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>> WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS.

THE SUPREME COURT IS PRESERVING ACCESS TO AN ABORTION DRUG FOR NOW.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

TODAY, THE JUSTICES REJECTED THE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY LOWER- COURTS WHILE A LAWSUIT FILED BY ABORTION OPPONENTS CONTINUES.

A RULING BY A TEXAS JUDGE BLOCKED FDA APPROVAL OF MIFEPRISTONE, OFTEN THE PART OF A TWO-DRUG REGIMEN TO END PRGNANCIES.

IT'S BEEN APPROVED FOR USE FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES AND, FOR NOW, THE JUSTICES HAVE LEFT THE CASE IN THE HANDS OF THE 5th CIRCUIT SCHEDULED TO TAKE UP AGUMENTS ON MAY 17th.

MEANWHIE, HERE IN SAN DIEGO, TWO COUNTY SUPERVISORS SAY THEY ARE WORKING TO SECURE AN EMERGENCY STOCKPILE OF ABORTION MEDICATIONS TO MAKE SURE THEY - ARE READILY AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS.

>>> HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS EVENTS IN SAN DIEGO HAVE BEEN IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT FOR ALL OF THE WRONG REASONS.

AND NOW, A LOCAL LAWMAKER IS TAKING ACTION TO ADDRESS RACIST INCIDENTS ON AND OFF THE FIELD.

úHERE'S KPBS REPORTER JACOB AERE.

>> Reporter: HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS BRING OUT LOTS OF BIG EMOTIONS BOTH ON THE COURT AND IN THE STANDS.

INCLUDING RACIST COMMENTS AND ACTIONS.

SAN DIEGO'S LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL FELT THIS ISSUE FIRSTHAND LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO.

>> WE'VE BEEN TRAINED TO ACCEPT IT.

AND THAT'S NOT OKAY.- THERE IS NO PLACE FOR RACISM IN SPORTS, IN SPORTS OR ANYTHING ELSE.

>> Reporter: THE SCHOOL IS ON THE RECEIVING END OF RACIALLY-CHARGED MESSAGING ON T-HIRTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS BY SOME CATHEDRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SAYS LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH DAVID DODD.

>> WHEN WE HAVE TO PREPARE OUR KIDS TO POTENTIALLY FACE RACIAL COMMENT...

BEING SPAT AT, ANTAGONIZED CALLED OUT ON THEIR NAME, THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER BALLGAME.

>> Reporter: AROUND THE SAME TIME, A TORTILLA-THROWING ENNS TARGETED AT A MOSTLY LATINA TEEN úROCKED THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCENE AND EVENTUALLY LED TO SANCTIONS AGAINST CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL.

LOCAL ASSEMBLY MEMBER WEBBER IS LOOKING TO CHANGE THOSE SCENARIOS, SPONSORED BY THE CALIORNIA HAWAII NAACP.

>> THIS BILL ENSURES THESE NCIDENTS ARE RECORDED AND TRACKED AND THE PUBLIC AND LEGISLATURE ARE MADE AWARE OF THESE EVERY TIME THEY OCCUR.

>> Reporter: THE BILL WOULD EQUIRE THE CALIFORNIA INTERSCHOLASTIC FEDERATION OR CF TO WORK ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY- ORGANIZATIONS AND DEVELOP A STANDARDIZED INCIDENT FORM TO TRACK RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OR HARASSMENT THAT OCCURS AT HIGH SCHOOL SPORTING EVENTS OR GAMES.

LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL OACH JEFF HARPER HARRIS SAYS THESE TYPES OF INCIDENTS HAPPEN FREQUENTLY ON AND OFF THE COURT.

>> I GOT FOUR BASKETBALL PLAYERS IN THE COURT, I GOT PULLED OVER BECAUSE THE OFFICER SAID WE'RE CASING THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S ROBRIES.

NOW, THAT INCIDENT WILL MARK THE KIDS IN THAT CAR NOW TURNED OVER TO THE BASKETBALL GAME.

>> Rerter: THE CIF WOULD HAVE TO ANNUALLY POST RESULTS ON THEIR WEBSITE.

>> MY END GAME IS FOR MY KIDS TO PLAY AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL AND PLAY IN LA JOLLES, TO PLAY A úBASKETBALL GAME NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE.

