>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR, RESTORATION, AND FLOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREVACE FOUNDATION, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

A CRUDE VOICE MESSAGE FROM A TOP OFFICIAL IN THE COUNTY'S DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SERVICES CALLING FOR MORE DOG EUTHANASIAS.

KPBS REPORTER, ELAINE, SAYS THE OFFICIAL SENT AN APOLOGY LETTER THAT HAS SOME QUESTIONING ITS VARACITY.

>> I'M SICK OF US KEEPING DOGS THAT AREN'T GOING TO GET ADOPTED.

THAT'S WHY WE ARE OVER CROWDED.

CALL ME HEARTLESS, BUT I'M ALSO REALISTIC.

>> THAT'S THE VOICE OF RACHEL BERELLI, THE DEPARTMENT'S NUMBER TWO OFFICIAL.

KPBS WENT ON LEAVE IN SEPTEMBER.

>> INTERESTING.

OKAY.

>> MOLLY HIGGINS IS A FORMER SHELTER VOLUNTEER.

THE VOICE MESSAGE REFLECTS HER ATTITUDE TOWARD EUTHANASIA.

>> WHEN I HEARD THE VOICE MEMO LAST YEAR, I WASN'T, OR EARLIER THIS YEAR IN YOUR ARTICLE, I WASN'T SURPRISED.

BECAUSE THAT'S JUST VERY ON BRAND FOR THE RACHEL BERELLI THAT I KNEW AND EXPERIENCED AT THE SHELTER.

>> KPBS OBTAINED HER APOLOGY LETTER THROUGH A CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUEST.

SHE CLAIMS THE RECORDING WAS MADE WITHOUT HER KNOWLEDGE.

OUR REPORTING FOUND OTHERWISE.

SHE SENT THE RECORDING AS A VOICE MESSAGE TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO THEN SHARED IT WITH KPBS.

THAT PERSON ANSWERED QUESTIONS OVER TEXT AND ASKED KPBS TO WITHHOLD THEIR NAME.

THEY WROTE, QUOTE, HER CLAIM THAT IT WAS RECORDED WITHOUT HER KNOWLEDGE IS FALSE AND HER EXPLANATION DOESN'T LINE UP WITH WHAT SHE ACTUALLY SAID.

END QUOTE.

THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SERVICES WOULD NOT AGREE TO AN INTERVIEW, BUT SENT A STATEMENT REGARDING THE RECORDING.

QUOTE, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS, BUT THE RECORDING PREVIOUSLY REPORTED DOES NOT REFLECT THE VALUES OR MISSION OF THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.

IT IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CARING AND DEDICATED WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SERVICES STAFF.

KPBS LEARNED EARLIER THIS MONTH, THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS UNDERGOING AN AUDIT.

ELAINE, KPBS NEWS.

>> KPBS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, SCOTT ROD CONTRIBUTED TO THIS STORY.

IF YOU HAVE A TIP FOR KPBS'S INVESTIGATIONS TEAM, YOU CAN SEND AN E-MAIL TO INVESTIGATIONS@KPBS.ORG OR MESSAGE THEM AT THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN, 619-594-8177.

>>> OVERNIGHT, DROPPING DOWN TO THE LOW 50s.

OVERALL, MAINLY CLEAR SKIES.

WE'VE HAD A BREAK FROM LOW CLOUDS AND FOG BECAUSE THE MARINE LAYER THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE, ALSO SEEING SOME CHANGES IN OUR TEMPERATURES.

BREAK DOWN WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THE WORKWEEK COMING UP.

>>> LOCAL POLITICIANS AND FAITH LEADERS ARE REACTING TO WHAT THEY CALL INHUMANE CONDITIONS DESCRIBED BY UKRAINIAN WOMAN HELD IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

KPBS REPORTER, JAKE, HAS AN UPDATE TO THIS STORY THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING.

>> Reporter: INSIDE A FEDERAL DETENTION CENTER IN SAN DIEGO, THE CELLS ARE COLD.

