>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "KPBS EVENING NEWS" HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANY PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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MANY CITIES ARE BUSY CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS FOR THE FEEDBACK END AND THE FISCAL YEAR FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.

>> THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO HAS REACHED A BALANCE IN THEIR $800 BILLION BALANCE FOR PROPOSED 2025 AND 2027 WITH 18 INCORPORATED CITIES IN SAN DIEGO AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR.

THE BIGGEST PART OF THE BUDGET IS FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESES ABOUT 31% AND 41% IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE REMAINDER IS ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES AND GOVERNMENTAL PROPOSALS AND THIS HAS A 1% INCREASE COMPARED TO THE LAST ADOPTED BUDGET, BUT THERE ARE SOME CUTS.

SPENDING IS BEING LIMITED AND SOME STAFFING IS BEING STREAMLINED AND REDUCED.

CRYSTAL IRVING IS PRESIDENT OF SEIU LOCAL 221 AND REPRESENT THOSE PRIMARILY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

>> WE CAN'T CELEBRATE BECAUSE THINGS COULD BE WORSE.

THE FACT REMAINS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS INCREDIBLE NEEDS RIGHT NOW, AND THE NEEDS SHOULD BE REFLECTED AND ADDRESSED BY THE COUNTY AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS INSUFFICIENT.

>> Reporter: PART OF THE $800 MILLION BUDGET IS FROM FEES, AND OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE AND COMMENTS FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET ARE OPEN FROM NOW TO JUNE 12th AND A COMMUNITY TOWNHOUSE IS HELD AT 5:00 P.M. AT THE COUNTY OPERATION CENTER AND PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BEGIN IN JUNE WITH THE FINAL ADOPTION HAPPENING ON JUNE 24th.

TANYA THORNE,INGS "KPBS NEWS."

>>> THE COST OF CARS OR GETTING REPAIRS DONE IS TO INCREASE CONSIDERABLY WITH A NEW ROUND OF OUT TARIFFS PUTTING A 25% TAX ON CAR PARTS AND A 25% TARIFF ON IMPORTED CARS ALREADY IN EFFECT.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WOULD ALLOW MANUFACTURERS TO GET A REBATE FOR CARS MADE IN THE U.S.

STILL, SOME COMPANIES LIKE GENERAL MOTORS SAY THEY'RE BRACING FOR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOSSES.

>> THINK OF CAR BRANDS MAKING ALL OF THEIR CARS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH THESE DAYS IS JUST NOT TRUE ANYMORE, EVEN THE MOST AMERICAN CARS YOU CAN THINK OF SOURCE A LOT OF THEIR PARTS FROM CANADA AND MEXICO.

>> OUR MEDIA PARTNER WAS COLD FROM KGTV SAYS HE EXPECTS THE PRICES TO JUMP FROM 5 $ TO $10,000.

>> Reporter: THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS THEY WILL ENFORCE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR TRUCK DRIVERS.

WE WENT TO THE EAST UTAH TIJUANA.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 20 BILLION IN MERCHANDISE CROSSES THE BORDER EACH YEAR.

>> TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THIS ROAD RECEIVES 4,000 TRUCKS PER DAY, THAT MEANS 4,000 TRUCKS GOING NORTH, 4,000 TRUCKS COMING SOUTH.

8,000 TRUCKS PER DAY, ABOUT $440 MILLION IN TRADE.

>> THAT IS ISRAEL FROM THE MEXICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATION, AND HE SAYS HE REPRESENTS MORE THAN 12,000 TIJUANA TRUCKERS AND THE DRIVERS DELIVER CARGO ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.

>> BUT NOW WITH THIS NEW ORDER THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THAT REALLY MEANS THAT DRIVERS ARE SCARED TO CROSS THE BORDER.

>> Reporter: THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IS A NECESSARY SAFETY REQUIREMENT FOR DRIVERS.

>> WE GOT DRIVERS DRIVING FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS WITH NO ACCIDENTS ON THE ROADS.

>> Reporter: DELGADO SAYS HIS ASSOCIATION WILL ROLL OUT NOW COMPREHENSIVE LANGUAGE TRAINING PROGRAMS.

>> WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS AN ASSOCIATION IS GET DIGITAL PROGRAMS FOR THEM SO THEY CAN DRIVE AND PRACTICE.

