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>>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 12th.

ASK FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

SOME BREAKING NEWS, THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS FOR CHILDREN AGE 12 TO 15 AS EARLY AS TOMORROW.

KPBS REPORTER SAYS THE INFORMATION COMES ON THE HEELS OF A RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TODAY FROM THE CDC ADVISORY PANEL.

AFFECT TODAY'S NEARLY UNANIMOUS VOTE ON THE CDC ADVISORY PANEL ON VACCINES,-->> 14 YEA AND WHAT REFUSAL, THE MOTION PASSES.

>> Reporter: LED TO THIS FROM SUPERVISOR NATURE AND NATHAN FLETCHER.

>> WE FULLY EXPECT THAT BY LATE TONIGHT WE WILL BE IN A PET POSITION WHERE THE VACCINE WILL BE OPEN FOR 12 TO 15-YEAR-OLDS.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE GROUP PROVIDES OFFICIALS FROM CALIFORNIA AND OREGON REFUSED TO MEET THIS EVENING WITH THE CDC AND FDA.

>> IT IS OUR EXPECTATION THAT TOMORROW MORNING 12 TO 15-YEAR- OLDS WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE.

>> Reporter: THE GROUP WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE PFIZER VACCINE FOR NOW.

FLETCHER SAYS IF EVERYTHING GOES AS EXPECTED, NEARLY 176,000 OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THEIR FIRST SHOTS WITH THE APPROVAL OF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN, THEY WILL ALSO NEED SOME SORT OF I.D., LIKE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR A SCHOOL I.D.

THAT SHOWS THEIR AGE.

FLETCHER ALSO SAYS BEE COUNTY HAS PLENTY OF VACCINES ON HAND, SUPERVISOR NORA VARGAS SAYS THAT MEANS EFFORTS CAN BE MADE TO VACCINATE A WHOLE NEW CATEGORY OF WORKERS IN MEXICO.

>> SOON, HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYEES THAT WORK IN U.S.

OWNED COMPANIES ACROSS THE BORDER WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THEIR VACCINE AS WELL.

>> Reporter: THOUGH THE GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY IS THE 12 TO 15 ELIGIBILITY.

SUPERVISOR FLETCHER BEGAN TODAY'S NEWS CONFERENCE WITH A STATISTIC THAT SHOWS JUST HOW FAR WE HAVE COME IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> TODAY, WE ARE ONLY REPORTING 94th POSITIVE CASES.

YOU HAVE TO GO BACK ALMOST A FULL CALENDAR YEAR TO HAVE A DAY IN WHICH WE WERE UNDER 100 POSITIVE CASES.

>> A SIGN THAT THE LIFE AT THE END OF THIS LONG TUNNEL IS GETTING BRIGHTER BY THE DAY.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IF YOU HAVE A CHILDREN'S MY CHART ACCOUNT, YOU CAN SCHEDULE A VACCINATION REPORT DIRECTLY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE LATER TONIGHT.

>>> IF YOU WANT TO SET UP A VACCINATION APPOINTMENT FOR YOURSELF FOR AN ELIGIBLE FAMILY MEMBER, YOU CAN FIND A LOCATION CLOSE TO YOU AT KPBS.ORG, JUST CLICK ON THE VACCINE'S LINK YOU CAN FIND ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

>>> WOULD COVID RELATED RESTRICTIONS ON CALIFORNIA BUSINESSES ARE BLUE DID NEXT MONTH, THE MASKED MANDATES COULD BE EASED AS WELL.

GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM NOW SAYS THAT WHEN THE STATE'S TIER SYSTEM IS RETIRED JUNE 15th, MASKS WILL ONLY BE REQUIRED IN LARGE SCALE INDOOR GATHERINGS.

FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS HAVE STARTED USING ASK WEARING RULES PARTICULARLY IN OUTDOOR SETTINGS WITH OTHER FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE.

CALIFORNIA HAS HAD A STATEWIDE MASKED MANDATES SINCE JUNE 18th, 2020.

