>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOUR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR.

PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS AND PRIVILEGED TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

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HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN DRAIN, HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS SINCE 1978.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING: AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU !

>>> GOOD EVENING.

IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THE BEGINNING OF THE RUSSIAN INVASION, THOSE WERE THE WORDS USED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY AS HIS ADMINISTRATION WITH THE AID OF ALLIES BEGAN IMPLEMENTING AN ARRAY OF SANCTIONS IN RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S CONTINUED AGGRESSION SURROUNDING UKRAINE.

THE CRISIS BECOMING ALL TOO REAL HERE AT HOME BUT WITH MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT.

>>> FIRST, REPORTER, ISABEL ROSALES ON THE SITUATION PLAYING OUT OVERSEAS.

>> Reporter: OUTRAGE FROM WORLD LEADERS.

>> THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A RUSSIAN INVASION INTO UKRAINE.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN FOLLOWING THROUGH ON PROMISES OF MORE SEVERE SANCTIONS.

TWO LARGE RUSSIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SANCTION.

RUSSIA'S GOVERNMENT, CUT OFF FROM WESTERN FINANCING.

THE U.S. WILL ALSO SANCTION RUSSIAN ELITES AND SEND MORE TROOPS TO BALTIC STATES TO REINFORCE NATO.

>> RIVER SIOUX GOES FURTHER WITH THIS INVASION WE STAND PREPARED TO GO FURTHER AS WITH SANCTIONS.

>> Reporter: RUSSIAN MILITARY VEHICLES SPOTTED ALONG THE BORDER WITH EASTERN UKRAINE.

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN FORMALLY RECOGNIZED TWO RUSSIAN BACK REGIONS IN UKRAINE AS INDEPENDENT STATES MONDAY.

HE ORDERED HIS TROOPS THERE IN AN ALLEGED PEACEKEEPING MISSION.

THE U.S. IS REFUTING THOSE CLAIMS.

>> HE IS SETTING UP A RATIONALE TO GO MUCH FURTHER.

THIS IS A FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND IT DEMANDS A RESPONSE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: SWIFT CONDEMNATION FROM NATO ALLIES.

>> MOSCOW AS NOW MOVED FROM COVERT ATTEMPTS TO DESTABILIZE UKRAINE TO MILITARY ACTION.

>> Reporter: THE UNITED KINGDOM, FREEZING THE ASSETS OF FIVE RUSSIAN BANKS AND THREE OLIGARCHS.

RUSSIANS BIGGEST GAS CUSTOMER, GERMANY?

SUSPENDING PROGRESSION OF A KEY GAS PIPELINE.

>> -- >> Reporter: ITS PRESIDENT SAYS HE BELIEVES THERE WILL BE NO MORE OF RUSSIA BUT CAUTIONED HIS TROOPS WILL BE PREPARED.

O-MATIC THE WHAT IS DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS CONTINUE AND PROSPECTS GROW DIMMER.

>>> MEANWHILE, HERE IN SAN DIEGO, IT IS AN ANXIOUS TIME FOR THOUSANDS OF UKRAINIAN TRANSPLANTS WATCHING THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE.

KPBS EVENING EDITION REPORTER, JOHN CARROLL TALKED WITH TWO OF THEM.

>> NERVE-RACKING.

>> Reporter: NADIA AND HER HUSBAND ARE GLUED TO THE TV AND TO THEIR PHONES WATCHING THE FRIGHTENING SITUATION UNFOLDING IN UKRAINE.

TALKING TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS THERE, BRACING FOR THE WORST.

>> THEY ARE -- TO A GREAT DEGREE.

YES, WE ARE OKAY.

WE ARE FINE.

>> WE ARE CAUTIOUS.

WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

MOST OF THE UKRAINIAN FOLKS LIVING IN THE AREA IN SAN DIEGO ARE CONNECTED TO CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.

THE AGGRESSION OF RUSSIA IS NOTHING NEW TO THEM.

