[ ♪♪ ] >> ANNOUNCER: MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANI, PROVIDING SANIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AI RESTORATION, FLOOD AND EMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 EARS.

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THANK YOU.

>> SAN DIEGO COULD TAKE A STEP TOWARDS SOLVING ITS TWIN CRISES OF HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAY TRABULSI.

>>> CITY LEADERS PROPOSE NEW IGHTS FOR RENTERS MAKING IT HARDER FOR LANDLORDS TO EVICT THEM.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE HYSON LOOKS INTO THE PROPOSAL WHICH THE CITY CUNCIL WILL REVIEW NEXT WEEK.

>> SAN DIEGOANCE SHOULD NOT LIVE IN FEAR OF EVICTION.

>> Reporter: THE CITY CHANGE WOULD BRING PROTECTIONS IN LINE WITH STATE LAWS AND GO A BIT FURTHER.

MOLLY KIRKLAND, A RENTAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION SPOKESPERSON, SAYS THE CONCERN THAT THE PROPOSALS ADDED FEES AND ADMINISTRATIVE HOOPS MIGHT PUSH SMALLER LANDLORDS OUT OF THE MARKET.

>> WE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL AND LARGELY OUR WORK HAS BEEN TRYNG TO MITIGATE WHAT WE FORESEE AS UNINTENDED COSEQUENCES.

>> Reporter: IF PASSED, LANDLORDS WOULD FACE NEW REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING PAYING TENANTS AT LEAST TWO MONTHS RENT IF THEY EVICT WITHOUT JUST CASE.

PROTECTIONS WOULD BEGIN ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE LEASE.

IT WOULD BE HARDER TO EVICT IN ORDER TO RENOVATE AND HIKE THE RENT.

SOMETHING HOUSING ADVOCATES SAY DRIVES HOMELESSNESS.

BUT KIRKLAND SAYS MOST OF THE CITY'S HOUSING IS MORE THAN 30 YEARS OLD AND IN NEED OF UPGRADES.

>> WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, MEAN OLDER HOUSING STOCK CAN'T BE BROUGHT UP TO MORE MODERN STANDARD, IF YOU WILL.

>> Reter: THIS HOUSING ATTORNEY SAYS SAN DIEGO CURRENTLY HAS THE WEAKEST RENTER PROTECTIONS IN THE STATE AND REMODL EVICTIONS SOARED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

HE SAYS THE PROPOSAL WON'T PUT AN END TO THAT, JUST GIVE TENANTS A BIT MORE NOTICE AND - FINANCIAL HELP.

AN EVICTIONS HAVE ALWAYS HAD A OST.

TE QUESTIN IS WHO SHOULD PAY?

> A LANDLORD WHO HAS A RENTAL PROPERTY, WHO HAS EQUITY, WHO- HAS CASH FLOW FROM THESE OR A TENANT WHO MAY BE RENT BURDENED PAYING MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME, WHO'S IN A BETTER POSITION TO BEAR COSTS?

> Reporter: THIS PERSON SAYS TWO MONTHS RENT IS NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE COSTS OF DISPLACEMENT.

SHE'S DISABLED AND SAYS SHE SUCCESFULLY FOUGHT A REMODEL EVICTION DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>> I HAVE A CPAP MACHINE, I HAVE MEDICATION THAT REQUIRE REFRIGERATORS, I CAN'T JUST SAY,- ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO MOVE AND NOWHERE TO GO AND BE ON THE STREET 'CAUSE MOST LIKELY I WOULD HAVE DIED.

>> Reporter: MAYOR TODD GLORIA AND A TOWN COUNCIL PRESIDENT SAY LANDLORDS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AND IT'S MEANT TO STRIKE A BALANCE.

UNDER THE NEW GUIDELINES, úLANDLORDS COULD STILL EVICT TENANTS WITHOUT PENALTY FOR REASONS LIKE NOT PAYING RENT OR VIOLATING A CONDITION OF THE LEASE.

THE PROPOSAL FOLLOWS THE CITY'S RECENT DECLARATION OF HOUSING AS A HUMAN RIGHT.

KATIE HYSON, KPBS NEWS.

>> A NUMBER OF CALIFORNIA NON-PROFITS AND PROGRAMS ARE GETTING A LARGE INVESTMENT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TACKLE HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING INSECURTY.

