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>>> THEY LOST EVERYTHING IN A RECORD-BREAKING STORM AND NOW THEY ARE PLANNING TO SUE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I AM ALEXANDER NGUYEN IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

TODAY RESIDENTS OF THE MOUNTAIN VIEW APARTMENT COMPLEX ANNOUNCER LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF SANTA ANA.

THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THE COMPLEX HAS FLOODED.

>> Reporter: A STORM CHANNEL RUNS ALONGSIDE DEPARTMENTS AT 4150 NATIONAL AVENUE IN MOUNTAIN VIEW.

THE 32 JANUARY 22ndGOMEZ IS REPRESENTING ABOUT HALF THE RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY THE PLAN.

HE SAID THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO NEGLECTED TO KEEP THIS CHANNEL FREE OF DEBRIS.

>> WOULD FEEL LIKE FOLKS THAT WERE DISPLACED OR HARMED ARE LIVING IN APARTMENTS AND THEY ARE RENTERS AND THEY DESERVE JUSTICE TOO.

WE ARE HERE TO HELP THESE SAN DIEGANS.

>> Reporter: GOMEZ SAYS HE'S CONSIDERING A SEPARATE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE OWNERS OF THE COMPLEX SAYING THEY KNEW THAT FLOODING COULD HAPPEN BUT DIDN'T INFORM THE TENANTS.

>> THEY WERE NOT TOLD THIS HAD HAPPENED BEFORE TO THIS EXACT COMPLEX.

AND SO THEY WERE UNABLE TO MAKE INFORMED CHOICES OR DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER THEY WILL LIVE HERE OR NOT.

THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THIS WHEN IT STARTED TO RAIN.

>> Reporter: THE CREEK FLOODED THE COMPLEX IN 2018 AND THE OWNER SUED THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO FOR DAMAGES.

THE CITY SETTLED THE CASE FOR MORE THAN $423,000.

ELMER SAID HIS FAMILY IS NOW HOMELESS AND BLAMES THE CITY.

>> WE HAD LOST EVERYTHING.

I LOST MY TV AND EVERYTHING.

THE COUCH AND EVERYTHING.

I LOST THE BED AND EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING IS GONE.

MY CAR.

EVERYTHING.

I DON'T HAVE NOTHING.

>> Reporter: HIS DAUGHTER SAID HER SISTER AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN WERE TRAPPED IN THE APARTMENT.

>> IT'S A REALLY SCARY THING.

NOT ONLY THAT SHE ALMOST LOST HER LIFE ON HER BIRTHDAY, SHE ALMOST LOST HER BABIES LIVES TOO BUT SHE HAD THE BABY IN ONE ARM LIKE THIS AND SHE HAD THE THREE-YEAR-OLD LIKE THIS.

>> Reporter: THE LAW FIRM IS COLLECTING DONATIONS INCLUDING FOOD, CLOTHING, BLANKETS, GIFT CARDS AND TOILETRIES.

FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR BELONGINGS DUE TO THE FLOODING.

JOKE THIS AFTERNOON SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO WAIVE FEES FOR STORM RELATED REPAIRS AND GREEN CONSTRUCTION.

IT WOULD APPLY TO BUILDING AND DEMOLITION PERMITS, WASTE DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING COSTS.

CITY STAFF ESTIMATE THE PROPOSAL WILL SAVE THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE MILLION DOLLARS.

THE PLAN WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY.

THIS WEEKEND THE CITY'S LOCAL ASSISTANCE CENTER AT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER WILL BE OPEN FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL 2:00 P.M.

BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

TOOK THE FIVE MARINES KILLED IN TUESDAY'S CRASH IN THE EAST COUNTY MOUNTAINS WERE IDENTIFIED TODAY.

>> Reporter: THE MARINES RANGE IN AGE FROM 21-28 ALL IN EARLY STAGES OF THEIR MILITARY CAREERS.

THREE WERE PILOTS.

THEN BENJAMIN MOULTON, JACK CASEY AND MIGUEL NAVA.

THE OTHER TWO WERE THE NURSE.

CREW CHIEF ALEX LINCOLN AND LANCE CORPORAL DONOVAN DAVIS WAS 21.

