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>> SAN DIEGO STATE HISTORY- MAKING MARCH MADNESS RUN IS GIVING FANS REASON T BELIEVE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM IS HEADED TO THE FINAL FOUR FOR THE - FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S SPRING BREAK, KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAE FOUND A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ON CAMPUS.

>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY, SAN DIEGO STATE IS GOING TO THE FINAL FOUR!

>> FANTASTIC.

E TEAM IS TRYING SO HARD TO DO SO WELL AND THEY'RE SHOWING IT.

>> GO AZTECS!

>>AZTECS FOR LIFE, SO EXCITED, CAN'T WAIT TO CHEER THEM ON.

>> Reporter: THE SA DIEGO STATE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL BE HEADING TO HOUSTON FOR THE FINAL FOUR, AND AZTEC PRIDE CAN BE FELT ALL AROUND THE CAMPUS FROM THE STORE TO CAMPUS TOURS, PEOPLE ARE EXCITED.

>>> I WAS WATCHING IT AND I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN THEY WON.

I WAS SCREAMING, JUMPING UP AND - DOWN AND I WAS WEARING MY SDSU GEAR AND HIGH-FIVING CUSTOMERS I WAS HELPING.

>> Reporter: THIS OF IS FORIS ALSO AN SDSU CAMPUS TOUR GUIDE.

>> JUST HAVING A TEAM IN THE UNIVESITY WHERE I ATTEND MAKING IT ALL THE WAY IS CRAZY AND GAVIN NEWSOM TWEETED ABOUT IT AND PEOPLE ARE CHECKING US OUT.

>> Reprter: THIS OF IS FORPLAYS FOR THE SDSU SOFTBALL TALE AND COULD HEAR FANS úCHEERING FOR THE MEN'S BAKETBALL TEAM DURING THEIR GAME ON SUNDAY.

>> EVERYNE WAS SO EXCITED.

WE WERE OBVIOUSLY BUMMED WE COULDN'T WATCH THE GAME BECAUSE WE WERE PLAYING, BUT EVERYONE WAS SO EXCITED AND I THINK IT HONESTLY BROUGHT A LOT OF ENERGY TO ALL THE ATHLETES.

I THINK IT WAS JUST AWESOME.

I WAS STOKED TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

AND JUST BRINGING, LIKE, MORE AWARENESS TO SDSU AND WE CAN COMPETE WITH THOSE SCHOOLS.

>> Reporter: FANS ARE ALREADY PREORDERING THEIR FINAL FOUR GEAR ONLINE AND THE CAMPUS STORE IS FULL OF FANS, INCLUDING JUDY MITCHELL.

>> EVEYONE KNOWS SAN DIEGO IS A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS.

WE'RE THE LARGEST CAMPUS IN THE WHOLE STATE SYSTEM, BUT TO HAVE THE BASKETBALL TEAM MAKE IT úNATIONALLY, IT'S DRAWININ THE ATTENTION OF THE GREAT COLLEGIATE PROGRAMS WE HAVE.

>> Reporter: AS THE TEAM GETS SATUDAY, FANS WANT TO SEND THEM OFF WITH SOME AZTEC PRIDE.

>> THANK YOU FOR ALL THEY DO.

AND FOR HAVING SUCH SPIRIT.

U CAN SEE IT WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE COURT, THER'S NOT A SINGLE PERSON ON THE TEAM JUST ON THE SIDELINES.

EVERYBODY IS IN AND IT'S JUST FANTASTIC.

THEY DO A GREAT JOB.

>> CONGRATS AND KEEP GOING, IT'S úAWESOME.

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>> YOU'RE AMAZING.

JUST KEEP DOING YOU, YOU'RE KILLING IT, BEST OF LUCK.

ô> Reporter: A BIG PART OF THIS RUN HAS BEEN THE PUBLIC WATCH PARTIES.

NO OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE YET, BUT IF THE TREND CONTINES, YOU CAN EXPECT THESE DOORS TO BE OPEN THIS SATURDAY.

