[ MUSIC ] MAJOR FUNDING HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KEY PBS, AND PRIVILEGED TO SERVE CLIENTS.

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AND BY THE CONRAD FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCO SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

[ MUSIC ] AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.

[ MUSIC ] GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

, IT IS MAY 4TH.

COVID-19 VACCINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THOSE AGES 16 AND OLDER, BUT ARE MINORS ACTUALLY GETTING VACCINATED?

MATT HOFFMAN TELLS US THOSE UNDER 18 NEED PARENTAL PERMISSION TO GET SHOTS, AND ELIGIBILITY COULD BE OPENING FOR EVEN YOUNGER KIDS.

>> THE REALITY IS, IF WE DON'T GET VACCINATED, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FULLY OPEN AND GET BACK TO A NORMAL LIFE.

>> CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER DOCTOR GAIL KNIGHT SINCE THE VACCINATION CLINIC IS OPEN.

GETTING SHOTS TO MINORS, COUNTYWIDE, HAS BEEN SLOW GOING.

>> WE NEED TARGETED CAMPAIGNS TO PARENTS AND TEENS, SO THEY REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: THROUGH MAY 1ST, 29% OF 16-YEAR-OLD AND 17-YEAR- OLD COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE VACCINE, WHICH TRANSLATES TO AROUND 22,000 TEENS.

>> WE WANT TO ENGAGE THE SCHOOLS TO DO THAT, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND BE IN THE COMMUNITY TO GET A POPULATION OF KIDS VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: THE FIRST VACCINATION EVENT TARGETING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WAS HELD AT SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL.

ONLY THE PFIZER VACCINE IS CURRENTLY APPROVED FOR 16 -YEAR-OLDS AND 17 -YEAR-OLDS.

WHILE APPOINTMENTS ARE ENCOURAGED, THEY ARE TAKING WALK-INS, AND PARENTAL PERMISSION IS STILL REQUIRED FOR A MINOR TO GET A SHOT.

THE MAIN QUESTION PEOPLE ARE HEARING, IS IT SAFE FOR MY KID?

NO ABSOLUTELY, 16 PLUS WERE INCLUDED.

>> THOSE INFECTED TEND TO HAVE MINOR SYMPTOMS, BUT SOME HAVE CORONAVIRUS RELATED DEATHS.

>> WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH COVID.

WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.

WE DO KNOW THAT KIDS CUT CAN GET SICK.

DRUG REGULATORS HAVE APPROVED VACCINATIONS FOR KIDS, GETTING MINORS VACCINATED IS CRITICAL IN REACHING HERD IMMUNITY AT PROTECTING THOSE MOST AT RISK.

>> YOUR OLDER FRIENDS, RELATIVES, AND TEACHERS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE 80, THEY CAN BE 40 OR 50.

>> MOST CASES, PARENTS WILL HAVE TO BE WITH THEIR KIDS, TEENS ARE MONITORED FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER, 30 MINUTES AFTER SHOTS, TO WATCH OUT FOR ANY SYMPTOMS.

MATT HOFFMAN, KEY PBS NEWS.

A >>> GRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL HAS DELIVERED 100,000 COVID-19 VACCINES.

LOONS MARKING THE MILESTONE WERE PUT UP INSIDE THE VACCINATION CLINIC.

AND UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING NO NEW CASES OF COVID-19 SINCE THEY STARTED TESTING PATIENTS IN A MARCH OF LAST YEAR.

>>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS SETTING A NEW VACCINATION GOAL, HE HOPES THAT THE NATION WILL REACH IT IN TIME TO CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY.

>> THE GOAL IS TO HAVE 70% OF ADULT AMERICANS RELEASED WITH ONE SHOT, AND 160 MILLION AMERICANS FULLY VACCINATED.

>> PFIZER SAID IT PLANS TO ASK THE FDA TO AUTHORIZE EMERGENCY USE OF THE VACCINE FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF TWO YEARS OLD AND 11 YEARS OLD BY SEPTEMBER.

