>>> CHANGES ARE COMING TO SAN DIEGO GELS OVER CONTINUED SCRUTINY REGARDING IN CUSTODY DEATHS.

SHERIFF KELLY MARTINEZ INVITED REPORTERS TO TOUR RENOVATED JAIL THAT IS PARTIALLY REOPENING THIS WEEK.

ANDREW BOWEN HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: SHERIFF MARTINEZ SAID HER DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN COUNTY JAILS WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADES.

THE ROCK MOUNTAIN DETENTION FACILITY USED TO BE A PRIVATE PRISON OPERATED ON BEHALF OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> WHEN THEY VACATED THE FACILITY WE DECIDED TO RENOVATE IT AND MAKE IT A COUNTY JAIL TO HELP THE SYSTEM WITH THE RENOVATIONS WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED.

IT IS SORT OF THE LINCHPIN TO THE OTHER RENOVATIONS.

>> Reporter: THE RENOVATIONS ARE BEHIND SCHEDULE AND OVER BUDGET.

STARTING SATURDAY, ENOUGH WILL BE FINISHED TO ALLOW FOR 200 INMATES TO BE MOVED THERE.

THAT WILL HELP FREE UP SPACE HAD OTHER JAILS THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM A HOST OF MAINTENANCE NEEDS FROM PLUMBING TO ELECTRICAL TO HVAC.

THE JAIL SYSTEM HOLDS ROUGHLY 4000 INMATES ON A GIVEN DAY.

MANY JAILS ARE OVERCAPACITY.

THAT MEANS RENOVATING THE SYSTEM INVOLVES A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.

>> IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED, LOGISTICAL PROBLEM TO SOLVE.

>> WE WANT ANSWERS AND WE GET NONE.

>> Reporter: A SMALL GROUP OF PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE THIS MORNING.

AMONG THEM IS MICHAEL WHOSE DAUGHTER DIED BEHIND BARS IN 2019.

>> SHE DIED AFTER FALLING AND STRIKING HER HEAD MULTIPLE TIMES, MULTIPLE SEIZURES.

JAIL STAFF IGNORED HER.

>> Reporter: ON MONDAY A JUDGE DECIDED THE DOCTOR AND NURSE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN CARING FOR WILL STAND TRIAL FOR CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE.

HER FATHER SAID IMPROVING JAIL INFRASTRUCTURE IS IMPORTANT BUT THAT THE PROBLEM OF IN CUSTODY DEATHS IS NOT GETTING BETTER.

>> THEY WANT TO TAKE THE FOCUS OFF OF THE BLAME THAT IS THERE'S AND JUST POINT THE PUBLIC TO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING CHANGED INSTEAD.

TWO PEOPLE DIED LAST WEEK IN CUSTODY.

IT IS STILL GOING ON EVEN AFTER ALL OF THIS REFORM.

WHEN WILL IT END?

>> Reporter: THEM AND THAT DIED IN CUSTODY LAST WEEK WERE PAUL EITHER HI MARK AND PEDRO OR AN ALIAS.

>>> THERE IS ENGLISH ACROSS AMERICA TODAY AMID RENEWED CALLS FOR ACTION AFTER GUN VIOLENCE RUPTURED WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PEACEFUL LONG WEEKEND OF CELEBRATION.

>> Reporter: AMID CELEBRATIONS OF FREEDOM, A SENSE OF INESCAPABLE VIOLENCE.

MASS SHOOTINGS MINE THE LONG FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND ACROSS AMERICA.

IN THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, A LITTLE FEAR, FIVE ARE DEAD AFTER POLICE SAY A GUNMAN WEARING A BULLETPROOF VEST, CARRYING A DEVICE THAT TRACKS FIRST RESPONDER RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OPEN FIRE WITH AN ASSAULT WEAPON SHOOTING SEEMINGLY RANDOM VICTIMS.

>> WHAT IS A PERSON LIKE THAT WALKING DOWN A CITY STREET WITH AN AR 15 AND SHOOTING AT PEOPLE.

IT'S A DISGRACEFULLY SITUATION WHETHER IT IS JULY 4 OR ANY OTHER DAY.

>> Reporter: THE PHILLY DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS NOT HOLDING BACK ABOUT GUN LAWS.

>> PENNSYLVANIA GUN REGULATION IS CRAP.