>>> THE PADRES ARE DOWN AT LEAST FIVE LAYERS AS TWO PLAYERS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AND 300 -- THREE OTHERS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN QUARANTINE DUE TO CONTACT TRACING.

THIS BEGS THE QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT SOME OF THE PLAYERS ARE VACCINATED.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER ROD HILL HAS MORE ON THE TEAM'S VACCINATION EFFORTS.

>> Reporter: PADRES STAR PLAYERS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 TUESDAY, PLACING THEM ON THE INJURED LIST.

AFTER CONTACT TRACING EFFORTS BY THE TEAM, THREE MORE PLAYERS WERE PULLED FROM THE ACTIVE ROSTER AND PLACED IN QUARANTINE.

ALTHOUGH BEING FULLY VACCINATED DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU WON'T CONTRACT THE VIRUS, IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT PLAYERS WHO TESTED POSITIVE HAD BEEN VACCINATED OR IF THE PADRES REQUIRED VACCINES.

WE SPOKE WITH LOCAL ANALYST DAN ETHAN, WHO SAYS EMPLOYERS CAN MANDATE GETTING THE VACCINE, BUT MOST ARE NOT.

>> Reporter: >> THE GENERAL CAUCUS SO FAR IS ENCOURAGED AND NOT MANDATED.

I THINK AS WE GET CLOSER TO CRUNCH TIME, YOU WILL SEE MORE MANDATES.

>> Reporter: WE REACHED OUT TO OFFICIALS ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR TEAM WAS VACCINATED AND ABOUT THEIR VACCINE POLICY, BUT THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT DISCLOSED.

MLB CORONAVIRUS PROTOCOLS REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS TO TEST POSITIVE TO ISOLATE FOR AT LEAST 10 DAYS.

PLAYERS WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED AND HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE COVID POSITIVE PERSON ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ISOLATE AND CAN RESUME PLAYING.

THE MLB HAS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TEAMS TO GET VACCINATED, INCENTIVIZING THEM WITH LOOSER RESTRICTIONS IF 85% OF PLAYERS AND STAFF ARE VACCINATED.

ALEXANDER ROD HILL, KPBS NEWS.

>> Reporter: >>> CUSTOMERS AND BORDER PROTECTION ANNOUNCED THE NUMBER OF UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN CROSSING THE BORDER DECREASED IN APRIL, A MONTH-LONG UPWARD TREND.

KPBS REPORTER TAKES US INSIDE THE NEW NUMBERS AND HOW SAN DIEGO'S OWN CONVENTION CENTER IS PLAYING A HUGE ROLE IN THE SHELTERING AND PROCESSING OF THESE YOUNG MIGRANTS.

>> Reporter: THE AMOUNT OF UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN CROSSING THE BORDER FELL 9% IN A GROWTH APRIL FROM A RECORD NUMBER IN MARCH.

CALIFORNIA SAW A MODEST RISE IN THE NUMBER OF APPREHENSIONS OF UNACCOMPANIED MINORS.

THOSE MEN NUMBERS HELD STEADY FOR APRIL.

EVEN WITHOUT THE RISE OF ITS OWN BORDER, SAN DIEGO HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN SHELTERING THOUSANDS OF THESE UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN.

SINCE LATE MARCH, THE SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER HAS SHELTERS 2629 UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN IN TOTAL ACCORDING TO NUMBERS OBTAINED BY KPBS.

989 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN REUNITED WITH FAMILY MEMBERS OR SPONSORS.

WITH THOSE NUMBERS INCREASING IN RECENT DAYS, AS THE PROCESS HAS BEEN STREAMLINED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THE AVERAGE STAY IS 30 DAYS WHILE THE AVERAGE POPULATION OF CHILDREN HAS HOVERED AROUND 1100, 400 FEWER THAN THE CONVENTION CENTER'S CAPACITY.

CURRENTLY, 700 CHILDREN ARE IN ISOLATION AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.

EMERGENCY INSIGHT INTAKE SITES LIKE THE CONVENTION CENTER HAVE ALLOWED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO QUICKLY MOVE CHILDREN OUT OF ILL-EQUIPPED ORDER PATROL FACILITIES AT THE BORDER.

