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>> AND EVENING PICK IT IS TODAY, MARCH 29th PICK I AM MY AUNT TRIPLE SKI PICK >> IN ABOUT AN HOUR THE FUTURE PLANS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY WILL BE LAID OUT FOR ALL TO HEAR PICK SUPERVISORS CHAIRMAN SET TO GIVE HIS SECOND STATE OF THE COUNTY SPEECH PICK KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL WAS LIVE IN MOUNTAIN VIEW WITH A LOOK AT THE KEY TOPICS HE IS LIKELY TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE SECOND TIME CHAIR FLETCHER HAS DELIVERED THE STATE OF THE COUNTY PICK LESTER IT WAS A VIRTUAL EVENT BUT THIS YEAR IT IS IN PERSON PICK HOWEVER, LIMITED ATTENDANCE BECAUSE IT IS INVITE ONLY HERE AT THE SAN DIEGO CONTINUING EDUCATION CENTER PICTURE FLETCHER DID RELEASE A VIDEO LAST WEEK TOUCHING ON SOME OF THE SUBJECTS HE INTENDS TO COVER PICK AN EMAIL FROM HIM SAYS HE WILL TALK ABOUT NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHELTERING THE ON SHELTERED, NEW INITIATIVES TO TACKLE THE OPIOID CRISIS, NEW INITIATIVE TO TACKLE CHILD CARE WORKFORCE AND FACILITY SHORTAGES AND MORE PICK JOINING ME FOR MORE ON THAT LAST SUBJECT IS JASON FROM THE ASIAN AMERICAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF SAN DIEGO.

I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO GET A LOOK AT SOME OF WHAT IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN THE REALM OF CHILD CARE PICK WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?

>> IN THE SHORT BRIEFING I HAD WHERE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT NOT JUST WHERE CITIGO COUNTY IS TODAY BUT WHERE WE ARE GOING PICK AS YOU MENTIONED, SOME OF THE TOP PRIORITIES IN TERMS OF HOW WE BUILD UP OUR WORKFORCE RELATED TO CHUCK CARE, RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD HIRE A LOT OF OUR VETERANS.

>> THEN, YOU GOT ANOTHER LOOK AT SOMETHING.

>> WHICH PART?

>> OH, I THOUGHT -- PICK I'M SORRY I THOUGHT YOU TOLD ME ABOUT SOME OTHER SUBJECT YOU WERE BRIEFED ON PICK IF I'M WRONG ABOUT THAT THAT IS OKAY PICK >> I GOT A VERY SHORT BLIP BUT IT IS A LOT OF REAL TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS WITH COMMUNITIES THAT ARE UNDERSERVED PICK CHILDCARE COMES TOP OF MIND BUT A LOT OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE CHUCK CARE IN PLACE SO THAT A LOT OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES CAN SURVIVE PICK >> JAY SEKULOW THANK YOU SO MUCH PICK >> Reporter: THIS BEACH WILL BEGIN AT 6:10 PICK WE WILL BE LIVE STREAMING IT ON OUR FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE JENNY IS AS WELL AS THE KPBS HOMEPAGE PICK IT IS KPBS.ORG.

WE WILL HAVE MORE ON WHAT FLETCHER SAYS ON TOMORROW'S MORNING EDITION PICK THEN AFTER THAT COME ON THIS VERY BROADCAST TOMORROW NIGHT PICK LIVE IN MOUNTAIN VIEW, JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS .

STOMACH DESPITE THE RECENT RAINSTORM MUCH OF CALIFORNIA REMAINS UNDER SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT PICK GAVIN NEWSOM HAS ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING URBAN WATER AGENCIES TO GO TO LEVEL 2 DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS PICK KPBS ALEXANDER WHEN SHOWS US WHAT IT MEANS FOR SAN DIEGO PICK >> SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN UNDER LEVEL 1 FOR WATER CONSERVATION PICK AT LEVEL NUMBER TWO WATER AGENCIES CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DAYS PEOPLE CAN WATER THEIR LAWNS PICK THE ORDER CAME IS CALIFORNIA RECORDED ITS DRIEST THREE MONTHS IN HISTORY PICK THE RECENT RAINSTORM WAS NOT A DROUGHT BUSTER PICK ACCORDING TO THE LATEST NEWEST DROUGHT MONITOR REPORT MOST OF CALIFORNIA IS UNDER SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT PICK HOWEVER, THE SAN DIEGO REGION FARES BETTER PICK STILL, NEWSOM'S ORDER COULD MEAN MORE WATER RESTRICTIONS PICK >> IT BASICALLY MEANS UP TO A 20% REDUCTION IN WATER USE PICK THERE'S LOTS OF DETAILS THAT HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS PICK >> THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER ISSUED CALLS FOR WATER AGENCY TO ASSUME A WATER SCARCITY OF 20% AND COME UP WITH A PLAN TO CUT WATER USE PICK SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN GOOD AT THIS.

>> SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN A LEADER IN WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION OVER THE YEARS AND CONTINUES TO BE PICK >> THE ORDER ALSO ASKS TO BEEN WATERING GRASS THAT IS STRICTLY ORNAMENTAL.

AS FOR AGRICULTURAL USE, FARMERS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THESE RESTRICTIONS SAID TOM KENNEDY WITH THE RAINBOW MUNICIPAL DISTRICT .

>> THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO MAKE PEOPLE CAN STILL GET FOOD GROWN AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> Reporter: THE STATE WATER BOARD HAS UNTIL MAY 25th TO CONSIDER THE ACTIONS NEWSOM OUTLINED PICK ALEXANDER WIN, KPBS NEWS .

>>> ONE GROUP OF CALIFORNIA IS BEING HIT HARD BY THE TOPIC OUR FARMERS PICK COMING UP, A LITTLE LOOK AT THE NO-WIN CHOICES THEY ARE MAKING AND THE PRICE WE ARE ALL PAYING AS A RESULT.

STOMACH A SECOND COVID BOOSTER DOSE IS OFFICIALLY BEING RECOMMEND FOR OLDER ADULTS IN IMMUNITY COMPROMISE PICK ADULTS OVER 50 CAN GET THE ADDITIONAL BOOSTER SHOT FOUR MONTHS AFTER THEIR PREVIOUS ONE PICK FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE SECOND BOOSTER IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE OVER 65 AND FOR THOSE WITH UNDERLYING CONDITIONS PICK >> FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC WAS GOT THERE TWO SHOT SERIES AND A BOOSTER IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT ANOTHER BOOSTER WOULD OFFER TOO MUCH ADDITIONAL PROTECTION PICK THAT IS WHY FDA DID NOT MAKE THIS A RECOMMENDATION PICKETT IS TARGETED ON OLDER INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PICK >> RECOMMENDATIONS CAME AFTER THE FDA GAVE ALTERATION FOR SECOND BOOSTER PICK THE FDA REPORTS THEY ARE SAFE AND DATA SHOWS THEY INCREASE PROTECTION FOR THOSE WHO ARE HIGH RISK.

COVID VACCINES WILL BE OFFERED TO MIGRANTS IN CUSTODY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER .

THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

THIS PLAN MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW TRYING TO GET INTO THE U.S.

PICK DHS TOLD CONGRESS IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AROUND 2700 SHOTS DAILY PICK THAT NUMBER WILL MORE THAN DOUBLE BY THE END OF MAY.

STOMACH IN 2012 PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DESIGNATED MARCH 29th AS VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY PICK TODAY AS CEREMONY TO HONOR THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE VIETNAM A WAR WAS HELD AT MIRAMONTE CEMETERY.

JIK TWOS KATIE ALVARADO WAS THERE.

