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>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT'S FRIDAY, MARCH 18.

>>> THEY ALL WANT THE SAME THING, ACCESS TO THE UNITED STATES.

NOT, BOTH UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN WERE REFUGEES ARE AT THE U.S.- MEXICO BORDER HOPING TO GET IN.

BUT AS MATT HOFFMAN TELLS US, SOME IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES ARE CALLING FOR FAIRNESS AND DON'T WANT SKIN COLOR IMPACTING ASYLUM DECISIONS.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK SAYS MORE UKRAINIANS AND RUSSIANS ARE SEEKING REFUGE THROUGH SANDIA ZERO.

THE LOCAL ORGANIZATION WORKS TO SHELTER IMMIGRANTS AND HELP CONNECT THEM WITH FAMILY OR FRIENDS IN THE U.S.

THEY SAY THE NUMBERS ARE CLIMBING AS THEY WERE INTENSIFIES.

>> I RECENTLY ARRIVED DESKS FROM UKRAINE TEND TO BE FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH HER CHILDREN.

OUR GUEST SAY THEIR SPOUSES HAVE STAYED BEHIND TO FIGHT.

MESH RUSSIANS ARE COMING IN LARGER NUMBERS.

ADVOCATES SAY IT APPEARS THAT BORDER OFFICIALS TREAT THEM BETTER VERSUS THOSE COMING FROM TEXACO A SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES.

>> EVERY PERSON I SPOKE TO FROM RUSSIA WAS EITHER WORKING IN OPPOSITION TO PUT BEFORE THE INVASION, BUT MOST HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AFTER PROTESTING THE INVASION OF UKRAINE, AND AFTER THAT, FLED RUSSIA.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WERE PROTESTING AT THE START OF THE INVASION.

I ANTICIPATE SEEING MORE PEOPLE FLEEING AS THE INVASION GOES ON.

>> Reporter: SOME UKRAINIANS ARE BEING ALLOWED INTO THE U.S., BUT IT'S BEING DONE SELECTIVELY.

BORDER OFFICIALS HAVE DISCRETION TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, BUT THOSE OFFICIALS CAN ALSO MAKE EXCEPTIONS ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS FOR WHAT THEY CALL HUMANITARIAN REASONS.

>> WE DO KNOW FROM ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE THAT BLACK, BROWN, AND LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE BEING DISPROPORTIONALLY HARMED BY THIS POLICY.

>> Reporter: WHILE UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIANS ARE GRABBING HEADLINES, THEY ONLY MAKE UP 15% OF THE REFUGEES AT THE SAN DIEGO RAPID RESPONSE SHELTER.

>> THESE NEW ARRIVALS DESERVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO FIND SAFETY .

WE CANNOT FORGET ABOUT THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD BEING STRANDED AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER BECAUSE OF CRUEL AND INHUMANE POLICIES.

>> Reporter: ADVOCATES HOPE TO SEE THE ASYLUM PROCESS IMPROVED TO HELP EVERYONE FLEEING VIOLENCE, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE FROM.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>> PRESIDENT BIDEN SENDS A STERN WARNING TO CHINA.

DON'T HELP RUSSIA WITH ITS WAR OR FACE CONSEQUENCES.

GLORIA HAS MORE OF A HEAVY PRICE THEY COULD PAY.

>> Reporter: CHINA COULD FACE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS FROM THE U.S. AND WESTERN NATIONS IF HE DECIDES TO HELP THE RUSSIAN IF THE MILITARY ATTACK ON UKRAINE.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAID BIDEN AND PRESIDENT XI FOR THE VIDEO CALL.

IT COMES AT A PIVOTAL POINT FOR TIES BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA .

IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE PREVIEWED THE DEMONSTRATION'S VIEWS.

>> WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING DIRECTLY ASSISTING RUSSIA WITH MILITARY EQUIPMENT USED IN UKRAINE.

>> Reporter: A PRESIDENT XI PROVIDES THAT, IT COULD PROVIDE A CLASS.

CHINA COULD FACE SERIOUS ECONOMIC.

BEIJING HAS NOT CLAIMED SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION.

>> Translator: THERE WERE SOME EXPLOSIONS.

I HEARD THE NOISE.

I SAW A COLUMN OF SMOKE RISING.

>> Reporter: ATTACKS CONTINUE ACROSS UKRAINE.

