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CALL 1- 800-BILL-HOWE, OR VISIT, BILLHOWE.COM.

AND, BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> NOT LONG AFTER REOPENING A PEDESTRIAN BORDER CROSSING IS CLOSED AGAIN.

THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, THIS WEEK MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF PET LAST.

MATT HOFFMAN SAYS BUSINESSES IN SANDY CEDAR ARE FEELING THE PINCH DURING WHAT IS TYPICALLY THE BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON.

>> WE CAN SEE EVERYTHING.

>> Reporter: BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE US-MEXICO BORDER KAREN CHOOSE OWNER, OLIVIA CAMPO SAID THE CLOSURE WAS FELT RIGHT AWAY.

>> ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WE ARE WAITING FOR CUSTOMERS AND WE DON'T SEE CUSTOMERS.

>> COULD SEE THERE ARE NO PEOPLE WALKING, NO CARS, NO NOTHING.

WE DON'T HAVE A CUSTOMER.

>> Reporter: CUSTOMER AND BORDER PATROL SAID THEY NEEDED TO CLOSE PET WEST IN ORDER TO REDIRECT STAFF FOLLOWING INCREASING NUMBERS OF MIGRANT CROSSINGS.

PET WEST WAS CROSS CLOSE FOR NEARLY 3 YEARS DURING THE PANDEMIC AND REOPEN IN JANUARY.

BUT THEN IT WAS SHUTTERED TEMPORARILY THIS SEPTEMBER AND NOW AGAIN DURING ONE WHERE THE BUSIEST TIMES OF THE YEAR FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON.

>> IT'S WANT TO GET MONEY TO COVER FOR THE BAD MONTHS.

THIS YEAR WE DON'T SEE NOTHING, IT'S BAD FOR EVERYBODY, NOT ONLY SAN YSIDRO, EVERYWHERE IS THE SAME THING.

>> Reporter: BOTH SAYS RUNNING HER SHOE AND CLOTHING STORES BEEN TOUGH THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SHE UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR BORDER SECURITY, BUT WONDERS IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO SPEED UP THE WAIT TIMES FOR THOSE IN CARS PURCHASES CUSTOMERS ARE TELLING HER THERE WAITING HOURS TO CROSS AND CAMPBELL'S ESTIMATES 70% OF HER CUSTOMERS COME FROM MEXICO.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHY EVERYBODY DECIDED TO DO EVERYTHING IN THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR, CHRISTMAS TIME.

WHY THEY DON'T DO IT IN SLOW MONTHS LIKE OCTOBER, OR SEPTEMBER?

THAT IS A SLOW MONTH, WHY THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE THIS TIME OF THE SEASON?

>> Reporter: THE OWNER OF NEARBY MY IS GOURMET PIZZA SAYS SAN YSIDRO BOULEVARD HASN'T BEEN AS BUSY COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS.

HE TELLS ME HE SOLD HIS BUSINESS AND WON'T BE HERE IN THE NEW YEAR.

CBP OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL PROVIDE UPDATES ON A TEMPORARY CLOSURE WHEN THEY CAN.

THEY SAY THE BORDER SECURITY MISSION REMAINS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, THOSE CLASS QUESTING IN CARS OR ELSEWHERE MAY EXPERIENCE SOME LONGER WAIT TIMES.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>> TRAFFIC AT THE BORDER HAS LONG BEEN A PROBLEM AND IT HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE.

>>> COMING UP, KPBS LOOKS INTO THE TRENDS CAUSING LONGER WAIT TIMES.

>>> WELL, WE ARE GOING TO INCREASE THAT MARINE LAYER, BEING THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING MORE ABOUT SOME LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG THERE WEST OF MOUNTAINS.

BUT HEY, AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEW YEAR, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A SWING IN THE TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER TRENDS AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A WARMING TREND TOWARD THE LATER HALF OF THE WEEK.

HOW WARM ARE WE GETTING?

WE WILL HAVE DETAILS ON THAT, COMING UP.

>>> TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER HAS BEEN UP AND RUNNING FOR A FEW WEEKS BUT IT IS STILL FEELING THE EFFECTS OF A CYBER ATTACK THAT IMPACTED OPERATIONS IN NOVEMBER.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTERRIVERA SAID NOW SOME MATERIAL HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE FOR YOU?