>> Reporter: VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILY GATHERED AT MIRAMAR NATIONAL CEMETERY, DIE SAID IT DAY SET ASIDE TO HONOR THEIR SERVICE, MARCH 29 PICK IT IS THE DAY IN 1973 THE LAST COMBAT TROOPS LEFT VIETNAM PICK >> WE SALUTE ALL OF TAYLOR'S, COAST GUARD, THEY REPRESENT THE BEST IN AMERICA PICK >> THERE SHARP CONTRAST TO WHAT SOME VETERANS LIKE CHARLES SAY THEY CAME HOME TO ALMOST 50 YEARS AGO PICK >> THE TOUGHEST THING FOR ME WHICH WILL NEVER GO AWAY IS THE UNWELCOME HOME .

>> LARRY ANDERSON SAYS HE WILL NEVER FORGET COMING HOME FROM VIETNAM PICK >> I TOOK MY UNIFORM AND I FOLDED IT UP IN A LITTLE BALL AND I JUST SET IT ON BENCH AND PUT ON MY CIVILIAN CLOSE SO I WOULD NOT BE YELLED THAT WHEN I CROSS THAT DOOR PICK THAT STRUCK ME THE MOST PICK I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT .

>> PEOPLE ARE STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING VIETNAM VETERANS WENT THROUGH AND INCLUDING BOBBY RODRIGUEZ PICKY IS NAMED AFTER HIS FATHER WHO IS STATIONED AT CAMP RANDALL 10 AND SERVED IN VIETNAM.

>> MY DAD WOULD NOT TALK ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR TO US GROWING UP.

>> Reporter: HE ONLY RECENTLY DISCOVERED SOME LETTERS HIS FATHER WROTE DURING THE WAR PICK HIS FATHER WAS PART OF THE FIRST ITALIAN MARINES KNOWN AS THE WALKING DEAD BECAUSE THEY SUFFERED THE MOST CASUALTIES OF ANY COMBAT TROOP PICK >> GREETINGS PICK WE MADE IT PICK WE ALSO LOST 35% OF OUR BATTALION PICKETT WAS REALLY HELP PICK I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY DEAD BODIES IN ALL OF MY LIFE PICK I THOUGHT FOR SURE I WAS O'CONNOR.

HE WAS A HERO PICK I HAVE MORE RESPECT FOR HIM NOW WHICH I ALWAYS DID HAVE RESPECT FOR HIM BUT I HAVE A LOT MORE NOW KNOWING WHAT HE WENT THROUGH AFTER READING THIS LETTER PICKETT IS A REAL EYE OPENER PICK >> Reporter: THAT IS THE HOPE THAT COMMEMORATING THIS DATE WILL OPEN THE EYES OF THOSE WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT VIETNAM VETERANS WENT THROUGH.

SO WHEN THEY SEE A MAN IN A CAP THAT SAYS VIETNAM THEY WILL TELL THE OTHER WORDS THEY DID HERE NEARLY 5 DECADES AGO PICK >> LONG OVERDUE.

WE WELCOME YOU HOME.

KATIE ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A CALIFORNIA TASK FORCE ON REPARATIONS IS MEETING RIGHT NOW PICK THEY ARE EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THE QUESTION OF ELIGIBILITY PICK MEMBER SAY THEY ARE DIVIDED ON WHICH BLACK AMERICA SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR COMPENSATION PICK SOME WANT TO LIMIT FINANCIAL ANOTHER COMPENSATION TO DESCENDENTS OF SLAVE PEOPLE PICK OTHER SAY ALL BLACK PEOPLE IN THE U.S.

