>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR, RESTORATION AND FLOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS, CALL OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREDATORS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCO SHYLY AND BY THE FOLLOWING -- AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.

>> A DECISION TO REDRAW CALIFORNIA'S CONGRESSIONAL MAPS MAY FALL TO VOTERS IN NOVEMBER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, GOVERNOR NEWSOM ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR FIVE ADDITIONAL SEATS FOR DEMOCRATS IN 2026.

THE MOVE IS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO A SIMILAR REPUBLICAN-LED EFFORT IN TEXAS BACKED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.

>> GAVIN NEWSOM ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR A NOVEMBER 4th SPECIAL ELECTION AT A NEWS CONFERENCE IN LOS ANGELES.

>> TODAY IS LIBERATION DAY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SENATORS JUST SAID, DONALD TRUMP, YOU HAVE POKED THE BEAR AND WE WILL PUNCH BACK.

>> PUNCHING BACK WITH THE ELECTION RIGGING RESPONSE ACT, GAVIN NEWSOM CALLED IN A MOMENT TO STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY.

>> WE WILL CONFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THE STATE INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING, WE ARE ASKING THE VOTERS FOR THEIR CONSENT TO DO MIDTERM REDISTRICTING IN 2026, 2028 AND 2030 FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL MAPS.

>> THERE WAS IMMEDIATE BACKLASH FROM REPUBLICAN LEADERS LOCALLY AND NATIONWIDE, THE CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE SENT A WRITTEN STATEMENT, FROM THE CON CALIFORNIA DELEGATION.

IT SAYS THEY ARE GERRYMANDERING THEIR OWN DISTRICTS, THE DELEGATION WILL STAY WITH THE CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA AND DEFEND THE RIGHTS AS THEY STAND TODAY IN OUR STATE CONSTITUTION BY POSING GAVIN NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE.

>> WHAT GAVIN NEWSOM HAS ANNOUNCED IS ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL, THERE ARE THREE VIOLATIONS OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION INVOLVED IN WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO AND WE FULLY EXPECT TO SQUARE OFF WITH HIM IN COURT.

>> PHIL SEINZ IS A POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE, HE SAID CALIFORNIANS AUTHORIZE SECRETION OF THE INDEPENDENT CITIZENS REDISTRICTING COMMISSION IN 2008.

>> IT IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING TEST TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN CONVINCE ENOUGH VOTERS TO TURN OUT AND VOTE AGAINST WHAT THEY PREVIOUSLY HAD VOTED IN FAVOR OF AND THAT IS HAVING CITIZENS REDRAW THE BOUNDARIES.

>> HE SAID THIS BACK AND FORTH COULD HAVE LARGER IMPLICATIONS.

>> WHILE THE GOVERNOR AND OTHER STATE LEGISLATURES MAY THINK THAT THIS WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM, THIS WILL NOT STOP OTHER RED STATES FROM DOING WHAT BASICALLY TEXAS IS DOING.

>> DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT YET RELEASED THE DRAFT REDISTRICTING MAPS, CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS WILL VOTE NEXT WEEK ON DECLARING SPECIAL ELECTION, THE NOVEMBER BALLOT MEASURE WILL NEED A SIMPLE MAJORITY APPROVAL.

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>>> IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENTS CONDUCTED A RAID, BUT IT WAS UNCLEAR HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DETAINED, THE U.S.

HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM ADDRESSED THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW THE SPECIFICS BUT IT WAS AIMED AT GETTING DANGEROUS CRIMINALS OFF OUR STREETS.

>>> OKLAHOMA IS JUST ONE OF TWO CITIES IN THE ENTIRE STATE PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE SANCTUARY CITY LAWS, THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION DECLARING ITS SUPPORT FOR THE DEPORTATION CAMPAIGN.

SOME RESIDENTS ARE PUSHING BACK.

>> WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN EL CAJON, THE WORDS FRACTURED AND FEARFUL, AND ALSO JUST THIS FEELING THAT THERE IS SOME SENSE OF HOPELESSNESS.

>> THAT IS AN IMMIGRATION ADVOCATE, EL CAJON IS A CITY WHERE NEARLY A THIRD OF ALL RESIDENTS ARE FOREIGN-BORN AND THE REPUBLICAN MAYOR IS EAGER TO SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP'S MATH PEOPLE ROTATION -- DEPORTATION CAMPAIGN.

