>>> PROBLEMS ALONG THE COASTAL EVENING STATE ATTENTION AND AND THOUGHT OF STATE MONEY AS WELL.

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO SECURE THE TRAIN TRACKS BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTIES WERE HAND-DELIVERED TODAY BY THE HEAD OF CALIFORNIA'S TRANSPORTATION AGENCY.

>> INTERRUPTIONS OF REAL SERVICE HAVE PLAGUED THE RAIL LINE BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTY FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS.

LANDSLIDES AND BLUFF FILLERS INTERRUPTED SERVICE FOR MONTHS AT A TIME.

>> THERE IS SIMPLY NOT AN OPTION TO ACCEPT REGULAR SHUTDOWNS IN THIS SECTION OF THE CORRIDOR AS THE STATUS QUO.

>> THE SECRETARY A CALIFORNIA STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY SAYS SECURING THE REAL AIM IS ONE OF HIS TOP PRIORITIES.

>> WE CANNOT NORMALIZE THE FACT THEY ROUTINELY SHUT DOWN AND HAVE TO CONSISTENTLY FIGHT EVERY WINTER SEASON OR RAINY SEASON TO TRY TO GET IT BACK OPEN.

>> THURSDAY HE PRESENTED $125 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING TO THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AGENCY.

THE MONEY WILL SECURE A SEVEN MILE SECTION OF THE RAIL LINE FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

>> THE PROJECT THAT WAS FUN TODAY SHORES UP THE TRACK IN PLACE.

IT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT WHERE THE TRACK IS RIGHT NOW, AND WE NEED THAT FOR THE SHORT TERM AS WE FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENS FOR THE LONG-TERM.

>> IT'S SIMILAR TO DEL MAR WHERE THE RAIL LINE WILL AT SOME POINT NEED TO BE RELOCATED.

>> IT WILL BE LESS EXPENSIVE TO MAKE THOSE LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS AND GET GOING ON THAT THAN TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT NATURE, WHICH IS THE OCEAN IS RISING.

>> INTERRUPTIONS TO SERVICE INTERRUPTS MORE THAN JUST PASSENGER TRAVEL.

>> THERE ARE $1 BILLION OF FREE GOODS THAT TRAVEL EVERY YEAR ALONG THIS LINE.

ALSO FOR MILITARY READINESS WE NEED THE LINE.

THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PASSENGER TRIPS EVERY YEAR, SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE GOALS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN AND GROW.

>> ALSO AWARDING $38 MILLION TO NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT TO DOUBLE CHECK THE CENTURY-OLD BRIDGE AND CONTINUED THE BLOCK STABILIZATION IN DEL MAR.

>> IT HELPS US OUT WITH OUR SERVICE BOTH FROM A FREIGHT PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO PASSENGER RAIL, SO IT'LL BE A GREAT INVESTMENT.

>> WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN THE COMING MONTHS.>>> IT WON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT THERE IS NEW MOMENTUM TOWARDS ENDING TOLLS ALL ALONG THE EXPRESSWAY AND SOUTH BAY.

THE STRETCH OF FREEWAY MOST RERUNS THROUGH CHULA VISTA.

EARLIER AN AUDIT OF THE SYSTEM FOUND 50,000 DRIVERS WERE INCORRECTLY CHARGED.

THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW OPERATOR, BUT A SEPARATE AUDIT FOUND THE AGENCY DID NOT SPECIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NEW SYSTEM, WHICH COULD LEAD TO MORE OF THE SAME PROBLEMS.

>> WE TAXED THE NEW MANAGEMENT TO RETURN WITH IDEAS TO RETIRE AS SOON AS IT'S FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE.

WE ARE EXPECTING THEM TO RETURN THAT THESE OPTIONS TOMORROW.

>> THE CHARGER COST DRIVERS AN ESTIMATED $90,000.

THEY FIRST LEARNED OF THE ISSUES FROM HIS FORMER DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING WHO IS NOW SUING FOR WRONGFUL TERMINATION.

THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS TOMORROW.

>>> NEARLY 50 YEARS SINCE THE CITY AND COUNTY BOUGHT THIS AS A PART OF MANY WEEKLY AND EVEN DAILY EXERCISE ROUTINES.

