>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT'S THURSDAY, MAY 5th.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THE FIGHT OVER PROTECTING REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IT'S CENTERSTAGE THIS AFTERNOON HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

CALIFORNIA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL FLANKED BY LOCAL LEADERS.

MAKING THE CASE TO SEE TO IT LEGALLY, ABORTION RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL IS LIFE WITH MORE ON TODAY'S DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING THE RECENT OPINION DRAFT THE SUPREME COURT IS POISED TO OVERTURN ROE V WADE.

JOHN.

I APOLOGIZE.

OUR LIKELY MAYBE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AND WE WILL TRY TO CHECK IN WITH HIM LATER IN THIS NEWSCAST.

SOME MUCH DISCUSSION IS CONSIDERED ON ROE V WADE.

RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ARE EXPECTING CONCERN OF ANOTHER DECISION THAT COULD PUT RIGHTS AT RISK.

THE CASE OF OVER FELT VERSUS HODGES IS A CASE THAT LEGALIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.

IT SAYS IF ROE V WADE IS OVERTURNED, IT COULD CREATE AN OPENING FOR OTHER RIGHTS COUNTED IN PRIVACY AND LIBERTY TO FACE A SIMILAR FATE.

>> I THINK MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE RISK THAT WE ALL FACE, THESE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE ENJOYED.

THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY.

THE RIGHT TO MARRIAGE.

THOSE ARE NOT RIGHTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED IN THE CONSTITUTION.

THOSE RIGHTS ARE AT RISK.

>> OVER GASOL MARRIED HIS PARTNER AND WAS RECOGNIZED AS IS RIGHT AFTER HIS DEATH.

HE PLANS TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE.

>>> NEW NUMBERS SHOW THE STAGGERING DEADLY IMPACT STILL PLAYING OUT DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

THINK ABOUT THIS.

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS NEARLY 50 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE DIED AROUND THE WORLD, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY DUE TO THE VIRUS.

THAT'S NEARLY 3 TIMES HIGHER THAN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED.

1 MILLION OF THOSE DEATHS HERE IN THE U.S. OFFICIALS SAY THE SPIKE IS DUE TO UNDERREPORTING WORLDWIDE AND TO DEATH INDIRECTLY ASSOCIATED, SUCH AS THOSE OF PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T RECEIVE OTHER LIFE-SAVING CARE.

>>> COVID-19 CASES ARE RISING AGAIN IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

WE JUST GOT THE LATEST NUMBERS WHICH ARE NOW RELEASED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS, INSTEAD OF DAILY.

837 NEW CASES WERE REPORTED FOR MAY 4th, AS WELL AS FIVE DEATHS SINCE MONDAY.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS THE GOOD NEWS IS REQUESTS FOR TREATMENTS ARE ALSO UP AND THOSE TREATMENTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE.

REDNECK I KNOW WITH COVID, EVERYTHING CHANGES.

EBBS AND FLOWS AND THIS IS OUR NEW NORMAL, RIGHT?

WE HAVE INCREASING CASES.

WE WILL HAVE DECREASING CASES.

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE ARE STARTING TO HAVE AN INCREASE IN CASES.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER DR. JENNIFER TUTOR SAYS THE MOST RECOMMENDED COVID TREATMENT IS THE PACS LOPID.

IT'S PRESCRIBED BY A DOCTOR AT PICKED UP AT LOCAL PHARMACIES.

LIKE OTHER TREATMENTS, IT HAS TO BE USED WITHIN THE FIRST FEW DAYS AFTER SYMPTOMS START.

>> WE ARE SEEING AN UPTICK IN BOTH THE ORAL TREATMENTS AND WE HAVE CONTINUED WEEK AFTER WEEK TO HAVE AN UPTICK IN THE UTILIZATION OF OUR MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES IN MARKED SITES.

>> Reporter: IT HELPS RUN THREE SITES WERE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES ARE GIVEN.

THE ANTIBODIES REQUIRE AN INFUSION AND ARE DONE FREE OF CHARGE DURING A SINGLE VISIT.

