>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT'S FRIDAY, MAY 20th.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

IF YOU THOUGHT COVID WAS NO LONGER A CONCERN, THINK AGAIN.

CASES ARE UP 40% IN THE COUNTY THIS WEEK.

ONE PORTION OF THE POPULATION LEADS WITH NEW INFECTIONS.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN ON THE URGENT WARNINGS BEING RELEASED.

FOR MAC SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS SEEING A CONSISTENT INCREASE IN COVID-19 CASES.

THIS WEEK, WE HIT THE DAILY HIGH OF 1500 CASES.

THAT'S WHAT THE REGION WAS SEEING COMING OFF THE WINTER OMICRON SURGEON FEBRUARY.

>> THE CASE NUMBERS I THINK REALLY ARE AN UNDERESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH IS GOING ON.

FROM DR. ROBERT SCHOOLEY IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST WITH UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH.

HE THINKS THERE COULD BE MORE VIRAL SPREAD, ESPECIALLY WITH MANY PEOPLE OPTING FOR AT HOME COVID TESTING WHICH DOESN'T MAKE IT INTO OFFICIAL CASE COUNTS.

>> WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW IN CASE NUMBER SIX WHAT WAS GOING ON EARLY IN TERMS OF TRANSMISSIONS.

NOW IS THE TIME THAT INSTITUTING MORE MASKING AND THINGS CAN HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT ON SLOWING THINGS DOWN.

IF WE WAIT ANOTHER WEEK, WE WILL SAY IT REALLY IS SEARCHING.

>> Reporter: WASTEWATER DATA ALSO SHOWS THAT THE BIBLE COVID LOAD IN SAN DIEGO AND SEWAGE IS STEADILY INCREASING.

>> WE ARE AT LEVELS THAT WEREN'T AS HIGH AS DURING THE OMICRON SEARCH BUT HIGHER THAN WE WERE IN THE DENTAL DELTA SEARCH.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO IS SEEING THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW OMICRON VARIANT THAT SEEMS TO BE MORE INFECTIOUS BUT ISN'T MAKING PEOPLE AS SICK.

SCHOOLEY SAYS IT DOESN'T PREVENT INFECTION IS OVER THE NEW VA FOUR VARIANT BUT IT STILL OFFERS PROTECTION AGAINST HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH.

>> I'D BE SURPRISED IF WE SEE A LARGE SURGE IN DEATHS WERE IN HOSPITALIZATION'S.

WE MAY SEE A BIT OF AN INCREASE AS THE NUMBER OF CASES RISES.

>> Reporter: AS OF FRIDAY, THERE WERE 132 SAN DIEGO INNS HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19.

WHILE STILL RELATIVELY LOW NUMBERS, THEY HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY INCREASING.

THE CDC JUST RAISED LOS ANGELES COUNTY'S COOK LEVEL FROM LOW TO MEDIUM.

SAN DIEGO IS STILL IN THE LOW CATEGORY, BUT SCHOOLEY SAYS THOSE AT HIGH RISK SHOULD BE TAKING PRECAUTIONS.

>> WHEN I GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, I STILL PUT A MASK ON.

IS NOT A BIG DEAL.

EVEN THOUGH WE AREN'T AT A HIGH LEVEL NOW, OR ME IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DO WHEN I'M AROUND OTHER PEOPLE INDOORS.

COUNTY DATA SHOWS THE LARGEST INCREASE IN INFECTIONS IS COMING FROM SANDY AKINS AGES 28 TO 39.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS.

A FEDERAL JUDGE IN LOUISIANA HAS BLOCKED THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FROM INDIA CONTROVERSIAL BORDER POLICY.

TITLE 42 ALLOWS BORDER AGENTS TO TURN AWAY ASYLUM-SEEKERS WITHOUT ALLOWING THEM TO SEE A JUDGE FIRST.

USING THE PANDEMIC AND PUBLIC HEALTH AS JUSTIFICATIONS.

THE CDC THOUGH NOW SAYS THE POLICY IS NO LONGER NECESSARY, GIVEN CURRENT CONDITIONS AND AVAILABLE VACCINES.

TITLE 42 WAS SCHEDULED TO END ON MONDAY.

HOWEVER, 24 STATES FILED SUIT TO KEEP IT.

IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES CALL THE JUDGE DECISION A BIG LOSS.

