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>>> TONIGHT, WE ARE FACT CHECKING CLAIMS ABOUT THE BORDER.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISOR JIM DESMOND SAID INCORRECTLY TAXPAYER FUNDS WERE GOING TO MIGRANTS.

HE LATER CORRECTED THE MISTAKE, BUT ACTIVISTS TOLD KPBS THAT THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION IS DANGEROUS.

>> THESE ADVOCATES ARE ANGRY AND THEY WERE AT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING TO CONFRONT JIM DESMOND.

>> SHAME, SHAME ON JIM DESMOND.

AND SHAME ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

>> DESMOND IS ONE OF TWO REPUBLICANS ON THE SAN DIEGO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF STATE AND FEDERAL IMMIGRATION POLICY.

MOST RECENTLY, HE TOOK A TOUR OF OPEN-AIR CAMPS THAT ARE TEMPORARILY HOUSING HUNDREDS OF ASYLUM-SEEKERS ANOTHER MIGRANTS, THEN ON WEDNESDAY POSTED A TWEET STATING INCORRECTLY THAT TAXPAYER FUNDS ARE PAYING FOR TENTS, FOOD, AND WATER AT THOSE MIGRANT CAMPS.

THESE ADVOCATES KNOW THAT IS NOT TRUE AND THEY HAVE THE RECEIPTS TO PROVE IT.

>> MILK, ICE, GAS.

THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING IN YOUR KITCHEN THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN THE WILDERNESS, SO WE HAVE ICE AND COOLERS AND THINGS LIKE A TABLECLOTH.

>> Reporter: MIA GARCIA IS A MEMBER OF THE FREE STUFF COLLECTIVE.

>> HERE, WE HAVE POWDER FOR INSTANCE BECAUSE THERE ARE BABIES SO WE HAVE LIKE LACTAID AND MILK FORMULA.

I HAVE WITNESSED A WOMAN UNABLE TO PRODUCE BREASTMILK BECAUSE SHE WAS SO MALNOURISHED.

>> Reporter: FREE STUFF COLLECTIVE IS ONE OF SEVERAL MUTUAL AID ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS HOPING MIGRANTS AND OPEN-AIR CAMPS.

THEY HAVE DOCUMENTED HORRIBLE CONDITIONS.

MOTHER SLEEPING OUTDOORS AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES, FATHERS SEPARATED FROM THEIR CHILDREN, DIABETICS WITH NO MEDICINE.

NONE OF THESE GROUPS HAVE RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC FUNDING FOR THIS HUMANITARIAN WORK.

NOT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND NOT FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THIS IS NOT DESMOND'S FIRST TIME IN THE SPOTLIGHT ON IMMIGRATION ISSUES.

HE HAS BECOME A SEMI REGULAR ON FOX NEWS AND IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME HE'S BEEN CALLED OUT FOR HIS RHETORIC.

IN OCTOBER, HE SAID THE BORDER SHOULD BE CLOSED TO PREVENT HAMAS FIGHTERS FROM ENTERING THE U.S., SOMETHING MIDDLE EASTERN EXPERTS CALLED QUOTE, COMPLETELY UNHINGED.

HOWEVER, TO HIS CREDIT, DESMOND IS THE ONLY COUNTY SUPERVISOR WHO HAS TAKEN TIME TO VISIT THE OPEN AIR MIGRANT ENCAMPMENTS.

IN ONE VIDEO, HE BLASTED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S HANDLING OF THE SITUATION.

>> THIS IS A BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.

THIS IS A TERRIBLE WAY TO TREAT OUR FELLOW HUMANS BY HAVING THEM COME AND SLEEP IN CAMPS LIKE THIS.

>> Reporter: BUT, REGARDLESS OF HIS INTENTIONS, ADVOCATES SAY DESMOND'S INACCURATE POST PUTS THEM IN DANGER.

AMANDA IS ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THE COLLECTIVE.

SHE DOES NOT USE HER NAME PUBLICLY.

>> WE HAVE HAD AGGRESSIVE ENCOUNTERS ALREADY WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING OR HOW THE MIGRANTS ARE CHOOSING TO COME ACROSS THE BORDER.

>> Reporter: DESMOND DID NOT RESPOND TO A REQUEST FROM COMMENT FROM KPBS AND HE WAS NOT IN HIS OFFICE WHEN ADVOCATES FOLLOWED UP ON THURSDAY BUT HIS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR WAS.