WHEN YOU LOSE, YOU WALK OUT OF- THERE, YOU SHAKE HANDS.

>> Reporter: THIS BILL WILL REQUIRE THE CIF TO REPORT TO THE APPROPRIATE POLICY COMMITTEES OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR ON ITS EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN EVERY THREE YEARS.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>> SAN DIEGO CITY OFFICIALS TOOK THE FIRST STEPS TODAY TO AMBULANCES ON THE STREETS.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMANN SAYS THE MOVE COMES AFTER MONTHS OF NEGOTIATING.

>> Reporter: A DEAL BETWEEN THE CITY AMBULANCE PROVIDERAND THE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT MEANS MORE AMBULANCES WILL BE OUT IN SAN DIEGO.

úFALK IS SUPPOSED TO BE PROVIDING 900 ADVANCED LIFE AMBULANCE HOURS EVERY DAY BUT THEY FAIL TO CONSISTENTLY HIT THAT NUMBER.

PENDING FULL CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL, THEY WILL SOON BE ABLE TO CONTRACT OUT ANY MISSING úHOURS TO ANOTHER PROVIDER.

>> OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE RELY ON AMBULANCES.

AD RIGHT NOW, THERE'S TIMES WHEN IT'S EITHER DELAYED OR THERE'S NOT ONE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO FIRE RESCUE CHIEF COLLIN STOLLE SAYS THE SUBCONTRACTING COULD ADD TEN MORE AMBULANCE EVERY DAY ITY-WIDE.

>> RESPONSE TIME SHOULD COME DOWN.

THEY SHOULD BE QUICKER.

>> Reporter: SINCE FALK TOOK OVER AMBULANCE SERVICE IN LATE 2021, THEY HAVE BEEN FINED ABOUT 3 MILLION FOR DELAYED RESPONSE TIMES.

IF THIS FRAMEWORK IS APPROVED, THEY WILL SOON SUBCONTRACT WITH THEIR PCR TEST COMPETITOR- AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE, SOMETHING THAT THE CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER SAYS IS THE BEST WAY FORWARD.

>> THE MARKET HAS CHANGED.

THE LABOR FORCE, ESPECIALLY IN HEALTH CARE, IS EXTREMELY CHALLENGED WITH THE SHORTAGES THAT ARE POST-COVID AND EVERYTHING SO THE MORE THAT WE CAN POOL THOSE RESOURCES TOGEHER, I THINK THE MORE SUCCESSFUL WE'LL BE.

>> Reporter: THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT IS THE FIRST STEP IN A MOVE FOR THE SAN DIEGO FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE MORE CONTROL OVER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

THE CHIEF SAYS AMBULANCES ARE GETTING TO CALLS, JUST NOT AS FAST AS HE'D LIKE THEM TO, SOMETHING HE AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT AS EXISTING FALCK PARAMEDICS OVERWORKED OR BURNING OUT DUE TO STAFFING SRTAGES.

TONY LEADS THE UNION REPRESENTING FALCK PARAMEDICS.

HE SAYS CALL VOLUME HAS BEEN HIGH AND IF YOU'RE NOT FULLY STAFFED -- >> YOU END UP IN A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S JUST SUCH A GREATER DEMAND ON THE INDIVIDUAL UIT CREW AND IT CREATES% HORRENDOUS WORKING CONDITIONS FOR THEM.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THIS SUBCONTRACTING AMENDMENT NOT ONLY ADDS MORE AMBULANCES, IT ALSO HELPS RETAIN AND ATTRACT- NEW STAFF.

úIF IT'S APPROVED BY THE FALL CITY COUNCIL, PARAMEDICS WILL SEE RAISES UNDER A NEW BARGAINING AGREEMENT.

> IT'S EXCITING.

YOU KNOW, I'M GETTING CALLS FROM PEOPL THAT USED TO WORK HERE 10, 15 YEARS AGO, AND THEY WANT TO COME BACK.

>> Reporter: THE CITY COUNCIL'S PUBLIC SAFETY úCOMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THIS SUBCONTRACTING AMENDMENT AND THE FULL CITY COUNCIL IS SET TO TAKE IT UP NEXT MONTH.

MATT HOFFMANN, KPBS NEWS.

