>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING ADDITION HAVE BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS AND PRIVILEGED TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN DRAIN AND HEATING COOLING SYSTEMS SINCE 1978.

AND, BY THE CONRAD PREMISE FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS RILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING-AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> IT IS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20th.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

THE NATION TOOK A BREAK TODAY TO WATCH AND BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF AS THE HISTORIC TRANSITION OF POWER WITH CARRIED OUT PEACEFULLY ON THE STEPS OF THE CAPITOL.

HISTORY WAS MADE ON FRONTS AS JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS SWEAR THEIR OATH AS DONALD TRUMP DEPARTED AN EARLY MORNING GOODBYE.

KAREN K FOR BEGIN THE COVERAGE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. >> IN AN INAUGURAL SPEECH, NEARLY 5 DECADES IN THE MAKING, JOSEPH W BIDEN SAID THE STATE IS NOT ABOUT HIM.

>> TODAY, WE CELEBRATE THE TRIUMPH NOT OF A CANDIDATE BUT OF A CAUSE, THE CAUSE OF DEMOCRACY EXPECT DELIVERY REMARKS ON THE WEST FRONT OF THE U.S. CAPITAL AND LOOKING OUT AT A NATIONAL MALL METHOD WITH PEOPLE, BUT WITH FLAGS, THE 45th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAVING CHALLENGES THAT FACED THE NATION AND HIS PRESIDENCY.

>> TO OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES, TO RESTORE THE SOUL OF THE FUTURE OF AMERICA ACQUIRES SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS , IT REQUIRES THE MOST ELUSIVE OF ALL THINGS IN A DEMOCRACY, UNITY.

>> HIS PARTNER AND GOVERNOR KAMALA HARRIS, THE FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR TO SERVE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> I, LOVE, DOVIE HARRIS, THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> INAUGURAL FESTIVITIES SUBDUED DUE TO COVID-19 AND A STORY THE SECURITY PRECAUTIONS.

TODAY IS A NEW CHAPTER, LEADERS OF BOTH PARTIES LOOKING ON HAVE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SEEKS TO UNIFY A DIVIDED GRIEVING NATION.

>> MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA AND MAY GOD PROTECT OUR TROOPS.

>> IN WASHINGTON, I AM KAREN K FOR.

>>> SAYING THERE IS NO TIME TO START LIKE TODAY, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SIGNED A SERIES OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS FROM THE OVAL OFFICE.

THE FIRST WAS RELATED TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.

ANOTHER TO ENTER THE U.S.

INTO THE PARENTS, THE COURT.

HE ALSO REVERSED SOME OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IMMIGRATION POLICIES INCLUDING STOPPING BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION.

>>> LOCAL LEADERS WERE WATCHING TODAY'S EVENT IN DC CLOSELY, MANY WITH HELP OTHERS WITH SKEPTICISM.

HERE IS KPBS REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN.

>> CONGRATULATIONS, MR. PRESIDENT.

>> THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

WE HAVE A NEW ADMINISTRATION, A DAY.

>> DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN JACOBS IS NOT THE ONLY REPRESENTATIVE CELEBRATING A BEGINNING FROM UP THERE CALLING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S DIVISIVE RHETORIC.

>> I THINK THE THING THAT JOE BIDEN SAID TODAY WAS LOOK, WE CAN DISAGREE, DOES NOT MEAN WE ARE DISLOYAL.

WE NEED TO RESPECT EACH OTHER.

WE NEED TO HEAR EACH OTHER.

THAT'S NOT WHAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAS ABOUT BUT THAT IS WHAT BIDEN IS ABOUT FORTUNATELY.

I THINK THAT GIVES US A CHANCE TO START HEALING AND RESTORING AMERICAN GREATNESS.

>> FELLOW DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTING NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, MIKE LEVIN, WAS THERE FOR BIDEN'S FIRST ADDRESS AS PRESIDENT.

