
Monday, April 7, 2025
Season 1 Episode 3528 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Uncertainty over federal funds and a special election are causing a debate over the county budget.
Uncertainty over federal funds and a special election are stirring up a debate over the San Diego County budget. Plus, stocks tumble as markets react to President Trump's tariffs. What financial analysts say you can do to ride out the volatility. And it's been keeping time for more than 100 years. What's next for the Jessop's Jewelers Clock that once stood in Horton Plaza.
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Monday, April 7, 2025
Season 1 Episode 3528 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Uncertainty over federal funds and a special election are stirring up a debate over the San Diego County budget. Plus, stocks tumble as markets react to President Trump's tariffs. What financial analysts say you can do to ride out the volatility. And it's been keeping time for more than 100 years. What's next for the Jessop's Jewelers Clock that once stood in Horton Plaza.
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♪ ♪ >>> UNCERTAINTY OVER FEDERAL FUNDING AND A SPECIAL ELECTION ARE STIRRING UP A DEBATE OVER THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BUDGET.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M MAYA TRABULSI.
COUNTY SUPERVISORS WILL VOTE TOMORROW ON HETHER TO EXTEND A BUDGET.
THEY BREAK DOWN BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE.
>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN THREATENING DEEP CUTS BY SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTERED BY THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
THEY ARE TYPICALLY ADOPTED BY JUNE 30th ALTHOUGH ALLOW AS LATE AS OCTOBER.
THE LATER DEADLINE WILL GIVE THE COUNTY MORE CLARITY ON FUNDING FOR SERVICES LIKE HEALTH CARE AND FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR THE POOR AND DISABLED.
>> ALL OF THESE ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED.
WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM.
IT IS NOT PRUDENT FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AND ADOPT A FULL-ON BUDGET FOR A FISCAL YEAR THAT WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE IMPACTS WILL BE.
>> SUPERVISOR JOEL ANDERSON, A REPUBLICAN, IS OPPOSING THE BUDGET DELAY.
HE HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE MONDAY SAYING CUTS ARE INEVITABLE AND THE BUDGET VOTE SHOULD NOT BE POSTPONED.
>> IT'S ALWAYS EASIER FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD RATHER THAN ADDRESS THE ROUGH, TOUGH DECISIONS THAT GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DO TO WORK FOR ITS CITIZENS.
>> THERE'S ANOTHER REASON MONTGOMERY STAFF WANTS A LATER BUDGET DEADLINE, ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN DISTRICT 1 WHICH COVERS THE SOUTH BAY.
VOTERS THERE ARE CASTING BALLOTS IN A SPECIAL ELECTION ON TUESDAY.
IF THE RACE GOES TO A RUNOFF, DISTRICT 1 VOTERS WON'T HAVE REPRESENTATION AT THE COUNTY UNTIL AFTER THE JUNE 30th BUDGET DEADLINE HAS PASSED.
ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.
>>> TOMORROW NIGHT WE WILL HAVE A CLEARER IDEA OF WHAT VOTERS WANT IN DISTRICT 1 WHICH INCLUDES THE BORDER WITH MEXICO.
IN RECENT WEEKS KPBS TALKED WITH SEVEN CANDIDATES LISTED ON THE BALLOT.
WE ASKED THEM ABOUT THE LOCAL DEBATE ON SANCTUARY POLICIES AND HOW MUCH THE COUNTY SHOULD WORK WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
>> I WOULD EXPAND IT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST A SYMBOLIC GESTURE OR NON-IMPLEMENTABLE POLICY SUCH AS THE ONE THAT WAS PASSED WHERE LEGALLY THE COUNTY BOARD CANNOT TELL THE SHERIFF HOW TO ENFORCE THE LAW BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL AND STAFF STAFF TORRIALLY GIVEN RIGHT.
>> I ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS OF EVERYONE IN OUR COUNTY AND ADVOCATE FOR THEIR PROTECTION, SO I WILL WORK ALONGSIDE THOSE FEDERAL ENTITIES SO LONG AS THEY ARE RESPECTING, YOU KNOW, THE LEGAL PROTECTIONS OF THOSE WHO ARE RESIDING HERE.
>> I'VE BEEN ON THE RECORD AS SAYING THAT I DO NOT SUPPORT IT.
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ALREADY HAS LAWS IN PLACE THAT BASICALLY STIPULATE THAT IF A PERSON IS WANTED FOR MURDER OR RAPE THAT THEY WILL BE ESSENTIALLY SENT OVER TO I.C.E.