THEY DECLARED THE CITY'S INTENT TO HELP THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAW, THE RESOLUTION WAS POLITICAL THEATER.

THE EL CAJON POLICE DEPARTMENT MUST STILL OBEY CENTURY LAWS WHICH PROHIBIT POLICE OFFICERS FROM ASKING PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS OR HELPING FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS BUT THE MESSAGE WAS CLEAR, EL CAJON IS EITHER WITH TRUMP OR AGAINST HIM.

>> LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I THINK IS REALLY GOING ON HERE, I DON'T THINK THIS IS ABOUT IMMIGRATION, I DON'T THINK THIS IS ABOUT RACISM, THIS IS TRUMP VERSUS NON-TRUMP, THIS IS PROGRESSIVISM VERSUS CONSERVATISM, THIS IS THE CULTURE WE ARE INVOLVED WITH RIGHT NOW.

>> THAT WAS AT A JANUARY CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

AT A SEPARATE MEETING, PHIL ORTIZ ARGUED THAT TRUMP WAS ONLY GOING AFTER VIOLENT CRIMINALS.

>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR, SOMEBODY SAID THEY ARE LIVING IN FEAR, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE LIVING IN FEAR ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPLOITING AND TERRORIZING OUR CURRENT CITIES, THAT ARE CRIMINALS.

>> THAT RHETORIC CAME STRAIGHT OUT OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

BUT IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEAR THAT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WITHOUT CRIMINAL RECORDS ARE GETTING CAUGHT IN THE DEPORTATION MACHINE.

ONLY 23% OF THE PEOPLE I.C.E.

HAS ARRESTED IN EL CAJON SO FAR THIS YEAR HAVE CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS, THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL DEPORTATION PROJECT AND THE MOST RECENT DATA FROM THE DETENTION CENTER SHOWN THAT 80% OF THE PEOPLE BEING HELD HAVE NO CRIMINAL RECORD.

THE FOUNDER OF THE LOCAL ADVOCACY GROUP SAID THE CONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION CREATED THE IMPRESSION THAT LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS SUPPORT TRUMPS IMMIGRATION POLICIES, THAT THEY ARE ENFORCING IMMIGRATION LAW EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT.

>> SO I THINK IT IS REALLY UNFAIR TO HAVE PUT THE POLICE CHIEF IN THIS SITUATION AND TO PUT THE POLICE OFFICERS IN THIS LIGHT, THAT THEY TECHNICALLY DID NOT DESERVE.

>> AND THE EL CAJON POLICE CHIEF, JEREMIAH LARSON ACKNOWLEDGES THAT COMMUNITY TRUST HAS TAKEN A HIT.

>> WE TRY TO DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO HELP BUILD THE TRUST BACK, THE TRUST THAT HAS BEEN ERODED FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

>> LARSON SAYS THAT PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT PEOPLE TEND TO LUMP ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TOGETHER.

>> IT IS HARD TO SEE THE DELINEATION BETWEEN FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR STATE AND LOCAL.

EVEN WITHIN THE COUNTY IT IS HARD FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SAN DIEGO PD AND EL CAJON PD, NOT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT AND THAT IS OKAY.

>> CHIEF LARSON SAID THE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY BOUGHT BACK A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD AND WILL MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON A REGULAR BASIS.

MEANWHILE, THE CITY COUNCIL CONTINUES TO PASS PRO TRUMP RESOLUTIONS INCLUDING ONE IN MARCH, SUPPORTING FEDERAL LEGISLATION INTO NEWS TRYING TO WEAKEN STATE CENTURY LAWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND I.C.E.

CONTINUES TO INCREASE ENFORCEMENT IN EL CAJON, ALREADY DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

INCLUDING A HIGH PROFILE WORKPLACE RATE AT AN INDUSTRIAL PAINT SHOP.

BUT OTHER ADVOCATES HAVE THEIR OWN PLANS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, THEY LAUNCHED A RECALL CAMPAIGN AGAINST COUNCILMAN ARTESE.