>> WE DEFINITELY NEED COMPETENT LEADERSHIP.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT JOE BIDEN AND THE BY THE DEMONSTRATION WILL BRING.

>> REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN THEIR LIFE THAT REJECTED RESULTS EARLIER THIS MONTH.

HE WAS AT THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY CELEBRATING THE PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER SAYING HE WELCOMES BIDEN'S WORDS OF UNITY AND THE COUNTRY STANDS TO BENEFIT IF HE KEEPS PROMISES MADE DURING THE CAMPAIGN.

NOT ALL REPUBLICANS SEE THAT THE SAME WAY.

>> PEOPLE ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BEING DEHUMANIZED.

>> MAYOR BILL NELSON SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES ARE CENSORING SOME CONSERVATIVES SUGGESTING THEIR WHITE SUPREMACIST.

HE WISHES BIDEN WOULD STAND UP FOR "MEDICAL SPEECH."

>> MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THERE IS HOPE OR MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED.

IF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY WILL BE ATTACKED, SOME WILL BE RADICALIZED.

A LOT OF OTHERS WILL SPEND MORE TIME ORGANIZING.

I KIND OF SUSPECT THAT THE MOST UNIFYING SOURCE FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL BE THE DEMOCRAT PARTY.

>> NEWLY ELECTED DEMOCRAT PARTY OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, JOEL ANDERSON, HAD A DIFFERENT TAKE.

>> HE IS STILL MY PRESIDENT.

WE NEED TO GATHER TOGETHER TO LIFT EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> SAN DIEGO MAYOR TOM GLORIA HOPES BY THE METHODS OF UNITY WILL RESONATE WITH SAN DIEGOANS.

HE PLANS TO MAKE LOCAL ISSUES A PRIORITY IN DC.

>> SENIOR MAYOR AND TAKING THE OATH AND MAKING THIS HISTORY, THERE IS MORE OF A CONNECTION THERE.

YOU SORT OF KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS FOR HER AND FOR HER SPOUSE AS WELL AS WHAT IT MEANS FOR MY NIECES WHO ARE WATCHING AS WELL.

IS A POSITIVE DAY, OTHERWISE A DARK TIME.

>> THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FIRST-EVER LATINA ELECTIVE AND NORA VARGAS SAYS SHE WAS SO EXCITED, SHE CAN BARELY SLEEP LAST NIGHT.

>> I AM EXCITED FOR THE YOUNG LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS IN THIS COMMUNITY, AFRICAN-AMERICANS, SALVATION AS A VICE PRESIDENT.

THAT IS POWERFUL.

>> MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS .

>> MINUTES INTO HER NEW JOB, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS SWORE AND THREE NEW DEMOCRATIC SENATORS INCLUDING HER REPLACEMENT.

ALEX PADILLA, WHO SERVED AS CALIFORNIA'S SECRETARY OF STATE, WAS PICKED BY GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM OF THE FIRST LATINO SENATOR.

RAPHAEL WARNOCK AND JOHN OSTROFF, WHO BOTH WON RUNOFF RACES AGAINST INCUMBENTS IN GEORGIA, ALSO TOOK THE OATH.

THEIR LEVEL GIVES A MAJORITY IN A SPLIT 50/50 CHAMBER WITH HARRIS AS A POTENTIAL TIE- BREAKING VOTE.

>>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT ATTEND TODAY'S INAUGURATION.

HE LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE EARLY THIS MORNING.

THE FIRST OF GOING PRESIDENT TO SKIP HIS SUCCESSORS CEREMONY SINCE 1869.

THE FOR TAKING ONE LAST RIDE ON AIR FORCE ONE HEADED FOR FLORIDA , HE GAVE A FIRE WILL SPEAK TO A CROWD THAT INCLUDED HIS CHILDREN.

HE HINTED HE WILL NOT BE DISAPPEARING ENTIRELY FROM PUBLIC LIFE.