>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISOR NATHAN FLETCHER IS ANNOUNCING HE'S CHECKING INTO A TREAT CENTER FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS TRAUMA AND ALCOHOL ABUSE.

HE'S GOING TO FOCUS ON HIS HEALTH.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER, MATT HOFFMAN, TALKS TO LOCAL EXPERTS ABOUT PTSD.

p>> SUPERVISOR NATHAN FLETCHER IS FROM COMBAT DURING HIS TIME AS A MARINE AND INTENSE CHILDHOOD TRAUMA THAT'S BEING MDE WORSE FROM ALCOHOL ABUSE.

POST-TAUMATIC STRESS CAN OCCURRING WITH ANYONE.

FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY ABOUT EIGHT OUT OF EVERY 100 PEOPLE WILL EXPERIENCE IT AT OME POINT IN THEIR LIVES.

IT'S TYPICALLY TRIGGERED BY TRAUMATIC EVENTS.

> IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE COMBAT.

IT COULD BE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

IT COULD BE GETTING INTO A CAR ACCIDENT.

IT COULD BE CHILDHOOD TRAUMA LIKE CHILDHOOD ABUSE.

>> Reporter: Dr. SARAH SIMMONS IS A PSYCHIATRIST AT KAISER, SAN DIEGO.

SHE SAYS SYMPTOMS FROM PSTD CAN RANGE FROM INTRUSIVE MEMORIES TO AVOIDANCE OR DISTANCING, NUMBNESS, OR EVEN PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS LIKE FEELING ON EDGE OR BEING IRRITABLE.

SHE SAYS SOMETHING KEY TO REMEMBER IS THAT PSTD IS TREATABL.

>> AND SOMETIMES IT CAN BE REALLY DIFFICULT AND PAINFUL TO THINK ABOUT THAT TRAUMA THAT'S HAPPENED, SO SOMETIMES IT'S, LIKE, OKAY, I JUST DON'T WANT TO GO THERE.

I'M NOT READY FOR THAT KIND OF TREATMET.

BUT THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT TREATMENT, IT WORKS.

EOPLE CAN RECOVER.

THEY CAN FEEL WHOLE AGAIN.

THEY CAN MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIVES.

>> Reporter: TREMENT DOESN'T ALWAYS INVOLVE REVISITING TRAUMA AND IT CAN INCLUDE THERAPY, SUPPORT GROUPS, OR MEDICATION.

IMMONDS SAYS IT'S COMMON FOR THOSE WITH PTSD TO USE UNHEALTHY HABITS LIKE ALCOHOL TO GET TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM TRAUMA, BUT SHE CAUTIONS AGAINST THAT.

>> TRULY EASY FOR A PERSON TO THINK, OKAY, I'M GOING TO HAVE THAT GLASS OF WINE, MAYBE IT WILL HELP.

BUT THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT ALCOHOL IN ITSELF MAKES IT HARDER TO TREAT PTSD, GET OVER THOSE SITUATES.

ú >> Reporter: AT THE V.A.

IN SAN DIEGO, ACCESS TO PTSD TREATMENT HAS EXPANDED FOR VETERANS OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES.

>> A LOT OF WHAT WE HEAR IS I WISH I'D COME IN SOONER.

>> Reporter: ABIGAIL IS DEPUTY úASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND A PSYCHOLOGIST AT THE SAN DIEGO V.A.

SHE SAYS PTSD IS UNLIKELY TO GO AWAY ON ITS OWN.

SHE ALSO SAYS TREATMENT IS FFECTIVE, EVEN IF IT'S YEARS AFTER A TRAUMATIC EVENT.

>> THERE'S OFTEN THAT QUESTION OF WHEN WILL I BE READY FOR TREATMENT, AND I THINK IF SOMEBODY IS EXPERIENCING PTSD, THEY'RE A VETERAN AND THEY SERVED OUR COUNTRY, THEY DESERVE TREATMENT.

>> Reporter: FAMILY AND FRIENDS CAN HELP THOSE WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS BY BEING SUPPORTIVE AND WILLING TO LISTEN.

