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>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT IS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3rd.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

MAYA TRABULSI.

WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS.

A TEENAGED GIRL WAS JUST SENTENCED FOR HER PART AND ATTACK ON A BLACK GIRL IN LAKESIDE LAST APRIL?

YOU HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AND A HATE CRIME.

KITTY ALVARADO IS LIVE AT THE COURTHOUSE IN KEARNY MESA WITH THE LATEST.

>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.

AND WE JUST HEARD THAT SENTENCE COME DOWN.

THE JUDGE ULTIMATELY SENTENCING HER TO URBAN CAMP FOR 120 DAYS.

NOW BOTH SIDES HAD REALLY COMPELLING ARGUMENTS.

AS WE SAT THERE, THERE WAS NOT AN EMPTY SEAT IN THAT COURTHOUSE.

MOST OF THE SEATS WERE TAKEN UP BY THE VICTIM, HER FAMILY, AND HER SUPPORTERS.

AND THE DEFENDANT, JUST HER FATHER AND STEPMOTHER WERE THERE.

HER MOTHER AND HER SISTER WERE ON THE PHONE.

SHE HERSELF WAS THERE VIA ZOOM BECAUSE OF SOME SORT OF CONFINEMENT WHEREVER SHE WAS.

THERE WAS VERY LITTLE DETAIL, AS YOU KNOW.

IT IS VERY STRICT, AND VERY LITTLE INFORMATION IS GIVEN OUT BECAUSE SHE IS JUST 15 YEARS OLD, SOMETHING WE DO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF EMOTION THERE, AND THE DA SAID THIS DEFENDANT HAD TO BE GIVEN THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE, WHICH WAS TWO YEARS, BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS HATE CRIME, BECAUSE WHAT THIS DEFENDANT ULTIMATELY DID WAS CAUSE A CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT CAUSED ALL OF THIS TO HAPPEN, AND ULTIMATELY CAUSED SO MUCH TRAUMA TO THIS VICTIM.

NOT JUST TO THE VICTIM, BUT THE'S FAMILY, AND ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE OTHER SIDE, THEY SAID THEY WANTED HER RELEASED IMMEDIATELY, AND THEY WANTED HER TO BE RELEASED SO THEY COULD TAKE HER TO A SPECIAL PROGRAM WHERE SHE COULD BE GIVEN PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP FROM TRAUMA SHE HAD SUFFERED IN THE PAST, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT ULTIMATELY THE JUDGE SAID THAT ULTIMATELY SHE DIDN'T THINK THAT SHE WAS READY TO BE RELEASED, THAT SHE NEEDED TO BE CONFINED, AND THAT SHE NEEDED TO SERVE 120 MORE DAYS, AND ALSO SAID SHE COULD NOT OWN ANY WEAPONS, ANY GUNS, UNTIL THE AGE OF 30.

OBVIOUSLY SHE SAW SOMETHING IN THOSE RECORDS, IN THAT EVALUATION, THAT SHE FELT STRONGLY ENOUGH TO WHERE SHE FELT THAT THAT WAS ALSO NECESSARY.

NOW THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE VICTIM, THEY ARE NOT VERY HAPPY WITH THAT SENTENCE AT ALL.

JOINING ME IS TASHA WILLIAMSON, AND SHE WILL TELL US WHY.

SHE HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THE FAMILY, AND BEEN WITH THE FAMILY THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE ORDEAL.

YOU ARE A SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATE, AND PRESIDENT OF EXHALING INUSTICE.

TELL ME WHY YOU THINK, AND WHY THE FAMILY BELIEVES, THAT THIS JUST IS NOT ENOUGH?

>> WE FEEL THAT THIS IS NOT JUSTICE.

120 DAYS, IT IS UP TO 120 DAYS.

SHE CAN BE RELEASED WHENEVER PROBATION WANTS HER TO BE RELEASED.

SHE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE IN CONFINEMENT FOR THE TOTAL 120 DAYS.

