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>>> GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

TONIGHT, THREE SUSPECTS ARE UNDER ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF JOURNALIST LAWRENCE MALDONADO IN TIJUANA.

AS OUR REPORTER TELLS US, THE MEXICAN PRESIDENT IS PROMISING JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED.

>> Reporter: MEXICO'S PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED THE ARREST DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING PRESS CONFERENCE, - >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT SAID WHILE THE COUNTRY CANNOT BRING MALDONADO BACK, IT HAS AN OBLIGATION TO BRING ABOUT JUSTICE FOR MALDONADO WAS A SECOND JOURNALIST TO BE KILLED IT TO ONE ISSUE, THE FOURTH IN ALL OF MEXICO.

MARGARITA MARTINEZ, A PROLIFIC PHOTOGRAPHER WAS SHOT AND KILLED OUTSIDE THEIR HOME ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY.

IN ADDITION, ANOTHER WAS BRUTALLY STABBED TO DEATH IN EARLIER THIS MONTH REPORTER WAS SHOT AND KILLED.

NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN ANY OTHER KILLING.

MEXICO IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRIES IN THE ROLE BECAUSE OF GOVERNMENT IMPUNITY, 95% OF ALL CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE IN MEXICO ARE NEVER PROSECUTED.

>> GAVIN NEWSOM HAS EXTENDED COVID SICKLY FOR MOST CALIFORNIA WORKERS.

>> SYSTEM CANNOT THRIVE IN A WORLD THAT IS FAILING AND THAT IS WHY SICK LEAVE IS FOUNDATIONAL, KEEPING PEOPLE HEALTHY, KEEPING PATRONS SAFE.

IT IS SO IMPORTANT.

SPIRIT OF THE LAW APPLIES TO BUSINESSES OF MORE THAN 25 EMPLOYEES.

THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO GIVE WORKERS AS MUCH AS TWO WEEKS PAID TIME OFF IF THEY BECOME INFECTED, OR CARRYING FOR A RELATIVE WHO TEST POSITIVE, OR ARE SUBJECT TO QUARANTINE ORDERS.

EMPLOYEES CAN ALSO GET PAID TIME OFF OR GETTING VACCINE OR BOOSTER SHOTS.

IT WILL BE RETROACTIVELY COVERED COVID RELATED ILLNESSES BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST.

>>> MORE POSITIVE NEWS ON THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.

HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE FIRST DROP BELOW 100,000 IN THE U.S., FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A MONTH.

NOW, SOME STATES ARE ANNOUNCING PLANS TO LIFT ALL INDOOR MASKING REQUIREMENTS.

BUT IS IT TOO SOON?

HERE IS CHRIS LEWIN.

>>> IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, CASES ARE DOWN OVER 65%.

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS ARE DOWN 40%.

>> Reporter: AN ENCOURAGING SIGN IS HOSPITALIZATIONS DROP BELOW 100,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A MONTH, ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

>> WE KNOW THAT IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COUNTRY CASES HAVE FALLEN MORE SIGNIFICANTLY AND THIS WILL LEAD TO DIFFERENT APPROACHES IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND DIFFERENT TIME, AND WE WILL COORDINATE CLOSELY WITH STATE AND LOCAL LEADERSHIP.

>> Reporter: A GROWING NUMBER OF STATES FROM CALIFORNIA TO NEW YORK HAVE STATED INTENTIONS TO DROP INDOOR MASK MANDATES IN THE COMING DAYS.

>> AT THIS TIME WE FEEL IT IS THE RIGHT DECISION TO LIFT THIS MANDATE.

FOR INDOOR BUSINESSES, AND LET'S COUNTIES, CITIES, AND BUSINESSES MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS ON WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

>> Reporter: OTHER STATES LIKE CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS ARE ALSO ELIMINATING MASK MANDATES IN SCHOOLS.

