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>>> TONIGHT, THE SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT'S NEW TERMINAL 1 FINALLY OPENS FOR ITS FIRST FLIGHTS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

AND IN JUST A FEW HOURS THE OLD TERMINAL 1 CLOSES FOR GOOD.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AERE WENT TO THE AIRPORT TO SEE WHAT PASSENGERS THINK AHEAD OF THE BIG SWITCH.

>> Reporter: IT LOOKS LIKE ANY OTHER BUSY DAY AT SAN DIEGO'S TERMINAL 1.

LOTS OF PEOPLE WITH LUGGAGE, TRAVELERS WAITING FOR RIDES, AND THE USUAL HUSTLE AND BUSTLE BEFORE THE TSA CHECK.

WHILE SEEMINGLY NORMAL AT THE SURFACE, THIS SCENE IS ALSO THE END OF AN ERA.

>> I DIDN'T KNOW THIS ONE WAS CLOSING TODAY, BUT I THINK IT'S COOL THAT THE NEW ONE'S OPENING UP BECAUSE I THINK THIS ONE NEEDS A SERIOUS UPDATE.

>> I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE CONSTRUCTION OVER THE PAST YEAR AND I KNOW THAT SAN DIEGO DESPERATELY NEEDED A CHANGE.

SO I'M EXCITED.

>> Reporter: SERGIO DE LA MORA IS A SAN DIEGAN WHO FREQUENTLY FLIES FROM THE AIRPORT.

HE WAS GETTING BACK TO TOWN ON THE OLD TERMINAL 1'S FINAL DAY OF OPERATION.

HE FLIES OUT OF THE NEW T-1 NEXT WEEK.

>> T-1, THEY DIDN'T OFFER MUCH.

SO I WOULD ACTUALLY -- THE VERY LAST MINUTE IS WHEN I WOULD SHOW UP.

BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY BEING ABLE TO MAKE IT NOT JUST A TRAVEL MOMENT BUT A MOMENT OF REST, DRINK SOME COFFEE, BE IN A GOOD RERNLT, THEN FLY OUT.

IT REALLY DOES HELP WITH THE EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU'RE FLYING A LOT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT THE FIRST FLIGHT IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE AT THE NEW TERMINAL 1 JUST BEFORE 9:00.

15 MINUTES LATER, THE FINAL FLIGHT FROM THE OLD TERMINAL 1 IS SET TO DEPART.

>> NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE THE '70s.

>> Reporter: THE OLD TERMINAL 1 WAS BUILT IN 1967, AND IT HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HEART OF LONG-TIME SAN DIEGAN FRED GROSS.

HE HAD NO FLIGHT TODAY BUT WAS FEELING NOSTALGIC AND WAS THERE CAPTURING PHOTOS OF THE SPACE ON ITS FINAL DAY.

>> IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED HERE ALL THESE YEARS, THEY KNOW OF NO OTHER AIRPORT.

>> Reporter: THE AIRPORT WILL MARK THE OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW TERMINAL 1 WITH A RIBBON CUTTING TOMORROW MORNING.

AND THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NEW TERMINAL.

THE FINAL PHASE IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETE IN 2028.

OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS THE OLD TERMINAL 1 WILL BE TORN DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SINCE MID SEPTEMBER WE REALLY HAVE CHANGED PACE A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME OF THE MOISTURE KICKING AROUND NOT ONLY LAST WEEK BUT ALSO A LITTLE BIT AS WE WENT THROUGH WITH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO TODAY, AND TONIGHT A QUIETER NIGHT FOR US.

67 FOR THE LOW.

WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THAT MOISTURE LIFT NORTHWARD OUT OF THE AREA, BUT DOES IT STAY THERE?

I'LL HAVE THAT FULL FORECAST COMING UP.

>>> $50,000 SIGNING BONUS, STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT AND STARTING SALARIES OF $80,000.

THAT IS THE RECRUITMENT PITCH TO JOIN IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.

BUT KPBS REPORTER GUSTAVO SOLIS SAYS THE AGENCY HAS COME UNDER FIRE OVER SOME OF ITS OTHER RECRUITMENT TACTICS.

>> Reporter: SOME OF THE IMAGES LOOK LIKE WORLD WAR II PROPAGANDA POSTERS.

UNCLE SAM TELLING YOU TO DEFEND THE HOMELAND.

OTHERS REFERENCE A GLORIFIED VERSION OF THE PAST.

