>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWELL FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES, FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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>>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 4th.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM I IN TROUBLE SEE.

FIRST, IT WAS THE BOMBSHELL LEAK OF THE OVERTURN OF ROE V. WADE, AND THE REALITY OF WHAT TO DO NEXT IF THIS SUPREME COURT DOES OVERTURN IT.

AND WHAT CLINICS ARE PREPARING FOR, IF THAT DOES HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: LOOKING AT THE MAKEUP OF THE COURT, WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR MANY VERY BAD OUTCOMES, THIS BEING THE WORST.

DR. INTERNET IS THE HEAD OF THE SOUTHWEST, COVERING SAN DIEGO, AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES.

SHE SAID EVEN BEFORE THIS, 50% OF PATIENTS SEEN AT THEIR IMPERIAL CLINIC WERE OUT OF STATE OR FROM OUT OF COUNTRY.

>> EITHER CROSSING THE BORDER FROM MEXICO OR COMING FROM ARIZONA.

>> Reporter: WITH UP TO 26 STATES POISED TO BAN OR MORE SEVERELY RESTRICT ABORTION IF ROE V. WADE IS OVERTURNED, PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS EXPECTING A NEW WAVE OF PATIENTS.

>> WE ARE EXPECTING A DRAMATIC INCREASE.

THERE IS NO CRYSTAL BALL, IT IS HARD TO PREDICT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE.

BUT WE ARE PREPARING.

>> Reporter: GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM IS PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO CALIFORNIA'S CONSTITUTION WHICH WOULD FURTHER SOLIDIFY A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE DEFEATED.

CERTAINLY NOT HERE, IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

IN FACT, WE ARE GOING FURTHER.

AND WHILE IT IS WELL- ESTABLISHED IN STATUTES SINCE 2002, THAT WE ARE A REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM STATE.

WE ARE GOING TO ENSHRINE THAT, CODIFY THAT, AS WE SHOULD, IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION.

>> Reporter: LOCAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY SOMEONE COULD CROSS STATE LINES TO GET AN ABORTION HERE.

>> PATIENTS WILL COME WHERE THEY HAVE A SUPPORT NETWORK, SOMEWHERE THEY CAN STAY.

ALSO, WHERE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO FEEL STIGMATIZED FOR COMING IN AND HAVING AN ABORTION.

CALIFORNIA IS A BEACON FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THAT ABORTION IS HEALTHCARE, AND AS A DOCTOR, SHE IS WORRIED ABOUT WOMEN LOSING ACCESS.

>> IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SAFETY OF ABORTION.

BECAUSE ABORTION IS VERY SAFE.

IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS, IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH PEOPLE'S RELIGIOUS FERVOR, AND THAT HAS NO BUSINESS IN MY EXAM ROOM.

>> Reporter: A FINAL DECISION ON ROE V. WADE COULD COME AS EARLY AS NEXT MONTH.

NOT MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LEGENDARY CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER HAS JOINED THE FIGHT TO PROTECT ROE V. WADE, AND OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS.

THE COFOUNDER OF THE UNITED FARM WORKERS UNION SPOKE TO STUDENTS AT SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE THIS AFTERNOON.

SHE HAD STRONG WORDS FOR THE CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES.

SHE SAID THAT THEIR PUSH TO BAN ABORTION EMBOLDENS THEIR RIGHT- WING SUPPORTERS.

>> THE HATERS, THE PEOPLE, THE ANTI-WOMEN'S RIGHTS, THE ONES THAT ARE ANTI-DAY, THEY ARE THE SAME ONES THAT ARE ANTI- IMMIGRANT, OKAY?

THEY ARE THE SAME ONES THAT ARE TRYING TO SUPPRESS THE VOTE.

>> THEY SAY THAT CHAVEZ WORKED TO HAVE CALIFORNIA FARMWORKERS GO BACK TO THE 1970s.

AT THE AGE OF 92, SHE CONTINUES TO TRAVEL THE COUNTRY IN SUPPORT OF UNIONS, AND THE RIGHTS OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.

AND WE ARE FOLLOWING ALL OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON ROE V. WADE, AT KPBS.ORG.

ON OUR HOME PAGE, YOU WILL FIND A SPOTLIGHT ON OUR LOCAL COVERAGE, AS WELL AS STATE AND NATIONAL STORIES.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO'S POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION SAY THAT VIOLENT CRIME AND MURDERS ARE ON THE RISE AT PUBLIC PARKS.

