>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE BILL HOWARD FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR, RESTORATION AND FLOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 45 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BUILD WOW OR VISIT WILL HOW.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PRENTICE FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCO SHYLY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING -- AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> A JUDGE SAYS THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO MUST RELEASE VIDEO IN A POLICE USE OF FORCE CASE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M JOHN CARROLL IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

THE INCIDENT HAPPENED NEARLY 2 YEARS AGO.

SAN DIEGO POLICE SHOT BEAN BAG ROUNDS AND RELEASED A CANINE ON AN UNARMED MAN.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE HYSON SAYS TODAY A JUDGE ORDERED THE CITY TO RELEASE THE FOOTAGE AND REPORTS TO THE PUBLIC.

>> Reporter: THE CITY PAID NEARLY $900,000 TO MARCUS EVANS TO SETTLE ALLEGATIONS OF EXCESSIVE FORCE.

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY DECLINED TO PROSECUTE THE OFFICERS INVOLVED BUT DESPITE PUBLIC OUTCRY AND PUBLIC RECORDS LAWS, THE CITY NEVER RELEASED THE INCIDENT RECORDS, SO THE FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION SUED.

DAVID LOY IS THERE LEGAL DIRECTOR.

>> WHETHER THIS USE OF FORCE WAS JUSTIFIED OR UNJUSTIFIED, THERE IS NO QUESTION IT'S HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT AND CONTROVERSIAL EVENT AND THIS IS PRECISELY WHY THE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO FULL DISCLOSURE.

IT IS IN A DEMOCRACY WHERE PEOPLE DEPEND ON TELLING THE FULL TRUTH, TO BE ABLE TO HOLD GOVERNMENTS ACCOUNTABLE.

>> Reporter: THE JUDGE ORDERED THE CITY TO RELEASE THE RECORDS BY JULY 17th.

>> IF YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE, THEN DON'T HIDE IT.

>> Reporter: KATIE HYSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WORK IS NOW UNDERWAY ON A PROJECT TO BRING NATURE BACK TO A PART OF CITY HEIGHTS WHILE HELPING WITH FLOOD CONTROL.

TODAY GROUND WAS BROKEN ON THE PROJECT ALONG CHOICE CREEK.

IT WILL INVOLVE REPLACING AN EXISTING CONCRETE CHANNEL WITH A NATURAL GRID ALONG WITH RESTORING HABITAT AND PLANTING 300 TREES.

SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCILMEMBER SEAN ILA RIBEIRO SAYS IT WILL BE A RETURN TO THE WAY THINGS WERE.

>> THE BLACK KIDS AND THE LATINO KIDS AND THE WHITE KIDS FROM DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD COME TOGETHER IN NATURE HERE AND PLAY TOGETHER.

BEFORE THE FREEWAYS, BEFORE THE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE SEPARATED, THIS IS WHERE BONDS WERE BUILT AND WHERE PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS CAME TO PLAY AND EXPLORE NATURE.

>> GROUNDWORK SAN DIEGO CHOICE CREEK PARTNERED WITH THE CITY ON THE PROJECT.

IT'S PART OF AN OVERALL EFFORT TO RESTORE THE CREEK WATERSHED TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND REDUCE FLOODING RISKS ON ONE OF THE CITY'S LONGEST URBAN CREEKS.

>>> OVERNIGHT LOWS DOWN INTO THE LOW 60s ALONG THE COAST, ESPECIALLY.

NOW FOR THE WEEKEND THE BIG STORY IS GOING TO BE THE WIND AND THE FIRE DANGER BUT IT'S NOT FOR EVERYBODY.

IT'S REALLY IN MOUNTAIN AND SOME DESERT REGIONS.

THE WORST OF IT IS FURTHER INLAND INTO THE SOUTHWEST BUT SOME CHANGES ARE AHEAD NEXT WEEK AS WELL FOR US.

I'LL BREAK DOWN EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT COMING UP.

>>> A MEASURE TO INCREASE SALES TAX ACROSS THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO IS ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER BUT ANOTHER ONE WOULD MAKE THOSE MEASURES MUCH HARDER TO PASS.

IN THIS WEEK'S WHY IT MATTERS SEGMENT, VOICE OF SAN DIEGO'S SCOTT LEWIS EXPLAINS HOW SOME LAST-MINUTE NEGOTIATIONS COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING ABOUT PASSING NEW TAXES.

