>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION IS MADE IT IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO HEATING, PLUMBING, AIR RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICE FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL-HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM .

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY.

AND BY THE FOLLOWING .

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU!

>>> TWO AV -- LEAVING YOUR CREW WERE PULLED AFTER BEING CRASH INTO THE HARBOR.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

THEY EJECTED BEFORE CRASHING INTO THE WATER WHILE TRYING TO LAND AT A NAVAL STATION IN NORTH ISLAND.

ANDREW DYER HAS MORE FROM SHELTER ISLAND.

>> Reporter: THE EA 18 CRASHED AROUND -- NEAR SHELTER ISLAND.

THE TWO AIR CREW ON BOARD WERE RESCUED BY GOOD SAMARITANS AND BROUGHT HERE TO THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO HARBOR POLICE SUBSTATION, WHERE THEY WERE THEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

THE NAVY SAID BOTH ARE IN STABLE CONDITION.

>> COAST GUARD, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, OVER.

>> I AM REPORTING TWO AND WE PULLED TWO PEOPLE OUT OF THE WATER.

>> WHO IS THE AGENCY THAT PULLED THEM OUT OF THE WATER?

>> FROM YOUR SPORTFISHING OUT OF -- >> Reporter: ON YOUTUBE, CAPTURED THE RADIO TRAFFIC OF THE RESCUE.

NAVY CREWS HAVE BEEN OUT TO DEPLOY BLOOMS TO CAPTURE ANY FUEL OR DEBRIS.

THE NAVY IS INVESTIGATING THE CRASH BUT HAS NOT ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO RECOVER THE JET.

FROM SHELTER ISLAND, I AM ANDREW DYER, KPBS.

>>> AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER IS EXPECTED TO BRING ABOUT TWO INCHES OF RAIN AND ABOUT SIX INCHES TO THE MOUNTAINS BY FRIDAY.

KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAY SAYS SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE THINKING ABOUT LAST YEAR'S FLOODING AS THEY PREPARE FOR THIS YEAR'S BIG YEAR OF FLOODING.

>> Reporter: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THE BIGGEST THREAT FROM THIS STORM IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS .

THE SAN DIEGO RIVER COULD FLOOD AND CLOSE ROADS IN THE FASHION ALOE -- ALLIE AREA.

STARTING AROUND 8:00 P.M. RESIDENCE IN SKYLINE ARE THINKING ABOUT LAST YEAR'S FLOODING AS THEY PREPARE FOR THIS STORM.

>> WE COME IN SO WE CAN TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES BECAUSE WHAT TOOK PLACE LAST YEAR AROUND ABOUT THIS TIME, WE RECENTLY HAD A DRAINAGE SYSTEM PUT IN, BUT JUST IN CASE IT DOES NOT WORK, WE WANT TO BE READY.

>> Reporter: THAT IS SKYLINE RESIDENT CHARLES AND HIS WIFE STACY.

THEIR HOME WAS NOT DAMAGED LAST YEAR BUT THEY ARE NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR GRANTED.

>> JUST THE WAY INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE NOW, TRYING TO BE ON TOP OF IT.

PREVENT ANYTHING FROM HAPPENING.

>> Reporter: IF YOU LIVE IN DISTRICT 4, YOU CAN COME TO THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

RECREATIONAL CENTER, WHERE THEY ARE HANDING OUT UP TO 10 FREE SANDBAGS PER PERSON TO HELP PROTECT YOUR HOME .

ABOUT A MILE AWAY IS AN AREA OF CHOICE CREEK THAT FLOODED AND DAMAGED BUSINESSES LAST YEAR.

>> SO WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE SOUTH PART OF THE CREEK THAT ENDS UP IN SAN DIEGO BAY -- >> LESLIE REYNOLDS IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GROUNDWORK -- >> WE DO KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL STRUGGLING.

THEY ARE NOT BACK IN THEIR HOMES.

THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR FUNDING AND INSURANCE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

IT'S VERY CATASTROPHIC FOR LOTS OF FAMILIES >> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE WATER BANK HAS BEEN ON INVESTED FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

>> FOR THE MOST PART, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THIS IS CLEARED OF NON-NATIVE MEDITATION -- VEGETATION.

THEY'VE DONE SOME WIDENING, THEY'VE REMOVED A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE FLOODING.

