MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PUMMELING-- PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR RESTORATION.

CALL ONE 800 BILL HOW OR VISIT BILL HOWE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD FOUNDATION.

DARLENE SHYLY.

AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU!

>>> WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE FIRST CONFIRMED IMMIGRATION RAID IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY SINCE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TOOK OFFICE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

FEDERAL AGENTS RATED AN INDUSTRIAL PAINT BUSINESS SUSPECTING OF HIRING WORKERS WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS.

RELATIVES OF PEOPLE DETAINED TOLD KPBS REPORTER ESTOPPEL THAT THEY ARE JUST HARD-WORKING PEOPLE AND NOT CRIMINALS.

>> SPEAKING ABOUT HER BROTHER- IN-LAW.

BYRON MARTINEZ.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS MARTINEZ IS A HARD WORKER TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY.

NOT A CRIMINAL.

BUT HE WAS ONE OF SEVERAL IMMIGRANT WORKERS DETAINED IN A WORKPLACE RAID.

IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENTS BELIEVE THAT THE BUSINESS KNOWINGLY HIRED WORKERS WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS.

SHAWN GIBSON IS THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE.

>> WE EXECUTED A CRIMINAL SEARCH WARRANT AT 1730 MAGNOLIA.

THERE IS A CRIMINAL ARREST THAT OCCURRED AT THIS LOCATION.

BUT IT'S DEFINITELY UNDER 20.

>> Reporter: ACTIVISTS QUESTIONED THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE RAID WHICH INVOLVED DOZENS OF AGENTS FROM MULTIPLE AGENCIES INCLUDING THE D.A.

>> FOR WHAT AMOUNTS TO A NONVIOLENT CRIME, THE AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE.

>> IT MAKES ME WONDER WHAT JUSTIFIES SUCH A HEAVY MILITARY RESPONSE.

WHERE THERE WASN'T ANY INDICATION OF VIOLENCE.

>> Reporter: AS OF FRIDAY MORNING, STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT OR LOCATE PATINAS.

HE IS THE FAMILY'S PRIMARY EARNER AND LAYLA IS WORRIED ABOUT THEIR FINANCIAL FUTURE.

>>> THE DR. BRUNNER'S SOAP COMPANY HAS SETTLED A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT FOLLOWED BY THE FAMILY OF A FORMER EMPLOYEE.

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER SAYS THE TWO SIDES ARE NOT DISCLOSING THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT.

>> Reporter: DR. BRONNER HAS LONG ADVOCATED FOR GREATER ACCESS TO PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES.

THEY BEGIN OFFERING EMPLOYEES KETAMINE ASSISTED MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY.

DENISE WAS A MEMBER OF THE EVENTS AND PROMOTIONS TEAM AT DR. BRONNER'S.

LOZANO DIED IN 2022 OF ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE DURING WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A KETAMINE ASSISTED MASSAGE AT HER HOME.

DR. BRONNER'S HAS MAINTAINED IT HAD NO CONDITION -- CONNECTION TO ITS OFFICIAL PROGRAM.

THE FAMILY FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST DR. BRONNER'S.

THE SUIT ALLEGED THEY HELP ARRANGE THE KETAMINE MASSAGE.

THEY RESOLVED THE SUIT LAST WEEK AND THE FAMILY DROPPED ITS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE COMPANY.

ACCORDING TO A RECENT STATEMENT.

BOTH SIDES DECLINED AN INTERVIEW REQUEST.

THE LOZANO FAMILY IS STILL PURSUING ITS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE UNLICENSED MASSEUSE WHO ALLEGEDLY GAVE LOZANO THE KETAMINE MASSAGE.

TRENT DUTIES.

>>> IF YOU HAVE A TIP FOR KPBS INVESTIGATIONS TEAM, YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO INVESTIGATIONS AT KPBS.ORG OR MESSAGE THEM ON OUR SECURE SIGNAL LINE AT 651-954-8177.

