>>> 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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>>> THAT EVENING.

IT IS TUESDAY, JUNE 15.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

IT IS A DAY OF REJOICING, REOPENING, AND REFLECTION.

RESTRICTIONS ONCE IN PLACE TO SAVE LIVES, NOW LIFTED AND WHAT IS BEING CELEBRATED AS A STATEWIDE GRAND REOPENING.

OUR COVERAGE BEGINS TONIGHT WITH WORDS OF HOPE, AND OF WARNING AS WELL READ HERE'S MATT HOFFMAN.

>>> IT HAS BEEN INSANE, BUT WE ARE COMING OUT OF IT.

I AM JUST BEING HONEST.

>> Reporter: AND LIBERTY STATION AT THE PUBLIC MARKET, AS OWNERS ARE HOPEFUL THAT CALIFORNIA'S BIG REOPENING WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THEIR BOTTOM LINE.

>> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE PEOPLE IN HERE MAMA BUILDING UP THE CROWD, SO ALL OF THESE VENDORS IN HERE CAN START TO MAKE MORE MONEY SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS ARE OFFICIALLY GONE, AND FOR THOSE FULLY VACCINATED, THE MASKS CAN COME OFF INDOORS.

>> IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING TO SEE THE GENERAL MOOD OF THE MARKET.

MOST PEOPLE SEEM TO BE WEARING MASKS STILL AS THEY COME INSIDE.

>> Reporter: MET GORDON WITH BLUE BRIDGE HOSPITALITY MANAGES THE MARKET WHICH WILL SOON HAVE TABLES INSIDE AGAIN.

>> SINCE MARCH OF LAST YEAR, WE HAVE HAD NO INDOOR CONSUMPTION.

EVERYTHING WAS FOR OUTDOOR CONSUMPTION ONLY OR TO GO.

LOTS OF THE TIME, WE HAD TO LIMIT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE IN THE MARKET.

>> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A YEAR, RESTAURANTS AND BARS AND GEMS CAN OPERATE AT FULL CAPACITY.

>> HOPEFULLY PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE EASING OF RESTRICTIONS, AND THEY COME OUT AND VISIT US MORE.

>> Reporter: SOME PEOPLE AT LIBERTY STATION WERE NOT WEARING FACE COVERINGS, BUT A VAST MAJORITY STILL WEAR.

STATE GUIDANCE SAYS THOSE UNVACCINATED HAVE TO WEAR THEM IN INDOOR PUBLIC SPACES, AND EVERYBODY VACCINATED OR NOT HAS TO KEEP THE MONEY IN SCHOOLS, WRITING PUBLIC TRANSIT, OR AND HOSPITALS.

>> A BUSINESSES WANT TO REQUIRE YOU TO WEAR MASKS, THEY CAN DO THAT.

>> Reporter: EMPLOYEES HAVE TO CONTINUE WEARING FACE MASKS UNTIL CAL OSHA LIFTS THE ROLE.

DR. BRUTON SAYS OVER 75% OF ELIGIBLE SAN DIEGANS ARE VACCINATED WITH AT LEAST THE FIRST DOSE, PUTTING THE COMMUNITY IN A GOOD POSITION TO REOPEN AND START MIXING AGAIN.

>> WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THINGS ARE OVER.

>> Reporter: IN THE COMING MONTHS, THE VACCINATION PUSH WAS SHIFTED TO KIDS UNDER 12 YEARS OLD.

>> WE URGE SAN DIEGANS TO GET VACCINATED.

PLEASE DO THAT.

>> Reporter: STEPHEN FLETCHER SAYS DAILY CASE COUNTS REMAIN LOW, TO REOPEN TO POST PANDEMIC LIFE.

>> WE ARE NOW POISED FOR TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC RECOVERY.

>> Reporter: RESTAURANT OWNERS HAVE ONE PIECE OF ADVICE.

>> MOST PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING IN RESTAURANTS FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD, LONG HOURS, EXTRA SHIFTS, TO TRY TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN.

BE KIND.

>> Reporter: THERE WILL BE SOME RESTRICTIONS FOR MEGA INDOOR EVENTS, LIKE NEGATIVE TESTING OR PROOF OF VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS WHICH APPLIES TO CONFERENCES AND CONCERTS.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM CELEBRATED THE STATES REOPENING WITH THE BIGGEST DRAWING YET.

