>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS "EVENING EDITION" HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

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

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

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DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY.

AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> GOOD EVENING.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THANK YOU FOR JOIN ING US TONIGHT.

>>> POWAY IS BEING SUED BY THE STATE AND A LOCAL TRIBE OVER A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN SAYS ANCESTRAL HUMAN REMAINS AND OTHER TRIBAL CULTURAL ITEMS WERE DISCOVERED AT THE SITE.

>> Reporter: WORK CONTINUES TODAY AT THE HIDDEN VALLEY RANCH HOUSING PROJECT.

40 HOMES WILL BE BUILT HERE, BUT FOR NOW, CREWS ARE ONLY GRADING THE SITE AND THAT'S PROBLEM FOR THE LOCAL TRIBE.

>> THE BURIALS THAT ARE THERE, AND MORE BURIALS HAVE BEEN FOUND.

>> Reporter: JOHNNY BEAR CONTRERAS IS THE CULTURE MEDIA CHAIR FOR THE BAND.

SINCE WORK BEGAN IN OCTOBER, AT LEAST THREE ANCESTRAL REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND AT THE SITE.

>> IT WAS APPARENT THIS WAS A VILLAGE SITE.

>> Reporter: CONTRERAS SAYS THE TRIBE HAS TRIED TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER, SHEA HOLMES, TO GIVE THE SITE THE RESPECT IT DESERVES.

>> WE APPROACH THE SITUATION AND ASK FOR MORE TIME TO BRING IN THE APPROPRIATE FOLKS.

WE WERE DENIED THAT.

>> Reporter: AND THAT'S WHY THE TRIBE IS SUING THE CITY.

AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN 2003, BUT SINCE THEN, MORE THAN 8,000 TRIBAL ARTIFACTS HAVE BEEN FOUND AT THE SITE.

THAT'S ALSO THE REASON WHY CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL BON TAS SUED POWAY OVER CEQA AND THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL ACT.

IN A STATEMENT, HE SAYS DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE, AND COMMUNITY CONSULTATION SHOULD GO HAND IN HAND.

THE DISCOVERY OF AN APPARENT BURIAL SITE THAT SERVED AS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR SOME OF CALIFORNIA'S FIRST INHABITANTS WARNS APPROPRIATE CAUTION AND RESPECT.

HE SAYS DEVELOPMENT SHOULD NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF TRIBAL COMMUNITIES.

IN A STATEMENT, POWAY SPOKESPERSON RENEE CARMICHAEL SAYS THE CITY WAS BLIND-SIDEDED BY THE LAWSUIT.

SHE SAYS THE CITY HAS BEEN COOPERATING TO DETERMINE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION.

UNTIL VERY RECENTLY AND WITH NO OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND OR POTENTIALLY CURE ANY VIOLATIONS OF CEQA, THE CITY RECEIVED NO INDICATION THAT A CEQA VIOLATION WAS BEING PURSUED.

THE TRIBE SAYS THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO STOP THE PROJECT, THEY JUST WANT TO PAUSE TO ASSESS THE ARTIFACTS AND PAY RESPECT TO THEIR ANCESTORS.

>> THOSE AREN'T SUGGESTIONS.

THOSE AREN'T COMMENTS OR WELL-WISHING.

THAT'S THE LAW.

THAT'S THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE LAW.

>> Reporter: POWAY SAYS IT CAN'T STOP THE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT HAS ALL THE REQUIRED CITY APPROVALS.

THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS ARE OF FEDERAL AND STATE LAW.

IN A STATEMENT, SHEA HOMES SAYS IT HAS FULLY COMPLIED WITH ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A FORMER TOP OFFICIAL IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SERVICES HAS FILED A CLAIM SEEKING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGES.

KPBS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER SCOTT RODD CONFIRMED THE OFFICIAL WAS FIRED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

>> Reporter: RACHEL BERRELLY OVERSAW THE COUNTY'S TWO ANIMAL SHELTERS.

SHE WAS PUT ON LEAVE AFTER KPBS UNCOVERED A VOICE MESSAGE SHE RECORDED THAT USED PROFANE LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE SHELTER DOGS.

SHE ALSO COMPLAINED THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH EUTHANASIAS.

THE COUNTY FIRED HER.

