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

PVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOODING REMODELING SERVICE FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL... OR VISIT... AND BY THE CONRAD PRESSUREIS FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARKO SHYLY AND BY THE FOLLOWING... - AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

[ ♪♪ ] >> SAN DIEGO ENERGY BILLS MIGHT BE MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE YEARS AHEAD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULI.

>>> BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, CUSTOMERS ARE HAVING THEIR SAY ON A PLAN TO RAISE PRICES AND úKPBS REPORTER JACOB ERYE IS LIVE AT THE SHERMAN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTRE WHERE THE IN-PERSON PUBLIC FORUMS ARE BEING HELD.% JACOB.

>> HI, MAYA.

SDG IS ASKING REGULATORS TO APPROVE ABOUT $3.6 BILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE BETWEEN 2024 AND 2027 AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT ABOUT 9 TO $18 EXTRA IN BILS PER MONTH NEXT YEAR ALONE AND THAT NUMBER GOES EVEN HIGHER NEXT YEAR.

EARLIER TODAY, WE SPOKE WITH SOME INDIVIDUAL HERE AT THE SHERMAN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTRE AND THERE'S OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE WHO RAISED OPPOSIION.

THE PUBLIC FORUMS ARE AFTER JANUARY'S RECORD-HIGH NATURAL GAS PRICES WHICH CAUSED CUSTOMERS TO FACE SOME OF THE úHIGHEST ENERGY BILLS IN THE COUNTRY.

EARLIER TODAY, WE SPOKE WITH REENA CLEMENT UPSET ABOUT THE FNANCIAL AND POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE RATE HIKES.

p>> WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO WARMER HOMES, WARM OUR WATER.

WE FEEL AN ESSENTIAL RIGHT TO HAVE.

AND WITH THESE INCREASING RATES, HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT?

>> THE COMPANY SAYS THE REVENUE ALLOWS THE UTILITY TO PREPARE FOR A FUTURE THAT IS TRANSITIONING TO A GRID THAT PRODUCES LESS CARBON.

COMPANY FILINGS SAY THAT INCLUDES BUILDING ENERGY STORAGE PRODUCTS, ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAKING A TRANSITION TO A CARBON-NEUTRAL UTURE AND EARLY IN THE MONTH, THERE WERE VIRTUAL HEARINGS HELD- ON THE MATTER BUT TODAY WAS THE FIRST IN-PERSON MEETING AROUND 2 P.M.

THERE'S ANOTHER SET FOR 6 P.M.

THIS EVENING AND THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A DECISION ON THE MATTER IN MID-2024.

ú >> AND JACOB, IN THE EVENT THAT INCREASES ARE ACTUALLY APPROVED, WHEN WOULD CUSTOMERS EXPECT TO SEE THEM ON THEIR BILLS?

>> SO IT'S PROBABLE THAT CUSTOMERS WOULD ACTUALLY SEE IT ETROACTIVELY DATED TO JANUARY 1st 2024.

REPORTING LIVE FROM SHERMAN HEIGHTS, JACOB AERE.

BACK TO YOU, MAYA.

>> THANKS FOR THAT REPORT.

>> ANOTHER STEP TOWARD RESOLING THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO'S BOTCHED REAL ESTATE DEALS FOR A MAJOR DOWNTOWN OFFICE BUILDING.

THE REAL ESTATE BROKER INVOLVED IN THE 101 ASH STREET CONTROVERY PLEADED GUILTY TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CHARGE.

JASON HUGHES FACILITATD LEASE TO OWN DEAL WITH THE ASH STREET BUILDING IN 2017 AND MADE NEARLY $10 MILION.

IT WAS LATER REVEALED ASBESTOS CONTAMINATION MADE THE BUILDING UNUSABLE.

HUGHES HAS AGREED TO PAY BACK HIS EARNINGS.

HE'LL ALSO SERVE A YEAR OF PROBATION AND PAY A $400 FINE.

>>> INTEREST RATES WENT UP YET AGAIN, LEAVING PEOPLE WONDERING WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE ECONOMY AND THEIR FINANCES.

PBS REPORTER KATIE ALVERY ADD OWE SPOKE WITH EXPERTS WHO SAID WHILE YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE FED, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , >> THE "R" WORD, RECESSION, HAS EN THROWN AROUND LATELY EVEN BEFORE THE TWO BANK FAILURES AND INTEREST RATE HIKE.

