>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR COME APART TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS AND PROUD TO SUIT SERVICE SAID EAGLE CLIENT.

HELPING MAINTAIN GRAIN, HEATING, AND COOLING SYSTEM SINCE 1978.

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

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

WILL SAN DIEGO UNIVERSITY MANDATE COVID-19 VACCINATIONS FOR THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS?

THE SCHOOL BOARD IS HOLDING A VIRTUAL MEETING RIGHT NOW.

THE DEBATE IS HAPPENING ONLINE AND IN PERSON AS PARENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE GATHER OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT'S HEADQUARTERS.

THAT IS WHERE KPBS REPORTER MG IS STANDING BY RIGHT NOW.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?

>> Reporter: WELL, BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN IN A CLOSED SESSION SINCE ABOUT 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON, AND TO BE CLEAR THEY ARE TO HOME.

MEETING ONLINE VIRTUALLY, AND NOT AT THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, IN FACT, STARTING AT ABOUT 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON MANY PEOPLE STARTED TO SHOW UP HERE ON THE FRONT LAWN OF THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, VARIOUS GROUPS ARE REPRESENTED.

LEGAL GROUPS, PARENT GROUPS, POSTERS, AMERICAN FLAGS, AND LOTS OF DISCUSSION, SHOUTING, AND YELLING.

EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY.

>> WE ARE, YOU KNOW, PRO- CHOICE.

WE ARE ANTI-MANDATES.

WE THINK THAT THIS IS A DECISION THAT EACH FAMILY SHOULD MAKE WITH THEIR OWN PHYSICIAN.

>> VACCINES SAVE LIVES.

WE HAVE SEEN VACCINES REDUCE COVID RATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

STATES WHO ARE IMPLEMENTING VACCINES HAVE LOWER RATES.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO BE SAFE PLACES.

>> Reporter: IT IS AFTER 5:00, SO THE BOARD HAS STARTED ITS PUBLIC SESSION WHICH WILL DECIDE A MANDATE FOR VACCINATIONS.

CLEARLY, THIS EVENT HAS NOT ENDED.

THEY CLEARLY WILL CONTINUE TO DELIVER SPEECHES AND CHEER FOR THEIR SIDE OF THE ISSUE.

REPORTING LIVE IN UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, I'M MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THIS IS THE DEADLINE FOR CALIFORNIA'S HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO GET VACCINATED.

TWO SAN DIEGO GROUPS SAY THEY ARE CONFIDENT THEY WILL MEET THE BACKS DEADLINE.

>> WE HAVE 98% OF OUR EMPLOYEES ACCOUNTED FOR, SO I'VE GOT YOU KNOW, 15,078 THAT ARE VACCINATED, ANOTHER 180 THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THEIR SECOND VACCINATION.

>> CHRIS VAN BORDER OF SCRIPPS HEALTH SAID THAT IT HAS GRANTED RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS TO AROUND 570 EMPLOYEES.

SHARP HEALTHCARE SAID ABOUT 95 TO 98% OF ITS STAFF ARE VACCINATED.

>>> TODAY, PFIZER SUBMITTED RESEARCH ON ITS VACCINE FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN.

COMING UP, ON EVENING EDITION, HOW LONG BEFORE CHILDREN AGES 5 TO 11 CAN GET THEIR SHOTS.

>>> WHILE THE COUNTY HAS BEEN DEALING WITH THE FOURTH WAVE OF COVID-19, FLU SEASON HAS ALSO BEGUN.

KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAY SHOWS HOW THE NATIONAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT IS HELPING IT'S COMMUNITY GET THE VACCINE.

>> Reporter: EVERY YEAR, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DIE FROM THE FLU IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE NATIONAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT USES THEIR COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO HELP COMBAT THIS CONTAGIOUS DISEASE.

>> WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE FREE FLU SHOTS TO THE COMMUNITY.

EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO COME, 6 MONTHS AND OLDER.

>> Reporter: CAPTAIN AND PARAMEDIC SCOTT ROBINSON, WHO COORDINATED THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NAZARENE NURSING PROGRAM, THIS IS THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR FOR THE PROGRAM.

TO DATE, THOUSANDS OF VACCINES HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED AT THE FIRE STATION.

>> WE ARE THE FIRST FIRE STATION IN CALIFORNIA TO GIVE OUT SHOTS.