NOW SHE'S SEEKING OVER $8 MILLION IN DAMAGES FROM THE COUNTY.

BERRELLY CLAIMS A FORMER COLLEAGUE DEFAMED THEY ARE, THEN THE COUNTY FIRED HER WHEN SHE COMPLAINED TO HR.

THE CLAIM DOES NOT SPECIFY HOW THE COLLEAGUE ALLEGEDLY DEFAMED HER.

HER ATTORNEY DECLINED TO COMMENT.

SCOTT RODD, KPBS NEWS.

>> IF YOU HAVE A TIP FOR KPBS'S INVESTIGATIONS TEAM, EMAIL INVESTIGATIONS@KPBS.ORG OR MESSAGE THEM ON OUR SECURE SIGNAL LINE AT THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN.

619-594-8177.

>>> SHOWERS AROUND BUT NOW THEY'RE OUT OF HERE AND WE'RE BACK TO DRY, QUIET WEATHER FOR A FEW MORE DAYS.

BUT WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS THIS WEEKEND.

IN THE MEANTIME, TONIGHT, RAMONA 43.

WE'LL BE ABOUT 15 DEGREES WARMER THAN THAT IN SAN DIEGO AT 58.

OCEANSIDE 49.

AND UP INTO THE CHILLIER SPOTS, MONTANA LAGUNA 39.

CAMPO 34 TONIGHT.

NIPPY THERE BUT DRY, LET'S WINDY, LOOKING NICE FOR THURSDAY.

WE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

>>> AN ESCALATION IN THE WAR WITH IRAN.

IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS TOOK CONTROL OF TWO SHIPS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ JUST HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP BACKED DOWN FROM HIS THREATS AND EXTENDED THE CEASE-FIRE.

BRIAN ABEL HAS THE LATEST.

>> Reporter: IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD SAY THEY'VE SEIZED TWO SHIPS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND MOVED THEM TO IRANIAN WATERS.

WHILE IRAN STATE MEDIA SAYS A THIRD GREEK-OPENED VESSEL IS NOW DISABLED AFTER IRAN'S COAST AFTER REPORTEDLY BEING TARGETED BY THE IRGC.

THE UK'S MARITIME TRAFFIC ORGANIZATION PREVIOUSLY SAID TWO CONTAINER SHIPS WERE HIT BY FIRE.

>> NOW THEY ARE BASICALLY A BARGAINING CHIP FOR THE IRANIANS.

THEY'RE COMING INTO THESE POTENTIAL TALKS WITH SHIPS IN THEIR POSSESSION.

>> Reporter: THE ESCALATIONS COME HOURS AFTER THE CEASE-FIRE DEADLINE BETWEEN THE U.S.

AND IRAN WAS SET TO EXPIRE, BUT BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCED HE WOULD EXTEND THE CEASE-FIRE AT THE REQUEST OF PAKISTAN.

UNTIL IRAN SUBMITS A PROPOSAL AND TALKS CONCLUDE, QUOTE, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, CALLING IRAN'S GOVERNMENT SERIOUSLY FRACTURED FOLLOWING THE U.S.

's TARGETED ATTACKS ON LEADERSHIP.

>> THE PROBLEM IS THAT THROUGH THESE DECAPITATION CAMPAIGNS AND THE FACT THAT HE'S SERIOUSLY INJURED THERE ISN'T A FINAL DECIDER.

>> Reporter: TRUMP DID OFF AREA NEW DEADLINE, THOUGH SOURCES SAY HE PLANS TO GIVE IRAN A UNIFIED TIME FRAME FOR THE PROPOSAL.

THE RESOLUTION UNCLEAR.

>> THINK WE'RE AT A VERY PRECARIOUS POSITION, AND IT COULD GO EITHER WAY, REALLY.

>> Reporter: THE U.S.

SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE ITS NAVAL BLOCKADE OF IRANIAN VESSELS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, ACTION THAT TEHRAN SAYS MUST END BEFORE IRAN WILL NEGOTIATE.

IN WASHINGTON, BRIAN ABEL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> EVEN WITH THE CEASE-FIRE EXTENSION, QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

THAT UNCERTAINTY IS TAKING A TOLL ON IRANIAN AMERICANS HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

MANY ARE STILL DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY OVERSEAS, BUT INTERNET BLACKOUTS AND LIMITED COMMUNICATION IN IRAN ARE COMPLICATING MATTERS.

