>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS MADE POSSIBLE BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AND AREA RESTORATION.

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>>> IT'S THE KIND OF DISTINCTION NO ONE WANTS, THE TIJUANA RIVER HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF THE 10 MOST ENDANGERED RIVERS IN THE COUNTRY.

THANKS FOR JOINING US, I AM MY A TRIPLE SEE.

KPBS REPORTERS SAY WELL PROGRESS IS BEING MADE TO CLEAN UP, A LOT OF WORK REMAINS TO BE DONE.

>> THE TIJUANA ESTUARY IS REMARKABLE, THE LARGEST REMAINING COASTAL WETLAND IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOME TO 370 TYPES OF BIRDS AND MULTIPLE ENDANGERED SPECIES.

THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF SEWAGE THAT FLOW INTO IT DAILY FROM THE TIJUANA RIVER IS LADEN WITH HUMAN WASTE AND CARPAL -- HARMFUL CHEMICALS.

>> ONCE YOU LEARN WHAT'S IN THE WATER THAT IS MAKING PEOPLE'S, IT'S SO BAD THAT IT'S ENTERED THE AIR AND AFFECTING AIR QUALITY.

PEOPLE CANNOT STAND IT, IN THEIR FRONT YARDS WITHOUT GETTING SICK.

IT'S PRETTY BAD.

>> BEING OUT IN THIS SPECTACULAR SETTING, IT WILL BE HARD TO GET YOUR MIND AROUND THIS ACTUALLY GOING ON AROUND HERE, SARAH DAVIDSON SAYS ONE PERSON TAKING THE TOUR PUT IT BEST WHEN SHE SAID IT IS BOTH BEAUTIFUL AND HORRIFYING.

>> OVER 100 YEARS OF POLLUTION COMING THROUGH THE WATERSHED, THROUGH MULTIPLE ENTRY POINTS THAT'S GOTTEN SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE IN THE LAST 5 TO 10 YEARS, IT'S WORSE NOW THAN IT'S EVER BEEN.

>> AT A NEWS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE DESIGNATION BY AMERICAN RIVERS, MULTIPLE SPEAKERS FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ACKNOWLEDGED SOME PROGRESS IS BEING MADE ON TOP OF $300 MILLION ALLOCATED IN 2019, SAN DIEGO'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION RECENTLY SECURED ANOTHER 156 MILLION TO MAKE REPAIRS TO AND EXPAND THE SOUTH BAY INTERNATIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

>> FUNDING IS GREAT BUT I DO NOT THINK -- >> MARIO ORDONEZ IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF -- THE NONPROFIT WORKS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO THE OCEAN OR MARGINALIZED YOUTH, THE POLLUTION DIRECTLY IMPACTS HIS ORGANIZATIONS MISSION, CHILDREN WHO LIVED IN IMPERIAL BEACH AND SURF HERE.

>> WE REALIZE WE HAVE TO TRANSFER THE STUDENTS FROM THEIR LOCAL BEACH WHICH IS A MILE AWAY MANY OF THEM DOWN THE STREET, ALL THE WAY UP TO LA JOLLA.

IT >> EVERYONE SAYS THEY HOPE THE DESIGNATION OF THE TIJUANA RIVER AS AMONG THE MOST ENDANGERED, MOST POLLUTED WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW ATTENTION OF LAWMAKERS.

TO CONTINUE THE RIGHT TO TURN THIS ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER INTO WHAT IT ONCE WAS, A JEWEL OF THE SOUTHERN FELLOW CORNEA -- CALIFORNIA COASTLINE.

THEY'RE URGING EVERYONE TO CONTACT STATE AND LOCAL LAWMAKERS TO FINISH THE WORK.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE HAVE CHANGES COMING UP DOWN THE ROAD AS THE ONSHORE FLOW RESUMES ON THURSDAY.

THE MARINE LAYER TAKES HOLD WITH SOME EXTRA CLOUDS IN THE MIX, WE ARE LOOKING AT EXTENDED DRY STRETCH COMING UP AND TALKING ABOUT A TEMPERATURE CHANGE.

