AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION.

>>> A FORMER SAN DIEGO POLICE DETECTIVE IS SUING THE CITY.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

SHE SAYS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COVERED UP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY HER HUSBAND, A SERGEANT.

>> Reporter: ALLYSON FORD WORKED FOR THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 17 YEARS.

SHE EARNED THE TITLE OFFICER OF THE YEAR.

IN A LAWSUIT ANNOUNCED MONDAY, SHE CALLS IT A BOYS CLUB WHERE WOMEN ARE PUNISHED FOR SPEAKING OUT.

>> I'M SPEAKING OUT TODAY, NOT JUST FOR MYSELF BUT FOR EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN FAILED BY THE SYSTEM.

THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CULTURE OF RETALIATION AND COVER-UPS MUST END.

>> Reporter: THEY DECLINED TO RESPOND TO THE ALLEGATIONS.

THE LAWSUIT DETAILS SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY MANY OFFICERS.

IT CLAIMS THAT CULTURE ENABLED HER HUSBAND AND FELLOW OFFICER SERGEANT MITCHELL FORD TO ABUSE HER.

WHEN SHE TOLD HIM SHE WANTED A DIVORCE, IT ALLEGES HE PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED AND THREATENED HER.

ALLYSON FORD SAID THAT NIGHT HE TOLD HER SHE WOULD LOSE HER JOB BECAUSE OF THE POWER HE HEALTH IN THE DEPARTMENT.

>> AT FIRST, I DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THE DEPARTMENT THAT I LOVED AND THAT I HAD WORKED SO HARD FOR WOULD PROTECT ME.

BUT THEY DID NOT.

>> Reporter: THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS WHEN SHE REPORTED THE ASSAULT, SDPD DIDN'T INVESTIGATE PROPERLY.

HER HUSBAND WAS PLACED ON PAID LEAVE AND THEN CLEARED OF WRONGDOING.

BUT IT CLAIMS THAT SDPD REPEATEDLY INVESTIGATED HER, TOOK AWAY HER PRIVILEGES AND DENIED HER SCHEDULE REQUESTS.

THAT OFFICERS USED POLICE RESOURCES TO STALK HER, AND THAT SDPD REFUSED TO ENFORCE HER RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST HER HUSBAND.

JOHN GOMEZ IS HER LAWYER.

>> IF THESE ARE THE LENGTHS THE DEPARTMENT WILL GO TO TO SUPPRESS ONE OF ITS OWN FEMALE OFFICERS, A DECORATED, AWARD-WINNING DETECTIVE, IN ORDER TO PROTECT A MORE SENIOR MALE OFFICER, WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT HOW IT TREATS EVERYDAY CITIZENS WHO LACK THE RESOURCES OR KNOWLEDGE TO FIGHT BACK?

>> Reporter: ALLYSON FORD RESIGNED LAST YEAR.

SHE SAID MITCHELL FORD REMAINS WITH SDPD, ARMED.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> A COOL AIR MASS IS MOVING INTO THE GREAT BASIN.

THAT WILL BRING US SOME STRONG NORTH EASTERLY WIND AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK.

WE'LL BE BREAKING IT DOWN FOR YOU COMING UP.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS CHOOSING A NEW CHAIR THIS WEEK.

METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SAID THE BOARD IS STILL REELING FROM THE SUDDEN RESIGNATION OF ITS FORMER CHAIR.

>> Reporter: THE FORMER SUPERVISOR ANNOUNCED HER RESIGNATION DECEMBER 20th JUST WEEKS AFTER HER LAND SLIDE RE-ELECTION WAS CERTIFIED.

SHE CITE SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS.

SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE SUPERVISOR.

TWO OF WHOM WERE SWORN IN FOR SECOND TERMS TODAY ARE ONCE AGAIN EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATS.

THEY'LL BE SELECTING A NEW CHAIR ON TUESDAY.

NEXT WEEK, THEY'LL HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO FILL THE DISTRICT ONE VACANCY BY APPOINTMENT, A SPECIAL ELECTION, OR BOTH.

SEVERAL CANDIDATES HAVE ALREADY LINED UP FOR THE SEAT INCLUDING IMPERIAL BEACH MAYOR THAT A LOAM A AGUIRRE, VIVIAN MORENO, THE CHULA VISTA MEMBER, AND CHULA VISTA MAYOR.

THE MOST HIGH PROFILE REPUBLICAN IN THE DISTRICT.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> ENCINITAS HAS A NEW MAYOR.