KPBS REPORTER TANIA THORNE LOOKS INTO WHAT THE FUNDING MEANS.

>> Reporter: YOUR SENATOR ALEX PADILLA SECURED OVER $600 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

THE FUNDING INCLUDES HELP FOR HOMELESS YOUTH, CONTINUATION OF HOMELESSNESS PREVENTIO PROGRMS, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND HOUSIN VOUCHERS FOR RURAL AREAS IN THE STATE.

A DOZEN SAN DIEGO COUNTY PROGRAMS ARE INCLUDED IN THE FUNDING.

THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER HERE IS ONE OF THEM.

THE CENTER PROGRAM OFFICER SAYS THE GRANT MEANS THEY CAN HELP MORE FAMILIES.

>> THIS FUNDING IS GOING TO ADDITIONAL 35 HOUSEHOLD THAT ARE FOLKS CURRENTLY UNSHELTERED AND UNHOUSED AND TO SUPPORT THEM IN FINDING AND SECURING HOUSING.

> Reporter: SHE SAYS FEDERAL FUNDING IS ESSENTIAL FOR ORGANIZATIONS FIGHTING THE FAST PACE OF PEOPLE ENTERING HOMELESSNESS AND TRYING TO PREVENT IT.

>> THIS IS REALLY ESSENTIAL DOLLARS TO CONTINUING OUR MISSION AND OUR WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.

REALLY BELIEVE THAT HOUSING- IS A RIGHT AND A NEED FOR ALL AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO SUPPORT AND SERVICES THEY NEED TO AFFORD A HOME REALLY HELPS US ACCOMPLISH THI GOAL.

>> Reporte NUSSBAUM SAYS THE FUNDING HELPS SUPPORT THE GREG ANGEL, THE CEO OF INTERFACE COMMUNITY SERVICES, SAYS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS SAN DIEGO ARE SEEING THE INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS.

>> AS IMPORTANT AS THIS RENEWAL FUNDING IS, IT'S ALSO WORTH UNDERSTANDING THAT HOMELESSNESS IS INCREASING IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND WE BELIEVE IT IS A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT FOR OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ALSO PROVIDE AN INCREASE IN FUNDING O THAT WE CAN HELP MORE PEOPLE.

E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. AREN'T NEW TO INNER FAITH AND ANGEL SAYS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT, ORGANIZATIONS FALL FURTHER BEHIND ON HELPING MORE PEOPLE GET OFF THE STREETS.

>> WITHOU THIS FUNDING SOURCE, HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT ARE HOUSING DISABLED, FORMERLY HOMELESS SENIORS WOULD CLOSE AND WITHOUT THIS FUNDING, HOMELESS FAMILIES WHO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH IN THE YEAR AHEAD OULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET EMERGENCY HOUSING AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO END THEIR HOMELESSNESS.

>> Reporter: WHILE FINAL NUMBERS FOR THE 2023 POINT AND TIME COUNT HAVE YET TO BE RELEASED, ANGLEA SAID LAST YEAR, ABOUT 2,000 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WERE COUNTED IN NORTH COUNTY.

WIH LIMITED RESOURCES, HE SAYS ORGANIZATIONS NEED AL THE SUPPORT THEY CAN GET TO HELP GET PEOPLE INTO HOUSING.

TANA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>> THE SUPREME COURT IS EXTENDING ACCESS TO AN ABORTION PILL, AT LEAST FOR TWO MORE DAYS.

THE JUSTICES ARE CONSIDRING úWHETHER TO ALLOW RESTRICTIONS ON MIFEPRISTONE TO TAKE EFFECT AS THE CASE TO ROLL BACK THE MEDICATION FDA APPROVAL CONTINUES.

NOW THE COURT SAYS IT WILL RULE BY FRIDAY NIGHT.

THIS WEEK, CALIFORNIA ANNOUNCED IT WOULD PROTECT PHARMACISTS WITHIN THE STATE DISPENSING ME HAVE PRISS SEWN EVEN IF THE SUPREME COURT SUSPENDS THE DRUG'S FDA APPROVAL.

>>>AN APPARENT MISTAKE IS MET WITH GUNFIRE IN THE U.S. LAURA AGUIRRE REPORTS.