>>> AT THE TIME HIS CRIMES EARNED HIM THE TITLE OF THE MOST CORRUPT CONGRESSMEN IN THE UNITED STATES HISTORY, NOW, FOR SAN DIEGO REPRESENTATIVE RANDY DUKE CUNNINGHAM WAS AMONG 73 PEOPLE PARDONED BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL TALKED TO THE FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY WHO OVERSAW THE CUNNINGHAM CASE.

>> I CANNOT UNDO WHAT I HAVE DONE.

I CAN ATONE.

>> MARCH 4th, 20,006 DISGRACED CONGRESSMAN RANDY DUKE CUNNINGHAM COMES OUT OF THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN SAN DIEGO TEARFULLY EXPRESSING REGRET FOR HIS CRIMES.

HE NEVER WENT TO TRIAL, INSTEAD TAKING A PLEA DEAL.

HE WAS SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS.

CAROLYN WAS THE U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA IN JUNE OF 2005, WHEN THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE PUBLISHED A STORY ABOUT A DEFENSE CONTRACTOR'S PURCHASE OF CUNNINGHAM'S DELMAR HOME FOR FAR MORE THAN IT WAS WORTH.

>> HE PURCHASED IT FOR MORE THAN $1 MILLION AND SIX MONTHS LATER, SO IT FOR FAR LESS.

IT LOOKED VERY VERY SUSPICIOUS.

>> LIMB SUSPECTED IT WAS A BRIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS BEGAN.

SEARCH WARRANTS WERE SERVED, INCLUDING ON CUNNINGHAM'S YACHT, WHERE A CRITICAL PIECE OF EVIDENCE WAS FOUND.

>> A BROAD MENU WAS FOUND, A LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER THAT LISTED IF YOU GIVE ME THIS MUCH MONEY, YOU WILL GET THIS MUCH MONEY IN DEFENSE CONTRACTS.

>> CLAIMS OF THE INVESTIGATION SHOWED CUNNINGHAM USED HIS POSITION ON THE DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE TO STEER CONTRACTS TO DEFENSE CONTRACTORS WHO THEN LAVISHED ON HIM.

THE SCOPE OF CUNNINGHAM'S CRIMES MADE CLEAR IN HIS PLEA DEAL.

THE PURCHASE OF CUNNINGHAM'S DELMAR HOME SUBSEQUENT PAYOFF OF THE MORTGAGE ON HIS MULTIMILLION DOLLAR RANCHO SANTA FE HOME.

FINANCIAL HELP PURCHASING A HOME IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.

PAYMENT OF CAPITAL GAINS TAXES ON THE DELMAR HOME.

THE PURCHASE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE YACHT CALLED THE DUKE STIR.

A ROLLS-ROYCE FOR THE CONGRESSMAN AND PAYMENTS FOR A GRADUATION PARTY FOR CUNNINGHAM'S DAUGHTER ALONG WITH JEWELRY, HOME FURNISHINGS AND TRAVEL AND HOTEL EXPENSES.

>> THE EVIDENCE, IN THIS CASE, WAS SO STRONG THAT IT KEPT COMING IN FASTER.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE WAS NOT MUCH QUESTION WHAT THE RESULTS SHOULD BE.

>> LENS HAS CUNNINGHAM SERVED 80% OF HIS SENTENCE.

HE WAS RELEASED FROM A HALFWAY HOUSE IN 2013.

HOW DOES LAMB FEEL ABOUT TRUMP'S PARDONED OF CUNNINGHAM?

>> SOMEBODY WHO HELD THE POSITION HE HELD SHOULD CERTAINLY DESERVE TO HAVE HIS CONVICTION ON HIS RECORD FOR ALL-TIME.

PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, I DO NOT THINK IT GETS HIM THAT MUCH.

>> LAMB SAID TRUMP GRANTED CUNNINGHAM A CONDITIONAL PARDON, MAYBE ONE $20 MILLION HE OWES IN RESTITUTION MUST STILL BE PAID.

CUNNINGHAM LIVES IN ARKANSAS.

