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>>> OLYMPIC SOCCER IS COMING TO SAN DIEGO.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

SNAPDRAGON STADIUM ANNOUNCED TODAY AS ONE OF THE SITES FOR THE 2028 SUMMER GAMES.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AERE HAS THE DETAILS ABOUT SAN DIEGO'S ROLE ON THE OLYMPIC STAGE.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO'S SOCCER SCENE KEEPS ON GROWING.

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY'S HOME FIELD AND THE HOME FIELD FOR SAN DIEGO'S TWO SOCCER TEAMS, WAVE FC AND SDFC, WILL NOW HOST INTERNATIONAL TEAMS FOR THE 2028 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS.

>> WE ARE A SPORTS CITY.

WE ARE A SOCCER CITY.

AND WE ARE WITHOUT QUESTION A GLOBAL CITY.

AT THE HEART OF THIS MOMENT IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS SNAPDRAGON STADIUM, WHICH DURING THE GAMES WILL BE PROUDLY KNOWN AS SAN DIEGO STADIUM.

>> Reporter: OLYMPIC RULES ONLY ALLOW THE NAMES OF OFFICIAL OLYMPIC SPONSORS.

SNAPDRAGON STADIUM WILL BE ONE OF SIX U.S.

VENUES FOR THE 2028 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S OLYMPIC SOCCER TOURNAMENTS.

>> THIS IS WHY WE BUILT THIS BUILDING.

WE BUILT THIS BUILDING TO BRING, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY LOCAL EVENTS BUT INTERNATIONAL EVENTS, CONCERTS, SHOWS, ALL THE THINGS.

>> Reporter: TOURNAMENT PLAY WILL ALSO HAPPEN AT MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER STADIUMS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, NASHVILLE, ST.

LOUIS, MISSOURI, SAN JOSE AND NEW YORK CITY.

THE ROSE BOWL WILL BE THE SITE OF THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S GOLD MEDAL MATCHES.

>> THERE'S SO MUCH CREDIBILITY HERE I THINK BETWEEN BOTH THE MEN'S TEAM AND THE WOMEN'S TEAM NOW, OUR FANS HAVE SHOWED UP FROM DAY ONE, AND I WOULD ARGUE THEY'RE NOT JUST HERE TO SUPPORT THE CLUBS BUT THEY ELEVATE THE GAME.

>> Reporter: ORGANIZERS OF THE L.A.

GAMES SAY SNAPDRAGON STADIUM COULD HOST MATCHES THROUGH THE OLYMPIC SOCCER SEMIFINALS.

THEY'RE CREATING A SCHEDULE THAT MOVES FROM EAST TO WEST COAST THE FURTHER THE COMPETITION ADVANCES.

BETWEEN THE RECENT ROLL JUT OF A NEW STADIUM, TWO PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TEAMS, AND THE WORLD CUP TAKING PLACE THIS YEAR ACROSS THE U.S., MEXICO AND CANADA THERE'S BEEN AN EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF SOCCER CULTURE IN OUR REGION.

THE OLYMPICS COMING TO TOWN BUILDS ON THAT.

>> HAVING ALL EYES ON SAN DIEGO FOR OLYMPIC MATCHES IS GOING TO BE ADDITIVE TO WHAT HAPPENS TWO YEARS PRIOR WITH THE WORLD CUP HERE THIS SUMMER.

>> Reporter: THE SCHEDULE FOR BOTH THE WOMEN'S AND MEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BEFORE THE FIRST TICKETS ARE RELEASED IN APRIL.

THE L.A.

SUMMER GAMES HAPPEN IN JULY 2028.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> I'M ARIELA SCALISE.

LOOKING AHEAD THROUGH TONIGHT UNDER A CLEAR SKY TEMPERATURES DOWN TO THE 40s.

THE WIND CONTINUES TO BE A BIT GUSTY HERE AND SOME CLOUDS INCREASING.

WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF WARM WEATHER AHEAD.

I'LL SHOW YOU HOW HIGH TEMPERATURES CLIMB.

THAT'S COMING UP.

>>> THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS ISSUING BODY WHY CAMERAS TO ALL ITS FEDERAL OFFICERS ON THE GROUND IN MINNEAPOLIS.

AS REED BINION REPORTS, THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AFTER SENATE DEMOCRATS AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REACHED A DEAL TO TEMPORARILY EXTEND DHS FUNDING FOR TWO WEEKS.

