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>> FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY, A PASSOVER CELEBRATION AT POWAY TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE.

GOOD EVENING, I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

A GUNMAN BURST NTO THE SYNAGOGUE OPENING FIRE KILLING ONE PERSON AND INJURING THREE OTHERS.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL SHOWS US HOW THE CONGREGATION IS REMEMBERING AND HONOURING THE PAST WHILE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.

>> YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING WAS WRONG AT HABAT AT POWAY THAT MORNING.

BY ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES OUTSIDE.

BUT THAT SIDE ONLY HINTED AT THE HORROR THAT UNFOLDED INSIDE AS A MAN WHO HAD EXPRESSED HIS HATRED FOR JEWS ONLINE BURST N AND úOPENED FIRE.

LONG-TIME CONGREGANT LAURA KAY WAS KILLED, THREE OTHERS INJURED.

>> IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE -- WHEN IT ALL HAPPENED.

>> RABBI GOLDSTEIN WAS IN THE SYNAGOGUE AS THE NIGHTMARE UNFOLED.

>> HIS GOAL WAS TO TAKE DOWN- EVERY SINGLE JEW AND WE ARE FORTUNATE TODAY AND PROUDER THAN EVER BEFORE TO BE ALIVE AND SURVIVE SUCH AN EVENT.

>> THERE'S NOTHING LEFT IN THE SYNAGOGUE OF WHAT HAPPENED ON úTHAT AWFUL DAY BUT HERE IN THE LOBBY, THERE IS A TANGIBLE EMINDER.

IT'S THIS DIVIDER, AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE ON THE SIDE WHERE SOME OF THE SHOOTER'S BULLETS WET INTO THE WOOD.

>> ANTI-SEMITISIS NOT SOMETHING NEW.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN HERE.

>> HERE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF HUMAN HISTORY.

AND DATA SHOWS THAT ANTI-SEMITSM IS ONCE AGAIN ON THE RISE IN THE U.S.

BUT WHEN THINKING ABOUT THE CURRENT SITUATION, AND WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY, GOLDSTEIN TURN TO HIS FAITH, TO THE ANCIENT CALL OF DOING GOOD EVERY DAY, OF BEING PART OF THE LIGHT THAT OVERCOMES THE DARKNESS.

>> THAT'S HOW WE CAN OUTSMART ANTI-SEMITISM.

IF WE WANT ANYTHING, THAT WE VE SO MUCH TO ACCOMPLISH, SO MUCH MORE TO BRINGING T THE WORLD, AND DESPITE THE DARKNESS WE MAY SEE AND EXPERIENCE, ONE CANDLE CAN PUSH AWAY ALL THAT DARKNESS.

>> RABBI GOLDSTEIN SAYS HE AND HIS CONGREGATION STILL MOURN THE% LOSS OF LAURIE KAY ON THAT DAY, BUT FOUR YEARS LATER, THEY ARE MORE DETERMINED TO MOVE FORWARD IN FAITH.

- JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>> A FORMER CHULA VISTA RESIDENT HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOLLOWING AN ANTI-SEMITI STUNT.

ROBERT WILSON IS A KNOWN NEO-NAZI AND HATE GROUP MEMBER.

HE FLED TO POLAND LAST SUMMER AFER BEING CHARGED WITH A HATE RIME IN SAN DIEGO.

OUR MEDIA PARTNER INEWS SOURCE REPORTS HE WAS ARRESTED ON TUESDAY.

YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THIS CSE ONLINE AT INEWSSOURCE.ORG.

>>> A SAN DIEGO JUDGE TODAY - ORDERED THE RELEASE OF THE VIDEOS DEPICTING THE ALLEGED RAPE OF A TEENAGE GIRL BY A FORMER SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS.

AN ATTORNY SAYS THE VIDEOS WILL PROVE THAT HIS CLIENT WAS NOT IN THE ROOM WHERE THE ALLEGED ASSAULT HAPPENED.

