>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY AND COMPANIES PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND, BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS MONDAY, MAY 9th.

THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

LEADERS FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND MEXICO ARE CELEBRATING THE NEWLY EXPANDED TIJUANA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

KPBS RAISED AN EQUITY REPORTER AND SAYS LEADERS EXPECT THE ADDITIONS TO ATTRACT MORE TOURISM AND REDUCE WAIT TIMES FOR PASSENGERS USING THE CROSS- BORDER.

BEGINNING AS EARLY AS TUESDAY, TRAVELERS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY INTO THE TIJUANA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE CROSS-BORDER EXPRESS, OR CPX BRIDGE WILL BE GREETED BY AN ALL, $100 MILLION FACILITY.

>> IF YOU CROSS A SOUTHBOUND COMING A NEW FACILITY THAT IS ADDING MORE IMMIGRATION RULES, DOUBLING THE CAPACITY OF INSPECTION, AND ALSO, HAVING FOUR TIMES THE CAPACITY OF AIRLINE TICKET COUNTERS.

>> THAT MEANS PASSENGERS CAN CHECK THE BACK IN MEXICO AND REDUCE LINES STATESIDE.

PASSENGERS LIKE LOGAN CREDE OF SAN CLEMENTE.

WE CAUGHT UP WITH HER AS SHE WAS WAITING IN LINE TO CHECK IN BAGS FOR AN ANNUAL FAMILY TRIP TO MAZATLAN.

SHE HAS USED TVs BEFORE AND IS EXCITED ABOUT THE EASIER PROCESS.

>> TO GO THROUGH CUSTOMS NOW FOR WE GET TO MEXICO IS GREAT.

AND, LIKE THE EASIEST THING, JUST GO THROUGH, IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE AT AN AIRPORT CAMERA.

AIRPORT EXPANSION WAS FUNDED BY A GROUP THAT OPERATES AT THE TWO HONOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEGLECTED TO REDUCE WAIT TIMES BY 30 OR 40%.

WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING CROSSINGS A MAXIMUM OF 25 MINUTES.

ORANGE CALIFORNIA HAS USED DBX AT LEAST 20 TIMES BEFORE.

AND ALSO APPLAUDS ANY AND ALL EXPANSIONS, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE USING CPX.

>> [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] BUT, HE SAYS THAT THE RETURNS FOR THE U.S. SIDE ARE STILL TOO LONG.

>> JORGE IS THE CROSS-BORDER EXPRESS CEO.

HE SAYS THEY ARE ALREADY AT WORK IMPROVING THE EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY AS THEY ANTICIPATE 4 MILLION PEOPLE TO CROSS THE CPX BRIDGE THIS YEAR ALONE.

>> RIGHT, SO WE ADDED MORE BOOTS HERE IN CPX JUST IN FEBRUARY.

WE EXPANDED OUR NEW FACILITY, AND WE HAVE UP TO 14 INSPECTION, 16 EXPANSION BOOTS FROM A THAT WE HAVE IN THE PAST AND WE ARE BRINGING MORE OFFICERS TO ALSO HELP THE DEMAND THAT WE ARE SEEING FROM OUR CUSTOMERS.

>> THE EXPANSION ALSO INCLUDES TWO NEW BOARDING GATES AND HAS ADDED SEVERAL NEW FLIGHTS, MAKING IT THE BEST CONNECTED AIRPORT IN MEXICO FOR DOMESTIC TRAVEL.

CHRISTINA KIM, FOUR.

>>> CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL WILL NO LONGER USE SECRET UNITS TO CONDUCT INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO MISCONDUCT BY AGENTS.

ACCORDING TO A MEMO RELEASED BY THE AGENCY THEY WILL RELY ON THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBLY SAYING IT WILL ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY, IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES HAVE ACCUSED BORDER PATROL USING SPECIALIZED UNITS, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS SHADOW UNITS TO COVER UP CRIMES, AND EXCESSIVE FORCE.

>> WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT THESE AGENCIES ARE NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE, THERE IS NO OVERSIGHT OVER THEM, AND THEREFORE, WE THE ABUSES BY AGENCIES THAT ARE MEANT TO PROTECT OR HAVE THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING THE COUNTRY, PROTECTING PEOPLE.

