
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Season 1 Episode 3328 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
City leaders had to make tough decisions to balance the budget this year.
City leaders had to make tough decisions to balance the budget this year. But a last-minute deal could provide some relief. Plus, San Diego voters will not get to decide whether to replace SDGE with a municipal utility. Why the City Council rejected the proposed ballot measure. And the county's largest school district is providing free and educational summer programs for students.
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Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Season 1 Episode 3328 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
City leaders had to make tough decisions to balance the budget this year. But a last-minute deal could provide some relief. Plus, San Diego voters will not get to decide whether to replace SDGE with a municipal utility. Why the City Council rejected the proposed ballot measure. And the county's largest school district is providing free and educational summer programs for students.
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♪♪ >>> THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL IS VOTING ON THE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US.
I AM MAYA TRABULSI.. CITY LEADERS HAD TO MAKE SOME DIFFICULT CUTS THAT AS KPBS REPORTER [ SINGING IN A NON- ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] EXPLAINS, THEY ARE LOOKING AT PROGRAMS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK.
>>> -- WAS SPARED FROM MAKING DRASTIC BUDGET CUTS THINGS TO FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.
OF THOSE DOLLARS HAVE RUN OUT AND THE COST OF EVERYTHING FROM PAYING CITY EMPLOYEES TO BUYING ASPHALT FOR ROAD REPAIR HAS GONE UP.
THAT LEFT THE CITY WITH A DEFICIT OF NEARLY $137 MILLION.
TO BALANCE THE BUDGET GLORIA PROPOSED CUTTING SEVERAL EQUITY PROGRAMS THAT ARE MEANT TO LIFT UP HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
SHORTLY BEFORE THE TUESDAY COUNCIL MEETING TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS ANNOUNCED THEIR PROPOSAL TO REVERSE THE CUTS.
MOSTLY BY SHIFTING FUNDING AROUND AND USING ONE-TIME RESOURCES.
>> THERE ARE NO EASY CHOICES IN THIS BUDGET YEAR AND I KNOW THAT THESE MODIFICATIONS REFLECT THE MAJORITY OF THE PRIORITIES EXPRESSED BY THE PUBLIC AND MY COLLEAGUES.
REMOTE KEY PRIORITIES INCLUDE $1.2 MILLION TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM THAT OFFERS RENTAL SUBSIDIES TO KEEP LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.
$3 MILLION WOULD PAY FOR HOTEL ROOMS FOR VICTIMS OF THE JANUARY 22 FLOODS.
>> WE HAVE OVER 1000 PEOPLE STILL LIVING IN HOTEL ROOMS NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.
IT A WERE DISPLACED BECAUSE OF THE FLOODS AND WHAT TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO GET THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO INVEST >> Reporter: THERE IS A PROPOSAL FROM MAYOR GLORIA TO CREATE A 1000 BED HOMELESS SHELTER IN A WAREHOUSE JUST EAST OF THE AIRPORT.
THE MAYOR WANTS TO BUDGET $10 MILLION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE THE PROPERTY HABITABLE.
THE COUNCIL IS WARY OF MAJOR REAL ESTATE DEALS AND HAS NOT YET AGREES TO LEASE THE WAREHOUSE.
IT IS UNCLEAR HOW THE CITY WOULD SPEND THOSE $10 MILLION AT THE SHELTER PLAN FALLS THROUGH.
ANDREW BOWEN , KPBS NEWS .
>>> NORTH COUNTY IS THRIVING BUT STILL HAS CRITICAL ISSUES TO ADDRESS AND THAT IS THE MESSAGE THAT THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR GAVE TODAY IN HIS STATE OF NORTH COUNTY ADDRESS.
WE WERE THERE AND HAVE A RECAP.
>> Reporter: NORTH COUNTY OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND RESIDENTS FILLED THE BROOKS THEATER IN OCEANSIDE TO HEAR FROM THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR, JIM DESMOND.
>> NORTH COUNTY IS THRIVING.
>> Reporter: DURING HIS ADDRESS, DESMOND HIGHLIGHTED THE GROWTH IN THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES.
