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I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

WE BEGIN WITH AN UPDATE ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S MASS DEPORTATION CAMPAIGN.

SINCE IT BEGAN, THERE HAS BEEN A BIG INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF DEPORTATION FLIGHTS PER KPBS RECORDER GUSTAVO SOLIS SAYS MORE OF THOSE FLIGHTS ARE COMING FROM SAN DIEGO AIRPORTS.

>> Reporter: IF YOU LIVE IN MIRAMAR, YOU ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS SOUND.

THAT IS AN F-18 SUPER HORNET.

AND THIS IS WHAT ONE OF THEM SOUNDS LIKE, FLYING RIGHT OVER YOUR HOUSE.

DAVID KENNEDY HAS LIVED UNDER THE FLIGHTPATH FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.

>> SO, I HAVE ALWAYS KIND OF LIKED PLANES AND I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO MIRAMAR, SO YOU KNOW, I HAVE GOTTEN VERY USED TO LISTENING TO THEM AND KNOWING WHAT AN F-18 SOUNDS LIKE, WHAT AC-130 SOUNDS LIKE, AND A YEAR AGO, I HEARD A PLANE THAT JUST SOUNDED DIFFERENT.

>> Reporter: THAT DIFFERENT SOUND WASN'T THE SUPERSONIC JET, OR SOME SORT OF MILITARY PLANE, IT SOUNDED LIKE A REGULAR, COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE, THE TYPE YOU WOULD SEE AT SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

>> I STARTED LOOKING OUT MY WINDOW AND JUST SAW THESE COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS.

>> Reporter: AND HE DID A LITTLE DIGGING, NOTICED THAT THESE FLIGHTS WERE GOING TO MEXICO, PANAMA, EVEN INDIA.

HE LOOKED UP THE PRIVATE CARRIER, AND REALIZED THAT IT DOES A LOT OF WORK FOR IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.

THAT IS WHEN KENNEDY REACHED OUT TO KPBS, AND ASKED US TO CONFIRM WHETHER I.C.E.

WAS USING MIRAMAR FOR DEPORTATION FLIGHTS, WHICH, WE DID.

BY REACHING OUT TO HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST, AN IMMIGRANT RIGHTS NONPROFIT THAT TRACKS I.C.E.

FLIGHTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> THE SCALE HAS JUST DRAMATICALLY PICKED UP IN THE LAST YEAR.

>> Reporter: SHE RUNS THE ORGANIZATIONS I.C.E.

FLIGHT MONITOR PROGRAM.

>> THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE IN GIVING PEOPLE ACCESS TO DATA, TO UNDERSTAND THE SCALE AND THE SCOPE OF WHAT IS GOING ON, AND HOW IT IS AFFECTING LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

>> Reporter: THE HUMANS RIGHTS FIRST DATA CONFIRMED KENNEDY'S OBSERVATIONS.

THEY DOCUMENTED 85 I.C.E.

FLIGHTS OUT OF MCAS MIRAMAR IN 2025, THERE WERE ZERO, IN 2024.

OF THOSE 85 FLIGHTS, 53 WERE DEPORTATIONS AND THE REST WERE TO TRANSFER DETAINEES TO VARIOUS DETENTION CENTERS WITHIN THE U.S.

>> AROUND JULY, FLIGHTS OUT OF THERE REALLY BEGAN TO RAMP UP.

>> Reporter: DURING THE SECOND HALF OF 2025, I.C.E.

AVERAGED 12 FLIGHTS OUT OF MCAS MIRAMAR, EACH MONTH.

IN A STATEMENT, THE MARINE CORPS BASE CONFIRMED IT ACCESS LOCATIONS FOR CIVILIAN, MILITARY AND FEDERAL FLIGHTS COME IN BUT THEY DID NOT COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON THE INCREASED FLIGHTS BY I.C.E.

ABBY SAYS THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION USING THE COUNTRY'S MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADVANCE HIS MASS DEPORTATION AGENDA.

>> LAST FALL, WHAT WE SAW IS THAT SOME OTHER MILITARY -- SOME OTHER MILITARY AIRPORTS STARTED ALSO BEING PLACES WHERE I.C.E.

FLIGHTS WERE TAKING OFF FROM.

