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I'm Maya Trabulsi.

Faculty at the University of San Diego.

Walked off the job today to protest what they call unfair labor practices.

Kpbs education reporter Katie Anastas says they're calling on the university to bargain over cutting courses.

Adjunct faculty in Usds College of Arts and Sciences voted to unionize last summer.

They've been negotiating a contract since September.

They say the university has cut courses without bargaining over the impact on union members.

They wouldn't engage in any of our proposals of how to mitigate the negative effects that course cancellations have on our members and on the students.

And now we're looking at fall, and there are 60 people that typically teach in the fall that are not currently on the schedule.

She says she's taught two classes each fall for the last four years.

Right now, she's not scheduled to teach any.

The union is calling for salary increases in compensation if classes are canceled shortly before the semester starts.

Sociology professor Jessica White says that could give faculty like her more stability.

She teaches four classes at USD and three at a community college, and it's not easy.

But as a single person supporting myself in San Diego in a system that doesn't give me guaranteed work, I essentially am afraid to say no to anything that's offered to me.

The union says adjunct faculty teach more than half of undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Marianne Garcia is studying English.

She and her friends brought donuts to the faculty on strike.

Some of the non tenured professors that I've had are some of the best professors that I've had at USC, and really made my experience.

In a statement, the University called the timing of the strike at the end of the spring semester, quote, disappointing and unfortunate.

They said their goal is to reach a mutually acceptable agreement and that the unions demands would cost more than $6.5 million.

Striking faculty members planned to pick it again tomorrow.

Katie Anastas, Kpbs news.

I'm Ariela Scalese.

As we look ahead tonight, temperatures will be dropping into the 50s, will see mostly clear skies and a few clouds.

And coming up, we'll talk about a heat wave for some of us into the day on Saturday, with temperatures some 15 to 20 degrees above the historical average, and then cooler and cloudier weather returns.

I'll show you when coming up.

It is still surprising to some, but La Jolla is not its own city.

It's part of the city of San Diego.

In our next Why it Matters segment, voice of San Diego CEO Scott Lewis has an update on an effort to change that.

The fight for La Jolla's independence is officially on.

And just like many historic revolutions, it's starting with the exchange of stern letters.

But these even have footnotes.

This all has to do with the government agency with the long name, the San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission, or Lafco and Lafco, recently issued a surprising decision.

It decided the group that wants to make La Jolla its own city collected enough signatures to start the process.

The Registrar of Voters had determined that too many of the signatures were invalid, but Lafco said they were fine.

But it was so close that now there's a fight about exactly what a valid signature is.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria called Lafco decision outrageous, and he threatened to sue.

Here's why.

The La Jolla Independence Group needs 6750 signatures from registered voters who live in La Jolla.

They turned in more than that.

Lafco contracts with the county registrar of voters to check those signatures.

The registrar said the lines were short signatures.

Lafco gave them two more weeks and the registrar decided they were still 218 signatures short.

But then Lafco officials decided that 239 more signatures were actually fine.

They said they were only missing things like the zip code or a person's name was different from the voter rolls.

Something simple like Chris versus Christopher.

But Mayor Todd Gloria complained that some of the submissions were illegible and just plain incorrect.

Game on.

If the city can't stop things, Lafco will begin the long process of negotiating just how much money La Hoya would have to pay San Diego to leave, along with thousands of other big and little decisions.

And then finally, Lafco would vote on approving the deal.

And if they approve it, La Jollans would vote on whether to leave.

And if they vote yes, then all of San Diego will vote.

It will take 100 years, but we'll follow it every step of the way.

I'm Scott Lewis from voice San Diego.

And that's why it matters.

The Voice of San Diego is one of our partners for the Public Matters initiative.

You can learn more at kpbs.org.

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President Trump's crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion has reached one of San Diego's top employers.

Qualcomm says it's ending its Dei initiatives.