HE TOLD THE FEDERAL JUDGE HE SURVIVES ON $1700 A MONTH.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS .

>> THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS APPROVED A MOTION REQUIRING THE PRESENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC DATA TO BACK UP COVID-19 ENFORCEMENT FOR BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB HELLER SAYS NEWLY ELECTED SUPERVISOR JOEL ANDERSON LED THE MOTION.

>>> TODAY'S SUPERVISOR JOEL ANDERSON THANKED HIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COLLEAGUES FOR ACCEPTING HIS AMENDMENTS THAT REQUIRE SCIENTIFIC DATA BE USED PRIOR TO COVID-19 ENFORCEMENT .

>> MOVING FORWARD WITH ENFORCEMENT WILL REQUIRE THAT WE POST ON OUR WEBSITE THE SCIENCE THAT WE ARE USING TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS THAT IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT AND FAIRLY APPLIED AND THAT IT WOULD BE PUBLISHED PUBLICLY BEFORE WE ENFORCED.

>> ORTIZ AND HIS WIFE, LISA, HAS BEEN OWNERS OF ITALIANO AND THE MESA FOR 23 YEARS.

HE SAYS CURRENT REGULATIONS APPOINTING HIS BUSINESS UNDER FINANCIAL STRESS.

>> WE HAVE BEEN LOSING ALL OF THE BUSINESS.

WE TRIED TO DO CARRYOUT AND DELIVERY ORDERS BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH.

THE ONLY THING WE ASK IS TO LET US HAVE MORE BUSINESS EITHER OPEN THE PATIO OR THE CAPACITY ON A RESTAURANT.

>> SUPERVISOR ANDERSON SAYS THE SCIENTIFIC DATA HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE TO JUSTIFY COVID-19 ENFORCEMENT .

>> THE BOTTOM LINE IS TRANSPARENCY, SCIENCE, AND CONSISTENCY, AND I THINK IF WE ADD THAT, MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO STAY WITH IN THE LAW AND NOT BREAK IT.

>> ANDERSON SAYS HE HOPES THE UPDATE TO COVID-19 POLICIES WILL MAKE THE STATE LOOK AT ACTING SIMILAR CHANGES.

JACOB AIR, KPBS NEWS .

>>> AS THE COVID-19 VACCINATION ROLLOUT CONTINUES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION SURROUNDING WHO CAN GET A SHOT NOW AND WHERE.

THIS WEEK, COUNTY RUN VACCINATION SITES EXPENDED TO PEOPLE 75 AND OLDER.

UC SAN DIEGO SCRIPTS AND THE LOCAL VA HAVE STARTED VACCINATING PATIENTS 65 OR OLDER BY APPOINTMENT.

DR. CHRISTIAN RAIN, ON THE CLINICAL ADVISORY GROUP, EXPLAINS WHY IT IS NOT THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD.

>> THE REASON SOME PEOPLE IN LOWER TIERS MIGHT BE GETTING VACCINES FIRST IS BECAUSE VACCINATING ENTITY MIGHT HAVE LEFT OVERDOSES THAT THEY WANTED TO RESERVE FOR A HIGHER TIER SUCH AS PHASE 18 OR OTHER HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

WHAT DO THEY DO WITH THE LEFT OVERDOSES?

I THINK EVERYBODY HAS YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE THOSE INTO LOWER TIERS.

>> DR. RAYMOND SAYS THE MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS THE ADVISORY GROUP HAD FOR THE COUNTY IS TO CREATE A WEBSITE OR AT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN KNOW WHEN IT IS THEIR TURN TO GET THE VACCINE.

THE STATE IS WORKING ON ONE, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO ROLL OUT SOON.

ONLY FOCUSED ON THE NEED FOR MORE VACCINES BUT THE ROLLOUT REQUIRES MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO ACTUALLY ADMINISTER THE DOSE OF.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER KAREN MENTO TAKES US INSIDE A TRAINING SESSION.