>> I THINK THAT COMES DOWN TO A STATE LAW, BUT I WOULD -- I WOULD DEFINITELY DO EVERYTHING WE COULD TO GET LAW ENFORCEMENT TO WORK WITH BORDER PATROL AND TO THE OTHER FEDERAL AUTHORITIES IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE ESPECIALLY WHETHER THE CRIMINAL THAT HAS BEEN CAUGHT GET THEM OUT OF THE COUNTRY OR IN JAIL.
WE DON'T WANT CRIMINALS OUT THERE ON OUR STREETS.
>> I OPPOSE BEING A SANCTUARY COUNTY.
OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY TO US AND YOU, RIGHT NOW BY BEING A SANCTUARY COUNTY, WHEN SOMEBODY WHO IS A VIOLENT PREDATOR, WHO HAS RAPED, MURDERED OR ASSAULTED SOMEBODY, INSTEAD OF GETTING THEM DEPORTED YOU'RE PUTTING THEM BACK INTO THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY WHERE THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY WILL BE THE VICTIMS OF IT.
WE NEED TO KEEP OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY SAFE AND PROTECT THEM.
>> I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A MORE HUMANE APPROACH TO HAVING PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT -- THAT ARE OBEYING THE LAW, THAT ARE BEING GOOD CITIZENS, THAT ARE NOT HURTING OTHERS AND THOSE THAT DO, WELL, THEY -- THEY NEED TO HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
>> MY HEART IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE WITH THE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR A BETTER LIFE FOR THEIR FAMILY.
AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL I ALSO HAVE TO BE MINDFUL THAT WE HAVE MANY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS LOOKING TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOME, RIGHT?
I DON'T WANT TO -- I'M NOT THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT WANTS TO DEFUND THE POLICE.
CHULA VISTA IS THE SAFEST INCORPORATED CITY IN THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT POLICE FORCE, AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
>> KPBS.ORG WILL HAVE RESULTS TOMORROW NIGHT AS SOON AS THEY ARE ANNOUNCED BY THE COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS.
YOU WILL FIND IT ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG IS ALSO WHERE YOU WILL FIND THE KPBS VOTER HUB IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
WE HAVE ALL OF OUR COVERAGE FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR.
THERE IS INFORMATION ON BALLOT DROP-OFF SITES AND POLLING CENTERS.
IF NO CANDIDATE WINS MORE THAN 50% OF THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES WILL COMPETE IN A RUNOFF ELECTION ON JULY 1st.
>>> THE SUPREME COURT IS PAUSING A DEADLINE TO RETURN A DEPORTED MAN TO THE UNITED STATES, KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA IS FROM MARYLAND AND HAS NEVER BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ADMITS HE WAS MISTAKENLY SENT TO A PRISON IN EL SALVADOR.
TODAY JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS IMPOSED A STAY TO RETURN ABREGO GARCIA.
THE DELAY ALLOWS BOTH SIDES TO PRESENT BOTH ARGUMENTS BEFORE A FORMAL DECISION IS THEN MADE.
>> INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE HAD THEIR VISAS REVOKED IN RECENT WEEKS.
KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER KATIE ANASTA REPORTS THAT INCLUDES FIVE STUDENTS FROM UC SAN DIEGO.
>> FIVE UCSD STUDENTS HAD THEIR VISAS TERMINATED LAST WEEK.
A SIXTH STUDENT WAS DETAINED AT THE BORDER AND RETURNED TO THEIR HOME COUNTRY.
CHANCELLOR PARDEEP WROTE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOT EXPLAINED THE REASONS BEHIND IT.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS LED TO FEAR AND PARANOIA AMONG OTHER STUDENT VISA HOLDERS.
>> I WAS REALLY SHOCKED, AND I RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY BY ASKING ALL OF MY INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS WHETHER THEY'RE SAFE, WHAT THEIR PLANS WERE GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE.
A LOT OF THEM WERE PLANNING TO GO BACK HOME FOR THE SUMMER AND NOW WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
>> THE NEWS COMES AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TERMINATES STUDENT VISAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
MARCO RUBIO SAID HE WAS SEEKING OUT STUDENTS INVOLVED IN PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS.