TWO IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW MANY CASES HAVE AND IMPACTED BY THESE UNITS.

ACCORDING TO THE CBP'S MEMO, THEY PLAN TO REASSIGN PERSONNEL AND TRAIN SPECIAL AGENTS.

WHAT THAT TRAINING WILL LOOK LIKE AND WHAT EXPERTISE IS REQUIRED IS STILL UNKNOWN.

THE CHAIR OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS TAKING A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM HIS POSITION AMID ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULT.

WILL RODRIGUEZ KENNEDY SAID IN A FACEBOOK POST ON FRIDAY THAT SOMEONE WITH WHOM HE WAS IN A COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP HAD MADE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HIM.

HE DID NOT EXPLAIN FURTHER, BUT SAID THAT THE ACCUSATIONS WERE FALSE AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY STANDS UNITED AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT.

HE ADDED THE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S ETHICS COMMITTEES WILL DO AN INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING THE PARTIES POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, THAT COMMITTEES MEMBERS WOULD HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY RODRIGUEZ KENNEDY HIMSELF.

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CONFIRMED THE CASES ARE UNDER REVIEW.

>>> ELECTION SEASON IS HERE AND KPBS HAS LAUNCHED A RESOURCE TO HELP VOTERS MAKE SENSE OF THE BALLOT.

KPBS REPORTER , ALEXANDER LIM, HAS THE DETAILS.

>> STARTING TODAY, SAN DIEGO CAN DROP OFF THE BALANCE OF MORE THAN 120 DROP-OFF LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

>> OUR OFFICE WILL BE OPEN FROM 8:00 A.M. UNTIL 5:00 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR EARLY VOTING.

>> REGISTERED VOTERS SAY IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR VOTER CLAMPETT AND VALID YET, YOU SHOULD BE RECEIVING THEM THIS WEEK KRISTI MATHESON IS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR CANDIDATE AND CONTEST ON YOUR BALLOT.

IT ALSO GOES OVER YOUR VOTING OPTIONS.

>> OF COURSE, THE QUESTION IS, WHO TO VOTE FOR.

TO HELP YOU MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICE.

JUST GO TO KPBS.ORG/VOTER HUB.

THERE YOU CAN ENTER YOUR ADDRESS OR ZIP CODE TO ASK FOR A COMPREHENSIVE BALLOT GUIDE WITH ALL THE CANDIDATES AND MEASURES IN YOUR DISTRICT.

ONCE YOU'VE MADE YOUR SELECTIONS, YOU CAN PRINT THEM, HAVE THEM EMAILED, OR SENT TO YOUR PHONE TO HELP FILL OUT YOUR BALLOT.

AND TAKE IT WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO TO THE POLL.

THE VOTER HUB ALSO HAS A LISTING OF LOCATIONS WE CAN DROP OFF YOUR BALLOT, OR VOTE IN PERSON.

OF COURSE, YOU CAN ALWAYS MAIL IN YOUR BALLOT.

>> YOUR ENVELOPE MUST BE POSTMARKED ON OR BEFORE ELECTION DAY, AND RECEIVED BY OUR OFFICE UP TO SEVEN DAYS AFTER ELECTION DAY TO BE CONSIDERED TIMELY CAST.

>> AT THE REGISTER, ALEXANDER LIM, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE VOTER HUB IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH AT THE WEB ADDRESS ON YOUR SCREEN.

THE BATTLE OVER ABORTION RIGHTS APPEARS TO BE HEADING TO THE SENATE FLOOR.

AS JOHN LAURENCE REPORTS, MAJORITY LEADER, CHUCK SCHUMER ANNOUNCED HE WILL BE PUTTING UP A BILL UP FOR THE VOTE SOMETIME THIS WEEK.

>> ON SUNDAY, WHICH WAS MOTHER'S DAY, DOZENS OF WOMEN IN KANSAS CITY PROTESTED IN SUPPORT OF ROE V WADE.