>> Reporter: WITH MORE THAN 700,000 MEXICAN TRUCKERS CROSSING THE BORDER EACH YEAR, THESE DRIVERS SAY THEY WILL DO THEIR BEST TO FOLLOW THE NEW RULES AND KEEP THE CARGO ROLLING.

FROM TIJUANA, MATTHEW BOTTLER, "KPBS NEWS."

>>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT ATTEMPTS TO RESTRICT FUNDING FOR THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING, THE CPB.

THE ORDER SAYS THE CPB MUST CEASE FUNDING TO MPR AND PBS.

TRUMP SAYS NEITHER ENTITY PORTRAYS A -- AND WE CALLED IT A BLATANTLY UNLAWFUL EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

CPB ALSO SHOT BACK SAYING IT IS NOT A FEDERAL AGENCY SUBJECT TO THE PRESIDENT'S AUTHORITY.

KPBS DEANNA MACKEY IS JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

WHAT DO YOU WANT THE AUDIENCE ON RADIO AND ONLINE TO KNOW ABOUT THE LATEST ACTION.

>> WELL, JOHN, THE BIGGEST CONCERN WE HAVE IS IF WE LOSE FEDERAL FUNDING, THAT IS WHAT WE USE TO PAY OUR DISCUSS SO THE CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING THAT WE PROVIDE FROM PENALTY BOX PBS AND ON THE MPR SIDE, WE HAVE THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS, SO THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER IS A CONCERN DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE FULL AUTHORITY OVER CPB, AND WE'RE ALSO FACING THE RE RECESSION THREAT AND THE FUNDING WAS TAKEN ABOUT OF THE 2026 BUDGET.

>> WE FEW SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD BE COMING DOWN THE PIPE FOR SOMETIME NOW.

WHAT HAS KPBS DOING TO PREPARE FOR THIS SCENARIO AND PREPARING FOR THAT?

>> WE, OF COURSE, ARE BEING VERY CAREFUL FOR OUR BUDGET AND PLANNING AS WE BEGIN OUR FISCAL YEAR 2026 IN JULY AND WE ARE IN SOLID FINANCIAL SHAPE AND I BELIEVE BECAUSE WE HAVE A SERVICE THAT THE COMMUNITY CARES ABOUT AND APPRECIATES THAT DEEPLY, AND THEY SHOW THAT WITH THE SUPPORT THEY PROVIDE US, SO CURRENTLY, WE ARE BEING CAREFUL, BUT WE ARE NOT STOPPING PROVIDING THE LOCAL NEWS THAT PEOPLE APPRECIATE, THE ENGAGEMENT EVENTS LIKE ONE BOOK, ONE SAN DIEGO AND THE CHILDREN'S PROGRAM.

>> AND WE WILL NOT STOP?

>> NO, WE WILL NOT.

>> DO WE KNOW WHEN WE'LL HEAR MORE SPECIFICS ON THIS IN THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVEL?

>> LITERALLY EVERY DAY IS A NEW DAY OF NEWS FOR FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PUBLIC MEDIA, SO I EXPECT BY NEXT WEEK, WE WILL HEAR MORE FROM THE CPB ABOUT HOW THEY WILL APPROACH THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER AND AS THE PROCESS FOR THE '26 BUDGET MOVES FORWARD IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS LITERALLY ON A REGULAR BASIS WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT TO EXPECT.

>> AND YOU'RE IN FAIRLY CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION, I IMAGINE WITH THE CEOs OF STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY?

>> YES.

IN FACT, I JUST GOT BACK LAST NIGHT FROM A MEETING WHERE WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND I WALKED IN MY DOOR LAST NIGHT AT 8:30 AND FOUND OUT ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, SO IT'S LITERALLY DAY BY DAY.

>> ALMOST MINUTE BY MINUTE?

>> YEAH.

>> GENERAL MANAGER, DEANNA MACKEY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE RESILIENCE OF THE U.S. JOB MARKET AND WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR THE ECONOMY, THAT'S COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> A NEW SAFE PARKING SITE NEAR SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS SET TO OPEN IN THE COMING WEEKS.

TODAY, THE CITY PROVIDED A PREVIEW OF WHAT THE H-BARRACK SIDE ON KINCAID AND McCAIN ROAD WILL LOOK LIKE PROVIDING 190 SPACES TO INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND SENIORS NEARLY DOUBLING THE SPACES PROGRAM WIDE.

