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[ 7♪ ] >> CALIFORNIA'S STATUS AS A SAFE HAVEN FOR REPRODUTIVE RIGHTS COULD BE UNDERMINED TOMORROW.

THANKS FOR JOININ US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

>> IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES ON ACCESS TO A COMMONLY-USED ABORTION DRUG.

KPBS'S AMITA SHARMA SAYS THE PENDING DECISION HAS WOMEN, DOCTORS AND STATE OFFICIALS ON EDGE.

>> Reporter: EARLIER THIS MONTH, A FEDERAL JUDGE IN TEXAS% RULED THAT THE FDA'S APPROVAL OF MIFEPRISTONE, A DRUG USED IN HALF OF ALL ABORTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, BE SUSPENDED.

E ISSUE IS NOW BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT.

THE JUSTICES WILL DECIDE WHETHER ACCESS TO THE DRUG SHOULD STAY AS-IS, BE SOMEWHAT RESTRICTED OR BANNED.

>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW ARE MOTIOS OR PETITIONS TO STAY THE FDA'S CURRENT RULES.

>> Reporter: FORMER SAN DIEGO U.S. ATTORNEY CAROL LAM EMPHASIZED WHICHEVER STAY THE HIGH COURT UPHOLDS, ITS RULING IS TEMPORARY.

>> THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY DECISIONS ON THE MERITS OF THE CASE, ALTHOUGH, WHETHER YOU GRANT A STAY OR YOU DON'T GRANT A STAY COULD, IN EFFECT, BE A DECISION ON THE MERITS FOR THE TIME BEING.

>> Reporter: LAM BELIEVES THE SUPREME COURT WILL LIKELY CHOOSE THE MIDDLE ROAD BY UPHOLDING A STY FROM THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL IN LOUISIANA THAT CAME AFTER THE TEXAS RULING.

THAT RULING PRESERVES ACCESS TO MIFEPRISTONE WITH CERTAIN LIMITS.

IT SAYS ONLY DOCTORS NOT NURSE PRACTITIONERS OR PHYSICIANS ASSISTANTS CAN PRESCRIBE MIFEPRISNE AND IT ROLLS BACK% USE OF THE DRUGS FROM THE FIRST TEN WEEKS OF PREGNANCY TO SEVEN.

>> AT IS PROBABLY WHAT THE SUPREME COURT IS GOING TO RULE ON, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY WE EITHER AGREE WITH THE FIFTH CIRCUIT OR WE DON'T AGREE WITH THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.

>> Reporter: BUT IF THE JUSTICES SIDE WITH THE TEXAS JUDGE, THE HIGH COURT WOULD BE ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH CALIFORNIA.

>> DECADES MIFEPRISTONE HAS BEEN A SAFE AND RELIABLE LIFE LINE FOR SO MANY.

SAFER THAN TYLENOL.

SAFR THAN A COLONOSCOPY.

SAFER THAN HAVING YOUR WISDOM TOOTH REMOVED.

SAFER THAN VIAGRA.

>> Reporter: AS CALIFORNA ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB BONTO SEEK TO GO REASSURE CALIFORNIA ERLIER THIS WEEK SINCE THE SUPEME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE LAST YEAR, THE STATE HAS BEEN A NATION LEADER-WIDE IN DEFENDING ABORTION RIGHTS.

>> WE ARE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SAFE HAVEN FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.

YOU CAN COUNT ON CALIFORNIA.

>> Reporter: BUT WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN?

GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOME SAYS HE WILL NOT DEFY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING IF IT UPHOLDNGS THE TEXAS DECISION.

>> I BELIEVE IN THE RULE OF LAW.

THE OTHER SIDE OFTEN DOESN'T.

>> Reporter: BUT CALIFORNIA IS PURSUING ACTIONS ON THE POLICY FRONT, THAT INCLUDES CLARIFYING STATE LAWS THAT PROTECT PHARMACISTS AND SHIELDI PEOPLE'S PRIVATE HEALTH INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AS FOR LEGAL STRATEGY FOR CHALLENGING AN ADVERSE SUPREME úCOURT RULING, NEWSOME WOULD ONLY SAY -- >> DON'T THINK FOR A SECOND WE úDON'T HAVE MORE IDEAS AND PLEASE DON'T THINK FOR A SECOND I'M GOING TO SAY ANYTHING MORE.

