[MUSIC] MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HEALTH FAMILY OF COMPANIES PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH CLUBBING, HEATING, AND RESTORATION.

PROVIDING MODELING SERVICE FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL ONE 800 BUILD A HOUSE OR BUILD HOUSE.GOV.

[MUSIC] AND BY THE CONRAD FOR THIS FOUNDATION DARLENE MARCO SHILEY AND THE FOLLOWING.

[MUSIC] AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA IS LAUNCHING A PROGRAM TO FAST-TRACK HOUSING PERMITS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I AM MY A TRIPLE SAY.

THE PROGRAM REQUIRES THE CITY TO REVIEW HOUSING PROJECTS WITHIN 30 DAYS.

KPBS REPORTER, ALEXANDER WYNN SAYS THE PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO EXPEDITE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION WHILE REDUCING COSTS.

>> WHEN COMPLETED, THIS PROJECT AND UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS WILL ADD 72 AFFORDABLE HOMES TO SAN DIEGO'S TIGHT HOUSING MARKET.

THE SAN DIEGO METRO AREA IS REGULARLY CITED AS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLACES TO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY.

SAN DIEGO MAYOR, TODD GLORIA IS LOOKING TO CHANGE THAT.

>> ALL OF US ARE PAYING RENT AND MORTGAGE WE CANNOT AFFORD AND WE NEED MORE HOUSING IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE PRICE WE CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.

>> THE MAYOR CHOSE THIS LOCATION SPECIFICALLY TO ANNOUNCE THE COMPLETE COMMUNITY IS NOW PROGRAM.

IT'S A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER HE SIGNED ON JANUARY 10.

IT BUILDS UPON THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM AND REQUIRES ALL RELEVANT CITY DEPARTMENTS TO REVIEW HOUSING PROJECTS UNDER THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM WITHIN 30 DAYS.

IT'S MEANT TO STREAMLINE THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND REDUCE COSTS.

>> BECAUSE TIME IS MONEY.

>> COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING ENCOURAGES HOUSE DEVELOPMENT NEAR PUBLIC TRANSIT.

SINCE THE PROGRAM WENT INTO EFFECT ON DECEMBER 2020, THE CITY IS ISSUE 22 BUILDING PERMITS TO CREATE 1600 HOMES FEATURING NEARLY 300 AFFORDABLE HOMES.

>> COMPLETE COMMUNITY IS NOW HELPING TO ACCELERATE THIS PROGRESS.

IT WILL GET MORE SAN DIEGO'S INTO HOMES AND THE KIND OF EXPERIENCE THEY ALL GET VALUE.

>> SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, STEPHEN WHAT BRENT IS ALSO THE CHAIR OF MTS.

HE SAID BUILDING MORE HOMES NEAR TRANSIT WILL REDUCE TRAFFIC IN MORE WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS.

KENT LEE IS THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE.

HE SAYS THE CITY NEEDS TO TRIPLE THE CURRENT HOUSING PRODUCTION TO MEET THE DEMAND.

>> LACK OF HOUSING AFFORDABLE HE HAS LED TO MORE TRAFFIC, WORK POLLUTION, AND WERE SAN DIEGO bÃTHIS SAN DIEGO'S HAVING TROUBLE MAKING ENDS MEET.

>> AFTER THE CITY ISSUED PERMITS FOR NEARLY 10,000 HOMES.

THAT'S AN INCREASE OF ROUGHLY 82 PERCENT OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.

IN THE HIGHEST TOTAL SINCE AT LEAST 2005.

BUT ACCORDING TO THE STATE, THE CITY NEEDS ROUGHLY 13,500 NEW HOMES BUILT EACH YEAR TO MAKE DEMAND.

ALEXANDER WYNN, KPBS NEWS.

>> WHILE SAN DIEGO MAY BE A DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE FOR SOME, THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS COME AT A BIG COST.

NEW DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS SHOWS MORE PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY THEN MOVING IN.

IN FACT, 2023 TOP 31,000 MORE PEOPLE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

THEN MOVE IN ALMOST DOUBLE FROM A YEAR EARLIER.

NONPROFIT UNITED WAY OF SAN DIEGO POINTS TO THE COST OF LIVING AS THE MAIN REASON WHY.

>> 36 PERCENT OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE UNABLE TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO EVEN BARELY SURVIVE HERE.

