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>>> DOES AS MORE MIGRANTS WERE DROPPED OFF TODAY AT THE OCEANSIDE TRANSIT CENTER.

GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

LOCAL LEADERS ARE CALLING IT A SYMPTOM OF A BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.

OUR REPORTER TELLS US THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME.

>> Reporter: LAST CHRISTMAS EVE MIGRANTS WERE DROPPED OFF AT THE STATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

THE STATION HAS NO DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE AIRPORT AND RESOURCES ARE LIMITED.

THIS TIME AROUND CITY OFFICIALS GOT A HEADS UP ABOUT THE ARRIVALS.

>> EVEN IF IT IS AN HOUR OR TWO IN ADVANCE IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO PIVOT RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THERE AND AVAILABLE AND ON TIME TO GET THEM BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES.

>> THE TIP FROM CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN ORGANIZING BASIC RESOURCES.

>> MOST OF THEM DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE THEY WAS DROPPED OFF AND WASN'T DROPPED OFF WITH ANY ITEMS OTHER THAN THEIR DOCUMENTATION.

THEY HAVEN'T SHOWERED IN DAYS.

WE WAS HERE TO PROVIDE THE ESSENTIALS.

>> Reporter: LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION SET OUT WATER AND POWER TO CHARGE THEIR PHONES.

VOLUNTEERS WOULD HELP HIM COORDINATE TRAVEL TO THEIR SPONSORS.

>> REALLY BASIC NECESSITIES.

WE ARE HELPING THEM CONTACT THE SPONSORS AND WORKING THROUGH THE LOGISTICS OF BOOKING A PLANE TICKET OR TRANSPORTATION TO THE AIRPORT.

ALSO PUTTING THEM UP FOR NOT IF THEIR FLIGHT ISN'T UNTIL TOMORROW.

GETTING SOMETHING WARM IN THERE STOMACH AS THE PEOPLE OF AT A ROUGH JOURNEY.

>> Reporter: MOST SPONSORS ARE QUICK TO BOOK A PLANE TICKET BUT SOME CANNOT AFFORD IT LEAVING ORGANIZATIONS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO COVER THE COST.

THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE LACK OF RESOURCES THAT LOCAL LEADERS EXPRESS A CONCERN OVER.

THIS CONGRESSMAN AND CITY SUPERVISOR CALLED OUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE LACK OF RESOURCES PROVIDED THAT HAD TO BE PICKED UP BY THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY.

HE LEARNED OVER 500 MIGRANTS WERE DROPPED AT STATIONS OVER SAN DIEGO COUNTY BUT THE CDP IS NOT CONFIRMING NUMBERS.

THEY SAID THE DROP OFF IS A STEADY PROCESS TO DECOMPRESS THE AREA ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

>> THIS AFTERNOON SOMEONE TRIED TO CLIMB OVER THE BORDER FENCE FELL AND LOST HER LIFE ACCORDING TO THE SAN DIEGO POLICE.

FIRST RESPONDERS GOT A CALL AFTER 2:30 PM.

THERE IS FEW DETAILS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCE BEHIND THE INCIDENT.

THIS HAPPENED NEAR THE 905 AND MESA, NOT THE SAME LOCATION WHERE MIGRANTS WERE BEING HELD IN A MAKESHIFT CAMP THIS WEEK BY FEDERAL AGENTS AS THEY WAIT TO BE ALLOWED TO BE ENTERING THE UNITED STATES.

>>> ONE REASON WHY SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD IS DESPERATE TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES IS POLITICAL FREEMAN -- FREEDOM.

THE UNITED STATES SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THOUGH IS UNDER ATTACK.

WE EXPLORE HOW PILLARS OF DEMOCRACY ARE HOLDING UP IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> Reporter: 33 MONTHS AFTER THE JANUARY 6 ASSAULT ON THE CAPITAL NEARLY 70% OF REPUBLICANS NATIONWIDE STILL BELIEVE THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS STOLEN.