>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH SAN DIEGO IS HOME TO THE BIGGEST LAND BORDER CROSSING IN NORTH AMERICA, HISTORICALLY, IT HAS NOT BEEN A HUB FOR DEPORTATION FLIGHTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY I.C.E.

FLIGHT OUT OF SAN DIEGO IN 2024 WAS FOR DOMESTIC SHUTTLES, MEANING FLYING DETAINEES TO DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN THE U.S.

BUT, AFTER TRUMP TOOK OFFICE LAST YEAR, THERE WERE MORE THAN 120 DEPORTATION FLIGHTS OUT OF BOTH MCAS MIRAMAR AND SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL, COMBINED.

>> UNDER TRUMP, WHAT HAS BEEN REALLY STRIKING IS THAT SAN DIEGO HAS ACTUALLY BECOME A PLACE WHERE DEPORTATION FLIGHTS TAKE OFF FROM.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE I.C.E.

FLIGHT MONITOR PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK DEPORTATION FLIGHTS IN CIVILIAN AND MILITARY AIRPORTS.

GUSTAVO SOLIS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> I AM ARIELLA SCALISE, AND COMING UP TONIGHT, WE HAVE TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE UPPER 50s UNDER A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY, WE WILL ENTER A COOLER PATTERN TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK, BUT A WARM-UP JUST IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND, A CLOSER LOOK IS COMING UP.

>>> THE BOARD ALSO MET IN CLOSED SESSION TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS CEO CONSISTENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT CODE AND WE HAVE TWO ITEMS TO REPORT.

THE BOARD VOTED 8-1 IN FAVOR OF TERMINATION OF CEO MOORE.

>> THE OPERATOR OF THE DELMAR FAIRGROUNDS OUSTED ITS CEO, CARLENE MOORE, AT TODAY'S MEETING.

IT CAME AFTER SEVERAL PEOPLE SPOKE OUT AGAINST MOORE DURING NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS, URGING THE BOARD TO FIRE HER.

>> LONG TIME STAFF DESCRIBED THEIR MISTREATMENT UNDER CURRENT LEADERSHIP.

SOME EMPLOYEES MENTIONED THEY SIMPLY WERE WAITING FOR THEIR PENSIONS TO VEST SO THAT THEY COULD RETIRE.

PUBLIC EVIDENCE AND FAIRGROUND LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES CONTINUE TO MOUNT.

>> THE 2020 -- 22nd AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT VOTED TO FIRE MOORE DURING A CLOSED SESSION THAT WENT ON FOR HOURS.

DURING HER TENURE, MOORE WAS ACCUSED OF RIGGING THE VOTE FOR THE CONTRACT TO RUN THE MIDWAY AT THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR AND WAS ALSO ACCUSED OF OBTAINING A PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM LOAN DURING THE PANDEMIC FOR THE FAIR, DESPITE NOT BEING ELIGIBLE.

THE FARE PAID BACK $5.6 MILLION TO SETTLE THE LAWSUIT.

THE BOARD APPOINTED CHAIR AS INTERIM CEO FOR 10 DAYS AFTER WHICH IT WILL THEN RE-EVALUATE THE POSITION.

>>> IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE GROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEES VOTED TO ELIMINATE THE SCHOOL TEACHER LIBRARIAN POSITIONS.

NOW, KPBS'S ELAINE ALFARO SAYS LIBRARIANS ARE SUING THE DISTRICT FOR ANTI-LGBTQ DISCRIMINATION.

>> AND I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO LISTEN AND WORK WITH THIS COMMUNITY.

>> I WAS SURPRISED AND DELIGHTED THAT THIS MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LIBRARIANS, THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET SOME JUSTICE.

>> Reporter: CLARISSA McLAUGHLIN IS AN ALUM OF WEST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, AND A CRITIC OF THE SCHOOL BOARD'S ACTIONS AND POLICIES.

>> I HAVE BEEN REALLY ENCOURAGED, SHOWING UP TO THESE BOARD MEETINGS WITH SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE AREA IN THE DISTRICT WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THESE WHO ARE ALSO WILLING TO SAY, "NO, ACTUALLY, THESE ARE NOT OUR VALUES."