>>> TONIGHT, WE DO HAVE EXTRA CLOUDS AND ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH MAYBE EVEN JUST A LITTLE BIT OF DRIZZLE FOR A FEW LOCATIONS.

STILL LEFT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS.

NOT TALKING ABOUT MUCH BUT TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE MID- 50s FOR THE CITY.

OTHER SPOTS INTO THE 40s.

YOUR FULL FORECAST COMING UP.

>>> THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL RELEASED NEW MAPS SHOWING AN INCREASE IN AREAS DESIGNATED AS VERY HIGH FIRE RISK.

IT'S THE FIRST UPDATE IN 14 YEARS.

AS KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER ALEXANDER NGUYEN SHOWS US, ONE MORE COUNTY SAW A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.

>> MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS FEAR.

>> Reporter: WE FIRST MET HIM MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO.

THAT FIRE DESTROYED EIGHT HOMES AND 18 UNIT CONDO COMPLEX AND SEVERAL BUSINESSES.

HE WAS RUSHING HOME TO HELP EVACUATE HIS FAMILY.

>> WE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SCARES.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE RECENTLY RELEASED FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY MAPS, CARLSBAD SAW A NEARLY 70% INCREASE IN VERY HIGH RISK.

A LITTLE MORE THAN 4800 ACRES TO NEARLY 8200 ACRES.

>> WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING THESE.

>> Reporter: THE LAST TIME THEY WERE UPDATED WAS IN 2011.

CARLSBAD FIRE MARSHAL DARCY DAVIDSON SAYS WHILE IT IS A BIG INCREASE, IT WAS NOT A SURPRISE.

>> THE CAL FIRE MAPS ARE BASED ON SCIENTIFIC MODEL THAT USES THE LATEST DATA THAT INCLUDES VEGETATION, DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND CHANGES OVER TIME.

SO THESE ARE ACCURATELY REFLECTING THE CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE.

>> Reporter: FOCUSING RESOURCE.

CALIFORNIA STATE FIRE MARSHAL SAYS THAT IS THE POINT OF THE MAPS.

TO HELP CITIES AND COUNCILS BETTER PLAN NEW COMMUNITIES.

HE SAYS THE REASON FOR THE INCREASE AT HIGH HAZARD FIRE ZONES IS BECAUSE OF BETTER MODELING.

ACCOUNTING FOR EMBERS.

>> MANY OF THE WILDFIRES WE'VE BEEN SEEING, EMBERS ARE FLYING UPWARDS OF A MILE AWAY.

THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE SEEING A LOT MORE ORGANIZED AREAS BE CONSIDERED IN A FIRE HAZARD BECAUSE OF THE FLYING EMBERS.

>> Reporter: THAT HAPPENED IN THE POINSETTIA FIRE.

>> TWIN-- 10 YEARS AGO RIGHT OUTSIDE, A COUPLE HOUSES WERE IMPACTED BY JUST THAT.

THEY DIDN'T SHUT THEIR WINDOW.

THEY LEFT THE SCREEN.

THE NUMBER GOT THROUGH THE SCREEN AND LANDED ON THE CARPET.

>> Reporter: NOT THE ONLY AREA THAT SAW AN INCREASE.

OVERALL, SAN DIEGO COUNTY SAW 26% INCREASE.

LOCAL JURISDICTIONS HAVE 120 DAYS TO ADOPT THESE MAPS AND THEY CANNOT DECREASE FROM THE SEVERITY ZONE AREA.

IT WILL GO INTO EFFECT NO LATER THAN JULY 31st.

IN CARLSBAD, ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TARIFFS ON CANADIAN LUMBER SET TO TAKE EFFECT NEXT WEEK.

HOW THEY COULD HAMPER EFFORTS TO REBUILD NEIGHBORHOODS DEVASTATED BY JANUARY FIRES IN LOS ANGELES.

>>> ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN NORTH COUNTY BROKE GROUND TODAY ON A 78 UNIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX.

ANDREW BOWEN SAYS IT REPRESENTS A GROWING TREND.