DR.

TANYA HARMOZI SAYS SHE'S BEEN TRYING TO REACH HER FAMILY FOR WEEKS, AND THE SILENCE IS THE HARDEST PART.

>> SAD.

REALLY SAD.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MY COUSIN'S MOM HAS AN ILLNESS.

AND SO SHE'S UNABLE TO GET HER MEDICATION IF THERE'S PROTESTS GOING OUT AND THERE'S GUNMEN OUT, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO EXECUTE ANYONE THAT'S ON THE STREET, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT THERE TO PROTEST.

SO IT'S REALLY SCARY MOSTLY THROUGH LIVING THROUGH THE EYES OF HIM.

>> AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT CIVILIANS CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE.

THE U.N.

REFUGEE AGENCY ESTIMATES AS MANY AS 3.2 MILLION CIVILIANS HAVE ALREADY FLED TEHRAN TO SAFER AREAS.

>>> SAN DIEGO DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN JUAN VARGAS TOLD CONSTITUENTS THAT HE HAS NOT TAKEN A SINGLE BENNY FROM THE PRO-ISRAEL LOBBYING GROUP APAC, BUT KP.

REPORTER GUSTAVO SOLIS SAYS FEDERAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE RECORDS TELL A DIFFERENT STORY.

>> I.C.E.

OUT!

I.C.E.

OUT!

>> Reporter: YOU CAN HEAR THE VOICE OF CONGRESS MAN JUAN VARGAS JOINING THE CHANTS.

UNTIL THEY CHANGE TO SOMETHING THAT VARGAS DOES NOT AGREE WITH.

>> STOP FUNDING ISRAEL!

STOP FUNDING ISRAEL!

>> I DISAGREE WITH THAT.

I DISAGREE WITH YOU.

>> GET OFF THE STAGE!

>> Reporter: A FEW MOMENTS LATER, ACTIVISTS CRITICIZED VARGAS FOR ACCEPTING MONEY FROM THE PRO-ISRAEL LOBBYING GROUP "A" PAC, WHICH HE CLEARLY DENIES.

>> AICAC HAS NEVER GIVEN ME A BENNY.

>> Reporter: TOP DONOR GIVING HIM OVER $225 NOW OVER THE LAST TWO CAMPAIGN CYCLES.

VARGAS HAS NOT PUBLICLY EXPLAINED THE DISCREPANCY, AND HE DID NOT RESPOND TO MULTIPLE QUESTIONS FROM KPBS.

RECENT POLLS SHOW THAT SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL HAS PLUMMETED AMONG INDEPENDENT AND DEMOCRATIC VOTERS WITH 65% OF DEMOCRATS SAYING THEIR SYMPATHIES LIE MORE WITH PALESTINIANS THAN ISRAELIS.

GUSTAVO SOLIS IS KPBS NEWS.

>>> ADVOCATES ARE RAISING ALARM ABOUT A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PLAN TO RELOCATE AFGHAN WARTIME ALLIES AND FAMILIES FROM A TEMPORARY CAMP TO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO OR DRC.

ANDREW DYER SAYS THE AFGHANS ARE TOLD THEIR OPTION IS TO RETURN TO AFGHANISTAN.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 1,100 AFGHANS ARE IN U.S.

CUSTODY IN QATAR, MORE THAN 400 ARE CHILDREN.

ALL WERE VETTED AND APPROVED TO RELOCATE TO THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

THEY'VE BEEN STUCK AT THE CAMP SINCE DONALD TRUMP'S FIRST DAY BACK IN OFFICE, WHEN HE HALTED ALL REFUGEE SETTLEMENT.

HIS ADMINISTRATION LATER ENACTED A TRAVEL AND VISA BAN FOR AFGHANS.

SEAN WAS A GUNNERY SERGEANT IN THE MARINE CORPS.

>> HE WORKED WITH THE AMERICAN EMBASSY AS WELL AS THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN.

SO HE WAS ABLE TO COME -- HE GOT A PROMISE TO COME THAT WAY.

BUT BY THE TIME HE WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET APPROVED FOR THIS VEES SA, THE ADMINISTRATION CHANGED THE POLICY TO WHERE -- WHERE THEY WERE NO LONGER ISSUING VISAS.

