>>> 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.

VISIT BILLHOW E.COM.

>>> AND, BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARC CORONAVIRUS S SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU!

>>> CALIFORNIA HAS TAKEN ANOTHER STEP TOWARD MAKING REPARATIONS A REALITY.

THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M JOHN CARROLL IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

IT IS A FIRST IN THE NATION.

GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SIGNED IT INTO LAW.

THE BILL WAS AUTHORED BY SAN DIEGO'S STATE SENATOR AKILAH WEBER PIERSON.

CHERYL GRILLS WAS A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE.

WHEN THE FUTURE OF THE BILL WAS STILL UNCERTAIN, KPBS ASKED GRILLS WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO HER IF THE GOVERNOR SIGNED IT INTO LAW.

>> WHAT IT WOULD MEAN FOR ME IS WE ARE MAKING CONCRETE STEPS TOWARD BEING REINTEGRATED BACK INTO THE CIRCLE OF HUMANITY.

IT WOULD MEAN FOR ME PERSONALLY, AND THAT MAKES ME TEAR UP TO SAY THAT.

BECAUSE IN TRUTH, YOU KNOW.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO BLACK FOLK WHEN WE WERE DESCRIBED AS DOING LESS THAN HUMAN, WE WERE DEHUMANIZED AND CAST OUT OF THE CIRCLE.

OF HUMANITY.

NOW THIS IS SAYING WAIT, THIS IS WRONG.

WE WERE IN ERROR.

A VIOLATION OF YOUR DIGNITY.

YOU KNOW?

AND WE ARE GOING TO CORRECT THAT.

>> THREE OTHER REPARATIONS BILLS ARE AWAITING THE GOVERNOR'S VETO OR SIGNATURE.

THE GOVERNOR ALSO SIGNED A MAJOR HOUSING BILL THAT ALLOWS APARTMENTS NEAR PUBLIC TRANSIT.

SV-79 REQUIRES CITIES TO ALLOW MID RISE APARTMENT AND CONDO BUILDINGS WITHIN A HALF MILE OF A LIGHT RAIL STOP.

IN SAN DIEGO, THAT COULD MEAN MORE HOUSING DENSITY COMING TO BAY PARK ALONG THE BLUE LINE TROLLEY.

IT COULD ALSO BRING MORE HOMES NEAR SPRINTER STATIONS IN NORTH COUNTY.

NICOLE CAPRATZ SAYS THE BILL WAS OVERDUE.

>> IT IS A LITTLE BIT LATE.

BUT IT IS NOT TOO LATE SO I THINK THIS WAS FINALLY THE MOMENT PEOPLE HAD TO SAY WE HAVE TO CHANGE THINGS UP.

WE HAVE TO REIMAGINE WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE LOOKING LIKE AND WHO WILL BE BENEFITING FROM LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> THE BILL GOES INTO EFFECT JULY 1st OF NEXT YEAR UNLESS CITIES ADOPT A LOCAL ALTERNATIVE PLAN.

THEY HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED BY STATE HOUSING AUTHORITIES.

>>> THE GROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD REVIEWED TONED DOWN VERSIONS OF CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSALS AT THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT.

ELAINE ALFARO SPOKE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TEACHERS WHO HAVE CONCERN ABOUT THE OVERALL DIRECTION OF THE BOARD.

>> Reporter: SINGING RANG OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING YESTERDAY.

PARTICIPANTS EMPHASIZED THE REFRAIN LET FREEDOM REIGN.

JACKIE IS A TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT.

>> I ATTEND ALMOST ALL OF THE BOARD MEETINGS BECAUSE I HAVE FELT LIKE THERE WAS A NEED OF PUBLIC OVERSIGHT OF WHAT THIS BOARD HAS BEEN DOING.

>> Reporter: ONE OF THE PROPOSALS WOULD HAVE LOOSENED THE DISTRICT'S RULES ON HOW AND WHEN TEACHERS CAN EXPRESS RELIGION OPINIONS.

AND OFFICIALS WOULD HAVE BROADER POWER TO RESTRICT WHERE PROTESTERS COULD STAND DURING BOARD MEETINGS.

>> I THINK WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO WAS TO NOT EVEN HAVE TO SEE THE PUBLIC THAT DISAGREES WITH THE POLICY DECISIONS THEY ARE MAKING AND THAT SEEMS ENTIRELY INAPPROPRIATE.

