>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING ADDITION 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 BILL HOWE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREMISE FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCOS SHYLY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> TECH LAYOFFS ARE HITTING SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

VIA SAT IS MAKING GLOBAL JOB CUTS INCLUDING MANY PLACE A WORK AT THE HEADQUARTERS IN CALVERT CARLSBAD.

KBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTING LOOKS AT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR REGION.

>> VIA SAT IS CUTTING ITS WORKFORCE 10% FOLLOWING ITS ACQUISITION OF -- THAT'S AFFECTING 800 EMPLOYEES WORLD WIDE INCLUDING 160 POSITIONS AT THE COMPANY'S CARLSBAD HEADQUARTERS.

>> THERE'S A PIRATE TECH COMMITTEE IN SAN DIEGO AND CARLSBAD.

>> BY A SET JOB CUTS IS PART OF A LARGER TREND OF TECH INDUSTRY LAYOFFS AFFECTING STANDING UP IT SAYS TAKES A BIG EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KEVIN CARO.

BUT IT'S NOT ALL BAD NEWS.

>> THE THING I THINK MOST PEOPLE FORGET IS COMPANIES HAVE BEEN ADDING AT A FEROCIOUS CLIP THE PAST 2-3 YEARS.

>> IS NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THE OVERALL WELL-BEING OF THE TECH INDUSTRY IN THE CANOPIED CONSIDERING HOW FAST EMPLOYERS ADDED JOBS IN RECENT YEARS.

PLUS HE SAYS THE REGION HAS A DIVERSIFIED TECH ECONOMY AND LOTS OF YOUNG TALENT.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY LOOK LIKE SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT WHICH IS A FULL RETREAT OR SOME TYPE OF RECESSION WITH TECH JOBS.

THAT CERTAINLY NOT THE CASE.

>> IN A STATEMENT A VIA SAT SPOKESPERSON SAID ANY REDUCTION IN STAFF MEETING IS TAKING ITS GREENLEE SEARCY BY LEADERSHIP.

THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE WITH ONGOING STRATEGY TO STREAMLINE OPERATIONS.

THURSDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT COMES ALMOST EXACTLY ONE YEAR AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN VISITED VIA SAT CARLSBAD HEADQUARTERS PROMOTING HIS CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT TO BOOST SEMI CONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING.

FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR JOBS, CAROL SAID THERE'S LOTS OF SMALL TO MIDSIZE TECH COMPANIES IN THE REGION THAT ARE HIRING.

>> 160 JOBS WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A LOT.

AGAIN FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT REMAIN OFF MY EMPATHY GOES TO THEM.

THOSE JOBS WILL BE ABSORBED IN THE COMMITTEE PRETTY READILY.

>> THE GLOBAL LAYOFF EXPENSES WILL COST BY A SET $45 MILLION BUT ARE EXPECTED TO SAVE THE COMPANY ABOUT $100 MILLION ANNUALLY.

STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 2025.

>>> ON A MISSION TO STOP THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS FROM GROWING INTO A WIDER CONFLICT.

U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE LINCOLN SAYS MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PROTECT PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS.

THE SECRETARY MET WITH TOP OFFICIALS IN TEL AVIV TODAY.

MIKE VALERIO HAS THE LATEST ON THE SECTORS VISIT AND THE IMPASSE ON CAPITOL HILL OVER AN AID BILL FOR ISRAEL.

>> Reporter: A VISIBLY SHAKEN U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE LINCOLN ABOUT THE BRUTALITY OF THE OCTOBER 7 HAMAS ATTACK AFTER VIEWING ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE OF THE TECH.

>> IT IS STRIKING AND IN SOME WAYS SHOCKING THAT THE BRUTALITY OF THE SLAUGHTER HAS RECEDED SO QUICKLY IN THE MEMBERS OF SO MANY.

>> LINCOLN ADDED U.S. IS PRESSING ISRAEL TO MINIMIZE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN GAZA.

