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>>> ASKED DONALD TRUMP PREPARES TO RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE, IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES ARE CRITICIZING ONE OF SAN DIEGO'S BUDGET CUTS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M JOHN CARROLL IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

MAYOR TODD GLORIA DIVIDED THE CITY OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS EARLIER THIS YEAR.

IT WAS PART OF HIS EFFORT TO CLOSE A $172 MILLION BUDGET SHORTFALL.

KPBS BORDER REPORTER GUSTAVO SOLIS HAS MORE ON THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THAT DECISION.

>> Reporter: IN HIS JANUARY STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS MUST SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA PAINTED HIMSELF AS "A NEW KIND OF LEADER."

>> FRANKLY, THE CITY HAS A HISTORY OF ABANDONING OLD AND AGGRESSIVE EFFORTS AS SOON AS THINGS GET DIFFICULT, CEMENTING TO DOUBT, FEAR OF CHANGE.

I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IS NOT HOW WE DO THINGS.

>> Reporter: THE MIDYEAR TOUTED HIS ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS IN REDUCING CRIME, CLEARING HOMELESSNESS ENCAMPMENTS, AND FEELING MORE THAN 61,000 POTHOLES.

ONE THING HE DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT WAS THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO HELP MIGRANTS.

THEN, IN JUNE, HE CUT THE CITY'S OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS FROM THE BUDGET.

MIGRANT ADVOCATES WERE DISMAYED AT THE DECISION, AND SAID IT REPRESENTS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY.

>> I THINK THAT IS, UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT HAPPENED.

THEY ABANDONED SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE REALLY BEEN GREAT HAD THE CONTINUED TO BUILD IT OUT AND HAD DONE THINGS.

>> Reporter: ALLIANCE SAN DIEGO -- >> THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS ONCE THEY WERE HOLDING WORKSHOPS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, HELPING PEOPLE GET CITIZENSHIP, PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

THEY WERE AN ADDITIONAL WATCHDOG WHEN WE HAD SHELTERS FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS, MAKING SURE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO'S OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS WAS FIRST PROPOSED DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF GLORIA'S PREDECESSOR, KEVIN FAULCONER.

IT WAS PART OF THE WELCOMING SAN DIEGO INITIATIVE , AN AMBITIOUS PLAN TO EXPAND SERVICES TO IMMIGRANTS DURING THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

TODD GLORIA'S ADMINISTRATION FORMALLY ESTABLISHED THE OFFICE IN 2022.

IT INCLUDED AN IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS MANAGER, A SMALL STAFF AND ABOUT $500,000 ABSENT FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

KYRA GREENE IS WITH THE CENTER ON POLICY INITIATIVES.

SHE SAYS THE TIMING OF THE DECISION TO DEFUND THIS OFFICE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN WORSE.

>> WE HAVE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME THERE IS A STRONG CHANCE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD BE REELECTED.

IN THAT CONTEXT, IT SEEMED PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANT.

>> Reporter: MAYOR GLORIA DECLINED AN INTERVIEW REQUEST.

INSTEAD, HIS OFFICE EMAILED STATEMENT, CITING THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, "IS THE LEAD ON ALL IMMIGRATION ISSUES IN THE REGION."

GLORIA'S OFFICE TO SAY PROGRAMS PREVIOUSLY OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS FOR LOCAL AND AVAILABLE THROUGH LOCAL NONPROFIT.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY DELEGATES $5 MILLION A YEAR TO FUND A PROGRAM THAT GIVES FREE LEGAL VISITATION TO IMMIGRANTS FACING THE PETITION.

LAST YEAR, THE COUNTY USED $6 MILLION OF FEDERAL COVID-19 RELIEF MONEY TO FUND A TEMPORARY MIGRANT SHELTER.

BUT MONEY RAN OUT IN FEBRUARY.

NOW, WITH GOVERNMENT SUPPORT DWINDLING, WARNINGS FROM ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE COMING TRUE.

A NUMBER OF MIGRANT FAMILIES HAVE JOINED THE RANKS OF SAN DIEGO'S HOMELESS POPULATION.

RIHANNA FROM THE AMERICAN SERVICE COMMUNITY SAYS MULTIPLE MIGRANT FAMILIES LIVED IN HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND BARRIO LOGAN OVER THE SUMMER.

