>>> IT EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON SPECIAL LIVE EVENING EDITION AT 6:30.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

WE ARE MONITORING EVENTS IN WASHINGTON AND WILL BRING LIVE UPDATES ON BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, LAWMAKERS ARE BACK IN SESSION AFTER A HISTORIC CHAOTIC DAY ON CAPITOL HILL.

CAPITOL HILL POLICE NOW ENFORCING A CURFEW AFTER THOUSANDS OF PRO-TRUMP EXTREMISTS STORMED THE STEPS OF THE CAPITAL AFTER ATTENDING A SPEECH BY PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO CONTINUED TO CALL THE ELECTION A FRAUD.

THIS IS CONGRESS TOOK UP THE PROCESS OF CERTIFY THE ELECTRO COLLEGE VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN.

AT ONE POINT A WOMAN WHO REPORTEDLY HAS TIES TO SAN DIEGO WAS SHOT DURING THE PANDEMONIUM.

SHE LATER DIED.

RIGHT NOW I PRO-TRUMP RALLY IS UNDERWAY SIMILAR TO THE ONE EARLIER TODAY IN WATERFRONT PARK.

WE WILL GO THERE LIVE IN JUST A MOMENT BUT FIRST, WE BEGIN COVERAGE WITH WHITNEY WILD IN WASHINGTON.

>> Reporter: PRO PRESIDENT TRUMP WRITERS REACHING THE HALLS OF CONGRESS.

>> THEY ARE TAKING THE FRONT OF THE CAPITAL IN OVERWHELMING NUMBERS FOR CAPITAL POLICE .

>> Reporter: TRIGGERING A STANDOFF.

PROTESTERS CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

>> WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FLASH BANGS EVERY TWO MINUTES THE LAST HOUR.

>> THEY HAVE PENETRATED THE CAPITAL.

MEMBERS ARE NOW IN THE CAPITAL.

>> Reporter: VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE RUSHED IN OF THE BUILDING TO SAFETY.

THE ENTIRE HOUSE AND SENATE FLOOR EVACUATED AND LAWMAKERS WERE TOLD TO SHELTER-IN-PLACE.

>> THIS IS DESPICABLE.

THIS IS NOT TO WE ARE AS A COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP ENCOURAGE PROTESTERS EARLIER WEDNESDAY.

>> RIGHT HERE WE WILL WALK DOWN TO THE CAPITAL.

WE ARE GOING TO CHEER ON OUR BRAVE SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN AND WOMEN AND WE PROBABLY NOT BE CHEERING SO MUCH FOR SOME OF THEM.

BECAUSE YOU WILL NEVER TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY WITH WEAKNESS.

YOU HAVE TO SHOW STRENGTH IN YOU HAVE TO BE STRONG.

>> Reporter: LATER RESPONDING TO THE BREACH OF THE CAPITAL.

>> YOU HAVE TO GO HOME NOW.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE PEACE.

WE HAVE TO HAVE LAW AND ORDER.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, KPBS NEWS.

PRO TRUMP DEMONSTRATORS ASKED TO DISPERSE AFTER GATHERING THEIR TONIGHT.

THE RALLY FOLLOWS A SIMILAR ONE TODAY AT WATERFRONT PARK DOWNTOWN.

JACOB AIR HAS BEEN AT THE DEMONSTRATIONS AND HE JOINS US WITH AN UP DATE .

>> Reporter: THANK YOU.

PROTESTERS STILL HERE AT THE CORNER OF MISSION AND GORE ROAD.

PROTESTERS FIRST STARTED TO ARRIVE AROUND 4:30 P.M. TODAY AND THE CROWD STEADILY GREW UNTIL 6:00 P.M.

ROUGHLY 75 PROTESTERS STILL AT THE SCENE WITH AMERICAN AND TRUMP 2020 FLEX.

PRO-TRUMP SUPPORTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE OF THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

THEY SAY IT WAS A RIGGED ELECTION.

THE PROTESTERS IN SAN DIEGO ARRIVED IN THE LATE MORNING AND PEACEABLY ASSEMBLED FOR THE AFTERNOON.

PROTESTERS CARRIED FLAGS THERE SIMILARLY IN MANY PROTESTERS ARE THE SAME PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT.

