>>>GOOD EVENING.

IT'S FRIDAY, MAY 13th.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I MAYA TRABULSI.

>> IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

SOME $300 BILLION.

BUT THAT'S WHAT GOVERNOR NEWSOM IS NOW PROPOSING IN HIS BUDGET PLANS FOR CALIFORNIA.

SOME OF THAT MONEY COULD BE COMING YOUR WAY TO HELP FIGHT INFLATION AND HIGHER COSTS ESPECIALLY AT THE PUMP.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL WAS A LOOK AT WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF FROM OF THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC WHEN THE GOVERNMENT PUT THE STATE INTO LOCKDOWN AND THE ECONOMY CRATERED, THE GOLDEN STATE FINANCIAL PICTURE HAS ROCKETED INTO RECOVERY.

>> IS ABOUT 5% HIGHER TOTAL BUDGET.

ABOUT 15.4% ABOVE WHERE WE WERE IN JANUARY.

>> Reporter: THE BUDGET REVEALED TODAY IS CALLED THE MAY REVISE WHEN THE GOVERNMENT ROLLS OUT HIS PROPOSAL USING THE MOST RECENT TAX REVENUE DATA.

NEWSOM AND STATE LEGISLATORS MUST NOW COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON HOW TO SPEND THE NEARLY $100 BILLION SURPLUS.

SOME TOPLINE TAKEAWAYS, $400 REBATES TO VEHICLE OWNERS.

UP TO TWO VEHICLES EACH.

HE FIRST PROPOSED THAT IN MARCH BUT HAS BEEN AT ODDS WITH LEADERS IN THE LEGISLATURE WHO PREFER RELIEF TARGETED TO LOWER ENDED INCOME PEOPLE AND HE'S RULED OUT A REPUBLICAN PROPOSAL FOR SUSPENDING THE STATE GAS TAX.

>> WHY WOULD BE SUSPENDED GAS TAX AND ALLOW THE SAME CORPORATE INTERESTS AND COMPANIES TO POCKET THOSE DOLLARS, BY NOT PASSING THEM ON TO CONSUMERS?

WHEN THERE'S A BETTER APPROACH WHICH IS PUTTING MONEY IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS MORE QUICKLY.

>> Reporter: FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T OWN A CAR, NEWSOM IS PROPOSING 750 MILLION IN GRANTS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT AGENCIES, ALLOWING THEM TO PROVIDE FREE TRANSIT FOR THREE MONTHS.

RENTERS HIT HARD DURING THE PANDEMIC WOULD BENEFIT FROM A PROPOSAL TO SPEND ALMOST $3 BILLION IN EXTENDED EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND NEARLY 1.5 BILLION TO HELP CALIFORNIANS PAY THEIR UTILITY BILLS.

>> WE BELIEVE IN EQUITY AND FAIRNESS WHICH MEANS ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY.

>> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE STATE WILL DO ALL HE CAN TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO ABORTION.

125 MILLION IN TOTAL TO ADVANCE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.

HE PRAISED SAN DIEGO STATE SENATOR TONY ATKINS FOR MOVING FORWARD ON A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROTECT THAT ACCESS.

>> THIS REFLECTS $19.6 BILLION MORE OF INVESTMENTS THAN WAS REFLECTED IN THE JANUARY BUDGET.

>> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET SPENDS BIG ON PUBLIC EDUCATION.

MORE THAN 128 BILLION WHICH WOULD RULE OUT TK, TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

THE $300 BILLION SPENDING PLAN INVESTS IN DOZEN MORE PROGRAMS INCLUDING CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THE DROUGHT.

NOW BEGINS SIX WEEKS OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE LEGISLATURE.

THEY MUST APPROVE THE BUDGET BY JUNE 15th AND THE GOVERNOR MUST SIGN UP BY JUNE 15.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ACTIVISTS GATHERED OUTSIDE OF SEMPRA ENERGIES HEADQUARTERS TODAY.

JACOB AIR SHOWS US, DURING PROTESTING WHAT THEY SAY ARE ATTEMPTS BY THE UTILITY COMPANY TO HIKE RATES AND BLOCK GREEN ENERGY INITIATIVES.

