>>> AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.

>>> RAIN, WIND, AND SNOW, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MYA MY AW NEARLY FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM THE STORM, KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER NGUYEN HEADED OUT TO GIVE US A LOOK AND SAYS IT WON'T LAST LONG.

>> I TOLD MY WIFE, LET'S COME OUT TO THE SNOW.

>> Reporter: TODAY'S STORM MEANS NO WORK FOR RICHY.

>> SNOWBOARDING HERE.

>> Reporter: HE WORKS IN CONSTRUCTION, HE, HIS WIFE, AND THEIR FRIEND CAME TO MT.

LAGUNA FOR THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON.

>> TODAY WAS SUPER AWESOME.

WE WERE DRIVING, THERE WAS SNOW FALLING, A COOL EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: FAMILIES WERE ENJOYING THE SNOW, SLEDDING, BUILDING A SNOWMAN, AND HAVING SNOWBALL FIGHTS.

EMILY LOVE COMING UP HERE ON THE FIRST SNOW OF THE YEAR.

>> I LOVE TO COME OUT HERE, HANG OUT, AND SEE THIS BEAUTY.

NOBODY KNOWS IN SAN DIEGO WE GET SNOW.

IT IS PRETTY MUCH MY FAVORITE THING.

BEING UP HERE IS REALLY AWESOME.

>> Reporter: NOT EVERYONE IS A FAN.

THIS IS TWO-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM'S FIRST TIME SEEING SNOW.

>> HE LITTLE BIT AFRAID, WHEN WE SLIDE OUT FROM THERE.

BUT BASICALLY HE KEEP PICKING UP THE SNOW, PLAYING WITH IT.

HE AFRAID WHEN HE SLIDE.

>> Reporter: THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON, AS YOU CAN SEE IT LOOKS LIKE A WINTER WONDERLAND.

IF YOU WANT TO COME UP, YOU BETTER PUT ON CHAINS BECAUSE THE ROADS ARE GETTING ICY.

THE ROADS WERE MORE ICY THAN PREVIOUS YEARS.

>> WE DIDN'T SLIP TOO MUCH, THAT WAS THE ONLY BENEFIT, I GUESS, BUT WE ARE ABOUT TO PUT ON CHAINS AND BE MORE CAUTIOUS.

>> Reporter: BUT IF YOU WANT TO PLAY IN THE SNOW, YOU BETTER DO IT SOON.

METEOROLOGISTS DON'T EXPECT IT TO STAY ON THE SNOW PAST WEDNESDAY.

>> WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE SEEING THE EFFECTS OF THE MAJOR STORM, COMING UP, A LOOK AT THE IMPACT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS YOUR COMPLETE WEATHER FORECAST.

>>> THERE HAS BEEN PROGRESS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STRIKE BUT IT IS NOT OVER YET.

A QUARTER OF THE STRIKING ACADEMIC WORKERS RATIFIED A NEW CONTRACT OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT 36,000 TEACHING ASSISTANTS AND GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHERS ARE WITHOUT A CONTRACT, AND THOSE UNIONVISE PUT THEIR PICKET LINES ON HOLD FOR THE WINTER BREAK AFTER AGREEING TO MEDIATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY NEGOTIATORS.

SOME OF THEM SAY THEY WILL NOT GIVE UP WHAT THEY CONSIDER A FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES.

>> Reporter: 25-YEAR-OLD ANUK IS AN ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIAN WHO RIFFS ON HIS ELECTRIC GUITAR IN THE COMFORT OF HIS NORTH PARK APARTMENT HE SHARES WITH A ROOMMATE.

HE IS AN AVID SURFER AND ONE OF THE THOUSANDS OF GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHERS AND TEACHING ASSISTANTS STILL ON STRIKE AT UC SAN DIEGO.

>> WE WERE DOING RESEARCH IN LABS, PROVIDING THE BEST TEACHING YOU CAN GET ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT IS GIVEN BY GRADUATE STUDENTS.

I WISH I UNDERSTOOD THE DISCONNECT OF WHY I WAS FORCED TO LIVE IN MY CAR OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT UC WILL DO ANYTHING IT CAN TO NOT PAY US THE WAGES WE DESERVE.