A REQUEST FOR CHILDREN AGES 12 THROUGH 17 COULD COME NEXT WEEK.

>>> THREE COVID VACCINATION SITES IN OCEANSIDE, CHULA VISTA, AND EL CAJON WILL BE OFFERING EVENING HOURS.

WALK IN OR MAKE AN APPOINTMENT ONLINE FOR A FIRST OR SECOND DOSE OF PFIZER OR MATERNAL VACCINES.

HOURS ARE FROM 1:00 A.M. UNTIL 8:00 P.M. YOU CAN FIND LOCATIONS CLOSE TO YOU, AT KEY PBS.ORG.

JUST CLICK ON THE VACCINES TAB ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

>>> THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY PLANS TO SEND A LETTER REQUESTING ALL MIGRANTS TO BE TESTED FOR COVID-19.

OUR KEY PBS OR HAS MORE ON THE MOTION PASSED BY THE BOARD TODAY.

>> MY CONCERN IS THAT THE FEDS ARE NOT COVID TESTING THAT MIGRANTS THAT CROSS WITHOUT INSPECTION.

>> THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD MEMBER JIM DESMOND SAYS SOME MIGRANTS GETTING RELEASED ARE NOT PROPERLY TESTED OR TREATED FOR COVID-19.

DESMOND MADE A MOTION ON TUESDAY'S BOARD MEETING TO SEND A LETTER TO THE WHITE HOUSE REQUESTING THAT ANY MIGRANTS RELEASED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHOULD BE TESTED FOR COVID-19.

THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY WITH A SUPERVISOR CHAIR, NATION FLETCHER.

NATHAN FLETCHER.

>> WE WANT THEM TO DO TESTING AND TREATMENT, AS THEIR JOB, AND WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO THAT, THAT IS THE APPROPRIATE THING FOR US TO DO.

>> DESMOND IS CONCERNED ABOUT MIGRANTS WHO ARE RELEASED STRAIGHT FROM FOR PATROL CUSTODY .

>> SOME OF THEM GO THROUGH JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES AND OTHER ENTITIES.

IF THEY CAN'T TAKE THEM, AND THESE MIGRANTS ARE LET GO IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, TRANSIT STATIONS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> A NONPROFIT IN SAN DIEGO HELPS MIGRANT FAMILIES, THEY CONFIRMED THAT MIGRANTS RELEASED BY US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL WERE NOT BEING TESTED FOR COVID-19.

THE NONPROFIT SAID THAT DOZENS ARE DROPPED OFF DAILY, AT LOCAL TRANSIT STATIONS.

>>> A US CITIZEN IS IN CUSTODY, ACCUSED OF CAPTAINING A BOAT THAT CRASHED NEAR POINT LOMA, KILLING THREE PEOPLE, INJURING MORE THAN TWO DOZEN OTHERS.

THE NAME OF THE MAN SUSPECTED IN THE MIGRANT SMUGGLING OPERATION IS NOT RELEASED.

THE MEXICAN NATIONALS DIED ON SUNDAY WHEN THE 40-FOOT BOAT CRASHED INTO THE ROCKY SHORELINE.

27 OF THE SURVIVORS WERE FROM MEXICO, ONE WAS FROM GUATEMALA.

>>> 24 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN MEXICO CITY WHEN AN OVERPASS COLLAPSED, SENDING A TRAIN CRASHING ONTO THE STREET BELOW.

THE ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT WAS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST IN THE HISTORY OF THE METRO SYSTEM, WHICH IS AMONG THE BUSIEST IN THE WORLD.

TODAY THEY USED A CRANE TO LOWER A TRAIN CAR TO THE GROUND AS THEY SEARCHED THROUGH THE WRECKAGE.

77 PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALIZED.

>>> TODAY THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS EXPECTED TO FORMALLY SUPPORT THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT WHICH SEEKS TO FEDERALLY BAN CHOKEHOLD AND LIMIT QUALIFIED IMMUNITY.

