>>> A GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS NAMED HIS PICK FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE NAMING JUDGE NEIL GORSUCH TO FILL THE SPOT LEFT VACANT BY ANTHONY SCALIA ONE YEAR AGO.

>> I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT AFTER THE DEFENSE OF OUR NATION, THAT'S -- THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION A PRESIDENT CAN MAKE IS THE APARTMENT OF THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.

JUSTICE CAN BE ACTIVE FOR 50 YEARS AND HIS OR HER DECISIONS COULD LAST ONE CENTURY OR MORE AND CAN OFTEN BE PERMANENT.

THE TASK OF THIS NOMINATION VERY SERIOUSLY.

I HAVE SELECTED AND INDIVIDUAL WHOSE QUALITIES DEFINE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.

JUDGE GORSUCH HAS EXTENDING -- OUTSTANDING BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.

WHEN HE WAS NOMINATED -- >> JOINING ME NOW IS GLENN SMITH.

HE IS AN EXPERT AND IS A PROFESSIONAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.

HANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> YOU ARE VERY WELCOME.

>> WE ARE HEARD -- HAVE HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT JUDGE GORSUCH ?

>> NOT AS MUCH AS WE WILL GET TO KNOW HIM OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TOO.

THERE IS A GETTING TO KNOW PROCESS AND EVERYBODY WILL LOOK AT EVERY OPINION IN LETTER AND COLUMN OR ANYTHING.

I THINK WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT HE IS IN THE MODE OF THE PERSON WHO HAS BEEN NOMINATED TO REPLACE.

HE BELIEVES IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION.

WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW THE CONSTITUTION TO ABOVE AND RADICALLY UNFORESEEN SITUATIONS.

I THINK HE IS A ESTABLISHED FIGURE IN TERMS OF HIS BACKGROUND AND A SAFE CHOICE.

>> YOU SAY SAFE CHOICE.

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THIS CONFIRMATION HEARING?

>> IT IS HARD TO SAY.

IT DEPENDS ON HOW A BUNCH OF FACTORS COME TOGETHER.

COMES -- WHETHER THEY FIGURE THAT SINCE THIS IS A NOT A CHANGE THREAT TO THE COURT THAT THEY WORRY ABOUT.

IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE NOMINEE DOES, HOW THE ADMINISTRATION IS PERCEIVED AND A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS THAT AFFECT WHAT THEY HAVE LEFT US AS A POLITICAL PROCESS.

>> IS IT ACCURATE THAT DEMOCRATS ARE UPSET RIGHT NOW THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PICK WAS NOT CONSIDERED?

>> YES.

JUSTIFIABLY UPSET BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT HE SHOULD AT LEAST SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVING A HEARING AND A VOTE IN THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.

I THINK THERE IS ALWAYS A RISK THAT THERE WILL BE A PAYBACK OR ATTITUDE BUT I THINK THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY WANT TO PLAY THIS.

THERE IS ALSO THE RISK THAT IF THEY PLAY HARDBALL THE SENATE MIGHT BE MOVED TO DO WITH HIS GOLF THE NUCLEAR OPTION WOULD IS TO CHANGE THE FILIBUSTER RULE TO A RULE THAT WOULD ALLOW THE MAJORITY OF SENATORS WHICH WOULD BE A MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS TO MAKE THE CHOICE.

THAT WOULD BE A LASTING CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT NOMINATIONS HAPPEN IN THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS.

IT IS A LOT AT RISK.

A LOT OF STRATEGIZING POLITICALLY FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS TO DO.

>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT POLITICS, IT IS A POLITICAL PROCESS BUT IT IS ALSO A VERY IMPORTANT POSITION FOR US ALL.

CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT?

>> I HOPE THAT THE FOCUS WILL BE ON THE IMPORTANT ISSUES.

THIS PERSON WILL BE ON THE COURT PERHAPS FOR 40 OR 50 YEARS AND THEY WILL BE MAKING THEIR MARK IN THE DIGESTIVE VERY -- JUDICIARY.

