>>> 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, FLOODING AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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>>> SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA TODAY ANNOUNCED HIS PICK FOR THE NEXT CHIEF OF POLICE.

THE NOMINEE IS A 25 YEAR VETERAN OF THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: GLORIA SAYS HIS SEARCH FOR A NEW POLICE CHIEF WAS NATIONWIDE AND THAT 56 PEOPLE APPLIED FOR THE JOB.

BUT AS WAS THE CASE FOR THE LAST TWO POLICE CHIEFS, THE WINNING CANDIDATE CAME FROM WITHIN.

ASSISTANT CHIEF SCOTT WALL STARTED AS AN OFFICER, THEN GOT PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE, THEN CAPTAIN.

>> HE HAS TRULY GONE THROUGH THE RANKS.

UNDERSCORING NOT JUST THE SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE HE HAS WITHIN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITIES OF SAN DIEGO, BUT ALSO HIS ABILITY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND LEAD OUR DEPARTMENT ON DAY ONE.

>> Reporter: GLORIA ACKNOWLEDGED SOME COMMUNITIES IN SAN DIEGO DON'T TRUST THE POLICE AND THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD EVOLVE ALONG WITH THE NEEDS AND DESIRES OF CITY RESIDENTS, ALTHOUGH HE DIDN'T GIVE SPECIFICS.

WAHL SAYS HE WANTS TO INVEST IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AS MORE AND MORE POLICE OFFICERS REACH RETIREMENT AGE.

>> THIS DEPARTMENT HAS FACED AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF TURNOVER, AND WILL IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

MY FOCUS WILL BE ON DEVELOPING OUR WORKFORCE, AND PREPARING THEM SO THAT THEY ARE READY TO RISE TO THE OCCASION WHEN WE NEED THEM.

>> Reporter: IN 2018, WAHL HELPED LAUNCH THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING DIVISION, WHICH FOCUSES ON QUALITY OF LIFE CRIMES TIED TO HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND ADDICTION.

HE SAYS HE WANTS TO RESTRUCTURE THE DEPARTMENT SO IT CAN IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES, EVEN AS IT STRUGGLES TO FILL VACANCIES.

>> THERE IS NO SURPRISE THAT WE DO HAVE DEPLETED STAFFING LEVELS, SO MAKING SURE THAT THE WORKLOAD IS SPREAD OUT EVENLY AMONGST ALL OUR EMPLOYEES IS GOING TO BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS MOVING FORWARD.

A LITTLE BIT OF RESTRUCTURING TO CHANGE SOME OF THAT ORIENT, I THINK IS GOING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, MORE EFFECTIVE, AND MAXIMIZE THE USE OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.

>> Reporter: SOMETIME IN THE COMING WEEKS, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A MEETING TO INTERVIEW WAHL FOR THE JOB AND ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT.

A VOTE TO CONFIRM HIS NOMINATION IS EXPECTED SOMETIME BEFORE JUNE, THAT IS WHEN CURRENT POLICE CHIEF WILL RETIRE.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> EMTs ARE OFTEN AMONG THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO ARRIVE AT THE SCENE OF AN EMERGENCY.

COMING UP, A NEW PROGRAM TO INCENTIVIZE AND TRAIN MORE WOMEN TO JOIN THE FIELD.

>>> COMING UP TONIGHT, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME CLOUDS MOVING IN, TEMPERATURES INTO THE 50s, A COOLING TREND BEFORE A WET AND WINDY WEEKEND AHEAD.

I WILL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHEN THINGS COULD DRY OUT AND CALM DOWN.

THAT IS ALL COMING UP.

>>> THOUSANDS MORE SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS COULD BE AVAILABLE FOR AFGHANS WHO HELPED THE U.S. DURING ITS 20 YEAR WAR.

KPBS VETERANS REPORTER ANDREW DYER CAUGHT UP WITH THE NAVY VETERAN WHOSE ORGANIZATION WHO HAS BEEN AT THE FRONT OF THIS RESETTLEMENT EFFORT.

>> Reporter: COFOUNDED AFGHAN DEFECT DURING THE AMERICAN WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN IN DECEMBER OF 2021.

