>>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

FIRST WITH GAS POWERED CARS, NOW CALIFORNIA IS TACKLING ANOTHER MAJOR SOURCE OF POLLUTION.

STATE REGULATORS ARE POISED TO BAN THE SALE OF NATURAL GAS POWERED FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS BY THE YEAR 2030.

AS KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON POINT, -- WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO MAKE THE SWITCH TO GREENER APPLIANCES.

>> CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD IS REPORTED TAKE A MONEY METAL STEP THURSDAY TO STRAIGHT SHRINK THE STATE'S CARBON FOOTPRINT AND REDUCE NITROGEN OXIDE POLLUTION, A KEY INGREDIENT OF SMOG.

THE PANEL IS WIDELY EXPECTED TO BAN THE SALE OF GAS POWERED FURNACES, AND GAS POWERED WATER HEATERS.

LOIS PRESCOTT IS A THINK TANK CONSULTANT WORKING TO ELIMINATE FOSSIL FUEL USE IN BUILDINGS.

>> THIS IS -- TO DOING THIS, TO PHASING OUT FOSSIL FUEL APPLIANCES, AND COMMITTING THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CLEAN AND HEALTHY ALL ELECTRIC HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

>> Reporter: C.A.R.B.

HAS ALREADY MOVED TO WHITE OUT EMISSIONS FROM CARS BY BENDING SALE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES BY 2035 .

BUILDINGS ARE NEXT.

>> HOMES AND BUILDINGS IN CALIFORNIA GENERATE FOUR TIMES MORE NITROGEN OXIDE POLLUTION IN CALIFORNIA IS A GAS POWERED PLANTS.

>> Reporter: -- A MEMBER OF SPUR, PUBLIC POLICY THINK TANK BASED IN THE BAY AREA.

SHE SAYS THE PHASEOUT PLAN FOR GAS POWERED WATER HEATERS AND FURNACES IS PART OF A SWEEPING STATEWIDE EFFORT TO DECREASE CALIFORNIA'S CARBON FOOTPRINT.

SHE SAYS THE ACTUAL CHANGE WILL BE EASED IN.

>> WENT REGULATORS VOTE TO PHASE OUT GAS APPLIANCES, WHAT THAT MEANS IS, AFTER A CERTAIN DATE, PEOPLE WILL NOT BUY THE GAS POWERED APPLIANCES IN STORES WHEN THEIR OLD ONES BREAK.

SO, IT IS NOT THAT IN 2030, YOU WILL HAVE TO PULL OUT YOUR FURNACE AND PUT IN A NEW HEAT PUMP.

IT IS THAT THE NEXT TIME YOUR FURNACE BREAKS AND YOU HAVE TO BUY A NEW ONE ANYWAY, YOU WILL BE SWITCHING TO A NEW VERSION.

>> Reporter: RESIDENTS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO TAP INTO FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING TO THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.

THAT LEGISLATION INCLUDE MONEY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF WATER HEATERS AND FURNACES THAT USE HEAT PUMPS, TECHNOLOGY THAT IS MORE EFFICIENT AND POLLUTION FREE.

MS. PRESCOTT SAYS THE HEAVY LIFTING OF EDUCATING CONSUMERS BEFORE THE DEADLINE HITS.

>> SO, WE HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE CONSUMERS AND ENGAGE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER, TO ADDRESS THE HOLISTIC TRANSITION TO CLEAR BUILDINGS.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA'S NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS ARE DOWN NEARLY 75% SINCE 2000.

COULD BE CUT IN HALF AGAIN BY 2035.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> -- UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ALSO REDUCING ITS CARBON FOOTPRINT WITH CLEAN AND GREEN TECHNOLOGY.

TRY TO REPORTER JACOB AERE SHOWS A NEW TRANSPORTATION CENTER THAT INCLUDES A FULLY ELECTRIC BUS FLEET .

>> Reporter: A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY WAS HELD TO CELEBRATE -- UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT'S NEW TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CENTER.

THE 32,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY INCLUDES NINE BUS MAINTENANCE BASE, A DRIVE-THROUGH BUS WASH, AND EXTENSIVE PART STORAGE.

-- THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DISTRICT.

>> THIS RELENTLESS COMMITMENT TO RESOURCE CONSERVATION ACROSS THE DISTRICT SAVES MORE THAN $2 MILLION IN ANNUAL ENERGY COSTS.

>> Reporter: THE $24 MILLION CENTER ALSO FEATURES CUTTING- EDGE AUTOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGY, NEW TOOLS, TRAINING FOR BUS DISPATCH, AND ADMINISTERED OF SUPPORT OFFICES.

AND ALL THAT MONEY BEING SAVED BY USING ELECTRIC BUSES INSTEAD OF DIESEL ONES IS GOING BACK TO THE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

SOPHIA ROMEO IS PART OF THE DISTRICT'S ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE PATHWAY, AND THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.

>> WE WORK WITH A LOT OF COMPUTER PROGRAM FROM US.

A LOT OF THOSE PROVIDE A LOT OF MONEY.

WHEREAS, IF WE DO NOT GET THE GRANT FOR IT, WE DO NOT DO IT.

SO I AM HAPPY TO NOTE THAT NEXT YEAR, THE STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO BE IN MY PATHWAY WILL IS.

A LOT OF THINGS I COULD NOT, BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE MONEY FOR IT.

>> Reporter: TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CENTER WILL START BY RUNNING 17 ELECTRIC BUSES.

THAT IS THE FIRST PHASE OF THE DISTRICT'S PLAN TO REPLACE 67 DIESEL FUEL BUSES OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

BROOKLYN PRICE IS ANOTHER STUDENT IN THE PROGRAM, WHO SAYS THE NEW CENTER IS INSPIRING HER PEERS TO PURSUE CAREERS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY.

>> RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROGRAMS AT MULTIPLE SCHOOLS THAT TEACH EVERYBODY ABOUT GREEN ENERGY AND ALL THE RENEWABLE SOURCES THAT WILL HELP BENEFIT US IN THE FUTURE AND HELP STOP GREENHOUSE GASES.

>> Reporter: ONE MORE STEP TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY, ROOFTOP SOLAR TO HARNESS RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR THE FACILITY'S OPERATIONS.

THE DISTRICT WILL CHARGE ITS BUSES DURING SCHOOL HOURS, WHEN THERE IS STRONG SOLAR POWER GENERATION, AND OVERNIGHT AT OFF-PEAK TIMES FOR THE POWER GRID.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> YOUR GAS REBATE CHECK MAY SOON BE IN THE MAIL.

THE ONE-TIME PAYMENT OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS CALIFORNIA'S MIDDLE- CLASS TAX REFUND START GOING OUT IN OCTOBER.

TO BE ELIGIBLE, SINGLE TAX FILERS MUST MAKE LESS THAN $250,000 AND LESS THAN $500,000 FOR JOINT FILERS OR HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD.

YOU COULD RECEIVE AS LITTLE AS $200 OR AS MUCH AS $1050, BASED ON YOUR INCOME AND DEPENDENT.

IF YOU FILED YOUR TAXES ELECTRONICALLY AND GOT YOUR REFUND BY DIRECT DEPOSIT, YOU CAN EXPECT YOUR GAS REBATE CHECK THE SAME WAY.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFERED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HELP CITIES TACKLE HOMELESSNESS.

OCEANSIDE IS ONE OF THREE CITIES THAT GOT SOME OF THAT FUNDING.

KPBS NORTHCUTT REPORTER TANIA THORNE SAYS COUNTY SUPERVISORS WERE DISAPPOINTED MORE CITY DID NOT APPLY, RESULTING IN LEFTOVER FUNDS.

>> EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE COUNTY OFFERED $10 MILLION IN GRANTS TO CITIES FOR PROJECT TACKLING HOMELESSNESS.

>> WHEN I INTRODUCED THIS, THAT WE WILL GET 30 OR $40 MILLION IN REQUESTS.

WE DIDN'T.

WE ONLY GOT REQUESTS FOR HALF THE FUN THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

>> Reporter:'S SUPERVISOR, NATHAN FLETCHER, SAYS ONLY THREE CITIES APPLIED.

