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>>> MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS COULD SOON BE COMING TO SAN FRANCISCO -- SAN DIEGO.

THE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A PACKAGE OF HOUSING REFORMS PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR.

METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SAYS THE GOAL IS TO TURN BOAT CHARGE HOME CONSTRUCTION.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO HAS A GOAL OF BUILDING 108,000 NEW HOMES IN THE NEXT SIX YEARS.

THAT IS MEANT TO MATCH THE CITY'S POPULATION GROWTH AND RECTIFY A SEVERE HOUSING SHORTAGE THAT IS BEEN DECADES IN THE MAKING.

MEETING THOSE HOUSING GOALS WILL REQUIRE A MASSIVE AND RAPID INCREASE IN HOUSING PRODUCTION.

THE MAYOR'S HOUSING ACTION PACKAGE 2.0 MAKES CHANGES TO A LOCAL PROGRAM CALLED COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, WHICH LETS DEVELOPERS BUILD TALLER AND DENSER PROJECTS IF THEY AGREE TO RENT A PORTION OF THEIR UNITS BELOW THE MARKET RATE.

NOW, THOSE BELOW-MARKET HOMES CAN BE BUILT IN A SEPARATE PROJECT, IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET.

THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT MADE AMENDMENTS TO THE PACKAGE AFTER THE COUNCIL REJECTED IT LAST MONTH.

HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROCESS HAS BEEN MESSY.

>> I'M HERE TO LEGISLATE AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T LET CONCERNS ABOUT YOU KNOW, A COMPLICATED MEETING OR A LONGER MEETING GET IN THE WAY OF US TRYING TO PASS THE BEST POLICY POSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: OPPONENTS OF THE HOUSING PACKAGE SAY THE CHANGES WERE TOO GENEROUS TO DEVELOPERS AND THAT THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM IS ADDING TOO MUCH DENSITY TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND SHOULDN'T BE EXPANDED.

>> RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY HAVE NOW SPENT HOURS WITH TWO DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEETINGS, MANY OF THEM DISCUSSING THE RETICENCE ABOUT THE IMPACTS THEY ARE ALREADY HAPPENING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

LET ALONE, WITH THIS NEW VERSION WILL BRING.

>> Reporter: THE MOST AMBITIOUS COMPONENT OF THE MAYOR'S HOUSING PACKAGE WAS REMOVED BEFORE IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

IT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED TOWNHOMES IN SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS ON SITE THAT ARE ZONED FOR SINGLE- FAMILY HOMES.

LORI HAS PLEDGED TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL AFTER WORKING WITH HOMEOWNER GROUPS TO TRY AND WIN THEIR SUPPORT.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF WIND OUT THERE AND WAS A VERY WEAK SANTA ANNA WIND EVENT AND THINGS ARE DECREASING FOR US TO GET DEEP INTO THE NIGHT FOR TOMORROW AS WELL WITH THE WINDS DIMINISHING FOR A LITTLE CHILLY FOR SOME, 31 UP IN MOUNT LAGUNA, WE WILL BE IN THE LOW 40s IN PLACES LIKE SAN DIEGO LATER ON TONIGHT.

BIG PATTERN CHANGE COMING THOUGH, BEGINNING ON SUNDAY TO OUR NORTH BUT BY THE EARLY TO MID PART OF THE WEEK, WE COULD SEE SOME SHOWERS RETURN.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS AND JUST A BIT.

>>> A CAMP PENDLETON MARINE WAS KILLED IN AN AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT VEHICLE ROLLOVER.

THE ROLLOVER HAPPENED AROUND 6:00 LAST NIGHT.

14 OTHER MARINES WERE SENT TO AREA HOSPITALS FOR THE NAME OF THE MARINE, WHO DIED IS BEING WITHHELD UNTIL THEIR FAMILIES ARE NOTIFIED.

THE CRASH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

SINCE 2010 MORE THAN 125 SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN NONCOMBATANT TACTICAL VEHICLE ACCIDENTS.

>>> FROM STATES TO THE HIGHEST COURT, IN A LAN, THE BATTLE OVER ABORTION LAWS IS INTENSIFYING AS THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DRAWS CLOSER.

