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>>> GOOD EVENING, THIS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7th AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

THIS WAS THE FIRST DAY IN THE ORANGE HERE IN SAN DIEGO WITH FEWER COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS .

A DAY OF OPTIMISM AS WHAT HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT TIME.

MATT HOFFMAN NOT WITH HOW SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING AHEAD.

>> Reporter: WE GET TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY ENDORSED BY 25% AND IT GIVES THE CONSUMERS MORE CONFIDENCE.

CITY TACO OWNERS IS OPENING UP A NEW LOCATION OUTSIDE OF PETCO PARK THAT WAS A YEAR IN THE MAKING.

>> IT WAS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR.

>> Reporter: BUT NOW FANS CAN BE SEATED INSIDE PETCO PARK AND WITH THE ORANGE TIER, THE PADRES CAN INCREASE CAPACITY TO 33%.

>> THERE IS POSITIVE INDUSTRY IN OUR INDUSTRY AND THINGS ARE OPENING BACK UP AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING BACK TO WORK TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES AND STAFF.

>> Reporter: HE OWNS SOCIAL TOPPED, ALSO NEXT TO PETCO PARK.

>> I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL WE ARE COMPLETELY OPEN.

>> Reporter: HE CAN INCREASE INDOOR CAPACITY BUT THINGS ARE NOT ENTIRELY BACK TO NORMAL.

>> IT IS NOT NORMAL, NOBODY IN EVERY SEAT.

SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE DIFFERENT.

I WILL TAKE THIS OVER LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE WERE IN A LOCKDOWN.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE FEELING OPTIMISM, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS ANNOUNCED A TARGET DATE OF JUNE 5th TO LIFT NEARLY ALL COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS .

>> THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE A HARD DATE TO PLAN AROUND.

>> Reporter: THIS MANAGER OF THIS BAR OPENED A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC FIRST HIT.

>> WE MISS PEOPLE AT THE BAR AND STRANGERS MEETING EACH OTHER AT THE BAR BUT IT WILL EVENTUALLY GET BACK.

>> Reporter: THIS IS HALF A MILE AWAY FROM PETCO PARK AND SHE WANTS TO SEE SOME BASEBALL FANS THE SEASON, ESPECIALLY NOW WE ARE IN THE ORANGE REOPENING TIER.

BUT BUSINESS OWNERS SAY THEY HAD TO GRADUALLY SCALE UP THEIR OPERATIONS.

>> IT IS A SLOW PROCESS, PEOPLE ARE GAINING CONFIDENCE TO GO OUT AND ENJOY LUNCH AND DINNER.

WE HAVE TO GROW ALONG WITH THEM.

IF YOU DON'T, YOUR NUMBERS WILL NOT BE RIGHT AND YOU PUT THE BUSINESS IN JEOPARDY.

>> Reporter: THE CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT ESTIMATES 30% OF RESTAURANTS WILL SHUT THE DOOR BECAUSE OF THE EPIDEMIC.

>> EVERY DAY THAT GOES BY, RESTAURANTS ARE ON THE EDGE.

MANY OF THEM FALL OFF.

WE FULLY EXPECT IN BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 15th, THERE WILL BE MORE RESTAURANTS THAT HAD TO THROW IN THE TOWEL.

>> Reporter: EFFECTIVE TODAY, THE COUNTY'S 10:00 P.M.

CURFEW IS GONE.

>>> NEW GUIDANCE FROM THE GOVERNOR, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, AND UC SAN DIEGO, WILL RETURN TO PRIMARILY IN- PERSON INSTRUCTION AND ACTIVITIES THIS FALL.

THE SAN DIEGO STATE PRESIDENT SAID THE SCHOOL IS OPENING UP ON-CAMPUS HOUSING TO THOUSANDS MORE STUDENTS.

RESIDENCE HALLS AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO WILL BE NEARLY 100% CAPACITY.

OFFICIALS EXPECT 90% OF STUDENTS AND 85% OF STAFF BE FULLY VACCINATED BY THE FALL QUARTER.

>>> CALIFORNIA HAS ADMINISTERED OVER 4.2 MILLION COVID-19 VACCINES TO SOME OF THE STATES HARDEST HIT COMMUNITIES.

