>> Announcer: MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWELL FAMILY OF COMPANIES PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AND AIR RESTORATION.

FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL HOW, OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

AND, AND, BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> WELL HOPES ARE HIGH AMONG THE FRIAR FATEFUL ON THIS OPENING DAY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

THE SAN DIEGO PADRES BEGAN A NEW SEASON AT HOME THIS AFTERNOON IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE, WITH HER WIN.

AND KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAE IS LIVE AT PETCO PARK WHERE SHE HAS BEEN TALKING WITH FANS AND EXPLORING THE BALLPARK.

MELISSA?

>> Reporter: THANKS, MAYA.

HAPPY OPENING DAY!

THERE'S SOMETHING SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON.

YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THE AIR.

PADRES THIRD BASEMAN MANNY MACHADO SAID IT'S LIKE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, BUT BETTER.

SAN DIEGO OPENS THEIR SEASON WITH A WIN AGAINST THE ATLANTA BRAVES, 7-4.

ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC PARTS OF PETCO PARK IS THE WESTERN METAL BUILDING.

IT RECEIVED UPGRADES DURING THE OFF-SEASON.

AND I CHECKED IN WITH FRIARS FAITHFUL TO SEE ABOUT THE CHANGES.

>> [ CROWD CHANTING ] >> Reporter: FANS OF ALL AGES ARE FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE PADRES THIS SEASON.

>> I AM VERY PUMPED AND READY FOR THIS NEW SEASON.

WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

I HOPE WE BRING THAT TROPHY HERE.

I AM READY.

>> WINNING.

>> Reporter: WHY?

>> BECAUSE WE NEED TO.

>> Reporter: WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF BEING A PADRES FAN?

>> SEEING THEM WIN.

>> I HAVE HIGH HOPES, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER TEAMS THAT HAVE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT MOVES, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL DO WELL AGAINST THEM.

>> Reporter: THE PADRES MADE SOME MOVES, TOO, BUT THOSE AREN'T THE ONLY CHANGES AT PETCO PARK THIS YEAR.

THE WESTERN MEADOW BUILDING MAY LOOK THE SAME ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT THE INSIDE UNDERWENT A MAJOR RENOVATION.

ON THE FIRST FLOOR THE PADRES NEW TEAM STORE HAS EXPANDED BY 1000 SQUARE FEET.

JAMIE CASTRO SAYS SHE HAS BEEN A PADRES FAN HER WHOLE LIFE AND ENJOYS THE STORE'S ATMOSPHERE.

>> I LOVE IT.

IT'S SUPER SPACIOUS.

I LIKE THE LAYOUT.

EASY TO SEE, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING IS DIVIDED UP PERFECTLY.

I REALLY LIKE IT.

>> Reporter: ON THE FIFTH FLOOR THE BUDWEISER LOFT IS A LOT DIFFERENT, TOO.

LONG-TERM PADRES FAN STEVE FALWELL SAYS THE VIBE FEELS FAMILIAR, BUT HE'S IMPRESSED WITH THE CHANGES.

>> IT'S BEAUTIFUL!

I'M NOT SURE HOW THE LINES ARE GOING TO WORK OUT, BUT IT'S REALLY AN IMPROVEMENT FROM WHAT IT WAS.

>> Reporter: THE ROOFTOP HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REMODELED WITH ALL NEW SIGHTLINES INTO PETCO PARK, TOO.

PADRES ENJOY OPENING DAY AS MUCH AS THE FANS.

>> WE ARE EXCITED TO GET IT GOING AND START OFF THE YEAR IN FRONT OF THE BEST FAN BASE IN BASEBALL.

SO, YOU KNOW I THINK OPENING DAY IN SAN DIEGO IS ONE OF THE BEST ONES.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

>> Reporter: FANS SHOWED UP IN FULL FORCE, 45,568 IN ATTENDANCE, MAKING IT THE LARGEST OPENING DAY CROWD IN PETCO PARK HISTORY.

ANOTHER MEMORABLE PART OF TODAY'S GAME WAS DURING THE PREGAME CEREMONY.

AC/DC'S HELL'S BELLS RANG OUT DURING THE FIRST PITCH.

MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

STOMACH WE ARE LOOKING AT MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT AND THE POTENTIAL FOR DRIZZLE AS WE MOVE THROUGH SOME OF THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES TONIGHT.

