>> MO OF THE SEATS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FILLED.

TONIGHT IS THE FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, BUT EVERYONE IS STILL TALKIG ABOUT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE ON THIS COURT SATURDAY NIGHT AND WHAT'S BEING DESCRIBD AS THE GREAT SAN DIEGO MIRACLE.

>> AND IT'S BLOCKED.

>> YOU HAD TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT.

AND EVEN THEN, IT WAS STUNNING AND SPECTACULAR.

>> IT'S BUTLER WITH TWO SECONDS!

HE'S GOTTA PUT IT UP AND HE WINS IT!

>> Reportr: NEVER BEFORE HAS ONE SHOT PACKED SUCH A PUNCH AND CAUSED SO MUCH APPRECIATION.

[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] ROTHERS TRAVELED TO HOUSTON FOR THIS MOMENT.

>> SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN WORKING FOR THIS FOR 15 YEARS AND IT'S OUR TIME TO TAKE THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND WE'RE GOING TO WIN THE úCHAMPIONSHIP WITH SAN DIEGO STATE ON THE MAP.

LE'S GO, NUMBER ONE, BABY!

>> Reporter: THE SIGNS AND THE SENTMENTS MAKE IT CLEAR THAT TONIGHT IN NRG STADIUM, THESE FANS BELIEVE THE TIME HAS COME.

>> BEING A SAN DIEGO FAN, YOU'VE BEN HEARTBROEN SO MANY YEARS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS RS AND THEN THEY FRICKIN' MADE THAT - SHOT AND WE THOUGHT, OH, MY GOD, THE GREATEST FIVE SECONDS IN SPORTS HISTORY OF MY ENTIRE úLIFE.

>> Reporter: JUNIOR GUARD, LAONT BUTLER, WAS THE BUZZER BEATER.

>> I GOT A SHOT I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH AND I WENT IN.

>> eporter: HE WENT IN AND FANS EVERYWERE WERE OUT OF THEIR SEATS AND OUT OF THEIR MINDS WITH JOY.

IN HOUSTON, M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>> THERE ARE PLENTY OF LAUNCH PARTIES HAPPENING ACROSS SAN DIEGO TO CHEER ON THE AZTECS AND VIEJAS ARENA, THE BIGGEST WATCH PARTY IN TOWN.

ACOB?

>> Reporter: HI, MAYA.

WHAT A DAY TO BE AND AN AZTECS FAN.

THERE WILL BE A WATCH PARTY ON THE BIG SCREEN IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES, BUT THE CRAZINESS DOESN'T STOP HERE.

A THE BOOKSTORE, THERE WERE HUNDEDS OF PEOPLE CRAMMING IN AND IT WAS A SEA OF RED AND BLACK.

WHETHER WALKING AROUND CAMPUS OR INSIDE THE BOOKSTORE, AZTECS PRIDE WAS IN FULL EFFECT.

[ CHEERING ] >> Reporter: THAT WAS ALSO MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO BUY NEW AN DIEGO STATE GEAR AS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE CRAMMED IN AND LINED UP TO SUPPORT THEIR TEAM, INCLUDING ISAAC.

>> WE GOT TWO TANK TOPS AND I TRIED TO GET A BASKETBALL JERSEY, BUT THEY WERE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT.

>> Reporer: IT'S A LITTLE LIKE DAVID AND GOLIATH.

THE AZTECS ARE TAKING ON THE POWERHOSE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT TEAM I THE FINALS, A TEAM HEAVILY FAVORED TO WIN THE GAME.

>> I DID NOT THINK WE WERE GOING WIN.

, IT'S >> Reporter: IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY AND THIS UNDERDOG SQUAD HAS MADE IT THIS FAR.

BEFORE THIS YEAR, THEY HAD NEVER EVEN MADE IT TO THE ELITE EIGHT.

NOW THE SCHOOL IS PLAYING IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL'S BIGGEST GAME.

>> Reporter: STUDENT, ALUMNI, OR JUST A SUPPORTER, EVERYONE HER IS WELCOME.

MAYA?

>> AND JACOB, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GETTING PRETTY BUSY OUT THERE AD HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SIT IN THAT STADIUM?

>> Reporter: IT'S VERY BIG OUT HERE, THOUSANDS ALREADY.

THE STADIUM CAPACITY IS JUST OVER 12,000, SO IF YOU WANT A SEAT, YOU'LL HAVE TO GET OVER ERE VERY QUICKLY.

