>> IT IS LARGELY SECURED.

THE SAME NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR ORANGE COUNTY.

>> I WON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS.

WE HAVE TO KEEP IT UP AND BE MINDFUL THAT WE WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO GET THAT UP AND RUNNING AS SOON AS WE CAN .

>> THEY WILL SHUTTLE PASSENGERS UNTIL RAIL SERVICE IS RESTORED.

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STICK THE FUTURE OF A MEDICATION USED IN SOME ABORTIONS IS IN THE HANDS OF FEDERAL COURTS.

THERE IS A VARIETY OF USE.

>> YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT THE LEGAL BATTLE OVER THE FDA'S AND WAS APPROVED MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO.

THE FDA SAYS IT IS SAFE TO USE.

OPPONENTS ARGUE RISKS WERE NOT PROPERLY REVIEWED.

IT'S MOST COMMONLY USED FOR EARLY TERM ABORTIONS.

DOCTORS USE IT IN OTHER WAYS TOO.

>> IT HAS SO MANY WONDERFUL USES.

ANYWHERE FROM MAKING MISS CARE MANAGEMENT MORE EFFECTIVE AND DR. DANIEL IS A B GYN SAN DIEGO HELP.

THEY USE IT NEARLY EVERY DAY FOR TREATMENT OF MISCARRIAGES.

>> KANSAS ARE IF SOMEONE HAS TAKEN PILLS FOR A MISCARRIAGE, IT IS LIKELY THEY HAVE TAKEN MISSILE PRESS PHONE.

THEY HAVE HELP PEOPLE GOING THROUGH PREGNANCY LOSS.

>> IF THE USE WAS RESCINDED IT WOULDN'T STOP MANAGEMENT OF MISCARRIAGES.

THERE ARE OTHER MEDICATIONS.

SHE SAYS THOSE OTHER TREATMENTS TYPICALLY HAVE MORE SIDE EFFECTS.

>> I USE THE MOST EFFECTIVE REGIMEN.

WE HAVE BEEN USING THEM FOR SO MANY YEARS AND THEY WORK SO WELL AND TO HALF A MORE PAINFUL MEASUREMENT .

>> IT CAN BE USED TO SHRINK UTERINE TUMORS AND FOR THE TREATMENT OF HIGH BLOOD SUGAR.

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>> THREE STABBINGS OVER SEVERAL DAYS HAVE PUT THE COMMUNITY ON EDGE.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ HAS THE LATEST ON THE SEARCH FOR A SUSPECT .

>> THE DANGER REMAINS AFTER A STRING OF STABBINGS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS.

OVERNIGHT SHELTER AND PLACE ORDER WHEN THEY FAILED TO FIND A SUSPECT IN THE MOST RECENT KNIFE OR.

>> AS OF THIS TIME, NO ONE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.

>> Reporter: THERE IS A MANHUNT FOR THE SUSPECT.

>> WE ARE USING EVERY AVAILABLE RESOURCE TO SOLVE THESE CRIMES AND TO BRING AN END TO THIS VIOLENCE.

WE WILL KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE .

>> THE FIRST VICTIM, A MAN FOUND DEAD IN A PARK THERE CAMPUS ON THURSDAY.

ON SATURDAY, UC DAVIS SR. BESIDE THE DEBT AND ANOTHER PART.

AND A WOMAN NOW HOSPITALIZED SAID SHE WAS STABBED MORE THAN ONCE IN A TRANSIENT CAMP.

>> SHE HAD BEEN STABBED .

>> IT IS HARD TO SLEEP WHEN YOU ARE IN FEAR FOR YOUR LIFE .

>> THE FATHER OF THE COMPUTER SECOND STUDENT SAYS THEY WERE HOPING TO FIND A PLACE OF SAFETY.

>> THIS WAS HIS LAST QUARTER.

HE WAS SO PROUD AND SO HAPPY.

PUT VACAVILLE POLICE HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY CONNECTED THE THREE STABBINGS, THEY SAY THERE ARE COMMON FACTORS.

THE ATTACKS WERE BRUTAL AND THE SUSPECT USED A KNIFE.

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TAKE 60 MONTHS AFTER CALIFORNIA BEGAN REQUIRING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO POST ON THEIR WEBSITES THERE ONLY DYING POLICIES, ONLY I CAN FULL OF LOCAL HOSPICES ARE COMPLYING.

>> HE IS VERY VERBAL.

>> Reporter: ON A RECENT OVERCAST MORNING, SHE MOVED WITH THE WALKER AROUND HER TINY SAN DIEGO APARTMENT.

