>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL ONE 800 BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

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AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU!

>>> WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MOTHER NATURE, FIREFIGHTERS NOW HAVE THE UPPER HAND ON THE BORDER 2 FIRE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

6600 ACRES HAVE BURNED.

THE FIRE IS 66% CONTAINED.

THE FLAMES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO SPREAD ANYMORE.

>> THE RAIN HAS DONE REALLY GOOD FOR US.

>> Reporter: THINGS WERE DIFFERENT TODAY COMPARED TO LAST FRIDAY.

THE SKY IS CLEAR AND THERE'S NO SMOKE RISING FROM THE BURNED AREA.

>> WE DID PICK UP A HALF INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT.

OVER THE PAST 36 HOURS, WE PICKED UP AN INCH OF RAIN .

>> Reporter: INCIDENT RELIGIOUS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THE RAIN CERTAINLY HELPED.

THOUGH, THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THE DISTRICT IN THE AREA, HE SAYS THAT SHOULDN'T BE A CONCERN.

THE WEATHER IS GETTING DRIER.

>> ONCE THE DRIVER MOVES IN, EXPECT THE RH DID UP TO 70% .

>> Reporter: AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, THERE ARE STORM CLOUDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS.

THE RAIN HAS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED FIRE ACTIVITIES.

>> WE ARE NOT EXPERT IN A LOT OF FIRE GROWTH OR MOVEMENT .

>> Reporter: FOR BEHAVIOR ANALYST JONATHAN BURNS IS DEPRESSED IS CRITICALLY TRY AS CREWS BEGIN MOP UP OPERATIONS.

THE WINTER WEATHER IS CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS.

>> THE RAIN IS STARTING TO SATURATE SOME SOIL IN CERTAIN AREAS .

>> Reporter: THE GOAL IS TO MOP UP AND SUPPRESS ANY HOTSPOTS.

SOME FIRE CREWS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FIRES IN SAN DIEGO FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LOOKING AHEAD TO TONIGHT, WE ARE DROPPING DOWN TO LOW TEMPERATURES ) TO THE MID-40s ALONG THE COAST AND ESPECIALLY IN SAN DIEGO PROPER.

THOUGH, IT IS STILL A LITTLE CHILLY.

WE ARE GOING TO HANG ONTO THAT CHILL FOR A WHILE LONGER BUT WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THE WARM- UP IS ON THE WAY AGAIN.

>>> A MASSIVE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ROUND UP SNARED NEARLY 1000 PEOPLE OVER THE WEEKEND CONTINUES TODAY.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT IS TARGETING NONECRIMINALS BUT MANY FAMILIES WORRY THEIR LOVED ONES WILL BE SWEPT UP IN THE NET.

SOME CITIZENS IN THOSE IN CITIES ACROSS THE NATION ARE SETTING UP EFFECTIVE MEASURES.

>> THIS IS, IN SOME WAYS, A BIG SHOW .

>> Reporter: THAT IS HOW TEXAS DEMOCRAT REPETITIVE JOAQUIN CASTRO SUMS UP THE NATIONWIDE IMMIGRATION ROUND UP.

>> PEOPLE GENERALLY AGREE IF YOU HAVE A CONVICTED FELON, THEY SHOULD BE DEPORTED .

>> Reporter: ON THAT, THERE IS BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT.

>> IF THEY ARE INDEED CRIMINALS, THEY WILL BE SHIPPED BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN .

>> Reporter: INCLUDING HOW THAT IS DONE.

>> EVERYONE SHOULD BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY, EVERYONE SHOULD BE TREATED THE RIGHT WAY .

>> Reporter: IT IS THE SCOPE AND SPEED THAT IS CONCERNING.

>> WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS DOING NOW IS THAT HE'S CAUSING CHAOS RATHER THAN ADDRESSING THOSE THINGS.

>> THEY ARE GOING AFTER PEOPLE WHO ARE LAW-ABIDING, WHO ARE HOLDING DOWN JOBS, WHO MAY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A DECADE OR TWO DECADES .

