>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY -- BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES, FOR 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILLHOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCOS SHYLY.

AND BY THE FOLLOWING -- AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU .

>>> AN INVASION OF INSECTS CARRYING A DISEASE THAT PROVED COSTLY FOR LOCAL ROWERS, THANKS FOR JOINING US I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS CITRUS INDUSTRY GOT A JOLT THIS WEEK WHEN OFFICIALS DISCOVERED AN INFECTED TREE, TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT REPORTER SAYS COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE NOW DISCOVERED THE ILLNESS IN OCEANSIDE AND RANCHO BERNARDO.

>> Reporter: THE DISEASE KNOWN AS HUANGLONGBING WAS DISCOVERED IN A RANCHO BERNARDO LIME TREE, PROMPTED OFFICIALS TO SET UP AN IMMEDIATE QUARANTINE ZONE, ALREADY SERVING THE AREA IS INFECTED TREES ARE FOUND, THEY WILL BE CUT DOWN AND DESTROYED.

>> IT MUST BE TREATED AND REMOVED, THAT IS REALLY THE ONLY WAY TO ERADICATE THE DISEASE FROM THE TREE.

>> Reporter: THE ILLNESS SPREAD BY A SMALL BUG KNOWN AS THE ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID.

IT FEEDS ON CITRUS TREES AND CARRY THE ILLNESS TO UNINFECTED NEARBY TREES.

INFECTED TREES WILL HAVE YELLOW LEAVES ALONG MISSHAPEN AND BITTER FRUIT.

THE TREE WILL EVENTUALLY DIE.

>> WE ARE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR CITRUS.

IF WE SEE CITRUS AND IT LOOKS SYMPTOMATIC WE WILL TAKE SAMPLES.

>> Reporter: THE INSECT THAT CARRIES THE ILLNESS HAS BEEN IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, THE DISEASE FIRST DISCOVERED IN OCEANSIDE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

FARMERS HAVE BEEN ON ALERT FOR A DECADE BECAUSE THE DISEASE IS ALREADY DECIMATING FLORIDA CITRUS GROWERS.

LOCAL FARMERS DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN HERE.

>> IN THE PRESENT WHETHER NUMBERS ARE INCREASING, THE INSECT AND CARRY THAT DISEASE FROM AN INFECTED TREE TO HEALTHY TREES, WHEN INSECT NUMBERS ARE HIGH, THEY ARE DOING AREAWIDE SPRAYS, SO EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME TIME.

>> Reporter: AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS HAVE NOT MUCH DISCUSSED MOST OF THE LOS ANGELES BASIN IS UNDER QUARANTINE, JUST A DECADE AFTER THE DISEASE FIRST APPEARED THERE.

SCIENTISTS ARE WORKING ON TREATMENT, TEARS AND DISEASE- RESISTANT TREES BUT THEIR EFFORTS HAVE NOT BORNE FRUIT.

ERIK ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> DURING THE PANDEMIC, RESTAURANTS WERE ALLOWED TO STREET EATERIES TO ACCOMMODATE OUTDOOR DINING, TRANSPORT REPORTER ELIZABETH SHOWS US WHAT THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS DOING TO HELP KEEP THEIR OUTDOOR SPACE.

>> Reporter: THESE SPACES AS PLACES, THE CITIES PROGRAM TO ALLOW PERMANENT OUTDOOR DINING ON STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.

>> THE WHOLE POINT OF THE STREATERY IS TO OFFSET THE LOSSES FROM COVID.

TAKE IT TO 2020 TO 2021.

THE CITY HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT BEING PROACTIVE AND EVERYBODY LOVE THE OUTDOOR DINING.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OFFERING OUTDOOR BUSINESS GRANTS OF UP TO $20,000 TO HELP COVER DESIGN AND INSTRUCTION EXPENSES FOR APPLYING THOSE SPACES AS PERMIT, BUT MARCO OF THE LITTLE ITALY ASSOCIATION SAYS THERE ARE STILL SOME SOME CONCERNS.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE FOR PEOPLE, THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO HAVE A SMOOTH RUNNING ON THIS.