KPBS CITY HEIGHTS REPORTER JACOB HARRIS SAYS THAT A CITY COUNCILMEMBER CLAIMED SHE WAS UNFAIRLY TARGETED BY THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE SPIKE.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO POLICE SAY THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT WHAT THEY SAY ARE INCREASING NUMBERS OF MURDERS AND VIOLENT CRIME AT CITY PARKS.

POLICE UNION PRESIDENT, JARROD WILSON, SAYS THAT THE SPIKE IS HAPPENING AT ALL CORNERS OF THE CITY.

>> ON FRIDAY NIGHT, THERE WAS THE 12th HOMICIDE IN A SAN DIEGO CITY PARK IN THE LAST YEAR, AND THE DATA SHOWS THAT IS A DRASTIC UPTAKE AND MURDERS IN CITY PARKS.

>> Reporter: IN A NEWS RELEASE, THE POLICE UNION THING ABOUT CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT MONTGOMERY STEPP, WHO HAS THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE.

BECAUSE SHE SAID THAT SHE WANTS TO DIVERT POLICE FUNDING.

BUT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY THAT HER STATEMENT IS JUST NOT TRUE.

ACCORDING TO MONTGOMERY STEPP, A LACK OF RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITIES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 8 HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.

>> BUT VIOLENCE IS NOT BIOLOGICAL.

IT HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED WITH OVER POLICING.

AND IT HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED WITH MORE FUNDING.

AND UNTIL WE ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF VIOLENCE AND CRIME, WE WILL CONTINUE SEEING THE EXACT SAME ISSUES THAT WE SEE IN OUR CITY, AND IN OUR SYSTEMS.

>> Reporter: WILSON SAID SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE.

HE IS PROPOSING TO DO POLICING, THAT IT MAKES A COMEBACK IN SAN DIEGO.

>> PREVENTING CRIME IS POSSIBLE IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES, THAT IS WHERE POLICE OFFICERS CAN INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY, THEY CAN DO THOSE TYPES OF FOOT PATROLS, THEY CAN DO THOSE POLICING, BUT WE CANNOT DO THAT WITH THE STAFFING THAT WE HAVE.

THAT IS WHY WE ARE RAISING A RED FLAG AND ASKING FOR HELP.

>> Reporter: MONTGOMERY STEPP SAYS SHE ENCOURAGES THE POLICE UNIT TO PRESENT THEIR SOLUTIONS AT THE NEXT MEETING.

SHE PROPOSES INITIATIVES FOR FUNDING MORTGAGE AND COMMITTEE PROGRAMS, ADDING MORE STREETLIGHTS, AND TAKING DONE GRAFFITI TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

SHE SAYS THOSE EFFORTS WILL ENFORCE CRIME PREVENTION BY ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, AND REDUCE VIOLENT CRIMES AND HOMICIDES.

JACOB BERRY, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THIS IS NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK, A TIME TO CELEBRATE A TIME OF THE ECONOMY THAT IS VITAL TO SAN DIEGO.

KPBS REPORTER, JOHN CARROLL, SAYS THAT LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL LEADERS IN THE INDUSTRY GATHERED TODAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE SPOTLIGHT OF WORK BEING DONE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR VISITOR FOCUSED ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: THE LIVELIHOOD OF ABOUT 200,000 PEOPLE IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION ARE TIED DIRECTLY TO TRAVEL AND TOURISM, A FACT KNOWN ALL TOO WELL BY THE PEOPLE GATHERED IN A SUITE AT THE TOP OF THE WYNDHAM BASED SIDE RESORT TODAY.

>> AND WE KNOW THAT THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HARD, BUT I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT OUR INDUSTRY HAS EMERGED STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT THAN BEFORE.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO'S ECONOMY IS OFTEN TALKED ABOUT AS A THREE-LEGGED STOOL.

THERE IS THE MILITARY AND BIOTECH SECTORS, AND THEY DID PRETTY WELL DURING THE PANDEMIC.

AND THEN THERE IS TOURISM -- NOT SO GOOD DURING THE PANDEMIC.

AND WHILE IT IS REBOUNDING, THERE IS STILL A WAYS TO GO.

>> WHERE WE STILL STRUGGLE IS THE BUSINESS TRAVELERS, FOLKS WHO ARE STILL ON ZOOM, AND NOT TRAVELING FOR OUR CONVENTION.

AND FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS.