THE SITE WILL ONLY OPERATE OVERNIGHT.

IT'S EXPECTED TO REMAIN OPEN THROUGH 2029,THE OPIOID ABUSE CRISIS IN AMERICA GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE CRISIS OF CHRONIC PAIN AND FINDING ALTERNATIVES TO OPIOID MEDICATION IS NOT EASY AND THOMAS FUDGE SPOKE TO TWO PEOPLE LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS TO PROVIDE RELIEF.

>> Reporter: ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, ANA WAS A Ph.D STUDENT IN UC SAN DIEGO STARTED READING SCIENCE PAPERS.

>> I CAME ACROSS A PAPER THAT TALK ABOUT THESE PEOPLE IN PAKISTAN, STREET PERFORMERS THAT COULD WALK ON FIRE WITH NO PAIN WHATSOEVER.

WHEN THEY STUDIED THE PEOPLE, THEY FOUND THEY HAVE A MUTATION IN THE GENOME.

>> Reporter: THAT STORY SPARKED HER TO IMAGINE A GENE THERAPY TO RELIEVE CHRONIC PAIN AND HER PERSONAL LIFE ALSO INSPIRED BY HER VIVACIOUS AUNT THAT HAD A NERVE DISORDER WITH PAIN LIKE STABBING IN THE FACE.

>> SHE WAS THE LIFE OF A PARTY AND SOMEONE THAT WAS ALWAYS IN PAIN INDUCED BY EATING, SO THERE'S NO QUALITY OF LIFE.

>> Reporter: SHE FOUND A COMPANY NEGEGA THERAPEUTICS SHOWING GOOD RESULTS IN MICE AND CLINICAL TRIALS ARE 12 MONTHS AWAY.

YOU GIN INJECT THE SHELL OF THE VIRUS INTO THE BODY THAT CARRIES A PROTEIN THAT CHANGES GENE EXPRESSION AND TURNS OFF PART OF THE DNA THAT ALLOWS IMPULSES TO TRAVEL IN THE CHANNELS THAT LEAD TO THE BRAIN.

>> THEY OPEN AND CLOSE DEPENDING ON THE PAIN.

SO WHEN THEY OPEN, IT'S LIKE AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK LIKE TURNING ON THE LIGHTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU TOUCH SOMETHING HOT, THE ION EXCHANGE GOES THROUGH YOUR ARM AND TO YOUR BRAIN SO WE CAN TURN IT OFF IN THE SPINAL LEVEL DEPENDING ON WHERE YOUR PAIN IS LOCATED.

>> Reporter: SHE BEGAN WORKING ON THIS PAIN MODEL WHEN THE OPIOID DECADION START ED STARTED -- ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, I WAS IN A SERIOUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WHERE I SUFFERED TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND HAVE HAD CHRONIC PAIN IN MY LOWER BODY.

I TRIED MANY WAYS TO EASE THE PAIN, ACUPUNCTURE, CHIROPRACTIC AND CANNABIS AND THE ONLY THING THAT WORKED EVERY TIME WAS OPIOID MEDICATION.

>> FIRST OF ALL, I'M SORRY TO HEAR OF YOUR PAIN AND SUFFERING AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE.

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY GOING THROUGH THIS.

>> Reporter: I SPOKE TO ERIC GARLAND A PROFESSOR IN SKY TRI IN UC SAN DIEGO AT THE INSTITUTE FOR EMPATHY AND COMPASSION.

>> SOME PEOPLE DO WELL ON THE OPIOID, AND THERE ARE OTHER FOLKS OVER TIME BECAUSE OF SIDE EFFECTS OR THE NATIONAL TOLERANCE THAT DEVELOPS TO THE DRUG, THEY MAY FIND THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE KIND OF RELIEF THEY WANT TO GET.

>> Reporter: HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ESTIMATE 20 TO 25% OF PEOPLE PRESCRIBED WITH OPIOIDS END UP WITH OPIOID DISORDERS WHICH INCLUDE FULL-BLOWN DECADION AND THERE ARE PAIN MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING THOSE THAT I HAVE TRIED, BUT EVEN IF IT WORKS FOR YOU, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THEM OR YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE WILL COVER THEM.