>> Reporter: THE BOARD REWROTE WHAT WAS A VAGUE PROPOSAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY LIMIT WHERE PROTESTERS COULD STAND.

THE NEW VERSION CREATES A TEN FOOT BUFFER ZONE THAT OPENS A CLEAR PATH IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING.

THE BOARD VOTED 4-1 TO APPROVE THE NEW POLICY.

THE BOARD TRUSTEE CHRIS FIFE VOTED AGAINST IT.

THEY RETURNED TO THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF THE RELIGIOUS BELIEF POLICY TO REAFFIRM TEACHERS CANNOT LEAD PRAYER DURING SCHOOL HOURS.

THE VOTE ON THAT POLICY WAS TABLED UNTIL THE BOARD'S NEXT REGULAR MEETING.

BOARD PRESIDENT GARY WOOD SAID IN AN EMAIL TO KPBS THAT THEY MADE THE CHANGES TO THE PROTESTS AND PRAYER POLICIES BECAUSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS RAISED CONCERNS.

FIFE OPPOSED THE ORIGINAL PROPOSALS SAYING THE NEW VERSIONS WERE AN IMPROVEMENT, BUT HE WANTED TO TABLE THE VOTE UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.

>> THIS LANGUAGE IS LIGHT YEARS BETTER THAN THE ORIGIN LANGUAGE.

BUT AS MANY OF YOU, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN THIS.

>> Reporter: MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO OFFERED PUBLIC COMMENT CLAIMED THE BOARD MAJORITY'S ACTION FIT INTO A PICTURE OF PARTISAN POLITICS IN THE DISTRICT.

STEPHANIE IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE TEACHER'S UNION.

>> IT IS HARD FOR THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF MEMBERS TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN THE BOARD ISN'T TRYING TO COME TOGETHER IN ANY WAY.

IT IS STILL VERY PARTISAN.

IT IS VERY POLITICAL.

>> Reporter: THE BOARD REVIEWED A NUMBER OF OTHER PROPOSALS INCLUDING A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF NON-VIOLENT CIVIL DISCOURSE IN SCHOOLS AND APPROVED A DISTRICT LIBRARIAN.

THIS FOLLOW IT IS BOARD'S DECISION EARLIER THIS YEAR TO CUT ALL LIBRARIAN POSITIONS IN THE DISTRICT.

ELAINE ALFARO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> I'M ARIELLA SCALESE.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHEN WE DRY OUT AND WARM UP A BIT.

AND THEN, WHEN THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND WINDIER CONDITIONS RETURN.

IT'S ALL COMING UP!

>>> WHEN WILD FIRE SMOKE FILLS THE AIR IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, WE CAN'T HELP BUT BREATHE IT IN.

A NEW STUDY LINKS WILD FIRE SMOKE TO MORE PEOPLE IT WILLING LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOMS AND MORE DEATHS.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER TAMMY MURGA SAYS CLIMATE CHANGE WILL MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE.

>> Reporter: LAYERS OF SMOKE FILL THE AIR IN JANUARY.

THE FIRE WAS GROWING QUICKLY.

ONE OF THE PATIENTS DIDN'T LIVE IN AN EVACUATION ZONE BUT IT WAS.

>> CLOSE ENOUGH HER HEALTH WAS THREATENED.

>> Reporter: ZURI IS HER PULL MONOLOGIST AT UC SAN DIEGO.

PEOPLE WITH COPD KNOW SMOKE IS DANGEROUS FOR THEM.

>> THAT SHE WOULD JUST IMMEDIATELY PACK UP AND DRIVE A FEW HOURS TO STAY WITH FAMILY UNTIL THE FIRE WOULD END.

AND HOW DISRUPTIVE THAT IS TO FOLKS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS THAT ARE LIVING WITH SEVERE COPD OR ASTHMA.

>> Reporter: PARTS OF CALIFORNIA ARE EXPERIENCING FIRE CONDITIONS TWICE AS OFTEN AS 50 YEARS AGO.

AND THE RISK IS EXPECTED TO WORSEN AS THE CLIMATE CHANGES.

ZURI IS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THAT WILL IMPACT HIS PATIENTS AND THE SYSTEM THAT CARES FOR THEM.

>> IT WILL BE A REALITY WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE PATIENTS.

>> Reporter: A NEW STUDY SHOWS HOW WILD FIRE SMOKE MAY LEAD TO HUNDREDS MORE DEATHS EACH YEAR IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BY 2050.