BUT AND THEY ARE NOW WORKING WITH THE.

-- >> Reporter: IT'S INCREASING THE NUMBER FIELD CREWS AND EQUIPMENT, SHOULD POWER OUTAGES OCCUR.

MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> HAPPY WEDNESDAY, EVERYONE.

-- A RAINY FORECAST IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE NICE AND SUNNY FOR YOUR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ENOUGH OF THAT, I'M TRACKING A PRETTY NICE STRETCH OF WHETHER AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

HOW NICE IS IT GOING TO BE?

I WILL DETAIL THAT UPDATED FORECAST, COMING UP.

>>> TO HAVE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S CONTROVERSIAL PICS BASED IMPORTANT BOATS TODAY.

TULSI GABBARD WAS CONFIRMED AND ROBERT F KENNEDY JUNIOR'S NOMINATION TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ADVANCE TO THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS.

PEOPLE CLOSE TO TRUMP WERE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT TULSI GABBARD'S CHANCES.

CHUCK SCHUMER URGED BOTH PARTIES TO VOTE AGAINST HER CONFIRMATION.

>> I THINK MOST SENATORS WOULD AGREE THAT THERE ARE BETTER CHANCES -- IF WE HAD A SECRET BALLOT, GABBARD MIGHT GET 10 VOTES.

AND 40 AGAINST HER.

>> WE ARE GREATLY DISAPPOINTED IN ANY REPUBLICAN WHO CHOOSES WILLFULLY TO VOTE AGAINST THE PRESIDENT EXCEPTIONALLY QUALIFIED CABINET NOMINEES AND PICS TO LEAD HIS AMERICA FIRST ADMINISTRATION.

>> JUST ONE REPLICATED -- REPUBLICAN VOTED AGAINST HER, MITCH McCONNELL.

KENNEDY'S IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

>>> EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT COULD HINDER LOCAL SCIENTIST.

THAT IS WEEKS AFTER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SUGGESTED FREEZING FUNDING AND BANNING WORDS THAT COULD THREATEN RESEARCH.

KPBS'S AMITA SHARMA HAS THE LATEST.

>> Reporter: PETERS -- THE MOST NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH MONEY IN CALIFORNIA.

IT'S HOME TO -- THE TALK INSTITUTE, AND LA JOLLA IMMUNOLOGY.

CANCER TREATMENTS, -- THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED FUNDING CUTS TO NIH THAT WOULD DEPRIVE RESEARCHERS IN CALIFORNIA OF $800 MILLION.

A WEEK LATER, PETERS AND OTHER CONGRESSIONAL LAWMAKERS FIRED OFF A LETTER TO NIH, URGING IT TO RECONSIDER.

THE EFFECT IS UNCLEAR, BUT PETERS SAYS AT LEAST IT GETS LAWMAKER OPPOSITION ON THE RECORD.

LOCAL SCIENTISTS HAVE QUESTIONED WHETHER PETERS AND HIS CONGRESSIONAL COLLEAGUES ARE EVEN FIGHTING TO SAFEGUARD THEIR FUNDING.

PETERS SAYS HE IS.

>> WE HAVE THE POWER OF THE PURSE BUT THE PRESIDENT SIGNS OFF ON IT.

HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO JUST CHANGE IT ON HIS OWN BY FIAT.

WE ARE FIGHTING BACK.

I CAN'T TELL YOU IF I WERE SCIENTIST, THEN I WOULDN'T BE WORRIED.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS HIS POWER IS LIMITED.

>> WAS JUST REMEMBER, AMITA, THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ELECTED DONALD TRUMP TO BE PRESENT.

THE MAJORITY OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE ARE APPARENTLY NOT GOING TO CROSS IT SO WE ARE IN A TOUGH POSITION HERE.

>> Reporter: IN THE END, HE SAYS HE BELIEVES THE COURT WILL HOLD HIM IN CHECK ON SPENDING CUTS TO SIGNS.

A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS ORDERED THE ADMINISTRATION TO DELAY NIH CUTS, CALLING THEM FLAGRANTLY UNLAWFUL.

AMITA SHARMA, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAYS THEY WANT TO HELP THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEPORT PEOPLE WITH VIOLENT CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS BUT WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW CANNULA 40 IS -- CALIFORNIA'S LAWS.