>> BECAU OF THE NATURE OF THE VIDEOS, WE BELIEVE THAT THEY IN FACT WILL NOT ONLY EXONERATE MATT BECAUSE WE HAVE CELLPHONE DATA THAT HE WAS NOT THERE AT THE TIME BUT, SECONDLY, THAT THERE WAS NO -- THERE WAS NO TO BY THE ALLEGED VICTIM.

>> THE YOUNG WOMAN ACCUSED ARAIZA AND TWO OTHERS OF RAPING HER AT A HOUSE PARTY IN DECEMBER OF 2021 AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DECLINED TO úFILE CHARGES.

THE WOMAN FILED A CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINS THE THREE MEN.

HER ATTORNEY SAYS SHE WANTS RUTH TO COME OUT.

>>> AN UPDATE ON THE MTS WORK STOPPAGE AS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE BETWEEN FIRST TRANSIT AND DRIVERS.

AS OF THIS MORNING, THE NTS SOUTH BAY BUS DIVISION IS OPERATING AS NORMAL.

HOWEVER, IT IS SAID THAT MINI BUS AND PARATRANSIT SERVICE WILL HAVE MISSED TRIPS AFTER SOME DRIVERS WALKED OFF THE JOB YESTERDAY.

PASSENGERS CAN CHECK ALERTS AND DETOURS WEB PAGE FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION >>> UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS UNEXPECTEDLY DROPPED THIS WEEK.

THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR REPORTED 230000 NEW CLAIMS WERE MADE, A DECREASE OF 16,00 FROM LAST WEEK.

THE NUMBERS BREAK A THREE-WEEK STREAK OF CLAIM INCREASES.

THIS REPORT EXPLAINS AS THE NATION'S DEBT CEILING DRAMA REMAINS AT A STALEMATE.

>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TWO DAYS AFTER OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCING HIS 2024 RE-ELECTIN BID, CONFIDENT ABUT THE DIRECTIN OF THE COUNTRY.

ú >> WE CREATED 12 MILLION NEW JOBS.

WE CREATED 800,000 -- WE HAVE ECONOMIC GROWTH MOVING.

>> ONE THING THAT ISN'T MOVING,% NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT THE LOOMING DEBT LIMIT CRISIS.

>> TH DYSFUNCTION THAT WE'RE OBSERVIG IN WASHINGTON IS VERY DISCONCERTING.

>> ON WEDNESDAY, HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN McCARTHY PASSED THE GOP'S LIMIT, SAVE, GROW ACT OF 2023, DESPITE FOUR REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST IT.

>> WE HAD LIFTED THE DEBT CEILING SO NOBODY COULD WORRY ABOUT WHETHER THE DEBT CEILING'S GOING TO GET LIFTED, WE DID IT.

THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT.

THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO MAKE SURE THE DEBT CEILING IS LIFTED.

SIGN THIS BILL.

>> BUT THE WHITE HOUSE'S STANCE REMAINS THE SAME.

HOUSE REPUBLICANS MUST RAISE THE LIMIT WITHOUT CONDITIONS.

>> HAPPY TO MEET WITH McCARTHY BUT NOT ON WHETHER OR NOT THE DEBT LIMIT GETS EXTENDED.

THAT'S NOT NEGOTIABLE.

>> TH U.S. REACHED ITS SPENDING CAP IN JANUARY AND OFFICIALS SAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS EXPECTED TO DEFAULT BY JUNE.

>> MANY AMERICANS ARE STARTING - TO FIGURE OUT THAT THE 40-YEAR HIGH INFLATION HAS SOMETHING TO DO... WITH THE GOVERNMENT WRACKING UP MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DEBT.

>> I'M JOHN LAWRENCE REPORTING.

>> THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OFFICIALLY ENDS ON MAY 11th, AND WITH IT, SO DOES TITLE 42.

THAT POLICY HAS ALLOWED BORDER ATHORITIES TO QUICKLY TURN AWAY CERTAIN MIGRANTS AND RIGHT NOW, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OFFICIALS ESTIMATE SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE WAITING IN NORTHERN MEXICO TO CROSS THE BORDER.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT WILL SET UP REGIONAL PROCESSING CENTERS IN LATIN AMERICA FOR MIGRANTS TO APPLY TO COME TO THE .S.

THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE LEGAL PATHWAYS TO ENTER THE COUNTRY >>> MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM COVID-19 IN THE U.S. AND SOME HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THE PANDEMIC MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE MAY HAVE COST LIVES.

MANDY GAITHER EXPLAINS HOW THOSE DECISIONS MAY SHAPE FUTURE PANDEMCS.

>> AROSS THE U.S., COVID-19 CASES, HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS ARE TRENDING DOWN.

úBUT OVER THE COURSE OF MORE THAN THREE YEARS, THE VIRUS STOLE LIVES AND MADE MANY SEVERELY SICK.

>> WE THOUGHT WE WERE THE BEST-REPARED COUNTRY.

p>> DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES SAYS THERE WERE SOME SUCCESSES OVER THE PANDEMIC, INCLUDING THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF A VACCINE THAT THE U.S., ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST NAIONS ON THE EARTH, WRACKED UP MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION DEATHS FRM COVID-19, A DEATH TOLL THAT OUTPACED THOSE OF MOST OTHER COUNTRIES.

FAUCI SAYS TWO PROBLEMS LED TO THS: DECISIVENESS OF POLITICS WHIC CAUSED DISTRUST IN PUBLIC- HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS TO GET PUBLIC.

>> THERE WAS A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, OPPOSITION OF DO THIS, DON'T DO THIS.

PEOPLE PUSHING BACK.

THOSE PEOPLE COULD NOT ALL BE WRONG.

WE'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE úUNDERLYING REASON WHY THEY WERE PUSHING BACK.

>> FAUCI ALSO SAYS THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND FOR-PROFIT HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ARE LARGELY DISCONNECTED.- >> WHEN IT CAME TO THE IMPLEMENTTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, THE UNIFORMITY OF A RESPONSE, THE COMMUNICATION, THE ABILITY TO GET DATA IN REAL TIME, WE REALLY FELL VERY SHORT.

>> BUT HE SAYS THE LESSONS LEARNED DURING THIS PANDEMIC MAY HELP PREPARE US FOR FUTURE ONES.

FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>> AFTER FAUCI GAVE THIS WARNING, WHILE EVERYONE WANTS THE OUTBREAK BEHIND US, WE CANOT FORGET IT.

HE SAYS COVID-19 IS STILL OUT THERE AND THERE ARE STILL ABOUT 150 DEATHS A DAY FROM THE VIRUS.

> I'M JEFF BENNETT.

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FILINGS REVEAL NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE NATIONL GUARDSMN CHARGED WITH DIVULGING HIGHLY-CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.

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

>>THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE OWNERS OF THE LONG-ABANDONED CALIFORNIA THEATRE.

THE 1920s BUILDING IS LOCATED WNTOWN ON 4th AVENUE NEAR C- STREET.

IT'S BEEN CLOSED FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

KAIDEN PROPERTY GROUP, A USINESS IN AUSTRALIA, TOOK- OWNERSHIP IN 2019.

THE CITY ATTORNEYS LAWSUIT WANTS THE BUILDING DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND FINES OF $2,500 PER DAY IF THE OWNERS DON'T MAKE SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO CLEAN UP THE SITE.

>>> AND THERE IS A PUSH TO ADD úMORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO CORONADO BUT CITY LEADERS SAY THAT THEY HAVE FACED UNIQUE CHALLENGES.

SINCE 2021, CORONADO HAS NOT COMPED WITH THE STATE'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS.

THE STATE HAS SENT SEVERAL LETTERS DETAILING NECESSARY CHANGES TO ITS HOUSING PLANS.

THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO CREATE CAPACITY FOR 912 HOUSING UNITS, HALF OF WHICH MUST BE FOR LOWER R-INCOME RESIDENT.

REGINA GONZALEZ SAYS SHE WORKED ON CORONADO ISLAND FIVE YEARS AND HAD TO CROSS THE BORDER FROM TIJUANA FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

>> SOMETIMES IT TAKES US 45 MINUTES, SOMETIMES IT TAKES US 2 TO 3 HOURS.

