>>> MENORAHS ARE BEING LIT AT THIS HOUR ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY CELEBRATING HANUKKAH.

THIS YEAR IT IS HAPPENING IN THE SHADOW OF THE ONGOING ISRAEL AND HAMAS WAR.

MG PEREZ JOINS US NOW IN BALBOA PARK.

>> Reporter: THIS IS NOT A PROTEST.

ORGANIZERS ARE CALLING IT A PEACEFUL GATHERING.

THOSE ORGANIZERS ARE MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE ORGANIZATION HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

THAT IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE CEASE- FIRE IN THE ISRAEL AND HAMAS WAR.

THERE ALSO CALLING FOR AN END TO ALL HATE CRIMES THAT HAVE ERUPTED AS A RESULT OF THAT WAR HALF A WORLD AWAY IN MIDDLE EAST.

THIS 22 FOOT 1500 POUND MENORAH MADE WITH A THICK SKIN OF CORDER AND STEEL NOW HOVERS OVER THE HOUSE OF SHABBAT.

A HOME AWAY FROM HOME AND SAFE SPACE FOR SEVERAL JEWISH SAN DIEGO STATE STUDENTS.

MARY SO PEREZ IS A SAN DIEGO AUTHOR CURRENTLY WRITING A BOOK ABOUT THE MASS SHOOTING DURING PASSOVER IN 2019.

LORI GILBERT K WAS KILLED BY A GUNMAN WHO LATER PLEADED GUILTY TO THE HATE CRIME THAT ALSO INJURED THREE OTHERS.

WHEN -- SO THE VANDALISM OF THE MENORAH AT SDSU IN LATE MARCH, HE LAUNCHED THE EFFORT TO REPLACE IT.

THE SECURITY CAMERA CAUGHT THE SUSPECT TO POLICE LATER SAID COMMITTED THE SACRED.

>> IT WAS REALLY HARD TO CLIMB.

>> Reporter: JOSH IS THE SON WHO HAPPENS TO BE A MAC ATOMIC ENGINEER IN FLORIDA.

HE HAS WORKED ON DEFENSE WEAPONS AND MANY OF THE AMUSEMENT RIDES AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS IN ORLANDO.

HE GREW UP IN SAN DIEGO WITH NO CONNECTION TO SDSU BUT HE SAYS THE ANTI-SOMATIC VANDALISM WAS PERSONAL AND HE WAS COMPELLED TO DESIGN THE REPLACEMENT.

>> WE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST REPLACING ABOUT MORE OF.

AND THE MORE WE DID IT IT BECAME MORE FANTASTIC.

WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING ON PAPER IT NEVER REALLY REPRESENTS WHAT THE END GOAL IS GOING TO BE UNTIL YOU SEE IT.

>> Reporter: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.

>> MY HOPE IS WHETHER YOU ARE PALESTINIAN OR JEWISH, LIFE IS BETTER AND WE DON'T GET INVOLVED IN ANY HATE EITHER WAY.

THAT WE REALLY CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER AND FIND A HAPPY PLACE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

>>> BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN U.S. AID TO ISRAEL AND UKRAINE IS LOOKING MORE UNCERTAIN THAN BEFORE.

SENATE REPUBLICANS LAST NIGHT BLOCKED AN EMERGENCY SPENDING BILL DEMANDING TOUGHER IMMIGRATION MEASURES AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

MIKE VALERIO SHOWS US HOW IT IS REVERBERATING FROM CONGRESS TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

>> Reporter: AS WAR RAGES AND UKRAINE, GAZA, AND ISRAEL, BATTLE LINES ARE DRAWN IN WASHINGTON OVER SENDING AID TO ALLIES.

>> WE CANNOT LET THEM WIN.

>> WE ARE MORE EXPOSED TO HER HOME IN THE SHORT TERM THAN PUTTING WINNING AND UKRAINE.

>> Reporter: THE CENTRAL STICKING POINT REPUBLICANS ARE DEMANDING IMMIGRATION CHANGES.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF EXTRANEOUS POLICY THAT I WANT PASS AS WELL.

