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>>> ON THE EVE OF THE CALIFORNIA PRIMARY ELECTION, THERE'S A DECISION THEY COME IN FOR HUNDREDS OF SAN DIEGO UNIFIED TEACHERS AND STAFF.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED BOARD OF TRUSTEES DECIDES ON WHO GETS A PINK SLIP AND HOW MANY POSITIONS WILL BE CUT IN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER HAS MORE ON THE IMPACT ON STUDENTS IN SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS.

>> FAR FROM THE CEREMONIAL GROUNDBREAKING LAST , BARNYARD ALSO HAD PARENT PROTESTERS.

>> SAVE OUR FUNDING.

>> SAVE OUR TEACHERS.

>> Reporter: THESE ARE MEMBERS OF THE BARNARD PTA, A GROUP OF DEDICATED PARENTS EXCITED ABOUT THE RENOVATION OF THE CAMPUS, WHERE MORE THAN 470 K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING THE CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE.

>> THE ONLY MAGNET SCHOOL THAT OFFERS MANDARIN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION, WHICH HELPS KIDS TO REALLY GET A GREAT GRASP OF THE LANGUAGE.

>> Reporter: PARENTS AND STAFF ARE NOT EXCITED WITH THE BUDGET PROPOSAL TO CUT THIS IMMERSION PROGRAM'S FULL-TIME RESOURCE TEACHER, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF DEVELOPING CURRICULUM AND MANAGING MANDARIN INSTRUCTION .

RESOURCE TEACHERS ACROSS THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD BE THE FIRST TO BE LAID OFF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR TO HELP COVER THE BUDGET DEFICIT CAUSED BY AN END OF SUPPLEMENTAL FEDERAL COVID FUNDING AND MUCH LESS FUNDING EXPECTED FROM THE STATE.

>> YOU EITHER FIND IT FULLY OR NOT AT ALL COULD CUT THE PROGRAM IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN IT HAD >> THERE'S A PERCEPTION.

THIS IS THE PROCESS.

>> Reporter: CODY PETTERSON IS THE SCHOOL BOARD VICE PRESIDENT WORKING WITH THE BARNARD COMMUNITY.

HE SAID THAT HE AND THE REST OF THE TRUSTEES DO BELIEVE IN THE MANDARIN EMERGENT AND MANY OTHER MAGNET PROGRAMS IN THE DISTRICT ALSO SCHEDULED TO LOSE THEIR RESOURCE TEACHERS .

TO HELP COVER THE DISTRICTS' PROJECTED AT $93.7 MILLION SHORTFALL, THOSE TEACHERS ARE ASSIGNED FROM THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, WHERE TRUSTEES WILL DECIDE THEIR FATE AT THEIR TUESDAY NIGHT MEETING.

>> WE ARE COMMITTED, NUMBER ONE, TO REDUCING TO A MINIMUM THE IMPACT OF THESE CUTS TO STUDENTS, AND NUMBER TWO, REDUCING TO A MINIMUM THE AMOUNT THE NUMBER OF STAFF AFFECTED BY IT BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND HOW TRAUMATIC IT CAN BE TO RECEIVE A PINK SLIP YOU >> Reporter: THE SCHOOL BOARD IS CONSIDERING ATTRITION, IT'S TEACHER CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS, AND SENIORITY AS IT DEBATES WHO WILL GET LAID OFF.

BARNYARD STUDENTS ARE WATCHING AND WANT TO BE HEARD IN BOTH THEIR LANGUAGES.

>> [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] >> SO, I AM HERE TO SAY PLEASE KEEP FINDING MY TEACHERS SO BARNARD CAN GO ON.

THANK YOU YOU >> Reporter: TRUSTEE PETTERSON SAYS HE EXPECTS TUESDAY'S BOARD MEETING TO BE A LONG, TENSE NIGHT.

WHATEVER IS DECIDED, HE AND SUPERINTENDENT LaMONT JACKSON WILL TRAVEL WITH THEIR STAFF TO SACRAMENTO FIRST THING WEDNESDAY MORNING, WHERE THEY PLAN TO LOBBY LEGISLATORS FOR MORE STATE MONEY.