>> E HAVE MORE COVERAGE OF THE AZTECS AND THEIR HISTORY, COMING UP, HOW LAMONT BUTLER BECAME THE HERO OF THE FINAL FOUR GAME.

>>> STARTING TODAY, HIGH-RISK HEALTH CARE SETTINGS ARE FREE TO STP REQUIRING MASKS IN MOST SITUATIONS AND THAT'S THE NEW- MASKING GUIDAN FROM THE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

>> Reporter: YOU NEEDED TO WEAR A MASK.

IT'S PART OF THE COVID PROTOCOL TO PROTECT YOU, HEALTH CARE - WORKERS, AND PATIENTS, BUT úCALIFORNIA'S MASKING RULES ARE CHANGING.

STARTING TODAY, THE STATE'S PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS LIFTED THE MASK MANDATE.

>>THEY ARE ENCOURAGING HEALTH CARE SETTINGS, PARTICULARLY HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, AND LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN POLICIES IN THIS REGARD.

>> Reporter: COUNT PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER, Dr. WILMA WOOD , SAYS THE COUNTY WILL ALSO FOLLOW THE STATE'S GUIDANCE.

AT LOCAL HOSPITALS, HOWEVER, THE úPOLICIES VARY.

>> WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET THE LESSONS WE LEARNED THESE PAST THREE YEARS.

>> Reporter: THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER WORKED TOGETHER TO CRAFT THE POLICIES.

THEY WERE AMONG THE HOSPITALS WITH THE HIGHEST LOAD OF COVID PATIENTS IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.

>> WANTED TO BE A LITTLE MORE SLOW AND STEADY VERSUS SAYING MASKS OFF FOR EVERYBODY IN ALL PATIENT CARE AREAS.

WE KNOW WHAT IT OOKS LIKE TO GET HEALTH CARE WORKERS SICK.

THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD OVER 700 STAFF MEMBERS OUT WITH COVID, SO WE DON'T WANT TO REPEAT THAT OVER AGAIN, SO THIS IS OUR MIDDLE GROUND.

>> Reporter: WORKERS WILL STILL NEED TO MASK UP IN PATIENT EXAM OOMS AND HOSPITAL SUITES AND WITHIN SIX FEET OF EACH OTHER.

AT KAISER PERMANENTE, MASKS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR PATIENTS AND WORKERS, BUT MASKING WILL STILL BE REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN HEALTH PROCEDURES SUCH AS INTUBATING.

ALVARADO MASKING REQUIREMENTS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT IN HIGHLY INFECTIOUS AREAS.

THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS AD ILLNESSES ARE STILL EXPECTED TO MASK UP AT HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE SETTINGS.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>> TODAY SAN DIEGO COUNTY HONORED 17 PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR WORK IN ADVANCING PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF SAN DIEGONS AND AMONG THEM WAS MATT HOFFMAN.

THE EVENT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR DURING NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK.

IT WAS THE FIRST IN-PERON CELEBRATION SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMI AND THERE HE IS.

>>> NOW TO A DEVELOPING STORY THE NATION IS WATCHING.

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ARRIVED IN NEW YORK CITY TODAY FROM HIS HOME AT MAR-A-LAGO.

HE IS AT TRUMP TOWER MEETING ITH HIS LEGAL TEAM AHEAD OF HIS HISTORICAL SURRENDER AND ARRAIGNMENT TOMORROW.

MIKE HAVE VALERIO IS IN NEW YORK.

>> Reporter: FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO PEND MONDAY EVENING BACK IN TRUMP TOWER STRATEGIZING WITH HIS LEGAL TEAM AHEAD OF TUESDAY'S VOLUNTARY SURRENDER AND ARRAIGNMENT.

WITH HIS SECRET SERVICE DETAIL IN TOW.

HE'LL BE BOOKED AND FINGERPRINTED AND CHARGED WITH A FELONY.

>> Reporter: TRUMP'S DEFENSE TEAM IS CLEAR ON ITS PLANNED RESPONSE.

>> WE WILL PROUDLY AND LOUDLY SAY NOT GUILTY.

THERE'S NO LAW THAT FITS THIS.

