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>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT'S TUESDAY, MARCH 22.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

>>> YOU HEARD THE SAYING, THERE IS A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN.

TONIGHT, SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS AN IN ROOM ONE, BUT NOT WITHOUT BLOWBACK.

DESPITE BEING CHOSEN UNANIMOUSLY BY COUNTY SUPERVISORS, DETAILS FROM JOHN CARROLL.

>> Reporter: THE BOARD HAD THREE PEOPLE TO CHOOSE FROM.

EDWIN BROCK NOW SERVES AS POLICE CHIEF IN KERN COUNTY, AND ANTHONY RAY, WHO IS CURRENTLY AN ASSISTANT SHERIFF HERE, OVERSEEING COURT IN HUMAN RESOURCES.

>> WE WANT IN THAT PLACE FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, ROB, TO TAKE OVER IN THE INTERIM PERIOD.

>> Reporter: THAT VIEW WAS SHARED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO TESTIFIED TO THE BOARD.

A VOTE OF NO-CONFIDENCE IN ANY OF THE CANDIDATES.

THE MAIN ISSUE WITH THE AMOUNT OF DEATH IN COUNTY JAILS.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS HAD THE HIGHEST MORTALITY RATE AMONG CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST COUNTIES FOR YEARS.

AFTER SOME QUESTIONING, THE BOARD VOTED, AND IT WAS UNANIMOUS.

>> THE RESULTS ARE THAT ANTHONY RAY RECEIVED FIVE VOTES FROM ALL FIVE SUPERVISORS.

>> Reporter: AFTER THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MADE A DECISION, A GROUP OF RACIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE HERE IN FRONT OF THE COUNTY ADMIN CENTER.

THEY WERE NOT HAPPY PICK >> TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.

DON'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT FIVE PEOPLE TO DIE BEFORE YOU TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND INTERVENE PICK >> WHILE THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SIT STILL AND IDLE, TRYING TO USE BUREAUCRACY TO HIDE BEHIND, THEY ARE AT FAULT AS WELL.

>> Reporter: SHORTLY AFTER BEING SELECTED, RAY SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING TO FIX PROBLEMS WITH THE JAILS, POINTED OUT IN A SCATHING AUDIT POINTED OUT BY THE STATE EARLY THIS YEAR.

>> WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS THAT THE SEARS DEPARTMENT WORKS SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH THE AUDITORS.

WE SHARED THEM WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, THEY APPROVED THOSE.

>> Reporter: SUPERVISOR NATHAN PLETCHER ISSUED A STATUS THING APART, ANTHONY RAY HAS A COMMITMENT TO REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME, IMPROVING CONDITIONS IN OUR SHELF, AND EMBRACING LAW ENFORCEMENT BEST PRACTICES ALONG WITH A COMMITMENT TO RACIAL JUSTICE.

HE WILL SERVE UNTIL A NEW SHERIFF TO BE ELECTED IN NOVEMBER TAKES OFFICE NEXT JANUARY.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT'S WORLD WATER DAY.

THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA, CELEBRATED IN A BIG WAY BY REVIEWING THE FIRST ADVANCED WATER.

LOCATION FACILITY.

TANIA THORNE GIVES US A LOOK.

>> Reporter: WATER THAT WAS ONCE IMPORTED FROM HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY WHEN I BE SUPPLIED LOCALLY.

PURE WATER OCEANSIDE IS THE FIRST FACILITY OF ITS TIME TO GO ONLINE.

IS USING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO TURN THE WATER INTO SAFE DRINKING WATER.

>> HERE WE ARE, TWO YEARS LATER, WITH A FINISHED OPERATING FACILITY THAT IS ALREADY PURIFYING WATER.

>> Reporter: CARRIE DALE, THE WATER UTILITY DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE, SPOKE TO A FULL HOUSE CELEBRATING THE PROJECT TUESDAY.

>> YOUR WATER OCEANSIDE WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 20% OF THE CITY'S DRINKING WATER SUPPLY, OR 3 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

THAT IS A LOT OF WATER.

>> Reporter: OCEANSIDE MAYOR, ESTHER SANCHEZ, SAID THE $70 MILLION PROJECT ALSO CREATED 600 NEW JOBS.

