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>>> MILITARY IS TAKING CHARGE DECISIONS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE COMMANDERS.

AFTER YEARS OF ADVOCACY FROM FILLED MILITARY VICTIMS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS WHO SAY THERE CASES WERE MISMANAGED, EVERY BRANCH OF THE MILITARY HAS ESTABLISHED A SPECIAL COUNSEL OFFICE.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER ANDREW DREYER HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: DECISIONS TO PRESS CHARGES FOR 14 FELONIES IS UP TO SPECIALLY TRAINED INDEPENDENT MILITARY PROSECUTORS INSTEAD OF UNIT COMMANDERS A CHANGE YEARS IN THE MAKING AMBER INTO LAW BY CONGRESS IN 2021.

ON THURSDAY EACH MILITARY BRANCH OPENED THEIR OWN OFFICES OF SPECIAL TRIAL COUNSEL STAFFED WITH TRAINED MILITARY PROSECUTORS IN BOTH MILITARY AND SUPPORT STAFF.

CRITICS SAID COMMANDERS HAD TWO LITTLE LEGAL TRAINING IN SOME CASES TOO MUCH BIAS TO MAKE FAIR CHARGING DECISIONS.

PERCEPTIONS THEY SAY COULD HAVE PREVENTED VICTIMS FROM COMING FORWARD.

DAWN KINGS BENT THREE DECADES IN THE NAVY IS IN TRAINING JUDGE AND AT ONE TIME WAS A LEGAL ADVISOR TO THE AT WILL AND CYNICAL.

HE SAYS WHILE HE SUPPORTS THE CHANGE HE DIDN'T THINK COMMANDERS ARE INTERFERING WITH ACCUSED SERVICEMEMBERS.

>> I NEVER EXPERIENCED A COMMANDER.

>> IN 2012, VETERAN WOMEN AND VICTIMS ADVOCATES TESTIFIED IN FRONT OF THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF GETTING JUSTICE WHEN REPORTING SEXUAL ASSAULT.

THAT TESTIMONY IN PART LED TO THIS CHANGE.

IN A STATEMENT ON THURSDAY DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN SAID THE CHANGE AIMS TO STRENGTHEN ACCOUNTABILITY AND INCREASE THE TRUST SERVICEMEMBERS HAVE IN THE SYSTEMS.

WHEN IN THE NAVY'S SPECIAL CONSOLE OFFICES IS IN THE SENATE ON MARINE OPTIONS HAVE FLEET CONCENTRATION AREAS LIKE KIM PELTON.

PENTAGON DATA SHOWS THAT SINCE 2010 THE RATES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORTS INCREASED THE NUMBER OF CASES SINCE THE TRI- DECREASE.

KING IS NOW IN PRIVATE PRACTICE IN SAN DIEGO REPRESENTED SERVICEMEMBERS CHARGED WITH VARIOUS CRIMES INCLUDING SEXUAL ASSAULT.

HE SAYS TOO OFTEN COMMANDERS WITHOUT LEGAL EXPERTISE AND UNWINNABLE CASES TO COURT- MARTIAL AND THE CHANGE IT COULD FIX THAT.

>> I WOULD BET ON IT THAT YOU WILL FIND THAT PROSECUTIONS WILL DROP NOT A LITTLE BUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.

AND CONVICTIONS WILL GO UP.

>> THE NEW SPECIAL COUNSEL OF SAYS WILL ALSO INDEPENDENTLY HANDLE OTHER FELONIES.

UP TO MANSLAUGHTER AND MURDER.

>>> SAN DIEGO CITY AND COUNTY LEADERS ARE URGING EVERYONE TO DRIVE SAFE AND SOBER AHEAD OF THE NEW YEAR.

>> A FEW DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS AS MY WIFE NODDED AND MY TWO MONTH OLD SON AND I WERE DRIVING AROUND TOWN IN THE EARLY NOON SHOPPING FOR GIFTS AND FOOD FOR CHRISTMAS FOR OUR FAMILIES, WE WERE STRUCK AT HIGH SPEED BY A DRIVER WHO HAD BEEN DRINKING.

REALLY TO BAG TO ASKED THE PUBLIC TO ACT RESPONSIBLY NOT DRINK AND DRIVE.

WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR FAMILY DOES NOT NEED TO HAPPEN TO ANYBODY ELSE'S.

>> THAT CITY COUNCILMAN ROLF CAMPO DESCRIBING THE MOMENTS IN A HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A DRUNK DRIVER.

THANKFULLY THE COUNCILMEMBER SAID HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE OKAY.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY SUMMER STEFAN SAYS 30 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN DUI ACCIDENTS IN SAN DIEGO THIS YEAR.

SHE SAID DUI CASES HAVE RISEN SINCE 2020 SO IF YOU'RE GOING OUT AND YOU'RE GOING TO DRINK LET A SOBER FRIEND DRIVE OR USE A RIDESHARE SERVICE OR A TEXT.

>>> MTS IS DOING HIS PART TO MAKE SURE THOSE RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR IN SAN DIEGO GET TO THEIR DESTINATIONS SAFELY.

THEY WILL BE OFFERING FREE RIDES ON ALL BUS AND TROLLEY ROUTES STARTING AT 6:00 P.M. ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.

PASSENGERS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY A FAIR UNTIL AFTER 3:00 A.M. NEW YEAR'S DAY.

ALL THREE TROLLEY LINES WILL ALSO OPERATE PAST 2:00 A.M. >>> TODAY IS EXPECTED TO BE ONE OF THE BUSIEST DAYS AT AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS MANY RETURN HOME AFTER CHRISTMAS.

AND OTHERS TRAVEL TO CELEBRATE THE START OF THE NEW YEAR.

THE TSA IS EXPECTING TO SCREAM MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AT SECURITY CHECKPOINTS ACROSS THE U.S. AND THAT IS JUST TODAY.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: ONE OF THE BIGGEST DAYS OF THE HOLIDAY TRAVEL RUSH IS HERE.

>> WE HAVE A BUNCH OF STUFF SO WE'RE TRYING TO HUSTLE TO GET BACK HOME.

>> Reporter: BETWEEN THEM BECAUSE FLYING HOME AFTER CHRISTMAS AND OTHERS TAKING UP TO WELCOME THE NEW YEAR, THE TSA IS EXPECTING TO SCREEN MORE THAN 2.6 MILLION PEOPLE AT AIRPORTS NATIONWIDE.

FRIDAY ALONE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ANTICIPATE HANDLING 43,000 FLIGHTS.

FAA ADMINISTRATOR SAY THEY ARE PREPARED.

>> WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT BEFORE.

WE HAVE A COMMAND CENTER IN VIRGINIA THAT LOOKS AT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM WITH THIS POTENTIALLY WEATHER AND WEATHER ARE DELAYS.

WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE AIRLINES AND MAKE SURE WE ARE RUNNING AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE.

>> TRAVEL EXPERTS A REMOTE WORK HABITS ARE REDUCING THE CRESCENT AIRPORTS.

>> MORE PEOPLE ARE STAYING LONGER AND COMING EARLIER AND LEAVING LATER.

SO IT IS SPREADING THOSE CROWDS OUT A BIT.

>> COMPARED TO LESTER'S HOLIDAY TRAUMA DOWN THE PERFORMANCE OF U.S. AIRLINES IS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED.

CARE IS CANCELED LESS THAN 1% OF ALL FLIGHTS OF LAST WEEK ACCORDING TO FIGURES FROM FLIGHT AWARE.

BUT IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW UNLUCKY PASSENGERS IMPACTED, ONCE YOU REALIZE YOUR FLIGHT IS CANCELED GO TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CAM COUNTER AND GET ON THE PHONE WITH THE AIRLINE AND HAVE THE APP INSTALLED ON YOUR PHONE BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU CAN JUST REBOOK YOURSELF.

>> AAA PREDICTED 7.5 MILLION PASSENGERS WOULD TAKE FLIGHT BETWEEN DECEMBER 23rd AND MONDAY JANUARY 1st.

THE BUSIEST EVER AT U.S.

AIRPORTS.

>>> THE SURFACE UP IN THE CLOUDS ARE COMING ASHORE WHICH MEANS YES, WE ARE GETTING SET FOR SOME BIG-TIME CHANGES.

