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>>> MIGRANT ARRIVALS CONTINUE AT OUR BORDER.

BUT, THERE ARE CHANGES TO HOW THERE ARE BEING PROCESSED.

EARLIER THIS MONTH THE RECOVERY APPROVED $3 MILLION TO HELP MIGRANTS, AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS WITH VARIOUS SERVICES INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION TO THEIR SPONSORS.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER WINN TELLS US HOW THAT MONEY WILL BE DOLED OUT.

>> Reporter: BUSLOADS AFTER BUSLOADS OF MIGRANTS, AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS ARE BEING DROPPED OFF BY BORDER PATROL AGENTS AT THE ARIES TRANSIT CENTER IN OTAY MESA.

SO FAR THIS MORNING VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN HELPING MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PROCESSED BY U.S. CUSTOMS, AND BORDER PROTECTION.

AND DROPPED OFF HERE.

>> MOST OF THEM ARE GOING ELSEWHERE IN THE U.S.

LOOKING FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

BUT, THERE BEING DROPPED OFF WITHOUT PHONES THAT WORK.

THERE PHONES ARE DEAD.

THEIR BATTERIES ARE DEAD.

THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO WI- FI.

THEY'RE JUST BEING LEFT ON THE STREETS.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 30,000 MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN DROPPED OFF AT TRANSIT STATIONS THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO SINCE MID SEPTEMBER.

CBP WERE RELEASING MIGRANTS IN SAN DIEGO, BECAUSE SHELTERS WERE FULL.

THE COUNTY CALLED IT AN UNPRECEDENTED HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.

EARLIER THIS MONTH THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED $3 BILLION TO HELP EASE THE STRAIN.

LAST THURSDAY SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY SERVICES OR AS PCs WAS AWARDED THE CONTRACT SUPERVISOR TERRIEN SAYS THE ORGANIZATION WILL ACT AS AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION TO DISTRIBUTE FUNDS WHERE IT'S NEEDED.

>> BUT, THEY'RE NOT DOING ALL THE WORK.

THERE'S A LOT OF GROUPS OUT THERE.

EMIGRANT OFFENDERS.

THERE'S JUST SO MANY OF THEM DOING AMAZING WORK.

AND WE IMAGINE THEY'RE ALL GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE PARTNERS IN PROVIDING THE SERVICES.

AND ACCORDING TO COUNTY OFFICIALS THEY WERE AWARDED THE CONTRACT, BECAUSE OF ITS EXPERIENCE HANDLING THE UNACCOMPANIED MINORS AT THE CONVENTION CENTER IN 2021.

LOCAL NONPROFITS TOLD KPBS THEY ARE STILL WORKING OUT THE DETAILS ON HOW THE $3 MILLION FUNDS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.

FOR NOW CBP SAYS IT'LL ONLY DROP OFF MIGRANTS AT IRIS TRANSIT CENTER.

MAKING IT A CENTRALIZED LOCATION WHERE ASYLUM-SEEKERS CAN GET THE HELP THEY NEED.

ALEXANDER WINN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT'S BEEN 12 DAYS SINCE A WOMAN DIED IN ONE OF CUSTOMS, AND BORDER PROTECTION SOME MAKESHIFT MIGRANT CAMPS.

AND HUMANITARIAN WORKERS ON THE GROUND TO TELL KPBS A BORDER REPORTER THAT CONDITIONS HAVE NOT IMPROVED.

>> IT WAS INEVITABLE.

IF YOU ARE PUTTING MIGRANTS IN THE OPEN AIR DETENTION SITES WITHOUT ACCESS TO FOOD, WATER, OR MEDICAL CARE.

EVENTUALLY, SOMEONE WILL DIE.

>> Reporter: IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF.

HER ORGANIZATION IS TRYING TO PROVIDE BASIC SERVICES TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE BEING HELD IN THE JACUMBA, AND SANDY SIEGEL CAMP.

EARLIER THIS MONTH A 29-YEAR- OLD WOMAN ARRIVED.

WHICH IS OUTSIDE, AND HAS NO PROTECTION FROM THE SUN, RAIN, WIND, OR ANY OF THE ELEMENTS.

BORDER PATROL AGENTS SAY THEY NOTICED SHE WAS WINDED, BUT THEY DECLINED MEDICAL AID.