>> Reporter: THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS THE BOARD'S MAJORITY HAS AN NT LGBTQ AGENDA, SPECIFICALLY NAMING SCOTT ECKERT, ROBERT SHIELD, JIM KELLY, AND ROBERT WOODS.

IT SAID THAT THEY BANNED BOOKS WITH LGBTQ CONTENT AND TOOK ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS AGAINST STAFF WHO SUPPORT LGBTQ STUDENTS.

THE TRUSTEES DID NOT RESPOND TO A KPBS INTERVIEW REQUEST.

A DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON SAID IN A STATEMENT SENT TO KPBS, "WHILE GUHD DOES NOT COMMENT ON PENDING LITIGATION, THE DISTRICT WILL DEFEND ITSELF FULLY THROUGH THE CLAIMS IN THE LAWSUIT THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE LEGAL CHANNELS."

JASON STEIGER IS A PARENT OF STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM THE DISTRICT.

HE IS ALSO A TEACHER IN THE POWER DISTRICT AND PREVIOUSLY RAN FOR A GROSSMONT TRUSTEE SEAT IN 2024.

HE WORRIES ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S FUTURE.

>> SO, THE DANGER FOR THIS DISTRICT, IS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THEM EXPENDING DOLLARS THAT COULD BETTER BE SPENT SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS, SUPPORTING OUR STAFF, DOING GOOD THINGS FOR OUR SCHOOLS, FOR OUR KIDS, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

>> THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN SUED FOR LGBTQ DISCRIMINATION.

IN RECENT MONTHS, THE DISTRICT AGREED TO PAY A $1.2 MILLION SETTLEMENT TO A FORMER ADMINISTRATOR WHO SAYS SHE WAS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST FOR BEING A LESBIAN.

ELAINE ALFARO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ANOTHER WOMAN HAS COME FORWARD ACCUSING DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN ERIC SWALWELL OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.

SHE SAYS SHE MET SWALWELL THREE TIMES IN 2018 WHEN SHE WAS WORKING AS A MODEL IN BEVERLY HILLS.

AT THEIR THIRD MEETING, SHE BELIEVES THAT HE DRUGGED HER AND ASSAULTED HER.

>> MY DELAY IN TAKING ACTION AGAINST ERIC WAS DRIVEN BY FEAR, NOT DOUBT.

FEAR OF HIS POLITICAL POWER, HIS BACKGROUND AS AN ATTORNEY, AND HIS FAMILY LAW ENFORCEMENT TIES.

I HAVE NEVER DOUBTED WHAT HAPPENED.

I STAND WITH THE OTHER WOMEN WHO HAVE COME FORWARD.

>> HER ATTORNEY SAYS THEY WILL BE FILING A POLICE REPORT, NOW.

SHE SAYS THEY HAVE TEXT MESSAGES, JOURNAL ENTRIES, AND PHOTOS THEY WILL BE SHARING WITH INVESTIGATORS.

ANOTHER WOMAN IS ALSO SPEAKING OUT ABOUT WHAT SHE SAYS HAPPENED TO HER AFTER SHE MET SWALWELL.

THE PANEL HAS THE STORY.

>> HE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS UNTOUCHABLE.

HE DIDN'T CARE WHAT HE WAS PUTTING OUT THERE.

HE THOUGHT THAT ALL OF THESE WOMEN WOULD STAY LOYAL TO HIM.

>> Reporter: ALLIE SAN MARCO NEVER WANTED TO GO PUBLIC WITH HER INTERACTIONS WITH CONGRESSMAN ERIC SWALWELL, BUT NOW, SHE SEES IT AS THE ONLY WAY FOR HIM TO FACE ACCOUNTABILITY.

>> I DON'T TAKE ANY PRIDE, REALLY, IN THIS.

I FEEL LIKE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING FOR ME TO DO, I HAD TO DO IT.

AND I GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO THE WOMEN THAT SPOKE OUT AND TOLD THEIR STORIES, AS HORRIBLE AS IT WAS FOR THEM TO RECOLLECT THEM, I AM SO PROUD OF THEM FOR DOING THAT, AND I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO SPEAK UP TO VALIDATE THEIR EXPERIENCES.

>> Reporter: SHE FIRST MET SWALWELL IN 2021.

