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>>> CUTS AT FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE HAVING WIDE RANGING IMPACTS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

TONIGHT, ANOTHER ONE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH HAVE CULT FUNDING FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AT CSU SAN MARCOS.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER KATIE ANASTA.

>> WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 160 STUDENTS THAT ARE -- EITHER GOT THEIR Ph.Ds OR ARE IN THE PIPELINE TO GET THEIR Ph.Ds.

>> Reporter: THE CENTER FOR TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AT CSU SAN MARCOS SUPPORTS STUDENTS FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO MASTER'S PROGRAMS.

>> WHAT WE DO MOSTLY IS HELP STUDENTS GAIN EXPERIENCE THAT WILL ALLOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITIES TO GO TO GRAD SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: THAT EXPERIENCE INCLUDES DOING RESEARCH WITH FACULTY MEMBERS, ATTENDING CONFERENCES, AND TAKING A WEEKLY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CLASS.

>> WE ARE A MAJORITY OF FIRST AND LOW-INCOME STUDENTS.

AND SO ALL THESE PROGRAMS GAVE STUDENT STIPENDS THAT ALLOWED THEM TO DO RESEARCH AND LANES, AND ALLOWED THEM THEN TO GO ON TO GRAD SCHOOL.

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE IS IN YOUR GRAD SCHOOL APPLICATION.

>> Reporter: FOUR OF THE CENTER'S PROGRAMS WERE FEDERALLY FUNDED THROUGH GRANTS FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

THEY CUT FUNDING SUDDENLY THIS SPRING, STARTING WITH U-RISE, THE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH INITIATIVE FOR SCIENTIFIC ENHANCEMENT.

>> WE FOUND THAT ONE WAS CUT THE END OF MARCH.

AND THEN EVERY WEEK THEREAFTER, WE WOULD GET ANOTHER TERMINATION.

UNTIL THEY ALL GOT TERMINATED.

>> Reporter: THE NIH TOLD UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS THAT THE TERMINATIONS WERE DUE TO CHANGES IN THEIR PRIORITIES.

IN A NOTICE ABOUT CHANGES TO ONE OF THE GRANTS, THE NIH WROTE THAT ITS POLICY IS, QUOTE, NOT TO PRIORITIZE RESEARCH PROGRAMS RELATED TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.

GARCIA SAYS THE LOSS OF FUNDING MEANT 45 STUDENTS WENT WITHOUT PAY FOR MORE THAN A MONTH.

NICHOLAS MENDEZ IS IN THE U-RISE PROGRAM.

HE'S STUDYING PSYCHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY.

>> TO NOT BE CERTAIN ABOUT WHAT YOUR PAYCHECK IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND HOW LONG YOU'LL GET THE STIPENDS FOR.

IT'S VERY INTIMIDATING, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE SO MUCH TO LOSE.

AND WE ALL HAVE SO MUCH THAT WE WANT TO GAIN, NOT FOR OURSELVES BUT JUST TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: MENDEZ HAS DONE RESEARCH ON NICOTINE ADDICTION AND WEIGHT LOSS MEDICATIONS, AND HE HOPES TO GO INTO DRUG DEVELOPMENT.

HE SAYS THE STIPENDS ALLOW HIM TO FOCUS ON RESEARCH RATHER THAN AN OFF-CAMPUS JOB.

>> ORIGINALLY, I WORKED A RESTAURANT JOB.

THEN I DECIDED THAT I WANTED TO BE MORE ON CAMPUS BECAUSE IT WAS EASIER FOR ME TO KIND OF STAY IN THE GROOVE AND BE MORE PRODUCTIVE IF I WAS OR ON CAMPUS.

>> Reporter: THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICE FOUND ENOUGH GRANTS AND OTHER SOURCES TO PAY STUDENTS' APRIL AND MAY STIPEND.

NOW THE SCHOOL IS TRYING TO FUND-RAISE SO 13 STUDENTS, INCLUDING MENDEZ, WHO ARE HALFWAY THROUGH THEIR TWO-YEAR PROGRAMS, CAN FINISH THEM.

HE SAYS IT'S HELPED HIM PAY FOR GAS MONEY AND NOT WORRY ABOUT LUNCH AT CONFERENCES.

