>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY >>> ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR, PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS, AND PRIVILEGED TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR, HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN DRAIN, HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS, SINCE 1998.

>>> AND, BY THE CONRAD CREVICE FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCO SHILEY , AND THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> A PLANE CRASHED INTO THIS UPS TRUCK, AND INTO THIS HOUSE RIGHT BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

OH MY GOD, I SAW THE PLANE COMING DOWN.

>>> A TRAGIC DAY IN SANTEE AS NEIGHBORS WATCH A SMALL PLANE CRASH INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD .

ALL OF THIS, JUST BLOCKS AWAY FROM A HIGH SCHOOL.

NOW, FIRST RESPONDERS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG.

>>> IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 11th, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M AMITA SHARMA, WE START WITH BREAKING NEWS IN EAST COUNTY.

A DEADLY PLANE CRASH IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN SANTEE, NEAR SANTANA HIGH SCHOOL.

SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED NEAR MAGNOLIA AVENUE.

WE HAVE TWO REPORTERS ON THE SCENE.

LET'S START WITH MATT HOFFMAN GETTING UPDATES ON WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED.

FIRST RESPONDERS ARE STILL GATHERING THE FACTS.

HELLO, MATT.

>> Reporter: HEY, AMITA.

THERE ARE TWO DEAD AND MANY MORE HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING THIS PLANE CRASH IN SANTEE AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME SOME OF THE AFTERMATH OF THIS CRASH, COMPLETE THE BURNED-OUT HOMES.

FIRE OFFICIALS SAY TWO HOMES WERE DESTROYED BY THE CRASH AND CAUGHT ON FIRE.

THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL 10 HOUSES IMPACTED BY DEBRIS.

THE SCENE IS DESCRIBED AS GRAPHIC AND HORRIFIC BY FIRST RESPONDERS.

THEY ARRIVED MINUTES AFTER THE CRASH FIRST REPORTED JUST AFTERNOON TIME AND THEY WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY PUT OUT THE FLAMES.

BUT, THEIR INVESTIGATION WAS SLOWED BY AN ACTIVE GAS LEAK INSIDE ONE OF THE HOMES.

WE ARE TOLD THE AIRPLANE THAT CRASHED WAS A PRIVATE PLANE TRAVELING FROM YUMA TO MONTGOMERY AIRPORT IN KEARNY MESA.

OFFICIALS DON'T KNOW WHY IT WENT DOWN OR HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD.

OF THE DESTROYED HOMES, ONE IS BELIEVED TO BE EMPTY AND THE OTHER HAD A COUPLE RESCUED BY NEIGHBORS TO RESPECT WOMEN WHO HELPED PULL A WOMAN TO SAFETY.

>> WE DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER THAT WAS ON THE PLANE.

THAT IS THE BIGGEST QUESTION MARK.

I HOPE WE WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT FOR YOU SOON.

BUT, AS FAR AS THE PLANE, OCCUPANTS AND EXTENDED CRASH DAMAGE, IT WAS NON-SURVIVABLE.

>> I RAN OUTSIDE AND HEARD MY NEIGHBOR YELL A PLANE JUST CRASHED, I TURNED TO LOOK AND SAW THE SMOKE SO I IMMEDIATELY TOOK OFF RUNNING.

I SAW THE FLINT -- FRONT OF THE HOUSE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES WITH THE SIDE WINDOW WAS NOT.

WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN UP THE WINDOW, CALL OUT, AND WE HEARD SOMEBODY SAY, WHAT HAPPENED.

>> Reporter: A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORS JUMPED INTO RESCUE THAT WOMAN AND HER HUSBAND.

WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT DRAMATIC RESCUE IN JUST A MINUTE.

NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBING THIS CRASH AS A LOUD BOOM FOLLOWED BY A BUNCH OF SHAKING.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF COMPLETELY DESTROYED VEHICLES INCLUDING A UPS TRUCK AND WE JUST LEARNED THAT ONE OF THE FATALITIES WAS A DRIVER INSIDE OF THAT TRUCK.