SHE WAS UNRESPONSIVE, AND HAD NO PULSE.

SHE WAS DECLARED DEAD AT LATER THAT MORNING.

THIS WAS THE FIRST REPORTED DEATH AT ANY CAMP.

VOLUNTEERS SET UP A MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL FOR THE WOMAN.

DECORATED WITH COLORFUL FLOWERS, CANDLES, AND MESSAGES OF HOPE.

STILL, BORDER PATROL CONTINUES TO TELL PEOPLE TO WAIT IN THESE CAMPS SO THEY CAN BE PROCESSED TO ENTER THE COUNTRY.

>> BUT, THE OPEN AIR DETENTION SITES HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN A BORDER PATROL REGULARLY HANDING OUT WATER.

WE'VE STILL HAD TO CALL 911 MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY FOR VERY SERIOUS MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.

SO, AGAIN NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

>> Reporter: HUMANITARIAN WORKERS ARE FRUSTRATED BY THE LACK OF LOCAL LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.

THEY HAVEN'T SEEN ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS PUBLICLY PRESSURE CBP TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS.

>> THE CITY, THE COUNCIL, THE STATE.

TO RESOLVE THEMSELVES OF RESPONSE ABILITIES FOR THESE MIGRANTS WERE COMING TO SEEK PROTECTION ON OUR SOIL.

AND WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS NO ONE TAKES RESPONSE ABILITY.

AND IT'S THE MIGRANTS THEMSELVES WHO SUFFER.

UPON MY CONGRESSMAN HAS CALLED FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MIGRANT CAMPS.

HE WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW.

SAN DIEGO MERRITT ISLAND GLORIA DIDN'T RESPOND TO ANY COMMENTS.

>>> AS THE DEATH TOLL IN THE ISRAEL, HAMAS CONFLICT CONTINUES TO CLIMB INVESTIGATORS IN MICHIGAN ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT, AND MOTIVE IN THE MURDER OF A PROMINENT SYNAGOGUE PRESIDENT.

LAURA GARAY REPORTS WHILE AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT LINKED HER DEATH TO ANTI-SEMITISM.

THE CASE SHINES A LIGHT ON GROWING CONCERNS OVER POTENTIAL VIOLENCE IN THE U.S. >> Reporter: IN A WORLD INCREASINGLY POPULARIZED BY POLITICS AND PREJUDICE.

THE SISTER OF SAMANTHA WALL WANTS TO KNOW WHO WOULD KILL A WOMAN KNOWN FOR LETTING EVERYONE?

>> YOU FOUGHT FOR EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY WERE OR WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

>> Reporter: SAMANTHA WALL WAS SYNAGOGUE BOARD PRESIDENT, AND PROMINENT JEWISH COMMITTEE MEMBER WAS FOUND FATALLY STABBED OUTSIDE HER DETROIT HOME SATURDAY.

DETROIT PLEASE GIVE AN UPDATE ON THEIR INVESTIGATION MONDAY.

>> WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT GIVE US INTEREST.

WE ARE JUST SHORT OF CALLING ONE OF THE PEOPLE A SUSPECT.

>> Reporter: AS OF NOW PLEASE SAY THERE'S NO EVIDENCE ANTI- SEMITISM WAS THE MOTIVE.

STILL, NATIONAL SECURITY IS VOICING NATIONAL CONCERNS OF THE ESCALATING WORKLOAD TO SPUR INCREASED VIOLENCE IN THE U.S. >> WE REMAIN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LONE WOLF INSIGHT AND TO VIOLENCE BY AN IDEOLOGY OF HATE.

>> Reporter: NEW CHICAGO A MOTHER OF A SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY STABBED TO DEATH LAST WEEK IS HERSELF NOW HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL RECOVERING FROM HER KNIFE WOUNDS.

THE FAMILY, 71-YEAR-OLD LANDLORD IS CHARGED IN THE CASE.

POLICE SAY HE ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED THEM, BECAUSE THEY WERE MUSLIM.

AT THE FEDERAL HATE CRIME INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY.

ILLINOIS GOVERNOR MAKING AN APPEAL FOR PEACE, AND UNITY MONDAY.

>> TO SHOW OUR MUSLIM, AND JEWISH NEIGHBORS THAT WE STAND WITH THEM.

