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

CALL ONE 800 BILL HOWELL, OR VISIT BILL HOWE.COM.

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AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S PAUSE ON RECIPROCAL TARIFFS ENDS IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

IF IMPLEMENTED, THESE TARIFFS COULD RESHAPE THE WAY AMERICA DOES BUSINESS WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD.

MARIBEL GONZALES BREAKS DOWN WHAT GOODS COULD BE IMPACTED.

>> IS THERE ANY WIGGLE ROOM ON STEEL AND ALUMINUM IN EXCHANGE?

>> NOT A LOT, BECAUSE IF I DO IT FOR ONE, I HAVE TO DO IT FOR ALL.

>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNED MULTIPLE EXECUTIVE ACTIONS THIS WEEK, IMPOSING A 50% TARIFF ON BRAZIL, A 50% TARIFF ANSWER PRODUCTS, AND SAID INDIA WOULD HAVE THE P.A.

25% RECIPROCAL TARIFF AND POSSIBLY A PENALTY AT THE START OF AUGUST.

SO WHAT DO THESE CHANGES MEAN FOR AMERICANS?

>> WE'LL SEE PRICES START TO CREEP UP.

>> THE MOVE SIGNALED AN ESCALATION OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS TRADE MORE, IMPACTING PRODUCTS THAT ARE CRUCIAL COMPONENTS IN A VARIETY OF GOODS LIKE COPPER, WHICH IS USED IN ELECTRONICS, MACHINERY, AND CARS.

ALSO.

>> COFFEE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GROWN IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> WHILE THESE TRADE TALKS HAVE PRODUCED SOME WINS FOR THE U.S., LIKE SOME OVERSEAS TRADING PARTNERS PLEDGING INCREASED INVESTMENTS, OTHER COMPANIES, LIKE CANADA, ARE NOT PLAYING BALL.

IF 21 CANADIAN IMPORTS LIKE LUMBER REMAIN IN PLACE, A REPORT FROM THE CANADIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ESTIMATES THE AVERAGE COST OF BUILDING A HOME IN THE U.S. COULD INCREASE BY AN ADDITIONAL $14,000 BY THE END OF 2027.

AND YET ALL THESE TARIFFS COULD BE CHANGED ONCE AGAIN INSIDE A COURTROOM.

>> THE AUTHORITY FOR THEM IS BASED ON THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY POWERS, AND THERE'S A COURT CASE PENDING ON THAT, AND THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT COULD DECIDE THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE THOSE POWERS, IN WHICH CASE HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO LEVY THESE TARIFFS.

>> I MARIBEL GONZALES, REPORTING.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO AMERICA'S LARGEST TRADING PARTNER, MEXICO, PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED TODAY HE'S ENDING EXISTING TARIFFS.

HE SPALDING HIGHER TARIFFS THAT WERE SET TO GO INTO EFFECT TOMORROW.

THAT MEANS GOODS FROM MEXICO REMAIN TAXED AT 25%, UNLESS THEY ARE PART OF THE U.S.- MEXICO-CANADA TRADE DEAL.

MEXICO'S PRESIDENT SAYS HER COUNTRY HAS THE BEST POSSIBLE AGREEMENT.

>> INVESTING IN MEXICO REMAINS THE BEST OPTION.

WE ARE IN A VERY GOOD POSITION FACING THIS NEW INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ORDER SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK OFFICE.

OUR STRATEGY OF KEEPING A COOL HEAD, COMPOSURE, AND FIRMLY DEFENDING OUR PRINCIPLES HAS WORKED.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE'LL BE TALKING WITH MEXICO OVER THE NEXT 90 DAYS TO SIGN A LONGER- TERM TRADE DEAL.

>>> MORE OF A TYPICAL QUIET PATTERN HERE AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT.

TEMPERATURES BACK DOWN INTO THE MID-60s.

OF COURSE, THE CLOUDS COME IN, LINGER THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS, AND THEY FADE AWAY INTO TOMORROW.

WILL THERE BE ANY SIGNIFICANT PATTERN CHANGES IN THE DAYS TO COME?

I'LL HAVE THAT FULL FORECAST COMING UP.

>>> SAN DIEGO IS GETTING AN ADDITIONAL $15 MILLION TO HELP BUILD MORE HOMES.

THIS IS THE SIXTH ROUND OF FUNDING FOR THE BRIDGE TO HOME INITIATIVE.

IT OFFERS GAP FINANCING TO DEVELOPERS WHO PROPOSE PROJECTS AIMED AT INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSING UNITS.