>> WE THINK THE DECISION IS MISGUIDED.

IT WILL PERPETUATE AN ILLEGAL AND RACIST POLICY.

AND CONTINUE TO PUT A LOT OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE'S LIVES IN DANGER.

>> TITLE 42 HAS BEEN USED TO TURN VULNERABLE MIGRANTS AWAY FROM THE U.S. NEARLY 2 MILLION TIMES.

IT'S THE SECOND TRUMPET ERA ASYLUM POLICY THAT IS BE AS BEEN UNABLE TO TERMINATE.

A FEDERAL JUDGE ALSO PREVENTED THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FROM MEXICO AND FORCE ASYLUM-SEEKERS TO STAY IN MESKILL WHILE THE CASE IS ADJUDICATED.

SOME OF THE NO-FAULT EVICTION MORATORIUM GOES INTO EFFECT THIS WEEKEND.

KPBS REPORTER KITTY ALVARADO WITH WHAT THIS MEANS TO TENANTS AND THEIR LANDLORDS.

>> I WAS TOTALLY STRESSED BEFORE I GOT HELP.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO AND BARBARA GREEN HAS BEEN SERVED SEVERAL EVICTION NOTICES.

SHE'S A SINGLE MOM OF THREE.

SHE'S CAUGHT UP ON HER RENT, BUT SAYS THE LANDLORD WANTS TO GIVE THEM THE BOOT.

RENOVATIONS.

>> THE LANDLORD IS JUST GREEDY AND HE'S NEVER MADE PROPER RENOVATIONS THE WHOLE SEVEN YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE.

HE JUST WANTED TO MAKE MORE MONEY.

>> Reporter: MOLLY KIRKLAND WITH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RENTAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION SAYS THIS ADDS UNNECESSARY BURDENS FOR LENDERS WHO WANT TO SELL THEIR PROPERTIES AND ARE WEIGHTED TO DO RENOVATIONS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

KIRTLAND SAYS OWNER SAYS OWNERS HAVE TO WAIT SIX ADDITIONAL MONTHS TO SELL AND NEED A COURT ORDER TO DO MAJOR RENOVATIONS.

>> THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE FRUSTRATED WITH ALL THE REGULATION THAT'S BEEN PILED ON OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

>> THIS COST THE CITY NOTHING AND IT APPLIES TO EVERYONE.

SO JUST LIKE THAT, TO THIS POLICY CHANGE, EVERY RENTER IN SAN DIEGO AS MORE PROTECTIONS.

THAT MEANT SAN DIEGO COUNCIL PRESIDENT SPEARHEADED THE EVICTION BEEN.

HE SAYS IF YOU ARE ABIDING BY THE TERMS OF RELEASE AND BEING EVICTED, THIS APPLIES TO YOU.

>> WE HEAR EVERY SINGLE DAY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS?

WE SEE THE PROBLEM GETTING WORSE.

THERE'S THE WORK WE HAVE TO DO GET FOLKS OFF THE STREET BUT A BIG PART IS TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THIS IS NOT APPLYING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BEHIND ON THE RENT BUT TO LANDLORDS WHO ABUSE THE SYSTEM.

>> BECAUSE THE RENTAL MARKET IS SO TIGHT, WE ARE LEARNING THAT SOME LANDLORDS WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

THEY WERE MOVING FOLKS OUT.

DOING WHAT I WOULD SAY IS SUPERFICIAL RENOVATIONS AND THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO JACK UP THE RENT FOR THE NEXT TENANT IN A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL WAY.

THERE WAS A TON OF PROFIT INCENTIVE THERE TO DO THAT AND THE RAMIFICATIONS FOR THE FAMILIES WHO WERE MOVED OUT WERE PRETTY SERIOUS.

>> Reporter: LEGAL AID SAN DIEGO SAYS IT'S A LOT MORE COMMON THAN WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE YOU TO BELIEVE.

>> NO-FAULT EVICTION WITH THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT TENANTS WERE CALLING LEGAL AID, REQUESTING ASSISTANCE WITH.

>> Reporter: GREEN SAYS THAT FOR PEOPLE LIKE HER, THIS NO- FAULT EVICTION MORATORIUM WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING HOUSED AND BEING HOMELESS.

>> I APPRECIATE IT.

I'M GLAD THEY PASSED IT.

