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>>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT ONE OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S LARGEST HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS IS NOTIFYING THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS ABOUT A SECURITY BREACH.

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>>> SHARP HEALTHCARE SAYS 62,000 OF THEIR PATIENTS ARE IMPACTED.

SHARP SAYS THE BREACH DID NOT INCLUDE BANK NUMBERS PAYMENT METHODS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OR MEDICAL RECORDS.

BUT IT DID INCLUDE SOME PATIENT NAMES AND NUMBERS AND PAYMENT AMOUNTS.

THE BREACH IMPACTS PEOPLE WHO USE THE SHARPEST ONLINE BILL PAYMENT SERVICE GOING BACK TO AUGUST 21 2021.

THOSE IMPACTED SHOULD BE CHECKING RECENT BILLS FOR ANY UNAUTHORIZED CHARGES.

>>> SAN DIEGANS HAVE AMONG THE HIGHEST ENERGY BILLS IN THE COUNTRY.

AS KPBS REPORTED SHOWS US SOME ARE CALLING ON THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD HEARINGS INTO THE SURGE IN NATURAL GAS PRICES.

>> Reporter: IN JANUARY SDG&E EXPERIENCED 114% NATURAL GAS RATE HIKE.

OR ABOUT $120 A MONTH INCREASE FOR A TYPICAL CUSTOMER.

AND NOW LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ONE ANSWERS.

>> WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE IN THE LAST SAN DIEGO HAS SUFFERED A NATURAL DISASTER.

NATURAL GAS BITE.

>> Reporter: PUBLIC POWER SAN DIEGO.

AN ORGANIZATION THAT ADVOCATES FOR PUBLICLY OWNED NONPROFIT POWER UTILITY.

>> WHAT MAKES MATTERS WORSE IS THAT WE ALREADY HAD 340,000 UTILITY CUSTOMERS.

ONE IN FOUR BEHIND IN THEIR PAYMENTS COMING INTO THE SITUATION.

THIS WILL ONLY ADD TO THAT.

ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL HIRED SDG&E AND SIGNED A 10 YEAR AGREEMENT.

NOW THE CITY COUNCIL MUST EXERCISE ITS OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITY AND START WITH FINDING OUT WHAT HAPPENED.

>> WE NEED PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH A PURPOSE.

THREE PURPOSES.

WHAT HAPPENED WITH NATURAL GAS PRICES?

WHAT HAS BEEN THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE?

AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN?

>> Reporter: PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION.

SHE SAYS THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT VIOLATES THE RIGHTS OF SAN DIEGANS.

AND SAYS THE CITY MUST FORM AN OVERSIGHT AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE.

>> THEY HAVE YET TO FULLY APPOINT PEOPLE TO THAT.

THEY PROMISED THAT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

SO THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS BEHIND NOT JUST ON PAYING BILLS BUT THEY PROJECT IT WILL INCREASE BUT THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS BEHIND ON COMPLIANCE AND OVERSIGHT OF THIS FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS IGNORING ITS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

BY LIVING A FOSSIL FUEL COMPANY EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS.

SDG&E SET THE PRICE FOR NATURAL GAS IN FEBRUARY HAS DECLINED BY 68%.

THEY WILL CONTINUE TO ANALYZE HOW JANUARY'S RATE CHANGES MAY IMPACT THE BILLS AND PROVIDE UPDATES.>>> A LONG TIME SAN DIEGO NEWS ANCHOR IS GETTING HER DAY IN COURT.

SANDRA MOSS IS SUING HER FORMER EMPLOYER FOR GENDER AND AGE DISSEMINATION.

WE TALKED TO MOSS AN ILLEGAL EXPERT ABOUT THE CASE AGAINST KU SI.

>> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 4 YEARS SINCE SANDRA MOSS ASSIGNED OFF THE AIR.>> MY TIME IS UP.

THIS IS MY LAST NEWSCASTS HERE.

