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>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS ARE SET TO LOSE STATE FUNDING THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI, THEY RESPOND TO MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES AT SCHOOLS AND IN COMMUNITIES , KPBS HEALTH REPORTER HEIDI DE MARCO SPOKE TO A YOUTH PSYCHIATRIST WHO SAYS THE SPECIALIZED TEAMS CAN MAKE A CRITICAL DIFFERENCE FOR CHILDREN IN CRISIS.

>> EXPERIENCING HALLUCINATIONS, NOT ON MEDICATION.

>> Reporter: MENTAL HEALTH TEAMS HAVE RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 32,000 CALLS ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY SINCE 2021.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LEADERS SAY PROPOSED STATE BUDGET CUTS ARE THREATENING THE FUTURE OF THOSE SERVICES.

SHE IS SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR AND SAYS A FUNDING COMMITMENT FROM THE STATE LED THEM TO EXPAND SERVICES TO TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS.

>> OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, WE HAVE RESPONDED TO OVER 600 CALLS IN SCHOOLS.

>> Reporter: UNDER THE BUDGET PROPOSAL BY THE GOVERNOR, MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE WOULD NO LONGER BE A MANDATORY STATEWIDE MEDI-CAL BENEFIT BEGINNING IN 2027.

SHE SAYS THAT WOULD SHIFT MORE OF THE COST TO THE COUNTY'S.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY SAYS THE LOCAL PROGRAM COST ABOUT $24 MILLION PER YEAR, RIGHT NOW, PAID FOR PRIMARILY THROUGH STATE AND MEDI-CAL FUNDING.

THE COUNTY SAYS, TO KEEP THE MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS, IT WOULD HAVE TO CUT ANOTHER PROGRAM.

>> WITHOUT THOSE TEAMS, LAW ENFORCEMENT WHAT RESPONDED WHICH OFTEN ESCALATE SITUATIONS AND CAN BE STIGMATIZING FOR CHILDREN.

>> EVEN WHEN OFFICERS ARE WELL- INTENTIONED, THEY DO NOT HAVE AS MUCH TRAINING IN TERMS OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESPONSES, ESPECIALLY IN A CRISIS SITUATION.

>> Reporter: SHE IS A YOUTH PSYCHIATRIST AND SAYS MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ARE TRAINED TO RECOGNIZE PSYCHIATRIC DISTRESS, DE- ESCALATE, AND CONNECT YOUTH WITH SUPPORT.

SHE SAYS THE RESPONSE NEEDED TO BE RECEIVED DURING A MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY CAN HAVE LASTING EFFECTS.

>> WITH YOUTH AND FAMILIES, UNFORTUNATELY, EXPERIENCE THAT THE RESPONSE IS TRAUMATIZING, OR PUNITIVE, THEY MAY AVOID SEEKING HELP IN THE FUTURE.

>> Reporter: COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LEADERS SAY IF STATE FUNDING DISAPPEARS, SCHOOL AND FAMILIES COULD LOSE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH TEAMS.

DESIGNED TO RESPOND TO PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES BEFORE THEY BECOME EVEN MORE SERIOUS.

THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE ARE EXPECTED TO FINALIZE THE STATE BUDGET IN THE COMING WEEKS.

HEIDI DE MARCO, KPBS NEWS .

>>> WE ARE IN THE FINAL STRETCH OF THE 2026 PRIMARY ELECTION AND ONE RACE IN NORTH COUNTY COULD CHANGE THE POWER DYNAMICS OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS DEMOCRATS HAVE A 3-2 MAJORITY ON THE BOARD AND ALEXANDER WHEN LOOKS AT THE CANDIDATES FOR THE DISTRICT 5 SEAT.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS SUPPOSED TO BE NONPARTISAN BUT PARTY POLITICS HAVE ALWAYS PLAYED A ROLE IN THEIR DECISIONS BEFORE 2020, THE FIVE- MEMBER BOARD WAS A CONSERVATIVE STRONGHOLD AS DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER WHEN DEMOCRATS WON SEATS BUT THE 2026 ELECTION COULD GIVE DEMOCRATS A SUPER MAJORITY FOR THE SHRINKING REPUBLICANS IN COUNTY PROJECTS AS TWO DEMOCRATS AND TWO REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS ARE WANTING TO REPLACE A REPUBLICAN IN DISTRICT 5, JIM DESMOND IS TURNED ON AND RUNNING FOR CONGRESS TO REPLACE DARRELL ISSA.