>> THEY GENERALLY TEND TO BE GOOD FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T LIE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REACTING TO HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ALL DHS OFFICERS ON THE GROUND IN MINNEAPOLIS WILL BE ISSUED BODY CAMERAS.

>> GENERALLY SPEAKING I THINK 80% GOOD FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> Reporter: NOEM SAID THE BODY CAMERA PROGRAM WILL BE EXPANDED NATIONWIDE AS FUNDING IS AVAILABLE, WITH HER DEPARTMENT DEPLOYING CAMERAS TO DHS LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THIS COMES AMID A NATIONWIDE BACKLASH AFTER THE SEPARATE FATAL SHOOTINGS LAST MONTH OF TWO PROTESTERS BY FEDERAL AGENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS.

RENEE GOOD AND ALEX PRETTI.

>> PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE VERY UPSET.

>> Reporter: ON MONDAY A JUDGE LIFTED HIS ORDER REQUIRING FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE FROM THE PRETTI SHOOTING SCENE.

THE JUDGE SAID FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAD ASSURED HIM THE EVIDENCE WOULD BE PROPERLY MAINTAINED.

ALSO MONDAY AUTHORITIES IN MINNESOTA RULED PRETTI'S DEATH A HOMICIDE, MEANING IT WAS CAUSED BY ANOTHER PERSON AS OPPOSED TO BEING AN ACCIDENT, SUICIDE, NATURAL CAUSES OR UNDETERMINED.

>> AS WE GATHER HERE TONIGHT I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT AND REMEMBERING ALEX.

>> Reporter: I'M REED BINION REPORTING.

>>> IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BLACK DEFENDANTS ARE MORE LIKELY THAN WHITE DEFENDANTS TO FACE CHARGES THAT CAN LEAD TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE, EVEN FOR THE SAME CRIME.

IN PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART SERIES KPBS REPORTER KATIE HYSON SPEAKS TO THE FAMILIES WHOSE LIVES ARE BEING SHAPED BY THAT REALITY.

>> IT'S UNFORTUNATE HOW EVERYTHING TOOK PLACE.

IT WAS A REGULAR DAY.

>> Reporter: ON MAY 14th, 2022 BRITTANY AND JAMES CALLOWAY BROUGHT THEIR 10-MONTH-OLD SON TO EL TAYON PARK IN NATIONAL CITY.

>> IT WAS A FAMILY BARBECUE.

SO WE WERE THERE GOING THERE FOR A FAMILY EVENT, A FAMILY GATHERING.

AND THE EVENT TOOK A TURN.

>> Reporter: JAMES CALLOWAY DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS AN EX-GANG MEMBER.

BEFORE THAT DAY HIS LAST CONVICTION HAD BEEN IN 2019.

HE SAYS HE TURNED HIS LIFE AROUND, STARTED A TRUCKING COMPANY.

HE SPOKE WITH ME FROM A COUNTY JAIL.

I TOOK HIS VIDEO CALL FROM HIS TODDLER'S iPAD.

>> SO MY DAY-TO-DAY LIFE WAS GOING TO WORK, DRIVING TRUCKS, COMING HOME AND BEING A DAD.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, CALEB STACY WAS ANOTHER MEMBER OF CALLOWAY'S FORMER GANG.

HE WAS 28.

WHILE THE CALLOWAYS WERE AT THE PARK, STACY LEFT HIS JOB AND RODE HIS MOTORCYCLE THERE.

STACY CALLED JAMES CALLOWAY OVER AND PULLED TWO GUNS ON HIM.

HE'D HEARD RUMORS THAT BRITTANY WAS A SNITCH.

CALLOWAY SAYS STACY THREATENED TO KILL HIM, BRITTANY AND THEIR BABY.

OTHERS MANAGED TO TALK STACY DOWN.

HE DROVE HIS MOTORCYCLE AWAY AND STOPPED NEARBY.

>> WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO BESIDES WHAT I DID?

>> Reporter: CALLOWAY RAN TO HIS CAR, DROVE UP TO STACY, AND SHOT HIM DEAD.

>> MEN HAVE AN OBLIGATION THAT THEY DID NOT ASK FOR.

AND THAT IS PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY.

AND THAT IS TAUGHT AND INSTILLED UPON US AS KIDS.

>> Reporter: BRITTANY CALLOWAY SAYS THE EVENTUAL CHARGES SURPRISED THEM.

