>>> MAJOR FINDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY --, DIVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH LONDON, HEATING AND AIR RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

-- AND BY THE CONRAD CREVICE FOUNDATION.

-- AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

>> AND, BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> STUDENTS AT UC SAN DIEGO HAVE -- THEIR ENCAMPMENT FOR SUPPORT FOR CIVILIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

AS THE SUNSET ON THE SECOND DAY OF AN ON-CAMPUS OCCUPATION, THE PROTEST CONTINUES NEAR THE UCSD LIBRARY.

KPBS REPORTED -- REPORTER SAYS IT'S BEEN PEACEFUL, SO FAR.

-- >> Reporter: THE MESSAGE IS EVERYWHERE.

WEAVING IN THE WIND, UNDERFOOT.

AND WRITTEN ON THE SIGNS OF THE TIME.

COMING FROM STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOW SPENT A DAY AND A NIGHT DEMANDING A CEASE-FIRE IN THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR, AND SO MUCH MORE.

HERE ALONG LIBRARY WAY, ON THE UC SAN DIEGO CAMPUS.

>> WE WILL NOT LEAVE UNTIL OUR DEMANDS ARE MET.

-- >> Reporter: -- IS A SENIOR WHO WILL GRADUATE WITH A DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.

SHE JOINED HUNDREDS OF OTHER STUDENTS AND TO ERUPT IN VIOLENCE.

LIKE HAS HAPPENED ON SO MANY OTHER CAMPUSES IN THE PAST WEEK.

>> THE AMOUNT OF CULTURES, IDENTITIES AND RELIGIONS WE HAVE IN THIS ENCAMPMENT AND IN COMMUNITY WE HAVE CREATED IS BRINGING US TOGETHER.

IT IS NOT JUST CENTERED AROUND MUSLIM PEOPLE, IT IS CENTERED ON ALL MARGINALIZED AND OPPRESSED PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD.

>> Reporter: THE PRIMARY ORGANIZERS COME FROM THE UCS DIVEST COALITION, WITH THE PRIMARY DEMANDS CALLING ON THE UNIVERSITY TO DIVEST FROM ITS IS REALLY FINANCIAL INTEREST.

SO FAR, THE UNIVERSITY HAS NOT RESPONDED TO THAT DEMAND OR ANY OF THE OTHERS.

OFFICIALS ARE COMMITTED TO KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE.

IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM UC SAN DIEGO CHANCELLOR -- HE ADDRESSED THE UNIVERSITY'S RESPONSE SAYING, IN PART, UC SAN DIEGO CAMPUS POLICE AND SECURITY TEAMS ARE ON SITE TO ENSURE CAMPUS SAFETY AND THE CONTINUITY OF CAMPUS OPERATIONS.

UC SAN DIEGO IS ON THE QUARTER SYSTEM, WHICH MEANS STUDENTS HAVE ABOUT A MONTH LEFT FOR THE REGULAR CLASSES.

THERE ARE FACULTY WHO SUPPORT THIS PROTEST AND ARE USING IT FOR A TEACHABLE MOMENT.

>> IF YOU OPPOSE STUDENT MOVEMENTS ON CAMPUS, YOU ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY.

>> Reporter: CURTIS IS ONE OF THEM.

HE IS A PROFESSOR IN ETHICS STUDY WHO WILL PROTEST IN BETWEEN CLASSES, AS LONG AS THE TENTS ARE UP AND THE TALKS OF HISTORY CONTINUE.

>> FREE-SPEECH PROTEST, ANTIWAR PROTEST, PROTEST FOR ETHNIC STUDIES, ALL OF THOSE HAVE BEEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE OPPOSED BY ADMINISTRATIONS AT THE TIME.

>> Reporter: THE UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR HAS SAID HE SUPPORTS THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH AND, HE SAID, THIS ACTIVITY VIOLATES CAMPUS POLICY, WHICH PROHIBITS UNAUTHORIZED ENCAMPMENTS.

FOR NOW, THE ENCAMPMENT REMAINS WITH CLIENT FOR VISIT MY RABBI ON FRIDAY.

ALONG WITH STUDY GROUPS FIRST THE PROTESTERS, DAILY PRAYER TIME AND SHARING.

>> THE ONE WAY TO LEARN ABOUT PEOPLE AND CULTURE, HISTORY, IS THROUGH STORYTELLING.

>> Reporter: THIS STORY IS STILL BEING TOLD.

MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> JOE BIDEN IS TRYING TO STRIKE A BALANCE AS HE ADDRESSES THE GROWING PROTEST ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

HE SAID ORDER MUST PREVAIL, STUDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOICE DISSENT.

>> DISSENT IS ESSENTIAL IN DEMOCRACY.

DISSENT -- DENYING THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS.

>> MEANWHILE, POLICE ARE BEING CALLED TO CLEAR ENCAMPMENTS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

THIS IS WHAT IS LEFT AT UCLA, AFTER LAW ENFORCEMENT MOVED IN EARLIER THIS MORNING TO DETAIN PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS AND REMOVE 10th.

ADMINISTRATORS HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR PROTESTERS TO LEAVE HER FACE ARREST.

>> THURSDAY MORNING.

RIPPING DOWN BARRICADES AND DISMANTLING TENTS, AND ARRESTING MORE THAN 100.

-- WERE HEARD AND LOVE ENFORCEMENT -- SOME PROTESTERS GATHERED ON STEPS LINKING ARMS IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO BLOCK POLICE FROM THE ENCAMPMENT.

>> WERE NOT LEAVING.

YOU DON'T SCARE US.

>> Reporter: UCLA ISSUED A REPORT SHORTLY BEFORE 3:00 P.M. THAT POLICE ORDERED -- OF THE PLAZA AREA.

THOSE THAT FAIL TO LEAVE WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW.

THERE HAD BEEN A STANDOFF BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTERS ALL NIGHT LONG AFTER DEMONSTRATORS WERE ORDERED TO LEAVE THE ENCAMPMENT AND REFUSED.

SUPPORTERS OF THE PROTESTERS, INCLUDING FACULTY MEMBERS, WATCHED IN ANGER.

ARGUING THAT THE GROUP WAS THERE PEACEFULLY.

>> THE STUDENTS ARE HERE PEACEFULLY.

THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR IDEA ON-CAMPUS.

THAT IS WHAT AN ACADEMIC COMMUNITY SHOULD BE ALL ABOUT.

>> Reporter: OTHERS THEY PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN HARASSING JEWETT'S -- JEWISH STUDENTS.

>> THIS GOES BEYOND JUST JEWISH STUDENT, I AM SURE PALESTINIANS HUMANS AND OTHER STUDENTS ARE HORRIFIED BY WHAT IS HAPPENING.

WHEN YOU HAVE NO RULE OF LAW, WHEN ANARCHY REIGNS, EVERYONE LOSES, EXCEPT FOR THE ANARCHIST.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WILL BE BIGGER THAN THIS YEAR SPENDING PLAN.

COUNTY STAFF RELEASED THE PROPOSAL TODAY.

KPBS IS IN WITH MORE.

>> IT IS A HUGE BUDGET, BUT IT IS WORTH REMEMBERING THIS IS THE SECOND LARGEST COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA, AND THE FIFTH LARGEST IN THE NATION.

THE PROPOSAL FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS NEARLY EIGHT HALF A BILLION DOLLARS, NEARLY $318 MILLION INCREASE OVER THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

IT INCLUDES MONEY TO HIRE ABOUT 72 NEW PEOPLE.

SOME OF THE BIG ITEMS INCLUDE A LITTLE MORE THAN 1 BILLION DOLLARS IN TOTAL INVESTMENT IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, INCLUDING MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR INCREASES IN SUBSTANCE USE RESIDENTIAL, AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES.

$4 MILLION TO ADDRESS OPIOID CRISIS, AND ANOTHER $4 MILLION FOR YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION.

NEARLY HALF A BILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ROSE DEPARTMENT, BUILDS AND MAINTAINS ROADS AND MANAGES THE REGIONS FENNEC -- SANITATION AND -- NEARLY $100 MILLION TO SUPPORT PEOPLE AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS, NEARLY 2 1/2 BILLION DOLLARS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE PROTECTION.

COUNTY FINANCIAL AND PLANNING DIRECTOR, DAMIEN QUINN, SAID THERE ARE NO CUT IN THE BUDGET, WHAT HE CALLS AN ALIGNMENT.

>> THERE IS SOME ALIGNMENTS OF SERVICES AND DEPARTMENTS, TO BEST UTILIZE OUR RESOURCES THAT ARE THERE.

WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE SERVICE DELIVERY AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH IN ON MAY 14th AND 16th, THE VARIOUS COUNTY DEPARTMENTS WILL PRESENT THEIR BUDGET TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

THEN, ON MAY 23, THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY BUDGET MEETING AT THE COUNTY COMPLEX -- AND ANOTHER COMMUNITY BUDGET MEETING, THIS ONE VIRTUAL, ON MAY 29.

AFTER THAT, A PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 4th AND SIXTH.

FINALLY, THE WHOLE THINGS GO TO THE BOARD ON JUNE 25th, JUST IN TIME FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WHICH BEGINS JULY 1st.

>> JOHN, THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN CITIES, MIGHT NOT THINK ABOUT IT, THE COUNTY PROVIDES CITY TYPE SERVICES FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS, IS THAT RIGHT?

>> Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT.

IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS WERE A CITY, IT WOULD -- CHULA VISTA AS THE SECOND LARGEST -- IN THE COUNTY.

IT PROVIDES CITY TYPE SERVICES LIKE LAW ENFORCEMENT, MAINTAINING PARKS, LIBRARIES AND ROADS.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE HAVE SOME FAIRLY QUIET WEATHER IN THE SHORT TERM.

THERE WILL BE A STORM SYSTEM THAT IMPACTS US LEADER THIS WEEKEND.

AFTER A QUIET NIGHT TONIGHT, TEMPS IN THE 40s AND 50s, WE WILL BE WATCHING HEADING WEST AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE NATION.

OVERALL, THE IMPACT WILL BE MOST SIGNIFICANT IN PLACES LIKE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, OREGON.

FAST FORWARD TO SUNDAY, A COUPLE OF SHOWERS THEREBY.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE DETAILS AND IMPACT OF THE STORM IN A BIT.

>>> -- EMERGENCY SERVICE AGENCIES ARE COMING TOGETHER TO PREPARE.

KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAE TAKES US TO CHULA VISTA TO SHOW US HOW THE SIMULATIONS ANTICIPATE HOW WILDFIRES COULD IMPACT ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> Reporter: OVER 750 FIREFIGHTERS FROM ACROSS THE REGION, ALONG WITH THE SAN DIEGO SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AND -- ARE PARTICIPATING IN THREE DAYS OF WILDLAND REPAIRED AND EXERCISES.

>> WE COME TOGETHER AND WE TRAIN ON WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE WAS A WILDFIRE.

AND THE COOPERATION AND THE INTERACTION WE HAVE WITH DIFFERENT AGENCIES.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR FIRE PERSONNEL TO GET THE COBWEBS OUT OF SOME OF THE FIRE TRAINING FOR WILDLAND FIRES WE DO.

>> Reporter: -- THE EXERCISER MEANT TO SIMULATE REAL-LIFE EMERGENCY.

>> EVERYTHING ELSE IS REAL, UP TO COMMUNICATIONS, LAYING OUT THE HOSE, AND INCIDENT WITHIN AN INCIDENT.

COPPERS DROPPING WATER ON YOU.

WE TRY TO MAKE IT AS REAL AS POSSIBLE.

>> -- >> Reporter: CHULA VISTA FIRE CAPTAIN SAYS REAL FIRE IS USED DURING OPEN -- TABLETOP -- >> IT IS LIKE OUR GAME OF CHESS.

WE UTILIZE THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES WE HAVE IN PLACE, SIMILAR TO PONDS ON A CHESSBOARD.

WHERE WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE DEPLOYED, WHERE THE WATER WOULD LIKE TO BE SPRAYED.

BECAUSE THE FIRE IS ACTIVE INSIDE THE TABLE, WE CAN GET A REAL LIVE REACTION BASED ON WHAT WE USE AND THE STRATEGIES AND TACTICS WE EMPLOY.

>> Reporter: -- AND ACTUAL CHULA VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT -- THAT IS -- >> WE CAN SEE THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT THE FIRE CAN DO AND HOW DIRECTLY OUR ACTIONS COULD IMPACT, POSITIVELY, OR MISTAKE NEGATIVELY IMPACTING.

IT IS GOOD TO RECOGNIZE IN A -- >> FIRE AGENCY OR ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO START PREPARING FOR WILDFIRES NOW, BY CLEARING AT LEAST 100 FEET OF DEFENSIBLE SPACE AROUND YOUR HOME.

MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> FOR TWO DECADES, CONTRACTOR LEONARD AND FRANCIS WINED, DINED AND BRIBED SENIOR NAVY OFFICERS WHO HELPED HIM MAKE MILLION DEFRAUDING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

NOW THAN MORE THAN 11 YEARS AFTER HIS ARREST IN SAN DIEGO, HE IS SET TO BE SENTENCED TO PRISON.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER ANDREW DYER HAS MORE ON HOW WE GOT HERE.

>> Reporter: IS MARCH, 2024, AND LEONARD -- STANDS IN A ROOM IN SAN DIEGO.

HE TELLS THE JUDGE HE IS HAVING TROUBLE FINDING A NEW LAWYER.

IT'S A LOW-KEY HEARING IN ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY HETERO CRIMINAL CASES IN HISTORY.

-- BEFORE THAT, SHE WAS A LAWYER IN THE AIR FORCE.

>> IN MODERN U.S. HISTORY, HAS NEVER BEEN A CASE THIS ENCOMPASSING THE CAST OF THIS WIDE OVEN AT.

WE HAD SUCH FAR-REACHING, CORRUPTION.

ACCEPTING OF BRIBES.

>> Reporter: FROM THE 1990s, TO HIS ARREST IN -- HE ADMITTED TO BRIBING SCORES OF NAVY CIVILIANS WITH LAVISH GIFTS, PARTIES, AND CASH.

IN RETURN, THEY HELP STEER NAVY SHIPS REPORTS FRANCIS OWNED.

-- WITH THE LEAVING THE TENANT WHO RUN THE HONG KONG SHIP SUPPORT OFFICE.

HE NOTICE HE BUILD THE NAVY MORE THAN WHAT -- WATER THAN IT COULD HOLD.

HE SAID FRANCE HAS -- FRANCIS GOT HIS FACE.

>> AFTER HE KNEW I WASN'T GOING TO BACK DOWN, HE SAT DOWN AND BANGED ON THE TABLE A FEW TIMES.

HE SAID, I DON'T TAKE ORDERS FROM A LIEUTENANT.

>> Reporter: NAVY RECORDS SHOW -- REPORTED FRANCIS MULTIPLE TIMES TO THE INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES.

HE INSTALLED FLOWMETERS TO MEASURE HOW MUCH LIQUID WAS ACTUALLY BEING PUMPED ONTO AND OFF NAVY SHIPS.

FOR FRANCIS AND HIS ALLIES IN THE NAVY -- >> LIEUTENANT, GET BACK IN YOUR BOX.

LIEUTENANT, IT IS NOT YOUR JOB TO INVESTIGATE.

IT IS NOT YOUR JOB TO INVESTIGATE THAT LETTER.

I WAS YOUNG AND IDEALISTIC.

I DID NOT CARE.

HE DID.

HE DID HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE.

AND HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE MY JOB DIFFICULT.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE, INCLUDING AN NTIS AGENT PLEADED GUILTY TO BRIBERY -RELATED CHARGES.

THE BIGGEST CASE FELL APART.

-- FORMER FLEET OFFICERS WERE -- THE CONVICTIONS WERE REDUCED TO MISDEMEANORS LAST YEAR WHEN FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ADMITTED TO WITHHOLDING POTENTIAL HE -- EVIDENCE FROM DEFENSE ATTORNEYS.

LAST MONTH, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS FILED A BRIEF SAYING MORE CONVICTED OFFENDERS COULD SEE A REDUCTION IN CHARGES.

-- >> U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SHOULD'VE BEEN USING THE UTMOST CARE IN PROSECUTING AND PROSECUTING THE RIGHT WAY.

>> Reporter: THE COURT HANDLING -- RAISE QUESTIONS IN 2022.

WHILE UNDER HOUSE ARREST, HE CUT HIS ANKLE MONITOR AND FLY.

HE WAS ARRESTED IN VENEZUELA WHERE HE RETURNED -- HELD UNTIL HE RETURNED DURING A PRISONER SWAP.

FRANCIS WAITS TO BE SENTENCED, NINE YEARS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY.

AT THE MARCH HEARING, THE JUDGE GAVE HIM ANOTHER TWO MONTHS TO FIND A WAY.

SHE HAS YET TO SCHEDULE A SENTENCING DATE.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS KNOWS.

>> SAFE STREET ADVOCATES ARE ASKING THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL TO FIND THE IMPROVEMENT TO THE CITY'S 15 DEADLIEST INTERSECTIONS.