WE DESIGNED A PROGRAM IN WHICH NURSING STUDENTS COULD COME, GET SOME CLINICAL HOURS, GET SOME FLU SHOTS.

>> Reporter: THEY NORMALLY RESPOND TO, AND THERE IS ALREADY A PROBLEM, CAPTAIN ROBINSON HOPES THAT IT HELPS TO REDUCE FOOD -RELATED EMERGENCIES.

>> WE ARE TRYING TO HELP PREVENT THEM SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO THEIR HOUSE AND TAKE THEM TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE IT IS EXPENSIVE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED.

>> Reporter: THE STUDENTS LOVE WORKING AT THE FLU CLINIC.

>> WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR CLINICAL PLACEMENT.

IT IS ABOUT GETTING OUR STUDENTS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

UP UNTIL THIS POINT, THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING HOSPITAL ROTATION.

THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT.

AND TO BE DOING IT.

>> Reporter: BECAUSE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING, MASK WEARING, KIDS WERE NOT IN SCHOOL LAST YEAR AND PEOPLE WERE WORKING FROM HOME.

BUT SAWYER REMINDS US -- >> IT COMES BACK.

THE FLU COMES BACK EVERY YEAR.

NOW THAT WE ARE OPEN UP, IF YOU WILL, THE FLU HAS A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPREAD.

JUST BECAUSE COVID IS HERE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE FLU IS NOT HERE, WE CAN BE INFECTED BY BOTH.

>> Reporter: SAWYER WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THE COVID-19 VACCINES AND THE FLU VACCINES -- >> IT IS SAFE TO GET BOTH.

>> Reporter: IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO GET THEM AT THE SAME TIME, ALLOW FOR THE TWO-WEEK WINDOW.

IT TAKES PLACE FROM 9:00 AM UNTIL 2:00 PM EVERY DECEMBER, BASED ON COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.

MELISSA MAY, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO'S MAYOR IS IN WASHINGTON DC ASKING FOR HELP ON SEVERAL ISSUES, INCLUDING THE BORDER.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER RONDELL SAID THAT AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF, IT IS TIME TO LIFT RESTRICTIONS ON NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL.

>> Reporter: LEAVING FOR THE NATION'S CAPITAL TO MEET WITH WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS.

ACCORDING TO INFORMATION ANNOUNCED BY HIS TEAM, HE WILL BE ADDRESSING THE SAN DIEGO HOMELESS CRISIS, THE LIFTING OF NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AT THE U.S. BORDER.

IT IS THE FIRST VISIT SINCE HE WAS ELECTED LAST YEAR, BUT IT IS NOT HIS FIRST TIME THAT HE HAS TRIED TO ADVOCATE FOR THE FULL REOPENING OF OUR SOUTHERN BORDERS.

HE SENT A LETTER SAYING SMALL BUSINESSES DEPENDED ON BORDER CROSSINGS WERE HURTING.

LOCAL BUSINESSES WERE GLAD TO HEAR THAT GLORIA WAS PRESSING ON THE ISSUE.

>> GLORIA, THEY HAVE BEEN FABULOUS ON THIS ISSUE, UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAVE BEEN IGNORED JUST AS I HAVE.

>> Reporter: WITH SAN DIEGO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HE SAID THAT HE ALREADY TRIED TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE MATTER.

THEY HAD THE LATEST CRY FOR HELP, SENDING A LETTER TO JUAN VARGAS.

>> THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT NEED TO BE ABLE TO FEED THEIR CHILDREN.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THAT RETAIL SALES HAVE BEEN LOST IN LAST YEAR.

>> THE NUMBERS THAT I GIVE YOU, THERE IS A MULTIPLIER FACTOR ET CETERA, BUT THAT IT IS NOT JUST SAN DIEGO COUNTY, AND IT IS HAPPENING IN BROWNSVILLE, IT IS HAPPENING IN MEXICO, IT IS HAPPENING BETWEEN HERE AND TEXAS.

>> Reporter: WELL HE HOPES THAT OCTOBER 31st WILL BE THE END OF BOATER RESTRICTION.

>> WE GO THROUGH ANOTHER YEAR WITHOUT A HOLIDAY SEASON, YOU CAN CHOP OFF ANOTHER BUNCH OF BUSINESSES THAT WILL BE GONE AND LOST FOREVER.