OUR REPORTER SAYS THEY ARE UNDERWAY TO RAISE MONEY FOR PARK MAINTENANCE.

>> I HAVE A FUN SAYING THAT IS A GOOD WAY TO CHANGE HER ATTITUDE IS TO CHANGE THE ALTITUDE.

>> THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEK SHE HAS COME TO THE MOUNTAIN TO HIKE.

SHE CALLS IT AN EASY HARD HIKE.

SHORT BUT STEEP.

>> IF YOU TAKE IT SLOW YOU CAN STOP FOR 15 MINUTES AND HAVE A LUNCH IF YOU WANT TO.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF SPOTS TO STOP.

IT REALLY MAKES IT LOW PRESSURE IF YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR TIME.

OR YOU CAN PUT ON A CAMELBACK PACK AND SOME WEIGHTS AND RUN UP TO THE TOP AND DOWN TWO TIMES, AND IT IS A GREAT WORKOUT.

>> SHE GREW UP IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND HIKED WITH HER FAMILY DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

NOW THIS HAS BECOME HER NEW HOLIDAY TRADITION.

>> THE HOLIDAYS ARE COOL BECAUSE YOU SEE FAMILIES THAT THEIR KIDS OUT HERE, AND IT IS KIND OF FUN TO COME ON A HIKE AND SAY HELLO TO RANDOM PEOPLE WELL YOU ARE WALKING AND YOU FEEL A SENSE OF FAMILY.

>> RANCHER WHO MOVED TO SAN DIEGO IN 1877.

THE COMMUNITY THAT GREW AROUND HIS RANCH WAS NAMED KOHL'S TOWN THAT LATER BECAME NAMED AFTER HIS WIDOW'S SECOND HUSBAND.

>> THE 1960S AND 70s SAW SUBSTANTIAL PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.

>> DECEMBER 31, 1974 THE COUNTY PURCHASED THE MOUNTAIN FOR 2.2 MILLION TO PREVENT IT FROM DEVELOPMENT.

THE CITY ALSO WAS A PART OF THE PURCHASING.

>> TO CELEBRATE THE MISSION TRAILS REGIONAL PARK FOUNDATION IS PUTTING ON A HIKE UNTIL MID- JANUARY TO RAISE $100,000 FOR TRAIL MAINTENANCE, HABITAT RESTORATION, AND YOUTH PROGRAMS.

>> IT SEES MORE THAN 800,000 HIKERS PER YEAR, SO THAT MEANS A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR, SO THE TRAILS NEED TO BE CONSTANTLY MAINTAINED.

ALSO AFTER A BIG STORMY SEASON.

THERE IS A LOT OF EROSION.

>> PUT UP HIS ACCOUNT HIKE WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW FAR THEY WOULD LIKE TO THEY CAN MAKE A ONE-TIME DONATION OR PLEDGE AN AMOUNT PER MILE.

MILE TRACKING WILL END JANUARY 15.>>> WE STILL HAVE A RELATIVELY WARM WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA, BUT TONIGHT WE WILL FIND RELIEF INTO THE LOW 50s IN SOME SPOTS.

THE 40s FOR OTHERS.

BORREGO SPRINGS WILL DROP DOWN TO 57 DEGREES.

AS WE STEP INTO FRIDAY THE HEAT RETURNS IN THE DESERTS.

DEALING WITH MORE WARMTH OUT THERE ACROSS THE INTERIOR.

THERE ARE BIG CHANGES BRING NEXT WEEK, SO STAY WITH US.

>>> PEOPLE ALREADY KNEELING IN THEIR ELECTION BALLOTS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, BUT IF YOU WANT TO CAST A BALLOT IN PERSON THEY WILL OPEN SOON.

IT BEGINS ON SATURDAY.

THERE ARE NEARLY 40 EARLY VOTING SITES AVAILABLE.

SORT THROUGH THE LIST AT THE VOTER HUB AT KPBS.ORG.

MANY MORE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON ELECTION DAY.

>>> WE ARE CONTINUING OUR COVERAGE OF THE BIG LOCAL RACES IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

OUR METRO REPORTER IS BACK IN THE STUDIO TO TALK ABOUT THE RACE FOR SAN DIEGO CITY ATTORNEY.

