>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE CONRAD CREVICE FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCOS SHYLY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND, BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.

IT'S BEEN A GOOD EVENING, IT'S MONDAY, MARCH 14th THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS WHEN IT COMES TO GAS PRICES, THEY WENT UP FOR THE 20th CONSECUTIVE DAY, BUT BARELY.

ALSO, HUNDREDS OF SAN DIEGO AND FOUND THEMSELVES ON THE RECEIVING END TODAY OF FREE GAS.

THE AVERAGE PRICE OF REGULAR UNLEADED IN THE COUNTY IS $5.76, AN INCREASE OF 3/10 OF A CENT.

AS FOR THE FREE GAS, KPBS REPORTER, ALEXANDER WAS THERE FOR THE GIVEAWAY AND FOR THE MESSAGE BEHIND IT.

>> IT'S A LITTLE PAST 7:00 A.M., AND ZACH WHISTON WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN MY.

>> I GOT UP AT 5:00 AND DROVE UP HERE.

>> IS CARS LINED UP AROUND THIS GAS STATION, HE STRUCK IN A TOYOTA TUNDRA, IT IS HIS ONLY CAR.

>> I FILLED UP A WEEK AGO AND IT WAS 1:50.

HE'S A PROPERTY MANAGER AND HE DRIVES AROUND THE CITY TO CHECK UP ON HIS PROPERTIES.

HE SAYS TODAY'S $55 WITH A GAS GIVEAWAY WILL HELP IT OUT.

>> CANNOT COMPLAIN ABOUT FREE GAS.

REVISING OUR BOYS A KID AND JIMMY CARTER SAT IN HIS BACKSEAT WITH MY DAD.

SO, I KNOW HOW SERIOUS THIS IS.

>> TINA KING FEELS THE SAME.

SHE WORKS AS A TUTOR AT ENCANTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SHE SAYS THE HIGH PRICE OF GAS HAS ALARMED HER KIDS.

>> DIDN'T GET TO DO AS MUCH AS YOU DID BEFORE, BECAUSE YOU ARE LIKE OH, I WANT TO SAVE GAS TO GET HERE, GET THERE.

>> IN ADDITION TO FREE GAS, PARTICIPANTS ALSO RECEIVED $55 WORTH OF FREE FOOD, COURTESY OF THE SAN DIEGO FOOD.

THE BOX CONTAINS CANNED FOODS AND DRY GOODS AND SHOULD LAST A FAMILY OF FOUR FOR A FEW WEEKS.

>> WE KNOW THE FOLKS COMING HERE TO RECEIVE GAS ARE PROBABLY ALSO STRUGGLING WITH FOOD INSECURITY.

SCIACCA SAYS THE FOOD AND GAS WILL HELP STRUGGLING FAMILIES AVOID MISSING MEALS AND BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO DRIVE.

ORGANIZERS WERE ABLE TO HELP AROUND 300 PEOPLE TODAY, THE EVENT WAS HOSTED BY THE PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION OF ADVOCATES.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SEVERAL OF THE REALIZATIONS.

SHANE HARRIS IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION.

>> GAS PRICES IN CALIFORNIA ARE TOO HIGH.

PEOPLE ARE HITTING ALL-TIME LOW, STRUGGLING FROM HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, TO GAS PRICES.

>> ABOUT 2700 GALLONS OF GASOLINE WERE GIVEN AWAY.

THAT IS THE AMOUNT OF THE GASOLINE FOR THE STATION.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> OIL PRICES DIPPED BELOW $100 TODAY, THE COST OF A NARROW FALLIBLE FELL BELOW TO $9.76, THE DROP CAME LARGELY FROM COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS IN CHINA AND POSSIBLE PROGRESS IN THE TALKS BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA.

AND, THIS SELLOFF MAY LESSEN FEARS OF AN ENERGY-BASED RECESSION IN THE U.S., AND IF IT CONTINUES, WE MAY SEE PRICES AT THE PUMP EASE.

RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES ARE MOVING EVER CLOSER TO POLAND AND THAT IS RAISING CONCERNS TO NATO MEMBERS MEANWHILE, PEACE TALKS ARE ON HOLD ONCE AGAIN TODAY OF BOTH RUSSIA AND CHINA DENY ALLEGATIONS THAT MOSCOW REQUESTED MILITARY ASSISTANCE FROM BEIJING.

>> Reporter: CHAOS AND DEVASTATION AS RUSSIA INTENSIFIES ITS ASSAULT ON UKRAINE.