IT WILL HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AS LONG AS THEY KNOW THEIR RIGHT.

>> Reporter: KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> EMOTIONS RUN HIGH AT THE SAN DIEGUITO SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS RALLIED TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS OVER RECENT CONTROVERSY SWIRLING TO THE DISTRICT.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TANYA THORNE HAS THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT.

>> Reporter: PARENTS, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS RALLIED OUTSIDE THE SAN DIEGUITO SCHOOL DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS ON THURSDAY AHEAD OF A CONTENTIOUS SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

ONE OF THE MAIN TENSION POINTS, RECENT COMMENTS SUPERINTENDENT CHERYL MADE DURING A DISTRICT TRAINING AND WHETHER SHE SHOULD LOSE HER JOB OVER THE INCIDENT.

JAMES WORD WAS PLACED ON ADMINISTERED OF LEAVE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.

THE COMMUNITY STANDS DIVIDED OVER WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN NEXT.

SOMEONE JAMES WARD FIRED, WHILE OTHERS WANT HER REINSTATED.

ELY IS A CARMEL VALLEY RESIDENT AND HIS CHILDREN WENT TO SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT.

HE SAID JAMES WARD SHOULD BE FIRED.

>> WHEN WARD MADE A COMMENT ABOUT CHINESE-AMERICAN CHILDREN, THEIR SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF WEALTH, I FEEL LIKE HER, IS A SLAP ON MY CHEEK.

AND THEN SHE APOLOGIZED WHICH IS GREAT.

HOWEVER, SHE WENT ON AN INTERVIEW ON THE MEDIA AND SHE BASICALLY RECORDED HER APOLOGIES.

>> Reporter: JAMES WORD PUBLICLY APOLOGIZED OF THE COMMENTS SHE MADE AND KPBS REACHED HER TODAY FOR COMMENT.

>> LAST NIGHT I HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT I CHANGED MY STORY.

CHANGED MY STORY.

I STILL SAID THAT I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY HARM OR HURT THAT I CAUSED.

AND I DO.

THAT HAS NOT CHANGED.

WHAT I ALSO SAID WAS ALL OF THIS IS FOR A WHOLE DIFFERENT PURPOSE.

>> Reporter: SCHOOL BOARD VICE PRESIDENT MICHAEL ALLMAN IS CAUGHT UP IN THE CONTROVERSY.

JAMES WARD INITIATED AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR BY ALLMAN AND SHE SAYS HER SUSPENSION AS A FORM OF RETALIATION FOR DOING THAT.

ALLMAN HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING, BUT THERE WERE CALLS FOR HIS RESIGNATION DURING LAST NIGHT'S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

WHILE NO DECISIONS CAME OUT OF THE MEETING, JAMES WARD SAYS SHE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION FOR HEALING.

>> THAT'S WHAT I PLAN TO STAY HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.

THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE US BACK, BUT AS LONG AS I CAN, MICHAEL IS TO MOVE FORWARD AND TO COME BACK TO THE DISTRICT AND TO MOVE US FORWARD.

TO MOVE US FORWARD.

THAT'S THE GOAL.

JAMES WARD HAS MAINTAINED LEGAL PRESENTATION AND MAY TAKE ACTION IF SHE'S FIRED.

THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 9th.

TANYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> STILL MANY EMPTY SHELVES WHEN IT COMES TO INFANT FORMULA .

ACCORDING TO DATA TRACKING AGENCY DATE ASSEMBLY, 45% WAS OUT OF STOCK ON AMERICAN SHELVES AT SOME POINT LAST WEEK .

IN 10 STATES, HALF THE PRODUCT WAS OUT OF STOCK.

THE WHITE HOUSE HAS INVOKED THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT AND OPERATION FLY FORMULA, AND SAYS ITS SECURED THE FIRST BATCH OF FORMULA FROM AN INTERNATIONAL SUPPLIER.

SDSU'S, MIRACLE PICK HAS MORE IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>> Reporter: THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT WHICH IS REQUIRING THE OTHER THREE MANUFACTURERS OF BABY FORMULA TO NOT ONLY STEP UP THEIR PRODUCTION OF BABY FORMULA, BUT PHIL U.S. ORDERS UNTIL WHATEVER GAPS THERE ARE IN THE MARKET BEFORE THEY SHIP ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

THE SECOND THING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DID WAS THEY AUTHORIZED THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT TO USE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT TO FLY IN BABY FORMULA FROM OVERSEAS.

