[ ♪♪ ] >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBIG, HEATING AND AIR, ESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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[ ♪♪ ] >> PUBLIC SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE TOP PRIORITS IN SAN DIEGO MAYOR TOM GLORY'S PROPOSED BUDGET.

THANKS FOR JOINI US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THE NEW FISCAL YEAR STARTS IN JULY AND TODAY, GLORIA HIGHLIGHTED HOW HE PLANS TO% ALLOCATE OVER $5 BILLION.

KPBS REPORTER KITTY ALVARADO HAS A LOOK.

>> Reporter: MAYOR TODD GLORIA RELEASED THE SPENDING PLANS FOR CALIFORNIA'S SECOND LARGEST CITY N FRIDAY.

THIS YEAR'S THEME, GETTING IT DONE.

ô> BY $5.12 BILLION GETTING IT DONE PLAN REFLECTS OUR CITY'S SOLVING HOMELESSNESS, IF I CANNING OUR STREETS AND UPGRADING CRITICAL- INFRASTRUCTURE, IMPROVING OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE OF CITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES.

>> Reporter: FIRST, HE ADDRESSED HOMELESSNESS.

BOLSTERED BY OVER $30 MILLION OF STATE-FUNDING AND A NEW PROGRAM, INCREASING THE OVERALL SPENDING TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS TO OVER $80 MILLION.

- >> THIS BUDGET ADDS 24-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN ON-GOING SPENDING TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THE SHELTER CAPACITY THAT WE'VE ADDED AND DEDICATE ANOTHER 5 MILLION TO FURTHER SHELTER EXPANSION.

THIS INCLUDES THE OPERATION OF A SAFE SLEEPING PROGRAM.

>> Reporter: HIS BUDGET ALLCATES ALMOST 140 MILLION TO INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT INCLUDES OVER $7 MILLION FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS BUT MOST OF IT IS FOR ROADS.

>> THAT INVESTMENT WILL ALLOW US úTO RESURFACE 157 MILES OF ROADS - THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.

FOR CONTEXT, 157 MILES IS THE DISTANCE FROM HERE TO THE ARIZONA BORDER.

>> Reporter: BUT THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT, THEY WILL GO TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

>> KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE IS JOB NUMBER ONE FOR ANY CITY GOVERNMET.

T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. MONEY TO HELP OFFSET OVERTIME TO THE TUNE OF ALMOST 25 MILLION FOR POLICE AND FIRE.

THIS INCLUDES NEW POSITIONS FOR CIVILIANS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HELP FREE UP OFFICERS FOR PATROL.

AND THE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO GET OVER $4 MILLION IN OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS.

>> 21 MORE CIVILIAN POSITIONS TO UGUST MANY OR SWORN STAFFING TO HELP US BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT.

>> Reporter: THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S LIFE GUARD DIVISION- WILL GET FUNDING FOR TWO NEW LIFE GUARDS FOR LA JOLLES SHORES AD TEN-WEEK LIFE GUARD ACADEMY.

>> IT NOT ONLY PUTS MORE LIFE GUARDS ON THE BEACH BUT IT ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR A NATIONAL LIFE GUARD SHORTAGE.

IT HAS PERSONNEL TO HIRE AND RECRUIT SO WE CAN COUNTERACT THAT.

>> Reporter: THE BUDGET INCLUDES ADDING $6.8 MILLN TO THE RESERVE.

>> IT RECOGNIZES THE POTENTIA OR AN ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

>> Reporter: THE MAYOR'S BUDGET IS ALREADY BEING CRITICIZED FOR SPENDING TOO MUCH úON POLICE AND TOO LITTLE ON HOMELESSNESS KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>> AN ORDINANCE TO BAN ENCAMPMENTS IN PUBLIC PLACES IS MOVE AHEAD TO THE FULL SAN DIEGO- CITY COUNCIL BUT AS WE HEAR IN THIS REPORT, THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW IT WILL WORK AND HOW IT'S DIFFERENT FROM LAWS ALREAD ON THE BOOKS.

>> Reporter: DOZENS OF SAN SAN DIEGANS SPOKE FOR AND AGAINST A PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO BAN ENCAMPMENTS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

IN MOST CASES, IT WOULD ONLY BE ENFORCIBLE WHEN SHELTER BEDS ARE VAILABLE AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF A PAST LEGAL SETTLEMENT REQUIRING THAT PROVISION, BUT IT WOULD ALSO OUTRIGHT BAN ENCAMPMENTS NEAR SCHOOLS, EXISTING SHELTERS, OPEN SPACES AND A HANDFUL OF CITY PARKS.