THIS ECONOMIST SAYS THERE'S A 60% CHANCE OF A RECESSION.

>> I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS AT THIS POINT.

TERE'S A STRONGER POSSIBILITY OF A RECESSION THAN NOT SO I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD TRY TO GET THEIR FINANCIAL HEALTH IN ORDER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER >> HE SAYS IT WILL BE HARDER AND MORE EXPENSIVE TO BORROW MONEY.

>> MORTGAGE RATES WILL BE GOING UP, CAR LOANS GOING UP, CREDIT CARD RATES ARE GOING TO GO UP.

>> THE CENSUS BUREAU SAYS ALMOST 40% OF AMERICANS USE CREDIT CRDS TO PAY FOR NECESSITIES.

> CONSUMERS WILL FEEL THAT PINCH.

>> THE CFO OF CALIFONIA COAST CREDIT UNION, THE LONGEST-SERVING CREDIT UNION IN THE COUNTY, SAYS THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE SEEING.

>> W'RE SEEING A DRAIN ON SAVINGS AND A DRAIN ON CHECKIG ACCOUNT AND AN INCREASE ON CREDIT CARD BALANCES.

SO THAT TELLS US CONSUMERS ARE USING THE FUNDS THAT THEY HAVE SAVED UP FOR DAILY EXPENSES AND NOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY TAPPING INTO THEIR CREDIT CARD BALANCES.

>> HE SAYS THAT'S A DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE IN WHEN CREDIT IS TIHTENING AND RATES GO UP.

E SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT FINANCES AS A FAMILY.

BE HONEST ABOUT DEBT BUT HAVE THE TALK EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT IN DEBT.

LIKE HE DID WITH HIS FAMILY.

>> WE MADE A LIST OF ALL OF OUR EXPENSES FOR THE MONTH AND WE CLASSIFIED THEM AS NECESSITY AND DISCRETIONARY.

SO WE ALREADY KNOW WHICH EXPENSES WE CAN CUT THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THAT TIME COMES.

>> AND COME UP WITH A PLAN TO PAY IT OFF.

>> TIGHTEN THE BELT A LITTLE BIT.

DO WE REALLY NEED TO GO OUT TO DINNER ON FRIDAY NIGHT OR DO WE REALLY NEED TO SPEND SOME EXTRA STUFF, YOU KNOW, FOR THE HOUSEHOLD?

IF WE DON'T, DO-IT-YOURSELF.

FOCUS ON DOUBLING UP YOUR PAYMENT ON YOUR CREDIT CARD BILL.

> HE SAYS YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO IT ALONE AND WHILE IT HURTS IN THE SHORT TERM, BEING DEBT-FREE ND HAVING A SAVINGS CUSHION WILL ALLEVIATE STRESS AND% PREVENT FINANCIAL CATASTROPHE.

>> WE'LL FIND THE BEST SOLUTION FOR YOU TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH THIS SITUATION.

- AND AVOID GETTING INTO THOSE AREAS WHERE YOU'RE HAVING TO TURN OVER THE KEYS TO THE CAR OR GOD FORBID, YOU KNOW, TURN OVER THE KEY TO YOUR HOUSE.

>> HE SAYS YOU SHOULD AVOID PULLING MONEY OUT OF YOUR RETIREMNT BECAUSEOU WILL PAY A LATE FEE AND IT MIGHT NOT BE WORTH IT.

ATIE ALVERADO, KPBS NEWS.

>> SAN DIEGO RESTAURANT WEEK IS BACK FOR ITS 20th YEAR, THAT STARTS THIS SUNDAY.

KPBS REPORTER MELISSA NAY TELLS US HOW DINING OUT DURING THIS EXPERIENCING HUNGER.

>> OVER 200 RESTAURANTS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR'S SAN DIEGO RESTAURT WEEK.

>> SAN DIEGO RESTAURANT WEEK, NOT ONLY CELEBRATES THE CULINARY COMMUNIT, THE AMAZING CULINARY COMMUNITY WE HAVE IN SAN DIEGO, BUT THIS YEAR, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEALS TO GIVE BACK.

>> PARTICIPATING IN FEEDING SAN DIEGO FOR EVERY MEAL FOR EVERY SEAT $2 PER MEAL WILL BE DONATED TO FEEDING SAN DIEGO WHILE YOU'RE DINING AND ENJOYING THIS SPRING AT YOUR FAVOURITE LOCAL RESTAURANTS OR RESTAURANTS YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO.

