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

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>> GOOD EVENING PICK IT IS WEDNESDAY, GENERATE 12 PICK THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI PICK A MAJOR DECISION FROM SAN DIEGO UNIFIED INVOLVING ITS VACCINE MANDATE.

IT HAS BEEN A THE CENTER OF CONTROVERSY FOR SOME TIME AND THAT THEY ARE POSTPONING IT.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER M.G.

PEREZ HAS MORE PICK >> THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR .

THE MANDATE WILL NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE A VERY UNLIKELY IT WOULD BE IN PLACE BY THE BEGINNING OF THE SPRING SEMESTER ON THE 24th.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO UNIFIED TRUSTEE TELLS IT LIKE IT IS .

AS THE DISTRICTS UC SAN DIEGO HAS VACCINATION BAN DELIVERED DOZENS MORE DOSES OF PFIZER, MODERNA AND J&J DOSES AT CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL THERE IS NEWS THAT THE DISTRICT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THE START DATE FOR ITS OWN MANDATE TO REQUIRE ELIGIBLE STUDENT 16 AND UP BE VACCINATED IN ORDER TO ATTEND CLASSES IN PERSON.

LATE LAST WEEK A JUDGE AGREED WITH THE LET THEM CHOOSE GROUP THAT CLAIMED THE MANDATE IS ILLEGAL AND INFRINGES ON PERSONAL FREEDOMS.

CINDY GO UNIFIED IS WORKING ON AN APPEAL AND A REQUEST TO STOP THAT RULING.

IT REQUIRES THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO TAKE ACTION IN SACRAMENTO PICK >> IF THE LEGISLATURE MOVE FORWARD AND ACTED THEN OUR DISTRICT AND OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE WOULD BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT A VACCINE MANDATE.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO UNIFIED IS THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY SO A COURT RULING ON THIS VACCINATION MANDE COULD EVENTUALLY IMPACT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS .

THAT IS BECAUSE OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY ARE WATCHING CLOSELY.

THAT INCLUDES THE COUNTY SECOND LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHEAT WATER UNION.

THAT DISTRICT HAS NOW PAUSED ITS PLANT TO REQUIRE MANDATORY VACCINATIONS FOR STUDENT ATHLETES 16 AND UP AND OTHERS PARTICIPATING IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACT CAVITIES PICK SWEETWATER OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL NOT REQUIRE ANY STUDENT TO HAVE COVID VACCINATIONS UNTIL AT LEAST THE START OF THE OFF-SEASON SPORTS IN MAY.

BACKED INTO A LEGAL CORNER SAN DIEGO UNIFYING'S ONLY OPTION AT THE MOMENT IS TO SIMPLY KEEP PUSHING VACCINATION PICKETT IS AN ONGOING DILEMMA FOR EVERYONE JUST TRYING TO STAY HEALTHY.

>> A LITTLE FRUSTRATED THAT WE CANNOT GO BACK TO WHAT WE CONSIDER A NORMAL SOCIETY.

>> Reporter: FOR THOSE STILL NOT VACCINATED TRUSTEE SAYS THIS PICK >> IT IS NOT A MATTER OF IF YOU WILL GET COVID, AND IS A MATTER OF WHEN YOU WILL GET COVID.

BECAUSE WE ARE TESTED REGULARLY IF YOUR STUDENT TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME TO SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: NO MINCED WORDS FOR A VERY CHALLENGING MOMENT.

M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS .

>> Reporter: >>> MANY ARE SAYING VIRTUALLY EVERYONE WILL BE EXPOSED TO COVID A RIGHT NOW MORE THAN 150,000 AMERICANS WITH COVID ARE IN THE HOSPITAL AND THE U.S.

AVERAGES NEARLY 3/4 OF 1 MILLION NEW CASES A DAY PICK HERE IS REPORTER MARY MALONEY.

>> MOST OF US WILL ULTIMATELY GET OMICRON.

>> Reporter: THE EXTREMELY CONTAGIOUS OMICRON VARIANT IS OVERWHELMING HOSPITALS.

>> THE SUDDEN AND STEEP RISING CASES DUE TO OMICRON IS RESULTING IN UNPRECEDENTED DAILY COUNTS, SICKNESS, ABSENTEE AND ANSWER T IS HIM AND STRENGTHEN OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.