>> REGISTERED NURSES LIKE CELINE SALAZAR ALREADY KNOW HOW TO GIVE A SHOT.

>> WE DO FLU VACCINATIONS.

I KNOW HOW TO HANDLE.

>> THERE ARE OTHER STEPS YOU NEED TO THE COVID-19 VACCINES.

>> I THOUGHT WERE SIMILAR.

YOU PUNCTURE IT AND IT WOULD BE READY BUT THESE ARE CONSTITUTED BY NORMAL SALINE AND BRING IT TO LIFE.

IF IT IS NOT WITH NORMAL SETTINGS, ONE OUT OF THE FRIDGE, IT IS ONLY GOOD FOR TWO HOURS.

>> WHY LANDSCAPERS WENT OUTSIDE ON A RECENT CLOUDLESS DAY, SALAZAR SPENT HOURS INSIDE A COUNTY VACCINE SITE LEARNING THE PARTICULATES FOR BOTH THE PFIZER AND RETURN TO INJECTIONS.

>> MODERNA->> SALAZAR WILL TAKE THE HANDLING STORY AND MONITORING DETAILS TO VOLUNTARY HEALTHCARE WORKERS WITH A NONPROFIT CHAMPIONS FOR HEALTH.

THEY WILL HELP THE COUNTY VACCINATE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES NOT COVERED BY RETAIL PHARMACIES.

>> I AM EXCITED.

I AM JITTERY WITH EXCITEMENT.

I, CELINE, GET TO BE PART OF THIS MOVE.

>> SALAZAR'S FIRST PATIENT DURING THE TRAINING WAS JUST AS EXCITED TO BE ON THE OTHER HAND OF HER SYRINGE.

>> I AM A NURSE.

I AM ADMINISTERING THE MADONNA TO VACCINE.

>> WORKING AT A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITY AND HAVE BEEN WANTING THE VACCINE BEFORE IT WAS APPROVED IN THE U.S.. >> I WANTED TO GET THIS RIGHT AWAY.

I WANTED TO FEEL SAFE, I WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL SAFE AS WELL.

I THINK IT IS MY DUTY TO DO THAT AND FOR EVERYBODY ELSE SO WE CAN MOVE ON WITH OUR LIVES.

>> AS SALAZAR BARED HER ARM FOR THE VACCINE, SHE SAID SHE IS HAPPY TO BE PART OF THE EFFORT TO END THE PANDEMIC.

>> AS I GET OLDER AND I AM A GRANDMA, I CAN TELL PEOPLE WHEN COVID-19 HAPPENED, I GOT TO BE A PART OF IT.

I GOT TO NOT ONLY SIT DOWN ON THE NEWS BUT THE OUT THERE AND BE ACTIVE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

>> CHAMPIONS FOR HELP IF ADMINISTERING VACCINE AT SENIOR CARE FACILITIES THIS WEEK.

KAREN MENTO, KPBS NEWS .

>> WE HAVE THE LATEST INFORMATION ON VACCINES AT KPBS.ORG.

YOU CAN FIND LOCATIONS AND LENGTHS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT ONLINE.

A REMINDER, HEALTHCARE WORKERS, CAREGIVERS AND PEOPLE OVER 75 ARE ELIGIBLE.

>>> WHEN THE WEATHER THAT GAVE A FIREFIGHTER SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

TWO SEPARATE BRUSHFIRES.

CREWS JUMPED OVER THIS WIND WHIPPED FIRE THAT, FOR A TIME, POSED A THREAT TO HOMES IN RANCHO, SAN DIEGO.

FAST ACTION KEPT THE FIRE TO 15 ACRES.

FAMILY SET UP A TEMPORARY EVACUATION POINT WERE ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME.

HOMES WERE EVACUATED IN CARLSBAD, WHERE A FIRE SPREAD TO OVER AN ACRE IN A CANYON.

THE CAUSES OF THESE FIRES IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

>>> THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, GUSTY WINDS KEPT PEOPLE ON IT.

