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>> EVEN IF IT IS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27th.

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I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

WE BEGIN WITH WAS SOME SAY IS A GAME CHANGER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID 19 VIRUS TOP HEALTH OFFICIALS NOW MOVING THE NEEDLE WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING 28 MILLION CHILDREN IN THE U.S. VACCINATED.

KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAE WITH MORE ON WHEN AND THE IMPACT ON THE PANDEMIC .

>> A CAN GET A GOOD PORTION OF THOSE 28 MILLION CHILDREN OF THIS AGE GROUP VACCINATED IS GOING TO REALLY HELP A LOT TO GET THE U.S. AND THE SAN DIEGO IN GREAT SHAPE.

>> Reporter: DR. ERIK IS DIRECTOR OF THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE BECKY SPOKE WITH KPBS MIDDAY ADDITION ABOUT THE EFFORT TO GET VACCINES FOR CHILDREN AGES 5 TO 11.

>> CHILDREN ARE AN IMPORTANT PART.

THEY ARE CONDUIT IN THIS PROCESS.

EVEN THOSE MOST CHILDREN, THEY GOT COVID WOULD GET THROUGH IT OKAY, SOME WILL GET QUITE ILL .

>> Reporter: THE FDA IS SET TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION TO APPROVE A LAWYER A LOWER DOSE OF THE VACCINE FOR THE STILTED .

>> IT IS CERTAINLY AN ESSENTIAL PART OF BUILDING OUR DELTA IMMUNITY WHILE AND POTENTIALLY SUBSEQUENT VERSIONS OF THE VIRUS.

BECAUSE, WHERE WELL SHORT OF THE POPULATION LEVEL IMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO BLOCK THIS VIRUS.

TO PREVENT THE CHAIN OF SPREAD PEAK >> Reporter: 2200 CHILDREN WERE PART OF THE PFIZER VACCINE TRAFFIC SIDE EFFECTS HAVE BEEN SIMILAR TO THOSE EXPERIENCED BY ADULTS AND TEENAGERS .

>> THERE'S A LOCAL REACTION.

I AM DISCOMFORT.

AND FATIGUE AND OTHER SYMPTOMS THAT ARE KIND OF A MILD FLU CUT CASE THAT CAN LAST A DAY OR TWO.

>> Reporter: IF AUTHORIZED CHILDREN WILL RECEIVE TWO MICRO DOSE OF VACCINE .21 DAYS APART .

>> WITH RESPECT TO ADVOCACY FOR PFIZER IT WAS ALMOST 91% WHICH IS REALLY QUITE STRIKING.

THAT IS PROTECTION FROM THE SYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN AGE 5 TO 11 WAS REDUCED BY 91%.

THAT IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

>> Reporter: THE CDC WELL THOUGHT OUT WHETHER TO RECOMMEND THE VACCINE TO THIS AGE GROUP IN NOVEMBER.

ARE ONGOING TRIALS OF CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN FIVE.

VACCINE APPROVAL FOR THAT AGE GROUP IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL EARLY 2022.

TRAN 18, KPBS NEWSPAPER >>> GOVERNOR NEWSOM IS SELLING IS ENCOURAGING ELIGIBLE CALIFORNIANS TO GET A BOOSTER SHOT BY GETTING ONE HIMSELF.

THE CDC AUTHORIZED A THIRD DOSE FOR CERTAIN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PEOPLE 18 AND OLDER AS WELL AS THOSE WHO WORK IN HIGH RISK SETTINGS BUT NOW THE AGENCY SAYS IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PEOPLE WHO GOT THE PFIZER OR MODERNA VACCINE'S MAY NEED A 4th SHOT.

I WOULD COME AT LEAST SIX MONTHS AFTER THE THIRD SHOT.

STOMACH ANOTHER RECALL EFFORT IS UNDERWAY.

THIS TIME IN POWER WAY AND THE TARGET IS MAYOR STEVE ROSS BACK KPBS KITTY ALVARADO .

AMONG THE REASONS FOR RECALL OVERCROWDING AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THEY CLAIM ARE QUESTIONABLE.