>> IT REALLY GIVES ME THE FREEDOM TO BE A STUDENT AND A RESEARCHER WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT ALL THE LITTLE NIT-PICKY THINGS I MIGHT HAVE TO BUDGET IN.

>> Reporter: IN THE MEANTIME, GARCIA SAYS THE CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AS MUCH SUPPORT TO STUDENTS AS THEY CAN.

KATIE ANASTAS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT LOW 60s.

STILL DEALING WITH SOME CLOUDS AND ESPECIALLY THAT MARINE LAYER THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A FEW CHANGES AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

I'LL BREAK DOWN WHAT TO EXPECT COMING UP.

>>> STATE FARM WANTS TO RAISE PROPERTY INSURANCE RATES IN CALIFORNIA YET AGAIN.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES ONE WEEK AFTER CALIFORNIA'S INSURANCE COMMISSIONER APPROVED THE COMPANY'S REQUEST TO INCREASE PREMIUMS.

STARTING IN JUNE, STATE FARM WILL RAISE PREMIUMS BY 17% FOR CALIFORNIA HOMEOWNERS.

IF THIS LATEST REQUEST IS GRANTED, THE COMPANY COULD PUSH THAT FIGURE AS HIGH AS 30% BY NEXT YEAR.

>> THIS IS A REAL ISSUE.

THE COMPANY HASN'T PRODUCED THE DOCUMENTS IT NEEDS TO SHOW THAT THESE RATES ARE JUSTIFIED.

AND YET THEY'RE GETTING THE RATE HIKE ANYWAY.

NOW THEY WANT MORE.

THAT'S JUST GREEDY.

IT'S JUST PLAIN GREEDY.

THEY'RE NOT EVEN SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO STAY IN THE MARKET AND CONTINUE TO SELL AFTER NEXT YEAR, SO WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING.

>> STATE FARM RESPONDED BY SAYING THE INTERIM HIKE ONLY ADDRESSED PART OF ITS NEEDS, ADDING, THE OVERALL REQUEST OF 30% WOULD NOT BE ON TOP OF THE 17% INTERIM RATE CHANGE.

NONE OF THESE NEW FIGURES ARE SET IN STONE, THOUGH.

ALL HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED DURING THE NEXT HEARING IN OCTOBER, WHERE STATE FARM WILL BE EXPECTED TO JUSTIFY THESE REQUESTS WITH DATA.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL IS PREPARING TO VOTE ON CHANGES TO A HOUSING PROGRAM THAT INCENTIVIZES ACCESSORY DRILLING UNITS, ADUs.

ANDREW BOWEN SAYS THE CHANGES WOULD LIMIT GROWTH IN THE CITY'S WHITEST AND WEALTHIEST NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO'S ADU BONUS PROGRAM IS ONE OF A KIND IN CALIFORNIA.

IT ALLOWS AT LEAST FOUR ADDITIONAL HOMES ON LOTS THAT ARE ZONED FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING.

EVEN MORE ADUs ARE ALLOWED IF THE PROPERTY IS NEAR PUBLIC TRANSIT.

THE PROGRAM HAS LED TO HUNDREDS OF NEW HOMES IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY OFF LIMITS TO NEW DEVELOPMENT.

BUT IT'S ALSO SPARKED A BACKLASH FROM HOMEOWNERS WHO SEE IT AS AN ATTACK ON COMMUNITY CHARACTER.

IN RESPONSE, MAYOR TODD GLORIA PROPOSES ELIMINATING THE PROGRAMS IN AREAS ZONED FOR VERY LOW DENSITY, SHONE SHOWN HERE IN GREEN.

A KPBS ANALYSIS FOUND 87% OF THOSE AREAS ARE CONSIDERED HIGH RESOURCE, ACCORDING TO STATE HOUSING OFFICIALS, SHOWN HERE IN PINK.

THAT MEANS THE PROPOSED CHANGES WOULD BLOCK OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD HOUSING IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE BEST SCHOOLS, CLEANEST AIR, AND MOST ACCESS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

KPBS ALSO ANALYZED THE PROPOSAL'S IMPACT ON SO-CALLED RACIALLY CONCENTRATED AREAS OF AFFLUENCE, SHOWN HERE IN ORANGE.

THESE ARE THE WHITEST AND WEALTHIEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN CALIFORNIA.