CALIFORNIA HAS ITS OWN STANDARD OF USE OF FOURTH, NEXT TO BILL 8392.

IT BECAME LAW LAST YEAR.

LAUREL ROSEN HALL BREAKS DOWN THE EFFECT OF THE CHANGE, ON POLICE OFFICERS AND CITIZENS.

[ MUSIC ] >> ON AVERAGE, CALIFORNIA POLICE SHOOT AND KILL SOMEONE EVERY TWO OR THREE DAYS, HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE EVEN CONSIDERING THE SIZE OF CALIFORNIA.

AFTER SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE CASES OF POLICE SHOOTING UNARMED PEOPLE, STATE LAWMAKERS DECIDED TO ACT.

>> I VOTE FOR THIS LAW.

>> A NEW LAW, TIGHTENING STANDARDS.

>> HERE IS WHAT THE NEW LAW MEANS FOR CALIFORNIANS, AND POLICE.

WHEN PROSECUTOR DECIDED A POLICE SHOOTING IS JUSTIFIED, THEY TURNED TO A LEGAL STANDARD SET BY THE SUPREME COURT IN 1989.

>> YOUR ARGUMENT, NEXT.

>> IT SAYS ESSENTIALLY USE OF FORCE MUST BE REASONABLE REASONABLE.

WHAT A REASONABLE OFFICER IN THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES DO THE SAME THING?

IT MAY BE JUSTIFIED.

THIS IS SET AS A LEGAL PROTECTION THAT THEY NEED TO PERFORM A DANGEROUS JOB.

CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATES SEE IT AS A SQUISHY STANDARD THAT HAS FAILED TO HOLD OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR UNNECESSARY KILLINGS.

CALIFORNIA IS GOING BEYOND A REASONABLE STANDARD TO LIMIT WHEN POLICE CAN SHOOT.

OFFICERS CAN NOW ONLY USE DEADLY FORCE WHEN NECESSARY, IN THE DEFENSE OF HUMAN LIFE.

THE LAW SAYS OFFICERS ARE SUPPOSED TO SHOOT ONLY IF THERE IS IMMINENT THREAT OF DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY.

IT ALSO SAYS THAT IN DETERMINING IF A SHOOTING IS JUSTIFIED, AUTHORITIES MUST LOOK AT THE BEHAVIOR LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING, OF BOTH THE SUBJECT, AND THE OFFICER.

THAT IS SUPPOSED TO ENCOURAGE POLICE TO DE-ESCALATE SITUATIONS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

>> WE WANT TO THANK SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS.

>> THE NEW LAW IS A WIN FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATES WHO WANT TO SEE RESTRICT THE USE OF POLICE DEADLY FORCE FOR A LONG TIME.

TO GET THE BILLS THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE, THEY HAD TO COMPROMISE WITH POLICE.

IN THE COMPROMISE, LAWMAKERS TOOK OUT A DEFINITION OF THE WORK NECESSARY, THIS MEANS A LOT OF THE POWER OF THE NEW LAW IS LARGELY GOING TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COURTS, AND IN FUTURE CASES IT WILL BE UP TO THEM TO DECIDE WHAT NECESSARY MEANS.

THEY ALSO INCORPORATED IDEAS FROM THE SUPREME COURT REASONABLE STANDARD.

THE NEW QUESTION FOR DECIDING IF A SHOOTING IS JUSTIFIED WILL BASICALLY BE WHAT A REASONABLE OFFICER WOULD THINK WHETHER OR NOT IT IS NECESSARY.

AFTER THE COMPROMISE, POLICE A DROPPED OPPOSITION TO THE BILL.

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS PULLED THEIR SUPPORT.

THE LAW GOES INTO EFFECT ON NEW YEAR'S DAY OF 2020.

HERE IS ONE MORE THING THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW.

CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS ALSO ADVANCED A POLICE BACKED BILL ABOUT DEADLY FORCE THAT WILL GIVE OFFICERS MORE TRAINING ABOUT THE NEW STANDARD, AND IT WILL BRING INFORMATION ABOUT THINGS LIKE BIAS, AND ALTERNATIVES FOR FIRING THEIR GUNS.

>>> AN ATTORNEY FOR DEREK CHAUVIN HAS FILED A MOTION, ASKING FOR A NEW TRIAL, THE FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER WAS CONVICTED FOR THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD LAST MONTH.

HIS LAWYER IS ALLEGING JURY AND PROSECUTOR MISCONDUCT, AS WELL AS WITNESS INTIMIDATION.

IT ALSO CLAIMS THAT THE COURT ABUSED DISCRETION IN NOT GRANTING A CHANGE OF VENUE OR SEQUESTERING THE JURY.

THERE IS NO WORD WHEN THE JUDGE WILL RESPOND.

>>> TODD GLORIOUS IS PITCHING HIS ANNUAL BUDGET PLAN THIS WEEK.

TODAY THE FOCUS IS ON SMALL BUSINESS, WITH SPENDING THAT COULD INCLUDE $10 MILLION FOR GRANTS AND LOANS, FOR LOCAL COMPANIES AND NONPROFITS.

$2 MILLION WOULD COME FROM MATCHING FUNDING FROM THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION.

THE MONEY IS NEEDED.

BUT THE MAYOR SAYS HIS PLAN GOES BEYOND GETTING CASH FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT.

SO I'M NOT LETTING OUT ANY DEEP SECRETS WHEN YOU SAY THAT NAVIGATING THE BUREAUCRATIC WORLD OF CITY HALL CAN SOMETIMES BE COMPENSATED AND OFTEN FRUSTRATING.

WE'VE CREATED A NEW SMALL BUSINESS CONCIERGE PROGRAM AT THE CITY TO HELP BUSINESSES TO QUICKLY NAVIGATE THE REGULATORY PROCESS TO GET REOPENED AND TO EMPLOY MORE SAN DIEGO RESIDENTS.

>> THE MAYOR MADE HIS COMMENTS WHILE VISITING THE KEARNY MESA DISTRICT.

HE, SCOTT PETERSON AND OTHERS MET AFTER BENEFITING FROM A COUNTY PROGRAM.

ADVOCATES FOR SAM PASQUAL ACADEMY ARE WORKING TO KEEP THE FACILITY OPEN AS THE STATE TRIES TO CLOSE ITS DOORS.

TANIA THORNE TELLS US THAT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, THAT COUNTY AND ACADEMY SUPPORTERS MUST AGREE TO THE TERMS THAT NOT EVERYONE FINDS AGREEABLE.

>> TUCKED IN THE HILLS NEAR THE WILD ANIMAL PARK SAT A ONE-OF-A- KIND EDUCATIONAL CAMPUS FOR FOSTER YOUTH.

IN MARCH, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA INFORMED THE FACILITY THAT THE PROGRAM WOULD BE ENDING IN OCTOBER.

>> WE KICK THIS SET OF YOUTH THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUT, THE DEPENDENCE OF THE STATE, AND OF THE COURT.

MANY OF THEM HAVE NO FAMILY.

WE PUT THEM OUT OF THEIR HOME.

>> OTHER ADVOCATES FOR THE ACADEMY HAVE BEEN FIGHTING TO EXTEND THE PROGRAM UNTIL JUNE OF 2022.

IN ORDER FOR THAT EXTENSION TO HAPPEN, THE COUNTY AND THE ACADEMY MUST AGREE TO THE CONDITIONS THAT THE STATE HAS SENT IN A LETTER.

THE MAIN CONDITION, NO MORE FOSTER YOUTH CAN ENROLL IN THE ACADEMY.

>> TO SAY THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER GOING TO SEND YOUTH TO THIS CAMPUS IS TO SAY THAT THIS ACADEMY WILL CLOSE.

