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

CALL ONE 800 BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILL HOWE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PROVOST FOUNDATION.

DARLING MARCO SHYLY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> IT EVENING, IT'S MONDAY MAY 30th, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WITH ITS LARGE MILITARY PRESENCE, FEW PLACES ARE MORE FITTING FOR MEMORIAL DAY THAN SAN DIEGO.

THE U.S. MIDWAY PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE MILITARY YEAR-ROUND FOR TODAY IS ABOUT THOSE KILLED IN SERVICE.

KPBS REPORTER KITTY WAS THERE.

>> MEMORIAL DAY ATOP THE MIDWAY SPECIAL, DOZENS GATHERED ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER TURNED MUSEUM TO HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE COUNTRY.

THEY SAY FREEDOM IS FRAGILE.

>> TODAY WE COMMEMORATE MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.

REMEMBER THAT FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.

>> AND ARMY NURSE JEN MARINO WHO SERVED AND DIED IN AFGHANISTAN IN 2013 AND THE FIRST WOMAN TO HAVE A VA MEDICAL CENTER NAMED AFTER HER.

>> SHE REPRESENTS THE BEST OF OUR COMMUNITY.

>> THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE WREATH CEREMONY FOR THE SILENCE INTERRUPTED BY THE MAN WHO SHOUTED THE LYRICS OF AN ANTIWAR SONG.

THE CEREMONY ENDED WITH A MISSING MAN FORMATION FLYOVER.

THE SONG THAT PLAYS AT THE FUNERALS OF THE FALLEN LIKE RICHARD MORGAN HAVE HEARD SOMETIMES THEY LOST COUNT.

>> HE IS HERE IN HIS 90s ON HIS BIRTHDAY STILL FITTING INTO HIS UNIFORM.

IT WAS MORGAN IS A VETERAN WHO TURNED 96 YEARS OLD ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY.

HE SERVED IN WORLD WAR II, KOREA, AND VIETNAM.

TO HIM, MEMORIAL DAY MEANS -- >> LOSING FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY MY BEST BUDDY IN KOREA AND A LOT OF OTHER BRAVE PEOPLE WHO SACRIFICE AND GAVE IT ALL.

>> OUTSIDE OF THE USS MIDWAY, AND OTHER TRIBUTE WAS HELD TO HONOR THE FALLEN.

THEIR NAMES ARE READ OUT LOUD AND A SOMBER BELL TOLL AFTER EACH ONE.

>> BY READING THE NAMES I THINK THAT IS THE GREATEST TRIBUTE WE CAN DO.

THAT WAY THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN AND THEY ARE RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY THAT THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> THIS MEMORIAL DAY IS ESPECIALLY HARD FOR THOSE WHO RECENTLY LOST A LOVED ONE IN THE MILITARY AND THAT INCLUDES THE FAMILY'S OF KEMP PENDLETON MARINES WHO WERE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN IN THE WARS FINAL DAYS.

A BIT LATER, WE HEAR FROM ONE OF THOSE FAMILIES ABOUT THEIR HEALING PROCESS.

>>> MEMORIAL DAY IS USUALLY THE START OF THE SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON WITH RESEARCH AND SEIZING MY MILLIONS ARE OPTING TO GET AWAY.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER TAKES A LOOK AT THE HOLIDAY CROWDS IN SAN DIEGO.

>> THERE WAS A LOT OF DELAYS.

HIS FLIGHT HOME WAS DELAYED FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR.

A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AMONG THE TRAVELERS.

>> IS SENDING HAPPENS THE PASSENGER ON HER WAY TRYING TO GET HERE FROM ARKANSAS.

HER FLIGHT WAS DELAYED MORE THAN FOUR HOURS STRAIGHT SHE HAD TO BOOK ANOTHER FLIGHT.

>> LOOKS PERSON SABRINA SAYS POSITIVE TRAFFIC IS THE HIGHEST IT'S BEEN SINCE THE PANDEMIC BUT IT'S STILL DOWN 13% FROM 2019 WHICH WAS A PEAK YEAR.