- >> DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS REMAIN SPLIT OVER THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PHYSICAL BODER WALL BUT THERE IS IPARTISAN CONSENSUS TO BUILD A VIRTUAL BORDER WALL.

PBS BORDER REPORTER GUSTAVO SOLIS WHO SPOKE WITH EXPERTS WHO SAY THE VIRTUAL EFFECT ISN'T FOR HUMANE OR EFFECTIVE.

>> Reporter: THE BORDER WALL IS AT THE CENTER OF AMERICA'S IMMIGRATION DEBATE EVER SINCE DONALD TRUMP MAKE IT A CENTER PIECE.

>> WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A WALL.

>> Reporter: BUT THERE'S ANOTHER BORDER WALL, A VIRTUAL% WALL.

AND IT'S RECEIVED MUCH LESS ATTENTION.

IT'S A MASS NETWORK OF NEARLY ¿00 SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, MOTION SENSORS AND MILITARY-RADE DRONES ALL SPREAD ACROSS THE BORDER.

THEY'RE VERY HARD TO FIND AND AREN'T ALWAYS UNTIL THE PLACES YOU'D EXPCT.

SURE, THERE ARE SEVERAL CAMERAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE BORDER BUT THERE ARE ALSO SURVEILLANCE TOWRS IN RESIDENTIAL EIGHBORHOODS AND PUBLIC PARKS.

THERE'S ONE IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND EVEN ONE NEAR THE DEL MAR DOG BEACH 32 MILES NORTH OF THE ACTUAL BORDER.

UNTIL A MONTH AGO, THE EXACT LOCATION OF THESE TOWERS WAS A COMPLETE MYSTERY.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAD NOT PUBLICY DISCLOSED THIS INFORMATION.

UT NOBODY REALLY HAD A GOOD SENS OF WHERE THESE TOWERS WERE.

>> Reporter: DAVE MOTS IS THE DIRECTOR OF INVESTIGATIONS AT THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION.

HE SPENT MONTHS MAPPING THEM OUT AND THE RESULT IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE MAP OF SURVEILLANCE INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER.

MOSS SAYS THAT THE SCOPE OF THIS TECHNLOGY RAISES SERIOUS PRIVACY CONCERNS.

>> IN THE IMAGINATION OF PEOPLE IN D.C. AND PEOPLE IN THE NATIONAL MEDIA, THE BORDER IS JUS THIS DESERT WASTELAND AND THE ONLY PEOPLE YOU ENCOUNTE ALONG THE BORDER ARE HUMAN TRAFFICKERS AND CARTELS AND SMUGGLERS.

FOLKS IN SAN DIEGO KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE.

PEOPLE LIVE NEAR THE BORDER.

>> Reporter: AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE IN A CONSTANT STATE OF SURVEILLANCE.

>> AND THESE TOWERS CAN SOMETIMES SEE UP TO LIKE 7.5 MILES.

THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT THEY COULD PRY INTO AND CPP HASN'T REALLY EARNED THE TRUST OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE SHEER SIZE- AND RUGGED TERRAIN OF THE BORDER AKE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SE THE PRIVACY CONCERNS RAISED BY THIS VIRTUAL BORDER WALL BUT THANKS TO VR TECHNOLOGY, WE NOW HAVE A BETTER SENSE.

>> SOWHAT I PLANNED FOR YOU IS WE ARE GOING TO GO ON A TOUR OF A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FROM SAN DIEGO TO BOWNSVILLE SO WE'LL DO THE WHOLE BORDER AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES.

>> Reporter: OUR TOUR BEGAN RIGHT HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> OKAY.

SO WE ARE GOING TO START IN SOME PLACE THAT IS FAIRLY FAMILIAR TO YOU.

TIS IS FRIENDSHIP PARK.

AND TIS IS ACTUALLY FRIENDSHIP PARK I THINK 2018 OR SOMETHING.

>> Reporter: WE COVERED HUNDREDS OF MILES IN MERE SECONDS.

MAASS TOOK ME TO -- >> THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO OREGON PIPE NATIONA MONUMENT IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA.

LET ME TAKE YOU TO LAREDO, TEXAS AT A PUBLIC PARK WHERE PEOPLE PLAY SOCCER.

THIS IS IN McCALLUM, TEXAS.

