>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING ADDITION HAS BEEN MADE IN PART BY BILL HOWELL FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL ONE 800 BILL HOW OR VISIT BILL HOWE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD CREVICE FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCO SHYLY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> YOU CAN BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU OPEN THIS MONTH UTILITY BILL.

THIS TIME IN A GOOD WAY.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

BILL CREDITS ARE ARRIVING SOONER THAN EXPECTED THANKS TO A DECISION TODAY BY CALIFORNIA REGULATORS.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON HAS DETAILS ON HOW MUCH MONEY YOU CAN EXPECT BACK.

>> Reporter: THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IS ASKING THE STATE'S LARGEST POWER SUPPLIES TO GET ELECTRIC AND GAS CLIMATE CREDITS TO CUSTOMERS EARLY.

AS PART OF THE PANEL'S EFFORT TO SPEED RELIEF TO CUSTOMERS WHO ARE OVERWHELMED BY OVERSIZED BILLS.

LAST MONTH THE PRICE OF NATURAL GAS SWORD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

MORE THAN DOUBLING BILLS FROM A YEAR AGO.

THAT PUT A PINCH ON THE BUDGETS OF MANY PEOPLE WITH FIXED INCOMES.

>> IT'S ONE OF THE COSTS THAT YOU CAN ONLY DRIVE IT DOWN SO FAR IN TERMS OF USAGE.

UNLESS YOU WANT TO STAY IN THE DARK.

AND I THINK I'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT I AM CAPABLE OF DOING TO MINIMIZE MY USAGE.

>> Reporter: THEY VOTED 5-0 TO MOVE THE APRIL GAS CREDITS OF ABOUT $43 TO FEBRUARY.

THEY ALSO MOVED A $60 ELECTRICITY CREDIT FROM AUGUST.

THAT MEANS A GAS AND ELECTRIC CUSTOMER WILL SEE A $104 CREDIT IN THEIR NEXT BILL.

THAT SHOULD HELP CUSTOMERS DEAL WITH THE HIGH WINTER GAS BILLS.

>> MOST OF OUR CUSTOMERS WERE ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED WITH THE VOLATILITY AND THE HISTORICAL HIGH ON THE COMMODITY.

NATURAL GAS RATES ARE DOWN FROM JANUARY, THEY ARE STILL HIGHER THAN THEY WERE IN DECEMBER AND THE STING OF HIGH PRICES IS EXACERBATED BY THE WEATHER WHICH MEANS PEOPLE ARE USING MORE NATURAL GAS.

THE HIGH BILLS MAKE IT FOR POOR FAMILIES ARE BECAUSE THEY PAY A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF INCOME ON ENERGY SPENDING.

HE SAYS MOVING THE CLIMATE CREDITS IS JUST ONE STEP THAT UTILITIES AND REGULATORS CAN TAKE.

>> WE WERE ALL ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER IN A COLLABORATIVE FASHION, ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC ADVOCATES OFFICE TO MOVE UP THE CLIMATE CREDITS TO HELP COMBAT THE HIGH BILLS WE SAW FROM THE HISTORICALLY HIGH GAS PRICES.

BY THE CLIMATE CREDITS ARE GENERATED FROM THE SALE OF EMISSION PERMITS WHICH ARE BOUGHT BY COMPANIES THAT REDUCE CARBON POLLUTION.

NATURAL GAS CREDITS TYPICALLY APPEAR ON BILLS IN APRIL AND ELECTRIC CREDITS ARE ISSUED AT THE END OF SUMMER.

AND YOU WILL GAS ELECTRIC OFFICIALS SAY IF YOU JUST GOT YOUR JANUARY BILL, YOU WILL NOT SEE THE CREDIT UNTIL YOU GET YOUR NEXT BILL IN FEBRUARY.

BUT IF YOU ARE DO TO GET YOUR FEBRUARY BILL SOON, THAT $104 CREDIT WILL COME QUICKLY.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THERE ARE A FEW THINGS YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW TO SAVE MONEY ON YOUR ENERGY BILL.

