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>>> A GOOD EVENING.

IT IS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

IT IS ABOUT TO GET A LOT HARDER TO GET A COVID-19 VACCINATION APPOINTMENT IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

IT TOMORROW, ELIGIBILITY OPENS UP TO EVERYONE 16 AND OLDER.

HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED FOR EVERYONE TO GET THEIR SHOT HIM A 25 DEATHS WERE REPORTED TODAY.

20 ONE OF THOSE, AFTER A REVIEW OF DEATHS THAT OCCURRED IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY.

260 NEW CASES WERE ALSO REPORTED, CONTINUING THE OVERALL DOWNWARD TREND.

WE GET MORE NOW FROM JOHN CARROLL.

>>> WE WILL BE BACK AT A PLACE WHERE IT'S VERY HARD TO GET AN APPOINTMENT FOR A LITTLE BIT.

BACK NATHAN FLETCHER IS TALKING ABOUT THE CHANGE COMING TOMORROW, WHEN ELIGIBILITY OPENS UP TO ANYONE 16 YEARS AND OLDER IN THE COUNTY.

>> ANYTIME WE HAVE OPENED A NEW CATEGORY, IT WILL CREATE A SURGE OF PEOPLE SEEKING VACCINES.

THERE WILL BE THE NORMAL FRUSTRATION WITH THE CHALLENGES AND GETTING APPOINTMENTS.

WE ASK THAT EVERYONE CONTINUE TO BE PATIENT.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS FOLLOWED THE LEAD OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT IN POSITING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE.

THE DECISION TAKEN OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AFTER SIX PEOPLE DEVELOPED BLOOD CLOTS AFTER GETTING THE VACCINE.

FLETCHER SAYS THE PAUSE WILL HAVE MINIMAL IMPACT HERE.

>> TO DATE, THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE ONLY REPRESENTS 2.9% OF TOTAL VACCINES ADMINISTERED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

IT DID NOT DISRUPT ANY OF THE APPOINTMENTS AT OUR COUNTY ADMINISTERED NETWORK OF SITES.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE COUNTY ONLY HAS ABOUT 10,000 DOSES OF THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE, AND THEY WILL KEEP THEM IN STORAGE UNTIL RECEIVING ADVICE FROM THE CDC AND STATE.

THE COUNTY HAS SEEN A SLIGHT UPTICK IN CASES OVER THE PAST WEEK, BUT SAYS IT IS STATISTICALLY INSIGNIFICANT.

THE COUNTY IS ON TRACK TO REACH THE GOAL SET BY THE STATE OF GIVING 75% OF THE POPULATION VACCINATED.

HERE, THAT TRANSLATES TO 2,017,011 PEOPLE.

>> WE ARE 60% OF THE WAY TOWARDS THE GOAL.

WE ARE STRIVING FOR 75%, WITH FIRST DOSE, AND 37.5% OF THE WAY TOWARDS THE GOAL THAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE ON FULLY VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: THE CHALLENGE OF GETTING TO THE GOAL CONTINUES TO BE VACCINE SUPPLY.

ON THE EVE OF HAVING SO MANY MORE PEOPLE ELIGIBLE MUST FLETCHER SAYS OUR SUPPLY WILL TIP A BIT NEXT WEEK, ONE MORE BUMP IN THE ROAD TO GETTING PAST THIS PANDEMIC.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TODAY, AC/DC ADVISORY PANEL SAYS IT WANTS TIME TO ASSESS THE RISK OF BLOOD CLOTS LINKED TO THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE.

THE PAUSE WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ABOUT A WEEK.

>>> A REMINDER, WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW AND WHERE TO GET YOUR SHOT AT KPBS.ORG .

GO TO OUR HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE VACCINES TAB.

>>> AND ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS FORMALLY ANNOUNCED HIS PLANS TO END THE U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN.

AS WE REPORT, THE WITHDRAWAL IS SET TO TAKE PLACE BY A KEY ANNIVERSARY LATER THIS YEAR.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN PAYING RESPECTS THAT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY SECTION 60 AFTER A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN.

