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>>> GOOD EVENING.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

THE VOTES ARE IN.

LOCAL ELECTED LEADERS HAVE ADOPTED A 30-YEAR TRANSFORMATION PLAN AND MILE LANGUAGE PROPOSAL.

ANDREW BOWEN WITH A LOOK AT THE PARTY-LINE VOTE.

>> Reporter: THE PLAN INVESTS HEAVILY IN PUBLIC TRANSIT.

THAT AND BUS SERVICES PLANNED IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

FURTHER IN THE FUTURE, IT ENVISIONS NEW HIGH-SPEED COMMUTER RAIL LINES, AND MANAGED LANES ON FREEWAYS OVER THE CARPOOLERS AND SOLO DRIVERS WILLING TO PAY A TOLL.

DEMOCRATIC MAYORS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRAISED THE VISION FROM THE PLANNING AGENCY SANDBAG.

>> HERE'S MINOR RAP VARGAS.

>> WE HAVE NOT INVESTED IN TRANSIT AND OPTIONS.

THESE DECISIONS IN THE PAST HAVE LEFT OUR COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BEHIND.

>> Reporter: ALL REPUBLICANS ON THE BOARD VOTED AGAINST THE PLAN, SAYING IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE AND LEFT OUT CAR- FEINT RURAL AND SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES.

CORE INIAD DOE MAYOR RICHARD BAILEY SAYS THE INVESTMENTS IN TRANSIT ARE WASTEFUL.

>> SETS THE STAGE FOR TAXING PEOPLE WHO CAN NOT AFFORD IT, FOR A SERVICE THEY WOULD NEVER USE.

THIS IS ANYTHING BUT EQUITABLE.

>> Reporter: THE PLAN'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL ELEMENT IS A PROPOSAL TO CHARGE MOTORISTS TWO CENTS FOR EVERY MILE DRIVEN IN THE COUNTY.

THAT WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL 2030, AND VOTERS WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THE FEE.

BUT THE POLICY PROVED TOO UNPOPULAR.

BOARD MEMBERS AND SANDBAGGED STAFF WERE REMOVED FROM THE PLAN WITHIN SIX MONTHS.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A SECOND OMICRON VARIANT OF COVID CASE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN SAN DIEGO, BUT THIS TIME.

COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS BELIEVE IT WAS CONTRACTED LOCALLY.

THE LATEST CASE WAS FIRST DETECTED THROUGH THE EXPEDITED COVID ENVIRONMENTAL IDENTIFICATION LAB IN SAN DIEGO.

THE PATIENT, A MAN IN HIS 30S, DID NOT HAVE A TRAVEL HISTORY, AND HAD MILD SYMPTOMS.

HE WAS FULLY VACCINATED AND HAD RECEIVED HIS BOOSTER SHOT MORE THAN TWO WEEKS EARLIER.

THE CDC SAYS MOST OMICRON PATIENTS IDENTIFIED ACROSS THE U.S.

WERE VACCINATED AND HAD MILD SYMPTOMS.

>>> VOTERS WILL HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER ON A DECISION WHERE LINES WILL BE DRAWN FOR DISTRICTS.

THE REDISTRICTS COMMISSION HAD VOTED ON A FINAL PLAN LAST NIGHT.

MORE FROM JOHN CAROL.

>> Reporter: THE PROCESS OF REDISTRICTING REDRAWING LINES, STARTS WITH THE CENSUS.

REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS TAKE THAT DATA AND TRY TO DRAW LINES TO BEST REPRESENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST, WHICH INCLUDES AREAS WITH COMMON GEOGRAPHIC AND CULTURAL INTERESTS.

>> THE PROBLEM YOU'VE ALL BEEN FACING IS THAT THE 2020 CENSUS, WHICH IS THE BASIS FOR ALL THE DATA, WAS DELAYED IN RELEASING ITS DATA.

