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>> GOOD EVENING PICK IT IS MONDAY, MARCH 28 PICK THANKS FOR JOINING US PICK I AM MAYA TRABULSI PICK BETTER ROADS AND HIGHWAYS PICK MORE HELP TO COMBAT HOMELESSNESS AND A NEW PORT OF ENTRY AT THE BORDER PICK THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS SAN DIEGO LEADERS ARE LOBBYING FOR RIGHT NOW IN WASHINGTON, DC PICK KENNY ALVARADO HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: A DELEGATION OVER 170 LOCAL AND REGIONAL A SAN DIEGO ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT LEADERS WENT TO OUR NATION'S CAPITAL TO LOBBY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS PICK THAT YEARLY TRIP IS ORGANIZED BY THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PICK >> THESE ARE CITY IDEAS PICK >> CITY MAYOR TODD GLORIA SAYS THEY HAVE DOZENS OF MEETING SCHEDULED FEDERAL LEADERS TO MAKE THE CASE FOR THE URGENT NEEDS OF THE REGION PICK HE AND SEVERAL OTHER DELEGATION MEMBERS ALREADY MET WITH CHANCE BUT TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG PICK >> IT WAS REALLY AROUND NOT JUST SHOVEL READY BUT SHOVEL WHERE THE AND THE NOTION BEING THAT WE WANT TO HAVE TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE PICK >> THE MAYOR OF ANTONITO'S SAYS FUNDING A THIRD PORT OF ENTRY IS A TOP PARTY FOR THE DELEGATION PICK >> WE KNOW THAT CALIFORNIA AND BAJA CALIFORNIA OUR HOME TO THE BS BUSIEST LAN PORT OF ENTRY.

THERE CAUSING CHALLENGES FOR BOTH OUR ECONOMY AND OUR AIR QUALITY AND ALSO QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYBODY WHO LIVES IN THE AREA PICK >> GLANCES HOMELESSNESS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE ALSO AT THE TOP OF THE LIST PICK >> LET ME BE EXTREMELY CLEAR PICK IN A NATION, STATE AND CITY AS WEALTHY AS SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA THEY NEEDED STATES WE SHOULD NOT HAVE.

HOUSING ASSISTANCE WILL NOT JUST HELP SHELTER THE MORE THAN 8000 SAN DIEGO INTO HER ON THE STREETS NOW BUT ALSO HELP THE MORE THAN MILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE RICH AND SECURE AND FAMILIES LIVE THERE AMERICAN DREAMS IN SAN DIEGO PICK >> WE WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE HARD WAKING TO CONTRIBUTE THAT IS ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, THAT IS SUCCESS AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE WORKING SO HARD TO BRING THE INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS BACK TO SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: DELEGATION MEMBERS HAVE SECURED OVER $100 MILLION TO FUND COMMUNITY PROJECT PICK KENNY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS .

>> THE RECORDS KEEP BREAKING WHEN IT COMES TO GAS PICK THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF GAS CLIMBED ANOTHER 210 SEVEN SET TO A RECORD HIGH PICK JUST ABOVE $6.01 PER GALLON PICK THIS IS THE 34th CONSECUTIVE INCREASE AND 9.3 CENTS MORE THAN WE WERE PAYING JUST A WEEK AGO PICK IT IS $1.17 MORE THAN WE WERE PAYING A WEEK AGO PICK ANOTHER SET OF INCREASES WERE TRIGGERED AFTER A MISSILE STRIKE.