SPECKS SAN DIEGO AGRICULTURE PROVIDES 50,000 JOBS AND THEY HAVE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR.
THE LAST TIME I GAVE AN ADDRESS IT WAS ONLY $2 BILLION PER YEAR.
>> Reporter: ALSO CUT TOURISM.
>> WE LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GO ON VACATION.
TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY IS UP 15% IN NORTH COUNTY.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THE REGION FACES ARE HOMELESSNESS, THEY NEED FOR HOUSING, AND TRANSPORTATION.
DESMOND SAYS THAT NORTH COUNTY IS IN CRISIS.
>> I HAVE NOT BEEN A FAN OF NORTH COUNTY SHELTERS OR HOUSING FIRST PROPOSALS.
>> Reporter: THE COUNTY COULD EXPAND PSYCHIATRIC RESOURCES.
>> WE ARE JUST BEGINNING NEGOTIATIONS BUT I AM OPTIMISTIC IT WILL BE A CAMPUS FOR REHABILITATION IN NORTH COUNTY AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THESE FACILITIES AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET PAST HOMELESSNESS AND GET PEOPLE THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.
>> Reporter: DESMOND WILL REPRESENT THE COUNTY UNTIL 2025.
TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.
>>> SAN DIEGO VOTERS WILL NOT DECIDE ON REPLACING POWER SAN DIEGO.
WE LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PROPOSED BALLOT MEASURE WENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.
>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS REJECTED POWER SAN DIEGO BALLOT MEASURE THAT WOULD HAVE AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO PURCHASE AND OPERATE SDGE'S ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
>> I BELIEVE THAT SERVICES LIKE THIS SHOULD BE PROVIDED BY PUBLIC ENTITIES AND THAT IS WHY I WORKED WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO FIND -- FUND A FEASIBILITY STUDY BUT I HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS WITH THE PROPOSAL.
THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY QUESTIONS LEFT UNANSWERED.
>> Reporter: STAFF HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE INITIATIVE INCLUDING THE DUTIES AND SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE ELECTRIC BOARD THAT WOULD WOULD HAVE BEEN CREATED.
MAYOR PRO TEM WANTS TO SEE THE FULL RESULTS OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY BEFORE MAKING RECOMMENDATION TO VOTERS.
>> MAKING A DECISION ON FINANCIAL STABILITY AND THE THE PROMISE AND THE ABILITY TO DELIVER BETTER SERVICE IS A DISSERVICE TO SAN DIEGANS.
>> Reporter: THE RULES COMMITTEE REJECTED THE BALLOT INITIATIVE IN APRIL BUT THE POWER SAN DIEGO CAMPAIGN GATHERED ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO BRING IT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ROAD.
THE CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN SAYS THOUSAND SO SIGNATURES SHOW ENTHUSIASM AND INTEREST FROM THE PUBLIC.
>> IF ENOUGH SAN DIEGANS ARE WHERE THIS IS A POSSIBILITY, THEN WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GET IT DONE AT SOME POINT.
AGAIN, YESTERDAY WAS NOT UNEXPECTED BUT, IT DID REQUIRE THAT THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTE YES OR NO.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE CAMPAIGN WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE MUNICIPALLY STATION AS AN OPTION.
KPBS NEWS.
>>> TONIGHT WE ARE DROPPING DOWN TO A LOW WAS 61 DEGREES.
THERE COULD BE SOME TRICKY TRAVEL THERE LATE AT NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING BUT WE ARE TRACKING SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE MID WEEK.
WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE TEMPERATURE TREND PLAYS OUT GOING INTO THE WEEKEND COMING UP.
STAY WITH US.
>>> THE GOAL TO ACHIEVE A CEASE- FIRE IN GAZA MIGHT BE CLOSER.
ISRAELI LEADERSHIP IS LOOKING AT A WAY TO END HAMAS.
>> Reporter: IT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP CLOSER TO PEACE IN GAZA.
ISRAEL IS SIGNALING IT MIGHT BE READY TO FORMALLY SIGN THE JOE BIDEN THREE STAGE CEASE-FIRE DEAL.
