>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR, PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS AND PRIVILEGED DESERT SENDING A CLIENT.

ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR, HELPING MAINTAIN DRAIN, HEATING, AND COOLING SYSTEMS IN 1938.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> THAT EVENING, IT IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THE COUNTDOWN TO THE ACCOUNT IS ON.

IN A FEW HOURS, THE POLLS WILL CLOSE AND THE RECALL EFFORTS AGAINST GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM WILL CLOSE.

WILL THEY DENY, OR THAT THE STATE.

ANDREW BOWEN SPOKE TO VIEWERS IN THE SOUTH BAY.

>> THEY RAISED GAS PRICES.

THE WAY THAT HE HANDLED THE PANDEMIC.

>> Reporter: JASMINE DIAZ VOTED YES ON THE RECALL.

SHE WORRIES ABOUT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES LEAVING CALIFORNIA.

>> IS WATCHING THE WAY HE HANDLES THINGS.

HOW HE WAS VERY HYPOCRITICAL IN THE WAY THAT HE DID THINK.

>> Reporter: MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO AGREED TO SPEAK WITH US VOTED NO ON THE RECALL.

>> I BELIEVE THAT OUR CURRENT GOVERNOR IS DOING ALL THAT HE CAN, DURING THIS CIRCUMSTANCE.

>> Reporter: SHE VOTED NO ON THE RECALL, IN PART BECAUSE NONE OF THE REPLACEMENT CANDIDATES REPRESENTED HER VALUES.

>> I VALUE THE AUTONOMY OF MY BODY AS A WOMAN, GIVEN EVERYTHING GOING ON IN TEXAS HAVE A DECISION BEING MADE THERE, I DO NOT WANT THINGS GOING BACK OR HAVE IT BE A RED STATE.

>> Reporter: SAMANTHA HINKLE VOTED NO, AND SHE ALSO SEES ABORTION RIGHTS UNDER THREAT.

UNDERCOVER, SHE SAID THAT HINKLE HAS DONE THE WRONG THING.

>> MAKING SURE THAT AS FEW AS PEOPLE ARE DOING, DYING FROM COVID ARE GETTING SICK.

I LIKE THE MOVEMENT THAT HE IS GOING TO SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: LUCY SAID THAT SHE FEARS A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR WOULD UNDERMINE CALIFORNIA'S PROGRESS IN FIGHTING COVID-19.

SHE SAYS.

>> WHO IS GOING TO PATRONIZE THE RESTAURANTS?

FIRST, IT IS HEALTH.

THE OTHER, THEY CAN HELP, THEY CAN WAIT.

>> Reporter: THE LATEST POLL SUGGEST THAT NEWSOM WILL SURVIVE.

EVEN IF IT MEANS DEMOCRATS NEED TO MOTIVATE THEIR BASE, ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> STATEWIDE VOTER TURNOUT IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 70%.

IF YOU HAVE NOT CAST YOUR BALLOT, POLLS ALL OPEN UNTIL ABOUT 11:00 TONIGHT, AND DALE IN DALLAS ARE ACCEPTED AT 130 WOULD DROP OFF LOCATIONS OR 231 VOTING LOCATION.

PRESIDENT BIDEN IS ON HIS WAY BACK TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TONIGHT AFTER A TRIP OUT WEST.

HE LEFT LONG BEACH FOR COLORADO AFTER HEADLINING A RALLY FOR GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM.

HE COMPARED THE LEADING REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER LARRY ELDER AS A CLONE OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

>> REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR BLOCKING PROGRESS ON COVID-19, WHO WAS ALSO ANTIWOMAN, ANTI-WORKER, AND CLIMATE DENIER, WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IN CHOICE.

HE IS A CLONE OF DONALD TRUMP.

CAN YOU IMAGINE HIM BEING THE GOVERNOR OF THIS STATE?

YOU CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN.