>> IS DEFINITELY MORE PEOPLE TRAVELING AND WE DO ANTICIPATE MORE PEOPLE TRAVELING OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND THROUGH THE SUMMERS.

>> TRAVELERS SHOULD PACK PLENTY OF PATIENTS AND DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE FIGHT AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA TIME BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION THE AIRPORT WAS NOT THE ONLY PLACE THAT WAS CROWDED THIS WEEKEND.

WITH MEMORIAL DAY BEING THE UNOFFICIAL START TO SUMMER AND PERFECT SAN DIEGO WEATHER, THE BEACHES ARE PACKED.

WAY SHELLEY JORDAN IS AMONG THOSE WHO JOINED THE WEATHER AND BARBECUING WITH HER FAMILY AT MISSION BEACH.

THIS PICNIC TABLE TO GO TO SPOT EVERY YEAR.

>> AND GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TODAY.

GREAT TO TELL EVERYBODY HOW GREAT THE WEATHER IS SAN DIEGO.

COME ON OUT.

>> IS THE UPTICK IN CROWDS COMPARED TO LAST MEMORIAL DAY.

SCHOOLS ARE ABOUT TO BE OUT FOR THE SUMMER THEY EXPECT A SPIKE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LOCAL BEACHES.

>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE SEEING BIG CROWDS ON WEEKENDS AND ONE SCHOOL GETS OUT YOU SEE EVERYONE COME OUT ALL SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

>> KPBS NEWS.

>>> AS THE ROAD TRIPS COME TO AN END, SAN DIEGANS ARE PAYING MORE THAN EVER TO FILL UP.

GAS PRICES ARE ON THE MOVE AGAIN HITTING A RECORD $6.07 PER GALLON FOR REGULAR ACCORDING TO AAA WHICH SAYS THIS IS THE THIRD STRAIGHT DAY FOR NEW RECORD AVERAGE PRICE SO WHERE IS THIS GOING.

JIM LAWRENCE HAS MORE ON THE OUTLOOK FOR DRIVERS DURING THE SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON.

>> HAVE NOT SEEN THESE PRICES AND ALL OF MY LIFE.

>> THE TEMPERATURE WILL NOT BE THE ONLY THING GOING UP THE SUMMER.

ACCORDING TO GAS BUDDY.COM, JUST AS AMERICANS HAD INTO THE SUMMER DRIVING SEASON.

>> I WILL NOT TWO QUICK TRIPS DOWN TO FLORIDA TO SEE FAMILY.

I WILL PROBABLY LIMIT SOME OF MY PLANE TRAVEL JUST UNTIL EVERYTHING DROPS BACK DOWN.

>> THE COST OF GAS SURGED ABOUT 30% SINCE RUSSIA ATTACKED UKRAINE IN LATE FEBRUARY AND THE U.S. IS FEELING THE PITCH.

>> ENERGY COSTS ARE WAY TOO HIGH IN THE PRESENCE TAKING STEPS TO EASE THAT BUT THE RELEASE OF THE RESERVES, WE RECOGNIZE INTERNATIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A WORN UKRAINE AND ENERGY PRICES ARE NOT DETERMINED HERE IN THE UNITED STATES BUT WE NEED TO DO MORE ABOUT IT.

VOICE GAS BUDDY SAYS THE MAN STARTS TO FALL IN AUGUST WHICH COULD HELP THE COST OF GAS TO DROP.

HOWEVER, SEVERE WEATHER IN THE ATLANTIC COULD PLAY SPOILER.

>> THE FORECAST, THAT IS A HIGH RISK WE CAN SEE PRICES ELEVATED THROUGH LABOR DAY.

>> I'M JOHN LAWRENCE REPORTING.

>> POPE FRANCIS APPOINTED BISHOP ROBERT McELROY TO THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS.

KPBS REPORTER GUSTAVO TELLS US WHY THIS FIRST FOR SAN DIEGO IS SO NOTEWORTHY FOR LOCAL CATHOLICS.

>> WHAT IS A CARDINAL.