M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> JAIL SAFETY ADVOCATES ARE CALLING ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY SAY IS THE FOURTH IN CUSTODY DEATH SO FAR THIS YEAR.

A MAN DIED WHILE BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT THE VISTA DETENTION FACILITY SUNDAY, AND KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER ALEXANDER NGUYEN JOINS US MORE FROM THE NEWSROOM .

I UNDERSTAND THIS DEATH INVOLVES THE CONTROVERSIAL RESTRAINT TECHNIQUE GET >> THAT'S RIGHT, MAYA.

THE INCIDENT STARTED SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT SUNDAY.

DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A CALL ON BIRMINGHAM DRIVE AND ARRESTED THE MAN FOR BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.

WHEN THEY GOT TO THE VISTA DETENTION FACILITY, AUTHORITIES SAY THE MAN BECAME AGITATED AND THREW HIMSELF AGAINST THE INTERIOR OF THE PATROL CAR, INJURING HIS FACE .

WHEN DEPUTIES TOOK HIM OUT OF THE PATROL CAR, THEY SAID HE BEGAN KICKING AND FLAILING AGAINST THEM.

THAT IS WHEN THE POLICE, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, RATHER, SAYS DEPUTIES APPLIED THE RAP RESTRAINT SEEN HERE, THE RESTRAINT BINDING THE LEGS AND WRISTS TOGETHER, KEEPING THE PRISON SETTING IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION.

DEPUTIES CALLED FOR PARAMEDICS, AND WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THE MAN STOPPED BREATHING AND LOST CONSCIOUSNESS.

HE DIED AT THE HOSPITAL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

SAFE RESTRAINTS, THE MAKER OF THE RAP RESTRAINTS, SAID THE DEVICE SAVES LIVES AND REDUCES INJURIES .

IF USED BY MANY BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY.

USE OF THE NORTH COUNTY JUSTICE COURT AND SET IT IS NOT AS SAFE AS IT SEEMS.

>> IT'S VERY PROBLEMATIC, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CONCERNS OF A FIXIE ASIAN, AND THAT IS WHAT THIS INCIDENT YESTERDAY, IT REALLY BRINGS BACK AND HAUNT US, MEMORIES OF WHAT HAPPENED TO EARL McNEIL IN NATIONAL CITY.

>> IF YOU REMEMBER EARL McNEIL'S CASE IN 2018 CALLED INTO QUESTION POLICE RESTRAINT PROTOCOL AFTER HE WANTED A NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT SEEKING HELP IN THE MIDDLE OF A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

MAYA?

>> WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN THIS DEATH INVESTIGATION?

>> PART A COUNTYWIDE AGREEMENT, THE CASE WILL BE INVESTIGATED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE SENATE SINCE LAW ENFORCEMENT REVIEW BOARD .

I TALKED TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAUL PARKER, AND HE SAID IT WOULD TAKE TIME FOR THE INVESTIGATION TO BE COMPLETED .

MEANWHILE, THIS THURSDAY, NORTH COUNTY EQUITY AND JUSTICE COALITION WILL HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE VISTA DETENTION FACILITY.

THEY SAY THEY WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE GROWING NUMBER OF IN CUSTODY DEATHS .

FROM THE NEWSROOM, ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS.

>>> A NEW SHELTER HAS OPEN TO HELP PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE NORTH COUNTY.

KPBS REPORTED THAT IT IS OUTSIDE CITY OF VISTA.

>> WE HAVE OUR FIRST COUPLE HERE TODAY.

BY THE END OF THE DAY TODAY, WE WILL HAVE EIGHT PEOPLE ON SITE.

>> Reporter: HANNAH GAILEY SAID HER ORGANIZATION RETREAD IS IN FULL SWING, OPEN AND TAKING IN RESIDENCE FROM BUENA VISTA AND ENCINITAS FROM THE NAVIGATION CENTER.

KPBS GOT A TOUR OF THE FACILITY ON ITS OPENING DAY.

