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

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AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> HOPEFULLY YOU ARE WATCHING US FROM INSIDE ON THIS MYSTERY NIGHT.

FROM THE COAST TO THE MOUNTAINS, THE WIND HAS BEEN THE STORY.

WE SPENT THE DAY OUT IN THE ELEMENTS.

>> Reporter: WAVES POUNDING OCEAN BEACH PIER ARE NO SURFERS IN SIGHT.

IT IS TOO ROUGH OUT THERE TODAY.

>> IT'S NOT WHAT I EXPECTED.

WAS HOPING FOR SUN AND WARMTH.

>> Reporter: THESE PEOPLE ARE VISITING FROM MICHIGAN.

WHILE THE WEATHER COULD BE NICER THEY ARE STILL GLAD TO BE HERE.

>> IT IS PRETTY WINDY BUT IT WON'T CAMPUS INSIDE.

WE ARE SEEING THE BEAUTIFUL OCEAN AND WATCHING THE DOGS.

IT DOES NOT KEEP US INSIDE.

>> Reporter: THIS IS PART OF THE SECOND WINDSTORM SINCE SUNDAY.

GUSTS ARE EXPECTED AT 80 MILES PER HOUR.

NEAR THE BEACH, WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR WITH GUSTS EXPECTED AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORM IS COMING FROM ALASKA AND IS VERY ENERGETIC.

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE -- >> WE COULD SEE WIND GUSTS AT ABOUT 100 MILES PER HOUR.

>> Reporter: DO NOT EXPECT MUCH RAIN FROM THIS SYSTEM.

>> IT IS REALLY A WIND MAKER.

IT WILL BE A WINDSTORM CONCERN WITH DOWNED TREES AND ROUGH CONDITIONS.

>> Reporter: ROUGH CONDITIONS FOR PLANES LANDING AND TAKING OFF AT SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

HIGH-PROFILE TRUCKS AND VEHICLES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS AS WELL.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10:00 HIM TONIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS.

>> CARL IS HAVING A BALL.

IS A BEAGLE AND A GOOD BOY.

HE IS IN HIS GLORY.

>>> HERE IS SOME MORE FROM ALEX.

ISSUED THIS VIDEO SHOWING THE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ON THE FREEWAY THIS MORNING.

WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THE WEATHER A LITTLE BIT LATER INCLUDING THE FORECAST FOR THE DAYS AHEAD.

>>> SAN DIEGO STATE HAS SHUT DOWN A CAMPUS BUILDING FOLLOWING A REPORT OF A CASE OF LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE.

WE SPOKE WITH THE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER AND STUDENTS ABOUT THE HEALTH RISK.

>> Reporter: THE EXERCISE AND NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES BUILDING WAS CLOSED MONDAY AFTER A REPORT OF A SINGLE CASE ON CAMPUS OF LEGIONNAIRES WHICH IS A FORM OF PNEUMONIA.

THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER SAID PEOPLE WITH LUNG CONDITIONS AND WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS ARE MOST VULNERABLE.

>> IT CAN BE TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS.

THE MORTALITY RATE CAN BE AS HIGH AS 25% AND THERE IS NO VACCINE PICK FORTUNATELY THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MOST PEOPLE WILL NEVER GET INFECTED OR SICK EVEN IF THEY ARE EXPOSED.

>> Reporter: IS A PEOPLE GET THE DISEASE BY BRINGING IN THE BACTERIA WHEN WATER BECOMES AN AEROSOL.

>> IT IS USUALLY FOUND IN FRESHWATER AND CAN CONTAMINATE THINGS LIKE TANKS, SHOWERS, HOT TUBS.

MIKE THEY ARE WORKING WITH SDSU TO GET THE BUILDING TESTED AND EVALUATED.

SDSU STETTIN A STATEMENT THEY DO NOT KNOW IF THE BUILDING IS THE SOURCE OF THE BACTERIA OR HOW THE PERSON WHO IS SICK IS CONNECTED TO THE BUILDING.

>> JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY LIVES OR WORKS IN A PARTICULAR BUILDING DOES NOT MEAN THEY GOT IT THERE.

ALMOST CERTAINLY DOES NOT MEAN THEY WILL INFECT ANYBODY ELSE.

>> Reporter: MUST STUDENTS WE SPOKE TO DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS AND THOSE WHO DID NOT KNOW THAT THERE WAS A CASE ON CAMPUS.

>> THE COMMUNICATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

THEY DON'T TALK TO US ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN CAUSE HEALTH CONDITIONS FOR US IN THE FUTURE.