IF YOU WERE OUT AND ABOUT AND FELT THE POWER, DEATH WERE SO STRONG, THEY WILL OVER TRASH CANS JUST LIKE HERE IN PALI.

TREES AND FLIGHTS GOT WHIPPED AROUND.

SOME AREA.A FEW SPRINKLES.

LOOKS LIKE WE COULD BE IN FOR MORE RAIN LATER THIS WEEK.

MARK MANCUSO HAVE THE FORECAST.

>> STORM SYSTEM CAUSING THE PROBLEMS, IT WILL BE PULLING OUT OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

THE WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH TONIGHT.

THE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL WIND DOWN, TOO.

AS THIS MOVES AWAY, WE WILL THE SPREADING INLAND THURSDAY.

FRIDAY, A ONSHORE FLOW.

WE TURN COOLER AND EQUAL WHETHER PATRICK IS AHEAD.

A COUPLE STORMS EARLY AND LATE OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE SECOND SYSTEM INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE STRONGER.

HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING, A POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS.

WINDS OVER 40 MILES PER HOUR UP TO 80 MILES PER HOUR IN THE MOUNTAINS.

SOME PROBLEMS WITH POWER DISRUPTIONS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL ESPECIALLY FOR THE TRACTOR-TRAILER RIGS.

YOU CAN SEE THE FLOOD WATCHES WHICH CONTINUES THROUGH THE EVENING.

THEY ARE MAINLY ACROSS THE LOWER DESERT REGIONS.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST, LOS TONIGHT 47, OCEANSIDE.

SAN DIEGO, 55.

A COUPLE SHOWERS AND SPOTS.

ABREGO SPRINGS NEAR 50 AND CAMP AT 44.

HERE IS THE FUTURE RADAR AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, YOU CAN SEE THE MOISTURE SPINNING AROUND THE UPPER LOW.

SPOTIFY WAS NEAR THE COAST, LOOKING WET AT TIMES, THE MOUNTAINS AND OVER TO THE LOWER DESERT.

STORM PULLS AWAY THURSDAY, OUR WEATHER WILL BE SETTLING DOWN.

NOTICE HOW WE TRIED IT OUT DURING THE DAY.

LET'S LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES.

MILD AND OCEANSIDE IN SAN DIEGO WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE AVERAGE.

RAMONA, 66, EL CAJON, 74.

ABREGO SPRINGS HAS SUNSHINE.

AFTER THE WEEKEND, OUR SYSTEM DROPS SOUTH FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

WE COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS WITH SNOW LEVELS WHICH ARE A BIT OF A CONCERN IN THE HIGH COUNTRY.

HERE IS THE EXTENDED FORECAST, A FEW SHOWERS READY AND SATURDAY AND A STRONGER SYSTEM ON MONDAY, INLAND SECTIONS AND SHOWERS SATURDAY.

RAIN IS WITH US ON SUNDAY.

THE TEMPERATURES ARE COOL.

SATURDAY, THE MOUNTAINS ARE WET, WINDY AND MONDAY WITH RAIN.

THERE WILL BE SNOW IN THE TERRAIN INTO THE DESERT.

LOOKS LIKE BETTER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS ON MONDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST MARK MANCUSO .

>>> NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE WHITE HOUSE WAS POSITIVELY REFLECTED ON WALL STREET TODAY.

THE S&P 500 ROSE 1.4% AS JOE BIDEN TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE TO BECOME AMERICA'S 46th PRESIDENT.

WITH THE MARKET TRYING TO RECOVER FROM UNEMPLOYMENT AND SHUTTERED BUSINESSES BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, THE HOPE AND THE ADDITIONAL STIMULUS WILL CARRY THE ECONOMY.

>>> MORTGAGE RATES, IN THE U.S., ARE TAKING OFF 2021 BISECTING NEW RECORDS INTEREST RATES ARE AT HISTORIC LOWS.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR PEOPLE LOOKING TO BUY A HOME OR FINANCE?