>> Reporter: ILLINOIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL STATES AND TERRITORIES WHERE THE OPERATIONS ARE UNDERWAY.

>> I HAD A FOUR-YEAR-OLD CRYING AND FEARING DEPORTATION.

>> Reporter: THE STATE COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS SAYS A HOTLINE TO REPORT POSSIBLE IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT SIGHTINGS HAS BEEN RAINING NONSTOP SINCE SUNDAY.

LIKEWISE, FOR ANOTHER SUCH HOTLINE IN ARIZONA.

>> WE HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT DIFFERENT POSSIBLE RATE .

>> Reporter: RESIDENT HERE, LIKE THOSE IN OTHER TARGETED CITIES, OR FEARFUL IT IS NOT JUST CRIMINALS OR THE AGENTS WILL HANDCUFF.

>> IT IS A WHITE MET IN CASTING AND, INEVITABLY, YOU WILL HAVE THE EFFECTS OF RACIAL PROFILING AND UPSETTING A COMMUNITY THAT WOULD OTHERWISE COLLABORATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> Reporter: I'M LAURA AGUIRRE FOR KPBS IS.

>>> OVER THE WEEKEND, IN TIJUANA, CHICKEN FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES ALLOWED MEDIA ACCESS TO A NEW SHELTER FOR DEPORTEES WHO ARE PART OF THE ANTICIPATED MASS DEPORTATIONS BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

KPBS VIDEO JOURNALIST MATTHEW BULLARD TAKES US INSIDE.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE THREE ROAD FROM TIJUANA TO ROSARITO.

THAT BUILDING WAS AN EVENT HALL CALLED FLAMINGOS EVENTS UNTIL LAST WEEK.

IT HOSTED WEDDING RECEPTIONS.

IT HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR DEPORTEES.

IT IS PART OF A NATIONAL PROGRAM IN MEXICO CALLED MEXICO EMBRACES YOU.

>> MEXICO BECAUSE YOU .

>> Reporter: MEXICAN PRESIDENT CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM ANNOUNCED THE PROGRAM IN HER DAILY PRESS CONFERENCE, IT IS HOW MEXICO IS PREPARING FOR THE REPATRIATION OF ITS CITIZENS IF AMERICAN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS ABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH HIS PROMISE OF MASS DEPORTATIONS.

THIS SHELTER IS PART OF A NETWORK OF FACILITIES CREATED IN MEXICO ALONG THE BORDER WITH THE UNITED STATES.

GOVERNOR OF BAJA, MARINA OTHER LESSONS THIS FACILITY IS FOR DEPORTEES REPEATEDLY DID BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PROMISED MASS DEPORTATIONS.

>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Reporter: THIS FACILITY WILL NOT JUST FEED AND HOUSE THE DEPORTEES BUT ALSO PROVIDE MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CARE TO HELP THEM MANAGE THE STRESS OF THEIR DEPORTATION.

MEDIA WAS ALLOWED ACCESS TO ONE SECTION OF THE CHARTER, SHOWING THE DINING HALL, KITCHEN, AND ABOUT, MEDICAL OFFICES AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

MONICA AGUIRRE REPRESENTED THE GOVERNOR TO ENGLISH SPEAKING MEDIA.

MONICA AGUIRRE VEGA SAID THE CHARTER IS READY.

>> WE KNOW THERE IS EXPECTATION OF WHEN AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING.

IN THIS FIRST CENTER, WE ARE GOING TO DO WE ARE READY TO RECEIVE 2600 PEOPLE, MEN, WOMEN, FAMILIES, AND PEOPLE.

SO, THEY CAN COME BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY SAFELY.

WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A WARM WELCOME.

>> Reporter: ON THIS DAY, NO DEPORTEES ARE AT THE SHELTER.

NONETHELESS, THE GOVERNMENT OF TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA, AND MEXICO SAY THEY ARE READY TO WELCOME THEM HOME.