25% OF THOSE AREAS WOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM THE ADU BONUS PROGRAM, MEANING FEWER CHANCES TO INTEGRATE THOSE EXCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES WITH MORE LOWER-COST HOUSING.

THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THE ADU REFORMS NEXT MONTH.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A HOMELESS SHELTER IN THE MIDWAY DISTRICT HAS BEEN CHEERED AS A MODEL WORTH REPLICATING.

NOW THE SHELTER COULD BE FORCED TO CLOSE.

FOR OUR LATEST "WHY IT MATTERS" SEGMENT, "VOICE OF SAN DIEGO" REPORTER LISA HAVERSTAD EXPLAINS WHAT'S GOING ON.

♪ >> Reporter: THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ARE BATTLING OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR A HOMELESS SHELTER, LEAVING ITS RESIDENTS VERY UNCERTAIN.

HERE'S THE BACKSTORY.

A FEW YEARS AGO, THE CITY, COUNTY, AND PHILANTHROPISTS PARTNERED TO OPEN A SHELTER IN THE MIDWAY DISTRICT.

THE COUNTY SUPPLIED LAND, UTILITIES, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.

THE CITY OVERSAW THE SERVICE CONTRACT.

PHILANTHROPISTS DONATED THE SHELTER TENT THAT THE CITY AND COUNTY FILLED WITH 150 BEDS.

AT THE TIME, MAYOR TODD GLORIA AND OTHER LOCAL LEADERS WERE EXCITED.

HERE'S WHAT GLORIA SAID WHEN IT OPENED.

>> THIS KIND OF COLLABORATION IS HOW YOU REDUCE STREET HOMELESSNESS.

>> Reporter: NOW THAT COLLABORATION AND THE SHELTER MAY END.

THAT'S PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE CITY'S $258 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT.

GLORIA'S PROPOSED BUDGET LEFT OUT NEARLY $5 MILLION IN ANNUAL FUNDING FOR THE SHELTER.

HE SAYS TWO REASONS.

ONE, THE COUNTY NEEDS TO STEP UP.

TWO, AN UPCOMING PROJECT WILL MAKE THE SHELTER UNTENABLE.

THE SHELTER IS NEXT DOOR TO A BUILDING THE COUNTY PLANS TO TEAR DOWN NEXT YEAR.

COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THE SHELTER CAN SAFELY STAY OPEN DURING THE DEMOLITION.

GLORIA DISAGREES.

HERE'S WHAT HE SAID AT A PRESS CONFERENCE LAST WEEK.

>> WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTING IS TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING NEXT TO THE SHELTER AND THEREBY TERMINATE THE UTILITIES THAT SERVICE THAT SHELTER CUTTING OFF ELECTRICITY, WATER, SEWER SERVICE.

>> Reporter: THE CITY AND COUNTY ESTIMATE IT WILL COST $1 MILLION TO $2 MILLION TO SET UP NEW UTILITIES.

TUESDAY TUESDAY, COUNTY SUPERVISOR TARA LAWSON REAMER SUCCESSFULLY PROPOSED THE COUNTY DIRECT $800,000 IN UNSPENT FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDS TO HELP COVER THAT BILL.

BUT PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK AT THE MIDWAY SHELTER ARE UPSET AND WORRIED ABOUT WHERE THEY MAY END UP NEXT.

GLORIA AND CITY OFFICIALS PROMISED THEY'LL HELP THEM FIND OTHER SHELTER HOUSING, BUT SHELTER RESIDENTS AREN'T SURE WHAT TO BELIEVE.

THE CITY'S HOMELESSNESS CRISIS RAGES ON.

THERE ARE FAR FROM ENOUGH BEDS FOR EVERYONE WHO DESPERATELY WANTS ONE.

I'M LISA HALLVERSTAD.

>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS FLOODED THE COUNTRY WITH INITIATIVES AFFECTING EVERYTHING FROM SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TO THE LAW ITSELF.

KPBS SPOKE WITH SAN DIEGO REPUBLICAN PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER COREY GUSTAFSSON AND KYLE KRAHL FROLANDER.

>> FUNDING FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH HAS TAKEN A REAL BEATING UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

AT UC SAN DIEGO, CLINICAL TRIALS HAVE BEEN HALTED AT THE SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY.

MONEY FOR THE STUDY OF THE OCEAN, CONSIDERED VITAL FOR WEATHER FORECASTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE STUDY, IS UNDER THREAT.