>> Reporter: ALEXANDRA RANGEL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LAWMAKERS IN WASHINGTON ARE IN A RACE AGAINST TIME TO PREVENT A SHUTDOWN.

HERE IS REPORTER CHRIS.

>> Reporter: A DIRECT WARNING IN WASHINGTON, >> IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT CONGRESS ADDRESSES THE DEBT LIMIT.

THE TREASURY WILL LIKELY EXHAUST IT'S ACTUALLY MEASURES BY OCTOBER 18.

AMERICA WOULD DEFAULT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY.

>> Reporter: IF THE U.S.

RUNS OUT OF MONEY TO PAY ITS BILLS, THE TREASURY, SECRETARY SAID THE IMPACT WOULD LIKELY BE CATASTROPHIC, TANKING MARKETS AND THE ECONOMY.

SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS MAY BE DELAYED, INTEREST CHECKS ON CREDIT CARDS AND CAR LOANS COULD RISE, AND SOLDIERS MAY NOT EVEN KNOW WHEN THEIR PAYCHECKS WERE COMING.

>> IT WOULD BE IMPAIRED.

>> Reporter: AFTER US THEY SUSPEND, WHICH IS TRADITIONALLY ADDRESSED ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS.

>> THERE IS NO CHANCE THAT REPUBLICANS WILL HELP LIFT THE DEMOCRATS SPENDING LIMIT SO THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY STEAMROLL THROUGH A SOCIALIST BINGE THAT WILL HURT FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: FAILURE TO PASS A FUNDING RESOLUTION COULD LEAD TO LEAD TO A SHUTDOWN BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS, NOW SCRAMBLING TO A BOARD AVERT A POTENTIAL CRISIS.

>> WE ARE TRYING TO DO IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: THE HOUSE, ALSO FACING A THURSDAY VOTE ON A $1.2 TRILLION INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE AS NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE ON A SEPARATE $3.5 TRILLION BILL THAT INCLUDES MUCH OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DOMESTIC AGENDA WHICH COULD DELIVER THE LARGEST SAFETY NET EXPANSION IN DECADES.

IN WASHINGTON, CHRIS WHEN, MAYA TRABULSI NEWS.

>> Reporter: ON A WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN CALLING THE 20- YEAR WAR A STRATEGIC FAILURE.

>> WOULD YOU USE THE TERM EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS FOR WHAT TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST IN AFGHANISTAN?

>> THAT IS THE NONCOMBATANT EVACUATION AND I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER SENATORS THAT ARE VERY WELL, AND IT WAS A LOGISTICAL SUCCESS BUT A STRATEGIC FAILURE.

AND I THINK THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TERMS.

>> GENERAL MARK MILLEY SAID THAT HE BELIEVES THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE KEPT AT LEAST 2500 TROOPS IN THE COUNTRY TO PREVENT A TALIBAN TAKE OVER.

DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN SAID FEWER THAN 100 AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO WANT TO LEAVE ARE STILL IN AFGHANISTAN.

>> WE GOT OUT 21 AMERICAN CITIZENS TODAY.

ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THIS AS YOU HAVE HEARD HER SAY EARLIER.

THE NUMBERS FLUCTUATE DAILY.

BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE COME TO LIGHT, AS TIME GOES BY, AND AC OPPORTUNITIES TO SAFELY LEAVE.

AND SO THIS HAS BEEN A DYNAMIC PROCESS.

BUT WE WILL STAY FOCUSED ON THIS.

>> HE SAID THAT THE WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN WAS THE LARGEST AIRLIFT CONDUCTED IN U.S. HISTORY AND IT WAS EXECUTED IN 17 DAYS.

>>> SCHOOLS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY CALL THE POLICE ON STUDENTS EVERY YEAR, SEVERAL KIDS ARE GETTING THE BRUNT OF IT.

JENNIFER BOWMAN HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: WHEN OTHER KIDS ACCUSED JOSHUA OF THREATENING TO ATTACK HIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, HE WAS TAKEN TO A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY FOR THREE DAYS.

JOSHUA, WHO HAS AUTISM, DENIES MAKING THE THREAT, BUT HE WAS STILL LEFT WITH AN INTENSE FEAR OF COPS THAT PERSISTS TO THIS DAY.

>> I WAS SITTING DOWN, AND I WAS WAITING FOR THEM TO COME BACK.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY SAID OKAY, YOU HAVE TO COME WITH US, AND THEN THEY PUT ME IN HANDCUFFS.