>> Reporter: ACT IS RESENTING COMMUNITY GROUPS GATHERED OUTSIDE OF SEMPRA HEADQUARTERS FRIDAY MORNING DURING AN ONLINE SHAREHOLDER MEETING.

THE COMPANY IS THE PARENT ORGANIZATION OF SDG&E.

AMONG THOSE GATHERED WAS SCOTT KELLY, A LEADER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP SANDIEGO350.

HE SAYS THE PROTESTERS ARE FIGHTING WHAT THEY SEE AS AN ATTEMPT BY SEMPRA TO BLOCK CLIMATE ACTION AND PERPETUATE THE FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY.

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO STEEP HIKES ON ENERGY BILLS.

>> THEY ARE DISCUSSING THE FUTURE.

WE WERE OUT HERE LAST YEAR AND THEY REFUSED TO DEAL WITH THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD.

WE ARE GETTING TOWARD 1.5 DEGREES SEE.

THEY AGREED TO DO THIS AND THEY WILL BLOW AWAY PASS THIS AND TO ACCLIMATE CHAOS.

>> Reporter: WHEN ASKED FOR,, A SEMPRA ENERGY SPOKESPERSON SAID THAT WE RESPECT THE RIGHT OF DEMONSTRATORS TO EXPRESS THE VIEWS PEACEFULLY.

LAST NIGHT, SEMPRA SENT OUT A NEWS RELEASE SAYING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAD A QUARTERLY DIVIDEND FOR THE UTILITY SHAREHOLDERS.

EAST COUNTY COFOUNDER DANIEL WILKERSON SAYS WHILE STOCKHOLDERS ARE PATTING THEIR POCKETS, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING SOME OF SAN DIEGO'S MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.

>> THERE ARE NOT ONE, BUT TWO POWER PLANTS IN EL CAJON IN A COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF GREENERY.

ALREADY HAS SEVERAL FREEWAYS RUNNING THROUGH IT.

THAT ALREADY HAS PRETTY SHODDY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

WE WERE APPALLED TO FIND OUT THAT THEY WERE CONTRIBUTING TO THE POOR AIR QUALITY.

MATT PROTESTERS AT THE EVENT ASKED SEMPRA FOR TRANSPARENCY, LOWER RATES AND RAPID TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY SUCH AS SOLAR AND WIND SOURCES.

JACOB AYRE, KPBS NEWS.

STROME I.D.

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS TO TERMINATE CONTROVERSIAL POLICY APPEARS TO BE IN FURTHER JEOPARDY.

TODAY, A FEDERAL JUDGE SAYS HE WILL SOON MAKE A FINAL DECISION IN THE CASE CHALLENGING THE ADMINISTRATION'S PLANS.

KPBS REPORTER GUSTAVO SALINAS HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: TITLE 42 IS A POLICY ENACTED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC THAT HAS BEEN USED TO TURN ASYLUM-SEEKERS AWAY FROM THE BORDER NEARLY 2 MILLION TIMES.

IT GIVES CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AGENCY THE ABILITY TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN PROMISED TO IN THE POLICY ON MAY 23rd, BUT A FEDERAL LAWSUIT IS TRYING TO KEEP THE PROGRAM ALIVE.

THE FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE IN LOUISIANA WHO IS OVERSEEING THE CASE HAS HINTED THAT HE WILL RULE AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION.

PEDRO RIOS IS AN ACTIVISTS HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> UNFORTUNATELY I ANTICIPATE THE MOVEMENT WILL BE TO CONTINUE TO UPHOLD TITLE 42.

>> Reporter: RIOS SAYS THIS IS PART OF A STRATEGY OF CONSERVATIVE LAWMAKERS USING THE COURSE TO ENACT IMMIGRATION POLICY.

>> I THINK WHAT IT REPRESENTS IS THERE'S A FAILURE OF DUE PROCESS AND A FAILURE OF CHECKS AND BALANCES IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, WERE ONE JUDGE CAN MAKE A DECISION THAT HAS DISASTROUS IMPACTS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING SAFETY.