THIS FAMILY IS STILL DEALING WITH THE INJUSTICE THAT HAPPENED TO THE MOTHER, WHY THIS YOUNG WOMAN WAS HERE, AND TO HER DAUGHTER, WHO IS MENTIONED IN COURT.

THIS SENDS A MESSAGE THAT HATE CRIMES ARE ACCEPTABLE WHEN IT IS BLACK PEOPLE, WHEN IT IS OUR BLACK CHILDREN, WHEN IT IS OUR BLACK WOMEN, AND I WEAR BLACK MEN.

THE ONE THING I WANT TO SAY IS THAT WE AS BLACK PEOPLE HAVE TO START LEARNING HOW TO DEFEND OURSELVES, BECAUSE THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

HER WOUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN HEALED AND 120 DAYS.

HER MENTAL VICTIMIZATION FOR THE VICTIM AND HER MOTHER HAVE NOT HEALED MENTALLY IN 120 DAYS.

THIS 15-YEAR-OLD, THE WAY THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HER IN COURT, HAS BEEN THROWN AWAY FROM FAMILY TO FAMILY TO FAMILY.

WHAT DID THEY THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT?

>> Reporter: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AGAIN, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE FAMILY IS JUST NOT HAPPY.

THEY ALSO SAY THAT JUSTICE WILL NOT BE SERVED UNTIL OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS ARE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE AS WELL.

AGAIN, 120 DAYS IN URBAN CAMP IS THE SENTENCE.

REPORTING LIVE FROM KEARNY MESA, KITTY ALVARADO.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL IS ABOUT TO EMBARK ON ITS 100th SEASON, BUT ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT BY FOOTBALL PLAYERS IS CASTING A SHADOW OVER THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

TODAY THE HEAD COACH ADDRESSED THE ALLEGATIONS.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN HAS THE STORY.

>>> BEFORE I GET STARTED WITH SOME UPDATES AND ALL OF THAT, I WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT REGARDING THE OFF-CAMPUS INCIDENT.

>> Reporter: AZTECS FOOTBALL COACH STARTED BY ADDRESSING THE RAPE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HIS PLAYERS.

HE SAID THE PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE TO ASSIST IN THE INVESTIGATION AND ANYWAY THEY CAN.

>> BEING A FATHER MYSELF , AND JOINED BY OTHERS ON THE STAFF, WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS TYPE OF ALLEGED BEHAVIOR WITHIN OUR FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

>> Reporter: THE ATTACK HAPPENED AT AN OFF-CAMPUS HOUSE PARTY LAST OCTOBER.

HE SAYS POLICE HAVE YET TO CONFIRM THE NAME OF THE SUSPECTED PLAYERS INVOLVED.

>> WE ARE COMMITTED TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE STUDENTS FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED THE VERY UNIVERSITY POLICIES.

>> Reporter: BECAUSE OF THE ACTIVE INVESTIGATION, HE CANNOT COMMENT FURTHER ON THE MATTER.

DAN GALEON IS THE VICTIM'S ATTORNEY.

HE SAYS THE ABRASIVENESS OF THE ATTACK SHOWS THAT THE PLAYERS HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.

>> THE FACT THAT THEY WERE NOT INVESTIGATED, NOT CONTACTED BY SDSU, AND TOLD TO STAY AWAY FROM HER, AND THAT THEY BE WATCHED, THERE IS NO REASON WHY THEY STOPPED.

>> Reporter: SDSU THAT IT WAS ASKED NOT TO START HIS OWN INVESTIGATION UNTIL NOW BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE INTERFERED WITH THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN , KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE WANT TO KNOW THAT KPBS IS A SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO UNIVERSITY.

>>> AN OMICRON SPECIFIC OF A VACCINE COULD BE HERE AS SOON AS NEXT MONTH, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD WAIT IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN VACCINATED OR BOOSTED.

MATT HOFFMAN EXPLAINS WHY.