>> IT IS TIME TO END THE FOREVER WAR.

MACKEY ANNOUNCED THE U.S. TROOP WITHDRAWAL WILL BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 11, THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 2001 TERROR ATTACKS.

>> WE CANNOT CONTINUE THE CYCLE OF EXTENDING OR EXPANDING OUR MILITARY PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN HOPING TO CREATE IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR THE WITHDRAWAL, AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT.

>> Reporter: SOME LAWMAKERS APPLAUDING A DEFINED DATE AND PLAN TO END AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR.

>> THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T WANT ENDLESS WARS, AND NEITHER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: OTHERS WARNING OF DESTABILIZATION.

>> OUR PRESIDENT TO REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION LET POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS RUSH A RETREAT FROM IRAQ.

TOTAL CHAOS.

>> Reporter: THE PLAN BEGINS THE FINAL WITHDRAWAL ON MAY 1st, IN KEEPING WITH A U.S. EXIT DEADLINE NEGOTIATED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WITH THE TALIBAN LAST YEAR.

HE MADE IT CLEAR THEY WILL BE NO EXTENSION BEYOND SEPTEMBER.

>> WE WILL REORGANIZE OUR COUNTERTERRORISM CAPABILITIES, AND THE SUBSTANTIAL ASSETS IN THE REGION, TO PREVENT REEMERGENCE OF TERRORISTS AND A THREAT TO OUR HOMELAND.

THE AFGHAN PRESIDENT SAID HE SPOKE WITH BIDEN AND RESPECTS THE U.S. DECISION.

U.S. WILL CONTINUE TO DRAMATIC AND HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN.

>>> TODAY MOTHER NAVY HELD A CEREMONY MARKING THE END OF THE LINE FOR THE USS BONHOMME RICHARD.

STEVE WALSH SAYS SEVERAL QUESTIONS ARE STILL UNANSWERED ABOUT JULY'S CATASTROPHIC FIRE.

>> Reporter:THE USS BONHOMME RICHARD BURNED FOR NEARLY 4 DAYS IN JULY, AT TIMES SENDING SMOKE BILLOWING OVER THE CITY.

BY NOVEMBER, THEY DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS SO EXTENSIVE IT WAS NOT WORTH THE COST OF REPAIRING THE 22-YEAR-OLD CHIP.

DURING THE DECOMMISSIONING CEREMONY HELD WEDNESDAY, THE CAPTAIN RECALLS THE EFFORT TO SAVE THE BURNING SHIP.

>> AND THE SAILORS WHO DELIBERATELY WENT BACK IN, AGAIN, AND AGAIN.

WE DID NOT GIVE UP.

>> Reporter: THE USS BONHOMME RICHARD WAS UNDERGOING MAINTENANCE WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT ON JULY 12.

THE NAVY HAS NOT DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.

MIMI CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE FIRE MAY HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY SET.

IN NOVEMBER, NAVAL INVESTIGATORS ESTIMATED IT WOULD COST $3.2 BILLION, AND TAKE 7 YEARS TO REBUILD THE SHIP, AND ROUGHLY 60% OF THE SHIFT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED.

INSTEAD, IT WILL BE TOWED TO TEXAS WHERE IT WILL BE CUT UP FOR SCRAP, POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS THURSDAY.

STEVE WALSH, KPBS NEWS.

>>> NO CRIMINAL CHARGES WILL BE PURSUED AGAINST A U.S. CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOT AND KILLED A SAN DIEGO WOMAN DURING THE JANUARY INSURRECTION.

ASHLEY BABBITT, A 35-YEAR-OLD AIR FORCE VETERAN FROM LAKESIDE, WAS SHOT AS SHE CLIMBED THROUGH THE BUSTED OUT WINDOW OF A DOOR TO THE SPEAKER'S LOBBY.

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S MONTH- LONG INVESTIGATION DETERMINED IT WAS REASONABLE FOR THE OFFICER TO BELIEVE HE WAS FIRING IN SELF-DEFENSE, OR IN DEFENSE OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

SHE WAS ONE OF FIVE PEOPLE WHO DIED DURING THE SIEGE ON THE CAPITAL, INCLUDING A POLICE OFFICER.

