>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AND AIR RESTORATION, FLOODING AND REMODELING SERVICES.

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THANK YOU.

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THE FORMER SAN DIEGO MAYOR HAS DIED.

ARE REPORTER SAID THE HARASSMENT SCANDAL THAT BROUGHT HIM DOWN LEFT A MARK ON CITY POLITICS.

>> I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR >> Reporter: IN 2012 HE BECAME THE FIRST DEMOCRAT ELECTED TO THE SAN DIEGO MAYOR'S OFFICE AND 24 YEARS BUT RESIGNED LESS THAN NINE MONTHS INTO HIS TERM AFTER MORE THAN A DOZEN WOMEN ACCUSED HIM OF UNWANTED TOUCHING AND VERBAL SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

KEEP PLED GUILTY TO BATTERY AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT.

THE FIRST ACCUSER WAS IRENE McCORMICK WHO WORKED AS HIS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR.

>> HE WAS A DETRIMENT TO THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED THERE.

I LEARNED COMMUNITY IS EVERYTHING WHEN YOU CAN GATHER PEOPLE TOGETHER TO RIGHT A WRONG, IT COULD WORK.

TRUCK SHE BELIEVES JUSTICE WAS SERVED AND HE WAS HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTIONS.

HE HAD A LONG POLITICAL CAREER SERVING ON THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL AND 20 YEARS IN CONGRESS.

>> AND THEN HE CAME TO SAN DIEGO , AND IF IT HADN'T BEEN WITH THE LAWSUIT I FILED WITH MY ATTORNEY, GLORIA ALREADY, AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO SUPPORT ME AND WHAT I WAS DOING, IT WOULD HAVE CONTINUED FOR YEARS.

I AM NOT KIDDING, THREE MONTHS LATER HE RESIGNED.

>> Reporter: IN THE WAKE OF THE SCANDAL, VOTERS PASSED A BALLOT MEASURE CREATING A PROCESS FOR REMOVING ELECTED OFFICIALS CONVICTED OF CRIMES OR FAILED TO PERFORM OFFICIAL DUTIES.

IS EX-FIANCI TOLD US HE HAD BEEN DEALING WITH A VARIETY OF HEALTH ISSUES AND HIS LAST RESIDENCE WAS AN ASSISTED LIVING HOME IN ORANGE COUNTY.

HE DIED APRIL 20 ON THE AGE OF 82.

>>> TONIGHT WE ARE DROPPING DOWN INTO THE MID-50s AGAIN AND STICKING WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

WE WILL DEAL WITH MARINE LAYER LOW CLOUDS BUT MOST OF THE WEEK WE WILL BREAK DOWN WHAT ELSE TO EXPECT FOR THE WEEK AHEAD AND AN EARLY LOOK AT THE WEEKEND COMING UP.

>>> THIS WEEK MARKS THE END OF THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S TERM AND ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT CNN POLL, TRUMP HAS THE LOWEST APPROVAL RATING OF ANY PRESIDENT IN THE FIRST 100 DAYS GOING BACK TO EISENHOWER.

DESPITE THAT, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT THEY CONSIDERED TO BE HIS BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT SO FAR.

TODAY THE BORDERS ARE TOM HOMAN IS DEFENDING THE RECENT RAIDS AND DEPORTATIONS.

OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT REPORTS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

>> Reporter: TODAY'S MESSAGING HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOCUSES IN ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HARD- LINE STANCE ON IMMIGRATION AS THE ADMINISTRATION LOOKS TO TOUT WHAT IT BELIEVES ARE ITS BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON BORDER SECURITY LINING ALONG WITH PHOTOS THEY SAY ARE DONE DOCUMENTED -- UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

THIS COMES SEVERAL DAYS AFTER RAIDS AND DEPORTATIONS INCLUDING WHAT THEY DESCRIBED AS A MASSIVE MULTIAGENCY IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN IN FLORIDA THAT LED TO THE ARREST OF NEARLY 800 PEOPLE OVER 400 DAYS.