THE TO CHART A NEW COURSE.

ONE OF SOLIDARITY, JUSTICE, AND HUMANITY.

>> Reporter: I'M LORI GEARY FOR KPBS NEWS.

'S >>> AS THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL, AND HAMAS CONTINUES THERE'S CONCERNS A WIDER CONFLICT IN THE OIL-RICH REGION COULD TIGHTEN GLOBAL SUPPLIES.

COMING UP, INDUSTRY F SPURTS EXPLAIN WHAT IMPACT THE WORK YOU HAVE ON AMERICAN WALLETS.

>>> 20 HEALTHCARE WORKERS WITH KINDRED HOSPITAL WALKED THE PICKET LINE TODAY.

PHARMACISTS, TECHNICIANS, AND CLINICAL LAB SCIENTISTS KICKED OFF A THREE DAY STRIKE THIS MORNING.

HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES JOINED THE NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS EARLIER THIS YEAR.

THEY SAY AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS, KINDRED HOSPITAL STILL HAS NOT ADDRESSED STAFF SHORTAGES OR DEMANDS FOR BETTER COMPENSATION.

>> CURRENTLY, WE GET PAID ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF WHAT ANY OF THE AREA HOSPITALS MAKE.

AND THEY HAVE IT WITH INFLATION.

THEY HAVEN'T SINCE COVID.

IT'S A STRICT 2% RAISE.

FOR A TECHNICIAN MAKING $20 AN HOUR DOESN'T REALLY ADD UP.

>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT KINDRED HOSPITAL SAYS IT SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO UNION REPRESENTATIVE'S EARLIER THIS MONTH, BUT HAS NOT RECEIVED A COUNTER.

HUNDRED SAYS IT'S COMMITTED TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATING IN GOOD FAITH.

>>> SERIGRAPH TOO SAYS IT WILL HOLD ITS NEXT ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS TOMORROW.

IT'S BEEN THREE MONTHS SINCE HOLLYWOOD ACTORS TOOK TO THE PICKET LINES.

THE TWO SIDES REPORTEDLY HAD ODDS OVER SEVERAL ISSUES.

>> LAST WEEK SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE INDUSTRY LIKE GEORGE CLOONEY, AND TYLER PERRY OFFERED TO PAY HIGHER UNION DUES TO HELP END THE STRIKE.

CLOONEY SAYS THOSE HIGHER DUES WILL BRING IN ABOUT $50 MILLION A YEAR.

ALLOWING THE UNION SOME BREATHING ROOM IN FUNDING THE BENEFITS IT OFFERS TO MEMBERS.

>>> LAST WEEK THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE VOTED TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF UNITS A DEVELOPER CAN BUILD IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

THE CITY SAYS THIS WILL PRESERVE THEIR BEACH TOWN FEEL, BUT KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TANIA THORNE FOUND HOUSING ADVOCATES SAY OCEANSIDE IS GOING AGAINST STATE HOUSING LAW.

>> Reporter: OCEANSIDE'S DOWNTOWN IS CURRENTLY THE MOST SOUGHT OUT AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY.

IT'S THE PROXIMITY TO THE OCEAN, TRANSIT, AND ENTERTAINMENT THAT MAKE THE AREA ATTRACTIVE.

BUT, LAST WEEK THE OCEANSIDE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO PUT A LIMIT OF 86 UNITS PER ACRE A DEVELOPER CAN BUILD.

>> THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, WHAT IS A REASONABLE DEVELOPMENT?

WHAT IS THE DEVELOPER AND WE ARE SEEKING OUT?

>> Reporter: THE NEW CAP IS DOUBLE WHAT IT WAS IN 2019.

BUT, STATE HOUSING LAWS PUSHED COUNSEL TO REMOVE IT, AND GIVE DEVELOPERS UNLIMITED DENSITY.

THIS LED TO THE APPROVAL OF LARGER, AND DENSER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AT MARKET RATE.

OCEANSIDE MAYOR ESTHER SANCHEZ SAYS MARKET-RATE DEVELOPMENTS WITH ONLY A HANDFUL OF AFFORDABLE UNITS DON'T TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OCEANSIDE RESIDENTS.

>> WE NEED LOW, AND VERY LOW.

WE DON'T NEED OTHER UNITS.

THIS IS NOT REALLY MEETING OUR NEEDS.