>> THEY USED TO HAVE A MATTRESS SITTING UP HERE, THEN DOWN IN HERE, A WATER TANK.

>> Reporter: HE WAS HOMELESS AND LIVED IN HIS TOYOTA TACOMA FOR ALMOST TWO MONTHS THIS PAST SUMMER BECAUSE THE APARTMENT NEAR CAMPUS HE SHARED WITH THREE ROOMMATES WAS DESTROYED IN A FLOOD CAUSED BY A SEWER LINE BREAK, WHICH LEFT HIM NO WHERE TO GO, BUT HIS CAR.

>> IT WAS LIKE A WEEK-BY-WEEK THING, I KEPT THINKING NEXT WEEK I WILL FIND A PLACE AND MOVE OUT OF HERE, AND WITH HOW LITTLE MONEY I WAS MAKING I COULDN'T QUALIFY TO APPLY TO MOST PLACERS.

>> Reporter: WHILE HE WAS HOMELESS TRYING TO SURVIVE, HE ALSO GOT COVID, UC ACADEMIC WORKERS ONLY TAKE $24-$30,000 A YEAR, THAT IS AT THE HEART OF THE LABOR DISPUTE, STILL UNRESOLVED FOR MOST OF THEM.

>> VERY EXPENSIVE TO BUY A CAR AND KEEP IT UP, I DON'T FEEL LIKE I CAN DO THAT FINANCIALLY.

>> Reporter: AMED MOVED TO SAN DIEGO ALMOST SIX YEARERS AGO, HE HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD A CAR.

HE IS A GRADUATE RESEARCHER WORKING ON A PHD IN PHYSICS, AND HIS HOUSING SCHOLARSHIP WILL SOON RUN OUT, DESPERATE FOR SECURITY, HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES FORMED A NEW UNION LAST YEAR CALLED STUDENT RESEARCHERS UNITED.

TEACHING ASSISTANTS AND POST DOCTORATE RESEARCHERS WERE ALREADY UNIONIZED UNDER THE UNITED AUTOWORKERS OF AMERICA.

THE NEW UNION IS UNDER THE UAW WHICH ADOPTED THE AMDEMIC NUMBERS GIVING IMMEDIATE AND SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL AND BARGAIN ING POWER.

>> FOR THE LONGEST TIME STUDENT RESEARCHERS DIDN'T HAVE ANY, WE DIDN'T HAVE A SCHOOL FOR GETTING RIGHTS, FOR ENFORCING RIGHTS, PROTECTING RIGHTS, AND NOW WE DO.

>> I WAS TOLD TO ANNOUNCE THERE WILL BE AN IMPROV SESSION.

>> Reporter: STRIKERS ARE FIGHTING FOR BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS, THEY WANT ENVIRONMENTS FREE OF HARASSMENT AND BULLYING ALLEGED BY UNION MEMBERS TO BE COMMON AMONG TENURED PROFESSORS AND ADMINISTRATORS.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WANT PROTECTION FROM UST JUSTIFIED THREATS OF HAVING VISAS REVOKED WITHOUT CAUSE.

HE IS HERE FROM INDIA, WILLING TO ACCEPT THE RISK OF JOINING THE UNION AND BEING VISIBLE ON THE PICKET LINES.

>> I THINK WE HAVE ALREADY MADE HUGE GAINS BY UC TRYING TO NOT NEGOTIATE AND NOT TRY TO GIVE US WHAT WE DESERVE, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR IT.

>> THIS IS A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL, A FIGHT WE ARE GOING TO WIN.

>> Reporter: ANUKE IS HAPPY TO BE HOUSED AGAIN, HE IS NOT SURE THE DREAM OF GETTING THE DOCTORATE IS IN THE SAME DIRECTION, IT COULD BE ON HOLD FOR BIGGER PURPOSE TO HELP PREVENT OTHERS FROM SUFFERING HIS PAIN AND PAST.

>> I WANT TO FIGHT TO BUILD A SIT-DOWN COALITION, A UNION WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT.

>> THAT IS ANOTHER KIND OF RIFFING HE IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUE.

>> IF IT WAS NTD FOR MY COMMUNITY I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD HAVE MADE IT.

THAT IS WHY SOMETHING LIKE A UNION IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF COMMUNITY AND HOW COMMUNITY CAN BE THERE FOR YOU.