HIS VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION WORKED WITH CONGRESS, THE STATE DEPARTMENT, AND THE WHITE HOUSE TO HELP THE THOUSANDS OF AFGHANS WHO RELOCATED TO THE UNITED STATES BUT HAVE NO PATH TO PERMANENT RESIDENCY.

EVER SINCE THOUSANDS TOOK SIGNIFICANT RISKS FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES IN HELPING THE U.S. >> THEY KILLED IN OUR NAME AND THEY EARNED A PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

THEY EARNED THESE SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS THESE FOLKS TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS AMERICANS WHO STOOD UP AND TOOK ACTION, AND ARE NOW AT RISK TO COME HERE AND BECOME AMERICANS.

>> Reporter: THE VISAS ARE PART OF THE 1.2 -- ONE POINT TRUTH -- $1.2 TRILLION SPENDING BILL.

HOUSE LEADERS AGREED ON THE ADDITIONAL VISAS AS PART OF A COMPROMISE.

DYER AND HIS ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN PUSHING THE GOVERNMENT TO HEALTH AFGHANS RESETTLE SINCE THE WITHDRAWAL.

THE ACT WOULD HAVE STREAMLINED THE PROCESS FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AFGHANS IN THE U.S.

UNDER HUMANITARIAN PAROLE.

IT FAILED TO PASS DUE TO REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION.

HE WAS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. LAST WEEK AND SAYS THIS TIME, HE IS CONFIDENT THEY HAVE THE VOTES AND THE VISAS.

>> THINGS COULD GO SIDEWAYS, WE ARE COMFORTABLE SAYING THIS IS VERY LIKELY TO PASS.

>> Reporter: HE ESTIMATES THERE ARE ABOUT 2500 EVACUATED AFGHANS IN SAN DIEGO WAITING FOR A LEGAL PATH TO PERMANENT RESIDENCY, BE IT THROUGH THE SIB PROGRAM OR SILENCE -- ASYLUM SYSTEM.

>> WE HAVE WORK TO DO ON THIS BUT THIS IS A CONCRETE STEP FORWARD.

>> Reporter: THE FIRST VOTE ON THE SPENDING PACKAGE IS EXPECTED FRIDAY.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SOME MIRA MESA RESIDENTS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE CITY IS MAINTAINING A BUILDING IN THEIR AREA.

THEY HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE UPPER CENTER BUILDING AND SURROUNDING PROPERTY.

THE GROUP SAID CITY OFFICIALS NEED TO IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS "ALARMING NEGLECT" BY THE DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT IN MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY AND ASKED THE CITY TO TRANSFER IT OVER TO PARKS AND RECREATION.

>> TRANSFERRING THE OVERSIGHT TO PARKS AND RECREATION WILL GUARANTEE THAT THE EPICENTER WILL BE USED FOR PARKS AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES, AND NOT SUBJECT TO REDEVELOPMENT FOR HOUSING, OR A HOMELESS SHELTER.

THIS SIMPLE SOLUTION WILL PROVIDE A GOOD FAITH GESTURE TO THE RESIDENCE OF MIRA MESA THAT IS GOING TO LAST LONG PAST THE CURRENT ELECTION CYCLE.

>> THE GROUP ALSO ASKED FOR THE CITY TO START REGULAR PEST CONTROL AND SANITATION INSIDE AND AROUND THE BUILDING AND THEY SAY WILL ORGANIZE COMMUNITY CLEANUP EVENTS TO PRESERVE THE EPICENTER.

>>> CALIFORNIA JOINED MORE THAN A DOZEN STATES AND THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IN FILING A BLOCKBUSTER ANTITRUST LAWSUIT AGAINST APPLE.

MIKE VALERIO EXPLAINS WHAT IS AT THE VERY CORE OF THIS HISTORIC SUIT.

>> Reporter: A SWEEPING ANTITRUST LAWSUIT AGAINST APPLE, WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMPARES TO ITS HISTORIC CASE AGAINST MICROSOFT IN THE '90s, A BREAKUP OF STANDARD OIL IN 1911.

U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND SAID THURSDAY, THE HEART OF THIS BLOCKBUSTER CASE IS SIMPLE.

>> WE ALLEGE THAT APPLE HAS CONSOLIDATED ITS MONOPOLY POWER, NOT BY MAKING ITS OWN PRODUCTS BETTER, BUT BY MAKING OTHER PRODUCTS WORSE.