>> THE CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT , SO WHO ARE THESE CANDIDATES, AND WHAT ARE THEY SAYING IN THEIR CAMPAIGNS?

>> HE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A NAMEBRAND IN SAN DIEGO POLITICS FOR SOME TIME.

ALMOST A QUARTER CENTURY.

FIRST ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2000 AND SERVED UNTIL 2008.

AND 2012 HE WAS ELECTED TO THE STATE ASSEMBLY.

INTERESTING PART OF HIS BACKGROUND IS HE STARTED AS A REPUBLICAN AND IN 2018 HE CAME VERY CLOSE TO LOSING TO A DEMOCRAT IN HIS REELECTION CAMPAIGN TO THE STATE ASSEMBLY.

THREE MONTHS AFTER THAT ELECTION HE SWITCHED HIS PARTY AND BECAME A DEMOCRAT.

HE SAID THESE ARE THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF DONALD TRUMP AS PRESIDENT.

THE PARTY WAS MOVING TOO FAR TO THE RIGHT AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME HE AND HIS USE OF PUBLIC SERVICE HAD GOTTEN MORE LIBERAL.

SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN EMBRACED BY THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT AND HAS THE ENDORSEMENT FROM THE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

A LOT OF THE INTEREST GROUPS THAT ARE ALLIED WITH THE PARTY, AND HE IS RUNNING ON HIS RECORD OF THE LAWS THAT HE PASSED IN THE LEGISLATURE.

HIS EXPERIENCE AND LAWMAKING.

SAYING HE HAS ALL OF THE SUPPORT FROM OTHER FOLKS THAT PEOPLE MAY RECOGNIZE AND TRUST.

THAT IS HIS PLATFORM.

HEATHER IS A NEWCOMER.

HER FIRST RUN FOR OFFICE.

SHE HAS WORKED IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR A DECADE NOW, AND CURRENTLY WORKS AS THE CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.

A HIGH-LEVEL POSITION IN THIS OFFICE.

SHE IS REALLY RUNNING ON HER EXPERIENCE AND INDEPENDENCE.

SHE SAYS I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING LAW IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA OF THE CITY ATTORNEY DEALS WITH FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.

SHE SAYS HER OPPONENT WHILE HE HAS A LICENSE TO PRACTICE LAW HE HAS NOT WORKED AS A PRACTICING ATTORNEY IN THE SAME WAY SHE HAS.

SHE ALSO SAYS ALL OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND FRIENDSHIPS THAT HER OPPONENT HAS BUILT IN HIS YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE ARE ACTUALLY A LIABILITY AND THAT SHE WOULD BE BE MORE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE BECAUSE WHILE HE HAS THE CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS WITH THE MAYOR AND SOME CITY COUNCILMEMBERS SHE WOULD BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO GIVE THE CITY COUNCIL SOME REALLY SERIOUS UNBIASED LEGAL ADVICE THAT IS NOT TAINTED BY THESE RELATIONSHIPS.

OF COURSE HE REJECTS THIS CRITICISM AND SAID HE WOULD BE PERFECTLY INDEPENDENT AND HAS ALL THE RELEVANT EXPERIENCE.

>> IS THERE A FAVORITE IN THE RACE RIGHT NOW?

>> WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC OPINION POLLING AT THIS POINT, BUT WE HAVE THE RESULTS FROM THE PRIMARY ELECTION.

IN THE PRIMARY SHE CAME OUT WITH 53% OF THE VOTE.

I WOULD NOT PUT TOO MUCH STOCK IN THOSE NUMBERS.

IT WAS A PRIMARY ELECTION, SO IT WASN'T THE DECIDING MOMENT IN THIS RACE.

BUT IT DOES KIND OF SUGGEST THAT THERE MAY BE SOME ADVANTAGE .

INTERESTING ELEMENT OR DYNAMIC IN THIS RACE IS THERE IS A LOT OF OUTSIDE SPENDING.

A LOT OF THESE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEES THAT ARE MOSTLY SUPPORTING BRIAN, AND THERE IS MONEY IN THEIR FROM THE TOBACCO COMPANY.

THE GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENTS AND THEIR INDUSTRY TRADE GROUP IN CALIFORNIA IS ALSO SUPPORTING THE SUPER PACK.

FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE YOU COULD SEE HEATHER AS THE UNDERDOG FROM A CAMPAIGN-FINANCE STANDPOINT, BUT SHE DOES HAVE THIS VERY GREAT ADVANTAGE IN THAT RIGHT NEXT TO HER NAME IT IS GOING TO SAY ON THE BALLOT CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.

THAT ALMOST MAKES HER LOOK LIKE AN INCUMBENT BECAUSE SHE IS WORKING IN THIS OFFICE AND HAS THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE CURRENT CITY ATTORNEY, SO IF THE PRIMARY HAPPENED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN.

THIS IS A PRETTY LOW INFORMATION RATE, SO IT IS A TOSSUP IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS RACE GO.

>> WE DO APPRECIATE THE COMPARISON.

>> WE HAVE A LOT MORE OF OUR ELECTION COVERAGE AT THE VOTER HUB.

FIND A LINK ON OUR HOMEPAGE PICK SOME OF THE FEATURES INCLUDED EXPLAINERS ON MANY OF THE HIGH PROFILE BASES AND BALLOT MEASURES.

ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH.

>>> AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL RECENT POLLING SHOWS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS STILL VERY CLOSE.

LAST NIGHT CNN HOSTED A TOWN HALL AND INVITED BOTH CANDIDATES.

TRUMP DECLINED BUT HARRIS ACCEPTED FOR A SHORT TIME AGO TRUMP HELD A RALLY IN ARIZONA AND HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT HIS OPPONENT.>> I WASHED LAST NIGHT.

SHE DID A TOWN HALL.

HONESTLY IT WAS PATHETIC.

IT WAS PATHETIC.

THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

MY MESSAGE TODAY IS VERY SIMPLE.

KAMALA HARRIS'S MIGRANT INVASION GIVEN TO US THROUGH GROSS INCOMPETENCE.

DISQUALIFIES HER FROM EVEN THINKING ABOUT BEING PRESIDENT.

WE CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN.

NO PERSON WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SO MUCH BLOODSHED AND DEATH ON OUR SOIL CAN EVER BE ALLOWED TO BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

WHAT SHE HAS DONE AND HE HAS DONE.

WHAT A COMBINATION.

WORST COMBINATION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.

>> WE ARE NOW 12 DAYS FROM ELECTION NIGHT, AND JULIA HAS MORE ON LAST NIGHT'S TOWN HALL AND WHAT THE VICE PRESIDENT HAD TO SAY TO UNDECIDED VOTERS.

>> VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS SPOKE DIRECTLY TO VOTERS DURING A CNN TOWN HALL MODERATED BY ANDERSON COOPER WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

A PART OF HER STRATEGY WAS ON FULL DISPLAY AS SHE PRESENTED HERSELF AS A CANDIDATE WHO CAN BRING CHANGE.

A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP.

>> VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TAKING QUESTIONS FROM VOTERS IN THE KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.

>> IT IS CLOSE, BUT THERE ARE UNDECIDED VOTERS WHO BY BEING HERE HAVE AN OPEN MIND AND WANT TO TALK IN A WAY THAT IS GROUNDED IN ISSUES AND FACTS.

>> TACKLING THE TOP ISSUES LIKE THE ECONOMY, IMMIGRATION, AND ABORTION RIGHTS.

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS THAT WE AS AMERICANS COULD IMAGINE, WHICH IS THE FREEDOM TO LITERALLY MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT YOUR OWN BODY.

>> SHARPENING HER MESSAGE TO VOTERS.

>> THE VAST MAJORITY HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN WHAT SEPARATES US.

I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE TO HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS GROUNDED IN WHAT IS COMMON SENSE AND PRACTICAL AND WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE AND NOT THEMSELVES.

>> AND TAKING HER OPPONENT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAD ON.>> YOU YOURSELF HAVE NOT USED THAT WORD TO DESCRIBE HIM.

LET ME ASK YOU TONIGHT.

DO YOU THINK DONALD TRUMP IS A FASCIST?

>> YES I DO.

AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW HIM BEST ON THE SUBJECT SHOULD BE TRUSTED.

>> POLLS SHOW THERE IS NO CLEAR LEADER.