THE OTHER IS PRESUMED TO BE WHOEVER WAS PILOTING THAT PLANE.

FAA AND FEDERAL INSTIGATORS ARE ON THE WAY TO THE SCENE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG, AND WHAT CAUSED THIS CRASH.

THIS IS STILL A VERY ACTIVE SCENE OUT HERE IN THE SANTEE AREA.

BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MATT, FOR THAT REPORT.

WE WILL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU LATER IN THE NEWSCAST.

LET'S GIVE OUR VIEWERS ANOTHER LOOK AT WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING.

IT IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NEXT TO SANTANA HIGH SCHOOL IN SANTEE.

TANIA THORNE IS LIVE NOW WITH MORE ON THE HEROIC AND EMOTIONAL WORK INVOLVING THOSE NEIGHBORS.

WHAT ARE THEY TELLING YOU, TANYA?

>> Reporter: THANKS, AMITA .

IT WAS A DEVASTATING DAY IN THIS SANTEE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE SPOKE TO MANY NEIGHBORS WHO SAID THEY WERE WORKING FROM HOME WHEN THEY HEARD THE LOUD BOOM AND FELT THEIR HOUSES RUMBLE AND SHAKE.

WHEN THEY WALKED OUT AND SAW THAT SOME OF THE HOUSES WERE ON FIRE, THEY JUMPED INTO ACTION TO DO WHAT THEY COULD.

>> THE FIRST ONE IS OVER THERE AFTER WE HEARD IT BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE OUT OF A MOVIE.

THE DOWNWARD, SPIRALING.

>> IT HAPPENED SO FAST.

STRAIGHT UP TO THE WINDOW, HER HOUSE WAS ALREADY ON FIRE.

I AUTOMATICALLY SAW A TRUCK ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND SOMEBODY SAID IT'S A UPS TRUCK.

I SAW HIM , AND HE DID NOT MAKE IT.

SO, WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO GET THE LADY OUT, WE WERE ABLE TO GET HER OUT, I STEPPED BACK TO LET GREG AND MY NEIGHBOR MICHAEL IN TO HELP GET THEM OUT AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PULL HER OUT.

SHE WAS BURNED ON HER HEAD.

HER CLOTHES WERE BURNT.

>> WHERE IS THE OWNER?

>> THE OWNER IS RIGHT HERE.

>> TANYA FOR THAT REPORT.

ANOTHER STORY WE ARE FOLLOWING, CLOSELY TONIGHT.

>>> A BIG STEP FORWARD IN THE OIL SPILL TO OUR NORTH.

HUNTINGTON BEACH REOPENED TODAY, BUT THE INVESTIGATION IS FAR FROM OVER.

ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIK ANDERSON HAS AN UPDATE.

>> Reporter: WIND AND WAVES ARE KEEPING OIL THAT LEAKED FROM AN UNDERSEA PIPELINE FROM MOVING SOUTH, TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

COAST GUARD OFFICIALS SAY BETWEEN 25,000 AND 130,000 GALLONS OF OIL ESCAPED FROM A RUPTURED PICO PIPELINE ONE WEEK AGO.

THE AREA WAS SURVEYED BY PLANE.

FLYING FROM LONG BEACH TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY WITHOUT SEEING OIL.

>> I DID SEE PLENTY OF RESOURCES, INCLUDING PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO THE CLEANUP AND MONITORING ACTIVITY, BUT, THE PROGRESS LOOKS GOOD THUS FAR.

WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED.

>> Reporter: ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB ANDO SAYS HE IS COMMITTED TO FINDING OUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SPILL.

>> WE WILL DETERMINE IF CIVIL ENFORCEMENT IS JUSTIFIED AND APPROPRIATE, WHETHER CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT IS JUSTIFIED.