RECALL LATER CHRISTOPHER SAYS DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS BREAK CONSTRUCTION GOING UP IN THE SOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD IS PERFECT >> AT THE END OF THE DATE IS ABOUT REMOVING A MAYOR WHO IS NOT LISTENING PEAK WHEN WE SAY YES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND YOU GET MARKET RATE HOUSING AND YOU GET NO COMMUNITY PARKS AND YOU GET NO COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THAT PROCESS THERE IS A BIG DISCONNECT.

>> Reporter: HE PLANS TO RUN FOR MAYOR PEOPLE WERE ANGRY LIKE CAMILLE STEWART.

>> FOR STORIES WE DON'T NEED IN POWER WAY.

THREE STARS IN THE PARKING.

THE PARKING ALONG, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING.

>> Reporter: WE REACHED OUT TO DIVORCE.

HE DECLINED AN INTERVIEW BUT ISSUED A WRITTEN STATEMENT CALLING THE RECALL PHONING AND URGING PEOPLE NOT TO SIGN THE PETITION.

WE WERE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH A SUPPORTER PEAK >> POWER WAY IS SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO WORK AND LIVE AND TO RAISE MY FAMILY.

>> Reporter: BRIAN PEPIN IS A RESIDENT PEAK HE QUESTIONS THE COST OF THE RECALL PEAK >> FOR THE CITY TO SPEND OVER A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR A RECALL ELECTION WHICH WILL BE LESS THAN 12 MONTHS FROM THE REGULAR ELECTION I THINK THAT IS A TEMPORAL USE OF TAXPAYER RESOURCES BACK DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE.

>> THE PRICE TAG IS OVERBLOWN ESPECIALLY IF IT IS HELD IN JUNE WITH THE PRIMARY ALREADY PLANNED.

RECALL ORGANIZERS HAVE UNTIL FEBRUARY 17th TO COLLECT MORE THAN 6600 SIGNATURES TO QUALIFY FOR THE BALLOT.

KATIE ALVARADO, KPBS NEWSPAPER >>> IT IS BEING CUT AGGRESSIVE AND NEEDED.

A NEW PLAN OF ATTACK WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE CONCERNS IN OUR AREA.

KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN EXPLAINS HOW THE CHALLENGES AND HOW THE CITY PLANS TO PULL IT OFF PEAK >> IS THERE ARE MISSIONS MEANS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.

WHEN YOU DO THE MATH ON THE CITIES AND MISSIONS IT COMES OUT TO ZERO PEAK SAN DIEGO WILL BE PUTTING FOSSIL FUELS TO GAS POWERED CARS AND BUILDINGS BUT ALL THOSE SUBMISSIONS WOULD BE OFFSET BY REMOVING GREENHOUSE GASES.

THE GOAL CAN BE ACHIEVED BY THE MORE AGGRESSIVE SHIFT FROM CARS IN FAVOR OF BIKING, WALKING AND PUBLIC TRANSIT.

AND WITH TOUGHER REMOVAL ENERGY STANDARDS FOR NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS PEAK >> ARE RIGID FACES SEVERE THREAT, WILDFIRES, DROUGHT, FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE PEAK SAN DIEGO RESIDENCY AT AROUND EVERY SINGLE DAY.

WE EXPERIENCE IT, WE KNOW IT IS HAPPENING AND WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT IT.

>> Reporter: THE ACTION PROGRAM ALREADY REQUIRES A REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS.

ZERO MISSIONS WOULD BE LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE MEETING IF THE CITY MISSES ITS TARGETS IT COULD BE SAID PEAK SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCILMEMBER SEAN SAID CLIMATE ACTION IS OFTEN FRAMED AS A BURDEN BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE FOR PEOPLE TO GAIN PEAK >> WITH EQUITABLE CLIMATE ACTION WE CAN APPROVE ME SOLLER RESIDENTS GET CAN GET TO SCHOOL AND WORK WITHOUT A CAR.

WE CAN ENSURE CLEAN AIR IS NOT JUST FOR WEALTHY AREAS BUT FOR ALL RESIDENTS >> Reporter: THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BEGIN ITS REVIEW OF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL NEXT MONTH.

