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>>> PROTESTERS GATHERED AT EL CAJON CIVIC CENTER TO DENOUNCE AN I.C.E.

RAID IN THAT CITY LAST WEEK.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

THE ACTIVISTS ARE DEMANDING ANSWERS FROM CITY OFFICIALS ABOUT THE COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER WYNN HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN A DOZEN PROTESTERS MARCHED INTO CITY HALL TODAY TO SERVE THIS PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST FOR COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY AND FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS.

THEY SAY THE INVOLVEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS CONCERNING.

>> [ CROWD CHANTING ] [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] >> WE ARE NOT GOING TO SIT BY AND WATCH THIS HAPPEN, NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

>> Reporter: MARINA BRENDA MS. WITH LATINA ACTION, SHE SAYS THAT THE RATE LAST WEEK WAS A FEAR MONGERING TOOL.

>> YOU THINK THAT FATHERS ARE NOW GOING TO BE COMFORTABLY LEAVING THEIR HOMES EVERY DAY, KNOWING THAT WILL BE THE LAST TIME THEY COULD COME HOME TO THE CHILDREN?

THIS IS TERRIBLE.

>> Reporter: 15 PEOPLE HERE WERE ARRESTED IN A RAID LAST WEEK, FOUR HAVE BEEN CHARGED AND ANOTHER SEVEN ARE LISTED AS MATERIAL WITNESSES.

SYDNEY, WAS SUSPECTED OF HIRING WORKERS WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS.

THE FEDERAL COMPLAINT SAYS THE BUSINESS HAD A MAKESHIFT LIVING SPACE INSIDE THE FACILITY.

>> MAKE NO MISTAKE, THESE TYPES OF ACTIONS TERRORIZE WORKING FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: PEDRO RAO'S IS WITH THE SERVICE COMMITTEE.

HE ACCUSES THE CITY COUNCIL OF HAVING SECRET MEETINGS WITH IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS IN DEFIANCE OF STATE LAW.

>> WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS THAT THESE PUBLIC OFFICIALS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE MISGUIDED DIRECTION THAT THEY HAVE, FOR THE POLICIES THAT THEY ARE PUTTING IN PLACE, THAT SEEK TO HARM HARD-WORKING FAMILIES.

>> IT IS LIKE NAZI GERMANY.

>> Reporter: MARINE VETERAN SAID THAT THE RAIDS LIKE LAST WEEK SHOULDN'T HAPPEN IN AMERICA.

>> THERE SHOULD BE MORE WHITE PEOPLE SUPPORTING THIS, BECAUSE OUR BLACK AND BROWN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, OUR LATINO AMERICANS, NATIVE AMERICANS, AFRICAN AMERICANS, IF IT CAN HAPPEN TO SOME LATINO FOLKS HERE IN EL CAJON, IT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE, AT ANY TIME.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO A PEW RESEARCH POLL, 51% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT REMOVING IMMIGRANTS HERE WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION, IF THEY HAVE COMMITTED VIOLENT CRIMES.

THE CITY HAS 10 DAYS TO RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST.

ALEXANDER WYNN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WORKERS FROM UC SAN DIEGO MEDICAL CAMPUSES WERE ON STRIKE TODAY AS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS STALLED.

KPBS REPORTER, KATIE AND ANASTAS, SAYS THAT THE UNION IS ACCUSING THEM OF UNFAIR WORKING PRACTICES.

>> Reporter: THE WORKERS INCLUDE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, OPTOMETRISTS, PHARMACISTS, AND MENTAL HEALTH CONNECTIONS, REPRESENTED BY THE UNIVERSITY, TECHNICAL POLICE UNION.

THEIR CONTRACT EXPIRED IN OCTOBER.

TUESDAY'S STRIKE WAS OVER UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE CHARGES THE UNION HAS FILED AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY.

>> WE ARE STRIKING RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITY HAS ILLEGALLY IMPLEMENTED HEALTHCARE INCREASES ON OUR MEMBERS, AND THEY ARE ALSO ENGAGING IN BAD-FAITH BARGAINING, REFUSING TO NEGOTIATE WITH ROUGHLY 1000 WORKERS, MANY OF THEM HEALTHCARE WORKERS, WHO JOINED OUR UNION WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

>> Reporter: A UNIVERSITY SPOKESPERSON WROTE IN AN EMAIL THAT THE ALLEGATIONS ARE UNSUBSTANTIATED.