>> ONCE THEY TAKE AWAY ABORTION, THEY WILL TAKE AWAY BIRTH CONTROL, I MEAN, WHO KNOWS WHAT COMES NEXT.

IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE.

>> SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, CHUCK SCHUMER SAYS HE PLANS TO FILE A MOTION FOR A PROCEDURAL VOTE MONDAY, WHICH COULD SEE A FULL SENATE VOTE ON THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE WEDNESDAY.

>> I THINK ROE V WADE CREATED A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN THE WRITTEN CONSTITUTION, HAS CREATED DIVISION FROM THE FIRST DAY IT WAS DECIDED UNTIL NOW.

>> THE WOMEN'S HEALTH PROTECTION ACT CODIFIED ROE AND PUSHED BY SCHUMER AND OTHER DEMOCRATS WOULD NEED AT LEAST 10 REPUBLICAN VOTES FOR A GOP FILIBUSTER, HITTING THAT THRESHOLD IS UNLIKELY.

>> IF AMERICA'S PEOPLE, AMERICA'S WOMEN, AND MEN WHO LOVE THEM DO NOT FIGHT RIGHT NOW, WE WILL LOSE THE BASIC RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS TO HAVE BODILY AUTONOMY AND TO DECIDE WHAT OUR FUTURES LOOK LIKE.

>> 13 STATES HAVE SO-CALLED TRIGGER LAWS, WHICH WOULD QUICKLY BAN ABORTION IF ROE IS OVERTURNED ONE OF THOSE STATES AS MISSISSIPPI AND ITS GOVERNOR, TATE READS SAYS ENDING ROE WOULD BE A BIG WIN FOR ABORTION OPPONENTS.

WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE THOSE POTENTIAL EXPECTANT MOTHERS THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED SO THAT THEY CAN GO TO A FULL TERM OF PREGNANCY IF THEY CHOOSE TO KEEP THAT CHILD, THEN THAT IS A GREAT OUTCOME.

>> I AM JOHN LAURENCE, REPORTING.

>> AROUND HALF OF ABORTIONS DON'T HAPPEN AT A CLINIC, BUT AT HOME WITH A PILL.

COMING UP ON EVENING EDITION, THE COMPETING EFFORTS TO EXPAND OR RESTRICT ACCESS TO THE DRUG.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE READY TO HELP CREATE MORE HOMELESS SHELTERS ACROSS THE REGION.

KPBS HELP REPORTER, MATT HOFFMANN SAYS IT IS UP TO LOCUST CITY TO JOIN THE PROGRAM.

>> WE ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE.

>> SUPERVISOR, NATHAN FLETCHER IS UNVEILING A PROPOSAL FOR CITY LEADERS COUNTYWIDE.

YOU PROVIDE THE SHELTER SPACE AND THE COUNTY WILL OFFER ON- SITE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND PUBLIC BENEFITS ASSISTANCE.

THE COUNTY ALREADY DOES THIS AT THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO SHELTERS, BUT DUE TO THE GROWING NEED, THEY WANTED TO BE A REGIONAL SERVICE RISK >> FOR FAR TOO LONG, EVERYONE SAID HEY, WE GOT TO DO WITH HOMELESSNESS UNTIL IT COMES TO ACTUALLY SIDING THE FACILITY AND PEOPLE CAN GET AWFULLY SQUEAMISH.

THE REALITY IS, WE CANNOT DO THAT.

>> BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS ALSO VOTING TO ALLOCATE $10 MILLION.

IT WOULD BE STARTUP MONEY TO HELP CITIES LAUNCH THEIR OWN SHELTER PROGRAM >> THE PROBLEM IS THEY WANT TO MOVE QUICKLY HERE AND FINE PROPOSALS ARE READY TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS NOW.

THEY SAY A NUMBER OF CITIES ALREADY HAVE PROPOSALS IN THE WORKS.

>> NATIONAL CITY, OCEANSIDE, CARLSBAD.

YOU KNOW, THESE ARE CITIES THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH SHELTER PLAN:REALITIES WE NOT ALL OF THEM TO DO THAT.

>> TAMARA KOHLER WHO LEADS THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS SAYS IN ANY GIVEN CITY, UP TO 90% OF THE UN- SHELTERED ARE FROM THAT AREA.