THERE HAS BEEN VERBAL AGGRESSION DISPLAYED BUT NO SERIOUS SCIENCE OF VIOLENCE HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

THAT BEING SAID POLICE DID ARRIVE RATHER LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED EARLIER TO INVESTIGATE BUT HAVE NOW LEFT THE SCENE.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE WORLD IS WATCHING.

LIKE SO MANY OTHER AMERICANS.

I AM GENERALLY SHOCKED AND SADDENED BY THE NATION.

SO LONG A BEACON OF LIGHT AND DEMOCRACY.

IT HAS COME TO SUCH A DARK MOMENT.

>>> OFFICIALS OF NOW DECLARED THE U.S. CAPITAL SECURE WHERE PROTESTS CONTINUE IN THE STREETS OUTSIDE.

LAWMAKERS HAVE SAID THEY WILL RESUME THE CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED ELECTORAL COUNCIL COUNTS TO FORMALIZE THE WIN SOON.

>>> LOCAL REACTION TO THE MAYHEM AT THE CAPITAL BUILDING HAS BEEN SWIFT AND HARSH.

SCOTT PETERS HAD TO SHELTER-IN- PLACE WHEN THE MOB CHRISTIAN.

IS PEOPLE WHO SAY WE SHOULD REJECT THE STATE CERTIFICATION IS REALLY ANTIDEMOCRATIC IN THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY.

WHAT ALSO HAPPENED IS IT GIVES LICENSE TO THESE PEOPLE TO BRING VIOLENCE ON THE GOVERNMENT.

WHAT A SHAME FOR AMERICA.

WHAT A SAD DAY FOR AMERICA THAT TO US WITH OTHER COUNTRIES SEEING THIS.

WE WILL DO OUR WORK IN WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY THUGS.

>>> MATT HOFFMAN HAS MORE REACTION FROM LOCAL LEADERS IN DC RIGHT NOW.

>> GET DOWN.

>> IT IS TERRIBLE IT HAS COME TO THIS.

IT WAS NOT OUR FAULT.

HE INCITED THE RIOTS.

>> Reporter: CONGRESSMAN VARGAS IN HIS OFFICE WHEN THE VIOLENCE FIRST ACCOUNT AND DESCRIBED IT AS ANARCHY HE TOLD THE STAFF TO PREPARE FOR THE WORST AS THE CHILDREN LACE, NOT KNOWING WHAT COULD BE COMING.

IT'S A ORCHARD WHAT IT HAS COME TO.

WE IN FACT TOOK EVERYTHING WE COULD OFF THE WALLS TO DEFEND HERSELF WITH THAT WE ARE READY TO DO THAT.

>> Reporter: SARAH JACOBS WAS ONE OF THE MEMBERS SELECTED FROM THE HOUSE GALLERY.

SHE LATER REPORTED SHE AND HER STAFF WERE SAFE.

SCOTT PETERS REPORTED HE WAS SAFE AND HIS DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES SAY OUR COUNTRY IS BETTER THAN THIS.

>> WE DON'T DESERVE THE VIOLENCE AND THAT IS WHAT WE SAW TODAY.

DOMESTIC TERRORISM.

PEOPLE WHO DID THIS NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

>> Reporter: A CONGRESSMAN TO TO SOCIAL MEDIA ASKING PEOPLE TO DISPERSE FROM THE CAPITAL TODAY CONDEMNING VIOLENCE AND CALLING THE VOTE TOTALLY INEXCUSABLE.

>> OUR COUNTRY HAS HAD ENOUGH.

WE WILL NOT TAKE IT ANYMORE.

>> HE TOLD THE PROUD BOYS, DOWN.

THIS WAS NOT UNEXPECTED.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE PRESIDENT WANTED.

IT'S IRONIC THEY SUPPOSEDLY HAVE LAW AND ORDER HERE BUT PROTESTING.

THEY ARE THE ONES CAUSING ANARCHY .

>> Reporter: TRUMP SUPPORTERS ARE BELIEVED TO BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY BY POLICE TODAY.

>> THIS WAS BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS THEY WOULD'VE CLEANED EVERYBODY THE [ NULL ] OUT OF YOUR.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED SAY SAN DIEGO'S WILL HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD.

>> THE VOTE WILL BE RESPECTED NO MATTER WHAT.

YOU VOTED IN SAN DIEGO AND YOUR VOTE WILL COUNT HERE.

I PROMISE YOU .