THE UNION IS ALSO DRAWING ATTENTION TO WHAT IT CALLS A STAFFING CRISIS.

RANDALL TURNER WORKS IN I.T.

HE IS USUALLY AT THE EAST CAMPUS MEDICAL CENTER IN THE COLLEGE AREA, BUT HE ASKED TO STEP IN WHEN OTHER LOCATIONS ARE SHORT STAFFED.

>> SOMETIMES, THEY SAY, "HEY, WE NEED YOU TO GO TO A DIFFERENT SITE, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY TAXPAYERS RIGHT NOW."

I HAVE BEEN TO JACOBS, I HAVE BEEN TO HILLCREST AND WE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A MONTH AND LAST YEAR, WE WERE THERE I THINK FOUR OR FIVE TIMES THAT YEAR.

>> Reporter: THE UNIVERSITY SAYS ITS TURNOVER RATES ARE BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, AND ITS HEADCOUNT HAS INCREASED.

WORKERS FROM THE SECOND UNION REPRESENTING UC WORKERS ALSO WENT ON STRIKE IN SOLIDARITY.

THAT UNION HAS BEEN NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.

THE UNIVERSITY SAYS IT HAS OFFERED THINGS LIKE WAGE INCREASES AND MORE SICK LEAVE.

IT IS WORKING FOR NEXT STEPS WITH ONE UNION AND MEETING WITH THE OTHER IN COMING WEEKS.

IN THE MEANTIME, THEIR MEMBERS PLAN TO BE BACK AT WORK TOMORROW.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT IS A WINDY ONE OUT THERE, AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT PASTEL COLOR THERE, THAT IS THE BANNER OF A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2:00 A.M., LATE TONIGHT, EARLY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WE ARE GOING TO BE GEARING UP FOR EVENTUALLY ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS, INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

SO, WE ARE NOT TOTALLY OVER THE SHOWERS, BUT MEANTIME, STILL BREEZY, SOME SHOWERS AND EVEN SOME WET SNOWFLAKES IN THE MOUNTAINS.

WE WILL HAVE YOUR FULL FORECAST, COMING RIGHT UP.

>>> TODAY IS THE LAST DAY BEFORE PRESIDENT TRUMP PLANS TO UNVEIL SWEEPING, NEW TARIFFS.

INTERNATIONAL LEADERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT.

THE U.S. SENATE IS SET TO VOTE ON A RESOLUTION BLOCKING TARIFFS ON CANADIAN GOODS.

A HANDFUL OF REPUBLICANS SAY THEY MAY JOIN DEMOCRATS IN SUPPORTING IT.

OTHERS VOICED CONCERNS AHEAD OF THE VOTE.

>> TERRACE WILL CREATE PAIN FOR SOME BUSINESSES, AND I THINK WISCONSIN WILL BE PARTICULARLY HARD HIT WITH ALL THE MANUFACTURING AND AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS.

>> WE ARE GOING TO HURT FROM SOME OF OUR BEEF PROCESSORS, EXPORTERS, THAT THEY ARE LOSING MARKET SHARE IN EUROPE.

>> MEANWHILE, SOME COUNTRIES ARE PREPARING TO RETALIATE AGAINST THE U.S. SOUTH KOREA, CHINA, AND JAPAN, SAY THEY ARE PLANNING A JOINT RESPONSE.

OTHER NATIONS SAY THEY ARE WORKING ON MEASURES, TOO.

>>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S TARIFFS ONE JUST MAKE NEW CARS MORE EXPENSIVE, THEY WILL DRIVE UP COSTS OF OWNING A CAR THAT CONSUMERS MAY NOT THINK ABOUT.

KAREN KAFA HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: FORD SAID ON TUESDAY THAT THEIR SALES SURGED IN MARCH AND WHILE THE COMPANY DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY MENTION TARIFFS IN THE RELEASE, IT IS LIKELY BUYERS MADE THE PURCHASE AHEAD OF THOSE PRICES, AND IF TARIFFS DO TAKE EFFECT LATER THIS WEEK, THE COST OF A NEW CAR ISN'T THE ONLY THING THAT COULD CLIMB.