BRIGHT LIGHTS SHINE AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY.

THE TOILETS ARE AN OPEN VIEW OF GUARDS AND DETAINEES ARE SHACKLED IN CHAINS.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO VICTORIA.

SHE WAS RELEASED FROM ICE DETENTION ON TUESDAY AFTER SEVERAL DAYS IN THE FACILITY.

SHE IS A UKRAINIAN WOMAN WHO CAME TO AMERICA FLEEING THE RUSSIAN INVASION.

SHE IS IN THE COUNTRY LEGALLY AND IS MARRIED TO A U.S.

CITIZEN.

SHE WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK AFTER A GREEN CARD INTERVIEW.

THE CONDITIONS SHE REPORTED ARE EXACTLY WHAT REPRESENTATIVE JUAN VARGAS SAW WHEN HE TOURED THE BASEMENT OF THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO LAST MONTH.

>> IT IS VERY INHUMANE WHAT WE ARE DOING.

>> SCOTT SANTAROSA IS PART OF A NEW INTERMYSTERIES.

INTERMINISTRIES.

>> IT IS.

>> HE NEVER IMAGINED THIS WOULD HAPPEN IN AMERICA.

>> IT FEELS LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING FROM, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT COUNTRY THAT YOU READ ABOUT, YOU KNOW?

AND HERE IT IS, 2025, AND IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> ACCORDING TO ICE DATA FROM SEPTEMBER, ONLY 34% OF ICE DETAINEES HAD A CRIMINAL RECORD.

KPBS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THAT THOUSANDS OF HABEAS CORPUS PETITIONS.

THE LOWER COURTS HAVE RULED THE GOVERNMENT IS VIOLATING THE CONSTITUTION, BUT THAT PEOPLE CAN'T EXPECT THE SAME FROM THE SUPREME COURT.

>> THIS IS NOT AN OBJECTIVE SUPREME COURT.

THIS IS A SUPREME COURT THAT IS ALLOWING TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION TO GET AWAY WITH TRAMPLING ALL OF OUR LAWS, INCLUDING THE CONSTITUTION.

>> VARGAS CALLS THE COURT CORRUPT AND SAYS THAT HAS TO CHANGE.

JAKE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THERE WILL BE A LARGER MILITARY PRESENCE ALONG THE U.S., MEXICO BORDER IN CALIFORNIA.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS ADDING ANOTHER MILITARIZED ZONE TO SUPPORT BORDER MILITARY OPERATIONS.

IT WILL EXTEND FROM THE WILDERNESS TO NEAR THE ARIZONA STATE LINE.

SINCE APRIL, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DESIGNATED PARTS OF THE BORDER AS MILITARIZED ZONES, MORE THAN 7,000 TROOPS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED ALONG WITH HELICOPTERS, DRONES, AND SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT.

>>> THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR CAPITOL HILL TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT OR RISK SKYROCKETING HEALTHCARE COSTS FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.

AT ISSUE IS AN EXTENSION OF SUBSIDIES FOR AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PLANS.

AS KAREN REPORTS, TWO PLANS FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY.

>> THE SENATE THURSDAY VOTING ON DUALING HEALTHCARE PLANS.

>> THE MOTION IS NOT AGREED TO.

>> ADVANCING NEITHER.

>> THE MOTION IS NOT AGREED TO.

>> HANGING IN THE BALANCE AS CAPITOL HILL DEBATES ARE ENHANCED AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SUBSIDIES SAID TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

EXPERTS SAY WITHOUT AN EXTENSION, SKYROCKETING PREMIUMS WILL CRIPPLE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.

>> WE NEED TO DO TRIAGE AND FIRST THING IS TO FACE THE EMERGENCY THAT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS FACE WHEN THESE TAX CREDITS DISAPPEAR.

>> THE DEMOCRATIC PROPOSAL PUT FORTH ON THURSDAY SOUGHT TO EXTEND THE SUBSIDIES BY THREE YEARS.