WHICH IS WHY WE NEED TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A TON OF MONEY, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ARE STUCK IN THIS SACRAMENTO DECIDES EVERYTHING FOR OUR CITY.

>> Reporter: BUT, STATE HOUSING LAWS RESTRICT CITY GOVERNMENTS FROM DENYING TRIAL PROJECTS.

NO MATTER THE DENSITY OR RATE.

>> THE CITY IS TRYING TO BREAK STATE HOUSING LAW.

>> Reporter: MATTHEW LEWIS IS WITH CALIFORNIA DMV.

AN ORGANIZATION THAT ENDED UP MAKING THE STATE AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE, AND WORK.

HE SAYS, OCEANSIDE MAKE UP FOR THE LIMITED HOUSING IN DOWNTOWN, AND BUT, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE OUTLINED IN THE CITIES ELEMENT PLAN.

AND OCEANSIDE'S PLAN IS STILL UNDER REVIEW.

>> IF THEY DON'T HAVE A CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT AND THEY ARE TAKING A PRETTY BIG RISK REDUCING CAPACITY.

SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE SEEN CITIES DO, AND CANNOT GET AWAY WITH.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE STATE, AND ATTORNEY GENERAL ARE NOW KEEPING A CLOSER EYE ON THE CITY'S FUNDING WAYS TO CUT DENSER HOUSING.

>> THAT THE LONGER THAT WE CONTINUE TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM LIVING IN PLACES THAT ARE DESIRABLE WHERE THERE IS ALSO ALREADY EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, EXISTING SERVICES, SCHOOLS, ROADS.

THE MORE WE FORCE THESE PEOPLE TO LIVE FURTHER, AND FURTHER AWAY IN PLACES THAT ARE ACTUALLY STILL PRISTINE.

AND THEY STILL HAVE TO COMMUTE ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE COAST, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE JOBS ARE.

>> Reporter: LEWIS SAID IT WOULD BE BETTER IF CITIES VIEWED DENSE HOUSING AS A POSITIVE THING, BECAUSE IT LEADS TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, MORE MIDDLE-CLASS INCOME, AND LESS HOMELESSNESS.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THERE'S A GROWING WAITLIST FOR THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO'S LATEST SAFE SLEEPING SITE.

THE CITY OPENED ITS SECOND SAFE SLEEPING SITE OVER THE WEEKEND.

IT'S LOCATED AT THE OLD LOT AT BALBOA PARK.

IT HAS 400 TENTS, AND CAN FIT UP TO 800 PEOPLE.

THE ORGANIZATION MANAGING THE SITE SAYS THEY'VE ALREADY BROUGHT 17 PEOPLE THERE.

AND IDENTIFIED 150 MORE IN NEED OF HELP.

>> THERE'S A WAITING LIST OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET INTO OUR SECOND SAFE SLEEPING SITE AT THE OLD LOT.

AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING HUNDREDS OF MORE PEOPLE OFF THE SIDEWALKS, AND INTO A SAFER, HEALTHIER PLACE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WERE GETTING PEOPLE WHO ARE A GOOD FIT.

WHO AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE RULES, AND ALLOW THEM TO GET SETTLED IN.

>> THE ORGANIZATION SAYS IT WILL ENROLL UNHOUSED PEOPLE INTO THE SITE EVERY DAY UNTIL THEY REACH CAPACITY.

COUNCILMAN WOODBURN EXPECTS BOTH SLEEPING SITES TO BE FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS.

>>> SAN DIEGO RESEARCHERS SAY PUBLIC CRITICISM COULD BE A MAJOR TOOL TO GET COUNTRIES TO COMPLY WITH CLIMATE FRIENDLY GOALS, AND THE PARIS CLAIMANT AGREEMENT.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON HAS DETAILS.

>> Reporter: MANY OF THE WORLD'S CRIME COMMISSION NEGOTIATORS THINK MAKING COUNTRIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE PROMISES WOULD BE EFFECTIVE.

>> I'M HERE TO APPEAL TO ALL PARTIES.

TO RIGHT THIS MOMENT.

>> Reporter: A RECENT PAPER FINDS THAT WITHDRAWING FOR THE M.A.

AGREEMENT ARE SEEN AS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE, EXPENSIVE, OR UNREALISTIC.