>>> AMIDST THE NATIONAL OUTCRY OVER THE SHOOTING OF DUANTE WRIGHT BY A SUBURBAN MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER DURING A TRAFFIC STOP, THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL MET TO DISCUSS ONGOING RACIAL DISPARITIES IN THE CITIES POLICING.

CHRISTINA KIM HAS MORE.

>>> WE KNOW THERE ARE HIGHER ARREST RATES.

>> Reporter: COUNCILMEMBERS STAYED LATE TO HEAR FROM CAMPAIGN ZERO COFOUNDER AND RESEARCHER ABOUT RACIAL BIAS IN SAN DIEGO POLICING.

>> THERE IS NOT ANOTHER WAY TO PUT THIS, BUT EVERYWHERE YOU SLICE THE DATA INDICATES THAT THERE IS INDEED AN ANTI-BLACK BIAS, AND WE WOULD CALL THAT IN A PATTERN OF PRACTICE ACROSS THE BOARD.

REBECCA 2019 STUDY AUTHORED BY HIM FOUND SAN DIEGO POLICE ARE TWICE MORE LIKELY TO PULL OVER A BLACK DRIVER THAN A WHITE DRIVER, AND THEY USE FORCE AGAINST PEOPLE AT RATES FAR HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER CALIFORNIA DUCK POLICE DEPARTMENT.

JEFF JORDAN DID NOT FULLY AGREE WITH THE FINDINGS.

>> SOME OF THE LANGUAGE I TAKE ISSUE WITH.

WHEN YOU SEE THINGS LIKE ANTIBLACK BIAS, EXTREME LEVEL OF POLICING, THAT IS TYPICALLY NOT LANGUAGE THAT YOU SEE IN A REPORT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT DOING FURTHER REVIEW, OR FURTHER INVESTIGATION THAT LOOKS AT THAT.

THAT LANGUAGE IS INFLAMMATORY.

>> Reporter: THE COUNCILMAN RECTALLY ADDRESSED THE CONCERNS.

>> THE LANGUAGE OF ANTIBLACK BIAS NEEDS TO BE A LOT LESS INFLAMMATORY TO US THAN ACTUAL ANTIBLACK BIAS.

THAT BEHAVIOR, THAT CONDUCT NEEDS TO BE WHAT INFLAMES US TO DO THINGS, TO TAKE ACTION.

>> Reporter: THE MEETING COMES ON THE HEELS OF THE SAN DIEGO CITY MAYORS NEWLY PROPOSED POLICE REFORMS AND EMPOWERMENT POLICY PLAN FOR THE SAN DIEGO BLACK COMMUNITY, WHICH INCLUDES EXPLORING THE LIMITS OF STOPS, AND AN OFFICER PULLS SOMEONE OVER FOR SOMETHING LIKE A TAIL LIGHT BUT THEN EXECUTES A SEARCH OF THE CAR.

THE MAYOR TOLD KPBS THAT HE EXPECTS THIS TO BE A THORNY ISSUE.

>> WHAT I DISCOVERED AND WHY IT IS DATED THE WAY IT IS STATED, I THINK THERE IS SOME THIS AGREEMENT ABOUT WHAT IT IS, ITS VALUE OR LACK OF VALUE.

WE ARE SAYING, THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST ONES IN THIS PLAN, BUT WE LEFT IT IN BECAUSE WE ARE SAYING WE WANT TO DO MORE.

>> Reporter: THE ISSUE WILL BE ADDRESSED AGAIN WHEN THAT COUNSEL'S PUBLIC SAFETY AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE MEETS IN MAY.

CHRISTINA KIM, KPBS NEWS .

>>> THE WHITE POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOT AND KILLED DUANTE WRIGHT IS NOW FACING CHARGES.