IN THE LAST 10 YEARS MORE THAN 29 STATES HAVE CAST LEGISLATION MAKING IT TOUGHER TO VOTE, AND CENSORSHIP IS ON THE RISE WITH A GROWING NUMBER OF AMERICANS FROM BOTH PARTIES BELIEVING THAT POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS JUSTIFIED.

HOW MUCH OF THIS SENTIMENT HAS SEEPED INTO THE SAN DIEGO REGION POST JANUARY 6 QUITE THIS POLITICAL SCIENCE AND SOMEWHAT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE.

>> POLITICS IS LOCAL BUT ALSO NATIONAL.

IF ANY PART OF THE TREE OF LIBERTY IS BEING POISONED IT WILL EVENTUALLY SPREAD OUT TO THE REST OF THE TREE.

>> Reporter: KPBS SET OUT TO ASSESS THE HELP OF DEMOCRACY IN SAN DIEGO THROUGH A HANDFUL OF KEY INDICATORS.

THREATS TO ELECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES, BOATING, CENSORSHIP, AND LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE.

A RECENT POLL FOUND THAT 66% OF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS REPORTED THREATS HAVE INCREASED SINCE TAKING OFFICE.

TWO TRUSTEES SAID THAT SEXUALLY VIOLENT THREATS SPIKED AGAINST HER WHEN SHE PUSHES FOR BEING INCLUSIVE.

>> THE MORE OMINOUS AND THREATENING 100%, USUALLY CONSERVATIVE MEN THAT IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS SUCH.

>> Reporter: OVERALL ACCESS TO VOTING IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS WRONG.

CALIFORNIA LARGELY PREVENTS GERRYMANDERING BY HAVING AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION DETERMINE POLITICAL DISTRICTS.

THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE THE HARSH VOTER ID LAWS AND LIMITS ON HOLY PLACES THAT RESTRICTS VOTING IN SOME OTHER STATES.

THE CENSORSHIP SITUATION IS A BIT MORE CLOUDY.

THERE HAS BEEN ISOLATED ATTEMPTS TO BAN TOPICS IN THE OCEANSIDE SCHOOL AND AT THE SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY.

MISTY JONES, THE DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEMS THAT SHE IS UP FOR THE FIGHT.

>> KIND OF THE LAST STAND FOR DEMOCRACY.

LIBRARIES ARE THE LOCATION THAT ANYONE CAN COME REGARDLESS OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE OUR BACKGROUND OR THE LEAST.

EVERYONE CAN COME AND FIND SOMETHING AT THE LIBRARY.

THAT IS WHAT WE STAND FOR.

WE STAND FOR FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION.

>> Reporter: HOWEVER ON ANOTHER KEY MEASURE OF INFORMATION ACCESS SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS FALTERING.

THE MAJOR DAILY NEWSPAPER, THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE HAS GONE FROM EMPLOYING BORDER PEOPLE IN THE NEWSROOM IN THE 1990S TO JUST OVER 100 TODAY.

LOCAL TELEVISION NEWS STATIONS HAVE FACED SIGNIFICANT CUTS IN RECENT DECADES.

THIS NORTHWESTERN JOURNALISM PROFESSOR SAID THAT THOSE JOURNALISTS COVERED MAJOR BEATS LIKE EDUCATION AND CITY ALL AND INVESTIGATIVE PIECES, ALL HALLMARKS OF LOCAL NEWS.

>> IT IS THE GLUE THAT BINDS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

LET ME SAY BY THAT BINDS OUR SOCIETY TOGETHER.

BY THE SAME TIME IT SERVED THIS COUNTRY AND THIS DEMOCRACY BY GIVING US THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHO TO VOTE FOR AND EVEN WHERE WE SHOULD SHOP TO GET THE BEST BARGAINS.

WHEN WE HAVE LOST THAT THERE IS A GREAT VOID INTO WHICH YOU CAN HAVE MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION CAN FLOURISH.

TRUCK IT HAS THROUGH HIGHLY PARTISAN NEWS OUTLETS AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

THIS FRAGMENTED NEWS WORLD IS A FAR CRY FROM WHAT AMERICANS USED A UNIFORM SET OF FACTS FROM A FEW MEDIA GATEKEEPERS LIKE MAJOR NEWSPAPERS.