THERE'S GOOD NEWS ABOUT THESE EXISTING COVID TREATMENTS AND THE NEW VARIANCE.

>> THOSE THREE TAB TREATMENTS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE NIH ARE THOUGHT TO BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE VA TO.

>> Reporter: IT'S BELIEVED THE TREATMENTS ARE WORKING AGAINST A NEW SOME VARIANT OF B.A.

TWO THAT'S STARTING TO BE FOUND IN SAN DIEGO.

THE COUNTY IS WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT DOSES OF OF YOU SHELLED ARE GOING OUT TO THOSE WHO NEED IT.

IT'S A PREVENTATIVE TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED AND THEREFORE DON'T GET ENOUGH OR ANY PROTECTION FROM THE COVID-19 VACCINES.

IS ALSO FOR THOSE WHO ARE ALLERGIC TO VACCINES.

>> WE NEED TO DO THAT DUAL APPROACH WHERE WE MAKE SURE THAT PROVIDERS ARE AWARE OF IT, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT PATIENTS ARE AWARE OF IT SO WE CAN REALLY GET ANYONE WHO'S VULNERABLE IN OUR POPULATION, WE CAN GET THEM THAT TREATMENT.

>> Reporter: TUTOR SAYS THE COUNTY HAS SEEN INCREASE IN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS WHO ARE ORDERING EVUSHELD.

THERE ARE NO SHORTAGE OF THERAPEUTICS IN THE COUNTY.

BUT IF YOU GET COVID, GET TREATMENT.

>> Reporter: MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> RIGHT NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO GET BACK OUT TO JOHN CARROLL AT SKYLINE HILLS.

HE'S LIFE WITH MORE ON TODAY'S DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING THE RECENT OPINION DRAFT THE SUPREME COURT IS POISED TO OVERTURN, ROE V WADE.

JOHN.

>> Reporter: THAT DISCUSSION, ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION TOOK JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO AT THE SKYLINE HILLS BRANCH LIBRARY.

DR. AQUILA WEBER WAS JOINED BY CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB BONTA FOR THE DISCUSSION.

THOUGH SHE SAYS SHE WAS NOT SURPRISED, WEBER SAYS HER HEART SANK WHEN SHE HEARD THE NEWS ON MONDAY.

AS YOU WILL RECALL, THAT'S WHEN POLITICO PUBLISHED A LEAKED DRAFT OF A SUPREME COURT DECISION ON THE UPCOMING DOBBS CASE OUT OF MISSISSIPPI.

THAT CASE SEEKS TO SEVERELY RESTRICT ABORTION IN THAT STATE.

FIVE OUT OF THE NINE JUSTICES SIGNED ON TO THE OPINION WRITTEN BY JUSTICE ANITA.

WEBER SAYS SHE KNOWS VERY PERSONALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ABORTION RIGHTS ARE RESTRICTED.

WE WILL HEAR FROM HER FIRST ON THAT, THEN FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL BONTA PLEDGING THAT CALIFORNIA WILL PROTECT A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE NO MATTER WHAT.

>> I'VE LIVED IN LOUISIANA AND HAD FRIENDS WHO WERE SEEKING ABORTION SERVICES AND HAD TO DRIVE HUNDREDS OF MILES TO GET THERE.

I PRACTICE IN TEXAS WERE THEIR WAR AGAINST WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE NEVER STOPPED IN 1973.

IT JUST CONTINUE TO PROGRESS AND RAMP-UP.

>> WE WILL EXPAND ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.

WE WILL EXPAND ACCESS TO ABORTION.

WE WILL MEET THIS MOMENT.

WE WILL BE THIS COUNTRY AS WE HAVE DONE SO, SO OFTEN.

THAT PHRASE AS CALIFORNIA GOES, SO GOES THE NATION.

>> Reporter: AFTER THE DISCUSSION WRAPPED UP, ASK ASSEMBLY MEMBER WEBER WAS THERE SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE ANNOUNCED DECISION BY SOME REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS TO GO AHEAD AND EVENTUALLY MAKE ABORTION ILLEGAL NATIONWIDE.

SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY.

LIVE IN SKYLINE HILLS, JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CALIFORNIA HAS AN UNSETTLING PAST WHEN IT COMES TO BILINGUAL EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY FOR SPANISH SPEAKING IMMIGRANT STUDENTS.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER ANGIE PEREZ TELLS US ABOUT THE ONGOING SHORTAGE OF BILINGUAL TEACHERS AND WHAT'S BEING DONE TO BRIDGE THE LEARNING GAP.

BUT MY INTEREST IN BECOMING A TEACHER?

THERE ARE MORE PATHWAYS THAN EVER TO GET THERE.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY OF EDUCATION IS DOING A HARD SELL IN RECRUITING TEACHERS.

THE COUNTY STRUGGLES TO GIVE ASPIRING TEACHERS A TRUE SENSE OF WHAT IT TAKES TO GET CREDENTIALS.

BUT THIS CONNECTION IS EVEN GREATER WHEN THE SEARCHES WERE BILINGUAL TEACHERS.

THAT IS NOW A CRITICAL PRIORITY.

>> IT'S GOOD FOR STUDENTS TO SEE THAT THEIR TEACHERS MIGHT BE SECOND-LANGUAGE LEARNERS OR EDUCATORS OF COLOR, BECAUSE NOW THEY CAN SEE THEMSELVES IN THEIR TEACHER.

>> Reporter: FINDING QUALIFIED TEACHER CANDIDATES WHO ARE FLUENT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND OTHER LANGUAGES ISN'T EASY.

MESA COLLEGE HAS A NEW PROGRAM AIMED AT EDUCATING AND SUPPORTING THOSE WHO WANT TO TEACH.

IT'S CALLED A SPANISH WORD THAT MEANS DUTY OR RESPONSIBILITY.

>> I FEEL THERE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY IT FORWARD TO OUR COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: JORGE VILLALOBOS IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT MESA COLLEGE AND ACTIVITY DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM.

>> THEY WANT TO FEEL COMFORTABLE BEING THEMSELVES AND JUST TO BE ABLE TO SWITCH VERY COMFORTABLY AS WELL BETWEEN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND NOT FEEL THAT THEIR ACCENT IS GOING TO BE AN IMPEDIMENT FOR THEM TO SHOW AS PROFESSIONAL AS ANYONE.

>> Reporter: THE COVID CRISIS IS THE ONLY REASON FOR TEACHER SHORTAGES.

THERE'S A LINGERING LEGACY FROM A CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION PASSED BACK IN 1998 THAT BASICALLY BANNED BILINGUAL EDUCATION, FORCING NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS TO LEARN IN ENGLISH, UNLESS THEY HAD A WAIVER.

IT WAS ONLY REPEALED SIX YEARS AGO.

WHICH HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE LOSS OF BILINGUAL TEACHERS IN THE PIPELINE, LEADING TO CLASSROOMS AND STUDENTS IN DESPERATE NEED.

>> THE FIRST THING I DO WHEN I GET TO THE CLASSROOM IS GETTING , GIVING THOSE STUDENTS THE CONFIDENCE THEY NEED.

GIVING THEM THE REPRESENTATION THEY NEED.

>> Reporter: VANESSA STONE HAS BEEN A PARTICIPANT IN THE MESA COLLEGE PROGRAM SINCE IT STARTED THREE YEARS AGO.

SHE IS NOW MEANT TOURING OTHER UPCOMING STUDENTS.

THE MESA PROGRAM IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND TO CITY COLLEGE.

IT IS ALREADY PARTNERED WITH SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE AND SAN DIEGO STATE, WHERE VANESSA PLANS TO TRANSFER WITHIN A YEAR SO SHE CAN START REACHING THOSE STUDENTS CAUGHT IN THE BILINGUAL GAP.

>> THEM NOT HAVING ENGLISH AS THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT A DISABILITY.