IF YOU GO TO NEW JERSEY OR OTHER STATES NEARBY THESE STATES ARE SAFER AND THEY HAVE MORE REASONABLE GUN REGULATION.

>> Reporter: THE SCENES ARE SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY, FROM NINE INJURED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE SHOT IN SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA.

FOUR OF THE SHREVEPORT VICTIMS ARE DEAD, KILLED AT A BLOCK PARTY.

>> AT THIS POINT WHEN I AM LOOKING FOR IS JUSTICE.

>> Reporter: IN TAMPA AN ARGUMENT OVER JET SKIS LED TO SENSELESS GUN FIRE.

A STRAY BULLET KILLED A SEVEN- YEAR-OLD BOY.

>> THERE WAS NO REASON, NO EXCUSE THAT AN ARGUMENT COULD LEAD TO GUN FIRE MUCH LESS AN ARGUMENT OVER JET SKIS.

>> DATA FROM THE GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE SHOWS THAT SINCE 2014 THE FOURTH OF JULY HAS SEEN THE MOST MASS SHOOTINGS OF ANY DAY OF THE YEAR.

THE ORGANIZATION CONSIDERS A MASS SHOOTING IN INCIDENT WHERE FOUR OR MORE PEOPLE ARE INJURED OR KILLED NOT INCLUDING THE SHOOTER.

FOURTH OF JULY WEEKENDS BETWEEN 2020 AND 2022 SAW DOUBLE-DIGIT SHOOTINGS IN A SINGLE DAY.

>>> SAN DIEGO PLACE WANT TO FIND OUT WHO IS BEHIND VANDALISM IN THE THEFT OF MORE THAN 40 PUCKETT FROM THE MARIE HITCHCOCK PUPPET THEATER IN BALBOA PARK.

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO CUT THE SAME SUSPECT BREAKING INTO THE THEATER TWICE.

FIRST IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 24 AND AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY JUNE 26 WHEN THE THEATER WAS CLOSED.

THE THEFT INCLUDED A SAFE TAKEN FROM THE BOX OFFICE, SEVERAL VALUABLE PUPPETS FROM INDONESIA AND PAKISTAN, AS WELL AS SUPPLIES FOR CHILDREN TO MAKE THEIR OWN PUPPETS.

THE THEATER ESTIMATES HIM AS $10,000 IN DAMAGE AND LOSSES.

>> WE ARE A SMALL COUGH VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.

WE ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ALL BACKGROUNDS WHETHER YOU ARE POOR OR RICH CAN COME INTO THE THEATER AND ENJOY A HALF HOUR TO 45 MINUTE SHOW.

>> Reporter: FINANCIAL DONATIONS ARE BEING COLLECTED TO REPLACE WHAT WAS LOST.

INFORMATION ON HOW TO HELP IS ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE.

>>> THE PRIDE DISPLAY AT THIS LIBRARY IS FILLED WITH BOOKS AGAIN.

LAST WEEK TWO ANTI-LGBTQ PLUS PROTESTERS CHECKED OUT EVERYTHING ON THE SHELF.

WE SPOKE WITH THE PUBLIC LIBRARY DIRECTOR ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND THE TREMENDOUS RESPONSE.

>> Reporter: LIBRARY DIRECTOR MISTY JONES'S OFFICE IS LOCATED AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY DOWNTOWN.

ETCHED INTO THE WALL AND SET DELIVERY ARE THE WORDS, WE READ IT TO KNOW WE ARE NOT ALONE.

SHE SAID THE PROTESTERS DENIED AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY ACCESS TO A VITAL RESOURCE.

>> SOMEBODY NEEDS TO SEE THAT THE BOOK TRANCELIKE ME, THERE IS A TEENAGER THAT IS STRUGGLING THAT THE BOOK CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR.

BY REMOVING THAT BOOK YOU HAVE TAKEN, POTENTIALLY THAT LIFELINE AWAY FROM THAT PERSON.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN FLOODED WITH EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY SINCE THE PROTEST.

ALL BUT ONE WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE LIBRARY DISPLAY.

>> I WAS AT THE LIBRARY ON MONDAY.

YOU SHOULD SEE THE STACK OF AMAZON BOXES THEY HAD OF PEOPLE WHO WERE PURCHASING THE BOOKS TO REPLACE THEM.

WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE COME INTO THE LIBRARY THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE LIBRARY BEFORE.

