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>>> GOOD EVENING IT IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 19th, I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER LONG, DRY SUMMER AND WITH IT COMES MORE TALK ABOUT CONSERVING WATER.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S BIGGEST SUPPLIER IS CALLING ON PEOPLE TO LIMIT THEIR WATER USE, BUT COULD THIS MEAN RESTRICTIONS DOWN THE ROAD, KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER WITH WHAT THIS MEANS ABOUT OUR LOCAL WATER SUPPLY.

>> Reporter: CONDITIONS ARE WORSENING IN THE WEST, U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR SAYS MORE THAN 95% OF THE REGION IS IN A DROUGHT.

CONTINUED DROUGHT ARE FORCING THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO ASK WATER AGENCIES TO VOLUNTARILY CONSERVE WATER.

JEFF STEFANSSON IS THE WATER RESOURCE MANAGER FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.

HE SAID THE COUNTY IS DECADES AHEAD IN WATER CONSERVATION PRACTICES.

>> YOU'RE IN SAN FRANCISCO, WE HAVE CUT WATER USE PER PERSON IN HALF OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS.

>> Reporter: THE SUPPLY ALERT COMES ONE DAY AFTER THE FIRST- EVER WATER SHORTAGE WAS REPORTED ON THE COLORADO RIVER.

ALTHOUGH THAT SHORTAGE MOSTLY AFFECTS NEVADA AND ARIZONA, SAN DIEGO DOES RECEIVE 60% OF TRANSFER WATER FROM THE COLORADO RIVER, WHICH MAY SEEM LIKE A LOT.

BUT -- >> WHAT MAKES US IN A BETTER POSITION THAN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATES, ESPECIALLY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 30 YEARS AGO WHEN WE STARTED DIVERSIFYING OUR WATER SUPPLY.

>> Reporter: OVER THE YEARS, STEFANSSON SAID SAN DIEGO WENT FROM HAVING ONLY TWO WATER SUPPLIES TO HAVING A MULTITUDE OF SOURCES THAT INCLUDE RESERVOIRS, RECYCLED WATER, AND GROUNDWATER.

HE SAID WE WOULD BE FACING A REAL PROBLEM IS VOLUNTARY REDUCTION BECOMES A STATE MANDATE FOR EVERYONE ACROSS THE BOARD.

>> IT IS TOO SOON TO TELL REALLY IF THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT IF THE STATE WERE TO DO THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THE STRESS TEST AGAIN SO THAT WE CAN SHOW THIS MODEL THAT WE CREATED THAT THE REST OF THE STATE COULD EMULATE.

THAT WE DIVERSIFIED OUR SUPPLIES AND PREPARED FOR THE DROUGHT.

>> Reporter: STEFANSSON SAID WE WILL HAVE TO SEE IF WE WILL BE HIT WITH A REDUCTION MANDATE IN THE YEARS TO COME, BUT FOR NOW HE ENCOURAGES SAN DIEGO AND USING SAN DIEGO.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO CLIMATE ADVOCATES ARE TRYING TO PUSH LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO DO MORE.

FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEK, THEY ARE TAKING DIRECT ACTION.

KPBS ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER ERIK ANDERSON HAS THE STORY FROM CITY HEIGHTS.

>> Reporter: LOCAL CLIMATE ADVOCATES FOR THEIR COUNTERPARTS AROUND THE COUNTRY TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PLAN.

THE BLUEPRINT CONTAINS MORE THAN $3.5 BILLION USE OF SPENDING ON THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA.

THEY SAID IT WOULD FUND PROJECTS THAT WOULD BRING ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE TO UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS.

HE SAID THEY SHOULD FUND LEAD PIPE REMOVAL AND EXPANSION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AMONG OTHER THINGS.

>> IT SHOULD INCLUDE THESE THINGS, NOT BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE BEARING THE BRUNT OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

THAT INCLUDES MANY PEOPLE IN CITY HEIGHTS, WHERE WE ARE TODAY, AND THROUGHOUT ALL SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: THE CLIMATE ADVOCATES SAY IT IS PAST TIME TO TAKE ACTION.

THEY ARE ARGUING THAT THIS TIME AND REPORT ONLY GIVES THE WORLD NINE YEARS TO STAVE OFF THE WORST POSSIBLE OUTCOMES OF THE WARMING PLANET.

