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

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>>> THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO SAID IT IS CONSIDERING FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY.

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I MAYA TRABULSI.

THE DIOCESE HAS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY BEFORE IN A SIMILAR SCENARIO ROUGHLY 15 YEARS AGO.

>> Reporter: THE DIOCESE SAYS THEY ARE SIMILARLY CONSIDERING FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY SO THEY CAN COMPENSATE ALL VICTIMS OF SEXUAL USE.

>> IT HAS BEEN CLOSE TO 30 YEARS SINCE THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A CLAIM IN SAN DIEGO BEING ACCUSED OF ABUSING A MINOR.

>> Reporter: THE DIOCESE FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY IN 2007 BUT THE CASE WAS DISMISSED AND THEY SETTLED WITH THE VICTIMS FOR $200 MILLION.

>> WE WILL BE DOING THIS AGAIN.

THEY WANT TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY.

THEY WANT TO PROTECT THEIR ASSETS AND TRY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT THEY NEED TO PLAY AND TO CUT OFF FUTURE CLAIMS AGAINST THEM.

>> Reporter: A SEXUAL ABUSE ATTORNEY HELP TO NEGOTIATE THE EARLIER SETTLEMENT.

HE REPRESENTS ALMOST 120 SURVIVORS WITH LAWSUITS AGAINST THE DIOCESE.

HE SAID THE LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT IS PREMATURE AND UNFAIR TO SURVIVORS.

>> THEY SHOULD NOT BE USING BANKRUPTCY AS A WAY TO AVOID SETTLEMENTS.

THAT IS NOT THE POINT OF A BANKRUPTCY.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER ATTORNEY FOR THE VICTIMS HAD EVEN STRONGER CRITICISM.

IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT HE SAID HE DEFIED SUCH A FILING BY A HEALTHY AND WEALTHY INSTITUTION.

HE ADDED THAT THE MAFIA IS NOT ALLOWED TO FILE BANKRUPTCY AND NEITHER SHOULD THE CATHOLIC HIERARCHY.

THIS IS THE RESULT OF A BILL THAT EXTENDS THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CHILD ABUSE CLAIMS.

THE DIOCESE SAID THEY HAVE RECEIVED NEARLY 400 CLAIMS ALLEGING SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR BY A PRIEST OR THE CLERGY MEMBER WITH SOME CASES DATING BACK TO 1945.

>> ALMOST 3/4 OF THEM ARE IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1945 IN 1975.

>> Reporter: THEY PLAN TO SEND LETTERS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL BANKRUPTCY TO PARISHIONERS THIS WEEKEND.

>>> IT WAS A LONG-AWAITED MOMENT THIS MORNING WITH THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR SAN DIEGO'S FIRST AIDS MEMORIAL.

WE WERE THERE.

HERE IS MORE ON THE STORY DECADES IN THE MAKING.

>> THREE, TWO, ONE.

[APPLAUSE] >> Reporter: A COUNTDOWN TO HISTORY AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND MANY OTHERS BREAK GROUND ON A MEMORIAL PARK THAT WILL GIVE THEM SPACE TO HEAL THEIR BROKEN HEARTS.

>> MANY WHO DIED OF AIDS DIED ALONE WITH THE COMPLETE REJECTION OF THEIR FAMILY.

WE HAVE CHOSEN FAMILY THAT WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THEM IN OUR HEARTS.

>> Reporter: MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO SHARE THIS MOMENT EXPERIENCED THE EARLY DAYS OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC.

WHILE THEY SURVIVED THEY LOST SO MANY FRIENDS AND SOULMATES.

THESE ARTIST RENDERINGS SHOW THE $2.3 MILLION ALL OF STREET PARK COMING TO BAKER'S HILL WITH THE MEMORIAL AND CANYON OVERLOOK.

IN HONOR OF THE 8000 SAN DIEGO AND WHO DIED BEFORE THERE WAS TREATMENT.

BIG MIKE PHILLIPS IS A FRIEND THAT TOOK CARE OF SOMEONE THAT DIED IN 1989.

>> TO BE ABLE TO STAND HERE AND SAY WE DO NOT FORGET YOU.

WE STILL REMEMBER YOU.

WE STILL LOVE YOU.