>> Reporter: REVEREND SUSAN BROWN, BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO, OPENED THE GROUNDBREAKING BY QUOTING THE PROPHET JEREMIAH.

>> BUILD HOUSES AND LIVE IN THEM.

SEEK THE WELFARE OF THE CITY WHERE I HAVE SENT YOU AND PRAY TO THE LORD ON ITS BEHALF.

FOR IN ITS WELFARE YOU WILL FIND YOUR WELFARE.

>> Reporter: MORE AND MORE CHURCHES IN SAN DIEGO ARE FINDING A ROLE TO PLAY IN SOLVING THE REGIONS HOUSING CRISIS.

MANY HAVE ACCESS REAL ESTATE AND PRIME LOCATIONS.

BUT LACK THE RESOURCES TO DEVELOP IT ON THEIR OWN.

ST. LUKE'S IS PARTNERING WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER WHICH IS PAYING THE CHURCH FOR GROUND LEASE.

THE CHURCH GETS MONEY TO CONTINUE ITS MINISTRY, AND THE COMMUNITY OF MOORPARK GETS MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

>> WE FIRST LOOKED AT THE SITE OF SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO.

BUT THE ZONING DIDN'T ALLOW ENOUGH SCALE FOR A PROJECT TO BE FEASIBLE.

THROUGH THE INNOVATIVE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES POLICY, THAT CHANGED.

AND THERE IS ENOUGH DENSITY TO HAVE THE PROJECT FEASIBLE >> Reporter: COMPLETE COMMUNITIES IS A CITY PROGRAM THAT OFFERS DEVELOPERS RELIEF FROM CERTAIN ZONING RESTRICTIONS IN EXCHANGE FOR BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

HERE'S HOW IT WORKS: MARKET RATE HOUSING PROJECTS USE THE PROGRAM TO BUILD MORE HOUSING THAN WOULD OTHERWISE BE ALLOWED.

BUT RATHER THAN INCLUDE SUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE HOMES IN THEIR PROJECTS, THEY ARE PAYING TRESSEL TO CONSOLIDATE THEM INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AT ST. LUKE'S.

STEVE RUSSELL OF THE NONPROFIT SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION SAYS THIS SO-CALLED OFF-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTION GETS MORE HOUSING BUILT AT ALL INCOME LEVELS.

>> BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MARKET REDEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW, THIS HAS TO A SIGNIFICANT REVENUE STREAM.

AND MORE EFFICIENTLY CAN ACTUALLY LEVERAGE THE DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING CONTRIBUTED.

AND ULTIMATELY HAVE A REALLY POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE HOUSING CRISIS.

>> Reporter: THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEXT TO ST. LUKE'S IS EXPECTED TO OPEN IN ABOUT TWO YEARS.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MASS LAYOFFS ARE COMING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

THE VA SECRETARY SAID ABOUT 80,000 EMPLOYEES COULD BE LAID OFF TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY.

LEE WALDMAN SPOKE TO SOME EMPLOYEES WHO ARE WORRIED THESE CUTS WILL IMPACT THEIR ABILITY TO SERVE VETERANS.

>> THE VETERANS TO START GOING TO TAKING CARE OF.

>> Reporter: VETERANS AFFAIRS EMPLOYEES AND THEIR UNION REPRESENTATION, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.

SLEEPING LAYOFFS PLANNED FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

VETERAN AFFAIRS SECRETARY DOUG COLLINS SAYS THEY ARE AIMING TO CUT THE STAFF BY SOME 80,000.

ABOUT 17% OF ITS WORKFORCE.

>> MONEY AND PEOPLE ARE NOT THE ISSUE.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HERE IS ARE WE SPENDING THE MONEY BROADLY AND HAVING THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES OR DO WE HAVE TOO MUCH BUREAUCRACY?

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO INTERNAL MEMO OBTAINED BY CNN, REDUCTION FORCED PLANS WILL BE SUBMITTED BY APRIL 13th.

AND REVEALED IN JUNE WHEN CUTS WILL BEGIN.