KIM POTTER WAS CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER A DAY AFTER SHE RESIGNED FROM THE BLOOD BROOKLYN CENTER POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IF CONVICTED, SHE FACES UP TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON.

THE SHOOTING OF A 20-YEAR-OLD DUANTE WRIGHT HAS SPARKED DAYS OF PROTESTS, AS DEREK CHAUVIN'S MURDER TRIAL PROGRESSES MILES AWAY.

AS WE REPORT, A DEFENSE WITNESS TESTIFIED THAT GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH WAS NOT CAUSED BY POLICE RESTRAINT.

>> HE HAS AN ENLARGED HEART, BOTTOM LINE.

>> Reporter: MARYLAND'S FORMER MEDICAL EXAMINER TESTIFYING AS AN EXPERT WITNESS AS THE DEFENSE ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH AN ALTERNATIVE THEORY OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH.

>> HOW DID THE HEART AND DRUGS CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAUSE OF DEATH?

>> THEY WERE SIGNIFICANT.

>> Reporter: DR. DAVID FOWLER TELLING THE JURY THAT FLOYD'S DRUG USE, PRIOR HEALTH CONDITIONS, AND POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO CARBON MONOXIDE FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE OF A POLICE VEHICLE -- >> CONTRIBUTED TO MR. FLOYD HAVING A SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST.

>> Reporter: THE PROSECUTION DISAGREES, LIMITING FLOYD'S DEATH ON DEREK CHAUVIN'S ACTIONS.

>> HIS CONDUCT WAS A CAUSAL FACTOR IN BRINGING ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH.

>> Reporter: ON THE 2nd DAY OF THE PRESENTATION, ATTORNEY ERIC NELSON LOOKING TO BRING A QUICK AND TO THE TRIAL.

>> FOR JUDGMENT OF AN ACQUITTAL IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE STATE HAS INTRODUCED DOUBT IN THE CONTEXT OF PER DIVING MULTIPLE OPINIONS FOR MULTIPLE EXPERTS, ALL OF WHICH SEEM TO CONTRADICT EACH OTHER.

TAKEN AS A WHOLE, THE STATE BELIEVES IT HAS ESTABLISHED AND WILL ESTABLISH BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THE DEFENDANT IS GUILTY OF ALL CHARGES.

>> I'M GOING TO DENY THE DEFENSE MOTION FOR JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL.

>> Reporter: THE DEFENSE IS EXPECTED TO REST ITS CASE AS SOON AS THE END OF THE WEEK.

KPBS NEWS .

>>> AN UPDATE ON AN EX- CAREGIVER ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING THREE WOMEN IN LOCAL NURSING HOMES.

I RECENTLY OBTAINED DOCUMENTS REVEALING THAT STATE INVESTIGATORS KNEW MATTHEW FLUCKIGER HAD ENGAGED IN SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH A NURSING HOME PATIENT AS FAR BACK AS 2017.

BUT THEY STILL DID NOT REVOKE HIS LICENSE, ALLOWING HIM TO WORK AND AT LEAST THREE MORE FACILITIES, WHERE HE WAS ACCUSED OF SODOMY, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT.

>> Reporter: CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT MATTHEW FLUCKIGER WARNED 62-YEAR-OLD GAIL TO KEEP QUIET RIGHT AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER TWICE IN ONE HOUR AT A LA MESA NURSING HOME IN JANUARY 2020.

>> HE SAID HE KNOWS MY ADDRESS AND EVERYTHING AND WHERE I LIVE, AND ALL OF MY PERSONAL BUSINESS, AND HE WAS MAKING HIS EYEBROWS GO UP AND DOWN, SAYING I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, AND YOUR FAMILY, AND MOVING HIS EYEBROWS UP AND DOWN LIKE HE WAS PUTTING A SPELL ON ME OR SOMETHING.

THEN HE SAYS, SO TRUST ME.

I KNOW YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING.

>> Reporter: FLUCKIGER ADDED, QUOTE, EVEN IF YOU DO, NO ONE WILL BELIEVE YOU.

THEY LOVE ME HERE.