ANDREW, BOWEN, KPBS NEWSBREAK >>> TIME IS TICKING FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO GET HIS SPENDING BILL DONE PEAK THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE IT CLEAR HE WANTS LAWMAKERS ON BOARD BEFORE HE LEAVES FOR CLIMATE SUMMIT IN EUROPE ABOUT THE HEARERS REPORTER CHRIS ON THE REMAINING STICKING POINTS PEAK >> HOPING TO SECURE SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN'S BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS MET WEDNESDAY WITH KEY HOLDOUTS INCLUDING WEST VIRGINIA SENATOR JOE MANCHIN WHO SAYS HE BELIEVES THAT AGREEMENT TO BE REACHED BACK TO TWO WHEN YOU HAVE TRUST FUNDS THAT ARE NOT SOLVENT.

I CANNOT EXPLAIN THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME.

I WANT TO WORK WITH EVERYONE AS LONG AS WE CAN START PAYING FOR THINGS.

>> Reporter: THE INITIAL $3.5 TRILLION SPENDING BILL IS EXPECTED TO BE ROUGHLY HALF ITS ORIGINAL SIZE BUT WOULD STILL ADDRESS CLIMATE CHICK, UNIVERSAL PRE-K IN HEALTHCARE AMONG OTHER ISSUES.

SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE UNITED IN THEIR OPPOSITION BUT NEARLY ALL SENATE DEMOCRATS WANT TO TAX THE RICHEST OF THE RICH FORCING BILLIONAIRES TO HELP PAY FOR THE PACKAGE AND INCREASED TAX RATES FOR TOP CORPORATIONS.

MAC WE ARE TRYING TO ASK THE WEALTHY, THE VERY WEALTHY TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE IN ORDER TO FINANCE IMPROVEMENTS AND REGULAR PERSONS LIFE BACK >> Reporter: PROGRESS AND SAY IDEAL AHEAD OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S TRIP TO THE G 20 SUMMIT WOULD STRENGTHEN HIS ARGUMENT FOR A STRONGER GLOBAL RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE PEAK >> THE BIG WIN IN CLIMATE IS IN THE BUILD BACK AT HER ACT.

WE HAVE TO DO BOTH TOGETHER TO GIVE HIM THAT CREDIBILITY THAT HE REALLY NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO GO THAT WAY.

>> Reporter: THE $1 TRILLION BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL PASSED BY THE SENATE HAS YET TO BE VOTED ON IN THE HOUSE.

CHRIS, WHEN, KPBS NEWSBREAK >> THE NUMBER OF CREW FLU CASES IS STILL NOT TELL A LOT ABOUT HEALTH OFFICIALS BELIEVE THIS SEASON WILL BE MORE SEVERE THAN LASHER.

THE LATEST NUMBERS RELEASED TODAY SHOW 220 LAW CONFIRMS THE CASE IS A THAT IS COMPARED TO JUST TAP THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

THAT IS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ARE STILL WEARING MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING AND STAYING HOME MORE OFTEN.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT EVERYONE SIX MONTHS AND OLDER GET A FLU SHOT EVERY YEAR.

>>> BACK IN JANUARY OF THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES INTRODUCED A LANDMARK REGULATION PEAK IT REQUIRES ALL HOSPITALS TO POST PRICES FOR EVERY MEDICAL PROCEDURE THAT THEY OFFER PEAK MORE THAN 10 MONTHS LATER, MANY HOSPITALS IN SAN DIEGO AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE FAILED TO COMPLY.

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER CHLOE WHEN EXPLAINS PEAK >> YOU GO TO THE HOSPITAL FOR PROCEDURE YOU'LL END UP PAYING A PRICE THAT WAS NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE HOSPITAL AND YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDER.

HISTORICALLY, THOSE PRICES HAVE BEEN KEPT PRIVATE.

THE LANDMARK TRANSPARENCY RULING CHANGES THAT.

NOW, HOSPITALS ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE THOSE PRICES PUBLIC.

OUR NEW SOURCE REVEALED AN AUDIT DONE THAT FOUND A MAJORITY OF HOSPITALS IN SAN DIEGO HAVE YET TO PUBLISH ALL OF THEIR PRICES.