>> WE GAVE YOU A VISA TO COME AND STUDY AND GET A DEGREE AND NOT TO BECOME A SOCIAL ACTIVIST THAT TEARS UP THE CAMPUSES.
IF YOU DECIDE TO DO THAT WE'LL TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THE CALIFORNIA CHAPTER ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS CONDEMNS THE VISA REVOCATIONS TODAY SAYING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS TARGETING STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITY.
UC SAN DIEGO STUDENTS ARE PLANNING A RALLY IN SUPPORT OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ON WEDNESDAY.
KATIE ENASTAS, KPBS NEWS.
>>> TONIGHT MORE OF THAT MARINE LAYER AS THE TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOWER 50s.
WE WILL STAY FAIRLY QUIET AS WE HEAD THROUGH TONIGHT, BUT GUESS WHAT?
THE NUMBERS WILL HEAD UP AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE HEAT IN THE COMMUNITIES AND I'LL HAVE THE FULL FORECAST COMING UP.
>> IT'S BEEN ANOTHER VOLATILE DAY FOR THE STOCK MARKET AS INVESTORS AND UMPS CAN FIND OUT HOW TARIFFS WILL IMPACT THE BOTTOM LINES.
THE DOW JONES INDEX LOST 350 POINTS AND IT'S A DROP OF ABOUT 1%, BUT FAR LESS THAN SOME OF THE LOSSES WALL STREET SAW LAST WEEK.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THREATENING EVEN HIGHER TARIFFS FOR CHINA IF THEY IMPOSE THEIR OWN FEES ON AMERICAN PRODUCTS.
>> IN MEXICO PRESIDENT CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM IS TRYING TO NAVIGATE WHAT THE TRUMP TARIFFS MEAN FOR HER COUNTRY.
SPEAKING TODAY IN MEXICO CITY SHE GAVE SOME INSIGHT ON THE BALANCING ACT THAT GOES INTO MEXICO'S RESPONSE.
[ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> PRESIDENT SHEINBAUM SAYS HER GOAL IS TO AVOID IMPOSING RECIPROCAL TARIFFS ON THE UNITED STATES PARTICULARLY ON STEEL AND ALUMINUM.
SHE SAYS DOING SO WOULD LEAD TO HIGHER PRICES FOR MEXICAN CONSUMERS.
MEXICO'S ECONOMIC SECRETARY PLANS TO VISIT WASHINGTON IN THE COMING DAYS TO MEET WITH U.S. OFFICIALS.
>>> THE AMERICAN AUTO INDUSTRY RELIES HEAVILY ON MEXICO FOR VEHICLES AND THE PARTS THAT ARE USED TO MAKE THEM.
THEY'RE GRAPPLING WITH WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.
GUSTAVO VALDEZ SHOWS US SOME OF THE WORK THEY DO AND HOW MEXICO IS TRYING TO FIND NEW WAYS TO KEEP THOSE JOBS GOING.
>> THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE A MEXICAN FACTORY THAT'S BEEN MAKING AND SENDING CAR PARTS TO THE UNITED STATES FOR MORE THAN 70 YEARS, BUT THAT'S CHANGING.
AT MEGAFLOX IN MEXICO CITY THEY PRODUCE UMPS.
>> WE MAKE THEM UPON REQUEST AND EXPORT MORE THAN HALF OF THE PRODUCTION TO THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
>> NOW THIS ASSEMBLY LINE IS ALSO MANUFACTURING ELECTRIC CARS AND BUSSES WHICH WILL MOSTLY BE USED IN MEXICO AMID FEARS THAT U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S NEW TARIFFS COULD TRIGGER A GLOBAL TRADE WAR.
>> Translator: THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH TARIFFS IS TO BUY LOCALLY.
IF YOU HAVE AN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY AND WANT TO MANUFACTURE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, SELL THEM DOMESTICALLY OR LOOK AT SOUTH AMERICA.
>> THE COMPANY MAKES THIS BUS CALLED TARUK WHICH MEANS ROADRUNNER IN THE LOCAL YAQUI LANGUAGE.
IT'S THE FIRST ELECTRIC BUS MANUFACTURED IN MEXICO AND IT'S EXPECTED TO RUN IN BAJA CALIFORNIA.
IT'S PART OF PLAN MEXICO, A PROGRAM LAUNCHED BY MEXICAN PRESIDENT CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM GIVING COMPANIES INCENTIVES TO INVEST IN DOMESTIC PRODUCTION AND GENERATE JOBS.