FOR GUIDANCE, ASKING HOW MUCH THEY CAN COOPERATE WITH THE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>>> THE COST OF LIVING IS HEATING UP, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST CONSUMER PRICE INDEX RELEASE TODAY.

THIS COMES AS JEROME POWELL TESTIFIED ON CAPITOL HILL FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ JOINS US WITH DETAILS ON POWELL'S TESTIMONY.

>> Reporter: THE JANUARY CONSUMER PRICE INDEX COMING IN HOT.

>> ON JUST ABOUT EVERY METRIC, THIS WAS A MISS WITH RESPECT TO WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR IN THIS MAIN GAUGE OF INFLATION OF THE RETAIL LEVEL.

>> Reporter: EGG PRICES SHOT UP 15.2% FROM DECEMBER TO -- THE REPORT, BUT IT'S NOT JUST EGGS.

>> YOU HAVE FOOD YOU HAVE ENERGY, YOU HAVE SHELTER, YOU HAVE USED CARS, YOU HAVE MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.

THIS REPORT INDICATES AN INFLATION TREND IS WORSENING.

>> Reporter: INFLATION IS NOW MOVING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S 2% TARGET.

>> WE WANT TO MAKE MORE PROGRESS ON INFLATION AND WHAT WE THINK OUR POLICY RATE IS IN A GOOD PLACE.

>> Reporter: FED CHAIR JEROME POWELL SAID OFFICIALS ARE NOT IN A HURRY TO REDUCE INTEREST RATES FURTHER.

NOT WHEN INVESTORS AND POTENTIAL HOME FIRES -- NOT WHAT POTENTIAL HOMEBUYERS WERE HOPING TO HEAR.

>> MORTGAGE RATES WILL COME DOWN AND THEN WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T DIRECTLY CONTROL MORTGAGE RATES, IT DOES INFLUENCE THEM.

THE 30 YEAR FIXED MORTGAGE RATES NOW -- ACCORDING TO FREDDIE MAC.

FOR NOW, BANK RATES SUGGEST AMERICANS FOCUS ON SAVING.

>> ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF A HIGH INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT IS THAT ONE CAN STILL COMMAND A DECENT RETURN ON SAVINGS IN A HIGH-YIELD SAVINGS ACCOUNT THAT SURPASSES THE RECENT RATE OF INFLATION.

>> Reporter: I'M IVAN RODRIGUEZ REPORTING.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS PROJECTING A BUDGET DEFICIT OF NEARLY HUNDRED $40 MILLION NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

FACING POSSIBLE PROGRAM CUTS FROM WASHINGTON AND UNCERTAINTIES ON HOW TARIFFS WOULD AFFECT THE REGIONAL ECONOMY, TERRA LAWSON REAMER WANTS TO EXPLORE OPTIONS TO RAISE REVENUE.

SHE SAYS THE COUNTY IS TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE SITUATION AND MAKE A PLAN, WHICH COULD INCLUDE A SALES TAX HIKE.

>> WE ARE BEING A LOT MORE OPEN- MINDED.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FOCUS GROUPS, WE ARE GOING TO DO SOME COMMUNITY SURVEYS, MAYBE SOME COMMUNITY FORMS, AND REALLY FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE'S PRIORITIES ARE AND WHAT TRADE- OFFS PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO MAKE, GIVEN WHAT IS GOING ON ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TO CONDUCT A STUDY AND REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD ON SOME POSSIBILITIES FOR RAISING REVENUE.

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL VOTE ON THIS AT THEIR NEXT MEETING IN TWO WEEKS.

>>> WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE DAUNTING BUDGET DEFICIT FOR NEXT YEAR, AND IN OUR WHY IT MATTERS SEGMENT, SCOTT LEWIS HAS SOME BAD NEWS ABOUT WITH THIS YEAR, TOO.

>> IT'S NOT JUST NEXT YEAR.

CITY LEADERS ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET THIS YEAR, TOO, AND IT'S CAUSING SOME TENSION.

THE CITY IS FACING WHAT IS CALLED A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.

THAT MEANS IT'S SET UP TO SPEND MORE THAN IT IS SET UP TO COLLECT.

$108 MILLION MORE THIS YEAR, AND IN PARTICULAR, ACCORDING TO A RECENT PROJECTION.

SO NOW, THE CITY IS SCRAMBLING TO GET MORE MONEY.