JONATHAN GELLER, THE VICE PRESIDENT WORRIES ABOUT THE IMPACT OF VETERANS THEY HELP >> THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT ALL PATIENT CARE AS A WHOLE.

FROM THE CALL CENTERS, ELIGIBILITY TO BENEFITS, TO THE CRISIS LINE, TO MEMBER SERVICES LINES.

>> Reporter: ERIKA ALEXANDER IS A CRISIS RESPONDER ON THE CRISIS HOTLINE.

SHE BELIEVES LAYOFFS WILL BE VETERANS WITHOUT CRITICAL SAFETY NETS AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.

>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT NO CALLS GO UNANSWERED.

>> Reporter: THEY GAVE SO MUCH FOR THEIR COUNTRY BUT WORRIES THE COUNTRY WON'T BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THEM.

>> WE PROMISED THESE MEN AND WOMEN TO CARE FOR THEM.

>> Reporter: IN NEW YORK, LEE WALDMAN.

>>> AN INVESTIGATION SHOWS STARK RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH ROBBERY MURDERS WERE SENTENCED TO UNDER THE FORMER DISTRICT ATTORNEY PAUL BANKS.

NEARLY ALL WHITE DEPENDENTS WERE GIVEN POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE AND NEARLY ALL BLACK DEFENDANTS WERE NOT.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE HEINZ AND TELLS THE STORY OF ONE OF THE MEN SERVING LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE AND NEW LEGISLATION GIVING HIM HOPE.

>> Reporter: AND INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL AT CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

>> EVEN THOUGH I HAVE LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY +406 YEAR SENTENCE, I KNOW THE LORD HAS A PLAN FOR ME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

>> Reporter: HE DIDN'T ALWAYS TALK THIS WAY.

>> FOR YEARS, I WAS JUST BUMPING MY HEAD, CATCHING SHOES, THE WAY PRISON WAS BACK THEN, THERE WAS NO, YOU WOULDN'T HEAR ABOUT NOBODY GOING HOME.

IT'S ABOUT SURVIVAL AND DOING WHAT YOU DO TO MAINTAIN YOUR STATUS.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THAT COMES FROM YOUR ADVERSE EXPERIENCES.

>> Reporter: ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES ARE AMONG MANY CHALLENGES SMITH HAS LIVED BUT ONLY RECENTLY LEARNED LANGUAGE FOUR.

HE SAYS EDUCATION AND FAITH CHANGED HIS THINKING.

A PRIEST USED TO VISIT HIM IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.

HE STARTED ATTENDING THE PRISON CHURCH SERVICES AND COLLEGE CLASSES.

>> NOW I WANT TO BE AN AGENT OF PUTTING THE STOP TO THE SELF- DESTRUCTION THAT GOES ON IN THE SAME TYPE OF COMMUNITIES WHICH I COME FROM.

>> Reporter: HE WROTE TWO BOOKS, INCLUDING ONE TO STEER YOUTH AWAY FROM CRIME.

HE QUIT SMOKING WEED, HE MENTORS ARE INCARCERATED PEOPLE.

HE SAYS HE HASN'T BEEN WRITTEN UP FOR BAD BEHAVIOR SINCE 2016.

>> I WANT OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A BETTER WAY.

LOVE IS THE KEY.

>> Reporter: DESPITE THESE CHANGES, SMITH CAN'T GO BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD TO LET THEM DECIDE IF HE DESERVES IT.

HIS SENTENCE DOESN'T LET HIM.

HE WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING THE 19-YEAR-OLD CLERK DURING A CONVENIENCE STORE ROBBERY.

HE DENIES THAT.

WHETHER SMITH IS INNOCENT OR GUILTY, DOESN'T CHANGE THE RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN THE SENTENCING OF CASES LIKE HIS.

AND SMITH THINKS THERE WAS RACIAL BIAS IN HIS TRIAL.

>> THE JUDGE WAS CALLING ME AND WHEN THE DETECTIVE WAS ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT GANG HITS AND MY CASE WAS NOT EVEN A GANG CASE.

WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THAT?

THAT HAD TO BE RACIST.

I KNEW THAT BUT I DIDN'T KNOW.

FINDING THE CASE LAW THAT WAS AGAINST IT.

>> Reporter: HE HAS AN APPEAL HEARING IN MAY.

IF THAT IS DENIED, HE MIGHT APPEAL AGAIN UNDER CALIFORNIA RACIAL JUSTICE ACT OR ARE JA.

IT WOULD ALLOW FOR SENTENCING IF HE CAN PROVE RACIAL BIAS IN HIS CASE.

WHEN IT WAS PASSED IN 2020, COLLEEN CHEN GOT TO WORK.

>> THERE WAS DEFINITELY A LOT OF PAIN.

>> Reporter: SHE DIRECTS THE BERKELEY CENTER FOR LAW AND TECHNOLOGY.

SHE WANTED TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE FOR THE UNEQUAL TREATMENT BLACK PEOPLE HAVE VOICED FOR DECADES.

>> LIVED EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THERE THE WHOLE TIME BUT THE ABILITY TO TELL MORE BROAD STORY BASED ON DATA HAS BEEN MISSING.

>> Reporter: SHE BUILT A DATABASE TO PREPARE RACIAL OUTCOMES IN THE CALIFORNIA JUSTICE SYSTEM.

SHE FOUND A PATTERN SHE CALLS STRIKING.

>> WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL WE SEE BLACK PEOPLE ARE UNDERREPRESENTED-- OVERREPRESENTED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT ARE THEY ARRESTED MORE?

ARE THEY CONVICTED MORE?

AT EVERY COUNTY AND EVERY SINGLE CHARGE WE SAW THAT THERE WAS A DISPARITY.

IT'S REALLY HARD TO EXPLAIN THAT WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF BIAS.

>> Reporter: CHEN SAYS BIAS DOESN'T MEAN THE JUDGE OR ATTORNEY OR ARRESTING OFFICER ARE EXPLICITLY RACIST.

BUT THAT UNCONSCIOUS ATTITUDES ADD UP AT EVERY STEP OF THE JUDICIAL PROCESS.

SMITH WANTS TO EARN A LAW DEGREE AND CHANGE THAT.

A NEW STATE BILL INTRODUCED THIS MONTH COULD GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY.

SB 672.

IT WOULD ALLOW ALL PEOPLE CONVICTED FOR CRIMES COMMITTED BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 25 WHEN BRAINS AREN'T FULLY DEVELOPED YET TO GO BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD AFTER 25 YEARS.

I ASKED SMITH IF HE WERE GRANTED PAROLE, WHAT WE WOULD DO FIRST.

>> I WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH MY MOTHER.

I WAS LOCKED UP AT 17.

I GOT OUT AT 21, CAME BACK AT 22.

I'LL BE 50 THIS YEAR.

I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SPEND NO TIME WITH MY MOTHER.

>> Reporter: SHE WANTS THE SAME.

>> I JUST, I JUST WANT TO SEE MY BABY COME HOME.

>> Reporter: THIS IS WANT SMITH WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW.

>> PEOPLE DO CHANGE.

PEOPLE SEE THAT PEOPLE CAN CHANGE.

THAT SHOULD MEAN SOMETHING.

>> Reporter: THE LEGISLATURE HAS SIX MONTHS TO PASS SB 672.

>> CAN I GIVE YOU A HUG?

>> I NEED IT, THANK YOU.

>> KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND KATIE JOINED KPBS ROUNDTABLE WHERE SHE DIVES DEEPER INTO THE FINDINGS OF THE INVESTIGATION.

YOU CAN LISTEN AT KPBS.ORG OR ANYWHERE YOU GET YOUR PODCAST.

YOU CAN ALSO FIND PART ONE ON THE KPBS YOUTUBE PAGE.

>>> HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GIVE A STANDING OVATION TO THE LIFE OF LEON WILLIAMS.