AND AGAIN, I AM OPTIMISTIC, I THINK THE CITY WILL UNDERSTAND IT AND THEY HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE BY AND LARGE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.

>> Reporter: THE EXCLUSIVE USE ALONE IS ABOUT $40 PER SQUARE FOOT IN STREET SPACE.

AND CURRENT MONEY ONLY COVERS A CERTAIN PIECE.

>> IT WILL BE TO EVERYONE THE BENEFIT TO COME UP WITH A RESOLUTION.

WE ARE NOT SAYING WAIVE ALL THE FEES BUT ALLOW PEOPLE.

>> I LOVE IT ON DAYS LIKE THIS, IT IS PERFECT.

I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE OUTSIDE THAN INSIDE AND OUT HERE ENJOYING THE SUNSHINE.

>> Reporter: RESIDENT KAREN HINKLE BROUGHT HER WHO IS VISITING FOR LUNCH OUTSIDE.

>> IT IS FUN TO PEOPLE WATCH.

AND IT IS FUN TO NOT BE CRAMMED ELBOW TO ELBOW AND ANYPLACE.

THIS RESTAURANT HAS OUTDOOR SPACING AND WHICH IS KIND OF NIGHT.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS, SHE WANTS AND HAS THIS TO SAY ABOUT THE CITY'S GRANT PROGRAM TO HELP SAN DIEGO RESTAURANTS KEEP THEIR "STREATERY".

>> A GRANT PROGRAM TO HELP RESTAURANTS WOULD BE GOOD, BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE TO CHARGE MORE, SO I WOULD HATE TO SEE MORE MONEY COULD PUT ON THEM.

>> Reporter: ABOUT $300,000 IN OUTDOOR BUSINESS GRANT FUNDING WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL JUNE 30th, 2023.

MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

>> THE PANDEMIC IS ALL THE CLOSURE OF MANY SMALL BUSINESSES, AND THE CITY OF LEMAY IS DOING ITS PART TO BRING NEW ONES IN WITH ITS NEW ACCELERATED PROGRAM.

ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT THOSE WHO WANT TO START A NEW BUSINESS DO SO IN A BRICK-AND- MORTAR ESTABLISHMENT IN THE CITY OF LA MESA AND THE PROGRAM WILL GIVE NEW ENTREPRENEURS TOOLS FOR THE TRAINING PLAN.

>> MAY SUGGEST LIKE MANY CITIES DID SEE A LOT OF CLOSURES FOR THE SMALLER BUSINESSES.

AND THIS IS OUR TIME TO RECOVER, THEY LEARN EVERYTHING FROM HOW TO WRITE A BUSINESS PLAN TO GIVE FINANCING, AND CHOOSE A SPACE AND HIRE EMPLOYEES AND WALK THEM THROUGH EVERY ASPECT OF RUNNING A BUSINESS.

AND STARTING IT SUCCESSFULLY.

>> Reporter: THE PROGRAM OPEN TO APPLICATIONS AND ENTREPRENEURS HAVE UP UNTIL FEBRUARY 28th TO SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN GO TO EAST COUNTY'S WEBSITE.

>>> CALIFORNIA JUST ENACTED A LAW THAT REQUIRES EMPLOYERS TO POST A PAY RANGE OF JOBS LOOKING TO FILL POSITIONS, IT IS PART OF A NATIONAL MOVEMENT TO SHOW PAY TRANSPARENCY BUT EMPOWER LOW-WAGE WORKERS, BUT IT DOESN'T JUST THE PRIVACY OF REST.

KPBS REPORTER HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: WHAT IF SOMEBODY YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT WELL AFTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MADE?

YOU MIGHT CONSIDER THAT AN INVASION OF PRIVACY AND REFUSE TO SAY.

BUT PUBLIC OPINION ON THAT SUBJECT IS MIXED.

AND IT IS CHANGING.