>> Reporter: SCHOOL OFFICIALS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY SAID THEY ONLY CONTACT POLICE FOR THE MOST SERIOUS VIOLATIONS.

BUT OUR NEW SOURCE FOUND LACK STUDENTS AND KIDS WITH DISABILITIES ARE BEING DISPROPORTIONATELY REPORTED.

AND SOME OF THE SCHOOLS CALLING THE COPS THE MOST SERVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY ENCOUNTERED THE JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM.

EXPERTS SAY EDUCATORS SHOULD NOT RELY ON POLICIES THAT ARE CREATING DISPARITIES.

>> WE HAVE GOT TO EMBRACE THE KIDS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOT TO PROTECT KIDS.

WE HAVE GOT TO LOVE KIDS.

WE HAVE TO, NO MATTER WHAT, WE STILL HAVE TO REALLY BELIEVE IN THEM AND THEIR POTENTIAL.

>> Reporter: SCHOOL OFFICIALS TELL EYE NEWS SOURCE THEY CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THEIR POLICIES.

FOR KPBS, I AM A EYE NEWS REPORTER, JENNIFER BOWMAN.

>>> A NONPROFIT PARTNER OF KPBS.

AT LONG LAST, THE LARGEST WILDFIRE OF 2021 IS FINALLY NEAR CONTAINMENT.

CREWS SAY THE DIXIE FIRE SHOULD BE CONTAINED BY WEEK'S AND, IT BEGAN WAY BACK ON JULY 13th AND HAS BURNED CLOSE TO 964,000 ACRES AND DESTROYED THE COMMUNITIES IN GREENVILLE AND CANYON DAM.

IN ALL, 1329 STRUCTURES HAVE BURNED.

AND WORSE YET, ONE FIREFIGHTER DIED.

THREE OTHERS WERE INJURED.

>>> CALIFORNIA'S BATTLES WITH WILDFIRES EVERY YEAR, A NEW EXAMINATION BY STANFORD UNIVERSITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND HUMAN OUTCOMES LAB FINDS THAT WILDFIRE SMOKE IS CAUSING PROBLEMS FAR AWAY FROM THE FIRE ZONES.

KPBS REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON SAID SMOKE IS A GROWING PROBLEM, EVEN IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> Reporter: WILDFIRES ARE A PART OF LIFE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, FLAMES RACED OUT OF CONTROL, EVACUATIONS ARE ORDERED, CREWS RESPOND.

AND AFTER HOURS, DAYS, AND IN SOME CASES, WEEKS, THE BLAZE IS FINALLY SNUFFED OUT AND THE DAMAGES FINALLY ASSESSED.

BUT NEW RESEARCH FINDS THAT FLAMES ARE NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM.

WILDFIRE SMOKE IS GREATLY EXTENDING THE DAMAGING REACH OF THESE OUT-OF-CONTROL BLAZES.

>> I REFER TO THEM AS THE WATER IN THE FIRE.

>> Reporter: HE HELPS FIREFIGHTERS TRACK WILDFIRE MOVEMENT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

>> THESE PLUMES CAN GO LONG DISTANCES.

WE NOTICE THAT THIS YEAR, WE HAD AREAS BEING SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF AIR QUALITY FROM FIRES IN CALIFORNIA.

>> Reporter: THE AMOUNT OF SMOKE IN THE AIR HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED IN THE LAST DECADE.

THE TEAM WITH RESEARCHERS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY HAVE ANALYZED SATELLITE IMAGES OF WILDFIRE SMOKE.

STANFORD'S MARSHALL BURKE WORKED ON THE PROGRESS.

>> WE SEE A CLEAR UPWARD TREND IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, AND ACROSS OTHER PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

AN UPWARD TREND IN THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH SMOKE PLUMES IN THE AIR.

AND A RAPID INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT WE HAVE THE SMOKE PLUMES OVERHEAD.

>> Reporter: OCEANSIDE RESIDENTS ARE FOUND TO BE LIVING WITH MORE THAN A MONTH OF SMOKE EACH YEAR, ALSO IN ESCONDIDO, FALLBROOK AND CAMP PENDLETON.

IN IMPERIAL COUNTY, SOME AREAS OUTSIDE OF EL CENTRO ARE NOW EXPERIENCING TWO YEARS OF SMOKE PER YEAR.