>> Reporter: MAKING OTHER PRODUCTS WORSE, THE DOJ ALLEGES, TO DISS INCENTIVIZE CONSUMERS FROM USING PRODUCTS THAT ARE NOT MADE BY APPLE.

>> WE BRING THIS CASE TO MAKE SURE THAT APPLE COMPETES BY INNOVATING, RATHER THAN IMPOSING RULES AND FEES THAT PREVENT OTHERS FROM INNOVATING AND COMPETING, TOO.

>> Reporter: THE DOJ DESCRIBED HOW APPLE, IT SAYS, DEGRADES HOW ANDROID MESSAGES APPEAR ON iPHONES, LOCKS NEW APPS ON THE iPHONE UPGRADING SYSTEM, AND COMPETES -- RESTRICTS COMPETING SMART WATCHES FROM WORKING WITH iPHONES.

THEY SAY THIS MAKES CONSUMERS MORE LIKELY TO BUY FROM APPLE.

>> ANY iPHONE USER WHO HAS EVER SEEN A GREEN TEXT MESSAGE OR RECEIVED A TINY, GRAINY VIDEOCAM ATTEST, APPLE'S ANTICOMPETITIVE CONDUCT INCLUDES MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR iPHONE USERS TO MESSAGE WITH USERS OF NON- APPLE PRODUCTS.

>> Reporter: APPLE DENIED THE LAWSUIT'S ALLEGATIONS AND IN STATEMENTS THAT THE LAWSUIT COULD SET A "DANGEROUS PRECEDENT," INTO ITS ABILITY TO MAKE COMPELLING AND CONSUMER FROM THE TECHNOLOGY.

THE COMPANY RUNNING, "THIS LAWSUIT THREATENS WHO WE ARE AND THE PRINCIPLES THAT SET APPLE PRODUCTS APART IN FIERCELY COMPETITIVE MARKETS."

MIKE VALERIO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MORE THAN $103 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING HAS BEEN SECURED TO HELP STOP CROSS- BORDER POLLUTION.

TODAY, SENATOR ALEX PADILLA ANNOUNCED THE MONEY TO HELP REPAY THE INTERNATIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

CITY AND COUNTY LEADERS HAVE BEEN SOUNDING THE ALARMS OF THE SEWAGE FLOWS WHICH HAVE CLOSED BEACHES FOR HUNDREDS OF DAYS.

THE BILL ALSO ALLOWS OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES ALONG WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDS TO THE REPAIR OF THE PLANT.

>>> ONGOING CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BORDER WALL THREATENS TO DESTROY HUNDREDS OF MINERALS THAT DECORATE THE TIJUANA SIDE, BUT NOW ACTIVISTS FIND WAYS TO PRESERVE SOME OF THEM.

GUSTAVO SOLIS SPOKE WITH THE PEOPLE WORKING TO SAVE A SLICE OF OUR COMMON HISTORY.

>> Reporter: FOR A LONG TIME, THE BORDER WALL WAS JUST THAT, A WALL.

THEN, ARTISTS ON THE MEXICAN SIDE DECIDED TO MAKE IT A WINDOW INTO OUR CROSS-BORDER CULTURE.

THEY PAINTED COLORFUL, VIBRANT MURALS.

A BLOOD RED HEART AND A DEPICTION OF PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MAKING OUT WITH DONALD TRUMP, AND POWERFUL TRIBUTES TO DEPORTED VETERANS.

TERESA IS A PHOTOGRAPHER WHO CHRONICLED THIS TRANSFORMATION FOR 25 YEARS.

>> SINCE I STARTED, I STARTED KIND OF FEELING THAT THAT OBJECT, THE WALL, WAS ALIVE.

I SAW, ALL THIS TIME, THAT IT WAS CHANGING, IT WAS GROWING IN LENGTH AND IN HEART.

IT WAS PRODUCING FROM 1 TO 2, AND TWO OTHER PLACES, THREE WALLS.

>> Reporter: THEN, CAME 2023.

THAT IS WHEN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TORE DOWN THE OLD WALL SO IT CAN BUILD A BIGGER ONE, AND THE WINDOW WAS SHATTERED.