SO BE ON THE WATCH FOR THAT.

58 FOR THE LOW IN THE CITY.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT A PRETTY QUIET PATTERN IN THE DAYS TO COME.

>>> DURING HIS FIRST TERM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SET A GOAL TO END THE U.S. HIV EPIDEMIC BY 2030.

NOW HE IS ADMINISTRATION HAS REPORTEDLY CONSIDERED CUTS TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION'S DOMESTIC HIV PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

HEIDI DE MARCO SAYS MANY FEAR THIS COULD UNDERMINE YEARS OF PROGRESS.

>> Reporter: JUSTIN RENAISSANCE, LOCAL PERFORMER, KNOWS THE IMPACT OF HIV FIRSTHAND.

>> I STILL ACTIVELY HAVE FRIENDS WHO PASS AWAY FROM THIS.

AND, THAT IS THE REALITY.

IT DOESN'T JUST AFFECT PEOPLE IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY.

>> Reporter: THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION CURRENTLY PROVIDES ABOUT 91% OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR HIV PREVENTION IN THE U.S. STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, ALONG WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, DEPEND ON THIS FUNDING FOR HIV TESTING, EDUCATION, AND ACCESS TO PREEXPOSURE-- PREP, MEDICATION THAT HELPS PREVENT HIV.

NOW, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS CONSIDERING CUTTING THESE FUNDS, OR MOVING THE PROGRAMS TO ANOTHER FEDERAL AGENCY.

>> AND IF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S GOAL IS GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY, PREVENTION SERVICES ARE SO MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE THROUGHOUT THE HEALTHCARE CONTEXT.

>> Reporter: KAREN DESERT RUNS THE SAN DIEGO LGBTQ CENTER WHICH COULD LOSE ABOUT $100,000 IN FUNDING.

THE POTENTIAL CDC CUTS AREN'T THE ONLY CONCERN.

MORE THAN $3.6 BILLION IN FEDERAL HOUSING GRANTS ARE ALSO ON HOLD.

>> BECAUSE OF THIS CONCERN ABOUT DEI, SUPPOSEDLY BECAUSE OF DEI, THEY MAY CUT FUNDING FOR ANY OF THOSE PROGRAMS, JUST BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED-- >> Reporter: SCOTT PETERS VISITED THE CENTER LAST WEEK, PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE PROPOSED CUTS.

HEALTH EXPERTS WARNED THAT SHUTTING DOWN THE CDC'S DIVISION OF HIV PREVENTION COULD TRIGGER A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, REMINISCENT OF THE HIV PANDEMIC IN THE 1980s.

ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS MAKE UP ABOUT 19% OF NEW INFECTIONS ANNUALLY IN THE U.S. JUSTIN RENAISSANCE SAYS PREVENTION IS KEY.

>> THE YOUNGER GENERATION DEFINITELY NEEDS PROPER EDUCATION ON THIS, AND PREVENTATIVE CARE IS 100% THE WAY TO GO.

WE CAN'T GET RID OF THAT.

>> Reporter: THE ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT ANNOUNCED A FINAL DECISION, BUT ADVOCATES SAY LOSING THIS FUNDING WOULD SET HIV PREVENTION EFFORTS BACK DECADES.

HEIDI DE MARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A POLITICAL FIGHT IS BREWING IN A QUITE CITY IN THE COUNTRY, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN POWAY'S HISTORY A COUNCILMEMBER HAS BEEN CENSURED AND FACES A RECALL EFFORT.

>> BUT, SADLY, THIS IS TYPICAL BLAIN BEHAVIOR.

>> Reporter: TONY BLAIN HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF THREATENING AND HARASSING CITY STAFFERS AND OTHER OFFICIALS, INCLUDING CITY ATTORNEY-- WHO LASHED OUT IN JANUARY.

>> I WILL NO LONGER BE INTIMIDATED BY YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BLAIN.

YOU ARE A BULLY CAN YOU'VE BEEN HARASSING ME FOR MONTHS, AND I HAVE TRIED TO BE PROFESSIONAL, AND THIS IS ENOUGH.

>> IT'S MAKING A MOCKERY OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

>> Reporter: ANITA EDMONDSON SAYS BLAIN'S BEHAVIORS SINCE TAKING OFFICE ARE DISTURBING AND JARRING.

>> PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE VOTING FOR A CERTAIN PERSON, AND WHAT THEY WERE SEEING WAS ALARMING.

>> Reporter: BLAIN WAS CENSURED OR PUBLICLY REPRIMANDED LAST MONTH.

>> YOU HAVE BROUGHT IT ON YOURSELF.

>> Reporter: EDMONDSON AND OTHERS INCLUDING JOHN MULLEN, HAVE LAUNCHED A RECALL EFFORT.

>> THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS INVESTIGATING POTENTIAL FELONY ALLEGATIONS, THAT HE HAS WANTED TO TRADE VOTES AND EXTORT COUNCILMEMBERS WHO DIDN'T VOTE THE WAY HE WANTED.

>> Reporter: THE D.A.

'S OFFICE SAYS IT CANNOT CONFIRM THE INVESTIGATIONS.

BLAIN DECLINED INTERVIEW BUT SAID, WRITE WHATEVER YOU WANT.

BLAIN WAS SERVED A NOTICE OF INTENT FOR RECALL AT THE MARCH 18th MEETING.

THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS ACCEPTED THE PETITION ON TUESDAY, TRIGGERING A SEVEN DAY PERIOD FOR BLAIN TO RESPOND.

>> PEOPLE SIGNED THE AND ALLY THAT VOTED FOR HIM, IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR THEM TO REALIZE WE HAVE A PROBLEM, AND WE NEED TO FIX IT.

>> Reporter: THE GROUP HOPES TO COLLECT SIGNATURES FOR A RECALL CAMPAIGN BY THE END OF APRIL.

REPORTING FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> AN INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED STARK DIFFERENCES IN HOW WHITE AND BLACK PEOPLE WERE SENTENCED IN ROBBERY MURDERS UNDER A DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE HYSON SAYS ALL BLACK DEFENDANTS ARE SERVING LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.

>> Reporter: WHEN LAILA AZIZ MOVED TO SAN DIEGO AGAIN SHE WONDERED WHERE THE PEOPLE SHE GREW UP WITH WENT.

A FEW WERE CONVICTED OF MURDER DURING A ROBBERY, SOMETHING CALLED FELONY MURDER AND SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

EVEN IF THEY DID NOT COMMIT MURDER, IF THEY WERE PART OF THE ROBBERY IT WAS LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE, A SENTENCE TO DIE IN PRISON.

>> HOW DO YOU GET A DEATH SENTENCE IF YOU DIDN'T KILL ANYONE?

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA LAWS RECENTLY CHANGED.

PEOPLE CAN REAPPEAR FOR SENTENCING IF THEY WEREN'T THE ACTUAL KILLER, OR IF THEY CAN PROVE RACIAL BIAS IN THEIR CASE.

SO AZIZ FILED A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST FOR ALL ROBBERY MURDER CASES WITH DEFENDANTS BETWEEN 18-25 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF THE CRIME.

SHE CHOSE THAT, BECAUSE BEFORE 2025 THE DECISION-MAKING PART OF THE BRAIN HASN'T FULLY DEVELOPED AT 25 YEARS OF AGE.

SAN DIEGO'S DISTRICT ATTORNEY, FROM 1995-2003, SIMILAR CASES, APPLES TO APPLES.

SHE FOUND MANY WHITE DEFENDANTS, WHO COULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES NEVER WERE OR WERE GIVEN PLEA DEALS FOR LESSER CHARGES.

SOME CASES WERE MISSING.

>> THAT'S WHEN WE REALIZED WE WON'T GET THE DATA ABOUT WE WILL HAVE TO GO DIG.

>> Reporter: SHE MEANS THE COMMUNITY PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY SHE HELPS RUN.

MORE RECORDS REQUESTS WERE FILED, COMING THROUGH ARCHIVES.

KPBS DID THE SAME.

A CLEAR PATTERN EMERGED.

13 OUT OF 15 WHITE DEFENDANTS IN ROBBERY MURDER CASES, KILLERS AND NON-KILLERS, WERE GIVEN THE CHANCE AT PAROLE, INCLUDING ONE CONVICTED OF BRUTALLY MURDERING A LATINO MAN.

A WITNESS SAID HE BRAGGED ABOUT EARNING HIS-- A WHITE SUPREMACIST TATTOO.

