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

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>>> THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THE SAN DIEGO PADRES ARE IN A MAKE OR BREAK SITUATION IN THE FIRST ROUND OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL'S PLAYOFFS.

IT'S A MUST-WIN GAME 3 OF THE WILD CARD SERIES AGAINST THE CHICAGO CUBS.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AERE IS DOWNTOWN INSIDE PETCO PARK, WHERE A WATCH PARTY IS HAPPENING.

JACOB, WHAT'S IT LIKE OUT THERE?

>> Reporter: HI THERE, MAYA.

THEY'RE PLAYING THIS BEST OF THREE SERIES IN CHICAGO BUT AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THERE'S STILL A PRETTY GOOD SIZED PARK BEHIND ME AT PETCO PARK'S GALLAGHER SQUARE WITH HUNDREDS OF FANS IN ATTENDANCE FOR A WATCH PARTY.

TODAY IT'S WIN OR GO HOME AND THIS GAME IS ALMOST OVER.

THE CROWD'S HAD SOME MIXED REACTIONS BECAUSE IT'S A CLOSE GAME BUT THE PADRES ARE CURRENTLY LOSING IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH INNING.

THE TEAM AND FANS ARE HOPING FOR A REPEAT OF THE 2020 SEASON WHEN THEY LOST THE FIRST GAME IN THAT WILD CARD SERIES BUT THEN CAME BACK TO WIN THE NEXT TWO AND ADVANCE AGAINST ST.

LOUIS.

EARLIER TODAY I SPOKE WITH RICKY SMITH, WHO'S HERE WITH HIS DAUGHTER BANKSY.

HE TOOK HER OUT OF SCHOOL TO COME WATCH THE GAME.

>> GROWING UP IN CHICAGO I WAS BORN AND RAISED A CUBS FAN BUT I'VE LIVED OUT IN SAN DIEGO FOR TWO DECADES NOW AND BEING A BASEBALL FAN AND COMING TO PADRES GAMES ON THE REGULAR LIKE I'VE DEFINITELY WATCHED WAY MORE PADRES BASEBALL THAN CUBS BASEBALL.

SO REALLY IT'S A WIN-WIN OR A LOSE-LOSE DEPENDING IF I WANT TO BE NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: IF THE PADRES ADVANCE THEY'LL BE TAKING ON THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS STARTING THIS SATURDAY IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES.

THAT'S A BEST OF FIVE SERIES.

AND IF THEY DON'T, IF THEY LOSE HERE TONIGHT THEIR SEASON IS OVER AND IT'S BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR.

REPORTING LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EXTRA CLOUDS COMING INTO PLAY.

THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY STREAMING INTO THE WESTERN COAST OF THE U.S.

JUST NORTH OF US.

SO FOR AT LEAST US IT MEANS THICKENING CLOUDS, TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MID 60s FOR THE CITY, BUT WILL THE PATTERN HOLD AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAYS TO COME?

I'LL HAVE THAT FULL FORECAST COMING YOU UP.

>>> THE U.S.

GOVERNMENT REMAINS SHUT DOWN WITH NO RESOLUTION IN SIGHT.

WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KAROLINE LEAVITT SAID ON WEDNESDAY THAT LAYOFFS TO THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE WERE, QUOTE, IMMINENT.

AS CORRESPONDENT JULIA BENBROOK REPORTS, THE FIRINGS COULD BE IN THE THOUSANDS.

>> Reporter: IT'S DAY TWO OF THIS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, AND NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED.

REPUBLICANS ARE STILL PUSHING FOR ESSENTIALLY AN EXTENSION OF CURRENT FUNDING LEVELS FOR ANOTHER SEVEN WEEKS.

AND DEMOCRATS ARE LOOKING FOR CONCESSIONS ON ENHANCED OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES.

WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSE THIS SHUTDOWN DIFFERS FROM THOSE IN THE PAST, THE THREAT OF MASS FIRINGS LOOMS LARGE.

WHILE IT'S TYPICAL TO SEE SOME GOVERNMENT WORKERS FURLOUGHED DURING THIS TIME, THE WHITE HOUSE IS THREATENING A MORE PERMANENT IMPACT.

>> WE BELIEVE THAT LAYOFFS ARE IMMINENT.

>> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LAY SOME PEOPLE OFF IF THE SHUTDOWN CONTINUES.

