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>> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A SMALL BOAT BELIEVED TO BE CARRYING MIGRANTS CAPSIZED NEAR DEL MAR THIS MORNING.

KPBS REPORTER GUSTAVO SOLIS SPOKE WITH AN EYEWITNESS.

>> Reporter: DAN CONNOR WAS WALKING HIS DOG ON A BLUFF THAT OVERLOOKS THE OCEAN AROUND 6:30 A.M. MONDAY MORNING.

THAT'S WHEN HE NOTICED A SMALL BOAT MOVING VERY QUICKLY TOWARD THE SHORE.

>> THE NOSE OF THE BOAT, THE BOW KIND OF DUG INTO THE WATER AND THEN THE WAVE PUSHED THE REAR OF THE BOAT, AND THEN IT FLIPS OVER.

>> Reporter: CONNOR TOOK A VIDEO SHOWING MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE FALLING INTO THE COLD PACIFIC OCEAN.

SOME OF THEM SWAM TO SHORE WHILE THE REST HELD ON TO THE OVERTURNED BOAT AS POWERFUL WAVES KEPT CRASHING ON TO THEM.

>> YOU WOULDN'T PUT YOUR KIDS SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN WITH THAT KIND OF SURF GOING ON, SO I'M SURE THESE FOLKS WERE ABSOLUTELY TIRED.

NOT SURE WHERE THEY CAME FROM, BUT THIS DEFINITELY IS NOT A DESTINATION FOR BOATS TO ARRIVE.

>> Reporter: CONNOR QUICKLY CALLED 911.

ACCORDING TO THE U.S. COAST GUARD, THREE PEOPLE DIED THIS MORNING, FOUR RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION, AND NINE REMAIN MISSING.

>> WHEN I HEARD THAT THERE WERE AT LEAST THREE DECEASED, THAT REALLY BROKE MY HEART, BECAUSE THESE ARE PEOPLE.

THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT -- I DON'T CARE WHERE SOMEONE WAS COMING FROM, WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO, BUT THEY'RE DISTRESS.

THEY NEEDED HELP.

>> Reporter: MARITIME SMUGGLING EVENTS ARE RELATIVELY COMMON IN SAN DIEGO WITH 2,700 IN 2022.

>>> HAPPY MONDAY, EVERYONE, WEATHER HEAD LINES AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLING DAYS.

TRACKING FOR THE MOST PART SOME NICE WEATHER.

IT WILL BE MILD AND BREEZY HERE FOR YOUR TUESDAY.

BUT AFTER THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE WARMER AND NICER WEATHER HERE AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS INTO THE WEEKEND.

AND YES, THAT WEEKEND, THAT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY LOOKING PRETTY NICE RIGHT NOW.

I'LL UPDATE THAT FORECAST COMING UP.

>>> THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS IN WORSE SHAPE THAN PREVIOUSLY KNOWN DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LAYOFFS, EARLY RETIREMENTS, AND PREEXISTING VACANCIES.

MOST DIVISIONS OF THE AGENCY WERE AFFECTED.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ EXPLAINS THE POSSIBLE IMPACT THIS COULD HAVE.

>> Reporter: THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON OFFICIALLY BEGINS IN LESS THAN A MONTH, AND THE NATION'S FORECASTING AGENCY IS IN DISARRAY AS WHAT COULD BE A DESTRUCTIVE SEASON UNFOLDS.

SEVERAL CURRENT AND FORMER AGENCY METEOROLOGISTS SAY THEY'RE CONCERNED FORECAST AND LIFE-SAVING WARNINGS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ISSUED IN TIME.

ANDY HAZELTON IS A HURRICANE HUNTER WORKING OUT OF ING THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IN MIAMI.

HE'S FLOWN INTO THE EYE OF A STORM COUNTLESS TIMES INCLUDING HURRICANES DORIAN AND IAN.

>> THE FORECASTERS ARE GETTING THAT DATA IN REALTIME.

THEY'RE USING THAT FOR THEIR ADVISORIES TO TELL PEOPLE, THIS IS WHERE THE STORM IS, THIS IS HOW STRONG IT IS.

>> Reporter: BUT NOW HE'S OUT OF THAT JOB.

