>>> GOOD EVENING.

IS THURSDAY MAY 19.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

SOME STARTLING NEW NUMBERS ARE OUT TONIGHT INVOLVING HOMELESSNESS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THE REPORT PAINTS A TROUBLING PICTURE OF A PROBLEM THAT'S BECOMING ALL TOO VISUAL IN MANY COMMUNITIES.

WE ARE ALSO GETTING A BETTER IDEA OF WHO IS NOW LIVING ON OUR STREETS.

HERE'S REPORTER JOHN CARROLL.

>> Reporter: IT'S A PROBLEM THAT IS AS VEXING AS IT IS SAD.

DESPITE MAJOR EFFORTS BY LOCAL, REGIONAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS TO GET THE UNSHELTERED OFF THE STREETS, THE ISSUE PERSISTS.

>> IN OUR COMMUNITIES, FROM SENT AS HE DROVE TO OCEANSIDE ARE ALSO SEEING AN INCREASE IN INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED HOUSING THEY CAN AFFORD AND MINUS THAT, THEY ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

>> Reporter: THE POINT IN TIME COUNT WAS CONDUCTED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF FEBRUARY 24th.

IT IS FULL OF DATA, BUT HERE ARE SOME TOPLINE TAKEAWAYS.

MORE THAN 8400 PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE COUNTY.

MORE THAN HALF OF THEM ARE IN SHELTERS.

ABOUT 4100 ARE ON THE STREETS.

A 3% INCREASE FROM 2020.

OF THOSE, 713 ARE IN VEHICLES.

>> IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW FOLKS END UP ON THE STREETS.

IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO GET AS MANY OF THEM OFF THE STREETS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE LION'S SHARE OF HOMELESS FOLKS ARE IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO BUT MAYOR TODD GLORIA SAYS IT'S NOT FOR LACK OF TRYING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

>> MY ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR A 25% EXPANSION FOR SHELTER BEDS IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF WHO'S UNSHELTERED IS CHANGING.

THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES WITH OUT THEIR OWN PLACE TO LIVE IS UP 56%, AND THE NUMBER OF OLDER PEOPLE IS GOING UP.

>> WE ARE SEEING AN AGING POPULATION WITH GREATER PHYSICAL DISABILITIES THAT THEY IDENTIFIED.

SO I THINK WE ARE SEEING THINGS MORE CHALLENGING ON THE STREET.

>> Reporter: A COMMON THEORY AS TO WHY SAN DIEGO'S HOMELESS ISSUE CAN SEEM SO INTRACTABLE HAS TO DO WITH OUR WEATHER.

OF YOUR LIVING OUTSIDE, THIS IS A BETTER PLACE TO BE THAN A LOT OF OTHER PLACES.

BUT MAYOR GLORIA SAYS THAT IS AN URBAN MYTH.

>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 70 TO 80% ARE NATIVE, LOCAL TYPES WHO WERE LIVING SHELTERED SUCCESSFULLY AND THEN BECAME UNSHELTERED IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE POINT IN TIME COUNT DID OFFER A COUPLE OF BRIGHT SPOTS.

THE NUMBER OF CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PEOPLE IS DOWN, AS IS THE NUMBER OF VETS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

BUT THE OVERALL MESSAGE FROM THE COUNT IS CLEAR.

WE HAVE GOT A LOT MORE WORK TO DO AND A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE FINALLY, BEING ABLE TO SAY THE HOMELESS CRISIS IS BEHIND US.

JOHN CARROLL, .

>>> A PROTEST IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW INVOLVING CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES IN THE CENTER ITO UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AT THE CENTER OF IT, THE CALL FOR ONE BOARD MEMBER TO RESIGN AND THE REINSTATEMENT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT CURRENTLY ON LEAVE.

>>>REPORTER TANYA THORNE IS LIFE IN ENCINITAS WHERE THAT PROTIST IS UNDERWAY.

TONYA.

>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.

TODAY THERE IS A GROUP OF PROTESTERS RALLYING OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE OF HER RECENT CONTROVERSIES IN THE DISTRICT.

ONE GROUP IS ASKING FOR THE REINSTATEMENT OF SUPERINTENDENT CHERYL JAMES WARD, AND THE OTHER GROUP ONES ARE FIRED.

