>>> A 20-YEAR-OLD CARLSBAD MAN WAS DETAINED EARLIER THIS WEEK FOR AN ALLEGED CONNECTION TO A SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MADISON, WISCONSIN.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

COURT RECORDS SAY THE MAN WAS PLOTTING A MASS SHOOTING.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER HAS AN EXPERIENCED >> Reporter: ALEXANDER WAS DETAINED TUESDAY.

SAID HE BEEN MESSAGING WITH SAMANTHA, THE 50-YEAR-OLD SHOT A TEACHER AND THREE STUDENTS IN A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ON MONDAY.

THE TEACHER AND ONE STUDENT DIED .

THE FILING SAYS HE ADMITTED TO FBI AGENTS, BUT HE TOLD HER HE WOULD ARM HIMSELF WITH EXPLOSIVES AND A GUN TO TARGET A GOVERNMENT BUILDING.

THE FILING DID NOT SPECIFY WHICH BUILDING HE WAS TARGETING.

LATE TUESDAY NIGHT, A JUDGE APPROVED A GUN VIOLENCE EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDER.

MINUTES AFTER THE APPROVAL, POLICE TOOK THE NOTICE TO HIS HOME IN CARLSBAD.

HE WAS ORDERED TO GIVE UP HIS GUNS AND AMMUNITION WITHIN 48 HOURS.

THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT FILED A PROTECTIVE ORDER.

LIEUTENANT KATIE LYNCH FROM THE LA MESA POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID OFFICERS ONLY FILED THESE REQUESTS WHEN THERE IS AN INCREDIBLE THREAT.

>> GVR OWES HER ONE TOOL THAT WE CAN USE TO HOPEFULLY TAKE FIREARMS OUT OF THE POSSESSION OF SOMEONE WHO MAY BE A THREAT, UNTIL THERE CAN BE MORE INFORMATION THAT CAN BE LOOKED AT BY A JUDGE.

OBVIOUSLY TAKING WEAPONS IS A SERIOUS THING AND SO IS JUST ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT COMES INTO PLAY, THAT ALLOWS LAW ENFORCEMENT TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.

SEEING THAT THE LA MESA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT A PARTY TO THIS CASE.

THE FBI'S SAN DIEGO OFFICE EIGHT THE MADISON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS INVESTIGATION AND THAT THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY ONGOING THREATS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MATTER IN WISCONSIN OR CALIFORNIA.

ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, FBI AGENTS SAW THE MESSAGES BETWEEN THEM AND THOSE MESSAGES HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.

EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDER SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 3rd.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE HAVE SOME COOL AIR AT NIGHT BUT WE HAVE SOME WARM WEATHER PATTERN DURING THE DAY.

THE TEMPERATURE SWINGS FROM MORNING TO AFTERNOON.

IT WILL BE MAINLY CLEAR OUT THERE TONIGHT AND THE OFFSHORE WIND HAS BEEN DECREASING.

SO AROUND FOR A LITTLE MORE CLOUD COVER AT TIMES TO THE COAST.

BUT A MILD PATTERN WITH TEMPERATURES SIX TO 12 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE PUTS SOME AREAS NEAR RECORD HIGHS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS FREE HOLIDAY WEEKEND COMING UP.

>>> MORE THAN HALF OF THE 61 REPORTED HUMAN CASES OF BIRD FLU IN THE U.S. HAVE BEEN IN CALIFORNIA.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

KPBS REPORTER HEIDI TOOK TALK TO A LOCAL NEUROLOGIST TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT GAVIN NEWSOM'S STATE OF EMERGENCY MEANS FOR THE PUBLIC.

>> IF YOUR TASK IN 2019 WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT BIG VIRAL PANDEMIC, I WOULD'VE SAID BIRD FLU.

>> Reporter: DAVEY SMITH IS CHIEF OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AT UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH HE SAYS UROLOGISTS HAVE BEEN WATCHING BIRD FLU FOR YEARS.

>> RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A VIRUS THAT IS CIRCULATING IN COWS AND IN BIRDS, BUT IT'S NOT CIRCULATING IN HUMANS.

SO WHAT IS A VIRUS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN IT FINALLY DOES GET TO US IS THE QUESTION?

>> Reporter: NEWSOM'S STATE OF EMERGENCY SAYS STATE INDICES WILL WORK TOGETHER TO EDUCATE FORMER OTHERS AND EMPLOYERS ABOUT PREVENTION AND THE USE OF PROTECTIVE GEAR, AND THEY ARE PLANNING BILINGUAL OUTREACH EVENTS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON HOW TO STAY SAFE.

