>>> WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE IDENTIFIED CASES.

>> COVID CASES ARE SPIKING ACROSS THE STATE AT A NEWS CONFERENCE HER NEW SOME IN SLOWING THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS WHICH HAS NOW MUTATED INTO A FASTER VARIANT CALLED OMICRON .

FIRST HEALTHCARE WORKERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO GET A BOOSTER PICK >> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO NOT HAVE STAFFING SHORTAGES.

WE NEED TO KEEP ALL OF YOU HEALTHY AND SAFE.

AGAIN, THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO GET BOOSTED.

I DO NOT WANT TO SEE PICK >> NEWSOM IS ORDERING 6 MILLION COVID TESTS, MAINLY RAPID TEST, >> AT THE END OF THE NEWS CONFERENCE NEWSOM AND ACKNOWLEDGED NOTHING IS CERTAIN WITH THE VIRUS AND THE STRATEGY CAN ONLY WORK IF PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO DO THEIR PART.

>> AT THE END OF THE DAY NOTHING WE DO HERE AT THE STATE OR EVEN IN ALAMEDA COUNTY WHICH IS DOING AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB MATTERS COMPARED TO WHAT YOU DO AND THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE AT HOME PICK >> KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEW THIS.

>>> CSU OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THAT FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS WHO ARE ACCESSING UNIVERSITY FACILITIES OR PROGRAMS WILL BE REQUIRED TO GET A BOOSTER.

BREAKS DOWN THE PLAN AND REACTIONS.

>> Reporter: THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IS MADE UP OF 23 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IN ORDER TO RETURN TO CAMPUS FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER ALL ELIGIBLE FACULTY, STAFF AND NEARLY 500,000 STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO GET A COVID BOOSTER OR SIX MONTHS AFTER THE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVED THEIR FINAL DOSE OF THE ORIGINAL VACCINE.

THE CHANCELLOR ISSUED A STATEMENT ABOUT THE BOOSTER ANNOUNCEMENT AND ENDED WITH WILL HELP MITIGATE THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF THE VERY ON CAMPUS AS THEY REPOPULATE IN JANUARY AFTER THE WINTER BREAK UNIVERSITIES LIKE >> Reporter: CHRISTINE VAUGHN IS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION FOR SAN MARCO'S PICK UNIVERSITY HAD THE LOWEST 2% POSITIVE COVID.

>> MAKING SURE WE ARE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES AND LISTENING TO OUR LEADERS AND OUR MENTAL IT ALLOWS STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES TO SEEK EXCEPTION ON MEDICAL AND RELIGIOUS GROUNDS BUT LISA MAY, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A GROUP CALLED LET THEM CHOOSE SUED THE DISTRICT CLAIMING THE MANDATE WAS UNLAWFUL AND UNFAIR TO STUDENTS BACK ON MONDAY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE STUCK DOWN THE MANDATE.

>> WE DID WHEN AND THAT RULING IS IN PLACE AND THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED CANNOT EXCLUDE ANY STUDENTS THAT HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE COVID VACCINE.

>> Reporter: THE MAYOR SUPPORTED THE IDEA OF A MANDATE.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DID NOT INCLUDE RELIGIOUS OR PERSONAL BELIEF EXEMPTIONS IN ITS MANDATE SOMETHING THE JUDGE SAYS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES NOT HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO PICK ON TUESDAY SAN DIEGO UNIFIED APPEAL THE JUDGE'S RULING PICKED IT IS UNCLEAR WHY THE DISTRICT DID NOT GO WITH THE ORIGINAL MANDATE.

THEY SAID WE ARE 100% DETERMINED TO MAINTAIN THE VACCINE MANDATE.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO GOES WILL NOT BE PLAYING PICK THE AMERICAN HOCKEY LIKE SAYS THE ISSUE IS WITH THE VISITING KEEP IT TO STOCKTON HEAT WHICH HAS PLAYERS IN COVID ARTICLE BY THE LAKE HAS NOT DARRELL FORGES WITH WHY MANY SAY THEY COULD BE PUTTING THEMSELVES AT HIGH RISK THIS HOLIDAY PICK >> Reporter: PUBLICATION SEARCHING YET AGAIN IN THE VARIANT SPREADING RAPIDLY NATIONWIDE.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IMMEDIATELY PICK BUT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO TAKE MEASURES BEFORE YOU TRAVEL PICK IN THE WAKE OF A SPIKE IN CASES SOME CITIES ARE CANCELING NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATIONS PICK THE NHL IS POSITING ITS SEASON, THE NBA POSTPONING GAMES PICK SOME SHOWS ON BROADWAY ARE SHUTTING DOWN.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS ALREADY ISSUING A FLOOD WATCH FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY PICK IT IS ALL EXPECTED TO HIT A STARTING ON THURSDAY NIGHT.