PEOPLE IN UKRAINE SAID A MISSILE HIT NEAR THE AIRPORT.

RESIDENTS OF UKRAINE SAY THEY FEAR THE DANGER OF THE TAX, AND LEAVING THEIR LOVED ONES BEHIND.

>> IT SCARES TO LEAVE FAMILY.

>> Reporter: KPBS NEWS.

>>> HERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT COVID-19.

COMMUNITY LEVELS AND PROJECTED DEATHS ARE DOWN.

OFFICIALS ARE TALKING ABOUT THE TRANSITION OUT OF THE EMERGENCY PHASE.

AMY REPORTS, THAT MEANS RELAXING RESTRICTIONS AND PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE.

>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RELAX THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES WHEN THINGS ARE GOING AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE COVID- 19 EMERGENCY PHASE.

HERE ARE THE NUMBERS BEHIND THAT GOOD NEWS.

LESS THAN 1% OF PEOPLE IN THE U.S. NOW LIVE IN AREAS WITH HIGH COMMUNITY LEVELS.

THE CDC RECOMMENDS FEW PEOPLE NEED TO WEAR A MASK IN PUBLIC SPACES.

>> IT'S NOT TOO SOON IF YOU OBSERVE THE CAVEAT THAT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

AND THE CAVEAT IS, WE NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE.

>> Reporter: GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE CDC FORECASTED THE DECLINE IN WEEKLY COVID TESTS IS.

>> OUR HOSPITALS ARE NOT FULL.

WE SHOULD PUT THAT MASK IN A DRAWER.

>> Reporter: A RESURGENCE COULD COME FROM A OMICRON SUBAREA THAT SPREADS QUICKLY.

>> I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BEGUN TO OPEN UP, AND WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN THE BA.2 VARIANT THAT WILL BE SEEN.

>> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY MIGHT NOT BE AS DEADLY AS OTHER VARIANT, ESPECIALLY IF PEOPLE ARE POSTED.

MODERNA SAYS IT IS ASKING THE FDA TO AUTHORIZE ANOTHER BOOSTER FOR EMERGENCY USE FOR ADULTS.

PFIZER ONCE ANOTHER ONE FOR THOSE 65 AND OLDER.

THE FINAL BIT OF GOOD NEWS IS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.

>> THIS MAY VERY WELL BECOME A SEASONAL DISEASE, WHERE THE AMPLITUDE, THE AMOUNT OF DISEASE GETS LESS AND LESS OVER TIME.

>> Reporter: I AM AMY KILEY REPORTING.

>>> THE U.S. IS EXTENDING ITS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MASK MANDATE ANOTHER MATHESON OF LETTING IT EXPIRE TODAY.

CANADA SAYS HE PLANS TO LIFT ITS PRE-ENTRY TESTING ON APRIL 1 FOR THOSE WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

>>> SOMETIMES, SAN DIEGO'S DECADES-OLD ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS CAN SEE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SOLVE.

BUT TODAY, A BIG STEP FORWARD FOR SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

JOHN CARROLL SHOWS US THE PLACE MORE THAN 50 PREVIOUSLY HOMELESS SENIORS NOW CALL HOME.

>> Reporter: ABOUT 1000 PEOPLE WHO WERE HOMELESS IN SAN DIEGO ARE SENIORS OVER THE AGE OF 55.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE 2020 POINT IN TIME COUNT FROM THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON THE HOMELESS.

BUT NOW, THAT NUMBER HAS FALLEN A BIT BECAUSE OF THIS PLACE.

>> I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE SENIOR APARTMENTS.

>> Reporter: A BEAUTIFUL NEW BUILDING IN CLAREMONT.

IT HAS BEEN OPEN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW, BUT TODAY WAS THE OFFICIAL OPENING.

THIS PLACE HAS EVERYTHING A PERSON NEEDS TO LIVE A DIGNIFIED, HEALTHY LIFE.

ALL THE APARTMENTS ARE CENTERED AROUND THIS SPACIOUS COURTYARD.

>> THERE ARE 52 SINGLE ARGUMENTS THE UNITS HERE AT THE PIERS APARTMENT, INCLUDING NUMBER 304.

>> THE LITTLE ONE.

>> Reporter: BEFORE RECITING HERE, HE HAD BEEN LIVING IN AN ALPHA PROJECT FACILITY, A BIG TENT FILLED WITH BUNK BEDS.