>> Reporter: A FEW FELT CONFIDENT THAT THE UNIVERSITY HAD EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL.

>> IT IS A SERIOUS ISSUE BUT I DO TRUST THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS DOING THEIR UTMOST TO PROTECT US.

>> Reporter: IF THE BACTERIA IS FOUND IN THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THE BUILDING WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSED FROM MONTHS.

>> WE CANNOT SAY AT THIS POINT WHETHER THE BUILDING IS EVEN INVOLVED IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE .

WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH A LARGE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT IT IS AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT COULD INFECT A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: SYMPTOMS THE RESEMBLE OTHER ILLNESSES LIKE THE FLU AND COVET.

>> YOU CAN GET A COUGH AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH.

>> IT FEELS LIKE WE CAN'T CATCH A BREAK.

>> Reporter: THE INFECTED PERSON IS RECOVERING OFF CAMPUS AND EVERYONE IS ASKED TO STAY AWAY FROM THE BUILDING AND CHECK IF THEIR CLASSES WILL BE MOVED ONLINE.

>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE MONITORING.

>>> THERE HAS BEEN AN UPTICK IN HEPATITIS A CASES.

THERE WAS ONE DEATH REPORT IT.

IN 2017, I HEPATITIS A OUTBREAK AFFECTED 600 PEOPLE AND 20 PEOPLE DIE.

THE COUNTY USUALLY SEES 2 TO 3 CASES PER MONTH AND THESE LATEST CASES ARE NOT CONNECTED SO IT'S NOT CONSIDERED AN OUTBREAK.

THREE OF THE CASES ARE AMONG THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER SAID HEPATITIS A SPREADS THROUGH CLOSE CONTACT AND FECAL MATTER SO SENT BOWL MEASURES LIKE HANDWASHING AND HYGIENE CAN HELP PREVENT IT.

>> WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE AT A HIGHER RISK BECAUSE THEY ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND ALSO THOSE THAT USE ILLICIT DRUGS.

WE WANT TO BE SURE THEY ARE NOT SHARING NEEDLES AND ARE VACCINATED TO PREVENT CONTRACTING HEPATITIS A.

>> THE COUNTY SAID THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS NOT AT GREATER RISK.

THERE WORKING TO VACCINATE HIGHER RISK INDIVIDUALS.

>>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SENDING EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE THAT HELPED THOUSANDS OF SAN DIEGO'S GET THROUGH THE COVID PANDEMIC.

AN ORGANIZATION IS STEPPING UP TO FILL THE GAPS.

THEY ANNOUNCE THE COMMUNITY FOOD GRANT PROGRAM ON MONDAY.

$4.5 MILLION IS AVAILABLE TO FEED LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND THOSE WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS.

THAT PANDEMIC EXPOSED INEQUALITIES IN OUR FOOD SYSTEM, WE ARE TOLD.

>> THE FOCUS OF THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY TO ADDRESS THOSE CHALLENGES AND TO BUILD REGIONAL CAPACITY FOR THE COMMUNITY-BASED GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS WITH A FOCUS ON INVESTING AND SOLUTIONS AND EMPOWERING COMMUNITY CHOICE AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY.

>> APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED FOR INITIATIVES THAT FOCUS ON EFFORTS TO HARVEST FOOD .

>>> THE NEED FOR MORE HOUSING AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION HAS THE NORTH COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AGENCY EXPLORING WAYS TO MAXIMIZE THE USE OF THEIR LAND.

TONYA THORNE BREAKS DOWN THE CHANGES ON THE HORIZON FOR MULTIPLE STATIONS.

>> Reporter: WHERE THERE IS SPACE THERE IS OPPORTUNITY.

THE NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT SEES OPPORTUNITY IN THE UNDERUTILIZED LAND OF THE NEW TRANSIT STATION.

>> THE GOAL IS TO TRANSFORM THE STATIONS INTO VIBRANT MULTI- MOBILITY AREAS THAT HAVE MIXED- USE HOUSING, COMMERCIAL, RETAIL, AND TRANSIT OPERATIONS.

>> Reporter: THEY SAID THAT THE MIXED-USE PROJECTS ARE BEING PROPOSED AROUND FOUR NORTH COUNTY STATIONS INCLUDING OCEANSIDE, CARLSBAD VILLAGE, AND ESCONDIDO.

>> IT WILL NOT ONLY DRIVE RIDERSHIP BUT ALSO CREATE REVENUE FOR THE DISTRICT AND AT A HOUSE IN.

