>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAVE 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 AND CALL OR VISIT.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION , DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY , AND THE FOLLOWING: AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> TONIGHT AND TOMORROW SAN DIEGO WILL SEE THE STRONGEST SANTA ANA WIND EVENT SO FAR THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

ARE REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE HAS THE LATEST ON OUR LOCAL WIND ADVISORY.

>> Reporter: YESTERDAY, THE WIND WAS BLOWING HARD IN THE SAN DIEGO MOUNTAINS AND LEWIN FROM THE OCEAN BRINGING WITH THEM CLOUDS AND DRIZZLE.

TODAY THE WIND HAS SHIFTED COMING IN FROM OF THE DESERT.

FORECASTERS SAY IT WILL BE THE STRONGEST WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR AND ALREADY CAUSED DAMAGE IN THE COUNTIES NORTH OF US.

>> THERE ARE TREES DOWN AND POWER POLE SNAPPED AND SOME ICE OVERTURNED BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND IRVINE.

TRUCK THEY SAY IT WON'T BE THAT STRONG BUT TONIGHT WE SHOULD SEE WIND GUSTS REACHING UP TO 65 MILES PER HOUR AND HE SAID THEY ARE ALWAYS VERY BLUSTERY BECAUSE THE MOUNTAINS BLOCK OTHER PLACES WHERE THE WESTBOUND WIND CAN BLOW.

>> IT IS BECAUSE THE WIND IS COMING FROM THE DESERT AND PILING UP AND ONLY ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES LIKE INTERSTATE EIGHT.

>> HE SAID IF YOU ARE DRIVING A TALL VEHICLE IN THE COMING 12 TO 20 HOURS, BEWARE OF THE WIND AND HE SAID THESE DRY WINDS POSE A LOW FIRE RISK DUE TO COOLER TEMPERATURES IN NOVEMBER AND THE RAIN WE GOT LAST WEEK.

>>> IT IS BEEN QUITE BLUSTERY, ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

WHILE THE WIND IS STILL HOWLING IN A FEW AREAS, WE DO HAVE HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES.

HOW LONG WILL THEY STICK AROUND?

THESE ADVISORIES GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON TUESDAY AND WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN THEY START TO CALM DOWN AND WHERE TEMPERATURES GO AS WE HEAD TO THE HOLIDAY.

>>> DANGEROUS STORMS ARE ROLLING THROUGH THE GULF COAST THREATENING HAIL AND TORNADOES AND ONE ON TRACK TO POTENTIALLY THROW AMONG KEY WRENCH INTO A BUSY TRAVEL HOLIDAY WEEK AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS.

>> TRAVELERS SHOULD CHECK WITH THEIR AIRLINES.

>> Reporter: THAT IS SOLID ADVICE WHENEVER YOU ARE FLYING BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THIS WEEK AND SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS TO SNARL HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS WITH POWERFUL RAINSTORMS OVER AREAS OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES ARE ROLLING TOWARD THE UNITED STATES AND MIDWEST AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GULF AND SOUTHERN REGIONS COULD BRING TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

TO NAVIGATE THE IMPACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS POSITIONING METEOROLOGISTS AT 22 FAA CENTERS.

>> THEY PROVIDE DOWN TO THE MINUTE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE USAir SPACE.

TRUCK THEY SAY THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH AIRLINES TO EASE THE COST OF TRIP DELAYS ON TRAVELERS.

>> ALMOST ALL OF THEM GUARANTEE HOTELS AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION AND ALL OF THEM GUARANTEE COVERING THAT AND IF IT GETS DELAYED I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO A FULL CASH REFUND IF YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE THAT REFUND RATHER THAN REBOOK IT.

>> THAT IS GIVEN GOOD NEWS CONSIDERING RAIN AND SNOW COULD HAMPER TRAVEL PLANS FROM DC TO ATLANTA.

>> WE WILL BE USING EVERY TOOL IN OUR DISPOSAL TO KEEP CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.

>>> THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS ADVISING PASSENGERS TO VISIT FLIGHT RIGHTS.GOV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON WHAT EACH AIRLINE PROVIDES FOR DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS.

>>> IF YOU OPT TO TRAVEL BY LAND RATHER THAN AIR, WE WILL HAVE MONEY-SAVING TIPS LATER ON.