>> THAT PARTICULAR SPACE, FROM WHAT WE KNOW IN MID JULY, HAD OVER 120 PEOPLE.

MAINLY WOMEN WITH CHILDREN AND SITUATIONS WHERE IT IMPACTED LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS.

>> Reporter: SHE HOPES TO GET MORE SUPPORT FROM GLORIA DURING HIS SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.

>> THIS COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A VOICE OF A MORE HUMANE VOICE WHEN IT COMES TO EMBRACING AND UNDERSTANDING THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: THE ADVOCATES WHO SPENT YEARS HELPING LAUNCH THE WELCOMING SAN DIEGO INITIATIVE ARE DISPIRITED.

AGAIN, HERE IS ERIN TSURUMOTO GRASSI.

>> IT IS HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS.

WHEN YOU HAVE WORKED ON SOMETHING SO LONG, IT IS NOT JUST THAT YOU WORKED FOR SOMETHING FOR SO LONG TO WIN SOMETHING BUT WHAT IT MEANT TO PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: WHATEVER HAPPENS, SHE SAYS THAT HUMANITARIANS WHO WERE DOING THE WORK BEFORE THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS OPENED WILL CONTINUE TO DO IT NOW AFTER IT IS CLOSED.

GUSTAVO SOLIS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> FOLLOWING A HISTORIC BOMB CYCLONE OFF THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC COAST, AND ATMOSPHERIC RIVER IS EXPECTED TO BRING RECORD FLIGHTS TO CALIFORNIA TODAY.

FORECASTERS PREDICT THE WORST FLOODING AROUND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

SOME PARTS COULD SEE 16 INCHES IN 48 HOURS AND FEET OF SNOWFALL AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

PEOPLE IN THE REGION ARE BEGINNING TO RECOVER FROM THE BOMB CYCLONE.

>> ADVOCATE SANDBAGS TO STOP THE WATER FROM COMING IN THE HOUSE.

>> HOW BAD IS IT GOOD CUSTOMER >> IS PRETTY BAD.

>> THE STORM IS COMING BACK AROUND SO IT IS ADDING TO THE MESS.

>> FORECASTERS SAID ANOTHER CYCLONE COULD DEVELOP ALONG THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER TOMORROW.

>>> AS WE FINISH OUT THE WORK WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND, IN TRACKING NICE AND SUNNY WEATHER FOR FRIDAY.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, IT WILL BE MILD.

I WILL BE TRACKING INCREASING CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE FORECAST.

AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY PARTS OF NEXT WEEK TRACKING THE NEXT GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN WITH SHOWER CHANCES EARLY NEXT WEEK, MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.

I WILL HAVE THOSE DETAILS, COMING UP.

>>> IN A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR FROM NOW, SAN DIEGO FIRE RESCUE WILL WHAT RESIDENCE THROUGH THEIR RESPONSE TO A PRESS FIRE ALONG MONTEZUMA ROAD HALLOWEEN NIGHT.

FIREFIGHTERS WILL DISCUSS THE FIRE, EVACUATION ORDERS, AND OFFER RESOURCES FOR RESIDENTS.

THE PRESENTATION STARTS AT 6:30 AT THE HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

WE WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT MEETING TOMORROW.

>>> SAN DIEGO CITY ATTORNEY MARA ELLIOTT IS STEWING MORE THAN A DOZEN RETAILERS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR SELLING FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

FLAVORED TOBACCO ADDICTS, SUCH AS TAPES ARE BANNED IN CALIFORNIA AND SAN DIEGO CITY LAW COHABIT SELLING FLAVORED TOBACCO ONLINE.

MARA ELLIOTT SAYS THEY TARGET CHILDREN WITH KATIE SOUNDING NAMES LIKE GLAZED DONUTS, PARTICULARLY, AND FRENCH TOAST CINNAMON SUGAR.

>> WE DO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT TOBACCO PRODUCTS CAN IMPEDE A CHILD'S ABILITY TO LEARN, TO SIT STILL IN CLASS, TO PARTICIPATE.

SO, IT CAN IMPACT A CHILD IN MANY WAYS.

THEY ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE USERS.

>> THE SUIT FILED TODAY CHARGES SIX PEOPLE, FOUR TEENS, AND MORE THAN A DOZEN RETAIL OUTLETS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH UNLAWFULLY SELLING FLAVORED TOBACCO.

