STORMY GOOD EVENING, MONDAY MAY 23rd.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR TODAY WAS SUPPOSED TO MARK THE END OF TITLE 42.

A CONTROVERSIAL TRUMP ERA POLICY THAT LIMITS ASYLUM.

BUT A FEDERAL JUDGE IN LOUISIANA BLOCKED THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FROM TERMINATING THAT POLICY.

REPORTER GUSTAVO SPOKE WITH LAWYERS AND ACTIVISTS ABOUT THE LEGAL BATTLE.

>> MAY 23rd WAS A DAY THAT MY GRANDSON ADVOCATES MARKED ON THE CALENDARS.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE END OF TITLE 42 WHICH GIVES BORDER OFFICIALS THE ABILITY TO TURN AWAY ASYLUM-SEEKERS WITHOUT A COURT HEARING.

LINDSAY.

MAY 23rd WAS THE DAY THE HOPE WAS ON THE HORIZON.

WE BELIEVED HUMAN RIGHTS RESTARTED OUR BORDER.

IT WAS THE DAY THAT THE RACES AND ZENO PHOBIC TITLE 42 POLICY WAS SET TO BE LIFTED.

>> ARIZONA AND TEXAS BLOCK THAT ORDER AND FEDERAL COURT.

THE STAFF ATTORNEY WITH THE CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION LAW AND POLICY AT UCLA.

SHE PER DISSIPATED IN THE CASE.

WITH ARGUMENT IS SIMPLE, WHY SHOULD ARIZONA AND TEXAS AND OTHER HOSTILE ANTI-IMMIGRANT STATES GET TO DICTATE NATIONAL IMMIGRATION POLICY FOR THE ENTIRE BORDER AND ENTIRE COUNTRY.

>> HAITIAN NATIONALS CONTINUED TO BE THE MOST IMPACTED BY TITLE 42.

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HAITIAN ALLIANCE SHE SAYS THAT HAITIAN NATIONALS FACE DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE IN MEXICO BECAUSE OF THE BLACK SKIN AND THICK ACCENTS.

>> TITLE 42, THE INHUMANE TREATMENT OF MIGRANTS IS NOT LOST ON THE HAITIAN POPULATION AND COMMUNITY.

WE ARE USED TO BEING TREATED AS LESS THAN TRADE DEVICE THEY SAY THAT THE HAITIAN ALLIANCE IS PLANNING TWO FUNERALS FOR MIGRANTS RECENTLY KILLED IN TIJUANA.

>>> LOCAL LEADERS ARE MOBILIZING TO SECURE ACCESS TO ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA AND IN CASE ROE V WADE IS OVERTURNED BY THE SUPREME COURT.

KPBS REPORTER THORNE HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WANT TO MAKE SURE CALIFORNIA LEAVES ABORTION CHOICE UP TO WOMEN.

>> ARE RIGHTS TO HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND PRIVACY AT-LARGE ARE UNDER THREAT, NATIONALLY.

>> THEY ARE BRINGING FORWARD RESOLUTION TO PROTECT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE IN A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO ABORTIONS.

>> WE CAN ABSENTLY ENSURE THAT THOSE RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

BY ADVANCING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION AND PROTECT A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOICE HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

>> THEY SAY THIS RESOLUTION WOULD DEMONSTRATE THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO IS A SAFE HARBOR FOR A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

>> WHAT WE CAN DO IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS HAVE THOSE RIGHTS IN OUR CALIFORNIA STATE CONSTITUTION SO WE CAN BE CLEAR THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY, A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE ARE PROTECTED HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

>> SUPERVISES WILL VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION AT TUESDAY'S BOARD MEETING.

TELEPHONE YOU LAWMAKERS ARE CONSIDERING A PACKAGE OF BILLS AIMED AT PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION.

TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MAY HAVE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND A SOUTH BAY HEALTH ORGANIZATION IS SHINING THE SPOTLIGHT ON CARE FOR WOMEN.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB ERIC EXPLAINS.

>> I LOVE SHARING WITH PEOPLE, I GO TO THERAPY EVERY MONDAY.

