>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR, PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS AND PRIVILEGED TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR, HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN DRAIN, HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS SINCE 1978.

AND, BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING-AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> IT IS MONDAY FEBRUARY 13th.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

FOR MOST CALIFORNIANS, THE MASKED MANDATE ENDS TOMORROW .

THAT WILL BRING A SMILE TO FACES THAT YOU WILL NOW GET TO SEE.

ASK KPBS REPORTER KITTY ALVARADO REPORTS, EVERYONE WILL BE GOING MASSLESS WHEN INDOORS.

>> Reporter: DR. MARK GALLI, THE STATES HEALTH SECRETARY, ANNOUNCED A CHANGE IN THE STATES MUST MONDAY.. >> THAT WAS TO STUDY RECOMMENDATION.

>> Reporter: STARTING MINUTE, PEOPLE VACCINATED WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS.

SPELL STRONG AND RECOMMENDING IN OUR PLACES AND ON TOP OF THAT FOR THE UNVACCINATED ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR THIS IN PUBLIC PLACES.

>> Reporter: THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE IN DECEMBER 2021 AND SET TO EXPIRE A MONTH LATER BUT WAS EXTENDED BECAUSE OF THE OMICRON VARIANT.

KELLY SHOW THE STATES COVID-19 NUMBERS DRAMATICALLY TRENDING DOWNWARD.

HE SAID THAT SUPPORTED RESCINDING THE MANDATES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED.

>> CASES HAVE DROPPED, OVER 75% COMPARED TO A MONTH AGO.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO MASK MANDATES WITH SCHOOLS AND OTHER FACILITIES.

>> HEALTHCARE SIGHTINGS AND SCHOOLS AND CHILDCARE SETTINGS IN JAILS AND PRISONS FOR BOTH VACCINATED AND UNVACCINATED REMAIN REQUIRED.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THE STATE HAS LED THE WAY WITH KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE AND MASKS PLAYED A IMPORTANT ROLE.

>> WE HAVE EXPERIENCED LESS THAN 1% OF SCHOOLS THIS YEAR.

>> Reporter: HE SET A LOW VACCINATION RATE AMONG CHILDREN FIVE TO 11 IS ONE OF THE REASONS THE SCHOOL MANDATE IS IN PLACE.

HE SAID THAT THE DECISION WILL BE REASSESSED IN TWO WEEKS.

>> ENSURING THAT WE ARE NOT SEEING UP TAKES AND INCREASES ON THE ROAD, AND THAT ON FEBRUARY 28th, WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO GIVE A DATE WHEN THE MASKING REQUIREMENT WILL MOVE TO A RECOMMENDATION.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY NORMALLY FOLLOWS STATE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THEY CAN ISSUE THEIR OWN BASED ON MEMBERS.

KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> OUR NEWSROOM IS FOLLOWING THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PANDEMIC AT KPBS.ORG.

CLICK ON THE TRACKING COVID-19 TAB UNDER NEWS ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

YOU CAN FIND OUR REPORTING AS WELL AS RESOURCES.

>>> A SAN DIEGO HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT TO CLEAN UP AGAINST THE SPORTS ARENA IS ENTERING A NEW PHASE.

POLICE ARE WRITING TICKETS FOR PEOPLE LIVING THERE.

KPBS REPORTER CAN'T MATT HOFFMAN EXPLAINS.. >> DO YOU HAVE A WARRANT TO ENTER?

>> GET BACK SO WE CAN DO OUR JOB.

>> Reporter: THEY WERE TENSE MOMENTS BETWEEN POLICE AND HOMELESS ADVOCATES MONDAY AS THE ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP CONTINUES.

>> THEY ARE ON FEDERAL PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: TWO WEEKS AGO, THE CITY STARTED CLEANING THIS PART OF THE BOULEVARD, BUT PEOPLE WERE NOT TOLD TO LEAVE.

THAT IS CHANGING.

LOCAL ADVOCATES DO NOT AGREE.

>> VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION IS NOT YOUR JOB.

>> WE ARE SEEING ENFORCEMENT HERE.

POLICE HAVE BEEN GOING TENT BY TENT.

WE HAVE SEEN TICKETS FOR ILLEGAL WATCHING AND ENCROACHMENT.