TIJUANA, MATTHEW BULLER, KPBS IS.

>>> THE KPBS TEAM PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF COMMON IMMIGRATION STATUTES AND THEIR MISSIONS IN A WAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE MANY WAYS IMMIGRANTS CAN HOLD LEGAL STATUS IN THE U.S. YOU CAN FIND IT ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG .

>>> MTS SAYS THEY ARE MAKING IT EASIER TO GET AROUND TOWN FOR PEOPLE USING THE TROLLEY.

THEY BROUGHT ON MORE CONDUCTORS AND IS INCREASING THE FREQUENCY OF TROLLEYS.

AS OF YESTERDAY, THE TROLLEY IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE EVERY 15 MINUTES COMPARED TO EVERY HALF HOUR BEFORE.

>> I FEEL LIKE IT IS NICE WHEN I GET TO THAT TROLLEY STATION AND IT IS ALREADY THERE OR I ONLY HAVE TO WAIT A FEW MINUTES JUST BECAUSE SOME AREAS OF TOWN ARE SKETCHING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

IT WOULD BE MORE CONVENIENT IN THAT SENSE.

>> MTS WAS ABLE TO FIND THAT YOU JUST THROUGH SENATE BILL 125.

A SPOKESPERSON SAYS RIDERSHIP IS GROWN STEADILY AND IS CURRENTLY AT 80 OR 90% OF THE PANDEMIC LEVELS.

>>> SAN DIEGO IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PLAN TO INCREASE PARKING METER RATES.

METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SAYS IT IS AN EFFORT TO EASE THE IMPACT OF UPCOMING BUDGET CUTS.

>> Reporter: MOST PARKING METERS IN SAN DIEGO CHARGE $1.25 PER HOUR, WELL BELOW THE RATE AT PRESENT LOTS AND GARAGES AND METER RATES IN OTHER CITIES.

THE NEW RATE OF $2.50 IS EXPECTED TO BRING IN ABOUT $10 MILLION PER YEAR TO PAY FOR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS AROUND PARKING METERS.

COUNCIL MEMBER SEAN GUILLOT RIVERA SAID THAT COSTS WOULD OTHERWISE BE BORNE BY THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS FACING A MASSIVE DEFICIT.

>> BY COLLECTING ADDITIONAL REVENUE, WE ARE ALLEVIATING THE PRESSURE FROM THE GENERAL FUND MOTHER FOR ALLOWING THOSE DOLLARS TO BE USED FOR FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, PARK, RECREATION CENTERS, ALL OF THE THINGS OUR RESIDENTS WANT AND DESERVE.

>> Reporter: CITY OFFICIALS HAVE TO CUT WITHIN $258 MILLION IN SPENDING TO BALANCE THE CITY BUDGET.

CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT JOE LACAVA SAID PARKING METERS UP AND >> IF WE WENT TO $1.35, THAT INCREMENTAL INCREASE OVER THE YEARS GIVEN THE COST OF LIVING WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER TO TOLERATE.

>> Reporter: THE CITY IS ALSO EXPLORING WAYS TO EXPAND PARKING METERS INTO MORE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> I'M AMNA NAWAZ.

TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS MEET TO ADVANCE HIS AGENDA.

THAT IS COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> MORE THAN 376,000 POSTCARDS ARE HEADING OUT TO REGISTERED VOTERS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S FIRST SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT.

A SPECIAL ELECTION IS BEING HELD TO FILL A VACANT SEAT ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

IF NO CANDIDATE RECEIVES A MAJORITY VOTE ON APRIL 8, THE TOP TWO WILL MOVE ON TO THE SPECIAL GENERAL ELECTION, WHICH IS ON JULY 1st.

DISTRICT 1 COVERS MOST OF THE SOUTH COUNTY, FROM THE OCEAN TO THE OTAY IN SAN MIGUEL MOUNTAINS AND FROM BARRIO LOGAN TO THE BORDER.

YOU CAN FIND OUT WHICH DISTRICT YOU VOTE IN BY GOING TO SDVOTE.COM.

