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IT IS TUESDAY, JULY 16.

AND THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US.

I AM I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

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IT IS DECISION DAY FOR AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL.

IN THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED 6-3 RELATED TWO OFFICE BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN.

>> Reporter: THE CITY HAS BEEN TRAPPED IN LEASES FOR 101 ASH AND CIVIC CENTER PLAZA FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

THE ONE ON 101 ASH CANNOT EVEN BE OCCUPIED.

THE CITY WAS TRYING TO AVOID THE LEASES IN COURT BY ARGUING THE REAL ESTATE ADVISOR WROTE STATE ETHICS LAWS.

THE CITY WILL HAVE THE SETTLEMENT AT BY THE BUILDINGS FOR $132 MILLION.

THE MAYOR SAYS THAT IS THE LEAST BAD OPTION AND CONTINUING WITH THE LAWSUIT COULD BE MORE COSTLY.

>> IF WE WERE TO LOSE THE POTENTIAL COST TO TAXPAYERS IS STAGGERING.

IT WOULD MEAN PAYING THE RENT AND PENALTIES, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS GOING TO REIMBURSING LEGAL FEES AND CONTINUING WITH A LESS FAVORABLE FINANCIAL TERM THAN WHAT THIS SETTLEMENT OFFERS.

>> Reporter: THE CITY ATTORNEY ADVISE THE COUNCIL TO REJECT THE SETTLEMENT AND SAYS THAT IT DOES NOT ADEQUATELY PROTECT THE INTEREST OF THE CITY AND THAT SHE IS CONFIDENT IN THE CITY ABILITY TO WIN THE LAWSUIT.

>> WE KNOW THE SWEETHEART DEAL WILL NOT DETER OTHER BAD AXE AGAINST THE CITY.

IT WILL SEND THE MESSAGE THAT THE CITY BUCKLES AT THE KNEES WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH.

>> Reporter: IT DOES NOT PUT AN END TO THE STORY OF 101 ASH.

THE CITY HAS TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO RENOVATE OR DEMOLISH THE BUILDING.

THERE ARE ONGOING LAWSUITS INVOLVING CITY EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND THE CITY REAL ESTATE ADVISOR.

HE IS ALSO THE SUBJECT OF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO HAS APPROVED THE PROJECT THAT WILL BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY.

KITTY ALVARADO HAS DETAILS.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO 2022 DEPARTMENT DAYS DETAILS, 20 POLICE OFFICERS ARE LEAVING EVERY MONTH.

LIEUTENANT RIVERA IS A VETERAN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION IN SAN DIEGO.

HE SAYS THAT CHILDCARE PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN THAT EQUATION.

>> THE CHILDCARE PROJECT ORIGINATED WITH A PHONE CALL WITH ONE OF OUR MEMBERS THAT NEEDED HELP WITH CHILDCARE.

WE HEARD THAT AND WE ACTUALLY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: THAT PHONE CALL IS THAT THEY NO LONGER COULD AFFORD TO WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF CHILDCARE OPENED THE FLOODGATES.

>> ONCE WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT WE HAD A LOT OF OFFICERS REACH OUT AND ASK US FOR ASSISTANCE.

THAT IS REALLY WHAT CAUSED THIS -- TO CAUSED US TO PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER AND TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE.

>> Reporter: WHERE THEY ARE FOUR YEARS LATER IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH KINDERCARE TO DEVELOP A FIRST IN THE NATION PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS CHILDCARE ISSUES IN POLICE FAMILIES.

IT GOT UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL FOR A LEASE AGREEMENT AND A STATE GRANT.

>> WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

>> THIS IS A WIN-WIN SITUATION.

WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM OFFICERS EVERY DAY IS THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR ODD HOURS, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO FIND SUITABLE CHILDCARE FOR THEM TO KEEP SAN DIEGO SAFE.

>> Reporter: COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS KATE SAYS THAT THE CENTER WILL BE DEVELOPED IN AN EXISTING BUILDING IN KEARNY MESA.

NO CITY MONEY IS BEING USED FOR THE PROJECT AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS MIGHT CONSIDER WHEN THE MONEY RUNS OUT.

>> I AM BEING CONTACTED THROUGH EVERY MEANS AVAILABLE BY MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SAYING, PLEASE, PLEASE GET ME ON THAT LIST.