>> LET ME JUST SAY THAT'S MY FAULT.

I WROTE THE CAPTION.

>> Reporter: ADVOCATES TOLD HIM THAT BECAUSE IMMIGRATION IS SUCH A DIVISIVE TOPIC, SPREADING THIS KIND OF DISINFORMATION PUTS PEOPLE IN DANGER.

>> WE'VE GOT PEOPLE GETTING HATE MESSAGES.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THIS.

>> TABLE PROMISED TO ISSUE A CORRECTION, WHICH HE DID LATER THAT DAY AND OFFERED WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO HUMANITARIAN WORKERS.

>> ONE THING JIM HAS SAID THROUGHOUT IT IS HE APPRECIATES WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE IS DOING IT.

>> Reporter: THE ORIGINAL TWEET, WHICH GOT NEARLY 200,000 VIEWS, IS STILL UP.

AS OF FRIDAY MORNING, THE CORRECTION HAD JUST OVER 30,000 VIEWS.

>>> WE HAVE SOME CHANGES COMING UP OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

MORE WIND, IF ANYTHING, BUT IN THE SHORT TERM HERE THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE FIRST HALF OF SATURDAY, MAINLY DRY AND THE CONTINUED COOL.

COOL WILL BE A THEME COMING UP HERE YOU WILL SEE AGAIN IN THE EXTENDED.

WIND ON THE INCREASE STARTING UP SATURDAY NIGHT GOING INTO SUNDAY, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE INTERIOR WHERE WE COULD ALSO SEE SOME SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS.

>>> TOUGH BREAK FOR SPORTS FANS.

THREE GAMES SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEKEND ARE POSTPONED DUE TO A WATER MAIN BREAK.

THE GOALS WERE SET TO FACE THE BAKERSFIELD CONGRESS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT.

AN INDOOR SOCCER MATCH BETWEEN THE SAN DIEGO STALKERS AND THE TEXAS OUTLAWS WAS ALSO POSTPONED.

BOTH TEAMS SAY RESCHEDULING AND TICKET INFORMATION WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE COMING DAYS.

>>> SAN DIEGO RESEARCHERS SAY AGING MILITARY MUNITIONS LITTER THE FLOOR OF THE OCEAN WHERE CHEMICAL COMPANIES DON'T -- DUMPED MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DDT INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.

>> Reporter: OCEAN ARC REFERS -- OCEANOGRAPHERS INVESTIGATED THE DDT DUMP SITE.

MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DDT WAS DUMPED THERE, LIKELY NOT ALL IN BARRELS.

RESEARCHERS INITIALLY THOUGHT BARRELS LITTERED THE SEAFLOOR.

>> WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IN THESE NEW RESULTS ARE CLASSIFYING MUNITIONS LONGUS FEATURES AND SO IT THE LINEAR FEATURES THAT WERE DETECTED ARE LIKELY COMPOSED OF MUSICIANS.

>> Reporter: RECORDS INDICATE THAT DDT DUMPED THERE WAS RELEASED IN LARGE QUANTITIES, MOST LIKELY FROM BARGES DIRECTLY INTO THE WATER.

EVEN SO, THE CONTAMINATION PERSISTS.

>> THERE IS PRETTY CLEAR EVIDENCE FROM THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS TO SUGGEST DDT IS PREVALENT IN THESE OCEAN SITES WE ARE SURVEYING, BUT THE DETAILS ARE IMPORTANT.

IT LOOKS AS IF THE HIGHEST ABUNDANCE OF DDT IS SUBSURFACE IN THE SEDIMENTS, BY AND LARGE.

>> ACOUSTIC SURVEYS CONDUCTED IN 2021 HINTED THAT THERE WERE AN ESTIMATED 25,000 BARREL SIZED OBJECTS ON THE SEAFLOOR.

LAST YEAR'S SURVEYS WITH A VIDEO CAMERA SUGGEST MANY ART WORLD WAR TWO ERA MUNITIONS, WHICH WERE DUMPED THERE.

>> WE ARE USING A VIDEO CAMERA FOLLOWING ALONG KNOWN TARGETS, EVEN WITH THREE WEEKS AT SEA TIME WITH THE CAMERA SYSTEM DOWN, WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT THE SEABED THROUGH THE LENS OF A SODA STRAW, SO WE ARE SURVEYING VERY SMALL AREAS.