>> WE WANT TO PUSH FOR A NEW ELECTION, WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHO PHIL ORTIZ IS, WHO HE STANDS WITH, AND IF HIS DISTRICT IS MOSTLY BLUE BUT IS IGNORED WHEN THEY COME TO THESE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, THAT IS THE REASON WE ARE PUSHING FOR THAT RECALL.

>> Reporter: THE GROUP IS COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO FORCE A RECALL ELECTION, THEY NEED 3000 FROM REGISTERED VOTERS IN DISTRICT FOR WHICH IS THE SOUTHERN PART OF EL CAJON.

>>> BACK-TO-SCHOOL SEASON HAS ARRIVED WITH A NEW SET OF ANXIETIES THIS YEAR, COMING UP, HOW EDUCATORS ARE PREPARING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ENGROSSMENT ENFORCEMENT AT THEIR CAMPUSES.

>>> TONIGHT WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT MARINE LAYER STILL COMING BACK FOR US, BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY AS WE HIT 65, WE ARE GOING TO FIND THAT THROUGH TIME HERE, WE ARE GOING TO THICKEN UP THE MARINE LAYER A LITTLE BIT, WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE CHANGING AS A PART OF A PATTERN CHANGE, JUST AHEAD.

>>> THERE ARE TWO PROPOSALS TO DEAL WITH HOMELESSNESS, THEY WILL EXPAND THE CITIES BANS ON CAMPING OUTDOORS OR SLEEPING IN VEHICLES OVERNIGHT.

THE SECOND WOULD EXPAND THE HOURS FOR THE CITIES BAN ON SLEEPING IN CARS, AND THE PROPOSAL WOULD START IT TWO HOURS EARLIER AND BE ENDING TWO HOURS LATER.

NOT EVERYBODY WAS ON BOARD WITH THESE IDEAS.

>> THESE PROPOSALS MIGHT LOOK GOOD ON PAPER AND SOUND IMPRESSIVE ON THE MORNING NEWS AND OFFER EGO STROKING SOUND BITES BUT THEY DO NOTHING TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, ECONOMIC HARDSHIP OR COMMUNITY SAFETY.

>> COUNCILMEMBER, JIM O'HARA PUT FORTH THESE PROPOSALS, THEY ARE MEANT TO HELP DEPUTIES AND LAWS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS.

THEY WILL DRAFT THE NEW ORDINANCE AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AT A LATER DATE.

>>> THOUSANDS OF NEW HOMES COULD BE COMING TO SAN DIEGO STATE AREA FOR THE COMING DECADES, KATIE ANASTAS SAID THE UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY ARE PLANNING FOR MORE RESIDENCE.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO'S COMMUNITY PLANS GUIDE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, THE PLAN HASN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE 1989, THE CITY PLANNING DIRECTOR SAYS IT HAS BECOME A GOOD PLACE TO ADD HOUSING.

>> THERE IS A TRAIL LINE THERE AND THE UNIVERSITY HAS REALLY TRANSITIONED FROM A LARGELY COMMUTER SCHOOL TO A VERY VIBRANT RESIDENTIAL CAMPUS.

>> Reporter: 30 YEARS AGO, SAN DIEGO STATE HAD ROOM FOR ABOUT 2100 STUDENTS TO LIVE ON CAMPUS.

NOW THAT NUMBER IS ABOUT 8500.

UNIVERSITY LEADERS SAY THE DEMAND FOR ON-CAMPUS HOUSING IS STILL GROWING.

AND THEY SAY STUDENTS WHO LIVE ON CAMPUS DO BETTER ACADEMICALLY.

>> WE KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE HIGHER GPA, QUICKER TIME TO GRADUATION, LOWER ACADEMIC PROBATION RATES.

SO, A HIGHER STUDENT SUCCESS FACTOR COMPARED TO STUDENTS WHO LIVE OFF CAMPUS.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO STATE HAS TWO NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS UNDERWAY, TOGETHER THEY WILL ADD MORE THAN 1000 BEDS.

PLANS FOR ANOTHER 3000 BEDS ARE PENDING APPROVAL BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD.

>> WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS AND OFFER FINANCIALLY COMPETITIVE ON-CAMPUS HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND TO ALSO ADDRESS AND MEET THE DEMAND WE ARE SEEING FROM OUR CONCERN.