>> Reporter: THE FURTHEST ALONG THE PIPELINE IS THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE OCEANSIDE 10 ACRE TRANSIT CENTER.

THE HUB CONNECTS TRAVELERS TO AMTRAK.

>> Reporter: THE STATION REDEVELOPMENT INCLUDES 500 APARTMENTS.

ALSO A BOUTIQUE HOTEL IN COMMERCIAL SPACE.

THE TRANSIT CENTER WILL ALSO GET MODERNIZED.

HEADQUARTERS WILL ALSO BE RELOCATED TO THE OCEANSIDE TRANSIT CENTER.

ONCE THEY HAVE MOVED THE OLD BUILDING WILL BE REDEVELOPED INTO RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS THAT WILL INCLUDE MARKET RATE AND AFFORDABLE UNITS.

>> THE REDEVELOPMENT IS A KEYSTONE FOR THE CITY AND THEIR LONG-TERM VISION.

REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE IS AN EXTENSION OF DOWNTOWN.

>> Reporter: THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SAYS THAT DEVELOPERS ARE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATED WITH THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE AND CONSTRUCTION IS ANTICIPATED TO START IN 2025.

>> WE ANTICIPATE A CULTURAL SHIFT OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY AT THE TRANSIT STATIONS THROUGH THESE VIBRANT COMMUNITIES.

>> Reporter: OCEANSIDE CITY COUNCILMEMBER ERIC JOYCE SAYS WHILE THE PROJECT HAS MANY BENEFITS TO TRAVELERS, HE WILL BE PUSHING FOR A SPACE THAT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY SPACES.

THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH SPACE FOR PROGRAMMING AND FOR THE CLASSES.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING OF PUBLIC AND IF IT DIRECTLY INCLUDED IN THE FINAL PROJECT.

>> Reporter: HE ALSO HOPES THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ELEMENT WILL HELP KEEP MORE PEOPLE FROM GETTING PUSHED OUT OF THE CITY.

>> THIS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHOW THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT IS ACTUALLY WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN OCEANSIDE.

>> Reporter: THE CARLSBAD TRANSIT STATIONS ARE ALSO UP FOR REDEVELOPMENT.

THE CARLSBAD VILLAGE STATION IN THE POINSETTIA STATION WILL EACH HAVE THEIR OWN DEVELOPER.

>> WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND GROUND-FLOOR RETAIL.

>> Reporter: CARLSBAD WILL GET OVER 400 HERMITS.

80 ONE OF THEM WILL BE AFFORDABLE.

>> THERE IS A REAL BIG EFFORT AT CREATING MORE HOUSING FOR FOLKS.

THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING BUT WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSIT THERE IS STILL MORE TO BE DONE TO CONNECT NORTH COUNTY WITH THE REST OF SAN DIEGO.

>> IF WE CAN BUILD THAT OUT WITH THE TRANSIT PRIORITY LANES ARE MANAGED LANES THAT ALLOW THE BUSES TO GO FROM VISTA AND QUICKLY DOWN TO SAN DIEGO, THAT PROVIDES MORE OPPORTUNITY WHETHER IT IS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN DIFFERENT RECREATIONAL THINGS.

>> Reporter: ESCONDIDO TRANSIT CENTER IS THE NEWEST PROJECT THAT IS OPENED UP FOR PROPOSAL.

DEVELOPERS HAVE UNTIL MARCH TO SUBMIT PLANS.

>>> THAT STORY IS AN EXAMPLE OF OUR IN-DEPTH FEATURE REPORTING.

YOU CAN STREAM ALL OF OUR STORIES ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE.

WE ALSO LIVE STREAM EVEN IN ADDITION WEEKNIGHTS AT 5:00.

>>> ANOTHER OPTION FOR PEOPLE TO GET AROUND DESPITE BIKE.

E BIKES ARE SURGING IN POPULARITY.

WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT ARE BEING RAISED WHEN IT COMES TO YOUNGER WRITERS.

>> YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PASS A TEST.

RIGHT NOW IT IS THE WILD WEST.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE A LOT OF BENEFITS TO ELECTRIC BIKES, THAT THEY CAN BE DANGEROUS IN THE HANDS OF CHILDREN WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE ROAD.

>> YOU SEE KIDS RIDING BIKES ALL OVER THE PLACE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING.

A LOT OF NEIGHBORS AND PEOPLE COMPLAINING THAT THE KIDS ARE VERY RECKLESS ON THESE BIKES AND QUITE FRANKLY A LOT OF THEM ARE.

BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE A COURSE ON RIDING A BIKE.

>> Reporter: THEY CAN REACH SPEEDS OF UP TO 30 MILES PER HOUR AND THEY ARE A POPULAR WAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET AROUND.

THIS BIKE OWNER RECENTLY HAD A NEAR MISS WITH SOME STUDENTS.

>> THEY DECIDED TO GET IN FRONT OF ME.

I PUT MY BRAKES ON WHICH WAS FINE BUT THEN THEY SLAMMED THEIR BRAKES ON TO MAKE A QUICK RIGHT TURN INTO THE PARKING LOT WITH NO UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A FLOW OF TRAFFIC BEHIND THEM.

KIDS GET HURT.

I SEE IT ALL THE TIME.

THESE THINGS GO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND THEY ARE NOT WEARING HELMETS.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO TESTS REQUIRED.

SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.

>> THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF STANDARD TEST JUST AS MUCH AS THERE SHOULD BE QUESTIONS AND STANDARDIZED TESTING FOR LICENSING.

REALLY TO BRING THE COMMUNITY AWARENESS TO THAT BY MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEHICLES.

>> Reporter: THE ISSUE SEEMS TO BE HERE TO STAY BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE E BIKES BEING SOLD IN THE U.S. THAN ELECTRIC CARS.

>>> A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY IN WASHINGTON.

SENATOR FEINSTEIN SAID SHE WILL NOT RUN FOR REELECTION.

IT WAS LONG SPECULATED GIVEN HER 30+ YEARS IN OFFICE AND HER ADVANCED AGE.

SHE WILL BE IN HER 90s WHEN HER TERM ENDS.

CONGRESS MEMBERS KATIE PORTER AND ADAM SHIFT ARE AMONG THOSE PLANNING TO RUN FOR THE SEAT IN 2020 ONE.

>>> THE OTHER BIG ANNOUNCEMENT IS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE WITH NIKKI HALEY LAUNCHING HER CAMPAIGN.

THE REPUBLICAN SERVED AS AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

SHE IS WELL KNOWN FOR HER TIME AS GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST PERSON OF INDIAN DESCENT TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT.

>>> TODAY MARKS FIVE YEARS SINCE MASS SHOOTING AT A PARKLAND, FLORIDA, HIGH SCHOOL THAT INSPIRED A NATIONAL PROTEST MOVEMENT.

SPEAKING IN WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT BIDEN TOOK A MOMENT TO REMEMBER THOSE THAT LOST THEIR LIVES.

>> I KNOW THESE FAMILIES.

I'VE SPENT TIME WITH THEM ALL.

A LOT OF YOU HERE HAVE TO CONFRONT VIOLENCE IN YOUR SCHOOLS EVERYDAY.

THERE IS A LOT MORE WORK TO DO.

>> MASS SHOOTINGS ARE JUST AS COMMON IN THE U.S. WITH THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE JUST LAST NIGHT AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.

THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND FIVE OTHERS WERE INJURED.

POLICE SAY THE SHOOTER TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.

>>> A HIGH PROFILE SAN DIEGO FINNED FIGURE IN AN ANTI- SEMITIC GROUP HAS FLED THE COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: ROBERT WILSON WAS SUPPOSED TO STAND TRIAL FOR A HATE CRIME LAST YEAR.

THIS FORMER CHULA VISTA RESIDENT MAY NEVER HAVE HIS DAY IN COURT.

WILSON IS A MEMBER OF AN ANTI- SEMITIC HATE GROUP WHICH SPREADS CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE ONLINE.

THEY ALSO DISTRIBUTE FLYERS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND HANG BANNERS IN PUBLIC WITH HATEFUL MESSAGES.

WILSON IS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING HIS NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR WHO IS AT THEIR SHARED DRIVEWAY WELL YELLING HOME ALSO HOMOPHOBIC SLURS.

HE CAN FACE UP TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON IF CONVICTED.

HERE IS WHAT WILSON TOLD A REPORTER OUTSIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE AT THE ARRAIGNMENT IN LATE 2020 ONE.

>> Reporter: DID YOU DO WHAT THEY SAY YOU DID?

>> I DID NOT DO ANYTHING.

>> Reporter: DID YOU HANG A BANNER OFF THE HIGHWAY.

>> NO.

>> Reporter: HAVE YOU BEEN FIGHTING WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS.

YELLING HOMOPHOBIC SLURS AT YOUR NEIGHBOR?

>> THERE'S NO SUCH THING.