IN COLORADO MORE THAN 100 IMMIGRANTS ALLEGEDLY IN THE COUNTRY IMMEDIATELY OR ILLEGALLY WERE DETAINED IN WHAT AUTHORITIES DESCRIBED AS AN UNDERGROUND NIGHTCLUB IN A STRIP MALL.

SEPARATELY THEY ARE DEFENDING THE RECENT DEPORTATIONS OF THREE CHILDREN WHO ARE UNITED STATES CITIZENS.

>> IF YOU CHOOSE TO HAVE YOUR CHILD HERE KNOWING YOU ARE HERE ILLEGALLY, YOU PUT YOURSELF IN THAT FAMILY IN THAT POSITION.

WHAT WE DID IS REMOVE CHILDREN WITH THEIR MOTHER'S REQUEST THAT THEIR CHILDREN PART WITH THEM.

IT WAS A PARENTAL DECISION, PARENTING 101.

THE MOTHERS MADE THAT CHOICE.

>> Reporter: ADVOCATES FOR THE WOMEN SAY THEY HAD A CHOICE AND BOTH WANTED THEM TO REMAIN IN THE UNITED STATES.

A RECENT SURVEY SHOWS THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS DISAPPROVE OF TRUMP'S HANDLING OF IMMIGRATION SO FAR.

HE HAS BEEN WORKING AT A RAPID PACE SINCE HE WAS SWORN IN.

TOMORROW, HE IS SET TO GIVE A WIDE-RANGING SPEECH ON THE FIRST MONTHS OF HIS TERM.

>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP FIND A FLURRY OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS TO START HIS TERM RESULTING IN CUTS TO FEDERAL FUNDING FOR LOCAL PROJECTS INCLUDING A PROJECT TO BUILD A LONG-AWAITED PARK IN BARRIO LOGAN.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COALITION TOLD OUR MEDIA PARTNER KG TV, IT RECEIVED A $20 MILLION GRANT FROM THE EPA, BUT THAT FUNDING WAS FROZEN WITHIN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RETURN TO THE OVAL OFFICE.

>> IF THIS FUNDING IS TAKEN AWAY CUT IT WILL BE DEFUNDED.

WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THINGS LIKE A PARK AND THE CLEAN AIR.

IT HAS BEEN VERY UNFORTUNATE.

IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

>> THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COALITION SAID THEY HAD BEEN FORCED TO FRONT THE COST OF THE PROJECTS AND EVEN MADE CUTS TO STAY AFLOAT.

3.2 ACRE PARK WOULD BE ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE AREA.

♪ >>> PROJECT 2025 CALLS THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION A KEY DRIVER OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE ALARM INDUSTRY.

WHILE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HASN'T MADE GOOD ON PLANS TO BREAK UP THE AGENCY KNOWN AS NOAA COPS IT COULD DRAMATICALLY DOWNSIZE IT.

>> Reporter: THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS CUT 1000 NOAA WORKERS AND FLOATED THE IDEA OF SHUTTERING ITS OFFICE OF RESEARCH.

PAUL HEPPNER, FORMALLY WITH FRIENDS OF NOAA SAID IT WOULD BE A COLOSSAL BLOW TO CLIMATE CHANGE STUDY.

RESEARCHERS MONITOR FISHERIES, MAP AND TRACK COASTAL FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE.

HE SAID CRUCIAL WEATHER PREDICTION TOOLS WOULD BE LOST.

>> 70% WERE DISCOVERED BY OCEAN AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT.

THINK OF THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS OR THE PINEAPPLE EXPRESS.

YOU HAVE THESE SUBTROPICAL JETS THAT COME OUT OF HAWAII.

THAT IS YOUR SIERRA NEVADA SNOWPACK.

THAT IS YOUR DRINKING WATER FOR THE NEXT SUMMER.

NOT ONLY FOR CALIFORNIA BUT ALSO FOR ADJACENT STATES.