>> WHEN WE HEARD THAT IT WAS FIRST DEGREE WE WERE JUST LIKE IT WAS A SHOCK.

BECAUSE HOW?

LIKE HOW AND WHY?

THIS IS AT MOST SELF-DEFENSE OR INVOLUNTARY.

>> Reporter: THE FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE ISN'T THE REASON CALLOWAY IS FACING LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.

IF HE HAD WALKED UP TO STACY AND SHOT HIM, HE MIGHT HAVE THE CHANCE AT PAROLE.

BUT BECAUSE HE FIRED FROM A VEHICLE, HE WAS SENTENCED TO DIE IN PRISON.

IT'S ONE OF THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN CALIFORNIA LAW THAT CAN LEAD TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.

THE LIST IS A LARGE PATCHWORK.

IF THE MURDER WAS COMMITTED FOR MONEY.

IF THE VICTIM WAS A FIREFIGHTER.

IF THE DEFENDANT USED POISON OR WRECKED A TRAIN.

THE LIST WAS CREATED IN 1977 AS A WAY TO LIMIT WHO COULD RECEIVE THE DEATH PENALTY AND LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE TO THE WORST OF THE WORST.

AFTER THE SUPREME COURT SAID THEY WERE BEING GIVEN TOO RANDOMLY.

BUT BALLOT MEASURES KEPT EXPANDING THE LIST BY POPULAR DEMAND.

A 1978 VOTER GUIDE READS, "IF CHARLES MANSON WERE TO ORDER HIS FAMILY OF DRUG-CRAZED KILLERS TO SLAUGHTER YOUR FAMILY, MANSON WOULD NOT RECEIVE THE DEATH PENALTY."

THAT PROPOSITION PASSED.

MORE THAN DOUBLING THE LIST.

THE LIST GOT SO LONG THAT BY THE '90s NEARLY ALL FIRST-DEGREE MURDERS WERE ELIGIBLE FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN CALIFORNIA.

CALLOWAY'S SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE, SHOOTING FROM A VEHICLE, WAS ADDED IN 1996 TO COMBAT DRIVE-BY GANG SHOOTINGS.

ALL THIS HISTORY IS NOW BEARING DOWN ON CALLOWAY.

>> IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY HARD JUST THINKING ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO HOLD MY SON, NOT BEING ABLE TO BE A FATHER.

>> Reporter: BRITTANY CALLOWAY IS NOW RAISING FIVE CHILDREN ON HER OWN.

SHE STARTED WORKING OVERNIGHT SHIFTS AT A HOSPITAL.

SHE'S ALMOST NINE MONTHS PREGNANT.

HER SECOND SURROGACY PREGNANCY TO MAKE ENDS MEET SINCE JAMES WAS INCARCERATED.

THEIR BABY IS NOW 4.

SHE SHOWS HIM PICTURES OF HIS FATHER, TELLS HIM THAT'S YOUR DAD, REPEATS IT OVER AND OVER LIKE A FLASH CARD, HOPING IT WILL STICK.

>> HE HASN'T HELD OUR SON IN YEARS.

I HAVEN'T TOUCHED HIM OR HUGGED HIM OR ANYTHING IN YEARS.

>> Reporter: IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHETHER TO CHARGE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN A CASE.

BRITTANY CALLOWAY BELIEVES EVERYTHING WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF HER HUSBAND WEREN'T BLACK.

>> IF HE WAS A WHITE MAN, THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: JAMES CALLOWAY FILED A MOTION REQUESTING RESENTENCING BASED ON RACIAL BIAS IN HIS CASE.

HIS HEARING'S IN APRIL.

HIS LAWYER PLANS TO BRING UP THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OWN DATA.

IT SHOWS NOT ONLY A RACIAL GAP IN WHO RECEIVES SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE CHARGES BUT THAT AFTER SUMMER STEPHEN BECAME THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN 2017 IT GOT WIDER.

THAT'S PART TWO TOMORROW.

KATIE HYSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CALIFORNIA PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS HAVE MORE TIME TO MEET THE STATE'S NEW STAFFING RULES.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER HEIDI DE MARCO SAYS HOSPITALS ARGUED A JANUARY DEADLINE WOULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF PATIENT BEDS.

>> Reporter: REGISTERED NURSES FROM THE CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION RALLIED OUTSIDE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH LAST MONTH, DEMANDING STRONGER STAFFING RULES AT ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS.