>> Reporter:ED A BEGAN EVAC SAYS HE'S ONE OF MORE THAN 150 SERVICE MEMBERS OR VETERANS WITH FAMILY AT THE CAMP.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED IT WOULD CLOSE THE CAMP BUT HASN'T PROVIDED A PLAN FOR THE AFGHANS, ALL OF THEM PEOPLE WHO WORKED WITH THE U.S.

OR THEIR FAMILIES.

SEAN VAN DIVER IS THE SAN DIEGO-PACED PRESIDENT OF AFGHAN EVAC.

HE SAYS THIS REPORTED PLAN IS UNACCEPTABLE.

>> THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO IS HOSTING MORE THAN 600,000 REFUGEES.

IT IS AN ACTIVE ARMED CONFLICT WITH RWANDA.

REFUGEE CAMPS INSIDE ITS BORDERERS ARE BEING ATTACKED.

>> I PERSONALLY SERVED AS A MARINE IN DRC.

I REMEMBER MY TIME THERE, AND I WAS THERE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT I REMEMBER HOW TOUGH THAT TIME WAS WHILE I WAS THERE.

>> Reporter: A STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL TOLD "THE NEW YORK TIMES" THE ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING FOR RESPONSIBLE AND VOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT OPTIONS AS IT MOVES TO CLOSE THE CAMP.

CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE SYDNEY DOVE SAYS THERE'S NOTHING VOLUNTARY ABOUT THE PLAN.

>> SO THE OPTION TO BE DEPORTED TO THE TALIBAN OR TO MOVE TO A CATASTROPHIC HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN THE DRC IS NOT A CHOICE.

IT IS A DEATH SENTENCE.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF HAS BEEN HARD FOR HIS FAMILY, MOST OF WHOM ALREADY LIVE IN THE U.S.

HE SAYS BY ADVOCATING FOR HIS BROTHER, HE'S ALSO ADVOCATING FOR HIS COUNTRY, ONE THAT TOLD AFGHANS THEY'D BE TAKEN CARE OF IF THEY WORKED WITH IT.

>> I'M GOING TO CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT THAT, WE HOLD OUR WORD TO THE PEOPLE THAT SERVED US.

AND IF WE DON'T, NO ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD IS GOING TO SERVE THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WHEN WE NEED THEM THE MOST.

>> Reporter: ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AMERICAN BUSINESSES HAVE STARTED TO APPLY FOR AN ESTIMATED $166 BILLION IN TARIFF REFUNDS AND INTEREST.

THIS AFTER THE U.S.

SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SWEEPING EMERGENCY TARIFFS IN FEBRUARY.

FOR CONSUMERS WONDERING IF THEY'LL SEE ANY REFUNDS, KAREN CAVER REPORTS THE ANSWER IS LIKELY NO.

>> Reporter: COMMERCE SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNICK ON CAPITOL HILL FACING QUESTIONS ABOUT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TARIFF POLICIES.

>> RIGHT NOW, TARIFFS HAVE DRIVEN UP COSTS SO SIGNIFICANTLY THAT IT'S PUT MANY BUSINESSES AT RISK AND IN PERIL.

>> THE ANSWER IS, MAKE YOUR PRODUCTS AT HOME AND YOU'LL HAVE NO TARIFF.

>> Reporter: THIS WEEK, TWO MONTHS AFTER THE SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S SWEEPING EMERGENCY TARIFFS, AMERICAN IMPORTERS STARTED APPLYING FOR AN ESTIMATED $166 BILLION IN REFUNDS PLUS INTEREST.

SO CONSUMERS WANT TO KNOW IF THEY'LL SEE ANY MONEY BACK.

THE ANSWER, NOT REALLY.

ONE REASON, AFTER THE SUPREME COURT RULED THE EMERGENCY TARIFFS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED NEW TARIFFS, WHICH MEANS NEW COSTS FOR IMPORTERS TO COVER.

>> THE FIRST THING TO REALIZE IS THAT WE'RE IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF STILL MASSIVE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE IS IN TERMS OF WHERE TARIFFS WILL FALL AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT LEVEL THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT.

AND THAT UNCERTAINTY IS NOT GOOD FOR BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: RYAN MONARCH, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SAYS SOME COMPANIES ABSORB THE ADDED COSTS FROM THE EMERGENCY TARIFFS AND CUT IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

>> SOME OF THEM DIDN'T RAISE PRICES AT ALL AND FOUND OTHER WAYS TO CUT COSTS.