>> Reporter: VARGAS SAYS THE PRESIDENT IS POURING GASOLINE ON FIRE RETENTION TO CONTINUE TO FALSELY TELL SUPPORTERS THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN.

>>> DEMOCRATS CALLING FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT INCLUDING LOCAL CONGRESSWOMAN SARAH JACOBS.

IN A STATEMENT SHE ALSO CALLED FOR THE EXPULSION OF THOSE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO STAND IN THE WAY OF THE CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTION.

>>> WE ARE FOLLOWING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FOR YOU AT KPBS.ORG.

YOU WILL FIND A LINK TO BREAKING NEWS ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

>>> ANOTHER MAGICAL MAJOR POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS.

THE STATE OF GEORGIA TURNED BLUE, TURNING CONTROL OF THE SENATE OVER TO THE DEMOCRATS.

JON OSSOFF AND RAPHAEL WARNOCK HAD BOTH WON SENATE SEAT IN A SPECIAL WORN OFF ELECTION.

>> WE SERVE ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE GO I WILL GIVE EVERYTHING I HAVE GOT TO ENSURING THE GEORGIA INTERESTS ARE REPRESENTED IN THE U.S. SENATE.

IT'S ONE I TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY THE SACRED TRUST AND I HOPE TO HONOR THE PROMISE IN THE WORK WE WILL DO IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

>>> THE DOUBLE WINS WHERE DEMOCRATS WERE SHUT OUT OF STATEWIDE VICTORIES IN GEORGIA.

JOE BIDEN IS THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO CARRY GEORGIA SINCE 1992.

>>> AND IMPORTANCE DEVELOPMENT CONCERNING THE PANDEMIC TONIGHT.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY REPORTED 37 MORE DEATHS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS AND 3815 CASES THERE IS ALSO NO INFORMATION ON A LOOK ROLLOUT OF VACCINES OF THE CURRENT STATE OF HEALTH REGULATION ENFORCEMENT.

JOHN CARROLL SAYS THE CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP IN THE COUNTY MAY LEAD TO STRICTER ENFORCEMENT AND HEALTH REGULATIONS.

>> Reporter: THIS WAS NATHAN FLETCHER HIS FIRST TIME LEADING A COUNTY NEWS CONFERENCE SINCE BEING ELECTED CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

HE BEGAN TALKING ABOUT A SUSPECT AND SUBJECT ON THE MINDS OF OTHERS.

WHEN CAN WE GET THE VACCINE?

A RUSSIAN WITHOUT AN EASY ANSWER.

>> AS A COUNTY WE ARE WORKING OUT WITH THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER TO TRY TO COORDINATE AND INTEGRATE AND WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO ENSURE ADEQUATE DISTRIBUTION OF THE VACCINE.

INVARIABLY IT'S WILL BE A BUMPY PATH TO GO >> Reporter: WE ARE IN PHASE ONE A OF THE TIER 1 DISTRIBUTIONAL WERE HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND EMPLOYEES AND RESIDENTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES ARE GETTING THE VACCINE.

BUTTRESSES EVERYONE CONTACT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WHEN YOU CAN GET VACCINE.

FLETCHER SAYS THE MORE EASILY TRANSMISSIBLE UK VARIANCE COMBINED WITH THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO IGNORED HEALTH WARNINGS AND TRAVELED IN THE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAYS MEANS WE ARE MORE LIKELY GOING TO SEE HOSPITALS PUT UNDER EVEN MORE STRAINED FROM AN INCREASE IN COVID CASES AND THAT LEADS TO THE COUNTY EFFORTS TO ENFORCE HEALTH REGULATIONS.

>> IT COMPLAINTS COME IN AND WE EVALUATE COMPLAINTS AND FIND IT IN GENERAL ABOUT 90% OF THE ENTITIES COMING INTO COMPLIANCE AFTER THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION IS ENCOURAGING.

OUT OF THE 10% THAT DO NOT, A CEASE-AND-DESIST LETTER.

MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE WHO WISH OF THE CEASE-AND-DESIST TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE AFTER RECEIVING THE LETTER .

>> Reporter: THE REMAINING HOLDOUTS ARE THEN REFERRED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A CITATION OR TO THE CITY OR DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR PROSECUTION.

NEWLY ELECTED TO STRICT ONE SUPERVISOR NORA VARGAS ALSO TALKED ABOUT EFFORTS TO TALK ABOUT THE VACCINE BEING DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY, ESPECIALLY IN HER DISTRICT.

