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>>> DENSE FOG IS ONCE AGAIN DISRUPTING HOLIDAY TRAVEL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M JOHN CARROLL IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS WERE DELAYED OR CANCELED TODAY, BUT AS KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER NGUYEN SHOWS US, SOME PASSENGERS ARE STAYING IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT DESPITE THE DELAYS.

>>> I WENT UP TO THE DESK AND HE SAYS YOU CAN'T LEAVE.

YOUR FLIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELED.

>> Reporter: LINDA'S STORY IS MANY TO MANY AS A VEHICLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TODAY.

MANY FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED OR DELAYED BECAUSE OF DENSE FOG.

>> WE ARE LOOKING AT FLIGHTS DELAYED ABOUT 1.5 HOURS.

NICOLE HALL IS A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE AIRPORT.

SHE SAYS THE GRAND OLE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE LIFTED UNTIL TONIGHT.

>> WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IF YOU ARE COMING TO THE AIRPORT TONIGHT OR TOMORROW MORNING, ANTICIPATE THERE COULD BE POTENTIAL DELAYS.

>> Reporter: NICK WAS IN SAN DIEGO THIS WEEK FOR HIS WEDDING.

BEING FROM MICHIGAN, HE DID NOT EXPECT FONT TO BE THE REASON FOR HIS TRAVEL DELAYS, BUT HE SEEMS TO BE IN GOOD SPIRITS ABOUT IT.

>> THEY GIVE US EVERY UPDATE PRETTY TIMELY.

I'VE HAD NO ISSUES SO FAR.

I WISH WE HAD A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW LONG THE LINES WERE GOING TO BE BEFORE WE GET HERE TO SEE IF WE HAVE TO GET HERE ANY EARLIER THAN WE USUALLY DO.

>> Reporter: HE'S ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES.

IN TERMINAL ONE, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES IS EXPERIENCING MASSIVE DELAYS.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOARD, ALMOST ALL SOUTHWEST FLIGHTS ARE EITHER DELAYED OR CANCELED, AND THE LINE FOR CHECK-IN IS SNEAKING AROUND THE AIRPORT ALMOST AT TERMINAL TWO.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE WAITING TO CHECK IN THEIR LUGGAGE BY MIDDAY.

IN A STATEMENT, SOUTHWEST SAID IT IS WORKING TO ACCOMMODATE CUSTOMERS AND APOLOGIZES FOR THE UNAVOIDABLE DELAY IS.

HALL SAYS THE AIRPORT IS WORKING WITH THE AIRLINES TO GET PASSENGERS TO THEIR GATES ON TIME.

>> WHEN THE FLIGHTS ARE DEPARTING, OUR OPERATIONS TEAMS WILL CALL THOSE FIGHTS AND ALLOW THOSE PEOPLE TO GO IN THROUGH THE TSA, RATHER THAN HAVING A LOT OF PEOPLE CROWDED IN THE TERMINALS.

>> NORMALLY I LIKE TO PLAY A GAME OF CHICKEN.

LIKE 30 MINUTE MINUTES BEFORE BOARDING STARTS, I WOULD NOT HAVE MADE MY FLIGHT TODAY.

>> I HAVE NOT SEEN A LINE LIKE THIS IN ALL MY YEARS HERE.

NEVER.

WARMACK AS TO LINDA, HER FLIGHT FOR MICHIGAN IS REBOOKED FOR SUNDAY.

>> NO.

NO.

NO.

NO.

THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

I MIGHT JUST START HITCHHIKING PIC I SHOULD BE THERE BEFORE SUNDAY, RIGHT?

>> Reporter: ALEXANDER NGUYEN , KPBS NEWS.

>>> TEMPERATURES NOT CHANGING TOO MUCH TONIGHT COMPARED TO LAST NIGHT.

50 DEGREES IS THE LOW.

CONTINUING TO SEE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, BUT THERE ARE SOME CHANGES ON THE WAY FOR THIS WEEKEND AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK.

I'LL BREAK ALL OF THOSE INCOMING APPEARED >>> THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REELECTED MIKE JOHNSON A SPEAKER ON THE FIRST BALLOT TODAY, BUT IT WASN'T WITHOUT TRAUMA.

AT FIRST, THREE REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST THE JOHNSON, WHICH WAS MORE VOTES THAN HE COULD AFFORD TO LOSE.