THAT'S BABY FORMULA THAT MEETS U.S. STANDARDS.

THE FDA FINALLY REACHED AGREEMENT WITH ABBOTT THIS WEEK THAT THEY MAY REOPEN THE PLANT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT WHEN THEY HAVE TO KIND OF SANITIZE THE PLANT, RETRAIN THEIR WORKERS AND GET PRODUCTION IN, ABBOTT SAYS BASICALLY THEY ARE LOOKING AT SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS BEFORE THEIR SUPPLY CAN HIT THE MARKET.

SO THE TWO ACTIONS BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE ABLE TO REALLY KIND OF SUPPLEMENT THAT OUT OF STOCK OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS.

BY MID-JUNE, SUPERMARKET SHELVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY SHOULD BE RELATIVELY FULL.

>>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF HERE TONIGHT ON USE OUR.

PRESIDENT BIDEN TURNS HIS ATTENTION TO ASIA IN HIS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL VISIT IN THE REGION.

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

>>> ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE RACES IN SAN DIEGO JUNE PRIMARY ELECTION IS THE RACE FOR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2.

INCOME AND JEN CAMPBELL BASIS FIVE CHALLENGERS IN THE DISTRICT WHICH COVERS FAIRMONT, MISSION BEACH AND POINT LOMA.

KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE CANDIDATES AND THEIR PRIORITIES.

>> Reporter: CITY COUNCILMEMBER JEN CAMPBELL ASSEMBLED HER SUPPORTERS THIS WEEK TO TOUT ONE OF HER PROUDEST HER COMPLIMENTS SINCE TAKING OFFICE.

A SYSTEM TO LEGALIZE AND REGULATE SHORT-TERM HOME RENTALS , POPULARIZED BY AIRBNB.

THE ISSUE HAD BEEN AT A STALEMATE FOR YEARS, WITH HARD- LINERS ON BOTH SIDES.

CAMPBELL SAYS SHE BROKERED A COMPROMISE.

>> WE WILL CLOSE THE CHAPTER ON THE UNREGULATED MARKET THAT HAS VEXED OUR CITY AND RESIDENTS AND THE GOOD-FAITH HOSTS WHO WANTED A CLEAR SET OF GUIDELINES TO FOLLOW.

>> Reporter: THE RULES LIMIT THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME VACATION RENTALS TO 1% OF THE CITY'S HOUSING STOCK.

>> WHICH WILL ALLOW THOUSANDS OF HOMES TO COME BACK ONTO OUR HOUSING MARKET AND BRING STABILITY AND NORMALCY.

AND PEACE AND QUIET TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> Reporter: WHILE CAMPBELL IS PART OF THE ORDINANCE, OR OPPONENTS IN THE RACE SEE IT AS A BETRAYAL.

>> I'M TIRED OF HAVING NONRESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT OR TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT.

>> Reporter: MANDY HAVLIK IS A MEMBER OF THE PENINSULA COMMUNITY PLANNING BOARD WHERE SHE HAS BEEN A SKEPTIC OF GROWTH AND DENSER HOUSING.

>> A LOT OF MY BACKGROUND IS IN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S MISSING IN THE OFFICE.

A LOT OF THE ISSUES WITH OUR CURRENT INCOME BUT IS I CALL, I HAVE ISSUES AND I'M NOT GETTING A RESPONSE.

I'M NOT GETTING A CALL BACK.

ULTIMATELY, WE WANT TO SEE FEEL SEEN AND HEARD.

>> Reporter: WE SPOKE TO HAVLIK AND THREE OTHER CANDIDATES AT A DEBATE THIS WEEK WHICH CAMPBELL SAID SHE COULDN'T ATTEND BECAUSE OF A SCHEDULING CONFLICT.

>> WHAT KIND OF CITY ARE WE GIVING OUR KIDS IS THE REASON FOR MONEY.

RAYMOND JOEL DAY IS A FORMER STAFFER IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

HE BILLS HIMSELF AS THE MOST DETAIL ORIENTED CANDIDATE WITH A SHORT, MEDIUM AND LONG-TERM PLAN TO TACKLE HIS TOP PRIORITY, HOMELESSNESS.

>> WE NEED SAFE INCOME AND SITE SO PEOPLE GET INTO THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AND OFF STREETS.