AND SHE IS EXCITED THAT THE OCEANSIDE FACILITY IS A MODEL OF THE CITIES IN THE COUNTY ARE FOLLOWING.

>> WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO'S PURE WATER PROJECT IN THE EAST COUNTY.

NATION PROJECT.

THESE PROJECTS SUPPLEMENT OUR LOCAL SUPPLY AND IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY.

>> Reporter: CONGRESSMAN MIKE MIKE LEVIN, A SUPPORTER, SAID PURE WATER OPEN SITE IS AN INVESTMENT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND INDUSTRIES.

>> WE SIMPLY LIKE THE NATURAL RAINFALL TO SUPPORT THE POPULATION THAT WE HAVE, NOT TO MENTION FUTURE GENERATIONS AND INDUSTRIES LIKE BIOTECH, MANUFACTURING, CRAFT BURYING.

WE KNOW THAT OUR WATER DEMANDS WILL ONLY CONTINUE IN THE YEARS AHEAD.

>> Reporter: TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SEVERAL COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE UK AND CHINA, HAVE BEEN SEEING RISING RATES OF COVID CASES.

WASTEWATER MONITORING AT THE POINT LOMA SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IS SHOWING A SLIGHT UPTICK, INDICATING A POSSIBLE NEW WAVE OF THE PANDEMIC, WHICH COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE BA.2 SEVERITY OF OMICRON.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, HAS BEEN TESTING WASTEWATER SINCERELY ON THE PANDEMIC.

THE INFORMATION GATHERED IS USED AS AN EARLY INDICATOR OF THE SEARCH, AS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING OVERSEAS.

HISTORICAL, THE VIRUS BEGINS TO SHOW UP IN WASTEWATER BETWEEN ONE TO THREE WEEKS BEFORE OUR CASE NUMBERS RISE.

>> THE MONITORED DATA HAS TAKEN AN UPTICK.

WE ARE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC WE WILL SEE LESS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD VACCINATION RATES.

>> Reporter: LONGHURST SUGGEST ANYONE WHO IS MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SEVERE DISEASE FROM COVID-19 SHOULD CONSIDER INCREASING PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES LIKE DISTANCING AND MASK IS.

>>> HUNDREDS OF SAN DIEGO EMPLOYEES ARE FINDING OUT THERE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE EXEMPTIONS WERE APPROVED.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS, THERE ARE SOME EMPLOYEES WHO ARE STILL FACING TERMINATION.

>> Reporter: JESSE CONNOR IS PRESIDENT OF THE SAN DIEGO CITY FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION.

HE SAYS, DURING NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT THE VACCINE MANDATE, THE CITY TOLD HIM THAT EXEMPTIONS WOULD BE ALLOWED, BUT DETAILS WEREN'T CLEAR, AND THAT PRISON EMPLOYEES IN STAFF SPOTS.

HE SAID NEWS ABOUT THE EXEMPTION IS A REALLY.

>> REALLY FOR A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS WHO c&"THOUGHT THEY MAY BE OUT OF A JOB.

WHEN YOU ARE A fáFIREFIGHTER FOR 15 YEARS, AND YOU HAVE A FAMILY AND CHILDREN RELYING ON YOU, YOU HAVE MORTGAGEPAYMENT OR ALL THOSE OTHER BILLSxD, AND SUDDENLY, YOU'RE FACED WITHok THE ñrçó POSSIBILITY THAT YOU MIGHT LOSE YOUR CAREERi], THAT'S INCREDIBLY STRESSFUL.

>> Reporter: JUST UNDER 800 CITY EMPLOYEES ARE BEING NOTIFIED THAT THE RELIGIOUS OR MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

15 REQUESTSÑi WERE DENIED, AND THERE ARE STILL SOME 200 i]PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING TO HEAR BACK.

Ñi CONCERNED.

>> Reporter: RODNEY FOWLER IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND ÑiMUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 127.

HE WASN'T lpSURE UNTIL THIS WEEK THAT RELIGIOUS EXCEPTIONS WOULD BE ALLOWED AT ALL.