>>> FILLING A VACANT CITY COUNCIL SEAT IS USUALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND WITHOUT CONTROVERSY BUT NOT SO IN THE CITY OF POWAY, WE ARE THE PUBLIC, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY AT LOGGERHEADS OVER HOW TO REPLACE THE STATE OF BRIAN PEPIN.

KPBS HAS BEEN COVERING THE STORY AND LETTERS REPORTER AMITHA SHARMA SPOKE TO HER ABOUT THE DUSTUP.

>> Reporter: IS FEELING POWAY CITY COUNCILMAN BRIAN PEPIN FEET SO CONTROVERSIAL?

>> IT KIND OF GOES BACK A WAYS.

POWAY HAS, WITH THIS PRESENT APPOINTMENT OF BRIAN PEPIN'S SEAT, THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH APPOINTMENT THAT POWAY CITY COUNCIL HAS MADE IN THE PAST 10 YEARS.

SINCE 2015 .

AND, RESIDENTS ARE KIND OF, I THINK THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT TIRED OF ALWAYS OPTING FOR AN APPOINTMENT RATHER THAN A SPECIAL ELECTION.

AND, THERE IS A LEVEL OF RESIDENTS WANT TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE WHO THEIR REPRESENTATIVE IS.

AND, THERE IS A DEEPER LEVEL THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM SOME RESIDENTS WHERE THEY THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT LEVEL IN TERMS OF WHO THEY CHOOSE FOR THE APPOINTMENTS.

SOME RESIDENTS THINK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES PEOPLE WHO WILL AGREE WITH THEM ON CERTAIN ISSUES.

LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, POWAY HAS HAD A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT RECENTLY, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, SOME THAT HAVE CAUSED CONTROVERSY AMONG SOME RESIDENTS WHO THINK MAYBE THESE BIG DEVELOPMENTS DON'T FIT INTO THE COMMUNITY CHARACTER OR THEY THINK IT IS CAUSING MORE TRAFFIC , MORE STRAIN ON INFRASTRUCTURE, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WITH THESE APPOINTMENTS, THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTS WHO BELIEVE THAT CITY LEADERS ARE CHOOSING INCOMING LEADERS WHO WILL AGREE WITH THEIR DEVELOPER INTEREST OR THE DEVELOPMENT INTERESTS.

>> TOLD ME ABOUT POWAY CITY COUNCILMAN TONY BLAIN'S ROLE IN THIS CONTROVERSY.

>> YES, SO TONY BLAIN WAS RECENTLY ELECTED FOR THE DISTRICT 2 SEAT.

AND, HE IS A CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE BECAUSE LEADING UP TO THE'S DECISION BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO EITHER APPOINT OR PUT ON A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR BRIAN PEPIN'S SEAT, HE ACTUALLY SENT EMAILS TO ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER AND IN THE EMAILS HE WAS URGING DEHOFF TO VOTE FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION OR PLANE BUT HE WOULD CONTINUE TO LEAD A RECALL EFFORT AND THAT HE WOULDN'T VOTE FOR DE HOFF TO BE DEPUTY MAYOR.

SO, THESE EMAILS ARE PUBLIC BECAUSE THEY ARE BETWEEN CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, AND THE CITY OF POWAY PUT THOSE EMAILS INTO THE AGENDA FOR THIS RECENT JANUARY 21st MEETING.

AND, PEOPLE SAW THE EMAILS.

IT WAS CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED VOTE TRADING, KIND OF LIKE IF YOU DO THIS FOR ME, I WILL DO THIS FOR YOU.

SOME PEOPLE WERE SAYING BRIBERY, EXTORTION.

THERE HASN'T BEEN A LEGAL DECISION ON IT YET BECAUSE IT IS VERY RECENT.

LEGAL EXPERTS HAVE SAID THAT IT COULD VIOLATE STATE LAW.

THAT IS KIND OF HOW THE TONY BLAIN CONTROVERSY STARTED.