JUST DAYS AGO, CYBER SECURITY EXPERT POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT AN EXTORTION OPERATION CALLED FOR RANSOM, FOR RECORDS STOLEN.

REPORTEDLY, SOME POSTED ON THE DARK WEB.

>> WHEN SOMEONE POSTS ONLINE THEY ARE SHOWING ALMOST PROOF THAT THEY HAVE REACHED THE SYSTEM.

AND THEN TYPICALLY, WILL FOLLOW THAT WITH SOME TYPE OF THE DEMAND.

IN THAT CASE IT BECOMES RAN SOMEWHERE.

>> Reporter: THE POST INCLUDED PROOF IN THE FORM OF EIGHT PAGES PRESUMABLY TAKEN FROM TRI- CITY DURING THE DIGITAL ATTACK.

ACCORDING TO CYBER SECURITY EXPERT NICHOLAS BEHAR.

>> WE ARE SEEING THEM POST THINGS LIKE PATIENT AUTHORIZATION FORMS, FINANCIAL RECORDS, AND THEY ARE GOING TO CONTAIN THINGS LIKE NAME, PHONE NUMBER, BUT WE ARE NOT CERTAIN IF THEY ACCESSED ANY OF THE OTHER ELECTRONIC RECORDS.

>> Reporter: REVERSED AT THE TRI-CITY BUT THEY DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW OR STATEMENT ON THE MATTER.

SO WHAT CAN PATIENTS DO RIGHT NOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES?

>> MONITOR YOUR CREDIT.

YOU CAN REQUEST FREE CREDIT REPORTS FOR ALL THREE CREDIT BUREAUS AND PLACE FREEZES ON YOUR CREDIT AND YOUR CHILDREN'S' CREDIT.

THIS IS IMPORTANT TO HELP FORT IDENTITY THEFT.

>> Reporter: EASTERLY SAYS THERE'S BEEN A LARGE INCREASE IN CYBERCRIME SINCE THE PANDEMIC WHICH SHIFTED MUCH OF OUR LIVES ONLINE.

>> IF YOU ARE VICTIM WHERE THEY ARE PUTTING IT ONLINE, FIRST THINGS FIRST, IS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE WE ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER.?

CURRENTLY THERE'S NO INDICATION OF HOW MANY TRI-CITY RECORDS ARE IN THE ATTACKERS' POSSESSION.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE WILL HEAR MORE FROM CYBER SECURITY EXPERT NICHOLAS BEHAR COMING UP.

HOW HE IS WORKING TO STAY ONE STEP AHEAD OF HACKERS AND TEACHING OTHERS HOW TO AS WELL.

>>> A CALIFORNIA APPEALS COURT WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS THIS WEEK ON A CHALLENGE TO THE STATES NEW SOLAR RULES.

THREE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ARGUE REGULATORS FAILED TO MEET REQUIREMENTS SET DOWN IN THE STATES PUBLIC UTILITY CODE WHEN THEY APPROVED RULES SLASHING THE VALUE OF ROOFTOP SOLAR.

ATTORNEY AARON STANTON SAYS IT IS RARE FOR A CHALLENGE OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES DECISION TO GET THIS FAR.

>> FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION DECISION YOU HAVE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE BOARD OF APPEAL THE COURT OF APPEAL HAS DISCRETION ABOUT WHETHER THEY DECIDE TO HEAR THE CASE.

IN THIS CASE THE COURT OF APPEAL EXERCISED ITS DISCRETION TO HEAR THE CASE.

AND SO THE ORAL ARGUMENTS, THEY ARE HEARING ON THE CASE WILL BE DECEMBER 13.

>> IT IS UNCLEAR WHEN A DECISION WILL BE ISSUED.

KPBS HAS COVER THE FALLOUT FROM THE NEW SOLAR REGULATIONS IN DEPTH.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE SOLAR INDUSTRY AT KPBS.ORG OR WATCH THE STORY ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE.

>>> IS ISRAEL ENTERS ITS THIRD MONTH AGAINST ITS WAR, REPORTS OF HATRED AND AMERICA CONTINUE.

THERE'S EVEN AN UPTICK OF ANTI- SEMITISM AND ANTI-MUSLIM HATE SPEECH ACROSS COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

GLORIA HAS MINAL HAS MORE.