SUFFER FROM SYSTEMIC RACISM, HOUSING, EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PICK IF A VOTE IS REACHED DURING THIS NEWSCAST WE WILL BRING YOU THAT DECISION PICK >>> CONGRESS APPROVED IT THIS MONTH AND NOW PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS SIGNED A BILL INTO LAW THAT MAKES LYNCHING A FEDERAL HATE CRIME PICK THE BILL CALLED THE EMMETT TILL ANTI-LINDSAY ACT OF 2022 HAD OVERWHELMING BIPARTISAN SUPPORT THOUGH IT HAS TAKEN ADVOCATES MORE THAN A CENTURY TO PASS LEGISLATION PICK HE WAS ONLY 14 YEARS OLD PICK HIS MURDEROUS SPARK NATIONAL OUTRAGE AND WAS THE DRIVING FORCE FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

>>> A CONTROVERSIAL FEDERAL JAIL IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO WAS GIVEN A LAST-MINUTE EXTENSION TO STAY OPEN FOR ANOTHER 90 DAYS PICK I NEWS SOURCE INVESTIGATOR JOE CASIANO HAS THE STORY PICK >> Reporter: WAS PREPARING TO SHUT DOWN ON THURSDAY FOLLOWING JOE BIDEN'S EXECUTIVE ORDER PICK THE DECISION TO KEEP THE CHILL OF CAME UNEXPECTEDLY LATE LAST WEEK PICK THE WORKERS UNION, THE CHOSEN PLACE CALLED A LAST-MINUTE DECISION A VICTORY PICK NOW, THEY ARE ASKING THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A LONG-TERM SOLUTION PICK >> MAKE NO MISTAKE THE CLOSURE OF THE WESTERN REGION DETENTION FACILITY WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN DIEGO AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS PICK >> Reporter: THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE HAS ALREADY HAD DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES FOR KATRINA PICK HE WAS TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE JAIL FAR AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY.

>> MY HUSBAND MADE A MISTAKE BUT THE CHILDREN DID NOT PICK >> Reporter: THE ACL AND LOCAL ACTIVISTS ARGUE THAT SHUTTING DOWN THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION PICK THE PRIVATE COMPANY RUNNING THE CHILL HAS CREATED A DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT FOR DETAINEES PICK THE JAIL IS CURRENTLY FACING A THREE LAWSUITS PICK >> I KNEW SOURCES AND INDEPENDENTLY FUNDED PARTNER OF KPBS PICK STOMACH WITH CURRENT PROTECTIONS EXPIRING ON THURSDAY A BILL INTENDS TO STAVE OFF EVICTIONS PICKETT NEEDS TWO THIRDS MAJORITY FROM THE STATE SENATE TO PASS PICK THE LEGISLATURE WOULD PROTECT TENANTS OF APPLIED FOR COVID 19 EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH JUNE 30th PICK AS PAPERWORK IT IS TO BE PROCESSED BY THE STATE PICK IT HAS PAID OUT 2.4 MILLION DOLLARS TO FOUR 2000 FAMILY SPEC THAT IS LAST OF THE HOUSEHOLDS WHO APPLIED FOR EIGHT PICK AS THE GOVERNOR CALLS FOR WATER STRICTEST FIBERS IN CALIFORNIA ARE STRUGGLING AS THE STATE SEVERE DROUGHT IS PUTTING THEM IN A LOSE LOSE SITUATION PICK >>> ON ONE HAND THEY MUST ALL USE THE GROUNDWATER THEY HAVE IN STORAGE WHERE THEY WILL FACE EITHER QUALITY OR QUANTITY ISSUES OR CUT BACK ON WHAT THEY ARE GROWING PICK WE PORTER LISA ON THE PRICE WE WILL HAVE TO PAY.

>> THE LACK OF WATER, THE LACK OF SNOW, THE LACK OF RAINFALL.

>> Reporter: RICHARD IS THAT MANAGER GROWING LEAKY GREEN LEAFY GREENS LIKE ROMAINE AND SPINACH PICK THEY WILL RECEIVE NO WATER FROM THE FEDERALLY CONTROLLED CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT PICK >> WE HAVE JUST HAD TO ADJUST TO RELY MORE ON OTHER SOURCES PICK FOR US, IS GROUNDWATER PICK THE PROBLEM WITH GROUNDWATER IS THE QUALITY IS NOT AS GOOD AS OUR FEDERAL WATER IS PICK >> Reporter: ALL ACROSS THE STATE ARE HAVING TO FACTOR THAT LACK OF WATER INTO THEIR CROP PATTERNS PICK >> THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ABOUT 25% OF THE LAND THAT NORMALLY GETS IRRIGATED IT IS GOING TO END UP BEING FOLLOW.