THE MARINES RUN A TRAINING FLIGHT HEADING TO MIRAMAR.

BETWEEN MT.

LAGUNA AND PINE VALLEY THE HEAVY LIFT CH 53 HELICOPTER WENT DOWN.

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS STILL UNDERWAY.

>>> EIGHT NURSE HAS BEEN ACQUITTED OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES IN AN INMATE'S DEATH IN A SAN DIEGO COUNTY JAIL.

WHILE JURORS COULD NOT REACH A VERDICT AGAINST A DOCTOR FACING THE SAME CHARGES.

44-YEAR-OLD ELISA SERNA DIED AT THE DETENTION FACILITY IN SANTEE BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2019.

PROSECUTORS SAY DONNELLY PASCUA FAILED TO TAKE SERNA'S VITAL SIGNS AFTER SUFFERING A SEIZURE AND CLAPPED IN HER CELL.

JURORS FOUND PASQUALE NOT GUILTY.

THEY DENIED HAVING THREE IN FAVOR OF ACQUITTING THE PHYSICIAN ON DUTY SERNA DIED.

HE WILL BE BACK IN COURT FOR A HEARING TO DETERMINE WHETHER PROSECUTORS WILL RETRY THE CASE.

STRUCK THE NORTH COUNTY JUSTICE EQUITY AND JUSTICE COALITION RELEASED A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE SERNA FAMILY.

IT SAYS, WHILE THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE DAUGHTERS MEMORY.

THE STATEMENT SAYS THAT BOTH SIDES AGREE ON ONE THING THAT THE PERSON AT THE JAIL SYSTEM FAILED TO PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING CARE.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ALSO SENT OUT A STATEMENT ON THE VERDICT.

IT SAYS IN PART, PROVIDING FOR THE SECURITY AND SAFETY OF THOSE IN CUSTODY AND THOSE WORKING IN FACILITIES ARE AMONG THE DEPARTMENTS HIGHEST PRIORITIES.

AND ALSO OFFERS SYMPATHY TO ELISA SERNA'S FAMILY.

>> COMING UP TONIGHT WE ARE DROPPING TO THE UPPER 40s.

WE WOULD SEE A GRADUAL WARMING TREND HERE IS THINGS BEGIN TO DRY OUT.

IT WILL BE BREEZY AT TIMES WITH THE OFFSHORE FLOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

WE ARE ALREADY LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEXT SYSTEM THAT COULD BRING MORE IMPACT THE RAIN.

STAY TUNED AS THAT'S ALL COMING UP.

BROKE THE RAIN SEEMS TO HAVE SUBSIDED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING CLEARING THE WAY FOR THE OPENING OF SPECTACULAR NEW SPORTS FIELDS AT SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL.

THE FIELDS ARE FOR STUDENTS TO USE IN BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL COMPETITION.

AND THEY WERE FUNDED WITH APPROVAL OF SAN DIEGO VOTERS.

KPBS REPORTER ENTERPRISE JOINS US LIVE FROM THE CAMPUS OFF PARK LILARD.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL IS THE OLDEST CAMPUS IN THE COUNTY DATING BACK TO 1882.

MUCH MORE RECENTLY WITHIN THE LAST 16 YEARS, SAN DIEGO VOTERS APPROVED BOND MEASURES THAT ALLOWED FOR THE DISTRICT TO SPEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON REVITALIZATION FOR THE AGING SCHOOLS.

MOMENTS AGO THEY JUST CUT THE RIBBON ON THESE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS.

THE LATEST SHINY EXAMPLE FOR THIS WORK.

THESE FIELDS OF DREAMS HAVE FINALLY COME TRUE FOR A COMMITTEE THAT DESPERATELY NEED THEM.

>> BASEBALL IS A HEART AND SOUL OF SPACES ON OUR CAMPUS AND ALONGSIDE OUR ATHLETES BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT OUR COMMITTEE SO WELL.

>> Reporter: THE BOYS ARE LED BY THE HEAD COACH WILLIAM RICARDO A SAN DIEGO HIGH ALUM WHO NEVER LEFT THE BASE BASEBALL FIELD.

>> SOME GUYS INVITE ME TO GO SOMEWHERE.