>> WE DIDN'T WANT x4rJUST HAVE A SITUATION WHERE EMPLOYEES WERE TOLD TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THE xç ñWAS NEVER GOING TO CONSIDER IT SERIOUSLY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT PROMPTED THE Cx OF FORTUNE ON THE Ñ íEVERSAL.e1 >> Reporter: SAN DIEGO MAYOR SAID THE PLANi] ALL ALONG WAS TO ALLOW MEDICAL AND RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS.

>> THE QUESTION WAS HOW eo)ZóWERE GOING TO DO IT.

>> ReJO]:er: GLORIA SAYS THE MANDATE fáHAS DRIVEN THE VACCINATION RATE UP.

>>> WE WENTñr FROM fájFxD69% TO OVER 90%.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE SAFER.

>> Reporter: SOME CITY EMPLOYEES HAVE LEFT BECAUSE OF THE MANDATE, AND THERE i]ARE AT LEAST 30 FACING TERMI'ION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT SAID IF THEY ARE VACCINATED AND HAVE NOT GIVEN AN ñrEXTENSION REQUEST.r >> I WANT FOLKS TO GET VACCINATED.ñr IF NOT, xDI WANTED TO FOLLOW PROTOCOLS.

WE MAY LOSE SOME &N8)áy THE TRUTH IS, WE'VE ALREADY LOST SOME PEOPLE TO COVID.

>> Reporter: THE MANDATE HAS FACED CHALLENGES.

THOSE WHO GET MEDICAL OR RELIGIOUS EXCEPTIONS WILL HAVE TO GET TESTED FOR COVID w3ONCE A WEEK WILL FACE TERMINATION.

STRUCK ON APRIL 1,lp LANDLORDS WILL xDBE ABLE TO START FILING AND VACCINATIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT çóPAID RENT DUE TO HARDSHIP FROM THE PANDEMIC.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AIR xDSAYS THAT TENNIS' RIGHTS GROUPS CLAIM ONLY A FRACTION OF RENT RELIEF APPLICANTS HAVE RECEIVED ASSISTANCE.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA'S EMERGENCY RITUAL EXISTENCE IS SET TO EXPIRE MARCH 31e1.

RENTAL ADVOCATES ACROSS THE STATE ARE CALLING FOR AN EXTENSION ON THE PROGRAM IN xDORDER TO PREVENT áe IONS.

A SAN DIEGO MEMBER RENTS AN APARTMENT WITH HIS WIFE AND SIX KIDS.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON APRIL 1?ñrçó WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A NOTE ON THE DOOR THAT SAYS, YOU HAVE THREE DAYS TO LEAVE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

THAT'S WHY THE UNCERTAINTY GROWS WITH EVERY DAY THAT PASSES.

IT STRESSES YOU MORE AND MORE BECAUSE, WHAT CAN YOU DO?

THE HOUSING NOW COALITION IS CALLING ON STATE LEADERS TO ñr EXTEND THE APPLICATION PERIOD e1 AND e1TENANT COVERAGE FOR RENTAL THROUGH THE END OF MARCUS.

MARTINEZ,Ñiw3 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, WHO SUPPORTS THE EXTENSION.

SHE SAYS SPANISH-SPEAKING RESIDENTS IN HER DISTRICT BASE EXTRA BARRIERS.

>> IOi>H+ERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS EVICTION SAID MOMMY AND THE DISPLACEMENT OF OUR RESIDENCE.

I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR C % POWER TO HELP.

I AM CALLING ON OUR STATE ELECTIVES TO xDTAKE ACTION.

ok WE NEED TO IN RESIDENCE.

t(çó >> Reporter: A RECENT STUDY AMONG POVERTY AND HOUSING NOW, ROUGHLY 2/3 OF APPLICANTS ZvTO THE RENT RELIEF PROGRAM ARE STILL WAITING $PááRjTANCE.

MY WIFE AND I, WE WOULD LIVE IN THE CAR.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO PUT SIX KIDS IN THE CAR.

YEAH, I AM WORRIED.

ok EACH DAY THAT PASSES IS CLOSER TO THE DATE.

LEADERS OF THE EVENTS THEY THERE ARE LINKS BETWEEN NEGATIVE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES AND THOSE WHO ARE EVICTEDÑi.