>> WE ARE IN A CLIMATE EMERGENCY.

THEN WE WILL NOT HAVE A LIVABLE FUTURE WITHOUT CLIMATE ACTION.

WORKING-CLASS BLACK AND BROWN THESE ARE THE ONES HIT FIRST AND WORST BY THE CRISIS.

>> Reporter: THERE HOPING THEIR CALL TO ACTION WILL END THE POLITICAL CIRCUS IN WASHINGTON AND CONVINCE LAWMAKERS TO SUPPORT THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL AND BIDEN'S NEW BUDGET.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THIS IS VIDEO FROM GREENLAND TODAY, ANOTHER MILEPOST TOWARD IRREVERSIBLE CLIMATE CHANGE.

FOR THE FIRST TIME ON RECORD, IT WAS RAINING ON THE COUNTRY'S SUMMIT.

THAT IS TWO MILES ABOVE SEA LEVEL, WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE USUALLY COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW.

THIS WEEK THE TEMPERATURE ROSE ABOVE FREEZING FOR THE THIRD TIME IN LESS THAN A DECADE.

THE CLIMATE IS AN EVEN BIGGER STORY TO OUR NORTH THIS WEEK, A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN PLACE FOR A COMMUNITY WHERE DOZENS OF HOMES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR DESTROYED BY WILDFIRE.

THE FIRE IS BEING PREPARED BY WIND GUST AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS IMAGE SHARED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO, IT IS SHOWING JUST HOW MUCH IS HOVERING OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY, MANY OF THOSE EVACUATED WERE WONDERING IF THERE'S WILL BE THE NEXT TO BURN.

MARISSA PERLMAN HAS ONE OF THE STORIES FROM EL DORADO COUNTY.

>> THE NOT KNOWING AND THE ANTICIPATION AND THE WAITING.

ALL OF THAT, JUST, IT JUST WEARS ON YOU.

>> Reporter: GONE WILD, WAITING HERE AT THIS HOTEL OF FOR NEWS ABOUT HIS SOMERSET HOME.

HE PACKED UP HIS ANIMALS AND FAMILY AND DID NOT LOOK BACK.

BUT NOW HE IS NOT SURE WHAT IS LEFT.

>> WE ARE WATCHING THE HEAT MAP.

YESTERDAY IT LOOKED LIKE PAC- MAN, IT WAS GOING TO EAT OUR HOUSE.

>>> AS THE FLIES OVERHEAD, HEADING BACK TO THE FIRE ZONE.

>> IT IS NOT A GOOD THING TO SEE.

WHEN YOU SEE THAT, THINGS ARE EXTREMELY SERIOUS.

>> Reporter: HOW MUCH HOME, HELP YOU HAVE FOR YOUR HOME IN SOMERSET?

>> ZERO.

>> Reporter: HE HAS SEEN THE DAMAGE IN HIS TOWN IN NEARBY GROUP B FLATS.

THE HOME IS BEEN IN HIS FAMILY FOR DECADES.

WE HEADED TO SOMERSET TO SEE WHAT IS LEFT.

>> Reporter: HEY JOE, HOW ARE YOU DOING?

EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD HERE.

>> OKAY, THAT, THAT IS GREAT.

>> Reporter: HIS HOUSE, IN A HEAVILY -WEIGHTED DRIVE OFF CALDOR DRIVE, BARELY TOUCHED BY FIRE.

>> THAT IS AWESOME, I APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> Reporter: JUST A MILE UP THE ROAD OTHERS WERE NOT SO LUCKY.

AS THE FIREFIGHT CONTINUES, HE SAYS HE WILL NOT BE SLEEPING EASY.

>> IT IS NOT UNTIL WE GET BACK THERE THAT WE WILL BE FULLY, BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF.

>> Reporter: THAT WAS MARISSA PERLMAN PARTY.

SAN DIEGO OFFICIALS ARE TAKING BOLD STEPS TO ADDRESS THE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, PLANS ARE UNDERWAY TO OPEN HIGH RECEPTION SHELTERS.

THE IDEA IS FOR THE SMALLER SHELTERS THE HOUSE, NOT TURN AWAY, THOSE WHO HAVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES WERE MORE SERVICES CAN BE BROUGHT TO THEM.

