>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, AND FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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THANK YOU.

♪ >>> AN UNEXPECTED BREAK IN THE DISPUTE BETWEEN CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND ITS FACULTY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI..

THE FACULTY AT CSU HAVE BEEN GIVEN THEIR LAST, BEST, AND FINAL OFFER.

BUT THE UNION STILL PLANS TO GO ON STRIKE LATER THIS MONTH.

REMOTE 29,000 MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION HOLD JOBS ACROSS THE CAL STATE SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES FACULTY, BREWERY AND SCOTT COUNSELORS, COACHES.

THEY HELD ONE DAY PICKET LINES AT SEVERAL CSU CAMPUSES BUT THEY HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING SINCE LAST SUMMER FOR A NEW CONTRACT THAT WOULD INCLUDE A 12% INCREASE IN PAY AND MORE.

>> WE ARE ASKING TO LIFT THE SALARY FLOOR FOR OUR LEAST PAID FACULTY.

WE ARE ASKING FOR A FULL SEMESTER OF PLAY FOR MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE.

>> Reporter: THE CSU ABRUPTLY ENDED NEGOTIATIONS TODAY.

THE CSU RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING, "IT WILL BE PROVIDING ALL INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY, BRILLIANCE, COUNSELORS, AND COACHES WITH THE GENERAL SALARY INCREASE OF 5% EFFECTIVE JANUARY 31, 2024.

INCLUDING CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND EXHAUSTING THE STATE'S IMPASSE PROCESS.

THIS DECISION HAS BEEN MADE AFTER THE LATEST ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION FAILED TO YIELD AN AGREEMENT THAT WOULD PROVIDE FACULTY SALARY INCREASES WHILE STILL ALLOWING THE CSU TO BEST SERVE STUDENTS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF ITS RESOURCES."

THE CFA PRESIDENT OF SAN DIEGO STATE PROFESSOR CHARLES TOOMBS RESPONDED WITH THIS STATEMENT. "

WE WERE MET WITH DISRESPECT FROM MANAGEMENT TODAY.

AFTER 20 MINUTES, THE CSU MANAGEMENT BARGAINING TEAM THREATENED SYSTEMWIDE LAOS, WALKED OUT OF BARGAINING, CANCELED ALL REMAINING NEGOTIATIONS, THEN IMPOSED A LAST, BEST, AND FINAL OFFER ON CFA MEMBERS.

RATHER THAN BARGAINING IN GOOD FAITH, AND CFA DASHES CSU MANAGEMENT EXPRESSED NOTHING BUT DISDAIN FOR FACULTY.

WE KNOW THEY HAVE MONEY IN THEIR RESERVE ACCOUNTS.

CSU MANAGEMENT HAS NEVER TAKEN SERIOUSLY OUR PROPOSALS."

>> Reporter: THEY HAD ALREADY PLANNED ON A STRIKE JANUARY 22 THROUGH THE 26th.

THEY SAY THAT EVEN AFTER TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENTS MEMBERS WILL MOVE AHEAD WITH THAT PLAN.

M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE U.S. NAVY SELECTED DEVELOPERS TO REBUILD 70 ACRES OF LAND LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE SAN DIEGO AIRPORT.

WE LOOKED INTO THEIR PLAN.

>> Reporter: THE LONG RED AND WHITE WAREHOUSES WERE MEANT TO BUILD ARMOR PLANES IN WORLD WAR TWO AND NOW THEY HOUSE A 5000 EMPLOYEES AT THE NAVY INFORMATION WHERE WARFARE SYSTEMS COMMAND.

>> WE ARE KIND OF THE BEST RYE GEEKS.

>> Reporter: THAT IS THE MANAGER.

HE WOULD NOT SAY WHAT OTHER DEVELOPERS THEY CONSIDERED.

THE WINNING TEAM IS MADE UP OF SAN DIEGO-BASED MANCHESTER WHO ALSO DEVELOPED THE NAVY COMPLEX ON BROADWAY AND VIRGINIA BASED EDGE MORE WHO DEVELOPED THE LONG BEACH CIVIC CENTER.

