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>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT'S MONDAY, JUNE 13th.

THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE TAKING AIM AT GUN MANUFACTURERS, SAYING THEY WANT THE POWER TO SUE FOR GUN VIOLENCE.

THIS COMES AFTER THE U.S. SENATE APPEARS TO HAVE REACHED A BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT ON GUN CONTROL.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER NGUYEN HAS THE DETAILS.

>> I DON'T WANT GUNS IN MY SCHOOL, I DON'T WANT GUNS IN OUR HOMES.

MORE GUNS DOES NOT MEAN THAT I WILL BE SAFER .

>> Reporter: THAT IS 10TH- GRADER NATALIA FISH, PLEADING WITH OFFICIALS AND VOTERS TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE.

>> I AM NOT OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE, BUT I AM OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT I DO NOT FEEL SAFE GOING TO SCHOOL.

I DO NOT FEEL SAFE ENTERING MALLS AND SHOPPING AND GROCERY STORES.

I DO NOT FEEL SAFE, BECAUSE THE LEADERS RUNNING THIS NATION HAVE NOT BEEN LISTENING.

>> Reporter: MOTIVATED BY YOUNG BASE VOICES, COUNTY SUPERVISORS TOMORROW SAY THEY PLAN TO INTRODUCE A POLICY WHICH WILL ALLOW THE COUNTY TO SUE GOVERNMENT FACTORS FOR THEIR ROLE IN GUN VIOLENCE.

FLETCHER SAYS LITIGATION HAS WORKED BEFORE.

>> PARTICULAR WITH ISSUES OF TOBACCO AND OPIOIDS WERE INDIVIDUALS ACT RECKLESSLY, THERE IS CONSIDERABLE MORAL DAMAGE OR HARM THAT IS DONE WHILE THEY PROFIT OFF OF THEIR PRODUCT, WE EXPLORE THAT SAME MECHANISM AVAILABLE FOR US, HERE.

>> Reporter: THIS IS SIMILAR TO STEPS THAT CITIES ELSEWHERE HAVE TAKEN TO CURB GUN VIOLENCE, HE SAYS.

LOS ANGELES, FOR EXAMPLE, IS SUING GHOST GUN MAKER POLYMER 80 FOR SELLING ITS KITS WITHOUT BACKGROUND CHECKS OR SERIAL NUMBERS.

GUN ADVOCATES SAY THE IDEA IS LUDICROUS.

MICHAEL SCHWARTZ IS WITH THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY GUNOWNERS POLITICAL ACTION GROUP.

>> THIS IS LIKE SUING A CAR MANUFACTURER, FOR DRUNK DRIVING?

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL.

IT DOES NOT PASS THE SNIFF TEST.

YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS INTENDED TO DO, THEY ARE TRULY AGAINST IT.

>> Reporter: RECENT MASS SHOOTINGS IN BUFFALO AND UVALDE HAVE INTENSIFIED CALLS FOR GUN CONTROL.

A GROUP OF SENATORS YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED A BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT ON GUN CONTROL ISSUES.

BUT SUPERVISORS SAY THEY STILL NEED TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN.

>> THE IDEA THAT GUN MANUFACTURERS, WHO ARE FOCUSED, DAY IN AND DAY OUT ON SELLING GUNS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO KILL, SELLING THOSE TWO YOUNG PEOPLE, IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE SHAREHOLDER PROFIT, THAT IS UNCONSCIONABLE.

>> Reporter: IF PASSED, THE POLICY WOULD DIRECT COUNTY LAWYERS TO BRING BACK RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHENEVER LITIGATION IS APPROPRIATE.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, TRENTON YEARS.

>>> IT WAS DAY TWO IN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GETTING THE DEADLY JANUARY 6th INSURRECTION AT THE U.S. CAPITOL.

TODAY, WITNESSES TESTIFIED THAT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP KNOWINGLY SPREAD FALSE CLAIMS OF FRAUD DURING THE 2020 ELECTION.

MORE, NOW, FROM REPORTER CHRIS NGUYEN.