>> Reporter: SHE CLAIMS THAT WAS NOT HER CHOICE.

SHE CLAIMS THAT SHE WAS FIRED AFTER SHE ASKED FOR A RAISE.>> I WORKED AT KU SI FOR 15 YEARS.

REALLY PUT MY HEART AND SOUL INTO MY WORK THERE.

AND LOVE MY JOB.

AND THE YEAR BEFORE I LEFT I JUST DISCOVERED MICHAEL ANCHOR WAS BEING PAID 40% MORE THAN I WAS FOR DOING THE SAME JOB.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID LEARNING THAT HURT.

>> SHOCK, BETRAYAL.

HUMILIATION.

I WAS SAD.

>> Reporter: SHE IS SUING HER FORMER EMPLOYER McKINNON BROADCASTING FOR VIOLATING CALIFORNIA'S EQUAL PAY ACT.

AND AGE DISCRIMINATION LAW.>> I HAD TWO CHOICES.

I COULD WALK AWAY SILENTLY AND VERY MY HUMILIATION.

AND SHAME OVER LOSING MY JOB IN SUCH A DISRESPECTFUL DISAPPOINTING WAY.

OR I COULD SHARE MY STORY.

AND TAKE BACK MY POWER.

AND TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OTHER WOMEN.

IN THE WORKPLACE.

>> Reporter: DOCUMENTS SHOW SHE MADE $80,000 LESS THAN HER COANCHOR.

>> EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE BEEN DISCRIMINATE AGAINST WOMEN EVEN ON INTENTIONALLY AND SETTING THEIR PAY HAVE TO MEND THEIR WAYS.

>> Reporter: MIRANDA McGOWIN IS A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO SCHOOL OF LAW.

HER AREAS OF EXPERTISE INCLUDE GENDER AND DISCRIMINATION LAW.

SHE SAYS CALIFORNIA LAW IS CLEAR WHEN IT COMES TO EQUAL PAY.

AND IT IS A LOT MORE STRINGENT THAN FEDERAL LAW.

>> THE MESSAGE EMPLOYERS SHOULD GET IS START PAYING WOMEN WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY WORTH.

>> Reporter: MOSS IS SUING FOR PAST FUTURE WAGES LOSS AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS.

BUT WOULD NOT DISCUSS WHAT THAT WAS WORTH IN DOLLARS AND CENTS.>> KU SI VIEWERS WOULD BE SURPRISED TO LEARN HOW WOMEN ARE TREATED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID SHE NEVER IMAGINED HER NEARLY 40 YEARS IN BROADCASTING WOULD END LIKE THIS.>> BUT I'M HOPING THAT IN THE COMING WEEKS THAT THE NEW CHAPTER WILL BE A BETTER ENDING FOR ME.

>> Reporter: WE REACHED OUT TO KU SI AND THEY DID NOT RETURN OUR CALLS FOR COMMENT.>>> OUR COVERAGE OF EQUAL PAY INCLUDES A RECENT STORY BY KBS -- PART OF TODAY'S SAN DIEGO NEWS NOW PODCASTS AND AT KPBS.ORG.

>>> INMATE FROM THE JAIL DIED OF AN UNKNOWN MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

THE LATEST ALONG WITH RECENT NEWS THAT A DEPUTY WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY BRINGING DRUGS INTO JAIL PROPERTY ONTO JAIL PROPERTY.

HAS COMMUNITY MEMBERS CALLING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY.

KPBS ALEXANDER HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THE INMATE WAS 33- YEAR-OLD RYAN THURSTON WHO WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN HIS CELL WEDNESDAY MORNING.

DEBBIE'S PERFORMED EMERGENCY FIRST AID BEFORE TRANSPORTING HIM TO THE HOSPITAL.

WHERE HE DIED TODAY.

DEPUTIES DID NOT FIND ANY DRUGS IN HIS CELL AND THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

>> ALL THESE DEATHS ARE SPEAKING OUT LOUD.