>> I MET WITH PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU LAST NIGHT AND HE REAFFIRMED HIS COMMITMENT TO THE PROPOSAL.
>> Reporter: ONCE AGREED UPON THE CEASE-FIRE PLAN WOULD ROLLOUT OVER SEVERAL WEEKS AND WOULD INCLUDE COMMITMENTS LIKE AN EVENTUAL FULL ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA ALONG WITH THE RELEASE OF ALL HAMAS HELD HOSTAGES.
A STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO THE PRIME MINISTER AS OFFICE REAFFIRM SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. PROPOSAL SAYING THE PLAN ALLOWS ISRAEL TO ACHIEVE ITS GOALS BUT IT REITERATED THAT ISRAEL WILL NOT RELENT ON ITS WAR OBJECTIVE AND OF ENSURING GAZA NO LONGER POSES A THREAT IN THE FUTURE.
SECRETARY OF STATE ANTHONY LINK IN MET WITH BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ON MONDAY AND THAT IS A NUMBER OF GLOBAL PRESSURE POINTS THIS WEEK IN THE QUEST TO BROKER A CEASE-FIRE.
>> YESTERDAY THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL MADE IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS WHAT THE WORLD IS LOOKING FOR.
>> Reporter: 14 OF 15 UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE U.S.
RESOLUTION WITH ONLY RUSSIA ABSTAINING.
BLINKEN WILL BE MEETING WITH A ROCK AND JORDANIAN LEADERSHIP LATER THIS WEEK.
ANOTHER $400 MILLION IN AID WILL BE ANNOUNCED FOR GAZA.
A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE CEASE- FIRE SAYS THAT HAMAS IS ALSO RESPONDING TO THE U.S. PLAN AND THEY HAVE GIVEN SOME PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO A MEDIATORS.
>>> THERE IS A HEIGHTENED SECURITY PRESENCE OF THE UCLA CAMPUS FOLLOWING A NIGHT OF CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN POLICE AND PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS.
ABOUT 100 PROTESTERS GATHERED FOR A FUNERAL RECESSION.
25 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AND THIS COMES AHEAD OF A MEETING TOMORROW WHERE THE BOARD OF REGENTS IS EXPECTED TO DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW UCLA CHANCELLOR.
THE CURRENT CHANCELLOR IS SET TO RETIRE JULY 31.
>>> A JURY IN DELAWARE FOUND HUNTER BIDEN GUILTY ON GUN CHARGES AFTER THREE HOURS OF DELIBERATIONS.
THIS WAS DELIVERED TO THE COURTROOM WITH MEMBERS OF THE BIDEN FAMILY.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SON HUNTER BIDEN WAS FOUND GUILTY OF CHARGES IN FEDERAL COURT.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY THE CHILD OF A SITTING PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CONVICTED IN FEDERAL COURT.
>> NO ONE IN THE COUNTRY IS ABOVE THE LAW.
EVERYONE MUST BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
>> Reporter: ALL THREE CHARGES ARE CONNECTED TO POSSESSING OR BUYING A GUN WHILE ADDICTED TO DRUGS.
PROSECUTORS SAY HE LIED ABOUT HIS DRUG USE WHEN HE BOUGHT A REVOLVER IN DELAWARE.
BIDEN HAD PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
NOW HE FACES UP TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON AND A FINE OF UP TO $750,000.
HE IS LIKELY TO RECEIVE FAR LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM AS A FIRST-TIME OFFENDER.
>> THIS CASE IS NOT JUST ABOUT ADDICTION.
IT IS ABOUT ILLEGAL CHOICES THAT THE DEFENDANT MADE WHILE IN THE THROES OF ADDICTION.
>> Reporter: MEMBERS OF THE BIDEN FAMILY WERE IN THE COURTROOM THROUGHOUT THE TRIAL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR HUNTER.
DURING CLOSING ARGUMENTS THE PROSECUTION WAS QUICK TO REMIND JURORS THAT THE FAMILY SHOULD NOT IMPACT THEIR DECISION.
>>> HUNTER BIDEN RELEASED A STATEMENT SHORTLY AFTER THE VERDICT SAYING HE IS GRATEFUL FOR THE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND THAT HE IS DISAPPOINTED BY THE OUTCOME.