THE CITY SAYS NEARLY $108 MILLION IS ALREADY BEEN COMMITTED TO SUPPORT 24 PROJECTS AND MORE THAN 2100 AFFORDABLE HOMES.

MAYOR TODD GLORIA SAYS THE PROGRAM IS PART OF A BROADER STRATEGY TO BUILD MORE HOMES, BRING DOWN RENTS, AND LOWER THE COST OF LIVING.

>>> THE FIRST COMMUNITY OWNED GROCERY STORE IN SAN DIEGO SOUTHBAY IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO OPENING.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AIR SPOKE TO SOME IMPERIAL BEACH RESIDENTS WHO SAY THEY OFTEN HAVE TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE THE CITY FOR NUTRITIOUS FOOD OPTIONS.

>> THE SIGN IS NOW UP OUTSIDE THE FUTURE LOCATION OF SUNCOAST MARKET CO-OP IN IMPERIAL BEACH.

IT'S A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING.

>> WE HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING AS RESIDENTS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW, BECAUSE WE WANTED BETTER ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: KIM RIVERA FRANK IS BOARD PRESIDENT WITH THE MARKET.

SHE SAYS THERE ARE LIMITED GROCERY STORE OPTIONS IN IMPERIAL BEACH, AND SHE'S ONE OF MANY RESIDENTS WHO SHOP FOR GROCERIES OUT OF TOWN.

SHE SAYS SUNCOAST MARKET WILL HELP WITH THAT PROBLEM.

IT'S OWNED BY THE COMMUNITY, AND DECISIONS ARE MADE LOCALLY.

>> WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE CO-OP, AND SO IT'S A $200 ONE TIMESHARE PURCHASE, AND WHEN THE STORE OPENS, ANYBODY CAN SHOP THERE, BUT AS OWNERS, WE GET SPECIAL PERKS.

SO WE'LL HAVE THINGS LIKE WEEKLY OWNER COUPONS.

>> SHE SAYS THE FULL-SERVICE GROCERY STORE WILL OFFER LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCE, AS WELL AS NATURAL AND ORGANIC FOODS.

SO FAR, THERE ARE OVER 1300 COMMUNITY OWNERS, INCLUDING IMPERIAL BEACH RESIDENT MEL LYONS.

HE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER OF THE FORMER WILD WILLOW FARM AND EDUCATION CENTER IN THE TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY.

>> BUT I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF LOCALLY GROWN FOOD.

THERE'S MORE SMALL FARMS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY THAN ANY COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, AND WE'RE NOT EATING THEIR FOOD, SO THERE'S, THERE'S PRODUCTION MEANS AND DISTRIBUTION MEANS THAT ARE NOW SETTING UP IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF MARKETING YANA CASTRO IS A CONSUMER BEHAVIOR RESEARCHER AND RETAILING EXPERT WHO SPECIALIZES IN FOOD INSECURITY.

SHE SAYS OPENING THE GROCERY CO- OP IS A GREAT FIRST STEP, BUT THERE ARE TWO OTHER AREAS THE STORE WILL NEED TO FOCUS ON TO BE BENEFICIAL TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT IS WHAT IS THE RIGHT MIX OF PRODUCTS, AND WHAT IS THE RIGHT LEVEL OF PRICING FOR THE CO-OP?

>> RIVERO FRANK SAYS THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE STORE AFFORDABLE.

THEY'RE ACCEPTING CAL FRESH BENEFITS AND MEMBERS OF FOOD ASSISTANCE WILL GET AN ADDITIONAL 10% DISCOUNT.

SUNCOAST MARKET CO-OP IS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION.

ALL IN, RIVERO FRANK SAYS IT'S A $3.9 MILLION PRODUCT, AND THEY NEED TO FUND RAISE AN ADDITIONAL $300,000 BEFORE OPENING THIS FALL.

JACOB AIR, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MORE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN OFFERED ADMISSION TO UC SAN DIEGO THIS YEAR THAN EVER BEFORE.

IT'S PART OF THE UNIVERSITY'S STRATEGY TO BRING IN ENOUGH INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND TUITION.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER KATIE ONASSIS WAS THE UNIVERSITY EXPECTS RECENT FEDERAL POLICIES TO IMPACT STUDENT'S DECISIONS TO STUDY HERE.

>> Reporter: UC SAN DIEGO HAS OFFERED ADMISSION TO NEARLY 7500 INTERNATIONAL FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS.

THAT'S THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN THE LAST 30 YEARS.

THE INCREASE IN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ADMISSIONS HAPPENED ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM THIS YEAR.

JIM ROLLINS OVERSEAS ENROLLMENT AT UC SAN DIEGO.