BECAUSE YOU HAD TO DIE OF THIS HORRIBLE DISEASE DOES NOT MEAN YOU WON'T BE REMEMBERED.

>> Reporter: IT HAD BEEN MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF PLANNING AND EFFORT TO TURN THIS PARKING LOT INTO A MEMORIAL PARK.

IT WILL BE ANOTHER TWO YEARS BEFORE IT OPENS.

THAT'S A LONG TIME AND THERE'S A LONG LEGACY OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED PEOPLE LIVING AND DYING WITH AIDES FROM THE BEGINNING.

LORI LEONARD STARTED MOM'S COOKING BASED ON THE COOKING OF HER MOTHER, THE DEATH OF HER BROTHER FOR MADE SEVEN NEED TO FEED PATIENTS THAT ARE GOING HUNGRY.

GARY STARTED A FLUFF AND FOLD DOING LAUNDRY FOR PATIENTS THAT CANNOT DO THERE'S.

HE LATER DIED OF AIDS.

>> THIS IS MOSTLY WHAT WE DEAL.

WE SERVE ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY THAT WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE OTHERWISE.

WE HELP THEM KEEP THEIR LIFE ABOVE WATER.

>> THIS MEMORIAL IS A TRIBUTE TO THE PAST AND A SYMBOL OF HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.

>> Reporter: SEVERAL SHOVELS FULL OF HOPE ARE JUST THE BEGINNING.

>>> THE EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF TURKEY AND NORTHERN BORDER HE OF SYRIA IS THE DEADLIEST SEISMIC EVENT SINCE THE 2010 DISASTER IN HAITI.

THERE'S BEEN A MASSIVE LOCAL RESPONSE TO PROVIDE HELP BUT THEY SAY IT IS NOT BEING DISTRIBUTED EVENLY BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.

A SENIOR FELLOW WITH THE MIDDLE EASTERN INSTITUTE PROGRAM TOLD US SOME OF THE CHALLENGES TO GET MORE AID OUR POLITICAL ISSUES.

>> TO THIS DAY PEOPLE ARE STILL BEING DUG OUT BY SYRIAN CIVIL DEFENSE.

THESE ARE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED.

YOU CAN IMAGINE, TO DIG OUT PEOPLE FROM THE AFTERMATH OF BOMBINGS BY GOVERNMENT FORCES AND RUSSIAN AIR FORCE.

THEY ARE NOW USING THOSE SKILLS TO DIG OUT PEOPLE.

>> THEY SAY THAT GREATER AID AND RESPONSE IS NEEDED.

SOME SYRIANS IN SAN DIEGO WILL BE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE ADMINISTRATION CENTER TOMORROW TO SHOW SOLIDARITY FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY THE EARTHQUAKE.

>>> TOMORROW IS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE.

ONE SAN DIEGO NONPROFIT IS GETTING GIRLS INVOLVED IN STEM YEAR-ROUND.

>> I PLAN TO BE A MECHANICAL ENGINEER AND ROBOTICS.

>> I WANT TO START MY OWN BUSINESS.

>> I WANT TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR.

>> Reporter: MEET THE SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND BUSINESS LEADERS OF THE FUTURE.

THESE GIRLS DO NOT NEED A SPECIAL OCCASION TO CELEBRATE SCIENCE.

THEY EAT, SLEEP, AND BREATHE IT EVERY DAY.

THE LACK OF FEMALE REPRESENTATION WITHIN STEM IS WHAT INSPIRED THEM TO LAUNCH A NONPROFIT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> WHEN YOU SEE FORTUNE 50 COMPANIES, CEOS, PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING DECISIONS YOU MOST LIKELY WILL NOT SEE A WOMAN OF COLOR AND THAT TYPE A SPACE OR POSITION.

WE WANT STUDENTS TO KNOW THEY CAN BE DECISION-MAKERS, CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS AND REALLY THINK ABOUT THEMSELVES AS LEADERS AT A YOUNG AGE.

>> Reporter: GREATER THAN TECH TEACHES STUDENTS THINGS LIKE ROBOTICS, DRONES AND THE DIFFERENT CAREER PATHS INVOLVED IN SCIENCE.

LEILANI FELL IN LOVE WITH STEM AFTER THE NONPROFIT VISITED HER SCHOOL.