I CAME TO PRACTICE IT SAID THAT DATE AND THEY ENDED UP PUT AWAY FOR A LONG TIME.

AND IT SAVED MY LIFE AND I NEVER LEFT THE FIELD SINCE THEN.

>> Reporter: ANNA SOPHIA ZIGLAR IS A SENIOR ON THE GIRLS UP AT HIM.

>> IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE POTHOLES IN THE OUTFIELD.

IN THE SHORT LITTLE FENCE THAT WE HAD.

AND JUST THE DIRT AROUND IT AND ARE DUG OUT, IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO WHAT IT IS NOW.

AND NOW IT IS AN AMAZING FIELD AND THIS IS WHAT I EXPECTED OUR FIELD TO LOOK LIKE OR WHAT I HOPED WHEN I GOT HERE.

BUT NOW IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE.

>> Reporter: BACK BY THE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BOYS BASEBALL TEAM.

THEY HAVE NOT EVEN YET PLAYED ON THIS FIELD.

THAT FIRST GAME WON'T HAPPEN FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND BY THE WAY, THEY ARE THE CAVERS BUT FOR THE LAST YEAR THEY HAD BEEN KNOWN AS A ROAD WARRIORS BECAUSE THERE WERE NO HOME GAMES LAST YEAR AS WORK WAS BEING DONE ON THE FIELDS.

>> THAT IS SO NICE.

BEAUTIFUL FIELDS THERE.

THE RIBBON CUTTING EVENT TONIGHT WAS FOR THE COMMITTEE BUT IMAGINE THERE WERE SOME SPECIAL GUEST THERE AS WELL.

>> Reporter: THERE WERE SPECIAL GUEST.

DYLAN A NAME OF JOHNNY RITCHIE WHO BACK IN 1948 BROKE THE COLOR BARRIER IN THE PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE PLAYING FOR THE PADRES BACK THEN AS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PLAYER.

THEY CALLED HIM THE JACKIE ROBINSON OF THE WEST COAST.

HIS GRANDDAUGHTER WAS HERE AT THE CEREMONY TODAY.

>> WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU.

>>> WE ARE CONTINUING OUR COVERAGE OF THE 2024 PRIMARY ELECTION WITH A LOOK AT THE STATE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 77.

IT COVERS THE COST OF CAR SPED DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF CORONADO WITH ROUGHLY ABOUT A HALF-MILLION CONSTITUENTS.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AYER IS LOOKING AT WHO IS RUNNING TO REPRESENT THEM.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA STATE DISTRICT 77 INCLUDES CARS ABOUT CARLSBAD, SOLANA BEACH, DELMAR, COASTAL PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND CORONADO.

DEMOCRAT TOSHA BERNER HAS BEEN ITS REPRESENTATIVE SINCE 2022.

>> IT GOES TO MY EXPENSE.

I'M A MOM AND A BUSINESSWOMAN.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID HER GOAL FOR THE TWO REMAIN THE SAME.

>> MY TOP PRIORITIES ARE AROUND THE ENVIRONMENT AND SHOWING THAT PEOPLE HAVE OPENINGS.

WHEN I SEPARATE IT IS, I MEAN DO THEY HAVE GOOD JOBS?

DO THEY HAVE HEALTHCARE?

DO THEY HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE?

RHYTHMIC RITUALS INCLUDE REPUBLICAN ENTREPRENEUR AND FINANCIAL ADVISOR JAMES BROWN.

HIS PRIMES ARE HOMELESS THERE, HOUSING, EDUCATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

BROWN SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS THE STRUGGLES OF POVERTY FROM HIS OWN EXPERIENCE.

>> I THINK THAT THE ISSUE WITH A LOT OF THE POLITICIANS NOW IS THAT THEY WERE NEVER HOMELESS.

THEY COULDN'T EVEN RELATE TO BEING AT THE BOTTOM.

AND YOU WILL THROW MONEY AT SOMETHING AND HOPE IT CHANGES.

RATHER THAN PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE SITUATION TO GET OUT.

MECH AUTISM RESEARCHER HENNY CULBERSON IS THE OTHER CHALLENGER.