THEY COMING TO DONATE A BOOK AND GET A CARD WHILE THEY ARE THERE.

IT HAS REALLY BEEN AN AMAZING RESPONSE.

>> Reporter: SHE IS NOW LOOKING AT HOW THE LIBRARY CAN EXTEND THE SUPPORT TO COMMUNITIES FACING MUCH GREATER CENSORSHIP CHALLENGES.

THAT INCLUDES INCREASING ACCESS TO THE E-BOOK COLLECTION BY MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE IN OTHER STATES.

>>> AFTER GETTING OFF TO A ROCKY START LAST WEEK, THE TRIP BACK HOME FOR MILLIONS OF HOLIDAY TRAVELERS IS EXPECTED TO BE SMOOTHER.

THE OVERALL SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON IS NOT EXPECTED TO COOL DOWN.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE LESSONS THAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM THE RECORD-BREAKING WEEKEND.

>> Reporter: SUMMER TRAVEL IS BOOMING, AS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS SKIP TOWN FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY GETAWAYS.

>> THIS IS RECORD-BREAKING FOR THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY.

>> Reporter: TSA SCREENED MORE THAN 2.88 MILLION PEOPLE LAST FRIDAY.

THAT WAS THE MOST IN A SINGLE DAY SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THE AGENCY.

MELTDOWN AT UNITED AIRLINES FOLLOWED BY SEVERE STORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY BUT TO LONG DELAYS AND THOUSANDS OF CANCELLATIONS LEADING UP TO AND THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAY.

IT LEFT MANY PASSENGERS STRANDED.

>> I GOT CANCELED ON TUESDAY AND STAYED IN A HOTEL.

I WAS IN LINE AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING FOR FOUR HOURS TO REBOOK THE FLIGHT.

>> IT WAS KIND OF A CATASTROPHIC EVENT.

SOME AIRLINES WERE JUST NOT ABLE TO GET ON THE RIGHT FOOT.

>> Reporter: TRAVELERS FLYING THIS WEEK SHOULD HAVE HER LUCK.

>> PEOPLE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC NOT ONLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE WEEK IF THEY ARE TRAVELING HOME BUT LOOKING INTO THE REST OF THE SUMMER.

>> Reporter: IF YOU DO HAVE A TRIP PLANNED TRY TO LOOK MORNING DEPARTURES AND PRIORITIZE NONSTOP FLIGHTS AND BE PREPARED FOR CROWDS.

>> GIVE YOURSELF MORE TIME THAN YOU NEED.

ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT WE WILL BE SEEING MORE PEOPLE TRAVELING IN LONGER LINES PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE.

>>> THE ELECTRIC SHUTTLE PROGRAM IS BACK IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF OCEANSIDE STARTING THIS WEEK.

THE PILOT PROGRAM LAST SUMMER WAS SO POPULAR WITH RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS THAT THE CITY BROUGHT IT BACK.

IT IS A TWO YEAR PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SANDAG AND VISIT OCEANSIDE.

MICHELLE KELLER IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE.

>> DOWNTOWN HAS BECOME EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH VISITORS.

IT CAN LEAD TO CONGESTION AND PARKING CHALLENGES.

HAVING THE SHUTTLE AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE PEOPLE ALL OVER DOWNTOWN AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PARKING OR DRIVING, WE WANTED TO MAKE IT EASIER AND MORE FUN FOR PEOPLE TO VISIT DOWNTOWN.

>> Reporter: THE SHUTTLE CAN TRANSPORT FIVE PASSENGERS AT A TIME.

YOU CAN CATCH IT BY DOWNLOADING THE RIGHT CIRCUIT APP AND CHOOSING OCEANSIDE AS THE LOCATION.

IT WILL RUN MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FROM NOON UNTIL 10:00 P.M. AND THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY FROM 10:00 AND TO 10:00 HIM.

IT COST THREE DOLLARS PER PERSON.

>>> SAN DIEGO RESIDENTS ARE GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE STINKY AND SMELLY PART OF THE GARBAGE AS ORGANIC RECYCLING EXPANDS.

DEREK ANDERSON CHECKS IN ON HOW IT IS WORKING AND NOT WORKING.

>> THIS IS WHERE WE KEEP THE GREEN BEEN RIGHT NEXT TO THE SINK IN THE COFFEE.