PEOPLE GOT $10.5 MILLION EACH, CHOSEN FROM A LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

THIS TIME AROUND, NO NUMBERS FROM SAN DIEGO WERE PULLED.

THE DRAWING HAPPENED AT UNIVERSITY HILLS VIDEOS THEMEPARK, WHICH IS NOW OPEN AT FULL CAPACITY.

COSTUMED CHARACTERS AND TOURISTS STREAMING INTO THE PARK PROVIDED THE BACKDROP FOR THE CELEBRATION.

>> TODAY IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE.

TODAY IS A DAY TO RECONNECT WITH STRANGERS, LOVED ONES, FAMILY MEMBERS, GIVE PEOPLE HUGS, REMIND THEM WE AREN'T OUT OF THE WOODS, AND ALSO, REMIND THAT WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

>> TO PREVIOUS VACCINE LOTTERY WINNERS WERE ALSO THERE AND PRESENTED WITH THEIR OVERSIZED CHECKS FOR $50,000.

>>> COUNTY LEADERS WERE UP EARLY TO CELEBRATE THE OFFICIAL REOPENING.

JACOB AIR WAS THERE FOR THE RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO COUNTY GOT AN EARLY START TO CELEBRATE REOPENING OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

SUPERVISOR NATHAN FLETCHER SAYS HE'S JUST HAPPY FOR THE RETURN TO MORE NORMAL INTERACTIONS.

>> WE ARE READY TO COME BACK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, REBUILD, RENEW, AND WE ARE READY TO ENJOY ONE ANOTHER.

ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT THIS MORNING WAS SEEING FOLKS MINGLING, SMILING, ENJOYING ONE ANOTHER'S COMPANY.

>> Reporter: AT THE SAME TIME, A SEPARATE WREATHLAYING CEREMONY TOOK PLACE AT CITY HALL, A SOBERING REMINDER OF THE MORE THAN 62,000 CALIFORNIANS WHO DIED FROM COVID-19.

JOHN HOPKINS SAYS THE NATIONWIDE DEATH TOLL HAS NOW PASSED 600,000, AND THAT JUST OVER 44% OF AMERICANS ARE NOW FULLY VACCINATED.

SUPERVISOR NORA VARGAS SAYS SHE IS PROUD OF VACCINATION EFFORTS AND SOME OF SAN DIEGO'S HARDEST HIT COMMUNITIES.

>> THE HARDEST HIT COMMUNITIES WERE THE COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH BAY.

OVER 80% OF SOUTH COUNTY FOLKS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE HAVE TWO VACCINES NOW.

>> Reporter: FLETCHER IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REBOUND OF SAN DIEGO'S ECONOMY.

>> ARE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ADAPTED AND STRUGGLED AND OPENED AND CLOSED BUT THEY KEPT FIGHTING, AND NOW THEY ARE IN A POSITION TO TRULY ROAR BACK, ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES OUT THERE.

>> Reporter: LOCAL WORKFORCE EXPERTS EXPECT A SURGE OF LEISURE DEMAND.

KPBS NEWS .

>>> MASK WEARING WILL STILL BE MANDATORY IN THE WORKPLACE FOR A FEW MORE DAYS.

ON THURSDAY, CAL OSHA IS SET TO VOTE ON REVISED GUIDANCE WHICH WOULD GENERALLY ALIGN WITH THE STATES RULES.

IT WOULD REQUIRE THIS IS TO VERIFY WORKERS VACCINATION STATUS AND MAKE MASKS AVAILABLE TO UNVACCINATED WORKERS.

GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAID OF THE BOARD APPROVES THE ROLES, HE IS PREPARED TO ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AND PLUMMETING THEM IMMEDIATELY.

>>> NOT ALL CALIFORNIANS CAN GO BACK TO LIFE AS WE KNEW IT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

COMING UP, WHAT THE REOPENING MEANS FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GET VACCINATED FOR MEDICAL REASONS.

>>> THE FUNERAL WAS HELD TODAY FOR THE TWO SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT DETECTIVES THAT WERE KILLED IN A WRONG WAY CRASH.