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 25% TARIFFS ON IMPORTED VEHICLES AND PARTS ARE SET TO TAKE EFFECT ON THURSDAY AND COULD CREATE A MARKET FOR NEW CARS, SIMILAR TO PANDEMIC ERA SUPPLY-CHAIN SCARCITY, WITH A MORE COSTLY PINCH.

>> AUTOS HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT INCREASE IN COST AND TODAY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE HIGHER INTEREST RATES THAN WE DID BACK IN COVID TIMES.

>> Reporter: HIGHER AUTO COSTS CAN BRING HIGHER INSURANCE COSTS, WHICH HAVE ALREADY SKYROCKETED IN RECENT YEARS.

TARIFFS ON ITEMS LIKE STEEL AND ALUMINUM ALSO SET TO PUSH THE PRICE OF AUTO-PARTS HIGHER, THE REPAIRS AND USED CARS COULD COST MORE, TOO.

>> IF YOU NEED TO REPAIR YOUR CAR, IT COSTS A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY.

SAME THING, WHEN THE DEALER TAKES IN A TRADE-IN, THEY HAVE TO PREPARE THE VEHICLE, AND THAT WILL ADD COSTS, AS WELL.

>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, GAS PRICES HAVE RECENTLY PUSHED HIGHER, BUT IT IS MORE ABOUT SPRING BREAK DEMAND THEN TARIFFS RIGHT NOW, ACCORDING TO AAA.

>> OBVIOUSLY, ANYTIME WE TALK ABOUT TARIFFS, MARKETS REACT RIGHT AWAY, POTENTIALLY RETAILERS COULD REACT RIGHT AWAY, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN RECENT WEEKS.

>> Reporter: IMPORTS FROM CANADA COULD SQUEEZE DRIVERS IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTRY.

>> NORTHERN STATES, STATES IN NEW ENGLAND, ALONG THE MIDWEST, ALL OF THE STATES CLOSEST TO CANADA DO RELY ON GASOLINE FROM CANADA, IN MANY CASES.

SO, THEY COULD BE SEEING SOME OF THESE EFFECTS.

>> Reporter: BUT, AAA ALSO NOTES THE NATIONAL AVERAGES ABOUT $.40 LOWER PER GALLON THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

>>> THE AUTO TARIFFS, PART OF A BROADER TARIFF STRATEGY FROM THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT TRUMP WILL HOLD AN EVENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, WHEN HE WILL ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR FURTHER RECIPROCAL TARIFFS, THOUGH THE DETAILS ARE NOT YET FIRM.

THAT IS LEAVING U.S.

BUSINESSES AND U.S. TRADE PARTNERS SOMEWHAT ANXIOUS.

IN WASHINGTON, I AM KAREN KAFA.

>>> REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN DARRELL I SAID SUED SECRETARY OF STATE SHIRLEY WEBER EARLIER THIS MONTH WITH A SINGULAR FOCUS.

HIS 2026 RE-ELECTION BID.

KPBS' EXPLAINS HOW THE SUIT AFFECTS THE TALLYING ON MAIL-IN BALLOTS.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA LAW ALLOWS MAIL-IN BALLOTS POSTMARKED BEFORE ELECTION DAY TO BE COUNTED IF THEY ARE RECEIVED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS.

IN HIS LAWSUIT, HE CALLS THE PRACTICE "UNCONSTITUTIONAL."

HE ARGUES THAT IT ILLEGALLY EXTENDS ELECTION DAY, AND HE MAINTAINS THE STATE LAW INJURES HIS PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS, BECAUSE THE EXTENSION GIVES DEMOCRATS AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE.

HE CONTENDS THAT WHILE HIS REPUBLICAN SUPPORTERS CAST "VALID AND TIMELY VOTES," THE CALIFORNIA LAW FORCES HIM TO SPEND EXTRA MONEY, TIME, AND RESOURCES FOR THE STATE TO COUNT MAIL-IN BALLOTS RECEIVED AFTER ELECTION DAY, WHICH HE CHARACTERIZES AS "ILLEGAL, AND INVALID VOTES."

IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT TO KPBS, ISA SAID, "FOR YEARS, CALIFORNIA STATE OFFICIALS HAVE TURNED ELECTION DAY INTO A MONTH OF VOTING, AND IT HAS HARMED THE VITAL CREDIBILITY OF OUR DEMOCRACY.