>> Reporter: PAYTON WASHINGTON, ONE OF TWO TEXAS CHEERLEADERS SHOT AFTER A WRONG CAR MIX-UP TUESDAY.

ARRESTED AND CHARGED IS THIS MAN, 25-YEAR-OLD PEDRO RODRIGUEZ JR. POLICE SAY RODRIGUEZ ALLEGEDLY FIRED AT THE GIRLS AFTER WASHINGTON'S TEAMMATE ACCIDENTALLY GOT INTO HIS VEHICLE THINKING IT WAS HER OWN.

THAT TEAMMATE HEATHER ROSS WAS SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.

WASHINGTON WAS CRITICALLY INJURED AND AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL.

>> I WAS TRYING TO APOLOGIZE TO HIM AND THEN HE... HALFWAY MY WINDOW WAS DOWN, HE THREW HIS HANDS UP AND HE PULLED OUT A GUN.

AND HE JUST STARTED SHOOTING AT ALL OF US.

>> Reporter: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE GIRLS CHEER TEAM SAYS THAT WASHINGTON IS A FIGHTER, RISING TO THE TOP OF HER SPORT DESPITE BEING BORN WITH ONE LUNG.

> SHE'S A MENTOR AND A ROLE MODEL TO SO MANY KIDS IN THIS INDUSTRY.

SHE'S AN AMAZING ATHLETE, AMAZNG KID.

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84-YEAR-OLD ANDREW LESTER PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO FELONY CHARGES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACCUSED OF SHOOTING 16-YEAR-OLD RALPH YARL LAST WEEK WHEN THE TEEN CAME TO LESTER'S HOME BY MISTAKE.

A PROBABLE CAUSE STATEMENT REALS LESTER TOLD POLICE HE WAS SCARED TO DEATH OF YARL WHEN HE FIRED HIS GUN.

>> THIS SHOULD BE A FEDERAL HATE CRIME AT LEAST INVESTIGATION.

I BELIEVE THAT IT MERITS FEDERAL HATE CRIME CHARGES AND A CONVICTION.

>> Reporter: YARL IS RECOVEING FROM GUNSHOTS IN THE HEAD AND ARM.

ATTORNEY LEE MERRITT SHARING THIS PICTURE ON INSTAGRAM WEDNESDAY REFERRING TO YARL AS A WALKING MIRACLE.

I'M LAURA AGUIRRE FOR KPBS NEWS.

>> A CASE AGAINST SCSU BY SOME WOMEN SPORTS ATHLETES WILL MOVE FORWARD.

A FEDERAL JUDGE IN SAN DIEGO SAYS ATHLETES HAVE STANDING TO SUE.

THE TITLE 9 CASE INVOLVES CLAIMS THAT SCSU GIVES WOMEN ATHLETES LESS SCHOLARSHIP MONEY THAN MEN.

- SDSU DENIES THE ALLEGATIONS.

MANY INVOLVED IN THE CASE WERE - PART OF THE SDSU ROWING TEAM THAT WAS CUT AFTER THE 2021 SEASON.

>>> ODAY, STUDENTS AT UC SAN DIEGO HELD A WALK-OUT.

- PROTESTORS WANT TO ELIMINATE THE UNIVERSITY'S OUTSIDE USE OF CARBON-BASED ENERGY.

AND THEY GOT SOME ENCOURAGEMENT THIS WEEK FROM THE CHANCELLOR.

ú>> Reporter: THE RALLY TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE UCSD LIBRARY.

ABUT 200 PEOPLE ATTENDED.

STUDENTS ENCOURAGED TO CUT CLASS TO BE THERE.

THAT'S WHY THEY CALLED IT A WALK-OUT.

ONE OF THE STUDENTS WHO SHOWED UP AND SPOKE AT THE RALLY WAS MONICA NELSON.

>> I'M PRETTY TERRIFIED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING IN TERMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND PRETTY FRUSTRATED WITH THE LACK OF ACTION AND LEADERSHIP THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM BIG ENTITIES LIKE UR UNIVERSITY THAT CAN ACTUALLY- INFLUENCE CHANGE.