IF ANYTHING, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP THEM LATER IN LIFE AND THAT THEY CAN DO ANYTHING.

>> Reporter: THAT SAYS HOPE IN ANY LANGUAGE.

MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> RIGHT NOW, SEVERE BLOODY BATTLES ARE UNFOLDING IN THE UKRAINIAN CITY OF MARIUPOL.

THE TOP COMMANDER THERE SAYS RUSSIAN FORCES REACHED THE PERIMETER AND ARE SHELLING NONSTOP.

REPORTER ISABEL ROSALES IS TRACKING THE EFFORTS TO GET RESIDENTS TO SAFETY.

>> Reporter: AND MARIUPOL'S LAST LINE OF DEFENSE, UNRELENTING RUSSIAN ATTACKS.

FIERCE, BLOODY COMBAT IS HOW ONE UKRAINIAN COMMANDER IS DESCRIBING.

THE BOMBARDMENT ON THE STEEL PLANT HAPPENING FROM LAND, SEA AND AIR.

>> RUSSIA IS SHOWING ABSOLUTELY NO RESPECT WHATSOEVER TO THEIR LIVES.

>> Reporter: IN AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER OR HUNDREDS OF CIVILIANS.

THIS VIDEO CAPTURING THE MOMENT UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS ALONGSIDE THEM, SING A UKRAINIAN PATRIOTIC ANTHEM.

UKRAINIAN COMMANDER SAYS RUSSIA BROKE ITS PLEDGE TO ALLOW A NEW ROUND OF EVACUATION CORRIDORS WITH ITS NONSTOP ATTACKS.

>> TRANSLATOR:.

ONCE AGAIN, THE RUSSIANS HAVE BROKE THEIR PROMISE AND MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO EVACUATE CIVILIANS.

BACK HOLDING THE LINE.

IN THE EAST, IN THE REGIONS, UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS SAY RUSSIA HAS HAD NO SUCCESS IN BREAKING THROUGH THE FRONT LINES.

TAKE A LOOK.

A RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE CAUGHT ON CAMERA AS IT HITS A BRIDGE IN CENTRAL UKRAINE.

TO THE EAST, APARTMENT BUILDINGS TORN APART BY ANOTHER RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE.

AT LEAST 25 CIVILIANS ARE HURT.

ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, THE WHITE HOUSE IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE NEW YORK TIMES STORY CLAIMING U.S. INTELLIGENCE IS HELPING UKRAINE KILL RUSSIAN OFFICIALS.

A NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SPOKESPERSON DENYING THAT PREMISE AND CALLING THE REPORT MISLEADING AND IRRESPONSIBLE.

IN WASHINGTON, ISABEL ROSALES, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY RELEASED ITS OVER $7 MILLION RECOMMENDED BUDGET TODAY.

SOME OF THE LARGEST INVESTMENTS ARE IN MENTAL HEALTH, HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.

$72.8 MILLION IS RECOMMENDED TO SUPPORT MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS MADE UP OF MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS.

THERE'S ALSO $11.9 MILLION FROM ONE-TIME STIMULUS FUNDS DEDICATED TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

ANOTHER $10 MILLION WOULD GO TO SHELTER PROGRAMS.

COUNTY DEPARTMENTS WILL MAKE PRESENTATIONS ON MAY 19th AND 20th.

THE SUPERVISORS MUST APPROVE A NEW BUDGET BY JUNE 30th.

>>> THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO AND THE SURROUNDING AREA DOUBLED LAST YEAR.

KPBS RACE AND EQUITY REPORTER CHRISTINA SAYS AND SD YOU PROFESSOR AND HIS STUDENTS ARE ASKING PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS WHAT THEY ACTUALLY NEED.

>> IT REALLY PUTS A HUMAN FACE ON PEOPLE LIVING IN THE STREET.

>> Reporter: ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU CAN FIND BRUCE AND HIS STUDENTS WALKING AROUND SAN DIEGO'S HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.

>> WHERE YOU SLEEP.