HE WENT ON TO SAY, "I AM ARE GRATEFUL --.
>>> JUST HOURS AFTER THE VERDICT WAS ANNOUNCED PRESIDENT BIDEN ADDRESSED A CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
WE GIVE YOU A LOOK AT THE MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SPEAKING AT A MAJOR DID ON THREE FEDERAL FELONY CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE 2018 GUN PURCHASE.
THE JURY CONCLUDED THAT HE HAD VIOLATED LAWS DESIGNED TO PREVENT DRUG ADDICTS FROM OWNING FIREARMS.
THE PRESIDENT SAID HE LOVES HIS SON AND IS PROUD OF THE MAN HE IS TODAY WHILE SAYING THAT HE RESPECTS THE JUDICIAL PROCESS.
THEY CHOSE TO NOT COMMENT ON THE CHILD DURING THIS EVENT AND INSTEAD TO USE THE STAGE TO HIGHLIGHT THE UPCOMING ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE BIPARTISAN COMMUNITIES ACT.
>> IF YOU PASS IT WILL BE BECAUSE YOU WORKED LIKE HECK TO GET IT DONE.
>> Reporter: AFTER THE DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN ROB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN UVALDE, TEXAS IN 2022.
ENHANCED BACKGROUND CHECK AND BOOSTED FUNDING FOR THESE PROGRAMS.
POLLING SHOWS THAT NEARLY HALF OF REGISTERED VOTERS SAY GUN POLICY WILL BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
A POLL CONDUCTED LAST FALL FOUND THAT 56% OF ADULTS BELIEVE GUN LAWS SHOULD BE STRICTER.
>> NO SINGLE ACTION CAN SOLVE THE ENTIRETY OF THE GUN EPIDEMIC BUT TOGETHER WE ARE SAVING LIVES.
>> Reporter: THIS COMES AS THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN WORK TO PROMOTE THE WORK THE PRESIDENT IS DOING TO TACKLE GUN VIOLENCE.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THEY BELIEVE RESONATES WITH KEY VOTING BLOCS.
REPORTING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
>>> AN APPEALS COURT HAS UPHELD CALIFORNIA LAWS BARRING GUN AND AMMUNITION SALES ON STATE PROPERTY INCLUDING THE DELMAR FAIRGROUNDS.
THE DECISION TODAY STEMS FROM -- BY PROGRAM PLAINTIFFS.
IT WAS DISMISSED BY A JUDGE ON APPEAL AND THEY ARGUED THAT THE BANDS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL UNDER THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
IN THE RULING THE COURT SAID THAT THE AMENDMENT ONLY PROTECTS THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR FIREARMS AND DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT FIREARM SALES ON STATE PROPERTY.
>>> IS THE NOVEMBER ELECTION APPROACHES POLITICAL RHETORIC AROUND IMMIGRATION IS GETTING MORE EXTREME.
KPBS REPORTER GUSTAVO SULLY'S HAS MORE.
>> THIS IS AN INVASION OF PEOPLE NOT WANTING TO FOLLOW LAWS FOR IMMIGRATION.
>> Reporter: THAT IS CARL DEMAIO SAYING THAT THERE IS AN INVASION OF THE BORDER.
THIS IS A TALKING POINT BEING USED MORE AND MORE AS WE GO INTO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
NOT ONLY DOES HE SAY THERE IS AN INVASION BUT HE TELLS US WHAT IS BEHIND IT.
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS WANT THE VOTES.
>> Reporter: THEY SAY THIS INTERVIEW, WITHOUT PUSHBACK FROM THE NEWS ANCHOR IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHY INVASION RHETORIC IS SO DANGEROUS.
IT ZACH IS A SENIOR RESEARCH DIRECTOR AT AMERICA'S VOICE, A PRO-IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY GROUP.
THEY SAY THAT THIS IS PART OF A WHITE -- >> ALI LIBERALS ARE PART OF THIS IS, BALL TO BRING IN NONWHITE IMMIGRANTS TO REPLACE THAT WHITE FOLKS AND TO REPLACE THEIR VOTING POWER AND TO STEAL ELECTIONS AND UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY.