>> I REPRESENT THEM AND THEY AUTHORIZED ME TO SPEAK.

>> Reporter: THIS ADVOCATE COLLEEN WAS TRYING TO HELP SOME OF HER CLIENTS.

>> THE POLICE ARE USING CRIMINALIZATION TO DRIVE PEOPLE AWAY.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID THE CITY IS ESCALATING ENFORCEMENT TO SCATTER UNFILTERED RESIDENTS MAKING IT HARDER FOR THEM TO BE FOUND IN TIME COUNT.

THE DATA FROM THAT GIVES A REGIONAL VIEW OF PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS HERE.

>> ON FEBRUARY 24th WHEN THEY COME AROUND AND DO THE COUNT AND THE MAYOR TAKES EVERYBODY OFF THE STREET, WILL HE PAT HIMSELF ON THE BACK LIKE >> Reporter: A SPOKESPERSON, MAYOR TOM GLORIA, WHO ORDERED THE CLEANUP, SAID THE ALLEGATION IS NOT TRUE.

>> THIS IS NORMAL PROCEDURE.

THE REASON THE ONLY CHANGES THAT WE POSIT SHELTER INCREASE DURING OMICRON SURGE BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY POSITIVES IN OUR SHELTERS.

NOW THAT WE ARE DONE WITH THAT, WE ARE OPENING SHELTERS AGAIN AND TRYING TO MOVE PEOPLE THE OUTREACH AND ENFORCEMENT.

THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE IMPORTANT.

ALL THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS, ONE OF THE CALCULATIONS FOR HOW MUCH WE GET IS THE MAGNITUDE OF OUR PROBLEM.

IT IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO HAVE AN ACCURATE COUNT.

>> POLICE WERE OFFERING SHELTERS AND AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE DECIDED TO TAKE THE SERVICES BUT SOME PEOPLE REMAIN RESISTANT THINK THEY DON'T WANT TO STAY IN A LARGE SHELTER.

>> COVID-19 HAS MADE IT VERY UNSAFE FOR PEOPLE TO STAY IN CONGREGATE CARE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT SINGLE ROOM SHELTERS TO STAY SAFE.

>> Reporter: A CITY SPOKESPERSON SAID THEY MADE SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO GET PEOPLE INTO SHELTER BUT THEY HAVE ONGOING CONCERNS ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY.

THEY SAY ENFORCEMENT WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS THERE IS SPACE INSIDE OF SHELTERS.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS .

>>> THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS CARL INCIDENT RETURNED TO SAN DIEGO THIS MORNING.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER STEVE WALSH WAS THERE.

SIDE FOR THE HOMECOMING.

>> Reporter: THE VINCENT WAS DEPLOYED FOR EIGHT MONTHS AND IT TECHNICIAN CODY TWO YEARS AGO .

THEY HAVE SPENT MOST OF THAT TIME APART.

>> CONSTANTLY TALKING AND EXPRESSING EVERYTHING.

BEING VERY VOCAL AND LETTING EACH OTHER KNOW HOW WE FEEL AND HOW WE ARE DOING, EVEN IF WE HAVE TO REITERATE IT 10 TIMES.

>> Reporter: THE CARRIER WAS DEPLOYED IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC WEEK THE VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWED A ACCIDENT WHERE ONE OF THE NAVY'S NEW F-35 SEE FIGHTER JETS LANDED INTO THE BACK OF THE VINCENT SKATING IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

SEVEN WERE INJURED BUT NO ONE WAS KILLED.. >> WE HAD INJURED PERSONNEL AND WE CARED FOR THEM TO IMMEDIATELY AND WE HAD THEM RECERTIFY THE FOR WITHIN HOURS AND RECOVER THE AIRPLANES THAT WERE AIRBORNE THAT WE SENT OVER TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

>> Reporter: THE VINCENT CARRIER STRIKE GROUP WAS THE LAST HE PLAYED WITH UNVACCINATED SAILORS.

THE NAVY HAS DECLARED NO ONE WANTED TO PLAY WITHOUT BEING VACCINATED.

THEY LEFT WITH 30 CASES ON BOARD .