>> WE ARE ONLY IN MARCH PICK YES, IT COULD BE THAT MUCH, IT COULD BE CONSIDERABLY MORE PICK >> Reporter: HE SAYS LAST YEAR HE MADE THE DECISION TO RELEASE ALL 8000 ACRES FEET OF WATER THE COUNTY HAD STARTED LOCAL RESERVOIRS FOR THE GROWERS PICK >> WE CROSSED OUR FINGERS AND HOPE THAT SOMETHING BETTER WOULD COME BUT IT DID NOT PICK IT MAY TAKE TWO OR THREE YEARS BEFORE THEY ARE FILLED BACK UP TO WHERE THEY ARE IN A REALLY HEALTHY POSITION PICK >> Reporter: THOSE FEEL PRICES ARE BEING FELL AS WELL PICK THIS ALL EXPECTED TO HIT THE CONSUMER'S POCKET PICK >> GAS, DIESEL, FUEL PRICES HAVE JUST GONE COME I MEAN IT HAS ALMOST DOUBLED FROM A YEAR AGO .

IT HAS INCREASE COSTS.

IF IT DOES NOT BEST OF THE CONSUMER I WOULD BE SURPRISED PICK >> Reporter: IT MAY NOT JUST BE FARMERS AFFECTED, THE WATER DISTRICT ALSO DELIVERED WATER TO SUNNYSLOPE WATER DISTRICT AND SOON SAN JUAN BAUTISTA PICK >> I'M GOING TO GET AT LEAST SOME WATER FOR MY URBAN CUSTOMERS BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS EVEN LOOKING AT PULLING THAT BACK IN MAKING THAT ZERO WHICH HAS NEVER, EVER HAPPEN BEFORE PICK >> Reporter: WITH NOT MUCH RAIN FORECASTED FOR THE REST OF THE HERE IN CALIFORNIA WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?

>> THE ONLY WAY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO HAVING A HEALTHY GROUNDWATER BASIN A HEALTHY WATER SUPPLY FOR EVERYBODY IS TO BUILD MORE STORAGE TO CAPTURE THE WATER IN THOSE WET YEARS PICK YOU CANNOT CONSERVE YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: THAT WAS LISA REPORTING.

FORECASTERS FROM THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION PREDICTS THE DROUGHT TO CONTINUE AND MAYBE EVEN GET WORSE IN THE COMING MONTHS.

>>> WE WILL BE LOOKING AT TEMPERATURES STAYING STEADY PICK WHEN I GOING TO BE WARMING UP TOO MUCH, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE COOLING OFF TOO MUCH BRICK OUR MARINE LAYER WILL REMAIN A PERSISTENT FORCE PICK A LOT OF EARLY MORNING FOG AND CLOUD COVER PICK THOSE CLOUDS SHOULD BREAK FOR SOME AFTERNOON SUNSHINE .

TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY GET BACK INTO THE LOWER 50s PICK OCEANSIDE, UPPER 40s PICK WEDNESDAY, WE ARE LOOKING AT SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR TO MAKE A RETURN PICK WE DID HAVE SOME CHILL WITH THE CLOUDS IN THE SHOWERS BUT THAT IS MOVING ON OUT PICK WE WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE WAY OF SUNSHINE AND ALSO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE WAY OF WARMTH PICK MID TO UPPER 60s IN SAN DIEGO PICK MORNING CLOUD COVER SHOULD BE CLEARING FOR SOME AFTERNOON SUNSHINE .

66 OUT TOWARD RAMONA AND INTO BORREGO SPRINGS WE ARE INTO THE MID-80s PICK THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD RIGHT ABOUT NOW PICK THURSDAY WHERE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH THIS LITTLE PIECE OF ENERGY THAT STAYS LINKING HERE IN THE FOUR CORNERS IN THIS FRONT ALONG WITH THAT .