JIM, TOLD ME WHY HE BELIEVES SO MANY HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO COMPLY PEAK >> IF YOU'RE SELLING THE SAME THING AT ONE PRICE TO ONE PARTY AND ANOTHER PRICE TO ANOTHER PARTY AND HEAR THE HOSPITAL IS SELLING HIP OR KNEE SURGERY TO HUMANA AT THIS PRICE BUT TO UNITED HEALTHCARE AT THAT PRICE YOU WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE YOUR CUSTOMERS TO KNOW WHAT PRICES YOU ARE SELLING THESE ITEMS FOR PEAK >> HE SAYS THAT IS BECAUSE ONE OF THEM IS GETTING A BETTER DEAL THAN THE OTHER.

FOR KPBS, AM I NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER CHLOE WHEN.

>>> I NEWS SOURCES AND INDEPENDENTLY FUNDED POT PARTNER OF KPBS.

NEW EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS MET TO PROVE PREVENT DRUG OVERDOSE DEATH.

THE CAMPAIGNS ARE AIMED AT YOUNG ADULTS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PREVALENCE AND DANGERS OF FENTANYL AND THE RISK OF MIXING TO .

THE CDC SAYS THAT FENTANYL CAN BE HIDDEN AND DRUGS WITHOUT THE USERS KNOWLEDGE MAKE ANOTHER GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE STIGMA AROUND DRUG USED TO SUPPORT TREATMENT AND RECOVERY.

>>> OPIOID OVERDOSES HAVE SPIKED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

NARC ON IS A MEDICATION THAT CAN REVERSE THAT OVERDOSE IF ADMINISTERED IN TIME.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TANYA THORNE INTRODUCES US TO NARC ON NATE .

A MAN ON A MISSION TO SAVE LIVES.

>> IT IS NOT CAN I .

EVERYONE JUST TOOK OFF WITH HER.

NATHAN SMITTY IS BETTER KNOWN AS A CANDIDATE LEAST EXPECT THAT'S BECAUSE HE TRAINS PEOPLE AND ADMINISTERING NARCAN AND DISTRIBUTES THE MEDICATION FREE OF CHARGE.

THE McKAY AM GIVING TWO OR THREE KIDS FOR THE PRESIDENT THE GOING THROUGH IT FASTER THAN I COULD GET TO THEM.

>> Reporter: HE WAS NOT ALWAYS AN ADVOCATE FOR HARM REDUCTION PEAK >> I OVERDOSE FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN I WAS 19 A FOR MOST OF MY FAMILY PEAK THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO.

>> Reporter: SMITTY HAD A SPIRALING BATTLE WITH DRUG USE PEAK HE IS ORIGINALLY FROM TENNESSEE BUT A TREATMENT CENTER BROUGHT HIM TO NORTH COUNTY PEAK HE IS NOW 29 AND WILL BE TWO YEARS SOBER ON THURSDAY.

NOW, HE HAS A NORTH COUNTY LIAISON FOR THE ORGANIZATION A NEW PATH.

PARENTS FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT AND HEALING.

THEY SUPPLY HIM WITH THE NARCAN HE DISTRIBUTES PEAK >> HAPPENS EVERY DAY PEAK PEOPLE JUST WALK AWAY.

THAT ARE NOT EDUCATED ON THE LAWS OR HOW TO RESPOND.

THEY DON'T HAVE NARCAN PICKET IS NOT AVAILABLE TO THEM PEAK SO THAT IS LIKE THE BE REASON WHY DO THIS.

>> Reporter: THE NARCAN COMES IN SINGLE-DOSE NASAL SPRAY SPEC ALTHOUGH SMALL THEY ARE POWERFUL AND COULD DETERMINE LIFE OR DEATH ON SOMEONE EXPRESSING AN OPIOID OVERDOSE BECAUSE THE LAST 10 WEEKS 46 LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED FROM NATE'S NARCAN DISTRIBUTION PEAK >> THIS PERSON HAD A DEATH RATTLE PICKET IS A SOUND YOU CAN REALLY NEVER FORGOT BEGINS FLUID IN THE LAB, STRUGGLING TO BREATHE, I SPILLED ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.

>> Reporter: THIS PERSON HAS SAVE SOMEONE FROM OVERDOSING FROM SMITTY.