CARLOS GOLD SAYS A PRESSING QUESTION FOR MANY IS.

>> UNDERSTANDING THE EXPECTED HEALTH IMPACTS FROM WILD FIRE ACTIVITY.

NOW, AND IN THE FUTURE.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS SAN DIEGO COUNTY COULD EXPERIENCE UP TO 590 STEPS PER YEAR.

400 MORE DEATHS A YEAR THAN TODAY.

>> WHEN WE ARE EXPOSED TO SMOKE, WE FACE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES.

>> Reporter: MARSHALL BURKE IS ANOTHER COAUTHOR OF THE STUDY AND PROFESSOR AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

HE SAYS SAN DIEGO HAS LESS SMOKE THAN OTHER PARTS OF CALIFORNIA BECAUSE.

>> SAN DIEGO IN SOME SENSE IS IN THE LUCKY SPOT.

IT IS BY THE COAST, A LOT OF TIME IT IS WIND BLOWS FROM THE COAST INLAND.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS FIRE IS NOT NEW TO SAN DIEGO.

>> BUT IN TERMS OF SMOKE EXPOSURE, SAN DIEGO HAS GOTTEN AWAY WITH LESS SMOKE THAN OTHER PARTS OF CALIFORNIA.

>> Reporter: BUT WHEN THE SMOKE INCREASES SO DO ASTHMA RATES AND DEATHS.

BURKE HELPED CREATE AN INTERACTIVE MAP THAT ILLUSTRATES THAT DATA.

>> THIS IS REALLY TRYING TO MEASURE.

WE ARE GETTING MORE EXTREME DAYS.

>> Reporter: IT SHOWS HOW MANY EXTRA PEOPLE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

>> WE GET A 60% INCREASE ON THE WORSE DAY.

>> Reporter: WILD FIRES CAN EXPOSE PEOPLE TO TOXIC FINE PARTICULATE MATTER FOR DAYS OR WEEKS.

>> THESE ARE VERY SMALL PARTICLES.

ONE 30th THE WIDTH OF A HUMAN HAIR.

>> Reporter: THEY CAN GET DEEP INTO YOUR LUNGS AND BLOODSTREAM AND HAVE A CASCADING EFFECT ON YOUR HEALTH.

>> EXPOSURE TO THESE POLLUTANTS CAN LEAD TO INCREASED RISK OF CARDIO VASCULAR DISEASE, WORSE OUTCOMES WITH COPD.

>> Reporter: RESEARCHERS SAY THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR WILD FIRE SMOKE ADAPTATION.

THE WORST CASE SCENARIOS CAN HAPPEN IN THE WORLD WARMS EVEN 2 DEGREES CELSIUS MORE.

THEIR FINDINGS ARE FORECASTS.

>> THEY ARE NOT TELLING THE FUTURE.

WE HAVE A ROLE IN SHAPING OUR OWN FUTURE.

>> Reporter: TAMMY MERGA, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ON MONDAY, THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO WILL START DELIVERING NEW TRASH BINS TO HOMEOWNERS AND HAULING AWAY THE OLD ONES.

THIS COINCIDES WITH A NEW $43 MONTHLY CHARGE FOR WASTE SERVICES WHICH USED TO BE FREE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THE PRICE WILL BE SOMEWHAT LOWER FOR PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE SMALLER TRASH BINS.

JEREMY BAUERS WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

>> WE ARE REPLACING ALL OF THE OLD TRASH CANS AND ALL OF THE OLD RECYCLING CONTAINERS AND WHAT THAT HELPS US DO IS ENSURE WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICE AT THE LEVEL THAT THE CUSTOMER HAS ORDERED.

WE ARE ABLE TO CHARGE THEM CORRECTLY AND WE ARE ABLE TO ENSURE WE ARE ONLY PROVIDING SERVICE TO THOSE CUSTOMERS PAYING THE FEE.

VERSUS ANY LEGACY CONTAINER.

>> THE NEW TRASH AND RECYCLING BINS WILL LOOK DIFFERENT FROM THE OLD ONES.

TRASH BINS WILL BE LIGHT GRAY AND RECYCLING CONTAINERS WILL BE A DIFFERENT SHADE OF BLUE.

TODAY IS WORLD HOMELESS DAY.

>>> IT IS A TIME TO RAISE AWARENESS AND ALLEVIATE SUFFERING RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AYER SAYS HERE IN SAN DIEGO, AN EVENT IS BEING HELD TO HONOR THOSE LOST AND HELP THOSE CURRENTLY WITHOUT A HOME.