WE NEED BLOCK LEASING OR MASTER LEASING SO THE CITY DIRECTLY CAN PUT PEOPLE INTO UNITS WITHOUT SECURITY DEPOSITS.

WITHOUT CREDIT CHECKS WHICH ARE A HUGE BARRIER OF ENTRY TO RAPIDLY WAREHOUSING PEOPLE.

FINALLY, WE NEED TO BUILD DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS.

>> Reporter: LINDA LUCAS IS A PROFESSOR OF DENTAL HYGIENE AND A REALTOR.

AMONG HER TOP PRIORITIES IS FIXING SAN DIEGO'S CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE.

THOUGH SHE DOESN'T WANT TO PAY FOR THOSE REPAIRS WITH HIGHER TAXES.

>> A LOT OF US ARE BEING TAXED OUT OF THE STATE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE OF A BURDEN WE CAN HANDLE, SO MY GOAL IS TO LOOK FOR A TENTATIVE FUNDING MEASURE, SEEK THE MAXIMUM WE CAN FROM THE STATE AND FROM OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS .

AND ONLY, IF WE'VE EXHAUSTED ALL OTHER RESOURCES, THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT RAISING TAXES.

>> Reporter: ROY SALDANA IS A FORMER STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER AND RETIRED COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROFESSOR.

WHAT SETS HER APART IN THE CROWDED FIELD OF CANDIDATES.

>> MOST EXPERIENCED.

BESIDES THE INCUMBENT WHOSE REPRESENT THE PEOPLE IN ELECTED OFFICE.

>> Reporter: SALDANA RAN UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR CONGRESS IN 2012.

MAYOR IN 2016 AND COUNTY SUPERVISOR IN 2018.

SHE SAYS HER RECORD IN THE LEGISLATURE SHOWS SHE WAS AHEAD OF THE CURVE IN SUPPORTING SAME- SEX MARRIAGE AND THE BAN ON THE OPEN CARRYING OF FIREARMS.

>> I THINK IT'S A CHANGE AND REALLY PUSHED ON THOSE ISSUES.

IF NOT FOR ME TO GET THEM THROUGH WITH MY NAME ON THEM.

FOR OTHERS IN FUTURE SESSIONS TO GET THEM THROUGH.

>> Reporter: DISTRICT 2 IS AT THE CENTER OF HOT DEBATES IN CITY POLITICS, LIKE HOW TO REDEVELOP THE CITY-OWNED SPORTS ARENA PROPERTY IN THE MIDWAY DISTRICT.

AND HOW TO UPDATE THE CLERMONT COMMUNITY PLAN WHICH WILL CHANGE HEIGHT AND DENSITY LIMITS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE TWO CANDIDATES WITH THE MOST VOTES IN THE PRIMARY WILL COMPETE IN A RUNOFF ON NOVEMBER 8th.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE JUNE PRIMARY, YOU CAN GO TO KPBS.ORG AND CLICK ON THE VOTER HUB TAB.

>>> MAY IS NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND DURING THIS MONTH, THE YMCA OF SAN DIEGO IS PROVIDING RESOURCES TO TEENS AT ALL OF THEIR LOCATIONS, INCLUDING FREE ADMISSION TO ANYONE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 AND 24.

THERE ARE ALSO SUPPORT GROUPS THAT MEET ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO HELP FAMILIES DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS.

THE LAST 10 YEARS HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN TEEN MENTAL HEALTH.

>> THE YOUNGSTERS AND THESE TEENAGERS SAY WE'VE GOT TO AND IS LOOKING AT THE PARENTS AND CARETAKERS AND SAYING WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.

MIGHT BE OVERWHELMING FOR YOU.

SUCK THE CDC REPORTED IN 2019 THAT ALMOST 37% OF TEENAGERS HAD QUOTE, PERSISTENT FEELINGS OF SADNESS OR HOPELESSNESS.

THAT SAME REPORT ALSO FOUND THAT ALMOST 19% OF TEENAGERS HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT SUICIDE, WITH ALMOST 9% OF THOSE MAKING AN ATTEMPT.

>>> IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, BUT THE MAIN COMMUNITY SWIMMING POOL IN CITY HEIGHTS IS BACK OPEN AGAIN AFTER EXTENSIVE RENOVATIONS.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AYRES SAYS THE REOPENING COMES JUST IN TIME FOR SUMMER.