>> I ADMINISTERED I THINK, ADMINISTERED NARCAN, WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES, NOTHING WAS HAPPENING PEAK HE PROBABLY WAS NOT BREATHING FOR FOUR MINUTES SO WE ENDED UP ADMINISTERING TWO MARCEL THREE TOTAL AND KBAK BRICK >> BUT HE IS TRAINING NARCAN TRAINING TO ANYONE WHO REQUESTED PEAK MOST OF HIS NARCAN SUPPLY COAST OF THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY AT THE EVENTS HE ATTENDS PEAK SMITTY SAYS HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE ONE OF THE LEAST ACCESS TO NARCAN DUE TO ITS COST PEAK >> YOU CAN GO TO THE PHARMACY.

YOU DON'T HAVE INSURANCE IT IS A PRETTY HEFTY PRICE TO PAY PICKETS LIKE 100 AND SOME DOLLARS BACK THAT IS THROUGH GOOD RX WITH THE DISCOUNT.

TO THEM HE SAYS PEAK >> I AM HELPING GIVING THEM A SECOND CHANCE OF WHAT I'M DOING BUT YOU CAN'T RECOVER IF YOU'RE DEAD.

>> Reporter: ALL OF SMITTY'S WORK IS VOLUNTARY DOES NOT GET PAID FOR TRANSPORTATION PEAK SO HE HAS STARTED A GOFUNDME TO HELP HIM EXPAND PEAK >> I WOULD LIKE TO BE MY BALLPARK I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A VAN AND HAVE LIKE A MOBILE DISTRIBUTION BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M COVERING LIKE JUST A COUPLE MILE RADIUS IN OCEANSIDE AND THAT IS WHERE THOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED.

>> Reporter: TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWSBREAK >>> NEW INFORMATION IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO A DEADLY INCIDENT ON A SET OF THE MOVIE ROSS PICKED THE SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS THAT YOUNG USED BY ALEC ALEC BALDWIN FIRED A SUSPECTED LIVE ROUND TO KILL THE CINEMATOGRAPHER PRECARIOUS REPORTER GERALD FORGES.

>> Reporter: THE FACTS ARE CLEAR PEAK A WEAPON WAS HANDED TO MR. BALDWIN, THE WEAPON IS FUNCTIONAL AND FIRED A LIVE ROUND .

>> AFTER NEARLY A WEEK OF UNCERTAINTY SANTA FE SHERIFF SAYS INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT IT WAS A LIVE ROUND FIRED BY ACTOR ALEC WITH THAT KILLED CINEMATOGRAPHER, HALYNA HUTCHINS AND DIRECTOR JOEL SOUZA PICKED THE SO-CALLED THAT PROJECTILE WAS RECOVERED FROM SUSA SHOULDER PEAK >> WE REGARD THIS SPECIFIC SPENT CASING UNRECOVERED PROJECT OUT TO BE THE LIVE ROUND THAT WAS FIRED FROM THE REVOLVER BY MR. BALDWIN.

>>> THROUGH SEARCH WARRANTS INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY COLLECTED 600 ITEMS OF EVIDENCE INCLUDING THREE FIREARMS, APPROXIMATELY 500 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION IN SEVERAL PIECES OF CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES.

>> WE BELIEVE WE HAVE IN OUR POSITION THE FIREARM THAT WAS FIRED BY MR. BALDWIN.

>> Reporter: NOW THEY ARE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT HOW A LOADED GUN ENDED UP IN BALDWIN'S HANDS THAT DEPICTS PEOPLE PEOPLE WHO EXPENDED EXPENDED FIREARMS WERE INTERVIEWED.

THERE ARE SOME FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO DO.

>> Reporter: BALDWIN IS COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATORS PEAK AS FOR POTENTIAL CHARGES, WE CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION UNTIL WE COMPLETE A MORE THOROUGH INVESTIGATION.

THE BACK I AM GERALD FORGES REPORTING PEAK >>> AIRPORT TRAVELERS ARE ONCE AGAIN SEEING DELAYS, CANCELLATIONS AND LONG LINES BUT NEW FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY COULD CUT DOWN WAITING TIMES THAT SECURITY CHECKBOOKS BUT REPORTER PETE HAS THE STORY.

THE MAC FOR THE FIRST TIME YOUR NEXT FLIGHT COULD BE UNLOCKED BY FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY.

SETTING AT BANK CHECK, GOING THROUGH SECURITY AND ALL THE WAY TO THE GATE.