>> Reporter: TALKING TO PEOPLE AND ASKING THEM TO DRAW MAPS.

>> STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS LIKE MYSELF GO OUT AND HAVE PEOPLE ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS AND THEN DRAW MAPS ON BLANK PIECES OF PAPER OF THEIR MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES AND MOST IMPORTANT DESTINATIONS OF THEIR DAILY LIVES.

>> Reporter: IS PART OF A RESEARCH PROJECT HE STARTED IN 2021.

HE'S A PROFESSOR OF CITY PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN AT SDSU AND IS TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS NAVIGATE THEIR DAILY LIVES.

>> IS A HUMAN CENTERED APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE HOME TERRITORIES AND THEIR NEEDS.

>> Reporter: IT ALL STARTS WITH HE AND HIS STUDENTS ASKING PEOPLE IF THEY ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND IF THEY HAD TIMES FOR QUESTIONS.

PEOPLE AT TERRENCE MAYFIELD, THE 45-YEAR-OLD NATIVE SAN DIEGO AND HAS BEEN LIVING IN THE STREETS FOR YEARS.

>> IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE OUT HERE, JUST TRYING TO MAINTAIN AND SURVIVE.

>> Reporter: STUDENT EVAN DENNIS INTERVIEWED MAYFIELD.

SHE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT CERTAIN SERVICES LIKE SHELTERS AND HOW THEY ARE WORKING.

>> WOULD YOU GO BACK NOW?

>> WHAT I GO TO THE SHELTER?

I MIGHT GO TO A SHELTER BUT I JUST GOT OUT OF ONE.

I'M PRETTY MUCH BURNED OUT ON IT .

DEALING WITH THE PEOPLE OF HERE IS A LITTLE MORE.

>> WOULD YOU SAY IS LESS STRESSFUL?

>> IN THERE THERE'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF STRESS.

IT'S CLOSED QUARTERS AND YOU HAVE HYGIENE ISSUES WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, USING THE FACILITIES AND WHATNOT.

>> Reporter: FINALLY, DENNIS AND APPLEYARD ASKED HIM TO DRAW A HOME TERRITORY.

THE GOES TO SLEEP, GET FOOD AND CHARGES PHONE AND OTHER DAILY TASKS.

BUT WHERE DO YOU CHARGE YOUR PHONE?

>> THE LIBRARY MAINLY.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE'S ALWAYS MOVING BUT THAT THE MAPI JUST DREW SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHERE HE LIVES.

>> I REALLY DON'T GO PAST THIS AREA.

BUT WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS YOUR HOME TERRITORY?

>> I WOULDN'T CONSIDER IT HOME, BUT IT'S MY COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THAT'S A DISTINCTION MAYFIELD WANTS TO MAKE.

HOME MEANS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT THAN JUST SHELTER.

>> TO ME, HOMELESS AND HOUSE LISTS ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

YOU CAN HAVE A HOUSE OR AN APARTMENT OR WHATEVER AND STILL BE HOMELESS.

>> Reporter: AFTER THE INTERVIEW WRAPS UP, APPLEYARD GIVES MAYFIELD A GIFT CARD FOR FOOD.

EVERYONE WHO DOES AN INTERVIEW GETS ONE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE SDSU GROUP USE ALL THE MAPS COLLECTED.

THIS WAS DRAWN BY ALFREDO.

ON THE CORNER OF 16th HE MOSTLY STAYS ON THE SITE.

HE MENTIONS HOW HE USES THE PORT-A-POTTY AND WATER STATIONS HERE.

>> Reporter: THEY WANT TO DESIGN SERVICES THAT MAKE SENSE BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE HEARD ABOUT SHELTER CURFEWS, CROWDING AND THE AREAS MANY PEOPLE AVOID.

BUT APPLEYARD SAYS THE MAPS ARE ALSO A REFLECTION OF OUR SOCIETY.

>> IT'S NOT AS MUCH WHAT THE MAPS SAY ABOUT THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WE INTERVIEW.

IT'S REALLY ABOUT WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT US.