>> ONCE YOU GET THOSE NUMBERS THROUGH PROTOCOL MEASURES AND QUARANTINE, YOU GET THAT DOWN TO ZERO AND THERE IS NO IMPACT.

>> Reporter: NONE OF THAT MATTERED TO THE GOLIHAR'S WHO WERE ABLE TO REUNITE AFTER MONTHS APART.

BEFORE THE CARRIER MADE PORT THIS MORNING, THE BLUE ANGELS HELD A FLYOVER TO WELCOME THE NEW CREW TO SAN DIEGO.

STEVE WALSH, KPBS NEWS .

>>> OFFICIALS BROKE GROUND TODAY ON A NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT NEXT TO SAN DIEGO'S GRANDVILLE TROLLEY STATION.

KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOEING TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT PROJECT AND HOW THAT FITS INTO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> Reporter: IN ABOUT 20 MONTHS, THIS WILL BE TURNED INTO 126 AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES RIGHT NEXT DOOR, 250 MORE APARTMENTS ARE ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM, WHICH HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR MORE DEVELOPMENT ON ITS REAL ESTATE, PARTICULARLY ON PARKING LOTS AND TROLLEY STATIONS.

>> THIS HOUSING WILL BE PLACED AS PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET TO WORK OR GET TO SCHOOL.

WE KNOW 35,000 STUDENTS AT SAN DIEGO STATE AND FAMILIES CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS.

WE IDENTIFY THE LAND AND WORK WITH CREDIBLE PARTNERS.

WE ARE THRILLED TO BRING THIS TO FRUITION AND GET THIS GOING.

>> Reporter: MORE PEOPLE WRITING TRANSIT MEANS FEWER CARS ON THE ROAD AND LESS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

STEP OFF THE TROLLEY THAT OVERLOOKS THE FREEWAY AND INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF GRANTVILLE AND YOU WILL SEE IT IS FAR FROM A PEDESTRIAN PARADISE.

MAYOR TOM GLORIA SAYS TO MEET THE CITY'S CHEMICALS, THAT HAS TO CHANGE.

>> I THINK WE OWE IT TO THEM TO PROVIDE THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE AND TRANSIT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL FURTHER HELP ENHANCE THIS TO MAKE A BETTER COMMUNITY TO LIVE IN.

>> Reporter: AS HOSTILE AS THIS CAN BE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS, THE CITY HAS PLANS TO MAKE THIS MORE CAR CENTRIC, A STUDY PRODUCED LAST YEAR HAD WIDENING THE STREETS SURROUNDING THE TROLLEY STATION TO ACCOMMODATE MORE CARS.

MAYOR GLORIA SAYS THAT IS A STATUS QUO APPROACH THAT HAS TO BE QUESTIONED.

HE HAS NOT SAID WHETHER HE WILL INTERVENE TO STOP THE ROAD WIDENING FROM HAPPENING.

ANDREW BOEING, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS MAKING A MOVE IN HOPES WILL INCREASE PUBLIC TRUST.

THE ADVISORY CITIZENS LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL RESPOND TO SCENES OF IN CUSTODY DEATHS AND DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTINGS THAT COME FROM CRITICAL INJURIES FROM DEATHS.

A NEW POLICY SIGNED BY KELLY MARTINEZ TAKES EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

THE CHANGE WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE REVIEW BOARD LAST OCTOBER.

>>> IT HAS BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE THE DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN FLORIDA.

GUN-CONTROL ACTIVISTS ARE RAMPING UP THE PRESSURE ON PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO MAKE GOOD ON CAMPAIGN PROMISES TO TAKE ACTION.

MORE NOW FROM REPORTER DARRELL FORGES.

>> Reporter: VALENTINE'S DAY IS MORE THAN A HOMEWORK HOLIDAY.

IT IS A CONSTANT REMINDER OF LOSS.

FOUR YEARS AGO, A GUNMAN KILLED 17 STUDENTS AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL.

>> I CANNOT EXPRESS A TREMENDOUS GRIEF OUR STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES, FAMILIES, SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY HAVE EXPERIENCED.

>> Reporter: THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BROWARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAD MORE SILENCE WHEN NAMING THE VICTIMS.

EARLY MONDAY MORNING, OLIVER, ONE OF THE VICTIMS, WALKING OLIVER CLIMBED A CRANE NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE TO DELIVER A MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.