CURRENTLY, ONLY A FEW HUNDRED CHILDREN ARE IN THOSE FACILITIES AND NOT FOR MORE THAN 72 HOURS.

NOW, THE JOB BECOMES GETTING THESE CHILDREN OUT OF FACILITIES LIKE THE CONVENTION CENTER AND OTHER TEMPORARY SPACES BEFORE THEY REVERT BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL USES.

IN SAN DIEGO, THAT WILL BE MID JULY, MEANING CASE MANAGERS THERE HAVE EIGHT WEEKS TO REUNITE CHILDREN WITH FAMILIES OR SPONSORS BEFORE THEY LOSE THE SPACE TO HOLD THEM, SOMETHING THEY WILL ACCOMPLISH IF CURRENT TRENDS HOLD.

IT MIGHT BE GRIM TO REDUCE A CONDITION LIKE THIS DOWN TO NUMBERS, BUT THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT HAS BECOME FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR LOCAL PARTNERS.

RIGHT NOW, THE MASS IS ADDING UP FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WITH CITIES LIKE SAN DIEGO PLAYING A HUGE ROLE IN HELPING UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN FIND SHELTER DURING THIS TURBULENT TIME ALONG THE BORDER.

>>> GOVERNOR NEWSOME TURNED HIS FOCUS TO SCHOOL TODAY AS HE CONTINUES LAYING OUT HIS CALIFORNIA COMEBACK PLAN.

THE STATES BUDGET SURPLUS INCLUDES AN EXTRA $17.7 BILLION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

>> THAT BLUEPRINT INCLUDES CREATING A NEW GRADE AND FULLY IMPLEMENTING A COMMITMENT THAT ALL 4-YEAR-OLDS WILL GET HIGH QUALITY AND INSTRUCTIONAL EDUCATION BY CREATING THAT NEW GRADE.

TK WILL BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, $2.7 BILLION INVESTMENT.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> TK WILL NOT BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED UNTIL THE 2024 THROUGH THE 2025 SCHOOL YEAR.

HE ALSO PROPOSED FUNDING UNIVERSAL AFTERCARE PROGRAMS AS WELL SMITH MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN.

NEWSOM SAYS HIS PLAN WILL FORMALLY BE PRESENTED TO THE STATE LEGISLATOR FRIDAY.

SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNOUNCED ITS PLANS FOR DIVERSIFYING ITS RIGHTS OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER EXPLAINS HOW THE DISTRICT HELPS TO ENCOURAGE ITS STUDENTS TO EVENTUALLY BECOME TEACHERS.

>> Reporter: CURRENTLY, ABOUT 76% OF SAN DIEGO IN FIVE SCHOOLS IDENTIFIES PEOPLE OF COLOR, WHILE JUST 35% OF TEACHERS ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR.

DURING THE SCHOOL BOARD'S REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, DISTRICT OFFICIALS DETAILED PLANS TO NARROW THAT GAP.

>> LEADERSHIP IN THE DISTRICT, OUR PRINCIPLES, OUR TOP LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS THAT COME FROM THE EXPERIENCE AND UNDERSTAND THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR STUDENTS, WE THINK LEADS TO BETTER TEACHING PRACTICES, BUT ALSO IS MORE INSPIRING AND MORE MOTIVATING TO STUDENTS TO SEE SOMEBODY WHO REFLECTS THEIR EXPERIENCES.

>> Reporter: THE PLAN INCLUDES A INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WHO ENTER THE PROFESSION.

STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO START THEIR TRAINING DURING HIGH SCHOOL AND BE GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT WITH THE DISTRICT IF THEY COMPLETE THE PROGRAM.

SAN DIEGO UNIFIED'S CHIEF OFFICER SAYS THAT WHILE STATE LAW OFFICIALS PROHIBITS THE DISTRICT FROM SENDING THE DEMOGRAPHICS, THIS WILL ALLOW A MORE ORGANIC WORKFORCE.

>> WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO OUR OWN PRACTICES, PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHAT WE ARE SAYING, WHO WE ARE WORKING WITH AND WE ARE ENSURING THAT OUR PRACTICES ARE NOT BEING OUR ACTIONS DON'T REFLECT SYSTEMIC SYSTEMS OF RACISM AND BIAS.

>> Reporter: BOARD MEMBERS APPLAUDED THE EFFORTS TO RETAIN STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AS TEACHERS.

>> I THINK IT IS A UNIQUE APPROACH THAT REALLY ENSURES THAT WE HAVE THIS COMMUNITY ADVOCACY AND WHEN WE HAVE THIS COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT, WHICH IS SO CRITICAL BECAUSE WHO BETTER TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING, WHO BETTER TO TEACH A STUDENT AND A STUDENT THAT ACTUALLY WENT TO THAT SCHOOL?

>> Reporter: THE DISTRICT PLANS TO ADD THREE PERCENT OF TEACHERS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

>>> IS BEEN CALLED ONE OF THE BIGGEST REAL ESTATE DEALS IN SAN DIEGO HISTORY, A PRIVATE EQUITY GIANT OUT OF NEW YORK HAS MADE PLANS TO BUY 66 LOCAL RESIDENTIAL COMPLEXES FOR $1 BILLION.

BLACKSTONE GROUP IS BUYING WHAT EQUATES TO ABOUT 358 APARTMENT UNITS AND IT INTENDS TO SPEND $100 MILLION ON IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTIES.

THIS DEAL MEANS THAT BLACKSTONE GROUP IS NOW THE LARGEST HOLDER OF REAL ESTATE IN THE COUNTY.

THE DEAL IS EXPECTED TO CLOSE IN A FEW DAYS.

>>> HOUSE REPUBLICANS MAKE A BIG DECISION ABOUT THEIR LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY FOR 2022 MIDTERM ELECTIONS AND BEYOND HERE THE PARTY VOTED TO REMOVE LIZ CHENEY OF WYOMING FROM THEIR LEADERSHIP RANKS TODAY AFTER HER PUSHBACK ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FALSE CLAIMS OF FRAUD IN THE 2020 ELECTION.

>> Reporter: MINUTES AFTER HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOTED HER OUT OF THEIR NUMBER THREE LEADERSHIP SPOT, LIZ CHENEY OUTLINED A NEW MISSION.

>> WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO A POSITION WHERE WE ARE A PARTY THAT CAN FIGHT FOR CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES, SUBSTANCE.

WE CANNOT BE DRAGGED BACKWARD BY THE VERY DANGEROUS LIES OF A FORMER PRESIDENT.

>> Reporter: CHENEY WAS REMOVED AFTER REPEATEDLY AND PUBLICLY REJECTING FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S FALSE CLAIMS THAT THE 2020 ELECTION WAS STOLEN.

CHENEY'S GOP ALLIES SHAKING THEIR HEADS.

>> THE TRUTH IS THE ELECTION WAS NOT STOLEN.

74 MILLION VOTERS WERE NOT DISENFRANCHISED, THEY WERE JUST OUTNUMBERED AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR PARTY TO TAKE INVENTORY FOR THAT AND WE GO OUT AND WIN THE NEXT ELECTION INSTEAD OF CONTINUING A BIG LIE.

>> Reporter: THE BOAT COMING JUST BEFORE THE HOUSE PANEL CAN LEAD TO ANOTHER HEARING LED BY TRUMP SUPPORTERS.

>> MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAD TO BE QUICKLY EVALUATED BECAUSE A VIOLENT MOB HAD BREACHED THE CAPITOL.

>> Reporter: SIGNALING HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERS WILL ALIGN WITH TRUMP IN THE RUN-UP TO THE 2022 MIDTERMS.

DEMOCRATS IS MADE.

>> IT APPEARS THAT THE BIG LIE IS NO LONGER ON THE RETREAT AMONG REPUBLICANS, BUT INSTEAD IS SPREADING LIKE A CANCER.