>> THAT IS BE CAUSE FAILURE TO DO SO PLAYS INTO THE HANDS OF HAMAS AND TERROR GROUPS.

>> THE ISRAEL PREMISE OR SAID THEIR GOVERNMENT OPPOSES ANY CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA UNLESS IT HAS HAMAS FREEING ALL HOSTAGES.

THE NEWS COMES AFTER THE REPUBLICAN-LED HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED A BILL TO PROVIDE $14.3 BILLION IN AID TO ISRAEL.

A MOVE THAT SETS UP A CLASH WITH THE SENATE.

>> THE SENATE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERING THESE DEEPLY FLAWED PROPOSAL FROM THE HOUSE GOP AND INSTEAD WE WILL WORK TOGETHER ON OUR OWN BIPARTISAN EMERGENCY AID PACKAGE.

>> DEMOCRATS OPPOSE THE BILL BECAUSE IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE UKRAINE AND CUT FUNDING TO THE IRIS.

>> IT'S AN IRRESPONSIBLE BILL TYING SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL LACKING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE WHICH IS BOTH VITAL NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST.

>> SHE'S A 12 FOOT TALL SYMBOL OF THE CURRENT REFUGEE CRISIS IN MANY PARTS OF WERE.

LITTLE AMAL A BIGGER THAN LIFE PUPPET REPRESENTS A 10-YEAR-OLD SYRIAN GIRL FORCED OUT OF HER COUNTRY.

SHE IS HERE IN SAN DIEGO TONIGHT AT THE -- THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE EDUCATION REPORT AND YOU PRAISE WHO JOINS US LIVE.

>> Reporter: IT'S A BEAUTIFUL EVENING HERE AT THE RADY SHELL AND LITTLE AMAL IS ON HER WAY AND SHE'S EXPECTED HERE WITHIN THE HOUR.

THIS IS THE TAIL END OF HER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VISIT AFTER SPENDING THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS IN LOS ANGELES BUT FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK AND SHE IS IN SAN DIEGO CELEBRATING THE ARTS.

>> HERE SHE IS AT THE SANTA MONICA PIER LAST NIGHT WATCHING OVER HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN USING THEIR ARTWORK TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR REFUGEES FROM UKRAINE.

THE MIDDLE EAST.

AND ANYWHERE ELSE WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER HAS FORCED PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOME COUNTRIES.

THE LITTLE AMAL PROJECT PARTNERS WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ALONG THE WAY OF HER SYMBOLIC WALK.

STUDENTS REBUILD IS A WORLDWIDE EDUCATION GROUP CREATING PEACE USING PENS AND PENCILS AND PAPER TO WELCOME THOSE WHO FIND THEMSELVES HOMELESS AND HOPELESS.

>> WE ALL DESERVE TO BE WELCOMED IN OUR NEW COMMUNITY AND CONNECTED AND FEELING SUPPORTED.

SO THAT STORY HAS I THINK REALLY TOUCH THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

>> HERE IN SAN DIEGO TONIGHT, PERFORMERS ARE REHEARSING FOR AN EVENT WELCOMING LITTLE AMAL TO SOUTH MISSION BEACH ON SATURDAY.

IT'S PRESENTED BY THE LOCAL BLINDSPOT COLLECTIVE KNOWN FOR ITS MISSION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH PERFORMANCE.

>> WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH SO MANY INCREDIBLE PROMINENT ARTISTS WHO ALL BELIEVE IN WHO AMAL IS AND WHAT AMAL STANDS FOR.

>> TO MEET UP WITH LITTLE AMAL THIS WEEK IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY GO TO WALK WITH AMAL.ORG.

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

RIGHT UP UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING WHEN SHE CROSSES THE BORDER INTO TIJUANA.

>> SOME HAVE SAID WHY DO THEY CALL HER LITTLE AMAL CONSIDERING HER SIZE.

TO BE CLEAR, SHE IS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF A 10-YEAR-OLD SYRIAN REFUGEE GIRL AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS THE AGE OF A LOT OF VICTIMS WHO FIND THEMSELVES AS REFUGEES AT THIS POINT IN HISTORY.

