>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING ADDITION 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 OVER 40 YEARS.

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>>> A TEACHER ACCUSED OF HAVING AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH A FORMER STUDENT IS ONCE AGAIN UNDER ARREST.

THE 34-YEAR-OLD TEACHER AT LINCOLN ACRES ELEMENTARY AND NATIONAL CITY WAS ARRESTED ON MARCH SEVEN.

SHE BAILED OUT OF JAIL AND WAS RELEASED FROM CUSTODY.

POLICE SAY SINCE THAT TIME DETECTIVES INVESTIGATING THE CASE DEVELOPED PROBABLE CAUSE TO REARREST HER ON ADDITIONAL CHARGES.

POLICE SAY SHE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND WILL BE REBOOKED INTO THE DETENTION FACILITY.

THEY ARE NOT RELEASING ANY MORE INFORMATION SAYING THE VICTIM IS A MINOR AND THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS TAKING ANOTHER STEP FORWARD, BUT IT IS NOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ACTIVISTS.

THE MOVE CAME AFTER A RALLY DEMANDING THE CITY DO MORE.

>> Reporter: THE RALLY AT CIVIC CENTER PLAZA CALLED FOR CLIMATE ACTION AND CHANGE.

THE PLAN WAS TO GET TO NET ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS BY 2035.

ACTIVISTS SAY THE CITY NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION NOW OR IT WILL FACE MASSIVE PUBLIC HEALTH CONSEQUENCES.

>> OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THE ELDERLY, CHILDREN, THE INDIGENOUS, MINORITIES AND THOSE WITH PRE- EXISTING ILLNESS ARE SUFFERING THE MOST PROFOUND HEALTH IMPACTS.

>> Reporter: THE CITY RELEASED A DRAFT DOCUMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE ACTION PLAN.

IT'S BEEN CRITICIZED FOR LACK OF SPECIFIC DETAILS.

>> WE NEED SPECIFIC TIMELINES.

WITHOUT THESE DETAILS WE CANNOT KNOW IF THIS PLAN WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

WE ARE EXCITED BUT WE NEED CONCRETE INFORMATION.

WE DO NOT HAVE THE OPTION TO REPEAT THE 2015 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WHICH DID NOT RESULT IN MEETING ANY TARGETS.

>> Reporter: THE ACTIVISTS SAY THAT THE CITY IS BEHIND ON DELIVERING ON THESE PROMISES TO RESIDENTS.

THEY SAY 90% OF THE ACTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN MET OR ARE LACKING PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION.

>> THEY SET AMBITIOUS TARGETS FOR 2030 AND 2035.

IT GIVES THE CITY LESS THAN 10 YEARS TO MEET THESE OBJECTIVES.

WE MUST CHECK TO SEE IF WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS FROM INCREASING TREE CANOPY PERCENTAGES TO D CARBON ICING BUILDINGS.

>> Reporter: ACTIVISTS SAY THEY FACE INCREASED DANGEROUS HEAT WAVES, WILDFIRES, AND POLLUTION.

THEY SAY THE CITY SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HISTORIC FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SAN DIEGO A LEADER IN CLIMATE ACTION.

>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SET TO MAKE HIS SECOND VISIT TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY AS PRESIDENT ON MONDAY.

HE WILL MEET WITH THE BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER'S.

THEY ARE EXPECTED TO DISCUSS LONG-STANDING SECURITY ISSUES AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO A FREE AND OPEN INDO PACIFIC REGION.

EVENT LAST VISITED IN OCTOBER SPEAKING AT MIRACOSTA COLLEGE.

LAST MONTH, FIRST LADY DR. JILL BIDEN MADE A VISIT TO HIGHLIGHT CANCER RESEARCH AND MEET WITH NAVY FAMILIES.

>>> NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE.

THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISORS HAVE HIRED OUTSIDE LAWYERS TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED MISCONDUCT IN THE OFFICE.

>> Reporter: WE HAVE OBTAINED A COPY OF THE LETTER SENT LAST MONTH BY THE SAN DIEGO LAW FIRM TO CURRENT AND FORMER PUBLIC DEFENDERS.