A FEW OF THOSE THINGS INCLUDE TURNING OFF ELECTRONICS WHEN NOT IN USE, CHANGING -- CHARGING WHEN AND HOW YOU DO HOUSEHOLD CHORES AND SIGNING UP FOR BILL ASSISTANCE.

WE HAVE OUTLINED ALL THE TIPS IN DETAIL ON OUR WEBSITE.

KPBS.ORG.

>>> MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS SAY THEY ARE FEELING OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE GOALS LAID OUT THE NEW CHAIR OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB HAS THE REACTION TO THE ADDRESS BY SUPERVISOR NORA VARGAS.

>> I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE ALL OF YOU TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

>> Reporter: BORGESS FOCUSED HER SPEECH ON IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO.

HELPING PEOPLE KEEP A ROOF OVER THE HEAD AND EXPANDING MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

VARGAS SAID THE BOARD ALLOCATED $30 MILLION FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH AND $2 MILLION FOR HOMEBOUND PEOPLE.

THIS YEAR, IT WILL LAUNCH MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE COUNTY.

>> THE NUMBERS USED TO BE ONE IN FIVE INDIVIDUALS THAT EXPERIENCED A MENTAL HEALTH CONCERN AT ANY GIVEN YEAR.

THE NUMBER LOOKS LIKE IT'S DROPPING DOWN TO ONE IN THREE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.

SO IT'S CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY.

>> Reporter: CEO OF THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS SAN DIEGO, KATHRYN SAYS THAT INVESTMENT IS IMPORTANT NOW .

THE NEED IS GREAT AND IT ALSO TIES INTO ANOTHER CRISIS IN THE COUNTY.

HOMELESSNESS.

VARGAS SAID THE COUNTY WILL INVEST MILLIONS ON SERVICES AND HOUSING TO LGBTQ YOUTH.

>> THERE'S A HIGHER LEVEL OF REJECTION AND TRAUMA THAT TENDS TO OCCUR IN THAT COMMUNITY.

MANY TIMES THAT REJECTION AND TRAUMA DOES OCCUR, AND IT RESULTS IN SOMEBODY BEING ASKED TO LEAVE THEIR HOME.

AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.

AT 15, 16, 17 YEARS OLD.

SO THEY ARE PUT IN A SITUATION AND EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT OF THE SPEECH WAS THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT.

VARGAS SAID SHE AIMS TO IMPROVE CHEST ROTATION AND AIR QUALITY BY EXPANDING BUS AND TROLLEY ACCESS, INCLUDING FREE PUBLIC TRANSIT PASSES TO ANYONE 24 AND YOUNGER.

THAT'S WELCOME NEWS TO THE DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND THE CAMPAIGN, MIKEY NAB.

>> THE WAY SHE TALKED ABOUT ENSURING JUSTICE THROUGH OUR INVESTMENTS AND WORLD-CLASS TRANSIT IS EXACTLY THE RIGHT TONE AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING THAT MANIFEST THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP.

>> Reporter: BORGESS IS JUST STRENGTHENING PUBLIC SAFETY, REDUCING FOOD INSECURITY, SPENDING CHILDCARE SERVICES AND SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES DURING HER STATE OF THE COUNTY ADDRESS.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO WANT TO STOP FUTURE PLANS FOR FRIENDSHIP PARK WILL HOPE PRESIDENT BIDEN LISTENS TO THEM.

CIVIC AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS ARE SIGNING ONTO A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT.

THEY ARE UPSET WITH A PLAN TO BUILD A LARGE, 30 FOOT WALL AT THE BEACH LOCATION.

THE LETTER CALLS THE PLANS A TRAVESTY AND A CONTINUATION OF TRUMP ERA POLICIES.

>>> MOST PEOPLE NEVER GET A CHANCE TO LEGALLY REENTER THE UNITED STATES AFTER BEING DEPORTED.

THOSE WHO DO OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES STUCK IN A PRECARIOUS LIMBO.

KPBS REPORTER GUSTAVO SOLIS SPOKE TO FORMER THE PARTIES ABOUT THEIR TRANSITION BACK TO LIFE IN THE U.S. MAC YOLANDA WAS DEPORTED IN 2011 FOR WORKING WITHOUT LEGAL AUTHORIZATION.

