MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE, IN PART BY BILL HOW FAMILY OF COMPANIES PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR RESTORATION, BLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1 800 BILL.

HOW OR VISIT BILL HOW .COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREMISE FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCO SHYLY.

AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

NATIONWIDE INFLATION IS SHOWING SIGNS OF SLOWING, BUT IT SURE DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT IN AMERICA'S FINEST CITY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABELSI.

A RECENT STUDY SHOWED SAN DIEGO IS AMONG THE WORST IN THE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO INFLATION.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER WIN SHOWS US WHY.

EVERYWHERE AROUND TOWN.

PRICES ARE HIGHER THAN THEY WERE A YEAR AGO FROM GROCERIES TO ELECTRICITY.

TWO GAS PRICES, PRICES HERE HAVE BEEN RISING DRAMATICALLY, ACCORDING TO PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WALLET HUB.

SAN DIEGO HAS THE FOURTH WORST INFLATION RATE IN THE NATION.

THE COMPANY USES CHANGES IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ITS EVALUATION.

C P. I IS A WIDELY USED MEASURE OF INFLATION .

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ECONOMICS PROFESSOR ALAN JIN THINKS WHILE IT HELPS IS PRETTY THAT ON WE ALSO HAVE AMONG THE HIGHEST ELECTRICITY RATES IN THE COUNTRY, UH AND THE RISING RAPIDLY AND THEN ALSO, GAS PRICES HERE TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN OTHER PLACES.

AND THAT STRIPING AT THE COST OF LIVING HERE.

BUT WHAT'S DRIVING INFLATION IN SAN DIEGO IS THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING, INCLUDING RENT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ALEXIS IN HER BOYFRIEND, NATHANIEL ATKINS KNOW FULL.

WELL THEY'RE RENTING RIGHT NOW, BUT WANT TO EVENTUALLY BUY A PLACE OF THEIR OWN LOOKING AT THE RENTER'S MARKET RIGHT NOW, AND I MEAN, ONE BEDROOMS ARE ALMOST $2000.

SO LIKE THINKING ABOUT BUYING A HOUSE IS KIND OF HARD AND YOU CAN'T EVEN AFFORD BARELY FLOAT BY AND PAY YOUR RENT, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST STUDY BY CONSTRUCTION COVERAGE AND INDUSTRY TRADE NEWS SITE, IT COSTS NEARLY 114% MORE TO BUY THAN TO RENT IN SAN DIEGO IS A LOCAL REALTOR, HE SAYS.

THE MEDIAN PRICE OF A HOME IN SAN DIEGO IS $840,000, MAKING THE MONTHLY MORTGAGE PAYMENT AROUND $6200 YOU HAVE THAT OPTION TO BUY $6200 PAYMENT OR YOU CAN RENT THAT SAME HOME FOR ABOUT $4500.

SO THE DIFFERENCE IS, $1700 THAT ARE RENTER WOULD BE SAVING ON A MONTHLY BASIS, SAYS THERE ISN'T ENOUGH INVENTORY IN THE MARKET, DRIVING UP PRICES.

HE SAYS IN A NORMAL MARKET INVENTORY WOULD BE AROUND 68,000 HOMES FOR SALE.

CURRENTLY THERE ARE ABOUT 2000 HOMES ON THE MARKET.

SAYS WITH A STRONG ECONOMY AND HIGH GDP GROWTH, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE A REDUCTION IN INFLATION WITHOUT GOING INTO A RECESSION.

ALEXANDER WIN KPBS NEWS A POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS LOOMING WITH TWO IMPORTANT DEADLINES FAST APPROACHING AS COLE HIGGINS REPORTS, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE MADE A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY.

THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR CONGRESS TO AVOID A POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT MEET FRIDAY BY SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, A TOPPLING SPENDING AGREEMENT THAT HE MADE WITH SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER ON SUNDAY REMAINS IN PLACE.

OUR TOP LINE AGREEMENT REMAINS.