THE NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN DELTA AIRLINES AND THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AIMS TO SAVE PASSENGERS TIME AS PEOPLE ARE FLOODING BACK TO AIRPORT SPEC TO REALLY HOPEFULLY REDUCE STRESS AND INCREASE THE SPEED AT WHICH PEOPLE TRAVERSE THROUGH THE AIRPORT PEAK >> DOCTORS SHOWED ME HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS AT BANK CHECK PEAK HE SAYS WHAT TYPICALLY TAKES TWO MINUTES 30 SECONDS IS NOW DOWN TO 30 SECONDS BUT HE SAYS THE PROCESS OF VERIFYING YOUR IDENTITY AT THE TSA CHECK POINT IS NOW DOWN TO ONLY SIX SECONDS.

>> I THINK THE TIMING COULD NOT BE MORE PERFECT HIM ANYWAYS BECAUSE YOU ARE RIGHT, MORE AND MORE REGULAR TRAVELERS ARE COMING BACK TO TRAVEL.

>> Reporter: THE TRIAL WILL START AT DELTA'S BUSIEST TUB AT FIRST FOR THOSE IN DELTA'S FREQUENT FLYER PROGRAM WHO ALSO HAVE TSA PRE-CHECK.

PASSPORT AND VISA PHOTOS IN A FEDERAL DATABASE ARE COMPARED WITH YOUR LIVE PHOTO.

THE TSA INSISTS THAT FILE IS IMMEDIATELY DESTROYED UPPING SECURITY FROM CYBER THREATS AND HACKS BRICK >> WE HAVE DEFINITELY TAKEN PRIVACY INTO ACCOUNT THE HALLWAY BACK BUT HE DOES NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN.

THEY REALLY HAVE THAT CHOICE IF THEY WANT TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: AMERICAN AIRLINES IS ALSO TRYING FACIAL RECOGNITION AT ITS DFW TERMINAL LOUNGES PEAK INDUSTRY EXPERTS THINK USING THE TECHNOLOGY FROM THE MOMENT YOU ARRIVE AT THE AIRPORT COULD CUT THE TIME YOU SPEND WAITING IN HALF.

>> IF WE SEE THE TSA GET THAT KIND OF AN INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY LONGER SECURITY LINES COULD BE A THING OF THE PAST.

THE MAC THE USS ISSUED ITS FIRST PASSPORT WITH AN X GENDER MARKER.

ANYONE APPLYING FOR A PASSPORT CAN MARK AN X GENDER IF THEY IDENTIFY AS NON-BINARY, INTERSEX OR GENDER NONCONFORMING PERSONS.

PREVIOUSLY, APPLICANTS WOULD NEED A MEDICAL CERTIFICATION PEAK THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS STILL UPDATING THE SYSTEM AND FORMS FOR THIS NEW POLICY AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR.

NO MORE STORMS MEANS MORE SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS PEAK THAT EQUALS MORE VISITS FOR SKI RESORTS PEAK TODAY ANOTHER ONE.

PALISADES TAHOE JOINT MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN IN ANNOUNCING ITS OPENING PEAK RECENT STORMS DROPPED THREE FEET OF NEW SNOW ALLOWING FOR THE MOVE.

AS OF NOW BOTH RESORTS PLAN TO RUN WE CAN SKIING STARTING THIS WEEKEND.

TWO LOOKING AT A NICE WARMING TREND HERE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO.

PERHAPS OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

BEFORE WE START TO SEE COOLER TEMPERATURES RETURNING LATER IN THE WEEKEND MOVING INTO THE WEEKEND.

THE WARM-UP IS THANKS TO THE OFFSHORE FLOW THAT CONTINUES HERE FOR ANOTHER DAY OR SO BEFORE AN ONSHORE FLOW RETURNS ON THE CLOUD COVER ALONG WITH IT.

TEMPERATURES TONIGHT FALLING OFF INTO THE UPPER 40s PEAK IN OCEANSIDE 50s PEAK MID-50s OUT FOR YOU PEAK IN EL CAJON.

THURSDAY IS LOOKING FOR A GORGEOUS DAY PEAK SLOW MOVING AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE HERE SETTLES BACK ON IN PEAK LOTS OF SUNSHINE PEAK TEMPERATURES NEAR THE CLOISTER REALLY GOING TO BE VERY WARM PEAK AND SOME SPOTS ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

TEMPERATURES FOR YOU IN ESCONDIDO GETTING UP TO 89 ON THURSDAY.