>> Reporter: THIS CLIMATE SCIENTIST SAID THE SHUTDOWN OF THE RESEARCH DIVISION OF NOAA WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO SAN DIEGO'S SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY.

THE TWO ENTITIES PARTNER IN THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ALL ASPECTS OF SOCIETY.

>> WHERE THEY ARE TRACKING CURRENTS OFFSHORE USING A HIGH- TECH RADAR SYSTEM AND THOSE MEASUREMENTS ARE RELEVANT FOR STUDYING THE DISPERSAL OF POLLUTION OR SEARCH AND RESCUE, FOR TRACKING, HEAT OR MOTION HEAT WAVES THAT AFFECT FISHERIES, THESE ARE $100 MILLION INDUSTRIES, TOURISM THAT DEPENDS ON THIS.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THE STUDY IS RELEVANT IN UNDERSTANDING HOW BAD CLIMATE CHANGE WILL GET AND WHETHER TO RETRIEVE OR FORTIFY.

HE SAID WITHOUT IT, THE UNITED STATES IS TURNING OFF HEADLINES AND FLYING BLIND.

>>> PUBLIC MATTERS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH KPBS, I NEWS SOURCE AND I VOICE OF SAN DIEGO.

YOU CAN SEE MORE OF OUR STORIES AT KPBS.ORG.

>>> THERE IS A NEW PLACE TO KEEP TRACK OF POLLUTION IN THE SOUTH BAY.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS LAUNCHED A NEW ONLINE DASHBOARD.

IT COLLECTS INFORMATION FROM SEVERAL WEBSITES TO KEEP PEOPLE UPDATED ON CURRENT BEACH CONDITIONS AND OTHER COMPLAINTS.

THERE WORKING WITH UC SAN DIEGO ON THE PROJECT.

YOU COULD FIND THE LINK TO THE NEW DASHBOARD HERE.

>>> NEW PROJECTS IN IMPERIAL BEACH AND SOUTH SAN DIEGO AIM TO PROTECT BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS FROM ACCIDENTS WITH DRIVERS.

OUR INTERN EXPLAINS.

>> Reporter: HERE FROM THE SAN DIEGO POINT OF ENTRY TO THE BAYSHORE BIKE RIDE WHICH RUNS ALONG THE SILVER STRAND IS NEARING COMPLETION.

CONSTRUCTION FOR THE PROJECT BEGAN IN 2023.

THEY HAVE BEEN ADDING CURB EXTENSIONS AT AND EXTENSIONS -- INTERSECTIONS TO SLOW DOWN.

THEY WILL ALSO RECEIVE BEEN DOUBTS, A FEATURE THAT BRINGS CYCLISTS AWAY FROM THE ROAD AND CLOSE TO THE SIDEWALKS AT INTERSECTIONS.

>> THAT IS THE GOAL OF THE CITY IS TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFE AND FAMILY-FRIENDLY.

>> Reporter: THERE WERE 46 ACCIDENTS INVOLVING CYCLISTS IN IMPERIAL BEACH FROM 2015 THROUGH 2022.

ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS, WITH THE UPDATED INFRASTRUCTURE, THOSE IN CHARGE OF THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, THEY HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP.

>> THAT IS THE POINT OF WHEN WE WERE DESIGNING THE BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE IS ENTICING MORE PEOPLE TO FEEL SAFER RIDING THEIR BICYCLES AND BEING ON THE ROAD.

>> Reporter: THE NEW 6.7 MILE CONNECTION IS ESTIMATED TO COST $31 MILLION.

THE FINAL CONSTRUCTION FOR THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY WITH CREWS EXPECTED TO FINISH THIS SUMMER.

>>> OUR NEWS SOURCE IS AN INDEPENDENTLY FUNDED NONPROFIT PARTNER OF TRAN ONE.

FOR MORE YOU CAN GO TO THEIR WEBSITE.

>>> THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS IN A PERIOD OF MOURNING FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF POPE FRANCIS.

