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

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>>> A TRAGIC END TO THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING MILITARY HELICOPTER IN THE EAST COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

THE MARINE CORPS ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT ALL FIVE SAN DIEGO- BASED MARINES ABOARD THE HELICOPTER WERE KILLED.

AND MILITARY REPORTER HAS MORE ON WHY IT COULD BE A WHILE BEFORE WE KNOW WHY IT CRASHED.

>> THE HELICOPTER IS A WORKHORSE FOR THE MARINE CORPS.

IT IS ABLE TO LIFT HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND CARRY UP TO 55 PEOPLE INCLUDING THE CREW BUT AROUND SAN DIEGO IT ALSO HAS HAD ITS SHARE OF ACCIDENTS.

IN 2018, ONE CUP IRON FLIGHT BUT WAS ABLE TO SAFELY LAND.

A YEAR EARLIER THE FORMER DISTRICT 4 MARINES WERE KILLED WHEN THEIR HELICOPTER CRASHED NEAR EL CENTRO.

DAVID CASEY IS A SAN DIEGO ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTED THE FAMILIES OF TWO OF THE MARINES FROM THAT CRASH AND SAYS ALTHOUGH THE CRASH WAS TRACED BACK TO A FAULTY PART, IT'S TO MAKE SOON TO SPECULATE.

>> HAS BEEN A SERIES OF CRASHES WITH THIS AND I KNOW THE PRINCE -- MARINES LOOK ON A VERY VERY CAREFULLY.

UNTIL WE GET THE REPORT, WE WILL NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT.

>> THEY WERE FLYING BACK FROM CREECH AIR FORCE BASE IN NEVADA AND AT THE SAME TIME A SERIES OF STORMS WERE FLOWING INTO SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING, WHY WERE THEY UP THERE DURING THE WEATHER.

I WILL TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL FACTS OF EACH MATTER.

>> THE MARINE CORPS WILL NOT NAME THE MARINES KILLED UNTIL 24 HOURS AFTER THE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN TOLD.

>>> A FINAL DISTURBANCE THAT IS GOING TO END OF THIS SERIES OF WET DAYS AND WET NIGHTS ACROSS THE REGION IS SKIDDING THROUGH CALIFORNIA AND IT HAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TRAJECTORY AND IS HIKING THE INTERIOR WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AT TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS, MOUNT LAGUNA DOWN TO 26 TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND DRIZZLE FOR THE COAST IN ACTUAL RAIN SHOWERS WITH AN INFLUX OF THESE LATE TONIGHT INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT'S COMING INTO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FORECAST IN JUST A BIT.

>>> HOMES IN MISSION HILLS ARE AT RISK OF COLLAPSING AFTER TORRENTIAL RAIN LED TO MUDSLIDE.

FIRE RESCUE SAID RECENT STORMS CAUSED AN ENTIRE HILL TO SLIDE ON WEST CALIFORNIA STREET.

THE CITY SENT A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WHO DETERMINED PEOPLE IN HOMES SHOULD EVACUATE.

OUR MEDIA PARTNER KGTV SPOKE TO HOMEOWNER WHO SAID IT ALL HAPPENED IN MINUTES.

>> MY WIFE WAS UPSTAIRS IN THE MASTER BEDROOM AND HEARD SOMETHING HITTING SOMETHING AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE THESE LARGE CONCRETE SLABS THAT WERE SLIDING INTO OUR TOP SHED GETTING CLOSER TO HER HOUSE AND OFF TO THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE CRIBBING WALL IS READY TO POP AND IF IT POPS IT'S GOING INTO OUR POOL AND INTO HER KITCHEN.

>> A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER IS STILL WORKING ON WAYS TO SECURE THE AREA SO NO WORD YET ON IF THE HOMES CAN BE SAVED OR WHEN ANY OF THE REPAIRS WILL TAKE PLACE.

>>> SOME FINANCIAL AID IS ON THE WAY FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE RECOVERING FROM THE RECENT STORMS HERE IN THE SAN DIEGO.

ARE KPBS REPORTER TELLS US THAT THERE IS GRANT MONEY AVAILABLE ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED BASIS IN THE HARDEST HIT NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> SHE CANNOT SECURE HER WOODEN FRONT GATE.