MELISSA MAY SHOWS US HOW SAN DIEGO IS HELPING ITS DISADVANTAGED AREAS GET VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: EQUITY IS A FOCUS OF VACCINES EFFORTS IN SAN DIEGO WITH THE HARDEST HIT COMMUNITIES ACCOUNTING FOR 40% OF COVID CASES AND DEATHS WITHIN THE LOWEST QUARTILE OF THE HEALTHY PLACES IN NEXT.

>> IT IS ABOUT IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF OUR BLACK AND BROWN MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO AREA.

>> Reporter: THIS COMMUNITY HEALTH AND RESOURCE FAIR AT THE JACKIE ROBINSON YMCA HELPED MAKE VACCINES MORE ACCESSIBLE.

THE FOUNDER OF THE HEALTH FAIR RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM GOVERNOR NEWSOM TO HELP.

>> WE ARE TRYING TO GET OUR COMMUNITY VACCINATED.

WE WERE GIFTED WITH 1000 JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINES, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO IS HIT WITH VOLUNTEERS.

>> Reporter: EVENTS LIKE THIS ARE EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT GETTING THE VACCINE.

BREAST CANCER FOR SURVIVOR TOOK THE VACCINE ADVICE.

>> I REALIZED I WOULD BE OUT HERE NOT PROTECTED, SO THAT IS REALLY WHAT MADE ME, THE EDUCATION AND WANTING TO PROTECT MYSELF AND MY FAMILY.

>> Reporter: THIS SELF-PAY RESIDENT WAS GRATEFUL TO HAVE EASIER ACCESS TO THE VACCINE.

>> THIS IS THAT TESTING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE HURT IN OUR BUSINESSES AND WE WANT TO GET ALL THE BUSINESS IS GOING AGAIN.

>> Reporter: THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS STILL ALLOCATING 40% OF VACCINES TO THESE AREAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS.

THEY ALSO HAVE PLANS FOR A NEW PROGRAM TO TEXT PEOPLE IN CERTAIN ZIP CODES WHEN VACCINE APPOINTMENTS ARE AVAILABLE.

>>> A REMINDER, WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW AND WHERE TO GET YOUR SHOT AT KPBS.ORG, JUST CLICK ON THE VACCINES TAP ON THE HOMEPAGE.

>>> DR. AKILAH WEBER HOLDS A COMMANDING LEAD TO FILL HER MOTHER'S SEAT IN THE STATE ASSEMBLY.

SHE HAS OVER 52% OF THE VOTE BUT WITH OVER 9000 ESTIMATED BALANCE LEFT TO BE COUNTED, IT IS STILL NOT CLEAR WHETHER SHE WILL STAY ABOVE THE 50% NEEDED TO AVOID A JUNE 8th RUNOFF.

SHE SPOKE TO US TODAY.

>> WE ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC.

HOWEVER, WE WANT EVERY VOTE TO BE COUNTED.

AT THIS POINT, WE KNOW THAT, IF THERE IS A RUNOFF, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE IN IT.

IF THERE IS NOT, WE WILL BE GOING TO SACRAMENTO.

>> IF THERE IS A RUNOFF, WEBER WOULD FACE REPUBLICAN MARCO CONTRERAS WHO HAS SO FAR PULLED IN 33% OF THE VOTE IN THE 79th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.

>>> WHETHER IT IS A CASE OF CHILDREN BEING DROPPED OFF BY HUMAN SMUGGLERS OR FAMILIES SELF SEPARATING, BORDER PATROL AGENTS ARE RESCUING MORE AND MORE YOUNG CHILDREN LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES ON THE SIDE OF THE BORDER.

ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, TWO YOUNG CHILDREN ABANDONED AT THE U.S.- MEXICO BORDER WERE RESCUED BY BORDER PATROL AGENTS.

THE SIBLINGS, A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY WERE DROPPED WHERE THE BORDER FENCING MEETS LARGE BOULDERS.

THE AGENTS HAD SPOTTED A MAN AND A WOMAN WITH THE CHILDREN BEFORE THEY WERE HOISTED INTO THE U.S. SIDE.