RUSSIAN MISSILES HIT A LARGE MILITARY BASE NEAR THE WESTERN CITY OF LEVINE, KILLING AT LEAST 35 PEOPLE AND LEAVING MORE THAN 130 INJURED ACCORDING TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

HE ATTACKED NOT FAR FROM POLAND DRYING IT EVEN CLOSER TO THE NATO COUNTRY.

RUSSIAN FORCES OPENING FIRE ON TWO AMERICAN JOURNALISTS McEWEN ONE WHILE THE TOGETHER ACCORDING TO POLICE.

>> YOU PASS THE CHECKPOINT AND THEY START SHOOTING AT US.

SO, THE DRIVER TURNED AROUND AND KEPT SHOOTING.

>> IN KYIV, THERE HAVE BEEN HEAVY EXPLOSIVES AND MULTIPLE CASUALTIES AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WAS HIT BY SHELLING.

>> SICK KIDS, FLEEING ON MAKESHIFT MEDICAL TRAINS, THE UNTHINKABLE BOMBING OF A MATERNITY WARD.

PARENTS, WE HANG OVER THEIR CHILDREN'S BROKEN BODIES IN THE STREETS.

>> U.S. OFFICIALS SAY RUSSIA HAS ASKED CHINA FOR MILITARY SUPPORT INCLUDING DRONES AS WELL AS ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.

COUNTRIES DENY THE REQUEST WAS MADE.

>> WE WILL NOT STAND BY AND ALLOW ANY COUNTRY TO COMPENSATE RUSSIA FOR LOSSES FROM THE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS.

>> MEANWHILE, THE FOURTH ROUND OF TALKS BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA WERE PUT ON HOLD UNTIL TUESDAY, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, ZELENSKY WILL GIVE A VIRTUAL ADDRESS TO CONGRESS ON WEDNESDAY.

CHRIS NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A UKRAINIAN WOMAN WE MET AT THE BORDER LAST WEEK WAS ABOUT TO CROSS INTO THE U.S. TODAY.

SHE LEFT KYIV IN THE FIFTH DAY OF THE INVASION AND MADE IT TO TIJUANA ON MARCH 8th.

SHE SAID SHE LOST TRACK OF HOW ANY TIMES SHE TRIED TO CROSS THE BORDER.

EACH TIME, SHE WAS TOLD SHE COULD NOT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

TITLE 42, OR TRUMP YOUR HEALTH ORDER GIVES ORDER OFFICIALS THE AUTHORITY TO TURN BACK ASYLUM- SEEKERS.

BUT, TODAY SHE WAS ALLOWED INTO THE U.S. TO STAY WITH HER AUNT IN LOS ANGELES.

TWO YEARS INTO THE PANDEMIC THE COUNTY IS SHIFTING ITS FOCUS ON COVID-19 CASE INVESTIGATIONS, SUGGESTING THOSE MOST AT RISK.

MATT HOFFMANN SAYS THE MOVE COMES AS THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED ARE FINALLY GETTING THE HELP THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.

>> LENA HIGH-RES, INCLUDING PEOPLE AGES 65 AND OLDER WILL BE GETTING FOLLOW-UP CALLS FROM THE COUNTY IF THEY TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID.

>> PUBLIC TWO YEARS AND KNOWS WHAT TO DO COMING UP, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS, WE SEEN IT.

>> THE DIRECTOR FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INNOVATION SERVICES.

SHE SAYS OUT X WILL STILL BE TRACKED.

>> SNIFFS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS, OBVIOUSLY SHELTERS, YOU KNOW THINKING ABOUT ALL THE POPULATIONS THAT WOULD BE THE HIGHEST RISK FOR MORBIDITY FROM THIS DISEASE.

OF COURSE, K-12 IS STILL A SIGNIFICANT PRIORITY.

AND, WE ARE STILL SEEING OUTBREAKS.

IN THOSE LOCATIONS IT'S BEEN A COVID-19 RELATED HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE FALLEN DRAMATICALLY IN SAN DIEGO, BUT CASE LEVELS ARE NOT EXACTLY WHERE OFFICIALS WANT THEM TO BE.

>> WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM 300 TO 700 CASES A DAY.

THAT IS NOWHERE WHERE WE SHOULD BE.

THAT MEANS THAT OMICRON IS STILL HERE, STILL DRIVING A LOT OF THE DISEASE, >> AND THOSE CASES ARE OFFICIALS FROM THE PCR TEST THROUGH THE INCLUDE AT-HOME TEST RESULTS.

>> WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF HOW MANY MORE CASES ARE ACTUALLY OUT THERE, MY GUESS WOULD BE IT'S PROBABLY CLOSE TO DOUBLE.

>> YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD NOT TRY TO PRETEND THAT COVID IS GONE, IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT GONE.

>> CHRISTIAN RAYMER'S IS AN INFECTIOUS BEAT DISEASE SPECIALIST IN SAN DIEGO, HE SAYS THEY ARE STILL TREATING COED PATIENTS EVERY DAY, LESS THAN DURING THE SEARCH, BUT HE SAID THAT THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND TREATMENTS HAS GREATLY INCREASED.

>> WE REALLY HAVE PLENTY OF MEDICINES TO TREAT PEOPLE THAT NEED IT.

AND, WE ARE SORT OF MOVING MORE TO THE NORMAL PHASE.

THIS IS THE DISEASE THAT HAD THE TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSED WITH IT, AND GET TREATMENT FOR IT.

AND, BEYOND THE TIME WHERE WE HAD TO REALLY TRIAGE AND USE A VERY LIMITED RESOURCE.

>> ANTIBODIES AND ANTIVIRALS ARE PROVEN TO HELP KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE USED WITHIN THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF SYMPTOMS.

SUPPLIES OF THE ANTIBODY SHIELD THAT OFFERS PROTECTION FROM THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED ARE ALSO INCREASING.

>> IT'S REALLY BEEN APPROVED AND AUTHORIZED FOR THE FDA TO BE USED AS PREVENTATIVE ACTION FOR PEOPLE HIGH-RISK OR MAY NOT HAVE RESPONDED TO VACCINES.

>> THE TREATMENT CAN HELP THOSE MOST AT RISK EASE INTO THE NEW NORMAL.

>> IS PEOPLE CAN HAVE BEEN HUNG OUT TO DRY.

BEEN ANXIOUS AND THE MASK MANDATES COME OFF.

>> RAYMER SAYS THEY HAVE GIVEN OUT ABOUT 100 DOSES OF THE SHOW BUT SAYS THEY HAVE AT LEAST 600 OTHER PATIENTS WHO NEED IT.

THE COUNTY SAYS THERE IS PLENTY OF SUPPLY.

MATT HOFFMANN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SOME STUDENTS WERE CHARGED IN CLASS WITHOUT MASKS TODAY AS THE MANDATE EXPIRED.

SEVERAL DISTRICTS INCLUDING THOSE IN CORONADO, VISTA, CARLSBAD, OCEANSIDE, PARAGUAY, SAN MARCOS, LA MESA, SPRING VALLEY, AND SANTA KETO UNION HIGH SCHOOL DROPPED THE REQUIREMENT.

ARE PARTNER SPOKE TO PARENTS WHO SAID THEY ARE GLAD MASKS ARE NOW ONLY OPTIONAL.

>> THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY THRILLED AND EXCITED, WE THINK 2 YEARS TO FIND THE CURVE IS ENOUGH.

AND, WE ARE JUST SUPER EXCITED THAT THESE LITTLE GUYS GET TO TAKE A MASKS OFF POINT >> SOMEBODY WANTS TO KEEP ON SO WE DON'T TAKE OFF.

WE ARE NOT ON THE MASK TEAM OR NOT MASKING, YOUR WHATEVER IS BETTER FOR THEM.

>> BOTH SAN DIEGO UNIFIED AND SWEETWATER UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE CHOOSING TO LISTEN MASK MANDATES AFTER STUDENTS RETURN FROM SPRING BREAK ON APRIL 4th.

CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS WILL DROP THE MASK REQUIREMENTS STARTING ON MARCH 21st.

THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL TODAY HEARD OF PRESENTATION ON THE CITY'S OFFICE BASE NEEDS.

KPBS METRO REPORTER SAYS THE CURRENT CONDITIONS ARE NIGHTMARE FOR THE CITY AND ITS WORKERS.

>> MORE THAN 1000 CITY EMPLOYEES WORKED DOWNTOWN WITH MONEY OFF OF THIS BUILDING.

THE CITY TRIED TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS BY LEASING THE HIGH- RISE AT 101 ASH STREET BUT THAT BUILDING TURNED OUT TO BE AN UNINHABITABLE MONEY PIT.

MICHAEL SAID THE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION THE STATUS QUO AT CITY OFFICE BUILDINGS IS A PISMO.

