>>> 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, FLOODING REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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>> THREE UC SAN DIEGO STUDENT WORKERS ARE FACING COUNTY CHARGES TONIGHT ACCUSED BY UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS OF CONSPIRACY AND VANDALISM.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

THEY WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY AND RELEASED FROM CUSTODY THIS AFTERNOON.

THE STUDENTS SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO KPBS POINT THEY SPOKE TO M.G.

PEREZ AND SAY THIS IS THE LATEST IN ONGOING CONFLICT BETWEEN UNION MEMBERS AND THE ADMINISTRATION.

>> Reporter: WILLIAM SNYDER AND JESSICA DESCRIBE THEIR TIME BEHIND BARS AFTER BEING ARRESTED AT THEIR HOMES BIKE UC SAN DIEGO POLICE WHO TRANSFERRED SNYDER TO THE DOWNTOWN COUNTY JAIL.

>> THERE IS FECES AND URINE AND BLOOD ON THE WALLS AND FLOORS.

I SLEPT A FEW MINUTES AT A TIME ON A STEEL BENCH AND ESSENTIALLY, I WAITED.

>> SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO LAS COLINAS DETENTION FACILITY.

>> VERY INFURIATING AND FRUSTRATING AND SCARY AS WELL TO BE IN THE SITUATION.

>> Reporter: BOTH ARE MEMBERS OF THE UAW LOCAL 2065, A THIRD UNION MEMBER WHO DIDN'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED WAS ALSO ARRESTED WITH THEM AND CHARGED WITH FELONY CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT A CRIME AND FELONY VANDALISM OVER $400.00.

THE CHARGES STEM FROM PROTESTS OUTSIDE OF THE INSTITUTION OF PORNOGRAPHY AND OTHER CAMPUS LOCATIONS AND EVENTS.

UNION MEMBERS ARE PROTESTING AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION WHICH THEY SAY HAS REFUSED TO IMPLEMENT NEW CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS FOR THOUSANDS OF GRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE EMPLOYEES.

>> IN MY OPINION, THIS IS CLEARLY PART OF A LARGER AND COORDINATED CRACKDOWN OF UNION ACTIVITY ACROSS UC.

UC HAS BEEN TRYING TO RENEGE AND UNDERMINING THE NEW CONTRACT THEY SIGNED WITH THE UAW WITH THE GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHERS UNION.

>> WHAT I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW IS LIKE A STRONG SENSE OF PRIDE IN MY FELLOW UNION MEMBERS AND HAVING THOUGHTS OR WHAT WE THOUGHT AND CONTINUING TO FIGHT FOR THIS AS YOU SEE IS TRYING ITS BEST TO DODGE ITS RESPONSIBILITY.

>> Reporter: THIS PROTEST HAPPENED MAY 5th DURING A UCSD ALUMNI EVENT AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN LA JOLLA.

UNION MEMBERS INTERRUPTED THE PROGRAM JUST AS THE CHANCELLOR WAS ABOUT TO SPEAK.

ALTHOUGH POLICE ARE NOT INVOLVED, UC STUDENT CONDUCT HAS LAUNCHED INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ACTIONS OF 67 STUDENT EMPLOYEES.

THE UNION CLAIMS MANY OF THOSE EMPLOYEES CHARGED WERE NOT AT THE EVENT.

THE MOST SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS INVOLVED CLAIMS OF PHYSICAL ASSAULT, THREATENING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF A PERSON AND OBSTRUCTION OF UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES.

IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, UC SAN DIEGO SAID THE STUDENTS DID $12,000 IN DAMAGE TO THE FACILITY AND THE UNIVERSITY DOESN'T TOLERATE ANY VANDALISM OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE TO UNIVERSITY PROPERTY.

THE THREE ARRESTED EMPLOYEES WILL BE ARRAIGNED ON CHARGES JULY 10th.

M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS .

>>> TWO RULINGS FROM THE SUPREME COURT TODAY BRING AN END TO A BLOCKBUSTER SESSION THAT WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR YEARS TO COME.

CHRIS IS IN WASHINGTON WITH THE LATEST.