WE ARE TOLD SHE IS A REALLY BIG HEART WITH BIG DREAMS.

>> BEFORE YOU GO, YOU MENTIONED AMAL WILL TRAVEL TO MEXICO.

DO WE KNOW WHERE SHE IS GOING?

>> ON SUNDAY MORNING, SHE WAS A HER GOODBYE TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND WILL CROSS THE BORDER INTO TIJUANA WHERE SHE WILL BE PART OF A CHOIR WE ARE TOLD.

THEN SHE WILL GO ON TO MONTERREY MEXICO FOR A PLAY DATE WITH LOCAL CHILDREN THERE.

FINALLY ENDING UP IN GUADALAJARA, MEXICO WHICH YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS THE HOME AND THE BIRTHPLACE OF MARIACHIS.

WE EXPECT SHE WILL BE SINGING AND PLAYING AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

>>> GRAINY FLATS CASITAS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

THIS IS THE TYPE OF SMALL-SCALE HOUSING THAT'S GROWING IN POPULARITY.

>> COOL NIGHTS FOLLOWED BY WARM DAYS WITH DENSE FOG TRUCK PARTS OF THE WEEKEND AND STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW RETURNS WITH A GRADUAL COOLING TREND.

WE WOULD TALK ABOUT IT MORE COMING UP.

>>> GRAINY FLATS CASITAS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS BUT THIS TYPE OF SMALL-SCALE HOUSING GROWING POPULARITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SAYS HOMEBUILDERS GATHERED IN SAN DIEGO TODAY TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF SO-CALLED MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING.

>> Reporter: BILLED AT THE MIDDLE THAT THE NAME OF THE NATIONAL HOUSING CONFERENCE HOSTED IN POINT LOMA BY THE COSIDA GHOST.

>> THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT'S ON A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME AND NOT A LARGE APARTMENT HUNTING.

A HOUSE WITH AN 80 YOU GOT A DUPLEX, TRIPLEX, TOWNHOME PIT >> RAFAEL PEREZ IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COSIDA COALITION.

HE SAID CITIES IS WORKING OUT LOUD THIS TYPE OF HOUSING THROUGH ZONING LAWS.

BUT CALIFORNIA LEGALIZED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS OR 80 USE STATEWIDE IN 2016.

AND CONSTRUCTION BOOMED.

80 USE ARE RELATIVELY CHEAP TO BUILD SINCE THEY ARE SMALL AND EASY TO CONNECT WITH WATER, SEWER AND ELECTRIC LIGHTS.

>> ALSO THERE IS NOW A WHOLE INNOVATIVE 80 YOU INDUSTRY THAT IS POPPING UP IN CALIFORNIA WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF INNOVATION AND PREFAB HOMES, MODULAR HOMES THAT COULD BE ASSEMBLED QUICKLY OR PARTIALLY BUILT IN A FACTORY.

ALL OF THESE INNOVATIONS ARE CUTTING DOWN COSTS AND INCREASING THE SPEED OF DELIVERY.

>> 80 USE ARE GETTING EASIER FOR HOMEOWNERS TO FINANCE.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RECENTLY ALLOWED LENDERS TO CONSIDER RENTAL INCOME FROM THE UNITS IN A HOMEOWNERS LOAN APPLICATION.

AND CALIFORNIA RECENTLY PASSED A LAW THAT LETS HOMEOWNERS SELL THEIR BACKYARD COTTAGES SEPARATELY AS CONDOMINIUMS.

>> I THINK FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DREAMING OF HOMEOWNERSHIP AND THINK IT'S OUT OF REACH, THAT MAY CREATE SOME NEW, EXCITING INVENTORY OPTIONS DOWN THE ROAD.

THAT ARE AN ALTERNATIVE TO JUST AN APARTMENT STYLE CONDO.

>> THAT LAW HAS NOT TAKEN EFFECT YET AND CITIES WILL HAVE TO OPT IN WITH A LOCAL ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS 80 USE TO BE SOLD SEPARATELY.

BUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP IS REAL.

PEREZ SAYS IN STATES THAT HAVE ARTERY PASS SIMILAR LAWS, 80 USE CAN BE 40-60% CHEAPER THAN OTHER HOUSES IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.

>>> A NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX IN SANDIA SEDRO AND TO HELP DOZENS OF FAMILY LEAVE HOMELESSNESS BEHIND FOR GOOD.

COREY SUZUKI SAYS IT COMES AS HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO RISE ACROSS THE COUNTY.

>> EVEN AFTER RACHEL HAYES GOT THE KEYS TO HER NEW APARTMENT, IT WASN'T EASY TO STAY THERE.

>> I WASN'T USED TO BEING FOR ONE, ALONE.

QUIET.

I WAS UP EVERY TWO HOURS CHECKING MY LIKES.

>> THAT WAS BACK IN JUNE.

FOUR WEEKS HAYES KEPT GOING BACK TO THE TENT WHERE SHE HAD BEEN LIVING IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

BUT AFTER A MONTH, SHE TOLD HERSELF IT WAS TIME.

>> 30 DAYS AFTER.

I MADE A COMMITMENT.

I SAID I WOULD SPEND EVERY NIGHT HERE NO MATTER IF IT KILLS ME.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW HARD IT IS FOR SOMEONE TO GO LIVING IN A TENT TO HAVING STABLE HOUSING AGAIN.

BUT THAT IS THE GOAL OF THE PLACE WHERE SHE LIVES NOW.

A NEW PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMPLEX IN SANDIA SEDRO.

IT'S CALLED THE HOLLOW VILLAGE AND OPEN THIS MONTH AND INCLUDE 60 POUNDS WITH 1-3 BEDROOMS EACH.

THE HOMES ARE SAFE FOR FAMILIES WHO MAKE LESS THAN 25% OF THE MEDIAN INCOME.

THE COMPLEX ALSO OFFER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR SENIORS, FAMILIES AND RESIDENTS DEALING WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES.

RYAN IS VICE CHAIR OF THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMMISSION.

>> THE ROOT CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS IS A LACK OF HOUSING.

BUT FOR MANY PEOPLE MAINTAINING THAT HOUSING MEANS THAT WE DO NEED TO ASSIST WITH THOSE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND SO THE PARTICIPATION OF THE COUNTY IN THIS AND OTHER PROJECTS IS SO CRITICALLY ESSENTIAL TO THESE FAMILIES HAVING SUCCESS IN THE HOUSING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR THEM.

>> RESIDENCE PREPARED WITH THE PROJECT THROUGH THE CORNET ASSISTANT SYSTEM.

THE COMPANY THAT RUNS THE VILLAGE SAID THEY WERE ABLE TO FILL EVERY APARTMENT IN THE BUILDING.

MUCH LATER RACHEL HAYES SAYS HER PLACE IS STARTING TO FEEL LIKE A HOME AND IT MEANS SHE HAS MORE TIME AND ENERGY TO VOLUNTEER AND ADVOCATE FOR THE UNHOUSED COMMUNITY.

>> HOUSING FIRST WORKED.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT A HOMELESS CRISIS BUT A HOUSING CRISIS.

WITHOUT THE HOUSING, THERE WILL BE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE BECOMING HOMELESS.

>> FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THE COUP ME I BEEN FLAYING IS RAISED ABOVE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DISTRICT LEADER STATES ONE OF MANY STEPS SHOWING SOLID THERE NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS.

NOVEMBER IS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH BUT SOME SAN DIEGO'S LIKE SINCE DANNY RODRIGUEZ ARE WORKING TO SPREAD THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CULTURE YEAR-ROUND.

>> WHEN THEY SPEAK ABOUT US AS NATIVE PEOPLE, MANY TIMES THEY SPEAK OF US IN THE PAST TENSE.

AND WE ARE A PEOPLE OF YES, WE HAVE BEEN HERE THOUSANDS OF YEARS BUT WE ARE HERE TODAY.