>> Reporter: AFTER A ROUGHLY 4 YEAR WAY, THE CITY HEIGHTS SWIM CENTER IS BACK WITH A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS.

THE $4.6 MILLION PROJECT BEGAN IN 2018 AND FACED DELAYS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

SOME OF THE BIGGEST UPGRADES INCLUDE MAJOR RENOVATIONS TO THE CHILDREN'S POOL AND MAIN POOL, AS WELL AS THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW WATER PLAY STRUCTURE, SLIDE, DECK AREA AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

>> WHAT YOU THINK OF IT?

DO YOU LIKE IT?

>> YES.

>> WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART?

>> THE BUCKET THAT GOES DOWN.

>> Reporter: BASKETS CAME TO THE POOL WITH HIS MOM JANET WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CITY HEIGHTS.

>> IT MEANS A LOT ACTUALLY BECAUSE GOING UP HERE, I DIDN'T HAVE THIS.

SO HAVING MY KIDS HAVE THIS IS JUST A BLESSING.

SO IT BRINGS SO MUCH JOY.

>> Reporter: BASKETS SAYS SHE'S SIGNED HER THREE KIDS UP FOR SWIM CLASSES AT THE RENOVATED PUBLIC POOL.

THE CITY HEIGHTS SWIM CENTER WILL BE OPEN THREE DAYS A WEEK TO START.

MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY.

THAT'S LESS THAN SOME OTHER POOLS ACROSS THE CITY.

SWIMMING POOL MANAGER RAY WEBER SAYS THAT'S BECAUSE OF STAFFING SHORTAGES.

>> IT'S BUSY.

LAST SUNDAY, I WAS NOT ABLE TO THAT EVERYBODY IN.

WE HAD TO PAUSE ADMISSION FOR A WHILE UNTIL SOME PEOPLE LEFT.

I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH LIFEGUARDS TO COVER THE POOL SAFELY.

>> Reporter: WEBER SAYS THEY'RE TRYING TO HIRE MORE STAFF TO OPEN THE POOL ON OTHER DAYS OF THE WEEK.

MAYOR TODD GLORIA AND CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT RIVERA WERE JOINED BY SAN DIEGO LIFEGUARDS, CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO OFFICIALLY REOPEN THE CITY HEIGHTS SWIM CENTER THIS MORNING.

SAN DIEGO FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT LIQUOR CHIEF JAMES GARTLAND SAYS THE RENOVATED POOL CAN SAVE LIVES.

>> I LOOK AT THIS POOL LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

MANY PEOPLE LOOK AT IT AS A SENSE OF JOY, WHERE YOU CAN COME AND SWIM AND COOL OFF IN THE SUMMERTIME.

I LOOK AT IT AS A LIFE-SAVING TOOL.

EVERY PERSON THAT LEARNS HOW TO SWIM IN THIS POOL IS A LIFE SAVED.

>> Reporter: WEBER SAYS THEY CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR LIFEGUARDS ON STAFF AT THE CITY HEIGHTS SWIM CENTER AND ARE SHARING LIFEGUARDS FROM OTHER POOLS.

DEL SOL IS ANOTHER PUBLIC POOL IN CITY HEIGHTS THAT'S OPEN TWICE A WEEK, BUT BASKETS SAYS SHE WILL GO OUT OF HER WAY TO COME TO THE NEWLY RENOVATED SWIM CENTER.

AS SHE SAYS THE OTHER SPACE NEEDS UPGRADES.

JACOB AIR, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE ARE IN FOR A COOLER WEATHER PATTERN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE WILL BE DEALING WITH GUSTY WINDS ONCE AGAIN.

IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS THE DESERT AS WELL, WARMER WEATHER WILL ALSO RETURN AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

SO LOTS OF GOOD THINGS TO TALK ABOUT HERE.

ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY, NOTICE THE CLOUDS ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS.

THE MARINE LAYER IS STICKING WITH US AND THE CLOUDS.

THAT MEANS TEMPERATURES WILL STAY IN THE UPPER 50s FOR OCEANSIDE, SAN DIEGO 61, VISTA 60.

RAMONA 53.

BORREGO SPRINGS FALLING BACK TO SOME 50s.