PASSED AWAY MARCH 1st AT THE AGE OF 102.

HE WAS A TRAILBLAZING LOCAL LEADER, SAN DIEGO FIRST BLACK CITY COUNCILMAN AND COUNTY SUPERVISOR.

AT WILLIAMS FUNERAL, SPEAKERS EULOGIZED HIM AS A DEDICATED LOOK SERVANTS WHO HELPED REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN AND CREATE THE TROLLEY SYSTEM.

HIS DAUGHTER ALSO REMEMBERED HIM THIS WAY.

>> HE RECEIVED EVERYONE WITH GRACE AND NATURAL CHARM THAT WE HEARD ABOUT TODAY.

AND HE MADE THEM FEEL SEEN.

AND HE MADE THEM FEEL IMPORTANT.

AND THEY WERE IMPORTANT TO HIM.

>> MAYOR TODD GLORIA AND CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE DR. SHIRLEY WEBER WERE AMONG THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.

>>> VOTERS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S FIRST SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT CAN CAST THEIR BALLOT IN PERSON STARTING TOMORROW.

SEVEN CENTERS WILL BE OPEN TOMORROW THROUGH MONDAY, APRIL 7th.

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS WILL OPEN TUESDAY, APRIL 8th AND THAT IS THE LAST DAY TO VOTE IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION.

WE HAVE THE EARLY VOTING CENTERS AND BALLOT DROPBOX LOCATIONS LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE.

GO TO KPBS.ORG/VOTER HUB.

>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THREATENING RECIPROCAL TARIFFS ON CANADIAN LUMBER TO GO INTO EFFECT.

THESE NEW TARIFFS COULD HAMPER RECONSTRUCTION OF THOUSANDS DESTROYED BY WILDFIRES.

MARYBELLE GONZALEZ BREAKS DOWN THE POTENTIAL IMPACT.

>> Reporter: AMID EVER-CHANGING THREATS FROM DONALD TRUMP, THOUSANDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE VICTIMS WONDER WHAT SUCH MEASURES COULD MEAN TO THE REBUILDING EFFORTS AFTER THE PALISADE AND FIRES.

>> LUMBER OBVIOUSLY IS THE BIGGEST PRICE OF BUILDING A HOME.

IT'S ABOUT 10 TO 20% OF THE OVERALL COST OF THE HOUSE.

>> Reporter: THE U.S. SOURCED TO NEARLY 25% OF LUMBER FROM CANADA, CRITICAL TO HOME CONSTRUCTION.

>> MOST OF WHAT YOU SEE IS SOFT LUMBER, THE PERIMETER OF THE ROOF.

THOSE ARE PINE.

>> Reporter: TRUMP SAYS AMERICA CAN DO WITHOUT CANADIAN LUMBER.

ECONOMISTS SAY HE'S TECHNICALLY RIGHT.

THE U.S. HAS ROUGHLY 300 BILLION TREES.

BUT IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE.

>> IT TAKES YEARS TO BUILD THE SUPPLY CHAIN.

YOU NEED MORE SAWMILLS.

YOU CAN'T BUILD SAWMILLS TOMORROW.

>> Reporter: THAT COULD COST UP TO $400 MILLION.

LUMBER SUPPLIERS IN LOS ANGELES, IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE POSSIBLE TERRACE THAT ARE A CONCERN, MORE SO THE SCALE AND DEMAND CREATED BY THE HISTORIC WILDFIRE.

>> SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO SOURCES MOST OF OUR WOULD THAT IS CUT DOWN IN THE UNITED STATES EVENTUALLY THAT DEMAND IS GOING TO PUSH IT TO WHERE WHOLESALERS WILL HAVE TO START SOURCING FROM CANADA.

SO I DO THINK IT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON ALL LUMBER PRICES.

>>> TRUMP ADMINISTRATION POLICIES COULD MEAN LESS FUNDING FOR OVER THREE DOZEN LIBRARIES ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

EARLIER THIS MONTH PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO REDUCE THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES.

