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>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT'S THURSDAY, MARCH 17.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>>> WE ARE ALL STILL HEALING IT EVERY TIME WE FILL UP.

PAINFUL PRICES THAT THE PUMP.

TONIGHT, A NEW PROPOSAL AIMED AT KILLING CALIFORNIANS A $400 TAX REBATE TO EASE THE HIGH- PRICED BURDEN.

THE POLITICAL STICKING POINTS.

>> Reporter: REPUBLICANS WANTED A SIX-MONTH GAS TAX HOLIDAY TO EASE THE PAIN AT THE PUMP, BUT DEMOCRATS ARGUE, THAT WOULD BE NOT CALIFORNIANS, WHO ARE TOO POOR TO OWN A CAR BUT STILL STRUGGLING WITH INFLATION.

ASSEMBLY MEMBER JACKIE IRWIN OF VENTURA COUNTY SAYS IT WOULD ALSO ENSURE THE MONEY STAYS WITH CONSUMERS, NOT OIL COMPANIES.

>> IT WILL GO FAR IN HELPING WITH PRICE INCREASES, NOT ONLY AT THE PUMP, BUT AT THE GROCERY STORE AND ON OUR UTILITY BILLS.

CALIFORNIANS ARE HURTING, AND THEY NEED RELIEF.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA'S GAS TAX IS ABOUT $0.51 PER GALLON.

BUT SUSPENDING IT WOULD NOT MEAN AN AUTOMATIC $0.51 DROP IN PRICES.

GAS TAX DROPS HAVE BEEN STUDIED.

THEY FOUND 70% OF THE SAVINGS WENT TO CONSUMERS WHILE THE REST WAS POCKETED BY GAS REDUCERS.

>> IF WE WRITE A CHECK, 100% GOES TO CONSUMERS.

>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS SAY $400 WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF A ONE-YEAR GAS TAX HOLIDAY FOR THE AVERAGE MOTORIST WHO FILLS A 15-GALLON TANK ONCE A WEEK.

THEY ARE STILL IN TALKS WITH GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM, WHO IS EXPECTED TO PRESENT HIS OWN PROPOSAL FOR RELIEF IN THE COMING WEEKS.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CONSUMER ADVOCATES ARE CALLING FOR OIL COMPANIES TO PUBLICLY DISCLOSE THEIR PROFITS.

COMING UP ON EVENING EDITION, HOW A PROPOSED STATE BILL COULD HELP KEEP GAS PRICES IN CHECK.

>>> AS THE WAR IN UKRAINE ENTERS ITS FOURTH WEEK, THE DEVASTATING TOLL ON HUMAN LIFE CANNOT BE OVERSTATED.

RUSSIAN FORCES ARE BEING ACCUSED OF INDISCRIMINATE SHELLING AND DESTRUCTION, EVEN TARGETING BUILDINGS CLEARLY HOUSING CIVILIANS.

THE LATEST FROM REPORTER EMILY SCHMIDT.

>> Reporter: ON THE 22nd DAY OF WERE IN UKRAINE, RUSSIA'S INVASION CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO UNTHINKABLE TERRITORY.

>> I THINK PUTIN HAS CROSSED ALL THE REDLINES POSSIBLE RICK >> Reporter: IN MARIUPOL, WARNINGS CAME IN WHITE LINES OUTSIDE THE THEATER, SPELLING OUT IN RUSSIAN, THE WORD, CHILDREN.

INDICATING 1200 WOMEN IN CHILDREN.

HE DID NOT STOP AN ATTACK.

THURSDAY, SURVIVORS BEGAN TO EMERGE.

>> IT IS DEVASTATING WHEN RUSSIANS KILL CIVILIANS.

>> Reporter: 21 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN A SCHOOL AND ARTS CLUB .

IT DID NOT SPARE A MAN IS THE WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN KILLED EARLIER THIS MONTH TRYING TO FLEE.

YES, I HAVE MANAGED TO BURY EVERYONE.

PEOPLE NOT LEAVE KYIV.

WE WILL STAY HERE.