>> I HAVE COVERED THREATS TO LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS QUITE A BIT.

AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW THAT STRONG-ARM TACTICS AND POLITICS GO HAND IN HAND.

IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN POWAY A BIT OF BOTH?

>> YES, I MEAN THIS SEEMED TO KIND OF CROSSED THE LINE IN TERMS OF TONY BLAIN'S EMAILS .

HE RAN A CAMPAIGN ON KEEPING THINGS HONEST, BEING TRANSPARENT.

HE HAS BEEN VERY CRITICAL DURING HIS CAMPAIGN OF THE CURRENT POWAY CITY COUNCIL AND HE HAS SAID THERE IS BACKROOM DEALS AND HE WAS RUNNING TO STOP THAT SORT OF BEHAVIOR.

SORT OF THE RHODES TRUST IN THE PUBLIC EVEN MORE.

NOW PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THIS LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS?

>> THAT IS MY NEXT QUESTION.

I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT THIS CONTROVERSY SAYS ABOUT THE PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF THE POWAY CITY COUNCIL.

>> FOR SURE.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE KIND OF SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS.

THEY ARE SHOCKED.

THEY ARE CONFUSED.

IT DEFINITELY THERE WAS ALREADY SORT OF A TRUST ISSUE, LIKE I SAID, WITH ALL OF THE APPOINTMENTS IN THE PAST.

PEOPLE WERE ALREADY KIND OF QUESTIONING THAT.

THEN, TO SEE THESE EMAILS COME OUT AND ALSO AND THE JANUARY 21st CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE CITY ATTORNEY OF POWAY , HE MADE SOME REMARKS TO THE PUBLIC AND TO TONY BLAIN FOR CALLING HIM A BULLY AND SEEING THAT HE HAS ANTEDATED HIM AND HARASSED HIM AND IT WAS A VERY SHOCKING AND IT WAS ANOTHER LAYER TO ALL OF THIS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING WITH ME.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>>> VOICE OF SAN DIEGO IS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS FOR THE PUBLIC MATTERS INITIATIVE.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT KPBS.ORG /PUBLICMATTERS.

>>> THE IRS HAS BECOME ACTIVE IN 2024 TAX RETURNS.

THE DEADLINE TO FILE WILL BE APRIL 15th.

THE DIRECT FEDERAL PROGRAM WILL BE OPEN IN 25 STATES, INCLUDING HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

IT ALLOWS ELIGIBLE TAX FILERS TO FILE THEIR TAXES DIRECTLY WITH THE IRS FOR FREE.

>>> U.S. HOME SALES IN 2024 FELL TO THE LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 1985 AS HIGH PRICES AND ELEVATED MORTGAGE RATES SQUEEZED HOMEBUYERS.

DESPITE THE TOUGH CONDITIONS, THERE WAS SOME MOMENTUM TOWARD THE END OF 2024.

MICHAEL YOSHIDA HAS MORE ON WHAT HOMEBUYERS CAN EXPERT THIS YEAR.

>> Reporter: AFTER CALLING TO A NEAR STANDSTILL IN 2024, CAN A NEW YEAR AND NO DEMONSTRATION JUMP START THE U.S. HOUSING MARKET?

>> JUMPING TO 2025, OUR PROJECT AND IS HOME SALES WILL START TO IMPROVE .

>> Reporter: TWO SERIOUS HEADWINDS, HOUSING SUPPLY AND MORTGAGE RATES.

AGNES AND SELLERS HAVE SPENT THE PAST FEW YEARS IN THE GRIPS OF THE FLOCK IN EFFECT.

IT'S BEEN TO SELL YOUR HOME AND GET A NEW HOME, YOU ARE TRADING IN A 4% MORTGAGE FOR A 7%, A LITTLE UNDER 7% MORTGAGE.

THAT IS PAINFUL.

>> Reporter: SUPPLY BEYOND EXISTING HOMES HAS BEEN TOUGH TO FIND AS PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE.