>> Reporter: OFFICERS ARE HOPING TO GET THEIR CHILDREN INTO THE CENTER BUT STILL NEED $1 MILLION WORTH OF RENOVATIONS ON THE BUILDING.

KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS .

>>> SCIENTISTS AT SCRIPPS RESEARCH AT UC SAN DIEGO SAY THEY HAVE FOUND THE ORIGIN OF COVID-19.

THEY ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THE VIRUS JUMPS FROM ANIMALS TO HUMANS AND DID SEVERAL TIMES.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER NGUYEN HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE GOAL PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, THEY HAVE PINPOINTED THE ORIGIN OF COVID- 19 AND IT JUMPED BETWEEN HUMANS AND ANIMALS AT LEAST TWO DOZEN TIMES.

DATA ANALYSIS IT SHOWS THAT THE VIRUS ORIGINATED IN A MARKET IN WE WILL HAVE, CHINA.

>> ALL OF THIS EVIDENCE TELLS US THE SAME THING.

IT POINTS RIGHT TO THIS MARKET IN THE MIDDLE OF WUHAN, WHICH IS WHERE WE SUSPECTED THIS PANDEMIC STARTED.

>> Reporter: WITH THE RESEARCH SHOWS IS THAT IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THE VIRUS CAME FROM A LAB AND THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT THE VIRUS JUMPED FROM ANIMALS TO HUMANS.

ONE OF THE CANDIDATES IS THE RECURRING DOVE.

IT IS A DOVE COMMON TO EAST ASIA.

IT HAS THE RESEMBLANCE TO A COMMON RECORD.

>> ONE OF THE REASONS WE THINK IT IS THE RACCOON DOG IS WE FOUND ONE THAT WAS POSITIVE.

>> Reporter: JONATHAN HART SAYS THAT THE VIRUS MAY HAVE JUMPED TO HUMANS TWO DOZEN TIMES.

>> IT PROBABLY CAME FIRST BUT, IT WAS INTRODUCED AROUND NOVEMBER 19.

AND THE -- WOULD'VE BEEN INTRODUCED WITHIN WEEKS OF THAT.

>> Reporter: THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS PREVALENCE BEFORE JANUARY 2018.

THEY WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT TRACKING THE MUTATION RATE OF THE VIRUS IN REVERSE.

WELL MUCH OF THE INFORMATION IS NOT NEW, UNDERSTANDING HOW THE VIRUS EMERGED WILL HELP US BETTER PREPARE FOR AND PREVENT THE NEXT SENTIMENT CAUSING VIRUS.

I MET ALEXANDER NGUYEN FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE U.S. IS SEEING THE FIRST CASES OF MONKEYPOX IN CHILDREN.

TWO KIDS HAVE BEEN INFECTED.

THOUSANDS OF CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SINCE THE OUTBREAK BEGAN.

MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: CLOSED TO 3000 MONKEYPOX CASES REPORTED IN THE U.S.

SINCE MAY.

TOP U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE MORE.

>> IT IS A GROWING PROBLEM IN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION HAS DECLARED IT A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.

>> Reporter: THE CDC SAYS MOST OF THE CASES ARE AMONG MEN THAT HAVE SEX WITH MEN.

A MEDIAN AGE OF 36.

THE VIRUS HAS NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED IN TWO CHILDREN.

THE CASES ARE UNRELATED AND LIKELY THE RESULT OF HOUSEHOLD TRANSMISSION.

BOTH HAVE SYMPTOMS BUT ARE IN GOOD HEALTH AND RECEIVING TREATMENT.

AN INVESTIGATION INTO HOW THEY WERE AFFECTED IS ONGOING.

THE CDC SAYS THAT CAN INCLUDE HOLDING, CUDDLING, FEEDING, OR THROUGH SHARED ITEMS LIKE TOWELS AND UTENSILS.

>> IT IS VERY CLEAR WITH THE SPREAD OF THIS THAT THERE NOW HAS TO BE A BALANCE BETWEEN VACCINES AVAILABLE FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED AS WELL AS THOSE AT RISK.

>> Reporter: STATES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO REPORT MONKEYPOX DATA SO CASES ARE LIKELY UNDERCOUNTED.

THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOW DEBATING WHETHER TO DECLARE A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY TO CHANGE THAT.