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO LAW PROFESSOR SAYS LAWS THAT KEEP SALARY INFORMATION PRIVATE GO TOO FAR, AND THAT CAN PROTECT THE POWERFUL AND CONTRARY TO PUBLIC INTEREST.

>> WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS, NOT JUST THE SHIELD BUT AS A SWORD TO HIDE FROM PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY.

FOR EXAMPLE, AND IN SOME OF MY RESEARCH IN MY NEW BOOK, THE EQUALITY MACHINE, BUT ALSO I SHOW THAT THE GENDER AND RACIAL PAY GAPS HAVE BEEN VERY STAGNANT BECAUSE PEOPLE BASICALLY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ARE UNDERPAID.

>> Reporter: ADDING THAT OPEN INFORMATION ALLOWS US TO MAKE BETTER AND MORE EQUITABLE DECISIONS AND WORKPLACES.

PAY TRANSPARENCY CAN HAVE AN EFFECT ON PAY DISPARITIES.

ELIZABETH LINES AT UC SAN DIEGO EXAMINED IN THE CANADIAN PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, IT REQUIRED ALL ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVE GOVERNMENT FUNDING, TO MAKE PUBLIC THE NAME, POSITION, AND SALARY OF THOSE MAKING OVER $100,000.

SHE TOLD KPBS MIDDAY EDITION THAT THE LAW DID CREATE MORE PAY EQUITY IN THE ONTARIO UNIVERSITIES.

SHE EXAMINED, RAISING FEMALE PAY BY ABOUT 4%.

>> HER RESPONSE TO SALARY TRANSPARENCY, MANDATED BY THE GOVERNMENT, AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PROACTIVELY REDUCING THE GENDER PAY GAP AND IN WAYS THAT WE THINK ARE CONSISTENT WITH MANAGEMENT.

>> Reporter: IN OTHER WORDS, THE ORGANIZATIONS CORRECTING THE PAY GAPS BECAUSE THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR PUBLIC IMAGE.

CRITICS OF PAY TRANSPARENCY SAY, IT IS FRAUGHT WITH DIFFICULTY.

AND PAM DIXON IS A PRIVACY ADVOCATE AND FOUNDER OF WORLD PRIVACY FORM, SHE SAYS, FOR INSTANCE, IF PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO BE LOW INCOME, IT BECOMES HARDER TO GET GOOD TERMS WHEN THEY BUY SOMETHING.

AND WHEN THEY APPLY FOR A JOB.

>> WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT EMPLOYERS WILL LOOK AT THEIR PAST PAY, AND SAY, OH, THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE PAID AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PAY YOU ALONG THE LINES.

WHEN THAT IS NOT WHAT IS NEEDED, WHAT IS NEEDED IS GROWTH PAY EQUITY.

>> Reporter: STUDIES ESTIMATE THAT AMERICAN WOMEN EARN $.84 FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT A MAN MAKES, IT IS HARD TO KNOW HOW MEANINGFUL CALIFORNIA'S PLAN TO MANDATE PUBLICATION OF SALARY RANGES WILL BE WITH RANGES VERY WIDE FOR INSTANCE SAYS A POOR INDICATION OF WHAT ONE PERSON IS ACTUALLY BEING PAID.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CUSTOMERS WERE PAST DUE ON UTILITY BILLS WILL BE GETTING SOME ASSISTANCE NEXT TO $2 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS, SDGE WORKING TO ENROLL ITS CUSTOMERS, UP TO $7 MILLION IS SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF JUNE, QUALIFYING CUSTOMERS COULD RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FOR UP TO $2000 BASED ON THEIR INCOME, SIZE OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD, AS WELL AS HOW FAR BEHIND THEY ARE ON PAYMENTS.

TO FIND OUT MORE, YOU CAN CALL 211, SAN DIEGO.

>>> SOUTHWEST AIRLINES OFFICIALS IN THE HOT SEAT ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY.

THEY FACED QUESTIONS OVER THE HOLIDAY TRAFFIC CHAOS.

AND CANCELED NEARLY 17,000 FLIGHTS AND LEFT 2 MILLION PASSENGERS STRANDED, LAWMAKERS WANTED TO KNOW, CAN IT HAPPEN AGAIN?