THE PONTIFF, WHO DIED EASTER MONDAY, WAS 88.

THE ELECTION FOR THE SUCCESSOR KNOWN AS THE CONCLAVE IS SET TO TAKE PLACE NEXT WEDNESDAY, A SEVEN.

WE REPORT ON HOW IT IS DONE.

>> Reporter: WHEN IT COMES TO CHOOSING A NEW POPE, THE PROCESS IS A MIX OF TRADITION, RITUAL AND POLITICS.

ONLY A SMALL SELECT GROUP HAS A SAY IN THE DECISION WITH VOTES TAKING PLACE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL.

LET'S LOOK AT HOW IT WORKS.

TECHNICALLY, ANY ROMAN CATHOLIC MALE CAN BE ELECTED LEADERS OF MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD.

BUT THE NEXT POPE COMES FROM AMONG THE CARDINALS SINCE THE 14th CENTURY.

EVERY POPE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY BEEN A CARDINAL.

THE TASK OF ELECTING A POPE FALLS TO THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS.

THEY ARE CHOSEN BY THE POPES AND WHERE DISTINCTIVE RED ROBES MEANT TO SIGNIFY A WILLINGNESS TO SHED THEIR BLOOD FOR THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

THEY HAVE TO BE YOUNGER THAN 80 YEARS OLD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VOTE.

THE ELECTION KNOWN AS A CONCLAVE RUNS 15 OR 20 DAYS AFTER THE PAPAL OFFICE BECOMES VACANT AND ALL ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES MUST VOTE IN PERSON.

BEFORE THEY DO START VOTING, ALL OF THE CARDINALS INCLUDING THOSE OVER 80, GATHER FOR CRUCIAL MEETINGS IN ROME WHICH IS WHERE THE BIG QUESTIONS FACING THE CHURCH ARE DISCUSSED AND POTENTIAL CANDIDATES START TO EMERGE.

THE CONCLAVE BEGINS WITH A SPECIAL MASS AT ST. PETER'S BASILICA.

AFTER THIS THE STRICTLY GUARDED VOTE TAKES PLACE IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL.

ONCE IT STARTS, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO ANYONE OUTSIDE OF THE PROCESS.

THEY CAN'T READ MEDIA REPORTS, RECEIVE MESSAGES, OR DISCUSS DETAILS OF THE ELECTIONS AFTER.

IF THEY BREAK THE CONCLAVE SECRECY RULES THEY RISK EXCOMMUNICATION.

ONCE THE VOTING STARTS, THEY WRITE TO THE CANDIDATES NAME ON A BALLOT.

AND IN ORDER OF SENIORITY THEY PUT THEM INTO A CHALICE.

THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE FOR THEMSELVES.

THE RESULT IS RECORDED BY THREE DESIGNATED CARDINALS.

TO BE ELECTED POPE, A CANDIDATE HAS TO HAVE TWO THIRDS OF THE VOTE.

IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEY VOTE AGAIN AND AGAIN.

IN TOTAL, FOUR ROUNDS OF VOTING CAN BE HELD PER DAY UNTIL THEY REACH THAT THRESHOLD.

IF NO MAN IS ELECTED AFTER FOUR DAYS, THEY BREAK FOR PRAYER AND DISCUSSION BEFORE TRYING AGAIN.

THE VOTING PROCESS TAKES PLACE BEHIND THE SCENES.

SO HOW DOES THE PUBLIC FIND OUT WHEN A NEW POPE HAS BEEN CHOSEN?

THEY ARE BURNED ONCE IN THE MORNING AND EVENING.

IF THERE IS NO WINNER, THE CHEMICALS ARE ADDED TO TURN BLACK SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT A NEW POPE HASN'T BEEN CHOSEN YET.

BUT WHEN A POPE HAS BEEN ELECTED, A DIFFERENT CHEMICAL IS ADDED TO MAKE SURE THE SMOKE IS WHITE SIGNALING A NEW PONTIFF.