BORDER PATROL AGENT ANGEL MORENO SAID THE CHILDREN WERE VISIBLY UPSET AND WITHOUT PROVISIONS LIKE FOOD AND WATER.

>> THE ONLY THING THEY DO HAVE IS A NOTE WITH A PHONE NUMBER OF THEIR MOTHER.

THEY ALSO HAD THEIR MOTHER'S NAME AND PHONE NUMBER ON THE FORM.

>> Reporter: THE CHILDREN, MEXICAN NATIONALS, WERE TAKEN IN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT.

THIS INCIDENT IS THE LATEST IN THE INFLUX OF CHILDREN BEING LEFT ALONE AT THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER.

>> SINCE APRIL OF 2020, NOT ONLY THE BORDER PATROL BUT WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN HUMAN APPREHENSIONS AND THE APPREHENSIONS OF MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN AND WE ARE SEEING THESE TYPES OF EVENTS AND THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN RECENT HISTORY.

>> Reporter: LASTLY, TWO CHILDREN FROM ECUADOR WERE RESCUED AFTER BEING DROPPED OVER A FENCE IN NEW MEXICO, NEAR EL PASO, TEXAS.

ON APRIL 1st, A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS FOUND ALONE IN A FIELD IN TEXAS, LEFT BY THE GROUP HE WAS TRAVELING WITH.

THE BOY IS STILL IN CUSTODY OF BORDER PATROL.

THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A SHELTER TO HOUSE UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN AND IT WILL HOLD AS MANY AS 1000 CHILDREN, LIKE THOSE STAYING AT THE SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER, THEY WILL RECEIVE SCHOOLING AND MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

>>> MENTAL HEALTH CAN BE A HARD TOPIC TO TALK ABOUT.

FOR SOME CULTURES IT CAN BE IGNORED.

WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE BARRIERS PREVENTING THE LIGHTING COMMUNITY FROM SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH HELP.

A WARNING, THIS REPORT INCLUDES A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TALK ABOUT SELF-HARM THAT SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND DISTURBING.

>> Reporter: HER DEPRESSION BEGAN WHEN SHE LEFT HER HOMETOWN IN MEXICO AT THE AGE OF 17.

A FAMILY FRIEND SAID HE HAD A JOB FOR HER IN CALIFORNIA BABYSITTING TWO AMERICAN CHILDREN BUT THERE WAS NO JOB AND THE MEN WHO TOOK HER FROM HER FAMILY WANTED HER AS HIS WOMAN INSTEAD.

>> IN THAT RANCH, I HAD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HE WOULD CHASE ME WITH A RIFLE AND SLAP ME.

>> Reporter: FOR 15 YEARS, SHE HAD AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP.

>> MY LIFE HAS BEEN SAD, I WOULD CRY.

I HAD NO ACTIVITIES, I COULD NOT GO ANYWHERE.

>> Reporter: UNTIL ONE DAY SHE HAD ENOUGH AND LEFT.

ONCE ON HER OWN, SHE KNEW SHE WAS NOT OKAY AND SOUGHT OUT HELP.

BUT THE LIGHT NEXT COMMUNITY FACES LANGUAGE BARRIERS, LESS ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, AND CULTURE INFLUENCES THAT KEEP THEM FROM GETTING HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH.

>> I NEEDED HELP WITH MY MENTAL HEALTH, THE MENTALITY AS LATINOS IS, I AM NOT CRAZY, IT IS NOT THAT WE ARE CRAZY BUT WE NEED SUPPORT OF A DOCTOR, A SPECIALIST.

>> Reporter: ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS IS THE STIGMA OF BEING LABELED CRAZY.

>> YOU HAVE THESE PEOPLE TELLING YOU THAT YOU CAN JUST PRAY, THIS IS A DEMON AND YOU CAN PRAY AWAY.

>> Reporter: SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DEPRESSIVE DISORDER AT 16.

>> THE ANGER WAS A BIGGER PART OF IT, THE DEPRESSION AND THE PANIC ATTACKS.

AND, AT THAT MOMENT, I TOLD THEM, THIS IS A CRISIS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LIVE.