GARLAND'S RESEARCH IS USING MINDFULNESS AND -- >> IT /TURPBSZ UP THE VOLUME OF THE PAIN AND MAKES IT WORSE SO THERE IS A NEED FOR MINDFULNESS TO TRAIN THE MIND TO BE LESS REACTIVE TO THE PAIN THAT CAN ACTUALLY TURN DOWN THE VOLUME IN THE BRAIN.

>> Reporter: ONE PERSON THAT HAS USED THE MINDFULNESS THERAPY IS THIS MAN WHO HAS SUFFERED TO CHRONIC PAIN DUE TO INJURIES SUSTAINED ON THE RACE TRACK.

HE WORKED WITH GARLAND, PRACTISED MED TAKES AND THREE YEARS INTO THERAPY, HE SAYS THINGS ARE MUCH BETTER.

>> MY CHRONIC PAIN IS 20, 25% LESS THAN WHEN ON OPIOIDS, SO MY CHRONIC PAIN IS LOWER.

I HAVE IT.

I HAVE IT RIGHT NOW THAT I SPEAK TO YOU, BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY MANAGEABLE.

>> Reporter: ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE ARE SOME PATIENTS WHO HAVE REPUBLICANED ON LONG-TERM USE OF OPIOIDS WITH MINIMAL SIDE EFFECTS.

SOME PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PAIN HAVE FORMED A LOBBYING GROUP TO HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON OPIOID MEDS,THE WAY THE INVESTMENT WAR ENDED HAS HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AND THIS FINAL EPISODE OF SAIGON WITH LOSS AND WHAT IT IS TO BE VIETNAMESE AND HOW MEMBERS CAN MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT LETTING THE WAR DEFINE THEM.

>> HAVING IMMIGRANT PARENTS, I THINK IS A REALLY BIG PART OF MY IDENTITY.

>> IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR MY PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLE THAT I WAS GOING THROUGH BEING VIETNAMESE IN THE 90s.

>> IMMIGRATING TO AMERICA DEFINITELY HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT SHAPED ALL OF US.

THE STRUGGLES THAT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE THEY WERE LIKE BOAT PEOPLE.

THEY CAME HERE ON BOATS.

THAT KIND OF TRAUMA HAS STAYED WITH THEM AS THEY TELL ME WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH, I UNDERSTAND IT A LOT MORE.

I FELT LIKE I WAS THERE, AND IT MEANS A LOT BECAUSE OF HOW -- I GUESS, HOW SURREAL THAT FEELING IS AND I'M LUCKY ENOUGH NOT TO EXPERIENCE NIGHT BEING A KID AND GROWING UP IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WITH A TRAGEDY LIKE THAT, IT FEELS UNIMAGINABLE ALMOST.

>> IF MY PARENTS, MY FAMILY HAD NOT LEFT -- VIETNAM AND BECAUSE THEY SAW THE COUNTRY THEY LOVE SO MUCH CRUMBLE, THEY WANT TO PRESERVE IT AND KEEP IT GOING WITH THEM WHEREVER THEY WENT.

>> MY FAMILY'S STORY CAN PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE REASON I JOINED THE ARMY AND WANTED TO PURR -- UNJOINED THE ARMY AND WANTED TO PURSUE A CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE.

>> IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR MY PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLE I WAS GOING THROUGH BEING VIETNAMESE IN THE 90s, BECAUSE I WAS NOT AMERICAN ENOUGH FOR THEM TO CONSIDER ME, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THEIR PEERS, BUT I WASN'T VIETNAMESE ENOUGH TO BE CONSIDERED VIETNAMESE EVEN AT HOME, BECAUSE EVERY TIME I COMPLAINED ABOUT SOMETHING, THEY COMPARED IT TO SOMETHING THEY WENT THROUGH AND TO VIETNAM AND HOW MUCH MORE LIFE IS BETTER.

>> THERE'S A PART OF ME THAT IS VIETNAMESE AND AMERICAN THAT IS SEPARATE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MESH THE TWO TOGETHER, BECAUSE AT HOME, I'M MORE INVOLVED IN TRADITION AND CULTURE, AND I TRY TO LEAN INTO IT MORE, BUT LIKE GOING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY AND SEEING MY FRIENDS, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT OVERLAPPING CULTURE.

I WISH I HAD MORE VIETNAMESE FRIENDS IN MY AREA TO FEEL THAT CONNECTION TO MY IDENTITY.

>> I'M VERY GLAD TO HAVE GROWN UP IN SAN DIEGO AS A VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN, BECAUSE THERE IS LIKE A DECENT COMMUNITY OF VIETNAMESE.