TONIGHT IS LARGELY STAYING DRY BUT WE WERE SHOWING WHERE THE RAIN IS ENTERING INTO THE AIR.

>> THE SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW OPENED AT THE CONVENTION CENTER TODAY AND THE MOOD WAS ELECTRIC.

SO WERE A LOT OF THE CARS.

HERE IS HOW IT REFLECTS ON THE AUTO INDUSTRY.

>> Reporter: WHEN YOU THINK OF AN AMERICAN SPORTS CAR, WHAT YOU THINK OF?

>> IT'S AN AMERICAN ICON.

CORVETTE.

CORVETTE.

ALMOST 70 YEARS.

IN FACT THIS IS A LITTLE OVER 70 YEARS OF CORVETTE SO NOW WE'VE ADDED ELECTRIC TO IT.

SO THIS IS THE E RAY CORVETTE.

>> THE SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER IS WHERE YOU'LL FIND LOTS OF AUTOMAKER SHOWING OFF THEIR LATEST ELECTRIC MODELS.

NEW INDICTMENT SAYS EVERY BRAND AT THE AUTO SHOW HAS AN ELECTRIC CAR AND PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE AMONG VARIOUS KINDS OF ELECTRIC.

>> YOU CAN SAY OKAY HERE'S A HYBRID.

IS A PLUG-IN HYBRID.

THERE'S A FULL ELECTRIC.

THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME SO THAT'S WHY SAY YOU HAVE TO INTERVIEW YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY TO SEE WHAT DO WE WANT THIS CAR TO BE.

>> SOME CARS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE DEALER YET.

THERE ARE SOME PROTOTYPES.

YOU CAN'T BUY A CAR AT THE AUTO SHOW BUT YOU CAN SHOP.

I ASKED CHARLIE NELSON WHAT BROUGHT HIM TO THE AUTO SHOW.

>> A CAR BROUGHT ME HERE.

>> I REPHRASE THE QUESTION.

WHY DID HE COME TO THE OUTER SHELL?

>> MY WIFE IS ON THE MARKET FOR A PLUG-IN HYBRID.

AND SO THIS IS THE PLACE TO GO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE ALL OF THEM IN ONE PLACE.

AND MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE ELECTRIC BUT WE ARE IN A TRANSITION IN OUR SOCIETY TO ELECTRIC AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

>> AT THE SAN DIEGO AUTOSHOW TOYOTA HAS ITS OWN SPACE.

CHEVY HAS A SPACE AND THERE'S ALSO A SPACE DEVOTED TO ELECTRIC CARS CALLED ELECTRIC AVENUE.

DAVID CROW IS ONE OF THE ELECTRIC AVENUE EXPERTS.

HE SAYS HIS ENGINEERING BACKGROUND MADE HIM DEVOTED TO ELECTRIC CARS.

>> THERE'S ONLY FEW MOVING PARTS IN THE ENTIRE DRIVETRAIN OF AN ELECTRIC CAR.

SUCH THAT THERE IS A LOT LESS THINGS TO GO WRONG.

IT'S MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.

>> BUT NOT ALL PEOPLE COMING TO THE AUTOSHOW ARE ELECTRIC CAR CONFERENCE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST OF THE VEHICLE IN THE RANGE OF A VEHICLE.

HOW FAR IT CAN GO ON ONE CHARGE.

AS TO RANGE, CROW SAYS MOST EVERY CAR YOU SEE IS A RANGE OF AT LEAST TWO MUST.

>> HE SAYS THERE ARE AFFORDABLE ELECTRIC CARS LIKE THE NISSAN LEAF AND THE CHEVY VOLT THAT CELL IN THE HIGH 20s AND LOW 30,000S.

ONE CUSTOMER SAID HIS PREFERENCE FOR ELECTRIC CARS IS PRETTY SIMPLE.

>> I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF GETTING MONEY TO THE INDUSTRY THAT PROMOTES GLOBAL WARMING.

>> THE SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW RUNS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND ON THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

>>> THIS YEAR A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK CELEBRATED A 126 YEAR LOVE STORY WITH THE SAN DIEGO REGION.