HOW DO YOU VIEW CUTS OR POTENTIAL CUTS TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH?

>> INNOVATION DOESN'T COME ONLY FROM GOVERNMENT.

INNOVATION COMES FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

WHAT YOU SEE WITH THE NEW PROPOSAL FROM REPUBLICANS ON CAPITOL HILL IS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY GOING BACK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

SMALL BUSINESSES, CORPORATIONS.

BECAUSE THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE INNOVATING IN SOCIETY.

THEY GROW THE ECONOMY, DISCOVER NEW POSSIBILITIES.

JUST LIKE APPLE COMPUTER, LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT APPLE'S DONE FOR SOCIETY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN PROFIT.

>> KYLE, I'VE SPOKEN TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS WHO SAY THAT THERE'S NO WAY PRIVATE INDUSTRY COULD POSSIBLY FILL THE VOID OF WHAT GOVERNMENT FUNDING HAS BEEN TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THIS COUNTRY.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE ALSO TOLD ME THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WHICH NOW HAS THE WORLD'S FOURTH-LARGEST ECONOMY, TO USE ITS ECONOMIC LEVERAGE WITH WASHINGTON TO STAVE OFF SOME OF THESE CUTS.

WHAT DOES THAT LEVERAGE LOOK LIKE?

>> WE NEED TO FIGHT BACK, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AS CALIFORNIANS, AS DEMOCRATS.

THIS IS IMPORTANT TO OUR ECONOMY, BUT IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE WHO RELY ON CLINICAL TRIALS TO SAVE THEIR LIVES.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THESE CUTS ARE NOT COMING THROUGH THE STANDARD BUDGET PROCESS.

IT'S NOT COMING THROUGH CONGRESS.

THESE ARE DONE UNILATERALLY BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.

ILLEGALLY, IN MY OPINION.

AND I THINK IT'S PART OF AN ATTACK ON OUR INSTITUTIONS, LIKE UNIVERSITIES, LIKE INDEPENDENT SCIENCE, IN ORDER TO ADVANCE A AUTHORITARIAN VISION THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY OPPOSITION POWER TO THIS PRESIDENT.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID IN AN INTERVIEW THIS MONTH THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER HE HAS TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION BY GIVING IMMIGRANTS THE RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS.

BEFORE DEPORTING THEM.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS STATEMENT?

>> MY THOUGHTS ARE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO SECURE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.

HE HAS DONE IT.

THE IDEA THAT THERE SHOULD BE ANY CRITICISM AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WAS SAYING WE NEED TO KNOW WHO'S COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY, WE NEED TO STOP AND HALT THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION COMING FROM OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.

AND HE'S DONE IT.

HE DID IT WITHIN A WEEK.

THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

>> MEANWHILE, KYLE, TRUMP'S AIDE, STEPHEN MILLER, HAS SAID THE ADMINISTRATION IS EXPLORING SUSPENDING HABEAS CORPUS FOR MIGRANTS.

DO YOU THINK IT WILL HAPPEN, AND IF SO, WHAT RECOURSE DO OPPONENTS OF THIS MOVE HAVE?

>> I THINK WE NEED TO RELY ON OUR CHECKS AND BALANCES.

THE SUPREME COURT IS OUR BACKSTOP HERE.

I KNOW IT'S NOT A SUPREME COURT THAT I NECESSARILY COMPLETELY AGREE WITH, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH JUSTICES ON THAT SUPREME COURT TO STRIKE DOWN ANY UNCONSTITUTIONAL POWER GRABS THAT WOULD INVADE THE RIGHTS OF AMERICANS.

I SAY AMERICANS NOT JUST BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST THE MIGRANTS AND OTHER FOLKS.

THESE ARE A DARKS HAPPENING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY HERE LEGALLY.

>> COREY, A SAN DIEGO MAN IS IN THE PROCESS OF LAUNCHING WHAT HE CALLS THE BIG MIDDLE.

IT'S AN ONLINE PLATFORM TO ASSEMBLE PEOPLE OF ALL POLITICAL PERSUASIONS TO FIND COMMON GROUND.

IS THE TIME, IS THE MOMENT RIPE FOR THIS?

>> IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.

PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST DID IT IN NOVEMBER 2024.

HE JUST GOT 76 MILLION PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR HIM.