>> Reporter: A HELPING HAND FOR HOMELESS SAN DIEGANS, COMFORT AND CARE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE.

>> WE GOT HAIRCUTS, MANICURES, PEDICURES.

ACUPUNCTURE.

DOCTORS.

THINGS TO HELP YOU GET BETTER.

LESS SERVICE FOCUS, MORE LIKE HEY, LET'S TRY TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE GOOD DAY OUT OF THE YEAR RIGHT?

>> Reporter: WHILE THE EVENT WAS A DAY OF SUPPORT, IT IS LEADING UP TO AN EVENING OF REMEMBRANCE SAYS LIVED EXPERIENCES ADVISERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOHN BRADY.

>> WE ARE BUILDING WHAT WE CALL THE STREET OF SOULS.

A REPRESENTATION OF ALL 3,756 LIVES THAT HAVE PASSED ON OUR STREETS.

OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS.

>> Reporter: THAT NUMBER COMES FROM THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER.

THE CANDLES ARE LAID OUT LIKE A REAL LIFE BAR GRAPH REPRESENTING THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO DIED IN ONE YEAR.

>> WE HAVE SEEN A MASSIVE JUMP AND THEY ARE STILL BUILDING OUT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THAT'S THE IMPACT OF FENTANYL COMING ONTO OUR STREETS IN A REGRESSIVE WAY AND THE IMPACT OF ADDICTION.

>> Reporter: LAST YEAR, HOMELESS DEATHS WERE LOWERED IN THE COUNTY.

OUTREACH TEAMS AND ACCESS TO NARCAN HAS HELPED.

>> AND LET'S LEAVE IT AT 16.

>> THEY ARE HOPING SET UP THE EVENT WHERE FORMER HOMELESS SAN DIEGO CITIZENS WITH SUCCESS STORIES.

>> THE HOW MANYLESS ARE HUMANS AND WE HAVE TO SHOW EMPATHY.

>> Reporter: THEY SAY HOMELESSNESS CAN HAPPEN FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

AND IN AN EXTENSIVE REGION LIKE SAN DIEGO, MANY ARE AT RISK.

EVEN THOSE WORKING FULL TIME.

>> SO MANY PEOPLE ARE ONE PAYCHECK AWAY FROM BEING HOMELESS.

IT IS NOT JUST US.

I'M FORTUNATE.

I HAVE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BUT IT COULD BE A BROTHER, A SISTER, A PARENT, A SON, A DAUGHTER.

>> Reporter: JACOB AYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO DEPLOY FEDERAL EYES TO NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO DEMOCRATIC LED CITIES HAVE PROMPTED A SERIES OF LEGAL SHOW DOWNS.

>> Reporter: MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD ABSENT FRIDAY FROM OUTSIDE AN IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT FACILITY JUST OUTSIDE CHICAGO AFTER A U.S.

DISTRICT COURSE JUDGE ISSUED A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER HALTING DONALD TRUMP'S DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARDS IN ILLINOIS TWO WEEKS.

>> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DECISION NOT JUST FOR THE STATE OF ILLINOIS BUT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: DEMONSTRATIONS OUTSIDE ICE FACILITIES IN METRO CHICAGO AND PORTLAND OREGON HAVE SERVED AS FLASH POINTS FOR TRUMP'S DEPLOYMENTS.

HE SAID FEDERAL MUSCLE IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS CRIME.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT PLANS TO APPEAL THE ILLINOIS DECISION EVEN AS MORE REPUBLICANS ARE BEGINNING TO CRITICIZE THE STRATEGY.

>> HE HAS IDENTIFIED THE RIGHT PROBLEM BUT I THINK HE IS GOING FOR THE WRONG SOLUTION.

EVEN IF WE HAD APPROVAL, FROM THE JUDGES TO SEND THE NATIONAL GUARD TROUPES IT IS A TEMPORARY SOLUTION.

>> Reporter: IN A SEPARATE RULING THIS VIDEO OF A CHICAGO PASTOR REPEATEDLY SHOT BY PEPPER BALLS DURING A DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE THE BROAD VIEW FACILITY LED A DIFFERENT FEDERAL JUDGE TO GRANT A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER LIMITING THE TYPES OF FORCE AND CROWD CONTROL MEASURES FEDERAL AGENTS CAN USE AGAINST PROTESTERS.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS DEFENDED THE AGENT'S ACTIONS SAYING PROTESTERS BLOCKED AGENTS AND THREW ROCKS AND BOTTLES.