WE GO TO A BELOVED HOTEL IN JULIAN WITH DEEP ROOTS IN BLACK HISTORY.

>> Reporter: IN THE BACKCOUNTRY SYSTEM AND UNASSUMING HOTEL.

IT'S THE JEWEL OF THE TOWN AND ITS POPULAR WITH HONEYMOONERS.

TO EVERYDAY TOURIST IT'S A CHARMING BED AND BREAKFAST.

THE ONLY THING THAT BRINGS TO LIGHT ITS HISTORY IS THE BRONZE PLAQUE IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL.

IT READS, HOTEL ROBINSON 1897.

BUILT FOR ALBERT ROBINSON AND WIFE MARGARET ON THE SITE OF THE RESTAURANT BAKERY.

IT'S THE SOLE SURVIVING JULIE ERA MINING HOTEL.

>> IT'S NOT ONLY ONE OF THE OLDEST HOTELS OWNED BY AFRICAN- AMERICANS BUT IT IS ALSO A NATIONAL HISTORICAL SITE.

>> LARRY MALONE IS A LOCAL HISTORIAN AND WROTE A BOOK ABOUT BLACK PIONEERS IN SAN DIEGO FROM THE 1880S TO THE 1920s.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE REALLY SURPRISED THAT JULIAN HAD A RICH HISTORY OF AFRICAN- AMERICAN HISTORY IN JULIAN.

>> PART OF THAT HISTORY STARTED WITH A LOVE STORY.

THE CURATOR OF THE AFRICAN MUSEUM AND RESEARCH CENTER.

>> THERE'S A LOVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THAT HOTEL AND JULIAN.

JUST LIKE THERE WAS A LOVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALVIN AND MARGARET.

>> HE SAID JULIAN WAS A SLEEPY LITTLE TOWN FOUNDED BY FORMER CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS BEFORE GOLD WAS DISCOVERED THERE.

>> IT WAS A LITTLE CITY UNTIL FRED COLEMAN, PART OF THE GOLD RUSH IN SACRAMENTO FOLLOWED THE GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS DOWN CALIFORNIA.

FOLLOWED IT DOWN THE RIVER AND THE MISSION VALLEY BACK UP TO ITS SOURCE HOPING THEY WOULD FIND GOLD JUST LIKE IN THE SACRAMENTO AREA.

>> THAT WAS 1869 AND STARTED THE FIRST AND ONLY GOLD RUSH IN SAN DIEGO.

BIG GO WEST, YOUNG MAN.

THERE'S GOLD IN THEM HILLS.

>> THE GOLDRUSH BROUGHT MANY BLACK PEOPLE TO JULIE BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE.

AMONG THEM WAS ALBERT ROBINSON.

>> HE SHOWS UP HERE IN JULIAN AND 1880 ON THE CENSUS RECORD.

>> THAT'S DAVID LEWIS.

HIS FAMILY LIVED IN JULIAN FOR FOUR GENERATIONS.

>> ALBERT, I'M ASSUMING WAS ENSLAVED WHEREVER HE WAS LIVING AT THE TIME.

HE SUPPOSEDLY CAME HERE WITH A MAN NAMED LEVI CHASE.

>> THERE'S NO HISTORY ABOUT HIM BEING AN EX-SLAVE.

HE CAME TO SAN DIEGO AREA IN EL CAJON AS A LABORER.

>> HIS WIFE MARGARET CAME TO JULIAN LATER.

>> SHE MARRIES ALBERT IN 1886.

SO THAT IS WHEN I BELIEVE THEY STARTED THE BAKERY AND THE RESTAURANT BECAUSE I BELIEVE HERE ON THIS SITE AND THEY RAN THAT FROM 1886 UNTIL 1902 WHEN THEY BUILT THIS HOTEL.

>> IT WAS FORTUNATE FOR THEM THAT THEY ARE PROPERTY, THAT LITTLE RESTAURANT WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM CITY HALL WITH THE BUTTERFIELD STAGE ON COMING FROM ARIZONA BROUGHT TRAVELERS.

>> THE TOWNHALL WAS ALSO THE SOCIAL HUB OF JULIAN.