>> THE BED, THEY ARE VERY CLOSE, LIKE THREE FEET.

SOMEBODY COUGH, AND I TURNED TO ANOTHER SIDE, ANOTHER GUY DO THE SAME.

>> Reporter: NOW, HE SAYS THIS SPACIOUS STUDIO, HE SAYS IT IS THE NICEST PLACE HE HAS EVER LIVED.

BACK DOWNSTAIRS OF THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE STATE UNDERLINED BY THE BIG NAME LOCAL LEADERS WHO CAME.

>>'S INSISTENCE JUST ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE.

IT IS THAT PEOPLE DESERVE HOUSING AND SERVICES TO ALONG WITH HOUSING.

>> Reporter: A PORTION OF THOSE SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED HERE BY ST. PAUL SPACE, A PROGRAM THAT HELPS SENIORS TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES TO HUBBARD FROM PACE GO HOME THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT THROUGH A SERIES OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

>> HOW DO THEY DEAL WITH PAIN IN THEIR KNEES, THEIR NECK, THEIR HANDS?

HOW DO THEY DO THAT WHEN THEY ARE SLEEPING ON HARD SURFACE.

>> Reporter: OR GREGORIO, ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE, DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT ANYMORE.

NOT EVEN CLOSE.

>> THE APARTMENT IS GOOD.

I FEEL LIKE I'M A RICH GUY.

>>> A LOCAL LAWMAKER IS PROPOSING A NEW LAW IN RESPONSE TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF DEATHS REPORTED IN SAN DIEGO IN COUNTY JAILS.

ASSEMBLY MEMBER WEBER SAYS AT LEAST TWO IN-CUSTODY DEATH HAVE BEEN REPORTED THIS WEEK.

LAST WEEK, A REPORT FOUND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DID NOT TAKE SUFFICIENT STEPS TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM DYING WHILE IN ITS CUSTODY.

>> IT REVEALED THAT THERE WERE 185 DEATHS.

185 DEATHS.

IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY JAILS BETWEEN 2006 AND 2020.

SAN DIEGO IN-CUSTODY DEATH OR HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA.

>> ASSEMBLY BILL 2343, ALSO REFERRED TO THE "SAVING A LIFE IN CUSTODY ACT," WILL HAVE INTAKE HEALTH EVALUATIONS, TRAINING, SAFETY CHECKS, AND WERE.

>>> CONFIRMATION HEARINGS FOR KETANJI BROWN JACKSON BEGIN ON MONDAY.

THE DEBATE OVER HER QUALIFICATIONS IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.

>> Reporter: WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN NOMINATED THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO THE SUPREME COURT LAST MONTH, KETANJI BROWN JACKSON GAVE A NOD TO ANOTHER TRAIL BLAZER.

>> TODAY, I PROUDLY STAND ON JUDGE WHAT WE SHOULDERS, SHARING NOT ONLY HER BIRTHDAY, BUT HER STATCAST AND COMMITTED TO EQUAL JUSTICE.

>> Reporter: SHE REFERENCED CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY.

NOW JACKSON IS INSPIRED TO BE A ROLE MODEL FOR ANOTHER GENERATION OF BLACK WOMEN.

>> FOR TOO LONG, OUR GOVERNMENT, OUR COURTS HAVE A LOOK LIKE AMERICA.

>> Reporter: SHE WILL FULFILL THE SEAT OF JUSTICE MEYER.

HE WILL RETIRE AT THE END OF THE COURT IN CURRENT TERM.

>> DO, IS TO PRESENT.

>> Reporter: THE EVENLY-DIVIDED SENATE CONFIRMED HER FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JUST LAST JUNE.

REPUBLICANS AREN'T EXPECTED TO MAKE JACKSON'S SUPREME COURT HEARINGS VERY MESSY.

THEY WILL STILL HAVE A 603 CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY AFTER JACKSON STATE'S HER SEE.

>> SHE IS CLEARLY A SOFT -- SHARP LAWYER WITH AN IMPRESSIVE RESUME.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE SUPREME COURT, A COURT QUALIFICATION IS JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY.

>> Reporter: AS JACKSON HAS MADE ROUNDS ON CAPITOL HILL, GOP SENATORS SAY HER TIME IS PART OF THAT.