REPORTER ALEXANDRA RANGEL HAS MORE ON HOW THEIR LIVES ARE BEING HONORED.

>>> RIGHT NOW THERE IS NOTHING TO DO BUT GRIEVE.

>> Reporter: STILL NUMB BY THE HORRIFIC ACCIDENT THAT TOOK TWO OF THEIR OWN HOME OF THE SANDIA POLICE DEPARTMENT HONORED THE LIVES OF DETECTIVES RYAN PARK, AND JAMIE HUNTLEY PARK.

THEY WERE KILLED IN A WRONG WAY CRASH JUNE 4th ON INTERSTATE 5.

THE MARRIED COUPLE WERE IN THEIR EARLY 30s, BOTH DESCRIBED AS DEDICATED DETECTIVES WHO LOVINGLY SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY.

THEY WERE BOTH PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE TOGETHER IN 2018, AND ON TUESDAY, THEY WERE LAID TO REST IN A JOINT CASKET.

>> I LOVED HIM.

I LOVED WORKING WITH HIM.

AND WHEN MY PHONE RANG FRIDAY, IT CRUSHED ME.

>> Reporter: THE CHAPLAIN SHARED SOME OF HIS FAVORITE MEMORIES OF RYAN.

>> WE WERE 7 HOURS INTO A 10 HOUR SHIFT, AND I WAS GETTING HUNGRY, AND I SAID LET'S GO GET SOMETHING TO EAT.

AND HE GOES, NO, I'M GOOD, AND HE REACHES INTO THE SEAT POCKET AND HE PULLS OUT A BAG OF SKITTLES.

AND I AM LIKE, NO, THAT'S NOT GOING TO CUT IT.

4 JAMIE WAS NOT JUST AN EXCELLENT POLICE DETECTIVE, BUT A DEDICATED HOCKEY COACH.

CHAPLAIN CHUCK PRICE SPOKE TO JAMIE'S HOCKEY TEAM, PRESENT AT THE MEMORIAL.

>> GO FORWARD AND MAKE HER PROUD.

ACHIEVE WHAT YOU DON'T THINK YOU CAN ACHIEVE.

>> Reporter: AS FOR THE FAMILY AND BLUE THEY LEAVE BEHIND, PRICE SHARED WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.

>> GLAD YOU WERE GIFTED WITH THEIR FRIENDSHIP.

BE THANKFUL THAT THEIR IMPACT MAY DO A BETTER PERSON.

>> Reporter: ALEXANDRA RANGEL , KPBS NEWS .

>>> ♪ ♪ >>> PRESIDENT BIDEN'S OVERSEAS TRIP IS IN THE FINAL STRETCH WITH A MAJOR AGENDA ITEM ON DECK.

TOMORROW HE WILL MEET WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN TO DISCUSS HEAVY TOPICS, INCLUDING NUCLEAR SECURITY, AND CYBER ATTACKS, AND AS WE REPORT, IT COMES AT A TIME WHEN U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS ARE AT A LOW POINT.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ARRIVING IN GENEVA, ON THE HEELS OF HIS EFFORT TO REAFFIRM U.S. RELATIONS WITH EUROPEAN ALLIES AT THE G7 AND NATO SUMMITS.

ONE OF HIS GOALS, WALK INTO A SUMMIT WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT LET AMERICA PUTIN WEDNESDAY WITHOUT WESTERN SOLIDARITY BEHIND HIM.

>> WE SHARE A LOT OF HISTORY WITH THE UNITED STATES.

WE SHAPED MUCH OF THE LAST CENTURY, AND NOW IT IS TIME TO SHAPE THIS CENTURY.

>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN HAS SAID HE MAY SEEK COMMON GROUND WITH PUTIN, THINK THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, BUT CYBER ATTACKS ORIGINATING IN RUSSIA ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE RAISED.

IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THEY WILL DISCUSS THE IMPRISONMENT OF U.S. NATIONALS IN RUSSIA.

THAT IS WHY THEY SAY BIDEN NEEDS TO TALK TOUGH WITH PUTIN.

>> HE'S AT WAR WITH WESTERN STANDARDS AND NORMS, AND HE IS FLAUNTING HIS POWER.