A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SENECA SAYS CARDINALS ADVISE THE POPE AND WHEN THE TIME COMES SELECT THE NEW ONE.

>> THE MAIN THING EVERYONE HEARS ABOUT IS WHEN I GET AROUND A CONCLAVE WHICH IS WHAT IS CALLED TO ELECT A NEW POPE BUT THEY HAVE CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITIES AS WELL TO HELP MAKE SURE THE POPE IS NOT SITTING ISOLATED IN VATICAN CITY.

>> BIG CITIES APPOINT CARDINALS BUT POPE FRANCIS LIKES TO SHAKE THINGS UP.

>> I THINK WHAT HAS BEEN VERY VERY CLEAR WITH THIS POPE HE DOES NOT WANT TO BE TOLD WHAT HE WANTS TO HEAR HE WANTS TO HEAR THE TRUTH.

>> BISHOP McELROY IS A KIND AND SMART MAN.

TWO DEGREES FROM HARVARD AND DOCTORATE FROM STANFORD.

HE IS CONSIDERED A PROGRESSIVE AMONGST CATHOLICS.

HE'S MORE CONCERNED WITH FAITH THAN POLITICS.

WAS FOR HIM IT'S WHAT IS CATHOLIC TEACHING, WHAT ARE WE ABOUT AS A CHURCH AND HE DOES NOT GET INVOLVED IN WHAT WOULD DEMOCRATS DO WHAT REPUBLICANS DO.

FOR HIM THE CHURCH IS NOT A POLITICAL PARTY.

>> HE HAS ADOPTED IN A WELCOMING APPROACH ALSO SPOKEN OUT AGAINST INCLUDING CATHOLIC POLITICIANS FROM PARTICIPATING IN CERTAIN SACRAMENTS FOR THE ARCHBISHOP OF SAN FRANCISCO SAID HE WOULD NO LONGER ALLOW NANCY PELOSI TO RECEIVE COMMUNION BECAUSE OF HER STANCE ON ABORTION.

>> WE REMEMBER FALLEN SOLDIERS, FAMILIES IN TEXAS ARE MOURNING THEIR OWN LOSS.

21 FAMILIES ARE SPENDING THE HOLIDAY PLANNING FUNERALS AND AS GLORIA REPORTS, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS LAUNCHING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE POLICE RESPONSE.

>> MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD MONDAY FOR TWO OF THE 19 CHILDREN AND TWO TEACHERS KILLED IN AMERICA'S WORST SCHOOL SHOOTING IN NEARLY A DECADE.

10-YEAR-OLD JULIA IS REMEMBERED AS A SWEET CREATIVE CHILD.

DARIUS'S MOTHER WROTE ON FACEBOOK THAT HER DAUGHTER WAS SWEET, CHARISMATIC, LOVING, CARING, LOYAL AND FREE.

LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER THE SHOOTING, QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT THE TIMELINESS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE.

>> SOMEHOW SOMEWAY SOMEONE NEEDS TO ANSWER FOR WHAT WAS DONE.

>> THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND ON SUNDAY IT WILL CONDUCT AN INQUIRY INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE SHOOTING.

LAST WEEK, TEXAS OFFICIALS CONFIRM 911 CALLS FROM INSIDE THE SCHOOL SPANNED NEARLY 15 MINUTES.

NEWLY RELEASED VIDEO TAKEN FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL OBTAINED BY ABC NEWS INCLUDES WHAT APPEARS TO BE DISPATCH AUDIO TELLING OFFICERS ON SCENE A CHILD IS CALLING 911 FROM INSIDE A CLASSROOM.

IN THE MEANTIME, SURVIVORS AND THEIR PARENTS ARE GRAPPLING WITH THE TRAUMA LEFT BEHIND.

>> I WAS HIDING UNDER A TABLE.

>> IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST ENTRANCES EVER.

>> TODAY MARKS THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF A SOCIAL JUSTICE PROTEST THAT LATER TURNED INTO RIOTING AND LOOTING IN THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN.