COMING UP, WE SIT DOWN WITH THE NEW LEADER TO TALK ABOUT HIS GOALS FOR THE CITY.

>>> TODAY, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED THAT PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT ELECT J.D.

VANCE WON THE 2024 ELECTION.

>> DONALD J. TRUMP OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS RECEIVED 312 VOTES.

KAMALA HARRIS D. HARRIS -- [ APPLAUSE ] >> A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS MET TO CERTIFY THE ELECTORAL VOTES.

TRUMP AND VANCE WON WITH 312.

IT COME FOUR YEARS AFTER A DEADLY RIOT AT THE CAPITOL PAUSED THE CERTIFICATION OF JOE BIDEN'S WIN IN 2021.

>> TODAY DID I WHAT I HAVE DONE MY ENTIRE CAREER WHICH IS TAKE SERIOUSLY THE OATH THAT I HAVE TAKEN MANY TIMES TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, WHICH INCLUDED TODAY, PERFORMING MY CONSTITUTIONAL DUTIES TO ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA, THE VOTERS OF AMERICA, WILL HAVE THEIR VOTES COUNTED.

>> Reporter: AS PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, HARRIS PRESIGHED OVER TODAY'S SESSION.

IN HISTORY JUST THREE OTHER VICE PRESIDENTS WHO LOST THE ELECTION HAVE DONE SO PRIOR.

ANOTHER SKIPPED THE COUNTING.

>>> POPE FRANCIS HAS NAMED ROBERT McELROY AS THE NEXT ARCHBISHOP OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

HE HAS BEEN A VOCAL CRITIC OF DONALD TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES.

CARDINAL ROBERT McELROY HAS LED THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO SINCE 2015.

NOW POPE FRANCIS HAS APPOINTED HIM THE ARCHBISHOP OF WASHINGTON, D.C. >> THE CARDINAL WILL BECOME THE NATION'S PASTOR.

HE IS GOING TO BE WHERE ROME FEELS HE'S THE MOST NEEDED.

>> Reporter: THE ANNOUNCEMENT COME TWO WEEKS BEFORE DONALD TRUMP'S INAUGURATION.

AN AP SURVEY FOUND INVESTIGATOR% OF CATHOLIC VOTERS SUPPORTED TRUMP IN NOVEMBER UP FROM 50% IN 2020.

McELROY CALLED IT A GREAT VICTORY FOR THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT BUT HE'S BEEN A VOCAL OPPONENT TO OTHER TRUMP POLICIES INCLUDING CALLS FOR MASS DEPORTATION.

HE'S ALSO ECHOED THE CALL TO VIEW CLIMATE CHANGE AS A SCIENTIFIC REALITY AND ENCOURAGED LOCAL CATHOLICS TO GET THE COVID VACCINE.

>> IF YOU RECEIVE A VACCINATION, YOU'RE NOT ONLY HELPING TO PROTECT THOSE AROUND YOU WHO YOU LOVE SO MUCH, BUT YOU'RE HELPING TO PROTECT THE WHOLE OF OUR WORLD.

>> Reporter: IN 2018, McELROY CELEBRATED A BINATIONAL MASS AT THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER AND CALLED SEPARATING CHILDREN FROM THEIR MOTHERS INHUMANE.

SHE RESEARCHES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO.

SHE SAID THOSE KINDS OF STANCES MAKE IT MORE MEDIA ATTENTION IN D.C. -- >> NOT JUST THE ELDERLY AND THE YOUNG BUT ALSO FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, FOR THE CLIMATE, FOR MIGRANTS, FOR REFUGEES, FOR POOR, FOR ALL THE VARIOUS MARGINALIZED PEOPLES, TO RECOGNIZE THEIR HUMAN DIGNITY.

HE WILL CHALLENGE CATHOLICS NATIONWIDE BUT ALSO IN DOING THAT, PERHAPS CHALLENGE THE CONSCIENCE OF THE NATION A BIT.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE WASHINGTON, D.C. ARCHDIOCESE FORMALIZES HIS ROLE AS A LEADER IN THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

McELROY WILL LEAVE HIS SAN DIEGO POST IN MARCH.

POLICE WILL ELECT AN ADMINISTRATOR TO LEAD THE DIOCESE UNTIL POPE FRANCIS APPOINTS A NEW BISHOP FOR SAN DIEGO.