>> Reporter: AND ONCE THE INDICTMENT IS UNSEALED... >> THE TEAM WILL LOOK AT EVERY POTENTIAL ISSUE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CHALLENGE AND WE'LL CHALLENGE THEM.% >> Reporter: ON HIS MEDIA PLATFORM TRUTH SOCIAL OVERNIGH, TRUMP CONTINUED THE DRUM BEAT OF THE UNPROVEN CLAIM THE CASE JUDGE "HATES HIM."

>> WE HAVE TO LET THE PROCESS PLAY OUT.

THIS IS THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN AMERICA.

WHEN IT'S AT ITS BEST, JUSTICE% IS BLIND.

THAT'S THE ASPIRATION HERE.

>> Reporter: NEW YORK CITY LEADERS SAY THEY'VE BEEN NO SPECIFIC CREDIBLE SECURITY THREATS SO FAR.

>> OUR MESSAGE IS CLEAR AND SIMPLE: CONTROL YOURSELVES.

ú >> Reporter: VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION ARE NOT PART OF LEGITIMATE, LAWFUL EXPRESSION, AND IT WILL NEVER BE TOLERATED IN OUR CITY.

>>> I'M JEFF BENNET FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TRAVELS TO NEW YORK AHEAD OF HIS TUESDAY ARRAIGNMENT IN A HUSH MONEY CASE, COMING UP AT 7 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

[MUSIC] >> THE TEAM IS IN PLACE FOR NASA'S RETURN T THE MOON.

THE SPACE AGENCY ANNOUNCED THE - FIVE ASTRONAUTS WHO WILL MAKE UP THE ARTEMIS II MISSION.

LATER THIS YEAR, THEY'LL TRAVEL AROUND THE MOON IN A FLY-BY MISSIN AND AFTER THAT THEY'LL SPLASH DOWN OFF OF THE COAST OF SAN DIEGO.

ATEMIS II, A PRECURSOR TO úRETURN PEOPLE TO THE MOON'S SURFACE LATER THIS DECADE.

>> THERE'S A NEW REASON TO VISIT ONE OF SAN DIEGO'S MANY MUSEUMS.

A VERY BIG REASON.

THE MUSEUM'S NEWEST PIECE OF RAILROAD HISTORY.

>> Reporter: A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR EAST OF SAN DIEGO LIES THE SLEEPY LITTLE TOWN OF CAMPO AND THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM.

YOU'LL KNOW YOU'RE THERE BY ALL THE SIGNS.

THE MUSEUM IS ONLY OPEN ON WEEKENDS, BUT MUSEUM PRESIDENT, STEVEN HAGAR, AND THE MUSEUM'S CONDUCTOR, COLIN ATWOOD, WERE NICE ENOUGH TO MEET US ON A WEEK DAY AND SHOW OFF THE MUSEUM'S LATEST ACQUISITION.

>> OUR MISSION OUT HERE IS TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET RAILROAS AND RAILROAD HISTORY IN THE úPACIFIC SOUTHWEST OF THE UNITED SATES WITH A FOCUS ON RAILROADS I SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> Reporter: AND RIGHT THERE EHIND HAGAR IS A MAJOR PIECE OF RECENT RAILROAD HISTORY IN THE CONTY.

>> THE TECHNICAL TERM IS AN F40, PHM-2C COMMUTER LOCOMOTVE.

>> Reporter: THE F40PH ... WHAT H SAID ... POWERED COMMUTER TRAINS FROM 1995 UNTIL 2021.

IT'S UNIQUE AMONG AMERICAN-BUILT LOCOMOTIVES.

>> THE NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DSTRICT WHICH OPERATES THE COASTER SERVIC CUSTOM ORDERED THIS LOCOMOTIVE AND FOUR SISTER LOCOMOTIVES JUST FOR THAT COMMUTER TRAIN SERVICE.

úTHERE'S NO OTHER LOCOMOTIVES EXACTLY LIKE THEM THAT WERE EVER BUILT.

>> Reporter: EVERYTHING FROM BOXCARS TO HAND CARTS, PASSENGER CARS TO CABOOSES.

MANY PARKED OUTSIDE WAITING FOR THE DAY WHEN FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO RESTORE THEM.

úHAGAR SAYS EVEN THE COASTER LOCOMOTIVE NEEDS A LITTLE TLC, BUT IT'S INSIDE WHERE YOU FIND THIS MUSEUM' CROWN JEWELS.

THE MUSEUM CONDUCTOR CAN TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THEM.

p>> WE HAVE A LOT OF LIVING HISTORY HERE IN THIS MUSEUM THAT WE'D LOVE TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY.