>> Reporter: MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THERE IS A PUSH BY SOME STUDENTS IN THE UC SYSTEM TO GET THEIR MONEY BACK, A PETITION ON MOVEON.ORG IS CLOSE TO ITS GOAL OF 3,000 ENDORSERS, CALLING FOR TUITION REFUND FOR EVERY DAY AFFECTED BY THE STRIKE, THOSE BEHIND THE PETITION BLAME THE UC BOARD OF REGENCE FOR EFFECTIVELY NOT BARGAINING IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE UNION.

>>> THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO SWORE IN 74th CITY COUNCIL TODAY AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DEMOCRATS.

>> Reporter: THE NEW EST CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WAS SWORN IN BY THE FIRST NON-WHITE PERSON ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL.

95-YEAR-OLD TOM HAHM, ELECTED IN 1963, AND LATER WENT ON TO THE STATE ASSEMBLY.

>> KENT LEE WILL REPRESENT DISTRICT SIX.

>> MANY HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEING ASIAN EMPOWERMENT, IT IS A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENTOFFS WHAT THE DISTRICT REPRESENTS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CARRYING THE VOICES FORWARD WITHIN THE CITY BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY INSURING WE SERVE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE CITY COUNCIL IS NONPARTISAN, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CITY HISTORY THE COUNCIL MEMBERERIZE ALL DEMOCRATS, CHRIS CATE TERMED OUT WAS THE ONLY REPUBLICAN ON THE COUNCIL.

>> WHY THE COUNCIL LOOKS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I FOUND THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE DIFFERENCES IN OPINION WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND STILL FIND A WAY TO DELIVER FOR THE CITY.

>> Reporter: ALSO TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE ON MONDAY, COUNCIL MEMBERS JENNIFER CAMPBELL, MONICA MONTGOMERY STEPPE AND VIVIAN MORENO ELECTED TO SECOND TERMS.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> Reporter: LEE SAYS HE LOOKS FORWARD TO JOINING THE OTHER INCUMBENT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND HAS PRIORITIES IN ORDER.

>> HOMELESSNESS HAS BECOME A BIGGER CHALLENGE EVERY DAY IN SAN DIEGO.

WHAT THAT MEANICIZE WE MUST DO SOMETHING IN TERMS OF THE HOUSING WE CAN DELIVER FOR SAN DIEGO RESIDENTS SO PEOPLE CAN LIVE, PLAY, AND ENJOY WORKING IN SAN DIEGO, AND WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO THAT IS THAT WE NEED TO INSURE THERE IS HOUSING THAT WILL BE AFFORDABLE FOR MANY MIDDLE INCOME WORKING FAMILIES WE HAVE.

>> Reporter: THE CITY COUNCIL'S LEADERSHIP WON'T CHANGE THIS YEAR, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO REELECT DISTRICT 9 SEAN ELO-RIVERA AS THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> NEWLY ELECTED LOS ANGELES MAYOR BASS IS GETTING RIGHT TO WORK AFTER SWORN IN AS THE FIRST FEMALE MAYOR FOR THE CITY, SWORN IN BY THE KAMALA HARRIS ON SUNDAY AND HER FIRST OFFICIAL ACT AS MAYOR TODAY SHE HAS DECLARED HOMELESSNESS AS A STATE OF EMERGENCY.

SHE SAID HER MANDATE IS MOVE LOS ANGELES IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION TO SOLVING ONE OF THE CITY'S TOUGHEST CHALLENGES.

>> IT IS IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAT TAKES THE LIFE OF FIVE PEOPLE EVERY DAY.

IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD WE SEE THE FAILURES, DESPAIR, DESPERATION, HUMAN SUFFERING.

>> APPROXIMATELY 42,000 PEOPLE ARE UNHOUSED IN LOS ANGELES, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO APPROVE IT EVERY 30 DAYS.

>> CONGRESS IS FACING A LOOMING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AT THE END OF THE WEEK, THE HOUSE AND SENATE MUST PASS A SHORT-TERM EXTENSION BEFORE FRIDAY AT MIDNIGHT, NEGOTIATORS CAN COME UP WITH A FULL YEAR FUNDING DEAL.

ALSO ON THE TABLE THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT, MASSIVE ANNUAL MUST-PASS DEFENSE POLICY BILL.