>> Reporter: THE BITING ADMINISTRATION IS PREPARING FOR OMICRON SPECIFIC BOOSTERS TO TARGET THE MORE INFECTIOUS BA.5 VARIANT.

IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, IT IS THE DOMINANT VARIANT ACCOUNTING FOR MORE THAN 80% OF CASES.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PURCHASING SOME 66 MILLION DOSES OF MODERNA'S VARIED SPECIFIC BOOSTER, BUT SOME ARE SAYING IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED OR BOOSTED, YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO WAIT FOR THEM.

>> WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE BA.5 VACCINE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE UPDATED SUPPOSEDLY AVAILABLE IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH I THINK IS OPTIMISTIC, WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS GOING TO WORK SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL VACCINE.

HOPEFULLY IT WILL.

>> Reporter: DR. ERIC TOPOL IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE SCRIPPS INSTITUTE IN SAN DIEGO.

HE'S HOPING TO SEE DEVELOPMENTS ON A PAN CORONAVIRUS VACCINE THAT WOULD TARGET ALL VARIANTS.

YOU WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE ELIGIBILITY FOR SECOND BOOSTER DOSES EXPANDED TO THOSE LOW 50 YEARS OLD.

>> I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY BOOSTERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DISCARDED.

WHY NOT USE THEM.

WE HAVE A BIG STUDY THIS WEEK FOR THE BENEFIT IN HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

>> Reporter: DEAR PERCENT OF THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR BOOSTERS HAVE ACTUALLY GOTTEN THEM.

THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER WITH MANY SCHOOLS STARTING UP IN AUGUST.

HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOW VACCINATION RATES AMONG KIDS.

HERE IS THE LOCAL BREAKDOWN.

85% OF 12 TO 17-YEAR-OLDS ARE VACCINATED, BUT IT IS JUST 46% IN KIDS 5 TO 11, AND ONLY 6% OF KIDS 4 AND UNDER VACCINATED.

>> HERE WE HAVE THESE GREAT VACCINES THAT HELP PROTECT CHILDREN, AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN SCHOOLS, AND THEIR PARENTS AND FAMILIES, THEIR WHOLE NETWORK, AND WE AREN'T USING THEM.

THAT IS HOW WE CAN REALLY KEEP KIDS SAFE, KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE, BUT OUR USE OF THE VACCINES IN YOUNG CHILDREN AGED 11 AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SIX MONTHS IS DESPERATELY LOW.

I HOPE WE CAN GET ON THAT.

>> Reporter: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PURCHASING OMICRON SPECIFIC VACCINES FOR THE FALL AND WINTER, THEY WILL STILL NEED FDA AUTHORIZATION AND CDC APPROVAL BEFORE ANYONE CAN USE THEM.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THIS SUMMER, INFLATION HAS RAISED PRICES ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING, INCLUDING SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS.

BUT AS OUR EDUCATION REPORTER MG PEREZ SHOWS US, MANY SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE GETTING SOME RELIEF.

>> Reporter: IT IS A PICTURE- PERFECT MOMENT, WITH A CEREMONIAL CHECK OF $975,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING.

>> WE KNOW WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES NEED.

PERMAX INDIGO CONGRESSMAN SCOTT PETERS DELIVERED THE NEWS AND THE MONEY THAT WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE LOW COST AND MORE SIGNIFICANTLY PLENTY OF NO-COST TEXTBOOKS TO 60,000 COMMUNITY STUDENTS IN HIS 52nd DISTRICT.

THAT INCLUDES MIRAMAR COLLEGE AND CITY AND MESA COLLEGES AS WELL.

>> FEW THINGS INFURIATE STUDENTS AS MUCH AS THE HIGH COST OF TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.

>> Reporter: IT IS NOT THAT HARD COVER TEXTBOOKS ARE GOING AWAY.

WORKERS HERE AT THE MIRROR MAYOR COLLEGE BOOKSTORE ARE STILL STOCKING SHELVES.