IT COULD MEAN MORE INCREASES TO WHAT WE PAY AT THE PUMP PICK THE BIDED ADMINISTRATION IS MAKING IT CLEAR IT IS NOT CALLING FOR REGIME CHANGE IN RUSSIA PICK THE CLARIFICATION COMES AFTER REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT DURING A SPEECH OF US IT PICK HERE IS REPORTER CHRIS PICK >> AS RUSSIA INTENSIFIES ITS MISSILE STRIKES HAVE A FIGHTING ALSO CONTINUES TO THE SOUTH WHERE THE MAYOR OF THE PORT CITY OF MARY PAUL HAS CALLED FOR COMPLETE EVACUATION OF THE REMAINING POPULATION PICK A WEEKS LONG SIEGE BY RUSSIAN FORCES HAS FLATTENED THE CITY LEAVING UNKNOWN NUMBER OF CIVILIAN STEADY PERSONS FORCING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM THE HUMP INTENT FIGHTING ALSO CONTINUING IN THE SUBURBS OF KYIV AS RUSSIAN FORCES ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH A CORRIDOR TO BLOCKS A PLAY ROUTES PICK >> UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR ZELENSKY SAYS HE IS READY TO ACCEPT A NONNUCLEAR STATUS AS PART OF A PEACE DEAL WITH RUSSIA PICK ANY AGREEMENT WOULD HAVE TO PUT TO THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE IN A REFERENDUM.

BETTING AS FAR AS I REMEMBER THEY STARTED THE WAR BECAUSE OF THIS PICK >> Reporter: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN CREATING A POLITICAL STORM PICK >> FOR GOD SAKE THIS MAN CANNOT REMAIN IN POWER PICK >> Reporter: WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS AND BIDED HIMSELF TRYING TO DOWNPLAY THE REMARKS SAYING HE WAS REALLY ARGUING LATTIMORE PUTIN CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO EXERCISE HIS POWER OVER OTHER COUNTRIES PICK JUST LIKE BAD PEOPLE SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO DO BAD THINGS PICKETT DOES NOT MEAN WE HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL POLICY TO DO ANYTHING TO TAKE PUTIN DOWN PICK >> CHRIS, WIN, KPBS NEWS .

>>> THE SON OF TONY KRVARIC ENGAGED IN MISCONDUCT PICK THAT IS ACCORDING TO A MARINE CORPS INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER VICTOR KRVARIC , RESERVIST, TRIED TO JOIN A NEO- GROUP PICK THE MARINES WOULD NOT REVERE WHAT THEY DISCOVERED IN THEIR PROUD OF THE 21-YEAR-OLD KRVARIC PICK SAYING ONLY THE INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED MISCONDUCT HAD OCCURRED AND THE COMMAND HAS TAKEN DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS PICK THE MARINES SAY KRVARIC WAS ALREADY BEING PROCESSED FOR DISCHARGE FOR MISCONDUCT UNRELATED PICK STORM AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE ALREADY STRUGGLING TO COME BACK FROM COVID AND THEY COULD LOSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS BY THE END OF THE DECADE PICK KPBS EDUCATOR REPORTER M.G.