>> Reporter: AS EFFORTS CONTINUE, SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCHERS SAY IT IS A RELATIVELY SIMPLE PROCESS WHEN THE TARBALLS ARE FRESH.

IT BECOMES HARDER TO DO THE LONGER THEY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS.

ERIK ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO REGULATING SHORT-TERM HOME RENTALS POPULARIZED BY SITES LIKE AIRBNB.

METRO REPORTER ANDREA BOWEN SAYS THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A WAY OF CHARGING THESE RENTAL FEES.

>> Reporter: SOON, OWNERS OF VACATION RENTALS WILL NEED TO GET LICENSES AND PAY A FEE.

LICENSES FOR RENTING OUT AN ENTIRE HOME FOR 20 DAYS OR MORE PER YEAR WILL COST $1000.

THE BIGGEST BARRIER TO GETTING A LICENSE MAY NOT BE THE COST, THERE WILL ALSO BE A CAP ON THE NUMBER OF LICENSES AVAILABLE.

CITY STAFFERS ARE STILL CRAFTING A LOT LOTTERY SYSTEM TO DISTRIBUTE LICENSES.

COUNCILMEMBER RAUL CAMBIO SAYS WE MUST PRIORITIZE RESPONSIBLE POST.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE DEPENDING ON THE SYSTEM ROLLING OUT WITH CREDIBILITY, APPLICABILITY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR GOOD HOSTS, GOOD GUESTS, AND MORE.

>> Reporter: THERE WILL BE NO CAP ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS WHERE THE HOUSE LIVES ON SITE, OR RENTED OUT FEWER DAYS PER YEAR.

THE COUNCIL RULED OUT REGULATIONS IN FEBRUARY AFTER YEARS OF STALEMATE ON THE ISSUE.

>>> THE ROCK 'N ROLL RIDING SERIES STARTED HERE IN SAN DIEGO AND HAS SINCE SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND EVEN INTERNATIONALLY.

IT HAD BEEN AN ANNUAL TRADITION SINCE 1998.

THAT IS, UNTIL THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

KPBS REPORTER CLAIRE TRAGESER SAYS NOW, THE RACE IS BACK.

>> 98, I RAN MY FIRST MARATHON.

I DID RATHER POORLY WHICH LED TO ME RUNNING A SECOND MARATHON.

>> Reporter: ERIK QUILLIN, WITH HIS LONG FORREST GUMP BEARD AND ROCK 'N ROLL JACKET LOOKS WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT OF A LEGACY RUNNER .

MEANING, HE HAS NEVER MISSED A SINGLE RACE.

>> THAN I HAD DECIDED THAT I WAS ENMESHED IN IT.

I DID FOR AND THEN IN FIVE THEY GAVE US A REALLY SWEET POUCH FOR BEING A LEGACY RUNNER AND ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER.

>> Reporter: HE KEPT RACING FOR 23 YEARS.

BUT, THEN, COVID-19 CAME AND THE EVENT WHICH IS NORMALLY HELD EVERY JUNE WAS CANCELED.

>> ON THE ONE HAND, MY BODY FELT ENRICHED BY THE FACT THAT I WAS NOT BANGING OUT THESE OBNOXIOUS RUNS.

BUS, ON THE OTHER HAND, IT FELT A LITTLE WEIRD, BECAUSE I WASN'T ENGAGED LIKE I NORMALLY WOULD BE.

>> Reporter: THE JUNE 2021 RACE ALSO DID NOT HAPPEN.

IT WAS POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 24th.

WENT RUNNERS LINEUP IN BALBOA PARK, AARON WILL BE THERE.

EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT USED TO RUNNING A FULL MARATHON.

>> I CANNOT IMAGINE NOT BEING THERE, OCTOBER 24th.

IRRESPECTIVE OF HOW I THINK THE EXPERIENCE PERSONALLY WILL GO, I CANNOT IMAGINE WAKING UP THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 25th AND REALIZING THAT I DID NOT TAKE THE LINE THE PREVIOUS DAY.