EXPERTS SAY A GOOD FIRST STEP FOR CONSIDERING TREATMENT IS TO REACH OUT AND SPEAK WITH A THERAPIST.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> FLETCH'S FELLOW SUPERVSORS ARE OFFERING THEIR SUPPORT.

THE CHAIRWOMAN TWEETED, IT TAKES COURAGETO SEEK HELP.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR FLETCHER, HARING YOUR PERSONAL STRUGGLES AND SUPERVISOR JOEL ANDERSON úOFFERED PRAYERS FOR FLETCHER AND HIS FAMILY AND ENCOURAGING ALL TO SEEK HELP.

>> THE REPRELIMINARY HEARING WAS POSTPONED TODAY FOR A DOCTOR AND NURSE CHARGED WITH A WOMAN'S DEATH.

ASJUSTICE ADVOCATES AND OTHERS WHOSE LOVED ONES WHO DIED IN JAIL WERE ALSO THERE.

>> Reporter: THE FAMILYINSTEAD, THEY STOOD OUTSIDE WITH JUSTICE ADVOCATES AND OTHER FAMILIES WHO HAVE THE SAME TRAGEDY IN COMMON AND TOGETHER CALLED FOR JUSTICE.

>> JUSTICE FOR LISA SERNA!

> Reporter: THE HEARING WAS CONTINUED AND A NEW DATE WAS SET FOR THE DOCTOR AND NURSE, BOTH PLEADED NOT GRIT TO INVOLUNTARY MNSLAUGHTER.

HER MOM SAYS THAT DELAY DID NOT DETER HER PLANS TO MAKE THE TWO-DAY DRIVE, BUT SHE'S UPSET BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DELAYED LONG ENOUGH.

>> IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO HAVE IT POSTPONED, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE EVIDENCE THE EVIDENCE IS THERE.

WE'VE SEEN THE EVIDENCE.

>> Reporter: THAT EVIDENCE, SHE SAYS, IS UNRELEASE VIDEO FINAL OF HER DAUGHTER INSIDE THE DETENTION FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS BEING HELD FOR PETTY THEFT.

SHE CLAIMS IT SHOWS HER 24-YEAR-OLD'S DEATH WHILE ON > SHE WAS PREGNANT.

THERE'S NO RECORD OF HER EATING N THE VIDEOS.

IT DOES NOT SHOW HER EVER EATING.

NOT ONCE WAS SHE -- EVERY TIME SHE HAD A SEIZURE, THEY NEVER - WENT IN THERE TO CHECK ON HER, THEY JUST LEFT HER THERE.

>> Reporter: AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO, IT'S CLEAR TO HER MOE PEOPLE MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

>> THEN WE SAW THE VIDEO, SO WHEN ARE THESE OTHER DEPUTIES GOING TO BE ARRESTED TOO?

> THEY ALL ARE HUMAN BEINGS AND HEY ALL NEED JUSTICE.

ô> Reporter: THE FOUNDEROF THE SAVING LIVES IN CUSTODY SAYS THE GIRL DIED BEFORE EVEN HAVING HER FIRST COURT HEARING.- THAT'S THE CASE WITH MOST OF THE FAMILIES.

HE SAYS THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS STILL PLAGUING THE SYSTEM THAT WAS EXPOSED IN AN AUDIT AST YEAR.

>> WHEN THE COUNTY AUDIT CAME IN ON THE JAIL DEATHS FROM THE STATE THAT HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT THAT IN-CUSTODY DEATHS WERE SO HIGH, THEY WERE THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE.

ú >> Reporter: WE REACHED OUT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND ASKED IF MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE CHARGED.

THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT COMMENT ON PENDING CRIMINAL CASES.

BUT IF THEY'RE NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE, NOTHING WILL úCHANGE.

KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE UNION REPRESENTING 30,00 SERVICE WORKERS HAVE REACHED A TENTATIVE DEAL.

HOWVER, IT'S NOT YET CLEAR WHEN MEMBERS WILL VOTE ON IT.

