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>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT IS FRIDAY, JUNE 24th.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

MUCH OF OUR COVERAGE TONIGHT IS DEVOTED TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S DECISION TO OVERTURN THE 1973 ROE V. WADE DECISION THAT LEGALIZED ABORTION.

PROTESTS ARE TAKING PLACE LOCALLY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT, INCLUDING THE IMPACT HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

>>> FIRST, THE DECISION ITSELF.

WE HAVE THE LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.

>> Reporter: ROE V. WADE IS NO MORE AFTER THE COURT ISSUED AN HISTORIC OPINION FRIDAY, OVERTURNING THE LANDMARK DECISION THAT STOOD FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS.

>> WE TRUST WOMEN.

WE WON'T GO BACK.

>> Reporter: THE DECISION LAID OUT, WRITTEN BY JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO, FINDS THERE IS NO LONGER A FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO AN ABORTION.

HE WROTE IN PART, THEY WERE COURAGEOUSLY WRONG FROM THE START.

THE REASONING WAS EXCEPTIONALLY WEEKEND OF THE DECISION HAS HAD DAMAGE AND CONSEQUENT DISPUTE THE THREE DISSENTING JUDGES WARN THAT THIS DECISION WILL HAVE A WIDE RANGING IMPACT ON WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WRITING WHATEVER THE EXACT STOKE SCOPE OF THE CURRENT LAWS, ONE THING TODAY CERTAIN, THE CURTAILMENT OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS.

AT LEAST TWO DOZEN STATES ARE NOW IN POSITION TO BAN ABORTION, WHICH COULD LEAD TO A NUMBER OF FUTURE LEGAL SHOWDOWNS.

>> IT IS A SLAP INTO THE THE FACE TO WOMEN ABOUT USING THEIR OWN JUDGMENT, TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.

>> Reporter: CONSERVATIVES LIKE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE, COMMENDING THE JUSTICES FOR CUMMAQUID, HAVING THE COURAGE OF THEIR CONVICTIONS.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MEANWHILE HAD THIS TO SAY.

>> THE ONLY WAY WE CAN SECURE A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE, AND THE BALANCE THAT EXISTED, IS FOR CONGRESS TO RESTORE THE PROTECTIONS OF ROE V. WADE AS FEDERAL LAW.

>> Reporter: OUTSIDE THE SUPREME COURT, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LOCAL PROTESTERS WILL BE MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR, AS DEMONSTRATIONS GET UNDERWAY TONIGHT DOWNTOWN.

KPBS REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN IS A LIVE WITH REACTION.

>> Reporter: THAT PROTESTED DOWN HERE, I KNOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS A LITTLE BIT QUIET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WILL BE PACKED IN ABOUT AN HOUR.

SAN DIEGANS WILL BE DOWN HERE VOICING THEIR DISPLEASURE AFTER THE SUPREME COURT VOTED TO OVERTURN ROE V. WADE, AND TAKE AWAY A WOMAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO AN ABORTION.

EARLIER TODAY, WE GOT REACTION FROM LOCAL LAWMAKERS AND DOCTORS ABOUT THIS LANDMARK REVERSAL.

>> WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE NEWS, I STARTED SHAKING WITH ANGER AND RAGE.

I AM SO FURIOUS ABOUT THIS DECISION, AS A YOUNG WOMAN, AND AS ONE OF THE FEW WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN CONGRESS.

THIS DECISION FEELS VERY PERSONAL.

IT FEELS LIKE FIVE RADICAL JUDGES ARE SAYING THAT THEY KNOW MORE ABOUT MY BODY AND MY HEALTH CARE DECISIONS AND I DO POINT >> Reporter: DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN SARAH JACOBS SAYS SHE IS WORRIED ABOUT WHAT IS COMING NEXT.

>> WE ALREADY KNOW THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID THAT IF THEY GET INTO POWER, THEY WANT TO ENACT A NATIONWIDE ABORTION BAN.

