ARE FINDING LIVING IN SAN DIEGO >>> LIVING IN SAN DIEGO GETS MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE.

THE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SAYS THE MEDIAN PRICE OF A HOME IN THE COUNTY HAS NOW REACHED $1 MILLION.

THINGS AREN'T ANY BETTER FOR RENTERS.

AND APARTMENT MARKET SERVICE FINDS AN AVERAGE SIZED APARTMENT, ABOUT 900 SQUARE FEET, NO GOES FOR $2756 A MONTH.

AGAINST THAT BACKDROP, AND EXECUTIVE ORDER SIGNED MORE THAN THREE YEARS AGO BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM IS ABOUT TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON HOUSING PRICES HERE.

THE ORDER SAYS THE STATE MUST DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO TURN EXCESS ESTATE OWNED PROPERTIES INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

>> IS LOCATION IS AFFORDABLE IN THE DOWNTOWN MARKET BECAUSE IT'S INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT.

YEARS THE LOCATION THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION CEO STEPHEN RUSSELL IS REFERRING TO.

A LARGE TWO BLOCK PARCEL OF THE CORNER OF ASH AND FRONT.

IT INCLUDES A STATE BUILDING AT 1350 FRONT STREET THAT WILL BE DEMOLISHED.

A BIG PIECE OF LAND ON WHICH TO BUILD, BUT WHAT EXACTLY THE PROJECT WILL LOOK LIKE AND HOW MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING IT WILL HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION YET.

BUT RUSSELL SAYS THE LOCATION HAS EXCITING POSSIBILITIES.

>> IS CLOSE TO A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAVE EVERYTHING FROM FOLKS WHO ARE MAINTENANCE MANAGERS TO GROCERY STORE CLERKS, TO OFFICE WORKERS.

>> Reporter: THE STATE AND CITY HAVE AWARDED THE DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT TO A LARGE NATIONAL FIRM, THE MICHAELS ORGANIZATION.

RUSSELL SAYS IS CRITICAL THAT AT LEAST 20% OF THE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING BE AFFORDABLE BECAUSE THE REGION PIECES SOME DAUNTING NUMBERS WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY.

>> WE PRODUCED I WANT TO SAY 1600 AFFORDABLE UNITS IN THE LAST YEAR WHICH IS A BANNER YEAR.

BUT WE NEED 170,000 IN THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS.

170,000.

>> Reporter: THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SAYS THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE MIXED USE.

COMBINING OFFICE SPACE, RETAIL AND OTHER COMMERCIAL USES, ALONG WITH THE RESIDENTIAL PIECE.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE QUESTION OF HOW TO REDUCE TRAFFIC, FIX ROADS AND BRIDGE INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS EXPAND ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CONTINUES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

LOOKING TO GAIN MORE SUPPORT TO PAY FOR ITS $116 BILLION PROJECT WITH THE SALES TAX INCREASE.

THE ORGANIZATION CALLED LESSOR SAN DIEGO COLLECTIVE SIGNATURES TO THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE TO GET THE INCREASE PLACED ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

LET'S GO SAN DIEGO AND OTHERS WHO SUPPORT THE INCREASE SAY IT'S WORTH IT FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS, WHILE OTHERS SAY IT WILL ONLY HURT WORKING-CLASS FAMILIES.

>> WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED WITHIN THIS INITIATIVE DOESN'T REALLY MATCH WITH WHAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF COMMUTERS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY NEED.

>> SAN DIEGO HAS A LONG HISTORY OF MONEY.

SOMETIMES NOT BEING SPENT ON WHAT WAS PROMISED SO THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE WILL LOCK IN THOSE PROMISES BY LAW, AND MAKE SURE THERE CITIZEN OVERSIGHT SO THEY CAN WATCH POLITICIANS SPENDING THAT MONEY TO MAKE SURE IT'S DOING WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO.

>> Reporter: THE TAX INCREASE WOULD NEED OVER 50% OF THE VOTE TO PASS IN NOVEMBER.