IT IS THAT U.S. CONGRESS HAS PROVIDED MONEY IN THE 2022 FISCAL BUDGET TO FUND COMMUNITY PROJECTS, HELPING PEOPLE WHO NEED IT MOST.

THAT INCLUDES STUDENTS LIKE EMILY SMITH, WHO WAS ON A MIRAMAR COLLEGE TASK FORCE THAT WORKED TO GET THE CONGRESSMAN'S ATTENTION, AND OF THE GRANT MONEY.

>> WHEN YOU HAVE TEXTBOOKS IN THE CLASSROOM, IT MAKES ACCESSIBILITY TO EDUCATION SO MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE, AND YOU CAN GO BACK TO COLLEGE EASIER.

YOU CAN CONTINUE IN COLLEGE EASIER, AND GRADUATE EASIER.

>> INVESTMENTS LIKE THE ONE WE CELEBRATE TODAY INVITE A BETTER TRAINED WORKFORCE FOR SAN DIEGO'S FUTURE.

THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THIS TIME OF HIGHER INFLATION.

ONE OF THE DRIVERS OF INFLATION IS THE FACT WE CAN'T GET PEOPLE TO FILL THESE JOBS.

>> Reporter: STUDENTS WILL BE BACK ON CAMPUS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

RIGHT NOW MANY ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THEIR FINANCES FOR THE FALL SEMESTER.

WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT ON AVERAGE THEY WILL PAY UP TO $1200 FOR TEXTBOOKS ALONE, MORE THAN THEIR TUITION.

THE FEDERAL GRANT WILL PAY TO CREATE HUNDREDS MORE CLASSES THAT USE FREE TEXTBOOKS AND ONLINE RESOURCES.

THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT ESTIMATES THAT STUDENTS ON THE THREE CAMPUSES IN THE 52nd DISTRICT WILL SAVE $3 MILLION COMBINED IN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE PADRES NEWEST PLAYER MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AT PETCO PARK TODAY.

AS MELISSA MAE SHOWS US, THE ADDITION OF ALL-STAR JUAN SOTO IS A HOME RUN FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

>> 75 EVERY DAY, SO I JUST GOT TO GET ON NO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CITY.

4 HE FOUND OUT HE WAS OFFICIALLY A POTTERY TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AND IS SLATED TO PLAN TONIGHT'S GAME AGAINST THE COLORADO ROCKIES.

>> IT IS A GREAT FEELING.

IT'S A NEW START FOR ME.

THIS YEAR, THIS IS A NEW START, A NEW FEELING TO GO OUT THERE AND GIVE MORE THAN I HAVE.

>> THE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS AND GM TOLD A STORY ABOUT SOTO TRAINING IN THE 2019 OFF-SEASON , AND HIS CONSTANT PURSUIT OF BEING THE BEST THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH HIM AND HIS STAFF.

>> IF WE GET A CHANCE TO EVER ACQUIRE SOMEBODY LIKE HIM, THAT IS THE TYPE OF GUY WE WANT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR LINEUP.

>> Reporter: HE WILL NOT ONLY INFLUENCE HOW OTHER TEAMS PITCH TO THE PADRES, BUT HE CAN ALSO HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON THE DOWNTOWN ECONOMY AS WELL.

>> I THINK IT IS GREAT FOR THE WHOLE CITY, JUST TO INCREASE PROFITS FOR ALL OF THE BUSINESSES AROUND HERE.

IN THE SUMMERTIME, THIS IS KIND OF LIFE OF THE CITY.

WE ARE A BASEBALL CITY, AND IT IS NICE TO SEE ALL OF THE FANS COME DOWN AND SUPPORT ALL THE BUSINESSES, AND BE A PART OF IT.

>> Reporter: SHE IS THE ARE MANAGER AT BLIND BOROUGH, AND KNOWS BUSINESSES BETTER DURING A PADRES HOME GAME.

>> SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER ON A GAME DAY.

THE LINE IS OUT THE DOOR.