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THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THAT WE SOMETIMES HAVE TO WORK TWO TO THREE JOBS TO BE ABLE TO PAY THE ENT HERE.

>> ACCORDING TO REALTOR.COM, THE MEDIAN COST OF A HOME ON THE ISLAND IS $2.6 MILLION.

>>> IT'S ABOUT SAVING UNUSED FOOD FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT.

FEEDING SAN DIEGO'S FOOD RESCUE THE WORLD'S LARGEST COFFEE HOUSE CHAIN.

KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAE SHOWS US HOW IT WORKS AND WHO% BENEFITS.

>> YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHAT LAGE BUSINESSES DO WITH THE FOOD THAT CANNOT BE SOLD.

>> PERFECT.

> SINCE 2016, FEEDING SAN DIEGO SAYS IT'S RESCUED OVER 3 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD FROM- LOCAL STARBUCKS STORES.

>> THIS PARTNERSHIP IS JUST SUCH PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY WE úCANNOT LET FOOD GO TO WASTE.

IT'S BAD FOR THE CLIMATE.

IT'S DETRIMENTAL TO THE CLIMATE.

WE'RE STILL IN EARTH MONTH, OUR LAST FEW DAYS.

WE SHOULDN'T BE PUTTING PERFCTLY-GOOD EDIBLE SURPLUS FOOD IN LANDFILLS.

>> THIS PERSON FROM FEEDING SAN DIEGO SAYS OVER 200 STORES PARTICIPATE IN THE STARBUCKS FOOD-SHARE PROGRAM.

>> IT'S PROOF OF CONCEPT AT SCALE THAT THIS ISN'T IMPOSSIBLE.

SURE, THERE'S A LOT OF LOGISTICS NVOLVED BUT IT'S POSSIBLE.

[ ♪♪ ] >> SO WHERE DOES THAT RESCUE FOOD GO?

WELL, IT GOES TO 11 LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE 3rd AVENUE CHARITABE ORGANIZATION OTHERWISE KNOWN AS TACO.

>> IT SURE BEATS WATCHING SOMEBODY PICK FOOD OUT OF A TRASH CAN AND EAT WHICH IS WHAT WE SEE ON A REGULAR BASIS WHERE PEOPLE ARE SO HUNGRY AND PICKING FOOD OUT OF TRASH CANS.

>> EVEY WEDNESDAY, THAT'S NOW BECOME KNOWN AS STARBUCKS DAY.

CLIENTS OF TACO START LINING UP AT 7 A.M. TO GET THEIR FAVORITE BRUNCH ITEMS.

>> AND IT'S JUST -- I MEAN, IT REDUCE THE COSTS THAT WE HAVE TO PAY OUT OF OUR NON-PROFIT BUDGE AND IT ALLOWS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SERVE A HIGHER QUANTITY OF FOOD TO A LARGER, INCREASINGLY LARGER NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

>> BECAUSE OF THE FOOD-SHARE PROGRAM, TACO SAYS IT'S ABLE TO PROVIDE OVER 200 MEALS TO THE FOOD AND SECURE COMMUNITY.

ND CAN EVEN ACCOMMODATE CERTAIN DIETS, TOO.

>> WITH THE PLANT-BASED PROTEIN PACKS THAT ARE SENT AND THE PLANT-BASED SANDWICHES THAT WE RECEIVE, WE KEEP THOSE TO THE SIDE AND WE SAVE THOSE JUST FOR THE ONES THAT ARE ASKING FOR SPECIFIC FOOD TYPES.

>> FEEDING SAN DIEGO SAYS THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH STARBUCKS NON-PROFIT WORLD AND THE CORPORATE WORLD AND HELPS ALEVIATE SOME OF THE PRESSING ISSUES LIKE FOOD INSECURITY THAT ARE REALLY AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

>> BASEBALL IS A BIG PART OF THE SAN DIEGO TIJUANA CROSS BORDER CULTURE AND SAN DIEGO IS THE ONLY MLB CITY THAT CAN TRULY BE CALLED A BORDER TOWN WITH MEXICO.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AERE SAYS RECENT INVESTMENT IN THE TEAM HAVE NOT ONLY LED TO SELL-OUTS AT PETCO PARK, IT'S BOLSTERED A FAN BASE SOUTH OF THE BORDER.