>> Reporter: CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION SAYS THESE TOWERS GIVE AGENTS IN THE FIELD A SIGNIFICANT LEG UP AGAINST CRIMINAL NETWORKS.

THEY'RE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF BORDER SECURITY.

Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y. Y.

AGREEMENT ON BOTH SIDES O THE POLITICAL AISLE.

IN 2019, DEMOCRATS PROMOTED THE IDEA OF VIRTUAL BORDERS AS A MORE HUMANE ALTERNATIVE TO FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S BORDER WALL.

HERE IS CONGRESSMAN SCOTT PETERS DESCRIBING THE VIRTUAL WALL.

>> IT MIGHT BE SENSORS AND RADAR TO SPOT MOVING PEOPLE AND OBJECTS IN ANY WEATHER OR ANY TIME OF DAY.

IT MIGHT BE CAMERAS MOUNTED ON DRONES TO SURVEIL PLACES WHERE THE TERRAIN IS TOUGH TO MONITOR.

>> Reporter: PETERS DID NOT RESPOND TO AN INTERVIEW REQUEST FOR THIS STORY.

DESPITE THE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, EXPERTS SAY THESE TOWERS RESULT IN MORE MIGRANT THEFTS AND DO úNOTHING TO PREVENT DRUG SUGGLING, TO DRIVE THROUGH A LEGAL BORDER CROSSING.

THIS PERSON IS A RESEARCHER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA STUDYING HOW BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRIBUTES TO MIGRANT DEATHS.

>> PEOPLE MOVING AROUND OUT OF SIGHT OF THESE TOWERS, THEY'RE TAKING LONGER JOURNEYS.

>> Reporter: BY TAKING LONGER JOURNEYS, PUTTING THEMSELVES AT RISK TO MULTIPLE HEALTH ISSUES LIKE -- >> KIDNEY DAMAGE OR DEHYDRATION OR HEAT STROKE ARE INCREASED WITH THIS SO IT'S MAKING THE JOURNEY MORE DANGEROUS AND A GREATER RISK OF DYING.

>> Reporter: CHAMBERS' RESEARCH IS ONLY IN ARIZONA BUT HE SAYS THAT THE NEW VIRTUAL MAP ILL HELP HIM STUDY OTHER PARTS OF THE BORDER.

VICTOR HAS BEEN RESEARCHIN HUMAN AND DRUG SMUGGLING ALONG THE BORDER SINCE THE LATE '80s.

H TALKS WITH HUMAN SMUGGLERS KNOWN AS COYOTES ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THEY TELL HIM THE BORDER TOWERS ARE NOT STOPPING- THEM.

"WHEN IT COMES TO DRUGS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S OWN DATA SHOWS THAT MOST ENTER THE U.S. TROUGH LEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS."

THIS PERSON SAYS THAT PUTTING UP SURVEILLACE TOWERS IN REMOTE PARTS OF THE DESERT ISN'T GOING TO STOP THAT.

% HE SAYS IT'S REALLY JUST A NUMBERS GAME AND THE NUMBERS ARE TACKED UP AGAINST CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.

ESPECIALLY HERE, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 50 AND 70,000 VEHICLES CROSS THAT PORT OF ENTRY EVERY DAY AND CBP AGENTS HAVE CAPACITY% TO SEND A FRACTION OF THEM TO SECONDARY INSPECTION.

HE SAYS THE VOLUME IS TOO OVERHELMING.

MAASS WANTS THE VIRTUAL MAP THAT THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION MADE.

>> HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CAN EVALUATE - AND SAY, HEY, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS AS GOING NEAR MY HOUSE, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS GOING IN NEAR MY RANCH.

>> Rerter: OR AT THE VERY LEAST LET PEOPLE KNOW WHO'S WATCHING THEM.

GUSTAVO SOLIS, KPBS NEWS.

>> HARRINGTON WASHINGTON THIS WEEK DELVED INTO THE SUBJECT OF UFOs OR WHAT THE GOVERNMENT NOW CALLS UAPs, UNEXPLAINED AERIA PHENOMENA.

HERE IN SAN DIEGO, A GATHERING OF UAP EXPORTS AND OTHERS INTEESTED IN THE SUBJECT IS UNDERWAY AND KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL WENT TO CHECK IT OUT.