THEY WOULD BUILD NEW FACILITIES FIRST FREE IN EXCHANGE FOR DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS TO THE REST OF THE LAND.

THE PROPOSAL IS SORT OF A MINICITY THAT CONDENSES THE NAVY SITE AND WOULD USE THE REST OF THE LAND FOR UP TO 10,000 NEW UNITS OF HOUSING.

MAY BE EVEN -- MAYBE EVEN SHOPS.

>> THE OPPORTUNITY TO POKE THE STEP OF HOUSING ON THE TRANSIT LINE THIS CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN IS REALLY A GODSEND.

>> Reporter: THEY CAN BUILD TALL AND ERECT THE VIEW.

HE SAYS THEY PLAN TO REENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC WHEN THE DESIGNS ARE SOLIDIFIED.

THEY HOPE TO BREAK GROUND IN TWO YEARS.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> WHILE -- WELL, WE ARE TRACKING SOME ACTIVE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

I WILL PLAY THIS OUT FOR YOU.

YOU ARE GOING TO START TO SEE PRECIPITATION MOVE INTO THE REGION AS WE HEAD INTO THE MIDDLE HALF OF THE WEEK.

IS NOT JUST THE RAIN.

IT IS A WINDS.

WE WILL HAVE PROBLEMS ALONG THE COAST AND WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THAT AND MORE.

WE WILL BREAK THAT DOWN FOR YOU COMING UP.

>>> PUNISHING WINTER STORM CONDITIONS PERSISTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY.

LAURA HAS MORE ON THE SYSTEM AND THE TORRENTIAL RAIN AS WELL AS TORNADOES.

>> Reporter: THE SOUND OF SEVERE STORMS BETTERING STATES ALONG THE EAST COAST, SOUTH THROUGH FLORIDA ON TUESDAY.

ONE FLORIDA STORM CHASER CAPTURED THESE IMAGES AFTER HE SAYS HE SAW A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN GRAND LAGOON.

HE GUIDED FIRST RESPONDERS TO A WOMAN TRAPPED IN HER HOUSE.

TORNADOES UP TO EF-5 ARE A STRONG THREAD ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ACROSS THE STATE INTO VIRGINIA.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER.

>> THE CLOUDS WERE BLACK.

>> Reporter: OVER 40 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNDER SEVERE STORM THAT.

WAITING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF PROPERTY DAMAGE THEY MAY SUFFER.

INLAND AND COASTAL FLOODING IS ANOTHER CONCERN.

NEW JERSEY IS WATCHING RIVERS RUSH PAST THE BRINKS.

>> IT WAS A .4.

REMOTE THIS BUT WARNINGS FROM OFFICIALS SEVERE STORM VETERANS REMAIN BOTTLED.

>> WE ARE USED TO STORMS AROUND HERE.

>> WE ARE USED TO IT.

WE WILL MANAGE.

>> Reporter: TOUGH CONDITIONS IN THE MIDWEST WHERE WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE EXPECTED TO ROLL INTO WEDNESDAY.

THE CYCLE OF SEVERE WEATHER BEGINS AGAIN WHEN A NEW WINTER STORM ALERT ANNOUNCED IN WASHINGTON STATE.

I'M LAURA REPORTING FOR KPBS'S -- KPBS NEWS.

>>> STORMS ARE FORCING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO CANCEL EVENTS.

TRUMP IS TAKING HIS CAMPAIGN FROM THE TRAIL TO THE COURTROOM.

>> Reporter: JUST AHEAD OF THE IOWA CAUCUSES THE 2024 REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT ARE CONTENDING WITH SEVERE WEATHER, LEGAL, AND CRITICAL STORMS.

>> THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VERSUS DON G TRUMP.

>> Reporter: THREE JUSTICES HEARD ARGUMENTS ON TUESDAY ABOUT WHETHER THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS AVERSION CASE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT AND GOP FRONT RUNNER DONALD TRUMP SHOULD BE DISMISSED BASED ON HIS CLAIMS OF IMMUNITY.

>> AS A PRESIDENT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IMMUNITY.

>> THE PRESIDENT HAS UNIQUE CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE, BUT HE IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW.

>> Reporter: HE IS SCHEDULED TO GO ON TRIAL IN MARCH FOR HIS ROLE IN TRYING TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION.