REVIEWS ON THE WORLD OF RACE IN THE U.S. CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

DEMOCRATS WILL EMPHASIZE HER CHARACTER.

>> I CAN TELL YOU SHE IS A PERSON OF QUALITY, INTEGRITY, AND VALUES.

SHE HAS THE SUPPORT ACROSS THE THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM TO PROVE IT.

>> Reporter: SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS HOPE TO WRAP UP THE PROCESS ON APRIL 8.

>>> FROM 12th PLACE LAST YEAR TO SEVENTH PLACE THIS YEAR FOR THE CITY OF PALA IS AMONG THE CITY PLACES TO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND THE SAFEST IS SAN DIEGO.

NEW RESEARCH FROM SAFE-WISE REVEALED TO THE SAFEST CITIES.

THE SAFEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY REPORTED CRIME RATES BELOW STATE, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL AVERAGES.

SAN MARCOS CAME IN AT 23rd.

SANTEE CAME IN AT 27.

THE CITY OF ENCINITAS WAS RANKED JUST ABOVE THAT AT NUMBER 28 ON THE LIST.

THE VERY TOP OF THE LIST, THE THIRD TIME WINNER IS DANVILLE, WHICH IS EAST OF OAKLAND.

>>> TONIGHT, WE ARE CONTINUING OUR LOOK AT THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE AND HOW THE COMMUNITY IS CHANGING.

TANIA THORNE SHOWS US, SOME LOCAL FEELS THAT GENTRIFICATION IS KILLING THE LAST AFFORDABLE COASTAL CITY IN THE COUNTY.

>> Reporter: NATALIE SANCHEZ LIVES WITH HER PARENTS, BROTHER, AND TWO KIDS IN THE LILY LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD OF OCEANSIDE.

>> A TWO-BEDROOM HOUSE, ONE PATH.

A LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT WITH PRICES SOARING, IT'S HARD TO PURCHASE A BIGGER HOUSE.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE LIVED IN THE SAME HOUSE FOR 25 YEARS.

SHE WAS LOOKING TO PURCHASE HER OWN HOME IN OCEANSIDE, BUT THE ONLY HOMES WITHIN HER BUDGET ARE IN TEMECULA.

>> WE ARE ROOTED HERE.

WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE FROM HERE.

AT THIS POINT, IT'S KIND OF LIKE , SHOULD WE MOVE OVER THERE?

THAT'S WHAT WE CAN AFFORD.

>> Reporter: THE CITY IS UNDERGOING A LOT OF CHANGE.

TWO NEW BEACHFRONT RESORTS OPENED THE DOORS LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.

TRENDY RESTAURANTS AND CAFES ARE FEELING DOWNTOWN.

THE OWNERS OF THE FLYING PIG PUB AND KITCHEN SAY THAT IS EXACTLY WHY THEY MOVED THEIR RESTAURANT TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO.

THIS CHANGE IS GOOD FOR THAT.

IT IS STIMULATING PEOPLE COMING TO OCEANSIDE.

>> Reporter: WHILE THEY WELCOMED THE NEW BUSINESS, THEY SAY MANY LOCALS DON'T FEEL THE SAME WAY.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF REGULARS THAT ARE NOT EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

THEY WANT TO KEEP OCEANSIDE THAT -- THE WAY OCEANSIDE WAS.

AS MUCH AS WE LOVE IT AS WELL, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT CHANGE IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH OR WITHOUT YOU.

>> Reporter: HE HOPES THE VERY LOCALS WILL GET INVOLVED IN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO PRESERVE SOME OF OCEANSIDE'S ORIGINALITY.

>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT DO WE KEEP IT A LOCAL TOWN.

WE WILL EMBRACE THE TOURISM, BUT NOBODY WANTS THIS TO TURN INTO JUST A TOURIST DESTINATION COMPLETELY.

THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL THE SOUL AND FLAVOR OUT OF OCEANSIDE.

THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WANT.

FOR BEGINNING TOURISTS ARE MAKING OCEANSIDE THE NEXT DESTINATION.

>> THEY ARE STARTING TO EXPLORE A NEW SEASIDE DESTINATION IN OCEANSIDE.

WHAT'S NEW AND WHAT'S NEXT?

THIS IS THE NEW HIP PART OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

PRIOR, IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN EXPLORED.

>> Reporter: THE NEW RESORTS ARE RESPECTED TO BRING IN $3.4 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE WHEN STABILIZED.