>> Reporter: NOW, THIS LINES UP WITH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S LONG-STATED GOAL OF SHRINKING THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND IN A POST THURSDAY MORNING HE MADE IT CLEAR HE SEES THIS LAPSE IN FUNDING AS AN OPPORTUNITY, WRITING "I HAVE A MEETING TODAY WITH RUSS VOUGHT OF PROJECT 2025 FAME TO DETERMINE WHICH OF THE MANY DEMOCRAT AGENCIES MOST OF WHICH ARE A POLITICAL SCAM HE RECOMMENDS TO CUT AND WHETHER OR NOT THOSE CUTS WILL BE TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THE RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS GAVE ME THIS UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY."

MANY DEMOCRATS, THOUGH, HAVE BRUSHED OFF THIS THREAT SAYING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS ALREADY TAKING STEPS TO SHRINK THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE.

WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KAROLINE LEAVITT TOLD REPORTERS HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO HOW MANY FEDERAL WORKERS WOULD BE IMPACTED IF THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH LAYOFFS THAT THAT NUMBER WOULD LIKELY BE IN THE THOUSANDS.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE I'M JULIA BENBROOK.

>>> WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE IMPACTS OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN LOCALLY.

OUR MEDIA PARTNER KGTV IS REPORTING THAT MOST NATIONAL PARK SERVICES STAFF ARE FURLOUGHED, AND THAT MEANS MANY OF THE FACILITIES THAT REQUIRE PEOPLE TO RUN THEM WON'T BE OPEN INCLUDING CABRILLO NATIONAL MONUMENT.

THE GROUNDS WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SHUTDOWN.

>> WE KNEW THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS BEING SHUT DOWN, AND WE WERE JUST HOPING THAT THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BE AFFECTED.

>> IT'S A VERY VISUAL REMINDER AND IT DOES MAKE ME WONDER WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT IN OTHER WAYS THAT MY LIFE WILL BE DISRUPTED BIG OR SMALL.

BOTH ME AND FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

>> SOME FEDERAL SERVICES ARE STILL RUNNING AS NORMAL.

THE U.S.

DISTRICT FEDERAL JUDGE IN SAN DIEGO DECLARED ALL COURT EMPLOYEES ARE ESSENTIAL, SO THEY'LL BE WORKING.

ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY WILL STILL PERFORM NORMAL DUTIES BUT WITHOUT PAY.

AND THE AIRPORT SAYS IT WILL OPERATE AS NORMAL WITH FEDERAL PERSONNEL.

>>> AN AFGHAN MAN WHO WORKED WITH THE U.S.

IN AFGHANISTAN AND WAS DETAINED BY I.C.E.

THIS SUMMER IS SPEAKING OUT TODAY.

KPBS MILITARY AND VETERANS REPORTER ANDREW DYER HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: SAEED NASSER IS ENJOYING LUNCH AT A LAKESIDE AFGHAN RESTAURANT.

LAST WEEK A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED HIS ARREST THIS SUMMER OUTSIDE A SAN DIEGO COURTROOM VIOLATED HIS DUE PROCESS RIGHTS.

HE WAS RELEASED FROM DETENTION LAST FRIDAY.

>> I CAN SAY THAT FREEDOM IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FEEL THAN EVERYTHING.

>> Reporter: AT A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY HE SAID HIS ORDEAL HASN'T SHAKEN HIS FAITH IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> I STILL BELIEVE IN AMERICA.

I DO NOT FEEL BETRAY.

I FEEL HOPEFUL.

>> Reporter: NASSER WORKED WITH THE U.S.

MILITARY IN AFGHANISTAN AS AN INTERPRETER AND A CONTRACTOR.

HE CAME TO THE U.S.

LAST YEAR LEGALLY VIA THE CBP1 APP.

HE WAS GRANTED HUMANITARIAN PAROLE.

AT A COURT HEARING IN SAN DIEGO IN JUNE THE GOVERNMENT MOVED TO DISMISS HIS ASYLUM CASE AND DEPORT HIM.

I.C.E.

AGENTS WERE WAITING OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM.

>> BACK IN MY HOME COUNTRY AFGHANISTAN.

THIS IS MY -- >> Reporter: AFTER THAT VIDEO WENT VIRAL MILITARY VETERANS FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, VETERANS OF AMERICA AND AFGHAN EVAC LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO ENLIST VETERANS TO ATTEND COURT WITH AFGHAN ALLIES.

THEY CALLED IT BATTLE BUDDIES.

SHAWN VAN DIVER IS THE CO-FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF AFGHAN EVAC.

>> YOU SEE A COUPLE OF OUR BATTLE BUDDIES STANDING IN THE BACKGROUND HERE TODAY.