THE UNION HAS PROMISED MORE DETAILS DURING A MEETING TONIGHT.

THE DEAL FOLLOWS A STRIKE THAT CLOSED CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR THREE DAYS.

IT EFFECTIVELY MEANS THE UNION'S DEMAND FOR A 30% PAY RAISE AND INCLUES BONUS PAYMENTS úRETROACTIVE PAY AND FULLY PAID HEALTH BENEFITS.

>>> STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL THIS SPRING CAN NOW LOCK IN THEIR ADMISSION TO A CAL STATE UNIVERSITY IF THEY PLAN TO START AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

THE NEW TRANSFER PROGRAM BEGINS WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2023, AN AGREEMENT STUDENTS CAN - MAKE WITH ANY OF THE CSU CAMPUSES INCLUDING SAN DIEGO úSTATE AND CAL STATE SAN MARCOS.

THE STUDENT GETS TO SELECT A UNIVERSITY AND MARRIAGE THEY'RE INTERESTED IN AND AS LONG AS THE MEET ALL OF THE TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS WITHI THREE YEARS, THEY'RE GUARANTEED ADMISSION.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A MOBILE APP FOR EASY ACCESS TO MONITOR THEIR PROGRESS AND MAINTAIN APPOINTMENTS WITH COLLEGE ADVISORS.

>>> SN DIEGO OFFICIALS CELEBRATING THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGIN STATION NEAR THE BORDER CROSSING.

AS ERIC ANDERSON REPORTS, IT'S DESIGNED FOR HEAVY AND MEDIUM DUTY TRUCKS.

>> Reporter: THE CHARGING STATIONS ARE LOCATED CONVENIENTLY AT A TRUCK STOP.

THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION AWARDED THE FUEL STATION'S OWNER $200,000 TO INSTALL TE CHARGERS- ON THE SAME PROPERTY WHERE THEY ALREADY FEL UP DIESEL MANUFACTURE POWERED TRUCKS.

NOW FOUR FUELING STATIONS HAVE% HIGH-SPEED DC CHARGERS.

>> THIS IS A WONDERFUL STEP IN A GOOD DIRECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OPENING DOORS FOR MANY MORE OTHER PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE CAN REALLY FOCUS ON CLEAN AIR TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND GREEN JOBS.

>> eporter: HAVING PUBLICLY AVAILABLE HIGH-SPEED CHARGERS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS TRANSITIONING THE TRUCKING INDUTRY TO A ZERO EMISSION FUURE, ONE THAT STATE OFFICIALS HOPE TO HIT BY 2045.

>> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL POINT OF TRANSPORATION CORRIDOR HUB FOR OUR REGION IN SAN DIEGO AND FOR THE SATE OF CALIFORNIA, RIGHT?

THE MOVEMENT OF GOODS THAT EXISTS TODAY.- THESE INVESTMENTS, WE HOPE TO úSEE A LOT MORE CONVERSION OF THESE FLEETS AS THOSE MORE AVAILABLE.

>> Reporter: THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION SAYS THERE ARE ALREADY ABOUT 2,000 ZERO-EMISSION TRUCKS AND BUSES ON THE ROAD AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS STOP THE SALE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE PASSENGER VEHICLES IN CALIFORNIA AFTER 2035.

TRANSPORTATION GENERATES ROUGHLY 40% OF ALL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN CALIFORNIA.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND HERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST DON'T SEE EVERY DAY.

A HIGHWAY CLOSURE FOR A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE TURNED INTO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BIKE AND A PEDESTRIN TAKEOVER.

ON SATURD, CalTrans CLOSED TRAFFIC BETWEEN HARBOUR DRIVE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE THE SOUTHBOUND LANES.

PEOPLE WERE INVITED TO WALK AND BIKE THE HIGHWAY WHILE CLEANING ITUP.

>> I'M JEFF BENNET.