>> LIKE TRUMP DID IN 2016 AND 2017 RESIDENTIAL ELECTION, ELDER IS RAISING UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS THAT THE ELECTION IS RIGGED.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS THAT CALIFORNIA HAS THE NATION'S STRICTEST VOTING SYSTEM AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS, REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE WATCHING THE RACE AND THEY MAY SUE OVER ANY IRREGULARITIES.

>>> YOU CAN STAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE LATEST ELECTION RESULTS AT KPBS.ORG, CLICK ON THE LINK RIGHT THERE ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

WE ARE CARRYING STATEWIDE RADIO COVERAGE ON KPBS FM AND STREAMING ONLINE.

WE ARE JUST DAYS AWAY FROM AN UPCOMING MANDATE FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO BE FULLY VACCINATED, OR LOSE THEIR JOBS.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN HAS MORE ON THE LATEST NUMBERS AND HOW ONE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS PREPARING TO POTENTIALLY LOSE HUNDREDS OF STAFF MEMBERS.

>> Reporter: IN JUST ABOUT TWO WEEKS, THE STATE'S VACCINATION MANDATE FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS GOES INTO EFFECT.

UNLIKE OTHER REQUIREMENTS, THERE IS NO TESTING OPT OUT OPTION.

HERE ARE THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM THE LARGEST PROVIDERS.

AT SHARP HEALTHCARE AND USES AN EAGLE HEALTH, 89% OF STAFF ARE FULLY VACCINATED, AS ITS HEALTH, IT IS 80%.

87% AT RADIANT CHILDREN.

AND THE LOCAL KAISER OFFICIALS DID NOT PROVIDE NUMBERS TO KPBS.

>> WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

IT IS NOT JUST SHARP, IT IS ALL OF OUR OTHER HEALTHCARE PARTNERS IN TOWN.

>> Reporter: CHIEF HEALTH OPERATING OFFICER SAID THAT ABOUT 600 HAVE NOT STARTED GETTING BACK SELECT VACCINATED.

THEY ARE AT RISK FOR LOSING THEIR JOBS, SOMETHING THAT McLEAN HOPES DOES NOT HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY DURING AN INDUSTRY- WIDE STAFFING SHORTAGE.

THE NECK VERY, VERY WORRISOME, WE ARE ENACTING CONTINGENCY PLANS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THINGS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE STATES THAT HEALTHCARE WORKERS MUST BE VACCINATED BY SEPTEMBER 30th, THEY ARE LEAVING IT UP TO EMPLOYERS TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICY.

AT SHARP, WORKERS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WILL BE PUT ON UNPAID LEAVE FOR 30 DAYS.

IF THEY ARE NOT VACCINATED BY THEN, THEY ARE NO LONGER EMPLOYED.

AT PALAMAR HEALTH, PEOPLE WILL GO ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR UP TO 30 DAYS, AND GET KAISER UNVACCINATED EMPLOYEES, UP TO 60 DAYS BEFORE FACING TERMINATION.

HEALTHCARE WORKERS CAN ALSO REQUEST EXEMPTIONS BASED ON MEDICAL OR RELIGIOUS REASONS.

>> WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE EXEMPTION, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NOTE FROM THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER, THE SAME IS NOT TRUE OF RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS.

>> Reporter: SYSTEMS ARE GETTING 100S OF REQUESTS, DAN EATON SAID THERE IS A GRAY AREA IN DETERMINING WHAT QUALIFIES AS A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION.

>> THE EMPLOYER CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THEM FILL OUT EXPLAINING THE BASICS OF THE RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION, BUT THAT IS REALLY DESIGNED TO SEE WHETHER THE BASIS OF THE RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION IS REALLY TIED TO RELIGION, OR WHETHER IT IS TIED, MORE BROADLY, TO A PHILOSOPHICAL RESISTANCE.

NOW, THE LINE BETWEEN RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR.

>> Reporter: IT HAS TO BE A BONA FIDE RELIGIOUS BELIEF, THERE MAY BE LAWSUITS SURROUNDING RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION REQUEST THAT THEY ARE DENIED.