BABAR WALTER SAYS THAT THE ECOSYSTEM ALLOWS PEOPLE WITH IDEAS AND ATTITUDES THAT WAS HISTORICALLY ON THE FRENCH TO ENTER THE MAINSTREAM.

>> THEY CAN FIND EACH OTHER REALLY EASILY.

THEY CAN CHAT WITH EACH OTHER REALLY EASILY.

THEY CAN BE FED INFORMATION FROM VLADIMIR PUTIN OR FROM THE PROBLEM IS OR FROM ANY NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS.

THEIR GOAL IS TO RADICALIZE THESE INDIVIDUALS EVEN FURTHER.

ALL OF THAT IS REALLY EASY.

THERE IS NO REGULATION.

OF COURSE THE ALGORITHMS AND JUST ACCELERATE THAT.

>> Reporter: BUT ON THIS DEMOCRACY DAY THERE IS SOME SILVER LININGS.

>> ANOTHER NICE POSITIVE THING IS IT HASN'T GOTTEN VIOLET -- VIOLENT YET.

>>> KPBS IS COVERING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEMOCRACY ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS.

FIND MORE AT WWW.KPBS.ORG AND THE UNITED NATIONS WEBSITE.

>>> A NEW INVESTIGATION OVER TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 2021 WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN.

THE PENTAGON EXPLAINED TO INTERVIEW NEARLY 2 DOZEN SERVICEMEN WHO WERE THERE DURING AN EXPLOSION AT THE AIRPORT.

THE BLAST KILLED DOZENS OF PEOPLE INCLUDING MARINES THAT WAS BASED AT CAMP PENDLETON.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN WIDELY CRITICIZED FOR THE CHAOTIC FINAL DAYS OF THE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE 20 YEAR WAR.

>>> 55 YEARS AGO THE CREW OF THE U.S. NAVY SPY SHIP WAS CAPTURED OFF THE COAST OF NORTH KOREA.

THE CREW WAS TORTURE FOR MONTHS BEFORE THE UNITED STATES ARRANGED THEIR RELEASE, AND NOW SURVIVORS ARE DEMANDING THAT CONGRESS KEEPS GOOD ON PROMISES TO COMPENSATE VICTIMS OF TERRORISM.

OUR MILITARY REPORTER HAS THIS REPORT FROM WHAT COULD BE THE FINAL ANNUAL REUNION FOR THAT CREW.

>> Reporter: ON CHRISTMAS EVE IN 19 6883 CREWMEN OF THE USS PUEBLO LANDED IN SAN DIEGO AFTER MONTHS OF CAPTIVITY IN NORTH KOREA.

SURVIVING MEMBERS GATHER FOR A REUNION IN SAN DIEGO RECENTLY.

THE NAVY CHIEF IN 1968 ON THE PUEBLO IN CHARGE OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND SAID SURVIVING NEARLY A YEAR LONG CAPTIVITY IN NORTH KOREA CAME DOWN TO THREE THINGS.

>> GOD, MY COUNTRY AND MY NAVY.

I DO IF I HAD THOSE THREE THINGS I WOULD BE OKAY.

I WAS DETERMINED THEY COULD TAKE MY BODY IN WHICH THEY HAD FULL CONTROL OVER BUT THEY WOULD NEVER GET MY MIND.

I THINK IT WORKED OUT OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO JUDGE.

>> Reporter: THE MEMBERS ARE AMONG A CADRE OF VICTIMS OF STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM WHO QUALIFY FOR COMPENSATION UNDER A VICTIMS FUND ESTABLISHED IN 2015.

OTHERS INCLUDE FAMILIES AND SURVIVORS OF THOSE KILLED IN THE IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS AND THE 1996 TOWER BOMBING AND THE 9/11 ATTACK.

>> WITH THIS COALITION WE HAVE TODAY IT PROVIDES THEM A PLACE AND I AM A VOICE FOR THEM AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE FUND.