>> Reporter: UC SAN DIEGO HAS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN CLIMATE SCIENCE, DOCUMENTING THE RISING LEVELS OF CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE WITH CHEAT CALLED THE KEYLING CURVE BUT STUDENTS WANT THE UNIVERSIY TO DO MORE WHEN IT COMES TO REDUCING ITS OWN USE OF POWER DERIVED FROM BURNING CARBON.- THEY ALSO WANT THE CAMPUS TO REFUSE ANY ACADEMIC FUNDING THAT COMES FROM THE OIL INDUSTRY.

SOPHIE DELA CRUZ IS WITH A GROUP GREE NEW DEAL AT UC SINKAGE.

SHE HELPS ORGANIZE THE COASTLA MUST COMMIT CAMPAIGN.

ú >> THAT'S BASICALLY A CAMPAIGN CHANCELLOR TO DECARBONIZE THE - CAMPUS BY 2030.

>> Reporter: THE UNIVERSITY ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THE úUNIVERSITY IS EXPLORING THE FEASIBILITY OF RETIRING THE UNIVERSITY'S NATURAL GAS-FIRED CO-GENERATION PNT AND CONVERTING TO TECHNOLOGIE THAT REDUCE THE RELIANCE ON FOSSIL FUEL.

BU NELSON SAYS THE CHANCELLOR KOSLA HAS ALREADY COMMITTED TO THE GOAL OF DECARBONIZING POWER ON CAMPUS BY THE END OF THE DECADE.

HE DID IT THIS WEEK IN FACT.

SHE SAID IT WAS AT A PUBLIC EVENT ON MONDAY.

>> I HIS OPENING REMARKS AT THAT EVENT, CHANCELLOR KHOSLA MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IT IS HIS HOPE, DREAM AND DESIRE THAT WE ELECTRIFY BY 2030. ú>> Reporter: THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE CONFIRMED HE MADE THAT STATEMENT.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

> FOR NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS IN BARROW LOGAN COMPARED ABOUT A STRONG OWED OR FROM A NEARBY BOFUEL PLANT AND LAST OCTOBER, THE AIR POLLUTON CONTROL BOARD ORDERED THE NEW LEAF BIOFUEL COMPANY TO SEAL THE FACTORY BUILDING AND INSTALL A FILTER TO HELP WITH SMELL.

NEIGHBORS SAY IT'S IMPROVED BUT NOW THE COMPANY IS LOOKING INTO A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT RAISING NEW CONCERNS.

>> AND THERE'S HARDLY ANYWHERE THT WE CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL THE PLANT DECIDES TO DO SOMETHING, OTHERWISE WE KEEP SMELLING THIS SMELL, GETTING HEADACHES AND STOMACHACHES FROM IT.

>> THE PLANT PLANS A MEETING AGENDA AND SAYS THE CONSTRUCTION INVOLVES BUILDING AN UNDERGROUND PLANT AND RESIDENTS CAN WEIGH IN ON THE ISSUE DURING THE METING A 6:00 TONIGHT AT THE PARK CULTURAL CENTER.

>>> A BREATH OF FRESH AIR MAY BE HARD TO COME BY FOR MANY PEOPLE HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

AN AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION REPORT TODAY SHOWS ABOUT A QUARTER OF AMERICANS LIVE WITH AIR POLLUTION, A DISPROPORTNATE AMOUNT ARE EOPLE OF COLOR.

TEN OF THE 25 MOST-POLLUTED CITS ARE IN CALIFORNIA.

AND SAN DIEGO RANKED 8th FOR OZONE POLLUTION AND 16th FOR SHORT TERM PARTICLE POLLUTION.

HOWEVER, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTETION AGENCY SAYS EFFORTS% LIKE EMISSION CONTROLS AND PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME HAVE HELPED MATERS.

>>> TWO DEADLY COLLISIONS% INVOLVING NAVY SURFACE SHIPS IN ®17 SPARKED SWEEPING CHANGES IN THE WAY THAT THE NAVY TRAINS THE SAILORS WHO PILOT AND CREW THOSE SHIPS.

AND RECENT INVESTIGATIONS ALSO úFOUND STRESS AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENES ALSO CONTRIBUTED.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER ANDREW DIRE VISITED WITH SAILORS RECENTLY ON BASE TO GET THE LATEST.

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NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO IS BUSY AS SAILORS NAVIGATE BETWEEN HULKING úGRAY WARSHIPS AND DESTROYERS ARE úMOORED ONE AFTER THE OTHER.