>> Reporter: THERE'S THIS DEATH SHOWS THERE NEEDS TO BE TRANSPARENCY WITH THE SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

HER SON IS CURRENTLY IN JAIL AND SHE SAYS HE IS SUFFERING FROM MEDICAL NEGLECT.

>> IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES.

THEY HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE.

I'M HERE TO BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS.

THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIED AND ARE GOING TO DIE.

>> Reporter: THE LATEST IN CUSTODY DEATH -- ARRESTED FRIDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING ILLEGAL DRUGS ON COUNTY JAIL PROPERTY ARE PROOF THE DRUGS RUN RAMPANT IN THE JAILS.

HE THINKS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NORTH COUNTY EQUITY AND JUSTICE COALITION.

>> IT IS NOT A STATEMENT TO SAY THAT ALL DEPUTIES ARE DRUG DEALERS.

BUT IN CASE THERE IS AN INFLUX THROUGH THAT STAFF AND DEPUTY ROUTE THAT WE CUT IT OFF.

AND WE'VE SEEN NOW IT IS VERY POSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: SHIP DEPUTY ALLEN WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING COCAINE IN HIS CAR.

HE WAS BOOKED INTO SAN DIEGO CENTRAL JAIL PENDING ARRAIGNMENT.

NEWLY ELECTED SHERIFF KELLY MARTINEZ TOLD US IN JANUARY THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT JAIL STAFF ARE BRINGING IN DRUGS.

>> WE DON'T HAVE EVIDENCE OF THAT.

THE BODY SCANNING THE PEOPLE SUGGESTS IT IS NOT A PERFECT SYSTEM.

IT IS NOT GOING TO CATCH ALL THE DRUGS THAT ARE COMING IN.

WE CANNOT BODY SCAN OUR EMPLOYEES SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.

IT IS NOT SAFE.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS WE HAVE NO DATA.

NOW WE HAVE DATA.

HOW MUCH DATA DO WE NEED TO SAY THIS, SINCE ACTION TO SCAN EVERYONE?

>>> COUNTY SUPERVISOR NATHAN FLETCHER SAID HE WANTS TO RETURN TO SACRAMENTO.

FLETCHER SAYS HE WILL RUN FOR THE DISTRICT 39 SEAT NEXT YEAR.

IT IS CURRENTLY HELD BY SENATE PRESIDENT TONY ATKINS WHO IS FACING TERM LIMITS.

DISTRICT COVERS MUCH OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.

A DEMOCRATIC SERVED FOUR YEARS AS IS A REPUBLICAN BEFORE SWITCHING PARTIES.

>>> THOUSANDS ARE FEARED DEAD IN TURKEY AND SYRIA AFTER A DEVASTATING SOUTHERN 7.8 EARTHQUAKE.

THE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS AND THE ONE FACTOR MAKING THAT SEARCH ALL THE MORE DANGEROUS.

AND A WARNING SOME OF THE IMAGES ARE GRAPHIC.

>> Reporter: FROM UNDER THE DUST AND RUBBLE SMALL HAND REACHES OUT.

VOLUNTEER RESCUERS PULLING OUT A SYRIAN BOY FROM THE DEBRIS ALIVE.

FRANTIC SEARCH FOR LIFE IS NOT ENOUGH.

>> WE NEED HELP.

WE NEED SUPPORT IMMEDIATE SUPPORT FROM ANYONE WHO CAN SUPPORT US.

>> Reporter: THE CATASTROPHIC 7.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE COLLAPSING BUILDINGS.

AS PEOPLE SLEPT IN BED.

THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PREDICTS THE DEATH TOLL COULD RISE BY THE THOUSANDS.

BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THE QUAKE IN TURKEY AND SYRIA.

IT IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST TO HIT THE REGION SINCE 1939.>> WE WERE NOT READY TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

IT IS BIGGER THAN US.

BIGGER THAN ANY -- TO HANDLE THIS DISASTER.