IT IS TIME TO ESTABLISH A COMMON SINCE STANDARD, AND SUPPORT CLEAR LAW TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CALIFORNIA VOTER CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR ELECTIONS."

SAN DIEGO CONGRESSMAN, JUAN VARGAS, A DEMOCRAT, BELIEVES ISSA'S SUIT WILL FAIL.

>> YOU CAN SUE ANYTHING HE WANTS, ANYBODY HE WANTS, BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE.

THE LAW IS THE LAW IN CALIFORNIA CAN DO THIS AND IT DID, THAT IS THAT.

>> Reporter: DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS MEN, MIKE LEVIN, SAYS HE BELIEVES ISSA'S LAWSUIT IS INTENDED TO " BRING UP MORE FEAR, UNCERTAINTY, AND DOUBT ABOUT ELECTIONS."

I AM ETHAN SHARMA, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IF GOVERNMENT IS MADE FOR THE PEOPLE, MADE BY THE PEOPLE, AND ANSWERABLE TO THE PEOPLE, THEN SOME OF THE PEOPLE, IT APPEARS, A TURNING AWAY FROM THE JOB.

KPBS', PUBLIC MATTERS REPORTER JOINS ME TO TALK ABOUT POLITICAL APATHY DETACHMENT.

WELCOME.

>> IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU, MAYA.

>> SO, YOU SPOKE TO A NUMBER OF SAN DIEGANS ABOUT WHY THEY ARE TURNING AWAY FROM THE JOB, WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU?

>> ONE WOMAN I SPOKE TO, SHE IS A PEDIATRICIAN, A REGISTERED INDEPENDENT WHO LEANS DEMOCRATIC.

SHE DIDN'T WANT HER NAME USED.

SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE HAS FELT HELPLESS AND HOPELESS, IN THE FACE OF FEDERAL CUTS TO CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS.

SO, WHAT SHE HAS DONE, IS SHE HAS HYPER FOCUSED ON HER DAY TO DAY WORKS, IN HELPING YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES INSTEAD OF LOBBYING FOR THEM ON A LARGER PLATFORM.

ANOTHER WOMAN I SPOKE TO, A REPUBLICAN, SAID THAT SHE USED TO CHANNEL HER POLITICAL UPSET INTO ACTIVISM.

BUT, SHE SAYS IT HAS BECOME SO TOXIC, THE ENVIRONMENT HAS BECOME SO TOXIC THAT SHE HAS HAD TO WITHDRAW.

SEVERAL PEOPLE WE HAVE SPOKEN TO HAVE SAID THE SAME THING, THAT THE ONSLAUGHT OF NEGATIVE NEWS, DAILY, OUT OF WASHINGTON, HAS IMPACTED THEM.

IT HAS IMPACTED THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, SO THEY HAVE HAD TO DISENGAGE.

I SPOKE WITH HISTORIAN, HEATHER COX RICHARDSON ABOUT THIS.

SHE SAID IT IS COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.

SHE SUGGESTS THAT PEOPLE GO OUT THERE AND DO WHAT THEY LOVE, WITHDRAW FOR A LITTLE BIT, DO WHAT THEY LOVE, BUT THEN, RE- ENGAGE, AND NEVER TO ISOLATE.

>> MAKING YOU FEEL OVERWHELMED AND MAKING YOU TURN AWAY IS A KEY TECHNIQUE OF AUTHORITARIANS.

THEY WANT YOU TO TURN AWAY.

THEY WANTED TO THROW UP YOUR HANDS AND SAY, "EVERYBODY IS ALIKE."

OR, WORSE, TO SAY "EVERYTHING IS SO CONFUSING, WE NEED A STRONGMAN TO EXERT CONTROL OVER EVERYTHING, SO ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE ORDER."

>> Reporter: COX-RICHARDSON SAYS SOCIALIZING IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT, NOW.

>> BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS A POLITICAL SCIENTIST WILL TELL YOU IS THAT THE WAY A POPULATION BECOMES DOMINATED BY AN AUTHORITARIAN, IS BY SUCKING ALL OF THE HOPE, AND JOY, AND COMMUNITY OUT OF IT.

>> Reporter: BUT, THERE ARE OTHER REASONS FOR DISENGAGEMENT.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO GET BY, AND TRULY CANNOT FIND THE TIME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT POLITICS AND ITS EFFECTS ON THEIR LIVES.