BUT IS LARGELY UN-TESTED IN COURT.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>> AS KOSKI CONTINUES TO WREAK HAVOC ACROSS THE COUNTRY SOME DATA SHOWS THAT BLACK AND HISPANIC AMERICANS ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE TESTING AND VACCINATIONS.

DARRELL FORD GIVES US A BREAKDOWN.

>> Reporter: THE PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO TAKE ITS TOLL NATIONWIDE.

ESPECIALLY ON PEOPLE OF COLOR.

NEW DATA COMPELLED COMPILED BY JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, SHOWS THAT BLACK AND HISPANIC AMERICANS ARE STILL MISSING OUT ON TESTING AND VACCINATIONS IN MANY STATES.

>> WE KNOW THAT BLACKS AND HISPANICS ARE ALMOST 3 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALIZED THAN WHITE AMERICANS.

THERE ARE ABOUT TWO TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE OF COVID THAN WHITE AMERICANS.

>> THE DATA SHOWS THAT HISPANIC PEOPLE AND BLACK PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN A FEW STATES, ARE MORE HEAVILY REPRESENTED IN THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INFECTED OR DIED FROM COVID AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

ONE BARRIER TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISPARITY OF ACTS AS A VACCINE TO TESTING OF PEOPLE OF COLOR, IT IS INCOMPLETE DATA IN THESE DATES STATES.

BLACK AND HISPANIC AMERICANS HAVE LIMITED RESOURCE.

>> WE ARE NOT ADDRESSING, WE NEED TO FIX IT.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE WORKING TO DO JUST THAT.

>> IN ORDER TO VACCINATE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE HARDEST TO REACH POPULATION, OUR MOTTO IS THAT WE GO TO WHERE FOLKS ARE.

WE DO NOT WAIT FOR THEM TO COME TO US.

>> Reporter: WITH THE HELP OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, LATINO ACCESS GOES DOOR-TO-DOOR TO THE MOST IMPACTED VICTIMS, MAKING SURE THAT LATINOS GET VACCINATED AND EDUCATED ON THE VACCINE.

>> IF WE GO TO WHERE FOLKS ARE AT, IT IS GOING TO ELIMINATE A TON OF BARRIERS THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO ACCESS THE VACCINE.

>> Reporter: DARRELL PORCHES, MAYA TRABULSI NEWS.

>>> JUST DAYS BEFORE A COMMITTEE COULD GIVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO COVID-19 BOOSTER SHOT, SOME TOP SCIENTISTS ARE CALLING FOR A PAUSE.

COMING UP ON EVENING EDITION, WHY THEY ARGUE THAT BOOSTERS ARE NOT NECESSARY.

>>> A CHAMPION FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, IT IS THE LATEST DECLARATION THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ARE HOPING TO MAKE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

BUT AS KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER VON HELM SHOWS US, AND SOME ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT.

>> OUR ACTIONS IS A LEGAL ABORTION, IT IS RACIAL JUSTICE, IT IS ECONOMIC JUSTICE.

>> Reporter: DECLARING THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO A CHAMPION FOR REPRODUCTIVE READING, CONDO COUNTY SUPERVISOR NORA VARGAS IS LEADING THE EFFORT IN THE FIGHT TO RESPECT A WOMAN'S CHOICE WHEN IT COMES TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.

KPBS SEVENTH AT THE COUNTY WILL REMAIN A SAFE HAVEN FOR WOMEN.

>> WE MUST MAINTAIN AND PROTECT THE WOMAN LIGHT TO MAINTAIN HEALTH SERVICES.

>> Reporter: THIS DECLARATION COMES ON THE HEELS OF THE NEW LAW IN TEXAS THAT BANDS MOST ABORTIONS AFTER SIX WEEKS OF PREGNANCY, THE LAW MAKES NO EXCEPTION FOR CASES INVOLVING OR INCEST, DISAGREED SUPERVISOR TERRA LAWSON REMER SECOND THE MOTION AND THINKS THANKS NORA VARGAS FOR CHAMPIONING THE EFFORT, >> WE STAND TOGETHER IN PROTECTING WOMEN'S BASIC RIGHTS.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 80 PEOPLE REQUESTED TO SPEAK AT TUESDAY'S MEETING, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY, ALL AGAINST THE DECLARATION.