NOW, JUSTICES SAY THEY WILL CONSIDER THE FUTURE OF A COMMONLY USED ABORTION DRUG THAT COULD HAVE WIDESPREAD RAMIFICATIONS, EVEN IN STATES WHERE ABORTION IS STILL LEGAL.

LORI GEARY HAS MORE.

>> I SAW THE NEWS AS SOON AS IT BROKE MY JAW DROPPED.

>> Reporter: THE NEWS, THAT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT WILL CONSIDER WHETHER TO USE THE RESTRICTION OF MISTER PRESTON, USED IN COMBINATION WITH ANOTHER DRUG IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON ABORTION DRUGS IN THE COUNTRY.

THE MIFEPRISTONE CONTROVERSY STEMS FROM THE CONTROVERSY TO REGULATE THE DRUG.

FOR ALLIE FELIX, DEMOCRAT RUNNING FOR TIM TEAK HOUSE SEAT THE YOU IS PERSONAL.

>> SHE WAS DEEMED INCOMPATIBLE WITH LIFE OUTSIDE THE WOMAN INSIDE THE WOMB.

THE LONGER I STAY PRESIDENT, THE WORSE MY DAUGHTER'S BODY WAS GOING TO GET IN THE HIGHER RISK OF MY HEALTH WAS GOING TO BE BECOME.

>> Reporter: DUE TO TENNESSEE'S NERVE TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION, SHE TRAVELED OUT OF STATE AS DOES THE TEXAS RESIDENT KATE COX AFTER THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT LOCKED THE LOWER COURT'S RULING GRANTING COX THE RIGHT TO A MEDICAL EXCEPTIONS ABORTION.

ARIZONA'S SUPREME COURT IS CONSIDERING WHETHER TO UPHOLD THEIR CURRENT VAN AFTER 15 WEEKS, SIGNED INTO LAW IN 2022, OR RETURN TO A NEAR-TOTAL BAND THAT DATES BACK TO 1864.

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE THEM FOR PRESTON RULING BY JULY, JUST MONTHS BEFORE THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

>> THERE'S A SMALL STRAND OF HOPE THAT THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS NEED AND WANT ACCESS TO THIS MEDICATION AND ABORTION CARE IN GENERAL.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY WILL INVEST $2 MILLION INTO SMALL LOCAL NONPROFITS ADDRESSING COMMUNITY INEQUALITIES.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE-SPOKE WITH ANDREW STRONG.

>> MOST OF OUR SMALL NONPROFIT TEND TO BE COMING FROM OUR COMMUNITIES.?

THE COUNTY DEFINES SMALLEST YOU ARE THAN FIVE EMPLOYEES AND AN OPERATING BUDGET OF LESS THAN $500,000.

>> A LOT OF TIMES THESE FOLKS MAY HAVE FULL-TIME JOBS AND MAY ALSO RUN A NONPROFIT AND ARE DOING A PRETTY MUCH FOR FREE.

IT MEANS SO MUCH FOR THE COUNTY TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO INVEST IN THOSE NONPROFITS, TO INVEST IN THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE AND A DEEP PROFOUND KNOWLEDGE OF WHY THIS WORK NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: STRONG SAYS THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN EDGED OUT OF COUNTY FUNDING BY LARGER NONPROFIT.

PARTLY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE NUMBERS IMPACTED.

AND PARTLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME TIME OR RESOURCES TO NAVIGATE ALL THE RED TAPE.

STRONG SAYS THEY ARE WORKING TO MAKE THIS APPLICATION PROCESS AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE.

>> I SEE A NONPROFIT THAT CALLED US AND WOMAN WHO RUNS A NONPROFIT ACTUALLY HOMELESS HIMSELF AND SHE WAS ASKING IF SHE COULD HAVE A PAPER APPLICATION, BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE ALSO PROVIDING COACHING AND UNLIKE TRADITIONAL CONTRACTS THE COUNTY WILL SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MEETING THE GROUT -- GRANT OUTCOMES.

THE FIRST COHORT OF RECIPIENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN MARCH, EACH ORGANIZATION WILL RECEIVE $100,000 PER KATIE HYSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CHULA VISTA IS NOW PLANNING TO REOPEN HARBORSIDE PARK.