SO IT'S NO WONDER PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME OTHER PLACES TO LIVE WHERE THEY CANNOT DO MORE AND AFFORD MORE AND PROVIDE FOR THE FAMILIES.

IN WAYS THAT ARE NOT SO STRESSFUL.

>> UNITED WAY IS COORDINATING WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO CREATE CURRICULUM PREPARED STUDENTS FOR OUR REGION'S MOST IN DEMAND JOBS FOR THE HELP OF KEEPING MORE PEOPLE FROM LEAVING THE COUNTY.

VETERANS AFFAIRS WANTS TO FIND HOUSING FOR MORE THAN 40,000 VETERANS NATIONWIDE BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR INCLUDING ALMOST 900 HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

KPBS MILITARY AND VETERANS FOR ANDREW DYER HAS MORE ON HOW THE VA PLANS TO DO IT.

>> THE VA PLANS PARTNERSHIPS AND HAS PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS VETERAN HOMELESSNESS LIKE THE ASPIRE CENTER HERE IN OLD TOWN.

ONE OF THE KEY PROGRAMS IS HOOD VENTURE, WHICH CONNECTS VETERANS WITH HOUSING VOUCHERS AND RENTAL PROPERTIES.

>> SO THE VOUCHER THAT IS PROVIDED TO THE VETERAN IS THROUGH THE HOUSING GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT.

IT IS A SECTION 8 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER, WHICH MEANS THAT THE VETERANS GET TO CHOOSE THE COMMUNITIES THEY WANT TO USE THE VOUCHER IN.

>> JONATHAN FLOOD MANAGES THE PROGRAM AT THE SAN DIEGO VA.

HE SAYS THE ASPIRE CENTER IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PROGRAM WHERE THEY HAD SUCCESS.

>> WE HOUSE MANY VETERANS FROM THE ASPIRE CENTER AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE VETERANS WITH SUPPORT DIRECTLY INTO OUR PROGRAMS.

>> THESIS SAN DIEGO STATE HOUSING MARKET PRESENTS A PARTICULAR CHALLENGE FOR FORMERLY HOMELESS VETERANS.

>> SO THAT RIGHT NOW IS REALLY OUR GREATEST NEED BECAUSE WE KNOW ONCE WE HAVE THE HOUSING, WE CAN AT LEAST HELP A VETERAN IN THAT UNIT.

>> THE VA SAN DIEGO'S GOAL IS TO FIND HOUSING FOR 851 VETERANS BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

IT'S PART OF THE JUST ANNOUNCED GOAL, THE DEPARTMENT SET FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY TO PLACE 41,000 HOMELESS VETERANS INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

FLOOD SAYS THEY ARE ON PACE TO MEET THAT GOAL OR AT LEAST MOST OF IT.

>> WE AT 95 PERCENT LAST YEAR OF THE GOAL AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE TO REPEAT THAT AS WELL.

SO WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO bÃbÃEVEN IN THIS MARKET, CONTINUE TO FIND THOSE LANDLORDS.

>> THE VA SAYS IT'S FOUND HOUSING FOR MORE THAN 300 SAN DIEGO VETERANS SINCE THE FISCAL YEAR BEGAN IN OCTOBER.

NATIONWIDE, THE VA SAYS 21,000 VETERANS FOUND HOMES LAST YEAR THROUGH THE HUD bÃPROGRAM.

ANDREW DYER, K PBS NEWS.

>> COMING UP TONIGHT, WE ARE TURNING PARTLY CLOUDY S TEMPERATURES DROP DOWN TO 50 DEGREES.STILL SOME SHOWER ACTIVITIES IN COOLER AT TIMES BEFORE WE START TO WATCH A WARMER AND DRYER PATTERN COME BACK CLOSER LOOK AT THE FORECAST IS JUST AHEAD.

>> A CITY OF SAN DIEGO OWNED PROPERTY IN DELMAR IS CAUGHT UP IN CONTROVERSY.

AND A SUIT FOR EVENTS HAPPENING ON ITS FIELDS.

KPBS REPORTER, JACOB AIR SAYS NEIGHBORS IN ORGANIZATIONS IS A SPORTS PARK IS BEING MISUSED AND THE ISSUE MAY BE IN THE SETTLED IN COURT.

>> THE WELL MANICURED SOCCER PITCHES IN THE SPORTS PARK ARE SURROUNDED BY NATURE PRESERVES AND I AND HOMES.

BUT THERE'S TROUBLE IN PARADISE.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, WE WILL HAVE FOUR OR 500,000 PEOPLE COMING TO THIS PLACE.