MEREDITH WOULD HAVE A CLOSER LOOK.

>> RECORD LOWS FOR MARKET RATES, THE AVERAGE INTEREST RATE ON A 30 YEAR FIXED MORTGAGE DROPPED TO 2.65%.

ACCORDING TO FREDDIE MAC, THAT'S THE LOWEST IN THE NEARLY 50 YEARS THE MARKET GIANT HAS BEEN PUBLISHING THE SURVEY.

REAL ESTATE INVESTORS SAY NOW MAY BE THE BEST TIME TO BUY A HOME OR REFINANCE.

>> RIGHT NOW, I WOULD BE REFINANCING ANY HOUSES OR ANY HOUSE THAT SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE INTO LOWER INTEREST RATES TO LOWER THEIR PAYMENTS AND MAYBE GETTING MONEY OUT AS A BUFFER, BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN 2021.

>> THE 15 YEAR FIXED-RATE MORTGAGE DROPPED 2.16%.

FREDDIE MAC SAYS RATE FOR 30 YEAR AND 15 YEAR MORTGAGES ARE NEARLY A FULL PERCENTAGE POINT LOWER THAN A YEAR AGO.

REAL ESTATE EXPERTS SAY WHILE THE LOW RATES ARE BRINGING MORE HOMEBUYERS INTO THE MARKET, HIGH DEMAND AND LOW INVENTORY ARE RAISING PRICES.

>> I THINK THIS IS PERFECT FOR PEOPLE IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY HAVE TO RENT TO MAYBE LOOK AT THE GETTING A MARKET INSTEAD OF RENTING.

>> ACCORDING TO REALTOR.COM, IN DECEMBER, THE MEDIAN LISTING PRICE FOR A HOME US UP MORE THAN 15%.

WHILE REALTOR.COM SAYS THE NUMBER OF HOMES FOR SALE DIPPED BELOW 700,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME-INVESTORS SAY BUYERS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOW RATES AND OFFSET THE STATE PRICES IN HOME PRICES.

IF THEY EXPAND THEIR HORIZONS ARE AN FLEXIBLE.

>> PEOPLE CAN MOVE 10 TO 15 MINUTES FROM THE SEARCH CRITERIA AND FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSES.

>> FOR CONSUMER WATCH, I AM MEREDITH WOULD.

>>> A.

>> AND COVID-19 CASES, ACROSS THE U.S., HAS LED TO A NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF CONVALESCENT PLASMA.

THAT OF BLOOD PLASMA TAKEN FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECOVERED FROM THE VIRUS.

HAS ANTIBODIES THAT CAN HELP THOSE CURRENTLY INFECTED.

MAYBE GAITHER HAS ONE SURVIVORS PLEA FOR DONATIONS.

>> FOR THIS MOTHER OF FOUR AND PARAMEDIC, IT STARTED WITH A SMALL COUGH AND FEVER AND BODY ACHES.

WHEN AMANDA SALT STRUGGLED TO BEAT AT THE END OF JUNE, SHE KNEW IT WAS TIME TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

>> I HAD THE FEELING OF IMPENDING AND.

>> AFTER DAYS OF FURTHER DECLINE, SULL WAS MOVED TO THE ICU.

THAT IS WHERE THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN.

>> THE NURSE CAME IN AND SHE SAID, I WILL GET YOUR THUMB, WE WILL GET A SELFIE.

SHE SAID WE WILL DOCUMENT THIS BECAUSE THIS WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE.

AND, IT DID.

IT REALLY DID.

>> PART OF SULL'S TREATMENT WAS CONVALESCENT PLASMA.

WITH COVID- 19 CASES BIKING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS SAYS THIS PLASMA IS IN SHORT SUPPLY.

>> COVID-19 PLASMA DONORS ARE STILL NEEDED NOW TO ENSURE PATIENTS CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL TREATMENT OPTIONS , INCLUDING CONVALESCENT PLASMA TO HELP PATIENTS BEAT THE VIRUS.