>> Reporter: IT CONTAINS COFFEE GROUNDS, BANANA PEELS, AND A SANDWICH THAT FAILED TO CONVINCE HER SON TO EAT IT.

IT'S ORGANIC WASTE THAT CITY OFFICIALS ARE ASKING RESIDENTS TO SEPARATE FROM OTHER TRASH AND RECYCLABLES.

WHEN THE CONTAINER IS FULL OR BEFORE THE WEEKLY TRASH PICKUP, IT GETS TAKEN TO THE LARGE BEEN ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

>> THIS IS THE GREEN WASTE BEEN .

RIGHT NOW IT IS ABOUT HALFWAY FULL WITH LEAVES AND OTHER GREEN WASTE I HAVE PICKED UP.

>> Reporter: THE STINKY AND ROTTING STUFF THAT USED TO BE TRAPPED IN A PLASTIC BAG BEFORE IT WAS TAKEN TO THE LANDFILL IS UNDER LEAVES.

GREENERY TO COVER UP THE WASTE IS EASY TO COME BY NOW, BUT THEY WONDER HOW IT WILL WORK LATER IN THE YEAR WHEN YARD TRIMMINGS BECOME MORE SCARCE.

HER HUSBAND IS CONCERNED ABOUT PESTS.

>> THERE'S FLIES, MOLD, IT STINKS.

HONESTLY THE JUICE HAS BEEN WORTH IT FOR US.

TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF POSITIVE IMPACT IT IS A MINOR INCONVENIENCE.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE EMBRACED THE ORGANIC WASTE PROGRAM ENTHUSIASTICALLY.

THAT IS THE RESPONSE CITY OFFICIALS WERE LOOKING FOR WHEN THEY BEGAN DELIVERING THE BINS TO RESIDENTS WHO DID NOT HAVE THEM.

THE CITY IS TURNING THAT WASTE AND YARD TRIMMINGS INTO COMPOST AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO REDUCE CLIMATE DAMAGING METHANE EMISSIONS AT LANDFILLS.

THE AMOUNT OF TREE GREEN WASTE COMPOST IT IS UP SHARPLY THIS YEAR.

>> WE HAVE DONE OVER 12,000 TONS IN THE NEW PROGRAM.

WE ARE REALLY SEEING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MATERIAL THAT MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE TRASH BIN COMING INTO THE ORGANIC WASTE BINS.

>> Reporter: THE WET WINTER THIS YEAR ME HAVE CREATED MORE YARD TRIMMINGS THAN USUAL, POSSIBLY ACCOUNTING FOR MUCH OF THE INCREASE.

SHE SAID KEEPING THE YARD WASTE OUT OF THE LANDFILL IS IMPORTANT AS WELL.

SO WAS SEPARATING FOOD SCRAPS FROM TRASH ALTHOUGH THAT PART GENERATES THE BIGGEST REACTION BECAUSE OF THE OAK FACTOR.

WRAPPING WASTE AN OLD NEWSPAPER OR PAPER TOWELS CAN HELP TO CONTAIN THE MESS, BUT DECOMPOSING FOOD IS DECOMPOSING FOOD.

>> IF YOU ARE PUTTING THE FOOD WASTE INTO THE GREEN BEEN, IT IS DECOMPOSING AS SOON AS WE MAKE IT SO KEEPING IT REFRIGERATED OR UNDER THE SINK IN A COOLER ENVIRONMENT WILL REDUCE ALL OF THAT.

>> Reporter: ROBERTSON SAID THAT PLANNING HELPS AND SOME PEOPLE FREEZE THE FOOD WASTE BEFORE TAKING IT OUT.

FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE INTIMIDATED BY THESE REQUIREMENTS THEY SUGGEST STARTING SLOW SEPARATING COFFEE GROUNDS, FRUIT PEELS AND VEGETABLE SCRAPS FROM THE TRASH CAN HELP BUILD GOOD HABITS.

>> EVENTUALLY WE WILL GET TO THE POINT WHERE EVERYONE IS PARTICIPATING IN PUTTING EVERYTHING IN.

WE EXPECT THAT TO TAKE YEARS AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE STARTING SMALL WITH WHAT IS MANAGEABLE FOR THEM.

>> Reporter: ORGANIC RECYCLING IS A STATE MANDATE.