>> THESE THREE CITIES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, I WANT TO APPLAUD THEM.

IS TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, COMPLAINING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS IS EASY.

BUT ACTUALLY STEPPING UP TO FIND A LOCATION, TO FIND A FACILITY, TO DO THE HARD, DIFFICULT WORK TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREET AND GET THEM HELP?

THAT IS TO BE COMMENDED.

>> Reporter: HE AWARDED $3 MILLION TODAY TOWARD OCEANSIDE FIRST HOMELESS SHELTER.

>> TO BE HERE TODAY WITH OCEANSIDE, TO CELEBRATE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO STEP FORWARD AND BE PART OF THE SOLUTION IS SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO DO.

OUR COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH AND TO LEAD AND TO WORK AND TO DO MORE.

>> Reporter: OCEANSIDE 50 BED HOMELESS SHELTER IS DONOR CONFESSION.

OCEANSIDE MAYOR, ESTHER SANCHEZ, SAYS GRANT MONEY IS WHAT HAS HELPED PAY FOR THE REMODEL OF THE SITE.

ESTIMATED $3 MILLION, NOT THE $6.7 MILLION.

BACK THIS IS REALLY HELPING US TO MAKE THIS DREAM OF OUR COMMUNITY, REALLY MAKE IT HAPPEN.

WE ARE HOPING TO BE UP AND AT THEM BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.

>> VISTA AND SAN DIEGO ARE THE OTHER TWO CITIES I GOT GRANTS.

>> WE ALSO AWARD THE CITY OF THE STEP $5000 FOR THE CITY PARKING LOT PROGRAM, A 25 VEHICLE STATE PARKING LOT LEVEL OPEN NEXT YEAR, AND THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, ABOUT $1 MILLION FOR A SAFE PARKING PROGRAM TO OPERATE A 60 VEHICLE SAFE PARKING LOT.

>> Reporter: FLETCHER SAYS HE IS RE-INVITING CITIES TO STEP UP AND APPLY FOR THE 5 MILLION THAT IS STILL UP FOR GRABS.

>> THERE IS NOT A SINGLE CITY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY NOT STRUGGLING WITH HOMELESS, NOT ONE.

AND WE KNOW IT IS HARD, IT IS DIFFICULT.

WHATEVER YOU DO, SOMEONE IS GOING TO OPPOSE, INVARIABLY PEOPLE WILL OPPOSE THIS BUILDING, HERE, BUT YOU HAVE GOT TO GET PAST THAT.

YOU HAVE GOT TO FOCUS ON FINDING A SOLUTION.

>> Reporter: THE GRANTS ARE INTENDED TO GET PROGRAMS STARTED.

EACH CITY IS PITCHING IN ITS OWN FUNDS TO KEEP THE PROGRAMS GOING.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SEVERAL LOCAL CITIZEN OPPOSE AN ORDER TO BOOST LOW INCOME HOUSING WILL NOT GET THEIR DAY IN COURT.

THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT DENIED THE REQUEST FROM CORONADO, SOLANA BEACH, IMPERIAL BEACH, AND LEMON GROVE.

THESE CITIES SAY THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR ZONING LAWS TO FACILITATE LOW INCOME DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS JUST THE LATEST REJECTION AFTER SIMILAR DENIALS BY LOWER COURTS.

>>> A BIG DONATION TO THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMMISSION WILL HELP PEOPLE OF COLOR BECOME HOMEOWNERS IN OUR AREA.

THE WELLS FARGO FOUNDATION IS PROVIDING A GRANT OF 7 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS TO PAY FOR CREDIT COUNSELING, DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, AND OTHER SERVICES.

THIS IS ALL PART OF A LARGER EFFORT BY THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNTY REINVESTMENT TASK FORCE.

>> TRAINING REALTORS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE FINDING HOMEBUYERS OF COLOR WHO ARE READY, WHO ARE ABLE TO GET INTO HOMES, AND MAKE SURE THEY GET THEM THERE.

THERE ARE SOME WHO NEED A LITTLE EXTRA BOOST.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET THAT FROM THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMMISSION.