>> Reporter: THE RUNNERS COMING THIS WAY, OFF OF ASH.

>> Reporter: MIRA LOVINGTON IS THE RACE DIRECTOR.

SHE IS PREPARING FOR AN UNUSUAL RACE AFTER ALMOST 2 YEARS OF UNCERTAINTY.

>> IT FEELS KIND OF SURREAL TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE, WE DID NOT KNOW WHEN WE WOULD BE RACING.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE STILL COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE.

NO SHUTTLE BUSES, AND RUNNERS WILL BE MORE SPREAD OUT AT THE START.

SHE EXPECT 20,000 PEOPLE, THIS YEAR, WHICH INCLUDES PEOPLE SIGNED UP IN 2020 AND DEFERRED, BUT ALSO KNEW PEOPLE WHO PICKED UP RUNNING WHEN GYMS WERE CLOSED.

>> I AM EXCITED TO WELCOME THESE NEW RUNNERS WHO HAVE PICKED UP THE HABIT DURING THE PANDEMIC.

I WOULD SAY THE OVERALL LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT IS HIGHER THAN USUAL.

>> MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME.

>> Reporter: WENDY O'DWYER HAS ALREADY RUN RACES THIS SUMMER.

SHE NORMALLY RUNS SEVERAL EACH YEAR AND SAYS DURING COVID-19, SHE FELT THE LOSS OF THE STARTING LINE.

>> I WASN'T ABLE TO RUN AND THEN THEY CLOSED OFF THE BALLPARK FOR RUNNERS AND WALKERS, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF WEIRD, BUT I COULDN'T RUN THROUGH THE PARK.

>> Reporter: NOW, SHE IS EAGER FOR THE RACE WHICH HAS LOTS OF ENTERTAINING SITES FROM SAN DIEGO ALONG THE WAY.

FROM BALBOA PARK TO DRAG QUEENS CHEERLEADERS IN HILLCREST, TO THE MILITARY MILE IN NORTHPARK.

AS FOR AARON, A LEGACY RUNNER, HE IS DETERMINED TO TOE THE LINE, EVEN IF HE FEELS A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT BEING IN A BIG CROWD.

>> PEOPLE GET THESE KINDS OF THINGS ALWAYS STUCK IN THEIR HEAD BECAUSE IT HAS A TENDENCY TO OVERWHELM ALL THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS THAT TAKE PLACE WHEN YOU'RE TRAINING FOR A RACE LIKE THIS.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE WILL LIKELY WEAR A MASK AT THE STARTING LINE, AND THEN TAKE IT OFF AS THE CROWD THINS AND RUNNERS SPREAD OUT ALONG THE COURSE.

CLAIRE TRAGESER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR , A MONUMENTAL BATTLE.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION EXPANDS NATIONAL MONUMENTS AT THE CENTER OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE DEBATE.

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

>>> THE SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE MARKED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY BY CELEBRATING THE KULIIE PEOPLE WHO WERE THE FIRST RESIDENTS OF SAN DIEGO.

WE HAVE MORE FROM THE CELEBRATION.

>> Reporter: THE CEREMONY WAS OPENED AT BLESSING PARK WITH A CEREMONY.

>> WE ARE ASKING FOR GOOD THINGS TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS, GOOD BLESSING SO WHEN THE SUN IS RISING AND THE DAY IS UPON US, THOSE SONGS ARE ASKING FOR THOSE THINGS TO COME OVER US.

>> Reporter: HE IS A KULIIE FROM THE SAMPLE SQUALL MISSION INDIANS AND MEMBERS OF THE KULIIE WHO WERE INVITED TO ATTEND MONDAY'S CELEBRATION.

HE SAYS THE DAY IS ALL ABOUT CELEBRATING THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THEIR ELDERS, AND KEEPING TRADITIONS ALIVE.