RESIDENT BIDEN CAN DEAL WITH HIM WITH RESPECT, BUT HE CAN'T SUGARCOAT THAT.

>> Reporter: MOST AGREE THE MEETING WON'T BRING BIG IMMEDIATE OUTCOMES, BUT HE CAN SET A TONE.

A >> THE BEST THAT HE CAN DO HIS TELEGRAPH THAT HE IS FULL OF RESOLVE, YOU KNOW, THAT HIS GOVERNMENT IS RESOLVED TO RESPOND IF THE RUSSIANS CONTINUE , THAT THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES.

>> Reporter: U.S. OFFICIALS EXPECT THE MEETING TO LAST BETWEEN 4 TO 5 HOURS OR LONGER.

UNLIKE HIS PREDECESSOR AFTER THE 2018 HELSINKI SUMMIT, JOE BIDEN WON'T HOLD UP JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH PUTIN AFTER.

IN WASHINGTON, KPBS NEWS .

>>> A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION IS COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO RECALL AND OCEANSIDE COUNCILMEMBER AFTER DOUBTS ROSE OVER WHERE SHE LIVES.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TONYA THORNE SITS DOWN WITH THE COUNCILMEMBER, AND OPPOSING ORGANIZATION, FOR SOME ANSWERS.

>> Reporter: COREY JENSEN WAS APPOINTED TO OCEANSIDE'S VACANT DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL SEAT BACK IN JANUARY.

THE TERM FOR THE SEAT LAST UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 2022.

A LOCAL GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION CALLED LET OCEANSIDE VOTE IS COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO RECALL JENSEN BEFORE THEN.

>> 22,000 VOTERS SHOULD HAVE THEIR VOICE, INSTEAD OF JUST THREE COUNCILMEMBERS MAKING A CHOICE FOR US AS TO WHO WILL REPRESENT US IN DISTRICT 1.

>> Reporter: CINDY DAVENPORT'S ORGANIZATIONS TEAM LEADER.

SHE AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN GOING INTO THE DISTRICT ONE COMMUNITY, INFORMING VOTERS OF THE RECALL.

THE EFFORT WAS SPARKED BY JENSEN THROUGHOUT TO CLOSE THE BROOKS STREET POOL, A CITY POOL SERVING THE DISTRICT 1 COMMUNITY.

>> OUR JAWS DROPPED, SO THAT IMMEDIATELY TOLD US THAT THIS PERSON IS NOT REPRESENTING US, AND SO WE NEED TO VOTE.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE POOL VOTE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING WHAT THE CITY WAS TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO PAY FOR ITS POOLS.

>> IF THAT HELPED US WITH THE SHORTFALL REGARDING THE POOLS, THEN I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S PROBABLY AN OPTION, TO DO SEASONAL HOURS LIKE MARSHALL STREET.

>> Reporter: IN THE END, JENSEN VOTED TO KEEP THE POOL OPEN, BUT IT LED TO MORE SCRUTINY AND QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE JENSEN LIVES, BECAUSE OF TAX RECORDS SHOWING A CARLSBAD ADDRESS.

THE DA WOUND UP INVESTIGATING CLAIMS THAT JENSEN LIED ABOUT LIVING IN OCEANSIDE, AND FOUND NO CRIMINAL WRONGDOING.

>> MY MOTHER'S PARENTS CAME FROM MEXICO IN THE 1940s.

HE ACTUALLY CAME TO OCEANSIDE.

MY GRANDFATHER STARTED THE FIRST LINEN SUPPLY BUSINESS HERE IN OCEANSIDE TO SERVICE CAMP PENDLETON.

OCEANSIDE IS WHERE MY HEART IS.

IT IS WHERE MY FAMILY IS, AND THIS IS WHERE I LIVE, AND HAVE ALWAYS LIVED.

THIS IS MY HOME.

>> Reporter: RECALL ORGANIZERS SAY JENSEN STILL HAS NOT PROVIDED TANGIBLE PROOF THAT SHE LIVES IN THE CITY.

JENSEN SAYS SHE SEES WHERE RESIDENTS ARE COMING FROM, AND WHY THEY WANT AN ELECTION.