STALLED OUT BOUNDARY SO IT COULD MEAN A LITTLE BIT OF WET WEATHER PICK PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT OF ADDED CLOUD COVER ON THURSDAY FOR SOME PICK NOTHING MAJOR IN THE FORECAST HERE ON THURSDAY PICK NEAR THE COAST TEMPERATURES LIKE TO STAY BASICALLY IN THE MID 60s AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO YOUR SEVEN-DAY FORECAST PICK MORE CLOUDS COVER TOWARD THE END OF THE COMING WEEKEND PICK FURTHER INLAND, TEMPERATURES HERE, MID TO UPPER 60s OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS PICK NOT WARMING UP A WHOLE LOT, NOT COOLING OFF A WHOLE LOT.

AFTERNOON SUNSHINE .

AS WE HEAD TO THE MOUNTAINS TEMPERATURES HERE UPPER 40s, LOW 50s OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS PICK A MIX OF SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS, LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE WAY OF SUNSHINE AT THE START OF THE WEEKEND PICK IN THE DESERT TEMPERATURES LOOKING TO STAY IN THE MID TO UPPER 80s OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS PICK FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PASH PICK >>> TODAY IT CUT THE RIBBON ON A NEW ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY IN KEARNY MESA PICK IT USES LITHIUM ION PHOSPHATE BATTERIES TO STORE CARBON FREE ELECTRICITY PICK SG AND HE SAYS THE FACILITY CAN HELP OUR 13,000 HOMES FOR UP TO FOUR HOURS PICK >> IT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE ENERGY WHEN SUPPLY IS SHORT ON THOSE HOT SUMMER DAYS PICK WE SAW THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO HOW I NEEDED MORE RESOURCES ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES PICKETT PROVIDES KEY RESILIENCE HE NEEDS WHEN THERE IS EMERGENCIES AND WE NEED TO CREATE THAT TYPE OF BACKUP POWER.

>> THE FACILITIES BUILT IN OUT LOCATION THAT USED TO HOUSE COMBUSTION GENERATORS THAT WERE BUILT BACK IN THE 1950s PICK THERE ARE MORE LIKE IN THE WORKS ACROSS THE STATE AND IN OUR REGION.

STOMACH A DOG HAS RECENTLY BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR IMMUNOCOMPROMISED SAN DIEGO PICK FOR SOME, ACCESS MAY BE AN ISSUE PICK KPBS REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SPOKE WITH A WOMAN WHO IS ANXIOUSLY TRYING TO GET IT.

>> I HAVE WHAT THEY CALL PRIMARY AM YOU KNOW DEFICIENCY PICK >> WE SPOKE WITH THE SAN DIEGO WOMAN WHO LIVES WITH THE CONDITION THAT HAS BEEN WITH HER SINCE THE KID PICK >> MY SINUS INFECTIONS GOT SO BAD .

FOR MOST OF HIGH SCHOOL I WAS ON ANTIBIOTICS BECAUSE I WAS SICK SO OFTEN PICK >> Reporter: SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A COLD CAN CENTER TO THE HOSPITAL PICK LIKE OTHERS WHO ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED SHE DOES NOT RESPOND WELL OR AT ALL TO VACCINES.

WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT THE SAN DIEGO RESIDENT DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO THINK PICK >> I WAS TERRIFIED.

HONESTLY, I WAS LIKE OH GOSH.

THE H1 AND ONE WAS THE LAST PANDEMIC AND I ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL DURING THE PANDEMIC.

I WAS SERIOUSLY ILL AND I WAS LIKE I GUESS I'M GOING TO DIE PICK >> SHE GOT GOOD NEWS IN DECEMBER PICK A NEW DRUG IS APPROVED DEFINITIVE ANTIBODY THERAPY PROVEN TO GIVE THE SAME PROTECTION THAT HEALTHY PEOPLE GET FROM COVID 19 VACCINES PICK >> I WAS SO EXCITED .