THEY SPOKE WITH MEMBERS OF THAT COMMUNITY ON WHAT IT MEANS TO REFLECT ON THE EVENTS OF THAT DAY.

>> ON THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 30th 2020, PEOPLE GATHERED IN LA MESA TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST THE POLICE OFFICER'S CONTROVERSIAL ARREST OF A BLACK MAN AT A TROLLEY STOP EARLIER THAT WEEK.

AFTER NIGHT FELL, WRITING AND LOOTING BROKE OUT IN THE CITY'S MAIN BUSINESS DISTRICT.

CAFE OWNER NADIA SAYS HERS WAS ONE OF MANY BUSINESSES THAT WAS DAMAGED.

>> THAT NIGHT OF THE RIOTS WE CAME DOWN HERE TO GET SOME EQUIPMENT OUT AND WE WERE FACED WITH RIOTERS AND LOOTERS THAT WERE LITERALLY SNATCHING OUR THINGS OUT OF HER HANDS.

THEY LOOK LIKE A SCENE OUT OF A WAR ZONE.

>> MUCH OF THE DOWNTOWN IS FIXUP FROM THE DAMAGES SUSTAINED THERE STILL REMINDERS TO HAPPEN THAT NIGHT.

MOST OBVIOUS IS THE REBUILDING OF UNION AND CHASE BANKS WHICH WERE LARGELY DESTROYED.

AMONG THE MOST HARD-HIT BUSINESSES TOOK ABOUT 6 TO 7 MONTHS TO GET UP AND RUNNING AGAIN.

>> THE STORE WAS FLOODED.

AND INVENTORY, 50% OF IT WAS LOST.

THEY CAME IN AND CLEARED IT UP.

AND THEY STARTED PUTTING HER THING BACK TOGETHER.

>> THE PINK ROSE CAFE NOT ONLY SURVIVED BUT IS NOW THRIVING.

SHE SAYS THE COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER IN WAYS THAT DIDN'T BEFORE.

>> BEING THE ONLY LATINA I FEEL VERY EMBRACED BY ALL OF THE MERCHANTS.

I FEEL LIKE THAT AWARENESS WAS BROUGHT ON AND THAT WAS PROBABLY NEEDED.

I DO NOT JUSTIFY ANYTHING WITH WHAT HAPPENED BUT IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GROW.

>> THEY WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY IS A REMINDER OF HOW THE RESIDENCE SUPPORTED ONE ANOTHER AND HAVE HEALED TOGETHER.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT'S BEEN LESS THAN A YEAR SINCE 13 AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBERS WERE KILLED IN KABUL DURING THE FINAL DAYS OF THE U.S.

EVACUATION FROM AFGHANISTAN.

AS THE COUNTRY COMMEMORATES MEMORIAL DAY, KPBS'S DIVORCE TALKED TO THE MOTHER OF ONE OF THE MARINES WHO DIED ON THAT DAY.

>> NEXT WEEK I WILL CHANGE THE FLOWERS OUT.

>> ONE WEEK BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY, WE STAND AT THE GRAVE OF HER SON, LANCE CORP. EARL DYLAN, 20 YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED.

I ASKED HER WHAT SHE WAS DOING LAST MEMORIAL DAY.

>> OIL DAY IS USUALLY MY BIRTHDAY OR BIRTHDAY WEEKEND.

IT WILL BE HARDER EVERY YEAR NOT ONLY FOR WHAT WE REPRESENT FOR MEMORIAL DAY BUT WE CANNOT REALLY CELEBRATE AFTER THIS.

>> SHE COMES TO HER SONS GRAVESITE 5 TO 6 TIMES A WEEK.

HIS MARKERS COVERED WITH ANGELS, MARINE FLAGS AND RED WHITE AND BLUE STREAMERS FOR MEMORIAL DAY.

>> SOMETIMES I SAY HERE FOR SIX HOURS, EIGHT HOURS, JUST DEPENDS.

ALL I HAVE LEFT.

I SIT WITH HIM AND TALK WITH HIM .