FOR ME THE QUESTION IS ALWAYS DO THEY HAVE THE KIND OF JUDGMENT, DO THEY HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF MIND TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CHANGING TECHNOLOGY AND CHANGING SOCIETY OR ARE THEY RIGID AND IDEOLOGICAL AND HIDEBOUND AND THAT TO ME IS REALLY, IF I WERE A SENATOR TRY TO FIGURE OUT MUCH MORE THAN HOW WILL THEY VOTE ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

>> COULDN'T TRUMP GET ANOTHER NOMINEE?

>> IT IS LIKELY STATISTICALLY.

THERE ARE THREE JUSTICES THAT ARE OVER THE AGE OF 80.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IF HE STAYS IN OFFICE FOR FOUR YEARS MIGHT HAVE FAITH CHANCE TO FILL ONE OR TWO VACANCIES.

YOU NEVER KNOW HOW THINGS WILL GO.

THOSE VACANCIES WOULD REALLY HAVE THE RISK OF CHANGING THE TENOR OF THE COURT.

THAT MAYBE WHERE YOU SEE THE REAL POLITICAL STUFF HAPPEN IN A YEAR OR TWO FOR NOW.

NOTHING IS CERTAIN BUT WITH THIS NOMINEE IT SENDS THE COURT BACK TO THE BALANCE IT HAD WHEN JUSTICE SCALIA WAS ON THE COURT , WHICH IS FORMED MORE CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES.

IT IS NOT A RADICAL CHANGE.

NOT WHAT THE DEMOCRATS -- >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.>>> THE NEWS HOUR WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE NOMINATION OF JUDGE NEIL GORSUCH COMING UP TONIGHT AT 7 PM.

>>> THE FAITH LEADERS ARE UNITED AGAINST TRUMP.

A FEW RESIDENTS ARE IN FAVOR OF THE BAN.

JEAN GUERRERO EXPLAINS.>> Reporter: SOME SAN DIEGO'S BELIEVE TRUMPS SPAN IS KEEPING THEM SAFE.

>> WHEN I AM BACK IN IRAQ, WHEN I SLEEP I KEEP A GUN UNDER MY PILLOW.

WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, I AM READY TO KILL.

YOU DON'T HAVE THAT FEELING.

YOU NOTE THE KEY -- KILLING FEELING IS BAD PICK YOU WILL NEVER FEEL HUMAN AGAIN.

>> HE SAYS OPPONENTS UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGERS OF BROAD.

OPPONENTS SAY IT IS BUILT ON IRRATIONAL FEARS.

THEY LAUNCHED A COALITION OF GROUPS TO FIGHT PHOBIA IN SAN DIEGO.

>> WHAT WE SEE IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM IS TO TRY TO CREATE A DIVIDE.>> THAT IS MOHAMMED OF THE NATION OF ISLAM.

A LOCAL CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SAID THE MAYOR SHOULD -- AMERICANS SHOULD EMBRACE REFUGEES.

>> THIS IS NOT WHO WE ARE.

THIS IS NOT AN AMERICAN VALUE.

THIS IS NOT WHO WE REPRESENT.

WE ARE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

>> THE COALITION'S FIRST MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON FEBRUARY 3.

HE WILL STRATEGIZE ON HOW TO REDUCE MISCONCEPTIONS ON MUSLIMS.

>>> WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE.

WE WILL HAVE MORE UPDATES AND ANALYSIS ON AIR AND ONLINE AT K BPS.ORG.

>>> LONG WAIT TIMES AT THE VA HAVE BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR RETURNING VETERANS.

IN 2014 CONGRESS PASSED A LAW TO SHORTEN THE WAIT TIME'S.

HAS IT WORKED?

STEVE WALSH SAID THE VA I SPENT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HIRE DOCTORS AND NURSES TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

>> Reporter: CHARLIE WAS DIAGNOSED -- DIAGNOSED WITH THE STD WHEN HE WAS IN THE ARMY.

