>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR K PBS FUNDING IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE OLD HOUSE FAMILY AND COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AND RESTORATION.

PROVIDING FOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL ONE 800 BILL HOW ORVILLE HOWARD.COM.

[MUSIC] AND BY THE CONRAD PRIVATE FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCO SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

[MUSIC] AND BY YOURS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

[MUSIC] >> IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE A PADRES FAN.

I AM I HAVE TROUBLE SEE.

THE PADRES ON THEIR HOME OPENER AGAINST THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS THIS AFTERNOON.

THE FINAL SCORE IS A 6 - FOUR.

I LIVE AT TECH CO. PART.

MELISSA?>> HAPPY HOME OPENER MAIA.

THE ENERGY HERE AT PICKLE PARK HAS BEEN ELECTRIC ALL DAY.

FOR TODAY'S GAME I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE FAITHFUL AND EXCUSE ME, MY CHILDREN AND EVERYONE IS EXCITED FOR THIS .24 SEASON.

OF COURSE THIS WILL BE THE FIRST SEASON WITHOUT THE PADRESHEY WILL LOVE IT WITHOUT THE PADRES BELOVED OWNER, PETER SIPHON, BUT IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE ON THROUGHOUT THIS BALLPARK AND ORGANIZATION.

YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A SAN DIEGO PADRE.

[CHEERING] >> THE PADRES PLAYED IN FRONT OF A SOLD-OUT CROWD FOR THE 2024 HOME OPENER.

LUCY DIXON AND HER FAMILY CAME ALL THE WAY FROM ALABAMA TO EXPERIENCE HER FIRST OPENING DAY.

>> MY FAVORITE PART SO FAR IS JUST SEEING ALL THE FANS AND EVERYBODY SO HAPPY AND FESTIVE.

>> LET'S GO PADRES.

>> CENTO AND CARLO MARTINEZ HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR THE PADRES THIS YEAR.

>> WE NEED THAT WORLD SERIES AND WE NEED THAT PARADE.

YES.

WE ARE READY.

[MUSIC] [CHEERING] >> PADRES MANAGER, MIKE SCHULTZ SAYS HOME OPENERS ARE ALWAYS SPECIAL.

>> IT'S ONE LAB STADIUM.

THIS MIGHT BE THE LOUDEST STADIUM IN THE LEAGUE AND THE PASSION JUST COMES THROUGH.

SO IT SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE TO PLAY.

WE ARE EXCITED.

>> PADRES BASE OF OPERATIONS AND GENERAL MANAGER, AJAY PRATHER SAYS THE TEAM IS FIRED UP AND GROWING HIS MUSTACHE FOR OPENING DAY.

>> OBVIOUSLY PETER SEIDLER HAD A CELEBRATION AND IT'S MORBID TRIBUTE TO HIM.

A BUNCH OF US RUN THROUGHOUT THIS ORGANIZATION AND TREVOR HALF EVENTUALLY AT THE CEREMONY ON SATURDAY.

JUST KIND OF A TRIBUTE TO PETER.

>> LET'S DO THIS FOR PETER.

HE WANTED US TO GET A CHAMPIONSHIP, LET'S GET FOR HIM.

>> SEIDLER WHO DIED IN NOVEMBER WAS HONORED THROUGHOUT PETCO PARK.

HARTMAN THE PLAYERS UNIFORMS ON THE FIELD IN THE DUGOUT, AND ON THE SCREENS THROUGHOUT THE STADIUM.

>> I CAN FEEL HIS PRESENCE HERE TODAY.

HE'S HERE IN SPIRIT AND MEMORY AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HONOR HIM TODAY AND FORCED HIM TO BE IN OUR HEARTS ALL SEASON.

>> AS HE SAID AT MY, IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE A PADRES FAN.

IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE A SAN DIEGO SPORTS FAN AS THE PADRES OPENED UP GALLAGHER SQUARE TO HOST MEN'S BASKETBALL.

WATCH PARTY.

THE AZTECS ARE TAKING ON THE UCONN HUSKIES IN THE SWEET 16 OF THE NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE FANS ARE STILL GOING STRONG.

LIVE IT FROM PETCO PARK, MELISSA ME, K PBS NEWS.

>> WE WERE PADRES COVERAGE INCLUDING A SPECIAL EPISODE OF KPBS MIDDAY CELEBRATION.