OR, SO WE THOUGHT.

>> WE KNEW THE MEXICO SIDE, THE COMMUNITY ON THE MEXICO SIDE HAD INVESTED SO MUCH LOVE, CARE, ENERGY, AND CREATIVITY, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THAT WAS PRESERVED.

>> Reporter: THAT IS JOHN, AN ACTIVIST WITH THE GROUP, FRIENDS OF FRIENDSHIP PARK AND HE COULDN'T BEAR TO SEE THOSE EUROS LOST FOREVER.

SO, HE CALLED MICAH PARSON, CEO OF THE MUSEUM OF US, WITH ONE SIMPLE QUESTION.

>> WOULD YOU CONSIDER HAVING THE MUSEUM TRY TO OBTAIN THESE SECTIONS OF THE WALL BEFORE THEY GET DESTROYED?

AND WE ABSOLUTELY JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE MUSEUM SPENT EIGHT MONTHS ACQUIRING 20 PIECES OF THE OLD BORDER WALL.

IT WAS A LONG AND COMPLICATED PROCESS THAT INVOLVED MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AND THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR HIRED TO DISMANTLE THE WALL.

THOSE 20 PIECES ARE NOW SAFE IN AN UNDISCLOSED WAREHOUSE IN THE SOUTH BAY.

IF YOU LOOK CLOSE ENOUGH AND AT JUST THE RIGHT ANGLE, YOU CAN SEE MIGRANTS CROSSING THE BORDER, AND EACH SECTION HAS SMALL DETAILS HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT, LIKE TINY HEARTS AND BUTTERFLIES, EVEN HANDPRINTS.

YOU CAN EVEN TELL WHICH SECTIONS OF THE WALL WERE CLOSEST TO THE OCEAN, BY LOOKING AT HOW THE SALTY AIR CORRODED THE METAL BEAMS.

THE PHOTOGRAPHER IS OVERJOYED TO SEE THE MURALS SURVIVE.

>> THEY MEAN A LOT.

THEY MEAN A LOT FOR THE HISTORY OF THAT AREA.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE HISTORY WON'T BE LOCKED UP IN A MUSEUM.

>> THEY DON'T BELONG TO US.

THEY REALLY BELONG TO THE COMMUNITY AND IT IS THE COMMUNITY THAT SHOULD COME TOGETHER TO DECIDE HOW THIS SORT OF WEALTH GETS REDISTRIBUTED BACK INTO OUR TRI- NATIONAL REGION.

>> Reporter: MUSEUMS HAVE A HISTORY OF TAKING THINGS THAT DON'T BELONG TO THEM.

PARSONS SEES THIS PROJECT AS PART OF AN ONGOING PROJECT TO CORRECT THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST.

>> WE HAVE CAUSED HARM TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, BY TAKING THEIR BELONGINGS, BY TAKING THEIR ANCESTORS AND REFUSING TO GIVE THEM BACK FOR DECADES.

WE HAVE REALLY -- OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS -- TURNED THE CORNER AND REALIZED THEY DON'T BELONG TO US AS AN INSTITUTION.

THE BELONG BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: FRIENDS OF FRIENDSHIP PARK, THE MUSEUM OF US, AND OTHER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WILL SPEND THE NEXT YEAR FIGURING OUT WHERE AND HOW TO DISPLAY THESE UNIQUE ARTIFACTS.

>> PERHAPS THERE WILL BE SITES IN THE PUBLIC, ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BORDER, WHERE ONE OR MORE OF THESE SECTIONS OF WALL MIGHT BE DISPLAYED.

PERHAPS THERE MIGHT BE A TRAVELING SITE, WITH A SECTION OR TWO OF THE WALL, ABLE TO VISIT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

WE DON'T KNOW.

THESE ARE ALL POSSIBILITIES.

>> Reporter: THEY ENVISION A TRULY TRIED EFFORT INVOLVING PEOPLE FROM SAN DIEGO, TIJUANA, AND NATION.

>> BEFORE THERE WAS A U.S.- MEXICO, THERE WAS US, THE COOMBE EI PEOPLE.

SO, WE ORIGINALLY INHABITED THE AREA FROM DOWN THE INTERNET AREA, TO THE PASTRANA AREA.