>> IT HAS SWOLLEN UP AND IT DOESN'T CLOSE.

THIS IS WHERE MY CLIENTS COME IN.

>> IT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE HER CLIENTS ARE PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN WHO BRING THEM HERE TO THE HAPPY TIME LEARNING ACADEMY WHERE SHE IS LICENSED TO CARE FOR AND EDUCATE UP TO 14 CHILDREN AND HER OWN BUSINESS WHICH WAS DAMAGED BY FLOODWATERS FROM THE RECENT RECORD RAIN.

>> WOULD DAMAGE, MOLD AND IT'S MAKING IT COME APART.

>> HAPPY TIME LEARNING IS A SMALL BUSINESS THAT HAD OWNED AND OPERATED FOR 27 YEARS.

>> WE WORK PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK IN OUR REGULAR EVERYDAY PEOPLE AND DO IT FOR THE LOVE OF THE KIDS AND NOT TO MAKE A PROFIT SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO.

>> SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ACROSS SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO AND OTHER DEVASTATED AREAS CONTINUE CLEANUP AND THE CONFLICT WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT HAVE DENIED THEIR CLAIMS.

MANY POLICIES DO NOT COVER STORM AND FLOOD DAMAGE.

>> BUSINESSES OF COLOR AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES SUFFER THE WORST OUTCOMES AND BEAR THE GREATEST RISK IN DAMAGE FOR THE EFFECT AND FROM THE EFFECTIVE NATURAL DISASTERS.

>> THE BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PARTNERED WITH THE HISPANIC CHAMBER AND THE ASIAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AND ARE NOW IN A COALITION WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY ANNOUNCING GRANT MONEY THAT THEY WILL MAKE AVAILABLE TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS FOR UP TO $2500 AND APPLICATIONS OPEN ON MONDAY AND WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE ORDER THEY ARE SUBMITTED.

>> WE CANNOT AFFORD TO NOT SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESSES.

>> THERE IS A COUNTY BUSINESS EMERGENCY FUND AND MATCHING DONATIONS ARE BEING OFFERED BY THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION.

>> WE ARE HERE FOR YOU.

>> THE COALITION OF SUPPORT FOR RENOVATION AND RESTORATION WORK IS A START FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS BUT IT IS NOT A COMPLETE SOLUTION.

THEY ARE ALSO WAITING FOR WORD FROM THE WHITE HOUSE WHICH COULD BRING FEDERAL FUNDING.

>> UNTIL THEN SHE SAID HER FAITH WILL CARRY HER THROUGH.

>> GOD HAS BROUGHT ME THIS FAR AS FAR AS HELPING THE COMMUNITY AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO COVER US IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT.

>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY LEADERS ARE PREPARING ANY REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS.

ARE METRO REPORTER SAYS IT INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF MILES OF NEW FREEWAY LANES.

>> THE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS HAS BEEN TASKED BY THE STATE WITH RAPIDLY REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND SUCCESS DEPENDS ON MAKING THE REGION LESS CAR DEPENDENT BY PROVIDING SAFE, FAST AND CONVENIENT ALTERNATIVES AT AN EARLY DRAFT OF THE NEXT TRANSPORTATION PLAN INCLUDES ROUGHLY 200 MILES OF NEW FREEWAY LANDS AT THE BOARD MEETING LAST MONTH HE ADVOCATES FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT SAID THOSE PROJECTS WILL MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE STATE AND LOCAL PLANS TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> THERE IS 11 HIGHWAY PLANS AND THERE SHOULD BE ZERO.

WE'VE KNOW THAT ADDING NEW LANES DOES NOT SOLVE TRAFFIC BUT INDUCES MORE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND WE NEED MORE TRANSPORTATION CHOICES AND FREEDOM.

THERE IS NOT ENOUGH RAIL IN THE PLAN AND THE FEW THAT ARE HERE TAPE BACK TO 2015.

>> THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS ARE CRACKING DOWN ON TRANSPORTATION PLANS THAT DON'T TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR WHAT THE INITIAL CONCEPT IS, IT'S NOT A DRAFT PLAN BUT A CONCEPT WE WOULD LIKE TO TEST TO SEE IF IT PERFORMS WELL AND IF IT ACHIEVES THE REDUCTION AND IF IT MEANS A FEDERAL AIR QUALITY CONFORMITY AND WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.