THAT IS WHEN A FLOOD WATCH BEGINS FOR LOCAL COASTAL, VALLEY AND MOUNTAIN AREAS PICK LOCAL DESERT COMMUNITIES WILL BE UNDER A FLOOD WATCH PICK SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED RIVERS, CREEKS AND AREAS BURNED BY WILDFIRE ARE AT RISK PICK >> IT WAS A BIG STORM --.

AS FAR AS STILL HAVING A NICE CLEAN SAFE PLACE TO FISH THIS IS STILL DOES THE JOB.

>> HE AGAIN ENJOY EVERY BEACH THIS ICONIC LANDMARK HAS TO OFFER.

WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON A OB PEER THE SECOND-LONGEST AND ATTRACTS MORE THAN 500,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY.

ALEXANDRA, TO REDUCE HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH BY 88% IF GIVEN WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OF COVID SYSTEMS.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAID IT IS BUYING THE DRUG PICK ANOTHER DRUGMAKER MERCK HAS ALSO ASKED EMERGENCY USE FOR ITS ANTIVIRAL PILL.

KIND OF SHOCKED ACTUALLY PICK >> NEW NUMBERS REALLY SHOWING ACA ENROLLMENT HAS HIT A HISTORIC HIGH FOR 2022.

ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR COVERAGE AND THE DEADLINE IS NOT UNTIL JANUARY 15th .

SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN TOOK OFFICE FOR .6 THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ALSO EXTENDED THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT.

AND REINSTATED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF FUNDING THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SLASHED SUPPORT FOR OBAMA CARE IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH PICK 58% HAVE A FAVORABLE OPINION COMPARED TO 43% WENT TRUMP WAS ELECTED PICK >> THE LONG-TERM TREND SHOWS THE ACA HAS GAINED POPULARITY OVER TIME.

SOME LEADERS ARE STILL THROWING UP ROADBLOCKS LIKE RESTRICTING THE WORK OF NAVIGATORS EVEN THOUGH SEVERAL STATES HAVE HIGH ENROLLMENT NUMBERS PICK FLORIDA LEADS THE NATION STILL UNINSURED AND 64% OF THEM ARE ELIGIBLE FOR COVERAGE ASSISTANCE.

THE BUILD BACK BETTER BILL WOULD EXTEND THESE SUBSIDIES AND EXPANSIONS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN THROUGH 2025 PICK THE BILL DOES NOT PASS THOSE BENEFITS COULD EXPIRE BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

>> GOING INTO 2022 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT THERE PAYMENTS ARE GOING TO DOUBLE PICK THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE GOING TO GO OUT RIGHT BEFORE PICK >> THAT WAS GABE: REPORTING.

>>> 8 1/2% OF THEIR INCOME TO COVER STAFF OF 10%.

LOWER INCOME POLICYHOLDERS RECEIVE SUBSIDIES THAT ELIMINATE THEN WE ARE RATHER , BLANKET OF CLOUDS OVERHEAD, OCEANSIDE DOWN TO 51 PICK EL CAJON AT 53 PICK CHECK OUT THURSDAY'S WEATHER PICK THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER SETTLE SOUTH AND IT STARTS TO TAKE AIM AND SO THE RAIN WILL BE OFF THE INCREASE.OUR FORECAST PICK RAIN ARRIVES THURSDAY AFTERNOON PICK HEAVY AT NIGHT IT INTO FRIDAY MORNING PICK THEN A LITTLE COOL OVER THE WEEKEND AS WE TRY IT OUT SOME PICK AS WE TAKE YOU IN LINE HERE COMES RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES INTO FRIDAY PICK IT LOOKS COOL, DOESN'T IT?