AN AT LEAST A PHONIC OF NEW YORK HAS POSITIONED HERSELF TO SUCCEED CHENEY, EVEN RECEIVING TRUMP'S BACKING.

BUT SOME OF TRUMP'S SUPPORTERS SAY HER VOTING RECORD IS TOO MODERATE, TEEING UP ANOTHER POTENTIAL PARTY SPLIT.

>>> PRICES AT THE PUMP AND AT THE SUPERMARKET CLIMBING HIGHER.

THIS HAD COLONIAL PIPELINE IS NOT HELPING MATTERS EITHER.

ISABELLA ROSALES LOOKS AT THE HIT CONSUMERS ARE TAKING.

>> Reporter: LONG LINES AT THE PUMP.

>> IS JUST CRAZY RIGHT NOW.

YOU HAVE GOT TO PRAY.

>> Reporter: SOME DRIVERS RECORDING GAS AND STRIKING A PANIC BY LEAVING GAS STATIONS IN AT LEAST NINE STATES ON EMPTY.

HACKERS PARALYZED A COLONIAL PACK LINE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NEARLY HALF THE GAS AND DIESEL SUPPLY TO THE EAST COAST, PANICKED DRIVERS SKYROCKETING DEMAND.

>> IT HIT US ALL OF A SUDDEN LIKE THE PANDEMIC.

EVERYBODY IS IN A FRENZY.

>> Reporter: SOARING PRICES AT THE PUMP CAUSING STICKER SHOCK.

>> SIX GALLONS OF GAS FOR $35 IS RIDICULOUS!

WHAT AN ACCORDING TO AAA, AVERAGE GAS PRICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY SHOT UP TO MORE THAN $3 PER GALLON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN SIX YEARS.

>> THE NATIONAL GAS PRICE HAS NOT BEEN THIS HIGH SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS VICE PRESIDENT.

>> Reporter: COLONIAL PIPELINE EXPECTS TO RESTORE SIGNIFICANT SERVICE BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

IN THE MEANTIME, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING TO BOOST SUPPLY BY RELAXING FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION RULES, INCLUDING MORE OVERTIME AND LESS SLEEP RESTRICTION FOR DRIVERS AND ADD MORE TANKER TRUCKS ON THE ROAD.

>> OUR TOP PRIORITY RIGHT NOW IS GETTING FUEL TO COMMUNITIES THAT NEED IT.

>> Reporter: IT IS NOT JUST GAS, EXPECT TO PAY MORE AT THE GROCERY STORE.

>> PRICES ARE EVEN HIGHER NOW THAN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC STARTED.

>> Reporter: PARTLY TO BLAME ARE THOSE HIGH GAS PRICES, MAKING IT MORE EXPENSIVE TO TRANSPORT GOODS AND A SHORTAGE OF LABOR.

>> THIS IS LIKE A PERFECT FORM OF EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME.

>> Reporter: ISABELLA ROSALES, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO PORT OFFICIALS HOPE TO HAVE A BETTER PLAN TO FALL TO CONTROL AIR POLLUTION NEAR THE BAYFRONT.

THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REVIEWED THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE PROPOSED AIR CLEAN TIME STRATEGY YESTERDAY.

IT IS A POLICY DOCUMENT THAT EXPLAINS WHAT THE PORTS AND PORTSIDE BUSINESSES WILL DO TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION IN NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS.

JOSE RODRIGUEZ SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE A BALANCE.

>> IN ORDER TO HAVE CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER ENVIRONMENT, AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST ENSURE DIVERSIFICATION OF GOODS THROUGH OUR COURTS AND STOP USING BUSINESSES TO THE PORT OF LONG BEACH AND L.A. COUNTY.

>> COMMUNITY ADVOCATES DESCRIBE THE IMPACT AND TALKED ABOUT THE COST OF MOVING TO ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES AND PORT COMMISSIONERS TALKED ABOUT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO BOOST BUSINESSES AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

A REVISED PLAN IS EXPECTED TO BE UP FOR CONSIDERATION IN SEPTEMBER.