>> HEART OF OUR THINKING, AND THIS IS TRUE FOR ANY INSTITUTION IN THE U.S.

RIGHT NOW, IS THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THIS ADMISSION CYCLE, WHEN WE SEEN THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT THE FEDERAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL, LET'S SAY, THAT HAVE REALLY INCREASED UNCERTAINTY AND ANY NUMBER OF OTHER EMOTIONS AND THOUGHTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH STUDENT'S HEADS, WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO THINK THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO WILL ACCEPT OUR OFFER OF ADMISSION AND COME HERE IS GOING TO PROBABLY BE A LITTLE LOWER.

>> Reporter: SPRING, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REVOKED VISAS OF 35 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AT UC SAN DIEGO.

IT LATER RESTORED ABOUT HALF OF THEM.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED PLANS TO REVOKED VISAS FROM CHINESE STUDENTS.

THEY'RE THE LARGEST INTERNATIONAL STUDENT POPULATION AT UC SAN DIEGO.

ROLLINS SAYS UNIVERSITY STAFF ARE AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS PROSPECTIVE STUDENT'S QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.

>> Reporter: WE GOT A NUMBER OF OFFICES ON THE CAMPUS THAT ARE TRYING TO BE AVAILABLE TO THEM, AND THEN BY THE TIME THE BALL COMES, WE HOPE THEY WILL HAVE FELT LIKE THEY'RE AT LEAST AS INFORMED AS THEY CAN BE, EVEN IF WE CAN'T CONTROL EVERYTHING THAT'S IMPACTING THEIR DECISION.

>> Reporter: UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS ALSO CONSIDER THEIR BUDGET WHEN MAKING ADMISSIONS DECISIONS.

INTERNATIONAL AND OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS PAY ABOUT THREE TIMES AS MUCH TUITION AS CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS, AT ABOUT $58,000 A YEAR.

>> BUT THAT DOESN'T EVEN ACCOUNT FOR THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A TON MORE AID TO OUR IN- STATE STUDENTS TOO.

SO THE MATH IS VERY TRICKY AND VERY COMPLEX, AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY PART OF THE PLANNING HERE.

IT HAS TO BE.

THAT'S PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE AS WE KIND OF BALANCE THINGS OUT.

>> Reporter: UC SAN DIEGO ADMITTED ABOUT 6% FEWER INCOMING FRESHMAN CALIFORNIA THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

THE UNIVERSITY WILL KNOW THE MAKEUP OF THIS YEAR'S CLASS LATER THIS FALL.

KATIE ONASSIS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MILLIONS OF BORROWERS ARE ABOUT TO SEE THEIR STUDENT LOAN BALANCES INCREASE.

THE CHANGE AFFECTS BORROWERS ENROLLED IN A SAVINGS ON A VALUABLE EDUCATION PLAN.

THAT'S AN INCOME DRIVEN REPAYMENT PLAN LAUNCHED IN 2023 UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THAT OFFERED LOWER MONTHLY PAYMENTS.

BECAUSE OF LEGAL CHALLENGES, PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN PAUSED AND BALANCES HAVE BEEN FROZEN SINCE LAST SUMMER, BUT NOW, INTEREST WILL RESUME BEGINNING ON AUGUST 1st.

THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAYS BORROWERS CAN STILL BE GRANTED FOR BARONS, WHICH DELAYS THEIR MONTHLY PAYMENTS, BUT INTEREST WILL BE APPLIED EACH MONTH.

>> AND JEFF BENNETT.

TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, PRESIDENT TRUMP EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR A TARIFF DEAL WITH MEXICO BY ANOTHER 90 DAYS.

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

>>> JULY IS FIBROID AWARENESS MONTH.

THE GOAL IS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT UTERINE FIBROIDS, THEIR SYMPTOMS, AND AVAILABLE TREATMENT OPTIONS.

RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A PUSH TO MAKE THE DESIGNATION OFFICIAL.

AS KAREN KAFA TELLS US, IT'S PART OF A LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE GAINING STEAM ON CAPITOL HILL.

>> Reporter: JANEL HENRY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH FIBROIDS A FEW WEEKS BEFORE HER 40th BIRTHDAY.

SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE, AND SAYS IT WAS A CONFUSING TIME.

>> WHAT I DID REALIZE WAS THAT IT COULD AFFECT MY FERTILITY AND IT COULD AFFECT JUST MY QUALITY OF LIFE, AND SO I STARTED READY IN ABOUT FIBROIDS.

>> Reporter: UTERINE FIBROIDS ARE THE MOST COMMON NONCANCEROUS TUMOR OR GROSS IN WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE.