>> Reporter: RESEARCHERS ARE STILL TRYING TO IDENTIFY ONGOING RISK TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND NAVY OFFICIALS ARE REVIEWING THE FINDINGS TO DETERMINE A COURSE OF ACTION.

>>> THREE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ARE CHALLENGING A STATE APPEAL GROUP ASKING UTILITY REGULATORS TO RECONSIDER REVISED ROOFTOP SOLAR RULES.

THOSE RULES/THE VALUE OF ROOFTOP GENERATED ELECTRICITY.

THEY WENT INTO EFFECT LAST SPRING.

>> AS THIS CASE REALLY ALL ABOUT THE MEANING OF THE WORD "THE?"

WHEN A STATUTE IN QUESTION IN THE PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE 2827.1 MENTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT "THE" COST AND BENEFITS OF ROOFTOP SOLAR DOES THAT MEAN SOME OR DOES THAT MEAN ALL OF THE BENEFITS OF ROOFTOP SOLAR?

>> LYNN SAYS THE COURT WAS ALSO UNAWARE OF FACTUAL ERRORS IN COURT FILINGS.

THE COURT HEARD ORAL ARGUMENTS IN THE CASE IN MID-DECEMBER AND TURNED AWAY THE CHALLENGE FIVE DAYS LATER.

AN APPEAL TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT REMAINS A POSSIBILITY.

>>> SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTIST ALEXIS SMITH DIED THIS WEEK AT THE AGE OF 74.

SHE IS BEST KNOWN FOR ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE WORKS OF ART AT GCC SAN DIEGO, THE SNAKE PATH.

MORE ABOUT THIS TRAILBLAZING ARTIST.

>> Reporter: ALEXIS SMITH WAS KNOWN FOR WITTY, COLLAGE STYLE WORKS, SOMETIMES AT MASSIVE SCALE.

SHE COMBINED IMAGES, TEXT, AND OBJECTS FROM HOLLYWOOD, POP CULTURE AND THE AMERICAN WEST.

IN 2022, SHE WAS CELEBRATED WITH A MAJOR SURVEY EXHIBITION AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, SAN DIEGO BUT HER BEST- KNOWN WORK LOCALLY MIGHT JUST BE A FOOTPATH.

HER SNAKE PATH LINES UP A HILLSIDE AND UC SAN DIEGO.

IT IS A 560 FOOT LONG MOSAIC RENDERING OF A SERPENT.

IT DRAWS ON THEMES OF PARADISE, INNOCENCE, AND KNOWLEDGE.

MATTHEW GREGOIRE HAS WORKED WITH GCC SAN DIEGO STEWART ART COLLECTIONS SINCE THE 1980s.

>> THIS WAS THE FIRST WORK IN THE STEWART COLLECTION WHICH WAS COMPLETELY EMBEDDED AND NOT JUST THE PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE, BUT ALSO THE FUNCTIONAL LANDSCAPE.

>> Reporter: STUDENTS WALK DIRECTLY ON THE SNAKE TO AND FROM CLASS, OR STUDY SESSIONS AT THE LIBRARY.

SMITH HAD SAID THERE IS ONE CRUCIAL DIFFERENCE FOR HER BETWEEN PUBLIC ART AND MUSEUM ART.

>> WHEN YOU PUT SOMETHING IN A MUSEUM ART GALLERY, THE AUDIENCE IS THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW IT'S THERE AND CHOOSE TO GO SEE IT, AND WHEN YOU PUT SOMETHING OUT IN THE WORLD, YOU GET EVERYBODY.

>> Reporter: IN 2021, SMITH BECAME THE ONLY ARTIST TO HAVE TWO WORKS IN THE STEWART ART COLLECTION.

HER 1987 MERRILL AND COLLAGE WORK, ONE THAT ACTUALLY INSPIRED THE SNAKE PATH, IS NOW INSTALLED IN THE NEW LECTURE HALL ON CAMPUS.

SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN 2015.

>> ALEXIS WAS COURAGEOUS AND SHE HAD THIS EXTRAORDINARY TENACITY.

SHE WAS COMPLETELY AND ORIGINAL.