>> CHEF WORKS WILL DONATE UP TO $10,000 TO FEEDING SAN DIEGO TO HELP THEIR YEAR-ROUND HUNGER úRELIEF AND FOOD RESCUE PROGRAMS.

ô> OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO SUPPORT ANYTHING IN OUR BACKYARD THAT HAS TO DO WITH RESTAURATS AND FOOD AND CULINARY AND FEEDING SAN DIEGO WAS A NATURAL PARTNERSHIP FOR US TO GET TO BE INVOLVED IN.

>> WE REALLY ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THE RESERVATIONS TO HELP TRIGGER THIS GENEROUS DONATION.

>> DANA WILLIAMS IS WITH FEEDING% SAN DIEGO AND SAYS THAT $10,000 TRANSLATES TO ABOUT 20,000 MEALS FOR PEOPLE FACING HUNGER IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> THIS REALLY COMES AT A CRITICAL TIME BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR OUR SERVICES EVER SINCE THE PANDEMIC AND NOW WITH, YOU KNOW, SKY-ROCKETING INFLATION, AND PANDEMIC-ERA EDT SUPPORT EXPIRING, PEOPLE ARE MORE IN NEED TODAY THAN EVER BEFORE.

>> SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MARNI VON WILPERT SHOWS SUPPORT FORERESTAURT WEEK AND ITS DONATION TO FEEDING SAN DIEGO.

>> WE REALIZE WE ALWAYS HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR NEIGHBOURS IN úNEED.

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES EVERY DAY IN SAN DIEGO WHO ARE IN NEED OF FOOD, MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FOR INNER SO THAT'S WHY THIS PARTNERSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT.

>> SAN DIEGO RESTAURANT WEEK RUNS FROM MARCH 26th THROUGH APRIL 2n MELISSA MAY, KPBS NEWS.

>> TIKTOK REPORTS THE SOCIAL MEDIA APP HAS 150 MILLION USERS IN THE UNITED STATES.

DEPITE THE POPULARITY SOME LAWMAKERS ARE PUSHING FOR AN OUTRIGHT BAN OVER CLAIMS THAT USER DATA MIGHT BE MISUSED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.

WE HAVE THIS REPORT TELLING US WHAT TIKTOK'S CEO HAD TO SAY ON CAPITOL HILL.

>> THERE ARE MORE THAN 150 MILLION AMERICANS WHO LOVE% OUR PLATFORM.

>> TIKTOK CEO FACING U.S.- LAWMAKERS FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CAPITOL HILL IN A HEATED HEARING >> WE DO NOT TRUST TIKTOK WILL EVER EMBRACE AMERICAN VALUES.

TIKTO HAS REPEATEDLY CHOSEN A úPATH FOR MORE CONTROL, MORE SRVEILLANCE, AND MORE MANIPULATION.

YOUR PLATFORMSHOULD BE BANNED.

>> U.S.

LAWMAKERS REPEATING CALLS FOR THE BAN OF THE VIDEO - APP BASED ON NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS ABOUT THE APP'S ABILITY TO COLLECT DATA FROM ITS USERS.

BUT TIKTOK CEO MAINTAINS THE APP DOESN'T COLLECT ANYMORE DATA TAN OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES >> WE WILL FIREWALL AND PROTECT U.S. DATA FROM UNWANTED FOREIGN ACCESS.

>> THE CEO CHEW FIGHTING BACK ATTEMPTING TO REASSURE CONGRESS HIS COMPANY HAS TAKEN ACTIONS TO RESOLVE FEARS HIS GOVERNMENT COULD GAIN ACCESS TO TIKTOK - DATA.

>> THE BOTTOM LINE I THIS, AMERICAN DATA STORED ON AMERICAN SOIL BY AN AMERICAN COMPANY OVERSEEN BY AMERICAN PERSONNEL.

>IN THE EYES OF SOME EXPERTS, AN ALL-OUT TIKTOK BAN IS UNLIKELY.

>> THIS APP HAS MILLIONS OF USERS.

SO FREE SPEECH AND ALL O THESE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS COME INTO PLAY AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WE'RE FAR LESS LIKELY TO GET A FULL BAN AND MORE LIKELY TO SEE SOME KIND OF POTENTIALLY MIDDLE-GROUND RESTRICTIONS.

>> IN LOS ANGELES, MIKE VALERIO.