ACCORDING TO THE MAYO CLINIC, BLACK WOMEN IN THE U.S. ARE UP TO THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN WHITE WOMEN TO DEVELOP UTERINE FIBROIDS.

HENRY LEARNED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TREATMENT OPTIONS, INCLUDING A HYSTERECTOMY, WHERE DOCTORS REMOVE THE UTERUS AND SOMETIMES OTHER REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS.

>> I WANTED TO PRESERVE MY FERTILITY OPTIONS, AND SO I DECIDED TO HAVE A MY AND TO ME TWO YEARS AFTER THAT DIAGNOSIS, AND THAT WAS A LONG HEALING PROCESS, BUT I HAD A FANTASTIC TEAM.

>> Reporter: HENRY IS THE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS FOR THE WHITE DRESS PROJECT.

IT'S A NONPROFIT CREATED TO SUPPORT WOMEN WITH FIBROIDS.

>> WE ARE GOING TO BE EMPOWERED BY THIS COLOR, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF OUR BODIES AND REALLY ADVOCATE FOR THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO HAVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE DESERVE.

>> Reporter: THIS MONTH, THE WHITE DRESS PROJECT JOIN SEVERAL OTHER ADVOCACY GROUPS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR A ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE YVETTE DE KLERK AND SOME OF HER CONGRESSIONAL CLIENTS.

CLARK IS SPONSORING A UTERINE HEALTH LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE, AND IS HOPING TO GET MORE SUPPORT ACROSS THE AISLE.

>> THIS IS A NONPARTISAN ISSUE, BECAUSE IT AFFECTS WOMEN ACROSS THE SPECTRUM.

BLACK WOMEN HAVE A HIGHER PREVALENCE, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE THE ONLY WOMEN THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THIS.

>> Reporter: CLARK AND ONE OF THE BILLS COSPONSORS, REPRESENTATIVE CHANTEL BROWN OF OHIO, BOTH STRUGGLED WITH FIBROIDS FOR YEARS.

>> TOO MANY WOMEN HAVE DEALT WITH THIS IN SILENCE, AND WE WANT TO BREAK THE SILOS AND THE SILENCE AND THE STIGMA AROUND THIS ISSUE.

>> Reporter: CLOSE LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE IS COMPRISED OF FOUR BILLS, INCLUDING THE STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES UTERINE FIBROIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACT.

IT HONORS THE LATE CONGRESSWOMAN WHO FIRST INTRODUCED THE BILL IN 2001 HIM AND CALL FOR MORE RESEARCH FUNDING, ALONG WITH INCREASING EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.

>> WE NEED A GENERATION OF OB/GYN'S THAT UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THIS MEANS TO WOMEN'S BODIES.

>> Reporter: IS ALSO THE YOU FIGHT ACT, THE UTERINE CANCER STUDY ACT, AND THE UTERINE FIBROIDS AWARENESS MONTH RESOLUTION.

IN ADDITION TO LAWMAKERS AND ADVOCACY GROUPS, OSCAR AWARD WINNING ACTRESS LUPITA NYONG'O IS SHARING HER PERSONAL JOURNEY TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS.

>> I THINK THAT WE ARE MAKING TREMENDOUS PROGRESS, NORMALIZING THE CONVERSATION.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WAY TOO OFTEN, AND IT DESERVES TO GET SOME GREATER UNDERSTANDING AROUND THE CAUSE, THE CURE, AND MORE TREATMENT OPTIONS.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, I'M KAREN KAFA.

>> >>> RISING COSTS FOR FOOD AND MEDICAL BILLS ARE AFFECTING OUR FURRY FRIENDS.

IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS MANY ARE ENDING UP IN ANIMAL SHELTERS.

IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS NO EXCEPTION.

35 REPORTER JOHN CARROLL REPORTS ON THE LATEST EFFORT BY THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY TO CLEAR THE SHELTERS.

>> Reporter: THESE SCENES AT THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY ARE NOW AS FAMILIAR AS THEY ARE HEARTBREAKING.

ALL FOUR OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY'S CAMPUSES HAVE BEEN OVERCROWDED FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, BUT NOW THEY'RE COMPLETELY OVERCAPACITY.

>> WE KEEP THINKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF, BUT WE HAVEN'T REACHED THAT POINT YET.

>> Reporter: THE POINT THEY'VE REACHED IS CHALLENGING, TO SAY THE LEAST.

>> IS INCREDIBLY OVERWHELMING WHEN YOU THINK THAT SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY HAS 1900 ANIMALS IN CARE.

>> Reporter: AND SO THE HUMANE SOCIETY IS MAKING YET ANOTHER PUSH TO GET THESE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES MATCHED UP WITH LOVING HOMES.