>> THEY ALSO HELD DANCES THERE.

THESE DANCES COULD LAST ALL NIGHT.

AND ACCORDING TO WHAT I HAVE READ, THE HOTEL PROVIDED MEALS FOR THOSE DANCES AT NIGHT.

>> MRS. ROBINSON WAS FAMOUS FOR HER APPLE PIES.

AND PEOPLE WOULD COME FROM MILES AROUND TO SAMPLE MRS. ROBINSON'S APPLE PIES.

>> HER NAME IS LINKED TO THE APPLE PIES.

SHE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE THAT MADE APPLE PIES SO JULIAN APPLE PIES WAS NOT STARTED BY MARGARET ROBINSON.

THAT'S FOLKLORE.

>> ALBERT DIED IN 1915 AND MARGARET RAN THE HOTEL BY HERSELF UNTIL 1921 WHEN SHE SOLD IT FOR $1500.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY IN THIS HOTEL.

HE WAS GREAT, THE SON OF PRESENT GRANT USE TO STAY IN THIS ROOM BEFORE HE BUILT THE U.S. GRANT HOTEL IN 1910.

>> THE ROOMS AND HOTEL BEAR THE NAMES OF SOME OF THE PROMINENT PEOPLE WHO ONCE STAYED THERE.

FOR LEWIS IT'S PART OF HIS HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF JULIAN.

>> MY GREAT UNCLE IS TO COME HERE WITH HIS FAMILY WHEN HE WAS LITTLE AND WHEN THEY WOULD GET TO THE FRONT DOOR ALBERT WOULD COME OUT AND PICK HIM UP AND PUT HIM ON HIS SHOULDERS AND WALKING TO THE HOTEL.

AND MY UNCLE SAYS THAT I FELT LIKE I WAS 10 FEET TALL.

>>> MANY WORKING PARENTS ARE SPENDING A LARGE PORTION OF THEIR INCOME ON CHILDCARE.

AND MANY ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND CARE IN THE FIRST PLACE AS MORE PROVIDERS CLOSE THEIR DOORS.

FEDERAL RELIEF MONEY WAS SUPPOSED TO SUSTAIN THE INDUSTRY BUT THOSE FUNDS ARE ONCE AGAIN SET TO EXPIRE NEXT YEAR.

WITHOUT A PERMANENT SOLUTION PROVIDERS FEAR THE INDUSTRY WILL CONTINUE TO MELT DOWN.

>> OUR PLACE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS WILL SHRINK.

CHILDCARE PROVIDERS LIKE MYSELF WILL HAVE TO DECREASE OUR CAPACITY SO THAT MEANS MORE FAMILIES ARE GOING TO BE ON THAT BIND WHERE THEY CAN'T FIND CHILDCARE SERVICES.

>> THE IMPACT WILL HURT THE ECONOMY BECAUSE MORE PARENTS WILL BE PUSHED TO LEAVE THEIR JOBS TO CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

CALIFORNIA ALLOCATED ALMOST TO WINDOWS TO CHILDCARE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS IT'S UNCLEAR IF THE INVESTMENT WILL CONTINUE OR WHETHER IT WILL GROW IN THE COMING YEARS.

>>> WORKERS IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO MACY UP A BUMP IN 2024.

THE EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST MINIMUM WAGE WILL INCREASE FROM $16.30 TWO $16.85 PER HOUR.

THE CHANGES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITIES EARNED SICK LEAVE AND MINIMUM WAGE ORDERING EVERYTHING TWISTED TEMPER TO QUALIFY IN PLACE MUST WORK TWO HOURS AND ONE OR MANY WEEKS OF THE YEAR AND THEY MUST WORK WITHIN CITY LIMITS.

OKAY HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY STILL IN EFFECT AT OUR LOCAL BEACHES.

RENOUNCING THE DAMAGE THOSE WAVES ARE BRINGING.

AFTER STORMS LED TO HUGE WAVES ALL ALONG CALIFORNIA'S COAST YESTERDAY EVEN FORCING EVACUATIONS IN SANTA CRUZ.

INVENTOR, SECURITY VIDEO CAPTURE THE MOMENT A ROGUE WAVE CRASHED INTO A BEACH BARRIER INJURING SEVERAL BYSTANDERS.