WHERE THE TOWNHALL TOOK PLACE AS ONE OF THREE BLUE ALLSTATE STAFF UP FOR TRUMP IN 2016 AND THEN SWUNG BACK FOR DEMOCRATS IN 2020.

>>> WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR PLANS FOR ELECTION NIGHT.

SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE LOCAL RESULT STARTING AT 10:00 ON TELEVISION AND STREAMING ONLINE.

WE WILL ALSO HAVE UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL BE IN ARIZONA TOMORROW WHERE HE WILL ISSUE A FORMAL APOLOGY ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OVER ITS USE OF NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SCHOOLS.

BIDEN THE PART OF THE WHITE HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO AN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY AS PRESIDENT.

NEARLY 1000 CHILDREN DIED AND NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SCHOOLS FUNDED BY THE U.S. FUNDING FOR THOSE SCHOOLS ENDED IN 1969.>>> HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMUNITIES OF IRAQI REFUGEES IN THE UNITED STATES.

OUR REPORTER SAYS A NEW DOCUMENTARY LOOKS AT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE GOVERNMENT UNDERCOUNTING THEM.

>> THE U.S. INVADED IRAQ IN 2003.

PROMISING DEMOCRACY.

THOSE WHO FLED ARE QUESTIONING WHETHER THEY CAN FIND DEMOCRACY HERE.

>> THAT FOLLOWS HER EFFORTS TO GET HER FELLOW IRAQIS COUNTED BY THE U.S. CENSUS.

A LOT IS AT STAKE.

>> IF WE DON'T PROVE A REAL PERCENTAGE SHE SAYS THEY WILL NOT PROVIDE US ANY SERVICES OR POLITICAL REPRESENTATION.

THE DOCUMENTARIES SAYS CITY COUNCIL HAS NEVER INCLUDED A WOMAN OF COLOR.

THEY WERE TRYING TO CHANGE THAT, BUT COVID INTERRUPTED THE 2020 CENSUS.

REPORTS SAY THAT MINORITIES WERE EVEN MORE UNDERCOUNTED THAN THEY WERE IN 2010.

THE CITY COUNCIL SAID THE DEMOGRAPHICS DID NOT CHANGE ENOUGH.

IT KEPT ITS OLD POLITICAL MAP.

THE EVENTS TAKE CASE YEARS AGO, BUT THE CODIRECTORS SAYS THE DOCUMENTARY IS JUST AS RELEVANT THIS NOVEMBER.>> IT IS ABOUT THE SYSTEM OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ALL FACE.

TO HAVE SOME SORT OF -- TO HAVE OUR VOICES MATTER.

>> THEY WILL SCREEN IT THIS SATURDAY AT 11:00 A.M. >>> THE WOMEN'S MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA OFFICIALLY EMERGED WITH THE SAN DIEGO HISTORY CENTER.

THE WOMEN'S MUSEUM WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED IN 1983 AND HAS INTEGRATED ITS COLLECTION INTO THE HISTORY CENTER WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1928 THE SAN DIEGO HISTORY CENTER OPERATES IN BALBOA PARK.

THE MERGER SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

I RECENTLY TOOK A LOOK AT SOME OF THE WOMEN'S MUSEUM'S COLLECTION THAT WAS BROUGHT OVER TO THE HISTORY CENTER AND YOU CAN CHECK THAT FEATURE OUT ON KPBS.ORG AND THE KPBS YOUTUBE PAGE.

>>> ANOTHER DISNEY THEME PARK IS RAISING ITS PRICES.

DISNEY WORLD IN ORLANDO SAYS PRICES FOR NEXT YEAR'S PEAK DATES INCLUDING THE HOLIDAY SEASON WILL TOP OUT AT $199.

THAT IS A JUMP OF ABOUT $10.

BUSINESS AND ALSO ANNOUNCE HIGHER ADMISSION PRICES RECENTLY.

ENTRY TO THE THEME PARK IN ANAHEIM CAN COST AS MUCH AS $206 AND EVEN MORE FOR PARK HOPPER PASSES AND OTHER PERKS.

>>> DEALING WITH WARM WEATHER FOR NOW HERE WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR SOME FIRE DANGER.

THE DRY WEATHER CONTINUES.

WE HAVE LOW CLOUDS RETURNING LATE AT NIGHT INTO THE EARLY PART OF EACH DAY AND THEN BRIGHTER SKIES FOR THE COASTAL AREAS.