IT IS UP TO ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT LET THAT HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: LOCAL ASSEMBLY MEMBER AQUILLA WEBER IS AN OB/GYN.

SHE HAS BEEN IN THE ROOM WHEN WOMEN ARE CONTEMPLATING ABORTIONS, AND WARNS THEY WILL NOT GO AWAY IN THE STATES THAT BAN THEM.

>> WHAT IT WILL MEAN IS THAT CERTAIN WOMEN, CERTAIN FAMILIES, OFTEN TIMES WHO ARE UNDERREPRESENTED, DON'T HAVE A VOICE FOR THEMSELVES, WILL HAVE TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF EITHER LEAVING THEIR STATE, WHICH IS EXPENSIVE, TO GO AND GET THE HEALTHCARE THAT SHOULD BE AFFORDED TO THEM, OR THEY WILL HAVE A PROCEDURE THAT IS UNSAFE , RISKING THEIR LIVES, AND THEIR FUTURE FERTILITY.

AND THIS IS WHY I SAY THIS IS A VERY SAD, SAD DAY ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS.

>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY SAYS THE COURTS DO NOT BELONG IN HER EXAM ROOM.

>> EVEN THOUGH I KNEW IT WAS COMING, IT WAS STILL A SHOCK, AND DEVASTATING.

I HAVE TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING, I WENT TO THEM, AND I WENT TO THEM ABOUT HOW THEIR RIGHTS ARE NOW REMOVED, AND HOW MUCH WORK THEY HAVE TO DO TO KIND OF PUT THEIR RIGHTS BACK IN THEIR HANDS.

>> Reporter: LOCAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD OFFICIALS SAY THEY EXPECT TO SEE MORE WOMEN TRAVELING FROM SO-CALLED TRIGGER STATES.

THEY WILL OUTLAW ABORTIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF TODAY'S RULING.

>> THE STAKES WE ARE UP AGAINST MAKE US MORE COMMITTED THAN EVER TO YOUR SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD STANDS FOR CARE, AND WE WON'T EVER GIVE UP, NOT NOW, NOT EVER, AND OUR DOORS ARE OPEN FOR ALL.

A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO FURTHER CODIFY THE RIGHT TO ABORTIONS IN CALIFORNIA IS EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN UP BY THE ASSEMBLY NEXT WEEK.

AN UPSET FIRST PARTNER OF CALIFORNIA DESCRIBED THE HIGH COURT'S DECISION AS A SIGN OF THE JUSTICES PRIORITIES.

>> THE COURT HAS PROVEN THAT IT BELIEVES GUNS SHOULD HAVE MORE RIGHTS THAN WOMEN.

THIS IS INSANE.

THIS IS TOXIC MASCULINITY AT WORK IN THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY'S LONE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN, REPRESENTATIVE DARRELL ISA, ISSUED A STATEMENT ON TWITTER THAT SAYS IN PART, TODAY IS A GREAT DAY FOR THE CAUSE AND PRINCIPLE OF LIFE.

THE SUPREME COURT UPHELD ITS CORE OBLIGATION TO DISCHARGE ITS DUTIES FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY.

NOW STATE LAWMAKERS ARE HOPING TO PASS THAT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN TIME SO THAT IT CAN GO BEFORE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER.

NOW THAT WOULD TAKE, REQUIRE A TWO THIRDS VOTE FOR THAT TO PASS.

BEHIND ME HERE TO ATTEND OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE, DEMONSTRATORS ARE STARTING TO GATHER FOR THIS PROTEST AFTER THE SUPREME COURT VOTED TO OVERTURN ROE V. WADE.

SCHEDULED TO START AROUND 6:30.

WE ARE EXPECTING A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWN HERE.

THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION HAPPENING NEAR WATERFRONT PARK.

>>> TODAY'S SUPREME COURT RULING WILL HAVE THE MOST LONG-LASTING EFFECT ON THE YOUNGER GENERATION.