>> WHY ARE WE NOT FERVENTLY ADVOCATING FOR LIFE?

>> THIS IS DISGUSTING AND A WAY OF DEATH.

>> Reporter: MANY WERE QUESTIONING WHY THEY WERE NOT CHECKING FOR VACCINE MANDATES.

>> HEALTH FREEDOM FOR YOUR CITIZEN.

>> Reporter: HE JOINED THE MEETING AND WAS THE THIRD YES FOUR.

JIM DESMOND VOTED NO, JOEL ANDERSON WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE MEETING.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> DO-IT-YOURSELF GUNS WITHOUT SERIAL NUMBERS, SUCH AS GHOST GUNS, WILL BE SOONER HARDER, THE UNTRACEABLE FIREARMS ORDINANCE, ALSO KNOWN BY THE ACRONYM, WAS PASSED TODAY BY THE CITY ORDINANCE.

IT MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO SELL UNREGISTERED GUN KITS PHYSICALLY, UNLIKE HIM ALL IN STORES, IT WILL BECOME LAW ON OCTOBER 14.

PEOPLE PROHIBITED FROM OWNING FIREARMS CAN MAKE THE GHOST GUNS AT HOME.

THE ORDINANCE WAS FIRST INTRODUCED AFTER AN APRIL 22nd SHOOTING THAT KILLED A MAN IN THE GASLAMP QUARTER.

HE USED A GHOST GUN THAT KILLED AND WOUNDED SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE.

THE NECK IS THE TIME FOR THE PICKUP WILDFIRE SEASON, SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS A NEW TOOL TO FIGHT THE FLAMES.

KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAE WAS THERE FOR A DEMONSTRATION.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO IS FIRST HELI-HYDRANT IS NOW ACCESSIBLE TO THE FIRST FLEET OF HELICOPTERS TO HELP COMBAT FIREFIGHTERS, IT CAN BE CONTINUOUSLY REFILLED AND REMOTELY REFILLED BY A HELICOPTER PILOT, JUST THE WAY FIRE HYDRANTS ARE HELPING ON THE STREET.

>> IT IS A DEDICATED WATER RESOURCE.

IT IS INCREDIBLY VALUABLE, AND WE CERTAINLY WILL BE USING IT.

HOPEFULLY NOT TOO SOON.

BUT I AM SURE IT WILL EVENTUALLY SEE SOME USE.

>> Reporter: NORTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT CHIEF REYNOLDS SAID THERE ARE A LOT OF DEVASTATING WILDFIRES IN THIS REGION, HIS DISTRICT PARTNERED WITH RAINBOW MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT TO BUILD THE HELI-HYDRANT, THIS PARTNERSHIP IS KNOWN AS THE RAPID AREA SYSTEM, IT IS DESIGNED TO PROACTIVELY COMBAT WILDFIRES AND PROTECT LIGHT AND PROPERTY, TONY MEACHAM IS WITH CAL FIRE SAN DIEGO.

>> WE DEPEND ON OUR RESOURCES TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF FIRE.

AND THEN WE FOLLOW-UP WITH OUR BRANCHES.

WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT THE GROUND HAS INTENSIFIED IN CALIFORNIA.

WITHIN THE USUAL PLACES THAT WE GET WATER FROM, THEY ARE PONDS, THEY ARE STARTING TO DRY UP.

>> HAMILTON IS THE PRESIDENT FOR THE MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT , HE HOPES THAT THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY HELI-HYDRANT.

>> HAVING THE FACILITIES IN LARGE NUMBERS, IT WILL BE AN INVESTMENT, AND LIVES NOT LOST, AND PEACE OF MIND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WELL, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME COOLER DAYS IN THE FORECAST TO COME.

MUCH CLOSER TO WHAT IS AVERAGE FOR THIS TYPE OF YEAR.