THE ONE JUDGE DECIDES THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE NO LONGER HAVE THE RIGHT UNDER U.S. LAW OR UNDER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS TO SEEK ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> Reporter: GUSTAVO'S RELEASE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MORE PROGRESS TODAY IN SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY WERE SAN DIEGO FIREFIGHTERS ARE AMONG THOSE HELPING CONTAIN THIS WEEK BRUSHFIRE.

IT DESTROYED DOZENS OF MULTI- MILLION-DOLLAR HOMES AND KNOW SOME RESIDENTS ARE BEING ALLOWED TO RETURN.

JEFF WYNN IS IN LAGUNA MIGUEL.

RESPONDENT MY HUSBAND JUST BROUGHT ME THIS PHOTO AND I WAS SO, OH MY GOSH, I'M SO TOUCHED.

>> Reporter: IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHY LYNN MORI GRIPPED HER WEDDING PHOTO SO TIGHTLY.

>> I'M IN SHOCK RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE OUR HOUSE WHICH IS RIGHT HERE.

IT'S TOTAL LOSS DAMAGE.

>> Reporter: OUR CAMERA WAS IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME AS WIND FUELED THE COASTAL FIRE IN LAGUNA MIGUEL.

THE INTENSE FLAMES BLEW OUT THE UPSTAIRS WINDOWS.

DIANE BUCKLE'S HOME WAS STILL STANDING AFTER SHE CAME BACK FROM A TRIP, BUT HER NEIGHBORS WEREN'T SO LUCKY.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE.

I MEAN, I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE IT.

I HEARD IT WAS BAD, BUT THIS IS DEVASTATING.

>> Reporter: AND RICHARD AND SANDY VOGEL'S HOME, THE BIRDHOUSE IS ALL THAT'S LEFT.

THIS IS A PHOTO OF THEM ENJOYING THEIR POOL WITH HER GRANDKIDS LAST WEEK.

THEIR SON MATTHEW COULD HARDLY CONTAIN HIS EMOTIONS.

>> I GREW UP HERE HAVING A GOOD TIME.

MY PARENTS ALWAYS TREATED ME WELL.

THIS IS HARD-CORE.

STRAIGHT UP.

>> Reporter: KEITH MORI WAS REUNITED WITH HIS PERSONAL COMPUTER AND THAT PHOTO OF HIS WEDDING TO LYNN.

BUT WE WERE MARRIED FOUR YEARS AGO BUT HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 14 YEARS.

IT'S A GREAT PICTURE.

>> Reporter: THANKS TO FIREFIGHTERS WHO WENT INTO THEIR HOME.

FOUND FOR THEY COULD SALVAGE.

>> IS A SMALL LITTLE VICTORY IN A PRETTY DEVASTATING DAY.

>> THIS IS A SILVER LINING, YES.

>> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH LYNN WEDDING THINGS WERE LOST IN THE FIRE.

>> IT BRINGS US CLOSER TOGETHER AND MAKES US STRONGER AS A COUPLE.

>>> THAT WAS JEFF REPORTING.

>>> DID YOU FEEL IT IN YOUR AREA?

THIS MORNING RESIDENTS WENT TO A 3.5 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE ARE GOING TO USGS, IT STRUCK JUST SOUTH OF THE PALOMAR OBSERVATORY AND NORTHEAST SAN DIEGO.

AT FIRST, THE QUAKE REGISTERED AS A 3.7 BUT USGS CHANGED THE DATA TO 3.5 A FEW MINUTES LATER.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF ANY DAMAGE OR INJURY.

>>> HATS OFF TO THE CLASS OF 2022.

THOUSANDS OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY GRADUATES ARE CELEBRATING THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES KICKED OFF TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.

MORE THAN 11,000 GRADS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN SEVEN CEREMONIES.

WE HEARD FROM GRADUATES WHO SAY WHILE THE PANDEMIC DID IMPACT THEIR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE, THEY STILL MADE MEMORIES AND ACHIEVED THEIR GOALS.

>> I LEFT AS A SOPHOMORE SECOND YEAR AND CAME BACK FOR HER CRAZY DIFFERENCE.

>> I'M FROM PHILADELPHIA AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO COME OUT TO CALIFORNIA FOR SCHOOL.