IT ALREADY PASSED THE HOUSE AND EXPECTED TO GET A VOTE IN THE SENATE THIS WEEK.

>>> THE WHITE HOUSE IS ASKING CONGRESS FOR MORE THAN $3 BILLION SECURITY.

A FEDERAL COURT HAS BLOCKED THE PROVISION KNOWN AS TITLE 42, AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL LIFT THE ORDER THIS MONTH.

BORDER AGENTS SAY THEY ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN PEOPLE TRYING TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES.

>>> CALIFORNIA UTILITY REGULATORS MOVE THIS MONTH TO PREPARE FOR THE STATE'S TRANSITION AWAY FROM NATURAL GAS, KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON HAS DETAILS.

>> Reporter: THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION PASSED TO SEEK APPROVAL OR HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY.

COMMISSIONER CLIFF SAYS THE CHANGE GIVES REGULATORS A CHANCE TO CONSIDER IF THE SPENDING IS NEEDED.

AS CALIFORNIA MOVES AWAY FROM NATURAL GAS.

>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE TRANSITION, WE ARE ONLY INVESTING IN NEW GAS PROJECTS THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR SAFETY OR RELIABILITY AND NOT THROWING GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD, WE NOT INIVISTING IN NEW PROJECTS THAT COULD SHORTLY BECOME STRANDED ASUTS THAT RATE PAYERS ARE SADDLED WITH.

>> Reporter: BEFORE THE CHANGE GAS PROJICTS WERE APPROVED OR REJECTED AS THE RATE INCREASE REQUEST, HE SAYS THAT MEANS MANY NATURAL GAS PROJECTS DIDN'T GET INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION REGULATORS ARE NOW ASKING FOR.

>> FOR A SIGNIFICANT NEW GAS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, EITHER ONES THAT ARE ABOVE A CERTAIN MONETARY THRESHOLD, OR THAT HAVE CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL TRIGGERS, UTILITIES HAVE TO COME TO THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION AND SEEK INDIVIDUAL APPROVAL AND GO THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW BEFORE THE PROJECTS CAN GO FORWARD.

>> Reporter: UTILITIES WILL HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THE NEED FOR THE PROJECTS AND JUSTIFY THE IMPACT ON RATES IN ORDER TO GET APPROVAL.

EMERGENCY PROJECTS WOULD BE EXEMPT.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> NUCLEAR FUSION HAS BEEN CALLED THE HOLY GRAIL OF CLEAN ENERGY, FOR DECADES SCIENTISTS HAVE TRIED TO REPLICATION THE FUSION THAT POWERS THE SUN AND THEY JUST MADE A BIG BREAK THROUGH, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REPORTEDLY SET TO ANNOUNCE SCIENTISTS HAVE PRODUCED THE FIRST-EVER NUCLEAR FUSION REACTION RESULTING IN NET ENERGY GAIN, THAT MEANS IT CREATES MORE ENERGY THAN IT USES.

ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON POST SCIENTISTS AT LAWRENCE LIVERMORE MADE THE DISCOVERY AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS EXPECTED TOMORROW.

>>> NASA'S ORION SPACECRAFT FLASHED DOWN AFTER FLYING AROUND THE MOON ON A TEST FLIGHT.

ISABELLA ROSALES HAS MORE.

>> GOOD DESCENT RATE, 500 FEET.

SPLASH DOWN.

>> Reporter: NASA'S ORION SPACECRAFT MAKING A SPLASH DOWN AFTER A 25 AND A HALF DAY MISSION AROUND THE MOON.

THE HISTORIC ARTEMIS ONE AIMS TO TEST HARSH ENVIRONMENTS OF DEEP SPACE AND DEMONSTRATE THE CAPSULE CAN MAKE A SAFE RETURN TO THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.

>> IT WAS CONFIDENT BUT IT WAS TENSE, BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO BIG THINGS THAT HAD TO HAPPEN TODAY.

>> TEMPERATURES AROUND-- >> FIRST OF ALL THE HEAT SHIELD HAD TO WORK AND IT WORKED PERFECTLY.

THEN THE PARACHUTES HAD TO WORK.

>> WE ARE ON MAIN-- >> THEY DID, PERFECTLY.