HE JUST CREATED AN ELECTORAL LANDSLIDE AGAINST THE FAILED POLICIES OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND KAMALA HARRIS.

IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CREATING A HUGE MOVEMENT AMONGST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DONE IT.

>> KYLE, DO YOU AGREE, IS THERE REPRESENTATION OF THE SO-CALLED BIG MIDDLE, PEOPLE FROM ACROSS POLITICAL PERSUASIONS, WHO MAY FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT THE BIG ISSUES?

DO THEY HAVE REPRESENTATION IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION?

>> I CAN'T SAY THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS LIVED UP TO THE PROMISES THAT IT SAID IT WOULD DO TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO ATTRACT THE MIDDLE.

IT'S KOWTOWING TO THE RICHEST, THE BILLIONAIRES AND THEIR FRIENDS.

THAT IS NOT WHAT THE MIDDLE WANTS.

THE MIDDLE WANTS THEIR PRICES TO GO DOWN.

THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.

THE MIDDLE WANTS GOOD JOBS.

THOSE JOBS ARE DISAPPEARING.

RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK.

THEY WANT THEIR 401(k)s SO THEY CAN RETIRE WITH DIGNITY AND THOSE ARE BEING DISAPPEARED FROM IN ADMINISTRATION'S POLICIES.

I DON'T SEE HOW THAT REPRESENTS THE MIDDLE EXCEPT FOR THE 1%.

THE US ARE GETTING BEHIND.

>> WE'VE BEEN IN POWER 100 DAYS, TRYING TO FIX ALL THE THINGS GONE WRONG OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

I MEAN, TO SAY PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD HAVE FIXED ALL THE MISTAKES THAT YOU ALL MADE FOR FOUR YEARS, IN 100 DAYS, I THINK THAT'S ASKING FOR A MIRACLE.

HE'S ALREADY PERFORMED MIRACLES BY SECURING THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

>> HOW MUCH DEBT WAS ADDED TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST TERM?

>> HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT COVID?

>> INFLATION AS WELL, YOU WANT TO BLAME THAT ON US.

EVERYTHING'S THE DEMOCRATS' FAULT.

>> YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB SAYING EVERYTHING'S PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FAULT.

>> RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEMS WHERE THEY STARTED AND NOT JUST BLAME THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY HAPPENED TO BE IN CHARGE THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

REPUBLICANS WERE IN CHARGE TWO OF THOSE FOUR YEARS IN CONGRESS.

>> WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE IT THERE.

KYLE, COREY, THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING WITH ME TODAY.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND "PUBLIC MATTERS" HAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH KPBS, I-SOURCE, AND VOICE OF SAN DIEGO.

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>>> THE KITCHEN OF A SKILLED NURSE FACILITY IN EL CAJON WAS SHUT DOWN AFTER A ROUTINE INSPECTION UNCOVERED MAJOR HEALTH VIOLATIONS.

HEIDI DiMARCO SAYS COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT CLOSURES LIKE THIS ARE RARE BUT SERIOUS.

>> Reporter: COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS ORDERED THE SAN DIEGO POST-ACUTE CENTER TO CLOSE ITS KITCHEN ON MAY 14th.

INSPECTORS FOUND MULTIPLE MAJOR VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING SURFACES WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED THAT HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY SANITIZED.

IMPROPER FOOD STORAGE.

AND VERMIN INFESTATION.

THAT TYPICALLY MEANS -- >> COCKROACHES AND RODENTS.

THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF EVIDENCE THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT SHOWS A VERMIN INFESTATION.

DROPPINGS.

CHEW MARKS ON FOOD.

RUB MARKS ON THE WALLS.

LIVE BODIES IN THE FACILITY.

>> Reporter: RIAN JOHNSON RUNS THE COUNTY'S DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND QUALITY.

HE SAYS THESE ARE CONSIDERED MAJOR VIOLATIONS BECAUSE THEY CARRY A HIGHER RISK OF CROSS-CONTAMINATION AND FOODBORNE ILLNESS.

THE FACILITY OFFERS HOSPICE CARE, SHORT-TERM REHABILITATION, MEMORY CARE, AND OTHER SERVICES.

PATIENTS IN THESE FACILITIES MAY BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO FOODBORNE ILLNESSES.