>> Translator: I THINK WE'RE EXPERIENCING A SITUATION THAT COULD ALSO BECOME DRAMATIC, BUT HAVING OUR OWN TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS YOU TO BETTER MANAGE YOUR NEXT STEPS AS A COUNTRY.
>> MEXICAN COMPANIES NOW THINKING OF WAYS TO EXPAND DOMESTICALLY RATHER THAN ACROSS THE BORDER.
>>> AND THAT WAS GUSTAVO VALD ES REPORTING.
>>> SMARTPHONES WILL BE IMPACTED BY TARIFFS.
APPLE WILL RELY MORE ON INDIA TO SHIP ITS iPHONES TO THE U.S. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THREATENING HIGHER TARIFFS ON CHINA THAN ORIGINALLY ANNOUNCED.
APPLE PLANS TO MAKE 25 MILLION iPHONES IN INDIA THIS YEAR, MOST OF THEM FOR THE U.S. MARKET.
>> MILLIONS OF AMERICANS RELY ON THE STOCK MARKET FOR THEIR RETIREMENT PLANS.
THAT'S WHY THERE IS SO MUCH INTEREST ON THE NUMBERS COMING OUT OF WALL STREET.
SO WHAT SHOULD YOU KEEP IN MIND WHEN IT COMES TO INVESTMENTS LIKE A 401(K)?
MARYBEL GONZALEZ SPOKE TO EXPERTS TO GET THEIR ADVICE.
>> WHIPLASH ON WALL STREET, ON MONDAY U.S. STOCKS OPENED IN BEAR MARKET TERRITORY, THAT MEANS NEARING A 20% DECLINE FROM A RECENT MARKET PEAK AS A GLOBAL TRADE WAR CAUSES FINANCIAL FEARS.
>> THIS IS A SHOCK THAT MARKETS HAVEN'T REALLY DEALT WITH BEFORE.
>> BUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?
FINANCIAL EXPERTS SAY DON'T PANIC.
>> THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE SELLING AND RUNNING TO THE HILLS.
IF YOU'RE NOT IN, THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO GET IN.
BUT HAVING CASH ON HAND OUTSIDE THE MARKETS IS NECESSARY.
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MY RECOMMENDATION IS ABOUT 40% IN CASH AND BONDS.
CASH IN POSITIONS LIKE MONEY MARKETS OR A HIGH-YIELD SAVINGS WHERE YOU ARE GETTING INTEREST ON IT.
EXPERTS SAY IF YOU'RE NEAR LE TIREMENT AGE WORKING ONE MORE YEAR IS A WAY TO MEET YOUR RETIREMENT NEEDS.
>> DON'T LET THE SHORT TERM AFFECT YOUR PLANNING FOR THE LONG TERM AND FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST RETIRING, RETIREMENT IS A LONG-TERM PLAN.
>> CUTTING BACK ON SPENDING AND DIVERSIFYING YOUR INVESTMENTS MAY HELP, TOO.
>> YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SELL STOCKS AT DEPRESSED PRICES AND THAT WILL BURN THROUGH YOUR NEST EGG AT A MUCH FASTER RATE.
>> IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY DOING SO, INVEST.
>> OFTEN SOME OF THE BEST DAYS IN THE MARKET FOLLOW THE WORST.
>> STAY THE COURSE BECAUSE HISTORICALLY, THE MARKET RECOVERS.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT.
>> I'M MARYBEL GONZALEZ REPORTING.
>>> I'M JEFF BENNETT, TONIGHT ON THE "NEWS HOUR," PRESIDENT TRUMP THREATENS MORE TARIFFS ON CHINA IF IT DOESN'T BACK DOWN.
THAT'S ON KPBS.
>> THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO JOINED A NATIONWIDE DAY OF PROTEST ON SATURDAY.
IT WAS ONE OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS WE'VE SEEN LATELY IN RESPONSE TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S MASS LAYOFFS OF FEDERAL WORKERS.
KPBS PHOTOJOURNALISTS KAPT URD CAPTURED THESE IMAGES IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, AND WE HAVE MORE THAT YOU CAN VIEW AT KPBS.ORG.
>>> THEY'RE PART OF THE LATEST TO BE LAID OFF AS PART OF THE EFFORTS TO SHRINK FEDERAL AGENCIES, THE PROGRAM INCLUDES HEAD START.