IN ATTACKING THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, THAT HAS BECOME PART OF HIS CAMPAIGN STRATEGY.

HE IS PULLING THREE POINTS AHEAD OF HIS NEAREST COMPETITORS IN THE STATE OF IOWA.

OVERCOMING THE DOUBLE-DIGIT DEFICIT, THAT IS FURTHER COMPLICATED BY HEAVY SNOW AND FRIGID TEMPERATURES AS TRUMP RIVALS SCRAMBLE FOR LAST-MINUTE SUPPORT.

>> THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WOULD SEE FIVE PEOPLE BUT TO SEE A FULL HOUSE IS GREAT.

>> Reporter: NIKKI HALEY GAINED A FULL CROWD BUT, DESANTIS IS STILL WORKING TO WIN THE HAWKEYES STATE.

>> TRUMP IS RUNNING ON HIS ISSUES AND NIKKI HALEY ON HERS.

I'M RUNNING ON YOUR ISSUES.

>> Reporter: NEITHER IS SHOWING SIGNS THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TOP TRUMP.

>>> IN AN EFFORT TO EXPEND RESOURCES FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, $8 MILLION COULD BE USED TO CREATE SPACE FOR RECOVERY BEDS.

IT WOULD BE USED FOR THOSE WITH MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES.

THE BILL WOULD EXPEND CONSERVATORSHIPS FOR PEOPLE WITH SEVERE SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS.

>> IN THIS INSTANCE WE HAVE PEOPLE DYING ON THE STREETS EVERY SINGLE DAY BECAUSE THEY CANNOT GET THE SURGERY THAT THEY NEED AS A RESULT -- BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE BEDS FOR THEM.

>> Reporter: THE SUPERVISOR SAYS SHE HOPES TO HAVE FEDERAL DOLLARS TO MAINTAIN THE PROGRAM.

>>> A STATE LAW WANTS TO INCREASE SAFETY AT INTERSECTIONS.

KPBS REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SAYS IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THEY WILL ENFORCE THE LAW.

>> Reporter: PARENTS ARE WALKING THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL AND MANY OF THEM LOOKED NERVOUS AS THEY CROSS THE STREET.

CARS ARE PARKED RIGHT UP NEXT TO THE CROSSWALKS AND THAT CAN MAKE IT HARD FOR DRIVERS TO SEE WHAT IS COMING.

>> IF WE ARE GOING TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE WE NEED TO DAYLIGHT THE INTERSECTION TO CREATE CLEAR VISIBILITY FOR ALL PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: JASON VANCE LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS EAGER FOR SAN DIEGO TO IMPLEMENT --.

IT TOOK EFFECT ON JANUARY 1 PROHIBITING PARKING WITHIN 20 FEET OF A CROSSWALK.

THAT GIVES DRIVERS A MUCH WIDER VIEW AS THEY APPROACH INTERSECTIONS.

RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT DAYLIGHTING CAN REDUCE COLLISIONS AND INJURIES.

THAT IS PROBABLY WHY IT IS ALREADY THE LAW.

IN 43 STATES.

BUT THE LAW IS ONLY GOOD AS ITS ENFORCEMENT AND HE SAYS THAT THE POLICE SEEM UNINTERESTED IN ENFORCING THE LAWS REGARDING PARKING IN A BIKES ZONES.

>> I AM A BIT NERVOUS THAT THE CITY WON'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

NOT TO MENTION, MOST OF THESE CURBS HAVE NOT BEEN PAINTED RED YET.

THEY NEED TO BE PAINTED RED AND THAT WOULD COMPLETE THE DAYLIGHTING.

WE NEED TO PUSH THE CITY TO MAKE THE CHANGES.

>> Reporter: THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS ASSESSING WHAT RESOURCES IT WILL NEED TO IMPLEMENT THE LAW.

SD PD DID NOT RESPOND TO QUESTIONS ABOUT IF IT HAS A PLAN TO ENFORCE THE LAW OR TO EDUCATE DRIVERS ON THE NEW LAWS.

I'M ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A NEW AIRLINE WILL BE OPERATING OUT OF SAN DIEGO AIRPORT.