>> Reporter: A DRAFT COMMUNITY PLAN WOULD ALLOW FOR ABOUT 18,000 NEW HOMES IN THE COLLEGE AREA, MOSTLY ALONG MONTEZUMA ROAD, COLLEGE AVENUE AND EL CAJON BOULEVARD.

A PLAN UPDATE ALLOWS THE CITY TO INCREASE DENSITY, BUILDING MORE HOMES WOULD BE UP TO PROPERTY OWNERS.

A STATUS ABSENT -- ESTATE ASSESSMENT FOUND THEY HAVE TO MEET THE HOUSING NEEDS.

THEY ARE ABOUT HALFWAY THERE.

>> IT IS ONE OF SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL GROWTH.

>> Reporter: THE CITY IS HOSTING A Q&A SESSION ON AUGUST 21st, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN SUBMIT COMMENTS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 7th.

>>> OUR PUBLIC MATTERS PARTNERSHIP RECENTLY DID A SERIES ON HOUSING IN SAN DIEGO WHERE IT IS AND ISN'T BEING BUILT.

YOU CAN FIND AN INTERACTIVE MAP ON OUR WEBSITE, JUST GO TO KPBS .ORG.

>>> A GROUP OF SAN DIEGO HOMEOWNERS IS SUING, AT THE TIME, VOTERS WERE TOLD IF HE WOULD BE ABOUT $23-$29 BUT IN JUNE, THE CITY COUNCIL SET THE FEE AT $43 PER MONTH, PAUL KRUGER IS ONE OF THE RESIDENCE IN THE LAWSUIT.

>> THE VOTE TO APPROVE IT WAS SO NARROW THAT I THINK IF PEOPLE KNEW THE TRUE COST AT THE TIME THEY WROTE IT, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE APPROVED IT.

>> OUR MEDIA PARTNER REACH OUT TO THE CITY'S LAWYER WHO SAY THEY HAVE NO COMMENT ON PENDING LITIGATION.

>>> THOUSANDS OF SAILORS ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS CARLSON ARE BACK IN SAN DIEGO.

THE HOMECOMING CAPS A BUSY TWO YEARS FOR THE CREW.

>> I'M EXCITED THAT I GET TO SEE MY DAD.

>> HE IS WAITING WITH HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO SEE THEIR DAD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST NINE MONTHS, THEIR MOTHER SAYS IT IS THE THIRD APPOINTMENT FOR HER FAMILY.

THE SHIP LEFT IN NOVEMBER AND THIS SPRING THE DEPLOYMENT WAS EXTENDED SO THE SHIP COULD GO TO THE MIDDLE EAST.

THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE CHALLENGES.

>> THE STATES ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING THIS TIME AROUND VERSUS IN THE PAST.

>> THIS WILL BE HER FIRST TIME EATING HER DAD.

>> WE JUST HAD HER IN JUNE.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN BUSY, THEY DEPLOYED FOR FOUR MONTHS IN NOVEMBER IN 2023 AND LAST SUMMER THEY JOINED SAILORS FOR ANOTHER FEW MONTHS IN THE PACIFIC EXERCISE, KEEPING THEM AT SEA.

THEN OUT AGAIN IN NOVEMBER FOR WHAT BECAME NINE MORE MONTHS.

CAPTAIN JOSHUA IS THE OFFICER, HE SAID THIS CREW FEATURED A SPECIAL PASSENGER, A FACILITY EXPEDITIONARY ANIMAL.

A TWO-YEAR-OLD LABRADOR.

>> HE WILL SPEND THE DAY GETTING HIS EXERCISE IN THE MORNING AND TRAVELING AROUND THE SHIP, SEEING THE SAILORS AND THE SAILORS SPENDING TIME WITH HIM.

>> HE JOINED FROM A VIRGINIA- BASED NONPROFIT.

THEY PLAN ON KEEPING HIM AROUND.

>> IT IS GREAT TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD.

>> THE GROUP COMMANDER ADMIRAL SAID IT IS GREAT TO BE HOME.

>> THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING US HOME, YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR OUR SAILORS IS DEEPLY FELT.

>> AFTER A BUSY TWO YEARS, THE CREW EARNED SOME TIME AT HOME.