EXPERTS SAY MEETING DEMAND WITH MORE AFFORDABLE NEW CONSTRUCTION HAS ITS OWN CHALLENGES.

>> IT IS THE ONLY WAY FOR BUILDERS TO GET PRODUCT SOLD AND THEY ARE BUT THOSE COSTS ARE INCREASING AND THAT IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH 2025.

>> Reporter: WHAT SIGNS OF HOPE THERE?

EXPERTS SAY FALLING INTEREST RATES COULD LEAD TO LOWER MORTGAGE RATES AND HELP WITH THE LOCK IN EFFECT.

THERE COULD BE A TRUMP ON THE HOUSING MARKET WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION TAKING STEPS FROM TAX CUTS TO MORE PRO- BUSINESS POLICIES AND EVEN DEREGULATION.

>> WE KNOW ALREADY THAT $90,000 OR VICENCE OF THE COST OF A NEW HOME IS COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS AND PERIODS FEES.

IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THOSE RELATIONS AND TRY TO CUT BACK TO FIND MORE EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO HELP ADDRESS THE HOUSING SHORTAGE WE HAVE SEEN .

>> Reporter: WASHINGTON, YOSHIDA, REPORTING.

>>> ONE PERSON BUYS EVERY 33 SECONDS FROM CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN THE UNITED STATES.

NEW RESEARCH PERFORMED IN SPACE IS AIMED AT REPAIRING DAMAGED PARTS IN THE FUTURE.

MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE ON THE STUDY ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

>> Reporter: WHAT TO HEART MUSCLE CELLS, NASA'S SPACE SPACEX THROUGH 8 MISSION INTO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HAVE IN COMMON?

THEY ARE PART OF THIS NEW OUT OF THE WORLD RESEARCH THAT LAUNCHED IN MARCH.

>> THEY CONDUCT MANY EXPERIMENTS AND SEIZURES ON THE ISS.

>> Reporter: CHUN WI XI SENT HEART MUSCLE CELLS TO SPACE TO SEE IF MICROGRAVITY WOULD HELP THEM SURVIVE.

RIGHT NOW, A IMAGED HEART MUSCLE CAN'T RECRUIT THEMSELVES BUT THERE IS HOPE TRANSPLANTING NEW CELLS CAN ONE DAY HELP REPAIR THAT DAMAGE.

HOWEVER, MANY NEW CELLS DIE AFTER BEING TRANSPLANTED INTO A PATIENT.

>> SO, IF YOU CAN FIND WAYS TO IMPROVE CELL SURVIVAL, THEN THOSE MUSCLES WILL BE HELPFUL FOR THE CELL TRANSPLANTATION APPLICATIONS .

>> Reporter: AFTER ABOUT A WEEK IN SPACE, CHUN WI XI GOT THE CELLS BACK AND FOUND THAT THE ONES THAT SURVIVE 23 MOLECULAR CHANGES THAT ALLOWED THEM TO LIVE.

SHE SAYS THOSE CHANGES WERE LIKELY DUE TO THE STRESS OF SPACE TRAVEL.

IF THAT COULD BE REPLICATED, IT COULD HELP FUTURE HEART MUSCLE CELLS WITH WITHSTANDING HARD REPAIRS.

>> IF YOU CAN TURN OFF THOSE MOLECULES ON EARTH, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP THE CELLS SURVIVE.

AND, WE COULD HELP THEM OVERCOME OTHER STRESSFUL SITUATIONS.

>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I AM A MEDIATOR.

>>> BEFORE SENDING THE HEART MUSCLE CELLS TO SPEAK, EMORY UNIVERSITY SAYS RESEARCHERS TRIED TO REPLICATE MICROGRAVITY ON EARTH BY USING MACHINES THAT CONSTANTLY MOVE THE CELLS AROUND.

BASED ON THOSE RESULTS, THEY WONDERED IF THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT WOULD ALLOW THE CELLS TO LIVE LONGER.

>>> WE WILL START YOU OFF WITH WEATHER HEADLINES.