ABOUT IT.

BUT WE ARE A CREATIVE BUNCH.

>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ABORTION CHARACT DR. CHRISTINE HENNEBERG SAYS THE STAY ON THE USE OF MIFEPRISTONE HAS CREATED ANXIETY AND UNCERTAINTY AMONG HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS.

>> FEAR AND CONFUSION WHAT CAN I DO, WHAT CAN I NOT DO, AM I GOING TO BE PERSONALLY CRMINALLY PROSECUTED, AM I GOING TO LOSE MY LICENSE, IS SOMEONE GOING TO COME AFTER ME FOR TRAVELING OUT OF STATE TO OBTAIN THIS MEDICATION, WHERE IS IT LEGAL, WHERE IS IT NOT LEGAL, WHERE IS IT AVAILALE?

>> Reporter: THE SUPREME COURT'S SELF-IMPOSED DEADLINE TO RULE IS 11:59 P.M.

TOMORROW.

AMITA SHARMA KPBS NEWS.

>> FIRST, THE FDA AND NOW THE CDC HAVE GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT FOR SOME ADULTS TO GET THE UPDATED COVID-19 BOOSTER SHOT.

HOWVER, LESS THAN A FIFTH OF ELIGIBLE AMERICANS HAVE GOTTEN THERE.

WE HAVE A REPORT BREAKING DOWN THE NEW GUIDANCE ASK WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU.

>> Reporte ACROSS THE U.S., COVID-19 CASES, DEATHS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS CONTINUE TO TREND DOWN, ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

>> ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THINGS ARE SO MUCH BETTER NATHAN WHERE THEY WERE A YEAR OR TWO AGO IS BECAUSE ALMOST EVERYBODY NOW HAS SOME LEVEL OF PROTECTION.

Reporter: THIS DOCTOR WITH CLEVELAND CLINIC SAYS THE PROTECTI IS EVEN THROUGH A- PRIOR INFECTION OR VACCINES BUT EARLY DAA SUGGESTS PROTECTION HAS STARTED TO WANE FROM IT VALENT BOOSTERS WHICH HEALTH EXPERTS SAY PROTECTS FROM THE ORIGINAL STRAIN OF THE VIRUS, OMICRON AND THE SPIN-OFF.

THAT'S WHY THE FDA UPDATED GUIDANCE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE TO THE DISEAS ALLOWING PEOPLE 65 AND OLDER TO GET AN ADDITIONAL DOSE OF A PFIZER OR MODERNA BIVALENT VACCINE NOW AS LONG AS IT'S FOUR MONTHS SINCE THEIR LAST ONE AND CERTAIN PEOPLE WITH IMMUNOCOMPROMISE CAN GET A SECOND DOSE OF A BIVALENT VACCINE AT LEAST TWO MONTHS AFTER THE LAST ONE.

>> WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ANTIBODY LEVELS REMAIN PROTECTIVE SO THEY CAN FIGHT OFF THE INFECTION.

>> Reporter: FOR IMMUNOCOMPROMISED CHILDREN AGES SIX MONTHS THROUGH FOUR YEARS, ELIGIBIITY FOR AN ADDITIONAL BIVALENT VACCINE WILL DEPEND ON THE VACCINE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED SO TALK TO A DOCTOR.

NOTHER BIG CHANGE IS THAT MOST UNVACCNATED PEOPLE MAY NOW RECEIVE A SINGLE DOSE OF A BIVALENT VACCINE THER THAN MULIPLE DOSES OF THE ORIGINAL úSINGLE-STRAIN VACCINES.

FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>> HE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM WAS SUPPOSED TO PICK A NEW LEADER AFTER NATHAN FLETCHER'S RESIGNATION BUT THE PROCESS HIT A ROAD BLOCK TODAY.