ANOTHER CHANGE, VARGAS SAYS THERE WILL BE AN EFFORT TO SHARE CRITICAL VACCINE ANOTHER COVID RELATED INFORMATION IN SPANISH.

>>> MOTION FOR STRICTER COVID- 19 RESTRICTIONS ON DINING IN CARLSBAD HAS FAILED.

THE CROWD SPANISH CITY COUNCIL LISTEN TO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS BEFORE THE MOTION FAILED TO ADVANCE TO A VOTES.

SOME RESTAURANTS HAVE CHOSEN TO DEFY THE STAY AT HOME ORDER THAT WENT INTO EFFECT LAST MONTH AND STATE OPEN FOR OUTDOOR DINING.

THE LAWYER REPRESENTING A RESTAURANTS, GYMS AND SALONS ACROSS THE COUNTY CALLS IT'S AN ACT OF PEACEFUL PROTEST.

THE STRICTER ENFORCEMENT INCLUDES FINES RANGING FROM $100-$500 PER VIOLATION.

>>> GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM PROPOSING CALIFORNIA ISSUE ITS OWN STIMULUS CHECKS FOR MILLIONS OF LOW INCOME OWNERS IN THE STATE.

PEOPLE MAKING LESS THAN $30,000 A YEAR WOULD GET $600 PAYMENTS.

THE POOL OF ELIGIBLE PEOPLE INCLUDES IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY WHO FILE TAXES WITH THE STATES.

ROUGHLY 4 MILLION PEOPLE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE.

>> WE ARE CALLING ON LIMITED ACTION.

WE WILL NOT WAIT UNTIL JULY.

WE WANT IMMEDIATE ACTION TO DISTRIBUTE $2.1 BILLION AND WHAT WE CALL THE GOLDEN STATE -- >> HE IS ALSO ASKING THE LEGISLATURE TO EXTEND A MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS.

HE IS ASKING LAWMAKERS TO BE PAID STARTING IN FEBRUARY.

>>> THE SAME DAY PROTON EXTREMISTS STORM THE U.S. CAPITAL, SAN DIEGO COUNTY LEADERS ARE VOWING TO COUNTER THE EFFECTS OF HISTORIC RACISM.

ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE PUSHING FOR A PLAN TO COMBAT LONG- STANDING HEALTH DISPARITIES HIGHLIGHTED BY COVID-19.

>> Reporter: HISPANIC, BLACK AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS HIT HARDER BY THE CORONAVIRUS BUT NEW SUPERVISOR NORA VARGAS SAYS IT'S NOT JUST THE PANDEMIC.

>> WE MUST RECOGNIZE AND ADDRESS THE SYSTEMIC RACISM IS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND THE NATION.

>> Reporter: THEY WERE JOINED BY COMMUNITY LEADERS TO DECLARE RACISM A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

THE TRIBAL CHAIRWOMAN ANGELA ELLIOTT SOUTH TULSA EXPLAINS HOW THE UNJUST PRACTICES AGAINST THE INDIGENOUS COMMITTEE CREATE POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES.

>> RUNNING RAMPANT ON THE RESERVATIONS IT WOULD NOT SUSTAIN ONE FAMILY IN THE MOUNTAINS, 4200 FEET UP.

WE SEE LASTING EFFECTS .

>> Reporter: VARGAS SAYS THE MEASURE WILL GO BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NEXT TUESDAY TO ADDRESS DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES.

WILL COLLECT COMMUNITY INPUT AND POLICY AND BETTER USED DATA WITH INCORPORATING EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENTS FOR ANY FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE THE BOARD.

>> IT ESTABLISHING A COMMITMENT TO DISRUPT AND DISMANTLE THE SYSTEMS AND WE TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO MAKE SURE WE MOVE BARRIERS THAT PREVENT DIVERSITY AND EQUITY AND INCLUSION .

>> Reporter: STEP RETURN IF APPROVED IN 90 DAYS TO MOVE FORWARD.

>>> PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN REPORTEDLY SELECTED A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT JUDGE AS HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL.

YOU MAY RECALL IN 2016 GARLAND WAS NOMINATED FOR SUPREME COURT BY PRESIDENT OBAMA.