MEMORIES YOU CAN LISTEN ON KPBS.ORG AND ALL PODCAST PLATFORMS.

NOW ACROSS THE BAY IN CORONADO A PROTEST IN THE ONGOING SEWAGE CONTAMINATION OF SOUTH BAY BEACHES AND WATER.

THE RALLY OF SUPPORT TO PROTECT THE COASTLINE WAS ORGANIZED BY STUDENTS FROM LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND KPBS EDUCATIONAL REPORTER, KATIE PEREZ JOINS US IN CORONADO'S VENTRAL BEACH.

MG PER.

>> MILE, THE SEWAGE COMING IN FROM MEXICO HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES.

BUT THE bÃbÃTODAY WE HEARD FROM THE YOUNGER GENERATION.

THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHO WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY THE CONTINUED TOXIC SEWAGE THAT HAS BEEN LITTERING OUR COASTLINE.

THEY ARE HERE THIS AFTERNOON.

TO PROTEST TO RALLY, AND TO DEMAND ACTION.

JOINING US NOW IS SEAN WILBER, WHO IS A OPHOMORE AT CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL.

HE'S ALSO VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STOP THE SEWAGE CLUB.

NOW SEAN, YOU ALL STARTED THIS CLUB LAST SUMMER PIT WHAT'S THE MISSION?

>> YES, WE WANTED TO CREATE THIS CLUB SO WE COULD CALL OUR GOVERNMENT TO ACTION BECAUSE WE NOTICED HOW THIS IMPACTED OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR SEE LIFE IN THE TOURISTS AROUND HERE.

AND SO WE WANTED TO EMPOWER OUR TO SOLVE THIS CRISIS.

>> IS INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO GET SEAN> WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE ATTENTION OF ALL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE THE POWER TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDING NECESSARY TO FIX THE DETRIMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE DOWN THERE AND SOLVE THIS CRISIS FOR ALL OF US.

SO THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO GET THEIR ATTENTION.

>> SEAN WILBER, VICE PRESIDENT OF THOSE STOP THE SEWAGE CLUB AT CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL.

SEAN, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS AFTERNOON.

THERE IS THE VOICE OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION DETERMINED TO DO SOMETHING AND MOTIVATE ADULTS TO GET THE PROBLEM SOLVED.

LIVE IN CORONADO BEACH, I AM MG PEREZ, MAIA BACK TO YOU.

>> I AM WITH SCALISE AND COMING UP TONIGHT WE ARE TRACKING A SPECIFIC STORM THAT'S GOING TO BRING IMPACTS BY THE TIME WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND WHEN IT COMES TO TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR PLANTS.

TONIGHT, WE WILL SEE AREA OF LOW CLOUDS.

THE WIND PICKED UP AHEAD OF THIS NEXT SYSTEM AND THEN WE WILL START TO SEE SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION AND MOUNTAIN OF SNOW.

I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THINGS DRY OUT AND CLEAR UP AND START TO WARM UP.

THAT'S ALL COMING UP.

>> AN UPDATE TODAY IN THE SEXUAL ASSAULT LAWSUIT AGAINST FORMER SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISOR, NATHAN FLETCHER.

A JUDGE ORDERED FLETCHER'S bÃbà FIGARO UP TO ALL SEES POTENTIAL EVIDENCE ON HER ELECTRONIC DEVICES.PBS SAYS FIGARO IS LOOKING FOR A NEW LAWYER.

HER THIRD LAWYER ON THE CASE.

>> NATHAN FLETCHER'S LAWYER IS SEEKING TO RECOVER MESSAGES BETWEEN FIGARO AND FLETCHER, WHICH THEY SAY WERE FLIRTATIOUS.

FIGARO TO TURN OVER MESSAGES BETWEEN HER AND HER FRIENDS.

HE CLAIMS THE COMMUNICATIONS WILL EXONERATE FLETCHER OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

HE ALSO SAYS FIGARO IS EITHER DELETING OR CONCEALING THEM.

THE PLAINTIFF HAS ACKNOWLEDGED INCHWORM DISCOVERY THAT SHE RECORDED HER MESSAGES WITH MR. FLETCHER.

AND AS OF THE DATE OF THAT RECORDING bÃbÃTHERE ARE CERTAIN MESSAGES AVAILABLE IN THE RECORDING.