BATTLE BUDDIES HAS GROWN TO OVER 1,000 VETERANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: TODAY HE'S WITH FRIENDS, FAMILIES AND SUPPORTERS CELEBRATING HIS FREEDOM.

NEXT HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO LOOK FOR A NEW PLACE TO LIVE AND A NEW JOB.

HE'LL START REBUILDING HIS LIFE WHILE HE AWAITS A DECISION ON HIS ASYLUM CASE.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A SHARP RISE IN IMMIGRATION ARRESTS IS SHAKING ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES IN SAN DIEGO.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE HYSEN SPOKE WITH LEADERS WHO SAY THEY'RE BREAKING THE SILENCE.

>> Reporter: COMMUNITY MEMBERS FILLED A LABOR UNION MEETING HALL LAST NIGHT IN KEARNY MESA.

MANY MORE JOINED OVER ZOOM FROM THE SAFETY OF THEIR HOMES.

THE AAPI DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF SAN DIEGO AND ALLIES GATHERED TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT WITH LOCAL LEADERS.

>> IF YOU WERE A VIETNAMESE YOU WERE ON A 50-HOUR FLIGHT SHACKLED HANDS AND FEET.

>> PEOPLE AREN'T GOING INTO SHOPS.

PEOPLE AREN'T GOING INTO THE BUSINESSES.

PEOPLE ARE SCARED.

>> THERE IS SO MUCH SUFFERING IN SILENCE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: THERE WERE MORE LOCAL ARRESTS OF AAPI PEOPLE IN ONE MONTH THIS SUMMER THAN ALL OF LAST YEAR.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT RECORDS.

AND THE COMMUNITY IS FEELING IT.

>> PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE -- OR WHO'VE BEEN HERE FOR 40, 50 YEARS FOR THE FIRST TIME ARE AFRAID IF THEY GO TO THE STORY SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN THEY COULD DISAPPEAR.

>> Reporter: ANDREW NEIL BANERJEE IS THE CLUB'S PRESIDENT.

HE'S HEARING FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING OUT AS MUCH.

EVEN PEOPLE WITH LEGAL STATUS ARE SCARED TO GO TO CHURCH, SCHOOL, AND THE GROCERY STORE.

WHEN THEY DO THEY BRING THEIR PASSPORTS.

JOHN PACULDO KOENIG SHOFER IS THE CLUB'S VICE PRESIDENT AND A RECENT GRADUATE OF UCSD.

HE SAYS INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ARE AFRAID TO ORGANIZE.

>> IT'S MAKING 20-YEAR-OLDS, TEENAGERS AFRAID TO GET INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUNISHED BY THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> Reporter: IN MANY WAYS THESE EXPERIENCES ARE UNIVERSAL TO IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR RIGHT NOW.

BUT KOENIG SHOFER SAYS AAPI PEOPLE ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

>> THERE'S THIS CULTURE AMONG ASIAN AMERICANS THAT WE SHOULD JUST GO ALONG TO GET ALONG.

RIGHT?

AND THAT WE DON'T REALLY SPEAK UP WHEN WE'RE BEING TREATED THE WRONG WAY.

AND THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF REASONS THAT COME INTO THAT.

A LOT OF THEM ARE CULTURAL.

A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THIS IDEA OF THE MODEL MINORITY MYTH IN WHERE ASIAN AMERICANS ARE KIND OF PLACED IN THEIR OWN SEPARATE CATEGORY AWAY FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

BUT IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE BEING TREATED, WE'RE BEING TREATED LIKE EVERY SINGLE OTHER COMMUNITY OF COLOR OUT THERE.

SO THAT MODEL MINORITY MYTH IS JUST THAT.

IT'S A MYTH.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PUSH BACK ON.

AND IT STARTS BY SPEAKING OUT AND STANDING UP FOR OURSELVES.

>> Reporter: THEY HOPE SPEAKING OUT WILL ENCOURAGE BOLDER ACTION FROM LOCAL LEADERSHIP.

I.C.E.

DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO KPBS'S QUESTIONS.

KATIE HYSON KPBS NEWS.

>>> I'M GEOFF BENNETT.

TONIGHT ON THE "NEWSHOUR" HOW THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS AFFECTING TELEMEDICINE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.

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

>>> SAN DIEGO IS NO LONGER GOING TO COURT TO TRY TO FORCE THE COUNTY TO AID VULNERABLE PEOPLE.