>> IT IS EXTREMELY LOW RISK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, THE WIDESPREAD AVAILABILITY AND PROVEN EFFECTIVENESS OF VACCINES AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF ACCURATE TEST PROTOCOLS AND TESTS IT IS TIME TO GIVE OUR KIDS A SENSE OF NORMALCY.

>> Reporter: THE DECISION CAUSING A STIR WITH CRITICS WHO SAY THE TIMING JUST ISN'T RIGHT.

>> WHEN YOU TALK TO FUTURE GROUPS YOU HEAR A VARIETY OF DECISIONS THERE AS WELL, AND POLITICIANS ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT HAVE TO WAIL THE SPECTERS WHEN THEY ARE COMING FORWARD WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

>>> THE U.S. IS READY TO ROLL OUT MILLIONS OF COVID VACCINES FOR CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OLD, AS SOON AS THE FDA GRANTING AUTHORIZATION.

10 MILLION DOSES OF THE PHIZER VACCINE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE AGE GROUP, AND THE BINARY COMMITTEE WILL MEET AND GO OVER CHILDHOOD AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.

THE CDC DIRECTOR MUST THEN SIGN UP BEFORE SHOTS CAN BE ADMINISTERED, AND APPROXIMATELY 18 MILLION CHILDREN WOULD THEN BE ELIGIBLE.

>>> A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN AROUND IN SAN DIEGO FOR YEARS, TOXIC BUILDINGS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT DOESN'T ADD TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

JOHN CARROLL SAYS THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TACKLED THAT COMPLICATED CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE TODAY.

>> Reporter: NATHAN FLETCHER OPEN DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUE WITH THE STATEMENT NOBODY COULD DISAGREE WITH.

>> THIS IS BEEN A VEXING ISSUE, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN GRAPPLING FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

>> Reporter: THE ISSUE IS WHAT IS KNOWN AS VMT, VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED, LAST MONTH THEY MADE A PROPOSAL TO TAX DRIVERS DIRECTLY.

RIGHT NOW, DEVELOPERS ARE TAXED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF TRIPS GENERATED BY BUSINESSES.

THE PROPOSAL BEFORE THE BOARD WOULD INSTEAD TAX HOUSING DEVELOPERS, BASED ON HOW MANY MILES WOULD BE TRAVELED.

THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF SAN DIEGO SAYS THAT WOULD DRIVE THE COST OF BUILDING HOUSES, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THROUGH THE ROOF.

>> MAJOR FEES FOR PROJECTS DARTING AT $30,000 FOR A UNIT, AND GOING UP AS HIGH AS $500,000 PER UNIT, OR EVEN MORE.

SO THAT'S WHAT IS A REAL PROBLEM FOR US AND, MORE IMPORTANT, FOR THE RESIDENCE.

>> Reporter: THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TACKLE THE ISSUE, A BILL PASSED NEWLY IN A GOOD DEMANDED IT.

THE LEGISLATOR LEFT THE COUNTRY TO TAILOR THE LAW TO THEIR OWN NEEDS.

THE ADVOCACY GROUP CLIMATE ACTION CAMPAIGN SUPPORTED THE MOST RESTRICTIVE MEASURES.

>> THAT IS A TOOL TO BEGIN SUPERVISED, DANGEROUS, FLAWED DEVELOPMENTS.

>> MEDICINE COLEMAN SAID IT IS MORE ABOUT LIMITING STRAHL IN THE BACKCOUNTRY, SHE SAYS THE MEASURE INCENTIVIZES AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE BUILT WHERE IT SHOULD BE BUILT.

>> SO IN PILLS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AREAS NEAR TRANSIT.

AND, JOB CENTERS.

>> Reporter: MATT ADAMS SAYS THE PROPOSAL WILL DRIVE A STAKE THROUGH THE HEART OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

>> THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH, BECAUSE IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TODAY TO PRODUCE MIDDLE INCOME HOUSING.