IT GOES FROM OCEANSIDE TO THE EAST AND ESCONDIDO TO THE SOUTH, FOR REPUBLICANS, THE TWO CANDIDATES.

>> JOHN FRANKLIN, RUNNING FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT.

>> Reporter: AND REBECCA JONES WHO DECLINED TO INTERVIEW FOR THE STORY, ENDORSED BY THE REFORM CALIFORNIA PAC.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF CITIGO COUNTY IS NOT ENDORSING EITHER CANDIDATE.

FRANKLIN SAYS HE IS RUNNING BECAUSE DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO PROBLEMS ARE BECOMING NORTH COUNTY PROBLEMS.

>> THEY HAVE COME TO OCEANSIDE VISTA SAN MARCUS AND EVEN FALLBROOK AND VALLEY CENTER WITH HOMELESS PROBLEMS WE CAN SOLVE IN THIS COUNTY IF WE CHOOSE TO.

>> Reporter: FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF AND DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR MIKE CLEVINGER.

>> MY NAME IS KYLE KRAHEL AND I'M RUNNING FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR DISTRICT 5 .

>> MY NAME IS NORMA CONTRERAS AND RUNNING FOR CAP -- >> KYLE KRAHEL IS -- I JUST WANTED TO BE MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE TO REGULAR WORKERS FOR THE WORK.

>> NURSES AND FIREFIGHTERS AND TEACHERS CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.

I WANT TO MAKE IT BETTER BY MAKING SURE HOUSING IS MORE AFFORDABLE AND WE CONTROL THE COST OF ENERGY AND MAKE SURE WATER.

>> Reporter: CONTRARY SAYS SHE IS RUNNING BECAUSE THERE NEEDS TO BE DIVERSE VOICE REPRESENTING NORTH COUNTY AND SHE IS THAT VOICE BECAUSE SHE IS OF HISPANIC AND NATIVE AMERICAN DESCENT.

>> A LOT OF HISPANICS COME A LOT OF TRIBES IN THE NORTH COUNTY, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME REPRESENTATION.

>> Reporter: THE FIFTH CANDIDATE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL RUNNING AS AN INDEPENDENT.

>> MY NAME IS SASHA MILLER AND I'M RUNNING SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DISTRICT 5 .

>> Reporter: SHE IS RUNNING BECAUSE OF THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.

>> PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD SHELTER, HOUSING , MEDICINE WITHOUT STRESSING THEMSELVES AND REALLY CHOOSING ONE BASIC NECESSITY OF LIFE OVER THE OTHER.

>> Reporter: THE CANDIDATES AGREED AFFORDABILITY IS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT DIFFER IN THEIR APPROACH TO SOLVING IT.

NORMA CONTRERAS WANTS TO STOP RAISING TAXES AND GET RID OF OUTDATED LAWS THAT BURDEN REGULAR CITIZENS.

>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUT IN THE POLICIES AND LAWS ARE UPDATED TO BENEFIT THE PEOPLE AND NOT JUST THE CITY OR THE COUNTY.

ALSO, WORKING TO FIND SUSTAINABLE HOUSING FOR OUR LOW INCOME.

>> Reporter: FRANKLIN SAYS MORE HOUSING INCLUDING SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IS KEY TO SOLVING THE AFFORDABILITY ISSUE.

>> WE ARE SPREAD OUT, WE ARE SEMI RURAL, SUBURBAN BUT THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO STAY.