SHE LATER ADMITTED TO UN-SENDING OF THESE MESSAGES.

>> FIGUEROA IS NOT GIVING HER INTERVIEWS HER FORMER ATTORNEY SAYS SHE NEVER ADMITTED TO DESTROYING EVIDENCE IN THE CASE.

FIGARO SAID HERSELF THAT SHE PROMISED TO ABIDE BY THE JUDGE'S TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER FROM REMOVING MESSAGES FROM HER PHONE.

SHE ASKED HIM WHY SHE HAD NOT TURNED OVER MESSAGES FROM HER FRIEND AS PART OF DISCOVERY.

>> BECAUSE THE DOCUMENTS ARE WITH COMMUNICATIONS WITH MY FRIEND AND COUNSELOR.

SO I NEED TO SEE BECAUSE I THINK THOSE ARE PRIVILEGED.

SO WE HAVE TO GO FOR THAT.

>> FLETCHER'S LAWYER WAS SKEPTICAL.

>> THIS IS A FRIEND THAT SHE'S TRAVELED TO PERU WITH AND SHE'S GOT [INDISCERNIBLE] >> THE JUDGE IS GIVEN FIGARO TIME TO FIND A NEW ATTORNEY.

SHE PARTED WAYS WITH HER SECOND SET OF LAWYERS LAST WEEK.

SHE DECLINED TO STATE WHY OTHER THAN THEY SAID THEY SEPARATED AMICABLYÃbÃK PBS NEWS.

>> A WARNING TO OUR VIEWERS.

THIS NEXT STORY IS A DISCUSSION OF SUICIDE.

A NUMBER OF TUDENTS HAVE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED SUICIDE ACCORDING TO CDC DATA AND THIS WEEK, KPBS IS LOOKING AT MENTAL HEALTH IN SCHOOLS.

REPORTER, KATIE HIGHS AND SAYS SCHOOLS FACING HIGH-RISK LGBT Q PLUS YOUTH ALSO FACE HIGHER BARRIERS TO GET HELP.

>> MORE THAN ONE IN FIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED SUICIDEOR LGBT Q PLUS STUDENTS bÃbÃTHAT NUMBER RISES TO ALMOST HALF.

>> SOME OF THE STATISTICS REALLY STAGGERING AND FRANKLY, WE HAVE A CRISIS.

>> THAT'S WALTER PHILLIPS.

CEO SAN DIEGO NEWS SERVICES.

THE NONPROFIT CONTRACT PROVIDING STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WAS TERMINATED BY THE GROSS UNION SCHOOL BOARD.

AFTER COMMUNITY MEMBERS OBJECTED THAT THEY ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE COUNTIES LGBT Q PLUS OUTH.

>> IT WAS PART OF A STRING OF ACTIONS AFFECTING LGBT Q PLUS STUDENTS.

LIKE BANNING SAFE SPACE POSTERS AND PRIDE FLAGS.

THAT SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS SURROUNDING SAN DIEGO TOOK THIS YEAR.

PHILLIPS SAYS THOSE ACTIONS HAVE BIG CONSEQUENCES.

>> THE MORE WE PUT UP BARRIERS FOR THESE STUDENTS TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE IN A SAFE PLACE bÃbà THEN THAT INCREASES THEIR MENTAL-HEALTH ISSUES.

>> MOXIE CHILD, NOW A HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR INTO MACULA SAYS HE'S EXPERIENCED THAT FIRST HAND.

>> HERE IN 2021 bÃbÃWHICH WAS AFTER THE PANDEMIC.

I WAS IN AND OUT OF MENTAL SCHOOLS QUITE A BIT.

I THINK I WAS IN AND OUT ABOUT THREE TIMES.

FOR TRYING TO KILL MYSELF.

I WAS NOT HAPPY AT ALL.

I WAS ISOLATED FROM MY FRIEND GROUP WHEN I WENT TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL BECAUSE I CAME OUT AS GAY AND TRANS.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF ISOLATION THAT GOES ON FOR A LOT OF QUEER KIDS IN THE TWO MACULA AREAS.

>> TO MACULA VERIFIED SCHOOL SPOKESPERSON SAID THEY HAD NO COMMENT ON THE DETAILS OF THIS STORY.