IT COULD TAKE UP TO A YEAR AND A HALF.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> THOUSANDS OF VETERANS WHO WERE DISCHARGED UNDER DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL MAY SOON BENEFIT FROM A PROPOSED SETTLEMENT.

IT IS CONNECTED TO A CASE FILED IN 2023 AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ON BEHALF OF VETERANS DISCHARGED BECAUSE OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

MORE THAN 30,000 MEMBERS OF THE U.S. MILITARY WERE FORCED TO LEAVE BECAUSE OF THE POLICY.

PLAINTIFFS SAY THEIR DISCHARGES DISQUALIFIED THEM FROM RECEIVING VETERANS' BENEFITS.

IT HASN'T BEEN FINALIZED AND THEY HAVE YET TO COMMENT ON IT.

>>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SIGNED A NEW LAW THAT WILL INCREASE SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.

JOHN SULLIVAN EXPLAINS WHAT THESE CHANGES MEAN FOR RETIREES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WILL BE GETTING BIGGER SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS THANKS TO A BIPARTISAN BILL THAT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SIGNED INTO LAW SUNDAY.

>> SOCIAL SECURITY IS THE BEDROCK OF FINANCIAL SECURITY FOR RETIREES AND SURVIVORS.

>> Reporter: IT INCREASES PAYMENTS BY, ACCORDING TO BIDEN, ABOUT $360 PER MONTH FOR ABOUT 2.5 MILLION TEACHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, POLICEMEN AND OTHER PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS WHO ALSO RECEIVE PENSION INCOME.

>> AMERICANS WHO HAVE WORKED HARD ALL THEIR LIVES TO HE WERE AN HONEST LIVING SHOULD BE ABLE TO RETIRE WITH ECONOMIC SECURITY AND DIGNITY.

>> Reporter: THE LAW ELIMINATES TWO PREVIOUS PROVISIONS THAT REDUCED PAYMENTS FOR RETIREES AND THEIR SPOUSES.

FIRST, THE WINDFALL ELIMINATION PROVISION WHICH LOWERED PAYMENTS TO RETIREES WHO ALSO RECEIVED PENSION PAYMENTS.

AND THE GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET WHICH REDUCED BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES, WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS WHO RECEIVED A PENSION OF THEIR OWN.

>> WE FOCUSED ON THE REPEAL OF PROVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN AN INJUSTICE TO MANY PUBLIC SERVANTS OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS.

>> Reporter: THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES IT WILL COST NEARLY $212 BILLION OVER TEN YEARS.

THEY SAID THOSE IMPACTED WON'T NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES UNLESS THEY HAVE A NEW ADDRESS OR THEIR DIRECT DEPOSIT INFORMATION HAS CHANGED.

>>> FURNISHING A HOME CAN BE OVERWHELMING AND EXPENSIVE, ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE TRANSITIONING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.

MELISSA MAY TELL US ABOUT A NONPROFIT THAT GOES FROM HAVING A TRAFFIC OVER THEIR HEADS TO HAVING A HOME.

>> WHAT?

THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE OUR HOUSE.

>> THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL!

IT'S SO NICE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> Reporter: THAT'S RITA CHAVEZ AND HER SON DOMINICK SEEING THEIR FULLY FURNISHED HOME IN CHULA VISTA FOR THE FIRST TIME.

PRETTY HOMEY, RIGHT?

BUT IT DIDN'T ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THIS.

THIS IS WHAT THE APARTMENT LOOKED LIKE JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE.

NO FURNITURE, NO CHRISTMAS TREE, NOT EVEN A FAMILY PHOTO.

BEFORE GETTING THEIR PLACE, THE CHAVEZES WERE LIVING IN THE SOUTH COUNTY LIGHTHOUSE IN NATIONAL CITY.

IT IS AN EMERGENCY SHELTER RUN BY THE SAN DIEGO SKA MISSION.

>> I WAS GOING THROUGH A LOT.

I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE AND I HAD SOME ADDICTION PROBLEMS AS WELL, AND IT CLOSED ROADS FOR ME.

SO I NEEDED A NEW START.

>> Reporter: SCOTT WAS RITA'S ADVOCATE AT THE SHELTER.

>> RITA WAS THE PERSON THAT WAS ABLE TO GRIND AND WORK HER WAY.

SHE WAS HUNGRY.

SHE REFUSED TO GO BACK TO THE STREETS WITH HER SON DOMINICK.