>> WE WON'T STAND FOR IT WE WON'T TOLERATE IT AND WE COME TOGETHER TO SHOW IT TODAY.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE LATEST EXAMPLES OF ANTI-SEMITIC SPEECH SPREADING ACROSS COLLEGE CAMPUSES OF U.S. YALE ISSUED A STATEMENT SUNDAY CONDEMNING A VIDEO SHOWING UP PERSON WEARING A TRADITIONAL PALESTINIAN SCARF CLIMBING A MENORAH AND HANGING A PALESTINIAN FLAG FROM IT.

>> I HEAR FROM STUDENT SAY THEY'RE MOVING OUT OF DORMS THEY SAY THEY ARE TRANSFERRING SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE.

>> Reporter: IS NOT TO STUDENTS, LEADERS OF SOME OF THE MOST STOOGES UNIVERSITIES ARE ALSO FACING SCRUTINY.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA STEP DOWN FROM THE IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL FOLLOWING A STORM OF CRITICISM AFTER A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM AND HATE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

>> I'VE HEARD THAT THOUGHTLESS, RECKLESS AND HATEFUL LANGUAGE ON OUR CAMPUS.

>> Reporter: HARVARD PRESIDENT CLAUDINE GAYE HAS APOLOGIZED FOR HER REMARKS AND REMAINS IN HER POST, DESPITE CALLS FOR HER REMOVAL.

ON THE OTHER HAND, SHE HAS MORE THAN 600 SIGNATURES IN SUPPORT FROM FACULTY MEMBERS.

>> ANTI-SEMITISM IS VERY WILL AND WE HAVE BEEN SEEING IT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WE CAN'T JUST DISMISS IT.

>> Reporter: GLORIA PAZMINO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND NOW FROM HATE TO HOPE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

AT THE LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL, STAFF, STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES STARTED A GIFT DRIVE THIS MORNING TO SUPPORT FOSTER YOUTH AND CHILDREN FROM LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER ANGIE PEREZ TELLS US THIS IS A LOCAL LIGHT IN THE SHADOW OF WORLD EVENTS.

>> THERE'S A NICE BLANKET IN HERE, WHICH I ALWAYS GO TO THE GIFTS COME I ALWAYS GIVE THEM A NICE BLANKET.

>> Reporter: 16-YEAR-OLD JACK TOTAL IS A JUNIOR HERE LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL.

HE IS ALSO A VOLUNTEER WITH SOME OF HIS CLASSMATES IN A MORE THAN 20 YEAR TRADITION KNOWN AS THE GIVING TREE.

>> I AM ETHNICALLY JEWISH, MY GRANDPARENTS ARE JEWISH WE DON'T PRACTICE.

BUT, WE KIND OF DO A MIX OF BOTH.

WE ALWAYS CELEBRATE HANUKKAH FOR WE CELEBRATE DISMISS BREAK >> Reporter: BOTH HOLIDAYS INCLUDE GIFTGIVING, AND THESE GIFTS ARE GOING TO CHILDREN WHO NEED THE MOST.

ANGELA FOR, MORE IS THE ORGANIZER OF THE GIVING TREE, WHICH WORKS WITH COUNTY SOCIAL WORKERS, AND CHARITIES THAT HELP CHILDREN LEARN AND MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS.

THEY PROVIDE SPECIFIC WISH LISTS TO THE SCHOOLS THAT THEN GET HANDED TO STUDENT AND FAMILY.

>> LIP BALM, WATER.

>> Reporter: THERE'S A LESSON OF COMPASSION HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS GIFTS ARE PREPARED FOR DELIVERY DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON THAT IS SHADOWED BY WORN RELIGIOUS CONFLICT HALF A WORLD AWAY.

>> WE ARE IMPRESSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYONE'S HUMANITY AND DIGNITY AND BY DOING SO IT STARTS RIGHT HERE AT HOME.

IT GOES OUT TO THE WORLD AND I HOPE THAT IS WHAT THE KIDS HERE AT COUNTRY DAY I THINK ARE GAINING FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE.

>> THIS HOLIDAY SEASON IS BEEN REALLY MEANINGFUL FOR MY FAMILY AND MYSELF.

>> Reporter: COUNTRY DAY SENIOR MADELEINE TORONTO CELEBRATES HANUKKAH.