In an email to employees first obtained by our media partner KGTV and confirmed by Kpbs CEO Cristiano Amon, says Dei functions will end to ensure compliance with Trump administration policies.

But employee networks such as the Black Inclusion Group will remain open under air management.

The email is sparking a divided reaction.

Eliminating the Dei program at Qualcomm sends a message that diversity isn't welcomed.

That diversity does not, have an importance, with the culture, working at Qualcomm myself, many Americans believe that employment should be based upon merit, not group identity.

So I'm elated that they're going to comply with federal law.

Qualcomm stressed in the email that its principles and values remain the same, with fair treatment for employees and hiring and promotions based on merit.

President Trump's sweeping economic agenda is putting the Federal Reserve in a difficult situation.

Hold steady or raise interest rates.

Laura Aguirre brings us the fed chair's announcement.

Well he should lower them.

And at some point he will.

But Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is not at that point yet.

Today, the Federal Open Market Committee decided to leave our policy interest rate unchanged.

Powell is going to speak the truth, as he sees it, about the economy.

He's not going to be bullied by Trump.

Ken Rogoff is an economics and public policy professor at Harvard.

He says he can see why the fed is holding rates steady, despite President Donald Trump's aggressive, sweeping tariff announcements that have dragged down global trade and rattled the stock market.

The risks of higher unemployment and higher inflation appear to have risen, and we believe that the current stance of monetary policy leaves us well positioned to respond in a timely way.

Two potential economic developments mixed signals that can increase uncertainty with economists and consumers.

I mean, prices are going to go up.

The surveys, the confidence, everything looks like it's more than 50%.

It'll be a recession.

Many are closely watching the Trump administration for any signs of trade deals, especially with China.

Later this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bassett and U.S.

Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will meet with Chinese officials in Switzerland.

The president always wants the fed to cut rates.

Let's understand that President Trump's quest for lower rates has had him mused in the past about moving to replace Powell before the fed chair's term ends next year, a tone he softened this week.

You know, I get to change him very quickly anyway, you know, in a very short period of time, for a short period of time, that will see many more Federal Reserve meetings and rate decisions.

I'm Laura Aguirre for Kpbs news.

U.S.

Senator Elizabeth Warren is calling on the Department of Defense to pause a contract with an Oceanside based credit union.

Kpbs investigative reporter Scott Rodd says the credit union collects millions of dollars in overdraft fees every year from Marines.

Frontline of Credit union has an exclusive agreement with the Marine Corps.

Tens of thousands of marine recruits come through San Diego for bootcamp every year.

The Marine Corps funnels many of them into front wave to set up checking accounts and process their paychecks.

A Kpbs investigation last year revealed the front wave relies on overdraft fees from young Marines as a key source of revenue.

Members of Congress launched an investigation into the company's practices following our reporting.

Senator Warren is leading the effort.

Here's what the Democratic lawmaker told Kpbs last year.

And this is just one more example of a financial institution honing in on young, vulnerable service members.

Front wave's contract with the Marine Corps is now up for renewal.

Warren sent a letter to the DoD this week calling for a freeze on the contract until better financial protections can be put in place for marine recruits.

The DoD declined to comment.

Front wave did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

The scrutiny comes as Front Wave is trying to expand its footprint in Southern California by buying a small bank headquartered in Imperial County.

The move has some community organizations worried.

My message to the front wave would be putting the community first.

Ebony James is chief operations officer at the Logan Heights Community Development Corporation.

She's also a Navy veteran.

They have a history front.

Has has a history of, you know, not taking care of service members, not taking care of community members.

The acquisition is being reviewed by the federal government.

Scott Rodd, Kpbs news.

President Trump wants a baby boom, and he's mulling over ways to induce women to procreate, including promises of cash upon delivery.

But Kpbs's Amita Sharma reports that many believe the times are far from ideal for women to give birth.

Amita this is a very interesting research that you're looking into.

Tell us, why does he want women to have babies?

Well, very simply, we don't have enough kids.