WE ARE KEEPING COOLER TEMPERATURES, AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.

SO, WE ARE GOING TO SEE RAINFALL AND SNOWFALL TAPER OFF AND WE ARE GOING TO BE MUCH MORE TRY HERE AS WE GO THROUGH TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.

WE ARE NOT TO RULE OUT A STRAY SHOWER.

WE HAVE THE LATER WEEK WARMING TREND ON THE WAY.

TONIGHT, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT IS ON TAP ACROSS THE AREA.

OCEANSIDE, DOWN TO 36.

RAMONA, 35.

BORREGO SPRINGS AT 35.

BY TOMORROW, STILL ON THE COOL SIDE.

HANGING ONTO LOW 60s.

THE SUNSHINE WILL BE OUT.

YOU WILL SEE SOME CLOUDS A LITTLE FURTHER OFF TOWARD THE EAST AND EVEN A FEW SHOWERS, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER.

LAGUNA, 34.

SHOWER CHANCES DO REMAIN.

THIS GOES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS WINTER HAS MADE ITS BIG RETURN.

WE ARE HANGING ONTO THESE WINTER CONDITIONS HERE, AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.

IT WILL PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED RAIN AS WE KNOW WITH THE WILDFIRES THAT ANY BIT OF MOISTURE IS HELPING AND WE HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT CONTAINMENT MEMBERS AND SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WITH THE CONTAINMENT NUMBERS HERE FOR THOSE WILDFIRES.

SLIPPERY TRAVEL ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AS WE ARE ANTICIPATING RAIN AND SNOW.

IT WILL BE MUCH COOLER, LIKE WE MENTIONED.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT COOL, IT IS GOOD NEWS WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MILD TEMPERATURES THAT WERE HELPING TO FUEL THE WILDFIRES.

WE WILL ENJOY THE COLD WEATHER FOR A LITTLE BIT AS WE ARE TRACKING THE ONSHORE FLOW.

WE COULD SEE MORE SHOWERS AND EVEN A FLURRY OR TWO MIXED IN ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

IT IS GOING TO STICK OFF TO THE EAST, ANYWHERE FROM THE COAST AND THROUGH THE VALLEYS.

HERE, NEXT FIVE DAYS, WE WILL SEE TEMPERATURES STAY STEADY ALONG THE COAST.

WE ARE HOVERING RIGHT AROUND THE 60 DEGREE MARK.

FURTHER INLAND, WE ARE THE SAME, STATING COOLER BUT YOU DO START TO SEE THAT IN THE MERCURY BY THE END OF OR BY THE START OF THE WEEKEND.

68 ON TAP.

WE KEEP THE SHOWERS HERE TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.

WE START TO DRY OUT FOR THE LATER HALF OF THE WEEKEND YOU START TO WARM UP A LITTLE BIT.

BACK TO THE 40s.

BACK TO THE 70s BY THE START OF THE WEEKEND IN THE DESERTS.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST BRIE JACKSON.

>>> WHAT TO YOUR GENES HAVE TO DO WITH GROWING OLD?

QUITE A LOT, IT SEEMS.

IS IT DUE TO THE D.N.A.

OR THE WAY YOUR GENES ARE EXPRESSED?

KPBS TECHNOLOGY REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE HAS NEW RESEARCH THAT RAISES A QUESTION.

>> EVERYONE HAS A GENOME AND A GENOME.

THE FIRST REFERS TO THE D.N.A.

THAT MAKES YOU WHO YOU ARE.

THE SECOND, EPIGENETIC'S, IS THE EXPRESSION OF THOSE GENES.

WHICH OF THEM GET TURNED ON AND OFF?

PROFESSOR TREY IDAKER SAYS YOU CAN EXPECT GENES TO BE LIKE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE.

>> SOME IN THE FIELD HAS LIKENED DAMAGE TO THE I AS DAMAGE TO HARDWARE IN THE COMMUTER.