>>> INFLATION IS DECREASING, BUT LIKELY NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU TO NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE AT THE CASH REGISTER.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW CONSUMER PRICE REPORT OUT TODAY.

WHILE THE PEAK MAY BE BEHIND US, WE ARE STILL GRAPPLING WITH HIGH PRICES AT THE PUMP AND SUPERMARKETS.

GLORIA HAS ME KNOW EXPLAINS.

>> Reporter: A BIT OF A REPRIEVE, AT LEAST FOR NOW.

THE INFLATION RATE DECLINED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE AUGUST.

WHILE PRICES STILL INCREASED, IT'S HAPPENING AT A SLOWER PACE THAN IN PREVIOUS MONTHS.

I'M A LITTLE HESITANT TO CALL IT GOOD NEWS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

>> Reporter: INCLUDING NEW BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS NUMBERS RELEASED WEDNESDAY, THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX WAS UP 8.3% IN THE 12 MONTHS ENDED IN APRIL.

A DECREASE FROM THE 8.5% RECORDED IN MARCH.

WHICH MARKED THE HIGHEST INFLATION LEVEL IN MORE THAN 40 YEARS.

THE NUMBERS SUGGEST THE INFLATION PEAK COULD BE BEHIND US, BUT MAJOR GLOBAL EVENTS CONTINUE TO SHAKE UP THE ECONOMY.

>> OF COURSE, THE WAR IN THE UKRAINE, THAT PUTIN IS WAGING IS HAVING AN EFFECT ON ENERGY PRICES IN PARTICULAR.

>> Reporter: THAT MEANS AMERICANS MAY NOT FEEL AN IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR WALLETS JUST YET.

HOUSING, FOOD AND PLANE TICKETS SO SOME OF THE STEEPEST PRICE INCREASES.

>> GAS PRICES ARE HIGHER TODAY THAN THEY WERE A FEW WEEKS AGO.

FAMILIES ARE PAYING OVER $150 IN MANY CASES TO FILL THEIR VEHICLE AND THEY ARE ANGRY ABOUT IT.

>> AMERICA'S FIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS.

AT HOME, IT'S INFLATION AND RISING PRICES.

>> Reporter: THE PRESSURE SET OF KEPT INFLATION RISING FOR MONTHS ARE STILL STRONG.

A PROBLEM FOR AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS ALREADY STRAPPED FOR CASH.

IN NEW YORK, GLORIA, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IS A GRAND PROJECTION AND ONE AMERICANS ARE BRACING FOR.

HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN WARNING ABOUT A POTENTIAL WAVE OF COVID-19 CASES STARTING IN THE FALL, ESTIMATED 100 MILLION NEW CASES.

IN PREPARATION, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS PUSHING CONGRESS TO PUSH FOR RELIEF FUNDING.

COVID CASES ARE TRENDING UP IN MOST STATES.

FOR THE 3% OF CASES ARE MADE UP OF THE B.A.

2 SUBAREAS.

HERE IN CALIFORNIA, DR. ERIC SAYS THE B.A.

TWO SUBAREA MIX OF ABOUT 25% OF CASES.

IT WILL BECOME DOMINANT AND IS EVEN MORE INFECTIOUS THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE.

>> BECAUSE IT'S SO INFECTIOUS, THE PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN BOOSTED, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN VACCINATED, THEY ARE STILL HIGHLY VULNERABLE.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR GUARD UP AND WE ARE NOT THROUGH WITH THIS PANDEMIC BY ANY MEANS BECAUSE OF THIS CURRENT WAVE OF THE SUB VARIANT.

>> THE LATEST NUMBERS BY THE CDC SHOW ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE POPULATION IS FULLY VACCINATED WITH INITIAL SHOTS.

31% HAVE BEEN BOOSTED ONCE AND 10 MILLION HAVE BEEN BOOSTED TWICE.

>>> PADRES MANAGER BOB MELVIN WILL BE TAKING SOME TIME OFF TO GET SURGERY ON HIS PROSTATE.