>>> EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE DRY YEARS, THE REGION WILL HAVE ENOUGH WATER TO MEET NEEDS THROUGH 2045, THAT IS THE MESSAGE FROM THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.

ON MONDAY, GOVERNOR NEWSOME EXPANDED THE DROUGHT EMERGENCY DECLARATION TO 41 COUNTIES IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA .

THAT COVERS ABOUT 30% OF THE STATE'S POPULATION.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS LARGELY BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE DECLARATIONS.

THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY HOWEVER SAYS THANKS TO EFFORTS OF RATEPAYERS AND OTHER AGENCIES, WE WILL HAVE SUFFICIENT WATER FOR 2021 AND THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

♪ ♪ >>> WE WILL HAVE SOME FOGGY AND CLOUDY MORNING TO DEAL WITH IN THE DAYS TO COME, BUT THEY ALSO COME WITH BRIGHT AND SUNNY AFTERNOONS.

LOOKING AHEAD TO THIS WEEKEND, WE WILL SEE A BIG TEMPERATURE DROP FOR MOST SPOTS AS WE GET THIS COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE SLIDING SOUTHWARD AND ENERGY IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE.

YOU WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF DROP OFF, A LITTLE RAIN FOR US IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT AT LEAST WE WILL SEE A BIT OF A COOLDOWN.

TEMPERATURES DROPPING OFF INTO THE LOW 60s, AGAIN, PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD, TEMPERATURES DROPPING OFF INTO THE UPPER 50s IN OCEANSIDE, MID TO UPPER 50s IN ESCONDIDO, A LITTLE BIT WARMER REDUCED TO THE UPPER 50s AND LOW 60s AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE ONCE AGAIN THAT FOG WILL BE DEVELOPING ONCE AGAIN IS YOUR WAKING UP EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, ALTHOUGH IT SHOULD CLEAR OUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND SHOULD NOT CAUSE US TOO MANY PROBLEMS OUT THERE FOR YOUR THURSDAY.

A HOT DAY ONCE AGAIN HERE IN THE SOUTHWEST FOR THURSDAY, TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

WE WILL BE UP INTO THE UPPER 60s AND LOW 70s NEAR THE COAST.

THE FURTHER INLAND YOU GET, THE HOTTER IT GETS AND HIGHER TRENDING WILL BE UP INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS.

THERE WE GO, THE COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE SLIDING SOUTHWARD AS WE GO THROUGH YOUR WEEKEND.

FOR THE COAST, TEMPERATURES DROPPING OFF NEAR 70 DEGREES TO UPPER 60s.

NOT A BIG CHANGE FOR THE COASTAL REGIONS, INLAND, YOU WILL NOTICE A DROP OFF FOR THE MID TO UPPER 70s FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

INTO THE UPPER 60s BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE END OF THE WEEKEND ON SUNDAY.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, WE DROP OFF IN THE UPPER 60s.

FOR HOUSE THURSDAY BACK INTO THE 50s TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEKEND AND PERHAPS EVEN LOW 50s OUT THERE FOR YOUR SUNDAY AND PUSHING INTO NEXT MONDAY.

IN THE DESERT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST AREAS THAT SEES THE BIGGEST DROP OFF.

TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT FOR THURSDAY AND WE FOLLOW UP INTO THE MID- 80s BY THE TIME WE GET THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

FOR KPBS NEWS, METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PASH.

>>> SAN DIEGO DA SOMMER STEFAN RECENTLY ANNOUNCED HER OFFICE WAS RESOLVING THE LAST REMAINING GANG INJUNCTIONS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

RECENT EQUITY REPORTER CHRISTINA KIM TELLS US WHAT HAPPENS NOW THAT THE INJUNCTIONS ARE GONE.

>> MEMORIES, TOO MANY MEMORIES.

>> Reporter: TRAVIS SMITH HAS NOT BEEN TO HIS GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE ON J STREET IN SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO IN OVER A DECADE.

AS WE WALKED TOWARD THE NEWLY PAINTED BLUE HOUSE, HE STOPS.