>> THE BOARD MADE UP OF 21 LOCAL MAYORS AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AND COUNTY SUPERVISORS IS SCHEDULED TO DEBATE THE NEXT REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN ON FRIDAY.

>>> A HIGH-STAKES CASE OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP BALLOT ELIGIBILITY WAS PRESENTED BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT.

JUSTICES WILL DETERMINE WHETHER TO RESTORE TRUMP ON THE COLORADO PRIMARY BALLOT.

IN DECEMBER THE STATE SUPREME COURT REMOVED HIM SOCIETY AND THE INSURRECTION CLAUSE IN THE 14th AMENDMENT.

>> A LAWYER REPRESENTING THE COLORADO VOTERS WHO CHALLENGED DONALD TRUMP'S ELIGIBILITY IN THE STATE ARGUES THAT A POST- CIVIL WAR INSURRECTION BAN IN SECTION 3 OF THE 14th AMENDMENT BARS TRUMP FROM SERVING AS PRESIDENT AGAIN.

>> WHAT IS VERY CLEAR FROM HISTORY AS THE FRAMERS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT CHARISMATIC REBELS MAY RISE TO THE RANK UP TO AND INCLUDING THE PRESIDENCY .

>> A LAWYER FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENTS OF THE 14th AMENDMENT DOES NOT APPLY TO TRENT'S PRESIDENCY.

>> OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES REFERS TO APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND IT DOES NOT ENCOMPASS ELECTED OFFICIALS SUCH AS THE PRESIDENT OR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

>> TRUMP OFFICE TEAM ARGUING THAT WHAT TOOK PLACE ON JANUARY 6 WAS A RIOT AND NOT IN INSURRECTION.

>> THE EVENTS WERE SHAMEFUL BUT DID NOT QUALIFY AS INSURRECTION AS THAT TERM IS USED IN SECTION 3.

>> THE JUSTICES SEEMED POISED AND REELING IN FAVOR OF KEEPING HIM ON THE BALLOT WITH SEVERAL SIGNALING CONCERN OVER THE FAR- REACHING IMPLICATIONS IF THEY RULE IN COLORADO'S FAVOR.

>> WHY SHOULD A SINGLE STATE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THIS DETERMINATION NOT ONLY FOR THEIR OWN CITIZENS BUT THE REST OF THE NATION?

>> SAN DIEGO STATE GRADUATE AND FOUNDER OF THE MEDICAL TECH COMPANY HAS REASON TO CELEBRATE.

LAST MONTH A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT UPHELD HIS PATENT FOR A PROCESS HE SAYS APPLE WAS USING ILLEGALLY.

OUR CYTEC REPORTER HAS THE STORY OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE BATTLE TO DEFEND IT.

>> HE WAS A 15-YEAR-OLD IRANIAN IMMIGRANT WHEN HE STARTED ATTENDING SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE 1980s AND HAS FAMILY COMES FROM THE CITY OF SHIRAZ AND AFTER MOVING TO SAN DIEGO HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS BUILT A CORPORATION AND IS NOW BASED IN IRVINE ON A TECHNOLOGY THAT TESTS BLOOD OXYGEN LEVELS AND PERFECTED IT WITH THE HELP OF HIS BUSINESS PARTNER AND HIS FAVORITE PROFESSOR AND NOW HE HAS ANNUAL REVENUES OF $2 BILLION.

SPEAKING AT A SAN DIEGO STATE LECTURE SERIES, HE SAID HIS APPROACH TO BUSINESS AND LIFE IS TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME PROBLEMS THAT ARE TOO BIG FOR ONE PERSON TO SOLVE.

>> IF YOU TRY TO ATTACK THOSE YOU MAY NOT GET ANYWHERE AND MAY HARM YOURSELF AND PEOPLE YOU LOVE YOU SHOULD GO AFTER THE THINGS HE CAN FIX AND THE THINGS THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER AND IF YOU DO THAT IT WILL BE YOUR LEGACY.