ú >> Reporter: ONE PIECE OF THAT LIVING HISTORY, THIS LITTLE FIRE ENGINE THAT RUNS ON RAILS.

>> SO IT WAS ABLE TO GET TO PLACES YOUR TRADITIONAL FIRE TRUCK COULDN'T GET TO, SO IF THERE WAS A TUNNEL FIRE SOEWHERE BETWEEN WHEREVER THE ROAD WAS AND THE NEXT CONNECTING ROAD, THIS WOULD BE ABLE TO GET IN BETWEEN TO HANDLE THAT FIRE.

>> Reporter: HERE, YOU CAN SEE HOW RAILROADS INVENTED SIGNALING AUTOMOBILES.

AN OIL-FIRED LOCOMOTIVE BUILT IN ú1912 AND A SANTA FE RAILROAD POST OFFICE, THIS IS HOW THE MAIL MOVED AFTER THE PONY EXPRESS GALLOPED OFF INTO HISTORY.

>> IT'S ALYS GOOD TO KNOW WHERE YOU COME FROM AS A COUNTRY úAND WHERE WE HAVE GONE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING, SO THIS IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO COME AND LOOK AT ACTUAL LIVING HISTORY.

[ TRAIN WHISTLE ] >> Reporter: BACK TO RECENT HISTORY, THE COASTER LOCOMOTIVE.

MUSEUM MANAGEMENT HAD TO WORK THEI WAY THROUGH GOVERNMENTAL AND LOGISTICAL AND FINANCIAL HURDLES BEFORE THE PROCESS OF MOVING IT TO CAMPO COULD BEGIN.

THE STORY OF HOW THIS LOCOMOTIVE GOT HERE IS A DOOZY.

LET'S JUST SAY IT DIDN'T GET HERE BY AN ENGINEER SITTING IN THIS CAB DRIVING IT HERE.% RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NO RAIL CONNECTION TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD ERE IN CAMPO.

SO THE ONLY OPTION TO GET LOCOMOTIVES AND CARS HERE IS TO PUT THEM ON A TRUCK.

>> Reporter: IT STARTED ITS JOURNEY ON A TRAIN IN ANAHEIM úWHERE THE MUSEUM WAS STORING IT.

>> IT GOT ON A SECOND TRAIN WHICH TOOK IT TO BARSTOW AND THEN GOT ON A THIRD TRAIN TO SAN IEGO AND ONE FOURTH TRAIN THAT BROUGHT IT DOWN TO NATIONAL CITY.

>> Reporter: FROM THERE, IT WAS LOADED ON TO TWO HUGE HIGHWAY DOLLIES AND TRUCKED OUT TO THE MUSEUM, A PROCESS THAT TOOK BUT FOR STEVEN HAGAR, COLIN, AND THE REST OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO MAKE THIS MUSEUM GO, IT WAS WORTH IT.

A NEW EDITION RELATIVELY SPEAKING TO A SPECIAL PLACE THAT ROLLS OUT THE HISTORY OF RAILROAD TRAVEL, A PLACE LIKE ANY GOOD MUSEUM THAT TELLS THE STORY OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN, HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, AND PERHAPS WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.- >>> THERE'S PROGRESS IN NORTH COUNTY ALONG STATE ROUTE 78, BUT THE MESS IS FAR FROM OVER.

CalTrans EXPECTS TO HAVE WESTBOUND LANES BACK OPEN BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, A STRONG STORM CAUSED A SINKHOLE THAT DAMAGED PART OF THE FREEWAY.

CalTrans SAYS IT COULD TAKE THREE WEEKS TO FINISH THE JOB.

>>> FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH A SEVERE DROUGHT ACROSS CALIFORNIA, BUT THIS WINTER'S REPEATED STORMS HAE WIPED OUT THOSE DRY CONDITIONS.

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WATER RESOURCES RELEASED ITS APRIL SNOW SURVEY AND THIS úSEASON'S SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE AMONG THE LARGEST ON RECORD.

SNOW PACK IN THE SIERRA IS 221% HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND STATEWIDE, THE FIGURE IS 237% HIGHER.

AND IT'S NOT JUST THE WATER SUPPLY THAT'S IMPACTED BY THE SNOW PACK BUT ALSO HYDRO POWER.

IT' A CLEAN, RENEWABLE POWER úSOURCE THAT COULD SAVE CONSUMERS MONEY.