IT COMES AFTER RESEARCHERS AT UC SAN DIEGO, CAL STATE SAN MARCOS, AND STANFORD FOUND RETAILERS WEREN'T FOLLOWING THE LINES.

MARA ELLIOTT SAYS DATA FROM THE STUDY WILL BE HELPFUL IN TRYING THE CASE.

>>> NEARLY HALF OF STUDENTS IN THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE NOT MEETING THE STATE STANDARD FOR READING AND WRITING.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE LATEST STATEWIDE TEST RESULTS.

KPBS REPORTER GIDEON ESTES VISITED THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT HAS SEEN THE MOST IMPROVEMENT IN THE DISTRICT.

>> Reporter: IT IS THURSDAY MORNING AT A FIFTH GRADE CLASS INCLEMENT.

FRANCIS SAN GIORGIO IS AN EAGER PARTICIPANT.

>> I LOVE READING.

IT IS MY FAVORITE THING TO DO.

>> Reporter: MORE SPECIFICALLY, SHE LOVES MYSTERIES.

JESUS KIDS AREN'T BIG FANS OF READING SHOULD ON TRADING.

>> YOU JUST NEED TO FIND THE RIGHT BOOK, THE RIGHT GENRE FOR YOU.

SOME PEOPLE, IT IS ADVENTURE, MYSTERY, COMEDY.

>> Reporter: DISTRICT LEADERS ARE POINTING TO SEQUOIA ELEMENTARY AS A BRIGHT SPOT IN THE LATEST STATEWIDE ENGLISH SCORES.

THEY HAD THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PROFICIENT STUDENTS IN THE LAST YEAR.

IN THIRD GRADE, JUST 16% OF THE CLASS WAS MEETING THE STATE STANDARD.

NOW, IN FIFTH GRADE, MORE THAN HALF ARE.

PRINCIPAL RYAN CASSELS SAYS THEY FOUND WAYS TO ENCOURAGE KIDS TO READ AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

ONE WAY IS THROUGH DRAGON TAGS.

STUDENTS GET TAGS WHEN THEY REACH CERTAIN MILESTONES, LIKE 100 STEPS OR 200 STEPS.

>> ESTEP IS 15 MINUTES OF READING.

ANYTIME THEY READ 15 MINUTES, THEY LOCK IT AND WE DOCUMENT IT AND WE REWARD IT EVERY WEEK.

SO, WE GIVE OUT THE DRAGON TAG THAT THEY ATTACHED THEIR BACKPACK.

>> IF YOU GET 600 STEPS, THERE IS A SNOWCONE TRUCK THAT COMES AND YOU GET TO HAVE SNOW CONES.

>> Reporter: DISTRICT LEADERS ARE LOOKING FOR TOOLS LIKE DRAGON TAGS THAT COULD BE LOCATED AT OTHER SCHOOLS.

ACROSS THE DISTRICT, NEARLY HALF OF STUDENTS TESTED DID NOT MEET THE STATE STANDARD FOR READING AND WRITING AT GRADE LEVEL.

DISTRICT LEADERS ARE PAYING ESPECIALLY CLOSE ATTENTION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHEN SCORES TEND TO DIP.

>> THERE ARE MANY FACTORS THAT AFFECT BELONGING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

FROM FIFTH GRADE TO SIXTH GRADE, AND YOU GO FROM ONE TEACHER TO FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, DEPENDING ON WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO TO.

IT IS A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS AND DIFFERENT THINGS TO MANAGE.

>> Reporter: THEY SAY SCORES DROPPED MORE SHARPLY BETWEEN FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE FOR BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS.

>> OUR TEAM IS ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING CONTRIBUTING FACTORS FROM CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT TO THE DIFFERENCES IN SCHOOL CONFIGURATIONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO DIGGING DEEPER AND DEVELOPING TARGETED STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL GET ANOTHER UPDATE ON TEST SCORES AND MARKET.

KATIE ANASTAS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE LONGTIME HEAD OF THE SAN DIEGO MARITIME MUSEUM WILL SOON STEP DOWN.

RAY ASHLEY HAS LED TO THE MUSEUM FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS.