HE HAD REASON TO THINK HE COULD SEXUALLY ASSAULT WOMEN IN NURSING HOMES WITH IMPUNITY.

STATE RECORDS OBTAINED BY KPBS SHOW THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, THE VERY AGENCY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT NURSING HOME RESIDENTS FROM PREDATORS, NEW THAT FLUCKIGER HAD ALLEGEDLY ENGAGED IN SEXUAL MISCONDUCT 3 YEARS EARLIER, BUT THE STATE DID NOT RESEND HIS LICENSE.

IN FACT, THEY ALLOWED HIM TO CONTINUE TO WORK IN NURSING HOMES, EVEN AS IT INVESTIGATED ADDITIONAL ACCUSATIONS THAT HE SODOMIZED ONE WOMAN IN 2019, INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED ANOTHER 6 WEEKS LATER, AND EARLY LAST YEAR, RAPED GAIL, WHO DID NOT WANT HER LAST NAME USED.

>> THIS IS THE WORST AND MOST HORRIFYING STORY OF SERIAL SEXUAL ASSAULT THAT I HAVE EVER HEARD OF THE LONG-TERM CARE SETTING.

>> Reporter: MIKE IS A LAWYER FOR CALIFORNIA ADVOCATES FOR NURSING HOME REFORM.

>> HOW MANY WOMEN WOULD NEED TO BE ASSAULTED BEFORE THEY FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED TO TAKE ACTION?

>> Reporter: THEY DID NOT REVOKE FLUCKIGER'S LICENSE TO PRACTICE AS A CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT UNTIL AUGUST OF 2020.

THE AGENCY CONCEDED IN A LETTER TO FLUCKIGER THAT MONTH THAT IT COULD HAVE RESCINDED HIS LICENSE FOR ANY ONE OF THE FOUR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM, DATING BACK TO 2017.

A TEXAS LAWYER WHO SUES NURSING HOMES AND ABUSE CASES SAYS IT'S A DAMNING SELF INDICTMENT BY CD PH.

>> IF EACH OF THESE INCIDENTS MEANT IT WAS ENOUGH TO BE REVOKED, WHY DIDN'T YOU REVOKE AT THE FIRST TIME?

W.H.I.P.

CD PH DECLINED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND DOZENS OF OTHERS BY KPBS.

THEIR ONLY COMMENT WAS A WRITTEN STATEMENT, SAYING IT TAKES SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS AT NURSING HOMES SERIOUSLY.

THEIR FIRST CHANCE TO TAKE AWAY FLUCKIGER'S LICENSE CAME SHORTLY AFTER MAY OF 2017, WHEN INVESTIGATORS LEARNED HE REQUESTED ORAL SEX FROM A WOMAN IN EXCHANGE FOR CIGARETTES AT PARKSIDE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER IN EL CAJON.

THE STATE SHOULD HAVE SWIFTLY REMOVED FLUCKIGER FROM CAREGIVING THEN.

>> THAT ALONE IS AN EXAMPLE OF NOT BEING TRUSTED TO BEHAVE APPROPRIATELY IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE PROVIDING CARE TO SOMEONE.

>> Reporter: IN 2019 AFTER ANOTHER SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATION, THEY AGAIN BYPASS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PULL FLUCKIGER'S LICENSE.

IN THAT CASE , CATHERINE GOTCHER-GIROLAMO ACCUSED THE FORMER CAREGIVER OF SODOMIZING HER DURING A DIAPER CHANGE AND AVOCADO POSTACUTE IN EL CAJON.

WEEKS LATER, FLUCKIGER WAS ACCUSED OF FONDLING A WOMAN LIVING AT A THIRD NURSING HOME IN EL CAJON CALLED SAN DIEGO POSTACUTE.

HE RECITED WAS QUICKLY HIRED BY PARKWAY HEALTH NURSING AND REHABILITATION IN LA MESA.