FOR THE LATEST WHY IT MATTERS SEGMENT VOICE OF SAN DIEGO REPORTER LISA HALVERSTAT EXPLAINS THE CONTROVERSIAL APPROACH AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE PAUSE.

>> Reporter: FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS THE CITY'S HAD A PROGRAM CALLED LIFE-SAVING INTERVENTION FOR TREATMENT.

IT FOCUSES ON PEOPLE WHO CONSTANTLY NEED HELP FROM POLICE AND PARAMEDICS.

THEY OFTEN HAVE COMPLEX PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.

UNTIL RECENTLY THE CITY'S LAST-DITCH MOVE TO SAVE THESE PEOPLE WAS TO GO TO PROBATE COURT.

A CITY ATTORNEY WOULD ASK A JUDGE FOR A CONSERVATORSHIP.

THEN THE COUNTY COULD BE FORCED TO PROVIDE CARE.

IN 2022 COUNCIL MEMBERS INCREASED THE CITY BUDGET TO SUPPORT THIS WORK.

CITY LAWYERS SUCCESSFULLY ARGUED FOR 26 PROBATE CONSERVATORSHIPS THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

BEFORE CITY ATTORNEY HEATHER FERBER TOOK OFFICE LAST DECEMBER SHE SUPPORTED THIS TACTIC.

COUNTY OFFICIALS DID NOT.

HERE'S WHAT FERBERT SAID DURING A DEBATE LAST YEAR.

>> SO IT IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PROGRAM AND AS THE NEXT CITY ATTORNEY I PLAN TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THAT WORK AND I THINK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE REALLY NEEDS TO ENGAGE THE COUNTY IN TRYING TO PUT MORE RESOURCES TO PROGRAMS LIKE THIS BECAUSE THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WE SEE ON THE STREET WHO REALLY BREAK OUR HEARTS.

>> Reporter: BUT FERBERT RECENTLY CHANGED HER MIND.

SHE REASSIGNED THE ATTORNEY DEDICATED TO THE PROGRAM AND SAID HER OFFICE WOULD PAUSE CONSERVATORSHIP FILINGS.

HER TEAM SAID BUDGET RESOURCE CONCERNS SPURRED THAT DECISION.

FEHRBERT'S OFFICE ALSO NOTED THE COUNT I WHY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NOW LED BY DEMOCRATS WILL HIRE A NEW TOP COUNTY LAWYER.

SHE HOPES THE CITY AND THE COUNTY CAN PARTNER GOING FORWARD.

BUT CURRENT AND FORMER OFFICIALS WHO WORK WITH THE LIFT PROGRAM ARE CONCERNED.

THEY FEAR SOME PEOPLE COULD DIE WITHOUT LEGAL INTERVENTION.

THEY SAW THE FILINGS AS A WAY TO HELP PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE AT RISK WHO ALSO DRAIN PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES.

I'M LISA HALVERSTADT, AND THAT'S WHY IT MATTERS.

>> THE VOICE OF SAN DIEGO IS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS FOR THE PUBLIC MATTERS INITIATIVE.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT KPBS.ORG/PUBLICMATTERS.

>>> RESIDENTIAL SDG&E CUSTOMERS AND ELIGIBLE SMALL BUSINESSES WILL SEE A CREDIT ON THEIR ENERGY BILL FOR OCTOBER.

IT'S THANKS TO THE CALIFORNIA CLIMATE CREDIT.

THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION APPLIES THE $81 ELECTRICITY CREDIT TWICE A YEAR.

THE FIRST TIME WAS IN APRIL.

RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS WITH NATURAL GAS SERVICE ALSO RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL $54 FOR THE YEAR.

ALTOGETHER THAT TOTALS $217 IN BILL REDUCTIONS IN 2025.

NO ACTION IS REQUIRED TO RECEIVE THE CREDIT.

>>> THE NEW NAVY S.E.A.L.

MUSEUM OPENS SATURDAY IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER ANDREW DYER HAS THIS PREVIEW.

>> Reporter: WHEN THE NAVY S.E.A.L.

MUSEUM OPENS ITS DOORS TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME SATURDAY, IT WILL BE THE CULMINATION OF ABOUT A DECADE OF WORK.

MUSEUM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BRIAN DRECHSLER IS A RETIRED S.E.A.L.

CAPTAIN.

HE SAYS HE HOPES THE MUSEUM DEMYSTIFIES SOME OF THE HOLLYWOOD STEREOTYPES OF S.E.A.L.s AS ACTION HEROES.