JACOB AYRES SPOKE WITH THE DOCTOR WHO SAID IT'S A GOOD REMINDER HOW IMPORTANT GREETINGS AND PROSTATE EXAMS ARE FOR MEN'S OVERALL HEALTH.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO PADRES MANAGER BOB MELVIN SAYS HE WILL HAVE PROSTATE SURGERY TODAY, BUT HOPES HE WON'T BE OUT FOR TOO LONG.

MELVIN SAYS DOCTORS DON'T THINK HE HAS CANCER, BUT THEY WON'T KNOW UNTIL AFTER THE SURGERY.

SO IS GOING TO BE PROSTATE SURGERY.

SO IT IS WHAT IT IS.

THE TIMETABLE IS HOPEFULLY AT THE LONGEST, I JUST MISSED THIS ROAD TRIP.

I HOPE IT'S SHORTER THAN THAT BUT THAT'S PROBABLY THE TIMETABLE.

>> Reporter: MANY PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN PROSTATE EXAMS AND SCREENINGS DURING THE PANDEMIC BUT THEY ARE IMPORTANT.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO KAISER PERMANENTE DR. EUGENE RHEE.

>> THERE ARE PATIENTS RELUCTANT TO COME IN AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED.

THEY DON'T COME IN, THEY CAN'T GET A BLOOD TEST.

THE PSA WHICH STANDS FOR PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN.

IT'S A PROTEIN YOU MEASURE IN THE BLOODSTREAM.

IT'S A SCREENING TEST FOR PROSTATE CANCER.

>> Reporter: MELVIN SAYS HE SAYS HE'S BEEN FEELING SYMPTOMS SINCE THE TEAM RETURNED FROM A ROAD TRIP LAST WEEK.

THERE ARE WAYS TO GET AHEAD OF REACTIVE CARE LIKE SURGERY BY IMPROVING PROSTATE AND OVERALL HEALTH.

BUT WE HAVE A STRONG NETWORK OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY WITH EXERCISE AND MOVEMENT, AND ALSO HEAVY ON THE PLANT-BASED DIET.

WATCHING WHAT YOU EAT.

PLEASE AVOID THINGS THAT ARE IN A BOX, PROCESSED FOOD.

I KNOW THAT'S HARD, BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU CAN DO NOW IN REGARDS TO OVERALL HEALTH.

>> Reporter: IN THE MEANTIME, RYAN CHRISTIANSEN IS TAKING OVER MANAGERIAL DUTIES FOR THE PADRES.

REESE SAYS MEN BETWEEN 50 AND 70 YEARS OLD SHOULD GET A PROSTATE EXAM AT LEAST EVERY TWO YEARS.

THOSE AT HIGHER RISK SHOULD GET ONE WHEN THEY ARE 45.

JACOB EYRE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AS EXPECTED, A SENATE BILL THAT WOULD HAVE ENSHRINED ABORTION ACCESS INTO FEDERAL LAW HAS FAILED.

HOWEVER, DEMOCRATS BELIEVE HOLDING THE BOAT STILL SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON THE POTENTIAL OVERTURNING OF ROE V WADE.

HOUSE DEMOCRATS MARCHED TO THE SENATE AHEAD OF THE FAILED 5149 VOTE ON THE WOMEN'S HEALTH PROTECTION ACT.

OPPONENTS SAID THE BILL IS TOO BROAD AND DOESN'T INCLUDE A CONSCIOUS CLAUSE ALLOWING PROVIDERS TO REFUSE TO PERFORM ABORTIONS FOR MORAL AND RELIGIOUS REASONS.

>>> BE SAN DIEGO BOARD OF EDUCATION IS TAKING A FIRM STAND AGAINST ANY REPEAL OF ABORTION RIGHTS.

UNANIMOUSLY PASSING A RESOLUTION TO DEFEND HEALTH EQUITY AND REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.