IT'S EXCITING.

SCHOOL DISTRICT IS FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGING THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THIS AREA.

>> RODRIGUEZ WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING THE STUDIES ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM TO THE COLLEGE.

IT'S THE ONLY INSTITUTION IN CALIFORNIA THAT OFFERS THIS PROGRAM.

>>> I AM JEFF BENNETT CUT TONIGHT ON THE NEWS ARE CUT WE SPEAK WITH AN AMERICAN FAMILY WHO ESCAPED WAR-TORN GAZA.

COMING UP AT 7:00 P.M. AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> YOU HEARD OF FARM TO TABLE BUT ON FRIDAY A SAN DIEGO PROGRAM BRINGS HEALTHY MEALS FROM THE OCEAN TO HUNGER RELIEF NONPROFITS.

KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAE SHOWS HOW LOCAL FISHERMEN AND CHEFS COME TOGETHER TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: AS THE CREW OF THE C HAVEN UNLOADS A FISH, OFF THE COAST OF SAN DIEGO, MEMBERS OF THE FISH TO FAMILIES PROGRAM DISCUSSED WHICH FISH WILL BE TURNED INTO HEALTHY MEALS FOR CLIENTS OF HUNGER RELIEF PROGRAMS.

THE PROGRAM LED BY THE SAN DIEGO FISHERMEN'S WORKING GROUP CONNECTS FISHERMEN TO CHEFS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE FOOD INSECURE.

PETER HALL PRESIDENT OF THE WORKING GROUP FOLLOWS THE FISH FROM THE DOCK TO THE KITCHEN AND >> WE ARE NOT JUST FISHING AND MAKING MONEY.

WE ARE INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND GIVING SOMETHING BACK.

AND EVERYBODY ALONG THE WAY LIKES THE PROGRAM AND WANTS TO CONTRIBUTE.

NOT VERY OFTEN WE GET THAT KIND OF COOPERATION.

THE PEOPLE AT THE ENDO END ARE REPEAT >> THE CHEF MARCUS CREATE THE FISH TO FAMILIES PROGRAM.

>> I'M BORN AND RAISED IN SENEGAL AND OF THE SOUTH WHERE A LOT OF THEM ISN'T GOING TO THAT AREA SO FOR ME IT'S VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART.

BECAUSE THE CITY RAISED ME SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY.

>> THIS WEEK HE SELECTS TWO LARGE FLYNN LARGE TUNA THAT TURNS INTO 250 MEALS.

HE SHOWS THE MATURING SKILLS HE SHOWS HIS CHEFS.

>> THE CHEFS LEARN HOW TO CUT THE FISH AND GROW RELATIONS WITH FISHERMEN AND ON TOP OF THAT WE ARE FEEDING THE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT FISH IN THE BIG.

SO THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT FISH.

>> JOSI MUNRO OF FEEDINGS AND GO SAID THEY WOULDN'T OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR CLIENTS WITH FRESH FISH WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE PROGRAM.

>> THE PRICES.

SOMETHING WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO WITHOUT THEIR HELP.

IN THE SAN DIEGANS ARE GETTING FRESH FISH WITH GOOD POLITY PROTEIN.

THAT'S AMAZING.

>> FISH TO FAMILIES STARTED DURING THE PANDEMIC AS A WAY TO HELP LOCAL FISHERMEN.

THE PROGRAM IS NOW FUNDED BY A $40,000 GRANT FROM THE PARKER FOUNDATION.

THAT COVERS THE COST OF THE FISH AND THE CHEFS EXPENSES INCLUDING OTHER INGREDIENTS AND PACKAGING FOR THE MEALS.

HE SAID IT'S BECAUSE OF THE SIMPLICITY THAT IT WORKS WELL.

>> FISHERMEN BRING IN THE CATCH AND MARCUS AND HIS CREW PROCESSES IT AND IS PACKAGED AND DELIVERED TO PEOPLE.

IT'S THAT SIMPLE.