OFTENTIMES, PEOPLE ARE JUST LOOKING AT HOMELESSNESS AS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED AND DEALT WITH, BUT IN WAYS THAT REALLY AREN'T HELPING THINGS IN THE WAY THAT WE HAVE SEEN THEM.

>> Reporter: THAT MESSAGE FOR SEEING PEOPLE FOR PEOPLE IS A MESSAGE THAT'S ALREADY TAKING HOLD WITH THE STUDENT RESEARCHERS.

LIKE EVAN DENNIS AND MICHAEL ROOMFUL OF.

>> IS AN EXPERIENCE GETTING OUT TO GO BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND INTERVIEW AND GIVE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR STORY.

>> Reporter: APPLEYARD IN HIS STUDENTS PLAN TO KEEP COLLECTING MAPS AND HOPE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WILL USE THE LESSONS GLEANED FROM THEM.

THEY HAVE ALREADY MET WITH THE COUNTY'S OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.

CHRISTINA KIM, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE HAVE HAD A PRETTY PLEASANT STRETCH OF WHETHER ALONG THE COAST AND EVEN INTO THE SAN DIEGO AREA.

WE'VE ALSO SEEN CLOUDS ACCOMPANYING RIGHT ALONG THE COAST AND WORKING THEY WERE FURTHER IN LAND THROUGHOUT THURSDAY.

CLOUDS WILL HANG AROUND FOR THURSDAY BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME WARM WEATHER THAT WILL LAST THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE WE TAP INTO A COOLER WEEKEND THAT LIES AHEAD OF US.

LET'S TALK ABOUT TEMPERATURES FALLING BACK TO THE LOWER 50s.

FOR ESCONDIDO TONIGHT, OCEANSIDE 51.

SAN DIEGO DROPPING TO 59.

SO IT'S A MILD EVENING FOR YOU.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT 54 AND EL CAJON, 54.

IT'S SUNNY AND WARM FOR YOUR FRIDAY.

THAT JET STAYS TO THE NORTH FOR THE MOST PART AND SO YOU WILL FEEL THAT WARM AIR EXPANDING AND PRETTY WARM CONDITIONS EVEN ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST.

THEY FLIRT WITH TRIPLE DIGITS THE FURTHER IN LAND YOU GO.

NANCY PLACES GETTING TO 101 IN THE AFTERNOON.

MOUNT LAGUNA INTO THE LOWER 70s.

SAN DIEGO WILL BE AT 70 TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

EL CAJON 84 AND RAMONA 85.

THEN WE LOOK INTO SATURDAY AND WE HAVE THIS UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY THAT WILL WORK ITS WAY INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.

THIS WILL ALSO PLUNGES WAY FURTHER TO THE SOUTH.

AHEAD OF IT, THE WARMTH CONTINUES TO BUILD BUT THE BREEZE WILL ALSO PICK BACK UP INTO THE FORECAST WHICH IS NOT GREAT WHEN IT COMES TO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.

I THINK IT WILL BE PRETTY GUSTY IN THOSE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

I MENTIONED THOSE CLOUDS LINGERING AROUND FOR YOUR FRIDAY.

THAT WILL CONTINUE EVEN INTO YOUR SATURDAY AS WELL.

TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE SEE FOR OUR EXTENDED FORECAST.

FIVE DAY OUTLOOK HERE FOR THE COAST, YOU WILL SEE TEMPERATURES TAKING A BIT OF A DIP.

AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

THAT COOL STRETCH THAT I MENTIONED.

YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S PRESENTED AS WELL THE FURTHER IN LAND YOU GO.

TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE MID 60s BY YOUR TUESDAY.

INTO THE MOUNTAINS YOU GO.

GET 70s FOR TOMORROW, BUT BY MONDAY, HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE UPPER 50s.

EVEN A COOLDOWN ACROSS THE DESERT.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE ROTELLA.