I THOUGHT FINALLY I CAN MAYBE, LIKE I HAVE NIECES AND NEPHEWS THAT LIVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND MAYBE I COULD GO VISIT THEM PICK MY PARENTS ARE OLDER AND I HAVE NOT SEEN MY DAD.

AND I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO GO VISIT HIM.

THAT WHAT IS ACTUALLY HEART PICK I WOULD LET TO VISIT MY DAD AND I WOULD LOVE TO DO AND FEEL SAFE AND FEEL NOT SCARED.

[ CRYING ] OR FEEL LIKE THERE'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE I WOULD GET VERY SICK AND I DON'T HAVE THAT ASSURANCE RIGHT NOW PICK IT IS HARD PICK >> Reporter: SHE IS BEEN MEDICALLY ELIGIBLE FOR MONTHS AND EVEN THOUGH SHE NEEDS THAT SHE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IT PICK HER DOCTOR IS IN LOS ANGELES AND CANNOT GET ACCESS PICK SHE WAS EXCITED TO HEAR SAN DIEGO COUNTY MEDICAL DIRECTOR RECENTLY PUTTING OUT THE CALL FOR TREATMENT REQUEST PICK >> THERE'S DEFINITELY INCREASING DEMAND BUT NOT AT THE RATE FOR WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE EPIC THAT IS WHY GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT THERE, IF YOUR IMMUNE COMPROMISED TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR, GET A REFERRAL, >> WAIT, IT IS AVAILABLE?

>> >> Reporter: SHE TRIED TO GET IT AT LOCAL UC HEALTH BUT THEY AND OTHER HOSPITALS ARE RESERVING DOSES FOR THEIR PATIENT PICK SHE COULD BECOME WANT BUT THAT WOULD MEAN STARTING A NEW CARE PLAN WITH A NEW DR.

PICK SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICIALS CONTROLLED THE LOCAL DISTRIBUTION PICK THE LOCAL DOSES ARE GOING TO MAJOR HOSPITAL SYSTEMS LIKE USDC HOW, KAISER AND SCRIPT OTHER SYSTEMS HAVE LIMITED SUPPLY.

THE JIK SAN DIEGO IS A LITTLE BIT SIDELOAD AND THERE ARE FOUR OR FIVE LARGE SYSTEMS PICK ALSO, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE PRIVATE PHYSICIANS THAT THEY ARE LAST YEAR PICK WE ARE HAPPY TO SERVE THAT ALL PICK >> Reporter: CHRISTIAN IS CHIEF OF POPULATION FAMILY HEALTH PICKETT IS ONE PLACE THAT TAKES OUTSIDE REFERRALS FOR THIS DRUG PICK >> WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE COME DOWN FROM LARGE TRANSPLANT CENTERS IN LOS ANGELES WHO CANNOT GET IT FROM THERE ON SYSTEM PICK WE HAVE HAD INQUIRIES FROM OUT US DATE PICK >> Reporter: THE COUNTY IS WORKING TO EXPAND AWARENESS BUT THE CURRENT SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK FOR EVERYONE PICK JIK I ACTUALLY FOUND IN INFUSION CENTER IN OAKLAND PICK >> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO RESIDENT IS NOT WAITING AROUND AND IS JUMPING AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TREATMENT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PICK SHE SEES IT IS ONLY WAY TO GET THE SAME PROTECTION THAT VACCINATED PEOPLE HAVE PICK >> THE SHOT WAS FREE FOR EVERYBODY PICK I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD ALSO MAKE THIS REALLY EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY THAT IS IMMUNE DEFICIENT SO THAT WAY THEY ARE PROTECTED AND THEY HAVE THE SAME EQUAL PROTECTION AS A VACCINE PERSON BESIDE THEM.