>> Reporter: THE SUPREME COURT HANDING DOWN A PAIR OF KEY DECISIONS ON FRIDAY RULING 6:3 TO BLOCK PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PLAN TO HAVE $400 MILLION IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

>> THIS RELIEF WAS SO NEEDY.

I KNOW THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME ARE WORRIED AND CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR WELLNESS INSTABILITY MOVING FORWARD.

>> THIS IS A HUGE DECISION TO THE ADMINISTRATION WHICH AIMED TO DELIVER UP TO $20,000 OF RELIEF TO MILLIONS OF STRUGGLING BORROWERS.

THE WHITE HOUSE CONFIRMS THE PRESIDENT WILL KEEP TRYING.

IN THE SAME SPLIT, THE SUPREME COURT'S MAJORITY RULED IN FAVOR OF A CHRISTIAN WEB DESIGNER REFUSING TO CREATE WEBSITES TO HAVE SAME SEX WEDDINGS OUT OF RELIGIOUS WEDDINGS.

THIS IS ROOTED IN FREEDOM OF SPEECH PROTECTIONS BUT CRITICS SAY THIS WILL ALLOW MORE BUSINESSES TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST LGBTQ PEOPLE.

>> THIS PROMISES TO DESTABILIZE THE PUBLIC MARKETPLACE, ENABLING AND ENCOURAGING ALL TYPES OF BUSINESSES, NOT JUST THOSE WHO NEED SPACE.

TO HAVE A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO REFUSE CUSTOMERS BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE.

>> Reporter: THE BLOCKBUSTER RULINGS FOLLOW A TUMULTUOUS TURN FOR THE ROBERTS COURT, WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER A HARSH SPOTLIGHT OVER ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY AMID REPORTS ABOUT JUSTIN CHRIS THOMAS'S PATTERN ABOUT NONDISCLOSURES ON FINANCIAL REPORT.

>> IF YOU LIKE LEGITIMACY, PEOPLE WILL LISTEN TO YOU.

THE DECISION TO ISSUE AND IT REALLY MATTER.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, I'M CHRIS NGUYEN .

>> THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING HAS MANY CURRENT COLLEGE STUDENTS LOOKING FOR OTHER OPTIONS TO FURTHER EDUCATION AND POSSIBLY GRADUATE DEBT FREE.

ISABELLA IS FROM CHULA VISTA AND IS A FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE GRADUATE.

SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELORS DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY FROM UC SAN DIEGO EARLIER THIS MONTH.

SHE SAID HER PLANS TO GRADUATE WITH ALL STUDENT LOANS INCLUDING LIVING WITH HER PARENTS AND EXTENSIVE RESEARCH TO FIND LITTLE-KNOWN GRANTS SHE QUALIFIED FOR.

SHE ALSO WENT TO SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE BEFORE TRANSFERRING IN HER JUNIOR YEAR.

IT TOOK ALMOST 6 YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH HER GOAL.

>> EVEN IN HIGH SCHOOL, I KNOW THAT MY TEACHERS WERE PAYING OFF THEIR DEBT.

IT IS HEARTBREAKING.

THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD GRADUATE AND NOT HAVE THE STRESS OF DEBT BECAUSE IT RELIEVES THE PRESSURE BUT IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF FREEDOM.

>> ISABELLE NEWELL STRONGLY ENCOURAGES FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE PEOPLE TO RESEARCH THE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE TO THEM.

ONE GRANT GAVE HER $20,000 TO COMPLETE HER DEGREE.

OF A PLENARY HEARING ON THE JAIL DEATH OF ELISA SERNA IS EXPECTED TO CONCLUDE ON MONDAY.

THE JUDGE WILL DECIDE IF THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO TRY THE CASE AGAINST THE MEDICAL STAFF CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER.

KPBS REPORTER KITTY ALVARADO SAYS THIS CASE COULD SET SOME PRESIDENTS AND IMPACT FUTURE LEGISLATION.

>> Reporter: A DECISION IS LOOMING.

DOCTOR FRIEDERIKE VON LINTIG AND NURSE DANALEE PASCUA ARE EXPECTED TO LEARN ON MONDAY IF THEY WILL BE TRIED FOR MANSLAUGHTER IN THE DEATH OF 24- YEAR-OLD ELISA SERNA.