THERE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED IN AUGUST TO NOTIFY PARENTS IF THEIR CHILD SHOWS SIGNS OF BEING TRANSGENDER.

LIKE ASKING TO USE A DIFFERENT NAME, PRONOUNCE, OR BATHROOM AT SCHOOL> THE NEXT MORNING AT SCHOOL WAS SOMBER.

THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE CRYING.

HAVING PANIC ATTACKS.

BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS CANNOT FIND OUT.

>> MOXIE SAYS IT'S LESS OF AN ISSUE FOR HIM.

>> MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW MY LEGAL NAME BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN ANY OF THE DOCUMENTS AT ALL, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE.

SOME STUDENTS GOT A HOLD OF IT AT ONE POINT AND THAT WAS NOT FUN.

>> IT WAS A BIG PROBLEM FOR A LOT OF HIS FRIENDS HE SAYS.

WHO ARE OUTED TO UNSUPPORTED PARENTS.

>> THERE ARE SEVERAL STUDENTS WHO ARE BEING KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE OF THAT.

>> HE SAYS TO PUSH THIS PART OF THEIR IDENTITY UNDERGROUND.

>> NOBODY REALLY COMES OUT TO THE SCHOOL ANYMORE.

THERE ARE SPECIFIC TEACHERS, WHO WILL KNOW AND NOT SAY ANYTHING.

SAY IT'S A NICKNAME.

THAT SORT OF THING.

>> A MONTH LATER, THE DISTRICT BANNED ALL FLAGS EXCEPT THE STATE AND U.S. FLAGS IN THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT APPROVAL.

>> HOWEVER, THE ONLY TEACHERS THAT RECEIVED WARNINGS FOR THAT ARE THE TEACHERS THAT HAD PRIDE FLAGS THAT SAY YOU ARE SAFE HERE OR HATE HAS NO PLACE HERE.

>> IN RESPONSE, MOXIE HANDED OUT PRIDE FLAGS ON STICKS.

>> PEOPLE WERE TAKING THEM TO TRY AND WRAP THEM UP WHICH THAT PART WAS A LITTLE FUNNY BECAUSE THEY WERE ACTUALLY KIND OF PLASTICKY INSTEAD OF FABRIC AND THEY COULD RIP THEM.

[LAUGHTER] WHICH IS FUNNY BECAUSE IT WAS A STRUGGLE FOR A BIT AND THEN THEY WOULD BREAK THE STICK THEY WERE ON.

>> LGBT Q PLUS STUDENTS ARE HARASSED FOR THY IDENTITY.

HIGHER RATES THAN STRAIGHT STUDENTS CDC DATA SHOWS.

THAT NUMBER IS RISING.

IN RECENT YEARS.

BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACTIONS MOXIE SAYS, MAKE LGBT Q PLUS STUDENTS AFRAID TO USE THE SCHOOLS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

>> IT TOOK A WHILE FOR ME TO ACCEPT YSELF.

IT TAKES A WHILE FOR ANYONE TO ACCEPT THEMSELVES.

ESPECIALLY IN A A SETTING HOW TO MACULA IS RIGHT NOW WHERE EVERYBODY'S BEING SHUNNED AND OSTRACIZED AND PUNISHED.

IT GETS A LOT HARDER.

>> SO INSTEAD HE SAYS THEY CREATE THEIR OWN SUPPORT SYSTEM> WE KIND OF RELY ON EACH OTHER INSTEAD.

THAT WORKS A LOT BETTER.

[LAUGHTER] >> ALL THE KIDS HE KNOWS WHO WERE KICKED OUT ARE NOW AT HOME.

SOME BACK WITH THEIR PARENTS THERS WITH NEW GUARDIANS.

KATIE HYSON, KPBS NEWS.

>> IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW ARE HAVING THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE bÃbÃYOU CAN CALL THE SUICIDE CRISIS LATE 1988.

[MUSIC] >> AND WILLIAM BRING THEM.

TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOURS, THE DISGRACED CRYPTO CURRENCIES SAME bÃbÃSINCE THE PRESENT.

COMING UP AT SEVEN RIGHT AFTER THE ADDITION OF KPBS.

[MUSIC] >> VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ANNOUNCED NEW MANDATES IN PREVENTING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DISCRIMINATORY WAYS.

INCLUDING AT THE AIRPORT.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ HAS MORE ON THE PROTECTIONS AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR TSA SCREENINGS> DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE USING THE FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY AT AIRPORTS?