IT BECOMES A TEACHABLE MOMENT IN HISTORY, AS OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES WITH KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER MG PEREZ.

>> Reporter: CAMPUS TOURS ARE UNDERWAY THIS WEEK ACROSS SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY.

PARENTS HAVE COME HERE TO CONSIDER THE SCHOOL AS THE NEXT STEP IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION.

THE NEWS FROM THE SUPREME COURT THIS MORNING WILL NOW BE A NEW CHAPTER IN HISTORY.

>> IT'S HORRIBLE THAT THESE JUSTICES ARE IMPARTING, YOU KNOW , A LAW ON OTHER PEOPLE'S RIGHTS TO PRIVACY.

>> IF THEY CAN ATTACK A WOMAN'S BODY, THEN THEY CAN ATTACK A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.

>> Reporter: AN SDSU SENIOR STUDYING NURSING, SHE IS ON CAMPUS FOR SUMMER CLASSES, WITH PLANS FOR A PHD AND HER OWN PRACTICE IN WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE SOMEDAY, TO EDUCATE PATIENTS FACED WITH TERMINATING A PREGNANCY.

>> IT IS NOT EASY TO BE A PARENT, AND PEOPLE THAT MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, I'M SURE DOESN'T COME FROM A LIGHTHEARTED PLACE.

>> Reporter: HUNDREDS OF APPLICANTS CAME TO A JOB FAIR ON THE CAMPUS OF SAN DIEGO UNIFIED EDUCATION CENTER TODAY.

THEY CAME LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT, KNOWING THEY WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THE HISTORIC ABORTION-RIGHTS RULING WITH STUDENTS THIS FALL.

JACOB IS CREDENTIALED TO TEACH WORLD AND U.S. HISTORY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

HERE IS HIS PLAN.

>> I GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION TO CREATE THEIR OWN DIALOGUE, THEN I ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE THAT OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, INCLUDING TALKING TO THEIR PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.

>> IT IS AN IMPORTANT DECISION THAT HAPPENED TODAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS.

>> Reporter: CARMEN IS LOOKING FOR A JOB AS A PRESCHOOL TEACHERS ASSISTANT.

SHE IS HEARTBROKEN ABOUT THE LONG-LASTING IMPACT ON THE YOUNGEST GENERATION.

>> IT IS SAD, BECAUSE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS OVER SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT.

EVERYBODY IS SUPPOSED TO DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED BOARD OF EDUCATION MADE THE DISTRICT'S OPINION ON THIS ISSUE CLEAR BACK IN MAY, WHEN A DRAFT OF THE SUPREME COURT RULING LEAKED.

A FEW DAYS LATER, THE BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT SAID IN PART, THE DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHAMPION AND LEADER OF HEALTH EQUITY AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS FOR ALL.

MORE LIFE LESSONS TO BE TAUGHT AS HISTORY IS BEING MADE.

MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS .

>>> THIS DECISION IS CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION FOR ABORTION-RIGHTS OPPONENTS, BUT IT IS NOT AS BLACK-AND-WHITE AS IT MAY SEEM.

MANY FEAR THIS DECISION COULD DRIVE A WEDGE FOR PEOPLE WHO FEEL MARGINALIZED.

KITTY ALVARADO SPOKE WITH A LOCAL PASTOR, AND A POLITICIAN, WHO BOTH BELIEVE PEOPLE SHOULD COME FIRST ON AN EMOTIONAL DAY LIKE TODAY.

>>> MY REACTION IS MIXED, WHICH YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT TO HEAR FROM A PASTOR OF A CHURCH.

>> Reporter: WHILE SOME ARE CELEBRATING TODAY'S SUPREME COURT DECISION, PASTOR PHIL METZGER OF CALVARY SAN DIEGO IS TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH.

HE SAYS THERE IS NO DOUBT TODAY IS A VICTORY FOR LIFE, BUT IT IS ALSO A DAY TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THIS RULING.

>> THERE IS A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T SEE TODAY AS A VICTORY.