>> THIS DAY IS VERY IMPORTANT, IT IS A PART OF THE PAST, OF WHO WE ARE AND THE PEOPLE WHO ONCE WERE HERE, TO REALIZE AND FOR THE COMMUNITIES TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE STILL HERE.

WE HAVE NOT DISAPPEARED.

>> TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE BAND AND THE PEOPLE, IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE TO BRING TOGETHER, SO THAT WE ARE ALL PROTECTING THE THINGS THAT WE LOVE HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> Reporter: LISA PETERSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAFARI PARK SAYS THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO THE PARKS CONSERVATION EFFORTS.

>> AS STEWARDS OF THE LAND, THEY KNOW THIS LAND BETTER THAN ANY.

>> Reporter: JOHN EBERT CONTRERAS, SAYS IT IS A SPECIAL FEELING TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE SAMPLE SQUALL VALLEY, A LAND THAT THE TRIBES ARE DEEPLY CONNECTED TO.

>> MANY OF THE TRIBAL MEMBERS WHO WILL BE HERE TODAY, TRIBAL CITIZENS FROM ALL DIFFERENT TRIBES ARE GOING TO FEEL SOME OF THAT SAME CONNECTEDNESS.

YOU KNOW, THEY WILL FEEL SOMETHING.

MAYBE WON'T BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT SPECIFICALLY, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME SORT OF CONNECTION.

>> Reporter: KPBS NEWS.

>>> HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CONTINUES UNTIL OCTOBER AS A CELEBRATION OF LATINO CULTURE.

HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, THERE ARE MENTORS WORKING EVERY DAY TO IMPROVE LIFE FOR THE YOUNGER HISPANIC GENERATION, AND TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY THEY COME FROM.

TONIGHT, EDUCATION REPORTER ANGIE PEREZ TAKES US TO LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, TO MEET THE PRINCIPAL EMPOWERING STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS.

>> FOR ME TO GET TO BE BACK IN A SCHOOL FULL OF BLACK AND BROWN KIDS WHO LOOK LIKE ME.

>> Reporter: EVERYDAY, MELISSA IS GRATEFUL TO BE WALKING THE SPRAWLING CAMPUS HERE AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE IS ONE OF TWO PRINCIPLES RESPONSIBLE FOR 1500 STUDENTS, MANY OF WHOM SHE KNOWS BY NAME.

SHE SPEAKS THEIR LANGUAGE.

>> HI, GK, HOW YOU DOING SWEETHEART?

>> I AM PROUD TO BE A LATINA LEADER HERE AT LINCOLN.

I'M PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK SPANISH TO SOMEONE WHEN THEY NEED SPANISH SPOKEN, IF SOMEBODY COMES IN THEY CAN SPEAK TO ME IN SPANISH.

>> Reporter: HER DAILY CONNECTION TO STUDENTS COMES IN BETWEEN CLASSES, OR SOMETIMES, IN THE SCHOOL CLOTHES CLOSET WHEN A STUDENT NEEDS HELP WITH BASIC NEEDS.

SHE IS ALWAYS OBSERVING AND LEARNING.

>> IF I LOVE AND RESPECT YOU, I LOVE AND RESPECT MYSELF.

>> THIS IS MY SOCIAL JUSTICE WORK.

THIS IS HOW I WANT TO HELP IMPACT MIGHT LATINO COMMUNITY.

THIS IS IT.

BEING AT LINCOLN IS A GIFT.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE PRINCIPAL'S FIRST YEAR AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.

ALONG WITH HER CO-PRINCIPLE, SHE LEADS A STAFF OF 130.

HALF OF THEM ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR.

70% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION IS LATINO.

DELLO IS A FORMER TEACH FOR AMERICA MEMBER, A CORPS OF TEACHERS THAT COMMITS TO SERVING UNDERSERVED MINORITY COMMUNITIES, THE GOAL IS TO DIVERSITY AND BRING DIVERSITY TO THE POPULATION.

>> IT'S ABOUT INVITING THEM TO COME AND SIT WITH ME AND SAY WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO ABOUT BRINGING THIS VOICE INTO LINCOLN.