>> Reporter: SURVIVORS UNABLE TO GO HOME AND TAKING SHELTER WHEREVER THEY CAN FIND.

EVEN IN CARS.

>> STRONG AFTERSHOCKS COMPLICATE THE SEARCH FOR THOSE TRAPPED.

THE BIGGEST OF THEM MEASURING THE POWERFUL 7.5 MAGNITUDE.

INTERNATIONAL HELP IS ON THE WAY.

SEVERAL COUNTRIES ARE DONATING MONEY EQUIPMENT AND MANPOWER.

AS RESCUERS DIG FOR ANY SIGNS OF LIFE.>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR RESCUE WORKERS SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE RAVAGES TURKEY AND SYRIA.

COMING UP AT SEVEN RIGHT AFTER EVENING ADDITION ON KPBS.

>>> MILLIONS OF PEOPLE COULD SIMPLY GET OFF FROM THE COLORADO RIVER WATER SUPPLY.

SOURCES SAY AN ENCLOSED DOOR MEETING BETWEEN SEVEN STATES REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA'S WATER DISTRICT SUGGEST CUTTING OFF CITIES LIKE PHOENIX AND LAS VEGAS WHICH ARE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE WATER.

>> Reporter:>> THIS IS THE KIND OF MALLOW PLANT HERE.

THIS IS CALLED COWBOYS COLOGNE.

>> Reporter: BY PLANTING MOSTLY NATIVE AND DROUGHT RESISTANT PLANTS SARAH RIVERA'S GARDEN SAVES HER TIME AND MONEY.>> MOST IMPORTANTLY WATER.

>> IN THE WINTER I DON'T REALLY HAVE TO WATER.

MAYBE EVERY THREE OR FOUR WEEKS.

MAYBE NOT AT ALL.

BUT IN THE SUMMER MAYBE EVERY 7 TO 10 DAYS.

>> Reporter: THIS KIND OF WATER CONSERVATION MIGHT EVENTUALLY BE MANDATED.

IN STATES THAT DEPEND ON THE COLORADO RIVER'S VANISHING WATER.>> IS NOT ENOUGH WATER.

EVERYBODY WANTS MORE OF IT.

>> Reporter: THE SEVEN STATES HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO AGREE ON HOW TO ACHIEVE UNPRECEDENTED WATER CUTS.

MONTHS OF BITTER NEGOTIATIONS HAVE COLLAPSED.

AND IT IS NOW CALIFORNIA VERSUS EVERYONE ELSE.>> CALIFORNIA SITE IS THAT THEY ESSENTIALLY MADE A DEAL BACK IN THE LATE 60s EARLY 70s.

THAT IF THINGS ARE GOING TO BE RUNNING DRY THEN THEY CAN GUARANTEE A CERTAIN AMOUNT.

THE OTHER STATES ARE SAYING WELL YES BUT WE'VE GOT THIS REAL CRISIS SO LET'S DO IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

>> Reporter: UCLA PROFESSOR JONATHAN SAYS THE LAW AND THE SIZE OF THE STATE GIVE CALIFORNIA AN ADVANTAGE.

>> WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS LET'S DO IT SLOWLY AND GRADUALLY.

LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW TO DO IT.

BECAUSE WE NEED TO COLLABORATE.

WE HAVE RIGHTS.

WATER RIGHTS ARE ON THE TABLE.

>> Reporter: THE SIX OTHER STATES ARE SHOWING THEIR STRENGTH.

THROUGH A COALITION.

>> I THINK ALL SIX OF US WILL CONTINUE TO COLLECTIVELY BAN TOGETHER.

BUT ALSO BE WILLING TO COMPROMISE MORE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE.

>> Reporter: ALL SEVEN STATES ARE NOW WAITING FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO WEIGH IN.>> WHAT COULD HAPPEN EVENTUALLY AS THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR IS GOING TO SAY I'M GOING TO MAKE MY DECISION THREE MONTHS OUT.