NONGAME DAYS ARE MUCH MORE CHILL.

IT DEPENDS ON IF THERE ARE CONVENTIONS IN TOWN.

IF THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON.

PRETTY QUIET, AND THEN HOME GAME DAYS, CRAZY.

>> Reporter: ONE PLAYER CAN REALLY BOOST BUSINESS.

>> IT WILL BE HUGE, LIKE WHEN WE GOT FERNANDO TIDIES, WE SAW A BIG INCREASE IN BUSINESS.

THE BETTER THE PADRES ARE, THE BIGGER CROWDS WE SEE HERE, AND EVERYONE IS REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT ALL-STAR HERE.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE WHAT WAS PROJECTED TO BE AROUND 35,000 FOR TONIGHT'S GAME IS NOW EXPECTED TO BE A SELLOUT.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> LEGENDARY ANNOUNCER KNOWN AS THE L.A. DODGERS HAS DIED.

>> A PLEASANT GOOD EVENING TO YOU WHEREVER YOU MAY BE.

PULL UP A CHAIR AS THE DAUGHTERS HAVE FINALLY COME -- >> HE BROADCAST DODGERS GAMES FROM 1950 WHEN THE TEAM IS STILL IN BROOKLYN TO HIS RETIREMENT IN 2016.

THE TEAM CALLED HIM AN ICON, SAYING THEY DOCUMENTED THEIR GLORY FROM JACKIE ROBINSON TO SANDY KOVACS AND CLAYTON KERSHAW.

THE PADRES TWEETED THEIR CONDOLENCES, CALLING HIM A TRUE GENTLEMAN, AND THE GREATEST STORYTELLER TO EVER SIT BEHIND A MICROPHONE.

HE WAS 94 YEARS OLD.

>>> NEARLY 100 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNDER HEAT ADVISORIES OVER THE NEXT 3 DAYS FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE NORTHEAST.

HEAT ADVISORIES TOOK EFFECT TODAY IN AREAS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY RECOVERING FROM DEVASTATING FLOODS.

DEBATERS COULD APPROACH 100 DEGREES, AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE MADE WORSE LINGERING POWER OUTAGES.

TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN CLOSER TO AVERAGE BY FRIDAY.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT THE WEATHER HEADLINES.

IT LOOKS LIKE MOISTURE WILL BE SEARCHING ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WE WILL SEE MORE CLOUDS, BUT CHANCES ARE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO ERUPT WILL STAY IN THE MOUNTAINS.

HURRICANE FRANK, AND A BIT DRY COMING INTO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BEFORE THE NEXT SURGE OF MOISTURE COMES BACK AT US SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

THE WATER VAPOR LOOP SEES SOME OF THIS MONSOON MOISTURE OFF TO OUR EAST.

THIS THING HERE WAS ONCE FRANK, AND THAT IS HELPING TO KEEP THE SURF UP, SO SOME HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WE SEE SOME PATCHY CLOUDS.

LOW RIGHT AROUND 70 DEGREES TONIGHT.

WE WILL SEE A LOW OF 65 IN ESCONDIDO.

RAMONA 66.

THE MOISTURE WORKING ITS WAY INTO THE MOUNTAINS.

THERE COULD BE A STORM ON THE PROWL AROUND MOUNT LAGUNA.

AS WE LOOK AT TEMPERATURES FOR TOMORROW, UPPER 70s RIGHT ALONG THE COAST.

A NICE WARM DAY.

INLAND UP TO 90.

RAMONA AND EL CAJON, AND IN THE MOUNTAINS, THERE COULD BE A FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP.

WE WILL SHOW YOU THAT FUTURECAST.

THESE GREEN BLOBS INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM.

NOTICE THE MOISTURE WORKING ITS WAY WESTWARD.

TAKING A LOOK AHEAD, AFTER A SURGE OF MOISTURE ON THURSDAY, IT WILL BE DRY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY, BUT THEN SUNDAY THE NEXT SURGE COMES BACK THAT IS WITH CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS GOING BACK UP AGAIN SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

TEMPERATURES ALONG THE COAST, IT WILL STAY WARM AND HUMID.