THERE ARE SOME, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE AFFLUENT, WHO BELIEVE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS POLITICALLY, THEIR WEALTH WILL ALWAYS PROTECT THEM, AND THEY SIMPLY DON'T CARE THAT OTHERS IN SOCIETY ARE SUFFERING.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE RETREATED FROM STAYING ON TOP OF THE NEWS, AND STEPPED BACK FROM POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICES DON'T MATTER.

SAN DIEGO CONGRESSWOMAN, SARAH JACOBS, SAYS THAT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR NEWER VOTERS.

>> I KNOW, FOR A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, IT REALLY FEELS LIKE NONE OF THIS MATTERS TO ME.

EVEN WHEN YOU GUYS WERE IN POWER, YOU DIDN'T ADDRESS THE THINGS THAT MATTER TO ME.

AND SO, AND I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION.

LOOK, I THINK THAT WE, AS A PARTY, DIDN'T ADDRESS SOME OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES FACING PEOPLE AROUND THE COST OF LIVING, YOU KNOW?

WE HERE IN SAN DIEGO KNOW THE COST OF LIVING HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND THAT IS BASICALLY ALL I HAVE TALKED ABOUT MY ENTIRE POLITICAL CAREER.

BUT, THE PARTY TOOK MUCH TOO LONG TO REALIZE THAT THAT WAS AN ISSUE.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS SHE UNDERSTANDS THE FEELING THAT THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN BEYOND REPAIR.

>> AND SO, YEAH, MAYBE GO AHEAD, LET ELON BLOW IT ALL UP.

I THINK, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, IS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START TO FEEL, ACTUALLY, HOW MUCH THE GOVERNMENT IS INVOLVED IN THEIR LIVES.

WHETHER IT IS HEADSTART, OR MEDICAID, OR MEDICARE, AND SOCIAL SECURITY.

I THINK WE ARE GOING TO START TWO PEOPLE REALLY FEEL THAT, NO MATTER HOW INSULATED THEY FEEL THEY ARE, THEY REALLY AREN'T, AND THESE DECISIONS DO HAVE CONSEQUENCES.

>> Reporter: THE SOLUTION MAY COME BACK TO VOTERS, FOR PEOPLE TO DECIDE THAT IT IS THEIR JOB TO REMAIN COMMITTED TO BEING INFORMED AND FOLLOW-THROUGH AS CITIZENS, AS CREIGHTON, THE PRESIDENT FOR THE JUSTICE CENTER D.C. OFFICE, DESCRIBED AS -- >> TO RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN POWER WORK FOR YOU, AND THAT THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO YOU, BUT ONLY ACCOUNTABLE IF YOU SHOW UP AND DEMAND THAT THEY BE.

>> ONE LAST THING, MAYA.

IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, 86 MILLION OF THE 245 MILLION ELIGIBLE AMERICAN VOTERS DID NOT CAST BALLOTS, AND HERE IN SAN DIEGO, 25% OF VOTERS STAYED HOME.

AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE THE POINT THAT WITHDRAWING, DISENGAGEMENT, IS NOT UNIQUELY AMERICAN.

IT IS NOT UNIQUE TO THIS TIME.

PLATO SAID, MORE THAN 2300 YEARS AGO, THAT THE PRICE OF APATHY IS TO BE RULED BY EVIL MEN.

>> WOW, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU, MAYA.

>> THE STORY AS PART OF OUR "PUBLIC MATTERS" PROJECT.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE, AT KPBS.ORG/PUBLICMATTERS.

>>> THE WORLD BRACES FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF TARIFFS FROM TRENT 21, THAT IS COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER A WOMAN DIED FROM A FALL AT THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER LAST NIGHT.

A MAN WHO ALSO FELL WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, AND IT IS THE LATEST IN A NUMBER OF FALLS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

ACCORDING TO UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH, THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS TREATED FOR INJURIES FOR FALLS AT THE BORDER HAS INCREASED EVERY YEAR SINCE 2019.

OUR MEDIA PARTNER, KGTV, SPOKE TO A DOCTOR WHO SAID THE HEIGHT OF THE WALL -- WHICH INCREASED UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION -- HAS MADE FALLS MORE DANGEROUS.