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF VISITING RAY ASHLEY AT THE MUSEUM TO HEAR HIS PERFECTIONS ON WHERE THE MUSEUM IS HEADED AND WHERE IT HAS BEEN.

THE MARITIME MUSEUM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.

IT STARTED IN 1927 WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THE MUSEUM'S CROWN JEWEL, THE START OF INDIA.

THE MUSEUM WAS PART OF THE SAN DIEGO ZOO UNTIL 1948, WHEN IT BECAME ITS OWN ENTITY.

FAST FORWARD TO 1995, WHEN RAY ASHLEY CAME ABOARD AS PRESIDENT AND CEO.

HIS LOVE OF THE SEA AND SHIPS STARTED LONG BEFORE THAT.

>> MY DAD SETTLED HERE AFTER HIS NAVY CAREER AND BECAME A TEACHER.

I GREW UP IN SAN DIEGO.

I WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN CHIPS AND SAILING AND THAT SORT OF THING.

>> Reporter: OVER THE YEARS, ASHLEY HAS OVERSEEN THE ACQUISITION OF THE MUSEUM'S NINE VESSELS.

I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LAST THREE DECADES.

HE DIDN'T HESITATE TO NAME THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SAN SALVADOR RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

>> WE WENT OUT AND RESEARCHED AND OUR OWN SPANISH GALLEON THAT EMBODIES THE ORIGIN STORY OF SAN DIEGO AND OF CALIFORNIA.

THAT WAS A BIG DEAL.

ON ANY STEAM VESSEL, THE BOYS ARE AHEAD OF THE ENGINE BE BECAUSE THAT STACK IS SLIGHTLY MORE TO THAT SIDE, THIS IS THE BOW AND THIS IS THE STERN.

>> Reporter: THE BERKELEY, THE SHIP THAT STARTED HER LIFE AS A VERY VESSEL TAKING PASSENGERS FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO THE EAST BAY, IS WHERE TO FIND THE NONESHIP PART OF THE MUSEUM, THE BIG PICTURE HISTORY OF HUMAN INTERACTION WITH THE SEA OVER THE CENTURIES., A KEY FEATURE OF RAY ASHLEY'S TENURE IS THAT THIS ISN'T JUST A REPOSITORY OF MARINE ARTIFACTS, A PLACE TO PARK OLD SHIPS AND A 60s ERA SUBMARINE.

THIS MUSEUM ALSO LIVES OUT ITS MISSION BY LETTING MOST OF THESE VESSELS GO OUT TO SEE EVERY SO OFTEN A PARADE OF MEDICAL HISTORY LED BY THE GRAND DAME HERSELF, THE WORLD'S OLDEST SAILING SHIP.

>> THAT IS A QUINTESSENTIAL SAINT IS A GOOD THING.

NOW WE SALE A WHOLE FLEET WHEN WE SAILED THE START OF INDIA.

>> Reporter: THERE IS THE MUSEUM'S MISSION TO EDUCATE, SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO RAY ASHLEY.

>> WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF KIDS COMING THROUGH FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

NOW, I MEAN, FOR SOME KIND OF SOME OF OUR FACULTY WERE KIDS THAT CAME THROUGH THE MUSEUM YEARS AGO AND THAT IS AN ONGOING LEGACY THAT NOW HAS REACHED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN.

>> Reporter: RAY ASHLEY IS LEAVING THE MARITIME MUSEUM AT AN ESPECIALLY EXCITING TIME FOR THE INSTITUTION.

IT IS EMBARKING ON ITS BIGGEST PROJECT YET.

NOT THE ACQUISITION OF ANY MORE SHIPS BUT THE BUILDING OF A MAGNIFICENT NEW MUSEUM.

>> IT IS THIS GORGEOUS, ALMOST TRANSPARENT BUILDING.

THE SHIPS GET MOVED OUT OF IT INTO THE BAY.

>> Reporter: TILTING ANYTHING RIGHT ON THE WATER IS A HERCULEAN TASK.

THE MUSEUM IS NOW DEEP INTO THE YEARS LONG PROCESS OF OBTAINING ALL THE PERMITS NEEDED.

BUT, THINGS ARE FAR ENOUGH ALONG THAT ASHLEY SAYS HE IS CONFIDENT CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN WITHIN A FEW YEARS.