ELISA SERNA FAMILY HAS BEEN INSIDE THE COURTROOM EVERY DAY OF THE HEARING.

>> WE ARE STILL FINDING OUT NEW THINGS ABOUT THE CASE AND WHAT HAPPENED TO ELISA SERNA.

>> Reporter: ELISA SERNA'S MOTHER, PALOMA, SAYS IT HAS BEEN HEARTBREAKING AND FRUSTRATING OF HER DAUGHTER'S DEATH AND TO SEE VIDEO, SHE SAYS SHE HAS NEVER SEEN, OF ELISA SERNA'S LAST MOMENTS INSIDE A CELL AT THE LAS COLINAS DETENTION FACILITY.

SHE SAID THE MOMENT IN THE COURTROOM WHEN THE ATTORNEY THOUGHT THE VIDEO WAS FROZEN IS TELLING.

>> HE THOUGHT THE VIDEO WAS FROZEN BECAUSE THE NURSE IS DOING NOTHING.

SHE'S JUST STARING DOWN ON ELISA SERNA AS SHE WAS DYING.

>> Reporter: HER ATTORNEY SAID TESTIMONY FROM DANALEE PASCUA'S FORM SHOWED PROTOCOL.

>> YOU NEED TO SHOW A DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE OR A HIGH DEGREE THAT YOUR BEHAVIOR IS GOING TO CAUSE GREAT BODILY INJURY OR DEATH.

WE HAVE THE DIRECTOR OF NURSING TESTIFYING TODAY THAT MY CLIENT FOLLOW PROTOCOL.

THE WAY THAT THIS PARTICULAR, WHILE IT IS SAD THAT ELISA SERNA PASSED AWAY, THAT IT WAS NOT THE FAULT OF MY CLIENT.

>> Reporter: THE CASE IS BEING WATCHED CLOSELY BY ACTIVISTS WHO ATTENDED THURSDAY NIGHT'S MEETING.

THE CITIZENS LAW ENFORCEMENT REVIEW BOARD IS HERE.

>> TRANSPARENCY IS IMPORTANT, EVEN RIGHT NOW WHAT IS BEING SAID.

>> Reporter: PALOMA WAS AT THE HEARING TO HEAR AN UPDATE ON SENATE BILL 219, PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD MAKE LAW ENFORCEMENT RELEASE ALL RECORDS AFTER AN IN CUSTODY DEATH AND EXPAND OVERSIGHT IN JAILS.

THE MEETING FOLLOWS THE DEATHS OF TWO MORE INMATES THIS WEEK BOTH AT LOCAL HOSPITALS.

>> LAST YEAR, WHEN WE BROKE OUR RECORD, WE HAD 10.

THIS YEAR, WE ARE AT EIGHT.

WE ARE IN CRISIS.

>> Reporter: JOSEF MILLER OF THE EQUITY AND JUSTICE COALITION WAS THERE TO SUPPORT THE BILL AS WELL.

>> PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND LOSING THEIR KNIVES UNNECESSARILY.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THE SPILL WILL BE ELISA SERNA'S LEGACY.. >> THIS IS NAMED AFTER THE CUSTODY CAMPAIGN.

THAT IS INSPIRED BY ELISA SERNA.

>> Reporter: KITTY ALVARADO , KPBS NEWS.

>>> WORKERS AT A STARBUCKS WENT ON STRIKE TODAY TO PROTEST THE COMPANY'S TREATMENT OF UNIONIZED STORES.

LAST MONTH, THE STARBUCKS OFF OF I-FIVE AND ACADIA BECAME THE FIRST IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO SEE THE EMPLOYEES UNIONIZE.

THE WORKERS HAVE CITED A REDUCTION IN HOURS AS THEIR MAIN COMPLAINT.

THEY SAID THE COMPANY HAS FAILED TO BARGAIN OVER WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS FOR THE WORKERS SAY CUSTOMERS HAVE EXPRESSED SUPPORT AND SOME JOINED THE PICKET LINE.

>> IT IS A SCARY THING TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE AND COME TOGETHER AND SAY WE WILL NOT LET MANAGEMENT TREAT US THIS WAY AND THAT IS SCARY.