>> THIS KIND OF EXTENSION OF HEALTHCARE SUBSIDIES IS A VERY SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD, NONCOSTLY, POLITICALLY IMPERATIVE THING TO DO.

>> BUT SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP ARGUES A STRAIGHT EXTENSION ISN'T THE RIGHT FIX.

>> IT CAN'T FIX THIS PROGRAM, YOU CAN'T JUST DO A BLANKET EXTENSION WITHOUT REFORMS.

IT IS LIFE WITH WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE.

>> THE REPUBLICAN PLAN PROPOSED TO EXPAND HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS FOR CONSUMERS TO HELP PAY FOR SOME ACA PLANS.

>> THE REPUBLICAN PLAN IS TO PUT THE MONEY INTO THE PATIENT'S POCKETBOOK, SO THAT SHE HAS MONEY TO PAY FOR THE INSURANCE OUT OF POCKET.

>> ANY LEGISLATION PASSED IN THE SENATE WOULD NEED TO SIGN OFF IN THE REPUBLICAN LED HOUSE BEFORE THE CHAMBER RECESSES FOR THE HOLIDAYS AS WELL AS APPROVAL FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKING A RESOLUTION THIS YEAR UNLIKELY.

A NONPARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, A LAPSE COULD LEAD TO 2 MILLION MORE PEOPLE UNINSURED.

IN WASHINGTON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A PROPOSED CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT CLAIMS SHARP HEALTHCARE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITHOUT TELLING PATIENTS.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER BREAKS DOWN WHAT IS IN THE COMPLAINT.

>> Reporter: A SAN DIEGO PATIENT SAID HE WENT IN FOR A ROUTINE CHECKUP IN JULY.

AND LATER FOUND OUT AUDIO FROM THE VISIT HAD BEEN RECORDED WITHOUT CONSENT.

THAT IS THE CLAIM AT THE CENTER OF A PROPOSED HEALTHCARE LAWSUIT.

SHARPE STARTED USING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APP CALLED A BRIDGE IN APRIL.

THE RECORDING TOOL LISTENS IN ON DOCTOR VISITS AND DRAFTS CLINICAL NOTES.

THE APP RECORDED EVERYTHING SAID INSIDE THE EXAM ROOM, SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS, PERSONAL DETAILS, AND SENT THE AUDIO TO A BRIDGE'S SERVERS, WHERE EMPLOYEES COULD REVIEW IT.

THE KEY ALLEGATION IS THAT PATIENTS NEVER KNEW.

CALIFORNIA LAW REQUIRES ALL PARTIES TO CONSENT TO RECORDING CONFIDENTIAL CONVERSATIONS.

THE LAWSUIT SAYS NO ONE AT SHARPE OBTAINED CONSENT OR ALLOWED PATIENTS TO OPT OUT.

THE LAWSUIT SEEKS DAMAGES, CORRECTIONS TO MEDICAL RECORDS, AND A COURT ORDER STOPPING SHARPE FROM USING THE TOOL WITHOUT CONSENT.

SHARPE SAYS IT CAN'T COMMENT ON PENDING LITIGATION.

THE LAWSUIT SAYS MORE THAN 100,000 SHARPE PATIENTS COULD HAVE BEEN RECORDED WITHOUT CONSENT.

HEIDI DEMARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE SENATE FAILS TO PASS A MEASURE TO STOP A SPIKE IN HEALTHCARE COSTS UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

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

>>> A NEW FEATURE ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM, X, REVEALS SOME INFLUENTIAL POLITICAL ACCOUNTS ARE ACTUALLY FOREIGN ACTORS.

THE REVELATION IS MORE EVIDENCE OF OUTSIDE EFFORTS TO FAN DIVISION AND SPREAD DISINFORMATION IN THE UNITED STATES.

KPBS RECENTLY SPOKE TO THE FOUNDER OF THE CENTER FOR COUNTERING DIGITAL HATE ABOUT THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN AMERICA'S POLARIZATION AND WHAT EACH OF US CAN DO ABOUT IT.