>> EACH COUNTRY EVERY FIVE YEARS MAKES A PLEDGE.

HERE'S WHAT WERE GOING TO DO.

AND THE NAMING, AND SHAMING MECHANISM IS A WAY OF LOOKING, AND SEEING WHETHER THE ACTIONS ON THE GROUND ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PLEDGES THEY'VE MADE.

AND IF THEY ARE THEY WILL THEN CALLOUT THOSE COUNTRIES.

>> Reporter: THE PARIS AGREEMENT WAS ADOPTED IN 2015, BUT THE PACT HAS NO ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM.

>> COUNTRIES WITH REALLY STRONG INSTITUTIONS.

THOSE ARE PLACES WHERE NAMING, AND SHAMING IS MIKE LACY TO BE EFFECTIVE.

>> Reporter: THAT WOULD BE COUNTRIES WITH STABLE GOVERNMENTS.

RESEARCHERS SURVEYED NEARLY 1000 CLIMATE OFFICIALS WHO REGULARLY ATTEND THE UN'S YEARLY GATHERINGS KNOWN AS THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES.

>> THIS AGREEMENT WAS THE OUTCOME OF ALL THE COUNTRIES COMING TOGETHER, AND HAVING TALL AGREE.

SO, THIS IS THE BEST -- THIS IS THE BEST WE COULD GET, AND STILL MAINTAIN THAT KIND OF BROAD WIDESPREAD CONSENSUS.

IS THE FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGE OF CONSENSUS DIPLOMACY.

IT CAN ONLY BE AS STRONG AS THE KIND OF LEASED AMBITIOUS.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALS ALSO SAY THE APPROACH WOULD WORK BEST IF CRITICISM COMES FROM A NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION INSTEAD OF ANOTHER COUNTRY.

THE FINDINGS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

ERIK ANDERSEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> FOR THE SEVENTH YEAR IN A ROW SAN DIEGO COUNTY SAW ITS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT TO GROW IN 2022.

THE COUNTY RELEASED ITS ANNUAL CROP REPORT TODAY.

IT SHOWS THE AGRIBUSINESS HERE GREW BY 1.4%.

OR, $24 MILLION IN 2022.

OUR COUNTY IS THE NUMBER ONE PRODUCER OF NURSERY, AND CUT FLOUR PRODUCTS.

AND THE NUMBER OF ORGANIC PRODUCER STATEWIDE.

AVOCADOS HAD THE BIGGEST SPIKE IN VALUE OF ANY CROP RISING FROM JUST OVER $82 MILLION IN 2021.

TO $123 MILLION IN 2022.

>>> THE ISRAEL, HAMAS WAR SHOWS NO SIGNS OF ABATING.

THAT MEANS CONCERNS ARE GROWING THAT A WIDER CONFLICT IN THE REGION COULD FURTHER TIGHTEN THE GLOBAL OIL SUPPLIES.

GLORIA PASSED ME KNOW EXPLAINS WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR PRICES AT THE PUMP HEADING INTO WINTER.

>> Reporter: ISRAEL'S MILITARY RAMPING UP ITS AERIAL OFFENSIVE AGAINST HAMAS AS THE WAR ENTERS ITS THIRD WEEK.

AND NOW GROWING CONCERNS OF SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION IN THE REGION.

>> WE HAVE SEEN SOME ATTACKS, AND WE'VE GOT TO DO WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO TO PROTECT OUR TROOPS ON THE GROUND.

PARTICULARLY, IN IRAQI AND THEORY.

>> Reporter: CONCERNS THE CONFLICT WILL BROUGHT INTO OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION ARE DRIVING INVESTOR FEARS OF A POSSIBLE TIGHTENING ON THE GLOBAL OIL SUPPLIES.

>> ESPECIALLY, IF IRAN GETS INVOLVED.

IRAN IS A BIG OIL PRODUCER.

IF THEY EMBARGO OIL OR CUT EXPORTS THAT COULD WEIGH HEAVILY ON OIL PRICES.

>> Reporter: CRUDE OIL PRICES OPENED AT ABOVE $91 MONDAY.

THE INTERNATIONAL OIL BENCHMARK.

SO FAR THE FLUCTUATIONS HAVE NOT IMPACTED GAS PUMPS.

>> A LOT OF THE SEASONALITY THAT'S PUSHING PRICES DOWN IS REALLY WINNING THAT TUG-OF-WAR.

AND THAT'S HELPING TO KEEP GASOLINE PRICES DECLINING.

>> Reporter: PATRICK WITH GAS BUDDY SAYS CHEAPER WINTER GAS BLENDS COMBINED WITH DECREASED DEMAND ARE HELPING TO KEEP PRICES LOW.

>> THE NATIONAL AVERAGE NOW BELOW $3.50 A GALLON.

BY LATER THIS WEEK THE NATIONAL AVERAGE COULD FALL TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL SINCE MARCH.

>>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT JUST GAVE CALIFORNIA MORE THAN $1 BILLION TO IMPROVE HYDROGEN FUEL FACILITIES.

HYDROGEN IS SEEN AS A CRUCIAL PART OF ANY ZERO EMISSION ENERGY PLAN IN THE FIGHT AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING.

THE ONLY EMOTION THAT COMES FROM BURNING HYDROGEN IS WATER.

CALIFORNIA IS ONE OF SEVEN HYDROGEN HUBS NATIONWIDE.

THE MOST PRIMITIVE ENERGY IS EXPECTING THE HUBS TO CREATE HYDROGEN FUEL PRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS.

TYSON ACKERLEY IS ONE OF THE STATE OFFICIALS WHO WILL ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM.

HE SAYS, CALIFORNIA MUST BUILD A SO-CALLED HYDROGEN ECOSYSTEM THAT MAKES IT MORE PLENTIFUL, AND EASY TO DISTRIBUTE.

>> WHAT OUR ECOSYSTEM DOES IS BALANCE THE SUPPLY OF HYDROGEN WITH DEMAND.

SO, THE KEY TO LAUNCHING A HYDROGEN MARKET IS REALLY GETTING TO SCALE.

SO, THE MORE WE CAN SCALE ACROSS SECTORS THE STRONGER THIS ECOSYSTEM WILL BE.

AND HYDROGEN IS REALLY EXCITING, BECAUSE IT HELPS US GET TO THE REALLY HARD TO DO CARBONITE SECTORS.

SO, WE CAN GET TO 100% CARBON FREE BY 2045 IN CALIFORNIA.

WHICH IS OUR MANDATE.

>> AND ITS APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL FUNDS CALIFORNIA FOCUSED ON USING HYDROGEN FUEL FOR HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES, POWER PLANTS, AND PORTS.

BUT, HYDRO-POWERED CARS WILL ALSO BE A PART OF THE PICTURE.

>>> I'M METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE MacLEOD, AND I'M GIVING YOU YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES.

RIGHT OFF THE TOP.

IT IS GOING TO BE CHILLY TONIGHT.

AND IF YOU THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE NIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE MUCH COOLER AIR.

AND THE DRY WEATHER.

IT'S GOING TO PERSIST.

WE HAVE A PATTERN CHANGE.

SO, REMEMBER LAST WEEK.

IT WAS NICE, AND WARM.

BUT, YOUR HIGHS ARE GOING TO BE 15 TO 25 DEGREES LOWER THAN THIS TIME LAST WEEK.

IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THIS JETSTREAM DIPPING ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA.

ALMOST TO L.A.

BUT, NOT ALL THE WAY TO SOCAL.

THE STEERING WINS DEFINITELY FORWARD IN SAN DIEGO.

SO, INTO EVEN THURSDAY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE MUCH COOLER AIR.

NOW, YOUR OVERNIGHT LOWS.

CLOSER TO THE COAST.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM IN THE 50s.

STRUGGLING TO GET INTO 60s.

SAN DIEGO.

YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF UPTICK IN TEMP FROM THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT.

AND AS YOU HEAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS YOU WILL NOTICE THOSE OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE 40s.

PERHAPS, TRYING TO GET INTO THE 50s.

SEEING INCREASING CLOUDS OVERNIGHT.

HERE'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH FUTURECAST.

THOSE CLOUDS ARE GOING TO MAKE THEIR WAY ON SHORE.

SO, IN THE MORNING DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THE COMMUTE -- I MEAN, IF YOU GET INTO A PATCH OF FOG DON'T BE SURPRISED ABOUT THAT.

BUT, TOMORROW YOU KNOW THE DEAL.

THINGS ARE GOING TO TURN BRIGHT, AND SUNNY WITH THOSE TEMPS IN THE 70s.

YOU'VE GOT WIND COMING IN FROM THE NORTH HELPING TO COOL THINGS DOWN ON WEDNESDAY.

THINGS ARE GOING TO TURN A LITTLE BIT BREEZY WHEN YOU HEAD TOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS.

BUT, THE NAME OF THE GAME MOSTLY DRY.

SO, FOR THE COAST HERE IS YOUR FIVE DAY OUTLOOK.

DRY, SUNNY, BUT COOL.

COOL INLAND AS WELL.

SEEN THOSE TEMPS IN THE 70s.

ON THE DECREASE AS YOU HEAD INTO SATURDAY.

MOUNTAINS, A LITTLE BIT COOLER FOR YOU.

TURNING WENDY BY SATURDAY.

AND DESERT, 80s.

LOTS OF SUNSHINE FOR YOU.

>>> FROM CARDIFF TO LEUCADIA.

ENCINITAS IS CHOCK FULL OF COLOR, AND CULTURE.

IT COMES IN THE FORM OF MURALS, AND OTHER PUBLIC ART PIECES.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB EYRE LOOKS AT THIS NORTH COUNTY BEACH TOWNS PUBLIC ARTWORK.

>> Reporter: AS YOU WALK, BIKE, OR DRIVE ALONG.

IT'S EASY TO SPOT DOZENS OF MURALS.

BUT, THAT WASN'T ALWAYS THE CASE.

>> THERE WASN'T MURALS AROUND.

I DID SO MANY MURALS AROUND HERE.

EVERYWHERE.

>> Reporter: KEVIN ANDERSON WOULD KNOW.

HE'S BEEN A LONGTIME NORTH COUNTY RESIDENT, AND WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST ARTISTS TO PAINT MURALS IN ENCINITAS.

HE EXPLAINS HOW IT ALL STARTED.

>> 1995.

SO, WHAT'S THAT?

ALMOST 30 YEARS?

I STARTED RIGHT ON THE STREET.

THERE'S THAT LITTLE HAWAIIAN RESTAURANT.

K LONNIE'S.

AND THAT WAS WHERE MY FIRST MURAL WAS POINT >> Reporter: HIS WORK HASN'T SLOWED DOWN SINCE.

THE 66-YEAR-OLD IS CONSTANTLY CREATING PRIVATE, AND PUBLIC ART PIECES ACROSS NORTH COUNTY.

HE STANDS IN FRONT OF A LARGE MURAL HE RECENTLY PATENT PAINTED.

AND DESCRIBES WITH PUBLIC ART PIECES LIKE HIS MATTER TO A COMMUNITY.

>> THEY ARE LIKE WINDOWS.

BEAUTIFUL WINDOWS TO LOOK THROUGH.

THAT YOU SEE SOMETHING YOU DON'T SEE EVERYDAY.

TAKES YOU OUT OF THE TYPICAL MIND-SET OF DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK, AND YOUR THINKING ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS.

YOU LOOK UP, AND YOU SEE THIS GIANT MURAL.

IT JUST TAKES YOU AWAY FOR A MINUTE.

>> Reporter: THERE USED TO BE JUST A FEW MURALS IN ENCINITAS A DECADE AGO.

THEY'VE NOW BLOSSOMED INTO A AND ABUNDANCE.

WITH MANY ART PIECES FOCUSED ON THE ENVIRONMENT, AND DIFFERENT CULTURES.

YOU CAN SEE THEM ALONG HIGHWAY 101.

SOME IN PLAIN SIGHT.

AND OTHERS TUCKED AWAY LIKE HIDDEN TREASURES.

>> HE SAID HE WANTED TO DO SOME SORT OF MATERIAL MEMORIAL WALL FOR THEM.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

AND HIS DOG IS ALI.

>> Reporter: IRENE IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ENCINITAS 101 MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION.

SHE SAYS SOME OF THE MURALS STARTED AS A PROJECT TO REDUCE CRIME IN AN ALLEY.

OVER TIME, THEY HELPED TO MAKE ENCINITAS INTO AN ARTS HUB.

>> ULTIMATELY, WHAT IT HAS DONE WITHOUT US REALLY KNOWING IS IT HAS REALLY INSPIRED A LOT OF ARTISTS.