>>> A VIGIL IS SET TO GET UNDERWAY IN ABOUT AN HOUR TO MARK THE TRANSGENDER REMEMBRANCE DAY AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE LIVES LOST TO VIOLENCE AND WE ARE LIVE WITH A SYMBOLIC ACTION TAKEN EARLIER TODAY.

>> Reporter: IT IS SOMETHING THAT HUMANS HAVE DONE FOR CENTURIES, THAT IS, THE LOWERING OF A FLAG TO RECOGNIZE A LIFE LOST OR LIVES LOST AND THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED HERE THIS MORNING AS THE PRIDE FLAG FLIES AT HALF STAFF AND ABOUT 20 PEOPLE WALKED OVER FROM THE LGBTQ+ CENTER TO THE BIG FLAG POLE WHICH USUALLY HAS THE FAMILIAR RAINBOW COLORED PRIDE FLAG AND THIS ONE IS MADE UP OF LIGHT PINK LIGHT BLUE AND WHITE STRIPES AND BLISS VASQUEZ IS THE CASE MANAGER AND PEER ADVOCATE HERE AT THE CENTER AND SHE WAS THE ONE WHO LOWERED THE FLAG AND AFTERWARD TALK TO US ABOUT THE STATE OF ACCEPTANCE FOR TRANS PEOPLE THESE DAYS.

>> I THINK IT IS EASIER BECAUSE TRANS PEOPLE ARE MORE VISIBLE BUT STILL SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE AND PEOPLE TO GO ON WITH THEIR DAILY LIVES AND NOT BE KILLED FOR.

>> Reporter: AS YOU SAID, A VIGIL IS SET TO GET UNDERWAY HERE AT 6:00 AND THERE WILL BE THE NAMES OF THE 45 TRANS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LOST DUE TO VIOLENCE AND THEY WILL SHARE THOUGHTS AND STORIES ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO LIVE THEM THESE DAYS AND ALL OF THEM WITH THE UNDERLYING REALITY THAT ANTI- TRANS LEGISLATION IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING PAST OR HAS BEEN PASSED IN SEVERAL STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT FOLKS HERE AROUND HERE CAN TELL YOU THAT COULD ALL EASILY LEAD TO VIOLENCE AND SOMETIMES DEADLY AGAINST TRANS PEOPLE.

>>> THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT AND TO THE PEOPLE YOU SPOKE WITH TODAY, DO THEY SAY SAN DIEGO IS A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE AS A TRANS PERSON?

>> Reporter: IT IS ALL A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE AND I DID TALK TO BLISS VASQUEZ ABOUT THIS AND SHE SAID COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTRY THIS IS A GOOD PLACE AND IN HER POSITION SHE SAID SHE HAS SEEN SOMETHING OF AN INFLUX FROM PEOPLE FROM OTHER STATES LIKE FLORIDA THAT HAVE PASSED ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATION HERE TO SAN DIEGO BUT THERE IS STILL THAT VIOLENCE AND UNDERLYING TENSION THAT EVEN HERE THEY HAVE TO LIVE WITH DAY-TO-DAY.

>>> A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST HAS FILED TWO COMPLAINTS TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGAINST THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ITS CHIEF.

THEY SAY THE COMPLAINTS ALLEGED CORRUPTION AND ABUSE OF POWER.

>>> THE CRITICAL INSTITUTION HAS BEEN COMPROMISED.

TRUCK SHE IS CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION OF THE SAN DIEGO POLICE CHIEF AND THE ASSISTANT CHIEFS AND SHE IS ACCUSING THEM OF DISHONESTY AND ABUSE OF POWER AND HAS FILED TWO COMPLAINTS OF THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING.

>> WE ARE CALLING ON AN EXTERNAL ENTITY TO INVESTIGATE THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS UNIT.

TRUCK THIS COMES ON THE HEELS OF A DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT FILED BY THE POLICE CAPTAIN LAST MONTH ALLEGING THE DEPARTMENT'S TOP BRASS REPORTS CONCERNS WITH TRAFFIC COLLISIONS AND A POLICE OFFICER INVOLVING THE CHIEF'S SON WHO IS ALSO AN OFFICER AND HE CLAIMS HE HAS FACED RETALIATION SINCE PUSHING BACK AND WHILE THE SUN WAS PROMOTED DESPITE BEING ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN THE CRASH.