>>> SOME OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST TECH COMPANIES ARE AMERICAN OWNED.

MANY PEOPLE BLAME THESE COMPANIES ALGORITHMS FOR NOT JUST INTENSIFYING POLITICAL POLARIZATION, BUT CULTURAL POLARIZATION.

POLICY EXPERTS TELL ME THEY DON'T FORESEE REGULATION TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM ANY TIME SOON.

TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO TAP DOWN THE SPREAD OF DISINFORMATION AND HATE IN THE ONLINE SPACE.

>> SO, THE FIRST THING THAT WE DO IS WE WANT MANDATORY TRANSPARENCY OF THESE PLATFORMS.

WE WANT TO HAVE ENHANCED DATA TO TELL PEOPLE FACTS LIKE THAT.

WHICH HELP TO INOCULATE PEOPLE AGAINST THE LENS OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO, TRANSPARENCY FIRST OF ALL, AND SECOND OF ALL, WHERE THEY LEAD TO REAL HARM, SOMETIMES THEY ARE IN THE REALMS OF FREE SPEECH, BUT WHERE THEY LEAD TO PERHAPS VIOLENCE OR THEY LEAD TO WHEN IT IS DISINFORMATION ABOUT SAY HEALTHCARE, WHICH CAN MEAN PEOPLE TAKE ACTIONS THAT HARM THEIR LIVES, MAY EVEN KILL THEM.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE, IF THEY ARE NEGLIGENT, IN SPREADING LIES THAT CAUSE REAL WORLD HUMAN HARM.

>> IN THE CHARLIE KIRK CASE, HOW MUCH OF WHAT WAS POSTED ONLINE WAS COMING FROM THE RIGHT AND LEFT?

>> IT IS JUST 0.4% OF TOTAL POSTS WERE CALLING FOR RETALIATORY AND 1.2% WERE GLORIFYING HIS DEATH.

THEY REACHED THE SAME NUMBER OF VIEWS APPROXIMATELY, AROUND 50 MILLION VIEWS EACH.

BUT THAT IS STILL STAGGERING IF YOU CONSIDER 98% OF PEOPLE WERE BASICALLY SAYING THIS IS HORRIBLE, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T WISH THIS ON ANYONE.

AND THEY RECEIVED A FRACTION OF THE NUMBER OF VIEWS.

>> HOW SUCCESSFUL HAS YOUR CENTER BEEN IN COUNTERING DIGITAL HATE?

>> WE'VE MANAGED TO PERSUADE LAWMAKERS IN THE UK AND THE EU TO ACTUALLY PUT IN PLACE STATUTORY TRANSPARENCY FOR THESE PLATFORMS TO CREATE MECHANISMS FOR HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE, IF THEY HARM KIDS OR SOCIETY.

I THINK THE U.S., WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LAWMAKERS ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM WHO CARE ABOUT THE IMPACT ON KIDS, IN PARTICULAR, BUT ALSO WANT TO HAVE GREATER TRANSPARENCY OF HOW THESE PLATFORMS WORK.

>> YOU REPORTED LAST YEAR THAT INSTAGRAM IN THE MAJORITY OF CASES TOOK NO ACTION AGAINST PEOPLE WHO POSTED TOXIC CONTENT AGAINST WOMEN POLITICIANS, EVEN WHEN THOSE POSTS VIOLATED THE PLATFORMS OWN RULES.

DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THAT?

>> SINCE THEN, THE TRUTH IS, THAT INSTAGRAM HAS MADE NO REAL PROGRESS IN ENHANCING ITS ABILITY TO BOTH DETECT AND DEAL WITH REAL HATE, YOU KNOW, THREATS OF MURDER.

THREATS TO HARM PEOPLE'S FAMILIES.

HARASSMENT, AND STALKING.

THE TRUTH IS, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT TIME IS MARK ZUCKERBERG ANNOUNCED HE WAS GETTING RID OF A LOT OF THE ENFORCEMENT THAT THEY HAD FOR THEIR RULES, FOR THEIR COMMUNITY STANDARDS.