REACTION FROM THE PUBLIC WAS MIXED WITH SOME DISAGREEING AND OTERS IN SUPPORT.

>> LITTLE ITALY IS UNDER SIEGE BY THE HOMELESS.

>> I DON'T PRETEND TO HAVE ANSWERS TO THIS LONG-STANDING, COMPLEX PROBLEM BUT SURELY WE CAN DO BETTER THAN TREATING OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS AS EYESORES.

>> EVERY DAY, WE HAVE TO WALK PAST AND WALK OVER PEOPLE OVERDSING.

>> YOU ARE FAILING AT YOUR JOBS AND YOU'RE BLAMING THE UNHOUSED úPOPULATION FOR YOUR FAILURES.- YOU SUCK.

[ Some Applause ] >> Reporter: ULTIMATELY, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE VOTED TO SEND THE PROPOSAL OFF TO THE FULL COUNCIL BUT WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION AND ASKING FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT HOW IT WOULD WORK.

COUNCIL MEMBER KENT LEE WAS THE LONE "NO" VOTE.- HE SAYS SHELTER CAPACITY NEEDS TO INCREASE OR ELSE PEOPLE WILL JUST BE MOVED AROUND.

- CITY STAFFERS REPORT THERE'S AROUND 1800 SHELTER BEDS RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE WORKING TO ADD MORE.

LEE ALSO SAYS THERE'S ALREADY LAWS ON THE BOOKS THAT DON'T ALLOW ENCAMPMENTS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

>> IF ENCAMPMENTS ARE BANNED- CITY-WIDE AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, WHAT IS THIS ORDINANCE ACCOMPLISH?

>> THIS IS -- IT A PRIVATE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.

SHE IS VOICING SUPPORT FOR MELISSA TUCKER, AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR WHO, IN FEBRUARY, WAS TOLD SHE WOULD NO LONGER WORK AT THE UNIVERSITY.

SHE BELIEVES IT WAS BECAUSE OF HER SUPPORT OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

AND DR. MARK MADDUX, THE SCENE OF THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AND CHRISTIAN MINISTRY WHO SAYS, AFER PUBLICLY DISAGREEING WITH WHAT HAPPENED TO TUCKER, HE WAS FIRED.

>> I CAME TO A PRIVATE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY BECAUSE I WANTED A WORD-CLASS EDUCATION.

I WANTED A PRIVATE CHRISTIAN EDUATION AND I GOT THAT.

MANY OF US DID.

WE ARE PROUD ALUMNI BUT WE ARE NOT PROUD OF WHAT'S HAPPENING ON CAMPUS RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: AFTER GRADUATING AND ALLY COALITION TO SUPPORT THE GROWING GAY COMMUNITY AT HER - ALMA MATER.

THERE ARE STILL OPENLY-GAY STUDENTS ATTENDING CLASSES.

THAT INCLUDES SYDNEY MCFADDEN AND JESSICA WHITE, A SAME-SEX COUPLE SCHEDULED TO GRADUATE IN LESS THAN A MONTH.

THEY SAY THEY WILL NOT BE SILENCED.

>> WE WEREN'T SURE HOW MANY EOPLE WERE GOING TO SHOW UP TODAY AND IF IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE A FEW OF US, AND I TOLD úSIDNEY LAST NIGHT, EVEN IF IT WAS ME AND HER, I WOULD STAND UP.

>> -- PEOPLE ON THIS CAMPUS LOVE SO DEEPLY AND HARDLY, AND úIT'S ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS AND I JUST WISH OUR ACULTY AND OUR ADMINISTRATION COULD SEE THAT AS MUCH AS THE STUDETS DO.

>> Reporter: THE UNIVERSITY DOES ACKNOWLEDGE LGBTQ STUDENTS ON CAMPUS THROUGH A GROUP CALLED VOICES OF LOVE.

HOWEER, THAT GROUP IS NOT RECOGNIZED OR SANCTIONED BY THE UIVERSITY.

IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT TO KPBS NEWS, LAURA FLEMING, PLNU úDIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS SAID, IN PART, "WE VALUE AND RESPECT THE RIGHT OF FREE EXPRESSION AND BELIEVE THAT WE CAN HAVE DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS WHILE STILL DEMONSTRATING CARE AND CONCERN FOR EACH OTHER.