>> HE WAS KILLED AUGUST 26 OF LAST YEAR ALONG WITH 12 OTHER U.S.

TROOPS.

MOST WERE MARINES FROM THE SECOND BATTALION STATIONED AT CAMP PENDLETON.

THE UNIT ARRIVED 11 DAYS EARLIER FROM JORDAN, ONE OF SEVERAL RUSH TO KABUL AND THE PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN.

>> THE THINGS THEY SAW OUT THERE, THE KIDS, THE BABIES, THE WOMEN, EVEN GROWN MEN COME RUNNING TO THEM.

ASKING FOR THEIR HELP AND TO SAVE THEM.

>> THEY WERE GUARDING THE ENTRANCE TO THE AIRPORT AS THOUSANDS OF AFGHANS PRESS THEIR WAY INTO THE ENTRANCE HOPING TO GET ON THE LAST AMERICAN FLIGHTS OUT OF CABELL.

IF VOMIT FOR THE KILLING THE SERVICEMEMBERS AND AT LEAST 170 AFGHANS.

>> I PRETTY MUCH KNEW THAT MORNING.

I WOKE UP TO THE ALERT ON MY PHONE THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN EXPLOSION IN AFGHANISTAN.

THE WHOLE DAY WAS HORRIBLE WAITING, NOT KNOWING.

>> THREE OF THE MARINES WERE FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

PEOPLE LINED THE STREETS AS CASKETS ARRIVE IN SEPTEMBER.

>> MY WHOLE LIFE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME PERSON I WAS.

>> DYLAN WANTED TO BE A MARINE ALL OF HIS LIFE.

HE JOINED BY OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.

>> LOSING A CHILD IS SOMETHING THAT NOBODY COULD EVER -- THE PAIN ITSELF IS SOMETHING I CANNOT EXPLAIN.

>> HER MOTHER, DYLAN'S GRANDMOTHER SAYS THEY HAVE BECOME EVEN CLOSER OVER THE LAST YEAR.

>> SHE CRIES A LOT MORE.

IT'S HARD TO SAY BECAUSE SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY STRONG MOM.

OUR WHOLE FAMILY IS PRETTY STRONG.

>> MARINES FROM HER SONS UNIT VISIT REGULARLY.

THE ONES THAT DON'T COME TO THE HOUSE LEAVE COINS AT THE GRAVESITES.

SHE HAS A JAR FILLED WITH COINS THAT SHE KEEPS IN HER ROOM.

>> YOUR FAMILY IS YOUR BEST SUPPORT.

THE MARINES COME UP AND THEY HAVE BEEN A BIG SUPPORT TO MYSELF AND MY OTHER CHILDREN AND MY FAMILY.

THAT'S BASICALLY IT.

I DON'T GOING PUBLIC MUCH RIGHT NOW.

FAMILY, FAMILY IS EVERYTHING TO US.

>> THE OLDEST SON BRANDON TOLD HER IN JANUARY THAT IT 24 HE WAS JOINING THE MARINES AND SCHEDULED TO GRADUATE BOOT CAMP IN SAN DIEGO ROUGHLY ONE YEAR AFTER HIS BROTHER DIED.

STEVE VOSS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> 9/11 BEGAN A 20 YEAR WAR THAT COST THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBERS, MANY OF WHOM WERE STATIONED LOCALLY.

A NEW BOOK PAYS TRIBUTE TO SOME OF THOSE HEROES.

CAMP PENDLETON MARINES, NORTH COUNTY REPORTER SPOKE TO THE AUTHOR.

>> IMAGES OF THE LAST AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBER TO DEPART AFGHANISTAN MARKED THE END OF AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR.

THE EXIT FROM AFGHANISTAN AIRPORT WAS FRANTIC AND COST THE LIVES OF 13 SERVICEMEMBERS IN A SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK.

10 OF THEM ARE BASED AT CAMP PENDLETON.

NINE MARINES AND ONE SAILOR.