THERE WILL BE SOME HEAT WORKING ITS WAY BACK INTO THE DESERT MEANWHILE, OTHER AREAS WILL SEE THEIR TEMPERATURES GO IN REVERSE AND I WILL EXPLAIN WITH YOUR FORECAST COMING UP IN A MINUTE.

>>> A TRIO OF NEW INVESTIGATIONS IS UNDERWAY TO SEE WHO MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEADLY BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE.

THIS AS TWO OF THE VICTIMS BODIES ARE MISSING.

COLE HIGGINS REPORTS.

>> OUR STATE HAS BEEN GRIEVING FOR THREE WEEKS BEFORE THESE FAMILIES, I KNOW IT'S FELT LIKE AN ETERNITY.

>> THREE WEEKS AFTER A MASSIVE CARGO SHIP STRUCK THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE, THE BODY OF A FOURTH VICTIM HAS BEEN RECOVER, SIX CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WORKING AT THE TIME OF THE COLLAPSE PLUNGED INTO THE RIVER AND DIED.

TWO OF THEIR BODIES ARE STILL MISSING.

>> THEY WERE LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM, FIXING AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE.

OUT THERE FILLING POTHOLES, NOT KNOWING IT WOULD BE THEIR LAST DAY.

>> ATTORNEYS FOR THE FAMILIES OF TWO OF THE VICTIMS AND ONE SURVIVOR ANNOUNCING THEY ARE CONDUCTING THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION INTO THE BRIDGE COLLISION.

THE STATE OF MARYLAND STILL REELING FROM THE COLLAPSE WORKING TO CLEAR THE CHANNEL AND OPEN VESSEL TRAFFIC TO THE PORT.

>> WE HAVE MOVED AROUND 1100 TONS OF STEEL, THAT 1100 TONS IS FIVE TIMES THE WEIGHT OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IT >> MEANWHILE, THE F VI CONFIRMS THE AGENCY ALONG WITH THE COAST GUARD HAS LAUNCHED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TELLING US THE FBI IS PRESENT ABOARD THE CARGO SHIP CONDUCTING PORT AUTHORIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY, ALSO LOOKING INTO WHO MAY BE TO BLAME FOR DESTROYING THE BRIDGE THAT 30,000 MARYLANDERS RELIED ON EVERYDAY.

>> ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP BALTIMORE RECOVER.

>> KPBS NEWS.

>>> JURY SELECTION RESUMED IN THE CRIMINAL TRIAL OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, A PROCESS WHICH MAY PROVE TIME- CONSUMING, HE'S ACCUSED OF PAYING HUSH MONEY TO HAD AN AFFAIR WITH ADULT HOME STAR -- FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS, POTENTIAL JURORS ARE BEING VETTED THROUGH A SERIES OF QUESTIONS IN PART TO SIGNAL POLITICAL VIEWS.

SEVERAL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN EXCUSED, TRUMP DID NOT MINCE HIS WORDS IN THE COURTROOM.

>> I SHOULD BE RIGHT NOW IN PENNSYLVANIA, FLORIDA, IN MANY OTHER STATES, NORTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA CAMPAIGNING.

THIS IS ALL COMING FROM THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PUT TWO SENTENCES TOGETHER AND CAN CAMPAIGN.

>> TRUMP DENIED THE AFFAIR, THE FIRST SIX JURORS HAVE BEEN SELECTED, 12 MORE NEED TO BE SELECTED BEFORE OPENING STATEMENTS BEGIN, DEMOCRATS ON THE CALIFORNIA SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE SHOT DOWN A BILL BANNING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS TODAY, REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR BRIAN JONES BASED THE BILL ON THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO'S UNSAFE CAMPING ORDINANCE WHICH HE TOUTED AS A SUCCESS.

>> WALKING AROUND DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, THERE IS A NOTICEABLE REDUCTION IN HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR BRIAN JONES SAYS IT IS BECAUSE OF THE UNSAFE CAMPING ORDINANCE PASSED IN JUNE OF 2023.

>> THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN REDUCED BY OVER 60% ON MAY, 2023 TO THIS MARCH, WE SIMPLY CANNOT CONTINUE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO CAMP IN OUR TRANSIT STOPS WERE IN FRONT OF SCHOOLS, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS.

>> THE STATE WOULD BANNING GAMMONS, HE SAYS THESE ARE SENSITIVE AREAS SUCH AS SCHOOLS, PARKS, AND MAJOR TRANSIT STOPS.

>> SAN DIEGO HAS MOVED I BELIEVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS, MADE THOSE AREAS SAFE NOW FOR THE PUBLIC, YOUNG KIDS, ELDERLY TO USE THOSE AREAS.

THOSE PUBLIC SPACES.

>> THIS IS THE SECOND TIME JONES HAS INTRODUCED THIS BILL TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE BASED ON THE COMMITTEE'S OBJECTIONS LAST YEAR, HE'S UPDATED THE BILL TO REDUCE THE DISTANCE FOR ENCAMPMENTS BAND FROM 1000 FEET TO 500 FEET AND ALSO THIS YEAR, DEMOCRATS STATE CENTER CATHERINE IN ENCINITAS CO-OPTED A BILL TOUTING SUCCESS OF THE SAN DIEGO ORDINANCE.

>> THERE ARE PLACES PEOPLE CANNOT CAMP AND THEN THERE ARE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN CAMP, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE SAYING.

PEOPLE DESERVE TO LIVE INSIDE AND LIVING IN AN ENCAMPMENT IS JUST NOT HUMANE.

>> CEO OF INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES AGREES BUT SAYS THAT UNHEALTHY INDIVIDUALS NEED A PLACE TO GO.

>> ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES WITH PROPOSED LEGISLATION IS IT DOES NOT CREATE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES , IT DOES NOT CREATE ADDITIONAL PATHWAYS OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.

>> THE BILL DOES NOT ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE, PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO GO.

AS PART OF ITS UNSAFE CAMPING ORDINANCE, THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO CREATED UNSAFE CAMPING SITES, THE BILL ANALYZES HOMELESSNESS.

>> IS BECAUSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNHOUSED MAKE PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE.

THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT SHOULD BE CRIMINALIZED.

THIS BILL DOES NOT.

>> THE BILL WAS NOT INTENDED AS THE SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS BUT A SOLUTION.

THE BILL AGAIN DIED IN COMMITTEE, THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO PROVIDE A STARK LINE THAT HOMELESSNESS REMAINS A PROBLEM WITHOUT A SOLUTION.

ALEXANDER WIN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A SUPREME COURT RULING LAST WEEK HAS NEARLY BANNED ACCESS TO ABORTION ACROSS STATE LINES, KPBS SAYS SOME EXPERTS WORRY ABOUT WHAT THE RULING MEANS FOR ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE CARE.

>>> CALIFORNIA LEADERS RESPONDED SWIFTLY AFTER LAST WEEK, ARIZONA SUPREME COURT ABORTION RIGHTS, THEY REAFFIRMED A PROMISE THAT PEOPLE WHO NEED ABORTION CARE CAN COME TO CALIFORNIA TO GET IT BUT IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY, THE PART OF THE STATE CLOSE TO ARIZONA, ABORTION CARE CAN BE TESTIFIED.

>> WE DID NOT GET A CLINIC UNTIL 2015 AND A LOT OF ATTITUDE WITH THE POLITICS OF THE REGION, THERE IS A STRONG ANTIABORTION CONTINGENT IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY.

>> A FORMER BOARD MEMBER OF THE REGIONAL PLAN PARENTHOOD AFFILIATE AND CHAIR OF THE WOMEN'S STUDIES DEPARTMENT AT SAN DIEGO STATE, SHE SAYS IT TOOK DECADES FOR ABORTION- RIGHTS SUPPORTERS TO SUCCEED IN OPENING THAT CLINIC.