45,000 PEOPLE DIED FROM GUN VIOLENCE.

HE IS REPRESENTING JOAQIN IN A WAY TO BE HERE.

>> Reporter: SEVERAL ADVOCACY GROUPS INCLUDING ONE BY THE OLIVERS RALLIED OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE MONDAY URGING PRESIDENT BIDEN TO TAKE MORE AGGRESSIVE ACTION ON GUN REFORM.. >> THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE NOT DONE, EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING IN THEIR POWER IS UNACCEPTABLE.

>> Reporter: THE RALEIGH DC KICK STARTED A ONLINE TOOL CALLED SHOCK MARKET TO CHECK EVERY INCIDENTS OF GUN VIOLENCE .

DARRELL FORGES, KPBS NEWS .

>>> THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION WILL CONNECT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES LATER THIS WEEK AND A TARGETED EFFORT TO GET THEM TO APPLY.

IT IS A EVEN HUNDREDS THE STUDENTS FROM SAN DIEGO UNIFIED ARE INVITED TO JOIN.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER M.G.

PEREZ INTRODUCES US TO SOME OF THEM.

>> Reporter: 17 YEAR OLD JOSH IS ON HIS WAY TO ENGLISH CLASS AT THE UNIVERSITY CITY HIGH SCHOOL.

HE'S PRESIDENT OF A BLACK STUDENT UNION AND A YOUNG MAN COMMITTED TO HIS EDUCATION AND HIS COMMUNITY.

>> BLACK HISTORY MONTH, FOR ME, IS NOT FOCUSING ON HISTORY BUT ALSO THE PRESENT AND FUTURE.

>> Reporter: HE WILL ATTEND A BLACK COLLEGE EXPO THIS THURSDAY, CONNECTING HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS, SENIORS AND COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENTS WITH HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, 25 HBCUS AS THEY ARE KNOWN, WILL OFFER INFORMATION AND A FEW HAVE ON THE SPOT SCHOLARSHIPS AND ACCEPTANCE LETTERS.

>> YOU WILL HAVE A BETTER EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE YOU.

YOU WILL NOT BE AFRAID TO EXPRESS HERSELF AS A BLACK STUDENT.

>> Reporter: 16-YEAR-OLD IMANI WILL ALSO BE ATTENDING THE EXPO SPONSORED BY THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

HE HAS A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT HIS FUTURE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

>> I HOPE TO GO INTO ENGINEERING AND STATISTICS.

>> Reporter: A PANDEMIC OF SOCIAL INJUSTICE THAT SUFFERED THIS HAS IMANI ON COURSE TO MAKE HIS COLLEGE EDUCATION PERSONAL AND WITH A GREATER PURPOSE.

>> AS A BLACK PERSON, I SHOULD NOT LET THESE THINGS HAPPEN AND SORT OF SIT BY, I SHOULD TRY TO BE MORE ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY AND TRY TO GO FORWARD WITH THESE ADVANCEMENTS AND TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THESE.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO UNIFIED HAS TAKEN A READ WITH CELEBRATING DIVERSITY ON CAMPUSES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

IT IS MORE THAN JUST A CELEBRATION.

CHANGES WITH CURRICULUM ARE COMING AS WELL.

WENDY IS A INSTRUCTOR AND SUPPORT OFFICER WITH SAN DIEGO UNIFIED.

STARTING WITH A FRESHMAN CLASS OF 2024, THERE WILL BE A REQUIREMENT TO TAKE AT LEAST ONE STUDIES COURSE TO GRADUATE.

THE IDEA IS TO INCORPORATE THOSE STUDIES INTO FIRST CULTURES.

THERE IS PLENTY OF INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY UNTIL THEN.

>> ETHNIC STUDIES BY THE COMMITTEE AND WE HAVE OUR ADVOCACY DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OUR TEAM THAT WORKS ON THIS.

WE ARE LISTENING TO THE VOICES OF OUR STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: STUDENTS LIKE JABZE SOLOMON WHO IS CELEBRATING HIS HISTORY AND VALENTINE'S DAY .

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF LOVE SONGS .