TO BE RECEIVED SO WELL BY OUR COMMUNITY IS VALIDATING AND REFRESHING.

IT HAS BEEN REALLY NICE.

>> STARBUCKS DENIED ALLEGATIONS OF UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES BUT SAYS IT DOES PREFER A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH ITS EMPLOYEES.

A STARBUCKS IN HILLCREST HAS BECOME THE SECOND IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO START-KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SPOKE WITH REPORTERS THERE ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE CHANGED .

>> WE LOVE OUR REGULARS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

>> REPORTER:, ROGER HAS WORKED FOR STARBUCKS FOR THREE YEARS.

SHE LIKES HER JOB AND THE CUSTOMERS.

THINGS STARTED TO GO SOUR AT THE STORE ON UNIVERSITY AVENUE AND RICHMOND STREET ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO.

AN ELECTRICAL FIRE FORCED THE STORE TO CLOSE AND THE GENERATOR POWERING THE STORE EVER SINCE HAVE BEEN UNRELIABLE.

>> FOR A FEW MONTHS, IT WAS LIKE WE HAD A JOKE AT THE STORE THAT EVERY SINGLE TUESDAY, WE WOULD LOSE POWER.

I THINK IT WAS LIKE MULTIPLE WEEKS IN A ROW THAT WE HAD TO CLOSE.

>> THE CLOSURES HAVE MEANT BRADSHAW HAS LOST A LOT OF WORK AND CAME CLOSE TO LOSING HER HEALTH INSURANCE.

UNIONIZING WITH HER COLLEAGUES, SHE SAYS, WILL GIVE THEM A GREATER VOICE.

>> IT HAS BEEN KIND OF A FRUSTRATING LAST YEAR.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT PUSHED ME TO JOIN THE UNION.

>> Reporter: BEYOND THE LOSS OF INCOME, BARISTA ALLIE SAYS MANAGERS HAVE FORCED EMPLOYEES TO RESTART THE GENERATORS WHEN THEY BREAK DOWN, EVEN WHEN IT IS RAINING.

>> THAT IS REALLY SCARY AND DANGEROUS.

I DON'T GET PAID ENOUGH TO DO SOMETHING SO DANGEROUS.

MY JOB IS TO MAKE COFFEE.

>> Reporter: SHE ONCE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AFTER A BREAKER BOX EXPLODED INSIDE.

SHE SAYS HER MINIATURE THREATENED CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T CALL CORPORATE FIRST.

SHE TOOK THE JOB AT STARBUCKS BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED IN THE COMPANY'S MISSION AND VALUES.

>> WORKING HERE, I STARTED TO REALIZE THAT MANAGEMENT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE YOUR BACK AND THE MISSION AND VALUES DO NOT MATTER, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PARTNER SAFETY AND PARTNER SECURITY.

>> Reporter: STARBUCKS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED IT WAS CLOSING A DIFFERENT STORE IN HILLCREST, THE ONE AT FIFTH AND ROBINSON A HALF-MILE AWAY CLAIMING IT WAS BECAUSE OF INCIDENTS REGARDING THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY.

SHE AND BRADSHAW SAY THE HOMELESS THAT VISIT THEIR STORE ARE KIND AND RESPECTFUL AND NORMALLY WANT A CUP OF WATER.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>> STARBUCKS HAS DECLINED TO RECOGNIZE ANY OF ITS UNITS VOLUNTARILY.

THAT MEANS IF THE HILLCREST STORE WILL LIKELY HOLD AN ELECTION SUPERVISED BY THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD .

>>> RECORD-BREAKING TRAVEL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY WE CAN.

SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ANTICIPATED THAT 300,000 TRAVELERS WOULD PASS THROUGH THIS WEEK.

LINES WERE NEARLY OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING.

SOME TRAVELERS WORRIED ABOUT THEIR FLIGHTS BEING CANCELED OR DELAYED DUE TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> WE GOT DELAYED YESTERDAY.

THAT'S WHY WE ARE STILL HERE.

>> KEEP AN EYE ON WHERE THE PLANS ARE COMING FROM.

MAKE SURE YOU TALK TO PEOPLE AT THE AIRLINE BECAUSE THEY COULD PUT US UP FOR THE NIGHT AND THAT WORKED OUT ALL RIGHT.