>> WHEN I FIRST WALKED UP, IT WAS LIKE BOOM, I GOT HIT WITH SO MANY MEMORIES.

THIS WAS MY DADDY'S HOUSE WHEN HE WAS A KID.

DEFINITELY THROUGH THE GENERATIONS, THIS IS HOME AND WILL ALWAYS BE HOME.

IT WILL ALWAYS BE MY HOME.

>> Reporter: BUT FOR 13 YEARS, THE NOW 37-YEAR-OLD SMITH COULD NOT GO HOME.

HIS NAME WAS PUT ON A GANG INJUNCTION, A COURT ORDER THAT DETERMINED WHERE HE COULD AND COULD NOT BE.

HIS GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESTRICTED AREA.

IN 2006, WHEN HIS NAME WAS ADDED TO THE INJUNCTION, HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE WEST COAST CRIPS.

YEARS AGO HE HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF DRUG POSSESSION AND GUN POSSESSION AND SALES.

HE SAYS THE CRIMES WERE NOT GANG-RELATED AND HE HAD ALREADY FINISHED HIS PROBATION.

SMITH STILL REMEMBERED WHAT WENT THROUGH HIS HEAD WHEN TWO GANG OFFICERS KNOCKED ON HIS MOTHER'S DOOR AND TOLD HIM HE WAS ON A GANG INJUNCTION.

>> HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK?

HOW WILL I NOT GO TO THE STORE I'VE BEEN GOING TO FOR 20 SOMETHING YEARS?

HOW WILL I NOT GO TO THIS PARK I HAVE BEEN HANGING OUT AT, HOW?

HOW?

>> Reporter: THE MAIN IDEA BEHIND GANG INJUNCTIONS IS IF YOU MAKE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR GANG MEMBERS TO CONGREGATE OR LIVE IN A COMMUNITY, THEY WILL EVENTUALLY GO AWAY AND THE COMMUNITY WILL BE BETTER OFF.

SMITH SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS THE NEED TO END GANG VIOLENCE AND DOES NOT MAKE EXCUSES ABOUT HIS CHOICES.

HE IS AMONG MANY THAT SAY THE INJUNCTIONS HAVE HARMED FAR MORE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HELPED, PEOPLE LIKE HIS GRANDMOTHER WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2010.

>> THEY DID A NUMBER.

MY FAMILY, I MEAN NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THEIR GRANDSONS, YOU ARE USE TO SEEING YOUR GRANDSONS OUTSIDE BARBECUING, MACARONI AND CHEESE, AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW YOU DON'T SEE THEM AND YOU ARE OLDER, I MEAN THAT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM, RIGHT?

GET YOU A HOUSE AND HAVE YOUR GRANDSONS AND YOUR KIDS DWELLING AROUND, RIGHT?

WELL, THEY TOOK THAT FROM US BECAUSE OF, YOU ARE A GANG MEMBER.

>> Reporter: MANY LAW- ENFORCEMENT MEMBERS HAVE COME AROUND TO SMITH'S WAY OF THINKING IN RECENT YEARS.

SOMMER STEFAN BEGAN REMOVING NAMES TWO YEARS AGO FROM THE INJUNCTION AND IN APRIL, SHE ANNOUNCED HER OFFICE WAS ENDING ALL OF THE COUNTY'S REMAINING GANG INJUNCTIONS.

THE CHANGE IN STEFAN'S APPROACH, HOWEVER, HAS BEEN SLOW.

IN 2019, SHE WAS AGAINST THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE GANG COMMISSION TO IMMEDIATELY END ALL GANG INJUNCTIONS.

>> I MAY NOT ACT AS QUICKLY AS SOMEBODY MIGHT LIKE ME TO ACT BECAUSE I HAVE A DUTY TO TAKE THE CONSIDERED ACTION TO MAKE SURE I DON'T HAVE COLLATERAL DAMAGE.

>> SHE SAYS THE PROCESS OF METHODICALLY REVIEWING CASES THE PAST FEW YEARS HAS CHANGED HER MIND.