REALLY LISTENING TO THOSE AND GIVING YOUR ALL.

>> Reporter: M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS .

>>> CALIFORNIA IS PARCHED, AND IT HAS BEEN FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

A NEW STUDY FOUND THE WEST IS BECOMING THE DEEPEST DRY SPELL IN MORE THAN 1200 YEARS.

THE STUDIES OUT THERE SAYS 42% OF THE DRUG CAN BE BLAMED ON, CHANGE CAUSED BY BURNING FOSSIL FUELS.

SCIENTISTS SAY THAT WILL TAKE ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION TO IN THE DRAW.

IT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL "NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE."

>>> COOL AIR MAKING A BIG ENTRANCE FOR US AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AND SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE AND WE ARE TALKING A WARM-UP, THAT STARTS ON WEDNESDAY, BUT WE DON'T FEEL THE WARMTH UNTIL WE GO INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

BIG TIME CHANGES HERE.

IT BEGINS TONIGHT.

WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THE ACTIVITY.

THERE WILL BE SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS FOR US.

I THINK FOR OUR HIGHEST ELEVATIONS, SNOW TRIES TO MIX IN.

THAT WOULD NOT LEAD TO ANY PROBLEMS, BUT THAT DOES SHOW THE SIDE OF THE CHANGING TIMES HERE.

57 FOR THE LOW AND SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS MOSTLY INTO EARLY MORNING OR LATE MORNING HOURS TOMORROW.

39 FOR MT.

LAGUNA AS WE GO TOWARDS OCEANSIDE AND 49 FOR THE LOW.

THIS IS STARTING THE COOLDOWN PROCESS.

MID 60s TOMORROW COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE FOR THE WEEKEND.

BORREGO SPRINGS IS 69 AND MT.

LAGUNA COMING 40s.

CHULA VISTA IS LOWER 60s.

GETTING THE CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN SHOWERS OR MAYBE SNOW.

HERE IS HOW THE FORECAST GOES, MIDNIGHT IS QUIET AND CLOUDS AND THE SPRINKLES TRYING TO MIX IN.

EVEN FOR THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS, SHOWERS ARE STEPPING THEIR WAY ON IN.

GETTING THE PAVEMENT WET, THERE IS STILL SOME MOISTURE IN THIS COLD FRONT IS COMING THROUGH BRINGING SOME MORE CHANGES.

BIG SIGNS THAT WE WILL BE COOLER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

HOLDING ONTO THE 60s.

ONCE WE GET INTO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, BACK INTO THE 70s YET AGAIN.

THAT'S THE SAME THING FOR INLAND.

THURSDAY IS IN THE LATE 70s AND TUESDAY STARTS US OFF WITH SHOWERS OUT THERE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE 50s.

SOME SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND WE GO INTO THE UPPER 40s BY FRIDAY, CLOSE TO 50 DEGREES.

DESERT COMMUNITIES WILL BE THE MID-70s BY FRIDAY.

TUESDAY STARTS OFF IN THE 60s.

FOR KPBS, I AM ACCUWEATHER METEOROLOGIST MELISSA CONSTANZER .

>>> IF YOU ARE BUYING A NEW HOME OR DOING REPAIRS, THAT WILL COST YOU MORE BECAUSE OF RISING LUMBER PROCESS.

SUPPLY AND DEMAND, YES.

AS BILL WEIR EXPLAINS, THE SUPPLY EQUATION HAS IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE IN THIS CASE.

>> Reporter: IF THE DEFINITION OF INFLATION IS TOO MANY DOLLARS NOT CHASING ENOUGH GOODS, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH 20 HOUSES WITH NOT ENOUGH WOULD.. >> IT IS UP AND DOWN.

IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE WERE ADDING 20 TO 30% JUST BECAUSE.

>> Reporter: THAT IS ALL THEY CAN TALK ABOUT.

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOMEBUILDERS CONVENTION IN ORLANDO THIS WEEK, STARTING WITH A STICKER.

>> ONE PERSON HAS BEEN ABOUT 75%.

IF THE COST OF A BUILDING MATERIAL WERE TO INCREASE BY 75% IN A NORMAL TIME, PEOPLE WOULD BE COMING ON.