>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AIRLINES ARE BACK TO TYPICAL CANCELLATION AND DELAY RATES.

>>> PEOPLE WILL BE COMING TO SAN DIEGO.

MAYOR CORBETT HAS MORE ON THE BUSY TOURIST WEEKEND FOR OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORTS.

>> THIS YEAR, THERE WILL BE A RECORD NUMBER OF TRAVELERS, OVER 50 MILLION PEOPLE WILL BE TRAVELING OVER 50 MILES AWAY FROM THEIR HOME THIS FOURTH OF JULY WE CAN.

WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LEAVING THAT MIGHT GO TO L.A. AND OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE BUT SAN DIEGO BEGINNING AFTER THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDS IN MOST LOCATIONS IS A MAKEUP FOR TAURUS.

WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF TOURISTS IN SAN DIEGO.

WE SAW GREAT ECONOMIC NEWS IN THE PAST WEEK.

2% GDP GROWTH, RETAIL SPENDING IS UP BECAUSE CONSUMERS ARE UP TO SPEND WHEN THEY GO ON VACATION.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE SEEN IS TRAFFIC AT AIRPORTS, A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN CANCELED FLIGHTS SINCE LAST SATURDAY.

UNITED, JETBLUE AND DELTA CANCELED OVER 7500 FLIGHTS PARTICULARLY ON THE NORTHEASTERN CORRIDOR BECAUSE OF STORMS BECAUSE OF THE FIRES IN CANADA AND HEAT WAVES.

GETTING READY FOR THIS WEEKEND, ALL OF THESE MAJOR ISSUES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.

MOST AIRLINES GOT BACK TO A TRADITIONAL SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE YESTERDAY JUST IN TIME FOR THE HEAVY TRAVEL SCHEDULE TODAY.

>>> THE HEAT IS MAKING A BIG COMEBACK.

WE SEE THESE WEATHER ALERTS.

HEAT ADVISORIES AND EXCESSIVE HEAT GOES UNTIL MONDAY EVENING.

THIS TAKES US THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE START OF THE WEEK WHERE YOU CAN SEE ORANGE FROM BIG BEAR LAKE TO PINE VALLEY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT HEAT ADVISORY BUT NOTICE WHERE THE RED IS, EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING, SO THINGS WILL BE HOT AT TIMES AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT COMING DAYS.

MOST OF THE HEAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WILL BE INLAND.

IT WILL BE COOLER ON THE COAST WITH MORE CLOUDS AND BREEZE MOVING IN OFF THE PACIFIC AND WE HAVE A PATTERN CHANGE NEXT WEEK WHICH SHOULD DROP TEMPERATURES INLAND A LITTLE BIT.

STAY COOL IF YOU CAN AND JUST KNOW THERE WILL BE A PATTERN CHANGE ON THE WAY.

TEMPERATURES TONIGHT, BORREGO SPRINGS DOES NOT DIP TOO MUCH.

YOU DON'T GET MUCH RELIEF OVERNIGHT AT 70.

MT.

LAGUNA IS 64 AND SAN DIEGO 62 AND OCEANSIDE IS NOT BAD AT 60 DEGREES.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE HEAT TOMORROW IS HOT, HOT, HOT.

THAT WILL BE THE PATTERN INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND AND FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND AS WELL.

WHERE DOES THAT MAKE OUR TEMPERATURES GO, BORREGO SPRINGS AT 114 AND MT.

LAGUNA AT 79, SAN DIEGO IS AT 74 DEGREES.

HOPEFULLY HEADING TO THE COAST TO FIND COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS AND THAT SHOULD BE THE PATTERN AS WE GO INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY.

SATURDAY LOOKS TO BE HOT.

SUNDAY COULD BE COMFORTABLE FOR SOME OF US.

LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, MID-70s FOR SATURDAY, UPPER 70s MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

WE WILL DROP A LITTLE BIT BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK 79 ON SUNDAY.

TEMPERATURES STAY IN TO UPPER 80s TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

WE LOOK TO THE MOUNTAINS WHERE TEMPERATURES INCREASE TO THE UPPER 70s AND DROP TO THE LOWER 70s AND A QUICK LOOK AT IT AS A FORECAST WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE DANGEROUSLY HOT.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M ARIELLA SCALESE .