THEY SEE IT AS A HUGE LOSS, AND I DON'T HAVE TO KIND OF RUB THAT IN ON ANYBODY, LIKE HOORAY FOR THIS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO DEMONIZE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD TO MAKE THE HARD CHOICE OF HAVING AN ABORTION.

>> Reporter: HE ALSO SAYS IT'S NOT JUST WOMEN WHO ARE FEELING FEARFUL AFTER THIS RULING.

IT IS ALSO PEOPLE ON THE MARGINS, INCLUDING THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

>> IT'S A REALITY THAT WHEN ONE DOMINO FALLS, AND MAKES US ALL GO HOW MANY OTHER DOMINOES ARE ABOUT TO FALL.

I GET THE FEAR THAT CERTAIN COMMUNITIES IN OUR STATE AND COUNTRY FEEL.

>> Reporter: SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEM TONI ATKINS OF SAN DIEGO SAYS SHE HAS BEEN GETTING CALLS OF PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS AND CREEDS WHO ARE FEARFUL OF WHAT IS NEXT.

>> ESPECIALLY AS YOU SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN OTHER STATES, LIKE FLORIDA, THERE IS A REASON PEOPLE ARE AFRAID, AND HAVE ALREADY HEARD FROM THE LGBTQ CAUCUS THIS MORNING.

>> Reporter: SHE GOT EMOTIONAL ABOUT WOMEN WHO MIGHT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT TRAVELING FOR ABORTIONS.

>> IS GOING TO BECOME MORE OF A COMPLETED PROCEDURE.

IS GOING TO BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE, AND TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.

YOU KNOW, I JUST CAN'T -- I CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST FEEL LIKE TO BE ONE OF THOSE WOMEN.

>> Reporter: ROBERT McELROY IS THE LEADER OF THE SAN DIEGO ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE WHO ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING, WHILE THE CHURCH CELEBRATES THE DECISION, MORE MUST BE DONE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES, ADDING IN MANY WAYS, OUR WORK HAS JUST BEEN BEGUN.

BACK AT CALVARY SAN DIEGO, METZGER SAYS NOW MORE THAN EVER, NO MATTER WHAT WE BELIEVE, WE MUST REACH OUT AND LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR, BECAUSE CHANCES ARE WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD A MAKE A DECISION WE HAVEN'T HAD TO MAKE OURSELVES.

>> EVERYPLACE, I DON'T CARE WHAT INSTITUTION IT IS, STATISTICALLY SOMEBODY IN THAT GROUP HAD AN ABORTION.

SO WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, ARE THEY MY ENEMY?

THEY ARE NOT.

AND WHATEVER REASON BROUGHT THEM TO MAKING THESE HARD CHOICES, GOD LOVES THEM.

>> Reporter: KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THIS SUPREME COURT RULING WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE THREE NEWEST INJUSTICES NOMINATED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.

TWO WERE RUSHED THROUGH WEEKS BEFORE ELECTIONS, AND ANOTHER WAS GIVEN A SEAT HELD VACANT BY REPUBLICAN SENATORS DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.

ALL WERE ASKED IF THEY WOULD OVERTURN ROE V. WADE.

HERE IS HOW THEY ANSWERED.

>> IS ROE SUPER PRECEDENT?

>> HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE A SUPER PRECEDENT?

I'M ANSWERING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT ROE WHICH INDICATES THAT ROE DOESN'T FALL IN THAT CATEGORY, AND SCHOLARS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM SAY THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ROE SHOULD BE OVERRULED, BUT DESCRIPTIVELY IT DOES MEAN THAT IT IS NOT A CASE THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCEPTED, AND DOESN'T CALL FOR ITS OVERRULING.

>> AS A JUDGE IT IS AN IMPORTANT PRECEDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT, BY IT I MEAN ROE V. WADE AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD VERSUS CASEY , HAS BEEN REAFFIRMED MANY TIMES.

CASEY IS PRESIDENT ON PRECEDENT.