IT WILL BRING NONSTOP SERVICE TO AREAS NOT SERVED OUTSIDE OF SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: ALL SMILES AT THE SOUTH END OF THE SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL TODAY.

IT IS NOT EVERY DAY THAT A NEW AIRLINE COMES TO TOWN.

>> I AM THRILLED TO WELCOME AT TRINITY FOR TWO THE SAN DIEGO FAMILY OF AIRLINES.

>> Reporter: BREEZE AIRWAYS HAS ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BUT THEY SERVE OTHER CITIES IN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING LA, SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN BERNARDINO.

COMPANY SPOKESMAN GARRETT EDMONDSON JOAN SAYS ADDING SAN DIEGO TO THE LIST WAS A NO- BRAINER.

>> SAN DIEGO IS ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED DESTINATIONS IN THE COUNTRY SO, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER.

>> Reporter: WHEN THEY BEGIN SERVICE AT THE END OF APRIL, THEY WILL JUMP IN WITH BOTH FEET.

THEY WILL HAVE NONSTOP FLIGHTS INCLUDING RALEIGH-DURHAM, PITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI, NORFOLK , AND JACKSONVILLE.

THREE OF THOSE SHARES SOMETHING BIG IN COMMON WITH SAN DIEGO.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, NORFOLK IS HOME TO THE LARGEST NAVAL STATION, THE ONLY ONE BIGGER THAN SAN DIEGO.

JACKSONVILLE IS HOME TO A LARGE AIR STATION AND RALEIGH-DURHAM IS HOME TO MANY BIOTECH COMPANIES.

>> WE LOOK AT MARKETS NOT SERVED AND WOULD LOOK AT THE BIGGEST ROUTES WHERE PEOPLE USUALLY GO THROUGH ATLANTA OR CHICAGO OR WHEREVER.

>> Reporter: THEY WILL FLY AIRBUS TO 20 AIRPLANES.

IF THEY WANTED TO START SERVICE TO SAN DIEGO LAST SUMMER BUT, HE SAYS THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH AIRPLANES.

THE FIRST FLIGHT FROM SAN DIEGO WILL BE TO RALEIGH-DURHAM AND THEN THEY WILL ADD OTHER CITIES WITHIN A FEW DAYS.

THE ADDITION OF BREEZE AIRWAYS BRINGS THE NUMBER OF AIRLINES UP TO 17.

THE DESTINATION SERVED JUMP FROM 79 UP TO 84.

FROM SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT I AM JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE SAME LAW THAT REQUIRES YOU TO PUT FOOD WASTE IN A GREEN BEEN IS EXPANDING.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE NEW LAW WILL HELP THOSE EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY.

>> Reporter: A NEW ASPECT OF SENATE BILL 1383 WENT INTO EFFECT.

IT IS KNOWN AS THE SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION LAW AND IT IS MEANT TO REDUCE FOOD WASTE FROM GOING INTO LANDFILLS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> IT REQUIRES BUSINESSES THAT NEVER REALLY HAD DONATIONS AS PART OF THEIR BUSINESS PLAN AS PART OF THEIR MODEL TO NOW START LOOKING TO FOOD RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE FEEDING SAN DIEGO TO TAKE CARE OF THE LOGISTICS AND TO PICK UP ANYTHING THEY MIGHT HAVE OTHERWISE PUT INTO A TRASHCAN.

>> Reporter: CAPE GARRETT SAYS THE LEFTOVER FOOD WILL ALLOW THE ORGANIZATION TO BETTER HELP 300,000 SAN DIEGANS FACING FOOD INSECURITY.

HOTELS, HEALTH FACILITIES WITH MORE THAN 100 BEDS, EVENT VENUES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, RESTAURANTS THAT SEAT MORE THAN 250 PEOPLE AND OTHERS HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW NOW.

>> MAYBE THEY WERE PREPARING FOR HIM EVENT AND IT WAS CANCELED.

AND NOW THEY HAVE ALL OF THIS FOOD THAT WAS COOKED AND CHILLED AND IS FROZEN BUT NOW I CAN GET TO SOMEONE WHO MAYBE WOULD NOT HAVE OTHERWISE KNOWN WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL IS COMING FROM.