>>> TO ME MARKS THE 60 OF THE RIDERS STRIKE.

ACTORS HAVE JOINED THOSE ON THE PICKET LINE TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT.

JANE FONDA AND LILY TOMLIN WERE AMONG THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PICKETING OUTSIDE OF NETFLIX STUDIOS IN HOLLYWOOD.

RIDERS ARE FIGHTING FOR A INCREASE IN PACE, SCREAMING RESIDUALS AND THE USE OF ART ARE.

THE LAST RIDER STRIKE IN 2015 LASTING 100 DAYS.

>>> A SAD DAY FOR THE FILM INDUSTRY.

ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR HAS DIED IN CARLSBAD.

HIS FAMILY ANNOUNCED THE NEWS TODAY.

HE WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE IN THE FILM LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE FOR WHICH HE WON A BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OSCAR.

HE RECEIVED FOUR ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS DURING HIS DECADES LONG CAREER.

HE STARTED THE NEXT NETFLIX COMEDY EARNING TWO EMMY NOMINATIONS.

HE WAS 89 YEARS OLD.

>>> A BUDGET DEAL BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND STATE LEGISLATURE WILL EXPAND MEDI-CAL REIMBURSEMENT RATES NEXT YEAR.

ADVOCATES SAY THIS WILL GIVE RECIPIENTS MORE OPTIONS FOR MEDICAL CARE.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN HAS MORE.

>> STATE FUNDING FOR MEDI-CAL IS SET TO INCREASE BY $2.7 BILLION.

IT WILL LARGELY GO TOWARD RAISING REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR PHYSICIANS IN HOSPITALS, GROUPS LIKE THE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SAY THAT IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE MEDI-CAL HAS NOT HISTORICALLY COVERED COST OF CARE.

>> IF YOU DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE COMPENSATION TO HELP RUN A BUSINESS OR KEEP A BACK IS OPEN, IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE AS MANY MEDI-CAL PATIENTS AS WE NEED TO HAVE SEEN.

>> Reporter: OVER 1 MILLION CINDY AKINS RELY ON MEDI-CAL FOR HEALTHCARE.

THE EXPEDITION FOR HOW THE INCREASED WORK ISN'T SO STRAIGHTFORWARD.

IT WILL BRING BETTER REIMBURSEMENT RATES TO 87 1/2% OF MEDICARE RATES.

RIGHT NOW, THE REIMBURSEMENT RATE COULD BE AS LOW AS 60% FOR SOME PROCEDURES.

THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SAID INCREASES WILL START IN JANUARY FOR PRIMARY AND MATERNITY CARE ALONG WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BEFORE EXPANDING TO SPECIALTY CARE.

>> GETTING THE RATES FOR MEDI- CAL HIGHER WILL HOPEFULLY ATTRACT MORE PHYSICIANS AND CLINICS TO SEE MORE MEDI-CAL PATIENTS SO THEY CAN HAVE BETTER ACCESS.

>> Reporter: THE REIMBURSEMENT IS FUNDED BY THE CARE ORGANIZATION TAX.

THAT IS PAID BY HEALTH PLANS AND HAS TRADITIONALLY GONE INTO THE STATE'S GENERAL FUND.

>> I ANTICIPATE THIS WILL OPEN UP ACCESS IN A HUGE WAY.

>> Reporter: SHE'S A PATRICIAN AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY WITH THE INCREASES.

SHE IS EXPECTING MORE DOCTORS TO START ACCEPTING MEDI-CAL PATIENTS.

THAT SHOULD INCREASE ACCESS TO CARE AND DECREASE WEIGHT TIMES, ESPECIALLY IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

>> I THOUGHT YOU HAVE INSURANCE, YOU WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR INSURANCE AND YOU HAVE EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF.

IF THIS ALLOWS PHYSICIANS TO MAINTAIN THEIR PRACTICE, THEY WILL ACCEPT HER INSURANCE.

BEING ABLE TO HAVE COVERAGE THAT ALLOWS ACCESS IS THE KEY.

>> Reporter: THE REIMBURSEMENT INCREASES ARE EXPECTED TO RUN THROUGH 2029.

