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♪ ♪ >>> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI, AND WE BEGIN WITH A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE ON A STORY WE BROUGHT TO YOU YESTERDAY.

FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO THE SMALL BOAT THAT CAPSIZED OFF OF THE COAST NEAR DEL MAR.

PROSECUTORS HAVE CHARGED TWO MEXICAN NATIONALS JULIO CESAR ZUNIGA LUNA AND JESUS RODRIGUEZ LEYVA WITH BRINGING IN ALIENS RESULTING IN DEATH AND BRINGING IN ALIENS FOR FINANCIAL GAIN.

THREE OTHERS WERE CHARGED WITH TRANSPORTATION OF ILLEGAL ALIENS.

AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE DIED IN THE ACCIDENT.

PROSECUTORS SAY ONE OF THEM WAS A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY.

FOUR OTHERS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY'RE BEING TREATED FOR RESPIRATORY ISSUES.

>> WE SEE THEM TWO TO THREE TIMES A YEAR FROM DEL MAR TO CARLSBAD, AND THIS ONE HERE IS DIFFERENT IN THE SENSE THAT WE DID HAVE SOME CASUALTIES.

>> NORMALLY, THAT'S NOT THE CASE?

>> NOT TO OUR EXPERIENCE.

>> IT ALSO IS.

IT ALWAYS IS, BUT WE'RE HERE TO FOCUS ON A JOB AND MAKE THINGS BET FOR EVERYONE.

>> AFTER 16 HOURS THE MULTI-AGENCY SEARCH WAS CALLED OFF LATE LAST NIGHT WITH SEVEN PEOPLE STILL MISSING.

CBP SAYS THE CASE HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE U.S.

ATTORNEYS OFFICE.

>>> GOOD EVENING.

I'M ARIELA SCALESE.

WHO IS READY FOR A PATTERN CHANGE AFTER A COOL AND CLOUDY START TO THE WEEK?

TONIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 50s AS CLOUDS INCREASE.

>>> ACTEN BLUECROSS CUSTOMERS IN SAN DIEGO CAN ONCE AGAIN ACCESS SCRIPPS HEALTH WITH IN-NETWORK CONK.

SCRIPPS ANNOUNCED THAT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY IT IS TEMPORARILY EXTENDING THE PREVIOUS IN-NETWORK CONTACTS THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2026.

DURING THIS EXTENSION PERIOD THE TWO SIDES SAY THEY WILL WORK TO REACH A NEW LONG-TERM DEAL.

SCRIPPS WENT OUT OF WORK WITH ANTHEM BLUE CROSS BACK ON JANUARY 1st.

>>> AFTER 196 DAYS ON STRIKE, MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS IN KAISER PERMANENTE COULD BE HEADED BACK TO WORK LATER THIS WEEK.

KAISER AND THE NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS HAVE A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT.

THE AGREEMENT IMPACTS ABOUT 300 MENTAL HEALTH EMPLOYEES ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THEY HAVE BEEN ON AN OPEN-ENDED STRIKE SINCE OCTOBER.

ONE OF THE KEY UNION DEMANDS WAS AROUND PAY.

>> WE MADE SOME IMPORTANT PROGRESS ON THAT FRONT IN TERMS OF EQUITY.

WE DIDN'T GET ALL THE WAY THERE.

KAISER DECLINED AN INTERVIEW REQUEST.

IN A STATEMENT THEY SAY IF THE UNION RATIFIES THE AGREEMENT ON THURSDAY, IT WILL GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

THAT MEANS KAISER MENTAL HEALTH STAFF COULD BE BACK TO WORK LATER THIS WEEK.

FORMER UNION PRESIDENT SAL ROSSELLI SAYS IT PUSHED THROUGH BILLS ADVANCING THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE.

THE FIRST WOULD REQUIRE CASE TORE REIMBURSE PATIENTS FOR OUTSIDE MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

>> FOR PATIENTS THAT NEED MENTAL HEALTH CARE, COULD NOT GET IT IN KAISER AS WE REQUIRED BY THE LAW EVEN AND HAD TO GO OUTSIDE OF KAISER NETWORK TO RECEIVE THE CARE.

>> THE SECOND BILL WOULD RECEIVE TRANSPARENCY AROUND HOW MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS LIKE KAISER PAY THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKERS COMPARED TO OTHER MEDICAL STAFF.