THEIR MASTS FORM THEIR OWN KIND OF SKYLINE JUXTAPOSED TO THE HIGH-RISES OF DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

LAST OCTOBER, THE NAVY OPENEDDED úTHE HEALTH CLINIC STEPS AWAY FROM THESE VERY WARSHIPS.

THE CLINIC IS RUN BY NAVAL SURFACE FORCE SPECIFIC AND SERVES THE SAILORS ABOARD THE 51 SURFACE FORCE VESSELS BASED IN SAN DIEGO.

> SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 20 PROVIDERS, PSYCHIATRISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, SOCIAL WORKERS BOTH ACTIVE DUTY AND CIVILIAN AS WELL AS A LIST OF BEHAVIOR HEALTH TECHNICIANS THAT DIRECTY SERVE THE MENTA HEALTH NEEDS OF THE SURFAC NAVY HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: NAVY CAPTAIN TERRENCE SMITH IS THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER FOR THE SURFACE FORCE IN SAN DIEGO.

SHE SAYS LIFE ABOARD NAVY SHIPS CREATES UNIQUE STRESSORS FOR SAILORS SUCH AS LONG WORKING HOURS AND THE NEED TO NAVIGATE TIGHT SPACES.

ú >> IT'S NOISY.

YOU DON'T SEE THE SUN UNLESS YOU'RE ON A FLIGHT DECK.

YOU HAVE ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING ALL DAY.

>> Reporter: LAST YEAR, A NAVY INVESTIGATION INTO A CLUSTER OF SUICIDE ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER GEORGE WASHINGTON BASED IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA FOUND THE NAVY'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES LACKING AMID A SHORTAGE OF PROVIDERS NATION-WIDE.

ALTHOUGH THE PROBE FOUND SUICIDES WERE NOT CONNECTED, IT DID FIND THAT WORKING CONDITIONS úON THE SHIP PLAYED A ROLE IN ONE - OF THREE DEATHS THAT OCCURRED THIN A WEEK OF ONE ANOTHER.

THE SHIP IS IN THE MIDST OF AN EXTENDED MID-LIFE REFUELING OF S NUCLEAR REACTORS.

>> I THINK THE GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS UNFORTUNATE BUT IT CERTAINLY WASN'T THE FIRST TIME IN OUR MILITARY OR OUR COUNTRY WHERE WE HAD CONTAGION.

>>eporter: CONTAGION AS SMITH EXPLAINS IS WHEN ONE PERSON'S SUICIDE MAY LEAD TO OTHR ATTEMPT.

>> BUT IT'S NOT A UNIQUELY-MILITARY ISSUE THAT WE ARE SOMEHOW FAILING AT THE PROBLEM OF SUICIDE.

HERE'S A NATION-WIDE CHALLENGE WITH SUICIDE RIGHT NOW.

>> TAKE SAILORS FROM THROUGHOUT THE PLANET, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTRY TO JOIN AND WE TAKE THEM AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES, AREAS THEY'RE REALLY INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH.

>> Reporter: THAT'S FORCE MASTER CHIEF GREG CARLSON, THE SENIOR ENLISTED SAILOR FOR THE ENTIRE SURFACE FLEET.

SMITH SAYS THE MOST COMMON MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS FOR SAILORS IS ADJUSTMENT DISORDER CAUSED BY ALL THE STRESSORS OF THIR COMPLETELY-DIFFERENT LIFESTYLES.

>> THE NAVY'S A TOUGH ADJUSTMENT.

IT'S A RUDE AWAKENING WHEN MAYBE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE AND SOMEONE IS SAYING YOU'RE LATE TO WORK AND HERE ARE THE CONSEQUENCES AND THAT'S EYE OPENING.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER WAY THE SURFACE NAVY SAYS IT'S WORKING TO HELP SAILORS IS A NEW INITIATIVE TO STATION HAPLAINS ABOARD ITS DESTROYERS WHILE CHAPLAINS PRIMARILY MANAGE RELIGIOUS MINISTRY PROGRAMS, THEY ALSO PROVIDE CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELLG TO SAILORS.

ACCORDING TO FORCE CHAPLAIN CITAL RICHARD RYAN.