>> I'M HOPING THEY WILL GIVE ME A CHANCE TO DO SOME GOOD, AND THEN, GO FROM THERE, BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE AN ELECTION, AND IF I DO A GOOD JOB, AND I RUN FOR ELECTION, HOPEFULLY I WILL GET MY POSITION BACK, BUT YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE UP TO THE VOTERS AT THAT POINT.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10 TO COLLECT JUST OVER 4000 SIGNATURES.

THEN THERE REGISTER OF VOTERS WILL HAVE 30 DAYS TO VERIFY THE SIGNATURES BEFORE THE RECALL CAN PROCEED.

TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS .

>>> AND JUST IN TIME FOR SUMMER, AND AMID AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER OUR PACKING AREA BEACHES.

ALL KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAE HIT THE COAST WHERE PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING THE BEST PARTS OF SAN DIEGO WITHOUT ANY COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS.

>> Reporter: AFTER 15 LONG MONTHS WHERE FACIAL COVERINGS, SOCIAL DISTANCING, AND LIMITED CAPACITY HAVE BECOME A PART OF OUR NORMAL ROUTINE, CALIFORNIA OFFICIALLY REOPENS TO PRE-COVID STATUS, AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE AND THEN WITH THE SUN, SAND, AND THE OCEAN.

>> TODAY IS LIKE THE 1st DAY.

>> Reporter: CHARLENE GRAYSON IS A SAN DIEGO NATIVE, AND LOVES BEING AT THE BEACH WITHOUT A MASK.

>> THE BEACH MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN DIEGO.

SO, I CANNOT SURF ANYMORE.

CERTAIN THINGS I CAN'T DO, AS LIFE GOES ON, BUT THE BICYCLE, AND MY DOGS.

I GRAB A DIFFERENT DOG EVERY TIME, AND COME DOWN, AND WRITE THE BOARDWALK.

>> Reporter: LAS VEGAS RESIDENT LAUREN KING HAS BEEN ENJOYING THE BEACH WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.

>> IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY'S FACES AGAIN, PEOPLE SMILING AT EVERYBODY.

WE LOVE IT HERE, TO BE AT THE BEACH AND NOT WEAR A MASK.

IT'S AMAZING, AND ESPECIALLY NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT PUTTING A MASK ON HIM IS 10 TIMES BETTER.

>> Reporter: EVEN WITH THE PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS LIFTED, THERE ARE STILL SOME PEOPLE WHO PREFER TO WEAR MASKS.

>> I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE MASK, BECAUSE I'M A GERMOPHOBE, SO I'M A LITTLE BIT SCARED TO GET SICK, BUT I ALSO WANT TO COME OUT AND HAVE FUN.

>> Reporter: ISABELLA GONZALES CAME DOWN FROM CORONA TO ENJOY THE BEACH AFTER A YEAR OF ONLINE LEARNING.

>> I FORGOT THAT COVID WAS EVEN A THING.

IT WAS REALLY NICE.

>>> MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> GET READY FOR SOME RECORD- BREAKING HEAT THAT IS GOING TO LAST, LIKELY COME AT LEAST TO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AM A POTENTIALLY INTO THE WEEKEND.

WE HAVE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED IN EFFECT, LASTING IN SOME SPOTS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK, BUT NEAR THE COAST, IT WILL JUST BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN INTERIOR SECTIONS.

STILL WELL ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR BUT MUCH COOLER THAN THE TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IN THE DESERTS.

I DID MENTION THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS.

HERE THEY ARE POSTED FOR MUCH OF THE REGION FOR RIGO SPRINGS TO MT.

LAGUNA, RAMONA, YOU ARE ALL UNDER THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS.

SOME OF THEM EXPIRE RIGHT AND I.

SOME SATURDAY NIGHT, AND SOME ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

BASICALLY, THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK, AND SOME THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

FOR TONIGHT IN THE METRO, TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING OFF INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60s, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, THOUGH WE WILL SEE THE MARINE LAYER ROLLING BACK IN LATER TONIGHT.

62 DEGREES OCEANSIDE TONIGHT.

ESCONDIDO GETTING DOWN TO 61.

EL CAJON, 65 DEGREES FOR YOUR OVERNIGHT LOW.