>> PULSE OXIMETRY IS A NONINVASIVE WAY OF MEASURE TO MEASURING THE HEMOGLOBIN A PROTEIN IN THE RED BLOOD CELLS THAT DELIVERS OXYGEN TO YOUR TISSUES AND THE TECHNOLOGY IS NO TO ANYBODY WHO HAS HAD THEIR BLOOD OXYGEN LEVEL TESTED BY PLACING A FINGER IN A COMFORTABLE CLAMP DURING HOSPITAL VISIT AND IT MONITORS THE BLOOD BY SHINING LIGHTS THROUGH THE SKIN.

>> IF YOU'RE BREATHING FINE IN YOUR HEART IS PUMPING FINE THING YOU SHOULD BE BETWEEN 97 100% BUT IF YOU'RE LUNG OR HEART HAS ANY PROBLEMS IN THE OXYGEN LEVEL COULD DROP DOWN TO 80, 70, 60 TO A LEVEL WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T SURVIVE.

>> PULSE OXIMETRY PREDATED HIS WORK AT THE OLD TECHNOLOGY HAD A PROBLEM.

AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER AND LONG- TERM PROFESSOR WHO HE SEES AS A MENTOR AND SAYS BODY MOVEMENT CAUSES CAPILLARIES TO CLOSE AND STOP BLOOD FLOW.

>> WHEN THE CAPILLARIES CLOSE AND THERE'S NO MORE FRESH BLOOD AND THE DETECTOR SAYS NOT ENOUGH OXYGEN.

>> THE FALSE READINGS CAUSED HIM AND HIS BUSINESS PARTNER TO DEVELOP AN INNOVATION THAT HAD ITS ORIGIN IN A CLASS HE TAUGHT ABOUT ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS AND MODIFY THE ALGORITHM THAT ALLOWED PULSE OXIMETRY TO SPOT THE FALSE OXYGEN READINGS BUT HE HAS BEEN FORCED TO SPEND YEARS PROTECTING HIS INVENTION.

AND IN THE WORLD OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, IT'S NOT SURPRISING.

>> IF YOU HAVE A SUCCESSFUL TECHNOLOGY THAN YOUR SUBJECT TO ATTACK BY PEOPLE WITH DEEP POCKETS.

>> BIG COMPANIES TRULY BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN BURY THE SMALL COMPANY WITH LEGAL FEES SO THEY TAKE WHATEVER THEY LIKE AND THEY REALLY ASSUME THAT YOU CAN'T STAND UP TO THEM.

>> THE LEGAL BATTLE WITH APPLE BEGAN A MOST 10 YEARS AGO WHEN HE MET WITH APPLE EXECUTIVES WHO WERE CURIOUS ABOUT HIS OXIMETRY METHODS AND SOON HE NOTICED SOME OF HIS EMPLOYEES DEFECTING TO APPLE AND ULTIMATELY APPLE INCLUDED PULSE OXIMETRY TECHNOLOGY AND APPLE WATCH.

HE TOOK THEM TO COURT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT.

AND HE DOESN'T HESITATE TO BLESS THE COMPUTER GIANT.

>> THEY STILL ARE PEOPLE AND STILL ARE PATENTS AND OUR PROPERTY AND THAT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR THEM.

>> THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IN U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE SEEM TO AGREE AND THE COURT UPHELD THE PATENTS AND FORCED APPLE TO REMOVE THE PULSE OXIMETRY FROM THEIR WATCHES AND APPLE WOULD NOT GIVE KPBS AN INTERVIEW FOR THE STORY BUT PROVIDED A COMPANY STATEMENT SAYING THEIR APPEAL IS ONGOING AND THEY STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH DECISIONS IN FAVOR.

PENDING THE APPEAL THE STATEMENT SAID THAT APPLE IS TAKING STEPS TO COMPLY WITH THE RULING THAT INCLUDED INTRODUCING A VERSION OF APPLE WATCHES WITHOUT THE BLOOD OXYGEN FEATURE AND TODAY HE IS NO LONGER A SHOESTRING STARTUP THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO DEFEND THEIR PROPERTY IN COURT.

AND HE SAYS HE HAS ACQUIRED COMPANIES WITH PROMISING TECHNOLOGY BUT BELIEVES THAT THEY WERE FAIR DEALS.

>> WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN WHERE WE WERE AND I READ FOR INNOVATORS OF SMALL COMPANIES BUT ONE THING I WILL GUARANTEE IS EVERY TIME WE WILL RESPECT OTHER PEOPLE'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND NEVER WILL WE STEP ON COMPANIES JUST BECAUSE WE THINK WE CAN.

>>> THIS CEOs REPRESENTING BIG PHARMA WERE IN THE HOT SEAT ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY.

THEY PRESENTED A DEFENSE OF WHITE AMERICANS PAY MORE FOR PRESCRIPTIONS THAN JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

>> HOW COULD YOUR COMPANY CHARGES IN SOME CASES 10 TIMES MORE THAN THEY CHARGE CANADIANS OR PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE SAME DRUG?

HOW DO THEY GET AWAY WITH THIS?

>> THAT'S IT THE TONE FOR THE SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING WITH CEOs FROM FEAR OF THE LARGEST PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES.

>> WE ARE EAGER TO FIND SOLUTIONS AND AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES.

>> SEVERAL LAWMAKERS QUESTIONED HOW EAGER WENT INTO EXAMPLES OF THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON ARTHRITIS DRUG.

IN CANADA, UK AND JAPAN IN FRANCE THE LIST PRICE FOR WHEN YOUR SUPPLIES $20,000 OR LESS BUT IN THE U.S.

THE SAME DRUG, $79,000 A YEAR.

>> I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THE PRICES IN THE U.S. ARE GENERALLY HIGHER.

>> A LOOK LIST BY BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB, BLOOD THINNER THAT REDUCES THE RISK OF STROKE IS $7100 A YEAR IN THE U.S. AND IN SEVERAL OTHER COUNTRIES IT IS LESS THAN 1000.

>> IN THE U.S.

THE PATIENTS GET ACCESS TO LIFE-SAVING THERAPY YEARS BEFORE THEY DO IN THE COUNTRIES THAT YOU MENTIONED.

>> WE HAVE PRICED IT IN THE U.S.

IN OUR ESTIMATION CONSISTENT WITH THE VALUE IT BRINGS.

>> THESE DRUGS AND OTHERS ARE CURRENTLY ON THE LIST THAT PRICES MEDICARE AND DRUGMAKERS WILL BE NEGOTIATING BUT ONE THING WAS CLEAR, THE PRICING DEBATE WILL CONTINUE AND FOR NOW, MANY AMERICANS WILL STRUGGLE TO AFFORD THE MEDICINE THEY NEED.

>>> THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN SCHOLARSHIP MONEY WAS AWARDED ON THE SPOT TODAY FOR MANY SAN DIEGO COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS LOOKING TO ATTEND A HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.

>> SOME STUDENTS WERE EVEN AWARDED A FULL RIDE TO COLLEGE, THE SEVENTH ANNUAL BLACK COLLEGE EXPO IS SPONSORED BY THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

50 HBCU CAMPUSES AROUND THE COUNTRY WERE REPRESENTED WITH RECRUITERS ON SITE PROVIDING INFORMATION AND INCENTIVES TO MORE THAN 1000 STUDENTS AND MANY WITH TRANSCRIPTS IN HAND READY TO COMMIT TO A COLLEGE.

>> I KNEW LOUISIANA IS OVER THERE AND ALABAMA.

>> AT THE DIFFERENT WAY FOR CONNECTIONS AND OVERALL A NICE EVENT AND I RECOMMEND MORE PEOPLE TO COME TO THIS EVENT.

>> THERE WERE ALSO SEMINARS ON THE BEST FINANCIAL AID OPTIONS AND COUNSELING AVAILABLE FOR CHOOSING A CAREER PATH.

>>> CHULA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL WILL KEEP ITS FOCUS TO SCHEDULE FOR NOW.

SOUTH BAY REPORTER SAYS MANY STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE CELEBRATING THE DECISION.

>> LAST WEEK, MORE THAN 100 CHULA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GATHERED AND WERE WORRIED THE DISTRICT WAS GOING TO GET RID OF THEIR CURRENT EIGHT PERIOD BLOCK SCHEDULE.