>> IT DOES KIND OF BREAK THROUGH THAT PARADIGM AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, AT THE CORE OF IT WHEN YOU LOOK AT NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE AND WHO WE ARE, IT'S COMMON PEOPLE WITH AN UNCOMMON DESIRE TO SERVE.

>> Reporter: THE MUSEUM FEATURES A LARGE IMMERSIVE THEATER.

VISITORS HEAR FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AS VIDEOS OF S.E.A.L.

OPERATIONS PLAY.

UPSTAIRS VIRTUAL REALITY AND INTERACTIVE VIDEO ANIMATIONS SHOW S.E.A.L.

MISSIONS LOOK, SOUND AND FEEL LIKE.

>> THEY SEE THOSE TIMELESS TRAITS THAT WE'RE TELLING THE STORY THROUGH OF THE DISCIPLINE, COMMITMENT, TEAMWORK, SERVICE, RESPONSIBILITY, AND THEY APPLY A LITTLE BIT OF THAT TO THEIR OWN LIFE BUT ULTIMATELY I HOPE THEY FEEL INSPIRED.

>> Reporter: IT'S NOT ALL IMMERSIVE TECH.

EXHIBITS SHOWCASE THE RUDIMENTARY SCUBA EQUIPMENT USED BY THE NAVY FROGMEN BEFORE THEY WERE EVEN CALLED S.E.A.L.s.

SPECIAL WARFARE COMBAT CREWMEN ALSO FEATURE PROMINENTLY IN THE MUSEUM.

CALLED SWIC, THESE ARE THE SPECIAL WARFARE PERSONNEL WHO PILOT THE SMALL BOATS FROM WHICH S.E.A.L.s OPERATE.

PHIL GARN IS A NAVAL HISTORY SKBRAN RETIRED BOAT OPERATOR.

>> SO WE DO SPECIAL MISSIONS WITH THE S.E.A.L.s AND SOME OF OUR OWN SPECIAL MISSIONS, AND IT CHANGES FROM ERA TO ERA.

>> Reporter: GARN SAYS EVERYTHING IN THE MUSEUM IS DESIGNED NOT TO HIGHLIGHT INDIVIDUAL S.E.A.L.s BUT TO SHOWCASE THEIR VALUES OF TEAMWORK AND SERVICE.

>> WE ARE HOPING THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE INSPIRED TO DO SOME OF THEIR OWN SERVICE.

>> Reporter: DRECHSLER SAYS THEY'RE WORKING TO FIND A MUCH LARGER SPACE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

HE SAYS THE TEAMWORK BEHIND THE SCENES IS WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT FROM THE SPECIAL WARFARE COMMUNITY.

>> YOU GET A VERY CLOSE-KNIT GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.

AND WHEN YOU HARNESS ALL THAT TALENT INTO A COMMON GOAL THAT'S WHEN GREAT THINGS HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: THE MUSEUM OPENS SATURDAY, BUT IT'S RECOMMENDED TO RESERVE TICKETS AHEAD OF TIME ONLINE.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL KICKED OFF ITS 19th YEAR LAST NIGHT AT DIGITAL GYM CINEMA.

TONIGHT IT MOVES TO THE MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS AT THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART.

KPBS CINEMA JUNKIE BETH ACCOMANDO HAS A PREVIEW FROM BALBOA PARK.

>> Reporter: WE ARE HERE IN THE JOAN AND IRWIN JACOBS THEATER AT MOPA, AND THIS IS A GORGEOUS CINEMA, THE PERFECT PLACE FOR THE SAN DIEGO ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL TO KICK OFF THEIR FEATURE FILMS.

I AM HERE WITH ANTONIO IANNOTA, WHO IS THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, AND LAST NIGHT YOU KICKED OFF THE FESTIVAL AT DIGITAL GYM LAUNCHING YOUR THEME OF COURAGE.

AND THAT WAS A SHOWCASE OF SHORTS.

>> YEAH.

WE SCREENED THE EIGHT FINALISTS OF OUR AWARD COMPETITION, AND IT'S NOT THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THE SHORTS.

YOU CAN WATCH THE SHORTS ONLINE.

AND ON OUR FINAL DAY WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR PARTY, OUR FESTA, SATURDAY OCTOBER THE 11th, WE'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS.

TONIGHT WE START WITH OUR FEATURES.

AND YES, THE THEME THIS YEAR IS COURAGE.

I THINK IT'S VERY TIMELY.

WE NEED TO STAND UP FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN.

WE NEED TO DEFEND OUR VALUES.

AND THROUGH ART AND COMMUNITY WE REALLY BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT.