THE SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM I MLS TO CREATE NEW PROGRAMS LIKE THE HOMESCHOOL RESOURCE CENTER.

OUR MEDIA PARTLY-- PARTNER SPOKE WITH A PARENT ABOUT WHAT LOSING THE CENTER COULD MEAN FOR HER DAUGHTERS WHO ARE HOMESCHOOLED.

>> WE LEVELED THE PLAYING FIELD FOR HOMESCHOOLING FAMILIES WHO MAYBE DON'T HAVE AS MANY RESOURCES FINANCIALLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY MATERIALS AND THINGS THAT YOU CAN BORROW AND USE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING OUT-OF-POCKET.

AND YOU CAN FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEIR STUDENTS AREN'T MISSING OUT ON ANYTHING.

YOU CAN GET A MICROSCOPE, YOU CAN CHECK OUT CURRICULUM, YOU CAN LOOK AT CURRICULUM IN ADVANCE BEFORE YOU PURCHASE IT SO YOU MAKE WISE CHOICES THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO FIT YOUR STUDENTS INSTEAD OF FINDING IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.

>> OFFERS OVER $200 MILLION EACH YEAR IN GRANT MONEY THROUGHOUT ALL 50 STATES.

OTHER LOCAL PROGRAMS FOR MEDIA ARE CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY OUTREACH COULD ALSO LOSE FUNDING.

>>> WE'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF SHOWERS LAST NIGHT INTO THIS MORNING AND WE DO IT AGAIN AS WE HEAD TOWARD TONIGHT.

PROBABLY LESS MOISTURE THAN WHAT WE HAD AS WE GO INTO TOMORROW.

BUT THERE IS STILL THE CHANCE FOR SOME DRIZZLE.

ONSHORE FLOW ALLOWING FOR THAT, WE ALSO HAVE STRONG WIND AS WE HAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND PARTICULARLY IN THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.

THAT'S WHERE THE WIND HAS BEEN GUSTING MORE THAN 40 MILES PER HOUR POSSIBLY.

AND WE KEEP IT SEASONABLY COOL PATTERN ULTIMATELY, AS THEY DON'T STRAY TOO FAR ON THE HIGH SIDE.

57 FOR THE LOW TONIGHT IN THE CITY.

AND CHULA VISTA AT 56.

POMONA INTO 49 DEGREES, 41 IN MOUNT LAGUNA.

A COUPLE OF AREAS OF DRIZZLE, NOT MUCH AS FAR AS TRUE RAINFALL.

FUTURE RADAR INDICATING LESS THAN LAST NIGHT, WE DO STILL HAVE THAT WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER.

BUT OVERALL VERY FLEETING AS FAR AS WHAT WE COULD FIND.

WHICH MEANS OUR SATURDAY WITH THOSE CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE, IT'S DRY, IT VIA ACROSS THE AREA.

STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S.. AS WE HAD THERE TOMORROW, 65 THROUGH THE CITY, ESCONDIDO SAME THING AND SPRINGS TOPPING OUT AT 78 DEGREES.

MILDER WEATHER, WE KEEP THINGS GOING FOR OUR COASTAL COMMUNITIES.

YOU CAN SEE WE STAY IN THE 60s THROUGH THE UPCOMING DAYS, MID- 60s, NOT TOO BAD FOR US.

WE WILL ADD A FEW MORE CROWDS AT TIMES LIKE MONDAY WITH ONSHORE FLOW PERSISTING.

AS WE GO THROUGH OUR INLAND COMMUNITIES, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IN THE NUMBERS.

MID-TO-UPPER 60s.

MONDAY MIGHT SEE A CURVE UP TOWARD 68 DEGREES.

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES, SUNDAY IS GOING TO BE REALLY THE PEAK OF OUR WIND.

HOWEVER, WE WILL STILL HAVE A LOT OF WIND OUT THERE FOR SATURDAY.

AND IF YOU ARE IN THE DESERT COMMUNITIES, HOLDING ONTO THE 70s PRETTY MUCH THROUGH THE WEEK.