>> Reporter: DAY TWO OF THE JANUARY 6th HEARINGS KICKED OFF WITH UNEXPECTED DRAMA AFTER FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN MANAGER BILL STEPNEY AND PULLED OUT AFTER HIS WIFE WENT INTO LABOR.

THE SELECT COMMITTEE OFFERING PARTS OF HIS PREVIOUS DEPOSITION TO ILLUSTRATE AS MANY BOOKS BUT I DIDN'T THINK THAT WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS ON AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

>> Reporter: HIS TESTIMONY, ALONG WITH FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR ADDS TO THE CASE THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR HIS UNFOUNDED CLAIM THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN BEFORE ANYONE HAD THE CHANCE TO EXAMINE WHETHER WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD EXISTED.

>> THE EARLY CLAIMS THAT I UNDERSTOOD WERE COMPLETELY BOGUS AND SILLY, AND USUALLY BASED ON COMPLETE MISINFORMATION.

>> Reporter: THE COMMITTEE ALSO SAYS TRUMP CAST ASIDE HIS LEGAL TEAM WHEN THEY TOLD HIM HE LOST, BRINGING IN CONSPIRACY PUSHING ADVISERS LIKE RUDY GIULIANI, WHO BELIEVED THE BASELESS CLAIMS OF ELECTION CONTRACT AND DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS SWITCHING VOTES.

>> WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING, I THOUGHT WAS NUTS.

THE THEORY WAS ALSO QUICKLY NUTS.

>> Reporter: WITNESSES PRESENT AT THE HEARING INCLUDED LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS FROM GEORGIA AND PENNSYLVANIA WHO INVESTIGATED CLAIMS OF FRAUD.

>> NOT ONLY WAS THERE NO EVIDENCE OF 80,000 DEAD VOTERS VOTING IN PENNSYLVANIA, THERE WAS NOT EVIDENCE OF 8.

>> Reporter: TESTIMONIES USED TO OUTLINE TRANSACTIONS.

>> DONALD TRUMP KNEW HE LOST THE ELECTION AND AS A RESULT OF HIS LOSS, DECIDED TO WAGE AN ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY.

>> Reporter: CHRIS NGUYEN, TRENTON YEARS.

>>> A ONE DAY SAFETY PAUSE IN AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN ORDERED BY THE U.S. NAVY FOLLOWING MULTIPLE CRASHES.

THE PAUSE INCLUDES ALL NONDEPLOYED AIRCRAFT TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF TROOPS AS THEY TRAIN.

THE DECISION COMES AFTER FIVE CAMP PENDLETON MARINES WERE KILLED LAST WEDNESDAY WHEN THERE OSPREY CRASHED DURING TRAINING IN IMPERIAL COUNTY, IN WHAT IS BEING CALLED AN AVIATION MISHAP.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, A NAVY FIGHTER PILOT DIED AFTER CRASHING HIS AIRCRAFT IN A DESERT IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

THE SAFETY PAUSE DOES NOT INCLUDE U.S. MARINES.

>>> RIGHT NOW, THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL IS DEBATING A NEW BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR WHICH BEGINS ON JULY 1st.

MAYOR GLORIA HAS PROPOSED AN $8.9 BILLION GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO BOOST FUNDING FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT.

MEANWHILE, PROPOSED FUNDING FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT STAYED RELATIVELY STEADY.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO WEIGHING IN, TODAY.

ALEJANDRO AMADOR IS A FANTASY DROUGHT RESIDENT WHO ADVOCATED FOR IMPROVED PARKS IN HIS COMMUNITY.

>> PARKS IMPROVE WELL-BEING, REDUCE POLLUTION AND BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

BUT, NOT ALL OF US HAVE HAD THAT EQUAL ACCESS TO QUALITY PARKS.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE HEAVY BURDEN OF THE LACK OF RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY TO COMBAT IT.

>> THE CITY COUNCIL IS HOLDING FINAL HEARINGS NEXT WEEK.

THE BUDGET MUST BE FINALIZED BY JUNE 30th.

THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS SPLITTING GIVING MONEY TO HUNDREDS OF SENIORS AND OTHERS TO HELP THEM PAY THEIR RENT.

HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE LOOKING TO INCLUDE A RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET.