In the United States.

Birth rates are low.

They are at around 1.6 per woman.

That's below replacement levels.

We need to be at 2.1 per woman just to break even.

We all know kids are vital to any society.

They are our future taxpayers.

They will be the ones who are funding public education.

Our social safety net, roads, bridges, you get the idea.

So to boost the birth rates, President Trump is considering some incentives.

They include setting aside 30% of Fulbright scholarships for married couples who want to have children, or who have already had children, offering reproductive education and paying women $5,000 in cash.

After they have a baby.

I spoke to a local woman by the name of Parrish Glass.

She is the mother of two small children.

She calls those ideas an insult.

I think it's a joke.

I mean, it's silly.

$5,000 to anybody that's already had a child knows that that is chump change when it comes to getting the supplies that you need.

You know, bassinet, crib, diapers.

And then once the child gets here, you have all of these expenses, like child care and child care in San Diego County is expensive.

Depending on the age of the child, it ranges from $1,200 a month to even above 4000.

And there's other pressure on potential parents.

They have to start their careers, pay off huge student loans, meet someone to start a family with, and buy a home for a stratospheric price.

At least in California, which usually requires two incomes.

Trump needs a full pro-family agenda to boost birth rates, according to Courtney Baltiyskyy of the Children's First Collective, which pushes for better access to affordable child care.

As an advocate for children and with working families, you know, I don't see comprehensive public funding for child care.

I don't see, enough public funding for our education systems.

And I don't see a commitment to paid family leave.

But finances aren't the only reason women are having fewer children.

A survey by the Pew Research Center last year found just over half of women had zero desire to have kids.

Some don't like them.

Many are worried about climate change.

They're worried about the state of the world.

In the 19 states where abortion is illegal or restricted, it is dangerous for a woman to be pregnant, says UC Davis law professor Mary Ziegler, who specializes in the politics of reproduction.

Because there's ambiguity in the meaning of abortion that complicates not just access to abortion for people who are seeking it, but access to miscarriage management and stillbirth management for people with pregnancy complications.

Pro natalists, the people who want women to have more babies.

Overlap with pro-choice opponents in interesting ways, Ziegler says GOP led Idaho, Missouri and Kansas have actually argued in court papers that internet savvy teenage girls ability to obtain abortion medication online is harming the states because it's reducing their birth rates, which is a really weird thing to say because, one of the kind of points of bipartisan consensus for a long time, even among people who are generally prone to list, was that teenagers shouldn't be having babies.

And one more point, Maya, among some on the right.

There is explicit talk about the need to get more native born Americans to have more children so as not to be replaced by immigrants children.

And at a naval conference in March in Texas, there were proponents of eugenics who want a society made up of suitable races or blood over less suitable races.

Very important information to know.

Thank you so much Amita, we really do appreciate it.

And Public Matters is a partnership with Kpbs, inewsource and Voice of San Diego.

And you can see more of our stories at kpbs.org/public matters.

I'm Geoff Bennett tonight on the NewsHour.

The world waits for how Pakistan will respond to India's latest strikes.

That's at seven After Evening Edition on Kpbs.

Passengers flying in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey are dealing with massive delays and cancellations.

It's one of the busiest airports in the country, and because of that, the disruptions are having a domino effect on air travel.

Jenn Sullivan explains the air travel problems and what your rights are as a passenger.

Major flight disruptions at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey are having a ripple effect on air travel across the country, just weeks ahead of the busiest summer travel season.

My flight was delayed by five hours.

The airline chaos at Newark is stretching into a second week.

The disruptions are being caused by a variety of issues, from runway construction to more serious problems, like a shortage of air traffic controllers.

The individuals who run this system daily perform quiet, heroic acts in spite of a system that is built to set them up for failure.

The shortage of air traffic controllers is a nationwide problem.

Last week, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said air traffic control was about 3000 controllers short.

While the Trump administration is offering bonuses and higher salaries.

The training and hiring process can take months.

