MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

>>> AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND, BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> TONIGHT, WE DON'T KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF THE DAMAGE IN TURKEY AND SYRIA.

THAT IS WHERE LOCAL RESEARCH IS COME IN.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

ONE WEEK SINCE THE DEVASTATING RESEARCHERS GOING TO CALIFORNIA TO SURVEY THE SCENE WHILE OTHERS ARE HERE AT HOME COLLECTING DATA.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER M.G.

PEREZ SPOKE WITH THEM.

>> MOVING TO FREEDOM SO IT CAN TRANSLATE INTO THREE DIRECTIONS AND ROTATE .

>> Reporter: STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING PROFESSOR LILY USES HER HANDS TO EXPLAIN THE POWER OF THE FAMOUS SHAPE OF UC SAN DIEGO.

IT IS A 40 FOOT LONG 25 FOOT WIDE STEEL PLATE WITH A HEAVY HYDRAULIC SYSTEM THAT RE- CREATES EARTHQUAKES.

HERE, THE EARTHQUAKE THAT IS COMING WILL CHALLENGE THE STRENGTH OF A MASS TIMBER STRUCTURE, TESTING THAT HAD COULD HAVE IDENTIFIED BUILDINGS THAT CRUMBLED SO EASILY JUST A WEEK AGO HALF A WORLD AWAY.

>> RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND LOOKING AT THE STRUCTURES AND FAILURES AND THE CODE OF THE BUILDING AND TRYING TO ASSESS WHERE THE BUSINESSES ARE AT THIS POINT.

>> Reporter: THE DESTRUCTION IN TURKEY AND SYRIA IS SURVEYED BY A TEAM FROM THE EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE BASED AT UC BERKELEY.

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS LOOK AT MORE THAN JUST THE HEIGHT OF A BUILDING OR WHAT IT IS MADE OF.

THE GROUND IT SITS ON IS IMPORTANT, TOO.

THERE WILL BE LESSONS LEARNED IN TURKEY THAT CAN BE HELPED HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

>> EVERY TIME WE CRACK THE CODE AND MAKE THINGS STRONGER OR MORE RESILIENT, THERE IS A WEAKER SECTION SOMEWHERE ELSE.

THE EARTHQUAKES ARE FINDING WEAKNESS IN OUR BUILDINGS.

>> Reporter: THAT IS WHAT MAKES THE CHECK TABLES AVAILABLE.

DATA COLLECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS WILL EVENTUALLY FIND ITS WAY BACK TO CALIFORNIA AND SOLUTIONS THAT COULD SOMEDAY SAVE LIVES IN SAN DIEGO OR ANY OTHER COMMUNITY IF AND WHEN IT HITS.

UNTIL THEN, THERE ARE DECADES OF EARTHQUAKES TO LEARN FROM.

>> IN 1994, THERE WAS A EARTHQUAKE AND AFTER THAT, THEY TOUTED THIS CONNECTION FOR STEEL BUILDINGS, AND THE EARTHQUAKE SHOWED IT DID NOT PERFORM.

WE HAVE NOT DESIGNED THEM AS WE HAVE EXPECTED AND THERE WAS A HISTORY OF RESEARCH DONE FOR DECADES AFTERWARDS.

>> Reporter: ENGINEERS HAVE A CODE OF ETHICS WITH A PRIORITY TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO PRESERVE LIFE WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND TO LEARN FROM THE LOSS THAT IS LEFT BEHIND.

M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS .

>>> RESCUERS HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY TO REACH PEOPLE STILL STUCK AMID THE RUBBLE, EVEN ONE WEEK SINCE THE EARTHQUAKES.

SEVERAL ADULTS AND CHILDREN HAVE BEEN FOUND ALIVE.

WITH A VIDEO SHARED BY THE TURKISH HEALTH MINISTER, RESCUERS CAN BE SEEN PLACING AN OXYGEN MASK ON A YOUNG GIRL.

THEY PROMISED HER STRAWBERRY MILK AND BAGELS.

>>> THE BORDER WALL AT FRIENDSHIP PARK IS BACK UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB SAYS THAT IS NOT WELCOMED NEWS ADVOCATES WHO WANT TO KEEP IT A FRIENDS AND FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: A HISTORIC PLACE AT THE WESTERN IN WEST MEXICO BORDER.