WHEN IT IS FINISHED, HE WILL BE ABLE TO COUNT THAT AS A CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT OF HIS 30 YEARS HERE, AS HE SAILS OFF INTO THE SUNSET OF RETIREMENT.

>>> IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, GO CHECK IT OUT.

IT IS A GEM.

>>> WE ARE SHARING ANOTHER PIECE OF SAN DIEGO'S MARITIME HISTORY TONIGHT.

A LOOK BACK AT A TIME WHEN FERRY BOATS WERE THE BEST WAY TO GET TO CORONADO.

>>> THE CENTERPIECE OF MANY THANKS GIVING MEALS IS, OF COURSE, THE TURKEY.

BUT, WITH INFLATED FOOD PRICES, MANY SAN DIEGO'S MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT THIS YEAR.

KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAY TAKES US TO A SPECIAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION, PUTTING THE TRADITIONAL MEAL MORE IN REACH.

>> HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

>> Reporter: FAMILIES WITH STUDENTS IN NATIONAL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS LINED UP EARLY TO GET A HEAD START ON THEIR THANKSGIVING MEAL PREP.

>> HAPPY THANKS GIVING.

>> TURKEY SITTING AROUND A TABLE WITH FAMILY, ENJOINING AND MAKING THE MEMORIES IN THE HEARING OF PAST MEMORIES FROM PAST THANKSGIVINGS.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, THE COST OF A TURKEY ACCOUNTS FOR 43% OF THE AVERAGE THANKSGIVING MEAL.

THANKS TO THE SUE KWON CASINO AND RESORT, 1000 COMMUNITY NUMBERS WILL BE RECEIVING A TURKEY.

>> WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO MAKE THE HOLIDAY RIDER FOR THE FAMILIES IN THE SOUTH BAY.

>> Reporter: THE SYCUAN BETA ZOSYN THIS DISTRIBUTION FOR THE THIRD YEAR.

>> IT IS THE SPIRIT OF GIVING.

WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT BY OUR PREVIOUS GENERATIONS , BY OUR GRANDPARENTS TO GIVE BACK.

>> Reporter: THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU SAYS PEOPLE CELEBRATING IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES ARE GOING TO BE PAYING AT LEAST 14% MORE THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY FOR GIVING STAPLES.

THE AVERAGE MEAL WILL COST $67.00 FOR A PARTY OF 10.

THIS INCLUDES ITEMS LIKE TURKEY, FRESH VEGETABLES, STUFFING, CRANBERRY SAUCE, ROLES, AND OF COURSE, PIE.

THAT COST INCREASES TO MORE THAN $80 A PERCENT IF YOU ADD HAM, POTATOES, AND GREEN BEANS.

NATIONAL CITY RESIDENT, LUCARITA BERGOS SAYS HER FAMILY WOULD NOT HAVE TURKEY WITHOUT THE SUPPORT.

>> A LOT OF US LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK , IT IS SOMETIMES A LITTLE HURT.

ESPECIALLY MY CASE, THE TWO TEENAGERS THAT EAT A LOT.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO STRETCH OUT OUR POCKETBOOKS.

>> Reporter: NEW RESEARCH FROM THE SAN DIEGO HUNGER COALITION SHOWS ONE IN FOUR SAN DIEGANS, OR 813,000 PEOPLE, DO NOT MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY THREE NUTRITIOUS MEALS A DAY.

>> JUST BEING VERY GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS.

IT IS VERY APPRECIATED.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THERE IS ONE, THERE IS TWO.

HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY.

>> Reporter: MELISSA MAY, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IF YOU MISSED TODAY'S EVENT IN THE PREVIOUS STORY AND ARE WONDERING HOW YOU WILL FEED YOUR FAMILY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON , FEEDING SAN DIEGO IS HOSTING SEVERAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

THEY SET UP SHOP AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO PARKING LOT TODAY.

>> WHAT IS WITH THE COST OF LIVING BEING SO HIGH AND YOU AT THE HOLIDAYS AND EXTRA BURDENS THAT COME WITH THAT, WE WANT TO DO OUR PART AND HANDOUT HOLIDAY GOES ALONG WITH FRESH PRODUCE TO HOPEFULLY TAKE ONE BURDEN OFF THEIR PLATE.