300,000 MONKEYPOX VACCINES HAVE BEEN SHIPPED TO U.S. STATES AND TERRITORIES.

THE CDC ESTIMATES THAT 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINE AND EACH PERSON NEEDS TWO DOSES, FOUR WEEKS APART.

FOR HEALTH MINUTE I AM MANDY GAITHER.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS WORKING WITH THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT MONKEYPOX VACCINES.

THEY ARE SPONSORING TWO VACCINATION EVENTS WHERE ABOUT 800 DOSES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THOSE AT RISK.

APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED.

APPOINTMENTS CAN BE MADE BY CALLING 211.

ABOUT 900 DOSES HAVE BEEN SENT TO MEDICAL GROUPS AND THE COUNTY HAS 20 CONFIRMED AND PROBABLE CASES.

>>> THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA VETOED A VOTE REGARDING CONVERSION THERAPY.

KPBS NEWS REPORTERS HAVE MORE.

>> Reporter: THE TEENAGE SON OF A PASTOR IN AN COMMUNITY OF TIJUANA IS CONSIDERED A SIN.

CHURCH LEADERS SAY THAT CONVERSION THERAPY WOULD OFFER HIM A CURE BUT HE ENDED UP WITH TRAUMA.

>> [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >> FOR YEARS, THE TREATMENT LEFT HIM CONFUSED AND EXPERIENCING PANIC ATTACKS.

SINCE THEN HE HAS DECIDED TO SPEAK OUT.

>> [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >> HE SAYS IT IS HIS RESPONSE ABILITY OF SOMEBODY TO LIVE THROUGH THIS AND SURVIVED THAT NOBODY ELSE GOES TO WHAT HE DID.

A BAN WAS PUT PAST EARLIER BUT INSTEAD THE GOVERNOR CHOSE TO REGULATE THE INDUSTRY.

THEY SAY THAT PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHTS TO CHOOSE TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO CONVERSION THERAPY.

SEVERAL MEDICAL GROUPS INCLUDING THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION HAVE DEBUNKED CONVERSION THERAPY IS A DANGEROUS PSEUDOSCIENCE.

>> [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] .

>> Reporter: THAT IS CAESAR ESPINOZA.

HE IS THE HEAD OF AN LGBTQ NONPROFIT.

THEY SAY THAT CONVERSION THERAPY DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD.

CALIFORNIA BANNED THE PRACTICE FOR MINORS IN 2012 BECAUSE EXPERTS SAY THAT THOSE EXPOSED TO CONVERSION THERAPY END UP WITH A HIGHER RISK OF SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR.

PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPOSED TO CONVERSION THERAPY OR MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM SEVERAL MEDICAL CONDITIONS.

>> IT CAN LEAD TO DEPRESSION, SUICIDE ATTEMPTS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS, AND A RANGE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS.

>> Reporter: SHORTLY AFTER THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED REGULATIONS, THEY SOUGHT TO KEEP THE BAND.

SANCHEZ AND OTHER ADVOCATES SAY THAT REGULATIONS CREATE A MASSIVE LOOPHOLE BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE IN CONVERSION THERAPY ARE MINORS THAT HAVE BEEN IN MANIPULATED BY PARENTS AND CHURCHES TO GO.

ONE MAN SAID IF HE WAS ASKED AS A TEENAGER, HE WOULD'VE SAID IT WAS HIS IDEA.

>> [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >> I WOULD'VE TOLD THEM I WANT TO BE HERE.

THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND I DON'T WANT TO BE .

>>> EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS GRIP THE NATURE NATION.

WE BREAK IT ALL DOWN.

>> Reporter: AS HISTORIC FLOODING SPREAD ACROSS THE ST. LOUIS AREA, A CHILD WAS RESCUED BY RAFT.

FLOODWATERS SURROUNDED CARS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

A DOG AND CHILD HANGING ONTO TWO PEOPLE WAITING THROUGH THE WATER.

TORRENTIAL AND RECORD-BREAKING RAINFALL LED TO THE WETTEST DAY IN ST. LOUIS EVER RECORDED.

>> IT WAS SCARY AND OVERWHELMING.

>> SO ALL YOU HAVE WITH YOU IS WHAT YOU ARE WEARING?

>> YES.

>> Reporter: FIRE PERSONNEL CHECKED ABOUT 18 HOMES IN THE ALLENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY RESCUED ABOUT SIX PEOPLE AND SIX DOGS BY BOAT.