IT HAS LONG BEEN DIVIDED BY A BORDER FENCE.

NOW, U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION IS BUILDING NUCLEAR LAWS AFTER TEMPORARILY CLOSING CONSTRUCTION LAST AUGUST.

JOHN IS AN ADVOCATE WITH FRIENDS AT FRIENDSHIP PARK.

>> CONSTRUCTION IS BEGINNING TODAY ON THE 230 FOOT WALLS, UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS TO STOP THEM, WILL BE STRETCHED ACROSS THE FACE OF THE PARK.

>> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT FACED A LOCAL CRY WHEN FANS CALLED FREEDOM IN TAINTING THE GATES AT FRIENDSHIP PARK THAT ALLOW FAMILIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER TO MEET.

IN A STATEMENT TO KPBS, U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION SAYS IT'S WORK WILL PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS , AND THAT VISITORS CAN ACCESS THE PARK ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS DONE ASSUMING IT IS OPERATIONALLY SAFE TO DO SO.

>> A 30 FOOT WALL TO REPLACE THE FENCE WILL ELIMINATE THE VIEWS INTO THE PARK.

MANY PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THERE IS A PUBLIC MEETING PLACE.

>> Reporter: FRIENDSHIP PARK HAS BEEN CLOSED ON THE BORDER SINCE 2019.

REPLACING OF THE FENCING IS EXPECTED WITHIN SIX MONTHS.

JACOB AIR, KPBS NEWS .

OF SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY IS DEALING WITH A CASE OF LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE.

THE UNIVERSITY CLOSED THE SCIENCES BUILDING TODAY AS IT INVESTIGATES THE REPORT WITH A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.

ENVIRONMENTAL SELF AND HEALTH TEAMS ARE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO IDENTIFY AND CONFIRM THAT SOURCE OF THE DISEASE.

THE SCHOOL SAYS THE PATIENTS ARE AWAY FROM CAMPUS AND NO CONNECTION HAS YET BEEN ESTABLISHED.

THIS DISEASE CAN CAUSE SHORTNESS OF BREATH, COUGH, AND BE CARRIED THROUGH WATER SYSTEMS.

>>> NEW INFORMATION IS EMERGING ABOUT MULTIPLE IDENTIFIED OBJECTS SHUT DOWN BY THE U.S.

IN RECENT DAYS.

WE MIGHT SEE MORE ALTITUDE ENCOUNTERS IN THE FUTURE.

>> Reporter: THREE DAYS, THREE MORE OBJECTS SHUT DOWN BY THE U.S. OVER NORTH AMERICA.

THIS IS AFTER A CHINESE SURVEILLANCE BALLOON WAS DESTROYED OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA LAST WEEKEND.

>> IT IS CLEAR WITH ONE INSTANCE, WE TESTED THE CANADIAN DEFENSE SYSTEMS.

>> Reporter: ON FRIDAY, A AMERICAN F-22 SHUTDOWN AN OBJECT OVER ALASKAN AIRSPACE.

SATURDAY, A OBJECT WAS DONE BY CANADA AND SUNDAY, A HIGH- ALTITUDE OBJECT WAS SHOT MIRROR LAKE HERE IN MICHIGAN BY U.S.

FORCES.

U.S. INTELLIGENCE SAID THE OBJECTS WERE BANNED AND APPEARED TO NOT POSE A THREAT TO PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.

>> THE ALTITUDES WERE LOWER THAN THE CHINESE ALTITUDE.

IT DID POSE A THREAT.

WHILE WE HAVE NO SPECIFIC REASON TO SUSPECT THEY WERE CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE OF ANY KIND, WE CANNOT RULE THAT OUT.

>> Reporter: U.S.

AUTHORITIES WILL START WITH THEIR SECURITY FOCUS ON THE LOWER-LEVEL AIRSPACE.

>> THEY HAVE MODIFIED THE FILTERS IN THE GATES AS WE CALL IT OF RADAR CAPABILITIES TO LOOK MORE DISCREETLY AT HIGH ALTITUDES TO OUR CROSS-SECTION AND SPEED OBJECTS.. >> WE KNOW THAT LOTS OF NATIONS FLY DRONES.