WHITE SETTLERS TRAVELING ACROSS THE PLAINS TOWARD THEIR MAN FEST DESTINY AS NATIVE AMERICANS ARE PUSHED BACK INTO THE SHADOWS.

THESE ARE THE WORDS AND IMAGES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS USING TO RECRUIT THOUSANDS OF NEW DEPORTATION OFFICERS.

IT'S A HISTORIC EXPANSION THAT WILL MAKE I.C.E.

THE LARGEST FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN THE COUNTRY.

AND EXPERTS WHO STUDY EXTREMIST GROUPS ARE FLAGGING THESE POSTS AS DANGEROUS.

>> PROPAGANDA'S AN ART, ACTUALLY.

SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT AS SUCH.

IT'S A VERY POWERFUL WAY OF COMMUNICATING.

AND IT TYPICALLY OBSCURES THE TRUTH.

AND WHEN IT'S DONE MOST EFFECTIVELY IT MAKES IT HARD TO CALL IT OUT AS WELL.

>> Reporter: PETER SIMI IS A SOCIOLOGIST AT CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY WHO HAS BEEN STUDYING KPREEPIST GROUPS FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS.

HE SAYS PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH THESE POSTS IS THEIR AMBIGUITY.

>> THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAYBE AREN'T WELL VERSED IN TERMS OF THE CULTURE OF KIND OF FAR RIGHT EXTREMISM AND HOW THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION FITS INTO THAT CULTURE WHO WILL SEE SOMETHING LIKE UNCLE SAM AND SAY, WELL, WE'VE ALWAYS USED UNCLE SAM AS A SYMBOL OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND IF IT WERE JUST UNCLE SAM THAT WOULD BE ONE THING.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST UNCLE SAM.

>> Reporter: BUT THE POSTS CAN BE INTERPRETED THROUGH A WHITE NATIONALIST LENS.

LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE HOMELAND WORTH PROTECTING POST.

IT HAS THE WORDS HERITAGE AND HOMELAND, AND BOTH OF THEM ARE CAPITALIZED.

>> THERE IS TWO USES OF H THAT ARE CAPITALIZED.

IN WHITE SUPREMACIST CIRCLES HH STANDS FOR HEIL HITLER.

THAT'S ONE ASPECT.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER ASPECT IS THE CAPTION CONTAINS EXACTLY 14 WORDS.

>> AGAIN, IN WHITE SUPREMACIST CIRCLES THIS IS A VERY WELL-KNOWN SLOGAN REFERRED TO AS THE 14-WORD STATEMENT.

>> Reporter: WHITE NATIONALISTS USE MESSAGES WITH EXACTLY 14 WORDS AS A REFERENCE TO A FAMOUS PHRASE FROM THE 1980s.

"WE MUST SECURE THE EXISTENCE OF OUR PEOPLE AND A FUTURE FOR WHITE CHILDREN."

>> AND IT BECAME ONE OF THE MOST CENTRAL SLOGANS AMONG WHITE SUPREMACISTS.

THEY REFERENCE IT IN EVERYTHING FROM TATTOOS TO T-SHIRTS TO E-MAILS.

IT'S JUST UBIQUITOUS AMONG THESE FOLKS.

>> Reporter: I.C.E.

DID NOT RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FROM KPBS ABOUT THEIR MESSAGING.

SIMI SAYS PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY IS A BIG PART OF EXTREMIST COMMUNICATIONS.

THESE MESSAGES CAN BE INTERPRETED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, AND WHOEVER POSTS THESE IMAGES CAN JUST SAY PEOPLE LIKE SIMI ARE OVERREACTING.

WHICH MEANS THAT ACADEMICS OR MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA CANNOT SAY FOR SURE WHETHER SOMETHING IS EXPLICITLY RACIST.

>> UNLESS YOU WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, FIND THE PERSON WHO CREATED THAT POST AND THEY WERE TO, YOU KNOW, ADMIT THAT THIS IS -- YEAH, THIS WAS INTENTIONAL, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO EVER REALLY DEFINITIVELY SAY.

WHICH IS AGAIN PART OF THE POINT.

>> Reporter: NOW, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THIS IS PART OF A HISTORIC EXPANSION TO I.C.E.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO HIRE 10,000 NEW I.C.E.

AGENTS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

NOW, HISTORICALLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS STRUGGLED WITH THESE RAPID EXPANSIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION HIRED MORE THAN 20,000 WORKERS IN THE MID 2000s.