>>IN A TYPICAL YEAR, HYDRO POWER PROVIDES 15% OF OUR TOTAL POWER PORTFOLIO.- >> Reporter: BUT WITH A RECORD SNOW PACK THIS SEASON, IT'S SAFE TO SAY THIS YEAR WILL NOT BE SO TYPICAL.

úWORKERS CONDUCTED ONE OF THE UTILITY COMPANY'S OWN SNOW - SURVEYS.

>> Reporter: PG&E HAS BEEN DOING SNOW SURVEYS FOR ABOUT 100 YEARSAND WE SHARE OUR DATA.

THEY USE THE SAME TOOLS TOO, TAKING MEASUREMENTS OF SNOW DEPTHS AND SNOW DENSITY.

>> NOW WE'RE GOING TO WEIGH THE SAMPLE.

>> Reporter: SNOW SURVEYS ARE MOST OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH WATER SUPPLY FORECASTING, BUT PG&E SEES ALL OF THIS SNOW AS POTENTIAL POWER.

THE MEASUREMENTS THEY TAKE IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL HELP THEM FIGURE OUT JUST HOW MUCH.

>> PG&E HAS MORE THAN 60 HYDROELECTIC POWERHOUSES IN CALIFORNIA.

ú >> Reporter: GENERATING ELECTRICITY AS IT FLOWS DOWN TO THE VALLEY.

THIS PG&E SPOKESMAN SAYS HYDRO POWER HAS MANY BENEFITS.

>> THE ADVANTAGE IS IT'S CLEAN, RENEWABLE, AND IT'S VERY COST FFECTIVE.

SO A YEAR LIKE THIS IS GOING TO% BE VERY GOOD.

>> Reporter: VERY GOOD FOR THE GRID AND VERY GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

>> DURING DROUGHT YEARS WHEN WE úHAVE LESS HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER, THAT MEANS WE NEED TO RELY MORE ON FOSSIL FUEL POWER.

>> Reporter: WHICH CAN BE MORE EXPENSIVE FOR PG&E AND ITS CMMERCE.

>> WE'RE AT 182 INCHES.

>> Reporter: WITH MORE HYDRO POWER, YOUR ELECTRIC BILL COULD BE LOWER.

LAWYER IN >> IN FACT, HYDROPOWER MEANS WE% HAVE TO BUY LESS FOSSIL FUEL WHICH TENDS TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE AND THAT SAVING WILL BE PASSED ON TO CONSUMERS.

[MUSIC] >>> GUSTY BREEZES CONTINUE TROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND SOME THROUGHOUT THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

QUITE COOL AS WE GO INTO TUESDAY, BUT SOME CHANGES THEREAFTER.

WE'LL THEN TALK ABOUT A WARMING TREND.

ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS ARE OUT THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING INCUDING WIND ADVISORIES WHERE WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THOSE GUSTY BREEZES AND EVEN HIGHER WINDS AS YOU SEE THE HIGH WIND WARNING OUT, SOME OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN AROUND PINE VALLEY AND MOUNT LAGUNA, RIGHT THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.

NOW, IN ADDITION TO THE WIND, YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL OR HEAR THAT WIND AROUND MOUNT LAGUNA.% THE 30'S TONIGHT TOWARDS OCEANSIDE, CHILLY NIGHT, BUT NOT THE COLDEST NIGHT.

WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT WE'LL BE EXPERIENCING AS WE VENTURE OUR WAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.

FUTURE CAST, NOT SHOWING THAT MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION.

AGAIN, MAINLY CLEAR SKIES ARE GOING TO BE IN PLACE AND TALKING ABOUT ALL THAT RAIN LATE LAST WEEK, WELL, CHANGES ARE INDEED IN STORE AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE COMING DAYS.

ALL RIGHT, HERE'S YOUR TUESDAY OUTLOOK AND CHECK THIS OUT.

WE'LL BE FOLLOWING AGAIN THE CHILL, ESPECIALLY OVER THE INTERIOR, BUT TO THE NEXT ROUND OF WET WEATHER REMAINS OFF TO THE NORTH.

BUT WE'RE ONLY GOING T BE CLIMBING UP INTO THE LOWER 60S, WELL BELOW THE HISTORICAL AVERGES.

61 IN CHULA VISTA, 38 IN LAGUNA, AND THEN TOMORROW NIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME RECORD LOWS.