PARTS OF I-70 ARE FLOODED.

>> I WOKE UP WITH A COUPLE FEET IN MY HOUSE AND IT KEPT GOING UP.

>> Reporter: AND THERE ARE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS.

TEMPERATURES IN SOME PLACES WILL REACH 109 DEGREES.

SEATTLE EXPECTING A HIGH OF 92 DEGREES TODAY.

THE AVERAGES 79.

IN L CALIFORNIA, OFFICIALS OF THE OAK FIRE IS NOW 26% CONTAINED, CONSUMING MORE THAN 18,000 ACRES SINCE FRIDAY.

>> THE THING IS, HOW DRY IT IS GIVES THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRES TO GROW VERY FAST, TO BE VERY BIG AND VERY STRONG.

THE POTENTIAL FOR DISASTER IS THERE.

>> Reporter: THE INTERNAL HAS BEEN EXPLOSIVE BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO LOSS OF LIFE IN THE LARGEST FIRE IN THE STATE.

I'M MIKE VALERIO FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE BIG STORY IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY IS MONSOONS.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS BUT IT WILL LIKELY BE HIT OR MISS AND LIKELY MORE MISS THAN HIT.

IT WILL STAY PLEASANT AND SEASONABLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

YOU WILL NOTICE MOST OF THE WIDESPREAD STORMS IN AND AROUND THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BUT SOME SPOTTY STORMS ARE GOING TO GET INTO THE SIERRA NEVADA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

SO, THAT IS GOOD NEWS.

TONIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL GET BACK DOWN INTO THE MID-60s.

UPPER 50s INTO RAMONA AND LOW 80s AND PRETTY MILD IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

WEDNESDAY, TYPICAL DAY WHEN IT COMES TO TEMPERATURES, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST.

WHERE IT IS DRY WE ARE LOOKING AT TYPICAL JYRELL JULY DRY WEATHER.

YOU WILL NOTICE A LITTLE BIT OF GREEN AS WE GET INTO THE MOUNTAINS HERE ON WEDNESDAY.

TEMPERATURES GETTING UP INTO THE MID-70s AND OCEANSIDE IN THE 70s.

90s ON THE WAY IN EL CAJON AND BORREGO SPRINGS WILL BE IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS.

ALONG THE COAST, PRETTY NORMAL.

A MIX OF SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

FURTHER INLAND, TEMPERATURES A BIT WARMER INTO THE LOW 80s BUT NO MAJOR WARMTH ON THE WAY.

AGAIN, WE HAVE A MIX OF SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS IN WE ARE LOOKING TO STAY DRY.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, WE HAVE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON FRIDAY AND MAYBE STRAY STORMS ON SUNDAY BUT OVERALL, WE ARE LOOKING AT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-70s AND LIKELY MORE DRY TIME THAN NOT.

IN THE DESERT, IT WILL STAY PRETTY HOT INTO THE UPPER 90s AND TRIPLE DIGITS.

FOR KPBS NEWS I AM METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PASCH.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY SPENDS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO CREATE A COVID HOTEL.

>> MORE MONEY WAS SPENT ON SECURITY GUARDS AT THE CROWNE PLAZA THEN ON FOOD FOR PEOPLE ISOLATED WITH COVID-19.

A $4 MILLION MORE.

AND FOOD VENDORS WERE CITED BY COUNTY HEALTH INSPECTORS FOR SAFETY VIOLATIONS.

THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT SMALL PORTIONS AND UNDERCOOKED FOOD.

EMILY COBB ISOLATED AT THE CROWNE PLAZA IN 2020 AFTER HER TWO-YEAR-OLD SON TESTED POSITIVE.

HOTEL STAFF TOLD HER TO JUST TRY AND FEED HER TODDLER SALAD BECAUSE THAT WAS ALL THEY HAD.

>> I CALLED AND ASKED THEM AND SAID, DO YOU HAVE ANY KID FRIENDLY OPTIONS AND THEY WERE LIKE, SORRY, YOU CAN ORDER FOOD AND HAVE IT DELIVERED.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY SPOKESPERSON WOULD NOT COMMENT ON COMPLAINS ABOUT FOOD.

FOR KPBS WITH I NEWS SOURCE.

>>> I NEWS SOURCE IS A PRIVATE NONPROFIT.