BRANDY WELCH IS A MEMBER OF THE UNION.

SHE HAS BEEN A REGISTERED NURSE FOR 28 YEARS.

>> I HAVE WORKED WITHOUT RATIOS, AND WITH THE RATIOS I'VE BEEN A NURSE LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE EXPERIENCED BOTH.

AND HAVING THE RATIOS MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

>> Reporter: UNDER THE PROPOSED RULES PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS WOULD NEED ONE NURSE FOR EVERY SIX ADULT PATIENTS OR FIVE PEDIATRIC PATIENTS.

FACILITIES THAT DON'T COMPLY COULD FACE DAILY FINES OF UP TO $30,000.

WELCH SAYS IT'S STILL TOO MANY PATIENTS.

>> IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE SAFETY OF OUR PATIENTS AS WELL AS OUR OWN SAFETY, BUT ALSO THE AMOUNT OF CARE THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM.

>> Reporter: THE CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION SAYS THE PROPOSED RULES ARE LESS PROTECTIVE THAN EXISTING LAW FOR GENERAL ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS.

THE PATIENT RATIO IS HIGHER AND LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSES AND PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIANS CAN COUNT TOWARD RATIOS.

>> I BELIEVE THAT REGISTERED NURSES SHOULD BE COUNTED ONLY TOWARD THE RATIOS.

>> Reporter: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITALS SAY THE CONCERN ISN'T THE IDEA OF RATIOS, IT'S HOW QUICKLY THE STATE IS TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THEM.

LEONDRA CLARK HARVEY RUNS THE CALIFORNIA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION.

>> WE SUPPORT ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP PEOPLE THRIVE BUT WE DON'T SUPPORT THEM UNDER EXTREME TIME PRESSURE THAT DOESN'T ALLOW US TO PUT THE NEEDED PEOPLE IN PLACE.

>> Reporter: SHARP MESA VISTA HOSPITAL SAYS LAST YEAR IT TOOK AN AVERAGE OF 67 DAYS TO HIRE A REGISTERED NURSE, FROM JOB POSTING TO THE FIRST DAY ON THE JOB.

HARVEY SAYS WHEN HOSPITALS CAN'T HIRE FAST ENOUGH BEDS MAY DISAPPEAR, LEAVING PATIENTS WITH FEWER OPTIONS.

>> IN CALIFORNIA WE HAVE ABOUT 17 TO 20 BEDS PER 100,000 PEOPLE.

THAT'S OUR CURRENT STATE.

IDEALLY WE SHOULD HAVE ABOUT 50 BEDS.

>> Reporter: SEVERAL PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUBMITTED LETTERS ASKING FOR A YEAR, BUT THE STATE SAYS RULES WILL TAKE EFFECT JUNE 1st.

HEIDI DE MARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> FLU ACTIVITY HAS TICKED UP SLIGHTLY IN THE U.S.

THANKS TO AN INCREASE IN INFECTIONS CAUSED BY INFLUENZA B, VIRUSES DISTINCT FROM THE NEW SUBCLADE K STRAIN THAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST PLAYER THIS FLU SEASON SO FAR.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ HAS MORE ON THIS SECOND PEAK OF INFECTIONS AND WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW.

>> Reporter: IF YOU THOUGHT FLU SEASON WAS OVER, THINK AGAIN.

>> WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING ACTIVITY COME BACK.

>> Reporter: DR.

KAITLIN RIVERS WITH JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG'S SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS THE COUNTRY IS SEEING AN INCREASE IN CASES OF FLU B, PRIMARILY AMONG CHILDREN AGE 5 THROUGH 17.

>> WHAT WE OFTEN SEE IS THAT KIDS ARE THE FIRST TO BE AFFECTED BY NEW TRENDS AND THEN OLDER AGE GROUPS REALLY START TO SEE THE EFFECTS.

FLU B OFTEN BECOMES MORE COMMON IN THE SPRING.

SO THERE'S SOME OF THAT GOING ON.

BUT I DON'T THINK IT REALLY EXPLAINS THE FULL REBOUND.

>> Reporter: RIVERS, WHO ALSO WRITES ABOUT INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRENDS IN HER FORCE OF INFECTION SUBSTACK, SAYS THIS PATTERN IS SIMILAR TO WHAT THE U.S.

SAW LAST YEAR WHEN FLU CLIMBED TO A SECOND PEAK IN LATE FEBRUARY AFTER INITIALLY FALLING.