IN AN INSTANT, SHE WAS FORCED TO LEAVE BEHIND HER TWO YOUNG CHILDREN IN SAN DIEGO.

SHE WAS FINALLY ALLOWED TO RETURN IN JUNE 2022.

WE MET HER JUST AS SHE CROSSED THE BORDER FOR THE FIRST TIME.

OUR INTERVIEW WAS CUT SHORT WHEN SHE SAW HER DAUGHTER AND HUGGED HER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 12 YEARS.

A FEW MONTHS LATER, WE CAUGHT UP WITH VERONA IN HER HOME IN SAN DIEGO.

SHE WAS STILL INCREDIBLY HAPPY ABOUT BEING REUNITED WITH HER CHILDREN AGAIN.

>> Translator: THE MOST MARVELOUS THING IS TO BE ABLE TO KISS MY CHILDREN AND HUGGED THEM.

THINGS THAT WERE DENIED TO ME FOR 11 1/2 YEARS.

THAT WERE TAKEN FROM ME IN AN INSTANT.

>> Reporter: SHE'S GRATEFUL TO BE BACK.

SHE LIVES WITH HER HUSBAND, ALSO A FORMER D PARTY, BUT THEIR RETURN, IT JUST HASN'T BEEN WHAT THEY EXPECTED.

>> Translator: WE WERE HOMELESS.

PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE.

THAT WAS OUR REALITY.

NOW WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS LITTLE PATIO AND HOME.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS LANDLORDS REFUSED TO RENT TO THEM BECAUSE THEY HAD NO CREDIT HISTORY.

THEY EVENTUALLY GOT HOUSING THROUGH HIS MILITARY BENEFITS.

IT'S UNCLEAR EXACTLY HOW MANY FORMERLY DEPORTED PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THE U.S.. KPBS ASKED MULTIPLE FEDERAL AGENCIES, BUT NONE OF THEM SAID THEY TRACK THIS DATA.

ROBERT IRWIN IS A PROFESSOR AT UC DAVIS.

IN 2017, HE HELPED START THE HUMANIZING DEPORTATION PROJECT.

IT WAS JUST AFTER THE RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE DEPORTATIONS DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND JUST AS FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAS REGULARLY DEMONIZING IMMIGRANTS.

>> SOME PEOPLE IMAGINE THAT THEY WERE JUST CRIMINALS OR THEY WERE PEOPLE WHO COULD EASILY READJUST TO LIFE IN MEXICO OR WHEREVER THEY WERE GOING BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE FROM.

>> Reporter: IN REALITY, MANY CONSIDER THE U.S. THEIR HOME.

JACK AVILA'S WAS BROUGHT HERE WHEN HE WAS SIX MONTHS OLD.

HE GREW UP IN SAN DIEGO AND JOINED THE MARINES.

THEN IN 2001, HE WAS DEPORTED AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF TWO UNREGISTERED FIREARMS.

HE WAS ALLOWED TO RETURN IN 2019, BUT THE SHADOW OF DEPORTATION HAS STAYED WITH HIM.

>> I HAD TO WORK.

I DO ESTABLISH CREDIT.

I HAD TO RENT.

I HAD TO PAY BILLS.

SO ALL THAT IS LIKE YEAH, WE GOT TO RETURN HOME, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE OPPORTUNITY.

>> AVILES LIVES IN CONSTANT FEAR OF BEING DEPORTED AGAIN.

HE SAYS HE MOSTLY KEEPS TO HIMSELF, AVOIDS BIG CROWDS AND DOES EVERYTHING HE CAN TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE.

EVEN WHEN HE'S JUST WALKING ACROSS THE STREET.

>> THINK ABOUT CROSSING THE STREET.

MI JAYWALKING?

AM I NOT?

I'M VERY PARANOID BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO RUIN IT.

>> Reporter: AVILES THINKS HE'S A PATRIOT AND THINKS HE'S DEPORTATIONS ARE NECESSARILY, ESPECIALLY FOR VIOLENT CRIMINALS WITH NO ROOTS IN THE COUNTRY.