>> AT THE BRENNA QUICK NAVIGATIONAL CENTER, WE ARE CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH THE SOCIAL SERVICES AND OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO FIND PEOPLE PERMANENT HOUSING OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.

>> Reporter: RETREAD IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT WILL OPERATE THE 48 BED SHELTER, LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE OF VISTA ON COUNTY LAND.

VISTA MAYOR JOHN FRANKLIN SAID THE CENTER IS A BIT OF AN EXPERIMENT.

>> IT DOES LOOK AND FEEL LIKE A HOME.

IT'S DIFFERENT IN THAT REGARD.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'M EXCITED IS TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THE PEOPLE WE'RE REACHING OUT TO WHO ARE LIVING ON THE STREET WHAT A WONDERFUL PLACE WE'RE OFFERING HERE, THAT IT'S DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PLACES THEY MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST FEW RAFAH QUARTERS OF THE BEDS WILL BE POOR VISTA RESIDENTS, AND THE OTHER QUARTER ARE FROM THOSE FROM ENCINITAS.

IT IS PURPOSELY A LOW BARRIER, NON-CONGREGANT SHELTER PDOT ME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO BE SOBER OUTSIDE THE FACILITY.

>> PROVIDING SHELTER AND HOUSING TO ACCOMPLISH THE AIM OF HAVING SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WHEN PEOPLE ENTER THE ONE OF BUENA VISTA CREEK NAVIGATION CENTER, THEY WILL BE IN A DIGNIFIED ENVIRONMENT WITH ALL THE PRIVACY, RESOURCES, AND SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO FULLY REHABILITATE PATRONS OF THE FACILITY IS FOR ADULTS OF BOTH GENDERS REFERRED TO HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAMS FOR EACH CITY.

>> Reporter: GAILEY SAID THE BUENO BUENA VISTA CREEK NAVIGATION CENTER IS MODELED AFTER THE OCEANSIDE NAVIGATION CENTER AND SHOULD BE FULL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

>> SUCCESS WOULD BE GETTING SOME TO AGREE TO A LONG-TERM DRUG AND ALCOHOL RECOVERY PROGRAM.

A SUCCESS WOULD BE IF SOMEONE GOT THERE EBT AND BENEFITS AND A JOB AND WAS ABLE TO FIND A ROOM TO RENT.

>> Reporter: CLIENTS CAN STAY AS LONG AS 120 DAYS, BUT MANY ARE EXPECTED TO EXIT THE CENTER EARLIER.

THIS AS A PORTION OF THE OPERATING EXPENSES COME FROM $5 MILLION FROM STATE FUNDING OBTAINED BY SENATOR CATHERINE BLAKESPEAR.

JACOB EYRE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> JENERA 22nd FLOOD VICTIMS MAY SOON BE ELIGIBLE FOR CAL FRESH BENEFITS.

THE COUNTY RECEIVED FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENTIAL DISASTER DECLARATION.

THE PROGRAM PROVIDES A ONE-TIME PAYMENT TO BUY HEALTHY FOOD FOR THEMSELVES AND FAMILIES.

TO BE ELIGIBLE, YOU MUST LIVE OR WORK IN THE DISASTER AREA DURING THE FLOOD, BUY OR PLAN TO BUY ELIGIBLE FOOD COME AND BE EXPERIENCING CHALLENGES DUE TO THE FLOOD.

RESIDENTS HAVE BETWEEN MARCH 7th AND 15th TO APPLY.

>>> I'M ARIANA SCALISE, AND TONIGHT, WE'LL SEE AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS MOVING IN AS TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO THE 50s, WE WELCOME A NICE DRIER PERIOD BEFORE WE SEE MORE WET WEATHER RETURN.

I WILL SHOW YOU WHEN, COMING UP.

>>> IT IS THE EVE OF THE BIGGEST DAY OF THE 2024 ELECTION PRIMARY SEASON, AND IT COMES WITH A MAJOR RULING FROM SUPREME COURT.

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL BE ALLOWED TO STAY ON THE COLORADO BALLOT.