SO THIS IS A BIG MOMENT AND I'M DONE HERE.

I DID IT.

I'M STAYING HERE.

I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE WHAT ELSE THE CITY HAS FOR ME.

>> REALLY REWARDING TO SEE A GOAL WE HAVE HAD SINCE I WAS A CHILD, I WAS TOLD I WAS GOING TO COLLEGE AND HERE WE ARE.

SO IT'S REALLY COOL.

>> IS JUST LIKE THE CULMINATION OF ALL MY HARD WORK.

PRETTY MUCH MY WHOLE LIFE.

>> IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING, THE TOP THREE MAJORS FOR THIS GRADUATING CLASS ARE PSYCHOLOGY, INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

>>> THERE ARE PLENTY OF JOBS FOR GRADS AND WHAT WAS DUBBED JOB APPALOOSA.

MISSION BEACHES FIRST HIRING FESTIVAL.

ALL KINDS OF POSITIONS FROM FOOD SERVICES TO RIDE OPERATORS, RETAIL AND MANAGEMENT ARE AVAILABLE.

WAGES VARY AND PERKS SUCH AS FREE LUNCHES AND TICKETS.

THERE WAS PLENTY OF MUSIC, FOOD AND FUN AT TODAY'S JOB FAIR AT BELMONT PARK WHICH WRAPPED UP A SHORT TIME AGO.

>> WE JUST THOUGHT, WHY DO WE CREATE AN EXPERIENCE AROUND IT?

WE HAVE A JOB FAIR.

YOU COME THERE AND IT'S REALLY BORING AND YOU SEE A BUNCH OF BOOTHS AND TALK TO SOMEBODY.

LET'S HAVE A DJ.

LET'S WRITE SOME RIDES AND EAT SOME ICE CREAM AND LET'S GET A JOB.

>> POSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE JUST STARTING A CAREER OR FOR THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCED.

APPLICATIONS ARE ALSO ACCEPTED ONLINE.

>>> HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR 401(K) BALANCE LATELY, IT'S LIKELY TAKEN A HIT.

INFLATION IS ONE OF THE REASONS STOCKS ARE SLIDING, BUT A REPORT THIS WEEK SHOWS AND MIGHT HAVE LEVELED OFF LAST MONTH.

MIRACLE PICK!

HOW THIS IS TIED TOGETHER IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>> Reporter: ONE MONTH A TREND DOESN'T MAKE BUT WITH THIS KIND OF SIGNAL, IT'S THAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE MAY NEED TO CONTINUE IT'S MORE AGGRESSIVE RATE INCREASES OF HALF A POINT VERSUS MAYBE GOING BACK TO A QUARTER POINT WHICH THEY WERE ESTIMATING THROUGH THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

AND ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS THE MARKET WAS REACTING TO WAS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE TO ACTUALLY RAISE RATES IN BETWEEN THEIR MEETINGS.

SO THAT WAS A LEVEL OF CONCERN.

SO THIS IS ONE THING THAT A LOT OF ANALYSTS IN THE MARKET ARE LOOKING AT.

SO AS PART OF THIS PROCESS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INFLATION, THE STOCK MARKET HAS LOST OVER $7 TRILLION IN VALUE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

SO THAT IS A MAJOR CONCERN.

WE ARE ENTERING WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED BEAR TERRITORY BY MOST STOCK ANALYSTS, BUT MANY PEOPLE HAVE THESE STOCKS IN THEIR 401(K)s AS PART OF NEUTRAL FUNDS AND WHATEVER.

SO LOOKING AT THE VALUE OF THEIR GENERAL INVESTMENTS.

>>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF.

TONIGHT ON NEWS HOUR.

THE HEAVY TOLL THE WAR IN UKRAINE IS TAKING ON CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.

COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION, KPBS.

>>> THE NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE OF BABY FORMULA IS LEAVING SOME PARENTS TO TRY TO BUY BREASTMILK FROM NEIGHBORS OR STRANGERS ON FACEBOOK.

BUT THAT'S NOT SAFE, ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTOR OF MILK BANK AT UC SAN DIEGO.