>> Reporter: IN THE MOST SAN DIEGO OF SETTINGS, A VERY OTHER-WORLDLY CONFERENCE IS TKING PLACE AT THE MARINA VILLAGE THIS WEEKEND.

IF YOU HAPPEN TO JUST WANDER IN, YOU COULD BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING THIS IS JUST SOME SORT OF NEW-AGE CONCLAVE.

BUT THERE IS SOMETHING QUITE SERIOUS GOING ON HERE.

>> SO WE'RE AT THE THRESHOLD OF A NEW TIME, POSSIBLY A NEW AWAENING OF WHO WE ARE IN RELATONSHIP TO THE REST OF THE COSMOS.

>> Reporter: THE SUBJECT OF AUPs OR UFOs HAS BEEN PART OF THE CULTURE SINCE AT LEAST THE ROSWELL INCIDENT IN 1947.

AND SINCE THEN, THE GOVERNMENT úHAS DONE ITS BEST TO DEBUNK STORIES OF UFO SIGHTINGS BUT SINCE STORIES IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND ON 60 MINUTES IN 2021, WHAT MANY USED TO REGARD AS FANTASTICAL HAS GOTTEN INTO THE MAINSTREAM.

THESE SHOTS WERE TAKEN BY NAVY PILOTS OFF SAN DIEGO IN 2004.

AND THIS WEEK, A U.S. SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE TOOK UP THE SUBJECT WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE PENTAGON AS ALL DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE.

HE SAYS THEY'RE INVESTIGATING MORE THAN 650 CASES OF UAPs.

>> OF THOSE, OVER 650, WE'VE% PRIORITIZED ABOUT HALF OF THEM TO BE OF ANOMOLOUS, INTERESTI VALUE.

>> IF THERE'S MORE TO LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE THAN WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED, DECADES OF DENIAL.

>> Reporter: DR. J.J. HERTOG DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A SOCIAL SCIENTIST AND FUTURIST, STUDYING - UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENA FOR SEVERAL DECADES.

HE SAYS PEOPLE NEED TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THE NOTION WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE, NEVER HAVE BEEN.

>> THERE IS REAL EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK- AT THE POSSIBILIT OF LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE.

TO SEE ALL SIDES OF THE QUESTION AND TO ACTUALLY PREPARE FOR A STEP FORWARD IN TERMS OF A NEW PSYCHOLOG AND SOCIOLOGY THAT IF HERE IS LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, WE CAN ACCEPT THIS.

>> Rporter: OR TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY, WITH A NOD TO THE X-FILES, THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>> CHANCES ARE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW DRIVES A HYUNDAI OR A KIAAND YOU MAY EVEN KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S HAD ONE STOLEN.

IT'S A PROBLEM PLAGUING DRIVERS OF THESE TWO BRANDS SINCE 2021 AD NOW AS LAURA AGUIRRE REPORTS, OVER A DOZEN STATES ARE CALLING FOR A MANDATORY RECALL.

>> Reporter: SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS LIKE THIS... >> THEY TRIED TO STEAL MY KIA, BRO.

>> THEY BUSTED OUT THE BACK WINDOW.

>> Reporter: ARE BLAMED FOR SKY ROCKETING THEFT RATES AMONG HYUNDAI AND KIA MODELS IN RECENT YEARS.

>>IDS WERE CHALLENGED TO STEAL KIAS, HOW MANY YOU COULD STEAL BY REMOVING SOMETHING ON THE STEERING COLUMN.

>> Reporter: KIA AND HYUNDAI HAVE OFFERED FREE SOFTWARE UPDATES TO FIX THE PROBLEM ON OVER 8 MILLION VEHICLES.

UT THE ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN 17 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SAY THAT'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH, NOTING IT CAN TAKE MONTHS FOR ALL OWNERS TO GET úTHAT FIXED.

AND IT DOESN'T COVER ALL MODELS.

TAT AG COALITION IS NOW ASKING THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION FOR A FEDERAL RECALL OF HYUNDAI AND KIA MODELS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN THE YEARS 2011 AND 2022 SAYING THE VEHICLES EASILY BY-PASS IGNITION SWITCHES AND LACK OF ENGINE IMMOBILIZERS MAKE THEM PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THEFT.