WE ASKED BEACHGOERS WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF THE BIG WAVES HERE.

>> TODAY WAVES ARE EXTREME PIZZA EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ALREADY HAD TWO KING TIDES IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, TODAY'S WAVES ARE MUCH BIGGER.

SO THEY WERE PREDICTED 6-8 BUT I'VE SEEN UP TO 20 FOOTERS TODAY.

SO IT'S MOTHER NATURE PUTTING ON A SHOW FOR US.

IF YOU GO OVER THERE YOU WILL SEE 300 PEOPLE.

>> WE HEARD ABOUT THE BIG WAVES ON THE NEW SO WE CAME TO CHECK THEM OUT AND WE LIVED THERE QUITE A FEW YEARS AND IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST WAVES WE'VE EVER SEEN.

AND THE BIGGEST CROWDS ENJOYING THEM.

IT'S AMAZING THERE WERE EVEN SURFERS OUT IN THIS AMAZING SURF ALMOST LIKE A LIE.

>> I SURF THIS AREA PRETTY MUCH FROM ENCINITAS DOWN TO SAN DIEGO.

HOPEFULLY IN A WEEK OR SO ONCE IT COMES DOWN CUT IT WILL BE MORE SEARCHABLE BECAUSE TODAY IT'S REALLY TOUGH OUT THERE.

>> THAT WAS PRODUCED BY KPBS.

THE LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR PLANNING INCLUDE CARDIFF AND SEASIDE STATE BEACHES.

PARTS OF DAMAR, FISHERS MISSION BEACH AND IMPERIAL BEACH.

THE ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH 2:00 P.M. NEW YEAR'S DAY.

>>> IF YOU VENTURED YOUR WAY TOWARD THE COAST ANYTIME RECENTLY YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW THE CHANGES OF THIS STORM PUSHING THEM.

IT'S BEEN SPECTACULAR TO FIND SOME OF THOSE WAVES STARTING TO BUILD AND HIGH SURF WARNINGS POISED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

SO IF YOU ARE VENTURING ANYWHERE NEAR THE WATER YOU HAVE TO BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS.

SOME OF THE WAVES COMING ASHORE HAVE COME IN PRETTY FAR AND THEY CAN ALL CONTRIBUTE TO COASTAL FLOODING.

COASTAL FLOODING ADVISORY ALONG THE COAST AS THIS WILL ALSO BE IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

SO PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS OUT THERE.

WE GO THROUGH THE WEATHER HEADLINES PER THE SUBSISTING COMMISSION BRINGS A CHANCE FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HEADING INTO TOMORROW.

THE WETTEST TIME WILL BE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND START TO BREAK UP THROUGH THE DAY.

THAT'S NOT TO SAY LOOKING AT THE THUNDERSTORMS.

SUNDAY WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT STORM SYSTEM.

A LOT OF THE DAY WILL BE DRY AND LATE IN THE DAY WHEN THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM KICKS IN.

THEN WE ARE KICKING AROUND SHOWERS FOR THE NEXT WEEK OFF AND ON.

SO IT WILL BE COMPLETELY DRY OR QUIET.

NOTICE SOME OF THE WET WEATHER ENTERING OCEANSIDE FIRST AS WE HAD THROUGH THE NIGHT.

THAT WILL BE TOWARDS DAYBREAK.

THE REST OF US LARGELY QUITE OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40s.

GOING INTO THE 60s TOMORROW IN PLACES LIKE ESCONDIDO AND NOTICED THE RAIN COMING THROUGH .

AT TIMES IT'S REALLY SOAKING IN SOME LOCATIONS.

YOU GOT TO BE CAUTIOUS.

HERE'S THE FORECAST FOR THE COAST.

YOU CAN FIND THOSE CLOUDS REMAINING ON SUNDAY BUT MORNING RAIN IS THE STORY AS WE HAD THROUGH TOMORROW AND IT BEGINS LATE TONIGHT.

SO TOMORROW MORNING IS WHERE THE ACTION IS.

TEMPERATURE STAYING IN THE 60s FOR THE INLAND COMMUNITIES TOO BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT WET WEATHER STILL HOLDING ON THROUGH SATURDAY.