AS YOU CAN SEE NOW, THERE IS A CROWD IN THE BACKGROUND AND LET ME GIVE YOU A BIT OF BACKGROUND.

WARD IS CURRENTLY ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE BECAUSE OF REMARKS SHE MADE ABOUT ASIAN FAMILIES DURING A DISTRICT TRAINING.

SHE HAS SINCE APOLOGIZED FOR THE COMMENTS WAS STILL HAS NO ANSWER ON WHETHER OR NOT SHE WILL BE FIRED FROM A JOB THAT SHE'S ONLY HAD FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

THE BOARD IS DISCUSSING THAT IN TONIGHT'S MEETING.

AT THE SAME TIME, BOARD MEMBER MICHAEL ALLMAN IS ACCUSED OF BULLYING, AND RACIST AND SEXIST BEHAVIOR.

ACCUSATIONS HE DENIES.

WE TALKED TO ALLMAN BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING.

>> I VEHEMENTLY DENY IT.

THERE IS AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION HAPPENING NOW, SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAILS.

BUT I THINK I WILL BE COMPLETELY VINDICATED IN A MATTER OF WEEKS.

>> Reporter: BEFORE WARD WAS PLACED ON THE, SHE MADE A FORMAL CLAIM ABOUT TRUSTEE ALLMAN'S BEHAVIOR THAT STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

PART OF TODAY'S RALLY WAS ORGANIZED BY MOLLY WOODS.

THEY FEEL THAT WARD'S LEAVE WAS RETALIATION.

HERE'S WHAT THEY TOLD US EARLIER.

>> INTENT, SHE OWNED UP TO IT.

TRUSTEE ALLMAN ON THE OTHER HAND HAS MADE ZERO EFFORT.

HE MADE ZERO EFFORT TO APOLOGIZE FOR USING HOMOPHOBIC SLURS AND SAYING THAT THE CLUB IS WHERE KIDS QUOTE GO.

THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN INTENT.

>> Reporter: ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING WARD SAY THEY'RE READY TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION IF SHE IS FIRED.

LIVE IN ENCINITAS, TANYA THORNE, .

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY SAYS COVID-19 BOOSTER SHOTS ME SOON BE AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN, AGED FIVE THROUGH 11.

PFIZER BOOSTERS FOR THE AGE GROUP ARE CURRENTLY PENDING APPROVAL FROM THE WESTERN STATES COMMITTEE.

HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY WHILE SYMPTOMS TEND TO BE LESS, SEVERE IN CHILDREN, THE OMICRON VARIANTS HAVE BEEN MAKING MORE SAN DIEGO CHILDREN SICK.

TODAY THE COUNTY REPORTED JUST OVER 7000 TOTAL COVID CASES IN THE PAST WEEK, COMPARED TO JUST UNDER 5000 FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK., THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING NEW ACTIONS TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE NATIONWIDE BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE.

IT COMES AS A SENATOR TAKES ON A PAIR OF BILLS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.

DTS NOT FROM REPORTER ISABEL ROSALES.

>> Reporter: FRANTIC SCRAMBLE TO FIND BABY FORMULA.

>> THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH.

NOTHING.

NOTHING AT ALL.

BACK STORE SHELVES RUNNING DRY AND DESPERATION CLIMBING HIGHER.

>> EVERY DAY I WORRY ABOUT IT.

EVERY DAY, WHAT IF SHE RUNS OUT?

WHAT DO I DO?

>> Reporter: THE HUNT FOR FORMULA HAS FUNDED SOME CHILDREN IN THE HOSPITAL.

IN TENNESSEE, TWO CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM DEHYDRATION WHEN THE SPECIALTY FORMULA THEY RELY ON NOW.

THEIR DOCTOR SAYS THEY ARE DOING MUCH BETTER NOW.

>> WE HAVE GOTTEN A SUPPLY FOR ONE OF THE ALTERNATE MANUFACTURERS OF AMINO ACID BASED FORMULA WHICH IS WHAT THESE CHILDREN NEEDED.

>> Reporter: NATIONWIDE OUTRAGE AND DISTRESS.