>> Reporter: AND FRIENDSHIP PARK IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AREA.

>> SO, WITH THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER FROM ITS CONCEPTION, SPLIT OUR HOMELAND IN HALF.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE BORDER WALL HAS HAD A DEVASTATING IMPACT ON THE COMB EI PEOPLE.

IT HAS SEPARATED THEM FOR GENERATIONS.

>> I THINK THIS PROJECT IS A GREAT WAY TO BRING ATTENTION TO THAT, AND BRING SOME LIGHT TO THOSE ISSUES -- THOSE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THAT BORDER.

>> Reporter: THE WAY TO OPEN THE WINDOW.

GUSTAVO SOLIS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CALIFORNIA VOTERS HAVE NARROWLY APPROVED THE FIRST UPDATE TO THE STATES MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM IN 20 YEARS.

GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAD CAMPAIGNED FOR PROPOSITION ONE, SAYING IT WAS NEEDED TO TACKLE THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.

THE MEASURE AUTHORIZES THE STATE TO BORROW NEARLY 6 1/2 BILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD HOUSING AND TREATMENT BEDS.

IT ALSO RESTRICTS HOW COUNTIES CAN USE MONEY FROM A TAX ON MILLIONAIRES THAT IS MEANT TO FUND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

CRITICS ARGUE THE CHANGE THREATENS PROGRAMS KEEPING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING HOMELESS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>>> THE COST OF BUYING AND SELLING A HOME COULD BE LOWERING.

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS RECENTLY AGREED TO SETTLE ANTITRUST LAWSUITS WITH GROUPS OF HOME SELLERS AGREEING TO PAY $418 MILLION AND ELIMINATE RULES ON REALTOR COMMISSIONS.

JENN SULLIVAN EXPLAINS WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR THE HOUSING MARKET.

>> Reporter: SOME BIG CHANGES ARE LIKELY COMING TO THE HOUSING MARKET.

TYPICALLY, HOME SELLERS PAY A STANDARD 6% COMMISSION TO THEIR LISTING AGENT AND THEIR BUYERS REALTOR.

BUT, IT APPEARS THAT IS CHANGING.

>> PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SCRUTINIZE -- AS THEY ALWAYS DO -- A LITTLE MORE CAREFULLY, ALL OF THE EXPENSES INVOLVED.

>> Reporter: LAST WEEK, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS AGREED TO SETTLE A LAWSUIT OVER INFLATED REALTOR COMMISSION AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.

THE 6% COMMISSION AT THE HEART OF THE CONTROVERSY WAS NEVER A SET RULE, MORE OF AN INDUSTRY STANDARD.

SOME REALTORS SAY THAT MONEY DOESN'T JUST GO IN THERE POCKETS.

>> THESE PROPERTIES HAVE TO BE MARKETED.

DIGITAL ADS HAVE TO BE RUN, TARGET MARKETING, PHOTOGRAPHS, ALL OF THESE AERIAL AND DRONE VIDEOS.

WHO PAYS FOR THAT?

THE AGENT IS PAYING FOR THAT.

>> Reporter: A JUDGE STILL HAS TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT, BUT THEY ESTIMATE THE CHANGES WILL COST REAL ESTATE COMMISSIONS TO DROP BY 25 TO 50%.

THEY ALSO COULD SHIFT A CHUNK OF THAT COST FROM SELLERS TO BUYERS.

SO, LET'S CRUNCH THE NUMBERS.

ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT DATA, THE MEDIAN SINGLE-FAMILY HOME PRICE WAS $300,083.

THE BUYER OF THAT HOUSE WOULD PAY $23,000 IN REALTOR COMMISSION AS IT STANDS NOW.

>> IT IS A DETERRENT FOR PEOPLE WISHING TO BUY.

>> Reporter: RIGHT NOW, HOME SELLERS INCORPORATE THOSE COMMISSIONS INTO THEIR STICKER PRICE, BUT SOME REAL ESTATE EXPERTS SAY THIS SETTLEMENT OPENS THE DOOR TO MUCH LOWER COMPETITIVE COMMISSIONS, PERHAPS EVEN MORE FLAT RATE FEES.

THAT COULD MEAN A DROP IN AVERAGE HOME SALE PRICES.