IN SOME SPOTS IT IS STILL GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT WARMER THAN WHERE WE SHOULD BE.

AND THERE IS NO RAIN COMING OUR WAY ANYTIME SOON.

SO, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IS IN THE FORECAST.

WE ARE LOOKING TO STAY PRETTY MUCH BONE DRY HERE.

TEMPERATURE WISE, AS WE MOVE INTO THE NECK, BACK INTO THE UPPER 50s, OCEANSIDE, 54 DEGREES IN ESCONDIDO.

THAT IS, EXCUSE ME, EVERY TWO, 92?

74 THERE FOR YOUR LOW OVER IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

LOOKING AHEAD TO WEDNESDAY, IT IS STILL HOT, ESPECIALLY IN THE INTERIOR SECTION, IF YOU ARE UP, CONTINUES TO BUILD ON IN, WARM AND DRY ELSEWHERE.

AGAIN, TEMPERATURES FOR THE MOST PART ARE GOING TO BE COOLING OFF OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

IT IS THE TREND THAT IS OUR FRIEND HERE.

86 OVER IN VERMONT, AND IN ABREGO STRING, EL CAJON, 75, OVER IN SAN DIEGO.

AND ON THURSDAY, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT HIGH HEAT DOES NOT QUITE GET TO THE COAST.

THE COASTAL AREAS ARE LIKELY GOING TO STAY A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

MUCH MORE SEASONABLE.

SO, CLOSER TO WHAT IS AVERAGE FOR US.

AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS NEAR THE COAST.

TEMPERATURES, SITTING IN THE MID-70s, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE IN THE FORECAST WE MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MARINE LAYER CLOUD COVER THERE DURING THE MORNING HOURS.

BUT THAT SHOULD CLEAR OUT.

AND ALLOW SOME SUNSHINE TO RETURN IN THE AFTERNOON.

FURTHER INLAND, TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING TO THE LOW TO MID- 80s.

BACK INTO THE UPPER-70S BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE END OF THIS COMING WEEKEND.

ALSO, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.

NO RAIN IN THE FORECAST.

AND IN THE MOUNTAINS, LOOK AT THIS, WE DROP OFF INTO THE LOW- 60S ON SATURDAY.

OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES FALLING DOWN INTO THE LOW-50S BY THE TIME WE GET INTO SUNDAY.

SO, SOME REALLY COOL WEATHER IS GOING TO BE MOVING IN HERE TO THE MOUNTAINS.

BUT, IN THE DESERT, WE STILL REMAIN HOT.

WE ARE GOING TO BE CLOSING IN ON THE LOWER END OF TRIPLE DIGITS HERE.

BUT STILL REMAINING ABOVE 100 DEGREES.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM A METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PASH.

>>> AND MARCUS COULD BE THE NEXT CITY TO BAN SMOKING IN OUTWARD SITTING IN PATIO AREAS.

KPBS REPORTER TANIA THORNE HAS A REPORT ON THE PROPOSAL AFTER A VOTE THIS MORNING.

>> Reporter: SAN MARCO IS CURRENTLY ALLOW SMOKING IN OUTDOOR DINING AND PATIO AREAS.

BUT THINGS COULD CHANGE, THAT IS BECAUSE A PROPOSAL TO BAN SMOKING AND BATHING IN THOSE AREAS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY.

>> SAN MARCOS IS ONE OF THE LAST CITIES TO ADOPT SUCH POLICIES.

THERE OUTDOOR POLICIES, INTEREST OF THE CITIES IN NORTH COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: JENNIFER GALE WITH THE MINNITI CLINIC SAID THAT THE PROPOSAL AIMS TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES TO SECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE.

>> Reporter: IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE LIMIT THE EXPOSURE TO, YOU KNOW, THESE TOXIC CHEMICALS, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS PLENTY OF RESEARCH OUT THERE THAT IT CAN CAUSE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES.

EVEN AFTER JUST ONE SINGLE EXPOSURE.