PEREZ HAS MORE PICK >> Reporter: SCHOOL IS IN SESSION THIS WEEK PICK THAT MEANS MONEY ALONG WITH THE LEARNING HAPPENING IN THESE CLASSROOMS PICK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AMONG THE LOWEST STATE-FUNDED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND IT IS NOT GETTING BETTER PICK SO, MAKING SURE STUDENTS GET TO CLASS IS CRITICAL TO KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON AND CLASSES STAFFED WITH QUALIFIED TEACHERS PICK JIK BECAUSE IT FLOWS WITH INFLATION AND THEN WE HIT THESE YEARS WHERE FUNDING IS REDUCED, PROGRAMS GET CUT AND THE PENDULUM SWINGS PICKET IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE PICK >> Reporter: THE STATE IS PROJECTING K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IN CALIFORNIA WILL DROP 9% BY THE YEAR 2030 PICK THAT MEANS LOSING MORE THAN A HALF MILLION STUDENTS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM PICK LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IN THE DISTRICT PICK IN THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR THERE WAS A TOTAL ENROLLMENT OF 26,514 STUDENTS PICK JUST AS THE COVID LOCKDOWN STARTED PICK A YEAR LATER THAT DROPPED BY 900 STUDENT PICK JUST LAST MONTH IT WAS AT BARELY 35,000 STUDENTS PICK A TOTAL LOSS OF 1460 IN TWO YEARS PICK SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THE REASONS INCLUDE TRANSFERS TO OTHER DISTRICTS OR TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES LEAVING THE STATE FOR MORE AFFORDABLE LIVING PICK >> FOR ABOUT 100 YEARS CALIFORNIA HAS FUNDED DISTRICTS ON HOW OFTEN STUDENTS SHOW UP FOR SCHOOL PICK INSTEAD OF THE TOTAL HAD COUNT OF ALL THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED PICK THE FUNDING FORMULA IS NOT WORKING ANYMORE FOR MANY DISTRICTS PICK COVID MADE IT WORSE PICK >> Reporter: RIGHT NOW STATE LEGISLATURES ARE CONSIDERING A BILL THAT WOULD REPLACE THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE FORMULA WITH TOTAL ENROLLMENT NUMBERS EACH SEMESTER PICK THAT COULD BRING IN AN ADDITIONAL $3 BILLION IN ANNUAL STATE FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS TO USE FOR ATTENDANCE INCENTIVES PICK IN SMALLER DISTRICTS, LIKE SANTA AND SEDO SCHOOLS, WHICH IS SEVEN CAMPUSES THE FINANCIAL IMPACT IS IMMEDIATE .

AS ATTENDANCE DROPS, ALONG WITH STATE FUNDING .

30% OF THIS DISTRICTS CHILDREN ARE ON HOUSE PICK >> THESE ARE THE VERY CHILDREN THAT NEED MORE RESOURCES, THEY NEED THEIR RESOURCES FOR NOT ONLY THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING BUT FOR FOOD AND SHELTER SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A MORE STABLE HOME LIFE PICK >> SAN AND SEDRO AND HOW WAY ARE CLOSER THAN MIGHT BE EXPECTED WHEN IT COMES TO STUDENT ENROLLMENT DROPPING AND FAMILIES WHO JUST CANNOT AFFORD TO CALL CALIFORNIA HOME ANYMORE PICK M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS .

>>> A FORMER APPELLATE JUDGES NOW THE FIRST LATINA TO SERVE ON THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT PICK PATRICIA GUERRERO WAS SWORN IN TODAY BY GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOME PICK SHE SAID IT WAS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO ASSUME HER NEW ROLE AND RECALLED HER ROOTS AS THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS FROM THE IMPERIAL VALLEY PICK >> I AM HERE BECAUSE OF THE COURAGE, THE SACRIFICES AND THE STRUGGLES OF MY PARENTS AND MY GRANDPARENTS PICK THEY CAME TO THIS COUNTRY KNOWING THAT IT WOULD NOT BE EASY FOR THEM.

BUT, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS THEY CAME HERE WITH HOPE, HOPE OF A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

>> LATINOS MAKE UP NEARLY 20% OF CALIFORNIA'S POPULATION BUT, UNTIL NOW, HAVE NOT BEEN REPRESENTED ON THE STATE'S HIGHEST COURT PICK >>> GROCERY WORKERS HAVE VOTED TO AUTHORIZE A STRIKE AGAINST ROUTES, FONTS, ALBERTSON'S AND PAVILION .

THEY ARE NOT WALKING OUT JUST YET .

ALEXANDER WRANGLE TELLS US WHAT IS NEXT .

>> WE NEED ALL THE PERKS AND BENEFITS WE CAN GET .

>> Reporter: CATHERINE SHOPS AND WOULD SUPPORT THE STRIKE OF HAPPENS .

WORKERS ARE ASKING FOR A RAISE OF FIVE DOLLARS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR .

NELSON SUPPORTS THAT .

SHE SAYS GROCERY WORKERS HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND IT IS EXPENSIVE TO LIVE HERE .