THE RECENT WINTER STORM ACROSS THE COUNTRY MIGHT ALSO PLAY A ROLE.

>> I AM HOPEFUL BUT NOT CERTAIN THAT THE SEVERE WINTER WEATHER THAT A LOT OF THE COUNTRY EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST WEEK WILL INTERRUPT THAT EXPANSION INTO OTHER AGE GROUPS, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> Reporter: INFLUENZA B STRAINS ARE A WHOLE DIFFERENT FAMILY OF VIRUSES.

EVEN IF YOU'VE HAD THE FLU ONCE THIS SEASON IT'S POSSIBLE TO GET IT AGAIN IF YOU CATCH A DIFFERENT STRAIN.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS YEAR'S FLU VACCINE PROTECTS AGAINST TWO A STRAINS AND ONE B STRAIN.

SO THE SHOT SHOULD OFFER SOME PROTECTION AGAINST SEVERE ILLNESS AND HOSPITALIZATION.

>> A MAJORITY OF THE DEATHS THAT WE SEE FROM INFLUENZA ARE IN OLDER ADULTS.

SO EXTRA IMPORTANT IF YOU ARE, SAY, OVER THE AGE OF 65 THAT YOU GET YOUR FLU VACCINE AND THAT YOU'RE CAREFUL DURING FLU SEASON TO PROTECT YOURSELF.

>> Reporter: I'M IVAN RODRIGUEZ REPORTING.

>>> I'M GEOFF BENNETT.

TONIGHT ON THE "NEWSHOUR" PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS A MASSIVE SPENDING BILL TO END THE PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

THAT'S AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> SAN DIEGO IS OFTEN NAMED ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES IN THE COUNTRY.

KPBS IS LAUNCHING A NEW PROJECT CALLED "PRICE OF SAN DIEGO" TO EXPLORE HOW PEOPLE ARE MAKING ENDS MEET.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE ANASTAS BRINGS US GROCERY SHOPPING ADVICE FROM A LOCAL MOM WHO SAYS PLANNING AHEAD HAS MADE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.

>> Reporter: THE COST OF FOOD HAS GONE UP BY MORE THAN 25% SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

THE REASONS INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM TARIFFS TO BIRD FLU TO THE WEATHER.

THOSE INCREASES SHOW UP ON OUR GROCERY BILLS.

A FEW YEARS AGO SANTEE RESIDENT ALI POWELL STARTED NOTICING HOW HIGH HERS WERE GETTING.

>> I WAS NOT MEAL PLANNING AND I WAS NOT COOKING AT HOME.

I WAS GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE WITHOUT A PLAN.

WE WERE EATING OUT A LOT.

AND IT JUST GOT OVERWHELMING.

I REALIZED HOW MUCH MONEY I WAS SPENDING.

>> Reporter: HER ESTIMATE, MORE THAN $200 PER WEEK ON GROCERIES IN 2017.

IN 2025 DOLLARS THAT'S ABOUT $267.50.

SHE WANTED TO MAKE A CHANGE.

SO SHE STARTED TO PLAN OUT MEALS WHEN IT WORKED WITH HER SCHEDULE.

>> ONCE I STARTED MOVING INTO THE MEAL PLANNING I WAS A MOTHER OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME AFTER WORK.

I WAS WORKING FULL-TIME.

SO THE START WAS THREE MEALS A WEEK.

TWO OF THOSE WERE CROCK POT MEALS I DIDN'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY COOK BECAUSE I FIGURED IF I STARTED SMALL IT WOULD BE EASIER TO START MEAL PLANNING REGULARLY.

>> Reporter: NOW SHE PLANS FIVE TO SEVEN DINNERS A WEEK.

BEFORE GOING TO THE STORE SHE TAKES STOCK OF PERISHABLE ITEMS AT HOME.

>> FRIDGE, PANTRY AND FREEZER, EVERYTHING IS CHECKED.

>> Reporter: HER BUDGET IS $150 PER WEEK AT THE GROCERY STORE AND $250 EVERY FOUR TO SIX WEEKS AT COSTCO.

SHE SHARES HER WEEKLY GROCERY HAULS ON AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT CALLED GROCERY GETTING GIRL.

THIS TIME SHE'S UNDER BUDGET.

>> SO I JUST GOT DONE WITH MY GROCERY HAUL.