FINALLY THE MAN CHOSEN MUST ACCEPT THE DECISION OF THE CARDINALS.

A SENIOR CARDINAL TELLS THE WORLD WE HAVE A POPE AND INTRODUCES THE NEW PONTIFF TO THE CROWD GATHERED IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE.

THE NEW POPE GOES OUT TO THE BALCONY TO MAKE HIS FIRST REMARKS AND GIVE HIS BLESSING.

>>> CHRISTOPHER LAMB REPORTING THERE.

THE DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO SAID CATHOLIC CHURCHES WILL HOLD A MEMORIAL MASS FOR THE POPE APRIL 30.

EACH CHURCH IS HOLDING A MEMORIAL AT A TIME THAT SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

THOSE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING ARE ASKED TO CHECK WITH THEIR PARISH.

>>> U.S. CREDIT CARD DEBT IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH WITH NEARLY HALF OF AMERICANS REPORTING HAVING CREDIT CARD DEBT ACCORDING TO A NEW SURVEY BY BANK RATE.

SOME WORRY THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFF COULD FURTHER BURDEN AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS.

JENN SULLIVAN BREAKS DOWN THOSE NUMBERS.

>> Reporter: NEARLY HALF OF AMERICANS WHO HAVE A CREDIT CARD HAVE DEBT BASED ON A NEW SURVEY BY THE FINANCIAL SITE BANK RATE AND AMONG THOSE PEOPLE MORE THAN 70% SAY THEY BELIEVE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PAY IT OFF WITHIN FIVE YEARS.

>> IT IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM AT THE HOUSEHOLD LEVEL.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THAT HAS REACHED AN ALL-TIME HIGH ACCORDING TO THE LATEST REPORT FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK.

CREDIT CARD DEBT IN THE UNITED STATES HAS REACHED $1.2 TRILLION WHICH IS 4% HIGHER THAN A YEAR AGO.

HE SAID THAT BREAKS DOWN TO ABOUT $6600 PER HOUSEHOLD.

>> IF YOU MAKE MINIMUM PAYMENTS OF AN AVERAGE INTEREST RATE OF 20%, YOU ARE IN DEBT FOR 18 YEARS AND OH CLOSE TO $10,000 IN INTEREST.

>> Reporter: MANY WORRY HIGHER PRICES DUE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS COULD WORSEN DEBT FOR AMERICANS.

THE WHITE HOUSE IS HOPING TO ENCOURAGE COMPANIES TO BRING JOBS BACK TO THE UNITED STATES, BUT THAT WILL TAKE TIME.

>> PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED BETWEEN HIGHER MEDICAL COSTS, FOOD, HEALTHCARE, CHILDCARE, AND THERE IS NOT AS MUCH WIGGLE ROOM.

>> Reporter: IF YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF DEBT WITH CREDIT CARDS, HE SAID IT IS BEST TO PAY OFF AS MUCH AS YOU CAN SO YOU DON'T PAY MORE IN INTEREST AND PENALTIES.

YOU COULD ALSO LOOK TO TRANSFERRING TO A ZERO PERCENTAGE RATE CREDIT CARD.

>> ANOTHER WAY CONSUMERS ARE COPING IS BY LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE HIGH GROCERY PRICES AT SUPERMARKETS.

THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU SAID THE RECENT SPIKE IN GROCERY PRICES WAS HIGHER IN SAN DIEGO THAN MOST UNITED STATES CITIES.

THINGS LIKE MEAT, POULTRY, AND EGGS ROSE 70% AND FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 3%.

SHOPPERS IN RANCHO BERNARDO SAID PRICES AT FARMERS MARKETS ARE BECOMING MORE COMPETITIVE WITH RETAIL CHAINS.

>> IT USED TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE AND NOW IT IS EQUAL.

>> I NOTICE IT HAS BEEN PRETTY COMPARABLE.