SHE PUT IN THE WORK.

>> Reporter: THE WORK INCLUDED PAPERWORK, DOING CHORES AND STAYING SOBER.

BECAUSE SHE DID HER PART, MINOR WAS ABLE TO FIND THEM AN APARTMENT, MAKING THEM THE FIRST OFFICIAL GRADUATES FROM THE SOUTH COUNTY LIGHTHOUSE.

>> THEY PUSHED US LIKE TO SAY, EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY.

YOU ARE GOING TO GET A HOME.

>> Reporter: BUT THAT HOME WAS AN EMPTY APARTMENT WITH NOTHING MORE THAN BLANKETS AND PILLOWS ON THE FLOOR.

THAT'S WHERE HUMBOLDT DESIGN SAN DIEGO COMES IN.

>> IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE SHELTER, TO HAVE A SPACE.

IT'S ANOTHER THING TO MAKE IT A HOME.

AND A STEP FURTHER, A HOME THAT IS CATERED TO THE INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE INSIDE.

>> Reporter: COURTNEY BROWN IS A DESIGNER FOR HUMBLE.

THE NONPROFIT DESIGNS AND FURNISHES HOME INTERIORS FROM POEM TRANSITIONING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.

>> THERE IS A DIGNITY HAVING A HOME AND NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT HAVING A BED TO SLEEP IN OR NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE POTS AND PANS TO COOK WITH.

AND EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY DESERVES THAT.

>> Reporter: HUMBLE HAS A 15,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE FULL OF DONATED FURNITURE AND HOUSE WARES.

>> MY FAVORITE THING, ALL THE HANDS AND PEOPLE FROM SOMEONE WHO IS JUST MAKING A DONATION AND HOW IT COME TO OUR WAREHOUSE, IT'S TOUCHED BY VOLUNTEERS, PULLED BY VOLUNTEERS, AND IT ENDS UP COMING TO A SPACE TO BETTER SOMEBODY'S LIFE.

>> Reporter: BETTERING RITA'S LIFE STARTED WITH AN INITIAL CLIENT MEETING.

THIS IS WHERE COURTNEY AND HER TEAM GOT TO KNOW RITA.

WHAT MOTIVATES HER, AND WHAT A HOME MEANS TO HER.

>> WITH RELATIVES, EVERYBODY, WHERE YOU CAN UNITE IN THE ONE PLACE, THE ONE AREA, TO HAVE A LOT OF GOOD TIMES, TO HAVE A LOT OF GOOD TIMES TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHE HAS A SAY IN THE DESIGNER FOR SPACE.

>> I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE RECLINER RIGHT THERE IF YOU CAN.

A LITTLE SOFA RECLINER RIGHT THERE IN THE CORNER.

>> I WANT AN ALTAR IN MY ROOM WHERE I CAN PUT JESUS' FACE AND THE ARCHANGELS AND CRYSTALS, QUARTS, ALL MY LITTLE STUFF, OBSIDIAN.

I LIKE STUFF LIKE THAT.

IT RELAXES ME.

>> Reporter: THROUGHOUT THE MEETING SHE TOLD HER DESIGNERS, HER SON HAS ONE REQUEST.

>> HE TOLD ME TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT HE WANTS A CONSOL.

>> Reporter: THEN IT WAS TIME TO CHOOSE WHAT WOULD FILL THE EMPTY APARTMENT.

COME BACK TO THE SPACE AND I THINK ABOUT RITA AS A PERSON AND WHAT SHE WOULD WANT AND THE ENERGY SHE BRINGS AND I TRIED TO FIND ITEMS THAT MATCH THAT.

>> Reporter: THREE DAYS LATER, THE CHAVEZES WERE SENT OUT OF THE APARTMENT FOR A FEW HOURS.

WHILE TEAM HUMBLE CAME IN TO TRANSFORM IT WITH SOME HELP FROM THE SAN DIEGO PADRES FOUNDATION.

THEN RITA AND DOMINICK CAME HOME FOR THE BIG REVEAL.

WHAT HUMBLE CALLS THE CLIENTS' DAY OF JOY.

>> OH, MY GOD!

THIS IS PERFECT!

>> Reporter: REMEMBER THE ALTAR RITA REQUESTED?

>> THIS IS PERFECT.

THIS IS WHAT I WANT.

THIS IS MORE PERFECT THAN I THOUGHT.

>> Reporter: AND THE RECLINER?

>> OH, MY GOD.