THE HOPE BEHIND THE EFFORT IS REFLECTED IN ITS NAME, CLEAR THE SHELTERS.

>> ALL OF AUGUST, ADOPTION FEES ARE GOING TO BE 50% OFF.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT PET YOU'RE LOOKING TO ADOPT.

>> Reporter: AND ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 23rd, A DEAL NO ONE WHO LOVES ANIMALS CAN REFUSE.

>> ALL ADOPTION FEES ARE GOING TO BE WAIVED, FOR EVERY SINGLE PET AT SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY WHO'S READY FOR A HOME.

>> Reporter: THIS IS RED.

SHE'S BEEN HERE SINCE MARCH.

SHE IS REALLY READY FOR A NEW HOME.

>> SHE RIDES PERFECTLY IN THE CAR.

SHE'S GENTLE.

>> Reporter: IT'S NOT JUST DOGS AND CATS.

ACROSS THE HUMANE SOCIETY'S FOUR CAMPUSES, THERE ARE ALSO NEARLY 200 CRITTERS, INCLUDING RABBITS, HAMSTERS, GUINEA PIGS, AND EVEN MICE.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADOPT OR FOSTER, BUT DON'T THINK YOU CAN AFFORD IT, THE HUMANE SOCIETY WANT YOU TO KNOW THEY CAN HELP IN MANY WAYS, WITH FREE FOOD AND LOW-COST VETERINARY CARE.

ANYTHING NEEDED TO HELP YOU BRING HOME ONE OF THE 900 ANIMALS READY FOR IMMEDIATE ADOPTION, EACH INDIVIDUAL SOULS WHO LONG TO GIVE LOVE AND TO BE LOVED.

>> YES.

>> Reporter: JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>> AND THE RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY IN ENCINITAS IS ALSO JOINING THE CLEAR THE SHELTERS CAMPAIGN, AND IS WAIVING ADOPTION FEES ON ALL ADULT PETS SIX MONTHS OR OLDER FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

>>> WELL, SOCCER IS A POPULAR SPORT IN SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA, AND IT CAN BE PLAYED ANYWHERE, FROM STADIUMS AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AIR TAKES US TO ONE SAN DIEGO PARK WHERE A SOCCER PROGRAM IS SUPPORTING REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT KIDS ON AN OFF THE FIELD.

>> Reporter: AND KALINA DEL SOL PARK IN SAN DIEGO CITY HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD, THE BEAUTIFUL GAME IS BRINGING TOGETHER YOUNG REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK.

>> THE MOMENT WE STARTED OFF HERE, LIKE, IT WAS ALREADY, SOCCER WAS TAKING OFF AT CITY HEIGHTS IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: -- CAME TO THE USS CHILDREN.

>> FOR THIS PROGRAM, I DIDN'T PLAY IN ANY SOCCER LEAGUES, ANY SOCCER CLUBS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY TAUGHT ME HOW TO HIT A BALL.

>> Reporter: ON THE BASKETBALL COURTS, THEY GO OVER THE FUNDAMENTALS, TRAIN, AND PLAY A STREET FILE OF SOCCER.

>> WE DO PRACTICES, AND WE ALSO HAVE GAMES TOO.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, ON SATURDAYS, THERE'S A FUTSAL TOURNAMENT FOR THE GIRLS.

>> Reporter: 18-YEAR-OLD COUSINS JULY AND VENUS WHILE RECENTLY JOINED THE PROGRAM.

>> I'VE BEEN PLAYING SOCCER BEFORE I JOINED THIS PROGRAM.

I WOULD COME TO THE PARK DOWN THERE, AND I WOULD JUST, LIKE, PLAY, AND THEN ONE DAY I SAW MS. ANNA AND HER PLAYERS JUST TRAINING, AND THEN I ASKED IF I COULD JOIN HER, AND SO EVER SINCE THEN, I'VE BEEN PLAYING WITH HER.

>> Reporter: THE NO-COST SOCCER CLINICS ARE PART OF THE SCA PROGRAM PUT ON BY A VOLUNTEER RUN ORGANIZATION CALLED YOUNG AND PROSPEROUS.

IT'S FUNDED BY GRANTS AND DONATIONS.

ANNA DIAZ IS DIRECTOR OF SPORT FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

>> WE HAVE YOUTH ALL THE WAY FROM FIFTH GRADE TO SENIORS, AND WE HELP THEM WITH THE BASIC FUNDAMENTALS OF SOCCER.

AS SOON AS THEY GET TO A CERTAIN LEVEL, THEN WE START REACHING OUT TO CLUBS THAT ARE WILLING TO SPONSOR THESE YOUTH, AND WE MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH THEM.