>> I SAW A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

WE WERE DOING BUSINESS PITCHES AND DEMONSTRATING TO THE JUDGES.

>> Reporter: SINCE ITS CREATION IN 2019 AROUND 300 KIDS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT BY GREATER THAN TECH.

DR. WHITNEY WHEELER SAID WOMEN HAVE A LOT TO OFFER THE WORLD OF STEM.

>> IT'S THE SELF-CONFIDENCE AND INTUITIVENESS.

WORKING THAT ENGINEERING AND WANTING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.

WE PUT OUR HEART AND SOUL INTO ANYTHING WE DO AS WOMEN SO WE WILL MAKE SURE WE DO IT RIGHT.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE SUCH STRONG WOMEN GUIDING THEM.

>> IT CAN INSPIRE THEM THAT THEY CAN DO THIS ALSO.

ONE DAY THEY CAN HOPEFULLY ACHIEVE IT.

>> Reporter: JACQUELINE IS ANOTHER SUCCESS STORY.

>> I WAS ABLE TO GET A FULL RIDE TO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.

>> Reporter: SHE CREDITS THE NONPROFIT WITH GIVING HER THE CONFIDENCE TO PURSUE HER PASSION.

>> I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN ENGINEERING BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A DREAM BECAUSE I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO DEVELOP IT.

IT WASN'T UNTIL I JOINED GREATER THAN TECH AND STARTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ENGINEERING THAT IT BECAME A REALITY FOR ME.

>> Reporter: TOMORROW MAYBE INTERNATIONAL DAY WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE BUT THESE GIRLS PROVE THAT SCIENCE IS PART OF THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE.

>>> THIS WEEKEND'S SUPER BOWL SUNDAY WHICH HAS A HISTORY HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

MELISSA MAY TAKES US BACK TO THE FIRST TIME OUR CITY HOSTED THE BIG-GAME WHEN QUARTERBACK DOUG WILLIAMS MADE HISTORY.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO NEVER WON A SUPER BOWL BUT THE CITY HAS HOSTED THE GAME THREE TIMES.

DURING SUPER BOWL XXII HISTORY WAS MADE.

>> THAT WHOLE THING.

THE FIRST BLACK QUARTERBACK AND THEY WON.

DOUG WILLIAMS, IF I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO HIM I WAS SAY I LOVE YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU.

>> Reporter: THAT IS PHILIP SMITH WHO IS A 31-YEAR-OLD SAILOR STATIONED IN SAN DIEGO DURING THAT SUPER BOWL.

YOU CANNOT GET A TICKET TO THE GAME BUT HE SAID HE GOT THE NEXT BEST THING.

>> THE FIRST TIME I SAW THAT IT WAS DOUG WILLIAMS IN THAT HOTEL, I HAD THE SUPER BOWL XXII PROGRAM AND I SAID, DOUG, COULD YOU PLEASE SIGN THAT FOR ME SO HE SIGNED IT AND WE SHOOK HANDS.

HIS HANDS WERE VERY, VERY BIG.

>> Reporter: IT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT HE IS A SUPERFAN A DOUG WILLIAMS WAS MORE THAN JUST A PLAYER TO HIM.

>> I REMEMBER IF YOU'RE A BLACK FOOTBALL PLAYER YOU DON'T BE A QUARTERBACK.

YOU CAN RUN FAST, YOU CAN CATCH, YOU CAN TACKLE.

DOUG WILLIAMS, HE WAS IN THERE.

HE DID IT.

>> DOUG WILLIAMS FOR ME IN FOOTBALL TERMS, HE MAY NOT BE AT THE EXACT SAME TABLE AS JACKIE ROBINSON, BUT HE IS IN THE SAME LOBBY AND AT THE SAME SET OF TABLES IN TERMS OF BREAKING THROUGH.

>> Reporter: JOE McGILL JUNIOR IS A COACH FOR QUARTERBACKS.

HE'S A PRETEEN DURING THAT SUPER BOWL.

>> THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING.

THIS MEANS I CAN FOR SURE DO THIS NOW.

HIM GETTING THERE WAS ALREADY A STORY.

TO SHOW OUT LIKE THAT, I CRIED.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THE WIN GAVE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY A GIFT.

>> YOU HAVE TO DO IT.

HIS HANDS HAVE BEEN ON THAT BIG HEAVY DOOR FOR DECADES.