>> Reporter: HER DEPRESSION GOT SO BAD SHE BEGAN SELF HARMING AND CHECKED INTO A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER.

SOMETHING HER LATIN PARENTS HAD A HARD TIME ACCEPTING.

>> THEY DID NOT WANT TO ACCEPT THE FACT I WAS NOT OKAY.

THAT IS A BIG THING IN THE LATIN COMMUNITY.

TO BELIEVE THAT IF YOUR CHILD, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR CHILD, IT IS THEIR FAULT.

>> Reporter: THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE LACK OF THERAPISTS THAT CAN UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE AND THE PROBLEMS THEY FACE.

>> IT IS HARD TO FIND A THERAPIST THAT CONNECTS WITH THOSE ISSUES.

I THINK I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY FAMILY BECAUSE OF MY CULTURE.

YOU ARE TALKING TO A WHITE MALE THERAPIST THAT HAS NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?

>> GOOD.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE THESE THERAPIST WHO IS LaTINA AND SO SHE CAN RELATE TO THE CULTURAL INFLUENCES LATINOS FACE WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH HELP.

>> MY GRANDMOTHER BELIEVES IF WE PRAY TO GOD AND WE GIVE OUR PRAYERS TO THE CHURCH, GOD WILL GRANT US A MIRACLE AND THE SYMPTOMS WILL GO AWAY.!

SHE SAYS SHE HAS TO BE CULTURALLY SENSITIVE TO HER PATIENTS AND INCORPORATE THAT IN HER PRACTICE FOR SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT.

>> WE CAN PRAY BUT WE NEED MORE.

WE HAVE TO RESPECT THE BELIEF SYSTEM BUT WORK WITH THEM.

WHAT I TRIED TO DO IS INCORPORATE THOSE BELIEFS.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THERE IS STILL PROGRESS TO BE MADE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SAYS THE PANDEMIC MAY BE NEED MORE URGENT.

>> WHAT IT WILL DO TWO PEOPLE IN THE LONG RUN, WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS OF OCD OR MAYBE PARANOIA.

THERE ARE ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT THOUGHT ABOUT OR ACTUALLY EVEN SEEN BECAUSE WE ARE STILL IN THE PANDEMIC.

>> Reporter: AS PEOPLE REBUILD THEIR LIVES FROM THE AFTERMATH OF THE PANDEMIC, SHE SUGGESTS NOT SLEEPING ON MENTAL HEALTH.

>> IT DOES NOT GO AWAY.

WE NEED TO LEARN AND TEACH PEOPLE THE WAY TO NAVIGATE AND THE WAY TO SEEK OUT RESOURCES.

AND HOW DO THEY DO IT, AND HOW CAN THEY FIND SOMEBODY TO CONNECT WITH?

>> Reporter: SHE IS BUILDING THE RESOURCES FOR HER COMMUNITY, AS PART OF AN ADVOCACY GROUP.

>> IT IS A NEW LIFE FOR ME, SINCE I LEFT MY LIFE WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND GOT INVOLVED WITH THE GROUPS, IT IS THE MOST MARVELOUS THING I HAVE FOUND IN MY LIFE.

MY WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE HELP I GOT.!

SHE SAYS THIS HAS BEEN THE BEST MEDICINE TO GET OUT OF DEPRESSION OVER COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE MARINE CORPS IS INVESTIGATING THE READINESS OF TROOPS BEFORE THEY PARTICIPATED IN AN EXERCISE THAT TURNS DEADLY.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWS THE RELEASE OF THE REPORT INTO THE AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT VEHICLE SINKING OFF SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND THAT KILLED EIGHT MARINES AND ONE SAILOR LAST JULY.

THE REPORT BLAMED INADEQUATE TRAINING, SHABBY MAINTENANCE, AND POOR JUDGMENT BY COMMANDERS.

THREE COMMANDERS WERE FIRED AS A RESULT.

THE INVESTIGATION COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.

>>> DATE OF TESTIMONY IN THE TRIAL OF DEREK SHELTON, THEY'RE TRYING TO POKE HOLES IN THE TRAINING.

WE HAVE THE LATEST FROM MINNEAPOLIS.