I SUPPORT CHANGES IN OUR GUN LAWS TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANYMORE MASS SHOOTINGS LIKE WE JUST SAW AT UNLV.

BUT I AM NOT DEMANDING MY LIST OF PROPOSALS ON GUNS BE ENACTED INTO LAW IN ORDER TO SAVE EUROPE FROM VLADIMIR PUTIN.

>> Reporter: ON THE DEBATE STAGE NIKKI HALEY ARGUES THE U.S. MUST CONTINUE TO DELIVER AID TO KEY ALLIES AS A MATTER OF GLOBAL SECURITY.

>> THE ONE WAY WE KEEP CHINA FROM GOING INTO TAIWAN IS WE MAKE SURE WE WIN IN UKRAINE.

>> Reporter: THE QUESTION NOW, WILL AND AID PACKAGE MAKE IT OUT OF CONGRESS THIS YEAR?

LAWMAKERS ARE SET TO ADJOURN NEXT WEEK.

SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO SAID CONGRESS WILL FIND A WAY FORWARD.

>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BUT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THINGS NEED TO BE DONE.

>>> WE DO HAVE ACTIVE WEATHER MAINLY TIED TO WIND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE HAVE A SANTA ANA WIND EVENT ESCALATING UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING.

IN THE MEANTIME A LITTLE BREEZY OUT THERE.

49 YOUR EXPECTED LOW HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

THERE ARE BIG WAVES OUT THERE.

SO SURFERS BEWARE.

ALSO WIND ADVISORIES ARE NOW IN EFFECT.

WE WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS COMING UP.

>>> THE CRISIS OF FENTANYL OVERDOSES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND IN SAN DIEGO CONTINUES TO TAKE LIVES.

BUT THE MAYOR TODAY SAID ACTIONS HE TOOK LAST YEAR HELPING TO FIGHT THE PROBLEM HERE.

JOHN CARROLL HAS MORE FROM OUR NEWSROOM.

>> Reporter: THE NUMBERS SURROUNDING FENTANYL USE IN OVERDOSES IN SAN DIEGO ARE DISTURBING.

MAYOR TODD GLORIA SAID LAST YEAR 410 PEOPLE IN THE CITY DIED FROM OVERDOSING ON THE DRUG.

800% INCREASE OVER FIVE YEARS.

GLORIA SAID THE UNHOUSED POPULATION HAS BEEN HIT ESPECIALLY HARD.

IT IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH IN THAT GROUP.

HE SAID SINCE HE ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER LAST YEAR CRACKING DOWN ON FENTANYL ARRESTS ARE UP 53%.

NOW HE SAYS THERE WAS ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT IS EVEN WORSE THAN FENTANYL.

>> I LEAD THE CHARGE TO SUPPORT GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S LEGISLATIVE ASHER TO INCREASE PENALTIES ON -- IT IS DRIVING EVEN MORE DEATHS.

>> Reporter: THE CDC SAID ZEILER SEEN AS A ANIMAL SEDATIVE NOT APPROVED IN USE FOR HUMANS.

THEY SAID IT IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN COMBINED WITH FENTANYL.

HE SAYS PROSECUTIONS FOR FENTANYL RELATED CRIMES ROSE 1000% BETWEEN 2018 AND 2022.

>>> A PROPOSED INITIATIVE COULD MAKE IT EASIER TO PROSECUTE OVERDOSE DEATHS.

WE LOOK TO THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS.

>> MY DAUGHTER DID NOT DIE OF WHAT WAS REPORTED AS AN ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE.

MY DAUGHTER WAS POISON.

>> Reporter: THAT ASSIST MATTHEW E DOE WHO IS BEHIND THE INITIATIVE.

HIS 20-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS HOME ON CHRISTMAS BREAK FOUR YEARS AGO AND SHE STOPPED TAKING HER PRESCRIBED MEDICATION FOR DEPRESSION.