>> I FOLLOWED HIM ON TWITTER FOR A LONG TIME, I WAS AN ADMIRER OF HIS, I THOUGHT HE WAS A GREAT POLITICIAN AND UP AND COMING POLITICIAN, AND I TRULY NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD RESPOND.

HE HAD OVER 1 MILLION FOLLOWERS.

AND NOT ONLY DID HE RESPOND, HE RESPONDED VERY QUICKLY, AND HE WAS VERY EAGER TO TALK TO ME, AND THAT TOOK ME BY SURPRISE.

HE ASKED ME TO COME TO THE CAPITAL TO MEET HIM, AND MEET HIS STAFF, AND HE WOULD INTRODUCE ME TO PEOPLE WHO WOULD HELP.

I WENT TO THE CAPITAL, AND I DIDN'T MEET ANYBODY BUT HIM.

WE WENT INTO HIS OFFICE AND HE CLOSED THE DOOR AND IT WAS JUST THE TWO OF US.

WE TALKED FOR 20 MINUTES, AND THEN AFTER THAT, I LEFT, AND HE SENT ME A TEXT MESSAGE SAYING, "COULD YOU FEEL THE TENSION IN THE ROOM BETWEEN US?"

SO, FROM THERE, THE MESSAGES SHIFTED TO MUCH MORE PERSONAL, MUCH MORE INAPPROPRIATE, AND CROSSING A LINE.

>> Reporter: BUT, HE EVENTUALLY STARTED TO TEXT HER LATE AT NIGHT, IN ONE SCREENSHOT SHE SHARED WITH SWALWELL, HE MUSED IF HE SHOULD "POUR A NIGHTCAP," AND REFERRED TO HER AS, "THE BAD ANGEL TEMPTING ME."

IN ANOTHER, HE ASKED FOR HER SNAPCHAT INFORMATION, THAT HAVE OFTEN USED BECAUSE OF ITS DISAPPEARING MESSAGE FUNCTION, SHE SAYS, IS WHERE THEIR CONVERSATIONS BECAME APPROPRIATE.

TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE UNSOLICITED PHOTOS HE SENT YOU?

>> YEAH, SO, THE MESSAGES GRADUALLY BECAME MORE INAPPROPRIATE AND THEY BECAME LATER INTO THE NIGHT, TIMES THAT NOBODY SHOULD BE TALKING, TO A CONGRESSMAN, OR A CONGRESSMAN SHOULD BE TALKING TO A YOUNG GIRL.

AND HE WOULD SAY THINGS LIKE, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?"

"SEND ME A PHOTO OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW."

AND THEN, EVENTUALLY, ONE NIGHT, WE WERE TALKING, AND HE JUST SENT ME A PHOTO OF HIS .

>> Reporter: UNSOLICITED?

>> UNSOLICITED, YEAH.

AND I THOUGHT HE COULD HELP ME.

I FELT LIKE, AGAIN, I HAD JUST MADE A HUGE CONNECTION WHO WAS INTERESTED IN HELPING ME, AND IF I WERE TO PUSH HIM AWAY IN ANY WAY, HE MIGHT NOT, HE MIGHT JUST STOP TALKING TO ME ALTOGETHER.

>> Reporter: SWALWELL DENIES ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN THE CASE OF ANOTHER WOMEN'S RAPE, HE ANNOUNCED MONDAY HE PLANS TO RESIGN FROM CONGRESS AND HAS ALREADY SUSPENDED HIS CAMPAIGN FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR.

HE SAID IN A STATEMENT, "I WILL FIGHT THESE SERIOUS, FALSE ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST ME.

HOWEVER, I MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND OWNERSHIP FOR THE MISTAKES I DID MAKE."

TELL ME ABOUT THE POWER IMBALANCE AND WHAT IT FELT LIKE?

>> IT FELT HUGE.

INSURMOUNTABLE.

HE WAS A NATIONAL POLITICIAN WHO, AT ONE POINT, EVEN RAN FOR PRESIDENT, AND I WAS SOMEONE JUST STARTING IN MY CAREER.

I DIDN'T THINK THAT THIS WAS SOMEONE WHO WOULD PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE IN A WAY THAT COULD BE EXPOSED.

SO, I TRUSTED HIM.

I TRUSTED THAT EVEN THOUGH HE IS SAYING SOMETHING THAT FEELS A LITTLE OFF, THAT HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING.