>> I PICKET IS PROBABLY FAIR CONSIDERING THE PRICE OF HOUSING HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: IT IS PART OF THE REASON WHY MEMBERS OF THE UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION HAVE REJECTED OVER THREE YEARS .

95% OF WORKERS APPROVED AT THE POTENTIAL STRIKE .

>> THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE SERIOUS .

AGAIN, YOU ARE NOT ASKING TO GET RICH HERE, WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET OUR MEMBERS TAKE A CARE OF .

>> Reporter: WALTERS IS THE PRESIDENT .

THE WAGE IS CAUGHT UP WITH THE SALARIED MEMBERS HAVE BEEN WITH THE COMPANY 20 YEARS OR MORE.

BOTH SIDES ARE SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO THE NOVATION TABLE WEDNESDAY BUT THE UNION SAYS THE STRIKE COULD SOON HAPPEN IF THE COMPANIES CONTINUE TO DRAG THEIR FEET .

RALPH'S HAVE STARTED ADVERTISING FOR TEMPORARY WORKERS IN CASE OF A STRIKE .

THE STORY SAYS THEY ARE WORKING TOWARD AN AGREEMENT THAT IF THERE FOR WORKERS, SHOPPERS AND ALLOWS THEM TO BE PROFITABLE .

MANUAL, ALBERTSON'S, WHICH ALSO OWNS VONS AND PAVILIONS SAW 16.5 INCREASE OVER THE SAME PERIOD .

ALEXANDER COAT WIN, KPBS NEWS .

>>> SPORT FISHING BOATS WERE MADE ABOUT THE REGULATIONS .

SOME SAID THE ROLES WOULD PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS .

KPBS REPORTER TANIA THORNE TELLS US A COMPROMISE HAS BEEN REACHED AND IS BEING CALLED A WIN-WIN FOR ALL.

>> Reporter: SPORT FISHING BOAT OWNERS ARE BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF AFTER THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD RECONSIDERED REGULATIONS ON COMMERCIAL FISHING BOATS .

WANTED BOAT OWNERS TO UPGRADE TO NEWER LESS POLLUTING MOTORS .

THE NEW TECHNOLOGY WAS NOT AVAILABLE OR CANNOT BE INSTALLED IN MANY OF THE OLDER SPORT FISHING BOATS .

ULTIMATELY, THE REGULATIONS COULD HAVE PUT MANY SMALL BUSINESSES OUT OF BUSINESS .

FOR THE COST OF THE UPGRADES WOULD TRICKLE DOWN TO THE CONSUMERS .

FOUR MONTHS , HIM, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA SPORTS FISHING ASSOCIATION WAS ASKING FOR A COMPROMISE .

>> SURE ENOUGH THEY CAME UP WITH ONE PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN PROPOSING IN THE BEGINNING.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THE LEADERSHIP FLEW TO SAN DIEGO AND MET WITH BOW OWNERS TO DISCUSS OPTIONS .

>> THEY ACTUALLY CAME DOWN AND MET WITH BOW OWNERS, GHANA BOW, SAW HOW THE BOATS OPERATE .

IF YOU ARE FISHING ALONG THE COAST ON A BOW THE BOAT IS ANCHORED, THE ENGINE GETS TURNED UP .

THE PRESENCE OF THE VESSEL DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THE MACHINERY IS OPERATING.

I STARTED TO GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT .

>> HE SAID THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 193 COMMERCIAL FISHING BOAT STATEWIDE .

MOST HAVE ALREADY WORKED TOWARD UPGRADING TO CLEANER ENGINES .

>> SINCE 1990 8/2 THE FLEET HAVE ARTIE UPGRADED TO TIER 3, THE BEST AND IS AVAILABLE, THE CLEANEST ONES IN THE WORLD THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US RIGHT NOW.

THE REST OF THEM ARE IN PLANS GOING TO THAT.

SO, THIS IS THE BEST MODEL THAT WILL REDUCE EMISSIONS .