>>> FOR DECADES, CITIES AND COUNTIES OF HAD TROUBLE RAISING TAXES FOR THINGS LIKE A NEW STADIUM FOR THE CHARGERS BECAUSE OF A RULE REQUIRING THAT THOSE TAXES GET APPROVAL FROM TWO THIRDS OF VOTERS BUT THEN SOMETHING CHANGED.

THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT RULED THAT IF A TAX WAS PUT ON THE BALLOT BY CITIZENS INITIATIVE AND NOT THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF, CITIZENS INITIATIVES ONLY NEEDED A SIMPLE MAJORITY.

SINCE THEN, DOZENS OF CITIZENS INITIATIVES WITH TAX INCREASES HAVE GONE FORWARD INCLUDING ONE IN SAN DIEGO THAT RAISED THE HOTEL ROOM TAX, PROMISING A NEW CONVENTION CENTER.

AND IN NOVEMBER, VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO WILL DECIDE ON A HALF CENT SALES TAX INCREASE THAT PROPONENTS PROMISE WILL FIX THE TIJUANA RIVER SEWAGE CRISIS AND PROVIDE CHILDCARE OPTIONS.

BUT ON THAT SAME BALLOT, VOTERS WILL ALSO DECIDE WHETHER THESE KINDS OF INITIATIVES SHOULD REQUIRE TWO THIRDS OF VOTERS TO PASS.

THE HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION QUALIFIED THE MEASURE WITH THE SUPPORT OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS BUT THEN SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED.

THE GOVERNOR, LEGISLATURE AND CITIES STARTED TALKING TO THOSE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS.

THEY WERE MOSTLY MAD NOT ABOUT CITIES RAISING TAXES BUT ABOUT LOS ANGELES'S SO-CALLED MANSION TAX.

IT ADDS A BIG FEE ON THE SALE OF SUPEREXPENSIVE HOMES BUT ALSO ON APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

SO IN MARATHON NEGOTIATIONS DEVELOPERS WON AND GOT SOME CHANGES TO THE MANSION TAX IN EXCHANGE FOR DROPPING THEIR SUPPORT OF THE STATEWIDE INITIATIVE MAKING IT HARDER TO PASS TAXES.

BUT THE HOWARD JARVIS GROUP WASN'T IN ON THE DEAL AND DECIDED TO KEEP IT ON THE BALLOT.

FOR VOICE OF SAN DIEGO I'M SCOTT LEWIS, AND THAT'S WHY IT MATTERS.

>> VOICE OF SAN DIEGO IS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS FOR THE PUBLIC MATTERS INITIATIVE.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT KPBS.ORG/PUBLIC MATTERS.

>>> THIS NOVEMBER CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL DECIDE ON 14 STATEWIDE MEASURES , SPANNING EVERYTHING FROM THE ENVIRONMENT TO TAXES, HOUSING, AND HEALTHCARE.

WE NOW KNOW WHICH ONES QUALIFY FOR THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

ONE IS THE LONG DISCUSSED ONE TIME 5% TAX ON BILLIONAIRES.

A MAJORITY OF THE REVENUE GENERATED WOULD GO TOWARDS HEALTH CARE FOR LOW INCOME CALIFORNIANS.

SOME OF THE OTHER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE AN $11 BILLION AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND, A MEASURE TO ELIMINATE THE ELECTION TO PICK A SUCCESSOR FOR GOVERNOR FOLLOWING A RECALL, AND A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REQUIRING VOTERS TO PRESENT GOVERNMENT ISSUED I.D.

WHEN VOTING.

>>> SAN DIEGO'S NEW FISCAL YEAR STARTS NEXT WEDNESDAY AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS ARE BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF.

KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SAID CITY ARTS FUNDING WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL STRUCK A LAST-MINUTE DEAL TO MAINTAIN FUNDING FOR ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS BUT IT'S JUST A ONE-TIME FIX AND THE FIGHT OVER ARTS FUNDING WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT YEAR.

I ANDREW BOWEN AND LET'S GO INSIDE THE BUDGET.

IN APRIL SAN DIEGO MAYOR TOM GLORIA RELEASED HIS PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.

PART OF HIS PLAN TO CLOSE A DEFICIT OF ABOUT $118 MILLION WAS TO ELIMINATE GRANT FUNDING FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK WAS ABOUT $12 MILLION.

TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, ARTS AND CULTURE GRANTS TAKE UP ABOUT A HALF A PERCENT OF THE CITY'S TOTAL GENERAL FUND SPENDING.

THE CITY SPENDS FOUR TIMES AS MUCH ON POLICE OVERTIME AS IT DOES ON THE ARTS.

EARLIER THIS MONTH THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ITS OWN BUDGET THAT PRESERVES ABOUT $6 MILLION IN ARTS FUNDING.

THE PRACTICE FOUNDATION AND THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT EACH PLEDGED ANOTHER $3 MILLION FOR THE ARTS SO HOW DO THEY DO IT?

IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER.

SAN DIEGO IS STILL PAYING OFF BONDS ISSUED IN 1998 TO EXPAND THE CONVENTION CENTER.

IT SHOWS A PAYMENT OF ABOUT $12 MILLION THIS COMING YEAR.

THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO MAKE THAT PAYMENT WITH MONEY FROM MEASURE C, A 2020 BALLOT MEASURE THAT RAISED THE CITY'S HOTEL TAX TO PAY FOR CONVENTION CENTER NEEDS.

THIS IS NOT A PERMANENT FIX.

THE CONVENTION CENTER HAS A LOT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND IT'S BEEN COUNTING ON MEASURE C FUNDING TO HELP PAY FOR REPAIRS AND ANOTHER EXPANSION SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, WHICH IS WHY SAN DIEGO ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WILL LIKELY HAVE TO KEEP FIGHTING TO PROTECT THEIR CITY FUNDING IN FUTURE BUDGETS.

YOU CAN TRY YOUR HAND AT CLOSING SAN DIEGO'S BUDGET DEFICIT BY PLAYING THE KPBS BUDGET CHALLENGE.

JUST GO TO KPBS.ORG/BUDGET CHALLENGE.

>>> THE FLEET SCIENCE CENTER HELD A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY THIS MORNING TO UNVEIL RECENT RENOVATIONS FUNDED BY $5.5 MILLION STATE GRANT.

KPBS ARTS REPORTER THAT SACRAMENTO IS THERE FOR A FIRST LOOK AT WHAT'S NEW .

>> YES, WE ARE HERE TO SEE THE RENOVATIONS IN THE NEW EXHIBITS HERE AT THE REUBEN H LEE CENTER AND I AM HERE WITH STEVE SNYDER, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO.

SO TELL US ABOUT THESE RENOVATIONS.

HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN GOING ON?

>> WE'VE BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS NOW BUT THE PLANNING HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LOT LONGER THAN THAT.

PRE-PANDEMIC WE STARTED PLANNING THIS WORK AND IT'S THE LARGEST RENOVATION WE DONE IN ALMOST 30 YEARS.

>> WHAT'S EXCITING HERE IS THIS IS GOING TO GIVE YOU NEW EXHIBITS AND NEW EXHIBIT SPACE SO WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT?

>> WE HAVE THREE BRAND-NEW EXHIBITION SPACES.

THE FIRST IS WE MOVED OUR ENTRANCE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ENTRANCE AND CREATED A 3000 SQUARE FOOT PUBLIC EXHIBITION SPACE SO THAT'S FREE TO ANYONE WHO COMES INTO EXPERIENCE THE CLASSICS SCIENCE CENTER INTERACTIVE, SOME BRAND-NEW STUFF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, ALL CONNECTED TO THE SCIENCE THAT HAPPENS RIGHT HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

THAN OUR OLD TICKETING SPACE HAS TURNED INTO A BRAND-NEW GALLERY WHERE WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT CALLED MIND BENDER MANSION WHERE YOU TEST YOUR PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS, TEACHERS, PUZZLES AND GAMES TO COLLECT CLUES, TO OPEN THE VAULT, TO SEE WHAT PRIZES ACTUALLY IN THE SAFE, AND THEN WE'VE RECAPTURED A BASEMENT GALLERY NO ONE HAS BEEN IN FOR DECADES AND THAT SPACE IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, THE BEST ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR OUT OF THE GREENWICH MUSEUM'S.

REALLY JUST SOME EXCEPTIONAL, BEAUTIFUL IMAGES OF WHAT GOES ON IN OUR NIGHT SKY.

>> THE SPACE IN THE ENTRANCE IS GOING TO BE FREE TO THE PUBLIC AND VERY INTERACTIVE AND HANDS- ON.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE ARE THE FLEET SCIENCE CENTER SO IT'S ALWAYS GOT TO BE HANDS ON.

IF YOU CAN'T PLAY WITH THE SCIENCE, WHAT'S THE POINT?

A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW EXHIBITION.

SOME OLD EXHIBITIONS AND REALLY ALL ONES THAT YOU CAN DO NOT JUST INTERACTIVE BUT YOU CAN DO TOGETHER AS A GROUP.

PEOPLE COMING AS FAMILIES, PEOPLE COMING AS FRIENDS, TO BE ABLE TO PLAY TOGETHER, NOT JUST BY YOURSELF.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU CAN COME SEE THE NEW EXHIBITS AND THE NEW RENOVATIONS HERE AT THE REUBEN H FLEET CENTER THIS WEEKEND.

I BETH ACCOMANDO AND I AM HERE IN BALBOA PARK.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE DESPERATE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS CONTINUES AFTER DEADLY EARTHQUAKES HIT VENEZUELA.

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

>>> RESCUE TEAMS IN VENEZUELA ARE SEARCHING THROUGH RUBBLE FOR SURVIVORS.

THE DEADLY PAIR OF EARTHQUAKES THAT HIT THE COUNTRY WEDNESDAY HAS LEFT MORE THAN 900 PEOPLE DEAD WITH THOUSANDS MORE INJURED AND MANY MISSING.

ASSISTANCE FROM THE U.S.

IS STARTING TO BE SEEN ON THE GROUND.

MATTIE GANNON HAS THE LATEST.

>> Reporter: MARKING THE SECOND FULL DAY OF RESCUE OPERATIONS, AUTHORITIES IN VENEZUELA FRIDAY ARE RUSHING AGAINST THE CLOCK.

A 48 TO 72 HOUR TIME FRAME KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN WINDOW, IDEAL FOR FINDING SURVIVORS.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE.

AGAIN, HUNDREDS OF HIGH-RISES JUST FELL TO THE GROUND WITH PEOPLE, MANY PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.

THIS WAS A HOLIDAY IN NICARAGUA THAT THEY.

>> Reporter: ASSISTANCE FROM AROUND THE WORLD IS STARTING TO FLOOD IN, INCLUDING AN URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM FROM FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THAT SPECIALIZES IN WORKING SCENES WHERE BUILDINGS HAVE PANCAKES.

>> OUR TRAINING IS DESIGNED FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE COLLAPSES, MAKING THE RESCUE VERY DIFFICULT.

SO THESE ARE RESCUES THAT COULD TAKE UP TO 12 TO 36 OR 48 HOURS TO ONE INDIVIDUAL.

>> Reporter: OTHER U.S.

MILITARY MEMBERS ARE ALREADY ON THE GROUND, JUST ABOUT SIX MONTHS AFTER THE U.S.

CAPTURED VENEZUELA'S PRESIDENT AT THE TIME, NICOLAS MADURO, AS THE COUNTRY ALREADY FACED MAJOR ECONOMIC CHALLENGES.

>> THE PROBLEM IS THAT IN VENEZUELA WE DON'T HAVE A FUNCTIONING STATE.

WE HAD A STATE THAT HAS THE CAPACITY, THE TECHNICAL CAPACITY, THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY, OR THE WILLINGNESS TO REALLY HELP.

>> Reporter: HUNDREDS ARE CONFIRMED DEAD AFTER WEDNESDAY'S PAIR OF EARTHQUAKES SHOOK VENEZUELA'S NORTHERN COAST.

THE 7.2 AND 7.5 MAGNITUDE QUAKES CAME LESS THAN 40 SECONDS APART, LEVELING BUILDINGS AND LEAVING MANY STILL MISSING.

MATTIE GANNON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A JUDGE HAS DECLARED A MISTRIAL FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF STARTING THE DEADLY PALISADES FIRE IN 2025.

FOLLOWING MORE THAN 14 HOURS OF DELIBERATIONS, THE JURY DEADLOCKED ON ALL THREE CHARGES .

JONATHAN BENDER NEXT FACED.

THEY INCLUDE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, ARSON AND TIMBER SET A FIRE.

PROSECUTORS ALLEGE RENDER NEXT WAS ALONE IN THE AREA WHEN THE PALISADES FIRE STARTED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.

DEFENSE ATTORNEYS DISPUTE THAT, POINTING TO WITNESS TESTIMONY ABOUT PEOPLE SETTING OFF FIREWORKS NEARBY.

THEY ALSO NOTE RINDERKNECHT REPEATEDLY CALLED 911.

>> IT WAS HARD .

WE ALL WERE VERY RESPECTFUL WITH EACH OTHER AND OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T GET TO TALK ABOUT THE CASE UNTIL WE GOT TO DELIBERATE, AND ONCE WE WERE IN THE DELIBERATIONS I GUESS IT WAS JUST -- DIDN'T REALIZE HOW PASSIONATE CERTAIN PEOPLE FELT.

A LOT OF HOLES, YET.

A LOT OF HOLES.

>> Reporter: THE PALISADES FIRE CLAIMED A DOZEN LIVES AND DESTROYED THOUSANDS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN LOS ANGELES.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY LEADERS ARE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL PUBLIC INPUT ON THE FUTURE OF SAND PASCUAL ACADEMY.

IT'S A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR FOSTER YOUTH WHICH FEATURES A HIGH SCHOOL AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES.

CHANGES IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM HAVE LED TO A DROP IN ENROLLMENT AND FUNDING.

LAST MONTH COUNTY STAFF PROPOSED WINDING DOWN THE PROGRAM OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

ADVOCATES SAY THEY WEREN'T AWARE THE COUNTY WAS CONSIDERING SHUTTING IT DOWN.

COUNTY SUPERVISORS DIRECTED STAFF TO COLLECT ADDITIONAL PUBLIC INPUT.

SUPERVISOR JOEL ANDERSON ASKED THAT FUTURE DISCUSSIONS INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL CLOSURE OF THE ACADEMY.

>> WE DID A ROBUST OUTREACH, WHICH I'M VERY PLEASED WITH.

I'M NOT SURE PEOPLE WERE FRAMING THAT CORRECTLY.

>> IN PERSON SESSIONS WILL TAKE PLACE ON JULY 15th AND 17th.

VIRTUAL MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED FOR JULY 20th AND THE 22nd.

>>> A HALF-CENTURY LONG FIGHT TO SAVE IN EMERALD HILLS GREEN SPACE FOR A PARK MAY SOON BE DECIDED.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE HEISLER LOOKED INTO THE DISPUTE.

>> Reporter: AT A HIGH POINT IN EMERALD HILLS SIT 31 ACRES THAT HAVE BECOME A BATTLEGROUND.

THE PROPERTY IS A 360 DEGREE VIEW FROM MEXICO TO LA JOLLA.

FROM HIS BACKYARD, KENNY P CAN CLIMB UP A STEEP SLOPE AND TAKE IT IN.

>> EVERY MORNING I'M ABLE TO WAKE UP, LOOK TO THE EAST AND SEE THE SUN COME UP OVER SAN MIGUEL, AND THEN I TRACK THE SUN ALL THE WAY OVER AND I CATCH SUNSETS GOING DOWN BETWEEN CORONADO BRIDGE.

>> Reporter: HIS MOTHER BOUGHT THEIR HOME IN THE EARLY '70S.

REDLINING HAD RECENTLY ENDED.

THE HILLTOP PROPERTY HAD BEEN A COUNTRY CLUB AND GOLF COURSE.

>> LAST ONE ALLOWED TO PLAY UP HERE, LAST ONE ALLOWED TO BUILD UP YOUR.

SO WHEN WE CAME UP HERE IT'S LIKE WE WERE -- IT WAS LIKE, UPGRADE, YOU KNOW?

>> Reporter: HE WAS SEVEN.

>> AS KIDS IT WAS KIND OF LIKE LITTLE RASCALS HERE.

I'M SERIOUS.

I'M FROM THE LITTLE RASCAL GENERATION.

GO KARTS, SLINGSHOTS.

>> Reporter: THERE USED TO BE A DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATER BELOW THE HILL.

FROM UP HIGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS COULD TUNE IN FOR FREE.

>> WE BE ON A ROOF, UP ON THE ROOF OR ON A HILL WITH BLANKETS GROWING UP, WATCHING THE LATEST THING EVERY WEEK.

>> Reporter: A BROADCAST STATION OWNER BUT THE PROPERTY AND PUT UP TWO RADIO TOWERS.

KEY SAYS THE KIDS USED TO DREAM INSTEAD OF WHAT HE CALLS SEAWORLD TOWERS, SOMETHING VISITORS COULD RIDE UP TO TAKE IN THE VIEW.

HE NEVER LET GO OF THAT DREAM.

>> WE NEED MORE THAN HOUSING.

WE NEED AMENITIES THAT WERE PROMISED TO US IN THE '70S AND DENIED US UP UNTIL THIS VERY DAY.

>> Reporter: THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND MEASURED SAN DIEGO'S PARK EQUITY THIS YEAR.

THEY FOUND RESIDENTS LIVING IN SAN DIEGO'S BLACK AND BROWN BIRDS LIKE EMERALD HILLS HAVE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE NEARBY PARK SPACE THAT WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE.

THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR A PARK HERE SINCE AT LEAST 1978.

THE 2015 COMMUNITY PLAN MARKS THIS PROPERTY FOR A POSSIBLE PARK.

SO IT CAME AS A SHOCK TO THOSE NEIGHBORS WHEN THEY HEARD OF A PLAN TO BUILD 123 HOMES THERE INSTEAD.

EACH LOT COULD ADD TWO ADDITIONAL UNITS.

MARK SANTOS HAS BEEN LIVING NEXT TO THE LOT SINCE 1995.

>> THEY WANT TO MAKE IT TO WHERE ONLY A FEW PEOPLE CAN BENEFIT FROM THAT VIEW, INSTEAD OF THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS BEEN UNDERSERVED AND PROMISED SO MUCH FOR SO LONG WITH NO DELIVERIES.

>> Reporter: THE CITY CONSIDERS SOUTHEASTERN SAN DIEGO AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY.

IT'S OVERBURDENED BY POLLUTION, HEAT AND LACK OF GREEN SPACE.

WHEN NEIGHBORS LOOKED AT A ZONING MAP, IT DIDN'T APPEAR 123 HOMES WERE ALLOWED THERE.

ON A SIMILARLY SIZED LOT IN LA JOLLA, DEVELOPERS ARE ONLY PROPOSING 18 HOMES.

NEIGHBORS DOUG FOR AN ANSWER AND FOUND A FOOTNOTE IN CITY CODE.

IT ALLOWED FOR MUCH DENSER DEVELOPMENT BUT ONLY IN THE BLACK AND BROWN, LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS OF SOUTHEASTERN SAN DIEGO.

IT ADDED TO THIS FEELING SANTOS HAS OF BEING PLAYED.

>> SEEMS LIKE WE WERE REALLY CUT OUT OF THE BACK ROOM DEALS.

>> Reporter: SAGE GONZALES WELDING CHAIRS THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP.

>> ORGANIZING A COMMUNITY THAT'S ALREADY REALLY WORKING HARD TO LIVE IN THIS TIME IS ASKING A LOT.

>> Reporter: ADVOCATING TO SAVE THE GREEN SPACE HAS TAKEN A LOT OF HOURS OF UNPAID LABOR.

>> I THINK BURNOUT IS REAL AND WHEN YOU ARE IN COMMUNITIES OF CONCERN LIKE OURS, YOU WONDER IF THAT'S NOT THE PLOY, RIGHT?

IS THIS THE PLAN?

>> Reporter: DESPITE THE CHALLENGES, THE COMMUNITY DID ORGANIZE.

THEY CONVINCED THE CITY COUNCIL TO REPEAL THE FOOTNOTE BUT CITY STAFF SAID STOPPING ALREADY COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS COULD VIOLATE STATE LAW, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED FOR THE RADIO TOWERS LOT.

SANDY HILL IS IN A HOUSING CRISIS.

THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION ESTIMATES ABOUT 150,000 MORE HOMES ARE NEEDED.

BEFORE WELDING, ANDREA HAD TERRY CHAIRED THE PLANNING GROUP.

SHE SAYS THAT NUMBER SHOULDN'T BE THE ONLY GOAL.

>> IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ROOFTOPS.

THE COMMUNITY MATTERS.

WE CAN PUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HOUSING AND A NUMBER OF HOUSING IN THE SOUTH POLE BUT IF IT DOESN'T HAVE AMENITIES THAT YOU NEED, THERE'S NO POINT IN THE HOUSING.

SO SOUTH OF 94, BEFORE YOU PUT DENSITY HERE, WE NEED AMENITIES.

WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR DECADES.

>> Reporter: SHE THINKS THE STAKES FOR THIS PROPERTY ARE HIGH.

>> ONCE YOU GET A WORLD-CLASS PARK, A DESTINATION TYPE PARK ON THAT HILL, YOU'RE GOING TO ATTRACT BUSINESS.

YOU NEED SOMETHING OF A HUGE SCALE AND THIS PARCEL CAN DO THAT.

>> Reporter: THE GROUP APPEALED THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON EVERY CATEGORY THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO HAS.

THE HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 7th.

WELDING WILL BE AMONG THOSE MAKING THEIR CASE IN A DISPUTE SHE SAYS REFLECTS OUR TIMES.

>> YOU KNOW WE CAN'T MAKE MORE LAND.

YOU JUST CAN'T.

LAND HAS BECOME A COMMODITY OF THIS CENTURY.

>> Reporter: KATIE HYSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SATURDAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME STRONGER WIND GUSTS FOR OUR MOUNTAINS, SOME DESERT REGIONS REALLY.

THAT ELEVATES THE FIRE DANGER.

I'LL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHERE IN A MINUTE BUT THE OTHER THING THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT MORE OF US, THAT DEEPENING MARINE LAYER IS BRINGING LOW CLOUDS ALL THE WAY TO OUR WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS SO GET READY FOR THAT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND THEN OUR TEMPERATURES.

WE'VE BEEN ON A WARMING TREND, COOLING TREND, WARMING TREND.

THAT CONTINUES.

NOT SUPER DRAMATIC BUT IT IS STILL SOME VARIATIONS DAY TO DAY OR WEEK TO WEEK.

OVERNIGHT WE WERE IN THE MID 60s IN BORREGO SPRINGS, 50s FROM MT.

LAGUNA, ALONG THE COAST LOW 60s FROM OCEANSIDE TO SAN DIEGO AND CHULA VISTA.

WE HAD INTO TOMORROW, THERE'S THAT WIND THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-60s, BORREGO SPRINGS, INTO THE MID- 90s BUT IT'S NOT TRIPLE DIGITS.

MORE SUNSHINE ALONG THE COAST.

TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO LOW 70s DEPENDING ON EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE.

HERE'S THE WIND THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT SO POINTING OUT SPECIFICALLY THE AREA, YOU CAN SEE THE WORST OF IT FURTHERING WIND BUT FOR SOME OF US, EVEN INLAND, WE DO GET SOME OF THIS ACTION IN BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND L.A.

SO SOME OF THE INLAND EMPIRE IS GOING TO SEE 50 MILE PER HOUR GUSTS, STRONGER FURTHER INLAND BUT IT STILL COULD BRING SOME DAMAGE TO US WITH SOME TREE LIMBS DOWN, SOME MINOR POWER OUTAGES, THINGS LIKE THAT, FIRE RISK AND AT THE VERY LEAST THINGS CAN BE BLOWING AROUND, GETS IN THE WAY OF ANY SATURDAY OUTDOOR PLANS WILL BE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE WIND.

FOR OUR FIRE DANGER, HERE'S WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US.

MOSTLY WE ARE INTO THIS MODERATE RISK AREA AND JUST KEEP IN MIND THIS IS BEYOND THE TYPICAL RISK THAT WE HAVE THIS TIME OF YEAR.

WE ALREADY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF ELEVATED FIRE DANGER BUT THIS IS A STEP UP.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT FIVE DAYS ALONG THE COAST.

FIRST OF ALL, STORY IS THE SAME HERE.

NOT A LOT OF VARIATION DAY TO DAY, 74 SATURDAY, 73 BY THE TIME WE GET TO OUR WEDNESDAY.

FURTHER INLAND, WE ARE COOLING DOWN FROM SATURDAY TO SUNDAY AND THEN WE ARE STAYING RELATIVELY CONSISTENT AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY PARTS OF NEXT WEEK.

THEN WE GET TO OUR WARMING TREND, OUR MOUNTAINS, KEEP IN MIND THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF THE WIND IS GOING TO BE FLOWING SATURDAY.

WE ARE AT 61 TUESDAY, WERE UP TO 70 BY THE TIME WE GET TO OUR WEDNESDAY.

IN OUR DESERT REGIONS LOOK AT THAT FIVE MORE DAYS IN THE 90s.

EVEN 90 DEGREES SUNDAY.

THAT'S GOING TO FEEL PRETTY GOOD.

WE DO START TO CLIMB BACK A BIT.

TUESDAY WE GET TO THE MID-90s.

FOR KPBS DESIGN ACCUWEATHER'S ANNA HAS OUT YOUR.

>>> THIS SUMMER HOLLYWOOD HAS SOME STEEP COMPETITION FROM INDIE FILMMAKERS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

KPBS BETH ACCOMANDO SAYS THIS WEEKEND YOU CAN SEE DC'S LATEST OFFERING, SUPERGIRL, OR CHECK OUT THE INTENSE ASIAN ACTION FILM, THE FURIOUS, WHICH EXPANDS TO DIGITAL GENERAL CINEMA TONIGHT.

>>> HI THERE.

>> Reporter: KARA ZARRELLA IS NOTHING LIKE HER COUSIN, CAO L, A.K.A.

SUPERMAN.

>> MY COUSIN AND I HAVE VERY DIFFERENT IDEAS.

ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HERO.

HE SEES THE GOOD IN EVERYONE.

AND I SEE THE TRUTH.

>> Reporter: MILLIE ALCOCK GIVES US A PUNKY COMING-OF-AGE SUPERHERO IN THE NEW SUPERGIRL MOVIE.

SHE SPENDS HAVE TO FILL DRUNK OR HUNG OVER BEFORE FINALLY GIVING INTO THE HEROIC GOOD WE KNOW SHE POSSESSES DEEP INSIDE.

IN THAT RESPECT, SHE IS LIKE HER COUSIN.

I LIKE THAT SUPERGIRL IS A DIFFERENT TONE FROM SUPERMAN.

THE CONTRAST IS GOOD FOR THE DC UNIVERSE.

IS SUPERGIRL AS GOOD A MOVIE AS JAMES GUNN'S SUPERMAN?

NO BUT IS IT A FUN, WORDY COMPANION PIECE?

ABSOLUTELY.

ONCE AGAIN I CONFESS THAT CRYPTO IS WINNING ME OVER.

WOMEN ARE USUALLY PAIRED WITH HORSES OR CATS SO I LOVE FINALLY GETTING AN ICONIC WOMAN AND HER DOG STORY AND SEEING HER ON A JOHN WICK PATH OF VENGEANCE PLUS I APPRECIATE THAT HER MOTHER TOLD HER SHE NEEDED TO BE GOOD AND NOT NECESSARILY NICE.

I LIKE THAT ADVICE.

>> OKAY, THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THIS IS GOING TO END WELL.

>> FOR YOU GUYS.

>> Reporter: AND SPEAKING OF JOHN WICK, THERE ARE NO DOGS IN THE FURIOUS BUT THE ACTION IS JUST AS INTENSE AND EVEN MORE BREATHLESSLY IMPRESSIVE AND BONE CRUNCHING LEAVE YOU BRUTAL.

THE STORY IS SIMPLE.

A MAN'S DAUGHTER IS KIDNAPPED BY A CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING RING AND HE'LL STOP AT NOTHING TO GET HER BACK.

THE TRAFFICKERS ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A JOURNALIST AND HER HUSBAND IS ON A SIMILAR COURSE OF REVENGE WHEN THE TWO MEN CROSS PATHS.

THE MUTE FATHER IS PLAYED BY CHINESE ACTOR AND FORMER CHILD STAR SHENYANG WHO PLAYED GENTLY'S SUNNY MY FATHER IS A HERO.

NOW HE GETS TO TAKE ON THE PARENTAL ROLE IN THE FURIOUS.

IN ADDITION TO MEOW, THE FILM CAPS TWO ACTION STARS FROM THE BRAVE, JOE HAS LEARNED AND NOW.

THE ACTION IS SO INSANELY GOOD THAT YOU'LL GET AN ENDORPHIN RUSH FROM JUST WATCHING.

IT'S EXHAUSTING AND EXHILARATING AT THE SAME TIME, AND BECAUSE IT'S AN ASIAN FILM, IT WILL ALSO BREAK YOUR HEART.

IT'S ALSO ONE OF SEVERAL RECENT FILMS TO TACKLE THE REAL ISSUE OF SEX TRAFFICKING.

THE PACE IS RELENTLESS AND THE FILM WORKS WELL BECAUSE IT ENGAGES YOU EMOTIONALLY AND THEN DAZZLES YOU WITH THE FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY THAT ALLOWS THE ACTION TO PLAY OUT IN LONG TAKES WITH THE ACTORS DOING THEIR OWN STUNTS.

THIS IS A FILM TO WATCH IN A CINEMA SO YOU CAN HAVE THAT COMMUNAL EXPERIENCE OF WINCING, CHEERING AND WATCHING IN AWE OF THE PURE ADRENALINE RUSH OF THE FURIOUS.

BETH ACCOMANDO, KPBS NEWS.

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