JULIA BENBROOK TRACKS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.

>> Reporter: ON THE EVE OF SUPER TUESDAY, THE SUPREME COURT RULED FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SHOULD REMAIN ON THE BALLOT IN COLORADO.

THE DECISION FOLLOWS MONTHS OF DEBATE OVER WHETHER THE REPUBLICAN FRONT RUNNER VIOLATED THE INSURRECTIONIST CLAUSE, INCLUDED IN THE 14th AMENDMENT GET >> IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT DECISION.

VERY WELL-CRAFTED, AND I THINK IT WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARD BRINGING OUR COUNTRY TOGETHER, WHAT OUR COUNTRY NEEDS.

>> Reporter: THE COURT WAS UNANIMOUS ON THE IDEA TRUMP COULD NOT BE UNILATERALLY REMOVED FROM THE STATE'S PALLETS, MASSIVE WIN FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

THE DECISION COMES AS HIS LAST MAJOR PRIMARY OPPONENT, NIKKI HALEY, WHO VOWED TO STAY IN THE RACE AT LEAST TWO SUPER TUESDAY, FACES A MAKE OR BREAK MOMENT.

>> WE DO HAVE A COUNTRY TO SAVE, SO THIS IS WHERE YOU GET TO WORK.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GO OUT IN FORCE ON TUESDAY.

>> Reporter: HALEY SECURED HER FIRST PRIMARY WIN THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON, D.C., BUT SOME GOP STRATEGISTS SAY TUESDAY'S RACE COULD BE THE FINAL CONTEST AND HER 2024 RUN .

>> THERE IS NO PATH FORWARD FOR NIKKI HALEY.

SHE'S A FORMER GOVERNOR.

SHE HAS FOREIGN POLICY CHOPS.

SHE HAD THE RESUME AND PRESENTATION THAT SHOULD HAVE DONE WELL, BUT SHE DIDN'T.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE TOTAL DELEGATES IN BOTH THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES ARE UP FOR GRABS ON TUESDAY.

REPORTING IN LOS ANGELES, I'M JULIA BENBROOK.

SO GET THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION IS TAKING PLACE TOMORROW ON MARCH 5th.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB EYRE SAID FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT VOTED SAID THERE STILL TIME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTION.

>> Reporter: VOTERS HAVE BEEN WEIGHING IN ON CALIFORNIA'S DAYLIGHT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT THE LAST DAY TO VOTE ON SUPER TUESDAY, ELECTION DAY.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS CYNTHIA PAES SAID IT IS EASY AND CONVENIENT TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS.

>> EVERY ACTIVE REGISTERED VOTER IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THEIR BALLOT IN THE MAIL, SO IF YOU ARE STILL HOLDING ONTO THAT BALLOT, GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS.

>> Reporter: THE PRIMARY IS ONE OF TWO ELECTIONS THIS YEAR, THE OTHER ONE THE GENERAL ELECTION TAKING PLACE IN NOVEMBER.

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT MANAGER TED SAID LAST MINUTE MOTORS SHOULD KNOW A FEW THINGS.

>> YOU CAN REGISTER AT THE LAST MINUTE TO VOTE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS PASSED ON THE 20th, BUT YOU CAN REGISTER CONDITIONALLY AND VOTE AT ANY VOTING CENTER STILL ON ELECTION DAY.

>> Reporter: FOREMOST BRACES, THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES WHO GET THE MOST VOTES IN THE MARCH 5th PRIMARY ELECTION WILL RUN AGAINST EACH OTHER IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL PARTY.

BUT BALLOT MEASURES ON THE PRIMARY BALLOT WILL APPEAR ANY OTHER TIME, SAYS KIM KNOX, PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, SAN DIEGO.

SHE SAID PEOPLE CAN VOTE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, INCLUDING IN PERSON AT VOTE CENTERS.

>> IT YOU COMPLETED YOUR BALLOT, YOU CAN MAIL IT OR TAKE IT TO A PATIENT BALLOT DROP- OFFS OR A VOTE CENTER.