AND WE FOUND THAT ACTUALLY THINGS HAVE DEGRADED ON THAT PLATFORM SINCE OUR REPORT CAME OUT.

>> THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM X NOW SHOWS THE LOCATION OF AN ACCOUNT, THE NUMBER OF TIMES A USER NAME IS CHANGED, AND WHEN IT JOINED.

WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THIS NEW TOOL?

>> IN THE VERY SHORT TIME THAT THIS TRANSPARENCY DRIVE HAS BEEN THERE, THEY HAVE ALREADY COME BACK AND SAID, OOPS, IT DOESN'T WORK VERY WELL, SO DON'T TAKE IT TOO SERIOUSLY.

THAT'S NOT REAL TRANSPARENCY.

THAT IS A SIMULATION OF TRANSPARENCY.

A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO MAKE THEMSELVES PART OF THE CONVERSATION AROUND TRANSPARENCY.

WHEN IN REALITY, WHAT WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND IS HOW ALGORITHMS WORK.

HOW THAT CONTENT ENFORCEMENT DECISIONS WORK.

HOW ADVERTISING RESHAPES WHAT WE SEE ON THOSE PLATFORMS.

>> WHAT CAN PEOPLE REGULAR CITIZENS DO TO CONSTRAIN THE DEVICIVE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA?

>> THE BEST WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT SOCIAL MEDIA ALGORITHMS ARE REPROGRAMMING YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING AND WHAT IS NORMAL IN SOCIETY, IS TO PUT DOWN YOUR PHONE AND GO AND TALK TO YOUR OTHER CITIZENS.

TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE, BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS, SOCIAL MEDIA IS INHERENTLY BY DESIGN, DISTORTED.

IT SEEKS TO PRESENT A WORLD THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE REAL WORLD YOU LIVE IN.

FOR ONLY ONE PURPOSE, TO KEEP YOU ADDICTED.

TO KEEP YOU SCARED.

TO KEEP YOU EMOTIONALLY CONNECTED SO YOU STAY ON THAT PLATFORM.

THERE ARE HEALTHY PLACES TO FIND INFORMATION AND UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AROUND YOU.

IT'S BETTER TO GO OUT AND HAVE A CONVERSATION.

THE KIDS, THE GEN Z, THEY CALL IT TOUCH GRASS.

I THINK WE ALL PUT DOWN OUR PHONES AND TOUCH A BIT OF GRASS.

>> THAT WAS KPBS SPEAKING.

PUBLIC MATTERS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH KPBS, VOICE OF SAN DIEGO, YOU CAN SEE MORE OF OUR STORIES AT KPBS.ORG/PUBLICMATTERS.

>>> THOUSANDS WILL HAVE TO PAY MORE IN RENT.

THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMMISSION VOTED TO APPROVE THE CHANGES SAYING IT IS SHORT BY MORE THAN $35 MILLION THIS FISCAL YEAR, BECAUSE OF FEDERAL CUTS.

FAMILIES COULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY 30 TO 40% OF THEIR INCOME TOWARD RENT, WHICH WORKS OUT TO BE $300 TO $600 MORE PER MONTH ON AVERAGE.

THE INCREASE WOULD START LATE NEXT YEAR OR EARLY 2027.

>>> IF YOU'RE IN THE MARKET TO BUY A NEW HOME AND THERE ARE GOOD NEWS FOR POTENTIAL BUYERS, JEN SULLIVAN EXPLAINS WHAT EXPERTS ARE PREDICTING FOR THE HOUSING MARKET IN 2026.

>> THE HOUSING MARKET HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY HIGH STICKER PRICES, HIGH INTEREST RATES, AND LOW INVENTORY.

A PERFECT STORM FOR POTENTIAL BUYERS.

SOME EXPERTS SAY GOOD NEWS IS ON THE HORIZON.

>> WE THINK AFFORDABILITY WILL START TO IMPROVE.

IT IS GOING TO BE A SLOW PROCESS.