>> Reporter: AND THIS THEME OF COURAGE COMES UP SOMETIMES IN UNEXPECTED WAYS.

YOU HAVE A DOCUMENTARY "MARCELLA" WHICH IS ABOUT A CHEF, BUT SHE HAD SOME CHALLENGES IN HER LIFE.

>> YEAH, MARCELLA ZAN.

SHE'S ITALIAN, SHE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES, SHE HAD A HARD TIME TO ADJUST IN A DIFFERENT CULTURE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LANGUAGE.

AND SHE ALSO HAD A HANDICAP.

BUT ALL OF THAT DIDN'T STOP HER TO BECOME A FORCE OF NATURE AND ONE OF THE AMBASSADOR FOR ITALIAN CUISINE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND WE'RE GOING TO SCREEN THAT SATURDAY NIGHT.

AND ALSO BEFORE THE MOVIE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FINGER FOOD IN THE LOBBY.

THAT RECREATE SOMETHING IN MARCELLA'S RECIPES.

>> Reporter: THAT SOUNDS DELICIOUS.

IN HONOR OF THE FILM FESTIVAL ITSELF THERE IS A FILM WHICH CELEBRATES MOVIEMAKING.

AND THIS IS "THE TIME IT TAKES," WHICH IS A DAUGHTER PAYING TRIBUTE TO HER FATHER, WHO WAS A FAMOUS FILM FARK.MAKER.

>> YEAH.

LUIGI COMENCINI WAS A VERY FAMOUS FILMMAKER.

BUT ESPECIALLY FOR "PINOCCHIO" TV SERIES THAT STILL TODAY IT'S CONSIDERED A MASTERPIECE.

WE SEE COMENCINI WORKING ON THIS PINOCCHIO TV SERIES WITH THE DAUGHTER ON SET.

AND THE DAUGHTER WAS ABSOLUTELY FASCINATED BY THE WHOLE PROCESS, AND PROBABLY THAT EXPERIENCE MADE HER DECIDING TO BECOME A DIRECTOR.

>> Reporter: AND YOUR CLOSING NIGHT FILM IS VERY SPECIFICALLY ITALIAN IN ONE SENSE.

IT'S "THE GREAT AMBITION," AND IT'S ABOUT A POLITICIAN."

BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO BE GIVING US SOME CONTEXT THAT WILL BROADEN THAT AND MAKE IT RESONATE HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> YEAH.

ENRICO BERLINGUERA WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY POLITICIAN, AND HE REALLY WAS A BRAVE FIGURE IN ITALIAN POLITICS.

AND HE CHANGED SO MANY ASPECTS OF ITALIAN NOT ONLY POLITICAL BUT SOCIAL LIFE.

SO THIS IS THE BACKGROUND FOR THE PARTITO COMMUNISTO ITALIANO, THE PICI.

IT WAS A POLITICAL PARTY FULL OF YOUNG PEOPLE, FULL OF WOMEN, AND FOR THE RIGHTS OF THESE MINORITIES IF WE WANT.

>> Reporter: I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PREVIEWING THE FESTIVAL.

HERE IN BALBOA PARK I'M BETH ACCOMANDO FOR KPBS NEWS.

>> AND THE SAN DIEGO ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL CONTINUES THROUGH OCTOBER 11th AT THE MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS.

>>> KEEP IN MIND AS WE GO THROUGH THE UPCOMING HORZ THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY MOVING INTO THE WESTERN COAST OF THE U.S.

BUT FOR US IT'S ONLY GOING TO MEAN A DEEPER MARINE LAYER.

AS WE HEAD INTO SATURDAY WE'LL ALSO NOTE THAT.

PLUS SOME COOLER AIR MOVING IN.

SO THE TEMPERATURES WILL GO DOWN HEADING INTO SUNDAY, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE AFTERNOONS.

WATCH OUT, THOUGH, KEEP AN EYE ON THE TROPICS.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT IN THE NEXT WEEK.

BUT ONCE WE GET INTO THE LATER PART OF NEXT WEEK MAYBE WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME MOISTURE.

AND THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY ON THAT BECAUSE AT THIS POINT IT'S REALLY JUST SOMETHING TO WATCH.

IT'S NOTHING MORE WE CAN ELABORATE ON AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

TAKING YOU THROUGH TONIGHT, 64 THE LOW IN THE CITY.

AGAIN, MORE CLOUDS COMING IN INCLUDING EL CAJON, 59 FOR THE LOW THERE AS WE VENTURE TO BORREGO SPRINGS COMING DOWN TO 65 DEGREES.