WE NEED A SUPERVISOR FOR NORTH COUNTY THAT WILL FIGHT FOR LOW DENSITY AND THAT IS WHAT I'M A FIGHTER, I BUILD HOUSING, WE HAVE TO BUILD PEOPLE CAN RAISE THE FAMILIES AND.

>> Reporter: KYLE KRAHEL AGREES MORE HOUSING IS THE ANSWER BUT SAYS THE COUNTY SHOULD CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OF ITS OWN.

>> THE COUNTY NEEDS TO PLAY A ROLE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PERMANENT MORE HOUSING AND PROVIDE ITS OWN HOUSING, WHETHER THROUGH PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS OR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT LEVELS, VERY LOW ALL THE WAY TO MODERATE.

>> Reporter: MILLER SUPPORT PUBLIC HOUSING BUT OPPOSES URBAN SPRAWL.

>> THAT MEANS NOT BUILDING SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES THAT COST $700,000, $800,000, BUT OCEANSIDE IS A PLAN TO BUILD 600 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, TO BUILD HOUSING ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE CAN AFFORD .

>> Reporter: THE PRIMARY ELECTION IS JUNE 2nd AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CANDIDATES, VISIT KPBS.ORG.VOTERHUB.

>>> EARLY VOTING FOR THE CALIFORNIA PRIMARY ELECTION AS BALLOTS HAVE BEEN MAILED AND DROP BOXES ARE OPEN COUNTYWIDE.

THE KPBS VOTER HEALTH IS A RESOURCE FOR ANYONE THINKING ABOUT CASTING THEIR VOTE , WE HAVE EXPLAINERS ON MANY RACES, CANDIDATES, AND ON THE ISSUES.

THE SAME INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN SPANISH, GO TO KPBS.ORG AND LOOK FOR THE VOTER HUB LINK AT THE TOP OF THE HOMEPAGE.

CITY LEADERS ANNOUNCED A MAJOR DEAL THAT LOWERS THE TRASH FEE AND RESTORES FREE PARKING TO BALBOA PARK.

IT WILL HAVE BIG POLITICAL IMPACTS AT THE VOICE OF CITIGO SCOTT LEWIS EXPLAINS HOW IT CAME TOGETHER AND WHAT IT MEANS NOW.

>> NO LONGER A METEOR HEADED FOR THE CITY'S BUDGET AND JUST DRIVING TOWARDS THE BOTTOM, A NEW DEAL WILL PUT THE TRASH FEE FOR HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO THAT DENSITY SERVICE AT ALMOST $39 PER MONTH FOR THE BIG TEN, SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THEY WOULD PAY NOW MUCH LOWER THAN THE $55 PER MONTH THEY WOULD HAVE PAID STARTING NEXT YEAR.

THAT DEAL CAME AFTER SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT MET WITH FORMER MAYOR KEVIN FAULKNER DURING A TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C., FAULKNER NOW LEADS THE LINCOLN PROJECT, CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ORGANIZATION WHO MADE AN INITIAL DEAL THAT WOULD HAVE LOWERED THE FEE TO $25 PER MONTH AND REMOVED IT FROM PROPERTY TAX BILLS, FORCING THE CITY TO PUT UP HIS OWN COLLECTION SYSTEM.

FAULKNER HAS SAID THAT WAS THE ONLY DEAL HE WOULD TAKE.

THE CITY COUNCIL REJECTED THAT DEAL AND SET UP AN ALL OR NOTHING TALENT MEASURED.

THEY KEPT TALKING AND THE COUNCIL LEADERS GOT A HIGHER RATE AND LEFT IT IN THE PROPERTY TAX BILLS BUT THE LINCOLN CLUB INSISTED ON ANOTHER PRIZE, REPEALING PAID PARKING AND BALBOA PARK.