>> AND THEY WANT TO STAY CLOSE TO HOME, SO THAT IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO CITE THESE IN EACH OF OUR SMALLER COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THEY, THEY LAST WAREHOUSED .

IT IS WHERE WE HAVE OUR GREATEST CHANCE TO HOUSE THEM AGAIN.

>> THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COUNTY STILL REQUIRES INVESTMENTS FROM INDIVIDUAL CITIES.

THEY WOULD NEED TO RUN OR CONTRACT OUT DAY-TO-DAY SHELTER OPERATIONS THAT INCLUDES INTAKE SERVICES AS WELL AS PROVIDING FOOD, SECURITY, AND SHOWERS.

MATT HOFFMANN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND NOW, UPDATE ON COVID-19 CASES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

WE JUST GOT THE LATEST NUMBERS.

516 CASES WERE REPORTED ON MAY 8th WITH A HIGH OF 914 ON MAY 5th.

13 DEATHS WERE ALSO REPORTED SINCE THE LAST UP ON THURSDAY.

MEANWHILE, THE WHITE HOUSE IS WARNING THE U.S. COULD SEE A HUGE WAVE THIS FALL AND WINTER.

MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE ON THE LATEST PROJECTIONS.

>>> A GRIM PROJECTION OF POTENTIAL COVID-19 INFECTIONS.

>> IF WE DON'T GET AHEAD OF THIS THING, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF WANING IMMUNITY, THIS VIRUS CONTINUES TO EVOLVE, AND WE MAY SEE A PRETTY SIZABLE WAVE OF INFECTION HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND DEATHS THIS FALL AND WINTER.

>> LOOKING AT A RANGE OF MODELS, WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS ESTIMATE $100 MILLION NEW CASES IN THE U.S.

THIS FALL AND WINTER IF NEW FUNDING IS NOT APPROVED AND ASSUMING DRAMATIC NEW VARIANCE DON'T EMERGE.

>> WE NEED CONGRESS'S HELP AND THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY MESSAGES HERE.

WE NEED THE RESOURCES TO FIGHT THAT BATTLE SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF A FALL AND WINTER.

>> IN MARCH FOR THE BIDEN DEMONSTRATION REQUESTED MORE THAN $22 BILLION IN EXTRA COVID- 19 RELIEF MONEY.

AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED ON A SCALED-BACK FUNDING PACKAGE LESS THAN HALF OF THAT SIZE.

CONGRESS LEFT WASHINGTON IN APRIL WITHOUT PASSING THAT BIPARTISAN BILL, WITHOUT THAT MONEY, WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAY THE U.S. MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO PREPARE FOR A SURGE.

>> WE WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH OF THOSE FOR ALL AMERICANS.

WE WILL BEEN OUT OF TREATMENT, WE ARE GOING TO RUN OUT OF TESTING.

>> NEW DAILY COVID-19 CASES ARE TRENDING UP NOW IN MOST STATES, HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE UP AND ABOUT HALF OF STATES COMPARED TO LAST WEEK, INCLUDING MOST OF THE NORTHEAST.

BUT, THEY ARE STILL LOWER THAN MOST POINTS OF THE PANDEMIC.

FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I AM MANDY GAITHER.

>> CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 5 COULD SOON BE ELIGIBLE FOR A VACCINE.

THE FDA SAID THE AUTHORIZATION COULD COME PRIOR TO THE TARGET OF LATE JUNE.

A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE PROCESS HAS TAKEN LONGER THAN SOME EXPECTED.

SINCE MULTIPLE VARIANTS WERE IN CIRCULATION DURING THE TRIAL PERIOD AND BECAUSE IT IS FOR SMALL CHILDREN, ACCORDING TO THE CDC ONLY ABOUT 35% OF CHILDREN, 5 TO 11 FOR ELIGIBLE HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

MOST SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICERS WHO REQUESTED COVID VACCINE EXEMPTIONS DUE TO THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS GAVE HEARTFELT REASONS FOR THEIR REQUESTS.

BUT, WHERE THEY GENUINE?