THAT IS WHAT I AM HERE FOR.

>> Reporter: THIS RETIRED AIR FORCE MASTER SAID WITH THE VICTIMS FUND BEING DEPLETED THOSE WHO QUALIFY FOR PAYMENTS ARE ONLY RECEIVING A FRACTION OF WHAT THEY ARE OWED.

>> THEY PROMISED THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF US AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN TAKING CARE OF.

>> Reporter: THE PUEBLO CREW MEMBERS ARE PLANNING A SCREENING ABOUT A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THEIR ORDEAL.

THE USS PUEBLO IS ON DISPLAY IN NORTH KOREA AND REMAINS THE ONLY U.S. NAVY VESSEL IN CAPTIVITY.

>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR AUTOWORKERS GO ON STRIKE THREATENING TO RATTLE THE U.S.

CAR INDUSTRY.

COMING UP AT 7:00 VM AFTER EATING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> HEALTHCARE WORKERS OF PLANT PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST VOTED TO UNIONIZE.

>> Reporter: THE NUMBER OF PATIENT THAT WE HAVE ARE INCREASING.

THIS CERTIFIED PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATE AT PLANT PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST FOR THE LAST 2.5 YEARS HAS SAID THAT AN INFLUX OF PATIENTS COMING FROM OUT OF STATE FOLLOWING THE OVERTURNING OF ROE VERSUS WADE HAS AFFECTED THE QUALITY OF CARE THAT THE STAFF CAN PROVIDE.

>> WE CANNOT PROVIDE CARE IF WE ARE NOT TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THOSE VALUES.

>> Reporter: SHE IS ONE OF 350 PLANT PARENTHOOD HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WHO VOTED IN SUPPORT OF JOINING THE UNITED HEALTHCARE WEST.

>> FROM GOING TO SEEING 60 PATIENTS A DAY UP TO 30 PATIENTS A DAY, THEY NEED A VOICE.

THEY NEED TO HAVE A DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADMINISTRATION TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE CARE FOR THEIR PATIENTS THROUGH A COMPASSIONATE WAY, AND BE A SANCTION FOR WOMEN WHO CAN'T SEE CARE AND OTHER STATES NOW.

>> Reporter: THE STAFF PROVIDES A LOT OF FEEDBACK FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGES, SO THE STAFF IS BEING LISTENED TO BUT NOT HEARD, AND DESCRIBED ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR UNIONIZING.

>> IN SPITE OF ALL THE SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT IT IS LIKE BLINDERS AND EARMUFFS FROM UPPER MANAGEMENT THEY DON'T HEAR ANYTHING WE ARE SAYING ARE NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE BUSINESS MODEL.

>> Reporter: PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED BUT IN AN EMAIL SAID THEY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THEIR STAFF TO ENSURE THAT PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST IS A COMPASSIONATE AND AFFIRMING PLACE TO GIVE AND GET CARE.

RESEARCH FROM HARVARD LAST YEAR THAT WAS PUBLISHED ABOUT HEALTHCARE WORKERS AT UNIONIZING FOUND THAT JOINING A UNION WAS TIED TO HIGHER EARNINGS AND BETTER BENEFITS.

BUT IT IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH MORE HOURS OF WORK.

>>> HUNDREDS OF SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TOOK PART IN TODAY'S GLOBAL DAY OF CLIMATE STRIKES.

>> Reporter: THE CROWD AT PATRICK HENRY HIGH SCHOOL WALKED OUT OF CLASS AND RALLIED AT THE ABBOTT THE ATER ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE CAMPUS.

THE STUDENTS DITCH THEIR FOURTH PERIOD CLASS WITH ADMINISTRATION APPROVAL.

>> WE ALL HAD THE ABILITY TO WALK OUT OF A FOURTH PERIOD AND ADVOCATE FOR CLIMATE ACTION AND BE ABLE TO USE IT TO SPEAK UP.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID THERE IS PLENTY OF SIDES THE CLIMATE IS CHANGING.