KPBS REPORTER ANDREW -- IS ONE OF SEVERAL REQUEST TO MODIFY MAYORS -- PROPOSED BUDGET.

>> Reporter: -- CLOSE THE LEVEL SEEN IN RECENT BUDGET YEARS.

ADVOCATES FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY SAY HIS BUDGET NEGLECTS FUNDING FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENT AT THE CITY'S DEADLIEST INTERSECTIONS.

KATIE GORDON SPOKE TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY.

HER HUSBAND WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER IN 2020.

SHE SAYS THE INTERSECTION, WHERE IT HAPPENED, MARKET AND 19th -- IS JUST AS DANGEROUS TODAY AS IT WAS THE NIGHT HE WAS KILLED.

>> AT THE TIME, I HAD TWO TWIN GIRLS THAT WERE ONE-YEAR-OLD.

I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR SAFER STREETS FOR THEM, AND OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: SOMEHOW, THE CITY HAS TO CLOSE A DEFICIT OF ABOUT $172 MILLION.

ACTIVATES -- ACTIVATES -- PROTESTING THE MAYORS -- TO BRING THOU FUNNY THAT SUPPORT VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.

>> THIS IS NOT ABOUT BALANCING BOOKS.

YOU ARE SHAPING FUTURES.

OUR CITIES, BLACK, BROWN AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES HAVE SUFFERED FROM CHRONIC UNDERFUNDING.

A FINANCIAL DEFICIT DOES NOT DIMINISH THE NEED FOR EQUITY.

IT INTENSIFIES IT.

>> Reporter: THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE HEARINGS ON THE MAYORS PROPOSAL BUDGET THROUGH MAY 7th.

THE MAYOR WILL PROPOSE A REVISED BUDGET LATER THIS MONTH, FOLLOWED BY A FINAL COUNSEL VOTE IN JUNE.

>>> FOR OTHER -- OVER HALF A CENTURY, MARIJUANA HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS DRUGS IN THE U.S.

IT'S BEEN LISTED ALONGSIDE SUBSTANCES LIKE HEROIN AND MDMA.

IN A HISTORIC MOVE, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING IT BE RECAP CLASSIFIED -- RECLASSIFIED AT A LOWER RISK DRUG.

>> Reporter: A POTENTIALLY HISTORIC REVERSAL.

>> DECADES OF MESSAGING AND PROPAGANDA, WE CREATED A MAJOR STIGMA AROUND CANNABIS.

IT BECAME HARDER FOR POLITICIANS TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY WERE WRONG.

>> Reporter: THE RECOMMENDATION TO LOWER MARIJUANA TO A SCHEDULE THREE DRUG COMES WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE U.S. FDA CONTROL SUBSTANCE AGENCY.

IT MEET THREE CRITERIA, A LOWER POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE AND OTHER SUBSTANCES, CURRENTLY ACCEPTED MEDICAL USE AND TREATMENT, AND A LOWER MODERATE USE OF PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE ON PEOPLE WHO USE THE.

>> IT WILL HELP CANNABIS BUSINESSES OPERATE LIKE EVERY OTHER BUSINESS IN AMERICA.

>> Reporter: STATE LICENSED RETAILERS AND DISPENSARIES ARE -- ESTIMATES $1 BILLION OF SALES.

RESCHEDULING MARIJUANA COULD OPEN NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH.

>> I THINK WE HAVE NOT COME CLOSE TO REALIZING THE MEDICAL POTENTIAL OF CANNABIS.

>> Reporter: THE MANUFACTURING, DISTRIBUTION -- OF MARIJUANA WOULD REMAIN ILLEGAL UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

A REASON FOR THE REINTRODUCTION OF THE CANNABIS ADMINISTRATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT, RELAUNCHED BY SENATORS THURSDAY.

IF PASSED BY CONGRESS AND SIGNED INTO LAW, IT WOULD END CANNABIS PROHIBITION AND EXPUNGE CRIMINAL RECORDS OF PEOPLE WITH LOW-LEVEL MARIJUANA OFFENSES.

>> IT IS PAST TIME FOR CONGRESS TO PASS -- CATCH UP WITH PUBLIC OPINION, AND THE SCIENCE.

>>> A TEAM OF UCSC RESEARCHERS HAVE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO THE WORLD PLASTIC PROBLEM THAT IS SO SIMPLE, IT MIGHT JUST WORK.