WHILE WE CANNOT PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETALS ON PERSONNEL ISSUES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE THREAT OF POTENTIA LITIGATION, THE DECISION TO SUSPEND DR. MADDUX'S EMPLOYMENT WAS INDEPENDENT OF ANYTHING RELATED TO LGBTQIA PLUS" ON THIS NATIONAL DAY OF SILENCE, MANY OTHER PLNU TUDENTS ALSO HELD A SIT-IN OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY CHAPEL THIS MORNING IN SUPPORT OF THE FIRED PROFESSOR AND DEAN.

BUT IT WAS THE LOUD VOICES JUST- OFF-CAMPUS THAT GOT THE MOST ATTENTION WHEN IT CAME TO THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN QUESTION, WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?

>> I THINK THROUGH AND THROUGH IF YOU LOOK IN SCRIPTURE WHAT WAS REALLY CLEAR THAT JESUS DID ALL THE TIME WAS IDENTIFY WITH MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND SHOW THROUGH AND THROUGH THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYONE AT THE TABLE.

>> Reporter: A MESSAGE HEARD BETWEE SILENCE AND OUT LOUD.

MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>> THE SUPREME COURT SAYS FDA APPROVAL OF A WIDELY-USED ABORTION DRUG WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR NOW.

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DRUG'S MANUFACTURER ASKED JUSTICES TO INTERVENE ON A LOWER COURT RULING WHICH WOULD LIMIT ACCESS TO MIFEPRISTONE.

AN ORDER SIGNED BY A JUSTICE TODAY, THE COURT ASKED BOTH SIDES TO WEIGH IN ON THE ISSUE WITH A DECISION EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY.

>>> MORE THAN TWO DOZEN MEMBERS OF MEXICO'S SINALOA CARTEL ARE FACING CHARGES.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN WASHINGTON TODAY.

HARGES INCLUDE FENTANYL TRAFFICKING, WEAPONS AND MONEY LAUNDERING.

CHINESE CITIZENS SUSPECED OF SUPPLYING THE CHEMICALS NEEDED TO MAKE THE DRUGS WERE ALSO AMONG THOSE CHARGED.

>> UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS USING EVERY TOOL AT ITS DISPOSAL TO COMBAT THE FENTANYL EPIDEMIC.

THE PRC GOVERNMNT MUST STOP THE UNCECKED FLOW OF FENTANYL PRECURSOR CHEMICALS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF CHINA.

>> A TOTAL OF 28 DEFENDANTS WERE CHARGED IN THREE INDICTMENTS.

>>> THE FEDERAL AGENCY BEHIND A MASSIVE INTELLIGENCE DOCUMENT LEAK FACED A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE IN BOSTON TODAY.

PROSECUTORS SAY THE MAN KEPT DOCUMENTS CONTAINING HIGHLY-CLASSIFIED INFORMATION ABOUT AMERICA'S ALLIES AND ENEMIES AND THEN SHARED THEM ONLINE.

WE HAVE THIS REPORT WITH MORE.

>> Reporter: THE 21-YEAR-LD MASSACHUSETTS INTERNATIONAL GUARDSMAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MASSIVE LEAK OF CLASIFIED DOCUMENTS WAS CHARGED FRIDAY.

>> THIS IS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION, BOTH THE UNLAWFUL RETENTION AND THE TRANSMISSION N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N >> Reporter: THE MAN IS - CHARGED WITH UNAUTHORIZED RETENTION AND TRANSMISSION OF úNATIONAL DEFENCE INFORMATION AND - UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL AND RETENTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AND DEFENSE MATERIALS.

ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS.

>> DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE CHARGES?

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO A PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT, THE MA HAS HELD TOP-SECRET CLEARANCE SINCE 2021.

HE WAS ASSIGNED TO A 24/7 OPERATIONAL MISSION THAT GATHERS INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS SOURCES- AND COMPILES IT FOR SOME OF THE úMOST SENIOR MILITARY LEADERS AROUND THE GLOBE.

ACCORDING TO A DEFENSE OFFICIAL.

>> WHAT HE DOES, HE'S A CYBERTRANSPORT ENGINEER.