THIS REPORT FROM THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE SHOWED THAT AS A RESULT OF THAT HIRING SPREE ROUTINE EMPLOYEE REVIEWS TOOK A BACK SEAT.

AT THE TIME AGENCY POLICY SAID EVERY EMPLOYEE HAD TO GO TO A REVIEW EVERY FIVE YEARS TO ENSURE THEY WERE STILL FIT FOR DUTY.

BUT THE AGENCY BY 2010 HAD A BACKLOG OF MORE THAN 15,000 REVIEWS.

THE REPORT ALSO SAYS THAT THERE WAS SOME CULTURAL RESISTANCE TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATING OFFICERS AND CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE DRUG CARTELS USED THE MASS HIRINGS TO TRY TO INFILTRATE BORDER PATROL BY GETTING THEIR MEMBERS AND INFORMANTS HIRED.

THE CURRENT I.C.E.

EXPANSION COMES AT A VERY UNIQUE TIME FOR THE AGENCY.

ACCORDING TO EXPERTS WHO STUDY LAW ENFORCEMENT LIKE ALLY PRESTON, SENIOR POLICY ANALYST AT THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS, A LEFT-LEANING THINK TANK.

>> THERE IS GENERALLY SUPPORT FOR CHANGES IN THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.

BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS PEOPLE ARE VERY MUCH AGAINST THE DIRECTION THAT THIS HAS COME IN.

AND IT HAS REALLY TURNED INTO A MILITARIZED, AUTHORITARIAN FORM OF POLICING.

AND I THINK IT REALLY WILL DAMAGE THIS INSTITUTION'S ABILITY TO CONTINUE.

>> Reporter: AND PRESTON IS WORRIED THAT I.C.E.

HAS ALREADY LOWERED ITS STANDARDS, LEADING UP TO THIS MASS HIRING SPREE.

FOR EXAMPLE, I.C.E.

ELIMINATED AGE RESTRICTIONS THAT PREVIOUSLY REQUIRED AGENTS TO BE OLDER THAN 21 AND YOUNGER THAN 37 OR 40 DEPENDING ON THE POSITION.

DHS OFFICIALS ALSO CUT DOWN I.C.E.

'S 18-WEEK TRAINING COURSE TO JUST 8 WEEKS.

AND THEY HAVE WAIVED SPANISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS, VEHICLE PURSUIT COURSES AND OTHER TYPES OF TRAINING.

>> I THINK IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IT'S REALLY LIKE A PERFECT STORM OF DIFFERENT SORT OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE MAKING POLICING MORE DANGEROUS FOR COMMUNITIES AND REALLY UNDERMINING THE ROLE THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYING.

>> Reporter: NOW, I.C.E.

DID NOT RESPOND TO QUESTIONS WE SENT THEM ABOUT WHAT KIND OF GUARDRAILS THEY HAVE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THEIR STANDARDS DON'T DROP OR HOW MANY RECRUITS HAVE ACTUALLY SIGNED OFFER LETTERS.

BUT THE AGENCY DID ANNOUNCE THAT MORE THAN 150,000 PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED FOR JOBS.

MEANWHILE, EXPERTS LIKE SIMI, PRESTON AND OTHERS SAY THAT THEY PLAN TO KEEP AN EYE ON I.C.E.

TO SEE WHO THEY HIRE AND HOW AGENTS CONDUCT THEMSELVES.

I'M GUSTAVO SOLIS FOR KPBS NEWS.

>> YOU CAN FIND MORE OF OUR BORDER AND IMMIGRATION COVERAGE FROM GUSTAVO SOLIS AT KPBS.ORG.

PART 2 OF THIS STORY WILL AIR TOMORROW WITH A LOOK AT HOW I.C.E.

RECRUITMENT IS FOCUSING ON MILITARY VETERANS.

♪ >>> FOR YEARS SAN DIEGO LEADERS HAVE ENCOURAGED PROPERTY OWNERS TO BUILD SMALL BACK YARD HOMES KNOWN AS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, OR ADUs, TO INCREASE HOUSING AND IMPROVE AFFORDABILITY.

THE INCENTIVES CAME WITH ONE BIG TRADE-OFF, THOUGH.

NONE OF THESE NEW UNITS CAN BE TURNED INTO VACATION RENTALS.

AN I NEWS SOURCE KPBS ANALYSIS FOUND THE CITY ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN ANYWAY.