THEY HAVE CREATED A NEW FORM OF PLASTIC THAT CAN BASICALLY RECYCLE IT NOW.

DR. ADAM FEIST AND PROFESSOR JOHN -- COMBINED EVERYDAY PLASTIC WITH SPORTS.

THE RESULT IS A DURABLE PLASTIC THAT CAN STRETCH UP TO 15 TIMES ITS ORIGINAL SIZE.

THE PLASTIC DOES NOT DECOMPOSE UNTIL THE MICROBES ARE ACTIVATED IN COMPOST.

>> THIS IS THE BIO COMPOSITE.

THE POLYURETHANE -- YOU CAN SEE OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE MONTHS, PRETTY MUCH ALL OF IT HAS DEGRADED.

>> Reporter: -- RESEARCHERS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS IS 2021, THE RESULTS WERE PUBLISHED IN NATURE COMMUNICATIONS ON TUESDAY.

>>> WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME PRETTY DECENT WEATHER FOR NOW.

BUT THE WIFE IS GOING TO BE PEKIN ON FRIDAY, A SMIDGE WARMER ON FRIDAY AND THEN THINGS CHANGE.

WE TURNED COOLER THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

WE WILL ALSO BEGIN TO SEE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS SATURDAY, LATE IN THE DAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

THEY WILL BE SPOTTY SHOWERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

LATE IN THE SEASON, BUT WE ARE IN THE POTENTIAL RISK AREA FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS.

IT WILL BE WINDY AS WELL IN THE INTERIOR, REALLY FOR US NEAR THE COAST.

CLOUDS RETURN LATE TONIGHT, WE GET DOWN TO 59 DEGREES IN COASTAL AREAS.

TOMORROW, A DECENT DAY FOR US.

WE ARE BACK IN THE UPPER 60s IN SAN DIEGO, CHULA VISTA AROUND 60.

-- 93, WE WILL BE COOL, AROUND LAGUNA, 58.

BEYOND THE QUITE WEATHER TO CLOSE OUT THE WORK WEEK, HERE COMES THE STORM SYSTEM MOVING IN FROM AN AREA -- IT DIVES AND SOUTHEAST, IT IN IT IMPACTS OREGON AND -- MANY AREAS WILL SEE THREE INCHES OF RAIN.

SNOW LEVELS WILL BE DROPPING, YOU COULD BE A FOOT OR TWO.

LET'S SEE ANOTHER DEPICTION OF THE FUTURE RADAR AND SATELLITE.

HERE COMES THE RAIN, HEAVIEST TO THE NORTH.

WE PRESS PAUSE SUNDAY MORNING AT 6:00 A.M., WE FIND OURSELVES BEING THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR A PASSING SHOWER.

EVENING TO SEND THE -- SAN DIEGO.

AND THEN IT TURNS COOLER AND BREEZY, IF NOT DOWNRIGHT BREEZY.

SOME WILL THE GUST OF WIND 40+ MILES AN HOUR.

WE PROBABLY WILL NOT SEE WINDS OF THAT MAGNITUDE AND THEN EAGLE COUNTY UNLESS YOUR WAY UP IN THE MOUNTAINS.

IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE COASTAL FORECAST, COOLER AND BREEZY, MAYBE A SPRINKLE ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY WE ARE BACK IN THE LOW 70s.

INLAND AREAS, YOU CAN SEE THE CLOUDS THICKENING.

MAYBE A SPRINKLE OR TWO.

-- HERE ARE SOME OF THE RAIN AND SOME OF THE DRIZZLE IN THE MOUNTAINS.

WE WILL SEE THE HIGHS AROUND 46, IN THE DESERTS, WE WILL BE DEALING WITH READINGS WADDLING AROUND 74.

NOT AS WARM ON SUNDAY.

WE WILL BE BACK IN THE UPPER 80s ON TUESDAY.

>>> THE MEMORIAL ON -- WILL HAVE A BRAND-NEW LOOK BY MEMORIAL DAY.

ON WEDNESDAY, THE MEMBERS OF THE -- GATHERED FOR THE 70th ANNIVERSARY.

FOR FAMILIES OF SERVICEMEMBERS, IT IS ABOUT PRESERVING A LEGACY.

BOB'S FATHER, GEORGE SERVED IN THE KOREAN AND VIETNAM WARS.

>> MY DAD NEVER TALKED ABOUT THE WAR.