THIS MORNING HE WAS JOINED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NORTH COUNTY EQUITY JUSTICE COALITION.

>> LEADERSHIP IS RESPONSIBLE AND CULPABLE AND WE HAVE TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER AND THIS GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE STREET COP, A COP ON THE BEAT.

>> Reporter: HE SAID HE WANTS THE COMMUNITY'S TRUST AND POLICE AND SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT SAID, OVER THE YEAR TOSHA WILLIAMSON HAS MADE NUMEROUS BALLS ALLEGATIONS ABOUT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES BASED ON PAST ALLEGATIONS.

THEY ARE NOT CREDIBLE AND WE WILL BE REVIEWING THIS FOR LIBEL AND LEGAL ACTION.

WILLIAMSON SAID THE POLICE UNION AS PART OF THE PROBLEM.

>> WE DON'T HOLD CREDIBLE THE PLA PART OF THE SYSTEM AND PART OF THE PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE BEEN PROTECTING THE SYSTEM FOR AS LONG AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE.

>> Reporter: HE ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK HE IS RETIRING AND WILLIAMSON IS CALLING FOR A HALT OF ALL PROMOTIONS IN JANUARY IN LIGHT OF THE ALLEGATIONS AND ALSO FOR AN OUTSIDE ENTITY TO CONDUCT THE SEARCH FOR A NEW CHIEF WITH THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT.

>>> A NEW REPORT SAYS MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE DETAINED BY IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS IN SAN DIEGO WERE THERE TOO LONG.

THEY SAY IN SOME CASES THE HOLDS ARE WEEKS LONGER THAN THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.

>> Reporter: THE DEPORT COMES FROM THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL DETAILING FINDINGS FROM UNANNOUNCED INSPECTIONS IN MAY FINDING MORE THAN HALF OF DETAINEES IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA DETENTION CENTERS WERE HELD LONGER THAN 72 HOURS WHICH IS A NATIONAL STANDARD FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES.

>> IT IS CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE WE KNOW THE SHORT TERM CAPACITY FACILITIES ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO CARE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND ALSO BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS A VIOLATION OF THE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE IN PLACE AND I QUESTION WHETHER THE NATIONAL STANDARDS ARE BEING OBSERVED.

>> Reporter: THE REPORT FOUND OVERCROWDING AND EXTRA PROCESSING FACTORED INTO LONGER DETENTION TIMES WHICH IS A PROCESS WHERE MIGRANTS ARE HELD UNTIL AN ASYLUM OFFICER OR JUDGE DETERMINES WHETHER FEAR CLAIMS ARE CREDIBLE.

SOME WERE HELD FOR OVER 10 DAYS AND ONE WAS 34 DAYS.

>> THE CONCERN IS THAT IF THEY ARE BEING HELD FOR A LONGER AMOUNT OF TIME THE FACILITIES ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.

>> Reporter: HE WORKS WITH OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS TO PROVIDE THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM ASSISTANCE WHILE THEY WAIT BETWEEN SECTIONS OF BORDER WALLS TO BE PROCESSED AND HE CONSIDERS THIS ALONE TO BE DETENTION.

>> THERE NATIONAL STANDARDS THAT NEED TO BE OBSERVED BY OFFICIALS AND CBP GENERALLY INCLUDING PROVIDING SHELTER FOR PEOPLE AND FOOD, WATER, ATTENDING TO MEDICAL NEEDS AND WHEN THEY ARE HELD IN THIS OPEN AIR CONDITION, THE NEEDS ARE NOT MET UNLESS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS PROVIDE THOSE NEEDS.

>> Reporter: THE REPORT FOUND THEY GENERALLY MET OTHER STANDARDS LIKE FOOD AND MEDICAL CARE EXCEPT FOR SOME WORN BEDDING AT ONE FACILITY.

THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WERE WORKING TO RESPOND TO OUR QUESTIONS, BUT THE REPORT HAD TWO RECOMMENDATIONS THAT OFFICIALS RESPONDED TO IN THE FIRST WAS TO COME UP WITH NEW STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS TO MANAGE DELAYS AND THE OFFICIAL RESPONSE WAS THEY CONCURRED AND HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO DO SO BY INCREASING STAFFING IN COORDINATION WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND USING TECHNOLOGY FOR VIRTUAL PROCESSING AND THE OTHER RECOMMENDATION WAS TO REVIEW CUSTODY LOGS TO MONITOR PROGRESS, SOMETHING CBP AGREED WITH.