AS WE SHOWED YOU LAST NIGHT, DOZENS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RALLIED OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TO SUPPORT THAT RESOLUTION.

IT WAS COSPONSORED EITHER BOARD VICE PRESIDENT AND STUDENT BOARD MEMBER ZACHARY PATTERSON.

>> REGARDLESS OF IF PEOPLE VIEW US AS LESS INTELLIGENT, LESS EXPERIENCED, THE REALITY IS THAT WHEN WE ARE FACED WITH SOMETHING, WHEN WE EXPERIENCE SOMETHING, WE ARE GOING TO WANT TO SPEAK UP BECAUSE IT AFFECTS US.

THAT'S HOW DEMOCRACY IS SUPPOSED TO WORK, RIGHT?

>> THE DISTRICT PLANS TO LAUNCH A MORE AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN TO INFORM STUDENTS OF THEIR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER ONLINE PLATFORMS.

>>> BAJA, CALIFORNIA'S FIRST LEGAL ABORTION CLINICS OPENED IN MARCH.

PROVIDERS HOPE THIS IS THE START OF SAFE AND LEGAL ACCESS TO ABORTIONS ON THE MEXICAN SIDE OF THE BORDER.

KPBS REPORTER CHRIS DOUBLES LUIS SAYS CLINICS ARE ATTRACTING PATIENTS FROM THE UNITED STATES.

>> Reporter: T-1 IS AN ESTABLISHED MEDICAL TOURISM DESTINATION.

AMERICANS CAN GET ROOT CANALS, PLASTIC SURGERY AND LIPOSUCTION AS A FRACTION OF THE PRICES THEY PAY BACK HOME.

NOW THAT ABORTION IS LEGAL IN BAJA, CALIFORNIA, A COMPANY IS TRYING TO ADD ABORTION TO THE LIST.

EVEN AFTER PRODUCTION RATES BASED A THREAT WITH THE SUPREME COURT THREATENING TO OVERTURN ROE V WADE.

SHE SAYS TIJUANA HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME THE GO TO DESTINATION FOR AMERICANS SEEKING LEGAL, CAN BEGIN AND THE COST ABORTIONS IN MEXICO.

SPENT MORNING # >> Reporter: IN OCTOBER 2021, BABA BAJA LEGALIZED ABORTIONS AFTER 20 WEEKS OF PREGNANCY OR LONGER IF A WOMAN LIFE IS IN DANGER.

THEY HAVE OPERATED A LEGAL ABORTION CLINIC IN MEXICO.

THEY OPENED A NEW TIJUANA CLINIC AND IT STARTS AT $200 AND THERE'S NO WAITING PERIOD.

GARCIA SAYS THEY ARE ALREADY SERVING PATIENTS FROM BORDER CITIES IN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA.

>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Reporter: HOWEVER, THERE ARE SEVERAL CHALLENGES TO EXTENDING THE ABORTION ACT IN BAJA, CALIFORNIA.

LACK OF EDUCATION IS STILL ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES.

PATIENTS OFTEN ASK IF THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW BY HAVING ABORTION OR IF THE PROCEDURE WILL PREVENT THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO GET PREGNANT IN THE FUTURE.

ANOTHER OBSTACLE HAS BEEN FINDING A LANDLORD IN TIJUANA WILLING TO RENT TO THEM.

GARCIA SAYS PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED DENIED A LEASE BECAUSE THE LENDER DIDN'T WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH ABORTION PROVIDERS.

>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Reporter: THE DOCTOR WORKS OF THE NEW TIJUANA CLINIC.

HE ASKED ME NOT TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THE BUILDING OR EVEN THE WAITING ROOM.

HE DOESN'T WANT ANYONE TO ARREST PATIENT TO COME IN FOR TREATMENT THE WAY SOME PRO-LIFE GROUPS DO IN THE U.S.

THE CLINIC IN TIJUANA IS IN AN OFFICE WITH DOZENS OF OTHER MEDICAL TENANTS.

