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>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT IS FRIDAY, JULY 1st.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS HERE , AND JUST IN TIME FOR A HIKE IN GAS PRICES.

THE STATE GAS TAX WENT UP TODAY MY MAKING AN EXPENSIVE GETAWAY EVEN MORE SO.

REPORTER JACOB AERE ON THE INCREASE, AND THE NEW BATTLE TO TAKE A TAX AWAY.

>> Reporter: GAS OVER SIX DOLLARS NOW SEEMS TO BE THE NORM IN SAN DIEGO, BUT TODAY THAT NUMBER CREEP A LITTLE HIGHER AS CALIFORNIA'S GAS TAX WENT UP 6.5%.

THAT TAKES THE CURRENT TAX UP TO 53.9 CENTS PER GALLON.

>> IT IS A RECENT INCREASE IN A BACKDROP IN WHICH WE HAVE SEEN GAS PRICES GO UP TWO DOLLARS FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

LECTURE BULLIES MARIE MONTGOMERY SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT PRICES PEAKED TWO WEEKS AGO.

>> GAS PRICES HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

WE HAVE SEEN A $.14 DROP IN SAN DIEGO AVERAGE GAS PRICES, AND ACTUALLY A NEARLY 2 CENT DROP FROM WEDNESDAY TO THURSDAY.

>> Reporter: IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OF SAN DIEGO, CHERYL CLARK AND HER HUSBAND WERE FILLING UP THEIR CAR ON FRIDAY.

>> THERE HAVE BEEN TWO TIMES WE RAN OUT OF GAS, AND IF IT WASN'T FOR GOOD SAMARITANS -- WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SOL.

>> Reporter: THE CAR HAS BECOME THEIR HOME AFTER LOSING THEIR HOUSE HERE SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

THEY SAY IT HAS BEEN VERY CHALLENGING WITH THEIR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.

>> WE WOULD GO TO THE BEACH AND SIT FOR A PICNIC, COME BACK HOME AND WATCH TV.

WE CAN'T DO THAT NOW.

THE HOME IS GONE FOR ONE THING, AND, I MEAN WE ARE LOOKING AT MOVING OUT OF THE STATE.

>> Reporter: THE HIKE COMES AS GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM AND STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE MADE A BUDGET DEAL CENTERED AROUND REBATES OF UP TO $1050 FOR 17.5 MILLION TAXPAYERS, BUT SOME CONSERVATIVE POLITICIANS WANT MORE.

THEY ARE SICK OF WAITING A PETITION FOR A BALLOT MEASURE THEY SAY WOULD PREVENT TAX HIKES.

>> WE ARE COLLECTING SIGNATURES ON A PETITION TO PUT THE CALIFORNIA TAXPAYER PROTECTION ACT ON THE BALLOT, AND THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE SORT OF GAS TAX INCREASE, THE AUTOMATIC INCREASES EVERY YEAR.

REBECCA THE INCREASES WILL ARRIVE LATER THIS FALL IN ORDER TO COMBAT FEEL PRICES AND COST OF LIVING.

>> THESE HIGH GAS PRICES HAVE ACTUALLY CAUSED PEOPLE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF GAS THEY ARE PURCHASING, SO THERE HAS BEEN A CONSUMER RESPONSE TO THESE VERY HIGH GAS PRICES, AND SOME OF THAT HAS HELPED ALSO TO DECREASE THAT.

>> Reporter: MONTGOMERY SAYS DESPITE THE HIGH PRICES, AAA IS PROJECTING THE THIRD BUSIEST JULY 4th TRAVEL WEEKEND IN HISTORY DUE TO PENT-UP DEMAND FOR TRAVEL.

SHE ALSO SAYS GAS PRICES SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVER THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS .

>>> YOU HEAR IT EVERY HOLIDAY, RECORD TRAVEL, BUT FAIR TO SAY IT HAS NEVER BEEN SO EXPENSIVE OR STRESSFUL IN MANY CASES.

EMILY SCHMIDT REPORTS ON THE SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON PACKED WITH NEW CHALLENGES.

>> Reporter: FOURTH OF JULY STILL A FEW DAYS AWAY, YET ALREADY TOO MUCH FOR SOME TO BEAR.