KATIE ANASTIS TELLS US WHAT ONE LOCAL PROGRAM IS SEEING.
>> HEAD START HELPING FAMILIES LIVING AT OR BELOW THE POVERTY LINE WITH KIDS AGE 5 OR UNDER.
SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING THROUGH THE HEAD START PROGRAM.
>> IT'S MORE THAN JUST A PRESCHOOL.
WE ARE OFFERING HEALTHCARE AND JOB TRAINING TO PARENTS AND ESSENTIAL RESOURCES TO BREAK THE CYCLES OF POVERTY.
>> UNTIL LAST WEEK, QUESTIONS ABOUT HEAD START GRANT FUNDING, STAFFING RATIOS AND OTHER REGULATIONS WENT TO THE REGIONAL OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
LAST TUESDAY, THAT OFFICE AND FOUR OTHERS CLOSED.
>> OUR GRANT MANAGER, IT WAS A PROGRAM SPECIALIST IN SAN FRANCISCO.
HE'S NOT THERE, SO I KNOW THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF ISSUES THAT WE HAD SENT OUT EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THAT HAVE GONE UNRESPONDED TO.
AT THIS TIME WE DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE CONSOLIDATING WITH, WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT WILL BE.
>> AVINA WORRIES THIS COULD DELAY ACCESS TO FEDERAL FUNDING.
>> IT MAKES UP 95% OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET.
>> WE USE OUR FUNDS TO PAY UP FRONT FOR OUR PAYROLL AND FOR ALL OF THE STAFF AND FOR SEVERAL DAYS WE ARE REIMBURSED FOR THAT PAYROLL, SO ON AND SO FORTH, SO IF WE SUBMIT OUR PAYMENT FOR REIMBURSEMENT AND NO ONE RESPONDS ONE PERIOD AND TWO PAY PERIODS AND THREE PAY PERIODS AND FOUR PAY PERIODS WE ARE NOW OUT OF POCKET MULTIPLE PAY PERIODS WITHOUT ANYONE ANSWERING OUR EMAILS AND REIMBURSING US.
>> THE HEAD START CUTS WERE PART OF LAYOFFS ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
HEALTH SECRETARY ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR., WROTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THE OVERHAUL IS ABOUT REALIGNING THE DEPARTMENT WITH ITS CORE MISSION, TO STOP THE CHRONIC DISEASE EPIDEMIC.
SENATOR ALEX PADILLA AND DOZENS OF OTHER SENATORS CONDEMNED THE STAFF CUTS IN A LETTER TO SECRETARY KENNEDY.
THEY WROTE IT, QUOTE, UNDERMINES THE DEPARTMENT'S ROLE IN ADMINISTERING AND CONDUCTING OVERSIGHT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS.
KPBS REACHED OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR COMMENT, BUT HAS NOT YET HEARD BACK.
>> KATY ANASTIS, KPBS NEWS.
>>> WE DO HAVE SOME PRETTY QUIET WEATHER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AND ACTUALLY THE RETURN OF OUR MARINE LAYER COMING BACK AS WE HEAD THROUGH TONIGHT.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT OUT THERE, SOME OF THE VALLEYS MOSTLY AS YOU GET TO THE COASTAL LOCATIONS.
MEANWHILE, THE GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND THEN WE'RE TURNING UP THE HEAT.
YES.
THE NUMBERS ARE HEADED UP FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.
FIRST UP TONIGHT, 52 THE LOW IN THE CITY AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY TOWARD RAMONA, BORREGO SPRINGS FALLING TO 55 DEGREES AND HEADING INTO TOMORROW, DRY, NICE PATTERN IN PLACE AS HIGH PRESSURE STARTS TO BUILD OVERHEAD.
WE'LL KEEP THINGS FAIRLY QUIET.
IT'S STILL A LITTLE BREEZY FOR THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND OFF TO THE EAST TOWARD ARIZONA.
WE WILL FIND DRY TEAMS AT THAT.
SUNSHINE PUT PUTS US AT 68 AND SAME THING WITH CHULA VISTA AND MOUNT LAGUNA TOPPING OUT AT 63 THEY DO WARM UP IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
FIRST THE COASTAL COMMUNITY WILL GO INTO THE MID-70s AND WILL STAY IN THE 70s AS WE HEAD THROUGH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
THAT'S THE KIND OF WARMTH FOR THE WEEK.
AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THE INLAND UNECONOMYITIES STAYING IN THE 80s WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND THE OVERNIGHT LOWS NOT ALL THAT COLD FOR US AS WE KEEP THINGS FAIRLY QUIET.
INTO THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS VEN THOSE NUMBERS INCH THEIR WAY INTO THE 60s WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND IT'S A GOOD TIME AS WE KEEP THINGS RELATIVELY QUIET.
IT WILL STILL BE BREEZY FOR YOUR TUESDAY, BUT THE SUNSHINE REMAINS FOR US EVEN INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AND AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THE DESERT COMMUNITIES YOU CAN FIND A LOT OF 90s ON THE BOARD, BUT WE ARE HEADED BACK TOWARD THE TRIPLE DIGITS BY THE TIME WE GET INTO FRIDAY.
FOR SOME SPOTS ACROSS THE DESERT AREAS IT COULD BE THE FIRST RUN INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS FOR 2025 AS WE STAY VERY WARM RIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK.
FOR KP BSHG BS NEWS, I'M MELISSA COSTANZER.
>>> LOZANO SCORES!
THREE GOALS IN THE FIRST HALF, TWO WEEKS RUNNING.
SAN DIEGO'S RUNNING RAMPANT IN MLS.
>> WHAT A SCENE ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT SNAPDRAGON STADIUM.
SAN DIEGO FC BEAT THE SEATTLE SOUNDERS TO KEEP IT GOING.
STAR PLAYER LOZANO SCORED HIS FIRST GOAL.
IT WILL RETURN TO SNAPDRAGON STADIUM THIS WEEKEND AND SAN DIEGO FC WILL BE ON THE ROAD IN COLORADO.
>>> HE STRUCK HIM OUT AND THE PADRES WIN.
QUEBEC, FOUR RUNS DOWN TO BEAT THE CUBS.
8-7, SAN DIEGO.
>> AND THE PADRES ARE BACK ON TRACK AFTER A COUPLE OF LOSSES THIS WEEKEND.
THEY WON A BACK AND FORTH GAME AGAINST THE CUBS WITH FERNANDO TATIS, JR., SCORING THE WINNING RUN IN THE NINTH INNING.
UP NEXT IS SOMETHING THE PADRES HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE.
THEY'LL PLAY A SERIES IN SACRAMENTO AGAINST THE ATHLETICS AFTER THE TEAM RELOCATED FROM OAKLAND.
>> FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS IT STOOD AT DOWNTOWN TELLING PASSERS BY THE TIME OF DAY.
THE JESSOP'S CLOCK WAS PUT INTO STORAGE.
ONE CARROLL TELLS US A STORY ABOUT PUTTING THE CLOCK BACK TO SERVICE IN A NEW PLACE.
♪ ♪ >> THE YEAR WAS 1907, JOSEPH JESSOP HAD RELOCATED HIS FAMILY FROM ENGLAND TO SAN DIEGO.
HE OPENED A JEWELRY STORE DOWNTOWN ON 5th STREET, WHAT IS NOW THE ALMA HOTEL.
HE BUILT THIS CLOCK TO ADVERTISE HIS NEW STORE AND, TOO, AS IT PROUDLY PROCLAIMED ON ITS FACE, TELL SAN DIEGANS THE CORRECT TIME OF DAY.
THERE IT STOOD FOR ALMOST THE NEXT 80 YEARS.
>> THAT WAS UNTIL 1985 WHEN JESSOP'S JEWELERS AND THE CLOCK MOVED, BUT NOT FAR, JUST OVER TO WHAT WAS THEM THE BRAND-NEW HORTON PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER.
IT STAYED HERE UNTIL 2018.
>> AFTER BEING VANDALIZED SEVERAL TIMES THE CLOCK WAS THEN PACKED UP AND MOVED TO THE HISTORY CENTER.
>> IT'S THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR IT.
>> THAT IS JOSEPH JESSOP'S GREAT-GRANDSON.
OWNERSHIP OF THE CLOCK IS SHARED BY HIM AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, BUT HE'S IN CHARGE OF IT AND ITS FUTURE.
>> RIGHT BEHIND THAT DOOR YOU'LL SEE THE CLOCK.
>> AHH!
OH, WOW.
>> NOW I'LL TELL YOU, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SHOWN THE CLOCK SINCE IT WAS CRATED UP IN 2018.
>> WHEN IT WAS DISMANTLED THE CLOCK WAS PACKED UP IN SEVERAL BOXES.