INLAND SECTIONS, SUNSHINE MIXED WITH CLOUDS, MID TO UPPER 80s.

AS WE TAKE YOU INTO THE MOUNTAINS, YOU SEE THAT RISK FOR A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM THURSDAY, AND AGAIN BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

IN THE DESERTS WE WILL SEE A FEW STORMS AROUND SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

I'M METEOROLOGIST MARK MANCUSO.

>>> MOST STUDENTS ARE HEADING INTO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR WITH AN OPTIONAL MASK POLICY.

ACCORDING TO A DATA COMPANY, ABOUT 90% OF THE TOP 500 KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12th GRADE SCHOOLS DO NOT REQUIRE FACIAL COVERINGS.

COVER THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ASSOCIATIONS HAS POLICIES TO CHANGE IN SOME AREAS WERE COVID- 19 CASES EXCELLENTLY.

THE CDC IS RECOMMENDING UNIVERSAL INDOOR MASKING AT LOCATIONS WITH A HIGH COVID-19 COMMUNITY LEVEL.

RIGHT NOW NEARLY 46% OF U.S.

COUNTIES FALL INTO THAT COUNTY, INCLUDING SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>>> ANOTHER VIRUS IS CAUSING CONCERN AS A NEW SCHOOL YEAR GETS UNDERWAY.

ACCORDING TO THE CDC MOTHER ARE MORE THAN 6600 PROBABLE OR CONFIRMED CASES OF MONKEYPOX ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

IT IS SPREAD THROUGH CLOSE CONTACTS, AND SOMEWHERE YOU COULD SPREADING CLASSROOMS.

WE HAVE MORE ON WHAT HEALTH EXPERTS SAY SHOULD BE DONE NOW TO PROTECT STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: ACROSS THE U.S., CASES OF MONKEYPOX CONTINUE TO CLIMB.

NOW THE CONCERN OF THE VIRUS IN SCHOOLS.

>> MONKEYPOX TRANSIT WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN CLOSE PERSONAL CONTACT, AND KIDS IN SMALL CLASSROOMS WITH BAD VENTILATION AS MANY CLASSROOMS ARE ARE AT RISK.

OR MAKE THE CDC SAYS MONKEYPOX IS SPREAD THROUGH CLOSE, PERSONAL, OFTEN SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT.

AND BY TOUCHING OBJECTS OR FABRICS THAT SOMEONE WITH THE VIRUS IS USED.

>> THERE IS A RISK THAT THIS IS CARRIED IN WHAT IS CALLED INANIMATE OBJECTS.

TOILET SEATS IF YOU WANT TO SAY THAT, BUT BASICALLY BEDDING, SHEETS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> Reporter: HEALTH EXPERTS SAY SCHOOLS, DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES SHOULD PLAN NOW ON WHAT TO DO ABOUT MONKEYPOX, AND KEEP CLEANLINESS THE TOP PRIORITY.

>> CHAIRS AND DESKS NEED TO BE CLEANED.

I DON'T SEE HOW YOU ARE GOING TO PREVENT KIDS FROM TOUCHING EACH OTHER, SO THAT IS A BIG QUESTION I UNFORTUNATELY DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR.

>> Reporter: THE CDC SAYS SCIENTISTS ARE STILL STUDYING IF THE VIRUS CAN BE SPREAD WHEN SOMEONE HAS NO SYMPTOMS, HOW OFTEN IT IS SPREAD BY RESPIRATORY DROPLETS, OR IF A PERSON WITH MONKEYPOX SYMPTOMS MIGHT BE MORE LIKELY TO SPREAD THE VIRUS THAT WAY.

THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING INTO WHETHER THE VIRUS SPREADS THROUGH THINGS LIKE URINE OR FECES.

>>> I AM JUDY WOODRUFF.