THERE ARE DOZENS OF BUILDINGS LIKE THIS.

THEY CATER TO THE MEDICAL TOURISM INDUSTRY.

POSADA BELIEVES WOMEN HAVE THE FREEDOM AND RIGHT TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH HER PREGNANCIES, BUT HE RECOGNIZES THAT THROUGHOUT HISTORY, THEY HAVEN'T LARGELY DENIED THOSE RIGHTS.

NOT JUST IN MEXICO, BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD.

>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Reporter: POSADA SAYS THE TWO CLINICS IN TIJUANA AND MEXICALI HAVE SERVED 100 PATIENTS.

THE VAST MAJORITY ARE FROM MEXICO, BUT POSADA HAS NOTICED A STEADY INCREASE OF WOMEN FROM THE U.S.

CROSSING THE BORDER TO SEEK HIS SERVICES.

HE SAYS THE NUMBERS ARE SMALL, BUT GROWING EACH MONTH.

>> MORNING #>> Reporter: THE FIRST MONTH THERE WAS ONLY ONE.

THAN THREE.

IN APRIL, THERE WERE FIVE.

EVEN WHEN WOMEN FROM AS FAR AWAY AS TEXAS AND ALL THIS IS THROUGH WORD-OF-MOUTH.

THE CLINIC DOESN'T ADVERTISE IN THE U.S. ARIZONA AND TEXAS ARE TWO BORDER STATES WERE ABORTION WOULD LIKELY BE BANNED IF THE SUPREME COURT DOES OVERTURN ROE V WADE.

POSADA SUSPECTS IF THAT HAPPENS, HIS NUMBERS WILL KEEP GOING UP.

GUSTAV WAS A LEASE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA ACROSS THE BORDER IN AN EFFORT TO BOOST PLANNING AND COOPERATION WITH HIS MEXICAN COUNTERPART.

GLORIA CABALLERO SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THIS AFTERNOON.

THE GOAL IS TO WORK TOGETHER ON ISSUES THAT AFFECT CITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER, INCLUDING SEWAGE FLOWS.

$300 MILLION HAVE BEEN EARMARKED TO HELP CLEAN UP THE TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY BUT AN EPA REPORT FOUND IT WOULD COST $600 MILLION TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

GLORIA SPOKE WITH OUR MEDIA PARTNERS 10NEWS ABOUT THE ISSUE AHEAD OF TODAY'S MEETING.

>> GOES DOLLARS HAVE TO COME FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER.

SO THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH CABALLERO IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH HER GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENT.

AND I NEED TO WORK WITH MINE TO GET THE ADDITIONAL DAUGHTERS DOLLARS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR PEOPLE OF BOTH OF OUR CITIES WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE FOR FAR TOO LONG.

>> THE BEARS DISCUSSED IMMIGRATION ISSUES AND THE IMPACT THE PANDEMIC HAS HAD ON BOTH CITIES.

>>> WE WILL START TO SEE A WARMING TREND AFTER A COUPLE OF COOL DAYS.

WARMER IN THE COAST IN VALLEYS COULD ALSO BE COOL BY THE TIME WE HIT SUNDAY.

THAT FOR NEXT WEEK, WE WILL SEE THOSE EVENING AND MORNING LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS RETURN, ESPECIALLY FOR THE START OF NEXT WEEK.

A LOT TO GO OVER IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

TEMPERATURES FALLING BACK.

SOME 30s OVERNIGHT IN RAMONA SO A CHILLY EVENING.

ESCONDIDO, LOW 40s.

OCEANSIDE, 43.

SAN DIEGO FALLING BACK TO THOSE DOUBLE FIVES AND CHULA VISTA AT 49.

DROPPING DOWN TO THE LOWER 50s.

HIGH-PRESSURE BUILDING IN FOR OUR THURSDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON A WARMING TREND AND IT SHOULD BE PRETTY COMFORTABLE FOR YOU FROM SAN DIEGO TO PHOENIX.