>> THE AIR-QUALITY, IS GOD THE ELEVATOR SYSTEMS ARE CONSTANTLY OUT, THE HVAC IS A DISASTER, THE BATHROOMS, THE PLUMBING IS OFTEN BOTH INCONVENIENT AND COSTLY TO FIX AND MAINTAIN.

SO, IT'S JUST A BAD SITUATION ALL THE WAY AROUND.

THE CITY ESTIMATES FIXING CURRENT OFFICE BUILDINGS WOULD COST WELL OVER $100 MILLION.

CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SEAN RIVERA SAYS THAT THAT FACT IS JUST AS SCANDALOUS AS THE PHIL BLACK POSITION OF 101 ASH STREET.

>> I DON'T MEAN TO BE ALARMIST, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN'T BE ALARMED WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT ARE HERE.

I DON'T KNOW.

WALK INTO THIS BUILDING AND YOU LOOK AROUND, IT'S NOT IN GREAT SHAPE.

AND I THINK THAT NOT A GOOD THING, FAILED LEADERSHIP OF THE PAST.

I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION NOW.

THE CITY ATTORNEY CRAFTING A REMOTE WORK POLICY THAT WOULD REDUCE SOME OF ITS OFFICE SPACE NEEDS.

IN THE LONG-TERM, IT'S ALSO CONSIDERING BUILDING NEW OFFICES ON CITY-OWNED LAND.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE WAR IN UKRAINE IS DEDUCING A STEADY STREAM OF VIOLENT IMAGES.

THESE IMAGES CAN HAVE A PROFOUND EFFECT ON THOSE WHO SUFFER TRAUMA IN COMBAT.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER, STEVE WELCH LOOKS AT ONE THAT PLAYED BY SURVIVORS GUILT AND WE HAVE A WARNING, THE STORY REFERENCES SUICIDE.

>> IN THE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE FALL OF KABUL IN AUGUST OF 2021, NICOLOSI WAS REACHING OUT TO HELP OTHER VETERANS.

LAST JULY, HE DESCRIBED A HELICOPTER CRASH HE NEARLY SURVIVED 15 YEARS AGO AND ITS LASTING IMPACT.

THE CRASH KILLED 10 SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN, INCLUDING JUSTIN IN SAN DIEGO.

>> THE DAMAGE THAT COMES FROM IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.

YOU KNOW, NONE OF THESE FAMILIES ARE EVER GOING TO BE THE SAME.

AFTER THE SERVICE >> POLICY QUESTIONED WHETHER WERE HAVE DRAGGED ON SO LONG.

APPEARING ON THE VIRTUAL PANEL ABOVE THE WAR IS SPONSORED BY KPBS IN SEPTEMBER, HE SOUNDED WEARY WHEN I ASKED HIM HOW HE WAS DOING.

>> IT'S BEEN PRETTY TOUGH.

TO WATCH WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE.

HAVING SO MANY FRIENDS THAT DIED.

TONS OF FRIENDS, YOU KIND OF QUESTION WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.

>> IN FEBRUARY, MONTH AFTER MOST OF US TURNED AWAY FROM THE DAILY IMAGES COMING OUT OF AFGHANISTAN, PELOSI KILLED HIMSELF.

AFTER THE WAR ENDED, HIS BROTHER ANTHONY SAYS PELOSI FIXATED ON THE IDEA THAT HIS FRIEND SACRIFICE WAS MEANINGLESS.

>> HE JUST IMMERSED HIMSELF INTO NEWS ARTICLES, YOUTUBE, NEW STATIONS ON TV.

IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY ROUGH.

THE EASIEST WAY I COULD DESCRIBE IT, HE WAS A DRUG ADDICT.

THAT NEWS FRONT WAS HIS DRUG.

>> ANTHONY SAYS NICK WAS GIVING COUNSELING AT THE LOCAL VA AND WORKING WITH VETERANS GROUPS NEAR HIS HOME IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.

OCCASIONALLY, HE WOULD OPEN UP TO HIS BROTHER, BUT HE DID NOT SEE THIS COMING.

SONIA NORMAN IS WITH THE SAN DIEGO VA AND THE VA NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD.

>> EVEN IF IT IS JUST I DID NOT DESERVE TO SURVIVE, WHOM I WHEN THESE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE FAMILIES WHO ARE DOING THESE OTHER THINGS?