THERE WERE SOME OTHER HANDS HELPING BUT IT WAS HIS TWO HANDS THAT PUSHED IT THROUGH.

>> I WATCHED AND I LOOKED.

YOU CAME UP STRONG.

I WANTED TO LOOK AT YOU AND SAY YOU ARE STRONG.

YOU WANT TO BE STRONG ALSO.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE THINGS WE KNOW AND THANK YOU FOR THE THINGS WE DON'T KNOW.

THANK YOU FOR OUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESSED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESILIENCE.

>> Reporter: SUPER BOWL XXII ENDED WITH WASHINGTON SCORING 42 POINTS AND DENVER SCORING 10.

DOUG WILLIAMS WAS THE MVP AND SET NFL RECORDS.

MORE IMPORTANTLY HE SHOWED KIDS THAT LOOK LIKE HIM THAT THEY BELONG ON THE BIGGEST STAGE IN SPORTS.

>>> THE ADS ARE JUST AS BIG OF A DRAW AS THE GAME.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ TELLS US HOW THE APPROACHES CHANGE IN THIS YEAR AND WHY MAJOR BRANDS ARE WILLING TO PAY RECORD HIGH PRICES TO BE PART OF THE SHOW.

>> WHAT ARE THESE, WE CALL THEM POP CORNERS.

>> Reporter: DORITOS ARE FEEDING A PAPARAZZI FRENZY.

M&Ms ARE GOING IN A SHOCKING NEW DIRECTION.

THIS YEAR'S SUPERSIZE SUPER BOWL ADS SEEM TO HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.

>> IT IS THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT RUNNING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE ADS.

>> Reporter: WITH VIEWERSHIP LIKELY TO BE OVER 100 MILLION ADVERTISERS CAN MAKE BIG GAINS CATCHING EYES DURING THE GAME.

WITH A 32nd SPOT GOING FOR $7 MILLION IT CAN ALSO BE A GAMBLE.

>> THERE WILL BE 60 COMMERCIALS AND WE WILL PROBABLY BE TALKING ABOUT 10 OF THEM.

>> Reporter: OF EARLY PREVIEWS ARE ANY INDICATION THE BIG FEATURE IN THIS YEAR'S ADDS, >> CELEBRITIES.

>> Reporter: MAJOR COMPANIES ARE BANKING ON SUPERSTARS.

THE MOST IMPACTFUL ADS DON'T HAVE TO BE STAR-STUDDED.

THE KEY TO SUCCESS IS CREATING A CONVERSATION.

>> THE SUPER BOWL IS A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT.

>>> BLACK COMIC STAY RETURNS TO THE CULTURAL CENTER TO CELEBRATE ITS FIFTH YEAR.

THE CONVENTION CELEBRATES BLACK CRATERS AND ARTISTS FROM INDEPENDENT COMPANIES.

BEST HAS THIS PREVIEW.

>> I HAVE A COMPANY CALLED KID.

>> Reporter: EARLIER THIS WEEK THIS COMICS CRATERS SPOKE TO FIFTH-GRADERS AT THE WORLDBEAT CULTURAL CENTER.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS CHARACTER SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

WE WILL CREATE A SUPERHERO.

MOST SUPERHEROES HAVE SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS WHAT THEIR POWER IS.

>> I REALLY ENJOY CHOOSING THE CHARACTER THAT I WANTED.

I LIKED HOW SHE HAD THE SCAR BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS OUR COUNTRY.

>> HE IS SO INCREDIBLE.

HE BRINGS THIS AND REALIZED THEY HAVE HEROES.

OUR HISTORY, NOT HIS STORY.

>> Reporter: JONES DEMONSTRATED HOW EAGER THE KIDS ARE TO SEE THEMSELVES AND THEIR CULTURE REPRESENTED.

ADULT CAN GET EXCITED AT THOSE WELL.

AN OLD SILVER SERVER COMIC FROM THE 1960S INSPIRED JOHN JENNINGS TO RESURRECT THE MARVEL CHARACTER AS A SUPERHERO NAMED GO SLEIGH.

>> I PURSUE WITH MY NAME.

>> Reporter: THE RESULT IS A GRAPHIC NOVEL CALLED BLACKULA, RETURN OF THE KING .