IT IS SAID THE THEFTS ARE BLAMED FOR AT LEAST EIGHT DEATHS AND NUMEROUS INJURIES.

THE COALITION LETTER ASKS THE ADMINISTRATIO TO WORK WITH HYUNDAI AND KIA TO IMPLEMENT A RECALL AND PREVENT ADDITIONAL HARM TO VEHICLE OWNERS.

I'M LAURA AGUIRRE FOR KPBS NEWS.

>> $787 MILLION IS THE PRICE AT FOX NEWS AND ITS PARENT COMPANY WILL PAY TO SETTLE A LAWSUIT OVER ITS 2020 ELECTION COVERAGE.

WE HAVE A REPORT TALKING ABOUT THE LASTING EFFECT OF THIS MAJOR PAY-OU IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

[ ♪♪ ] ú >> ONLY THE ALEX JONES DEFAMAION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE SANDY HOOK FAMILIES WHO SUED ALEX JONES GOT A NEARLY $1 BILLION SETTLEMENT BACK IN OCTOBER.

SO THESE ARE REALLY HUGE NUMBER.

BUT IN THE CASE OF ALEX JONES, THAT IS CLOSE TO BANKRUPTING THE COMPANY WHEREAS FOX IS A DIFFERENT STORY.

FOX COULD KIND OF PAY IT OUT OF OPERATING INCOME.

THEY HAVE ROUGHLY $7 BILLION IN KIND OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENT ON HAND SO THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL IMPACT WHILE PAINFUL IS NOT GONG TO HURT FOX.

- THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER LAWSUITS STILL IN THE MIX.

THERE'S SHAREHOLDER LAWSUITS THAT ARE BEING FILED RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN ANOTHER VOTING SYSTEM COMPANY CALLED SMARTMATIC FILED A $2.7 BLION CLAIM AND THAT LAWSUIT IS GOING TO WIND ITS WAY THROUGH THROUGH MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR AND MAYBE EARLY 2025.

>> BORDER PATROL AGENTS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DESTROY HUMANITARIAN AID THAT'S LEFT ALONG THE BORDER BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT% HAPPENED IN THE OTINE MOUNTAINS% AND KPBS BORDER REPORTER GUSTAVO SOLIS SAYS VOLUNTEERS CAUGHT THE INTERACTION ON VIDEO.

>> Reporter: IT STARTED AS A ROUTINE WATER DROP OFF IN MARCH.

VOLUNTEERS FOUND DOZENS OF WATER BOTTLES AND CANS OF FOOD DUMPED ON THE GROUD.

THIS IS HOW ONE VOLUNTEER DESCRIBED THE SCENE.

>> DELIBERATE, SABOTAGE OF HUMANITARIAN AID BY BORDER PATROL AGENTS.- >> Reporter: WHEN IT HAPPENED, EMMITT NORRIS CONFRONTED A COUPLE OF BORDER PATROL AGENTS NEARBY.

HE GOT THEIR RESPONSE ON VIDEO.

NORRIS SAYS THE VOLUNTEERS WERE DISAPOINTED WITH THAT ANSWER.

>> THEIR WORDS AND THEIR ACTIONS AND THEIR DEMEANOR KIND OF SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES ALL OF WHICH KIND OF SPEAKS TO THE UNDERLYING DESIRE THAT IS NOT ABOUT SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES OR HELPING PEOPLE, IT'S ABOUT POLICING AND DICTATING PEOPLE'S FREEDOMS.

>> Reporter: CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION IS NOW DOING AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.

IN A STATEMENT, THE AGENCY SAYS THAT LEADERSHIP HAD SPECIFICALLY TOLD AGENTS NOT TO REMOVE OR DESTROY HUMANITARIAN SUPPLIES LEFT IN THE MOUNTANS.

LAST FISCAL YEAR WAS THE DEADLIEST ON RECORD FOR MIGRANTS CROSSING THE BORDER.

MORE THAN 850 DIED.

THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 15 DEATHS EACH WEEK.

DAVID GREENBLATT IS ANOTHER VOLUNTEER WITH THE COLLECTIVE.

>> WE'RE DOUBLING DOWN AND ACTALLY EXERTING TEN TIMES OUR úPREVIOUS EFFORTS AS FAR AS LEAVING SUPPLIES WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED IN THE MOUNTAIN AND DESERTS ALONG THE BORDER.