>> ESPECIALLY VEGETABLES LIKE THE GREENS AND BERRIES WILL BE PRETTY SAME IF YOU BUY HERE.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SCALED BACK SOME OF THE PROPOSED TARIFFS BUT IT IS AFFECTING CONSUMER CONFIDENCE.

THOSE POLLS RELEASED SHOWED A 32% DROP SINCE JANUARY.

>>> FOR DECADES OWNING A HOME IS BEEN PART OF THE AMERICAN DREAM, BUT AS PRICES AND MORTGAGE RATES REMAIN HIGH, IT IS A DREAM THAT MANY CAN'T AFFORD.

JENN SULLIVAN LOOKS AT THE COST TO BUY VERSUS RENTING A HOME.

>> Reporter: THE COST OF LIVING CONTINUES TO RISE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

IN MARCH THE MEAN EXISTING PRICE WAS OVER $400,000 WHICH IS NEARLY 3% HIGHER THAN A YEAR AGO ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS.

WHOLESALE -- HOME SALES HAVE DIPPED AS A RESULT WITH MANY WONDERING IF THEY CAN AFFORD A HOME.

>> AFFORDABILITY CONTINUES TO BE THE BIGGEST BARRIER FOR AMERICANS TRYING TO ACHIEVE HOMEOWNERSHIP.

TRUCK SHE IS AN ANALYST AT BANK RATE WHO RECENTLY FOUND ON AVERAGE RENTING A HOME IS CHEAPER THAN PAYING A MORTGAGE IN ALL 50 OF THE LARGEST U.S. METRO AREAS.

>> WE KNOW HOME PRICES HAVE SKYROCKETED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE WE SAW THE BIG PANDEMIC A BOOM.

WE KNOW THAT MORTGAGE RATES HAVE RISEN DRAMATICALLY.

>> Reporter: THE MEDIAN MORTGAGE PAYMENT IN MARCH WAS $2800.

MORTGAGES TYPICALLY INCLUDE PROPERTY TAXES AND HOME INSURANCE COSTS, OR HAS THE MEDIAN RENT WAS $1600.

BUT RENTALS OFTEN TEND TO BE SMALLER.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF UPFRONT COSTS THAT YOU DON'T DEAL WITH WITH RENTING THAT COULD BE FINANCIALLY BENEFICIAL FOR YOU EVEN IF YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON BUILDING EQUITY FOR YOUR HOME.

>> Reporter: THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS.

THE FURTHER YOU LIVE FROM A MAJOR CITY, THE PRICE GAP BETWEEN BUYING AND RENTING IT NARROWS.

MANY EXPERTS PREDICT HOME SO PRICES WILL COME DOWN IN THE MORE RECENT FEW YEARS AS MORE INVENTORY BECOMES AVAILABLE.

>>> THE BIGGEST THING TO KEEP IN MIND FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE ALL WEEK IS A LAYER OF FOG WE WILL BE DEALING WITH.

OTHERWISE, FOR THE WEEK AHEAD CUT TEMPERATURES STAY RELATIVELY CONSISTENT UNTIL THE WEEKEND.

WE DO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A COOLING TREND, BUT JUST FOR SOME OF US AHEAD OF SOME WEEKEND RAIN.

LET'S DIVE INTO WHAT TO EXPECT STARTING OFF WITH THE TEMPERATURES TONIGHT IN THE UPPER 40s IN OCEANSIDE AND 50s IN SAN DIEGO.

A LOT OF US ARE DEALING WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES BUT INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

LOWER 40s HERE AND TAKING A LOOK TO TOMORROW, STILL STICKING WITH SOME OF THOSE CLOUDS BY THE COAST.

BUT OTHERWISE, SUNNY SKIES AND FURTHER INLAND SOME CLOUDS TOWARD HIGHER ELEVATION WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN THE 60s AND 70s.

WE HAVE 80s HERE AND 50s FOR MOUNT LAGUNA.

LOOKING AHEAD TO THE WEEKEND, A FEW THINGS GOING ON.