>> COMING UP THIS SUMMER, WE ARE HOPING THIS IS A RECORD YEAR FOR TAURUS AND PEER >> Reporter: IS PRESIDENT OF THE CEO AND LODGING ASSOCIATION, CHIP ROGERS HAS HIS FINGER ON THE PULSE OF WHAT IS NEW AND HOT IN TOURISM.

ON THAT NOTE, HE INTRODUCED A NEW WORD, DESCRIBING A NEW TREND THAT COULD REALLY HELP SAN DIEGO.

>> THIS IS A TERM WE HAVE CREATED, WITH BUSINESS AND LEISURE MIXED TOGETHER.

IN FACT, 90% OF BUSINESS TRAVELERS SAY THAT THEY INTEND TO ADD LEISURE ACTIVITIES TO THEIR TRIPS.

>> Reporter: DATA FROM THE ASSOCIATION SHOWS THAT FOR EVERY $100 A PERSON SPENDS ON A HOTEL ROOM, THEY SPENT $222 LOCALLY ON RESTAURANTS, THE ARTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT.

BUT AS THIS REBOUND HAPPENED, THE REBOUND AUTHORITY, JULIE, SAYS THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP EQUITY AND INCLUSIVITY AS FOCAL POINTS.

>> WELL, WE HAD AN INDUSTRY WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A CAREER THAT ALLOWS YOU TO MOVE UP WITHOUT A DEGREE.

IT IS FLEXIBLE.

THERE ARE HIGH-PAYING JOBS, THERE ARE SUSTAINABLE CAREERS.

>> Reporter: AND THERE IS A MEASURE OF SECURITY, AS WELL, BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS WANT TO COME VISIT OUR BEAUTIFUL CORNER OF THE WORLD.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TOM CRUISE AND THE CAST OF TALK ON JET TO SAN DIEGO.

COMING UP ON EVENING EDITION, A LOOK AT THE PREMIERE FOR A LONG- AWAITED SEQUEL.

>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN PUT FORTH PLANS TODAY TO REDUCE THE NATION'S DEFICIT, AND PRAISE THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE.

HE DID SO AS THE FEDERAL RESERVE MOVES TO RAISE INTEREST RATES.

GLORIA HAS BEEN A LOOKS AT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR AMERICANS.

>> Reporter: THE FEDERAL RESERVE ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY THAT IT IS PULLING BACK ECONOMIC SUPPORT, RAISING INTEREST RATES BY A HALF A PERCENTAGE POINT.

THAT WILL BE A FIRST IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES.

>> INFLATION IS MUCH TOO HIGH, AND WE UNDERSTAND THE HARDSHIP IT IS CAUSING.

>> Reporter: THE POLICIES OUTLINED THE CENTRAL BANK'S STRATEGY TO COOL DOWN THE ECONOMY AS RAPID INFLATION CONTINUES.

THAT MEANS THAT YOUR BORROWING COSTS ARE LIKELY ABOUT TO GET HIGHER.

MORTGAGE RATES, CREDIT CARD INTEREST, AUTO AND STUDENT LOANS, COULD ALL INCREASE.

>> WE ARE ON TRACK TO CUT THE FEDERAL DEFICIT BY ANOTHER $1.5 TRILLION BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

THE BIGGEST DECLINE IN A SINGLE YEAR EVER, IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

>> Reporter: BRINGING DOWN THE DEFICIT COULD HELP EASE PRESSURES BROUGHT ON BY INFLATION.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS UNDER PRESSURE TO REDUCE INFLATION, AS MIDTERM ELECTIONS APPROACH, AND REPUBLICANS SEEK TO CAPITALIZE ON VOTERS' CONCERNS ABOUT THE ECONOMY.

>> THE AVERAGE AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD IS SPENDING AN EXTRA $5200 THIS YEAR.

$433 PER MONTH.

THAT IS EXTRA EXPENSES, JUST FROM INFLATION.

THEY DON'T GET MORE GOODS AND SERVICES WITH ALL OF THAT EXTRA MONEY.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE LABOR MARKET REMAINS STRONG, THE FEDERAL INCREASE COULD SLOW DOWN HIRING, AND WAGE GROWTH.

AMERICANS ARE EARNING MORE.

BUT, BASIC COSTS LIKE GAS, FOOD, AND ELECTRICITY, HAVE ALL INCREASED SINCE LAST YEAR.

GLORIA, KPBS NEWS.

