>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT'S WEDNESDAY JUNE 8th.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS.

>>> THE MARINES ARE CONFIRMING AN AIRCRAFT CRASH DURING TRAINING IN IMPERIAL COUNTY.

THE PRESS IS REPORTED CAME FROM CAMP PENDLETON AND BELONG TO THE THIRD MARINE AIRCRAFT WING.

THE OSPREY WENT DOWN BUT 412:30 THIS AFTERNOON.

CIVILIAN AND MILITARY EMERGENCY CREWS ARE RESPONDING IN AT THIS TIME, NO DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED ABOUT THE FIVE MARINES WHO WERE ON BOARD.

>>> TONIGHT, THE VOTES ARE STILL BEING TALLIED BUT WE ARE GETTING A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHICH CANDIDATES ARE HEADED FOR A NOVEMBER RUNOFF.

ONE OF THE MOST CLOSELY WATCHED RACES, SAN DIEGO SHERIFF.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB BEGINS HER COVERAGE.

>> Reporter: KELLY MARTINEZ TAUGHT THE FIELD IN THEIR ESTATES JUNE TOP PRIMARY ELECTION TO SECURE A SPOT IN THE NOVEMBER RUNOFF.

WHOEVER WINS THEN WILL SUCCEED LONGTIME SHERIFF BILL GORE WHO RETIRED IN FEBRUARY.

GORE ENDORSED MARTINEZ.

SODA COUNTY SUPERVISOR NATHAN PLETCHER AND SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA AMONG OTHERS.

>> I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED THAT THE VIEWERS HAVE TRUSTED ME AT THIS POINT WITH THE VOTES AND PUTTING ME FORWARD THROUGH TO THE GENERAL.

I THINK OF THE PUBLIC AND VOTERS REALLY EXPECT THE SHERIFF TO BE TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE AND FOCUSED ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

I'M THAT CANDIDATE.

REMICK JOHN HARLING HAS A SLIGHT LEAD OVER DAVE MYERS FOR SECOND PLACE WHICH WOULD EARN HIM A SPOT IN THE RUNOFF WITH MARTINEZ.

IN AN EMAILED STATEMENT, HE TOLD KPBS, THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION WAS GRATIFYING AND SAID WE NEED FRESH, NEW LEADERSHIP FOR REAL CHANGE IN HOW WE SAFEGUARD OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, RUN OUR JAILS, PROTECT VICTIMS OF CRIME AND KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE GENERAL ELECTION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE KELLY MARTINEZ IN A SERIOUS AND DETAILED DEBATE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

MARLING IS ENDORSED BY THE STATE AND COUNTY'S REPUBLICAN PARTY AND BY FORMER SAN DIEGO MAKER KEVIN FALLER, CITY ATTORNEY JOHN GOLDSMITH AND SAN DIEGO POLICE CHIEF SANDY ZIMMERMAN.

HE'S ALSO ENDORSED BY THE SAN DIEGO TRIBUNE BY THE PAPER WITH THROUGH THAT ENDORSEMENT AFTER LEARNING HOW MARLING HAD MADE COMMENTS THAT WERE VIEWED AS ANTI-TRANSGENDER.

HE RETIRED FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AFTER THAT WAS IS THAT RETIREMENT HAVE BEEN LONG PLANNED.

THE ELECTION COMES AS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BUT ALSO STAFFING ISSUES AND CONTINUED SCRUTINY OVER INMATE DEATHS AT HIS JAIL FACILITIES.

MARTINEZ SAYS SHE HAS THE RIGHT BACKGROUND AND KNOWLEDGE TO TACKLE THOSE ISSUES.

>> I'VE BEEN THE MOST QUALIFIED CANDIDATE.

HAVE THE MOST EXPERIENCE IN THIS JOB.

I'VE BEEN WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR 37 YEARS.

I HAVE WORKED IN EVERY RANK AND EVERY LEVEL.

I'VE WORKED MY WAY UP TO UNDERSHERIFF AND AS THE UNDERSHERIFF I RUN THE DAY-TO- DAY OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

REMICK ANTHONY RAY HAS SERVED AS THE INTERIM SHERIFF SINCE MARCH AND WILL STAY IN THE POST UNTIL JANUARY WHEN A NEW SHERIFF WILL BE SWORN IN.