>> THERE WAS NO WARNING AFTER THEY SHOT ME IN MY HEAD AND FACE AND MULTIPLE TIMES.

IT WAS VICIOUS.

>> Reporter: MARYBEL GONZALEZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LOOK BANS ARE ON THE RISE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

BUT NOT IN CALIFORNIA.

FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN SAN DIEGO'S BANNED BOOKS WEEK, KPBS ARTS REPORTER SHOWS US HOW ONE LOCAL INITIATIVE IS PUSHING BACK.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BELIEVES EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO READ.

THAT IS WHY THEY JOINED THE BOOKS UNBANNED INITIATIVE WHICH LAUNCHED IN BROOKLYN 2022, SAN DIEGO CAME ON BOARD IN TO 24.

MISTY JONES IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY.

>> THE UNBANNED BOOKS PROJECT PROVIDES ACCESS TO E-BOOKS THROUGHOUT THE NATION.

FOR THOSE CHALLENGED AND BOOKS BEING PULLED OFF THE SHELVES THAT PEOPLE CANNOT ACCESS ANYMORE AND IS PROVIDING ACCESS FOR THEM.

>> Reporter: THE PROGRAM NOW INCLUDES FOR OTHER PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS.

SEATTLE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, BOSTON, AND LONG BEACH.

PATRICK STEWART IS THE CEO OF THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO.

HE SAYS BOOKS UNBANNED IS ABOUT PROTECTING ONE OF OUR BASIC FREEDOMS.

>> THE IDEA OF BANNING BOOKS IS A DIRECT AFFRONT TO ONE OF OUR MOST SACRED CIVIL LIBERTIES.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

FREE SPEECH.

IT'S AN AFFRONT TO OUR INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM AND ABILITY FOR US TO MAKE PERSONAL DECISIONS ON WHAT WE AND OUR CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO.

>> Reporter: BOOK BANNING HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE BEGINNING OF LITERATURE BUT IT BECAME MOST PREVALENT IN 2022 WHEN THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION REPORTED MORE BOOK BANS THAT YEAR THAN ANY OTHER IN THE 21st CENTURY.

SOME OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY BANNED BOOKS INCLUDE GENDER QUEER, A MEMOIR.

AND ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE.

THE MOST CHALLENGED TITLE IN 2024 ACCORDING TO THE ALA.

BOTH ARE AMONG BOOKS UNBANNED SAN DIEGO'S TOP TEN MOST CHECKED OUT TITLES.

JONES SAYS IT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT THAT LGBTQ YOUTH AND PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE ACCESS TO BOOKS LIKE THESE.

>> MENTAL HEALTH IS AN ISSUE WITH KIDS.

THEY DEAL WITH A LOT WITH JUST IT BEING INUNDATED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL OF THAT, YOU CAN FEEL VERY ALONE.

SEEING THEMSELVES IN OTHER AUTHORS OR LOOKS BEING REPRESENTED THEY REALIZE THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE LIKE ME.

>> Reporter: MANY STATES AWE CROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE GROWING LISTS OF BANNED BOOKS.

FLORIDA AND IOWA REPORTED THE HIGHEST NUMBERS IN THE SCHOOL YEAR ACCORDING TO PAN AMERICA.

IN CONTRAST, CALIFORNIA'S FREEDOM TO READ ACT ALSO KNOWN AS ASSEMBLY BILL 1825 PROHIBITS PUBLIC LIBRARIES FROM BANNING BOOKS BASED ON CONTENT.

>> IF YOU DON'T READ THINGS YOU DON'T AGREE WITH, OR THAT DON'T FIT YOUR NARRATIVE, HOW DO YOU KNOW?

HOW DO YOU BUILD YOUR OPINION?

HOW DO YOU BUILD YOUR WORLD VIEW IF YOU ARE NOT LOOKING AT OTHER PEOPLE'S VIEWS?

YOU HAVE A VERY NARROW MINDED VIEW OF THE WORLD.

>> Reporter: BOOKS UNBANNED IS FULLY FUNDED BY THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO.

TO LEARN MORE, VISIT THE SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY WEBSITE.