>> ALL OF MY JOINTS ARE UNSTABLE.

IT IS VERY PAINFUL WITH MY BODY.

I AM NEVER COMFORTABLE EVEN LYING DOWN.

IT IS PAINFUL.

PUNT MARIE DIDN'T WANT HER FULL NAME USE.

THE 52-YEAR-OLD EX-GOVERNMENT INTEL ANALYST IS AFFECTED WITH THREE INCURABLE DISEASES.

SHE NEEDS 15 MEDICATIONS JUST TO GET THROUGH THE DAY.

DOCTORS HAVE APPROVED HER THAT WOULD END HER LIFE PEACEFULLY SPARING HER FROM WHAT SHE CALLS AN INFERNO OF SUFFERING IN HER FINAL DAYS .

>> I LOVE LIFE.

I LOVE PEOPLE.

BUT THE PAIN AND SUFFERING IS SO BAD.

>> Reporter: IT WASN'T EASY FOR MARIE TO FIND A HOSPICE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE SEVEN-YEAR- OLD END-OF-LIFE OPTION ACT.

AT 2020-YEAR-OLD MOM REQUIRES ALL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS INCLUDING HOSPICES TO POST ON THEIR WEBSITE THEIR POLICY ON MEDICAL AID IN DYING.

KPBS FOUND THAT FEWER THAN 10 OF 94 LOCAL HOSPICES ARE BEING COMPLIANT GOOD.

A STATE SENATOR COAT AUTHORED IT AND SAYS THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT AGENCY EXCLUSIVELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT HOSPICES COMPLY.

THEY MIGHT FACE SCRUTINY .

>> THAT EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING THAT ARE RIPE FOR OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HEARING.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA IS ONE OF 10 STATES THAT ALLOWS MEDICAL AID IN DYING.

IT REMAINS A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE.

LAST WEEK A GROUP TO THE STATE SAYING ASSISTED SUICIDE IS TOO EASY IN CALIFORNIA.

WE CONTACTED SEVERAL LOCAL HOSPICES NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW AND NONE AGREED TO BE INTERVIEWED.

THEY DECLINED TO COMMENT.

>> THERE IS A REAL STRAIN ON HOSPICES RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: COMPASSION AND CHOICES WHICH SUPPORTS ACTS OF MEDICAL AID IN DYING.

A NUMBER OF LOCAL HOSPICES ON UNDERSTAFFING .

>> I AM NOT SURPRISED THERE ARE MANY THAT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH YET.

>> Reporter: A PHYSICIAN AT THE ACADEMY ON MEDICAL AID IN DYING IS PUZZLED.

>> IT IS FAIR TO OUR PATIENTS WHO WERE DYING TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE AVAILABLE WHEN THEY GO INTO HOSPICE.

>> Reporter: HE IS FINE WITH THE LACK OF AN ENFORCEMENT PROVISION .

>> I DON'T THINK IT IS OUR JOB AT THIS MOMENT TO BE POLICE OFFICERS FOR HOSPICES ON THIS LEVEL .

>> ROBERT DRAKE FORMALLY OF COMPASSION AND TREATMENT SAY THERE MIGHT BE A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE .

>> THE FEAR OF LOSING REIMBURSABLE DOLLARS FROM MEDICARE WITH COMPLIANCE WITH SB 380 IS SIGNIFICANT.

>> RECESS IT'S A TRAVESTY THAT NOT ALL HOSPICES ARE ABIDING BY THE LAW.

SHE IS RELIEVED SHE HAS A HOSPICE THAT WILL BE THERE IF SHE DECIDES TO END HER LIFE .

>> AND NOW I AM IN A HOLDING PATTERN.

I THINK I WILL JUST KNOW IN MY HEART WHEN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

>> IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS IN CRISIS, THERE ARE RESOURCES AVAILABLE.

>>> THE U.S.

NURSING INDUSTRY IS IN CRISIS AND THE WORST OF IT MAY BE YET TO COME.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO A SURVEY YESTERDAY.

IT FEATURES INPUT FROM 1800 NURSES.

THE SURVEY SHOWS THAT 10% CHOP AND JOB SATISFACTION OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.

15% SAID THEY WILL CONTINUE IN THE SAME JOB NEXT YEAR AND NEARLY EVERY RESPONDENT NAME SIMILAR SOLUTIONS INCLUDING HIGHER PAY AND BETTER WORK ENVIRONMENTS.

>>> MORE THAN 11,000 MEMBERS OF THE WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA ARE NOW ON STRIKE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2007.