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THE INQUIRY COINCIDES WITH THE RECENT JURY VERDICT THAT AWARDED X PUBLIC DEFENDER $2.6 MILLION IN DAMAGES.

THEY RECENTLY SETTLED A SIMILAR CASE WITH ANOTHER X PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR $900,000.

THEY SAID THAT THE INVESTIGATION IS LONG OVERDUE.

>> THE ONLY WAY TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY IS THROUGH LITIGATION.

I AM GRATEFUL THIS IS HAPPENING.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY SENT A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO KPBS.

THE COUNTY REFUSED TO ELABORATE.

THEY SAID TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY AND OBJECTIVITY OF THE CONFIDENTIAL INVESTIGATIONS AS WELL AS THE EMPLOYEE RIGHT TO PRIVACY, THE COUNTY CANNOT CONFIRM OR DENY ANY SPECIFIC INVESTIGATION OR ALLEGATION.

>>> SAN DIEGO POLICE HAVE RELEASED ALMOST 100 RECORDS OF OFFICER MISCONDUCT.

A THIRD ARE MISSING WITH DISCIPLINE THAT THE OFFICERS RECEIVED.

GUSTAVO SULLY'S TELLS US ABOUT THE IMPACTS THAT COULD HAVE AN WARNING THAT THE STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT PROCEDURE FOR CAROTID RESTRAINT SHOULD LAST NO LONGER THAN 10 SECONDS.

THIS CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWS ANOTHER OFFICER TELLING HIM TO STOP.

THE MAN HE STOPPED DOES NOT KNOW WHY OFFICERS WANT HIM IN HANDCUFFS.

ACCORDING TO POLICE DOCUMENTS THE MAN TRIED TO HEADBUTT HIM.

INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATOR SAID THAT THE CHOKEHOLD CREATED A SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF BODILY ENERGY.

THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT MADE 93 CASES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

INVESTIGATORS CONCLUDED THAT OFFICERS DID SOMETHING WRONG.

THAT DOES NOT MEAN THESE OFFICERS WERE NOT LISTENED DISCIPLINE VISIT THEY WE DON'T HAVE THE RECORDS.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE REASONS.

RETIRED POLICE CAPTAIN DAN WILLIS SAID THERE MAY NOT BE A PAPER TRAIL BECAUSE THE PUNISHMENT IS NOT SEVERE.

>> MAYBE THE GUY HAD TO TAKE A CLASS.

MAYBE HE GOT SCOLDED BY THE LIEUTENANT.

>> Reporter: JEFF GORDON OVERSEES THE DEPARTMENT.

HE DID RESPOND TO QUESTIONS VIA EMAIL.

HE SAID THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DIFFERENT BARRIERS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE DEPARTMENT KEEPS WRITTEN WARNINGS FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE DELETING THEM.

THAT EXPLAINS MISSING DISCIPLINE RECORDS FOR OLDER CASES BUT NOT FOR NEWER ONES.

ANOTHER REASON FOR MISSING RECORDS IS THAT OFFICERS QUIT OR RETIRED FOR THEY GOT IN TROUBLE.

>> OFFICERS MIGHT RESIGN TO AVOID A FINDING OR AVOID SOME DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

>> Reporter: IT IS UNCLEAR WHY HE LEFT AND IF ANY DISCIPLINARY HAD BEEN ACCESSED.

THIS LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY CREATES TENSION BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

ABRAHAM JARVIS HAS SEVERAL OPEN COMPLAINTS AGAINST OFFICERS.

HE HAS ALREADY LOST COUNT OF HOW MANY TIMES HE HAS BEEN PULLED OVER AT 18 YEARS OLD.

>> 14 OR 15 TIMES.

>> Reporter: IT HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT HE IS AFRAID TO DRIVE.

OVER ALL IT HAS BEEN TOUGH.

>> Reporter: HIS MOTHER ALSO BELIEVES THAT HE WOULD BE SAFER OUTSIDE OF SAN DIEGO SO HE IS GOING TO JOIN THE ARMY.

IT WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE.

>> NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THEIR CHILD LEAVE BUT THE FEAR OF KNOWING THAT ANY TIME HE IS OUT AND ABOUT THEY CAN DO IT AGAIN AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER AND IT IS WHAT IT IS.

>> Reporter: SHE HAS ALWAYS RESPECTED THE POLICE BUT THEIR TREATMENT OF HER SON HAS CHANGED THAT.

>> THE STORY WAS REPORTED WITH AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT PARTNER OF K TBS.

KPBS COVERS A WIDE VARIETY OF PUBLIC SAFETY STORIES.

NOW OUR NEWSROOM HAS CREATED A PUBLIC SAFETY POLICY.

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THE WORK WAS DONE WITH A LOT OF INPUT FROM COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS >>> THE LOCAL JURY SAID A FORMER NEWS ANCHOR WAS A VICTIM OF DISCRIMINATION.

SHE WILL NOT GET THE $10 MILLION THAT SHE ASKED FOR.

THE TRIBUNE REPORTS THAT SHE WILL RECEIVE $1.5 MILLION.

SHE ARGUED THAT SHE MADE LESS.

>>> THERE ARE CALLS FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE BUILT.

ONE IS BEING SUED FOR THE SECOND TIME.

HUNTINGTON BEACH IS BEING SUED FOR VIOLATING STATE LAW CONCERNING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THE SUIT IN A VIRTUAL NEWS CONFERENCE.

THEY SUED HUNTINGTON BEACH BACK IN 2019 FOR THE SAME THING.

THE CITY IS FLOUTING THE LAW AGAIN, ACCORDING TO THEM.

>> THERE ACTIONS ARE REASON AND BLATANT AND EGREGIOUS AND WILLFUL AND INTENTIONAL.

THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE DUTY IS AND THEY ARE SAYING WE WILL NOT COMPLY.

THAT IS NOT OKAY.

>> OTHERS LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN WARNED BY THE STATE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE OR THEY COULD BE THE SUBJECT OF FUTURE LAWSUITS.

>>> A COURT THROUGHOUT AN INJUNCTION TO HALT SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BUT IT IS NOW AGAIN UNDERWAY.

>> Reporter: FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS, STUDENTS AT DELMAR HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAVE NOT HAD A SCHOOL TO CALL THEIR OWN.

THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING OUT OF PORTABLES AT TWO OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.

WHILE THE FUTURE OF THE CAMPUS PLAYED OUT IN THE COURTS IT HAS BEEN A LONG STRUGGLE.. WITH KIDS AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING MORE.

>> IT TAKES MORE TIME TO GET THEM TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

SOMETIMES OUR OLDER DAUGHTER IS ON THE BUS AND SHE CANNOT HAVE LUNCH WITH HER YOUNGER SISTER.

THE YOUNGER SISTER IS SAD THAT HER SISTER IS NOT THERE FOR SOME OF THOSE SPECIAL MOMENTS.

>> Reporter: THE REBUILD WAS SUPPOSED TO START IN 2020 AND FINISH IN 2021.

TWO LAWSUITS FILED BY THE GROUP SAY THE NEW SITE WILL LEAD TO MORE TRAFFIC, FIRE RISK, AND HURT THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT.

THIS PE TEACHER IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SCHOOL BEING BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.

>> JUST HAVE AN ASSEMBLY TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE NORMAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THINGS.

THAT HAS BEEN GONE.

>> Reporter: IN THE LATEST TURN OF EVENTS, A COURT THROUGHOUT THE LATEST INJUNCTION EARLIER THIS WEEK ALLOWING THE PROJECT TO CONTINUE.

THE NEW SITE WILL BE OVER 66,000 SQUARE FEET AND WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE MORE THAN 500 STUDENTS.

ANTHONY CANNOT WAIT FOR THE KIDS TO HAVE PROPER SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AGAIN.

>> TO HAVE BETTER PLAY SPACES AND COLLABORATION, BETTER PERFORMANCE SPACES.

WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF PERFORMANCES OUTDOORS.

WHEN IT IS RAINING IT IS CHALLENGING.

IT WILL BE A GREAT PLACE FOR LEARNING AND A GREAT SCHOOL EXPERIENCE FOR THE KIDS FOR GENERATIONS.