EVEN SO, THE CENTRAL REASON TO NOT GET THE WORST OF IT.

>> SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOT HIT WITH WILDFIRE AND SMOKE EXPOSURE, BUT THE BAY AREA, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THAT GOT HIT REALLY HARD BECAUSE OF THE CONFLUENCE OF WIND DIRECTION AND WHERE THE ACTUAL WILDFIRES ARE.

>> Reporter: THE SMOKE IS STILL IMPACTING HEALTH IN SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL COUNTIES.

A 17% INCREASE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS, RESPIRATORY AND CARDIAC CONDITIONS IN THE HEAVY FIRE YEAR 2018, COMPARED TO JUST TWO YEARS BEFORE.

PRESCRIPTION FOR ASTHMA MEDICATION ALBUTEROL SPIKED 21% BETWEEN 2015 AND 2018.

>> IT CAN BE VERY BAD WITH PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING HEART OR LUNG DISEASE.

>> GREG HURST IS AN ESCONDIDO PULMONOLOGIST, HE SAID THAT WILDFIRE SMOKE IS NOTORIOUSLY BAD FOR PEOPLE AND HEALTHY FALSKEN IT EXPERIENCE COUGHING, LUNG IRRITATION, AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH.

IN MORE SERIOUS CASES IT CAN CAUSE ASTHMA AND HEART DISEASE, HE IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT SMALLER PARTICLES, SMALLER THEN 2.5 MICRON SECOND GET PAST THE AIRWAYS.

>> IT CAN GET INTO THE AIR SACS WHERE THE GAS EXCHANGE OCCURS, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO GET RID OF THEM.

>> Reporter: WILDFIRE SMOKE IS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THAT ARE ALREADY COPING WITH POOR AIR QUALITY.

CENTERED SEDRO, AND ESCONDIDO FACE ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES, THE AIR IS LOOTED BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC OR INJURY, SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISOR NORA VARGAS CHAIRS THE REGIONAL AIRPORT, SHE SAID THAT POLITICIANS AND REGULATORS NEED TO TAKE EXTRA STEPS TO HELP COMMUNITY OF COLOR TO HAVE ALERTS ABOUT POOR AIR QUALITY.

>> IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED, SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS.

SO THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.

>> Reporter: VARGAS SAYS THAT MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE OF THIS AWARE OF THE RISK OF DIRTY AIR, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR WORKING- CLASS COMMITTEES.

SHE KNOWS THAT THEY CANNOT REGULATE WILDFIRE SMOKE, BUT REGULATORS CAN WORK TO REDUCE OTHER POLLUTION SOURCES THAT AMPLIFY THE SMOKE'S HEALTH IMPACT.

>> WE ARE REALLY THINK ABOUT WHERE THE POTENTIAL RISK OF THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES ARE IN THE REGION, TO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THAT.

I THINK THAT IS ANOTHER HUGE ISSUE FOR US.

>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, FIGHTERS CONTINUED TO BURN IN CALIFORNIA.

THERE ARE MORE THAN A DOZEN ACTIVE BATTLES.

FLAMES FROM MORE THAN 7700 BLAZES HAVE ALREADY CHARGED MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION ACRES IN CALIFORNIA JUST THIS YEAR.

ERIK ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> I HOPE YOU'RE HAVING AN EXCELLENT TUESDAY THANK YOU FOR TUNING INTO KPBS.

I AM A MARVIN GOMEZ.

LET'S TALK ABOUT A FORECAST HEADING INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING UP IN MANY AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON.

BUT OF COURSE, IN THE MORNING HOURS, ESPECIALLY TOMORROW MORNING, WE ARE WAKING UP TO FOGGY CONDITIONS.

AND THEN, SOME SUNSHINE WILL BE WITH US DURING THE AFTERNOON NEXT WEEK.

THIS IS REALLY LOOKING FARTHER UP THE ROAD AHEAD.

THERE IS GOING TO BE THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOME COOLER CONDITIONS AGAIN.

INTO TONIGHT, WE ARE KEEPING SOME OF THOSE COOL CONDITIONS IN A FEW SPOTS.

47 DEGREES, YOUR LOW AND THE CONNECT.

BORREGO SPRINGS, 59 THERE.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, MID-60s, HEADING INTO OUR WEDNESDAY, COOL AND DRY WEATHER FOR MOST OF THE SOUTH WEST.