THE BOARD COULD NOT REACH A TWO-THIRDS VOTE ON ANY OF THE CANDIDATES.

THEY ARE... úWHITBOURNE WILL REMAIN ACTING CHIR OF MTS UNTIL THE BOARD MEETS AGAIN ON MAY 18th AND YU'LL REMEMBER FLETCHER AND MTS WERE NAMED IN A LAWSUIT FILED BY A FORMER EMPLOYEE ACCUSING FLETCHER OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ARASSMENT.

THE BOARD APPOINTED A FIRM TO CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGATIONS.

>>> IT'S APRIL 20th, 4/20 AND THAT MIGHT NOT MEAN ANYTHIN SPECIAL TO YOU BUT FOR MILLIONS OF CANNABIS USERS, IT'S THE UNOFFICIAL DAY WHEN MARIJUANA IS CELEBRATED.

IN CHULA VISTA, A NEW POT SHOT DECRIBED AS UPSCALE OPENED TODAY AND KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL WENT TO CHECK IT OUT.

>> Reporter: THE NAME IS UNDENIABLY CATCHY.

HERB N JOY.

HE CHULA VISTA LOCATION IS ONE OF FOUR STORES IN CALIFORNIA.

úTHE FEEL INSIDE IS MORE LIKE AN APPLE STORE THAN A POT SHOP.

JEFLYN DEN IS AJEFF LINDEN IS CO-OWNER.

>> NOT HAVING A COUNTER SO YOU - STAND.

WE HAVE DOMES ON HOW WE DISPLAY OUR PRODUCTS.

>> Reporter: CHULA VISTA GAINED A REPUTATIN AS BEING DIFICULT WHEN IT COMES TO LICENSING MARIJUANA RETAIL SHOPS.

A STORY IN VOICE OF SAN DIEGO LAST AUGUST TALKED ABOUT ALLEGED CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND FAVORITISM SHOWN BY THE CITY TO CERTAIN LICENSE APPLICANTS OVER HERS.

I ASKED LINDEN ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE.

OUR EXPERINCE WAS LONG.

>> Reporter: LONG AND COMPETITIVE.

LONG STORY SHORT, LINDEN SAYS HE AND HIS CO-OWNERS WERE GIVEN A LICENSE BUT THEN ANOTHER OPRATOR AMENDMT APPEALED THE DECISION AND THE CITY SIDED WITH THEM.

BUT LINDEN SAID HE THEN APPEALED THAT RULING.

>> AND THAT TOOK A WHILE BUT IN THE END, THE CITY GOT IT RIGHT.

>> Reporter: AS IN HE AND HIS FELLO OWNERS ENDED UP GETTING THE LICENSE.

LINDEN SAYS THE ENTIRE PROCESS TOOK A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO YEARS BUT THEY FINALLY OPENED TEIR DOORS LATE LAST WEEK.

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE OF THIS STORY, AND I HAVE TO ADMIT I EEL A LITTLE LIKE TIN KRAMER, BUT THIS STORY IS LOCATED ON NIRVANA AVENUE.

>> IS ICING ON THE CAKE.

IT IS REALLY PRETTY AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO SAY, PRETTY FUN TO AND NIRVANA.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN A STREET, YOU CAN SAY A STATE OF MIND FOR ALL WHO SEE 4/20 AS ITS OWN KIND OF SPECIAL DAY.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>> MORE MONEY IS COMING TO SAN DIEGO TO HELP GET FAMILIES ONLINE.

THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMMISSION WILL RECEIVE A $230,000 GRANT FROM THE FCC.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE MONEY WILL BE SPENT ON OUTREACH AND HELPING PEOPLE APPLY FOR THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVTY PROGRAM.

ONE BENEFIT IS A $30 DISCOUNT ON MONTHLY INTERNET BILLS.

>> WHICH FOR MANY MEANS THAT THEIR INTERNET CONNECTION IS FREE.

YOU PARTICIPATE IN ANY FEDERAL LOW-INCOME PROGRAM, INCLUDING FEDERAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR úACP.