>>> MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE TURNED TO FOOD BANKS FOR RELIEF RECENTLY AND NOW THOSE LIFE- SAVING RESOURCES ARE FACING CRITICAL SHORTAGES.

GABE COHEN HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: JEAN HAS TURNED TO FOOD BANKS AFTER MONTHS OF CHOOSING BETWEEN GROCERIES AND HER HEART MEDICINE.

>> I WILL PROBABLY BE HOMELESS BY NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THE RENT IS TRIPLE.

>> Reporter: SHE HAS BEEN LIVING ON DISABILITY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THAT MAKES IT HARDER TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

>> I CAN'T BUY CLOTHES.

I CAN'T DO THINGS FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN.

I CAN'T BUY ANYTHING.

I JUST HOPE AND PRAY FOR THE BEST.

>> Reporter: WITH RISING INFLATION THE AVERAGE AMERICAN IS SPENDING NEARLY $500 MORE PER MONTH INCLUDING $78 MORE ON FOOD.

TOUGHEST FOR THOSE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.

IN A JUNE POOL 70% OF HOUSEHOLD SAY THAT GROCERY PRICES ARE A MAJOR PROBLEM.

MILLIONS ARE TURNING TO FOOD BANKS FOR HELP.

SOME PANTRIES ARE SERVING 50% MORE PEOPLE THAN A YEAR AGO.

LONG LINES IN PHOENIX MIRROR THE WORST DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC.

IN SAN ANTONIO, ONE THIRD OF THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>> THESE ARE FAMILIES THAT ARE WORKING AND THEY ARE JUST NOT MAKING ENOUGH TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AT THE END OF THE DAY.

>> SOMETIMES IT IS STRESSFUL.

>> Reporter: JESSICA WORKS AT A NURSING HOME BUT SHE AND HER SON STILL NEED THIS PANTRY.

>> EVERYTHING HURTS WHEN YOU MAKE THE SAME AMOUNT AMOUNT YOU ARE WORKING BEFORE.

>> Reporter: THIS MAN IS PICKING UP FOOD FOR VETERANS.

DEMAND IS SKYROCKETING AS THE GOVERNMENT SKILLS BACK COVID ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND DONATIONS FROM THE USDA AND GROCERY STORES PLUMMET.

STRETCHING FOOD BANKS TO THE BRINK.

>> Reporter: IN OHIO, WHERE HOUSES ARE DRAINED.

THE SEAT IS THE WORST SHORTAGE IN YEARS AND PANTRIES ARE RATIONING FOOD TO STAY AFLOAT.

FEW BANKS CAN AFFORD TO BUY SUPPLY TO FILL THE GAP AND THAT IS GETTING EVEN MORE PRICEY.

>> AMERICA IS TRANSITIONING FROM A PANDEMIC CRISIS TO A HUNGER CRISIS.

THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IS THAT FOOD BANKS WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WIND DOWN DISTRIBUTIONS.

>> Reporter: MORE FAMILIES ARE GOING TO NEED HELP.

JANET MURRAY IS RAISING HER GRANDSON AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, THIS FREE FOOD IS CRITICAL.

>> IT IS SAID.

IT REALLY IS.

BUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

>> THAT WAS GABE COHEN REPORTING.

FEMA IS ASKING FOR FUNDING TO BE INCREASED AND FOR THE USDA TO SEND MORE FOOD TO FOOD BANKS.

THEY CALL THIS A DANGEROUS AND UNSUSTAINABLE TRAJECTORY.

IF YOU WANT TO HELP YOU CAN DONATE LOCALLY AT TO FEEDING SAN DIEGO.ORG.

>>> THE COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR THOSE WITH STUDENT LOANS.

STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS ARE SET TO BEGIN SEPTEMBER 4.

IF THIS GOES LIKE PAST EXTENSION THERE COULD BE A DECISION ON THE MATTER THIS WEEK.

IN THE MEANTIME PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS CONSIDERING WHETHER TO TAKE EXECUTIVE ACTION TO FORGIVE A PORTION OF BALANCES FOR THOSE WITH A FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

HE IS STILL SHOOTING TO HAVE A DECISION ON THAT BY THE END OF AUGUST.

>>> 41 DAYS AND COUNTING AND GAS PRICES ARE DROPPING AGAIN.