SHE'S A DEMOCRAT AND CAMPAIGNING TO PROVIDE INVOICE FOR THE NEURAL DIVERGENT PG HAS A TOURISM HERSELF BUT SHE SAYS SHE WANTS MORE TRANSPARENCY WHEN IT COMES TO GOVERNMENT PROGRAM SPENDING.

>> IF THEY ARE NOT PUBLISHING, YOU KNOW, SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES, AND THAT THEY DON'T JUST MAKE IF THEY HAVE A SURPLUS, THEN IT NEEDS TO BE LEGISLATED WHERE IT GOES TO.

IF THEY DON'T HAVE A SURPLUS, IF THEY CLOSE OUT A DEFICIT THEN WE HAVE SHE WAS GOING ON.

>> Reporter: THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES OF PRIMARY WILL GOING TO THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

>>> A REMINDER TO CHECK OUT THE KPBS MOTOR HUB.

THAT'S WHERE YOU WILL FIND EXPLAINERS ON LOCAL RACES AND Q & A ON THE CANDIDATES TO HELP YOU MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.

GO TO KPBS.ORG/ELECTION.

>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN FACING CRITICISM FOLLOWING A REPORT RELEASED FROM SPECIAL COUNSEL RELATING TO CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.

BIDEN WON'T FACE CHARGES BUT IT TOOK AIM AT HIS AGE OF MEMORY.

IT HIGHLIGHTS THE PRESENCE CHIEF VULNERABILITY IN THE 20/20 FOR ELECTION.

>> Reporter: SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT HUR LAID OUT IN DETAIL HOW PRESIDENT BIDEN IS HANDLED CLASSIFIED MATERIALS.

WRITING THAT THE FBI AGENTS FOUND DAMAGE IN BIDEN'S WILMINGTON, DELAWARE HOME.

THE REPORT NOTED THE PRESENCE COOPERATION WITH THE INVESTIGATION.

AND COLLUDED THE EVIDENCE DID NOT SUPPORT PROSECUTING BIDEN.

WHEN EXPLAINING LIKE HE DIDN'T BRING CHARGES, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL ALSO WROTE ABOUT BIDEN'S AGE AND MEMORY.

CREATING CONCERN ON CAPITOL HILL AND BEYOND.

>> PEOPLE FROM ALTHOUGH WORLD WILL READ THAT.

AND BASICALLY IT'S ONE OF THE OFFENSES WAS HE WAS A NICE MAN AND ELDERLY AND CAN'T REMEMBER.

>> Reporter: THE REPORT SAID BIDEN HAD FREQUENT MEMORY LAPSES DURING HIS INVESTIGATION.

INCLUDING NOT BEING ABLE TO RECALL EXACTLY WHEN HE SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT.

>> I KNOW THERE IS SOME ATTENTION PAID TO SOME LANGUAGE IN THE REPORT ABOUT MY RECOLLECTION OF EVENTS.

>> Reporter: IS 81, IMMEDIATELY PUSHED BACK AGAINST THOSE DETAILS IN THE REPORT.

>> I AM WELL-MEANING AND AN ELDERLY MAN AND I KNOW WHAT THE I AM DOING AND ON THE PRISON AND I PUT THIS COUNTRY BACK ON ITS FEET.

I DON'T NEED HIS RECOMMENDATION.

>> Reporter: DURING THAT SAME PRESS CONFERENCE, BY MISSPOKE REFERRING TO THE PRESIDENT OF EGYPT AS THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO.

A MOMENT THAT UNDERCUT HIS FORCEFUL PUSHBACK AGAINST THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S OBSERVATIONS.

>>> THE CORONADO HISTORIC ASSOCIATION IS REVIEWING THE ISLANDS AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY.

WE ATTENDED THE EXHIBIT RIBBON CUTTING.

>> MOST PEOPLE THINK CORONADO IS A PURE WHITE ENCLAVE THAT HAD NO BLACK HISTORY AND WHEN THEY COME INTO THIS THEY WILL SAY OH MY GOD, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A BLACK COMMUNITY HERE GOING BACK TO THE 1880S.

>> Reporter: KEVIN ASHLEY SAID IN THE EARLY YEARS, CORONADO'S PROPORTION OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS WAS THREE TIMES THE STATE AVERAGE.