>> START WITH THE INSTRUCTOR AND RESOURCES IN PLACE FOR OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES TO START TESTING OR TO INCREASE THEIR TESTING AND INCREASE HER EDUCATION.

INCREASE THE PREPARATION FOR GETTING READY, IF BIRD FLU WERE TO ERUPT IN A BIG WAY.

BACK THE RESEARCH SCIENTIST IN LA JOLLA HAS BEEN STUDYING HOW THE VIRUS EVOLVES.

THEY PUBLISHED A STUDY EARLIER THIS MONTH WHERE THEY IDENTIFIED THE MUTATION THAT COULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR IT TO SPREAD AMONG HUMANS.

>> THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF A CRYSTAL BALL OF SAYING THESE ARE PROTEINS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, THEN PERHAPS WE NEED TO INCLUDE IN OUR VACCINE SO THAT WHEN THE VIRUS HAS EVOLVED TO INFECT US FROM PERSON TO PERSON TO PERSON, THIS MAY BE A REALLY GOOD STRATEGY TO BLOCK THAT.

>> Reporter: SMITH SAYS BESIDES DIRECT CONTACT WITH FARM ANIMALS AND WILD BIRDS, THE VIRUS CAN SPREAD AND RAW MILK.

SO AVOID IT AND DRINK PASTEURIZED MILK INSTEAD.

>> I AM NOT FREAKING OUT.

I'M STILL GOING TO HAVE MY LATTE.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS WHILE THE RISK OF BIRD FLU REMAINS LOW FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, NEWSOM'S DECLARATION WILL HELP PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS YOU READY TO SOUND THE ALARM.

>> HOPEFULLY EARLY ENOUGH AND READY ENOUGH SO THAT WHEN WE KNOW WHAT VACCINE TO GIVE, THAT WE CAN ALL GET IT AND BE PROTECTED AS MUCH AS CIVIL.

>> Reporter: HEIDI DiMARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE.

CONGRESS HAS UNTIL MONDAY TO PASS A FUNDING BILL AND AVERT A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

HOUSE LAWMAKERS REJECTED A NEW PLAN BACKED BY PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP.

FAILED 174 TO 235 WITH 38 REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST IT.

GOP LAWMAKERS CALLED FOR A THREE MONTH EXTENSION OF THE GOVERNMENT FUNDING AND A TWO YEAR SUSPENSION OF THE DEBT LIMIT.

NOW THIS COMES AFTER BIPARTISAN PROPOSAL WAS SCRAPPED YESTERDAY AT THE REQUEST OF THE PRESIDENT- ELECT.

>>> A CONTROVERSIAL PROVISION IN NEXT YEAR'S DEFENSE BUDGET WILL STRIP COVERAGE FOR GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FOR MILITARY FAMILY MEMBERS UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER ANDREW DYER SAYS THE LAST MINUTE CHANGE HAS FAMILIES SCRAMBLING.

>> TO BE HONEST, WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT WE DO THINK IT'S AT LEAST THOUSANDS, IF NOT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WHO ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED.

SARAH JACOBS IS ONE OF TWO SAN DIEGO REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE TO VOTE AGAINST THE BILL FOR THE OTHER IS DEMOCRAT JUAN VARGAS.

JACOB SITS ON THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE.

SHE SAYS THE ANTI-TRANS LANGUAGE WASN'T IN THE BILL THAT CAME OUT OF THE COMMITTEE.

>> I'M INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED THAT HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON A REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP PUT IN THESE CULTURAL OR PARTISAN ISSUES IN WHAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A BIPARTISAN BILL.

>> Reporter: THE LANGUAGE FANS OF TRICARE WHO ARE UNDER 18, THUS THE CHILDREN OF SERVICE MEMBERS AND RETIREES.

KATHY MALIK IS THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF TRANS FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES, THE SAN DIEGO- BASED NONPROFIT.

SHE SAYS THE MOVE IS PLAYING POLITICS WITH KIDS' HEALTH.

>> A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IN THE MILITARY BUDGET HONESTLY, TO THE COST OF IT.

THIS IS JUST A CALL CLOSET WAS PUT INTO THE DEFENSE FUND FROM THE ANTI-TRANS MOVEMENT TO ONE MORE TIME, TRY TO ERASE IT.