>> Reporter: NOW, HE HAS DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE, HE HAS RESIGNED FROM CONGRESS, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?

>> BECAUSE ERIC SWALWELL RAN FOR GOVERNOR, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE IS IMMUNE TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS ACTIONS.

HE NEVER SHOULD HAVE RUN FOR GOVERNOR, TO BEGIN WITH, KNOWING WHAT HE KNOWS, AND NOBODY ELSE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.

ERIC SWALWELL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ERIC SWALWELL.

NOT THE MEDIA, AND DEFINITELY NOT THE WOMEN.

>> PAMELA BROWN WITH THAT REPORT.

GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SAID A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR AUGUST 18th TWO FELT SWALWELL'S SEAT IN CALIFORNIA'S 14th DISTRICT.

>>> TONIGHT, ON "THE NEWS HOUR," THE U.S.

FACILITATES TALKS TO TRY TO END THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL, AND HEZBOLLAH, AND LEBANON, THAT IS COMING UP TONIGHT AT 11:00, AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> SAN DIEGO HAS A BALLOT MEASURE GOING BEFORE VOTERS THIS JUNE.

KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN EXPLAINS HOW MEASURE A AIMS TO ADDRESS THE CITY'S BUDGET AND HOUSING CRISES WITH A NEW TAX.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO NEW TAX RECORDS, THERE ARE MORE THAN 5000 HOMES IN SAN DIEGO THAT ARE EMPTY FOR MOST OF THE YEAR, AND ARE NOT CLAIMED AS THE OWNER'S PRIMARY RESIDENCE.

THESE ARE THE HOMES THAT MEASURE A WOULD TARGET WITH AN $8000 ANNUAL TAX.

THEY INCLUDE MANSIONS IN LA JOLLA, DOWNTOWN CONDOS AND HIGH- RISE BUILDINGS, AND MORE MODERATELY PRICED HOMES SCATTERED AROUND THE CITY.

MEASURE A WAS CRAFTED BY CITY COUNCILMAN UNDER SEAN RIVERA.

>> PEOPLE ARE OPPRESSED BY THE COST OF HOUSING, AND FOR THAT TO BE THE REALITY FOR SO MANY SAN DIEGANS, WHILE OVER 5000 HOMES SIT EMPTY FOR MOST OF THE YEAR, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIRECT WAYS WE CAN ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: MARK KERSEY IS PRESIDENT OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH OPPOSES MEASURE A. HE SAYS SAN DIEGO HAS A LONG HISTORY AS A PLACE FOR VACATION HOMES AND THOSE OWNERS SHOULDN'T BE PUBLISHED WITH HIGHER TAXES.

>> THE OVERALL MESSAGE HERE IS THAT THIS IS BAD POLICY BUT ALSO FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, THIS IS POORLY TIMED AND WE ARE JUMPING THE GUN, ASKING VOTERS TO WEIGH IN ON SOMETHING THAT COULD VERY WELL BE RENDERED MOOT AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN VERY SHORT ORDER.

>> Reporter: A JUDGE IN SAN FRANCISCO RULED A SIMILAR TAX MEASURE THERE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

THAT CASE IS CURRENTLY ON APPEAL.

REVENUE FROM TRENT 33 -- MEASURE A WOULD GO TO THE GENERAL FUND WHICH SUPPORTS CITY SERVICES LIKE PARKS AND GENERAL SAFETY.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT HAS BEEN A SLOW START TO THE SPRING HOUSING SEASON.

TYPICALLY, MORE HOMES COME ON THE MARKET THIS TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE BUYERS AND SELLERS WANT TO MOVE BEFORE THE START OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

JENN SULLIVAN EXPLAINS WHAT IS GOING ON WITH HOUSING.

>> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN A SLUGGISH START TO THE SPRING HOUSING MARKET.

FEWER PEOPLE APPEAR TO BE BUYING HOMES.

EXISTING HOME SALES DROPPED 3.6%, MONTH OVER MONTH, IN MARCH, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, AND THE SALES SLUMP IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

>> WE JUST NEED MORE INVENTORY TO APPEAR ON THE MARKETPLACE.

>> Reporter: LAWRENCE YOON WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SAYS LOW INVENTORY, HIGH STICKER PRICES, AND HIGH MORTGAGE RATES, ARE TURNING AWAY POTENTIAL BUYERS.