OUT OF BLACK DEFENDANTS, WERE GIVEN LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE >> WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT PEOPLE, NOT EVEN NUMBERS ANYMORE, I KNOW ALL OF THEIR NAMES BY HEART.

WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT PEOPLE, AND YOU SEE THEM TREATED EVENLY BY THE SAME EXACT SYSTEM YOU ARE LIKE, SEPARATE BUT EQUAL, LESSEE VERSUS FERGUSON.

JIM CROW.

IT ALL FEELS THE SAME.

>> Reporter: IT WAS NOT ONE PROBLEM JUDGE ONE OVEREAGER ATTORNEY, OR EVEN PRIOR CONVICTIONS.

IT WAS A RACIAL PATTERN.

AZIZ TRACES A LINE FROM LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE SENTENCES TO LYNCHING TREES.

>> WE CALLED IT "STRANGE FRUIT," BECAUSE IT REMINDED US OF WHERE WE WERE 50, 60 YEARS AGO, AND WHERE WE SET AS A COUNTRY WE WILL NOT GO BACK TO-- >> Reporter: PILLARS DECIDED TO HOLD WHAT THEY CALL A PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL.

>> TO CHARGE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY THE WAY THEY CHARGE US TO SUBPOENA THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY THE WAY THEY SUBPOENA US-- >> Reporter: PUT THE CURRENT DISTRICT ATTORNEY ON MOCK TRIAL.

IT WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY, ENLARGED MUGSHOTS BORDERED THE ROOM.

>> EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS THE SAME EXACT CRIME.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

>> Reporter: AZIZ POINTED TO A BLACK MAN'S MUG SHOT.

>> THAT IS A NON-KILLER.

DEATH OR PAROLE, DEATH.

>> Reporter: THEN TO A WHITE MAN'S MUG SHOT.

>> THAT MAN WENT TO A JURY AND NEVER HAD THE FEAR OF GETTING A DEATH SENTENCE, BECAUSE THE D.A.

DOESN'T EVEN CHARGE WHITE FOLKS LIKE THEY CHARGE US ALL THE TIME.

WHY IS THAT?

>> Reporter: REPRESENTED-- FRANK JACKSON.

>> HOW DID THIS HAPPEN THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS I DON'T KNOW, SO I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT UP.

THAT HAPPENED IN I THINK MOST OF THESE LOOK LIKE THE 1998-- AND TO THOUSANDS.

>> Reporter: A SPOKESPERSON TOLD KPBS THE CURRENT OFFICE TAKES EQUAL JUSTICE SERIOUSLY.

"TO SUGGEST OTHERWISE IS RECKLESS.

IT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ANY OF KPBS ' QUESTIONS.

AZIZ WON'T LET THEM OFF THE HOOK.

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS THE POWER NOW TO RE-SENTENCE THESE CASES FROM LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE TO LIFE WITH PAROLE.

>> BUT, SHE HAS CHOSEN NOT TO DO IT, SO YOU CAN'T FIGHT TO UPHOLD-- LEGACY OF FOUNDATIONAL RACISM AND THEN SAY IT WAS BEFORE YOUR TIME.

>> Reporter: DID NOT RESPOND TO KPBS.

>> NO ONE SHOULD GET THAT SENTENCE BETWEEN 18-25 UNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

>> Reporter: AT THE PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL THEY CALLED WITNESSES INCLUDING LINDA WHITLEY, HER SON'S MUG SHOT WAS IN THE ROOM.

SHE ASKED AZIZ TO HOLD WHAT SHE SEES AS PROOF HE HAS CHANGED.

COLLEGE DEGREES HE EARNED IN PRISON.

>> HERE IS HIS BACHELOR OF ARTS AND COMMUNICATION, BUT HE IS CONDEMNED TO DIE IN PRISON, HE CAN NEVER BE REHABILITATED.

>> Reporter: HIS COURT PROCESS WAS HARD FOR HER.

>> IT WAS TERRIBLE, BECAUSE I DID NOT UNDERSTAND A LOT OF STUFF THEY WERE SAYING.

WELL WHITLEY WAS NEVER TAUGHT TO READ, SHE DOESN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THE WORD PAROLE.

SHE JUST KNOWS SOME PEOPLE GET TO COME HOME, AND HER SON CAN'T.