>> MOST PEOPLE WOULD NEVER KNOW SHE HAD THESE ISSUES BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY SMART, A VERY HIGH IQ, VERY QUICKWITTED AND A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR.

>> Reporter: HE DID KNOW SHE WAS SEEKING OTHER WAYS TO SELF MEDICATE.

>> I GOT A CALL FOR MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER SAYING THAT SHE WAS DEAD.

>> Reporter: SHE BOUGHT THE PAINKILLER PERCOCET FROM A DEALER UNSNAPPED CHAT.

BUT THE PILLS WERE ACTUALLY FENTANYL.

>> SHE TOOK HALF OF ONE BEFORE GOING TO BED AND NEVER WOKE UP.

>> Reporter: THE DEALER IS SERVING A NINE-YEAR SENTENCE.

HE SAYS IT IS NOT ENOUGH.

HE PROPOSED THE LAWN HER NAME.

IF SOMEONE IS CONVICTED OF SUPPLYING HARD DRUGS LIKE NO OR COCAINE THEY COULD RECEIVE A WARNING SAYING IF THEY DON'T STOP AND IF SOMEONE DIES AS A RESULT OF THEIR CONTINUED ACTION THEY COULD BE CHARGED WITH MURDER.

>> Reporter: ALEXANDRA'S LAW FAILED SEVERAL TIMES AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

SO HE IS TRYING TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT TO LET VOTERS DECIDE.

THIS VERSION ALSO INCLUDES A MANDATORY MINIMUM OF 10 TO 12 YEAR SENTENCE FOR ANYONE WHO PROVIDES DRUGS THAT RESULT IN SOMEONE'S DEATH.

>> I WOULD RATHER FILL OUR JAILS IN OUR MORGUES.

>> Reporter: DAS CAN ALREADY PROSECUTE THESE DEATHS AS HOMICIDES BUT THIS WOULD MAKE IT EASIER.

HE SAID IT MIRRORS A SIMILAR WARNING GIVEN WHILE DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED.

-- SAYS THE TWO CANNOT BE COMPARED.

>> WE ARE SETTING OURSELVES UP ON A SLIPPERY SLOPE.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT MEET THE LEGAL STANDARD FOR HOMICIDE OF INTENT.

SUPPLIERS AND USERS OFTEN DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS IN THEIR DRUGS.

>> THE BEST WAY TO ACTUALLY HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTAND IS TO ALLOW FOR MORE DRUG CHECKING.

>> Reporter: JEFF COCHRAN HELPS LOAD PORTABLE TESTING STRIPS.

>> AS SOMEBODY WITH A PRETTY EXTENSIVE HISTORY WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE, I GOT TIRED OF WATCHING MY FRIENDS DIE FROM LACK OF RESOURCES.

>> Reporter: SHE IS FROM INDIANA WERE SUPPLYING DRUGS IS PUNISHABLE UP TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON.

SHE SAYS WHEN NEIGHBORHOOD DRUG DEALERS ARE INCARCERATED OVERDOSES INCREASE.

IT DOESN'T REDUCE THE SUPPLY BUT IT DOES MAKE IT MORE DANGEROUS.

PEOPLE ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW DEALERS ARE WHAT THEY ARE SELLING.

HARSHER PENALTIES ALSO MAKE USERS LESS LIKELY TO CALL FOR HELP WHEN SOMEONE THERE WITH OVERDOSES.

>> WE ARE SEEING EVEN MINORS BEING CHARGED.

THESE ARE GUYS THAT GOT A XANAX THAT GOT IT FROM A FRIEND AND THEY DID KNOW IT HAD FENTANYL IN IT.

HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO KNOW?

>> Reporter: THE RV PULLS UP BEHIND HIM RECKLESS DINER WERE MORE THAN A PEOPLE GATHER.

LED BY -- THE TEAM HANDS OUT KITS WITH EVERYTHING FROM HAND SANITIZER TO NARCAN AND PIPES.

SOME USERS WRITE INTO THE RV SOMETHING TO THE GROUND.

THE TEAM IS NOT FACED.