MAYBE THEY'RE LAYING OFF EMPLOYEES OR MAYBE THEY'RE DELAYING A CERTAIN INVESTMENT.

>> Reporter: WHILE BUSINESSES ABSORBING TARIFF COSTS MAY HAVE KEPT INFLATION IN CHECK, ECONOMISTS BELIEVE IT SUPPRESSED THE JOB MARKET.

>>> CONCERT TICKET PRICES HAVE SKYROCKETED SINCE THE IMMEDIATELY.

VENUES AND ARTISTS SAY BOOKING AGENTS AND TICKETING PLATFORMS CALL THE SHOTS.

EVEN AS LIVE NATION AND TICKETMASTER FACE ANTI-TRUST SUITS.

FOR "PRICE OF SAN DIEGO," JULIA DIXON EVANS LOOKS AT THE COST OF SEEING A BAND AND WHAT FANS CAN DO ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: ON A BUSY CORNER NEAR THE AIRPORT SITS A SMALL INDEPENDENT MUSIC VENUE, A LEGEND IN ROCK AND PUNK CIRCLES.

>> MY NAME IS TIM MAYES, AND WE'RE AT THE CASBAH WHICH I'VE RUN FOR 37 YEARS NOW.

>> Reporter: IN RECENT YEARS, CONCERT PRICE INCREASES HAVE MEANT THAT FANS CAN PAY HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR ONE SHOW.

WHILE PRICES AT SMALL VENUES HAVEN'T HIT THOSE S MAYS SAYS THEY'RE FEELING THE PINCH.

SMALLING TOURING BANDS TYPICALLY CHARGE $12 TO $15 AT THE DOOR.

>> AFTER THE PANDEMIC THAT BUMPED UP TO $15, $18.

THEN NOW, YOU KNOW, STARTING POINT FOR A BAND THAT'S RELATIVELY UNKNOWN -- I SEE, YOU KNOW, ASKS FOR $20 TICKETS, $25 TICKETS AT THE DOOR.

>> Reporter: THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THE COST OF A TICKET, INCLUDING A BAND PAYMENT TO COVER TOUR COSTS.

BASICALLY, ALL THE PEOPLE, PLATFORMS, AND EXPENSES INVOLVED.

AND MAYS SAYS BOOKING AGENTS AND MANAGERS USUALLY HAVE FINAL SAY.

>> I PUSH BACK ON THAT WHEN I CAN.

JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT SEEMS A LITTLE HIGH, HAS THIS BAND PLAYED IN SAN DIEGO BEFORE?

DO THEY HAVE ANY HISTORY?

BECAUSE IF NOT, IT'S THEIR FIRST TIME, WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT ZANT OF, YOU KNOW -- OF THE PRICING.

>> Reporter: COLLEEN COLLIER SMITH IS DIRECTOR OF UC SAN DIEGO CAMPUS PERFORMANCE AND EVENTS OFFICE WHICH OVERSEES ART POWER.

SHE SAYS ACCESS TO ART IS PART OF THEIR MISSION, AND THEY WORK TO KEEP EVENTS AFFORDABLE.

>> FOR US, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING ON CAMPUS AT OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE QUITE LITERALLY IN LABORATORIES AND STUDIOS WORKING ON PROBLEMS.

NOT JUST OF TODAY BUT WELL INTO THE FUTURE.

AND REALLY WORKING TO CHANGE THE WORLD.

WE THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE ART IN THEIR LIVES SO THAT THEY'RE REALLY WHOLE HUMANS.

>> Reporter: ART POWER HAS HISTORICALLY OFFERED LOW-COST TICKETS TO STUDENTS.

RECENTLY, THEY MADE THOSE COMPLETELY FREE.

>> WHEN WE TOOK THAT TICKET PRICE OFF, WE SAW 65% INCREASE RIGHT AWAY.

SO WE KNOW THAT REMOVING THAT BARRIER REALLY DOES IMPACT THE ENGAGEMENT.

>> Reporter: COLLAR-SMITH SAYS ANOTHER COST FACTOR FOR FANS IS THE RISE OF RESALE SITES.