AS KORI SUZUKI TELLS US, THE CITY COUNCIL'S DECISION COMES AFTER LONG DEBATE OVER WHETHER TO USE THE LAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

>> Reporter: OVER THE LAST YEARS, HARBORSIDE PARK IN CHULA VISTA HAS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF CITYWIDE DEBATES OR HOUSING HOMELESSNESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

CITY LEADERS CLOSE THE PARK LAST AUGUST.

THEY EVICTED DOZENS OF ON HOUSE RESIDENTS WHO HAD TAKEN SHELTER THERE, MANY DURING THE PANDEMIC.

OFFICIALS ARGUED THAT IT WAS CREATING A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.

EARLY THIS YEAR THE COUNSELING IS PRICE DECISION TO LOOK AT LAND FOR HOUSING.

TENSELY CLOSING HARBERT SITE FOR GOOD.

THIS LED TO PASSIONATE RESPONSE FROM RESIDENTS.

>> MY NEPHEW LEARN HOW TO SKATEBOARD THERE WHEN HE WAS LITTLE.

I KNOW THEY USED TO GO THERE THEY LEARN HOW TO SKATEBOARD THERE, THEY LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS AND IT IS SAD THAT, TO THINK THAT BUILDINGS WOULD GO UP THERE IN A PARK.

>> Reporter: THE MULTIPLE RALLIES, DOZENS OF PEOPLE SPEAKING OUT, ALL URGING CITY LEADERS TO CHANGE COURSE AND KEEP THE PARK FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

NOW, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS AGREED TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.

THE MAYOR SAYS HE WILL SUPPORT THE OPENING, BUT SAID IT COULD WAIT ANOTHER LOCATED SITUATION.

>> EVERYONE, WHEN YOU OPEN A PARK AS ACCESS TO THAT PARK.

WE HOPE THAT EVERYONE RESPECTS THE RULES AND REGULATIONS CONNECTED TO THE PARK.

BUT IF SOMEBODY CHOOSES TO HAVE TO HAVE POTATO IN THE PARK, WE REALLY ARE NOT ABLE TO MOVE THEM.

>> Reporter: THE COUNCIL COULD STILL REVERSE ITS DECISION AT A LATER DATE.

STILL, MANY RESIDENTS CELEBRATED.

HERE'S LETICIA LRS WHO ORGANIZED MARCHES IN FAVOR OF REOPENING.

>> I'M FEELING HAPPY.

AGAIN, I'M NOT WANT TO TRUST 100%, BUT YES, I AM REALLY HAPPY.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY WILL TAKE AT LEAST EIGHT MONTHS TO FULLY REOPEN HARBORSIDE.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY VOTED TO CREATE NEW COMMUNITY PARKING DISTRICTS IN KEARNY MESA AND SAN YSIDRO.

THEY ARE THE PRECURSOR TO INSTALLING METERS WHICH CAN HELP FUND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

KP PS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWMAN SAYS AS A LOOK FOR WAYS TO PAY FOR THEIR CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE, CHARGING FOR STREET PARKING TO BE THE NEW NORM.

>> I THINK WHEN PEOPLE THINK THE PARKING DISTRICT THEY LITERALLY THINK JUST PARKING.?

I'M STANDING WITH CANTLEY ON CONVOY STREET IN KEARNY MESA.

IT IS A WIDE ARTERIAL ROAD FILLED WITH CAR DEALERSHIPS AND STRIP MALLS THAT FEATURE SOME OF THE BEST ASIAN RESTAURANT IN SAN DIEGO.

LEE SAYS THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS GROWING, AND THE STATUS QUO OF EVERYONE GETTING AROUND BY CAR IS UNSUSTAINABLE.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE MORE IMPORTANT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE GET AROUND, SO IT'S GOT EVERYTHING FROM MIKE BUS SHELTERS, IF WE HAVE BIKE FACILITIES COME ACROSS ROCKS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO SAFELY HELP PEDESTRIANS GET ACROSS.

>> Reporter: ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS NEED FUNDING IN THE NEW DISTRICT MAY BE ABLE TO HELP.