JUST AROUND 50 DEGREES FOR MOUNT LAGUNA INTO THOSE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

FOR SATURDAY, WE WILL FIND SOME BUILDING WARMTH ONCE AGAIN.

MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME TO GET THERE.

I WAS EIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL SIERRA WE WILL SEE THAT.

STILL SLIGHTLY COOLER THE COAST, BUT AGAIN FOR A PLACE LIKE SAN DIEGO, THIS WILL BE A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT.

YOU WILL STILL HAVE SOME OF THE CLOUDS LINGERING ACROSS THE AREA.

MIGHT GET A BIT OF A BREAK IN THE CLOUD COVERAGE FOR YOUR AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY BEFORE THEY START TO ADVANCE ONCE AGAIN AND COME ON SHORE.

I THINK THEY WILL MAKE IT TO FAR WEST.

OR TWO FOR EAST RATHER.

SHOULD STATE WEST OF THE MOUNDS FOR SURE, BUT THAT WILL ALSO LIMIT OUR TEMPERATURES.

THIS IS WHAT WE WILL BE SEEING FOR YOUR TOMORROW AFTERNOON, FOR YOUR SATURDAY AROUND 70 FOR SAN DIEGO.

OCEANSIDE 70.

ESCONDIDO 71.

92 FOR BORREGO SPRINGS.

A SLIGHT COOLDOWN AS I MENTIONED.

EVEN ACROSS THE DESERT AREAS, YOU'LL SEE THAT.

BY THE TIME WE GET INTO SUNDAY, IT'S WARM AND DRY ONCE AGAIN.

WE SEE SOME SUNSHINE.

HIGHS WILL RETURN TO ABOUT NORMAL, BUT AGAIN, WE WILL STILL HAVE BREEZY CONDITIONS SO THAT WILL LEAD TO SOME ELEVATED WILDFIRE DANGER.

MUCH LIKE WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING THIS PAST WEEK.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE FIVE DAY A LOOK AROUND THE COAST.

TEMPERATURES STAYING AROUND 70 DEGREES EVEN ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS.

GETTING BACK UP TO 80 BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK, AND ACROSS THE MOUNDS YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEKEND.

YOU DO WARM-UP BACK TO THE 70s BY NEXT WEDNESDAY.

FOR THE DESERT, IT'S BACK TO TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT BY TUESDAY.

FOR KPBS, I'M METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE ROTELLA.

>>> THERE CAN NEVER BE ENOUGH WAYS TO CELEBRATE MAN'S BEST FRIEND AND TODAY IS NATIONAL DOG RESCUE DAY.

PEOPLE WHO ADAPT TO NEW PATS THIS WEEK AND WILL HAVE THEIR ADOPTION FEES WAIVED THINGS TO BOUNTY PAPER TOWELS AND BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY NETWORK.

THAT INCLUDES SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AS WELL WERE ANIMALS SEVEN MONTHS AND OLDER CAN BE ADOPTED WITH NO FEES.

PETS WILL BE SPAYED OR NEUTERED, VACCINATED, MICROCHIPPED AS WELL AS ASSESSED MEDICALLY AND BEHAVIORALLY.

THERE ARE MORE THAN 100,000 PETS WAITING FOR HOMES AT SHELTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>>> STUDENTS AT MADISON HIGH SCHOOL ARE WORKING ON WHAT THEY HOPE WILL BECOME THE WORLD'S FASTEST ELECTRIC CAR.

THEY HAVE TAKEN TEAM VASCO LITTLE GIANT AND MADE MORE POWERFUL BY USING A VOLT SYSTEMS.

SAN DIEGO BASED ELECTRIC MOTOR.

IT'S THE RECORDHOLDER THAT 353 MILES PER HOUR BUT THEY ARE HOPING TO REACH 375 MILES PER HOUR.

>> THE CARS LINED UP AND I SAID THIS WOULD BE AN AWESOME END OF YOUR PROJECT FOR THE STUDENTS.

NOW IT'S HERE.

WE GIVE THEM INSTRUCTIONS AND WE JUST OVERSEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

THEY ARE USING THE TOOLS AND THEY ARE INSTALLING PARTS.

TAKING PARTS OFF.

CLEANING PARTS.

PREPARING PARTS FOR EXPECTING PARTS.

REPLACING PARTS.

IT'S A LONG PROCESS.