>> Reporter: THE HOUSING STABILITY FUND PILOT PROJECT WOULD GIVE ELIGIBLE SAN DIEGO ENDS $500 PER MONTH TO HELP PAY THEIR RENT.

THE PLAN INCLUDES ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER 300 HOUSEHOLDS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT SEAN RIVERA SAYS WHILE THE PROPOSAL DID NOT MAKE THE MAYOR'S REVISED BUDGET, HE IS HOPING HIGHER-THAN-EXPECTED REVENUES WILL CHANGE THAT.

>> WE CANNOT SOLVE OUR HOMELESS CRISIS WITHOUT PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS.

>> Reporter: THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WOULD SUPPORT SENIORS, THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, FAMILIES, AND TRANSITIONAL USE REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.

>> IT FOLLOWS THE RECOMMENDATIONS CERTAIN SENIORS MADE LAST FALL.

>> Reporter: SERVING SENIORS CEO PAUL DOUGHTY SAYS A RECENT ASSESSMENT'S SHOWS MOST HOMELESS SENIORS ARE ON THE STREETS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD HOUSING.

HE SAYS AN EXTRA $500 PER MONTH COULD MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS ON FIXED INCOMES.

>> THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH INFLATION, NOW, OVER 8% IN LAST WEEK.

SO, THEY WERE BEING HIT HARD.

IF YOU'RE ON A FIXED INCOME AND YOUR RENT GOES UP, GROCERIES KEEP GOING UP AND EXPENSES FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, THAT PUTS THEM CLOSER TO HOMELESSNESS.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE ALSO LOOKING AT A SIMILAR RENTAL SUBSIDY PROPOSAL.

DOUGHTY SAYS KEEPING PEOPLE FROM LOSING THEIR HOMES ALSO SAVES TAXPAYER MONEY.

>> INVESTING A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR IN A FUND TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS THE IS CHEAPER THAN WHAT WE ARE SPENDING NOW.

THE RENTAL SUBSIDIES WE ARE TALKING NOW HELP IN THE SHORT TERM, BUT IT IS REALLY NOT A LONG-TERM SOLUTION.

>> Reporter: DOUGHTY SAYS THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION IS BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT HE SAYS PROGRAMS LIKE THIS HELP IN THE MEANTIME.

MATT HOFFMAN, TRENTON YEARS.

>>> ANY DAY NOW, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT WILL BE GIVING THEIR OPINION ON A VARIETY OF CASES THAT WILL HAPPEN NATIONWIDE.

ABOUT AMONG THEM, ABORTION AND GUN RIGHTS BECAUSE GLORIA REPORTS, THE CONTENTIOUS RULINGS ARE TRIGGERING SECURITY CONCERNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: THE SUPREME COURT IS EXPECTED TO ISSUE MAJOR DECISIONS THIS MONTH AS ITS SESSION DRAWS TO A CLOSE.

WHILE THE NATION WAITS, SECURITY IS ON HIGH ALERT.

ON THE DOCKET, A MAJOR ABORTION- RIGHTS RULING.

A DRAFT MAJORITY OPINION, OVERTURNING ROE V WADE LEAKED IN MAY, SUGGESTING THE COURT IS POISED TO END DECADES OF GUARANTEED FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR ABORTION RIGHTS.

THE RULING COULD LEAVE ABORTION POLICY UP TO STATES, MAKING IT AVAILABLE IN SOME, WHILE OTHERS COULD BAN OR LIMIT THE PROCEDURE.

>> IT IS CLEAR THAT, IF IN FACT THE DECISION GOES DOWN THE WAY IT DOES AND THESE STATES IMPOSE THE LIMITATIONS THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT, IT IS GOING TO CAUSE A MINI REVOLUTION.

>> Reporter: QUESTIONS INVOLVING THE SECOND AMENDMENT ARE ALSO ON THE DOCKET.

>> CARRYING A FIREARM OUTSIDE THE HOME IS A FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.

>> Reporter: THAT WAS THE OPENING STATEMENT FROM THE ATTORNEY FOR THE NEW YORK STATE RIFLE AND PISTOL ASSOCIATION, AND TWO OTHER PLAINTIFFS.