EVEN THOUGH SHE IS STILL NOT CONVINCED THE INJUNCTIONS DID NOT REDUCE GANG VIOLENCE DURING THEIR PEAK USE PEERS >> WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IS YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE OPEN-MINDED TO CHANGE AND THAT THINGS THAT WORKED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT YEARS AGO MAYBE CAST TOO WIDE OF A NET.

>> Reporter: FOR SMITH, THE SCARS OF BEING CAUGHT UP IN THAT NET RUN DEEP AND THEY WILL NOT GO AWAY BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN A SHIFT IN POLICY.

DURING A VISIT TO HIS OLD NEIGHBORHOOD, HE HEADS TO MULLINS LIQUOR STORE ON THE BUSY OWNER OF IMPERIAL AND 30th.

HE LOOKS AT THE BUILDING WHERE HIS FORMER CHURCH USED TO BE, TWO POLICE CARS DRIVE BY AND ONE PARKED ACROSS THE STREET.

>> EVERY TIME I CAME OVER HERE, I HAD TO BE MINDFUL I COULD BE STOPPED BY THE POLICE BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHO I AM.

I ALWAYS HAD TO BE MINDFUL.

THIS IS THE WORST PART.

I AM NOT ON AN INJUNCTION, I AM NOT A PART OF A GANG AND JUST STANDING RIGHT HERE, I STILL FEEL LIKE--YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING?

EVEN SEEING THIS POLICE OFFICER .

THAT IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT TRAUMA FROM BEING JACKED UP BY THE GANG SUPPRESSION, THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE.

>> HOW DO YOU FEEL SEEING THAT POLICE OFFICER?

>> I THOUGHT HE WAS COMING TO MESS WITH US, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I THOUGHT HE WAS COMING FOR ME.

>> Reporter: THIS RESIDENT SAYS SHE HEARS EXPERIENCES LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO SMITH ALL THE TIME.

SHE'S A THERAPIST AT A NONPROFIT THAT WORKS EXCLUSIVELY WITH FORMER GANG MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED.

>> YOU ARE CONDITIONS WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY OF THESE NEGATIVE REACTIONS THAT ARE OFTEN TIMES FRIGHTENING, VIOLENT, YOU FEEL HELPLESS.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS FORMER GANG MEMBERS' MENTAL HEALTH AND REENTERING INTO SOCIETY.

>> IS A COMMUNITY PROBLEM AND IT HAS A RIPPLE EFFECT AND IMPACT ALL OF US.

>> Reporter: TRAVIS SMITH WANTS TO SEE PROGRAMS LIKE RISE UP INDUSTRIES IN HIS OLD NEIGHBORHOOD.

HE CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHAT MIGHT'VE HAPPENED IF HE HAD BEEN GIVEN THERAPY INSTEAD OF BEING PLACED ON THE INJUNCTION.

NOW A MINISTER WHO HAS BEEN SERVO SOBER FOR 14 YEARS AND THE FATHER OF TWO GIRLS, HE SAYS INSTITUTIONS THAT UPHELD GANG INJUNCTIONS PLAY A PART IN REBUILDING COMMUNITIES.

>> YOU'VE GOT TO COME BACK AND BRING HEALING WITH YOU.

>> Reporter: AFTER WE PART WAYS, SMITH WILL DRIVE 20 MILES TO GET TO HIS CURRENT HOUSE.

HE IS STILL UNDOING YEARS OF CONDITIONING THAT KEPT HIM AWAY FROM THESE PLACES THAT USED TO BE HOME.

CHRISTINA KIM, KPBS NEWS.

♪ ♪ >>> IM JUDY WOODROW, TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, DIVIDING LINES.

LIZ CHENEY IS OUSTED FROM HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

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

GRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS NOT SCHEDULING COVID-19 VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS FOR CHILDREN AGE 12 TO 15.

NEARLY 176,000 YOUNG PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WILL BE ABLE TO GET THERE FIRST PFIZER SHOT AS SOON AS TOMORROW WITH THE APPROVAL OF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN.

THEY WILL ALSO NEED SOME SORT OF I.D.

, LIKE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR SCHOOL I.D.

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