>> I WAS PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE BOOK LAST AUGUST WHEN WE REALIZED THAT THE TRIPS AND CAMP PENDLETON WERE INVOLVED IN SECURING THE AIRPORT AND UNFORTUNATELY SADLY, THE BULK OF THOSE TRIPS ARE BASED REHEAR CAMP PENDLETON SELL WITHIN HOURS THERE WERE PEOPLE BRINGING FLOWERS AND TRIBUTES AND MEMORIALS TO THE FRONT GATE OF CAMP PENDLETON AND I HAD TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE BOOK.

>> RESIDENT AMY FORSYTH IS THE AUTHOR OF HEROES LIVE HERE.

A TRIPLE TRIBUTE TO MARINES.

SERVE THREE DEPLOYMENTS TO AFGHANISTAN AND TWO COMBAT TOURS IN IRAQ.

SHE SAYS HER BOOK SHOWCASES THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE MANY MARINES BASED OUT OF CAMP MIDDLETON PAID SINCE 9/11.

>> THROUGH MY RESEARCH I REALIZE THAT MORE TROOPS WERE CASUALTIES OF THE WARS AND A FRACK IRAQ.

THROUGH THE 20 YEARS, THERE WAS ALWAYS A CONSTANT ROTATION AND SOMEBODY WAS ALWAYS DEPLOYED TO IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN THROUGHOUT THE 20 YEARS.

IT WAS HER BOOK FEATURE STORIES, ARTWORK AND PHOTOS FROM THE INVOLVEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.

SHE SAYS SHE HOPES THE BOOK WILL BRING COMFORT AND CLOSURE TO THE FAMILIES WHO LOST A LOVED ONE IN THE WAR.

>> DIFFERENT MEMORIALS HAVE BEEN ERECTED OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS I THOUGHT FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE BASE THIS IS OUR WAY OF SHOWING JUST HOW MUCH WE HONOR AND APPRECIATE THE SERVICE OF THOSE MARINES WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US.

>> THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE NOW AND CAN BE FOUND ON HEROES LIVE HERE.COM.

TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A NICE WARMING TREND COMING ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

WE ARE GOING TO STAY A LITTLE BIT COOL AND BREEZY AND THERE'S NO RAIN IN SIGHT IN THE FORECAST HERE.

AS YOU LOOK AHEAD TO TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES FOR YOU MONDAY NIGHT DROP OFF INTO THE MID-50s IN OCEANSIDE AND MID-40s OUT TOWARDS RAMONA AND 60s IN THE SPRINGS.

54 TONIGHT IN MT.

LAGUNA.

AND THEN TUESDAY AGAIN YOU NOTICE THE COOL OCEAN BREEZE RIGHT ALONG THE COAST BUT ACROSS THE INTERIOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT HE CONTINUES HERE.

WE WARM UP IN THE DAYS TO COME.

TEMPERATURES FOR YOUR TUESDAY IN OCEANSIDE, 71 DEGREES AND UPPER 60s IN SAN DIEGO RIGHT AROUND 80 IN RAMONA.

MID-90s ON THE WAY FOR BORREGO SPRINGS.

REHEAT UP IN THE DESERT GETTING BACK INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS LIKELY LATER IN THE WEEK.

WEDNESDAY LOOKING LIKE ANOTHER WARM DAY HERE.

TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST OF THE ENTIRETY OF THE SOUTHWEST WILL WARM UP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IF YOU'RE A FAN OF THE WARM.

NO RAIN HERE IN THE FORECASTER NEAR THE COAST TEMPERATURES UP TO STAY IN THE LOW 70s HERE.

NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE IN THE FORECAST I COULD SEE LITTLE BIT MORE INCREASING CLOUD COVER AS WE HEAD TOWARD'S NEXT WEEKEND.

FURTHER INLAND, TEMPERATURES GO FROM THE UPPER 70s ON TUESDAY UP INTO THE LOW 80s WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY.

WAS HE A COOLDOWN NEXT WEEKEND LIKELY WITH THE NEXT WAVE PUSHING SOUTHWARD.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES WARMING FROM THE MID-60s UP INTO THE 70s FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

UPPER 60s FRIDAY AND A BIGGER COOLDOWN WITH SOME WINDS PICKING UP ON SATURDAY BACK INTO THE LOW 60s BY NEXT SATURDAY.