THEY SAY NEW YORK'S LONG- ESTABLISHED PROCESS TO OBTAIN CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS FOR HANDGUNS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

>> THIS RIGHTS TO CARRY GOES THROUGH THE SUPREME COURT, IF IT BECOMES THE LAW OF THE MAN, CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING ON THE FOUR TRAIN, KNOWING THAT EVERYONE ON BOARD IS CARRYING?

>> Reporter: CAPITAL POLICE HAVE RAMPED UP SECURITY AS MORE PROTESTS ARE EXPECTED.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 5 YEARS OLD MAY SOON BE ABLE TO GET PFIZER'S VACCINE.

THE FDA SAYS ITS TREATMENT OF THREE DOZERS IS SAFE FOR CHILDREN IN THAT AGE GROUP AND THIS CREATES A BENEFICIAL IMMUNE RESPONSE.

THE DECISION IS BASED ON A TRIAL WHICH INCLUDED 4500 KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE.

FDA ADVISERS WILL MEET ON WEDNESDAY TO DECIDE IF THE PFIZER SHOTS SHOULD BE GIVEN EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION.

>>> AS THE CDC AND FDA CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE A MULTISTATE HEPATITIS OUTBREAK LINKED TO STRAWBERRIES, A LOCAL FAMILY WHO GOT SICK AFTER EATING THE BERRIES IS SUING THE FARM AND DISTRIBUTOR.

REPORTER KATIE ALVARADO SPOKE WITH THE ATTORNEY ABOUT THEIR CASE.

>> Reporter: WHEN THE ARTHUR FAMILY OF SAN DIEGO ATE FRESH ORGANIC STRAWBERRIES, THEY NEVER IMAGINED THEY WOULD GET SICK.

BUT, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

DAVID, MICHELLE, AND THEIR 16-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WERE ALL INFECTED WITH HEPATITIS A.

>> FORTUNATELY, THE MOTHER AND THE DAUGHTER GOT LESS SICK.

THE FATHER WAS SO SICK, HE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH EXTREMELY HIGH LIVER NUMBERS, WHICH CAUSED THE DOCTORS TO BE MONITORING HIM AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE MIGHT NEED A TRANSPLANT.

>> Reporter: HE IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL NOW, BUT IS STILL SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF THE ILLNESS.

>> THERE IS THE RISK OF A RELAPSE, WHICH CAN HAPPEN.

SO, EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED, AND ARE HOME NOW, ARE NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WOODS.

>> Reporter: THE CDC AND FDA HAVE LINKED DOZENS OF ILLNESSES TO A GROWER IN MEXICO WHICH SELLS THE STRAWBERRIES UNDER THE NAMES FRESH COMPO AND HEB ORGANICS.

MARLER HAS FILED A LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF THE SAN DIEGO FAMILY AND OTHERS AGAINST THE MEXICAN GROWER AND CALIFORNIA-BASED DISTRIBUTOR, MERIDIAN FINE FOODS, WHICH OWNS THE BRAND.

>> 20 OF THEM HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED.

HOSPITALIZATION MEANS THAT THEY ARE SICK ENOUGH THAT THEY ARE BEING MONITORED FOR LIVER FAILURE.

LIVER FAILURE CAN CAUSE DEATH, OR IN THE BEST SCENARIO, MAY CAUSE YOU TO HAVE A LIVER TRANSPLANT.

>> Reporter: MARLER SAYS IT ONLY TAKES A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE VIRUS ON THE FOOD TO MAKE PEOPLE SICK.

>> THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT IS CONTAMINATED WITH A HUMAN FECAL VIRUS, WHICH ISN'T THAT PLEASANT TO THINK ABOUT, THAT CAN CAUSE, YOU KNOW, EXTREME ILLNESS.

>> Reporter: WHILE MANY ARE HESITANT TO EAT STRAWBERRIES AFTER THIS OUTBREAK, MARLER SAYS THIS VIRUS IS ONLY LIMITED TO THESE BRANDS.

THE MANAGER OF THE CARLSBAD STRAWBERRY COMPANY SAYS HER FAMILY HAS BEEN GROWING STRAWBERRIES FOR DECADES, AND TAKES PRIDE IN HOW THEY ARE GROWN.