SHE DID NOT FIT INTO ANY PARTICULAR -ISMS OR ART HISTORICAL EASY EXPLANATIONS.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, PRESIDENT BIDEN WARNS ABOUT THREATS TO DEMOCRACY DURING THE CAMPAIGN SPEECH AT VALLEY FORGE.

THAT IS COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KB PS.

>>> TOMORROW MARKS THREE YEARS SINCE THE JANUARY 6 ATTACK ON OUR NATION'S CAPITAL.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP URGED THOUSANDS OF HIS SUPPORT TO MARCH ON THE CAPITAL AND FIGHT LIKE TO STOP CONGRESS FROM CERTIFYING THE ELECTION RESULTS.

>> NOW, THESE MAGA VOICES WHO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT TRUMP ON JANUARY 6th ABANDONED TRUTH AND DEMOCRACY.

THEY MADE THE CHOICE OUT OF THE REST OF US.

DEMOCRATS, DEPENDENCE, MAINSTREAM REPUBLICANS, WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR CHOICE.

I KNOW MIND AND I BELIEVE I KNOW AMERICANS'.

>> THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE REACH THE CAPITAL BUILDING LEADING TO FIVE DEATHS AND HUNDREDS OF INJURED POLICE OFFICERS.

ONE DEATH INCLUDE ASHLEY BABBITT, AND TODAY HER FAMILY FILED A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT ALLEGING CAPITAL POLICE SHOT HER WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS OR DEMANDS.

THE SUPREME COURT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IT WILL REVIEW THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT DECISION TO REMOVE TRUMP'S NAME FROM THE BALLOT THERE.

THE CASE FOCUSES ON WHETHER ARCANE LANGUAGE IN THE 14th AMENDMENT CAN FORBID TRUMP'S CANDIDACY BECAUSE OF HIS ROLE IN THE JANUARY 6th RIOT.

COLORADO IS AT LEAST ONE OF 18 STATES WHERE THE QUESTION HAS COME UP.

THE SUPREME COURT RULING COULD DECIDE THE MATTER NATIONWIDE.

>>> AS WE INCH CLOSER TO THE 2024 ELECTION, THE UNITED STATES SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IS STILL UNDER ATTACK.

WE EXPLORE HOW THE PILLARS OF DEMOCRACY ARE HOLDING UP IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> Reporter: 33 MONTHS AFTER THE JANUARY 6th ASSAULT ON THE CAPITAL, NEARLY 70% OF REPUBLICANS NATIONWIDE STILL BELIEVES THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS STOLEN.

IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, MORE THAN 29 STATES HAD PASSED LEGISLATION MAKING IT TOUGHER TO VOTE.

CENSORSHIP IS ON THE RISE, AND THE GROWING NUMBER OF AMERICANS FROM BOTH PARTIES BELIEVE POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS JUSTIFIED.

HOW MUCH OF THIS SENTIMENT HAS SEEPED INTO THE SAN DIEGO REGION POST JANUARY 6?

SAN DIEGO MESA COLLEGE POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR CARL NUNEZ SAYS SOMEWHAT, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE.

>> POLITICS IS SOCIAL BUT IT IS ALSO NATIONAL AND IF ANY PART OF THAT TREE OF LIBERTY IS BEING POISONED, IT'S EVENTUALLY GOING TO SPREAD OUT TO THE REST OF THE TREE.

>> Reporter: KPBS SET OUT TO ASSESS DEMOCRACY IN SAN DIEGO THROUGH THREATS TO ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, VOTING, CENSORSHIP, AND LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE.

A RECENT UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO POLL FOUND 66% OF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS REPORTED THREATS HAVE INCREASED SINCE TAKING OFFICE.

TWO LAVISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE KATE BISHOP SAYS SEXUALLY VIOLENT THREATS SPIKE AGAINST HER WHEN SHE PUSHES FOR INCLUSIVITY.

>> THE ONES THAT ARE MORE OMINOUS AND THREATENING ARE 100% FROM USUALLY CONSERVATIVE MEN THAT IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS SUCH.

>> Reporter: OVERALL, ACCESS TO VOTING IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS STRONG.

CALIFORNIA LARGELY PREVENTS GERRYMANDERING BY HAVING AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION DETERMINE POLITICAL DISTRICTS, AND THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE THE HARSH VOTER I.D.

LAWS AND LIMITS ON POLLING PLACES THAT RESTRICT VOTING IN SOME OTHER STATES.