AGAIN, SHOWING YOU THE MARINE LAYER, YOU CAN SEE IT REALLY STARTED TO BUILD BACK AND DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

THEN AFTER THAT, THE SUNSHINE COMES OUT IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO WARM UP AGAIN, INTO RECORD HIGH TERRITORY HERE FOR SOME OF YOU.

OCEANSIDE, UPPER 70s.

SAN DIEGO, 75 FOR YOU.

TEMPERATURES NEAR THE COAST ARE CLOSE TO IN SOME SPOTS 10 DEGREES ABOVE WHAT IS AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND THE INTERIOR SECTIONS, MUCH HOTTER.

THURSDAY IS ANOTHER HOT DAY, SO YOU GET THE STORY.

THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE IN THE FORECAST.

NEAR THE COAST, TEMPERATURES RIGHT IN THE UPPER 70s MOTHER THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK AND HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND.

FURTHER INLAND, A LITTLE BIT TOAST YEARS.

LOW TO MID 90s ON THE BOARD OVER THE NEXT FIVE BACK DAYS, AND IN THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES SOARING UP AS WELL , UPPER 70s AND LOW 80s, BUT HERE'S WHERE THE REAL HEAT IS.

IT IS IN THE DESERTS.

WE ARE CLOSE TO 120 OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PAST.

>>> THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA WILL REQUIRE ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF AND FACULTY TO BE FULLY VACCINATED FOR COVID-19 BEFORE RETURNING TO CAMPUS IN THE FALL.

IT IS A CHANGE FROM THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS PREVIOUS POLICY THAT IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE VACCINES UNTIL AT LEAST ONE WAS FULLY APPROVED BY THE FDA.

THOSE WITH APPROVED EXEMPTIONS WILL HAVE TO WEAR FACE COVERINGS ON CAMPUS, AND UNDERGO COVID-19 TESTING.

>>> TODAY MY CALIFORNIANS ARE CELEBRATING THEIR REDISCOVERED FREEDOMS.

THAT IS EXCEPT FOR ONE GROUP.

KPBS REPORTER CLAIRE TRAGUS ARE INTRODUCES US TO PEOPLE WHO CANNOT GET VACCINES OR MEDICAL REASONS.

>>> IS POOR TIMING.

I THINK IT WAS 2 WEEKS AFTER I GOT MY MEDICATION THAT THE VACCINE GOT AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO GOT THE VACCINE.

>> Reporter: THIS IS BERNIE'S.

WE ARE NOT USING HER LAST NAME FOR PRIVACY REASONS.

SHE KNEW SHE WOULD BE NEAR THE FRONT OF A LINE FOR THE VACCINE WHEN THEY BECAME AVAILABLE LAST WINTER, BUT SHE HAS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, AND OTHER TIME, HER SYMPTOMS WERE FLARING UP.

>> I'M PRETTY COMFORTABLE BEING UNCOMFORTABLE, BECAUSE I AM A RUNNER.

LIKE HOW MUCH DISCOMFORT CAN I DEAL WITH?

I DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S THE QUESTION.

HOW MUCH DISCOMFORT WAS I WILLING TO ACCEPT.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE DRUG TREATMENTS THAT ALLEVIATE HER SYMPTOMS, BUT THEY SUPPRESS HER IMMUNE SYSTEM, MAKING THE VACCINES A FAR LESS EFFECTIVE.

SO IF SHE WERE TO DO THE TREATMENTS, SHE COULD NOT TAKE THE VACCINE FOR 6 MONTHS.

>> AT ONE POINT, I WAS LIKE I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.

>> Reporter: SO SHE GOT HER TREATMENT.

2 WEEKS LATER, SHE WAS ELIGIBLE TO GET THE VACCINE, BUT INSTEAD, NOW SHE WILL BE WAITING UNTIL AUGUST.

>> IS MORE FRUSTRATING NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE BACK TO NORMAL.

4 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE NATIONWIDE HAVE CHRONIC CONDITIONS REQUIRING IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENTS.

AIDS, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND CROHN'S DISEASE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES.

ALSO INCLUDED ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED ORGAN TRANSPLANTS, AND MANY CANCER PATIENTS.

UC SAN DIEGO EPIDEMIOLOGIST REBECCA FIELDING MILLER SAYS THESE PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING ENOUGH CONSIDERATION.