BUT HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE PUNISHMENT IS SO SEVERE FOR PEOPLE WITH NONVIOLENT OFFENSES.

FOR MIGRANTS LIKE HIM WHO RAISE FAMILIES, WORK AND MAKE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

>> I SERVED MY SENTENCE FOR THE CRIME, WITHIN THEY GIVE YOU A MUCH HARSHER ONE WHICH DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO US.

AND STILL DOESN'T.

WHERE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK.

>> Reporter: FAMILY MEMBERS INCLUDING AMERICAN CITIZENS AREN'T SPARED FROM THE TRAUMA OF DEPORTATION.

EICHEL BECAME A SINGLE FATHER OF THREE YOUNG BOYS WHEN HIS WIFE, EMMA SANCHEZ WAS DEPORTED IN 2006.

>> I HELD A FULL-TIME JOB, PART- TIME JOB AND I USED TO TAKE THE KIDS TO MEXICO ON THE WEEKEND.

IT WAS VERY HARD.

A LOT OF STRESS.

A LOT OF FINANCIAL BURDENS.

TWO RENTS, TWO HOUSEHOLDS AND FOOD.

>> Reporter: SANCHEZ WAS ALLOWED TO RETURN IN 2018 AFTER SPENDING 12 YEARS IN MEXICO.

THE TIME HER FAMILY WILL NEVER GET BACK.

>> I LOST 12 YEARS OF MY LIFE.

I SHOULD'VE BEEN IN THE HOUSE WITH HER ALREADY.

I HAD TO START OVER.

NO FINANCIAL MONEY SAVED.

EVERYTHING I MADE I HAD TO SPEND TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY.

IT WAS VERY HARD.

SO IT'S LIKE STARTING OVER IS 12 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE IS GONE.

>> Reporter: DURING THE LONG SEPARATION, SANCHEZ DREAMED OF THE DAY WHEN HER FAMILY WOULD FINALLY BE REUNITED AGAIN.

>> Translator: IF FEELS THAT WE ARE DESTINED TO CONTINUE TO SUFFER BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS HOPE AND OPTIMISM OF COMING BACK , BUT YOU GET HERE AND IT ISN'T WHAT YOU EXPECTED.

IN MY CASE, MY CHILDREN GREW UP.

>> Reporter: TO EASE HER PAIN, SANCHEZ GOES THROUGH HUNDREDS OF OLD FAMILY PHOTOS SHE KEEPS IN BOXES.

THEY REMIND HER OF HAPPY TIMES, BUT ALSO OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN.

GUSTAVO SOLIS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO'S PREMIER REHAB CENTER FOR VETERANS IS UNDER HEAVY SCRUTINY BY LAWMAKERS AND OVERSIGHT AGENCIES.

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JOE CASTELLANO HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: VETERANS VILLAGE OF SAN DIEGO IS A NONPROFIT THAT OFFERS SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT, EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING SERVICES AND OTHER SUPPORT TO VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THEY ARE BEST KNOWN FOR CREATING STANDDOWN, AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT CONNECTS HOMELESS VETERANS WITH COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

IT'S BEEN REPLICATED IN OVER 200 CITIES.

LAST YEAR, AND INVESTIGATION EXPOSED NUMEROUS HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES AT VETERAN'S VILLAGES AND THE TREATMENT PROGRAM ON PACIFIC HIGHWAY, INCLUDING WIDESPREAD DRUG USE AND MULTIPLE OVERDOSES ON THE CAMPUS.

A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN.

A CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE AGENCY HAS EIGHT INVESTIGATIONS UNDERWAY INTO VETERAN VILLAGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE AN EMISSIONS FREE FREEZE ON CLIENTS.

THIS HAS LASTED FOR A FULL SIX MONTHS.

VETERAN VILLAGE CEO AQUILA TEMPLETON HAS SAID THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY CARE IN THE FACE OF MANY CHALLENGES, INCLUDED THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE OPIOID CRISIS AND AN INDUSTRYWIDE STAFFING SHORTAGE.