HE WAS ONE OF HUNDREDS AT NOAA WHOSE ROLES WERE TERMINATED AS PART OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS TO SLIM DOWN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> WE WERE ALREADY UNDERSTAND STAFFED, AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE A FURTHER BLOW ON TOP OF THAT.

>> Reporter: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS HEADED INTO HURRICANE SEASON WITH 30 OF ITS 122 WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES LACKING THEIR MOST EXPERIENCED OFFICIAL, KNOWN AS THE METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE.

THESE INCLUDE OFFICES COVERING NEW YORK CITY, CLEVELAND, HOUSTON, AND TAMPA.

>> IT'S A JOB THAT GETS VERY, VERY BUSY WHENEVER THERE'S ACTIVE WEATHER.

AND YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING AN EYE ON EVERYTHING.

YOU DON'T HAVE THAT POSITION FILLED, YOU'RE BASICALLY ASKING OTHER MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT TEAM TO STEP UP DO AND DO THOSE THINGS.

AND WHEN THE WEATHER IS GETTING VERY ACTIVE, IT'S HARD TO KEEP UP WITH THAT.

>> Reporter: FURTHER CUTS TO NOAA ARE IN THE WORKS, THOUGH THE NWS MAY NOT SUFFER THE BRUNT OF THE NEXT ROUND ACCORDING TO INTERNAL FEDERAL DOCUMENTS.

FIVE FORMER NATIONAL SERVICE DIRECTORS ARE WARNING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN AN OPEN LETTER, QUOTE, NWS STAFF WILL HAVE AN IMPOSSIBLE STAFF TO CONTINUE ITS CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICES.

OUR WORST NIGHTMARE IS WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES WILL BE SO UNDERSTAFFED THERE WILL BE A NEEDLESS LOSS OF LIFE.

IN ATLANTA, I'M IVAN RODRIGUEZ.

>>> SAN DIEGO CITY MAYOR TODD GLORIA HAS BEEN WORKING TO CUT COSTS AS THE CITY FACES A NEARLY $300,000 DEFICIT FOR THE YEAR.

HE ANNOUNCED A NEW MEASURE TODAY.

>> BACK IN JANUARY I ANNOUNCED WE WOULD CONDUCT A WHOLESALE EXAMINATION OF OUR CITY OFFICE SPACE LEASE AGREEMENTS, AND WHERE IT WAS COST BENEFICIAL I SAID WE WOULD TERMINATE OR RENEGOTIATE LEASES.

I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING.

>> AND AGAIN, THAT NUMBER WAS $300 MILLION.

MAYOR GLORIA SAYS THE CITY HAS NEGOTIATE AT LEASE AGREEMENT AT 525 B STREET IN DOWNTOWN, CURRENTLY CITY STAFF FROM MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS WORK ON SIX FLOORS THERE, AND STAFF ARE MOVING FROM THAT BUILDING TO CITY-OWNED OFFICE SPACE AT 8575 GIBBS DRIVE.

IT IS EXPECTED TO SAVE AROUND $13 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

>>> RAIL PASSENGERS BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND LOS ANGELES WILL HAVE TO PLAN AHEAD.

SERVICE IN SAN CLEMENTE SUSPENDED FOR EMERGENCY WORK THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR FIVE MORE WEEKS.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TANYA THORN.

>> Reporter: TOMMY CLEMENS USES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION EVERY DAY.

ON SUNDAY HE FOUND OUT TRAIN SERVICE BETWEEN OCEANSIDE AND SAN CLEMENTE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED.

>> I WAS ON MY WAY TO MENEFEE FROM ENCINITAS.

>> Reporter: ALL OF THE PASSENGERS TRAVELING NORTH OF SAN DIEGO WOULD NEED TO BOARD A BUS BRIDGE.

THAT'S NOTHING NEW.

OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, SERVICE IN SAN CLEMENTE HAS REPEATEDLY SHUT DOWN OVER BLUFF EROSION AND REPAIRS.

NOW THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY IS MAKING EMERGENCY REPAIRS TOWARDS A LONGER STANDING SOLUTION.

>> WE IDENTIFIED THESE FOUR HOT SPOTS AS WHAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY SO.

WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS BRINGING IN MORE LARGE BOULDERS KNOWN AS RIP WRAP TO REPAIR AND REINFORCE MOSTLY WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.

>> Reporter: ERIC CARPENTER IS A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY.

HE SAYS THE REPAIRS INCLUDE INSTALLATION OF 7,700 TONS OF BOULDERS TO REINFORCE THE RAIL LINE.

>> SO THIS IS THE VERY FIRST STEP, REALLY, TO FOCUS ON THESE HOT SPOTS, MAKE SURE THIS RAIL LINE IS SECURED.

AND BECAUSE IT IS A VITAL RAIL LINE FOR PASSENGERS, MILLIONS USE IT ANNUALLY, FOR FREIGHT THAT COMES UP FROM SAN DIEGO AND ACTUALLY GOES BOTH WAYS BETWEEN L.A. COUNTY AND ORANGE COUNTY, DOWN TO SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: THE BOULDERS ARE THE FIRST STEP TO PREVENT MORE RAIL CLOSURES IN THIS TROUBLED AREA.

CARPENTER SAYS THE NEXT LONG-TERM SOLUTION WILL BE SAND REPLENISHMENT.

PROBLEM IS, THEY HAVE YET TO FIND WHERE TO GET THE SAND.

IN THE MEANTIME, RAIL SERVICE BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTY WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR FIVE MORE WEEKS WHILE CREWS CONTINUE TO WORK.

DURING THAT TIME TRAVELERS ARE ASKED TO PLAN AHEAD.

ON MONDAY, ALL TRAVEL FROM OCEANSIDE TO ORANGE COUNTY WAS LIMITED AND SOLD OUT FOR THE DAY.

TANYA THORN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ONE OF THE BUSIEST AIR TRAVEL HUBS IN THE NATION IS IN ITS SECOND WEEK OF MOUNTING DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS.

FLIGHT AWARE TRACKED HUNDREDS OF IMPACTED FLIGHTS OVER THE WEEKEND AND MONDAY TRAVEL IS PLAGUED WITH THE SAME, SENDING RIPPLE EFFECTS THROUGHOUT THE AVIATION SYSTEM.

LAURA REPORTS.

>> Reporter: HUNDREDS OF DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS ARE FILLING THE NOTIFICATION BOARDS AT NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR AN UNPARALLELED EIGHTH DAY.

>> I'M CONCERNED EVERY TIME I FLY.

>> THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN GOING ON NOT JUST FOR YEARS BUT FOR DECADES.

>> Reporter: UNITED CEO SCOTT KIRBY ECHOES THE CONCERNS OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT'S FORMER INSPECTOR GENERAL MARY SHY VOE, RECENTLY CALLING NEWARK'S AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITY, QUOTE, CHRONICALLY UNDERSTAFFED FOR YEARS, COMPOUNDED BY LAST WEEK'S WALKOUT HE SAID SAW 20% OF CONTROLLERS LEAVE.

UNITED IS CANCELING 35 FLIGHTS OUT OF NEWARK EVERY DAY, SAYING IN A STATEMENT NEWARK AIRPORT CANNOT HANDLE THE NUMBER OF PLANES SCHEDULED TO OPERATE THERE.

>> WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO RELY ON THE FAA, WHICH IS A HUGE THING TO SAY.

>> Reporter: A FORMER SAFETY INSPECTOR AGREES, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ARE AT A BREAKING POINT.

>> THEY'VE BEEN WORKING 60-HOUR WEEKS FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

>> Reporter: TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY SEAN DUFFY CITES A RUNWAY CLOSURE AND EQUIPMENT FAILURES AS PART OF THE STRUGGLES, BUT ADDS BIG CHANGES IS COMING.

>> NEW FIBER, NEW RADAR, NEW RADIOS, NEW GROUND SENSORS.

THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS FACING THE CONTROLLERS TO ALL THE BACK END EQUIPMENT.

>> WE HAVE 500 PLUS AIRPORTS IN THE UNITED STATES.

THEY HAVE DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT.

SO IT'S NOT THE SAME SYSTEM WHEREVER YOU GO.