>> UNDERNEATH THE BLACKSPLOITATION THERE WAS THIS TONE THAT WAS THERE.

>> Reporter: HE WANTS TO TAP INTO THAT SENSE OF REVOLUTION BY CELEBRATING BLACK CREATORS WHO WILL ALL APPEAR ON A PANEL THIS YEAR.

THEY ALL HAVE STORIES IN AN UPCOMING COMIC CALLED SHOOK.

PORTALES APPEAL TO THE WRITERS.

THEY ARE THE PERFECT CANVAS FOR SOCIAL COMMENTARY.

>> THEY GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THESE MONSTROUS THINGS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE COUNTRY WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DISTANCE.

>> Reporter: THEY ALSO HAVE A DEALERS ROOM FOR BLACK CREATORS.

>> YOU CAN CONGREGATE WITH THEM AND SEE THEIR MERCHANDISE.

YOUNG ARTISTS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BRING YOUR PORTFOLIOS.

>> Reporter: THE CONVENTION ALSO CELEBRATES THE COMIC MEDIUM.

>> THERE IS NO MEDIUM THAT SPEAKS AS MUCH AS COMICS DO.

EVERYTHING ON THE PAGE CAN TELL A STORY.

EVERYTHING HAS SYMBOLIC MEANING.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE POETRY TO ME.

>> Reporter: HE TENDS TO PUT OVER MESSAGES IN HIS OWN COMICS.

>> IT IS MY STATEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO RACE RELATIONS AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL COMMENTARY.

BLACK COMIC STAY IS MY IDEA OF GETTING EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND CO-MINGLE AND HAVE GOOD TIME TO SEE THAT WE ALL LIKE THE SAME KIND OF THINGS.

>> Reporter: BLACK COMIC STAY HIGHLIGHTS THE DIVERSITY AND ARTISTRY OF BLACK CREATORS AS IT RETURNS TO THE CULTURAL CENTER AT BALBOA PARK THIS WEEKEND.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE FBI SEARCHES FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE'S HOME FOR CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.

THE LATEST COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION.

>>> ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARKS IN THE WEST MIGHT SOON LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT IF NOT VANISH ALTOGETHER.

SCIENTISTS ARE WARNING THAT UTAH'S GREAT SALT LAKE IS ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.

WE ASK WHAT CAN BE DONE TO SAVE IT.

>> Reporter: THIS IS WHAT IS LEFT OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE.

UNCHECKED WATER USE AND CLIMATE CHANGE ARE NOT JUST THREATENING THE BIRDS AND SAILBOATS.

THE WESTERN MEGA DROUGHT THREATENS A LOT MORE THAN JUST SNOW SPORTS.

AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY.

THIS LAKEBED HOLDS CENTURIES OF RUNOFF.

IF IT TURNS TO DUST, IT ADDS TO SOME OF THE WORST AIR POLLUTION IN THE COUNTRY.

IT WILL AFFECT OVER TWO AND A HALF- MILLION PEOPLE.

>> WE HAVE DONE THIS EXPERIMENT BEFORE.

WE KNOW ABOUT PARTICULATE POLLUTION.

WE KNOW ABOUT HEAVY METALS AND HOW THEY ARE BAD FOR HUMANS.

THIS IS AN ECOLOGICAL DISASTER THAT WILL BECOME A HUMAN HEALTH DISASTER.

>> Reporter: BONNIE IS AMONG THE SCIENTISTS THAT RECENTLY WARNED THAT THE GREAT SALT LAKE AS WE KNOW IT WILL SHRIVEL BEFORE BECOMING A GREAT, TOXIC DUST BOWL.

>> IF A PERSON WAS STANDING OUT THERE WATER WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOVE THEIR HEAD A FEW YEARS AGO.

>> Reporter: THIS IS WHAT IS KNOWN AS A TERMINAL WITH NO RIVERS TO TAKE MINERALS TO THE SEE.

THEY BUILD UP OVER TIME.

DEVELOPERS >> THIS IS 12 TO 15 TIMES BIGGER .

IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO A METROPOLITAN CENTER WHICH THAT LINK WAS NOT.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL BREEZE THIS DUST IMMEDIATELY.

IT IS REAL CONCERN.

WE HAVE DONE THAT EXPERIMENT.

WE SHOULD NOT DO IT AGAIN.