THE MOST RECENT HISTORY OF THE CONFLICT BEGINS IN 2014 WHEN IT RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS TOOK OVER THE DOOR NEXT -- TWO REGIONS IN UKRAINE.

>> SINCE THEN, 24,000 HAVE BEEN KILLED.

1.5 MILLION HAVE BEEN DISPLACED.

>> Reporter: NADIA SAYS THE WORD WAS A SWEET ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH WHEN IT HAPPENED.

NOT ANYMORE.

SHE SAYS PRESIDENT BIDEN GIVE A GOOD SPEECH TODAY HIGHLIGHTING THE UNITY OF NATO AND THE EUROPEAN UNION, A SOURCE OF SOME COMFORT FOR UKRAINIANS HERE.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR HIS SPEECH TODAY.

>> HE SAID THE RIGHT THINGS.

HE SAYS -- DID NOT HESITATE.

BUT WHATEVER HELP UKRAINE GETS FROM THE OUTSIDE, THEY SAY THE UKRAINIANS WILL NOT STAND FOR RUSSIAN AGGRESSION.

THEY WILL RESIST.

>> UKRAINE HAS BEEN TO BUILDING UP THEIR MILITARY.

UKRAINE IS SET ON PROTECTING ITS FREEDOM.

THEY SAY UKRAINIANS WILL BEHAVE LIKE SOME OTHER PEOPLE DID MORE THAN 200 YEARS AGO.

AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES WHO FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM FROM BRITAIN.

THE FIGHT OF TODAY IS TO PRESERVE THE FREEDOM UKRAINE HAS HAD SINCE SEPARATING FROM THE THEN SOVIET UNION IN 1991.

A FIGHT WHOSE OUTCOME IS ANYTHING BUT CERTAIN.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE LATEST WINTER STORM ARRIVED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BRINGING MUCH NEEDED RAIN TO OUR REGION.

WE SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY LIKE YOU SEE IN THIS VIDEO FROM OUR MOUNTAIN .

WE ALSO GOT A DUSTING OF SNOW LEADING TO CLOSURES FOR JULIAN AND SPENCER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

>>> NOW TO EMPIRE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WINDS.

WE WILL HAVE YOUR FOR FULL FORECAST COMING UP IN MINUTES.

>>> THIS EVENING, THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED BOARD OF EDUCATION IS TAKING UP THE ISSUE OF MANDATING VACCINES FOR STUDENTS.

THIS A FEW MONTHS BEFORE A STATEWIDE REQUIREMENT GOES INTO EFFECT.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER, MATT HOFFMAN HAS MORE ON WHAT COULD BE ON THE HORIZON.

>> Reporter: AMENDED WOULD GO INTO EFFECT STARTING IN THE UPCOMING SUMMER SESSION AND APPLY JUST TENANTS AGES 16 AND OLDER.

THOSE WHO PLAY SPORTS OR EXTRACURRICULARS WOULD NEED TO BE VACCINATED BEFORE PRACTICE BEGINS IN THE FALL TERM.

>> WE HAVE MANDATED A MANDATE FOR OUR STAFF SO IN ORDER TO WORK FOR OUR DISTRICT, STAFF HAS TO BE FULLY VACCINATED AND MOVING FORWARD, THE VACCINE MANDATES FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IS ALSO THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO UNIFIED BOARD MEMBER, RICHARD BARRERA SUPPORTS THE VACCINE MANDATE.

HE SAYS THE DISTRICT HAS CONSULTED WITH EXPERTS FROM UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH ON THE PROPOSAL.

>> THEIR ADVICE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STRATEGY TO PREVENT THE VIRUS FROM SPREADING ON CAMPUS IS TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE VACCINATED.

RIGHT NOW ABOUT 80% OF SAN DIEGO UNIFIED STUDENTS AGES ECKSTEIN AND OLDER ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

THE PROPOSED MANDATE WOULD APPLY TO THEM.

>> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF VACCINES REQUIRED IN SCHOOL AND BASICALLY YOU HAVE TO CHECK THREE BOXES.