THERE AREN'T ANY IMMEDIATE PLANS FOR PARKING METERS IN KEARNY MESA, BUT HIS OFFICE IS TALKING ABOUT IT WOULD LOCAL OFFICES.

AS A WAY TO INCREASE TURNOVERS IN THOSE HIGH DEMAND PARKING SPOTS.

A PORTION OF THE REVENUE FROM PARKING METERS CAN BE RE- AND VESTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> IT JUST SEEMS NATURAL FOR AN AREA WHERE FOLKS ARE LOOKING TO TRAVEL FROM A RESTAURANT THAT THEY ARE VISITING TO A SPOT FOR DESSERT, THIS IS SORT OF THAT NATURAL PLACE WHERE HAVING DIFFERENT OPTIONS WOULD BE REALLY VALUABLE.

I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT A PARKING DISTRICT WOULD GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IS EXPLORE ALL THESE OPTIONS TO MAKE THIS MORE A FRIENDLY SPACE FOR PEDESTRIANS, FOR THOSE WHO ARE TRAVELING HEREBY VEHICLES, BUT ALSO THE BUSINESSES THAT ENJOY THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC.

>> Reporter: CHANGES ARE HAPPENING IN SAN DIEGO'S PARKING DISTRICTS FOR THE ONE IN PACIFIC BEACH WAS CREATED IN 2005.

BUT ONLY RECENTLY, DID YOU DECIDE TO ADD METERS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THOSE METERS ARE HELPING FUND AND ON-DEMAND SHUTTLE THAT CAN TAKE PEOPLE FROM THE TROLLEY TO THE BEACH.

>> IT GOES BEYOND BEAUTIFICATION.

YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND BICYCLE SAFETY.

AND PEOPLE WILL NOT USE THOSE MODES UNLESS IT IS SAFE TO DO THAT.

NEXT JERRY TRESSEL IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UPTOWN COMMUNITY PARKING DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES BIGGERS HILL, MISSION HILLS AND HILLCREST.

SHE SAYS THE DISTRICT USED TO BE MORE FOCUSED ON INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF PARKING.

NOWADAYS, IT IS ALSO EMBRACING PROJECTS THAT REDUCE THE DEMAND FOR PARKING BY MAKING STREETS MORE WALKABLE AND LIKABLE.

>> WE PUT IN 300 BIKE RACKS, SOME OF THE TRAFFIC COMING PLANTERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

>> Reporter: TRESSEL SAYS IT USED TO BE A LOT HARDER TO GET CITY APPROVAL FOR THIS KIND OF SPENDING.

PARKING DISTRICTS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN RESERVES THAT THE CITY WOULDN'T LET THEM SPEND ON THE THING THEY WANTED.

THEN, MAYOR TOM GLORIA SWISHED OVER SIDE OF THE PARKING DISTRICTS TO A NEW CITY DEPARTMENT.

>> THE MAYOR HAD CREATED SUSTAINABILITY AND THAT DEPARTMENT IS VERY FORWARD THINKING, THEY'RE LOOKING AT GOING, OKAY WE NEED LIGHTS, SO STREETLIGHTING WAS APPROVED, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

>> IT IS A VERY PERSONAL ISSUE WHEN PEOPLE INTERFACE WITH ON A DAILY BASIS.

>> Reporter: THE MAYOR SAYS THE NEW PARKING DISTRICTS ARE A RESPONSE TO NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL CONCERNS.

BUT JUST HOW BIG WILL SAN DIEGO GO ON PARKING METERS?

COULD THEY BE USED TO FUND LARGER PROJECTS LIKE NEW BUS AND TROLLEY LINES?

THE CITY IS DEVELOPING MOBILITY MASTER PLAN IT MENTIONS PARKING DISTRICTS AS A WAY TO HELP REDUCE THE CITY'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

>> WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE CITY GOING FORWARD REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

MY ADMINISTRATION WAS TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES THAT WANT TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE HEAD ON AND IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

>> Reporter: CONVOY IS WHAT IT IS TODAY, BECAUSE FOR GENERATION THIS WAS NOT A DESIRED PLACE TO BE.