HE SAYS THAT AS TOURISM AND EVENTS PICK UP, THE RESORTS WILL HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND BOOST THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

BUT PRICES ARE ALSO GOING UP.

THE AVERAGE HOME NOW COSTS MORE THAN $700,000.

BEYOND WHAT MANY WORKING FAMILIES CAN AFFORD.

KRISTI HAWTHORNE WITH THE OCEANSIDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY SAYS, IT IS IN GENTRIFICATION.

IT'S SOMETHING EVERYONE IS SEEING.

>> THAT IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST OCEANSIDE.

THE HOME PRICES THAT CONTINUE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, CONTINUE TO SKYROCKET, ARE SKYROCKETING ALL OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

IT'S NOT BECAUSE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING THAT OCEAN RIGHT PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING.

THEY WOULD SKYROCKET WITH THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: HOME VALUES HAVE INCREASED EVERYWHERE, BUT NOT AS FAST AS OCEANSIDE.

SANCHEZ, WHOSE FAMILY HAS LIVED IN THE CITY FOR 25 YEARS, CAN FILL THAT.

SHE SAYS OCEANSIDE IS GENTRIFYING, AND LOCALS IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE ONE SHE LIVES IN, OR GETTING FORGOTTEN.

>> ALL THE FUNDING HAS BEEN GOING TO TOURISM.

THEY FORGET ABOUT ALL THESE OLD NEIGHBORHOODS.

THEY ARE DEVELOPING NEW HOUSING.

BUT THEY ARE DEVELOPING HOUSING THAT'S THE MINORITY, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE, CAN'T AFFORD.

>> Reporter: SHE IS HOPING PEOPLE WILL BE MORE ACTIVE IN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND SPEAK UP IN AN EFFORT TO BE HURT.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CALIFORNIA IS BRACING FOR ANOTHER DRY, DROUGHTS-STRICKEN YEAR BY REDUCING WATER ALLOCATIONS.

STATE OFFICIALS SAID TODAY THEY WILL ONLY GIVE 5% OF THE WATER REQUESTED, DOWN FROM 15%.

MAJOR RESERVOIRS REMAIN BELOW NORMAL LEVERS, AND CALIFORNIANS ARE SAVING AS MUCH WATER AS OFFICIALS HOPED.

ON TOP OF THAT, THE STATE MAY END THE MONTH RECORDING THE DRIEST JANUARY THROUGH MARCH IN AT LEAST A CENTURY.

>> THERE IS NO WAY TO MAKE UP, AT THIS POINT, FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND A GOOD BIT OF MARCH, AT THIS POINT, WHERE WE HAVEN'T REALLY UNSEASONABLY DRY WEATHER.

>> THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY SAYS, OUR REGION USES VERY LITTLE WATER FROM THE BAY DELTA, AND EVEN WITH REDUCED ALLOCATIONS, THE WATER AUTHORITY HAS RELIABLE WATER SUPPLIES FOR 2022 AND BEYOND.

HOWEVER, THEY ARE STILL URGING SAN DIEGANS TO USE WATER WISELY.

>>> WE ARE TALKING COOLER TIMES WORKING THE WAY ON IN AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT.

AND IS ALL GOING TO LEAD UP TO THE CHANCE FOR A COUPLE OF SHOWERS.

IF YOU ARE A RAM LOVER, DON'T GET EXCITED.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A LOT OF RAIN.

BUT IT WILL COME IN THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

IT COULD PUT A DAMPER ON A FEW PLANES IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE IT COULD BE STAYING OUT LATER.

NOTICE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CLOUDS RETURNING FOR US AS WE HEAD THROUGH TONIGHT.

ONSHORE FLOW STARTS TO KICK IN THIS EVENING.

THAT IS WHEN WE SEE SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS START TO CHANGE AROUND A BIT.

58 BELOW.

49 IN OCEANSIDE.

WE ARE HEADING TO 47 IN MOUNT LAGUNA.

OR MOISTURE STROME IN AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GETTING THE MOST BENEFICIAL RAIN.

WE WILL SEE THAT RAIN PRETTY STEADY AT TIMES THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.

FOR US IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, IT'S A FEW FLEETING SHOWERS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

THAT IS WHAT I HAVE ON THE BOARD FOR SATURDAY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, ARE SET UP DOES INVOLVE MORE PLANS.