FOR THE MOST PART INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON.

VEHICLE DONE BEGINS NEXT WEEKEND AND WILL GET MUCH COOLER WITH THE GUSTY BREEZE BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHANGES HERE FOR WE ARE NOT THERE YET THOUGH.

LOW CLOUDS NEAR THE COAST.

WE WILL BE AT A SIMILAR VALUE IN PLACES LIKE BORREGO SPRINGS.

DURING THE DAY IT IS OFF TO THE RACES IN THE DESERTS WITH TEMPERATURES HEATING UP.

NEAR THE COAST IT WILL BE A LITTLE MORE MUTED BY THE OCEAN INFLUENCE, AS WE ARE SO USED TO.

SAN DIEGO AT 73 WITH GORGEOUS WEATHER.

A BRIGHTER AFTERNOON.

GET UP INTO THE SPRINGS AND IT'S AROUND 94 DEGREES, SO THERE IS SOME AUTUMN WARMTH.

ON SATURDAY THE HEAT IS STILL WITH US.

ABOUT OF US ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE WARMER.

KIND OF THE STATUS QUO IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

LOOK AT THIS EARLY NEXT WEEK.

SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH WILL BEGIN TO SEE A LITTLE SNOW RETURNED TO THE SIERRA.

THE FIRST SKI RESORT IN THE NATION OPENED UP ON TUESDAY.

WE WILL CREEP PAST THEIR AND SOUTHERN COLORADO, SO THEY ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS ALREADY.

IT WILL TURN MUCH COOLER.

THE COASTAL FORECAST.

YOU WILL NOTICE A CHANGE.

DOWN TO THE LOW 70s MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

RELATIVELY PLEASANT WEATHER.

LOOK AT THE OVERNIGHT LOWS DROPPING FROM 50 A SUNDAY NIGHT TO 48 ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

IT WILL BE A BIG CHANGE.

INLAND AREAS WILL SEE AN EVEN GREATER DIFFERENCE.

69 ON TUESDAY.

INTO THE MOUNTAINS WE GO.

DROPPING TO 50.

ALMOST COLD OUT THERE.

IT WILL GET BREEZY OUT THERE AS WELL.

SOME FIRE DANGER WILL ACCOMPANY THAT.

DEALING WITH A 21 DEGREE DROP FROM THE WARMEST IN THE DESERT TO A MUCH COOLER 74 ON TUESDAY.

BIG CHANGES ARE BREWING.

WE HAVE A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IF YOU LIKE THE COOLER AUTUMN WEATHER.

>>> TONIGHT WHERE THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES STAND ON THE NATION'S PRESSING FOREIGN-POLICY ISSUES.

COMING UP AS 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> THE PENTAGON RECENTLY ANNOUNCED IT WAS UPGRADING CODES FOR PEOPLE FORCED OUT OF THE MILITARY UNDER DON'T ASK DON'T TELL.

OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS REPORTER SPOKE TO ONE VETERAN WHO SAYS THE PENTAGON STILL HASN'T DONE ENOUGH.

>> IT DOES NOT EVEN BEGIN TO ADDRESS PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO WORK DISCHARGED PRIOR TO THE INITIATION.

>> AND AN EMPLOYMENT LAWYER.

IN THE EARLY 1980S SHE WAS IN THE AIR FORCE.

>> I WAS DISCHARGE BECAUSE OF MY SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

PRIOR TO THE DON'T ASK DON'T TELL PERIOD.

>> THE AND ON LGBTQ+ PEOPLE SERVING.

BEFORE THAN THE THOUSANDS WERE FORCED OUT UNDER THE PENTAGON'S DISCRIMINATORY POLICY.

SOME SERVICEMEMBERS LEFT WITH ADMINISTERED DISCHARGES.

OTHERS FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES.

MANY RECEIVED THE SO-CALLED THAT PAPER DISCHARGES THAT LEFT THEM LITTLE OR NO VETERANS BENEFITS.

THE PENTAGON REVIEWED THE RECORDS OF THE ROUGHLY 13,000 PEOPLE FORCED OUT FROM 1993 UNTIL 2011.

IS SAYS 96% OF THEM NOW HAVE HONORABLE DISCHARGE CODES.