>> Reporter: DURING THE TEST MISSION, NO ASTRONAUTS WERE ON BOARD, ONLY A FEW MANNEQUIN S TO GATHER DATA.

THE MISSION COMES TO A SUCCESSFUL END AFTER FOUR DELAYED LAUNCH ATTEMPTS.

>> WE ARE GOING BACK TO THE MOON, NOT TO JUST STAY THERE AND COME BACK.

>> Reporter: NASA PLANS TO USE THE DATA COLLECTED TO CHOOSE A CREW FOR ARTEMIS TWO WHICH COULD TAKE OFF IN 2024 AND THEN AIMS TO SEND ASTRONAUTS BACK TO THE MOON IN 2025 PUTTING THE FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST PERSON OF COLOR ON THE LUNAR SURFACE.

>> WE ARE ON OUR PATH TO GETTING THE BASE ON THE MOON, TO GETTING THE UNDERSTANDING WE NEED TO GO ON TO MARS AND DOING THE SCIENCE FRONT AND CENTER HERE IN OUR PROGRAM.

>> Reporter: KPBS NEWS.

>>> HOLIDAY SPENDING IS LOOKING QUITE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR FOR MILLIONS OF MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES.

NEARLY HALF OF AMERICANS HAVE LESS IN SAVINGS THAN A YEAR AGO THANKS TO THE HIGHEST INFLATION SINCE THE 1980s, THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION SAYS HOLIDAY SHOPPING HAS NOT SLOWED BUT 42% OF AMERICANS PLAN TO SPEND LESS ON GIFTS AND 8% SHOW THEY PLAN TO SPEND MORE.

>>> YOU CAN PACK, PREP, YOU CAN GET TO THE AIRPORT FIVE HOURS EARLY BUT SOMETIMES WHAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL CANCELS YOUR FLIGHT.

ADVICE FROM THE EXPERTS ON HOW TO MANAGE THE HOLIDAY TRAVEL HASSLE.

>> Reporter: YOU MAY BE DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS BUT FOR MILLIONS TAKING TO THE SKIES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, SNOW IN THE FORECAST COULD TURN THAT DREAM INTO A NIGHTMARE.

>> WEATHER CHANGES EVERYTHING, THAT IS REALLY GOING TO BE THE KILLER.

>> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY A LITTLE PREPARATION CAN GO LONG WAY.

CLINT HENDERSON SAYS KNOWLEDGE IS POWER WHEN HITTING THE FRIENDLY SKIES.

>> KNOW WHAT OTHER AIRLINES FLY THE ROUTE YOU WANT TO FLY, THE THINGS GO SIDEWAYS, YOU ARE ABLE TO REBOOK YOURSELF.

>> Reporter: HE RECOMMENDS DOWNLOADING THE AIRLINE'S APP AND AVOID POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE BY BOOKING DIRECT FLIGHTS, PLAN FOR HOTEL AND KEEP A FLEXIBLE ITINERARY, IF PLANS GO AWRY, BE YOUR OWN BEST ADVOCATE.

>> YOU WANT TO BE THE FIRST ONE WHO GETS A HOLD OF CUSTOMER SERVICE TO GET BOOKED ON THE FEW SEATS AVAILABLE.

>> Reporter: AIRLINES MAY BE MORE PREPARED AFTER LAST YEAR'S CHRISTMAS TIME COVID SURGE SAW AIRLINES CRUSHED WITH STAFF SHORTAGES.

>> THEY ARE STAFFED SOMEWHAT BETTER, THEY HAVE REDUCED FLIGHTS, SO THERE IS MORE GIVE IN THE SYSTEM, THERE IS LESS LIKELY TO BE A DOMINO EFFECT.

>> Reporter: AND TO AVOID ADDITIONAL ANGST, BE SURE TO ARRIVE EARLY, AVOID CHECKING BAGS, AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PROGRAMS LIKE TSA PRE-CHECK TO GET THROUGH WITH A LITTLE LESS STRESS.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE ARE WATCHING A POWERFUL WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY S. MIKE HAS A LOOK AT THE WINTER WEATHER THAT ARRIVED IN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND AND WHAT IS STILL AHEAD.

>> Reporter: A SKI LIFT IN LAKE TAHOE, MOUNTAINS SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE OPENING ACT OF A MAJOR WINTER STORM.