WE ARE GETTING OUR NEXT STEPS TOGETHER AND WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS A ROBUST APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS, SO STAY TUNED FOR ALL OF THAT TO DEVELOP TWO DEADLINES ARE QUICKLY APPROACHING CONGRESS, THE FIRST ON JANUARY 19TH FUNDING FOR GOVERNMENT SPENDING, INCLUDING MILITARY CONSTRUCTION VETERAN IS AFFAIRS, AGRICULTURE, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION AND ENERGY WILL RUN OUT.

ANYTHING NOT COVERED IN THE FIRST DEADLINE IS COVERED THROUGH FEBRUARY 2ND.

WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE BUDGET BILL, IT'S A NEGOTIATION.

NOBODY EVER GETS EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANT THAT SPOKEN.

AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK THIS WEEK FROM MANY MEMBERS ALL ACROSS THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE.

THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS.

THE HOUSE IS DIVIDED, WITH SOME REPUBLICANS THREATENING TO SHUT DOWN OVER MIGRANT BORDER CROSSINGS.

THE TWO BIGGEST ISSUES THAT FACE OUR NATION RIGHT NOW THE TWO LARGEST THREATS THAT FACE OUR NATION RIGHT NOW, OR THE MOUNTING DEBT AT $34 TRILLION AND THE ABSOLUTELY OPEN SOUTHERN BORDER.

THEY BOTH ARE OPPOSING NOT JUST FINANCIAL BURDENS, BUT NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS.

WE ABSOLUTELY CANNOT HAVE A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

I MEAN, WE ARE IN CRITICAL TIMES.

AS WE ALWAYS ARE , BUT EVEN I THINK EVEN MORE NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION, KPBS NEWS.

CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD A NAVY HELICOPTER BEING MEDICALLY EVALUATED AND AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER THE HELICOPTER CRASHED INTO THE SAN DIEGO BAY.

IT HAPPENED DURING ROUTINE TRAINING INVOLVING AN MH 60, R SEAHAWK YESTERDAY EVENING NEAR NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE, CORONADO BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE TRAINING SAFETY BOATS WERE NEARBY.

ALL SIX CREW MEMBERS WERE SAVED.

IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH.

IF YOU'RE TRAVELING TONIGHT, EXPECT SOME HEADACHES AT THE AIRPORT.

ACCORDING TO FLIGHT, AWARE MORE THAN 2000 FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED THIS MORNING.

THAT'S THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE JULY OF LAST YEAR, A WINTER STORM POUNDING THE MIDWEST IS CAUSING MOST OF THE CANCELATIONS AS WELL AS THE GROUNDING OF THE 737 MAX.

NINE PLANES AMID SAFETY CONCERNS.

MARIELA SCALISE AND COMING UP TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COLDER CONDITIONS MOVING IN EVEN SOME AREAS OF FROST THROUGHOUT THE VALLEYS AND DESERT AND THEN SOME UNSETTLED WEATHER RETURNING CLOUDIER WINDIER AT A TIME SOME SHOWERS BEFORE A DRIER, WARMER PATTERN IS ON THE WAY.

A CLOSER LOOK IS COMING UP.

THE JACKIE ROBINSON FAMILY Y M C. A HOSTED THE 39TH DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR HUMAN DIGNITY AWARD BREAKFAST TODAY.

ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS IS DR CECIL STEP BEFORE RETIRING, HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE URBAN LEAGUE OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES FOR THE COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.

ONE ASKED WHAT HE WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE EVENT.

THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.

WHAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM WALK AWAY FROM IS THE IDEA.

WE ARE STRONGER THAN MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE CAPABLE WE'RE COMMITTED.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT STANDS BEYOND OUR ABILITY OF ACCOMPLISHING WHATEVER IS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND DR STEP WILL BE CELEBRATING HIS 91ST BIRTHDAY AT THE END OF THE MONTH, AND THIS WEEKEND MARKS THE BIRTHDAY OF CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

KPBS REPORTER COREY SUZUKI SAYS GROUPS ARE GEARING UP FOR A WEEK OF VOLUNTEERING.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY IS A UNIQUE HOLIDAY.

IT'S ALSO DESIGNATED AS A FEDERAL DAY OF SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK HONORING THE AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER.