TONIGHTON THE NEWS HOUR, A SCHOOL SHOOTING KILLS THREE CHILDREN AND THREE ADULTS AT A- PRIVATE SCHOOL IN NASHVILLE, COMING UP AT 7 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> MEMBERS OF SAN DIEGO'S BELARUSSIAN COMMUNITY ARE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE AND THEY WEREN'T THE ONLY RUSSIAN-SPEAKING DEMONSTRATORS AT A RALLY IN BALBOA PARK OVER THE WEEKEND.

CLAIRE STRONG HAS THE STORY.

[ CHANTING ] ú >> Reporter: NOT IN OUR NAME WAS THE MESSAGE FROM THESE FELLOW RUSSIANS WHO NOW CALL SAN DEGO HOME.

THIS KIND OF PROTEST CAN LAND úYOU IN JAIL IN BELARUS.- SATURDAY'S RALLY IN BALBOA PARK WASA CHANCE TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT DESPITE THEIR COUNTRY'S CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA, THEY STAND FIRMLY WITH UKRAINE.

>> THE WHITE MEANS CLEAR HEART.

>> Reporter: DIMITRI LEFT BELARUS 16 YEARS AGO AND HELPED ORGANIZE THE EVENT.

>> WE DON'T WANT THIS WAR.

HALF OF THE RELATIVES WITH UKRAINE, THE BORDER TERRITORIES, ALL PEOPLE ARE THE SAME% LANGUAGE, SAME BLOOD, SO WE'RE úAGAINST THIS WAR.

úIT'S HORRIBLE.

>> Reporter: THE MARCH WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY AROUND 40 PEOPLE ALSO COINCIDED WITH THE 105TH ANNIVERSARY OF BELARUS' INDEPENDENCE.

BELARUS' PRESIDENT, HAS BEEN IN POWER FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS, MAKING HIM EUROPE'S LONGEST SERVING LEADER.

- >> OUR REPUBLIC DECLARES ... >> Reprter: SATURDAY'S EVENT T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T BELARUSSIANS, BUT THEIR% UKRAINIAN FRIENDS ALSO GOT BEHIND THE RALLY.

CON STAN TEEN IS ORIGINALLY FROM KYIV.

úHE THINKS IT'S IMPORTANT THAT UKRAINIANS AND BELARUSSIANS STAND TOGETHER.

>> THERE WIL BE NEXT STEPS THAT HAPPEN AFTER THE WAR IN UKRAINE IS DONE AND HOW THOSE COMMUNITIES REACT, HOW WE MOVE úFORWARD IS VERY IMPORTANT, SO THE SOONER I THINK THE PEOPLE UNTE AROUND DEMOCRACY AROUND FREEDOM, AROUND, YOU KNOW, RAINIAN VICTORY, I THINK THE BETTER THE LONG-TERM OUTCOME IS GOING TO BE.

>> Reporter:OVER THE WEEKEND, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN WAS CONDEMNED BY NATO TO STATION TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONNESS IN BELARUS.

DESPITE THE ACTIONS OF HIS GOVERNMENT, HE'S HEARTENED TO SEE ORDINARY BELARUSSIANS AND UKRAINIANS HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACKS.

>> IT WAS SO NICE TO BE TOGETHER.

THEY CARRIED THEIR OWN UKRAINIAN FLAG, WE CARRIED OURS, WE CARRIED OUR BIG FLAGS AND IT'S VERY NICE TO BE UNITED AGAINST THE EVIL.

CLAIRE STRONG, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THIS FRIDAY IS THE FEDERAL HOLIAY HONORING THE LEGACY OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND FORM WORKERS LABOR LEADER CESAR CHAVEZ.

[SINGING] >> ND BEFORE LEAVING FOR SPRING REAK, CLUB MEMBERS KNOWN AS CHAVISTAS WERE PART OF THE BREAKFAST LAST FRIDAY.

IT'S AN EVENT HONORING LOCAL HEROS WHO EMBODY VALUES OF THE LATE LABOR ACTIVIST.