>> SOME OF THE STORIES ARE INSPIRING AND EXCITING.

LIFE-AFFIRMING.

AND SOME OF THEM ARE AS TRAGIC AS YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE.

>> Reporter: THE EXHIBIT IS A HYPER LOCAL LOOK INTO HISTORY THAT PLAYED OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

BOTH TRIUMPHANT AND DARK.

ENTREPRENEURS, VETERANS AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS READ LIGHTING, MINSTREL SHOWS AND MURDERS.

IN ONE CORNER CLAUDIA LUDLOW LOOKS AT PHOTOGRAPHS OF HER FAMILY.

LACK CORONADO BINDERS.

>> THE FIRST NIGHT I THOUGHT I CRIED FOR THE FIRST TWO MINUTES.

A LOT OF IT IS THAT WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW BECAUSE OUR FAMILY THERE WAS A LOT OF SECRETS ABOUT HER FAMILY AND HOW THEY EVEN GOT HERE.

KEVIN WAS ONE WHO OPEN THAT DOOR.

>> Reporter: SHE HOPES PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE FIGHT.

>> Reporter: HOW HARD OUR ANCESTORS WORKED FOR US TO BE HERE.

WE CAN'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED ANYMORE.

>> Reporter: THEY HOPE TO GROW THE EXHIBIT AND WELCOME ANYONE WITH A STORY FROM THIS COMMUNITY TO REACH OUT.

>>> THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ers FACE-OFF AGAINST THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AND THE SUPER BOWL THIS SUNDAY.

IT'S USUALLY THE MOST-WATCHED TELECAST OF THE YEAR IN THE U.S.

EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE BULK, THERE IS A LITTLE SOMETHING MORE TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

AMY KILEY HAS THE PREVIEW.

>> Reporter: THE POSSIBLE TAYLOR SWIFT SIDING IS ONE OF MANY REASONS PEOPLE DON'T FOLLOW FOOTBALL MIGHT WANT TO WATCH THE SUPER BOWL.

HER BOYFRIEND PLACE FOR THE CHIEFS.

AND SHE HAS ATTENDED 12 OF HIS GAMES THIS SEASON.

>> IT'S FUN TO KIND OF GAV OR THE SWIFTIES AND OPENED THEM UP TO THE FOOTBALL WORLD IN THE SPORTS WORLD.

>> Reporter: SOME ADS FEATURE REUNIONS FROM TV HITS LIKE FRIENDS.

30 ROCK.

AND PARKS AND REC.

LAS VEGAS IS HOSTING THE SUPER BOWL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION PREDICTS A RECORD OF ALMOST 68 MILLION AMERICANS BETTING ON IT.

AS FOR THE PERFORMANCES, DJ SAID HE WON'T BE AT THE GAME AS PLANNED.

HE CITES A FAMILY EMERGENCY THAT'S FORCING HIM TO RETURN HOME.

BUT USHER IS THIS YEAR'S HALFTIME PERFORMER.

I AM AMY KILEY REPORTING.

>>> THIS SUPER BOWL IS EXPECTED TO BREAK RECORDS FORGIVING.

THAT'S LAS VEGAS, OF COURSE, HOSTING THE BEGIN.

SDSU HAS MORE ON THE MONEY AT STAKE IN THE PRIDE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>> Reporter: ABOUT 60 MILLION PEOPLE AND ONE IN FOUR ADULTS IN THE U.S. ARE BETTING SOMETHING ON THIS YEAR'S SUPER BOWL.

THE AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION RELEASED THAT NUMBER INCLUDES WHETHER IT'S THROUGH A LEGAL OUTLET AND ONLINE OPERATIONS IN OTHER COUNTRIES OR ILLEGAL SPORTS BOOKS, IT EQUATES TO $23 BILLION.

35% ON BETTING ON SPORTS.

THEY WILL BET ON THE SCORES AND BY WHO SCORES FIRST.

DOES TRAVIS KELCE SCORE A TOUCHDOWN.