MILLIONS HAVE FLED.

MORE THAN 1.9 MILLION ENTERING POLAND IN RECENT WEEKS.

IN COMPARISON, SINCE OCTOBER, ABOUT 700 UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HAVE COME TO THE U.S.

ACCORDING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT.

SOURCES SAY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HELP MORE REFUGEES JOIN FAMILIES ALREADY IN THE U.S.

SO MANY SEEKING SAFETY ANYWHERE.

COMING FROM A COUNTRY WHERE PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAYS, EVERYTHING NOW IS A TARGET.

EMILY SCHMIDT, KPBS NEWS.

>> LIKE UKRAINIANS, MANY RUSSIANS ARE ALSO LEAVING THEIR HOMELAND IN FEAR OF DANGER AND RETALIATION AMID THE WAR.

DOZENS HAVE ARRIVED AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER SEEKING ASYLUM.

SIBLINGS LEFT RUSSIA ON MARCH 8 AND TRAVELS TO ISTANBUL, MEXICO CITY, AND THEN TO TIJUANA.

HE JUST TURNED 18, IN RUSSIA, IT MEANS HE WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO COMBAT.

HIS 19-YEAR-OLD SISTER, REGINA, HAS BEEN PROTESTING AGAINST HER COUNTRY'S INVASION OF UKRAINE.

THEY FELT LEAVING RUSSIA WAS THE SAFEST OPTION.

>> HE IS TERRIFIED.

HE'S VERY AGAINST KILLING HIS OWN PEOPLE.

THERE ARE NO SECOND CHANCES WITH PUTIN.

HE DOES NOT HAVE MERCY FOR HIS OWN PEOPLE.

>> THEY HAVE FAMILY IN FRESNO AND THOUGHT THE U.S. WOULD ALLOW THEM TO MAKE AN ASYLUM CLAIM, BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE TURNED AWAY BECAUSE OF TITLE 42.

THAT IS THE TRUCK ERA POLICY CITING HEALTH CONCERNS.

OTHER RUSSIANS WAIT AT THE PORT OF ENTRY.

>>> MORE HELP WITH ONLY FOR LOCAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO HAVE SEEN THE WORST OF THE PANDEMIC.

METRO REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS FEDERAL FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS IS SITTING ON THE PRESIDENT'S DESK.

>> Reporter: HEALTHCARE WORKERS HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THE PANDEMIC.

DR. LORNA BREEN, HEALTHCARE PROVIDER PROTECTION ACT HAS PASSED BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE.

IT IS TO BEEF UP EXISTING MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS.

>> IT IS A PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: PAUL KELLY IS A SAN DIEGO NURSE WHO ALSO WORKS AS A UNION REPRESENTATIVE FOR HUNDREDS OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

HE SAYS STAFF HAVE ALWAYS BEEN UNDER PRESSURE, BUT THE PANDEMIC MADE IT WORSE.

>> THE SIGNS I SEE ARE, A LOT OF NURSES ARE LEAVING.

A LOT OF NURSES ARE COMPLAINING OF BURNOUT.

>> Reporter: STAFFING SHORTAGES ME NURSES HAVE HAD TO PUT IN OVERTIME.

KELLY WAS PICKING UP EXTRA SHIFTS HIMSELF BUT NOTICED IT TOOK A TOLL.

>> IT'S LIKE -- IT CREEPS UP ON YOU.

I AM DOING FINE.

I CAN HANDLE THIS.

AND THEN YOU START GETTING ANGRY ABOUT THINGS YOU NEVER GET ANGRY ABOUT.

>> Reporter: THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER PROTECTION ACT WAS NAMED AFTER NEW YORK CITY DR. LORNA BREEN.

SHE WAS WORKING ALMOST NONSTOP DURING COVID SURGES AND BECAME OVERWHELMED.

>> HER FAMILY HAS REPORTED PUBLICLY THAT THEY THINK THAT HER FEAR OF REPORTING THAT SHE HAD A MENTAL ISSUE TO THE WORD OF MEDICINE PREVENTED HER FROM GETTING THE TREATMENT SHE NEEDED AND LED TO HER DEATH BY SUICIDE.