BUT ON CONVOY STREET, THE COUNCIL MAN SAYS THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS OUTGROWN ITS DESIGN PRETTY NEEDS A FACELIFT AND WHEN GOVERNMENT RESOURCES ARE SCARCE OF GRANT CAN HELP TAKE -- CAN GET WHAT DONE MIGHT TAKE DECADES TO FUND.

>> A LOT OF THE PEOPLE ARE IMMIGRANTS, AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE AND THEN IT IS REALLY GOING TO HELP US AS A REGION TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS AS A DESTINATION, NOT JUST FOR THOSE IN SAN DIEGO BUT FOR ANYONE WHO WAS VISITING.

>>> SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN AWARDED $2.25 MILLION TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY OR THE GRANT IS PART OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL PROGRAM.

MAYOR TOM GLORIA SAYS THE PROGRAM WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO DEVELOP AN ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION NORTH OF INTERSTATE 8.

THE MONEY WILL ALSO HELP ON THE CITY'S BIKE MASTER PLAN.

>>> THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAS MADE ITS FINAL:INTEREST RATES IN 2023, AND OFFERED SOME CLUES ABOUT WHERE THEY SEE THE U.S. ECONOMY HEADED IN 2024.

KAREN CAIFA HAS A LOOK AT WHAT CONSUMERS NEED TO KNOW NOW, AND IN THE NEW YEAR.

>> Reporter: FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR, U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE OPTED TO HOLD INTEREST RATE AS STEADY FOR THE FED HAD FRESH INFLATION DATA FROM BOTH THE CONSUMER AND PRODUCER SIDE TO CONSIDER AND IT IS CLEAR THAT GOING INTO 2024, THEY WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WALK THAT FINE LINE BETWEEN POLICY THAT CAUTIOUSLY SLOWS HIRING AND SPENDING, BUT DOESN'T COMPLETELY STOLID.

THE U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE CHARTING A STEADY COURSE AMID PROMISING ECONOMIC DATA HEADING INTO 2024.

>> TODAY WE DECIDED TO LEAVE OUR INTEREST RATE AND CHANGE AND TO CONTINUE TO REDUCE OUR SECURITIES HOLDINGS ARE GIVING GIVEN HOW FAR WE'VE COME ALONG WITH THE CERTAINTIES AND RISK WE FACE, THE COMMITTEE IS PROCEEDING CAREFULLY.

>> Reporter: FRESH DATE FROM THE U.S. BUREAU LABOR STATISTICS CONTINUES TO COOL YEAR OVER YEAR NOVEMBER.

THAT MEANS PRICE HIKES SLOWED AT THE GROCERY STORE AND ELSEWHERE IN HOUSEHOLD HAVE FINALLY SEEN SOME RELIEF.

BUT PRICES REMAIN HIGH AND MARK ZANDI, CHIEF ECONOMIST AT MOODY'S ANALYTICAL SAID LEAVES OPINIONS MIXED.

>> A LOT OF THINGS OF WHAT PEOPLE BUYER UP FROM WHERE THEY WERE A FEW YEARS AGO, SO PEOPLE ARE STILL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT STILL TRYING TO DIGEST THAT.

>> Reporter: STILL, THE ECONOMY WITH A STEADY JOBS MARKET AND WAGE GROWTH OUTPACING INFLATION HAS INVESTORS FEELING BULLISH ABOUT 2024.

>> THEY EXPECT THE ECONOMY TO CANOE TO GROW, THEY ARE STARTING TO ANTICIPATE INTEREST RATE CUTS BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE, NOT NEXT MONTH, BUT THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.

>> Reporter: DESPITE THE FED'S PLAN TO KEEP INTEREST RATES HIGHER FOR LONGER, THERE IS HOPE THAT THE FED'S BENCHMARK RATE WHICH IS CURRENTLY AT A 22- YOUR HIGH MAY SOON COME DOWN EARLIER THAN ANTICIPATED.

AS FOR HOW THIS DECISION EVEN IMPACTS CONSUMERS, IT IS NOT A LOT RIGHT NOW, CONSUMERS WILL STILL BE THE IMPACT FROM PREVIOUS INTEREST RATES AS THEY TACKLE CREDIT CARD INTEREST PAYMENTS AND CAR LOANS AND MORTGAGES.