SHUT UP!

YOU GUYS REMEMBERED.

>> Reporter: AND REMEMBER THE ONE THING DOMINICK WANTED?

A GAMING CONSOLE?

HE GOT IT THANKS TO THE PADRES FOUNDATION.

>> OH!

NO WAY.

I REALLY WANTED THAT.

I WAS NOT PLANNING TO CRY BUT I'M GOING TO CRY.

>> Reporter: RITA SAYS SHE'S GOING TO TREAT HER HOME WITH CARE AND MAKE VISITORS FEEL AS WELCOME AS SHE FELT DURING HER DAY OF JOY.

>> IT WAS OVERWHELMING.

IT WAS OVERWHELMING BECAUSE NOBODY EVER DID THIS FOR US.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ANYBODY EVER DID ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR US.

>> Reporter: TO DATE, TEAM HUMBLE HAS FURNISHED 450 SAN DIEGO HOMES.

>> I FEEL SAFE.

I FEEL LIKE NOBODY CAN COME IN HERE AND DO ANYTHING.

JUST, I DON'T KNOW.

IT MAKES IT HOME.

THAT'S THE PERFECT WORD.

THE KEY WORD, HOME.

>> Reporter: MELISSA MAY, KPBS NEWS.

>> A VERY NICE STORY.

>>> FLU CASES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAVE RISEN YEAR BY YEAR WITH THE SEASON'S PEAK BEING THE HIGHEST IN FIVE YEARS.

ACCORDING TO COUNTY DATA, FLU CASES REACHED MORE THAN 3560 THIS SEASON ALONE.

OUR MEDIA PARTNER KGTV SPOKE TO A PARTNER AT SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHO SAYS TRENDS ARE GOING BACK TO WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE COVID.

DURING THE PANDEMIC, MANY WERE TAKING PREVENTIVE MEASURES LIKE MASKING AND SOCIAL DISTANCING.

>> YES.

WE ARE SEEING MORE CASES THAN IN RECENT YEARS.

THERE HAS BEEN A MORE RAPID INCREASE IN A LARGER NUMBER OF CASES AROUND THIS TIME WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OR SO.

>> Reporter: THE CDC REPORTS VISITS TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE OF INFLUENZA ARE HIGH AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE.

SYMPTOMS THROUGH FEVER, CHILLS, COUGH, AND SORE THROAT.

>>> WHOOPING COUGH CONTINUES TO SURGE WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES THE U.S. HAS SEEN IN YEARS.

MANDY HAS MORE ON THE LATEST DATA AND HOW TO PROTECT AGAINST THIS DISEASE.

>> Reporter: IT'S A DISEASE THAT HAS BEEN SURGING FOR MONTHS.

NOW THE CDC SAYS WHOOPING COUGH CASES ARE THE HIGHEST THEY'VE BEEN IN A DECADE IN THE U.S. WITH NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN.

>> WHAT THIS BACTERIA DOES, IT ATTACHES TO THE CELLS THAT LINE THE AIRWAYS.

THEY'RE CALLED CILIA.

SORT OF HAIR-LIKE CELLS.

AND DAMAGES THE CELLS AND CREATES A TREMENDOUS COUGH.

>> Reporter: THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 33,400 CASES REPORTED THIS YEAR THROUGH DECEMBER 21st, ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY CDC DATA.

EARLY TREATMENT WITH ANTIBIOTICS MAY LESSEN THE SEVERITY OF THE INFECTION BUT EXPERTS SAY THIS DISEASE IS ALSO PREVENTIBLE THROUGH VACCINATION.

>> PRIOR TO THE 1940s, WHEN VACCINATIONS WERE NOT THAT COMMON IN THE UNITED STATES, ABOUT 9,000 KIDS WOULD DIE PER YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> Reporter: IN THE U.S., THE VACCINE COVERAGE RATE WAS JUST OVER 92% FOR THE 2022-2024 SCHOOL YEAR.

A DECREASE FROM THE YEAR BEFORE AND COVERAGE FOR ALL VACCINES DECREASED IN MOST STATES.

>> AS THIS RATE DROPS, THE LEVEL OF INFECTION IN THE COMMUNITY RISES.

SO FAR THIS YEAR WE'VE SEEN ABOUT SIX TIMES MORE WHOOPING COUGH THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.