>> WE HAVE BEEN VERY PROUD OF THAT CLINIC BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY ONE IN THE IRIEL VALLEY, IT SERVES A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST IN THAT AREA OF CALIFORNIA AND IT DOES GET PEOPLE FROM ARIZONA AS WELL SINCE WE ARE NEXT-DOOR.

>> HAS BECOME A HAVEN FOR MANY PATIENTS OUT OF STATE AND FROM MEXICO ACCORDING TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD OFFICIALS.

LAST WEEK'S ARIZONA RULING WILL LEAD TO MORE WOMEN CROSSING STATE LINES TO GET AN ABORTION.

SOME PEOPLE WILL TRAVEL TO OTHER CITIES LIKE SAN DIEGO OR LOS ANGELES BUT FOR MANY PATIENTS, THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.

>> UNFORTUNATELY FOR SOME PEOPLE, THEY HAVE NO USE TO TRAVEL, NO RESOURCES IN TERMS OF GETTING A PLANE TICKET, YOU KNOW OR A BUS TICKET, OR DRIVING.

>> IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO SEE HOW THE IMPACT WILL BE ON CALIFORNIA, SHE WORRIES IT WILL MEAN A NEW STRAIN ON AN ALREADY FRAGILE SYSTEM OF CARE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A WRONGFUL TERMINATION LAWSUIT FILED BY A FORMER NURSE CLAIMS CHRONIC UNDERSTAFFING'S RESULTING IN POOR MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR IMMIGRANTS, LAWYERS TOLD KPBS REPORTER GUSTAVO SOLIS THAT SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS I RESIST -- EXISTED FOR YEARS.

>> THEY REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE TO IMMIGRANT DETAINEES, LAWYERS FOR DETAINEES HAVE LONG COMPLAINED THAT CARE IS OFTEN SUBSTANDARD.

NOW, A FORMER INSIDER AT THE FACILITY IS MAKING SIMILAR CLAIMS.

IT WAS JEREMY A LEAVE US JOB TO SUPERVISE NURSING STAFF AND ENSURE THEY PROVIDE HIGH- QUALITY MEDICAL CARE.

LAURA WALKER IS HER LAWYER.

>> SHE ACTED AS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE NURSING STAFF AND THE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.

THROUGHOUT THAT POSITION, SHE WAS PRIVY TO COMPLAINTS THAT WERE BEING MADE BY THE NURSING STAFF.

>> THE COMPLAINT WHICH WAS FILED IN FEBRUARY ALLEGES THAT MANAGEMENT ROUTINELY UNDERSTAFFED THE NURSING UNIT OFTEN LEAVING JUST TWO NURSES AVAILABLE FOR A POPULATION OF 1500 DETAINEES.

>> THEY WERE SEVERELY UNDERSTAFFED, THAT CAUSED A LOT OF TRICKLE-DOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE CARE OF THE DETAINEES AND PATIENTS INVOLVED.

>> THE COMPLAINT DESCRIBES MULTIPLE EXAMPLES OF POOR MEDICAL CARE IN ONE CASE, A DETAINEE DEVELOPED CELLULITIS FROM AN OPEN WOUND GOT INFECTED AND WAS NOT TREATED PROPERLY.

WALKER SAYS THAT WHEN SHE BROUGHT THESE COMPLAINTS TO MANAGEMENT, SHE FACED RETALIATION AND WAS ULTIMATELY FIRED.

THE DETENTION CENTER IS MANAGED BY THE PRIVATE COMPANY, CORSIVIC.

SPOKESPERSON RYAN DECLINED TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE SPECIFICS IN THE ALLEGATION BUT ISSUED A FOLLOWING STATEMENT, WHILE GENERALLY, IT IS OUR POLICY NOT TO COMMENT ON MATTERS INVOLVING LITIGATION.

I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT OUR DEDICATED MEDICAL STAFF WORK HARD TO PROVIDE IMMIGRATION DETAINEES COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

THE FACILITY IS ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN CONGRESSIONAL -- CORRECTIONAL ORGANIZATION HEALTHCARE.