I REALLY DID NOT FIND MUCH ABOUT HIM AND HIS SERVICE UNTIL AFTER HE PASSED AWAY.

UNLESS WE SHARE THE STORIES, IT WILL BE FORGOTTEN.

WE DO NOT WANT TO FORGET THE VETERANS THAT HAVE SACRIFICED THE TIME AND LIVES FOR OUR COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE MORE THAN 4000 VETERANS HONORED AT THE SITE, THE LATEST RENOVATION PHASE FOCUSES ON REPAIRING AND PAINTING THE CROSS AT THE SITE.

>>> THE PHILIPPINE PERFORMING ARTS COMPANY IN NATIONAL CITY RETAINS CULTURAL TRADITIONS THROUGH MUSIC AND DANCE.

THIS WEEK, THE ORGANIZATION ALSO KNOWN AS -- IS GOING DEEPER TO CONNECT THE COMMUNITY WITH CULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS ROOTS.

GLORIA PENNER -- TELL THEIR INTERGENERATIONAL STORY.

>> Reporter: THE LAUGHTER OF TWO-YEAR-OLD -- -- THE JINGLE OF BEADS FROM -- TRADITIONAL ATTIRE REPRESENT THREE GENERATIONS OF THE FILIPINO DIASPORA.

THIS IS -- PERFORMANCE SPACE, TRANSFORMED WITH TRADITIONALLY WOVEN IN -- AND INDIGENOUS FABRICS AND THE STORY THEY TELL.

>> TRADITIONALLY, IT IS MADE OUT OF -- A WILD BANANA FIBER.

YES, IT'S A WILD BANANA FIBER.

WHEN YOU TOUCH IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT ROUGH.

>> Reporter: CULTURAL WORKER, -- ARE VISITING FROM THE PHILIPPINES TO LEAD WORKSHOPS ABOUT AND TEST DRILL STORYTELLING -- ANCESTRAL STORYTELLING.

>> GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, IT WAS STARTED WITH HER.

SO FROM MY GRANDMOTHER, TO MY MOTHER AND ME.

-- WE FOUND SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL TO INCORPORATE IN OUR PATTERN.

WE USED TO USE THE PATTERN BEFORE WE LEAVE.

THIS IS NOW FROM THE LEASE.

>> Reporter: CULTURAL RETENTION AND EXPLORATION IS AT THE HEART OF PASACAT'S MISSION.

THIS IS THE ART DIRECTOR, MATTHEW -- FIRST MET THE CULTURAL BARRIERS IN 2018 ON A TRIP TO THE PHILIPPINES WHERE HE ASKED WHAT HIS CULTURAL IDENTITY.

>> MOST OF IT HAPPENED WITHIN YOURSELF TO WANTING TO DIG DEEPER, TO TRACING YOUR ROOTS.

SO, THAT IS KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE DID.

>> Reporter: NOW, HE HOPES TO SHARE THE MESSAGE WITH SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY, ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE U.S. WHERE THE NEXT GENERATION LIKE HIS DAUGHTER, IS GROWING.

>> -- THAT IS THE GODDESS OF GOOD DEEDS.

IT WORKS OUT BECAUSE THE WORK THAT WE DO IN IT PASACAT -- I AM GOING TO GET EMOTIONAL.

CONNECTIVE FILIPINO AMERICAN SEARCHING FOR THE IDENTITY.

>> Reporter: -- IS -- BY INTRODUCING HER TO PEOPLE LIKE -- >> WE WANT TO SPREAD MORE.

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CAPABLE OF HELPING US TO CONTINUE PRACTICING OUR CULTURE.

>> Reporter: ARTIFACTS LIKE THE --, THE CONNECTED TO HER ANCESTRAL CULTURE, ONE THREAD AT A TIME.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ONGOING SERIES, WEAVING STORIES AND DREAMS, VISIT PASACAT.ORG.

>> WHAT A GREAT STORY.

HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

>>> FOUR -- PROHIBITING THE USE OF PUBLIC MONEY -- ON NPR'S MORNING EDITION, WHO ADVOCATES FOR BASIC INCOME SAY IS FUELING OF THE BACKLASH.

KPBS ROUNDTABLE IN DISCUSSING WAIT TIMES AT THE BORDER, AS WELL AS A CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION LOGGED INTO CREDIT UNIONS, FOLLOWING A STORY FIRST REPORTED HERE ON KPBS.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, WWW.KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>>> AND, BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.