CONGRESS WAS DEBATING HOW TO REDUCE LONG WAIT LINES.

HE WAS TWO HOURS FROM THE HOSPITAL IN SAN DIEGO WITH HIS WIFE.

>> IT IS A SMALL TOWN AND EVERYBODY KNOWS EACH OTHER.

MY MOM AND HIS MOM WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER.

HIS DAD LIVED TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM MY DAD EVERYBODY KNOWS EACH OTHER HERE.

>> CHARLIE HAD A HISTORY OF SUICIDAL THOUGHTS PICK THE VA TRIED TO REACH OUT.

IN EARLY 2014, HIS WIFE SAID HIS PSYCHIATRIST SEEM TO GET HIS PRESCRIPTION RIGHT AND ACCORDING TO RECORDS THINGS STARTED TO GO WRONG IN HIS PSYCHIATRIST LEFT THE VA AND HE MISSED AN APPOINTMENT IN SEPTEMBER AND THE VA RENEWED HIS MEDICATION OVER THE PHONE AND BECAUSE OF THE WAIT TIMES, THEY OFFER TO LET HIM SEE A DOCTOR OUTSIDE THE VA SYSTEM UNDER THE NEW CHOICE PROGRAM.

BY DECEMBER 2014, THE MEDICATION HAD RUN OUT.

IT WAS THE HOLIDAYS.

HE HAD A YOUNG FAMILY AND NEW BABY ON THE WAY.

>> HE SAID I WANT TO DO WHAT WE USED TO DO AS A KID.

PLAY MUSIC AND HAVE THE KIDS DECORATE THE TREE AND DRINK HOT CHOCOLATE.

I SAID OKAY.

LET'S DO IT.

EVEN THOUGH HE WAS STILL FEELING THE WAY HE DID HE WANTED TO HAVE THAT KIND OF CHRISTMAS FOR HIS KIDS.

>> A FEW DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS HIS WIFE FOUND HIM PICK HE HUNG HIMSELF A FEW HOURS AFTER HE TEXTED HER I LOVE YOU.

>> HE HAD TOLD ME WHEN HE WAS AT HIS LOWEST, I DON'T WANT MY KIDS TO SEE THIS, I DON'T WANT TO PUT THEM THROUGH THIS.

>> EVERYONE AGREES THE SYSTEM WITH ITS LONG WAIT TIMES NEEDED TO BE FIXED.

THAT IS WHY THE CONGRESS PASSED A LAW THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE THE HOSPITALS THE RESOURCES THEY NEED.

IT WAS HIS JOB AS A TOP VA OFFICIAL TO HELP HOSPITALS USE VETERANS CHOICE MONEY TO HELP A BEEF UP THEIR STAFF.

>> OUR GOAL IS TO HELP THEM GET THE CARE THEY NEED SO THE CHOICE MONEY WE WANTED EVERYBODY TO EXECUTE ON IT AND TO USE THE MONEY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE HAVE A SENSE OF CRISIS.

>> KPBS AND NPR HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT HOW THE VA SPENT THE $2.5 BILLION OF THE CHOICE LAW THAT WAS USED TO HIRE STAFF INSIDE THE VA.

>> TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT WE FOUND, I TOOK A CAR RIDE AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

FIRST UP WAS THE VA IN LOS ANGELES.

>> WE ARE OUT AT THE VA HOSPITAL IN PA -- LA.

WE DECIDED TO COME UP HERE FROM SAN DIEGO TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THE VA DECIDED TO HIRE DOCTORS AND NURSES.

NOW, THIS IS THE BUSIEST VA IN THE COUNTRY BUT THEY RECEIVED FEWER PEOPLE THAN SAN DIEGO AND THE WAIT TIMES HAVE GOTTEN WORSE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

ARE REPORTING FROM IT LA WAS ONE OF 33 HOSPITALS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT THE VA ACTUALLY WIRE TIES UNDER THE CHOICE.

IT DID NOT GET A LOT OF NEW STAFF CONSIDERING THE SIZE.