THEY SAY MOST IMPORTANTLY, EVICTIONS CAN CAUSE HOMELESSNESS.

i] >>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS WARNING AuETRICANS BUSINESSES TO STRENGTHEN THEIR COMPANIESçó CYBER DEMAND IS IM%%e9hs THE CONCERN COMES AS OFFICIALS e1 BELIEVE RUSSIA'S NEXT ESCALATION WILL BE A DIRECT CYBER ATTACK ON THE U.S.

MEANWHILE, AS CHRIS LONG REPORTS, CITIES IN UKRAINE CONTINUE TO BE REDUCED TOçó ASHES.

>> Reporter: tHDUKRAINE ON THE OFFENSE AFTE dQGAINING CONTROL /GmJáP)EA.

AS UKRAINIAN COUNTERATTACK APPEARS TO MAKE SOME HEADWAY THE U.S. OFFICIALS NOW BELIEVE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S NEXT ESCALATION COULD BE A DIRECT CYBER ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES.

>> WE ARE okCONSTANTLY MONITORING OUR OWNjF CRITICAL IN ñPROTECTOR HERE AT THE ÑiPENTAGON AND THROUGHOUT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN REMAIN RESILIENT AGAINSTZv A CYBER ATTACK.

>> Reporter: AN URGENT WARNING TO AMERICAN BUSINESSES TO STRENGTH OR CYBER DEFENSES >> THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CLEAR.

IF WE ARExD ATTACKED AND CYBER SPACE, THAT WILL BE CONSEQUENCES.

>> ReñQ ñTHE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS A PRIVATE SECTOR CAN GUARD BY USING MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION AND CHANGING PASSWORDS ACROSS NETWORKS.

THE ART COMES AS RUSSIA CONTINUES ITS ASSAULT.

>> EACH DAY, MARIUPOL IS DESTROYED MORE AND MORE.

w3 NOW ABOUT 90% IS DAMAGEDe1çó AND DESTROYED.

>> Reporter: THE SOUTHEASTERN PORT CITY OF MARIUPOL, 172 450,ñPEOPLE, NOW REDUCED TO RUBBLE.

>> Translator: 584, AND THIS IS THE FIRST t RSQ N MY LIFE WHEN I FELT HER.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT HAPPEN.

IT WAS JUST A SHOCK.

>>> SENATORS TURNED UP THE HEAT DURING DAY TWO OF SUPREME COURT NOMINATION HEARING OF JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON.

IT IS CONFIRMED SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO THE HIGH COURT.

>> Reporter: JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY AND A FOCUSt7/Ñ ON HER RECORD AS A çó PUBLIC DEFENDER.

IT WAS ALL PART OF AN INTENSE DAY OF QUESTIONING FOR PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S SUPREME COURT NOMINEE, KETANJI BROWN JACKSON.

>> LIKE IN THE CASE, I ENSURE ÑiÑi THAT I AM PROCEEDING FROM A POSITION OF NEUTRALITY.

Ñiñr >> Reporter: SHE RESPONDED TO CRITICISM FROM REPUBLICANS THAT SHE HAS SO FAR BEEN VAGUE ABOUT HER JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY.

>> IT IS Vu$&UJ u THAT JUDGES r)S& WITHOUThFEAR OR FAVOR.

>> Reporter: REPUBLICANS FOCUSED ON SOME OF HER WORK AS A FEDERAL PUBLIC ÑiDEFENDER.

>> NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT BEING A PUBLIC DEFENDERt(ok. DID YOT(i CONSIDER fáTHAT REWARDING?

>> SENATOR, YES, I DID, BECAUSEok PUB, SERVICE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

>> Reporter: SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR, LINDSEY ÑiGRAHAM, WAS CRITICAL OF w3THE PROCESS SO FAR.

AND HE SUGGESTED THERE IS A DOUBLE STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO CONFIRMATION HEARINGS.r >> IF wkOU ARE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE WO Yr YOU ARE FAIR GAME TO HAVE YOUR LIFE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.

IF YOU EXPRESS YOUR FAITH AS A CONSERVATIVE, ALL THE SUDDEN YOU ARE AN EFFING NOT, AND WE DJ$jñ ARE TIRED OF IT.xD >>> A SAN DIEGO JUSTICE IS SET TO BE THE FIRST LATINA TO SERVE ON THE CALIFORNIA BRING COURT.