THE BALLOT DROP BOXES HAVE THE REGISTRARS LOGO ON THEM ALONG WITH THE COUNTY SEALED, AND THEY ARE LABELED OFFICIAL BALLOT DROPBOX.

>> Reporter: IF YOUR BALLOT HAS BEEN DAMAGED OR LOST, THERE ARE STILL WAYS TO PARTICIPATE, SAYS WOMACK.

>> LOST YOUR BALLOT, IF YOU LOST IT IN A FLOOD, HAD A DAMAGED , IF YOU HAVE IT AND IT IS HALF CRUMPLED, WE WANT TO ADVISE EVERYBODY TO GO TO A LOCAL VOTE CENTER SO, ONE, YOU CAN GET A BALLOT FOR YOUR PRECINCT, AND SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY STILL TAKE PLACE IN VOTING.

>> Reporter: WHITE IS THE PRIMARY ELECTION MATTER?

COUNTY REGISTRAR PAES EXPLAINS.

>> EVERY ELECTION HAS CRITICAL LOCAL CONTESTS ON THAT BALLOT, SO WE ENCOURAGE VOTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN EVERY ELECTION.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE MORE THAN 200 VOTE CENTERS OPEN ACROSS THE COUNTY FOR PEOPLE TO CAST THEIR BALLOT DID FIND VOTE CENTER LOCATIONS AS WELL AS OTHER VOTER INFORMATION ON KPBS.ORG/ VOTERHUB.

JACOB EYRE, KPBS NEWS.

>> KPBS NEWS WILL HAVE ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE INCLUDING TOMORROW AT 10:00 P.M.

HOSTED BY MYSELF AND AMITA SHARMA.

YOU CAN WATCH IT ON KPBS OR STREAM IT ON THE KPBS YOUTUBE PAGE.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE SUPREME COURT RULES STATES CANNOT DISQUALIFY DONALD TRUMP FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT.

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

>>> THE FIRST EVER OVER-THE- COUNTER BIRTH-CONTROL PILL APPROVED IN THE U.S. IS NOW BEING SHIPPED TO STORES AND PHARMACIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

MANDY GAITHER HAS WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT O PILL, AND WHEN IT'S EXPECTED TO BE ON SHELVES.

>> Reporter: IT IS THE FIRST BIRTH CONTROL PILL THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION .

O PILL SHIPMENTS ARE NOW UNDERWAY.

THE ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE SHOULD BE IN STORES AND ONLINE IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS.

>> TO KNOW THAT IT IS COMING I THINK IS A WIN FOR EVERYBODY.

>> Reporter: IF IT IS TAKEN AS DIRECTED, THE COMPANY BEHIND THE PILL SAYS IT CAN BE UP TO 98% EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING PREGNANCY.

IT WORKS AS A MINI PILL, USING THE HORMONE PROGESTERONE.

>> IT OUR DECADES OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE WITH PROGESTERONE TO SAY O PILL IS SAFE AND MAKING IT OVER-THE-COUNTER IS GOING TO IMPROVE ACCESS.

TRANSIT THE MANUFACTURER SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE IS 19.99 FOR A ONE-MONTH SUPPLY AND 49.99 FOR A THREE MONTH SUPPLY.

SOME OF THE PHARMACIES HAVE SAID THEY WILL CARRY IT INCLUDE CVS AND WALGREENS.

YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE IT IN THE FAMILY PLANNING SECTION.

IT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT OPILL.COM AND OTHER ONLINE RETAILERS.

>> FOREMOST BIRTH CONTROL, WE RECOMMEND PEOPLE USE A BACKUP FORM OF CONTRACEPTION.

THAT IS FOR THE WHOLE FIRST MONTH TO BE SAFE AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AND TAKE IT AT THE SAME TIME OF THE DAY EVERY DAY.

>> Reporter: FOR HELP MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>>> FOR THE SECOND TIME IN AS MANY WEEKS, LAWMAKERS ARE SCRABBLING TO AVOID A PARTIAL SHUTDOWN AFTER MONTHS OF AVERTING SHUTDOWNS AT THE 11th HOUR WITH STOPGAP BILLS NEGOTIATORS MAY HAVE FINALLY REACHED A CRITICAL COMPROMISE.