>> THEY MAY BE CALLED THE SAN DIEGO PADRES BUT FANS OF THIS TEAM STRETCH WELL BEYOND THE CITY AND COUNTY... AND ACROSS THE BORDER INTO TIJUANA.

- OMAR PARRA LIVES THERE AND HAS BEEN A PADRES FAN FOR DECADES.

HE SAYS BASEBALL, MUCH LIKE SOCCER, IS PAR OF THE FABRIC OF TIJUANA AND TEAMS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED BY LOCAL FANS FOR MANY YEARS.

>> I WOULD SAY MEXICO IS NOT QUITE DIVIDED BUT THERE IS TWO SPORTS, ONE IS SOCCER AND THE OTHER ONE IS BASEBALL.

>> THIS WEEKEND MARKS THE NEW CAPTER FOR BASEBALL IN MEXICO.

WITH THE PADRES PLAYING A TWO-GAME SERIES AGAINST THE SAN FRANSISCO GIANTS, IN WHAT WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME PLAYED IN MEXICO CITY.

THIS COMES AS THE PADRES HAVE MADE A BIG PUSH TO EMBRACE THE CROSS-BORDER CULTURE.

WE SEE IT IN THE TEAM'S NEW TEL, YELLOW AND PINK JERSEYS INSPIRED BY BAJA, CALIFORNIA, AND THE MARIACHI ON THE- JUMBOTRON.

>> FIVE, TEN YEARS AGO YOU WOULD MOSTLY SEE, 90% WOULD BE BOSTON IT'S TURNED AROUND AND I WOULD SAY 60, 70% IS SAN DIEGO HATS.

SO, YEAH, I DO SEE IT CHANGE.

>> IT HELPS THAT THE TEAM'S WINNING MORE GAMES AND LOADED WITH SUPERSTARS.

BUT GETTING TO WATCH THE PADRES IN-PERSON IS ON AN EXPENSIVE AND LENGTHY COMMITMENT FOR FANS LIVING IN MEXICO.

>> A TOTAL GAME MIGHT COST YOU PER PERSON LET'S SAY 25 BUCKS INCLUDING A BEER AND SO ON, AND A PADRES GAME, DEPENDING ON THE GAME AND THE SEATS, IT CAN TAKE- YOU BACK 150 BUCKS PER PERSON.- >> ON THE U.S. SIDE OF THE BORDER, SAN DIEGO SOUTH BAY IS ARGUABLY WHERE BASEBALL PASSION úAND THE HEART OF THE FRYER FANDOM BEATS THE LOUDEST.

THE AREA PRODUCED A TRIO OF LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES TEAMS IN THE PAST DECADE ALONE AND MURALS OF PADRES PLAYER AND% MASCOTS PEPPERED CHULA VISTA 3rd AVENUE THAT'S WHERE THIS úPADRES SEASON TICKET HOLDER SPOKE ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE THE TEAM HOLDS IN HER LIFE AND FOR HER FAMILY.

>> WHAT HONESTLY HAS MADE US úBOND A LOT MORE, TOO, IT'S MADE S CLOSER, IS BASEBALL, IT'S JUST THE LOVE WE BOTH HAVE FOR THIS TEAM THAT HONESTLY MAKES IT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE PRICE IS.

WE WILL PAY WHATEVER WE CAN TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT AS WELL.

>> THE RESIDENT AND HER HUSBAND JORGE TRAVEL TO MEXICO CITY FOR THIS WEEKEND'S GAME.

>> I'M JUST EXCITED TO BE IN THE úENVIRONMENT.

BEING IN THE CULTURE ENVIRONMENT, TRYING OUT ALL THE DIFFERENT FOOD ITEMS AND JUST EXPERIENCING BASEBALL IN A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY, A DIFFERENT CULTURE.