SHE ALSO SERVES ON THE SCHOOLS COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARD WITH HER CLASSMATE MAIA KRISHNA WHO CELEBRATES A LESS TRADITIONAL SEASON OF HOLIDAY SPIRIT.

BOTH FIND THEMSELVES AS LEADERS IN TRAINING FOR A BETTER FUTURE.

>> JEWISH YOUTH LIKE MYSELF, OUR PAYMENTS JUST KEEP PASSING DOWN TO US THAT WE ARE THE NEXT GENERATION, AND IN THE MIDST OF ANTI-SEMITISM, WE ARE GOING TO STAND UP FOR OURSELVES AND SPREAD THE IMPORTANCE OF COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS AND BEING GRATEFUL.

KIND OF SPREAD JOY AND PEACE IN AWAY WHEREVER WE CAN.

>> WHEN WE SEE THAT OUR WORLD MIGHT FALL APART VERY SOON.

IT'S VERY SPECIAL TO FEEL THAT EXTRA SENSE OF COMMUNITY DURING A TIME WHERE IT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED.

>> Reporter: WEDNESDAY, THE GIVING TREE PROJECT EXPECTS TO HAVE GIFTS FOR MORE THAN 400 CHILDREN.

FROM INFANTS TO TEENAGERS.

WHATEVER IS COLLECTED WILL BE WRAPPED AND READY, PREPARED BY COUNTRY DAY STUDENTS DOING THEIR PART FOR PEACE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LONG WAIT TIMES TO TRAVEL NORTH ACROSS THE TIJUANA SAN DIEGO BORDER IS AN UGLY FACT OF LIFE.

WE'VE ALL GOTTEN USED TO.

BUT NOW, TRAFFIC IS JAMMING OF PEOPLE GOING SOUTH.

KBS REPORTED.

WAS A LEASE EXAMINES THIS UNSETTLING NEW TREND.

>> Reporter: RUSH-HOUR THE BORDER IS A SYMPHONY.

HONKING CARS.

GLORIA WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, LAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND SHE HEADED SOUTH TO HER HOME IN TIJUANA.

IT TOOK HER HALF AN HOUR JUST TO DRIVE TWO BLOCKS.

>> IT'S CRAZY, 2:00 IF YOU ARE NOT IN LINE YOU ARE GOING TO BE HOURS TO GET ACROSS.

MET CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC IS NOT A NEW PHENOMENON.

FOR DECADES PEOPLE HAVE WAITED AS LONG AS THREE, FOUR, EVEN FIVE HOURS TO CROSS FROM TIJUANA INTO SAN DIEGO.

BUT NOW, WE ARE SEEING TRAFFIC JAMS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

>> EVERYONE STARTED SEEING AND NOTICING TWO, MAYBE THREE ARE WE TIMES HEADING SOUTHBOUND INTO MEXICO WHICH WAS COMPLETELY UNCOMMON.

>> Reporter: JOAQUIN LUKEN IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE SMART BORDER CORE LISTEN.

HE SAYS THE ORGANIZATION STARTED NOTICING PROBLEMS ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.

SOUTHBOUND BORDER TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED SLOWLY BUT STEADILY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AS THE HOUSING CRUNCH HAS FORCED MORE PEOPLE TO LIVE IN TIJUANA AND WORK IN SAN DIEGO.

>> THE BINATIONAL WORKFORCE KEEPS GROWING AND MORE WITH NEWS OF SAN DIEGO BEING THE MOST EXPENSIVE TO LIVE IN IN THE SOUTHWEST.

SO THAT'S MORE STRESS ON TIJUANA AND THAT CREATES MORE STRESS ON THE BORDER CROSSER ON THE BORDERS AND ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> Reporter: IT USED TO BE THAT THIS KIND OF TRACK WAS ONLY BEEN ON FRIDAY.

BUT NOW IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY OF THE WORKWEEK.

STREETLIGHT DATE IS A MOBILITY PLATFORM THAT ANALYZES THOUSANDS OF DATA SOURCES TO STUDY TRAFFIC PATTERNS BRAVELY COMPARED SOUTHBOUND BORDER TRAFFIC FROM JANUARY THROUGH MARCH 2022 TO THE SAME.

THIS YEAR.

JIM HUBBELL SAYS THE DATA SHOW A STEADY INCREASE.