>> Reporter: ALSO BELIEVED TO BE THE LEADER OF A DISCORD CHATROOM WHERE THE TROLL OF DOCUMENTS WAS ALLEGEDLY POSTED AROUND DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

>> PEOPLE WHO SIGN AGREEMENTS TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE CLASSIFED DOCUENTS ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF NOT DISCLOSING THOSE DOCUMENTS AND WE INTEND TO SEND THAT MESSAGE HOW IMPORTAN IT IS TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.

>> Reportr: KPBS NEWS REPORTING.

ú >> APRIL IS THE INTERNATIONAL MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD.

A TIME TO HONOR CHILDREN OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES ACROSS THE WORLD.

HER IN SAN DIEGO, ACTIVE DUTY AND RETIRED MILITARY MEMBERS HELPED RUN A FIELD DAY BOOT CAMP FOR STUDENTS AT HANCOCK ELEMENTARY.

THE SCHOOL HAS ALMOST 600 CHILDREN, 98% OF THEM HAVE AT LEAST ONE ACTIVE MILITARY PARENT.

THE BOOT CAMP INCLUDED CREW MEMBERS FROM THE U.S.S.

PEARL HARBOR AND MANY OF THEM GREW UP AS MILITARY KIDS THEMSELVES.

>>ALL OF THEM ARE SAYING, HEY, ARE YOU IN THE MILITARY AND, HEY, MY MOM OR DAD IS IN THE MILITARY AND TELLING ME THEIR PARENTS DRESS UP THE SAME FOR WORK AND PUT THEIR HAIR IN A BUN AND HOW THEY HAVE BEEN GONE A LOT AND THEIR PARENTS ARE ALWAYS ON WORK TRIPS.

>> ODAY'S BOOT CAMP WRAPPE UP SPIRIT WEEK AT HANCOCK ELEMENTARY, HONOURING ALL THE KIDS WHO SACRIFICE TIME WITH THEIR PARENTS BEING PART OF A MILITARY FAMILY.

>>> CALIFORNIANS STILL CONSIDERING INSTALING ROOFTOP SOLAR PANELS WILL EARN LESS FOR THE ELECTRICITY THEY GENERATE.

NEW RULES GOING INTO EFFECT TODAY.

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER SAYS WHEN STATE REGULATORS MADE THE RLE CHANGES IN DECEMBER, IT SPARKED A RUSH.

>> Reporter: THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION ENDED TWO YEARS OF CONTENTIOUS DEBATE IN DECEMBER WHEN THEY APPROVED NEW NET ENERGY METERING RULES.

SOLAR INDUSTRY OFFICIALS WARN THOSE NEW REGULATIONS WOULD HURT THEIR BUSINESSES BUT THE RULE CHANGES ACTUALLY PROMPTED PEOPLE TO PUT SOLAR ON ROOFS.

>> THE UTILITY COMPANIES WANT TO PAY YOU LESS FOR WHAT YOU PRODUCE.

>> IT TOTALLY GOES AGAINST- CALIFORNIA'S GOALS FOR MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY.

- >> NOW IS THE TIME TO GO SOLAR AND LOCK IN YOUR SAVINGS.

>> Reporter: THAT INSTALL NOW BEFORE THE RULES CHANGE PITCH WORKED.

THE CALIFORNIA SOLAR AND STORAGE ASSOCIATION'S BERNADETTE DEL CHIARO SAYS IT BOOSTED BUSINESS BY MORE THAN 40%.

>> A LOT OF CONSUMERS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ON THE FENCE ABOUT GOING SOLAR JUMPED OFF THAT FENCE AND THERE HAS BEEN A IGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SCRAMBLING TO EXISTING PROGRAM BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, THE SAVINGS ARE BIGGER.

R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. INDUSTRY SHOULD STAY BUSY THROUGH THE SUMMER INSTALLING ALL THE SOLAR SYSTEMS THAT HAD AN AGREEMENT SIGNED BEFORE THE DEADLINE.

BUT ONCE THE BACKLOG IS CLEARED, TO SLOW SIGNIFICATLY.

CLIFORNIA REGULATORS DECIDE AGAINST A DRACONIAN FLAT FEE PROPOSAL FOR SOLAR USERS, SOMETHING OPPONENTS CALLED A CUTTING HOW MUCH UTILITIES- CREDIT CUSTOMERS FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATED ON ROOF TAPS AND SOLD BAC TO THE GRID.