>> SUPERVISOR NORA VARGAS IS HELPING TO BREAK THE STIGMA SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT BY TALKING ABOUT HOW IT'S IMPROVED HER OWN LIFE.

>> MENTAL HEALTH CARE IS HEALTHCARE.

THE ONLY WAY I CAN BE HEALTHY IS TO MAKE SURE I AM TAKING CARE OF MYSELF ALL AROUND.

I'M DOING ALL THIS OTHER STUFF FOR MY MENTAL HEALTH HAS TO BE OKAY.

>> VARGAS JOINED REPRESENTATIVES AT THE MARKET AND THE COUNTY'S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY TO BRING AWARENESS OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR WOMEN.

>> IF WE DON'T TALK ABOUT AS A COMMUNITY, THEY ARE GOING TO THINK IT IS NORMAL.

>> THE EVENT DID NOT JUST FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH.

ALSO INCLUDED FREE MAMMOGRAMS.

HEALTH PATIENT MARY BETH SHOWED HER FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE BATTLING BREAST CANCER.

WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE FOR JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, SHE GOT GREAT NEWS.

>> I WAS TOLD I AM IN REMISSION AND CANCER FREE.

I AM HAPPY TO CALL IT HISTORY IS SOMETHING THAT STARTED WITH WOMEN'S HEALTH CLINIC.

>> THE CHIEF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OFFICER DR. GARROW SAYS THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE HEALTHCARE COVERAGE OR LEGAL DOCUMENTATION STATUS CAN STILL RECEIVE MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

>> IF THEY ARE UNINSURED THAT IS NOT FOR ANYBODY TO GET CARE.

WE ARE ABLE TO REGISTER AND PROVIDE CARE TO PATIENTS THAT ARE UNINSURED AND ALSO ABLE TO REGISTER AND PROVIDE CARE FOR PATIENTS THAT ARE UNDOCUMENTED.

THAT IS NOT BAD ALSO.

WAS THEY OFFER CLINIC DISCOUNTS BASED ON DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS FOR HE SAYS PEOPLE CAN CALL THE ORGANIZATION TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION AND SPEAK WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.

>>> CHILDREN AGE SIX MONTHS TO FIVE YEARS IS SHOWING A STRONG IMMUNE RESPONSE TO THE PFIZER DOSES FOR THE GOT THERE DOES DURING THE SEARCH OF THE OMICRON VARIANCE.

AFTER THE THIRD DOSE, PFIZER SAYS ANTIBODY LEVELS WERE SHOWING A SIMILAR RESPONSE OF TWOFOLD DOSES.

THE DOSES WERE WELL TOLERATED WITH NO NEW SAFETY SIGNALS.

THE ONLY AGE GROUP NOT YET ELIGIBLE FOR A COVID VACCINE ARE THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE.

>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNALING THAT CHINA IS QUOTE FLIRTING WITH DANGER RIGHT NOW I FLEXING ITS MILITARY MIGHT AT TAIWAN.

DURING A STOP IN TOKYO, THE PRESIDENT SAID THE U.S. WOULD RESPOND MILITARILY IF BEIJING TRIES TO OVERTAKE TAIWAN BY FORCE.

MORE NOW FROM REPORTER CHRIS NGUYEN.

>> Reporter: FRESH TENSIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA AFTER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS FOLLOWING THE U.S. MILITARY WILL DEFEND TAIWAN AND CHINA WERE TO INVADE.

>> YOU DID NOT WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THE UKRAINE CONFLICT FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, ARE YOU WILLING TO GET INVOLVED MILITARILY TO DEFEND TAIWAN IF IT COMES TO THAT?

>> YES.

THAT'S A COMMITMENT WE MADE.

>> AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN TOKYO, PRESIDENT BIDEN REPEATING SIMILAR COMMENTS THAT HIS STAFF HAS TRIED TO WALK BACK IN THE PAST.

>> WE SUPPORT THE CHINA POLICY AND ALL WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT CHINA HAS THE ABILITY OR JURISDICTION TO USE FORCE TO TAKE OVER TAIWAN.

>> THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IS BEEN NO CHANGE IN OFFICIAL U.S. POLICY REITERATING THE COMMITMENT UNDER THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT TO DEFEND ITSELF.

>> I DO THINK THAT THE PREMATURE COMMENT AND OF HER BUT HE LISTENS TO THE COMMANDER- IN-CHIEF.

I THINK DETERRENCE IS IMPORTANT HERE.

>> BEFORE UNVEILING A 13 MEMBER ECONOMIC BLOCK INTENDED TO COUNTER CHINA'S DOMINANCE IN THE REGION.

>> WE ARE COMMITTED FOR THE LONG HAUL.

IN WASHINGTON, KPBS NEWS.

>> THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES SEARCHING ON BABY FORMULA.

MASSIVE SHIPMENT ARRIVED IN THE U.S.

BUT IS IT ENOUGH.

JENN SULLIVAN REPORTS.

>> A CRIPPLING BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE HAS LEFT FAMILIES DESPERATE TO FIND FOOD FOR THEIR INFANTS.

>> IT IS SCARY.

>> THE SON COOPER HAS A DAIRY ALLERGY AND COULD ONLY EAT PURE AMINO, PERCEPTION POWDER IT'S BEEN NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN NEW YORK.

THEIR STORY OF DESPERATION IS JUST ONE OF MANY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

BUT RELIEF COULD SOON BE HERE, 70,000 POUNDS OF INFANT FORMULA ARRIVED IN INDIANAPOLIS SUNDAY.

>> THE SHIPMENT PROVIDES ENOUGH FORMULA TO TAKE CARE OF 9000 BABIES AND 18,000 TODDLERS FOR A WEEK.

>> FOR HERE THE HEALTH THE SCIENCE FORMULA WILL BE THAT YOU TO TO HOSPITALS WHOSE HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, DOCTORS AND PHARMACIES WHERE THE NEED IS GREATEST.

>> THE CHILDREN THAT NEED THE FORMULAS, THERE ARE NOT ANY SUBSTITUTIONS OR SHORTCUTS.

>> HOW DID WE GET HERE?

ABBOTT NUTRITION ONE OF THE NATION'S FOUR LARGEST USERS HAD TO SHUT DOWN DUE TO BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION HE WILL SOON REOPEN BY MAY, STORES REPORTING AS MUCH AS 40% OF BABY FORMULA PRODUCTS OUT OF STOCK.

BABY FORMULA IS HIGHLY REGULATED BY THE FDA MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO IMPORT FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.

THOSE RULES RELAXED MONDAY MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.

THEY HOPE THIS BRINGS SOME RELIEF SOON.

>> A STARTS HAPPENING GETTING BACK ON THE SHELVES I THINK PEOPLE WILL FEEL AT EASE.

>> FACEBOOK IS NOT JUST FOR STAYING IN TOUCH WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY, IT'S DESPERATE PARENTS LOOKING FOR THEY STOCK FORMULA, A LOCAL MOM STARTED FINDING FORMULA SAN DIEGO.

>> DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH BUT IT'S A START.

DURING THE DAY I GET NOTIFICATIONS AND AS THEY POST REQUESTS OR I WILL SEE A PARENT POST A PICTURE OF HEY, I FOUND FORMULA AT THIS LOCATION AND IT'S IN STOCK.

JUST PARENTS HELPING PARENTS.

>> THE GROUP IS NOT ONLY FOR PARENTS OF INFANTS AS A MOTHER CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS SHE KNOWS THE FORMULA SHORTAGE HAS AN IMPACT ON MANY MORE PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON IT.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO REGION POPULATION OF HOMELESS ROSE BY 10%, ONCE IT IS REPORTING A DECREASE OF NEARLY 20%.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER TAKES US TO CARLSBAD TO SEE WHAT THE CITY IS DOING RIGHT .

>> WALKING AROUND CARLSBAD, THERE'S SOMETHING NOTICEABLE ABOUT THE SEASIDE CITY.

YOU SEEM TO BE FEWER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

>> SOME PEOPLE I USED TO SEE A LOT, THE SAME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.

I DON'T SEE THAT MUCH ANYMORE.