>> THIS IS WHAT WE CALL AN OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION.

IF OUR BODY IS BUSY FIGHTING OFF ANOTHER INFECTION OR IF IT IS RECOVERING FROM SERIOUS ILLNESS, THEN YEAH, OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM IS BUSY ELSEWHERE.

AND LESS ON THE ALERT.

AND SO WE ARE AT HIGHER RISK.

>> Reporter: EIGHT LICENSED HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN FOR VERMIN IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

JOHNSON SAYS THIS FACILITY WAS ALLOWED TO REOPEN THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER ANOTHER INSPECTION.

>> I THEN WILL CHECK TO AGAIN SEE, IF THEY DO ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE ASKED THEM TO?

AND, DO WE SEE ANY VERMIN ACTIVITY?

AND IF THEY -- THERE'S NO VERMIN ACTIVITY, THEY'VE HAD THE PEST CONTROL, THEY'VE DONE ALL THEIR CLEANING, THEN WE'LL APPROVE THEM TO REOPEN.

>> Reporter: FACILITIES LIKE THE SAN DIEGO POST-ACUTE CENTER AREN'T REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC ABOUT TEMPORARY CLOSURES.

THE COUNTY TYPICALLY POSTS A CLOSURE NOTICE AT THE SITE, AND JOHNSON SAYS INSPECTION HISTORIES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE.

>> WE HAVE A WEBSITE THAT IS WWW.SDFOODINFO.COM.

THAT'S WHERE ANYBODY IN THE COUNTY CAN LOOK UP ANY ONE OF OUR FOOD FACILITIES AND SEE THEIR INSPECTION HISTORY.

>> Reporter: A FACILITY SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE KITCHEN REOPENED WITHIN 12 HOURS AND NO RESIDENTS WERE AFFECTED.

THEY DECLINED TO ANSWER OTHER QUESTIONS.

COUNTY OFFICIALS PLAN FOLLOW-UP INSPECTIONS IN THE COMING MONTHS TO ENSURE LONG-TERM COMPLIANCE.

HEIDI DiMARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AMERICANS WILL DRIVE INTO SUMMER WITH THE LOWEST MEMORIAL DAY GAS PRICES SINCE 2021, AND THOSE LOWER GAS PRICES COME WITH GOOD NEWS AND SOME ANXIOUS NEWS ABOUT THE OVERALL ECONOMY.

KAREN KATE HAS MORE FROM WASHINGTON.

>> Reporter: AMERICANS FEELING THE PINCH OF INFLATION AND TARIFFS ELSEWHERE CAN EXPECT RELIEF AT THE GAS PUMPS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

>> GOING TO BE THE CHEAPEST MEMORIAL DAY SINCE 2021.

BUT IF YOU ADJUST FOR INFLATION AND RISING WAGES, AMERICANS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO SPEND THE LEAST AMOUNT FILLING UP THIS MAIMD SINCE 2003, EXCLUDING COVID.

>> Reporter: GAS PRICES DROPPING ALONGSIDE U.S. OIL PRICES, WHICH HAVE FALLEN ABOUT 20% SINCE MID-JANUARY.

>> TYPICALLY THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE WOULD SEE HIGHER GAS PRICES BECAUSE THE SUMMER DRIVING SEASON'S GOING TO INCREASE DEMAND.

BUT WE'RE STILL PAYING LESS BECAUSE OF THOSE LOWER CRUDE OIL PRICES.

>> Reporter: FUEL TRACKER GAS BUDDY FORECASTS THE NATIONAL PRICE OF A GALLON ON MEMORIAL DAY WILL BE $3.08, 50 CENTS LOWER THAN LAST MEMORIAL DAY.

BUT THAT DROP, A MIXED ECONOMIC PICTURE SAYS GAS BUDDY'S PATRICK DEHAN.

>> AS GOES THE ECONOMY, AS GO GAS PRICES.

WITH THE THREAT OF TARIFFS AND ECONOMIC URN CERTAINTY, OIL PRICES HAVE FALTERED BASED ON THE FACT THAT A SLOW-DOWN IN THE U.S. ECONOMY WOULD MEAN A SLOW-DOWN IN CONSUMPTION.

>> Reporter: LOW GAS PRICES TYPICALLY BOOST THE MOOD OF A CONSUMER, AND SUMMER DRIVING TYPICALLY DRIVES UP DEMAND.