NO PROBLEM.

THAT'S A MESSAGE FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AS IT ROLLS OUT NEW SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT AMERICANS FROM GOVERNMENT ABUSE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO ANYTHING REGARDING PERSONAL DATA, THERE IS DEFINITE WORRY THAT THE INFORMATION IS BEING USED ELSEWHERE.

>> UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS THAT TAKE EFFECT DECEMBER 1, TRAVELERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO REFUSE FACIAL RECOGNITION SCANS AT AIRPORT SECURITY WITHOUT WORRYING THEY WILL BE DELAYED OR LOSE THEIR PLACE IN LINE.

>> THERE'S GOING TO BE A GOOD PORTION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF KNOWING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO OPT IN TO ANYTHING REGARDING PERSONAL DATA.

WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR TRAVEL EXPERIENCE.

>> SOME TRAVELERS SEEM UNCONCERNED AND SAY A I IS ALREADY THE NORM.

>> WE ARE ALREADY USING IT FOR OUR PHONES CONSISTENTLY.

JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY'S DOING IT.

>> EVIDENCE USING AI TOOLS AND FACIAL RECOGNITION CAN LEAD TO DISCRIMINATION.

SOMETHING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING TO PREVENT AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

>> THERE BEEN NUMEROUS STUDIES SAYING FACIAL RECOGNITION IS LESS ACCURATE WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE FACES OF COLOR.

>> TSA SCREENINGS AIRPORTS, TO DECISIONS MADE BY OTHER AGENCIES.

WHICH AFFECT AMERICANS HEALTHCARE, EMPLOYMENT, AND HOUSING.

>> I THINK THE REAL PROBLEM HERE FOR SAFETY ADVOCATES THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IS THAT THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE A LOT OF EXPERTS FEEL IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT ALL.

>> IN ATLANTA, I'M IVAN RODRIGUEZ.

>> SAN DIEGO STATE IS BACK IN THE SWEET 16.

AND RIGHT NOW THEY ARE FACING OFF AGAINST THE UCONN HUSKIES IN BOSTON I KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER WHEN IS LIVE AT THE ARENA WHERE STUDENTS ARE WATCHING THE GAME.

ALEX?

>> THAT'S RIGHT MAIA.

TODAY'S A GREAT DAY TO BE A SPORTS FAN HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

THE PADRES ONE EARLIER TODAY ON THE AZTECS ARE HOPING FOR THE SAME.

NOW, OBVIOUSLY I'M REPRESENTING THE AZTECS WITH MY GEAR ON.

THE DOORS OPEN ABOUT AN HOUR AGO TO LET FANS IN.

ABOUT 5000 FANS ARE EXPECTED HERE TODAY.

NOW THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT.

SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE A TICKET, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET IN IT.

NOW THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ON BACK-TO-BACK SWEET 16 bÃbÃTHEY ARE FACING A FAMILIAR FOE.

YUKON AND ONE STUDENT WE TALKED TO EARLIER TODAY SAID IT'S TIME FOR SWEET REVENGE.

>> I'M VERY EXCITED.

I MEAN SWEET 16 bÃbÃIT WAS PRETTY GOOD.E WENT TO THE FINALS LAST YEAR AND WE ARE HOPING THAT WE CAN GET FURTHER THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.

SO IT SHOULD BE A PRETTY SWEET REVENGE.

>> AND NOW YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR bÃbÃYOU CAN'T BEAT THE AZTECS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

MANY OF THE SAME PLAYERS ARE BACK THIS YEAR.

SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME MATCHUP IN A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR'S GAME.

RIGHT NOW THE CURRENT SCORE IS GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

33 OR 28 WITH THE HUSKIES LEADING.

BUT THERE IS STILL A LOT OF BASKETBALL LEFT.

SO LIVE AT THE HOUSE ARENA bÃbà I MAG ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS .

>> BETTER NEWS TO BRING.

OUR FORECAST TAKES A TURN.

BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS WE TRACK THIS APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM.

AHEAD OF THE WINDS PICKING UP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS AND THEN IT'S THIS WEEKEND THAT WE ARE EXPECTING AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN.