>> THIS YEAR THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF FOLKS WE CLOSE THE DOOR ON, THESE ARE THE KIND OF FOLKS THAT WE OPENED THE DOOR AND INVITE HIM.

WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE DO THAT, IT IS FAR MORE LIKELY THAT WE CAN BREAK THE CYCLE OF ADDITION AND ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING HEALTH CONCERNS AND ULTIMATELY GET THIS PERSON STABLY HOUSE AND OFF THE STREET FOR GOOD.

>> I KNOW HOW SERIOUS IT IS, I HEAR IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

PEOPLE WANT US TO GET IT DONE.

AND THAT REQUIRES US TO DO NEW THINGS IN NEW WAYS.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE.

>> NEXT WEEK WE WILL CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION WITH SAN DIEGO MAYOR AND SUPERVISOR FLETCHER ABOUT THE CITY AND COUNTY PARTNERSHIP THAT AIMS TO FILL THE GAP IN THE HOMELESS SERVICE SYSTEM.

>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX MONTHS, HOME PRICES ARE GOING DOWN.

THE UNION TRIBUNE REPORTED THE MEDIAN PRICE IS NOW $730,000.

THAT IS NOT ENOUGH OF A DROP TO HAVE MUCH MEETING.

DATA RELEASED BY CORE LOGIC INDICATES THE MEDIAN PRICE IS STILL OVER 15% HIGHER THAN THE LAST YEAR.

THE PEAK WAS RECORDED IN JUNE WHEN THE MEDIAN PRICE WAS CLOSE TO $750,000.

ANALYSTS SAY THE DROP OF JUST OVER $19,000 IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO INDICATE A MARKET CHANGE.

>>> NEARLY $80 MILLION.

THAT IS HOW MUCH THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO HAS GIVEN OUT IN RENT RELIEF SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

BUT AS KPBS REPORTED JOHN CARROLL TELLS US THERE IS STILL A LOT OF RELIEF MONEY AVAILABLE AND NOT JUST IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO SAID IT HAS UP HIS GAME WHEN IT COMES TO RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WHO NEED IT.

>> WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN IDENTIFYING RENTERS AND LANDLORDS WHO ARE BEHIND ON THEIR PAYMENT AND GROWTH.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO HAS DISTRIBUTED NEARLY $80 MILLION TO MORE THAN 9600 HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLDS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

THE SECOND LARGEST CITY, CHULA VISTA, HAS THE SCRIPT DISTRIBUTED NEARLY 5.5 MILLION TO 838 HOUSEHOLD.

AND MAYOR GLORIA SAID THERE IS MORE TO COME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE, >> WE CAN DO EVEN MORE ASSISTANT.

>> Reporter: IS MUCH AS THE PANDEMIC HAS PUT MAJOR STRESS ON BOTH RENTERS AND LANDLORDS, GLORIA SAID THIS ASSISTANCE MONEY WILL TURN THINGS AROUND FOR ALL INVOLVED.

>> THE RENTER WILL NOT BE EVICTED, THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE CASCADING NEGATIVE CONSEQUENT CONSEQUENCES OF THESE ACTIONS.

ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE WINS.

>> Reporter: IS THE BAD NEWS ABOUT THE SPREAD OF COVID ROSEN, AT LEAST PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TO FACE LOSING THEIR HOMES AS WELL.

TO APPLY FOR THE RENTAL SYSTEMS PROGRAM, GO TO THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMMITTEE WEBSITE.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> NEW NUMBERS JUST IN ON THE LOCAL KOLSKY SITUATION.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS REPORTING 1400 NEW COVID-19 CASES.

THAT IS AN UPTICK OF A FEW HUNDRED OVER THE PREVIOUS DAY.

HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE ALSO REPORTING 100 NEW HOSPITALIZATIONS AND FIVE ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

WE ARE SEEING A LOT MORE BAD BEHAVIOR IN PUBLIC DURING THE COVID AREA, ESPECIALLY ON PLANES.

NOW, SOME SERIOUS FINES MIGHT BE ON THE WAY.

THE FAA IS PROPOSING MORE THAN $500,000 IN FINES IN SOME CASES, THE AGENCY IS LOOKING AROUND 30 PEOPLE WHO WERE UNRULY ON FLIGHTS.

