEGO AND SAYS THE FBI COLLECTED MORE THAN 27 MILLION MESSAGES, MANY ABOUT CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES.

MAYBE A VESSEL OR SHIP, AND THEY WERE VERY EXPLICIT THEY SEIZED DRUGS, GUNS , DEPLOYING WITH THE 9000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICES WORLDWIDE AND THEY HAVE SEIZED MULTITONE QUALITY OF THE LISTED DRUGS >>> AND NEW SENATE REPORT IS REVEALING SIGNIFICANT NEW DETAILS OF HOW SECURITY AND POLICE PREPARE FOR THE ATTACK ON THE U.S. CAPITAL.

WHAT IS NOT IN THE REPORT IS ALMOST AS IMPORTANT AS WAS IS -- WHAT IS.

>> SUDDENLY NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITAL.

>> WILL NEVER GIVE UP.

WE WILL NEVER CONCEDE.

>> IT WAS AN INSURRECTION THAT NIGHT.

THAT IS WHY WE NEED A COMMISSION.

>> SENATE REPUBLICANS ISABEL ROSALES, KPBS NEWS.

FINLAND, POLAND, AND SPAIN HAS TESTING THAT YOUNG AS SIX MONTH OLD IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED YET I NEED TO HELP A FAMILY MEMBER YOU CLICK ON OUR HOMEPAGE ON WWW.KPBS.ORG/EVENINGEDITION TO FIND A PLACE CLOSE TO YOU.

>>> BEEN MOVED TO CLOSE A NORTH COUNTY GROUP HOME FOR FOSTER CHILDREN HAS PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

HAVE A LOOK AT HOW THE SYSTEM IS CHANGING , ESPECIALLY AFTER COVID-19 .

>> IN 2015, THE ASSEMBLY PASSED THE BILL TO ELIMINATE MOST GROUPS.

>>> WHEN WE SEE THE YOUTH WHO ENTER OUR PROGRAMWHEN ARE THEY GOING TO LEARN?

>> IT IS GOING TO BE MUCH MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE AS THEY GET OLDER.

>>IS A FOSTER HOME GAME HE FOUND CIVILITY WHEN HE GOT REFERRED TO WALL.

HE IS ON THE BOARD FOR WALMAN FAMILY SERVICES AND TEST THE CUTS WITH HIS MENTOR THE FAMILIES AGREED TO QUANTITY, SO WE WORKED NONSTOP AS ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

HE DID NOT STOP FOR US IS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

TONIGHT THEY WILL BE BUSIER THAN EVER THIS NEXT YEAR DUE TO THE AFTERMATH OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> WELL, WE ARE VERY CONCERNED THE NOTES OF EVERYTHING ANOTHER STRESSOR FOR THE SYSTEM IS THE EXPANSION OF FOSTER CARE 18 TO 21.

MORE RESOURCES DONATIONS AND FOSTER FAMILIES ARE ALWAYS NEEDED.

THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL HAS GIVEN FINAL APPROVAL TO AN AGREEMENT WITH SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC TO PROVIDE ENERGY SERVICES TO THE CITY AND INCLUDES AN INITIAL TERM OF 10 YEARS WITH A 10 YEAR RENEWAL THAT COULD BE VOIDED IF TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNSEL AGREES.

THEY AGREED TO PAY THE CITY $70 MILLION FOR ELECTRICITY SERVICE AND $10 MILLION FOR GAS.

THE COMPANY IS ALSO PAYING $20 MILLION TO HELP ADVANCE THE CITIES CLIMATE EQUITY GOALS AND $10 MILLION IN SOLAR ENERGY REBATES.

THE AGREEMENT WILL GO INTO EFFECT LATER THIS MONTH OR NEXT.

THE OBSERVANCE OF WORLD OCEAN DAY COMES AT A TIME WHEN THE PLANETS LARGEST BODIES OF WATER ARE BEING CHALLENGED BY CLIMATE PEOPLE.