PATRICIA'S xDAPPOINTED WAS CONFIRMED TODAX"ÑiBY THE çó COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS.

AN EVALUATION FOUND THE IMPERIAL VALLEY xDNATIVE TO BE CLOSE LAUDED FOR HER SUPERIOR INTELLECT, CLEAR WRITING, JUDICIAL TEMPERAMENT, WORK ETHIC, AND e1COMPASSION.

GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM WILL SWEAR HER IN ON MONDAY. )

>>> MORE çóTHA'z14 MILLION MEALS HAVE BEEN SERVED TO t(SAN DIEGO'S MOST VULNERABLE SENIORS.

THAT IS THE MILESTONE ON THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT.

THE ORGANIZATION RELIES ON ÑiTHE ACT FOR FUNDING AND WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL GRANT RECIPIENTS, SERVING SENIOR CEO SAYS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE ORGANIZATION HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF MEALS IT PROVIDES TO ABOUT e11.5 MILLION YEARS THIS YEAR.çó >> ANYTHING THAT IS GOOD THAT IS, THE PANDEMIC nNIS THE Ñ THAT MANY SINGERS REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THESE MEALS ARE TO çó THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

AND THE IDEA ISfá THESE MEALS fá KEEP THEM HEALTHY, e1w3ÑO)R(R EEPS THEM HOME, WHERE THEY WANT TO BE, e1AND KEEPS jFTHEM OUT OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM CROWD OF HOSPITALS, AND OUT OF LONG-TERM CARE.

NOBODY ASPIRES lpTO LIVE OUT THEIR DAYS IN cA SKILLED NURSING FACILITY.

>> Reporter: SERVING SENIORS PROVIDES MEALS TO LOW-INCOME OLDER ADULTS THROUGHOUTñr SAN DIEGO COUNTY 306 FIVE DAYS YEAR, EITHER BY DELIVERY OR AT ONE OF ITS DINING SITES.xD >>> A VERY COMFORTABLE FEW DAYS AHEAD HERE FOR THE FOLKS AROUND SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

WARMER MIDWEEK, BUT WE COOL OFF A LITTLE BIT BY THE WEEKEND.

NICE AND DRY THE ENTIRE WEEK THROUGH.

IF YOU WANTED RAIN, I AM SORRY TO DI( INT.

IF YOU WANTED SUNSHINE, YOU ARE LIVING IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, NOT SUCH A TOUGH ASK.

WE END UP IN THE UPPER 50s.

Ñi NICE AND CLEAR.

NOT A CLOUD IN SIGHT.

LOOK AT A WIDER VIEW OF LOWS OVERNIGHT, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, NOT TOO BAD.

SAN DIEGO AT 56.

EL CAJON, 55.jF CHULA VISTA,t(çó 57.

OCEANSIDE, 49 DEGREESr A LITTLE -.LÑi THIS IS THE THING.

WE ARE SEEING THAT WARMING TREND, ESPECIALLY IMPACTING AS MIDWEEK.

REALLY TALKING WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, EVEN FRIDAY FOR SOME.

WARMER AIR AS THE JET STREAM LIFTSxDxD, AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE GOING TO HELP THOSE TEMPERATURES e1CLIMB.

A LOOK AT HIGHS AROUND THE REGION.

WE ARE GOING TO GET TO A TOASTY 85 DEGREES IN ESCONDIDO TOMORROW AFTERNOONe1.

t(83 çóIN OCEANSIDE.

SAN DIEGO, YOU'RE GOING TO 81, WELL A":P AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

CHUl@ZVISTA, THE SAME.

INLAND.

A LOOK ALONG THE COAST THE NEXT FEW DAYS, WE STAY PRETTY WARM.

COOLING OFF SLOWLY BUT SURELY.

38R&% 83 AGAIN TOMORROW.

BY THE TIME t(çó WE INTO THE WEEKEND, WE ARE NOT JUST IN çóTHE 70s, BUT THE LOW 70s BY SUNDAY.

INLAND, LOOKING A LITTLE 85 FOR THE R?,T TWO DAYS.