ú >> WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THEM AS OFTEN AS THEY WANT TO BE SEEN.% >> Reporter: LAST YEAR, CHAPLAINS VIITING DESTROYERS WITHOUT FULL-TIME CHAPLAINS SAW FEWER THAN THREE SAILORS A MONTH FOR COUNSELLING.

RN SAYS THAT ON DESTROYERS WITH FULL-TIME CHAPLAINS, THEY SAW AN AVERAGE OF 31 A MONTH.

ON THE WATERFRONT, SAILORS SAY - NEWS ABOUT THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE HAS REACHED THEM ON THE DECK PLATES.

THIS PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS IS A BOSA MATE.

SHES BEEN IN THE NAVY THREE YEARS AND SAYS THE SERVICES ATTITUDE TOWARD MENTAL HEALTH S CHANGED.

>> THEY COMMUNICATE MORE NOW AND THEY MAKE IT KNOWN THAT WE CAN GO TO THEM OR OTHER PEOPLE IF THEY NEED TO.

>> Reporter: RYAN SAYS 29 DESTROYER NOW HAVE FULL-TIME CHAPLAINS ON-BOARD WITH THE REST GETTING THEM OVER THE NEXT TWO YARS.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>> AND IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW MAY BE CONSIDERING SUICIDE, YOU CAN CALL OR TEXT 988 OR CHAT ONLINE AT 988LIFELINE.ORG.

>>> THE WORK IS DONE AND NOW THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS.

LAST NIGHT, CITY COUNCIL HELD ITS FINAL VOTE TO REPEAL THE ORDINANCE.

THE UNITED LOW RIDER COALITION ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON HE IS THE VOTE FOLLOWED BY REACTION FROM SOME OF THE COALITION MEMBERS.

> YES.

>> MAYOR MORRISON.

>> A BIG YES.

>> MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> THAT'S AMAZING.

IT FELT UNBELIEVABLE >> WE JUST KEPT MAKING NOISE AND MAKING NOISE SO WE DID THE RIGHT WAY.

>> AND HERE IS A 30-DAY PERIOD FOR THE CHANGES TO TAKE EFFECT MEANING LOW RIDERS AND OTHER MAY 19th, THE UNITED LOW RETIRED COALITION PLANS A CELEBRATION ALONG HIGHLAND AVENUE.

>>> BEES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR POLLINATING NEARLY $20 BILLION WORTH OF CROPS EACH YEAR ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

BUT CALIFORNIA'S BEE INDUSTRY DID NOT GO UNTOUCHED DURING THIS YEAR'S WINTER STORM.

OUR REPORTER SPOKE WITH A BEEKEEPERIN THE CENTRAL VALLEY TO FIND OUT HOW THEY WERE AFFECTED.

>> Reporter: THE BEE INDUSTRY WORKING TO RECOVER FROM THIS YEAR'S STORMS.

POLLINATION OF VARIOUS CROPS.

>> THERE WAS A NINE-DAY PERIOD WHERE THE BEES COULD NOT FLY BECAUS OF THE COLD AND THE WINDY AND RAINY WEATHER SO IT REQUIRED US TO FEED OUR BEES MORE.

>> Reporter: LOCAL COMMERCIAL BEEKEEPER GENE BRANDY HAS OWNED AIARIES FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

HE TRANSPORTS HIS BEES OVER SIX TMES A YEAR AROUND THE COUNTRY.

DURING THE SPRINGTIME, BRANDY BRINGS HIS BEES TO THE CENTRAL COAST TO POLLINATE WILD FLOWERS AND PRODUCE HONEY.

>> THE BEES ARE HERE ON THIS RANCH IN SOLIDAD TO POTENTIALLY MAKE HONEY, PERHAPS SOME SAGE, THERE IS SOME SAGE IN THE HILLS HERE.

>> Reporter: FOLLOWING EACH WINTER, SOME OF GENE'S HIVES DRY AND WHEN THE SPRING HITS, HE HAS TO AKE UP FOR THEM BY BRINGING IN SOME QUEEN BEES.

>> NORMLLY WE GET OUR CALIFORNIA QUEENS BY THE 1st OF APRIL AND EVERYBODY IS LATE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE STORMS SO WE'RE GETTING A HUNDRED TODAY ND THEY COME IN A BOX OF A HUNDRED AND THEY'RE 28, $29 APIECE, SO IT'S A BOX OF A HUNDRED IS ALMOST $3,000.

>> Reporter THE LAST THREE YEARS OF DROUGHT WERE NOT GOOD FOR THE HONEY INDUSTRY, EVEN THOUGH THE HONEY FLOW HASN'T STARTED YET THIS YEAR, BRANDI SAYS INDUSTRY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD SPRING.

>> RAINS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN A BLESSINGIN THE SENSE IT MAKES FOR A GREAT SPRING.

THERE'S ALREY A LOT OF WILD FLOWERS OUT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD CROP OF WE'RE HOPING SAGE HONEY, BUCKWHEAT HONEY.

>> Reporter: SAGE HONEY IN PARTICULAR IS A PREMIUM PRODUCT THAT CAN ONLY BE MADE AFTER THERE IS AMPLE RN.

HERE ON THE CENTRAL COAST FOR HONEY MAKING, BEEKEEPERS ARE STILL HOPEFUL ABOUT THIS SEASON THAT THEY WILL BE MAKING SAGE HONEY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019.

PRODUCE SUCH AS BERRIES, SEEDS OF PLANTS LIKE LETTUCE AND BROCCOLI REQUIRE POLLINATIN FROM BEES.

>> HONEY BEES ARE CERTAINLY úIMPORTANT FOR THIS MUNICIPALITY IN THAT THERE'S A LOT OF VEGETABLE SEED CROPS THAT REQUIRE BEES AND FOR THE FARMERS, WHETHER THEY'RE ABLE TO FARM SOMEWHAT NORMALLY, THERE WILL BE BEES IN THEIR FIELDS VERY SOON IF NOT ALREADY.

>> Reporter: WITH MORE LOSS TO BEES THIS WINTER THAN IDEAL, BEEKEEPERS ARE KEEPING BEE HEALTH A TOP PRIORITY.

[ ♪♪ ] >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES HERE.

WE HAD COOL AND BREEZY WEATHER, THAT CONTINUES, BUT WE DO SEE A WARMING TREND ON THE WAY.

AND THEN WE'RE BACK TO SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES BECAUSE OF THE MARINE LAYER MOVING BACK IN AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

SPEAKING OF COOL, LET'S GO TO OUR LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT.

OCEANSIDE DOWN TO 45.

SAN DIEGO, YOU DROP TO 52.

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LOOKING AT OUR SETUP THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THURSDAY AS WE HAVE DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST, THOUGH, THINGS BREEZIER THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE PRETTY BIG RANGE HERE.

OCEANSIDE 71 WITH SUNSHINE, CHULA VISTA IN THE LOWER 70s BUT HEADING OVER TO BORREG SPRING, 86 MOUNT LAG UNA, 55 ON THURSDAY.

BUT WARMER TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

SO IT WILL BE A NICE UPTICK HERE AS WE DO WRAP UP OUR WEEK.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A FEW OF YOUR FIVE-DAY FORECAST.

ON THE COAST, TEMPERATURES S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S AND THEN THINGS COOL BACK DOWN AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK WITH SOME MORE CLOUDS.% YOUR FIVE-DAY FORECAST INLAND, WE'LL BE BACK INTO THE UPPER 80s FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

UT LOOK AT MONDAY, TEMPERATURE START TO DROP AGAIN WITH MORE CLOUD COVERAGE MOVING BACK IN.

TEMPERATURES LOWER 70s WITH OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE 50s.

IN THE MOUNTAINS OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, WE GO FROM MID-50s úTO PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ON HURSDAY TO THE UPPER 50s HEADING INTO FRIDAY AND WE'LL HANG ON TO UPPER 50s FOR THE WEEKEND BEFORE WE START TO SEE THINGS COOL BACK DOWN HEADING INTO THE START OF NEXT WEEK WITH A LITTLE MORE CLOUD COVERAGE.

AND YOUR FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK IN THE DESERT AS THINGS BEGIN TO HEAT UP.

THURSAY, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, 86.

BUT THEN WE SEE LOW 90s- HEADING INTO FRIDAY.

IF YOU THINK THAT'S HOT, TAKE A PEAK AT WHERE WE GO FOR THE WEEKEND INTO THE DESERTS WITH TEMPERATURS INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90s BUT WE GET A LITTLE COOLDOWN HEADING INTO MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK WITH THOSE TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE UPPER 80s.