SHOW YOU PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON YOUR THURSDAY AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE GET THAT SINKING AIR WITH HIGH- PRESSURE.

SO CLEAR SKIES.

LOADS OF SUNSHINE AND COMFORTABLE TEMPERS.

HAVE LUNCH AND DINNER OUTSIDE.

IT SHOULD BE VERY NICE.

MAYBE THOSE CLOUDS COMING BACK EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

OTHER THAN THAT.

THINGS WILL BE PRETTY NICE.

TOMORROW HERE WE GO WITH THOSE TEMPERATURES ON THE RISE.

82 FOR RAMONA.

ESCONDIDO 80 AS WELL.

SAN DIEGO 77.

EL CAJON 83.

MOUNT LAGUNA 63.

YOU WILL NOTICE A WARMING TREND.

IN THE WARMING TREND SLOWS AS WE HEAD TO OUR SATURDAY.

THAN THE COOLING TREND COMES BACK WITH THOSE CLOUDS THAT I MENTIONED ARE THE COASTAL AREAS.

ALL OF THAT REFLECTED IN THE FIVE DAY OUTLOOK.

YOU CAN SEE THAT AS WELL, AS YOU LOOK FURTHER IN LENGTH.

THE WARMING TREND FOR YOUR FRIDAY.

SATURDAY AS WELL.

THEN BACK DOWN TO 80s FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH THOSE PARTLY SUNNY SKIES ON MONDAY.

FOR THEM AND MOUNDS, SAME CAN BE SAID FOR THE SLOW WARMING TREND FOR YOUR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

LEVELING OUT ON SUNDAY.

THEN SLIGHTLY COOLER ON MONDAY WITH SOME CLOUDS.

BACK IN THE FORECAST AND ACROSS THE DESERT.

THERE'S A WARMING TREND.

THEN IT STAYS PRETTY WARM IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS STARTING ON SATURDAY.

ALL THE WAY THROUGH MONDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE ROTELLA.

STOMACH NATIONWIDE BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE DRIVEN BY SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND BECAUSE IS LEAVING SOME SAN DIEGO THREE AISLES MT.

AND PARENTS SCRAMBLING.

THE SHORTAGE HAS HIT THE SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK, ADDING ANOTHER STRESSOR FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING AND RELY ON THEM FOR FORMULA, DIAPERS AND FOOD.

THE CEO SAYS THE LAST SHIPMENT OF FORMULA LEFT THE FOOD BANK YESTERDAY.

>> WE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS AND WE HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT WE'VE BEEN COMPLETELY OUT A BABY FORMULA AT BOTH LOCATIONS.

>> THERE IS HOPE THE SHORTAGE COULD EASE UP OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

ABBOTT NUTRITION WHICH MAKES A NUMBER OF POPULAR FORMULAS IS MAKING UPGRADES IN ORDER TO REOPEN ITS PLANT.

THREE BRANDS WERE RECALLED BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL BACTERIAL INFECTIONS.

>>> A PRICE SURGE OF THE GAS PUMPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

PRICES FOR GAS JUMPED $.17 IN JUST ONE WEEK AND THEY NOW STAND AT THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL EVER.

THE TEAM REPORTS ON WHETHER THERE IS ANY RELIEF IN SIGHT DRIVERS.

>> Reporter: GAS EXPERTS ARE NOW CALLING IT A CRISIS, FROM CALIFORNIA TO OHIO.

IN THE SPAN OF ONE DAY, A GALLON OF REGULAR AT THIS MARATHON STATION JUMPED $.24.

SO I'M REALLY NOTICING IT NOW.

CHRIS WEST IS PAYING MORE THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WHICH IT $4.34 ON TUESDAY ACCORDING TO AAA.

THE NEW ALL-TIME HIGH CRUSHED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF $4.37 SET TWO MONTHS AGO.

>> I'M NOT GOING AS MANY PLACES.

WE TEND TO TAKE MY HUSBAND'S CAR WHICH GETS BETTER GAS MILEAGE.