>> Reporter: THE NONPARTISAN REDISTRICTING COMMISSION HAS ONLY HAD A FEW MONTHS TO PULL EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT THURSDAY NIGHT'S MEETING.

THE BIGGEST POINT OF CONTENTION AS SHOW ON THIS DRAFT MAP CENTERS AROUND A DISTRICT PRIZED OF COMMUNITIES TO THE WEST.

MUCH OF THE CALDEAN COMMUNITY SAY THEY WANT THE CITY TO REMAIN IN THE EAST DISTRICT.

THERE IS DISAGREEMENT WITHIN THE COUNTY AND COMMUNITY.

>> .

>> WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

WE BELIEVE WE OUGHT TO BE LOCATED IN A MORE CENTRAL DISTRICT.

>> Reporter: MARK HARABO SAID HE'S HERD FROM PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES AND HAS THE SAME ADVICE.

>> THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION, AND HOPEFULLY A BALANCE WILL BE MET.

THIS IS THE AMERICAN PROCESS.

>> Reporter: WILLIAMS SORANA REPRESENTS APPROVED LOBBYING FOR THE INTERESTS OF THE LATIN- X COMMUNITY.

SHE SAYS THEY LOVE THE NEW MAP, SPECIFICALLY THE FACT ESCONDIOTO WAS INCLUDED.

>> THE COMMUNITIES HAVE A MAJORITY LATINO POPULATION OR VERY CREASE TO THEM HAVE THE POPULATION RELAP ALTOGETHER.

THEY'RE ALSO KEEPING TRIBAL LAWNS ALTOGETHER URGE DISTRICT 5.

>> Reporter: THE MEETING LASTED FOR ABOUT EIGHT HOURS.

THE COMMISSION WILL MEET AGAIN TOMORROW.

THEY ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE THE FINAL MAP AND THE REPORT THAT GOES WITH IT SUBMITTED BY NEXT WEDNESDAY.

JOHN CAROL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A JURY HAS ACQUITTED A FORMER MESA POLICE OFFICER FOR FALSIFYING A POLICE REPORT ABOUT HIS CONTROVERSIAL ARREST OF A BLACK MAN IN 2020.

VIRAL VIDEO OF THAT ARREST SPARKED PROTESTS THAT ENDED IN VIOLENCE.

KATIE ALDORADO HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: SOME CLAPPED AS THE NOT GUILTY VERDICT WAS READ IN A COURTROOM WHERE MATTHEW DAJUS WAS TRIED FOR ONE FELONY COUNT OF FALSIFYING A POLICE REPORT ABOUT THE ARREST OF AMARI JOHNSON.

DEJA SMILED AND WAS PATTED ON THE BACK BY HIS ATTORNEYS.

OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM, HE POSED FOR PICTURES, AND CELEBRATED THE VERDICT.

>> BE RIGHT HERE.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> Reporter: THAT ARREST AT THE GROSSMONT TROLLEY STATION WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA, CIRCULATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND TRIGGERED A WEEKEND OF VIOLENT PROTESTS IN MAY OF 2020.

>> AS A MOTHER OF A BLACK SON, I FEEL FOR THE MOTHER OF AMARI JOHNSON.

>> Reporter: DEJA'S HAPPINESS IS NOT SHARED BY SAN DIEGO AND PRESIDENT FRAN SEEN MAXWALL.

SHE'S BEEN OBSERVING THE TRIAL AND GOT A CALL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE VERDICT.

>> I'M VERY UPSET, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH WE KEEP HAVING CONVERSATION NOTHING CHANGES.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE VIDEO EVIDENCE AND THE LA MESA INVESTIGATION THAT GOT DEJA FIRED COULD NOT CONVINCE A JURY TO FIND HIM GUILTY.

>> THAT JURY WAS RIGGED FROM THE BEGINNING.

THIS JUDGE, SHE CALLED THEM THE RELUCTANT 15.

SO AS A JUDGE SHE KNEW THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE.