THIS IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE REMEMBER, ONE OF THREE FACES OF THIS MAGNIFICENT CREATION AND IT'S ACTUALLY NOT A CLOCK, PER SE.
>> THE JESSOP CLOCK IS MADE LIKE A GIANT POCKET WATCH.
>> THAT'S BECAUSE JOSEPH JESSOP WAS FIRST AND FOREMOST, A MAKER OF POCKET WATCHES.
>> THERE IS NO OTHER CLOCK IN THE WORLD LIKE THE JESSOP CLOCK, AND SO IT'S -- HE MADE IT THE WAY HE KNEW HOW TO MAKE IT.
HE ESTIMATED ALL OF THE GEAR RATIOS THAT WOULD TURN THE 22 HANDS IN THE CLOCK AND IT KEPT GOOD TIME FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.
>> THE CLOCK IS A MARVEL OF ENGINEERING.
ONE DAY JIM JESSOP WAS TALKING TO A CLOCK MAKER, AND HE ASKED HOW IN THE DAYS BEFORE EVEN SLIDE RULES MUCH LESS DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY.
HOW HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER, AND HOO WOULD SHRUG AND SAY I JUST DON'T KNOW.
TOOK MAGIC FOR HIM TO PUT THIS CLOCK TOGETHER.
>> IT SHOWED THE TIME FOR OTHER GREAT CITIES OF THE WORLD, PLACES LIKE NEW YORK, LONDON, PARIS, BERLIN AND CALCUTTA.
WHEN IT CAME TO CALCUTTA JESSOP HAD TO GET CREATIVE.
THE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME MEANT EXTRA MAGIC WAS NEEDED FOR THE CLOCK'S MOVEMENT.
>> WHEN YOU GO TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME WE MOVE ONE HOUR.
CALCUTTA WOULD MOVE ONE-HALF HOUR SO HE BUILT ALL OF THOSE RATIOS INTO THE SETTING OF THE CLOCK TO THE HANS ON THIS STYLE SO IT WOULD ADJUST HAVE AN HOUR FOR KL CAUGHTA, JESSOP SAYS THERE'S A FUNNY STORY ABOUT THAT WHICH INVOLVES THE SANTA FE DEPOT.
>> MY UNCLE WAS TALKING TO THE GUY THAT OWNED THE TRAIN STATION SEVERAL BLOCKS FROM THE STORE.
HE SAID WHEN THE TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS WE SET THE CLOCK.
HE LAUGHED.
WE COME BY THE CLOCK AND SET OUR TRAIN WHISTLE.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE TWO WAYS TO TELL TIME IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO AND THE JESSOP CLOCK WAS ONLY ONE OF THEM.
>> SO MANY STORIES, SO MUCH HISTORY, BUT NOW JIM JESSOP HAS HIS SIGHTS SET ON THE CLOCK FUTURE.
THE FAMILY IN COORDINATION WITH THE HISTORY ISN'T, TO RESTORE THE CLOCK AND BRING IT TO A FINAL, FITTING PLACE.
THEY NEEDED $2 MILLION AND TO PLACE IT HERE.
THESE ARTISTS' RENDERINGS WILL SHOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN A HISTORY CENTER GALLERY AND THEN THEY NEED 2 MILLION MORE TO ENDOW THE CLOCK.
>> SO THAT IT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF FOREVER SO WHEN SAN DIEGANS WILL COME TO SEE THE CLOCK THEY'LL BE SEEING SOMETHING JUST LIKE IT WAS ON THE STREETS OF SAN DIEGO AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT FOREVER MORE.
>> JESSOP SAYS THEY WANT ALL OF THAT TO HAPPEN BY 2028, A TIME WHEN THE CLOCK WILL BEGIN ITS FINAL CHAPTER, BUT ALL OF US CAN ENJOY IT FOR TIME IMMEMORIAL.
>> CON OHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.
>>> IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CLOCK FUND.
CLICK ON SUPPORT AND THERE YOU SEE THE JESSOP CLOCK FOUNDATION.
HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON TOMORROW IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.
ON NPR'S MORNING EDITION, THOMAS FRIEDMAN TALKS ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFF AGENDA AND HOW IT WILL AFFECT THE HIGHLY INTERCONNECTED GLOBAL ECONOMY.
YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE KPBS.ORG.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M MAYA TRABULSI.
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