THE EIGHT PERIOD SUPPORTS THE VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM AND GIVE STUDENTS MORE FLEXIBILITY TO FOCUS ON THEIR INTERESTS AND NOW THEY WILL GET TO KEEP IT FOR ANOTHER YEAR THE CHULA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ANNOUNCED THE NEWS IN AN EMAIL.

ONE SENIOR SAID IT WAS BITTERSWEET.

>> FROM WHAT WE KNOW WE ARE KEEP IN THE EIGHT PERIODS NEXT YEAR BUT AFTER THAT WE DON'T KNOW.

>> THE PRINCIPAL SAID THE DISTRICT AND TEACHERS UNION ARE PUTTING TOGETHER WORKING GROUP THAT WILL ANALYZE THE VALUE OF THE EIGHT PERIOD SCHEDULE AND HOW IT AFFECTS ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE BUT STUDENTS ARE OPTIMISTIC.

>> HOPEFUL AND I THINK JUST BECOMING A LITTLE MORE AWARE OF EVERYTHING AND THE SITUATION.

>> JUNIOR IN THE THEATER PROGRAM AND ORGANIZE THE RALLY.

>> WE ARE HOPING THAT, I DON'T KNOW, PEOPLE GET INSPIRED TO CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR CPA AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY THAT IT IS ACTUALLY SET IN STONE.

>> THE PRINCIPAL'S EMAIL DID NOT MENTION OTHER REQUESTS FOR MORE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE ARTS TEACHERS AND THE DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON DID NOT AGREE TO AN INTERVIEW.

>>> IF YOU TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF ANY CHAIN REQUIREMENTS BEFORE HITTING THE ROAD.

CALTRANS ANNOUNCED CHAIN CONTROL LEVEL ONE IS IN EFFECT FOR SUNRISE HIGHWAY STARTING FROM OLD HIGHWAY 80 TO MILEPOST 27 1/2.

LEVEL ONE MEANS VEHICLES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE EITHER JANE OR SNOW TIRES INSTALLED.

IF YOU PLAN TO GO FURTHER, CALTRANS CLOSED THE PAST FROM SR 79 TO MILEPOST 27 AND HALF DUE TO HEAVY SNOW.

>>> WE HAD A REALLY WET STRETCH OUT THERE AND SOME PARTS IN THE HILLS AND MOUNTAINS JUST NORTH OF LOS ANGELES HAVE HAD 15 PLANS -- PLUS INCHES OF RAIN.

SOME WITH TWO FEET OF SNOW IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BUT WE ARE DEALING WITH THE END OF THE PATTERN WITH THE FINAL DISTURBANCE KICKING THROUGH WITH A FEW LEFTOVER SHOWERS THAT WILL OCCUR WITH SOME MOUNTAIN SNOW THAT WILL BE GRADUALLY DECREASING AS YOU STEP INTO THE END OF THE WEEK AND WE HAVE A WELCOME DREYER WEATHER PATTERN RETURNING.

SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT, 50 FOR THE LOW AND SOME BIG WAVES OUT THERE WITH HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NEAR HUNTINGTON BEACH AND BEYOND.

VERY ACTIVE TIME IN QUITE THE ONSLAUGHT OF ROUND AFTER ROUND OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW.

7:00 AM SOME PESKY SHOWERS AROUND, IT WILL BE A WET MORNING COMMUTE AGAIN WITH SOME LINGERING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS BUT ONCE THAT ROLLS THROUGH AS WE GET INTO FRIDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY NIGHT, AREAS OF SNOW DIMINISH IN THE BULK REACTION WILL BE INTO THE INTERIOR SOUTHWEST WITH THE DRY AIR PATTERN THAT WILL RETURN.

THE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY SOME LINGERING SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS AND SOME RAIN AND RAIN SHOWERS ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING FOR MANY AREAS.

UP AND DOWN THE COAST INTO INLAND AREAS.

FRIDAY SATURDAY WE HAVE DRY WEATHER RETURNING SEQUESTERED TO THE INTERIOR SOUTHWEST AND IT WILL BE A BIG CHANGE.