SECRETARY DUFFY HAS TO DO THIS, BUT IT WILL TAKE YEARS.

>> Reporter: TIME THAT MANY ANXIOUS AIR TRAVELLERS DON'T HAVE.

>> I HAVE A LOT OF TRAVEL COMING UP, SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN RESOLVE THIS QUICKLY.

>> Reporter: I'M LAURA FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> A PSYCHIATRY PROFESSOR AT UC SAN DIEGO SAYS A MEDITATION-BASED THERAPY IS SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING CHRONIC PAIN AND REDUCING USE OF OPIOID MEDICATION.

THOMAS FUDGE TELLS US ABOUT THAT AND ABOUT A MAN WHO HAS USED THE THERAPY TO GET BETTER.

>> Reporter: KOOGZ IS AT THE TOP OF HIS PROFESSION.

>> I'VE BROKEN MY LEG, BROKEN BOTH ANKLES, BROKEN EIGHT RIBS, PUNCTURED LUNGS, FIVE MAJOR CONCUSSIONS, TWO OF THEM VERY SIGNIFICANT, LIKE IN SELF-INDUCED COMA.

>> Reporter: KRUGER HAS LIVED IN WHAT HE DESCRIBES AS A CIRCLE OF PAIN ALONG WITH HIS ADDICTION, BUT HE SAYS THE GOOD MONEY HE MAKES AND THE LOVE OF HIS FAMILY HAS ALLOWED HIM TO IGNORE IT AND KEEP IT HIDDEN FOR QUITE A WHILE.

>> I WAS THIS QUIET ADDICT.

I WAS JUST DEALING WITH IT ON MY OWN.

AND MY CAREER HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, ALSO FINANCIALLY, SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT -- IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THE OUTSIDE, YOU'RE LIKE, HERE'S THIS GUY WHO'S GETTING LOTS OF PRESS.

HIS HOUSE KEEPS GETTING BIGGER.

HIS CARS KEEP GETTING NICER, THIS AMERICAN DREAM TYPE THING.

WHAT IN THE WORLD COULD BE WRONG WITH HIM?

>> Reporter: KRUGER WAS SCROLLING THE WEB ONE DAY WHEN HE STUMBLED ON A YOUTUBE VIDEO FEATURING ERIC GARLAND AND A THERAPY HE'D NEVER EVEN IMAGINED.

THAT'S WHEN KRUGER REACHED OUT TO GARLAND AND LEARNED HOW TO MEDITATE.

GARLAND IS A PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY AT UC SAN DIEGO.

HE SAYS HE SPENT 20 YEARS TESTING A TREATMENT THAT GOES BY THE ACRONYM MORE, MINDFULNESS ORIENTED RECOVERY ENHANCEMENT.

IT'S ROOTED IN MEDITATION, AND GARLAND SAYS, SEEKS TO GIVE PEOPLE SELF-AWARENESS AND SELF-CONTROL.

>> SO MINDFULNESS IS REALLY A PRACTICE OF BECOMING AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE PRESENT MOMENT AND GAINING SOME PERSPECTIVE ON IT.

YOU'RE TRAINING THE BRAIN TO FUNCTION, TO HAVE CONTROL OVER YOUR BODY'S RESPONSES, TO STRESS, TO PAIN, TO CRAVING, ET CETERA.

>> Reporter: TESTING BRAIN REACTIONS IN PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC PAIN WHO USE OPIOIDS SHOW SOME OF THEM HAVE A HARD TIME ENJOYING MOMENTS OF NATURAL BEAUTY, LIKE LOOKING AT A FLOWER OR WATCHING CHILDREN AT PLAY.

>> WHEN WE SHOWED THAT PEOPLE WITH AN OPIOID USE DISORDER HAD THIS DIFFICULTY IN SAVORING NATURAL PLEASURE, THE GREATER THE DIFFICULTY THEY HAD IN SAVORING, THE MORE INTENSE THEIR CRAVINGS FOR OPIOIDS WERE.

>> Reporter: GARLAND SAYS THEIR TEST SAMPLE SHOWED THIS MINDFULNESS THERAPY REDUCED OPIOID MISUSE BY 45% AT A NINE-MONTH FOLLOW-UP POINT.