>> Reporter: THOSE AT HIGHEST RISK OF GETTING SEVERELY SICK INCLUDE YOUNG CHILDREN, THOSE WERE CERTAIN MEDICAL CONDITIONS LIKE ASTHMA, AND ANYONE WITH A WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEM.

>> WE CAN VACCINATE CHILDREN AND WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE SAME ENVIRONMENT WHERE PARENTS ARE REALLY TAUGHT THAT THESE CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES ARE UNNECESSARY.

>>> ENCINITAS NOW HAS A NEW MAYOR AND TWO NEW COUNCILMEMBERS SIGNALING A SHIFT IN PRIORITIES FOR THE SEASIDE CITY.

KPBS REPORTER ANDY SAT DOWN TO DISCUSS THE VISION FOR ENCINITAS.

>> Reporter: WHEN BRUCE ELLERS DEFEATED TONY THIS FALL, IT WAS SEEN AS A CHANGE FOR THE CITY.

>> THE GOAL IS TO ACTUALLY MAINTAIN OUR SMALL BEACH TOWN AMBIENCE AND CLEAN COASTAL ENVIRONMENT.

THAT'S THE MAIN VISION STATEMENT.

>> Reporter: ONE OF THE BIG HE WAS ISSUE HE WANTS TO TACKLE IS INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY THE STORM DRAINS, TO PREVENT FLOODING.

MAINLY IN PLACES LIKE UCADIA.

IT HAS BEEN PRONE TO FLOODING.

HE SAID THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL HAS BEEN PRIORITIZING UNNEEDED PROJECTS SUCH AS STREETSCAPING.

>> WE SPENT $100 MILLION ON THE LAST TEN YEARS ON NONESSENTIAL VANITY BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SPENDING IT ON BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE, PAVEMENT, FLOODING AND STORM DRAIN REFURBISHMENT.

>> Reporter: THIS PAST NOVEMBER, VOTERS VOTED DOWN FOR IT.

HE BELIEVES THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY IN THE COFFERS TO FUND THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.

>> WE'LL FIND THE MONEY THE IN THE BUDGET WITHOUT HAVING TO DO THE TAX.

THE TAX WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE.

BUT I THINK IT WAS THE WRONG TIME.

>> Reporter: HE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES THE CITY, LIKE MANY COASTAL CITIES IN THE REGION, HAS AN AFFORDABILITY ISSUE.

HE DOESN'T THINK STATE HOUSING MANDATES ARE THE ANSWER.

SOME RESIDENTS ARE PUSHING FOR MORE.

THEY WANT ENCINITAS TO TURN THE CITY-OWNED LOT INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

HE IS AGAINST THIS.

HE AGREES WITH OTHER RESIDENTS THAT IT SHOULD BE TURNED INTO A PARK AND SAYS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NEW HOMES BEING BUILT AROUND THAT AREA.

>> THERE WILL BE 1,045 UNITS WITH ROUGHLY 3,000 PEOPLE MOVING IN THERE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

IT WAS THE ABSOLUTE PLACE WHERE WE NEED A PARK AND THEY WERE SWITCHING IT OUT FOR A PALTRY NUMBER OF UNITS, LOW-INCOME UNITS.

>> Reporter: HE WANTS TO TACKLE THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS SAYING IT IS A REGIONAL ISSUE THAT THE COUNTY NEED TO STEP UP ON ESPECIALLY IMPLEMENTING CARE COURT TO GET DRUG USERS OFF THE STREET AND INTO TREATMENT CENTERS.

>>> SOME BIG CHANGES ON THE WAY FOR US AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES ARE CONCERNED AND EVEN WHAT WE CAN EXPECT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

FIRST STEP WE'RE LOOKING AT A COOLDOWN AHEAD FOR US.

THEN AS THIS COOL AIR MASS IS SETTLING IN, IT COME IN WITH SOME STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AS WE HEAD THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

THAT WILL BE OUR CONCERN FOR MORE ELEVATED FIRE DANGER, UNFORTUNATELY, AND IT IS A LARGELY DRY WEEK.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MUCH IN THE WAY OF MOISTURE.

IF WE SEE ANYTHING, IT COULD BE SOME EXTRA CLOUDS AS WE GO THROUGH THE EARLY PARTS OF TOMORROW.

WE CAN SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE REGION.

48, THE LOW IN THE CITY.

WE HEAD TO 37 IN OCEANSIDE.

30 IN MT.

LAGUNA.

A LITTLE BIT BRISK OUT THERE.