>> Reporter: COVID FORCES TEACHERS TO STAY HOME AND QUARANTINE .1 TEXAS CLADISTIC IS ASKING PARENTS TO STEP IN AND TEACH.

>> WE DECIDED TO BE INNOVATIVE PICK I PREFER THAT INSTEAD OF DESPERATE OBVIOUSLY.

WE ARE EXTENDING THE OPERATIVE PARENTS JUST TO ALLOW THEM TO COME IN AND HELP US OUT.

>> Reporter: THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PLEDGES TO GIVE SCHOOLS 10 MILLION MORE COVID TESTS A MONTH .

>> THESE TESTS WILL ALLOW SCHOOLS TO DOUBLE THE VOLUME OF TESTING THEY WERE PERFORMING IN NOVEMBER.

>> THAT COVERS JUST A FRACTION OF STUDENTS OF THE COUNTRY.

CRUCIAL TO TURNING THE PANDEMIC TIED IN BOTH SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY MASKS PICK >> ANY MASK IS BETTER THAN NO MASK.

>> Reporter: AND VACCINES PICK >> ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE CAN DO IS GET OUR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS VACCINATED PICK >> VIRTUALLY EVERYONE IS GOING TO WIND UP GETTING EXPOSED TO BUT IF YOU ARE VACCINATED AND BOOSTED THE CHANCES OF YOU GETTING SICK ARE VERY, VERY LOW.

>> Reporter: MARY MALONEY, KPBS NEWS.

>> WITH THIS INFORMATION SPREADING ALMOST AS FAST AS THE VIRUS ITSELF.

OFFICIALS ARE DEBUNKING MORE COVID MINUTES.

THE STORY IS COMING UP ON KPBS EVENING EDITION PICK >>> GOVERNOR NEWSOM CAME TO SAN DIEGO TO PROMOTE KEY ELEMENTS IN HIS BUDGET.

AS KATIE ALVARADO SHOWS US HE FOCUSED HIS VISIT ON HOMELESSNESS.

>> Reporter: GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOME IN JOINT ACCRUE AND HELP CLEAN UP THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT ON THE SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY IN SAN DIEGO PICK >> THESE CHEMISTS ARE UNACCEPTABLE PICK >>> THE CITY IS PART OF HIS BUDGET TOUR PICK TODAY HE CALLED ATTENTION TO THE HOMELESS CRISIS AND ITS PLANT THE HOUSE THE ON SHELTERED AND CLEANUP THE STATE IN THE PROCESS.

>> LASHER WE PUT UP $50 MILLION WHICH WAS NOVEL FOR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION.

THIS YEAR 500 MILLION DOLLARS WAS PROPOSED JUST THIS WEEK IN OUR BUDGET.

>> Reporter: $40 BILLION WILL GO TOWARD REDUCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

NOW HE IS PROPOSING THE STAY ALLOCATE $2 BILLION GO DIRECTLY TO CITIES TO TACKLE THE CRISIS.

>> IN RETURN WE WANT TO SEE THE PLAN AND THEIR SIX SPECIFIC TRANSPARENT METRICS THAT MUST BE MET IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO GET FUNDING.

>> Reporter: THE PLAN INCLUDES FUNDING FOR A 55,000 HOUSING UNITS, MORE MONEY FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE OUTREACH .

>> WE HAVE STRATEGIES FOR RAPID REHOUSING, FOR SHORT-TERM HOUSING, FOR TREATMENT ON DEMAND AND IN UNPRECEDENTED THREE BILLION-DOLLAR COMMITMENT TO REBUILD OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM PICK >> WE HAVE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WORKING FOR ASPECT MEET THE PRESIDENT OF FATHER JOE'S VILLAGE WHO SAYS HE IS ENCOURAGED BY THE PLANT BUT WORRIES THE END OF THE PANDEMIC SUBSIDIES AND THE EVICTION MORATORIUM WILL MAKE THE CRISIS WORSE PICK >> WE MAY SEE AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE STREET.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST BEEN MAKING IT?

>> Reporter: HE IS ENCOURAGED BY THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN THAT TAKE ON ISSUES ISSUES PICK >> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE DOLLARS FLOW DOWN TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO THAT THEY ARE UTILIZED VERY PRUDENTLY.

THAT THEY ARE UTILIZED VERY EFFECTIVELY SO THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN WE UTILIZE THOSE DOLLARS AND WE LOOK BACK WE WILL BE ABLE TO POINT TO A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE STREET .