KPBS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, CLAIRE REVIEWED POLICE RESPONSES AND FOUND MANY OF THEM WERE IDENTICAL TO EACH OTHER AND IT APPEARED TO BE COPIED AND PASTED FROM THE INTERNET.

>> THE IMPASSIONED PLEA CAME FROM A SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICER.

HE WAS TAKING A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FROM TAKING A COVID VACCINE AND WROTE DOWN HIS DEEPLY HELD BELIEFS.

IT IS MY BELIEF THAT GOD KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING, AND THE BODY NEEDS NO FIXING BY MANKIND, HE WROTE.

FELLING IT, MANKIND WITH A D. A FEW SENTENCES LATER, HE ALSO SPELLED THE WORD HATE WITH A TH.

ODDLY ENOUGH, ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER APPARENTLY HAD THE EXACT SAME RELIGIOUS CONVICTION.

THE SECOND OFFICERS EXEMPTION APPLICATION INCLUDED IDENTICAL WORDING, COMPLETE WITH THE SAME SPELLING ERRORS.

THAT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF UNCANNY SIMILARITIES FOUND BY A KPBS REVIEW OF 105 RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FORMS THAT SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL FILE WITH THE CITY.

IN FACT, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THE PASSAGES APPEAR TO BE COPIED DIRECTLY FROM SIMILAR RELIGIOUS EXCEPTION REQUEST FOUND ON THE INTERNET.

DESPITE THIS, CITY OFFICIALS HAVE APPROVED ALMOST ALL 1000 VACCINE EXEMPTIONS, AND ONLY DENIED 16.

MOST RESPONSES COVID VACCINE IS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE BIBLE AND REFERENCES BIBLICAL PASSAGES.

THE MOST COMMON COME FROM ONE CORINTHIANS.

SUCH AS, DON'T YOU KNOW THAT YOU, YOURSELVES ARE GOD'S TEMPLE?

AND THAT GOD IS IT DWELLS IN YOUR MIDST QUESTION SOME OF THE WAYS THAT THESE TEXTS ARE USED IN ISOLATION FROM THE WAY THAT THEY FIT CAUSES ARGUMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THE FIRST CENTURY.

I THINK THEY STRETCH OF THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT IS A POSSIBLE APPLICATION ABOUT THIS TEXT.

>> CAROL IS A NEW TESTAMENT PROFESSOR AT NAZARENE UNIVERSITY.

SHE SAYS SEARCHING FOR SPECIFIC PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE TO SUPPORT AN ARGUMENT LEADS TO MISINTERPRETATION.

LIKE IN THE CASE OF 1 CORINTHIANS, THE APOSTLE PAUL IS SPEAKING TO A GROUP.

>> ARGUING AGAINST SOME PRETTY GRATUITOUS SEXUAL IMMORALITY GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.

HERE, IT'S NOT EVEN FOOD OR SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD CONSUME OR MEDICINE THAT'S IN REFERENCE THIS IS TALKING ABOUT SEXUAL IMMORALITY.

HE MET WITH 75% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THEIR RELIGION DID ALLOW THEM TO RECEIVE OTHER VACCINE, LIKE TETANUS SHOTS, FLU SHOTS AND CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS, JUST NOT COVID VACCINES.

WHEN ASKED WHY, MORE THAN ONE DOZEN LEFT THE QUESTION BLANK.

AND, 20 SAID THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW.

MANY OTHERS MADE THE ARGUMENT THAT ONLY COVID VACCINES ARE DERIVED FROM FETAL CELLS, WHICH EQUATED TO ABORTION AND MURDER, THEY SAID.

BUT THE VACCINES THEMSELVES DO NOT CONTAIN FETAL TISSUE AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SUPPORTS THE VACCINES.

>> IF THEY WERE TAKING ONE OF MY CLASSES, THEY WOULD ALL BE FEELING THE CLASS FOR PLAGIARISM.

>>:ALEXANDER IS A ENGLISH PROFESSOR AT SAN DIEGO COLLEGE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.

>> IT IS JUST BLATANT AND IN- YOUR-FACE.