IN WASHINGTON, I AM KAREN CAIFA.

>>> MORE AND MORE RESTAURANTS ARE GOING CASHLESS.

SOME OWNERS SAY IT IS DUE IN PART TO THE RISE IN BREAK-INS AND THEFTS.

BUT SOME RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO HAVE ALSO BEEN SEEING AN INCREASE IN COUNTERFEIT BILLS.

ASHLEY SHARP REPORTS.

>> Reporter: A FIERY MESSAGE FROM THE OWNER OF MEYER RESTAURANTS, SACRAMENTO, LIKEN UP A HANDFUL OF WHAT HE SAYS ARE HANDFUL OF BAD BILLS AND CALLING OUT FAKE CUSTOMERS.

>> BECAUSE NO TO ALL THE RESTAURANT OWNERS OUT THERE AND BAR OWNERS, PEOPLE ARE RUNNING AROUND DINING AT A RESTAURANT AND LEAVING FAKE $100 BILLS ON THE TABLE.

BE CAREFUL.

>> Reporter: DANNY MYERS SAYS THE APPARENT THIEVES WERE OUT THE DOOR BEFORE STAFF COULD CHECK THE CASH.

THAT CONFIRMING IF HIS RESTAURANT WILL MAKE THE LEAP TO GO CASHLESS, BUT SOME DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO STAPLES ALREADY HAVE.

>> IT WAS ALWAYS A SPIKE DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON YOU STARTED TO SEE THIS MONOPOLY MONEY COMING INTO THE RESTAURANT.

AND IT WAS A BIG ISSUE.

>> Reporter: REGINA GUYTON IN SEPTEMBER GAVE LIFE TO SACRAMENTO'S ICONIC JIM DENNY'S RESTAURANT.

>> THEY PULLED THE CASH REGISTER .

>> Reporter: NOW COMPLETELY CASHLESS, FOR TWO REASONS.

SAFETY, AND THE HIGH COST OF BACK TO BACK BURGLARIES.

>> SINCE WE STOP TAKING CASH, WE HAVE NOT HAD A SINGLE BREAK IN.

>> Reporter: AND DELCO, POPULAR SPAS LIKE TIPSY POT AND TOM'S WATCHED BAR HAVE ALL DITCHED THE DOLLAR BILL.

WHETHER IT IS TO MAKE REAGANS LESS TEMPTING, OR TO STOP THE FAKE CASH FLOW, SHE SAYS DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH CALLS.

>> IN A STATE THAT OUR CITY IS IN AS FAR AS THE ABILITY TO GET ADEQUATE PROTECTION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, IT IS NOT AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: FED UP, IT IS A HEATED WARNING.

>> DON'T COME TO OUR BUSINESSES AND E FOR FREE WITH THAT FAKE [ BLEEP ].

>> ASHLEY SHARP WITH THAT REPORT.

POLICE RECOMMEND BUSINESSES USE UV LIGHTS OR TEST STRIP TENDS TO TEST FOR COUNTERFEITS.

AUTHORITIES ALSO SAY BUSINESSES TO REPORT ANY COUNTERFEIT BILLS SO INVESTIGATORS CAN TRACK THEM.

>>> THE CDC DEEMS IT AN URGENT AND GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT.

CRIED ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE CAN MAKE TREATING INFECTIONS HARD, SOMETIMES IMPOSSIBLE.

MANDY GAITHER HAS THE DANGERS OF ANTIBIOTICS USE AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SAFE.

>> Reporter: ANTIBIOTICS, THEY ARE SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL AND IMPORTANT DRUGS OUT THERE.

AS A CRITICAL LINE OF DEFENSE ALONG WITH ANTIFUNGAL'S, THE TREATMENT OF ROOT TEEN INFECTIONS AND CHRONIC DISEASES.

>> THESE DRUGS SAVE LIVES EVERY DAY.

>> Reporter: BUT ANYTIME WE USE IT, THEY CAN CAUSE WHAT IS CALLED ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE, MEETING GERMS DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO RESIST, OR DEFEAT THE DRUGS DESIGNED TO KILL THEM AS MICHAEL CRAIG WITH THE U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION SAYS.