WHICH ITSELF IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR.

>> SENATORS, THE BOOK EXPLAINS, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES IS HELD IN ROE V. WADE THAT A FETUS IS NOT A PERSON FOR PURPOSES OF THE 14th AMENDMENT, AND THE BOOK EXPLAINS THAT.

>> YOU ACCEPT THAT?

>> THAT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND.

I ACCEPT THE LAW OF THE LAND, SENATOR, YES.

>> PBS NEWS HOUR WILL HAVE SPECIAL COVERAGE TONIGHT ON THE SUPREME COURT DECISION.

IT STARTS AT 8:00 HERE ON KPBS , AND WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER LIVE UPDATE ON THE PROTEST HAPPENING DOWNTOWN TONIGHT LATER ON IN THIS NEWSCAST.

>>> THIS MORNING'S RULING WAS ANNOUNCED JUST HOURS AFTER A RARE MOMENT OF BIPARTISAN COOPERATION ON GUN SAFETY.

WE HAVE MORE ON THE VOTE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTION IN YEARS TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA.

>>> ON THIS ABOUT, THE YAYS ARE 234, AND THEN DAYS ARE 193.

THE NOTION IS ADOPTED.

>> Reporter: IN WHAT AMOUNTS TO THE FIRST MAJOR FEDERAL GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION IN DECADES, CONGRESS APPROVED A BIPARTISAN GUN DEAL FRIDAY.

>> BECAME TO STORY FIRST STEP OF ENDING THE EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS NATION.

>> Reporter: THE GUN VIOLENCE SAVER COMMUNITIES ACT INCLUDE $750 MILLION FOR MENTAL HEALTH, SCHOOL SAFETY, CRISIS INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, AND INCENTIVES FOR STATES TO ENACT RED FLAG LAWS.

THE MEASURE ALSO MAKES CHANGES TO THE GUN PURCHASING PROCESS FOR PEOPLE AGES 18 TO 21.

IT CLOSES THE SO-CALLED BOYFRIEND LOOPHOLE, BANNING ANYONE CONVICTED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST A PARTNER IN A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP FROM OWNING A GUN.

LAWMAKERS WERE SPURRED TO ACTION IN THE AFTERMATH OF RECENT MASS SHOOTINGS TOOK THE BIPARTISAN DEAL REQUIRED THE SUPPORT OF 15 REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE.

>> THIS IS THE SWEET SPOT, MADAM PRESIDENT, MAKING AMERICA SAFER, ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS IN SCHOOL, WITHOUT MAKING OUR COUNTRY ONE BIT LESS FREE.

>> Reporter: STILL, HOUSE REPUBLICANS LINED UP IN OPPOSITION OF THE BILL.

>> TODAY, THEY ARE COMING AFTER YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT LIBERTIES.

I WOULD URGE A NO VOTE.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO SIGN THE BILL INTO LAW.

KPBS NEWS .

>>> CHILDCARE IS ARE DEFINED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THAT 1 IN 8 CHILDCARE CENTERS CLOSED DURING COVID.

SOME AREAS WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY HIT, CREATING WHAT ARE CALLED CHILDCARE DESERTS.

>> Reporter: 14-MONTH-OLD HAS A LOT TO SAY.

NORMAL FOR A TODDLER, BUT NOT FOR HIS MOM'S WORK MEETINGS.

>> I'M TRYING TO SCRAMBLE AND FIND BACKUP FOR TAKING CARE OF MY SON WHILE I FINISH UP THE WORK DAY.

I MEAN, IF HE WAS IN DAYCARE IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT.

>> Reporter: BUT HE'S NOT IN DAYCARE, BECAUSE ALL OF THE SLOTS IN HIS RURAL NORTH COUNTY TOWN FALLBROOK ARE TAKEN.

>> WE ARE ON FIVE WAIT LISTS.

IT STRETCHES FROM HERE IN FALLBROOK DOWN TO OCEANSIDE.