>> I WOULD SAY THE RUSH-HOUR HAS GONE TO RUSH HOURS, SO IT IS STARTING EARLIER AND ENDING LATER.

>> Reporter: THIS KIND OF TRAFFIC CAN RUIN SOMEONE'S DAY, JUST IMAGINE WAITING THREE HOURS TO RUSH TO GET IT DOES STEADY WORK AN EIGHT HOUR SHIFT AND FINALLY WAIT ANOTHER TWO HOURS TO GO BACK HOME TO TIJUANA.

>> SO MUCH OF YOUR LIFE IS LOST WAITING IN THE BORDERLINE.

>> Reporter: MARGARET IS A CO- OWNER OF THE CYNICAL BOARDS BASED BORDER TRAFFIC WHICH DEVELOPED AN APP WITH GIVES USE USERS A REAL FEEL OF THE WEEK TIME.

NOW, IT HAS MORE THAN 40 CAMERAS.

AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF USERS, ALL OF THEM PLANNING THEIR ENTIRE SCHEDULE AROUND BORDER TRAFFIC.

>> PEOPLE REALLY DEPEND ON OUR SERVICE, BECAUSE IT DOES OFFER SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE, NOBODY ELSE HAS THESE LIVE VIDEO UPDATES.

>> Reporter: NORTHBOUND BORDER TRAFFIC HAS IMPACT THAT GO WAY BEYOND INCONVENIENCE.

IT CAUSED THE CITY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOST PRODUCTIVITY EACH YEAR.

THE INCREASE IN SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC IS NOWHERE NEAR THAT POINT, BUT IT IS SO BAD THAT THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO HAD TO GET INVOLVED.

DURING A PREPLANNED VISIT THE BACK, CALIFORNIA, REPORTERS ASKED ANDREA'S MANUEL LOPEZ TO FIX THE SITUATION.

THE POWDER REWROTE MORALE IS TOLD THE PRESIDENT THE PEOPLE ARE ANGRY AND TIRED FOR THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT.

GIVE ME UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, HE SAID.

AND, THE SITUATION HAS IMPROVED.

BEFORE LOPEZ'S VISIT THERE WOULD BE ONLY SIX SOUTHBOUND LANES AT THE BORDER CROSSING, NOW, ALL 20 ARE OPEN.

LUCAS SAYS THESE CHANGES COME AT A PERFECT TIME, RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON.

>> WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SEEING SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF HAVING ALL THE LEGS OPEN, HEADING INTO TIJUANA.

>> Reporter: STILL, IT IS NOT ENOUGH, KPBS TALK TO SEVERAL COMMUTERS ON THEIR WAY TO TIJUANA IN THE MIDDLE OF THURSDAYS RUSH-HOUR.

VICTORIA SAID SHE WAITED FOR HOURS TO CROSS INTO SAN DIEGO THAT MORNING, THEN WAITED ANOTHER HOUR TO GET BACK INTO TIJUANA.

TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, HER SON HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.

TRENT EIGHT, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A BIG BOOST FOR CALIFORNIA'S HIGH-SPEED RAIL PROJECT.

PRESIDENT BIDEN AWARDED MORE THAN $1 BILLION FOR 10 REAL PROJECTS, TWO OF WHICH ARE RIGHT HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

SAC WITH THIS EXPLAINS PRETTY THAT THE CALIFORNIA HIGH-SPEED RAIL IS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR SOME TIME AND HAS GENERATED A LOT OF EXCITEMENT.

>> PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN FRESNO COULD WORK IN SILICON VALLEY OR DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO.?

AFTER HITTING A SERIES OF ROADBLOCKS ALONG RELATED RAIL LINE IS STILL NOT HERE.

TRY TO THOSE IN SUPPORT OF IT ARE TEARING AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.

>> PART OF A $.2 BILLION WE ARE MAKING 10 MAJOR REAL PROJECTS ACROSS AMERICA.

>> Reporter: NEARLY $6.1 BILLION OF THE $8 BILLION IS COMING RIGHT HERE TO CALIFORNIA, NEARLY HALF TO THE PROJECT TO CONNECT LAS VEGAS TO LOS ANGELES AND THE REST OF THE HIGH-SPEED RAIL PROJECT THAT WOULD CONNECT LOS ANGELES TO SAN FRANCISCO.