AT LEAST ONE OF THESE MIGHT BE A DRONE AND NOT A BALLOON.

IT IS UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT.

WE WILL FIND OUT.

>> Reporter: IVAN RODRIGUEZ, KPBS NEWS .

>>> SOME GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE WHO RECEIVED A MIDDLE-CLASS TAX REFUND.

THE IRS ISSUED TAX PAYMENTS THAT AFFIRMS TO COUNT THE REFUND AS INCOME ON THEIR FEDERAL TAX FILINGS.

REPUBLICANS AND THE STATE SENATE REQUESTED THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN EXEMPT THE 18 MILLION RESIDENTS TO RECEIVE REFUNDS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

CALIFORNIA TAXPAYERS HAD DELAYED FILING THEIR 2022 RETURNS WHILE WAITING FOR AN ANSWER.

>>> UC SAN DIEGO IS HANDING OUT AN EFFORT TO MAKE COMPUTER CHIPS A LOT SMARTER AND SMARTER.

KPBS REPORTER SCI-FI REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE HAS MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PROJECT.

>> Reporter: WHEN YOU WORK WITH THE COMPUTER DATA, YOU MOVE THE DATA FROM STORAGE TO PROCESSING AND THAT TAKES TOO LONG.

UCSD CALLS THIS A FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM.

>> THERE IS BIG DATA.

WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS YOU END UP SPENDING MORE THAN 90% OF THE TIME MOVING DATA TO THE BOOKKEEPER.

>> Reporter: THE SOLUTION IS TO MAKE COMPUTER CHIPS THAT PROCESS AND STORE DATA A LOT SMARTER.

>> THE IDEA IS TO CREATE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE THAT WILL MAKE THE PROCESSING AS CLOSE TO DATA AS POSSIBLE.

THAT MAKES IT TO RUN A LOT FASTER.

>> Reporter: THE CENTER TAJANA SIMUNIC ROSING TALKS ABOUT IS CALLED PRISM, PROCESSING WITH MEMORY CENTER FOUNDED IN JANUARY AND LED BY UC SAN DIEGO.

THE $50 MILLION OPERATION INVOLVES 10 UNIVERSITIES.

IT IS BY THE RESEARCH CORPORATION WITH ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP.

EXAMPLES OF THE COMPUTER INCLUDES ONE WELL-KNOWN TO KPBS TV, A LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO SEND A VIDEO FILE TO A COMPUTER TO BE PROCESSED IN MIND FOR VIDEO CLIPS.

SHE SUGGESTS HIS FUTURE ALTERNATIVE USING BETTER COMPUTER CHIPS.

>> YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND A LITTLE QUESTION.

WHEN SOMEBODY TALKS ABOUT YOUR COMPUTER CHIP, SEND THAT.

>> Reporter: SHE ADDED THAT REQUEST WILL GO OUT TO WHEREVER THE CLIP COULD BE FOUND AND SENT WHILE THE HUGE FILE CAN STAY WHERE IT IS.

TAJANA SIMUNIC ROSING SAYS THE TIME IT TAKES TO EXPERIMENT WITH DRUG COMPOUNDS BURIED WITH DATA NOW TAKES YEARS.

SHE SAYS WITH BETTER COMPUTER CHIPS, IT COULD TAKE DAYS.

HOW LONG WILL PRISM TAKE TO CREATE A BETTER COMPUTER CHIP?

>> THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THIS FIGURED OUT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.

HOPEFULLY IN FIVE YEARS, WE WILL SEE EXCITING ILLUSTRATIONS.

>> Reporter: THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MOTORCYCLE RACING IS A DANGEROUS SPORT.

IN NORTH COUNTY COMPANY SAYS IT'S GEAR IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

IT IS ALSO IN HIGH DEMAND FOR AN UNEXPECTED TRADITION.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION ALVARADO SHOWS US WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO PROTECT THOSE.

>> Reporter: IS THE SOUND OF A CUTTING MACHINE AT MOTOR PORT USA IN ESCONDIDO.

IT'S CUTTING KEVLAR MESH ONE PIECE AT A TIME.