TOMORROW, 74, THE HIGH WITH EXTRA CLOUDS.

WE ARE SEEING CLOUDS IN CHULA VISTA AS WELL.

MOISTURE COMING OFF THE PACIFIC WILL CHANGE THOSE NUMBERS, AND WE HAD IN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

SATURDAY MORNING, TOMORROW MORNING, LOOKING AT CLOUDS.

THEY WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON.

WE WILL GET POCKETS OF SUNSHINE.

ADDING MORE MOISTURE INTO MIDNIGHT HOURS.

THAT IS WHEN THE RAIN WILL WORK ITS WAY IN.

SOME HEAVIER SHOWERS CONFINED TO THE COAST AND MAYBE EVEN MOUNTAINS.

PROBABLY NOT MAKING MUCH TO THE DESERTS.

QUIETEN DOWN SUNDAY MORNING AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON LOOKING DRY.

SUNDAY, THAT SORT EXITING THROUGH THE INTERIOR.

WE ARE LEFT WITH COOL AIR.

THE COAST, WE DO HAVE THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

STILL KEEPING THE COOL BREEZY WEATHER INTO SUNDAY, WHICH DOES HANG OUT IN THE MID 60s.

WE ARE IN THE MID 60s ON SUNDAY FOR OUR INLAND LOCATIONS.

THAT IS AFTER OFF AND ON CLOUDY DAY AS WE GO THROUGH SATURDAY.

MIKE TYSON HOURS AGAINST A POSSIBLE.

MOUNTED COMMUNITIES, BACK TO THE 40s.

WE WILL REBOUND INTO NEXT WEEK.

IT DOES GET A LOT WARMER AS WE MOVE THROUGH TIME.

COMMUNITIES ARE HEADED TO THE 86 WEEK AFTER A BRIEF COOL DOWN ON SUNDAY.

I AM MELISSA CONSTANZER.

>>> THE BIGGEST EVENT IN TELEVISION SPORTS IS MARCH MADNESS.

SAN DIEGO HAS A LOCAL IMPACT.

>> Reporter: ANYTIME THERE IS A BIG, NATIONAL EVENT, SAN DIEGO IS A GREAT PLACE FOR TOURISM.

THE TOURNAMENT IS BACK FOR THE FIFTH TIME AND SAN DIEGO.

THERE'S A GAMES FROM SEVEN STATES.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF VISITORS TO SAN DIEGO DURING WHAT, IN SOME CASES, STARTS TO BECOME SPRING BREAK FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

ECONOMICALLY, THE SAN DIEGO TOURISM AUTHORITY BASICALLY SAID THAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS ABOUT $6 MILLION-$10 MILLION.

JUST PUT IT IN CONTEXT, THE FOUR-DAY COMIC-CON EXTRAVAGANZA BRINGS IN OVER 130,000 MILLION DOLLARS.

THIS IS A MEDIUM EVENT.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FROM A PRESTIGE FACTOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO , BEING THAT IT IS A HIGH PROFILE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT WITH A LOT OF VIEWERS.

THEY CAN SHOW CUSTER CITY OF SAN DIEGO.

IT WILL PROVIDE INCENTIVE FOR THE MILLIONS OF VIEWERS ON TV TO THE SAN DIEGO SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

>>> SAN DIEGO MUSICIANS ARE BANDING TOGETHER TO HELP THOSE IN UKRAINE.

A FREE CONCERT WILL BE HELD AT MARLBOROUGH PARK ON SATURDAY.

THE GOAL IS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS AND ADVOCATE FOR PEACE.

RAUL RAMIREZ IS THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR THE SPRECKELS ORGAN SOCIETY, WHICH IS HOSTING THE EVENT.

>> IT IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US TO RAISE AWARENESS OF WHAT IS GOING ON.

AND ADVOCATE PUBLICLY FOR PEACE.

MUSIC TELLS US ABOUT WHO WE ARE.

I TRY TO DO THAT EVERY DAY.

THIS CONCERT IS SPECIAL FOR ME.

>> THE SAN DIEGO DIPLOMACY COUNCIL IS ALSO SUPPORTED A CONCERT.

ALL OF THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO OPERATION USA, WHICH WILL DIRECT THE FUNDS UKRAINIAN REFUGEES.