>> PRICES ARE HITTING RECORD HIGH LEVELS.

THE AFFORDABILITY IS CLEARLY AN ISSUE.

>> Reporter: THE MEDIAN EXISTING HOME SALE PRICE IN MARCH IS UP A YEAR PRIOR MORE THAN 100 -- $408,000 ACCORDING TO THE NAR.

SO, IF YOU ARE PUTTING DOWN 20%, THAT MEANS YOU WOULD NEED MORE THAN $81,000 IN CASH.

AND AS OF LAST WEEK, THE 30 YEAR FIXED RATE MORTGAGE WAS 6.37%, ACCORDING TO FREDDIE MAC.

>> WE WANT PEOPLE'S INCOME TO BE RISING ABOVE THE PRICE, BUT THAT CAN ONLY HAPPEN WHEN WE HAVE MORE SUPPLY.

>> Reporter: YOON SAYS HIGH INTEREST RATES ARE ALSO HOLDING BACK HOMEOWNERS FROM SELLING THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY LIKELY BOUGHT THEIR CURRENT HOME WHEN MORTGAGE RATES WERE LOWER.

>> I THOUGHT THE MORTGAGE RATE WOULD BE AT 6% FOR MOST OF THIS YEAR, BUT GIVEN THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, I HAVE RAISED THE MORTGAGE RATE ANTICIPATION TO 6 1/2%.

>> THE GOOD NEWS IS, THE SPRING HOUSING MARKET TYPICALLY LASTS FOR JUNE, SO YOON SAYS MORE HOMES ARE LIKELY TO COME ON THE MARKET.

FOR CONSUMER WATCH, I AM JENN SULLIVAN.

>>> A RECENT SURVEY FROM INTUIT FOUND TOUGH ECONOMIC CONDITIONS LIKE HIGH GAS PRICES AND INTEREST RATES ARE CAUSING A GENERATIONAL SHIFT IN AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS.

HERE IS MICHAEL YOSHIDA WITH A LOOK AT HOW STRESSED OUT PARENTS ARE HELPING DOLLARS MAKE SENSE TO THE CHILDREN.

>> Reporter: FROM WISHING THEY HAD KNOWN MORE FROM THEIR OWN PARENTS, TO NOT WANTING THE KIDS TO MAKE THE SAME MONEY MISTAKES THEY MADE, A GROWING NUMBER OF AMERICAN FAMILIES ARE BEING MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND ECONOMIC REALITIES.

MONEY AND FAMILY FINANCES GOING FROM TABOO TOPICS, TO TABLE TALK.

>> YOUR PARENTS ARE HAVING MUCH MORE CANDID CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE FAMILY FINANCES WITH KIDS.

>> Reporter: INTO IT SAYS IN A RECENT SURVEY, 81% OF U.S.

PARENTS REPORTED CURRENT FINANCIAL STRESSES MADE THEM REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO TEACH THEIR KIDS ABOUT MONEY, WITH 79% SAYING THEY ARE MORE TRANSPARENT THAN THEIR PARENTS WERE WITH THEM AND 71% WANTING THEIR KIDS TO AVOID THE MISTAKES THEY MADE.

>> THEY ARE FINDING EVERY DAY, REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY CAN USE TO START CONVERSATIONS.

THAT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS, "WE ARE GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WANTS AND NEEDS."

>> Reporter: THE SHIFT HAPPENING AS A NEW GENERATION IS ANSWERING THE CONVERSATION.

>> GENERATION ALPHA IS INFLUENCING HOUSEHOLD SPENDING TODAY.

>> Reporter: ALLIE FURMAN SAYS THIS GROUP WITH THE OLDEST CENTERING HIGH SCHOOL IS OFTEN CRITICIZED FOR HOW MUCH TIME THEY SPEND IN FRONT OF DEVICE SCREENS, BUT THAT IS MISSING THE POINT AND THEIR IMPACT.

>> THEY LEARN HOW TO TAP A SCREEN AND PUT THINGS INTO A CART, BEFORE THEY COULD WALK, MANY OF THEM.

SO, COMMERCE IS AS NATURAL TO THEM AS RUNNING WATER IS.

IT IS JUST PART OF THEIR FLOW.