THAT IS MY WHOLE.

>> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE PLANS TO PASS CONSERVATORSHIP REFORM THAT WILL ALSO HELP WITH HOMELESSNESS.

KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MAYOR GLORIA IS DELIVERING HIS STATE OF THE CITY SPEECH TONIGHT PICKETT WILL DO IT FROM A LARGELY EMPTY CONVENTION CENTER.

HE WILL FOCUS ON ISSUES HE CALLS FRONT OF LINE AND WILL CHART A PATH FORWARD .

YOU WILL UPDATE THE PROGRESS FROM HIS FIRST YEAR BUT TOLD OUR PARTNER 10 NEWS HE WILL NOT BE SO CONGRATULATORY PICK >> WAS GOING TO PICK UP THE GARBAGE?

WHO IS GOING TO FILL EIGHT POTHOLE,?

WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THE THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUR STREETS?

PATIENTS IS THEN RIGHT NOW PICK THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN HEARING A MULTI-HOUR SELF- CONGRATULATORY SPEECH.

>> THE SPEECH BEGINS AT 6:00 AND IS BEING STREAMED ON THE CITY TV CHANNEL AS WELL ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENTS ARSON TEAM IS INVESTIGATING A HOUSE FIRE THAT PARTIALLY DAMAGED THE HOME OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISOR NATHAN FLETCHER.

KPBS ALEXANDER RINGEL HAS MORE.

>> THE FIRE BROKE OUT AT THE CITY HEIGHTS HOME OF COUNTY SUPERVISOR NATHAN FLETCHER AND HIS WIFE FORMER ASSEMBLYWOMAN PICK DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE FRONT OF THE HOME AND NO ONE WAS HER.

HOWEVER, THE CITIES METRO ARSON STRUCK TEAM IS INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE FIRE WAS DELIBERATELY SET.

ONE NEIGHBOR WHO WAS WOKEN UP BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HER DOOR SINCE THE COUPLES POLITICAL VIEWS COULD BE A REASON PICK >> I FEEL BAD FOR THEM BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE CRAZY AND THEY ARE TARGETING THESE PEOPLE.

>> I BELIEVE PICK >> FLETCHER AND GONZALES ARE BOTH PROMINENT DEMOCRATS AND FLETCHER HAS BEEN THE FACE OF THE COUNTIES PANDEMIC RESPONSE.

HE IS STRONGLY ADVOCATED FOR MASKS AND VACCINE MANDATES AND ANTI-VACCINE HAVE VERBALLY AT TACT HIM DURING BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGS PICK FLETCHER SAYS HE AND GONZALEZ WERE AWOKEN BY SMOKE ALARMS THAT SAW THE FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

THEY QUICKLY EVACUATED PICK >> I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR THOUGHT PICK AROUND 4:00 THIS MORNING OUR HOUSE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES.

MY FAMILY IS SAFE.

WE ARE ALL IN A GOOD POSITION THANKS TO THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SAN DIEGO FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR VERY SWIFT RESPONSE.

WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR EFFORTS BUT ULTIMATELY, THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT MATTERS IS WE ARE SAFE PICK >> ALEXANDER RINGEL, KPBS NEWS .

>> WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A PLANE THAT CRASHED IN AL CAPONE.

THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD HAS RELEASED ITS PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE DECEMBER 27th CRASH.

SEVERAL INVESTIGATORS SAY THE WEATHER WAS CLOUDY AND MISTY WHEN THE LEARJET STRUCK POWER LINES AND CRASHED INTO AN NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE PREPARING TO LAND AT GILLESPIE FIELD .

THE REPORT DOES NOT INDICATE AN EXACT CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT PICK >>> THE OMICRON SURGE HAS SPARED NO SECTOR INCLUDING PUBLIC TRANSIT .

J PUT HEIRESSES MANY SAN DIEGO'S RELY ON THE BUSES, TROLLEYS AND TRADES AS THEIR MAIN MEANS OF TRANSPORT THAT THEY WILL STILL BE WORKING ON A REDUCED SCHEDULE.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM IS A CRUCIAL PART OF LIFE FOR MANY IN SAN DIEGO.

CITY HEIGHTS RESIDENT ROSA SAID HER FAMILY ARE SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT USE THE PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM EVERY DAY.

>> WE DON'T HAVE A CAR.