MANY OF THOSE INCIDENTS INVOLVED PEOPLE VIOLATING MASK RULES.

>>> WE HAVE SEEN IT HERE IN SAN DIEGO AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THERE IS A LOT OF PUBLIC VITRIOL OVER THE RETURN OF WEARING MASKS, ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS IN SCHOOLS.

CAN DELIVER NOW REPORTS ON THIS NEW DYNAMIC THAT IS MAKING EDUCATORS JOBS EVEN HARDER >> Reporter: HEATED DEBATES OVER MASK MANDATES AMONG POLITICIANS.

WITH EXPERTS SAYING THAT MASKS ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO PROTECT AGAINST CHILDREN UNDER 12 WERE NOT YET ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINE.

>> EVEN IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE MAY HAVE SCHOOL TEACHERS.

WE WANT THEM TO WEAR MASKS SO THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE IN SCHOOLS.

>> SOME, LIKE BOBBY SANTOS SAY THAT PARENTS, NOT SCHOOLS SHOULD DECIDE WHETHER KIDS WHERE A MASK IN THE CLASSROOM.

THE SANTOS THREATENED TO WITHHOLD THE SALARY OF SCHOOLTEACHERS WHO WITHHOLD MASK MANDATES.

HEALTHY KIDS, AFTER A POSSIBLE COVID EXPOSURE IN SCHOOLS, SHOULD BE UP TO THE PARENTS, TOO.

>> THE KIDS, WHOSE PARENTS MAY ALREADY BE ONION, WHO ALREADY HAVE A PASSING CONTACT, IF THEY ARE HEALTHY, THEY SHOULD WANT TO GET THEM BACK -- IF THEY WANT TO GIVE THEM BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, I THINK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD WORK ON THAT.

>> Reporter: HEALTH EXPERTS A THE RISK IS FAR TOO GREAT.

>> THE RISK IS NOT JUST TO THE CHILD, IT IS TO THE REST OF THE GROUP.

>> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 ACROSS FLORIDA LARGER SCHOOL DISTRICT SINCE THE START OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

CAMILA BERNAL, KPBS NEWS.

>> Reporter: >>> FACEBOOK IS CRACKING DOWN ON MISINFORMATION.

THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY HAS TAKEN ACTION AGAINST, QUOTE, THE DISINFORMATION.

THAT IS A GROUP OF 12 PLATFORM USERS THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE IDENTIFIED AS IS POSSIBLE FOR SPREADING THIS INFORMATION.

FACEBOOK SAID IT REMOVED MORE THAN THREE DOZEN GROUPS AND PAGES LINKED TO THOSE 12 PEOPLE.

>>> THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU IS BEING BLAMED FOR A CYBER ATTACK ON SOME BUREAU SERVERS IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR IN A REPORT BY THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR GENERAL, WAS AWARE OF THE POSSIBLE VULNERABILITY THREE WEEKS PRIOR.

BUT FAILED TO TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT THE CYBER ATTACK.

HACKERS USED THE PLOT TO GET INSIDE THE SERVICE, BUT THE CENSUS COUNT WAS NOT AFFECTED BY THE ATTACK.

THEY WERE USING THE COMPROMISED SERVICE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.

IT IS NOT CLEAR WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK.

>>> RECENTLY RELEASED 2020 CENSUS RESULTS SHOWED LATINOS MAKING UP THE SECOND-LARGEST ETHNIC GROUP IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AFTER WHITE PEOPLE.

THE KPBS REPORTED SAID FOR MANY PEOPLE THE CENSUS CATEGORIES DO NOT REALLY WORK FOR THEM.

>> Reporter: THIS RESIDENT IMMIGRATED FROM MEXICO 18 YEARS AGO, TO THIS DAY, EVERY TIME SHE FILLS OUT THE CENSUS IT IS CONFUSING.

AND ASKED HER TO SAY IF SHE IS HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND THEN SELECT HER RACE.

>> I DO NOT IDENTIFY AS AFRICAN- AMERICAN, ASIAN, OR WHITE.

SO, I FEEL LIKE I AM LEFT WITHOUT A BOX TO MARK.

SO YES, I COULD NOT FIND AN OPTION THAT COULD FIT RIGHT IN.

SO I FILLED IN SOME OTHER RACE.