OVER ALL THE WAIT TIMES HAVE NOT COME DOWN.

BACK IN THE CAR AND MY NEXT UP WAS LONG BEACH WHICH IS A HALF- HOUR SOUTH OF LA.

>> WE ARE WRAPPING UP OUR TOUR.

IT IS GETTING LATE IN THE DAY BUT THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF CARS OUT HERE IN THE PARKING LOT.

LONG BEACH IS A GROWING VA.

THEY RECEIVED MORE PEOPLE FROM THE CHOICE PROGRAM THAN LA DID.

LONG BEACH IS THE SMALLEST OF THE THREE AND AFTER TWO YEARS THE WAIT TIMES ARE'S TILT GOING UP.

>> IT IS HARD TO SEE A PATTERN AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

THEY GAVE PRIORITY TO EVERY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VA EXCEPT SAN DIEGO.

SAN DIEGO HAS ONE OF THE LONGEST WAIT TIMES IN THE COUNTRY.

SAN DIEGO S FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS TO TACKLE THE WAIT TIMES AND WAS ALLOWED TO HIRE 24.

WHEN THEY CAME BACK A SECOND YEAR, THE DOCTOR SAYS THEY WERE TOLD THE MONEY WAS GONE.

>> AT THAT POINT, WE HEARD THAT THE FUNDING HAD ACTUALLY, THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THE FACILITY WAS NOT ENOUGH TO COVER BOTH YEARS.

IT WAS REALLY ONLY FOR 2015.

>> SAN DIEGO DID NOT GET ANYTHING THEY ASKED FOR AND LA DID NOT GET EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED.

IT WAS A PATTERN FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY SHOWING HOW HARD IT COULD BE TO TARGET A PROBLEM LIKE WAIT TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE A SYSTEM AS VAST AS THE VA.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO THE LONG WAIT TIMES IN THE VA, IS THE LAW WORKING?

>> ISN'T THAT THE BIG QUESTION?

WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS FOR A YEAR AND WHAT WE FOUND IS SOME YES AND SOME KNOW AND THERE WAS A REPORT FROM THE INSPECTOR GENERAL THAT CAME OUT THIS WEEK THAT HAS CONFIRMED A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND OUT.

THE WAIT TIMES ARE STILL VERY LONG EVEN IF YOU ARE SEEING AN OUTSIDE DOCTOR.

THE WAIT FOR THAT IS ALSO ON.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY VA WILL SAY THEY ARE WORKING ON IT.

A SAW A BIG SPIKE IN DEMAND AFTER IT PASSED IN 2014 AND THE SPIKE HAS STARTED TO COME DOWN AND IT IS NOT CONTINUING TO GO UP.>> HE SPOKE TO DAVID A NUMBER OF TIMES BEFORE TRUMP NAME TIM AS HIS PICK FOR VA SECRETARY, WHAT IS HIS ROLE?

>> THIS IS THE SURPRISING PART, NOBODY ASSUMED DAVID WILL BECOME DONALD CHOICE A SECRETARY OF THE VA.

HIS ROLE HAS BEEN TO ROLL OUT VETERANS CHOICE AND TO BRING DOWN THE WAIT TIMES AT THE HOSPITALS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

FIX THE SYSTEM.

KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS A TWEET FROM TRUMP IN 2015.

THE GREAT VETERANS ARE BEING TREATED VERY BADLY BECAUSE OF CORRUPTION AND INCOMPETENCE IN THE VA.

I WILL FIX THIS QUICKLY.

HE PICKED THE GUY THAT WAS RUNNING THE PROGRAM UNDER OBAMA.

>> WHAT WILL THIS MEAN FOR THE VA?

>> WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.

TRUMP HAS SAID HE WANTS EVERY VETERAN TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO OUTSIDE THE VA FOR CARE.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS IT THAT CAN POTENTIALLY BE VERY EXPENSIVE IF YOU WILL ALLOW EVERYONE TO GO OUTSIDE THE VA.

DAVID SEEMS TO EMBRACE THE NOTION ALLOWING SOME VETERANS TO GO OUTSIDE THE VA BUT THE QUESTION IS WHO HAS CHANGED THEIR MIND?

IS IT DAVID OR DONALD TRUMP?

WE WILL FIND OUT BECAUSE THE CONFIRMATION HEARING IS COMING UP TOMORROW.>> VERY INTERESTING WORK GREAT.

STEVE WALSH THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>>> CALIFORNIANS OVERWHELMED BY UNPAID TRAFFIC TICKETS HAVE EXACTLY 2 MONTHS LEFT TO APPLY FOR STATEWIDE AMNESTY.

IT WAS INTENDED TO OFFER IMPOVERISHED DRIVERS OUT OF FINES.

WE FOUND THERE ARE COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOW THE PROGRAM IS RUN IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.>> Reporter: THE STATE SENATOR SAID LAWMAKERS HEARD UNBELIEVABLE ANECDOTES BEFORE CALIFORNIA LAUNCHED HIS AMNESTY.

>> PSALMODY JUMPED A FARE FOR A DOLLAR 50 AND AS A CONSEQUENCES THEY ARE PAYING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF FINES.

SUMMARY COULD HAVE A TAILLIGHT AND THEY LOST THEIR LICENSE.

THEY HAD FINES ON TOP OF FINES.

>> PEOPLE THAT ARE BARELY MAKING IT, NOT HAVING A DRIVER'S LICENSE INTENSIFIED THEIR BURDEN.

>> PEOPLE COULD NOT THAT THEIR MEDICINES OR TAKE THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL.

EXTRAORDINARY STORIES WE HEARD THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF HARDSHIP AND RIDICULOUS FINES.

>> HE SAID THE STATE HAD $10 BILLION IN UNPAID TRAFFIC TICKETS TRYING TO RECOUP THE MONEY WAS A LOSING ENDEAVOR.

THE SPIRIT OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO GIVE PEOPLE A BREAK.

THE INTENT IS BEING IGNORED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

SHE SAID HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH TRAFFIC TICKETS HAS COMPLAINED TO THE OFFICE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR AMNESTY ARE BEING RETURNED AS INCOMPLETE.

SHE SAID THE COURTS COLLECTION AGENCY ALLIANCEONE IS DOING THE REJECTION.>> WHEN THEY ARE REJECTED AND YOU FIGHT OVER IT THEY TELL YOU YOU NEED TO REFILE.

>> PEOPLE APPLYING FOR AMNESTY GET LITTLE RESOLUTION.

>> THEY SAY IT IS AT THE BOTTOM OF A PILE AND YOU CANNOT CHECK ON IT.

>> SHE HAS APPLIED FOR AMNESTY BUT WAS REJECTED WITHOUT GOOD REASON.

SHE SAID HER LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT PAY OFF HER TRAFFIC TICKETS.

SHE SAID SHE JUST GOT A NEW JOB AT A HOSPITAL AND NEEDS TO DRIVE FOR WORK.

>> I AM WILLING TO DO IT.

I NEED SOME HELP.

I WILL NEVER HAVE MY LICENSE.

>> SHE IS WORRIED BECAUSE THE LAST DAY TO APPLY FOR THE AMNESTY IS MARCH 31.

ONLY PEOPLE THAT RECEIVED TICKETS HAVE A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE AND ARE PAYING OFF TICKETS QUALIFY FOR AMNESTY.

YOU CAN RECEIVE UP TO AN 80% REDUCTION ON WHAT THEY OWE.

SHE BELIEVES ALLIANCEONE IS DELIBERATELY SHUTTING PEOPLE OUT OF AMNESTY.

>> THEY GET 10% UNDER THE COURT 'S CONTRACT OF ANYTHING THEY COLLECT.

IF THEY GIVE AMNESTY THERE ARE NOT GOING TO COLLECT THAT 10% OF WILL BE THE MOTIVATION IN ALLOWING PEOPLE TO HAVE AMNESTY?>> FAVORS -- THEY REFUSED TO RESPOND FOR COMMENT.