THE CHAVEZ CLUBS ARE RUN BY TUDENTS WHO DO COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS ACROSS THE COUNTY WHILE ALSO DEVELOPING THEIR OWN LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

>>> SCHOOLS ACROSS SAN DIEGO OUNTY ARE ON SPRING BREAK THIS THE TRAVEL RUSH IS ON.

THE SURGE AND DEMAND IS RAISING CONCERNS AS THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE WITH STAFFING SHORTAGES AND IN-FLIGHT INCIDENTS.

>> Reporter: SPRING BREAK TRAVEL IS SOARING BACK TO NORMAL AND RENEWING WORRY YOUR FLIGHT COB CANCELED.

MELTDOWNS PLAGUED THE FAA IN úJANUARY.

SOUTHWEST OVER THE HOLIDAYS.

>> THE AIR TRAVEL SYSTEM IS UNDER GREAT STRESS.

>> Reporter: THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION IS ALREADY WARNING OF A SHORTAGE OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS THAT COULD CAUSE INCREASED DELAYS AT NEW YORK'S THREE MAJOR AIRPORTS THIS SUMMER.

THERE, A KEY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITY IS ONLY AT 54% 4% 4% 4% 4% 4% 4% 4% 4% 4% 4% >> WE'RE SEEING IT WITH DELAYS AN CANCELLATIONS AND THAT IS LEADING SOME TRAVELERS TO SAY I WOULD TRAVEL MORE IF WE COULD FIX THAT AIR TRAVEL EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: THE LATEST FIGURES FROM TRAVEL SITE HOPPER SHOW MANY TRAVELERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT FLIGHT DISRUPTIONS.

20% OF HOPPER'S SPRING BREAK TRAVELERS ARE BUYING EXTRA TRIP PROTECTION ON TOP OF RISING IRFARE UP 4% COMPARED TO 2019.

>> THEY WERE QUITE PRICEY THIS TIME OF YEAR, I GUESS, DUE TO SPRING BREAK AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ECONOMY.

>> THEY GO UP ONE DAY, THEY GO DOWN THE NEXT DAY.

JUST BE DILIGENT AND WHEN YOU SEE THAT GOOD PRICE YOU WANT, HIT THE BUTTON.

>> Reporter: EVE STILL,% INDUSTRY FIGURES SAY 158 MILLION AMERICANS WILL FLY FOR SPRING BREAK ARE AN AVERAGE OF 2.6 MILLION TRAVELERS EACH DAY.

>> WE'RE EXPECTING THIS SPRING BREAK TO LIKELY BREAK RECORDS FOR NUMBER OF TRAVELERS WHO ARE GETTING OUT THERE AND HOW MUCH THEY'RE SPENDING, GIVEN THE HUGE DEMAND COMING OUT OF THE PNDEMIC.

> Reporter: THE TOP DESTINATIONS LAS VEGAS, ORLANDO, PHOENIX, LOS ANGELES, AND MIAMI, WHERE THE AIRPORT SAYS DEMAND IS 20% HIGHER THAN 2019.

SO HIGH, THAT OFFICIALS ARE ASKING YOU TO SHOW UP THREE HOURS BEFORE A DOMESTIC FLIGHT INSTEAD OF THE TYPICAL TWO HOURS.

ú >> THERE ARE VERY FEW OFF-PEAK TIMES FOR US RIGHT NOW.

>> WE HAVE BEEN THE BEST ALTERNATIVE TO LEAVING THE COUNTRY SINCE COVID.

[MUSIC] p>> Reporter: MORE CHANGES COMING UP OVER THE COURSE OF THE COMING DAYS.

STILL RELATIVELY QUITE THROUGH TUESDAY, BUT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY, WE'LL SEE WET AND WINTERY WEATHER RETURN.

QUIETING DOWN AS WE VENTURE TOWARDS LATE WEEK BY FRIDAY.

A QUIET NIGHT COMING UP HERE WITH TEMPERATURES BOTTOMING OUT ITO THE MID 40S.

CHULA VISTA DOWN TO 47.

MOUNT LAGUNA BOTTOMING OUT DOWN TO 32.

JUST A FEW CLOUDS AROUND.