THEY ARE FOCUSED NOT ON ENDING DRUG USE BUT MAKING IT SAFER.

THE CLEAN NEEDLES AND TEST STRIPS THEY HAND OUT SAVE LIVES FOR PENNIES EACH.

THIS TEAM MEMBER OPERATES A DRUG TESTING MACHINE IN THE BACK OF THE RV.

HE HAS PUT ABOUT 600 SAMPLES THROUGH IT SINCE SEPTEMBER.

HE SAID IF OPIATES ARE NOT FROM A PHARMACY THEY ALMOST CERTAINLY HAVE FENTANYL IN IT.

I ASKED HIM TO ESTIMATE HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST.

IT IS ABOUT $200,000.

BLACK PEOPLE ARE FORMER LIKELY TO BE INCARCERATED FOR IT.

UNDER THE DECADES LONG WAR ON DRUGS, OVERDOSE DEATHS HAVE CLIMBED.

111,000 DEATHS EACH YEAR.

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WE ARE HAVING AN EQUIVALENT OF A 747 CRASHING EVERY DAY IN THE U.S. >> Reporter: SHE AND A PROPONENT HAVE THE SAME GOAL.

SHE JUST DOESN'T THINK HIS APPROACH WILL WORK.

>> THE PEOPLE ARE GETTING A SOLUTION IN PRISON, THEY ARE NOT GETTING TREATED.

THAT IS NOT BALANCING ANY SCALE.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIANS MAY SEE THE INITIATIVE ON CLIPBOARDS FOR THEIR SIGNATURES.

E DOE SAID CONGRESSMAN DALE I SIP WILL INTRODUCE A FEDERAL VERSION ON FRIDAY.

>>> LIZ CHENEY ON HER NEW BOOK, JANUARY 6th, AND HER WARNING TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.

THAT IS COMING UP AFTER EVEN CONDITION ON KPBS.

>>> THE U.S. MILITARY IS GROUNDING ALL OF ITS OSPREY AIRCRAFT FOLLOWING A CRASH THAT KILLED EIGHT SERVICEMEMBERS.

A POSSIBLE MATERIAL FAILURE AND NOT HUMAN ERROR OR REPORTED EARLY.

-- LAST YEAR FIVE MARINES DIED IN IMPERIAL COUNTY.

A FORMER NAVY PILOT AND CEO OF THE SAN DIEGO AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM SAID THE GROUNDING IS IMPORTANT TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CRASH IN JAPAN.

>> THEY ARE NOT SAYING THERE IS ANY CORRELATION TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.

THAT WOULD BE VERY PREMATURE BECAUSE THE INVESTIGATION IS NOT COMPLETE.

>> THE MILITARY DID NOT SPECIFY HOW LONG THE OFFICE FOR A WOULD BE GROUNDED BUT THEY SAID IT WAS IN THE ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.

>>> MILITARY VETERANS AND FAMILIES GATHERED FOR PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY.

ANDREW DYER WAS THERE FOR THE CEREMONY.

>> Reporter: HERE IS THE ACTUAL BOMBING OF THE MIGHTY USS ARIZONA.

>> Reporter: IS 80 TWO YEARS AGO THAT A SLEEPY SUNDAY MORNING TURNED INTO A DAY THAT LIVES IN INFAMY.

THE SURPRISE ATTACK PLUNGED U.S.

IN WORLD WAR II AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF THE 20th CENTURY.

IN SAN DIEGO THE DAY IS MARKED EVERY YEAR FOR THE CEREMONY ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF THE USS MIDWAY MUSEUM.

A SHIP ITSELF NAMED AFTER BATTLING THE WAR THAT FOLLOWED THE ATTACK.

DAVID KOONTZ SAID TIME HAS NOT DIMINISHED THE DAYS IMPORTANCE.

>> WE HAVE OVER 300 PEOPLE HERE TODAY.

I HAD SOME PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE IN THEIR 70s AND 90s.

I LOOKED OUT AND SAW SOME YOUNG PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: PHOTOS OF PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS FEATURED INCLUDED TWO LOCAL SURVIVORS -- MILLER WAS KILLED IN THE WAR.