>>> DID YOU KNOW THERE IS A PLACE IN OUR COUNTY WHERE IF YOUR VOICE IS LOUD ENOUGH, EVERYTHING YOU SAY COMES BACK TO YOU?

KEN KRAMER WENT TO CHECK IT OUT IN THIS WEEK'S STORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO A BEAUTIFUL VALLEY HERE.

A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 94 WHERE THE STORY IS THAT AT CERTAIN TIMES WHEN THE WIND IS BLOWING JUST SO, THAT WIND MIGHT CARRY YOUR VOICE TO THE HILLS BEYOND AND BACK AGAIN SO YOU COULD HEAR AN ECHO.

WELL, LET'S SEE.

>> HEY!

CAME FROM THAT WAY.

>> Reporter: ALL THE WAY TO THAT MOUNTAIN AND ALL THE WAY BACK?

I DON'T THINK SO.

>> HEY!

>> DID YOU HEAR IT?

IT SEEMS TO BOUNCE OFF SOME OF THE CLOSER IN HILLS OR RICOCHET OFF NEARBY ROCKS.

>> Reporter: TERRY LEVLON HAS A HOUSE DOWN THE STREET.

HIS DOG BARKS ONCE IN A WHILE.

WE LISTENED BUT NO DOG ECHO.

IF THE DOG WANTS AN ECHO I GUESS HE MAKES HIS OWN.

TERRY SAYS HE HAS HEARD COYOTES ECHO IN THE NIGHT, BUT NOBODY COMES AROUND AND YELLS.

>> HEY!

>> I HADN'T SEEN ANYBODY.

>> UNTIL TODAY.

>> UNTIL TODAY.

>> Reporter: AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED IF PEOPLE SHOWED UP DOING IT ALL THE TIME.

I GUESS THE SOUND BOUNCES AROUND HERE IF YOU THINK IT DOES AND YOU LISTEN FOR IT.

HOW ELSE WOULD THIS PLACE HAVE GOTTEN ITS NAME, ECHO VALLEY?

YOU KNOW WE HAD TO SEE IF IT WAS A TRUE STORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> HEY!

>> YOU CAN WATCH KEN'S ABOUT SAN DIEGO EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 RIGHT HERE ON KPBS.

>>> WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF TROPICAL MOISTURE PULLED FURTHER TO THE NORTH BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING AND COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER RETURNS AS WE HEAD EARLY INTO NEXT WEEK.

PLUS, ALREADY TRACKING THE RETURN OF SOME SHOWERS AND GUSTIER WINDS AS WE HEAD INTO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

TONIGHT, WE ARE BACK DOWN TO THE 60s FOR A LOT OF LOCATIONS INCLUDING SAN DIEGO, CHULA VISTA, 62.

MOUNT LAGUNA NOT THAT BAD.

BORREGO SPRINGS DOWN TO 64.

INTO THE DAY ON SATURDAY, WE WILL BE TRACKING THIS FRONT MAKING ITS WAY FURTHER SOUTH.

WE SHOULD SQUEEZE OUT A MOSTLY DRY AFTERNOON AFTER MAYBE A LITTLE LINGERING PRECIPITATION EARLY IN THE MORNING.

MOST OF THE ACTION WELL FURTHER TO OUR EAST WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRENCHING SHOWERS MAKING THEIR WAY ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION.

TEMPERATURES TOMORROW WILL BE PLEASANT.

OCEAN SIDE HEATING UP.

ALL RIGHT, SO THAT FRONT THEN CONTINUES TO PUSH TO THE EAST.

SO WE WILL BE TURNING A BIT COOLER FOR SOME LOCATIONS AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY SUNDAY.

WE'LL FOLLOW THE FIVE-DAY FORECAST HERE ALONG THE COAST WHERE IT IS MOSTLY SUNNY AND NICE FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOUDS BY MONDAY.

AND THERE IS THAT NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AS WE HEAD INTO TUESDAY.

BUT THEN WE SHOULD BE DRIER BY WEDNESDAY, TAKE A LOOK FURTHER INLAND WHERE IT WILL STILL BE VERY WARM ON SATURDAY.

BUT TEMPERATURES COME DOWN A BIT MORE AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, BY NEXT WEDNESDAY, HIGHS ONLY INTO THE LOWER 70s .

FOLLOWING THE FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK AS WE LOOK ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN REGIONS WHERE 64 ON SATURDAY, BUT IT TURNS MUCH COOLER FOR THIS WEEKEND.

MUCH COLDER TUESDAY WITH SOME OF THE LOW CLOUDS STICKING AROUND.

AS FOR THE DESERT LOCATIONS IT IS A HOT SATURDAY AT 92.

BUT WE ALSO WILL GET SOME COOL.

FOR KPBS NEWS I'M ARIELLA SCALESE.

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>>> THE CHICANO PARK MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER CELEBRATES THREE YEARS AT ITS SPACE AND TEN YEARS AS ABOUT ORGANIZATION.

DESPITE FUNDING CUTS TO VITAL PROGRAMS, LEADERS REMAIN HOPEFUL ABOUT ITS CONTINUED IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: SEATED IN AN UNASSUMING BUILDING ON NATIONAL AVENUE JUST STEPS FROM CHICANO PARK'S VIBRANT MURALS.

THE FOUNDER IS PROUD.

SHE SAYS IT'S A FEELING SHE HOPES OTHERS SHARE AS THEY CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY THE WEEKEND.

>> A SENDS OF PRIDE, A SENSE OF ENJOYMENT.

>> Reporter: SHE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF CHICANO PARK.

SHE WAS THERE ON DAY ONE IN 1970 WHEN STUDENTS FORMED A HUMAN BARRIER TO STOP CONSTRUCTION OF A HIGHWAY PATROL STATION.

THE SPACE HAD BEEN PROMISED TO BARI LOGAN AS A PARK AFTER THE FREEWAY CUT THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> REGARDING THE HISTORY OF THIS COMMUNITY, WE WERE 20,000 RESIDENTS STRONG.

WE WERE RELOUISED TO LESS THAN 5,000 IN LESS THAN 12, 14 YEARS.

WITHOUT A PUBLIC PROCESS?

I MEAN, THEY JUST KNOCKED ON OUR DOOR AND SAID IMMINENT DOMAIN.

OUT.

>> Reporter: THE MUSEUM STEPPED IN TO CONTINUE THE CRITICAL WORK OF ARCHIVING THESE TYPES OF STORIES.

>> WE BEGIN COLLECTING ORAL HISTORIES AT THE TIME BECAUSE WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO VALUE THE HISTORIES OF THIS COMMUNITY BEFORE THEY WERE ALL GONE.

>> Reporter: THE MUSEUM RECENTLY LOST $8 MILLION IN EPA FUNDING FOR A COMMUNITY MICRO BUS DESIGNED TO CONNECT THE LONG FRACTURED BARRIO LOGAN NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE GRANT WAS CANCELED UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CITING INCOMBATABILITY WITH THE FUNDING PRIORITIES.

>> HE DIDN'T EVEN GO THROUGH CONGRESS.

THESE WERE CONGRESS APPROVED.

SO LIKE THATTINGS WE WENT FROM MICRO TRANSIT IN PLACE TO NOW, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET $8 MILLION.

>> Reporter: IN THE MEANTIME, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL CONVENE AT THE CHICANO PARK MUSEUM ON SATURDAY TO HONOR THE SPACE AND THE ART, HISTORY AND COMMUNITY IT STRIVES TO PRESERVE.

THEY WILL ACTIVATE THE PRINT MAKING STUDIO WITH HANDS ON DEMONSTRATIONS FOR VISITORS.

AS A CREATIVE KID, CHICANO PARK WAS HER OUTDOOR GALLERY.

THE MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER ITSELF HAD ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR A FRACTION OF THE PARK'S RICH HISTORY.

THE IMPACT IS IMMEDIATE.

>> THIS PLACE, IT MEANS A LOT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS AS A PLATFORM.

HAVE IT AS A SPACE TO ARCHIVE.

AS A COMMUNITY HUB.

AS A BRIDGE AS WELL.

BECAUSE THEY BRING ARTISTS FROM LA, DIFFERENT ARTISTS FROM BEYOND BARRIO LOGAN TO REMIND US OUR LEGACY AS CHICANO, AS LATINOS, AS MEXICAN AMERICANS IS ALL TIED.

RIGHT?

THIS IS A PLACE ABOUT STORY TELLING.

KEEPING STORIES, AND STORIES ARE IMPORTANT.

THAT IS OUR HISTORY.

>> Reporter: STANDARD'S EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 3:00 TO 7:00 P.M.

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

KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US.

I'M JOHN CARROLL.

HAVE AN EXCELLENT EVENING AND A WONDERFUL 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, AIR, RESTORATION, AND FLOOD 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.