>> THE U.S. BORDER PATROL SHARES PHOTOS OF WHAT IT CALLS A GROUP OF HAITIAN MIGRANTS RESCUED FROM A RIVER.

THE BORDER PATROL SAYS THE GROUP OF SIX ADULTS WAS CROSSING INTO THE U.S.

ILLEGALLY.

THEY WERE CHECKED BY MEDICAL STAFF BEFORE BEING TAKEN TO A NEARBY STATION.

>>> TODAY MARKS 13 YEARS SINCE A MAJOR EXPANSION OF HEALTH CARE ACCESS IN THE UNITED STATES.

FORMER PRESIDNT BARACK OBAMA SIGNED THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ON MARCH 23rd, 2010.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WHO WAS VICE-PRESIDENT AT THE TIME OFFERED SOME COMMENTS TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

THE ACA PAVED THE WAY FOR INDIVIDUAL STATE EXCHANGES BY COVERED CALIFORNIA AND EARLIER THIS MONTH THE EXCHANGE REPORTED MEBERSHIP HAS GROWN TO 1.7 ILLION MEMBER.

>>> DUST IS NOT AN EASY THING TO FACE.

BUT A CREMATORIUM IN ESCONDIDO IS HELPING FAMILIES THROUG THE PROCESS UNTIL THE VERY END.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TANYA% THORN SHOWS US THE SPACE DESIGNED FOR FAMILIES TO WITNESS THE CREMATION PROCESS.

>> DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, TATIANA WAS AN ICU NURSE.

>> I NOTICED THERE WAS A LOT OF DEATH DURING COVID AND A LOT OF FAMILIES COULDN'T DEAL WITH IT AND DIDN'T HAVE THAT CLOSURE.

SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE A SPACE FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT TIME, HAVE úTHAT MOMENT WITH THEIR LOVED ONE.

>> MACA LEFT THE MEDICAL FIELD AND BEGAN DEDICATING HER LIFE TO DISCIPLINING COMPLE DIFFERENT.

>> THE REASON WE STARTED AS A CREMATOIUM FUNERAL HOME IS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A SERVICE THAT IS NOT THERE.

MORE SPECIFICALLY WITH CREMATION.

>> SHE SAYS IT TOOK ABOUT A YEAR-AND-A-HALF TO GET SILVER LINING CREMATIONS UP AND RUNNING.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF LICENCES THAT ARE INVOLVED THAT WE HAD TO TAKE FROM THE STATE, FROM THE CITY, AND FROM THE COUNTY.

>> MAKA SAYS WITNESS CREMATIONS AREN'T A NEW THING.

>> THE OTHER FUNERAL HOMES OR úOTHER CREMATORIA IN THE AREA HAVE THAT OPTION BUT THEIR SETUP IS VERY INDUSTRIAL.

THE FAMILY GETS FIVE MINUTES AND THEY'RE AROUND, YOU KNOW, THEY - DON'T HAVE A QUIET SPACE.

THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO SAY GOOD-BYE.

IT'S A VERY QUICK, HERE WE GO, THE BODY IS BEING CREMATED AND THAT'S IT.

>> BUT THE SPACE AT SILVER LINING CREMATORIUM WAS DESIGNED úWITH WITNESS CREMATIONS IN MIND.

SPAC IN FRONT OF THE RETORT OR CREMATION CHAMBER ALLOWS FOR FAMILIES TO BE A PART OF THE CREMATIO PROCESS IN THEIR OWN WAYS.

>> WE HAD BUDDHIST MONKS, WE'VE HAD HINDU PRIESTS, WE'VE HAD CATHOLIC PRIESTS HERE DOING ROSARIES.

úI'VE HAD JEWISH FAMILIES COME AND DO CREMATIONS.

ANY RELIGION THAT YOU CAN THINK OF, WE'VE HAD IT.

AND ANYWHERE FROM TEN PEOPLE TO 60.

>> FOR DIFFERENT CULTURES, BEING A PART OF THE CREMATION PROCESS AND WITNESSING IT IS A TRADITION.- UNFULFILLED WITHOUT SPACES LIKE > A LOT OF THE FAMILIES THAT WE'VE HAD ARE IMMIGRANTS SO BCAUSE THEY CAN'T TAKE THEM HOME, IT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE THEM THE RIGHT WAY, RIGHT, THE RIGHT GOOD-BYE.