>> EVERY YEAR IT GETS WARM AND WE HAVE MORE NATURAL DISASTERS AND NOW PEOPLE ARE GRASPING THE IDEA THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL.

>> Reporter: SHE WORDS THE WORLD WILL BECOME UNLIVABLE.

CLIMATE ACTION EVENT WAS HELD AT ABOUT A DOZEN LOCAL SCHOOLS WITH ORGANIZED SAYING THAT STUDENT VOICES WILL HAVE A MUCH LARGER REACH.

>> IT IS ALL ABOUT CREATING COMMUNITY.

IT IS ALSO ABOUT MAKING AN EFFORT IN THE OTHER PLACES OF THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD.

THIS IS A HUMAN SPECIES ISSUE SO WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: THE GLOBAL DAY OF PROTEST ARE AIMED AT RAISING AWARENESS AND CALLING FOR AN END TO THE FOSSIL FUEL ECONOMY.

>>> FROM PROTEST TO THE CELEBRATION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HONORED THE COMMUNITY BY FLYING A FIRST OF ITS KIND FLAG OVER THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

OUR REPORTER ANGIE PEREZ WAS THERE.

>>> IT IS THE SOUND OF MUSIC THAT IS MAGNIFICENTLY MARIACHI.

THE STUDENTS COME FROM ACROSS THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT REPRESENTING MANY CAMPUSES AND THE CULTURE THEY ARE SO PROUD OF.

THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THEIR CHALLENGING HISTORY TOO.

>> THEY MAY HAVE TRIED TO ERASE OUR CULTURE AND TRY TO ERASE OUR TRADITION AND OUR LANGUAGE.

THEY TRIED TO BURY OUR VOICES, BUT WE ARE A PRIDE FIELD AND RESILIENT COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: SOME OF THE STUDENTS ARE FIRST-GENERATION MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY TO ATTEND SCHOOL WITH THE HOPE OF GOING ON TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

THIS 12-YEAR-OLD IS THANKFUL TO HIS MEXICAN IMMIGRANT PARENTS.

>> THEY WANTED TO GIVE US A CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION, SOME THINGS THEY NEVER HAD.

>> Reporter: THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND PRIDE ARE CLEARLY SHOWN ON THIS NEW FLAG CREATED AND SUPPORTED BY THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND A TEAM OF EDUCATORS WHO DESIGNED IT.

THE FLAG WILL FLY FOR THE NEXT MONTH JUST BELOW THE AMERICAN AND CALIFORNIA FLAGS.

BY DESIGN THERE WAS MANY CULTURES AND COUNTRIES REPRESENTED LABELED WITH THE SPANISH WORD THAT MEANS PRIDE.

>> TO FIND AN IMAGE THAT REPRESENTS ALL OF THAT AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FLAG.

WE WANT TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTED ALL THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND GETTING AN IMAGE OF THE FLAG TO SHOW UNITY.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS UNIQUE SYMBOL IS FLYING OF THE FLAGPOLE EAR WITH THE INTENTION OF MAKING THIS AN ANNUAL EVENT.

SO WHY DOES HISPANIC HERITAGE MUCH -- MONTH EXTEND?

THAT IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SEVERAL LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES THAT WON THEIR INDEPENDENCE OVER THE 22 MONTH PERIOD.

THE STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIVING SYMBOLS OF THEIR CULTURE AND THE DIVERSITY IT BRINGS TO THE DISTRICT.

>> WHEN WE THINK OF DIVERSITY WE THINK OF THE PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT MAKE US WHO WE ARE.

THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT OUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS TAUGHT US.

>> Reporter: THAT IS A MESSAGE PUT TO MUSIC THAT WILL PLAY ON.

>>> LET'S START YOU OFF WITH YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND.

AREA SLOWLY WARMED THROUGH SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES ARE STILL ON THE RISE JUST SLIGHTLY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND ALTHOUGH BY NEXT WEEK, I MEAN SUNDAY THAT COOLING TREND IS GOING TO START.

LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL SPREAD INTO AREAS FURTHER INLAND NEXT WEEK AS WELL AS WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME INSTABILITY ALONG THE WEST COAST.

TONIGHT WE ARE DROPPING DOWN TO A LOW OF 68 WITH INCREASING CLOUD COVER'S AND AROUND THE REST OF THE REGION WE WILL SEE CLOUDS AS WELL.

THAT AS WE MOVE FURTHER INLAND THE LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING DOWN TO THE 70s AND IN THE 50s IN MOUNT LAGUNA.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW WE ARE RUNNING A FEW DEGREES BELOW THOSE HISTORICAL AVERAGES IN AREAS LIKE SAN DIEGO BUT STILL NOT TOO BAD.

AREAS FURTHER EAST, HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 96 DEGREES.

OVERALL NOT DOING TOO SHABBY AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW.

BUT ALONG THE COAST TEMPERATURES WILL BE STAYING RELATIVELY STEADY AND IT WILL BE HUMID BECAUSE WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME INSTABILITY ALONG THE WEST COAST.

TUESDAY A HIGH OF 76 DEGREES.

AREAS FURTHER INLAND WILL SEE THAT SLIGHT DROP AS WE HEAD TO THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK.

WE ARE DROPPING FROM THE MID TO UPPER 70s ON SUNDAY TO THE MID TO LOWER 70s ON MONDAY AND THEN WE WILL START TO WARM AGAIN AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK, BUT WILL START TO SEE THE CLOUDS ROLL THROUGH AREAS INLAND AGAIN LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

FOR THE MOUNTAIN SUNNY AND COOL WITH TEMPERATURES STAYING IN THE 60s.

AT LEAST THE SUNSHINE IS OUT.

IF WE LOOK AT AREAS ACROSS THE DESERT WE ARE TRENDING A LITTLE BIT BELOW THOSE HISTORICAL AVERAGES.

PLENTY OF SUNSHINE BUT LOOK AT WHERE TEMPERATURES GO BY WEDNESDAY AS WE DROP INTO THE 80s IN THE DESERT.

>>> IT IS ABOUT TO GET EASIER TO PAIR YOUR FAIR WHEN TAKING THE BUS OR THE TROLLEY.

THE MTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTED ON THURSDAY TO ALLOW PAYMENT BY CREDIT CARD OR A VIRTUAL WALLET.

>> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM LOST -- LAUNCH THEIR SYSTEM PRONTO.

WHEN CONNOR PROCTOR TRIED TO DOWNLOAD AND SET UP THE APP LAST YEAR IT WAS NOT EASY.

>> IT TOOK ME 191 TABS TO SIGN UP.

I ALMOST GAVE UP HALFWAY THROUGH.

>> Reporter: HE HAD TO ENTER HIS NAME AND CREDIT CARD INFORMATION AND ADDRESS TWICE.

AND OTHER CITIES YOU TRAVEL TO HE CAN PAY HIS TRANSIT FAIR WITH THE TAP OF THE CREDIT CARD.

HE AND SOME FRIENDS FOUNDED RIDE SD, A NONPROFIT THAT ADVOCATES FOR BETTER PUBLIC TRANSIT.

>> THIS WILL BE GREAT FOR PEOPLE GOING TO SPORTING EVENTS.

IF YOU HANG OUT AT OLD TOWNE STATION YOU WILL SEE PEOPLE STRUGGLING AND AFTER THE EVENT BIG LINE START TO FORM ESPECIALLY AT SNAPDRAGON STADIUM.

>> Reporter: THEY UPGRADE TO ALLOW THE PAYMENT WITH CREDIT OR DEBIT CARDS OR VIRTUAL WALLETS LIKE APPLE WAY WILL COST MTS ABOUT $1.2 MILLION.

BOARD MEMBERS SAY IT WILL SAVE THE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.

>> ALSO DUCEY OPTIONS POTENTIALLY IN PEOPLE WHO RIDE IT AND REDUCING, AND WE HAVE HEARD IN THIS ROOM IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES HOW MUCH FRUSTRATION THERE COULD BE AROUND NOT BEING ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THE SYSTEM.