>> SHE NEVER MET PELOSI, BUT SHE SAYS SURVIVORS GUILT IS STRONGLY LINKED TO PTSD.

IT CAN COME UP YEARS LATER AS A PERSON'S VIEW OF WHAT HAPPENED CHANGES.

AND, THE GUILT GETS IN THE WAY OF TREATMENT.

>> WITH THIS, I DON'T DESERVE TO FEEL BETTER, I DON'T DESERVE A GOOD, AND THEN, AND KIND OF THAT SELF-DESTRUCTIVE PEACE, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS, BEING INVOLVED IN THIS DOWNWARD SLIDE TOWARDS SUICIDE.

>> DUANE FRANCIS, A COMBAT THAT HE WAS ALSO A THERAPIST AND COUNSELS VETERANS, SOME OF HIS PATIENTS WERE DISTRESSED LAST SUMMER, BUT, IMAGES COMING OUT OF UKRAINE CAN ALSO TRIGGER PAST TRAUMA.

YOU CANNOT TELL THEM THAT DISTRESS MAY BE DOWN THE PATH TO SUICIDE.

>> DOZENS OF THINGS HAVE TO GO WRONG IN SOMEONE'S LIFE FOR THEM TO GET TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY ARE IN A SUICIDAL CRISIS BUT MAYBE ONLY ONE THING NEEDS TO GO RIGHT.

ONE THING CAN BE DIFFERENT, SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROTECTIVE FACTORS THAT MAY KEEP SERVICEMEMBERS AND VETERANS FROM GETTING INTO A SUICIDAL CRISIS.

HE MAY KEEP YOU CONNECTED, SEEKING COUNSELING.

OVERALL, THE NUMBER OF VETERAN SUICIDES ARE SLOWLY DECLINING, STILL, VETERANS MAKE UP ABOUT 7% OF THE U.S.

ADULT POPULATION, BUT ACCOUNT FOR 20% OF ALL SUICIDES.

IT WAS NOT A FACTOR IN PELOSI'S DEATH, BUT A MAJORITY OF VETERAN SUICIDES INVOLVE FIREARMS, SO, ASK YOUR FRIEND TO HOLD A FIREARM, OR AT LEAST KEEPING THEIR GUNS UNDER LOCK.

THE VA AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WILL PROVIDE FREE TRIGGER LOCKS.

JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR A VETERAN TO RECONSIDER.

>> YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE WITH THEM, TO BE THERE WITH THEM WHEN THEY NEED YOU THE MOST.

>> ROSS RIKHOFF IS A RETIRED CAPTAIN.

HE SERVED TWO TOURS IN AFGHANISTAN WITH THE DIVISION.

PELOSI IS THE FOURTH SUICIDE AMONG THOSE HE SERVED WITH.

BURKE OFF ALWAYS FEELS LIKE HE NEEDS TO DO MORE TO KEEP IN CONTACT.

>> ON FACEBOOK, I AM HERE FOR YOU BUDDY.

A MESSAGE FOR COPY AND PASTE THIS IF YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING OUT FOR A VETERAN.

THAT'S FINE, I'M SURE IT'S ALL INTENDED, BUT, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER, HERE.

HOW DO WE STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

>> ANSWERS HIS OWN QUESTION.

JUST NEED TO KEEP REACHING OUT.

STEVE WALSH, KPBS NEWS.

>> IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE, HELP IS AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY.

CALL THE NATIONAL VETERANS CRISIS LINE AT THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, ONE 800, 27 THREE-8255.

>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR WE REPORT ON THE GROUND IN KYIV AS RUSSIAN FORCES SLOWLY ADVANCE ON THE UKRAINIAN CAPITAL.

COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING ADDITION OF KPBS.

>>> LOCAL FARMERS ARE ADDRESSING FOOD INEQUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH A NEW FARM HUB, KPBS TAKES FOR THE HEIGHTS REPORTER.

THAT CENTER WILL PROVIDE FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND EGGS FOR UP TO 300 FAMILIES A WEEK.

>> THE FOOD IN CITY HEIGHTS WILL PROVIDE A PHYSICAL LOCATION WHERE FARMERS TO BRING THEIR FRESH PRODUCE, IT'S ALSO WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN ACCESS IT AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE, EVEN THROUGH AN EBT CARD, ACCORDING TO THE ORGANIZATIONS PRESIDENT, AND VALLEY FARMER.

>> WE SPECIALIZE IN PRESCRIPTION BOXES AND BOXES-- WE HAVE SOME FROM 300 BOXES TO 500 BOX DOES.