>> MY OPINION WAS THAT NO FORCE SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED ONCE HE WAS IN THE POSITION.

>> Reporter: THAT ANSWER GIVEN BY AN LAPD USE OF FORCE EXPERT WHEN ASKED BY THE PROSECUTION HOW MUCH FORCE DEREK CHAUVIN SHOULD HAVE USED ON GEORGE FLOYD ONCE HE WAS HANDCUFFED AND ON THE GROUND.

WHEN ASKED IF DEREK CHAUVIN KNEELING ON HIS NECK FOR NINE MINUTES WOULD BE CONSIDERED DEADLY FORCE, SERGEANT JODY STIGER ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

>> THE PRESSURE THAT HE WAS CAUSED BY THE BODY WEIGHT COULD CAUSE ASPHYXIA WHICH COULD CAUSE DEATH.

>> Reporter: THE DEFENSE ARGUED THE USE OF FORCE NEVER LOOKS THE SAME AND THAT MANY FACTORS HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED IN EACH SITUATION.

IN THIS CASE, SAYING THE CROWD AROUND THE OFFICERS ON THE 25th OF 2020 WAS DISTRACTING AND POSED A POTENTIAL THREAT.

BUT DEREK CHAUVIN , BUT JODY STIGER DISAGREED .

>> MOST WAS OF CONCERN FOR MR. FLOYD.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS OFFICERS CAN ONLY APPLY FORCED BASED ON THE SUBJECT'S ACTIONS AND NOT ON THOSE AROUND THEM.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISOR HAS VOTED TO UNANIMOUSLY ADOPT A RESOLUTION DENOUNCING XENOPHOBIA AND ANTI-ASIAN RACISM.

ACCORDING TO THE SAN DIEGO API COALITION, THERE WERE 42 REPORTS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY FROM MARCH 2020 THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

IN JANUARY, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DECLARED RACISM A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

>>> THE PODCAST BLOOD ON GOLD MOUNTAIN TELLS THE STORY OF 1871 L.A. CHINATOWN MASSACRE THROUGH THE EYES OF A YOUNG CHINESE WOMAN WHO ARRIVES IN CALIFORNIA AS A REFUGEE.

THE SECOND EPISODE DEBUTS TODAY.

>> Reporter: AS WE SEE A RECENT RISE IN HATE CRIMES AGAINST ASIANS, THE PODCAST BLOOD ON GOLD MOUNTAIN REMINDS US THAT THIS KIND OF RACISM IS SADLY NOT NEW.

THE SEVEN PART PODCAST LOOKS TO ONE OF THE LARGEST RACE LYNCHINGS IN THE U.S., THE FIRST EPISODE INTRODUCED AUDIENCES TO THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A GIRL LIVED IN CALIFORNIA IN THE 1870S.

>> CHINESE IN THIS COUNTRY LIVE OUTSIDE, WE CANNOT SPEAK TO A JUDGE UNLESS IT IS ACCUSED ANOTHER CHINA MAN OR A MEXICAN OF A CRIME, THAT MEANS ANYONE CAN BRING DOWN THE LAW ON US AT ANY TIME AND THE CLAIM JUMPERS WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY ENLIST THE SHERIFF'S HELP TO RUN US OUT OF TOWN.

>> Reporter: IT IS NARRATED BY A PROFESSOR AT SCRIPPS COLLEGE WHO CONCEIVED THE PROJECT WANTED TO KNOW WHY THIS INCIDENT, IN WHICH A MOB KILLED NEARLY 2 DOZEN CHINESE PEOPLE IN CHINATOWN IN LOS ANGELES, HAD BEEN SO IGNORED.

>> IT WAS A MOB OF ABOUT 500 PEOPLE WHO DRAGGED OUT AND LYNCHED ABOUT 20 CHINESE.

WHY WAS IT NEGLECTED?

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A PIVOTAL WAY TO UNDERSTAND RACE RELATIONS.

WHY DO WE NEGLECT OR EVEN ERASE THE MEMORY OF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN L.A.?

IT WAS THE BLOODIEST RACE RIOT ON THE WEST COAST.

>> Reporter: A NEW EPISODE WILL BE AVAILABLE EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY.