JOANNE FIELDS, IS A FOUNDING ORGANIZER OF SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO'S MLK FESTIVAL, WHICH TAKES PLACE SATURDAY.

NEXT WEEKEND.

SHE SAYS THEY'LL HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP OUT.

WE'LL NEED PACERS.

WE WILL NEED CLEAN UP THE DAY BEFORE.

UM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S A CLEAN SPACE, UM, STARTING AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE ON SKYLINE DRIVE.

UM THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR VOLUNTEERING.

A LOT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY RESIDENTS SAY THEY DO VOLUNTEER WORK, ACCORDING TO USGS NONPROFIT INSTITUTE, ALMOST HALF THE COUNTY REPORTED VOLUNTEERING FOR A LOCAL NONPROFIT LAST YEAR.

FIELDS HERSELF IS A VOLUNTEER.

SHE AND SEVERAL FRIENDS WERE INSPIRED TO ORGANIZE THE FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE DR KING'S FIGHT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AND BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER ACROSS THE SAN DIEGO REGION.

SO I ASKED MY FRIENDS, UM, SEAN AND MARIO, LET'S PRESENT THIS.

LET'S DO SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE AGAIN WE HAVE A NAMESAKE PARK AFTER DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BUT THERE WAS NO CELEBRATION.

THAT CELEBRATION IS NOW IN ITS 14TH YEAR.

DO YOU HAVE OTHER STORIES ABOUT VOLUNTEERS WHO POWER YOUR COMMUNITY OR NEIGHBORHOOD?

KPBS WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU.

FILL OUT OUR SURVEY, KPBS .ORG/ VOLUNTEER .

OF COURSE, IS YUKI KPBS NEWS, MOM?

NONE OF OURS TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE POTENTIAL PAYOFFS AND RISKS OF US STRIKES AGAINST HOUTHI REBELS IN YEMEN THAT'S COMING UP AT SEVEN AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

FEDERAL OFFICIALS COULD SOON BE THE TARGET OF ANOTHER LAWSUIT LINKED TO THE REGION'S PERSISTENT CROSS BORDER SEWAGE PROBLEM, KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON SAYS THE NEW LAWSUIT MAY LEAD TO EVEN MORE LEGAL CHALLENGES.

SAN DIEGO COAST KEEPER PUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON NOTICE AND LATE DECEMBER, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY GROUP FILED AN INTENT TO SUE THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION.

VIOLATING THE SEWAGE DISCHARGE PERMIT AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SOUTH BAY SEWAGE PLANT.

WE HAVE TRIED IT ALONG WITH MANY MANY OTHER GROUPS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.

TO TAKE A SOFTER ROUTE TO FIND FUNDING TO ENCOURAGE I BWC TO WORK MORE QUICKLY, BUT NONE OF THAT THUS FAR HAS WORKED.

THE SEWAGE INFRASTRUCTURE SOUTH OF THE BORDER IS BROKEN, ALLOWING BILLIONS OF GALLONS OF SEWAGE TAINTED WATER TO FLOW INTO THE UNITED STATES.

THOSE CONTAMINATED FLOWS HAVE OVERWHELMED THE SEWAGE CAPTURE AND TREATMENT FACILITIES ON THIS SIDE OF THE BORDER.

THAT'S A VIOLATION OF THE WCS DISCHARGE PERMIT, WHICH REQUIRES THE PLANT TO MEET CLEAN WATER ACT STANDARDS.

CALIFORNIA ENTERING CAUCUS KIND OF SEWAGE BACTERIA INDICATORS HAVE TO BE AT A LOW ENOUGH LEVEL.

SO THAT THEY DON'T THREATEN PUBLIC HEALTH OR DEGRADE THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE SAME WITH A WHOLE RANGE OF THINGS.

IN THIS CASE, THE SOUTH A TREATMENT PLAN HAS LIMITS ON A NUMBER OF CHEMICALS THAT ARE BECAUSE IT TREATS SEWAGE FROM TIJUANA.

THAT'S SEWAGE ALSO HAS TOXIC CHEMICALS AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN IT.