TONIGHT ON "NEWS HOUR" WHAT A BOAT TO PRESERVE ABORTION- RIGHTS AND KANSAS SIGNALS FOR THE REST OF THE NATION COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> IF YOU DRIVE ON THE 805 YOU WILL SOON SEE SIGNS ENCOURAGING YOU TO VISIT THE CONVOY ASIAN CULTURAL VISIT.

AND UNVEILING CEREMONY WAS HELD THIS MORNING FOR THE SIX NEW FREEWAY SIGNS THAT WILL BE INSTALLED NEXT WEEK.

THE CONVOY DISTRICT IS A DISTRICT THAT EXPANDS 16 ACRES AND IS HOME TO RESTAURANTS, SHOPS, AND VISITS.

MONEY WAS RAISED THROUGH DONATIONS TO PAY FOR THE SIGNS.

>> THE IDEA OF HAVING FREEWAY SIGNAGE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

805, THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO DRIVE ON 805, BUT WHEN YOU ARE OUT THERE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE NOT ZOOMING PAST UNAWARE OF THE GEM THAT IS THE CONVOY DISTRICT.

>> THE NEW FREEWAY SIGNS WILL BE INSTALLED BEGINNING NEXT WEEK ALONG THE 805 NORTH AND SOUTH EXIT RAMPS.

>>> TIKI OASIS IS BACK IN TOWN AND COUNTRY RESORT.

FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES, THE CONVENTION HAS DRAWN PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE TO CELEBRATE 25 CULTURE AND ESCAPE THE REAL WORLD.

WE PREVIEW THE EVENT THAT KICKS OFF TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: TIKI OASIS IS FIVE NIGHTS AND 4 DAYS OF ESCAPE FROM REALITY.

>> THERE IS NOTHING TOO SERIOUS AT TIKI OASIS, AND I THINK WE'VE HAD A FEW SERIOUS YEARS , SO IT IS REALLY NICE TO KICK BACK WITH YOUR FRIENDS, HAVE A FEW DRINKS.

>> I LOVE SHARING DRINKS WITH PEOPLE.

WE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING A RIFF ON THE CLASSIC MAI TAI.

WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THE MAYA AND TY, CO-POLY RUM IS FROM BELIZE.

WE ARE GOING TO GO WITH A FULL OUNCE OF THE WHITE RUM.

LET'S SAY WE LIKE THE ALCOHOL TO SHINE A BIT.

WE ARE GOING TO DO ANOTHER OUNCE WITH THE COPOLLI BARREL RESTED RUM.

SHAKE IT ON UP.

POUR IT RIGHT INTO A BUCKET GLASS.

WE ARE GOING TO SLAP THAT MEANT, AND THERE WE GO.

>> THAT IS PERFECT FOR A HOT AND HUMID DAY.

>> LIKE TODAY?

>> Reporter: FITTINGLY, DOTTIE DEVILLE IS COHOSTING THE BARTENDER BATTLE.

>> WE HAD I BELIEVE 14 PEOPLE THAT DID THE PRELIMINARIES, AND WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO FOUR PEOPLE, AND THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE THEIR SIGNATURE DRINK, WHATEVER THEY MADE IN THE PRELIMINARIES THAT GOT THEM THROUGH TO THE FINALS.

>> Reporter: THEN THE COHOST GETS TO GO IRON CHEF, TIKI STYLE.

>> SHE'S GOING TO RIP OPEN A BAG OR WE DISPLAY THE SECRET INGREDIENT WHERE THEY HAVE TO BATTLE IT OUT, AND THEY HAVE I BELIEVE 10 MINUTES TO MAKE A COCKTAIL FOR ALL SIX JUDGES.

>> Reporter: BARTENDERS GET POINTS FOR CREATIVITY, TASTE, AND THE STORY BEHIND THEIR COCKTAIL.

THAT IS BECAUSE BACK STORIES ARE IMPORTANT.

THEY CAN PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO HOW PEOPLE GOT INTO TIKI CULTURE.