>> Reporter: THE OWNER OF PLAYERS SPORTS GRILL HAS MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THE PROPOSAL.

THE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS WERE IN PLACE, HE SET UP A DESIGNATED SMOKING AREA FOR HIS CUSTOMERS, BUT LITTERING BECAME A PROBLEM.

>> IF PENALTY A CIGARETTE, I MEAN, AN ASHTRAY RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM, THEY JUST HAD TO STOP AND LEAVE IT THERE.

THEY WILL FLICK IT, AND THAT IS WHAT WE WERE SEEING BURNING COVID.

WE MADE PEOPLE COME OUTSIDE ON THE PATIO TO SMOKE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE SPENDING 15 TO 20 MINUTES PER DAY, JUST ON CIGARETTE BUTTS ALONE.

>> Reporter: IS OTHER CONCERN IS ENFORCING THE POLICY IF IT PASSES.

>> IT WILL BE A VERY BIG CHALLENGE, I DO NOT WANT MY SERVERS AND BARTENDERS, OR EVEN MYSELF, TO HAVE TO TAKE ALL THAT EXTRA TIME TO NOW BE THE CIGARETTE PLEASE.

I AM JUST HOPING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE LAW.

AND THAT THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, ABIDE BY IT.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT HE WILL BE LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUING CITATIONS.

>> WE ARE GOING TO DO OUTREACH TO ALL OF THE RESTAURANT IN SAN MARCO'S, AND WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE SIGNAGE, THE LOG INSIDE THAT THEY COULD PUT OUT ON THEIR PATIO.

>> Reporter: THE PROPOSAL WILL BE AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

THEY WILL TAKE ABOUT, BUT IT WILL BE PRESENTED A SECOND TIME AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, IF PASSED, THE POLICY COULD GO INTO EFFECT WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE SECOND VOTE, TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TALKING ABOUT COVID 19 BOOSTERS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON FRIDAY, IF APPROVED, IT WOULD MEAN A THIRD SHOT FOR EVERYONE WHO RECEIVED THE PFIZER VACCINE.

MODERNA HAS ALSO SUBMITTED DATA TO THE FDA FOR APPROVAL OF BOOSTER DOSES.

BUT AS MANY GAITHER REPORT, THERE IS CONTINUING DEBATE OVER THE NECESSITY OF A THIRD SHOT.

>> Reporter: IN JUST DAYS, THE FDA COULD GIVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO COVID-19 BOOSTERS.

A THIRD SHOT FOR EVERYONE WHO GOT THE PFIZER VACCINE.

MODERNA, SEEKING THE SAME FOR THOSE WHO GOT IT'S VACCINE.

AN ADDITIONAL DOSE HAS BEEN SAID TO MAYBE PROVIDE FURTHER PROTECTION AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS.

>> THE DURABILITY OF THE PRODUCTION TENDS TO WANE, PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DELTA AREA.

>> Reporter: BUT THE BOOSTER DEBATE TOOK A TURN MONDAY WITH HIS OPINION PIECE PUBLISHED IN THE LANDS AND, AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF VACCINATION SCIENTIST, INCLUDING TWO RETIRING AT THE ELITIST.

IT SAYS THAT COVID-19 VACCINES DO NOT CURRENTLY SHOW A NEED FOR BOOSTING.

AND THE LEAD AUTHOR SAID THAT, TAKEN AS A WHOLE, THE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE STUDIES DO NOT PROVIDE CREDIBLE EVIDENCE OF SUBSTANTIALLY DECLINING PROTECTION AGAINST SEVERE DISEASE, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY GOAL.

ONE EXPERT IS NOT RULING IT OUT IN THE LONG RUN.

>> IN THE BIGGER PICTURE, I DO BELIEVE THAT BOOSTERS WILL BE LIKELY NEEDED.

BUT THE TIMING AND THE NUANCES OF THESE ARE HARD.

>> Reporter: ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOOSTER ARGUMENT, THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE VIEWS OF THE AUTHOR DO NOT REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE AGENCY.