WITH TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND NOISE AND PROBLEMS WITH POLLUTION.

>> THE REPUBLIC LIVES NEAR THE PARK.

HE SAYS THE FIELDS DO NOT FEEL I CAN OPEN PUBLIC SPACE ANYMORE.

ESPECIALLY SINCE 2016, WHEN SERVED SPORTS TOOK OVER THE SITE FROM THE SAN DIEGO POLO CLUB.

>> WHAT THEY'VE DONE HERE IS THEY HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE THIS ALMOST LIKE A WEST COAST HEADQUARTERS.

BOX WE PUT ABOUT $5 MILLION INTO THE PROPERTY AND TRANSITION IT FROM BEING HORSE PROPERTY INTO THE PREMIER YOUNG SPORTS FACILITY IN THE COUNTRY.

>> BRIAN AND GO IS THE CEO OF SPORTS.

WHICH OFFERS THE SITE WITH A 20 YEAR LEASE WITH THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.

SPORTS WEBSITE SAYS THEY HOST 35 EVENTS IN SAN DIEGO EACH YEAR HOSTING PEOPLE FROM ALL OF THE COUNTRY.>> IT'S THE NUMBER EVENTS THAT UPSET ITS NEIGHBORS.

IN THE FAIRBANKS POLO CLUB HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IS SUING THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO BECAUSE OF IT.

WHILE POLLOCK IS NOT PART OF THAT LAWSUIT, HE AGREES WITH WHAT IT STANDS FOR.

>> I THINK THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS AS ACCOUNTABLE AND MAYBE EVEN MORE BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND AND HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED WHAT'S IN THE LEASE.

AND THEY ARE ALLOWING SURF CUP TO VIOLATE THAT LEASE.

>> THE SUIT SAYS THE VIOLATION IS IN HOSTING EVENTS TOO OFTEN.

UP TO 200 DAYS A YEAR.

IT SAYS THE LEASE ONLY ALLOWS 25 DAYS OF EVENTS PER YEAR.

KPBS ASKED ENKE ABOUT THAT NUMBER.

HE DID NOT HAVE EXACT FIGURES BUT SAID THEY LET OTHER GROUPS USE THE PARK TOO.

AND TALKED ABOUT THE OVERALL IMPACT.

>> WE CREATE HOTEL ROOMS, JOBS, ECONOMIC IMPACT BY BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THE bÃbÃTHE CITY HERE.

AND WE HELP KIDS CHASE THEIR DREAMS.

I HAVE A HARD TIME FIGURING OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT.

>> POLLOCK SAYS HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARK TURNING INTO A MAJOR SPORTS COMPLEX WHICH FALLS OUTSIDE WITH THE GRANT DEED ALLOWS.

WHICH IS NONCONVENTIONAL RECREATIONAL USES THAT DON'T ALLOW LARGE GATHERINGS OF PEOPLE OR CARS.

>> IT SHOULD BE ESSENTIALLY USED AS A PARK.

>> MAGGIE BROWN IS PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE SANGEETA RIVER VALLEY WHICH UNSUCCESSFULLY SUED THE CITY IN 2016 OVERUSE OF THE FIELDS.

BROWN SAYS THERE SENSITIVE WETLAND HABITAT ALL OVER THE AREA.

>> SPOT WILDLIFE CORRIDORS HAVE ALL BEEN CUT OFF.

THE FENCING THAT'S THERE.

THE BIRDS STAY AWAY FROM IT.

IT REALLY IS VERY DAMAGING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

>> IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS bÃbÃSERVED SPORTS WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR ILLEGALLY REDIRECTING STORMWATER AND ISSUED A CIVIL PENALTY NOTICE FOR UNPERMITTED GRADING AND FILLING.

THINK HE SAYS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS HAVE BEEN FIXED BUT BROWN IS CONCERNED ABOUT FURTHER EXPANSION EFFORTS INCLUDING AN ADJACENT PROPERTY THAT IS SLATED TO BECOME A YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX.

>> THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE THEIR REPRESENT AND INTENSIFY COMMERCIAL USEHICH IS SPECIFICALLY NOT ALLOWED.

BY THE GRANT DEED ON THE LAND THAT THEY ARE ON.

>> AND HE SAYS THE SIZE AND INTENSITY OF THE EVENTS HAVE NOT INCREASED OVER TIME.

AND THAT THEY STRIVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR LEASE.