EVERYBODY IS BOOKED.

>> Reporter: HER AND OTHER FALLBROOK PARENTS ARE LIVING IN THE BIGGEST CHILDCARE DESERT IN THE COUNTY.

THERE IS JUST ONE LICENSED CHILDCARE SLOT FOR EVERY FOUR KIDS UNDER AGE 5 IN THE REGION, ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE SAN DIEGO YMCA.

>> IS NOT JUST FALLBROOK.

IT'S OCEANSIDE, VISTA, YOU MIGHT GET LUCKY TO GET SOMETHING INTO MACULA, BUT THAT IS, A 30 MINUTE DRIVE FROM HERE.

>> Reporter: THE NEED FOR CHILDCARE IS DIRE EVERYWHERE.

STAFFING SHORTAGES, RISING COSTS, AND COVID FOREST MANY OF THESE CHILDCARE BUSINESSES TO CLOSE.

ADDED CHALLENGES MAKE THIS SITUATION EVEN WORSE IN THE FALLBROOK REGION.

>> A LOT OF THE BUILDINGS ARE OLDER, SO SOMETIMES THEY DON'T MEET THE REGULATIONS FOR LICENSING.

>> Reporter: NIKKI OWNS ONE OF THE FEW PRESCHOOLS IN THE AREA.

AT LEAST SEVEN OTHER CHILDCARE CENTERS CLOSED DURING COVID ACCORDING TO STATE LICENSING DATA.

>> THE PROVIDERS WERE OLDER AND DID NOT WANT TO RISK OR HAD CAUGHT COVID, AND DID NOT WANT TO RISK EXPOSING OTHER PEOPLE, BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE OLDER, THEY DECIDED TO RETIRE.

>> Reporter: THE PROXIMATE HE TO CAMP PENDLETON MEANS LOTS OF FAMILIES WITH YOUNG KIDS LIVE THERE, AND THOSE KIDS MIGHT NOT GET INTO MILITARY CHILDCARE.

THE POPULATION OF KIDS UNDER 5 HAS GROWN 16% IN THE LAST 10 YEARS COME A FAR OUTPACING OVERALL POPULATION GROWTH, AND SUPPLY HAS NOT KEPT UP WITH DEMAND.

SHE IS ABOUT TO ADD 24 MORE SLOTS SPECIFICALLY FOR INFANTS.

>> I HAVEN'T ADVERTISED OR DONE ANYTHING.

I'VE HAD PEOPLE COMING BY, AND STOPPING, AND ASKING ABOUT INFANT CARE, AND WHEN IT'S GOING TO OPEN.

I HAVE 20 FAMILIES ON A WAITING LIST.

>> BE AWARE OF THE NEED, KIND OF TALKING TO PARENTS, OF QUALITY CHILDCARE IN THE AREA.

>> Reporter: AND OTHER FALLBROOK RESIDENT DENNIS ASHWORTH RECENTLY RETIRED, AND DURING COVID, DECIDED TO OPEN A HOME CHILDCARE WITH HIS WIFE.

>> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN UNDER 2, AND THREE CHILDREN OVER TO MAC.

THE PHONE HAS BEEN RINGING OFF THE HOOK.

MOMS WITH REALLY YOUNG CHILDREN ARE LOOKING FOR DAYCARE.

>> Reporter: ESTATE CURRENTLY HAS FUNDING TO HELP PROVIDERS LIKE THE ASHWORTH'S GET THERE CHILDCARE LICENSE.

>> HELPING THEM OPEN THEIR LICENSE FOR THE FIRST TIME, OR EXPAND THEIR LICENSE TO A LARGE LICENSE.

ALSO IF THEY WANT TO EXPAND TO NONTRADITIONAL HOURS, OR TO CHANGE THE CHILDREN THEY CARE FOR TO INCLUDE INFANTS AND TODDLERS.

>> ♪ IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT ♪ CLAP YOUR HANDS ♪ >> Reporter: ASH WORD JUST EXPANDED HIS LICENSE TO TAKE IN MORE KIDS.