>> Reporter: NURSE SCIENTIST DAVIDSON HAS BEEN STUDYING SUICIDE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

SHE SAYS THERE IS A STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH THAT HAS TO BE REMOVED.

DAVIDSON ALSO SAYS THE REPORTING PROCESS MUST BE KEPT PRIVATE.

SHE SAYS IN 2016, UCSD EXPANDED A CONFIDENTIAL SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM TO OTHER HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

>> LOW AND BEHOLD, IT WORKED.

AFTER WE LAUNCHED OF THAT, WE GOT A GROUP OF EMPLOYEES THAT REPORTED THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE AT RISK, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM INTO TREATMENT BEFORE THEY HAD TO LOSE THEIR JOB OR LICENSE.

>> Reporter: PROGRAMS LIKE THAT ARE EXACTLY WHAT THIS LEGISLATION TARGETS.

>> YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE LEAVING HEALTHCARE BECAUSE IT STRESSED THEM OUT AND THEY HAD NOWHERE TO GO.

SO THE MORE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE IS ALWAYS BETTER.

>> Reporter: DAVIDSON SAYS HER RESEARCH SHOWS NURSES ARE AT A HIGHER RISK OF SUICIDE COMPARED TO THE GENERAL POPULATION, AND THE MOST COMMON REASON IS DUE TO THE FEAR OF LOSING THEIR JOB OR MEDICAL LICENSE.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE IMPACT OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE RAISING INTEREST RATES BY A QUARTER PERCENTAGE POINT.

MORTGAGE RATES HAVE RISEN ABOVE 4% FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MAY 2019.

HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY FREDDIE MAC REPORTS THE 30 YEAR FIXED- RATE 4.16%.

THAT IS UP FROM 3.85 THE WEEK BEFORE.

>>> THE CHIEF DATA AND ANALYTICS OFFICER SAYS MORTGAGES ARE NOT THE ONLY AREA CONSUMERS ARE LIKELY TO SEE INCREASES.

>> YOU ARE GOING TO SEE PAYMENTS ON VARIABLE-RATE LOANS LIKE CREDIT CARDS START TO CREEP UP ALSO.

THAT IS WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IT FIRST.

BUT WITH A QUARTER OF A PERCENT INCREASE, YOU WON'T FEEL IT TOO MUCH AT THE BEGINNING.

>> THE FED HAS SIGNALED THAT IT IS JUST THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF RATE HIKES EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

FOR THAT REASON, NOW MAY BE THE BEST TIME TO LOOK INTO REFINANCING.

>>> IT'S MARCH MADNESS TIME.

THE SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS ARE THE EIGHTH SEED AND LOOKING FOR THE FIRST-EVER TOURNAMENT WIN AGAINST CREIGHTON IN TEXAS.

HERE AT HOME, THEY ARE PLAYING HOST TO THE TOURNAMENT'S FIRST TWO ROUNDS.

WE LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.

>> Reporter: THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR.

NCAA TOURNAMENT TIME.

>> SAN DIEGO BUSINESSES FEEL THE SAME.

>> ST. PATTY'S DAY MARCH MADNESS.

FOR US, MARCH MADNESS WINS OUT.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE EXPECTS BUSINESS TO PICK UP.

>> THE AZTEC AND TODAY AT 4:30, WHICH WILL BE SUPER BUSY.

FRIDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE EXTRA BUSY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THE GAMES HERE JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

>> Reporter: IT IS NOT JUST SPORTS BARS SING A BOOST.

NEXT-DOOR AT THE CUTTING EDGE BARBERSHOP, THE OWNER SAYS HE IS ALREADY SEEING CUSTOMERS COME THROUGH.

>> WE ARE SEEING A SURGE ALREADY, EVEN TODAY.

TOMORROW IS SUPPOSED TO BE EVEN BETTER.

I THINK IT'S VERY BENEFICIAL.