>> BUT MAKA SAYS MANY PEOPLE STILL VIEW CREMATIONS AS SCARY AD THE THOUGHT OF WITNESSING THE PROCESS IS SOMETHING THEY DON'T CONSIDER RIGHT AWAY.

>> AND I'LL TELL YOU THERE'S NO FLAMES COMING OUT.

NOBODY'S GETTING ENGULFED IN- FLAMES.

THERE'S NO SMOKE.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S TERRIFYING ABOUT THE PROCESS.

IT'S ACTUALLY VERY CALM.

WE PLAY MUSIC.

WE HAVE THEM BE IN THE ROOM.

THEY SEE US LOAD THE DECEASED INTO THE RETORT.

IT'S NICE TO BE PART OF IT.

THE SAME WAY AS WHEN THEY GO TO A CEMETERY.

THEY'RE PART OF THE BURIAL.

>> SHE SAYS MORE PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING CREMATIONS OVER BURIALS.

DUE TO THE COST AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS.

>> ENBALMING IS FORMALDEHYDE AND L THE OTHER CHEMICLS THAT END UP IN THE END OF THE DAY IN THE GROUND.

WITH BURIALS, THE BODY GOES INTO THE GROUND AND IT STAYS THERE, RIGHT, IN THE CASKET UNTIL THE TIME COMES AND THEN IT GETS DISINTEGRATED.

WITH CREMATION, EMBALMING IS NOT REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SO IT'S A GREENER, ASTER, MORE AFFORDABLE SOLUTION FOR THE FAMILY.

>> MAKA SAYS HER EXPERIENCE WITH DEATH IN HOSPITALS IS WHAT REALLY MOTIVATED HER TO OPEN A DIFFERENT KIND OF SPACE.

>> BACK IN THE DAYS, PEOPLE USED TO DIE AT HOME AND FAMILIES CARED FOR THEM AND THE FAMILY DOESN'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY ANYMORE.

SO WITH WITNESSING, IT GIVES THEM THAT CHANCE.

I'VE HAD FAMILIES THAT CAME IN AND BRUSHED THE HAIR OF THEIR LOVED ONE OR APPLIED LIPSTICK FOR THE LAST TIME.

p>> MAKA SAYS IT'S THOSE SMALL DETAILS THAT HELP MANY FAMILIES OVE ON AND SHE'S PROUD TO OFFER THAT >> DEATH WILL HAPPEN.

IT'S PART OF LIFE.

BUT IF WE CAN PLANT THAT SLIVER OF PEACE AND CALM AND IF WE CAN OFFER THAT SPACE TO THE FAMILIES AND HELP THEM HAVE CLOSURE, THEN I THINK THAT'S WORTH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

IT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

>> TANYA THORN, KPBS NEWS.

- >> AND THAT STORY BY TANYA THORN IS AN EXAMPLE OF OUR INDEPTH FEATURE REPORTING.

YOU CAN FIND MORE AT THE KPBS YOUTUBE PAGE AND WHERE WE LIVE STREAM KPBS EVENING EDITION WEEK NIGHTS AT 5:00.

>>> SAN FRANSISCO HAS THE REPUTATION OF BEING A HAVEN FOR PROGRESSIVES IN UNITED STATES AND A BIG REASON FOR THAT IS THE BAY AREA'S DIVERSITY.

BUT THERE IS SOME NUANCE FORMING.

WE HAVE THIS REPORT ON HOW QUALITY OF LIFE AND PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES ARE SWAYING A KEY GROUP OF VOTERS.

>> TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS F THE ASIAN COMMUNITY HERE.

>> FOREST LIU, ONCE A SAN FRANSISCO FINANCE WORKER, NOW A BAY-AREA COMMUNIY ORGANIZER.

>> DO YOU LIVE AROUND THIS úNEIGHBOURHOOD?

>> TACKING THE VOTING POWER OF ASIAN AMERICANS.

DISCONSENT IN THE SUNSET DISTRICT, A MAJORITY ASIAN COMMUNITY, IS DRIVING A SERIES OF POLITICAL SHAKE-UPS IN SAN FRANSISCO.

ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST LIBERAL CITIES.

>> WERE LIKE A CANARY IN A COAL MINE.

WHEN THINGS GET REALLY BAD, WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT AND THESE ARE LIKE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS THAT ARE VIOLATED.

>> SAN FRANSISC IS DETERIORTING RIGHT NOW.