>> THE FACT THE POLICE OFFICERS WITH COPY ANSWERS FROM THE INTERNET TO A QUESTION THAT ASKED ABOUT DEEPLY HELD PERSONAL RELIGIOUS BELIEFS WAS DISHEARTENING TO ALEXANDER.

HE SAYS THAT IT INDICATES THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PLAYS BY ITS OWN RULES.

>> THE LACK OF CONSEQUENCES FOR THEM, CLEARLY, YOU KNOW.

COPY AND PASTING AND, YOU KNOW, FINDING WHATEVER LOOPHOLES THEY CAN NOT TO FOLLOW THE LAW, CAUSING THEM TO QUESTION WHO HOLDS THE POLICE ACCOUNTABLE.

>> CITY STAFFERS HAVE REVIEWED THE REQUEST, STATING LANGUAGE COPIED FROM THE INTERNET COULD REFLECT SOME OF HIS PERSONAL RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

>> THE CITY DID NOT QUESTION THE VALIDITY OR SINCERITY OF EMPLOYEES STATED RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

SPIRITUALLY POOR AS IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

>> SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHIES ARE THOSE WHO REFERENCE PERSONAL PREFERENCES BELIEFS OR FEARS OF A SECULAR NATURE WERE DETERMINED TO NOT QUALIFY AS PROTECTED RELIGIOUS POLICE >> STAFF SAY IT IS NOT THE CITY'S ROLE TO JUDGE WHERE THE WORDING CAME FROM.

CLAIRE TRAGESER, KPBS NEWS.

>> TO READ MORE RESPONSES TO WHY POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TAKE A KODAK'S INCOME YOU CAN HEAD TO KPBS.ORG.

>>> GAS PRICES ARE ONCE AGAIN FLIRTING WITH RECORD HIGHS AND THAT IS ADDING TO INFLATION, HEADACHES.

LOCAL PRICES HAVE INCREASED $.10 OVER THE PAST 12 DAYS FOR AN AVERAGE OF $5.83 FOR REGULAR UNLEADED.

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE ROSE TO $4.33 TODAY.

THAT IS A FRACTION OF A PENNY SHY OF THE ALL-TIME HIGH SET ON MARCH 11th.

AND, IN ANOTHER BLOW TO THE INFLATION OUTLOOK, DIESEL PRICES CLIMBING HIGHER, FORCING AN INCREASE IN SHIPPING PRICES FOR MANY GOODS.

>>> CALIFORNIA IS THE NATIONAL LEADER IN THE ADOPTION OF ROOFTOP SOLAR, BUT THE STATE HAS AN INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL FOR EVEN MORE.

AND AN ANALYSIS BY MYAREA.COM.

FOUND THAT NEARLY 4% OF THE ROOFTOPS CAPABLE OF HAVING SOLAR ACTUALLY HAVE IT.

INDUSTRY ANALYSTS SAY REGIONS THAT CAN REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL CAN GREATLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CARBON THAT THEY PUT IN THE AIR.

>> BY REDUCING CARBON, WE WOULD BE REDUCING RISK FOR PEOPLE FOR RESPIRATORY AILMENT FROM EXCESSIVE HEAT, AND OTHER WEATHER-RELATED, YOU KNOW, ILLNESSES AND DEATHS.

>> HAWAII LEADS THE NATION WITH SOLAR PANELS ON 12% OF THE STATES ELIGIBLE ROOFTOPS.

SOLAR COULD CONTINUE GROWING AT 8% PER YEAR WITH FINANCIAL INCENTIVES.

>> LOOKING AT A COUPLE COOL AND BREEZY DAYS AHEAD, HERE ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WARMING UP AS WE HEAD TOWARD'S NEXT WEEKEND, AND THERE DOES NOT LOOK TO BE ANY RAIN IN THE FORECAST.

AT LEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

SAN FRANCISCO IS MAKING IT ON A LITTLE BIT OF WET WEATHER BUT HERE IN SAN DIEGO, THERE'S NONE OF THAT IN THE FORECAST.

TEMPERATURES FOR YOUR MONDAY NIGHT, DROPPING DOWN INTO THE UPPER 40s AND OCEANSIDE, 45 YES INDEED.