ACCORDING TO A ROBUST AND TRANSPARENT DISCUSSION ON FRIDAY ABOUT THAT APPLICATION.

BUT ABOUT 75 MILLION ELIGIBLE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE YET TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES.

AND SOME EXPERTS SAY THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON THEM.

>> LET'S GET VACCINE DOSES INTO PEOPLE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED.

AND THEN WE WILL SEE.

>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANY GAITHER.

>> THE LAND SET PAPER SAID THAT THE CURRENT VACCINE SUPPLY COULD SAVE MORE LIVES IF USED IN PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT YET VACCINATED THEN IF USED AS BOOSTERS.

FOR THE LATEST AND THE PANDEMIC AND RESOURCES, YOU CAN TRACK OUT THE TRACKING COVID SECTION ON KPBS.ORG, THAT INCLUDES DETAILS ON VACCINE, THE LATEST CASE NUMBERS AND OUR LOCAL REPORTING BUT YOU CAN GET THERE BY CLICKING THE LINK ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

>>> THE NEW FALL SEMESTER IS BRINGING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS ON THE CHULA VISTA CAMPUS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE.

A MODERN, $66 MILLION PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IS NOW OPEN.

EVENING EDITION EDUCATION REPORTER PEREZ TELLS US MORE ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE SOUTH BAY AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF ALL IS.

>> THERE WE GO.

YEAH.

>> APPLICANT >> Reporter: SHARON MARIE WHITE MAKES EVERY MOVEMENT WITH MEANING.

SHE IS A DANCER, LEARNING HOW TO EXPRESS HER ARTISTIC TALENTS AND DEVELOP TENACITY.

>> I WANT ATTENTION.

YOU FEED OFF THE AUDIENCE.

IT IS AN UNREAL FEELING, TO BE HONEST.

IT IS AMAZING.

>> Reporter: SHARA IS ONE OF THE FIRST STUDENTS TO TAKE CLASSES AT THE NEW 41,000 SQUARE FOOT ARTS CENTER ON THE CAMPUS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE.

THIS NEW COMPLEX IS STATE-OF- THE-ART.

THE DANCE PERFORMER MARY JO HOAR BACK IS DETERMINED TO USE HER STUDIO TO TRAIN AND CULTIVATE THE DISTINCT TALENT COMING FROM THE SOUTH BAY BEAUTY.

>> SOME ARE COMING IN WITH TRAINING, SOME ARE COMING WITH POLYNESIAN TRAINING, BELLYDANCING, LATIN, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THOSE SAME PEOPLE IN A BALLET CLASS, TAP CLASS, MUSICAL THEATER CLASS.

>> THIS IS A LARGE AUDITORIUM, WHICH WILL BE PRIMARILY USED FOR MUSIC CONCERTS.

BUT IT WILL BE ALSO USED FOR DANCE CONCERTS AND ALSO, OCCASIONALLY, FOR THEATER PERFORMANCES.

>> Reporter: THE SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS AND IS NOT JUST FOR LEARNING, IT IS FOR ENTERTAINING, TOO, THE SCHOOL WILL MOUNT IT STUDENT PRODUCTIONS HERE, SCHEDULED ALONGSIDE EVENTS REDUCED BY PROFESSIONAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS.

NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDERWAY WITH THE SAN DIEGO OPERA.

AND THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY TO LEASE THE SPACE IN THE FUTURE.

THE COMPLEX COSTS $66 MILLION TO DESIGN AND BUILD.

ALL OF IT WAS PAID WITH BOND MONEY, APPROVED BY LOCAL VOTERS IN NOVEMBER, 2016.

>> WE REALLY THINK THE VOTERS OF CHULA VISTA WHO SAW A VISION FOR WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE, IF THEY JUST INJECTED SOME FUNDS HERE.

>> Reporter: THIS CORNER OF THE CAMPUS WITH THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, IT WAS AN EMPTY LOT FOR 50 YEARS.