KPBS REPORTER CLAIRE SAYS THE BANK VIGOROUSLY SCREENS ITS BREASTMILK DONATIONS.

>> Reporter: THE UC HEALTH MILK BANK IS JUST ONE OF 31 MILK THANKS IN ALL OF NORTH AMERICA.

IT PRIMARILY SERVES MOTHERS WHO COULDN'T CARRY THEIR BABIES TO FULL-TERM.

>> OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO PROVIDE PASTEURIZED MILK FOR PREMATURE BABIES IN THE NICU, BUT ABOUT 30 TO 40% OF THE MILK FROM SUCH A MILBANK DOES GO TO OUR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES AT HOME.

>> Reporter: DR. LISA STOLL AIKEN IS THE DIRECTOR.

SHE SAYS THE UC HEALTH MILK BANK COLLECTS BREASTMILK FROM WOMEN WHO SIGNED UP TO DONATE EXTRA MILK AFTER GOING THROUGH A RIGOROUS SCREENING PROCESS.

>> INCLUDING LLC HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE, A BLOOD TEST.

APPROVAL FROM THE MOTHER'S PROVIDER AND THEN MILK IS DELIVERED OR SHIPPED TO THE MILK BANK.

>> Reporter: THE MILK IS TESTED AND PASTEURIZED AND THEN SOLD TO HOSPITALS TO USE WITH PREMATURE BABIES.

>> THESE BABIES DO BEST IN THE HOSPITAL IF THEY RECEIVE THEIR MOTHER'S OWN MILK, BUT MANY OF THEM ARE BORN EARLY BECAUSE THE MOM IS ILL. AND SHE MAY NOT MAKE MILK ON A NORMAL TIMETABLE AND THERE MAY BE A GAP IN HER PROVISION OF MILK.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS BABIES SHOULDN'T GET FORMULA.

THEY NEED HUMAN BREASTMILK TO AVOID POTENTIAL BACTERIAL INFECTIONS.

BUT MANY HOSPITALS STILL GIVE PREMATURE BABIES FORMULA IF THEY DON'T HAVE DONOR MILK.

STOLL AIKEN SAYS THE CURRENT SHORTAGE ISN'T IMPACTING HOSPITALS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SUPPLY.

BUT SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT INFANTS WHO ARE AT HOME AND MIGHT NOT BE GETTING THE SPECIAL FORMULA THEY NEED.

>> REALLY THE CONCERN RIGHT NOW OF THESE CHILDREN AT HOME HAVE A NEED FOR SPECIALIZED MEDICAL FORMULA AND THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET IT.

SO COULD DONOR MILK BE AN ADEQUATE OR GOOD NUTRITION FOR SOME OF THOSE BABIES?

THE ANSWER IS YES.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THOSE BABIES IF THEY CAN'T FIND ENOUGH MILK AND DONOR MILK BANKS ARE HAPPY TO STEP UP AND PROVIDE MILK IF THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITIES TO DO SO.

>> Reporter: UCSD'S MILK BANK DOES PROVIDE MILK TO SOME BABIES AT HOME, BUT AT A PRICE OF 4 TO 5 DOLL MAC AND OUNCE WHICH ADDS UP TO $6000 A MONTH.

INSURANCE TYPICALLY DOESN'T COVER THE COST, BUT STALWAGON SAYS SOME FAMILIES DO BUY DIRECTLY FROM UCSD.

GIVEN THE HIGH COST AND FORMULA SHORTAGE, PARENTS MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO BUY BREASTMILK THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

STALWAGON SAYS THAT'S NOT SAFE.

THE COMPARISON IS LIKE BLOOD, SO THERE ARE RISKS IN USING RAW MILK FROM SOMEBODY THAT YOU DON'T KNOW.

THAT HASN'T BEEN BEDDED OR TESTED.

MOST PARTICULARLY, MILK THAT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM A PUBLIC SITE OR ON THE INTERNET.

AND MIGHT BE SHIPPED OR HANDLED IMPROPERLY.

IT COULD PUT A BABY'S HEALTH AT RISK.