>> Reporter: IT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE AROUND A YEAR.

IN A STATEMENT, THEY ARE ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO MOVE BEYOND THIS AND TO PEACEFULLY SUPPORT THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

>>> FEARS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS WHERE BODIES ARE BEING FOUND IN HOMES BURIED UNDER THE SNOW.

KITTY ALVARADO HAS AN UPDATE.

>> Reporter: JOE SIMONS, HIS WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS HAVE LIVED IN LAKE ARROWHEAD FOR ALMOST 5 YEARS.

THEY MOVED THERE TO BE CLOSER TO FAMILY.

HIS MOM LIVES DOWN THE STREET.

HE SAID WHILE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SENT OUT THE FIRST EVER BLIZZARD WARNING JUST OVER TWO WEEKS AGO HE AND HIS FAMILY PREPARED FOR THE WORST AND HUNKERED DOWN.

>> I HAD A GENERATOR AND FIVE DAYS OF GAS.

I HAD THREE WEEKS WORTH OF FOOD, MEDICATION AND EVERYTHING I COULD DO.

>> Reporter: EVEN WITH ALL THE PREPARATION HIS MOTHER LOST HER HOME TO A FIRE.

HE SAID HE IS ANGRY THAT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DID NOT STEP UP AND PREPARE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE.

IS THAT THEY ARE STILL NOT DOING ENOUGH TO GET MORE RELIEF AND RESOURCES.

>> THE LOCAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENT, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THERE IS NO WAY AROUND IT.

THERE ARE HOMES STILL TO THIS DAY THAT ARE INACCESSIBLE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAPPED STILL.

>> Reporter: THE DEATH TOLL HAS CLIMBED TO AT LEAST 13.

>> I SUSPECT THAT A LOT OF THEM WOULD STILL BE ALIVE AS THE STORM HAD NOT COME.

IT IS JUST SAD.

>> Reporter: HE SAID HE IS GRATEFUL FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO HAVE STEPPED UP, BUT HE SAID IT IS CLEAR THAT FEDERAL AID MUST STEP IN TO HELP A COMMUNITY THAT IS USUALLY SELF-SUFFICIENT BUT NEEDS A HAND UP BEFORE MORE LIVES ARE LOST AND MORE LIVELIHOODS AND HOMES ARE AS WELL.

>> OVERALL IT HAS BEEN NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS.

OUT WHAT POINT DOES THE GOVERNMENT GET INVOLVED.

THEY JUST SEEM TO BE NOT THERE.

>> Reporter: A STORM IS EXPECTED TO COME IN AND HE FEARS IT WILL MAKE A BAD SITUATION WORSE.

>>> WE HAVE SEEN STORIES ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES AT AIRPORTS AND DURING FLIGHTS.

ONE OF THOSE IS SEVERE TURBULENCE THAT HAS LED TO SERIOUS INJURIES AND DEATH.

TOM FOREMAN TELLS US WHY SCIENTISTS ARE LOOKING AT WHETHER CLIMATE CHANGE IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: VIOLENT TURBULENCE HAS BEEN A FEATURE OF FLYING FOR DECADES, EACH YEAR BRINGING FRESH AND FRIGHTENING EXAMPLES.

>> THERE WAS A LOT OF SCREAMING.

>> Reporter: A SERIES OF RECENT INCIDENTS HAVE ALARMED SOME FIRES.

>> IT WAS PRETTY SCARY.

IT WAS LIKE OUT OF A MOVIE.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE TERRIFIED OTHERS.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS THE END.

>> Reporter: CLIMATE CHANGE HAS BEEN LINKED TO INCREASINGLY SEVERE WEATHER.

AMID ALL THE HEADLINES ABOUT PLANES BEING RATTLED, A TROUBLING QUESTION HAS EMERGED.

AS THE CLIMATE MAKING TURBULENCE WORSE AS WELL?

YES, SAYS THE CO-AUTHOR OF THIS STUDY.

PROFESSOR PAUL WILLIAMS STUDIES ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE.