CODY DELANEYS HA THE STORY.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN GRAPPLING WITH TWO COMPETING REALITIES.

A HOUSING SHORTAGE AND A RED HOT VACATION RENTAL MARKET.

SO IN 2017 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE VERY CLEAR.

THEY HAD JUST STARTED USING ADUs AS A TOOL TO CHIP AWAY AT THE HOUSING CRISIS.

THEY CUT PERMIT FEES IN HALF AND REDUCED TURNAROUND TIMES.

BUT THESE ARE HOUSING UNITS FOR RESIDENTS, THEY SAID, NOT SHORT-TERM RENTALS FOR VISITORS.

>> MANY OF THESE UNITS IN DISTRICT 1 COULD BE LIVED IN BY SCHOOLTEACHERS, POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, PEOPLE WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR A LOW-INCOME AFFORDABLE UNIT.

>> Reporter: AS A RESULT ANY ADUs PERMITTED AFTER SEPTEMBER 2017 MUST BE RENTED FOR AT LEAST 31 CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

iNEWS SOURCE FIRST LOOKED INTO THIS IN 2020 AND FOUND THE CITY HAD NO MECHANISM IN PLACE TO PREVENT PROPERTY OWNERS FROM ILLEGALLY RENTING AN ADU SHORT TERM.

THEN MAYOR KEVIN FAULCONER SAID THE RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENTS WOULD MAKE CHANGES TO ENSURE THE LAW'S ENFORCED.

MORE THAN FIVE YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THEN, AND THE PROBLEM HAS ONLY CONTINUED.

AN iNEWS SOURCE/KPBS ANALYSIS FOUND MORE THAN 170 PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY HAVE BOTH A SHORT-TERM RENTAL LICENSE AND AN ADU.

OF THOSE ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE HAVE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBORS ABOUT NOISE, PARKING AND SHORT-TERM RENTAL VIOLATIONS.

ONE IN FOUR HAVE AN ACTIVE LISTING ON AIRBNB.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHAWN ELO RIVERA REPRESENTS SAN DIEGO'S MID CITY, INCLUDING CITY HEIGHTS, KENSINGTON AND COLLEGE AREA.

HE SAID THE CITY NEEDS TO ENFORCE THE LAW.

>> I HAVE NO INTEREST IN ADDING TO THE AVAILABILITY OF SHORT-TERM VACATION RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

THAT'S NOT A CRISIS IN SAN DIEGO.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF HOTEL ROOMS.

THERE'S PLENTY OF SHORT-TERM VACATION RENTAL OPTIONS.

>> Reporter: A SPOKESPERSON SAID THE CITY HAS BEEN ENFORCING THE BAN ALL ALONG, BUT IT'S COMPLAINT-DRIVEN.

WHEN PEOPLE ALERT THE CITY TO ILLEGAL RENTALS, OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE AND TAKE ACTION IF NECESSARY.

TO DATE, SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN CIVIL FINES AND REMOVED OVER 200 LISTINGS FROM SHORT-TERM RENTAL PLATFORMS LIKE AIRBNB OR VRBO.

BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL LAST MONTH WHEN CITY OFFICIALS FINALLY FIGURED OUT A PROCESS TO STOP APPROVING SHORT-TERM LICENSES FOR ADUs TO BEGIN WITH.

OFFICIALS DEVELOPED A LIST OF PROPERTIES INELIGIBLE FOR LICENSES AND WILL USE THAT AS A GUIDE FOR PROCESSING APPLICATIONS AND RENEWALS.

OFFICIALS WOULD NOT SAY WHY IT TOOK EIGHT YEARS.

FOR KPBS I'M I NEWS SOURCE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER CODY DULANEY.

>>> A LOT HAS CHANGED IN THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR PUBLIC MATTERS PROJECT, AND WE ARE BRINGING TOGETHER REPORTERS FROM KPBS, VOICE OF SAN DIEGO AND iNEWS SOURCE FOR A LIVE Q&A ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 24th.

AND WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT HOUSING, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND THE LOCAL IMPACTS OF FEDERAL POLICY.

YOU CAN SUBMIT THEM AT THE LINK ON YOUR SCREEN.

KPBS.ORG/DEMOCRACYDAY2025.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT KICKED OFF ITS CELEBRATION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH TODAY AT MIRAMAR COLLEGE.

THEY DID IT WITH FOOD, GAMES, FLOWER MAKING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT EXPRESSED SOME PART OF THE LATINO CULTURE.

THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF HISPANIC LIFE TAKES PLACE AT ALL FOUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN SAN DIEGO WITH PARTIES, LECTURES AND A FILM SERIES.

ONE FILM DOCUMENTARY SHOWS HOW THE BUILDING OF DODGER STADIUM IN LOS ANGELES DISPLACED A MEXICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN CHAVEZ RAVINE.

>> SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE EYE-OPENING, SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFERENT, SOMETHING THAT'S INTERESTING THAT MAYBE YOU THINK OKAY IS THAT A CONNECTION.

FILMS LIKE THOSE, YOU KNOW, AALLOW OUR STUDENTS AND OTHERS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE NOT STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY COME TOGETHER AND MAYBE HAVE A CONVERSATION STARTER SUCH AS THAT THAT TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SOMETHING MAYBE THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.

>> HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH RUNS FROM SEPTEMBER 15th TO THE 15th OF OCTOBER.

>>> SCIENTISTS AT THE STANFORD STEM CELL INSTITUTE AT UC SAN DIEGO ARE IN THE MIDST OF A RESEARCH MISSION ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

KPBS SCI TECH REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE TELLS WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED ABOUT CANCER GROWTH AND AGING.

>> Reporter: SPACE IS A STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR LIVING THINGS.

ALSO IN SOME WAYS THAT AREN'T ENTIRELY OBVIOUS.

FOR INSTANCE, THE LEVEL OF RADIATION IN ZERO OR MICROGRAVITY MAKE US AGE VERY QUICKLY.

>> TIME AND SPACE MATTERS.

THAT IF YOU SPEND TEN DAYS IN SPACE YOU'RE FINE.

21 DAYS, IT'S A BIT OF A CHALLENGE.

>> Reporter: KATRINA JAMESON IS DIRECTOR OF UC SAN DIEGO'S SANFORD STEM CELL INSTITUTE.

>> AND LIFT-OFF.

>> Reporter: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA, SHE AND FELLOW RESEARCHERS HAVE ROCKETED STEM CELLS UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

THEY WANT TO SEE HOW THEY BEHAVE IN SPACE AND HOW THAT CAN AFFECT OUR HEALTH.

THE FINDINGS, STEM CELLS BECOME VERY STRESSED.

THEY BEGIN TO DIVIDE AND MUTATE.

AND THAT'S NOT GOOD.

>> IF WE REDUCE OUR STEM CELL COMPONENT, WE HAVE BONE MARROW FAILURE AND WE CAN'T MAKE A NORMAL IMMUNE SYSTEM.

WE LOSE AN IMMUNE SYSTEM TO FIGHT INFECTIONS BUT WE ALSO LOSE AN IMMUNE SYSTEM THAT'S CAPABLE OF FIGHTING CANCER.

>> Reporter: JAMESON SAYS SPACE IS A VERY VALUABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH BECAUSE IT'S AN ACCELERANT.

THE ACCELERATION OF AGING HAS BEEN SEEN IN STEM CELLS AND IN PEOPLE.

ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY, WHO WAS IN SPACE FOR ABOUT A YEAR, AGED MORE QUICKLY THAN HIS EARTHBOUND TWIN BROTHER.

EXPERIMENTS BY THE STEM CELL INSTITUTE SHOW SPACE ALSO ACCELERATES CANCER DEVELOPMENT.

>> WE FOUND THAT CANCER LOVES SPACE.

CANCER REALLY LIKES LOW EARTH ORBIT OR MICROGRAVITY.

IT FORMS A FULLY THREE-DIMENSIONAL TUMOR ORGANOID AND IT TRIPLED IN SIZE IN JUST TEN DAYS.

WHETHER WE WERE LOOKING AT COLORECTAL CANCER ORGANOIDS OR LEUKEMIA LOVES SPACE.

>> Reporter: THIS SAMPLE HELD BY AN ASTRONAUT CONTAINS BREAST CANCER TUMORS.

JAMESON SAYS THE QUICK DEVELOPMENT OF CANCER IN SPACE MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO STUDY CANCER DEVELOPMENT IN REAL TIME.

AND THOSE QUICK RESULTS HAVE LED TO SOME GOOD DEVELOPMENTS.

>> THE SYSTEMS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED HELP WITH EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER AND INTERCEPTION.

VERY, VERY EARLY INTERVENTION.