>> THE FCC COMMISSIONER SAYS MORE THAN 400,000 SAN DIEGO HOUSEHOLDS QUALIFY.

THE PROGRAM ALSO HELPS PAY FOR DEVICES LIKE TABLETS AND LAPTOPS.

>>> SOME 50 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNDER SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS TODAY FROM WISCONSIN TO TEXAS.

LAURA AGUIRRE HAS A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE ALREADY DONE AND WHERE THE STORM IS HEADED NOW.

>> WHOO!

>> Repor: LIGHTNING, HAIL AND TORNADOES CARVED A LETHAL PTH ACROSS PARTS OF THE PANHANDLE STATE WEDNESDAY.

>> LOOK AT THE WINDS FLOWING INTO THE TORNADO.

OH, BIG POWER FLASH!

>> Reporter: THE SMALL TOWN OF COAL WITH AROUND 600 PEOPLE WAS SEARCH, RESCUE AND RECOVERY TEAMS ARE AT WORK THURSDAY.

THE STORM BLAMED FOR AT LEAST TWO DEATHS THERE.

>> THE TORNADO'S GETTING STRONGER RIGHT BACK OVER HERE TO IT'S MOVING EXTREMELY SLOWLY.

> Reporter: LARGE, DAMAGING HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SEVERAL AREAS.

HITTING ONE NEWS CHOPPER IN FLIGHT.

>> I HAVE NO WINDSHIELD.

THE HELICOPTER'S BEAT UP.

E ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT TO -- AND LAND!

>> Reporter: THAT CREW LANDED- SAFELY AS THE SEVERE WEATHER ROLLED EAST.

>> WHEN IT FINALLY CALMED ALL THE WAY DOWN, WE CAME OUTSIDE AND, YEAH, MY CAR IS LITERALLY NOT WHERE I LEFT IT.

>> THOUGHT IT WASN'T TOO BAD AND THEN SAW THE WHOLE ROOF ON OUR BACKYARD THING WAS GONE AND I KNEW IT WAS WORSE.

ô> Reporter: AMID THE DEVASTATION IN SHAUNEE WERE SOME STUDENT APARTMENT UNITS AND THE SCHOOL CHAPEL.

>> BUILDINGS CAN BE REBUILT.

WHAT I'M VERY HAPPY TO REPORT IS WE HAVE NO REPORTED INJURIES AND NO REPORTED FATALITIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHERE I'M FROM, THAT'S KINDA HALLELUJAH TERRITORY.

>> Reporter: FORECASRS ARE TRACKING THE DANGEROUS FRONT THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS THROUGH FRIDAY.

úI'M LAURA AGUIRRE REPORTING.

>> I'M JEFF BENNETT.

- TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, SCIENTISTS WARN THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS MELTING POLAR ICE FASTER THAN EXPECTED.

úCOMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>> A GROWING NUMBER OF AMERICANS ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR CAR LOANS AS BOTH VEHICLE PRICES AND AVERAGE MONTHLY PAYMENTS ARE SOARING TO ALL-TIME HIGHS.

WE HAVE THIS REPORT EXPLAINING WHAT CONSUMERS CAN DO TO GET A BETTER DEAL.

>> Reporter: A ONE-TWO PUNCH FOR PEOPLE LOOKING TO BUY A CAR.

PRICES ARE SOARING AND LOAN RATES ARE THE HIGHES THEY HAVE BEEN IN MORE THAN 15 YEARS.

ACCORDING TO NEW DATA FROM EDMONDS.COM.

THE AVERAGE ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE, APR, ON FINANCING A NEW CAR JUMPED FROM 4.5% IN MACH 2022 TO 7% LAST MONTH.

ECONOMISTS SAY THOSE HIGHER INTEREST RATES DUE IN PART TO THE FED TAKING ACTION TO TAME HIGH INFLATION.

>> THAT ALSO IS GOING TO BE VERY FINANCIALLY PAINFUL FOR A LOT OF úHOUSEHOLDS SO THE FINANCIAL PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT HOUSEHOLDS ARE GOING THROUGH, THAT WON'T GO AWAY QUICKLY.