HOW MANY PENALTIES AND HOW MANY SIGHTINGS OF TAYLOR SWIFT FOR TBS IS A HUGE WINNER BECAUSE WITH A LARGER AUDIENCE THEY WILL EARN ABOUT $1 BILLION OR SHY OF $1 BILLION IN THE ADS JUST BETWEEN THE COIN FLIP AND THE END OF THE GAME.

AND ANOTHER 500 MILLION IN THE ADS BEFORE THE GAME.

OVERALL THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE CHEWING THEIR FINGERNAILS HOPING THEIR BETS WIN BUT THE VAST MAJORITY WILL LOSE.

>>> IT'S BEEN A DECADE SINCE CALIFORNIA FIRST MOVED TO BAN SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAGS.

NOW A DEMOCRAT FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS PROPOSING A BAN ON THOSE THICKER BAGS YOU CAN PURCHASE AT A CHECKOUT USUALLY FOR $.10.

STATE SENATOR CATHERINE BLAKE SAID THAT THICKER BAGS XM MADE PLASTIC WASTE PROBLEM WORSE.

THEY ARE LABELED REASONABLE BUT THEY CAN'T GO IN YOUR RECYCLING BIN.

AND IN A LANDFILL THEY TAKE LONGER TO DEGRADE THAN THE THIN BAGS.

>>> RECENT STORMS HAVE BROUGHT SNOW TO OUR LOCAL MOUNTAINS GIVING A BOOST TO SOME BUSINESSES.

ON THE CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND MAIN STREET SINCE THE BUSY MINORS DINER.

IT'S FULL OF NOSTALGIC DECOR SHOWING JULIAN'S HISTORY.

THE SNOW HAS CAUSED ROAD CLOSURES THIS WEEK BUT THE OWNERS SAY CUSTOMERS ARE STILL TRICKLING IN.

>> THIS IS TYPICALLY OUR SLOW SEASON.

SO WHEN IT SNOWS AND BRINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE UP.

THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY FROM TIPS AND THIS IS A VERY GOOD TIME FOR THEM.

SO WE ARE LIKE, WE HAVE TO BE RUNNING.

THIS IS WHEN WE HAVE TO BE READY TO GO.

>> IF YOU PLAN TO VISIT JULIAN THIS WEEKEND, HERE ARE A FEW THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND.

TO HELP THE TOWN OUT.

FIRST, THE SQ BRING YOUR OWN TRASH BAGS WITH YOU AS JULIAN HAS LIMITED TRASH RECEPTACLES RENT THEM.

SECOND, BE AWARE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY WHEN YOU GO SLEDDING.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, DON'T FORGET YOUR SNOW TIRES AND CHAINS.

THERE WILL BE CHECKPOINTS FOR THEM ON THE WAY DOWN.

>>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER HEADLINES HERE.

AS A RESULT LIGHTER SHOWER ACTIVITY BUT THINGS ARE DRYING OUT THROUGHOUT THE SATURDAY AND THEN SLOWLY WITH THE WARMING TREND.

NEXT TO THE GUSTY OFFSHORE WIDGET.

YOU CAN SEE WIND GUSTS OF 30-40 MILES PER HOUR THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

THE QUIETER WEATHER WILL COME AROUND BUT THE WEATHER PATTERN COULD RETURN AS WE HEAD INTO LATE NEXT WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

LET'S LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING THROUGH TONIGHT.

THINGS ARE CALM AND QUIET.

BORREGO SPRINGS AT 49.

COLD NIGHT IN LAGUNA AT 29th AND SAN DIEGO WILL BE COOL.

YOU WANT TO COAT FOR ANY OUTDOOR PLANTS.

48.

ON SATURDAY, THINGS ARE DRYING OUT AND WILL SEE MORE SUCH AND RETURN AFTER LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY THAT'S BEEN HANGING AROUND.

THINGS LOOK GOOD TO GO AS WE HEAD INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND.

STAYING BELOW THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE, SAN DIEGO UP TO 62.

CHULA VISTA IN THE LOWER 60s AND MT.

LAGUNA WILL SEE 33 DEGREES ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

LOOKING FOR THE DAY ON SUNDAY, TEMPERATURES MAY COME UP A FEW MORE DEGREES AS WE START TO TAP INTO A BIT OF OUR MOTHER TREND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE FIVE DAY OUTLOOK ALONG THE COAST.