LOW INCOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE CARS.

>> Reporter: MARK OLSON SAYS THEY ARE SEEING THE LOWER NUMBERS OF RIDERS SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN .

AROUND 65 TO 70% OF PREVIOUS RIDERSHIP PICK FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL WRITING HE SAYS MTS IS FACING A STAFFING SHORTAGE BRICK THAT WILL CAUSE A TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN SERVICE STARTING AT THE END OF JANUARY PICK HE SAYS IT WILL LAST UNTIL JUNE OF THIS YEAR.

>> THE REDUCTION COULD BE 15 MINUTES TO EVERY 20 MINUTES OR EVERY 12 MINUTES TO EVERY 15 MINUTES .

SO, WE ARE DOING THAT ON SOME KEY ROUTES TO BASICALLY MAKE SURE WE CAN HAVE A DEPENDABLE SCHEDULE FOR OUR PASSENGERS SO WHEN A BUS PLANS TO COME AT A SPECIFIC TIME IT REALLY WILL, WE WILL NOT HAVE TO BE CITY TRIPS.

>> Reporter: MTS IS TAKING COVID HEALTH PROTOCOLS SERIOUSLY .

THEY HAVE BROUGHT IN LARGER BUSES FOR BETTER PHYSICAL DISTANCING.

HE SAYS THE PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM HAS CHANGED SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED .

SHE SAYS THE BUSES AND TROLLEYS USED TO BE NICER AND NOW SEES WHAT SHE DEEMS ARE HEALTH RISKS FOR HER FAMILY PICK >> THE CITY TRANSIT SYSTEM IS DOING THEIR JOB.

OTHER PLACES THEY ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB.

THEY ARE COUGHING AND NO MASK.

THERE STINKING UP THE PLACE.

>> Reporter: SHE HAS EVEN SEEN PEOPLE DEFECATING ON THE TROLLEY AND PROSPECT THE BUS DRIVERS TRY AND ENFORCE BEST WAY BUT STRUGGLED TO DO SO AS THEY DO NOT WANT TO APPROACH MASK LISTS PEOPLE AND RESCHEDULED COVID 19 PICK >> IF NO MASK IS ON THEY DON'T TELL PEOPLE STAY SIX FEET AWAY FROM US.

SOME WILL GIVE ATTITUDE AND EVERYTHING.

THEY ARE CRAZY.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE OF HAD NEGATIVE EXPENSES WITH MTS CAN FILE A COMPLAINT THROUGH MANY OF THEIR ONLINE OPTION PICK HE ADDED THEY ARE IN THE MIDST OF A HIRING CAMPAIGN TO BOOST STAFFING LEVELS.

JACOB AIR, KPBS NEWS.

>> PANDEMIC PRICE HIKES DID NOT LET UP PICK ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT SHOWING A KEY INFLATION MEASURE, THEY HAVE A 39 YEAR HIGH PICK >> PRICES WERE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ARE RISING AT THE FASTEST CASE IN DECADES PICK >> I CANNOT KEEP HYBRID VEHICLES.

>> Reporter: THE CONSUMER INDEX ROSE 7% BEFORE SEASONAL ADJUSTMENTS.

THAT IS THE STEEPEST CLIMB IN PRICES SINCE 1982.

HOUSING AND GAS AS WELL AS USED VEHICLES WHERE THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTORS TO THE DECEMBER PRICE HIKE PICK >> WHEN CUSTOMERS ARE COMING IN THEY ARE EXPECTING FULL RETAIL PRICE FOR THEIR PREOWNED VEHICLES.

>> Reporter: FOOD COSTS ALSO WENT UP SLIGHTLY PICK THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IMPACTING THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN.

THE CENTRAL BANK NOW SHIFTING TO FIGHT INFLATION AFTER MONTHS OF TRYING TO PROP UP THE ECONOMY PICK >> IF WE SEE INFLATION PERSISTING AT HIGH LEVELS LONGER THAN EXPECTED AND, IF WE HAVE TO RAISE INTEREST RATES MORE OVERTIME WE WILL.

>> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH PRICES WENT THROUGH THE ROOF THEY ARE STILL NOWHERE NEAR THE HISTORIC HIGHS OF THE 1980s.

EVEN WITH RATE HIKES PENCILED IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE THIS YEAR AND WE SHOULD BE BACK TO FULL EMPLOYMENT BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THE BIDED ADMINISTRATION OPTIMISTIC THAT INFLATION WILL COME DOWN IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR PICK >> WE ARE NOT SITTING ON OUR HANDS.

WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING TO ENSURE THAT IS THE OUTCOME.

>>> EMPTY SHELVES THAT GROCERY STORES ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON FOR CUSTOMERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SAY THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING MILK AND BREAD, ME AND OTHER ESSENTIAL FOOD ITEMS.

GROCERY STORE SAY WORKER SHORTAGES DUE TO COVID ARE DELAYING DELIVERY SPEC ON TOP OF THAT THERE IS LESS LABOR IN GENERAL.

THE NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION SAYS MANY OF ITS MEMBERS HAVE LESS THAN 50% OF THEIR NORMAL WORKFORCE .

SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES ARE STILL IMPACTING BUSINESSES BIG AND SMALL.

AS A REPORTER LEN RAMIREZ SHOWS US SHIPMENTS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO ARRIVE BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS ARE JUST NOW COMING IN.

>> THIS IS ALL THE STOCK I HAVE LEFT.

BARELY ANY STOCK AT ALL PICK >> Reporter: SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WAS STUNNED BY THE SUPPLY CHAIN CRISIS AND IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF THE SMALL TIN CONTAINER SYRUP MEXICAN CHOCOLATE PRODUCT COMES IN.

>> WE MAKE THE PEDICURE IN THE U.S. SENATE TIN CANS COME FROM CHINA WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THEM.

>> Reporter: SHE ORDERED THREE PALLETS WORTH OF PRODUCT IN AUGUST HOPING TO GET IT IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS BUT THE SHIPMENTS ARRIVED AFTER CHRISTMAS AND ARE NOW SITTING IN A WAREHOUSE PICK ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE THE WAREHOUSE CANNOT GET HER PALLETS DOWN BECAUSE FOR FORKLIFT DRIVERS ARE OUT SICK WITH COVID.

>> SO MANY COMPANIES, STORES, BUSINESSES THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THEIR SUPPLIES IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS AND THEY LOST A LOT IN LAW OF SALES BECAUSE THEY HAD EMPTY SHELVES PICK YOU SEE EMPTY SHELVES EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW .

>> IT IS A LOT MORE WORK TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT WORK .

>> Reporter: JOHN RUNS A SMALL GIFT BASKET COMPANY AND SHE WORKED AROUND THE SHORTAGES OF FOUND OUT JUST HOW INTERCONNECTED WE ALL ARE WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD PICK >> CONTAINERS USUALLY COME FROM CHINA, JARS, BOXES OF PRODUCTS, EVEN DOWN TO THE COURTS IN THE BOTTLE.

WE HOARDED.

WE JUST KEPT BRINGING IN THINGS AND DECIDED TO TAKE THE RISK SO OUR CUSTOMERS WOULD HAVE WHAT THEY NEEDED.

>> Reporter: DARLING IS KEEPING HER BUSINESS MOVING AHEAD TT MAC.

ALL THOSE CHOCOLATE MINT SHE WAS PLANNING FOR CHRISTMAS WILL NOW BE MARKETED IN A NEW WAY PICK >> IT LOOKS LIKE I'M GOING TO HAVE A BIG CHOCOLATE SILVER VALENTINE'S DAY.

>>> FURTHER EMERGENCIES HAVE ALSO IMPACTED DELIVERIES AND RESTOCKING.

>>> OUR WINS ARE DIMINISHING BUT THE HIGH SURF DOES CONTINUE.

IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER HEADLINES THAT FLOW WILL START TO TURN WEEKLY ONSHORE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS PICK WILL SEE LIGHT CLOUDS AROUND AND A COOLING WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD INLAND PICK OFFSHORE, KEEPING AN EYE ON IN UPPER LOW BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL SHOW STAY OFFSHORE WITH MINIMAL IMPACTS HERE.

THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONTINUE AROUND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES HERE RIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

AS A TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER TONIGHT YOU SEE A CORNUCOPIA OF CLOUD COVER.

A LOW OF 50 DEGREES PICK OCEANSIDE DOWN TO 42.

BORREGO SPRINGS, 48 PICK MT.

LAGUNA, 45.

HOW DOES OUR WEATHER LOOK FOR THURSDAY?

IT LOOKS PRETTY TWINKLE HERE .

WE WILL SEE LIGHT WINDS.