GENERATIONS OF CHILDREN FROM THE SOUTH THEY WOULD COME HERE AT CHRISTMAS TO PICK A TREE WITH HER FAMILY, OR ENJOY THE PUMPKIN PATCH AT HOLLOMAN, NOW, THIS CORNER OFFERS MUCH MORE THAN JUST FUN, BUT OPPORTUNITY, LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

>> I LOVE YOU.

AND I AM TRYING TO MAKE THIS WORK.

BUT YOU MAKE IT SO DIFFICULT.

YOU DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO A WORD I SAY.

>> Reporter: FRESHMAN TAYLOR WIGGINS WROTE THIS MONOLOGUE.

SHE IS A STUDENT IN THE ROUGH ACTING 101 CLASS.

SHE WANTS TO BE AN ACTRESS OR PLAYWRIGHT SOMEDAY.

>> THANK YOU FOR BEING SO VULNERABLE AND SHARE THAT WITH US, TAYLOR.

>> I AM AN ARTIST.

>> THAT IS GREAT AND THAT YOU TRUST US ALL, BUT LISTEN TO YOUR OWN STORY.

>> Reporter: SHE IS GRATEFUL FOR THE NEW AND IMPROVED RESOURCES THAT SOUTHWESTERN HAS TO OFFER HER AND OTHER STUDENTS OF COLOR.

PRESENTED THE STUDENT POPULATION HERE COMES FROM HISTORICALLY MINORITY AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.

ALMOST 70% OF THEM ARE HISPANIC.

>> IT IS VERY SPACIOUS, I APPRECIATE THAT AS A ROUGH DANCER.

>> Reporter: ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ WANTS TO BE A CHOREOGRAPHER OR MAYBE SOMEDAY START HIS OWN DANCE STUDIO.

THIS IS WHERE THE GREEN BEGINS FOR HIM.

>> ENGLISH WAS MY FIRST LANGUAGE, AND LEARN SPANISH FIRST.

I LEARNING WAS BY THE TIME I WAS FIVE.

I HAVE A LOT OF MEXICAN BACKGROUND.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HERITAGE, AND THAT IS ALSO WHY I AM A LATIN DANCER.

I REALLY NEED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MY ROOTS.

>> Reporter: THE PROFESSOR HAS SPENT 31 YEARS ON THE SOUTHWESTERN FACULTY, TEACHING AND CREATING A COMMUNITY OF NEXT-GENERATION DANCERS.

SHE PROVIDES THE EDUCATION AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT THAT OFTEN TAKES HER STUDENTS MUCH FARTHER THAN THE STAGE.

>> I THINK THAT DANCE KIND OF GIVES THEM A NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE.

THEY START TO KIND OF COME OUT OF THEIR SHELL A LITTLE BIT, AND THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT TECHNIQUES.

AND, IF THEY PERFECT THE CRAFT.

>> Reporter: JUST A FEW WEEKS INTO THE FALL SEMESTER, THIS MULTIMILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IS ALREADY YIELDING A PROFIT OF POTENTIAL.

ANGIE PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> I AM JUDY WOODRUFF, TONIGHT ON THE DOES, MOMENT OF CRISIS, TOP MILITARY CHIEF TOOK EXTRAORDINARY STEPS TO PREVENT PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM SPARKING MORE.

COMING UP AT 7:00, AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> AND HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

IF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED YET, IN THE GUBERNATORIAL RECALL ELECTION, YOU HAVE UNTIL 8:00 TONIGHT.

MAIL-IN BALLOTS ARE ACCEPTED 131 PUBLICATIONS FOR ANY OF THE 221 VOTING LOCATIONS.

IF YOU ARE ALIGNED BY 8:00 PM YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO VOTE.

THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGISTRAR'S OFFICE SAYS THAT AS OF THIS MORNING ABOUT 45% OF REGISTERED VOTERS HAD TURNED IN THEIR BALLOTS.

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IT WAS APPROVED IN A 3-10.

SUPERVISOR JIM DESMOND WAS APPROACHED, WHILE GEORGE ADDISON WAS ABSENT.

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