ALL THE MEDICAL STAFF ARE LICENSED AND ACCREDITED OF PROFESSIONALS WHO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF CARE.

>> IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT MAINTAINS FULL-TIME STAFF ON-SITE TO MONITOR CONDITIONS AT THE DETENTION CENTER.

THE FACILITY HAS REGULARLY PASSED INSPECTIONS IN A 2022 IN FACILITY INSPECTION, INVESTIGATORS WROTE OVERALL, THE DETAINEES WERE VERY CONTENT WITH THE CURRENT CONDITION.

HOWEVER, THAT INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED IN 2021 AND ICE HAS NOT POSTED ANY RECENT INSPECTION REPORTS ONLINE.

KPBS ASKED FOR 2023 AND 2024, BUT THEY DID NOT PRODUCE THEM.

ADVOCATES SAY THAT THIS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IS VERY CONCERNING .

>> WE HAVE NOT SEEN SOME REPORTS IN MANY YEARS, IT MAKES US CONCERNED WHY THEY ARE NOT BEING TRANSPARENT, WHY WE KEEP HEARING FROM OUR CLIENTS THAT THEY ARE NOT BEING SEEN WHEN THEY REQUEST MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.

>> THAT IS PRISCILLA, A STAFF ATTORNEY WITH THE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ORGANIZATION [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ].

HER COMPLAINT VALIDATES STORIES OF POOR MEDICAL TREATMENT THAT SHE HAS HEARD FROM CLIENTS FOR YEARS.

>> CLIENTS HAVE TOLD ME THEY ARE BEING -- THEY PUT IN THE REQUEST EARLY IN THE MORNING TO SIGN UP ON A LIST, AND THEY ARE WAITING HOPING TO BE SEEN THAT DAY BUT THEY ARE NOT BEING CALLED UNTIL TWO WEEKS LATER.

>> SHE AGREES, ANOTHER IMMIGRATION LAWYER WHO ALSO HAS CLIENTS DETAINED.

>> IT'S THINGS THAT ADVOCATES, IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ADVOCATES THEY HAVE RAISED BEFORE, IT'S A GOOD SHOWING OF SOMETHING THAT IT IS NOT BEING MADE UP, IT'S A SYSTEMATIC ISSUE.

>> BOTH LAWYERS SAY THAT THIS LAWSUIT SHOULD RESULT IN BETTER CARE FOR MIGRANTS AT OTAY MESA.

>>> TIKTOK COULD BE UP FOR A HOUSEBOAT THIS WEEK, DIFFERENT THAN ONE PASS LAST MONTH WITH STRONG BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.

ANNIE KYLIE EXPLAINS WHY THE BAND MAY BE HARDER FOR THE SENATE TO IGNORE.

>> HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON SAYS THAT HE HOPES TO PASS FOUR SEPARATE BILLS THIS WEEK, THREE HAVE AID FOR UKRAINE, ISRAEL, AND TAIWAN, SOURCES SAY THE FOURTH INCLUDES A BAN ON TIKTOK.

>> THAT HAS SOME OF THE THINGS WITH REGARD TO LEASE OPTION AND THE REPO ACT IN SOME OTHER SANCTIONS ON IRAN AND OTHER MEASURES WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

>> THE SENATE HAS YET TO TAKE UP THE DIFFERENT TIKTOK BILL, THE HOUSE PASSED WITH STRONG BIPARTISAN SUPPORT LAST MONTH.

IT WOULD BAN THE PLATFORM FROM U.S. APP STORES UNLESS IT IS SPUN OFF FROM ITS CHINESE PARENT COMPANY, SUPPORTERS SAY TIKTOK IS A NATIONAL SECURITY RISK.

>> WE CANNOT RULE OUT THAT THE CCP CAN USE IT.

>> ABOUT 170 MILLION AMERICANS USE THE PLATFORM, BANNING IT FACES OPPOSITION.

>> YOU ARE GOING HE GETS MY SMALL BUSINESS, VOTING AGAINST MY AMERICAN PIE.