>> I THINK THIS WILL BE A WIN- WIN AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL CONTINUE LONG-TERM.

>> Reporter: MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS NEWS .

>>> AS PART MONTH COMES TO A CLOSE NATIONWIDE, A BATTLE OF BOOKS IS PLAYING OUT AT A LOCAL LIBRARY.

HEAD LIBRARIAN OF THE PENSKE TO SPRINT SAID THE BOOKS GET PUSHED BACK FOR THEIR PRIDE MONTH DISPLAY BUT THIS YEAR, JONES SAYS A PATRON CHECKED OUT ALL OF THE BOOKS IN OPPOSITION.

THE PATRON ALLEGEDLY REFUSES TO RETURN THE BOX UNLESS THE LIBRARY REMOVES THEM ALTOGETHER.

JONES SAYS WHILE SHE BELIEVES WHAT THIS PERSON DID WAS WRONG, SOMETHING GREAT HAPPENED IN THE END.

>> WE HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITH PEOPLE CALLING NOT ONLY WANTING TO REPLACE THE BOX BUT TO PURCHASE MORE MATERIALS.

>> THE LIBRARY SAYS THEY HAVE PLENTY OF BOOKS TO LAST ALL MONTH SO THEY QUICKLY RESTOCKED .

>>> THEY ARE AS TOUGH AS NAILS.

A GROUP OF SAN DIEGO WOMEN DECIDED TO CALL AFRICA'S CLOUDIER SKIES MOUNTAIN THIS YEAR.

WHEN I FOUND OUT IS WHAT SETS THESE WOMEN APART IS THERE WILL TO FIGHT AGAINST STEREOTYPES TO REALIZE THEIR GOAL.

>> Reporter: AT SHARPLY AND BERNARDO, JULIE GETS READY TO SEE HER NEXT PATIENT AS A MAMMOGRAPHY FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS.

SHE KNOWS MOST WOMEN ABOVE A CERTAIN AGE HAS A ACCOUNTABLE FAMILIARITY WITH A MAMMOGRAPHY MACHINE.

TIME AND TIME AGAIN, SHE HAS SEEN IT SAVE LIVES.

>> I KNOW I'M DOING SOMETHING IMPORTANT.

>> Reporter: IT IS THE UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE THAT INSPIRED HER TO SET OUT ON HER OWN GOALS ZEROING IN ON A LOFTY ONE.

>> A BUCKET LIST ITEM WAS READY TO BE CHECKED OFF.

>> Reporter: THIS IDEA CAME ABOUT COVID-19 WHEN CONNECTING WITH OTHERS WAS DIFFICULT.

HIKING WAS ONE OF THE FEW JOINTS SHE AND HER FRIENDS CAN SHARE.

TOGETHER, 11 OF THEM MADE A PACT TO COME AFRICA'S HIGHEST PEAK, MOUNT KILIMANJARO IN TANZANIA, AS IF THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH OF A CHALLENGE.

>> ALL OF THEM WAS 58 YEARS OLD.

.

>> Reporter: ANOTA MAMAFFEY SAID CLIMBING MOUNT KILIMANJARO WAS ALWAYS ON HER BUCKET LIST.

SHE WAS ASTONISHED TO LEARN THAT HER FRIENDS WANTED TO COMPLETE THE SAME GOAL.

>> ONCE THEY SIGNED UP, THEY DIDN'T BACK DOWN.

>> Reporter: THEY CALLED THE GROUP THE "KILLY QUEENS".

THIS IS SPENT MONTHS BUILDING UP THEIR STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE BY TAKING SMALLER BUT PROGRESSIVELY CHALLENGING HIKES INCLUDING SAN DIEGO SIX PEAK CHALLENGE AND IN FEBRUARY 2023, THE GROUP SET OUT FOR TANZANIA.

>> ONE OF THE GUYS SAID YOU SHOULD BE IN MAGINNIS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS.

I THINK PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE ONE EYE.

CLIMBING MOUNT KILIMANJARO WAS CHALLENGING BUT WITH ONE EYE, THAT IS MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE DEPTH PERCEPTION.

EVERYTHING LOOKS FLAT BUT THEY SAID TO DIG DEEP.