>> IN KAISER, OUR CLINICIANS, MANY WITH PhDs, PSYCHOLOGISTS MAKE UP TO 50% LESS THAN PHYSICAL THERAPISTS OR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS ON THE MEDICAL SIDE.

>> OSELLI SAYS IT NOW MOVES TO SACRAMENTO.

THEY OPPOSE BOTH BILLS.

HEIDI DiMARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS CONSIDERING TAPPING INTO THE TOUNT COUNTY.

ITS BACKERS SAY THEY PLAN TO BRING IT UP IN THE FUTURE SAYING IT WOULD HELP FUND SERVICES TO VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES DURING AN ECONOMIC CRISIS.

GREG ANGEL FROM INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES SAYS COUNTY FUNDING HELPS EXPAND SERVICES TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

>> RECENTLY EXPANDED OUR WITHDRAW MANAGEMENT SERVICE PROGRAMS HERE IN ESCONDIDO.

THAT EXPANSION WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY ADDITIONAL FUNDING BY THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.

WE'VE SEEN THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING HAVE LIFE-CHANGING IMPACT.

JUST LAST MONTH IN APRIL, WE GOT 49 PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS OF ESCONDIDO AND INTO OUR WITHDRAW MANAGEMENT SERVICES PROGRAM.

WE SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE FOR MORE OF THIS.

>> SUPERVISOR JIM DESMOND VOTED AGAINST THE IDEA.

HE SAID THE COUNTY'S RESERVES ARE FOR TRUE EMERGENCY, WILDFIRE, NATURAL DISASTERS OR SEVERE ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS.

SUPERVISOR TARA LAWSON REAMER AND MONICA MONTGOMERY AUTHORED THE PROPOSAL AND THEY WOULD BRING IT BACK AFTER BUDGETS ARE FINALIZED.

>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP MET WITH CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

THEY WON ELECTIONS LAST WEEK FOLLOWING A CAMPAIGN THAT LARGELY PUSHED BACK AGAINST STEEP TARIFFS AND PLANS TO ANNEX CANADA.

JULIA BENBROOK HAS MORE.

>> THIS MEETING WITH MARK CARNEY FOLLOWS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFF BLITZ WHICH UNDERMINES THE LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH CANADA.

THOSE TARIFFS HELPED CARNEY CONSOLIDATE POLITICAL POWER.

IN A REBUKE TO TRUMP, CANADA'S LIBERAL PARTY WITH CARNEY AS ITS LEADER WON FEDERAL ELECTIONS LAST WEEK.

THIS WHITE HOUSE VISIT COMES AMID TRUMP'S ONGOING TRADE WAR.

>> WE HAVE SOME TOUGH, TOUGH POINTS TO GO OVER, AND THAT WILL BE FINE.

>> TRUMP HAS ALSO MADE THREATS TO CANADA'S SOVEREIGNTY IN RECENT MONTHS REPEATEDLY SAYING HE WANTS TO MAKE CANADA, A 51st STATE, A POINT HE ECHOED AGAIN DURING TUESDAY'S MEETING AND ONE CARNEY QUICKLY REJECTED.

>> IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL MARRIAGE BECAUSE IT'S TWO PLACES THAT GET ALONG VERY WELL AND LIKE EACH OTHER A LOT.

>> AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME PLACES THAT ARE NEVER FOR SALE.

>> JUST MOMENTS BEFORE WELCOMING CARNEY, TRUMP TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO SLAM CANADA SAYING IN PART, WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING THEY HAVE OTHER THAN THEIR FRIENDSHIP WHICH HOPEFULLY WE WILL ALWAYS MAINTAIN.

ADDING, THEY, ON THE OTHER HAND, NEED EVERYTHING FROM US.

DURING TODAY'S SITDOWN CARNEY SAID THAT HE LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO FIND AREAS OF MUTUAL COOPERATION.

CANADA IS AMERICA'S SECOND BIGGEST TRADING PARTNER AND ONE OF ITS CLOSEST ALLIES ON MANY FRONTS FROM NATIONAL SECURITY TO COMMERCE.

>> REPORTING AT THE WHITE HOUSE, I'M JULIA BENBROOK.

>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS PROCLAIMED HIMSELF THE FERTILIZATION PRESIDENT.

IT MIGHT BE TEMPTING TO CALL THAT DECLARATION HYPERBOLIC AND BIRTHRATES CLIMBED DURING TRUMP'S FIRST TERM.