>> IT BEGAN IN THE PANDEMIC WITH THE SPIKE IN VIOLENT HATE CRIMES TARGETING ASIAN AMERICANS.

>> THE RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE WHEN YOU WALK ON THE STREET.

THE RIGHT TO HAVE ACCESS TO DECENT PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND THE RIGHT TO BE SEEN AND HEARD.

AND, YEAH, I THINK WE WOKE UP.

>> AND VOTED INTO CITY HALL ARE MODRATE DEMOCRATS.

>> I'M BRINGING IT MORE TO A MOERATE SHADE OF BLUE.

A COMMON-SENSE SHADE OF BLUE.

>> JOEL, ELECTED IN NOVEMBER, BEAT THE CHINESE AMERICAN INCUMBENT, BECOMING THE FIRST NON-ASIAN IN TWO DECADES TO REPRESENT THIS MAJORITY ASIAN ISTRICT.

VOTERS OVERLOOKED RACE AND SUPPORTED HIS CAMPAIGN ON PUBLIC SAFETY, MERIT-BASED PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND CUTTING RED TAPE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

ENGARDIO BACKED THE RECALL OF SAN FRANSISCO'S PROGRESSIVE DISTRICT ATTORNEY LAST YEAR OVERWHELMING SUPPORTED BY ASIAN AMERICAN VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT.

IS IT A BACKLAH OF PROGRESSIVISM IN OUR CITY, IS THAT HOW YOU SEE IT?

p>> TO ME, PROGRESSIVE IS FORWARD THINKING, MOVING INTO THE FUTURE AND BUILDING A BETTER CITY AND FOR TOO LONG, WE HAVE NOT FOLLOWED THAT DEFINITION OF PROGRESSIVE.

>> ONE OF THE CHINESE MOTHERS WHO CAMPAIGNED AND USHERED IN ENGARDIO'S UPSET IS ELAINE CHU.

>> I'LL JUST PICK THIS NAME BECAUSE IT'S ASIAN.

THAT'S HOW I USED TO VOTE.

TH IS NOT A GOOD WAY TO VOTE.

SOMETHING TURNED ON DURING THE PANEMIC.

AND SORT OF LIT A FIRE.

>> IT BEGAN WITH HER ANGER AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL.

SHE SAYS THE SCHOOL BOARD PUT CLASSROOM NEEDS DURING THE PANDEMIC.

SHE IS ONE OF THE ASIAN PARENT WHO DROVE THE SUCCESSFUL RECALL OF THREE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DEMOCRATS IN THIS CITY, IN YOUR OPINION?

>> I THINK THEY HAVE GONE TOO- EXTREME TO THE LEFT.

I THINK WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE BASICS AND FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THE CITIES ARE SAFE, MAKING SURE WE HAVE HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION.

I KNOW OF FOLKS THAT HAVE TRADTIONALLY VOTED DEMOCRAT THAT ARE NOW VOTING REPUBLICAN BECAUSE THEY DO NOT FEEL THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS REPRESENTING THEM.

>> THAT IS A WARNING SIGN FOR THIS DEMOCRAT AND CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY AND FOR NATIONAL DEMOCRATS IN 2024.

>> YOU SAW A SUBSTANTIAL DOUBLE DIGIT EROSION OF SUPPORT FROM ASIAN AMERICANS FROM THIS MID-TERM ELECTION TO 2018.

ASIAN AMERICANS, YOU SAW THE SAME THING AMONG HISPANIC VOTERS.

>> IS YOUR RACE A WARNING SIGNAL TO NATIONAL DEMOCRATS?

>> SAN FRANSISCO, THE MOST LIBERAL PLACE IN AMERICA, IS SAYING ENOUGH, WE WANT SAFE STREETS, WE WANT GOOD SCHOOLS.

SO THA SHOULD TELL ANYONE PAY ATTENTION.

>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS GRILL THE HEAD OF TIKTOK AMID GROWING CALLS TO BAN THE VIDEO APP.

THAT'S OMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO AVOID THINGS LIKE TORDOES.

BUT THIS FIRST WEEK OF SPRING HAS DELIVERED SOME SURPRISES.

ISABELLE ROSALES WRAPS UP SOME OF THE STORMY WEATHER WE'VE SEEN LATELY.

>> TORNADOES TEARING THROUGH THE GOLDEN STATE.

>> WE JUST DON'T THINK SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVING A STORM LIKE THIS.