>> Reporter: HIGHER INTEREST RATES TRANSLATE TO HIGHER MONTHLY CAR PAYMENTS.

IN MARCH, THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PAYMENT FOR FINANCING A NEW CAR HIT $730.

úTHE HIGHEST ON RECORD, ACCORDING TO EDMONDS.

IT'S NOT MUCH BETTER FOR FINANCING A USED CAR.

THAT AVERAGE MONTHLY PAYMENT IS NOW $556.

THAT'S UP $147 FROM JUNE 2020.

AND SURPRISNGLY, THERE IS AN INCREASING NUMBER OF CAR OWNERS PAYING EVEN MORE THAN THAT.

ACCORDING TO EDMONDS' DATA, ABOUT 17% OF PEOPLE WITH NEW CAR OR TRUCK LOANS ARE NOW SPENDING $1,000 OR MORE PER MONTH, A PERCENTAGE THAT'S ROUGHLY TRIPLED IN FOUR YEARS.

SO WHAT CAN YOU DO?

ONE, WORK ON YOUR CREDIT SCORE TO RAISE YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING A LOWER INTEREST RATE ON YOUR AND TWO, ECONOMISTS SAY IF YOU CAN WAIT TO BUY, DO IT.

>> IT'S REALLY IMPORTANTTHAT YOU WATCH AUDIT YOUR DEBT, HOW MUH DO YOU OWE, IF YOU LOSE YOUR JOB OR HOURS CUT BACK OR PAY CUT, IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT HARDER TO SERVICE THAT DEBT, PAY ON THAT DEBT.

>> FEARS OF A RECESSION CONTINUE AMID RISING INTEREST RATES AND A LOOMING DEBT CEILING BATTLE IN WASHINGTON.

THE LATEST JOBLESS REPORT SHOWS UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS ROSE BY 5,000 TO 245,000.

EMPLOYERS ALSO ADDED 236,000 JOBS IN MARCH, DOWN FROM 326,000 THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

A JUMP IN LAY-OFFS FOR% INDUSTRIES SENSITIVE TO INTEREST ATES COULD BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

THIS AS PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN McCARTHY CONTINUE TO CLASH OVER HOW TO DEAL WITH THE NATION'S DEBT LIMIT.

>> BIDEN AND SENATOR SCHUMER% HAVE NO RIGHT TO PLAY POLITICS WITH THE DEBT CALLING.

THEIR EXTREME POSITIONS RISK PROVOKING THE VERY CRISIS THEY CLAIM TO WANT TO AVOID.

>> -- SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, HIGHER INTEREST RATES FOR CREDIT CARDS, CAR LOANS, MORTGAGES.

>> THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE SAYS IF THE DEBT CEILING ISN'T RAISED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY DEFAULT ON THE NATION'S DEBT AS EARLY AS JULY.

>>> THE LATEST ROUND OF TECH LAY-OFFS MEANS BUZZFEED NEWS IS SHUTTING DOWN.

THE CEO CONFIRMED THE MOVE IN A MEMO TO STAFF TODAY AS PART OF A 15% REDUCTION IN BUZZFEED'S WORKFORCE.

THE LAY-OFFS ARE HAPPENING ACROSS NEARLY EVERY DIVISION AND AFFECT ABOUT 180 PEOPLE.

THE CEO BLAMES THE PANDEMIC, THE úTECH RECESSION AND A TOUGH CONOMY.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER ANOTHER ROUND OF LAY-OFFS FROM FACEBOOKS PARENT COMPANY META.

ALL TOGETHER, META IS CUTTING SOME 66,000 JOBS.

>>> A TSUNAMI OF PILOTS' RETIREMENTS, THAT IS THE STARK WARNING ONE AIRLINE INDUSTR LEADER GAVE CONGRESS, AND SHE ADDED THAT RETIREMENTS WILL WORSEN THE NATION'S ALREADY-DIRE PILOT SHORTAGE.

MIKE VALERIO EXPLAINS WHAT THIS MEANS FOR TRAVELERS.