WHO ARE WE AS A GROUP?

>> Reporter: THE PRINCIPAL CREDITS HER SUCCESS TO HER COLOMBIAN IMMIGRANT PARENTS WHO SACRIFICED SO THAT SHE COULD FIND HER VOICE AND SHARE IT WITH THOSE WHO COME AFTER HER.

SHE HAS ALREADY PASSED IT TO HER OWN CHILDREN, AND NOW, THERE ARE MANY MORE TO SPEAK TOO.

>> Reporter: THAT IS A CLEAR MESSAGE IN ANY ANCHORAGE.

ANGIE PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>> KPBS HAS A SPECIAL PROGRAMMING TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH .

JOHN DEIKE WAS, JOHN LEGUIZAMO HOST HISPANIC HERITAGE NIGHT.

SOME OF THOSE HONORED INCLUDE SELMA HAYEK AND NFL COACH RON RIVERA.

>>> A BAY AREA CITY IS MAKING A LONG OVERDUE APOLOGY FOR A RACIST ATTACK AGAINST ITS CHINESE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.

NATASHA CHEN TELLS US ABOUT A PIECE OF CALIFORNIA HISTORY FEW KNOW ABOUT, AND HOW TODAY'S LEADERS ARE TRYING TO MAKE AMENDS.

>> Reporter: THIS CEREMONY LAST MONTH IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, MARKED A MOMENT MORE THAN 130 YEARS IN THE MAKING.

>> THE CITY OF SAN JOSE APOLOGIZES TO ALL CHINESE IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR DESCENDENTS WHO CAME TO SAN JOSE AND WERE VICTIMS OF SYSTEMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL RACISM.

>> Reporter: AS PART OF THE CITY'S ATTEMPT TO COMBAT RISING ANTI-ASIAN HATE DURING THE PANDEMIC, THIS FORMAL APOLOGY ACKNOWLEDGES SAN JOSE ROLE IN PASSING ANTI-CHINESE POLICIES IN THE LATE 1800S, INCLUDING A DECLARATION OF CHINATOWN AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, ISSUING ORDERS FOR RESIDENTS TO LEAVE, LEADING TO AN ARSON IN MAY OF 1887 WHICH DESTROYED THE THRIVING COMMUNITY OF 1400 PEOPLE.

>> WE ARE WALKING ON THE SIDE OF THE MARKET STREET CHINATOWN.

>> Reporter: CONNIE YOUNG'S GRANDFATHER WAS A TEENAGER AT THE TIME WHO EMIGRATED FROM CHINATOWN TO SAN JOSE.

>> THERE IS A FEELING ALREADY THAT CHINATOWN, THEY HAD TO LEAVE.

I DON'T THINK THEY EXPECTED A FIRE.

>> Reporter: THE SAN FRANCISCO DAILY EXAMINER REPORTED ON THE FIRE, CALLING IT SAN JOSE'S JOY.

HER GRANDFATHER WAS WORKING IN THE FIELDS THAT DAY.

>> HE COULD SEE SMOKE.

THIS WAS REALLY, A SENSE OF DOOM.

AFTER THE FIRE, THEN WHAT?

ARE THEY GOING TO COME AFTER THE INDIVIDUALS?

>> Reporter: SHE DESCRIBED HOW HER GRANDFATHER USED TO BE CHASED AND HAD ROCKS THROWN AT HIM ECHOING SOME OF THE ANTI- ASIAN ATTACKS SEEN DURING THE PANDEMIC >> WE WERE HEARING RHETORIC COMING DOWN FROM OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FROM OUR PRESIDENT THAT WAS REALLY ENCOURAGING A LOT OF THIS HATE, THESE HATE CRIMES OCCURRING.