IT'S REALLY A SHAME THAT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT.

>> Reporter: THE NATIONAL AVERAGE HAS JUMPED .0 $.17 DUE TO THE ONGOING WAR IN UKRAINE.

AT THIS STATION IN LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA, GAS IS JUST SHY OF SIX DOLLARS A GALLON.

BUT IT'S BREAKING THE BANK.

I STILL HAVE TO GO TO WORK EVERY DAY AND I'M NOT MAKING ANY MORE MONEY.

SO ALL MY MONEY IS GOING TO GAS THESE DAYS.

>> Reporter: EXPERTS THINK PRICES WILL EASE OVER THE NEXT MONTH, BUT RELIEF MIGHT NOT LAST INTO WHAT'S EXPECTED TO BE A HUGE SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON.

>> THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE SUMMERS EVER.

>> I THINK JULY AND AUGUST, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO RELIEF IN THE PRICE FOR DIESEL WHICH IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT INFILTRATES EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY OF THE ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: ADDRESSING SOARING PRICES TUESDAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED INFLATION ATOP CHALLENGE FACING FAMILIES.

>> THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO FIGURE OUT HOW NOT TO HAVE TO SHOW UP AT THE GAS PUMP.

I THINK IT'S A SHAME.

SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.

WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING FIGURED OUT.

THIS IS REALLY HARD ON MOST AMERICANS.

>>> THAT WAS PETE REPORTING.

HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, GAS PRICES ARE UP JUST FRACTIONS OF ASSENT AFTER RISING MORE THAN .01 CENT.

IT'S NOW $5.82.

THAT STILL WELL BELOW THE RECORD OF JUST OVER $6 WHICH WAS SET BACK IN MARCH.

>>> HOW MEMBERS OF THE U.S. SENATE VOTED ON LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS NATIONWIDE.

COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> IF CALIFORNIA WANTS TO ACHIEVE ITS AMBITIOUS CLIMATE GOALS BY 2045, AIR REGULATORS SAY THAT PETROLEUM WOULD NEED TO BE CUT BY 91%.

THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD SET IS OUTLINED TO BRING CALIFORNIA INTO A CARBON NEUTRAL POSITION BY THAT YOUR.

THE GOAL IS ONE OF THE MOST FAR- REACHING IN THE COUNTRY AND WOULD MEAN THAT AS MUCH CARBON THAT IS PUT INTO THE AIR WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE EMITTED.

THE PLAN SAYS THE STATE COULD REACH IT BY REDUCING OIL AND GAS TO POWER BUILDINGS AND USING TECHNOLOGY TO CAPTURE EMISSIONS.

>>> SAN DIEGO RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED LARGER POOLS OF ANCIENT WATER UNDER THE ICE, SITTING ON ANTARCTICA.

KPBS ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT SCIENTISTS HAVE CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF GROUNDWATER UNDER THE MASSIVE ICE SHEET THAT COVERS ANTARCTICA.

SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY POSTDOCTORAL STUDENT CHLOE GUSTAFSON TRAVEL TO THE CONTINENT WITH A SMALL TEAM FROM SAN DIEGO AND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.

SHE SAYS THEY SPENT WEEKS USING SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE THE ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS WITHIN THE ICE THAT CAN BE HUNDREDS OF METERS THICK.

SO GEOPHYSICS AT ITS HEART IS REALLY SIMILAR TO MEDICAL IMAGING.

IT'S LIKE TAKING AN MRI OF THE EARTH.

JUST ON A LARGER SCALE.

>> Reporter: GUSTAFSON SAYS THE PRESENCE OF WATER IN HUGE RESERVOIRS COULD SPEED OF THE MOVEMENT OF ICE ABOVE IT AND ACCELERATE THE CONTINENT'S ICE SHEDDING BY SPEEDING UP THE NATURAL ICE FLOWS.

AND THAT COULD RAISE SEA LEVELS.

THE FINDINGS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THERE'S A NEW CENTER FOR THE ARTS OPEN AND BARRIO LOGAN TONIGHT.