>> STAYING HOME THIS HOLIDAY, YEAH.

>> Reporter: DID THE GAS PRICES PLAY INTO THAT?

>> THE ENTIRE ECONOMY PLAYED INTO THAT.

>> Reporter: THE ECONOMY DOESN'T TAKE A DAY OFF EVEN WHEN MANY AMERICANS GET A 3 DAY WEEKEND, WHICH MEANS INFLATION DOES NOT GIVE TRAVELERS A BREAK.

>> IS GETTING CRAZY.

IT COST ME $69.45.

I'M OVER IT.

>> Reporter: THOUGH GAS PRICES HAVE EDGED DOWN THIS WEEK, 10 GALLONS OF GAS COSTS AN AVERAGE $.90 LESS TODAY THAN LAST WEEK HERE THOSE SAME 10 GALLONS COST YOU ABOUT $17.20 MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

THAT INCREASE HITS THE 42 MILLION PEOPLE AAA EXPECTS TO TRAVEL BY CAR THIS WEEKEND.

3.5 MILLION FLYERS HAVE EVEN MORE WORRIES.

>> THIS WEEK WE HAD CLEAR SKIES, AND WE HAD OVER 700 CANCELLATIONS.

OVER 90% OF THOSE FLIGHTS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO NOT HAVING A PILOT CONNECTED TO THE FLIGHT DECK.

>> Reporter: VIEWER PEOPLE TO FLY MORE PEOPLE.

>> IT'S BEEN EXTERNALLY FRUSTRATING.

BACK DELTA AIRLINES IS ALLOWING REBOOKING THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND FOR NO FEE OR FARE DIFFERENCE, TRYING TO GET AHEAD A PASSENGER VOLUME.

IT HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, AND ENVIRONMENT THE DELTA CEO SAYS THEY HAVE EVER FACED.

A REMINDER THAT A NATION READY TO CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE CAN'T QUITE ESCAPE FROM HEALTH AND ECONOMIC REALITY.

EMILY SCHMIDT, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THERE IS A NEW LAW TAKING EFFECT TODAY IN CALIFORNIA.

AMONG THEM, THE STATE IS EXTENDING ITS MICRO STAMPING REQUIREMENT FOR HANDGUNS.

IT'S ALSO EXPANDING WHAT WEAPONS CAN LEGALLY BE SEIZED UNDER GUN VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDERS, ALONG WITH RED FLAG LAWS, COMES THE SEIZURE OF GHOST GUNS.

THOSE ASSEMBLED PARTS THAT ARE NOT RESMED REGISTERED.

ALSO MIDDLE SCHOOLS NOW MUST START NO EARLIER THAN 8:00 A.M., AND HIGH SCHOOLS NO EARLIER THAN 8:30.

VEARL SCHOOLS ARE EXEMPT FROM THAT.

THE GOAL IS TO GIVE TEAMS AND PRETEENS EXTRA SLEEP FOR THEIR HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

AND THERE IS A BARTENDER BILL WILL SERVERS AND MANAGERS WILL UNDERGO MANDATORY SAFETY TRAINING TO BETTER SERVE THEIR CUSTOMERS.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY LEADERS ARE PROTESTING THE LATEST PROPOSED PLACEMENT OF A SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS OFFICIALS WANT A SAY IN WHERE PREDATORS GET TO LIVE.

>> WE STAND UNITED TOGETHER ON THIS ISSUE ABOUT DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES FROM THE DANGERS WE FACE FROM SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISORS NATHAN FLETCHER AND JIM DESMOND A 69-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL JOSEPH MARTINEZ SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO LIVE IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

MARTINEZ HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF MULTIPLE SEX CRIMES INVOLVING MINORS.

IN 2009, HE WAS DEEMED A SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR.

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS MARTINEZ IS A DIAGNOSED PEDOPHILE WITH A PERSONALITY DISORDER.

>> NO ONE WANTS TO LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR A SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR.

IN TODAY COME A THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE A SAY IN THE PLACEMENT PROCESS, AND I BELIEVE WE SHOULD ALSO IN THAT PROCESS HAVE VETO POWER.