IN RECENT MONTHS, LAWMAKERS LIKE CONGRESSMAN MIKE LEVIN HAVE STEPPED IN TO HELP VETERAN VILLAGE.

SO HAS STATE SENATE PRESIDENT TONI ATKINS WHO IS A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE NONPROFIT WORK.

THE LAWMAKERS SAID THEY ARE MONITORING THE SITUATION, SPEAKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS, AND HOPING FOR A GOOD OUTCOME AT VETERAN'S VILLAGE.

FOR KPBS , INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JILL CASTELLANO.

>>> IT'S AN INDEPENDENTLY FUNDED NON-PROFIT FUNDER OF KPBS.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION ON COMBATING ARISE IN PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST DEATHS COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION KPBS.

>>> ARE WE FINALLY SEEING THE BEGINNING OF DISINFLATION?

THAT DEPENDS ON A FEW THINGS.

GLORIA HAS MENO HELPS US UNDERSTAND IT ALL.

>> I WILL SAY THAT IT'S GRATIFYING TO SEE THE DISINFLATION REPROCESSED NOW GETTING UNDERWAY.

AND WE CONTINUE TO GET STRONG LABOR MARKET'S.

>> Reporter: THE FEDERAL RESERVE RAISED INTEREST RATES AGAIN WEDNESDAY BY A QUARTER OF A PERCENTAGE POINT.

MARKING THE LOWEST RATE HIKE SINCE LAST MARCH.

SIGNALING PERHAPS THE AGGRESSIVE HIKES ARE WORKING TO CALL ME INFLATION.

BUT ON FRIDAY, THEY WILL BE WATCHING THE FIRST U.S. JOBS REPORT OF 2023 TO SEE HOW THE LABOR MARKET IS RESPONDING.

>> WE ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING EARNINGS BECAUSE THAT WILL GIVE US A CLEAR INDICATION OF WHETHER PRESSURES ARE COMING DOWN EVEN AS A LABOR MARKET STAYS.

IF THEY ARE ABLE TO BRING DOWN WAGE PRESSURES FAIRLY WELL, WHILST THE LABOR MARKET STAY STRONG, THAT MEANS THEY CAN POTENTIALLY ACHIEVE THE SOFT LINING THEY HAVE BEEN AIMING FOR.

>> Reporter: THERE'S ANOTHER COG IN THE WHEEL.

THE DEBT CEILING.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN McCARTHY ARE BOTH SIGNALING OPTIMISM THAT THEIR TWO PARTIES CAN COME TOGETHER LONG BEFORE THE U.S.

REACHES DEFAULT IN JUNE.

>> I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CAN FIND COMMON GROUND.

>> Reporter: FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN JEROME POWELL WARNS IF THE AGREEMENT IS NOT AGREED TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING, THE FED WON'T BE ABLE TO PROTECT THE ECONOMY.

>> THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY FORWARD HERE AND THAT IS FOR CONGRESS TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING'S AND ANY DEVIATIONS FROM THAT PATH WOULD BE HIGHLY RISKY.

>> Reporter: KPBS NEWS.

>>> RECENT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS APPEAR TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT HUMANS CAN AND FASTER.

THAT MEANS SOME PEOPLE COULD BE OUT OF A JOB.

HOWEVER, AS VANESSA FOUND OUT, EXPERTS SAY THE TECHNOLOGY WILL ALSO CREATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

>> Reporter: WHICH JOBS ARE COMING FIRST WEEK >> IF YOU ARE A MIDDLE MANAGER, YOU'RE DOING.

ANY COMMODITY SALESPERSON.

ACCOUNTANTS AND RECEIVERS ODDLY ENOUGH.

DOCTORS WHO SPECIALIZE IN THINGS LIKE DRUG INTERACTIONS.

>> Reporter: DO YOU MEAN OUT OF A JOB OR DO YOU MEAN THAT PART OF YOUR JOB?

>> THAT PART.

>> Reporter: THAT'S THE RELIEF A LOT OF AMERICANS ARE LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW.