>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, ISRAELI FORCES TO SEND ON ANOTHER GAZA HOSPITAL AS THE DEATH TOLL RISES AND HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE AND THIS IS AFTER THE EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> ROSALYNN CARTER, MENTAL HEALTH ACTIVISTS AND HUMANITARIAN AND FIRST LADY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 96 SUNDAY.

WE HAVE A LOOK AT HER LIFE AND LEGACY.

>> Reporter: TRIBUTES CONTINUE POURING IN FOR THE LATE ROSALYNN CARTER.

>> THEY ARE AN INCREDIBLE FAMILY BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT SO MUCH GRACE TO THE OFFICE.

>> Reporter: SHE DIED SUNDAY AFTER ENTERING HOSPICE CARE ON FRIDAY.

>> SHE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HER EFFORTS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND CAREGIVING AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS.

I DO HOPE THAT DURING THE HOLIDAYS YOU WILL CONSIDER INCLUDING THE CARTER FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS.

>> Reporter: SHE WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN HER HUSBAND'S PRESIDENCY AND A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR EQUAL TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS.

>> NOBODY TALKED ABOUT MY MENTAL ILLNESS AT ALL AND NOT TO SAY THAT ACTUALLY PEOPLE CAN RECOVER.

>> Reporter: IT WAS THE COUPLES WORK AFTER LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE THAT LEFT THE LONGEST LEGACY REDEFINING AND REVOLUTIONIZING THE POST- PRESIDENCY.

IN 1981, THEY SPEARHEADED A NEW CHALLENGE, JOINING WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY BUILDING HOUSES FOR THE POOR AND A YEAR LATER THEY ESTABLISHED THE CARTER CENTER, A FOUNDATION DEVOTED TO PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLVING CONFLICTS AND ERADICATING DISEASES.

>> I AM PART OF -- PROUD OF THE WORK OF THE CARTER CENTER WHICH IS ABOUT TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST ADMIRED AND RESPECTED INSTITUTIONS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.

>>> IMPERIAL VALLEY RESIDENTS ARE HOPING TO GET THERE CUTS OF THE PROFIT FROM THE FUTURE LITHIUM INDUSTRY AND FOR THEM THAT MEANS WELL-PAID AND SUSTAINABLE JOBS.

OUR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER TELLS US ABOUT A NEW COLLEGE PROGRAM THAT COULD BRING LOCALS CLOSER TO LANDING THEM.

>> STUDENTS AT THE IMPERIAL VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAVE A CHANCE TO PARTAKE IN A UNIQUE NEW PROGRAM PREPARING THEM FOR JOBS IN THE LITHIUM INDUSTRY AND IT IS ONE OF THE KEY METALS NEEDED FOR BATTERIES THAT POWER ELECTRIC CARS AND COMPUTERS, BUT ONE WORD GOT OUT THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH LITHIUM TO PROVIDE ONE THIRD OF GLOBAL DEMAND, LOCALS DID NOT JUST SEE DOLLAR SIGNS AND IT WOULD NOT BE THE FIRST TIME THE VALUE WOULD HOST AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY VENTURE AND NONE HAVE GIVEN BACK WITH THE COMMUNITY HOPED FOR IN TERMS OF JOBS.

WHEN IT COMES TO INEQUITIES, IMPERIAL COUNTY FINDS ITSELF WITH THE STATE'S HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES.

WE ARE AT THE HELM OF MAKING THIS A REALITY.

>> THIS LITHIUM INDUSTRY COMING, I DON'T SEE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY BUT AS A RESPONSIBILITY SO WE DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COLLEGE TO MAKE SURE THAT COMPANY IS AGAIN TO HIRE WE HAVE TO PREPARE OUR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ON THOSE JOBS.