HE SAYS 50% OF PEOPLE TREATED WITH THE THERAPY HAVE SHOWN A CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN PAIN.

KRUGER SAYS THREE YEARS SINCE HIS INTRODUCTION TO THE THERAPY THINGS ARE GOING MUCH BETTER.

>> MY CHRONIC PAIN IS 20%, 25% LESS THAN IT WAS WHILE I WAS ON OPIOIDS.

SO MY CHRONIC PAIN IS LOWER.

I HAVE IT.

I HAVE IT RIGHT NOW AS I SPEAK TO YOU, BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY MANAGEABLE.

>> Reporter: GARLAND AND HIS RESEARCH TEAM PUBLISHED A STUDY ABOUT MORE THERAPY LAST MONTH IN JAMA, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TODAY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS RESTARTING A COLLECTION OF DEFAULTED FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS.

IT'S PART OF A BROADER EFFORT TO ROLL BACK LOAN FORGIVENESS POLICIES AND DISMANTLE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

AMY KYLIE REPORTS ON WHAT BORROWERS SHOULD DO.

>> YOU CAN'T SAY, WELL, I THINK THAT WILL ALL WORK ITSELF OUT.

>> Reporter: COLLECTION OF DEFAULTED FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS RESUMES TODAY, AFTER A FIVE-YEAR PAUSE RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC.

DEFAULTING USUALLY MEANS MISSING PAYMENTS FOR 270 DAYS OR MORE.

THAT CAN NOW LEAD TO GARNISHMENT OF STATE OR FEDERAL BENEFITS.

IT WILL START GARNISHING WAGE THIS IS SUMMER.

>> IF YOUR DEBT GETS SENT TO COLLECTIONS, THAT CAN IMPACT YOUR ABILITY TO GET AN APARTMENT, A MORTGAGE, A CAR LOAN, EVEN SOME EMPLOYERS CHECK.

>> Reporter: THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ESTIMATES ABOUT 5 MILLION BORROWERS HAVE DEFAULTED ON STUDENT LOANS.

IT SAYS ANOTHER 4 MILLION ARE AT LEAST 90 DAYS LATE ON PAYMENTS.

EXPERTS SUGGEST ALL BORROWERS VISIT THEIR LOAN PROVIDER'S WEBSITE TO CONFIRM THEIR STATUS AND UPDATE CONTACT INFORMATION.

IF A PERSON IS WORRIED ABOUT DEFAULTING, EXPERTS SAY THEY COULD LOOK INTO AN INCOME-BASED REPAYMENT PLAN.

PAYMENT PAUSES CALLED DEFERMENT OR FORBEARANCE, OR CONSOLIDATION OR REFINANCING.

A PERSON WITH A DEFAULTED LOAN CAN LEARN THEIR OPTIONS THROUGH THE STUDENT AID OFFICES DEFAULT RESOLUTION GROUP.

THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO RESTORE THEIR STATUS THROUGH A PROCESS CALLED REHABILITATION.

>> IT'S TIME TO BUCKLE DOWN AND FIGURE OUT HOW YOU CAN MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS.

>> Reporter: I'M AMY KYLIE REPORTING.

>>> COULD A $35,000 BONUS PERSUADE FAMILIES TO HAVE MORE KIDS?

IT'S SOMETHING PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE PROPOSAL.

BIRTHRATES HAVE BEEN DECLINING THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND TRUMP IS HOPING THIS COULD HELP BOOST THOSE NUMBERS.

BUT ADVOCATES WORRY MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE RAISING KIDS MORE AFFORDABLE.

JEN SULLIVAN LOOKS AT RISING COSTS.

>> Reporter: CHILD CARE COSTS HAVE RISEN DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND FAMILIES ARE FEELING THE FINANCIAL SQUEEZE.

>> WHEN YOU'RE JUGGLING BOTH WORK AND FAMILY AND NAVIGATING THE ECONOMY AND JUST THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH FAMILIES, IT ADDS UP.

>> Reporter: JOCELYN FREY IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES, A NONPROFIT THAT ADVOCATES FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN, INCLUDING FINDING SOLUTIONS TO MAKE COSTS MORE AFFORDABLE.