WE'LL TAKE IT TO YOUR FUTURE CAST, 8:00 LOCAL TIME THIS EVENING, MOST OF THE WET WEATHER STAYING OFF TO THE NORTH AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH TUESDAY ADDITIONALLY.

BUT GRADUALY WE'LL START TO SEE SOME OF THOSE CLOUDS SEEPING THEIR WAY SOUTH AND EAST ALONG úINTERSTATE 5.

THE MAJORITY OF THE IMPACTS TUESDAY NORTH OF US.

EVEN NORTH OF LOS ANGELES AROUN SAN FRANCISCO WITH SNOW INTO THE SIERRA.

MILDER AIR OFF TO THE EAST.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, INTO THE- MID-60S AROUND CHULA VISTA, OCEANSIDE, 66.

WE'RE TALKING 68, ARE A ARE RAMONA.

TYPICALL FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1.46 INCHES OF RAIN.

WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF WET WEATHER SO FAR THIS MONTH, BUT NOTICE THE TENDENCY TO SEE LOWER AMOUNTS AS WE MOVE INTO APRIL AND MAY.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT POTENTIAL FOR A AGAIN A QUARTER - HALF AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN TOWARDS THE COAST INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

MO OF THAT ON THURSDAY AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL THAT CAN ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY.

AND THEN QUIETING THINGS DOWN ON FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.

OVER THE INTERIOR, WET WEATHER RETURNING HERE.

OU CAN SEE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF RAIN OVER THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS AND EVEN A úTHUNDERSTORM ON THURSDAY.

WARMING UP THOUGH LATER ON THIS WEEK AND INTO THIS WEEKEND.

- WE'LL ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME SNOW AROUND MOUNT LAGUNA AS WE GO AGAIN FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

NOTICE THE COLD AIR IN PLACE.

WE'LL START TO FLIP THAT AROUND INTO SATURDA.

STILL CHILLY THOUGH.

CLOUDS, SUNSHINE, HIGH TEMPERATURES TOPS OFF AT 44.

AND FOLLOWING SOME WET WEATHER, AFTERNOON SHOWERS WEDNESDAY, WRAPPNG UP BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN WARMING UP FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

>>> OUTER SPACE IS INFINITELY HUGE AND IT OCCUPIES A SIMILAR SIZED PART OF OUR IMAGINATIONS.

NASA IS RUNNING A COMPETITION TO GET KIDS TO IMAGINE FUTURE SPACE MISSIONS.

OMAS FUDGE VISITED A THIRD GRADER IN CARLSBAD WHO IS DOING JUST THAT.

>> AND THIS IS IT LANDING.

IT HAS AN INDIVIDUAL THRUSTER RIGHT HERE.

AND THESE WILL EXTEND TO HELP IT CUSHION THE IMPACT.

>> Reporter: THIRD GRADER LUCA SHOWS ME SOME DRAWINGS HE MADE OF THE JOURNEY HE HAS PLANNED FOR HIS SPACESHIP, FORTITUDE.

THE DRAWINGS SHOW FORTITUDE LANDING ON EUROPA, ONE OF THE MOONS OF JUPITER.

THIS SPACE MISSION IS HIS ENTRY INTO NASA'S NATION-WIDE POWER TO EXPLORE ESSAY CONTEST.

THE DEPUTY OF NASA'S SPACE SCIENCE PROJECT OFFICE BASED IN CLEVELAND SAYS POWER TO EXPLORE PASSION FOR SCIENCE.

>> WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO ENGAGE THEIR IMAGINATION.

WE WANT THEM TO THINK BIG.

JUST AS WE DO HERE AT NASA.

SO WE WANT THEM TO ENVISION IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, WHERE WOULD YOU GO >> Repoter: LUCA WANTS TO GO TO EUROPA, BECAUSE HE'S STOKED TO THINK ABOUT ITS OCEANS AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR LIFE.

HE SAID WHEN HIS SPACESHIP LANDS ON EUROPA, IT'LL BECOME A WHEELED ROVER THAT CAN TRAVEL OVER THE ICE.