GLORIA HAS ME KNOW REPORTS.

>> LET ME BE CLEAR, WE MESSED UP.

MY SOUTHWEST CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER CUTTING RIGHT TO THE CHASE.

>> I WANT TO SINCERELY AND HUMBLY APOLOGIZE.

>> Reporter: SOUTHWEST PILOTS UNION, PUTTING THE BLAME FOR LAST DECEMBER'S TRAVEL DOWN SQUARELY ON COMPANY LEADERSHIP.

>> FOR THREE YEARS, OUR PILOTS HAVE BEEN ALARMED ABOUT SOUTHWEST AND ADEQUATE RESCHEDULING TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSES.

UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE WERE SUMMARILY IGNORED BY SOUTHWEST LEADERS.

>> Reporter: THE UNION SAYS THEY'LL YOU TO PROPERLY PREPARE FOR DECEMBER'S WINTER STORM OUTDATED CREW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, AND FAILURE TO LISTEN TO FRONT-LINE EMPLOYEES WERE ALL FACTORS.

>> THE CASCADE OF CHALLENGES, LED TO WAVES OF CANCELLATIONS WITHIN TWO HOURS.

THIS OVERWHELMED OUR SEASON TECHNOLOGY.

>> Reporter: SOUTHWEST SAYING THAT IT HAS WORKED TO MAKE IT RIGHT WITH PASSENGERS.

FIXES TO THE FIELD CREW SCHEDULING SYSTEM, WILL GO LIVE ON FRIDAY.

THIS, AS ALL OTHER OPERATIONAL PROCESSES ARE BEING REVIEWED.

>> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OPERATION RESILIENCY AND TECHNOLOGY FOR FUTURE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, WE OWE THAT TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES.

>> Reporter: ON THAT, THE PILOTS UNION AGREES.

>> IT WOULD BE EASY TO KICK A COMPANY WHEN IT'S DOWN, SO PILOTS DESIRE WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC DESERVES.

A HEALTHY COMPANY WITH HAPPY EMPLOYEES, WHO HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO DELIVER A SAFE AND RELIABLE PRODUCT.

>> Reporter: GLORIA PAZMINO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> YU DARVISH HAS REPORTEDLY A NEW CONTRACT THAT KEEPS THEM WITH THE SAN DIEGO PADRES TO BE 2028 SEASON, ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, HE WILL MAKE 108 MILLION OVER SIX YEARS AND STARTING PITCHER, HELP THE PADRES REACH THE NATIONAL SERIES.

>>> LEGENDARY SKATEBOARDER TONY HAWK RAISING MONEY TO BUILD A SKATE PARK IN HONOR OF TYRE NICHOLS.

SHARING ON INSTAGRAM, THAT HE IS SELLING AUTOGRAPHED PICTURES WITH A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS BENEFITING THE MEMORIAL FUND.

TONY HAWK IS A TALENTED STATER AND WANTS TO KEEP HIS LEGACY ALIVE BY HELPING TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE STATE PARK IN HIS NAME.

>>> THE POLICE BEATING DEATH OF TYRE NICHOLS, THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE WITH FIVE OFFICERS, KPBS EDUCATIONAL REPORTER SHOWS US HOW POLICE AT ONE COLLEGE ARE WORKING TO CREATE A COMMUNITY FOR CHANGE.

>> Reporter: OFFICER DAVID FELIX TALKING ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED AR-15 RIFLE, HE CARRIES IN HIS CAR ON PATROL.

ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN CHULA VISTA CAMPUS.

HE ALSO CARRIES A TASER, A BATON, AND A CLOCK 22 PISTOL.

BUT HIS MOST EFFECTIVE TOOL IS COMMUNICATION.

>> A PERFECT EXAMPLE WHERE I GET OUT AND I SAY HIGH TO PEOPLE.

I'M SURPRISED I DON'T HAVE A CHAIR HERE OR SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW, TO HELP STUDENTS WITH QUESTIONS.