THE EXPLOSION OF AN AI PLATFORM THAT SHOWED US THEY CAN DO A LOT OF WHAT WE HUMANS DO AT WORK AND FASTER.

>> Reporter: WILL IT TAKE MY JOB?

>> YES AND NO.

IT WON'T REPLACE YOU.

SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO USE IT WELL WILL TAKE YOUR JOB AND THAT'S A GUARANTEE.

>> Reporter: IT PREDICTS 85 MILLION JOBS WILL BE DISPLACED BY AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT WILL ALSO CREATE 97 MILLION NEW ROLES.

WE HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY.

>> WHILE THE AUTOWORKER MAY BE DISPLACED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AS GOOD AS WELDING IS THE ROBOT, THERE'S PROBABLY 35 PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THAT DEVICE THAT WELDS BETTER THAN A PERSON.

>> Reporter: THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED AT CARBON ROBOTICS, FORMER AUTO WORKERS NOW BUILDING A LASER READER IN DETROIT FOR FARMS.

>> IT'S A DIRECT RESULT OF MANUFACTURING THAT WE HAVE THAT SKILL SET AVAILABLE.

>> Reporter: THE LASER READER STILL OPERATED BY A HUMAN, BUT RUN BY A I CAN DO THE WORK OF BETWEEN 40 AND 80 PEOPLE, SAYS THE CEO.

RULES THAT ARE HARD TO FIND HUMANS FOR.

>> IT'S HARDER TO FIND EVERY YEAR AND AN AI SYSTEM LIKE OURS CAN DO THE JOB AUTOMATICALLY.

SAVES A LOT OF TIME, MONEY, EFFORT.

>> Reporter: THIS MUSIC IS COMPOSED SOLELY BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CALLED AVA.

IT EVEN HAS AN ALBUM YOU CAN STREAM.

AI MUSIC IS MORE AFFORDABLE.

THERE'S NO PRODUCER, COMPOSER OR ARTIST TO PAY.

>> PEOPLE TRYING TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: SOMETHING SIMILAR IS HAPPENING IN THE ART WORLD, MEETING ARTIST CAROL ORTIZ TO FILE A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST THREE AI PART COMPANIES FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.

ORTIZ CLAIMS THEY ARE USING HER NAME AND ART TO TRAIN THE AI.

>> IT'S FEAST AND FAMINE FOR MOST OF US.

WE GO JOB BY JOB, AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S A LITTLE BIT LESS WORK TO GO AROUND?

>> Reporter: STABILITY AI SAYS THE SUIT MISUNDERSTANDS HOW AI AND COPYRIGHT LAW WORK, ADDING IT INTENDS TO QUOTE, DEFEND OURSELVES AND THE MASS POTENTIAL GENERATIVE AI HAS TO WITHSTAND THE CREATIVE POWER OF HUMANITY.

THE TWO OTHER COMPANIES DID NOT RESPOND.

>> I NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD BE HERE.

IT'S STRAIGHT OUT OF A SCI-FI MOVIE.

>> THERE'S A WONDERFUL SCENE IN THE MOVIE IROBOT.

HE HATES ROBOTS AND SAYS, CAN A ROBOT WRITE A SYMPHONY?

CAN A ROBOT TURN A CANVAS INTO A BEAUTIFUL MASTERPIECE?

>> THE ROBOT LOOKS UP AND GOES, CAN YOU?

EVERY ONE OF US IS NOT MOZART OR REMBRANDT OR PICASSO.

CHOOSE YOUR SUPER FAMOUS, AMAZING ARTIST OR ARTISAN.

WE ARE JUST PEOPLE.

THIS IS NOT COMING TO KILL US.

IT'S COMING TO HELP US.

>>> SPEAKING OF TECHNOLOGY AND JOBS, ONE SELF-PACED SCHOOL IS HELPING STUDENTS IMAGINE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR THEIR FUTURE CAREERS.

HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN ST. ROSE OF LIMA'S TECH FAIR AND THEY WERE OFFERED HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES WITH DRONES AND ROBOTS, AS WELL AS DEMONSTRATIONS BY FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS.

>> YOU REALLY SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND IT'S FUN OVERALL.