THE PROBLEM IS NOT NEW AND THE REGION'S POLLUTION REGULATORS THE SAN DIEGO WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD.

HARD WORKING WITH THE EYE BWC INSTEAD OF PUNISHING THE FEDERAL AGENCY IS AWARE OF THE VIOLATIONS.

THE BOARD HAS AUTHORITY TO TAKE STRONG ENFORCEMENT ACTION, AND TODAY THEY HAVE NOT DONE THAT.

AND SO WE ARE STEPPING IN.

CITIZENS AS A CLEAN WATER ADVOCACY GROUP TO TAKE ACTION TO HOLD BWC ACCOUNTABLE.

REGIONAL BOARD OFFICIALS HAVE ISSUED CITATIONS, BUT THEY HAVE NOT FIND THE FEDERAL AGENCY FOR VIOLATING TERMS OF ITS DISCHARGE PERMIT.

THE BOARD'S DAVID GIBSON SAYS A SUPREME COURT DECISION IN THE EARLY 19 NINETIES LINKED TO CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS IN OHIO RULES THAT OUT IN THAT THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT UNLESS CONGRESS HAS SPECIFICALLY WAIVED SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY, SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY APPLIES ON THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND OTHER STARTLE STATUTES.

FEDERAL IMMUNITY HAS NOT BEEN WAYS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION REGULATORS HAVE GIVEN THE FEDERAL AGENCY UNTIL AUGUST TO MAKE MUCH NEEDED REPAIRS TO THE AGING SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.

BUT THE $18 MILLION DUE TO BE SPENT FALLS WELL SHORT OF THE $300 MILLION NEEDED TO REHABILITATE THE PLANT.

SO ARE WE CANNOT ISSUE PUNITIVE FIND WE CAN WORK WITH THEM AND ENSURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE EXPECTATIONS ARE SENDING WATER ACT.

YOU CAN TURN TO US EPA FOR SUPPORT FEDERAL AGENCY THAT FEDERAL AGENCY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT THINGS HAPPEN IN THE RIGHT ORDER.

BRING THE PLANT BACK INTO COMPLIANCE FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.

WE'VE HAD UNDER INVESTMENT IN THIS PLANT.

THERE HASN'T BEEN APPROPRIATE MAINTENANCE.

THERE HASN'T BEEN A APPROPRIATE OPERATIONS, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE IN THE DEBACLE.

WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW.

GARY IS AT THE END OF HER ROPE.

HER TOWNS, BEACHES HAVE BEEN OFF LIMITS TO SWIMMERS AND SURFERS FOR WELL OVER TWO YEARS, AND THAT'S BRUTAL FOR A COMMUNITY THAT CELEBRATES ITS CONNECTION TO THE OCEAN.

WE'RE IN THE WORST SITUATION WE'VE EVER BEEN, SO WE NEED TO USE EVERY SINGLE TOOL AVAILABLE TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AGENCIES THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH THAT THE AGENCIES THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT THAT THE AGENCIES THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF PROTECTION AMOUNT OF OUR ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY'RE ALL HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE , BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A CRISIS THAT IS THE BIGGEST PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS OF OUR REGION, IF NOT THE NATION.

IMPERIAL BEACH LED THE EFFORT TO SUE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SIX YEARS AGO AFTER FEDERAL OFFICIALS PROMISED TO DO MORE TO STOP THE POLLUTED FLOWS, BUT THE FLOWS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE.

GEARY IS TAKING A HARD LOOK AT CANCELING THE SETTLEMENT.

COAST KEEPERS.

PHILIP MUSICALS SAYS HE WON'T SETTLE BECAUSE HE WANTS TO SEE COURT ORDERED FEDERAL COURT.

LEGAL AGREEMENT THAT WILL HOLD I BWC ACCOUNTABLE.

IF THEY DON'T MEET THESE DEADLINES.

THE LAWSUIT COULD BE FILED IN MARCH, I BWC OFFICIALS REFERRED KPBS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR COMMENT.

THE DOJ DECLINED ERIC ANDERSON KPBS NEWS FROM WILD WINDS TO EXTREME SNOW THUNDERSTORM THREATS TO DANGEROUS COLD.