BUT JOHNSON MET WITH HOLDOUTS, TWO OF WHICH CHANGED THEIR VOTES CLENCHING HIS VICTORY.

>> IT IS NOW MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESENT THE GAVEL TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE GREAT STATE OF LOUISIANA, THE 56th SPEAKER OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE HONORABLE MIKE JOHNSON.

>> PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE FIRST LADY ARE SET TO VISIT NEW ORLEANS MONDAY, AS THE NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL LAUNCHES ITS OWN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEADLY NEW YEAR'S ATTACK.

WE WILL GET TO THIS STORY IN A MINUTE HERE.

GHASTLY WALDEN REPORTS, THE INVESTIGATION IS CASTING A SPOTLIGHT ON WHY SOME PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DID NOT HAPPEN SOONER.

>>> THIS WAS A CASCADING SERIES OF FAILURES.

NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCILMEMBER JP MORALE IS DEMANDING ANSWERS INTO MY MORE WAS NOT DONE TO PREVENT THE DEADLY TRUCK ATTACK ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.

>> DURING THE FBI BRIEFING YESTERDAY, IT WAS MADE PUBLIC THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA WELL BEFORE THE ATTACK THAT HE INTENDED TO DO SOMETHING, AND THAT THIS WAS NOT FLAGGED.

>> Reporter: EQUALLY CONCERNING HE SAYS IS A LACK OF USE OF THE CITY'S PROTECTED BOLLARDS.

2017 SECURITY REPORT RAISED ALARM ABOUT THE CITY STRUCTURES VULNERABILITIES, AND CITY LEADERS SAID THIS WEEK THAT THE BOLLARDS WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPLACED WHICH WAS WHY THEY WEREN'T ACTIVATED ON THE MORNING OF THE ATTACK.

NOW THE CITY COUNCIL IS LAUNCHING ITS OWN INVESTIGATION.

>> IT'S TROUBLING THAT WITH THE SUPER BOWL BEING AWARDED TO THE CITY THAT THIS WAS NOT PRIORITIZED IMMEDIATELY TO GET DONE.

WE ARE GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HAPPENED, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE WAS A PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: A POLICE CHIEF CONFIRMED THAT WEDGES AND ARCHER BARRIERS WERE IN PLACE FOR SUGAR BOWL CROWDS ON THURSDAY.

>> EVEN IF IT DID MALFUNCTION, WE HAVE ALL OF THIS EXTRA PROTECTION.

BUT WE HAVE RAISED IT.

WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE ARCHERS FOR THE SIDEWALK PROTECTION.

>> Reporter: ARCHERS THAT REMAIN IN PLACE TODAY, BUT WERE NOT THERE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY WHEN THE TRUCK'S DRIVER VEERED AROUND A POLICE CAR AND DROVE ONTO THE SIDEWALK.

ALL FACTORS WERE IN THE NEW COUNSEL'S FACT-FINDING MISSION.

>> OBVIOUSLY WHAT WAS DONE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM BEFORE THE ATTACK WAS BEYOND INSUFFICIENT AND WE WILL FIND THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS.

WARMACK LEE WALDEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WOMEN ARE THE FASTEST- GROWING SEGMENT OF THE INCARCERATED POPULATION WITH MORE THAN 190,000 BEHIND BARS.

THAT ACCORDING TO THE PRISON POLICY INITIATIVE.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER HEIDI DE MARCO SAYS A NEW STUDY SHOWS THE CHALLENGES FACED BY WOMEN AT THE LAS COLINAS JAIL WHEN TRYING TO ACCESS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE.

>> Reporter: THE URBAN INSTITUTE, A NONPROFIT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, INTERVIEWED 34 WOMEN AT LAS COLINAS DETENTION AND REENTRY FACILITY IN SANTEE.

THEY REPORTED -- >> IT IS HARD FOR THEM TO GET THE CARE.

THEY ARE WAITING A LONG TIME FOR THE CARE.

THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER THE CARE THEY ARE RECEIVING IS SUFFICIENT, AND THAT TENDS TO BALLOON INTO A LEVEL OF ANXIETY FOR THEM AND POTENTIAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES, TOO.

>> Reporter: A THIRD OF PARTICIPANTS SAID THEY FACED BY STENT PRESSURE IN VARIOUS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES, LIKE A NEWBORN PLACEMENT, ABORTION, AND PREGNANCY TESTING.