AND TOMORROW, YOU CAN SEE AS WE DO HAVE SOME CLOUDS IN THE FORECAST, WE HAVE SIGNS OF THAT MOISTURE.

LIKELY, NOT ENOUGH TO SEE ANY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION.

67, THE HIGH TOMORROW AS YOU WORK TOWARD ESCONDIDO.

73, AND BORREGO SPRINGS COMING IN AT 67 DEGREES AS WELL.

THEN WE GET INTO TOMORROW NIGHT.

OFFSHORE WINDS REALLY KICK IN HERE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST.

THEY'LL BE VERY STRONG AND THEY DO ELEVATE THAT FIRE DANGER.

SO PLEASE TAKE NOTE IF YOU'RE ANYWHERE ACROSS THE REGION, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE MOUNTAINS, CANYONS AND THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE CAN GET THE WIND REALLY FUNNELING THROUGH.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE COAST, THE NUMBER ARE STAYING IN THE 70s OR LOWER, UPPER 60s, I SHOULD SAY, LIKE WE ARE ON THURSDAY.

NOT TOO BAD AS WE LOOK THROUGH THE DAYS TO COME AND AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN OUR INLAND COMMUNITIES.

NOTE THAT WIND ON WEDNESDAY.

THAT'S THE OFFSHORE FLOW KEEPING US QUITE DRY.

THE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 70s.

A LOT OF THE INLAND COMMUNITIES STAYING IN THE 70s THROUGH THE WEEK.

THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES, 30s AND 40s FOR HIGHS.

YOU CAN SEE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, THAT'S THE COOL TREND.

WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE WINDS SPECIFICALLY ON WEDNESDAY.

THEY WILL REMAIN THERE.

THE DESERT COMMUNITIES, NOT QUITE AS WINDY.

THE NUMBERS STAYING IN THE 60s OR 70s AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK.

>>> AS PEOPLE REFRESH, RESET, AND REPRIORITIZE FOR THE NEW YEAR, SOME MAY BE LOOKING TO MAKE SOME BIG CHANGES AT WORK.

A GROWING NUMBER OF AMERICAN WORKERS REPORT FEELING TRAPPED IN THEIR JOBS, BUT AS BRIAN REPORTS, THE COOLING JOB MARKET AND ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY CAN MAKE THE JOB SEARCH DAUNTING.

>> Reporter: MANY WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FEELING A LITTLE STUCK.

>> EMPLOYEES ARE FEELING OVERWORKED, UNDERVALUED, UNDERPAID.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO GALLUP POLLING RELEASED IN DECEMBER, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR NEW JOBS AT THE HIGHEST RATES IN NEARLY A DECADE.

IN A COOLING LABOR MARKET, ALONG WITH A LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, THERE'S FEAR THE OPPORTUNITIES MAY NOT BE THERE.

>> THE TIME BETWEEN JOBS FOR PEOPLE TO FIND A JOB AFTER THEY LOSE A JOB IS PRETTY HIGH.

IT'S 23.7 WEEKS ON AVERAGE.

AND THAT'S PRETTY SCARY NUMBER.

>> Reporter: IT REFERS TO THE SHIFT AS THE GREAT DETACHMENT.

IT IS CAUSING FRUSTRATION FOR EMPLOYERS, TOO.

>> 18% OF PEOPLE IN THEIR LATEST REPORT ARE ACTUALLY ENGAGED AT WORK.

THAT MEANS YOU HAVE 82% OF YOUR PEOPLE AS AN EMPLOYER WHO ARE SAYING, NOT FEELING IT.

>> Reporter: IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING IT, AND READY TO MAKE A MOVE, YOU CAN SIMPLY START BY TALKING TO THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW.

>> REACH OUT TO THAT NETWORK TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE THAT THEY KNOW WHO WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO GIVE ADVICE, TO MAKE INTRODUCTIONS.

>> Reporter: DON'T RELY ON ONE-CLICK JOB APPLICATIONS WITH THE SAME RESUME EACH TIME.

>> TAILOR THE RESUME THAT YOU'RE SENDING IN SO THAT IT USES THE KEY WORDS THAT ARE IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON.

>>> HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

NPR'S MORNING EDITION HAS MORE ON THE POPE'S APPOINTMENT OF CARDINAL McELROY AS ARCHBISHOP FOR WASHINGTON, D.C. AND TOMORROW IT WILL BE PREEMPTED BY THE LIVE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

GOOD NIGHT.