ALL 50 STATES ARE UNDER SOME KIND OF WEATHER ALERT TODAY, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, BUT AS 2024 GETS OFF TO A ROCKY START, NOAH IS LOOKING BACK AT THE CLIMATE DAMAGE DONE IN 2023, RELEASING ITS LIST OF BILLION DOLLAR DISASTERS.

GLORIA PASS AMINO HAS MORE SEVERE STORMS, FLOODS.

TROPICAL CYCLONES, TORNADO OUTBREAKS A WINTER STORM A MASSIVE WILDFIRE AND EXTREME HEAT WAVE IN ALL TALLIED 28 SEPARATE NATURAL DISASTERS THAT EACH COST A BILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE OR MORE DURING 2023, THE MOST IN ONE YEAR SINCE THE AGENCY BEGAN KEEPING TRACK IN 1980, THE COST WAS 93 BILLION, AND UNFORTUNATELY IT IT TOOK 490 LIVES OF ALL THE DISASTERS TO STRIKE IN 2023.

IT WAS LAST SUMMER'S HEAT WAVE AND DROUGHT IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN US THAT WAS THE MOST COSTLY $14.5 BILLION EVENT.

A LOT OF DAMAGE WAS DUE TO THE AGRICULTURE CROPS .

LIVESTOCK COST INCREASE, BUT ALSO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

THIS WAS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THAT THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER HAS HAD A LOW RIVER FLOW.

WHICH REDUCES THAT AMOUNT OF CARGO THAT CAN GO UP AND DOWN THE RIVER ISN'T JUST A PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAKES THESE DISASTERS SHOW EXPENSIVE.

IT'S ALSO LOST TIME WHEN BUSINESSES ARE SHUT DOWN FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS AFTER A FLOOD EVENT WHERE, AFTER A TORNADO OUTBREAK, SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT SECTOR IMPACTS UM ARE HIDDEN, BUT WE END UP PAYING FOR THEM ANYWAY.

A NEW FEDERAL DATA RELEASED FRIDAY CONFIRMS EARLIER REPORTS 2023 WAS THE WORLD'S HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD.

BY FAR, LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT EL NINO AND VIEWING AS 2024 COULD BE KIND OF MORE OF THE SAME SO MORE HEAT MORE EXTREMES.

GLORIA PASADENA REPORTING.

THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HAS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY SHORTAGE IN SUPPLIES.

THE ORGANIZATION SUPPLIES ABOUT 40% OF THE NATION'S BLOOD.

MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE ON WHERE WE STAND AND HOW YOU CAN HELP.

A STATE OF EMERGENCY.

THE AMERICAN RED CROSS SAYS BLOOD SUPPLIES ARE CRITICALLY LOW ACROSS THE US WE DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE DECLARING EMERGENCIES.

WE'RE ONLY DOING IT BECAUSE THE NEED IS THAT GREAT ORGANIZATIONS MEDICAL DIRECTOR SAYS AN ADDITIONAL 8000 BLOOD DONATIONS ARE NEEDED EACH WEEK IN JANUARY TO KEEP UP WITH THE HOSPITAL DEMAND.

WITHOUT AN INCREASE IN BLOOD DONATION.

OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH BLOOD IN HOSPITAL BLOOD BANKS IN ORDER TO ALLOW DOCTORS TO RESPOND.

TO EMERGENCIES.

WELL, BLOOD SUPPLIES, IMPACT SURGERIES AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC DISEASES LIKE SICKLE CELL AND CANCER WHO REQUIRE BLOOD AND PLATELET TRANSFUSIONS.

THE RED CROSS SAYS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE DONATING BLOOD IN THE U.

S HAS FALLEN BY ABOUT 40% OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES AND WINTER WEATHER AND RESPIRATORY VIRUSES COULD IMPACT DONOR TURNOUT IN THE WEEKS AHEAD, MAKING THE CURRENT SHORTAGE EVEN WORSE.

WHILE ALL BLOOD TYPES ARE URGENTLY NEEDED, THE RED CROSS SAYS THERE ARE ESPECIALLY IN NEED OF PLATELETS AND BLOOD FROM GROUP.