WE WILL STILL SEE SOME CLOUDS AT SOME SUNSHINE IN THE AREA PICKED TEMPERATURES HOVERING RIGHT AROUND 70 IN OCEANSIDE.

SAN DIEGO, 72.

RAMONA, 70 PICK PLENTY OF CLOUDS AROUND PICK IT IS LOW ACT PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHTNING FOR SOME PICTURES THE UPPER LOW CITY GETS WAY OFFSHORE HERE.

THERE IT IS.

HERE WE ARE.

OUR WEATHER LOOKS PRETTY TRANQUIL RIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY PICK LET'S CHECK THE EXTENDED FORECAST OUT FOR YOU.

AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE COAST WE WILL SEE PARTLY SUNNY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN A COUPLE OF DAYS PICK A LOT OF CLOUDS AROUND PICK TEMPERATURES COOLING OFF JUST A LITTLE BIT BUT THEY ARE STILL ABOUT AVERAGE IT TO THE WEEKEND PICK INLAND SECTIONS COOLING OFF JUST A LITTLE BIT.

20 OF CLOUDS AROUND PICK ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND HERE PICK IN THE MOUNTAINS WE ARE LOOKING AT GENERALLY DRY, SOME GUSTY WINDS.

START TO SEE SOME STIFF NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OVER THE WEEKEND PICK OUT IN THE DESERT TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD, PARTLY SUNNY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST MARK MANCUSO.

>>> IT IS NOT JUST A FAILURE TO VACCINATE THAT IS FEELING THE ONGOING PANDEMIC PICKET IS ALSO MISS INFORMATION.

SERIOUS HEALTH REPORTER ARE KAUFMAN AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING ABOUT IT PICK >> IT IS NOT TRUE.

>> Reporter: DOCTORS FROM ACROSS SAN DIEGO INCLUDING THE COUNTY'S CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER ARE STILL WORKING TO CORRECT MISINFORMATION THAT IS HEARD AT COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGS.

THE JIK THERE WERE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS MADE CONCERNING CHILDREN.

THE FIRST WAS SINCE NO CHILD UNDER 10 HAS DIED IN SAN DIEGO FROM COVID.

SHOULD NOT GET THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED.

I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY NO CHILD SHOULD DIE OF A VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASE.

>> Reporter: SOME KIDS ARE GETTING SEVERELY SICK AND THEY'RE SPREADING THE VIRUS PICK >> TO PREVENT SPREAD IN THE COMMUNITY SO WE CAN FINALLY GET THIS PANDEMIC UNDER CONTROL IS IMPORTANT TO IMMUNIZE KIDS.

>> Reporter: HE NOW ESTIMATES ONE IN 20 SAN DIEGO AND'S CURRENTLY HAVE COVID 19 PICK >> TRANSMISSION IN SAN DIEGO IS THE HIGHEST IT HAS EVER BEEN PICK >> THIS DOCTOR SAYS WITH SO MUCH VIRUS OF THE COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS PICK DID YOU GET 5% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY AT ONE TIME ARE INFECTIOUS, YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE WITH 40, 50 PEOPLE IN IT.

THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHETHER THEY KNOW IT OR NOT ARE ABLE TO SPREAD THE DISEASE PICKETT IS A VERY, VERY HIGH RISK TIME PICK >> Reporter: FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM HIGHLIGHTING WHY PEOPLE SHOULD GET BOOSTER SHOTS PICK >> VACCINE EFFICACY WITH THE THREE DOSES OF ABOUT 88%.

ACTING AGAINST HOSPITALIZATION PICK WHERE IS TO DOSES IS JUST 52%.

>> Reporter: MISINFORMATION A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS LAST YEAR.

THERE IS FACT CHECKS AVAILABLE ON THE COUNTIES CORONAVIRUS WEBSITE .

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS .

>>> THE PHYSICAL IMPACT OF COVID HAS DOES OF STATED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE U.S.

BUT THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A MORE SUBTLE IMPACT AND THAT IS MENTAL HEALTH PICK THAT IS BEEN SHOWING UP IN KIDS AS THEY NAVIGATE THEIR WAY BACK TO IN PERSON LEARNING.

ELIZABETH COHEN HAS DETAILS.