HE'S GLAD TO USE HIS ENERGY AT HOME TO HELP FAMILIES IN HIS VILLAGE.

>> IF WE WEREN'T DOING THIS, WHAT WOULD I BE DOING?

I'D BE SITTING AROUND AND GETTING OLD, OLDER.

I THINK IT DOES KEEP YOU YOUNG, AND IT IS KIND OF EXCITING.

EVERY MORNING THE PARENTS PULL UP WITH THE KIDS, AND YOU CHITCHAT WITH THEM, AND THE KIDS ARE ALWAYS EXCITED.

IT IS A GOOD THING.

>> Reporter: HE KNOWS ADDING A FEW MORE SPACES AT HIS HOME DOES LITTLE TO CHANGE FALLBROOK'S STATUS AS A CHILDCARE DESERT.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> JUST IN TIME FOR ANOTHER HEAT WAVE, SAN DIEGO'S MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY FINALLY HAS A NEW POOL.

WE GO TO THE LONG-AWAITED OPENING DAY.

>> Reporter: AFTER SEVEN YEARS WITHOUT A POOL, HUNDREDS OF KIDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WERE AT JACKIE ROBINSON FAMILY YMCA IN SOUTH SAN DIEGO TODAY TO ENJOY THE GRAND OPENING OF THE FACILITY'S AQUATIC CENTER.

JACKIE ROBINSON FAMILY YMCA DIRECTOR SAYS THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

>> THIS POOL IS MORE THAN JUST A POOL.

IT IS A SYMBOL OF ACCESS, COMMUNITY, AND BELONGING FOR ALL WITH THIS NEW INCREDIBLE AMENITY WE HOPE TO CREATE A POSITIVE COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE THAT PROVIDES EVERYONE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT LEAD TO HEALTHY AND HAPPY LIVES.

>> Reporter: ON THE HOT LATE JUNE FRIDAY, SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCILMEMBER MONICA MONTGOMERY STEP TOLD THE CROWD THAT OVER 80% OF LOW INCOME CHILDREN HAVE NEVER TAKEN A SWIMMING LESSON.

>> THIS IS ALARMING, BECAUSE WE ALSO KNOW THAT DROWNING CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE TOP ACCIDENTAL DEATHS OF OUR KIDS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER MONTHS.

GIVING OUR CHILDREN A PLACE TO TAKE SWIMMING LESSONS CLOSE TO THEIR HOMES CAN SAVE LIVES IN THE FUTURE.

>> Reporter: YMCA BOARD MEMBER JEAN BAILEY SAID THE COMMUNITY HAD BEEN ASKING FOR THIS PROJECT FOR DECADES, BUT LACKS THE FUNDING UNTIL RECENTLY.

>> TO THE YOUNGSTERS WHO ARE LISTENING TODAY, VICTORY, DREAM BIG, WORK VERY, VERY HARD, AND NEVER, NEVER, EVER GIVE UP.

MAC OFFICIAL HOURS FOR THE POOL ARE STILL UNDECIDED, AND WILL DEPEND ON THE AVAILABILITY TO STAFF LIFEGUARDS.

THE CENTER WILL BE OFFERING 70 FREE SWIM LESSONS IN THE COMING MONTHS.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER HEADLINES, IT LOOKS LIKE THE WEEKEND WILL BE SEASONABLY WARM AND DRY AROUND THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES.

INLAND WILL BE WARMER.

IT WILL BE HOT AND BREEZY IN THE MOUNTAINS.

THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED FIRE THREAT.

LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK, IT LOOKS LIKE MOISTURE WILL RETURN.

IT WILL BE WARM AND HUMID, AND THERE COULD BE SPOTTY STORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

ON THE WATER VAPOR LOOP, THE AIR HAS REALLY DRIED OUT.

THAT IS A DRIVE FLOW RIGHT OVER US.