40 ONE OUT TOWARDS RAMONA AND THE LOW 50s FOR YOU INTO THE SPRINGS.

MOVING FORWARD, TUESDAY IS LIKELY GOING TO BE ANOTHER CHILLY ONE.

WINDS ARE GOING TO BE ON THE BREEZY SIDE AGAIN HERE FOR US ON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

MUCH TO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION.

TEMPERATURES FOR MANY, 10 TO 20 DEGREES.

A LITTLE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

LIKELY GOING TO STAY PRETTY PROMINENT HERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH A GOOD AMOUNT OF MORNING CLOUD COVER, WHICH COULD HAVE TEMPERATURES WARMING, BUT IN THE AFTERNOON, WE SHOULD SEE THE SUNSHINE COME BACK OUT.

TEMPERATURES IN CHULA VISTA RIGHT AROUND 67 DEGREES FOR YOUR HIGH ON TUESDAY.

UPPER 60s INTO OCEANSIDE.

80s, LOW 80s AT THAT, INTO VIRAGO SPRINGS.

AS WE MOVE INTO WEDNESDAY, THAT LOW DRIFT EVEN FURTHER SOUTH PUSHING THE JET STREAM INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND THE COOLER WEATHER CONTINUES HERE FOR US AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK.

NEAR THE COAST, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE COOLEST DAY LIKELY IS GOING TO BE ON WEDNESDAY, TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE MID 60s.

LOOKING AT THE BREEZE ON THURSDAY WITH TEMPERATURES BEGINNING TO WARM UP BACK INTO THE UPPER 70s.

BY FRIDAY, AND RIGHT AROUND 80 AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

FURTHER INLAND, TEMPERATURES BOTTOM OUT IN THE 60s.

ON WEDNESDAY, LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZY DAY WITH THE FORECAST THERE.

NO, WE DO ONE SIGNIFICANTLY MOVING FORWARD.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, WE ARE IN THE 80s.

BY THE WEEKEND, WE ARE UP INTO THE 90s.

IN THE MOUNTAINS LOOKING TO DROP INTO THE 40s FROM TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY.

AND THEN WE REBOUND INTO THE 50s ON THURSDAY.

60s, FRIDAY POINT 70s AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, AND HERE IN THE DESERTS, WE LOOK TO DROP BACK DOWN INTO THE 70s ON WEDNESDAY.

UPPER 80s THURSDAY, UPPER 90s FRIDAY, AND TRIPLE DIGITS AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PASH.

>>> THE FIGHT TO STOP ABORTIONS MAY BE MOVING FROM DOCTORS OFFICES AND CLINICS TO THE MAIL SERVICE.

A RESEARCH ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS SAYS MORE THAN 54% OF ALL ABORTIONS IN THE U.S. LAST YEAR WERE INDUCED BY PILLS.

ANTIABORTION LAWMAKERS ARE ALREADY TRYING TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE THESE DRUGS BUT, AS TOM FOREMAN REPORTS, THAT MIGHT BE HARD TO DO.

>> FOR THOSE THAT INTEND ON ENDING ABORTION IN PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE BIGGEST BARRIER MAY NOW NOT BE POLITICS, BUT PILLS.

WHICH RESEARCHERS SAY ARE EFFECTIVE AVAILABLE, AND NOW USED FOR MORE THAN HALF OF ALL ABORTIONS.

>> ABORTION ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN QUIETLY BUILDING A WHOLE NEW BUSINESS MODEL TO TARGET YOUNG WOMEN ON THEIR PHONES TO CLICK, GET INFORMATION AND RECEIVE ABORTION DRUG BY MAIL.

>> THE FDA APPROVED MAIL ORDER SUPPLIES OF THE SO-CALLED ABORTION PILLS WITH A PRESCRIPTION THIS PAST DECEMBER.

FOR WOMEN IN THE FIRST 10 WEEKS OF PREGNANCY.

ADVOCATES INSIST IT IS LESS INVASIVE, MORE DISCREET, AND JUST AS SAFE AS SURGICAL ABORTIONS.