>> Reporter: LAST OCTOBER, SUPERVISORS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO OPPOSE PLACEMENTS UNTIL REFORMS WITH THE STATE COULD BE MADE.

FLETCHER SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY, BUT HE SAYS HE WOULD WORK TO FIND THE LEAST BAD PLACE.

>> THERE IS NEVER GOING TO BE AN IDEAL PLACE.

THE BEST LOCATION THAT I HAVE SEEN HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PUT A COUPLE TRAILERS IN THE PARKING LOT OF A STATE PRISON.

>> Reporter: DESMOND THAT HE HAS NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM THE STATE ABOUT REFORMING THE SEXUAL PREDATOR PLACEMENT PROCESS.

THERE IS A COURT HEARING ABOUT MARTINEZ'S PLACEMENT IN BORREGO NEXT FRIDAY.

MEMBERS OF THE RURAL DESERT COMMUNITY PLAN TO SHOW UP IN FORCE AND VOICE THEIR OPPOSITION.

>> I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE CAN ADEQUATELY MONITOR AND SECURE SOMEONE IN A COMMUNITY THIS FAR FROM RESOURCES.

>> Reporter: ARE TINA'S IS CURRENTLY AT A STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL FOR SEXUAL PREDATORS.

IF HIS PLACEMENT TO BORREGO SPRINGS IS APPROVED, HE WILL HAVE OUTPATIENT SUPERVISION.

IT CAN RANGE FROM GPS MONITORING TO FACE-TO-FACE VISITS.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS .

>>> THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE HOSPITALS MANAGES THE PLACEMENTS.

THE SPOKESPERSON SAYS IT IS ULTIMATELY UP TO THE COURTS TO DECIDE AND CHANGES IN THE PROCESS REQUIRE CHANGES IN THE LAW.

>>> NEW FUNDING IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO MOVE THE TRAIN TRACKS OFF OF DELMAR BLUFFS.

THE CEO OF THE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT DISCREDITING LOCAL LEADERS FOR SECURING $300 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT.

THEY RECENTLY MADE EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO TABLE THE BLUFFS MY BUTT ADDITIONAL WORK BEGINS NEXT YEAR.

THE CORRIDOR IS THE SECOND BUSIEST IN THE U.S., SERVING 7.6 MILLION PASSENGERS, AND MOVES $1 BILLION IN GOODS AND SERVICES EACH YEAR.

>>> AN UPDATE OF SAN DIEGO'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS HEADING TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

KPBS REPORTER KITTY ALVARADO TELLS US THE PLANT GOT MIXED REVIEWS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS.

>>> LIVING WITH HEALTH COMPLICATIONS AS A RESULT OF POLLUTION IS A REALITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: OVER 60 CLIMATE ADVOCATE OF ALL AGES, MANY WHO LIVE IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WHERE AIR POLLUTION FROM BIG RIGS, FREEWAYS, AND THE PORT WREAK HAVOC ON HEALTH SPOKE OUT DURING THE MEETING.

NANCY CRUZ MADE HER POINT CLEAR.

>> WE NEED CHANGE NOW.

I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE CITY IS TAKING ON CONVERSATIONS ON EQUITY, BUT WE NEED MORE THAN JUST WORDS AND PROMISES.

>> THIS TIME MUST BE DIFFERENT.

WE CANNOT DELAY IMPLEMENTATION AGAIN, AND LET OUR COMMUNITIES SUFFER FROM THE SEED OF AN ACTION AS THE CLIMATE CRISIS ACCELERATES.

>> Reporter: THE MAJORITY OF THE SPEAKERS WERE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE PLAN.

THEY LIKED THAT THERE WAS FINALLY A TIMELINE TO GET TO NET ZERO OMISSIONS.

>> FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE CAP HASN'T CLEAN AIR SECTION, AND THAT IS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, SO THAT IS WORTH CELEBRATING.

HER BACK BUT HE ALSO POINTED OUT THE PLAN FAILED TO ADD STRONGER GOALS, DATA MEASUREMENTS FOR THE MOST DANGEROUS AIR POLLUTANTS LIKE BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS, AND PRIORITIZING THE MOST IMPACTED COMMUNITIES.

>> THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO SHOULD TAKE OWNERSHIP OVER ITS CRITICAL ROLE IN CLEANING THE AIR.