>> THE LENGTH OF STAY OF A PATIENT WHO HAS A MORE SEVERE INJURY ADDS TO THE COST, BECAUSE HOSPITAL STAYS, ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL, OR HAD SOMEONE IN THE HOSPITAL -- THE HOSPITAL DAYS ARE QUITE EXTENSIVE.

SO, THAT COST IS A REAL COST.

WE DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT HOW THERE IS A LIMITED NUMBER OF RESOURCES, NOT JUST THE FINANCES, BUT IN TERMS OF HOW MANY PATIENTS CAN I, AND MY TEAM TAKE CARE OF?

>> THE COST TO TREAT THESE PATIENTS NOW REACHES UP TO $243,000, PER PERSON, PAID BY TAXES.

A SAN DIEGO POLICE ARE WORKING WITH BORDER PATROL ON THE INVESTIGATION AND DID NOT RELEASE FURTHER DETAILS.

>>> THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITHOUT IN LIFE, BUT WATER IS NOT ONE OF THEM.

FORTUNATELY, THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY SAYS IT HAS PLENTY OF WATER FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

KPBS REPORTER, JOHN CARROLL, HAS MORE ON THE CURRENT WATER SITUATION AND AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE PRICE OF WATER UNDER CONTROL.

>> Reporter: IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE REMINDED OF EVERY SO OFTEN.

WE LIVE IN AN ARID CLIMATE.

DROUGHTS HAPPEN.

ADD IN THE UNPREDICTABLE ELEMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE DIFFICULTY OF PLANNING FOR A STABLE WATER SUPPLY BECOMES EVIDENT.

>> YOU KNOW, START WITH THE NORTHERN SIERRA SNOWPACK LEVELS.

>> Reporter: THIS MORNING, THE WATER AUTHORITY PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON OUR WATER SITUATION.

>> CURRENTLY, THE NORTHERN TIER OF SNOWPACK IS AT 108% OF NORMAL, WITH MORE SNOW IN THE FORECAST LATER THIS WEEK.

>> Reporter: THAT'S VERY GOOD NEWS, BECAUSE THE NORTHERN SEA AREA PROVIDES A LOT OF THE STATE'S WATER.

THE SITUATION CLOSER TO HOME, IS NOT QUITE SO ROBUST.

>> WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 48% OF NORMAL CONDITIONS FOR RAINFALL THIS WATER YEAR.

>> Reporter: BUT, NOT A BIG DEAL, SAYS EFREN LOPEZ.

AND HE SAYS THAT IS THANKS TO YEARS OF PLANNING, BUILDING OUT, AND MAINTAINING OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON HOW MUCH WATER WE CAN USE, ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

AND REALLY, WE CAN GO THROUGH SEVERAL DROUGHTS, AND IT WON'T HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE SAN DIEGO REGION.

>> Reporter: BUT, GETTING TO THAT LEVEL OF RESILIENCE DOES NOT COME CHEAP.

OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES, THE WATER AUTHORITY HAS INVESTED MANY, MANY MILLIONS IN EXPANDING ITS STORAGE AND THE WATER DESALINATION PLANT IN CARLSBAD, WHICH PROVIDES A DROUGHT PROOF SOURCE OF WATER.

WHILE COUNTY WATER RESIDENTS CAN TAKE SOME SOLACE IN THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT RUNNING OUT OF WATER -- AT LEAST NOT ANYTIME SOON -- THERE ARE ALSO THOSE HIGHER RATES, AND MORE TO COME.

BUT, THE WATER AUTHORITY SAYS THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT, TOO.

THE WATER AUTHORITY SAYS WE HAVE SO MUCH WATER THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING A LIMITED AMOUNT TO OTHER REGIONAL WATER PURVEYORS, AND THOSE FUNDS, THEY SAY, WILL EVENTUALLY HELP LOCAL RATEPAYERS.

THEY HAVE ALLOWED THE WATER AUTHORITY TO CREATE A RATE STABILIZATION FUND.

>> A RATE STABILIZATION FUND IS A MECHANISM FOR US TO SMOOTH OUT THOSE RATES OVER TIME.

BECAUSE OF THE TWO WET YEARS AND THAT LOSS OF WATER SALES, WE HAVE HAD TO USE THAT RATE STABILIZATION FUND TO MITIGATE RATE, OR THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN HIGHER.