>> Reporter: COUNCILMEMBER RAUL PERELLA'S SAYS SIMILARLY, CITY LEADERSHIP IN THE 1880S SET THE TONE FOR ANTI-CHINESE ATTACKS, THEN, ALL ALONG THE BACKDROP OF THE U.S. CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT PASSED TO PREVENT IMMIGRANTS FROM BECOMING CITIZENS.

>> I WAS UNAWARE OF HOW BAD IT GOT AND THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPOSE THAT.

>> Reporter: THE CITY EVEN DENIED PERMITS FOR REBUILDING AFTER THE FIRE.

SUBSEQUENT CHINATOWN'S EVENTUALLY EMERGED.

>> Reporter: ABOUT 100 YEARS LATER, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS HOTEL, THE FAIRMONT, PEOPLE DISCOVERED ARTIFACTS THAT HAD SURVIVED THE FIRE.

A PAINFUL REMINDER OF THE CITY'S PAST.

>> THEY FOUND WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE.

THEY HAD KITCHEN UTENSILS, THEY EVEN HAD WHISKEY BOTTLES.

>> Reporter: WHEN THESE PIECES WERE FOUND, THE CHINA HISTORICAL CULTURE PROJECT FIND FOUND WITH JERRY WONG AT THE HELM.

>> FUNNY PIECES LIKE THIS WAS LIKE OPENING A HORIZON OF WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE FOR THOSE PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: THE MUSEUM SHOWS A TIMELINE OF SAN JOSE'S FIVE CHINATOWN'S AFTER THE ARSON, THE CHINESE REBOUNDED INTO A NEW COMMUNITY CALLED HIGHLAND WILL.

THIS MUSEUM BUILDING IS A REPLICA OF THE LAST STANDING STRUCTURE FROM THAT FINAL CHINATOWN.

ONLY THIS ART ALTAR IS ORIGINAL .

THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, TODAY, IS FULL OF CONSTRUCTION CRATES.

THE NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE A PARK NAMED AFTER HIGHLAND HILL AT A TIME WHEN ANTI-ASIAN HATE HAS SURFACED AGAIN, THAT GESTURE, ALONG WITH THE CITIES SOLUTION AND APOLOGY MEAN MORE TO THE COMMUNITY THAN A PIECE OF PAPER.

>> THIS IS A RECORD OF THE CITY'S ROLE IN PROMOTING A REAL CLIMATE OF HATE AGAINST THE CHINESE IMMIGRANTS.

>> ULCER, A RECORD OF RESISTANCE.

>> Reporter: THE STORY OF REBUILDING.

>> IT'S A SENSE OF OVERCOMING.

>> Reporter: NATASHA CHEN, CNN, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

>>> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DAY FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

THE 33rd ANNUAL NATIONAL COMING OUT TODAY.

IT'S A DAY WHEN PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO SHARE THEIR STORIES ABOUT BEING PUBLIC WITH THEIR GENDER IDENTITIES AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT STARTED BACK IN 1987.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ISSUED A STATEMENT, TODAY, SAYING HE WANTS ALL MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY TO KNOW THEY ARE LOVED AND ACCEPTED.

>>> GUSTY WIND FORCED THE CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS IN THE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE DISTRICT TODAY.

JESSICA PASH HAS OUR FORECAST.

>>> WE WARNED YOU ABOUT THE PATTERN CHANGE COMING FOR THIS WEEK AND IT IS HERE.

HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT.

THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN ACTIVE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, LIKELY THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE WORK WEEK.

WITH THAT, WE WILL ALSO HAVE TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW AVERAGE.

LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE HIGH WIND ADVISORIES, RATHER WIND ADVISORIES AND HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS BASICALLY ALMOST ALL OF CALIFORNIA.

YOU CAN SEE IN SOME OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN WHERE THE WIND WARNINGS ARE.

WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR LOWER TERRAIN REGIONS.

TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, FALLING OFF TO THE 30s IN RAMONA.

30s IN MT.

LAGUNA, PERRIGO SPRINGS WILL FALL INTO THE LOW 50s.