AT THE SAME GROUP ANYWAY.

>> MARGARET HAS LIVED THERE FOR NEAR 30 YEARS.

SHE CREDITS THE CITY'S EFFORT TO GET PEOPLE INTO HOUSING.

>> SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE DOING THINGS TO HELP.

IT WAS THE LATEST POINT HAPPENED IN JANUARY AND THE RESULTS ARE RELEASED A FEW DAYS AGO.

A SIDE 20% DECREASE IN PEOPLE CHANTING HOMELESSNESS LATE LAST YEAR THE CITY LAUNCHED A FIVE- YEAR INITIATIVE TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING.

THE CITY'S HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS SERVICES DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.

>> I THINK IN THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS WE HAD PERMANENTLY HOUSED 31 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

WHEN SHE CAUTIONS AGAINST READING TOO MUCH INTO THE DATA.

>> JUST A POINT IN TIME, IT CAN BE AFFECTED BY NUMBER OF THINGS INCLUDING WHETHER ANDY AVAILABILITY IS ESPECIALLY COLD THE DAY OF THE COUNT.

THAT COULD HAVE SKEWED THE NUMBER.

STILL, THEY SAY THE DATA PROVIDES VALUABLE INSIGHTS.

>> WE TAKE THAT PIECE OF DATA TO TELL US HOW WE ARE DOING.

>> HOMELESS POPULATION WAS 108.

THE COUNT WAS 148.

THE 2021 COUNT WAS CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> THE COST OF HOMES IN SAN DIEGO IS THE HIGHEST IT HAS EVER BEEN.

ONE NATIONAL HOME TRACKER HAS NAMED SAN DIEGO THE MOST UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING MARKET IN THE COUNTRY.

HOW DID THINGS GET SO TOUGH AND HOW ARE PEOPLE TRYING TO COPE.

KPBS REPORTER HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: IN NORTHPARK, JAKE HAS AN APARTMENT THAT COSTS $2100 A MONTH.

IT IS ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH AND 650 SQUARE FEET THAT HE SHARES WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND.

IT'S SMALLER AND MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE ONE HE HAD BEFORE AND TO MAKE ENDS MEET HE HAD TO INCREASE THE DEBT ON HIS CREDIT CARD AND CANCEL HIS HEALTH INSURANCE.

>> IT'S TOUGH, YOU KNOW.

I THINK FOR ME, MY PANTS HAVE HOLES IN THEM.

HAVE ONE PAIR OF WORK PANTS IT'S JUST UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME AND VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP UP ON.

IT WAS JAKE'S STORY IS TYPICAL IN A SAN DIEGO MARKET WHERE RENTS HAVE INCREASED 19% OVER THE PAST YEAR ACCORDING TO APARTMENT LIST.COM.

SHE CAN PAY FOR ON HER DISABILITY INCOME TO HER ROOMMATES SECTION 8 VOUCHER BUT SHE WONDERS HOW MUCH THAT WILL LAST.

>> IT'S AFFORDABLE NOW.

IF THEY RAISE THE RENT AGAIN IN OCTOBER, IT PROBABLY WILL NOT BE UNLESS SOCIAL SECURITY GOES UP A LOT OR HOUSING VOUCHER GOES UP A LOT.

>> RENTS SURGE UPWARD AND MORTGAGES ARE DOING THE SAME.

DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY HOME WAS $1 MILLION IN APRIL.

JUST LIKE LOCAL RENTS, THAT'S UP 19% FROM ONE YEAR AGO.

SAN DIEGO REALTORS STEPHANIE LLOYD SAYS IN LIGHT OF THE WELL OFF CLIENTS SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY THAT'S REQUIRED.

>> RIGHT NOW, FOR A ONE MILLION- DOLLAR PURCHASE IN GENERAL I'M SEEING DUAL INCOME.

PROFESSIONALS MAKING $200,000 PER YEAR WITH A 20% DOWN PAYMENT, DO NOT QUOTE ME ON THIS, BUT IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE PAYMENTS IN THE 4000 TO 5000 RANGE.