OBVIOUSLY, NONE OF THAT IS TRUE.
>> Reporter: THIS LANGUAGE RAMPED UP IN 2016 BUT IT HAS A LONG HISTORY IN CALIFORNIA.
IN 1873, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE PUBLISHED AN ADVERTISEMENT WARNING OF A CHINESE INVASION ASKING LEADERS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
POLITICAL CARTOON SHOW THAT CALIFORNIA HAS A SINKING SHIP UNDER THE WEIGHT OF SO MANY CHINESE IMMIGRANTS AND NATALIA MOLINA IS A PROFESSOR AT UC SAN DIEGO.
SHE STUDIES THE CONSTRUCT OF RACE IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> THE USE OF INVASION AND THE IDEA OF IT IS NOT ANYTHING NEW IN TERMS OF HOW WE DESCRIBE IMMIGRANTS AND HOW WE FRAME IMMIGRATION ISSUES.
IT GOES BACK AS FAR BACK AS THE LATE 19th CENTURY.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THAT ANTI- CHINESE SENTIMENT LED TO THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT BANNING IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.
U.S. HISTORY IS FULL OF EXAMPLES OF ANTI-IMMIGRANT RHETORIC LEADING TO DISCRIMINATORY LAWS.
MOLINA USES THIS 1994 AD AS AN EXAMPLE.
IT IS FROM CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR PETE WILSON ADVOCATING FOR -- FROM UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.
>> THE KEEP COMING.
2 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT STOP THEM AT THE BORDER.
>> Reporter: MOLINA SAYS FRAMING IT AS IMMIGRANTS INVADING IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
>> HOW YOU DEFINE A PROBLEM DEFINES THE SOLUTION.
IF YOU DEFINE IT AS AN INVASION, IT IS A MATTER OF PUTTING UP A WALL AND MAKING AMERICA STRONG.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS IMMIGRATION IS SUCH A COMPLEX TOPIC THAT OVERSIMPLIFYING IT DISTRACTS POLICYMAKERS FROM ASKING NUANCED QUESTIONS.
>> HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE LEGAL IMMIGRATION?
IS THE SYSTEM SET UP FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION?
AT WHAT LEVEL DO WE WANT THIS?
>> Reporter: IN 2020 $50 MILLION WAS SPENT ON ANTI- IMMIGRATION ADS AND THAT AMOUNT MORE THAN QUADRUPLE BY 2022.
THE 2024 ELECTION IS ON PACE TO SURPASS THAT AMOUNT.
MUELLER SAYS THESE PULL ON THE GENUINE CONCERNS ABOUT IMMIGRATION.
>> THIS IS A STORY THAT HITS ON ANXIETIES ABOUT WHO THEY ARE AND THEIR IDENTITY AND ABOUT SAFETY AND ABOUT COMMUNITY SAFETY AND IT IS ON CONCERNS ABOUT ECONOMIC SECURITY.
AND IT IS PULLING ON THOSE ANXIETIES, WHICH ARE LEGITIMATE ANXIETIES, RACIALIZING THEM AND SAYING THE IMMIGRANTS ARE TO BLAME.
>> Reporter: OF VOTERS SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO BE BOMBARDED WITH INVASION AS BEFORE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
>> WE CANNOT RELY ON ADS BECAUSE THEY ARE DESIGNED TO BE INFLAMMATORY.
THE ADS ARE DESIGNED TO GET YOUR ATTENTION FOR 30 SECONDS.
>> Reporter: MOLINA SAYS, DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH.
>> WE CANNOT RELY ON A FLYER OR SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO WIN AN ELECTION.
>> Reporter: GUSTAVO SOLIS, KPBS NEWS.
>>> YOU MIGHT NOTICE SOME RELIEF AT THE GAS PUMP.
PRICES FELL $.10 BY THE LAST WEEK AND THAT IS THE LARGEST DECLINE OF THE YEAR SO FAR.
THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR GAS IN SAN DIEGO SITS AT $4.95.