AT LEAST CHALLENGING SOME OF THOSE RECORD LOWS.

WE'LL BE GETTING DOWN INTO TH 30'S AND THE LOW 40S, DRY AND CHILLY HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY AND THEN WE'LL START TO TURN THINGS AROUND.

WE'LL NOTICE THAT BY THURSDAY.

E'RE GOING TO BE CLIMBING UP CLOSE TO 70 TOWARDS THE COAST AND QUIET CONDITIONS LEADING INTO THE WEEKEND.

INTERIOR VALLEY, MID-70NESS BY70S BY THURSAY, AND 37°, A COLD ONE OUT THERE.

MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, STILL CHILLY EVEN LATE WEEK, BUT NOTICE THE GRADUAL CLIMB FROM THE UPPER 30'S TO NEAR 50 Y FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THROUGHOUT THE DESERTS, TOPPIN UP IN THE 80S BY THE TIME WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

>>> AS THE AZTECS GO FOR THE WIN TONGHT IN HOUSTON, MANY ARE STILL HIGH OFF OF THE WIN THAT GOT THEM THERE AND LAMONT BUTLR'S WINNING SHOT AT THE BUZZER.

KITTY ALVARADO TELLS US BUTLER% MAY BE CELEBRATED NOW, BUT IT WASN'T ALWAYS THIS WAY.

[ PLAY BY PLAY ] >> Reporter: LAMO BUTLER HAS BECOME A LOCAL LEGEND.

AND JUST LIKE THAT, THE AZTECS' NUMBER 5 DID WHAT SOME THOUGHT- WAS IMPOSSIBLE.

- >> SAN DIEGO STATE MIRACLE!

- >> Reporter: HE MADE THE SHOT HEARD AROUND THE BASKETBALL WORLD MAKING HISTORY FOR THE SDSU AZTECS.

THE TEAM IS PLAYING FOR THE FIST TIME EVERY IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IT BY HIS HUMBLE REACTION.

>> I DECIDED I HAD TO MAKE A SHOT AND I GOT TO A SHOT I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH AND I WENT IN.

>> Reporter: HE JUST GLAD IT WENT IN AND HIS COACH WAS TOO.

>> MOST GUYS DREAM OF MAKING ONE OF THOSE PLAYS.

AND HE'S MADE A COUPLE ALREADY THIS YEAR.

ON THE BIGGEST STAGE THERE IS IN THE NATIONAL SEMIFINALS TO MAKE THAT SHOT WAS INCREDIBLE.

[ CHEERING AND PPLAUSE ] >> eporter: MOST FANS HAD TO WATCH FROM HOME, BUT BRIAN, A LOCAL SPORTS PERSONALITY ON THE SONS OF MONT ZUMA PODCAST, GOT TO LIVE THAT MOMENT IN HOUSTON AND HE SAID IT WAS MAGICAL.

>> I WAS HUGGING TOTAL STRANGERS.

WE WERE JUST SO OVERCOME WITH JOY.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS FOR THOSE WHO KNOW BUTLER, WHAT MAKES THIS EVEN SWEETER IS KNOWING HIS JOURNEY.

>> WHAT LAMONT'S HAD TO OVERCOME IN THE LAST YEAR, I MEAN, HE LOST HIS SISTER WHO WAS% MURDERED.

HE BROKE HIS WRIST DURING THE SEASON.

HE WAS ALSO SICK.

HE HAD KIND OF LIKE A MENTAL ERRO VERSUS ARKANSAS THAT - BASICALLY, YOU KNOW - WE LOST THE GAME.

SO HE'S BEEN DOWN, HE'S BEEN MALIGNED.

>> Reporter: THEA PLACE WHERE THE WORING CLASS LIVE WHO ARE OFTEN DISCOUNTED AND OVERLOOKED.

E THAT >> WE DON'T GET NATIONAL RECOGNITION.

>> Reporter: HIS HIGH SCHOOL COA WAS ALSO THERE TO WITNESS THAT SHOT.

ô> HE IS JUST AN UNBELIEVBLE KID.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE SPORT HAS NOT COME EASY, THE BUTLER.

>>> HE WAS ALWAYS A PASS-FIRST GUY IN HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT'S SOMEONE THAT'S PUT IN úHOURS AND HOURS AND WORKED AND WORKED.

>> Reporter: BUTLER SAID I CAN'T LET SIX SECONDS DEFINE WHO I AM.% NOW THAT QUOTE IS ON A T-SHIRT.