>> I LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS.

HELPS ME CREATE NEW IDEAS FOR WHAT TO BUILD.

>> THE SCHOOL HOPES THAT THIS INSPIRES STUDENTS TO CONSIDER CAREERS IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS.

>>> AND ARCTIC BLAST IS PLACING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE UNDER WARNINGS IN THE NORTHEAST.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CALLING THIS AN EPIC GENERATIONAL COLD FRONT.

ISABELLA ROSALES BRINGS US A TIMELINE FOR WHEN THE DANGEROUS WEATHER WILL PASS.

>> Reporter: MAINE TO NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA BRACING FOR WIND CHILLS.

FALLING AS FAR AS -50 DEGREES OR MORE.

ACCORDING TO A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST, FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND POWERFUL WINDS GUSTS, UP TO 40 MILES PER HOUR.

CEMENTLESS PEOPLE ARE OUTSIDE AND WHETHER THAT'S IN WEATHER BELOW 20 DEGREES.

FROSTBITE SETS IN QUICKLY AND YOU CAN DIE.

>> Reporter: A WHOPPING 15 MILLION PEOPLE EXPECTED TO BE UNDER SEVERE GOLD WARNINGS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY.

>> THE IMPORTANT FACT IS GOING TO BE REMAINING INDOORS THIS WEEKEND IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

THIS IS A GREAT REASON TO STAY HOME AND MAYBE WATCH NETFLIX.

>> Reporter: THE WEATHER SERVICE PREDICTS THE ARCTIC ASSAULT WILL MOVE OUT RELATIVELY QUICKLY, BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

UNLIKE THE RELENTLESS ICE STORM HAS BEEN PUMMELING THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL U.S. FOR MOST OF THIS WEEK.

>> TREES ARE FALLING.

REBECCA FORECASTERS SAY WARMER TEMPERATURES ARRIVE BY THURSDAY BUT ICED OVER NEIGHBORHOODS WILL TAKE A WHILE TO THAW OUT.

LIGHTS OUT.

OVER HALF 1 MILLION PEOPLE ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER.

TEXAS TO TENNESSEE.

MELTING ROADS COULD REMAIN SLICK AND DANGEROUS AS RAIN CONTINUES IN SEVERAL AREAS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

ISABELLA ROSALES, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SO FAR THIS WEEK, OVER 6200 FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELED IN AND OUT OF THE U.S., INCLUDING MORE THAN 700 SINCE THIS MORNING.

, WE ARE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

THIS FORECAST ON KPBS FEATURES A BIT OF A SUBTLE WARMING TREND THROUGH FRIDAY.

MAINLY IN THE INTERIOR.

IT'S BARELY NOTICEABLE CLOSER TO THE COAST, BUT A SMIDGE WARMER.

WE ARE LOOKING BRIGHT.

CENTERING OUT THERE.

DRY PLEASANT WEATHER IS WITH US.

AS WE STEP INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK, THERE WILL BE A DISTURBANCE THERE BRINGS MORE CLOUD COVER IN.

IT WILL BE BREEZY OR AND ALSO TURN A LITTLE BIT COOLER.

INTO EARLY PARTS OF NEXT WEEK.

IN THE MEANTIME, 46 IS ARLO TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE REGION, YOU CAN SEE 30s IN THE MOUNT LAGUNA, ABREGO SPRINGS.

OCEANSIDE, 41.

YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE THIS FIRST OF TWO STORMS IN THE NEAR- TERM.

FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BRING SOME RAIN AND SOME MOUNDS NO TWO AREAS FOR NORTH.

NORTH OF FRESNO TO FIND ANYTHING MEANINGFUL OUT OF THIS.

RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN SAN FRANCISCO LATE AT NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY, A SLIVER OF SNOW SHOWERS AND STUFF.

IT WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD FOR A TIME IN THE NORTHERN SIERRA.

OVER 300 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE SIERRA.

THE BEAT GOES ON WITH AN ABOVE AVERAGE GREAT SNOW SEASON.

THE WAY THE NUMBERS ARE STACKING UP IN A HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

WARMER WEATHER FOR THE INTERIOR.