>> OFTENTIMES WHEN YOU'RE GOOGLING AN ARTIST, THE FIRST THING THAT POPS UP IS THOSE RESALE SITES.

>> Reporter: RESELLERS OFTEN BUY TICKETS AND RESELL THEM AT A MARK-UP, ADDING COSTS FOR FANS.

>> IF YOU DIG, FIND OUT THE VENUE OR PRESENTER, AND TAKE THAT EXTRA SECOND TO GO DIRECTLY TO THAT SITE, THE PRESENTER OR THE VENUE.

OFTENTIMES, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND A LESS-EXPENSIVE TICKET, AND CERTAINLY YOU KNOW THAT YOUR TICKET'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THAT SHOW.

>> Reporter: PLATFORM COSTS LIKE FEES AND SURGE PRICING HAVE ALSO RISEN.

TICKETMASTER AND LIVE NATION, WHICH MERGED IN 2009, ARE FACING A FEDERAL ANTI-TRUST LAWSUIT.

MAYS SAYS THE CASBAH AND OTHER SMALLER VENUES USE INDEPENDENT TICKETING PLATFORMS, OFTEN WITH LOWER FEES.

BUT MANY LARGE VENUES STILL REQUIRE TICKETMASTER AS THEIR EXCLUSIVE TICKETING PLATFORM.

FANS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES.

MAYS SAYS ARTISTS ARE ALSO FEELING INFLATION.

>> SO, I MEAN, IT'S GOTTEN EXPENSIVE, WAY EXPENSIVE TO TOUR.

YOU KNOW.

HOTELS, GASOLINE, FOOD, EVERYTHING.

WAY MORE THAN IT WAS, OBVIOUSLY, WAY MORE THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.

SO, YOU KNOW -- BUT IT'S A CONSTANT STRUGGLE TO KEEP THE TICKET PRICING IN CHECK.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS MERCH IS A KEY WAY FOR FANS TO SUPPORT ARTISTS.

>> WE'LL HAVE BANDS HERE THAT WILL SOME NIGHTS JUST DO ALMOST AS MUCH SELLING MERCH AS THEY GET PAID.

>> Reporter: THERE'S ONE MORE THING FANS CAN CONTROL.

TO AVOID PLATFORM SERVICE FEES, CHECK WITH THE VENUE.

YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PAY CASH AT THE DOOR.

JULIA DIXON EVANS, KPBS NEWS.

>> AND THAT STORY BY JULIA IS PART OF OUR "PRICE OF SAN DIEGO" SERIES.

WE HAVE MORE COST OF LIVING STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM RISING GAS PRICES TO SAVING MONEY ON LIVE SPORTS EVENTS.

CHECK IT OUT ONLINE AT KPBS.ORG/PRICEOFSANDIEGO.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS AMONG THE MOST POLLUTED AREAS IN THE U.S.

ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT BY THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION.

THE REPORT FOUND AIR QUALITY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS THE FIFTH-WORST AMONG 84 COUNTIES.

THE MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM 2022 TO 2024.

LAST YEAR'S REPORT SHOWED SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN 59th PLACE.

BILL BARRETT IS WITH THE ASSOCIATION.

HE SAYS NEW AIR QUALITY MONITORS AT THE PORT OF ENTRY SHOW A CLEARER PICTURE OF THE POLLUTION.

>> NOW BEER GETTING A BETTER PICTURE OF WHERE SOME OF THAT ELEVATED POLLUTION CERTAINLY IN THE BORDER REGION IS AFFECTING AIR QUALITY IN THE COUNTY.

>> AND HE ADDS THAT HEAVY-DUTY TRUCKS AND SHIPS ARE THE TOP SOURCES OF POLLUTION IN THE COUNTY.

THE REPORT MEASURED FINE PARTICULATE MATTER.

SULFIDE FROM THE TIJUANA RIVER WAS NOT FACTORED IN THE MEASUREMENTS.

>>> WE ARE TRACKING THE RETURN OF SOME SHOWERS LATER THIS WEEKEND, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE SAYING GOOD-BYE TO ONE STORM SYSTEM THAT DID BRING US A FEW SHOWERS LOCALLY.

WINDS WILL DECREASE AND IT WILL BE COMFORTABLE FOR THE LATE-WEEK FORECAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL ARRIVE LATE SATURDAY, SATURDAY NIGHT, INTO SUNDAY.