THEY ARE A GREAT PART OF PARTNER, AND WE ARE EXCITED.

>> WELLS FARGO SAYS THE GRANT WILL HELP IT ACHIEVE ITS GOAL OF CREATING 5000 NEW HOMEOWNERS OF COLOR.

WHAT WILL NOT HELP HOMEBUYERS, RISING INTEREST RATES.

>>> TODAY, THE FEDERAL RESERVE RAISED RATES BY ANOTHER THREE QUARTERS OF A PERCENTAGE POINT TO TACKLE RECORD HIGH INFLATION.

JENN SULLIVAN HAD A LOOK AT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR BORROWERS.

>> Reporter: AGGRESSIVE ACTION FROM THE FED.

ON WEDNESDAY, FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN JEROME POWELL ANNOUNCED THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE INTEREST RATE HIKE THIS YEAR.

>> RATED POLICY INTEREST RATE BY THREE QUARTERS OF A PERCENTAGE POINT.

>> Reporter: ECONOMISTS ARE NOT SURPRISED, AND EXPECT MORE RATE INCREASES ARE AHEAD OF US.

THE FED, TAKING DRASTIC ACTION TO SLAM THE BRAKES ON THE HOT ECONOMY AND HISTORIC INFLATION.

>> ARE OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT INFLATION, AND RAISING RATES VERY AGGRESSIVELY TO SLOW THE ECONOMY GROWTH RATE TO QUELL THE INFLATION.

>> Reporter: HIGHER INTEREST RATE WITH HIGHER BORROWING COSTS FOR ALL AMERICANS, ON CREDIT CARDS, CARDS, STUDENT LOANS, AND HOMES.

MORTGAGE RATES HAVE ALREADY TOP 6%, AND ALSO A HIT ON RETIREMENT SAVINGS.

WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW SHOULD BE A WARNING BELL TO GET OUT OF DEBT THAT YOU HAVE AND DO NOT TAKE ON ANY NEW DEBT, BECAUSE WHATEVER YOU TAKE ON IS GOING TO COST YOU MORE.

>> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY MOST CONSUMERS WILL NOT FEEL THE PAIN, BUT FOR THOSE MAKING LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, IT COULD BE TIME FOR DIFFICULT DECISIONS.

-- AUTHOR -- RECOMMEND HOLDING OFF ON PURCHASES UNTIL THE OVERALL ECONOMY STABILIZES.

BACK IS IS THE RIGHT TIME?

CAN YOU WAIT BEFORE JUMPING INTO THE HOUSING MARKET?

OR TO BUY THAT NEW CAR?

BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO COST YOU MORE.

>> Reporter: THE FED'S MOVE DOES HAVE A SILVER LINING FOR SOME.

HIGHER RATES COULD BENEFIT SAVERS.

>> THIS COULD BE A PLUS FOR YOU, BECAUSE YOU WILL GET A HIGHER RATE ON THAT.

>> Reporter: FOR TODAY'S CONSUMER WATCH, I AM JENN SULLIVAN.

>>> A SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION IN RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE COMES A PRESIDENT BIDEN ADDRESS THE UNITED NATIONS TODAY.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ BREAKS DOWN RUSSIA'S INCREASE IN TROOPS AND HOW WORLD LEADERS ARE RESPONDING.

>> Reporter: AFTER SETBACKS ON THE BATTLEFIELD, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN RESPONDED IN A RARE NATIONAL ADDRESS.

>> TO PROTECT OUR HOMELAND, I THINK IT IS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE DECISION TO ALSO MOBILIZE CITIZENS OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

>> Reporter: THE PARTIAL MOBILIZATION WILL CALL UP 300,000 CITIZENS OF RUSSIA'S MILITARY RESERVE.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AFTER A SUCCESSFUL UKRAINIAN OFFENSIVE IN THE NORTHEASTERN REGION, DURING A SPEECH TO THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY JUST HOURS LATER, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN PLEDGED TO STAND WITH UKRAINE, IN THE FACE OF MILITARY ESCALATION.