>> I GREW UP IN BUFFALO, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE LEAST TROPICAL PLACE IN AMERICA , AND MY GRANDPARENTS MET IN THE PHILIPPINES.

I HEARD ALL OF THESE STORIES ABOUT WHAT WAS THEN CALLED THE ORIENT, AND I SAW PICTURES.

>> Reporter: HE ALSO SAW SPY SHOWS AND MOVIES THAT INTRODUCED HIM TO THE TIKI ADJACENT WORLD OF THE FHS.

>> A FHS IS A ROUND, FELT CAP THAT DOES NOT HAVE A BRAND.

THIS IS THE TYPICAL SCHREINER STYLE, RED OR BURGUNDY.

I PICKED THIS ONE BECAUSE IT SAYS "OASIS."

THEY ARE EXOTIC AS HOLLYWOOD USED IT AS SHORTHAND WHENEVER THEY WANTED TO PRESENT A DIFFERENT LOCATION IN THE OLD MOVIES.

MAC CROWDS WILL BE DOING A SEMINAR ALL ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE FEZ.

>> WHEN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WAS ABOLISHED, THEY OUTLAWED THE FEZ, AND MADE IT PUNISHABLE BY THE DEATH PENALTY TO HAVE ONE.

>> Reporter: BUT THEY ARE WELCOME MET TIKI OASIS, AS ARE IMMACULATE VINTAGE OUTFITS AND IMMACULATELY COIFFED HAIR.

>> EVERYONE PUTS A LOT OF ATTENTION AND DETAIL INTO THEIR OUTFITS.

EVERYONE LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

>> IT'S A PLACE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DOING THE SAME THING, SO INSTEAD OF BEING THE PERSON THAT STANDS OUT IN A ROOM, YOU ARE IN HER ROOM OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ALL STANDING OUT.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT TIKI OASIS IS THAT EVERYONE IS HAPPY AND CHEERS ON OTHER PEOPLE IN THEIR OUTFITS, AND LOVES THEM, AND NOTICES IN HIS SUNGLASSES OR HEAD OR WHATEVER.

>> Reporter: AND THAT NOW INCLUDES DOGS.

>> BEFORE ONE OF THE TIKI OASIS EVENT A FEW YEARS AGO, I TOOK A PICTURE OF LUCA WITH THIS ORANGE SUITCASE, WITH A COUPLE OF HER HAWAIIAN SHIRTS IN IT, AND I POSTED IT ON THE TIKI OASIS FACEBOOK PAGE , AND SAID LUCA IS PACKED AND READY TO GO, AND IT GOT HUNDREDS OF LIKES, SO THE POOCH PARADE IS A CHANCE FOR EVERYBODY WHO BRINGS THEIR DOGS TO THE EVENT TO SHOW OFF THEIR DOGS, AND THEIR OUTFITS.

>> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO THE POOCH PARADE, TIKI OASIS OFFERS DANCING, LIVE MUSIC, AND ARTS SHOW, TROPICAL COCKTAILS, AND A MARKETPLACE OF MORE THAN 150 ARTISTS , INCLUDING SURFBOARD CARVING.

>> I WENT THERE THE FIRST TIME AS A HAIR MODEL, THINKING I WOULD DROP IN AND OUT 11 YEARS AGO, AND I HAVE BEEN EVERY YEAR SINCE.

I'M PRETTY SURE YOU GET ADDICTED.

IT WILL BE AMAZING.

CHECK IT OUT.

4 KPBS NEWS.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

GOATS ARE HELPING REDUCE OUR REGION'S FIRE RISK BY DOING WHAT COMES NATURALLY, EATING.

'S TARMAC WHO IS PUTTING ANIMALS WERE CLEARING BRUSH CRACKS >>> AND ON MIDDAY ADDITION, MAYOR TODD GLORIA IS STOPPING BY TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, TO THE CITY'S RECENTLY UPDATED CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

GOODNIGHT.

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