MIKE OVERSEES THE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM IN THE COUNTY.

HE SAID IT IS HIS JOB TO MAKE SURE ALLIANCEONE IS ACTING APPROPRIATELY.

>> I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY OF THESE COMPLAINTS.

MY OFFICE HAS NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING IN THIS REGARD.

IT IS DIFFICULT TO STEP IN AND ANSWER WITHOUT LOOKING INTO THE FACTS AND RIGHT NOW YOU ARE TELLING ME THINGS THAT ARE NO.

I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY OF THESE ISSUES.

>> SHE HAS COMPLAINED NUMEROUS TIMES TO COURT COMMISSIONERS AT ALL OF THE COUNTIES FOR TRAFFIC COURTS BUT SHE SAID THE COMMISSIONERS IN CHULA VISTA AND EL CAJON TOP -- TRY TO HELP THE CLIENTS.

THEY TELL HER SHE WILL HAVE TO DO WITH ALLIANCEONE.

SHE SAID THE COLLECTION AGENCY KNOWS IT HOLDS ALL THE POWER BECAUSE PEOPLE CANNOT GET THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSES BACK UNLESS THEY PAY OFF THEIR BUTÃDEBT.

>> THEY TOLD THEM TO GET CREDIT CARDS AND PUT IT ON THE CREDIT CARD AND DEAL WITH THE AGENCY.

>> THE SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE SAYS THE ADVICE FROM ALLIANCEONE IS WITHIN THE BEST PRACTICES PROVIDED BY THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL WHICH IS THE STATE'S HIGHEST POLICYMAKING BODY.

>> THE ABILITY TO USE CREDIT CARDS OR DEBIT CARDS IN ADDITION TO TRACK -- CHECKS OR CASH.

HOW SOMEONE TAKES THAT ADVICE AND WHETHER THEY FOLLOW IT OR THAT IS A GOOD DECISION DEPENDS ON THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL.>> THE SENATORS SAID THE ADVICE IS FLAWED.

>> THE IDEA IS TO HAVE A FAIR PROCESS TO GET PAID.

A FAIR PROCESS TO GET THEIR LICENSE BACK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND NOT TO PUT THEM UNDER PRESSURE TO USE A CREDIT CARD.

HE RECENTLY PITCHED A BILL TO STOP AUTOMATICALLY SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO PAY FINES FOR MINOR TRAFFIC TICKETS.

ONCE A LICENSE IS SUSPENDED, PEOPLE CANNOT DRIVE TO WORK TO EARN THE MONEY TO PAY OFF THEIR TICKETS.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> ANOTHER WARM SUNNY DAY IN SAN DIEGO BUT HOW LONG WILL THE SUNSHINE STICK AROUND?

>> Reporter: ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THINGS ARE PRETTY BEAUTIFUL HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

TAKING A LOOK AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR WE CAN SEE AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE INLAND THAT IS KEEPING OUR OFFSHORE FLOW AT THE SURFACE WITH LEVELS AND WE SEE ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACH.

THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BRING US BACK INTO SOME COOLER WEATHER.

THE SATELLITE IS LOOKING AT NOT MUCH.

WE HAVE SEEN SUNSHINE AND THROUGH TONIGHT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE MAINLY CLEAR CONDITIONS WITH A LOW OF 50 DEGREES.

DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS WEEK BUT FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS.

MAINLY CLEAR ACROSS THE BOARD FROM OCEANSIDE AT 43 MOUNT LAGUNA WE ARE BELOW FREEZING AND 26 DEGREES FOR TONIGHT.

WEDNESDAY WE WILL START TO SEE THE ON SHOW -- ENTRE FLOW.

MILDER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN AROUND THE DESERT AREAS AND IN TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS.

THE FUTURE TEMPERATURES ARE LOOKING AHEAD.

WE WILL BE AT 64 DEGREES AND ALPINE FOR THE ONES DAY -- WEDNESDAY.

MOUNT LAGUNA IS 68 DEGREES AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE NIGHTTIME THE TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 40s.

ALPINE IS AT 40 DEGREES.

THE COASTAL REGIONS ARE MORE MILD.

48 FOR OCEANSIDE.

AS WE HEAD TOWARD FRIDAY THE HIGHS WILL STAY RELATIVELY THE SAME AND COOL OFF A BIT.

65 DEGREES FOR MOUNT LAGUNA AND 67 FOR SAN DIEGO.

A LOOK AT THE FUTURECAST AS WE HEAD TOWARD THE THURSDAY.

WE WILL SEE SOME RAIN SHOWERS TO THE NORTH NEAR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AS WELL AS ORANGE COUNTY AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS NOT SEEING TOO MUCH OF THE WET WEATHER BUT WE WILL SEE SOME FOG AND CLOUTIER WEATHER TOWARD THE WEEKEND.

TOWARD THE COAST WE ARE SEEING COOL OFF INTO THIS SATURDAY AND WE ARE DROPPING DOWN INTO THE LOW TO MID 60s AND WE WILL SEE MOSTLY SUNNY THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE WEEK.

VERY NICE WEATHER HERE GOING THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

THE SAME STORY AS WE HAD IN MIND .

WE ARE DROPPING FROM THE LOW 70s INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60s AND CONTINUING TO SEE MOSTLY SUNNY WEATHER.

IN THE MOUNTAINS WE GO AND WE WILL SEE BREEZIER CONDITIONS HEADED TOWARD FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

COOLING-OFF INTO THE MID-50s FOR THE WEEKEND WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

WE HAD OUT TOWARD THE DESERT IN TEMPERATURES ARE STEADY.

WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF CLOUDS AND SUN WITH LOWS CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 40s.

FOR KPBS NEWS OPTION A SHOCKER.

>> ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS IS SERVING UP ITS LAST BALL OF CLAM CHOWDER.

WE TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT MADE ANTHONY'S FISH GROTTO SO SPECIAL.

>> DEVOTED CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN LINING UP ALL WEEK FOR ONE LAST MEAL.

>> FISH AND CHIPS.

ALWAYS FISH AND CHIPS.

>> THEY HAVE SERVED 22 MILLION PEOPLE IN ITS 17 YEARS.

>> I ENJOYED EATING HERE RIGHT AT THIS TABLE.

>> ANTHONY IS CLOSING ITS DOORS BECAUSE THE COURT DISTRICT REPORTED -- VOTED ON A NEW REPLACEMENT.

>> I AM SAD TO SEE A CLOSED BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL MEMORY A FAMILY.

>> IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN JUSTIN EATERY.

IT IS A PLACE WHERE MILESTONES HAVE BEEN CELEBRATED.

THESE TWO HAD THEIR FIRST DATE 50 YEARS AGO.

>> WE ARE STILL TOGETHER.

>> FOR OTHERS IT HAS BEEN EIGHT PLACE TO CELEBRATE SPECIAL OCCASIONS.

>> AFTER I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WE CELEBRATED HERE.

>> WE COME HERE WITH MY GRANDFATHER.

IT WAS A SPECIAL TREATMENT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.>> WE USED TO COME HERE ALL THE TIME.

SORRY IT IS GOING TO CLOSE.

>> THIS CORNER TABLE BEHIND YOU HAVE SEEN THE PRESENCE OF FORMER GOVERNORS AND PRESIDENTS.

>> CRAIG IS A CO-OWNER OF THE RESTAURANT.

HE STARTED WORKING AT THE RESTAURANT AS A TEENAGER.

>> HOW CAN YOU NOT LEAVE WITH GRATITUDE?

LOOK AT THE DINING ROOM.

IT HAS BEEN JAMPACKED AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WANTING TO COME BACK AND HAVE A LAST MEAL AT THE WATERFRONT.>> ANTHONY'S WILL BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW PLATFORM.

ITS LOCATION WILL REMAIN OPEN.

SUSAN MURPHY, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.