>>> NEW INFORMATION ON A NEW VARIANT OF OMICRON, THE SPINOFF IS CAUSING MORE NEW COVID-19 CASES IN THE U.S. MANDY HAS THE LATEST NUMBERS, AND WHAT EXPERTS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS NEW VARIANT.

>> Reporter: IT IS ANOTHER OMICRON VARIANT OFFSHOOT -- A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS SPINOFF OF COBIT GAINING STEAM IN THE U.S.

IT HAS CAUSED MORE THAN 1 IN 3 NEW COVID CASES IN THE U.S. LAST WEEK, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST CDC NUMBERS, UP FROM 1 AND 4 THE WEEK BEFORE.

>> WE ARE SET UP FOR ANOTHER BIG WAVE IN THE SUMMER, I THINK THAT IS QUITE POSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: CASES OF THE VARIANCE SPINOFF ARE NOT EVENLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE U.S. LASTLY, THE CDC ESTIMATES THE COST AROUND 62% OF CASES IN THE REGION THAT INCLUDES NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.

ABOUT 40% OF CASES IN THE MID- ATLANTIC STATES, AND MORE THAN 36% OF CASES IN THE SOUTH.

IT IS LEAST COMMON IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWESTERN STATES, AND RESEARCHERS BELIEVE THAT SEVERAL MICRONS OF VARIANT HAD A MUTATION THAT HELPS THE VIRUS BINDS MORE TIGHTLY TO OURSELVES, AND HIDE FROM THE ANTIBODIES THAT TRY TO BLOCK THE VIRUS FROM INFECTING US.

>> THE INCUBATION PERIOD, THE PERIOD IN WHICH YOU BECOME INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS, TO WHICH YOU START SHOWING SYMPTOMS, WITH THESE OMICRON SIBERIANS, IT IS PRETTY QUICK.

IT IS AROUND 2 TO 4 DAYS.

>> Reporter: IN A PAPER PUBLISHED IN THE MEDICAL JOURNAL, TOP OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE CURRENT VACCINE COULD BE UPDATED YEARLY, TO TARGET SPECIFIC CORONAVIRUS VARIANCE GOING AROUND.

THEY SAY COVID-19 SHOTS COULD BE ADMINISTERED EVERY YEAR, AND DECISIONS WILL NEED TO BE MADE BY THIS SUMMER ABOUT FUTURE VACCINE COMPOSITION AND WHO SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANOTHER COVID-19 SHOT IN THE FALL.

FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I AM ANDY GAITHER.

>>> MASKS MAY NO LONGER BE MANDATORY ON PUBLIC TRANSIT, BUT THE CDC STILL RECOMMENDS THEM.

THE AGENCY RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THAT ANYBODY OLDER THAN TWO YEARS OLD SHOULD STILL WEAR A FACE BACK ON AIRPLANES, TRAINS, AND BUSES.

THE MANDATE WAS SET TO EXPIRE, BUT A FEDERAL JUDGE STRUCK IT DOWN LAST MONTH.

THE CDC HAS ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO APPEAL THE RULING.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS USING NEW HIGH-TECH TEST THAT WILL ALLOW OFFICIALS TO TEST OCEAN WATER, AND FIND OUT IF IT IS SAFE FOR SWIMMING, ALL IN THE SAME DAY.

KPBS ERIC ANDERSON HAS DETAILS.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISOR, NORA PARKAS, GOT A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT HOW THE COUNTY TEST THE QUALITY OF OCEAN WATER, OFF OF LOCAL BEACHES.

THE LAWMAKER SAYS THE COUNTY IS THE FIRST LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO GET EPA APPROVAL TO USE THE NEW, SOPHISTICATED TESTS THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN TRYING OUT FOR YEARS.

THE NEWS WAS DELIVERED IN IMPERIAL BEACH, A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN FORCED TO LIVE WITH OCEAN WATER THAT IS REGULARLY TAINTED BY SEWAGE.

>> THE RIVER VALLEY POLLUTION DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE FAMILIES, NOT ONLY OF IMPERIAL BEACH, BUT OF THE COMMUNITY AND REGION AS A WHOLE.

THIS ADVANCEMENT IN WATER TESTING TODAY IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO BETTER MONITOR QUALITY, AND PROVIDE US AND THE COMMUNITY WITH FASTER AND MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION.

>> Reporter: THE OLD TESTS REQUIRE COUNTY OFFICIALS TO USE SAMPLED WATER TO GROW CULTURES IN THE LAB -- THAT COULD TAKE 18 TO 24 HOURS.