I'M NOT ONE TO TELL YOU WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

WITH THAT INCREDIBLE UNCERTAINTY THAT MIGHT BRING THEM TO THE TABLE.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER OPTION IS AN EXPENSIVE LENGTHY AND HIGH- STAKES LEGAL BATTLE AT THE SUPREME COURT.

>> IT IS BETTER TO GET A POLITICAL DECISION THAN TO GET A LITIGATION DECISION THE SUPREME COURT THAT THEY HAVE LEARNED IS NOT PARTICULARLY RELIABLE ON GETTING FACTS RIGHT.

WERE GETTING THE EQUITIES RIGHT.

>> Reporter: SO THEY CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE AND ENCOURAGE THE MORE THAN 40 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE WEST THAT DEPEND ON THIS WATER TO CONSERVE IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.

BECAUSE MORE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES COULD BECOME A REALITY.>> WE CAN'T THINK OF WATER JUST AS WATER IS SOMETHING TO DRINK.

IT IS GOING TO BE EVERYTHING YOU DO THAT ONLY IN TERMS OF LANDSCAPING BUT FOOD AND ENERGY.

>> Reporter: EXPERTS BELIEVE THE SEVEN STATES PROBABLY WON'T AGREE ON HOW TO CUT ABOUT 30% OF THE RIVER WATER ALLOCATION.

>> WHEN WE MOVED IN THIS WAS ALL GRASS.

>> Reporter: WHAT INDIVIDUALS CAN DO THEIR PART.

>> THERE IS MORE ALL OF US CAN DO.

I THINK IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

>> >>> MORE THAN 5 MILLION PEOPLE IN ARIZONA ARE SERVED BY COLORADO RIVER WATER WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR 40% OF PHOENIX APPLY.

AROUND 90% OF LAS VEGAS IS WATER IS FROM THE RIVER.

>>> THE BREEZES WILL CONTINUE ESPECIALLY WELL EAST OF THE COAST AROUND THE MOUNTAINS.

STAY ON THE DRY SIDE.

THE WARMTH IS GOING TO PERSIST AT THE COAST THROUGHOUT SOME OF THE INTERIOR VALLEYS.

MEANWHILE THE MOUNTAINS ARE GOING TO STAY ON THE CHILLY SIDE.

ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT SOME VERY CHOPPY ROUGH SURF AS WE GO THROUGH TIME TONIGHT.

AND RIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

ALONG THE COASTLINE.

GRADUALLY WE WILL START TO SEE IMPROVEMENT LATE TO TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT CONDITIONS FOR TONIGHT.

DRY AIR IN PLACE MAY BE A CHILLY ONE.

GRAB A JACKET IF YOU ARE VENTURING OUT.

43.

AGAIN IN THE METRO TALK ABOUT AREAS THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

WE WILL BE FALLING DOWN INTO THE 30s AND THE 40s.

MOUNT LAGUNA OUT EAST 32.

BORREGO SPRINGS 36.

CHULA VISTA 42.

AND AGAIN STILL LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE BREEZES ON TUESDAY.

ESPECIALLY OF THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND THROUGHOUT THE DESERTS WHERE WE HOLD AND DRIVE.

CLOSER TO COAST WILL BE DIFFERENT.

WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OUTER AIR MOVING IN.

SAN DIEGO UP TO 70.

3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THIS MONTH.

NORMAL HEIGHTS IMAGER RIGHT AROUND 66.

WE WILL GO ABOVE THAT THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

CHULA VISTA 72.

OCEANSIDE UP TO 69.

NICELY THE COAST AS WE WEDNESDAY THE WARMTH CONTINUES TO INCREASE.

IT WILL STAY BREEZY.

AND CHILLY POINTS TO THE EAST OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND THROUGHOUT THE DESERTS.

HE WAS A LOOK AT FUTURE CASH.

QUIET DEPICTION HERE.

NOTHING REALLY TO SHOW IN TERMS OF THE RADAR.

