>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES , PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AND AIR RESTORATION, FLOODING AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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>>> ON THIS EARTH DAY THE CROSS- BORDER SEWAGE CRISIS GOT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ATTENTION.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

IT IS WHY THE HEAD OF THE EPA VISITED SAN DIEGO TODAY.

KPBS REPORTED MELISSA MAE SAYS THERE WAS A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT THE PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: EPA ADMINISTRATOR LEE ZELDIN SAW THE STATE OF THE TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY.

AFTERWARDS HE SPOKE WITH REPORTERS IN SAN DIEGO.

>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY WERE PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEND AN EARTH DAY NOT WORRYING ABOUT FOUL SMELLS IN THE AIR.

TIJUANA VALLEY DEGRADATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, BEACH CLOSURES, AND SO MUCH MORE.

BUT, THAT'S THE REALITY THAT AMERICANS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE HAD TO LIVE THROUGH FOR WAY TOO LONG.

THEY WANT ACTION.

AND THEY ARE RIGHT.

>> Reporter: ZELDIN MET WITH LOCAL LEADERS TO DISCUSS SOLUTIONS.

HE SAYS IN THE NEXT FOUR HOURS HE WANTS TO HAVE ONE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO END THE SEWAGE CRISIS.

>> WITH REGARDS TO PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED IF ANYONE WANTS TO ASK ABOUT A TIMETABLE TO GET ANYTHING DONE AND WHAT OUR GOAL IS THE ANSWER HAS TO BE TO GET EVERY PROJECT DONE AS FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: ZELDIN SAYS HE PLANS TO WORK WITH HIS MEXICAN COUNTERPART TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT.

>> TO ENSURE THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE COMING DAYS, OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A SPECIFIC STATEMENT FROM BOTH COUNTRIES ON A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MEXICO IS GOING TO DO TO HELP RESOLVE THIS ISSUE-- >> Reporter: ZELDIN SAYS HE CAN'T IMAGINE HEAVEN TO LIVE WITH THE HYDROGEN SULFIDE'S ROTTEN EGG SMELL.

>> THIS IS A SITUATION THAT MUST BE ELIMINATED.

THAT SMELL IS A REMINDER OF WHAT HAPPENED POST-9/11 AND MY RESPONSIBILITY AS EPA ADMINISTRATOR TO ENSURE I AM BEING HONEST WITH THE PUBLIC.

>> Reporter: CONGRESSMAN MIKE LEVIN-- WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

>> WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE GET SHOVELS IN THE GROUND.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE MORE DESIGN, STUDY, DELAYS, AND KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.

GET THE SHOVELS IN THE GROUND.

>> Reporter: MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> JUST OUTSIDE THE GATES PROTESTERS GATHERED IN RESPONSE TO LEE ZELDIN'S APPEARANCE, AND THEY HAD TRUST ISSUES.

>> THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION HAS PROVEN TO US THAT THEY ARE GOING TO LIE AND WE CANNOT TRUST THEM, NOR DO THEY HAVE OUR BEST INTERESTS IN MIND.

>> HAPPY EARTH DAY.

>> Reporter: PROTESTERS GAVE MANY EXAMPLES OF HOW THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE HAS OPPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

TRUMP HAS ACTED TO ALLOW FISHING ON PROTECTED WATERS.

WE ASKED ABOUT ADMINISTRATOR LEE ZELDIN'S APPEARANCE IN SAN DIEGO TO TALK ABOUT UNTREATED SEWAGE, AND SOME RESPONDED WITH CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM.

>> THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE NEED AS MUCH OF A HIGHLIGHT ON IT AS POSSIBLE AND IF THIS HIGHLIGHT COMES AT THE THREAT OF REMOVING FUNDING IT IS NOT WELCOME.

>> Reporter: ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ARE CONCERNED THAT THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE WILL TRY AND REMOVE THE NONPROFIT STATUS OF MANY GROUPS WORKING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION JUST AS TRUMP HAS THREATENED TO DO THAT TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

THE PROTEST OUTSIDE THE McRD TOOK PLACE AS ZELDIN HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE.

PROTEST LEADERS BROADCAST HIS COMMENTS INCLUDING RESPONSE TO THE NONPROFIT QUESTION.

>> ANY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION THAT HAS ANY TYPE OF TAX-EXEMPT STATUS, AND WHETHER WE ARE TALKING C-3, C-6'S, THEY ALL NEED TO FOLLOW THE LAWS CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS THAT APPLY TO THEIR STATUS.

>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH ZELDIN SEEMS TO SAY THE STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS WAS NOT UNDER THREAT, AGAIN, THE PROTESTING GROUPS HAD TRUST ISSUES.

THE EPA HAS CUT OR FROZEN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GRANTS TO GROUPS WORKING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

>> MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND MILLIONS HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS BEEN CUT, HAS BEEN HALTED, AND LIKELY WILL HAVE TO LITIGATE TO ENSURE WE GET THAT BACK.

IT'S ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO CUT FEDERAL GRANTS THAT ARE TIED TO THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.

>> Reporter: THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS FORCED THE RESIGNATION OF THE WOMAN WHO OVERSAW THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION.

THE COMMISSION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING CROSS-BORDER SEWAGE TREATMENT AFFECTING SAN DIEGO SOUTH BAY.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THREAT THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS I WILL BE TRACKING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES HERE AND SOME MILD TEMPERATURES.

WE WILL SEE A MIX OF 60s AND 70s FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

OVERALL, LOOKING FORWARD TO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, I AM TRACKING GREAT WEATHER HERE FOR THE WEEKEND, BUT I AM ALSO TRACKING OUR NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN.

I WILL UPDATE THAT FORECAST COMING UP.

>>> PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE PAYING TRIBUTE TO POPE FRANCIS, THE FIRST LATIN AMERICAN PONTIFF, THE 88-YEAR-OLD ARGENTINIAN DIED OF A HEART STROKE AND HEART FAILURE AT HIS VATICAN RESIDENCE WHERE HE LIVED SINCE HIS 2013 ELECTION.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ REPORTS ON THE PLANS FOR HIS FUNERAL.

>> Reporter: THIS MORNING CARDINALS CONDUCTED THE RITE OF CONFIRMATION OF DEATH AND DISPOSITION OVER POPE FRANCIS.

HE WILL BE CARRIED TO HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE AT THE BASILICA, SATURDAY.

MOURNERS MAC REMEMBER HIM TODAY FOR HIS PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO THE PAPPAS SEA.

>> HE DID A LOT OF THINGS TO ADJUST THE CHURCH TO MODERN TIMES.

>> HE IS SOMEBODY I FELT WAS TRYING TO HOLD THE ENTIRE WORLD TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: THIS THEOLOGY PROFESSOR IN NEW YORK MET WITH THE POPE PERSONALLY LAST OCTOBER.

SHE SAYS HE ENCOURAGED HER AND ALL THOSE WHO WORK IN GOD'S NAME TO MAKE A MESS IF NECESSARY TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL.

>> LISTEN TO THE CRY OF THE POOR AND THE CRY OF THE EARTH, AND THAT WAS WHAT HE MEANT BY MAKE A MESS, MAKE PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO MAKE PEOPLE GET OUT INTO THE STREETS.

MAKE PEOPLE CARE.

>> Reporter: POPE FRANCIS WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR ACHIEVING PEACE THROUGH DIPLOMACY.

>> HE SORT OF SET THE GROUNDWORK FOR A BROADER, MORE ACCEPTING AND LOVING AND WELCOMING CHURCH.

I HOPE THAT IS PART OF HIS LEGACY.

>> Reporter: THE POPE'S FINAL WORDS WERE RELEASED BY VATICAN OFFICIALS THIS MORNING.

THEY WERE SAID TO HIS PERSONAL NURSE WHO HELPED THE POPE MAKE A SURPRISE APPEARANCE ON EASTER SUNDAY SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME BACK TO THE SQUARE, HE SAID.

VATICAN CITY, IVAN RODRIGUEZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE TURMOIL SURROUNDING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS WILL LIKELY DRAG DONE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A FORECAST FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND.

THE WARNING COMES AS THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS PROGRESS IS BEING MADE ON TRADE TALKS.

>> Reporter: THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND SAID THE UNCERTAINTY AROUND TRUMP'S TARIFFS AND THE LEVEES U.S. TRADE PARTNERS USED TO HIT BACK WILL LIKELY DEAL ABLE TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND ESPECIALLY CUT U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTH.

THE FORECAST IN LINE WITH WHAT ECONOMISTS AND WALL STREET HAVE WARNED.

>> THIS IS I THINK BEING PERCEIVED BY ECONOMISTS AND INVESTORS AROUND THE WORLD AS THE BIGGEST OWN GOAL IN SOCCER TERMS, THE BIGGEST SELF- INFLICTED SORT OF BLUNDER IN ECONOMIC POLICYMAKING IN MANY, MANY YEARS.

>> Reporter: WALL STREET HAS BEEN EAGER FOR SIGNS OF PROGRESS ON ANY TRADE DEALS, BUT ESPECIALLY WITH CHINA.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAID TUESDAY THINGS ARE MOVING.

>> THERE HAVE BEEN 18 PROPOSALS AND OVER 100 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE WANTING TO MAKE A DEAL WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE ADMINISTRATION ARE SITTING A STAGE FOR DEAL WITH CHINA.

>> Reporter: TO MARKET ANXIETY, RAMPED UP PRESSURE ON JEROME POWELL AND THE INDEPENDENT CENTRAL BANK TO CUT INTEREST RATES.

>> THE FED IS SUPPOSED TO BE INSULATED FROM SHORT-TERM POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS, SO IT IS FREE WHAT-- TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE ECONOMY, LONG- TERM, KEEPING INFLATION STABLE AND LOW, ALSO KEEPING UNEMPLOYMENT LOW AS WELL.

>> Reporter: GOLD BRIEFLY HIT A FRESH RECORD HIGH.

INVESTORS TYPICALLY FLOCKED TO GOLD FOR UNCERTAINTY AS THE DOLLAR GROWS WEAKER.

IN WASHINGTON, I AM KAREN K FOR.

>>> PROJECT 2025 IS MORE THAN A CONSERVATIVE POLICY PAPER, IT IS THE CORNERSTONE OF TRUMP'S SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.

ECHOED BY MANY OF HIS ACTIONS IN HIS FIRST THREE MONTHS IN OFFICE.

AMITA SHARMA HAS A SERIES ON HOW THESE ISSUES ARE AFFECTING SAN DIEGANS.

IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.

IN THE FALL BEFORE THE ELECTION YOU DID A SERIES, NOW YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

BACK IN THE FALCONER BACK IN OCTOBER, THEN-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TRUMP DENIED ANY CONNECTION TO THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION'S PROJECT 2025.

DEMOCRATS DID NOT BELIEVE THEM, BECAUSE MANY HE WROTE THE PLAN ACTUALLY WORKED TO TRUMP DURING HIS FIRST TERM IN OFFICE.

BUT, THE HEAD OF A LOCAL REPUBLICAN PARTY DID TAKE TRUMP AT HIS WORD AND DID NOT BELIEVE HE WOULD FOLLOW THROUGH ON HIS PLAN.

ANY CASE MY SERIES BACK IN OCTOBER LOOKED AT HOW PROJECT 2025 COULD IMPACT VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LIFE HERE IN SAN DIEGO, EDUCATION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, BUT BACK THEN IT WAS THEORETICAL.

FAST-FORWARD TO TODAY.

ESTIMATES ARE NOW SINCE TAKING OFFICE PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS CEMENTED MORE THAN HALF OF PROJECT 2025 AGENDA.

HE HAS MOVED TO DISMANTLE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

HE HAS DOWNSIZED THE EPA.

HE HAS TERMINATED OR RESCINDED CLIMATE DISCLOSURE RULES AND ENDED COUNTEROFFENSIVE'S TO-- INFORMATION.

MICHAEL WITH THE SECOND SERIES IS TO OUTLINE WHAT ALL OF THIS MEANS FOR SAN DIEGO INNS.

SO WHAT DO THESE ACTIONS MEAN FOR SAN DIEGO INNS?

>> THOSE ARE CHANGES THAT GO DEEP AND THEY IMPACT SAN DIEGO INNS-- SAN DIEGANS .

NOT ONLY WILL THERE BE A SWITCH-- PROSECUTES, BUT HOW OBJECTIONS TO THE FILING OF THOSE CASES INSIDE THE OFFICE AND OUTSIDE THE OFFICE.

THERE ARE DRAMATIC CUTS TO LOCAL RESEARCH OF LIFE-THREATENING DISEASES.

THERE IS A POTENTIAL END OF FUNDING FOR STUDYING THE OCEAN, WHICH IS VITAL TO PREDICTING THE WEATHER AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.

THESE ARE REALLY HUGE EFFECTS, AND I DO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS BY NO MEANS IS A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE EFFECTS OF PROJECT 2025.

IT'S MEANT TO BE A SERIES OF SNAPSHOTS OF THE EFFECTS ON OUR WORLD HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

SINCE TAKING OFFICE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS ORDERED FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IN NEW YORK TO DROP BRIBERY AND FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST THE CITY'S MAYOR, ERIC ADAMS.

TRUMP ALSO PARDONED 1500 JANUARY 6th RIOTERS INCLUDING 12, LOCALLY.

THEN TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PURGED PROSECUTORS, WHO WORKED ON THIS CASE IS AND THEIR BOSSES.

HERE IS TRUMP RECENTLY EXPLAINING THE DISMISSALS.

>> AND LAST MONTH I FIRED ALL THE RADICAL LEFT PROGRAM U.S.

ATTORNEYS APPOINTED BY JOE BIDEN.

THERE WERE SO MONEY THAT WERE BAD, AND I KNOW THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE PROBABLY VERY GOOD, BUT, THERE WERE SO MANY THAT WERE SO BAD AND SO EVIL, SO CORRUPT.

>> Reporter: FORMER ATTORNEY CAROL LAM SAYS THE ERROR OF SEPARATION BETWEEN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND THE WHITE HOUSE IS OVER.

SHE QUESTIONED HOW SAN DIEGO FEDERAL PROSECUTORS WILL HANDLE LOCAL POLITICIANS WHO-- ADMINISTRATION'S IMMIGRATION AGENDA.

>>-- OF POLITICIANS OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT DON'T COOPERATE SUFFICIENTLY IN THE EYES OF THE PRESIDENT OR THIS ADMINISTRATION WITH CRACKING DOWN ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

>> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS STARTED PUBLICIZING HOW MANY BORDER- RELATED CASES IT FILES EACH WEEK.

IN A SIGNAL THAT ITS PROSECUTIONS ARE INSIDE-STEP-- IN-STEP WITH TRUMP'S AGENDA.

I REACHED OUT TO MANY MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN.

A FEW GOT BACK TO ME AND SPOKE, BUT MANY JUST DIDN'T REPLY OR DECLINED TO COMMENT.

>> VERY INTERESTING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, AMITA.

AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE VIDEOS AND GET MORE DETAILS AT KPBS.ORG/PROJECT2025 .

>>> HARSH TARIFFS HAVING A MAJOR GLOBAL IMPACT.

THAT'S AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS .

>>> A VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SAY OWNING A HOME REMAINS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE AMERICAN DREAM, BUT PERHAPS UNSURPRISINGLY, A NEW REPORT SHOWS THAT AFFORDABILITY IS A MAJOR HURDLE.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ BREAKS DOWN THE NUMBERS.

>> Reporter: DESPITE THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE ECONOMY AND INTEREST RATES HOMEOWNERSHIP IS STILL A DREAM FOR MANY AMERICANS.

82% OF AMERICANS SAY HOMEOWNERSHIP IS PART OF THE AMERICAN DREAM, AND IT OUTRANKS THINGS LIKE BEING ABLE TO RETIRE, HAVING A SUCCESSFUL CAREER, OR EVEN OWNING AN AUTOMOBILE.

>> Reporter: BUT, THAT DREAM IS CONFRONTED BY REALITY FOR BUYERS STRUGGLING TO COME UP WITH DOWNPAYMENTS.

ACCORDING TO GREAT OFFICE HOME AFFORDABILITY SURVEY OVER 80% OF AMERICAN ADULTS WHO DON'T OWN A HOME BUT DESIRE TO SAY AFFORDABILITY REASONS HOLD THEM BACK.

ALL PRICES HAVE BEEN AT RECORD HIGHS IN MANY MARKETS.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH IN THE WAY OF PULLBACK EVEN WITH A BUILDING INVENTORY AS HOMES TAKE LONGER TO SELL.

>> Reporter: DESPITE THE LESS THAN OPTIMISTIC NUMBERS 64% OF AMERICANS WOULD BE WILLING TO MAKE A SACRIFICE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO BUY A HOME.

>> MOVING OUT OF STATE, MOVING FURTHER FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS, OR BUYING A FIXER- UPPER, THEY COME WITH COSTS OF THEIR OWN, SO I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE EQUATION THAT COULD ALSO FURTHER HAMPER THAT SEARCH FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

>> Reporter: THE GOOD NEWS IS MORTGAGE RATES HAVE EASED UP IN MONTHS A BIT.

THE AVERAGE 30-YEAR FIXED-RATE MORTGAGE REMAINS UNDER 7% ACCORDING TO FREDDIE MAC WHICH ALSO SAYS AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE APPLY TO PURCHASE A HOME THE SPRING HOMEBUYING SEASON IS LOOKING TO BE MORE FAVORABLE THAN LAST YEAR.

IN ATLANTA, I AM IVAN RODRIGUEZ.

>>> SAN DIEGO IS LOWERING THE SPEED LIMITS OF A HANDFUL OF COMMERCIAL STREETS.

ANDREW BOWEN SAYS THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE BOTH SAFETY AND BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: CARS ARE ZIPPING BY ON UNIVERSITY AVENUE IN THE HEART OF HILLCREST.

IT'S ONE OF THE FEW STREETS IN SAN DIEGO THAT WILL SOON HAVE ANY SPEED LIMIT OF 20 MILES PER HOUR.

BENJAMIN NICHOLS IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SAYING THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEPENDS ON FOOT TRAFFIC.

>> HAVING CARS MOVER SLOWER THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SAFER, AND I THINK THAT WILL MAKE PEOPLE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WHEN THEY ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD VISITING WITH BUSINESSES-- AT THE END OF THE DAY HILLCREST IS WALKING NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> Reporter: THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO MAKE USE OF A STATE LAW CALLED AB 43 THAT GIVES MORE CITIES LOOK STABILITY WHEN SETTING SPEED LIMITS.

NICHOLS SUPPORTS THE CHANGES, BUT HE SAYS SPEED LIMITS ARE EASY TO IGNORE, AND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE SIDEWALKS, CROSSWALKS, AND STREET TREES CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE AT COMBING TRAFFIC AND IMPROVING SAFETY.

>> IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SIGNS, IT'S ABOUT THE WAY YOU BUILD THINGS AND THE WAY YOU CONTROL ALL SORTS OF MOVEMENT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> Reporter: SPEED LIMITS IN CALIFORNIA ARE TYPICALLY BASED ON HOW FAST PEOPLE ACTUALLY DRIVE EVEN IF THOSE TRAVEL SPEEDS ARE UNSAFE.

THIS CAN LEAD TO A PHENOMENON CALLED "SPEED CREEP."

WHEN CITIES INCREASE SPEED LIMITS BECAUSE SPEEDING HAS BECOME THE NORMAL.

THE COUNCIL ALSO VOTED TO RETAIN CURRENT SPEED LIMITS ON SEVERAL STREETS ACROSS THE CITY WHEN IT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE TO RAISE THEM.

>>-- TYPICAL STREET SPEED LIMITS WAS BACKWARDS AND UNDERMINED SAFETY.

>> Reporter: TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ENGINEERS ARE DEVELOPING A CITYWIDE SPEED MANAGEMENT PLAN DUE FOR LATER THIS YEAR.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> EVEN SMALL CHANGES CAN ONLY BENEFIT THE PLANET BUT ALSO YOUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.

MANDY GAITHER TALKS TO A DOCTOR ABOUT EARTH-FRIENDLY HABITS.

>> Reporter: IT'S THE ONLY HOME WE HAVE, BUT CARING FOR THE EARTH AND YOUR HEALTH ARE TWO THINGS YOU CAN DO AT ONCE.

DR. SOPHIA WITH CLEVELAND CLINIC SAYS IT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR YOUR MIND, BODY, AND PLANETS.

GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY, BIKING, WALKING, OR RUNNING MORE, YOU CAN GET TO WHERE YOU ARE GOING WITHOUT RELYING ON A VEHICLE WHICH REDUCES EMISSIONS INTO THE AIR.

>> AND THESE IMPROVE OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH BY IMPROVING WEIGHT MANAGEMENT, IT CAN IMPROVE OUR CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH.

IT MAY LOWER CHOLESTEROL LEVELS.

>> Reporter: CONSIDER CHANGES TO YOUR DIET BY BUYING LOCAL FIRST, FRUITS AND VEGGIES, AND REDUCING EMISSIONS, AND THINK ABOUT MOVING TOWARDS A MORE PLANT-BASED DIET TO REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND GIVE YOU HEALTHY ALTERNATIVES.

SPIKE WELL, NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE A SOLELY PLANT-BASED FOOD DIET.

IT MAY BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF A HEALTHY BALANCED DIET.

>> Reporter: FOCUS ON GREEN HOBBIES LIKE GARDENING OR EVEN PLANTING TREES.

THESE ACTIVITIES CAN PROMOTE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BY GETTING YOU MOVING OUTSIDE IN NATURE.

AND YOU MAY EVEN GROW YOUR OWN HEALTHY FOOD.

>> NO THING IS TOO SMALL.

COLLECTIVELY WE CAN ALL MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF OUR PLANET.

>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTES, I AM MANDY GAITHER.

>>> INTO TONIGHT I WILL BE TRACKING SOME MILD WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES NEAR THE COAST OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN A MIX OF UPPER 50s.

WE WILL EVEN SEE THE 60s FOR SOME, AND FOR SOME OF THE OVERNIGHT PORTIONS, WE WILL SEE SOME 40s AND 50s, BUT OVERALL A MILD START.

CLOUDY NEAR THE COAST, CLEAR ALONG THE INTERIOR.

BY 6:00 A.M. FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING CLOUDY SKIES WORK IN ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS.

THAT CLOUD COVER SHOULD WORK ITS WAY BACK OFFSHORE, SO BY THE NOONTIME HOURS WE SHOULD SEE CLEARING WITH SONS INJURED UP TO THE NORTH WE WILL SEE GOOD RAINFALL CHANCES ACROSS PART OF THE MOUNTAINS.

OVERALL INTO YOUR WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH THE MOST PART IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL STAY DRY ACROSS THE WEST COAST ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THIS IS THE OVERALL SET UP.

IT'S PRIMARILY GOING TO REMAIN DRY HERE WITH CLOUD COVER OFF THE COASTAL AREAS AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY EVENING.

FOR WEDNESDAY WE WILL SEE LOTS OF SUNSHINE IN THE FORECAST.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE A MIX OF 60s AND 70s.

EVEN UPPER 80s AND 90s ACROSS THE DESERT AREAS.

INTO THURSDAY ONCE AGAIN, NICE DRY WEATHER CONTINUING HERE AS WE SEE A STORM SYSTEM WORKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

BUT AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY, A STORM SYSTEM WILL WORK ITS WAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF CALIFORNIA.

THAT WILL BRING SOME COOLER AIR HERE WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE.

SO OVERALL HERE FOR YOU ARE COASTAL AREAS SUNSHINE, BUT WE WILL SEE CLOUD COVER WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, TEMPERATURES WILL BE A MIX OF MID-60s ACROSS THIS REGION.

INLAND FORECAST, WE'LL MAKE THE 70s FOR THURSDAY.

MORE CLOUD COVER INTO THE WEEKEND.

FOR THE MOUNTAIN FORECAST WE'LL SEE A MIX OF 40s AND 50s, AND CHILLIER AIR INTO THE WEEKEND, AND WE WILL SEE WARMER CONDITIONS FOR THE DESERT.

>>> NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHTFUL, COMMITTED CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.

INDEED, IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS.

THAT FAMOUS QUOTE IS FROM THE ANTHROPOLOGIST MARGARET MEAD.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL RINGS AS THE GROUP OF RESIDENTS DOING JUST THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> Reporter: I LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET HERE, AND I AM A GRAPHIC DESIGNER.

>> Reporter: YOU COULD ALSO CALL OCEAN BEACH RESIDENT AARON NULL A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST.

AS OF 2018.

>> I WOULD SEE LOTS OF TOURIST TRASH ACCUMULATING HERE ESPECIALLY SINCE WE LIVED AT THE BEACH.

>> Reporter: SO AARON NULL SAT AT HIS COMPUTER AND PUT HIS GRAPHIC DESIGN SKILLS TO WORK.

>> MADE THIS MAP OF THE TOWN AND PUT MY ADOPTION OF MY STREET ON THERE AND SAID WHO ELSE WANTS TO JOIN ME?

IT TOOK TWO OR THREE MONTHS, AND THE WHOLE TOWN TURNED GREEN.

OB ADOPTED IMMEDIATELY.

>> THEN I DISCOVER STREET STEWARDS RIGHT DURING THE BEGINNING OF COVID IN 2020, AND I SAID THIS IS WHAT WE NEED UP IN ESCONDIDO.

>> Reporter: SCOTT HORST IS IN CHARGE OF SETTING UP STREET STEWARD GROUPS.

>> WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL CAPTAINS, AND THEY ARE INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY STREET STEWARDS WHO PROMOTE THE PROGRAM WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> PICKING UP LITTER IS A GOOD WAY TO GET OUT THERE AND GET SOME EXERCISE, AND DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR MY COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THAT IS ESCONDIDO RESIDENT, MIKE AVILA.

WE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM AS THEY CLEANED AN EMBANKMENT NEXT TO THE ESCONDIDO CREEK TRAIL.

>> WE ALL HAVE IN COMMON A PASSION FOR CLEANING UP OUR ENVIRONMENT.

AND WHEN WE ARE COMING TOGETHER FRIENDSHIPS ARE DEFINITELY MADE.

>> ONE THING THE STREET STEWARDS POINT OUT IS THIS IS AN ACTIVITY FOR EVERYONE INCLUDING AGE GROUPS, THOSE OF US WHO ARE NOT SO YOUNG.

RIGHT DOWN TO THE VERY YOUNG.

>> AND I LIKE HELPING PEOPLE OUT, SO I JUST THOUGHT I COULD TRY.

>> Reporter: AT JUST 8 YEARS OLD SETH ESCOBAR IS THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE ESCONDIDO GROUP.

THERE ARE NOW ABOUT 1000 STREET STEWARDS SPREAD ACROSS 10 COMMUNITIES.

NULL AND HORST WANT TO COVER MORE OF THE COMMUNITY.

GRANT FUNDING ALLOWED FOR THE CREATION OF AN INTERACTIVE WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO TO ADOPT A BLOCK.

GREEN AREAS ARE BLOCKS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED.

THE YELLOW REPRESENTS AREAS ADOPTED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT MIGHT NEED FRESH ATTENTION.

THE LONG-TERM PLAN IS TO TAKE STREET STEWARD STATEWIDE AND THEN TO THE WHOLE COUNTRY AND BEYOND.

>> WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS A PHONE APP.

THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY NEED.

AND PHONE APPS ARE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN I THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE.

>> SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS, SAYS HORST, BUT THE STREET STEWARDS ARE ON THEIR WAY.

MEMBER MARGARET MEAD'S WORDS ABOUT A GROUP OF COMMITTED CITIZENS, CHANGING THE WORLD.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN A STREET STEWARDS GROUP OR MAKE A DONATION CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE, STREETSTEWARDS.COM.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

GOOD NIGHT.

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