>> WE ADHERE TO VERY STRICT POLICIES AND HOW THEY ARE GROWN, AND ESPECIALLY USE A CLEAN FRESH WATER.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS HAVING FAMILIES COME AND PICK BERRIES THEMSELVES SERVES TWO PURPOSES.

ONE IS FOR FUN, THE OTHER, EDUCATION.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE SHOULD EDUCATE AND NOWHERE THEIR PRODUCE IS GROWN.

>> Reporter: WE REACHED OUT TO FRESH COMPO AND MERIDIAN FINE FOODS, THEY DECLINED AN INTERVIEW BUT THIS SCENT IS A STATEMENT SAYING OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO EVERYONE AFFECTED BY THE 2022 HEPATITIS A CONTAMINATION ASSOCIATED WITH ORGANIC STRAWBERRIES.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE CANNOT ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC ISSUES IN THE CASE BECAUSE IT IS UNDER LITIGATION.

MARLER SAYS THERE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO TO AVOID GETTING SICK.

>> THE GOOD THING IS THAT, IT IS THE ONLY FOODBORNE ILLNESS THAT IS VACCINE PREVENTABLE.

>> Reporter: HE ALSO SAYS LAWSUITS AIMED AT HOLDING COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT FUTURE OUTBREAKS.

KATIE ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS ARE BATTLING TWO SEPARATE FIRES, INCLUDING ONE STILL GROWING.

THE SO-CALLED BORDER 13 FIRE SPARKED JUST BEFORE 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON, EAST OF MARION VALLEY NEAR BORDER ROAD.

SO FAR, IT HAS BURNED 577 ACRES, AND IS A 0% CONTAINED.

SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRE ERUPTED, FIREFIGHTERS AND SHERIFF DEPUTIES RESCUED FIVE PEOPLE NEAR THE BURNS OWN AND PARAMEDICS TOOK TWO OF THEM TO A HOSPITAL.

CAL FIRE SAYS THE FIRE IS NOT THREATENING ANY NEARBY COMMUNITIES, AND CREWS ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.

>>> LOCAL CREWS WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT TO GET THE UPPER HAND ON THE BARRETT FIRE.

IT WAS REPORTED AROUND 6:45 LAST NIGHT, TWO MILES SOUTH OF BARRETT JUNCTION.

16 BUILDINGS WERE EVACUATED FOR A TIME AND LAST CHECK IT WAS 25% CONTAINED AND HOLDING AT 65 ACRES.

GROUND AND THEIR RESOURCES CONTINUING TO WORK TO BUILD A CONTAINMENT LINE, AND TO MOP UP SOME HOTSPOTS.

>>> WIND ADVISORIES ARE POSTED ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, COLD FRONT PRESSING SOUTHWARD.

IT DOES SO OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT, THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING HERE.

BUT WE WARM UP QUICKLY MOVING TOWARD THE MIDDLE AND LATER PART OF THE WORKWEEK, TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND NICELY.

I WILL SHOW YOU THOSE IN JUST A MOMENT.

WE DO HAVE SOME WIND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT, MAINLY BECAUSE OF HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

AFTER THAT THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO DISCONTINUE.

TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES GET DOWN INTO THE LOW 60s WITH A COUPLE OF LOW CLOUDS HANGING AROUND, AND AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE REGION, WE GET DOWN INTO THE MID-50s FOR YOU IN ESCONDIDO, GETTING DOWN TO 52 OUT TOWARDS RAMONA.

61 FOR YOU AT CHULA VISTA.

69 IN LAREDO SPRINGS.

HERE IS THE BIG STORY AGAIN, THE FRONT DROPPING SOUTH, BIG DIP IN THE JET STREAM ALLOWING FOR BREEZY COOLER AIR TO WORK ITS WAY IN FURTHER SOUTH.

AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO YOUR TEMPERATURES, ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON, LOW 80s INTO ESCONDIDO, 84 IN RAMONA, TRIPLE DIGITS IN BARRETTA SPRINGS, AND 73 OUT TOWARDS MT.

LAGUNA.