NOW THEY HAVE A FROZEN MEAL THEY CAN HEAT UP AND CONSUME INSTEAD OF LETTING THAT GO TO THE LANDFILL.

>> Reporter: LAST YEAR FEEDING SAN DIEGO SAYS THEY DIVERTED MORE THAN 31 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD FROM THE LANDFILL.

>> OF THE 31 MILLION POUNDS THAT WE RECOVERED, WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE 35 MILLION MEALS TO SAN DIEGANS IN NEED.

>> Reporter: AT FEEDING SAN DIEGO HAS AGREEMENTS WITH OVER 85 FOOD DONORS.

>> WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE FACING FOOD INSECURITY AND WE KNOW THAT NEARLY 40% OF ALL OF THE FOOD IN THE UNITED STATES GOES TO WASTE EVERY YEAR.

SO, THE FOOD IS OUT THERE.

IT IS NOT A SCARCITY PROBLEM.

IT IS A DISTRIBUTION PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: KPBS CONTACTED SEVERAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO DONATE FOOD UNDER THIS LAW.

NO ONE RESPONDED TO THE REQUEST FOR INTERVIEW BUT WE DID HEAR FROM STOP DRAGON STADIUM SAYING THEY WILL DONATE ANY EXCESS EDIBLE FOOD TO FEEDING SAN DIEGO AFTER EVENTS AT THE STADIUM.

MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SOUTHBAY RESIDENTS ARE EXPRESSING DISSATISFACTION WITH THE STENCH FROM THE TIJUANA RIVER.

THEY GATHERED TODAY IN SAN YSIDRO AND THEY SAY THEY DON'T WANT ADDITIONS TO THE NEARBY WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

THEY WANT TO TREAT AND DIVERT 60 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY.

THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO EXTEND THE STATE OF EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF THE SEWAGE FLOWING INTO THE TIJUANA RIVER.

THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2021.

>>> LET'S START YOU OFF WITH WEATHER HEADLINES AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

STRONG WINDS RETURN WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.

THAT WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS ALONG THE COAST.

WE WILL BE TURNING A LITTLE WET HERE.

ESPECIALLY ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY WITH A DRIER WEATHER AHEAD AS WE GO TO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

LOOKING AHEAD FOR TONIGHT, WE ARE DOWN TO A LOW OF 44 DEGREES.

MAINLY CLEAR AND A LITTLE BIT CHILLY OUTSIDE.

OCEANSIDE IS DROPPING DOWN TO A LOW OF 36 AND BORREGO SPRINGS, 38 .

TOMORROW, WE WILL BE IN THE LOW AND MID 60s.

MOUNT LAGUNA AT 40 AND, BORREGO SPRINGS HITTING A HIGH OF 64 .

WE DO STILL HAVE SOME WEATHER ALERTS IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST.

WE DO HAVE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS WEDNESDAY EVENING.

YOU WILL BE RUNNING INTO SOME ROUGH WATERS THERE, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT AND ABOUT.

THIS IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A FEW PROBLEMS TO STAY WEATHER AWARE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW THIS PLAYS OUT.

NOT TOO MUCH ACTION HERE.

WE ARE GOING TO WATCH SOME OF THAT PRECIPITATION FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND WE COULD SEE SHOWERS THROUGH SAN DIEGO COUNTY AS WE GO INTO LATE WEDNESDAY AND EARLY THURSDAY.

MAINLY ALONG THE COAST WE WILL SEE SUNSHINE AND TEMPERATURES STAYING STEADY IN THE MID 60s AND EVEN AS WE GO INTO THE WEEKEND.

FURTHER INLAND, IT WILL BE SUNNY BUT IT WILL BE COOL.

THAT WILL BE THE STORY THROUGH THURSDAY.

WE CANNOT RULE OUT A QUICK SHOWER OR TWO.

IT WILL BE WINDY IN MORE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS AND THERE WILL BE CONCERNS THERE.

INCREASINGLY WINDY ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND THEN DROPPING DOWN TO A HIGH OF 30.

IT VERY CHILLY AND THEN THE NEXT WEATHER MAKER MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH ON SUNDAY.

