>>> TOMORROW NIGHT, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WILL ADDRESS THE NATION FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE NOTHING HE WILL NO LONGER SEEK REELECTION THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAS MOMENTUM AND MONEY ON HER SIDE AS SHE MOVES TOWARD THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.

FOR THE REPUBLICANS THERE SHARPENING THEIR ATTACKS ON THE NEW PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE.

KAREN HAS THE LATEST ON HARRIS' FIRST SWING STATE RALLY.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, WISCONSIN.

>> Reporter: VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IN MILWAUKEE ON TUESDAY.

THE FIRST RALLY IN US KEY SWING STATE PEERS WE MET WE HAVE 105 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY AND IN THAT TIME, WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO.

BUT WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF HARD WORK.

WE LIKE HARD WORK, DON'T WE?

>> SINCE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN DROPPED HIS REELECTION BID SUNDAY AND ENDORSED HER FOR THE TOP OF THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET, HARRIS HAS SECURED ENOUGH DELICATE ENDORSEMENTS TO WIN THE PARTY'S RESIDENTIAL NOMINATION AS WELL AS ENDORSEMENTS FROM THE HOUSE AND SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ON TUESDAY.

>> WE ARE HERE TODAY TO THROW OUR SUPPORT BEHIND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS!

>> HER CAMPAIGN VOIDS HAD SURGED WITH 30,000 VOLUNTEER SIGN-UPS AND DEMOCRATS ARE HEARTENED TO SEE ENTHUSIASM AMONG VOTERS.

>> WE SEEN THIS HAPPENING ON TICK-TOCK AND SOCIAL MEDIA LITTLE BY LITTLE.

THEY RALLIED AROUND KAMALA HARRIS AND THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT HER.

SEAM THERE STILL MORE THAN 100 DAYS TO GO UNTIL ELECTION DAY AND REPUBLICANS ARE SHARPENING THEIR ATTACKS.

>> KAMALA HARRIS IS A SAN FRANCISCO LIBERAL WHO WOULD JUST CONTINUE THE FAILED BIDEN- HARRIS POLICIES >> Reporter: TRUMP CAMPAIGN MOMENT MEMO DESCRIBED HER AS BIDEN'S FAILURES ON KEY ISSUES LIKE IMMIGRATION AND INFLATION.

>> SHE SIGNED UP FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF JOE BIDEN'S FAILURES AND SHE LIED ABOUT HIS MENTAL CAPACITY TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT.

>> Reporter: BIDEN ADDRESSED HE'LL ADDRESS THE NATION ABOUT THIS DECISION TO EXIT THE 2024 RACE FROM THE OVAL OFFICE WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN WASHINGTON, I'M KAREN.

STORM AND WE WILL CARRY PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ADDRESS RIGHT HERE ON KPBS STARTING AT 5:00 TOMORROW NIGHT AND IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY EVENING EDITION LIVE AT 530.

>>> CALLS TODAY FOR A VOTE TO CHANGE THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION TO ENSHRINE THE RIGHT TO SAME-SEX AND MIXED RACED MESSAGES.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL TELLS US ABOUT A PROPOSITION ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT THAT AIMS TO REVERSE THE RESULTS OF ANOTHER PROPOSITION PASSED BY VOTERS MORE THAN 15 YEARS AGO.

>> Reporter: A CASE DECIDED BY THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT IN MAY OF 2008 CLEARED THE WAY FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN THE STATE, BUT IT DIDN'T LAST LONG OPPONENTS GOT A MEASURE ON THAT NOVEMBER'S BALLOT, PROPOSITION EIGHT.

IT PAST AND THE WORDS, ONLY MARRIAGE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN IS VALID OR WRECKING HEIST IN CALIFORNIA WERE ENSHRINED IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION.

PROP EIGHT BECAME MOVED WHEN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ISSUED THE OVER TO FILL DECISION IN 2015 MAKING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGAL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SWIM AT PROP THREE IS A CRUCIAL INITIATIVE TO PROTECT CALIFORNIA'S BALL VALUES.

EQUALITY CALIFORNIA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WAS ONE OF SEVERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS I GATHERED AT THE LGBT CENTER TO CALL ON SAN DIEGO COUNTY RESIDENTS TO VOTE FOR PROP THREE.