WE BEGIN THE WARM-UP ALL OVER AGAIN, SO A BRIEF DROP IN TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY, THEN WE BEGIN THE WARMING TREND AS WE HEAD TOWARDS WEDNESDAY.

NEAR THE COAST, TEMPERATURES LOW TO MID 70s OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

HAPS A DROP WITH THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING NEXT WEEKEND, BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

WE ARE STAYING DRY.

FURTHER IN LAND, TEMPS IN THE LOW TO MID 80s, MAYBE UPPER 80s BY THURSDAY, THEN COOLING OFF A BIT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

LOW 80s ON FRIDAY, THEN 70s AS WE HEAD TOWARDS NEXT SATURDAY.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 80s, -- LOW TO MID 70s FOR YOUR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

THEN YOUR DOWNWARD TREND FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

IN THE DESERTS, TEMPERATURES, TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT ON THE WAY THROUGH FRIDAY, THEN INTO THE WEEKEND WE COOL BACK DOWN INTO THE MID-90s.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PASH.

>>> AN INTERIM REPORT BY CALIFORNIA'S FIRST OF ITS KIND REPARATIONS TASK FORCE LINKS THE OWNING AND ENSLAVING OF BLACK AMERICANS IN UNIT THE UNITED STATES TO TODAY'S SYSTEMIC RACISM.

J HEINLEIN EXPLAINS THE REPORT IS A MAJOR STEP TOWARDS OUTLINING HOW THE STATE CAN FIX PERSISTENT RACIAL INEQUALITIES AND COMPENSATE BLACK PEOPLE FOR PAST HARM.

>> Reporter: THE PREVAILING NARRATIVE IS THAT CALIFORNIA ENTERED THE UNION AS A FREE STATE, AND THAT JIM CROW AND RACISM NEVER EXISTED HERE.

BUT, A YEAR-LONG EXAMINATION WHICH INCLUDED EXPERT TESTIMONY AND HISTORY RECORDS BY THE CALIFORNIA REPARATIONS TASK FORCE EXPOSED THAT NARRATIVE AS A MYTH.

>> THOSE DOMINANT NARRATIVES HAVE BEEN PRETTY MUCH ALTOGETHER DISPELLED.

WE LEARNED VERY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS THAT CALIFORNIA DID HAVE SLAVERY IN THE STATE.

WE'VE LEARNED EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS THAT JIM CROW DID EXIST IN CALIFORNIA.

>> Reporter: MOORE SAYS, THAT REALITY DID NOT JUST IMPACT AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE PAST.

HAS DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES INTO THE PRESENT DAY THROUGH LAWS, POLICIES, AND INSTITUTIONS.

THE TASK FORCE CALLS THEM BADGES OF SLAVERY, AND MOORE SAYS THEY PERVADE EVERY SECTOR OF CIVIL SOCIETY.

>> WE OUTLINED RACIAL TERROR, EDUCATION, POLITICAL DISENFRANCHISEMENT, HOUSING SEGREGATION, RACISM IN AN ENVIRONMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PATHOLOGY RISING OF THE BLACK FAMILY, CONTROL OVER CREATIVE, CULTURAL, AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE, STOLEN LABOR AND HINDERED OPPORTUNITY, AND UNJUST LEGAL SYSTEM, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HARM AND NEGLECT, AND LASTLY, THE WEALTH GAP.

>> Reporter: THE REPORT OUTLINES NUMEROUS RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP REPAIR SLAVERY'S DAMAGE AND THE LINGERING EFFECTS ON BLACK AMERICANS.

PROPOSALS INCLUDE FREE HEALTHCARE, AND INTEREST-FREE HOME LOANS.

THE TASK FORCE IS ALSO PROPOSING THAT CALIFORNIA CREATE AN AGENCY TO SUPPORT GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH, TO HELP PEOPLE CONFIRM THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR REPARATIONS.

TO QUALIFY, A PERSON MUST BE A DESCENDENT OF AN ENSLAVED BLACK PERSON, OR OF A FREE BLACK PERSON LIVING IN THE U.S. BEFORE THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY.