>> Reporter: NEARLY HALF OF ALL LATINOS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IDENTIFY AS SOME OTHER RACE.

ON MORE THAN 20% INCREASE OVER THE LAST DECADE.

THE GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO MARKED SOME OTHER RACE SHOWS THE LIMIT OF THE CENSUS SAID EDWARD DEUS, PROFESSOR AT UC IRVINE.

>> WHY SHOULD THERE NOT BE THAT CATEGORY.

>> Reporter: SINCE 1980, THE CENSUS HAS ALWAYS HAD A TWO- FORMAT QUESTION.

AND ASK IF YOU ARE LATINO, HISPANIC OR SPANISH, AND THEN YOUR RACE.

IT IS BECAUSE IT DESIGNATES LATINO AS AN F MINICITY INSTEAD OF A RACE.

BUT HE SAID THE DIFFERENCES ARE NOT SO CLEAR.

>> THE TRADITIONAL WAY WAS BY PHYSICAL FEATURES.

AND PEOPLE WITH CULTURAL DIFFERENCES.

WHILE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE REALLY A LOT OF OVERLAPS BETWEEN THOSE.

>> Reporter: WHAT WE DO KNOW FROM THE RECENT CENSUS, LATINOS IN SAN DIEGO INCREASINGLY SEE THEMSELVES AS MULTIRACIAL.

THE NUMBER WHO MARKED TWO OR MORE RACES ROSE BY MORE THAN FIVE TIMES IN 2010.

A MARIACHI MUSICIAN, FIVE YEARS AGO HE LEARNED MORE ABOUT HIS RACIAL GROUP THROUGH A GENETIC TEST.

>> YOU KNOW, THESE INDIGENOUS TRIBES.

AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT MY OWN PERSONAL HISTORY.

>> Reporter: MARKED DOWN SEVERAL RACES AND WROTE IN.

WHICH INCLUDES HIS WIFE AND TWO KIDS.

AND THEIR ROOTS.

♪ >> I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INDIGENOUS PART.

BECAUSE IT IS ME.

IF I DO NOT KNOW MY HISTORY, IF I DON'T KNOW MY ROOTS, THEN I DO NOT HAVE AN IDENTITY.

>> PEOPLE ARE RECOGNIZING COMPLEX AND RACIAL IDENTITIES, BOTH ON THE CENSUS AND THROUGH THE TORRES FAMILY, THROUGH THEIR MUSIC.

♪ ♪ CHRISTINA KIM, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ONE MORE NOTE ON THE CENSUS, NATIVE AMERICANS, OF WHICH MANY CALL SAN DIEGO COUNTY HOME, ARE SEEING A BOOST IN REPRESENTATION.

THE CENSUS REPORTS NATIVE AMERICANS NOW MAKE UP 3% OF ALL PEOPLE THE IN THE UNITED STATES.

THAT IS THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE IN GENERATION.

IN ALL, ABOUT 10 MILLION PEOPLE IDENTIFIED AS NATIVE OR MIXED RACE WITH NATO, THE CENSUS BUREAU LEAVES PART OF THE JUMP IS DUE TO AN UNDERCUT BACK IN 2010.

>>> A BIG HONOR TODAY FOR THE FAMILY OF A LOCAL WAR HERO.

THE POST OFFICE ON MIDLAND ROAD WAS OFFICIALLY DEDICATED TO RAY CHAVEZ A U.S. NAVY VETERAN WHO PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 106.

THIS IS VIDEO FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

HE HAS BEEN THE OLDEST LIVING SURVIVOR OF THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR DECEMBER 7, 1941.

A PLAQUE HONORING HIM WAS UNVEILED TODAY IN FRONT OF HIS FAMILY.

>>> THE WEEKEND IS SHAPING UP TO BE A NICE ONE, WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST OF SAN DIEGO.

MELISSA CONSTANZER HAS THE FORECAST.

>> WE ARE SHUTTING OFF THE MONSOON OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

REALLY AS DRIER AIR MOVES ON IN.

THAT HAS LED TO SLOWER CONDITIONS OUT THERE ACROSS OUR STATE AND IT HAS ALSO LED TO MORE WILDFIRE CONDITIONS AS THE BREEZE CUSHIONS IN FROM THE NORTH.