>> Reporter: ON THE HEELS OF ANOTHER SHORT-TERM FUNDING BILL TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OPEN -- >> A SHUTDOWN IS A LOSER FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: -- FINALLY, A BREAKER ON CAPITOL HILL.

UNVEILING BILL THAT WILL AVERT ANOTHER LOOMING SHUTDOWN, WHILE DELIVERING NECESSARY FUNDS TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY, AND HOUSING, AMONG OTHERS.

BOTH SIDES, TOUTING BIG WINS.

DEMOCRATIC SENATOR PATTY MURPHY SAID IT FUNDS THE WIC PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES THE NUTRITION ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WHILE REPUBLICAN HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON CELEBRATED CONSERVATIVE VICTORIES, INCLUDING CUTS TO AGENCIES LIKE THE FBI AND EPA DATA PACKAGE ALSO INCLUDES IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS AND HIRING NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND RAIL SAFETY INSPECTORS AND FUNDS THAT ARE IN HEALTH BENEFITS, BUT EVEN IF THE TWO PARTIES COME TOGETHER TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONAL, THE FUNDING FEUD ISN'T OVER LAWMAKERS STILL NEED TO ADDRESS THE IMPASSE OVER BORDER SECURITY AND CRITICAL AID TO UKRAINE, ISRAEL, AND GAZA AFTER BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION FAILED TO PASS LAST MONTH.

>> WE'RE GETTING THE GOVERNMENT FUNDING DONE AND WE WILL RETURN TO OTHER PRIORITIES.

>> Reporter: LAWMAKERS HAVE UNTIL MARCH 22nd TO PASS THE DEAL AND KEEP THE GOVERNMENT- FUNDED THE REST OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

I'M MIKE VALERIO REPORTING .

>>> VETERANS COULD SOON GET STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS, THANKS TO A NEW BIPARTISAN BILL, THE ENSURING MINISTER ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION BENEFITS ACT IS SPONSORED BY SCOTT PETERS.

IT WOULD GIVE SERVICEMEMBERS AUTOMATIC ACCESS TO STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS THROUGH THE PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.

CONGRESSMAN PETERS SAYS THAT WAS THE PLAN IN 2021 WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS INTRODUCED, BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT FAILED TO COME UP WITH A DATA SHARING SOLUTION.

>> THEY CAN'T GET THE INFORMATION TO SHOW THEY SERVED 10 YEARS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO CALL THEIR SUPERVISOR IN THE MILITARY.

OFTEN, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN DISCHARGED.

ALL WE WANT TO DO IS GET TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO GET THE INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO VERIFY THEY HAD THIS SERVICE AND QUALIFY FOR THE LOAN REPAYMENT.

>> AND PETERS SAYS THIS BILL WOULD MAKE SURE THE TWO FINALIZE THE DATA SHARING AGREEMENT, GIVING THE DEPARTMENTS A ONE-YEAR DEADLINE TO GET IT DONE.

>>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER HEADLINES WE'RE TRACKING HERE AS WE GET INTO THIS FIRST FULL WEEK OF MARCH, AND LOOK AT DRY WEATHER REMAINING THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO THE DAY TUESDAY.

GOOD FOR ANYTHING YOU MAY HAVE PLANT OUTDOORS.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP THAT WE COULD START TO SEE PRECIP CHANCES RETURNING LATE WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE AND JUST IN TIME FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

WE WILL HAVE A DRIER, WARMER WEATHER PATTERN RETURNING FOR THE WEEKEND.

TAKING A LOOK ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL IN THE 40s AND 50s.

OCEANSIDE, 47, CHULA VISTA, DROPPING TO 50 DEGREES, AND INTO BORREGO SPRINGS, OVERNIGHT LOW ON 47.

37 MALAGA, AT TOMORROW'S PICTURE, PRETTY NICE .

DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH SOCAL.

LOOKING GOOD.