THE SAN DIEGO REGISTRAR OF VOTERS WILL CONTINUE POSTING UPDATES FOR ALL THE RACES ON THEIR WEBSITE OVER THE COMING DAYS.

ELECTION RESULTS HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED ON JULY 7th.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> DAVID ALVAREZ IS LEADING FELLOW DEMOCRAT GEORGETTE GOMEZ AND SPECIAL RUNOFF RACE FOR STATE ASSEMBLY SEEDING SOUTHBAY, BUT ALVAREZ IS TRAILING BY A SMALL MARGIN IN THE PRIMARY RACE FOR THE SAME SEAT.

GOMEZ AND ALVAREZ ARE SQUARING OFF IN A 2 FOR 1 ELECTION IN THE 80th DISTRICT.

THE FIRST IS A RUNOFF ELECTION TO FILL THE TERM AFTER THE SEAT WAS VACATED EARLIER THIS YEAR BY LORENA GONZALEZ.

BASED ON THE EARLY RESULTS, IT APPEARS HE AND GOMEZ WILL ALSO FACE EACH OTHER IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION.

>>> GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM WILL FACE REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

NEWSOM DOMINATED THE RACE WITH MORE THAN 56% OF THE VOTE.

RUNNER-UP BRIAN DOLLY GOT ABOUT 16%.

NEWSOM IS THE FAVORITE TO WIN A SECOND TERM.

JUST A YEAR AFTER SURVIVING A RECALL ELECTION.

>>> COUNCILMAN JOHN McCANN AND OMAR N SCHAR LOOK LIKE THE TOP TWO VOTE GETTERS IN THE PRIMARY.

ON NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION WOULD PITCH THE LONGTIME COUNT COUNCILMAN AGAINST A FORMER CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE.

KPBS REPORTER GUSTAVO SOLIS HAS MORE ON THIS RACE.

REMICK JOHN McCANN IS THE LONE REPUBLICAN A SIX CANDIDATE PRIMARY RACE TO BE CHULA VISTA'S NEXT MAYOR.

EVEN THOUGH THE CITY IS HOME TO YOUR DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, McCANN SAYS HE'S COMFORTABLE LEADING THE PRIMARY SHOWING THAT'S NOT WHAT VOTERS CARE ABOUT IN CHULA VISTA.

>> POTHOLES DON'T HAVE A PARTY AFFILIATION.

PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF THE BIPARTISANSHIP AND THEY JUST WANT PEOPLE TO BE AT THE CITY THAT WILL DO THEIR JOB.

REMICK McCANN SAYS VOTERS HAVE RESPONDED WELL TO HIS EXPERIENCE AT CITY HALL AND THAT WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE IN NOVEMBER.

AMAR N A JAR BEGS TO DIFFER.

THE FORMER CANDIDATE FOR SAN DIEGO SMITH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SAYS VOTERS ARE READY FOR A POLITICAL DEALERSHIP IN THE SELF-PAY.

>> THE VOTERS SAY THEY WANT SOMETHING NEW, FRESH, DIFFERENT.

THEY WANT NEW LEADERSHIP.

THEY ARE TIRED OF THE SAME RECYCLED CAREER POLITICIANS.

REMICK CURRENTLY N SCHAR IS NEARLY 10 POINTS BEHIND McCANN IN THE PRIMARY JUST AHEAD OF THIRD-PLACE FINISHER JILL GALVEZ.

TOP ISSUES IN THE RACE INCLUDE THE CITY'S MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR BAYFRONT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, EVERY STRING OF FOUR YOU UNIVERSE TO THE SELF-PAY AND MANAGING BUDGET DEFICITS.

GUSTAVO SOLIS, KPBS NEWS.

SOMA THREE INCUMBENT SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ADVANCING TO RUNOFF ELECTIONS WHILE TWO CANDIDATES WILL VIE FOR THE OPEN DISTRICT SIX RACE.

INDUSTRY TWO, JEN CAVIL WILL FACE LINDA LUCAS IN NOVEMBER.

CAMPBELL SURVIVED A RECALL EFFORT IN 2021 LED BY THOSE OPPOSED TO HER PUSH TO REGULATE SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

DISTRICT 4, MONICA MONTGOMERY STEP WILL RUN AGAINST GLORIA EVANGELISTA IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

IN DISTRICT 6, KENT LEE AND TOMMY HUFF ARE ADVANCING IN THEIR BIDS TO REPLACE COUNCILMAN CHRIS KATE.