>> I KNOW HE COULD SHOW THE WORLD NOW HE COULD BE A BETTER PERSON NOW.

>> Caller: WHEN I FIRST CAME TO PRISON YOU KNOW-- >> Reporter: TOMORROW WE'LL HEAR HIS STORY, HOW IT REPRESENTS THOUSANDS OF OTHERS, AND WHAT COULD BE DONE TO BRING HIM HOME.

KATIE HYSON, KPBS NEWS.

>> EXCELLENT REPORTING THERE BY KATIE HYSON.

>>> TAKING ON TRUMP'S TWO MONTHS IN OFFICE MIRRORS THEIR PARTY'S VIEWS.

HERE'S THE SECOND PART OF KPBS PUBLIC MATTERS REPORT, WITH TWO LOCAL VOTERS.

♪ >> MARY JO, THESE CUTS WERE TARGETED WITH THE HELP OF ELON MUSK, WHO HAS THE D.O.G.E.

, MUSK HAS ACCESS TO OUR FINANCIAL DATA.

HOW DOES THIS MAKE YOU FEEL?

>> IT GIVES ME GREAT CONSTERNATION, I HAVE A KNOT IN MY STOMACH OF HOW HIM AND WHOEVER IS WORKING WITH HIM HAVE ACCESS TO SO MUCH PRIVATE INFORMATION.

HE IS A BUSINESS PERSON.

HE COMES IN AND BUYS BUSINESSES AND THEN DOES WHATEVER HE DOES WITH THEM.

THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT A BUSINESS, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE RUN LIKE A BUSINESS.

THE POINT OF GOVERNMENT IS NOT TO MAKE MONEY.

THE POINT OF BUSINESS IS TO MAKE MONEY FOR ITS OWNERS, ITS STOCK INVESTORS, ALL OF THAT.

GOVERNMENT IS NOT THAT.

GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO DO OTHER THINGS.

>> Reporter: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ELON MUSK HAVING ACCESS TO YOUR PRIVATE DATA?

>> I DON'T MIND, BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE SIGN UP FOR A SERVICE, AND EVERY TIME WE DO ANYTHING, PRETTY MUCH, OUR INFORMATION IS OUT THERE WHETHER IT BE WITH THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL, ANY APPLICATIONS WE HAVE, OUR INFORMATION IS OUT THERE.

IT GETS HACKED A LOT SO HIM HAVING OUR INFORMATION ISN'T GOING TO COME I DON'T SEE IT ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE HAVING IT.

AND JUST-- I-- JUST WANTED TO RESPOND AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING YOU ARE SAYING-- I THINK YOU ARE CORRECT , EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE SO FAST, AND IT'S SO FLUID.

AND, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS NO SOLID AGENDA.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I AM VERY HAPPY THAT SOMETHING IS BEING DONE IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN MANY YEARS.

>> Reporter: MARY JO, ARE THE DEMOCRATS DOING A GOOD JOB OF COUNTERING PRESIDENT TRUMP?

>> THAT'S A TOUGH ONE, BECAUSE A, I AM NOT A REGISTERED DEMOCRATIC, SO NONE OF THEM ARE GOING TO COME AFTER ME TO SUPPORT THEM, BUT I THINK THAT THERE COULD BE A BETTER WAY TO RESPOND.

I THINK THE HOUSE HAS A BETTER VOICE.

THEY SEEM TO BE BETTER UNIFIED.

THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO ARE SPEAKING OUT AND TRYING TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE WAYS THINGS ARE BEING DONE, AND THE WAY THEY AFFECT PEOPLE.

THERE IS A LOT OF-- SHENANIGANS IN BOTH PARTIES.

ONE OF THE REASONS I AM NO LONGER A DEMOCRAT IS BECAUSE THEY JUST-- THEIR METHODS-- SERVE THEMSELVES IN A LOT OF WAYS, AND NOT THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPOSEDLY THEY REPRESENT.

>> Reporter: LILIANA, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS DEFIED A COURT ORDER ON THE DEPORTATION OF ALLEGED VENEZUELAN GANG MEMBERS.

AS A REPUBLICAN, IS THERE A LINE THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE THIS ADMINISTRATION CROSS?

>> HE SAID THAT THE PLAN-- AIRPLANE WAS ALREADY OVER THE AIRSPACE, SO HE IS LOOKING OUT FOR OUR SAFETY.