DR. EVELYN McDOWELL, HIS TESTIMONY LED TO SOME OF THE PROPOSALS AROUND ELIGIBILITY SAYS, GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IS ALSO KEY TO TRUE SELF- KNOWLEDGE.

'S BUDGET IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, FOR YOURSELF, FOR YOUR OWN SELF- LOVE, TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE, AND WHERE YOU CAME FROM, SO THAT YOU CAN IDENTIFY HOW YOU FIT INTO THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.

SO, I THINK IT IS A GOOD THING FOR US INDIVIDUALLY TO DO, IT IS A GOOD THING FOR OUR COUNTRY TO DO.

HOW ARE WE EVER GOING TO HEAL FROM THIS HISTORY OF SLAVERY?

>> Reporter: ECONOMISTS SAY ANY MEANINGFUL HEALING MUST INCLUDE A COMMITMENT, BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TO FIX THE NATIONWIDE WEALTH GAP, AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $14 TRILLION, AND THAT IS NOT ALL.

IN ADDITION, THEY ESTIMATED THE DEBT OWED FOR THE STOLEN LABOR THROUGH THE ENSLAVEMENT OF BLACK PEOPLE ALONE IS A LITTLE OVER SIX QUADRILLION DOLLARS.

JANE HINDMON, KPBS NEWS.

>> THIS FEATURE IS PART OF A MIDDAY EDITION SPECIAL .

TO HEAR THE PODCAST OR FIND OUT WHAT THE REPARATIONS PODCAST TASK FORCE IS DOING NEXT, YOU CAN GO TO KPBS.ORG.

>>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, TESTIMONY FROM TRUMP AIDS SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON THE FORMER PRESIDENTS FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT VOTER FRAUD.

COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> THE COST OF YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH ITEMS IS GOING UP.

AS SOME FOOD AND DRUG DRINK COMPANIES ARE SHRINKING THE SIZES OF THEIR PRODUCTS.

JENN SULLIVAN TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT THESE INFLATION PHENOMENONS.

>> Reporter: THE RETURN TO OFFICE LIFE IS GROWING MORE EXPENSIVE BY THE DAY.

LET'S FOCUS ON THE RISING COST OF FOOD.

FROM YOUR MORNING COFFEE TO THAT LUNCH TIME SALAD.

>> I CAN TELL FROM HAVING THE SAME BUDGET, BUT I HAVE HAD BEFORE, ALL OF THIS, I WILL GET LESS.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE BAGS ARE GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER.

>> Reporter: THE INDEX FOR FOOD AWAY FROM HOME HAS INCREASED 7.4% OVER THE LAST YEAR ACCORDING TO A LABOR DEPARTMENT REPORT.

PRICES FOR FOOD PURCHASED TO EAT AT HOME ROSE 11.9%.

ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, THAT IS THE BIGGEST 12 MONTH JUMP SINCE THE 1979.

>> IT IS A SCARY FEELING, BECAUSE, THINKING ABOUT WHAT I USED TO BE ABLE TO GET, BEFORE ALL OF THIS, COMPARED TO WHAT I CAN GET NOW.

>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, STARBUCKS RAISED PRICES IN THE U.S.

EARLIER THIS YEAR AND SAID COSTS COULD CONTINUE TO RISE.

SINCE THE START OF LAST YEAR, SALAD CHAIN SWEET GREEN RAISED MENU PRICES BY 10% ACCORDING TO ITS RECENT EARNINGS REPORT.

THE BUDGET PINCH COMES AS THE FED IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE ANOTHER INTEREST RATE HIKE THIS WEDNESDAY TO HELP TAME INFLATION AND AS THE WHITE HOUSE WORKS TO BRING DOWN SOARING COSTS -- >> MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT.

I UNDERSTAND, INFLATION IS A REAL CHALLENGE TO AMERICAN FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: THEN, THERE IS ALSO SHRINKING PACKAGES TO DEAL WITH RISING COSTS FOR RAW MATERIALS, LABOR, AND TRANSFER TENSION.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOGURTS HAVE SHRUNK FROM 3.4 OUNCES TO 3.4 OUNCES.

PARTY SIZED FRITOS SCOOPS USED TO BE 18 OUNCES AND ARE NOW 15.5 OUNCES AT MOST RETAILERS.