COULD HAVE SOME THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THERE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SNOWE WILL GET DRIER AND WARMER THOUGH AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

I THINK TONIGHT IS MAINLY DRY ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

BORREGO SPRINGS, 49, MOUNT LAGUNA 45, AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS INCREASED DOMAIN SAN DIEGO ESTIMATORS DROPPED TO THE LOWER 50S.

TOMORROW WE WILL STILL SEE SUNSHINE MOVING ON THROUGH, BUT THE WIND AGAIN KICKING IN.

LOOK AT MOUNT LAGUNA ONLY 42 DEGREES FOR BY GO SPRINGS.

73CEANSIDE TO LAVISTA, SAN DIEGO, YOUR TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT INTO THE MID 60S TOMORROW.

HEADING INTO THE DAY ON SATURDAY, THERE'S A PACIFIC STORM THAT WE ARE TRACKING ALL THE MOISTURE STARTS TO MOVE INTO SOCAL HERE.

WE'RE GONNA WATCH AREAS OF SHOWERS THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO.

IT'S CAN BE SOME ROUGH SURF.

SUFFERS BEWARE ANYONE WHO MAY BE TRAVELING FOR THE WEEKEND EASTER HOLIDAY WEEKEND, TROUBLE DISRUPTIONS ARE EXPECTED BECAUSE OF THE WET WEATHER MOVING THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

THE STORM DOESN'T LINGER AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY.

THAT'S A GAME WE HAVE HEAVIER RAIN IN SAN DIEGO WITH BRIEF DOWNPOURS SEE POUNDING ON THE ROADWAYS AND THE WIND WILL STILL BE GUSTING AS WE TRACKED THIS STORM THROUGH SUNDAY.

SO THERE IT IS.

A BIT OF A WEEKEND WASHOUT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

POURING RAIN ALONG THE COAST ON SATURDAY.

RAISE AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY.

AND THEN WE WILL SEE SUNSHINE AND WARMER TEMPERATURES RETURNING BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.

SIMILAR FORECAST AS YOU MOVE FURTHER IN THE END.

WHERE RAIN AND EVEN THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES ONLY INTO THE 50S BY MONDAY TUESDAY THAT APPEARED WE WILL START TO SEE TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TUESDAY BACK TO THE 70S.

BIG IMPROVEMENTS AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

THE MOUNTAIN FORECAST BOY IS IT CAN BEAT WENDY AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND THEN WENDY CONCERNS HERE WITH SOME ICY CONDITIONS AS WE HEAD INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

WE WILL BE WATCHING THE SNOW ON SUNDAY BEFORE WE START TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS NEXT WEEK.

WE WRAP IT UP IN THE DESERTS WHICH CAN BE CLOUDY ON SATURDAY BUT THEN AREAS OF RAIN MOVED THROUGH ON SUNDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM MARY ALICE SCALISE.

>> THAT GLASS OF WINE THAT YOU LOVE SO MUCH MAY NOT HAVE AS MUCH TIME LEFT AS YOU MIGHT THINK.ENTISTS SAY 90 PERCENT OF THE WORLD WINE GROWING REGIONS MAY HAVE TO CLOSE UP SHOP BY THE END OF THE CENTURY DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

A NEW REVIEW PUBLISHED NATURE REVIEWS EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTS HAS MORE DROUGHT AND HEAT WAVES MAY HAVE ME MAKE GREAT PRODUCTION IMPOSSIBLE.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS ONE OF THE REGIONS THAT IS IMPACTED.

THERE IS A NEW CENTENARIAN IN SAN DIEGO, BUT THIS 100-YEAR-OLD IS NOT A PERSON.

IT'S A PLACE.

DOWNTOWNS BALBOA THEATER OPENED 100 YEARS AGO TODAY.

AND KPBS REPORTER, JOHN CARROLL AS A LOOK AT ITS HISTORY AND THE BIG CELEBRATIONS PLANNED STARTING TONIGHT.

>> WHEN THE BALBOA THEATER OPENED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FOURTH AND EAST STREETS bÃbà IT WAS AS THE SAN DIEGO HISTORY CENTER DESCRIBES THAT A WELL-DESIGNED COMBINATION STAGE AND SCREEN HOUSE FROM THE ERA OF PALATIAL THEATERS.