>> I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT MY NAME ON THE CAR AND LEARN A FEW THINGS ABOUT ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND HOW THEY EXACTLY WORK BECAUSE IT'S THE FUTURE.

I THINK IT WOULD BE COOL TO LEARN HOW TO WORK ON FUTURE CARS.

>> ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK IS LEADING TO RACING IN THE 2022 WORLD FINALS THIS AUGUST IN UTAH.

>>> NOW, TO AN AMAZING STORY OF ADVENTURE AND SURVIVAL.

A SICILIAN MAN IS NOW IN SAN DIEGO AFTER COMPLETING A 10,000 MILE JOURNEY IN A POWERBOAT.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL WITH HIS INCREDIBLE STORY.

>> Reporter: THINK OF GREAT EXPLORERS AND NAMES LIKE FERDINAND MAGELLAN, OR SOMEONE FAMILIAR TO SANDY AKINS, JUAN RODRIGUEZ CABRILLO PROBABLY COME TO MIND.

BUT IN THIS MODERN DAY, YOU CAN NOW ADD THE NAME OF SERGIO DEBBIE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> Reporter: CAPTAIN SERGIO DOBBY DOESN'T SPEAK MUCH ENGLISH, BUT IT'S EASY TO SEE, HE'S HAPPY TO BE IN SAN DIEGO AND OH, WHAT A JOURNEY IT WAS TO GET HERE.

DOBBY LEFT HIS HOMETOWN OF PALERMO, SICILY IN EARLY JANUARY.

HIS ROUTE TOOK THEM THROUGH THE MEDITERRANEAN.

THEN AN UNEXPECTED BUT UNAVOIDABLE STOP IN THE CANARY ISLANDS.

THEN BACK UP TO AND ACROSS THE ATLANTIC TO AND THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL, AND OF THE WEST COAST OF MEXICO.

FINALLY ARRIVING YESTERDAY IN SAN DIEGO.

AND THERE'S THE BOAT I GOT HIM HERE.

A 32 FOOT RIGID INFLATABLE POWERBOAT.

SO WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO MAKE SUCH A JOURNEY?

>> PASSION FOR SAILING.

SENSE OF ADVENTURE.

>> Reporter: CAPTAIN DAVI SAYS IT WAS WONDERFUL GETTING TO KNOW THE PEOPLE AND PLACES WHERE HE STOPPED ALONG THE WAY, BUT THERE WAS ALSO A BIG SETBACK AND THIS IS WHERE THE CANARY ISLANDS COME INTO PLAY.

NOT LONG INTO HIS JOURNEY, HE CONTRACTED COVID.

HE STOPPED AND RECOVERED THEIR WORK THAT TOOK 20 DAYS.

>> IT LIKE WAS VERY COMPLICATED BECAUSE HAVING COVID IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY WAS CHALLENGING.

>> Reporter: GETTING COVID WASN'T THE ONLY UNEXPECTED EXPERIENCE ALONG THE WAY.

CAPTAIN DAVI DID HAVE A FEW SCARY MOMENTS AT SEA.

HE WAS THE ONE DAY WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED SOME PIRATES.

>> HE THOUGHT HE WAS JUST LIKE A FISHERMAN BOAT, BUT HE SAW THE BLUE LIGHT WAS TYPICALLY A POLICE LIGHT BUT IT WAS AN INTERNATIONAL WATERS SO IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE THAT IT WAS POLICE.

>> Reporter: FORTUNATELY HE HAD THE HORSEPOWER TO GET AWAY, THANKS TO THESE TWO 300 HORSEPOWER SUZUKI ENGINES.

>> HE WENT AHEAD.

>> Reporter: KEVIN DAVI'S TRIP WAS ABOUT MORE THAN MAKING THE JOURNEY.

HE DID IT TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE PLIGHT OF THE WORLD 'S OCEANS.

HE PHOTOGRAPHED VARIOUS MARINE LIFE AND TOOK WATER SAMPLES ALONG THE WAY WHICH WILL HELP SCIENTISTS DEEPEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF HOW OCEANS ARE CHANGING.

DAVID WILL STAY IN SAN DIEGO OVER THE WEEKEND AND THEN HE WILL MOTOR UP TO SAN PEDRO ON TUESDAY.

THAT WILL BE THE END OF THE VOTING PART.

HE WILL PUT THE BOAT ON A CARGO SHIP AND THEN HE WILL FLY BACK HOME.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.