> PACKING WINDS ESTIMATED AT 110 MILES AN HOUR, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

POWERFUL TORNADO COLLAPSIG ROOFS, UPROOTING TREES, DAMAGING CARS... AND SENDING DEBRIS FLYING INTO THE AIR.

>> WE THOUGHT IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE AND THE POWER JUST WENT OUT.

>> AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS INJURED >> TYPICALLY, WITH THE TORNADOES THAT AFFECT THIS AREA, IT'S BEEN A VERY RAPID WAY.

UNFORTUNATELY TOO RAPIDLY TO DETECT OR WARN FOR.

>> WEATHER WHIASH.

CALIFORNIANS HAVE BEEN WELCOMING THE MUCH-NEEDED HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW TO COMBAT DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

NOW THE STORMS JUST KEEP COMING.

JET OVER.

AS THE SAME WEATHER SYSTEM ROLLS EAST WITH MORE THAN 40 MILLION PEOPLE IN ITS PATH.

BY FRIDAY, THE DANGEROUS WEATHER PEAKS IN THE SOUTH.

WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED.

TENNESSEE, LOUISIANA, AND MISSISSIPPI FACING A LEVEL FOUR - OUT OF FIVE FOR POTENTIALLY-STRONG TORNADOES.

ISABELLE ROSALES, KPBS NEWS.

[ ♪♪ ] >> TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER EADLINES AS WE WRAP UP THE WEEK, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WIDELY SCATTERED, LIGHT SHOWERS, GUSTY WIND FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND THE DESERTS.

DRY BUT COOL WEATHER INTO THE WEEKEND.

LOOKING BACK AT THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS, HERE'S A SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH.

AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE úINTO TONIGHT.

INTO SAN DIEGO, WE'LL DROP TO - ABOUT 54.

SNOW SHOWERS, DOWN TO 29.

OCEANSIDE DROPS TO 46.

AND TOULA ISTA DROPS TO 50.

TAKING A PEEK INTO TOMORROW, OCEAN SIDE 63.

SAN DIEGO GETS UP TO 64.

BRAGO SPRINGS WARM AT 72.

30° DIFFERENCE MOUNT LAGUNA AT 42°.

ON SATURDAY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT WET WEATHER AND SOME WINTRY WEATHE IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE WITH SOME SHOWERS AND% SOME SNOW BUT IT'S THE CHILL THAT WILL STILL BE HANGING ON TO AND BREEZY CONDITIONS AT TIMES ON OUR SATURDAY.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE CHILL COULD STICK AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

A BIG DIP IN THE JET STREAM, TEMPERATURES FROM 10 TO 20° BELOW OUR HISTORICAL ANXIOUS AND WE AVERAGES.

WE'LL LOOK, THOUGH, AT OUR FIVE DAY OUTLOOK ALONG THE COAST, 63 FOR FRIDAY.

LOW 60s FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, COOL WITH SOME SUN AT ABOUT 61.

HEADING INTO MONDAY, WE'LL SEE UPTICK OF TEMPS 67 AND BACK TO THE LOW 60 ON TUESDAY.

YOUR FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK INLAND, 63 WITH SOME SUNSHINE ON FRIDAY AND THEN STAYING COOL HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, MID-60s.

A BRIEF 71 ON MONDAY BEFORE DROPPING BACK TO THE UPPER 60 AS WE HEAD INTO OUR TUESDAY.

FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK FOR THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES WILL BE INTO THE 40s AND WINDY THROUGH OUR FRIDAY.

COLD WITH SUNSHINE ON SATURDAY.

LOW 40s IS ALL WE GET TO SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

AND THEN BACK TO THE MID-40s ON OUR TUESDAY.

AND LOOKING INTO THE DESERT, WE'LL SEE THOSE LOWS 70s HEADING INTO FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND THEN TEMPERATURS INCREASE A LITTLE BIT BY NEXT WEEK.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M YOUR METEOROLOGIST.

>> MARCH MADNESS RESUMES TOMORROW FOR SDSU, THE - BASKETBALL TEAM TAKES ON ALABAMA IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

THERE WILL BE A FREE WATCH PARTY TOMORROW, DOORS OPEN AT 2:30 WITH THE GAME STARTING AT 3:30 AND THE WINNER WILL ADVANCE TO TE ELITE EIGHT THIS WEEKEND.