>>> SAN DIEGO RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND THE BIOLOGICAL MECHANISM THAT ALLOWS VENUS FLY TRAPS TO CATCH THEIR LIVING ANIMAL PRAY.

OUR ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: RESEARCHERS HAVE UNCOVERED A BIOLOGICAL PROCESS THAT ALLOWS CARNIVOROUS PLANTS TO FEED ON LIFE AND SEX.

JoANNE, WHO LIVES WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE, LEADS THE LAB.

>> IT IS THE HOLY GRAIL OF THE SYSTEM, ANIMALS AND PLANTS.

>> Reporter: THEY GOT TRIGGER HARRIS FROM VENUS FLY TRAPS AND USE GENETICALLY SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGY TO IDENTIFY PROTEINS THAT REACTED TO TOUCH, THAT REVEALED HOW CERTAIN PROTEINS GENERATED AN ELECTRICAL CHARGE AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL WHEN THE PROTEINS ARE STIMULATED.

>> WITH CARNIVOROUS PLANTS, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE SENSORY, HOW THEY SINCE TOUCH.

>> Reporter: THEY SAY SCIENTISTS FOUND THE SAME MECHANISMS EXISTED IN SANDHU, A PLANT WITH STICKY TENTACLES THAT CATCH INSECTS AND RESEARCHERS ARE LOOKING AT REPLICATING THE PROTEINS THAT ALLOW PLANTS TO CAPTURE FOOD IN ANIMAL AND HUMAN CELLS.

>> NOW YOU CAN APPLY AN ULTRASOUND STIMULUS, LIKE A TOUCH STIMULUS, AND PERHAPS MODIFY THE ACTIVITY OF THE HUMAN CELLS.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS IT MIGHT BE USED TO HELP THE HUMAN BODY GENERATE INSULIN, BENEFITING THOSE WHO HAVE DIABETES.

ERIK ANDERSON, KBPS NEWS .

>>> THE ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

WE SHOULD SEE SOME STRONGER WIND OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE MORNING.

A LITTLE TEMPERATURE CHANGE IS EXPECTED HERE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

NEAR THE COAST, NEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND WELL INLAND INTO THE DESERT, ABOUT 10 DEGREES OR SO ABOVE AVERAGE.

IT WILL BE HOT.

AND THE DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE.

NO SIGNS OF PRECIPITATION.

STRONG WIND TONIGHT OUT OF THE WEST IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THAT HAS LED TO WIND ADVISORIES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY.

TEMPERATURES TONIGHT, LOW-50S OCEANSIDE, SAN DIEGO IS 58 WITH PLENTY OF CLOUDS WITH ONSHORE FLOW.

TOMORROW, THE HEAT HOLDS IN THE INTERIOR SECTIONS, MILD TEMPERATURES NEAR THE COAST AND THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE GETTING FLATTENED BY A DISTURBANCE THAT IS GIVING US THE WIND OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY TOMORROW.

TOMORROW, WAKING UP WITH CLOUDS NEAR THE COAST AND COMING INTO SOME OF THE VALLEYS.

77 IN ESCONDIDO.

MT.

LAGUNA ABOUT 61 DEGREES.

FRIDAY, WE ARE DRY, ONE IN THE INTERIOR, MILDER NEAR THE COAST AND WITH LESS WIND.

TEMPERATURES THE NEXT FEW DAYS, NO REAL BIG CHANGES, MORNING CLOUDS AND AFTERNOON SUNSHINE, THE INTERIOR OF ELLIS WILTSEY CLOUDS IN THE MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING A LITTLE BIT OVER THE WEEKEND.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, STRONG GUSTY WINDS INTO THURSDAY BUT OTHERWISE IT SHOULD BE PLEASANTLY COOL.

THE DESERTS ARE LOOKING HOT AND DRY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-90s FOR MOST DAYS.

>>> FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN HAS LAUNCHED AN INITIATIVE SUPPORTING MILITARY AND VETERAN FAMILIES, CAREGIVERS, AND SURVIVORS.

SHE WAS JOINED VIRTUALLY BY MILITARY FAMILIES AND ADVOCATES FROM AROUND THE WORLD AS SHE ANNOUNCED THE NEXT PHASE OF "20 FORCES."