>> A REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE FIRM SAYS INTEREST RATES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO COME DOWN, AVERAGE 30 YEAR MORTGAGE RATES HAVE BEGUN TO DROP FROM THE 6.8% HIGHS WE SAW IN 2023, ACCORDING TO THIS RED FIN GRAPH.

AND THEY COULD DROP TO 6.3% IN 2026.

>> THAT'S PROBABLY NOT AS LOW AS A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, BUT IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT FROM THE MID TO HIGH 6% AVERAGES THAT WE'VE SEEN FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.

>> EVEN DROPPING RATES BY A QUARTER OF A PERCENTAGE POINT CAN SAVE BUYERS HUNDREDS, EVEN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR IN INTEREST PAYMENTS DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH YOU ARE BORROWING TO BUY A HOME.

WEDNESDAY, THE FEDERAL RESERVE MET FOR THE FINAL TIME THIS YEAR ANNOUNCING A CUT.

LOWERING BORROWING COSTS TO BETWEEN 3.5 TO 3.75%.

THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN MORTGAGE RATES WILL DROP.

IT DOES MEAN IT WILL BE CHEAPER TO BORROW MONEY.

>> AVAILABLE INDICATOR SUGGESTS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY HAS BEEN EXPANDING.

CONSUMER SPENDING APPEARS TO HAVE REMAINED SOLID AND BUSINESS FIXED INVESTMENT HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND.

>> HERE'S THE BAD NEWS, YOUNG POTENTIAL HOME BUYERS WILL STILL FACE HARDSHIPS.

>> FOR YOUNG FAMILIES, THE DIFFICULTY IS THAT OFTENTIMES THEY ARE NOT IN THE HOUSE THAT THEY WANT TO BE IN WHEN THEY WANT TO START HAVING KIDS.

SO THEY ARE DELAYING HAVING THESE -- DELAY HAVING KIDS AND MAKING THESE CHOICES RIGHT NOW.

>> YOU MAY EVEN SEE YOUNGER WOULD BE BUYERS MOVE IN WITH THEIR PARENTS OR ROOMMATES TO SAVE MONEY.

FOR CONSUMER WATCH, I'M JEN SULLIVAN.

>>> WHEN IT COMES TO HOLIDAY GRATUITIES, DECIDING WHO TO TIP AND HOW MUCH CAN BE OVERWELMING.

JEN SULLIVAN BREAKS DOWN THE SEASONAL TIPPING ETIQUETTE.

>> IT'S THE SEASON OF GIVING, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO TIPS, WHO SHOULD YOU GIVE TO AND HOW MUCH?

>> TIP WHO HAS GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER THIS YEAR.

>> TED WORKS AT PERSONAL FINANCE COMMITTEE.

THEY CONDUCTED A SURVEY ABOUT HOLIDAY TIPPING AND FOUND 56% OF U.S.

ADULTS GIVE BIGGER TIPS WHEN THEY RECEIVE BETTER SERVICE.

THEY ALSO FOUND FEWER PEOPLE PLAN TO TIP THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CUTTING BACK, BUT SOME, ESPECIALLY HIGH EARNERS, ARE GIVING AS MUCH OR MORE.

>> BANK RATE CAME UP WITH A LIST OF THE MOST COMMON PEOPLE TO TIP IN THE U.S.

STARTING WITH HOUSEKEEPERS.

TIPS RANGE ANYWHERE FROM $20 TO MORE THAN $50, DEPENDING ON THE SERVICE THEIR SURVEY FOUND.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CASH.

THE U.S.

POSTAL SERVICE DOESN'T ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO ACCEPT CASH, BUT IF YOU WANT TO SHOW YOUR MAIL CARRIER APPRECIATION, THEY CAN ACCEPT A GIFT OF LESS THAN $20, OR SOMETHING LIKE BAKED GOODS.

THE MORE YOU INTERACT WITH SOMEONE, ROSSMAN SAYS THE MORE YOU SHOULD TIP, LIKE A CHILDCARE PROVIDER OR HOUSEKEEPER.