>> WHEN THE GERMS TO BECOME RESISTANT, THE EFFECTS OF THE COST WILL BE ETHICAL AND SOMETIMES IMPOSSIBLE TO TREAT.

>> Reporter: IN THE U.S., MORE THAN 2.8 MILLION ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANT INFECTIONS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING EACH YEAR, KILLING MORE THAN 35,000 PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO THE CDC'S 2019 ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE REPORT.

>> THIS IS WAGE WE SHOULD ONLY USE ANTIBIOTICS WHENEVER NECESSARY.

IF WE DON'T, THESE LIFE-SAVING MEDICINES MAY NOT WORK FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

>> Reporter: TO PROTECT AGAINST THIS RESISTANCE, CRAIG SAYS ALWAYS TAKE MEDICATIONS ACHES EXACTLY AS PRESCRIBED AND DON'T SHARE WITH OTHERS OR SAVE THE MEDICATION FOR LATER.

AND SAFELY DISCARD LEFTOVER PILLS.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WE CAN PREVENT INFECTIONS FROM HAPPENING BY PRACTICING GOOD HYGIENE LIKE HANDWASHING AND KEEPING YOUR CUTS COVERED, AND CLEAN, YOU CAN KEEP YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY SAFE FROM INFECTION.

>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I AM MANDY GAITHER.

>>> IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BREEZY THERE BUT THE WINDS ARE DIMINISHING AND WE ARE GOING TO TURN WARMER AND VIRTUALLY NIGHT.

THURSDAY BEGINS THE WARMING TREND.

LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEKEND, THINGS WILL GET MORE ACTIVE WORSE WITH A RETURN OF SHOWERS AND A PERIOD OF RAIN PER TONIGHT, CHILLY WEATHER, CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHTER WINDS COMPARED TO LAST NIGHT, 43 FOR LOAN THE CITY.

TOMORROW, A PRETTY DECENT DAY AFTER THAT SOMEWHAT CHILLY START, WE ARE GOING TO BOUNCE BACK INTO THE 70s IN MOST AREAS.

LITTLE WARMER IN EL CAJON, UP IN THE MOUNTAINS, MOUNT LAGUNA, 45 DEGREES.

LOOKING WAY DOWN THE LINE, AFTER QUITE BUT WARMER WE CAN YOU CAN SEE A BIG ZONE OF LOWER PRESSURE OFFSHORE THIS IS GOING TO BE SLOWLY MOVING IN OUR DIRECTION.

HERE WE GO TO SUNDAY AND MONDAY, PAUSING ON MONDAY MORNING AROUND 6:00 A.M., WE BEGIN TO SEE SOME RAIN EXPANDED INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

A LITTLE SNOW UP THERE IN THE SIERRAS, AND EVENTUALLY AS WE GET INTO TUESDAY, WE WILL BEGIN TO SEE A BETTER CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN SHOWERS HERE AND FAR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

IT IS GOING TO BE A SEVEN SERIES OF STORMS, PRIMARILY IMPACTING NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT LATER TO THE WEEKEND INTO MIDWEEK ASKED WE, WE WILL BEGIN TO SEE A BETTER SHOPPER RAIN LOCALLY AND MOST OF THE HIGH ELEVATIONS WILL BE IN PLACES LIKE THE SIERRA OFF YOUR NORTHWARD AS WE LOOK AT THE COASTAL FORECAST YOU CAN SEE WE DO BEGIN TO SEE A BIT OF RAIN ON MONDAY.

PROBABLY INCREASE HIS OWN TUESDAY, BUT A WARMING TREND AND A GREAT WEEKEND AND THEN WE BEGIN A COOLDOWN FALLING INTO THE 60s WITH THE CLOUDS AND THE ARRIVAL OF SOME OF THOSE RAIN SHOWERS BEGINNING ON MONDAY.

INLAND AREAS, WE ARE RISING TO NEAR 80 ON SATURDAY, A GREAT WEEKEND, CLOUDS THE CAN SEND THE AND A LITTLE RAIN MONDAY.

WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT THEME TUESDAY LINDSAY ATTENDED DROP FROM SATURDAY TO THE COOLER, WHAT ARE MONDAY.