THIS IS A DRAMATIC CHANGE FROM WHERE WE HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS AND WEEKS.

INTO TUESDAY, WE WILL STILL REMAIN ACTIVE, HERE.

GUSTY WIND WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD OFF TO THE EAST.

HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR SOME ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA.

FOR US IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IT IS LIKELY JUST GOING TO BE THE GUSTY WIND THAT REMAINS THE BIG STORY.

OF COURSE, THE COOLER TEMPERATURES, TOO.

WE ARE LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE 60s FOR RAMONA INTO YOUR TUESDAY.

LOW 70s FOR YOU IN PERRIGO SPRINGS.

YOU ARE INTO THE LOW 70s FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS IN RECENT DAYS, AND NOW YOU WILL BE THERE FOR A DAYTIME HIGH.

WEDNESDAY, NOT A LOT OF CHANGE IN THE FORECAST.

YOUR TEMPERATURES ARE STILL WELL BELOW AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR THOUGH THINGS DO SEEM TO RAIN AFTER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTO THE LATER PART OF THE WORK WEEK.

NEAR THE COAST TEMPERATURES GO FROM LOW TO MID 70s.

THURSDAY BACK UP INTO THE 80s AS WE HAD TO THE END OF THE WORKWEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

FURTHER INLAND, TEMPERATURES DRAMATICALLY WARM-UP.

60s TUESDAY AND 70s ON WEDNESDAY, UP INTO THE 80s BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES STUCK IN THE 40s FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 30s.

WE DO REBOUND NICELY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, FRIDAY WE ARE BACK AT 50s, 60s AS WE HEAD INTO SATURDAY.

EVEN IN THE DESERT WE WILL BE SEEING TEMPERATURES RECOVER FROM THE 70s INTO THE 80s FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WORK WEEK.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PASH .

>>> BEFORE WE GO, ANOTHER UPDATE ON OUR TOP STORY.

THE SMALL PLANE CRASH IN SANTEE.

IT HAPPENED AROUND 12:30 THIS AFTERNOON IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR SANTANA HIGH SCHOOL.

SEVERAL HOMES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

MATT HOFFMAN IS THERE LIVE.

WHAT IS THE LATEST, NOW?

>> Reporter: THIS CRASH SCENE OUT HERE IS STILL VERY ACTIVE.

YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THE REMANENCE OF WHERE THAT PLANE COLLIDED WITH TWO HOUSES.

WE KNOW THAT TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD, TWO MORE WERE TAKEN TO UC SAN DIEGO MEDICAL CENTER WITH UNKNOWN INJURIES.

THAT THE CRASH WAS FIRST REPORTED AROUND 12:15 THIS AFTERNOON.

IT HAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED TWO HOUSES AND DAMAGED 10 OTHERS.

THAT ONE DESTROYED HOUSE WAS EMPTY AND THE OTHER HAD A COUPLE INSIDE RESCUED BY NEIGHBORS.

THE CRASH THEY DESCRIBE AS A LOUD BANG AND A SHOCK WAVE AND WERE TOLD THAT THIS AIRPLANE WAS A FIGHTER PLANE TRAVELING FROM YUMA TO MONTGOMERY AIRPORT UP NEAR KEARNY MESA.

OFFICIALS SAY THEY DON'T KNOW WHY IT WENT DOWN TO THE BIG QUESTION NOW IS HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD.

THEY ARE WORKING ON TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

WE KNOW THAT A UPS DELIVERY TRUCK WAS DESTROYED, HIT BY THAT PLANE AS WELL.

CAUGHT ON FIRE.

IT IS BELIEVED THE DRIVER IS ONE OF THE FATALITIES ALONG WITH WHOEVER WAS PILOTING THE PLANE.

THE FIRE IS MOSTLY UNDER CONTROL, THE FAA IS HERE NOW.

THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CRASH WE FIND ARE STILL UNANSWERED.

>> THANK YOU, MATT.

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YOU FOR JOINING US, AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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