I WOULD RATHER HAVE THEM GONE, RETURN TO THEIR COUNTRY, AND FEEL A LITTLE SAFER WALKING IN OUR STREETS.

>> Reporter: MARY JO, IS THERE ANYTHING PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE SO FAR YOU ARE HAPPY WITH?

>> YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

I AM TRYING TO THINK IF THERE IS ANYTHING, DOMESTICALLY, THAT HE HAS DONE THAT I CAN SAY YEAH, GOOD JOB THROUGH TRUTHFULLY, NOTHING IS COMING TO MIND.

AND I'M SORRY FOR THAT.

I WISH I COULD SAY HE IS DOING THIS RIGHT, HE'S DOING THIS WELL I SUPPORT THIS-- I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET.

>> Reporter: LILIANA, WHERE DO YOU THINK THE COUNTRY IS HEADED RIGHT NOW?

>> I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE WAY PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN HANDLING THINGS.

I FEEL THAT SOMETIMES THE MEDIA AND MAYBE THE DEMOCRATS DON'T FOCUS ON THE MORE DON'T MENTION ON WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES THINGS.

AND HE, I REALLY BELIEVE HE KEEPS TO AMERICA FIRST.

>> FIND BOTH INTERVIEWS AT KPBS.ORG/PUBLICMATTERS.

>>> IN NORTH PARK A GROUP OF DEDICATED PADRES FANS BEGIN RAISING MONEY FOR A MURAL AFTER ANOTHER MURAL DOWN THE ROAD WAS RUINED.

>> THE FIRST MURAL WE DID WAS DEFACED.

IT WAS ON THE CORNER OF 30th AND UNIVERSITY, SO A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY FROM HERE.

I THINK WE HAVE A MORE PROMINENT SPOT.

WE WILL GO BIGGER, BOLDER, AND BETTER.

I THINK SANDY AKINS WE KIND OF TOOK IT PERSONALLY.

IT WAS NOT GREAT TO SEE THAT, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT ON THE CHIN AND LIE DOWN, YOU WANT TO GET OUT THERE, SO WE ARE USING THAT ENERGY.

A BUNCH OF FANS GOT TOGETHER AND SAID THIS IS SAN DIEGO, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.

>> SPOT THE NEW MURAL ON UNIVERSITY AVENUE JUST EAST OF PARK BOULEVARD.

>>> WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PRETTY QUIET STRETCH OF WEATHER HERE, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME ACTION AS WE HEAD THROUGH TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

THERE COULD BE SOME AREAS OF DRIZZLE LIKELY FOR US, BUT ALSO STAYING VERY BREEZY WITH THE ONSHORE WINDS, AND THAT WILL KEEP PUMPING THE MOISTURE IN FROM THE PACIFIC.

ALSO KEEPING THINGS ON A SEASONABLY COOL NOTE INTO THE WEEKEND.

SAN DIEGO TONIGHT, WE HIT 58 HERE.

MOUNT LAGUNA COMING DOWN TO 45.

AGAIN, COULD WE SEE A SHOWER OR TWO INTO TOMORROW MORNING?

IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART OUR PATTERN IS QUIET.

THINGS ARE A LITTLE ACTIVE FOR THE COASTAL AMENITIES.

AS WE TRANSITION INTO TOMORROW IT'S BACK INTO THE 60s FOR US.

OCEANSIDE INDICATING SHOWERS AT 66 DEGREES.

AT THE SPRINGS YOU WILL STAY DRY IN THE MID-70s.

FUTURE RADAR AND SATELLITE SHOWS US SOME OF THAT MOISTURE REALLY BUILDING HERE AS WE HEAD THROUGH TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING, AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, AGAIN, COULD THERE BE A STRAY SHOWER, IT'S A POSSIBILITY.

IT'S FLEETING, THOUGH, EVEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATER MORNING HOURS.

YOUR FRIDAY MORNING, JUST A FEW PASSING SHOWERS FOR THE COAST, MOSTLY DRIZZLE.

BEYOND THAT, FAIRLY QUIET, TEMPERATURES IN THE 60s RIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND HERE.

AS WE WORK THROUGH OUR INLAND COMMUNITIES WE ARE LIKELY TO STAY DRY IN THE MID-60s, PUSHING TOWARDS 70 ON MONDAY.