>> Reporter: MEMBERS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY ON NEW REGULATIONS REQUIRING VESSEL OWNERS TO UPGRADE TO THE NEXT LESS POLLUTING ENGINES AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET BY 2024 .

I REVIEW WILL BE CONDUCTED IN 2024 IN HOPES THAT ZERO EMISSIONS MAY DEVELOP .

WHILE FRANKIE SAYS BOW OWNERS ARE HAPPY THE REAL WINNERS HERE ARE THE CONSUMERS .

>> THE WINNERS IN THIS, FRANKLY, ARE THE FOLKS THAT DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO OWN BOAT.

THE KIDS GROUPS .

WE HAVE KIDS GROUPS TOTALING SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND KIDS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN OUT ON THESE BOATS.

AT NO COST TO THEM.

FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON THE OCEAN, EXPERIENCE IT, LEARN ABOUT IT, ALL OF OUR OCEAN LABORATORIES ARE VETERANS GROUPS, OUR DISABLED GROUPS .

ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO, THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH ALL THESE YEARS, ALL THEIR PROGRAMS GET TO STAY INTACT, GIVING THEM A SEX ABILITY TO THE OCEAN AT A REASONABLE COST .

AT A REASONABLE COST .

>> THE COALITION FOR CLEAN AIR SAYS THE NEW REGULATION COULD SAVE OVER 500 LIVES BY REDUCING TOXIC EMISSION .

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

STOMACH A WELCOME SIGHT IN THE MIDST OF A RECORD BREAKING DROUGHT .

RAIN FALLING ACROSS INDIGO COUNTY PICKETT IS PART OF A LATE-SEASON STORM THAT FIRST HIT THE BAY AREA AND THEN MOVE SOUTH TO THE STATE .

THIS MAY NOT BE THE LAST WE SEE OF THE WET WEATHER .

>>> METEOROLOGIST JESSICA HAS YOUR FORECAST.

>> WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT A PRETTY DREARY AND CHILLY DAY ON TUESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA .

THAT IS THE LAST DAY .

BY WEDNESDAY WE ARE GOING TO BE WARMING UP AGAIN AND WE WILL SEE A CALL MAYOR PATTERN BE ON THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK WITH NO STORMS COMING OUR WAY ANYTIME SOON ONCE THIS ONE EXIT .

TEMPERATURES TONIGHT GETTING DOWN TO THE LOW 50s IN OCEANSIDE AND ESCONDIDO.

50s AND BORREGO SPRINGS .

STILL HAVE THE WET WEATHER HERE OVERNIGHT WITH US .

ON TUESDAY IT IS A CHILLY DAY .

SOME SHOWERS STILL LINGERING BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO .

FOR TUESDAY .

BEYOND THAT IT IS GOING TO BE ALL ABOUT THE WARM-UP .

TEMPERATURES IN THE 60s .

IN OCEANSIDE .

OUT TO HONE GETTING UP TO 64 .

70s FOR YOU OUT TOWARD BORREGO SPRINGS .

WEDNESDAY, THE ONE WHO GETS TO MAKE A RETURN .

THE SUNSHINE BEGINS TO MAKE A RETURN TOO .

ALL THE WET WEATHER AND THE UNSETTLED THIS IN THE GUSTY WINDS PUSH MORE TOWARD INTERIOR SOUTHWEST .

NEAR THE COAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60 .

WARMING UP A LITTLE BIT AS WE HAD TOWARD THURSDAY .

SOME OF THOSE CLOUDS WILL CERTAINLY BE BREAKING ON UP .

FURTHER INLAND, TEMPERATURES GOING FROM THE LOWER 60s ON TUESDAY INTO THE UPPER 60s ON WEDNESDAY .

WE MAY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A DROP THURSDAY BACK INTO THE MID-60s .

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WE LOOK TO WARM UP AGAIN .

RUNNING LOW CLOUDS BREAKING FOR SUNSHINE IN AFTERNOON HOURS .