DOES THE DISEASE CAUSE -- SPREAD IN SCHOOLS, DOES THE DISEASE -- IS THE DISEASE SERIOUS, AND DO WE HAVE A VACCINE THAT WORKS WELL TO PREVENTIVE.

DR. MARK SAWYER WITH THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS SAYS THE COVID VACCINE CHECKS THOSE BOXES.

HE AS THE VACCINES ARE SAFE AND SIDE EFFECTS FOR CHILDREN ARE COMPARABLE TO THOSE IN ADULTS.

>> THE SIDE EFFECTS FROM THE VACCINE ARE MUCH LESS THAN EITHER THE CARDIAC EFFECTS OF COVID INFECTION ITSELF OR OTHER COMPLICATIONS FROM COVID.

INCLUDING DEATH.

>> Reporter: THERE HAVE BEEN TWO LEGAL CHALLENGES TO THE MANDATE.

THERE IS ONE IN STATE COURT RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS AND ANOTHER IN FEDERAL COURT AT THE SUPREME COURT THAT THEY RECENTLY DECLINED BUT COULD RECONSIDER LINKS TO THE REFUSAL TO ALLOW RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS.

ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING A 16- YEAR-OLD STUDENT SAID THEIR TEAM IS READY TO SEEK FURTHER RELIEF AT THE SUPREME COURT WHEN DISTRICT REINSTATES THE MANDATE.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A NEW STUDY SHOWS THAT CITY HEIGHTS RESIDENTS AND THE MANY IMMIGRANT FAMILIES WHO LIVE THERE ARE FACING SOME OF THE MOST SEVERE RENTAL BURDENS IN THE COUNTY.

KPBS SPEAK CITY HEIGHTS REPORTER JACOB AIR HAS A LOOK.

>>> ANGELICA MARTINEZ GREW UP AROUND SAN DIEGO AND KNOWS THE CITY AS ROME.

SHE HAS BEEN RENTING IN THE EAST PART OF NORTH PARK, THE CITY THAT BORDERS COMMUNITY HEIGHTS FOR OVER 12 YEARS.

THE RENTAL SITUATION IS CONCERNING AND SHE FEELS STUCK WITH THE LANDLORD SHE HAS DUE TO INCREASED RATES ACROSS THE COUNTY.

>> I WOULDN'T MIND TO PAY THAT MUCH OF, YOU KNOW COME AWAY WINDOW WASN'T BROKEN OR THE TERMITES WEREN'T THERE OR IF THE, YOU KNOW, DRAIN WASN'T CLOGGED.

THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE STUDY PUBLISHED BY READING VOICES ON URBAN INEQUALITY FOUND THAT DIVERSE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ARE SEVERELY STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH RISING RENTS.

CITY HEIGHTS WAS USED AS A FOCUS GROUP FOR THE STUDY.

IT WAS CONDUCTED IN 2018.

USC PRICE CENTER DIRECTOR AND CO-AUTHOR GARY PAINTER SAYS THEIR FINDINGS CAN BE A FILE APPLIED TO SOLVING RENTAL AFFORDABILITY ISSUES IN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES IN DENSELY POPULATED METROPOLITAN AREAS WITH IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS ACROSS THE U.S. >> THOSE RENTS THAT ARE BEING FORCED TO PAY HAVE GONE UP FASTER THAN THEIR INCOME AND THAT LEADS TO A PHENOMENON THAT WE IN THE ACADEMIC WORLD CALL RENT BURDEN WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED AS A PERCENTAGE OF ONE'S INCOME THAT GOES TOWARDS RENT WHICH MEANS THAT YOU HAVE LESS AND LESS MONEY LEFT OVER TO PAY FOR OTHER NECESSITIES.

>> Reporter: REYES MARTINEZ SAYS MANY FOLKS ARE HAVING TO FIND UNCONVENTIONAL WAYS TO GET BY ON A MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS INCLUDING HAVING MULTIPLE FAMILIES LIVE IN THE SINGLE UNIT.