SO HOW OPEN WERE THEY TO LONG TO THE EVIDENCE.

HOW OPEN WERE THEY TO LISTENING TO ALL THE TESTIMONY.

>> Reporter: MAXWELL SAYS THIS VERDICT DOESN'T MEAN THE END.

JOHNSON FILED THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE LA MESA POLICE DEPARTMENT, DEJA AND SIX OTHERS.

THAT CASE WAS PUT ON HOLD PENDING THIS VERDICT.

>> THIS, TOO, SHALL PASS.

THERE'S ANOTHER LAWSUIT FILED, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A DIFFERENT OUTCOME.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS SHE UNDERSTANDS THERE IS ANGER AND FRUSTRATION AND SOME WILL WANT TO GATHER TO PROTEST.

BUT SHE URGES VIGILANCE AND CALM.

>> WE SUPPORT PEACEFUL PROTEST.

>> Reporter: KITTY PALBORADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A PROTEST IS FREE AFTER BEING ACQUITTED BY A JURY.

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER CLAIRE TRUGEVER SAID ADVOCATES SEE THE -- >> REPORTER: DENZEL BROWN WAS PROTESTING POLICE BRUTALITY IN SAN DIEGO AND WAS ARRESTED LAST ALL.

HIS CHARGES WERE SEEN AS UNUSUAL AND SEVERE.

NINETEEN FELONIES FOR USING TEAR GAS ON SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICERS AND RESISTING ARREST.

BUT NOW HE'S BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY.

DRAWN'S ATTORNEY TOLD THE JURY HE WAS ACTING TO DEFEND ANOTHER PROTESTER WHO WAS BEING PUNCHED AND KICKED BY POLICE.

>> THERE WAS ALSO AN ASSAULT ON VULNERABLE PROTESTER.

HE WAS ON THE GROUND, AND OFFICER WHITMAN OR WHITEMAN HELD HIM FROM BEHIND.

>> Reporter: THE FACT BRAWN WAS CHARGED WITH SO MANY FELONIES AND INITIALLY HELD ON $3/4 MILLION BAIL WAS MEANT TO SEND A MESSAGE.

SO SAYS ANN RIOS.

>> IT STARTS TO MAKE US WONDER WHETHER THIS BAIL AMOUNT WAS APPROPRIATE, OR WAS IT SIMPLY TO PUNISH PEOPLE?

>> SHE SAYS THE CHARGING DECISION COULD BE SEEN AS AN ATTEMPT TO STIFLE PROTESTS.

>> ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROTESTS OF LAST YEAR THAT WE'RE CALLING FOR DEFUNDING THE POLICE AND FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD NO COMMENT ON THE DECISION.

>> OFFICIALS HAVE DEPLOYED HIGH- END TECHNOLOGY.

THE CITY IS ADDING A REAL-TIME OPERATIONS CENTER.

ADVOCATES SAY PLAN IS FRAUGHT, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR.

.

>> Reporter: EVER DAY TULA VISTA'S POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FOUR LICENSEED READERS MOUNTED ON CARS RANDOMLY TAKE PICTURES AT PASSING AND PARKED VEHICLES' LICENSE PLATES, AND THEN STORE THE DIGITS.

>> Reporter: THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS NOW BUILT A REAL- TIME OPERATIONS CENTER THAT SENDS TOGETHER ITS DATA.

>> WHAT YOU SEE IS ESSENTIALLY A VERY LARGE TV SCREEN.

>> Reporter: THAT VERY LARGE TV SCREEN, TULA VISTA POLICE CAPTAIN ERIC VARGA REFERS TO CONTAINS 12 SMALLER SCREENS WITH UP TO THE MINUTE INFORMATION.

SOME OF IT BASIC LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ABOUT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY.

SOME OF IT HIGH-TECH.

.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE ONE- ROOM OPERATION CENTER IS ABOUT EFFICIENCY.

>> WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE'RE NOT RUNNING DOWN THE STAIRS, RUNNING TO A TO A CROWDED OFFICE, ANSWERING PHONES.

>> Reporter: IT'S ALSO ABOUT QUICK ACCESS.

.

ONE PLACE TO CONTEXT, LIKE JAIL RECORDS.

>> WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AND SEE EVERYTHING IN THAT APPLICATION.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AND SEE HAS THERE BEEN HISTORY.

HAVE THERE BEEN OTHER CRIMES, WHO MAY HAVE COMMITTED THAT CRIME.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS TULA VISTA RESIDENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE NEW OPERATIONS CENTER, WHICH IS 80% COMPLETE.

>> CITY OFFICIALS WHO PROMOTE THESE TECHNOLOGIES OFTEN SPEAK IN TERMS OF SERVING PUBLIC GOODS.

THEY'LL EMPHASIZE EFFICIENCY, CONVENIENCE.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE PUBLIC GOOD ALSO INCLUDES PERSONAL PRIVACY AND CIVIL RIGHTS, SOMETHING SHE SAYS IS BEING STRIPPED AWAY BY THESE POLICING TOOLS.

>> THESE TECHNOLOGIES KEEP OVERLAYING EACH OTHER, AND WE END UP WITH A MASSIVELY SURE VAILED PART OF OUR COMMUNITYIES INCONSISTENT WITH LIVING IN A FREE SOCIETY.

>> Reporter: TULA VISTA RESIDENT PEDRO WORRIES THAT THE CONFERENCE WILL FOCUS ON THE WESTERN PART OF THE CITY, WHERE MOST OF THE AREA'S PEOPLE OF COLOR LIVE.

>> ARE.

>> THERE AREN'T ANY REAL GUIDE BOOKS TO PROTECT SOMEONE WHO'S NOT INVOLVED IN ENINCIDENT TO ALSO NOT BE VICTIMIZED BY THIS TYPE OF POLICING.

>> Reporter: FRANBURG SAID THE CITY IS LOOKING TO ADD OVERSIGHT,, AND HE CONTENDS THE ANGST IS MORE ABOUT WHAT THE CENTER COULD DO NOT AND DO.

THE REAL-TIME OPERATION CENTER CONTRACTOR, REALIBA SOLUTIONS STATES THE FACILITY HAS THE CAPACITY TO DO ANALYTICS, AI, AND FACIAL RECOGNITION.

THOSE FEATURES WON'T BE AX INVESTIGATINGED.

>> Reporter: BUT THE DEPARTMENT'S OWN FIVE-YEAR PLAN USES PREDICTIVE POLICING, WHICH LOOKS AT ANALYTICS TO FIGURE OUT WHO MIGHT COMMIT CRIMES.

>> IF WE DOWN THE ROAD HAVE IT, IT WILL BE BECAUSE WE VETTED IT TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: I ASKED MEMBER WHETHER AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN WHETHER HE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT NEW SURVEILLANCE TOOLS.

>> I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT BEING WATCHED OR FOLLOWED.

>> Reporter: BRIAN HOOFER OF THE PRIVAC ADVOCACY GROUP SAYS THE WISE WAY TO FRAME THE DISCUSSION IS THAT WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO PROTECT.

>> IF YOU DON'T WANT -- MAYBE I HANG OUT AT GAY BARS, BUT I HAVEN'T HUNG OUT IN SITUATIONS.

>> Reporter: MARY SAL LA SAYS SHE TRUSTS THE POLICE.

THE OPERATION CENTER IS MEANT TO SERVE THE PUBLIC, NOT TO SPY.

>> I LOVE MY POLICE, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING, AND THEY COME FROM, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT ATTITUDE.

.

>> ANITA SHARMA, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CALIFORNIA REGULATORS COULD DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE STATE'S BIGGEST IN THE NATION SOLAR MARKETPLACE NEXT YEAR.