I SPENT $107.27.

IT WAS UNDER MY BUDGET OF $150 A WEEK.

>> Reporter: POWELL SUGGESTS KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR SALES.

IF THOSE DISCOUNTED ITEMS ARE ALREADY ON YOUR SHOPPING LIST.

>> GOLD POTATOES WERE ON SALE FOR $3.

NORMALLY THOSE ARE 5.

THAT WAS AWESOME.

THE COLE SLAW I THINK WAS ON SALE AS WELL.

>> Reporter: POWELL STICKS TO GROCERY STORES LIKE FOOD 4 LESS FOR FRESH PRODUCE AND BREAD.

SHE USUALLY BUYS MEAT AT COSTCO AND FREEZES SOME OF IT.

SHE ALSO GETS SNACKS, MILK AND HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS THERE SINCE SHE KNOWS HER FAMILY OF FOUR WILL USE THEM UP QUICKLY.

ONE OTHER TIP SHE SHARES, LEAVE THE FAMILY AT HOME WHEN YOU GO SHOPPING.

>> I ALWAYS LIKE TO SHOP ALONE.

AND THAT IS ONE THING THAT I LIKE TO GIVE AS A TIP FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE WHEN YOUR KIDS AND YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER COME ALONG THAT BILL STARTS GOING UP BECAUSE THEY'RE THROWING THINGS IN THE CART.

>> Reporter: FIND MORE STORIES OF HOW FAMILIES ARE SAVING MONEY AT KPBS.ORG/PRICEOFSANDIEGO.

KATIE ANASTAS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AMERICANS ARE PAYING MORE TO POWER THEIR HOMES, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF RISING ENERGY COSTS.

JEN SULLIVAN LOOKS AT WHY YOU MAY BE SEEING HIGHER BILLS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP CUT COSTS.

>> Reporter: MUCH OF THE COUNTRY IS DEALING WITH BITTERLY COLD WEATHER AND CRANKING UP THE HEAT IN YOUR HOME TO STAY WARM MEANS HIGHER ENERGY BILLS.

>> WHEN IT'S EXTREMELY COLD OUT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RUN YOUR FURNACE OR YOUR GAS FIREPLACE.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO RECENT DATA, AMERICANS PAID ABOUT 7% MORE FOR ELECTRICITY THIS PAST NOVEMBER THAN LAST NOVEMBER.

ONE REASON ENERGY COSTS ARE UP IS HIGHER DELIVERY COSTS.

LET'S LOOK AT THIS CON EDISON BILL FOR A HOME IN THE NEW YORK AREA.

THE TOTAL BILL IS JUST UNDER $500.

THE DELIVERY FEE IS MORE THAN HALF THE TOTAL.

SO WHAT IS A DELIVERY FEE?

ACCORDING TO CON ED, THOSE FEES HELP COVER THE COSTS TO BUILD, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THAT ELECTRICITY FROM THE POWER PLANT, ACROSS TRANSMISSION LINES, THE DISTRIBUTION LINES ON YOUR STREET.

>> Reporter: ALL OF THAT COSTS MONEY TO MAINTAIN.

AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DATA CENTERS ARE ALSO FUELING RISING COSTS.

>> THE PROBLEM IS ALL OF THE COMPUTERS THAT RUN THESE CHIPS AND THIS AI ARE INCREDIBLY ELECTRICITY-HUNGRY.

>> Reporter: PATRICK DAHAN WITH GAS BUDDY SAYS MANY AI DATA CENTERS USE NATURAL GAS-GENERATED ELECTRICITY BECAUSE IT'S CHEAP.

>> THAT IS HITTING ALL OF US BECAUSE OF THE HUGE DEMAND NOW FOR NATURAL GAS.

>> Reporter: DAHAN SAYS LOWERING YOUR THERMOSTAT BY EVEN A FEW DEGREES CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE ON YOUR BILL.

SLOEK M SUGGESTS UPGRADING YOUR WINDOWS AND DOORS TO KEEP COLD AIR OUT.

HE ALSO SAYS IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT RISING COSTS YOU CAN CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LEADERS.

HE SAYS DISTRIBUTION FEES ARE APPROVED BY STATE REGULATORS.

FOR CONSUMER WATCH I'M JEN SULLIVAN.

>>> HENRY LOUIS GATES HAVE JR.