DEMANDS TO FIND A SOLUTION.

>> THIS IS A BASIC NEED FOR BABIES.

SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN INVOKING THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT.

DIRECTING RAW INGREDIENTS TO GO TO FORMULA MAKERS FIRST.

THE PRESIDENT ALSO LAUNCHING OPERATION FLIGHT FORMULA, USING DEFENSE DEPARTMENT PLANES TO IMPORT FORMULA FROM ABROAD.

>> THIS IS GREAT NEWS, BUT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE WEEKS TO BE HONEST.

>> Reporter: THE HOUSE PASSING A PAIR OF BILLS.

ONE, TO PROVIDE MILLIONS IN EMERGENCY FUNDING TO THE FDA TO BOOST THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL WORKING ON FORMULA ISSUES.

THE OTHER WOULD ENSURE FAMILIES IN NEED CAN CONTINUE TO BUY BABY FORMULA WITH WEIGHT BENEFITS.

BUT THE SENATE NEEDS TO VOTE.

>> I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THIS IS SERIOUS.

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, ISABEL ROSALES, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A NEW RECORD WAS SET IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, BUT THIS ONE IS NOTHING TO CELEBRATE.

THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR REGULAR GAS WENT UP AGAIN JUST TO OVER SIX DOLLARS BACK A GALLON.

KITTY ALVARADO HAS MORE ON THE INCREASE AND THE FEDERAL BILL TO STOP PRICE GOUGING.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE STRUGGLING WITH GAS PRICES THAT HAVE HIT AN ALL- TIME HIGH.

>> THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF GAS IS $6.02 A GALLON.

$.17 HIGHER A WEEK AGO AND $0.28 HIGHER./I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD TO GET TO DOWNTOWN SO IT'S BEEN ROUGH.

>> I'VE HAD TO CHANGE MY ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES A LITTLE BIT.

SO I STOPPED GOING TO MY LOCAL GYM.

I HAVE BEEN WALKING TO MY EVEN CLOSER JIM.

I ONLY EVER USE IT TO COMMUTE TO WORK.

WHICH IS ONLY 15 MILES AWAY, ONCE A WEEK.

BUT I TRY TO JUST WALK TO THE STORE.

DO THE BEST I CAN TO NOT DRIVE.

>> WE KNOW WHAT HAS CAUSED THIS BY IN LARGE ARE THREE FACTORS.

I CALL THEM THE THREE KEYS.

PANDEMIC, AND PRICE GOUGING.

>> Reporter: CONGRESSMAN MIKE LEVIN SAYS IT'S TIME FOR GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN.

>> LAST YEAR WITH $24 BILLION IN PROFIT.

RECORD STOCK BUYBACKS AND DIVIDENDS AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION FROM THE OIL INDUSTRY.

SAME WITH CHEVRON.

$15.6 BILLION LAST YEAR.

RECORD PROFIT.

>> Reporter: THAT'S WHAT HE INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO STOP OIL COMPANIES FROM ARTIFICIALLY INCREASING GAS PRICES.

THE TRANSPORTATION FUEL MARKET TRANSPARENCY ACT WAS JUST PAST AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO HOLD THEM TO ACCOUNT.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE ANYMORE OF THIS PRICE GOUGING FOR OIL.

SO THE BILL WE PASSED TODAY AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IT BASICALLY GAVE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION THE AUTHORITY TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR PRICE GOUGING.

AND IT GAVE THEM THE RESOURCES FOR UPHOLDING THIS INDUSTRY TO ACCOUNT.

>> THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT CALIFORNIA DOES HAVE THE MOST EXPENSIVE GASOLINE IN THE U.S. >> Reporter: MONTGOMERY WITH AAA SAYS FOR A WHILE, IT SEEMED PRICES WE GET BACK TO NORMAL.

THE EVEN WENT DOWN $.30 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

>> PRICES REVERSE COURSE WHEN THE EU ANNOUNCED A PROPOSAL TO COMPLETELY CUT OFF RUSSIAN OIL FROM ALL OF ITS MEMBER COUNTRIES.

AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED, THEN THAT SORT OF GOT THE BALL ROLLING IN TERMS OF ANXIETIES ABOUT FUTURE SUPPLIES AND WHERE WE WOULD BE GETTING OUR OIL AND GASOLINE FROM WORLDWIDE.

>> Reporter: MONTGOMERY SAYS THE TRUTH IS NO ONE KNOWS WHAT WE CAN EXPECT WHEN IT COMES TO GAS PRICES AND SUPPLIES.

SO WHETHER IT'S LEGISLATION OR REFUNDS FROM THE STATE, EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS.

KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> DID YOU TRADE IN YOUR FOUR WHEELS FOR TWO TODAY?

THOUSANDS IT BECAUSE IT'S IKE TO WORKDAY.

AN EVENT HAS BEEN CELEBRATED FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

AS PART OF BIKE MONTH IN MAY, THE ANNUAL SANDBAG EVENT HAS BEEN ON HIATUS SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC WITH TODAY'S RETURN A BIG SUCCESS.

CYCLISTS GOT LOTS OF SUPPORT AT 100 DIFFERENT PIT STOPS OR THEY COULD FUEL UP ON SOME HEALTHY SNACKS.

>> ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WANTED TO MOVE TO PACIFIC BEACH WAS BECAUSE THE COMMUTE TO WORK IS JUST RIGHT UP THIS PATH.

THEY CONNECTED THE BRIDGE DOWN THERE.

MADE IT REALLY EASY AND SAVED A LOT OF TIME.

>> BIKE TO WORK DAY IS RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL EVENT.

IT'S MEANT TO SUPPORT BIKING AS AN EVERYDAY COST SAVING CHOICE FOR COMMUTING TO WORK THAT'S ALSO HAS SOME BY ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS.

>>> LOW RIDER CRUISING WILL CONTINUE IN NATIONAL CITY NEXT MONTH, BUT ORGANIZERS MAY FACE A HEFTY BILL TO KEEP IT GOING.REPORTER JACOB EYRE EXPLAINS.

>> Reporter: A 30 YEAR BAN WAS LIFTED ON LOW RIDER CRUISING IN NATIONAL CITY EARLIER THIS MONTH AS PART OF A TEMPORARY SIX MONTH TRIAL.. AFTER THE EVENT, CITY OFFICIALS GAVE THAT UNITED LOW RIDER COALITION ORGANIZERS OF POSTEVENT ASSESSMENT AND EIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING ONE TO HAVE A POLICE SERGEANT AND SIX OFFICERS AT EACH EVENT.

AT A COST OF $7813 EACH TIME.

>> WE ARE NOT CHARGING ANYBODY TO CRUISE DOWN HIGHLAND AVENUE.

WE ARE NOT MAKING ANY MONEY.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO PAPER CREWS.

>> Reporter: UNITED LOW RIDER COALITION MEMBER SAYS SHE DOESN'T KNOW IF EXTRA POLICE ARE NEEDED AND WHETHER THE ORGANIZATION WILL GET THE KIND OF MONEY.

THE NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID THE LAST CRUISE EVENT LASTED LONGER THAN EXPECTED AND DREW A CROWD MUCH BIGGER THAN PLANNED FOR IN THE GROUP'S APPLICATION FOR TEMPORARY USE PERMIT OR TO YOU.. POLICE RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS ABOUT THE EVENT BUT THE POLITICAL ADVISER CASTANEDA SAID THE GROUP SHOULDN'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BAD ACTORS FOR TAKING CARE OF A FAMILY FRIEND THE EVENT.

>> IT IS A PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.

WE TALK ABOUT CONSTITUTIONALITY AND IF WE EVEN CAN HAVE A LAW THAT DOESN'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO CONGREGATE IN A SPACE.

SO WE ARE ASKING REALLY INTERESTING QUESTIONS THAT DEAL WITH OUR RIGHT TO WALK A PUBLIC STREET.

NATIONAL CITY MAYOR ALEJANDRA SOTELO-SOLIS SAYS CRUISING WILL CONTINUE IN THE CITY.

>> WE WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE CRUISES WILL NOT BE ELIMINATED AND SECONDLY, THERE AREN'T ANY RESOURCES OR REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE BEING ASKED OF THE ULC OF THE UNITED LOW RIDER COALITION THAT ARE NOT BEING ASKED OF ANY OTHER T U.P.