WE ARE TRACKING SHOWERS AND STORMS COME A WE ARE GOING TO KEEP ALL OF THAT ACTION BASICALLY IN THAT GENERAL AREA, WE ARE WAKING UP, AS I MENTIONED TO FOGGY CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, BEFORE THE AFTERNOON, MANY SPOTS WITH THE SUNSHINE IN MANY AREAS ALONG THE COAST, WHICH WILL BE WARMING UP IN THE MID-70s.

BORREGO SPRINGS, YOU ARE WARMING UP TO 89 DEGREES FOR YOUR AFTERNOON.

AND THURSDAY, NICE, QUIET WEATHER FOR CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, AGAIN, SPOTTY SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THE FOUR CORNERS BOTH ON THURSDAY, AND ALSO AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR FRIDAY.

ALONG THE COAST, TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING UP INTO THE LOW-80S AS WE HEAD TOWARD OUR FRIDAY.

FRIDAY IS GOING TO BE A DAY WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE GETTING INTO THE UPPER-80S IN ENGLAND AREAS, POSSIBLY VERY CLOSE TO 90 DEGREES AND A SATURDAY, LOOKING AT HIGH AIR, THE TERRAIN, THE MOUNTAINS, WE ARE IN THE 60s, LOW-60S, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, POSSIBLY MID- 60s FOR OUR SATURDAY AND ALSO INTO ARSENIC, LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, IN THE DESERT, WE ARE STAYING NICE AND QUIET.

MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

TEMPERATURES GETTING INTO THE 90s FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WORK WEEK.

ESSENTIALLY, WE ARE LOOKING AT TRIPLE DIGITS THAT ARE, AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM MARVIN GOMEZ.

>>> ARE YOU READY TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD?

TODAY IS NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DATE, IT COMES ONE DAY AFTER GOVERNMENT GAVIN NEWSOM SLOT SIGNED A SLEW OF BILLS.

UNDER THE NEW LEGISLATION, ALL REGISTERED VOTERS IN CALIFORNIA WILL GET MAILED BALLOTS IN FUTURE ELECTION, THE CHANGE WAS FIRST ADOPTED DURING THE PANDEMIC FOR THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, AND THE RECALL ELECTION, YOU CAN CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS ONLINE AT ESTEVOTE.COM.

>>> PFIZER IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO SEEKING AUTHORIZATION FOR ITS VACCINATION AUTHORIZE IN YOUNG CHILDREN AGES 5 TO 11, THEY SUBMITTED THE PLAN TO THE U.S. FDA.

MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE ON THE TIMELINE.

WAS THE ONE STEP CLOSER TO BETTER DETECTION FOR CHILDREN WITH COVID-19.

IN A MATTER OF DAYS, PFIZER SAID THE COMPANY PLANS TO APPLY TO THE FDA FOR USE OF THE VACCINE AND YOUNGER CHILDREN.

>> IF THEY APPROVE IT, WE WILL BE READY WITH OUR MANUFACTURING TO PROVIDE THIS.

>> Reporter: THE COMPANY SAYS THAT THIS FORMULATION IS SAFE IN THAT AGE GROUP, THE FDA AND CDC WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY.

>> AS SOON AS THEY GET SUBMITTED TO THE FDA, AND I KNOW THAT THE FDA IS URGENTLY PLANNING TO REMOVE THIS DATA.

WILL GO FROM THE FDA, TO THE CDC, WE WILL SEE SIMILAR URGENCY.

>> Reporter: BEFORE THE VACCINE CAN BE GIVEN TO YOUNGER CHILDREN, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DATA NEEDED.

A DECISION COULD COME BY THE END OF OCTOBER.

>> THIS IS A VACCINE FOR CHILDREN GETTING THE DOSE RIGHT, IN TERMS OF BOTH EFFICACY AND SIDE EFFECTS IS CRUCIAL.

>> Reporter: RIGHT NOW THE VACCINE IS ONLY APPROVED FOR USE IN PEOPLE 12 OLDER, BUT ACCORDING TO THE ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, MORE THAN ONE QUARTER OF ALL COVID-19 PATIENTS REPORTED NOW OUR CHILDREN, INCREASING THE URGENCY TO GET KIDS PROTECTED.