>> WE HAVE NOT DONE A GREAT JOB THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY, PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT 100% ABLE-BODIED THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PANDEMIC.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS LOOSENING MASK RULES AND STORES AND WORKPLACES PUT UNFAIR BURDENS ON PEOPLE.

>> WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYBODY CAN FEEL SAFE AND GOING TO TARGET, AND, YOU KNOW, PURCHASE A CARTON OF ICE CREAM AND NOT HAVE THAT BE A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE.

>> OTHER THAN THOSE VERY RARE CIRCUMSTANCES, PEOPLE SHOULD BE GETTING A COVID-19 VACCINE.

>> Reporter: DR. DEBBIE SMITH, AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AT UC SAN DIEGO, SAYS ONLY PEOPLE WITH KNOWN ALLERGIES TO THE VACCINE INGREDIENT SHOULD SKIP THE SHOT.

THAT MEANS PEOPLE ON IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENTS SHOULD PROBABLY STILL GET COVID- 19 VACCINES, EVEN IF THEY WON'T BE AS PROTECTED AS A HEALTHY PERSON.

>> WHAT I WOULD SAY, BUT I DO SAY TO MY PATIENTS IS GOING TO GIVE YOU THE VACCINE, BUT YOU HAVE A CONDITION, OR YOU ARE TAKING A MEDICATION WHERE THIS MIGHT NOT WORK AS WELL FOR YOU, SO YOU NEED TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND BE CAREFUL.

>> THE MOST I WOULD DO IS DRIVE THROUGH, AND THAT'S IT.

>> Reporter: THAT IS THE ATTITUDE TAKEN BY BIANCA SANTOS, WHO TAKES IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUGS AFTER HER KIDNEY TRANSPLANT.

SHE RECEIVED BOTH DOSES OF THE MODERNA VACCINE, BUT KNOWS THEY MAY NOT BE AS EFFECTIVE ON HER, SO SHE DOESN'T FEEL THE FREEDOM MANY OTHERS EXPERIENCE POST VACCINE.

>> IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING, BECAUSE YOU SEE YOUR FRIENDS GOING OUT AND STUFF, AND DOING ACTIVITIES OUTDOORS, EATING AT RESTAURANTS.

>> Reporter: IS A YOUNG PERSON, SHE SAYS IT'S DEPRESSING TO LOOK AT HER FRIENDS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.

CLAIRE TRAGESER, KPBS NEWS .

>>> ONE AREA OF THE COUNTY NOT REALLY REJOICING OVER THE STATES REOPENING IS SEND YOU CEDRO.

BUSINESS LEADERS THERE SAID THEY WON'T FULLY RECOVER UNTIL THE BORDER IS REOPENED.

95% OF THEIR CUSTOMERS COME FROM MEXICO AND SO FAR, 197 OF THE 800 BUSINESSES IN THE BORDER DISTRICT HAVE CLOSED IN THE PAST 15 MONTHS.

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ESTIMATES THEY'VE ONLY HAD ABOUT $250 MILLION IN SALES FROM MARCH OF 2022 MARCH OF 2021, DOWN FROM $895 MILLION IN A TYPICAL YEAR.

>> THIS YEAR HAS REALLY BEEN UNDERWATER FOR 15 MONTHS.

THERE IS NO LOGISTICAL, LOGICAL, SCIENTIFIC REASON THAT THEY NEED TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN FULLY REOPEN FOR LEGAL CROSSINGS.

>> Reporter: THE BORDER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL AT LEAST JUNE 21.

AT THAT POINT, IT COULD REOPEN, OR THE CLOSURE COULD BE EXTENDED BY ANOTHER MONTH POINT >>> YOUTH IN SAN DIEGO WILL SOON HAVE A NEW RESOURCE TO TURN TO FOR SUPPORT.

KPBS REPORTERS TELL US ABOUT THE NEWLY FUNDED OFFICE OF CHILD AND YOUTH SUCCESS.

>> Reporter: THE NEWLY PASSED CITY BUDGET INCLUDES $350,000 TO LAUNCH THE NEW OFFICE.

IT'S GOAL WILL BE TO COORDINATE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CITY MUST SPECIFICALLY THOSE AGED 16 TO 24.