YOU KNOW, 200 TO 300 DIFFERENT FAMILIES.

>> THAT IS ONE OF THE FARMERS WILL BE PROVIDED HER VEGETABLES LOOK LIKE CABBAGE, CARROTS, AND KILLED TO THE ORGANIZATION.

>> SHE STARTED HER JOURNEY INTO FARMING BY WORKING IN COMMUNITY GARDENS WITH HER SISTERS AND CITY HEIGHTS A DECADE AGO.

FOR HER COMMENTS ABOUT GETTING A LARGER SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE NO ONE HAS TO SETTLE.

THERE WILL BE FOOD OPTIONS.

>> IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD FOOD IN THE STORE, DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO START THAT IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HEALTHY.

YOU STILL HAVE TO BE HEALTHY, YOU STILL HAVE TO EAT, YOU KNOW QUESTION OR SO, WE ARE PROVIDING THAT FOOD.

I JUST TOLD MYSELF I NEED TO GO MORE.

I GROW MORE AND IT HELPS EVERYBODY.

>> CITY HEIGHTS.

MIRIAM RODRIGUEZ SAYS THE PANDEMIC EXPOSED ALREADY EXISTING ISSUES FOR SAN DIEGO'S MOST VULNERABLE.

BUT, THIS WILL HELP HER GLOBAL COMMUNITY.

>> MY FAMILY HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, ABLE TO REALLY HAVE THE SECURITY TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE THEY CAN HAVE GOOD QUALITY AND NOT THAT.

>> THE FOOD SHED IS LOCATED ON FAIRMONT AVENUE AND OPEN TO ALL SANDY AIKINS.

THE FARM HUB ALSO ADDRESSES CLIMATE CHANGE AND PROMOTING LOCAL SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION AND THE MAJORITY OF THE REVENUE GOES BACK TO THE FARMERS.

JACOB AIR, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE CAN BE DRAMATIC AND FAR- REACHING, BUT THEY CAN ALSO BE SUBTLE AND NOTICEABLE ONLY UNDER THE ELIMINATION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

AND, THAT MAY BE THE CASE AND RECENT DISCOVERY BY RESEARCHERS FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

SPENCER CHRISTIAN REPORTS.

>> IF YOU COME ACROSS THE CALIFORNIA MARKET SQUARE, IT MAY BE ON YOUR DINNER PLATE.

BUT, WHEN RESEARCHER FROM STANFORD CAME ACROSS THE SEA CREATURES, IT WAS SOMEPLACE MORE UNUSUAL, WATERS IN THE GULF OF ALASKA.

MANY HUNDRED MILES NORTH OF THEIR NORMAL WEST COAST HABITAT.

>> YEAH, THEIR TYPICAL RANGE WOULD BE FROM BASICALLY WASHINGTON STATE DOWN TO BAJA, CALIFORNIA.

AND, YEAH.

THEY MAY, MADE A PRETTY BIG LEAP.

>> HER INVERSE RESEARCHER WAS WORKING AS A GRADUATE STUDENT AT STANFORD WHERE HE BEGAN LOOKING INTO THE NORTHERN MIGRATION.

>> HE FOUND THAT I HAVE THE ADOPTABLE'S GOOD NOT ONLY EXTENDED THEIR HABITAT, BUT MANAGED TO KEEP GROWING TO THEIR FULL SIZE AT THE SAME TIME.

>> THEY HAVE THE ABILITY INSTEAD OF HAVING TO LIKE REACH A SPECIFIC SIZE OR AGE IN ORDER TO MATURE AND BREED, THEY CAN ADJUST THAT BASED ON THE CONDITIONS THEY EXPERIENCE.

AND SO OFTEN, WHAT YOU WILL SEE A SQUID THAT GROW UP IN REALLY POOR CONDITIONS LIKE NOT A WHOLE LOT OF FOOD.

THEY WILL MATURE, THE REALLY SMALL BODY SIZES.

>> BUT A FULL-SIZE, HE SAYS THE ALASKA SQUID HAVE THE ABILITY TO HUNT FISH, POTENTIALLY IMPACTING OPERATIONS OF BABY SALMON AND OTHER SEA LIFE.

IN RECENT YEARS, MARINE BIOLOGISTS HAVE NOTED A NUMBER OF OTHER MARINES SHE'S LIKE JUVENILE GREAT WHITE SHARKS, ALSO EXTENDING THEIR RANGE FURTHER NORTH TO WATERS NEAR MONTEREY.