>> THIS INVESTMENT HAS CONCRETE BENEFITS THAT WILL KEEP US ON SCHEDULE.

IT COULD NOT BE DONE WITHOUT THIS INVESTMENT.

>> Reporter: THE PROJECT HAS SEEN EXTENSIONS AND COST OVERRUNS FOR YEARS.

THE CURRENT DEADLINE IS STILL YEARS AWAY.

>> ALL OF THIS WILL BE COMPLETED AND WILL BE INITIALLY OPERATING IN 20 2031 WINDOW.

>> Reporter: ALONG PROJECT HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON MANY OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY.

BUT THIS FRESNO'S BUSINESS OWNER, IMPACTED BY THE CLOSURE.

>> LOTS OF CLOSURES AND PEOPLE OF HAD TO FIND A LOT OF WAYS TO GET TO CHINATOWN.

>> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH THE NEW FUNDING COMES, NOT ALL LAWMAKERS ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

THE STATEMENT DEVICE TO THE STATES ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, SAID IN PART, TODAY'S FUNDING IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET AS COSTS CONTINUE TO SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL.

WHAT WILL DEMOCRATS CUT FROM THE BUDGET TO KEEP RUNNING THIS MONEY PIT?

FORMER GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN WHO LED THE EARLIEST EFFORTS TO GET THE PROJECT GOING SPOKE ABOUT THE NEW FUNDING IN A CALL THAT INCLUDED SPEAKER AMERICA NANCY PELOSI.

>> A PROJECT LIKE THIS ARE DIFFICULTIES INCLUDING CRITICS.

THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT WITH ALL THESE EXPERT HAVE FELT IT APPROPRIATE TO PUT UP BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THAT IS A BIG VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.

>> AND INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER 52 FOOT THEN WHALE WASHED ASHORE IN PACIFIC BEACH OVER THE WEEKEND.

A TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC LUSTRATION WAS CALLED TO EXAMINE THE WHALE AND COLLECT SAMPLES.

BIOLOGISTS SAY THEY DON'T KNOW YET HOW THE WHALE DIED.

>> WE DID SEE SIGNS OR EVIDENCE OF PERHAPS SCAVENGING FROM SHARKS, THERE WERE SOME RAKE MARKS IN IT.

BUT NOTHING THAT WOULD HAVE KILLED THIS ANIMAL.

>> BIOLOGISTS SAY THE WHALE WAS NOT FULLY GROWN AS ADULT THEN WHALES CAN EXCEED 70 FEET.

THE WHALE IS EXPECTED TO BE TOWED AWAY FROM THE BEACH AND DROPPED INTO THE OCEAN SOMEWHERE IT WILL SINK.

>>> LET'S START YOU OFF WITH YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES, WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AS WE HEAD OF THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER, PARTICULARLY THE LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS.

SO, OF COURSE THAT COULD CAUSE SOME LOWER VISIBILITY AND TRAVEL ISSUES.

SO JUST TAKE IT EASY ON THE ROADS IF YOU HAVE TO HEAD OUT AND ABOUT.

NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN UPTICK IN WINDS AS WE HAD TO THE MIDDLE HALF OF THE WEEK, BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS COMING IN ON WEDNESDAY, AS WE HAD TO THE LATER PART OF THE WEEK.

WE'RE GOING TO START ON A WARMING TREND THAT IS GOING TO STICK WITH US THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

TONIGHT, WE ARE DROPPING DOWN TO A LOW OF 48 WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

AGAIN, WE ARE TALK ABOUT AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER.

OCEANSIDE WE'RE DROPPING DOWN TO LOW 41, POMONA 31, NOW OCEANSIDE ARISING TO THE 60s TOMORROW, A SILVER STORY DOWN TO SAN DIEGO.

NOW, 70s AND START A LITTLE FURTHER INLAND, RAMONA 70 TOMORROW, BREAKABLE SPRINGS NOT TOO FAR FROM THAT WITH A HIGH OF 71.

EVEN MOUNT LAGUNA COMING IN WITH A HIGH 40.

NOW LET'S TAKE ALONG THE COAST OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

LIKE I SAID WE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING ON THAT WARMING TREND TOWARD LATER HALF OF THE WEEK FOR TUESDAY, WE ARE AT A HIGH OF 67 WITH MULTI-SUNNY SKIES AS WE HEAD TO THE AFTERNOON.