DISTRICT 8 COUNCILWOMAN VIVIAN MARINO ONLY HAD ONE CHALLENGER, ANTONIA MARTIN AR AND BOTH WILL ADVANCE.

STOMACH COUNTY SUPERVISOR NATHAN PLETCHER WILL FACE CHALLENGER AMY REICHERT IN NOVEMBER AND HIS BID TO MAINTAIN THE DISTRICT OR CC.

PLETCHER SERVES AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND WAS A NORRIS BY THE GOVERNOR.

SAN DIEGO MARITIME GLORIA AND THAT DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

BREAKER IS THE COFOUNDER OF THE OPEN SAN DIEGO.

IT RALLIED AGAINST VACCINE AND MASK MANDATES.

SHE WAS ENDORSED BY THE STATE AND COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTIES, AS WELL AS THE MAYORS OF EL CAJON AND CORONADO.

>>> YOU CAN FIND THE LATEST ELECTION RESULTS FOR ALL THE LOCAL AND STATE RACES AT KPBS.ORG.

IT'S ALL RIGHT THERE ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

>>> THEIR WORDS WERE INTENSE, GRAPHIC AND HEARTBREAKING.

SURVIVORS, DOCTORS AND FAMILIES FROM BUFFALO AND UVALDE FACED CONGRESS TODAY, URGING MEMBERS TO MEET THE MOMENT AND PASS GUN REFORMS NOW.

MIKE VALERIO REPORTS HAVING WANT TO WARN YOU, SOME OF THE TESTIMONY IS HIGHLY EMOTIONAL AND DISTURBING.

>> SOMEWHERE OUT THERE, THERE'S A MOMENT LISTENING TO OUR TESTIMONY, THINKING I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THEIR PAIN.

NOT KNOWING THAT OUR REALITY WILL ONE DAY BE HERS, UNLESS WE ACT NOW.

REMICK KIMBERLY AND FELIX RUBIO LOST THEIR DAUGHTER LEXI IN UVALDE.

MURDERED ONLY 15 DAYS AGO.

FOURTH-GRADER MIA SURREAL SURETTE SURVIVED THIS LETTER IN HER CLASSROOM PLAYING DEAD BY CENTERING BLOOD ON HER BODY.

>> I SAW THE SHOOTER COME BACK SO I GRABBED THE BLOOD AND I PUT IT ALL OVER ME.

>> Reporter: IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS NATIONAL HORROR, ANGUISH ON CAPITOL HILL AS VICTIMS JUST REALLY PLEADED WITH LAWMAKERS TO TAKE ACTION.

>> YOU ARE ELECTED BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AND ARE TRUSTED TO PROTECT US.

BUT LET ME SAY TO YOU HERE TODAY, I DO NOT FEEL PROTECTED.

RAMA'S AND EDIT EVERHART'S SON SURVIVED THE BUFFALO MASSACRE.

EVERHART TOLD MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE, HER SON WILL HAVE TROUBLE IN HIS BODY FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

A PEDIATRICIAN WHO RESPONDED IN UVALDE TOLD CONGRESS, CHILDREN BODIES WERE POLARIZED AND DECAPITATED BY THE BULLETS.

BUT WE ARE ON THE OPERATING TABLE WITH BODIES RIDDLED WITH BULLETS.

>> Reporter: HE FOLLOWED HIS DAUGHTER'S VIDEO TESTIMONY SAYING ALTHOUGH SHE SURE SURVIVED, SHE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.

>> SHE'S NOT THE SAME LITTLE GIRL THAT I USED TO PLAY WITH AND HANG AROUND WITH.

SHE WAS DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL.

REMICK MIKE VALERIO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WAS REPORTEDLY TARGETED BY AN ARMED MAN.

26-YEAR-OLD NICHOLAS ROSKI OF SIMI VALLEY WAS ARRESTED NEAR THE MARYLAND HOME OF JUSTICE MATT CAVANAUGH JUST BEFORE 2:00 A.M.

THIS MORNING.

HE WAS ALLEGEDLY CARRYING A GUN, A KNIFE AND ZIP TIES AND HAD MADE THREATS.

THE MAN IS BEING CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.