>> THE HOME BUYING WEBSITE OTO LABS HAS CALLED SAN DIEGO THE LEAST AFFORDABLE METRO AREA IN THE U.S. CLINICAL PRESSURES AND SOME SAY A DWINDLING SUPPLY OF BUILDABLE LAND HAVE PREVENTED SAN DIEGO FROM KEEPING UP WITH THE DEMAND FOR NEW HOUSING.

SOMETHING ELSE HAS HAPPENED.

A RESULT OF THE COVERED PANDEMIC WHEN PEOPLE WERE STILL WORKING BUT SPENDING VERY LITTLE.

>> PEOPLE BUILT UP A RESERVE OF CASH CALLED THE COVID PIGGY BANK SO THEY GAVE THEM A LOT OF MONEY ONCE THE PANDEMIC ENDED, OR ONCE THINGS START OPENING UP AGAIN, THEY TOOK THAT MONEY AND HAVE GONE OUT AND SPENT IT IN THE ECONOMY IN ONE PLACE THEY PUT THAT MONEY IS INTO THE HOUSING MARKET.

>> WAS HAPPENING IN OUR REGION AS PART OF A BIGGER TREND.

CHRIS, AN ECONOMIST WITH APARTMENT LIST SAYS RENTS ROSE 15% NATIONWIDE IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS AND THAT'S JUST 3% POINTS LESS THAN SAN DIEGO.

HE CALLED SAN DIEGO A STICKY MARKET DESPITE HIGH HOME PRICES, PEOPLE STILL DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE, AND LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE STILL TRYING TO MOVE HERE.

>> FOLKS THAT ARE SEARCHING FOR APARTMENTS IN SAN DIEGO, ABOUT 40% OF THEM ARE SEARCHING OUTSIDE THE METRO.

THE FLOW OF FOLKS COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE METRO KIND OF OUTWEIGH THE FLOW OF FOLKS LOOKING TO LEAVE THE METRO.

>> IS THERE A WAY TO MITIGATE SAN DIEGO HOUSING SHORTAGE.

MARCO, PRESIDENT OF NEW CITY AMERICA, SAYS THERE IS.

HIS COMPANY CREATES URBAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS AND HE SAYS SAN DIEGO HAS PLENTY OF BUILDABLE LAND.

YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOCKDOWN THE OBSOLETE BUILDINGS THAT ARE SITTING ON IT.

LOTS OF RETAIL AND OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE LOST THEIR VALUE AND COULD MAKE WAY FOR HOUSING.

>> PLENTY OF LAND IN SAN DIEGO AND SAN DIEGO IS STILL A REALLY DESIRABLE AREA AND WILL BE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

AS LONG AS WE CAN DEAL WITH THE AFFORDABILITY ISSUE I THINK WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT PROSPECT.

IF THE HOUSING MARKET WILL MEET DEMAND, DEVELOPERS NEED TO BUILD UP, THAT MEANS DENSE MULTISTORY HOUSING AND PEOPLE NEED TO GET USED TO IT.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO IS WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO ONCE FELT THE BRUNT OF ANTI-DRUG LAWS HAS A HAND IN GROWING THE REGIONS CANNABIS INDUSTRY.

PART OF THAT PROCESS STARTS TONIGHT IN SHERMAN HEIGHTS FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON ISLAND AVENUE WILL HOST THE FIRST OF EIGHT LISTENING SESSIONS.

THE GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY BARRIERS TO ENTRY FOR UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS.

THE EVENT STARTS AT 5:30.

>>> WE LOOKING AT COOL WEATHER TO HANG AROUND HERE THE COAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS BUT ACROSS THE INTERIOR THE HEAT IS ON.

ESPECIALLY IN THE DESERT, THAT'S WHERE WE WILL LOOK AT SOME REALLY WARM AIR.

OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

NO RAIN IN SIGHT HERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS EITHER.

IT'S GOING TO STAY PRETTY DRY OUT THERE.

TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO DENY GETTING DOWN TO 57 FOR YOU TOWARDS OCEANSIDE AND 53 FOR YOU AND UPPER 40s ON THE WAY FOR RAMONA, UPPER 60s INTO BORREGO SPRINGS AND THEN TUESDAY IT IS A DRY DAY, WE ARE LOOKING US IN COOLER WEATHER AND WANT CONTINUES ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND BREEZY WINDS PICKING UP ACROSS THE DESERTS INTO ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO WHERE WE ARE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT WILDFIRE DANGER.

AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE HIGHS FOR YOUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON 77 IN ESCONDIDO, HITTING 80 DEGREES IN EL CAJON.

21 -- EIGHTY FOUR OUT TOWARDS RAMONA.

YOU CAN SEE THE COASTAL COMFORT IS THE ONLY AREA THAT TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE COOL SIDE.

HE GETS A LITTLE BIT OF MORNING CLOUD COVER, THAT SHOULD GIVE WAY TO SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

WEDNESDAY IS BONE DRY.

HOT ACROSS THE VALLEYS HERE AND DESERTS OF THE SOUTHWEST.

THAT WILL BE THE STORY FOR SOME, WE LOOKING TO SET RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

NEAR THE COAST, TEMPERATURES ARE NOT CHANGING A WHOLE LOT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE WILL GENERALLY STAY UP INTO THE LOW 70s FOR THOSE DAYTIME HIGHS.

GUESS SOME MORNING CLOUD COVER AND SHOULD GIVE WAY TO A LARGE AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

FURTHER INLAND, TEMPS IN THE UPPER 70s TO LOW 80s AND IT LOOKS LIKE THURSDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY HERE AND THEN TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE UPPER 70s FRIDAY AND NEXT SATURDAY.

THE MOUNTAINS UP TO THE LOW 70s THROUGH THURSDAY, FALLING BACK INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60s WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE THERE FRIDAY AND INTO NEXT SATURDAY.

AND IN THE DESERTS, THE HEAT IS ON AND IT STAYS THROUGH FRIDAY, TRIPLE DIGITS ON THE WAY BEFORE WE COOL OFF A LITTLE BIT AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PAST.

>>> ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRIMES HAVE RISEN DRAMATICALLY IN RECENT YEARS.

DESPITE THE STRUGGLE, SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE HOPING TO HEAL THE DIVIDE THROUGH COOKING AND CONVERSATION.

CHRIS HAS A STORY AS WE CELEBRATE PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH.

>> IS SEEMS TO BE SO MUCH THAT CAN DIVIDE US, THE NEXT GENERATION OF RESTAURANT OWNERS ARE BRIDGING THE GAP, ONE RECIPE AT A TIME.

IN NEW YORK'S EAST VILLAGE, THE DINING ROOM SERVES AS A GATEWAY TO A LAND OF MORE THAN 8500 MILES AWAY.

>> YOU CAN TRAVEL THROUGH THE CUISINE.

>> HERE HUSBAND AND WIFE ARE CONNECTING CUSTOMERS WITH THE VIETNAMESE HERITAGE.

>> HAVE A GREAT SENSE OF PRIDE AND RESPONSE ABILITY AS A CHEF AND JUST LIKE DOING IT FOR THE VIETNAMESE CULTURE AND TEACHING MY KIDS ABOUT THAT.

>> THIS SIMMERED FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS AND AIMS TO SOOTHE THE SOUL.

>> RIGHT NOW DURING THIS TIME, PEOPLE NEED LOVE.

>> ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE, THEY'RE SERVING FOOD INSPIRED DRINKS, A MISSION FOR OWNER WHOSE GOLD NOODLE COCKTAIL DELIVERS ON MANY FRONTS.

>> IT CAN RELATE ON CERTAIN TECHNIQUES AND FLAVORS AND THEY START TALKING ABOUT THEIR OLD CULTURE AND OLD STORIES.

>> OUR COUNTRY'S MELTING POT REDEFINING ARE THINKING OF WHAT AMERICAN CUISINE CAN BE.

VIVIAN LOUIS IS DIRECTOR OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN STUDY CENTER AND PROGRAM AT HUNTER COLLEGE.

>> SHOWING THAT WE ARE ALSO PART OF THE AMERICAN STORY.