TODAY THEY STARTED PICKETING OUTSIDE STUDIOS.

WE EXPLAINED WHERE THINGS STAND WHEN YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE THE IMPACT ON YOUR TV SCREEN >> THE WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA IS PREPARING TO BE AT THE PICKET LINES AFTER FAILING TO REACH A DEAL AT MAJOR STUDIOS .

>> AS A UNION WE ARE SAYING TO PAY GUS BUT WE ARE WORTH.

>> Reporter: IT IS DIFFICULT FOR MEMBERS TO MAKE A LIVING WAGE.

THEY ARE SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN EVER ARE MAKING THE SHOWS AND MAKING MORE PROFIT THAN EVER.

THE WRITERS ARE MAKING THAT'S MONEY .

>> MANY MEDIA COMPANIES HAVE SEEN THEIR STOCK PRICES DECLINE PROMPTING COST CUTS AND LAYOFFS.

>> THEY WANT PROFITS.

PUNT LATE-NIGHT TV SHOWS WILL SEE THE FIRST IMPACT.

MANY OF THOSE FOLKS ARE EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE WRITERS .

>> THESE ARE WRITERS AND I WILL STICK MYSELF IN THEIR.

THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT TO MY SHOW.

>> FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A SHOW, THEY ARE ENTITLED TO FAIR COMPENSATION.

DISTRICT COULD DELAY THE STARTS OF NEW SHOWS LATER THIS YEAR .

>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT SHOWS THAT YOU ARE ANTICIPATING AND THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

IT COULD BE AS MUCH AS A GEAR IF NOT MORE.

>>> CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES MAY SOON HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT POPULATIONS WHEN PLANNING NEW HOUSING.

THEY COULD FACE FINES AND LAWSUITS.

IF THE BILL PASSES THE STATE WOULD BE TO SUPPORT HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS.

CALIFORNIA IS FACING A DEFICIT AND IT IS UNCLEAR AT THAT MONEY WILL MATERIALIZE.

>> THIS WEEK IS CRUCIAL FOR THE U.S. ECONOMY.

DO YOU WAS RESERVED CAN PAUSE OR INTEREST RATE HIKES.

PAUL HIGGINS TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR YOUR FINANCES.

>> Reporter: WING ANOTHER POTENTIAL RATE HIKE WITH GROWING TURMOIL AS ANOTHER BANK FAILS.

THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S MEETING TO DECIDE.

>> THEY NEED TO GET THAT DONE.

THEIR TARGET IS 2%.

THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO RAISE RATES.

>> Reporter: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN ?

SOME ANALYSTS EXPECT THE CENTRAL BANK TO RAISE RATES AT 10 CONSECUTIVE TIME.

IF THAT HAPPENS, EXPECT HIGHER BORROWING COSTS BACK.

>> TO TAKE OUT A PERSONAL LOAN, A HOME EQUITY LINE OF CREDIT, IF YOU NEED TO BORROW MONEY FOR ANYTHING LIKE A NEW CAR .

>> THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THE FED COULD PAUSE AND COOL DOWN THE OVERHEATED ECONOMY.

IF THAT IS THE ROUTE THE FED TAKES, IT COULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSUMERS.

>> THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE TREATED BY A LOT OF WOULD-BE HOMEBUYERS AS A SIGN THAT MAYBE NOW IS THE TIME TO START AGAIN.

>> Reporter: NO MATTER WHAT IS ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK, THE DECISION WILL GIVE US A CLEAR INDICATION ABOUT PLANS FOR THE REST OF THE GEAR.

IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO MAKE MAJOR PURCHASES LIKE BUYING A CAR OVER HOME, THIS WEEK'S ANNOUNCEMENT COULD GIVE YOU GUIDANCE ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN TERMS OF BORROWING COSTS BACK.

>>> HUNDREDS OF LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO TRAIN FOR WILDFIRES.

THE THREE-DAY EXERCISES HAPPENING IN LAKESIDE.

THIS INCLUDES LEARNING NEW TECHNIQUES AND STREAMLINING SURVIVAL SKILLS.

ONE FIRE CAPTAIN SAYS IT CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE.

>> IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH RAIN WE GET OUR WE DON'T GET.

THE FIRES WILL COME.

WHAT WE DID GET IS PROMOTING GROWTH OVER THE VEGETATION .

>> THIS TRAINING HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.

FIRE AGENCIES FROM MEXICO ARE ALSO TAKING PLACE.