RAIN AND DRIZZLE NOT THE EASIEST TIME TO BE OUT ABOUT THAT YOU HAVE TO BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS.

MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN COMING IN THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.

IN THE MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS, IS LARGELY RAIN WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30s BUT NOTICE THE TREND.

WE GO DOWN INTO THE EARLY WEEK FOR NEW YEAR'S WHERE IT WILL BE A LOT COOLER AND THAT WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE INTO SOME WET WEATHER AS WE HEAD TO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

>>> FOR SOME VETERANS, RETURNING TO CIVILIAN LIFE CAN BE A CHALLENGE.

FOR THOSE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH A LITTLE HELP FROM A FOUR-LEGGED FRIEND CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

HOWEVER A SHORTAGE OF VOLUNTEERS WILLING TO TRAIN SERVICE DOGS MEANS NOT ENOUGH VETERANS ARE ABLE TO GET THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED.

AMANDA HAS THAT STORY.

>> Reporter: >> SHE KNOWS WHEN I'M HAVING A BAD DAY AND KNOWS WHEN I'M ANXIOUS.

SHE'S MY COPILOT.

>> RETIRED ARMY SETS SIGNED HAS PTSD AND BIPOLAR DISORDER EXASPERATED BY HIS TIME IN IRAQ.

GEMMA IS THERE TO HELP.

>> I'M REALLY DEPRESSED AND HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING OUT OF BED, SHE WILL COME IN LIKE RIGHT NEXT TO ME.

JUST HAVING THAT PRESENCE HAS REALLY DONE A LOT FOR ME IN MY MENTAL HEALTH.

>> HE SAID SHE ALMOST NEVER LEAVES HER SIDE.

>> THE MOST PART SHE COMES WITH ME EVERYWHERE.

WE ARE LIKE BATMAN AND ROBIN.

SOMETIMES I GET TO BE BATMAN.

>> LIKE EVERY GOOD HERO JIM HAS AN ORIGIN STORY.

>> THIS IS HER PUPPY BOOK BUT IT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MISS WENDY WHO WAS THE PUP VOLUNTEER PUPPY RAISER WHO RAISED GEMMA.

>> THE PAIR ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER BY A COLLABORATION BETWEEN SERVICE DOG ORGANIZATION CANINE COMPANIONS AND THE PENN FED CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION AS PART OF INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT RIGHTS FOR ANIMALS TO VETERANS AND OTHERS WITH A DISABILITY.

>> IT MEANS A LOT TO ME TO KNOW HOW LEFT SHE WAS.

>> THE PROGRAM HAS A TWO-YEAR WITNESS BECAUSE THERE ARE ENOUGH PEOPLE LIKE THESE PUPPY RAISERS.

WENDY AND A SIX-TIME PUPPY RAISER.

PEOPLE ASKED ME EVERYDAY HOW CAN YOU LOVE KUTNER TO RAISE AND TRAIN A PUPPY FROM AGE 8 WEEKS TO 18 MONTHS AND THEN SAY GOODBYE.

AND TO BE HONEST, IT IS BRUTAL.

BUT HOW CAN I NOT.

IF I DON'T DO IT, WHO WILL?

>> DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOW LOOKING TO CORPORATIONS TO HELP MEET THE GROWING DEMAND FOR WELL-TRAINED PUPS.

>> THEY PAY THE VETERINARY BILLS AND PROVIDE THE FOOD AND TRAINING SUPPLIES.

HAVING A SERVICE DOG IN THE OFFICE REALLY BUILDS A CULTURE OF TEAMWORK.

EVERYONE CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR SOMETHING GREATER THAN THEMSELVES.

>> SHE SAYS SHARING RESPONSIBILITY WITH COLLEAGUES AND MEETING THE VETERANS CAN EASE THE HEARTBREAK KID >> IT'S HARD TO SAY GOODBYE BUT IT IS BETTER TO SAY HELLO TO THE VETERAN WHOSE LIFE IS CHANGE.

>> VETERANS SAY HIS DOG MAKES HER FEEL LIKE A BETTER PERSON.