IN THE DESERTS, HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING AND BE COOL BY FRIDAY WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

HIGHS RISING BACK UP TO THE MID 60.

FOR KPBS NEWS I AM METEOROLOGIST BREE GUY .

>>> THE CONSUMER ELECTRONIC SHOW KICKED OFF TODAY AND IT SETS THE STAGE FOR SOME OF THE BIGGEST TECHNOLOGY TRENDS.

IT IS ALL ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

WE HAVE MORE ON WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE.

>>> THERE ARE GRILLS THAT MEASURE THE THICKNESS OF YOUR ME TO REACH THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE.

AI IS AT THE TEST.

>> REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.

THEY ARE NOT SMART YET.

THEY ARE CONNECTED.

THEY ARE ADOPTED AND THEY CAN BE PERSONALIZED BUT TO REALLY BE SMART AND ANTICIPATE, THEY NEED TO BE IN CONNECTION WITH A.

>> SO, HOW DO SMART DEVICES BECOME SMARTER THAN US?

>> IT WILL TAKE A FEW YEARS FOR THEM TO GET SMART.

BUT, WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN, YOU WILL FIND THAT THESE PRODUCTS ARE SO MUCH EASIER TO USE AND THE DELIVER MORE.

>> Reporter: THE LAS VEGAS EVENT IS THE LARGEST CONFERENCE OF THE YEAR.

YOU WILL DISTRIBUTE 4000 EXHIBITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

>> IT HAS BEEN A RELIABLE WEATHER VAN -- WEATHERVANE OF WHAT WILL COME.

>> Reporter: BRIAN COOLEY SAYS THE BIG TREND THIS YEAR IS PERSONALIZATION.

>> THE SERVICES START TO MAKE THEMSELVES WORK AS OPPOSED TO US ALWAYS HAVING TO PUSH AND CLICK ON SEARCH AND LIKE.

AND CREATE OUR OWN PREFERENCES.

IT IS TIME FOR US TO CREATE OUR OWN.

>>> IF YOU HAVE DRIVEN EAST TO THE END OF THE 125 YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THE MUSHROOM SHAPED WATER TOWER AND ITS CLOUDS.

THIS SCULPTURE WAS COMMISSIONED IN THE MID-1990S.

KPBS REPORTER BETH ACCOMANDO HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: PUBLIC ART ON ANY LEVEL CAN CREATE CONTROVERSY.

>> THERE IS NO WAY TO BE SUBTLE.

IT THIS IS A GIANT MUSHROOM ON TOP OF A HILL OVERLOOKING A FREEWAY.

>> Reporter: IT IS THE MOST UNWELCOME OF NEIGHBORS FOR SOME.

>> IT IS UGLY.

>> IT IS AN UNFORGETTABLE MONSTROSITY.

>> IT IS A RUSTED BUCKET.

>> IT IS A MONSTROUS BLIGHT ON OUR COMMUNITY.

>> THAT WAS COMMENTS ON THE CLOUD PROJECT >> YOU SEE THE CLOUDS ALONG THE RIM AND THAT WAS AN ART PROJECT.

>> Reporter: ALMOST 3 DECADES LATER THE TV NEWS COVERAGE FRUSTRATES THE ARTIST HIRED TO DESIGN THE SITE-SPECIFIC SCULPTURE FOR THE WATER TOWER.

>> THAT WAS MEANT TO BE DISMISSIVE.

I PUT MY STUDENT OF FRONT BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING THE HARD WORK IN THE LABOR BUT TO NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PROJECT WAS AND WHAT IT MEANT AND WHY IT WAS BEING BUILT, IT JUST SORT OF SEEMS LIKE IT WAS A FLUFF PIECE PUT ON THE NEWS.

>> Reporter: THE CONTEXT WAS EAGER FOR DISCUSSION.

>> IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT WATER.

PEOPLE HERE, THEY SAY GREEN AND THEY SAY LAWNS AND TREES.

THEY THINK THAT THIS IS THE WAY THINGS ARE BUT A FEW DECADES LATER WE ARE HERE WITH A WATER SHORTAGE.