STILL LINGERING SHOWERS ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING ON FRIDAY AND THEN GRADUALLY TURNING WARMER WITH BRIGHT WEATHER RETURNS FOR THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK AND FOR INLAND AREAS SINCE SHOWERS ESPECIALLY FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND COOL THEN WE GRADUALLY RISE 10 TO 12 DEGREES FROM FRIDAY TO A HIGH TUESDAY WITH GREAT WEATHER COMING OUR WAY AND IN THE MOUNTAINS VERY COLD WITH A HIGH BELOW FREEZING AND THEN SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WE REBOUND UP INTO THE LOW 40s.

AND DESERTS WILL SEE SOME SHOWERS AS WELL ON FRIDAY AND THEN WE DRY OUT AND TURN BRIGHTER WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 60s LATER THIS COMING WEEK.

>>> TODAY THE PADRES ANNOUNCED PLANS TO HONOR THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF BELOVED OWNER PETER SEIDLER.

THAT WILL HOST A CELEBRATION OF LIFE CEREMONY AT PETCO PARK SATURDAY, MARCH 23.

GATES OPEN AT NOON AND ADMISSION IS FREE.

FANS CAN CLAIM DIGITAL TICKETS STARTING FEBRUARY 29 AND CITY THIS MIXING WILL BE AVAILABLE ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED BASIS IN THE FIRST 10,000 FANS WERE RECEIVE A COMPLEMENTARY JERSEY PATCH.

PARKING IS ALSO FREE AT THE PADRES CONTROLLED LOTS.

>>> LAS VEGAS, THE BALL AND USHER IN THE SUNDAY COULD BE PECAN FUN INFLATION AFTER MISSED OPPORTUNITIES DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS AS CONSUMERS HAVE NOT BEEN SHY ABOUT SPENDING ON MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS, CONCERTS AND MORE.

WE CRUNCH THE SUPER BOWL NUMBERS FROM WASHINGTON >> BIG SPENDING ONLINE, A CONCEPT THAT SOME ECONOMISTS HAVE DUBBED FUN INFLATION.

>> IT'S AN IDEA THAT COMES FROM THE PANDEMIC AND IT IS SIMILAR CONCEPT TO REVENGE SPENDING.

>> THE SUPER BOWL IS A PRIME EXAMPLE.

AS OF THURSDAY SUPER BOWL TICKET SALES HAD ALREADY SURPASSED LAST YEAR AND HAVE COME FROM BEYOND THE HOME TEAM CITIES.

>> UNLIKE SUPERBALLS IN THE 80s, 90s OR 2000s WHERE WAS ABOUT THE TWO FAN BASES THAT THIS YEAR WE HAVE SALES FROM ALL 50 STATES AND OVER 16 COUNTRIES.

>> THE AVERAGE TICKET SOLD AT MORE THAN $8000 AND IT DOESN'T STOP AT TICKETS.

THE SENIOR ECONOMIST AT THE BANK OF AMERICA INSTITUTE RECENTLY LOOKED AT THE SPORTING EVENT TO THE HOTELS, RESTAURANTS , BARS AND MORE WITH THE 25% BOOST IN TRAFFIC.

WITH CONSUMER CONFIDENCE UP AND A SOLID LABOR MARKET THE FUN INFLATION TREND WILL LIKELY PLAY ON 320 24.

>> THERE IS ONLY SO MANY GADGETS YOU CAN BUY AND I THINK THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS HAVE A REAL APPETITE FOR EXPERIENCES.

I'M BROADLY OPTIMISTIC THAT THE TREND COULD CONTINUE.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW AND THE KPBS NEWS ROOM.

THE NPR MORNING EDITION WILL HAVE A STORY ON CALIFORNIA'S EXTREME WEATHER.

HOW ARE THE RECENT STORMS AFFECTING THE LARGER DISCUSSION AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE.

AND ROUNDTABLE AIRS FRIDAY AT NOON:00, JOIN US FOR DISCUSSION WITH LOCAL REPORTERS ON TOPICS IN THE NEWS INCLUDING THE IMPACT OF RECENT STORMS ON THE UNHOUSED POPULATION.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE COME AT KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING HAS BEEN MADE A PART BY BILL HOWE AND COMPANIES.

CALL 800-BILL-HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM .

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.