1500 SEATS, THOUGH STAGE THE SIZE OF MOST BROADWAY STAGES AND SOMETHING QUITE UNIQUE.

LAB WATERFALLS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PRECEDING MARCH WITH A DISTINCTLY WESTERN LANDSCAPE.

>> IF YOU LIKE THE BALBOA SAN DIEGO'S JEWEL.

>> ELLA BIG GAIL YOU'LL IS WITH THE SAN DIEGO THEATERS.

THE NONPROFIT ONCE BOTH THE BALBOA AND DOWNTOWN PACIFIC THEATER.

>> IS THE EPICENTER OF ALL KINDS OF ARTS PERFORMING ARTS WITHIN SAN DIEGO.

>> THE EPICENTER NO LONGER A SPRING CHICKEN NEEDS PLENTY OF ATTENTION.

THEATRICAL TLC.

>> AND WE ARE PROMPTLY DOING UPKEEP AND LITTLE THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

IN PREPARATIONS FOR ITS 100 YEARS bÃbÃWE ARE WORKING ON SOME NEW CARPET, WHICH WE WILL SEE ALL OVER THE BUILDING.

THAT WAS CUSTOM MADE AND DESIGNED BY US.

>> CARPET DURING B'S.

SURROUNDED BY ROPE DESIGN AND AND NOT TO SAN DIEGO'S MARITIME HERITAGE.

THE EXTERIOR HAS A FRESH LOOK.

A NEW TRITONE PINK SCHEME.

AND MORE.

>> BANNERS AND MAKING THE AUDIENCE FEEL LIKE IT'S A LITTLE MORE REFRESHED.

DIGITAL SCREENS AND THINGS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO PROMOTE WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE THE THEATER.

TO THE PUBLIC AND EVERYONE AROUND AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THAT.

>> THAT EXCITEMENT REACHES A FEVER PITCH REMAINING TONIGHT.

A GALA SITUATION KICKS OFF A WEEKEND OF SPECIAL EVENTS.

PLAYWRIGHT, PIANIST, AND ACTOR, HER SHE FELT WILL TRIBUTE TO AN ERA OF MUSIC KNOWN AS THE AMERICAN SONGBOOK.

IN THE TOMORROW NIGHT AT SEVEN, A SCREENING OF THE 1929 SILENT MOVIE THE FLYING FLEET WITH THE BALBOA AMAZING ORGAN.

MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT.

SATURDAY MORNING, THE FOCUS IS ON THE LITTLE ONES.

THE CHILDREN'S COSTUME PARADE, WHERE ALL CHILDREN ARE IN URGED TO COME INTO THEIR BEST ROARING 20S RE FOLLOWED BY TUNES.

CLASSIC CARTOONS INSTRUMENTS PROVIDING MUSICAL G MUSICAL BACKGROUNDS.

EVERYTHING LINES UP SATURDAY EVENING WITH SAN DIEGO SPOTLIGHT THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS.

MAKING THE BALBOA MORE ACCESSIBLE TO SAN DIEGO'S MANY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IS A PRIORITY.

SO FROM TONIGHT UNTIL SATURDAY, ALL OF THE MONEY FROM TICKET SALES WILL GO TO THE BALBOA THEATER, GRANT FUNDED.

>> WHICH OFFERS TO SUBSIDIZE PARTIALLY OR FULLYOCAL ARTS NONPROFITS HERE IN SAN DIEGO TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN USE OUR SPACE SO THEY CAN REALLY FOCUS ON THEIR PART IN BEING ON STAGE AND WE CAN DO THE BACKGROUND WORK, RIGHT?

OPERATIONS, ENSURING LABOR COSTS ARE COVERED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

[MUSIC] >> A BIG PART OF THIS WEEKEND'S FESTIVITIES IS WHAT YOU'RE HEARING NOW.MUSIC] THAT IS THE SOUND OF ONE OF THE FINEST THEATER PIPE ORGANS LEFT IN THE UNITED STATES.

ORIGINALLY BUILT FOR ONE OF THE LOSER GRANT THEATERS IN AND AROUND NEW YORK CITY.

THE WONDER MORTON PIPE ORGAN MADE ITS WAY TO THE BALBOA IN 2009.

IT WILL BE PLAYED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BY VISITING THEATER ORGANIST, CAN DOUBLE.

>> THIS IS A FANTASTIC PIPE ORGAN.

THE MORTON COMPANY UNDERSTOOD THIS WOULD BE THEIR SIGNATURE INSTRUMENT.