THERE HAS BEEN AN UPTICK OF THREATS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA TARGETING MEMBERS OF THE COURT.

>>> STATE LAWMAKERS TODAY ANNOUNCED LEGISLATION TO PROTECT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN CALIFORNIA.

SCA 10 WILL PRESERVE THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO ABORTION AND CONTRACEPTIVES AFTER DELETE SUPREME COURT DRAFT MAJORITY OPINION THAT THREATENS TO OVERTURN ROE V WADE.

THE AMENDMENT IS CO-AUTHORED BY SENATE PRO TEM TONI ATKINS AND ANTHONY RAND ON AS CAA 10 NEEDS A MAJORITY BY IN THE SENATE TO BE PLACED ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT FOR CALIFORNIA VOTERS.

>>> PROTESTERS BROUGHT THE FRONT DOORS OF SEMPER ENERGY, A FORTUNE 500 ENERGY COMPANY HEADQUARTERED HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON SAYS THE ACTIVISTS WERE HOPING TO SEND A MESSAGE.

REMICK THE FRONT DOORS OF SEMPER ENERGIES HEADQUARTERS WERE BLOCKED FOR TWO HOURS BY SAN DIEGO RESIDENTS WORRIED ABOUT THE PLANETS FUTURE.

>> IT'S REALLY BAD.

EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED OF IT.

TERRIFIED AND REALLY ANGRY.

REMICK SAN DIEGO 350S LEADING THIS.

>> SEMPRA'S BUSINESS PLAN IS PLANNING TO DESTROY OUR FUTURE AND OUR HEALTH THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE.

>> Reporter: SEMPRA IS THE PARENT COMING FOR SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS.

THOSE TWO SEMPRA OWNED UTILITIES PROVIDE ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS TO MOST OF THE REGION.

DANIELLE WILKERSON SAYS SEMPRA NEEDS TO DO BETTER.

>> METHANE IS NOT RENEWABLE AND NOT A CLEAN ENERGY SOURCE AND WE NEED TO STOP LYING TO THE PUBLIC AND SAYING THAT IT IS.

WE NEED TO MAKE A RAPID AND JUST TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES.

>> Reporter: SEMPRA OFFICIALS SHARED AN EMAIL STATEMENT.

THEY SAID, QUOTE, WE ARE FOCUSING ON DELIVERING MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE BY DECOLONIZING ENERGY NETWORKS AND ADVANCING RESILIENCY AND AFFORDABILITY.

PROTESTERS SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PRESSURE SEMPRA TO MAKE CLIMATE FRIENDLY CHANGES.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS.

NEWS.

>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN ARRIVED IN LOS ANGELES TODAY AS THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS FORMERLY BEGINS.

THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN WERE GREETED BY MAYOR ERIC GARCETTI AND GOVERNOR NEWSOM THIS AFTERNOON.

THE SUMMIT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AT THE LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER WHERE BIDEN WILL SERVE AS THE HOST.

LEADERS FROM WESTERN HEMISPHERE NATIONS WILL ADDRESS ISSUES RANGING FROM IMMIGRATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE TO COVID.

>>> TURNING NOW TO THE PANDEMIC.

COVID-19 CASES CONTINUE THEIR RISE THIS MONTH.

MORE THAN 1000 CASES PER DAY HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN JUNE, BUT THE SPREAD IS LIKELY LARGER THAN WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING RECORDED.

EXPERTS SAY THE GROWING CASE NUMBERS ARE DRIVEN BY AN OMICRON SOME VARIANT AS THE VIRUS CONTINUES TO MUTATE.

>> THE WHOLE COUNTRY HAS TO BRACE FOR YET ANOTHER ONE OF THESE OMICRON HYPER TRANSMISSIBLE, VERY WORRISOME VARIANCE BECAUSE THE KEY PROGRESSIVELY CHALLENGING OUR IMMUNE RESPONSE.

EVEN FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD MULTIPLE VACCINE SHOTS.

>> VACCINES FOR KIDS FIVE AND UNDER COULD BE APPROVED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

WITH INCREASING CASES, HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE RECOMMENDING PEOPLE MASK UP IN PUBLIC PLACES.

>>> TODAY, SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATER SAID IT WOULD BE SUSPENDING ALL PRODUCTIONS AS OF JUNE 19th, AND LAYING OFF ALL OF ITS STAFF.