>> BACK ON THE DOCK, FISHERMAN DAVID SAYS THE PROGRAM IS GREAT FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PREPARE FRESH FISH ON THEIR OWN.

>> I REALLY LIKE IT.

IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.

IT'S SOMETHING I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT.

AND DISTRIBUTING FISH THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> HE SAYS HE TRIES TO BRING IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF FISH FOR THE CHEFS TO PREPARE FOR >> ROCK FISH.

ALBACORE TUNA.

BLUEFIN TUNA.

WE DO SWORDFISH.

WE DO MAKO SHARK.

WE DO THRESHER SHARK.

LOVELY WE WILL DO LOBSTER.

>> THE FISH TO FAMILIES PROGRAM HAS MADE 11,000 MEALS SINCE 2020 SAYS CHEF MARCUS.

>> IT REALLY GOT TO ME AND MADE ME PASSIONATE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND DOWN TO THE DISTRIBUTION AND SEEING THE PEOPLE RECEIVING MEALS AND HOW GRATEFUL AND HOW MUCH IT AFFECTED THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES IN A POSITIVE WAY.

>> FISH TO FAMILIES HAS ENOUGH GRANT MONEY TO CONTAIN FOR A LITTLE OVER THREE MINUTES.

THE WORKING GROUP SAYS THEY HOPE TO SECURE FUTURE FUNDING TO EXTEND THE PROGRAM FOR LONGER.

MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ANOTHER MAJOR LABOR UNION SAID IT'S READY TO GO ON STRIKE.

SDSU, MARICOPA SAID IT WOULD AFFECT A TOURIST DESTINATION THAT DRAWS A LOT OF SAN DIEGO IS.

>> Reporter: 2020 IS THE YEAR OF THE WORKER.

THE WRITER STRIKE AND THE ACTOR STRIKE.

THE HEALTHCARE STRIKE WITH KAISER WORKERS.

AUTOMOTIVE WORKERS AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE IN THE LOWER MIDDLE CLASS, ESPECIALLY THESE HOTEL WORKERS IN LAS VEGAS LIKE BARTENDERS, SERVERS AND KITCHEN EMPLOYEES, HOUSEKEEPERS.

ALL OF THAT GROUP OF WORKERS IS THE ONE WHO'S LOOKING TO GO ON STRIKE.

THEY ARE VERY SERIOUS.

35,000 WORKERS ARE GOING TO GO ON STRIKE POTENTIALLY.

THEY WILL KNOW NEXT THURSDAY AS TO WHETHER THAT WILL BE THE CASE FOR THE LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX IS GOING TO BE THAT FOLLOWING WEEKEND WHICH MEANS THERE WILL BE A HUGE NUMBER OF TOURISTS COMING IN JUST THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS WHERE IT'S GOTTEN MORE AGGRESSIVE WHERE THEY HAD HUGE RALLIES THAT HAVE STOPPED TRAFFIC IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRIP AND 55 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED ABOUT A WEEK AND HALF AGO.

SO THEY ARE GETTING VERY SERIOUS.

IT'S GETTING VERY INTENSE.

IT MIGHT DISRUPT SOME VACATIONS AND TRIPS NEXT WEEK IF THEY DO GO ON STRIKE.

DRUG THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON IS HERE AND DESPITE SOME HIGH INFLATION SHOPPERS ARE EXPECTED TO SPEND MORE MONEY THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR.

MIKE VALERIO SHARES THE BEST TIME TO SHOP FOR DEALS.

>> Reporter: IS THE SEASON OF THE SPENDING AND DESPITE CONCERNS OF THE COMIC AT THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION SAY CONSUMERS ARE READY TO SPEND BIG.

>> FORECASTING THAT TOTAL HOLIDAY SALES DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER COULD REACH AS HIGH AS $967 BILLION.

>> THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON KEEPS CREEPING EARLIER AND EARLIER THIS YEAR IT'S FOR A VERY PRACTICAL REASON.