ERIC ANDERSON EXPLAINS.

>> .

>> CAYS CITY LA BUILT THIS HOUSE IN THE 1990S.

>> BUILT FOR ABOUT $18 A MONTH, $22 A MONTH AT THE HIGHEST.

THAT WAS WHAT MY ENERGY WAS IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> HIS ELECTRIC CLIMBED OVER THE YEARS, TOPPING OUT AT ABOUT $280 A MONTH.

THAT'S WHY HE ADDED SOLAR ENERGY AND A NEW AIR- CONDITIONING UNIT.

.

>> A GASEOUS BALL HANGING IN THE SKY.

>> Reporter: CASTILLO LEASES HIS SYSTEM SO THERE WERE NO UP- FRONT COSTS.

THIS IS ONE OF 1.3 BILLION ROOF."

TOP SYSTEMS INSTALLED IN CALIFORNIA.

ENERGY PRODUCTION COMES FROM SOLAR SYSTEMS LIKE THE ONE ON CAVIA'S HOME.

THE ECONOMICS OF SOLAR COULD BE CHANGING SOON.

CURRENT STATE REGULATIONS KNOWN AS NET ENERGY METERING.

THEY SET THE COST OF ELECTRICITY SOLD BY RESIDENTS, AND INCLUDE A SMALL MONTHLY FEE FOR COSTS.

BUT THAT COULD BE CHANGING.

>> FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, OUR ELECTRIC RATES ARE HALF OF WHAT THEY ARE TODAY.

>> MOHIK CHOPRA IS ASKING REGULATORS TO ROLL BACK THE SUBSIDY PAID TO OWNERS.

.

HIS ORGANIZATION IS CUTTING BACK HOW MUCH UTILITIES ARE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THE ELECTRICITY GENERATED ON ROOFTOPS, AND HE WANTS TO CHARGE A HEFTY MONTHLY CONNECTION FEE BASED ON THE SIZE OF A SOLAR SYSTEM.

THE CHARGE COULD BE 40 TO $50.

PEOPLE WILL SAVE MONEY.

THEY'LL BUY LESS.

>> Reporter: THE FEES COULD MEAN IT WILL TAKE SOLAR OWNERS 10 TO 12 TO 15 YEARS TO PAY OFF THEIR UP-FRONT INVESTMENTS.

PAY-BACK TIMES RIGHT NOW ARE ONLY ABOUT FOUR TO SIX YEARS.

>> SO IF YOU HAD SOLAR, FOR EXAMPLE YOU WILL SAVE 50% ABOVE YOUR BILL WITH OUR EXPERT RATE CHANGE AND THIS CHARGE.

.

YOU WON'T PAY 100%.

CERTAIN FEES ARE FIXED FEES FOR MAINTAINING THE FRIDAY THAT WE ALL FEND ON AND SOCIAL COSTS THAT ARE INDEPENDENT.

>> Reporter: THE CALIFORNIA UTILITY COMMISSION IS CONSIDERING MORE 70 PROPOSALS FOR THE RULES.

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THE SUGGESTIONS VARY FROM CHANGING VERY LITTLE TO CONNECTION FEES AND SLASHING HOW MUCH UTILITIES ARE FORCED TO BUY BACK ELECTRICITY FROM RESIDENTS.

SOLAR ADVOCATES SAY ELIMINATING THE INCENTIVE TO SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN INSTALLING SOLAR PANELS COULD CRUSH DEMAND.

THAT ENDANGERS CALIFORNIA JOBS.

>> IT WILL MEAN LAYING OFF A MAJORITY OF THEIR WORK FORCE OR CLOSING THEIR DOORS.

>> Reporter: CATH WORKS FOR HAMMOND CLIMATE SOLUTIONS, A COMPANY ADVOCATING FOR METERING TO ONLY GET SMALL TWEAKS.

.

SHE SAID ROOFTOP SOLAR IS CRITICAL TO MEET THE CLEAN AIR- GOALS.