AND THE OVERRIDING SLOWER PATTERN KEEPS US DRY.

QUIET, SUMMERTIME WEATHER, SLIGHTLY WARMER INTO NEXT WEEK.

SO AROUND OUR AREA, NOT A WHOLE LOT GOING ON TODAY.

FALLING TO 70 DEGREES IN THE CITY.

MEANWHILE, COMING IN AT 65.

LOWER-70S, A COUPLE OF CLOUDS TOWARDS THE COAST BUT BEYOND THAT, THERE WILL BE MORE CHANCES OF RAIN.

WE DO HAVE SOME OF THAT MARINE AIR PASSING THROUGH, NOT A TON OF IT.

BUT IT IS OUT THERE.

AND IT WILL BE NOTICEABLE INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

TOMORROW, THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BASICALLY WE HAVE THIS NORTHERLY FLOOR COMING IN.

HIGH IN THE SKY.

THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO DRIVE THE WEATHER PATTERN, AND THAT IS WHY WE WILL BE SO DRY OUT THERE AS WE HEAD THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA AND THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN TELEPHONIC, TOO, THROUGH THE MOUNT.

NOT REALLY ANY CHANCE OF RAIN AS WE VENTURE THROUGH TOMORROW.

TOMORROW, 76 THROUGH THE HIGH KARA CANETTO COMING IN, CHULA VISTA, 75.

FOR PLACES LIKE, NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS HERE, WE ARE ACTUALLY FAIRLY COMFORTABLE AS WE MOVE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES HOLDING ONTO THE MID-70s FOR THE COAST.

AND THEN, GETTING MORE SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE ABERRANT AFTERNOON.

A LITTLE BIT BETTER NEXT WEEK, WE WILL INCH OUR WAY UP IN TEMPERATURES.

AND THAT IS TRUE FOR INLAND LOCATIONS, WHICH WILL WORK THE WAY TO THE MID-80s.

INTO THE UPPER-70S, AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE START OF THIS WEEKEND.

GETTING INTO THE MOUNT LOCATION, NO CHANCES OF RAIN HERE.

FAIRLY QUIET.

WE DO GET BACK INTO THE MID-70s AFTER A WEEKEND SPENT IN THE 60s FOR AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE DESERT AND HOLDING ONTO THE 90s, BUT WE WILL BE BACK IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS HEADING INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST MELISSA CONSTANZER.

>>> MUCH OF THE WORLD'S FOCUS IS ON AFGHANISTAN THIS WEEK.

BUT THE SITUATION IN HAITI REMAINS DIRE.

MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE, RELIEF AND RECOVERY IS SLOW.

MATT RIVERS UPDATES US ON THE CRISIS.

>> Reporter: DRIVING INTO RURAL HAITI IS NOT EASY.

MILES AND MILES OF TOUGH, UNPAVED ROADS.

BUT IT IS AT THE END OF THOSE ROADS WHERE SOME OF THE WORST DAMAGE FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE LIES.

THIS IS A FISHING TOWN OF 30,000 WERE HUNDREDS OF STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.

SHE LOST EVERYTHING WHEN THE GROUND SHOOK.

I LOST MY BUSINESS, AND MY HOME, SHE SAYS.

I HAVE SIX KIDS TO SEND TO SCHOOL AND I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I AM GOING TO DO.

HERS WAS THE FIRST HOME WE STOPPED IT UP THE STREET, WE COULD NOT DRIVE PAST HIS HOME BECAUSE LIKE SO MANY OTHERS HERE, WHAT REMAINS COULD COLLAPSE AT ANY MOMENT.

SO THESE GUYS BEHIND ME ARE NOT PROFESSIONALS.

THEY ARE JUST LOCALS WITH HAMMER, WOOD, AND NAILS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BRING THAT SEVERELY DAMAGED BUILDING BEHIND ME DOWN TO THE GROUND.

THEY TOLD ME IN A NEARLY 5 DAYS SINCE THIS EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED, THEY STILL HAVE NOT HAD ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SHOW UP.

IT IS A TOUGH PLACE TO GET TO, BUT AS SOMEONE POINTED OUT TO US, WE MANAGED TO GET IT, SO WHY HASN'T THE GOVERNMENT.