PUBLIC MATTERS AMITHA SHARMA HAS MORE.

THIS IS SUCH AN INTRIGUING FINDING.

TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS.

>> THESE TWO RESEARCHERS, ECONOMICS PROFESSOR GORDON DAHL AT UC SAN DIEGO AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINANCE WILLIAM MULLINS DECIDED TO EXAMINE WHETHER THERE IS A LINK BETWEEN FERTILITY RATES AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, AND SO THEY EVALUATED BIRTH CERTIFICATE DATA IN REPUBLICAN-LEANING COUNTIES AND DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY COUNTIES AND WHAT THEY FOUND WAS THAT AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ELECTED IN 2016 THAT THERE WAS A DISTINCT JUMP IN THE BIRTHRATES IN RED COUNTIES AND AT THE SAME TIME THERE WAS A DROP IN BIRTHS IN BLUE COUNTIES.

HERE IS PROFESSOR MULLINS WITH MORE.

>> WE GET A RANGE OF ESTIMATES THAT RANGE BETWEEN 1% AND 1.5% IN THE U.S.

FERTILITY RATE ALL OF THE WAY UP TO 3% OF THE U.S.

FERTILITY RATE AND A ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE.

THAT'S ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT THE REPUBLICAN COUNTY SAW A BIG INCREASE RELATIVE TO DEMOCRATIC COUNTIES AND THE SIZE OF THAT DIFFERENCE IS 3% OF THE U.S. NATIONAL FERTILITY RATE IN THE MAIN ANALYSIS.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE SIZE OF THAT DIFFERENCE DID NOT CHANGE THE ENTIRE DECLINE IN FERTILITY OR REVERSE IT, BUT IT IS NOT SMALL EITHER, AND DAHL POINTS OUT THAT REPUBLICAN WOMEN HAVE ALWAYS HAD HIGHER FERTILITY RATES THAN DEMOCRATIC WOMEN.

>> TRUMP'S ELECTION WIDENS THE GAP BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS BY ABOUT 17% SO THAT'S ONE WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT.

ANOTHER KIND OF WAY TO THINK ABOUT HOW BIG THIS EFFECT IS, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME SHIFT IN BIRTHS THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A 1% INCREASE IN UNEMPLOYMENT.

SO PEOPLE ARE PRETTY -- FERTILITY IS FAIRLY RESPONSIVE TO THE OVERALL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND WHEN THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE GOES UP BY ABOUT A PERCENT THAT'S ABOUT SAME MAGNITUDE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

>> THE REASONS THEY SAY WOMEN HAD MORE BABIES THAN DEMOCRATS ARE FASCINATING AND REVEALS SOMETHING ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE OUTLOOK BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, BUT THE BIGGEST ONE, ACCORDING TO DAHL, IS HOPE.

>> WHEN THERE'S ECONOMIC OPTIMISM LIKE WHERE'S THE FUTURE OF THE ECONOMY GOING AND OPTIMISM OF WHERE IS SOCIETY GOING AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP, WHICH WAS A SURPRISE.

MOST PEOPLE INCLUDING "THE NEW YORK TIMES" POLL PREDICTED TRUMP WAS NOT GOING TO WIN.

HE WINS AND IN TERMS OF MEASURES OF ECONOMIC OPTIMISM THEY FLIPPED OVERNIGHT.

>> I JUST RECEIVED A CALL FROM SECRETARY CLINTON.

[ CHEERING ] >> SO IN A FLASH, REPUBLICANS BECAME OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE AND DEMOCRATS BECAME PESSIMISTIC.

THERE WERE CHANGES IN OTHER VOTING BLOCS, TOO.

FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN THOUGH LATINO VOTING PATTERNS HAVE CHANGED SINCE 2016, SOON AFTER THAT YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION MULLINS SAYS THERE WAS A CHANGE IN BIRTHRATES IN THE GROUP.

>> YOU FIND THAT HISPANIC FERTILITY IN THE COUNTIES IN WHICH HE MADE CAMPAIGN VISITS ACTUALLY FELL RATHER THAN NON-HISPANIC FERTILITY AND A LOSS OF THREE TO FOUR MONTHS AFTER EACH CAMPAIGN STOP.

>> MAYA, I DID ASK DAHL AND MULLINS THEY EXPECT A SIMILAR BUMP IN THE BIRTHRATES NOW THAT TRUMP IS BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE, AND DAHL SAID HE DOES.