PITTS SAYS THE WOMEN DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESEARCH OR CHOOSE DIVIDERS OR TREATMENTS.

>> WHAT THAT DOES IS IT CAUSES THEM TO RAISE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT QUALITY, ABOUT THE QUALIFICATIONS OF STAFF.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE FOUND A DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT THE JAIL OFFERS AND WHAT THE WOMEN SAY THEY ARE BEING OFFERED.

>> THE BIGGEST RECOMMENDATION HONESTLY IS FOR THE FACILITY TO TRY ITS BEST TO COMMUNICATE BETTER WITH THE OPTIONS ARE AND TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE WOMEN WHAT PRECISELY IT IS THEY OFFER.

>> Reporter: OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED STREAMLINING COORDINATION WITH COMMUNITY MEDICAL PROVIDERS TO REDUCE WAIT TIMES FOR CARE, TRAINING STAFF ON REPRODUCTION DISCUSSIONS, ALLOWING WOMEN TO CHOOSE THEIR PROVIDERS GENDER, AND IMPROVING POSTPARTUM SUPPORT.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ISSUED A STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE STUDY BY SAYING THE FINDINGS ARE NOT COMPLETE OR REFLECTIVE OF OUR STANDARDS AND PRACTICES, AND THAT THE SAMPLE SIZE WAS TOO SMALL.

>> WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS SAY LOOK, HERE ARE 34 PEOPLE, THEY HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THEM WHEN IT COMES TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE IN THE JAIL.

HERE ARE SOME WAYS AT THIS PARTICULAR JAIL, BUT ALSO OTHER JAILS, MIGHT TAKE THESE FINDINGS AND THINK THE HERE ARE SOME TRENDS WE MIGHT LOOK INTO TO ENSURE THE CARE WE ARE OFFERING IS TIMELY AND IS HIGH- QUALITY AS WE WOULD LIKE.

>> Reporter: PITTS SAYS EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS MEDICAL RECORDS FOR THEIR VERIFICATION, THEIR RESEARCH IN THE WOMEN'S TESTIMONY OFFERS VALUABLE INSIGHTS FOR IMPROVING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES AT THE JAIL.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THEY ARE REVIEWING THEIR PRACTICES TO ENSURE CONSISTENT AND PRODUCTIVE CARE DELIVERY.

HEIDI DE MARCO , KPBS NEWS.

>>> A LOCAL APARTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY IS SETTLING A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT FOR NEARLY $10 MILLION.

MG PROPERTIES WAS ACCUSED OF CHARGING EXCESSIVE LATE FEES AND NOT PROVIDING RECEIPTS OR INVOICES FOR WORK DONE AFTER TENANTS MOVED OUT.

THERE ARE TWO APARTMENT COMMUNITIES NAMED IN THE LAWSUIT , THE PRESERVE AT MELROSE AND WATER LEAVE APARTMENT HOMES.

BOTH ARE IN VISTA.

THE LAWYER WHO REPRESENTED TENANTS SAYS NEARLY 60,000 PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SOME TYPE OF PAYMENT.

>> THE IMBALANCE BETWEEN THE POWER OF THE LANDLORD AND THE RENTER IS SUCH THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE THE MONEY, SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO EDUCATE YOURSELF ON THE LAW.

WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE WORK ACTUALLY BEING PERFORMED ON YOUR VACATED UNIT, IF IT IS PAINTING, CLEANING, WHAT HAVE YOU, THE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE LANDLORD PROVIDE A COPY OF THE ACTUAL INVOICE FROM THE ENTITY THAT PERFORMED THE WORK.

>> THE DEADLINE TO FILE A CLAIM IS JANUARY 10.

MG PROPERTIES IS ALSO KNOWN AS LIEBERMAN PROPERTIES.

THE COMPANY DISPUTES THE ALLEGATIONS.

THEY SAY THE SETTLEMENT IS A BUSINESS DECISION TO RESOLVE A LENGTHY, EXPENSIVE, AND TIME- CONSUMING LAWSUIT.

>>> A 2025 IS YOUR YEAR TO BUY A HOME, NOW IS THE TIME TO START PREPARING YOUR FINANCES TO MAKE A COMPETITIVE OFFER.

JENN SULLIVAN EXPLAINS WHAT BUYERS NEED TO KNOW.