A certified professional controller has many, many years of training.

You just don't do that overnight.

So what should you do if your flight is impacted by this?

Expedia Group travel expert Melanie Fish says it's important to know your passenger rights when a flight is canceled, even because of the weather.

The airline has to refund you.

If you decide that that's what you want.

Fish recommends downloading your airline's app and calling the airline to rebook.

You will get notifications much faster than standing in line to talk to customer service about your options for booking another flight.

Passengers can always ask for meal vouchers and hotel vouchers, but it's up to each airline to decide if they want to give them out.

For consumer watch, I'm Jenn Sullivan.

Well, today is the first day travelers are required to show a real ID or another acceptable form of ID at the airport.

Security lines were moving smoothly at the San Diego International Airport this morning.

Airport officials recommend travelers plan ahead and make sure they have the right identification with them.

First of all, if you have real ID on your driver's license, you'll know that because it has the California Golden Bear with a star in the upper right hand corner.

If you don't have real ID, if you had enough time to get real ID, there are other forms of acceptable ID, including passport or Global Entry Card, but the best thing to do is to check the TSA website and look at that list of various options that you can use to come through a checkpoint, and officials recommend arriving two hours before a domestic flight and three hours before an international flight.

Passengers without real ID or another acceptable ID can expect additional screening.

Karin Caifa has more on what passengers can do if they missed the deadline Wednesday, not the last day to obtain a real ID, but the first day that compliance is being enforced at the nation's airports.

The good news is that coming into this, TSA said about 81% of travelers were already real ID compliant.

And if you don't have that real ID, you can still fly.

Just take note new signage, new requirements for passengers at the nation's airports.

Wednesday, we'll have staff in front of all our checkpoints to help and direct our customers as they transit through the security process.

After nearly 20 years of delays, airline travelers now need a state issued ID or driver's license that complies with the nationwide standards recommended by the 9/11 Commission and signed into law in 2005.

That means no matter where it was issued, that ID has a star in the upper right corner.

If it's not compliant, they may be diverted to a different line, have an extra step, but people will be allowed to fly.

Extra steps could include additional TSA screening and verification, even for those who use TSA PreCheck.

The May 7th date prompting a rush nationwide from this busy Department of Motor Vehicles in Southern California Tuesday.

I completely forgot about the deadline to this massive line at this real ID Supercenter in the Chicago Loop Wednesday.

Travelers can still obtain real IDs beyond Wednesday.

And while Katy Nastro of travel website going, says it's best to get one sooner rather than later.

There are other options.

If you haven't traveled with a passport in quite a while, you might want to dust it off, because people actually can use that as a form of real ID as they wait for an appointment or just in its place.

Other acceptable alternatives include a trusted traveler card like Global Entry, a Department of Defense ID, a permanent resident card, and a Veterans Health Identification Card, among others.

Again, if you don't have that real ID just yet, you can still fly, but don't expect to breeze through security.

And if you're looking ahead to summer travel with the family.

Also, keep in mind TSA does not require real IDs or identification for kids 18 and younger on domestic flights.

In Arlington, Virginia, I'm Karin Caifa.

Plans for a 150 bed detox facility are sparking debate in San Marcos because of its proposed site.

Some residents want the city to find another place for it.

But Kpbs North County reporter Tania Thorne says a state initiative may be in the way.

Jamie and Zach Benson live in San Marcos with their two children.

They recently found out that a 150 bed detox facility is proposed near their children's middle school, and they're worried.

Some concern is like, how do these people get admitted to the facility?

You know, are they just coming out of prison?

You know, you're not allowed to have any sex offenders near a school campus.

The proposed site is near Palomar College, San Marcos Middle School, and the Montessori School of San Marcos.

Stephen Messenger is one of the owners of the Montessori School.

The top concern of of of ours is the safety of the students.

Some of the students are going to see in witness as they come and go what's what's the this being such a basically adjacent the sharing a parking lot, sharing entrances to the preschool.