SO THAT WE CAN STOP CANCER IN ITS TRACKS AND PREVENT IT FROM COMING BACK.

AND THAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM SPACE.

>> Reporter: RESEARCHERS AT THE STEM CELL INSTITUTE HAVE SHOWN IN SPACE THAT AN EXPERIMENTAL DRUG WAS ABLE TO BLOCK AN ENZYME THAT ALLOWED CANCER CELLS TO GROW QUICKLY BY CLONING THEMSELVES.

SHE SAYS CLINICAL TRIALS FOR THE DRUG THEY CALL REBEXENIB HAVE BEEN AAPPROVED BY THE FDA.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND SPEAKING OF SPACE, NASA HAS A NEW CLASS OF ASTRONAUTS AND A SAN DIEGAN IS PART OF THE GROUP.

TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE SPACE AGENCY INTRODUCES TEN NEW ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES.

THEY WERE CHOSEN AMONG AN APPLICANT POOL OF MORE THAN 8,000, AND ONE OF THE LUCKY FEW IS CATHERINE SPIEZE.

ORIGINALLY FROM ORANGE COUNTY SHE CONSIDERS SAN DIEGO HER HOME.

THE 2025 CLASS WILL SPEND THE NEXT TWO YEARS TRAINING AND AFTER THAT THEY'LL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ASSIGNMENTS FOR SPACE FLIGHT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

>>> MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS ARE CRITICIZING NEW POLICIES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

LATE LAST WEEK DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH ANNOUNCED BEAT REPORTERS AT THE PENTAGON WILL HAVE TO SIGN A PLEDGE NOT TO OBTAIN OR USE UNAUTHORIZED MATERIAL.

THE NEW POLICY FOLLOWS OTHER CHANGES THAT LIMIT BUILDING ACCESS WITHOUT AN OFFICIAL ESCORT.

"THE NEW YORK TIMES," THE "WASHINGTON POST" AND THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" HAVE ISSUED STATEMENTS OPPOSING THE NEW POLICY.

>>> KPBS RAN A STORY EARLIER THIS YEAR ABOUT SAN DIEGO COMEDIANS PREPARING FOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S SECOND TERM.

NOW WITH CHANGES COMING TO LATE-NIGHT TELEVISION KPBS VIDEO JOURNALIST MATTHEW BOWLER CHECKS BACK IN WITH THOSE LOCAL COMEDIANS TO SEE HOW THEY ARE RESPONDING.

>> Reporter: IN JANUARY COMEDIANS WALTER FORD, VICTOR PAZ JR.

ALONG WITH POLITICAL SCIENTIST RICK EPPS SHARED THEIR CONCERNS.

>> I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT OF DANGER TO MY PROFESSION.

>> ARE YOU GOING TO SEND LIKE THE NATIONAL ATTORNEY GENERAL AFTER ME IF MY JOKE GOES VIRAL?

LIKE DO I HAVE TO BE THAT WORRIED?

>> THEY CAN CERTAINLY CUT YOU OFF FINANCIALLY.

AND YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S -- AND I CALL IT LIKE -- IN POLITICAL TERMS WE CALL IT COERCIVE DIPLOMACY.

>> WE'LL KNOW I THINK IN THE NEXT EIGHT MONTHS OR SO.

>> Reporter: HERE WE ARE EIGHT MONTHS LATER.

>> EIGHT MONTHS LATER YOU'RE LOOKING AT STEPHEN COLBERT'S BEING TOLD THAT HE'S GONE.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT JIMMY KIMMEL'S BEING TOLD HE'S GONE.

>> Reporter: "JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE" WAS PULLED OFF THE AIR ON SEPTEMBER 17th OVER THE HOST'S COMMENTS ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK'S ASSASSIN'S POLITICAL LEANINGS.

KIMMEL IS SET TO RETURN TOMORROW NIGHT.

STEPHEN COLBERT'S "LATE SHOW" IS SCHEDULED TO END IN MAY 2026.

>> WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."

WE STILL ON THE AIR?

FANTASTIC!

>> Reporter: BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL REASONS ACCORDING TO THE NETWORK.

>> EIGHT MONTHS LATER WE'RE LITERALLY WATCHING OUR FIRST AMENDMENTS GETTING TAKEN OVER IF YOU'RE NOT ALIGNED A CERTAIN WAY.