IF YOU WANT TO BE OUTDOORS FOR YOUR TUESDAY, WHERE DO TEMPERATURES GO TOMORROW?

64 LOT OF US COULD YOU HEAD TO BORREGO SPRINGS.

IT WILL BE 74 DEGREES, AND A BIT COOLER AND MOUNT LAGUNA AT 44.

ALONG THE COAST, SAN DIEGO, OCEANSIDE, CHULA VISTA, WE WILL SEE TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE MID 60s.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU DRIER CONDITIONS THAT LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT.

WE WILL SEE LOW CLOUDS AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY TOMORROW, AND THIS IS THE NEXT RAINMAKER HERE YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AS I MENTIONED, BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY.

THAT'S WHEN WE WILL SEE THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVING ON IN THAT COULD BRING THE RETURN OF SOME RAIN.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT FIVE DAYS ACROSS THE COAST, AS WE CAN SEE THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND EVEN SHOWERS POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY, BUT DRYING UP FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT A SIMILAR PATTERN FURTHER INLAND WITH A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY, BUT IT DOES LOOK DRIER FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

LOOKING INTO THE MOUNTAINS, A FEW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

EVEN A SHOWER EARLY THURSDAY BEFORE CHILLY OR SUNSHINE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

TAKING A LOOK AT THE DESERT, WE TOO COULD SEE A SHOWER AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M ARIELLA SCALESE .

>>> JOHN LENNON, FOR MANY OF US, HEARING THE NAME CONJURES UP SONGS EMBLEMATIC OF THE 1960s .

WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT LENNON IS ALONG WITH THE MUSIC, THERE WAS ALSO ART.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL SAYS FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK, YOU CAN SEE THAT ART FOR YOURSELF IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: PERHAPS NEVER IN THE CAPITAL EC GALLERY'S 27 YEAR EXISTENCE HAS THERE BEEN AN EXHIBIT TOOL OR TO ITS NAME.

IT STANDS FOR EXCLUSIVE COLLECTIONS, AND AT LEAST IN THE MODERN ERA, IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE A GROUP OF PEACE IS MORE EXCLUSIVE THAN THESE WHIMSICAL DRAWINGS BY JOHN LENNON.

>> IT'S ALL ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY, CULTURE, SPREADING LOVE, HAVING THE, I THINK ALMOST AN IDEA THAT EVERYBODY IS ACCEPTED TO THE TABLE.

>> Reporter: THE TABLE.

THIS ONE SHOWS LENNON AND HIS WIFE YOKO ONO SHARING A MEAL.

SHE IS STILL ALIVE, 91 NOW.

THE GALLERY OWNER RUTH-ANN THORN SAID SHE EXERCISES THE STRICT CONTROL OVER WHERE THE LIMITED EDITION PRINTS GO, HOW THEY ARE TO BE DISPLAYED, AND SO FORTH.

>> SHE HAS AN AGENT, LIKE AN AGENCY THAT OVERSEES WHERE THESE PIECES GO.

THEY HANDLE ALL THE BUSINESS END OF IT, TRACKING THE INVENTORY AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AND I THINK THEY DO, IF I UNDERSTAND, THREE TO FOUR EXHIBITS A YEAR, SO IT IS REALLY EXCLUSIVE, AND WE'RE REALLY HONORED TO HAVE IT.

>> Reporter: TO BE CLEAR, THESE ARE NOT ORIGINALS.

THOSE ARE ALL IN MUSEUMS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.

THESE ARE PRINTS, MOST OF THEM SILKSCREENED PRINTING.

MOST OF THEM ARE PRINTED ON RICE PAPER, AND THEY ARE ALL LIMITED- EDITION.

>> YOKO ONO HAND SIGNS EACH ONE OF THESE, SO THIS IS HER SIGNATURE THERE.

YOU CAN SEE.

THAT IS HOW YOU KNOW IT'S AN AUTHENTIC PRINT AUTHORIZED BY HER.