>> THIS IS WHERE ENTERTAINMENT HAPPENS, THIS IS WHERE THE COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS OF ENTERTAINMENT HAPPENS, THIS IS WHERE EDUCATION HAPPENS.

>> HOUSE BILLS CAN HAVE SOME APPEAL FOR DEMOCRATS, TRYING TO PASS FOREIGN AID FOR MONTHS BUT THE WHITE HOUSE WORKS AT A SENATE PACKAGE THAT DOES NOT BAN TIKTOK.

>> WE WANT TO SEE BIPARTISAN NATIONAL SECURITY SUPPLEMENTAL THAT PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY 70 HYMAN TONY KNIGHT -- 70-29.

>>> YOU ARE USED TO SEEING NUTRITIONAL LABELS ON FOOD CANS OR CEREAL BOXES, AMERICAN RUMORS CAN COMPARE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS USING A SIMILAR GRAPHIC.

HERE'S WHAT CONSUMER SHOULD KNOW.

>>> THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION HELPING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR CONSUMERS TO CHOOSE AN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER AND BE AWARE OF FEES.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE PAYING AND WHAT EXACTLY THEY ARE GETTING.

>> AS OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10th, MOST SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE REQUIRED BY THE FCC TO DISPLAY A LABEL AT THE POINT OF SALE SIMILAR TO NUTRITIONAL LABELS ON FOOD PRODUCTS LIKE CEREAL BOXES, JUSTIN BLACKMON DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY SAYS THE INITIATIVE IS YEARS IN THE MAKING BUT INTERNET PRICE STRUCTURES CONSISTENTLY VEXING CONSUMERS.

>> WE HAVE HEARD TONS OF STORIES FROM CONSUMERS WHO ARE REALLY SURPRISED THEIR PRICES GO UP IN THEIR PRICES WERE HIGHER THAN THEY WERE QUOTED BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT TOLD ABOUT THE BROADBAND MODEM FEE, THIS FEE, THAT TAX.

PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED AT WHAT THEY END UP PAYING.

THE BROADBAND LADLE IS DECIDE TO PUT THAT IN PLACE.

>> INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS NOW MUST AND -- DISCLOSE INFORMATION ABOUT BROADBAND PRICES, DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INTRODUCTORY RATES AND BILLING ONCE THAT PERIOD IS OVER, SPEEDS, AND ADDITIONAL FEES FOR EQUIPMENT LIKE MODEMS AND EARLY TERMINATION COSTS.

CONSUMER ADVOCATES HAVE TOLD THE FEC -- FCC THAT 20% OF THE CONSUMER FIELD CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE MISCELLANEOUS FEES ALONG THE BASE SERVICE PRICE IN WASHINGTON, I'M KAREN.

>>> FAST FOOD JOBS ARE SOME OF THE MOST LOWEST PAYING, BUT FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS ARE CONTINUING TO ADJUST TO THE INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGE, HALF 1 MILLION WORKERS ACROSS THE STATE NOW EARN $20 PER HOUR, AN INCREASE OF 25%, ALEX JONES TEACHES ECONOMICS, BASED ON RESEARCH HE SEEN, HE DOES NOT THINK PRICES SHOULD GO UP ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT NUMBER.

THAT PRICE WILL INCREASE BY ABOUT 5%.

'S >> ESSENCES ARE INCREASING THEIR PRICES IN LATE MARCH IN ANTICIPATION OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASING, THEY START RAISING THEIR PRICES BEFORE MINIMUM WAGE ACTUALLY -- >> TRACKING THAT NUMBER IS MADE MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE MANY RESTAURANTS ARE OWNED FRANCHISES THAT CAN SET THEIR OWN PRICES, OUR MEDIA PARTNER REPORTS AND McDONALD'S FRANCHISE OWNER WHO HAS 18 STORES SAYS HE RAISED PRICES BY 5 TO 7%, IN AND OUT HAS RAISED PRICES FROM 1 1/2 TO 4 1/2 CENT.