>> AND NEVER HAVE WE HAD A TIME WHEN WE'VE HAD A PRESIDENT PUSH THEIR POLITICAL CLOUT IN THE WAY WE SEE HAPPENING NOW TO UNDERMINE THE ESSENCE OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

>> Reporter: LATE-NIGHT SHOWS OFTEN REACT TO THE DAY'S HEADLINES, POKING FUN AT POLITICIANS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.

>> BUT REMEMBER, THEY'RE NOT JOURNALISTS.

THEY ARE COMEDIANS.

AND THEY DON'T HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY.

>> Reporter: PAZ SAYS HE WORRIES ABOUT THE SMALL LOCAL SHOWS HE PRODUCES WHEN HE SEES SHOWS WHEN MAJOR COMEDIANS BEING CANCELED.

>> ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME AND TALK TO THE LOCAL BREWERIES THAT I DO SHOWS AT OR THE LOCAL BARS I DO SHOWS AT AND SAY HEY, IF YOU DON'T STOP LETTING THESE GUYS -- OR STOP PRODUCING SHOWS WITH THESE GUYS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU LOOKED AT FOR YOUR PERMITS FOR COOKING FOOD?

>> Reporter: FORD SAYS THAT FOR HIM IT FEELS LIKE HISTORY IS REPEATING ITSELF.

>> I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE'RE IN OUR VERSION OF THE RED SCARE.

>> Reporter: FORD SAYS TARGETING KIMMEL AND COLBERT IS JUST THE BEGINNING FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION.

>> I THINK THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE PEOPLE COMING DOWN TO OUR LEVEL, AND THAT'S LIKE THE LOCAL COMEDIAN, LOCAL NEWS, LOCAL MEDIA, LOCAL PODCASTER.

>> Reporter: BUT FORD IS TRYING TO STAY POSITIVE.

>> AND I WANT TO BE OPTIMISTIC THAT IT'S NOT.

BUT I THINK THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING RIGHT NOW COMPARED TO HOW I LT IN JANUARY, MAN, IT'S GETTING A LITTLE SCARY OUT HERE.

>> Reporter: MATTHEW BOLLER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> I'M GEOFF BENNETT.

TONIGHT ON "THE NEWS-HOUR," PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SECRETARY KENNEDY TIE TYLENOL TO AUTISM DESPITE QUESTIONABLE EVIDENCE.

THAT'S AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> AFTER RECENT WET WEATHER WE ARE GOING TO BE DRYING THINGS OUT MOSTLY ACROSS OUR AREA, BUT NO, WE'RE JUST ON THE FRINGES OF WHERE THAT RAINFALL WILL BE OCCURRING.

SO THE WET PATTERN SHIFTING A LITTLE BIT FARTHER TO THE NORTH AS WE HEAD THROUGH TOMORROW EVEN INTO WEDNESDAY.

POSSIBLY BY THURSDAY WE COULD GET INTO SOME ACTION, MAYBE INTO EARLY FRIDAY.

BUT I THINK FOR THE MOST PART WE ARE LOOKING AT A DRYER PATTERN THAN CERTAINLY STEPPING INTO THE WEEKEND.

SEASONAL TEMPERATURES ALL THE WHILE.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT 67 IN THE CITY.

LIKE I SAID, DRYING OUT MOST LOCATIONS HERE.

SO WE ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY QUIET.

62 IN RAMONA.

AND MOUNT LAGUNA COMING DOWN TO 56 FOR THAT OVERNIGHT LOW.

THE PATTERN IS GOING TO KEEP PUMPING THAT MOISTURE NORTHWARD.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DRIVE ITS WAY INTO SOME PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, UFT.

>> NOT OUR AREA.

WE'RE LOOKING AT SANTA BARBARA AND SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS NORTHWARD TOWARD THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND MUCH OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.

SO THIS MEANS FOR US WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THOSE EXTRA CLOUDS IN THE FORECAST AS WE HEAD THROUGH TOMORROW.

NOTICE 78 IS THE HIGH IN THE CITY, WE HAVE THE SAME THING IN CHULA VISTA, AND BORREGO SPRINGS KEPT TO THE UPPER 90s FOR AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES.

SO THE NUMBERS DOWN MAYBE JUST A TOUCH GIVEN WE HAVE SO MUCH CLOUD COVER OUT THERE.

AND THAT'S AGAIN THIS MOISTURE TRYING TO LIFT NORTHWARD.

OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THOSE CLOUDS HOLDING ON TO LOS ANGELES AND AREAS CERTAINLY OFF FARTHER TO THE WEST.

BUT OUR REGION LARGELY DRY AND FAIRLY QUIET.

WE DO GET SOME OF THOSE CLOUDS TO PICK UP THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

I THINK SHOWER OPPORTUNITY EXTREMELY LIMITED HERE.

AND THEN AS WE STEP OUR WAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT, WEDNESDAY EVEN, MOST OF THAT MOIST YOOUR REALLY TAKING HOLD ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA OR FAR AREAS TO THE WEST OUT OF OUR REGION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS HERE PROVIDES THE SUN, THE CLOUDS AND SOME DRYER TIMES FOR US.

TEMPERATURES IN THE 70s.

AS YOU LOOK TOWARD THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES, 80s FOR A LOT OF THE INLAND COMMUNITIES, MAYBE DIPPING DOWN A LITTLE BIT THURSDAY, FRIDAY WITH THAT NEXT TREND OF MORE MOISTURE MOVING THROUGH.

THOUGH THE TIMING OF IT PROBABLY KEEPS THE DAYS PRETTY QUIET INCLUDING IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE WE'RE IN THE 60s FALLING TO THE 50s.

AND AS WE MOVE INTO THE WEEKEND, EVEN IN THE DESERTS WE'RE GOING TO HOLD ON TO THE LOWER 90s THERE.

FOR KPBS NEWS I'M ACCUWEATHER METEOROLOGIST MELISSA CONSTANZER.

>>> ANNUAL REPORTS ON HUNGER ARE COMING TO AN END.

AT LEAST AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL ISSUE ITS FINAL REPORT ON FOOD INSECURITY NEXT MONTH.

THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SAYS THE REPORT BECAME COSTLY AND POLITICIZED.

NUMBERS FOR THE UPCOMING REPORT WILL REFLECT DATA FROM 2024.

IN THE COMING WEEKS CHANGES TO FEDERAL SPENDING WILL INCLUDE CUTS TO FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS INCLUDING SNAP BENEFITS.

>>> 2024 WAS THE WORLD'S WARMEST YEAR SINCE RECORD KEEPING BEGAN 175 YEARS AGO.

AND THAT IS ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM NOAA.

THE CHANGING CLIMATE HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN HEALTH.

AND AS MANDY GAITHER REPORTS, SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE VULNERABLE THAN OTHERS.

>> Reporter: FROM DECREASED AIR QUALITY TO EXTREME HEAT, FLOODING AND WILDFIRES, A CHANGING CLIMATE PUTS OUR HEALTH AT INCREASED RISK.

>> THIS INCREASING HEAT AND POOR AIR QUALITY CAN AFFECT VIRTUALLY EVERY ORGAN IN THE BODY.

>> Reporter: DR.

SONIA ANGEL WITH JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS IT CAN RAISE THE RISK OF HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES, MAKE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LUNG DISEASE MORE LIKELY AND MORE SEVERE, CAN CAUSE METABOLIC DISRUPTIONS WHICH NEGATIVELY AFFECTS THOSE WHO HAVE DISEASES LIKE DIABETES.

IT CAN ALSO INCREASE THE RATES OF BIRTH DEFECTS AND POOR BIRTH OUTCOMES.

>> THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING DEEPLY STUDIED TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN PROTECT OURSELVES.

>> Reporter: WHILE ANGEL SAYS ALL OF US ARE AT RISK TO SOME DEGREE, SOME ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCLUDING THOSE WITH LOW INCOMES.

PEOPLE FROM CERTAIN RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS.

IMMIGRANT GROUPS.

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.

CHILDREN.

THOSE WHO ARE PREGNANT.

OLDER ADULTS.

AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

>> WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND OUR INDIVIDUAL RISKS SO THAT WE CAN TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT IT.

>> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO BE AWARE OF RISKS WHERE YOU LIVE AND PLAN FOR DISASTERS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN.

HAVE A READY PACK HANDY WITH THINGS LIKE A FLASHLIGHT, ADEQUATE DRINKING WATER AND MEDICATIONS YOU MAY NEED.

SHE SAYS IT TAKES EVERYONE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

FOR HEALTH MINUTE I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>>> TOMORROW, KPBS MIDDAY EDITION IS TAKING A LOOK AT THE BENEFITS OF LIVING IN A WALKABLE COMMUNITY FOR YOUR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND FINANCIAL HEALTH.

AND THAT AIRS AT NOON ON KPBS FM.

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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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