>> THEY CUT THE VALUE OF THE CREDIT, THE VALUE ON YOUR BILL THAT YOU GET FOR EVERY ELECTRON YOU SEND BACK TO THE GRID ON A SUNNY DAY.

THEY CUT THAT BY ABOUT 75%.

>> Reporter: ESSENTIALLY, IT MEANS RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO WAIT LONGER TO RECOVER THE UPFRONT INVESTMENT THEY MADE ON A SOLAR SYSTEM.

THAT CAN RANGE FROM THOUSANDS TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

úTHE RULE CHANGE CAPS A FIGHT THT GENERATED UNPRECEDENTED INTEREST IN PROCEEDINGS AT THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSI.

THE SOLAR RIGHTS ALLIANCE DAVE úROSENFELDT SAYS HUNDREDS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE RULE CHANGES, AND HE SAYS THERE WERE MORE THAN 170,000 PUBLIC COMMENTS.

>> OVRWHELMINGLY, LIKE 90, 95% OF THE PUBLIC COMMEN THAT WENT N SAID DON'T DO IT AND THEY DID IT ANYWAY.

>> Reporter: THE DECISION DIDN'T SIT WELL WITH THE SAN DIEGO-BASED GROUP THE PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION.

THEY WORKED WITH THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICL DIVERSITY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP TO CHALLENGE THE RULING.

THEY ARGUED AN ILLEGAL PETITION THAT THE CPUC DID NOT FOLLOW STATE LAW.

ATTORNEY AARON STANTON SAYS PETITIONERS HAVE WAITED MORE- THAN 60 DAYS SINCE FILING THEIR OBJECTION.- AND THEY COULD ASK FOR A JUICIAL REVIEW.

>> LEGAL ACTION, FURTHER LEGAL ACTION IS AN OPTION BUT AGAIN, WE'RE STILL FOCUSED ON TRYING TO GT THE COMMISSION TO CHANGE ITS ND.

>> Reporter: THE PETITION POTS OUT THAT STATE LAW REQUIRES THE CPUC TO ENACT RULES THAT ENCOURAGE SOLAR ADOPTION.

MAKE ROOFTOP SOLAR ACCESSIBLE TO LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS AND INCLUDE ALL OF SOLAR'S BENEFITS IN THEIR CALCULATIONS.

THE PETITION ARGUES THE CMMISSION FAILED ON ALL THREE COUNTS.

THE PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION'S BILL POWER SAYS - THAT'S DISAPPOINTING BUT NOT UNEXPECTED.

>> THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS ARE QUITE MESHED IN ALL OF THIS AND SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE, IN MY OPINION, THE SCALES OF REGULATION BEING OUT OF BALANCE, MEANING UTILITIES GAINED ALMOST >> Reporter: POWERS IS NOT SOLD ON THE COMMISSION'S MANAGEMENT OF THE STATE SOLAR RULES, BUT HE REMAINS BULLISH ON THE TECHNOLOGY' POTENTIAL.

HE SAYS SOLAR CAN HELP CALIFORNIA MEET CLEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE GOALS AIMED AT DECARBONIZING THE STATE'S ECONOMY.

>> IT'S REMARKABLY AUTONOMOUS.

T JUST DOES ITS THING.

úTHERE ARE NO MOVING PARTS AND IT CONTRIBUTES TO CLIMATE ACTION.

IT PUTS GENERATION EXACTLY WHERE YOU NEED IT TO RELIEVE CONGESTION ON THE TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.

>> Reporter: POWERS HOPES THE COMMISSION MAKES CHANGES THAT COMPLY WITH STATE LAW.

MEANWHILE, INDUSTRY OBSERVERS WORRY THE NEW RULES WILL SLOW CALIFORNIA'S NATION-LEADING ADOPTION RATE FOR ROOFTOP SOLAR.

THEY FEAR A BUST AFTER THE CURRENT BOOM.

>> CALIFORNIA'S DROUGHT SITUATION IS CONTINUING TO IMPROVE ACCORDING TO THE DROUGHT MONITOR LATEST UPDATE.

MORE THAN 91% OF THE STATE IS DROUGHT-FREE.

CURRENTLY PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MODERTELY DRY.

ABOUT 740,000 PEOPLE LIVE IN THOSE AREAS, TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE.

A MONTH AGO, THOSE LABELS APPLIED TO PLACES WHERE FIVE MILLION CALIFORNIANS LIVE.