THE HOST OF FINDING YOUR ROOTS TRACES THE ROOTS OF TWO AMERICAN GROUPS IN A NEW SERIES AND IT SHOWS YOU HOW SEPARATELY AND TOGETHER THEY'VE HELPED DEFINE THE UNITED STATES.

DAVID DANIEL HAS A LOOK.

>> BLACKS AND JEWS FACE COMMON ENEMIES.

BUT WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER WE ARE A FORMIDABLE FORCE.

>> Reporter: THE DIRECTORS OF "BLACK AND JEWISH AMERICA: AN INTERWOVEN HISTORY" SAY THEY WANTED TO ENSURE EVERYONE LEARNS SOMETHING FROM THE DOCUMENTARY SERIES.

>> PEOPLE WHO MAY ALREADY BE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THIS HISTORY AND MAKING SURE THERE WAS STILL SURPRISING AND UNEXPECTED THINGS THAT EVEN THEY WOULDN'T KNOW, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING COMPLETELY FRESH, MAKING SURE THAT THE FOUNDATIONS OF THESE TWO HATREDS IN THE WORLD AND THE SORT OF MILESTONE MOMENTS OF INTERSECTION WERE THERE TOO.

>> IT'S NOT A SIMPLE STORY.

AND IT CANNOT BE A SIMPLE STORY.

>> IT'S GOT A REALLY LONG HISTORY.

>> WHEN THESE TWO COMMUNITIES GET TOGETHER AND THEY SYNERGIES CREATIVELY THEY CANNOT BE STOPPED.

>> STORIES THAT ARE INTERSECTIONAL WHERE BLACKS AND JEWS EXPERIENCE SOMETHING TOGETHER AND PARALLEL WHERE BLACKS AND JEWS EXPERIENCE SOMETHING SIMILAR LIKE, YOU KNOW, ESCAPING OPPRESSION, LIKE SLAVERY AND EXODUS BUT DON'T EXPERIENCE IT TOGETHER.

>> THERE WAS A VERY VISIBLE BLACK-JEWISH ALLIANCE DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

>> THAT RELATIONSHIP ACCOMPLISHED INCREDIBLE THINGS.

>> BUT I DON'T WANT TO ROMANTICIZE THE ALLIANCE BECAUSE IT WASN'T AN UNTROUBLED RELATIONSHIP.

>> I THINK IT'S A REMINDER THAT IT'S A CHOICE AND THAT THE RELATIONSHIPS START ON THE LEVEL OF INDIVIDUAL RELATIONSHIPS AND KNOWING EACH OTHER.

>> RABBI HESCHEL WAS SAYING HE MIGHT NOT LIVE BECAUSE THEY'RE KILLING FOLKS IN SELMA.

>> SHARED EXPERIENCE AND COMMON GROUND IS SOMETHING WE CAN FIND AND USE TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL.

>> Reporter: IN HOLLYWOOD I'M DAVID DANIEL.

>> "BLACK AND JEWISH AMERICA: AN INTERWOVEN HISTORY" PREMIERES TONIGHT AT 9:00 HERE ON KPBS.

AND YOU CAN ALSO STREAM IT WITH THE KPBS PLUS APP.

IT WILL RUN FOR THREE TUESDAYS WITH THE FINAL TWO EPISODES AIRING ON FEBRUARY 17th.

>>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER HEADLINES.

SOME GUSTIER WINDS DO CONTINUE, ESPECIALLY ALONG AND BELOW THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS.

CLOUDS INCREASE, MAYBE A SLIGHT MOUNTAIN SHOWER HERE AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT WARM WEATHER DOMINATING.

ALL RIGHT.

WE TALK ABOUT TONIGHT'S FORECAST, CLEAR SKY WITH TEMPERATURES DOWN TO THE 40s MOSTLY.

WE'LL SEE UPPER 30s IN MOUNT LAGUNA.

SAN DIEGO AND CHULA VISTA DOWN TO ABOUT 48 AND A COOL NIGHT INTO OCEANSIDE, DOWN TO 40 DEGREES.

ALL RIGHT.

WE SEE WHAT'S CALLED THE PRESSURE GRADIENT, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE AS WE GET MORE OF THAT OFFSHORE WIND AND THAT'S HELPING OUR TEMPERATURES REALLY WARM UP HERE.

BUT GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR.

AND BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SO DRY ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WE'LL HAVE A SLIGHTLY HIGHER FIRE RISK RETURNING WITH THOSE GUSTY WINDS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS PLACED US UNDER A WIND ADVISORY.