FURTHER INLAND, ESPECIALLY INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS HERE AND FURTHER INTO THE SOUTHWEST, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A COOLING TREND WITH SOME OF US TO SEE TEMPERATURES 10 OR 20 BELOW AVERAGE.

NOT REALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST, WHERE YOU COME IN FOR THE WEEKEND IS THE RAIN.

SOME OF US WILL SEE THE RAIN COMING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WE DO SEE SOME RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW INTO THE SIERRA AND RECENTLY MAY BECOME THIS WEEKEND.

GET READY FOR IT AND MAYBE NOT THE BEST FOR THE WEEKEND PLANS, BUT WE NEED ANY RAIN WE CAN GET.

SO LOOK AT THE FIVE DAY OUTLOOK.

WE ARE NOT CHANGING TEMPERATURES TOO MUCH BY THE COAST BUT JUST A DEGREE OR TWO DAY BY DAY.

ALL WEEKEND INTO THE WEEKEND, WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME CLOUDS.

THEY INCREASE AS WE GET READY FOR THE RAIN INTO THE WEEKEND.

FURTHER INLAND COW WE DROP INTO THE MID-70s TO LOW 70s THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND DROPPING DOWN BY 5 DEGREES TO 65 FOR SATURDAY.

YOU WILL NOTICE THE CLOUDS.

WE DO HAVE THE RAIN COMING IN.

IN THE MOUNTAIN FIVE DAY OUTLOOK, WE ARE IN THE 50s.

NOT TOO MUCH VARIATION FROM THE UPPER TO MID 50s AND THEN INTO THE DESERTS WE DO SEE UPPER 80s INTO THE WEEKEND.

WE THEN DROP DOWN TO THE LOW 80s.

FOR KPBS NEWS REPORTING.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, PRESIDENT TRUMP FURTHER CRACKS DOWN ON IMMIGRATION AS HE NEARS 100 DAYS INTO A SECOND TERM.

THAT IS AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS >>> YOU CAN GET THE LATEST LOCAL NEWS FROM KPBS DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX.

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF NEWSLETTERS INCLUDING THE DAILY HEADLINES, ARTS, STREAMING PICS AND THE NORTH COUNTY FOCUS.

YOU CAN GO TO KPBS.ORG AND LOOK FOR THE NEWSLETTER SECTION AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN AND FROM THERE YOU CAN SIGN UP WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.

>>> THERE IS A BUILDING A NATIONAL CITY THAT LOOKS VERY MUCH OUT OF PLACE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

THERE IS A REASON IT WASN'T BUILT TO LOOK EXACTLY AS IT DOES.

KEN KRAMER HAS THE STORY AND SOME HISTORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: WHEN YOU SEE IT, YOU THINK IT LOOKS LIKE NOTHING FROM SAN DIEGO.

>> I AM FROM A DIFFERENT AREA AND I HAPPENED ON THE STREET ONE DAY AND I AM LIKE, WHAT IS THAT?

>> Reporter: IT IS A ROWHOUSE COST SEVERAL HOMES IN ONE LONG BUILDING, THE KIND OF THING YOU COULD FIND IN SOME EASTERN CITIES LIKE PHILADELPHIA NOT HERE NATIONAL CITY.

>> IT WAS BUILT IN 1887 AND IT HAS THE HIGHEST RATING YOU CAN GET ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC SITES.

>> Reporter: TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT CAME TO BE BUILT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE, YOU HAVE TO KNOW LITTLE HISTORY.

TO HELP US WITH THAT IS A PERSON WHO HAS LIVED IN THE ROWHOUSE FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS AND KNOWS MORE ABOUT IT THAN ANYBODY LADY JANICE MARTINELLI.

>> THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN IT WAS FIRST BUILT.

>> Reporter: THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE IT IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN THE 1880S APPEARING TO BE VERY EAST COAST.