>> I THOUGHT IF I LIVED IN A MIDWEST AREA NOT LIKE CALIFORNIA WHERE THERE ARE LESS PEOPLE OF MY CULTURE, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARDER FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.

>> I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE THE WAR PLAYED ON MY FAMILY AND HEARING IT AS AN ADULT NOW, I FEEL I WAS THERE AND LIVING IT AND SEEING WHAT MY PARENTS WENT THROUGH, WHICH REALLY HURTS ME BECAUSE THEY WENT THROUGH A LOT.

>> I HOPE THEY DO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE WENT THROUGH, BUT IT'S STILL A GOOD LESSON FOR THEM TO LEARN ABOUT OUR PAST AND STRIVE IN THE FUTURE, BUT CERTAINLY, I DO NOT WANT THEM TO LIVE OR TO WENT THROUGH WHAT WE DID.

>> I THINK GROWING UP, I FELT IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO DO WELL IN SCHOOL, TO REALLY HONOR THEIR SACRIFICES.

I EVEN WROTE ABOUT IT IN MY PERSONAL STATEMENTS FOR COLLEGE.

THEY SACRIFICED A LOT, AND I THINK THEY SAW GOING TO THE U.S. AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BETTER FUTURE FOR ME.

OFTEN TIMES, THEY WOULD SAY IF WE STAYED IN VIETNAM, I WOULDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO COLLEGE, BECAUSE MY DAD'S INVOLVEMENT WITH THE ANTI-WAR AND ANTI-REGIME.

>> SO I THINK MY RESPONSIBILITY IS A LOT BIGGER TO BE SURE THAT FUTURE GENERATION, OTHER CLASSMATES, FRIENDS, PEERS CAN REALLY LEARN ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT HAVING A CONNECTION TO YOUR CULTURE IS VERY IMPORTANT.

>> OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS DEFINITELY TO KEEP THE TRADITIONS GOING, HONORING YOUR ANCESTORS, KEEP THE DANCES GOING, THE SINGING, THE MUSIC, THE FOOD.

>> I HOPE THAT THE BOARD WOULD HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE RICH CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF VIETNAM AND HISTORY OF IT, AS WELL, BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY SAD TO BE LOST.

>> I THINK THE PATH FORWARD, YOU UNDERSTAND, IN THE HEALING IS CONVERSATION, IT'S LIKE TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND REALLY LISTENING TO EACH OTHER AND DO OUR BEST NOT TO THINK BAD BUT HEALING FROM THE PAST, LIKE ANYTHING, WE SHOULD KNOW OUR HISTORY.

>> THE MORE THAT WE CAN GET THAT FIRST GENERATION TO OPEN UP, TO START SPEAKING, TO START TALKING, WE HAVE TO UNEARTH SOME OF THAT HISTORY AND THEIR STORIES AS REALLY CRITICAL PARTS OF HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE WHEN THOSE THINGS ARE BURIED, WHEN THEY'RE GONE -- I HAVE A FRIEND WHOSE FATHER PASSED AWAY, AND SHE HAS A LOT OF REGRET FROM STORIES SHE DIDN'T GET TO HEAR FROM HIM, YOU KNOW.

>> SO THERE'S NOT MANY FUTURE MOMENTS TO COMMEMORATE THIS OCCASION WITH THEM.

I THINK THE FUTURE OF BLACK APRIL AND THE COMMEMORATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO HONOR EVERYONE WHO WAS LOST IN THIS PLACE BECAUSE OF THE WAR BEFORE US AND IT HAS TO TAKE THE LESSONS FROM THE WAR.

IT HAS TO TAKE THE LESSONS FROM THE PLIGHT OF ALL REFUGEES AND THE PLIGHT OF MY GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER AND TAKE THAT TO HOW WE TREAT THE WAR EVENTS.

>>> REPORTER ALEXANDER WYNN PRODUCED THIS EXCELLENT SERIES THAT IS A FINAL PART OF THE FOUR PART SERIES OF "FALL OF SAIGON, STORIES OF LOSS, HISTORY AND IDENTITY.

"YOU CAN WATCH IT ONLINE ON KPBS.ORG OR THE KPBS YouTube PAGE.

>>> WELL, WE ARE DEALING WITH A PRETTY ACTIVE PATTERN THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WE TYPICALLY STEP INTO THE DRY SEASON, ONE FINAL STRETCH OF WET WEATHER HERE.