>> Reporter: FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FEEDING SAN DIEGO'S FREE HOLIDAY FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS, VISIT OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG , AND LOOK UNDER THE EVENTS TAB.

>>> MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL TAKE TO THE SKIES NEXT WEEK TO TRAVEL FOR THANKSGIVING.

THE NATION'S TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PREDICTING IT COULD BE A RECORD-BREAKING HOLIDAY TRAVEL SEASON.

BUT, AS LAURA AGUIRRE EXPLAINS, RECORD TRAVEL MEANS RECORD CROWDS AND ONE AIRLINE IS CRACKING DOWN ON LINE CUTTERS.

>> Reporter: THE NATION'S TOP TRANSPORTATION AND AVIATION CHIEFS GIVING ASSURANCES THAT HOLIDAY TRAVEL NEXT WEEK WILL BE SAFE AND EFFICIENT.

>> WE ARE READY TO ENSURE PASSENGERS CAN COMPLETE THE SCREENING PROCESS WITHIN OUR ESTABLISHED WAIT TIMES OF 30 MINUTES OR LESS THE FOR NONEPRE- CHECK PASSENGERS AND 10 MINUTES OR LESS FOR PROTECT PASSENGERS.

>> BILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO HELP AIRPORTS ADD MORE CHECK-IN COUNTERS, BUILD FASTER SECURITY CHECKPOINTS, IMPROVED BAGGAGE CLAIM, MAKE IT EASIER TO FIND YOUR GAIT.

>> Reporter: THAT EXTENDS THE RUNWAYS, WE'RE CLOSE CALLS IN A NUMBER OF CITIES HAVE MADE HEADLINES IN RECENT YEARS.

>> WE HAVE ALSO INSTALLED APPROACH RUNWAY VERIFICATION SYSTEMS AT MORE THAN 74 AIRPORT TOWERS.

THIS TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES AUDIO AND VISUAL ALERTS TO CONTROLLERS IF AN ARRIVING AIRCRAFT IS LINED UP TO LAND ON THE WRONG AIRPORT SURFACE.

>> Reporter: THE FAA IS ALSO TESTING NEW SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS AT SOME OF THE NATION'S BUSIEST AIRFIELDS, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.

>> TUESDAY IS FORECASTED TO BE OUR BUSIEST DAY.

>> Reporter: TSA PROJECTS AROUND 2.8 MILLION PASSENGERS WILL FIND THAT DAY.

HEADS UP, IF YOU TRY TO CUT THE BOARDING LINE, AMERICAN AIRLINES IS IMPORTING NEW TECH THAT WILL SOUND AN ALARM IF A BOARDING PASSES SCANNED BEFORE IT'S ASSIGNED GROUP NUMBER IS CALLED AND YOU WILL BE SENT BACK TO YOUR BOARDING GROUP.

>> I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE WE HAVE A ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY FOR UNRULY BEHAVIOR.

PLEASE TREAT YOUR FLIGHT CREW WITH THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE.

>> Reporter: I'M LAURA AGUIRRE FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, I WILL BE TRACKING MILD WEATHER.

OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DIP INTO THE MID-40s.

THERE WILL BE CLOUDS NEAR THE COAST.

ACROSS THE REST OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE A MIX OF 30s AND 40s.

CLOSE TO FREEZING FOR OCEANSIDE AND KATE MIDDLETON.

43 IN CHULA VISTA AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES DURING THE MORNING HOURS AS WE HEAD INTO TODAY, HERE IS THE FUTURE TRANSLATOR.

10:00 A.M., MOSTLY CLEAR.

WE WILL HAVE THE CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE COAST BUT OVERALL, NO RAIN CHANCES.

MOST OF THE RAIN WITH THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER WILL STAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF CALIFORNIA.

WE WILL SEE INCREASING CLOUD COVER WHICH AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

LIGHT ON LATE FRIDAY, OVERALL, DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE WILL SEE ANY RAINFALL UNTIL WE HEAD INTO PARTS OF EARLY NEXT WEEK.

OR TOMORROW, ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY, HIGHS WILL BE A MIX OF 60s, 70s, WE WILL EVEN SEE 80s IN THE DESIGNATED 75 IN ESPOSITO, 77 FOR OCEANSIDE AND KATE MIDDLETON.

IN TEMECULA, MILD CONDITIONS WITH MID 60s FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS.