AND THEN EACH PIECE IS CAREFULLY SO INTO A PAIR OF PROTECTIVE PADS THAT ARE LINKED TO ORDER.

THOSE.

OF PANTS CAN PROTECT A RIDER FROM SERIOUS INJURY.

>> I SURVIVED.

IT WAS THE WORST CRASH I HAVE EVER HAD.

>> Reporter: WAYNE BOYER IS THE OWNER OF MOTORSPORT USA AND A FORMER COMPETITIVE RIDER.

MAKING RIDER GEAR IS NOT THE ONLY BUSINESS.

HE SAYS IN THE 90s, HE FOUND ANOTHER MARKET WITH POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

>> I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE PEOPLE CAUGHT IN MY POLYESTER SHOES AND PANTS.

GUYS WERE CRASHING WITHOUT WEARING PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.

>> Reporter: NOW, 75% OF HIS BUSINESS IS MAKING PROTECTIVE GEAR FOR MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> IT IS CALLED A SAFETY EXTENSION.

YOU DOUBLE STATES OVER THE TOP.

WE HAVE 2000 POUNDS.

THESE POLICE OFFICERS CAN HIT THE GROUND AT 100 MILES PER HOUR AND THE GEAR DOES NOT DISINTEGRATE.

IT PROTECTS THEM ALTOGETHER.

>> IN 2014, HIGHWAY PATROL FORMED THIS.

SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE SAVED LIVES TO NOT ONLY OUR MOTORCYCLE PERSONNEL, BUT OTHER OFFICERS AROUND THE STATE.

>> Reporter: THE MOST RECENT CUSTOMER FOR THE FAMILY BUSINESS IS THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT MOTORCYCLE SITES PROPOSED THE UNIFORM UPGRADE AFTER DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH AND TALKING TO COLLEAGUES IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

>> I SPOKE TO ONE OF THE OFFICERS WHO WORKED ON THE CHULA VISTA POLICE DEPARTMENT GOING 35 MILES PER HOUR AND SLID ACROSS THE ROAD AND I LOOKED AT IT AND I COULD NOT TELL IT HIT THE GROUND.

IT WAS ON THE ASPHALT WITH THESE PANTS ON AND THEY WERE TORN, RIPPED, AND SCRATCHED.

THEY LOOKED LIKE HE WAS ALL OVER THE GROUND.

>> Reporter: ZAITZ SAYS IT IS OVERDUE.

>> I HAVE PICTURES FROM THE 1920S.

IT WAS THE SAME UNIFORM.

>> IT IS REASSURING KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A UNIFORM DESIGNED TO RIDE A MOTORCYCLE.

>> Reporter: A UNIFORM DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE OFFICER WHO WILL WHERE IT'S.

MEMBERS OF BOYD'S FAMILY HELP WITH THE PROCESS TAKING ORDERS, DOING BOOKS, AND MEASURING THE CUSTOMERS AS THEY COME IN.

>> BOBBY, DO YOU WANT TO START WITH HIM?

>> Reporter: LAWYERS SON-IN-LAW TAKES MEASUREMENTS.

OUT-OF-TOWN CUSTOMERS CAN BE MEASURED ONLINE.

IT IS CRUCIAL FOR PROTECTION AND THERE IS NO MASS PRODUCTION HERE.

EVERY UNIFORM IS MADE ONE AT A TIME, WHICH MEANS IT TAKES TIME.

>> ALMOST 3 1/2 MONTHS WAIT FOR A POLICE OFFICER.

THAT IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS.

>> Reporter: BOYER SAID HE WOULD RATHER TAKE HIS TIME AND MAKE SURE THINGS ARE DONE RIGHT.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN MANUFACTURING WAS DONE BY OTHER COMPANIES, BUT THEN ONE OF THOSE FAILED.

BOYER SAYS USING THE WRONG THREAD THAT A CUSTOMER HURTS.

>> WE RUN OUT OF THREAD.

THEY DESCRIBE THE REGULAR THREAD.

COULD NOT CONTROL THE MANUFACTURING.

MAKE SURE IT IS MADE WITH THE RIGHT THREATS.