>> WELL, I CAN SAY I'M LOVING THESE WEATHER HEADLINES.

WEEKEND.

NOW, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE COOLDOWN FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK BUT NOT TO WORRY.

WE'RE GOING TO START TO GRADUALL WARM AGAIN THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND LATE HALF OF NEXT EK.

SO OVERALL, NOT DOING TOO SHABY.

THE AVERAGE RAINFALL, THOUGH, FOR SAN DIEGO, WE ZOOM IN ON APRIL, IS JUST OVER A HALF AN INCH AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH TOO MUCH RAIN AS WE'RE HEADIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS WELL, EVEN THROUG NEXT WEEK.

NOW LOOKING AHEAD TONIGHT, WE'RE DROPPIN DOWN TO A LOW OF 52.

W ARE PICKING UP SOME LOW CLOUD, SOME FOG.

THAT MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW.

BUT AROUND THE AREA, WE ARE GOING TO DROP DOWN TO THE UPPER 40s, LOW 50s.

SAN DIEGO 52, OCEANSIDE 48, BUT THEN WE ARE SKY ROCKETING THERE.

BY TOMORROW, WE'LL BE RISING TO THE MID-80s, IN THE HIGH DESERTS IN MOUNT LAG UNA 50, OCEANSID 64.

FOR SUNDAY, WE KEEP ALL OF THIS NCE, DRY, WARM WEATHER GOING.

úHIGH PRESSURE LARGE AND IN CHARGE.

VERY WARM ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWET THROUGH LAS VEGAS AND PHOENIX BUT EVEN NICE STILL ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

ALONG THE COAST, YOUR FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK, PLENTY OF SUNSHIE.

NOTHING TO REALLY TALK ABOUT EXCEPT TEMPERATURES VERY NICE, IN THE MID-60s.

THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK.

WE DO TAKE A SLIGHT DIP ALONG THE COAST BUT OVERALL NOT TOO BAD, 63 FOR THE HIGH BY TUESDAY.

ú64 WEDNESDAY.

NOW AS WE TRAVEL MORE INLAND, THAT'S WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE SITTING IN THE 70s THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

WE DO START TO COOL DOWN A FEW DEGREES TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY BUT LIKE I SAID, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER WARM-UP ON THE WAY LATER NEXT WEEK úAS WE HEAD OUT TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS, HIGHS ARE GOING TO BE úIN THE UPPER 40s, LOW 50s, STAYING STEADY THROUGHO THE WEEK.

JUST A SLIGHT DIP TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BUT PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.

NOT DOING TOO SHABBY AT ALL.

ANDIN THE DESERTS OOH, FLIRTING WITH 90 BY SUNDAY AND WE START TO COOL DOWN A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK DOWN TO THE UPPER 70s, FEELING COMFORTABLE WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST REE GUY.

>> I'M JEFF BENNETT.

TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE HIGHLY-CLASSIFIED GOVERNMEN CUMENTS IS CHARGED UNDER THE ESPIONAGE ACT.

COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>> SAN DIEGO HAS A NEW OPERA VENUE.

7-ELEVEN.

STAFF SAY THEY PLAY THE MUSIC TO DRIVE AWAY HOMELESS PEOPLE.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE HYSON VISITED SOME OF THE CONVENIENCE STORES TO SEE FOR HERSELF.

[ ♪♪ ] >> Reporter: THE SPEAKER IS OUTSIDE THE 7-ELEVEN.

A MAN SLEEPS A FEW FEET AWAY.

I'M RECORDING WHAT I'M SEEING AND HEARING ON MY iPhone WHEN I NOTICE HIM WAKE UP.

I'M CURIOUS HOW HE FEELS ABOUT IT.

DOES IS THAT MUSIC BROTHER YOU?

p>> NO.

>>eporter: NO?

JOHN IVERSON STUDIES THE EFFECT OF MUSIC ON THE BRAIN.

HE SAYS MUSIC CAN BE VERY BENEFICIAL IF IT'S YOUR CHOICE TO LISTEN.

>> WHEN YOU'RE DECIDING HOW MUCH MUSIC TO LISTEN TO IT AND HOW TO úLISTEN TO IT AND WHEN TO TURN THAT OFF.- WHEN YOU TAKE THAT AWAY, I THINK >> Reporter: HE SAYS UNWANTED BACKGROUND NOISE RAISES STRESS LEVELS.