>> Reporter: LIKE OTHER FAMILIES THEY WERE THRILLED WHEN LAST FALL THEREFORE CHILDREN COULD FINALLY GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

BUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR THERE ARE OPEN BUMPS IN THE ROAD LEAVING HOME, GOING BACK TO SCHOOL .

>> THAT TRANSITION GOING BACK TO SCHOOL HAS BEEN DIFFICULT MOSTLY FOR MY YOUNGEST CHILD TO FELT A SENSE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY FROM THE AGE OF SEVEN UNTIL 8 1/2 AND THEN NEEDING TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR DAUGHTER GOT USED TO HAVING THE COMFORT OF HAVING MOM AND DAD AROUND ALL THE TIME.

>> ABSOLUTELY AND IS EXPECTED TO JUST GO BACK TO SCHOOL FROM 0 TO 100.

THERE WAS NOT A GRADUAL TRANSITION.

>> Reporter: A THERAPIST OR CELSIUS THE TENSION IN HER PATIENTS.

>> THEY ARE FEELING INCREASED ANXIETY AROUND JUST HOW TO BE AND COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE AND BUILD FRIENDSHIPS AND BEING ABLE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

>> Reporter: HAVE YOU SEEN CHILDREN HIT CRISIS POINTS?

>> LOW SELF-ESTEEM AND LOW CONFIDENCE AND FEELING DEPRESSED AND AS A COPING MECHANISM, TURNING TO EATING DISORDER BEHAVIOR OR CUTTING BEHAVIOR AND REALLY NOT BEING ABLE TO MANAGE THE INTENSITY OF BEING BACK IN A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.

>> REPORTER:?

THE U.S.

SURGEON GENERAL ISSUED THIS 53 PAGE ADVISORY OUTLINING HOW THE PANDEMIC HAS HAD AN UNPRECEDENTED NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN PICK ONE GLOBAL STUDY FINDING SYMPTOMS OF YOUTH DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY DOUBLE.

THE JIK I AM SO CONCERNED ABOUT OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE THERE'S AN EPIDEMIC, IF YOU WILL, OF MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES THEY BEEN FACING.

>> LEASE IS AN EMPOWERMENT GROUP FOR GIRL SHE STARTED HAS HELPED.

WHEN CHILDREN FEEL OVERWHELMED BY THE TRAGEDIES A BACK-TO-SCHOOL SHE OFFERS THEM A SAFE PLACE.

>> THEY WILL OFTEN COME TO MY OFFICE JUST TO GET A BREAK FROM THE NOISE PICK I WAS VERY SURPRISED BY THAT THAT THEY NEEDED TO COME AND GET A BREAK FROM THE NOISE.

HER ADVICE TO PARENTS, REMEMBER IF YOUR CHILDREN SEEM IMMATURE FOR THEIR AGE THERE IS A REASON.

THEY MISSED OUT ON MORE THAN A YEAR OF DEVELOPMENT WITH THEIR PEERS.

>> I MEAN MY 12-YEAR-OLD, THEY STILL ASKED SO YOUNG.

THEY ARE MORE LIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS.

>> Reporter: MISSING A YEAR TO A YEAR AND A HALF OF SOCIAL INTERACTION FOR A MEDICAL SCHOOL STUDENT IS A LOT.

>> IT WAS A LOT PICK >> Reporter: BE PATIENT WITH YOUR CHILD AS THEY TRANSITION FROM ONE WAY OF LIFE TO ANOTHER PICK >> THEIR WORLD WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AND AS ADULTS WE ARE ABLE TO BOUNCE BACK QUICKER USUALLY FASTER PICK FOR THEM IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME.

>> Reporter: DECEMBER MIGHT BE FOR CHRISTMAS COOKIES BUT THE GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SEASON IS NOW UPON US.

YOU COULD GET YOUR CLASSIC FAVORITES LIKE THE THIN MINTS AND THE SOME OS AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE TO TAKE A LET'S.

TWO THIS YEAR ARE THE SO-CALLED ADVENTURE FALLS PICK THE GIRL SCOUTS WEBSITE DESCRIBES THESE COOKIES AS AN AND INDULGENT BROWNIE INSPIRED COOKIE WITH CARAMEL FLAVORED CREAM AND A HINT OF SALT PICK YOU CAN GET THE COOKIES NOW THROUGH APRIL.

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

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

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

ANDERSON, HEATING & AIR , HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN DRAIN, HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM SINCE 1978.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY.

AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

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THANK YOU.