>> WHATEVER YOU NORMALLY PAY THEM FOR A WEEKLY SERVICE, YOU MIGHT CONSIDER DOUBLING THAT ONE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

>> WHEN YOU ARE SETTING YOUR HOLIDAY BUDGET, ROSSMAN SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO FACTOR IN TIPPING BECAUSE IT CAN ADD UP FAST.

MAKE A LIST OF WHO IS MOST IMPORTANT AND FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH YOU CAN AFFORD TO GIVE.

FOR CONSUMER WATCH, I'M JEN SULLIVAN.

>>> CHANGE IN OFFSHORE VERSUS ON SHORE FLOW MEANS THE MARINE LAYER IS GOING TO DEEPEN.

WE'LL HAVE MORE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR COASTAL AREAS.

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR TEMPERATURES.

WE'RE ON A MINI ROLLER COASTER RIDE.

A WARMING TREND, A LITTLE BIT OF A COOLING TREND OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.

BUT KEEP IN MIND, THAT ESPECIALLY FOR THE VALLEYS, WE'RE STILL 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE WHERE WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR.

BUT LET'S BREAK THINGS DOWN PIECE BY PIECE.

WHAT TO EXPECT FOR TONIGHT.

WE'RE IN THE 40s TO MOUNT LEGUNA.

40s A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE NORTH.

SEEING SOME OF THE CLOUDS INTO OUR SOUTHERN COASTAL REGIONS, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE, MAINLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT.

AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO TOMORROW, I MEAN, 81 IN RAMONA.

WE'RE IN THE 70s ALL ALONG THE COAST.

THE LOW 70s AT THAT.

THAT IS WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TEMPERATURES A BIT WARMER THAN WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR AREAS INTO THE 80s.

LET'S BREAK DOWN WHAT IS GOING TO BE CHANGING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE'LL START WITH OUR FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK FOR THE COAST.

HERE'S THE MINI ROLLER COASTER RIDE I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

IT'S A FEW DEGREES VARIATION.

FRIDAY, 70.

MID 60s BY SUNDAY.

BACK TO 70 BY THE TIME WE GET TO TUESDAY.

IT'S NOT TOO MUCH CHANGE, BUT JUST ENOUGH.

THERE'S VARIATION.

LOOKING AT OUR INLAND AREAS, SOME SCATTERED CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS HERE.

79 FOR YOUR FRIDAY.

WE'RE DOWN TO 74 BY SUNDAY.

WE CLIMB RIGHT BACK UP OVERALL.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE TRENDING ABOVE WHERE WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE COMPARE TO HISTORICAL AVERAGES.

MOUNTAIN REGIONS, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE HERE.

A FEW MORE CLOUDS FOR THE WEEKEND.

60s ON FRIDAY.

WE'RE DOWN TO THE MID 50s SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

BUT THEN, WE BOUNCE RIGHT BACK UP, 54 MONDAY, 63 ON OUR TUESDAY.

TAKING A LOOK AT OUR DESERT REGIONS.

A BIT WARMER.

80 FOR YOUR FRIDAY.

76 SATURDAY.

WE'RE BACK UP TO 81 MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

SO, NOT QUITE AS MUCH VARIATION HERE, BUT JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE 80s AND THE 70s.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M ANNA.

>>> A STORY NOW ABOUT A MAN WHO OVER THE YEARS OF HIS LIFE BECAME LEGENDARY IN SAN DIEGO.

HIS SONGS AND STORIES INFLUENCED COUNTLESS YOUNG PEOPLE.

NEARLY A DECADE AFTER HIS DEATH, HE IS REMEMBERED FOR HIS ACTIVISM AND THE MUSIC HE SO JOYOUSLY SHARED WITH EVERYBODY.

KEN KRAMER TELLS US ABOUT HIM IN THIS STORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> WITH ALL HIS HEART, HE LOVED THIS SCHOOL, THE KING-CHAVEZ ACADEMY.