>> Reporter: THE UPDATED PLAN CREATED BY MAYOR TODD GLORIA IS SET TO MEET STATE-MANDATED GOALS THROUGH SIX STRATEGIES AND INCLUDE THINGS LIKE DECARBONIZATION, AND ACCESS TO RENEWABLE ENERGY, THAT WHEN COMBINED, WILL HELP THE CITY ACHIEVE AT ZERO OMISSIONS BY 2035.

THE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES A CLIMATE EQUITY FUND TO HELP UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

>> IT WILL REQUIRE A SHIFT IN HOW WE POWER OUR BUILDINGS, MOVE AROUND THE CITY, HOW WE ZERO OUT OUR TRASH, REDUCING OUR RELIANCE ON IMPORTED WATER, EXPANDING OUR TREE CANOPY AND WETLANDS AND MUCH MORE.

>> Reporter: A RESOLUTION TO EXPAND THE CITY'S TREE CANOPY WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

THE CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT THE CITY WOULD REACH THE GOALS, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE EASY.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US, BUT AS WE HEARD TODAY, AND WE HEAR OVER AND OVER, THAT WORK CANNOT WAIT.

>> Reporter: THE UPDATED PLAN THAT GOES TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR A VOTE THIS MONTH.

KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS WANT TO BOOST COVID VACCINATION RATES FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS.

THE LATEST LOCAL NUMBERS SHOW 76% OF 12 TO 17-YEAR-OLDS HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED, WHILE JUST UNDER 37% OF 5 TO 11-YEAR- OLDS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

IN COMPARISON, NEARLY 84% OF THE OVERALL ELIGIBLE POPULATION HAS RECEIVED ALL DOSES.

CHILDREN 6 MONTHS THROUGH FOUR YEARS OLD BECAME ELIGIBLE, AND LESS THAN 2% HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

DR. WILMA WOOTEN IS ADVISING PARENTS TO GET THEIR KIDS ALL THE RECOMMENDED DOSES TO HELP PREVENT SEVERE ILLNESS.

>>> IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR AROUND THE FOURTH OF JULY.

HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS SPOOKED BY LOUD FIREWORKS.

THEY RAN AWAY AND AT ABOUT THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY.

THE PROBLEM THIS YEAR IS A HUMANE SOCIETY DOES NOT HAVE MUCH ROOM LEFT, AND THEY NEED YOUR HELP.

HERE IS KPBS REPORTER JOHN CAROL.

>> Reporter: FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS ARE SET TO GO OFF IN MANY PARTS OF THE CANDY THIS INDEPENDENCE DAY.

COLORFUL NOISY FUN FOR US HUMANS.

NOT SO MUCH FOR ANIMALS.

270 ANIMALS WERE TAKEN IN BY THE HUMANE SOCIETY AFTER JULY 4th CELEBRATIONS LAST YEAR.

THIS YEAR, THEY DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR ANYWHERE NEAR THAT MANY, SO TO MAKE SPACE, THE SOCIETY IS EXTENDING THE PROMOTION THAT REDUCING ADOPTION FEES.

>> THEY ARE NORMALLY $100.

WITH OUR PROMOTION, IT IS ONLY $20 FOR ADULT DOGS AND CATS.

NORMALLY CATS ARE $65.

>> Reporter: KITTENS GET ADOPTED OUT MUCH FASTER THAN ADULT CATS, SO THERE IS NO DISCOUNT FOR THEM, BUT IN THIS TEMPORARY FACILITY WHERE KIDDIES, RABBITS, GUINEA PIGS, AND HAMSTERS ARE LIVING WHILE THE MAINS FACILITY IS RENOVATED, THERE IS A MENAGERIE OF ADORABLE FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS LOOKING FOR THEIR FOREVER HOME, AND FEES FOR ADOPTING THEM ARE DISCOUNTED AS WELL.

>> RIGHT NOW OUR SMALL ANIMALS ARE GOING TO BE ON A PROMOTION FOR 5 DOLLARS.

THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE $12 VACCINE FOREVER RABBITS, BUT NORMALLY RABBITS ARE $30, AS WELL AS GUINEA PIGS.