>> Reporter: LAST YEAR GOVERNOR NEWSOM DECLARED ALL NEW SALES FOR CARS WILL BE ZERO EMISSION BY 2025 AND WITH THE POTENTIAL OF PROVIDING A LARGE PORTION OF GLOBAL LITHIUM NEEDS, IMPERIAL VALLEY COULD BE IN A TRANSFORMATIVE POSITION BUT A LOT OF GROUND WORK IS NEEDED FOR PROFITS TO TRANSLATE FOR BENEFITS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THIS IS ONE STEP FORWARD.

>>> GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE WHO RELY ON THE PORT OF ENTRY WEST FACILITY WITH SOUTHBOUND LANES REOPENING YESTERDAY AND IT COULD BE BID -- BIG NEWS FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THEY FEEL THE IMPACT EVERY TIME THE BORDER CLOSES AND THEY LOST OVER 200 BUSINESSES WHEN IT WAS CLOSED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>> IT IS EVEN WORSE THAN WHEN WE STARTED THE CORONAVIRUS.

AND THERE IS NO PEOPLE AROUND BECAUSE IT TAKES SO LONG TO GO BACK TO MEXICO RIGHT NOW.

>> SOUTHBOUND LANES OPEN TO FROM 3 TO 11 AND NORTHBOUND LANES OPENED LAST WEEK AND ARE OPERATIONAL FROM 6:00 UNTIL 2:00 P.M.

THEY SAY THEY ARE WORKING TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATIONS.

>>> INTERSTATE 10 IN LOS ANGELES IS OPEN TODAY JUST IN TIME FOR THE THANKSGIVING TRAVEL RUSH AND A PORTION OF THE FREEWAY CLOSED AFTER A MASSIVE FIRE ON NOVEMBER 11 AND OFFICIALS PREVIOUSLY SAID THE INTERSTATE WOULD REOPEN TOMORROW AND INVESTIGATORS SAY THE FIRE WAS DELIBERATELY SET BY SOMEBODY AND THEY RELEASED IMAGES OF THE PERSON OF INTEREST.

>> IF YOU ARE DRIVING YOUR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY DESTINATION GET READY FOR A BREAK AT THE PUMP BECAUSE GAS PRICES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT THE LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 2020 BUT AS WE KNOW ROAD TRIP COSTS CAN ADD UP QUICKLY.

WE HAVE FIVE TIPS TO GET BETTER MILEAGE AND SAVE MONEY IF YOU ARE HITTING THE ROAD.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 49 MILLION PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO HIT THE ROAD THIS THANKSGIVING AND ACCORDING TO AAA THAT IS UP 1.7% FROM LAST YEAR.

>> THE DEMAND CONTINUES TO GO UP YEAR AFTER YEAR AND THIS IS NO EXCEPTION.

>> Reporter: DRIVERS WILL BE GREETED BY A WELCOME SITE AT GAS PUMP AND ACCORDING TO GAS BUDDY THE NATIONAL AVERAGE THANKSGIVING GAS PRICES COULD HIT THE LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 2020.

>> OVERALL AMERICANS WILL BE GREETED WITH GAS PRICES $.45 LOWER THAN WHAT THEY WERE LAST YEAR.

>> Reporter: THESE EXPENSES CAN ADD UP SO WHAT CAN YOU DO TO MINIMIZE COSTS?

THEY HAVE THESE TIPS.

FIRST PLAN YOUR TRIP WELL AND THE STATE ARE YOU PHILIP IMPACTS PRICES AND THOSE AT UP EVERY TIME YOU FUEL UP.

>> SOME STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA THE AVERAGE IS $4.95 WHILE SOME STATES LIKE TEXAS ARE ALMOST 2 DOLLARS A GALLON LOWER AND ABOUT $2.75 A GALLON.

>> Reporter: SLOWING DOWN A FEW MILES PER HOUR CAN INCREASE YOUR FUEL EFFICIENCY AND SHOP AROUND.

DON'T JUST PULL OVER AT THE NEAREST STATION AND USE APPS TO HELP YOU FIND THE CHEAPEST GAS NEAR YOU.

>> IT PAYS TO SHOP AROUND ESPECIALLY WITH PRICES DECLINING FOR NINE WEEKS AND SOME ARE LOWERING THEIR PRICES MUCH QUICKER THAN OTHERS.

>> Reporter: TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PERKS AND CONSIDER SIGNING UP FOR LOYALTY PROGRAMS TO GET DISCOUNTS OR USE A CREDIT CARD AND PAY IN CASH.