ANALYSTS SAY THIS TREND IS RARE BECAUSE THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE TRAVEL PICKS UP.
>> THIS YEAR IS A BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE ARE STILL SEEING WEAK DEMAND FOR GASOLINE AND THAT COUPLED WITH LOWER CRUDE OIL PRICES IS BRINGING PUMP PRICES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> AAA EXPECTS MORE STATES CAN SEE THE AVERAGE GAS PRICE DROP BELOW THREE DOLLARS PER GALLON IN THE COMING WEEKS.
>>> IS STREAMING SERVICES HAVE -- THEY HAVE RAISED PRICES.
AND FOR SOME IT IS JUST IN TIME FOR SUMMER.
KARIN CAIFA HAS A LOOK AT THE PRICES SOME MAY HAVE MISSED AND --.
>> Reporter: A BINGE WATCHES GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE.
>> IF THE ORIGINAL PLAN IS I WILL SAVE MONEY AND GET RID OF CABLE, YOU NEED MULTIPLE STREAMING SERVICES AND YOU ARE BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE SPENDING WHEN YOU HAD CABLE.
>> Reporter: AMONG STREAMERS INCREASING PRICES, UNIVERSAL PEACOCK HAS HIGHER PRICES FOR MONTHLY AND ANNUAL PLAN STARTING IN JULY.
MAX, THE PARENT COMPANY OF CNN, WILL RAISE PRICES BY $10-$20 STARTING IN JULY.
SPOTIFY WILL ALSO INCREASE COSTS STARTING IN JULY.
THE PRICE HIKES, STREAMING MEDIA COMPANIES FACE THEIR OWN INCREASES IN THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS.
AS THEY EXPAND CONTENT OFFERINGS TO KEEP UP.
>> THEY ARE UPGRADING THEIR PROGRAMMING AND THAT IS EXPENSIVE TO CREATE.
IN TURN YOU HAVE TO PAY A BIT MORE FOR THOSE SERVICES.
>> Reporter: NICHOLAS DeLEON FOR CONSUMER REPORTS SAYS STREAMERS WILL LIKELY EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT OFFERS LIKE LOWER-PRICED TIERS WITH ADS .
>> I EXPECT TO SEE MORE BUNDLES AND PROMOTIONS.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT CHAOTIC BUT THAT MAKES IT FUN.
>> Reporter: FROM WASHINGTON I AM KARIN CAIFA.
>>> LET'S START YOU OFF WITH WEATHER HEADLINES.
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, LOW CLOUDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
THAT WILL BE THE NAME OF THE GAME OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
WARMER DAYS THROUGH THE MID WEEK.
NOT OVERLY HOT BUT WARMER DAYS THROUGH THE MIDDLE HALF OF THE WEEK AND TEMPERATURES RISE THIS WEEKEND.
YOU WILL SEE A SLIGHT DIP IN TEMPERATURES GOING INTO THURSDAY BUT THEN RIGHT BACK UP AGAIN GOING INTO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
TONIGHT, ACROSS THE WIDE VIEW OF THE AREA, OCEANSIDE IS 61 AND RAMONA DOWN TO 56.
MOUNT LAGUNA, YOU ARE AT 60 DEGREES.
GOING INTO TOMORROW WE WILL TOP OFF MOUNT LAGUNA AT 74, BORREGO SPRINGS AT 78.
OCEANSIDE AT 74.
COMFORTABLE ALONG THE COAST.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE RELATIVELY WARMER THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY THEN THEY START TO TAKE A SLIGHT DIP.
ALONG THE COAST YOU WILL FEEL THAT ON FRIDAY BUT THEN RIGHT BACK UP AGAIN BY SATURDAY.
A BIT OF A TEMPERATURE ROLLER COASTER ON SATURDAY.
A HIGH OF 77 WITH A FEW CLOUDS.
BE SURE THAT YOU ARE STAYING WEATHER AWARE AND KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROADS IF YOU WERE GOING TO BE TRAVELING AS WE TALK ABOUT LOW CLOUDS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
FURTHER INLAND, YOU WILL SEE TEMPERATURES DIP SLIGHTLY ON THURSDAY BUT STILL PRETTY WARM.