IT IS DEFINITELY NEEDED, ESPECIALLY AFTER EVERYTHING HAPPENED WITH THE ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: THE TOURNAMENT IS EXPECTED TO BRING $6 MILLION TO $10 MILLION TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

THE LAST ON THE TOURNAMENT WAS HELD IN SAN DIEGO, ABOUT 50% OF ATTENDEES WERE OUTSIDE OF THE AREA.

>> THAT IS A VERY GOOD NUMBER TO HIGHLIGHT THE PEOPLE COMING IN FOR THE EVENT, STAYING IN HOTELS, EATING IN RESTAURANTS AND SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT MICHAEL AND HIS WIFE ARE DOING.

THEY FLEW IN FROM TEXAS FOR THE GAME.

>> WE LOVE SAN DIEGO, LOVE THE WEATHER OUT HERE.

IT HAS BEEN EAT SO FAR.

>> Reporter: KPBS NEWS.

>>> IF THE AZTEC SPEECH CREIGHTON TONIGHT, THEY WILL FACE EITHER KANSAS OR TEXAS SOUTHERN ON SATURDAY.

>>> TODAY IS ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

AND WITH THE EASING OF MANY COVID RESTRICTIONS, CELEBRATIONS ARE PICKING UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

HERE IN SAN DIEGO, THE TRADITIONAL PARADE RETURNED OVER THE WEEKEND.

CHP IS REMINDING EVERYONE PLANNING ON PARTYING TONIGHT TO USE A RIDE SHARE PUBLIC TRANSIT OR TAXI TO GET HOME SAFELY.

EXTRA PATROLS WILL BE OUT TONIGHT ON THE LOOKOUT FOR IMPAIRED DRIVERS.

>>> THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE WAS AT ONE POINT RETURNED TO AS OCEAN SLIME.

IT IS QUICKLY BECOMING THE NEXT TOURIST HOTSPOT IN SAN DIEGO.

WORTH COUNTY REPORTER TONYA THURN TAKES A LOOK.

>> Reporter: PICTURES OF LOW RIDERS, DANCERS, AND PORTRAITS OF HOMES MAKE UP AN EXHIBIT AT THE OCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART.

THE EXHIBIT IS CALLED OCEANSIDE UNFILTERED.

ZACH IS THE CURATOR.

>> IT SHOWS HOW THE LAYERS FORM WHAT WE ARE.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SURFING.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE PIERS.

IT'S A MULTICULTURAL MELTING POT.

>> Reporter: HE IS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MAGAZINES.

HE SAYS THERE ARE NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCES IN THE NEIGHBORING COASTAL CITIES.

>> THE MAIN DIFFERENCES ARE CULTURAL DISTANCES, ETHNIC DIFFERENCES.

IT'S A LOT OF WHITE PEOPLE SOUTH OF HERE.

THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS.

>> Reporter: THE CITY IS ABOUT 36% HISPANIC AND LATINO.

HE SAYS THE DIFFERENCE IS NOT JUST ETHNIC.

>> OCEANSIDE, I THINK FOR THE LONGEST TIME, HAS HAD A STEREOTYPE THAT IT'S A ROUGH CITY.

THERE'S GANGS.

THERE'S HOMELESS.

PROSTITUTION, ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

>> Reporter: BUT HOW DID OCEANSIDE GET THAT ROUGH STEREOTYPE?

KRISTI HAWTHORNE IS WITH THE OCEANSIDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

>> WITH A NAME LIKE OCEANSIDE, IT SAYS IT ALL.

IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1883 BY ANDREW JACKSON MYERS.

THE SOLE PURPOSE WAS DEVELOPING HIS TOWN, TO BRING PEOPLE TO IT.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE REASON OCEANSIDE STAYS CHEAPER ACTUALLY HAS TO DO WITH MALLS.

IN THE 60s, THE INTRODUCTION OF MALLS CHANGED DOWNTOWN USA AND REMOVED STORES FROM OCEANSIDE'S DOWNTOWN.

>> THAT WHEN OUR DOWNTOWN CHANGED IN ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT STORES, SHOE STORES, CLOTHING STORES, THEY ALL WENT TO THE MALL, WHAT WAS LEFT IN OCEANSIDE?