IF YOU ASSESS THIS TYPE OF FEES OF 30,000 TO 1 HALF A MILLION, IT WILL NEVER BE CREATED.

>> Reporter: THE BOARD VOTED 3- TO TWO OF PROVE THE NUMERALS, JIM DESMOND MADE A PREDICTION, LAWSUITS ARE SURE TO FOLLOW.

JOHN CARROLL, K PBS NEWS.

>>> THE PRICE TAG OF THE STATE'S HIGHEST PAID RAIL LINE IS RISING, ONCE AGAIN.

IN THE REPORT NOW ESTIMATES IT COULD COST AS MUCH AS $105 BILLION TO COMPLETE THE TRAIN BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO.

THAT IS UP ABOUT $5 MILLION FROM THE 2020 PLAN.

THE INCREASE IS DUE TO NEW COMMITMENTS AIMED AT MINIMIZING ENHANCED NOISE BARRIERS, THERE HOPEFUL CALIFORNIA WILL GET BILLIONS MORE IN THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.

>>> HAVE YOU BEEN SEPARATING OR RECYCLING YOUR FOOD WASTE?

A STATE BILL THAT TOOK EFFECT THIS YEAR MAKES THIS A LOT.

MANY FIND A COMP LOCATED, NOW THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO WILL HELP YOU COMPLY AND DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE PLANET.

KITTY ALVARADO HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: 39% OF SAN DIEGO TRASH IS ORGANIC WASTE.

15% OF THAT IS FOOD WASTE.

BUT IF IT IS RECYCLED IT CAN GO FROM THIS TO COMPOST INSTEAD OF ENDING UP AT THE LANDFILL, EMITTING TOXIC INSET ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

>> IT DOES A LOT OF GOOD.

RESCUE THAT IS WHY THE MAYOR HELD A NEW CONFERENCE TODAY AT THE PLACE WHERE THE TRANSFORMATION TAKES PLACE.

>> THE CITY IS TRYING TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUAL SAN DIEGO TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

>> Reporter: ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES AND CITY LEADERS, GLORIA ANNOUNCED AFTER THE CITY IS TAKING TO HELP SAN DIEGO COMPLY WITH SENATE BILL 1383.

TO RECYCLE ORGANIC WASTE TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE.

THE PLAN INCLUDES OUTREACH ON EDUCATION, FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAMS, AND A NEW COLLECTION SERVICE, JUST FOR ORGANIC WASTE.

>> IT WILL BE IN, THAT THEY WILL REMEMBER LIKE WHEN WE DID OTHER RECYCLING, IT IS CRITICAL TO OUR PLANET FOR THIS ACTION.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO WILL GET SPECIAL CONTAINERS TO HELP THE RECYCLE FOOD WASTE IN THE KITCHEN.

SOMETHING RYAN RIZZUTO ALREADY DOES WORK KITCHENS FOR GOOD FOR >> WE REDIRECT FOOD WASTE AND RESCUE.

AND WE ARE ABLE TO PUT INTO USABLE MEALS FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY WITHIN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: PART OF SAN DIEGO'S LARGER CLIMATE INITIATIVE, FOR THE FUTURE.

THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2015, AND IS NOW BEING UPDATED.

WITH OUR UPDATED CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WE WILL HAVE A GOAL OF ZERO BY 2035.

JESSICA SAYS, A NONPROFIT THAT HAS BEEN WORKING TO GET THE COMMUNITY TOWARD ZERO FOR ALMOST 4 DECADES.

>> IT IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL TO HAVE THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND THE MAYOR'S MESSAGING BEHIND THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.

KEEPING ORGANIC MATERIAL FROM GOING TO OUR LANDFILL.

IT IS A VERY PRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE, NOW.

RENEE ROBERTSON, SAYS IT WILL TAKE TIME BUT EVENTUALLY RECYCLING ORGANIC FOOD WASTE WILL BECOME PART OF OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.

>> THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FASTEST THINGS FOLKS CAN DO AT YOUR HOME, TO IMPACT POSITIVELY , CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> Reporter: KITTY ALVARADO, K PBS NEWS.

>>> TODAY AND BARRIO LOGAN, THE ENDORSED A CANDIDATE FOR THE OLD SEAT IN THE DISTRICT, THE CANDIDATE IS ANOTHER LATINA WITH LOCAL ROOTS BUT THERE ARE OTHER STILL VYING FOR THE ROLE.

>> Reporter: FORMER ASSEMBLYWOMAN LORENA GONZALEZ OFFICIALLY ENDORSED GEORGETTE GOMEZ FOR THE CANDIDATE SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE TAKE OVER THE ROLE IN CHARGE OF THE 80th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.

>> I KNOW THAT I AM NEVER GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT GEORGETTE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IN SACRAMENTO AND WORRY THAT THE POWERFUL CORPORATE INTEREST, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, OR PUSHING HER BUTTONS IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION.

I KNOW THAT SHE IS GOING TO COME BACK HOME AND BE ACCOUNTABLE AND RELIABLE TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE RIGHT HERE.

>> Reporter: AFTER EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE GONZALEZ DESIGNED FROM HER POSITION TO RETURN TO HER ROOTS IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT.

A FORMER SAN DIEGO COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SHE SAYS OF ELECTED SHE WOULD CONTINUE A SIMILAR MISSION.

>> I AM FEELING VERY ENERGIZED.

VERY HUMBLE.

TO BE ABLE TO BE LAUNCHED, BE IN THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND BE THE NEXT STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER FOR THE 80th DISTRICT, TO BE DOING THAT ALONG WITH WORKING WITH PEOPLE, DOING WITH THE FORMER ASSEMBLYWOMAN, IT'S INCREDIBLE.

>> Reporter: WHILE GONZALES HAS OFFICIALLY ENDORSED GOMEZ AS A CANDIDATE OF CHOICE ARE STILL OTHERS VYING FOR THE POSITION THAT INCLUDES LINCOLN PICKER, AND THE DEMOCRATIC FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN, DAVID ALVAREZ.

>> AND I BELIEVE THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT DON'T WANT TO BE HAVING SACRAMENT TO PICK THE NEXT COUNCILPERSON, THEY WANT TO BE THE NEXT ONE TO ELECT THEM AND IT MATTERS TO THEM THAT IT IS SOMEONE WHO IS GOTTEN THINGS DONE AND ACCOMPLISHED THINGS FOR THEM AS I HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.

I WILL CONTINUE TO DO, WHICH IS REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT AND ONLY THEIR INTEREST.

RESCUE THE SPECIAL ELECTION PRIMARY FOR THE 80th DISTRICT WILL BE HELD ON APRIL FIFTH, WITH A RUNOFF ON JUNE SEVENTH.

K PBS NEWS.

>>> 2021 WAS THE DEADLIEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR MIGRANTS CROSSING THE BORDER ACCORDING TO CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.

IN IMPERIAL COUNTY, MIGRANTS CONTINUE TO DOUBT IN THE ALL AMERICAN CANAL.

OUR REPORTER EXPLAINS WHY DROWNINGS ARE INCREASING AND TALK TO PEOPLE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: EVERYTHING JOHN HUNTER KNEW ABOUT IMMIGRATION CHANGE WHEN HE WENT ON A NIGHTTIME RIGHT ALONG WITH WHAT ARE BORDER PATROL AGENTS.

HUNTER STILL REMEMBERS THE RUSH HE FELT WHEN THEY MOVED IN ON THE GROUP, WE SAW THESE GUYS.

>> Reporter: IT TURNS OUT THEY WERE SICK LITTLE LADY SITTING ON THE GROUND AND THEY HAD THEIR PURSES OUT.

AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE A STUD, TRYING TO BUST SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE MY STUD OR MY GRANDMOTHER, OR MY SISTERS COOK.