86 çóFOR ñrFbØ @&C BACK TO 84, JUST A DEGREE LOWER tárTHE WAY WE START THE FIVE- DAY PERIOD.

.áU'DAY, BACK IN THE 70s.

A BIG DROP OFF AS WE STARTe1 TO COOL DOWN.

A LITTLE BIT COOLER IN THE MOUNTAINS TOMORROW.

50s BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE WEEKEND WE END UP WITH 60s.

50s AGAIN BY SUNDAY.

IN THE DESERT, YOU ARE AWFULLY TOASTY.

95 AND 96 DEGREES FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

MAKE SURE YOU ARE STAYING HEALTHY AND HYDRATED.

t( >>> SAN DIEGO IS CONTINUING ITS PUSH TO BUILD MORE i]PROTECTED BIKE LANES.

METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SAYS, PARK BOULEVARD xDAND UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS IS NEXT ON THE LIST.jLR6q >> Reporte-CONSTRUCTION CREWS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RESURFACING A t(ONE-MILE SECTION OF PARK BOULEVARD.

WHEN rHEY ARE FINISHED, CYCLISTS WILL HAVE NEW BIKE LANES WITH PHYSICAL BARRIERS PROTECTING THEM FROM MOTORISTS.

RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE TO SHARE ELAINE WITH CARS.

ARIANNA CHRISTIE IS A CYCLIST WHO LIVES A SHORT BIKE RIGHT AWAY.

SHE SAYS, WHICH SHE BIKES TO DOWNTOWN, SHE AVOIDS ej >> IT ALWAYS FEELS t(LIKE YOU MIGHT GET HIT BY A DOOR OR YOU HAVE TO DODGE CARS COMING IN AND OUT GETTING çóTAKE-OUT AND VISITING SOXS.

I THINK THIS IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAY TOWARD IMPROVING THE SAFETYÑit(çó OF CYCLISTS IN xDTHE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> Reporter: THE PLAN FOR BALBOA PARK REMINISCENT OF 30s STRuD!

WHERE THE CITY ADDED PROTECTED BIKE LANES LAST YEAR.

THE PROJECT SPARKED BACKLASH BY RESIDENTS q 5 zESSESeOñOF SIT BY THE LOSS OF PARKING.

Ñi THE DESIGN FOR PARK BOULEVARD IS NOT FINALIZED, SO IT IS UNCLEAR HOW PARKING MIGHT BENá IMPACTED.

CHRISTIE SAYS, WITH TRAFFIC DEATHS AND INJURIES ON THE RISE, SHE HOPES HER SKEPTICAL NEIGHBORS CAN SEE THE ON THE ISSUE OF PARKING.

>> WE HAVE SEEN e8 ]LOT OF CO- BENEFITS, LIKE BENEFITS TO PUBLIC HEALTH.

ALSO BENEFITS TO BUSINESSES.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS ALL ABOUT SAFETY.zNe1xDÑi WE JUST WANT TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS AND PROTECT OUR LIVES.

>> Reporter: FOR NOW, THE PLAN IS TO ADD BIKE LANES FROM ADAMS TO UNIVERSITY AVENUE.

THE CITY IS ANALYZING EXTENDING THEMSELVES INTO BALBOA PARK.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CHRYSLER IS FACING A CLASS- ACTION LAWSUIT OVER ITS H%A MINIVANS.

—TUáURá FILED A SAN DIEGO COURT ON t(BEHALF OF A CHULA VISTA RESIDENT SAYING IT CATCHES FIRE AND EXPLODES.e1 ñrñr THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE PLUG- IN HYBRID VEHICLE OVER A RISK OF FIRE.

FOLLOWING ANlp ÑiINTERNAL INVESTIGATION, OWNERS OF SOME çwi 12,000 PENNY FINS WERE ASKED TO NOTÑi PLUG-IN AND PARTNER STRUCTURES.

CHRYSLER SAID IT WAS WORKING TO DEVELOP THE REMEDY.

>>> GAS PRICES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTYñrÑi ARE INCHING CLOSER TO SL OLLARS A GALLON.

THE AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR GAS ROSE FOR THE 28th STRAIGHT DAY, INCREASING OVER $0.02 TO $5.94 A GALLON.