FOR EXAMPLE, IT URGENTLY DOUBLE PARKING METER FEES LAST MONTH.

THE CITY COUNCIL AND AN EMPLOYEE BLASTED THE MAYOR FOR NOT DOING MORE.

HERE WAS MICHAEL ZUCCHET, THE LEADER OF THE LARGEST UNION OF CITY EMPLOYEES, AT A MEETING.

>> WHAT WE CAME PROFOUNDLY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT TODAY IS THE COMPLETE LACK OF ANY MOVEMENT WHATSOEVER ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.

YOUR INDEPENDENT BUDGET ANALYSTS AND MEA FOR THREE MONTHS HAVE BEEN EXPRESSING THAT WE HAVE TO GET GOING ON CUTTING OR IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE.

>> WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A BOUNCE BUDGET BUT WAS THROWN OFF BECAUSE OF TWO MAIN REASONS.

ONE, PEOPLE AREN'T BUYING AS MUCH STUFF AND PAYING STEEL -- SALES TAXES.

TWO, POLICE AND FIRE WORK MORE OVERTIME THAN PLANNED.

COUNCILMEMBER KENT LEE SAID TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS, THERE LIKELY WILL HAVE TO BE CUTS TO LIBRARIES AND PARKS.

>> IT'S REALLY DAUNTING AND FRUSTRATING.

WE ALL KNOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND YET WE ARE SITTING HERE WITH NO CLARITY ON WHEN OR HOW THAT MIGHT BE DELIVERED.

>> AND REMEMBER, THIS WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING IN JUNE.

NEXT YEAR'S PROJECTED DEFICIT COULD BE MUCH HIGHER, AS HIGH AS $250 MILLION.

THE MAYOR STAFF SAID THEY WILL PRESENT A RESHAPING OF THE CITY'S ORGANIZATIONAL CHART WITH MAJOR CUTS AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.

I AM SCOTT LEWIS, FOR VOICE OF SAN DIEGO, AND THAT'S WHY IT MATTERS.

>> VOICE OF SAN DIEGO IS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS FOR THE PUBLIC MATTERS INITIATIVE.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT KPBS.ORG/PUBLICMATTERS.

>>> A 10-YEAR-OLD TIMIDITY GARDEN IS CLOSING DOWN BECAUSE OF A DIFFERENCE OF BELIEFS AND VALUES.

COMMUNITY ROOTS FARM WAS NOT ONLY A PLACE TO GROW FOOD, IT'S ALSO BEEN THE SITE OF EVENTS CELEBRATING DIFFERENT CULTURES AND COMMUNITIES.

BUT KPBS TANIA THORNE SAYS THAT THE CHURCH THE OWNS THE LAND DOESN'T SUPPORT SOME OF THOSE EVENTS.

>> Reporter: THERE WERE ONCE CHICKENS, FRUITFUL GARDENS, AND COMMUNITY.

>> TO BE ALE TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE ANYONE CAN COME, NO MATTER THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, HOW THEY WOKE UP FEELING THAT DAY, THAT GENDER IDENTITY THAT THEY HAVE.

WHATEVER IT IS, THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME TO THIS SPACE AND BE NOURISHED, NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY WITH FOOD, BUT ALSO MENTALLY, SOCIALLY, CULTURALLY.

>> Reporter: BJORK IS THE ORGANIZER OF COMMUNITY ROOTS FARM.

FOR 10 YEARS, SHE HAS OVERSEEN THE GARDENS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.

>> EVERYONE IS ALWAYS SO SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH YOU CAN DO ON AN ACRE OF LAND.

RIGHT, IS NOT ONLY THE AMOUNT OF FOOD THAT WE GREW, WHICH WAS THOUSANDS OF POUNDS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS EVERY SINGLE YEAR THAT WENT OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITY, PESTICIDE FREE, LOCAL PRODUCE, BUT IT WAS ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE.

>> BUT SHE DOESN'T OWN THAT ONE A IT'S RELEASED FROM SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN CHURCH.

AND AFTER A CHANGE IN CHURCH LEADERSHIP, THE FARM IS NOTHING BUT DEAD WEEDS AND DIRT.

>> ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, SHEPHERD OF VALLEY LUTHERAN CHURCH, THEY ARE WITH THE MISERY SONATA AND THEY INSTALLED A NEW PASTOR, JEWEL, AND HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO OUR ORGANIZATION THAT HE DID NOT APPROVE OF SEVERAL OF OUR ACTIVITIES IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS CONCERNS FROM THE CHURCH CAME UP WHEN THEY POSTED SUPPORT FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA.

THOSE CONCERNS GREW.

>> DID NOT APPROVE OF OUR SUMMER SOLSTICE EVENT THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR, STATING THAT IT IS A PAGAN RITUAL THAT WE WERE HOLDING AND THEN THE THING OF THE DEAD EVENT WAS ALSO DEEMED NOT ACCEPTABLE TO BE DEVIL WORSHIPING.

>> Reporter: WHEN IT WAS TIME TO RENEW THE LEASE, THE CHURCH TOLD HER THEY WOULD BE ENFORCING A CONDITION ON THE LEASE.

ALL EVIDENCE AND SIGNAGE WOULD NEED THIRTY-DAY APPROVAL BY THE CHURCH.

>> THEY MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THE DAY OF THE DEAD AND MANY OF HER MEDICATIONS WOULD NOT BE APPROVED.

THUS, WE DECIDED THAT THIS WAS NO LONGER A SAFE SPACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

WE COULD NOT FORGO OUR VALUES AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE, OUR COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL SAFE.

>> Reporter: THE PASTOR AND THE SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN KURT -- CHURCH SENT OVER STATEMENT, SAYING THAT THE FARM ACTIVITY HAD EXPANDED BEYOND GROWING AND PROVIDING PRODUCE TO ADVANCING CAUSES, WHICH CONFLICT WITH THE BIBLICAL TEACHINGS OF OUR CONGREGATION.

THE CHURCH ALSO SAYS IT OFFERED A NEW AGREEMENT, INCLUDING EVENT APPROVAL TO MAKE SURE THE PROPERTY WOULD NOT HOST EVENTS THAT EXPRESSLY CONFLICT WITH OUR MISSION AND CONFESSION OF FAITH.

AND THE CHURCH NOTES, THE FARM HAS CHOSEN NOT TO ENTER INTO A NEW LEASE.

>> THEIR VALUES ARE FIRM AND SO ARE OURS.

THEIR BOUNDARIES ARE FIRM AND SORE HOURS.

-- SO ARE OURS.

THE PROTECTION OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO US, THAT THEY FEEL SAFE.

>> Reporter: THE LOSS OF THE FARM LEASE A LARGE GAP FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT FREQUENTED THE SPACE.

IT IS THE LOSS OF ACCESS TO AN OPEN GREEN SPACE.

FRESH VEGETABLES, FRIENDSHIPS, AND ACCEPTANCE.

>> THESE KINDS OF ISSUES, WE ARE SEEING THE MEDIA ON A GRAND SCALE.

WE ARE SEEING THESE TENSIONS AND HERE WE ARE LIVING IT ON THIS MICRO SCALE AND IN CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY LIKE IF WE CAN DO THIS, IF IT WE CAN WORK THIS OUT, ANYBODY CAN.

RIGHT.

THERE'S HOPE.

LIKE HOW ARE WE GOING TO CARRY THIS.

>> Reporter: OPEN GREEN SPACE IS SCARCE, SO SHE PLANS ON CARRYING THE MISSION OF COMMUNITY ROOTS FARM IN A NEW DIRECTION.

IN A WAREHOUSE , SHE IS CALLING THE PLANT THE LAB.

>> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE WORKSHOPS THERE AND COMMUNITY SPACE AND COMMUNITY BUILDING BUT I THINK, MOST IMPORTANT, IT'S GOING TO BE A SPACE, A COLLABORATIVE SAY SPACE FOR OUR IMMIGRANT, LGBTQ AND BIPOC COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE POWER OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IS MAKING PUPPY MILL ANIMALS SAFER IN CALIFORNIA.

IN RESPONSE TO AN IN DEPTH LOS ANGELES TIMES INVESTIGATION, NEW LEGISLATION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN SACRAMENTO.

SENATOR TOM LOMBERG, ALONG WITH A SIMILAR MEMBER STEVE BENNETT AND MARK BERMAN JOINTLY INTRODUCED THREE BILLS SPONSORED BY THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY.