>> SPEAKER AFTER SPEAKER HERE TODAY REALLY TO THE CASE FOR PASSAGE OF PROP THREE TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH ROE V WADE.

THEY SAY OF THE SUPREME COURT COULD ELIMINATE WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM THAT THEY'D HAD FOR 50 YEARS, THEY COULD ALSO DO THE SAME THING TO MARRIAGE EQUALITY WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND FOR LESS THAN 10.

>> THE LGBTQ A QUALITY AND THE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS MOVEMENTS ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY ALL, THE SAME FOUNDATION IN TERMS OF AUTONOMY AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS WE THINK ARE BEST FOR OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: WHEN PROP EIGHT PASSED IN NOVEMBER 2008, THOUSANDS OF SAME-SEX COUPLES TIED THE KNOT WERE LEFT IN LIMBO AS THE ISSUE WORKED ITS WAY THROUGH THE COURTS.

THE GOAL OF PROP THREE IS TO MAKE SURE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THAT THAT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN HERE.

>> IF THE SUPREME COURT WERE TO RULE IN A WAY SIMILAR TO OUR OE, THAT'S WHAT'S IN OUR BOOKS AND SO PROPOSITION THREE REMOVES THAT SORT OF ZOMBIE LEGISLATION OFF OF OUR CONSTITUTION.

INSTEAD ENSHRINES THAT FREEDOM TO MARRY.

>> Reporter: BROTHER THAT ENSHRINING HABITS WILL BE UP TO CALIFORNIA VOTERS JUST LIKE IT WAS IN NOVEMBER 2008.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT WILL SEE A LOW OF 70 TWO HOURS AGO SO WE ARE STILL HAVING A LOW CLOUDS HANGING ON.

TAKE IT EASY, GIVE YOURSELF SOME EXTRA TIME.

SLOW DOWN.

YOU MAY RUN INTO LOWER VISIBILITY LATE AT NIGHT OR EARLY IN THE MORNING.

THINGS ARE STILL CERTAINLY HOT ACROSS AREAS FURTHER INLAND.

WE ARE TRACKING HOW HOT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET UNTIL WE DO SEE A COOLDOWN.

>>> FIREFIGHTERS ARE BATTLING A BRUSH FIRE OR THE BORDERING EAST COUNTY.

IT STARTED JUST BEFORE 10:00 THIS MORNING SOUTH OF STATE ROUTE 94 AND QUARTER ARROW.

FIRE IS 20% CONTAINED ACCORDING TO CAL FIRE YOUR CRUISE STOP THE FIRE SPREAD AT 12 ACRES AND THANKFULLY NO INJURIES OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED.

THE HIGHWAY IS CLOSED AS CREWS CONTINUE TO CONTAIN THE BURN AREA.

>>> SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DELAYING DECISIONS ON A PROPOSED AGREEMENT FOR A 1000 BED HOMELESS SHELTER.

DISCUSSIONS LATE INTO THE NIGHT WITH MANY RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT FINANCIAL AND LEGAL RISKS .

THE BUILDING OWNER PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AT KETTNER BOULEVARD FOR A LITTLE OVER $13 MILLION IN APRIL AND IT'S ABOUT $18 MILLION IN REPAIRS AND UPGRADES BEFORE THE CITY COULD USE IT AS A HOMELESS SHELTER.

ACCORDING TO STAFF REPORTS, THE CITY WOULD LIKELY PAY FOR MOST OF THAT WORK.

>> AS YOU KNOW FROM THE PREVIOUS ITEM, WE ARE IN A HUGE BUDGET CRUNCH IN HER OWN FACILITIES.

WE ARE NOT DEVELOPERS WHO CAN SIMPLY DIP INTO OUR PROFITS AND LOSSES TO COVER SOMEONE ELSE'S.

IT'S TRADE-OFFS FOR US.

>> THEY DIRECTED STAFF TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL LEASE AGAIN NEXT TUESDAY >>> THE FUTURE OF GREEN OAK RANCH IN VISTA IS GETTING CLEARER NOW THAT A NONPROFIT CALLED SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE HAS BEEN SELECTED TO BUY THE PROPERTY.

KPBS REPORTER TANIA THORNE GIVES US A LOOK AT WHAT THE CHANGE MEANS.