NOTHING.

WE HAD A LOT OF VACANCIES.

>> Reporter: VACANT STORE FRONTS TOOK OVER.

OCEANSIDE BECAME KNOWN AS OCEAN SLIME.

>> WE WERE ONCE THIS MECCA OF SHOPPING AND CAR BUYING WITH A HIGH TAX REVENUE, TO USED-CAR LOTS, SURPLUS STORES, AND EMPTY VACANCIES.

>> Reporter: THAT ALSO MADE UP INSIDE CHEAPER, PLACE WHERE A BLUE-COLLAR FAMILY COULD AFFORD A HOME NEAR THE BEACH.

10 YEARS AGO, THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A HOME IN OCEANSIDE WAS $330,000.

WHILE THE AVERAGE PRICE IN CARLSBAD WAS $559,000.

AND $709,000 IN ENCINITAS.

BUT NOW OCEANSIDE'S REAL ESTATE PRICES ARE SPIKING.

THEY HAVE ALMOST TRIPLED IN THE PAST 10 YEARS.

THAT'S MUCH FASTER GROWTH THAN IN OTHER NEARBY CITIES.

OCEANSIDE'S NICKNAME, OCEAN SLIME, IS SKATING AWAY.

HAWTHORNE SAYS IT IS SHOWING SIGNS IT WILL LIVE UP TO ITS ORIGINAL POTENTIAL AS A RESORT CITY.

>> IN 1887, WE ACTUALLY GOT A RESORT HOTEL.

IT WAS CALLED THE SOUTH PACIFIC HOTEL.

IT WAS A FOUR-STORY HOTEL THAT WAS RIGHT ON THE BLUFF, WHERE THE CURRENT WYNDHAM PROPERTY IS NOW.

IT WAS BUILT SOLELY TO ATTRACT NEW LAND BUYERS, VISITORS, AND VACATIONERS.

>> I THINK WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS, THINGS HAVE REALLY CHANGED A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: ZACH WITH THE MAGAZINES WILL CONTINUE TO DOCUMENT THOSE CHANGES.

HE SAYS THE CHANGES WILL HURT SOME COMMUNITIES.

>> THERE WILL BE POCKETS LIKE THAT I THINK THAT CAN WEATHER THE STORM, BUT I THINK OVERALL, ALL THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS OF OCEANSIDE, PRICES ARE GOING TO GO UP, AND LOCALS ARE GOING TO GET SQUEEZED OUT.

IT'S A FACT.

AND IT'S SAD.

>> Reporter: WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT GENTRIFICATION TOMORROW.

TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> OVER 400 TREES ARE TAKING ROOT IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACES IN CITY HEIGHTS.

IT IS PART OF AN INITIATIVE TO PROVIDE SHADE TO THE COMMUNITY WHILE LOWERING TEMPERATURES AND ENERGY USE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> Reporter: THE CHEROKEE POINT IN CORRIDOR NEIGHBORHOOD SEEN GREEN THIS ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

BUT THE COLOR IS NOT FOR THE HOLIDAY.

IT IS FROM OVER 400 NEWLY PLANTED TREES.

THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO HAS PARTNERED WITH SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC ON THE INITIATIVE.

JIMMY WEBB IS A UTILITY FOR STIR.

>> OUR PLAN IS TO GET BACK ABOUT 10,000 TREES EVERY YEAR.

WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO TODAY TO PLANT 17 TREES RIGHT HERE IN AN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY, CHEROKEE POINT.

WE ARE GOING TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 400 TREES.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER ORGANIZATION WORKING ON PROVIDING SHADE TO THE COMMUNITY IS TREE SAN DIEGO.

ELECTRIFIED DATA IS A DIRECTOR OF THE GROUP IT SAYS THEY WILL BE PASSING OUT FLYERS IN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO LET RESIDENT KNOW, THEY CAN GET FREE TREES FOR THEIR FRONT AND BACK YARDS.