>> Reporter: MANY FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS WERE SHUT OUT OF THE HOUSING MARKET IN 2024 BECAUSE OF SOARING STICKER PRICES, FEW CHOICES, AND HIGH INTEREST RATES.

BUT THIS YEAR IS LOOKING BETTER FOR BUYERS.

>> MORE CHOICES, MORE INVENTORY, THAT WILL NEED TO BOOST IN HOME SALES ROUGHLY BY 10% IN 2025.

>> Reporter: LAWRENCE YOON WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO START GETTING YOUR FINANCES IN ORDER YOU ARE READY TO MAKE A COMPETITIVE OFFER WHEN YOU DO FIND THE RIGHT HOME.

FIRST, MAKE SURE YOUR CREDIT IS IN GOOD STANDING.

SECOND, FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH YOU CAN AFFORD.

THIRD, FIND A MORTGAGE LENDER.

>> LOOK FOR THE MORTGAGE LENDER WHO OFFERS THE BEST RATES, AND EVEN CONSIDER AN ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE.

>> Reporter: BE PREPARED TO PAY A HIGHER RATE FOR YOUR MORTGAGE.

AS OF LAST WEEK OF THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR 30 YEAR FIXED MORTGAGE RATE WAS 6.8 >> Reporter: BE PREPARED TO PAY A HIGHER RATE FOR YOUR MORTGAGE.

AS OF LAST WEEK OF THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR 30 YEAR FIXED MORTGAGE RATE WAS 6.85% ACCORDING TO FREDDIE MAC.

>> IF YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR A HOME, YOU ARE GOING TO PAY A PRETTY STEEP INTEREST RATE, AND I WOULD NOT NECESSARILY COUNT ON INTEREST RATES TO COME DOWN A LOT IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.

>> Reporter: NEXT, CALCULATE HOW MUCH YOUR DOWN PAYMENT WILL COST.

ACCORDING TO THE MORTGAGE REPORTS.COM, DOWNPAYMENTS CAN RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 3% TO 20% OF THE PURCHASE PRICE, SO IF YOU ARE BUYING A $300,000 HOME, BE PREPARED TO PUT DOWN ANYWHERE BETWEEN 9000 AND $60,000.

ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN PREAPPROVED BY A LENDER, YOU ARE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION TO MAKE AN OFFER ON A HOME.

EXPERTS CAUTION BUYERS TO STAY WITHIN THEIR BUDGET AND DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE CLOSING COSTS AND MOVING EXPENSES.

I'M JENN SULLIVAN.

>>> TONIGHT ON "NEWS HOUR" MIKE JOHNSON IS REELECTED AS HOUSE SPEAKER DESPITE A THIN MAJORITY.

THAT'S COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> A NEW ADVISORY ISSUED TODAY BY THE U.S.

SURGEON GENERAL IS CALLING FOR UPDATED HEALTH WARNING LABELS ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, CITING THE INCREASED CANCER RISK.

MANDY GAITHER TAKES A LOOK AT WHAT IS BEHIND THE PUSH.

>> Reporter: IT IS A NEW CALL TO WARN AMERICANS ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL.

THE U.S.

SURGEON GENERAL ISSUED THIS ADVISORY FRIDAY, SEEKING LABELS ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WARNING OF CANCER RISKS.

>> THE REALITY IS THAT MORE PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR OF PREVENTABLE, ALCOHOL-RELATED CANCERS THAN DRUNKEN-DRIVING.

AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T REALIZE THAT.

4 MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST DR. DALE SHEPPARD WITH CLEVELAND CLINIC SAYS HE HOPES THIS ADVISORY BRINGS AWARENESS TOO THE SURGEON GENERAL'S OFFICE IS LESS THAN HALF OF AMERICANS ARE AWARE OF INCREASED CANCER RISK FROM ALCOHOL, AND THAT IT IS THE THIRD LEADING PREVENTABLE CAUSE OF CANCER IN THE U.S., AND THAT IT IS THE THIRD LEADING PREVENTABLE CAUSE OF CANCER IN THE U.S. THAT RISK RISES WITH THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL CONSUMED.

>> I THINK IN GENERAL, MODERATION IS KEY.

>> Reporter: THE ADVISORY SAYS EVERY YEAR IN THE U.S., ALCOHOL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 100,000 CANCER CASES AND 20,000 CANCER DEATHS.