THE NEW TEST LOOKS FOR DNA FRAGMENTS OF DANGEROUS BACTERIA IS, TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE WATER IS SAFE.

AND THAT CAN BE DONE IN A HANDFUL OF HOURS.

>> IF WE CAN GET THOSE RESULTS BACK IN THE SAME DAY, AS OPPOSED TO THE NEXT DAY, THAT MEANS THAT POTENTIALLY, PEOPLE CAN GO BACK INTO THE WATER, AFTER A BEACH CLOSER MORE QUICKLY.

>> Reporter: THAT COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CLOSURES RELATED TO POLLUTED WATER, BECAUSE COUNTY OFFICIALS WILL KNOW IF THE OCEAN WATER IS CLEAN ENOUGH FASTER UNDER THIS NEW METHOD, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE WITH THE OLD.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TAKING UNUSUAL EMERGENCY STEPS TO BOOST WATER LEVELS AT THE COUNTRIES' SECOND LARGEST RESERVOIR, LAKE POWELL, ON THE BORDER OF ARIZONA AND UTAH.

REPORTER STEPHANIE ELI EXPLAINS THAT ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ARE ABOUT TO GO INTO PLACE FOR 6 MILLION AMERICANS IN THE WEST.

>> Reporter: WE ALL WALK THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE LAWNS ARE SO OVER IRRIGATED THAT THEY ARE CREATING A SMALL SCREEN ON THE STREET.

AS THE MEGA DROUGHT DRAGS ON IN THE WEST -- >> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR HISTORY, 100 YEAR HISTORY, UNPRECEDENTED.

>> Reporter: -- UNPRECEDENTED WATER RESTRICTIONS ARE ON THE HORIZON FOR 6 MILLION PEOPLE.

>> WE CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THE SUMMER, IT WILL BE TOO LATE.

AND I DO NOT WANT ANYBODY TO TURN ON THE FAUCET AND THE HOT WATER.

>> Reporter: THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS ASKING RESIDENTS TO CUT THEIR WATER USE BY 35%.

WHILE ALSO MANDATING THAT EITHER WATER LIMITS ARE PUT IN PLACE, OR OUTDOOR WATERING BE RESTRICTED TO ONE DAY PER WEEK IN PARTS OF LOS ANGELES, VENTURA, AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES, BEGINNING JUNE 1st.

THE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES DON'T GET THE WATER FROM THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN.

BUT INSTEAD, FROM THE STATE WATER PROJECT, WHICH PIPES WATER DOWN FROM THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS, AND FROM THE SACRAMENTO SAN JOAQUIN RIVER DELTA.

>> THE STATE HAS CUT THE WATER THAT COMES TO US FROM TWO THIRDS.

AND THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUPPLY.

>> Reporter: INDEED, THERE ISN'T.

>> THERE IS NOT VERY MUCH SNOW HERE.

>> Reporter: MARKING THE END OF THE WET SEASON, CALIFORNIA MEASURED ONLY 4% OF THE APRIL AVERAGE FOR ITS SNOWPACK.

TYPICALLY, A FROZEN RESERVOIR THAT COLLECTS SNOW OVER THE WINTER.

THE MAIN MEASUREMENT WAS NO SNOW, AND AS TEMPERATURES WARM IN THE SPRING, THAT SNOW MELT OFF, RUN DOWNSTREAM, AND ENDS UP PROVIDING ABOUT 30% OF THE STATES WATER NEEDS.

AT LEAST, THAT IS WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN.

>> CLIMATE CHANGE IS ACCELERATING IN ALARMING WAYS, AND FASTER THAN SCIENTISTS PREDICTED EVEN 10, OR 20 YEARS AGO.

AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO MOVE VERY QUICKLY.

>> Reporter: THE DRUG IS MORE PROBABLY APPARENT AT LAKE MEAD, THE NATION'S LARGEST RESERVOIR, WHICH SUPPLIES WATER TO SOME 40 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS 7 MILLION STATES AND MEXICO.

THIS HAS EXPOSED A WATER INTAKE VALVE AND SERVICE SINCE 1971.

THE SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY, ACTIVATING A NEW LOW LEVEL LAKE PUMPING STATION TO BE ABLE TO STILL ACCESS WATER FOR ITS CUSTOMERS.