SAN DIEGO SHOULD HAVE STARTED A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

ESTATE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION FOUND MORE THAN HALF OF THE CITIES IN THE STATE ARE NOT EVEN PARTICIPATING.

THE REPORT CAST DOUBT ON CALIFORNIA'S ABILITY TO GET ITS GOAL OF KEEPING 75% OF METHANE PRODUCING ORGANIC WASTE OUT OF LANDFILLS BY 2025.

IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THE STATE DEALS WITH THAT ASSESSMENT, BUT LOFTY CLIMATE GOALS ARE NOT THE PRIMARY CONCERN FOR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE STARTED COMPOSTING.

>> THE GREEN PALE THAT I WASHED THIS MORNING, I KEEP IT UNDER THE SINK.

>> Reporter: THEY USE THE PALE AND A LEAK RESISTANT PAPER BACK IN THE FRIDGE TO STORE THE WASTE UNTIL TRASH PICKUP DAY.

SHE IS FIGURING OUT HOW TO BEST HANDLE THE TRASH THAT USED TO BE THROWN AWAY.

>> AT FIRST IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MIND-BOGGLING.

I NEEDED TO LINE IT OR DO SOMETHING BECAUSE IF YOU PUT THE COFFEE GROUNDS IN THE PALE AND EMPTY THE PALE COFFEE GROUNDS WILL GO EVERYWHERE.

THEN SOMEBODY WILL HAVE TO CLEAN UP THAT BIG TRASH CAN.

>> Reporter: THEY HOPE THAT THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT WINS OUT OVER THE SHORT TERM DISCOMFORT OF DEALING WITH SMELLY FOOD SCRAPS.

THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HOPES TO HIT METHANE REDUCTION GOALS INTO AN A HALF YEARS.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IMAGINE A BEE.

YOU ARE PROBABLY IMAGINING A HONEYBEE.

THEY ARE NOT NATIVE TO SAN DIEGO AND CAN DAMAGE THE HEALTH OF OUR NATIVE PLANTS.

>> Reporter: WHEN WE THINK OF BEE BEHAVIOR WE ALMOST ALWAYS THINK OF HONEYBEES.

THEY LIVE IN A BIG COLONY WITH A QUEEN AND THE DRONES AND THE WORKER BEES.

HONEYBEES ARE JUST ONE BEE SPECIES AND THEY ARE INVASIVE.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS MORE THAN 600 NATIVE SPECIES AND HONEYBEES ARE NOT AMONG THEM.

THEY ARE ALSO BAD FOR SOME OF THE PLANT LIFE IN SAN DIEGO, ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY FROM UC SAN DIEGO.

IT SHOWS THAT HONEY BEES DOING ESPECIALLY POOR JOB POLLINATED PLANTS THAT ARE NATIVE TO SAN DIEGO.

>> SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS THAT WERE PRODUCED WERE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 2 TO 10 TIMES LESS FIT COMPARED TO THE SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS POLLINATED BY CROSS- POLLINATION, BY HAND OR BY NATIVE POLLINATORS.

>> Reporter: HONEYBEES ARE NOT NATIVE TO ANY PART OF NORTH AMERICA.

THEY CAME FROM EUROPE AND AFRICA.

THEY WERE BROUGHT TO CALIFORNIA IN THE LATE 1800S TO MAKE HONEY AND POLLINATE FLOWERING CROPS.

NOW THEY ARE SO NUMEROUS THAT AN ESTIMATED 90% OF THE BEES THAT VISIT THIS BUYING IN SAN DIEGO ARE HONEYBEES.

THE PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THEY POLLINATE IS THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE FLOWERS A ONE PLANT.

THAT IS BECAUSE THE FIRST JOB IS TO SERVE ITS COLONY SO IT GATHERS AS MUCH NECTAR AS POSSIBLE IN ONE PLACE.

THAT ALSO MEANS WHEN THEY DELIVER THE POLLEN TO ANOTHER FLOWER ON THE SAME PLANT, IT BECOMES SELF POLLINATED.

IT'S A KIND OF INBREEDING.

NATIVE BEES WORK DIFFERENTLY.

THEY MOVE FROM ONE PLANT TO ANOTHER RESULTING IN CROSS- POLLINATION.

THIS IS BECAUSE THEY ARE SOLITARY AND DO NOT NEED TO GATHER NECK HER TO FEED A WHOLE COLONY.