WE'RE THOUGHT YET INTO THE DRY SEASON.

IT'S BEEN KIND OF NICE TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF LEFTOVER MOISTURE HERE IN THE GOLDEN STATE.

CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT.

58 FOR YOUR OVERNIGHT LOW.

WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE HERE THIS THURSDAY, ESPECIALLY COOL AT THE GREAT BASIN.

WE'RE DRY AND PLEASANT INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS THURSDAY.

YOU CAN SEE BY THE NUMBERS, A LOT OF US, DELIGHTFUL OUT THERE.

LOW 70s OCEANSIDE 72.

SOLANO BEACH LOOKING GOOD 71.

CHULA VISTA 70.

MID-70s RAMONA.

IN THE DESERTS 85 AT BORREGO SPRINGS.

56 IN MOUNT LAGUNA.

LOTS OF YELLOW HERE ON THE MAP, JUST DRY ON FRIDAY.

DELIGHTFUL WEATHER.

IT LOOKS NICE.

YOUR OUTDOOR PLANS WILL NOT BE PINDERED FRIDAY.

SATURDAY, YOU CAN SEE SOME SHOWERS UP TO THE NORTH.

WE'RE GOING BEGIN TO SEE A BETTER CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT RAIN AGAIN LATER IN SATURDAY NIGHT'S FORECAST.

SATURDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

HERE WE GO.

MOISTURE RETURNS ON FRIDAY.

THAT ONSHORE BREEZE.

EVEN FRIDAY NIGHT, THERE COULD BE A FEW SPRINKLES OUT THERE.

PERHAPS FRIDAY NIGHT AS WELL WITH THAT ONSHORE BREEZE.

BUT MOST OF SATURDAY WILL BE DRY.

AND THEN SATURDAY NIGHT, A BETTER CHANCE WITH SOME SLIGHTLY MORE LEGITIMATE RAINSHOWERS SATURDAY EVENING AND NIGHT.

THERE YOU CAN SEE EVEN SOME YELLOW ON THE MAP.

LOCALLY, BRIEFLY HEAVIER SHOWERS POSSIBLE TO THE MOUNTAINS, THE WEST-FACING SLOPES.

SNOW IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS, IT'S NOT TOO LATE IN THE SEASON FOR THAT.

IT IS RARE, BUT WE MAY SEE A FEW AREAS OF SNOW IN THE HIGHEST OF ELEVATIONS.

THE COASTAL FORECAST, SHOWERS INCREASE ON SATURDAY.

THEY'RE MOST LIKELY IN THE EVENING.

A BRIEF SHOWER OR TWO.

IT WILL BE COOLER OUT THERE FOR THE WEEKEND AS WELL.

SO AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF BONUS RAIN LATE IN THE SEASON.

INLAND AREAS, WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM THE MID-70s.

GREAT WEATHER THURSDAY, FRIDAY TO SHOWERS AND COOLER AIR ON SATURDAY.

AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS, YOU CAN SEE A BIG COOL-DOWN.

LOW 40s WITH SOME RAINSHOWERS AS WELL.

MOST POPULATED AREAS IN THE HIGH GROUND WILL BE DEALING WITH RAIN AS OPPOSED TO SNOW, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A BIT OF A CHANGE.

IN THE DESERTS HERE, WE MAY SEE A SPRINKLE OR TWO.

BUT WE DON'T EXPECT THE WIDESPREAD RAIN TO SURVIVE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE DESERT FLOOR.

WE'LL BE IN THE MID-80s EARLY ON AND DROPPING SHARPLY DOWN TO THE LOW 70s FOR HIGHS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

I'M ACCUWEATHER METEOROLOGIST JEFF CORNISH FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT ON "THE NEWS HOUR," IRAN ATTACKS MULTIPLE SHIPS NEAR THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ A DAY AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP EXTENDED THE CEASE-FIRE.

THAT'S AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE EARTH AS IT TURNS 56 TODAY.

EARTH DAY TURNS 56 TODAY.

THE ANNUAL GLOBAL EVENT CELEBRATES ALL THE WAYS PEOPLE PROTECT THE PLANET.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER TAMMY SPOKE WITH A LOCAL PEDIATRICIAN PICKING UP TRASH ALONG SAN DIEGO'S COASTLINE FOR YEARS.