FOR CONSUMER WATCH, I AM JENN SULLIVAN.

>>> PARTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COULD BRIEFLY SHUT DOWN THIS WEEKEND DESPITE A BIPARTISAN BUDGET DEAL.

WHILE IT APPEARS TO HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT TO PASS, THE ISSUE IS IF IT CAN OVERCOME HURDLES BY THE END OF TOMORROW.

LAWMAKERS WHO OPPOSE THE DEAL HAVE WAYS TO SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS, AND IN THE HOUSE EXPEDITING WITH A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES REQUIRES A SUPER MAJORITY.

IN THE SENTIMENT, A UNANIMOUS CONSENT VOTE FAILS IF EVEN ONE PERSON OBJECTS.

>> THIS ISN'T REALLY ABOUT PROCESS, WHETHER IT IS FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, IT IS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SOMEBODY STANDS UP AND SAYS THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES, THE COUNTRY HAS NO MONEY.

>> THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR A POINTLESS AND COSTLY SHUTDOWN.

>> THE GOOD NEWS IS, A BRIEF WEEKEND SHUTDOWN WOULD CAUSE AS MANY ISSUES AS A LONGER ONE AND THAT IS BECAUSE MANY FEDERAL WORKERS ALREADY HAVE THOSE DAYS OFF.

>>> MUSEUM OF US FINALIZED A KEY PIECE OF ITS CLIMATE AGENDA TODAY.

NEW TAILPIPE RULES FOR CARS AND TRUCKS WILL DECISIVELY PUSH THE AUTO MARKET TOWARD ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN THE NEXT DECADE.

BUT, GETTING AUTOMAKERS AND DRIVERS ON BOARD REMAINS A CHALLENGE.

>> Reporter: SHELL SAYS IT WILL SELL AROUND 500 GAS STATIONS, INCLUDING JOINT VENTURES IN 2024, AND ANOTHER 500 IN 2025, AS THE COMPANY TRIES TO GROW ITS EV CHARGING BUSINESS.

>> IS ONLY AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 2% OF SHELL'S GAS STATIONS, SO, GAS STATIONS AREN'T GOING AWAY OVERNIGHT, YOU KNOW?

IT IS AN INDICATION THAT OIL COMPANIES SEE THIS AS A GROWING MARKET.

>> Reporter: IN THE U.S., EV SALES HIT A RECORD, BUT A GAP BETWEEN SALES EXPECTATIONS AND REALITY IS EMERGING.

THEY SAY PRICE, CONFUSING TAX CREDITS, AND A LACK OF PUBLIC CHARGING STATIONS ARE HOLDING CONSUMERS BACK FROM MAKING THE LEAP TO EV, BUT MOVES LIKE SHELL'S AND RECENT FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TO BUILD OUT A CHARGING NETWORK AS WELL AS INCENTIVES TO COVER A PART OF THE INSTALLATION PROCESS MAY HELP BOOST CONSUMER CONFIDENCE.

>> I THINK MORE AND MORE COMPANIES ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT THERE IS A GAP AND THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MONEY BY FILLING IT.

>> Reporter: RETAIL STORES, TOO, OFFER A POTENTIAL SOLUTION.

>> WE FOUND THAT RETAILERS THAT DO INSTALL CHARGING SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN FOOT TRAFFIC AND REVENUE.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO NEW DATA FROM CONSUMER REPORTS, ONLY ABOUT 1% OF THE ROUGHLY 270,000 RETAIL LOCATIONS REVIEWED CURRENTLY OFFER EV CHARGING.

>> WE ARE AT AN ODD CHICKEN VERSUS EGG LIKE, DO WE NEED MORE EV DRIVERS TO DRIVE DEMAND, OR DO WE NEED MORE STATIONS?

I THINK IT IS KIND OF AN ALL HANDS ON DECK EFFORT.

>> Reporter: I AM MICHAEL YOSHIDA REPORTING.

>>> MARCH IS NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND WHILE WOMEN HAVE MADE STRIDES IN MEDICAL FIELDS, THEY STILL MAKE UP ONLY ABOUT ONE THIRD OF ALL EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS NATIONWIDE.