>> Reporter: IT SERVES MILITARY INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

NOW THEY ARE SCRAMBLING.

>> PEOPLE ARE AFRAID THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH PROVIDERS AND TALKING TO OUR DOCTORS THAT WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH OF OKAY, SEND US YOUR MILITARY FAMILIES SO WE CAN TALK TO THEM AND FIGURE OUT HOW ARE THEY GOING TO CONTINUE THIS VITAL CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN WHEN THEIR INSURANCE WILL NO LONGER COVER IT?

>> Reporter: THE PROVISION OF THOSE LAWS PASSED IN BANDING GENDER AFFIRMING CARE IN TEENAGERS.

THEY CLAIM THAT HELP IS HARMFUL.

>> THIS IS BEEN APPROVED CARE BY MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS, BY THE PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION, BY THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONS AS IMPORTANT MEDICAL CARE FOR GENDER DYSPHORIA.

SO WHEN WE WITHHOLD MEDICAL CARE FROM ANYBODY, WE ARE CREATING HARM.

>> Reporter: THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT INCLUDING THE ANTI-TRANS PROVISION EASILY PASSED THE SENATE YESTERDAY WITH ONLY 10 DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST IT THE BILL IS CONSIDERED MUST PASS LEGISLATION AND MOVES ONTO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WHO IS EXPECTED TO SIGN IT.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THEIR CARS, FINDING ESSAY SPACE TO PARK OVERNIGHT CAN BE A CHALLENGE, BUT MORE AND MORE CITIES ARE PROVIDING SAFE PARKING SITE AND KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TANIA THORNE SAYS OCEANSIDE IS NEXT.

>> Reporter: SUNNY HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A SAFE PARKING SITE IN OCEANSIDE SINCE 2021.

>> WHY DON'T WE HAVE A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THEIR CARS?

THAT IS A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD THAT BEFORE YOU ARE SLEEPING ON THE STREET, YOU FEEL SAFE WITHIN YOUR VEHICLE OR YOUR RV, AND WE HAVE NO PLACE TO BE SAFELY AT NIGHT.

>> Reporter: SHE KNOWS THE NEED FIRSTHAND.

EVERY WEDNESDAY, HER ORGANIZATION, SUNNY STREET OUTREACH, SERVES HOT MEALS TO PEOPLE IN NEED.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE STAY UP ALL NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE FROM 2:00 A.M. TO 6:00 A.M.

SO WHEN YOU WOULD'VE FALLEN ASLEEP TO WHEN YOU WOULD BE WAKING UP IS WHEN YOU HAVE TO PLAY SHADOW GAMES WITH PARKING ENFORCEMENT.

>> Reporter: NORTH COUNTY IS TWO SAFE PARKING SITES.

WHEN IN ENCINITAS AND ONE IN VISTA.

IN 2023, THE OCEANSIDE CITY COUNCIL BEGAN TO LOOK FOR A SAFE PARKING SITE, BUT NO ONE APPLIED TO BE THE HOST.

>> WE SAW THE CITY LOOKING FOR A SPACE, TRYING TO FIND ONE AND WE THOUGHT THIS COULD BE A PERFECT SPACE.

>> Reporter: MAX IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF THE NORTH COUNTY LGBTQ RESOURCE CENTER OR THE ORGANIZATION RECENTLY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY ON APPLE STREET AND RAISED THEIR HAND TO HOST OCEANSIDE SAFE PARKING SITE.

FEMA FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK.

WHEN WE SAW THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER OUR EXPERTISE SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BEING THE LANDLORD THAT'S HOSTING THE PROGRAM, BUT REALLY THE COLLABORATION SO WE COULD ACTUALLY SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING HERE AND SLEEPING AT NIGHT.

>> Reporter: APPLE STREET HAS BEEN KNOWN AS A HUB FOR RESOURCES AND IT WILL CONTINUE THAT HISTORY WITH THE SERVICES FROM THE NORTH COUNTY LGBTQ RESOURCE CENTER AND NOW, THE SAFE PARKING PROGRAM.

TRANSFER CHANGE WILL BE THE ORGANIZATION RUNNING THE PROGRAM.

>> IT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNT TO OUR PROGRAM, BUT THE MAIN THING IS ENSURING NUMBER ONE, THAT THE INITIAL BASIC NEEDS ARE MET AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL HOUSING READY.

SO THEY HAVE THEIR DOCUMENTS IN ORDER.

THEY HAVE PROOF OF INCOME, WHATEVER THAT BE AN INCREASING INCOME IN WHATEVER CAPACITY WE CAN BY PROVIDING THEM JOB TRAINING.

WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO ALSO RUN A WORKFORCE PROGRAM, SO WE HAVE THAT DIRECT CONNECTION.

>> Reporter: THIS WILL BE THE FIRST N. COUNTY CONTRACT FOR DREAMS FOR CHANGE.

THEY RUN THE SAFE CAMPING A PARKING SITES IN SAN DIEGO.

THE SITE WILL ACCOMMODATE BETWEEN 25 TO 35 VEHICLES FROM 7:00 P.M. TO 7 A.M.

APPLICATIONS OPEN IN FEBRUARY.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO A STORY WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING.

SAN DIEGO PLANNING COMMISSIONERS VOTED FIVE TO ONE TO REMOVE A FOOTNOTE FROM CITY CODE THAT ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO BUILD MORE DENSELY IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS.

IN NOVEMBER, KPBS REPORTED ON HOW THE FOOTNOTE ALLOWED PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS IN EMERALD HILLS AND ENCANTO TO HAVE MANY MORE HOMES IN THE ZONING MAP APPEARED TO PERMIT.

A CITY STAFF REPORT RECOMMENDING REPEALING THE FOOTNOTE FOLLOWED COMMUNITY OUTCRY AND AN APPEAL FROM THE JOYOUS VALLEY COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP.

MEMBERS OF THAT GROUP THE FOOTNOTE IS DISCRIMINATORY OR IS CITY SPOKESPERSON SAYS STATE LAW PERMITS THEM FROM STOPPING ALREADY PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS THAT RELY ON THE FOOTNOTE.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION ARE'S RECOMMENDATION HAS TO THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL FOR A FINAL DECISION.

>>> PORTABLE CLASSROOMS THAT A RAMONA CLASSROOM HAVE BEEN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR DECADES.

SOME ALSO WATER DAMAGE AND YOU CAN SEE THE SKY THROUGH ONE OF THE ROOFS.

KPBS REPORTED KATIE SAYS THAT VOTERS IN RAMONA HAVE THE CHANCE TO FUND RUMINATIONS IN NOVEMBER, BUT THEY VOTED NOT TO.

>> Reporter: SEVERAL OF THE PORTABLES HERE ON CAMPUS ARE 40+ YEARS OLD.

>> Reporter: CHRIS ATTENDED RAMONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS A KID.

NOW HE'S THE PRINCIPAL.

HE REMEMBERS WHEN ONE PORTABLE, NOW USED AS STORAGE, WAS STILL A CLASSROOM.

WE MET WE HAVE A GAP AS YOU SEE THE LIGHT IS COMING THROUGH THE ROOF BUT THIS IS WHERE THE TWO PORTABLES ARE SEEMED TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE NEEDS TO MOVE SUPPLIES AWAY FROM THE GET WHEN IT RAINS.

WATER HAS SEEPED INTO THE SCHOOL'S OLDEST BUILDING.

BENNETT THINKS IT WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY 1900S.

>> YOU HAVE WATER DAMAGE DOWN BELOW HERE IN THE SUBSTRUCTURE HERE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S SOFT.

JUST SOME WATER DAMAGE OVER TIME .

>> Reporter: IN NOVEMBER, RAMONA VOTERS REJECTED A $26.7 MILLION SCHOOL MEASURE.

DISTRICT LEADERS PROPOSE USING THE FUNDING TO REPLACE PORTABLE CLASSROOMS, IMPROVE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION FACILITIES, AND A PLUMBING AND FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS.

SCHOOL BOND MEASURES HAVE BEEN ON THE BALLOT IN RAMONA SEVEN TIMES SINCE 1986.

THEY HAVE NEVER PASSED.

>> THE LIFE OF A PORTABLE IS AROUND 20 YEARS.

WE HAVE PORTABLES PASSED THE 50 YEAR MARK.

REVEREND THEY ARE FACING A $9 MILLION STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.

SUPERINTENDENT BRIAN THURMAN SAYS THEY SPENT 2 MILLION LAST YEAR AND LAST YEAR ON ROOFS.

>> THAT WAS GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SPENT ON ALL KINDS OF THINGS YOUR INSTRUCTION, STUDENTS, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

LOTS OF THINGS.