>> Reporter: ONLINE SHOPPING CARTS ARE BECOMING THE NEW FAMILY GROUP CHAT, WHERE WANTS ARE EXPRESSED, NEGOTIATIONS HAPPEN, AND PURCHASES ARE MADE WITH OR WITHOUT PARENTS.

>> GEN ALPHA IS NOT WAITING FOR PURCHASING POWER.

THEY ALREADY HAVE IT.

THEY ARE ALREADY EARNING INCOME, DEVELOPING BRAND LOYALTY, WELL BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY ARE ALREADY BUYING THINGS WHEN THEIR PARENTS AREN'T LOOKING.

>> AND ON THAT POINT, IN THEIR RECENT GEN ALPHA SURVEY, THEY FOUND THAT ABOUT 1 IN 4 KIDS SAY THAT THEY USE SHOPPING APPS OR SHOP ONLINE TO BUY ITEMS WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS KNOWING.

IN WASHINGTON, I AM MICHAEL YOSHIDA REPORTING.

>>> AND WE ARE STILL KEEPING AN EYE ON LOCAL GAS PRICES.

TODAY, THE AVERAGE COST FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR GAS DROPPED FOR THE SIX CONSECUTIVE DAY, TO $5.90.

OIL AND GAS PRICES AREN'T JUST AFFECTING DRIVERS.

ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION, THE PRICE OF JET FUEL HAS DOUBLED FROM FEBRUARY TO MARCH.

AS A WAY TO OFFSET THOSE COSTS, AIRLINES LIKE DELTA, UNITED, AND ALASKA AIRLINES, ARE ALL HIKING UP BAGGAGE FEES.

THE PRICE OF FLIGHTS ARE ALSO GOING UP.

OUR MEDIA PARTNER, KGTV, SPOKE TO A TRAVEL AGENT WHO SAYS THAT, DESPITE THIS, TRAVEL PLANS HAVEN'T SLOWED DOWN.

>> WE ARE SEEING A LOT MORE OF THAT, WHAT WOULD BE A 2-3 HOUR ROAD TRIP TURNING INTO, "WELL, I COULD TAKE A 2-3 HOUR PLANE RIDE AND BE MUCH FURTHER IN THE COUNTRY AT CHECK OUT SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE."

>> TIANA SULLIVAN SAYS THE IDEAL TIME TO BOOK DOMESTICALLY IS TWO MONTHS.

INTERNATIONALLY, THAT WOULD BE THREE MONTHS.

SHE ALSO RECOMMENDS THOSE LOOKING PRICEY TRIPS PURCHASE TRAVEL INSURANCE.

>>> LET'S WALK THROUGH THOSE WEATHER HEADLINES AS WE ARE TRACKING SOME CHANGES HERE, WITH TEMPERATURES KIND OF FLUCTUATING.

FIRST, IT WILL BE THE COOLING THURSDAY HERE ESPECIALLY INLAND AS THOSE GUSTY WINDS PICK UP, BUT THEN WE WILL SEE A CHANGE IN THE WIND DIRECTION AND AN OFFSHORE FLOW IS GOING TO START TO BRING WARMER TEMPERATURES HERE BY FRIDAY AND A WARMER WEEKEND AHEAD AS WINDS COME, A BIT LATER.

A COOL NIGHT TONIGHT, DOWN TO 39 IN BORREGO SPRINGS, DOWN TO 51, OCEANSIDE.

SAN DIEGO, 57.

CHULA VISTA, YOUR TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 50s UNDER A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY.

WEDNESDAY IS A GORGEOUS DAY, OUTDOOR PLANS, TRAVEL, ALL SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED.

WE HAD A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH AS THAT STORM IS IMPACTING NORTHERN PARTS OF CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON, AND OREGON, WITH SOME SNOW ACROSS THE CASCADES.

WE WILL BE GETTING INTO SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG THE WAY, BUT AS FOR WEDNESDAY, SUNSHINE BRINGS US TO 85 IN BORREGO SPRINGS AND 56 IN MOUNT LAGUNA.

OCEANSIDE, 71.

CHULA VISTA, TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER 70s WITH A LOT OF SUNSHINE TO END THE WEEK.

HERE IS THAT STRONG FRONT AND THAT IS GOING TO BRING THE RETURN OF SNOW SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY, ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.