IT ALSO GOT SOME HAMSTERS.

>> Reporter: NORMALLY WHICH I THE DOGS UP FOR ADOPTION AS WELL, BUT DO TO AN OUTBREAK OF A CANINE VIRUS, WE CAN'T.

THEY ARE BEING KEPT QUARANTINED FROM EACH OTHER IN THAT BUILDING, AND FROM HUMANS AS WELL, EXCEPT FOR A FEW STAFFERS.

THE DISCOUNT FEE PROMOTION RUNS THROUGH THIS SUNDAY.

OF LATE BY THEN ENOUGH OF THE ANIMALS HERE WILL HAVE BEEN ADOPTED SO THAT THERE WILL BE ROOM FOR THE INEVITABLE RUNAWAYS AND STRAYS THAT WILL END UP HERE NEXT WEEK.

YOU CAN HELP BY KEEPING YOUR PETS INSIDE ON THE FOURTH, AWAY FROM THE LOUD NOISES.

OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANIMAL COMPANION, NOW IS A REALLY GREAT TIME TO MAKE YOUR HOME THERE FOREVER HOME.

>> I'M OUT OF HERE.

>> Reporter: JOHN CAROL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT IS CALLED BIG BAY BOOM FOR A REASON.

TODAY, THEY WERE SEEN UNLOADING THOUSANDS OF FIREWORKS AT THE 10,000 MARINE AVENUE TERMINAL.

IT WILL BE LAUNCHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM FOUR RIDGES AROUND THE BAY.

>> IT'S OUR FOURTH OR FIFTH YEAR GOING IN THIS CONFIGURATION.

IT IS KIND OF EASIER, BUT WE KNOW WHAT PEOPLE LIKE, AND THE MUSIC, AND WE KNOW WHAT SHELLS WE NEED, AND WE CAN USE THEM.

>> IN PAST YEARS, SOME 500,000 SPECTATORS HAVE COME TO THE WATERFRONT.

THERE WILL BE VIEWING LOCATIONS AT THE BROADWAY PEER, SENIOR CESAR CHAVEZ PARK, CORONADO FERRY LANDING, SHELTER AND HARBOR ISLAND, AND THE EMBARCADERO NORTH AND SOUTH.

>>> WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING A COOLING TREND, WHICH MANY OF YOU MIGHT LIKE.

THAT DOES CONTINUE THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER WARMING TREND IN STORE FOR US FOR NEXT WEEK, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THOSE MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND SOME FOG THAT WILL BE EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THOSE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

TONIGHT ACROSS THE METRO AREA, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60s.

IT WILL BE A MILD FRIDAY NIGHT AND ON THE DRY SIDE.

AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY FURTHER INLAND, A LITTLE LESS CLOUD COVERAGE.

EL CAJON STILL IN THE MID 60s.

COOLER TONIGHT FOR BORREGO SPRINGS.

EVEN MOUNT LAGUNA, YOU DIP DOWN TO THE 50s RIGHT ALONG WITH CAMPO.

WE STILL HAVE THUNDERSTORMS ERUPTING FOR THIS WEEKEND ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS.

MEANWHILE, SIZZLES CONTINUE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND DESERT SOUTHWEST.

WE DO HAVE THIS TROUGH THAT IS PRESSING ITS WAY FURTHER TO THE SOUTH.

AS IT WORKS ITS WAY ON SHORE THROUGH THE WEEKEND, IT WILL BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES.

THAT IS WHY THE COOLING TREND CONTINUES.

SAN DIEGO FOR TOMORROW, 74.

ESCONDIDO 82.

BORREGO SPRINGS, TRIPLE DIGITS.

MOUNT LAGUNA 77.

CAMPO 86 DEGREES.

THERE IT IS, YOUR MORNING LOW CLOUDS, AND MAYBE SOME FOGGY CONDITIONS.

SHOULD BURN AWAY BY THE AFTERNOON.

IT SHOULD BE PRETTY PLEASANT FOR YOUR SATURDAY.

AGAIN, THEY START TO RETURN BY DECEIVING HOURS ONCE AGAIN.

IT DOES REMAIN COOL EVEN FOR SUNDAY ALONG THE COAST.