SOME OFFER CASH DISCOUNTS.

>>> LET'S START YOU OFF WITH THEIR WEATHER HEADLINES AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME WEEK SANTA ANA WIND AND IT IS REALLY STARTING TO PICK UP THIS PAST WEEKEND AND WE ARE DEALING WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS FOR THE START OF THE WEEK AND AS WE HAD THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY IT WILL BE COOLER AND BREEZY FOR THE HOLIDAY ON THURSDAY AND TONIGHT WE DROP DOWN TO A LOW OF 49 CLEAR AND COOL BUT WE ARE DEALING AGAIN WITH THE SANTA ANA WIND AS THEY TURNED NORTHEASTERLY BRINGING GUSTY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM SANTA BARBARA THROUGH BURBANK DOWN TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND THE NORTHERLY WIND AND LOCAL WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 70 MILES PER HOUR BUT I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE GOT WIND AT 100 MILES PER HOUR THROUGH MONDAY BUT THE ADVISORIES GO INTO EFFECT TUESDAY MORNING BECAUSE IT WILL BE QUITE WINDY OVERNIGHT MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY AND A WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS FURTHER NORTH THROUGH RIVERSIDE COUNTY BUT DOWN ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY THE WIND ADVISORY IS STILL IN EFFECT FROM PINE VALLEY UP THROUGH PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND THAT WILL BE THE HIGHEST WIND AS WE HEAD INTO THE EARLY HOURS ON TUESDAY BUT THEY WILL CALM DOWN THROUGHOUT THE DAY EVEN AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AND WHERE THEY GO IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS, OCEANSIDE IS AT 81 SO PRETTY WARM FOR TOMORROW AND SAN DIEGO IS 77 AND HERE 75 AND MOUNT LAGUNA 52 AND YOU WILL NOTE FOR THE ACTUAL DAY FOR THANKSGIVING IT IS DRY AND MILD HERE ACROSS A LOT OF THE SOUTHWEST SO WE ARE NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT TOO MUCH ACTION TO CONTEND WITH IF YOU'RE HEADED OUT AND ABOUT SO LET'S TAKE YOU TO THE NEXT FEW DAYS ALONG THE COAST WITH HIGHS OF 81 ON TUESDAY AND WE WILL GRADUALLY START TO COOL DOWN AS WE HEAD INTO THE MIDDLE AND LATER HALF OF THE WEEK WITH PARTLY SUNNY SKIES FOR THE HOLIDAY AND MORE INLAND YOU WILL SEE TEMPERATURES AS WELL DROPPING FROM THE 80s TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAYS DOWN TO THE 70s AND 60s BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND IN THE MOUNTAINS YOU ARE IN THE 40s BY THE HOLIDAY ON THURSDAY AND 42 BY FRIDAY SO IT WILL BE CHILLY ALTHOUGH THE SUNSHINE WILL STICK AROUND AND THE HIGHS ARE STEADY ALTHOUGH WE WILL SEE A DIP HEADED INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND EVEN INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEKEND WITH A HIGH OF 66.

>>> WHY DRIVE TO WORK WHEN YOU COULD JUST FLY?

ONE CALIFORNIA COMPANY IS MAKING THAT HAPPEN AND IT IS A NEW AIR MOBILITY COMPANY DEVELOPING AIR TAXIS THEY HOPE WILL BE READY FOR TAKEOFF IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

WE REPORT.

>> Reporter: THE FUTURE IS HERE IN THE BAY AREA AND SPECIFICALLY IN FREMONT WHERE THE AUTONOMOUS AIRCRAFT ARE BEING BUILT.

IT IS AN ADVANCED COMMUNITY AND PORT -- PART OF THE HYUNDAI GROUP AND IT WOULD BE TO CREATE AN AIR TAXI THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SKIP COMMUTES ON THE ROAD AND HE IS THE LEAD RESEARCH MANAGER.

>> GOING FROM A HUB OR AIRPORT OR DOWNTOWN OR SAN FRANCISCO OR SAN JOSE TO PALO ALTO OR IN BETWEEN, THAT CAN BE DONE WITH AN AIR TAXI AND NOT BEING STUCK IN TRAFFIC OR STUCK IN TRAFFIC BUT GIVE TIME TO PEOPLE TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: SHE AND HER TEAM ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING A FIRST GENERATION AIRCRAFT THAT WOULD SEAT MORE PEOPLE AND AT FIRST BE PILOTED BY A HUMAN GOING ABOUT 120 MILES PER HOUR WITH A 25 TO 30 MILE-PER-HOUR BATTERY RANGE.