SOME HIGH CLOUDINESS FORCED ITS WAY THROUGH AS WE GO INTO TUESDAY AND IT'S WEDNESDAY.

LET'S BREAK DOWN EXTENDED FORECAST.

AS WE START CONDITIONS ALL PEER AT THE COAST.

LOOKING NICE AND WARM.

AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

LOTS OF SUNSHINE.

COOLER AIR RETURNS BY THE WEEKEND.

ON SATURDAY.

ANILINE INTERIOR VALLEYS WARM PEAKS ON THURSDAY.

WE START TO SEE THE COOLING BY SATURDAY.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LOTS OF SUNSHINE HERE THROUGHOUT MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN DIFFERENT STORY.

WE WILL HAD THE WIND AND THE CHILL THAT WERE PERSIST RIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

DESERT ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME SUNSHINE.

IT'LL BIT OF A BREEZE BLOWING AS WE GO TO TUESDAY.

HIGH TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT MAINLY IN THE 70s.>>> TOMORROW NIGHT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS DELIVERING HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS COVERAGE STARTS AT 6:00 RIGHT HERE ON KPBS.

YOU CAN ALSO STREAM IT LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE KPBS.ORG.

>>> LEGOLAND GETTING CREDIT FOR MAKING CHANGES THAT WOULD CREATE A MORE WELCOMING THEME PARK FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM.

THE THEME PARK WILL GET OFFICIAL DESIGNATION THE SPRING.

AS CERTIFIED AUTISM CENTER.

UPGRADES INCLUDE OFFERING EARPLUGS FOR SOUND SENSITIVE GUESTS QUITE ROAMS A DEDICATED STAFF ON SITE TO HELP GUESS PLAN TO VISIT.

THE CHANGES WILL BE IN PLACE BY MARCH 31st.

>>> AFTER A STOP IN SAN DIEGO OF THE WEEKEND FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN MADE A BIT OF HISTORY AT THE GRAMMY AWARDS.

SHE APPEARED ON STAGE TO DELIVER THE FIRST EVER GRAMMY FOR BEST SONG TO PROMOTE SOCIAL CHANGE.

IT GOES TO --.

WHO SONG SERVED AS AN ANTHEM FOR THE RECENT PROTEST AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS.

ALSO OF NOTE IS BEYONCI WHO WON 4 AWARDS LAST NIGHT.

AND NOW HAS THE MOST EVER AT 32 GRAMMYS.

>>>, CON MUSEUM JUST OPENED A NEW HEADLINE EXHIBIT ON THE HISTORY OF ANIMATION.

IT ALSO UNVEILED A SMALL EXHIBIT CALLED COVER STORY.

IT LOOKS AT FIVE DECADES OF, CON'S OWN HISTORY.

ARTS REPORTER HAS THIS PREVIEW.

>> Reporter: COMIC CON INTERNATIONAL HAS BECOME A GLOBAL PHENOMENON.

ATTRACTING UPWARDS OF 135,000 PEOPLE FOR THE SAN DIEGO POP- CULTURE CONVENTION.

IT BEGAN ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE IN 1970 WITH JUST 300 PEOPLE ATTENDING.

IN THAT INAUGURAL YEAR IT CREATED A SOUVENIR BOOK THAT IS NOW A TREASURED MOMENT SO FROM EACH YEAR SHOW.

THE BOOK ALWAYS FEATURES THE WORK OF TOP ARTISTS IN THE INDUSTRY ON THE COVER.

LIKE THE COCREATOR OF CAPTAIN AMERICA.

SAYS, CON SPOKESPERSON DAVID LANZA.

>> IS STARTED AS A VERY SMALL LITTLE GATHERING.

TO HAVE JAC KIRBY ARTWORK THAT FIRST YEAR WAS JUST REMARKABLE.

WE'VE BEEN LUCKY EVER SINCE THE HAVE INCREDIBLE ARTIST CONTRIBUTE TO COMIC CON.