SHE STARTED 10 YEARS AGO WITHIN FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA.

>> SERVICEMEMBERS CANNOT BE FOCUSED ON THEIR MISSION IF THEIR FAMILIES DO NOT HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE AT HOME.

YOU ARE THE WRITER THAT STEERS OUR MILITARY.

IN SUPPORTING HER PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH IS A NATIONAL SECURITY IMPERATIVE.

>> THE FIRST LADY TOWARD THE MILITARY ONE SOURCE CALL CENTER WHICH PROVIDES CONSTANT SUPPORT TO SERVICE MEMBERS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND SURVIVORS.

>>> AND SURVIVORS OF COVID-19 APPEAR TO BE AT INCREASED RISK OF ANXIETY AND MOOD DISORDERS.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO A STUDY THAT FOUND A POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN COVID-19 INFECTIONS AND SUBSEQUENT DIAGNOSIS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS .

WE HAVE A CLOSER LOOK.

>> Reporter: A GROUNDBREAKING STUDY SHINING NEW LIGHT INTO THE LONGER-TERM IMPACT THE CORONAVIRUS MAY HAVE ON THE BRAIN WITH ONE THIRD OF COVID SURVIVORS WERE DIAGNOSED WITH A PSYCHOLOGICAL OR NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THEIR INFECTION.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AS RESEARCHERS FOUND THE MOST COMMON DIAGNOSIS WAS ANXIETY.

IT WAS FOUND IN 17% OF THE SURVEYED PATIENTS TREATED FOR COVID-19 , THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY NOON, MOOD DISORDERS AND INSOMNIA.

>> EVERY DAY WE LEARN SOMETHING NEW ABOUT THE VIRUS.

I PERSONALLY HAVE LOST SLEEP OVER IT, CRIED OVER IT.

>> Reporter: AND STROKE AND DEMENTIA DIAGNOSIS WERE MORE RARE BUT NOT UNCOMMON IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY ILL WITH COVID, OF THOSE ADMITTED TO INTENSIVE CARE, 7% HAD A STROKE AND ALMOST 2% WERE DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA.

RESEARCHERS SAY THIS IS THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE STUDY LOOKING INTO THE RISKS OF THESE TYPE OF PSYCHIATRIC AND NEUROLOGICAL COMPETITIONS IN THE SIX MONTHS AFTER A COVID INFECTION .

>>> ANOTHER LOOK AT THE TOP STORIES, TODAY SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOVED INTO THE LESS RESTRICTED ORANGE TO YOUR, RESTAURANTS ARE NOW ABLE TO OPERATE AT 50% OF CAPACITY ENDORSED WALL BARS WITHOUT FOOD MAY BEGIN OUTDOOR OPERATIONS.

MUSEUMS, ZOOS, MOVIE THEATERS, AND PLACES OF WORSHIP AND ALSO INCREASE CAPACITY TO 50%.

GYMNASIUMS CAN INCREASE TO 25% CAPACITY ENDORSED WALL SPORTING EVENTS ARE UP TO 33% CAPACITY.

>>> BORDER PATROL AGENTS ARE RESCUING MORE AND MORE YOUNG CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND ALONG THE BORDER, ON MONDAY AGENTS RESCUED A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY WERE DROPPED NEAR THE BORDER FENCE.

AGENT SPOTTED A MAN AND A WOMAN WITH THE CHILDREN BEFORE THEY WERE HOISTED ONTO THE U.S. SIDE.

THE SIBLINGS WERE LEFT WITH A PHONE NUMBER FOR THEIR MOTHER.

>>> LA MESA CITY COUNCILMEMBER DR. AKILAH WEBER IS LEADING THE RACE TO FILL HER MOTHER SEAT IN THE STATE ASSEMBLY.

SO FAR, SHE HAS OVER 52% OF THE VOTE FOR THE 79th DISTRICT BUT WITH STILL BALLOTS TO BE COUNTED IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER SHE WILL STAY ABOVE THE 50% NEEDED TO AVOID A JUNE 8th RUNOFF.

>>> FIND THE STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.