PERMIT HOLDERS.

>> Reporter: THE CITY WILL MEET ORGANIZERS NEXT MONDAY TO GO OVER RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH INCLUDE PROVISIONS FOR CROWD MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE CREATION OF A TRAFFIC PLAN FOR LOW RIDER CRUSADES ARE PLANNED FOR THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH UNTIL OCTOBER UNDER A TRIAL BASIS WITH THE NEXT CRUISE EVENT SET FOR JUNE 3rd.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CHULA VISTA WILL HAVE A NEW MAYOR FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2014.

WHOEVER IS ELECTED WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THE CITY'S STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT AND TRY TO BRING A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY TO THE SOUTH BAY.REPORTER GUSTAVO LEASE TALK TO FOUR OF THE SIX CANDIDATES IN THE RACE.

>> Reporter: CHULA VISTA BUDGET DEFICIT IS PROJECTED TO GROW TO $12 MILLION IN LESS THAN A DECADE.

THE NEXT MAYOR WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THE CITY'S FINANCES.

EVERY CANDIDATE AGREES THAT CHULA VISTA NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF ATTRACTING BUSINESSES AND GROWING ITS TAX BASE, BUT HOW THEY PLAN TO GO ABOUT IT IS VERY DIFFERENT.

CITY COUNCILMEMBER JILL GALVEZ SAYS THE CITY NEEDS TO WATCH HOW MUCH IT SPENDS.

BUT GOING FORWARD, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE MINDFUL THAT THINGS CAN HAPPEN AND YOU DON'T SPEND MONEY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE.

RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE ARE FACING IS HIGH INFLATION.

SO WE ARE SEEING THE COST OF ENERGY GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY.

WE HAVE SEEN THE COST OF GAS.

>> Reporter: SHE WANTS TO TAKE A MORE PROACTIVE APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.

>> WE CAN BE TARGETING AND BE MUCH MORE PROACTIVE THAN WE HAVE EVER BEEN AT IDENTIFYING WHO ARE THE LIKELY WORK CENTERS OR EMPLOYERS TO COME DOWN TO CHULA VISTA.

LET'S TALK TO THEM AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

AND WE NEED TO BE DOING THAT TWO YEARS OUT FROM AMINO THEIR LEASE IS GOING TO BE UP, RIGHT?

WE NEED TO BE SO MUCH MORE PROACTIVE THAN WE HAVE EVER BEEN.

>> Reporter: MIKE RAN TWICE FOR IT.

PARTICULARLY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> OUR CURRENT MAYOR HAS GONE TO MEETINGS PAST THE DEADLINE AND IT IS UNNERVING TO HEAR THAT.

THAT'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE TABLE.

INSTEAD OF GETTING THOSE EARMARKS, WE HAVE TO RAISE LOCAL TAXES.

OR JUST LIVE WITH THE DEFICIT.

>>> RUDY RAMIREZ WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL.

HE ALSO SAYS THE CITY NEEDS TO DO MORE TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES.

>> I WOULD INVEST IN GETTING THIS LAND MORE READY.

READILY AVAILABLE FOR AN EMPLOYER.

RIGHT NOW, THE EMPLOYER WAS TO COME TO CHULA VISTA, THEY ARE FOUR YEARS OUT BEFORE THEY CAN START OPERATING AND THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT.

>> Reporter: THE OTHER BIG CAMPING ISSUE IS A DECADE LONG PLAN TO BRING UNIVERSITY TO CHULA VISTA.

THE CITY SET ASIDE 400 ACRES OF LAND AND EVEN OFFERED LEASES FOR AS LITTLE AS A DOLLAR, BUT NOBODY HAS TAKEN THEIR OFFER.

THIS IS NO CONFIDENCE IN THE CITY'S LEADERSHIP TO GET THINGS DONE.

>> I THINK IT'S A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN OUR CITY.

WE HAVE A CITY WHERE OUR LEADERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DEAL WITH OUR DEFICITS.

HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH.

SO INVESTORS LOOK AT OUR CITY AND SAY ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD A UNIVERSITY OR OF A FRIEND?