.

>> IT MEANS WORSENING THE CLIMATE CRISIS, CONTRIBUTING TO RACISM ARISM THAT'S IN KERN COUNTY, WHERE THERE'S FRACKING IN BACKYARDS.

WE THINK AT A TIME WHERE THERE'S A CLIMATE EMERGENCY, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE TAKING AWAY CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS FROM FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: PROPOSED REVISIONS WERE FILED MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, BUT SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC STEERS REQUESTS FOR INTERVIEWS TO SURE GATS LIKE THE NATIONAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL.

THE COMPANY DECLINED TO MAKE AN OFFICIAL AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW, BOTH LAST SUMMER AND IN RECENT WEEKS.

AN E-MAIL STATEMENT SAYS THE UTILITY IS ENGAGED IN THE FORMAL PROCESS.

QUOTE, WE ARE EAGER TO SEE A SOLUTION THAT ALLOWS THE SOLAR INDUSTRY TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE, AND ADDRESSES EXISTING INEQUITIES, END QUOTE.

THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IS EXPECTED TO UNVEIL THEIR PLANS SOON.

THAT PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL WOULD BE VETTED AND THEN VOTED ON BY THE COMMISSIONERS EARLY NEXT YEAR.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE ARE GETTING SET FOR HEAVY RAINFALL.

THAT WILL BE NEXT WEEK.

BOY, NOT ONLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

HALF AN INCH TO AS MUCH AS AN INCH ACROSS PARTS OF THE CITY.

.

WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT A VERY COOL RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW.

BEHIND THAT, A COOLER TREND, TOO.

THE STORM SYSTEM IS GOING TO IMPACT HERE SEVERAL LOCATIONS, BUT IT'S PART OF THIS WEEKLONG SETUP HERE.

.

WE'LL SEE MORE WORK ITS WAY INTO OUR STATE, TOO, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO GET IN ON THE RAIN.

OCEANSIDE 38.

HELIMA AT 38 DEGREES.

CLEAR SKIES OUT THERE.

CERTAINLY SOME CHILL IN THE AIR.

THAT COOL AIR REMAINS THROUGH THE INTERIOR WEST AS WE HEAD THROUGH SATURDAY.

NOTICE WHERE THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS STARTING TO PUSH IN.

AT LEAST SOME RAIN INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT VERY LATE.

SO REALLY NO IMPACTS FOR US ANYTIME SOON.

SUNSHINE HOLDS US QUIET AS WE GO THROUGH TOMORROW.

TEMPERATURES BACK IN THE LOWER 60S, AND NOTICE TULA VISTA, MID- 40S FOR YOU.

62 FOR TULA VISTA.

MID-40S, BREAKINGER SPRINGS COMING IN AT 65 DEGREES.

THE STORM SYSTEM, THE NEXT ONE THAT COMES IN MOVES IN THROUGH STARTING ON SUNDAY.

WE WILL GET MOST OF OUR MOISTURE LATE TUESDAY.

THE MOUNTAINS GETTING SOME SNOW.

OUR FORECAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS SHOWING ACTUALLY A QUIET WEEKEND.

CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE FOR SUNDAY.

MONDAY, MAYBE A SHOWER OR TWO AS THE MOISTURE BUILDS AHEAD OF THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM.

BUT THE REAL RAIN COMES IN ON TUESDAY, AND WE'RE COOLER, BACK TO THE MID-50S FOR THE COAST.

.

IT'S REALLY TUESDAY.

THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE CHILLY RAINFALL, AND KEEPING THE COOL TREND INTO WEDNESDAY MOUNTAIN CONDITIONS, THEY WILL HAVE THAT COOLER PATTERN WITH RAIN AND TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S AT TIMES.

WE'LL GET SNOW DEVELOPING FROM LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.

ALSO GETTING IN ON THE RAINY ACTION LATE IN THE DAY ON TUESDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST ILSA HANSER.