>> Reporter: GUSTAVO SOLIS, KPBS NEWS.

>> TOMORROW IS EARTH DAY AND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND CAN GET INVOLVED LOCALLY.

I LOVE A CLEAN SAN DIEGO EXPECTS THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS TO JOIN WHAT THEY SAY IS THE LARGEST EARTH WEEK CLEAN-UP EVENT.

IT'S THEIR 21st ANNUAL CREEK TO BAY CLEAN-UP AND OVER 5,000 VOLUNTEERS WILL PICK UP DEBRIS AND MRE THAN 100 SITES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

IT ALL KICKS OFF AT SOUTH CREST PARK TOMORROW FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL NOON.

>>> AND THIS WEEKEND IS THE FIRST OF TWO FOR PARTY FOR THE PLANET AT BIRCH AQUARIUM.

THE SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEAN GRAVY, RUNNING FROM 11 A.M. TO 3 P.M. AND INCLUDING LIVE MUSIC AND EARTH-FRIENDLY CRAFTS.

THERE WILL BE TWO COMMUNITY ART - PROJECTS AND ALL THE ACTIVITIE ARE INCLUDED WITH ADMISSION.

>> HEADLINE FOR TONIGHT, QUIET ITH A FEW CLOUDS NOT A LOT, JUST A FEW CLOUDS.

WARM AND SUNSHINY ON YOUR SARDAY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE A DRY STRETCH OF WEATHER.

HERE'S WHAT THINGS ARE LOOKING LIKE FOR YOU.

TALK ABOUT THE CLOUDS, PATCHY LOW CLOUDS.

AND THOSE TEMPS, 57° FOR THE METRO AREA.

AS WE HEAD AROUND THE COUNTY, YOU'LL NOTICE AS YOU'RE TOWARDS THE SHORE, YOUR TEMPS ARE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 50s, LOW TO UPPER 50s.

WHEN YOU'RE IN THE HIGHER- ELEVATIONS, THOSE TEMPS ARE A LITTLE LOWER AND THE SUPPER UPPER 40s.

AND YOU'LL SEE THE SAME TREND GOING INTO YOUR TOMORROW.- YOU'RE BY THE COAST HERE, YOU'LL SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE NOT BAD.

OTS OF SUNSHINE ON TAP AND YOU'RE SEEING THE TEMPS ARE IN THE 70s.

NOTICE THOSE TEMPS ARE IN THE 80s AND IN THE MOUNTAINS, YOU'LL GET A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 50s AND 70s.

96° FOR YOU HERE, OH, MAN, IT'S GOING TO BE A HOT ONE FOR YOU.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE FUTURECAST AND WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS WE'RE PRETTY MUCH FREE OF CLOUDS.

PATCHY LOW CLOUDS WERE OVERNIGHT, YOU GO INTO YOUR SATURDAY MORNING, QUIET.

PATCHY CLOUDS AGAIN AS YOU HEAD INTO YOUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

BUT REALLY, THINGS ARE NICE AND - QUIET.

HERE'S YOUR FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR THE COAST, MOSTLY SUNNY ON SATURDAY, TEMPS IN THE 70s.

NUGGET 60s AND END THERE FOR THE REST OF THE FIVE-DAY.

INLAND, THE SAME TREND, 80s ON SATURDAY, 70s ON SUNDAY, LOW TO MID-70s FOR THE REST OF FIVE DAY.

INTO THE MOUNTAINS, 60 ON SATURDAY, UPPER 50s ON SUNDAY AND LOW TO MID-50s FOR THE REST OF THE FIVE-DAY AND INTO THE DESERT, 90s, UPPER 90s SATURDAY, LOW 90s ON SUNDAY AND THEN 80s, 80s TO 90 FOR THE REST OF THE FIVE DAY BUT GENERALLY PRETTY DRY WEATHER FOR ALL THE AREAS YOU'RE SEEING THE FIVE DAYS.

FOR YOUR KPBS NEWS FORECAST, I'M METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE McLEOD.

>> THE TORRENTIAL RAIN THAT WE'VE HAD THIS WINTER NOT ONLY HELPED EASE THE DROUGHT, IT ALSO BROUGHT US WHAT SOME ARE CALLING A SUPERBLOOM.