>> THERE ARE SOMETIMES UP TO FIVE FAMILIES IN ONE PLACE.

THE ROOMS SOMETIMES ARE DOUBLED LIKE YOU RENT BUT YOU KNOW THAT SOMEONE ELSE IS RENTING THERE.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WILL WORK.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THAT EVER.

>> Reporter: PAINTER SAYS THE RENTAL SITUATION IS DIRE ESPECIALLY FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES.

IT SUGGESTS THE SITUATION COULD BE IMPROVED BY BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ENFORCING TENANT AND RETRO PROTECTIONS.

THEY SAY HOUSING VOUCHERS CAN HELP YOU ALONG WITH ASSISTANCE FOR DOWN PAYMENTS AND SECURITY DEPOSITS.

JACOB AERE , KPBS NEWS.

>>> RECORD HIGH GAS PRICES HAVE MANY COMMUTERS FEELING GRATEFUL TO BE WORKING FROM HOME BUT AS KPBS EVENING EDITION REPORTER, TANIA THORNE SHOWS US, SOME ORGANIZATIONS HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO HIT THE ROAD EVERY DAY AND THAT IS PROVING COSTLY.

>> Reporter: PRICES AT THE PUMP ARE BREAKING RECORDS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THE AVERAGE PRICE NOW AT $4.74 A GALLON.

AND EVERYONE IS FEELING THE PINCH WHEN THEY PUMP.

INCLUDING NONPROFITS.

WHOSE WORK REQUIRES THEM TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL.

>> BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE AND OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE, EVERY DAY, GOING OVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY TO DELIVER MEALS TO ANYWHERE FROM 1900 TO 2100 SENIORS, GAS COSTS MEAN A LOT TO OUR BUSINESS.

BRENT WAKEFIELD WITH MEALS ON WHEELS SAN DIEGO SAYS MANY SENIORS RELY ON FOOD DELIVERIES AND WELLNESS CHECKS FROM THE ORGANIZATION'S VOLUNTEERS.

VOLUNTEERS THAT DEDICATE THEIR TIME AND WALLACE BECAUSE THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN GAS.

>> A 706,000 MILES THAT OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE DRIVEN TO DELIVER MEALS AND THE VOLUNTEERS DO THIS OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEART SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY GIVING TIME AND SPENDING TIME WITH THEM AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS BUT THEY ARE PAYING FOR THEIR OWN GAS BILL SO FOR THEM THIS HAS BEEN A BIG IMPACT.

PERMIT HE SAYS WITHOUT MEALS ON WHEELS VOLUNTEERS, THE ORGANIZATION WOULD NEED AN ADDITIONAL $3.5 MILLION ANNUALLY TO ENSURE MEAL DELIVERIES.

HE FEARS THE RISING GAS PRICES WILL DRIVE AWAY VOLUNTEERS.

MANY OF THEM ARE SENIORS THEMSELVES.

>> 70% OF THEM ARE ON A FIXED INCOME MEANING THEY ARE RETIRED AND GAS PRICES WHEN THEY GO UP MEANS THIS IS A BURDEN TO THEM.

WAKEFIELD SAYS SOME RELIEF COMES WITH DONATIONS IN THE FORM OF GAS CARDS BUT THEY ARE ABLE TO GIVE TO VOLUNTEERS.

MAMA'S KITCHEN IS ANOTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DELIVERING MEDICALLY TAILORED MEALS TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING AN ILLNESS.

>> THE ORGANIZATION'S CEO SAYS THEY ARE SEEING AN IMPACT ON THE VOLUNTEERS DUE TO GAS PRICES.

>> WE ARE CERTAINLY SEEING A DIMINISHED CONSISTENCY IN DELIVERY DRIVERS WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMMITTED TO MISSION BUT FOLKS MIGHT HAVE BEEN DOING THE DELIVERY ONCE A WEEK OR TWICE A WEEK MAY NOT BE DOING IT ONCE EVERY OTHER WEEK.

>> Reporter: HE HAS ALSO SEEN AN INCREASE IN FOOD PRICES.

BUT HE ATTRIBUTES THAT TO HIGHER GAS PRICES.

>> THE FOOD COSTS INCREASES THAT WE ARE SEEING ARE NOT JUST BECAUSE OF FOOD CHAIN SHORTAGES.

THERE IS A DIRECT IMPACT WITH FUEL PRICES ON THE COST OF FOOD.

>> Reporter: MAMA'S KITCHEN IS BRAINSTORMING DIFFERENT WAYS TO RETAIN DRIVERS TO UPHOLD THEIR MISSION.

CONDENSED ROUTES AND MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENTS ARE SOME IDEAS THE ORGANIZATION IS REVIEWING.

>> WHATEVER'S HAPPENING OUT THERE, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DEPENDING ON US FOR FOOD RECEIVE THEIR FOOD TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> GUILTY VERDICTS HANDED DOWN TODAY AGAINST THREE WHITE PEOPLE WHO KILLED AHMAUD ARBERY AFTER CHASING HIM DOWN.

A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK.

REPORTER, KRISTIN WHEN CHRIS NO WIN HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: ON THE EVE OF A SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF AHMAUD ARBERY, THREE WHITE MEN WERE FOUND GUILTY IN ALL COUNTS.

>> -- >> Reporter: TRAVIS McMICHAEL, GREGORY McMICHAEL AND WILLIAM "RODDIE" BRYAN WERE CONVICTED WITH INTERFERENCE OF RIGHTS, A FEDERAL HATE CRIME AND ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING.

THE McMICHAEL'S WERE ALSO FOUND TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL FIREARMS CHARGE FOR USING AND CARRYING A FIREARM DURING A CRIME OF VIOLENCE.

>> THEY GIVE US A SMALL VICTORY BUT WE THE FAMILY WILL NEVER GET VICTORY BECAUSE AL-AHMAD IS GONE TO US FOREVER.

>> Reporter: THEY ATTEMPTED TO UNLAWFULLY CONFINE HIM USING THEIR TRUCKS AS HE RAN THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD IN BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA IN FEBRUARY, 2020.

ARBOR HIS MOTHER IS RELIEVED WITH THE VERTEX AFTER A JUDGE REJECTED AN EARLIER PLEA DEAL AGREED TO BY PROSECUTORS.

>> THEY DID NOT HAVE A SON LYING IN A COLD GRAVE.

AND THEY STILL DIDN'T HEAR MY CRY.

>> Reporter: ALL THREE MEN CAN NOW RECEIVE SENTENCES OF UP TO LIFE IN PRISON AND HEAVY FINES FOR THE FEDERAL CONVICTIONS.

THEY ARE CURRENTLY SERVING LIFE SENTENCES AFTER BEING PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF MURDERING ARE VERY IN A SEPARATE STATE TRIAL THOUGH THEY HAVE SAID THEY PLAN TO APPEAL.

>> NOBODY THAT SHOULD FEEL THAT IF THEY GO OUT FOR A RUN THEY WILL BE TARGETED AND KILLED BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.

>>> MILITARY HEARINGS ARE UNDERWAY IN THE TRAGIC DROWNING OF APRIL AMES AND A SAILOR WHO DIED OFF THE COAST IN CALIFORNIA IN A TRAINING EXERCISE GONE WRONG IN 2020.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER, STEVE WALSH SPOKE TO PARENTS STILL LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AND JUSTICE.

>> VERY LOVING.

VERY LOVING BOY.

HE LOVED HIS DAD.

HIS SISTERS.

ME.

>> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN OVER 18 MONTHS SINCE MR. T GARCIA'S SON WAS KILLED IN A TRAINING ACCIDENT.

MICHAEL DIROCCO DROWNED ALONG WITH EIGHT OTHER TROOPS WHEN HIS VEHICLE SANK OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN JULY 2020.

>> I DO FEEL GUILTY A BIT BECAUSE I DID NOT LOOK MORE INTO IT MAYBE IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT ALL THESE DOCUMENTS, I WOULD HAVE TALKED TO MY SON ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: GARCIA WANTED TO MEET THE DEPARTMENT IN MONTEBELLO EAST OF L.A. WHERE HER SON'S NAME WAS ADDED TO A LOCAL VETERANS MEMORIAL.

GARCIA IS AMONG A GROUP OF PARENTS WHO HAVE SAT IN THE AUDIENCE DURING A SERIES OF HEARINGS AT CAMP PENDLETON, HEARINGS TO DETERMINE WHETHER SOME OF THE LEADERS INVOLVED THAT THEY WILL BE KICKED OUT OF THE CORE.

>> I DEFINITELY BELIEVE IN GOD.

I HAVE FAITH.

AND SOMETIMES, I JUST SAY THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTED, REGARDLESS.

THIS IS WHERE HE WAS GOING TO GO.

BUT I DON'T ACCEPT THAT IT WAS IN TRAINING.

THAT IS WHAT GETS ME SO ANGRY.

WHY IN TRAINING?

>> Reporter: JULY 30, 2020, EIGHT MARINES AND ONE SAILOR DROWNED WHILE RETURNING TO THE USS SOMERSET FROM SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND IN AN AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT VEHICLE.

THEIR UNIT WAS SO FAR BEHIND SCHEDULE THAT THEIR SHIP HAD MOVED AWAY TO ANOTHER EXERCISE.

BATTALION COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT COLONEL MICHAEL RECKER SAID IN THE CONFUSION HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHICH AAV WAS SINKING.

45 MINUTES LATER, THE ASSAULT VEHICLE WITH GARCIA'S SON WENT UNDER WITH SEVERAL TROOPS FIGHTING TO GET OUT.

>> I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE ARE GETTING JUSTICE THEY GAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PAGES THAT TOLD ME THEY KILLED MY CHILD.

WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.

BUT ALL I HEAR IN THESE BOARDS, THEY ARE GOING IN CIRCLES POINTING FINGERS AT EACH OTHER.

FROM ANITA BASSETT IS THE MOTHER OF 19-YEAR-OLD EVAN BATH OF WISCONSIN.

SHE HAS BEEN AT NEARLY ALL OF THE HEARINGS.

AT LEAST THREE OFFICERS IN CHARGE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO STAY IN THE CORE.

EACH OFFICER SAID THEY TOLD THE COMMANDERS ABOUT PROBLEMS.

NONE OF THEM STOPPED THE EXERCISE.

>> THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MARINES.

BUT NO ONE HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY AND NO ONE IS BEING HELD TO BE RESPONSIBLE.

SO ME SITTING IN THAT CHAIR, IF NOTHING ELSE, THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT ME.

>> Reporter: THE MARINES PRODUCE MULTIPLE REPORTS POINTING TO SERIOUS LAPSES IN TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT BREAK DOWNS AND THIS IS NOT THE ONLY ACCIDENT 660 MARINES DIED IN TRAINING IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

SETH MOULTON OF MASSACHUSETTS IS ON THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AND IS ALSO A FORMER MARINE OFFICER.

HE RODE AN AAV IN COMBAT AND SAYS HE AND HIS PLATOON DID NOT FEEL SAFE RIDING INSIDE THE VEHICLE WHILE IT CROSSED A LIVER RIVER LEADING INTO BAGHDAD 20 YEARS AGO.

>> IT GETS BACK TO THE CULTURE.

IF I HAD THAT CONCERN AS A YOUNG SECOND LIEUTENANT 20 YEARS AGO, THEN WHY HAS THE MARINE CORPS NOT SATISFACTORILY ADDRESSED THAT SINCE THEN?

>> IT TOOK ANOTHER 18 MONTHS AFTER THE ACCIDENT FOR THE MARINES TO FINALLY PULL THE AAVS FROM SEA DUTY.

BOLTON SAYS THE HARDER QUESTION IS WHETHER MARINES CAN CREATE A CULTURE WHERE OFFICERS FEEL EMPOWERED TO HALT AN EXERCISE WHEN THEY SEE A PROBLEM.

NANCY AND PETER VIENNA'S SON NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN, CHRISTOPHER BOBBY JOHN THAT DAY.

HE WAS ONE OF THE TROOPS ALLOWED IN THE EXERCISE EVEN THOUGH HE HAD PASSED HIS REQUIRED SWIM TEST.

SURVIVORS TOLD THEM WHAT THEY SAW.

>> THE BOYS ARE IN THE DARK.

A COUPLE OF THEM HAD LEFT THEIR CELL PHONES.

THEY ARE USING THEIR CELL PHONES FOR A LIGHT TO TRY TO SEE.

IT WOULD NOT HAVE MATTERED ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY NEVER GOT -- >> THEY AREN'T EVEN GOLDSTAR FAMILIES.

CONGRESS RESERVES THAT TITLE FOR THE FAMILIES OF THOSE FILLED IN KILLED IN COMBAT, NOT TRAINING.

>> AT LEAST I WOULD'VE BEEN PREPARED FOR THIS.

I WOULD.

I WOULD ACCEPT IT SO MUCH MORE BECAUSE I KNEW THIS WAS HIS JOB.

AND HE IS GOING TO BATTLE.

THEY ASKED ME IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS.

I DON'T DO TO HAVE AN OPEN CASKET.

I DON'T GET JUSTICE.

>> WE NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN.

>> I NEVER GET TO TELL HIM I LOVE YOU.

I DIDN'T GET TO TELL HIM, BE CAREFUL.

>> Reporter: STEVE WALSH, KPBS NEWS.

>>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF.

TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, WILL U.S. SANCTIONS BE ENOUGH TO DETER RUSSIA FROM A FULL-SCALE INVASION OF UKRAINE?

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

>>> AT&T'S 3G NETWORK IS SHUTTING DOWN TODAY.

OTHER CARRIERS ARE FOLLOWING SUIT LATER THIS YEAR AND IT WON'T JUST IMPACT OLDER PHONES.

SOME HOME ALARM SYSTEMS, MEDICAL DEVICES, IN CAR CRASH NOTIFICATION, ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS MAY ALSO REQUIRE UPDATES TO CONTINUE TO WORK.

TO AVOID A DISRUPTION OF SERVICE, BUSINESSES ARE URGING CUSTOMERS TO UPGRADE OR REPLACE SOME PRODUCTS AND SERVICES BEFORE THEY DROP CONDUCTIVITY.

>>> IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, SNOW RETURNED TO THE SIERRA AFTER A RECORD LONG DRIVE PERIOD AS LAUREN SHOWS US, THAT BROUGHT ANOTHER WELCOME SITE, TAURUS.

>> Reporter: LOW SNOW SEASON STERLING TO TRUCKEE LOCALS.

>> THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

>> Reporter: JEFF SUSPEND HIS WINTERS IN THE SIERRA.

>> I REMEMBER EL NINO IN 97.

THINGS ARE A LOT DIFFERENT.

AND A LOT MORE DRIVE.

>> THIS TIME LAST YEAR I WAS COMING UP A LOT MORE OFTEN BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING MORE SNOW.

BUT HOW MUCH IS WINTER CHANGED ITS WE ARE GETTING ANSWERS.

CBS 13 REACHED OUT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WHO IS CALLING THIS WINTER UNRELIABLE.

A RECORD WHAT OCTOBER WAS FOLLOWED BY RECORD DRY MONTHS.

ACCORDING TO THE CENTRAL SNOW LAB, A TWO DECADE OLD RECORD WAS BROKEN THIS YEAR.

IN 1990, THE SIERRA WENT 31 DAYS WITHOUT PRECIPITATION.

IN 2022, THE SIERRA WAS SNOWLESS FOR 37 DAYS.

THE SNOWFALL THAT ENDED THE DRY STREAK HAPPENED FEBRUARY 15th AND WAS ONLY ROUGHLY 1 1/2 INCHES.

>> THIS IS NOT HAPPENING ANYMORE.

>> Reporter: THE CONCERN FOR TOURISTS AND BUSINESSES THAT RELY ON THEM.

WE HAVE COVID IN THE PANDEMIC FOR TWO YEARS THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN A WHAMMY AND WITH THE WINTER WEATHER IT IS EVEN WORSE.

WE HAVE TO WONDER HOW WE WILL SURVIVE.

>>> SNOW EQUALS MONEY.

>> Reporter: BARTENDER, RYAN CALLAHAN, GRATEFUL FOR THE SNOW AND SEASONAL VISITORS.

HOPING THE FUTURE FORECAST CALLS FOR MORE OF THIS.

>> THERE IS ALWAYS MARCH.

>>> OUR STORM IS HERE AND IT IS PRESSING SOUTHWARD, BRINGING LIKELY EVERYTHING FROM GUSTY WINDS TO SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SMALL HAIL.

HERE IS THE BIG PICTURE.

WE HAVE THIS REALLY COLD AIR MASS DIVING SOUTH HERE AND IT IS NOT GOING TO TAKE A LOT TO MAYBE GET SOME LOCALIZED THUNDERSTORMS ON SMALL HAIL OUT OF THAT.

WE WILL SEE REDUCED VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY THREW PASSES ON THE MOUNTAINS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS.

WE HAVE WIND ADVISORIES FOR US IN THE LOWER TERRAIN.

HIGHLAND WARNINGS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

THOSE ARE IN EFFECT FOR MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE HAVE WINTER STORM WARNINGS POSTED.

THOSE REMAINING IN EFFECT UNTIL SIX P.M. ON WEDNESDAY MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS.

WE ALSO HAVE BEYOND THIS SOME VERY, VERY COLD AIR MOVING ON IN AND FREEZE WATCHES THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED HERE IN THE VALLEYS.

THOSE GO INTO EFFECT TOMORROW NIGHT SO 10:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY THROUGH 9:00 A.M. THURSDAY MORNING.

OR TONIGHT, YOU WILL START TO GET A TASTE OF THE COOLER AIR AS TEMPERATURES GET DOWN TO THE LOW 40s.

OCEANSIDE, ESCONDIDO, UPPER 30s, TOWARD RAMONA AND WE WILL TIME IT OUT FOR THE OVERNIGHT AND YOU WILL SEE THE INCREASING SNOW CONTINUING IN THE MOUNTAINS LATE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY, LINGERING SHOWERS SO POSSIBLE SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS BUT THE HEAVIEST OF IT WILL BE DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD TONIGHT.

TOMORROW, THE CHILLY DAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50s IN OCEANSIDE, 60 IN SAN DIEGO, UPPER 50s IN BORREGO SPRINGS BUT THEN WE WARM-UP LATER IN THE WEEK.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, A RETURN TO THE 70 SNOW THE COAST BY THE TIME WE GET TOWARDS SUNDAY.

LOW 50s ON WEDNESDAYS TO 60s AND 70s.

OVERNIGHT LOW'S, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY IN THE LOW 30 SO COLD OVERNIGHT.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES FROM THE 20s WEDNESDAY TO THE 30s THURSDAY.

40s FRIDAY.

60s BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND AND IN THE DESERT, A SIMILAR TREND, TEMPERATURES GO FROM THE 50s TO THE 60s INTO THE 70s BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST, JESSICA PASH.

>>> IT IS A DATE TO REMEMBER FOR COUPLES TYING THE KNOT TODAY.

IT IS 2-22-22.

THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING PERFORMED BACK TO BACK WEDDING CEREMONIES ON THIS SPECIAL PALINDROME DAY.

MEDIA PARTNER 10NEWS SPOKE TO ANGELICA AND JUAN RIVERA WHO WERE SECOND IN LINE HAVING BEEN TOGETHER ALMOST 10 YEARS, DECIDED LAST NIGHT TO GET MARRIED.

>> AS I WOULD BE BE.

PERFECT IF WE COULD GET MARRIED.

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