WE DO HAVE SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS AND STORMS AS WELL LINGERING ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS, ALL THE WAY INTO SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING, AND ALL THE WAY DOWN PAST ALBUQUERQUE, AND THE HEAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST.

THERE IS A COOLING TREND, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE A WARMING TREND GOING ON.

YOU CAN REALLY SEE IT AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY INLAND ON TUESDAY.

YOU ARE BACK TO THE LOW 80s IN THE FORECAST.

FOR THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL.

MID-70s FOR YOUR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, AND ACROSS THE DESERT AREAS, I NOTICED A LITTLE DEPTH.

IT IS TRIPLE DIGITS, BUT IT IS A BIT OF A DIP BEFORE YOU ARE BACK TO 106 FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

>>> ONE WEEK AFTER ROE V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS REITERATING HIS CALL TO DROP THE SENATE FILIBUSTER IN ORDER TO PASS LEGISLATION CODIFYING ABORTION RIGHTS.

IN A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS, JOE BIDEN SAID THE ISSUE WAS NOT SETTLED, AND THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION.

MEANWHILE, THE DEMAND FOR MEDICATIONS USED TO END PREGNANCIES IS GROWING.

JENN SULLIVAN HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION TO OVERTURN ROE V. WADE PUTTING THE SPOTLIGHT ON ABORTION PILLS.

>> MEDICATION ABORTION HAS OPENED UP THE OPTION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN NEED OF ABORTION CARE.

MEGAN SAID OF HAVING A SURGICAL PROCEDURE, MEDICATION ABORTION IS A METHOD TO END PREGNANCY BY TAKING A COMBINATION OF PILLS APPROVED BY THE FDA.

THE FIRST PILL IS CALLED MY FOR PRESS DOWN, AND THE SECOND PILL IS CALLED MISOPROSTOL.

THE FDA SAYS BOTH ARE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE AFTER THE 1st DAY OF THE LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD.

>> IT'S EXTREMELY SAFE.

SAFER THAN VIAGRA.

IT IS SAFER THAN MOST OF THE OVER-THE-COUNTER PAINKILLERS.

>> FORCING MEDICATION ABORTION PILLS ONLINE IS SAFE.

AS LONG AS THEY ARE SOURCED FROM REPUTABLE OUTLETS.

MAC HEY JANE, A TELEHEALTH ORGANIZATION THAT DELIVERS PILLS IN SOME STATES, SAYS THE AVERAGE PATIENT DEMAND HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED COMPARED TO LAST MONTH FOLLOWING THE HIGH COURT'S RULING.

A SIMILAR ORGANIZATION AID ACCESS DEMAND BEGAN GROWING EVEN EARLIER IN MAY WHEN THE SUPREME COURT DRAFT OPINION WAS LEAKED.

>> WE'VE SEEN IN INCREDIBLE INCREASE OF THE DEMAND AND REQUESTS FOR HELP.

PEOPLE ARE REALLY SCARED.

>> Reporter: SOME ANTIABORTION ADVOCATES TO THE NEXT BATTLE OVER ABORTION RATES MAY BE OVER ACCESS TO THESE ABORTION PILLS, WITH SOME REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ALREADY SIGNALING THEY WILL TAKE ACTION TO BLOCK ACCESS TO ABORTION PILLS.

>> WE DON'T BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE, BECAUSE IT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

>> Reporter: FOR TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, I AM JENN SULLIVAN.

>>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF.

TONIGHT ON "NEWS HOUR", STATE ABORTION BANS A FACED LEGAL CHALLENGES AFTER THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE PEER COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS .

>>> A HUGE SHAKEUP IS COMING TO COLLEGE SPORTS.

WE EXPLAINED THE BIG MOVES IN THE PAC-12, AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR THE AZTECS IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>>> THEY ARE LOOKING TO MOVE TO ANOTHER CONFERENCE FOR THAT MEDIA EXPOSURE, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

THEY BRING THE NUMBER TWO MEDIA MARKET IN THE WORLD.

IT IS A BIG ADVANTAGE FOR TV, FOR USC AND UCLA.

A LOT OF TIMES THERE ARE EVEN GAMES IN THE PACK 12, 7:00 START TIME, 8:00, 6:00.