THE SAN DIEGO SURVIVORS STU HEADLEY AND CLAYTON KINKEL BERG BOTH DIED IN 2021.

WHILE SOME OF THEIR FAMILIES ATTENDED, THIS WAS THE THIRD YEAR IN WHICH NO SURVIVORS MADE THE CEREMONY.

>> I THINK IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO FINALLY COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT THOSE WHO SURVIVED PEARL HARBOR ARE NOT GOING TO LAST FOREVER.

IT HAS BEEN OVER EIGHT DECADES.

IT MEANS THE YOUNGEST PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR TODAY IS PROBABLY 99 YEARS OLD.

HER NECK THE CEREMONY CLOSE WITH THE RINGING OF BELLS, WREATHLAYING, AND A VINTAGE AIRCRAFT MISSING MAN FLYOVER.

>>> THE OCEANSIDE CITY COUNCIL HAS REJECTED A PROPOSAL TO CREATE A NEW POLICY FOR FLAGS ON CITY FLAGPOLES.

TWO CITY COUNCILMEMBERS HAD ASKED FOR THE POLICY TO LIMIT FLAG DISPLAYS TO GOVERNMENT LAGS AND SOME SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF RUNS.

THEIR PROPOSAL STEMMED FROM REQUEST FROM THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE FLAG AT THE CIVIC CENTER.

BUT LGBTQ PLUS ACTIVISTS WERE CONCERNED ANY POLICY WOULD BAN PRIDE FLATS WHICH THE CITY IS NEVER FLOWN.

LAST NIGHT LEAVES THE CURRENT PRACTICE IN PLACE COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN ASK FOR SPECIAL FLAGS BUT THE COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE TO SAY YES.

>>> MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA CAN LOOK FORWARD TO A PAY BUMP IN THE START OF THE NEW YEAR.

THE MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE WILL RISE BY $.50 TO $16 AN HOUR.

THAT WILL BE THE SECOND HIGHEST RATE IN THE COUNTRY NEXT TO WASHINGTON STATE AT $16.28.

NEW YORK CITY IS ALSO RAISING ITS MINIMUM WAGE.

20 STATES ARE STILL USING THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE OF $7.25, WHICH IS NOT GONE UP SINCE 2009.

>>> MANY FAMILIES ARE SETTING UP THEIR CHRISTMAS TREES NOW.

>> Reporter: AMID THE HILLS OF POMONA SITS A SMALL CHRISTMAS TREE FARM.

>> THIS IS A NICE TREAT.

>> Reporter: RAMONA RESIDENT -- CAME TO HIGHLAND VALLEY CHRISTMAS FORM TREE WITH HER SON TO PICK OUT A SMALL TREE FOR THEIR APARTMENT.

>> I JUST WANTED TO HAVE IT JUST FEEL COUNTRY.

IT CAME FROM THE EARTH INSTEAD OF THE BIG LOTS WHERE THEY ARE PRECUT.

IT SEEMED LIKE A NICE LITTLE ACTIVITY TO DO AFTER SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: HIGHLAND VALLEY IS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES IN SAN DIEGO WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME TO GO THERE TREE, HAVE A CUT DOWN, AND TAKE IT HOME.

-- AND HIS FAMILY TOOK OVER THE CHRISTMAS TREE FARM IN 2006.

HE SAYS HE GETS CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING HERE FOR MULTIPLE GENERATIONS.

>> WHEN WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY WE HAD A MINDSET OF MAKING WINE.

IN THE FIRST YEARS THERE WERE A LOT OF CUSTOMERS THAT SAID THEY HAD BEEN COMING HERE FOR GENERATIONS AND DON'T GET RID OF THE CHRISTMAS TREES.

IT'S PART OF OUR TRADITION.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS HIS FAMILY KEEPS THE TREE FROM GOING FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS.

TRADITION IS WHAT LED TED ANDERSON TO THIS TWO-ACRE TREE FARM.