IT SAYS PEOPLE FORCED OUT PRIOR TO 1993 SHOULD REQUEST RELIEF THROUGH A BOARD PROCESS WHERE THEY HAVE A HIGH CHANCE OF SUCCESS.

IT IS NOT ENOUGH.

>> FOR ME PERSONALLY I HAVE NEVER APPLIED TO UPGRADE MY DISCHARGE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GO BACK.

I HAVE MY MILITARY RECORD.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T.

YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND GET IT AND FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK AND BASICALLY JUST REOPEN THOSE OLD WOUNDS.

IT IS REALLY PAINFUL FOR PEOPLE.

>> A GROUP OF VETERANS SUED TO FORCE IT TO FIX THE BAD PAPER DISCHARGES OF EVERYONE AFFECTED BY HIS LONGTIME BAND.

THE ATTORNEYS BEHIND THE LAWSUIT DECLINED TO COMMENT FOR THIS REPORT, BUT THE SUMMER A JUDGE DENIED AT PENTAGON MOTION TO DISMISS THE SUIT THEY ARE HOPEFUL IT WILL NEXT BE GRANTED CLASS ACTION STATUS, WHICH WOULD AT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VETERANS AS PLAINTIFFS.

>>> HISTORY IS EVERYWHERE.

YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHERE TO FIND IT.

SOMETIMES IT IS RIGHT UNDER OUR FEET.

>> I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING ON SOUTH RANCHO SANTA FE ROAD.

THOUSANDS OF CARS ZIPPING BY THIS INTERSECTION EVERY DAY, AND ALMOST NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DRIVING RIGHT PAST.

JUST A LITTLE FLAT SPOT IN THE MEDIAN.

YOU WOULD NOT NOTICE IT IF YOU WERE DRIVING, SO WHAT IS IT?

YOU KNOW THERE WAS A CATHOLIC CEMETERY THAT DATE BACK TO 1849.

JUST A SMALL YOUR TODAY BUT USED TO BE BIGGER BEFORE IT WAS PAVED, AND THERE ARE BODIES RIGHT UNDER WHAT IS NOW THE SIDEWALK IN THE STREET.

A PLAQUE SHOWS WHERE THEY ARE.

THERE ARE MARKERS THAT THEY ARE DRIVING OR WALKING OVER.

YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE SAME THING IN MISSION HILLS.

IT IS RIGHT OVER AS MANY AS 4000 GRAVES IF.

IT USED TO BE CALVARY CEMETERY FROM 1875 INTO THE 1950s, AND THE BODIES ARE STILL THERE.

SIX FEET UNDER WHAT IS NOW A PUBLIC PARK.

WHICH BRINGS US BACK HERE WHERE IT ONCE WAS THE PIONEER CEMETERY DATING BACK TO ABOUT 1900.

IT WAS SMALL.

ABOUT SEVEN GRAVES.

WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERS WANTED TO WIDEN THE ROAD IT WAS THOUGHT WE WOULD JUST DIG UP AND MOVE THE GRAVES TO ANOTHER CEMETERY, AND THE FAMILY SAID NO.

SO THEY WEREN'T MOVED.

THE ROAD WAS BUILT AROUND THE GRAVES INSTEAD, AND THERE THEY ARE MARKED BY A CROSS AND A FAX, AND ALSO ON THE SIDEWALK IS A MONUMENT, WHICH IS SAFER TO SEE WHICH PAYS TRIBUTE TO THOSE THAT ARE EVEN OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUSY ROADWAY REST IN PEACE.

THEIR GRAVES, AMONG THE THINGS UNDISTURBED AND MOSTLY UNNOTICED ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE STORIES HE HAS A HALF-HOUR OF THEM EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 RIGHT HERE ON KPBS.

HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON TOMORROW.

>>> A STAR-STUDDED WORLD SERIES BEGINS TOMORROW.

MORNING EDITION WILL FOCUS ON THE MVP SHOHEI OHTANI WHO IS PLAYING ON BASEBALL'S BIGGEST STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THE ROUNDTABLE IS TALKING ABOUT THE UPCOMING ELECTION AND THE ISSUES FOR LATINO VOTERS.

THAT AIRS AT NOON ON KPBS FM.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.