>> WE ARE FOCUSING MOSTLY ON DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEY NEED EXPANDED TREE CANOPY TO BENEFIT FROM SHADE TREES, TO BENEFIT FROM THE PRODUCTION OF ENERGY USE BROUGHT BY TREES THAT ARE STATING A BUILDING.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO SAYS NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TREES CAN BECOME HEAT EYELETS.

TREES CAN MAKE THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS UP TO 11 DEGREES COOLER IN THE SUMMER.

>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PLANTING TREES, IT'S A LEGACY-TYPE THING.

J STERLING MORTON, THE FOUNDER OF ARBOR DAY CAUSES THE BEST TIME TO PLANT A TREE IS 25 YEARS AGO.

THE SECOND BEST TIME IS TODAY.

WHATEVER WE DO TODAY IS REALLY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO WILL WATER AND MAINTAIN A NEW PUBLIC TREES TO MAKE SURE THEY TAKE ROOT AND GROW.

WEBS IS THE NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD THEY WILL BE FOCUSING ON IS ALLIED GARDENS.

THE ORGANIZATION IS LOOKING TO PROVIDE TREES TO SAN DIEGO'S EAST VILLAGE.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE A TREE IN YOUR REGARD, GO TO BRANCHOUTSANDIEGO TO SEE THE QUALIFY.

>>> A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS ALLERGY SEASON IS GETTING WORSE, AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

WIND-DRIVEN POLLEN IS CLOSELY TIED TO TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION CHANGES.

AS SPRING SEASONS GET WARMER EARLIER, PLANTS COULD POLLINATE MUCH EARLIER, AND FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.

THE STUDY FOUND DIFFERENT TREE POLLEN VARIETIES THAT WASN'T BURIED IN TIMING WILL EVENTUALLY OVERLAP WITH EACH OTHER.

BY THE END OF THE CENTURY, POLLEN SEASON COULD BEGIN 40 DAYS EARLIER THAN NOW, AND THE POLLEN COUNT CAN CLIMB BY 250%.

>>> ONSHORE FLOW RETURNING FOR US AS WE GO TO THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

THAT IS GOING TO BE OUR TEMPERATURES START TO EASE DOWN.

WE COULD EVEN, WITH THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM, SEE A SHOWER OR TWO AS WE HEAD FOR THE WEEKEND.

NOTICED WE ARE WARMING UP INTO NEXT WEEK.

THE SHOWERY WEATHER, THE COOLER PATTERN DOESN'T STICK AROUND FOR LONG.

TONIGHT, WE HAVE CLOUDS, BUT NOT A LOT OF MOISTURE.

WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH A BIT OF OFFSHORE FLOW.

THINGS ARE PRETTY QUIET FOR US.

55 BELOW.

OCEANSIDE COMING DOWN INTO THE MID-40s.

MATT LAGUNA, 43 FOR YOUR LOW.

AS WE GET TO FRIDAY, JET STREAM LIFTING TO THE NORTH, MEETING THE SOUTHWEST DRY IN KEEPING WITH MILD, BRIGHT.

NO CHANGES LATE IN THE DAY.

THAT IS WHEN WE SEE THE ONSHORE FLOW RETURNING.

71 FROM THE HIGH.

AS YOU LOOK TOWARD ESCONDIDO, 77.

BORREGO SPRINGS HEADING UP TO THE MID-80s FOR THE AFTERNOON.

SATURDAY, WE NOTICED CHANGES PUSHING A TO THE NORTH.

CENTRAL CALIFORNIA GETTING SOME RAIN.

WELCOMES SHOWERS, OBVIOUSLY.

AS WE PUSH INTO OUR REGION, THERE WILL BE SPRINKLES POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT, BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A LOT OF WET WEATHER.

IT WILL BE EXTREMELY LIMITED, VERY HIT OR MISS, WHICH IS WHY THE ICONS ARE NOT SWING IT.

REALLY LATE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

IN BETWEEN THE DAYS.

ARE SATURDAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY ALONG THE COAST.

TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID 60s.

EASING THINGS DOWN WITH THE ONSHORE FLOW.