>> AFTER THREE WEEKS AND TWO DAYS, AND A GEORGIA HOSPITAL, SULL WENT HOME A SURVIVOR.

>> AMAZING FEELING.

AMAZING.

THAT WAS AMAZING TO GET A SECOND CHANCE.

>> FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I AM MAYBE GAITHER.

>> ANYONE INTERESTED IN DONATING PLASMA OR BLOOD CAN SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT BY VISITING RED CROSS BLOOD.ORG OR CALLING ONE 800-RED CROSS.

>>> FORMER TIGERS QUARTERBACK PHILIP REFERENCES HANGING UP HIS CLEATS.

HE PLAYED THIS PAST SEASON WITH THE INDIANAPOLIS COLT AFTER 16 SEASONS WITH THE SAN DIEGO AND L.A. CHARGES.

HE RANKS FIFTH IN NFL HISTORY AND PASSING YARDS.

HE NEVER PLAYED IN A SUITABLE.

RIVER SAYS PLAYING IN THE NFL WAS A CHILDHOOD DREAM AND THAT HE LOVED TO PLAY.

HE NOW PLANS TO COACH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

>>> HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS NOT WASTING TIME GETTING TO WORK AND UNDOING POLICIES SET BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

ONE OF HIS FIRST ACTIONS, AS PRESIDENT, HE STOPPED CONSTRUCTION OF THE BORDER WALL WHILE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIM TO MEXICO WOULD PAY FOR THE WILL, DECLARATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WAS USED TO FUND IT.

BY THE END OF THE DECLARATION AND THE MONEY THAT COMES WITH IT .

>>> FORMER SAN DIEGO CONGRESSMAN RANDY DUKE CUNNINGHAM WAS AMONG 73 PEOPLE INVITE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HOURS BEFORE HIS TERM EXPIRED.

IN 2006, CUNNINGHAM WAS SENTENCED TO MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY AND TAX EVASION.

THE REPUBLICAN ADMITTED TO TAKING $2.4 MILLION AND BROUGHT IN RETURN FOR INFLUENCING DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS.

>>> THE YOUNGEST POET TO WRITE AND RESET HER FOR ANY PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION, FOR AMERICANS TO LEAVE BEHIND A COUNTRY BETTER THAN THE ONE WE WERE LEFT.

22-YEAR-OLD AMANDA GORMAN, A NATIONAL LAUREATE, FROM LOS ANGELES, READ HER POEM, THE HILL WE CLIMBED.

>> ONE DAY COMES, WE ASK OURSELVES, WHERE CAN WE FIND LIGHT IN THIS NEVER ENDING SHADE?

THE LOSS WE CARRY, A SEA WE MUST WAIT, WE BRAVED THE BELLY OF THE BEAST.

WE HAVE LEARNED THAT CLIENT IS NOT ALWAYS PEACE AND THE NORMS AND NOTIONS OF WHAT JUST IS IS NOT ALWAYS JUSTICE.

AND YET, THE DON IS HOURS BEFORE WE KNEW IT, SOMEHOW WE WEATHERED AND WITNESSED A NATION THAT IS NOT BROKEN.

IS SIMPLY UNFINISHED.

WE, THE SUCCESSORS, OF THE COUNTRY AND THE TIME WEAR A SKINNY BLACK GIRL DESCENDED FROM SLAVED AND RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER CAN DREAM OF BECOMING PRESIDENT, ONLY TO FIND HERSELF RECITING FOR ONE.

>> GORMAN STARTED WRITING POEMS WHEN SHE WAS JUST A CHILD BUT FOUND IT TERRIFYING TO PERFORM DUE TO A SPEECH IMPEDIMENT.

SHE OVERCAME THAT BY DRYING CONFIDENCE FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA.

>>> YOU CAN FIND THE STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE AT KPBS.ORG / EVENING ADDITION.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>>>MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR, PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS AND PRIVLIDGED TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN DRAIN, HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS SINCE 1978.

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