THE THEATER HAS PRODUCED MORE THAN ,300 DURING ITS 46 YEARS WITH A MISSION TO OFFER PROVOCATIVE AND INCLUSIVE THEATER.

KPBS ARTS REPORTER BETH ACCOMANDO SPEAKS WITH THE REP COFOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR.

REMICK SAM WOODHOUSE WAS PLANNING TO RETIRE FROM THE SAN DIEGO REP THIS SEPTEMBER, BUT THE THEATER HE COFOUNDED HAS BEEN HIT BY A SERIOUS FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT HAS BEEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE ORGANIZATION TO CONTINUE.

>> WE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED TO REDUCE AND PRESENT PROGRAMMING IN THE BASEMENT OF AN ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION ZONE.

FOR OVER A YEAR.

THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE FOR SOME INDETERMINATE AMOUNT OF TIME, AT LEAST UNTIL 2023.

MIGHT BE 2024.

WE HAVE SUFFERED A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF TICKET SALES DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, AND PERHAPS, OR GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATIONS.

AND WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING SIMPLY AT AN EXPENSE LEVEL ABOVE WHAT WE HAVE PROVEN WE ARE ABLE TO GENERATE IN REVENUE.

IN SOME WAYS, THE SIMPLEST WAY TO LOOK AT IT IS WE HAVE SPENT MORE MONEY THAN WE HAVE BROUGHT IN.

>> Reporter: WOODHOUSE WAS TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE REP IS NOT DISAPPEARING.

IT'S GOING ON HIATUS.

BUT WE HAVE ALREADY FORMED A BRAIN TRUST FOR THIS GROUP TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT BE REBORN AND RISE AGAIN AS A MORE FISCALLY STABLE ORGANIZATION THAT DOES THE ART THAT WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO.

>> Reporter: MOVING FORWARD, IT WILL DEPEND ON VOLUNTEERS INCLUDING A VOLUNTEER BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND STAFF SUCH AS WOODHOUSE WHO ARE STAYING ON WITHOUT A SALARY.

THE REP WILL MAINTAIN THE THEATER WHERE IT WILL STILL DO SOME KIND OF PROGRAMMING IS A CONDO PLACE FOR THE NEXT STEP IN ITS EVOLUTION MIGHT BE.

BETH ACCOMANDO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO VOTERS ARE ONE STEP CLOSER TO DECIDING THE FATE OF THE PEOPLE'S ORDINANCE WHICH GUARANTEES CREEK TRASH PICKUP FOR SOME HOMEOWNERS.

TRASH COLLECTION COSTS TAXPAYERS MORE THAN $40 MILLION A YEAR AND THAT COST IS EXPECTED TO GO UP, COSTING HALF $1 BILLION OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

A GRAND JURY HAS ALREADY CALLED THE CURRENT SYSTEM AND EQUITABLE.

HOMEOWNERS DON'T HAVE TO PAY, BUT CONDO AND APARTMENT RENTERS AND OWNERS DO.

BUT REALLY, THIS PROPOSAL IS ABOUT THE CITY BEING ONE THAT WE PLAN TO BE ONE THAT VALUES EQUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.

WHEN THAT INVESTS IN OUR WORKFORCE AND ONE THAT'S COMMITTED TO SOLVING PROBLEMS THAT AFFECT CITIZENS EVERY DAY.

VOTERS ARE SMART.

SHOULD THIS MEASURE GET ON THE BALLOT, I TRUST THEY WILL UNDERSTAND THE CHOICE BEFORE THEM.

SUCK TODAY, THE CITY COUNCIL'S RULES COMMITTEE APPROVED SENDING THE BALLOT MEASURE TO THE FULL COUNCIL.

IT WOULD NOT ALLOW PRIVATIZATION OF TRASH SERVICES AND THE CITY CANNOT MAKE A PROFIT.

>>> THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO GET RID OF SINGLE-USE PLASTIC CONTAINERS ON OR HUNDRED 80 MILLION ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND, INCLUDING NATIONAL PARKS.

THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT SAYS IT'S TAKING NEW STEPS TO PHASE OF THE USE OF PLASTIC PACKAGING, BOTTLES AND STRAWS ON ALL OF THE LANDS IT MANAGES.