THIS BLENDING OF INGREDIENTS AND OF FLAVORS.

>> IT'S NOT JUST HIS RESTAURANT KEEPING THE FAMILY TRADITIONS AND HOPES FOR A BETTER FUTURE LIFE.

IN WASHINGTON, D.C. -- >> ME FINDING MY WAY THROUGH FOOD IN THE MOST FUN AND EXCITING WAY.

>> CO-OWNER OF THE BAKERY INCORPORATES ASIAN FLAVORS SUCH AS LITCHI, AND PASSIONFRUIT INTO HER PASTRIES.

MOST DAYS THE LINES ARE LONG FROM OPEN UNTIL CLOSE.

>> I AM GRATEFUL THAT I STILL GET TO DO THIS AND BE AT THIS TINY COUNTER AND BE AS BUSY AS WE ARE.

>> SOME MAY CALL THESE RECIPES BOLD, OTHERS SAY IT'S SIMPLY A PART OF WHO THEY ARE.

>> IS UP TO US THE YOUNGER GENERATION TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

>>> THIS WEEKEND, DIVERSIONARY THEATER HOLDS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE MUSICAL 86 TO THE YEAR 1986.

THEY BECAME PARALYZED WITH FEAR ABOUT THE AIDS CRISIS.

THEY PREVIEW THE NEW PLAY.

>> DIVERSIONARY THEATER FOUND AT THE HEIGHT OF THE HIV AIDS CRISIS TO GIVE VOICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> DIVERSIONARY THEATER IS THE THIRD OLDEST LGBTQ PLUS THEATER IN THE COUNTRY SO TO BE PRESENTING THIS WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL ABOUT JOY IN COMMUNITY AND THE GENERATION THAT CAME BEFORE US IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1980S, THE SERENDIPITY OF IT IS ABSOLUTELY THRILLING.

IT'S THE PERFECT PLACE TO PREMIERE 86.

>> HOSTING THE WORLD PREMIERE OF 86 OF THE WAY FOR THE THEATER TO HONOR THE FOUNDING MISSION.

THE PLAY IS DIRECTED BY KEVIN NEWBERRY AND BASIN FEINBERG'S BOOK.

>> IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PIECES OF FICTION THAT LOOKED AT THE AIDS CRISIS.

IT WAS SET IN 1980 BEFORE EVERYTHING HAPPENED AND THE SECOND PART IS SET IN 1986 DEALING WITH THE FALLOUT OF AIDS.

>> AUDIENCE IS NOW DEALING WITH THE FALLOUT FROM COVID CAN LEARN HOW THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATED THE AIDS PANDEMIC.

86 REMEMBERS THAT PAIN BUT THE PLAY ALSO CELEBRATES THE JOY AND RESILIENCE OF A COMMUNITY.

>> THE SHOW IS ULTIMATELY ABOUT CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY AND JOY.

THE AUDIENCE WILL LEAVE DANCING AND SINGING AND CELEBRATING THE GENERATION THAT CAME BEFORE US, THOSE WE LOST, THOSE THAT SURVIVED AND THOSE THAT CARRY THE TORCH TO GIVE US THE RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE NOW.

>> WE CAN ALL BENEFIT FROM THAT NOW.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> IS ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

RIGHTS ACTIVIST CONTINUING TO PUSH FOR AN END TO TITLE 42.

THE CONTROVERSIAL TRUMP ERA POLICY ALLOWS BORDER OFFICIALS TO TURN AWAY ASYLUM-SEEKERS AT THE BORDER WITHOUT GIVING THEM A COURT HEARING.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO END TODAY BUT A FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKED THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ACTION AND TITLE 42 HAS BEEN USED TO TURN AWAY ASYLUM-SEEKERS AT THE BORDER NEARLY 2 MILLION TIMES.

>>> A RESOLUTION TO PROTECT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE AND RIGHT TO ABORTION WILL BE VOTED ON IN TOMORROW'S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.

SUPERVISOR TARA LAWSON SAYS THE RESOLUTION WILL SHOW THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO STANDS WITH ALL AS A SAFE HARBOR SHOULD THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURN ROE V WADE.

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

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