AT THE SAME TIME, TRUMP IS ACTUALLY TRYING TO GET MORE WOMEN TO HAVE MORE KIDS AND THAT IS THE FOCUS OF MY PIECE TOMORROW.

>> WOW.

ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING, AMITHA AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW'S PIECE.

>> PUBLIC MATTERS IS A PART OF KPBS WITH VOICE OF SAN DIEGO AND YOU CAN FIND MORE AT KPBS/PUBLIC MATTERS.

>> I'M AMNA NAWAZ.

CANADA'S NEWLY ELECTED PRIME MINISTER COMES TO THE WHITE HOUSE AMID PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REPEATED THREATS AGAINST THE ALLY.

THAT'S AFTER EVENING ITION ON KPBS.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY APPEARS TO BE MAKING STRIDES WHEN IT COMES TO CURBING GUN VIOLENCE.

THEY'RE DOWN 39 PIERCE AND THAT'S THE BIG OF THE DECREASE SINCE 2022.

THE SHERIFF AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICES CREDIT THESE TWO INITIATIVES LIKE BUYBACK PROGRAMS AND GIVING OUT GUN SAFES AND LOCKS.

SINCE 2021 MORE THAN 2600 GUNS HAVE BEEN GIVEN BACK.

ACTING CHAIR TARA LAWSON REAMER PLAYED A KEY ROLE THAT BANNED GHOST GUNS.

>> WE NEED TO HAVE COMMON SENSE BACKGROUND CHECKS SO PEOPLE WHO HAVE A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ROBBERY CAN'T JUST WALK IN A GUN SHOP AND BUY A GUN OFF THE SHELF THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS WHO ARE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.

>> AS A PART OF THE COUNTY'S PLAN, THEY WANT TO CONTINUE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND START PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR THOSE ON A SHOOTING AND LOOK TO OPERATE STRETCH OUTREACH PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

>>> SAN DIEGO'S BUDGET DEFICIT IS PROMPTING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PAID PARKING IN BALBOA PARK.

ANDREW BOWEN SAYS MULTIPLE OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE.

>> MAYOR TODD GLORIA'S PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDE 11 MILLION IN REVENUE FROM PARKING IN BALBOA PARK.

THEY ARE CONSIDERING KEEPING FREE PARKING IN SOME PARTS OF THE PARK WHILE CHARGING FOR THE HIGH-DEMAND LOTS.

>> OUR PARK IS THE LAST ESCAPE FOR PEOPLE ON A BUDGET OF THE ASSETS ENDOWED TO US BY GENERATIONS BEFORE TO CREATE MORE BARRIERS FOR THE COMMUNITY UNDER THE GUISE THAT TOURISTS EAT THE COST -- PEOPLE THAT CALL THIS HOME.

>> THE LARGEST UNION OF CITY WORKERS.

HE TOLD THE CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY THAT VISITORS SHOULD PAY A HIGHER PARKING RATE THAN RESIDENTS.

>> THE MODEL THAT WE HAVE WITH THE MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSES WHERE RESIDENTS PAY ONE FEE AND NON-RESIDENTS PAY A FEE THAT'S TWO OR THREE TIMES AS MUCH IS A GOOD MODEL AND SHOULD BE THOUGHT OF AS WE EMBARK UPON THESE FEES.

>> THOSE COMMENTS WERE ECHOED BY SEAN RIVERA, WHO SAID THE CITY NEEDS TO FOCUS ITS SEARCH FOR NEW REVENUES NOT ON RESIDENTS, BUT VISITORS.

>> WE HAVE NOT SQUEEZED OUT ALL OF THE JUICE OUT OF SAN DIEGO BEING NOT JUST BEING ONE OF THE PREMIERE TOURIST DESTINATIONS OF THE COUNTRY, BUT WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE PLAYGROUND FOR THE REST OF THE REGION.

>> THE COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON THE MAYOR'S BUDGET IN JUNE AND LATER IN THE YEAR TAKE A SEPARATE VOTE ON WHETHER TO IMPLEMENT PAID PARKING IN BALBOA PARK, ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MANY FAMILIES ARE LIVING IN FOOD DESERTS MEANING THEY LACK ACCESS TO FOOD.

A SCHOOL FOOD PANTRY IN BOULEVARD IS RESPONDING TO THAT PROBLEM BY SENDING FOOD HOME WITH KID WHO TAKE THE SCHOOL BUS.