>> Reporter: COVER STORY FIVE DECADES OF, CON CELEBRATE STARTED TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED COVER DESIGNS FOR THE SOUVENIR BOOKS.>> WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT THE ARTIST TO PARTICIPATE NOT ONLY IN THE COVER DESIGNS BUT IN THE BOOKS THEMSELVES WAS REALLY PEOPLE WHO DID NOT GET NECESSARY A LOT OF MAINSTREAM ATTENTION.

AND YET COMIC CON WAS A VENUE THEY COULD COME TO THAT HERALDED FOR THEIR WORK AND APPRECIATED IT IS WONDERFUL THAT YOU COULD SEE THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE.

>> Reporter: IT INCLUDES SOME ORIGINAL ARTWORK THAT IS AMAZING TO SEE UP CLOSE.>> I LIKE THE OLDER ONES BECAUSE TO ME IT IS JUST REMARKABLE PEAK BACK TO THE HISTORY OF COMIC CON.

HOW WE STARTED SO SMALL AND YET HAVE MONUMENTAL ARTIST WHO WERE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE EVENT.

>> Reporter: COMIC CON RESUME ALLOWS THE POP-CULTURE CONVENTION TO HAVE A BRICK-AND- MORTAR PLACE THE SHOWCASE IS HISTORY.

>> WE HAVE MATERIAL.

I THINK NOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHOWCASE THAT.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE WILL SEE WHAT ELSE WE HAVE.

IT IS WONDERFUL TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO VISIT SAN DIEGO AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE CONVENTION TO KNOW THE HISTORY.

>> Reporter: YOU CAN ENJOY FIVE DECADES OF COVER ART ALONG WITH THE ANIMATION ACADEMY AT THE COMIC CON MUSEUM.

>>> DELEGATION OF LOCAL COLLEGE STUDENTS AND A MINISTRY DOES IS IN WASHINGTON DC TONIGHT TO MEET WITH SOME HIGH RANKING GOVERNMENT LEADERS.

EDUCATIONAL REPORTER ANGIE PEREZ IS THAT THEY WERE WELCOMED BY A VERY FAMILIAR RELOCATED SAN DIEGANS.

>> >> Reporter: DIEGO BUFFET AND HIS FELLOW SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS WALKED INTO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THIS MORNING.

AND THEY HAD A SEAT AT A VERY IMPORTANT TABLE.

>> THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT QUOTE.

>> Reporter: CINDY MART WAS PRINCIPAL OF THE EAST SAN DIEGO SCHOOL.

THEN SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SUPERINTENDENT AND NOW DEPUTY SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.

HER GUESTS ARE ALL STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT.

OF THE FOUR SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT CAMPUSES.

WHO ARE IN THE CAPITAL TO BE HEARD.

>> THIS IS WHAT WE WILL BE STEPPING INTO.

SO IF WE DON'T DECIDE TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD AND RIGHT NOW WE -- WHATEVER IS GIVEN TO US.

WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT LATER.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE PLENTY OF PICTURE-PERFECT MOMENTS TO DOCUMENT THE TRIP.

LED BY THE DISTRICTS CHANCELLOR CARLOS CORTEZ.

WHO BROUGHT THE GROUP TO WASHINGTON TO MEET WITH LOCAL CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS.

HE SAYS IT IS ABOUT REPRESENTATION.

>> STUDENTS ARE CHOOSING THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM AS THEIR FIRST CHOICE.

THEY ARE MAKING A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO SAVE MONEY AND TO RECEIVE A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION.

>> Reporter: BACK ON CAMPUS YOU AT MESA COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON.

NOT SURPRISING THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT FINANCES AND THEIR FUTURES.

>> NOT ONLY STUDENTS COMING OUT STRAIGHT FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

IT IS ALSO ADULTS WHO ARE WANTING AN EDUCATION.

I THINK DROPPING THE PRICE OF TUITION WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE HELPFUL.>> IT IS HARD FOR ME.