>> THAT'S WHY I SAY TO THE SAILORS, THAT IS AN EASY ONE, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR EACH OTHER, FOR THE SHIP AND FOR THIS NATION.

>> ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO IS HOSTING A SPECIAL GUEST THIS WEEKEND, THEY WILL BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC TOURS STARTING TOMORROW.

THE EAGLES WILL TOUR ALONG THE WEST COAST, THEY VISITED SAN DIEGO FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2008.

THE TORS ARE FREE AND THEY WILL BE HELD FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, WHAT RUSSIA AIMS TO GET OUT OF TOMORROW'S MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PUTIN, THAT IS AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS .

>>> AS STUDENTS HEAD BACK TO CLASS THIS WEEK, PARENTS AND STUDENTS MAY NOTICE CLASSES ARE GETTING SMALLER.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAVE LOST ABOUT 27,000 STUDENTS OVER THE PAST DECADE, THE LARGEST DISTRICT SAYS IT HAS LOST ALMOST 10,000 STUDENTS SINCE THE 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR.

FEWER STUDENTS MEANS LESS FUNDING TO PROBLEM SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SOLVE FOR MANY YEARS.

>> ARE THEY LOVED, WHEN THEY COME ON CAMPUS, DO THEY FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG?

HAVE WE ELIMINATED BULLYING?

AND IF WE GET THAT RIGHT, THE KIDS ARE GOING TO CHOOSE THE PUBLIC OPTION.

>> CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN SURGING, THEY OFTEN PROVIDE MORE OPTIONS LIKE LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAMS, ONLINE CLASSES AND BETTER COLLEGE PREP.

AS SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY RETURN, THEY ARE BEGINNING TO GRAPPLE WITH THE FEAR OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE PREPARING.

>> Reporter: FOR TEACHERS, STAFF AND STUDENTS IN LOS ANGELES, THE START OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS DIFFERENT, EDUCATORS SAY THEY ARE HAVING TO CREATE SAFE PASSAGE PLANS FOR STUDENTS, TO PROTECT THEM FROM POTENTIAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS BY I.C.E.

AGENTS.

>> I'M GOING TO BE ON THE STREET, RIGHT OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL, MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS CAN GET THERE SAFELY.

>> Reporter: THE FEAR FROM SCHOOL STAFF EXACERBATED, THE WEEK CLASSES BEGAN.

WHEN A TEENAGE BOY WITH DISABILITIES WAS PULLED FROM A CAR AND HANDCUFFED OUTSIDE A HIGH SCHOOL.

SOME AGENTS DRAWING THEIR GUNS DURING THE INCIDENT.

I.C.E.

SAID IT WAS A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

THE FEAR EXTENDS WELL BEYOND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

>> ESPECIALLY THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE OF WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SINCE THIS ADMINISTRATION TOOK OVER.

>> Reporter: LAST YEAR, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RESCINDED A LONG-STANDING SENSITIVE'S LOCATION POLICY, THAT LIMITS THEIR ACTION AS SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND HOSPITALS, LEADING TO I.C.E.

RAIDS AT CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

TEACHERS UNIONS ARE TRAINING EDUCATORS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, FOCUSING ON LEGAL RIGHTS AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

ALL OF THIS ADDING ANOTHER LAYER TO THE BURDEN OF TEACHERS.

>> EDUCATORS WILL PROTECT STUDENTS, WHETHER IT IS AGAINST A GUNMAN OR FALSE ARREST OR KIDNAPPING.

>>> IN A WORLD WHERE EVERYTHING IS DISPOSABLE, IT IS SOMETIMES HARD TO KEEP HISTORY FROM THE WRECKING BALL BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A BUILDING IS CONNECTED TO SO MANY MEMORIES THAT IT HAS TO BE PRESERVED.

THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED AT ONE PLACE IN OUR COUNTY.

>> Reporter: AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH IN SAN MARCO SOMETIME AFTER 1950 AND YOU SEE THAT BUILDING IN THE LOWER LEFT, THAT WAS THE FRED WILLIAMS SQUARE DANCE BARN.

>> WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL, THAT IS WHERE WE CAME AND WE SQUARE DANCED AND WE LEARNED TO DO THE VIRGINIA REAL AND THE BUNNY HOP AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> Reporter: A GAS STATION OWNER ON MISSION ROAD IS WHAT FRED WILLIAMS WAS, AND IN 1950, HE AND HIS WIFE HAD THIS BARN BUILT FOR DANCES.

HERE'S A PICTURE OF WHAT IT USED TO LOOK LIKE BUT REALLY IT WAS USED FOR A LOT MORE THAN JUST DANCES.

MARY WILLIAMS, SAME LAST NAME BUT NO RELATION, HERE IS MARY AT HER EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATION AT A PLACE THAT SHE SAYS WAS ONLY MADE UP INSIDE TO LOOK LIKE A BARN.

>> THE DIFFERENT HORSE BRIDLES AND THE COLORS AND ALL THESE THINGS HANGING FROM THE RAFTERS AND THE DECORATIONS, AND HERE WE WERE TRYING TO WHERE OUR PROM DRESSES.

>> Reporter: FOR A COUPLE OF GENERATIONS, THE BARN WAS WHERE SOCIAL EVENTS HAPPENED WHERE YOU DANCED ON THE PECAN FLOOR UNDER THE WESTERN CHANDELIERS.

BUT IF YOU GO TO WHERE IT WAS TODAY, THERE IS THE SAN MARCO CITY HALL.

SO IS THAT IT, NO MORE?

TAKE A LOOK.

THAT BARN WAS FIRST PURCHASED BY THE CITY AND THEN MOVED.

THEY HAD TO CUT IT INTO PIECES BUT THEY MOVED IT INTO ONE GROVE PARK.

SO NOW, LOOK AT THIS, FRED WILLIAMS OLD BARN, SAME CHANDELIERS, SAME POLISHED FLOOR THAT OVER THE YEARS SAW A FEW PROBLEMS, YOU WONDER IF OLD PLACES CAN HAVE NEW LIFE.

WELL, HERE YOU ARE, DANCING WELL INTO THE SECOND HALF- CENTURY, SAN MARCO'S WASN'T ALLOWED TO LET THE BARN DIE AND THAT MAKES FOR A HAPPY ENDING TO THIS STORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> YOU CAN WATCH A HALF HOUR OF KEN CRAMER'S STORY TONIGHT AT 8:00 RIGHT HERE ON KPBS .

>>> IT HAS BEEN A VERY INTERESTING SUMMER, WE KEPT THINGS FAIRLY QUIET AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS WE GO THROUGH TIME.

COOLER AS WE TREND INTO THE WEEKEND AS A PART OF A PATTERN SHIPPED ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S., WE ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT A THICKER MARINE LAYER AS WE GEAR UP FOR A WARMING TREND IN THE NEXT WEEK.

NO BIG-TIME HEAT COMING THROUGH, SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS, AT LEAST NOT NOW.

LET'S TAKE YOU TO THE NUMBERS FOR TONIGHT, 65 FOR THE LOW, BORREGO SPRINGS BACK INTO THE LOWER 70s, WE WILL FIND THOSE NUMBERS COMING DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY, THE MARINE LAYER COMING THROUGH THAT PART OF THE THING THAT HAS CHANGED ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. HAS BEEN THIS PATTERN CHANGE.

A BIG POCKET OF COOL AIR VENTURING INTO THE NORTHWEST FOR OUR FRIENDS IN SEATTLE, THEY WILL BE GETTING RAIN WHICH IS UNUSUAL AND THIS IS A RARITY HERE.

WE ALSO HAVE THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE WHICH MEANS FOR OUR REGION, IT IS GOING TO HELP TO KNOCKDOWN THE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT.

WE HAVE 71 FOR THE HIGH THROUGH TOMORROW AND OCEANSIDE WE ARE AT 76, BORREGO SPRINGS AT 103.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS HERE AND LIKE I SAID, THE WEEKEND STARTING OFF ON A COOLER NOTE, THE NEXT TWO DAYS TOMORROW INTO SATURDAY PRETTY NICE, SUNSHINE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

AND TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE UPPER 70s FOR THE COASTAL AREAS BY THE TIME WE GET INTO TUESDAY THERE IS THAT WARMING TREND, IT IS A LITTLE MORE PRONOUNCED FOR THE INLAND COMMUNITIES WHERE WE START IN THE UPPER 70s AND BACK TO THE LOWER 80s FOR THE WEEKEND AND MID 80s FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES WILL BE IN THE 60s TO START OFF THE WEEKEND, WE GO BACK TO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70s SO THERE IS REAL WARMTH TRYING TO PUSH IN.

AND FOR THE DESERT COMMUNITIES, WE SHOULD EASE OFF SOME OF THE REAL HEAT AS WE HAD THROUGH SATURDAY.

ULTIMATELY THOSE WILL STAY IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS.

>>> WE KNOW SAN DIEGO IS KNOWN AS AMERICA'S FINEST CITY FOR MANY REASONS, WORLD-CLASS BEACHES AND AMAZING CULINARY SCENE AND GREAT ENTERTAINMENT BUT NOW THERE MIGHT BE ONE MORE THING TO ADD TO THE LIST.

THERE'S A CONTEST GOING ON FOR AMERICA'S BEST PUBLIC RESTROOM AND A SAN DIEGO SITE IS A CONTENDER.

JOHN CARROLL WENT TO MISSION BAY TO CHECK IT OUT.

>> Reporter: JUST STEPS FROM THE SAND, A STONE'S THROW FROM THE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND, ONE FINDS A PLACE OF REST AND RELIEF, A PLACE TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.

>> WE BUILD PREFABRICATED RESTROOM BUILDINGS FOR PARKS NATIONWIDE.

>> Reporter: THAT IS CHAD KAUFMAN, HE IS PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC RESTROOM COMPANY, HIS COMPANY HAS BUILT A NUMBER OF PUBLIC RESTROOMS IN SAN DIEGO PARKS AND ON BEACHES BUT HE IS ESPECIALLY PROUD OF TECO LODI SHORES.

>> I WAS FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH THE DESIGN GROUP AND THEY CAME UP WITH THIS DESIGN, THE BUTTERFLY ROOF IS A TYPICAL, IT HAS SORT OF A NAUTICAL THEME EXTERIOR AESTHETIC.

>> THIS PRISTINE POTTY PLACE HAS MORE THAN JUST SINKS, THERE IS A RINSE OFF SHOWER FOR EVERY PART OF FOLKS, SHORT AND TALL.

COOL ENOUGH, THAT KAUFMAN FACES SOME STIFF COMPETITION FOR THE BEST RESTROOM CROWN FROM 10 OTHER CONTENDERS AND THEY ARE ANYTHING BUT CRAPPY.

THERE'S THIS IN NEW YORK CITY, AND THIS ONE IN DALLAS, FISHY.

AND ON THE FUSSY SIDE, THE RESTROOMS AT LITTLE AMERICA IN SALT LAKE CITY.

BUT IF THE VOTERS FOR TOP RESTROOM ARE ANYTHING LIKE JERRY AND ALICE WEINER, KAUFMAN MIGHT BE THE FIRST TO CROSS THE FECAL FINISH LINE.

>> I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO USE ONE OF THE TOP 10 RESTROOMS IN THE U.S. >> USUALLY WHEN WE COME HERE, I WAIT FOR THIS ONE BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY RESTROOMS ALONG HERE BUT THIS ONE IS NEW AND NICE.

>> BUT ARE THE STALLS STINKY?

NO, EXCEPT IN THIS ONE, BE GLAD YOU DON'T HAVE SMELL-O-VISION.

>> AS FOR THE CONTEST, YOU HAVE UNTIL NOON TOMORROW TO VOTE, AND AT THIS POINT, CHAD KAUFMAN IS FEELING BULLISH ON HIS BATHROOM.

>> WE KEEP SEEING COOL LITTLE RESTROOMS AND RESTAURANTS, YEAH THAT IS COOL BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC REALLY USES AND I'M HOPING THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT.

>> SO, VIEWERS, LISTENERS AND READERS, IF YOU ARE FOND OF LOVELY LATRINES, GO AHEAD AND VOTE BUT JUST ONE MORE THING, DON'T CALL IT A JOHN.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>> O, JOHN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY, GREAT STORY.

YOU CAN FIND OUR STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS .ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR, RESTORATION AND FLOODING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

AND BY THE CONRAD PRESENCE FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCO SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING -- AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.