>> Reporter: NOW, ALL OF THE WORK IS DONE IN ESCONDIDO BY EMPLOYEES.

SHE RUNS THIS CUTTING MACHINE MAKING THE PERFECTLY SIZED PIECES.

>> I AM SO HAPPY.

I WAS GOING THROUGH THE YEARS HERE.

>> THAT WAS AMAZING.

>> Reporter: IT COST $31 TO OUTFIT AN OFFICER WITH SEVERAL UNIFORMS.

THOSE UNIFORMS WILL LAST FOR YEARS AND CAN SAVE LIVES.

>> WE USUALLY GET A TESTIMONIAL TO COME OUT AND SHAKE MY HAND.

IT DOES MAKE ME FEEL GREAT.

>> Reporter: KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS .

>>> TEENS, ESPECIALLY GIRLS, ARE EXPERIENCING MORE VIOLENCE, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND MENTAL CHALLENGES ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SURVEY FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

A RESPONSE WAS COLLECTED IN FALL OF 2012 OFFERED A LOOK AT TRENDS SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC.

57% OF TEEN GIRLS FELT PERSISTENTLY SAD OR HOPELESS, DOUBLE THE RATE OF TEEN BOYS.

LGBTQ TEENS HAD WITH MENTAL HEALTH THAN THEIR HETEROSEXUAL PEERS.

>> ALMOST A THIRD OF LGBTQ PLUS STUDENTS WERE BULLIED ONLINE AND ALMOST A QUARTER WERE BULLIED AT SCHOOL.

MORE THAN ONE IN 10 DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS.

TRAGICALLY, ALMOST HALF SERIOUS CONSIDERED SUICIDE AND NEARLY ONE IN FOUR ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

THIS IS DEVASTATING.

>> NEARLY A THIRD OF TEEN GIRLS ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

THE CDC SAYS THE NEW DATA UNDERSCORES SIGNIFICANT DECLINES IN YOUTH HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OVERALL.

>>> SCHOOL STAFF ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY ARE PARTICIPATING IN TRAINING SESSIONS FOR STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS THIS WEEK.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAID THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION PUT THE SERIES TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION BEGAN HOSTING THEIR STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH WEBINAR SERIES DURING THE PANDEMIC.

SESSIONS FOR SCHOOL STAFF INCLUDE DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, YOUTH, THE EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS, EATING DISORDERS AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN VAPING, CANNABIS AND MENTAL HEALTH.

>> ALL STAFF IN A SCHOOL, SO THAT THERE ARE CARING EYES AND EARS ON STUDENTS.

EVERYONE HAS COMMON KNOWLEDGE AND COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ARE SOME WARNING SIGNS AND WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR.

>> Reporter: HEATHER IS THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION'S COORDINATOR OF STUDENT WELLNESS AND SCHOOL CULTURE.

SHE SAYS ONE GOAL IS TO HELP REDUCE STIGMA.

>> HAVING THE EMPATHETIC AND PASSIONATE APPROACH IN BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND IN THE END, GUIDING THEM FOR WHAT IS NEEDED.

>> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME, THERE IS A MENTAL HEALTH WEBINAR SERIES FOR PARENTS.

THEY ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCRIPPS HEALTH AND RADY CHILDREN HOSPITAL .

>> WE HAVE SEEN RATES OF MENTAL HEALTH INCREASING AND INCREASING.

TEACHERS IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE FRONT LINE OF THIS CRISIS.

>> Reporter: WILLOUGH JENKINS IS A MEDICAL DIRECTOR.

SHE IS LEADING THE DISCUSSION ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CANNABIS, VAPING AND MENTAL HEALTH.

>> THIS CAN CAUSE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND PARENTS AND TEACHERS DON'T KNOW THEIR STUDENTS ARE USING THESE.

THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.

>> Reporter: THERE IS A FOCUS ON EATING DISORDERS, WHICH JENKINS SAYS HAVE BEEN ON THE RISE.

>> EATING DISORDER IS A MENTAL ORDER.

THEY ARE IN THAT CATEGORY.

THE REASON IS A LOT OF THE BEHAVIOR AROUND HEATING IS FUELED BY DIFFERENT PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES.