UP SECO IS DOWNLOAD DOWNSIZING GATORADE BOTTLES FROM 32 TO 28 OUNCE BOTTLES.

TODAY'S CONSUMER WATCH, I'M JENN SULLIVAN.

>>> A GROWING BODY OF RESEARCH SHOWS THAT EATING MORE LIKE OUR ANCESTORS DID COULD REDUCE COMMON DISEASES WHICH AFFLICT AMERICANS.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE HAS THIS STORY ON INTERMITTENT FASTING.

REMOVE THE WAY AMERICANS EAT HAS LED TO A COMMON CONDITION CALLED ANABOLIC SYNDROME, IN WHICH BLOOD SUGARS ARE HIGH, AS ARE THE RISKS OF HEART DISEASE AND TYPE II DIABETES.

RESEARCH SHOWS THAT ONE ANSWER TO THIS IS FASTING.

>> THIS IS AN EXCITING AREA.

>> Reporter: MARK MADSEN IS A NEUROSCIENTIST AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.

>> NOW, THERE IS AT LEAST 150 CLINICAL TRIALS OF INTERMITTENT FASTING IN HUMANS, WITH VARIOUS DISORDERS.

DIABETES, CERTAIN NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS, ET CETERA.

>> Reporter: MADSEN IS INVOLVED WITH ONE OF THOSE TRIALS.

THEY ARE TESTING TWO GROUPS OF ADULTS OVER 55 WHO HAVE OBESITY AND INSULIN RESISTANCE, WHO ARE AT RISK FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.

THE TEST GROUP IS FASTING TWO DAYS PER WEEK WHEN THEY CONSUME ONLY 500 CALORIES.

>> BASED ON ANIMAL STUDIES, WE THINK THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THE INTERMITTENT FASTING EATING PATTERN COULD SHIFT THE BRAIN BIOMARKERS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN A FAVORABLE DIRECTION.

>> Reporter: EMILY NGUYEN IS A SCIENTIST AT SALK INSTITUTE WHO STUDIES WHAT SHE CALLS TIME RESTRICTED EATING.

THE PRINCIPLE IS TO LIMIT YOUR EATING TO, FOR INSTANCE, A 10 HOUR WINDOW OF TIME.

SAY, BETWEEN 8:00 IM AND 6:00 P.M.

THIS IS BASED ON CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS, THE BODIES INTERNAL CLOCK WHICH EXPECT EATING ACTIVITY TO OCCUR WHEN IT IS LIGHT OUT.

>> YOUR BODY FUNCTIONS DIFFERENTLY AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY.

THE WAY YOU PROCESS FOOD DURING THE MIDDLE OF YOUR DAY, WHEN YOU'RE ACTIVE AND YOU WILL BE USING THAT ENERGY TO FUNCTION THROUGHOUT THE DAY IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHEN YOUR BODY PROCESSES FOOD AT NIGHT WHEN YOU ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLEEPING.

>> Reporter: AND, SHE SAYS THE FAST THAT OCCURS BETWEEN DINNER AND BREAKFAST IS CRUCIAL FOR YOUR BODY TO PROCESSED SUGAR AND FAT STORED AWAY.

>> YOUR BODY HAS TO BE IN AT LEAST A MILDLY FASTED STATE.

NOT FASTING FOR DAYS, BUT MAINLY WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING IS WHEN YOU ARE FASTING, TO BREAK DOWN ENERGY STORES YOU HAVE.

SO, IF YOU'RE CONSTANTLY EATING LATE INTO THE NIGHT, YOU ARE NEVER ABLE TO REALLY BREAK DOWN YOUR OWN ENERGY STORES, BECAUSE YOU NEED TO BE FASTING FOR AT LEAST 12 HOURS BEFORE YOU ARE TAPPING INTO BREAKING DOWN THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE AND TURNING IT BACK INTO ENERGY FOR YOUR BODY.

>> Reporter: MARK MADSEN SAYS THE SHIFT IN THE BODY'S USE OF FOOD STORES IS A METABOLIC SHIFT THAT COMES WITH FASTING AND IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE BODY'S HEALTH.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

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