AVERAGES DEALING WITH IS LOW CLOUDS EARLY ON IN THE DAY.

SUNNY SKIES AND WARM FOR WEDNESDAY WE WILL HAVE A HIGH OF 66 AND THE WERE UP TO THE 70s THERE BUT THE LATER HALF OF THE WEEK, THURSDAY, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, 73 FOR THE HIGH AND WE ARE RISING, EVEN THROUGH FRIDAY WITH A HIGH OF 74 AND SATURDAY YES, YOU SEE A HIGH OF 76 IN STORE THERE ALONG THE COAST.

NOW, YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO EXPERIENCE WARMER AIR UP THERE FURTHER INLAND WE ARE IN THE LOW 70s TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, BUT THE AND WE ARE RISING QUITE RAPIDLY AS WE HAD TO THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK FOR THURSDAY ART 76, FRIDAY, 80.

WE ARE NOT FLORIDA ANY WORK AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

SATURDAY, YOU HAVE A HIGH OF 80 WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

FOR THE MOUNTAINS, YOU WILL EVEN SEE A SLIGHT UPTICK IN THE MERCURY THERE, 40 TUESDAY WE WILL DIPS 44 WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY BACK UP TO 50 BY FRIDAY.

AND STILL IN THE UPPER 40s BY SATURDAY.

THE DESERT, WHILE YOU'RE STAYING STEADY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, YOU WILL HAVE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

OR KPBS NEWS, I METEOROLOGIST BREE GUY.

>>> KPBS CYTEC REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE SPOKE WITH A MAN WHO HAS DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO STAYING AHEAD OF CYBER CRIMINALS AND TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATION TO DO THE SAME.

>> Reporter: THE INTERNET IS A TOUGH NEIGHBORHOOD AND NICHOLAS BEHAR IS A HACKER.

HE IS AMONG THE MANY WHO SHOW UP EVERY YEAR AT DEVCON IN LAS VEGAS, THAT GREAT HACKER CONVENTION.

BUT NICO COMMAS EVERYONE CALLS HIM INSISTS HE IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FIREWALL.

HE CALLS HIMSELF AN ETHICAL HACKER.

IN OTHER WORDS HE WORKS FOR GROUPS WHO NEED PROTECTION FROM CRIMINAL HACKERS TRYING TO BREAK INTO THEIR VAULTS OF VALUABLE PASSWORDS AND DATA.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT HACKERS THEY THINK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN HOODIES.

BUT THERE IS A MOVEMENT IN THE INDUSTRY THAT IS TRYING TO CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE.

AND, SO THAT HACKERS AREN'T NECESSARILY BAD.

>> Reporter: AS A PROTECTIVE HACKER, NICO SAYS HE NEEDS TO THINK LIKE A HACKER.

WHEN HE WORKS FOR CLIENT HE TRIES TO RAKE INTO THEIR SYSTEM TO SPOT VULNERABILITIES.

ONE EXAMPLE, HE WAS ABLE TO HACK INTO THE SYSTEM OF A HOSPITAL CLIENT.

>> WHAT I WAS ABLE TO DO WAS PARK ACROSS THE STREET IN MY RENTAL CAR WITH A SPECIAL ANTENNA, AND I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT TO THEIR WI-FI AND ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE WITH THE HEART MONITOR ON THEIR NETWORK FROM ACROSS THE STREET.

ALL BECAUSE THEY HAD CONFIGURED THEIR WI-FI INCORRECTLY AND IT WAS LEAKING OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER EXAMPLE, HE WAS WORKING FOR A HEDGE FUND AND GOT INTO THEIR BUILDING AFTER HOURS.

HE JUMPED OVER A CUBICLE WALL TO FIND TWO UNLOCKED COMPUTERS.

>> SO, WE DEMONSTRATED THAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE $5 MILLION TRADES AND WITHOUT ANYONE NOTICING, BECAUSE THERE'S A CUBICLE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SECURED IN THE WALL TO THAT CUBICLE DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY TO THE CEILING AND THE STUFF IN THE CUBICLE IS NOT LOCKED WERE ENCRYPTED.

>> Reporter: SO WHO ARE THE HACKERS WITH BAD INTENTIONS?