PREVENT LOCAL BONDS ARE KEY TO ACCESSING SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FROM THE STATE.

THIS YEAR, CALIFORNIA VOTERS APPROVED PROP TWO, REPLENISHING THE POT OF MONEY FOR SCHOOL REPAIRS.

THURMAN SAYS THE DISTRICT WAS ELIGIBLE FOR $31 MILLION IN MATCHING GRANTS FROM THE STATE.

HE SAYS IT WAS A OPPORTUNITY TO BRING STATE TAX MONEY BACK TO RAMONA'S KIDS.

>> THIS POT IS CREATED WITH ALL CALIFORNIANS FROM THE OREGON BORDER DOWN THROUGH SAN YSIDRO, ALL OF OUR TAX DOLLARS.

SO THE REAL MESSAGE THAT I WANTED TO GET ACROSS IS THAT RAMON HAS NEVER TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

>> Reporter: THE MORE SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN RAISE THROUGH LOCAL BONDS, THE MORE STATE MATCHING FUNDS THEY CAN GET.

SOME ADVOCATES ARGUE THAT THIS SYSTEM IS UNFAIR TO DISTRICTS WITH LOWER PROPERTY VALUES OR WHERE VOTERS DON'T PASS LOCAL BONDS.

JOHN IS THE MANAGING ATTORNEY WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO-BASED LAW FIRM, PUBLIC ADVOCATE.

THEY HAVE CALLED THE SCHOOL FACILITY FUNDING SYSTEM UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

>> THE STATE'S ROLE SHOULD NOT BE TO REPLICATE THE WEALTH DISPARITIES WITHOUT A HANDOUT STATE DOLLARS.

STATE'S ROLE SHOULD BE TO COUNTER OR REDRESS LOCAL WEALTH DISPARITIES WITH STATE DOLLARS >> Reporter: BONDS GET PAID BACK BY INCREASING LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES RAMONA'S WOULD HAVE GONE UP BY $59 OR $100,000 OF ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE.

>> AS WE SAW THE NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS, COST-OF- LIVING AND INFLATION, WERE STILL AT TOP OF MIND FOR VOTERS.

>> Reporter: USE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT UC SAN DIEGO.

HE SAYS THREE THINGS DRIVE VOTER BEHAVIOR ON BONDS.

SUITE AT ONE, HOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING ABOUT THEIR POCKETBOOK AND WHETHER THEY WANT TO OPEN IT TO GOVERNMENT OVERALL.

THAT MEANS YOUR BOND CAN LIVE OR DIE.

HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE SECOND THING IS WHAT YOUR PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT FUNCTION.

DO THEY LIKE THE DIRECTION OF EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA?

THE THIRD IS WHAT THEY ARE HEARING FROM THE GROUP THAT TAKES POSITION FOR AND AGAINST THESE BONDS.

>> Reporter: THE VOTER GUIDE SAID THAT IT OPPOSED ALL BALLOT MEASURES THAT INCREASED TAXES.

40% OF VOTERS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S UNINCORPORATED AREAS ARE REGISTERED AS REPUBLICANS.

30% ARE DEMOCRATS.

>> VOTERS REALLY CARE ABOUT SIZE OF EITHER A BOND OR A TAX INCREASE.

EITHER THEY BELIEVE IN THE CAUSE AND ARE WILLING TO INVEST IN IT OR NOT.

>> Reporter: PACKET RAMONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PRINCIPAL CHRIS GOVERNMENT SAYS THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WORKS HARD TO KEEP BUILDINGS FUNCTIONAL BUT NEWER BUILDINGS WOULD HAVE FEWER EMERGENCY REPAIRS AND BETTER REPAIRED STUDENTS FOR THE FUTURE.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF PRIDE HERE.

PEOPLE CHOOSE TO COME HERE.

I CHOSE TO COME HERE AS WELL AND BE A LEADER OF THIS SCHOOL.

BUT IT IS THAT SENSE OF PRIDE WHEN YOU DO HAVE A NEW SCHOOL.

KIDS FEEL A LITTLE MORE CONNECTED.

>> Reporter: THURMAN SAYS THE DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE MONEY IT HAS TO PAY FOR COSTLY REPAIRS AS THEY COME UP.

KATIE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MEMBERS OF THE TEAMSTERS UNION AT AMAZON ARE NOW ON STRIKE LESS THAN ONE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

THE STRIKE WAS STAGED OUTSIDE SEVEN FACILITIES ACROSS THE U.S., INCLUDING THIS ONE IN SAN FRANCISCO.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ EXPLAINS THE KIND OF IMPACT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT TO SEE FROM THIS STRIKE.

>> Reporter: BRIGHT AND EARLY AT AN AMAZON FACILITY IN QUEENS, NEW YORK, THE FIRST LOCATION STRUCK.

AN HOUR LATER, THEY WERE JOINED BY A WORKERS IN ILLINOIS, GEORGIA AND CALIFORNIA.

FOR AMAZON WORKERS, THEIR MESSAGE IS CLEAR.

>> THERE'S A NARRATIVE BEING PUSHED OUT BY AMAZON THAT WE ARE THE MONSTERS AND WE ARE THE PROBLEM AND WE ARE NOT.

WE ARE THE PROBLEM WE HAVE AMAZON DRIVERS IN FORT LAUDERDALE THAT ARE DELIVERING PACKAGES IN A FLOOD.

HOW ARE WE THE PROBLEM WE HAVE AMAZON WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA WHO ARE FORCED TO WORK DURING THE HEAT WAVE?

WE ARE NOT A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING FOR WHAT IS OWED.

>> Reporter: THE UNION POINTED TO AMAZON'S PROFITS WHICH HAVE SOARED, ESPECIALLY IN RECENT YEARS.

AMAZON REPORTED A NET INCOME OF $39.2 BILLION IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 2024.

THEIR INTENTION IS TO NEGOTIATE FOR BETTER WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS.

IN A STATEMENT POSTED ON X, TEAMSTERS GENERAL PRESIDENT SEAN O'BRIEN SAYS IF A PACKAGE IS DELAYED DURING THE HOLIDAYS, YOU CAN BLAME AMAZON'S INSATIABLE GREED.

WE GAVE AMAZON A CLEAR DEADLINE TO COME TO THE TABLE AND DO RIGHT BY OUR MEMBERS ARE THEY IGNORED IT.

>> WE WORK FOR THIS BILLION- DOLLAR COMPANY.

I DESERVE BETTER.

>> Reporter: SINCE AMAZON SAYS IT DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THE UNION, AND OPEN-ENDED STRIKE SEEMS UNLIKELY.

BY STRIKING THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THE TEAMSTERS HOPE TO APPLY MAXIMUM PRESSURE TO AMAZON AND PERHAPS CONVINCE SOME CUSTOMERS TO SHOP SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR LAST-MINUTE GIFTS.

I'M IVAN RODRIGUEZ REPORTING.

>>> SAN DIEGO'S OLDEST NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SOMETHING BRAND-NEW TO SHOW OFF TONIGHT.

>> THREE, TWO, ONE.

>> THIS MORNING, THE CITY'S NEWEST NEIGHBORHOOD SIGN WAS UNVEILED IN OLD TOWN.

IT SAYS HISTORICAL OLD TOWN IN SAN DIEGO, THE BIRTHPLACE OF CALIFORNIA.

THERE WAS A SURPRISE FOR A SPECIAL GUEST.

THE MOTHER OF MODERN OLD TOWN, DIANE POWERS WHO FOUNDED BIZARRE DOME WINDOW IN OLD TOWN WAS HONORED WITH A STREET RENAMING.

SAN DIEGO AVENUE WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS HONORARY DIANE POWERS WAY.

AFTER THE CEREMONY, SHE REFLECTED ON HER MANY YEARS AS AN OLD TOWN BUSINESS OWNER AND PERSON.

>> WE STARTED IN 1979 AND GREW FROM THERE.

EVERY YEAR WE ARE CONSTANTLY UPGRADING AND DOING MORE THINGS ARE CHANGING, FINE-TUNING.

>> THE OLD-TIME ARCH IS A SECOND NEIGHBORHOOD SIGN TO BE PLACED THIS YEAR.

IN OCTOBER, IT WAS INSTALLED IN KEARNY MESA AND GOT ITS OWN SIGN.

>>> HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL OUT THERE.

PRETTY NICE WEATHER PATTERN.

WARM AND THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND.

IT WILL TURN COOLER EARLY IN THE WEEK SO IF WE LOOK AHEAD AT CHRISTMAS AND HANUKKAH AND OTHER BIG HOLIDAYS COMING UP HERE, INCLUDING KWANZAA AS WELL, A BIG WEATHER PATTERN CHANGE FOR US.

THE MOISTURE WILL BE RETURNING CHRISTMAS EVE LOCALLY.

WE MIGHT EVEN SEE SOME RAIN SHOWERS ROLLING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BEEN RESISTANT TO RAIN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHILE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF CALIFORNIA HAVE BEEN DOING FINE WITH RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW.

THE PATTERN IS BEGINNING TO CHANGE.

A LITTLE MORE FAVORABLE FOR RING FOR US NEXT WEEK.

SIX FOR YOUR LOW TONIGHT.

INTERMITTENT CLOUDS OUT THERE DURING THE DAY.

VERY WARM IN THE INTERIOR.

BACK UP TO 80 ABREGO SPRINGS, 70 RAMONA, ESCONDIDO, PLEASANT WEATHER.

PLENTY OF SUNSHINE INTO THE AFTERNOON.

UPPER 60s IN CHULA VISTA.

MILD PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

BIG BRIDGE WITH TEMPERATURES SIX TO 12 DEGREES ABOVE HISTORICAL AVERAGES.

LOOK AT THE NATIONAL TROUBLE FORECAST.

SOME OF YOU WILL BE WAITING FOR FAMILY OR FRIENDS TO COME TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

OTHERS ARE GOING TO BE DEPARTING AND HEADING BACK TO WHERE YOU WOULD INITIALLY COME FROM.

VISITING FRIENDS OR FAMILY ELSEWHERE, REGARDLESS HOW THAT SHAPES UP, WEATHER PATTERN WILL BE MORE ACTIVE THIS WEEKEND IN THE NORTHWEST AS THE RIDGE BEGINS TO BUCKLE EAST AND RAIN AND SNOW WILL RETURN TO OUR FRIENDS TO THE NORTH.

LOOK AT THE COLD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES, THE NORTHEAST BREAK OUT OF THAT WAY.

MUCH COLDER THAN IT HAD BEEN AND WE WILL BE DRIVING COOL AND UNEVENTFUL ACROSS THE SOUTH THE COASTAL FORECAST, CLOUDS RETURN SUNDAY AND LOW CLOUDS.

MOISTURE ON TUESDAY.

IT'S POSSIBLE WE COULD SEE A FEW RAIN SHOWERS CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT .

INTO THE INLAND AREAS, LOW- COST RETURN.

TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO DROP A BIT INTO THE MOUNTAINS.

YOU CAN SEE A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE.

CLOUDS WILL INCREASE ON SUNDAY.

TEMPERATURES REM DOWNWARD AND WE SIDE DOWN TO 47 ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

AND INTO THE DESERTS WE GO.

80, PARTLY SUNNY AND PRETTY WARM FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

MORE CLOUDS INCREASE AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING A BIT OF A COOLDOWN IN THE TUESDAY WITH ABOUT A DEGREE DROP FROM FRIDAY.

TO CHRISTMAS EVE COOLDOWN.

I'M METEOROLOGIST GEOFF CORNISH FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE HOLIDAYS ARE JUST LUSCIOUS TIME OF YEAR ESPECIALLY AT A LITTLE PLACE AND ONE E. COUNTY COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD WERE THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING CHOCOLATE FOR CENTURY.

AND CRAMER TAKES US THERE FOR THIS SWEET STORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: ALONG OLD HIGHWAY 80, 60 MILES EAST OF SAN DIEGO IS THE SWEETEST THING.

>> AND I GET A HANDFUL OF THE LICORICE?

BLACK AND RED, PLEASE.

>> Reporter: A SWEET STOP FOR GENERATIONS OF TRAVELERS BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND THE IMPERIAL VALLEY WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE CANDY BREAK.

>> I HAVE PEOPLE PULLING AND.

THEY WERE JUST DRIVING BY JUST TO SHOW THEIR FRIENDS OR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT THIS IS THE CANDY COTTAGE.

WE USED TO COME HERE WHEN WE WERE LITTLE.

DANA OWNS WISTERIA CANDY COTTAGE IN THE SMALL TOWN OF BOULEVARD.

A LITTLE HOUSE BUILT A CENTURY AGO WHERE CANDY HAS BEEN MADE AND SOLD SINCE 1921.

>> PEOPLE COME IN AND TELL ME STORIES ABOUT MY MOM AND MY GRANDMOTHER.