DEPENDING ON YOUR FAMILY, YOUR STRESS, YOU ARE USING EATING AS A WAY TO HELP CONTROL OR DEAL WITH UNDERLYING STRESSORS OR CONCERNS.

>> Reporter: THERE IS A WEBINAR AT THE END OF THE MONTH FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS RELATED TO DRUG USE AND MENTAL HEALTH.

IN MARCH, THERE IS A SESSION ON DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AND IN APRIL, THE FOCUS IS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS .

>>> SAN DIEGO RESEARCHERS HAVE IDENTIFIED A JELLYLIKE ORGANISM THAT IS GOOD AT REMOVING CARBON FROM THE OCEANS SURFACE.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: A SMALL OCEAN MIGHT BE HELPING TO KEEP EXCESS CARBON OXIDE OF THE ATMOSPHERE.

'S FEEDS ON PHYTOPLANKTON, MICROSCOPIC PLANS THAT CONSUME CARBON.

THE SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCHER MORGAN SAYS CELLS REPRODUCE QUICKLY WHEN THEY COME ACROSS THE PHYTOPLANKTON.

THEY CAN CONSUME A LOT.

>> WE HAVE COMBINED SWIMMING WITH FEEDING AND THEY CAN FILTER HUNDREDS.

THEY CAN PULL OUT THE PARTICLES.

THEY MAKE THESE REALLY LARGE HEAVY ECO-PELLETS.

>> Reporter: THOSE HEAVY PELLETS ARE FULL OF CARBON.

THEY FIRST NOTICED CELLS AFTER STUDYING THE ANIMALS SHE THINKS CAN HAVE A CAN IMPACT FROM CARBON WITH THE ATMOSPHERE.

THAT CAN AFFECT THE CLIMATE.

>> THE DEEPER THEY GET DELIVERED, LONGER, THE MORE THAT HELPS US TO TAKE CARBON FROM THE ATMOSPHERE.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE ANIMALS ARE NOT ALWAYS PRESENT IN LARGE NUMBERS, BUT WHEN THEY ARE, THEY CAN GET BACK TO THE CYCLE.

THEY ARE ON A FAIRLY LARGE SCALE.

THE ABUNDANCE OF THE OCEAN WAS ABUNDANT BETWEEN 1920 AND 2000.

THE FINDINGS WERE PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF NATURE COMMUNICATIONS.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS .

>>> SOME CHANGES COMING UP OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME SOGGY CONDITIONS IN SHOWERS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WIND.

THERE WILL BE SOME CHILLY ROUNDS.

WE CATCH A BREAK LATER ON THIS WEEKEND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE WEEKEND WHERE WE CAN CEASE WET WEATHER RETURN.

ON TUESDAY, AND HERE FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AS WE TALK ABOUT OCEANSIDE SAN DIEGO CHULA VISTA WITH SOME WIND ADVISORIES, THESE ARE HIGH WIND WARNINGS.

IT CAN BE DAMAGING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

IT WILL BE LIGHTER SHADE OF PURPLE AND THERE IS EXTREME TYPES OF WIND.

A SHOWER AS WE TALK ABOUT CONDITIONS.

LET'S GO TO AREAWIDE WITH 51 IN TO LAVISTA.

BORREGO SPRINGS IS 46 AND LAGUNA DROPPING DOWN TO 34 DEGREES.

FUTURECAST, WE GET CLOUDY LATER ON TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

THERE WILL BE SOME SHOWERS AROUND.

YOU CAN SEE DROPPING DOWN TO THE SOUTH.

THIS IS MORE OF AN INSIDE SLIDER TAKING IMPACTS THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR IN TERMS OF PRECIPITATION.

HAVE THE UMBRELLA HANDY THROUGH TUESDAY.

WE WILL EXPERIENCE SHOWERS AROUND, ESPECIALLY AS WE WORK OUR WAY FROM THE SUNNY INTERIOR VALLEYS AND THERE WILL BE SHOWERS AROUND.

39 AT CHULA VISTA AND 58.

HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY, DRY AND THERE GOES YOUR POCKET OF CHILL NORTH AND EAST, AND THAT IS WHERE THE SNOW WILL GO.

WE HAVE SHOWERS ON TUESDAY RETURNING BY THEM WEEKEND.