SKYROCKETING PRICES HAVE r]FILLED A CRIME WAVE.

AS ADRIENNE BROADDUS SHOWS US, THESE ARE STEALINGçó;ÑixD GAS FROM CARS, TRUCKS, AND GAS STATIONS THEMSELVES.

>> Ñ)@PRETTY STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE.

>> Reporter:ok ñrTHEY SMELLED IT BEFORE THEY SAW IT.

>> AS SOON AS HE PUT IT IN THE AIR, SO THAT IT ACTUALLY lp DRILLED A HOLE INTO THE FUEL TANK RIGHT HERE.

IT IS WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO DRILL ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE FUEL TANK.

>> Reporter: MIKE CRUZ SIDNEY STREET, TRADE-IN, WAS SITTING ON THE çóPARKING LOT.

THIS IS THE DRILL POLICE SAY GAS THESE USED.

ok >> THERE WAS MAYBE THREE OR FOUR GALLONS OF GAS IN THERE.

PROBABLY CLOSE TO ABOUT $1500 IN DAMAGE lpTO STEALe1 $15-$20 WORTH i]OF GAS.

>> Reporter: FROM WISCONSIN TO ATLANTA IN CALIFORNIA, THIEVES, LIKELY FUELED BY RISING GAS PRICES, ARE STEALING FROM INDIVIDUALS INTERPRETING GAS STATIONS WITH RT"SEL.

>> xDt(WE ENDED UP LOSINGw3çó $5000- $6000.

>> Reporter: THAT IS JERRY ON SECURITY CAMERA CHASS# THE DRIVER HE SAID STOLE 1000 GALLONS ÑiOF FUEL FROM HIS FAMILY'S GAS STATION OVER A THREE-DAY PERIOD.

THE FIRST, HE THOUGHT HIS SENSORS WEFF.

>> IT MAKES ME FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY.

>> Reporter: THE VAN IS SEEN A SECURITY FOOTAGE PARKING ON e1TOP OF THE UNDERGROUND FUEL TANK.

>> THEY WILL BREAK THE LAW, AND THEY WILL HAVE A TRAPDOOR INSIDE THE MINIVANfá.z.

THEY WILL SET UP, BREAK THE LOCKS.

A LITTLE TUBE GOES INTO OUR TANK.

THEY WILL INSERT THEIR OWN TUBE AND START THEIR PUMP.

THAT'S WHEN THE DIESEL IS SECTIONED INTO THE VAN.

>> Reporter: ALSO IN TEXAS, SECURITY CAMERAS CAPTURED TRUCKS FILLING UP WITH DIESEL AT THE CHEVRON STATION THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

THE OWNER TOLD CNN, 2000 GALLONS OF GAS WERE GONE, AND THE VALUE, AT LEAST Ñi$10,000.

Ñi >> THIS ISxD AN EGREGIOUS CRIME WITH INDIVIDUALS TAKING ADVANTAGEçó OF BUSINESSES LIKE THIS.

>> Reporter: AND ARE KIMANI, SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS LEAVES APPARENTLY USE EQUIPMENT TO BYPASS PAYING.

THEN MORE THAN 15 CARS PULL UP, PHILIP, AND e1GET AWAY WITH $1600i] WORTH OF FUEL, PUTTING THE OWNER ñrTO TAKE EXTRA SECURITY PRECAUTIONS.

AND IN WASHINGTON, THE EVERETT POLICE FOR POSTING A WARNING ON FACEBOOK, TELLING RESIDENTS TO PARK IN A GARAGE OR A HIGH- TRAVELED AREAÑi DUE TO THE INCREASE IN GAS THEFT.

BACK IN WISCONSIN, WORKED TO REPLACE MIKE'S DAMAGED TANKS BEGIN.

>>xDÑi HE SAID HE HAS SEEN THIS SEVERAL TIMES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE STARTED FIRES BUT TRYING TO STILL GASOLINE WITH THIS METHOD.

NOT ONLYok IS IT NOT THE SMARTEST WAY TO GET GAS, BUT IT IS ALSO PRETTY DANGEROUS.

>>> I i]AM JUDY WOODRUFF.