THE GRAND OPENING IS SO BIG, THREE DAYS OF FESTIVITIES ARE NOW UNDERWAY.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER ANGIE PEREZ SAYS THE SPACE THAT WILL PROMOTE LEARNING AND PROVIDE SECURITY FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE MOST.

>> Reporter: THIS PLACE USED TO BE A CAR REPAIR GARAGE AND THESE WOODEN WALLS COVERED IN A MURAL USED TO HOUSE A CHURCH TOO.

BY THE BUILDING AT THE CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND BEARDSLEY AND BARRIO LOGAN IS NOW BORN AGAIN.

THIS IS THE CHRIS WALLACE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, A 6000 SQUARE FOOT SPACE CREATED TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS AT MY SCHOOL WHO FIND THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES WITHOUT A SECURE HOME ENVIRONMENT.

>> IT'S THE LOVE I HAVE FOR PAINTING AND ART.

>> Reporter: 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS ONE OF THE STUDENTS.

>> SOMETIMES I DO MY PAINTS CRYING BECAUSE I FEEL SO MUCH.

IT HELPS ME TO EXPRESS MYSELF AND IT'S LIKE HERE'S WHAT I'M DOING AND I FEEL WAY BETTER.

>> Reporter: MAX IS FROM MEXICO.

SHE'S BEEN IN THE U.S. FOR LESS THAN TWO YEARS AND HAS ALREADY LEARNED ENGLISH.

SHE HAS AN APPRECIATION FOR ART, ALONG WITH THE ACADEMICS.

>> THESE ARE ALL DONE BY STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: ELIZABETH PENNINGTON IS A SCHOOL'S VICE PRESIDENT OF PHILANTHROPY.

SHE'S HELPED FUND RAISE $1.5 MILLION FROM PRIVATE DONORS TO PAY FOR THIS CENTER.

THAT HAS A DANCE STUDIO, WORKSHOP AND A 100 SEAT THEATER.

IT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE ALREADY SHOWN UP TO TEACH THE STUDENTS HERE.

>> MANY OF THEM ARE LIKE THEM, LOOK LIKE THEM.

HAVE HAD EXPERIENCES LIKE THEM.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH GOING ON.

SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE CALLED OUR EXHIBITION METAMORPHOSIS.

>> Reporter: MAXES PAINTING TITLED BROKEN AS PART OF THE METAMORPHOSIS.

SOCKET EXPOSES MY EMOTIONS.

THIS PIECE OF ART, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

I WAS BROKEN.

>> Reporter: MEMORIES ARE ALREADY BEING MADE HERE.

AN ORIGINAL VERSION OF PETER PAN HAS BEEN PRODUCED ON THE NEW STAGE WITH PLANS FOR MUCH MORE.

>> IT HINTS OF THE PROCESS THAT ART REQUIRES.

ARCH REQUIRES A SAFE PLACE FOR YOU TO VISION AND CREATE AN EXPERIMENT AND INNOVATE.

YOU CAN'T TURN IT INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY WITHOUT THAT CHRYSALIS.

>> Reporter: MAX IS WELL UNDERWAY.

>> EVERYBODY WAS LIKE, I LOVE YOUR ART.

I SAID THANK YOU.

THIS IS HAPPENING AND I WAS LIKE WOW, YOU LIKE MY ART.

>> Reporter: MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE KPBS NEWS ROOM.

IT'S NOT JUST HOUSING PRICES RISING.

ON MORNING EDITION, HOW SAN DIEGANS ARE DEALING WITH THE COST OF HOME OWNERSHIP THAT KEEPS GOING UP AND UP.

>>> THE NATIONWIDE BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE HITS OUR COUNTY.

ON MIDDAY ADDITION HERE ABOUT THE IMPACT ON LOCAL FAMILIES AND WHAT'S BEING DONE ABOUT IT.

AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

I'M TRYING FOR.

GOOD NIGHT.