IT IS LINKED TO AT LEAST SEVEN TYPES OF CANCER INCLUDING BREAST, COLORECTAL, ESOPHAGUS, LIVER, MOUTH, THROAT, AND VOICEBOX.

>> LIFESTYLE CHANGES CAN HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON CANCER RISK, RISK FOR HEART DISEASE, RISK FOR DIABETES.

WE CAN'T UNDERESTIMATE THE ABILITY THAT WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR LIFESTYLE AND MAKE OURSELVES HEALTHIER.

>> Reporter: AN UPDATED WARNING LABEL ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO REFLECT CANCER RISK WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM CONGRESS.

FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT WILL INVEST MORE THAN $300 MILLION TO HELP MONITOR BIRD FLU AND PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL SCENARIOS.

THE FUNDING WILL GO TOWARD EDUCATION AND TREATMENT FOR EMERGING SPECIAL PATHOGENS, HOSPITAL PREPAREDNESS, STOCKING SUPPLIES COME A INCREASED TESTING, AND RESEARCH INTO POSSIBLE COUNTERMEASURES.

THE CDC SAYS IT STILL CONSIDERS THE RISK TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC LOW.

>>> BIRD FLU IS CAUSING BIG PROBLEMS FOR THE POULTRY AND DAIRY INDUSTRIES, BUT VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE CONTRACTED IT.

KPBS CYTEC REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE HAS MORE ON WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF THE FLU STARTED SPREADING AMONG HUMANS.

THE AVIAN FLU CALLED H5N1 BEGAN SPREADING IN 2022, AND WHILE BIRDS HAVE CARRIED IT COAST-TO-COAST, DEVASTATING CHICKEN FARMS AND DAIRY FARMS.

THE RELATIVELY FEW HUMANS WHO HAVE CAUGHT IT FROM ANIMALS HAVE NOT GOTTEN TERRIBLY SICK.

BUT IN THE U.S., THERE IS REASON FOR CONCERN.

>> IN HUMANS, THERE HAVE BEEN TO DATE ABOUT 66 I BELIEVE CONFIRMED CASES OF AVIAN FLU, H5N1 .

>> Reporter: ALESSANDRO SETTE IS A RESEARCHER AT THE LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY .

HE SAID IF THE AVIAN FLU JUMPED TO HUMANS AND STARTED SPREADING AMONG THEM, IT COULD BE A SERIOUS PANDEMIC, BECAUSE THE FLU PEOPLE ARE USED TO FIGHTING OFF IS A DIFFERENT VARIETY OF FLU KNOWN AS H1.

>> THAT IS WHY PEOPLE ARE SCARED.

IF THIS STARTS TO SPREAD INTO HUMANS, HUMANS WOULD NOT HAVE ANTIBODIES AGAINST H5.

>> Reporter: BUT NEW RESEARCH FROM SETTE'S LAB SAYS WE ARE NOT DEFENSELESS FROM H5N1.

T CELLS IN HER BLOOD TO RECOGNIZE AND TARGET THE BIRD FLU, WHICH MEANS WE DO HAVE SOME PROTECTION AGAINST IT.

>> OUR RESEARCH IN GENERAL HAS SHOWN THAT T CELLS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE, NOT IN PREVENTING INFECTION, BUT IN MAKING DISEASE LESS SEVERE.

>> Reporter: THE BIRD FLU HAS CREATED SUCH A DIRE SITUATION ON POULTRY AND CATTLE FARMS IN CALIFORNIA THAT GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY.

RIGHT NOW THE DAMAGES MAINLY ECONOMIC, BUT SETTE SAYS UNTIL THE FLU IS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL AMONG ANIMALS, THE POTENTIAL RISK OF A HUMAN PANDEMIC IS REAL.

>> VIRUSES MUTATE ALL THE TIME, AND THE MORE VIRUSES PRODUCED IN INFECTED ANIMALS, THE MORE THERE IS A CHANCE.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER CREATURE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO AVIAN FLU ARE CATS, WILD AND DOMESTIC.

IN WASHINGTON STATE, THE BIRD FLU REPORTEDLY KILLED 20 BIGOTS AT A WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, INCLUDING FOUR COUGARS AND A TIGER.

THOMAS FUDGE , KPBS NEWS.