>> OUR SHORTCOMINGS SOMETIMES GET THE BETTER OF US AND WE CAN GET TRAPPED IN A SPACE THAT'S UNHEALTHY.

AND THEY CAN LITERALLY PULL YOU OUT OF THAT DARKNESS FOR A FEW MINUTES.

IT'S NICE.

>>> AS THE YOU WRAPS UP HERE ARE SOME OF THE 2023 FILMS JUST HITTING CINEMAS AND SCREENING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

HERE'S THE ROUNDUP.

>> Reporter: ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT.

IN VERSES YOU AND DOWN FROM ITS OPENING FRAME.

IT CREATES A SOUNDSCAPE THAT DEFINES A SENSE OF LACE FOR CHARACTERS CONNECTED TO THE LAND IN THE RURAL SOUTH.

THE TITLE IS A CLUE TO HOW THE FILM SHOULD BE EXPERIENCE.

IT'S NOT ABOUT PLOT OR LINEAR NARRATIVE BUT RATHER A FILM YOU WANT TO TOUCH, TASTE AND SMELL.

POET TURNED FILMMAKER RAVEN JACKSON OFFERS A TACTILE JOURNEY ACROSS DECADES IN THE LIVES OF A MISSISSIPPI FAMILY.

ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT OPENS EXCLUSIVELY AT DIGITAL JIM ZIMMER IS A FILM WITH A SOUL AND AN EXQUISITE SENSE OF BEING HANDCRAFTED.

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND SEEK THIS GYM OUT.

>> IN 1972 A PLANE CARRYING THE URUGUAY RUGBY TEAM CRASHED IN THE REMOTE ANDES.

IT WOULD TAKE RESCUERS 72 DAYS TO FIND THE PLANE.

DURING THAT TIME THE SURVIVORS HAD TO DEAL WITH EXPOSURE, HYPOTHERMIA, AVALANCHES AND STARVATION UNTIL ONLY 16 REMAINED ALIVE.

IN SOCIETY OF THE SNOW, SPANISH DIRECT YOUR TAKES AN ALMOST POETIC APPROACH TO THE STORY.

GIVING VOICE TO BOTH THE SURVIVORS AND THOSE WHO DIED.

THE FILM BEGINS BY SHOWING THE CAMARADERIE OF THE TEAM AND HOW THAT LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR SURVIVAL AFTER THE CRASH.

ALTHOUGH THE DEATHS WERE TRAGIC, THE FACT THAT ANYONE SURVIVED WAS A MIRACLE.

IN THE FILM ULTIMATELY FINDS SOMETHING INSPIRING AND MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE TRANSCENDENT IN THAT.

>> GEORGE CLOONEY'S THE BOSE BOYS IN THE BOAT IS A SPORTS THEMED FILM.

IT'S PERFECTLY COMPETENT IN EXECUTION, WELL ACTED AND SOLID PRODUCTION VALUES BUT JUST NOT ANYTHING TO GET EXCITED ABOUT.

CLOONEY GETS PRETTY SHOTS OF THE BOATS ON THE WATER BUT IT WAS FELT OUTSIDE THE SPORT.

I NEVER FELT THE BLISTERS OF ACHING MUSCLES THAT COME WITH ACCRUING.

THE FILM IS A GIFT WRAPPED IN TRANSPARENT PAPER.

YOU KNOW EVERYTHING YOU WOULD GET BEFORE YOU EVEN OPEN IT.

I PREFER BEING SURPRISED.

SO WHILE I ENJOYED WATCHING THIS, I DOUBT I WOULD EVER WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN.

THE VON ERIC BROTHERS WERE PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS IN THE EARLY 1980s.

THEIR TRUE STORY PROVIDES THE BASIS FOR THE IRON CLAW, A GLUM MUSCLEBOUND BY THE NUMBER SPORTS DRAMA.

SOLID IS A TOUGH CONTROLLING FATHER WHO SIGNS KEEP MEETING WITH TRAGIC FATES.

THE FILM PROVES TO BE A SAD RATHER THAN TRAGIC TALE AND HAS NO FEEL FOR THE PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING WORLD IT DEPICTS.

TO END ON A HIGH NOTE.

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