>> CLIMATE CHANGE HAS MADE TURBULENCE MORE LIKELY IN MUCH THE WAY IT HAS MADE HEAT WAVES MORE LIKELY AS WELL.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS CREATING ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES WHICH GENERATE A RIPPLE LIKE AFFECT IN THE AIR EVEN WHEN NO BAD WEATHER IS APPARENT.

PROVING A LINK FOR ANY GIVEN FLIGHT IS TRICKY.

WHEN A PASSENGER IS INJURED LIKE THE SEVEN THAT WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER A FLIGHT A FEW DAYS AGO OR SOMEBODY DIES AS HAPPENED WITH A WOMAN ON A PRIVATE JET OVER NEW ENGLAND, THE NTSB NOTES THE INCIDENT BUT DOES NOT TRACK TURBULENCE ON ALL FLIGHTS.

>> THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.

WE NEED A MORE ROBUST SYSTEM BECAUSE THE ATTEMPTS AT RADAR TO PICK UP CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE, THEY SIMPLY HAVE NOT PANNED OUT YET.

>> Reporter: MORE INFORMATION IS KEY, RESEARCHERS SAY BECAUSE THE THREAT IS NOT GOING AWAY.

>> WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE EFFORT PUT INTO COLLECTING ROBUST DATA AS WE MOVE INTO THIS TURBULENT FUTURE.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT THE WEATHER HEADLINES.

THERE IS MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST.

SHOWERS RETURN ON FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY.

THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS VERY HIGH SO MOST OF THE MOUNTAIN AREAS WILL BE LOOKING AT RAIN.

WARMER WEATHER WILL RETURN SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

ALSO, WITH THIS ATMOSPHERIC RIVER APPROACHING WE WILL SEE CUSTODY AND WESTERLY WINDS.

WIND ADVISORY'S HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

TONIGHT AND THE METRO, READY TRANQUIL.

THE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 52 DEGREES.

TEMPERATURES WILL COOL DOWN TO THE LOW 40s AND RAMONA TONIGHT.

HERE IS A LOOK AT THE FUTURECAST FOR YOU.

STARTING OFF WITH THE WEATHER FORECAST DRY INTO EARLY TOMORROW.

YOU CAN SEE BY FRIDAY MORNING THE RAIN MOVES INTO LOS ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY LATE IN THE MORNING ENTERING THE AFTERNOON.

HERE IS THE FORECAST.

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THE RAIN WILL ADVANCE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.

MOSTLY IN THE UPPER 50s TO LOWER 60s.

HERE IS THE FORECAST FOR THE COASTAL AREAS.

RAIN AND DRIZZLE MOVES IN FRIDAY TO FRIDAY NIGHT.

INTO THE INLAND SECTION THE RAIN ARRIVES BY THE AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY AND WILL TAPER OFF EARLY SATURDAY.

ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHES ON TUESDAY.

LET'S TAKE YOU TO THE MOUNTAINS.

RAIN THIS TIME AROUND.

COMES IN FRIDAY AND TONIGHT BUT IT SHOULD BE RATHER WINDY.

IN THE DESERT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT CLOUDS ROLLING IN FRIDAY AND THEN TORE THE WEEKEND BREEZY AND MILDER.

TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOW AND MID 80s BY MONDAY.

>>> LONGER DAYS AND SHORTER NIGHTS ARE AHEAD AS DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME GOES INTO EFFECT ONCE AGAIN THIS WEEKEND.

TONYA THORNE GOT SOME ADVICE ON ADJUSTING TO THE CHANGE STARTING NOW.

>> Reporter: THE TIME CHANGE HAPPENS SUNDAY MORNING.

DR. GARY LEVINSON, ASLEEP PHYSICIAN ADVISES GETTING A HEAD START TO EASE INTO IT.

>> YOU WANT TO START GOING TO SLEEP A LITTLE BIT EARLIER VOLUNTARILY.

MAYBE GO TO SLEEP 15 MINUTES EARLIER EVERY NIGHT.

>> Reporter: HE SAID AT FIRST YOUR BODY MAY NOT BE SLEEPY, BUT YOU CAN ENCOURAGE SLEEP I DECREASING THE USE OF ELECTRONICS AND MINIMIZING NATURAL LIGHT.