IT SHOWED HOW MUCH THEY WANTED TO DEAL, NOT EXACTLY EXCITED TO BE THE ONE SENDING THE METEOR TOWARDS THE CITY BUDGET AND SETTING UP A FIGHT EVEN THE CITY'S POLICE OFFICERS WOULD ENJOY HERE IS FORMER MAYOR KEVIN FATHER AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DEAL.

>> THE GOAL WAS ALWAYS THE SAME, HOW DO WE HELP PROTECT SAN DIEGO FAMILIES AND TAXPAYERS?

AND ENSURE AN AGREEMENT FOR A BETTER OUTCOME FOR CINDY AKINS?

THAT IS WHAT WE STARTED THIS EFFORT TO BEGIN WITH.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE NEUTRALIZED THE TWO MOST CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES THAT CITY POLITICS, THE ONCE ANIMATED CONSERVATIVE CAMPAIGNS IN THE CITY, MOST PROMINENTLY RICHARD BAILEY AND HIS RACE FOR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 AND PROTECT OTHERS LIKE COUNCILMEMBER RAUL WHO DID NOT LIKE THE FEE BUT ALSO WAS RELUCTANT TO SUPPORT REPEALING IT.

NOW, HE DOES NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE.

IT WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT COMPROMISE IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IN DECADES.

THAT IS WHY IT MATTERS.

>>> PUBLIC MATTERS IS A COLLABORATION WITH KPBS VOICE OF SAN DIEGO, FIND MORE COVERAGE AT KPBS.ORG .

>>> THE ISLAMIC CENTER OF SAN DIEGO WELCOMED LOCAL MUSLIMS TO FRIDAY PRAYERS TODAY IN CLAREMONT, ON MONDAY POLICE SAY TWO TEENAGERS KILLED A SECURITY GUARD, STAFF MEMBER, AND A NEIGHBOR, THE THREE VICTIMS WERE LAID TO REST THURSDAY AFTER A PUBLIC MEMORIAL IN MISSION VALLEY.

YOU CAN FIND THE COVERAGE ON THE KPBS YOUTUBE PAGE .

>>> A LOCAL NURSE WHO JOINED A HUMANITARIAN AID FLOTILLA TO GAZA IS OUT OF HIS ROOM BECAUSE THERE -- IS REALLY CUSTODY, ONE OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DETAINED THIS WEEK BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY WHEN THEIR BOATS WERE CAPTURED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, ON THURSDAY SHE ARRIVED IN TURKEY, SHE AND OTHER RELEASED ACTIVISTS SAY THEY EXPERIENCED PHYSICAL ABUSE AND OTHER MISTREATMENT.

>> I DID NOT EVEN HAVE IT AS BAD AS THE OTHER PEOPLE.

OTHER PEOPLE WERE TASED, I DID NOT HAVE ANY OF THAT, THEY LET ME OUT AFTERWARDS BUT I WAS DIZZY AND AFRAID TO FALL ASLEEP BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HAD A CONCUSSION.

>> SUPPORTERS OF HER SAY THEY'RE WORKING ON LOGISTICS AND EXPECT HER TO ARRIVE HOME IN SAN DIEGO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

>>> EIGHT SAN DIEGO CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER HAROLD BROWN DIED, HIS LEGACY LIVES ON.

>> Reporter: DR.

HAROLD BROWN WAS A LEGEND BEFORE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, A BASKETBALL STAR AT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY AND PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL'S FIRST BLACK FRATERNITY AND IN 1961 HE FOUNDED THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY AND LET PROTEST AGAINST GIANTS LIKE BANK OF AMERICA AND SDG&E, COMPANIES THAT WOULD NOT HIRE BLACKS AND WAS JAILED BUT PERSISTED.

>> WE SENT OUR VOICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.

THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT.

REPORT HE SPOKE WITH MIDDAY LAST YEAR.