AND THE LESS MONEY YOU MAKE, THE HARDER IT IS TO FIND QUIET úSPACES.

>> YOU ALMOST NEED TO PAY MORE TO BUY MORE SILENCE.

>> Reporter: I ASKED JOEY RUBIO ABOUT IT.

HE USED TO BE HOMELESS AND NOW WORKS AS A PROGRAM SUPERVISOR AT A DETOX CENTER.

BUT RUBIO DOESN'T REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE OPERA MUSIC.

THERE ARE OTHER NEEDS THAT FEEL MUCH MORE URGENT TO HIM.

LIKE UNDERSTANDING WHY PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING THERE AND WHERE ELSE THEY COULD GO.

p>> WE NEED MORE BEDS, YOU KNOW?

THAT'S WHAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO.

YOU CAN'T JUST SEND SOMEBODY WITH MENTAL HEALTH RIGHT BACK OUT TO THE STREETS AND EXPECT- THEM TO GET RIGHT.

>> Reporter: MUSIC MIGHT NOT O SAN DIEGANS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AWAY FROM PLACES LIKE 7-ELEVEN THAT HAVE ACCESSIBLE BATHROOMS AND SHADE.

EVEN OPERA.

[ 7♪ ] KATIE HYSON, KPBS NEWS.

>> THE DAYS OF CAMPING OUT FOR FREE SHOWS ARE OVER.

DIEGO IS BANNING PEOPLE FROM BRINGING LAWN CHAIRS, COOLERS úAND TABLES TO THE STREET BEFORE AND DURING EVENTS AT THE OUTDOOR VENUE.

POLICE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ISSUE CITATIONS TO ANYONE VIOLATING THE LAW.

THE PORT SAYS IT'S AN ISSUE OF SAFTY BECAUSE OF PEOPLE úBLOCKING THE SIDEWALK.

>>> BASEBALL GAMES ARE MOVING FASTER THIS YEAR AND THAT MEANS LESS TIME TO SELL A BIG MONEY MAKER.

WE HAVE THIS REPORT TELLING US HOW TEAMS ARE TRYING TO REGAIN LOST REVENUE IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

[ ♪♪ ] >> FOUR TEAMS THIS YEAR HAVE ALREADY MADE A DECISION TO EXTEND SALES INTO THE 8th INNING THROUGH THE END OF THE 8th INNING.

EVEN THE SAN DIEGO PADRES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON EXTENDED BEER SALES MAYBE IN ANTICIPATION SOME OF THE RULES CHANGES TO THE FIRST HALF OF THE 8th INNING AS OPPOSED TO THE END OF THE 7th.

NOW, WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT SOME PLAYERS HAVE COME OUT AAINST SOME OF THE POLICY CHANGES SAYING, LOOK, IT'S COMMN SENSE, AND REALLY IF WE% THINK ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF FANS, WE SHOULD ACTUALLY MAYBE CUT OFF SALES AT THE END OF THE - 6th INNING.

úNOW, THAT'S LIKELY NOT GOING TO OCCUR.

BUT CERTAINLY IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE.

IN FACT, THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS SAYS, LOOK, THIS MOVE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE 8th IS AN EXPERIMENT.

IF WE SEE THAT FOR FAN SAFETY IT CREATES PROBLEMS, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE 7th INNING.

SO I THINK IT'S A VERY FLEXIBE THING AND BALL CLUBS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO I MAKE UP THE LOSS IN CONCESSIONS BECAUSE THE GAMES ARE 30 MINUTES SHORTER, AND WE'LL SEE HOW THE SEASON GOES ON.

>> THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE HEADED TO CALIFORNIA FOR ONE OF THE BIGGEST MUSIC FESTIVALS OF THE YEAR, COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL KICKS OFF TODAY WITH CONCERTS PLANNED FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKENDS.

SOME SHOWED UP A DAY EARLY TO ET UP CAMP.

BIG NAMES ARE EXPECTED HEADLINE COACHELLA INCLUDING BAD BUNNIE, úFRANK OCEAN AND BLACK PINK.

THE FESTIVAL WRAPS UP ON APRIL 23rd.

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THANKS FOR JOINING US.

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GOOD NIGHT.

ú[ ♪♪ ] >> Announcer: MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800BILLHOWE OR VISIT billHowe.com.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.. AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

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