THE WHOLE PLACE LOOKS LIKE IT COULD HAVE BEEN PICKED UP FROM THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE AND DROPPED HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.

BUT, NO CUT IT WAS BUILT HERE.

LADY JANICE IS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC SOCIETY AND THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED HOW IT HAPPENED.

>> HERE IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN THE OLD DAYS.

>> Reporter: IN THE 1880S THEY NEEDED A REAL ROAD TO BRING PEOPLE AND PROSPERITY HERE, THE DECISION-MAKERS, THE RAILROAD OFFICIALS, THEY LIVED IN PHILADELPHIA.

NATIONAL CITY NEEDED A WAY TO GET THEIR ATTENTION.

>> THIS RIGHT HERE IS OUR GUY, FRANK KIMBALL.

THEY CALLED HIM THE LITTLE MAN WITH BIG IDEAS.

HE WAS ONLY FIVE FOOT ONE.

>> Reporter: HE AND HIS BROTHERS FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE CAME HERE SEEKING BETTER WEATHER AN OPPORTUNITY.

BUT, AGAIN, THE RAILROAD WAS THE KEY.

HIS BIG IDEA WAS TO BUILD THIS, A PHILADELPHIA ROADHOUSE -- ROWHOUSE RIGHT HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, AND EXACT REPLICA WITH STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS.

WAS HIS THINKING THAT RAILROAD EXECUTIVES WOULD FEEL RIGHT AT HOME HERE.

>> WHEN HE GOT THEM TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT NATIONAL CITY, I THINK IT HELPED BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT, OH, LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.

THIS IS LIKE PHILADELPHIA.

>> Reporter: THE RAILROAD CAME, AND WITH IT, THE RAILROAD OFFICIALS WHO DID LIKE AND LIVE IN THE ROWHOUSE, AND IT WAS SET FOR A TIME SO DID WYATT EARP.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT I HAVE READ AND RESEARCHED THAT POINTS TO THAT BEING TRUE.

>> Reporter: SO YOU ARE GOING WITH THAT?

>> I AM.

THIS IS AN ACTUAL DAIRY BOTTLE WE FOUND UNDER THE BUILDING.

TRUCK SHE LOVES EVERY BRICK AND TRINKET ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PLACE.

SHE OPERATES A VICTORIAN TEAHOUSE HERE AND SAID SHE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE LIVED IN THAT TIME.

THAT IS WHY SHE CALLED HERSELF LADY JANICE AS LADIES WOULD HAVE IN THAT ERA.

IT IS HARD FOR HER TO PICTURE HERSELF LIVING ANYWHERE ELSE IN THIS NATIONAL CITY ROWHOUSE FIRST BUILT TO ENTICE THOSE EXECUTIVES IN 1887.

>> AND HERE IT STANDS TODAY.

AND IT IS LOVELY.

>> SO VERY INTERESTING.

IF YOU DO WANT TO SEE MORE OF THE STORIES ABOUT SAN DIEGO, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THIS HALF HOUR SHOW EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT HERE AT 8:00 P.M. ON KPBS.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING FOR FOR TOMORROW FOR THE NEWSROOM.

ON THE MORNING EDITION OF NPR, A SMALL COFFEE ROASTER HE IS WRESTLING WITH SETTLING WHOLESALE PRICES AMID UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING TARIFFS ON COUNTRIES THAT GROW COFFEE.

TOMORROW MARKS TRUMP'S 100 DAYS IN OFFICE AND WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL REPORT ON THE MIDDAY EDITION ABOUT WHAT TRUMP'S SECOND TERM IS MEANT FOR CALIFORNIA.

BE SURE TO ADD TREY ONE TO YOUR PALEST -- PLAYLIST.

WE ALSO LAUNCHED AN ARTS PODCAST CALLED THE FINEST.

SEARCH FOR KPBS ON APPLE CUP SPOTIFY AND OTHER PLATFORMS.

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

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING, EVERYONE.

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

CALL OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

>> AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING -- AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.