KPBS REPORTER ALEX AN GERE NGUYEN SHOWS US SOME OF THE- NATIVE FLOWERS IN BLOOM AT MISSION TRAILS PARK.

-- ALEXANDER.

>> Reporter: AS GENTLE AFTERNOON BREEZE RUSTLES OVER A TINY WILD CUCUMBER FLOWER AND A BIRD CHIRPS, SPRING HAS SPRUNG, S EVIDENCED BY THE ABUNDANCE OF FLOWERS BLOOMING HERE.

>>HAT'S BLOOMING HERE?

EVERYTHING.

[ Laughter ] IT'S A GREAT FLOWER YEAR FOR SURE.

> Reporter: THE RANGER AT THE PARK SAYS THE STRING OF WINTER STORMS HAVE MADE EVERYTHING A LOT GREENER AND THE FLOWERS ARE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE.

BUT IT'S NOT QUITE A SUPERBLOOM HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> THERE ARE ACTUALLY AN ABUNDANCE OF CERTAIN TYPES OF FLOWERS THIS YEAR THAN WE'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

IT'S NOT KIND OF THE SAME AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THE DESERT WHEN THEY HAVE A SUPERBLOOM WHER THERE'S JUST LIKE AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE.

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FLOWERS ARE IN POCKETS HERE AND THERE AT THE PARK.

THERE ARE GOOSEBERRIES, MORNING GLORY, PHACELIA AND BUSH MONKEY AND POPCORN FLOWERS.

AND MORE.

>> HERE ON THE HILLSIDE, WE HAVE OUR BEAUTIFUL CALIFORNIA SUNFLOWER.

THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER NATIVE SUNFLOWER SPECI WE HAVE HERE CALLED SAN DIEGO SUNFLOWER.

>> Reporter: THE CALIFORNIA SUNFLOWRS ARE BIGGER WITH A LIGHT YELLOW COLORING AND BROWN FLORETS.

THE SAN DIEGO VARIETY IS SMALLER WITH GOLDEN PETALS AND FLORETS.

PARK.

WHEN PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA SUPERBLOOM, THEY DON'T MEAN THE CALIFORNIA OR SAN DEGO SUNFLOWER, THEY MEAN THE- CALIFORNIA POPPIES AND THEY CAN STILL BE FOUND IN THE PARK IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK.

>> THERE YOU GO, THERE' A BEAUT.

>> Reporter: GUTKNECHT SAYS THERE ARE USUALLY CLUSTERS ON THE HILLSIDES.

LOOK FOR THE ORANGEY PATCHES IN THE SEA OF YELLOW.

WHEN YOU DO VISIT THE PARK, GUTKNECHT SAYS STAY ON THE TRAILS, TAKE ONLY PICTURES AND LEAVE THE FLOWERS FOR THE BIRDS AND THE BEES.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>> A SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY WILL BE CELEBRATED AT CHICANO PARK TOMORROW.

IT'S BEEN 53 YEARS SINCE THE PROTESTS THAT LED TO THE PARK'S CREATION AND THAT NUMBER HAS SPECIAL MEANING IN THE AS AZTEC CALENDAR, IT SIGNALS NEW BEGINNINGS.

THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF CHICK AN OWES WILL HAVE A NEW BEGINNING AS COMMUNITY LEADERS.

-- CHICANOS.

REALLY EXCITED, WE'RE REALLY NERVOUS, NO ONE WANTS TO MESS UP.

TO CALL YOURSELF A CHICANO HAVE A SPACE TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR OWN HISTORY.

YEAH, PEOPLE GIVE THEIR LIVES% FOR THIS.

AND TO SEE ANOTHER GENERATION COMING UP IN LINE, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

>> THE FESTIVITIES KICK OFF AT 10:00 TOMORROW MORNING.

>>> SAN DIEGO POP PUNK BAND BLINK 182 IS HEAD LINING THE SECOND WEEKEND OF COACHELL, THEY REPLACE FRANK OCEAN WHO INJURED HIS LEG LAST WEEKEND AND CANCELLED THIS SUNDAY.

THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS OF BLINK 182 REUNITED FOR A WORLD TOUR úAND THEY ARE SET TO PLAY HERE IN SAN DIEGO IN JUNE.

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