RAMONE SANCHEZ, CHUNKY THEY CALLED HIM.

THESE WERE THE STREETS THAT CHUNKY KNEW BY HEART.

THIS WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE HIS HEART WAS.

>> MY MAJOR MISSION IS RIGHT HERE IN THE TRENCHES.

♪ >> THAT NICKNAME, CHUNKY, HE GOT IT YEARS AGO BECAUSE HE WAS A BIG GUY WITH A BIG HEART.

A HALF CENTURY, HE SANG SONGS IN AND OF THE BARIO.

>> YOU NAME IT, WE HAVE PROBABLY DONE IT.

WEDDINGS TO FUNERALS TO DIVORCES, MAN.

DIVORCE PARTIES.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

>> BUT WHAT CHUNKY LOVED THE MOST WAS BEING RIGHT HERE WITH KIDS AND YOU COULD LOOK AT THEM AND SEE HOW THEY CONNECTED WITH HIM.

♪ HE SANG AND TOLD STORIES OF THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

A LOT OF WHICH HE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND, BY THE WAY, LIKE WHEN THE PARK WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 1970s, HE WAS THERE.

SINGING.

♪ >> AS CHUNKY AGED, HE WAS NEVER OUT OF STEP.

HE NEVER LOST HIS SPIRIT OF ADVOCACY FOR STREET YOUTH.

THE AUDITORIUM WAS NAMED FOR CHUNKY, WHO LOVED THIS PLACE AND HIS MUSIC WITH ALL HIS HEART.

>> TICKET IS ALREADY PAID FOR.

MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THE RIDE, YOU KNOW?

ONE WAY TICKET, TOO, FOR ALL OF US.

>> THESE WERE NEVER HIS SONGS, THEY WERE JUST ON LOAN.

HE WOULD TELL THE KIDS THAT.

>> YOU WILL TAKE THEM AND YOU WILL ALSO TEACH THEM TO YOUR CHILDREN SOME DAY.

>> THERE WERE SONGS ABOUT THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION, ABOUT THE FARM WORKER'S STRUGGLE AND ABOUT SELF-RESPECT.

ABOUT HAVING THE COURAGE TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG.

>> THEY HAVE A BATTLE STAYING OFF DRUGS.

THEY HAVE A BATTLE STAYING OUT OF GANGS.

YOU HAVE TO WIN THOSE BATTLES IN ORDER TO WIN THE WAR IN THE END.

>> CHUNKY COULD HAVE HAD A BIG- TIME CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD OR SOME PLACE.

HE CERTAINLY HAD OFFERS.

IT WAS HERE THAT HE WAS HAPPY SINGING.

IT WAS THE KIDS THAT KEPT HIM YOUNG AT HEART.

>> A LOT OF THEM CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?

MR.

SANCHEZ, MY PARENTS KNOW YOU.

THEY KNEW YOU WAY BACK WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG.

YOU KNOW?

IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD, BUT ALSO MAKES YOU FEEL OLD.

>> LAUGHING EYES, SMILING FACE, WE'LL REMEMBER HOW HE MADE US SMILE, NO MATTER OUR AGE.

HOW HE MADE LIVES ALL AROUND HIM BETTER.

I LIKE TO THINK OF HIM LIKE THIS, COMPLETELY IN HIS ELEMENT.

GIVING OF HIS BIG HEART.

RAMONE CHUNKY LOPEZ, STORY TELLER OF THE BARIO, AND TO THE END OF HIS LIFE, SUCH AN INSPIRING STORY HIMSELF, ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

♪ KING CHAVEZ.

THANK YOU.

>> INDEED LEGENDARY.

KEN KRAMER HAS A HALF HOUR OF STORIES EVERY WEEK ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

YOU CAN SEE THEM THURSDAY NIGHTS AT 8:00 RIGHT HERE ON KPBS.

AND HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

DICK VAN DYKE TURNS 100 THIS WEEK.

AND IT IS THE SEASON TO EAT, TO DRINK, AND BE MERRY, OF COURSE.

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