>>> MTS IS GOING GREEN AND IN A FIRST OF ITS KIND WAY LOCALLY, THE TRANSIT SYSTEM BROKE GROUND TODAY IN CHULA VISTA ON THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE OVERHEAD ELECTRIC BUS TRACKING SYSTEM IN THE REGION.

THIS WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARD HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ECONOMY.

>> IT WILL START TO CHARGE THESE BUSES OVERNIGHT SO THAT WHEN THEY ARE RUNNING AROUND THE STREETS OF SAN DIEGO, THEY WILL BE COMPLETELY CLEAN, WITH ZERO EMISSIONS.

RIGHT NOW, WITH GAS PRICES, YOU FILL UP YOUR TANK AND YOU SAY, WHY AM I DOING THIS?

IN REALITY, WE HAVE A REALLY WONDERFUL NETWORK OF BUSES AND TROLLEYS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

SO I HOPE PEOPLE WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

>> CONSTRUCTION WAS FUNDED BY GRANT MONEY AND THIS SHOULD HELP MTS REACH THE STATE'S GOAL OF GOING ALL ELECTRIC BY THE YEAR 2040.

>>> MORTGAGE RATES HIT THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2009 THIS WEEK.

REPORTS THE FIXED RATE AVERAGE WAS 5.27.

WELL BELOW.

THE UPWARD TREND HAS PUSHED RATES MORE THAN TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS HIGHER THIS YEAR.

THAT'S THE FASTEST PACE IN DECADES.

>>> SUMMER IS ALMOST HERE AND THAT MEANS IT'S CAMP TIME FOR MANY KIDS.

WITH COVID RESTRICTIONS ON THE DECLINE, ENROLLMENT IS ON THE RISE.

HERE'S KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER .

>> Reporter: SUMMER IS COMING IN SAN DIEGO FOR SOME KIDS.

IT MEANS SPENDING A DAY AT THE BEACH.

FOR OTHERS, IT'S SPENDING THE DAY AT SUMMER CAMPS DOING ROCKCLIMBING OR ARTS AND CRAFTS.

>> SUMMER CAMP STARTS ON JUNE 25th.

>> Reporter: SHE'S WITH THE YMCA.

WITH PANDEMIC RESTRICTION EASING, MORE PARENTS ARE LOOKING TO ENROLL THEIR KIDS ACCOUNTS.

>> TO BE ABLE TO BE BACK WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS IS EXCITING FOR US.

>> Reporter: IS CAUSING CHALLENGES.

>> IS A STAFFING ISSUE NOW SO IT IS LIMITED BASED ON OUR RATIOS AS TO HOW MANY KIDS WE CAN SERVE BASED ON STAFF.

>> Reporter: IS NOT JUST THE Y.

CAMPS THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES AND ARE FILLING UP FAST.

AND THAT'S CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR PARENTS LIKE VIVA WIN.

SHE'S A WORKING MOM WITH TWO KIDS AND IS LOOKING FOR ALL DAY CARE FOR HER EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SON.

THE Y IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS SHE LOOKED INTO.

>> MOST OF THEM, THEY GET FILLED PRETTY FAST.

IT'S ONE OF THE OPTIONS.

>> Reporter: SHE'S A PRO AT THIS.

SHE SAYS SHE PUTS CAMP REGISTRATION DATES ON HER CALENDAR MONTHS IN ADVANCE.

THAT MAKES SURE HER SON GETS A SPOT IN THE CAMPS HE LIKES.

SHE RECOMMENDS PARENTS DO THE SAME.

>> THAT WAY YOU WON'T MISS A CHANCE TO GET INTO THAT SUMMER CAMP.

>> Reporter: FOR PARENTS WITH LIMITED MEANS, SUMMER CAMP IS NOT AN OPTION.

THE YMCA HAS SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE.

VISIT A BRANCH OR GO ONLINE TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION.

BUT DO IT SOON.

ALEXANDER WEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TEENS CAN WORK OUT FOR FREE AT PLANET FITNESS THIS SUMMER.

THE GYM AND CHAIN AND LC INITIATIVE FOR THOSE AGES 14 TO 19.