AS KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER WINN SHOWS US, THE NEW PROGRAM BY THE REGION'S LARGEST AMBULANCE COMPANY IS LOOKING TO CHANGE THAT.

>> Reporter: SHE IS SHOWING HER DAUGHTER THERE IS MORE TO AN AMBULANCE THAN JUST THE LIGHTS AND SIRENS.

>> THE OLDER POPULATION, THEY GET COLD EASILY.

>> Reporter: RAMIREZ WANTS TO INSPIRE HER TO PURSUE HER DREAMS, JUST AS SHE DID.

>> I BELIEVE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP SHARING THESE EXPERIENCES WITH HER.

>> Reporter: RAMIREZ A STORY WAS ALSO INSPIRING A YEAR AGO.

BEFORE BECOMING A AN EMT, SHE WAS WORKING THREE JOBS TO SUPPORT HER DAUGHTER AS A SINGLE MOTHER.

>> I WAS IN SUCH A DIFFERENT PLACE, NOW, TO BE HERE, AND TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH THIS WITH MY DAUGHTER, I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

>> Reporter: WHAT CHANGED HER LIFE TRAJECTORY WAS THE EARN WHILE YOU LEARN DREAM ACADEMY BY AMR.

ONE OF THE REGION'S LARGEST AMBULANCE TRANSPORT COMPANIES.

>> I WAS IN CLASS IN SOUTHWESTERN, AMR CAME IN, SUPERVISORS CAME IN, AND THEY PRESENTED US WITH THIS PROGRAM.

>> Reporter: THE 16 WEEK PROGRAM IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN AMR AND INTERMARK COLLEGE.

THE COMPANY COVERS THE COSTS OF BOOKS AND TUITIONS AND PLACE CADETS WHILE THEY ATTEND CLASSES AND JOB SHADOWING.

BUT FOR THE NEXT TRAINING ACADEMY THIS FALL, AMR WILL LAUNCH AN ALL-FEMALE CLASS.

RIGHT NOW, IF YOU CALL FOR AN AMBULANCE, THE EMT WHO SHOWS UP AT YOUR DOOR WILL LIKELY BE A MAN.

NATIONALLY, ONLY 30% TO 40% OF EMTs ARE WOMEN.

>> WOMEN CAN OBVIOUSLY EMPATHIZE AND UNDERSTAND MORE WOMEN EMERGENCIES, FEMALE EMERGENCIES.

>> Reporter: HANNAH PETERSON IS A SUPERVISOR AT AMR.

SHE SAYS WOMEN CAN PICK UP ON SOME THINGS THAT MEN SOMETIMES MISS.

>> BEING ABLE TO QUICKLY UNDERSTAND, PICK UP ON CERTAIN THINGS AS A FEMALE.

DEFINITELY MATTERS IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

>> Reporter: RAMIREZ SAYS WITHOUT THE EARN WHILE YOU LEARN PROGRAM SHE WOULD NOT HAVE ACHIEVED HER DREAM OF BECOMING AN EMT.

>> IT REALLY OPENED UP OPPORTUNITY FOR ME AND CHANGED MY LIFE IN A WAY THAT I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS EVEN EXPRESSIBLE IN WORDS.

>> Reporter: UPON GRADUATION AND PASSING THE NATIONAL EMT TEST, CADETS ARE GUARANTEED A JOB WITH AMR.

WOMEN WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM CAN APPLY ONLINE AT AMRSANDIEGO.NET/EWYLINFO.

ALEXANDER WINN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LOOKING AT OUR WEATHER HEADLINES, TRACKING SOME BIG CHANGES.

IT WILL BE TURNING COOLER THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND, AS THE WINDS BEGIN TO PICK UP AHEAD OF OUR NEXT STORM HERE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ASCENDING FROM THE COAST COME ALL THE WAY TO THE MOUNTAINS.

UNFORTUNATELY, JUST IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND.

TONIGHT, IT WILL BE DRY ACROSS THE REGION.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY LOOKING DECENT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40s AND 50s.

MOUNT LULU IS OUR COLDEST SPOT, 40 DEGREES.

53, SAN DIEGO.

OCEANSIDE, CLOUDS INCREASE INTO THE UPPER 40s.

NOW, THE FRONT IS GOING TO BE IMPACTING NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

OUT AHEAD OF THAT WE ARE STILL DRY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO WRAP UP THE WEEK.