>> WE HAD THE SAME NUMBER OF FIELDS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

IT'S THE SAME SIZE OF PROPERTY.

YOU CANNOT FIT MORE TEENS ONTO ANY EVENT IN THE SAME TIME OF DAY LATE AND SAME TYPE OF FIELDS.

>> SINCE 2022, SOME OF THOSE FIELDS ARE ALSO BEING USED BY THE SAN DIEGO WAVE FC IN THE LAWSUIT SAYS IT'S ADDED TO THE PROBLEMS OF PUBLIC ACCESS AND COMMERCIAL USE ON SITE.

ENKE SAYS THAT THE CONCERNS ARE COMING FROM A SMALL BUT VOCAL MINORITY WANT PEACE AND QUIET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> WE DO NOT START OUR EVENTS TOO EARLY AND WE DON'T MAKE THEM TO LET ME LET THEM KNOW WHEN WE ARE HAVING EVENTS.

WE WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL AND GOOD NEIGHBORS.

>> THE PARK IS IN THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT.

WE REACHED OUT TO HIM, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BUT THEY ALSO SAID THEY CANNOT COMMENT ON PENDING LITIGATION.

THE CITY OFFICE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 14, 2025.

JACOB AIR, TRENTON KPBS NEWS.

>> WAY FC IS MAKING HEADLINES FOR RECORD-BREAKING DEAL THAT'S BRINGING WOMEN'S SPORTS TO A NEW LEVEL.

MARY OPEC TELLS US ABOUT THE RECORD-BREAKING DEAL TO SELL THE TEAM IN A FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

[MUSIC] >> RON BURKLE WAS SELLING THE WAVE TO LEVINE -LIKE AND CAPITOL PARTNERS AT THIS COMPANY IS A PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM THAT IS CLOSE TO $10 BILLION IN ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT PER THE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1984.

THEY VALUED THE WAVE FRANCHISING FRANCHISE AT HUNDRED $13 MILLION AND THEY ARE GONNA PAY $35 MILLION NOW FOR ROUGHLY 1/3 AND THEN THE REMAINDER AT THE END OF THE 24 SEASON.

THE VALUE OF WOMEN'S SPORTS AND WOMEN'S SPORTS FRANCHISES THAT HAS BEEN TRANSFORMATIONAL IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

THERE IS A REPORT BY DELOITTE THAT SAYS THEY PROJECT THAT REVENUES FROM A WOMEN'S SPORTS IN 2024 WILL EXCEED $1.2 BILLION.

T'S 22 PERCENT HIGHER THAN THAT'S BEEN IN 2021.

THE NUMBER OF YEARS, THE NUMBER OF WOMEN'S SPORTS FRANCHISES HAS EXPLODED.

>> PEOPLE ACROSS CALIFORNIA WILL NEED A NEW INSURANCE COMPANY NOW THAT A SUBSIDIARY IS SHUTTING DOWN FOR THE CUSTOMER HEARINGS SAN DIEGO IS AMONG THEM.

PRESCOTT TOLD OUR PARTNER AT KG G TV SAYING HIS AUTO INSURANCE WILL END IN MAY AND WILL NOT BE RENEWED.

FARMERS SAYS THE BRANCH IS LEAVING CALIFORNIA QUOTE TO INCREASE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND MANAGE RISK EXPOSURE.

>> SOMETHING TOTALLY UNEXPECTED.

I'M NOT GETTING ANY HELP.

NOW IT'S LIKE STARTING ALL OVER.

IT REALLY IS.

IT'S LIKE [LAUGHTER] GETTING DIVORCED AND THEN ADDING ONTO A DATING APP.

>> INSURANCE AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS SAY COMPANIES WANT TO RAISE POLICY RATES BY CALIFORNIA'S STRICT REGULATIONS MAKE IT HARD TO DO SO.

AS A RESULT, AUTO INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE PULLING OUT OF THE STATE.

A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE STATE AND COMMISSIONER SAYS CALIFORNIA IS PAYING LESS ON AVERAGE FOR AUTO INSURANCE THAN OTHER STATES THAT HE POINTED TO 100 OTHER INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT WRITE OLICIES IN CALIFORNIA.

THE COULD BE AS MANY AS FIVE GENERATIONS IN THE OFFICE RIGHT NOW.

AND IN SOME CASES, WORKPLACE ATTITUDES DON'T ALIGN.