THEORIES HAVE CENTER ON CLIMATE CHANGE, AND WARMING OCEAN TEMPERATURES, BUT STANFORD MARINE SCIENTISTS, PROFESSOR MARK DENNEY SAYS THE FORCES COULD BE EVEN MORE COMPLEX.

>> YEAH, JUST LOOK AT THE WATER TEMPERATURES GOING UP, SO THEY MOVED, YOU KNOW YOU GOT TO HAVE A COMPETITION WITH OTHER THINGS, AND, AND, THE LOWER OXYGEN LEVELS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> THE SAFE ARE CRITICAL TO UNDERSTANDING WHICH SPECIES BE ON THE MOVE IN COMING DECADES ALONG WITH WHERE THEY MIGHT END UP.

AND JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE IMPACT THEY COULD HAVE ON EVERYTHING FROM FISHING TO LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS ONCE THE ESTABLISH THEMSELVES.

>> I MEAN, THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO KNOW, LIKE YEAH.

ARE THE EVENING, WHO IS EATING THEM?

ARE THEY COMPETING WITH?

BECAUSE IT'S A NEW ECOSYSTEM.

IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THEM.

>> ON IT, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT A GREAT DROP IN TEMPERATURES HERE AS WE HEAD INTO LATER PART OF THE WEEK BECAUSE THIS ENERGY DIVING SOUTHWARD DOES NOT BRING HER INTO OUR AREA.

IF IT GIVES YOU A SMALL CHANCE FOR SOME RAN TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEKEND.

BUT, THE WINDS ARE GOING TO TURN OFF SHORE AGAIN WITHOUT DROP IN TEMPERATURES, AND THEN, THE WARM-UP LATER IN THE WEEK AS THE WINDS START OFF SHORE AGAIN.

TEMPERATURES NOT GETTING BACK DOWN TO THE 40s FOR OCEANSIDE, 30s INTO RAMONA.

50s FOR YOU TONIGHT, AND BREAK US RINGS.

HERE ARE THE BIG PICTURE STORIES FOR YOUR TUESDAY.

HERE IS HOW FAR SOUTH THAT RAIN GETS.

BASICALLY TO THE BAY AREA AND THAT'S IT.

FURTHER SOUTH, STILL RELATIVELY WARM DAY.

AND WE ARE WORKING ON SOME SNOW IN THE SIERRA NEVADA.

FURTHER SOFT, QUIET DAY.

SAN DIEGO, TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND 70 DEGREES OR YOU PAY FOR YOUR DAYTIME HIGH ON TUESDAY, UPPER 70s INTO RAMONA, PAREDES INTO BORREGO SPRINGS, AND ON WEDNESDAY, SAME OLD STORY, THE LITTLE BIT COOLER ACROSS MUCH OF NEVADA AND UTAH, GUSTY WINDS PICKING UP HERE IN ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO.

ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, IT'S A RELATIVELY QUIET DAY.

THE COAST, THE TEMPERATURES ARE REALLY ONLY BOUGHT OUT TO ABOUT 70 DEGREES.

I THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT A COUPLE UPPER 60s THERE ON WEDNESDAY.

BY THE TIME WE GET INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, WE ARE BACK INTO THE LOW TO MID 70s, AND THEN WE COULD SEE A DROP ON SATURDAY.

THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO APPROACH TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE WILL DROP.

FURTHER INLAND, WE GO FROM 80s ON TUESDAY TO THE MID-70s ON WEDNESDAY, QUICKLY REBOUNDING INTO THE 80s THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AND THEN ANOTHER DROP BACK INTO THE 70s ON SATURDAY AS THE NEXT SYSTEM PUSHES CELL.

IN THE MOUNDS, NO RAIN IN THE FORECAST, TEMPERATURES IN THE 60s ONTO TUESDAY.

NICE AND TOASTY OUT THERE DROPPING INTO THE 50s ON WEDNESDAY, EVEN FURTHER INTO THE LOWER 50s THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

BUT KIND OF STAY THERE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND WITH SOME BREEZY WHEN PICKING UP ON SATURDAY.

AND, IN THE DESERT TEMPERATURES HERE GOING TO 90 DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY, GOING OFF ON THURSDAY, AND THEN KIND OF REBOUNDING AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PASH.

>>> ANOTHER SETBACK FOR THE PADRES.