TEMPERATURES INTO THE 50s PICK THAT UP IN THE MOUNTAINS, IT LOOKS BREEZY AND WET.

OVER THE WEEKEND QUITE COOL WITH SOME WIND PICK AS WE HAD TO THE DESERT WE WILL SEE SOME RAIN.

THEN FOR THE WEEKEND SOME DRIER CONDITIONS.

FOR KPBS NEWS I AM METEOROLOGIST >>> THAT IS THE PLAY THAT PUT IT AWAY LAST NIGHT FOR THE AZTECS.

THEY ARE THE FIRST GOLD THE TRAGEDY OF MacBETH IS A HOLIDAY GIFT.. THAT SUMMONS THE TO HEAVEN.

OR TO .

YET THE OFFICIALS ARE SELLING TACTIC KATIE LEE VIVID USED TO COME COMPLETELY TO ITS INTERPRETATION PICK MacBETH IS SHAKESPEARE'S SWIFTEST PLAY IT IS SAN DIEGO.EACH SUMMER AND TAKEN DOWN EACH FALL PICK THE SHELL WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY LAST YEAR WILL HOST CONCERTS AND OTHER EVENTS YEAR-ROUND PICK REJECT WE HAD A WHOLE SEASON LOOKED LAST YEAR BUT THERE ARE ALSO NEW ARTISTS WE ARE GOING TO PARTNER WITH PICK WE ARE GOING TO DO MOVIES, WE'RE GOING TO DO MARIACHI, FULL ON SYMPHONIC CONCERTS, GUEST PERFORMERS PICK >> ALL OF IT HELD IN A VENUE THAT IS STATE OF THE ON THESE TOWERS THAT WILL CREATE A FEAST FOR THE EYES PICK THEY HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BLENDED SOUND AND THEY CAN HEAR EACH OTHER EXQUISITELY SO THE MUSICMAKING IS GOING TO BE FIRST-CLASS PICK >> THE LARGE FAMILIAR LOOKING SPEAKERS ON STAGE ARE OBVIOUSLY FOR THE AUDIENCE PICK IT IS THE SPEAKERS OF THESE TOWERS THAT WILL MAKE THE SOUND OUT HERE SO SPECIAL PICK >> THOSE SPEAKERS ARE SURROUND SPEAKERS PICK YOU WILL FEEL ENVELOPED AND ALSO THERE IS A DELAY IN IT SO YOU WILL HAVE A SYNCHRONIZED PRESENCE PICK >> SOUND THAT WILL EASILY REACH THE SHORES OF CORONADO BUT GILMORE SAYS THE SYMPHONY WANTS TO THE OLD SETUP ALLOWED FOR 2800 BACKS PICK THE NEW SET UP WILL ALLOW SEATING ARRANGEMENTS OF BETWEEN FROM THE STUNNING STAGE THE AMAZING STATE OF THE ART SOUND THERE IS ANOTHER BIG DIFFERENCE WITH THIS NEW VENUE.

IF YOU WERE HERE BEFORE AND YOU HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM THERE WERE PORT-A-POTTIES OUT HERE.

THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 60 NEW BATHROOMS RIGHT HERE IN THIS HALLWAY, ALL OF IT UNDER WHERE THE SEATING AREA IS.

WHEN IT IS NOT BEING USED FOR PERFORMANCE AS THE VENUE WILL NOT JUST SIT EMPTY PICK 85% OF IT WILL TURN INTO A PUBLIC PARK.

TALK ABOUT A GREAT PLACE FOR A PICNIC AS PUBLIC AS IT IS, THE COST TO SAN DIEGO TAXPAYERS WAS MINIMAL PICK THE CITY CHIPPING IN ABOUT $50,000 OF THE $85 MILLION PRICE TAG PICK NEARLY ALL OF THE FROM DOMES.

GILMORE SAYS IT WILL OPEN THIS SUMMER, AUGUST AT THE LATEST PICK THEN THIS DREAM TURNED INTO REALITY BY THE WORK OF 133 PEOPLE FROM 32 COMPANIES WILL COME TO LIFE PICK IT WILL BE HERE IN THIS BREATHTAKING SETTING FOR GENERATIONS TO AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.