THE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING AT REPLACING PLASTIC WITH ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE COMPOSTABLE, 100% RECYCLABLE, OR MADE WITH BIODEGRADABLE MATERIALS.

IT HAS SET A GOAL TO COMPLETELY PHASE OUT SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BY THE YEAR 2032.

THE EFFORTS WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY AS PART OF WORLD OCEANS DAY.

>>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER HEADLINE THAT IS ALL ABOUT THE HEAT.

IN THE INTERIOR SECTIONS, EXCESSIVE HEAT EXPECTED TO THE END OF THE WEEK.

THAT MEANS HYDRATE, STAY IN THE SHADE IF YOU CAN, AND STAY IN THE AIR CONDITIONING.

DO NOT OVEREXERT.

WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF SUNSHINE EVEN TO THE COAST AS A MARINE LAYER WILL BE RATHER SHALLOW.

BUT IF YOU WE CAN GET THROUGH THE WEEKEND, THE GOOD NEWS IS IT WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER COMING EARLY NEXT WEEK.

FOR NOW, WE ARE DEALING WITH THE HEAT OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

WE DO HAVE THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS AND NOT ONLY IS IT HOT HERE, BUT ALL THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST.

A COUPLE OF HOT DAYS AHEAD.

HEAT ADVISORIES, HEAT WARNINGS AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCHES.

THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, SOME CLOUDS AROUND.

IT DROPS DOWN TO 63.

WE WILL SEE PLENTY OF CLOUDS ALONG THE COAST.

OCEANSIDE IS DOWN TO 62.

INTERIOR SECTIONS, A LOW OF 61.

EL CAJON, RAMON AT 58.

MEANING CLEAR SKIES HERE.

BORREGO SPRINGS, MILD NIGHT.

AROUND 61 DEGREES.

HERE'S A CHECK OF THOSE LOW CLOUDS.

THERE'S THAT SHALLOW MARINE LAYER.

NOTICE THERE WILL BE SOME CLEARING TO THE BEACHES HERE.

SO WE WILL BE ENJOYING A LOT OF SUNSHINE DURING THE DAY, BUT WE WON'T BE ENJOYING THAT HEAT IN THE INTERIOR.

GETTING KIND OF HOT.

BORREGO SPRINGS, SIZZLING 108.

RAMON IS A 93 IN EL CAJON, 88.

THE COAST, IT WILL BE MORE COMFORTABLE.

TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 70s.

HERE'S THE OUTLOOK FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND.

IS HOT WITH HIGH-PRESSURE OVERHEAD.

LOOKING AT THE FORECAST, YOU SEE THE TEMPERATURES STILL COMFORTABLE NEAR THE COAST.

A TOUCH WARMER.

INTERIOR SECTIONS REALLY HEATING UP WITH LOTS OF SUNSHINE AND AS WE TAKE YOU TO THE MOUNTAINS, IT'S WARM HERE TOO.

BUT NOTICE WE START TO SEE TEMPERATURES BACKING OFF OF IT EARLY NEXT WEEK.

THE SAME WILL BE TRUE IN THE DESERTS.

SIZZLING OVER THE WEEKEND, THEN TEMPERATURES BACK DOWN BY MONDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST MARK.

>>> IS THE UNOFFICIAL SIGN OF SUMMER.

OPENING DAY OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTED TANYA THORNE WAS THERE AS THEY OPEN THE GATES.

REMICK EUROS UNIT WAS GOING TO THE 2020 THEME FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR, BUT COVID GOT IN THE WAY.

SO WITH THE RETURN OF THE FAIR THIS YEAR, THE THEME IS, HEROES REUNITE.

BUT NOT ONLY IS ABOUT COMIC BOOKS AND SUPERHEROES, BUT IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO MAKE SAN DIEGO GREAT AND TO HAVE DONE HEROIC THINGS BEFORE AND EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE COULDN'T WAIT TO GET IN ON THE FUN ON OPENING DAY.

CALL YOUR MORT AND ALISA VILLA SANTOS WERE ON A TRIP.

>> WHAT I WANT TO DO IS GET ON THE RIDES.

I WANTED TO RIDE HORSES.

>> Reporter: SUSAN IS VISITING FROM NEW YORK.

>> THE COLORS, THE PEOPLE, THE INTERESTING THINGS TO BUY.

THE FOOD IS AMAZING.