HE WANTED TO PICK UP AND CUT DOWN ITS OWN TREE.

SOMETHING HE HAS NOT DONE SINCE HE WAS A TEENAGER LIVING IN COLORADO.

ANDERSON SAID IT IS CHEAPER.

>> WE CAN GET A TALLER TREE FOR A LITTLE LESS PRICE.

IT SEEMED VERY REASONABLE.

>> Reporter: WITH INFLATION AND SHORTAGES CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, CHRISTMAS TREE PRICES HAVE GONE UP.

IT TAKES A SAPLING ABOUT 5 TO 6 YEARS TO REACH ABOUT THIS FIGHT READY TO BE HARVESTED.

-- AS EARLY SEEING THE EFFECT OF THE WARMING CLIMATE ON HISTORIES.

>> THE NEEDLE TIPS WILL GO A LITTLE BIT MORE ORANGE WITH A HEAT.

THEY WILL GET BURNED.

ALSO THERE IS A LITTLE WORM THAT WILL GET TO THE TREE THAT WILL AFFECT THEM A LOT MORE.

>> Reporter: BUYING A LIFE FREE FROM LOCAL FORM IS STILL A SUSTAINABLE WAY TO ENJOY HOLIDAYS.

>> THE ONES THAT ARE HERE IN THE GROUND GROWING ADDING TO OUR LOCAL AIR QUALITY.

>>> A STUDY REVEALS WHY CALIFORNIA REDWOODS ARE SO RESILIENT.

RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT THE TREES IN BIG BAY SINCE DATE PARK FOLLOWING THE -- LIGHTNING BUYERS.

THEY FOUND CARBON RESERVES DATING BACK 5200 YEARS THAT CAN BE USED TO CREATE NEW LEAVES AND PERFORMS PHOTOSYNTHESIS.

THEY ALSO FOUND NEW SPROUTS COMING FROM BLOOD TRACES, WHICH ARE LINES THAT RUN FROM INSIDE THE TREE TO THE SURFACE THAT CAN LEAD TO NEW LEAVES.

>> THE TREES ACTUALLY ARE ABLE TO SURVIVE AND RECOVER.

WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL SURVIVE, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE DOING OKAY.

PERHAPS THEY WILL BE MORE SENSITIVE TO THINGS LIKE DROUGHT.

THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WE WOULD HOPE TO AVOID.

>> SOME OF THE TREES GREW THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.

IN BIOLOGICAL ANTICIPATION OF AN EVENT LIKE WILDFIRES.

>>> WE HAVE RELATIVELY BIG HIGH IMPACT HEADLINES INVOLVING WIND AND ROUGH SURF.

BUT WHEN DOES THE MAIN CONCERN.

ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT IS SURFING WOULD LOVE THE BIG WAVES.

BUT BE CAREFUL THERE WILL BE MORE DANGEROUS OUT THERE.

BUT THE SANTA ANA WIND WILL BE ESCALATING INTO FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.

THERE WILL BE SOME INHERENT FIRE DANGER AS THE DRY DOWNSLOPING WIND BRINGS LOW HUMIDITY.

THE StormTrac IS GOING TO STAY TO OUR NORTH.

WE DON'T EXPECT TO SEE MUCH RAIN IN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS.

TONIGHT WE WILL GET DOWN TO 49.

ACROSS THE METRO WE WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY.

THEN THE WIND WILL PICK UP STARTING IN THE AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY.

FRIDAYS HIGHS AROUND 69 IN ESCONDIDO.

HERE IS THE CONTRAST FROM THE VALLEY IN THE DESERT.

AROUND 71 IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT WIND ADVISORIES FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

I WIND WARNINGS FOR SOME L.A.

THERE ARE ROUGH WAVES AND SURF.

ANY SURFERS THAT OFTEN JUMP ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WAVES, BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL.

THERE ARE TRUE DANGEROUS OUT THERE.

THE WIND WILL BE OFFSHORE FRIDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY.

WE COULD SEE GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR.