The Montessori school is on the property of United Methodist Church, which is where the detox center would be built.

The church partnered with Interfaith Community Services, which would build and operate the Residential Recovery and Wellness campus.

If they get grant funding through California's Proposition one.

Greg Anglea is the CEO of interfaith.

If we're fortunate to receive funding, then we'll enter into a deeper community engagement cycle.

And the construction won't begin until next year.

The site at the earliest it would open would actually be 2028, in 2024.

California voters passed proposition one to fund behavioral health treatment facilities.

It also covers housing support and mental health services.

Proponents called it a much needed tool to combat California's homelessness crisis, but it also comes with some fine print limiting city government control.

The city generally has land use decision over all things that happen in the city.

Unfortunately, that has eroded with, the state taking over land use control when, the citizens vote for prop one.

Anglea says the recovery facility would have 24 over seven staffing and security with no walk up services.

Somebody who comes into a program like this, applies for it, schedules an appointment, completes an intake, and is safely brought in to a residential setting.

If the funding is awarded, Anglea says interfaith will be holding opportunities for public feedback.

Parents like Jamie and Zach say they won't be backing down.

Let's get funded then.

You know, we just have to think about what are the next steps to continue to honestly fight against this.

An online petition against the facility has gained over 1400 signatures as of Wednesday.

Prop one awards are expected to be announced later this month or in June.

Tania Thorne, Kpbs news.

And starting off with some weather headlines here, who's ready for a big warm up?

We're talking some high temperatures, 15 or even 20 degrees above the historical average, especially as we head into the valleys Friday and Saturday.

And then we'll see a significant temperature drop as we head into the day Sunday and through early next week, especially as that marine layer starts to deepen and extends even further inland.

Temperatures will be trending a lot cooler, so we'll get ready for these kind of ups and downs over the next several days here, starting with tonight.

Oceanside down to 54, we'll see a little bit of cloudiness and then we'll be a little bit clear across San Diego down to 58.

Chula Vista, 55, Mount Laguna, 45 in Borrego Springs tonight dropping to near 60 degrees.

We'll be looking at some dry and warm weather really building throughout the day on Thursday.

So good to go for outdoor plans, but staying extra hydrated.

Maybe taking some breaks as some of us will be dealing with the warmth.

Really starting to build like Borrego Springs at 94, San Diego at a comfortable 73 Oceanside.

Watch some more clouds at 73 degrees in Mount Laguna into the lower end of the 60s.

And then look at this high building here across much of the southwest, bringing temperatures well above the historical average.

We're talking ten to even 20 degrees above our typical highs for early into May, and we should be staying mostly dry as our high continues to strengthen.

We'll be seeing a clearness through tonight here.

And eventually we'll be watching that marine layer deepen.

I could even see some of those low clouds starting as we head into the day on Friday, but then should be mostly enjoyable here.

As we head into the weekend.

We'll follow the warming trend along the coast here, with Saturday being the warmest day at 80 degrees.

And then notice how temperatures significantly drop by Sunday and Monday.

We'll head a bit further inland here, where our hottest day also at Saturday and then will be dropping steadily Sunday, and then Monday will be back to cooler temperatures into the 70s.

We look into the mountains as temperatures will be warming up.

We'll start to see those warmer temperatures Friday into Saturday, and then cooler as we head into next week and get ready for some triple digit heat.

The deserts.

Looks like a beautiful weekend, and you can find tonight's stories on our website, kpbs.org.

Thanks so much for joining us.

I'm Maya Trabulsi.

Have a great evening.

Major funding for Kpbs Evening Edition has been made possible in part by Bill Howe, family of companies providing San Diego with plumbing, heating and air restoration, flood and remodeling services for over 40 years.

Call one 800 Bill Howe or visit Billhowe.com.

And by the Conrad Prebys Foundation.

Darlene Marcos Shiley.

And by the following.

And by viewers like you.

Thank you.