>> IT WAS HER FIRST TIME AT THE FAIR AND AT FIRST IT WAS GETTING SOME FOOD.

>> REALLY CUTE FRENCH FRIES.

I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A BIG PORTION THAT WE ARE SHARING IN THREE WAYS AND THEY ARE WORTH THE CALORIES.

>> Reporter: SOME FAIR VISITORS COME JUST FOR THE FOOD AND THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME INTERESTING CHOICES.

BUT THE SEASON, EVERYTHING IS BACK.

ALL OF THE RIDES AND CONCERTS RETURN.

BUT IF YOU DO PLAN ON COMING, THERE ARE CHANGES AND YOU MUST PLAN AHEAD.

>> YOU CAN BUY YOUR TICKETS NOT ONLY ADMISSION TICKETS BUT PARKING AS WELL.

>> Reporter: RIDE TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED THROUGH A MOBILE APP.

ALL OF THE FAIR FUN COMES WITH A TEAM EFFORT AND THEY SAY THE FAIR IS STILL LOOKING FOR WORKERS.

>> HIRING HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR US JUST LIKE ANY BUSINESS THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE INCREASED OUR HOURLY RATES TO ATTRACT MORE EMPLOYEES.

THIS GREAT PERKS TO WORK HERE.

WE ARE STILL HIRING.

>> Reporter: MUELLER SAID ADMISSION WAS LOWERED TO $15 FOR WEEKDAYS AND $20 FOR WEEKENDS.

ALBERTSONS DOES OFFER A THREE DOLLAR COUPON.

TANYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE SALK INSTITUTE IN LA JOLLA IS RAISING MONEY FOR A NEW BUILDING.

IT WOULD BE THE SECOND EXPANSION OF ITS CAMPUS SINCE THE INSTITUTE'S FOUNDING IN THE EARLY 1960s.

THE ORIGINAL SALK INSTITUTE IS AN ICON OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE.

KPBS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE SHOWS US HOW IT'S DESIGNED HAS STOOD UP AS A PLACE TO DO RESEARCH.

BACK IN THE LATE 1950s, JONAS SALK, FAMOUS FOR CREATING THE POLIO VACCINE WANTED TO CREATE A RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

A SITE IN SAN DIEGO WAS CHOSEN.

AND ARCHITECT NAMED LOUIS KAHN WAS CHOSEN AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT SALK AND FINISHED A BUILDING THAT WOULD BE A WORK OF ART.

ONE OF THE MANDATES HE GAVE TO CON WAS YOU WANTED A PLACE THAT WOULD BE WORTHY OF A VISIT BY PABLO PICASSO.

>> Reporter: GREG LEMKE IS A PROFESSOR OF NEUROBIOLOGY AT SALK INSTITUTE WHO HAS FOLLOWED ARCHITECTURE TRENDS.

WHAT BETTER PLACE FOR HIM TO WORK THEN A BUILDING WHOSE LINES AND GEOMETRY IN EMBRACE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN HAVE MADE IT AN ARCHITECTURAL ICON.

AND, A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK.

BUT THE THINGS VISITORS DON'T SEE ARE WHAT MAKE IT A GREAT BUILDING FOR SCIENCE.

FOR INSTANCE, THE SKELETON OF TRUSSES THAT BEAR THE BUILDING SUITE.

>> THERE'S A SERIES OF TRUSSES THAT EXPAND FROM THESE TOWERS HERE TO THE EXTERIOR STAIRWELLS.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS A PRACTICAL MATTER.

IS THERE NONE OF THE INTERIOR WALLS OF THESE LABORATORY SPACES THAT SUPPORT ANY WEIGHT?

>> Reporter: THAT MEANS INTERIOR WALLS CAN BE MADE OUT OF DRYWALL THAT CAN BE BROKEN DOWN AND RECONFIGURE SPACES, OR FROM GLASS TO LET IN NATURAL LIGHT AND CREATE AN OPEN ATMOSPHERE.

SALK AND HIS ARCHITECT WANTED TO CREATE A COLLABORATIVE SPACE WHERE SCIENTISTS WOULD ENCOUNTER EACH OTHER AND OBSERVE EACH OTHER'S WORK.

LEMKE SHOWS US A CORRIDOR OF CONNECTED LABS.