>> THE TEAM'S REVENUE HAS INCREASED ALONG WITH ITS GROWING FAN BASES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER.

THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE MAJORITY OWNER PETER SEID HAS BEEN ON A SPENDING SPREE SIGNING STARS LIKE MANNY MACHADO AND FERNANDO TATIS TO BIG LONG-TERM CONTRATS.

SAYS THIS PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS ALLAN GIN.

>> SAN DIEGO HAS MORE AND MORE FANS AND THAT INCLUDES THE FANS IN MEXICO.

WE MIGHT GET SOME PEOPLE CROSSING THE BORDER TO WATCH GAMES, THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO COME TO THE GAME, YOU KNOW, WILL BE WATCHING ON TELEVISION AND THEY MIGHT BUY SOME MERCHANDISE.

>> OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES, THE PADRES HAVE PLAYED IN MEXICO A HANDFUL OF OTHER TIMES AND THE CITY OF MONTEREY, BUT WITH THIS MEXICO CITY SERIES, THEY'RE SEPPING ON A BIGGER STAGE.

>> THEY'RE GOING TO THE CAPITAL, THEY'R GOING TO THE BIGGER CITY SO THAT'S GOING TO DRAW A LOT OF% MEDIA ATTENTION IN MEXICO.

AND SO THAT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO HELP PROMOTE THE PADRES BRAND IN MEXICO AND THE PADRES ARE MAKING EFFORTS TO DO THAT ALL ALOG AND THIS WILL JUST GIVE A BOOST TO THOSE EFFORTS.

>> BALTHAZAR SAYS THE SERIES MAY BE FAR FROM HER CURRENT HOME BUT IT'S WORTH THE JOURNEY.

>> THE PADRES IS THE ONE TEAM THAT HAS MY HEART FOR SURE.

>> LUS THE GAMES ARE STILL CLOSE TO WHAT MATTERS MOST.

>> MY SIDE OF THE FAMILY, MY GRANDPARENTS ARE FROM GUADALAJARA AND SAME FOR HIS AREA, BUT IT JUST MEANS A LOT.

>> AND IN TIJUANA, PARRA HOPES TO SEE THE PADRES' INFLUENCE CONTINUE TO GROW.

>> MY DAD AND SOME OTHER RELAIVES IN OTHER PARTS OF MEXICO ARE SAYING I WANT TO GO TO THE PADRES GAME AND I SEND THEM GEAR AND ALL THAT STUFF.

I LIKE THAT.

I LIKE THE FACT THAT THE PADRES ARE REPRESENTING.

>> OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, KPBS WILL SHARE THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE MEXICO CITY SERIES.

INCLUDING COVERAGE OF THE - BASEBALL BETWEEN THE TWO REGIONS AND STORIES OF PADRES' FANS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER WHO MADE THE TRIP FOR THE HISTORIC EENT.

>> FERANDO TATIS JR.

SENDS GURIEL TO THE WALL.

>> JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>> HUNDREDS OF TRAVELERS FLOCKED O YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK FOR A LAST-MINUTE TRIP BEFORE MUCH OF IT SHUTS DOWN TOMORROW.

A FLOOD WATCH FOR YOSEMITE VAEY WENT INTO EFFECT TODAY.

THEY SAY THAT WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL SPARK RAPID SNOW MELT WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING.

THERE WILL BE NO VISITOR ACCESS EAST OF THE EL CAPTAIN I DON'T EVEN SO YOSEMITE VILLAGE.

>> MERCED RIVER IS USUALLY A PRETTY LAZY, VERY MELLOW, RELAXED RIVER, AND AS YOU CAN ELL BEHIND ME AND PROBABLY HERE, IT IS NOT THAT RIGHT NOW.

>> AND PARK OFFICIALS SAY THE DECISION TO CLOSE WAS HARD BUT VISITORS' SAFETY IS THEIR TOP PRIORITY.- >>> ANOTHER SETBACK FOR SOME AMTRAK PACIFIC SURF LINER PASENGERS.