>> COMING ONLINE IS ALSO A SYMBOL OF HOW SERIOUS THE SITUATION IS ON THE COLORADO RIVER RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE CUTS ARE FRUSTRATING TO SOME -- >> THEY HAVE KILLED EVERYTHING WE GOT, IT IS RIDICULOUS.

>> Reporter: -- OFFICIALS SAY IT IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.

>> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT IS USED FOR ONLY HEALTH SERVICES, OUR LIVELIHOOD, OUR INDOOR USES.

AND NOT ALL YEAR LONG.

>>> IN THE MEANTIME, METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT SAYS THAT THE MANDATES DO NOT IMPACT THE SAN DIEGO REGION, BUT THEY ENCOURAGE VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION.

>>> A LOT TO TALK ABOUT ON THIS WEDNESDAY, WE WILL STILL BE DEALING WITH SOME MORNING AND SOME EVENING LOW CLOUDS, AS WE GO OUT THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WARMER WEATHER, THOUGH, EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK.

SO A NICE WARMING TREND BEFORE WE ARE IN FOR A COOLER WEEKEND AHEAD.

AND A COOLER START TO NEXT WEEK.

SO, A LOT GOING ON HERE.

MANY HEADLINES TO COVER.

TAKING IT INTO THE EVENING HOURS, SOME LOW CLOUD COVERAGE WILL HELP US OUT, ESPECIALLY RIGHT ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS SO TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING BACK TO SOME 50s, MAYBE MORE INTERIOR AREAS, WHERE YOU HAVE LESS CLOUD COVER, DROP IT DOWN TO 47.

AND PREGO SPACE, FALLING BACK TO 67, AND MOUNT LAGUNA, DROPPING DOWN TO THE 50s OVERNIGHT.

BUT HERE COMES THE RIDGE.

YOU NOTICE THE JET WENT TO THE NORTH, SO THIS WARMTH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS, AND EXPECTING SOME HEAT TO BUILD, ESPECIALLY ACROSS MORE INTERIOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, STRETCHING INTO VEGAS, AND DOWN INTO PHOENIX, AGAIN.

WILDFIRE CONCERNS WILL STAY WITH US AS WE GO ON, AND AS THE DROUGHT WORRIES.

SO, FIRE DANGER IS ELEVATED.

AS WE LOOK INTO TOMORROW, THOUGH, YOU HAVE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES IN THE FORECAST, AND THERE IS THE WARMING TREND -- 87, RAMADA, 87.

AND TRIPLE DIGITS, MOUNT LAGUNA, YOU WILL ALSO SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE 70s.

ALL RIGHT.

THERE IS THE CLOUD.

NOTICE HOW THEY KIND OF LOOKED AWAY, AS WE GO INTO OUR LUNCH HOUR FOR YOUR THURSDAY.

AND WE REALLY START TO DISSIPATE BY THE EVENING HOURS, ALLOWING FOR SOME CLEARLY CLEARING, AND ON TAP FOR THURSDAY, FALLING BACK INTO THE 50s.

ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST, YOU CAN SEE THE WARMING TREND LINGERING HERE FOR SOME OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE WE TAKE A DIP IN TEMPERATURES.

AND THEN EVEN MORE SO FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK, THAT SAME TREND FOUND THE FURTHER INLAND YOU GO.

ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY, YOU HAD A HIGH OF 78, AND THEN A DOWNWARD TREND BY MONDAY, YOU ARE LOOKING AT HIGHS ONLY IN THE MID 60s.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, THE SAME KIND OF TREND HERE, TEMPERATURES FALLING TO ONLY THE LOW 50s FOR YOUR HIGHS ON MONDAY, AND ACROSS THE DESERT, YOU ARE LOOKING AT TRIPLE DIGITS UNTIL WE GET THE SUNDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST, MICHELLE ROTELLA.

>>> A DOCTOR WHO WORKED AT COLORADO'S FIRST ABORTION CLINIC IN 1973, IS STILL SEEING PATIENTS TO THIS DAY.

AND AS KELLY RICKY REPORT, HE WORRIES THAT HIS STORY WILL REPEAT ITSELF, IF ROE V. WADE IS OVERTURNED.

>> AND THEN THIS ONE WAS TAKEN BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN 1992.

>> Reporter: FOR OVER 45 YEARS, DR. WARREN HAS SHARED MANY STORIES ABOUT HIS LIFE CALLING.

>> THIS IS MY WORK, IT IS WHAT I DO.

>> Reporter: REVIEWED, BY HIS COLLEAGUES.