FOR THE COAST TO COAST FORECAST, YOUR FIVE DAY OUTLOOK FOR THE COAST, I SHOULD SAY, 67 DEGREES ON A FRIDAY.

LOTS OF SUNSHINE.

REALLY NICE FORECAST FOR YOUR FINALLY FRIDAY.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, THERE IS THE CLOUD COVER WHICH I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

WE WILL SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-50s.

LOWS IN THE 40s AND 50s.

THERE IS THE CHANCE OF RAIN I WAS DETAILING ON MONDAY.

WE WILL SEE A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

AFTER THAT, HE PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE FORECAST AND WE WILL SEE SOMETHING MAKING ITS WAY BACK INTO THE FORECAST ON TUESDAY.

AMID FORECAST, MID-70s FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

A VERY MILD WEATHER.

FOR THE WEEKEND, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 60s BEFORE WE REBOUND BACK TO THE 70s ON MONDAY.

TAKING A LOOK AT THE MOUNTAIN FOR CUSTOMER 60s ON FRIDAY, 50s STARTING ON SATURDAY BEFORE WE DIP INTO THE 40s FOR HIGHS ON TUESDAY.

THEN, ACROSS THE DESERT, 80s ON FRIDAY, 70s FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND.

THE OVERNIGHT LOWS, A MIX OF 40s AND 50s.

>>> ARE YOU READY FOR SOME NOSTALGIA?

IF YOU HAVE LIVED IN OUR COUNTY FOR A WHILE, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER BACK TO THE DAYS BEFORE THERE WAS A BRIDGE THAT CONNECTED SAN DIEGO AND CORONADO AND PEOPLE WENT BACK AND FORTH BY FERRYBOAT.

KEN KRAMER TALKED WITH A CORONADO HISTORIC HISTORIAN THAT HAS PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS.

>> Reporter: WHEN FERRYBOAT'S TRUST BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND CORONADO, THERE WAS ONE THAT BECAME A FAVORITE.

DO REMEMBER IS THAT BOAT, CALLED THE SAN DIEGO.

>> IT WAS ONE OF THE BIG, OLD- FASHIONED SLAB SIDED DOUBLE DECK FOR REPORTS THAT YOU SEE UP IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.

>> Reporter: THE THING ABOUT THE THEORY VOTES, UP UNTIL 1969 WHEN THE BRIDGE OPENED, THE CARE YOU AND YOUR CAR.

THEY WERE JUST PART OF LIVING AND COMMUTING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE BAY.

THE WAY THEY LOOKED, THE SOUNDS AND SMELLS OF WRITING THEM, AS A KID, JOE DITLER FELL IN LOVE WITH ALL OF THAT.

>> THE FERRY BOATS HAD SOME SPELL ON ME, ANYWAY.

SO MANY OTHERS REALLY.

YOU DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE OVER.

>> Reporter: WHEN THE BRIDGE DID OPEN, THE FERRY BOATS WERE SOLD AND THE SAN DIEGO, THIS BOAT, WAS SOLD AS WELL.

>> THE SAN DIEGO ENDED UP GOING TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, WHERE IT OPERATED FOR A FEW MORE YEARS.

THEN IT WAS RETIRED.

>> Reporter: THERE WAS TALK THAT MAYBE SHE WOULD COME HOME TO OUR COUNTY, BE A FLOATING DINNER THEATER.

SHE WAS IN DECLINE, TIED UP ALONG THE SACRAMENTO RIVER.

>> WAS A SERIES OF FIRES ON BOARD, A BUNCH OF ARTISTS LIVED ON BOARD.

THE SHIP KEPT GOING DOWN AND DOWN.

>> Reporter: FINALLY, WORD CAME THAT THE SAN DIEGO WOULD BE SCRAPPED.

FOR JOE, IT WAS SAD.

ALL THE SWEET MEMORIES OF THE SHIP AND WHAT SHE MEANT TO SO MANY PEOPLE.

THE RITUAL OF GETTING ON BOARD AND WRITING ACROSS THE DAY HAD SO MUCH SIMPLE TERM.

AS A WRITER, JOURNALIST, AND HISTORIAN, HE MADE PLANS TO GO NORTH TO TAKE A LAST LOOK.

>> I WANTED TO GO UP AND DOCUMENT IT.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS IMPORTANT.