FOR TONIGHT, LOW CLOUDS AND FOG, AND TEMPERATURES DROP DOWN TO 64 IN THE METRO AREA.

AS WE TAKE A LOOK AROUND OUR REGION, BORREGO SPRINGS, 78 AT MOUNT LAGUNA, 59 OCEANSIDE 59, EL CAJON AT 63.

HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR WEEKEND WEATHER.

WE WILL HAVE A WEAK ONSHORE FLOW COMFORTABLE AT THE COAST.

HOT AND DRY IN THE INTERIOR WITH THAT ELEVATED FIRE THREAT.

WE WILL HAVE MORNING CLOUDS RIGHT ALONG THE COAST AND THE BEACHES, BUT THE MARINE LAYER, PRETTY SHALLOW.

THAT SHOULD MELT AWAY IN THE AFTERNOON.

AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE FORECAST, SATURDAY, BEAUTIFUL RIGHT NEAR THE COAST.

MID TO UPPER 70s.

INLAND SECTIONS GETTING HOT.

93 IN EL CAJON.

BORREGO SPRINGS, 109.

CAMPO IS AT 94.

LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK, THE UPPER HIGH WILL BE TO THE NORTH.

THAT COULD ALLOW SOME OF THE MOISTURE TO COME IN FROM THE EAST.

THAT IS WHY WE THINK THERE COULD BE SOME SPOTTY STORMS RETURNING IN THE MOUNTAINS.

CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE ALONG THE COAST, A BIT WARMER EARLY PARTS OF NEXT WEEK.

INLAND SECTIONS, DRY, AND HOT WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.

CLONE IDS FOR THE MOST PART.

THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE BREEZY, AND THERE COULD BE SOME STORMS AROUND AS MOISTURE RETURNS EARLY NEXT WEEK.

AS WE TAKE YOU TO THE DESERTS, SUNNY AND HOT.

>>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF.

TONIGHT ON "NEWS HOUR" THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ROE V. WADE , UPENDING NEARLY 50 YEARS OF ABORTION RIGHTS IN THE U.S., COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS .

>>> AND NOW LET US GO BACK TO KPBS REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN LIVE IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, WHERE A PROTEST OF TODAY'S SUPREME COURT RULING ON ABORTION IS HAPPENING TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: EARLIER WE TOLD YOU IT WAS QUIET DOWN HERE, BUT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE COMING.

AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, THE CROWDS ARE STARTING TO COME HERE DOWNTOWN IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE.

THIS PROTEST IS OBVIOUSLY HAPPENING AFTER THE SUPREME COURT VOTED TO OVERTURN ROE V. WADE, AND TAKE AWAY A WOMAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO AN ABORTION.

AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, ORGANIZERS ARE GETTING READY FOR THIS DEMONSTRATION.

IT IS SCHEDULED TO REALLY START TAKING OFF AT 6:30.

WE TALKED WITH ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS, AND THEY ARE HOPING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE COMING OUT.

SHE SAID THAT ROE HAD BEEN UNDER ATTACK EVER SINCE IT BECAME THE LAW OF THE LAND.

PEOPLE HERE SAY THEY ARE NOT SO WORRIED ABOUT CALIFORNIA , BUT THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ACCESS IN STATES WITH TRIGGER LAWS.

THEY SAY IT WILL DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ABLE TO DO THINGS LIKE TRAVEL FOR ABORTIONS.

PEOPLE HERE ARE ALSO SAYING THAT ABORTIONS AND STATES THAT BANNED THEM, THEY WILL NOT GO AWAY.

INSTEAD WOMEN BE HAVING UNSAFE ABORTIONS.

THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER RALLY SCHEDULED HERE DOWNTOWN NEAR THE WATERFRONT.

THAT ONE IS STARTING AT 7:00, AND ORGANIZERS HERE TELL ME THERE WILL ALSO BE ANOTHER PROTEST OVER THE WEEKEND.

THAT ONE WILL BE IN ESCONDIDO.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS .

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