>> THIS WAR IS ABOUT EXTINGUISHING UKRAINE'S RIGHT TO EXIST AS A STATE.

THAT SHOULD MAKE YOUR BLOOD RUN COLD.

>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT ALSO CALLED THE KREMLIN'S MOVE TO ANNEX REGIONS OF UKRAINE A SHAM , A VIOLATION OF THE U.N. CHARTER.

BACK PUTIN CLAIMS HE HAD TO ACT BECAUSE RUSSIA WAS THREATENED.

BUT NO ONE THREATENED RUSSIA.

>> Reporter: AS MORE RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE EXPECTED TO ENTER THE CONFLICT, PUTIN THREATENED THE POTENTIAL USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, ALSO RAISING CONCERNS.

>> IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE, IN ORDER TO PROTECT RUSSIA, WE WILL DEFINITELY USE ALL MEANS.

>> Reporter: IVAN RODRIGUEZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A COMPANY HERE, IN SAN DIEGO, IS HELPING A UKRAINIAN TEEN WALK AGAIN AFTER HE LOST PART OF HIS LEG IN A RUSSIAN ATTACK.

HIS STORY IS COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

>>> 80 YEARS LATER, SAN DIEGO IS NOW APOLOGIZING FOR ITS ROLE IN JAPANESE-AMERICAN INTERNMENT DURING WORLD WAR II.

ON TUESDAY, THE COUNCIL VOTED TO RESCIND A CITY RESOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE 1942, WHICH CALLED ON THE LOCAL FBI TO FOLLOW PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT LEAD IN REMOVING PEOPLE OF JAPANESE DESCENT FROM THE AREA.

THIS WEEK BUT ALSO GIVES A FORMAL APOLOGY TO THOSE OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY WHO WERE AFFECTED.

>>> THE SHERIFF IN SAN ANTONIO IS NOW INTERESTED IN TALKING WITH EIGHT MEN WHO ARRIVED IN SACRAMENTO FROM TEXAS TO FIND OUT IF THERE TRIP IS CONNECTED TO THE MIGRANTS FLOWN TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD.

REPORTER MICHELLE BANDLER SHOWS US HOW NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARE HELPING THE MEN ADJUST TO THEIR NEW LIVES.

>> Reporter: THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF -- USA HEARD ABOUT THE MIGRANT UNPLANNED ARRIVAL IN SACRAMENTO, AND STEPPED IN TO HELP.

>> ALL ABOUT CREATING A POSITIVE, SAFE SPACE FOR ALL PEOPLE TO PLAY.

>> Reporter: THE NONPROFIT NORCAL RESIST IS PROVIDING THE MEN WITH CLOTHES, FOOD, AND A PLACE TO STAY, ALSO GETTING THEM TO IMMIGRATION HEARINGS AND ASYLUM CLINICS.

THE FIRST REPORT THE MEN ARRIVED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, ON TWO SEPARATE FLIGHTS IN THE SAME SAN ANTONIO SHELTER WHERE MIGRANTS SENT TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD STATED HE MEANT TOLD ME THEY ARRIVED IN SACRAMENTO BAREFOOT, AND WALKED DOWNTOWN TO THE ADDRESS WRITTEN ON THEIR DOCUMENTS.

IT WAS THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES.

>> THESE PEOPLE ARE VULNERABLE.

THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON, AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS NORMAL.

SO, I THINK WHEN SOMEONE HANDS THEM A PLANE TICKET, THAT MAYBE THIS IS LEGITIMATE.

>> Reporter: MISSES SANTIAGO, IMMIGRATION LAWYER IN DAVIS, CALLED THE SITUATION TROUBLING AND UNUSUAL, ALSO ASKING IF THE SACRAMENTO CASE IS CONNECTED TO FLORIDA.

THIS IS NOT THE ACT OF A NONPROFIT.

THERE WOULD BE NO BENEFIT TO A NONPROFIT SENDING SOMEONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH NO RESOURCES AND NO MEANS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, AND NO ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR THEM.

>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, THE MIGRANTS ARE GETTING HELP NOW, AND LEARNING WHAT LIFE IS LIKE IN SACRAMENTO.