>> THEY ARE ONLY PROVIDING FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR OFFSPRING.

THEY DO NOT NEED TO BE AS EFFICIENT AT MOVING RESOURCES OFF OF PLANTS.

>> Reporter: BECAUSE PLANTS LIKE WHITE SAGE OR NOT BEING CROSS POLLINATED, IT MEANS THE NEW PLANTS WILL BE LESS LIKELY TO GERMINATE, DEVELOP, AND REPRODUCE.

THIS BEGS THE QUESTION, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THE DOMINANCE OF HONEYBEES IN THE COUNTY?

ECOLOGY PROFESSOR JOSHUA COHEN WORKED WITH US ON THE FEE EXPERIMENT.

>> I WOULD LOVE TO POISON EVERY FERAL HIVE IN A 20 MILE BY 20 MILES SQUARE AND WATCH FOR 10 YEARS TO SEE IF WE GET MORE BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS POSSIBLE.

>> THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: TRAVIS SAYS HE DOES WANT PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA TO THINK DIFFERENTLY WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING THE POPULATION.

>> A LOT OF THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HONEYBEES NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE NATIVE POLLINATORS.

WE NEED TO CHANGE THE PUBLIC ATTENTION OF HONEYBEES AS MASSIVELY MANAGED AGRICULTURAL SPECIES TO OUR NATIVE POLLINATORS THAT ARE THREATENED.

>>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER HEADLINES.

WE ARE GRADUALLY GOING TO COOL DOWN BEFORE WE SLOWLY WARM BACK UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

MEANWHILE, WE KEEP THE GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE DESERTS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

TAKING A LOOK AT WHERE TEMPERATURES GO AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, OCEANSIDE IS DOWN TO 56.

SAN DIEGO HAS AN OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURE OF 61.

MOUNT LAGUNA DROPS TO 69.

IT IS STAYING NICE AT THE COAST AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY, STILL A LOT OF HEAT INLAND SO HEADS UP IF YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO GO HIKING OR BE OUT AND ABOUT.

THE HEAT WILL STILL BE PRETTY POWERFUL THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

AS YOU HEAD FURTHER INLAND MOUNT LAGUNA WILL BE 74, OCEANSIDE 73.

SAN DIEGO 72.

FRIDAY SHOULD BE A NICE DAY TO BE OUTSIDE.

IT SHOULD STAY MAINLY DRY.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIVE DAY OUTLOOK FOR THE COAST.

TEMPERATURES WILL STAY IN THE LOWER 70s AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

THE WEEKEND LOOKS TO BE PRETTY NICE AND TEMPERATURES WILL START TO WARM BACK UP AGAIN AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

FURTHER INLAND WE WILL SEE THE 80s FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

82 AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

ANYONE WITH PARTIAL SUNSHINE ON SATURDAY AND WE WILL START TO SEE AN UPTICK IN TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO THE START OF THE WEEK.

A HIGH OF 88 AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON MONDAY.

NOW TO THE MOUNTAINS WHERE WE HAVE BREEZY CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

74 ON THURSDAY, BUT WE SEE TEMPERATURES DROP FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AND EVEN INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY BEFORE WE ARE BACK TO 75 AND MOSTLY SUNNY ON MONDAY.

TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT CONTINUES IN THE DESERT.

WE EXPECT THIS TIME OF YEAR WILL BE AT 105 BY THE TIME WE HAD TO SATURDAY.

>>> JOB HUNTERS IN SAN DIEGO COULD HAVE A LEG UP COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES.

A STUDY FOUND NEARLY 73% OF ADD DESCRIPTIONS IN SAN DIEGO INCLUDED SALARY RANGES.

THAT RANKED SAN DIEGO AS THE MOST TRANSPARENT TO THE IN THE STATE AND SECOND-MOST NATIONWIDE.

SEATTLE RANKED FIRST.

THE STUDY LOOKED AT MORE THAN 35,000 JOB LISTINGS AND FOUND THAT 43% POSTED SALARY INFORMATION.

>>> AFTER DECADES OF BLOOMING GROVE THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY HAS HIT A WALL.

BUILDING VALUES ARE PLUMMETING, OFFICES REMAIN EMPTY AND RISING INTEREST RATES COULD FURTHER PRESSURE THE INDUSTRY.