AND THEY DO HAVE QUESTIONS.

RANGING FROM HOW DO I BECOME A POLICE OFFICER, TO HEY, I GOT INVOLVED IN THE SITUATION.

HOW CAN I HELP MYSELF TO GET INTO NOT GETTING INTO FURTHER TROUBLE.

-- F-34.

>> Reporter: FELIX IS ONE OF THE NINE SWORN OFFICERS ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE.

HE HAS ALSO SERVED IN THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND, HE HAS SEEN THE VIDEO OF MEMPHIS POLICE BEATING TYRE NICHOLS.

>> THAT WAS AN AGGRESSIVE STYLE OF POLICING, AND IF YOU DO THAT HERE, YOU BETTER HAVE A PRETTY GOOD REASON WHY YOU ARE ACTING AND SAYING THINGS LIKE THEY DID.

IT HURTS ME BECAUSE I LOVE MY PROFESSION.

I BELIEVE IN THE PROFESSION.

>> Reporter: SOUTHWESTERN'S CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER.

HE HAS FELT THE STING OF BRUTALITY BROUGHT ON BY OTHER ACROSS THE COUNTRY, STARTING WITH THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD IN 2020.

>> BOTH IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEIR FATHER WAS A POLICE OFFICER AT THE TIME.

AND THEY ARE PROUD OF ME AND WHAT I DO, IT IS JUST FROM WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

>> Reporter: AND IT KEPT ON HAPPENING, THAT IS WHEN SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE POLICE DECIDED THEY NEED HELP TO CHANGE THE PUBLIC'S PERCEPTION AND EARN TRUST.

SO, THEY PARTNERED WITH THE URBAN LEAGUE OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, WHICH HAS ORGANIZED FOCUS GROUPS BETWEEN STUDENTS, STAFF, POLICE AND OTHER COMMUNITY NUMBERS, WHO WANT SOLUTIONS.

PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE LOCAL URBAN LEAGUE.

>> EVERY LAW OFFICER ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS NOW UNDER A MICROSCOPE.

ARE YOU LIKE MEMPHIS, OR PART OF MEMPHIS, WITH GEORGE FLOYD, DO YOU HAVE MURDERERS ON YOUR PAYROLL?

THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED.

>> Reporter: THE URBAN LEAGUE COLLABORATION FOCUS GROUPS HAVE ANSWERED THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND BUILD BRIDGES TO DE- ESCALATE POLICE INVOLVED CONFRONTATIONS.

IT IS WORKING, ACCORDING TO SOUTHWESTERN STUDENTS AND JOSE PEREZ.

>> IF I WAS IN A SITUATION, THERE WOULD BE A THREAT, I WOULD HAVE THAT FEELING OF SECURITY KNOWING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE THERE AND DO THEIR JOB RIGHT.

>> THE BAR TO PROVE THE GUILT THAT THE EMT OR THE PARAMEDIC IS LOWER THAN THE BAR OF THE REASONABLE DOUBT ON THE CASE.

>> Reporter: THE CURRICULUM AT THE SOUTHWESTERN MESA CAMPUS, WHERE THE COLLEGES POLICE ACADEMY AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAMS INCLUDES REAL-TIME CURRENT EVENTS.

-- >> OH MY GOD.

>> Reporter: WITH QUESTIONS IN ETHICS AND LEGAL COURSES, THAT GO BEYOND THE TEXTBOOKS.

THAT HAS ONLY INSPIRED PARAMEDICS STUDENTS EVEN MORE.

YOU HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO WITH MEMPHIS POLICE AND EMTs, WHO WERE ALSO FIRED.

>> IT'S HORRIBLE THAT IT EVER HAPPENED.

TO BE SOMEONE THAT CAN POTENTIALLY RESPOND AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN ANYONE IN ANY OF THOSE HORRIBLE SITUATIONS.

>> Reporter: SLATER'S CLASSMATE, SHE IS COMMITTED TO HER MENTAL HEALTH AND RESPONDING TO CRITICAL CALLS INVOLVING PATIENTS IN WORST-CASE SCENARIOS.