THE CENSORSHIP SITUATION IS A BIT MORE CLOUDY.

THERE HAVE BEEN ISOLATED ATTEMPTS TO BAN BOOKS ON LGBTQ TOPICS IN OCEANSIDE SCHOOLS AND COUNTY AND CITY OF SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

MISTY JONES, DIRECTOR OF THE CITY LIBRARY SYSTEM, SAYS SHE IS UP FOR THE FIGHT.

>> I FEEL LIKE LIBRARIES ARE KIND OF THE LAST STAND FOR DEMOCRACY.

THEY ARE THE LOCATION THAT ANYONE CAN COME, REGARDLESS OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, YOUR BACKGROUND, YOUR BELIEFS, WHATEVER.

EVERYONE CAN COME AND FIND SOMETHING AT THE LIBRARY AND THAT IS WHAT WE STAND FOR.

WE STAND FOR FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION.

>> Reporter: HOWEVER, ON ANOTHER KEY MEASURE OF INFORMATION ACCESS, SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS FALTERING.

IT'S MAJOR DAILY NEWSPAPER, THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE, HAS GONE FROM EMPLOYING FIVE -- 400 PEOPLE IN THE NEWSROOM IN THE 1990s TO JUST OVER 100 TODAY.

LOCAL TELEVISION NEWS STATIONS HAVE ALSO FACED SIGNIFICANT CUTS IN RECENT DECADES.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY JOURNALISM PROFESSOR PENNY ABERNATHY SAID THOSE JOURNALISTS COVER MAJOR BEATS LIKE EDUCATION, CITY HALL, AND WROTE INVESTIGATIVE PIECES, ALL HALLMARKS OF LOCAL NEWS.

>> IT IS THE GLUE THAT BINDS A COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND LET ME SAY BY THAT, IT BINDS OUR SOCIETY TOGETHER AND BY THE SAME TIME, IT SERVES THIS COUNTRY AND THIS DEMOCRACY BY GIVING US THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHO TO VOTE FOR, EVEN WHERE WE SHOULD SHOP TO GET THE BEST BARGAINS, SO WHEN WE'VE LOST THAT, THERE IS A GREAT VOID INTO WHICH MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION CAN ALSO FLOURISH.

>> AND, IT HAS A HIGHLY PARTISAN NEWS OUTLETS AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

THIS FRAGMENTED NEWS WORLD IS A FAR CRY FROM AN ERA IN WHICH AMERICANS LEARNED A UNIFORM SET OF FACTS FROM A FEW MEDIA GATEKEEPERS LIKE MAJOR NEWSPAPERS AND TELEVISION NETWORKS.

TODAY'S ECOSYSTEM ALLOWS PEOPLE WITH IDEAS AND ATTITUDES THAT WERE HISTORICALLY ON THE FRENCH TO ENTER THE MAINSTREAM.

>> THEY CAN FIND EACH OTHER REALLY EASILY.

THEY CAN CHAT WITH EACH OTHER REALLY EASILY.

THEY CAN BE FED INFORMATION FROM PUTIN OR FROM THE PROUD BOYS OR FROM ANY NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE GOAL IS TO ACTUALLY RADICALIZE THESE INDIVIDUALS EVEN FURTHER.

ALL OF THAT IS REALLY EASY.

THERE IS NO REGULATION, AND OF COURSE, THE ALGORITHMS JUST ACCELERATE THAT.

>> Reporter: BUT, ON THIS DEMOCRACY DAY, A LOCAL POLITICAL SCIENTIST LUNA SEES SILVER LININGS.

AMERICAN STILL PREFER DEMOCRACY.

>> ANOTHER POSITIVE THING, IT HAS NOT GOT VIOLET YET.

>>> NEW STATEWIDE DATA CONFIRMS WIDESPREAD RACIAL DISPARITIES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT STOPS.

REPORTER KATIE HYSON HAS MORE ON THE UNPRECEDENTED REPORT.

>> Reporter: THE STATES 2024 RACIAL AND IDENTITY PROFILING ACTS REPORT IS MASSIVE IN SCALE.