THIS SMALL ACT HAS LED HER TO DO BIGGER CLIMATE ADVOCACY WORK.

HERE SHE IS PICKING IN PACIFIC BEACH ON SATURDAY.

>> IT'S KIND OF WEIRD, BUT PEOPLE JUST LEAVE EVERYTHING ON THE BEACH.

LIKE UNOPENED ALCOHOL.

LIKE, I WOULD NOT DRINK IT.

I DON'T DRINK.

I MADE VINEGAR OUT OF IT.

BECAUSE YOU CAN JUST TAKE ALCOHOL AND FERMENT IT, YOU KNOW?

THEN I USE IT TO CLEAN.

IT'S REALLY INTERESTING.

I JUST HAVE THESE ADVENTURES, LIKE JUST RANDALL.

THEN I WOULD FIND A LOT OF VAPES.

THAT'S WHY WE DO A LOT OF ANTI-VAPING LEGISLATION BECAUSE I WAS LIKE WHAT ARE ALL THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW?

THEN -- I DON'T KNOW.

THE LITTER REALLY CONNECTS US ALL, YOU KNOW?

I THINK TRASH IS REALLY INTERESTING.

I WAS BURNED OUT, QUESTIONING MY CAREER TRAJECTORY.

YOU KNOW, VERY SAD.

I MEAN, HONESTLY, THINKING BACK TO IT, IT WAS REALLY KIND OF A DARK PLACE IN LIFE AS A PHYSICIAN THINKS ABOUT LEAVING MEDICINE.

I WAS JOGGING AND REALIZED, I CAN PICK UP TRASH AT THE SAME TIME.

I THINK IT WAS AROUND EARTH DAY OR SOMETHING.

THEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT INSTAGRAM.

I KNOW IT HAD BEEN AROUND FOR A DECADE OR SO, BUT THEN MY HUSBAND WAS LIKE -- I WAS LIKE, I'M GOING TO GET ON INSTAGRAM.

AND THERE'S A DR.

PIMPLE POPPER.

YEAH, LET'S MEET DR.

PILL PER POPPER.

I PROMISED AT THAT MOMENT TEN YEARS OFFED A VOE ASSESS.

I'M GOING TO DO THIS TEN YEARS.

I'M ON YEAR SEVEN.

PRETTY SURE I'M DOING IT OVER TEN YEARS, BUT THAT'S WHEN I STARTED, OKAY, I'M GOING TO DO IT.

YOU HAVE ALL THIS PLASTIC POLLUTION THAT'S LAND-BASED.

YOU GET ALL THESE LITTLE -- YOU DEFINITELY GET BIG PIECES OF PLASTIC BUT ALSO JUST LITTLE CORNERS LIKE THIS.

LIKE HERE.

LITTLE TAGS HERE.

LITTLE CORNERS OF, LIKE, SNACK BAGS.

I COUNT THIS, I COUNT THAT.

REALLY IN THAT PROCESS, YOU KNOW.

THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO PICK UP TRASH.

THERE'S INFINITE AMOUNT OF TRASH.

JUST KIND OF INFORMS HOW I THINK OF LIFE NOW.

WHAT I'M MOST PROUD OF IS THE SUMMIT WE DO.

IT'S CALLED HBSD.

AND IT'S THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SUMMIT AT UCSD MEDICAL SCHOOL.

THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR FOURTH OR FIFTH YEAR.

I'M SO PROUD OF US, BECAUSE IT REALLY WAS -- WE ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH IDEAS ON THE WETLANDS.

HONESTLY, WE PUSHED THE ALLEGED.

THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO DO A SESSION ON AI.

I PICKED THE SPOT.

AND YOU WILL SAVE WHAT YOU LOVE.

YOU WILL FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU LOVE, RIGHT?

THAT IS WHY I'M SO FIGHT FOR SAN DIEGO.

>> AND THAT STORY FOR EARTH DAY WAS PRODUCED BY KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER TAMMY MURGA.

DR.

NGUYEN SAYS SHE'S PICKED UP THOUSANDS OF BOTTLES IN SEVEN YEARS.

CANS, BEACH TOYS, AS WELL AS OTHER ITEMS.

NOW SHE RECYCLES OR DONATES WHAT IS SALVAGEABLE.

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