>> I THINK IT'S ABOUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT JUST HAPPENED AND MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY PROCESSING IT, THAT WAY YOU ARE NOT LEFT WITH DRAMATIC THOUGHTS ABOUT IT IN TIME.

SO YOU REALLY DO HAVE TO PROCESS THE CALLS THAT YOU RUN, AND YOU ARE ABLE TO MOVE ON FROM IT.

>> Reporter: BACK ON THE CHULA VISTA CAMPUS, OFFICER FELIX IS MOVING ON WITH HIS PATROL.

PROUD OF THE PROGRESS HIS DEPARTMENT IS MAKING.

SO IS THE POLICE CHIEF.

>> I AM HAPPY WITH THE CHANGE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IT CAN START WITH MINE AND WE HAVE STARTED A CULTURE AT SOUTHWESTERN THAT FOCUSES ON HELPING PEOPLE AND FOCUSES ON BEING TRANSPARENT.

AND GETTING THOSE ANSWERS TO THE PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: AS ANOTHER DAY ENDS, IN THE BEST CASE SCENARIO.

M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CALIFORNIA VOTERS MAY DECIDE WHETHER TO GIVE CUSTOMERS THEIR VOTING RIGHTS BACK.

REPORTING ON THE BILL THAT COULD AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION.

>> WE KNOW THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS INALIENABLE AND IT BELONGS TO EVERYBODY, A THRIVING DEMOCRACY IS ONE WHERE EVERYBODY PARTICIPATES.

>> Reporter: ISAAC BRIAN PITCHING A PLAN THAT WOULD ALLOW INMATES TO CAST A VALID BEHIND BARS.

>> WE HAVE CARVED OUT PEOPLE FROM PARTICIPATING IN DEMOCRACY FOR A LONG TIME.

AND PEOPLE OF COLOR, BLACK FOLKS, NONWHITE CHRISTIAN MEN, RIGHT.

WE HAVE TAKEN STEPS FORWARD, LISTEN I BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE FINAL STEP FORWARD IN CALIFORNIA.

LIKE RIGHT NOW, >> Reporter: 21 STATES WHERE FELONS ONLY LOSE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE WHILE INCARCERATED, ONCE RELEASED, THAT RIGHT IS REINSTATED.

VOTING GIVES PEOPLE A GREATER CONNECTION TO THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> PEOPLE WHO VOTE WHO NOW CURRENTLY VOTE ON CALIFORNIA ARE LESS LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND LESS LIKELY TO COME IN CONTACT WITH A CRIMINAL.

>> Reporter: THE PUSH COMES AFTER TWO OTHER LAW CHANGES, WITH RESTRICTIONS ON PRISONERS BEING ALLOWED TO HEAD TO THE POLLS.

IN 2016, LAWMAKERS AGREED TO LET PEOPLE IN COUNTY JAILS VOTE.

IN 2020, CALIFORNIA VOTERS A PROMPT APPROVED PROP 17, WHICH ALLOW THEM TO TAKE PART IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

BUT CRITICS ARE PANNING THE PROPOSAL, SOME CALLING IT A BETRAYAL OF CRIME VICTIMS.

ON TWITTER, REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLYMAN TOM LACKEY WRITES, CRIMINAL ACTS SHOULD HAVE CONSEQUENCES, VOTING IS A SACRED PRIVILEGE, NOT AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT.

OF CITIZENSHIP.

>>> I AM JEFF BENNETT, TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, A REPORT FROM ON THE GROUND AND ONE OF THE AREAS HARDEST HIT BY THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY AND SYRIA, COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> UC SAN DIEGO LOOKING TO HIRE 200 COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, PART OF A NEW INITIATIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, SAN DIEGO COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS USED A SIMILAR PROGRAM ABOUT COVID-19 VACCINES IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THIS PROGRAM IS FOCUSING ON LOCAL MIDDLE EASTERN NATIVE AMERICAN, AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES.

>> TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WHAT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS CAN PROVIDE.

THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER CAN BE INVITED INTO THE COMMUNITY OR IN THE HEALTHCARE SETTINGS.

SO THAT THEY CAN BE ON EITHER SIDE AND THE AIM IS THE HEALTH OF ITS COMMUNITIES.

>> RECRUITMENT STARTS SOON, WITH THE PROCESS BEGINNING IN THE SUMMER, LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE CULTURES AND OUR MULTILINGUAL.

NO MEDICAL BACKGROUND NEEDED, JUST A COMMITMENT TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.

>>> A LOOK AT THE WEATHER HEADLINES.

GUSTY WINDS WITH US, AND ON FRIDAY, COOLER THIS WEEKEND AND WE WILL SEE SOME LIGHT SHOWERS RETURNING OVER THE WEEKEND.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS, WIND ADVISORY CONTINUING RIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON, ON THE ROADWAYS, AND ALSO SOME DANGEROUS CROSSINGS, OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, CLEAR IN THE METRO, THE MATURE COOLING TO THE MID- 40s.

WE WILL SEE SOME 40s AND 30s IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS TONIGHT AND MAYBE AT 38, RAMONA AT 44, MOUNTAIN VIEW DOWN TO 35.

LOOKING AT THE FUTURECAST THE OFFSHORE FLOW, WITH LOW CLOUDS AND NO PRECIPITATION BUT IT WILL START TO TURN ON, WITH THE LOW CLOUDS AND WITH THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM, THAT WILL PAY US A VISIT OVER THE WEEKEND.

FOR TOMORROW, IT LOOKS NICE WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, MILD TEMPERATURES, AND MID-70s, OCEANSIDE, RIGHT NOW THROUGH EL CAJON.

AND AS WE TOOK OVER THE WEEKEND, THAT STORM DROPS INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, NOT A VERY MOIST SYSTEM, IT WILL TURN COOLER AND THERE WILL BE SOME SHOWERS AND SOME ONSHORE FLOW WITH SOME CLOUDS.

LOOKING AT THE EXTENDED FORECAST , THAT IS A NICE MILD FRIDAY.

AND IT WILL COOL IT DOWN INTO THE 50s BY SUNDAY.

AND YOU WILL SEE THE SYSTEM APPROACHING ON TUESDAY.

THE INLAND SECTIONS, MILD ON FRIDAY, TURNING COOLER ON SATURDAY.

WITH THE 50s ON SUNDAY, AND SHOWERS TAPERING OFF, AND THAT NEXT BOOST MOVES IN ON TUESDAY.

AND AS WE TAKE YOU TO THE MOUNTAINS, THOSE SNOW LEVELS WILL BE QUITE LOW.

AND WE WILL SEE SOME FLURRIES INTO SUNDAY, IN THE 20s, NEXT TUESDAY.

AND IT WON'T RETURN AS WE TAKE YOU UP TO THE DESERTS.

YOU CAN SEE THE TEMPERATURES DROPPING OFF HERE, SOME SHOWERS ON SUNDAY.

AND THIS WIND GOES RIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.

KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST MARCO BOSA.

>>> THE WORLD MOURNING THE DEATH OF LEGENDARY COMPOSER AND SONGWRITER BIRD BACK AROUND, HE WAS 94 YEARS OLD, LIKE A RAT IS KNOWN FOR HAVING DOZENS OF HIT SONGS WHICH HAVE DOMINATED CHARTS.

STEPHANIE YVONNE TAKES A LOOK BACK AT HIS LIFE.

>> Reporter: LEGENDARY SMITH WAS ONE OF THE 20th CENTURY'S AND HIS MUSIC SPANNED GENERATIONS, ROBOTIC SIGNATURE HITS FOR ACTS LIKE THE CARPENTERS, DUSTY SPRINGFIELD, LOSER BAND ROSE, TOM JONES.

AND DIONNE WARWICK.