>> CURRENTLY THERE ARE 82 FOSTER YOUTH AT SPA, 50 WHO HAVE GRADUATED AND RETURNED TO LIVE THERE, AND A NEIL FEDERAL LAW DISCOURAGES FUNDING FOR CONGREGANT LIVING IN FOSTER CARE FACILITIES, AND IT'S THE ONE OTHER REASON CITED FOR SHUTDOWNS.

HARRIS IS A FORMER FOSTER YOUTH WHO ATTENDED SPA, HE SUGGESTS THAT THE VALUABLE LAND COULD BE ANOTHER REASON.

>> THERE IS A'S DIFFERENT GOAL, MAYBE, JUST MAYBE THE STATE AND COUNTY HAVE NOT INVESTED IN THIS.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THIS 238 ACRES?

>> JIM DESMOND WAS NOT ABLE TO COMMENT.

ADVOCATES WILL BE ASKING THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT, ALLOWING NEW FOSTER YOUTH ENROLLMENT.

TANIA THORNE REPORTING WITH PBS NEWS.

>>> FIREFIGHTERS ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS ON THE SOUTHERN FIRE, EAST OF JULIAN.

THE LAST UPDATE FROM CAL FIRE PUT CONTAINMENT AT 65%, THE 5184 ACRE BRUSH FIRE WAS REPORTED ON SUNDAY, ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, ON THE GREAT OVERLAND STAGE ROW IN SHELTER VALLEY.

THREE HOMES IN TWO OTHER STRUCTURES WERE DESTROYED.

ALL EVACUATION ORDERS HAVE BEEN LIFTED.

>>> CAL FIRE CREWS ACROSS THE STATE ARE NOT ONLY DEALING WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND HOT WEATHER, BUT ALSO A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF FRONT-LINE FIREFIGHTERS AVAILABLE TO HELP.

THAT'S BECAUSE THE INMATE POPULATION, WHICH WAS A LARGE PART THE STATE FIREFIGHTING FORCE HAS DROPPED SIGNIFICANT LEAVE.

NOW THE CALIFORNIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD IS STEPPING IN, 13 HAND CREWS ARE GETTING TRAINING FROM CAL FIRE TO BE SENT OUT TO FIRES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

>> A LOT OF THIS TRAINING IS NEW, SO JUST BEING FLEXIBLE, LEARNING, BEING ABLE TO ADAPT AND OVERCOME THOSE OBSTACLES SEEMS TO BE THE BIGGEST FOCAL POINT.

>> WHILE THEY MAY BE IN THE LEARNING STAGES, IF A WILDFIRE WERE TO BREAK OUT, THEY WOULD BE RUSHED TO THE LINES, TO HELP CONTAIN IT.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE WARMING UP HERE, IN THE SOUTHWEST, ONCE AGAIN WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL.

THAT MEANS A NICE, DRY PATTERN, ALSO A PRETTY WARM ONE, WE WILL GET TOASTY ONCE AGAIN, AND THE COASTAL CITIES, IT'S GOING TO STAY A LITTLE BIT ON THE COOLER SIDE, COMPARED TO THE REST OF US.

OVERNIGHT HERE TONIGHT, LOW SIXTIES, SOME FOG DEVELOPING LATE IN THE METRO, ELSEWHERE, TEMPERATURES ARE PRETTY MILD AS WELL, SITTING AT 55 DEGREES TONIGHT FOR OCEANSIDE, ESCONDIDO GETTING DOWN TO 54 DEGREES, AND BORREGO SPRINGS IN THE LOWER SIXTIES, AGAIN THAT HE REALLY GETS LOCKED IN, FOR WEDNESDAY, AND THE MORE INLAND REGIONS DOWN INTO THE DESERT.

BUT IT DOES REMAIN PRETTY COOL NEAR THE COAST, CUT TEMPERATURES FURTHER INLAND ARE GOING TOREMAIN MUCH WARMER THAN WHAT IS AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

HIGH TEMPERATURE IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON GET UP INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER EIGHTIES, IN SOME SPOTS.

ESCONDIDO IS 85 DEGREES FOR YOUR HIGH TOMORROW, RAMONA IS GETTING UP TO 89 DEGREES, AND BORREGO SPRINGS IS CLOSE TO 100 DEGREES FOR YOUR HIGH ON WEDNESDAY.

AND MUCH OF THE SAME IS LIKELY AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY, SOME TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE DROPPING OFF HERE AS THIS AREA OF REALLY HOT CONDITIONS BEGINS TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INLAND.

AND AGAIN, NEAR THE COAST, WE ARE STILL GOING TO REMAIN A LITTLE BIT BELOW AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, SO WEDNESDAY IS LOOKING LIKE THE WARMEST DAY FOR YOU, NEAR THE COAST, WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER SEVENTIES.

FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK WE ARE GOING TO HANG AROUND 70 DEGREES, SO IT'S NOT A LOT COOLER, NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED FOR YOU NEAR THE COAST.

FURTHER INLAND, MUCH OF THE SAME STORY, CHAPTERS ARE PEAKING ON WEDNESDAY, IN THE MIDDLE EIGHTIES, AFTER THAT, WE DROP OFF TO THE 80-DEGREE MARK FOR THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY.

UPPER SUNDAYS ON SATURDAY, THEN LOOK AT THAT COOLDOWN, THAT'S WHEN WE GET INTO SUNDAY, LOWER SEVENTIES.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, THE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE IN THE UPPER SIXTIES FOR WEDNESDAY, THEN WE COOL THINGS BACK DOWN ON THE MIDDLE SIXTIES ON THURSDAY, BACK TO THE LOWER SIXTIES ON FRIDAY, ON SATURDAY, AND ON SUNDAY.

AT THE DESERT IT STAYS TOASTY, MIDDLE TO UPPER NINETIES FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY, AT A COOLDOWN ON THURSDAY, AND ON FRIDAY, AND HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND.

FOR PBS NEWS, I AM YOUR METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PASH.

>> CLIMATE CHANGE IS EATING THINGS UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE NEW NORMAL TEMPERATURE IN THE UNITED STATES IS NOW 1 DEGREE HOTTER THAN IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO.

AND THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, THE FINDINGS ARE BASED ON 30 YEARS OF DATA, ALSO SHOWING THAT IT'S GETTING DRY IN THE WEST, AND MORE WET IN THE EAST.

>>> A CELEBRATION TODAY IN THE SOUTH BAY, WITH A RIBBON CUTTING PROJECT ALONG THE CHULA VISTA BAYFRONT.

THE OUTDOOR SAN DIEGO BAY IS NOW OPEN, AND THE FIRST MAJOR PROJECTS IN THE MASTER PLAN TO DO SO.

>> THE PATH WILL CIRCLE THE ENTIRE BAY, IT WILL BE 23 MILES OF ALMOST ALL CLASS A BIKE PATH, THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.

AND YOU CAN HOP ON THE BIKE PATH, THROUGH TO NATIONAL CITY, RIGHT HERE.

>> THE RV SITE HAS A MIX OF VACATION COTTAGE RENTALS, RESORTS AND AMENITIES, ALONG WITH THE LIVING COAST CENTER NEXT DOOR.

MORE PROJECTS ARE COMING, WITH 200 MORE ACRES OF SPACE, WALKING, BIKING, TRAILS, SHOPS, AND DINING.

>>> A NEW STUDY FINDS A SPECIES UNDER STRESS FROM HYPER EFFICIENT COMMERCIAL FISHING.

ERIK ANDERSON HAS THE DETAILS.

>> THE SARDINE FISHERY HAS COLLAPSED FOUR TIMES IN THE PAST THREE DECADES.

IT IS PUTTING THAT INDUSTRY AT RISK.

A BETTER FISHERY MANAGEMENT APPROACH IS NEEDED TO KEEP THE SARDINES FROM PERMANENTLY CRASHING.

STANFORD SCIENTISTS SAY OVERFISHING IS DEVASTATING THE SARDINE POPULATION.

>> THERE'VE BEEN FOUR COLLAPSES OF THE SARDINE FISHERY IN THE LAST COUPLE DECADES.

IT'S BASICALLY PROVING THAT FISHING HAS AN IMPACT, AND IF YOU ACTUALLY ACCOUNT FOR IT, YOU CAN INCREASE THE VALUE OF THE FISHERY, BY AT LEAST 50%.

>> THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF FISHERMEN WHO RELY ON THE SARDINES, BUT A RESEARCHER HAS TOLD US COMMERCIAL FLEETS ARE TOO EFFICIENT, AND THERE CATCHES ARE NOT REGULATED.

HE WORRIES THAT THE FISHERY IS BEING OVERFISHED, WHICH IS BAD FOR EVERYONE.

>> RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THE MODEL, WE HAVE THE SCIENCE, BUT I THINK THE BIG DISCUSSION IS IN THE POLITICAL ARENA AND THE WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN A PARTICULAR WAY.

>> THE COMMERCIAL FLEET IS RUN BY ONLY A HANDFUL OF COMPANIES, AND THEIR SHIPS CAN TAKE 3000 TONS OF FISH PER NIGHT.

CATCHING SO MANY FISH WHEN STOCK IS LOW CAN BE DEVASTATING FOR A SPECIES THAT MAY ALREADY BE SUFFERING FROM HOT OCEAN TEMPERATURES.

>> RIGHT NOW THE BIG DISCUSSION IS THAT WITH ALL THE CLIMACTIC CHANGES, AND THE ECOLOGICAL IMPACT, IF THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO USE THESE RESOURCES.

SO NOT NECESSARILY THAT THIS FISH NEEDS TO DISAPPEAR, BUT A HUGE TRANSFORMATION OF HOW THESE FISH, THIS RESOURCE IS NEEDED MORE THAN EVER.

>> THE LATEST IS PUBLISHED.

ERIC ANSWER ANDERSON, REPORTING WITH KEY PBS NEWS.

A >>> MAY IS ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH.

SEPARATIONS ARE LIMITED, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, BUT MELISSA MAY SHOWS US HOW SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN EMBRACED WITH AWARENESS THIS MONTH.

>> THE MONTH OF MAY CELEBRATES ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN THE UNITED STATES.

THIS MONTH COMMEMORATES THE IMMIGRATION OF THE FIRST JAPANESE TO THE UNITED STATES, AND IT MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMPLETION OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD, WHOSE WORKERS WERE MOSTLY CHINESE IMMIGRANTS.

>> IT ALL STARTS WITH ACTUALLY DEVELOPING AWARENESS AND EDUCATION.

>> CANTLEY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PACIFIC ARTS MOVEMENT SELLERS FOR CELEBRATES HERITAGE MONTH, AND HOPES TO INSPIRE A MORE COMPASSIONATE SOCIETY THROUGH MEDIA ARTS.

>> TO OFFER THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND CERTAIN HISTORY, AND THE CONTEXT OF IT, I THINK IT COMES AT A CRITICAL TIME, WHEN WE ARE EVALUATING THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE SEEN, DURING THE PANDEMIC, ON THESE COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR.

>> THE ASIAN COMMUNITIES API HERITAGE MONTH KICKED OFF WITH LESLIE QUACH, WHO WANTS THIS MONTH TO BE POSITIVE AND HOPEFUL.

>> ACKNOWLEDGES US AS AMERICANS, WHO JUST SO HAPPEN TO BE OF ASIAN OR SIMILAR DISSENT, ACKNOWLEDGING OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS COUNTRY, AND WHERE WE CAME FROM.

AND BASICALLY WHAT MAKES AMERICA GREAT, RIGHT?

WE COME FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.

>> THE GENERAL MANAGER, WILSON TOTH THINKS PEOPLE CAN CELEBRATE HERITAGE MONTH BY SUPPORTING THE FOOD HUB IN KEARNY MESA.