ONLY LOWER 60s FOR 70 BUT 65 ON SUNDAY AND THEN MID 60s ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND EVEN INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AND STILL REMAINING DRY.

WE WILL BE DRY FURTHER INLAND FOR THE FIVE DAY OUTLOOK WHERE WE GO FROM THE LOW 60s ON SATURDAY TO MID TO UPPER 60s AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND AND THE START OF NEXT WEEK.

LOOK AT WEDNESDAY.

BACK TO SUNNY CONDITIONS WITH A HIGH OF 70.

AND IF YOU GOT PLANS FOR THE MOUNTAINS, IT WILL STAY PRETTY COLD THROUGH THE FIRST HALF THE WEEKEND BUT THEN WILL START TO SEE TEMPERATURES COMING BACK UP A BIT.

UPPER 30s ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND THEN NOT UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK THAT WE GET TO 40 DEGREES.

WRAPPING UP FOR THE FIVE DAY OUTLOOK THROUGH THE DESERT WHERE THINGS STAY COOL.

EVENTUALLY AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE BACK IN THE UPPER 60s.

DRUG TOMORROW MARKS THE START OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.

TODAY PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE SAN DIEGO LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL IN CITY HEIGHTS.

IT FEATURES DAZZLING LANTERNS, FOLK AND TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCES, ARTS AND CULTURAL EXHIBITIONS.

FIRECRACKERS AND A LARGE SELECTION OF ASIAN FOOD.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A CULTURAL VILLAGE WHICH SIMULATES THE EXPERIENCE OF A VILLAGE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.

2024 MARKS THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON.

>> IT SYMBOLIZES FOR THE STRENGTH AND THE SPIRIT FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE NOT ONLY VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO FOR THE ASIAN COUNTRIES.

OUR THEME FOR THIS YEAR IS TO BE KIND.

>>> THE FESTIVAL BEGINS AT EIGHT A.M.

TOMORROW MORNING AND LAST THROUGH 10 P.M.

TOMORROW NIGHT.

ADMISSION IS FREE.

>>> SPEAKING UP HER FROM JUST GOT MANY ASIAN CULTURES CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR WITH VARYING TRADITIONS.

KPBS ARTS REPORTER EXPLORES THE LINE DANCE.

REMIT GROWING UP WITH A CHINESE GRANDFATHER MEANT THAT MY FAMILY GOT TO CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR.

MY GRANDFATHER WOULD TELL US ABOUT BEING A BOY IN CHINA AND CELEBRATING FOR 15 DAYS WITH FOOD, FAMILY AND OF COURSE, FIRECRACKERS.

THE ONES HE LOVED AS A CHILD WHERE STRING FIRECRACKERS MADE UP OF IS OF LITTLE FIRECRACKERS RATED TOGETHER BY THEIR FUSES AND WHEN YOU LET ONE END OF THE BREAK, HUNDREDS OF THESE WOULD EXPLODE ONE AFTER THE OTHER.

FIRECRACKERS ARE SUPPOSED TO WARD OFF BAD SPIRITS AND BAD LUCK BUT FOR A LION DANCER, THE SMOKE AND NOISE CAN BE A CHALLENGE.

>> THAT'S WHY WE TELL THE PERFORMERS TO WEAR MASKS.

REMIT PETER IS TEAM LEADER AND CORNER SAN DIEGO LED URINARY LINE DANCE ASSOCIATE.

>> THE PURPOSE BEHIND THE LINE DANCES TO WARD OFF BAD LUCK AND BRING IN GOOD LUCK AND PROSPERITY TO ANY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP.

WHEN PEOPLE SEE THE DANCE IT'S NOT JUST A DANCE BUT A CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS FORM.

>> LINE DANCES ARE POPULAR TRADITION DURING LUNAR NEW YEAR BUT YOU WONDER WHY A LION SINCE LIONS ARE NOT NATIVE TO CHINA.

LION DANCING DATES BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS TO TANG DYNASTY AND ELLEN JETER AT LUNCH ABOUT THEM FOR HAVING A DREAM IN WHICH AN ANIMAL HE DEEMED TO BE A LION SAVED HIS LIFE.