>> WE SAID, EIGHT NOBODY GOING TO -- AIN'T NOBODY GOING TO TURN US AROUND, WE WILL KEEP ON WALKING, KEEP ON TALKING, WALKING DOWN FROM LANE TO REPORT THAT HE HOSTED A LIVE CALL-IN RADIO SHOW IN 1966 AND DISCUSS RACIAL ISSUES.

>> BLACK PEOPLE LOVE FREEDOM EVERY BIT AS MUCH AS WHITE PEOPLE LOVE FREEDOM .

WHEREVER FREEDOM IS BEING DENIED, WHETHER IT IS IN THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA IN THE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA, THE CRY WILL BE LET FREEDOM RING.

>> Reporter: IN 1971, RACIAL CONFLICT AT SAN DIEGO STATE CAME TO A HEAD AS STUDENTS STORM THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND THE SCHOOL HIRED BROWN AS THE FIRST BLACK ADMINISTRATOR WHO CREATED THE AFRICANA STUDIES DEPARTMENT AND HIRED SHIRLEY WEBER WHO IS NOW CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE.

>> WOULD I BE SECRETARY OF STATE IF I HAD NOT COME TO SAN DIEGO?

I DO NOT KNOW.

THERE WERE A LOT OF RACE ISSUES IN SAN DIEGO, MY STUDENTS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE N- WORD WRITTEN ON THE DOORS IN THE DORMS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS REPRESENTATIVE OF LYNCHINGS AND THIS AND THAT, THEY ALSO HAD A SLAVE SALE AUCTION ON THE CAMPUS .

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS MANY PEOPLE SOUGHT ETHNIC STUDIES AS A FAT BROWN RUN A BUSINESS MINDSET TO THE APARTMENT AND TAUGHT THE FACULTY HOW TO NAVIGATE CAMPUS AND LOCAL POLITICS.

>> WE WERE AS INFLUENTIAL IN SAN DIEGO, AT SAN DIEGO STATE AS WE WERE IN THE POLITICS OF SAN DIEGO AND THE BUSINESSES OF SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS WHEN BROWN ATTENDED SAN DIEGO STATE THERE WERE EIGHT BLACK STUDENTS AND HE REVISITED CAMPUS A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

A TEAR RAN DOWN HIS FACE, HE WAS EXCITED LOOKING AT ALL THE SACRIFICES AND WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE.

>> Reporter: EIGHT STUDENTS HAD GROWN TO MORE THAN 1300 AND LACK OF REPRESENTATION IN THE 1970s WENT BEYOND THE CAMPUS.

SAN DIEGO HAD VERY FEW BLACK DOCTORS OR LAWYERS, JUDGES OR POLITICIANS, BROWN WORKED TO CHANGE THAT.

HE FOUNDED A BLACK PROFESSIONAL GROUP AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM.

>> THIS GUY WAS THE MOST PERSUASIVE GUIDE I HAVE EVER MET .

>> ONE OF HIS RECORDS WAS A MILITARY VETERAN, JOE OUTLAW, AFTER A PRESENTATION BROWN CALLED OUT TO HIM.

>> COME HERE, COLONEL.

WHAT DOES THIS GUY WANT?

HE SAID, I WANT YOU TO WORK WITH ME, HAROLD WAS THE TYPE OF GUY THAT, IF HE SAW YOU, HE DID NOT ASK YOU IF YOU WERE A PARTICIPANT, HE TOLD YOU.

>> Reporter: BROWN HAD THIS WAY OF DRAWING PEOPLE INTO THE MISSION OF BLACK EMPOWERMENT INCLUDING BERNARD JOHNSON WHO CALLED BROWN MR.

SAN DIEGO.

>> HE WAS IN TOUCH WITH NOT JUST THE BLACK COMMUNITY BUT THE WHITE COMMUNITY , THEY LOVED DR.

BROWN THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE TO ME.

CONSIDERING THE CIVIL RIGHTS WAS ALWAYS SOMEWHAT OF A SEGREGATED KIND OF THING.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE AND BROWN WERE TO REDEVELOP REDLINE SELF SAN DIEGO.