A LANDSLIDE IN SAN CLEMENTE RESULTED IN A TRACK CLOSURE IN THE AREA.

RAIN SERVICE IS AFFECTED BETWEEN SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO AND OCEANSIDE.

úIT HAPPENED ABOUT TWO MILES NORTH OF WHERE THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY IS COMPLETING CONSTRUCTION WORK FROM THE LAST LANDSLIDE.

BUSES ARE PROVIDED BETWEEN IRVIN AND OCEANSIDE.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WARMER WEATHER CONTINUING.

IF YOU'RE HOPING FOR A COOLDOWN BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND, ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL BRING US SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES AND THAT COULD BRING US SOME PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE AS WE WRAP UP THE WEEK AND THEN HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

AS WE WRAP UP OUR NIGHT, TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING BACK INT THE 50s IN OCEANSIDE.

DOWN TO 59 IN SAN DIEGO.

úMOUNT LAGUNA 54.

MEANWHILE, BORREGO SPRINGS, YOU WILL STAY INTO THE 60s.

LOOKING WARM, HEADING INTO OUR DAY TOMORROW, VERY WARM TEMPERATURES.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE, MAKE SURE YOU STAY HYDRATED.

USE THAT SUNSCREEN, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE FOR OCEANSIDE, 69.

69 IN SAN DIEGO.

AND BORREGO SPRINGS DEALING WITH TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT THERE WITH A HIGH OF 101.- AND IF THAT'S NOT HOT ENOUGH FOR YU, WELL, SATURDAY LOOKS TO BE EVEN WARMER.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER CONTINUING, COULD SEE NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES.

THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST, FRESNO 96, MEDFORD 85, RENO A HIGH OF 86, THAT WILL TIE A PREVIOUS RECORD.

SET TO SWEAT TOMORROW.

AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS WE WILL HAVE WARM TEMPERATURES CONTINUING.

NOW ALONG THE COAST, UPPER 60s ON FRIDAY, 70s ON SATURDAY.

MORE SUNSHINE ON SUNDAY.

TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 60s AND THEN I MENTION WE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER AS WE DO START NEXT WEEK WITH TO MID-60s.

COMMUNITIES, UPPER 70s AND SUNSHINE ON FRIDAY, LOW 80s ON SATURDAY, UPPER 70s ON SUNDAYS AND TEMPERATURES MID-60s FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH MORE CLOUD COVERAGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS, ENJOY THE 60s THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS BECAUSE THINGS ARE GETTING CHILLIER STARTING NEXT WEEK AND INDIER, TOO.

LOOK AT MONDAY AND TUESDAY, HIGHS IN THE 40s AND 50 '80s.

AND IN THE DESERT WE'VE GOT THE HAT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, UPPER 90 IF NOT TRIPLE DIGITS.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST ARIELLA SCALESE.

> ELEPHANTS HAVE LOST NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF THEIR HABITAT ACROSS ASIA.

THE RESULT OF DEFORESTATION AND THAT IS ACCORDING TO A STUDY LED BY A UC SAN DIEGO RESEARCHER AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE HABITAT OF THE ENDANGERED ASIAN ELEPHANT HAS ERODED OVER 64% SINCE THE YEAR 1700.

THE GREATEST DECLINE WAS FOUND IN CHINA WHERE 94% OF SUITABLE LAND WAS LOST AS OF 2015.

AND THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY INDIA WHICH LOST 86%.

RESEARCHERS SAY ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICT BETWEEN HUMANS AND ELEPHANTS DUE TO LOSS OF HABITAT CAN BE AVOIDED WITH PROPER PLANNING.

>> HEY, HEY, HEY!

>> EY!

>> AHHH!

>> AND THERE THEY GO.

THREE ORPHANED BEAR CUBS ARE BACK IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT.

LOOK AT THEM RUN.

úTHE CUBS REHABILITATED BY THE SA DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY'S RAMONA WILDLIFE CENTER WERE RELEASED N THE SAN BERNARDNO NATIONAL FOREST YESTERDAY.