IF YOU EXTRA CLOUDS.

THAT IS TRUE FOR INLAND LOCATIONS.

SATURDAY, TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60s VERSUS UPPER 70s FOR TOMORROW.

WE WILL FIND COOL DOWN WILL HOLD ENOUGH FOR THE WEEKEND WITH THE STORM SYSTEM COMING IN BEFORE NEXT WEEK WHEN WE REALLY RAMP UP TEMPERATURES AGAIN.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE BACK IN.

SATURDAY IN THE MOUNTAINS, WE CAN GET PRETTY BREEZY FOR THE AFTERNOON.

THAT IS ONE OF OUR CONCERNS.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS A LOT OF HER WINDS HAS DIED DOWN RECENTLY.

I THINK FRIDAY IS QUIET.

BY SATURDAY, WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF WIND WITH MORE CLOUDS.

DOES IT COMMUNITIES THE COOLING DOWN TO THE 80s, EVEN UPPER 70s BY SUNDAY BEFORE WRAPPING UP AGAIN NEXT WEEK.

>>> CONSUMER ADVOCATES ARE CALLING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY AS GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO SKYROCKET HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

TONY LOPEZ TAKE A LOOK AT HOW A NEW BILL COULD SHED SOME LIGHT AND WHY WE ARE PAYING SO MUCH OF THE PUMP.

>> Reporter: AS CALIFORNIA GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO REACH RECORD HIGHS -- >> $6.00 A GALLON?

>> Reporter: FRUSTRATION IS RISING AS QUICKLY AS THE COST.

>> IT IS OUTRAGEOUS.

>> Reporter: THE CONSUMER WATCH TALKS PRESIDENT SAYS, RISING PRICES ARE THREATENING THE ENTIRE ECONOMY.

>> IT IS A TERRIBLE CHOICE TO HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FOOD, GAS, AND RENT.

>> Reporter: UC, BERKELEY ECONOMIST COMES IN.

HE SPENT YEARS RESEARCHING CALIFORNIA GAS PRICES AND SAYS THERE IS SO MUCH WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE GASOLINE PRICE LANDSCAPE.

>> THE REAL QUESTION IS, WHERE BETWEEN THE REFINERY IN THE PUMP IS ALL THE MONEY BEING MADE?

'S THERE IS A CENTERPIECE, WHAT I CALL THE MR.

GASOLINE SURCHARGE.

THAT IS ADDING AN EXTRA $0.30 A GALLON.

>> Reporter: SOME LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY.

A NEW BILL IN THE LEGISLATURE WOULD REQUIRE CALIFORNIA WILL REQUIRE REESE TO REPORT THE PRICE THEY PAY FOR CRUDE OIL AND THE FINISHED GASOLINE THEY SELL.

HOW COULD FORCING FUEL COMPANIES TO PUBLICLY DISCLOSE PROFITS HELP CONSUMERS?

'S >> GETTING ANSWERS.

THEY DON'T IS CLOSED AND THE CALIFORNIA BECAUSE THEY KNOW IF THEY DID THEY WOULD HAVE THE SCRUTINY OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

>> Reporter: THERE IS ALSO A NEW CALL TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, SIMILAR TO THE ONES I LOOKED INTO THE 2001 ENERGY CRISIS THAT TRIGGERED ROLLING BLACKOUTS.

>> THEY HAD THE POWER TO SUBPOENA PEOPLE.

THEY LEARNED A LOT.

I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE NEED TO GO.

>> Reporter: SUPPORTERS SAY PUBLIC DISCLOSURE IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO KEEP GAS PRICES IN CHECK.

>> SON CHECK SUNSHINE IS THE BEST DISINFECTANT.

>>> I AM JUDY WOODRUFF.

DR. ANTHONY FAUCI DISCUSSES THE GLOBAL RISE IN COVID CASES.

ATTRIBUTED TO A NEW SUB VERY.

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

>>> THE LAKE MIRAMAR RESERVOIR HAS PLENTY OF NEW FISH TONIGHT.