INTO THE MOUNTAINS WE GO, TEMPERATURES HOVERING IN THE MID-40s AT NEAR 50 DEGREES, TURNING CLOUDY MONDAY.

WE MAY WAIT ONE MORE DAY BEFORE THE RAIN ARRIVES THERE AND IN THE DESERTS, SIMILAR STORY.

MID-70s, CLOUDS THEY CAN MONDAY AND A BETTER CHANCE FOR RAIN ROLES AND ON TUESDAY ACROSS MORE THE AREA.

FOR ACCUWEATHER AND KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST GEOFF CORNISH.

>>> THE FALL SEMESTER AND FOR SOME COMMUNITY COLLEGES STUDENTS ALONG THE USS MIDWAY.

ANGIE PEREZ SHOWS US HOW THE DECOMMISSIONED AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN SAN DIEGO-BASED SERVED AS THEIR CLASSROOM FOR LESSONS AND WELDING.

>> Reporter: THE SPARKS ARE FLYING IN ANTICIPATION OF A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR THESE STUDENT WELDERS FROM THE SAN DIEGO COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION.

THERE ARE EIGHT OF THEM WHO QUALIFIED TO BE PART OF A PILOT PROGRAM TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE RETIRED USS MIDWAY.

ANDREA JARVIS IS ONE OF THEM.

>> IT IS JUST ME AND THE ROD AND IT IS JUST ME MAKING ART, YOU KNOW BUILDING THINGS AND CREATING THINGS.

>> Reporter: JARVIS IS ABOUT A YEAR INTO HER WELDING EDUCATION WITH THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF HER LATE FATHER AND PROVIDING FOR HER TO CHILDREN'S AZALEA AND BRANTLEY AS A SINGLE MOM.

SHE HAS HOPES OF BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL WELDER ON A PIPELINE, OR MAYBE WORKING ON THE CHASSIS OF RACECARS.

>> IT IS A PASSION FOR ME.

IT'S A CONSTANT, EVER-GROWING TRADE AND I LIKE WORKING WITH METAL.

>> Reporter: THIS FALL, STUDENTS HAVE HAD THREE DAYS OF CAMPUS CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION EACH WEEK, AND THEN COME ABOARD THE MIDWAY ON WEDNESDAYS FOR SIX HOURS OF REAL WORK.

THE PROGRAM WAS INITIATED BY THE MIDWAY'S MANAGEMENT, IT IS CONSIDERED A WIN-WIN, THE AGING SHIP WITH ONGOING REPAIR NEEDS.

>> THE BENEFIT FOR THE STUDENTS BEING ON THE MIDWAY, IS THEY ARE EXPOSED TO AN ENVIRONMENT THAT WE CAN'T REPLICATE IN THE LAB.

THEY HAVE TO WORK ON PROJECTS THAT WE CAN'T SIMULATE AND AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS THEM REAL-WORLD HANDS-ON TRAINING.

>> LONG-TERM, GETTING DONE WITH THIS CLASS, GET ONTO DIVING SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: 24-YEAR-OLD JAKE HUGHES ONCE A CAREER WELDING UNDERWATER.

HE IS ALSO LOOKING TO HIS FAMILY'S LEGACY FOR INSPIRATION.

>> MY GRANDFATHER WAS AN ELECTRICIAN, MY FATHER WAS IN CONSTRUCTION, I WAS RAISED AROUND A LOT OF TOOLS.

SO I LIKE TO THINK THAT I'M GOING TO MIXING THE TWO RIGHT NOW.

BOTH OF THEM AREN'T WITH US ANYMORE, BUT I LIKE TO THINK THAT THEY APPROVED.

>> Reporter: THE PILOT PROGRAM HERE ON THE MIDWAY HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL IT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NEW YEAR.

THE INITIAL COHORT OF EIGHT STUDENTS WILL BE EXPANDED TO 14, STARTING IN JANUARY.

ANDREA JARVIS IS ALREADY A SUCCESS WITH HER KIDS.

>> MY KIDS ARE SO PROUD, THEY GO TO SCHOOL AND THEY SAY, MY MOM IS A WELDER.

>> Reporter: MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

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