SOMETIMES, THEY WORK FOR NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS THAT WANT TO POSE A SECURITY THREAT TO THE U.S.

SOMETIMES THEY ARE JUST LOOKING FOR MONEY AND THAT IS WHY THEY TARGET PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.

>> FIRST NAME, LAST NAME, SOCIAL SECURITY, DATE OF BIRTH AND THEN YOU TAKE ALL THAT DATA AND YOU CAN SELL IT IN BULK TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.

>> Reporter: KRISTIN IS A CYBER SECURITY ARCHITECT WHO LEADS SAN DIEGO'S CHAPTER OF THE GROUP OW ASP, WHICH HOSTS CYBER SECURITY TRAINING FOR WHATEVER HACKERS MOTIVATION, THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM.

HE CITES A STUDY THAT SHOWS THAT ON A GLOBAL SCALE, WERE 4 MILLION PEOPLE SHORT OF HAVING ENOUGH PROFESSIONALS, THAT'S DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE WORKFORCE IS GROWING BY ABOUT 10% EVERY YEAR.

>> THE TAKE AWAY IS THAT THE DEFENSE SIDE ISN'T GROWING AT THE PACE THAT THE OFFENSIVE SIDE CAPABILITIES ARE GROWING.

>> Reporter: IN A CLASSROOM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO, ECO-BEHAR LECTURES TO STUDENTS IN A CLASS ON CYBER SECURITY, PRESENTING A SERIES OF STEPS TO CONTAIN AND ERADICATE A CYBER ATTACK.

STUDENTS HERE TELL THEIR OWN STORIES OF BEING HACKED, SEEING UNKNOWN CHARGES PLACED ON THEIR CREDIT CARDS.

MY MORALE IS, A MASTER STUDENT CYBER SECURITY ENGINEERING SAID SHE HAD TO CANCEL HER GRANDMOTHER AFTER HER ONLINE ACCOUNTS WERE HACKED.

>> SO, IN MY CASE, IT HAPPENED, WE YOU CLICK ON SOMETHING, YOU ANSWERED THE CALL, YOU PUT IN YOUR BANK INFORMATION OR PASSWORD ON A FAKE WEBSITE THAT YOU THOUGHT MAYBE WAS YOUR BANK OR YOU THOUGHT WAS FACEBOOK.

>> YEP, ANYBODY CAN BE A TARGET, LIKE I WAS.

>> THE COMPUTER HACK IS ABLE TO STOP ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.

PLEASE CALL OR SUPPORT IMMEDIATELY.

IMPORTANT SECURITY MESSAGE.

>> I WAS WORKING ON THE STORY USING MY LAPTOP WHEN SUDDENLY A WINDOW APPEARED WITH THE MICROSOFT LOGO, LOCK MY COMPUTER AND STARTED MAKING THAT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THEY CLAIMED TO BE A MICROSOFT SUPPORT GROUP, BUT IT WAS A SCAM, FISHING FOR MY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE DATA.

>> Reporter: BEHAR SAYS SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT UNDERPIN OUR SOCIETY ARE RUN ON SYSTEMS THAT ARE "ARCHAIC, ARCANE AND STILL ALIGN."

AND THEY CAN BE PRETTY EASY TO HACK.

>> SO AIRPORT, TRAIN STATION, FACTORY, ANY ONE OF THE BIG INDUSTRIES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OLD SYSTEMS THAT ARE RUNNING THE SHOW.

>> Reporter: AT DEVCON THIS YEAR, WHICH NICO ATTENDED, THERE WERE A CRAZY NUMBER OF SUBJECTS.

THERE WAS A TALK ABOUT A VULNERABILITY AND INTEL CHIPS, ALSO TALK ABOUT TEENAGERS WHO WERE ABLE TO HACK IN THE BOSTON TRANSIT AND THEN WRITE FOR FREE.

NICO ADDS THAT IF YOU WANT TO BE GOOD AT STOPPING HACKERS IT HELPS IF YOU'RE INTO IT.

IF YOU'RE THE KIND OF PERSON WHO WANTS TO GET TOGETHER WITH YOUR BUDDIES AND TALK ABOUT THE LATEST HACKS, AND IF YOU ARE LIKE THAT, CYBER SECURITY ALMOST HAS A JOB WAITING FOR YOU.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

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