I TOLD YOU A LOT OF ACTIVITY ONGOING ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S.

AND LOOK AT THIS FRONT COMING THROUGH.

DOESN'T OFFER US ANY PRECIPITATION AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NIGHT BUT IT DOES PUSH SOME EXTRA CLOUDS IN HEADING INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

AND THEN BEYOND THAT WE DO QUIET DOWN AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH MOST OF YOUR FRIDAY.

SO TOMORROW CLOSING OUT THE WEEK ON A QUIET SETUP.

AND EVEN STARTING OFF THE WEEKEND ON A PRETTY QUIET SETUP AS WELL.

SO WE'LL FIND SOME OF THOSE CHANGES UNFOLDING FOR US.

BUT TOMORROW HIGHS BACK INTO THE MID 70s AS THE CLOUDS TRY TO BURN OFF THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

73 THE HIGH IN THE CITY.

CHULA VISTA 75.

75 AS WELL IN OCEANSIDE.

AND MOUNT LAGUNA TOPPING OFF AT 59 DEGREES.

IF YOU GO INTO THE WEEKEND, THERE'S ANOTHER FRONT COMING THROUGH.

THAT'LL PUSH THROUGH MAYBE EARLY SATURDAY.

BUT WE REALLY WON'T FIND THAT COOLER AIR COMING IN UNTIL SUNDAY.

SO MOST OF US THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE HERE IS GOING TO BE ON YOUR SUNDAY LIKE THE COAST.

74 FOR THE HIGH.

WE'RE NOT THAT MUCH WARMER, THOUGH.

AS WE HEAD THROUGH YOUR FRIDAY.

AND INLAND COMMUNITIES HOLDING ON TO THE MID OR UPPER 70s.

THAT'S OUR STORY THROUGH A GOOD CHUNK OF THE WEEK.

GETTING INTO THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES, SUNDAY'S YOUR LOW POINT THERE.

56 FOR THE HIGH WITH SUNNY SKIES.

AND AS WE HEAD OUR WAY INTO THE DESERTS, NOT REALLY GETTING INTO THE 90s.

WE'RE GOING TO STAY IN THE UPPER 80s AS WE GO THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK.

FOR KPBS NEWS I'M ACCUWEATHER METEOROLOGIST MELISSA CONSTANZER.

>>> A HEARTBREAKING LOSS FOR THE PADRES IN WRIGLEY FIELD TODAY.

THE PADRES LOST THE WILD CARD SERIES AGAINST THE CHICAGO CUBS JUST MOMENTS AGO.

THE FINAL SCORE, 1-3.

THE CUBS WILL GO ON TO FACE THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS IN THE NEXT ROUND.

>>> TIME NOW TO MEET SOMEONE WHO OVER THE YEARS HAS BUILT A SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL CAREER AS A NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER BUT LATELY IN SAN DIEGO HIS WORK HAS TAKEN A SURPRISING TURN.

KEN KRAMER HAS HIS STORY.

>> Reporter: IF YOU TAKE PICTURES FOR A LIVING AND THE PICTURES YOU TAKE END UP ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE "SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE," "NEW YORK TIMES," THE "WASHINGTON POST," "WALL STREET JOURNAL," THEN YOU ARE A GOOD PHOTOGRAPHER.

AND SANDY HUFFACHOR IS VERY GOOD.

>> I'VE BEEN AROUND THE GLOBE.

BEEN TO PERU AND HAITI.

ALL AROUND EUROPE.

OF COURSE A LOT DOWN IN MEXICO.

>> Reporter: HIS DAD WAS A BRILLIANT POLITICAL CARTOONIST AND FOR A WHILE SANDY THOUGHT HE'D TRY TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS.

BUT WHEN HE GOT A CAMERA FOR CHRISTMAS ONE YEAR, THAT WAS IT.

>> AND JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH THE CULTURES AND PHOTOGRAPHING, DOCUMENTING ALL KIND OF DIFFERENT PEOPLES.

>> Reporter: HE'S COVERED IMMIGRATION, BORDER ISSUES, CIVIL UNREST, WILDFIRES.

HIS WORK IS JUST EXTRAORDINARY.

>> BUT NOW I WALK AROUND TOWN AND OH, THE SEAL GUY, YOU'RE THE SEA LION GUY.

>> Reporter: THE SEA LION GUY.

SURE, HE SPENT TIME IN BRAZIL AND THE GAEN, COVERED CONFLICTS IN HOT SPOTS AROUND THE WORLD.