>> Reporter: WELL, A WARNING THAT GREW MUCH STRONGER TODAY.% ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 50% OF COMMERCIAL AIRLINE PILOTS COULD RETIRE OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS AND WHY THAT MATTERS, IT COULD CUT OFF SMALLER CITIES AND MERICAN FAMILIES OF ALL SIZES ES ES ES ES ES ES ES ES ES ES ES ES ES ES ES CURRENTLY HAVE.

BUMPY SKIES AHEAD FOR AMERICA'S AIRLINES.

>> WE'RE GOING OFF A CLIFF.

> Reporter: TESTIFYING BEFORE A CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE, AIRLINE INDUSTRY LEADERS WARN THE ON-GOING PILOT SHORTAGE WILL GET WORSE IN THE YEARS TO COME.

>> WIHIN 15 YEARS, NEARLY HALF OF ALL PILOTS WILL RETIRE.

>> Repter: THE PROBLEM?

AN AGING WORKFORCE IS ON THE WAY OUT, AND EXPENSIVE TRAINING IS KEEPING MANY RECRUITS FROM GETTING IN.

A REGIONAL AIRLINE ASSOCIATION IS CALLING ON CONGRESS TO RAISE THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FROM 65 TO 67.

>> NO DATA SHOWS A PILOT IS UNSAFE AT 65 BUT THIS ARBITRARY LINE FORCES QUALIFIED PILOTS TO RETIRE WHEN THEY HAVE MUCH TO OFFER.

>> Reporte MOST AIRLINES HAVE YET TO FULLY RESTORE THE ERVICE CUTS THEY MADE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

EVEN IN THE FACE OF RECORD BOOKINGS AT SOME CARRIERS.

THT COMBINATION IS DRIVING AIRFARES UP OVER THE LAST YEAR, INCREASING BY MORE THAN 17%, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FEDERA INFLATION DATA.

AND ILLUSTRATING THE SHORTAGE OF PILOTS RIGHT NOW, JUST 8% OF PILOTS WERE IN FLIGHT SCHOOL WHO ARE IN TRAINING ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 30.

IN LOS ANGELES, I'M MIKE VALERIO, BACK TO YOU.

>>A LOT OF EYES WILL BE ON THE PADRES TONIGHT AS FERNANDO TATIEST PLAYS.

INJURIES AND AN 80 GAME SUSPENSION FOR USING A BANNED SUBSTANCE KEPT HIM OUT OF A% REGULAR SEASON PADRES GAME SINCE 2021.

>> HE COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED AOUT GETTING INTO THE LINE-UP, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE REINFORCEMENTS ARE COMING, JOE'S OING TO PITCH THE SERIES TO SO PERSONNEL-WISE, WE'LL HAVE A MUCH BETTER TEAM.

>> ANOTHER CHANGE FOR TATIS IS IS POSITION, HE'LL BE THE RIGHT FIELDER AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE SHORT STOP WAS ADDED IN THE OFF-SEASON.

TOIGHT'S GAME IN ARIZONA STARTS AT 6:40.

[ ♪♪ ] >> STARTING WITH OUR WEATHER HEADLINES HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE PRETTY QUIET CONDITIONS.

HEADS-UP LOOKING AHEAD PAST THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WE'LL HAVE COOLER, CLOUDIER CONDITIONS MAKING A COMEBACK BUT THAT'S SHORT-LIVED, TOO.

WE ARE BACK TO WARMER CONDITIONS AS WE HEAD INTO LATE NEXT WEEK.

LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FOR TONIGHT'S FORECAST.

DOWN TO 48 IN OCEANSIDE.

54 FOR SAN DIEGO.

CHULA VISTA 51.

MOUNT LAGUNA 40, BORREGO SPRINGS, YOU STAY INTO THE UPPER 50s AND WARM TEMPERTURES CONTINUE AS WE HEAD INTO OUR DAY ON FRIDAY.

HIGH PRESSURE STILL THE MAIN WEATHER MAKER SO A NICE WAY TO WAP UP THE WEEK.