DEHAN SAYS RECENT DIPS IN CONSUMER CONFIDENCE COULD SLOW THINGS DOWN.

>> SOME ECONOMIC JITTERS AND PESSIMISM MAY BE IMPACTING AMERICAN CONSUMERS.

SOME OF THOSE ECONOMIC JITTERS AND SOME COMPANIES MAKING LAYOFFS COULD BE IMPACTING THE PSYCHE OF MANY AMERICAN TRAVELERS THIS SUMMER.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, I'M KAREN KAFA.

>> LOCALLY THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON DROPPED FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN FIVE DAYS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO JUST UNDER $4.81, ABOUT 3 CENTS LESS THAN A WEEK AGO.

IF YOU'RE HEADING OUT OF SAN DIEGO THIS WEEKEND, THE AVERAGE PRICE OF GAS NATIONWIDE IS CURRENTLY $3.18.

>>> THE SUMMER DRIVING SEASON IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, AND SOME AMERICANS ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW SET OF WHEELS.

THIS COMES AS THE U.S. SENATE IS PREPARING TO TAKE A VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO LIFT A CALIFORNIA BAN ON GAS-POWERED VEHICLES BY 2035.

STEVE LARCH REPORTS IT'S GIVING PROSPECTIVE CAR BUYERS A LOT TO THINK ABOUT.

>> Reporter: TO BUY ELECTRIC OR NOT.

>> TRYING TO GET A DEAL.

>> Reporter: IT IS THE CAR-BUYING QUESTION.

>> I'M GOING TO STICK WITH MY GAS.

>> Reporter: JOE EDWARDS ANSWERED BEFORE HE EVEN GOT TO THIS LOT AHEAD OF MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SALES IN SEARCH OF A NEW TRUCK.

HE'D RATHER PUMP GAS THAN FIND A CHARGING STATION.

>> YOU HAVE TO MAP EVERYTHING OUT WHEN YOU GO OUT OF TOWN, MAKE SURE YOU CAN STOP AT A STATION SOMEWHERE THAT YOU CAN PLUG IT UP -- I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

I WANT TO PUT GAS IN IT AND GO.

>> IT'S A BIG WEEKEND.

IT'S THE START OF THE SOMMERSELLING SEASON.

>> Reporter: RYAN MOSS IS PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION.

AS THE U.S. SENATE SEEKS TO END CALIFORNIA'S 100% ZERO EMISSION NEW VEHICLE SALES MANDATE FOR 2035, HE'S WARNING OF A CLOSER DEADLINE, A 35% MANDATE FOR NEXT YEAR'S MODELS.

HIS ASSOCIATION IS CALLING ON THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD TO PAUSE THEIR OWN MANDATE.

>> NONE OF THE MANUFACTURERS THAT OUR CUSTOMERS WOULD RECOGNIZE ARE GOING TO MEET THAT MANDATE.

AND THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM.

IF YOU HAVE A RULE THAT PEOPLE CAN'T MEET, IT'S A RULE THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA EV SALES SHOW A ONCE-GROWING MARKET SHARE STAGNATED AT 20%, TIED TO TESLA'S SUDDEN MARKET SHARE SLIDE.

>> IT'S BECOME CULTURE WAR STUFF.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR HENRY STERN SITS ON THE AIR RESOURCES BOARD AND IS A SUPPORTER OF THE ZERO EMISSION GOALS.

>> AND LOOK, IF IT CRATERS AND NO ONE'S BUYING THEM AND YOU'RE IN 2026 AND SUDDENLY THE WORLD'S UPSIDE DOWN, WE CAN REASSESS THEN.

BUT TO SIT HERE AND PULL THE PLUG, IT'S PULLING THE LIFELINE ON AMERICAN AUTO INNOVATION.

>> 22 CITY, 24 HIGHWAY, NOT BAD.

>> Reporter: FOR ARE FOR JOE, THE EV ISSUE IS TOO FEW CHARGING STATIONS.

>> YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK FOR THE STATIONS.

PLUG THEM UP.

>> Reporter: FUELING HIS DESIRE FOR A NEW GAS-POWERED RIDE.

>> THAT WAS STEVE LARCH REPORTING.

GENERAL MOTORS IS ALSO PUSHING BACK AGAINST CALIFORNIA'S 2035 MANDATE.