>> WHEN HE WALKED ON THIS CORRIDOR, YOU ARE WALKING FROM ONE LOVE TO THE NEXT LED TO THE NEXT LOT.

THERE ARE NO WALLS BETWEEN THEM.

NO BARRIERS.

THIS WAS A UNIQUE DESIGN FEATURE AT THE TIME.

IS BEEN EMULATED AND LOCATED IN SCIENCE LABS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THE BEAUTY OF THE BUILDING IS THAT IT IS NOW ABOUT 60 YEARS OLD.

>> IS CONTINUE TO KEEP PACE.

>> Reporter: THE NEUROLOGY PROFESSOR HAS SEEN THE BUILDING CHANGE TO MEET HIS RESEARCH NEEDS.

ONE TIME, HE NEEDED A NEW ROOM TO ACCOMMODATE EXPERIMENTS HIS LAB WOULD DO WITH MICE.

HE SAYS HE TALKED TO THE INSTITUTE'S FACILITIES GUYS, AND THEY CONFIGURED A NEW ROOM.

GETTING THE NEW ROOM TOOK ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

>> ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS PUT SOME METAL POLES FROM THE CEILING TO THE FLOOR AND STICK PIECES OF DRYWALL IN.

THAT WAS IT.

>> Reporter: OF COURSE, IN THE EARLY 1960s, SALK ARCHIE COULD ASK COULDN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE OR PREPARE FOR EVERY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE.

ONE OF THEM SAYS IT'S THE USE A WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY.

THE POURED REINFORCED CONCRETE THE SOCCER BUILDINGS ARE MADE OF IS GREAT WHEN IT COMES TO BLOCKING CELL AND WI-FI SIGNALS.

THE INSTITUTE HAS HAD TO INSTALL MORE THAN 1000 WI-FI ACCESS POINTS LIKE THIS ONE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.

THEN, THERE ARE THE TEAK SHUTTERS AND PANELS THAT LOUIS KAHN MADE A KEY ASPECT OF THE BUILDING.

THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT WHICH INCLUDES CITY EUCALYPTUS TREES CAUSE TREMENDOUS DEGRADATION.

>> A LOT OF THE SPORES THAT COME OFF THE SAP THAT GETS SUSPENDED IN THE AIR DEPOSITS OUT ON THE WOOD, WHICH THEN JOINS WITH THE MOISTURE OF THE OCEAN AIR AND WHAT HAVE YOU, CREATES DRY ROT AND SERVICE DEGRADATION.

>> Reporter: TIM BALL, THE FACILITIES MANAGER SAYS A COST JUST UNDER $10 MILLION TO RESTORE THE TEAK PANELS.

THE PROCESS WAS ALL THE MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE SALK HAD TO MEET STRICT HISTORIC PRESERVATION RULES AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK.

THE TEAK PANELS AND SHUTTERS FROM THE PERSONAL STUDY OF GREG LEMKE AS HE OPENS A WINDOW WITH A VIEW TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

HE SAYS BUILDING A PLACE LIKE THE ORIGINAL SALK BUILDINGS WOULD BE PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE TODAY, ESPECIALLY THE CREATION OF INTERSTITIAL FLOORS.

THOSE ARE SHORT FLOORS BETWEEN EACH MAIN FLOOR THAT PROVIDE VALUABLE STORAGE SPACE AND CONTAIN THE GUTS OF THE BUILDING.

SUCH AS THE ELECTRICITY AND THE GAS LINES.

THERE IS A NEW BUILDING PLAN FOR THE SALK CAMPUS.

BALL SAYS IT WILL BE BUILT IN THE SAME STYLE COME ALIGNED OVER THE ORIGINAL PLAZA AND ITS SYMBOLIC STREAM CALLED THE CHANNEL OF LIFE.

>> IT WILL HAVE AN OPEN SLOT ROOF THAT WILL ALLOW US TO TAKE THE VIEW FROM THE SKY TO THE SEA, BEING TRANSFORMED FROM A CHANNEL LIFE, FROM A LIGHT AND AIR STANDPOINT, TO THE WATERS FEATURE IN THE MAIN COURTYARD WHICH IS THE CHANNEL LIFE THAT LEADS TO THE SEA OF DISCOVERY.

THE SALK INSTITUTE'S FUNDRAISING FOR THE NEW BUILDING NOW.

THEY HOPE TO BREAK GROUND ON IT BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

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