>> HOPE WAS SOMETHING HE BELIEVED OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD BELIEVE IN, BUT THE AUDACITY IS WHAT HE BELIEVED IN.

THAT AUDACITY WAS, I AM GOING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS.

>> Reporter: EVEN AS BROWN AGE, HE WAS DETERMINED TO KEEP FIGHTING.

>> HE SAYS, I AM JUST TIRED, TOMORROW I WILL BE BETTER BECAUSE I WILL BE READY TO BOOGALOO.

THAT WAS HIS FAVORITE SAYING.

>> Reporter: IN RECENT YEARS, MANY OF THE RIGHTS HE FOUGHT FOR HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED AND IN LATE APRIL THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT WAS GUTTED.

WEEKS LATER, BROWN DIED, ON HIS 92nd BIRTHDAY.

>> I ANSWER THE QUESTION ALL THE TIME, WHY DON'T YOU STOP?

YOU HAVE DONE ENOUGH.

JUST SIT BACK AND REST AND RELAX.

>> Reporter: BROWN ON MIDDAY ADDITION LAST YEAR.

>> I CANNOT DO THAT.

I AM STILL FIGHTING FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME BEFORE ME.

I CAME FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS.

MY FAMILY.

MY FRIENDS.

IF THEY CANNOT FIGHT I CAN FIGHT, I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT UNTIL THE DAY I DIE.

>> Reporter: HIS FRIENDS SAY HE KEPT THAT PROMISE.

>> Reporter: KPBS MIDDAY EDITION IS A PLACE TO FIND IN- DEPTH CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PEOPLE WHO SHAPE SAN DIEGO WEEKDAYS AT NOON AND SCREAM KPBS MIDDAY EDITION WHERE YOU TEACHER PODCAST.

>>> STEPHEN COLBERT HOSTED THE FINAL LATE SHOW LAST NIGHT IN NEW YORK AND MADE A PUBLIC FEUD WITH THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FINALE.

REPORT LIGHTS OUT FOR THE LATE SHOW AT THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK WITH STEPHEN COLBERT, THE SECOND HOST AFTER DAVID LETTERMAN, DELIVERING HIS LAST MONOLOGUE.

>> TONIGHT IS OUR FINAL BROADCAST ON THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER, NO, WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE HERE FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS.

>> Reporter: BEFORE THE FINAL TAPING, FANS OUTSIDE.

>> EVERY NIGHT WE WOULD WATCH THE SHOW TOGETHER AND IT IS THE CLOSEST I HAVE BEEN TO MY MOTHER IN YEARS.

I THINK HE IS LOVED AND ENJOYED THIS THEATER, MADE IT HOME.

I SAID SAD IT HAS TO STOP.

>> Reporter: CELEBRITIES PLAYFULLY INTERRUPTING TO JOCKEY FOR THE FINAL GUEST SPOT.

>> I WROTE A POEM.

>> NOT YOU, TIM.

>> YOU GOT WHAT YOU DESERVE.

REPORT A NOD TO THE CANCELLATION AT CBS SAYING IT WAS A FINANCIAL DECISION BUT MANY CALL THE TIMING SUSPECT AS CBS OWNER PARAMOUNT WAS THEN LOOKING FOR PEOPLE FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR A MERGER WITH SKYNET AND DONALD TRUMP IS NO FAN OF STEPHEN COLBERT.

THE FINAL SHOW AVOIDED MENTIONING DONALD TRUMP.

>> YOU WILL BE MY LAST GUEST?

>> WHAT ABOUT ME ?

>> Reporter: A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT.

THE POPULARITY OF THE BEATLES EXPLODING AFTER THEIR APPEARANCE ON THE SAME STAGE IN 1964.

PAUL McCARTNEY, THE LAST GUEST, SINGING "HELLO GOODBYE."

DOING THE HONORS OF CLOSING UP SHOP.

>>> I AM WILLIAM TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, WHAT THE RESIGNATION OF TULSA GABBERT AS THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE MEANS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS .

>>> IT APPEARS TO BE A NEW ERA TO THE FAMOUS FIREWORK SHOW AT SEAWORLD, DRONES ARE TAKING OVER STARTING TONIGHT THE SEAWORLD PHASED OUT THE ORIGINAL FIREWORK SHOW WHICH HAD BEEN A STAPLE FOR DECADES THAT THE THEMEPARK, BUT THE NIGHTLY FIREWORKS WERE CONTROVERSIAL ESPECIALLY AMONG NEARBY RESIDENTS WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE NOISE.

THE NEW SHOW CALLED OCEAN OF DREAMS WILL FEATURE 600 SYNCHRONIZED DRONES WITH A SOUNDTRACK.

YOU CAN SEE IT NIGHTLY THROUGH AUGUST 9th.

>>> THE CITIGO ZOO IS STARTING IN SUMMER PROGRAM TONIGHT INCLUDING THE RETURN OF NIGHTTIME ZOO, THE EXTENDED HOURS ALLOW GUESTS TO SEE ANIMALS THAT ARE MORE ACTIVE DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

THIS IS THE FINAL YEAR FOR NIGHTTIME ZOO AS A STAFF SAY THEY'RE WORKING ON A NEW SEASONAL FESTIVAL THAT WILL DEBUT IN 2027.

>>> WE HAVE A REALLY NICE FORECAST COMING UP TO THE NEXT FEW DAYS FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, PLEASANT HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES NOT MOVING A WHOLE LOT.

WE WILL HAVE SOME MINOR FLUCTUATIONS FROM DAY-TO-DAY, MAYBE A HINT OF COOLING FOR THE COAST AND TEMPERATURES MAY DROP A LITTLE BIT THIS WEEKEND FOR THE DESERT BUT NOT A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO SPEAK OF.

WE TALK ABOUT MAKE GREAT FOR JUNE GLOOM, THAT PATCHY MARINE LAYER OF LOW CLOUDS ALONG THE COASTLINE LATE AT NIGHT INTO THE EARLY MORNING, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF.

THIS CURRENT PATTERN INTERMITTENT CLOUDS LATE TONIGHT AND THEY WILL BE WITH US UNTIL THE EARLY PART OF THE MORNING AND LOTS OF SUNSHINE WITH WINDS ON A WARM PLEASANT SATURDAY, SHOWERS AND STORMS INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES, TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND TO DENVER OR ALBUQUERQUE, YOU MAY ENCOUNTER SOME OF THAT BUT NOT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

OVERALL, SEVEN-DAY FORECAST LOOKS NICE, 71 IN OCEANSIDE AND SOLANA BEACH AND AROUND SAN DIEGO, TO LEAVE THE VISTA, 70 DEGREES AND 93, WARM BORDERLINE HOT IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

STILL VERY WARM ON SUNDAY AS WELL.

IN THE INTERIOR DESERT, WHERE YOU WOULD EXPECT THE HEAT TO BE, SPOTTY STORMS OF THE GREAT BASIN AND MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY, IF THERE WAS A CHANGE, MAYBE A BREEZE PICKING UP MONDAY AND TUESDAY INTO THE MOUNTAINS.

BUT WE DO STAY OTHERWISE DRY.

A NICE MEMORIAL DAY FOR US TURNING A LITTLE BIT BREEZY AND THE INTERIOR.

COASTAL FORECAST, 71 TO 72, THROUGH TUESDAY AND WE WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE WAY OF THAT MAY GRADE OR JUNE GLOOM ON WEDNESDAY WITH MORE PERSISTENCE TO THOSE LOW CLOUDS IN THE MORNING.