WE HAVE A LOOK AT HOW SOME BUILDINGS ARE BEING CONVERTED IN UNCONVENTIONAL WAYS.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE STATUESQUE, FAST AND STAGGERING AND THEY ARE EMPTY.

SKYSCRAPERS AND OFFICE BUILDING ONCE STACKED HIGH WITH BUSINESSES ARE EXPERIENCING HIGH VACANCY RATES.

NEARLY 19%.

THAT IS 5.5% HIGHER THAN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

>> IS A VERY UNIQUE MOMENT.

NOTHING LIKE ANY DISRUPTIVE MARKETPLACE I HAVE EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS.

>> Reporter: THE PANDEMIC AND EMPTIED OFFICES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE RETURNING TO IN PERSON WORK IS LESS THAN 50% IN 10 MAJOR METRO AREAS.

THAT IS FORCING COMPANIES TO RETHINK PHYSICAL OFFICE SPACE.

HALF OF THE GLOBAL COMPANIES SAY THEY WILL NEED LESS REAL ESTATE LEAVING LANDLORDS WITH LOANS TO PAY IN A BIND.

>> THERE IS NO RECOUPING LOST INCOME FOR DOWNTOWN.

>> Reporter: STEPHEN MONTHLY SEEN AT NEW YORK CITY'S LARGEST COMMERCIAL LANDLORD WITH MORE THAN 30 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF SPACE TO RENT.

THE COLLAPSING DEMAND FOR OFFICE BASE MEANS THE TENANT VACANCY RATE SHOT UP FROM 3% PANDEMIC TO 10% TODAY.

THAT CALLS FOR SOME CREATIVITY.

>> YOU CAN HAVE A FIGHT SCENE IN HERE ORBITAL SET.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE NOW WORKING WITH THE COMPANY THAT CONNECTS LANDLORDS AT BUILDINGS ACROSS NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY WITH FILM AND TV COMPANIES.

THIS EPISODE OF LAW AND ORDER WAS FILMED IN THIS VACANT OFFICE IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN.

THE WATCHER ON NETFLIX AND THESE EASTSIDE OFFICES.

>> PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO LOOK HOLISTICALLY AT HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT A REVENUE STREAM.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR THEY SAID THAT THEY WILL EARN $3 MILLION FROM FILM AND TV SHOOT.

>> IT HAS HELPED TO MITIGATE THE LOSS OF INCOME DURING THE DOWNTIME.

>> Reporter: EMPTY OFFICE BUILDINGS COULD BE TURNED INTO RESIDENTIAL WHICH IS A BIG NEED.

THIS PROJECT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ONCE AN OFFICE BUILDING IS BEING TURNED INTO APARTMENTS.

THAT IS NOT AN EASY PROCESS.

LESS THAN 1% OF APARTMENTS NATIONWIDE ARE CONVERTED FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

ACROSS THE RIVER IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, THE CITY IS TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE EMPTY OFFICE SPACE PROBLEM >> TODAY I AM AT THE NORTHEASTERN DC CAMPUS.

LAST YEAR THE UNIVERSITY WAS NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE UP SPACE IN AN OFFICE BUILDING.

>> Reporter: THANKS TO NEW ZONING LAWS THAT IS NOW POSSIBLE ALONG WITH NEW TYPES OF BUSINESSES.

IT IS ALREADY HAPPENING IN SOUTH JERSEY.

THIS PICKLE BALL FACILITY WAS A VACANT BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY.

MALL VACANCY IS AT A RECORD HIGH.

WERE THERE A LOT OF OPTIONS LIKE THIS ON THE MARKET?

>> WE HAD MORE OPPORTUNITY THAN WE THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE.

>> Reporter: PICKLE BALL IS THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN AMERICA.

DOES THAT MEAN THE SPORT NEEDS TO FIND PLACES TO PLAY QUICKLY?

>> THE GREATEST THREAT TO THE GROWTH OF PICKLE BALL IS THE LACK OF FACILITY.

>>> ON MONDAY WE MISTAKENLY SAID THE PADRES WERE PLAYING THE DODGERS.

THEY ARE ACTUALLY PLAYING THE ANGELS IN A SERIES THAT WRAPS UP TODAY.

WE REGRET THE ERROR.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR A FEDERAL JUDGE BARS SOME BITING OFFICIALS FROM CONTACTING SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES OVER FREE SPEECH CONCERNED.

THAT IS COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION.

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