>>> THE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT COVERS 650 SQUARE MILES IN SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

MORE THAN 60% OF THE STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE MEALS.

HANNAH HAHN HAS TWO KIDS IN THE DISTRICT AND SAYS GROCERY SHOPPING IS A CHALLENGE IN THE DISTRICT.

>> WE HAVE ONE GROCERY MARKET AND IT'S ISOLATED IN THE MOUNTAINSIDE AREA AND IT TAKES AT LEAST 30 MINUTE TO GET OUT AND GET FOOD.

>> FRESH PRODUCE IS SCARCE AND IT'S USUALLY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IT WOULD BE IN WEST SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> IT'S HARD TO COME BY.

A LOT OF TIMES IT'S DAMAGED AND STUFF BY THE TIME WE DO GET IT BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE IPPED FROM OUT OF TOWN, SO BY THE TIME IT GETS HERE IT'S PRETTY MESSED UP.

>> PARENTS AND STUDENTS CAN PICK UP FOOD AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THEY HAVE PUT UP A FOOD PANTRY TWICE A MONTH.

>> PARENTS PICK UP THE FOOD WHEN THEY PICK UP THEIR KIDS FROM SCHOOL.

97% OF THE KIDS TAKE SCHOOL BUSSES.

THAT MEANS THE AMOUNT OF FOOD THEY CAN TAKE HOME IS LIMITED WITH WHAT THEY CAN CARRY.

>> GETTING TO A SCHOOL THAT RELIES ON TRANSPORTATION.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS WHO WILL BRING THE FOOD HOME CAN TAKE IT IN AN ACCESSIBLE MANNER BECAUSE IT COULD BE UPWARD OF 24 POUNDS OF FRESH PRODUCE AND DRY GOODS WHICH COULD BE A LOT FOR A LITTLE ONE.

>> THEY TRY TO PROVIDE PRE-PACK AKED FOOD THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE MUCH COOKING SINCE THE AREA EXPERIENCES POWER OUTAGES.

>> THE MACARONI AND CHEESE WHICH ARE SO ADORABLE AND THE FRUIT CUPS.

>> THEY FIGURED OUT HOW TO GIVE THE FOOD TO STUDENTS.

GARY BRANNON IS THE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES.

>> THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF BRINGING THE KIDS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM ON A ONE BY ONE BASIS AND THEY'RE ABLE TO SELECT WHAT THEY WANT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY CAN CARRY AND THEN THEY CAN GO BACK TO THEIR CLASS.

>> THE DISTRICT SERVES MULTIPLE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES AND RESERVATIONS.

BRANNON SAYS THE FOOD PANTRY IS ONE OF MANY WAYS THE SCHOOLS ARE ACTING AS COMMUNITY HUBS.

>> IT LETS PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS A PLACE YOU CAN COME FOR SUPPORT.

WHETHER IT'S FOOD OR EDUCATION OR OTHER SERVICES OR REFERRALS TO OTHER THINGS, WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY.

IT'S NOT -- IT'S BEYOND JUST TAKING CARE OF THE KIDS.

IT'S TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

>> CLOVER FLAT ELEMENTARY IS ONE OF TWO RURAL SCHOOLS WITH FEEDING FOOD PANTRIES AND THERE ARE MORE THAN 60 OTHERS ON THE COUNTY AND MORE ON THE WAITLIST.

KATIE ANASTIS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE VAST MAJORITY OF FLOWERS SOLD IN THE U.S. ARE IMPORTED FROM COUNTRIES WITH CLIMATES READY FOR GROWING AND NOW THOSE FACE TARIFFS.

THEY HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE THEY ORDER FOR MOTHER'S DAY.

>> MOTHER'S DAY, GRADUATIONS, WEDDINGS, PROMS, THIS IS A BUSY TIME FOR FLORISTS, UNLIKE OTHERS THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO STOCKPILE AND SOME ARE GETTING CREATIVE TO KEEP UP.

>> IT IS BY FAR OUR BUSIEST WEEK OUT OF THE ENTIRE YEAR.

>> BRINGING IN NEW STEMS DAILY.

>> WE GET ALL OF THE FLOWERS THAT WE WORK WITH FROM NEARBY FARMS AS CLOSE AS WE CAN FROM OUR LOCATION HERE IN D.C.. >> LITTLE ACRES LOCALLY SOURCED FLOWERS ARE AN EXCEPTION IN THE FLORAL INDUSTRY.