BUT AS KAREN CAPEL EXPLAINS, THERE ARE SOME TAKEAWAYS FOR OLDER GENERATIONS.

>> IN A HOUSE OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED A BILL THAT COULD BAN TICK-TOCK IN THE U.S.

IT'S FIRST GENERATION V MEMBER MAX FROST IN FLORIDA IT WAS IN THE SPOTLIGHT FOR HIS VOTE AND bÃb¦ >> IT HAS TO DO WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.

I THINK IT'S BAD POLICY.

>> HE'S 27 YEARS OLD.

THE LEADERS FOCUS, 53.

THAT HOUSE, I HATE HIGH-PROFILE EXAMPLE OF GENERATIONS IN THE WORKPLACE.

THE SILENT GENERATION, BOOMERS, GEN X, BRENT MILLENNIAL'S AND GENERATION Z.

>> WE MORE GENERATIONS IN THE WORKPLACE THAN EVER BEFORE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LIVING AND WORKING LONGER.

>> THAT ON ITS OWN GREAT WORKPLACE CHALLENGES.

BUT MULTIGENERATIONAL WORK EXPERT, LINDSAY POLLOCK SAYS THE COVID-19 PANDEMICS DISRUPTIONS ADDED MORE LAYERS.

ESPECIALLY FOR GENERATION Z.

>> THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN SOME OF THE SITUATIONS THAT MAY BE OLDER GENERATIONS MIGHT TAKE FOR GRANTED.

>> WE TALK ABOUT A MORE CASUAL APPROACH TO INTERVIEWS EVEN SHOWING UP ON TIME.

CAREER STRATEGIST, JULIE BALKE SAYS GENERATION Z MIGHT HAVE MORE PRIORITIES BECAUSE THEY SOMETHING MORE CAREER OPTIONS.

>> THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO FOLLOW THE EDICTS IN THE DECLARATIONS OF AN EMPLOYER BECAUSE THEY SAME WORK AS A COLLABORATIVE EXPERIENCE, NOT AS A TOP DOWN.

YOU TELL ME WHAT TO DO.

AND I DO IT.

>> THAT MIGHT HER COWORKERS, BALKE SAYS GENERATION C WORKERS ARE TAKING A FIRMER STANCE ON WORKLIFE BALANCE THAN OLDER GENERATIONS.

>> THIS HAS BEEN GENERATIONALLY, AND IT'S FINALLY GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE A GENERATION WHO SAID I'M WILLING TO TAKE A STAND.

>> IN WASHINGTON, I AM KAREN CAPEL.

>> THEY WERE THE LAST INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS IN MARY OPAL AND UKRAINE DURING THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF 2022 WITH CAMERAS CONSTANTLY ROLLING IN.

THEY DOCUMENTED THE FIRST 20 DAYS OF THAT SIEGE UNTIL THEY CAN MAKE THEIR ESCAPE TO SAFETY.

NOW THEIR HARROWING ACCOUNT WON AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR THE BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM.

THE FILM WAS PRODUCED BY PBS'S FRONTLINE AND I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, RENEE ARONSON ROTH> MOTIONS HAVE ENTERED THE CITY.

THE WAR HAS BEGUN.

>> RAINY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

>> IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU.

>> CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACADEMY AWARD.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SUCH AN HONOR.

>> CAN YOU TAKE US THROUGH THE EVENTS THAT BROUGHT ABOUT 20 DAYS IN MARY OPAL AND HOW IT CAME TO BE PRODUCED AS FILM?

>> IT'S A GREAT STORY.

SO OF COURSE THE REPORTERS THAT ARE IN MARY YOU PULL AT THE TIME WERE THE LAST JOURNALISTS THAT WERE HERE DURING THE SIEGE OF MARY YOU PULL IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE WAR OF UKRAINE.

SAID THEY WERE THERE AND THEY WERE FILMING.

AND WE STARTED TO SEE IMAGES.

HE ALSO THE MATERNITY WAR IMAGES.

THEY WERE ALL DRAMATIC AND HEARTBREAKING.

WE WERE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THEY TOLD IS ACTUALLY THE TEAM HAD ESCAPED AND EASY TO IN A DOCUMENTARY AND THEY HAD PROBABLY CLOSE TO 34 HOURS OF FOOTAGE.

AND SO I GOT TO MEET THE REPORTER RIGHT AWAY AFTER HE GOT OUT OF MARY PAL AND THAT STARTED A CONVERSATION THAT LED TO 20 DAYS IN MARY OPAL.

>> WHAT WAS IT THAT HE SAW IN THE FILM, THE FOOTAGE THAT MADE YOU FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA BET ON THIS FILM?

>> FIRST OF ALL, WHEN WE WERE WATCHING THE NEWS, OUT OF MARY YOU PULL AND WE KNEW THAT THE IMAGES WERE SEARING.

WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW IS THAT THIS IS SHARED OFF THE DIRECTOR.

HAD ALREADY BEEN THINKING THIS SHOULD BE A DOCUMENTARY.

SO HE HAD FOUND IT AS SUCH.

HE WAS STARTING TO FILM THE STREETS DIFFERENTLY.

AND HE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT YOU COULD SEE HOW THE FOOTAGE CHANGES FROM THE BEGINNING OF HIS TIME AND MARIUPOL TO THE END WHERE HE STARTS TO THINK ABOUT THE SEQUENCES AND THE PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT WE SAW IN THIS FOOTAGE.

WE SAW SO FOOTAGES THAT WERE DOCUMENTED MOMENTS.

THERE'S ONE MOMENT WHERE THE FATHER, IS CRYING OVER HIS SON, 16-YEAR-OLD SAUNDERS HAD BEEN KILLED PLAYING SOCCER OUTSIDE AND IN THAT MOMENT FOR ME AS A MOTHER OF A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY AT THE TIME, WHO'S ALSO AN ATHLETE, THAT SPOKE TO ME IN A AY THAT IS SO TRANSCENDED THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES BETWEEN UKRAINE AND WHERE I WAS WATCHING IT IN BOSTON.

AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF THAT'S A DOCUMENTARY.

THOSE MOMENTS LEAD US TO SEEING WHAT WE SAW, WHICH IS A SOMATIC STORY.

>> IN THE DOCUMENTARY bÃbÃWE UNDERSTAND THAT THE TURNOFF WAS FILMING CONSTANTLY.

AND DURING THAT FILMING, WE WOULD SEE CITIZENS YELLING AT HIM.

TALK TO US ABOUT THAT AND AT WHAT POINT IS THE JOURNALISM CHANGING BECAUSE OF THAT?

>> RIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, WE CHOSE TO KEEP THOSE MOMENTS IN THIS IS OF HIMSELF WHERE HE REALLY ONE OF THE MOMENTS THAT PEOPLE WERE ANGRY.

AS IT WAS FILMING, ALSO THE MOMENTS WHERE THEY THANKED HIM FOR FILMING.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM AS BOTH EXPERIENCES.

PEOPLE BEGGING HIM TO TELL THEIR STORY.

BUT ALSO PEOPLE FRUSTRATED.

WHY ARE YOU FORMING THIS?

CAN'T YOU DO THE FILM?

AND I THINK FOR ALL OF US AS JOURNALISTS, THAT'S A QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING AS YOUR FILMING AND REPORTING ON SOMETHING IS IS THIS ENOUGH?

AND I THINK IN THIS CASE bÃbà BECAUSE THEY ARE THE LAST JOURNALISTS AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT THEY COULD HAVE DONE IS DOCUMENT WHAT THEY WERE SAYING ON THE GROUND SO THAT WE HAVE IT.

FOR TODAY.

AND OBVIOUSLY FOR HISTORY.

THEY WERE ABLE TO DOCUMENT SOMETHING OTHERWISE WE WOULD HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

>> IMAGINE HISTORY.

AND THIS FILM, IN MANY WAYS IS A FIRST.

IN AS HE SAID IN HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, THIS IS A FIRST FOR UKRAINE AND EVEN PRESIDENT ZELINSKI TALKED ABOUT THIS ON TWITTER.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?

>> I MEAN, HEARING HIM SAY THAT, I KNEW THAT THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST DOCUMENTARY OR LITERALLY THE FIRST OSCAR FOR UKRAINE.

LITERALLY FOR UKRAINIAN FILMMAKERS.

I KNEW bÃbÃI DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF THAT UNTIL HE SAID THOSE WORDS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAD JUST ONE.

AND HEARING THAT CROWD RESPOND, THE CROWD WAS SO SUPPORTIVE OF HIM IN THAT MOMENT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF EXTRAORDINARY.

BECAUSE YOU FELT THIS COLLECTIVE CHEER FOR HIM THAT THIS WAS A MOMENT FOR UKRAINE, IT WAS A MOMENT FOR HIM.

BUT IT WAS A MOMENT FOR EVERYONE.

AND IT WAS JUST EXTRAORDINARY.

>> YOU FEEL LIKE YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND bÃbÃACCOMPLISHED WHAT YOU WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH IN MAKING THIS FILM?

>> I DON'T THINK WE COULD'VE EVER IMAGINED THAT WE WOULD WIN AN OSCAR AND I THINK TO US IN THE PUBLIC MEDIA SPACE, THOSE OF US WHO DON'T HAVE BIG MARKETING BUDGETS.

THOSE OF US WHO DON'T HAVE ADVERTISING BUDGETS, RIGHT?

THAT WE WERE ACKNOWLEDGED IN THIS WAY.

IS A BIG WIN FOR PUBLIC MEDIA BECAUSE IT SAYS THAT TOGETHER WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER AS A PUBLIC MEDIA SYSTEM BEHIND A FILM bÃbÃWITH THE JOURNALISTS AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THAT THAT COULD EQUAL SUCCESS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL WHEN YOU THINK OF PATHWAYS IN THE FUTURE.

THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CREATE PATHWAYS FOR REALLY IMPORTANT JOURNALISM AND REALLY IMPORTANT FILMS TOGETHER.

REALLY IMPORTANT STORYTELLING.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH RAINY.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> AND 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING.LOOK FOR IT ON PBS.ORG AND PEED THE PBS APP.

>> LOOKING AT OUR WEATHER HEADLINES AS WE WATCH THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUED TO PUSH EAST TO BRING MORE WET IN WINTER WEATHER THROUGH THE FOUR CORNERS.

FOR US, IT'S A COOL START TO THE WEEKEND AT LEAST.

MAYBE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS AND SPOTS ON SATURDAY BEFORE WARMER DRIER CONDITIONS MOVE IN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND AND THE START OF NEXT WEEK.

TONIGHT UNDER CLEAR SKY, WE'RE DOWN TO 45 IN OCEANSIDE, SAN DIEGO CHULA VISTA CLOUDS 47, RADIO SPRINGS AND MOUNT LAGUNA TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE LOWER 20S TONIGHT.

HERE'S THAT STORM SYSTEM I WAS TALKING ABOUT EVER SO SLOW TO JUST MOVE EAST HERE.

STILL BRINGING WITH IT SOME SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THIS OTHER PART OF THE SIERRA AND WE ARE SEEING PLENTY OF SNOW THROUGHOUT UTAH, COLORADO, AND ARIZONA IN MEXICO.

OTHERWISE THINGS ARE DRIER THE FURTHER NORTH AND WARMER AT THE FURTHER NORTH YOU GET TO THE STATE.

I THINK A SHOWER OR TWO POSSIBLE AROUND SAN DIEGO AND MOUNT LAGUNA AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON SATURDAY, PREGO SPRINGS MOSTLY SUNNY AND 68 DEGREES.

OCEANSIDE 68 AND JULIE VISTA YOU SEE 60 DEGREES.

NOT MUCH MOVEMENT HERE IN THE LOW AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY.

STILL TRACKING THE WET WEATHER ACROSS THE FOUR QUARTERS THINGS TURNING WARMER AND DRIER FOR SOCAL AS WE HEADED TO THE DAY ON SUNDAY.

NOTICE THAT WARM UP HERE ALONG THE COAST.

UPPER 60S SATURDAY, 70 ON SUNDAY AND THEN WE KEEP SEEING TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 70S MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

BEFORE MORE CLOUDS WE BRING TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE UPPER 60S BY NEXT WEDNESDAY.

FURTHER AND WE GO FOR THE FIVE DAY OUTLOOK, WHERE THERE WILL BE MORE CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE ON SATURDAY, SUNDAY IS WARMER AND THEN TEMPERATURES REALLY SKYROCKET AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY.

THE HIGH IS 78 AND THEN WE SEE A SLOW DECLINE IN TEMPERATURES BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

SHOWER OR TWO POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY SATURDAY.

IT'S COLD WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WET WEATHER AT 37 AND THEN WE START TO SEE TEMPERATURES MODERATE A BIT AS WE MOVE INTO NEXT WEEK.

HIGHS BACK INTO THE 40S.

>> INTO THE DESERTS WE GO OVER THE HE STARTS TO PEAK AS WE HAD IN NEXT WEEK.

HIGHS BACK INTO THE 80S TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

FOR KP PS, SPRING NEWS PER> THE SAN DIEGO SAFARI PARK TOMORROW AND IT FEATURES A BUTTERFLY JUNGLE PER THERE WILL ALSO BE AN ARRAY OF STRAWBERRY THEMED FOOD AND DRINKS AND OTHER SPRING THEMED ACTIVITIES PER THE BUTTERFLY JUNGLE HABITAT WILL BE OPEN DAILY FROM 9:30 A.M. TO 4 PM THROUGH MAY 12.

SOME SAY SAN DIEGO COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE GETTING A FREE RIDE FOR THEIR EDUCATION.

BUT THIS SUPPORT IS NOT GOING TO WARD TUITION.

KP S PEREZ TELLS US IT MEETS ANOTHER FUNDAMENTAL NEED.

>> ADRIANA DOS SANTOS IS ON THE MOVE.

A LOT.

SHE'S AN IMMIGRANT FROM BRAZIL BUILDING A LIFE IN THE U.S. THAT INCLUDES TIME ON THE ROAD.

>> HELLO, GOOD MORNING.

>> YOUR NATIVE TONGUE IS PORTUGUESE.

>> YES.

>> SHE'S THE STUDENT TRUSTEE ON THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD REPRESENTING THE COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION.

WHERE SHE'S ALSO WORKING ON A DEGREE AND LEARNING ENGLISH.

SHE DEPENDS ON TAXIS TO GET AROUND.

>> LAST WEEK I NEEDED [INDISCERNIBLE] COLLEGE.

IT'S AN EXPENSE FOR JUST ONE DRIVE.

>> THAT RIDE WAS AT NO COST TO ADRIANA AND THIS ONE IS FREE TO.

THANKS TO A PILOT PROGRAM NOW UNDERWAY.

IN A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION AND ABOUT 100 DRIVERS WITH THE UNITED TAXI WORKERS OF SAN DIEGO USING AN APP SIMILAR TO RIDESHARE PROGRAMS.

STUDENTS HAVE $100 VOUCHERS TO PAY FOR TAXIS TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

IT'S A FINANCIAL BREAK FOR STUDENTS, WHO NEED IT MOST.

>> WHEN YOU'RE TAKING CLASSES AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT CAMPUSES, IT'S A CHALLENGE AND AT THE ADDITIONAL CHALLENGE OF POSSIBLY HAVING A JOB AND BEING A PARENT AND HAVING TO WORK AND GOING TO SCHOOL.

>> ADRIANA IS GRATEFUL FOR THE HELP, WHICH TRANSLATES IN ANY LANGUAGE.

>> WHICH IS SIMILAR TO SPANISH?

>> YES.

>> YES.

>> THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT REALLY HELPS STUDENTS ISN'T IT?

>> YES.

>> ACCORDING TO THE DISTRICT, 46 PERCENT ALMOST HALF OF ALL STUDENTS ATTENDING A CONTINUING EDUCATION CAMPUS HAVE AN ANNUAL INCOME OF UNDER $10,000.

SO A CAR IS A LUXURY.

A RIDE IS A NECESSITY.

>> THE VOUCHERS ARE BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE SD CCE CARES SCHOOL BUDGET.

WHICH PAYS FOR STUDENTS BASIC NEEDS.

>> CLICK ON THE WEBSITE LINK GIVES STUDENTS CONNECTED THE VOUCHERS, WHICH THEY CAN REAPPLY FOR AS THEY NEED THEM.

T'S A PILOT PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HELP US RENDERING COMMUNITY AS WELL.

LIKE THE MIDCITY CAMPUS IN CITY HEIGHTS, WHERE MANY OF THE TAXI DRIVERS LIVE IT.

>> THE DRIVERS ARE PROVIDING RIGHTS TO THE STUDENTS.

THE STUDENTS ARE PAYING THE DRIVERS WHO THEN GIVE IT TO THE FAMILIES, WHO ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

SO IT'S WE ARE KEEPING THE MONEY IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE COMMUNITY BUILDING BUILDING COMMUNITY WEALTH.

>> ADRIANA IS PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT.

>> WE ARE GETTING HELPED TO SAVE MONEY.

>> YES.

>> CAN YOU TELL ME THEN PORTUGUESE?

>> UNDERSTOOD.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU WELCOME MAMA, HAVE A GOOD DAY.

>> ANGIE PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>> YOU CAN FIND THE STORY TONIGHT ON KPBS.ORG.

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