IT LOOKS AT MILLIONS OF STOPS FROM HUNDREDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

THE RESULTS SUPPORT WHAT MANY HAVE VOICED FOR A LONG TIME, THAT BLACK AND BROWN CALIFORNIANS ARE STOPPED AT HIGHER RATES THAN WHITE CALIFORNIANS, EVEN THOUGH OFFICERS ARE LESS LIKELY TO FIND ANYTHING ILLEGAL ON THEM.

ALLIANCE SAN DIEGO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANDREA GUERRERO CO- CHAIRS THE BOARD.

>> THE DATA JUST TELLS US WHAT MANY OF US ALREADY KNOW, IS THAT PROFILING EXISTS.

IT IS TIME TO MOVE PAST THE QUESTION OF WHETHER IT EXISTS.

WE HAVE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.

NOW IT IS TIME TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WHAT WE DO ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: THE PROBLEM EXTENDS TO SCHOOLS, WHERE THERE ARE MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAN THERE ARE NURSES OR COUNSELORS.

THE BOARD'S TOP RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE PRETEXTUAL STOPS.

WHEN YOU STOP SOMEONE FOR ONE THING AND THEN ASK THEM ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.

>> REPEATED PROFILING AND STOPPING OF INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY BLACK CALIFORNIANS, AND ASKING THEM ABOUT WHETHER THEY ARE ON PROBATION OR PAROLE OR WHAT THEY CONSENT TO A SEARCH, BEING HANDCUFFED, BEING PUT IN THE BACK OF A POLICE CAR, BEING ASKED TO SIT ON THE CURB, ALL RESULTING IN NO ARREST, THE CITATION, NO ANYTHING.

THAT ALL TAKES A TOLL, PSYCHOLOGICAL TOLL, AND AS A COMMUNITY HARM.

A PUBLIC HEALTH HARM.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENTS AND HIGHWAY PATROL HAVE ALREADY ENDED PRETEXTUAL STOPS.

SAN DIEGO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE YET TO FOLLOW SUIT.

>>> SAN DIEGO UNIFIED BOARD MEMBERS, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND MORE MET TODAY TO DISCUSS LEGISLATION THAT WOULD SEE STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS COMPENSATED FOR THEIR WORK.

ASSEMBLY BILL 275 GIVES SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARDS AND COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION THE OPTION TO PAY STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS.

THEY WOULD ALSO RECEIVE ELECTIVE COURSE CREDIT PER SEMESTER.

THE LAW WENT INTO EFFECT NEW YEAR'S DAY.

SAN DIEGO UNIFIED WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DISTRICTS IN THE STATES TO TAKE ACTION.

>> I THINK MOSTLY ABOUT THE LOW INCOME STUDENTS WHO REALLY NEED THAT, AND I THINK MORE, IT COMES FROM JUST KNOWING THAT NOT NECESSARILY THE MONEY, BUT THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN.

BEING A BOARD MEMBER MEANS YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD YOUR OWN TRANSPORTATION, YOUR OWN DRESS CODE, YOUR OWN EXPECTATIONS.

WITH THIS, THEY CAN OFFICIALLY AFFORD AND BE A PART OF IT.

>> SD UNIFIED PLANS TO PAY STUDENTS THE SAME MONTHLY STATEMENT -- STIPEND'S ADULT BOARD MEMBERS.

>>> QUIET NIGHT ON THE WAY.

A COUPLE OF CLOUDS AROUND.

OVERNIGHT, LOW TEMPERATURES DROPPING DOWN INTO THE MID-40s, SO A LITTLE BIT ON THE CHILLY SIDE.

A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THE JACKET, THE COAT HANDY, PERHAPS THE HAT AS YOU VENTURE YOUR WAY OUT.

YOU DRAW YOUR WAY OUTSIDE OF THE COAST AND EVEN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS.

LOOK AT RAMONA, DOWN TO 31.

29 TOWARD MOUNT LAGUNA, BUT A CHILLY 35 DEGREES OUT TOWARD OCEANSIDE AND IF YOU LOOK TOWARD THE NORTH THERE ARE EVEN FROST ADVISORIES TOWARD RIVERSIDE.

WHAT I THINK WE CAN SEE HERE ARE WINTER ADVISORIES SATURDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

WE'LL SEE AN INLAND SLIDER DROPPING IN FROM THE NORTH.

THERE IS LOT -- NOT A LOT OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH.

THERE COULD BE SNOW AS WE TALK ROUND ELEVATIONS AROUND 4500 FEET, BUT OTHERWISE, NOT GOING TO SEE A LOT OF RAIN FROM THE SYSTEM.