SOON AFTERWARDS, CDPH TOLD FLUCKIGER THEY HAD FOUND DISCREPANCIES IN HIS STATEMENT ABOUT THE SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM, BUT THEY LET HIM KEEP HIS JOB AT PARKWAY HILLS ANYWAY, AND 3 MONTHS LATER, HE ALLEGEDLY RAPED GAIL, WHO REMAINS TRAUMATIZED.

>> I ALWAYS HAVE NIGHTMARES AND AM ON GUARD.

>> Reporter: SHE HAS HARSH WORDS FOR THE HANDLING OF THE FLUCKIGER CASE.

>> THEY ARE LAZY AND LIARS.

THEY ARE.

THEY ARE.

THEY DON'T LIKE PAPERWORK.

THEY DON'T DO THEIR JOBS.

>> Reporter: CDPH'S LEGAL IMMUNITY ADDS ANOTHER PAIR OF TRAGEDY.

>> YOU CANNOT SUE THEM BECAUSE THEY BOTCHED THIS INVESTIGATION AND ALLOWED A SERIAL TO RUN RAMPANT.

YOU GET NO JUSTICE FOR THEIR INEPTITUDE.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FILED CHARGES AFTER THE KPBS STORIES ON THE AVOCADO CASE.

HE REMAINS IN JAIL ON FIVE FELONY SEX CHARGES.

THE COURTROOM IS THE LAST RESORT TO HOLD FLUCKIGER ACCOUNTABLE.

KPBS NEWS .

>>> CHANGES ARE COMING SOON IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO FOR THOSE WHO HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND CALL 911.

A NEW AMBULANCE COMPANY WILL BE TAKING YOU TO THE HOSPITAL.

HERE'S MATT HOFFMAN.

>>> THIS IS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

>> Reporter: AFTER A PROCESS THAT STARTED MORE THAN 2 YEARS AGO, THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL VOTED IN AND AND MISLEAD TO CHOOSE A FALCON AS ITS NEW EMERGENCY SERVICES PROVIDER.

>> WE HAVE NOT SEEN THIS TYPE OF TURNOVER SINCE 1997.

>> Reporter: AMR IS SAN DIEGO'S CURRENT EMS PROVIDER, BUT THEY WERE BEATEN OUT BY FAULK TWICE IN A COMPETITIVE EATING PROCESS WITH THE CITY.

>> THEIR PROPOSAL RECEIVED THE HIGHER SCORE BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE IN THE OTHER PROPOSAL.

W.H.I.P.

SAN DIEGO FIRE RESCUE CHIEF SAYS AMR AND FAULK'S PROPOSAL WERE SIMILAR, BUT FAULK OFFERED AN INCREASED LEVEL OF SERVICE.

>> THOSE ADDITIONAL STAFFING HOURS AT JUST OVER 1000 HOURS IN A DAY CORRELATE TO 10 TO 14 AMBULANCES DEPENDING ON HOW YOU DEPLOY THEM.

BACK THAT COULD STABILIZE RESPONSE TIMES, AND MEANS MORE PARAMEDICS WORKING IN THE CITY AT ONE TIME.

>> ANYTIME YOU ADD ADDITIONAL MEANS HE WILL NEED ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.

>> Reporter: SOME COUNSEL MUMBLES QUESTION FOLKS PROPOSALS, HOW THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE INCREASED EMS SERVICES.

>> I'M WORRIED THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE LEGAL TOOLS IN THIS CONTRACT TO ENFORCE A LOT OF THESE PROMISES.

>> Reporter: PENALTIES WILL INCREASE IF ANY VIOLATIONS ARE NOT CORRECTED, AND SAYS THERE ARE OTHER BENEFITS.

>> THIS CONTRACT WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE AND MANDATE THE STAFFING LEVELS OF THE AMBULANCE.

HER BACK MATT GALLAGHER TOLD THE CITY COUNCIL THE COMPANY IS COMMITTED TO SAN DIEGO.

>> THE CONTRACT REQUIRES US TO MAINTAIN STAFFING LEVELS AND MAINTAIN THE RATES ON THE STREET.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO TREAT THE EMPLOYEES IN A PARTICULAR WAY.