UPPER 80s IN PERRIGO SPRINGS.

EL CAJON COULD GET UP INTO THE LOW 90s THERE.

FRIDAY, THE WEAK ONSHORE FLOW PICKETS TO MAKE A RETURN HERE BUT IT WILL REALLY .

UP HERE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND PEAK ACROSS THE INTERSECTIONS BRIGHT AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES HERE.

OVERALL, DOES LOOK LIKE A PRETTY TRANQUIL PATTERN HERE TO CLOSE OUT THE WORK WEEK.

TEMPERATURES GO FROM THE LOW 80s NEAR THE COAST ON THURSDAY AND AS THAT ON SHARE ONSHORE FLOW RETURNS WILL DROP BACK INTO THE 70s BUT WILL SEE A BIGGER COOL DOWN AS WE HAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

TEMPERATURES FALLING OFF INTO THE 60s.

FURTHER INLAND, 90 DEGREES ON THURSDAY PEAK INTO THE MID-80s ON SATURDAY PEAK BY THE START OF THE NEXT WORKWEEK WILL BE BARELY HOLDING ONTO THE LOW 70s PEAK IN THE MOUTH, TEMPERATURES NOTCHING A WHOLE LOT HER.

LOW 60s, BACK DOWN AND INTO THE 50s OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS PEAK IN THE DESERT IS PRETTY SIMILAR STORY BRICK YOU ARE NOT SEEING A BIG TEMPERATURE DROP OFF YOU WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A COOLING PATTERN HERE BEYOND SATURDAY, CLOSE TO 90 DEGREES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS FALLING BACK INTO THE LOW 80s AS WE HEADED TO NEXT WEEK .4 KPBS NEWS I AM METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PASH.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL IS BACK IN PRISON STARTING TOMORROW WITH 130 FELL FROM 20 COUNTRIES SCREENING AT FOUR VENUES PEAK KBS BETH MONDO HAS THIS PREVIEW.

MIMIC THE PANDEMIC FORCED US TO PLAY IT SAFE BY STAYING AT HOME FOR THE PAST YEAR TO HAVE PICKED TO CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT WE CAN NOW RETURN TO SEMINOLE SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL IS ALL ABOUT TAKING RISKS WITH ITS PROGRAMMING.

TAKE TERMINAL USA.

WELL, IT IS REALLY SOMETHING.

AS A KIND OF MOVIE YOU WOULD WATCH ON ADAIR PICS >> Reporter: ARTISTIC DIRECTOR IS DOING AUDIENCES TAKE A CHANCE ON THIS 1993 FILM PEAK >> IT SHOULD THAT THERE IS A CERTAIN KIND OF STEREOTYPE ASIAN AMERICANS BEING A SMALL MINORITY OR AT LEAST A BEING KIND OF LIKE NONOFFENSIVE PEAK HE REALLY WANTS TO SHOW HOW IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT UNDER THE SURFACE EVENING A VERY NORMAL LOOKING ASIAN AMERICAN FAMILY YOU LOOK UNDER THE HOOD BREAK THERE SOMETHING SO GRATIFYING ABOUT THAT PEAK >> INSIDE THE DOCUMENT TRADE AS THE FILMMAKERS WERE NOT PLAYING IT SAFE AS THEY DOCUMENT 2019 PROTEST IN HONG KONG.

>> Reporter: THE HOME AMONGST THE PROTESTER PEAK PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT WE MAY NOT SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN BECAUSE THIS MAY BE LIKE TIANANMEN SQUARE IN HONG KONG PEAK ALSO GETTING A SENSE OF THE COURAGE OF THESE FILMMAKERS TO PERSIST BECAUSE THEY SEE THESE PROTESTERS ARE TOO SO THEY NEED TO BE THERE TO DOCUMENT AT ALL.

THIS IS A START.

>> WILL A FORTUNE IN FANTASY TAKES RISK IN ITS NARRATIVE STORIES.

>> IT IS SUCH A JOY TO SEE A DIRECTOR KNOW HOW TO SQUEEZE EVERY OUNCE OF DRAMA FROM UNEXPECTED DIRECTION.