>> HEARING HOW, REALLY, HOW UNSCRUPULOUS ACTORS ARE -- AND RABBITS FROM PUPPY MILLS IN OTHER STATES AND LIE TO CALIFORNIANS ABOUT WHERE THOSE ANIMALS CAME FROM, LEADING TO THESE ANIMALS COMING IN WITH DISEASES, YOU KNOW, PASSING AWAY, DYING FAR TOO SOON WERE HAVING EXTRAORDINARY MEDICAL BILLS.

WE HAVE TO SHUT THIS DOWN.

>> SO HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE BILLS.

SB 312 MANDATES THAT DOG IMPORTERS SUPPORT -- TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE WITHIN 10 DAYS OF SHIPMENT AND MAKES THEM PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.

A.B.

506 AVOIDS CONTRACTS BETWEEN CALIFORNIA CONSUMERS AND ONLINE PET BROKERS THAT REQUIRE NONREFUNDABLE DEPOSIT AND/OR FAILED TO DISCLOSE THE SOURCE OF A DOG OR CAT PRIOR TO PAYING A DEPOSIT.

A.B.

519 ENDS PET BROKERING BY DEFINING BROKERS AS ANYONE SELLING -- BY ANOTHER.

ALL THREE MEASURES WILL BE HEARD IN POLICY COMMITTEES IN MARCH OR APRIL.

>>> CALIFORNIA'S FAIR PLAN HAS RUN OUT OF CASH TO PAY FOR THE WILDFIRES.

NOW IT'S GETTING $1 BILLION BAILOUT.

IN PACIFIC PALISADES AND MORE THAN 9000 AND ALSO DENA.

SO FAR, THE FAIR PLAN HAS PAID OUT $914 MILLION TO HOMEOWNERS WITHOUT PRIVATE INSURANCE COVERAGE.

THE BILLION DOLLAR BAILOUT WILL LIKELY RAISE THE COST OF HOME INSURANCE FOR CALIFORNIANS.

THE STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER SAID THIS SHOULD PREVENT STATE INSURERS FROM LEAVING CALIFORNIA AND THAT SHOULD HELP STABILIZE THE MARKET.

>>> FIRED SCORED AREAS -- FIRE SCARRED AREAS ARE BRACING FOR THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STORMS IN YEARS.

LAURA AGUIRRE SHOWS US HOW OFFICIALS ARE PREPARING.

>> Reporter: READY FOR THE MASSIVE THIRD WAVE OF -- FLASH FLOODING AND POWER OUTAGES TOO MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S.

SINCE TUESDAY.

IN A MATTER OF HOURS, THOSE SAME CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ENVELOP MOST OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE NATION THROUGH SATURDAY.

AND IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THAT POSES AN ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS THREAT.

>> THE WHOLE HILLSIDE BEHIND ME HAS BEEN LOOTED FROM THE FIRE AND IT ALREADY SLID A LITTLE BIT AND WE ARE NOW PREPARING FOR A WHOLE BUNCH MORE.

>> Reporter: RESIDENCE IN FIRE SCARRED AREAS ARE BRACING FOR THE WORST.

MANY ARE SANDBAGGING, SHORING UP GAPS WITH PLASTIC BARRIERS.

>> IF YOU'RE LIVING IN A LOCATION WHERE THERE IS A SLOPE BEHIND YOUR HOUSE AND IT IS BURNED, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.

>> Reporter: L.A. COUNTY OFFICIALS URGING THOSE IN POTENTIAL MUDSLIDE ZONES TO REACH OUT.

SO THAT CAREERS CAN -- BEFORE THE STORM HITS.

FOR WEEKS, THE STATE HAS BEEN CLEANING AND EXPANDING DURING THIS SYSTEMS AROUND -- AND EVACUATION ORDERS -- BACK HOME EXTREMELY RISKY.

>> MAKE SURE -- USUALLY RECOMMEND A THREE-DAY SUPPLY FOOD AND WATER FOR YOUR FAMILY.

>> I AM LAURA AGUIRRE FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE 50s WITH LOW CLOUDS NEAR THE COAST AND A FEW ISOLATED SHOWER CHANCES HERE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

MOST OF THE RAINFALL WILL BE ACROSS THE COAST.

OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES PRIMARILY IN THE 50s .53 TONIGHT FOR OCEANSIDE, 57 IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

WE WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARING HERE OFF TO THE EAST SO FOR THE DESERT AND THE MOUNTAINS, WE WILL SEE SOME CLEARING BUT THERE WILL BE SOME RAIN CHANCES THERE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS, AS WELL.

FUTURE TRACK RADAR SHOWING AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS GOING TO FOLLOW UP TO THE NORTH WHILE STILL SEEING SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS HERE ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF CALIFORNIA.

THAT RAINFALL IS GOING TO PERSIST.

LUCY HEAVIER BANDS OF RAIN MOVING INLAND TOWARDS THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND BY ABOUT MIDDAY, WE WILL SEE BIT OF A BREAK IN THE HEAVIER RAINFALL BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND MOVE ITS WAY AGAIN LATE THURSDAY.

HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF 5:00 LOCAL TIME.

THIS WALL OF WATER IS GOING TO BE APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH, WRITING RIGHT DOWN THE INTERSTATE.

WE'LL SEE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN THE FORECAST LATE THURSDAY AFTER SUNSET, HEADING INTO LATE THURSDAY EARLY PART OF FRIDAY.

AND THEN FRIDAY MORNING, SOME LINGERING RAIN BUT OVERALL, THE HEAVIEST WILL BE OUT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

HERE'S THE OVERALL SET UP FOR THURSDAY.

WAS THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE FOR CENTRAL PARTS OF CALIFORNIA BUT OVERALL, IT'S GOING TO BE A WET FORECAST HERE FOR THURSDAY.

TEMPERATURE WISE, THE LOW TO MID 60s, SOME RAIN COOLED 60s HERE ACROSS THE REGION FOR US AND THEN FRIDAY, SOME LINGERING RAINFALL BUT OVERALL, THE RAIN WILL START TO TAPER OFF.

FOR YOUR FIVE DAY OUTLOOK HERE FOR THE COAST, TRACKING RAIN CHANCES THERE FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

HERE COMES THAT SUNSHINE STARTING ON SATURDAY, OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE A MIX OF THE 40s AND THE AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE A MIX OF SOME 60s.

FOR THE INLAND FORECAST, WILL BE WATCHING OUT FOR THE RAIN CHANCES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

EYES BACK IN THE 70s.

BY SUNDAY, THE FORECAST WILL STICK AROUND WITH SOME SNOW FLURRIES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS, BUT THEN AFTER THAT, CLEARING OUT FOR THE WEEKEND AND THE SAME THING FOR THE DESERT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-70s.

>>> HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

I JET CRASH INTO THE SAN DIEGO BAY WILL TRYING TO LAND AT NAVAL STATION NORTH ISLAND.

THE GROWLER WENT INTO THE WATER NEAR SHELTER ISLAND ABOUT 10:15 THIS MORNING.

THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO HARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID THE TWO CREW ON BOARD EJECTED AND WERE RESCUED FROM THE WATER BY GOOD SAMARITANS IN A BOAT.

THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

THE NAVY IS INVESTIGATING THE CRASH, BUT HAS NOT ANNOUNCED ITS PLAN TO RECOVER THE JET.

>>> LECTURES FLOODING IS ON MANY PEOPLE'S MINDS IS THE FIRST MAJOR STORM OF THE YEAR MOVES INTO OUR REGION.

THE CITY SAYS WORKERS HAVE BEEN CLEARING STORM DRAINS AND STREET SWEEPING TO REDUCE DEBRIS FROM ENTERING WATERWAYS.

RECREATIONAL CENTERS ARE OFFERING UP TO 10 FREE SANDBAGS PER PERSON TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING.

>>> SAN DIEGO CONGRESSMAN SCOTT PETERS IS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT COULD HINDER LOCAL SCIENTISTS.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED FUNDING CUTS TO NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH THAT WOULD DEPRIVE RESEARCHERS IN CALIFORNIA OF $800 MILLION.

A WEEK LATER, PETERS AND OTHER CONGRESSIONAL LAWMAKERS FIRED OFF A LETTER TO NIH, URGING IT TO RECONSIDER.

A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS ORDERED THE ADMINISTRATION TO DELAY THE CUTS.

>>> I'M JEFF BENNETT, TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PULLS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ADMITTING UKRAINE INTO NATO.

IS AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> AND AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES FROM TONIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG .

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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

CALL 1-800-BILL-HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM .

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY , AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU!