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[MUSIC] >>> IT MIGHT BE THE MOST VISIBLE SIGN OF SAN DIEGO'S HOUSING CRISIS.

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I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

A PROPOSAL TO BEEN A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS ON SIDEWALKS, PARKS, AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES GOT ITS FIRST HEARING TODAY.

JACOB AERE SAYS THE CONTROVERSIAL ORDINANCE COMES AS THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN HOMELESS POPULATION IS STILL NEAR RECORD-HIGH NUMBERS.

>> Reporter: IN FRONT OF A NEARLY FULL ROOM AT SAN DIEGO CITY HALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON, THE UNAUTHORIZED CAMPING ORDINANCE GOT ITS FIRST HEARING BY THE LAND USE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE.

THERE WERE LOTS OF BIG EMOTIONS AND RESIDENTS ARE SPLIT ON THE MATTER.

THE ORDINANCE WOULD PROHIBIT PEOPLE FROM SETTING UP TENTS WITHIN TWO BLOCKS OF HOMELESS SHELTERS, TROLLEY TRACKS, AND ANYWHERE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY IF SHELTR BEDS ARE AVAILABLE.

SAN DIEGO DISTRICT 3 COUNCIL THE ORDINANCE.

>> RESENTS ACROSS OUR CITY ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES CREATED BY THE PROLIFERATION OF ENCAMPMENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THY POSE HAZARDS TO PEOPLE LIVING IN THEM AND TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> Reporter: THE PROPOSAL NEEDS MORE NUANCE, THIS WOMAN SAYS.

GROUPS LIKE ALLIANCE SAN DIEGO HAVE COME OUT IN OPPOSITION.

>> IT WOULD BASICALLY SHUT OUT UNHOUSED SAN DIEGANS FROM ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PART OF THE CITY.

WE STAND FIRMLY AGAINST THIS.

IT IS A VIOLATION OF OUR HUMAN RGHTS TO SHELTER AND NOT THE RIGHT ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: PROP ENFORCEMENT MAY BE DIFFICULT AND THERE'S A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF AVAILABLE FATHER JOE'S DEACON, JOE VARGAS.

>> WE NEED HARM REDUCTION SHELTERS, SOBER LIVING SHELTERS.

IT CAN'T BE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MEET THE NECESSITIES OF THE UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS.

>> Report: THE UNAUTHORIZED% CAMPING ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE FULL CITY COUNCIL.

>>> AND A BIG REASON WHY MORE PEOPLE ARE ON THE STREET IS DUE TO HIGH RENT PRICES AND IT'S NOT JUST HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

COMING UP, WE HAVE A STORY ON HOW EVICTIONS ARE UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS PANDEMIC RENTAL PROECTIONS FADE AWAY.

>>> BUSINESS AT THE STATE CAPITOL IN SACRAMENTO IS BACK TO NORMAL TONIGH AFTER A SECURITY SARE THIS MORNING.

THE CAPITOL BUILDING WAS- EVACUATED THIS MORNING AND ON HEIGHTENED ALERT THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

úTHE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE SAYS IT WAS DUE TO SOME SORT OF CREDIBLE THREAT.

CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS IT MAY BE CONNECTED TO A SHOOTING IN THE NEIGHBORING TOWN OF ROSEVILLE.

LAW ENFORCEMENT SAY THE THREAT HAS SINCE BEEN CLEARED.

>>> THE SAME SAN DIEGO LAW FIRM THAT HELPED HOLD COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR GETTING CHILDREN HOOKED ON VAPING IS NOW TARGETING THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER M.G.

PEREZ HAS MORE ON A NEW LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST SEVERAL SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS THAT CLAIMS THE PPS ARE ENDANGERING MILLIONS OF YOUNG USERS.

ú >> Reporter: IT ISN'T THE BEST SPRING BREAK WEATHER, BUT MIGUEL SANCHEZ BROUGHT HIS GRANDCHILDREN HERE FOR SOME FUN THIS AFTERNOON.

HIS TWIN GRANDSONS AND GRANDDAUGHTER ENJOY PLAYING OUTSIDE.

THEY ALSO ENJOY THEIR CELL PHONES AND PLAYING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, LIKE MOST OF THEIR CLASSMATES.

>> THEY COULD HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA TO MAKE MORE FRIENDS BECAUSE USUALLY THAT'S WHERE YOU FIND MORE FRIEDS AND BUILD MORE COMMUNICATION.

>> I USE IT SOMETIMES FOR LEARNING AND SOMETIMES FOR FUN.

>> Reporter: IT IS NOT THE FUN THESE ATTORNEYS ARE WORRIED ABOUT.

THE LAW GROUP HAS FILED A LAWSUIT REPRESENTING 21 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THE DISTRICTS CLAIM THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THEIR STUDENTS IS BEING HURT BY ALGORITHMS SOCIAL DIA PLATFORMS USE TO GET CHILDREN HOOKED.

>> WE DON'T NEED THESE SECRET LITTLE ALGORITHMS OUT THERE TRYING TO GET YOU ADDICTED WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW YOU'RE BEING ADDICTED.

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>> Reporter: THE 107-PAGE LAWSUIT LISTS EVIDENCE OF MENTAL úHEALTH HARMS SUFFERED BY CHILDEN USING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR HOURS EVERY DAY.

IT SPECIFICALLY TARGETS THE MAJOR SOCIAL MED PLATFORMS AND THEIR PARENT COMPANIES THAT INCUDE META, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TikTok, AND% ALPHABET.

HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, THERE ARE TWO DISTRICTS INVOLVED IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA LAWSUIT.

CORONAO UNIFIEDSCHOOL DISTRICT úAND OCEANSIDE UNIFIED.

THERE ARE MORE THAN 200,000 STUDENTS COVERED BY THE LAWSUIT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THE LAW GROUP HAS MOST RECENTLY GONE AFTER VAPING PRODUCTS.

THEY JOINED LAWSUITS FROM SEVERAL STATES AGAINST JUUL LABS.

JUST THIS WEEK, TAKING PART OF THE $462 MILLION SETTLEMENT JUUL AGREED TO PAY FOR MARKETING ICOTINE TO MINORS.

SOCIAL MEDIA IS NEXT.

>> IT WOULD HELP MAKE SOCIAL MEDIA USE MORE HEALTHY AND IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR CHILDREN TO NOT BE CONSUMING THESE NEGATIVE IMAGES ALL THE TIME.

>> Reporter: THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES AREN'T SAYING MUCH ABOUT THIS NEW LAWSUIT BUT TikTok'S CEO USED HIS LATFORM TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HIS COMPANY IS DOING.

>> I'LL BE TESTIFYING BEFORE CONGRESS LATER THIS WEEK TO SHARE ALL THAT WE'RE DOING TO PROTECT AMERICANS USING THE APP AND DELIVER ON OUR MISSION TO INSPIRE CREATIVITY AND TO BRING JOY.

>> Reporter: MIGUEL SANCHEZ SAYS HE'LL KEEP CLOSE WATCH ON HIS GRANDCHILDREN ON THE PLAYGROUND AND ONLINE.

M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>> STARTING THIS WEEKEND, SAN DIEGO WILL HAVE MORE OF ITS LIBRARIES OPEN ON SUNDAYS.

THE CITY HAS ENOUGH STAFF NOW TO RESUME SUNDAY HOURS AT 14 LOCATIONS.

SUNDAY HOURS WILL BE FROM 1 TO 5 p.m.

THE CITY HAD TO FILL HUNDREDS OF POSITIONS THAT WERE LOST DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>>> A PROPOSAL TO MOVE RAILROAD TRACKS AWAY FROM THE NORTH úCOUNTY COAST WILL NOT BE CHEAP úAND TODAY A SAN DIEGO CONGRESSMAN TOOK FEDERAL RAILROAD OFFICIALS TO SEE WHY% THE MOVE IS URGENTLY NEEDED.

>> Reporter: PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL RAIL LINE NEED TO BE RELOCATD AND REPRESENTATIVE IKE LEVIN WANTS TO SHOW THE URGENC TO FEDERAL OFFICIALS FIRSTHAND.

ON THURSDAY, FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATORS JOINED LEVIN ON A TRAIN RIDE FROM SORRENTO VALLEY TO SOLANO BEACH.

>> IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME.

I THINK WE ALL KNOW BEFORE THESE TRACKS WILL BE OVER THE CLIFF'S EDGE.

AND THIS VITAL TRANSPORTATION% LINK CONTINUES T BE AT RISK.

>> Reporter: LEVIN HIGHLIGHTED HOW COASTAL EROSION AND CLIMATE CHANGE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE BLUFFS AND MAKE THE RELOCATION PROJECT MORE URGENT.

>> THEIR OPERATION WILL BE AT RISK UNLESS WE TAKE THE ACTIONS NECESSARY NOT JUST FOR THE SHORT TERM BUT AGAIN FOR THE LONG TERM.

>> eporter: ONE OPERATION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN INTERRUPTED- IS THE SAN CLEMENTE RAIL LINE WHICH HAS BEEN UNDERGOING EMERGENY REPAIR WORK SINCE SEPEMBER.

>> THAT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS AND WE KNOW THAT'S TAKEN A GREAT TOLL ON THE MILLIONS OF PASSENGERS, ROUGLY EIGHT MILLION PASSENGERS A YEAR THAT TRAVEL ON THAT CORRIDOR AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF FREIGHT NOT BEING ABLE O TRAVEL AS IT NORMALLY WOULD.

>> Reporr: SINCE RAIL SERVICE IS STILL DOWN, LEVIN AND THE ADMINISTRATOR DROVE TO SAN CLEMENTE TO SEE THE PROGRESS.

THERE ARE PLANS TO SEEK ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE RAIL RELOCATION PROJECT.

ô> JUST AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS ON THE PLANNING AND THE RELOCATION IN DEL MAR, WE MUST DO THE SAME IN ORANGE COUNTY.

SO IN THE COMING DAYS, I'M GOING BE FORMALLY SUBMITTING A FEDERAL COMMUNITY PROJECT REQUEST FOR $4 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE OCTA, THE ORANGE COUNY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, IN CONDUCTING A STUDY FOR THE RAIL RELOCATION IN ORANGE COUNTY SPANNING 11 MILES.

>> eporter: THE ADMINISTRATOR SAID THE TIME TO ASK FOR FEDERAL FUNDING IS NOW THANKS TO THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.

>> IT PROVIDES THE FUNDING, THE TOOLS, AND FRAMEWORK TO LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY RAIL SYSTEM THAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS AND THAT'S SO LONG OVERDUE.

>> Reporter: THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AS TRANSPORTATON AGENCIES PREPARE TO RESTORE FULL ASSENGER RAIL SERVICE BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTY ON MONDAY.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO IS HOME TO MANY DACA RECIPIENTS ALSO KNOWN AS DREAMERS AND TODAY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYS THERE WILL SOON BE MORE OPTIONS FOR THEM TO GET HEALTH INSURANCE.

>> THEY'RE AMERICAN IN EVERY WAY EXCEPT ON PAPER.

ALONGSIDE DREAMERS, ADVOCATES, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, WE NEED TO IVE DREAMERS THE OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT THEY DESERVE, SO TODAY MY ADMINISTRATION IS ANNOUNCING OUR PLAN TO EXPAND HEALTH COVERAGE FOR DACA RECIPIENTS BY ALLOWING THEM TO ENROLL IN THE PLAN THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT OR THROUGH MEDICAID.

>> THE DACA PROGRAM ALLOWS TEMPORARY LEGAL STATUS FOR THOSE BROUGHT TO THE U.S. AS CHILDREN WITHOUT PROPER DOCUMENTATION.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ESTIMAES 600,000 PEOPLE COULD BENEFIT FROM THE NEW HEALTH CARE POLIY.

SIGNUPS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH.

>>> AMERICA'S RISE IN OVERDOSE DEATHS IS LARGELY BLAMED ON THE USE OF FENTANYL.

BUT NOW HEALTH EXPERTS ARE WARNING ABOUT AN EVEN MORE DANGEROUS STREET DRUG THAT MIXES FENTANYL WITH ANIMAL TRANQUILIZER.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ TELLS US MORE ABOUT WHAT'S BEING CALLED AN EMERING THREAT.

>> Reporter: A POTENTIALLY DEADLY DRUG MIX SPREADING ACROSS THE U.S. FENTANYL CUT!

>> IT'S BEEN OPEN FOR 21 MONTHS.

THAT'S HOW HORRIBLE IT IS.

IT DOESN'T LET YOUR BODY HEAL.

>> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE PASSING OF A LAW ALLOWING IT TO DO SO, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TAKING THE UNPRECEDENTED STEP OF OFFICIALLY DECLARING A SUBSTANCE AN EMERGING THREAT.

IT MEANS THE $46 BILLION DRUG BUDGET REQUEST TO CONGRESS CAN BE USED TO RESPOND.

THE MONEY COULD HELP PAY FOR DRUG TESTING, DATA COLLECTIO, AND DEVELOPING TREATMENTS.% >> WE'RE SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE TO PRODUCERS AND TRAFFICKERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND QUICKER.

>> Report: AN UPHILL BATTLE IN AN EVERCHANGING DRUG LANDSCAPE.

>> BOTH THE TYPES OF DRUGS HAVE CHANGED FROM PREDOMINANTLY GANIC TO SYNTHETICS, BUT THE WAY DRUGS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD HAVE ALSO CHANGED.

ALL YOU NEED IS A PHONE IN THE PLM OF YOUR HAND AND A SOCIAL MEDIA APP.

>>> THE RISK OF DRUG ABUSE IS OFTEN INTERTWINED WITH HOMELSSNESS AND MORE PEOPLE ARE BEING FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES DUE TO EVICTION.

WE'VE SEEN IT HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

GABE COHEN SHOWS US HOW THE TREND IS PLAYING OUT ACROSS THE U.S. >> Reporter: ONCE A WEEK, HOUSTON RESIDENTS PACK INTO ONE OF THE BUSIEST EVICTION COURTS IN TEXAS.

ON THIS DAY, MORE THAN 200 CASES BEFORE NOON.

>> THE PLAINTIFF ... >> Reporter: AS LANDLORDS TAKE BACK THEIR PROPERTIES AND FAMILIES PLEAD TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES.

>> THAT'S WHAT SCARES ME THE MOST.

>> Reporter: JOHNATHAN MORRISON IS BEING EVICTED.

HE'S BEEN STRUGGLING WITH RENT SINCE HIS WIFE, THE FAMILY BREADWINNER, DIED IN DECEMBER LEAVING HIM TO RAISE THEIR DUGHTER ALONE.

IN SEVERAL CITIES INCLUDING HOUSTO, EVICTIONS ARE SURGING, EVEN BEYOND PRE-PANDEMIC NORMS.

MORE THAN FIVE MILLION U.S.

HOUSEHOLDS ARE BEHIND ON RENT.

EXPERTS BLAME A PERFECT STORM.

RENTS KEEP RISING AMID HIGH INFLATION, COVID MORATORIUMS ON EVICTIONS ARE ENDING, AND PANDEMIC PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, ARE RUNNING DRY.

IN MID-MARCH, A TEXAS RENT RELIEF PROGRAM HAD TO STOP ACCEPTING APPLICAIONS JUST TWO DAYS AFTER STARTING, OVERWHELMED BY THE DEMAND.

>> IT'S JUST A HARD TIME.

p>> Reporter: WINONA BROWN FELL BEHIND ON RENT IN FEBRUARY AFTER LOSING HER JOB.

úA PHOTO OF HER KIDS IN ONE HAND, AN EVICTION NOTICE IN THE OTHER, SHE WANTS TO PAY OFF HER DEBT BUT FEARS SHE MAY HAE TO MOVE.

>> IT'S TOUGH TO DO IT ON YOUR OWN.

>> Reporter: SOME CITIES HAVE BUCKED THIS TREND THANKS TO NEW TENANT PROTECTIONS LIKE MORE FUNDING FOR FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE DURING AN EVICTION WHICH FEW CITIES OR STATES GUARANTEE AVOCATES SAY IT'S KEPT FAR MORE FAMILIES IN THEIR HOMES.

[ CHANTING ] >> Reporter: EVICTION DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS BLACK AND HISPANIC COMMUNITIES AND CAN MAKE IT FAR TOUGHER FOR FAMILIES TO FIND HOMES LATER.

CATH, A SINGLE MOM EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT WITH HER FIFTH CHILD, SAYS SHE LOST HER GOVERNMENT HOUSING VOUCHERS LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF A PAPERWORK ISSUE AND NOW SHE'S FIGHTING A LOOMING EVICTION WITH LEGAL AID FROM A NON-PROFIT.

>> IT'S LIKE SOMEONE'S GOT THEIR HANDS AROUND MY NECK.

I WANT TO GIVE UP, BUT IF YOU GIVE UP, WHAT ABOUT YOUR KIDS?

BUT I'VE HAD IT UP TO HERE ALREADY.

>> Reporter: ERICA BOWMAN IS PACKING UP HER HOME TO AVOID PACKING INTO A COURTROOM.

SHE SAYS SHE STRUGGLED TO KEEP UP WITH RENT IN RECENT MONTHS SINCE IT WENT UP MORE THAN $200, RIGHT AS SHE STARTED BATTLING CANCER.

>> EVERYTHING JUST KIND OF HIT ALL AT ONCE AT THAT MOMENT.

>> Reportr: SHE AND HER KIDS NEED TO BE OUT IN THE COMING DAYS, UNSURE WHERE THEY'LL GO.

>> TRYING TO CONTINUE TO STAY POSITIVE AND KEEP A SMILE ON MY FACE AND TO ALSO NOT ALLOW MY CHILDREN TO FEEL THE PRESSURES OF WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH AT THIS TIME HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

>> TONIG ON THE NEWS HOUR, A COURT DECISION ONCE AGAIN CHANGES THE RULES FOR ABORTION THAT'S COMING UP AT 7 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> THE CITY OF FT. LAUDERDALE SAYS EVEN THEIR BEST PLANNING COULDN'T PREPARE THEM FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

THE DAMAGE FROM A STORM THAT BROKE RECORDS FOR THE AMOUNT OF RAIN DUMPED ON THE CITY.

>> Reorter: HISTORIC FLOODING IN SOUTH FLORIDA WEDNESDAY.

>> WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS A THOUSAND-YEAR INCIDENT.

NO CITY COULD HAVE PLANNED FOR THIS.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF FT. LAUDERDALE PARALYZED.

>> IT'S ABSOLUTELY úHEARTBREAKING.

YOU CAN SEE HOW SHOOKEN UP I AM.

I DIDN'T PLAN ON WAKING UP LIKE - THIS.

>> I'VE BEEN WORKING IN FT. LAUDERDALE FOR OVER 23 YEARS AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE úTHIS.

>> Reporter: RESIDENTS TAKING IN THE DAMAGE AFTER SPENDING THE NIGHT STRANDED IN THEIR HOMES.

>> YEAH, WE LOST EVERYTHING.

>> eporter: MORE THAN 25 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN JUST 24 HOURS.

ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY REPORTS FROM THE NATIONL WEATHER SERVICE, MARKING THE RAINIEST DAY IN FT. LAUDERDALE HISTORY.

>> I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND GET YOUR MOMMY AND DADDY, ALL RIGHT, UD?

>> Reporter: FIRST RESPONDERS OUT IN FORCE WADING THROUGH WAIST-IGH WATER TO HELP TRAPPED RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS.

>> I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE CARS THINKING I COULD MAKE IT, BUT I'VE HAD THE CAR STALL IN WATER BEFORE SO I'LL JUST HANG OUT.% >> Reporter: AT FT. LAUDERDALE HOLLYWOOD INTERTIONAL AIRPORT, A GROUNDSTOP WEDNESDAY THEN CLOSURE.

STRANDED TRAVELERS TRYING TO NAVIGATE AS RUNWAYS TURNED INTO LAKES.

>> TRYING TO GET BACK HOME AND THY'RE TELLING US THAT THE AIRPORT IS CLOSED AND SO AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

>> Reporter: THE AIRPORT WILL REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH THURSDAY.

OFFICIALS PLAN TO REOPEN IT AT 5 a.m. FRIDAY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CALLING THE FLOODS A ONE IN A THOUSAND-YEAR EVENT OR GREATER AND MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.

[USIC] ú >>> OUR COOL DAMP WEATHER WILL CONTIUE THROUGH THE NIGHT, BUT WE DO START TO SEE SOME CHANGES DURING THE DAY TOMORROW.

SO AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER HEADLINES FOR YOUR YOU, WE HAVE THE DEEP MARINE LAYER WITH US, BUT DURINGHE DAY TOMORROW, THE CLOUDS WILL BREAK UP AND NCREASED SUNSHINE AND THAT WILL LEAD TO DRYER AND WARMER WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND.

SUNDAY SHOULD BE THE WARMEST DAY.

THEN NEXT WEEK, THE ONSHORE FLOW RETURNS SO THAT MEANS WE'LL TURN A LITTLE BIT COOLER AND SOME SPOTS WILL GET A LITTLE BIT BREEZIER.

FR TONIGHT, CLOUDY, TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 SURROUNDING AREAS WILL SEE TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE 40S FROM ESCONDIDO DOWN TO EL CAJON AND OVER TOWARDS ARE RAMONA.

AND IN CAMPO.

HERE'S THE WAY IT LOOKS ON OUR FUTURE CAST.

NOTICE THE SWIRL OF CLOUDS HERE.

TIS IS OUR LITTLE EDDY OF LOW PRESSURE THERE, SO THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLOUD, SO THAT BEGINS TO BREAK UP DURING THE DAY TOMORROW.

SO E SHOULD START OFF THE DAY WITH LOW CLOUDS AND THEN A BRIGHTENING SKY.

TEMPERATURES STILL A LITTLE BIT ON THE COOL SIDE.

RAMONA, 61, SAN DIEGO, 63, OCEANSIDE, 63.

BARREGO SPRINGS WARMS UP TO 78.

FRIDAY'S WEATHER, THE COOL AIR WILL TART TO RETREAT AND THEN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, IT SHOULD BE PRETTY NICE.

SO LET'S GO TO OUR EXTENDED FORECAST FOR YOU.

YOU CAN SEE OUR COOL DAY FRIDAY WITH CLOUDS GIVING AWAY TO SUN ND THEN MILDER OVER THE WEEKEND.

NEXT WEEK IT STARTS TO TURN COOLER.

SOME CLOUDS RETURNING.

INLAND SECTIONSES, TEMPERTURES ON THE RISE.

WE'LL BE IN THE 70S OVER THE WEEKEND.

NEXT WEEK WILL START TO TURN COLER AGAIN AND INTO THE MOUNTAINS, WE'LL SEE TEMPERATURES ON THE RISE, SUNDAY Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y WINDS PICK UP AND IT TURNS% COOLER NEXT WEEK AND IN THE DESET, IT'LL STAY DRY HERE.

TEMPERATURES ON THE RISE INTO THE WEEKEND AND THEN IT STARTS TO COOL OFF WITH GUSTY WINDS NEXT WEEK.

>>> NICOS REVELES DIED LAST MONTH FROM PANCREATIC CANCER.

HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AT SAN DIEGO OPERA FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES.

TOMORROW HIS OPERA, GHOSTS, WILL HAVE ITS WORLD PREMIER AT THE BALBOA THEATER AND BETH ACCOMANDO HAS A PREVIEW.

>> Reporter: LAST SUMMER, NICOLAS REVELES WAS DEBUTING ONE ORAH AND PREPPING ANOTHER FOR A WORLD PREMIER AT SAN DIEGO OPERA.

> I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, O BE PRODUCED BY MY HOME COMPAN AS WELL AS -- I MEAN, IT'S A BIG PROFESSIONAL OPERA COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES, SO I HOPE WE'LL GET SOME NOTICE FOR T. >> Reporter: WHAT DELIGHTED HIM EVEN MORE WHEN THAT THE OPERA WAS IN A GENRE HE LOVED.

>>THE HORROR WAS UP FRONT AND CENTER.

[SINGING] >> Reporter: BUT LAST OCTOBER, REVELES WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PANCREATIC CANCER.

HE DIED JUST SIX WEEKS BEFORE THIS FRIDAY'S WORLD PREMIER OF GHOSTS, AND EVENING OF HORROR INSPIRED OPERAS.

WITH A TITLE LIKE GHOSTS, PERHAPS HE KNEW HE WOULD BE HAUNTING THE REHEARSAL HALL.

>> OH, UNDOUBTEDLY.

WE JOKED ABOUT IT.

IT FEELS LIKE SOMEHOW WE'RE STILL EXCHANGING IDEAS AND úASKING FOR HIS BLESSING ON THE CHOICES WE MAKE.

>> HE GAVE ME THIS BEAUTIFUL úCRYSTAL THAT I KEEP IN MY POCKET OR BY MY MUSIC STAND AND EVERY TIME I'M STUCK, I'LL JUST GRAB TH CRYSTAL AND HOLD IT AND FLIP IT AROUND IN MY HAND AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE IDEAS WILL COME TO ME.

SO NIC IS DEFINITELY HERE WITH US LAUGHING, CRYING, GETTING VERY INVOLVED, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT AN AMAZING PREMIER TO COMMEMORATE HIM.- >> AND THEN WHEN IT'S OVER,- TOTAL BLACKOUT.

>> Reporter: BACK IN DECEMBER, úREVELES WAS IN HOSPICE BUT STILL WORKING WITH DIRECTOR JOHN DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE >> I SAID CREEPY, I WANT JUMP SCARES.

I WANT EVERYTHING A HORROR MOVIE WOULD HAVE.

>> Reporter: REVELES AND DE LOS SANTOS BONDED OVER SOME SHARED PASSIONS.

>> NICK LOVED HORROR AND I LOVE HORROR BUT WE ALSO LOVE OPERA AND THAT'S SOMETHING HORROR AND OPERA HAVE IN COMMON IS THEY ELICIT STRONG EMOTIONS, STRONG FEELINGS.

YOU CAN APPROACH ANYTHING THROUGH OPERA!

I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE IN THE GENRE.

I THINK WHEN YOU SING THINGS, TE STORY, THE DRAMA IS MORE HEIGHTENED.

IT BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT.

IT BECOMES BIGGER AND I LIKE THAT, THE BIGNESS OF THAT.

>> Reporter: THAT WAS REVELES ROM MAY LAST YEAR.

IN DECEMBER, THE PASSION WAS STILL THERE BUT CANCER WAS TAKING A TOLL.

>> IT IS AN OPERA IN BLACK AND WHITE.

AND WHEN I THINK HORROR, I THINK BLACK AND WHITE.

AND WHEN I SAY THAT, I MEAN THAT THE SOUND COLORS, THE COLORS FROM THE ORCHESTRA ARE EVEN KIND F BLACK AND WHITE.

>> Reporter: MAYBE THAT'S CAUSE WHEN REVELES WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD, HIS MOTHER INTRODUCED HIM TO THE 1931 BLACK AND WHITE FILM, FRANKENSTEIN.

>> FROM THEN ON, I WAS HOOKED ON HORROR.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, REALLY, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE DARKNESS AND ABOUT BEING SCARED AND ABOUT TELLING A STORY THAT MIGHT FRIGHTEN PEOPLE, EVEN JUST A LITTLE BIT, THAT I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED.

>> Rporter: DE LOS SANTOS ENJOYED COLLABORATING WITH REVELES TO DEFINE THE GHOSTS OF THE OPERA.

>> GHOSTS ARE NOT FIGURES IN SHETS.

THEY ARE MEMORIES, THEY ARE REGRETS.

úTHEY ARE UNKNOWN, UNANSWERED% QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE TO CONFRONT.. >> GHOSTS CAN BE TRAUMA, EXPERIENCES, CAN BE PEOPLE WHO WE AREN'T ABLE TO SHED EMOTIONALLY FROM OUR LIVES.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE LIKE REVELES THAT WE WANT TO HOLD ON TO.

GHOSTS NOT ONLY LETS SAN DIEGO OERA PAY TRIBUTE TO HIS MEMORY BUT PROVIDES THE GENERAL DIRECTOR DAVID BENNET WITH A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER AUDIENCES A DETOUR FROM TRADITIONAL OPERA.% >> IT'S AN HONOR IF, US TO PRODUCE THIS, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH IN THIS WORK THAT'S UNUSUAL AND UNEXPECTED, BUT THERE'S ALSO SO MUCH IN IT THAT IS IN MANY WAYS TRADITIONAL.

>> Reprter: REVELES EXPRESSED HOPE THAT THE OPERA WOULD HAVE A FUTURE BEYOND THIS WEEKEND AND GHOSTS WOULD BE THE PERFECT LEGACY FOR A MAN WHO DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO BEING AN AMBASSADOR FOR OPERA AND WHOSE HEART ALWAYS BELONGED TO HORROR.

BETH ACCOMANDO, KPBS NEWS.

>> AN ART EXHIBIT AT THE MINGEI INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM IS SHOWING OFF SOMETHNG THAT YOU NORMALLY SEE AT CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAY PARTIES.

THE 8 PIÑATAS FROM LATINX ARTISTS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE WORKS OF ART.

JULIA DIXON EVANS GIVES US A CLOSER LOOK.

>> I THINK IT ALL STARTED WHEN I WAS AROUND 12 YEARS OLD.

úI LIVED IN TIJUANA.

MY FIRST JOB WAS AT A MEXICAN CANDY PLACE WHERE THEY SOLD PIÑATAS, THEY MADE AND SOLD PIÑATAS.

>> Reporter: ARTIST DIANA BENAVIDEZ MAKES PIÑATAS WITH A MESSAGE.

>> SOME OF THEM ARE SMALL LIKE A SERIES OF REMOTE CONTROLLED BORDER CROSSER VEHICLES, BUT SOM ARE GIGANTIC, A PAIR OF HUGE SHOES, AND OVERSIED SET OF KEYSES.

THEY REPRESENT THE RITUALS AND ACTIONS TAKEN BY WOMEN TO FEEL SAFE.

SO THIS IS A PIECE CALLED ...

IT'S WRITEN ON THE SHOES AND TRANSLAES TO IT'S TOO LATE TO BE OUT ALONE.

AND THAT'S USUALLY A PHRASE THAT WE'LL HEAR FROM YOUR MOM OR AN ADULT WHEN YOU'RE MAYBE A TEENAGER.

>> Reporter: AND A PIÑATA IS INHERENTLY VIOLENT.

YOU HIT IT WITH A STICK.

BUT THERE'S ALSO HUMOR, JOY, AND APPROACHABILITY.

IT'S SOMETHING BENAVIDEZ TAPS INTO WHEN CREATING ACTIVIST ART.

>> IT MAKE SENSE TO BE ABLE TO TLL TOUGH STORIES ABOUT ANYTHING, THIS MILITARIZED BORER, BEING A WOMAN AND HAVING TO NAVIGATE BOTH, I THINK IT'S KIND OF LIKE A GOOD WAY TO EASE IN AN AUDIENCE.% >> Reporter: BENAVIDEZ' PIÑATAS DON'T LOOK LIKE ONES YOU'D FIND IN A PARTY STORE AND IT'S AN ART FORM YOU'RE NOT LIKELY TO SEE IN A MUSEUM.- BUT THE MINGEI RECENTLY BOUGHT TWO OF HER PIÑATAS FOR ITS PERMANENT COLLECTION.

THE SHOES AND AN OVERSIZED ROSARY.

A SYMBOL OF WISHING FOR SAFETY.

>> IT'S BEEN PART OF THE HILARIOUS DREAM I'VE HAD SINCE I WA 12 WHERE I WANTED TO FIND A WAYTO PRESERVE PIÑATAS FOREVER.

>> Reporter: NOW TWO PIÑATAS WILL LIVE ON AT THE MINGEI.

>> ND THE MINGEI'S PIÑATAS, THE HIGH ART OF CELEBRATION, CLOSES AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND ALL AGES DROPPING PIÑATA MAKING WORKSHOP RUS 11 a.m. TO 1 p.m. AND THAT IS TOMORROW.

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