MOST OF THEM ARE 200% MORE RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE A FEW REASONS WHY, BUT THE PROBLEM BEGINS HERE.

ALMOST ONE IN EVERY THREE BOARDS HAMMERED INTO AMERICAN HOMES AND WERE A PLAGUE OF BEATLES OF HOW TO KILL 100,000 TREES A DAY.

SO MANY, YOU COULD HEAR THEM OVER THE PHONE.

>> I CAN HEAR THE BEATLES AND I'M LISTENING TO MY TREES BEING KILLED.

>> Reporter: THIS FORCE BIOLOGIST JANICE HAS STUDIED THIS FOR DECADES, ONE EFFECT IN THE PLANET.

>> WARMER OVER WINTERS AND HOTTER AND DRIER SUMMERS.

WE SAW THOSE POPULATIONS NOT ONLY RISE TO ACADEMIC ELDERS, BUT WHAT WE CALL A HYPER- ACADEMIC.

>> HOW DO THEY ATTACK A SINGLE TREE LIKE A INVADING ARMY AND DEFEND ITSELF FILLING ITS CRACKS WITH THIS STICKY CHEMICAL COMPOUND WE KNOW AS PITCH.

THAT IS HIGHLY FLAMMABLE.

IF THEY WIN, THEY HAVE A 50- FOOT FIRESTARTER.

>> Reporter: THIS TOPIC CELEBRATE THIS.

ALTOGETHER, 50 MILLION ACRES HAVE BEEN LOST AND THE AREA THE SIZE OF MINNESOTA.

>> WE HAVE MORE THAN 30 MILL CLOSURES IN THE INTERIOR ALONE.

MEALS ARE NOT RUNNING 2470 MARK.

>> Reporter: THERE IS THE 40- YEAR-OLD TRADE WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES AND BASED ON A OLD FORMULA, CANADIAN WOULD AUTOMATICALLY DOUBLED THIS WAY.

JOE BIDEN COULD FILE THOSE BACK.

CANADA IS PROTECTING MORE FEDERAL TREES, ESPECIALLY WHERE THAT STANDS IN PLACES LIKE THIS NATIONAL FOREST.

>> BY AND ADMINISTRATION HAS CUT BACK ON THE HARVESTING OF OUR FEDERAL LANDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES.

WE NEED MORE LUMBER FROM OUTSIDE.

THE BODY AND ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT GONE TO THE TABLE TO NEGOTIATE ALONG WITH CANADA.

WE HAVE TO TO LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE.

WE OPENED UP DISCUSSIONS WITH THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT ABOUT BRINGING MORE FROM GERMANY.

>> Reporter: MORE BUILDERS LIKE JOHN RIDDLE IN WINTER PARK, FLORIDA ARE DOING ALTERNATIVES BY INJECTING THESE MOLDS WITH CONCRETE, HE SAID HE CREATES THESE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT AND 100% MORE FIREPROOF.

>> THIS SEEMS TO ME, AS WE WATCH ZONING REGULATIONS CHANGE IN CALIFORNIA, WILDFIRES WITH A AMAZING SOLUTION.

THERE IS NO REASON WHY THIS IS NOT THE PREFERENCE IN OUR COUNTRY.

THE LEADERS LIKE TO DO WHAT THEY ALWAYS DO.

>> Reporter: HOUSING CRISIS IS GROWING AT THE SAME TIME AS CLIMATE CRISIS.

SCIENCE SAYS WE NEED THAT MUCH WORKFORCE TO POSSIBLY SAVE THIS.

>> Reporter: >> THIS IS THE CASE FOR CONSIDERING OUR FOREST ENTRIES IN OUR FOREST WITH THEIR ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND NOT JUST A TWO BY FOUR.

>> Reporter: >>> THE U.S. RELOCATES A EMBASSY OPERATIONS IN UKRAINE AS RUSSIA THREATENS TO INVADE.

THAT IS AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION OF KPBS .

>>> ON THIS VALENTINE'S DAY, YOU MIGHT NOT THINK A MOLECULE CALLED THE 31 SOUNDS ROMANTIC.

MAYBE THAT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT A FRUIT FLY.

A RESEARCHER AT UC SAN DIEGO FOUND THIS MOLECULE PUTS FRUIT FLIES IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE.