IN THE MOUNTAINS TEMPERATURES GO FROM THE LOW 40s WITH SOME RAIN ON TUESDAY BACK UP INTO THE 50s AND UPPER 40s FOR WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY .

NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE FROM DAY TODAY .

SUNSHINE, GENERALLY CALM WINDS MOVING FORWARD .

A COUPLE OF CLOUDS MIXING ON IN BUT NO MORE RAIN BE ON TUESDAY .

AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE DESERT .

TEMPERATURES GOING FROM THE 70s TO CLOSE THE 90 AS WE HAD INTO WEDNESDAY .

ME ON THAT LOW TO MID 80s FOR YOUR THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY .

FOR KPBS NEWS I AM METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PASH .

STOMACH THE BIDED ADMINISTRATION IS EXPECTED TO GIVE AMERICANS OVER 50 THE OPTION TO HAVE ANOTHER COVID BOOSTER SHOT .

THE DECISION COULD COME NEXT WEEK .

THE FDA WAS EXPECTED TO CONSIDER THE ADDITIONAL SHOT PROPOSAL ON APRIL 6 BUT NEW STUDY FROM ISRAEL PROVIDE NEW EVIDENCE THAT A FOUR SHOT OFFERS ENHANCED PROTECTION .

UP FOURTH DOSE IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE WHO SAYS THEY NEED ONE BECAUSE THEY ARE IMMUNO COMPROMISE .

>>> THERE WERE NEARLY 1 MILLION VACANT I.T.S JOBS IN THE U.S. LAST YEAR .

THAT IS A PROBLEM FOR TECH COMPANIES BUT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR I.T.S PROFESSIONALS IN MEXICO .

10 TO BORDER REPORTER GUSTAVO EXPLAINS .

>> Reporter: A COMPANY THAT CONNECTS AMERICAN BUSINESSES WITH MEXICAN TECH WORKERS .

HER CLIENTS ARE MOSTLY COMPANIES BASED IN SAN DIEGO AND ALL OF THEM SEEM TO BE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM .

>> I CAN TELL YOU EVERY TIME I ASKED MY POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS, WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM?

IT IS NO LONGER THE COST .

THE PROBLEM IS JUST ABLE TO HIRE .

THEY DO NOT CARE WHERE AND HOW .

I WANT TO HIRE .

BECAUSE OF ALL THIS ACCELERATION .

PARTICULAR HERE IN CALIFORNIA WHERE WE COMPETE WITH GOOGLE'S AND FACEBOOK'S AND MWS .

IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME AND SMALL COMPANIES TO HIRE .

EVERY ENGINEER WANTS TO GO WORK IN THE BIG TECH PUT IT IS NOT JUST THE BRAND, IT IS ALSO THE SALARY .

>> DSS SAYS EVERYONE IS STRUGGLING TO HIRE SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, PARTICULARLY SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZE COMPANIES.

TRADITIONALLY, THE TECH SECTOR HAS RELIED ON COUNTRIES LIKE INDIA AND CHINA TO FILL THE LABOR GOT .

DSS COMPANIES NO LONGER NEED TO GO THAT FAR .

.

FOR US, BEING IN SAN DIEGO, IN THIS BEAUTIFUL AREA, TIJUANA IS ONLY 20 TO 30 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD .

THAT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE TO GO TO INDIA AND TO GO TO CHINA OR THE PHILIPPINES OR ANYWHERE BUT HERE .

>> Reporter: TIJUANA OFFER SEVERAL ADVANTAGES .

WORKERS ARE HIGHLY TRAINED, THEIR SALARIES ARE HALF OF WHAT COMPANIES WOULD PAY IN THE U.S. .

TIJUANA RECENTLY OPEN OFFICES IN A HIGH-RISE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TIJUANA'S -- NEIGHBORHOOD .

THE LOBBY FEATURES MARBLE FLOORS .