HEY SPENT NINE MONTHS IN AN OUTDOOR ENCLOSURE.

SO THEY WERE PREPARED TO SURVIVE ON THEIR OWN.

THE BEARS HAVE BEEN MICROCHIPPED.

THEY HAVE BEEN FIT WITH A GPS COLLAR AND GIVEN A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH FROM THE VETERINARIANS.

>>> IT MAY NOT BE A FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BUT IT COULD BE KEY TO SLOWING DOWN THE AGING PROCESS.

RESEARCH AT UC SAN DIEGO SHOWS% THAT BIOENGINEERING CAN EXTEND THE LIFE OF CELLS.

KPS THOMAS FUDGE TELLS US WHAT- THAT MEANS FOR HUMAN DISEASES AND LONGEVITY.

>> CAN CELLS BE ENGINEERED TO STALL THEIR AGING?- THE ANSWER, EXPLAINED IN A NEW ARTICLE IN THE JOURNAL SCIENCE, IS YES.

A PROFESSOR OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AT UCSD LED THE RESEARCH.

HE SAYS HIS TEAM MANAGED TO RE-ENGINEER A GENE CIRCUIT THAT GUIDES CELLS.

TO ONE OF TWO BIOLOGICAL TRACKS.

ITS DIRECTION WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN THE TWO TRACKS.

úAND NEVER GET A CHANCE TO ACCELERATE.

AND THIS WILL DRAMATICALLY SLOW DOWN THE PROGRESSIO TO CELL DEATH.

>> HE USES THE EXAMPLE OF A CAR WITH ACCESS TO TWO DIFFERENT RACING LANES.

THE GENE CIRCUIT GETS THE CELL TO SWITCH FROM ONE TRACK TO THE OTHER, THEREFORE SLOWING IT DOWN BIOLOGICALLY, IT'S MOVING FROM A DNA TRACK TO A MITOCHONDRIAL TRACK AN THIS STALLS THE AGING NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG >> SLOW DOWN AGING, SLOW DOWN THE DAMAGE ACCUMULATION BUT LIKE A CAR RACING, ALTHOUGH YOU KEEP CHANGING THE TRACK, YOU'RE STILL GOING FORWARD, JUST NOT AS FAST.

>> HE DID HIS EXPERIMENTS ON YEAST CELLS WHICH HE SAYS BEHAVE IN A SIMILAR MANNER TO HUMAN CELLS.

THE ENGINEERING TOOLKIT CAME FROM WHAT'S CALLED SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY.

>> WE THINK THAT IT'S BIOLOGY, WE CAN FIX OUR CELLS THE SAME WAY AS MECHANIC ENGINEERS FIX AND HELP OUR CAR.

>> HERE, CELLS OSCILLATION BETWEEN AGING TRACKS THAT SLOWS THE PROCESS, SLOWING THE AGING OF OUR CELLS, OF COURSE, MEANS SLOWING DOWN THE AGING OF US.

THE RESEARCH BEING DONE HERE SEEMS TO SHOW THAT BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING COULD EXTEND HUMAN LIFE BEYOND ANY OF OUR PREVIOUS EXPECTATIONS.

BUT DO WE WANT TO LIVE TO BE 120?

HE SAYS THE GOAL IS NOT TO EXTENT HUMAN LIFE BUT TO FIGHT AGE-RELATED DISEASES LIKE ALZHEIMER'S AND PARKINSON'S.

>> AND AGE-RELATE CHRONIC DISEASE, IT IS A MAJOR ECONOMIC BURDEN GLOBALLY.

AND OUR GOAL REALLY IS TO EXTEND THE HEALTHY LIFESPAN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

SO YES.

>> BUT WILL THIS CAUSE PEOPLE TO LIVE LONGER?

>> PROBABLY.

>> HE SAYS THE NEXT STEP IS TO TEST HIS PROCESS ON HUMAN CELLS, NOT YEAST.

IN THE FUTURE, IT COULD LEAD TO% THERAPIES WHERE ENGINEERED CELLS ARE INTRODUCED TO OUR BODIES TO SLOW DOWN OUR AGING.

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