BUT DESPISED BY THOSE WHO OPPOSE ABORTION SPREAD >> AT THE DAY I WAS COMING BACK, SOMEBODY TOOK STONES TO MY FLOWER BOX HERE, AND THREW IT THROUGH MY WINDOW.

IT SAID, THIS WINDOW IS BROKEN BY THOSE WHO HATE FREEDOM.

>> Reporter: HE REMEMBERS THAT THREAT BY THOSE MADE AT HIS CLINIC IN THE 1980s, AND FIVE BOATS FIRE THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR.

HE SAYS HE KEEPS COMING BACK TO HELP HIS PATIENTS.

>> SHE SAYS, IT IS SO DIFFERENT.

YOU ARE A DOCTOR.

IT IS CLEAN.

THE WINDOWS ARE OPEN, THE LIGHTS ARE ON.

PLEASE, DON'T EVER STOP DOING THIS.

AND SO, I DIDN'T.

>> Reporter: BEFORE ROE V. WADE, HE THOUGHT TOO MANY WOMEN WERE DYING BECAUSE OF UNSAFE, ILLEGAL ABORTIONS.

THAT IS WHY HE STARTED THIS PRACTICE.

>> AND THEN I STARTED PERFORMING THE ABORTIONS IN THE SAFEST WAY I COULD.

>> Reporter: BUT IF THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ROE V. WADE, HE WORRIES THAT HISTORY COULD REPEAT ITSELF.

>> WOMEN WILL DRY DIE TRYING TO HAVE ILLEGAL AND UNSAFE ABORTIONS.

I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT SERVICE AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A TIME WHEN IT IS LESS IMPORTANT.

>> >> Reporter: THIS CLINIC IS A REFUGE FOR WOMEN WHO ARE SEEKING A PROCEDURE THAT MAY BE BANNED IN OTHER STATES.

DR. HEARN FEELS CALLED TO HELP EVEN MORE PEOPLE.

>> YES, THIS IS A MAJOR COMPONENT, AND A CENTRAL COMPONENT OF WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE, AND IT IS BEING THREATENED THIS NOW.

>>> I AM JEFF BENNETT.

ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE FEDERAL RESERVE IMPLEMENTS THE LARGEST RATE HIKE SINCE 2000.

BUT IS IT ENOUGH TO COMBAT RISING PRICES?

COMING UP AT SEVEN, AFTER LEAVING EVENING ADDITION ON KPBS.

>>> A TOTAL OF $141 MILLION WILL BE GOING BACK TO SOME TURBOTAX CUSTOMERS.

THE COMPANY AGREED TO PAY THE MONEY IN RESTITUTION FOR ALLEGEDLY STEERING THEM AWAY FROM FREE TAX FILING SERVICES.

4.4 MILLION CUSTOMERS WHO USED THE TURBOTAX REVISION BETWEEN 2016 AND 2018 WILL BE GETTING ABOUT $30 FOR EACH YEAR THAT THEY WERE UNFAIRLY CHARGED.

THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT TAX FILING PRODUCTS WERE DIFFICULT TO FIND, ALLEGEDLY BECAUSE CUSTOMERS WERE INSTEAD DIRECTED TO PAID VERSIONS.

>>> MORE AMAZON DOGS DOGS JOBS ARE COMING TO SAN DIEGO.

LOOKING TO CREATE CORPORATE JOBS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WITH 700 OF THOSE SPECIFICALLY IN SAN DIEGO.

AMAZON HAS SIGNED A LEASE FOR A BUILDING AT UTC THAT WILL OPEN EARLY NEXT YEAR.

THE COMPANY IS LOOKING TO HIRE SOFTWARE ENGINEERS, GAME DESIGNERS, AS WELL AS HR, FINANCE, AND I.T.

PERSONNEL.

IF INTERESTED, YOU CAN GO TO AMAZON.JOBS/EN FOR MORE INFORMATION.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 1000 AMAZON EMPLOYEES WORKING AT COMPANIES, AT THE COMPANY'S TECH HUB, HERE IN LA JOLLA.

THE STARS WERE OUT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT OVER SAN DIEGO TODAY.

>>> THE BRIGHTEST ONE, AFTER TOM CRUISE.

HE AND HIS TOP GUN MAVERICK CO- STARS FLEW IN TO CELEBRATE THE SEQUEL, 36 YEARS LATER.

HERE IS KPBS MILITARY REPORTER, STEVE LOST.