THAT GOES THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY AS THOSE GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE.

OTHER THAN THAT IT IS UNUSUALLY WARM HERE WITH SOME RECORDS BEING CHALLENGED.

ANY COOLER AIR DEFLECTED FURTHER TO THE NORTH.

AND MOST OF US DO REMAIN DRY.

LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

SUNNY AND 84 IN SAN DIEGO.

85 IN OCEANSIDE.

MOUNT LAGUNA YOU ONLY GET TO THE 50s AND BORREGO SPRINGS AT 81 DEGREES.

NOT EVEN CLOSE TO WINTER-LIKE HERE AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY THURSDAY AS RECORD-CHALLENGING WARMTH CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL HAVE TEMPERATURES COMING DOWN HERE A LITTLE BIT AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

NOTICE BY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES RETURN AFTER A WARM MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK.

SAME PATTERN IS TRUE HERE WITH HOT WEATHER TOMORROW FURTHER INLAND.

89 AND THEN TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLING AS WE APPROACH THE WEEKEND.

MOUNTAIN FORECAST, 52 WITH SUNSHINE WEDNESDAY AND THEN WE'RE BACK TO SOME 40s BEFORE TEMPERATURES COME BACK UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY.

ACROSS THE DESERTS NICE AND WARM FOR TOMORROW AND TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE 70s THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

FOR KPBS NEWS I'M ARIELA SCALISE.

>>> KPBS CINEMA JUNKIE BETH ACCOMANDO HAS A SUPER BOWL ALTERNATIVE FOR SUNDAY.

A LIVE MOVIE CONCERT CELEBRATING THE MAGICAL WORK OF PIONEERING FILMMAKER GEORGE MILLIAS.

>> Reporter: GEORGE MELIES WAS A MAGICIAN WHO IN THE LATE 1800s IN THE INFANCY OF CINEMA WANTED TO SEE WHAT MAGIC HE COULD CREATE ON SCREEN.

>> THIS PERIOD YOU JUST HAVE LIKE TOOLS.

SO EVERYTHING WAS IN HIS MIND.

AND THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

JUST INCREDIBLE.

>> Reporter: AND THAT INSPIRED JEAN FRANCOIS ALCOLIA TO CREATE A TRIBUTE TO THE CINEMATIC INNOVATOR WITH "RIGHT IN THE EYE," LIVE MOVIE CONCERT OF GEORGES MELIES'S FILMS.

THE SHOW'S TITLE PLAYS OFF THE FAMOUS IMAGE OF MELIES'S TRIP TO THE MOON IN WHICH A ROCKET SHIP HITS THE MOON RIGHT IN THE EYE.

>> BASICALLY IT'S A LIVE MOVIE CONCERT, WHICH MEANS A SILENT FILM AND LIVE MUSIC.

AND YOU HAVE MUSICIAN ON STAGE WHO ARE PLAYING MORE THAN 15 INSTRUMENTS.

SO IT'S A WHOLE EXPERIENCE IN A LIVE DESIGN, SET DESIGN.

SO THIS IS A JOURNEY THROUGH MAGIC AND OTHER THINGS HAPPEN DURING THE JOURNEY.

YOU HAVE EVERYTHING RELATED TO MAGIC BUT ALSO ALL HIS FILM RELATED TO SCIENCE FICTION AND ALSO HIS CREATIVITY IN EACH OF HIS FILMS.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT IMPRESSED ME.

>> Reporter: MELIES'S GROUNDBREAKING AND FANTASTICAL FILMS ARE AS ENCHANTING NOW AS THEY WERE MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO.

BUT SEEING THEM ON A BIG SCREEN WITH AN INVENTIVE SOUNDSCAPE IS A RARE AND WONDROUS OPPORTUNITY NOT TO BE MISSED.

BETH ACCOMANDO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE KPBS NEWSRAIL.

THE EPA WANTED TO PHASE OUT THE ENERGY STAR PROGRAM BUT A NEW FEDERAL SPENDING PLAN STRENGTHENS IT.

NPR "MORNING EDITION" HAS MORE ON THE POLITICS AROUND ENERGY-EFFICIENT APPLIANCES.

AND KPBS MIDDAY EDITION WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION ON MENTAL HEALTH IN THE CURRENT POLITICAL LANDSCAPE.

THAT AIRS AT NOON ON KPBS FM.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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