HIS WOMEN'S WAS REJECTED BY REPUBLICANS WHO HELD THE SEAT OPEN UNTIL PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ELECTED.

BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE THE APPOINTMENT TOMORROW ALONG WITH OTHER SENIOR LEADERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

>>> EMERGENCY AID FOR FROM US THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THE VA ANNOUNCED MORE VETERANS THAT NOW DIE FROM COVID THEN DIED IN CALM COMBATS DURING THE LAST TWO WARS.

>>> LISTING RULES FOR PROVIDING SERVICES AND OUTREACH TO HOMELESS VETERANS INCLUDING RAISING THE AMOUNT THE VA COULD A LANDLORD IN PLACES LIKE SAN DIEGO.

ONE OF THE BILLS SPONSORS -- >> THE RENT PAYMENTS SAY ARE NOT ADEQUATE FOR A COMMUNITY LIKE OURS.

WE KNOW ROUGHLY A QUARTER ARE GOING UNUSED TRUCK WITH THE HOMELESS VOUCHERS GOING UNUSED IN SAN DIEGO EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

ONE OF THE ISSUES, LACK OF OUTREACH.

>> I THINK THEY CHOOSE TO PROVIDE SERVICES THEY COULD NOT LOOK FOR.

THE ADDED MORE FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO EVEN LOOK AT THINGS LIKE TEMPORARY HOUSING OF HOMELESS VETERANS.

>> 6772 PATIENTS HAVE DIED COVID-19.

MORE THAN THE NUMBER OF TROOPS WHO DIED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN COMBINED.

THE RECENT DEFENSE BILL ALSO INCLUDED LANGUAGE TO ALLOW VETERANS WITH OTHER THAN HONORABLE DISCHARGES TO QUALIFY FOR HOMELESS VOUCHERS.

>> IT VETERANS WHO HAD ISSUES OR SUFFER FROM POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER TO BE I.

HAVE TO BE MINDFUL THE PROGRAMS ACTUALLY ARE DESIGNED TO HELP VETERANS WHO NEED HELP.

NOT JUST THOSE WHO MIGHT CHECK THE BOX.

>> Reporter: THE LEGISLATION IS THE VA TO BETTER SERVE THE GROWING NUMBER OF WOUNDED VETERANS.

ANOTHER PROVISION WOULD ALSO EXPAND SERVICES TO HELP VETERANS GET A JOB AS THEY LEAVE THE SERVICE.

STEVE WALSH, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A FAILURE WITH THE FREEZER NEARLY COST A HOSPITAL IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA A BATCH OF VACCINES.

THE OUTAGE LEFT THE REFRIGERATOR IN MENDOCINO COUNTY WITHOUT POWER.

POWER BY THE TIME THE HOSPITAL OFFICIALS REALIZED IT MALFUNCTIONED, THEY HAD TWO AND HALF HOURS TO DISTRIBUTE THE VACCINES BEFORE THEY WENT BAD.

A CALL WENT OUT AND THE COMMUNITY RESPONDED BY LIGHTING UP AROUND THE BLOCK.

850 PEOPLE WERE GIVEN THE SHOT ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED BASIS.

>> I HAVE A CALL AFTER 1:00.

I HAVE THE VACCINE AT 1:30.

THE VACCINE EXPIRED AT 2:00.

>> IT IS AMAZING HOW A TIME CONSTRAINT IT CAN BE FOR DEPLOYING RESOURCE.

>> ROUGHLY 1/10 OF THE POPULATION HAS NOW BEEN VACCINATED.

OFFICIALS SAY NONE OF THE VACCINE WENT TO WASTE.

>>> THINGS ARE CHANGING A LOT AROUND HERE THESE DAYS.

WE ARE STILL DRY.

DRY WEATHER INTO NEXT WEEK.

TEMPERATURE STARTS TO RISE.

EVENTUALLY ABOUT FIVE OR 10 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE.

GUSTY WIND AT TIMES.

LOOKS LIKE THE WINDS ARE ESPECIALLY GUSTY SATURDAY.

ON THE COAST WE STILL HAVE ROUGH SURF.

THE SERVER ADVISORIES CONTINUE RIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

STRUCK WITH GO TO THE FORECAST TONIGHT.

CLOUDS HERE OCEANSIDE THREE NINES.

SAN DIEGO 46, RAMONA DONE FREEZING.

CAMPBELL 37.