INCREASING CLOUDS FOR THE AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURES TOPPING OFF AROUND THE MID-60s NEAR OCEANSIDE AND TO LAVISTA.

THE PATTERN HERE IS TO WORK OUR WAY INTO THE WEEKEND, FAVORING MOST OF THE MOISTURE OFF TO THE NORTH, THOUGH I DO SEE WHERE WE COULD SEE A LITTLE SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, BUT SOME OF THOSE WINDS KICKING IN HERE TOWARD THE COAST.

THESE CAN GUST UP TO 25, EVEN 30 MILES PER HOUR.

WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME VERY GUSTY WINDS IN THE DESERT, TOO.

HERE IS THE INTERIOR VALLEY.

NOTICE THE COOLNESS IN THE AIR.

THERE IS THE SHOWER CHANCE COMING IN, SO WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF WET WEATHER WITH THIS AND THEN TEMPERATURES TRY TO CLIMB BACK BUT WE STAY COOL OVERALL.

THE SNOW AMOUNTS ARE GOING TO BE LIGHT, BUT LOW, DOWN AROUND 4000 FEET.

A VERY GUSTY WIND, SOME OF THOSE TOPPING 50 TO 55 MILES PER HOUR.

OVER THE DESERT, QUITE GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> HOLIDAY SEASON IS NOT QUITE OVER YET.

TOMORROW IS DAY OF THE KING'S.

IT IS A CELEBRATION WITH GIFTS, BUT AS WE FOUND OUT TODAY, NEAR THE BORDER, THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING, TOO.

>> Reporter: THE ANTICIPATION AND EXCITEMENT MAKES IT FEEL LIKE IT IS ALMOST CHRISTMAS AGAIN.

SEVEN-YEAR-OLD ANTONIO GARCIA AND HIS MOTHER CAME TO THE SANTA SEDRO CIVIC CENTER THIS MORNING WITH HOPES OF GETTING SOME GUESTS.

>> HOT WHEELS.

>> Reporter: HOT WHEELS, IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?

WHAT ABOUT A BOOK?

>> YES.

>> Reporter: THERE WERE PLENTY OF TOYS AND BOOKS DONATED TO BENEFIT THE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN SANTA SEDRO AND OTHER SOUTH BAY COMMUNITIES.

CASSA FAMILIAD IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST.

FIRST RESPONDERS AND OTHER OFFICIALS ARE ALSO HERE TO HELP ON THIS SPECIAL OCCASION, A HOLIDAY TO HONOR THE THREE KINGS, WHO TRADITIONS HAS ARRIVED AFTER CHRISTMAS TO DELIVER GUEST TO THE BABY JESUS.

PLAYING THE ROLE OF ONE OF THE KING'S, MARTIN ARIAS IS PROVIDING SOME PICTURE PERMIT -- SIX PICTURE-PERFECT MOMENTS.

>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO START SHOWING KIDS AT THIS AGE THAT THEY ARE VALUABLE SO THAT IN THE FUTURE THEY'RE NOT GOING OUT AND COMMITTING CRIMES OR YOU KNOW, THEY UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THEMSELVES.

>> Reporter: THIS FIRST GRADER UNDERSTANDS HOW TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY.

SHE HAS NOT QUITE BECOME A READER YET BUT LOVES A CERTAIN BUCK AND IS HAPPY TO TELL YOU WHY.

>> IS MY FAVORITE.

>> Reporter: THIS CELEBRATION OFFERS EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A KING FOR THE DAY, AND ALONG WITH THAT TRADITION, THERE IS ALSO AN EDUCATIONAL VALUE.

FREE BOOKS OF EVERY KIND PROVIDE A GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.

>> YOU CAN HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL LIBRARY AT HOME.

YOU CAN CHECK OUT YOUR BOOKS AND WE ENCOURAGE THAT, AS WELL, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GO BACK TO A FAVORITE BOOK OVER AND OVER, AND THAT YOU CAN CALL YOUR OWN.

>> Reporter: BETWEEN SERVINGS OF THE CAKE AND THE FUN AND GAMES, ANTONIO GARCIA GOT WHAT HE HOPED FOR, MAKING THIS A PERFECT END TO THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

>>> YOU CAN FIND ALL OF TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

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