IT WILL BE BREEZY.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR VALLEY.

THERE IS YOUR WET WEATHER RETURNING OVER THE WEEKEND AND QUITE BRISK.

HIGH WINDS OUT ON THURSDAY AND WE WILL SEE TEMPS CLIMBING.

WE HAVE SHOWERS RETURNING ON THE WEEKEND.

THROUGHOUT THE DESERT, IT WILL BE WINDY ON TUESDAY, NOT AS WINDY AS WE GO INTO MIDWEEK.

MORE KPBS, I METEOROLOGIST JUSTIN CON SANDER .

>>> PRICES ARE HIGH, BUT HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD YOU SAVE IF YOU RAISED YOUR OWN CHICKENS?

IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO COMMIT TO STARTING A COOP IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THEY ARE OFFERING A OPTION TO RENT.

SHAWN CHITNIS HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: ERIN HAS ALWAYS LOVED CHICKENS.

HE REMEMBERS RAISING THEM AS A KID.

HE KNOWS HE IS NOT ALONE.

MANY PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE THEM AT HOME OR AT LEAST GIVE IT A TRY.

WHEN HE HEARD PEOPLE RENTING CHICKENS ON THE EAST COAST AND PEOPLE WERE DOING THE SAME IN THE BAY AREA, HE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEW BUSINESS.

HE CREATED A TRACT OR MOBILE CHICKEN COOP HE CAN DELIVER WITH SUPPLIES.

THEY CAN RENT THESE BACKYARD HANDS FOR ONE TO THREE MONTHS.

>> PEOPLE SEEM TO REALLY ENJOY IT.

I SEE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE BAY AREA.

>> Reporter: FROM HIS HOME IN SEBASTOPOL, ERIC LOADS UP HIS TRUCK AND TRAVELS TO HIS NEXT CUSTOMER ON WEEKENDS.

THEY WILL WANT TO TAKE ON NEW PETS AND WATCH OUT FOR THEM WHILE THEY ARE WITH YOU.

THEY HELP TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AS WELL.

>> I HAD A CUSTOMER BOOK A RENTAL YESTERDAY.

SHE WAS LIKE IT IS ALL ABOUT THE EGGS.

I HAVE TO HAVE THE EGGS.

>> Reporter: HE SHOWED US SOME OF THE FRESH EGGS LAID THAT MORNING.

YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THIS IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER WHEN THE NORMALLY WAY ONE EGG A DAY AND A FEW EGGS IN THE FALL AND WINTER.

WHILE YOU WILL NOT SAVE MONEY WITH THIS, YOU WILL HAVE A RELIABLE SUPPLY OF EGGS WHILE YOU ARE RENTING THE HANDS.

>> I LOVE EGGS.

>> Reporter: KELLY WAS ITS FIRST CUSTOMER.

FOR HER, IT WAS ABOUT THE CHICKEN AND THE EGG.

KELLY REMEMBERS HAVING A CHICKEN WHEN SHE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD AND A ADULT LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO, SHE WANTED THE EXPERIENCE AGAIN ALONG WITH FRESH EGGS.

>> HAVING THE CONNECTION LIVING IN THE CITY WAS A GREAT BALANCE.

>> Reporter: SHE PLANS TO HAVE HANDS IN HER BACKYARD PERMANENTLY SOON.

PEOPLE CAN TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CHICKENS.

>> YOU CAN REALLY GET INTO IT.

>> Reporter: CONVERTING PEOPLE TO LOVE THEM AS MUCH AS HE DOES ONE MONTH AT A TIME.

>> THAT WAS SHAWN CHITNIS REPORTING.

RENTAL PRICES RANGE FROM TWO $50-$475 ZERO.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM, WHERE ARE YOUR ROSES COMING FROM?

WE HAVE THE ADDITION DETAILS WITH A SUPPLY CHAIN FOR FLOWERS ALWAYS IN HIGH DEMAND ON VALENTINE'S DAY.

KPBS MID-DAY ADDITION IS TALKING ABOUT THE HALL OF FAME.

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

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> BILL HOW PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL ONE 800-BILL-HOW, OR VISIT BILLY HOWLE.COM, AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

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