>> Reporter: SHE CURRENTLY WORKS AT SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE WHERE SHE HELPED SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY BRING A FOUR YEAR DEGREE PROGRAM.

CHULA VISTA TOOK TOO LONG TO BRING THE SERVICE.

>> WE KIND OF SAW WE HAVE TO TAKE THE RANGE OF ACADEMIC PROGRAM PLANNING BECAUSE WE ARE THE EXPERTS.

AND OUR STUDENTS HERE IN SOUTH COUNTY CAN'T WAIT FOR THE CITY TO, FOR THE UNIVERSITY TO COME INTO IT.

SHE THINKS CHULA VISTA'S APPROACH IS BEEN ALL WRONG.

HE THINKS THE CITY SHOULD BRING RESEARCH COMPANIES TO THE SOUTH BAY FIRST.

>> I THINK THEY HAVE IN APPROACHING IT IN THE WRONG WAY.

FIRST, HOPING THAT THEY COULD -- THE UC SYSTEM OR STATE SYSTEM WOULD COME DOWN AND DECIDE TO SETTLE IN CHULA VISTA.

I THINK EARLY ON, WE KNEW THAT WASN'T LIKELY TO HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: RAMIREZ ADDED THAT RESEARCH CONVEYS A WORKING BIOTECH AND AEROSPACE ARE INVESTING MILLIONS IN NORTH COUNTY.

THE CITY SHOULD TRY TO BRING SOME OF THAT MONEY SOUTH.

GALVEZ SAYS THE CITY NEEDS TO EXPLORE PRIVATE FUNDING OPTIONS TO BRING UNIVERSITIES TO CHULA VISTA.

SHE WOULD LIKE TO START AN ENDOWMENT AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH TOP DONORS.

>> PAST COUNCILS HAVE INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN WHAT PEOPLE WANT, BUT IT'S GETTING FROM THERE TO GETTING TO THE PLACE OF WHAT PEOPLE WILL DONATE TO BUILD IS ANOTHER MATTER.

WHEN YOU GO ON ANY UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, YOU SEE THAT THE BUILDINGS ARE NAMED.

>> Reporter: ELECTION DATE IS JUNE 7th AND YOU CAN DROP OFF YOUR BALLOTS.

THE TOP TWO VOTE GETTERS WILL FACE OFF IN NOVEMBER.

GUSTAVO SILLIES, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THERE ARE SIX CANDIDATES IN THE RACE.

COUNCILMAN JOHN McCANN WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR A RECORDED INTERVIEW.

RETIRED ARMY MAJOR SPENCER CASH DECLINED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT CITY FINANCES.

>>> FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE JUNE PRIMARY, GO TOAND CLICK ON THE ROTOR HUB TAB.

YOU WILL FIND OUR BALLOT GUIDE BREAKING DOWN ALL RACES AND CANDIDATES, AS WELL AS LOCATIONS TO VOTE OR TO DROP OFF YOUR BALLOTS.

>>> THE COASTAL CLOUD COVER THAT WE CALL ME GREAT AND JUNE GLOOM TRADITIONALLY KEEPS SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER TEMPERATURES COMFORTABLE IN SAN DIEGO, BUT SCIENTISTS AT SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY SAY THAT NATURAL A SEAT MAY BE DISAPPEARING.

RESEARCHERS USED AIRPORT RECORDS TO COMPARE WEATHER TRENDS GOING BACK DECADES.

THEY LINKED FEWER DAYS OF FOG AND LOW LEVEL CLOUDS TO THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT.

THAT'S WHEN NATURAL LAND COVER IS REPLACED WITH THINGS LIKE CONCRETE, ASPHALT AND ROOFTOPS WHICH INCREASES NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES AND DRIES OF THE CLOUDS.

>> IN L.A., WE SEE THE STRONGEST TRENDS TOWARDS LESS FOG AND LOW CLOUDS IN THE EARLY MORNING.

WE ALSO SEE THAT TO SOME EXTENT IN SAN DIEGO.

IN SANTA BARBARA AND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS WHERE WE HAVE LESS URBAN LAND COVER, THE TREND WASN'T AS STRONG OR WAS IN THERE AT ALL.