KPBS CYTEC REPORTER THOMAS FARGE HAS THE STORY .

>> Reporter: NEUROBIOLOGIST JIM WANG SAID ALL CREATURES HAVE A HIERARCHY OF NEEDS AND AT THE TOP OF THE LIST IS THE DRIVE TO REPRODUCE.

THE STUDY OF FRUIT FLIES PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL NATURE SHOWS ONCE A MALE FLY HAS A WHOLE STOMACH, IT STARTS TO GET OTHER IDEAS.

THIS HAPPENS AS A HORMONE MOLECULE IS CARRIED FROM THE GUT TO THE BRAIN WHERE THAT ACTIVATES TWO CIRCUITS.

ONE OF THEM TELLS THE FLY TO STOP FEEDING.

>> THE OTHER IS TO INITIATE IT AND THIS HORMONE TELLS THE FRUIT FLY NOW THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE.

>> Reporter: IT IS CALLED DH 31 AND IT IS MOST EASILY PRODUCED WHEN MAIL FLIES EAT A HIGH- PROTEIN MEAL FROM ROTTING FRUIT.

THE NEXT STEP IS MADE UP OF MANY FAMILIAR BEHAVIORS INCLUDING SONGS.

>> THE MALE FLY WILL HAVE THAT TO ENTICE THE FEMALE FLY TO BE RECEPTIVE IN THE MALE FLY.

IF THE FEMALE FLIES, SHE CAN MAKE THE RIGHT MOVE.

A FEMALE FLY WILL STOP IN THE MALE FLY WILL GO TO THE NEXT STEP.

>> Reporter: A FEMALE FRUIT FLY WILL HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE ENCOUNTERS PRODUCING AS MANY AS 200 FERTILIZED EGGS DURING HER TWO WEEK LIFESPAN.

HIS RESEARCH MIGHT BE THE FIRST TO SHOW IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EATING AND MEETING.

HUMANS DO NOT HAVE A DH 31 HORMONE AS FAR AS WE KNOW, BUT JING WANG SAID THE TINY BODIES OF FRUIT FLIES ARE NOT TOO DIFFERENT FROM OURS .

>> WE CAN SEE HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS, AND SOME OF WHICH THAT WE CAN EXTRAPOLATE IT TO HUMAN SYSTEMS.

>> FOR PEOPLE, WE KNOW THERE ARE FOODS LIKE OYSTERS THAT ARE CONSIDERED TO BE APHRODISIACS.

WE KNOW, SCIENTIFICALLY, THAT A GOOD MEAL HAS A POSITIVE EFFECT ON LOVE AMONG FRUIT FLIES.

, SIDES, KPBS NEWS .

OF THE LOS ANGELES RAMS OUR SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS, LEAVING THEM TO ANSWER ONE QUESTION.

>> MATTHEW STAFFORD COOPER KUPP, YOU AND THE LOS ANGELES RAMS HAVE JUST WON THE SUPER BOWL.

WHAT WILL YOU DO NEXT ?

>> COOPER KUPP, MATTHEW STAFFORD AND DONALD VISITED DISNEYLAND TO CELEBRATE IN VICTORY PARADE DOWN IN MAIN STREET USA.

COOPER KUPP'S ONE YARD TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION GAVE THEM THEIR VICTORY OVER THE BENGALS.

IT'S THE RAMS FIRST NFL TITLE SINCE THE 1999 SEASON AND THE FIRST REPRESENTING L.A.

SINCE 1951.

THEY WON AT HOME IN THE $5 BILLION SOPHIA STADIUM THAT THEY SHARE WITH THE CHARGERS.

>>> ERIC WEDDLE IS THE LATEST FORMER CHARTER TO WIN A SUPER BOWL WITH ANOTHER TEAM.

LAST MONTH, HE CAME OUT TO JOIN THE RAMS FOR THE POST SEASON.

HE TORE HIS PACK DURING THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BUT FINISHED WITH FIVE TOTAL TACKLES.

PLANS TO RETIRE, BUT NOW HE WILL DO THAT AS A CHAMPION.

>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR, PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS AND PRIVILEGED TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR, HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN DRAIN, HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS SINCE 1978.

AND, BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING-AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.