BUT IT IS IN LA JOLLA COVE MOSTLY WHERE SANDY HUFFACHOR FOUND THIS REMARKABLE SPECIALTY.

>> I FOUND THIS UNDERWATER HOUSING RIGHT HERE AND KIND OF GO TAKE PICTURES.

MOST OF MY WORK HAD FALLEN OFF DUE TO COVID.

>> Reporter: HIS LOVE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY QUICKLY LED TO A LOVE FOR SEA LIONS AND SEALS.

IN A PROTECTED SANCTUARY LIKE LA JOLLA COVE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SWIM WITH THEM RESPECTFULLY.

>> I HAVE ACTUALLY NEVER TOUCHED ONE AND I WILL NOT DO THAT.

I'M AN OBSERVER.

OF THESE SEA LIONS.

AND I'M NOT THERE TO TOUCH OR PET OR DO ANYTHING BUT JUST OBSERVE AND PHOTOGRAPH THEM.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS IT HELPS THAT HE'S ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO HOLD HIS BREATH FOR A LONG TIME.

HE GOES UNDERWATER, GRABS HOLD OF A ROCK, AND HE'S IN THEIR WORLD ON THEIR TERMS.

>> ONE OF THE NEAT THINGS WITH THE SEA LIONS IS THEY HAVE SUCH A REALLY ADORABLE KIND OF NATURAL CURIOSITY.

YOU'LL DIVE DOWN AND THEY'LL SEE YOU AND AS YOU LOOK UP THEY'RE USUALLY RIGHT IN YOUR FACE AND THEY'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT YOU LIKE WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

YOU KNOW, AND THEY HAVE A REALLY NEAT NATURAL CURIOSITY.

AND THEN I'LL START TAKING PICTURES AND THEY'LL SWIM AROUND YOU.

THEY'LL SPIT A BUBBLE AT YOU EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

I THINK FOR A MINUTE THEY THINK YOU'RE ONE OF THEM.

UNTIL THEY SEE HOW SLOW YOU ARE.

>> Reporter: THEY SWIRL AROUND HIM WITH ASTONISHING AGILITY AND A GRACEFULNESS THAT YOU DON'T SEE ON LAND.

OUT HERE IN THEIR TERRITORY HE IS A GRATEFUL GUEST.

FOR SANDY THIS PLACE, THESE EXPERIENCES HAVE BEEN IN THEIR OWN WAY HEALING.

>> IT WAS A VERY TENSE TIME FOR A PHOTOJOURNALIST BEING IN THE MEDIA.

YOU KNOW, YOU WERE GETTING SCREAMED AT A LOT, YELLED AT.

THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF ANGER AND POLITICAL TENSION GOING ON.

>> Reporter: HE FOUND HIS VISITS OUT HERE TO BE CALMING, AND LIKE ANY OTHER PHOTOGRAPHER IN TIME DEVELOPED A RAPPORT WITH HIS SUBJECTS.

ONLY HERE THERE'S NO SETUP SHOTS.

YOU CAN'T POSE A SEA LION.

>> SO SLOWLY I'VE LEARNED HOW TO KIND OF GIVE THEM THE SPACE THEY NEED AND THEN TO WHERE THEY JUST KIND OF IGNORE YOU AND THEY PLAY ON THEIR OWN.

>> Reporter: THE BEAUTY IS IN SIMPLY LETTING THEM BE.

>> AND IT'S REALLY AN AMAZING THING.

MOST OF THE TIME WE SEE THEM IN A ZOO.

WE SEE THEM WITH GLASS IN BETWEEN.

THE FACT YOU CAN GO OUT AND SWIM WITH THESE WILD NATIVE SEA LIONS IS A BEAUTIFUL THING.

IT'S REALLY INTERESTING.

>> Reporter: AND FOR SANDY HUFFAKER, PAGE ONE INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER, IT'S SOMETHING ELSE TOO.

A CAREER TURN BORN OF A COVID DOWNTURN.

WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THAT COMING A FEW YEARS AGO?

NOW THERE'S A CALENDAR, PERHAPS ONE DAY A BOOK.

WHATEVER ELSE AROUND THE WORLD HE HAS DOCUMENTED IN PHOTOGRAPHS, HE IS NOW ALSO SAN DIEGO'S SEA LION GUY, AND TO HIM THAT'S JUST FINE.

>> YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S ON MY GRAVESTONE THAT'S OKAY.

WE ALL HAVE TO BE KNOWN AS SOMETHING.

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