NO REAL CHANGES.

ANY RAIN INTO THE MIDDLE AND LATER PART OF NEXT WEEK BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM ACCUWEATHER METEOROLOGIST MELISSA.

>> A TOXIC ALGAL BLOOM HAS BEEN SPREADING FROM CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAY UPDATE US ON HOW IT IS REFLECTING THE STRESS AFFECTING MARINE ANIMALS.

>> Reporter: ALONG THE COASTLINE AT SEA WORLD SAN DIEGO RESCUE TEAM HAS RESCUED A 24 SEA LIONS AND EIGHT SEE BOARDS-- SEABIRDS.

NINE OF THEM HAVE DIED.

>> IT SEEMS THERE ARE MORE ANIMALS THAT NEED OUR HELP.

MORE THAN LAST YEAR AND MORE THAN THE YEAR BEFORE.

>> Reporter: JENNY SMITH IS CURATOR OF THE PROGRAM AT SEA WORLD SAN DIEGO.

SHE SAYS IT'S A NATURALLY OCCURRING NEUROTOXIN PRODUCED BY CERTAIN HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS.

>> THE ALGAE BLOOM, FISH EAT THE ALGAE AND THEN THE SEA LIONS EAT THE FIX FISH AND IT CAUSES THE FELINES TO HAVE SEIZURES.

IT AFFECTS THEIR BRAIN.

IT AFFECTS THEIR HEART.

>> Reporter: MARISSA ANDERSON IS THE DIRECTOR OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OCEAN OBSERVANCE AT SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF MORGAN OGLESBY.

OCEANOGRAPHY.

>> WE STARTED TO SEE MEASUREMENT OF TOXIN MEASUREMENTS AT SCRIPPS AND OTHER PLACES IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: SMITH SAYS SEAWORLD HAS RECEIVED AN INFLUX OF CALLS ABOUT DISTRESSED SEA ANIMALS.

>> THEY KIND OF LOOK LIKE THEY ARE STARGAZING, THE SEA LION LOOKS DRUNK, I HAVE HEARD SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.

THEY CAN BE ABNORMALLY AGGRESSIVE, THEY CAN LOOK TOTALLY OUT OF IT BECAUSE THE TOXIN.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR'S ALGAL BLOOM IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS ONES.

>> WE HAVE SEEN THE ACID IN THE WATER THIS EARLIER IN THE YEAR BEFORE.

IT'S NOT THAT UNUSUAL.

HAVING ALL THESE ANIMALS COME IN THIS TIME OF YEAR IS UNUSUAL.

AND IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT'S CONNECTED TO LA NINA.

WE ARE HAVING AN EARLY WHICH IS WHAT FUELS THESE BLOOMS.

>> Reporter: SEAWORLD HAS BROUGHT ADDITIONAL STAFF TO HELP CARE FOR THE AFFECTED ANIMALS.

>> THE BEST TREATMENT IS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH LOTS OF FLUIDS AND FLUSH OUT THAT TOXIN.

SO IT'S KIND OF THE FIRST STEP AFTER WE RESCUE THEM.

WE ASSESS THEM.

>> Reporter: SEAWORLD CONFIRMED THEY ALSO RECEIVED CALLS ABOUT COMMON DOLPHINS.

ONE WENT BACK INTO THE OCEAN AND THE OTHER DIED DURING TRANSPORT.

MEANWHILE, SMITH INTRODUCES US TO THREE ADULT FEMALE SEA LIONS WHO ARE RESPONDING WELL TO TREATMENT.

SHE EXPECTS THEY WILL BE RELEASED.

IF YOU SEE A MARINE ANIMAL THAT MAY HAVE POISONING, SEAWORLD RECOMMENDS STAYING AT LEAST 50 FEET AWAY AND CALLING 1-800-541- 7325.

PROVIDING THE LOCATION, SIZE OF THE ANIMAL, SYMPTOMS AND BEHAVIOR CAN BE HELPFUL.

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