WE WILL GET SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES BUT NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF ANY KIND OF PRECIPITATION.

ALL RIGHT, WE WATCH OUR COOL DOWN HERE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ALONG THE COAST, TEMPERATURES HOVER AROUND 70 BEFORE WE REBOUND FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AND THEN SUNDAY, DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES BUT MOSTLY SUNNY AND RATHER NICE.

TAKING A LOOK AT THE FIVE DAY OUTLOOK, INLAND, SUNNY AND 75 ON WEDNESDAY.

CLOUDS INCREASE ON THURSDAY.

TEMPERATURES DROP AND THEN WE HEAT BACKUP FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND, STAYING RATHER PLEASANT THROUGH SUNDAY, ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES JUMPED BACK UP TO THE UPPER 70s.

MOUNTAIN FORECAST, NOT GREAT THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

COOL TOMORROW WITH SUNSHINE BUT THE WIND PICKS UP ON WEDNESDAY.

USHERING IN COLDER AIR BY FRIDAY, BUT MORE PLEASANT BY THE WEEKEND AND EVEN THE DESERT, YOU WILL SEE A DIP IN TEMPERATURES, THAT COMES ON FRIDAY BEFORE WE ARE BACK TO 90 DEGREES ON SUNDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM ARIELLA SCALISE.

>>> A NEW REPORT SHOWS WHY FIVE SPECIES NATIVE TO CALIFORNIA ARE STRUGGLING TO MIGRATE WITHIN THE STATE AND WHAT IS NEEDED TO HELP THEM.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER SAYS THAT IT FEATURES BIGHORN SHEEP STUCK BETWEEN THE BIGHORN WALL AND HIGHWAY 88.

>> Reporter: EARLIER THIS YEAR, FOLLOWED WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS AND ADVOCATES LOOKING FOR BIGHORN SHEEP NEAR THE IMPERIAL COUNTY AND MEXICO BORDER.

HE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTING THEIR WORK TO SAVE BIGHORN SHEEP FROM DIVER -- DRIVERS SPEEDING ON INTERSTATE 8.

>> THEY NEED ROOM TO ROAM, THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR FOOD, THEIR WATER, THEIR MATES, AND OUR ROADS, OUR GIANT HIGHWAYS, OUR CITIES, HAVE COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED THAT ABILITY TO GET ACROSS THE ROAD.

AND ONE SOLUTION TO THIS IS TO BUILD WILDLIFE CROSSINGS.

>> Reporter: HE IS A WILDLIFE ADVOCATE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CALIFORNIA RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER.

HE SAYS THE STATE IS DESIGNING A WILDLIFE CROSSING TO HELP SHEEP CROSS SAFELY, BUT CONSTRUCTION FUNDING IS STILL NEEDED.

IT IS NOT THE ONLY ONE.

DOZENS OF OTHER CROSSING PROJECTS ACROSS CALIFORNIA ALSO NEED FUNDING.

AND FUNDING IS ONLY ONE OF THE CHALLENGES TO BRING THESE PROJECTS TO FRUITION.

>> THERE IS ALSO A LACK OF COORDINATION BETWEEN STATE AGENCIES AND A LACK OF DATA FOR FUNDING OF THE 144 PROJECTS THAT CALTRANS HAS IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITY.

>> Reporter: TO BRING ATTENTION TO THESE GAPS, ENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA LAUNCHED AN INTERACTIVE REPORT TODAY.

IT IS CALLED, "RECONNECTING CALIFORNIA'S WILDLIFE."

IT EXPLAINS WHAT BIGHORN SHEEP, AND OTHERS, ARE STRUGGLING TO MIGRATE.

AND IT SHOWS WHAT IS NEEDED TO HELP THEM.

>> WILDLIFE CROSSINGS CAN REDUCE WILDLIFE VEHICLE COLLISIONS BY OVER 90%, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE ENDANGERED ANIMALS SUCH AS BIGHORN SHEEP, WHERE THEY ARE BEING HIT AT A PRETTY HIGH RATE ON I-8.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE HOPES THE REPORT WILL URGE STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO FUND MORE WILDLIFE CROSSING PROJECTS.

TAMMY MURDER, KPBS NEWS.

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