>> I LOVE TO SEE THE AWARENESS COMING OUT TO THAT COMMUNITY, AND SEEING THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER, HERE IN SAN DIEGO AND ALL ACROSS.

>> A REPORT FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE SAYS 90% OF ASIAN OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE UNITED STATES LOST REVENUE LAST YEAR COMPARED TO 85% FOR BLACK- OWNED BUSINESSES, 81% FOR HISPANIC OWNED BUSINESSES, AND 77% FOR WHITES.

2020 ALSO BROUGHT AN INCREASE OF ASIAN HATE INCIDENTS.

THE CIVIC ISLANDER COALITION FORMED DURING THE PANDEMIC, IN RESPONSE TO THE INCREASE.

THEY PLAN TO STRENGTHEN THE VOICE OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

MELISSA MAY WITH KEY PBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS RECOGNIZING THREE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR DURING THE MOST DIFFICULT SCHOOL YEAR IN MODERN TIMES.

OUR EDUCATION RESPONDER TALKED TO TWO OF THE RECIPIENTS.

>> IT HAS BEEN THE TOUGHEST YEAR, BUT ALSO THE MOST REINVIGORATING YEAR AT THE SAME TIME.

A CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR SAID TEACHING DURING THE PANDEMIC MEANT READJUSTING EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS, AND FOR HIMSELF.

>> THERE WERE SOME MOMENTS WHERE I HAD TO STEP ASIDE AND SAY THIS IS MY TYPICAL STANDARD, AND NOW MY STANDARD FOR RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO BE HERE, AND I'M GOING TO BE OKAY WITH THAT, AND THAT WAS TOUGH TO DO.

>> ORTIZ OF THE HARDEST PART OF THIS YEAR WAS WATCHING STUDENT STRUGGLE THROUGH A COMPUTER SCREEN.

ONE FAMILY LOST THEIR HOME DURING THE PANDEMIC.

YOU ARE SEEING THEM ON THE SCREEN, PACKAGED, STRUGGLING THROUGH THAT, AND THEN THERE WAS THE UNCERTAINTY, NOT KNOWING IF THEY STAY, NOT BEING SURE WHERE THEY WERE GOING.

>> NOT JUST THE PANDEMIC WAS AN ISSUE.

RACIAL TOPICS CHANGED AS WELL.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT RACISM, WE TALKED ABOUT SYSTEMIC RACISM, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT INFLUENCES THEIR LIVES, AND IF NOT, HOW IT INFLUENCES OTHER LIVES.

>> SHARON IS A SANDY FEE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED TEACHER OF THE YEAR WHO TEACHES ETHNIC STUDIES AND NINTH GRADE ENGLISH.

SHE WAS ABLE TO ADDRESS HER EXPERIENCES AS A BLACK EDUCATOR.

>> IT GIVES ME PERMISSION TO TALK ABOUT A FEAR THAT I HAVE LIVED WITH MOST OF MY LIFE, AND WHEN I GET TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT, THEN I CAN START TO DISSIPATE AND HEAL FROM IT.

>> SHE SAID WINNING TEACHER OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR WAS OVERWHELMING.

>> I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT, BECAUSE FOR A GOOD MAJORITY OF MY CAREER, I FELT INVISIBLE.

AND THE FACT THAT I AM BEING SEEN IS AMAZING.

IT IS STILL SURREAL.

>> THE DISTRICT MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR IS GUADALUPE, FROM THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS MEDIA SCHOOL.

STAR WARS FANS, MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU.

MAY 4TH HAS BECOME A DAY TO CELEBRATE ALL THINGS FROM A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY, A PLAY ON THE FAMOUS PHRASE, MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.

DISNEY SURPRISE FANS BY RELEASING A SHORT VIDEO OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE A REALISTIC LIGHTSABER.

SORRY, IT IS NOT FOR SALE.

BUT PERFORMERS WILL BE USING THE NEW STAR WARS GALACTIC HOTEL AT DISNEY WORLD.

VERY COOL.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KEY PBS.ORG.

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