THAT'S KIND OF A WARM TREND BEFORE WE SEE MORE CLOUDS COME IN WITH MORE RAINFALL INTO THE UPCOMING WEEK.

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES, WATCH OUT, THOSE WINDS ARE PERSISTENT INTO TOMORROW, AND WE WILL KEEP WINDS HEADING INTO SUNDAY, TOO.

SO, IT'S A BACK-AND-FORTH BATTLE WITH THAT ONSHORE FLOW RATE BUT STATING-- STAYING THE LARGELY DRY.

TEMPERATURES IN THE 70s AND COMING CLOSE TO 80 DEGREES FOR THE EARLY WEEK.

BUT, NOTE THERE ARE MORE CLOUDS COMING IN ON TUESDAY, AND WE WILL BE TALKING MORE RAIN CHANCES AND WEDNESDAY.

FOR KPBS , I AM MELISSA CONSTANZA.

>>> CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY HELPED ENSURE THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES.

SEE IF YOU CAN GUESS WHERE IT IS, AS KEN KRAMER GIVES US SOME CLUES IN THIS SAN DIEGO STORY.

>> Reporter: IN HERE IT'S LIKE SOMETHING FROM A SCIENCE FICTION STORY.

WHAT IS THIS?

AN OUTER LIMITS PLAYS THAT FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS WAS TOP SECURITY.

YOU COULDN'T JUST WALK IN HERE AND TAKE PICTURES.

UP UNTIL THE EARLY 1990s IT WAS ALL PART OF THE MOST SOPHISTICATED COMMUNICATIONS CENTER YOU COULD IMAGINE.

IT'S IF SOMETHING WAS GOING ON NEARBY ALL THESE DATA BLIPS AND MORSE CODE BEEPS HAD A PURPOSE.

THEY HELPED KEEP EVERYONE HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD SAFE.

STARTING IN 1945, AND THROUGH THE DECADES THEREAFTER THE COMMUNICATION THAT CAME IN AND OUT OF HERE WAS NOT JUST SECURITY AND LIFE CRITICAL IT WAS CRUCIAL TO THE WAR EFFORT AND THE DAYS AFTER WORLD WAR II AND THEN VIETNAM AND DESERT STORM.

THIS WAS HIGH INTENSITY REAL- TIME DRAMA, AND EVERY ONE OF THE THOUSANDS UPON CRAZY THOUSANDS OF SWITCHES, PUSHBUTTONS, AND METERS HERE HAD TO BE MAINTAINED AND UNDERSTOOD THEY HAD TO WORK.

TIME AND TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED.

THIS PLACE ISN'T STATE-OF-THE- ART OR TOP SECRET ANYMORE.

IN FACT IT'S JUST FOR DISPLAY TODAY.

ANYBODY CAN COME IN AND SEE AND WONDER AT IT.

NO MEDICATION ACTUALLY COMES THROUGH HERE ANYMORE, EXCEPT EVERY NOW AND THEN.

THESE ARE HAM RADIO OPERATORS, WHO GATHER HERE ON SATURDAYS ONCE A MONTH OR SO TO BRING THIS PLACE BACK TO LIFE.

SENDING AND RECEIVING VOICE, DATA, AND MORSE CODE MESSAGES FOR A FEW HOURS IT'S ONCE AGAIN TUNED IN TO THE WORLD, AND FOR ME, THE CHANCE TO CLICK AND BEEP OUT SOME MORSE CODE FROM A VERY HISTORIC RADIO ROOM.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY DAY.

>> HIS NAME IS FRED, AND SHE WAS NEAR SEATTLE-- >> Reporter: THERE IS A PRESERVATION OF HISTORY OF THE WAY THINGS USED TO TO BE, BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT.

BECAUSE, THIS WHOLE COMMUNICATIONS AREA IS, IN PART, I WOULD ARGUE, A BIG PART OF THE MIDWAY, HONORED AND LOVINGLY MAINTAINED AS AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER MUSEUM BY VOLUNTEERS AND DOCENTS, SOME OF WHOM SERVED ABOARD HER, AND WHOM I IMAGINE NUMBER WELL THESE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS.

IN A PLACE NOW CHERISHED AND PRESERVED ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> FIND IT TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.