>> Reporter: AS IT IS, THE WATER AUTHORITIES RATES WENT UP 14% LAST YEAR.

DAN DENHAM SAYS THEY WON'T KNOW HOW MUCH RATES WILL GO UP THIS YEAR UNTIL MID SUMMER.

BUT, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A SUBSTANCE WITHOUT WHICH LIFE ITSELF WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE, IT DOES TEND TO PUT THE FINANCIAL COSTS INTO PERSPECTIVE, AS PAINFUL AS THEY ARE.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN MEANS FRESH POTHOLES ON OUR ROADS.

A LOCAL ENGINEER IS EXPLAINING WHY IT IS SUCH A PROBLEM, HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

RYAN IS WITH TMC ENGINEERING, WHICH SPECIALIZES IN ASPHALT PAVING AND CEILING SERVICES.

HE TOLD KGTV, MUCH OF THE CITY OF THE STRUCTURE IS OUTDATED, DUE TO A RECENT CITY REPORT, 34% OF THE STREETS ARE IN POOR OR WORSE CONDITIONS.

THAT REPORT EXPLAINS THE CITY STAFF ARE MANAGED THE PROBLEM REACTIVELY, AS OPPOSED TO PROTECTIVELY.

THIS, DUE TO A LACK OF FUNDING AND RESOURCES.

>> A LOT OF THESE ROADS HAVEN'T SEEN A MASS OVERLAY.

THEY HAVEN'T SEEN -- THEY ARE NOT UP TO SPEC.

YOU KNOW, THESE ROADS ARE PAVED 20, 30 YEARS AGO.

YOU CAN ONLY PUT A BANDAGE ON A REALLY BAD PROBLEM FOR SO LONG.

>> AND RYAN SAYS OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ARE OUR COASTAL CLIMATE, AND ALL THE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

HE SAYS MOISTURE CAN DETERIORATE ASPHALT, AND MORE DEVELOPMENT LEADS TO HEAVIER TRUCKS ON THE ROADS.

>>> WELL, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON HERE, THIS EVENING, TONIGHT, IT IS STILL WINDY.

WE STILL HAVE SOME SHOWER SURROUND.

THERE IS EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF WET SNOW IN THE WEST SLOPE FACING MOUNTAINS.

VERY BREEZY, GUSTS OF 35 MILES PER HOUR ON THE COASTS.

MOUNTAINOUS AREAS, SOME GUSTS UP TO 60 MILES PER HOUR.

IT IS AN ACTIVE TIME.

EVEN THURSDAY, WE WILL HAVE A FEW MORE RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOWFLAKES IN THE MOUNTAINS.

BUT, LOOKING AHEAD TO THE WEEKEND, WE WILL GET WARMER AND IT WILL TURN A LOT NICER, SOON.

BUT, WE HAVE SEVERAL MORE HOURS HERE WITH THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA HERE AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE MEXICO BORDER.

IT IS UNDER WIND ADVISORIES -- OR, UNDER A WIND ADVISORY.

SO, STILL VERY BREEZY.

A LINGERING SHOWER IS OUT THERE.

TONIGHT, WE WILL BE DOWN TO 55 DEGREES.

TOMORROW, MOST OF US WILL BE DRY.

THERE CAN BE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS, THOUGH.

IT WILL BE A WEST SNOWFLAKE OR RAIN SHOWER MIXED IN.

HI IS AROUND 35.

VERY CHILLY HERE FOR EARLY APRIL.

THE COASTAL SPOTS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 60s, AND WEDNESDAY, STILL COOL ACROSS THE REGION, BUT AGAIN, STILL SOME LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE COASTAL AREAS ARE PROBABLY DRY, BUT INTO AT LEAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, NEAR SOME OF THE MOUNTAINS, AND ON THE WEST FACING SLOPES, STILL SOME OCCASIONAL, LITTLE SPOTS OF RAIN OR WET SNOWFLAKES.

A WEAK DISTURBANCE IS GOING TO PIVOT THROUGHOUT THURSDAY, BRINGING A BIT OF AN INCREASE IN SOME OF THIS SHOWER ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY INTO THE MOUNTAINS.

WE COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS INTO THE COAST ON THURSDAY, AS WELL, AND THEN WE WILL DRY BACK OUT MORE DECISIVELY FOR THE WEEKEND.