>> SO IT'S GOING TO DRIVE UP TO ONE OF THE ICE CRACKS ON EUROPA AND IT'S GOING TO USE A DRILL TO CUT THROUGH THE THINNEST LAYER OF ICE AS IT CAN.

IT WANTS TO BE ON A THIN, THINNER LAYER.

ONCE IT DOES THAT, IT OPENS THIS LITLE PORT AND YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT HERE.

> Reporter: AND THROUGH THAT LUCA'S SECOND VEHICLE, A TINY SUBMARINE THAT IS PUSHED THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE ICE AND STARTS SWIMMING IN THE WATER BELOW.

úIT WILL LOOK FOR SIGNS OF LIFE AND SEND DATA BACK TO THE ROVER WHICH THEN SENDS IT BACK TO EARTH.

HE CALLS HIS SUBMARINE, RESILIENCE.

THE KIDS WERE TOLD THEY'D BE USING A RADIO ISOTOPE POWER SYSTEM, THE SAME NUCLEAR ENGINE HAS POWERED NASA'S VOYAGER SPACECRAFT AND HAVE NOW COME TO THE VERY EDGE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

THE POWER SYSTEM HAS ITS LIMITATIONS NATURALLY AND IF SOME SPACE SCENARIOS DREAMED UP BY THE KIDS MAY BE TECHNOLOGICALLY FAR-FETCHED BY TODAY'S STANDARDS, REID SAYS THAT'S OKAY.

>> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TECHNOLOGY WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE WHERE E MIGHT BE ABLE TO CRACK THE CODE AND BUILD A WIDGET THAT TEN YEARS AGO WE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW.

WE HAVE INNOVATIONS IN MATERIALS THAT ARE GOING ON ALL THE TIME.

WE HAVE INNOVATIONS IN THE I.T.

WORLD.

IN THE TECHNICAL WORLD.

SO WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE LAWS OF PHYSICS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.

>> LUCA'S PARENTS SAY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COME NATURALLY TO HIM.

HIS MOM REMEMBERS WHEN HE WAS A KID RIDING A CAROUSEL, HE WOULD STARE UP AT THE THING TO FIGURE OUT THE MECHANICAL WORKINGS OF IT.

NOW LUCA IS WAITING TO SEE IF HE WILL BECOME A FINALIST IN THE "POWER TO EXPLORE" COMPETITION.

ADVANCING IN THE ESSAY CONTEST IS PRETTY COOL, HE SAYS, AND HE HOPES HIS WON'T BE ALL HE DOES FOR NASA.

>> I'D LOVE TO WORK WITH NASA.

>> Reporter: JUST SO THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE DOING STUFF LIKE THIS?

>> YES.

I REALLY ALSO WANT TO LEARN ABOUT SPACE.

ú >> Reporter: LUCA'S IDEA OF A ROVER THAT WILL DRILL A HOLE IN THE ICE OF JUPITER'S MOON MAY NOT TAKE PLACE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT REID SAYS NASA IS NOW PLANNNG A REAL-LIFE VOYAGE TO TITAN, ONE OF THE MOONS OF SATURN.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>> MIDDAY EDITION ON KPBS RADIO HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS FOR THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, BUT IT RETURNED TODAY WITH SOME CHANGES.

IT WON'T BE JUST ABOUT THE HEADLINES BUT THE REAL STUFF- ABOUT LIVING IN SAN DIEGO.

OPICS ARE GETTING MORE TIME TO GET A GOOD CONVERSATION GOING WITH GUESTS AND KPBS WANTS TO MAKE LISTENERS PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

GETTING YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE PROGRAMS.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE FIRST EPISODE ABOUT THE POWER OF úFRIENDSHIP ON KPBS.ORG OR WHEREVER YOU LISTEN TO YOUR PODCATS.

AND TUNE IN TOMORROW FOR AN IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ON THE GOOD, úTHE BAD, AND THE SCARY OF A.I.

>>> AND YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBSORG.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

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