JUST THE OTHER DAY I FELT LIKE THIS MAN CAME HERE WAS IN 1941.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE BOTH GONE NOW BUT SO MANY SAN DIEGANS REMEMBER HER MOM AND DAD, GORDON AND CELIA RANKIN WORKING EVERY DAY HERE.

>> I LOVE THE SMELL.

CHOCOLATE AS PART OF MY LIFE.

>> Reporter: CREATING ALL KINDS OF TREAT, THE AIR AROUND THIS LITTLE SHOP PERFUMED WITH A SWEET SMELL OF CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONS.

>> PEOPLE LOOK UPON US AS A TRADITION.

WE ARE NOT JUST A CANDY COTTAGE IN THE MOUNTAINS.

WE ARE A TRADITION.

>> Reporter: NOW THEIR DAUGHTER DANA CARRIES ON THE TRADITION AND TO TELL THE TRUTH, IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

ALL THESE CANDIES, THEY ARE ALL MADE HERE FROM SCRATCH.

SOMETIMES SHE DRIVES DOWN TO SAN DIEGO FOR SUPPLIES.

JUST THE OTHER DAY IN THE CHECKOUT LINE, YOU GOT THE QUESTION AGAIN, WHY ARE YOU BITING ALL OF THIS SUGAR?

>> I SAID I HAVE A SMALL CANDY, CHOCOLATE FACTORY AND THE MOUNTAINS AND THEN THEY SAY WHERE?

THEN THE LADY BEHIND ME WILL SAY, THAT'S NOT WISTERIA, IS IT?

>> Reporter: IT MOST CERTAINLY IS WISTERIA, WHERE TODAY DANA AND HER SON JOE MADE THREE BATCHES OF CHOCOLATE IN THE BACK KITCHEN, AND NOW THEY ARE AT WORK FINISHING UP TOLL WHICH WILL GO ON SALE.

HER FAVORITES, A FEW TRAYS OF WHICH HAS COME OUT FRESH OUR TURTLES.

CHOCOLATE AND NOT.

CUSTOMERS SNAP THEM UP.

>> WE PROBABLY MAKE ABOUT 60 POUNDS OF TURTLES A WEEK.

SO IT'S A LOT.

>> Reporter: IS A BUSY PLACE, WISTERIA, SO FAR FROM EVERYTHING.

AN ODD COMBINATION OF AND DOWN TO EARTH.

UP EARLY IN THE MORNING HARD WORK.

MAKING SHIPPING ALL OVER THE WORLD AND SELLING CANDY.

>> THIS IS OUR SAFE HOME.

>> Reporter: BY THE WAY, IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING, IN CASE SHE MAKES IT, WORKS WITH IT, SELLS IT EVERY DAY, YES, SHE DOES STILL VERY MUCH LIKE CANDY.

>> WE DO EAT CANDY EVERY DAY AND WE HAVE TO TASTE TEST IT.

MAKE SURE IT TASTES GOOD.

>> Reporter: I'M GUESSING THERE ARE WORSE JOBS.

EVERYBODY WHO COMES IN IS HAPPY TO SEE YOU.

>> BYE, RANDY.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE CHALLENGES KEEPING THE PLACE COOL ON HOT SUMMER DAYS.

KEEPING UP WITH ORDERS FROM ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR WISTERIA CHOCOLATE.

THERE'S ALL THAT.

AND KEEPING THEIR SPIRITS SEEMS TO COME NATURALLY.

SHE DOES WORK IN A CANDY SHOP, AFTER ALL, CARRYING ON A FAMILY TRADITION.

DANA THINKS ABOUT THAT TOO.

EVERY DAY SHE WAS HERE, ABOUT HER MOM AND DAD, THE JOY THEY FOUND IN THIS LITTLE PLACE IN THE MOUNTAINS, AND ABOUT HOW MUCH AND FOR HOW LONG THIS LITTLE CANDY SHOP IN BOULEVARD HAS BEEN LOVED BY THOSE WHO COME HERE.

>> IS MORE PART OF YOU.

IT'S A PART OF THESE PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: ON OLD HIGHWAY 80 ON BOULEVARD FOR MORE THAN 90 YEARS, SOMETHING VERY SWEET ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>>> IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE OF KEN KRAMER'S STORIES ABOUT SAN DIEGO THEN IS HALF HOUR SHOW IS HERE EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 ON KPBS.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON THE WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANKS FOR JOINING US .

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.