THAT IS WHAT THIS WAS ABOUT.

TO TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WHERE WATER COMES FROM.

IF YOU HAD A WATER TANK THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: NOW, TIMOTHY ROSS, THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SAYS THIS.

>> WE KNEW THIS TANK WOULD BE SEEN FOR MILES AND MILES AROUND.

WE WANTED TO MAKE IT A FEATURE ANOTHER DISTRACTION FROM THE ENVIRONMENT SO, ONE OF THE REASONS WE DECIDED TO ENGAGE IN ARTIS ON THIS PROJECT AND MAKE A PUBLIC ART PIECE IS BECAUSE THIS REALLY IS A UNIQUE TANK FOR OUR SYSTEM.

I PERSONALLY REALLY THINK IT IS VERY CREATIVE AND I THINK THIS TANK IS UNIQUE.

>> UNIQUE IN THAT IT IS TWO TANKS IN ONE EDIT NEVER NEEDS EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE.

>> IT IS OXIDIZING THE EXTERIOR AND IT WILL NEVER NEED TO BE MAINTAINED OR RECOATED OVER THE NEXT TWO CENTURIES IT WILL BE IN SERVICE.

IT IS A VERY PRACTICAL APPLICATION BUT WE ALSO THOUGHT, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT A FEATURE AND BREAK UP ALL OF THE METAL WAS SOMETHING THAT STANDS OUT.

>> Reporter: THEY SUGGESTED A TRIO OF DESIGNS TO THE COMMUNITY.

RESIDENTS CHOSE THE ONE WITH THE CLOUDS AND THEN HE CONSTRUCTED THE CLOUDS OUT OF STAINLESS STEEL.

>> TO DO THE FINISH, WE TOOK THE STAINLESS STEEL AND WE BRUSHED IT TO GET THE OPTICAL ILLUSION THAT THERE ARE THREE DIMENSIONAL CLOUDS AND THE WE OVERLAY THAT WITH PERFORATED STAINLESS STEEL THAT CREATES A SHADOW EFFECT.

>> Reporter: THE INTENT IS THAT THE CLOSER YOU GET, THE MORE THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND BEAUTIFULLY DETAILED THEY BECOME.

HE DID ENLIST THE HELP OF HIS STUDENTS.

MANY ARE FROM THE COMMUNITY.

>> IT TOOK ABOUT TWO YEARS BECAUSE THOSE ARE HUGE.

IT IS THE SIZE OF A SMALL HOUSE.

>> IT WAS A CHALLENGE ON MULTIPLE LEVELS.

>> I WAS THE ONE THAT GUIDED IN PLACE.

I HAD TO BUILD SPREADER BURRS TO LIFT THINGS UP AND I HAD TO BUILD JIGS.

I PULLED MY FATHER OUT OF RETIREMENT AND HE CAME AND SHOWED ME HOW TO DO THE LAYOUT WORK.

IT WAS CHALLENGING TO GET IT THERE.

>> Reporter: HE WEATHERED A LOT OF CRITICISM BUT HE WAS VINDICATED BY THE KIDS WHO GREW UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ENDED UP BACK GROSSMONT COLLEGE WHERE HE TAUGHT.

>> WHEN THEY FOUND OUT I WAS THE ARTIST THAT DID THAT, THEY WERE LIKE, THAT IS THE COOLEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE, IT STIMULATED MY IMAGINATION AND THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHY IT WAS THERE.

IT REMINDED ME OF THE CLOUDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND THAT IS WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO.

>> Reporter: THE NEXT TIME YOU DRIVE DOWN THE 125 AND SEE THE BROWN MUSHROOM SHAPED WATER TOWER, THINK ABOUT WHAT A MARVEL OF ENGINEERING IT IS AND WHAT THE ARTIST TRYING TO CONVEY ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE LIVE.

BETH ACCOMANDO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR TOMORROW.

ANIMAL SHELTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE OVERCROWDED.

THE NPR TALKED WITH ADVOCATES ABOUT WHY.

AND KPBS MIDDAY IS DISCUSSING ECONOMIC JUSTICE AS WE APPROACH LUTHER KING JUNIOR DATE.

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

THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, AND FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

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

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

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