>> WHILE THEY ARE PLAYING ON THIS FIELD, I AM SURE THEY ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT THE 20 MILE WALK THEY HAD TO TAKE FROM THE AIRPORT, AFTER GETTING JUST DUMPED ON A PLANE AND SET SOME OF YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

THEY ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.

>>> THAT WAS MICHELLE BANDLER REPORTING.

AS MENTIONED, A SHERIFF IN SAN ANTONIO IS INVESTIGATING MIGRANT FLIGHTS THAT ORIGINATED IN TEXAS.

MOST OF THOSE MIGRANTS ARE NOW PART OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ALLEGING ORGANIZERS USED FRAUDULENT TACTICS TO GET THEM ON THE PLANES.

>>> FROM RECYCLED AND REUSABLE MATERIALS TO ENERGY UP WITH EFFICIENT APPLIANCES, THERE ARE ECO-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THESE DAYS.

NOW, AS MICHELLE JULIE REPORTS, THE SAME IS TRUE WHEN IT COMES TO HOW YOU ARE BURIED.

>> Reporter: WHEN WE THINK OF COMPOST, PILES OF RICH SOIL COME TO MIND.

OR COLLECTING TABLE SCRAPS IN CONTAINERS TO CONVERT INTO NUTRIENT RICH DIRT FOR THE GARDEN.

IN CALIFORNIA, WE WILL SOON HAVE SOMETHING KNOWN AS HUMAN COMPOSTING, AN ALTERNATIVE TO BURIAL OR CREMATION.

IT HAS JUST BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW.

>> ENTIRELY NATURAL, SO, THE MICROBES THAT ARE IN OUR BODY WILL GO TO WORK.

AND THEY WILL START TO BREAK DOWN OUR BODIES AT A MOLECULAR LEVEL.

SO, IT IS WITH THOSE MICROBES, AND THE ADDITIONAL NATURAL MATERIAL, WOODCHIPS, WILDFLOWERS, AND MULCH THAT ALTOGETHER ESSENTIALLY CREATE COMPOST.

>> Reporter: THE WASHINGTON STATE COMPANY, EARTH FUNERAL, AGAIN USING THIS METHOD OF DISPOSING BODIES IN MARCH, WHERE HUMAN COMPOSTING IS LEGAL AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE.

>> RELATIVE TO CREMATION, IT DOES NOT EMIT CARBON DIOXIDE, SO -- CREMATION EMITS ABOUT 540 POUNDS PER PROCESS.

IT IS FAR LESS RESOURCE INTENSIVE THAN TRADITIONAL BURIAL, WHICH REQUIRES CONCRETE, STEEL, HARDWOODS TO BE BURIED UNDERGROUND, AND FOR THOSE LANDS TO BE MAINTAINED IN PERPETUITY.

>> Reporter: AFTER TWO EARLIER ATTEMPTS, THE HUMAN COMPOSTING BILL BY A FAMILY MEMBER CHRISTINA GARCIA OF BELL GARDENS WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE GOVERNOR OVER THE WEEKEND.

IT WILL BECOME AN ALTERNATIVE BURIAL OPTION IN THE YEAR 2027.

>> I DID NOT KNOW THAT.

THAT IS NEWS TO ME.

I DO NOT THINK I LIKE THAT.

I THINK I LIKE THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS.

>> I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I THINK ABOUT THAT.

I DO NOT THINK I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO DO, THEN.

I MEAN, THE ENVIRONMENT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS.

FOR ME AS A YOUNG PERSON TO CARE ABOUT TODAY.

>> Reporter: EARTH FUNERAL PROVIDES FAMILIES WITH CONTAINERS OF SOIL TO SCATTER OR PLANT.

THE COST FOR THE SERVICES AROUND $5000.

>>> THAT WAS MICHELLE JULIE REPORTED WE ALSO DISCUSSED THIS LEGISLATION ON KPBS MIDDAY ADDITION, YOU CAN FIND THE SEGMENT ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG, OR YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

MIKE AFTER YEARS OF PLANNING, SHOVELS ARE NOW IN THE GROUND FOR A HUGE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF SAN DIEGO, A COLLECTION OF VIPS INCLUDING SAN DIEGO'S MAYOR TOOK HEART IN A CEREMONIAL GROUNDBREAKING AT RIVERWALK SAN DIEGO.