THE COMPANY STARTED IN 2019 AND HAS ALREADY PRODUCED ROUGHLY 700 ENGINEERING JOBS .

TWO OF THOSE WENT TO RACHAEL RAY IS AN -- .

BOTH OF THEM GRADUATED FROM TIJUANA --.

THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND TECH JOBS WITHIN A YEAR .

>> I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF -- IN TIJUANA .

>> THAT WAS REYES WHO STARTED AS A TRAINEE.

-- LIKES THAT HE GETS TO COLLABORATE WITH DEVELOPERS BASED IN SAN DIEGO ON A DAILY BASIS .

>> WHEN YOU START WORKING WITH PEOPLE FROM THE USA OR INDIA THEY START TO LEARN FROM YOU .

IT IS SOMETHING TO COLLABORATE WITH DIFFERENT CULTURES AND DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS .

>>> BOTH ARE AWARE THERE GETTING PAID A LOSS LESS THEN DEVELOPERS WHO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA .

TIJUANA'S COST OF LIVING IS MUCH LOWER SO FOR THEM IT EVENS OUT .

PLUS THEIR EDUCATION IS WAY MORE AFFORDABLE .

>> I HAVE HEARD THE STORIES .

MEXICO IS WAY MORE ACCESSIBLE.

WE DO NOT PAY NEARLY AS MUCH AS THE U.S.

DOES .

I DO THINK THEY DO A GREAT JOB AT TEACHING US .

>> DOES NOT SEE THE LABOR SHORTAGE GETTING ANY BETTER IN THE SHORT TERM AND THINKS TIJUANA HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME MEXICO'S NEXT BIG TECH HUB SPEC FIRST, THE SHEER NUMBER OF JOB OPENINGS MEANS VISAS FOR SKILLED LABOR ARE NO LONGER VIABLE .

THE H1 VISA PROGRAM IS CAPPED AT 65,000 WHICH IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO FILL THE GAP .

UP THESE CAN SAVE A LOT OF MONEY BY HIRING IN MEXICO .

>> WHEN YOU BRING THE WORKERS HAD TO THE U.S. YOU ARE NOT PAYING U.S. SALARIES .

I DID NOT SEE ANY REASON WHY COMPANIES NEED TO APPLY FOR VISAS LIKE THAT WHEN THEY CAN ACTUALLY DRIVE 30 MINUTES AND BE THERE AND HAVE HUNDREDS OF ENGINEERS AND DEVELOPERS .

>> THIS MEANS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CAREER IN TECH WITHOUT LEAVING THE HOMETOWN .

>> I THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT BUT THE POTENTIAL IS THERE .

I THINK WITH THE RIGHT FOCUS IN THE RIGHT WORK WE CAN GET IT TO GROW TO THE NEXT BIG TECH HUB .

>> GUSTAVO'S THE LEASE, KPBS NEWS .

>>> IT WAS THIS MAXINE AND HER BEING TALKED ABOUT AROUND THE WORLD .

ACTOR WILL SMITH TAKING THE STAGE TO ASSAULT COMEDIAN CHRIS ROCK FOLLOWING A JOKE MADE ABOUT HIS WIFE, JADE A PINKETT SMITH .

REPORTER DAVID DANIEL WITH THE LATEST ON THE ACADEMY AWARDS ALTERCATION.

>> Reporter: IT WAS THE SLAP SEEN AROUND THE WORLD AFTER OSCARS PRESENTER CHRIS ROCK MADE A JOKE ABOUT WILL SMITH'S WIFE, JADE A PITT SMITH RETURNED TO THE STAGE TO CLAIM THE BEST OSCAR FOR KING RICHARD .

>> RICHARD WILLIAMS WAS A FIERCE DEFENDER OF HIS FAMILY .

I HAVE BIG CALLED ON IN MY LIFE TO LOVE PEOPLE.

AND TO PROTECT PEOPLE.

AND TO BE A RIVER TO MY PEOPLE .