>> Reporter: WE ARE AT HERE AT THE BASE THEATER IN NORTHERN IRELAND, THE SPACE PLAYED AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE MOVIE, AND BACK HERE, THEY ARE PLAYING TOP GUN.

DOWN THE STREET IS WHERE MANY OF THE FA TENDS THAT FEATURED SO PROMINENTLY IN THE FILM ARE HOUSED.

SAILORS ACTUALLY STARTED LINING UP HOURS BEFORE THE FILM, AND I TALKED TO ONE WHO SAID HE CALLED HIS DAD IMMEDIATELY WHEN HEARING THAT TOM CRUISE WAS GOING TO BE HERE.

>> OH, MAN, I'M GOING TO SEE TOM CRUISE, ME AND MY DAD PLAYED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT.

I WAS LIKE, THAT IS MY FAVORITE ACTOR, I HAVE TO GET A WHOLE LOT OF PICTURES.

I WAS LIKE, I GOT YOU.

>> Reporter: SO WHEN TOM CRUISE FINALLY ARRIVED WITH THE OTHER FILMMAKERS, I ASKED HIM WHY THEY CAME BACK TO SAN DIEGO, WHEN, ACTUALLY, TOP GUN HASN'T BEEN HERE FOR YEARS.

>> IT IS WHERE IT ORIGINATED.

THIS IS IT.

>> Reporter: CRUISES THAT HE WANTED TO SHOW WHAT IT WAS REALLY LIKE TO BE IN THE AVIATION.

>> WE LOOK AT THESE AIRCRAFT, AND WHAT IT TAKES TO FLY ONE OF THESE AIRCRAFT.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WATCH THIS MOVIE AND HAVE A REAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THAT KIND OF SKILL SET, THAT KIND OF PHYSICAL ENDURANCE, AND POWER THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND, AND HOW MANY HOURS THESE GUYS ARE IN THAT AIRCRAFT AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR TASKS.

AND JUST HOW IMPRESSIVE THEY ARE, THOSE MEN AND WOMEN.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE ACTUALLY SEVERAL EVENTS GOING ON IN SAN DIEGO, RELATED TO THE PREMIER.

YOU HAVE THE SCREENINGS HERE ON NORTH ISLAND, AND OVER ON THE MIDWAY, THERE IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER RED CARPET.

AND THEN THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PREMIER DOWNTOWN, AT THE CIVIC CENTER.

THIS MOVIE IS ACTUALLY FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING, WITH ALL OF THE DELAYS FROM COVID.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO COME OUT IN 2019.

BUT, IT IS FINALLY HERE.

STEVE LOST, KPBS NEWS.

>>> OF COURSE, IT IS AN IMPORTANT DAY -- MAY THE FOURTH BE WISHING FOR YOU.

TODAY IS UNOFFICIALLY KNOWN AS STAR WARS DAY BECAUSE THE DATE IS A PLAY ON THE FRANCHISE PHRASE, MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.

DISNEY PLUS TREATED INTO A NEW TRAILER TO ITS UPCOMING OBI-WAN KENOBI SERIES.

>> LEAVE US ALONE.

>> WHEN THE TIME COMES, HE MUST BE TRANSFERRED >> LIKE YOU TRAINED HIS FATHER.

>> THE SERIES FOLLOWS EWAN McGREGOR AS THE FAMOUS JEDI AFTER HIS FAMOUS APPRENTICE, ANAKIN SKYWALKER, JOINS TO THE DARK SIDE, AND BECOMES DARTH VADER.

IT PREMIERES ON MAY 27th ON DISNEY PAUSE.

EXCITING.

YOU MIGHT WONDER HOW THEY ARE NOT ALREADY IN THE ROCK 'N ROLL HALL OF FAME, BUT NOW, DISNEY LEGENDS DOLLY PARTON, LIONEL RICHIE, AND PAT BENATAR, WILL FINALLY BE INDUCTED.

DOLLY PARTON ASKED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE NOMINATION LIST EARLIER THIS YEAR, BUT THE FOUNDATION DENIED HER REQUEST.

SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE ANYBODY FROM ROCK ARTISTS WHO DESERVED IT MORE.

THE INDUCTION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD IN L.A., ON NOVEMBER 5th.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

AND YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI -- HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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CALL 1-800-TRAN04, OR VISIT BILL HOWE.COM.

AND, BY THE CONRAD PEDIS FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCO SHYLY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING -- AND, BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU -- THANK YOU.