>> RESEARCHERS SAY GREENHOUSE GASES ALSO LIKELY PLAY A ROLE, BUT THEY ARE STILL WORKING TO FIGURE IT OUT.

IF THESE TRENDS CONTINUE, SUMMERS WOULD BE WARMER AND DRYER AT THE COAST.

>>> WE HAVE IN DEALING WITH LOW LEVEL CLOUDS AND SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE ALL BECAUSE OF THE DEEP MARINE LAYER.

THAT WILL BE STAYING THE COURSE FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING AND ALSO INTO THOSE MORNING HOURS TOMORROW.

THEN WE HAVE GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE DESERTS AND SOME FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ACROSS OTHER WEATHERS OF THE SOUTHWEST.

THEN TEMPS WILL TAKE A BIT OF A DIP AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

I DID MENTION THE WIND ADVISORIES.

REALLY YOU ARE LOOKING AT PALMDALE AND RIDGECREST THAT YOU HAVE THOSE WIND ADVISORIES THAT RUN THROUGH THIS EVENING INTO VERY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.

AT THE COAST WITH SOME CLOUD COVER, TEMPERATURES FALLING BACK TO LOW 60s.

MID-50s FOR RAMONA, ESCONDIDO.

57 EL CAJON.

YOU WILL FALL BACK TO THE 60s MORE INTERIOR.

YOU WILL SEE SLIGHT COOLER TEMPERATURES.

MOUNT LAGUNA 37 AND BORREGO SPRINGS IN THE MID-60s.

A CALL WILL BE PUSHING ITS WAY TO THE SOUTH SO THE HEAT WILL COMPRESS.

AREAS SOUTH OF THERE.

I WOULD SAY EAST OF LOS ANGELES RATHER AND THEN THROUGH PHOENIX UP TO ALBUQUERQUE.

ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS ACROSS NORTHERN GREAT BASIN, MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES.

RIGHT HERE ACROSS SAN DIEGO AND ACROSS OUR COASTAL AREAS, THERE'S A VERY DEEP MARINE LAYER THAT WILL BRING US SOME THICK CLOUD COVERAGE AND THOSE LOW CLOUDS WILL WORK THEIR WAY IN LINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

THEN EVEN MORE SO, INTERIOR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT, INTERIOR AND MOUNT LAGUNA, A LOT OF CLOUDS WILL STAY TO THE WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS.

AGAIN, THAT COULD BRING SHOWERS IN PLACES LIKE OCEANSIDE WITH THE DRIZZLE THAT I MENTIONED.

69 DEGREES ESCONDIDO.

YOU WILL GET TO 72.

RAMONA 74.

SUNSHINE AROUND BORREGO SPRINGS.

TEMPERATURES AROUND 95 AND BORREGO SPRINGS.

THE WARMTH CONTINUES TO BUILD FOR SUNDAY.

AREAS WERE IT'S COLD WILL BE AROUND GRAND JUNCTION AND DENVER.

ON THE COAST, A COOLER TREND LEADING INTO THE WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES STAYING AROUND 70 AND WARMING UP TO 80s FURTHER IN LENGTH BY THE TIME YOU GET INTO THE START OF NEXT WEEK.

ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN AREAS, MID- 60s FOR SUNDAY AND ONWARD INTO MONDAY, DESERT TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT AND PICKS BACK UP MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE ROTELLA.

THE CARLSBAD 5000 RUNNING RACE IS KNOWN AS THE WORLD'S FASTEST 5K BECAUSE OF THE WORLD RECORDS THAT ARE SET THERE.

NOW AFTER THREE YEARS, IT'S MAKING A COME BACK ON SUNDAY.

ABOUT 6000 RUNNERS ARE EXPECTED TO TURN OUT FOR THE RACES.

OLYMPIAN MEB KEFLEZIGHI SAYS PEOPLE WHO PICKED UP RUNNING OR WALKING DURING COVID, AN EVENT LIKE THIS IS WELCOME.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN DO IT.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING THERE AND RUNNING MYSELF AND PUTTING MEDALS AROUND PEOPLE'S NECKS.

>> IN THE PAST, MEB KEFLEZIGHI RAN A FOUR MINUTE MILE.