IS WHAT HE SAID.

IT IS NOT A MANLY THING TO DO.

HE IS A STAUNCH REPUBLICAN, A BROTHER AND UNCLE, AND UNTIL THAT NIGHT, HE FIGURED THE PEOPLE WHO CROSSED THE BORDER ILLEGALLY WERE MACHO HOMBRES, BUT WHAT HE SAW WERE PEOPLE TRYING TO SURVIVE.

WOMEN AND CHILDREN FLEEING VIOLENCE.

SOON AFTER HE BEGAN LEAVING WATER BOTTLES ALONG THE BORDERS RUGGED MOUNTAINS AND TREACHEROUS DESERTS.

THEN HE FOCUSED HIS ATTENTION ON THE ALL AMERICAN CANAL, WHERE MORE THAN I'VE HUNDRED 50 MIGRANTS HAVE DROWNED WHILE CROSSING THE BORDER, SINCE THE 1990S.

>> THESE ARE ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO HAVE DROWNED, CROSSING, NOT THE CARTEL.

THESE ARE NOT THE GUYS YOU READ ABOUT WITH MACHO WOOD CHARGES, THESE ARE ORDINARY PEOPLE, THAT'S CAN'T MAKE A LIVING, THEY ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE.

>> Reporter: THE ALL AMERICAN CANAL IS AN WATERWAY THAT RUNS ALONG THE US BORDER AND CARRIES WATER FROM THE COLORADO RIVER IN CALIFORNIA.

IT IS DEADLY FOR MIGRANTS TRYING TO CROSS THE BORDER ILLEGALLY.

IT'S 200 FEET WIDE AND ABOUT 20 FEET DEEP IN SOME AREAS, AND HAS STEEP CONCRETE LININGS.

>> A LOT OF MIGRANTS DON'T KNOW THAT THAT THE WATER HAS, WHAT MAY APPEAR TO BE, THE TOP MAY NOT BE SO ON THE BOTTOM, THERE IS A LOT OF STORM CURDS AND UNDERTOW THAT CAN TAKE SOMEONE VERY EASILY UNDERNEATH.

>> Reporter: IN 2010 JOHN AND HIS WIFE LAURA MET UP WITH LADDERS ALONG THE BORDER.

SOME FELT THAT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE HAVE IT EASIER TO CROSS, BUT THERE WAS BACKLASH FROM AN AGENCY.

>> THERE WAS ARROGANCE ON SOME OF THE STAFF SAYING WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, JUST BUILD A BRIDGE AND LET THEM COME ACROSS?

WELL, I AM NOT GOING TO BUILD A BRIDGE BUT I DEFINITELY WANT THEM TO NOT HAVE THAT BE THE END OF THE ROAD FOR THEM.

>> Reporter: 50 MINUTES CAME TO TOWN, AND DID AN EXPOSE ON THE CANAL AND AFTER THAT THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT APPROVED TO PUT 180 BULLIES ALONG THE CANAL, ONE EVERY HALF-MILE AND ONE EVERY MILE ON THE WEST SIDE.

THEY ACTUALLY WERE, THE NUMBER OF DROWNINGS HAVE GONE DOWN, BORDER PATROL AGENTS SAY THAT ACTUALLY HELP THEM RESCUE MIGRANTS FROM THE CANAL.

>> IF WE HAVE TO APPREHEND A GROUP OR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE GONE UNDER WHAT WE CAN USE THE BOY LINES AS A REFERENCE.

>> Reporter: THIS RESCUE VIDEO FROM MARCH, 2021, SHOWED HOW THE BOYS HELPED THEM SURVIVE.

WITHOUT THE BOY LIKE THE CURRENT WOULD HAVE DRAGGED THE MAN OVER A 49 FOOT DROP.