>> Reporter: THE HEALTH AND IS LOOKING FOR MORE VOLUNTEERS TO DONATE MILK AND STALWAGON SAYS THE FORMULA SHORTAGE IS A GOOD REMINDER OF HOW GREAT THE NEED IS.

CLAIRE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WHO GETS TO GO TO SPACE?

THAT'S AN ANSWER THAT'S BEGINNING TO BECOME MORE INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE AS MORE INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS LOOK TO WHO WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE FINAL FRONTIER.

KPBS RACE AND EQUITY REPORTER CHRISTINA SPOKE WITH THE FIRST MEXICAN BORN WOMEN TO EVER GO TO SPACE AS A CITIZEN SCIENCE ASTRONAUT.

>> Reporter: EVER SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE, CATCH YOU ALWAYS LOOKED UP AT THE STARS AND DREAMED OF GOING TO SPACE.

>> EVEN MY MIDDLE NAME IS CELESTE, WHICH MEANS OF THE SKY.

SO IT'S JUST BEEN A PART OF ME FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE.

>> Reporter: NOW, THAT DREAM IS COMING TRUE.

IT IS A REDDIT WILL BE TRAVELING TO SPACE ON JEFF BEZOS' BLUE ORIGIN ROCKETSHIP AS A CITIZEN SCIENCE ASTRONAUT AFTER BEING SELECTED OUT OF 7000 APPLICANTS BY SPACE FOR HUMANITY.

AN ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON MAKING SPACE MORE INCLUSIVE.

BORN IN GUADALAJARA MEXICO, SHE WILL BE THE FIRST MEXICAN BORN WOMEN TO EVER TRAVEL TO SPACE.

IT'S AN HONOR SHE DOESN'T TAKE LIGHTLY.

AFTER ALWAYS BEING TOLD SPACE WASN'T FOR HER.

>> BEING ABLE TO DO THIS IS CHANGING THE NARRATIVE TO THE POINT WHERE A LITTLE GIRL FROM MEXICO WHO COMES FROM MAYBE THE SAME CITY WHERE I WAS BORN AND IS TELLING THEIR PARENTS OR THEIR TEACHER THAT THEY WANT TO GO TO SPACE.

THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HEAR THOSE WORDS ANYMORE.

>> Reporter: SHE MOVED TO THE U.S. AT SEVEN YEARS OLD AND NEVER FORGOT HER DREAM.

STUDYING TO BECOME AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER FIRST AT COLLEGE, THEN UCLA AND JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY IN BALTIMORE.

AT EVERY TURN, SHE SOUGHT OUT OPPORTUNITIES TO GET CLOSER TO SPACE TRAVEL, TURNING AN INTERNSHIP AT NASA'S JET PROPULSION LABORATORY A FULL- TIME GIG AS A NASA ENGINEER.

>> I WORK ON EMISSIONS.

WITHIN ONE YEAR OF BEING AT JPL AS A FULL-TIME ENGINEER.

>> Reporter: SHE IS ALSO A TICK- TOCK STAR AND HOST OF A NETFLIX SCIENCE PROGRAM IS KNOWN FOR PUSHING BACK AGAINST STEREOTYPES.

SHE'S TIRED OF ALWAYS BEING TOLD SHE HAD TO QUOTE, LOOK THE PART AND BE PROFESSIONAL TO EXCEL IN STEM.

>> AS IF ME WEARING A SKIRT AND THAT I WAS NOT GOING TO BE GOOD ENGINEER.

IT'S IRRELEVANT.

THE WAY ANY OF US CHOOSE TO LOOK AND THE WAY ANY OF US CHOOSE TO DRESS REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF, AND WHAT OUR WORK IS LIKE.

>> Reporter: THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHY BEING THE FIRST MEXICAN BORN WOMEN IN SPACE AND DEFINING HER CAREER ON HER OWN TERMS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO HER.

BECAUSE SHE IS CONFIDENT SHE WON'T BE THE LAST.

>> I AM SOMEONE WHO'S JUST LIKE THEM AND IF THEY WANT TO, THEY CAN BE JUST LIKE ME AS WELL.

>> Reporter: SHE WILL BEGIN SPACE TRAINING A WEEK BEFORE LUNCH.