OH DONORS.

THERE'S NO WAY TO GET BLOOD FROM ANYWHERE BESIDES THE DONORS ARM AND THAT BLOOD THAT YOU DONATE COULD BE USED TO SAVE THE LIFE OF SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN IN THE CAR ACCIDENT.

UM IT COULD BE USED TO HELP SAVE A NEWBORN BABY.

OR IT COULD BE USED TO HELP GET A CANCER PATIENT THROUGH THEIR TREATMENT FOR HEALTH MINUTE.

I'M MANDY GAITHER.

ANYONE INTERESTED IN DONATING BLOOD CAN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT BY USING THE RED CROSS BLOOD DONOR APP.

VISITING RED CROSS BLOOD DOT ORG OR BY CALLING 1 800 RED CROSS, A RESEARCH TEAM, LED BY UC SAN DIEGO HAS SOUGHT TO EXPLAIN ENORMOUS CLOUDS OF GAS.

SURROUNDING GALAXIES.

KPBS SCITECH REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE HAS MORE ON WHAT ARE CALLED ORCS THAT COMIC SOUNDING ACRONYM ORC STANDS FOR ODD RADIO CIRCLE RADIO IN THE NAME REFERS TO ITS WAVELENGTH OF LIGHT UCSD ASTROPHYSICS PROFESSOR ALLISON COIL LED A RESEARCH TEAM THAT PUBLISHED THEIR FINDINGS IN THE JOURNAL NATURE.

SHE SAYS.

THESE THINGS ARE ABOUT AS BIG AS YOU CAN IMAGINE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF LIGHT YEARS IN DIAMETER, BIGGER THAN GALAXIES, COIL AND HER RESEARCH TEAM TOOK ON THE CHALLENGE OF EXPLAINING WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW THEY ARE FORMED.

THEY BELIEVE SHOCKWAVES FROM MULTIPLE EXPLODING STARS CREATED A WIND THAT PUSHED THE GAS WE SEE INTO INTERGALACTIC SPACE, SO IT'S FROM GAS.

THAT WE THINK EXPLODED OUT OF THE GALAXY LONG TIME AGO HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO THAT'S BEEN EXPANDING OUT INTO INTERGALACTIC SPACE.

THE REGION IN BETWEEN GALAXIES.

THESE ORCS ARE IN MOTION, AND THEY HAVEN'T EVER EXPANDING RADIUS THE SHOCK FROM EXPLODING STARS THAT CREATES THEM CAN HAPPEN WHEN GALAXIES COLLIDE.

JUST AS OUR MILKY WAY GALAXY IS ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY.

BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IN OUR LIFETIMES.

THOMAS FUDGE KPBS NEWS.

AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE TRACKING HERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THERE COULD BE SOME AREAS OF FROST INTO THE VALLEYS AND DESERTS AS YOU START YOUR SATURDAY, MEANWHILE, WILL BE TRACKING ANOTHER SYSTEM HERE, MOVING THROUGH BRINGING WINDIER CONDITIONS, MORE CLOUD COVERAGE AND EVEN THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

BUT DON'T WORRY, SOME DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER BEGINS TO MOVE IN AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

LOOKING AT TONIGHT FOR COLDER TEMPERATURES MAKING THEIR WAY LOOK AT OCEANSIDE 37 SAN DIEGO 43 TOOL OF THIS STUFF ALREADY THREE SPRINGS, YOU'RE DOWN TO 37 AND 34 MOUNT LAGUNA AS WE HAD INTO TONIGHT, AGAIN, WATCHING FOR SOME AREAS OF FROST DEALING WITH THE MESS OF WEATHER, ESPECIALLY THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WHILE WAR REMAINED DRY THROUGH OUR SATURDAY, DEFINITELY FEELING THAT CHILL MOVING ACROSS THE REGION.

WHAT WE CAN EXPECT AS WE HAD INTO OUR DAY ON SATURDAY IS MORE SUNSHINE MOVING THROUGH, BUT DEFINITELY TRENDING A LITTLE BIT BELOW THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE IN SOME LOCATIONS.