THE IRRIGATION DISTRICT DOES NOT INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BOYS SINCE 2010, BUT DATA SHOWS THE DROWNING DEATHS ARE GOING UP, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE WESTERN PART OF THE CANAL WHICH HAS FEWER BUOYS.

IRRIGATION DISTRICT OFFICIALS DECLINED A K PBS INTERVIEW, BUT THE SPOKESPERSON SAID THE AGENCY HAS INSTALLED WARNING SIGNS ALONG THE CANAL EVERY YEAR, THIS IS IN ADDITION TO MORE THAN 1300 SITES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED.

STILL, 47 MIGRANTS HAVE DIED IN THE CANAL SINCE 2015, 14 OF THEM LAST YEAR ALONE.

HUNTER SAYS IT IS TIME TO ADD MORE BOYS.

>> DROWNINGS CLOSE TO MEXICALI OR HERE, WHERE THERE ARE BULLIES, IT'S PRETTY COMMON SENSE, RIGHT?

THESE ARE COMMON SENSE THINGS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENCE TO MAKE AN ESTIMATE THAT IT WILL WORK.

>> Reporter: THEY DON'T THINK THE CURRENT BOARD WILL AUTHORIZE THIS ISSUE.

>> I THINK WE CAN DO DIFFERENT AND BETTER.

IF THEY DON'T LIKE THE BOY SYSTEM, THEY CAN TRY SOMETHING ELSE, BUT TRY SOMETHING.

THAT IS WHAT IS FRUSTRATING TO THEM.

>>> THE MARINES AT PENDLETON ARE TESTING NEW VEHICLES TO REPLACE THE AGING EQUIPMENT USED WHEN NINE TROOPS DROWNED IN 2020.

STEVE WELCH WAS OUT THERE, WITH THE STORY.

>> Reporter: IT IS CALLED AN AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT VEHICLE, THE NEW VEHICLE DESIGNED TO BE MORE POWERFUL ON LAND AND SAFER IN THE WATER, THEN THE 1980S ERA PERSONAL CARRIER THAT SANK OFF SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND IN JULY, 2020.

CAPTAIN DAVID PEREZ - >> TO HAVE ADDITIONAL SENSORS, THEY HAVE A SCREEN IN FRONT OF THEM.

A PANEL THAT WILL TELL THEM IF SOMETHING IS WRONG.

IT'S NOT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MANUALLY GO DOWN AND CHECK THINGS.

>> Reporter: THE NEW VEHICLES USED DURING THE EXERCISE WILL DEEPLY WITH ME FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH THE NEW VEHICLE, A SHIP TO SHORE EXERCISE SIMILAR TO THE ONE WHERE TROOPS DROWNED WAS CANCELED AFTER A PROBLEM WITH UNCOUPLING WITH THE TOWING SYSTEM.

THE MARINES AND THE OLDER SYSTEM WERE BANNED.

LIEUTENANT GENERAL GEORGE SMITH SAYS THE MARINE AMPHIBIOUS PROGRAM IS A PRINT >> OBVIOUSLY, AS A MARINE FORCE, HAVE LEARNED A NUMBER OF LESSONS.

FROM THE AAB TRAGEDY OF JULY, 2020.

WE HAVE INCORPORATED ALL OF THEM.

>> Reporter: THEY STILL USE THE AAB, AND BOTH WERE ON DISPLAY, THE TUNISIAN EXERCISE WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A MONTH AT CAMP PENDLETON.

THE EXERCISE WAS SIDETRACKED JANUARY 17, WHEN TROOPS ON BOTH SIDES CONTRACTED COVID.

IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST TIME THE TWO SIDES TRAINED WITH LIGHT FIRE.

STEVE WALSH, K PBS NEWS.

>>> WE HAVE SERIOUS ONES THAT IS BUILDING IN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS FACT, THERE IS GOING TO BE RECORD CHALLENGING HATE LIKELY TO LAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK.

AS WE HAD TO THE WEEKEND IT WILL BE ABOVE AVERAGE BUT NOT QUITE RECORD CHALLENGING.