THEY ARE RAINBOW TROUT RELEASED BY SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH AN ASSIGNMENT TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT.

EDUCATION REPORTER M.G.

PEREZ HAS MORE ON TODAY'S SPECIAL DELIVERY.

>> OH, MY GOSH!

>> Reporter: THE EXCITEMENT IS OVERWHELMING.

>> CARRY THE FISH.

>> Reporter: THESE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS FROM HIGH-TECH ELEMENTARY MESA ARE SPENDING THEIR FINAL MOMENTS WITH THE YOUNG RAINBOW TROUT THEY HAVE STUDIED AND HELPED RAISE.

STEPHANIE LANCE IS THE SCIENCE TEACHER WHO LED THE LEARNING ABOUT A TROUT'S LIFECYCLE.

>> IT IS TANGIBLE.

IT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM.

THEY GET TO WATCH THEM HATCH FROM EGGS.

THEY GET TO WATCH THE WHOLE PROCESS.

>> Reporter: ALVIN AND FRIDAY ARE NAMES GIVEN TO THE YOUNG TROUT AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF THEIR FIRST FEW WEEKS ALLIED.

THE FISH IN THE CLASSROOM AQUARIUM BACK AT SCHOOL AND NOW LIVE IN THE LAKE MIRAMAR RESERVOIR, WHERE THEY WERE RELEASED THIS MORNING AFTER EACH WAS GIVEN A SPECIAL BLESSING.

>> CAN EVERYONE SAY THEIR FISH WISH?

>> I WISH FOR IT TO BE CAREFUL.

>> Reporter: THE TROUT IN THE CLASSROOM PROGRAM IS MORE THAN JUST FUN.

STUDENTS ARE CONNECTED TO THE ESCONDIDO CONSERVANCY, WHICH IS COMMITTED TO CONSERVING WILDLIFE AND HABITAT ALONG THE 26-MILE ESCONDIDO WATERSHED.

IT STARTS AT LAKE WOOLFORD AND CONTINUES TO THE CITY OF ESCONDIDO AND ON TOWARD THE OCEAN, SPILLING OUT INTO THE SAN ALEJO LAGOON.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE NO MORE RAINBOW TROUT ALONG THE WATERSHED AS THEIR HABITAT HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY HUMANS.

7-YEAR-OLD LIMA AND LEONARDO WORKED TOGETHER TO RAISE HER BABY TROUT.

>> WE CAME UP WITH TWO NAMES, BUT THEN WE FOUND A WAY TO KIND OF COMBINE IT TO MAKE ONE MAIN.

>> JOE AND GODZILLA?

'S IT BECAME?

>> JOEZILLA!

>> Reporter: BEING A PARENT IS NOT EASY.

>> I ASKED FOR ONE WITH A LOT OF SPOTS.

>> Reporter: THE 8-YEAR-OLD SAYS HIS FISH WISH FOR SPOT AND LET HIM GO.

>> I AM HAPPY BECAUSE HE IS OUT THERE, AND I AM SAD BECAUSE I LIKED RAISING HIM.

>> Reporter: AS THEY GET OLDER AND THEY BECOME MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORLD THAT IS AROUND THEM, THEY ARE AWARE ENOUGH TO TAKE ACTION, TO SEEK OUT AND MAKE A RETURN.

>> Reporter: AS FOR THE FISH, -- >> I SEE IT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THEY ARE HOME AND ON THE WAY TO A NEW LIFE IN THE LAKE.

M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A NEWLY DISCOVERED SPECIES OF A PREHISTORIC CAT WAS UNEARTHED HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THIS WEEK, THE SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM UNVEILED THE FOSSILIZED JAW AND TEETH.

SCIENTISTS BELIEVED THE SABERTOOTH ANIMAL LIVED OVER 40 MILLION YEARS AGO AND WAS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BOBCAT AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SPECIES TO HAVE AN EXCLUSIVELY MEAT-BASED DIET.

WHILE NOW EXTINCT, THEY BELIEVE THE PREDATOR'S TRAITS LIVE ON, INCLUDING HIS OWN HOUSE CATS.

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