THE AVERAGE PRICE OF SELF-SERVE REGULAR DROP TO $5.67 PER GALLON.

PEOPLE ARE FILLING UP LESS LEADING TO MORE SUPPLY.

WE ARE STILL PAYING ABOUT $1.37 MORE PER GALLON THAN WE WERE THIS TIME A YEAR AGO.

>>> A SMALL SCHOOL IS PIONEERING A PROJECT IT COULD BECOME A BIG DEAL FOR THE ELECTRICAL GRID.

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER, ERIK ANDERSON, HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: SCHOOLS ARE PREPARED TO DELIVER MORE THAN CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.

HE WILL BE PUMPING ELECTRICITY FROM THEIR BATTERIES BACK INTO THE GRID.

THE BATTERIES IN BUSES ARE LARGER THAN REGULAR VEHICLES.

>> THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE THIS.

WE WANT THEM TO POTENTIALLY CONNECT TO THE GRID AND US BEING ABLE TO REDUCE LOAD.

>> Reporter: BUSES CAN BE CHARGED IN TWO AND HALF HOURS IN THE CHARGERS DRAW POWER FROM THE BUS BATTERY AND RETURN IT TO THE GRID.

THEY WERE DEVELOPED BY THE SAN DIEGO-BASED COMPANY NUVVE.

THIS PROGRAM AT COHEN VALLEY IS THE FIRST VEHICLE TO GRID PROJECT TO COME ONLINE IN THE COUNTRY.

THE PROJECT WILL BE CONSTANTLY EVALUATED DURING ITS FIVE-YEAR RUN.

IF IT WORKS AS HOPED, THE GRID WILL GET EXTRA POWER IN THE SCHOOL WILL BE ABLE TO CASH IN.

>> THIS IS JUST ONE SMALL PROJECT, A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT GOT TO PROVE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY WORKS.

IT COULD SPREAD TO LOTS OF OTHER SCHOOL BUS FLEETS.

>>> I AM JUDY WOODRUFF AND TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, IS THE FEDERAL RESERVE RISKING A RECESSION BY RAISING INTEREST RATES TO FIGHT INFLATION?

>>> HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL HAS VOTED 6-3 TO SETTLE LAWSUITS RELATED TO TWO HIGH-RISE OFFICE BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN.

THE CITY HAS BEEN TRAPPED IN COSTLY LEASES ARE FOR CIVIC CENTER PLAZA A AND 101 ASH.

UNDER THE SETTLEMENT THE CITY WILL BUY THE BUILDINGS FOR $132 MILLION.

MAYOR TOM GLORIOUS IS CONTINUING WITH THE LAWSUITS COULD BE EVEN MORE COSTLY.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A ONE-OF-A- KIND CHILDCARE PROGRAM FOR POLICE OFFICER FAMILIES.

THAT INCLUDES A LEASE AGREEMENT AND A $3 MILLION STATE GRANT.

IT WILL BE DEVELOPED IN AN EXISTING BUILDING IN KEARNY MESA.

FUNDING FOR THIS WILL RUN OUT IN FIVE YEARS AND THEN -- PLANS TO FUNDS THIS.

>>> LOTTERY FEVER IS HITTING THE COUNTRY AS THE MEGA MILLIONS JACK, GROWS TO $830 MILLION.

THIS IS THE LARGEST PRIZE SINCE A $1.5 BILLION JACKPOT JANUARY 2021.

ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA LOTTERY, THE ODDS OF MATCHING ALL FIVE NUMBERS AND THE MEGA ARE 1 IN 300 MILLION.

THAT HAS NOT STOPPED PEOPLE FROM BUYING TICKETS AND DREAMING ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD DO IF THEY HIT THAT JACKPOT.

>> I WOULD BUY A HOUSE FIRST.

>> I WOULD SHARE IT WITH ALL OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

TAKE MY DOG ON LUXURIOUS TRIPS.

YOU HAVE TO GET INVOLVED WHEN IT'S WORTH A LOT OF MONEY.

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

I MIGHT BUY ONE JUST FOR FUN.

>> TICKET SALES AND AT 7:00 TONIGHT WITH THE DRAWING SET FOR 8:00 P.M. YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG/EVENINGEDITION THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>>> KPBS EVENING EDITION MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE COMPANY OF FAMILIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION AND FLOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL ONE 800 -- 1-800-BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

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