AND WILL BE GUSTING, WE HAVE WIND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

COOL AIR DOES ARRIVE NEXT WEEK.

WE WILL SEE COOLER TEMPERATURES LIKELY MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.

WITH ANOTHER PIECE OF ENERGY DIVING SOUTHWARD, HERE.

THE OVERALL PATTERN IS LIKELY GOING TO STICK AROUND WITH US THROUGH SUNDAY, WITH DAILY RECORD HIGHS BEING CHALLENGED LIKELY THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.

THAT WILL BE THE RISK FOR WILD FIRE DANGER, AND AGAIN, GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS.

LEADING TO THAT ELEVATED RISK FOR WILD FIRE DANGER.

WE DON'T QUITE HAVE ANY OF THOSE HE ADVISORIES DOWN TOWARD SAN DIEGO, JUST OFF TO OUR NORTH AT NEWPORT BEACH WE DO HAVE HE ADVISORIES THAT REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 6:00 P.M. ON SUNDAY.

WE DO HAVE WIND ADVISORIES POSTED UP INTO SOME OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN, HERE.

THOSE ARE IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

GUSTS UP TO 50 MILES PER HOUR, POSSIBLE, AT TIMES.

JUST TONIGHT GET BACK DOWN TO 44, FOR YOU IN OCEANSIDE, 52 EL CAJON.

56 OUT TOWARD LAREDO SPRINGS, AND THEN LOOK AT THESE HIGHS, WIDESPREAD 80s AND IN SOME SPOTS CLOSER TO 90, THAT HAS 81 IN PERRIGO SPRINGS, 50 STILL INTO THE MOUNTAINS.

AND THOSE GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS WILL STICK AROUND FOR WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.

TODAY AND TOMORROW, IS 75 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOK AHEAD TO THE FORECAST, NEAR THE COAST.

MID-80s FOR YOU ON THURSDAY, LOW 80s FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND DOWNWARD TREND BUT STILL QUITE MILD SUNDAY.

AND INTO MONDAY.

FURTHER INLAND TEMPERATURES GO FROM THE MID-80s THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY INTO THE LOW 80s FOR YOU AT THE END OF SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

AND IN THE MOUNTAINS, GENERALLY WE WILL STAY IN THE UPPER 50s, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, NO REAL CHANGE FROM DAY TO DAY.

AGAIN, THE GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

AND IN THE DESERT, TEMPERATURES LOW 80s OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.

K PBS NEWS, I AM JESSICA PASH.

>>> SUPER BOWL PARTIES ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE THIS YEAR ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT BY WELLS FARGO.

YOU CAN EXPECT TO PAY 40% MORE THIS YEAR FOR YOUR FAVORITE FOOD AND DRINK ITEMS, CHICKEN WINGS, GROUND BEEF, ARE ALL HIGHER PRICES.

YOU CAN KEEP COST DOWN BY USING HOT DOES, BECAUSE THOSE PRICES HAVE DROPPED FOR THOSE ITEMS.

SOFT DRINK PRICES ALSO UP BY 12%.

BUT BEER AND WINE?

ONLY FOR%.

>>> THE PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO WREAK HAVOC ON THE MOST EVERY BUSINESS WORLD, INCLUDING WEDDINGS.

BRIDAL RETAILERS ARE WORKING OVERTIME TO MAKE SURE EVERY BRIDE CAN SAY I DO IN THE DRESS OF THEIR DREAMS.

WE REPORT.

>> Reporter: DRESSES, SMILES, TEARS AND OTHERS.

THE SOUND OF ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING MOMENTS OF A BRIDE PLANNING HER WEDDING.

WHILE THIS FUTURE WIFE IS ALL SMILES, SOME HAVEN'T BEEN SO LUCKY.