THAT IS 9:00 TO 11:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME.

THE EXPOSURE OF THESE TEAMS TO EAST COAST AUDIENCES IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED.

THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF TALK OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE PACK 12.

YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE MOUNTAIN WEST, AND THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY, NOT NECESSARILY A MERGER, AND THERE MAY BE SOME MAJOR REALIGNMENT THERE, SO BEING A BIG PROGRAM WITHIN THE MOUNTAIN WEST, IT'S CERTAINLY POISED TO BE A TEAM THAT CAN MOVE OVER.

THE PAC-12 HAS SOME REALLY MARQUEE SCHOOLS.

THE LEVEL OF THE PLAY, AND ON TOP OF IT, IT WILL BE MUCH MORE MEDIA OPPORTUNITY FOR SAN DIEGO STATE, PLUS MUCH MORE MEDIA DOLLARS THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE PER GAME THAN THEY DO UNDER THE CURRENT MOUNTAIN WEST CONTRACT.

>>> THE HOLIDAY BOWL IS RETURNING TO PETCO PARK ON DECEMBER 28th, ALONG WITH THE BIG GAME BETWEEN TWO TOP PAC-12 AND ACC TEAMS.

THERE WILL BE A CONCERT, STREET PARTY, AND PARADE.

TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE IN AUGUST.

LAST YEAR'S GAME HAD TO BE CANCELED AT THE LAST MINUTE BECAUSE OF COVID.

>>> THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR THE SAN DIEGO PADRES, AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR NEW UNIFORMS.

THE FRYER FAITHFUL WAITED IN A LONG LINE TO GET THEIR HANDS ON THE TEAM'S BRAND-NEW CITY CONNECT JERSEYS.

JUST HOURS AFTER THEY WERE UNVEILED IN A VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE VIBRANT DESIGN DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM OUR SUNSETS, THE OCEAN, AND FANS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER.

>> EVERYBODY WAS KIND OF ON THE FENCE ABOUT IT, VERY, LIKE, MIAMI, YOU KNOW, BUT AFTER THAT VIDEO THIS MORNING, I WAS LIKE, I'M SOLD.

I'VE GOT TO GET ONE.

>> AND THE PADRES WILL DEBUT THE JERSEYS AT PETCO PARK NEXT FRIDAY AGAINST THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS.

>>> WHILE SONG PRODUCTION STAGED THREE SHOWS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC SHOT THE YOUNG COMPANY DOWN, BUT IS BACK WITH A FULL SLATE OF SHOWS INCLUDING A MUSICAL BASED ON THE CLASSIC VICTORIAN TALE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE.

WE GO BEHIND THE SCENES.

>> Reporter: ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, "THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE," INTRODUCED READERS TO A DOCTOR WHO WANTS TO SEPARATE HIS GOOD SIDE FROM HIS MALEVOLENT ONE.

EXPERIMENTS RESULT IN A POTION THAT TRANSFORMS THE GOOD DR. JEKYLL INTO THE DEPLORABLE MR. HYDE.

IT WAS SO POPULAR THAT THE TERM JEKYLL AND HYDE BECAME USED TO DESCRIBE ANYONE WITH THE DUAL NATURE.

>> ♪ ♪ >> EVERYBODY KIND OF QUESTIONS, IS THERE AN EVIL SIDE AND A GOOD SIDE TO EVERYONE.

>> THAT IS CODY INGRAM, THE ACTOR WHO PLAYS BOTH JEKYLL AND HYDE.

>> THE THING I LOVE ABOUT THIS STORY IS THIS TAGLINE I READ THEM ARE WE GOOD BECAUSE WE ARE INHERENTLY GOOD, OR ARE WE GO BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE PUNISHED BY SOCIETY, AND I THINK ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT MORALITY.

WHAT IS MORALITY, AND WHAT IS ACCEPTED SOCIETAL BEHAVIOR?

>> Reporter: THE STORY HAS INSPIRED MULTIPLE MOVIES, FROM THE SILENT TO THE PRESENT DAY, IN PART BECAUSE PLAYING THE DUAL ROLE IS AN ATTRACTIVE CHALLENGE.