ANGER, IS A PARTICIPANT SENTIMENT FOR MEDICARE AT THIS MAN'S HOME WAS INJURED WHEN IT COLLAPSED.

DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT CAN COME HERE AND HELP YOU?

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

I DON'T THINK SO.

I DON'T THINK SO.

>> Reporter: YOU ARE NOT WAITING FOR THEM?

>> NO.

NO.

>> Reporter: ARE YOU FRUSTRATED WITH THAT?

>> YEAH, FRUSTRATED.

VERY FRUSTRATED.

>> Reporter: SOME BLAME CORRUPTION AND LACK OF WILL FOR IN ACTION.

THERE IS ALSO THE RECENT ASSASSINATION OF THE HAITIAN PRESIDENT, AND GANG VIOLENCE POSSIBLY AT FALL.

THIS BRIDGE IN THE CITY OF JEREMY, IN ROUGH SHAPE BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE, NOW SO DAMAGED THAT HEAVY TRUCK LOADED DOWN WITH AID CANNOT CROSS.

SUPPLIES, SOMETIMES OUR HAND CARRIED.

NO MATTER THE REASON, THE REALITY PERSISTS.

PEOPLE IN NEED ARE GROWING INCREASINGLY DESPERATE.

I NEED HELP, SHE SAYS, AND NO ONE IS HELPING ME, SO FAR IT IS ONLY GOD WHO I THINK WILL HELP ME.

THE PLACE WHERE SHE MIGHT PRAY FOR THAT, THE CHURCH IN THE TOWN CENTER, ALSO DESTROYED.

THANKFULLY, FEWER PEOPLE DIED DURING THIS EARTHQUAKE COMPARED TO PREVIOUS SIMILAR QUAKES.

IMAGINE, AS ONE PERSON TOLD US, IF IT HAD HAPPENED ON A SUNDAY MORNING WHEN CHURCH WAS FULL.

>> Reporter: WE DID REACH OUT TO HADES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, HAVE YOU SENT REPRESENTATIVES THERE TO SEE THE HUNDREDS OF STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED?

WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING TO TRY TO MAKE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THESE EARTHQUAKES BETTER?

THEY DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT.

MATT RIVERS, CNN.

>>> THE FALL OF AFGHANISTAN, THE CALIBAN RESPONSE TO PROTEST WITH VIOLENCE, AND AIRPORT ACCESS FOR AFGHANS TRYING TO FLEE COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> HERE IS A WORK ON WHAT WE ARE LOOKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

ON THE MIDDAY EDITION WE WILL HAVE OUR WEEKEND PREVIEW.

KPBS REPORTER JULIA DIXON WILL GIVE HER PICS FOR EVENTS HAPPENING AROUND SAN DIEGO, AND THEN ON A ROUNDTABLE, WATCHING THE NEWS IN AFGHANISTAN THROUGH THE LENS OF THOSE WHO SERVE.

WHAT A LOCAL VETERAN IS THINKING ABOUT THE U.S. AND BEING ITS INVOLVEMENT IN THE 20- YEAR WAR.

START BACK AS ALWAYS YOU CAN FIND THE STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

>>> WE ARE ENDING THE SHOW WITH THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF THE KPBS MUSIC SERIES.

EIGHT LOCAL ARTISTS ARE FEATURED FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF GENRES.

YOU CAN FIND ALL OF IT ON THE KPBS YOUTUBE PAGE.

TONIGHT WE HAVE LATIN JAZZ MUSICIAN BILL CABALLERO, AND YOU CAN SEE HIM PERFORM TONIGHT.

FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KPBS NEWS, GOOD NIGHT.

♪ >>> THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO THE JAM.

THERE IS NO ADMISSION, YOU CAN BRING CHILDREN OF ALL AGES.

YOU CAN BRING YOUR DOG, YOU CAN EVEN BRING YOUR WIFE IF YOU ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUDDY LOGAN, YOU CAN HEAR SOME GOOD MUSIC AND EAT GREAT FOOD AND DRINK, PLEASE COME BY.

EVERY THURSDAY FROM 7:00 TO 10:00.

♪ ♪ >>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR, PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS AND PRIVILEGE TO SEARCH SAN DIEGO CLIENT.

ANDERSON PLUMBING HEATING AND AIR, HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN DRAIN, HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM SINCE 1978.

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