63% DIEGO OCEANSIDE 64 DEGREES SPRINGS.

YOU'RE ONLY UP TO 63 AND MOUNT LAGUNA.

WE STAY INTO THE FORTIES THROUGHOUT OUR SATURDAY SUNDAY THEY WILL START TO NOTICE SOME MILDER TEMPERATURES MOVING BACK IN AND SOME DRIER CONDITIONS AS WELL AS WE DO WRAP UP THE WEEKEND.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR FIVE DAY OUTLOOK FOR THE COAST AS TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD STEADY AROUND 64 FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND THEN WE'LL SEE THAT GRADUAL WARMING TREND AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK, MID SIXTIES MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND THEN UPPER SIXTIES WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE BY WEDNESDAY.

WE TAKE YOU OUT FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS AS WE MOVE FURTHER INLAND AS THOSE COOLER CONDITIONS MOVE IN AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY 63 DEGREES, BUT THEN BEFORE WE KNOW IT, WE'RE BACK TO THE SEVENTIES BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

AS WE CONTINUE TO TRAVEL TO THE MOUNTAINS.

THERE'S THAT SHOWER AROUND ON SUNDAY.

46 AND THOSE OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO DROP INTO THE THIRTIES OF STAYING CHILLY THROUGHOUT NEXT WEEK.

THE DESERT PRETTY STEADY CONDITIONS HERE AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, WITH HIGHS, RETURNING TO THE UPPER SIXTIES FOR KPBS NEWS.

I'M ARIELLA SCALISE.

PETCO PARK IS OPENING ITS GATES TO A NEW FAN BASE TONIGHT HOSTING ITS FIRST EVER RODEO.

THE INFIELD BASEBALL DIAMOND WILL BECOME THE ARENA FOR THE SAN DIEGO RODEO.

SOME OF THE WORLD'S TOP COWBOYS WILL COMPETE OVER THREE DAYS.

LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE SETTING UP SHOP, INCLUDING BRIXTON, CHASE KALINOWSKI FROM BRIXTON, AND SUNITA SAYS RODEO AND HATS GO HAND IN HAND.

VERY EXCITING.

IT'S GREAT FOR US.

WE'RE A HAT COMPANY.

SO BEING A PART OF THIS IS A REALLY BIG TREAT FOR US.

WE ARE GOING TO BE BURNING HATS SHAPING HATS.

WE'RE GONNA BE MAKING CUSTOM ONE OF WINE PIECES FOR ANYBODY THAT COMES TO ATTEND THAT WANTS TO PURCHASE ANY AND THEN HONESTLY, JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME.

TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT FOR SATURDAY BUT STILL AVAILABLE FOR TONIGHT IN THE FINALS ON SUNDAY.

FOR ALL THREE DAYS, MTS IS INCREASING GREEN LINE TROLLEY SERVICE BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE EVENT.

FANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE THE FREE PARK AND RIDE LOTS THROUGHOUT THE TROLLEY SYSTEM IN 1996, SAN DIEGO ARTIST AND HISTORIC PRESERVATIONIST ELIZABETH SCALISE HAD AN IDEA FOR A STORE THE LIKES OF WHICH SAN DIEGO HAD NEVER SEEN.

THAT IDEA BECAME REALITY IN A PLACE SHE CALLED ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE NOW, AFTER NEARLY 3030 YEARS, GALLEYS IS CLOSING UP SHOP.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL SHOWS US AROUND THIS UNIQUE STORE.

THE TIP OFF THAT SOMETHING QUITE OUT OF THE ORDINARY IS HAPPENING HERE COMES FROM THE BUILDING ITSELF.

THE PEA GREEN EDIFICE AT THE CORNER OF KETNER AND KAMIYAH CONJURES ICONIC STRUCTURES OF YOUR LIKE HOLLYWOOD BROWN DERBY RESTAURANT.

WHEN YOU STEP INSIDE YOU QUICKLY REALIZE YOU'VE STEPPED INTO A MENAGERIE OF ITEMS RESCUED FROM A CERTAIN TRIP TO THE LANDFILL, AND THAT'S WHEN THE NAME OF THIS PLACE STARTS TO MAKE PERFECT SENSE.

ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE WHEN I OPENED, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW.

UM IT'S NOT LIKE THERE WAS A TESTED MARKET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I JUST KNEW THAT I LOVED FINDING THESE THINGS AND USING THEM, AND I THOUGHT OTHER PEOPLE WOULD LOVE THAT TO STORE PROVES THE AXIOM THAT ONE PERSON'S JUNK IS ANOTHER PERSON'S TREASURE TURNS OUT TREASURE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, JUST THE THING THEY WERE LOOKING FOR, PERHAPS BEFORE THEY EVEN KNEW WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.

AND SO I HAD PEOPLE COMING IN TO RESTORE THEIR OLD HOUSES, AND THEY NEEDED THESE BITS, SO THAT BECAME PART OF THE PROCESS.

AND THEN I ALSO HAD RESTAURANTS THAT WANTED TO USE SOME COLD MATERIALS AND PEOPLE WITH THEIR FIRST APARTMENT AND MULTI MILLION DOLLAR HOUSES AND THE WHOLE GAMUT.

THE WHOLE GAMUT IS A GOOD DESCRIPTOR FOR THE MERCHANDISE.

YOU FIND THAT ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE.

THERE ARE THINGS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, LIKE CLASSIC SIGNAGE AND DOOR KNOBS.

THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS OF DOOR KNOBS AND THE SKETCH INS THAT ONCE SURROUNDED THEM OLD DOORS, WINDOWS.

I COULD GO ON, BUT YOU GET THE IDEA.

AFTER A LOOK AROUND AND OBVIOUS QUESTION COMES TO MIND.

HOW DOES SCALISE DECIDE WHAT THINGS BELONG HERE?

I GUESS I HAVE THIS LITTLE THIS LITTLE INNER VOICE AND WHEN I SEE SOMETHING AND IT SPEAKS TO ME, I HAVE A SENSE THAT'S GOING TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE ELSE.

THAT LITTLE INNER VOICE HAS SERVED SCALISE WELL OVER THE YEARS.

BUSINESS WAS BRISK WHEN WE SHOT THIS STORY ON THURSDAY WITH CUSTOMERS NEW AND THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN COMING HERE FOR YEARS, AND THE PIECES THAT WE'VE PURCHASED FROM HERE, JUST THE ACCENT IT HAS MADE TO OUR HOME.

REALLY DID YOU GET THIS TYPE OF THINGS?

DID YOU GET THESE WINDOWS AS THE CUSTOMERS SHARED HER FINDS YOU COULD SEE THE EXCITEMENT.

THE PASSION ELIZABETH SCALISE STILL HAS FOR WHAT SHE DOES.

BUT THE TIME HAS COME TO MOVE ON TO FREE HERSELF FROM THE CONFINES OF RUNNING THIS PLACE.

SO NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL AS MUCH OF THIS STUFF IS POSSIBLE.

BUT NOT EVERYTHING IS GOING.

AT LEAST ONE ITEM IS STAYING WITH ELIZABETH.

IT'S THIS UPSIDE DOWN CANOPY FLOWER LIGHT FROM EGYPT.

AS IT TURNS OUT, SHE'LL BE PUTTING THAT ABOVE HER GARDEN AT HER HOME.

IT'S BEEN JUST THE RIGHT OF MY LIFE.

IT'S BEEN SO MUCH FUN.

BUT I'VE GOT SOME OTHER STUFF IN ME AND I GOT TO GET OUT THERE.

I'M GOING TO GO OUT AND DO SOME MORE THINGS WHILE I HAVE A CHANCE.

BUT THERE'S STILL SOME TIME LEFT.

THERE'S A BIG CELEBRATION SALE THIS WEEKEND, AND SHE MAY STAY OPEN FOR A FEW WEEKS MORE BUT WHATEVER HAPPENS, HER TIME WITH ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE THE END OF A FUNKY, ECLECTIC ERA.

OR IS IT ELIZABETH SAYS SHE'S OPEN TO HAVING SOMEONE BY THE BUSINESS, NEW VENTURE AND COOL OLD STUFF.

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