FERNANDO BATISTA JR., THE SHORTSTOP FRACTURED HIS RISK DURING THE OFF SEASON AND IS HEADED FOR SURGERY.

THAT MEANS UP TO THREE MONTHS TO RECOVER.

>> OBVIOUSLY WAS DEJECTED.

HERE WE ARE, OTHER SEASONS THAT HE WILL NOT PLAY A FULL SEASON.

YOU KNOW, THAT IS NOT INTERRUPTED BY INJURY.

THAT IS A LITTLE DISCONCERTING, BUT I MEAN, HE IS WHAT?

20s, YOU THINK YOU ARE INVINCIBLE.

>> HOPEFULLY HE WILL LEARN THE LESSON THAT YOU GOT TO TAKE BETTER CARE OF HIMSELF.

>> HE SAYS HE'S NOT SURE IF THE FRACTURE IS RELATED TO A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT HE HAD IN THE OFF-SEASON, THE 23-YEAR-OLD ALL-STAR FINISHED THIRD LAST YEAR IN MVP VOTING DESPITE A LEFT SHOULDER INJURY AND PROTOCOLS.

>> THIRD SEED OUT OF THE LIST IS THE NUMBER EIGHT SEED IN THE MIDWEST, THE AZTECS OF SAN DIEGO STATE REACHED THE MOUNTAIN.

>> AS TCU IS JOINING THE MARCH MADNESS.

THE AZTECS RECEIVED THE EIGHT SEED IN THE MIDWEST REGION OF THE NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT HOW THEY WILL FACE NINTH SEEDED CREIGHTON IN FIRST- ROUND GAME, THURSDAY IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

OR THAN TWO YEARS AFTER POSTPONING THEIR TOUR, PEARL JAM ANNOUNCED RESCHEDULED CONCERT DATES INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

THE ROCK AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR ACT TO PULL THE PLUG ON CONCERTS AND AMID CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS THAT ARE GOING TO PLAY THE ARENA ON THE THIRD AND ANOTHER FORM ON L.A., AND IN MAY 6 AND SEVEN.

TICKETS GO ON SALE ON MARCH 29.

THE ACADEMY AWARDS ARE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY, SOME HIGH- PROFILE MOVIE AWARDS THIS PAST WEEKEND SHED SOME LIGHT ON WHO MIGHT TAKE HOME OSCARS THIS YEAR.

DAVID DANIEL HAS AROUND IT.

>> 25 YEARS SINCE OUR FIRST RUN TOGETHER, 1900 AND NOTHING.

>> BRINGS BACK THE AWARDS GAINS THE POWER OF THE DOG OR OSCARS MOMENTUM HONORING IT WITH BEST FILM AND BEST DIRECTOR FOR JANE CAMPION.

THREE SAG AWARD WINNERS TIGHTEN THEIR GRIP ON THEIR OSCAR CATEGORIES BY WINNING BATH DOES.

WILL SMITH, LEADING ACTOR FOR KING RICHARD, THE SUPPORTING ACTRESS FOR WEST SIDE STORY, AND TROY CUTS HER, SUPPORTING ACTOR FOR TED.

THE ONLY NON-OSCAR-NOMINATED WHEN ABE AFTER FOR ACTING WAS JOANNA SCANLON, LEADING ACTRESS FOR AFTERLIFE.

>> MANY YEARS AGO, THIS CANDLE BLESSED OUR FAMILY WITH THE MIRACLE.

>> AND CANTO WON THE BATHTUB FOR ANIMATED FILM, BUT IT DID NOT TAKE THE TOP PRIZE FROM THE EMMY AWARDS, GIVEN BY THE INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM SOCIETY, IT GAVE BEST FEATURE AND 7 OTHER AWARDS TO THE MITCHELLS VERSUS THE MACHINES, THE EMMY WINNER HAS GONE ON TO TAKE THE ANIMATED FEATURE OSCAR 14 OUT OF THE LAST 20 YEARS.

>> LET HIM OUT.

HE IS NOT READY.

>> ON, LET THEM OUT.

>> GOING BY PAST PERFORMANCE, THE OSCAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR MAYBE NEARLY A LOCK.

NOT ONLY OF AFTER FOR THE POWER OF THE DOG BUT SHE TOOK THE TOP PRIZE FROM THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA.

THE DTA WINTER HAS GONE ON TO RECEIVE BEST DIRECTOR AND THE ACADEMY AWARDS 65 TIMES IN THE LAST 73 YEARS.

IN HOLLYWOOD, I AM DAVID DANIEL.

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