>> Reporter: HAS THE MOST DOSES OF THIS DRUG PICK THEY ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE WHO IS IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PICK USDC HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO DEVELOP AN OPEN REFERRAL PROCESS BUT THE SYSTEM IS NOT IN PLACE YET PICK BACK MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS .

>>> RESEARCH AT UC SEE SAN DIEGO COULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO TREAT DISEASES IN THE BRAIN USING ULTRASOUND PICK KPBS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REPORTER THOMAS SAYS IT IS MUCH LIKE A CONCERT HALL PICK >> IT IS A WAY TO VIEW OF FETUS IN THE MOTHER'S WOMB BUT IT ALSO HAS SHOWN POTENTIAL TO CURE DISEASES LIKE PARKINSON'S AND EPILEPSY BY DELIVERING AT ELECTRIC CURRENT TO EFFECTIVE BRAIN CELLS PICK FOCUSING ULTRASOUND ON ONE PART OF THE BRAIN CAN CAUSE INJURY PICK SO SCIENTISTS HAVE CREATED WHAT THEY CALL IT DIFFUSERS THAT MANIPULATES THE ULTRASOUND WAVES AND MAKES IT RESONATE THROUGHOUT THE PAIN PICK USDC RESEARCHER SAYS THE ATTACHED PROTEINS TO TARGET OF BRAIN CELLS TO MAKE THEM RECEPTORS OF THE TREATMENT PICK >> WE ENGINEER CELLS TO EXPRESS THESE -- PICK WE ALSO DEVELOP DIFFUSERS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF DELIVERING A UNIFORM -- TO AN ENCLOSED CAVITY LIKE THE SKULL PICK >> THE UNIFORM SOUND FIELD PICK ENGINEERING PROFESSOR SAYS THE MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATION OF THEIR USE OF ULTRASOUND COMES FROM STUDIES OF CONCERT HALL ACOUSTICS.

SPRINGLIKE CONTRIBUTION WAS TO PRODUCE THE TRANSFUSE ARE ON THE TRANSFER THERE PICK THE SOUND SOURCE ITSELF YOU HAVE NO ECHOES FOR THE SOUND WITHIN THAT CONCERT HALL PICK >> Reporter: ATTACHING PROTONS TO INTERNAL CELLS IS CALLED SONIC GENETIC PICK WAS PIONEERED BY THREE -- CAPRESSO IN MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY PICK DURING DISEASES WITH APPROACH HAS A WAYS TO GO BUT HE SAYS RESEARCH HAS ALREADY PROVEN THE POTENTIAL THAT THIS NONINVASIVE MANIPULATION OF CELLS HAS TO AFFECT ANY CONDITIONS PICK THE CAN CASES OF A POLICY AND DEPRESSION WE KNOW THAT MANIPULATING CERTAIN CIRCUITS IN THE BRAIN IS CRITICAL TO TREAT THOSE CONDITIONS PICK >> HE ADDS THAT PACEMAKERS AND OTHER ELECTRIC IMPLANTS MAY SOON BE REPLACED BY ENGINEERED CELLS AND THE WIRELESS USE OF ULTRASOUND PICK THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

STOMACH IT WAS A BIG DAY FOR US HERE AT KPBS PICK WE UNVEILED THE NAME OF OUR NEWLY RENOVATED BUILDING PICK THE CONRAD PREFACE MEDIA CENTER PICK IT IT BROKE GROUND OF NOVEMBER 2022 DURING THE PANDEMIC PICKET WILL BE COMPLETE LATER THIS YEAR PICK >>> ELTON JOHN IS ADDING 11 NEWS SHOWS TO HIS FAREWELL TOUR PICK FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD THE FINAL TOUR OF NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE WILL COME TO THE U.S.

IN JULY PICK OUT TO JOHN WILL PLAY AT PECK PETCO PARK ON NOVEMBER 9th PICK HE ADDED A THIRD SHOW ON NOVEMBER 17th AT L.A. DODGER STADIUM PICK IT WAS DELAYED SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF COVID AND INJURIES .

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