THE LAUNCH DATE IS MAY 20th.

CHRISTINA KIM, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A NICE WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE RIGHT ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO BE FACED WITH AN ONSHORE FLOW THAT WILL BE COOLING THE COAST AND THE VALLEYS ESPECIALLY FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND.

BY THE TIME WE GET TO NEXT WEEK, IT'S BACK TO THAT MARINE LAYER WHERE YOU HAVE THOSE EVENING AND MORNING LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS AND THEN IT BURNS OFF DURING THE DAY.

THAT WILL RETURN AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

HEADING INTO SAN DIEGO COUNTY FOR THIS EVENING, TEMPERATURES FALLING BACK TO THE LOWER 50s FOR RAMONA.

MID-50s RISK ADENO AND CLOSER TO THE COAST, LOWER 50s.

SAN DIEGO 59.

CHULA VISTA 58.

BORREGO SPRINGS BACK TO 69.

LAGUNA 59.

AGAIN WE WILL SEE TEMPERATURES A LITTLE COOLER, RIGHT ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS.

BUT MORE INTERIOR.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE WARMER CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS AND EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST.

AGAIN WITH THE ONSHORE FLOW, THAT WILL SURELY KEEP THINGS SLIGHTLY COOLER FROM L.A. DOWN INTO SAN DIEGO.

IT'S GOING TO BE TRANQUIL.

ON SATURDAY, NOT MUCH FOR ANY CLOUD COVERAGE.

YOU CAN SLOWLY START TO SEE SOME OF THE LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS WORKING THEIR WAY IN LATE SATURDAY AND THEN AGAIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

THAT'S WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY THE MARINE LAYER.

IT'S BACK.

ESPECIALLY YOU CAN SEE THOSE CLOUDS BUILDING OFFSHORE BY THE TIME YOU WAKE UP ON SUNDAY MORNING.

YOU WILL NOTICE THOSE LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS.

BUT WE DO GET ANOTHER BATCH OF PRETTY WARM CONDITIONS.

ESPECIALLY AT EL CAJON AND ESCONDIDO.

YOUR TEMPERATURES TOMORROW WILL BE IN THE 90s.

SO PRETTY HOT.

TRIPLE DIGITS FOR BORREGO SPRINGS AND MOUNT LAGUNA WILL GET UP TO 75 DEGREES.

NOTICE YOU GET THE 70s CLOSER TO THE COAST AND YOU DO HAVE AMPLE SUNSHINE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE COOLDOWN BEGINS AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK AND HOW EACH AND EVERY DAY, WE START OFF WITH SOME OF THE FOG AND SUNSHINE.

FURTHER INLAND YOU GO FOR YOUR TUESDAY AND YOUR WEDNESDAY, SOME PATCHY FOG ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.

TRENDING COOLER STARTING MONDAY FOR THE NEXT OF THE WEEK.

AROUND THE DESERT, TRIPLE DIGITS ALL WEEK LONG.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M YOUR METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE ROTELLA.

>>> SAN DIEGO OPERA SERIES IS ALL ABOUT TAKING AUDIENCES OFF THE BEATEN PATH OF A TRADITIONAL NIGHT AT THE OPERA.

KPBS REPORTER BETH GOES BEHIND THE SCENES TO SPEAK WITH THE CREATIVE TEAM OF AGING MAGICIAN.

THAT NO ONE CAN QUITE DESCRIBE WHAT AGING MAGICIAN IS.

NOT EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED IT.

>> IS PART OPERA, PART THEATER, PART CONCERT.

A SPECTACLE.

>> THERE'S SINGING.

THERE'S ACTING.

THERE'S PERFORMANCE ART.

THERE'S MAGIC.

>> TO ME, IT FEELS VERY MUCH LIKE ITS OWN THING.

>> Reporter: THAT MAKES OF THE PROVINCIAL FOR SAN DIEGO OPERA DETOUR SERIES BETH MORRISON.

>> MY COMPANY WAS SORT OF FOUND IT TO TAKE OPERA IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.

SO WHAT THAT HAS MEANT IS THAT I BRING SINGULAR ARTISTS TOGETHER TO CREATE WORK THAT REALLY DEFIES BOUNDARIES.