TEMPERATURES UNDER A SUNNY SKY TOMORROW IN OCEANSIDE, UP TO 77.

CHULA VISTA, UPPER 70s.

BORREGO SPRINGS GETS TO THE LOWER 90s AND MOUNT LAGUNA - SEES THE TEMPERAURES INTO THE LOWER 60s AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

AND THEN STILL WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS AS WE DO START OUR WEEKEND SO REALLY NICE WEATHER TO BE OUTSIDE, AS WE WRAP UP THE WEEK, AND HEAD INTO THE DAY ON SATURDAY.

THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD.

LET'S GO THROUGH YOUR FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK WE'LL START ALONG THE COAST HERE WHERE TEMPERATURES UPPER 70s FOR FRIDAY, MID-70s ON SATURDAY AND AS I MENTION, SOME MORE CLOUDS FEATURE COOLER% TEMPERATURES WRAPPING UP THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WE'LL SEE TEMPERATURES UP TO MID-60s SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY.

INLAND, KEEPING THE 80s AROUND.

FRIDAY LOOKS THE WARMEST AT 87.

SATURDAY STILL PRETTY BEAUTIFUL, LOTS OF SUNSHINE, 84.- AND THEN WE'LL SEE SOME MORE CLOUD COVERAGE AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.- AND THAT MEANS A SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES INTO THOSE LOWER 70s FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

AND INTO THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES HANG ON TO THE LOWER 60s FOR FRIDAY AND OUR SATURDAY.

LOTS OF SUNSHINE BUT DON'T LET THAT FOOL YOU, IT WILL BE A BIT COOL OUT THERE AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES DROP A BIT HEADING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

HIGHS INTO THE LOWER 50s.

AND THEN INTO THE DESERTS, 90 FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, BRIEFLY INTO THE 80s BY MONDAY.

FR KPBS NEWS, I'M ARIELA SCALISE.

LAKE MEAD IS GETTING A MUCH-NEEDED REPRIEVE TODAY.

THE U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION PLANS TO RELEASE MORE WATER INTO HE LAKE.

A MASSIVE SNOWPACK IN THE MOUNTAIN THIS WINTER IS EXPECTED TO HELP RELIEVE DROUGHT IN THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN ONCE IT STARTS MELTING.

LAKE POWELL, ANOTHER RESEVOIR CALIFORNIA RELIES HEAVILY ON FOR WATER, WILL RISE BY MORE THAN 50 FEET.

úSTILL, OFFICIALS WARN IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN A YEAR OF HIGHER THAN AVERAGE SNOWPACK TO REVERSE THE YEARS-LONG DROUGHT.

- >>> THE ANIMALS OF THE WORLD ARE FACING A CRISIS BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, POLLUTION AND HABITAT LOSS, SCIENTISTS SAY A MILLION SPECIES COULD FACE EXTINCTION IN THE COMING DECADES.

BUT IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR JULIAN, THERE IS INSTEAD A SUCCESS STORY.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL TAKES S TO THE CALIFORNIA WOLF CENTER WHICH IS CELEBRATING A SIGNIFICAN ACHIEVEMENT.

>> Reporter: IT IS SOMETHING OF A MIRACLE THAT THE MEXICAN GY WOLF IS STILL AROUND.

BY 1977, THE GOVERNMENT COULD ONLY FIND 13 OF THEM IN NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA.

THAT'S WHEN THE U.S.

FISH AND - WILDLIFE SERVICE INITIATED A BI-NATIONAL EFFORT WITH MEXICO TO SAVE THEM.

IT'S THE YEAR A UC SAN DIEGO BIOLOGIST AND HIS WIFE BOUGHT 50 ACRES OF LAND HERE, A FEW MILES OUTSIDE OF JULIAN.

THEY ALSO BOUGHT A COUPLE OF WOLF PUPPIES.

THE PACK GREW AND THIS LAND WAS EVENTUALLY TRANSFORMED INTO THE CALIFORNIA WOLF CENTER.