>> WE HAVE A COOL STRETCH OF WEATHER COMING UP OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW DAYS THAT WILL BRING WITH IT SOMEWHAT WEATHER AND PERHAPS SOME WINTRY WEATHER OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST COMING UP.

LET'S TALK ABOUT RAINFALL.

WE ARE IN THE MONTH OF MAY AND YOU CAN SEE THE AVERAGE CONES DOWN TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH.

NOT A LOT OF RENT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.

THE HISTORICAL AVERAGES .65 AND WE SAW JUST OVER ATTENTIVE AND INCH OF RAIN.

WE WILL ADD TO THE TOTAL OVER THE NEXT FEW AFTERNOONS ESPECIALLY AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THURSDAY.

AND ALSO TO THE NORTH AROUND WRIGHTWOOD THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS WILL SEE GUSTY BREEZES AND PLACE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT YOUR GOING TO EXPECT TONIGHT.

TEMPERATURES TRICKLING DOWN INTO THE MID-50s.

CLOUDS REMAIN PRETTY COMMON THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

WE WILL SEE THAT AGAIN AS WE LOOK NORTH TOWARD OCEANSIDE.

CHULA VISTA, 52.

BORREGO SPRINGS, 49.

YOU CAN SEE THE BULK OF THE WET WEATHER STAYING OFF TO THE NORTH AT LEAST FOR NOW.

LOOK AT THAT.

POINT CONCEPTION BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THAT WET WEATHER WILL BE CLEARING.

WE CANNOT RULE OUT A LITTLE BIT OF PRECIPITATION, BUT MOST OF US ARE NOT LOOKING OVERLY ACTIVE.

AT THE COAST, CLOUDS WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DRIZZLE.

AND THEN NOTICE TEMPERATURES NOT REALLY CLIMBING ALL THAT MUCH AND INCHING THEIR WAY UP BY THE TIME AGO INTO THE WEEKEND.

SHOWERS INLAND AS WELL.

A BIT OF A WARMING TREND HERE IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT.

OVER THE MOUNTAINS, YOU CAN SEE THE SNOW OVER 6000 FEET.

MOUNT LAGUNA COULD SEE LIGHT ACCUMULATION'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.

IT WILL TURN WINDY AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THE WEEKEND.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE DESERT.

SHOWERS ON THURSDAY AND THEN WE WARM THINGS UP WITH GUSTY BREEZES FOR THE WEEKEND.

>>> THE PADRES ARE BACK TONIGHT.

THE TEAMS LATINO STARS ARE INSPIRING MANY YOUNG BALLPLAYERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER.

>> THEY WERE ON MEXICO'S BIGGEST STAGE.

>> A FLY BALL TO RIGHT FIELD.

IT IS GONE.

>> NELSON CRUZ HAD AN EMOTIONAL SPEECH OVER THE WEEKEND.

HE SAYS WITH SACRIFICE AND HARD WORK THERE IS NO DREAMED THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

HE AND OTHER PADRES FOR YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS IN MEXICO CITY.

HE WAS ONE OF THE MANY KIDS THERE WHO DRESS IN GEAR I WAS STARSTRUCK BY HIS IDOL.

IT WAS HIS FIRST TIME MEETING ANY PLAYER FACE TO FACE.

BACK IN SAN DIEGO, THESE PADRE SUPERSTARS HAVE MUCH OF THE SAME DRAW FOR YOUNG LATINO BASEBALL PLAYERS.

HE IS A DODGERS FAN BUT WAS BORN IN TIJUANA AND LOOKS UP TO THE PADRE PLAYERS AS WELL .

>> I THINK IT IS COOL.

THEY FINALLY CAME BACK.

>> HE DRIVES IT TO LEFT FIELD.

BACK TO BACK.

>> ADRIAN GONZALEZ, AT THIS TEAM IS A MIX OF PLAYERS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WITH DIFFERENT ROUTES.

CRUISES ORIGINALLY FROM THERE AND SAYS THE PADRES ARE HIS FAVORITE TEAM PARTIALLY FOR THE MANY PLAYERS WHO COME FROM THE COUNTRY.

>> WHILE HE WASN'T ABLE TO GO IN PERSON, HE SAID HE WOULD'VE CHANGED ONE THING.

THE DODGERS HAVE -- MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS WILL GO BACK TO MEXICO CITY IN 2024 AND 2025.

WE DON'T KNOW AT THE PADRES WILL PLAY IN ANY OF THOSE SERIES.

THE TEAM IS INSPIRING YOUNG LATINOS TO CHASE THEIR WILDEST DREAMS.

>> KPBS NEWS.

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