>>> A JUDGE HAS RULED THAT PART OF THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY'S COMMUNITY CATS PROGRAM IS UNLAWFUL.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE ANASTAS SAYS THE PROGRAM RELEASES BOTH FERAL AND FRIENDLY CATS BACK TO THEIR OUTDOOR HOMES.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY SAYS THERE ARE WELL OVER A QUARTER OF 1 MILLION FREE ROAMING CATS IN THE COUNTY.

THEIR COMMUNITY CATS PROGRAM SPACE OR NEUTERS OUTDOOR CATS, VACCINATES THEM, AND THEN RELEASES THEM BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE FOUND.

THE GOAL IS TO KEEP THE POPULATION HEALTHY AND SHRINK IT OVER TIME.

THE PROGRAM BEGAN WITH FERAL CATS, AND IN 2020 WHEN IT EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE CATS WITHOUT SIGNS OF OWNERSHIPS LIKE COLORS OR MICROCHIPS IF THEY APPEAR TO BE DOING WELL OUTDOORS.

LAST MONTH, A JUDGE CITED WITH ADVOCATES THAT SAID RELEASING ADOPTABLE CATS WITHOUT A CARETAKER IS ANIMAL ABANDONMENT, WHICH IS ILLEGAL.

ATTORNEY BRIAN PEPYS REPRESENTED THEM.

>> THEY DON'T WANT FRIENDLY ADOPTABLE CATS TO THOSE OUT OF ADOPTION AND ARE BEING PUT OUT THERE WITHOUT CARETAKERS AND BECOME THE NEXT MEAL FOR A COYOTE OR GET HIT BY A CAR OR BECOME DEHYDRATED.

>> Reporter: THE HUMANE SOCIETY ARGUES THAT MANY COMMUNITY CATS ARE FRIENDLY BECAUSE OF THEIR POSITIVE INTERACTIONS WITH HUMANS.

THEY SAY SHELTERS CAN EXPOSE THRIVING OUTDOOR CATS TO STRESS AND DISEASE.

PEEVES SAYS THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE POLICY TOWARD FERAL CATS, BUT HE SAYS FRIENDLY CATS THAT MAY HAVE HAD AN OWNER BEFORE ARE SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS.

>> WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR A DRASTIC CHANGE.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY TO DO WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE LAW REQUIRES THEM TO DO ANYWAY, WHICH IS WHEN A STRAY OR ABANDONED CAT IS BROUGHT TO THEM, THEY ARE IN FACT SUPPOSED TO BRING THEM TO THE SHELTER.

>> Reporter: A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY SAYS THE PROGRAM WILL REMAIN ACTIVE WITHOUT ANY CHANGES UNTIL FURTHER CLARIFICATION FROM THE COURT.

IN A STATEMENT, THE HUMANE SOCIETY WROTE IN PART, QUOTE, WE ARE CAREFULLY REVIEWING THE JUDGE'S DECISION AND COLLABORATING WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM ON NEXT STEPS.

THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THIS CASE, AND WE EXPECT A FUTURE COURT WILL RULE DIFFERENTLY AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM IS BOTH LEGAL AND THE MOST HUMANE WAY TO SAVE THE LIVES OF CATS.

KATIE ANASTAS, KPBS NEWS .

>>> ANIMAL SHELTERS ACROSS THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY ARE IN CRISIS.

IN A SPECIAL "EVENING EDITION," WE TAKE A SPECIAL LOOK AT WHY SHELTERS ARE OVERCROWDED, WHAT'S BEING DONE ABOUT IT, AND HOW EVERY ONE OF US CAN HELP.

THE SHOW WILL AIR TONIGHT AT 8:30 IN PLACE OF KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK, AND WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US.

>>> WELL WE HAVE A PRETTY PLEASANT WEEKEND AHEAD BEFORE WE SEE SOME CHANGES IN THE FORECAST.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A WARMING TREND.

NOT ANYTHING TOO MAJOR.

WE WILL SEE TEMPERATURES WARM UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THE SANTA ANA WIND, THOSE RETURN NEXT WEEK AND THAT MEANS THE RETURN OF INCREASED FIRE DANGER AS WELL, SO SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK.

TEMPERATURES IN THE 30s, 40s, WE ARE SEEING THAT LOW OF 50 DEGREES FOR SAN DIEGO.

47 BORREGO SPRINGS.

45 IN OCEANSIDE.

JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY DEALING WITH A MIX OF CLOUDS AS WE GO INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

TOMORROW, THOUGH, THE CLOUDS ARE STICKING AROUND FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY.