THE PROPERTY SITS ALONG WHAT USED TO BE A GOLF COURSE NEAR FRIARS ROAD, AND CLOSE TO PASSION VALLEY MALL.

THOSE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT DESCRIBED SOME OF WHAT IS TO COME.

>> ONE KEY THING WE HEARD WAS FIRST, WE WOULD LOVE A GROCERY STORE, AND WE WOULD LIKE THAT EARLY.

SO, THAT IS PART OF PHASE ONE.

ANOTHER THING WE HEARD CONSISTENTLY WAS OPEN SPACE.

AND VARYING THE HEIGHT AND PLACEMENT OF THE BUILDINGS.

>> THE FIRST PHASE WILL TAKE A COUPLE YEARS TO COMPLETE, AND BRING MORE THAN 900 HOMES TO THE AREA.

MORE THAN 4000 ARE PLANNED FOR THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A NEW TROLLEY STATION.

10% WILL BE AFFORDABLE UNITS.

>>> DRY WEATHER IS IN OUR FUTURE, AND SO IS A WARMING TREND.

GOING TO GET PRETTY HOT, HERE, BY THE WEEKEND.

GET READY TO HYDRATE.

LOOKING AT OUR WEATHER, THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, THURSDAY WILL BE BEAUTIFUL.

THEN, YOUR WARMING TREND STARTS FRIDAY AND CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

PETE AROUND OUR AREA EITHER MONDAY OR TUESDAY.

TONIGHT, JUST A FEW CLOUDS AROUND, A LOW OF 64 DEGREES.

LOOKS LIKE A NICE NIGHT.

OCEANSIDE, 56, -- 66, AND MOUNT LAGUNA AT 54.

HERE IS OUR THURSDAY WEATHER, PRETTY DRY, PRETTY COMFORTABLE FOR MOST OF THE AREA.

HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR TEMPERATURES.

OCEANSIDE, 79, EL CAJON AT 90.

RAMON AT 89, BORREGO SPRINGS 89, AND -- AT 76.

TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE ON FRIDAY.

HERE IT IS.

THE BEGINNING OF OUR WARMING TREND.

HIGH PRESSURE FROM TEXAS STARTS TO SPREAD WESTWARD, RIGHT ACROSS OUR AREA.

SO, WE ARE IN FOR SOME HEAT.

TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TEMPERATURES ON THE COAST THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, WE WILL WARM INTO THE 80s, MID-80s EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND, WITH SUNSHINE AS WE TAKE YOU IN LAND, OF COURSE, IT WILL BE HOTTER.

TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE 90s, STARTING FRIDAY, CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND.

YOU SEE HEAT PEAKING HERE, ON MONDAY NIGHT AT 5:00.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE MOUNTAINS, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, HERE, TEMPERATURES STARTED TO CREEP UP.

AND IN THE DESERTS, PLENTY OF SUN, AND TEMPERATURES BACK IN TRIPLE DIGITS BY FRIDAY.

IT GETS HOTTER FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST MARK -- >>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, MAJOR ESCALATION OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE.

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

>>> A SAN DIEGO COMPANY IS HELPING A UKRAINIAN TEENAGER WHO LOST HIS LEG TO A RUSSIAN TANK.

KPBS REPORTER KITTY ALVARADO WAS THERE AS THE TEAM TOOK HIS FIRST STEPS ON A NEW LEG.

>> DEEP BREATH.

>> Reporter: THESE ARE 16-YEAR- OLD IVAN -- FIRST STEPS ON HIS NEW PROSTHETIC LEG.

HE IS TAKING THEM IN MIRA MESA WITH PROSPECT TEST PETER HARSH.

BUT IVAN'S HOME IS A WORLD AWAY, IN UKRAINE, WHERE HE LIVES WITH HIS MOTHER, TWO SISTERS, AND TWO BROTHERS.