A LOT OF US WILL WARM UP TO THEN JUST COOL BACK DOWN.

FOR KPBS NEWS.

>> SAN DIEGO ZOO SCIENTISTS ARE ENDANGERED WILD HORSE SECIES.

THE HORSE WAS BORN IN MID-FEBRUARY FROM A 40-YEAR-OLD CELL LINE AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO FROZEN ZOO.

RESEARCHERS SAY THIS SHOWS THAT CLONING IS BECOMING MORE VIABLE FOR SPECIES CONSERVATION.- THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION SAYS THE HORSE ARE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED IN MONGOLIA AND ARE DISTANT COUSINS TO DOMESTIC HORSES.

THEY SHARE A COMMON ANCESTOR FROM AROUND 500,000 YEARS AGO.% >>> PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS úAPPOINTED NEW MEMBERS TO HIS COMMITTEE ON THE ARTS AND úHUMANITIES AND AMONG SOME HIGH-POERED CELEBRITIES AND SCHOLARS IS A SAN SAN DIEGAN WELL-KNOWN TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER MG PEREZ HAS THE STORY.

[ ♪ Siging ♪ ] >> Reporer: OPENING NIGHT IS JUST 48 HOURS AWAY.

THIS PRODUCTION OF THE MUSICAL "CABARET" ON STAGE AT SAN DIEGO CITY COLLEGE IS ENTERTAINING, EDUCATIONAL AND POLITICA DIRECTOR AND THEATRE PROFESSOR KATIE ROUTER CHOSE IT FOR STUDENT PERFORMERS INSPIRED BY THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6th.

>> IN "CABARET" RIGHT AS THE NAZI PARTY IS COMING TO POWER.

AND I SAW THE SAME SITUATION, VERY ANGRY PEOPLE WIELDING ENORMOUS POWER WITH DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES.

>> Reporter: THE CITY COLLEG HEATRE PROGRAM IS AN ESTABLISHED EXAMPLE OF SAN DIEGO'S ARTS AND HUMANITIES CULTURE WHICH IS PREPARING FOR A NATIONAL SPOLIGHT.

>> THIS SHOW DESERVES TO BE SEEN.

OUR ARTISTS DESEE TO BE SEEN SO IT MEANS A LOT THAT SOMEBODY'S STEPPING UP TO EXPOSE SUCH A GREAT ART FORM.

>> AND OF COURSE I WILL BRAG ABOUT SAN DIEGO, WHICH IS A MULICULTURAL CITY AND REGION.

>> Reporter: DR. CONSTANCE CARROLL HAS JUST BEEN NAMED TO PRESIDNT BIDEN'S COMMITTEE ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES.

SHE SERVED AS CHANCELLOR OF THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOR 17 YEARS.

RETIRING IN 2021.

BUT SHE'S CONTINUED HER WORK IN EDUCATION AND THE ARTS.

WHICH SHE SAYS HELPS US - UNDERSTAND WHO WE E. >> WHO WE ARE CULTURALY, WHO WE ARE MORALLY, WHO WE ARE úHISTORICALLY AND WITH RESPECT TO OUR AMBITIONS FOR THE FUTURE.

[ ♪♪ ] [ ♪ Singing ♪ >> Reporter: LADY GAGA, GEORGE OTHERS WILL ALSO SERVE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE.

WHICH, IN THE PAST, HAS PROVIDED THE PRESIDENT WITH PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE ARTS EDUCATION, HELP IN INTERNATIONAL ARTS EXCHANGE PROGRAMS, AND MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CREATIVE ECONOMY.

THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES IS INTENTIONALLY MADE UP OF A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE BUT THEIR EXPERTISE IS COMBINED TO BENEFIT THE ARTS ACROSS AMERICA FROM THE STAGE TO THE SCREEN AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN.

AND THEY ALL HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON.

>> AND A PASSION FOR THE HUMANITIES TO AMERICAN LIFE, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THE GLUE THAT WILL HOLD THE COMMITTEE TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: SHE'S A FAN OF LADY GAGA'S MUSIC, TOO.

PROBABLY MY FAVORITE.

>> Reporter: ANY CHANCE WE'LL SEE A DUET WITH YOU?

>> YOU'L HAVE TO ASK HER.

>> Reorter: SOMETHING ELSE TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES.

M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

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