SUNSHINE MIXED IN, THOUGH.

TEMPERATURE WAS 63 IN OCEANSIDE AND SAN DIEGO.

71 OVER IN BORREGO SPRINGS THEN 47, MUCH CHILLIER, OVER IN MOUNT LAGUNA.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WARMING TREND THAT I MENTIONED TAKING A LOOK AT THE 5 DAY OUTLOOK FOR THE COAST.

63 FOR YOUR SATURDAY.

ULTIMATELY WARMING UP TO 76 BY THE TIME WE GET TO WEDNESDAY.

IT IS A SLOW WARM-UP BEFORE KIND OF A DRASTIC CHANGE FROM TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY.

SO SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO THERE IF YOU ARE MISSING SOME OF THE WARMER WEATHER.

NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE 5 DAY OUTLOOK FURTHER INLAND.

56 FOR SATURDAY.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SOME OF THE CLOUDS MIXED IN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WARMING UP TO THE MID-70s FOR MONDAY, AND THEN BACK DOWN A LITTLE BIT BY TUESDAY.

AS YOU LOOK AHEAD TO WEDNESDAY, THERE IS THE WIND.

THERE IS A SANTA ANA WIND THAT I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT FIRE CONDITIONS, BECAUSE OF COURSE, WILDFIRE SEASON NOT NECESSARILY OVER.

CAN KIND OF BE A YEAR-ROUND EVENT THERE.

5 DAY OUTLOOK, 47 FOR YOUR SATURDAY ULTIMATELY GETTING TO THE 50s AND DOWN TO 38 BY THE TIME WE GET TO TUESDAY.

THERE IS THAT WIND AS WELL BY THE TIME WE GET TO WEDNESDAY.

DESERT OUTLOOK, IN THE 70s STAYING RELATIVELY CONSISTENT.

TEMPERATURES NOT CHANGING TOO MUCH HERE FROM 71 ON SATURDAY UP TO 74 BY THE TIME YOU GET TO MONDAY, AND THEN WE CALL BACK INTO THE LOW 70s FOR YOUR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

>>> A BIT OF CALIFORNIA HISTORY IS MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE DIGITAL AGE.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER ALEXANDER NGUYEN TELLS US ABOUT THE PRESERVATION PROJECT AT A SPOT KNOWN AS CARLSBAD'S SLEEPING BEAUTY.

>>> THIS LANCE WAS BUILT ESSENTIALLY BY LEO CAREER AROUND 1937.

MET WHILE HIS NAME IS NOT FAMILIAR TO MANY TODAY, IN THE 1950s, LEO KOREA WAS A HOUSEHOLD NAME.

IT WAS THE FIRST TV SERIES FILMED IN COLOR.

>> IT WAS VERY POPULAR IN THE 1950s ALL THE WAY TO THE 1960s.

>> Reporter: BEFORE THE SERIES, HE HAD A LONG CAREER IN FARMVILLE AND MOVIES APPEARING IN MORE THAN 90 FILMS.

HERE HE IS IN THE GRAND MARSHALL IN 1938.

LEO CARRILLO WAS BORN IN SAN DIEGO BUT GREW UP IN SANTA MONICA WHERE HIS FATHER WAS A POLICE CHIEF AND LATER MAYOR.

IN 1937 HE TOLD A FRIEND WHO IS A REAL ESTATE AGENT THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR A RANCH, A PLACE TO ENTERTAIN GUESTS.

>> A PLACE WHERE HE CAN GO THAT HAS WATER, THAT HE CAN HAVE HIS LIVESTOCK AND HIS FARM.

>> Reporter: NICK IS THE RECREATION SERVICES MANAGERS.

HE OVERSEES THE LEO CARRILLO HISTORIC PARK FOR THE CITY.

HE SAYS A FRIEND TOLD CARRILLO ABOUT THIS 4500 ACRE RANCH IN EASTERN CARLSBAD.

>> HE WRITES HE'S DRIVING DOWN HERE IN THE SPRINGTIME.

THERE ARE FLOWERS EVERYWHERE.

HE ARRIVES HERE AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH WHAT HE FINDS.

>> Reporter: THE LAND HAD BEEN SETTLED IN THE LATE 1800s BY THE KELLY FAMILY, WHO BUILT A TWO-STORY ADOBE HOME THERE.