ESCONDIDO.

STILL IN THE 60s IN OCEANSIDE.

67 INTO SAN DIEGO.

LAGUNA, 50 DEGREES.

BE SAFE IF YOU HAD OUT.

SATURDAY'S FORECAST IS A LITTLE WARMER.

AGAIN SUBTLE CHANGE, BUT A LITTLE BIT WARMER.

THEN AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE STRONGER OF THE TWO STORM SYSTEMS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY, THIS ONE WILL BRING SOME RAIN SHOWERS AS FAR SOUTH AS PROBABLY ORANGE COUNTY OR AT LEAST LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

WIDESPREAD RAIN, MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE NORTH.

WE WILL HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING MUCH THIS FAR SOUTH.

MAYBE A SPRINKLE OR TWO.

A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN AND SOME DRIZZLE POSSIBLE, BUT AGAIN IT'S MOST LIKELY FARTHER NORTH THAT WE SEE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TENTHS OF AN EDGE.

A COUPLE OF SHOWERS POSSIBLE INTO THE CITY AND THE COAST FOR SUNDAY.

THEN INTO THE INLAND AREAS, A BIT OF RAIN, PATCHY DRIZZLE HERE AND THERE.

LIKE TRAINING.

MOUNDS PRETTY MUCH COOLER.

BACK IN THE 30s FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

AS FORECAST, BEAUTIFUL WEATHER OUT THERE FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.

I'M GEOFF CORNISH FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE LOOKING AT SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THE GROUNDHOG'S PREDICTION AFTER SEEING HIS SHADOW THIS MORNING.

DID YOU KNOW THERE'S A THING CALLED GROUNDHOG DAY SYNDROME?

IT'S THE TERM SUM USED TO DESCRIBE THE FEELING THAT YOU ARE RELIVING THE SAME DAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

MANDY GAITHER HAS TIPS TO HELP BREAK OUT OF YOUR RUT.

>> Reporter: IF HE ONLY HAD ONE DAY TO LIVE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH IT?

>> Reporter: MADE POPULAR BY HOLLYWOOD, THE IDEA OF GROUNDHOG DAY SYNDROME IS SIMPLE.

IT FEELS LIKE EACH DAY IS THE SAME.

YOU ARE RELIVING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH IS NOT A PSYCHOLOGICAL DATE, IT IS A FEELING THAT IS FAMILIAR TO MANY.

>> Reporter: PSYCHOLOGIST SUSAN SAYS WE DO THE SAME THINGS OVER AGAIN, WE CAN GET BORED.

YOU MAY EVEN FEEL TRAPPED.

>> WE GET USED TO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND WE START TUNING OUT.

ON THE UPSIDE, THIS HELPS OUR BRAIN TO RELAX AND WE DON'T HAVE TO FOCUS ON EVERYTHING.

THE DOWNSIDE IS THAT WE NO LONGER EXPERIENCE OF THINGS IN THE SAME WAY.

IT BECOMES LESS VIVID AND EXCITING.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS BREAKING THE BORING CYCLE STARTS WITH BEING MINDFUL EACH DAY, BE PRESENT, BOTH MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY.

>> SEE, FEEL, TOUCH.

LOOK AT THAT EXPERIENCE AS IF YOU'RE DOING IT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.

>> Reporter: IT'S ABOUT WAKING UP YOUR MIND, SO SHE SAYS TRY NEW THINGS.

MEET NEW PEOPLE.

GO TO A DIFFERENT RESTAURANT.

TASTE AND YOU FOOD.

LEARN A NEW SKILL.

TRY A DIFFERENT HOBBY, OR TAKE A TRIP SOMEWHERE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN.

>> WE DO NEW ACTIVITIES FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, IT TRIGGERS NEW NEURAL PATHWAYS IN OUR BRAIN.

IT FORMS NEW CONNECTIONS.

THAT'S WHAT LEAVES LASTING AND VIVID MEMORIES.

>> Reporter: BREAKING OUT OF THE NORM CAN HELP YOU BREAK OUT OF YOUR RUT.

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I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.