>>> .

STSC EXPLAINS WHY TWO BRANDS WITH DEEP ROOTS ARE JOINING FORCES.

>> Reporter: WELL, JACK IN THE BOX IS REALLY LOOKING TO EXPAND.

THEY'VE BEEN STAGNANT WITH ABOUT 2,200 STORES.

.

IT HAS HAD POOR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE.

THEY'VE HAD POOR FRANCHISEEES.

THERE WAS A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE TO PUT THE INNOVATION SLOPE DOWN, AND THE CEO WAS LET GO.

.

IT'S A LOT OF LOCATIONS IN CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTHWEST.

THAT ALLOWS THE STRAIN JACK IN THE BOX HASN'T HAD.

THEY'RE COMPETING AGAINST TACO BELL.

TACO BELL IS ABOUT 12 TIMES BIGGER.

THEY ARE THE SECOND LARGEST CHAIN IN THE UNITED STATES.

MCDONALD'S HAS ABOUT SIX TIMES THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS AS JACK IN THE BOX.

THIS ALLOWS JACK IN THE BOX TO REALLY LEVERAGE THEIR INNOVATION AND EXPERTISE THEY ARE KNOWN FOR IN THE INDUSTRY.

THEY CAN TAKE A NEW STEP FORWARD AND EXPAND IN WHERE THEY HAVEN'T EXPANDED IN A DECADE.

>>> I'M JUDY WORDROP WITH THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING ON A CONTROVERSIAL TEXAS LAW MEANS FOR ABORTION LAWS.

THAT'S COMING UP ON AN EVENING EDITION FOR KPBS.

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FOR SOME IT WOULDN'T BE THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITHOUT THE FRESH PINENY SCENT OF A CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE LIVING ROOM.

THIS YEAR, THAT MAY BE HARD TO COME BY.

MULTI-MEDIA REPORTER ALEXANDER WINN EXPLAINS.

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>> GOD I LOVE THIS.

>> Reporter: HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE THE PRIMARY CHRISTMAS TREE LOT.

>> THERE'S A LOT LESS THAN THE YEAR BEFORE.

>> HE'S NOT IMAGINING THINGS.

>> THERE IS DEFINITELY A SHORTAGE OF CHRISTMAS TREES, 100%.

NOT ONLY IN THE SMALLER STUFF.

THIS IS BIG TREES.

MIKE OSBOURNE IS THE OWNER.

HE SAYS PART OF THE REASON FOR THE SHORTAGE WAS THE EXTREME HEAT WAVE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, WHERE MOST OF THE CHRISTMAS TREES WERE GROWN.

THE HEAT WAVE IS LINKED TO CLIMATE CHANGE, AND SPARKED SEVERAL FIRES.

>> A LOT OF THE NOBLE FIR READY TO GO TO MARKET, THEY GOT BURNED.

A LOT OF THE TREES TAGGED TO GO TO MARKET IN THE AREA WERE NOT ABLE TO GO.

>> Reporter: FARMERS REPORTED LOSING UP TO 90% OF THEIR CROP, ACCORDING TO INDUSTRY TRADE GROUP MARITIME CHRISTMAS TREES SOLUTION.

ANOTHER REASON, PENALTY-UP DEMAND DUE TO TO THE PANDEMIC.

LAST YEAR WAS HUGE FOR SALES.

>> EVERYBODY DID BUY THAT CHRISTMAS TREE LAST YEAR.

>> Reporter: AFTER BROWSING AROUND, THE LOIDS FOUND A TREE.

IF YOU DO FIND A TREE, EXPECT TO PAY MORE.

LIVE CHRISTMAS TREES HAVE DOUBLED SINCE 2016, AND THE BINARY SMALL AND MEDIUM TREES ARE STILL AVAILABLE.

MOST OF THE BIG TREES HAVE BEEN SOLD.

ALEXANDER WINN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

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