>>> AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO TOMORROW, WE'RE GOING TO START TO SEE A COOLING TREND.

BUT REALLY, WE'RE GOING FROM TEMPERATURES ABOVE HISTORICAL AVERAGES BACK TO ABOUT WHERE WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR.

THOSE WEEKEND TEMPERATURES ARE WHEN WE GET BACK TO ABOUT OUR HISTORICAL AVERAGES.

BEFORE THAT, INTO OUR MOUNTAINS AND DESERT REGIONS, DEALING WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SOME DENSE FOG THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

LET'S START OFF WITH WHAT TO EXPECT FOR TONIGHT.

TAKING A LOOK AT OUR TEMPERATURES, LOW 50s FOR OCEANSIDE.

LOW 60s FOR SAN DIEGO.

A LOT OF THE CLOUDS BECAUSE OF THE MARINE LAYER FOCUSSED A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE COAST.

THAT WILL START TO SPREAD FURTHER INLAND AS WE GO DAY BY DAY.

FOR NOW, IT'S RELEVANT FOCUSED ALONG THE COAST.

TOMORROW, WE'RE IN THE 70s AND 80s.

76 IN OCEANSIDE.

90 IN RAMONA.

REAR IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

THAT DOES IMPROVE SOON, WE'RE NOT SAN DIEGO IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS FOR TOO LONG.

GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK FOR THE COAST HERE.

WE SEE MORE SUNSHINE FOR THE WEEKEND, JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, THOUGH THE CLOUDS DO RETURN BY MONDAY.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, WE GO FROM MID-70s TO THE LOW 70s.

AGAIN, RIGHT WHERE WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HISTORICAL AVERAGES FOR THAT LONG WEEKEND.

INLAND, A SIMILAR TREND.

80s FOR YOUR THURSDAY.

WE DROP ABOUT 10 DEGREES FROM THURSDAY TO FRIDAY.

AND THEN NOT A LOT OF VARIATION THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEKEND.

WE DO SEE MORE SUNSHINE FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

IN OUR MOUNTAIN REGIONS, WE GO FROM LOW 70s ON THURSDAY DOWN TO THE LOW 60s.

10-DEGREE DROP FROM THURSDAY TO SATURDAY.

THEN WE START TO WARM BACK UP AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY.

A LITTLE BIT OF A ROLLER COASTER HERE.

IN OUR DESERTS, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE THE TRIPLE DIGITS.

WE ARE ALREADY AT THAT POINT IN THE YEAR.

WE'RE BOUNCING AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT OVERALL, DESPITE THE 104 TO 99 DIFFERENCE, THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHANGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE.

OTHERWISE IT'S A FEW DEGREES HERE AND THERE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M ACCUWEATHER'S AN NONE AZALLION.

>>> A REPORTED SHARK SIGHTING HAPPENED YESTERDAY MORNING NEAR TOWER 5 IN TORREY PINES.

OFFICIALS TOLD OUR MEDIA PARTNER THE SHARK WAS SEVEN TO EIGHT FEET LONG.

EXPERTS SAY SHARK SEASON HAS JUST BEGUN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND THAT JUVENILE WHITE SHARK USES AREAS NEAR THE SHORE AS NURSERIES.

>> THE WATERS ARE WARM.

WHICH ALLOWS THE SHARKS TO GROW QUICKLY.

THERE'S TONS FOR THEM TO EAT, SO THERE'S LOTS OF STINGRAYS AND LITTLE FISH FOR THEM TO EAT AT THIS LIFE STAGE.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PREDATORS.

SO AREAS LIKE TORREY PINES RIGHT HERE IS A GREAT NURSE REHAB TAT FOR JUVENILE WHITE SHARKS.

>> SHARKS TYPICALLY MIGRATE DOWN TO BAJA CALIFORNIA DURING OUR WINTER SEASON, BUT NOW THEY MAY BE STARTING TO SWIM BACK UP.

SO WE COULD SEE MORE SIGHTINGS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

OH, BOY.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

THIS MONTH MARKS FIVE YEARS SINCE THE CONTROVERSIAL IN-CUSTODY DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.

NPR'S "MORNING EDITION" LOOKS AT HOW POLICING HAS CHANGED.

AND KPBS MIDDAY" AIRS AT NOON ON KPBS-FM.

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