>> Reporter: WE ARE LOOKING AT THE GREAT SALT LAKE IN A POSITION RIGHT NOW WHERE WE CAN AVOID THAT KIND OF CATASTROPHE.

WE DO NOT HAVE TO SPEND THOSE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF REMEDIATION IN THE FUTURE IF WE MAKE CHOICES TODAY.

>> Reporter: BRIAN CUSTER EVE, AND JOHN ARE FROM RIVAL UTAH UNIVERSITIES.

>> WE ALL WANT CLEAN AIR.

OR MIKE THEY ARE PART OF THE NEWLY FORMED GREAT SALT LAKE STRIKE TEAM OUT TO CONVINCE EVERYBODY THAT EVERY DROP COUNTS.

>> I DO NOT THINK PEOPLE WERE SUFFICIENTLY TALKING.

I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE INTERESTED.

THE GOVERNOR, THE STATE, THE LEGISLATURE.

THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED IN SCENARIOS AND SOLUTIONS SO WE DO NOT END UP WITH A CATASTROPHIC OUTCOME.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE IS FOR THE STATE TO PAY FARMERS FOR WATER RIGHTS.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN DO THAT GO TO THAT EXTREME.

>> Reporter: WHEN U.S. MAGNESIUM WANTED TO EXTEND CANALS IN LOS ANGELES THE STATE SAID NO.

LAST YEAR THE LEGISLATURE FINALLY BEGAN REVISING WATER LAWS WRITTEN IN THE DAYS OF THE WILD WEST.

>> SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE WE TAKE A STEP FORWARD AND A STEP BACK, ALL OF THOSE PIECES OF WATER LEGISLATION THAT PASSED WERE BIPARTISAN AND UNANIMOUS.

WHERE DOES THAT HAPPEN ANYMORE.

>> Reporter: FINGERS CROSSED IT KEEPS HAPPENING BECAUSE THE ONLY THING THAT CAN HELP IS A LOT OF SNOW AND EVEN MORE COOPERATION.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER HEADLINES.

WINDS WILL DIE DOWN AND THEN WE WILL PAY ATTENTION TO A STORM COMING FROM THE NORTH.

WITH THAT WE WILL SEE SOME MUCH COOLER AIR OVER THE WEEKEND.

SHOWERS WILL RETURN ESPECIALLY LATER SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.

SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WE HAVE SOME STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS COMING TO THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS.

AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER IN THE METRO TONIGHT, PARTLY CLOUDY.

THE TEMPERATURE WILL SETTLE DOWN TO ABOUT 50 DEGREES.

LOOKING AT THE WEATHER TONIGHT, JUST A FEW CLOUDS AROUND.

IT IS CALLING TO THE LOWER 40s.

OCEANSIDE, ESCONDIDO, AND RAMONA 39.

EL CAJON TO 45.

MOUNT LAGUNA AT 38.

HERE ON THE FUTURE CAST, HERE IS THE NEXT STORM THAT WILL BE SWIRLING DOWN THE COAST OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW.

WE WILL SEE SOME HIGH CLOUDS AND THEN LOW CLOUDS WITH THIS ONSHORE FLOW.

FOR TOMORROW, CLOUDS WILL BE WITH US AND SOME SHOWERS ESPECIALLY LATER IN THE DAY.

IT WILL ALSO BE A COOLER DAY.

TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE LOWER 60s AND MOUNT LAGUNA IN THE LOW 40s.

HERE IS THE STORM DROPPING DOWN THE COAST.

COOL, BREEZY, SHOWERS.

SNOW LEVELS IN THE MOUNTAINS PROBABLY DROPPING DOWN TO ABOUT 4000 FEET.

HERE IS OUR EXTENDED FORECAST FOR YOU.

COOLER ON SATURDAY, SHOWERS DEVELOP.

COOL FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

THE INLAND SECTIONS, YOU SEE A COOLING TREND.

THE NEXT SYSTEM COMES IN ON TUESDAY.

INTO THE MOUNTAINS WE GO AND WE ARE LOOKING AT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS.

THE NEXT SYSTEM ON TUESDAY COULD GIVE US SOME ICE.

IN THE DESERTS WE WILL SEE SHOWERS OVER THE WEEKEND AND A NICE DAY ON MONDAY AND COOLER FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

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

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

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.