THE REAL THING FOR ME WAS ONE LAST WALK ON THE DECKS OF THIS FERRYBOAT.

STILL UP ON THE TOP DECK.

>> Reporter: WHAT HE FOUND WAS REALLY JUST A SHELL OF THE OLD SHIP HE REMEMBERED FROM HIS YOUTH.

>> THERE WAS NO SHIP'S HELM, THERE WAS NO ENGINE TELEGRAPH.

THE NAME BOARDS, SHE HAD LOVELY NAME BOARDS, SHE HAD THEM ALL OVER THE PLACE, THEY WERE ALL GONE.

THE ANCHORS, THE CHAIN, THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT.

COMING DOWN, I WILL PAN OVER TO THIS FUNNEL THAT JOE IS GETTING HESITANT ABOUT TAKING HOME IN HIS RENTED A VAN.

THEN I WILL COME BACK AND CATCH JOE CHECKING OUT OF THE OLD STACK.

>> Reporter: HE DID LOOK AROUND FOR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE PUT ON DISPLAY BACK AND CORONADO.

HE FOUND SOME POLICE USED TO LOWER THE LIFEBOATS.

WHEN WE CAME BY, THEY WERE BEING SHOWN AT THE LIBRARY ALONG WITH OTHER ITEMS FROM THE SAN DIEGO AND SOME THINGS ON LOAN FROM THE MARITIME MUSEUM.

THERE WAS A SCALE MODEL OF THE SAN DIEGO.

FOR THOSE WHO NEVER EXPERIENCED THE FERRY BOATS, WHO NEVER KNEW WHAT IT WAS LIKE, JOE'S TRIP TO SEE THE FINAL DAYS OF THIS ONE MIGHT SEEM A STRANGE THING.

BUT, NOT IF YOU WROTE THEM, NOT IF THEY WERE A PART OF YOU.

IT ALL CAME BACK TO HIM AS HE STOOD ON THE DECK OF THE SAN DIEGO ONE LAST TIME.

>> I BEGAN TO HAVE THIS FLOOD OF MEMORIES.

I'M TELLING YOU, I COULD HEAR THE SLOSHING OF THE WATER AS THEY APPROACHED THE PILINGS ON THE FOR SURE.

THEY WOULD THROW IT IN REVERSE, YOU COULD HEAR THE BELLS FROM THE CAMP INTO THE ENGINE ROOM AND THEY WOULD RESPOND.

FULL REVERSE.

YOU COULD HEAR THE WATER, YOU COULD HEAR THE PROPELLERS CHANGE DIRECTION.

YOU COULD HEAR THE PILINGS CREEK AND YOU COULD SMELL THE CREOSOTE ON THE PILINGS.

IT WAS THE CRAZIEST THING.

HERE I AM ON THIS ABANDONED, DEAD BOAT THAT REALLY LOOKS NOTHING LIKE SHE DID IN HER PRIME.

YET, ALL THESE THINGS ARE FLOODING BACK INTO MY MIND.

IT WAS A VERY MOVING EXPERIENCE AND I AM SO GLAD I WENT UP AND WAS ABLE TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE ON THE FERRYBOAT, SAN DIEGO.

SO, WE BID YOU ADIEU.

>> Reporter: AT LAST, SHE WAS TOLD EVER SO SLOWLY TO THE SCRAP YARD.

THIS IS THE LAST VIDEO OF THE FERRYBOAT COUNTLESS THOUSANDS OF US REMEMBER.

WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, SHE WAS TORN APART AND THAT WAS THE END.

>> SHE IS GONE.

IT WAS A VERY SAD THING TO WATCH.

>> Reporter: JOE DITLER ENDED UP WRITING THREE ARTICLES ABOUT THE END OF THE SAN DIEGO AND THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF RESPONSES, PEOPLE WANTING TO SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF A TIME GONE BY.

>> THEIR FIRST KISS WRITING IN THE FERRYBOAT AT NIGHT WHERE YOU COULD WRITE FOR A QUARTER ALL NIGHT.

>> Reporter: WHEN THE PACE OF LIFE WAS SLOWER, WHEN THE WIND AND TIDE WERE PART OF THE COMMUTE, WHEN SO MANY THINGS WERE SO VERY DIFFERENT ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

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