THE HOUSE IS ALL THAT REMAINS FROM THAT ERA.

MUCH OF WHAT YOU SEE TODAY IS A RESULT OF CARRILLO'S TIME THERE .

IS AN EARLY PRESERVATIONIST AND CONSERVATIONIST, CARRILLO DECIDED TO SAVE THE ADOBE STRUCTURE AND MADE IT HIS HOME.

>> BY TODAY'S STANDARDS IT IS NOT SO COMMONPLACE.

PEOPLE WANT TO DEMOLISH.

WHO WANTS AN OLD MUD BRICK BUILDING, BUT I THINK LEO UNDERSTOOD THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BUILDING AND THE HISTORY OF IT, AND HE LOVED THE FACT THAT IT WAS ADOBE AND MADE BY HAND.

>> Reporter: THE RANCH BECAME CARRILLO'S WEEKEND GETAWAY, BUT IT WAS ALSO A WORKING RANCH WITH HORSES AND CHICKENS.

THE CHICKEN COOP HAS NOW BEEN TURNED INTO PUBLIC RESTROOMS, AND THE HORSE STABLE IS NOW A MUSEUM DEDICATED TO LEO CARRILLO .

>> WELCOME INTO OUR BUNK ROOM EXHIBIT.

THIS IS PO'S OFFICE AND BUNK ROOM.

>> Reporter: EMILY POLASKI IS THE ARCHIVIST FOR THE RANT.

SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXHIBITS IN THE MUSEUM AND MAINTAINING THE ARCHIVE.

>> WE HAVE MODELED IT AFTER THIS PHOTO HERE.

HERE IS LEO CARRILLO AT HIS DESK WRITING CHECKS , SITTING RIGHT UNDER THE BUFFALO.

POOR BACK FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS SHE HAS BEEN WORKING TO DIGITIZE THE ARCHIVE AND MEMORABILIA THE PARK IS COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS.

>> WE HAVE ABOUT 1/5 OF THE COLLECTION ONLINE SO FAR.

>> Reporter: WITH MORE BEING ADDED EVERY DAY.

THE REST ARE INBOXES AND CABINETS INSIDE A CRAMPED OFFICE OF WHAT WAS ONCE THE RANCH CARETAKER OFFICE.

THE CITY MADE THE DIGITAL ARCHIVE AVAILABLE ONLINE LAST FALL.

IT CONTAINS PHOTOS, LETTERS, HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS, AND A SLICE OF THE CARLSBAD HISTORY.

IT WAS PART OF THE MISSION LANDHOLDING AT ONE POINT.

>> LEO'S GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHER CAME OVER WITH THE PORTOLA EXPEDITION.

WE DO HAVE LETTERS FROM THAT.

HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER, HIS MARRIAGE WAS OFFICIATED BY BRO SARAH, WHO WAS KIND OF THE SPEARHEAD OF THE MISSION MOVEMENT.

>> Reporter: THE CITY WANTED TO MAKE THE ARCHIVE AVAILABLE ONLINE, TO MAKE THAT HISTORY ACCESSIBLE, AND PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE HOME FOR IT.

>> WE HAVE ALL OF THESE RECORDS HERE IN THE ARCHIVE THAT KIND OF TELL YOU THAT STORY OF THE LAND OWNERSHIP CHANGING.

>> Reporter: CARRILLO DIED IN 1961, AND MOST OF THE LAND WAS SOLD TO DEVELOPERS.

IN 1978, CARLSBAD ACQUIRED 27 ACRES OF THE RANCH CONTAINING MOST OF THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS.

THEY HAVE BEEN RESTORED AND PRESERVED AS CARRILLO HAD THEM.

THE PARK OPENED IN AUGUST OF 2003 PICKETS LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF HISTORIC PLACES AND IS DESIGNATED A CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL LANDMARK.

YOU CAN VISIT THIS PIECE OF CALIFORNIA HISTORY EVERY DAY FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M.

IF YOU DO VISIT YOU FIND THIS MESSAGE FROM LEO CARRILLO HIMSELF ON HIS DOORSTEP .

>> SU CASA AMIGO, YOUR HOUSE, FRIEND.

THIS WAS LEO'S WELCOME TO HIS GUESTS.

>> Reporter: ALEXANDER NGUYEN , KPBS NEWS .

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I'LL TELL YOU, NEVER RUN OUT.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, EVERYONE.

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