>> Reporter: DIAZ HAS HELPED ORGANIZE FOR YOUTH SOCCER AT THE PARK FOR ABOUT A DECADE.

SHE SAYS THE KIDS SHARE THEIR CULTURE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND FIND WAYS TO COMMUNICATE DESPITE LANGUAGE BARRIERS.

>> BECAUSE OF SOCCER, IT WAS LIKE A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE WHERE WE WERE ALL TALKING.

>> Reporter: IN THIS PART OF THE CITY, DIAZ SAYS THERE'S A LACK OF ACCESS TO ORGANIZED SOCCER TEAMS BECAUSE OF COST.

YOUNG AND PROSPEROUS PROVIDES ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT PLAYERS NEED.

>> IF I NEEDED, LIKE, SOCCER CLEATS, THEY HELPED ME WITH THAT.

IF I NEEDED, LIKE, SHOES, NEW SHOES FOR SCHOOL, THEY HELP THEM WITH THAT.

THEY REALLY, LIKE, HELPS ME.

THEY'VE BEEN, LIKE, A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE.

>> Reporter: DIAZ SAID THAT OFFERS A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT OFF THE PITCH TOO.

>> SOCCER IS JUST THE HOOK.

IT'S MORE MENTORING.

WE PREP THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR COLLEGE.

>> Reporter: THAT INCLUDES TUTORING AND MAKING SURE THE KIDS ARE ON TOP OF THEIR GRADES.

PLAYING SOCCER ALSO HELPS.

>> DURING THE FALL SEASON, I WAS REALLY STRESSED OUT WITH COLLEGE AND APPLYING AND STUFF, SO, LIKE, IT HELPS ME MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY, BECAUSE IT WAS, LIKE, JUST LIKE A LITTLE MOMENT WHERE I, LIKE, COULD JUST GET AWAY FROM SCHOOL WORK AND STUFF, SO, LIKE, IT'S HELPED ME A LOT.

>> I STARTED WITH THE YOUNG AND PROSPEROUS PROGRAM BY PLAYING SOCCER, BUT THEY WERE ALSO HELPING ME ACADEMICALLY.

>> Reporter: THE PROGRAM HAS PLAYED A ROLE FOR SOME OF THE YOUTH TO ACHIEVE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS.

17-YEAR-OLD PYTHON HAS A FULL RIGHT ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP TO USE A RIVERSIDE.

19-YEAR-OLD HAS CONTINUED WITH SOCCER THANKS TO A SCHOLARSHIP AT THE MASTERS UNIVERSITY.

>> AND HERE I AM PLAYING COLLEGE SOCCER.

IF I DIDN'T PLAY HIGH SCHOOL, I JUST, LIKE, CONTINUALLY WORKING HARD AND LISTENING TO MY COACHES.

>> Reporter: FCA IS PERSONAL FOR DIAZ.

SHE RUMORS COMING FROM MEXICO AS A CHILD AND NOT BEING ABLE TO -- >> I WAS IN SOCCER AS WELL.

I ALSO GOT SPONSORED.

I ALSO WAS HELPED A LOT MY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TAKING ME, COMING AND GOING, AND WHERE I GREW UP, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF SPORTS, ESPECIALLY FOR GIRLS.

AND IF YOU DO WANT TO PLAY, YOU HAVE TO PAY.

SO I THINK IT'S KIND OF LIKE A WAY OF GIVING BACK.

>> Reporter: THE STORIES ARE INSPIRING OTHERS.

>> MOSTLY ABOUT SOCCER, WHAT IT TAUGHT ME WAS THE DISCIPLINE PART.

KEEP SHOWING UP, KEEP SHOWING UP.

I KEPT SHOWING UP.

>> SOCCER ISN'T FOR EVERYONE, SO THEY SAY NOW THE ORGANIZATION HAS BASKETBALL AND DANCE PROGRAMS, GIVEN MORE KIDS THE SAME SHOT.

>> THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAVE, LIKE, ALL THESE PROGRAMS, IT REALLY HELPS, LIKE, PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT FROM HERE, AND ACTUALLY, LIKE, MAKES THOSE PEOPLE FEEL AT HOME AND WELCOMED.

>> Reporter: THE SUCCESS STORIES ARE BRINGING DIAZ'S STORY FULL CIRCLE.

IT'S ALSO BRINGING IN A GREAT YOUTH IN CITY HEIGHTS TOGETHER ON A TEAM THAT FEELS LIKE A HOME AWAY FROM HOME.

JACOB AIR, KPBS NEWS.

>> AND JACOB PRODUCED A VIDEO SERIES ABOUT SOCCER IN OUR BORDER REGION.

YOU CAN WATCH ALL THE EPISODES THAT KPBS.ORG/SOCCER .

>>> WELL, WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE OCEAN WATERS THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, AND THE GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE GOING TO SEE THINGS STAY RELATIVELY QUIET, PROVIDED THERE'S NO NEW IMPULSES COMING IN OFF OF RUSSIA, BUT AFTERSHOCKS CAN STILL FLUCTUATE IN COUPLE OF INCHES, AS WE'VE SEEN.

OVERALL, THOUGH, OUR WEATHER IS REALLY QUIET AS YOU GET ABOVE THE OCEAN WATER.

QUIET WEATHER CONTINUES WITH THE MORNING CLOUDS, AFTERNOON SUNSHINE.

OUR USUAL PATTERN HERE.

WARMING INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, SO MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK THE ON THE FIVE-DAY FORECAST, WE'RE TALKING WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, THAT'S WHEN WE COULD SEE THOSE NUMBERS START TO INCH UP A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT I THINK FOR MOST OF US THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES.

TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA WE GO TO 64 IN THE CITY, THE TWO IN OCEANSIDE, MOUNT LAGUNA COMING DOWN TO 61 FOR BELOW.

THE CLOUDS COME IN RIGHT INTO THE MORNING HOURS, THEN START TO CREEP OUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

IT'S ALL PART OF A VERY DRY AIR MASS THAT STILL TAKES HOLD HERE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST, SO FIRE DANGER, UNFORTUNATELY, IS A BIT OF A PROBLEM, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GETTING RAIN, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WINCE EITHER.

MONSOONAL FLOW KICKS UP THUNDERSTORMS.

IT'S ARIZONA ON EAST, AND EVEN EASTERN ARIZONA INTO NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO, SO WE ARE FAR AWAY FROM ANY OF THAT ACTION.

WHICH IS WHY, AGAIN, TOMORROW, MORNING CLOUDS, AFTERNOON SUNSHINE, STAYING DRY.

74 IN THE CITY.

AS YOU HEAD TOWARDS CHULA VISTA, WE'RE LOOKING AT 74 FOR THE HI.

RAMONA COMING IN AT 93, AND BORREGO SPRINGS TABBING OFF AT 108 FOR THE AFTERNOON.

108.

COASTAL COMMUNITIES, ACTUALLY MOST OF OUR COMMUNITIES, WILL NOTICE A SUBTLE WARMING TREND RIGHT INTO SUNDAY, SO YOU CAN SEE 76 AS WE HAD THROUGH TOMORROW AND SATURDAY, 77 OUNCE A DAY.

NOT REALLY A BIG CHANGE, BUT AT LEAST A CHANCE FOR SOME OF THOSE TEMPERATURES TO GET A LITTLE HIGHER.

A BIT MORE FOR OUR INLAND COMMUNITIES.

SO THE PROMINENT CLOUDS FOR THE MORNING, AFTERNOON SUNSHINE.

MID-80s TOMORROW, BUT BY SUNDAY, WE COULD BE APPROACHING THE LOWER 90s.

THAT'S KIND OF OUR HUNDRED DAY, BEFORE TRENDING BACK A LITTLE BIT UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WHEN WE SEE THAT HEAT REBUILT.

FOR THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES, THOUGH, TO STATE ACTUALLY OUR WARMER DAY, AND THAT'S WHEN WE'LL LEAD INTO WARMER TIME FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

DESERT COMMUNITIES, IT'S THE 110 RANGE.

IN FACT, 111 FOR THAT HIGH AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, AND ACCUWEATHER MURRAY ALLERGIST MELISSA CANCER.

>>> THERE IS A TREE IN NORTH COUNTY THAT MAY BE THE MOST FAMOUS AND HISTORIC OAK TREE IN THE ENTIRE AREA.

ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING IT'S REALLY TWO TREES.

KEN KRAMER GET TO THE ROOT OF THINGS IN THIS STORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: NOW HERE YOU HAVE SOMETHING.

THIS IS AN OLD TREE THAT'S REALLY TWO TREES, AND BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU, YOU'VE HEARD OF THIS TREE, WHETHER YOU CALL IT ONE TREE OR TWO.

IT'S VERY FAMOUS.

>> THIS TREE WAS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH IT FILLED THE SKY.

>> Reporter: OR HOW OLD IT IS.

NOBODY'S EXACTLY SURE ABOUT THAT.

MAYBE 300, 400, OR 500 YEARS.