>> Reporter: COURT RECORDS SHOW HE BOOKED A ONE-WAY TICKET OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND HAS NOT RETURNED.

HIS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS ARE STILL ACTIVE AND STILL SHOWING THAT HE IS SPREADING HATEFUL MESSAGES.

ONE PHOTO THAT WENT VIRAL ON TWITTER SHOWS WILSON AND ANOTHER MEMBER OF HIS HATE GROUP HOLDING UP ANTI-SEMITIC SIGNS AT THE AUSCHWITZ MEMORIAL.

ALMOST 6 MONTHS HAVE PASSED SINCE HE MISSED HIS LAST COURT APPEARANCE.

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WOULD NOT SAY IF THEY ARE EXTRADITING HIM BUT THEY SAID THE FACT THAT HE IS NOT IN SAN DIEGO ANYMORE MEANS THE COMMUNITY IS SAFER.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, WE SPEAK WITH A STUDENT THAT WITNESSED THE AFTERMATH OF LAST NIGHT'S SHOOTING AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.

THAT IS COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING ADDITION.

>>> WE WILL GRADUALLY START TO SEE THE WIND COMING DOWN LATER ON TONIGHT.

THERE IS A LOT OF WIND OUT THERE THIS AFTERNOON.

IT WILL GET COOLER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

COULD WE SEE SOME CHANGES FOR THE WEEKEND?

WE WILL EXPLORE THAT POSSIBILITY.

WIND ADVISORY THROUGH THE EVENING.

THERE ARE HIGH WIND WARNINGS STILL OUT.

SOME OF THESE WINDS HAVE AN ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE OUT OF THE WEST.

IT HAS BEEN LOCALLY BREEZY THROUGHOUT ALL OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

A COUPLE OF GUSTS UP ABOVE 30 MILES PER HOUR.

WE ALSO HAVE A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES.

SOME OF THOSE WAVE HEIGHTS WERE 7 TO 9 FEET.

EROSION COULD BE A POSSIBILITY.

THIS RISK GOES RIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON THE WATERFRONT.

>>> FOR TONIGHT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE 30s.

RAMONA DOWN TO 28.

SHOWERS WILL BE WRAPPING UP.

WE COULD SEE SOME FROST IN SOME OF THE INTERIOR VALLEYS.

WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AWAY FROM THE COAST.

PLENTY COLD IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

THE INTERIOR VALLEYS IF YOU HAVE SENSITIVE VEGETATION BRING IT INSIDE BECAUSE HE WILL BE SEEING 20s AND 30s.

IS AN UP A LOVER LOW OFF TO THE EAST SO WE ARE CLEARING OUT AND THE WINDS ARE CALMING DOWN.

IT WILL STAY COOL AS WE GO RIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS A DIP IN THE JET STREAM AND WE REMAIN CHILLY WITH TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE LOW 60s.

NOT LAGUNA IS ONLY TOP IT OFF AT 34 IN BORREGO SPRINGS 63.

LET'S CHECK AHEAD AND SEE IF ANYTHING IS IN STORE FOR THE WEEKEND.

IT APPEARS THAT THERE CAN BE SOME CLOUDS INCREASING.

DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A LOT OF WET WEATHER RIGHT NOW.

TEMPERATURES OVER 60 AT THE COAST.

INTERIOR VALLEYS CLOUDING UP ON SATURDAY.

WE COULD SEE SOME MOISTURE.

WE GOING TO MID-TO-LATE WEEK WITH LOTS OF SUNSHINE.

TEMPERATURES IN THE 60s AND BITTER COLD FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS GRADUALLY CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 30s.

OVER THE DESERT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TEMPERATURES CLIMBING UP THROUGH THE 60s.

>>> CHULA VISTA BECAME THE FIRST CITY IN CALIFORNIA TO BECOME A CERTIFIED WELCOMING CITY IN 2019.

JUST THREE YEARS LATER IT IS ALSO THE FIRST CITY IN THE STATE TO LOSE THAT DISTINCTION.

GUSTAVO'S POLICE EXPLAINS.

>> Reporter: MARGARET BAKER SPENT HOURS VOLUNTEERING TO HELP CHULA VISTA BECOME A CERTIFIED WELCOMING CITY.

IT WAS A RIGOROUS PROCESS THAT INCLUDED SEVERAL PUBLIC MEETINGS AND POLICY REVIEWS TO ASSURE THAT CHULA VISTA IS A SAFE AND WELCOMING PLACE FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS.