>> Reporter: BURT BACHARAT COLLABORATED WITH OTHER SONGWRITERS, INCLUDING CAROL SAGER, THE FOUR OF US HIS SECOND WIFE WAS ACTRESS ANGIE DICKINSON, THEIR HIGH-PROFILE MARRIAGE LASTED 15 YEARS.

BURT BACHARAT WAS BORN ON MAY 12, 1928, IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AS A YOUNG MAN, HE WON A SCHOLARSHIP TO THE MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST AND HAD A SHORT STINT.

BEFORE COMING THE MUSIC DIRECTOR OR ACTRESS MARLENE DIETRICH, A SIGN FOR HIS CAREER, WHEN MUSIC AND MOVIES WERE INTERTWINED.

>> RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD ♪ ♪.

>> Reporter: HE WON AN OSCAR FOR RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD, THE THEME SONG OF BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, AND ANOTHER FOR THE MOVIE, SPORE, HE TOOK ON HIS THIRD OSCAR FOR THE THEME SONG FROM THE FILM, ARTHUR.

>> ♪ ♪ >> Reporter: HE ALSO WON SIX GRAMMYS.

>> THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

>> Reporter: BURT BACHARAT'S CAREER EXPERIENCED A RESURGENCE, HIS MOVIE WAS HEARD MUSIC WAS HEARD IN THE AUSTIN POWERS MOVIE, AND HE TEAMED UP WITH ARTIST LIKE RON ISLEY.

>> ♪ ♪ >> Reporter: HE ALSO PAIRED WITH BRITISH ROCKER ELLIS COSTELLO ON A SONG FOR THE FILM, RACE OF MY HEART.

>> ♪ ♪ >> Reporter: IN 2012, PRESIDENT OBAMA PAID TRIBUTE TO THE SONG WRITING DUO, WITH THE NATION'S HIGHEST AWARD FOR POPULAR MUSIC, >> WHAT BEGAN AS A CASUAL COLLABORATION QUICKLY BECAME A PARTNERSHIP THAT PRODUCED DOZENS OF TOP 40 HITS, BERT AND HOW OR EVEN ONE GENERATION.

>> Reporter: SOME CRITICIZED BURT BACHARAT'S MUSIC AS EASY LISTENING AND HE DIDN'T SEEM TO MIND.

-- >> THAT IS ALL THAT WAS SAID TO ME.

WHEN THE ELEVATOR WAS LISTED.

AND SEEING THAT IT WAS 27, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY FLATTERING.

>> Reporter: BURT BACHARAT SAID WHAT MOVED HIM, AND IT WAS HIS MUSIC THAT OVER DECADES MOVED TO SO MANY.

>> ♪ ♪ >>> AND HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW ON THE TRANSPORT NEWSROOM, AND ON MORNING EDITION, SUNDAY'S SUPER BOWL GAME IS EXPECTED TO BRING IN A RECORD $16 BILLION IN WAGERS.

THE RISE IN SPORTS BETTING LEADING TO MORE GAMBLING ADDICTION.

AND THEN ON KPBS ROUNDTABLE, THE REASONS BEHIND NATURAL GAS PRICES AND THOSE HUGE BILLS THAT SDGE CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN GETTING.

>>> AND BEFORE WE GO, CHECK THIS OUT.

A MOUSE, AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO SAFARI PARK IS NOW A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD TITLEHOLDER, THIS IS PAT, PAT IS A PACIFIC POCKET MOUSE AND HE'S OFFICIALLY THE WORLD OLDEST LIVING MOUSE AND HUMAN CARE AT NINE YEARS AND 209 DAYS.

WELL, PAT WAS BORN AT THE SAFARI PARK IN 2013 UNDER A CONSERVATION READING PROGRAM, THE PACIFIC POCKET MOUSE IS THE SMALLEST MOUSE SPECIES IN NORTH AMERICA.

WEIGHING ONLY AS MUCH AS THREE PENNIES.

ADORABLE.

>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG .

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI, GOOD NIGHT!

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY -- BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES, FOR 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILLHOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCOS SHYLY.

AND BY THE FOLLOWING -- AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU .