>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

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

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM JOHN CARROLL IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

GOVERNOR GOVERNOR NEWSOM HIS PLAN TO FREEZE ACCESS TO HEALTH -- IT IS AIMED AT LURING THE BUDGET DEFICIT BUT HEIDI DiMARCO SAYS ADVOCATES ARE WORRIED IT COULD END UP COSTING MORE IN THE LONG RUN.

>> Reporter: ABOUT 1.4 MILLION ADULTS ARE SIGNED UP FOR MEDI- CAL.

NOW GOVERNOR NEWSOM COULD FREEZE ACCESS FOR IMMIGRANTS WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS.

MY ALVAREZ SAYS CUTTING ACCESS TO THIS CARE WILL BACKFIRE.

>> WHEN PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE HEALTH COVERAGE THEY ARE WAITING UNTIL IT IS A MORE DIRE SITUATION AND THEN THEY ARE USING THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR THEIR CARE.

AND, WHAT DOES THAT DO?

THAT RAISES THE COST FOR ALL OF US.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA EXTENDED MEDI-CAL IN 2044.

A STUDY FOUND THAT 88% OF THOSE ENROLLED USED PRIMARY PREVENTATIVE AND DENTAL CARE.

-- RUNS THE UC BERKELEY LABOR CENTER.

>> PEOPLE THAT HAVE MEDICARE COVERAGE ARE MORE LIKELY TO USE PREVENTIVE CARE AND LESS LIKELY TO USE EMERGENCY ROOM SERVICES.

>> Reporter: THE PROPOSAL CUTS DENTAL AND LONG-TERM CARE AND CHARGES A $100 MONTHLY PREMIUM STARTING IN 2027 .

>> $100 PER MONTH FOR FAMILIES IS TELLING THEM THEY MIGHT BE TAKING RESOURCES FROM PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE ARE MAKING.

>> Reporter: THE LAW PREVENTS CHARGING THE POOREST PATIENTS AND IT WOULD BE UNAFFORDABLE FOR MOST .

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE EARN $1800 OR LESS PER MONTH.

THAT IS THE UPPER LEVEL ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDI-CAL.

>> Reporter: COMMUNITY CLINICS LIKE -- ARE OFTEN THE ONLY OPTION FOR LOW-INCOME PATIENTS.

CORINE HANSEN SAYS THEY SAW A MAJOR INFLUX IN PATIENTS LAST YEAR AROUND THE SAME TIME COVERAGE WAS EXTENDED TO THE IMMIGRANT POPULATION.

>> I WANT TO SAY IT WAS OVER 1000 NEW PATIENTS.

>> Reporter: WITH CUTS LOOMING AND POTENTIALLY FEWER PATIENTS COVERED, SHE SAYS THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH CHOICES.

>> WE WOULD NOT WANT TO CLOSE ANY CLINICS OR STOP PROVIDING SERVICES BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO FOCUS ON YOU KNOW, ON OUR CORE SERVICES.

>> Reporter: HEIDI DiMARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> RESIDENCE AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN IMPERIAL COUNTY ARE BRACING AS HOUSE REPUBLICANS PUSH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CUTS TO MEDICAID.

I NEWS SOURCE EXPLAINS.

>> Reporter: MEDICAID SENDS MONEY TO STATES TO HELP VULNERABLE PEOPLE.

MANY PEOPLE RELY ON THE PROGRAM.

THIS WEEK REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE CALLING FOR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF CUTS IN THE PROGRAM TO OFFSET NEARLY $5 TRILLION IN TAX CUTS PUSHED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

>> WE OBVIOUSLY ARE FOLLOWING THIS VERY CLOSELY.

IT WOULD HAVE A DEVASTATING IMPACT ON IMPERIAL VALLEY.

>> Reporter: HOSPITALS IN RURAL AREAS DEPEND ON MEDICAID TO FUND OPERATIONS.

THE PROGRAM HELPS PAY FOR -- THAT ARE EXPENSIVE TO RUN .

>> WE ARE ALREADY UNDERFUNDED AND -- LIKE ORTHO AND G.I.

AND SO FORTH AND ALL -- AND IF THOSE CUTS HAPPEN HOW WILL THAT IMPACT THE COMMUNITY?

>> Reporter: IT COULD PUT PRESSURE ON THE PATRICK SYSTEMS THEY RELY ON TO MAKE ENDS MEET .

>> WE ARE NOT EVEN LIVING LIFE HOW WE SHOULD BE BECAUSE WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT OUR BASIC NEEDS.

>> Reporter: THEY WANT TO AT WORK REQUIREMENTS AND A MEASURE THAT WOULD CURB THE STATE ABILITY TO TAX PROVIDERS AND THAT IS A KEY TOOL THAT STATES USED TO FUND THE PROGRAM.

DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ARE PUSHING BACK.

>> IT IS A RESPONSIBLE AND DISTRESSING FOR AN ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS CAPTURED A LOT OF SUPPORT IN THE LAST ELECTION FROM WORKING PEOPLE TO TURN AROUND AND HARM THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: HOUSE PANEL APPROVED $880 BILLION IN CUTS OVER NINE YEARS, MOSTLY COMING FROM MEDICAID.

NEXT THE HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL TAKE IT UP.

FOR I NEWS SOURCE.

>> I NEWS SOURCE IS A TEST THIS IS PART OF THE PUBLIC MATTERS PARTNERSHIP.

TO FIND OUT MORE GO TO KPBS.ORG/PUBLIC MATTERS.

>>> COMING UP TONIGHT TEMPERATURES DOWN INTO THE 60s.

GET READY FOR A COOLER, CLOUDIER, WINDIER WEEKEND.

WE ARE TRACKING PRECIPITATION.

THAT'S COMING UP.

>>> A SAN DIEGO-BASED SUBMARINE IS BACK AT HOME AFTER SEVEN MONTHS AT SEA.

ANDREW DYER WAS AT POINT LOMA NAVAL BASE FOR THE HOMECOMING.

>> Reporter: LIKE ANY SHIP HOMECOMING THERE WERE HAPPY REUNIONS FOR THE CREW OF THE USS ALEXANDRIA BUT SUBMARINES ARE NOT JUST ANY SHIPS.

SUBMARINES OPERATE AND THEIR MISSIONS ARE CLOSELY GUARDED MISSIONS.

>> WHAT WE ARE DOING OUT THERE DAY IN AND DAY OUT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT SEA LIONS REMAIN OPEN AND THAT ALLIES CAN MOVE THROUGH THE PACIFIC AND PROVIDING A PRESENCE THAT SOME PEOPLE KNOW WHERE WE ARE AT AND SOME DO NOT BUT OUR PRESENCE MATTERS.

>> Reporter: CHRISTOPHER ROSE IS THE CAPTAIN OF THE ALEXANDRIA.

THEY LEFT SAN DIEGO IN SEPTEMBER.

HE SAYS LIFE FOR THE 140 SAILORS ON BOARD IS DIFFERENT THAN THOSE ON REGULAR SHIPS.

>> WHAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS WE ARE COMPLETELY ISOLATED.

WE GO MONTHS WITHOUT EMAILS TO FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: THIS IS ONE SUBMARINE BASED IN SAN DIEGO AND NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINES ARE AMONG THE OLDEST IN THE FLEET.

THEY ARE BEING REPLACED BY THE NEWER AND MORE VERSATILE SUBMARINES.

THIS ONE STILL HAS A JOB TO DO.

>> THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE SUBMARINE FORCE.

THEY ARE OUT THERE EXECUTING MISSIONS THAT MATTER EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> Reporter: CAPTAIN WILL WILEY IS THE COMMANDER OF SUBMARINE SQUADRON 11 AT NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA.

>> WE HAD A LOT AND WE KEPT THEM UNDERWAY MAINTAINING A PRESENCE IN THE PACIFIC.

>> Reporter: AFTER SPENDING SEVEN MONTHS AWAY, MOST OF IT UNDERWATER, THE CREW HAD REINTEGRATION TRAINING BEFORE GETTING HOME.

THEY MISS A LOT AND ARE INSULATED FROM THE WORLD OVERALL BUT THEY HAD PLANS FOR THE DAY THEY GOT HOME .

>> I HAVE A BASEBALL GAME FOR MY 10-YEAR-OLD THAT 5:00 TONIGHT SO I THINK THAT IS THE FIRST THING I AM DOING.

>> Reporter: ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGANS HONOR THE LEGACY OF THE LGBTQ+ ICON HARVEY MILK TODAY.

THE HARVEY MILK BREAKFAST WAS HELD AT THE TOWN & COUNTRY RESORT THIS MORNING.

HE WAS STATIONED IN SAN DIEGO WHILE SERVING IN THE NAVY IN THE 1950s.

HE WENT ON TO BECOME CALIFORNIA'S FIRST OPENLY ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE 70s.

ACTIVISTS TOLD OUR MEDIA PARTNER IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER CIVIL RIGHTS FIGURES LIKE MILK.

>> NO CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY HAS ACHIEVED EQUALITY IN CIVIL RIGHTS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

WITHOUT THE COALITION AND NOW, MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO EACH OTHER.

>> Reporter: THE CEREMONY HONORED THE OREGON GOVERNOR, ONE OF THE FIRST OPENLY LESBIAN WOMAN TO BECOME A GOVERNOR IN THE COUNTRY.

ALSO A BOY WHO WAS SENT TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP DURING THE HOLOCAUST BECAUSE OF HIS SEXUALITY.

>>> TONIGHT KPBS NEWS IS REMEMBERING A LONGTIME CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR BUSINESS .

>> THIS UNPRECEDENTED MERGER, THIS PROGRAM WOULD HAVE IMPACTED OVER 45 MILLION PEOPLE AND THAT IS A LOT OF VOTERS.

IT IS A GOOD ENTRY POINT FOR THE FED MEETINGS LATER IN SEPTEMBER.

>> Reporter: HIS VOICE WAS A REGULAR PRESENCE ON KPBS TELEVISION AND RADIO.

MIRA COPIC PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK AT 62 LESS THAN ONE YEAR AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.

WE SPOKE TODAY WITH HIS SISTER, DANILA COPIC DE GRANDA.

>> TO EVERY SINGLE JOB HE BROUGHT THIS BOUNDLESS CREATIVE ENERGY THAT WAS INFECTIOUS AND HE GOT EVERYBODY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

AS YOU KNOW HE IS A PROFESSOR AND HIS PASSIONATE ABOUT TEACHING BRANDING AND TEACHING STUDENTS AND GETTING IN THERE AND MENTORING THEM.

WE HAVE GOTTEN NOTES FROM STUDENTS THAT HE WAS THEIR FAVORITE PROFESSOR AND HE REALLY TOOK THE TIME TO COACH ME AND TEACH ME.

>> Reporter: AND IN ADDITION TO TEACHING AT THE FOWLER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS HE HELD DEGREES FROM USC AND HERBERT.

THAT EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE LED HIM TO FORM HIS OWN COMPANY, BOTTOM-LINE MARKETING, IN SAN DIEGO.

>> LOGOS AND NAMES ARE EMOTIONAL AND THAT IS THE HARDEST THING IN MARKETING.

>> Reporter: MIRA REGULAR APPEARANCES INCLUDED THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT AND HE WAS A TRUSTED SOURCE FOR REPORTERS OVER THE YEARS.

>> OVER 20 YEARS WE WOULD BE SITTING AT THANKSGIVING DINNER AND HE WOULD BE LIKE I HAVE TO GO TO THE STATION AND DO A BLACK FRIDAY REPORT AND HE WAS EXCITED ABOUT IT.

IT WAS IN HIS BLOOD AND HE LOVED IT.

HE LOVED TALKING ABOUT IT, TEACHING IT, DOING IT, SHARING IT AND REALLY GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME AND TALENT.

>> Reporter: MIRO COPIC IS A FATHER THAT LOVED TO TRAVEL AND MANY -- HE WOULD SEE HIS FAVORITE TEAM WHEN THEY PLAYED.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, MIRO COPIC .

>> MIRO COPIC, THANK YOU FOR TALKING WITH US.

>> WE HAVE TO CLOSE IT THERE.

IT MIRO COPIC, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> MIRO COPIC FROM SDSU AND BOTTOM-LINE MARKETING.

>> A CELEBRATION OF LIFE IS IN THE WORKS.

>>> I HAVE JEFF BENNETT AND TONIGHT ON THE NEWS OUR PROSPECTS FOR PEACE AFTER TALKS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE AND WITH LITTLE PROGRESS.

THAT IS AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> RIGHT NOW GROUND AND AIR CREWS ARE WORKING TO PUT OUT A BRUSH FILE JUST EAST OF THE SAN DIEGO ZOO SAFARI PARK.

THE ACADEMY FIRE STARTED AROUND 2:30 THIS AFTERNOON NEAR SAN PASCUAL VALLEY ROAD.

IT HAS BURNED NEARLY 50 ACRES.

>>> ONE WAY TO HELP DOUSE FLAMES AS WITH FIRE SUPPRESSANT.

AMONG THE MOST COMMONLY USED AS A BRIGHT RED SUBSTANCE USUALLY DROPPED FROM AIRPLANES BUT WHAT IS IN IT?

AND IS IT SAFE?

MIRABELLE GONZALEZ REPORTS.

>> Reporter: HERE IN CALIFORNIA THE JANUARY WILDFIRES BURNED THOUSANDS OF STRUCTURES.

FIRE SUPPRESSANT WAS A CRITICAL TOOL TO HELP THEM COMBAT THE MASSIVE BLAZES, ESPECIALLY IN HARD TO ACCESS AREAS LIKE HILLS AND CANYONS.

IN JANUARY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NEIGHBORHOODS LIT UP WITH BRIGHT ORANGE FLAMES.

TURNED PINK AND RED.

>> WE JUST DROPPED RETARDANT.

IT >> Reporter: IT COVERED A LOT FROM HOMES TO HILLSIDES.

>> THIS IS MORE USAGE THAN WE HAVE EVER SEEN IN A JANUARY.

>> Reporter: THE COLOR IS A STRATEGIC CHOICE.

>> THE REASON THAT THE COLOR IS SO CRITICAL FOR A PILOT IS ABOUT VISIBILITY.

>> Reporter: THOSE IN PLACES DEVASTATED BY WILDFIRES ARE WONDERING IS IT SAFE?

ACCORDING TO A 2024 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDY AT LEAST ONE PRODUCT USED TO SUPPRESS FIRES IN THE PAST WAS NOT.

SOMETHING CALLED LC 95 W CONTAINS HEAVY METALS THAT COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS HAZARDOUS WASTES UNDER CALIFORNIA REGULATIONS.

>> THE FOREST SERVICE PHASED IT OUT.

>> Reporter: THEY ONLY USE A DIFFERENT PERMIT OR PROJECT KNOWN AS ENVP FX IN THE WILDFIRES AND THEY SAY IT IS COMPOSED OF WATER, AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE, A THICKENING AGENT AND COLORING .

>> AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE IS THE PRIMARY INGREDIENT IN MANY FERTILIZERS.

>> PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ARE ENCOURAGING.

>> Reporter: PERIMETER, THE MAKERS OF PHOS FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT IT SAFETY.

THE FORMER FIRE SUPPRESSANT KNOWN AS LC 95 WAS NEVER USED OR LOADED AT AIR TANKER BASES IN CALIFORNIA.

THEY SAY STANDARDS ARE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN SAFETY.

REPORTING IN LOS ANGELES I AM MIRABELLE GONZALEZ.

>>> THE FIRST INFERENCES OF WEST NILE VIRUS HAVE BEEN DETECTED IN LEMON GROVE.

TWO DEAD CROWS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.

NOW COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE REMINDING EVERYBODY TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND REMEMBER TO DUMP OUTSTANDING WATER AROUND HOMES TO PREVENT MOSQUITOES FROM BREATHING AND MAKE SURE SCREENS AND WINDOWS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION TO KEEP INSECTS OUT.

WEAR LONG SLEEVES OR PANTS AND REPORT POSSIBLE MOSQUITO ACTIVITY AND DEAD BIRDS TO CONTROL AT THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN, 858-694-2888.

>>> NEARLY 100 SAN DIEGANS HAVE BECOME SICK FROM FOOD POISONING.

KPBS REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE SAYS A SALMONELLA OUTBREAK HAS BEEN LINKED TO A POPULAR RESTAURANT IN CLERMONT.

>> Reporter: A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT SICK AFTER EATING AT A LATINS -- A LOT OF CAFE.

>> I WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND THEY ADMITTED ME RIGHT RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE OF HOW DANGEROUS MY BLOOD PRESSURE WAS.

I FELT LIKE I WAS DYING.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THERE ARE 19 PEOPLE WITH CONFIRMED OR PROBABLE CASES OF SALMONELLA POISONING AFTER THEY ATE AT ALADDIN MEDITERRANEAN CAFE.

THE RESTAURANT HAS REOPENED AFTER A BRIEF CLOSER.

A COUNTY SPOKESPERSON SAYS THAT THEY REPLACED DEEP STORED FOOD, CLEAN THE RESTAURANT AND EMPLOYEES WERE QUESTIONED.

>> ABOUT 1.4 MILLION AMERICANS EVERY YEAR ARE SICKENED BY IT.

NOW IT IS PRIMARILY CAUSED BY CONSUMPTION OF CHICKEN PRODUCTS EITHER EGGS OR UNDERCOOKED CHICKEN OR POULTRY.

>> Reporter: BILL IS A FOOD SAFETY LAWYER.

AND HE SAYS FINDING OUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE WILL BE TRICKY.

>> SOMETIMES OUTBREAKS IN RESTAURANTS ARE HARD TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE EATEN THE EVIDENCE.

>> Reporter: SALMONELLA IS CARRIED IN FECAL MATTER AND THERE ARE WAYS THAT CHICKENS CAN GET YOU.

IT MIGHT BE THE CHICKEN THAT MADE PEOPLE SICK OR MAYBE IT WAS MISHANDLED AND THE SALMONELLA WAS TRANSMITTED TO OTHER FOODS OR INGREDIENTS.

>> WAS IT THE PARSLEY?

OR THE CARROTS?

THE UNDERCOOKED CHICKEN?

>> Reporter: HE IS NOT WORKING ON THE ALADDIN CASE.

BASED ON THOUSANDS OF OTHER CASES HE HAS LITIGATED AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO GOT SALMONELLA POISONING, HE SAYS -- >> I WOULD INC.

IT IS LIKELY NOT UNDER COOKING.

IT IS LIKELY AN INGREDIENT THAT WAS CONTAMINATED BEFORE IT GOT TO THE RESTAURANT.

>> Reporter: THAT WOULD NOT MEAN THE LOT RESTAURANT IS NOT LIABLE BUT THEY MAY SHARE LIABILITY WITH A SUPPLIER.

LAWSUITS LIKE THIS CAN BANKRUPT A RESTAURANT IF NOT ADEQUATELY INSURED.

ALADDINS MEDITERRANEAN CAFE IS THINKING THE -- AND SAYING SAFETY IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY.

THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERGOING.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY KIT OFF COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES TODAY.

SDSU IS HOLDING NINE CEREMONIES FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AT THE VA HOUSE ARENA WITH MORE THAN 12,000 STUDENTS GRADUATING.

KPBS SPOKE WITH STUDENTS FROM THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS ABOUT HOW THEY WERE FEELING AND ADVICE THEY WOULD GIVE THEIR FRESHMAN YOURSELVES.

>> IT FEELS GREAT.

IT FEELS LIKE IT WAS A LONG JOURNEY BUT ALSO THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ONE AND I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT IS TO COME.

>> THE FUTURE IS SO BROAD.

NOT EVERYONE STICKS WITH THEIR MAJOR OR GOES THROUGH GRADUATING IN FOUR YEARS BUT DO WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY.

DO WHATEVER WILL MAKE YOU WANT OTHER PEOPLE PROUD .

>> THE MOST POPULAR DEGREE FOR SDSU CLASS OF 2025 WAS PSYCHOLOGY.

FOLLOWED BY CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND FINANCE.

THE UNIVERSITY HELD A COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY AT IMPERIAL VALLEY CAMPUS YESTERDAY AND ANOTHER ONE IN TIJUANA EARLIER THIS MONTH.

SAN MARCOS IS HOLDING CEREMONIES TODAY AND TOMORROW.

UC SAN DIEGO CAMPUSWIDE COMMENCEMENT IS ON JUNE 14.

>>> HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE ENJOYED SOME OF THE NICER WEATHER WE HAVE HAD BECAUSE WE ARE TRACKING CHANGES.

THOSE DO COME FOR THE WEEKEND.

COOLER, CLOUDIER, WINDIER.

THAT IS WHAT WE WILL BE TRACKING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND NEXT WEEK IS LOOKING WARMER BUT WE WILL SEE A SHALLOW MARINE LAYER RETURNING.

OCEANSIDE DOWN TO 54 DEGREES TONIGHT AND SAN DIEGO 60.

CHULA VISTA, 59 DEGREES.

BORREGO SPRINGS.262 AND MOUNT LAGUNA, 48 DEGREES.

SATURDAY, WE TRACK THIS NEXT STORM DIVING SOUTH AND THAT WILL BRING PRECIPITATION FURTHER SOUTH.

WENDY DRY CONDITIONS AND WE ARE WATCHING THAT.

EVERY ICON HERE THROUGHOUT THE AREA TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS DEALING WITH PRECIPITATION.

OCEANSIDE 67 AND SAN DIEGO 66, CHULA VISTA, 65.

BORREGO SPRINGS, 83 AND MOUNT LAGUNA AT 53 DEGREES.

NOT A WHOLE LOT WHEN IT COMES TO FUTURE PRECIPITATION.

YOU CAN SEE LIGHT AREAS OF GREEN HERE WHEN IT COMES TO FUTURE RAINFALL BUT WE WILL KEEP IT MURKY SATURDAY.

BY SUNDAY, MORE PLEASANT AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS COLORADO AND THAT IS AFTER PRECIPITATION IS FOR THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

WE TAKE IT TO THE NEXT FIVE DAYS WAS SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST ON SATURDAY THEN BACK TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND DRIER ON SUNDAY THAN NICER AND MUCH WARMER AS WE HEAD INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

THIS WEEKEND STAYS CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS FURTHER INLAND ON SATURDAY.

70 AND DRY ON SUNDAY THEN LOOK AT THAT.

NEARLY 90 DEGREES AS WE GO INTO WEDNESDAY.

A SIMILAR FORECASTER WITH COOLER CLOUDIER SHOWERS THIS WEEKEND AND THEN IT WILL WARM UP TO THE 80s BY NEXT WEEK.

TRIPLE DIGIT HIT -- HEAT ACROSS THE DESERT NEXT WEEK.

>>> LAST NIGHT SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL KICKED OFF WHAT IT CALLS 11 DAYS OF EYEBALL BURSTING SHOWS.

THIS YEAR THERE ARE 45 SHOWS ACROSS EIGHT VENUES.

KPBS NEWS REPORTER BETH ACCOMANDO PREVIEWS THE FESTIVAL.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL IS ON CURATED AND UNCENSORED SHOWCASE OF LIVE THEATER .

>> THAT IS WHAT ATTRACTS ME SO MUCH TO THIS FRINGE FESTIVAL.

IT IS 100% UNCENSORED WHICH IS EXACTLY THE WAY THAT I LIKE IT.

>> MAE WEST FEELS RIGHT AT HOME.

>> I GOT ARRESTED IN 1927.

EIGHT DAYS --.

>> Reporter: THIS PERFORMER PLAYS THE LEGENDARY SIX SYMBOL -- SEX SYMBOL BRINGING HER TO LIFE.

>> WHAT'S WRONG?

YOU ARE READY FOR A BOLD AND 85- YEAR-OLD WOMAN WITH A VORACIOUS SEXUAL APPETITE?

YOUR LOSS!

>> Reporter: FRINGE GOERS CAN CAPTURE SILENT CLOWN CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN A PROGRAM CALLED SMILE.

-- PHYSICAL COMEDY.

OR VERBAL CUTS FROM MATT HARVEY IN RAGE AGAINST -- WAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE .

>> THIS IS STORIES ABOUT MY OLD DODGY JOBS.

-- WHERE I GOT THAT RESTRAINED FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

>> Reporter: THE HUMOR IS UNIVERSAL.

>> I HAVE AN INTERCONTINENTAL TRAUMA BOND OVER POOR GOVERNMENTAL CHOICES.

>> THE -- GANG HAS -- [ INAUDIBLE ] YOU ARE STILL ALIVE, $200!

GO HAVE FUN!

THE STORY IS USUALLY THE MEDICINE.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR FRENCH IS RICH WITH HEALING MEDICINE OF PERSONAL STORYTELLING WHETHER IT IS FROM THE STOOP OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> I JUST DESPERATELY HOLDING ON TO A SHRED OF WHO I BELIEVE MYSELF TO BE.

>> Reporter: OR ON STAGE WITH A JAPANESE COMEDIAN PERFORMING FOR U.S.

TROOPS.

>> [ INDISCERNABLE ] PEARL HARBOR.

TODAY IS THE [ INDISCERNABLE ].

>> Reporter: IN DO BETTER MAGIC PROVIDES THE -- .

>> DO BETTER IS A ONE-PERSON COMEDIC DRAMA WITH MAGIC THAT EXPLORES LIFE AFTER GRIEF.

SOMETIMES THE ONLY THING THAT YOU CAN DO IS LAUGH AT THE PAIN AND DO A CARD TRICK.

>> Reporter: FRINGE OFFERS THE POETRY OF BODIES IN MOTION.

THE BARD TO REIMAGINE.

>> SHIRLEY IT WAS A CLOSE CALL.

[ INDISCERNABLE ] ON MY WHILE.

MY ENEMIES CLICK AGHAST.

>> Reporter: AND BACKSTAGE MELODRAMA .

>> DAVID, KAREN -- >> I AM SARAH LOOK EARLIER -- LeCLAIR AND I IT HIM IN DEATH AND MURDER A SCENE."

THIS IS THE LONGEST RUNNING SHOW OFFICER BROADWAY THAT HAS A ONE STAR YELP REVIEW.

HOW HAS IT BEEN THERE 30 YEARS WITH THE ORIGINAL CAST?

THEY KILLED A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AND BURIED THEM IN THE WALLS.

>> THE THING IS, -- HASN'T SLEPT OR ISN'T SLEEPING OR IS COMPLETELY ALTERED FROM HER LACK OF SLEEP AND IS GETTING A LITTLE MANIC.

I AM WORRIED SHE WILL ACTUALLY KILL SOMEONE ON STAGE.

>> Reporter: THE SILLY MURDER MYSTERY WHERE THE CAST IS TRYING TO KEEP EVERYTHING FROM GOING OFF THE RAILS WHILE TRYING NOT TO MURDER EACH OTHER SOMETIMES SUCCESSFULLY AND SOMETIMES NOT.

>> Reporter: IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE FINAL BODY COUNT YOU HAVE TO SEE THE SHOW.

THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF 45 SHOWS PLAYING AT EIGHT VENUES INCLUDING TWO OF THE NEWLY CHRISTENED 49th AND LOGAN MULTICULTURAL COMPLEX IN LINCOLN PARK.

I HOPE YOU WILL ACCEPT THIS INVITATION TO BINGE ON FRINGE WITH ME.

BETH ACCOMANDO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM JOHN CARROLL.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

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

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.