THE COACH ADDS THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TONIGH BUTLER IS ALREADY A CHAMP AT LIFE.

COMES IN CONTACT WITH IS A BETTER PERSON AND INSPIRED AFTER EETING HIM, EVEN IF THIS SHOT DIDN'T GO IN.

THAT'S WHO HE IS WITHOUT THAT SHOT.

- KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MANY OUTLETS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE IN HOUSTON COVERING THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME INCLUDING SAN DIEGO STATE'S SCHOOL NEWSPAPER.

WHEN THE DAILY SPORTS SECTION GOT APPROVED TO COVER THE FINAL FOUR, THEY WERE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO COVER THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENT OF THEIR CAREERS THEY STARTED A GOFUNDME CAMPAIGN TO HELP WITH EXPENSES.

THEY ARE WITH THE TEAM.

>> JUST THIS TOURNAMENT, THIS RUN HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.

SO HAPPY FOR THE PLAYERS.

AND HAPPY FOR ALL THE FANS THAT GOT TO BE HERE AND EXPERIENCE THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME, BECAUSE, I MEAN, SAN DIEGO, I KNOW SAN DIEGO SPORTS TEAMS HAVE HAD A ROUGH FEW YEARS AND A ROUGH HISTORY, BUT TO BE ABLE TO O THIS ON THIS STAGE IS GREAT.

ú >> THE FANS AT THE TOURNAMENT HAVE REALLY BROUGHT THE ENERGY AND ARE ALMOST ELECTRIC AND HE ADDS THAT ENERGY AND THE MOMENTUM BEHIND SAN DIEGO STATE ARE THE BEST FACTORS THEY HAVE HEADING INTO TONIGHT'S GAME.

>>> AND SPEAKING OF VIEJAS ARENA AND ENERGY, ALUMNI AND FANS ARE ARRIVING TO CHEER ON THE TEAM AND JACOB AERE IS THERE LIVE.

JACOB, HOW IS IT LOOKING NOW?

>> Reportr: IT IS LOOKING PRETTY ROWDY, AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME HERE.

A LOT OF FOLKS ARE STILL WAITING TO GET IN AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A FACULTY MEMBER HERE WITH ME.

TELL US WHO YOU ARE.

>> SO MY NAME IS JULIE HANSON, AD I TEACH HERE, I TEACH ACCOUNTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS.

>> Reporter: OKAY, GREAT.

IT'S PRETTY WILD HERE.

OW ARE YOU FEELING - YOU'RE GOING TO GO WATCH THE GAME INSIDE.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT THIS ATMOSPHERE?

>> I'VE WORKED HERE FOR A LONG TIME, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT THIS ROWDY AND THE SCHOOL SPIRIT IS AMAZING, LIKE, JUST THE WAY THIS HA BROUGHT THE SCHOOL TOGETHER, THE BOOKSTORE WAS PACKED.

T-SHIRTS ARE FLYING OFF THE YEAH, IT'S AWESOME.

>> Reporter: D THE CROWD ATMOSPHERE IS ONE THING.

THE WATCH PARTY IS CLEARLY GOING TO BE ELECTRIC.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN TONIGHT?

>> WELL, WE'RE GOING TO WIN!

SO THE BUTLER DID IT, THE BUTLER IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IT.

HE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY STUDENTS.

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WE CAN HAVE A SHOT AT THIS AND WIN.

>> Reporter: THAT'S AMAZING.

AND DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE PLAYER ON THE TEAM OR WHAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY STANDS OUT TO YOU ABOUT THIS YEAR MAYBE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR?

>> I'VE HAD STUDENTS FROM THE ASKETBALL TEAM IN MY CLASSES BEFORE, SO I THINK THERE'S LOT OF REALLY STRONG PLAYERS.

I JUST THINK WE NEED TO STICK TO OUR GAME.

OBVIOUSLY LAMONT IS MY FAVORITE, BECAUSE H WAS MY STUDENT AND ...

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT, YEAH!

>> Reporter: AMAZIN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY BE HEADED IN HERE SOON.

úIT'S GOING TO BE ELECTRIC HERE AT VIEJAS.

REPORTING LIVE FROM SDSU, JACOB ERE, KPBS NEWS.

>> THANKS, JACOB.

úTONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANKS FOR JONING US, HAVE A GREAT EVENING, AND GO AZTECS.

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