MORE THAN 80% OF THE FLOWERS ARE IMPORTED ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATION OF FLORAL IMPORTERS OF AMERICA, MOSTLY FROM COLOMBIA AND ECUADOR.

>> THEY HAVE THE SAME TEMPERATURE ALL YEAR ROUND.

SO THE COMMERCIALABILITY OF WHAT WE NEED FOR THE CONSUMERS 52-WEEKS A YEAR IS ABLE TO BE DONE.

>> AFIA EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT CHRISTINE BOLTS SAYS THE FLORAL INDUSTRY HAS DEEPLY FELT THE 10% TARIFFS ON ALL GOODS COMING INTO THE U.S. BECAUSE OF FREQUENT FRAGILE IMPORTS.

>> IT IS PERISHABLE.

IT COMES WHEN IT COMES AND WE HAVE TO MOVE IT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

>> IT WILL BE A BURDEN TO SOME CUSTOMERS, FLORISTS WEATHERED SUPPLY CHANGE CHALLENGES BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND HAVE A CREATIVE RESILIENCE.

>> THEY GOT MUCH BETTER AT PLANNING IN ADVANCE.

THEY REALLY LEANED INTO THEIR SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE THAT'S SO IMPORTANT IN TIMES LIKE THIS.

>> EVEN THOUGH HER SHOP'S NOWES ARE CLOSE TO HOME, THEY CAN CATCH UP WITH HER BUSINESS, TOO.

>> THEY MAY SOURCE BULBS OR SEEDS FROM INTERNATIONAL SOURCES AND IF THOSE THINGS ARE MARKED UP, THAT COST IS EVENTUALLY GET PASSED ALONG TO US.

>> THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS SAY IF YOU'RE ORDERING FLOWERS FOR A MAJOR EVENT LIKE MOTHER'S DAY OR A SPRING WEDDING, DO IT EARLY AND THAT WOULD REACH OUT WITH POSSIBLE OPTIONS AND A TIME TO TALK THROUGH YOUR BUDGET.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M KAREN KAIFA.

>>> LET'S START OFF WITH SOME WEATHER HEADLINES AS WE ARE SHIFTING INTO A DIFFERENT PATTERN HERE THAN WHAT WE STARTED WITH EARLIER INTO THE WEEK.

IT'S A DRY WEATHER PATTERN AND IT IS A WARMING TREND.

THAT'S EXCELLENT NEWS FOR ANY OF YOUR OUTDOOR PLANS HERE.

HEADS UP.

BY SATURDAY WE'RE TALKING TEMPERATURES 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE.

ENJOY THAT WHILE IT LASTS BECAUSE BY SUNDAY IN EARLY NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE SEEING LOW CLOUDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES AND DOWN TO 54.

SAN DIEGO, 59 AND CHULA VISTA, TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING INTO THE MID-50 'AND MOUNT LAGUNA WITH 50 DEGREES AND THE COOLER AND DAMP CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF SAN DIEGO, WE ARE DRY FOR AED DAY AS WE HEAD TO THE END OF THE WEEK.

AT 84, MOUNT LAGUNA AT 53.

SAN DIEGO WILL SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60s AND OCEANSIDE NEAR 70 DEGREES.

AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT MUCH WARMER WEATHER COMING BACK OVER THE END OF THE WEEK AND BUILDING INTO THE WEEKEND.

SO SOME PRETTY WARM TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY FOR THURSDAY.

ALONG THE COAST THAT BRINGS US TO 74 DEGREES, BUT NOTICE BY SATURDAY WE'RE AT 80 AND WE SEE TEMPERATURES DIP AGAIN AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY.

WE'LL TAKE YOU INLAND WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE PLEASANT, BUT CERTAINLY GETTING VERY WARM.

84 BY FRIDAY AND 90 DEGREES FOR THE HOTTEST OF THE NEXT FIVE ON SATURDAY AND THEN TEMPERATURES DROP BACK DOWN INTO THE UPPER 70s AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY.

WE'LL ALSO SEE A WARMING TREND AS YOU HEAD TO THE MOUNTAINS AND 59 ON THURSDAY.

SO STAYING COOL, BUT WE'LL BE NEAR 72 AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY.