>> OFTENTIMES PEOPLE CHOOSE THIS FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THEIR ABORTION IN THEIR OWN HOME WITH THEIR FAMILY, AND, YOU KNOW, AROUND WHERE THEY'RE COMFORTABLE.

>> WE HAVEN'T SEEN AN INCREDIBLE INCREASE OF REQUESTS.

PEOPLE ARE REALLY SCARED OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> THAT IS WHY SOME ABORTION- RIGHTS SUPPORTERS BASED IN THE NETHERLANDS SAY THEY ARE ALREADY FACILITATING SHIPMENTS OF THE DRUGS TO WOMEN IN FAR- FLUNG CORNERS OF THE U.S.. AND THEY ARE PROMISING TO STEP UP THE EFFORT NO MATTER WHERE THOSE WOMEN ARE OR WHAT STATE LAW SAYS.

>> WHAT I'M DOING IS LEGAL UNDER THE LAWS WHERE I WORK FROM, AND ACTUALLY HAVE THE MEDICAL COST TO DO THIS.

I AM A DOCTOR, MY OATH IS THAT I HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED, AND THAT IS WHAT I AM DOING.

>> THAT WAS TOM FOREMAN REPORTING, STATES ARE TRYING TO STAMP OUT ABORTION OR WRITING LAWS THAT WOULD ATTACK WEBSITES AND OTHER STATE PROVIDERS, SHIPPING THESE DRUGS, ABORTION ADVOCATES BELIEVE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO ENFORCE IT.

>> I AM JUDY WOODRUFF, TONIGHT ON THE NEWS, WHY RUSSIA IS USING A WORLD WAR II MEMBER AND TO JUSTIFY ITS INVASION OF UKRAINE.

COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVEN ADDITION OF KPBS.

>>> AND THE MOVE TO HELP BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, 20 INTERNET COMPANIES ARE PROVIDING DISCOUNTED SERVICES FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

48 MILLION WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR HIGH-SPEED INTERNET FOR $30 A MONTH.

THE $1 TRILLION INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE PASSED BY CONGRESS LAST YEAR, INCLUDING FUNDING THAT PROVIDES $30 MONTHLY SUBSIDIES FOR MILLIONS OF LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

THAT EFFECTIVELY MAKES THEIR INTERNET FREE IF THEY SIGN UP WITH ONE OF THE NEWLY ANNOUNCED PROGRAMS DIVIDERS.

TOOLS DEVELOPED FOR GENETIC RESEARCH ARE GIVING OCEANOGRAPHERS A BETTER GLANCE OF THE DIVERSITY OF THE OCEANS BASIC FOOD WEB.

SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY CALLS THE TECHNIQUE BARCODING.

HE SAYS RESEARCHERS TAKE SAMPLES, FILTER THEM, THEN SCAN THEM FOR DNA FROM MICROSCOPIC PLANTS AND ANIMALS.

>> IF YOU EVER WORKED IN A GROCERY STORE AND YOU'RE MAKING SURE YOU'RE TAKING STOCK OF INVENTORY, YOU SCAN THE BARCODES IN THE GROCERY STORE, RIGHT?

IF SO, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING BUT IN THE OCEAN.

>> THE RESULTS GIVE RESEARCHERS A MORE COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE OCEAN'S HEALTH.

TEAMS HAVE BEEN COLLECTING SAMPLES SINCE 2014 WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO SEE CHANGES OVER TIME.

FINDINGS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF NATURE AND COMMUNICATIONS.

AND, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TINY LITTLE DISCOVERY.

BIOLOGISTS HAVE IDENTIFIED 6 NEW SPECIES OF MINIATURE FROGS IN MEXICO.

EACH OF THE NEW SPECIES IS SMALLER THAN A PENNY.

WHEN FULLY GROWN.

THESE AMPHIBIANS DON'T DEVELOP FROM TADPOLES, INSTEAD THEY EMERGE FROM EGGS AS MINIATURE FROGS.

AND, THEY HIDE AND FALLEN LEAVES ON FOREST FLOORS.

SCIENTISTS FROM LONDON'S NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, AND UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS COLLABORATED ON THIS DISCOVERY.

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