THERE ARE A LOT OF SERVICES OUT THERE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT THERE WAS NEVER A CENTRALIZED PLACE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO TURN TO.

>> I THINK THIS OFFICE GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FIRST TIME TO CREATE THAT COLLABORATION, AND COORDINATION THAT HAS BEEN NEEDED FOR WAY TOO LONG.

>> Reporter: THE OFFICE WILL HELP YOUNG PEOPLE FIND JOBS, TRAINING, MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, AND OTHER FOCUSED SUPPORT.

THE NEW OFFICE WILL BE UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE MAYOR ABOUT ARDEN HOPES YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE THE ONES TO DECIDE HOW THE OFFICE OPERATES, IT WILL MAKE UP MUCH OF ITS STAFF.

>> I HAVE NEVER MET A YOUNG PERSON OR SPOKEN TO A YOUNG PERSON WHO HAS SAID THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICES ARE INCLUDED IN LEADERSHIP AND IN DECISION- MAKING, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS.

THEY FEEL LIKE PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEM, AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW IT BECAUSE THEY ARE A YOUNG PERSON.

WE ARE HOPING THE OFFICE WILL BE A SPACE, AND A CENTRAL SPACE WITHIN THE CITY OF SENEGAL WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN FEEL LIKE THEY CAN BE INVOLVED.

>> Reporter: PROPONENTS OF SUCH AN OFFICE HAVE BEEN LOBBYING FOR ITS CREATION FOR 15 YEARS.

TODD GLORIA ORIGINALLY LEFT THE OFFICE OUT OF HIS BUDGET, BUT SIX CITY COUNCILMEMBERS PUSH FOR INCLUSION IN THE FINAL BUDGET, WHICH WAS PASSED YESTERDAY.

OTHER CALIFORNIA CITIES LIKE DIFFERENT CISCO AND L.A. HAVE SUCH OFFICES.

THE PANDEMIC HAS UNDERSCORED THE NEED FOR IT, ESPECIALLY WITH 40% OF THE COUNTY'S CHILDREN NOW FACING NUTRITION AND SECURITY.

>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO WE HAVE AN OFFICE WHERE WE ARE LIKE, WHAT IS A YOUNG PERSON NEED?

IF TOMORROW A CHILD IS BORN IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, RIGHT?

WHAT WOULD THEY NEED TO GROW UP TO BE YOUNG, SUCCESSFUL, FUNCTIONAL ADULTS?

ARE BACK PLANNING FOR THE OFFICE WILL BEGIN IN EARLY JANAE.

>>> HEARS ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

CALIFORNIA HAS LIFTED MOST COVID RELATED RESTRICTIONS AS OF TODAY.

THOSE INCLUDE CAPACITY LIMITS AT BUSINESSES, MASKS FOR ALASKA NATIVE PEOPLE, AND SOCIAL DISTANCING.

CALIFORNIA WAS THE FIRST STATE IN AMERICA TO GO ON LOCKDOWN, BUT IT HAS TURNED A PAGE ON THE PANDEMIC.

>>> AND SAN DIEGO LEADERS WORK THE OFFICIAL REOPENING WITH IN EARLY-MORNING CELEBRATION OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

AT THE SAME TIME, A SEPARATE WREATHLAYING CEREMONY TOOK PLACE AT CITY HALL, AS A REMINDER OF THE MORE THAN 62,000 CALIFORNIANS WHO DIED FROM COVID-19.

>>> A DOG THAT HAD HER BACK FEET PARTIALLY IMITATED HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY A FAMILY WHO UNDERSTANDS HER CHALLENGES.

CHLOE IS A 9-YEAR-OLD SHE TO.

SHE WAS RESCUED FROM YOUR MESA BACK IN MARCH, AND RECOVERED FROM SURGERY AND WAS FITTED WITH ORTHOPEDIC SLIPPERS AT THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY'S ESCONDIDO CAMPUS READ CHLOE WAS FOSTERED BY SD PD DETECTIVE JAMES CHAPPY HUNTER, WHO LOST HIS LEG IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH YEARS AGO, AND NOW HUNTER AND HIS FAMILY HAVE MADE HER A PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.

SHE LOOKS SO HAPPY.

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