>> Reporter: THE ADDITION OF OPEN PAYMENTS IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF MARCH NEXT YEAR.

THE BOARD OF THE NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT IS EXPECTED TO JOIN IN THE EFFORT NEXT MONTH.

>>> GETTING AROUND BY CAR IS NOT CHEAP THESE DAYS.

GAS PRICES ARE AFFECTING THE BIG PICTURE ON INFLATION AND IS TALKING ABOUT LOCAL HOME PRIVATE HITTING A BIG NUMBER IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>> Reporter: THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ROSE 3.7% AND ALMOST ALL OF IT WAS RELATED TO OIL OR GAS PRICES.

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS?

THE OPEC NATIONS HAVE CONTINUED THEIR PRODUCTION CUTS THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

WE WILL SEE A COUPLE OF VERY INTERESTING THINGS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

WE WILL SEE ONE MONTH IN OCTOBER WHERE WE WILL HAVE A BIG SHORTFALL IN THE AVAILABLE BEARS OF OIL IN THE MARKET OVER A WOMAN IS TOO WEAK STRETCH.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME IN CALIFORNIA WE ARE MOVING TO THE WINTER BLAND, A LESS EXPENSIVE GASOLINE, SO THAT WILL OFFSET SOME OF THE PRICING PRESSURE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL INFLATION PICTURE IT IS GENERALLY GOOD NEWS FROM A CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE.

EVERYWHERE ELSE WE SAW PRICES STABILIZE OR CONTINUE TO DECLINE.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE LOOKS AT IS THE CORE INFLATION NUMBER WHICH REMOVES THE MORE VOLATILE FOOD AND GAS ELEMENT.

THAT DROP FROM 4.7 DOWN TO 4.3%, SO THAT SHOULD GIVE US SOME OPTIMISM THE FED MAY NOT RAISE RATES WHEN THEY MEET NEXT WEEK.

THE GOOD NEWS FOR CONSUMERS FOR THOSE WHO GET FLUSTERED AROUND GAS PRICES IS GROCERY PRICES.

GROCERY PRICES ARE ON THE DECLINE AND THE FOOD INDEX IS AT ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN TWO YEARS.

OVERALL IT WAS A GOOD INFLATION REPORT IF YOU TAKE OUT THE OIL AND GAS PRICES.

I THINK THERE IS SOME ECONOMIST AND THE FED WHO IS BREATHING EASIER AS THEY PULL INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THE YEAR.

BOTH GOOD AND BAD NEWS FOR HOMEOWNERS.

THOSE WHO OWN A HOME AND HAVE A LOW INTEREST LOAN IT IS GREAT BECAUSE THEY ARE BUILDING EQUITY IN THEIR PROPERTY.

FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR HOMES IT IS A VERY DAUNTING NUMBER PSYCHOLOGICALLY HITTING A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE MEDIAN HOME PRICE THAT IS A MAJOR ISSUE.

THIS IS WHAT THE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATE OF REALTORS REPORTED THIS WEEK.

THE AVERAGE PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT IS $710.

JUST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THE PRICING WERE AVERAGING BETWEEN 380 $-400 PER SQUARE FOOT.

AS AN EXAMPLE IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT MILLION DOLLAR HOME AND YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A 2.5% INTEREST RATE AND LOOKING TO BUY IN AT 7% THE DIFFERENTIAL IS $1500 A MONTH IN INTEREST COSTS, AND THAT IS HOW MUCH MORE YOU WILL PAY IF YOU ARE BUYING A HOME RIGHT NOW.

REGARDLESS THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT THE HOMES ARE STAYING ON THE MARKET IS FAIRLY LOW.

FOR THE HOMES THAT ARE ON THE MARKET TODAY THEY ARE BEING SOLD WITHIN 30 DAYS WHICH IS VERY FAST WHEN YOU COMPARE TO OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

>> YOU CAN FIND TWO NICE STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.KPBS.ORG.

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HAVE A GREAT EVENING.