THEY CAN SIGN UP IN PERSON FOR ANY PLANET FITNESS LOCATION OR ONLINE.

THE PROGRAM KICKS OFF ON MAY 16th UNLESS THROUGH AUGUST 31st.

>>> BABY FORMULA RECALLS, PRODUCT SHORTAGES, BOTH ISSUES LEADING TO EMPTY SHELVES.

SO WHAT SHOULD PARENTS DO IF THEY CAN'T FIND FORMULA FOR THEIR CHILD?

MANDY FINDS IT FROM A PEDIATRICIAN.

>> Reporter: HE'S FIVE MONTHS OLD WITH A SENSITIVE STOMACH SO WHEN WESTON'S MOM FOUND A BABY FORMULA HER SON COULD TOLERATE, SHE STOPPED UP.

JUST A FEW WEEKS LATER, I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL AND ALL OF OUR PACKAGES THAT I HAD WERE RECALLED.

>> Reporter: WITH RECALLS AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, JOY GREEN IS NOW HAVING TROUBLE FINDING ANY FORMULA.

>> THAT'S ALL HE'S ALLOWED TO EAT RIGHT NOW'S FORMULA.

SO AS A MOM, IT'S LIKE, HOW AM I GOING TO FEED MY KID?

>> Reporter: DR. STEPHEN ABRAMS, FORMER CHAIR OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION SAYS THE KEY TO MANAGING THE SHORTAGE, FLEXIBILITY.

>> BABIES CAN GET USED TO ONE FORMULA, BUT IF THAT FORMULA SIMPLY ISN'T THERE, THEY WILL HAVE TO LOOK AND FIND THE CLOSEST ALTERNATIVE.

>> Reporter: ABRAMS SAYS IF YOU'RE NOT SURE OF THE CLOSEST FORMULA MATCH OR IF YOUR BABY EATS A SPECIALIZED FORMULA FOR ALLERGIES, TALK TO YOUR PEDIATRICIAN.

HE SAYS NOT TO INTRODUCE SOLID FOODS OR COW MILK TO YOUR CHILD EARLY.

THOSE AREN'T SOURCES OF GOOD NUTRITION IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF LIFE.

>> IT'S ABOUT THE ONLY THING THEY EAT SO IF YOU MAKE YOUR OWN HOMEMADE MIXTURE, YOU WON'T BE GETTING THE SAFE NUTRITION THAT THE BABY NEEDS.

>> AT THIS POINT, WE ARE BUYING WHAT WE CAN AND LITERALLY LIVING DAY TO DAY.

>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAYNOR.

>>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF TONIGHT.

NEW DATA SHOWS THAT COVID RELATED DEATHS HAVE REACHED NEARLY 50 MILLION WORLDWIDE.

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

>>> STARTING TONIGHT, PBS IS BRINGING THE FILIPINO AMERICAN EXPERIENCE TO ITS AUDIENCE AND THE NEW SHOW CALLED OUT OF THE BOONDOCKS.

BOONDOCKS MEANS SOMETHING HIDDEN OR FAR AND COMES FROM THE FILIPINA WORD.

THE SIX PART DOCUSERIES WILL SHOWCASE THE FILIPINO CULTURE AND CREATIVITY THROUGH THE LENS OF LOCAL SAN DIEGO FILIPINO ARTISTS AND INNOVATORS.

>> WHAT YOU THINK IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN LEARN FROM FILIPINO CULTURE?

THE RESOURCEFULNESS I THINK.

AND JUST THE JOY OF OUR PEOPLE.

BACK HOME, WE HAD SO LITTLE THAT WE FIND SIMPLE JOYS IN MUNDANE THINGS.

>> YOU CAN WATCH OUT OF THE BOONDOCKS TONIGHT AT 8:30 RIGHT HERE ON KPBS TV .

NEW EPISODES WILL AIR ON THURSDAY NIGHTS, OR YOU CAN STREAM AT ANY TIME ON DEMAND WITH THE PBS VIDEO APP.

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