>> WE WERE PART OF THIS, WE WERE PLANNING MY WEDDING, BUT COULDN'T GET A WEDDING DRESS.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO CHLOE, IT TOOK ABOUT FIVE MONTHS TO GET HER DRESS, A MONTH LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED.

>> I PICKED MINE OUT TWO DAYS BEFORE I HAD TO FLAIL FOR MY WEDDING.

>> Reporter: SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THERE WAS A DISRUPTION IN SUPPLY CHAIN WITH DELAYS FOR LOW DEMAND ITEMS, INCLUDING WEDDING DRESSES.

>> GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO RAW MATERIALS, RAW MATERIAL AVAILABILITY, AND COVID HAD ITS IMPACT WORLDWIDE.

RESCUE THE CEO OF DAVID'S BRIDAL SAYS HIS COMPANY IS CHANGING THEIR SUPPLY-CHAIN METHOD, TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND.

>> WE FRONTLOADED A LOT OF INVENTORY PRODUCTION, A LOT OF PURCHASES.

>> Reporter: WITH MORE COUPLES GETTING MARRIED IN THE NEW YEAR, BRIDAL RETAILERS ARE SEEING A LOT MORE SAY YES TO THE DRESS.

>> NOW THAT IT IS A LITTLE MORE OPEN AND PEOPLE CAN HAVE BIG LETTERS, WE ARE DEFINITELY SAYING RIGHTS COMING IN.

>> Reporter: BECAUSE OF THIS BRIDAL BOOM ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL BRIGHTER RETAIL ASSOCIATION, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION SAID BEFORE THE PANDEMIC IT WOULD TAKE 5-7 MONTHS FOR A BRIDE TO GET A DRESS.

NOW, SHE SAYS SHE HAS SEEN A 300% INCREASE IN SIPPING COSTS.

>> THEY ARE EXPERIENCING SUPPLY- CHAIN ISSUES.

>> Reporter: WHILE THEY ARE DELAYS, THEY ARE TAKING EXTRA STEPS TO MAKE SURE BRIDES GET DRESSES ON TIME, AND EVEN EARLY.

WITH THE ADVICE FOR NEWLY ENGAGED BRIDES, IS CONSISTENT.

>> GET OUT THERE EARLY.

>> OUT .

>>> I AM JUDY WOODRUFF, AND TONIGHT WE WILL TALK ABOUT MASKING REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOLS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

WHILE THERE ARE CONCERNS FROM MEDICAL EXPERTS.

COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER THE EVENING EDITION OF K PBS.

>>> HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES, MEXICO'S PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED THE ARRESTS OF THREE SUSPECTS IN THE MURDER OF A JOURNALIST WHO WAS FATALLY SHOT LAST MONTH.

LOURDES MALDONADO WAS THE SECOND JOURNALIST KILLED SO FAR THIS YEAR AND THE FOURTH IN ALL OF MEXICO.

MEXICO'S PRESIDENT IS PROMISING JUSTICE IN HER CASE.

NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE OTHER KILLINGS.

>>> WITH THESE DEVELOPERS PAYING IS RISING, UNDER A CHANGE APPROVED TODAY BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, TAXES WILL BE BASED ON HOW MANY MILES WILL BE TROUBLE.

THEY SAY THAT WILL MEAN FEES OF $30,000-$500,000 PER HOUSE.

>>> THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS TAKING STEPS TO HELP RESIDENTS COMPLY WITH THE NEW STATE LAW TO RECYCLE FOOD WASTE.

MAYOR TODD GLORIA ANNOUNCED A NEW GREEN SERVICE THAT WILL BE ROLLED OUT THIS SUMMER.

RESIDENTS WILL GET SPECIAL CONTAINERS TO DISPOSE OF ORGANIC AND FOOD WASTE, AS PART OF SAN DIEGO'S LARGER CLIMATE INITIATIVE ADOPTED IN 2015.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, K PBS.ORG.

THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, I AM BY A TUBAL SO, HAVE A GREAT EVENING.