THIRD, OUR REPUTATION IS WHAT WE STAND BY.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS ALL OF THE CURRENT AMR EMPLOYEES WILL BE OFFERED JOBS WITH ELK.

>> NOTHING WILL CHANGE THERE EXCEPT FOR THE UNIFORM THEY WEAR.

>> Reporter: IT STILL NEEDS FINAL APPROVAL, AND AMR AMBULANCES ARE NOT GOING AWAY ENTIRELY.

THEY STILL HAVE THE 911 CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER 6 MONTHS, AND DURING THAT TIME MY FAULK WILL RAMP UP OPERATIONS AND BRING IN NEW EQUIPMENT.

>> NOT ONLY KNEW AMBULANCES AND NEW CARDIAC MONITORS, BUT AN UPGRADE TO THE VIDEOS.

THIS WILL BE A DELICATE TIME.

DURING THIS TRANSITION WE NEED TO ENSURE THERE IS NOT ANY SERVICE GAPS.

>> Reporter: THAT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA HAS SIGNED INTO LAW AND ORDINANCE CAPPING SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

IT CALLS FOR 1% OF THE CITY'S HOUSING SUPPLY AND PRIORITIZES WHAT IT CALLS "GOOD ACTORS" IN A LOTTERY TO DETERMINE WHO GETS TO OFFER PROPERTIES FOR WHOLE HOME VACATION RENTALS.

THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED THE ORDINANCE 8 TO 1 LAST WEEK.

CRITICS, MOSTLY LANDLORDS, ARE CONCERNED ABOUT FAIRNESS AND EQUITY ABILITY OF THE FORTHCOMING LOTTERY SYSTEM.

>>> THE ORGANIZATION THAT PUTS ON THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR IS OFFERING AN ALTERNATIVE EVENT THIS YEAR.

HOMEGROWN FUN WILL RUN FROM FRIDAY, JUNE 11, SUNDAY, JULY 4, WITH CALIFORNIA'S LIMITS ON LARGE GATHERINGS, AND THE DELMAR FAIRGROUNDS OPERATING AS A VACCINATION SUPERSTATION, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO HOST THE FAIR IN THE FULL CAPACITY.

HOWEVER, IT OFFERS A TASTE OF THEIR FAVORITES, INCLUDING SHOPPING, FOOD, A FERRIS WHEEL, CAROUSEL, AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS, AND ENTERTAINMENT.

>>> OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS OUR MARINE LAYER WILL BECOME SHALLOWER, SO WE WILL SEE LESS IN THE WAY OF CLOUDS, AND THE TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY START TO RISE.

A WARMING TREND BEGINNING FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE WARMEST DAY WILL BE ON SUNDAY.

THAT IS WHEN WE SEE AN OFFSHORE FLOW.

YOU CAN SEE SOME STRONG GUSTY WIND BY SUNDAY.

WE DO HAVE SOME WIND ADVISORY IS, BUT THEY WILL BE DISCONTINUED SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

STILL, IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS, SOME ISSUES.

TEMPERATURES TONIGHT, 49 IN OCEANSIDE, 56 IN SAN DIEGO.

ESCONDIDO 45, EL CAJON AT 49.

WEATHER FOR THURSDAY, IT WILL BE PLEASANT.

A LITTLE BIT BREEZY IN THE INTERIOR, AND WE STILL HAVE THE ONSHORE FLOW.

THAT MEANS THE MORNING CLOUDS WILL BE WITH US.

OCEANSIDE, 65.

SAN DIEGO, 66.

EL CAJON IS AT 71.

BORREGO SPRINGS WARMS TO ABOUT 84 DEGREES.

ON FRIDAY, OUR TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY START TO RISE, SO GETTING A LITTLE BIT WARMER, AND WE WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT LESS IN THE WAY OF LOW CLOUDS.

HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR TEMPERATURES.

THEY WILL BE CREEPING UP OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE WARMEST DAY WILL BE SUNDAY, INTO THE UPPER 70s.

INLAND AREAS, CLOUDS AND SUN, BUT GRADUALLY WARMING UP.