>> IS AN ACTOR YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME COMING UP WITH THE CHARACTER, AND MAKING THEM REAL, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO DO IT FOR 2 DIFFERENT PEOPLE, AND HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO SWITCH BETWEEN THEM, AND NOT MAKE IT LOOK RIDICULOUS.

>> Reporter: A MOVIE CAN USE EDITING AND MAKEUP TO TRANSFORM DR. JEKYLL INTO THE MONSTROUS MR. HYDE, BUT INGRAM HAS TO CONVEY THAT TRANSFORMATION LIVE ON STAGE, SO HE TAKES A MORE PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH.

>> I WORKED A LOT WITH THE IDEA OF THIS DISASSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER, AND THAT IS KIND OF WHERE THE BASIS OF MY WORK BEGAN, THIS IDEA OF IN YOUR BRAIN, SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE CHAIR, AND WHETHER THAT IS JEKYLL OR HYDE, AND HYDE STARTS TO PULL JEKYLL OUT OF THE CHAIR MULTIPLE TIMES AS HE GETS MORE COMFORTABLE, AND HAS MORE CONTROL OVER JEKYLL, SO MY BODY POSTURE CHANGES, AND THE VOICE CHANGES.

I WANTED THERE TO BE A WAY TO SHOW THAT HYDE WAS AN EXTENSION OF JEKYLL.

HE IS JEKYLL IF JEKYLL WERE RELEASED, AND ABLE TO EXPLORE ANY INNOVATION TIMES 200.

>> ♪ ♪ >> Reporter: AUDIENCES WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC AND LOCKDOWN MAY BE MORE OPEN TO READING JEKYLL'S DUALITY AS A SYMPTOM OF A MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER.

THE DIRECTOR WANTED TO TAP INTO THAT.

>> WHAT TRIGGERS SOMEONE TO ACT ONE WAY AT ONE POINT, AND ANOTHER WAY AT ANOTHER POINT.

I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING TOPIC, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WITH MENTAL HEALTH, AND THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY STARTING TO TALK A LOT MORE ABOUT, AND IT IS MORE PREVALENT.

I THINK IT IS A REALLY GOOD SUBJECT TO HIT, AND UNDERSTAND PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ARMOR OPEN ABOUT IT, AS OPPOSED TO JUST AN EVIL GENIUS AND A SCIENTIST.

>> Reporter: ACTRESS AMANDA BLAIR PLAYS LUCY, A LONDON WORKING GIRL.

LUCY MEETS BOTH JEKYLL AND HYDE.

>> THERE ARE GOOD PARTS TO PEOPLE, AND THERE ARE BAD PARTS TO PEOPLE.

ONE OF THOSE RESONATING THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN REALLY RELATE TO , BECAUSE WE'VE ALL MET PEOPLE THAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE, AND THEN THEY TURN OUT TO BE SOMEONE ELSE.

LUCY IS ONE OF THE FEW CHARACTERS IN THE SHOW THAT IS WHO SHE IS ALL THE TIME, AND I THINK IT IS A REFRESHING THING FOR JEKYLL TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN SOMEONE ELSE.

>> Reporter: AFTER BEING UNABLE TO PERFORM LIVE SHOWS FOR 2 YEARS, THE YOUNG WILD SONG COMPANY IS TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME, BUT IT IS TOUGH AND IT HAS TO COMPETE WITH BIGGER VETERAN COMPANIES THAT HAVE THE MARKETING TO REACH A WIDER AUDIENCE.

>> THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS JUST GETTING YOUR NAME OUT THERE, AND PEOPLE KNOWING THE QUALITY OF WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING, AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, AND WHAT YOUR MESSAGE IS.

WE WANT TO BE A PLACE THAT IS KNOWN FOR BEING INCLUSIVE.

EVERYONE COMES TO ONE PLACE TO PUT ON ART.

4 WILD SONG HAS BEEN PUTTING ON A FLURRY OF ART SINCE JANUARY.

"JEKYLL AND HYDE" WILL BE ITS THIRD SHOW OF THE YEAR, AND IT IS ALREADY PREPPING TWO MORE TO RUN BEFORE THE YEAR IS OUT.

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