>>> LOOKING FOR A SCARE AT THE MOVIES THIS WEEKEND?

KPBS CINEMA JUNKIE BETH IS RECOMMENDING THE NEW HORROR FILM "X" THAT OPENS TODAY.

>> FARMERS DAUGHTER, TAKE ONE.

>> ALL THE BEST PEOPLE.

>> THERE IS NOBODY ELSE OUT THERE LIKE YOU.

>> Reporter: "X" OPENS WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE ARRIVING AT A RURAL TEXAS FARM TO SHOOT A MOVIE.

THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HOUSE OR NOT WHAT THEY EXPECTED.

>> ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

>> NO.

>> Reporter: I KNEW I WAS IN GOOD HANDS FROM THE MOMENT THE FILM STARTED.

THEY QUICKLY LET ME KNOW THEY WERE REFERENCING 70s HORROR, TEXAS CHAINSAW IN PARTICULAR.

IN HIS PREVIOUS FILM, WEST SHOWED TALENT, BUT NO -- UNTIL NOW.

IT PAYS HOMAGE TO ANDY HORROR.

ON A CERTAIN LEVEL, HE SHOWS THAT OLD-AGE MIGHT BE THE MOST HORRIFIC THING YOU CAN PUT ON THE SCREEN.

>> YOU DON'T WANT TO LEAVE, DO YOU.

>> Reporter: DISTRIBUTOR 824 ADDS ANOTHER UNIQUE, WELL- CRAFTED HORROR FILM TO HIS HORROR GEMS.

>>> SAN DIEGO HAS A NEW COUNTY- WIDE TELLING THE CHAMPION TONIGHT.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER M.G.

PEREZ INTRODUCES US TO THE SIXTH GRADE STUDENT FROM POWAY.

>> Reporter: LET'S BEGIN WITH HIS NAME.

>> MY FIRST NAME MIHIR.

LAST NAME, KONKAPAKA.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, HE IS THE 52nd ANNUAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY SPELLING BEE CHAMPION.

HE IS AN 11-YEAR-OLD SIXTH- GRADER FROM POWAY UNIFIED.

HE BEAT OUT 60 OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE A LIST OF MORE THAN 4000 WORDS TO STEADY.

>> I HAVE THE DEFINITION PLEASE?

MAC CAN YOU REPEAT THE WORD PLEASE?

>> CAN YOU GIVE ME THE DEFINITION?

>> Reporter: COUNTY SPELLING BEE WAS VIRTUAL I CAN THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID.

11 ROUNDS OF WORDS LED TO THIS MOMENT.

>> SABAREUR.

>> CORRECT.

>> CONGRATULATIONS!

>> Reporter: THE WINNING WORD BEGINS A PERSON THAT FENCES WITH A LIGHT DUELING SWORD.

>> FENCING.

SO LIKE SABER.

LIKE A LIGHT SABER.

A SORT OF THING.

SO I ALREADY FOUND OUT THE SABRE PART.

AND JUST BASED ON ALL OF THE WORDS THAT I PRACTICED, THOSE 4000 WORDS, FRENCH HAD THE WEIRDEST SPELLINGS OF ALL OF THEM, SO I WAS LIKE, IT'S GOING TO BE EUR.

>> Reporter: THE MIDDLE FULL CHAMPION IS ALSO AN INVENTOR AND CODER WITH HIS OLD YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

>> WELCOME, EVERYBODY.

>> Reporter: HE WON HIS SCHOOL SPELLING BE BACK IN JANUARY.

HIS PROUD PARENTS HAVE SUPPORTED HIM AWAY.

>> IT IS PRETTY EXCITING.

PRETTY INTENSE.

SOME WORDS THAT HE GOT PRETTY COMPLICATED.

I HAD NEVER EVEN HEARD OF MOST OF THEM.

>> Reporter: WHAT IS YOUR HOPE FOR YOUR SON?

>> THAT HE PURSUES HIS INTERESTS AND FINDS SUCCESS AND IS HAPPY.

>> Reporter: THE PRONUNCIATION AGAIN?

>> KOOKABURRA.

>> Reporter: HE IS A CHAMPION BOND HIS EARS.

HE WILL TAKE HIS TALENT TO THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 2.

MEANWHILE, TIME FOR PRACTICE.

>> >> Reporter: M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM.

>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS "EVENING EDITION" HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.