OVERALL, A DECENT DAY TO GET OUTDOORS.

YOU WILL SEE MORE CLOUDS, BUT UPPER 60s.

WE WILL SEE 84 IN VIRGO SPRINGS AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY TOMORROW.

LOW 50s WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.

BUT, AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS WAY EAST, LOOK WHAT HAPPENS.

WE SEE THE SHOWERS MAKE A COMEBACK AS WE START THE WEEKEND.

SO, PLAN FOR SOME WET WEATHER HERE AS WE TRACK THAT ON FUTURE SATELLITE AND RADAR THROUGHOUT OUR SATURDAY.

YOU WILL SEE THE RAIN GOING ALL THE WAY INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGHOUT SATURDAY AFTERNOON, ABOUT LUNCH TIME HOUR OR SO.

WE SEE ANOTHER BATCH OF THAT SATURDAY NIGHT AND EVEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY.

YOU COULD STILL DEAL WITH SOME RAIN ACROSS THE REGION.

HERE IS THE COAST THERE, THERE IT IS.

SHOWER SURROUND ON SATURDAY, A COUPLE SHOWERS AROUND ON SUNDAY, WARMER, DRIER WEATHER TO START ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

FURTHER INLAND, SHOWERS AROUND THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SATURDAY, COOLER, AND A COUPLE OF SHOWERS ON SUNDAY, THEN THINGS WARM-UP, BUT WE STILL SEE SOME CLOUDS STICKING AROUND FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

WHEN WE LOOK INTO THE MOUNTAIN FORECAST, THE WIND REALLY PICKS UP THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SATURDAY.

HIGH OF ONLY 40 AND THEN COLD WEATHER WITH SOME SNOW MOVING IN AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY, STAYING EVENTUALLY THROUGHOUT EARLY NEXT WEEK.

THE DESERTS COULD EVEN SEE A SHOWER OR TWO, FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM KARIS GILLIES.

>>> THE PADRES BEAT THE DODGERS FOR THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON THIS MORNING, 13-11 WITH THE FINAL SCORE.

IT INCLUDED THE FIRST HOME RUN OF THE YEAR BY MANNY MACHADO.

IT CAPPED A TWO GAME SERIES TO BEGIN THE MLB REGULAR SEASON.

JAKE CRONENWORTH ALSO HAD A BIG GAME WITH FOUR RUNS BATTED IN.

THE PADRES ARE HEADED BACK TO SAN DIEGO FOR A BUSY WEEKEND.

SATURDAY WILL INCLUDE A PUBLIC MEMORIAL FOR PETER SEIDLER AT PETCO PARK AND THAT IS FOLLOWED BY FAN FEST ON SUNDAY.

>>> WE ARE A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK AWAY FROM CESAR CHAVEZ DAY, BUT THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AT SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE HONORED THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS TODAY.

THE SCHOOLS CHICANO LATINO COALITION HOSTED THE SEVENTH ANNUAL CESAR CHAVEZ SCHOLARSHIP BREAKFAST THIS MORNING.

OUR MEDIA PARTNER, KKTV, SPOKE WITH EVENT ORGANIZERS THAT SAID CHAVEZ WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR EDUCATION AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY CONTINUE TO HONOR HIM.

>> HE REMINDS US EVERY DAY THAT EDUCATION IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT PROVIDES AN EQUAL, LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS SOMEONE THAT VALUED EDUCATION BUT ALSO VALUED WORKING IN UNITY, WORKING COLLABORATIVELY, AND WORKING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> SIX STUDENTS WERE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS AT TODAY'S BREAKFAST.

AFTERWARDS, THEY RAISE THE UNITED FLAG FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE SCHOOL'S HISTORY.

>>> HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON TOMORROW IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

AN UPDATE ON THE ONGOING PROBLEMS AND DELAYS WITH FEDERAL STUDENT AID.

>>> KPBS ROUNDTABLE IS DISCUSSING THE HIGH COST OF LIVING IN SAN DIEGO, FROM RISING RENT AND UTILITY BILLS TO CHILDCARE EXPENSES.

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

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

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CALL 1-800-BILL-HOWE, OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

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