>>> AND ANYONE WHO HAS TRIED TO PUT TOGETHER A LEGO SET KNOWS JUST HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT GOES INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

THIS IS A SAN DIEGO MINI-LAND ASSEMBLED BY LEGOLAND CALIFORNIA IN CARLSBAD INCLUDING ALL KINDS OF LOCAL LANDMARKS ASK DESTINATIONS LIKE THE CONVENTION CENTRE DURING COMICON WEEK, THE QUARTE, AND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR.

AND WE GOT A TEASER, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WITH THE PETCO PARK REVEAL.

LEGOLAND SAYS IT TOOK FIVE MILLION LEGO BRICKS TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT AND IT'S PART OF THE NEW MINI-LAND EXHIBIT DEBUTING TODAY.

OTHER CITIES INCLUDE LAS VEGAS AND NEW YORK HAVE ALSO GOTTEN THE LEGOLAND TREATMEN >>> THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT IS BACK IN ITS HOME PORT OF SAN DIEGO.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL WAS THERE TODAY AT THE MASSIVE AIRCRAFT CARRIER PULLED INTO PORT > IT'S NOT OFTEN ONE GETS TO USE THE WORD MAJESTIC IN A SORY.

BUT IT CERTAINLY FITS FOR THIS ONE.

THAT'S FOR THE ROOSEVELT.

BUT THIS IS ALSO A VERY HUMAN STORY.

AS IN FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR LOVED ONES IN QUITE A WHILE.

>> WE'RE SO EXCITED.

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KEEP EMOTIONS IN CHECK.

>> ANN WORKMAN AND HER HUSBAND MARK DROVE DOWN FROM MOUNTAINVIEW IN THE BAY AREA.

THEIR DAUGHTER MOLLY IS A COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER ON-BOARD THE ROOSVELT.

JANN SAW MOLLY IN DECEMBER, BUT IT'S BEEN A YEAR FOR HER DAD.

úFORTUNATELY, BOTH OF THEM ARE- VETERANS SO THEY KNOW HOW MILITAY LIFE CAN BE.

>> I UNDERSTAND HOW -- WHAT SHE'S GOING THROUGH.

IT'S DIFFERENT BEING ON THIS SIDE OF IT, THOUGH.

>> THE EXCITEMENT WAS ALREADY IN THE AIR HERE AS FAMILIES WAITED FOR THE BIG MOMENT BUT THINGS REALLY GOT ELECTRIC AS THE MASSIVE SHIP ROUNDED THE CORNER AND FINALLY MADE HER WAY TO THE OCK.

FOR THE LAST YEAR-AND-A-HALF,3 THE ROOSEVELT HAS BEEN UP AT THE PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD IN BREMERTON, WASHINGTON.

THERE, THE 39-YEAR-OLD CARRIER UNDERWENT MAINTENANCE TO MODERNIZE THE SHIP'S COMBAT EFFICIENCY AND, AS THE NAVY SAYS, TO ENSURE SUSTAINED OPERATIONAL READINESS.

BACK AT THE DOCK, THE ANTICIPATION WAS BUILDING.

THE NEXT MOMENT FOR THE WORKMENS CAME ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER WHEN THE SHIP PULLED INTO PORT AND THEY SAW THEIR DAUGHTE.

>> OH, IT WAS SO EXCITING!

IT WAS SO EXCITING!

AND EMOTIONAL.

>> WE' BEEN LOOKING FOR HER, D SHE TEXTED US AND SHE WAS LIKE SHE'S HERE, WE COULDN'T FIND HER BUT FINALLY SAW HER.

>> ALL THAT WAS LEFT WAS FOR THE WALKWAY TO BE HOISTED INTO PLACE - AND THE CREW TO MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN TO DRY LAND.

UNFORTUNATELY, THINGS GOT DELAYED.

WE HAD HOPED TO HEAR FROM THE COMMANDING CENTRE OF THE ROOSEVELT RIGHT HERE AT THE LECTERN BUT THE MILITARY DOESN'T WORK ON OUR TIME AND HE'S NOT HERE YET AND IN ORDER FOR THIS úSTORY TO MAKE AIR, WE HAVE TO LEAVE.

BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS HAT THE ROOSEVELT IS BACK AT HOME.

ITS CREW SAFE AND SOUND.

THE SHIP IN TIP-TOP SHAPE READY FOR HER NEXT DEPLOYMENT.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

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THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

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