>> WE DON'T WANT YOUR CHILD CARE TO BE LARGER THAN YOUR MORTGAGE.

>> Reporter: A RECENT STUDY BY LENDING TREE FOUND THE COST TO RAISE A CHILD WAS NEARLY $300,000 OVER 18 YEARS.

THAT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE COLLEGE TUITION.

THEY FACTORED IN A VARIETY OF COSTS, INCLUDING HOUSING, FOOD, CLOTHES, INSURANCE, AND DAY CARE, WHICH SAW THE BIGGEST JUMP IN PRICE, RISING MORE THAN 50% IN TWO YEARS.

AS COSTS INCREASE, BIRTHRATES ARE DECLINING.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MAY WANT TO CHANGE THAT IN HIS CONSIDERING OFFERING NEW PARENTS A $5,000 BONUS TO HAVE MORE KIDS, BUT FREY WORRIES THAT'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH.

>> WE HAVE TO STEP BACK AND SAY, WHAT REALLY HELPS FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: SHE'D LIKE TO SEE MORE STATES OFFER PAID FAMILY LEAVE.

SO FAR 13 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HAVE PASSED LAWS THAT REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO OFFER SOME TYPE OF PAID LEAVE FOR ALL NEW PARENTS.

FOR CONSUMER WATCH, I'M JEN SULLIVAN.

>>> FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS WE'VE BEEN REPORTING ON THE EFFECT OF TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TARIFFS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, EVEN WITH A 90-DAY PAUSE ON MANY TARIFFS, BUSINESSES ARE STILL ON EDGE BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE FUTURE.

BUT KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL TELLS US ABOUT ONE HUGE PART OF THE COUNTY'S ECONOMY WHERE THERE'S NOT MUCH ANXIETY YET.

>> IT'S KIND OF LIKE A QUILT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE SQUARES.

WE DON'T HAVE ONE CHUNK, IT'S KIND OF A PATCHWORK.

>> Reporter: FOURTH GENERATION FARMER ANDY LYALL TELLING ME WHICH PART OF THE LUSH PAUMA VALLEY BELOW IS HIS FAMILY'S FARM.

ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE.

DOWN ON THE FARM, HIS FAMILY ACTUALLY CALLS IT A RANCH, LYALL TALKS ABOUT THE CROPS HE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE GROWN HERE FOR DECADES.

>> CITRUS, ORANGES, MANDARINS, PROBABLY ABOUT 80%, MAYBE 90% OF OUR ACREAGE HERE AND ABOUT 10% AVOCADOS.

>> Reporter: THE LYALL OPERATION ENCOMPASSES ABOUT 200 ACRES.

ROWS OF TREES HEAVY WITH FRUIT.

ANDY LYALL LOVES WHAT HE DOES.

>> I LOVE WHEN I GIVE OUR FRIENDS OUR ORANGES OR AVOCADOS AND THEY'RE LIKE THAT'S THE BEST ORANGE I'VE EVER HAD OR ORANGE JUICE, WHATEVER IT.

IS YEAH, I LOVE THAT.

I LOVE BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE GOOD, SAFE, NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: AGAINST THIS BUCOLIC BACKGROUND, THERE IS CONCERN IN THE FARMING COMMUNITY.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE 90-DAY PAUSE NOW THAT WAS IMPOSED.

>> Reporter: DANA GROOT IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY FARM BUREAU.

HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE T WORD, TARIFFS.

>> THE FEELING AMONG THE FARMING COMMUNITY IS KIND OF A WAIT AND SEE ATTITUDE.

>> Reporter: PART OF THE REASON THERE'S NOT THE SAME LEVEL OF ANXIETY AS THAT OTHER NONAGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES IS THAT FARMERS HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE.

>> THIS IS NOT THE FIRST GO AROUND FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY FARMERS.

WE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WITH TARIFFS UNDER TRUMP'S FIRST PRESIDENCY.

AND THERE WERE CONSEQUENCES FOR SOME OF THE GROWERS, PARTICULARLY EXPORTING TO CANADA.

>> Reporter: BACK IN THE LYALL ORANGE GROVES, WHAT GROOT DESCRIBES, THE WAIT AND SEE ATTITUDE, IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY.

>> BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT.

I THINK ULTIMATELY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE FOOD SECURITY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, THAT WE HAVE AMERICAN FARMERS PRODUCING FOOD FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST.

>> Reporter: STILL, GROOT SAYS THERE IS REASON TO BE CONCERNED.

>> ON THE TROUBLING SIDE, OF COURSE, IS THAT INPUT COSTS MAY INCREASE, WHETHER IT'S PACKAGING, PLASTIC MATERIALS, PERHAPS, FROM CHINA, OR FERTILIZER INPUTS COULD INCREASE DRAMATICALLY.

ON THE EXPORT MARKETS, WE'RE NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT MEXICO, CANADA LATER IN THE GROWING SEASON MIGHT BE AN ISSUE.

AGAIN, A LOT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

>> Reporter: WHEN IT COMES TO AGRICULTURE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, FAR AND AWAY THE NUMBER ONE PRODUCT IS PLANTS, THINK FLOWERS IN GENERAL, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH TARIFF PROOF BECAUSE THEY PRETTY MUCH STAY IN THE UNITED STATES.

NOT SO WITH AVOCADOS AND CITRUS.

LYALL IS FORTUNATELY, THOUGH.

HE LEAVES THE SALE OF HIS PRODUCT TO OTHERS.

HE SAYS THE FOLKS WHO MARKET HIS FRUIT LEARNED FROM THE LAST GO AROUND.

>> THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF FINDING MORE OF A DOMESTIC MARKET AND JUST SOME OTHER OPTIONS SO THAT WE'RE NOT SURPRISED BY TARIFFS.

>> Reporter: AND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE, SOMETHING THAT'S ENGRAINED IN FARMERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> FARMERS AS A GROUP TEND TO BE A LITTLE MORE ACCUSTOMED TO VARIABLES THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THEIR CONTROL.

SO IT'S PERHAPS A LITTLE LESS OF A STRESS FOR THEM BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS KIND OF A WAIT AND SEE.

>> Reporter: AS AN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY WAITS TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH TARIFFS, ONE MORE IMPORTANT DATA POINT TO KEEP IN MIND, AGRICULTURE IS THE FOURTH LARGEST ECONOMIC DRIVER IN THIS COUNTY.

GROOT SAYS IF YOU COUNT THE SERVICES THAT DEPEND ON AGRICULTURE, IT'S MORE THAN $4 BILLION.

LOTS OF REASONS TO WAIT AND SEE AND HOPE THAT IF THEY COME, TARIFFS DON'T TARNISH ONE OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S ECONOMIC CROWN JEWELS.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WELL, AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, I'M TRACKING ANOTHER MILD START HERE FOR YOUR EARLY TUESDAY.

OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DIP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50s.

AND WE WILL SEE ONCE AGAIN SOME PRETTY DENSE CLOUD COVERS THERE ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS PRIMARILY.

BUT ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION, YOU CAN SEE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES HERE AS THE SUN COMES UP.

OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL PRIMARILY BE IN THE 50s.

A MILD START FOR YOUR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

56 TONIGHT FOR BOTH OCEANSIDE AND CAMP PENDLETON.

CLOUDY SKIES HERE AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT YOUR TUESDAY.

THERE'S 9:00 A.M. BY LUNCHTIME WE SEE THAT CLOUD COVER SLOWLY STARTING TO WORK ITS WAY OFF THE COAST.

BUT YOU'LL STILL SEE BY ABOUT 5:00 TOMORROW AFTERNOON, STILL TRACKING SOME SHOWERS, BUT THE RAINFALL'S GOING TO STAY WELL OFF TO THE EAST.

AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT YOUR TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY.

HERE'S THE OVERALL SETUP FOR TUESDAY.

WARM AND NICE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE HERE.

STILL WATCHING OUT FOR THAT RAINFALL ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS AND ACROSS THE EAST.

TEMPERATUREWISE HERE FOR YOUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON, LOTS OF SUNSHINE.

YOU'LL SEE WIDESPREAD 60s.

WE'LL SEE SOME 80s IN THE DESERTS.