SUNDAY VERY WARM.

UP TO 85.

AS WE TAKE YOU UP TO THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 50s, AND THEN OVER THE WEEKEND, WE WILL START TO SEE TEMPERATURES RISE.

MONDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY.

IN THE DESERTS, THE DRY WEATHER CONTINUES.

SOME CLOUDS AND SUN, BUT SUNSHINE BY THE WEEKEND, AND IT SHOULD BE COMFORTABLY WARM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE MONDAY GETS HOT.

FOR KPBS NEWS , I AM METEOROLOGIST MARK MANCUSO.

>>> WITH A PAUSE ON THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE IN THE U.S., A NEW RECOMMENDATION FOR PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN IN IT COMES TO GETTING VACCINATED FOR COVID-19.

>> Reporter: HOURS AFTER A PAUSE ON THE ONLY SINGLE-DOSE COVID-19 VACCINE, A NEW RECOMMENDATION BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS.

THE GROUP ENCOURAGING PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN WHO WISH TO GET VACCINATED TO EITHER GET THE PFIZER OR MODERNA VACCINES, WHICH ARE DESIGNED DIFFERENTLY, RATHER THAN THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE, IF IT BECOMES AVAILABLE AGAIN.

>> PREGNANCY ITSELF IS A RISK FACTOR FOR BLOOD CLOTS.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE SERIOUS SIDE EFFECT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO REDUCE THE RISK MAKES SENSE.

'S >> Reporter: THE CDC AND FDA CALLED FOR A PAUSE IN THE USE OF THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE OUT OF WHAT THE AGENCY IS CALLED AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AFTER MORE THAN 6.8 MILLION DOSES OF THE VACCINE WERE ADMINISTERED IN THE U.S. SIX CASES WERE REPORTED OF A RARE AND SEVERE TYPE OF BLOOD CLOT IN WITH WOMEN AGES 18 TO 48.

IT IS STILL UNCLEAR WHETHER THE VACCINE WAS THE CAUSE.

>> WE DO KNOW THIS IS AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE COMPLICATION.

IT'S ABOUT 1 IN 1 MILLION.

IT'S GOOD BECAUSE IT IS A SERIOUS COMPLICATION.

WE ALSO KNOW MOST OF THESE BLOOD CLOTS OCCURRED WITHIN 2 WEEKS FROM RECEIVING THE VACCINE.

IF YOU ARE ALREADY PAST THE 2 WEEK MARK, YOU ARE PROBABLY IN THE CLEAR.

>> Reporter: AND ATLANTA-BASED OB/GYN SAYS THAT WOMEN WHO HAVE GOTTEN THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE SHOULD LISTEN TO THEIR BODIES, AND SEEK LEGAL HELP IF THEY EXPERIENCE ANY SYMPTOMS WHICH COULD INCLUDE SEVERE HEADACHE, ABDOMINAL PAIN, LEG PAIN, OR SHORTNESS OF BREATH.

>>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF.

TONIGHT ON "THE NEWS HOUR," ENDING THE LONGEST WAR.

WE LOOK AT THE PLANS TO PULL ALL U.S.

TROOPS OUT OF AFGHANISTAN BY SEPTEMBER, COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> WHAT YOU GET IF YOU THROW THE PADRES FIRST NO-HITTER?

A MURAL, OF COURSE.

THAT IS EL CAJON NATIVE AND PADRES PITCHER ON THE 25 FOOT MURAL.

IT WAS PUT UP ON A WALL AT GROSSMONT HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE ATTENDED.

HE THREW THE TEAMS FIRST NO- HITTER IN ITS 53 YEARS OF EXISTENCE AGAINST THE RANGERS LAST FRIDAY.

WE ALSO FOUND A PAIR OF HIS WORLD SERIES CLEATS AT THE SCHOOL.

HE WON WITH THE ASTROS.

A FEW PICTURES OF HIS TIME ON CAMPUS, HE IS PITCHING ONCE AGAIN TODAY AGAINST THE PIRATES IN PITTSBURGH.

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