>> IT IS GOING TO BE POWDER TOWN UP HERE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF SNOW COMING THROUGH, WE HAVE SEEN REPORTS OF 24 INCHES, OVER 36 INCHES.

IT IS GOING OO TO BE A BIG ONE.

>> Reporter: LOOK AT THIS INCREDIBLE TIME LAPSE FROM IDAHO AS THE MOUNTAIN PEAK STAYED IN AND OUT OF VIEW, MORE THAN 20 INCHES OF SNOW PILE UP REACHING THE VERY TOP OF THE RULER S. AFTER DARK TODAY THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS TORNADOS DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLANES WITH THE SYSTEM AS FAR EAST AS FLORIDA BY FRIDAY.

BACK EAST, A TASTE OF WINTER WEATHER FROM SEPARATE SNOWFALLS THIS WEEKEND.

TRAVEL TROUBLES AFFECTING DC, NEW YORK, AND NEW ENGLAND, AN ANNOUNCEMENT MADE IN BOSTON THAT NO ONE WANTED TO HEAR.

>> THERE WAS A FEW PLANES THAT NEEDED TO BE DEICED AND ALL OF THE GATES WERE BACKED UP.

>> Reporter: KPBS NEWS.

>>> LOTS OF RECENT IMPACTS WITH WET, WINTERY, WINDY WEATHER.

THE MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL WIND DOWN TONIGHT, STILL SHOPY SURF, A HIGH SURF ADVISORY TOWARDS SANTA BARBARA, HUNTINGTON BEACH, LOS ANGELES COUNTY BEACHES HERE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, AND WE WILL STAY COOL.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE EXPIRING AROUND 10:00 THIS EVENING, WE TALKED ABOUT THE HEAVY SNOW ESPECIALLY ABOVE 4500 FEET.

THE MOISTURE WILL SLIDE IN AN EASTERLY FASHION, WE WILL START TO SEE IMPROVEMENT WITH THAT REGARD BUT STILL COLD, TALKING LOWS DROPPING IN THE 20s TOWARDS MT.

LAGUNA, OCEANSIDE DOWN TO 30, CHILL OUT THERE.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A JACKET.

SAN DIEGO, CHULA VISTA, FALLING TO THE MID 40s.

HERE IS A LOOK AT FUTURECAST AS WE GO THROUGH TIME.

WE WILL START TO SEE THE PRECIPITATION SLIDING OUT EAST, NOT LOOKING OVERLY ACTIVE AS WE GO INTO TUESDAY, BUT IT IS GOING TO STAY ON THE CHILLY SIDE.

THAT IS RIGHT.

BIG DIP IN THE JET STREAM, HIGHS RUNNING 5, 10, 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

JUST REINFORCING THE COLD THAT WE WILL HAVE IN PLACE.

WE NOT CLIMBING OUT OF 50s, BORREGO SPRINGS, LOW 60s, MT.

LAGUNA SUNSHINE RETURNING AND BARELY IN THE 40s.

WE STAY DRY BUT CHILLY AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO WEDNESDAY.

SO VENTURING TO MID WEEK AND LATE WEEK, WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE BIG DIP IN THE JET STREAM BEGIN TO SLOWLY PROGRESS TOWARDS THE EAST.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE COAST?

GRADUALLY WE SEE THE TEMPERATURES CLIMBING DESPITE CLOUDS IN PLACE WE ARE BACK IN THE 60s GOING INTO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

MEANWHILE, INTERIOR VALLEYS LOOKING AT SUNSHINE, CLIMBING TEMPERATURES AS THE WEEK WEARS ON, IMPROVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE MOUNTAINS, UP TO 50 AS WE WORK INTO THURSDAY AND OVER THE DESERTS ALSO NOTICE THE TEMPERATURES CLIMBING BACK THROUGH THE 60s.

>>> IN MEXICO CITY PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE BASILICA OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE TO CELEBRATE THE ST.'S FEAST DAY, WHERE SOME 500 YEARS AGO THE VIRGIN MARY IS SET TO HAVE APPEARED TO AN INDIGENOUS MAN IN RURAL MEXICO, SHE ASKED THAT A CHURCH BY BUILT FOR PEOPLE OF FAITH, AND SOME 20 MILLION PEOPLE VISIT THE SHRINE EVERY YEAR.