WE'LL WRAP THINGS UP AND WHO'S READY FOR TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT INTO THE DESERTS?

105, THE HOTTEST DAY COMES ON SATURDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS.

I'M MARIELA SCALESE.

>>> KITCHENS FOR GOODS IN PACIFIC BEACH HAVE HELPED HUNDREDS GET JOBS IN THE CULINARY AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIES.

THEIR STORE WHERE THEY SELL DONATED KITCHEN ITEMS.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL TELLS US ABOUT A RARE AND REMARKABLE DONATION THAT'S NOW UP FOR AUCTION.

>> YOU GET THE IDEA OF WHAT THIS PLACE IS ALL ABOUT FROM ITS TITLE, KITCHENS FOR GOOD.

THE MONEY MADE IN THEIR STORE GOES TO SUPPORT APPRENTICESHIPS, HELPING PEOPLE FACING BARRIERS FOR EMPLOYMENT OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES AND FIND MEANINGFUL, REWARDING WORK AS COOKS, BAKERS AND THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.

CLASSES ARE HELD IN TWO OFF-SITE LOCATIONS.

TODAY, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HOLD GOOD, DECENT PAYING JOBS THANKS TO THE START THEY GOT IN KITCHENS FOR GOOD.

>> IN THE KITCHENS FOR GOOD STORE YOU WILL FIND JUST ABOUT ANYTHING CULINARY RELATED FROM CROCKERY TO CUTLERY AND EVEN CANDLES, AND A LOT OF OTHER STUFF THAT DOESN'T BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "C".

>> PEOPLE COME TO US, AND THEY SPEND A PERIOD OF TIME WITH US DOING BASIC KITCHEN SKILLS AND THEY CAN LEARN CULINARY OR BAKING SKILLS AND THEN AT THE END OF THE TIME WITH US, WE HELP THEM WRITE THEIR RESUMES.

EVERY ONE OF THEM IS, LIKE, HAND PAINTED ART THROUGHOUT THE BOOK.

>> AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE CRUX OF THIS STORY.

A WAY TO HELP THOSE PROGRAMS CONTINUE ON.

IT'S AN ITEM UP FOR BID ON KITCHENS FOR GOOD'S EBAY STORE.

ACTUALLY 20 ITEMS.

A COLLECTION OF REMARKABLE ITALIAN COOKBOOKS FROM THE '70s CALLED ITALY IN BOCA.

IT'S RARE TO FIND A COMPLETE SET OF THOSE WHIMSICAL TOMES.

>> THEY ARE ABOUT DIFFERENT REGIONS OF ITALY.

SO EACH BOOK HAS ITS OWN REGION, AND IT'S WRITTEN IN THE DIALECT OF THAT REGION ALONG WITH IT'S WRITTEN WITH ENGLISH AND ITALIAN.

SO THREE LANGUAGES IN EACH BOOK AND THE COVERS ARE CARDBOARD AND THEY'RE JUST REALLY SPECIAL BOOKS.

>> KITCHENS FOR GOOD, NIKO PARKER SET UP THE ITEM ON, BAY.

THE AUCTION WAS OFF TO A GOOD START.

>> WE HAVE ONE BID OF $3,000.

WE HAVE 18 WATCHES AND 131 VIEWS RIGHT NOW.

THE AUCTION CLOSES ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, PLENTY OF TIME FOR COOKBOOK COLLECTORS TO GET IN THEIR BIDS ON SOMETHING TRULY UNIQUE, SOMETHING THAT WILL REALLY HELP KITCHENS FOR GOODS' MISSION TO SET PEOPLE ON NEW AND PRODUCTIVE PATHS IN LIFE, GETTING GOOD JOBS, BRINGING LIVES TO FRUITION THROUGH THE POWER OF FOOD.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

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

AS U.S. COMPANIES SCALE BACK ON BUYING CHINESE GOODS DUE TO TARIFFS, WEST COAST PORTS SAY A QUARTER OF SHIPS ASKED YOU WILLED FOR MAY HAVE BEEN CANCELED.

WITH MORE ON HOW KICKLY IT IMPACTS WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SHELVES AND THE MIDDAY EDITION IS ABOUT MOTHER'S DAY AND WE'LL DISCUSS THE DISPARITIES WOMEN FACE WHEN IT COMES TO MATERNITY CARE.

YOU CAN FIND THE STORIES ON YOU ARE OUR WEBSITE AT KPBS.ORG.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

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