HE SAID THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE COMES IN THE MORNING.

>> YOUR BODY IS GOING TO WANT TO SLEEP MORE.

THE KEY TO THAT IS TRYING TO GET NATURAL LIGHT INTO YOUR ROOM SOONER.

>> Reporter: HIS ADVICE IS TO GET UP AS SOON AS YOUR ALARM GOES OFF AND OPEN YOUR BLINDS FOR NATURAL LIGHT, TAKING THE TIME TO GRADUALLY ADJUST ESPECIALLY HELPS WITH KIDS AND PETS.

>> OUR PETS HAVE A REGULAR SCHEDULE.

WHEN THEY PULL THE RUG OUT EVERYTHING IS OFF.

PETS DO NOT KNOW WHY.

>> Reporter: JOHN WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY SAID THE TIME CHANGE IS AS HARD ON OUR PETS AS IT IS ON US.

WE CAN HELP MOVING UP FEEDING AND WALKING TIMES AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE TIME CHANGE.

WHILE VOTERS OPTED TO KEEP DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME YEAR-ROUND IN 2018, CONGRESS HAS YET TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL.

UNTIL THEN, THE CHANGE CONTINUES AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER SIGN THAT SPRING IS AROUND THE CORNER.

>>> THE AZTECS MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM IS MOVING ON IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.

THE BUTLER WAS THE TOP SCORER WITH 16 POINTS.

THE NEXT ROUND IS TOMORROW IN LAS VEGAS.

SAN DIEGO STATE WILL PLAY THE WINNER OF THE GAME BETWEEN SAN DIEGO STATE AND NEVADA.

>>> THE WAVE IS ADDING AN INDIGENOUS PLAYER.

SHE WAS DRAFTED OUT OF STANFORD.

THE SEASON IS JUST ABOUT TWO WEEKS AWAY.

FIRST GAME IS SET FOR MARCH 25th.

>>> THE 2023 SAN DIEGO COUNTY SPELLING BEE CHAMPION HAS JUST BEEN DECLARED.

SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENT WON BY SPELLING A WORD THAT MEANS FORCIBLE BREATHING OR BLOWING OUT.

>> Reporter: THE 53rd ANNUAL COUNTYWIDE SPELLING BEE CAME DOWN TO THESE STUDENTS.

JET LI ON THE RIGHT, AN EIGHTH GRADER, AND THE ULTIMATE WINNER ON THE LEFT.

SEVENTH GRADER AT A SEVERITY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

>> MY NAME IS MIHIR KONKAPAKA.

>> Reporter: IT'S A SECOND YEAR IN A ROW HE'S BEEN NAMED THE BEST SPELLER IN THE COUNTY.

HE DID IT BY SPELLING THE WORD X INFLATION.

HE COMPETED IN AGAINST 80 OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY.

THE ROLES DO NOT ALLOW US TO BROADCAST THE ACTUAL WORDS SPELLED TODAY.

WE CAN TELL YOU THAT THESE COMPETITORS STUDIED FROM A LIST OF 4000 WORDS AND EACH OF THEM WON THEIR OWN SCHOOL SPELLING BEE TO GET HERE.

>> I BASICALLY TRIED TO READ THROUGH ALL THE WORDS.

THE ONES THAT I THOUGHT WERE WEIRD OR I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE I SEARCHED THEM UP.

>> IT IS REALLY HARD WHEN YOU SEE A STUDENT MISS A WORD.

YOU KNOW WHAT IS A LOT OF PREPARATION THAT HAS GONE INTO IT AND IT IS DISAPPOINTING BUT THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY STILL WINNERS.

>> Reporter: THE WINNER WILL REPRESENT SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE IN LATE MAY SO IT IS VERY MUCH A COMPETITION AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING.

AN EIGHTH GRADER PUTS IT THIS WAY.

>> IT EXPANDS YOUR VOCABULARY.

IF YOU ARE TALKING TO SOMEBODY YOU CAN SAY THIS GUY HAS AN AMAZING VOCABULARY.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

GOOD NIGHT.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING ADDITION 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 OVER 40 YEARS.

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

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION , DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THINK YOU.