MY DAD DOES WHAT HE CAN.

HE ALSO STRUGGLES AND HAS A LOT OF BILLS TO PAY.

>> Reporter: THE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENTS HOPE TO BE HEARD IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ENCOURAGED.

>> SOME PEOPLE NEED TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT.

OTHER PEOPLE CAN BELIEVE SOMETHING INTO BEING.

>> Reporter:>>> THE PUSH TO LEGALIZE LOW RIDER CRUISING IS HEADED TO THE STATE CAPITAL.

JACOB SAYS A SOUTH BAY ASSEMBLY MEMBER IS ANNOUNCING NEW LEGISLATION TO END CITY AND COUNTY BANDS ON THE CULTURAL PASTIME.

>> Reporter: RAFAEL PEREZ LOVES TO CRUISE IN HIS 1951 CHEVY DELUXE.

AROUND SAN DIEGO.>> I GREW UP WITH LOW WRITERS AROUND ME.

AS SOON AS I WAS OLD ENOUGH I FIXED UP A LOW-RIDER BIKE.

AS SOON AS I WAS OF DRIVING AGE I HAVE SEVERAL.

>> Reporter: HE CONTINUES TO PURSUE HIS PASSION WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER.

AND AS A BOARD MEMBER WITH THE LOW-RIDER COALITION.

HE SAID STEREOTYPES ABOUT CRUISING PERSISTS BUT CHANGES ON THE HORIZON.

DISTRICT ASSEMBLY MEMBER DAVID ALVAREZ ANNOUNCED A NEW BILL IN SACRAMENTO TODAY.

TO REPEAL SECTIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE AND MAY CRUISING LEGAL IN CITIES ACROSS THE STATE.

>> THIS IS ABOUT ALLOWING PEOPLE WHO SPENT THEIR TIME AND THEIR TALENT ON FIXING UP CARS WHETHER LOW-RIDER OLD CARS CLASSIC CARS TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY LEGALLY DRIVE THESE VEHICLES.

THAT IS THE FIRST PART OF THE LAW.

AND SECOND THAT THEY COULD DO THIS THROUGH CRUISING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> Reporter: THE VEHICLE CODE ALLOWS LAW ENFORCEMENT TO STOP DRIVERS FROM CRUISING AND ALLOWS THEM TO HOLD CARS THAT HAVE BEEN MODIFIED AND THERE ARE A CERTAIN HEIGHT.

>> I WAS PULLED OVER 19 TIMES BEFORE I TURNED 18.

NEVER ONCE FOR ANYTHING I WAS CITED FOR.

IT WAS ALWAYS BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE.

>> Reporter: THE BANDS UNFAIRLY TARGET LATINO AND OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

LOW WRITING IN CRUISING WHOLE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE.

LAST YEAR A PILOT PROGRAM IN NATIONAL CITY GAVE A GLIMPSE OF WHAT LEGAL CRUISING COULD BE LIKE.

IF THE BAND WERE OVERTURNED.

>> GETTING RID OF THAT STIGMA GETTING RID OF THAT LAW ALLOWS CITIES TO IMPOSE THESE TYPES OF BANDS.

ALSO MAKES A STATEMENT THAT LOW WRITING IS SOMETHING POSITIVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE ARE DOING WELL.

>> Reporter: ALFRED SAID THIS IN THE BILL FOR 36 NOW TO GO TO THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.

HE IS HOPING TO HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON WHETHER IT WILL BECOME LAW BY THE END OF THE YEAR.>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

THE LEAD UP TO THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS.

WE WILL ALSO HAVE LIGHT COVERAGE AS IT IS DELIVERED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN TOMORROW NIGHT.

MIDDAY EDITION HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON.

ON THE CONCERNS ABOUT AIR QUALITY THAT DERAILED A NEW CONCRETE PLANT IN SAN DIEGO.

AND YOU FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE KPBS.ORG.

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

GOOD NIGHT.