>> THEY WANT MORE TIME TO FIND DEALS AND THEY WANT MORE TIME TO REALLY SPREAD OUT THAT SHOPPING.

>> WITH INFLATION HOLDING STEADY.

HOLIDAY SHOPPERS ARE MORE PRICE CONSCIOUS.

>> SHOPPERS ARE SAYING THEY WILL PULL BACK IN OTHER AREAS IN ORDER TO AFFORD AND PRIORITIZE THEIR HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON.

THEY WILL SEARCH FOR SALES AND DEALS AND REALLY LOOK FOR WAYS TO MAKE EVERY DOLLAR COUNT.

>> AND WHERE ARE THEY PUTTING THOSE DOLLARS?

>> GIFT CARDS WERE THE TOP ITEM THAT PEOPLE SAID THEY WERE SHOPPING FOR THIS YEAR RATHER THAN SPECIFIC PRODUCTS.

>> ANOTHER BIG TREND THIS SEASON IS BEAUTY AND SELF-CARE PROJECTS PRODUCTS THANKS IN PART TO INFLUENCER CULTURE.

>> SHOPPERS OFFERING SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO ABOUT DEALS BUT ALSO DISCOVERING NEW PRODUCTS AND THINGS THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY NEEDED.

>> AS FAR AS DEALS GO SCOTT CHRISTIAN McGRATH WITH RETAIL ME NOT SAYS BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING IS STILL THE BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK.

>> WE FIND THE BEST DEALS CONCENTRATED AROUND THAT ONE BIG WE CAN.

>> IN LOS ANGELES, I'M MIKE VALERIO.

DRUG OUR INLET COMMITTEES ARE STILL UNDER AN AIR-QUALITY ALERT AND THAT'S A RESULT OF THE HIGHLAND FIRE IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

DEALER IS IN EFFECT FOR EL CAJON, ESCONDIDO, SAN MARCOS, LA MESA, SANTEE AND PAULY.

RESIDENTS THERE ARE BEING WARNED THEY COULD BE EXPOSED TO ASH AND SMOKE.

MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY THIS IS ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM ASTHMA AND RESPIRATORY ISSUES.

>> IT MAKES YOU CHUCK.

IT'S NOT GOOD QUALITY AIR.

SO COMMON SENSE WOULD TELL YOU TO STAY INDOORS.

>> AT LAST CHECK THE SPREAD OF THE HIGHLAND FIRE HAD BEEN KEPT BELOW 2500 ACRES.

IT'S 50% CONTAINED.

>>> AND LET'S START OFF WITH THE WEATHER HEADLINES.

KEEPING A SIMILAR PATTERN HERE WITH THE WARM DAYS AND COOL NIGHTS THAT CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

MEANWHILE IT COULD BE AREAS OF DENSE FOG ESPECIALLY AMONG THE COAST AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

HEADS UP FOR ANY EARLY TRAVEL.

MEANWHILE A STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WILL START TO KICK IN SO GRADUALLY YOU START TO SEE COOLER TEMPERATURES.

AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, ATTEMPTED TO SCROLLING DOWN TO THE LOWER 40s FOR OCEANSIDE AROUND 50 AND SAN DIEGO AT 51.

BORREGO SPRINGS 47.

A NICE SET UP THROUGHOUT THE REGION AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON SATURDAY.

EVEN IF YOU'RE TRAVELING THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, THINGS LOOK GOOD.

HEADS UP AS YOU HAD FARTHER NORTH BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE DOING WITH STORMS MOVING IN AND BRINGING IN WET WEATHER.

WE STAY DRY THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO COUNTY AS WE HEAD INTO OUR SATURDAY.

SAN DIEGO 75.

BORREGO SPRINGS BACKUP 288.

MT.

LAGUNA LOWER 60s AND OCEANSIDE WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 76.

ON SUNDAY, ANY OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD BE GOOD.

MAYBE GRADUALLY WARMER AS WE LOOK AHEAD INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGHOUT THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND.