THAT DOES NOT KEEP THE OCEAN FROM REVEALING IMPRESSIVE SCENES.

>> IT IS A YEARLY ATTRACTION IN SAN DIEGO.

THEY HAD TO ALASKAN WATERS TO FEED.

SITE CAN BE BREATHTAKING AS THE GIANT MAMMALS MAKE THEIR WAY NORTH.

THESE VIDEOS WERE SHOT IN LATE APRIL JUST OFF OF THE COAST OF SAN DIEGO.

WELLS WERE NOT THE ONLY ATTRACTION THAT DAY.

A LARGE POT OF DOLPHINS GATHERED JUST OFF SHORE AND ENTERTAINED THE WELL WATCHERS AS WELL.

>> THAT WAS AMAZING.

IT WAS RIGHT IN THE SAME PLACE.

IT WAS SO GREAT.

IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE.

>> THESE ARE NOT THE BEST OF TIMES FOR THE DELICATE ECOSYSTEM .

OCEANS COVER THREE QUARTERS OF THE PLANETS SURFACE AND HELP REGULATE THE CLIMATE, BUT THE BODIES OF WATER ARE UNDER PRESSURE.

>> IN SAN DIEGO, THAT INCLUDES THE SEWAGE WE SEEM TO BE THROWING IT AT THE OCEAN.

>> HE SAYS THE MARINE PROTECT.

OFF OF THE COAST OF LA JOLLA.

>> WHILE IT IS UNDER ASSAULT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEXT TO IT, IT STILL MANAGES TO SHOW US SOME PRETTY INCREDIBLE THINGS.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WELL, THE COOL AIR WAS NICE WHILE IT LASTED.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS NOT GOING TO LAST MUCH LONGER.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE.

THE TEMPERATURE IS DROPPING OFF INTO THE MID-50s IN OCEANSIDE AND CONDADO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A COLD FRONT THAT IS GOING TO SLIDE SOUTHWARD, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT IS GOING TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN FORCES OF CALIFORNIA.

IT WILL STAY PRETTY TOASTY OUT THERE FOR US ON WEDNESDAY WE WILL SEE SOME BIG CHANGES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BUT FOR US IT DOWN HERE, WE WILL SEE A DIP IN THE JET STREAM THAT STAYS NORTH TO.

HERE TEMPERATURES CLIMB.

I CHANGED HERE FROM THE 60s ON YOUR WEDNESDAY TODAY, TOMORROW, IT'S A THURSDAY HOLDING STEADY INTO THE MID-90s BUT AFTER THAT, IT IS UP, UP, AND AWAY FOR KPBS NEWS.

I AM METEOROLOGIST, JESSICA PASS .

NINE POINT THAT IS THE HIGHEST OVERALL NUMBER IS BUICK OF LABOR'S STARTED THE LEFT UNFILLED THERE IS AMONG THOSE SPACE A SHORTAGE OF WORKERS NOW IT IS CREATING ANOTHER WORRY FOR FARMERS.

>> FEWER WORKERS ARE AVAILABLE AT A TIME WHEN VINEYARDS ARE GROWING LARGER.

>> ARE AS NOW, MORE THE TECHNOLOGY HAS A HIGHER UP FRONT COSTS BUT BECOMES MORE ECONOMICAL AFTER IT ALSO CREATES SAW A GLIMPSE OF FUTURE FUNDING.

>> FARMING IS MUCH, MUCH BETTER.

>> I WAS ELIZABETH REPORTING.

RATES ARE CALIFORNIA'S THIRD LARGEST CROP.

THE INDUSTRY IS VALUED AT ABOUT $6 BILLION PER YEAR THERE IS THE EVENING EDITION OF KPBS.

>>> HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR TOP STORY.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY WILL MOVE INTO THE YELLOW NEW YEAR'S EVE TOMORROW MORNING..

OUTDOOR GATHERINGS CAN INCLUDE UP TO 200 PEOPLE.

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I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE FOR ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR PRIVILEGE TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN HEATING, AIR, AND COOL AND IT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FOLLOWING.

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