NOT IN ANY MELODRAMATIC OR SCANDALOUS WAY BUT IN A WAY THAT REALLY CUTS TO THE MORAL STAKES OR THE POSSIBILITIES OF TENSION ON-SCREEN.

>> HE PASSED AWAY IN AUGUST PEAK NOW WE MUST, WE REALLY MUST SHOW THIS MOVIE PEAK IN PART BECAUSE CINEMAS ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THESE ARE FUNCTIONS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT HAPPENING BEFORE.

THIS IS ALL KIND OF A JUICY DRAMA OF ETHICS BUT AND FAMILY.

THE EARLY SKETCHES ARE DEFINITIONS OF FAMILY PEAK >> INFINITE TWO MINUTE STRETCHES A SINGLE TAKE INTO A QUIRKY FILM ABOUT A GUY WHO DISCOVERS A TWO-MINUTE DELIGHT BETWEEN A SECURITY CAMERA AND WHAT HE SEES ON HIS COMPUTER.

AND THIS LEADS TO SOME TIME TRAVEL SHENANIGANS.

THE MAC THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A SINGLE TAKE IN A SINGLE LOCATION EPIC ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE BEEN HOME OF THIS TIME, I THINK HAS SPECIAL MEANING PEAK I LOVE SEEING PEOPLE WHO MAKE SO MUCH OUT OF SO LITTLE.

>> Reporter: MAKING A LOT OF A LITTLE IS ALSO AT THE HEART OF A FILM THAT DR. WAS INSPIRED BY -- PEAK >> BAD MOVIE WAS ABOUT A MEXICAN HERO WHO USED TO GUITAR AS A WEAPON WHAT WOULD BE THE FILIPINO VERSION PEAK WITHOUT WHAT ABOUT FILIPINO GUY AND GOES --.

HE WAS JUST JOKING AROUND.

GEICO, WAIT A MINUTE.

THERE'S SOMETHING THERE.

>> HE SHOT THE FILM ON AN EIGHT MILLIMETER CAMCORDER STARTING IN THE 1990s PEAK >> IT BECAME SOMETHING OF A CULT HIT AMONG FILIPINO AMERICANS BECAUSE IT SPOKE DIRECTLY TO THEIR CULTURAL UNIQUENESS BUT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF NOT NECESSARILY A HISTORICAL TRAUMA BUT LET'S HAVE FUN WITH THIS .

LET'S GO IN THE THEATER AND CELEBRATE EACH OTHER AND DO A SUPER HERO MOVIE PEAK NOW THERE'S A CROWD FOR THAT SEQUEL CALLED LUPITA WITH A VENGEANCE BUT BOTH WILL SCREEN AT THE FESTIVAL AND CHANEL HAS THIS DISCLAIMER ABOUT THE MOVIES PEAK >> WE DID NOT WASTE ANY REALM OF THE ONSET PEAK WE MADE SURE ANY TIME THERE WAS ACTUALLY A FAKE PREP I GOT THROUGH eBAY.

>> CHECK OUT THE BUFFET OF FILMS BEING SERVED UP AND ENJOY SOME CINEMATIC TREES.

BETH ACCOMANDO, KPBS NEWS PEAK >>> AMERICANS ARE EXPECTED TO SPEND $10 BILLION ON HALLOWEEN THIS YEAR.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU WON'T BE WEARING THE SAME COSTUME AS SOMEONE ELSE?

GOOGLE CHANCE HAS RELEASED ITS 2021 FRIGHT GUIDE WHICH LISTS THE MOST SEARCH COSTUMES.

YOU MIGHT NOT BE TOO SURPRISED THAT THE WHICH CUSTOM TAKES THE TOP SPOT PEAK OTHER CHARACTER INSPIRED COSTS BUMS IN THE TOP 10 INCLUDE CARELLA TEFILLIN HARLEQUIN PEAK IF YOU'RE AFRAID OF CLOWNS YOU MIGHT BE DISAPPOINTED TO SEE IT LISTED IN THE TOP 10 AS WELL AS RABBITS, DINOSAURS AND COWBOYS BUT FAIRIES ARE NUMBER SIX NATIONALLY BUT NUMBER ONE HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

I EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF FACEBOOK YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG PEAK THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.