LOOKING AT YOUR FIVE DAY OUTLOOK FOR THE COAST AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE INTO THE 70s FOR THE WEEKEND.

AND THEN EARLY NEXT WEEK WE WILL SEE THE GRADUAL COOLING TREND ON THE WAY.

72 ON MONDAY AND 70 ON TUESDAY AND 71 BY WEDNESDAY.

YOUR FIVE TO OUTLOOK INVALID.

IT DOES SHOW 80s FOR THE WEEKEND.

84 SATURDAY AND 82 ON SUNDAY.

AND WE WILL SEE A GRADUAL COOLING TREND.

UPPER 70s ON MONDAY.

74 ON TUESDAY.

AND 73 BY THE TIME WE GET TO WEDNESDAY.

OVERALL STAYING PLEASANT.

WE TAKE YOU INTO THE MOUNTAINS WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE COOLING.

WE WILL SEE THE LOWER 60s CARRYING ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

WIND INCREASES A BIT BY NEXT WEEK.

TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY BE INTO THE LOWER 50s.

AND WE WRAP UP IN THE DESERT WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL STAY IN THE UPPER 80s BUT EVENTUALLY 70s BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> GET READY TO SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR.

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS AT 2:00 A.M. SUNDAY MORNING.

FOR MOST OF US THAT MEANS AN EXTRA HOUR OF SLEEP AND PRIOR BRIGHTER ONCE.

WHY IN ARIZONA DO NOT CHANGE THEIR CLOCKS.

SOME LAWMAKERS HAVE BEEN PUSHING TO MAKE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PERMANENT BUT THE BILL HAS BEEN STALLED.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO WAVE ESSIE COULD ADVANCE TO THE NWS L CHAMPIONSHIP THIS WEEKEND.

IF THAT HAPPENS THE WAVE WILL PLAY FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT HOME.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER WHEN SHOWS NOT ONLY FANS ARE EXCITED BUT BUSINESSES TOO.

>> THIS IS WHAT SNAPDRAGON SAID LOOKS LIKE TODAY BUT COME SUNDAY IT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS.

IT'S A SECOND YEAR AND A ROW THE WAVE FC ADVANCED TO THE SEMIFINAL.

THIS SUNDAY THEY WILL FACE SEATTLE'S OL RAIN.

THE RAIN MADE IT TO THE SEMIFINALS LAST SEASON AND HAS BEEN A THORN IN THE WAVES SIDE THE SEASON.

>> OL RAIN IS THE TEAM THAT THE WAVE HAVE NOT MANAGED TO BE ABLE TO BEAT THIS YEAR.

IT WOULD BE VERY EXCITING TO BREAK THAT STREAK AND CONTINUE ON TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> AMANDA FARR IS PART OF THE SAN DIEGO SIRENS, A WAVE SUPPORTER GROUP.

SHE'S EXCITED FOR THE METS THIS WEEKEND ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WILL BE RAINS SUPERSTAR MEGAN RAPINOE LAST SEASON BEFORE RETIREMENT >> THAT WILL BE A GIFT TO WATCH.

>> BUT SYCOPHANTS ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES EXCEPT FOR THE SEMI CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

ED O'BRIEN'S KEARNY MESA DISTRICT.

CO-OWNER TYSON BLAKE SAID HE'S EXPECTING A BIG CROWD.

>> I DEFINITELY HELPS BUSINESS BUT ALSO COOL TO HAVE THE CAMARADERIE AND FANDOM COME THROUGH AND ENJOY GAMES AND CHAIR IN VICTORY TOGETHER.

>> THE GAMES HAPPEN TO COINCIDE WITH SAN DIEGO BEER WEEK SO THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL SEARCH.

BUT BLAKE SAID SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN GROWING AS A SOCCER TOWN AS EVIDENCED BY THE NEW MLS TEAM SAN DIEGO FC.

>> THERE HAS BEEN A REAL PLEASANT UPTAKE IN SOCCER FANDOM.

AND THE BASE IS GROWING AND GROWING.

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