>> DURING THAT TIME PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A LINE WAS OF THE BASIC WENT OFF WITH THE EMPEROR SON IS DOING.

REMIT THAT'S WHY THE COSTUME FOR THE LION DANCE IS SILENT AND SPECTACULAR.

IT'S OFTEN BOLD RED OR BRIGHT GOLD WITH LARGE EYES, ROUNDED EARS, A BIG MOUTH AND A FLOWING BODY.

IT IS AMAZING TO SEE A PAIR OF DANCERS BREATHE LIFE INTO WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A LARGE PUPPET.

>> THERE'S TWO POSITIONS.

THE HEAD AND TAIL.

AS I HAVE PLACED YOUR JOB IS TO PER TRADE ALLIANCE EXPRESSION WHICH CAN BE HAPPY, ANGER OR SADNESS, ET CETERA.

AS THE TELL YOUR JOB IS TO DO FOR WORK BECAUSE WHATEVER FOOTWORK THE HEAD DOES THE TAIL DOES WITH IT AND TO SYNCHRONIZE IT TO MUSIC.

THEY DO STUNTS AND THE OTHER JOB AS A TAIL IS TO LIFT YOUR PARTNER TO REMAKE THE RESULT IS AN ENERGETIC PERFORMANCE IN WHICH A LIEN MIGHT JUMP ON TABLES CAN'T RISE UP ON ITS HIND LEGS OR PRANCE AROUND AND CRY.

ALL TO VERY DISTINCTIVE AND VIBRANT MUSIC CREATED BY A TRIO OF INSTRUMENTS.

>> THE DRUMS WHICH IS A HEARTBEAT OF THE PERFORMANCE.

THE SYMBOLS AND THE GONG.

>> THE HEAD OF THE LINE CAN BE EXTREMELY EXPRESSIVE AS A DANCER OPERATES STRINGS AND LOVERS TO WIGGLE THE EARS, BLINK THE ICE AND OPEN AND CLOSE THEM OUT.

>> AS A HEAD PLAY YOUR MAIN GOAL IS TO PROTECT A STRONG, GOOD EXPRESSION IN STORYTELLING.

THE WAY I SEE IT IS ANY FORM OF DANCE IS NOT JUST SYNCHRONIZATION WITH THE MUSIC AND COORDINATION.

YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE LIEN LIFE.

IT'S ALL STORYTELLING AND HAS TO BE SOMETHING CAPTIVATING FOR THE AUDIENCE TO UNDERSTAND.

>> Reporter: THE LINES HEAD IS MADE OF BAMBOO, PAPIER-MBCHI AND FABRIC AND CAN COST $1000.

IT CAN ALSO BE A CHALLENGE TO WORK IN.

>> YOU HAVE VERY LIMITED VISION.

IF YOUR HEAD HUMAN WILL LOOK THROUGH THE MOUTH AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO MUSIC.

IN LION DANCING ITS MULTITASKING.

>> Reporter: IT TAKES A LOT OF CARDIO AND STRENGTH.

BEING INSIDE A BEAUTIFUL FLOWING COSTUME CAN MAKE SPECTATORS FORGET HOW MUCH WORK AND STAMINA IT TAKES TO PERFORM MULTIPLE FIVE OR SIX MINUTE ROUTINES IN A ROW.

PEOPLE MAY ALSO SEE LION DANCING IS SOMETHING JUST FOR ASIANS.

>> WE WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THAT LION DANCE IS FOR ANYONE REGARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER OR RELIGION.

REMIT THE LION DANCE ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2000 WITH MALE AND FEMALE TEAM MEMBERS AS YOUNG AS 13.

>> ARE GOAL IS TO PRESERVE 20 CHINESE CULTURE.

WE ARE PROUD AND HONORED TO CONTINUE THIS ART AND WE HOPE CAN INSPIRE MORE PEOPLE IN THE YOUNG GENERATION TO BE PART OF THE LIEN COMMITTEE.

>> Reporter: LUNAR NEW YEAR IS A PERFECT TIME TO SHARE AND CELEBRATE THAT CULTURE AND HERITAGE.

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