RUSSIAN INVASION.

UKRAINE CLAIMS TO RETAKE A CRITICAL KYIV SUBURB AS PUTIN PRESSES ON.

COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EATING THE ADDITION ON KPBS.

w3 >>> DISNEY IS TAKING A STRONGER STAND AGAINST A FLORIDA BILL KNOWN BY CRITICS AS THE DON'T SAY BILL.

DIZZY SAYS IT IS okOPPOSING óAs5"T)SQT)áSATION THAT INFRINGES ON HUMAN RIGHTS.

THE STATEMENT CAME w3THE SAME DAY EMPLOYEES KoSTAGE WALKOUTS DEMANDING THO5AANY SPEAK OUT .

THE PARENTAL RIGHTS AND EDUCATION BILLñr WOULD BAN CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITYt( BEFORE FOURTH GRADEÑiV.

FORT'S GOVERNOR IS EXPECTED lpTO SIGN IT INTO LAW.

>>> THE LATEST DISNEY-PIXAR MOVIE TURNING RED IS WINNING PRAISES ÑiFOR ITS DIVERSITY AND REPRESENTATION, INCLUDING A DEPICTION OF A WILL TALK e1ABOUT MEDICAL COND1T99hS% ASxD MOORE COUNTY REPORTER ALEXANDER QUINN SHOWS US, THERE MAY BE e1A SAN DIEGO CONNECTION.

>> Reporter: "e1TURNING RED" IS Ari] COMING-OF-AGE STORY ABOUT A CHQM e1-CANADIAN GIRL GOING THROUGH lpPUBERTY.

IT IS DEPICTING çóTHE CHALLENGES OF CONTROLLING TEENAGE EMOTIONS AND A CULTURAL ANDe1 i]GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES.

BUT FOR PARENTS, CHILDREN WITH TYPE 1ñr DIABETES, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT RESONATE.

NOTICE THE BLUE ÑiPATCH ON HER ARM.

r THE INTERNET DID.

TYPE 1 DIABETES INTERNET COMMUNITY SPECULATE THAT IT IS A CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE METER.

SOME SAY IT IS THE EXACT TY MADE BY SAN DIEGO-BASEDr DECKS CALM.

>> PEOPLE RECOGNIZE IT RIGHT AWAY.

THE e1BENEFITS THAT DEXCOM IS GIVING EVERYDAY.

>> Reporter: KATYIS e1A MARKETING MANAGER FOR DEXCOM.xD SHE HAS i]A SON LIVING WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES.

>> I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN YOU = HAVE A KID LIVING WITH TYPE oCi1, IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND A REPRESENTATION AND FIND THAT MOMENT TO LET HIM KNOW, HEY, THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE çóOUT THERE LIKE YOU.

>> Reporter: THAT IS EXACTLY HOW SKYLER FRAZIER FELT WHEN SHE SAW THE xDMOVIE.

>> MY FIRST THOUGHT, I WAS LIKE -- xD >> Reporter:Ñ SHE HAS BEEN WATCHING THE MOVIE NONSTOP.

THEY NOTICED THE PATCH RIGHT AWAB >> lpWHEN WE SAW THAT, IF YOU LIKE EVERYTHING WORKING xDÑi TOGETHER TO MAKExbfxHER FEEL COMFORTABLE.

>> ANY TIME ÑiYOU HAVE A BROAD REPRESENTATION IN POP CULTUREçó, IN SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE, THAT JUST HELPS CHILDREN'S IDENTITY.

>> Reporter: ÑiLAND IS A DIRECTION --fá SHENKES EDUCATIONfá INCLUSIVE FOR CHILDREN WITHlp DISABILITIES.

SHE SAYS REPRESENTATION MATTERS.

>> IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN SEE THEMSELVES ON THE SCREEN.

>> Reporter:w3 THE okINCLUSION OF DIABETIC CHARACTERS WAS INTENTIONAL, BUT SAID THE t(MOVIE WAS SET IN THE EARLY 2000'S.

THE PATCH SHOWN IS AN INSULIN INFUSION SET.çó SEEING GREG CAN BE STREAMED ON DISNEY PLUS.lpñr w3 >>> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

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I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

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