BUT THESE TREES THAT LOOK LIKE TWO IN ONE ARE ON A RANCH THAT MARTY TORQUE NOW OWNS IN SAN MARCOS.

>> THERE WAS A DROUGHT IN THE LATE '80S, AND THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER AND TRIED TO SAVE IT, BECAUSE THEY COULD TELL IT WAS DYING, SO THEY, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT IN WATER TRUCKS AND DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD, BUT THEY COULDN'T SAVE IT.

>> Reporter: OKAY, THEY THOUGHT, THAT'S THE END OF IT.

THIS TWO PART THREE 70 PEOPLE GOT TO KNOW AND LOVE, A LANDMARK FOR AS FAR BACK AS ANYBODY COULD REMEMBER, WAS ONE HALF DEAD.

>> THEY WEREN'T REALLY SURE IF THIS TREE WAS ONE TREE WITH TWO SIDES OR TWO SEPARATE TREES, BUT THEN WHEN THIS RIGHT I DIED, IT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, EXPLAINED THAT PART OF THE WHOLE STORY.

>> Reporter: SO IT TURNS OUT IT REALLY WAS TWO TREES ALL ALONG.

THAT WELL BACK OVER 100 YEARS AGO WAS PROVIDING RESTFUL SHADE UNDER ITS SPREADING OAK BRANCHES IN THIS VALLEY.

IT WAS WONDERFUL.

THERE WAS EVEN A SCHOOL FOR BOYS HERE IN 1905.

COME TO THIS PLACE BY THIS TREE AND LEARN ALL THE BASIC STUDIES, MATH AND ENGLISH, OF COURSE, BUT SO MUCH MORE.

>> AND THE BOYS LIVE IN TENTS.

IF YOU COULD PICTURE IT, THIS GUY A MASSIVE TREE WITH THIS CANOPY OF BRANCHES, AND ALL THESE BOYS LIVING IN TENTS THAT HAD COME FROM MICHIGAN, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW?

>> Reporter: WELL, TIME ALSO TOOK ITS TOLL ON THE OTHER ONE OF THESE TWO TREES, AND THAT'S WHAT IT TURNED OUT THEY WERE.

TWO TREES, ONE DEAD AND ONE LIVING IN 1995, WHEN -- >> AND ONE DAY I GOT A CALL FROM THE NEIGHBOR, SAID, THE TREE FELL.

IT WAS A COLD DAY LIKE TODAY, AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

THEY'RE LIKE, YOU BETTER COME HOME.

AND I CAME HOME, AND THE TREE HAD COMPLETELY JUST SNAPPED FROM ALL THE WEIGHT, AND IT WAS EVERYWHERE.

I COULDN'T EVEN GET ACROSS THE BRIDGE.

>> Reporter: NOW BOTH OF THESE TWIN TREES WERE DONE FOR SURE.

BELOVED IT IN THIS VALLEY AND THROUGHOUT SAN MARCOS, THESE TREES THAT EVERYBODY HAD HEARD OF, AND YOU HAVE TOO, CITY HAD A LITTLE CEREMONY TO PLANT TWO NEW ONES NEARBY.

>> SO THESE WERE THE TWO NEW ONES WE PLANTED, WHEN EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT THE OAK WAS NO MORE.

>> BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

THIS TREE, THIS TWIN TREE THAT EVERYBODY HAD WRITTEN OFF AS DEAD AND GONE, MARTY TORQUE SAYS IS NOW SHOWING SOME NEW GROWTH RATE >> THIS IS KIND OF THE FIRST TIME ANYBODY'S REALLY ASKED ABOUT THE TREE IN A WILD, AND, AND FOUND OUT THAT THE TREE IS STILL ALIVE.

>> AFTER YEARS, DECADES, CENTURIES UNKNOWN, IT LIVES ON, AND THE NEW GROWTH OF THIS FAMOUS TWIN TREE HAS SURPRISED EVERYBODY.

FOR IT IS, AS I SAY, PRETTY WELL KNOWN, BECAUSE THESE TWO TREES IN ONE, SIDE BY SIDE IN THIS VALLEY, ARE THE TWIN OAKS OF SAN MARCO'S.

AND THE NEXT TIME YOU HEAR A COMMUTER OR A TRAFFIC REPORT OR A NOSE COUNTY NEIGHBOR MENTIONED TWIN OAKS VALLEY ROAD, NOW YOU'LL KNOW HOW IT GOT ITS NAME, AND THIS STORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> AND YOU CAN WATCH A HALF HOUR OF KEN KRAMER'S STORIES ABOUT SAN DIEGO TONIGHT AT 8:00 P.M.

HERE ON KPBS .

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M ELIZABETH SANCHEZ.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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