NOW HE PLANS TO RUN AT A FAR MORE REASONABLE EIGHT OR NINE MINUTE PACE.

STOMACH THIS WEEKEND, INDEPENDENT FILMS OFFERING THE BEST MOVIE CHOICES IN SAN DIEGO.

BETH OKAMOTO HIGHLIGHTS TWO FILMS WORTH CHECKING OUT LOCAL ART-HOUSE VENUES.

>> IN THE FILM EMERGENCY, AND UNCONSCIOUS WHITE GIRL MYSTERIOUSLY ENDS UP ON THE LIVING ROOM FLOOR OF AN APARTMENT BELONGING TO A TRIO OF COLLEGE ROOMMATES.

THE SIMPLE THING TO DO WOULD BE TO CALL 911.

>> OKAY.

SHE'S ALIVE.

>> STOCK.

ARE YOU CRAZY?

>> WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.

THE COPS ARE NOT GOING TO LISTEN.

THEY WILL COME HERE AND SEE THREE GUYS HANGING OUT WITH HIS WHITE GIRL.

>> Reporter: WHAT SHOULD'VE BEEN SPRING BREAK PARTIES TURNS INTO A NIGHTMARE AS THE REMAINS TRY TO GET THE GIRL TO A HOSPITAL.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S IN THE CAR.

RAVEN THE FILM OVER, IN CASE THE STORY TO GET TO ITS POINT OF AN ALL-TOO-FAMILIAR TRAGIC CONFRONTATION BETWEEN COPS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.

THE SAME THEMES COULD'VE BEEN ADDRESSED WITH A LESS CONVOLUTED PLOT, AND WITH LESS AWKWARD HUMOR.

BUT, THE MESSAGE IS STILL A POTENT ONE IN THE REALIZATION OF A RACISM HE HAD NOT PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED AS POWERFULLY RENDERED.

>> ASANTE.

>> Reporter: THE YOUR TASK OPENS WITH THE SERENE MOMENT BETWEEN AN ELDERLY COUPLE.

BRACE YOURSELF.

IS THE ONLY MOMENT OF COMFORT YOU WILL HAVE IN A DEVASTATING AND UNFLINCHING LOOK AT THE HORRORS PEOPLE CAN FACE AT THE END OF LIFE.

HE DEDICATES THE FILM TO ALL PEOPLE WHOSE BRAINS DECOMPOSE BEFORE THE HEARTS.

AND WITH A DETERIORATING MIND CAN BE LIKE.

KNOW WE EMPLOYS A SPLIT SCREEN TO SEPARATE THE HUSBAND AND THE WIFE'S DIFFERING EXPERIENCES AS THEY APPROACH A BLEAK AND UNSENTIMENTAL DEATH.

THE FILM IS DIFFICULT TO WATCH, BUT BRILLIANTLY RENDERED.

NO HE IS KNOWN FOR BEING A RUDE AND MERCILESS PROVOCATEUR, BUT THIS WILL MAY DISPLAY HIS MOST GENUINE HUMANITY.

I RECOMMEND IT, BUT I CAN'T REALLY CALL IT ENTERTAINMENT.

BETH ECK AMANDO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> DR. TAYLOR SWIFT.

YES, YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT.

THE 11 TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNER WAS HONORED AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY WITH AN HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREE IN FINE ARTS.

SHE DELIVERED A COMMENCEMENT SPEECH TO THE UNIVERSITY'S 2022 GRADUATING CLASS OF 19,000.

HELD AT YANKEE STADIUM, IT WAS THE SCHOOL'S 188 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY.

IN HER SPEECH, THE RECORDING ARTIST STRESSED THAT EFFORTLESSNESS IS A MYTH AND ITS TO NEVER BE ASHAMED OF TRYING.

>> THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED IT THE LEAST WERE THE ONES I WANTED TO DATE AND BE FRIENDS WITH IN HIGH SCHOOL.

THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED THE MOST OTHER PEOPLE I KNOW HIGHER TO WORK FOR MY COMPANY.

>> DR.

SWIFT IS THE ONLY FEMALE ARTIST IN HISTORY TO WIN THE GRAMMY ALBUM OF THE YEAR THREE TIMES.

CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON HER WEBSITE, .

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I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.