THE DESERT TEMPERATURES GO FROM THE MID-90s INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS.

WE LOOK TO HOLD ONTO THOSE UNTIL FRIDAY AND THEN SATURDAY, A DROP BACK DOWN INTO THE 90s.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PAST.

>>> A HAPPY REUNION OF THIS HOLIDAY WE CAN FOR UKRAINIAN REFUGEE AND HER PET POMERANIAN GETTING USED TO A NEW LIFE HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

THE DOG HAD TO SPEND FOUR WEEKS IN QUARANTINE AT THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY.

HER OWNER WAS GIVEN REGULAR UPDATES AND WAS FINALLY GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO PICK HER UP ON SUNDAY.

>> SHE IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND LOOKS VERY WELL.

SHE'S HEALTHY AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME.

>> WHAT A GREAT REUNION.

THE FAMILY ARRIVED IN MEXICO AFTER BEING FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR HOME IN UKRAINE.

THE HUMANE SOCIETY SAYS IT'S WORKING WITH THE CDC TO MAKE SURE REFUGEES CAN BRING THEIR PETS WITH THEM TO THE U.S. >>> EVEN AFTER A MAJOR DISASTER DETENTION PHASE AND THE SUPPORT DRIES UP.

A FAMILY LIVING IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IS EXPERIENCING THAT AFTER LOSING EVERYTHING IN LAST YEAR'S FIRE.

BRITNEY SHOWS US THE MAJOR GIFT THEY JUST RECEIVED TO HELP THE RECOVERY.

>> THE FIRE CAME AND WIPED OUT EVERYTHING.

>> THIS IS A HATCH FAMILY REALITY.

>> WOULD ONLY HAVE A BATHROOM.

SHOWERING IS NOT SO EASY.

>> LIVING IN TENTS FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS.

>> TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE JUST BUSY AND FIGHTING THE WEATHER MOST OF THE TIME AND TRYING TO COOK AND SHOWER AND GET READY FOR SCHOOL.

>> WINTERS ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING FOR THE SINGLE FATHER AND FOUR CHILDREN.

>> AM JUST TRYING TO KEEP GOING FORWARD SO I CAN GET ALL FOUR OF THEM BACK WITH ME FULL-TIME IN A HOUSE AND NOT DEALING WITH THIS.

I THINK THEY STAY MORE POSITIVE THAN ME.

WHEN I START BREAKING DOWN THE PICK ME UP.

>> A 17-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER >> THEY BROKE US UP AND NOW WE ARE ALL KIND OF LOSS.

BUT WE STILL HAVE EACH OTHER NO MATTER WHAT.

>> LOST BUT NOW FOUND.

>> IS COMING UP RIGHT NOW.

>> A SAFE PLACE TO CALL HOME.

THANKS TO EMERGENCY RV.ORG, GROUP TO HELP SWALLOW FIRE VICTIMS BY GIVING THEM RVS.

THEY WERE TO THE CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

>> THE TEACHER REACHED OUT TO US AND SAID I HAVE AN AMAZING STUDENT, SHE'S REALLY SMART AND GETS STRAIGHT A's LOST HER HOME AND THE FIRE AND DESPITE THAT SHE IS STILL A STRAIGHT A STUDENT AND WALKS ON THE STREET TO FIND A WI-FI HOTSPOT TO DO HER HOMEWORK.

>> THE FAMILY CAN START OVER.

IT WAS A LOST EVERYTHING AND HAVE NOTHING BUT EACH OTHER.

WHEN I LEARN TODAY IS HAVING EACH OTHER IS REALLY PRETTY AMAZING.

>> GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN TO YOU BECAUSE OF THIS, IT'S KARMA.

>> THAT WAS BRITNEY REPORTING, YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANK SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

GOOD NIGHT.

>>> 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 BILL HOWE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD CREVICE FOUNDATION.

DARLING MARCO SHYLY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.