JUST THE INHERENT DRY NATURE OF THESE WINDS DO BOOST A FIRE RISK WITH ALSO TRAVEL DANGEROUS .

HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES BE CAREFUL.

IT WILL BE VERY GUSTY THROUGH THE CABINS.

BE ON THE WIND ISSUES WRITING I IT IS A GENERALLY NICE WEEKEND.

74 ON SATURDAY.

IN THE AREAS, 78.

VERY NICE AND SUNNY.

IN THE MOUNTAINS WE GO.

WE WILL RISE SOME OF THE LOW 50s AFTER SPENDING TIME IN THE 40s.

THE DESERTS ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE COOL.

MID 60s AND WARMING UP TO 71 ON MONDAY.

>>> SOME DISAPPOINTING NEWS, BUT NOT SURPRISING WAYS.

SUPERSTAR SLUGGER JUAN SOTO IS HEADED TO NEW YORK.

THE PADRES ARE SHIPPING THE THREE-TIME ALL-STAR ALONG WITH CENTER FIELDER -- IN A TRADE WITH THE YANKEES.

THEY MADE A BLOCKBUSTER TRADE TO GET SOTO BUT HE IS A FREE- AGENT BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR IT HAD BECOME CLEAR THE PADRES COULD NOT RE-SIGN HIM.

IN EXCHANGE FOR SOTO THE PADRES ARE GETTING BACK FOR YOUNG PITCHERS AND A VETERAN CATCHER.

>>> GIVING MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD AND IT IS BACKED BY SCIENCE.

STUDIES SHOW DONATING MAY HAVE POSITIVE HEALTH EFFECTS INCLUDING REDUCING THE PRESSURE AND IMPROVING HEART HEALTH.

IN CERTAIN CHARITY SEEKING SITUATIONS SOME MAY FEEL A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PRESSURE.

>> Reporter: IT IS THE SEASON FOR GIVING GIFTS AND EVEN BACK.

IT IS KNOWN AS -- CHARITY.

ROUNDING OUT YOUR PURCHASE WERE TACKING ON A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS FOR THE RETAILER'S CHOICE.

>> WE FEEL SOME GUILT OR SHAME IF WE DON'T DONATE THIS YEAR.

SO PEOPLE ARE BEGRUDGINGLY GIVING MONEY AT THE REGISTER.

>> Reporter: SOCIAL PRESSURE CAN BE A MAJOR DRIVING FORCE WHEN DONATING AT THE RETAIL COUNTER.

AN OHIO UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER SAID THIS CAN INDUCE ANXIETY.

>> AT THE POINT OF CHECK OUT THERE ARE REAL CONSEQUENCES THAT HAPPEN OR CUSTOMERS, SPECIFICALLY ANXIETY OF MAKING THEM FEEL LIKE A BAD PERSON IF THEY ARE NOT GIVING.

>> CUSTOMERS MAY TEMPORARILY FEEL UNEASY, THE EXTRA PENNIES DO ADD UP.

ALBERTSON'S RAISED OVER $43 MILLION FOR HUNGER RELIEF AT REGISTERS IN 2022.

FINANCIAL EXPERTS AGREE A POLITE NO IS OKAY.

>> NO YOU SUPPORT AND WHO YOU CARE ABOUT.

AND YOU CAN SAY, I HAVE SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENT IN THIS PARTICULAR CAUSE IS LESS PERTINENT TO ME.

>> Reporter: IF YOU DON'T HAVE CASH TO DONATE THERE ARE MORE WAYS TO GIVE BACK.

>> YOU CAN LOOK INTO VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE VOLUNTEER AROUND THE HOLIDAYS BUT THOSE NEEDS EXIST ALL YEAR ROUND.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW.

THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS HAS MANY UNSURE HOW TO CELEBRATE HANUKKAH.

HOW SOME YOUNGER FOLKS IN L.A. SAY THEY ARE FOCUSING ON HOPE AND HOSPITALITY.

AND ON KPBS ROUNDTABLE WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF OUR LATEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING AS WELL AS MIXTURES POWER FORECAST FOR GAS AND ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS.

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