70 DEGREES, THEY MAY LATER INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY.

INLAND, A MIXTURE OF SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS WITH 76 DOWN TO 71, MORE OF A DECISIVE TEMPERATURE TREND OVER THE FIVE DAY OR FOUR DAY WINDOW AND WE MAY LOSE FIVE OR 6 DEGREES.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, A BIT MORE OF A COOL DOWN, COLD AND MAYBE IT SHOULD BE IN QUOTES AT NIGHT INTO THE EARLY MORNING, NIPPY INTO THE MOUNTAINS EARLY NEXT WEEK AND BREEZY AS WELL.

INTO THE DESERT, STABLE TO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, 93, 91, 92 AND COOLER NEXT WEEK INTO THE MID- 80s FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

I HAVE GEOFF CORNISH, HAVE A HAPPY START TO THE WEEKEND AS WE REMEMBER THOSE ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY.

>>> WE WERE STOPPING THE EVENING EDITION WITH OUR MEMORIAL DAY COVERAGE ON THE KPBS ARCHIVES , IN 2023, WE REPORTED ON A VIGIL FOR A LOCAL MILITARY MEMBERS WHO DIED IN SERVICE AND HERE IS THAT STORY FROM OUR MILITARY REPORTER, ANDREW DYER.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE DRAWN TO THE USS MIDWAY MUSEUM THIS MEMORIAL DAY, THE NAMES OF THE 300 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SERVICEMEMBERS KILLED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN RANG OUT.

>> ARMY SERGEANT FIRST CLASS -- 32 YEARS OLD.

SECOND BATTALION, THIRD SPECIAL FORCES.

AIRBORNE.

BORN IN NEW YORK, KILLED ON AN AIR FORCE COMBAT.

CRASHED ON TAKEOFF IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN ON JUNE 12, 2002.

>> Reporter: PART OF AN ANNUAL DISPLAYED BY THE SAN DIEGO CHAPTER OF VETERANS FOR PEACE, ANTIWAR VETERANS ORGANIZATION, HUNDREDS OF MINIATURE GRAVE MARKERS ON THE LAWN OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM NOTE THE NAMES OF HOMETOWNS OF THOSE KILLED DURING THE WAR ON TERROR.

SPEAK TO ONE OF OUR TENANTS IS TO SHOW THE REAL COST OF WAR.

FIVE BILLS FOR FIVE SOLDIERS KILLED.

>> Reporter: DAVE PATTERSON IS A VIETNAM VETERAN WHO SERVED IN THE AIRPORT AND PART OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR 20 YEARS AND SAYS HIGHLIGHTING LOCAL TROOPS WHO WERE KILLED BRINGS THE WAR HOME TO A SOCIETY INCREASINGLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE SERVICE.

>> PEOPLE ARE ISOLATED FROM THE COST OF WAR .

IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DIED BUT IF WE DO NOT GET OUT THERE AND PUT THESE MARKERS UP, PEOPLE WILL NOT -- IT WILL NOT REGISTER ON THE NEXT WAR, THEY WILL NOT THINK IT IS A BIG DEAL.

>> Reporter: BLACK MARKERS WITHOUT NAMES, PATTERSON SAYS THOSE REPRESENT MORE VETERANS LOST TO SUICIDE.

>> THAT IS WHY WE DO THIS.

BASICALLY, WE ARE TELLING PEOPLE, THIS IS THE COST OF WAR .

WHAT WE GET FROM WAR IS MISERY, DEATH.

AND, OF COURSE, THE MILITARY- INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX WHICH HAS WONDERFUL PROFITS.

>> STAFF SERGEANT, 28 YEARS OLD .

>> Reporter: THEY WILL SET UP A DISPLAY ON VETERANS DAY AS WELL.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS .

>>> WONDERFUL STORY FROM THE ARCHIVES BY ANDREW AND YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

NEWSROOM IS OFF ON MONDAY, WE WILL SEE YOU FOR EVENING EDITION ON TUESDAY NIGHT .

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

GOOD NIGHT.

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

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR, RESTORATION, AND FLOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 45 YEARS.

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

AND BY THE THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY.

AND BY THE FOLLOWING -- THANK YOU.