SHE AND OTHER ADVOCATES ARE NOW LIVE IT THAT CHULA VISTA CHOSE TO ABANDON THE PROGRAM.

>> I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD BE SO CRUDE AND RUDE TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED ON THIS.

FROM ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT THE CITY MANAGER CHOSE NOT TO RECERTIFY CHULA VISTA AS A WELCOMING CITY IN NOVEMBER OF 2022.

THE CITY HAS NOT MADE ANY PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE FACT THAT IT IS NO LONGER A CERTIFIED WELCOMING CITY.

ON THE CONTRARY, CHULA VISTA CONTINUES TO BOAST ABOUT BEING A WELCOMING CITY EVEN THOUGH IT IS NO LONGER CERTIFIED.

CHULA VISTA STILL HAS A WELCOMING CITY SECTION ON THE WEBSITE AND AS RECENTLY AS THE FEBRUARY SEVEN CITY COUNCIL MEETING THEY POINTED TO THE CERTIFICATION IS AN EXAMPLE OF PROGRESS CHULA VISTA HAS MADE IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ASPIRATES.

>> THE CITY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES.

WE HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AS A WELCOMING CITY FOR COMMITMENT AND EFFORTS TO INCLUDE PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: THEY DECIDED NOT TO PURSUE RECERTIFICATION PROCESS BECAUSE OF STANDING PRIORITIES TO LAUNCH A NEW JUSTICE, EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM.

BAKER CRITICIZE THE CITY FOR LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.

>> SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE HAD THE DECENCY TO SAY THAT AT ONE OF THE MANY MEETINGS I WENT TO OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

I AM FLABBERGASTED.

>> Reporter: WELCOMING AMERICA IS THE INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION THAT CERTIFIES WELCOMING CITIES.

WROTE A LETTER TO CHULA VISTA WITH CONCERNS OVER THE CITY SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM.

DURING THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATION PROCESS WELCOMING AMERICA WAS UNAWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE CHULA VISTA POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS SHARING DATA FROM ITS AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READING PROGRAM WITH IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.

NOW THAT THEY KNOW THAT CHULA VISTA WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED.

HERE IS BAKER READING FROM A LETTER THAT WAS SENT IN 2020 ONE.

>> HAD WE KNOWN THIS INFORMATION WAS BEING SHARED THE ASSESSMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN NONCOMPLIANT MEANING WE NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WELCOMING CITY IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> Reporter: CHULA VISTA STOP SHARING THE DATA IN 2020.

THE MAYOR WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW ON TUESDAY.

>>> STUDENTS AT ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CITY HEIGHTS ARE SHOWING THEIR LOVE OF ART THIS VALENTINE'S DAY.

WITH THE HELP OF THEIR TEACHERS AND SOME PROFESSIONALS.

CHARLOTTE TAKES US TO HAMILTON ELEMENTARY FOR A LOOK AT THEIR MOSAIC MASTERPIECE.

>> RAIN FOREST ART PROJECT IS ONE OF OUR OLDEST COLLABORATORS .

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR OVER 10 YEARS.

WHAT WE REALLY ARE STRIVING FOR WITH THIS PROGRAM IS LONGEVITY, REALLY GIVING CHILDREN AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE WORKS THAT ARE BEYOND THEIR EXPERIENCE.

>> THEY ARE FROM THIRD GRADE OR SECOND.

I LIKE STICKING THE PIECES.

IT IS REALLY FUN.

>> THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON CUTTING PIECES AND PUTTING THEM TOGETHER.

THEY ARE WORKING ON PUTTING IT ALTOGETHER.

WE HAVE A BIG THEME.

IT KIND OF STARTED BEFORE COVID AND HAS CARRIED ON.

NEVER GIVE UP.

A LOT OF OUR PIECES AND EVEN SOME YOU HAVE SEEN ON CAMPUS, THERE'S A BENCH AND SOME OTHER MOSAICS SAYING NEVER GIVE UP AND THAT WAS TOTALLY STUDENT DRIVEN.

>> I LOVE THIS SCHOOL.

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

WE WILL HAVE MORE ON SENATOR FEINSTEIN'S DECISION NOT TO RUN FOR REELECTION AND POTENTIAL NAMES THAT MIGHT TRY TO REPLACE HER.

THEN ON MIDDAY ADDITION, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE SPY BALLOON MYSTERY AND REPORTS THAT ONE MAY HAVE BEEN SPOTTED ABOVE CORONADO IN RECENT YEARS.

>>> AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOODNIGHT .

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

VISIT BILLHOWE.COM .

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.