IN 1997, THE WOLF CENTER JOINED THE MEXICAN GRAY WOLF SPECIES SURVIVAL PLAN.

AND NOW, A LITTLE MORE THAN 25 YEARS LATER, A REMARKABLE MILESTONE HAS BEEN REACHED.

THE U.S.

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE SAYS IN 2022, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE NUMBER OF THE WILD SURPASSED 200.

241, TO BE EXACT.

- AND THERE MAY BE MORE THAT WERE MISSED IN THE COUNT.

THE CALIFORNIA WOLF CENTER CAN TAKE SOME CREDIT FOR BEING AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT POPULATION REBOUND.

IT'S BEEN EXPANDING ITS CONSERVATION EFFORTS OVER THE YEARS.

THERESA KOSEN IS THE CENTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

>> A HUGE MILESTONE, 22% INCREASE FROM A YEAR BEFORE.

úIT'S A POPULATION THAT WE WERE THRILLED TO KNOW THAT THERE'S THAT MUCH OF A POPULATION INCREASE.

>> Reprter: THE POPULATION INCREASE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT YEARS OF HARD WORK.

>> FOR A LONG TIME, IT WAS IN QUESTIN WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS GOING TO WORK.

>> Reporter: SIERRA McISAAC IS THE WOLF CENTER WOLF PAIR COORDINATOR.

PAR OF HER JOB ENTAILS LEADING TOURS O THIS SPECIAL PLACE.

GETTING PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CONSERVATION OF THE MEXICAN GRAY WOLF AND WOLVES IN GENERAL FIRST MEANS HELPING OLKS TO GET TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THEM.

>> WE'RE IN OUR AMBASSADOR MEXICAN GRAY WOLF HABITAT.

WE HAVE THREE MEXICAN GRAY WOLVES FOR GUESTS TO VIEW.

>> Reporter: NONE OF THE WOLVES HERE ARE SOCIALIZED.

THESE AMBASSADOR WOLVES SEE HUMANS ON A REGULAR BASIS BUT- THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE KEPT AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC.

THEY ONLY SEE CARETAKERS LIKE McISAAC.

THAT'S BECAUSE THE GOAL FOR THE MEXICAN GRAY WOLVES HERE IS TO BE RELEASED BACK INTO THE WILD.

WITH ONE CAVEAT.

>> IN THE UNITED STATES, WE CAN'T DO ADULT RELEASES.

WE CAN ONLY DO A CLUSTERING OF PUPPIES BUT IN MEXICO THEY DO ADULT RELEASES SO OUR GUYS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GO TO MEXICO úAND HELP THE MEXICAN WOLF >> Reporter: FOR ALL THE WOLVES HERE, WHAT McISAAC CALLED ENRICHMENT IS BOTH IMPORTANT FOR THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.

>> THAT COULD BE A FOOD ITEM, A SCENT ITEM, SOMETHING THEY CAN PHYSICALLY INTERACT WITH SO WE'LL SEE IF THEY ENJOY SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT BUT ALSO -- LEMON AND GINGER TEA -- BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME MINT LEAVES.

I HAVE SOME FOOD ENRICHMENT IF WE DECIDE THAT WE DON'T WANT ANY SCENT ENRICHMENT.

>> Reporter: BUT PASSING INTEREST IS ABOUT ALL THE WOLVES SHOWED TO THE SCENT ENRICHMENT BUT THE FISH-INFUSED ICE CUBES, THEY WERE A HIT.

>> THEY LOVE A GOOD FISHES I CANLE.

I FISHSICLE.

>> Reporter: WE WENT TO ANOTHER ENCLOSURE.

A COUPLE MUSEUMS NORTH AMERICAN GRAY WOLVES THEY'RE AN ENDANGERED SPECIE AS WELL BUT FURTHER ALONG IN THEIR RECOVERY THAN THEIR MEXICAN GRAY COUSINS.

>> SO PAPI AND YANAI ARE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.

>> Reporter: THE FOOD ENRICHMENT WAS RAW CHICKEN WINGS, A FAVORITE OF THIS MOTHER/DAUGHTR PAIR.

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