>> Reporter: IN THIS ANALOGY, COMPUTER SOFTWARE IS THE GENE EXPRESSION, WHICH TELLS D.N.A.

WITH HER TO FORM A HARD SELL OR LONG CELL ORANGE, OVERTIME, TO SHOW SIGNS OF AGING, IF THAT SOFTWARE DOESN'T GET AN UPDATE.

CHANGING PATTERNS OF GENE EXPRESSION IS WHAT SCIENTISTS CALL THE EPIGENETIC CLOCK ARE STRONG INDICATORS OF ONE'S BIOLOGICAL HEALTH.

AND A HOT TOPIC IN SCIENCE TODAY IS THE QUESTION OF WHAT CAUSES AGING.

IS IT DAMAGE CAUSED BY GENE MUTATION OR GENE EXPRESSION?

AND, THE MOST PROMISING ANSWER TO THIS DEBATE MIGHT BE TO SAY THAT IT IS CAUSED BY GENE EXPRESSION, A SOMEWHAT PREDICTABLE PROCESS THAT CAN BE REVERSED.

BUT IDAKER, WHO HELPED DISCOVER THE EPIGENETIC CLOCK 10 YEARS AGO SAYS THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE RIGHT ANSWER.

>> I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INVESTMENT RECENTLY IN THIS IDEA THAT REVERSING THE EPIGENETIC LANDSCAPE IS GOING TO SLOW OR MAYBE EVEN REVERSE HUMAN AGING.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS A NEW STUDY HE OVERSAW DOESN'T ELIMINATE THAT POSSIBILITY, BUT -- >> IT CASTS A CAUTIONARY NOTE THAT WE SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT THE PRIMARY CAUSES OF SOME OF THESE CHANGES, WHICH ARE LIKELY TO BE IN THE D.N.A.

ITSELF.

>> Reporter: THE NEW STUDY WAS PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL, "MAJOR" AND IT SHOWS GENE MUTATIONS MAYBE THE TRUE CAUSE OF AGING.

IDAKER COMPARES TWO MUTATIONS TO LIGHTNING STRIKES THAT ARE POWERFUL AND UNPREDICTABLE.

MUTATIONS ARE THE TRUE CAUSE AND EPIGENETIC CHANGES SIMPLY REFLECT THEM, COMING UP WITH TREATMENTS FOR AGE-RELATED CONDITIONS COULD BE MUCH MORE CHALLENGING.

WHAT IS AT STAKE IS NOT NECESSARILY THE LENGTH OF TIME PEOPLE LIVE BUT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

>> MANY OF US THINK ABOUT I'M GROWING OLDER AND THE THING THAT WE PERHAPS FEAR MOST ISN'T DYING BUT LOSING THE ABILITY TO LIVE THE LIVES WE WANT TO LIVE.

>> Reporter: THE LEAD AUTHOR OF THE "MAJOR" STUDIES IS THE NEW RESEARCH HAS NOT DISPROVED THE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF THE NEXT VISION.

>> NOW WE ARE LOOKING BACK AT WHY THOSE EPIGENETIC CLOCKS TAKE.

IT APPEARS THAT MIGHT BE THROUGH CHANGES TO OUR D.N.A.

BEFORE THE MUTATIONS .

>> Reporter: RESEARCHERS SAY CONCLUSIVE PARTS OF THEIR THREE WILL REQUIRE MORE RESEARCH AIMED AT BETTER UNDERSTANDING GENE MUTATIONS.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> HERE'S A LOOK WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE KPBS'S ROOM.

AFTER THE LOS ANGELES FIRE'S DISPLACED PEOPLE, THEY FOUND THEMSELVES IN NEED OF BASIC HEALTH CARE HELP LIKE MEDICATIONS AND GLASSES.

MORNING EDITION REPORTS ON THE HELP THEY ARE GETTING.

>>> KPBS MATT DAVIDSON IS DISCUSSING CLIMATE POLICY DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SECOND TERM AND HOW IT COULD IMPACT IS HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, AND MAYA TRABULSI.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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