SOME 50s THERE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY, WARMER AIR TO THE NORTH, STILL STAYING DRY HERE ACROSS THE COASTAL REGIONS AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT AT LEAST YOUR TUESDAY.

SO FOR THAT EXTENDED FORECAST, OVERALL NOT TOO BAD HERE ACROSS THE COAST.

WE'LL SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE 60s FOR TUESDAY.

70s STARTING WEDNESDAY.

WE COULD EVEN SEE SOME 80s BY THE WEEKENDS.

ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS, WE'LL SEE 60s FOR TUESDAY, 70s, WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY, AND THEN WE'LL SEE SOME MID-80s THERE STARTING ON FRIDAY.

THE MOUNTAIN FORECAST, WE'RE GOING TO BE WARMING UP AS WELL.

GOING FROM THE 50s ON TUESDAY TO THE UPPER 70s BY THE WEEKEND.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE LOTS OF SUNSHINE IN THE FORECAST FOR THE DESERT AREAS WE'LL BE IN THE 80s FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

90s FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

AND THEN, YES, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL SEE TRIPLE DIGIT BACK IN THE FORECAST THERE ON SATURDAY.

>>> DID YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU GO BACK IN TIME THERE USED TO BE A PLACE IN OUR COUNTY THAT WAS COMPLETELY DEVOTED TO TIME?

SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO HIT REWIND FOR THIS STORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO, AND HERE IS KEN KRAMER.

>> Reporter: CORNER OF FRESNO AND -- IN CHULA VISTA.

117 YEARS AGO YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT YOU WERE IN SWITZERLAND, BECAUSE YOU SEE HERE THEY MADE WATCHES LIKE THIS ONE.

LOOK, ON THE FACE OF IT YOU CAN READ THE LOCATION IT WAS MADE.

SAYS OTAY, CALIFORNIA.

THAT'S RIGHT, OTAY, JUST LIKE OTAY LAKES OR OTAY VALLEY.

THERE USED TO BE A FACTORY RIGHT HERE THAT PRODUCED THE OTAY POCKETWATCH.

IT EMPLOYED A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE AT THE OTAY WATCH WORKS, A THREE-STORY, BRICK BUILDING WITH THE OFFICE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

IN 1890 IT WAS AN IMPOSING PLACE.

THE WATCHES WERE NOT SPECTACULAR, WELL ENOUGH MADE.

SAD TO SAY, THOUGH, THEY JUST COST TOO MUCH.

ABOUT $50.

IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE ONE OF THEM AROUND, THOUGH, GOOD FOR YOU AND LUCKY TOO.

ACCORDING TO COLLECTORS AND JEWELERS AND WATCH FANS A GOOD ONE CAN BE WORTH UP TO $2,000.

NOT A TRACE OF THE PLACE REMAINS TODAY.

THERE'S CONSTRUCTION ON THE CORNER, AND IT'S BEEN OVER A CENTURY NOW.

NOBODY'S GOING TO REMEMBER THE OTAY WATCH WORKS, BUT YOU MIGHT CHECK AND SEE IF YOU HAVE A WATCH THAT SAYS OTAY FOR IT WAS AND IS SOMETHING MADE IN OUR COUNTY AND JUST FULL OF HISTORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE OF KEN KRAMER'S STORIES ABOUT SAN DIEGO, YOU CAN TUNE IN EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 FOR A HALF HOUR OF THEM RIGHT HERE ON KPBS.

>>> WE HAD PLANNED TO SHARE AN UPDATE ABOUT THE TENTATIVE DEAL REACHED TO POSSIBLE END THE SIX-MONTH STRIKE AT KAISER PERMANENTE.

DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, WE WERE UNABLE TO SHOW IT ON TONIGHT'S EVENING EDITION.

YOU CAN HEAR THE STORY ON MORNING EDITION ON KPBS FM TOMORROW MORNING.

THE STORY IS ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

AND AN NPR SURVEY OF MORE THAN 500 POLITICAL SCIENTISTS SHOW THE MAJORITY BELIEVE AMERICA IS BARRELLING TOWARD AUTHORITARIANISM.

WE DISCUSS WITH A PANEL OF EXPERTS ON KPBS MIDDAY EDITION.

THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI, GOOD NIGHT.

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