HER SIGNATURE IS ON IT, AND THIS IS HIS CHALK MARK, WHICH WAS GIVEN TO HIM IN JAPAN, IN IT SIGNIFIES WHO HE WAS AS A PERSON, AND I BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE JAPANESE MADE THIS FOR HIM, THEY UTILIZED IT AS LOVING CLOUD , OR IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH HE WAS ENLIGHTENED LIKE A CLOUD SPREADING LOVE.

ARIELLA SCALESE'S PASSION FOR ART BEGAN BEFORE HE CAME TOGETHER WITH GEORGE, PAUL, AND RINGO TO FORM THE BEATLES.

HE ATTENDED THE LIVERPOOL ART INSTITUTE FROM 1957 TO 1960 .

IT WAS THERE HE DEVELOPED HIS STYLE, SKETCHING AND DRAWING FIGURES THAT REFLECTED HIS SARCASTIC SENSE OF HUMOR.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE LYRICS TO A HANDFUL OF SONGS REFLECTING LENNON'S WORDPLAY, HIS POETRY.

>> WHAT YOU WOULD HEAR WITH YOUR EARS, HIS MASTERY AS A SONGWRITER AND AS A MUSICIAN, IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WITH YOUR EYES.

SO IT'S THE FURTHER EXPRESSION OF A GREAT TALENT THAT WAS ON THIS EARTH FOR TOO SHORT OF A TIME.

>> Reporter: YOU ARE REMINDED OF THE SHORTNESS OF LENNON'S LIFE WHEN YOU SEE THIS LYRIC, HE INCLUDED THE DATE HE WROTE IT, JULY 20th, 1980, JUST OVER FIVE MONTHS FROM THE DATE AN ASSASSIN'S WILL IT WOULD CUT HIM DOWN IN FRONT OF HIS NEW YORK CITY APARTMENT BUILDING.

>> THERE ARE THESE GREAT TALENTS.

THEY COME AROUND, AND THEY GET SNUFFED OUT TOO EARLY, AND WHAT'S THE COMMON THREAD, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT JIMI HENDRIX, AND YOU THINK ABOUT KURT COBAIN, AND YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, MARILYN MONROE, ALL THESE PEOPLE.

THEY WERE ALWAYS SPREADING LOVE IN WHATEVER THEY DID.

>> Reporter: FROM THE DRAWINGS, TO THE LYRICS, TO THE PHOTOGRAPHS , THOSE ARE NOT FOR SALE, YOU MIGHT THINK ALL THINGS LENNON HERE ARE BLACK AND WHITE, BUT THERE IS COLOR TO BE FOUND IN THIS COLLECTION, AND IT COMES THROUGH COLLABORATION.

IT IS IN THIS SERIES OF PIECES CALLED THE BREAKFAST DRAWINGS.

THEY WERE DONE FOR JOHN AND YOKO'S SON.

JOHN DID THE SKETCHES, AND YOKO FILLED IN THE COLOR.

THE PRICE RANGES FROM $1500 TO THE $5000 AND $6000 RANGE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY ONE.

THE GALLERY IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND IT'S FREE.

THE EXHIBIT WILL BE HERE THROUGH SATURDAY, PLENTY OF TIME TO COME AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN JOHN LENNON PUT PEN TO PAPER.

ANOTHER WAY TO SEE INTO HIS VISION THAT HE CALLED UPON ALL OF US TO IMAGINE.

♪ I HOPE SOMEDAY YOU JOIN US, AND THE WORLD WILL LIVE AS ONE.

♪ SONO >> Reporter: JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>> A VERY COOL EXHIBIT.

>>> HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON TOMORROW FOR THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

IT'S SUPER TUESDAY.

NPR'S MORNING EDITION TALK TO VOTERS ABOUT ISSUES BRINGING THEM OUT TO THE POLLS .

>>> KPBS MIDI CONDITIONS TALKING TO ANOTHER ABOUT HER UPCOMING BOOK, HIKING YOUR FEELINGS.

IT'S PART MEMOIR AND PART GUIDE FOR THOSE LOOKING TO START THEIR OWN HIKING JOURNEY.

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

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