LOCAL ARTISTS THAT CAN DO LARGE MURALS LIKE THIS TO COME DOWN, AND THE DOWNTOWN ENCINITAS AS A LOCATION FOR NOW.

>> Reporter: BUT, WHAT SPURRED THE PUSH FOR MORE PUBLIC ARE IN THE FIRST PLACE?

ENCINITAS FRONT OF THE ARTS PRESIDENT SAYS IT WAS ONE PIECE IN PARTICULAR BACK IN 2011.

>> AND THEN SURFING MADONNA HAPPENED.

>> Reporter: THE MOSAIC SHOWING THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE A SURFING WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED UNDER A PUBLIC BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 101.

WOODWARD SAYS IT CHALLENGED THE VERY NOTION OF WHAT IS ART VERSUS GRAFFITI.

AND IT GAVE A VOICE TO THE ARTIST IN TOWN.

>> IT BROUGHT A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY FROM EVERY ANGLE.

AND THAT WAS MUSIC TO MY EAR.

VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AT TIMES.

BUT, I THINK IT CATAPULTED THE MURAL PROGRAMS.

AND IT AGAIN PUT ENCINITAS ON THE MAP.

>> Reporter: IN THE DECADE PLUS THAT FOLLOWED SURFING MADONNA.

THERE'S BEEN A WIDE RANGE OF NEW ARTISTS COLORING ENCINITAS.

WHICH IS A WELCOMED CHANGE FOR THE SEASON VETERAN ANDERSON.

HE SAYS WATCHING THE GROWTH FOR PUBLIC ARE IN HIS HOMETOWN HAS BROUGHT HIM GREAT JOY.

>> IF YOU LOOK AROUND ENCINITAS NOW.

EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK THERE'S MURALS.

A LOT OF THEM ARE PAINTED.

SO, IN THE LAST 10 YEARS?

THEY'VE GROWN EXPONENTIALLY.

I MEAN, IT'S BECOME SOMETHING.

>> Reporter: THERE HAVE BEEN CREATIONS THAT HAVE STIRRED UP EMOTIONS, AND CONTROVERSY.

A FEW PUBLIC ART PIECES IN TOWN LIKE THE SURFING MADONNA RECEIVED A LOT OF PUSHBACK.

>> SOME PEOPLE WERE OFFENDED, BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY MOTHER OF MARY OR GUADALUPE THEY WOULD BE ON A SURF.

BUT, ONCE IT WAS EXPLAINED.

BECAUSE SAVE THE OCEAN THAT SURFERS ARE USING, AND TAPPING INTO THAT DIVINITY TO SAVE THE OCEAN.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THAT SHE WANTS EVEN MORE MURALS IN HER TOWN TO FURTHER PUSH ITS PUBLIC ART SCENE.

>> WE DO WANT TO ADD MORE MURALS FOR SURE.

BUT, WE ALSO WANT TO BE A LOT MORE MINDFUL OF IT.

THE MORE, AND MORE MURALS YOU ADD WE WANT TO BE MORE PURPOSEFUL OF WHAT THEY ARE.

AND HOW IT KIND OF TELLS A STORY.

>> Reporter: AND WOODWARD WANTS TO EXPAND BEYOND MURALS.

>> I DO ENCOURAGE SOME PEOPLE TO SEE THE SCULPTURES.

HOPEFULLY, SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO GO UP ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.

THEY ARE COMING.

>> Reporter: AFTER DECADES OF WORK, AND COUNTLESS BRUSHSTROKES ANDERSON'S VISION FOR AN ART FILLED CITY HAS ARRIVED.

LEAVING A LARGE, INTANGIBLE TAPESTRY ACROSS HIS HOMETOWN.

HIS INFLUENCE IS UNDENIABLE.

>> I WANTED TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE ART WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND OUR DEMAND SOMETHING.

IN A WORLD WHERE I COULD ACTUALLY SHOW PEOPLE MY ART.

>> Reporter: NOW HIS MURALS ARE SPREADING IT TO OTHER CITIES ACROSS SAN DIEGO, AND CALIFORNIA.

AND WITH THEM COMES A LITTLE BIT OF THE ESSENCE OF ENCINITAS.

JACOB EYRE, KPBS NEWS.

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