>> I WOULD NOT BE SO CAVALIER ABOUT THIS, WE KNOW THAT THIS HAS LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES IN PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILDREN.

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

>>> WE HAVE REDESIGNED OUR WEBSITE AND IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT YOU CAN FIND THE LATEST ON THE PANDEMIC.

HE WILL FIND IT UNDER THE NEWS TAB ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

>>> COSTCO IS KNOWN FOR BUYING IN BULK, BUT NOW WHAT IS LAYING DOWN LIMITS ON CERTAIN PRODUCTS.

MICHELLE DO WE EXPLAINED.

>> Reporter: GETTING A HOLD OF A LARGE STASH OF TOILET PAPER OR PAPER TOWELS COULD BE AN ISSUE ONCE AGAIN, AS BIG-BOX RETAILERS LIKE COSTCO HAVE RESTRICTED THE AMOUNT THE CUSTOMERS CAN BUY.

>> I MEAN, THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO.

BUT I GUESS IT IS ALMOST LIKE GOING BACK TO THE WHOLE TOILET EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW COUPLE HE, HOPEFULLY WE DON'T GO IN THAT DIRECTION AGAIN.

>> Reporter: A SIGN POSTED SAID THAT A LIMITED LIMIT OF ONE PACKET OF BOUNTY AND PAPER TOWELS PER SHOPPER.

EMPLOYEES SAID CERTAIN CLEANING PRODUCTS AND CASES OF WATER WERE BEING LIMITED AS WELL.

>> IF I KNEW THAT, I WOULD'VE GOTTEN ONE, I REMEMBER HOW IT WAS.

>> THEY HAVE ONLY ONE PER CUSTOMER.

I THINK THAT WILL HELP SPREAD AROUND.

>> Reporter: HIGH DEMAND FOR SOME ITEMS CAN BE LINKED TO THE SPREAD OF THE DELTA VARIANT.

BUT THERE IS ALSO ISSUES OF DELAYS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEM ACCORDING TO ECONOMIST, IT IS CAUSING A HUGE BACKUP IN THE DELIVERY OF CONSUMER GOODS, THE TRAFFIC JAM OF CARGO SHIPS OUTSIDE OF THE PORTS OF L.A. AND LONG BEACH ILLUSTRATE PART OF THE PROBLEM.

>> THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ALL OF THAT MERCHANDISE FROM THE BOATS, THE LINES THEY SAY HERE IN LONG BEACH, IT IS LONGER THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME.

>> Reporter: OUTSIDE COSCO, THIS COUPLE TALKED ABOUT THINGS A LONG LINE OF SHIPS STACKED UP IN THE OCEAN.

>> IF THEY ARE OUT THERE, THEY CANNOT TRANSPORT IT.

THAT CAUSES A BACKUP THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.

>> HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK IN THE PORTS, AND IN TRUCKING, AND GET THE SUPPLIES BACK OUT TO THE PEOPLE.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, STRATEGIC FAILURE.

TOP U.S. MILITARY LEADERS CONTRADICT PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THE U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN.

THAT IS COMING UP RIGHT AFTER EVENING EDITION, ON KPBS.

>>> SOME HISTORY IN THE MAKING TODAY, IN CHICAGO, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND HIS WIFE MICHELLE BROKE GROUND ON THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER, THE 44th PRESIDENT SAID AT THE CEREMONY THAT HE WANTS THE CENTER TO BE MORE THAN A MUSEUM OR ARCHIVES.

>> IT WILL NOT JUST THE AN EXERCISE IN NOSTALGIA OR LOOKING BACKWARD, WE WANT TO LOOK FORWARD, WE WANT THIS TO BE A LIVING, THRIVING HOME.

FOR CONCERTS, CULTURAL EVENTS, LECTURES, TRAININGS, SUMMITS.

TOPICAL DIALOGUES AND CONVERSATIONS.

WE WANT THIS TO BE A HUB BEFORE IN-HOUSE FELLOWS WITH REAL- WORLD EXPERIENCE TO SHARE.

WHAT IS WORKING, WHAT IS NOT.

SOLVING THE BIG PROBLEMS OF THE DAY.

>> YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, PRESIDENT OBAMA STARTED HIS POLITICAL CAREER IN CHICAGO.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>>> 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 TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR, HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN GRAIN, HEATING, COOLING SYSTEM SINCE 1978.

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

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

PASSED HE.