>>> SAFE LEADERS AND MIGRANT ACTIVISTS CELEBRATED OVER THE WEEKEND, TRADITION LATIN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS PARTY HELD EACH YEAR AT THE FRIENDSHIP PARK.

HOW A POSSIBLE BORDER WALL EXPANSION IS THREATENING THE TRADITION.

♪ >> A TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS, COMING TOGETHER OF THE MIGRANT COMMUNITY.

TIJUANA'S BISHOP SAYS CHRISTMAS IS A TIME TO REMEMBER MIGRANTS.

>> FOR 29 YEARS IT HAS BROUGHT PEOPLE TO BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER TO SHARE IN THE TRADITION, BUT NOW THE U.S. SIDE IS FACING CLOSURE.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS CONSIDERING AN ADDITION TO EXISTING BORDER WALL, THE EXTENSION PROPOSED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

IT COULD CLOSE THE AMERICAN HALF OF FRIENDSHIP PARK.

CHOIR LEADER JANELLE GARCIA SAYS CLOSING THE PARK IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT SHE THINKS AMERICANS WANT.

>> I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE HUMBLE AND UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE THE U.S., LIKE WAS FORMED WITH MIGRANTS.

>> Reporter: FATHER MURRAY HAS BEEN WORKING AT THE HOUSE OF MIGRANTS IN 10 WANNA FOR 10 YEARS.

>> IT IS REALLY COOL THIS STUFF.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS IT IS MORE THAN JUST A PARTY.

>> MAKING ROOM AT THE INN, IN YOUR HEART, OR A PHYSICAL PLACE.

>> Reporter: HE SPOKE DIRECTLY TO BIDEN.

>> OPEN YOUR HEART, YOU KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT TO DO.

DON'T LOOK FOR POLITICAL SOLUTIONS.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT NUMBERS.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT BEING THE NEXT PRESIDENT.

YOU ARE PRESIDENT NOW, YOU CAN HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE.

RONALD REAGAN, A REPUBLICAN, HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE.

WHAT WILL THEY SAY ABOUT BIDEN WHEN HE FINISHES?

THAT HE HELPED A LOT OF MIGRANTS?

>> Reporter: OVER THE EMPTY SPACE IN BETWEEN THE DOUBLE-LAYERED BARRIER, THE TWO GROUPS SHARED A SONG.

BEGGING FOR SHELTER, IT IS A TRADITIONAL MEXICAN CHRISTMAS SONG, FIRST THOSE IN TIJUANA SANG.

♪ >> Reporter: THEN THOSE OVER THE WALL IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> TAKING TURNS, VERSE BY VERSE, HOPING NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE 30th ANNUAL.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> AN INVESTIGATION REVEALS HOW THE U.S. FAILED TO STOP A DEADLY OPIOID FROM FLOODING INTO THE NATION, THAT IS COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES, AN EARLY WINTER STORM BROUGHT SOME NEEDED RAIN TO THE REGION AND SNOW TO OUR MOUNTAINS.

TODAY FAMILIES WERE ENJOYING A SNOW DAY ON MT.

LAGUNA, AND IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT HEADING UP THE MOUNTAIN, REMEMBER TO BRING CHAINS AS ROADS ARE ICY.

THE SNOW ISN'T EXPECTED TO STAY ON THE GROUND PAST WEDNESDAY.

>>> A QUARTER OF THE STRIKE OF UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC WORKERS RATIFIED A NEW CONTRACT, THERE ARE 36,000 TEACHING ASSISTANTS AND GRADUATE STUDENT RETURNERS STILL ON STRIKE STATE WIDE.

THEY HAVE PUT PICKET LINES ON HOLD FOR THE WINTER BREAK AFTER AGREEING TO MEDIATION WITH UNIVERSITY NEGOTIATORS.

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

AN INFLATION STATUS CHECK, MORNING EDITION WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON A KEY METRIC THAT HELD US SINCE INFLATION IS DOWN IN THE U.S. >>> ON KPBS MIDDAY EDITION, THE ROLL-OUT OF TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN, THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES POPPING UP FOR EXISTING CHILDCARE PROVIDERS.

>>> AS ALWAYS YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

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