THAT IS WHERE ALMOST SIX MONTHS AGO, HIS LIFE CHANGED FOREVER.

ABOUT ONE MONTH AFTER THE RUSSIAN INVASION, HE, HIS MOTHER, AND STEPFATHER ARE RETURNING HOME FROM THE GROCERY STORE WHEN THE EVILS OF WAR STRUCK THEIR FAMILY.

[ SINGING IN NON-ENGLISH ] >> AS THEY WERE RETURNING, HE SAID, A COLUMN OF RUSSIAN VEHICLES CAUGHT UP TO THEM, APPROACHED THEM.

[ SPEAKING FNON-ENGLISH ] >> ONE OF THE TANKS ACTUALLY VEERED AWAY FROM THE COLUMN, AND WENT DIRECTLY TOWARD THEM.

AS THE TANK APPROACHED, THE OTHER TWO WERE SORT OF SHOVED AWAY, AND UNINJURED.

IN HIS CASE, THE TANK CAUGHT HIM UNDER THE TREADS.

>> Reporter: IVAN'S STEPFATHER DIED IN THE ATTACK.

HIS MOTHER SURVIVED, BUT IVAN LOST PART OF HIS LEG.

THROUGH IT ALL, HE STILL SMILES.

[ SPEAKING FNON-ENGLISH ] >> HAD A REALLY POSITIVE ATTITUDE.

HIS ENTIRE REACTION WAS, I WANT TO LIVE.

>> Reporter: THE UKRAINIAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. PARTNERED WITH THE SAN DIEGO- BASED RIGHT TO WALK FOUNDATION, TO BRING IVAN TO THE U.S. A FAMILY FRIEND WHO CAME WITH IVAN SAYS HE WANTS TO BE FULLY MOBILE AGAIN TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY.

>> LIFE, EVEN UP TO THIS POINT, WAS NOT EASY FOR IVAN.

A LARGE FAMILY WITHOUT A FATHER?

HE IS NOT IN ANY WAY NEGATIVE OR SORRY FOR HIMSELF.

HE IS CHARGING FORWARD.

>> Reporter: AND CHARGING FORWARD, HE IS.

>> GO, GO.

KEEP GOING, PUSH THROUGH.

YUP, YUP, GO.

LOOK UP.

NICE AND TALL, YUP.

THERE YOU GO.

PUSH, GET THOSE MUSCLES GOING.

>> Reporter: HARSH SAYS THIS JOURNEY WILL NOT BE EASY.

IVAN WILL BE HERE FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, WHERE HE STARTS A FOUNDATION HE CAN BUILD ON.

THIS PLACE IS DIFFERENT.

THEY DO NOT JUST WORK ON THE PHYSICAL.

>> ALSO, THE EMOTIONAL STUFF.

AS THEY ARE SITTING HERE, WAITING, THINKING ABOUT THE FAMILY BACK HOME AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM, WE PICK THEM BACK UP SO THEY CAN GO INTO THE NEXT LEVEL.

ANYBODY CAN MAKE IVAN WATT, McKENNA TAKEN TO THE NEXT LEVEL?

THE LEVEL THEY NEED TO REALLY GO BACK INTO THEIR LIFE?

THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO THINK ABOUT, AND IT IS NOT EASY.

>> Reporter: EVEN HARSH IS IMPRESSED WITH IVAN'S FIRST DAY ON HIS PROPHETIC LEGS.

HE HAD ONLY BEEN MEASURED FOR THEM THE DAY BEFORE.

>> OKAY TO WALK?

ASK HIM.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> HE CAN SEND HIM BACK TO HIS MOM, TELL HER HE IS WALKING ON THE SECOND DAY.

>> Reporter: IVAN HAS BIG DREAMS.

[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> GO TO HOLLYWOOD, YEAH.

BE AN ACTOR.

>> WITH YOUR OPTIMISM AND YOUR COURAGE, I THINK YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO.

DREAM BIG.

>> Reporter: IVAN STILL NEED A LOCAL HOST FAMILY TO HELP HIM THROUGH HIS RECOVERY, SO HE CAN MAKE HIS DREAM A REALITY.

KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

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