MAYOR TODD GLORIA HAS INTRODUCED CUTS TO CLOSE RACIAL AND ECONOMIC DISPARITIES, KATIE HEINZ AND SPOKE WITH ADVOCATES PUSHING BACK.

>> THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS SHORT FOR THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR BY NEARLY 137 MILLION DOLLARS, MAYOR TODD GLORIA WANTS TO TAKE BACK MONEY FROM COMMUNITY AND CLIMATE EQUITY PROGRAMS.

ELIMINATE THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS, AND A CANNABIS SOCIAL EQUITY PLAN, HE SAYS THAT IT'S A TOUGH BUT NECESSARY DECISION TO PRESERVE CORE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.

>> DURING THE GREAT RECESSION, WE DID THINGS LIKE PAIRING LIBRARIES, TWO LIBRARIES ONE WILL BE OPEN AT A TIME, WE DID FIRE STATIONS THAT RESULTED IN REAL CHALLENGES IN COMMUNITIES, WE ARE AVOIDING THOSE WITH THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL.

>> THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO RETURN ALMOST $1 MILLION IN STATE GRANT MONEY IF IT ENDS THE CANNABIS EQUITY PROGRAM.

AN ADVOCATE FOR THE PROGRAM SAYS THAT IT WOULD COST THE CITY EVEN MORE.

>> THEY ARE ACTUALLY CUTTING A PROGRAM THAT COULD POTENTIALLY FUND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING LED.

>> THE NEW PROGRAM IS SUPPOSED TO ISSUE CANNABIS BUSINESS LICENSES TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CRIMINALIZED FOR IT.

DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK.

>> WE ARE NOT GETTING ARE JUST DO AND THE CITY IS NOT GETTING THE TAX REVENUE TO THAT COULD BE PAVING THE STREET THAT EVERYONE IS COMPLAINING ABOUT, FIXING ALL THE SPARKS THAT EVERYONE IS COMPLAINING ABOUT.

>> GLORIA SAYS MANY PROPOSED CUTS ARE TEMPORARY AND HOPES TO RESTORE FUNDING WHEN THE ECONOMY IMPROVES BUT THERE IS NO CURRENT PLAN TO BRING BACK THE CANNABIS SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM OR THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS.

KATIE HEINZ, KPBS NEWS.

>> FOR THE OVERNIGHT, MAINLY CLEAN SKIES, TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE MID-50s, THE OFFSHORE WILL CONTINUE IN THE SHORT TERM, YOU SEE THAT AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT TIMEFRAME, RIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY FOR THAT MATTER, COMING PRETTY CLOSE TO COAST BUT NOT QUITE THERE, SO AGAIN YOU WILL BE LOOKING AT MAINLY CLEAR SKIES IN THE SHORT TERM, ANOTHER MILD DAY COMING UP WE WILL WORK OUR WAY THROUGH TIME, WE START TO SEE THE REVERSE AS THE WIND TURNS ON SHORE AND WE SEE THE MARINE LAYER THICKEN AND TEMPERATURES IN THE COME BACK DOWN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE DESERT LOCATIONS, MORE OF THAT COMING UP, OCEANSIDE DOWN TO 47 DEGREES, 59 MOUNT LAGUNA 45, LIKE I SAID ON WEDNESDAY, HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL, WE TALK ABOUT MORE DRY CONDITIONS, BREEZING IS OFF TOWARD THE NORTH.

GOOD TO NOTICE THE NUMBERS AGAIN, BACK INTO THE UPPER 70s AROUND RAMONA, 70 OCEANSIDE, 71 CHULA VISTA, BACK INTO THE MID- 90s, THURSDAY WE START TO SEE A SHIFT OF WARMTH OFF TOWARD THE EAST, THIS IS WHEN WE START TO NOTICE THE CHANGE OR TEMPERATURES ARE COMING DOWN AT THE COAST AND WE NOTICE MORE CLOUDS IN THE MORNING TIMEFRAME, THURSDAY FRIDAY, EVEN TOWARDS THE UPCOMING WEEKEND, WE GET HIM ON SUNDAY AS WE LOOK TOWARD THE INTERIOR VALLEYS, LOSS AND NOTICE OF REDUCTION OF THOSE TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, WE BOUNCED BACK ON SUNDAY THROUGHOUT THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, TEMPERATURES CLIMBING A COUPLE OF DEGREES THURSDAY, WE STAY IN THE 50s AND WORK AWAY FROM FRIDAY INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND MAINLY DRY WITH SUNSHINE AND LOWS DROPPING DOWN INTO THE 40s, WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE 90s, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.

NOTICE HOW THE HEAT BEGINS TO TURN ITS WAY UP AS WE GO FROM SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY, LOOKING AT MORE SUNSHINE ON THE WAY.

OVERNIGHT LOWS DROPPING MAINLY INTO THE 60s.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST JEFF WHITLOCK.

>>> THE AVERAGE COST OF A WEDDING BROKE $30,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2023 WHILE THE LIFE EVENT IS ONE OF THE MOST STRESSFUL AND EXPENSIVE VENTURES A COUPLE MAKES, WEDDING PLANNERS CAN MAKE IT SEAMLESS.

ONLY IF THEY SHOW UP, JENN SULLIVAN SHARES SOME OF THE DO'S AND DON'TS TO STOP A SCAMMER FROM UPENDING THE BIG DAY.

>> SCAMMED ON HER SPECIAL DAY, I ALWAYS THINK BACK TO LIKE WHAT MY DAY COULD HAVE BEEN.

>> AND OCHOA RELIVING HER WEDDING DAY, IT WENT FROM PLANNED PERFECTION TO CHAOS.

>> ONE OF THE MOST SPECIAL DAYS IN ANYONE'S LIFE, TO BE ROBBED OF THAT, SHE DID NOT TAKE THAT FROM ME.

SHE TOOK THE FROM OUR PARENTS, OUR SIBLINGS, OUR WHOLE FAMILY.

>> SHE BEING HER WEDDING PLANNER, AND I PAID HER OVER $14,000 TO SECURE THE VENUE, FLOWERS, AND FOOD, A DEAL ANNA THOUGHT BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE WOULD WAIVE THE TAXES IF SHE WAS PAID IN TAXES -- CASH.

>> A MONTH BEFORE THE WEDDING, EVERYTHING WAS PAID OFF.

>> PAID FOR BUT NOT PUT ON INSTEAD, THE MORNING OF ANNA'S WEDDING, SHE RECEIVED TAX THE RECEPTION WAS NOT HAPPENING.

>> YOU STILL WANT TO GET MARRIED OR DO WE START CALLING EVERYONE?

WE HAVE 300 GUESS.

>> HER UNCLE HOSTED A RECEPTION IN HIS BACKYARD SHE SAID THAT WOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE.

>> THEY HAVE REMOVED PEOPLE FROM OUR VENDOR MARKETPLACE.

>> TO AVOID SCAMS, LAUREN SAYS ONLY USE REPUTABLE WEBSITES, READ REVIEWS, ALSO WORD-OF- MOUTH THEM BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISIONS, GO BEYOND THE SCREEN, ONE NONNEGOTIABLE BEFORE YOU SIGN.

>> EVERY REPUTABLE VENDOR WILL HAVE A CONTRACT, READ THROUGH IT.

>> CONSUMER WATCH, I AM JENN SULLIVAN.

>> HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON, TWO MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION A VERY WELL KNOWN BUT MILLIONS ARE STILL BEING SPENT ON ADS TO TRY TO PERSUADE VOTERS , NPR'S MORNING EDITION DISCUSSES WHETHER THESE EARLY ATTEMPTS TO SET THE NARRATIVE MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

KPBS MIDDAY ADDICTION -- ADDITION IS DISCUSSING FINANCIAL LITERACY.

HOW YOU CAN MAXIMIZE SAVINGS AMID INFLATION AND AI SCAMS TO WATCH OUT FOR.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, THANKS FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

DOXXING.

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