[MUSIC] >> THE ORGAN IS A MARVEL OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY ENGINEERING.

ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO PLACE IT HELPS TO MAINTAIN AND KNOWS IT BEST IS RUSS PACK.

>> THIS COMPLEMENT OF PIPEWORK IS, IN MY MIND, ONE OF THE GREATEST DESIGNS THEN AND NOW.

>> WE TALKED TO PACK IN WHAT'S CALLED THE FOUNDATION CHAMBER.

HIGH ABOVE THE STAGE IS WHERE THE HUNDREDS OF PIPES AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS LIVE.

WHETHER HE'S UP HERE FIXING THIS OR ADJUSTING THAT bÃbÃBACK IS IN HIS HAPPY PLACE.

>> IS SO SPECIAL AND IT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY HAPPY JUST BEING AROUND IT.

THAT'S HOW IT MAKES ME FEEL.

[MUSIC] >> BACK DOWNSTAIRS WITH KEN DOUBLE AT THE COUNCIL AND HE'S TREATING US TO A PREVIEW OF THE SPECIAL THEME MUSIC HE WROTE TO ACCOMPANY THE FLYING FLEET.

>> OUR JOB IS TO ENHANCE THE MOVIE TO MAKE THE MUSIC AFFECT THE PHONE WITHOUT GETTING IN THE WAY OF THE FILM.

THE BEST COMPLIMENT WE EVER GET bÃbÃOH MY GOD, I FORGOT YOU WERE EVEN THERE.

WE KNOW WE'VE DONE OUR JOB IF THAT'S WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE AUDIENCE.

>> ALL OF THIS.

THE ORGAN.

THE THEATER IN ITS NEWLY REFRESHED STATE.

THIS WEEKEND'S BIG CELEBRATION ALMOST DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE IN 1959, THE THEATER WAS SLATED FOR DEMOLITION.

IT WAS TO MAKE WAY FOR A PARKING LOT.

BUT THE RUSSO FAMILY BOUGHT AND KEPT AS A MOVIE THEATER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DECADES.

THE CITY BOUGHT IN 1985.

BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL 2005 THAT A MAJOR 26 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION TOOK PLACE, INCLUDING EARTHQUAKE RETROFITTING.

IT REOPENED IN 2008, WHEN SAN DIEGO THEATERS TOOK OVER OPERATION.

[MUSIC] >> AS THE BALBOA THEATER BECOMES A CENTENARIAN bÃbÃIT IS DEFINITELY TIME TO CELEBRATE ITS BIG BIRTHDAY.

BUT IT'S ALSO A TIME TO REFLECT.

ON HOW INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE, HOW HOW LUCKY WE ARE THAT THIS GEM OF SAN DIEGO IS STILL HERE.

100 YEARS LATER.

[MUSIC] >> FROM THE BALBOA THEATER, JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS MUSIC] >> AND IF YOU LIKED THIS STORY, YOU CAN CHECK OUT OUR SPRING ARTS GUIDE.

THERE YOU WILL FIND OUR PICKS FOR THE BEST ART AND CULTURE IN SAN DIEGO INCLUDING VISUAL ART, THEATER, DANCE, MUSIC, AND LITERATURE AND EVEN SOME PICS FOR KIDSUST GO TO KPBS.ORG.

HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW ON THE KPBS NEWSROOM PER THE CITY OF BERKELEY IS REPEALING ITS BAN ON NATURAL GAS IN NEW HOMES TO COMPLY WITH THE COURT RULING.

NPR'S MORNING EDITION WILL DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS FOR UNDERSTOOD CITIES THAT HAVE TRIED THE PAST SIMILAR RULES AND KPBS ROUNDTABLE IS HOSTING NEW LEADERSHIP FROM LOCAL COLLEGES FOR DISCUSSION ON STUDENT JOURNALISM AND YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAIA bÃbÃHAVE A GREAT NING.

[MUSIC] >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOW FAMILY AND COMPANIES.

PROVIDING FAMILIES WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AND AIR RESTORATION.

REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL ONE 800 BILL HOWE OR BILL HOW.COM.

[MUSIC] AND BY THE CONRAD CREVICE FOUNDATIONARLENE MARCO SHYLY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

[MUSIC] AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

[MUSIC] THANK YOU.

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