>> JESSICA CHASTAIN LONG BEST ACTRESS BRICK AND SUMMIT HURT CHARACTERS TRADEMARK LOVE AND COMPASSION FOR LGTBQ+ PEOPLE .

>> FOR ANY OF YOU OUT THERE WHO DO, IN FACT, FEEL HELPLESS OR ALONE I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE UNCONDITIONALLY LOVED FOR THE UNIQUENESS THAT IS YOU.

>> AL PACINO, FRANCIS CAPPING ATTRIBUTE TO THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GODFATHER .

WHILE SHOW HOST ANDY SCHUMER ONE.

>> THIS HERE THE ACADEMY HIRED THREE WOMEN TO HOST BECAUSE IT IS CHEAPER THAN HIRING ONE MAN .

>> SEVERAL WINNERS MADE OSCAR HISTORY INCLUDING TROY NAMED BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FOR HIS ROLE IN CODA .

>> THIS IS DEDICATED TO THE DEATH COMEDIC, THE CODA COMMUNITY AND THE DISABLED COMMUNITY .

THIS IS OUR MOMENT .

>> AND BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FROM WESTSIDE STORY .

>> OPENLY CLEAR WOMEN OF COLOR FOUND HER STRENGTH IN LIFE THROUGH OUR .

THERE IS, INDEED, PLACE FOR US.

BILLY EYELASHES THE FIRST OSCAR WINNER BORN IN THE 21st CENTURY WINNING BEST ORIGINAL SONG .

AND BECAME THE THIRD WOMAN IN THE SECOND AND TEARS TO WIN BEST DIRECTOR .

>> I LOVE DIRECTOR BECAUSE IT IS A DEEP DIVE INTO STORY AT THE COST OF MANIFESTING THE WORK CAN BE OVERWHELMING .

>> THAT WAS THE POWER OF THE DOGS WIN .

CODA WENT THREE FOR THREE .

IN ADDITION TO SEAN ONE BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY ON THE SMALL FILM ABOUT A CHILD ONE THE KNIGHTS BEST PICTURE .

>> YOU GUYS HAVE MADE SUCH A WONDERFUL AND LOVING FAMILY .

ON-SCREEN .

BUT ALSO OFFSCREEN .

AND EVERYBODY WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT .

>> IN HOLLYWOOD, I AM DAVID DANIEL .

>> I AM JUDY WOODRUFF .

WE SPEAK TO THE KREMLIN SPOKESPERSON ABOUT RUSSIA'S ONGOING CONFLICT WITH UKRAINE .

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

STOMACH THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY HAS LAUNCHED A 10 DAY MISSION TO HELP DISPLACED PETS FROM UKRAINE .

HUMANE SOCIETY PRESIDENT IS TRAVELING TO POLAND TO GET MEDICAL CARE FOR ANIMALS AND SET UP A BORDER CROSSING THAT NERI CLINIC .

THE ORGANIZATION WILL ALSO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR MORE ANIMAL CARE STAFF TO SUPPORT PETS ARE AFFECTED BY THE WAR .

A HUMANE SOCIETY IS JOINING GREATER GOOD CHARITIES ALREADY ON THE GROUND HELPING WITH THE EFFORT .

>>> CALIFORNIA'S MOST FAMOUS CASTLE IS SET TO REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC .

HEARST CASTLE WILL BE BACK IN MAY AFTER A TWO-YEAR CLOSURE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC .

SEVERE STORM DAMAGE THAT PROMPTED A $30.7 MILLION RENOVATION .

THE RENOWNED ESTATE WHICH OVERLOOKS THE PACIFIC WAS BUILT BY MEDIA MOGUL WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST PICKETT INCLUDES A 115 REMAIN HOUSE AS WELL AS TO GUESTHOUSES, POOLS AND CULTIVATED GARDENS .

THE CASTLE SEES ABOUT 850,000 VISITORS EACH YEAR.

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

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION , DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY , AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.