83 IS THE HIGH ON WEDNESDAY AND 79 ON THURSDAY.
BACK UP TO 80 ON FRIDAY AND THEN GOING INTO THE WEEKEND, NEAR 90.
BY SUNDAY, BACK DOWN TO 82.
IN THE MOUNTAINS YOU WILL SEE A SLIGHT WARMING GOING INTO FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY.
BACK TO THE 80s BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
IT WILL BE BREEZY.
FOR THE DESERTS, TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY RISING.
YOU WILL SEE A SLIGHT DIP ON THURSDAY AND BACK UP TO 108 ON FRIDAY AND 110 ON SATURDAY THEM BACK DOWN TO 104.
IT WILL BE HOT AND PLENTY OF SUN.
STAY HYDRATED.
FOR KPBS NEWS I AM METEOROLOGIST BREE GUY.
>>> THE SUMMER HAS JUST BEGUN BUT MANY STUDENTS IN SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE BACK TO SCHOOL TOMORROW.
THEY WILL BE BACK ON CAMPUS TO LEVEL UP.
M.G.
PEREZ SHOWS US WHAT THAT MEANS.
>> Reporter: THESE KIDS ARE ENRICHING THEIR SUMMER SINGING.
REHEARSING FOR A PRODUCTION OF THE WILDLY POPULAR MUSICAL "MATILDA" WITH --.
13-YEAR-OLD EDEN HAS PERFORMED WITH THE TRINITY TROOPS SINCE THIRD GRADE.
SHE IS EXCITED THAT THE COMPANY WILL SHARE THE MAGIC OF MUSICAL THEATER WITH STUDENTS THAT MAYBE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED IT.
>> YOU FEEL WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A FAMILY AND YOU ARE HAVING FUN AND THEN YOU GET TO PERFORM.
>> OUR STUDENTS NOT ONLY NEEDED BUT THEY DESERVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING AT MONROE CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOL, SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SUPERINTENDENT LAMONT JACKSON WELCOMED THE START OF THE SUMMER LEVEL UP ENRICHMENT PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES NINE WEEKS OF EDUCATION AND FUN.
IN EVERYTHING FROM MUSIC TO SPORTS.
TO ART.
FIELD TRIPS TO THE SAN DIEGO ZOO.
AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM.
>> WE WANT TO PROVIDE THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO ENRICH THEIR SUMMER, TO GROW AND TO UNLOCK THE GENIUS IN THEM.
TO SEE THEMSELVES DOING SOMETHING AND HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY.
>> Reporter: MONROE CLARK IS ONE OF MANY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHERE STUDENTS CAN LEVEL UP THE SUMMER.
OF THE PROGRAM WAS STARTED WITH FEDERAL COVID MONEY AND IT WILL ONLY CONTINUE WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
50 LOCAL NONPROFITS, INCLUDING THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES COPYABLE POWER, AND FUNDING TO CONNECT 24,000 STUDENTS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
IT THOSE GIVEN PRIORITY ENROLLMENT INCLUDING THOSE FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, FOSTER YOUTH, UNHOUSED KIDS AND THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
IT TRINITY THEATER DIRECTOR IS READY TO SUPPORT ALL OF THEM.
>> INSTEAD OF SAYING WE ARE GOING TO WORK AGAINST THIS, WE WILL WORK WITH IT.
WE WANT THAT UNIQUE DIFFERENCE TO BE PART OF THE STORYTELLING.
>> Reporter: IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS LOTS TO SING ABOUT THIS SUMMER.
>> [ SINGING ] >> Reporter: M.G.
PEREZ , KPBS NEWS.
>>> HERE IS A LOOK A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR TOMORROW.
-- WANTS TO CREATE A PLATFORM TO CONNECT EMPLOYERS, WORKING PARENTS AND CHILDCARE PROVIDERS.
AND KPBS AT MIDDAY IS GETTING READY FOR FATHER'S DAY WITH THE DISCUSSION ON FATHERHOOD AND MEN'S MENTAL HEALTH.
YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.
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