THIS IS NIGHT TO SEE SOME LATE SEASON MOISTURE.

THE WET SEASON'S LAST STAND IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, COOL WITH SHOWERS AND WE'LL SEE UNDER A TENTH OF AN INCH IN THE COAST AND UNDER A QUARTER OF AN INCH IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ABSOLUTE HIGHEST PEAKS, WE'LL SEE SNOW, BUT FOR MOST OF US, LOW CLOUDS AND 60s FOR YOUR LOW AND THIS IS BENEFICIAL MOISTURE AND NICE TO GET MORE BEFORE THE FAUCET TOTALLY TURNS OFF.

THIS WILL DRIFT INLAND AND SHOWERS FOR US, WE'RE NOT SAYING STRAIGHTUP RAIN.

WE'RE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE WORD SHOWERS.

IT'S GOING TO BE LIMITED.

WE'LL GET SOMETHING OUT THERE WITH SOME OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN, AND IT SHOULD BE MEASURABLE IN THE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE NORTH.

AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SEEING A WHOLE LOT OF GREEN IN THE AREA BUT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, THAT'S PROBABLY OUR GREATEST CHANCE FOR ACTUAL SHOWERS TO PIVOT THROUGH THE REGION.

MONDAY UNUSUALLY COOL AS THIS DRIFTS EAST.

TUESDAY, THE UPPER LOW LEVEL PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST ON THE DOORSTEP TO THE EAST GRADUALLY EASING AWAY AND THAT WILL HOLD THE COLD AIR FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

THE COAST, LOW CLOUDS AND BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WILL ROLL IN ON SUNDAY AS WE STEP AHEAD INTO THE INLAND AREAS,, AGAIN, THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY GRADUALLY TURNING TO THE LOW 70s FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, WE HAVE THE MAKES OF RAIN AND SNOW AND LIGHT CLOUDS MONDAY AND THE DESERT A GRADUAL WARMING TREND AFTER A WARM SATURDAY.

WE COOL DOWN SUNDAY WITH A WARMING TREND AND A BIG CHANGE WINDY AND COOLER INTO SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

A DOZEN MILITARY VETERANS ARE RUNNING ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO RAISE MONEY FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

KPBS MILITARY AND VETERANS REPORTER ANDREW DYER WAS AT THE STARTING LINE THIS MORNING.

>> THIS CONNECTS OUR MISSION TO THAT SAME TRADITION OF SERVICE AND SACRIFICE AHEAD OF THIS TEAM'S MISSION TO MOVE THE FLAG ACROSS THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS.

>> Reporter: FROM THE FLIGHT DECK OF THE USS MIDWAY MUSEUM A SINGLE AMERICAN FLAG STARTS ITS JOURNEY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

12 VETERANS WILL TAKE TURNS CARRYING IT IN WHAT THEY'RE CALLING AN ULTRARELAY.

>> I'VE BEEN TRAINING FOR THIS MY WHOLE LIFE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

I'M RUNNING SIX DAYS A WEEK, I WOULD SAY.

>> Reporter: LINDSAY IS A MARINE CORPS VETERAN WHO LIVES IN TEXAS A&M AND LIVES -- TEMECULA.

>> WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS TO THE VETERANS AND THE MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH TO GET MOVING AND WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE A MILLION DOLLARS IS OUR GOAL.

>> Reporter: THE VETERANS ARE SPLIT INTO THREE SHIFTS SO SOMEONE WILL ALWAYS BE MOVING THE FLAG ALONG AND EACH RUN 15 MILES A DAY AT AROUND A 7-MINUTE MILE RACE.

THE RELAY IS ORGANIZED BY TEAM RED, WHITE AND BLUE, A NONPROFIT TO HELP VETERANS LEAD HEALTHIER LIVES.

>> WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A COMMUNITY BASICALLY.

ING WHERE A COMMUNITY AND BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ACTIVE AND RETIRED VETERANS.

>>.

>> Reporter: THIS IS MAKING ITS WAY IN CALIFORNIA AND FINISH IN 15 DAYS IN WASHINGTON D.C. ANDREW DYER, "KPBS NEWS."

>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, EVERYONE.

I'M JOHN HEMMERLING CAR /ROL CAROL.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND.

-- JOHN CAROL.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND.

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