>> IT DOES KIND OF LOOK LIKE A HELICOPTER, BUT WHAT IS DIFFERENT?

>> WE WILL SEE A LOT OF MOVEMENT IN THE ROTORS SO YOU ARE TAKING OFF VERTICALLY AND FLYING AND THEN LANDING BACK SO IT IS A MIX BETWEEN A HELICOPTER AND A PLANE.

>> Reporter: HOW HARD IS IT TO DESIGN AND BUILD SOMETHING OF THIS SCALE?

>> IT IS CHALLENGING.

BUT WE CAN'T FORGET WE ARE BUILDING ON TOP OF EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES AND EXISTING MANUFACTURING PROCESSES FOR AIRCRAFT AND COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT AND GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT.

>> THIS IS DEVELOPING BATTERIES THAT ARE LIGHTWEIGHT AND POWERFUL BUILDING THE AIRFRAME AND ROTORS AND SENSORS AS WELL AS AN ECOSYSTEM FOR VEHICLES TO TAKE OFF AND LAND AND SOMETHING THEY CALL A VERDANT PORT.

>> IT WILL BE A DEDICATED STRUCTURE AND WE CAN DO THESE WITH A HELIPAD AND A VERY SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION WHERE WE NEED TO LAND VERTICALLY BUT TSA WILL HAVE CHARGING STATIONS AND THIS IS AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT POWERED BY BATTERIES THAT WILL HAVE THIS AVAILABILITY OF CHARGING STATIONS FOR CARS AND TO THE AIRCRAFT BUT ALSO TO PARK CARS OR BIKES AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN WALK TO THE AIRPORT.

>> Reporter: THE TIMETABLE HERE AND ACROSS THE COMPANY TO GET THE AIRCRAFT INTO SERVICES 2028.

THAT IS FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.

>> THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE HAVE SAFETY AS THE CORE AND IT MAY TAKE A FEW YEARS AND TAKING THE RIGHT STEPS WE MAY NOT BE THE FIRST OR SECOND TO MARKET BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMPANY IS DEDICATED TO THE SAFETY OF OUR AIRCRAFT.

>> ON THIS VIDEO WE SEE MULTIPLE AIRCRAFT FLYING AT THE SAME TIME AND WILL THAT BE THE FUTURE?

>> YES.

THAT IS DEFINITELY THE FUTURE AND WE ARE WORKING ON AIRCRAFT INTEGRATION TO AIRSPACE AND WE ARE AWARE THAT WE WON'T BE THE ONLY ONE FLYING IT.

>> SO FOG AND RAIN WILL BE AN ISSUE?

>> THAT IS SOME OF THE WORK MY TEAM IS LOOKING INTO OF HOW WE WILL OPERATE WHEN WE HAVE FOG IN SAN FRANCISCO.

>> Reporter: IN 2038 YOU IMAGINE YOUR FRIENDS FAMILY SAYING I WILL TAKE THIS TO SKIP MY COMMUTE?

>> YES AND I HOPE MYSELF TO COME TO WORK ONE DAY WITHIN AN AIR TAXI AND I HOPE FOR THAT FOR SURE BECAUSE WE DO NEEDED HERE.

>> IF YOU ARE WONDERING ABOUT HOW MUCH IT WILL COST, THEY SAY IT WILL MAKE THE FLIGHTS AFFORDABLE ABOUT THE PRICE OF A 45 MINUTE UBER RIDE.

HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON TOMORROW WITH THE NEWSROOM AND THE MORNING EDITION IS COVERING THE START OF THE THANKSGIVING TRAVEL PERIOD INCLUDING A RECORD NUMBER OF AMERICANS EXPECTED TO FLY THIS WEEK AND THE MIDDAY EDITION IS TALKING ABOUT FOOD INSECURITY IN SAN DIEGO AND THE CHALLENGING WORK DONE BY LOCAL GROUPS TRYING TO HELP.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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

CALL OR VISIT.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, THE FOLLOWING, AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.