SO, A BRIEF SHOWER OR TWO FOR THE COASTAL AREAS ON THURSDAY.

TEMPERATURES DO RAMP BACK UP TO 72 ON SUNDAY, WITH A GREAT DEAL OF SUNSHINE THIS WEEKEND, SO THINGS ARE GOING TO GET A LOT NICER AFTER THIS COOL SPRING SETBACK, THAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS WEEK.

IT IS COOL TO SEE SOME SHOWERS OUT THERE, THOUGH, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HOW DRY WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE WET SEASON HERE IN SAN DIEGO, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST HALF OF THE WET SEASON.

IN THE INLAND AREAS, A FEW SHOWERS THERE ON THURSDAY, THEN BRIGHTER, DRIER, WARMER, 78 ON SUNDAY.

THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS, STILL SOME SHOWERS AROUND ON WEDNESDAY.

YOU CAN SEE A FEW ON THURSDAY, YOU WILL BE CLASSIER THAN THE REST OF US, AS WELL, ON THURSDAY THROUGH THE MORNING.

OTHER AREAS WILL SEE CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE DAY, AS WELL.

IN THE DESERTS, HERE, MORE RESISTANT TO RAIN, DUE TO DOWNSLOPING, DRYING WIND OFF THE MOUNTAINS.

SUNSHINE BACK UP TO 87 ON SUNDAY.

I AM GEOFF CORNISH FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> WELL, WITH EASTER JUST A FEW WEEKS AWAY, CONSUMERS WILL BE ON THE HUNT FOR LOWER EGG PRICES.

THE DEMAND FOR EGGS TYPICALLY GOES UP THIS TIME OF YEAR, SO COULD SHOPPERS BE PAYING MORE, AS THE HOLIDAY APPROACHES?

JENN SULLIVAN EXPLAINS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO EGG PRICES.

>> Reporter: THE HIGH PRICES OF EGGS MAY BE BEGINNING TO CRACK.

LAST WEEK, THE WHOLESALE PRICE FOR WHITE, LARGE EGGS, STILL $.26, TO THREE DOLLARS PER DOZEN, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUT PRICES AT THE GROCERY STORE ARE NEARLY DOUBLE.

>> WE ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS FOR A WHILE.

>> Reporter: EMILY MITTS IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE AMERICAN EGG BOARD.

THIS HAS BEEN A PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING TIME FOR THESE FARMERS.

IT HAS LED TO A SHORTAGE.

SOME EXPERTS SAY GROCERY STORES HAVE ALSO KEPT PRICES HIGH TO RECOUP LOST PROFITS, WHICH IS WHY SHOPPERS ARE SHELLING OUT MORE FOR EGGS.

>> WE HAVE EXPERIENCED DEVASTATING LOSSES, AS A RESULT OF THIS DISEASE.

IT TAKES MONTHS AND MONTHS TO GET BACK TO BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE EGGS AGAIN.

>> Reporter: HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS.

IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, PRICES HAVE CONSISTENTLY COME DOWN EACH WEEK, AND THAT IS DUE TO A VARIETY OF FACTORS.

AVIAN FLU CASES, THE DEMAND FOR EGGS HAVE DROPPED, AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS PLEDGED $1 BILLION TO HELP COMBAT THE AVIAN FLU CRISIS, INCLUDING PURCHASING EGGS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, LIKE MEXICO AND TURKEY.

HERE IS THE BAD NEWS.

WITH EASTER AND PASSOVER COMING UP, THE DEMAND FOR EGGS IS EXPECTED TO RISE.

>> WE ARE EXPECTING THAT PRICES WILL GO BACK UP, AGAIN.

EASTER IS OUR HIGHEST CONSUMPTION PERIOD OF THE ENTIRE YEAR.

>> Reporter: EXPERTS ARE ALSO WORRIED THAT THE SPRING BIRD MIGRATION COULD ALSO BRING AVIAN FLU CASES UP.

>> WE ARE CERTAINLY HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN BATTLE BACK AGAINST ANY CASES THAT MIGHT RESULT FROM SPRING MIGRATIONS.

BUT, WE JUST TRUTHFULLY DON'T KNOW.

>> Reporter: FOR CONSUMER WATCH, I AM JENN SULLIVAN.

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