AND STRETCHES THE MEANING OF WHAT OPERA CAN BE.

>> Reporter: COMPOSER PAOLO SAYS AGING MAGICIAN CENTERS ON A CLOCKMAKER AT THE END OF HIS LIFE.

>> THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT HAROLD, THIS CHARACTER THAT WENDY WROTE IS THAT HAROLD HAS A MASSIVE IMAGINATION.

SO IN HIS IMAGINATION ARE ALL THESE VOICES AND REALLY WHAT YOU GET IS THIS REALLY FERTILE BRINGING TO LIFE OF A VERY BEAUTIFUL IMAGINATION OF THIS CHARACTER, HAROLD.

>> Reporter: THE COURSE PROVIDES THE VOICES HAROLD HEARS IN HIS HEAD SAYS JULIAN.

>> HE HAS A CHORUS THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE HIS INNER VOICE OR A LITTLE BIT KIND OF A SPIRIT GUIDE.

>> THEY POKE AT HIM, THEY PESTER HIM.

THEY SCHOOLED HIM.

THEY CAJOLE HIM.

THEY LAUGHED WITH HIM.

THEY ARE HIS IMAGINATION.

THAT MEANT DESIGNING A STAGE VERSION OF HAROLD'S IMAGINATION BEGAN WITH A DRAWING 10 YEARS AGO.

>> SO I ASKED MARC STEWART TO CREATE A FACE THAT REPLICATED WENDY, THAT HE COULD ENTER AT THE VERY END.

ALMOST LIKE ENTERING HIS OWN IMAGINATION AND PLAY AND MAKE MUSIC OUT OF.

>> Reporter: INSTRUMENT DESIGNER MARC STEWART TURNED IT INTO A GIANT GOLDBERG MUSICAL DEVICE INSPIRED BY CONEY ISLAND.

>> CONEY ISLAND.

WHICH IS ALSO A GIANT MUSICAL INSTRUMENT FOR THE ENTIRE CHORUS PLAY.

REBECCA ANOTHER DESIGN ELEMENT IS PAPER.

>> PAPER IS AN ELEMENT IS USED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION.

HAROLD IS WRITING A BOOK, SO PAPER IS THERE AND IT'S INHERENT.

BUT THEN THE CHOIR IS ALSO USING PAPER ALL THE TIME AND THEY PULLED THE PAPER UP AND THERE WILL BE A PROJECTION ON THE PAPER.

>> I THINK THE PROJECTION WORKS PARTICULARLY WELL.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF PAPER ON THE SET AND THE CHORUS LIFT UP SHEETS OF PAPER AND USE PAPER TO PROJECT ONTO THAT.

SO THE PROJECTION IS VERY MUCH KIND OF LIVING WITHIN THE PIECE.

>> Reporter: THE CHORUS BREATHES LIFE INTO THE PAPER WITH SOME SIMPLE BUT BEAUTIFUL PUPPETRY.

>> THEY BRING ELEMENTS OF JOY AND INTEREST AND WONDER I THINK INTO THE PIECE.

>> Reporter: THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT AUDIENCES MAY NEED AFTER STRUGGLING THROUGH TWO YEARS OF A PANDEMIC.

>> IT'S A VERY TENDER SHOW IN THE SENSE THAT IT APPROACHES QUESTIONS OF TIME AND LEGACY, AND ALSO DEATH.

THROUGH THE EYES OF CHILDREN.

THAT I THINK LENDS IT A VERY DIFFERENT APPROACH.

SO I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PROCESS THIS IN A REALLY VISCERAL WAY.

AGING MAGICIAN USES THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF ART TO HELP US PROCESS COMPLEX FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS DURING CHALLENGING TIMES.

>> THIS IS A PIECE ABOUT HUMANITY.

IT'S A PIECE ABOUT LEGACY.

IT'S A PIECE THAT BRINGS JOY.

>> Reporter: YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF SAN DIEGO OPERA'S AGING MAGICIAN OF THREE PERFORMANCES THIS WEEKEND AT THE BALBOA THEATER.

BETH, KPBS NEWS.

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THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI, GOOD NIGHT.