>> Reporter: AND DIG DEEP THEY DID.

SHE SAID IT WAS SIX DAYS OF FUN AND THREE DAYS OF.

HELL WITH CRITICAL SUPPORT OF THE BORDERS HIRED TO GUIDE THEIR TRACK AS TO CARRY 40 POUNDS OF GEAR PER PERSON UP THE MOUNTAIN.

THEY SAY THE CLIMB WAS FOR FRIENDS AND PATIENTS WHO FOUGHT BREAST CANCER AND SOME OF THE BORDERS WORE PINK RIBBONS IN SOLIDARITY.

>> WE DID THESE THINGS FOR THEM AS WELL.

>> Reporter: THE GROUP TOOK A ROUTE CALLED THE WESTERN BREACH, SCRAMBLING OVER ICE STEEP TERRAIN AND ROCKS.

>> IT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT OUT OF MOUNT KILIMANJARO.

IT WAS ALSO THE LONGEST.

THAT GAVE US MORE TIME TO ACCLIMATIZE.

>> Reporter: EVENTUALLY, THEY REACHED THE WRANGLER GLACIER, EXPECTED TO BE COMPLIMENTED BY THE YEAR 2050.

AS THE GROUP CONTINUED THE DISSENT, THEY KEPT TRACK OF THEIR OXYGEN LEVELS, TESTING THEIR COGNITIVE FUNCTION WITH SMALL TASKS LIKE TYING THEIR SHOELACES.

>> WE KNEW WE HAD TO GO SLOWLY.

IN SWAHILI, THERE ARE THREE WORDS WHICH MEAN GO SLOWLY.

>> Reporter: THE SLOWER PACE IS PART OF THE SUCCESS RATE OF SUBMITTING.

NONE OF THEM ESCAPE THE DREADED ALTITUDE SICKNESS.

>> THE MOUNTAIN DECIDES, YOU DON'T DECIDE.

THE MOUNTAIN DECIDE WHETHER YOU WILL GO UP OR NOT.

>> Reporter: THE MOUNTAIN DECIDED THAT THREE OF THE WOMEN SHOULD NOT ASCEND FURTHER.

>> IT WAS NOT THEIR CHOICE, IT WAS THE OUTFITTER THAT SAID IF YOU GO UP, YOU WILL DIE.

>> Reporter: EIGHT OF THE WOMEN MADE IT TO THE TOP OF IT ALL AGREED WAS THE JOURNEY TO GET THERE AND THE BOND THAT FORMED AMONG THE ENTIRE GROUP THAT MATTERED THE MOST.

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THERE TRIP TWO MONTHS PRIOR, THE "KILLY QUEENS" MET AGAIN, THIS TIME AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AT SCRIPPS RANCH.

BREAKING BREAD TOGETHER AND PROCESSING THE SURREAL EXPERIENCE OF THEIR HIKE WITH TWO MEMBERS OF THE GROUP JOINING THE A ZOOM.

>> YOU ARE AS YOU AS YOU WILL EVER BE RIGHT NOW.

MANY OF YOU ARE SAYING OLD IS WHEN YOU ARE OLD.

>> IF I HAD A MESSAGE, ALL OF US WANTED TO CONVEY WOULD BE THAT YOU ACTUALLY CAN.

THERE IS NOTHING STOPPING YOU AT ALL.

THAT IS ALL IN YOUR HEAD.

>> THE FACT IS THAT EVERYONE HAS A THOUGHT IN LIFE.

>> Reporter: FOR JULIE, WHO SPENT HER LIFE HELPING WOMEN ACROSS VARIABLES, SHE SAID SETTING GOALS DOES NOT HAVE TO BE CEMENTING A MOUNTAIN LIKE THE "KILLY QUEENS", BUT PUSHING HERSELF TO MEET CHALLENGES DESPITE AGE, GENDER OR ABILITY.

>> DO IT, GO FOR IT, BE STRONG AND DO NOT WAIT.

NOW IS THE TIME.

>> Reporter: MAYA TRABULSI, KPBS NEWS.

>> PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER.

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TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ISSUED LANDMARK DECISIONS ON STUDENT LOANS AND LGBTQ RIGHTS COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS .

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