>>> FORECAST TOMORROW, LOOKS PRETTY DRY.

MILD AND LESS OF SUNSHINE IN THE FORECAST.

42.

THERE WE GO.

OCEANSIDE 67.

SAN DIEGO NEXT DAY EIGHT.

RAMONA 73 AND THE REGULAR SPRING 75.

AS WE TAKE A LOOK AHEAD, THE PARENT IS FAMILIAR, DRY HERE, STORMS DEFLECTED TO THE NORTH, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO THE NORTHWEST.

RAIN AND SNOW AND WINDS.

SOME SHIFTING WIND.

THURSDAY, PARTLY SUNNY.

FRIDAY MORE SUNSHINE, SATURDAY MILDER THAN SUNDAY AND MONDAY VERY NICE WITH SUNSHINE AND TEMPERATURES NEAR 70 DEGREES.

>>> INLAND SECTIONS QUITE COMFORTABLE.

A BIT BREEZY EXCEPT FOR THE END OF THE WEEK, THE WEEKEND.

THE REALLY NICE WEEKEND IN THE 70s.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, CLEAR TOO, LOOK AT THAT.

EVERY DAY LOW 60s.

IN THE DESERT, A BEAUTIFUL STRETCH OF WEATHER HERE.

NICE AND COMFORTABLE.

>>> SAN DIEGO KNOWN IN THE FARMING WORLD FOR AVOCADOS, CITRUS GROVES AND THE EMERGING WIND INDUSTRY.

NOW, A NEW CROP IS STARTING TO FIND A HOME IN THE REGION.

COFFEE.

JACOB AERE SAYS THE SAN DIEGO COFFEE FARMERS INCLUDE A GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING MUSICIAN.

>> Reporter: COFFEE TYPICALLY GROWN IN TROPICAL REGIONS WAS CONSIDERED AND UNVIABLE CROP IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.

ON THE FREEWAY CORRIDOR IN NORTH COUNTY, FARMERS ARE GROWING CALIFORNIA COFFEE.

JASON MORRIS OWNS ONE OF THE FARMS IN EAST OCEANSIDE.

HE HAS GROWN AVOCADOS AND OTHER FRUIT ON HIS LANDS BUT FIVE YEARS AGO HE BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE REGION TO PLANTS COFFEE TREES.

>> IT IT'S NOT EASY TO HARVEST.

IT COULD TAKE YOU ALL DAY TO HARVEST ONE.

YOU GET BLIND IN THE SUNLIGHT OR THE SHADE OR ARE STICKY WITH INSECTS OR FRUIT.

YOU HAVE A PICKING BASKET IN HERE.

YOU ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE DARK-COLORED CHERRIES TOO THEY START TO TURN RED AND PURPLE AND IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER WHICH ONES ARE RIGHT.

>> 11 SPECIES OF COFFEE ON HIS PROPERTY AND RECENTLY STARTED SELLING COFFEE BEANS COMMERCIALLY.

THE VARIETY OF FRUIT OR SHERRIES AS THEY ARE CALLED THAT GROW ON HIS TREES ARE CONSIDERED RARE AND OFTEN CARRY HEFTY PRICE TAGS ONCE ROASTED, ESPECIALLY THIS FRIDAY.

>> WEATHER THROUGH FOLKLORE OR LEGEND THREE IT'S A BRILLIANT BEEN, OR JUST CONTINUE TESTING, DRINKING AND SCORING HIGH, IT'S CONTINUES TO OUTPERFORM ALL OF THEIR COFFEE.

>> THE COFFEE GROWERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA GETS PLANT MATERIAL AND POSTHARVEST PROCESSING FROM A COMPANY CALLED FRIENDS COFFEE.

THEY FIRST STARTED THE JOURNEY TO THE CALIFORNIA COFFEE 20 YEARS AGO.

OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS THE COFFEE INDUSTRY STARTED TO TAKE NOTICE OF THE PLAN.

>> THE COFFEE REVIEW WITH A LOT OF PRESS THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I REALIZED IT WAS A CHANCE IT COULD BE SOMETHING BIGGER.

>> 67 FARMS ACROSS THE STATE AND 42 FARMS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THE CALIFORNIA COFFEE CHERRIES ARE KNOWN FOR THE SLOPE ROWING PROCESS WHICH THEY SAY ENHANCES FLAVOR YOU QUITE THE GROWING PROCESS AND MARKET FOR CALIFORNIA COFFEE TO ANOTHER PRODUCT, CALIFORNIA WINE WHICH IS PRODUCED IN SOME OF THE SAME REGIONS WHERE COFFEE IS NOT GROWING.

>> THE FARMERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BAILEY LIKE SANTA BARBARA OR SAN DIEGO ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING NEW.

SO, IT'S SOMETHING THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD ADAPT.

>> EATING THE COFFEE FARM STARTED AS A CHALLENGE BUT THE TEAM SHARES PLANTING AND CARE METHODS.

>> THE AGING AVOCADO GROVES ALL THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO, YOU CAN PUT ROWS OF COFFEE BETWEEN THEM.

I DO NOT WANT TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE IT'S EASY.

BUT, THERE IS A SYMBIOSIS OR A RELATIVITY BETWEEN THE COFFEE AND AVOCADOS THE DOES REALLY WELL.

>> THE OWNER LEARNED EARLY COFFEE GROWING IS NOT EASY.

HE LOST 37% OF THE CROP DURING THE FIRST YEAR DUE TO UNFORESEEN TEMPERATURES THAT GOT TOO COLD OVERNIGHT.

>> SOMETHING NEW TO WORRY ABOUT THAT EVERY STAGE.

CAN I GET THEM IN THE GROUND?

WILL THEY GROW?

YES.

WILL THEY BE OF HIGH QUALITY?

THAT IS THE NEXT WORRY AND CONCERN.

>> Reporter: THE FARM LIES BETWEEN VISTA AND SAID MARCUS.

HE IS YET TO SELL THE PRODUCT COMMERCIALLY BUT IS SET TO OPEN BREAKERS COFFEE AND WINE IN DELMAR THIS SPRING.

THEY WILL FEATURE THE SAN DIEGO COFFEE VARIETIES AND OFFER COFFEE AND WINE TASTINGS.

>> WHETHER YOU WANT CAFFEINE OR ALCOHOL, BEING ABLE TO EXPLORE IN TERMS OF COFFEE AND WINE IS WHAT WE ARE REALLY PUSHING.

>> THE COFFEE INDUSTRY STILL IN ITS INFANCY, PERHAPS JOINING OTHER INDUSTRIES IN THE STATE AS THEY CONTINUE TO GROW.

THERE COULD BE A FUTURE IN AGRI- TOURISM FOR THE COUNTY.

>> EVEN IF PEOPLE JUST WANT TO DRIVE AROUND AND LOOK AT THE FRUIT TREES THIS IS A PLACE TO DO IT.

TO SEE THINGS YOU MAY HAVE NEVER SEEN WITH YOUR EYES BEFORE .

>> Reporter: PERHAPS ONE DAY SOON SAN DIEGO IS WILL SEE SOMETHING ELSE NEW.

CALIFORNIA COFFEE ON THE MENU OF THEIR LOCAL CAFE.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE WANT TO UPDATE YOU ON THE CHAOS IN DC.

FOUR HOURS NOW PROTOPIC EXTREMIST CONVERGED ON THE CAPITOL STEPS.

AT ONE TIME STORMING INSIDE AND BRINGING TO A HALT THE PLAN CONFIRMING THE ELECTORAL VOTES CIVILIZING THE ITEM PRESIDENCY.

A WOMAN SHOT AND KILLED BUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE STILL IN CLEAR.

PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLING FOR PEACE BUT CONTINUING BASIS CLAIMS OF ELECTION FRAUD.

THE CALLS ARE BEGINNING TO BE MADE FOR HIS IMPEACHMENT INCLUDING FROM LOCAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN SARAH JACOBS.

CAPITAL POLICE WILL REMAIN ON HIGH ALERT TO ENFORCE A CURFEW PUT INTO PLACE.

>>> IN SAN DIEGO, SEVERAL HUNDRED PRO-TRUMP SUPPORTERS HELD THEIR OWN DEMONSTRATION TODAY AT WATERFRONT PARK.

THEY TOO SUNNY THE ELECTION FRAUD CLAIMS MADE BY THE PRESENT.

SOME OF THE PROTESTERS MOVED TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION TO CONTINUE THE RALLY.

>>> YOU CAN FIND THE STORIES TONIGHT ON OUR WEBSITES, KPBS.ORG .

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI , GOOD NIGHT.