>> Reporter: THIS IS GREEN OAK RANCH IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROPERTY THAT TRANSFORMS LIVES OF.

THE VISTA-BASED NONPROFIT SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE WILL BE THE ORGANIZATION TAKING OVER THE LAND.

FOR 25 YEARS, THEY'VE HELPED FAMILIES OVERCOME HOMELESSNESS AND ADDICTIONS.

JASON WITH SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE SAYS THEY WILL BE EXPANDING THEIR PROGRAMS ON THE 110 ACRE PROPERTY.

>> KEEP CRUSHING THAT TURN A PROPERTY AND KEEP TRANSFORMING FAMILY LIVES.

YOU HAVING CLEAN, SOBER LIVING FOR OUR FAMILIES AND REUNITING FAMILIES SEPARATED BY CWS.

THAT WAS 100% BUT THE FAMILIES WANTED AND WHAT THE LANDLORD WAS LOOKING FOR WHICH IS PERFECT FOR US.

>> Reporter: THE FAMILY IS SAID TO JEONG FAMILY WHO ORIGINALLY OWNED THE PROPERTY AND THE LANDLORD IS THE REAL ESTATE TRUST THAT PUT IT UP FOR SALE.

THE DEAL WITH SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGED ALMOST DIDN'T GO THROUGH IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO AND THE CITY OF VISTA ALSO SHOWED INTEREST IN THE LAND.

WE MET WE WOULD LIKE THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD.

SITTING THERE CHUGGING ALONG AND ALL THE BIG STEAM ENGINES ARE COMING ALONG AND WE ARE LIKE OH MY GOSH.

BUT WE HAD A VISION.

WE KNEW WHAT WE WANTED AND WE HAD OUR MISSION AND THE GREEN OAK RANCH LAND BOARD, THEY ASSURED US THAT WE WANT TO GO WITH YOU GUYS.

THERE WAS A LOT OF EXTRA NOISE THAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE COUNTY AND WITH THE CITY.

WE MET OPPOSITION CAME FROM SOME VISTA RESIDENTS CONCERNED OVER THE COUNTY'S PROPOSAL FOR A CAMPUS APPEALING.

KIM, VISTA RESIDENT FOUND HIMSELF LEADING SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS.

>> WE WERE ABLE TO START A MOVEMENT BASICALLY TO GET THE WHOLE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN THIS ISSUE.

WE HAD 300 PEOPLE SHOW UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHICH WAS AMAZING.

SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR CITY COUNCIL INTO THE MAYOR FOR HEARING OUR CONCERNS AS RESIDENTS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING FOR US.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE GROUP HELPED SPREAD AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT TO OTHER RESIDENTS ON ISSUES HAPPENING IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> I ALREADY CHANGED THE NAME OF THE GROUP FROM PROTECT THE GRANTS TO PROTECT VISTA SO NOW WE CAN IF PEOPLE HAVE A VOICE ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE AND OUR CITY COUNCIL IS ON THEIR.

SO PEOPLE CAN GET INFORMED ON ISSUES AND SPREAD AWARENESS TO ISSUES AFFECTING THEM.

>> Reporter: BUT THE SALE STILL RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO GREEN OAK MINISTRY, THE ORGANIZATION CURRENTLY OCCUPYING THE RANCH AND RUNNING AMENDS REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND AN RV PARK FOR LOW INCOME TENANTS.

THEY DECLINED AN INTERVIEW BUT STATED THEY WILL BE RESTRUCTURING THEIR PROGRAMS AND ARE READY FOR NEW ADVENTURES.

MR. COUNCILMEMBER DAN O'DONNELL STILL SEES OPPORTUNITY FOR A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE.

>> I DO GENUINELY BELIEVE THE CITY NEEDS MORE BASEBALL FIELDS AND MORE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY.

SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN TRY TO FACILITATE SOME AGREEMENT TO WHERE WE CAN PUT FIELDS OF SOME SORT ON THAT PROPERTY.

I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC SPACE FOR IT OR IT WOULD BENEFIT BOTH SOLUTIONS AS WELL AS THE CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS, BUT WE'LL COVER THAT WHEN WE GET THERE.

>> Reporter: SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE SAYS THAT THERE COULD BE A WAY TO FIND MORE GREEN SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

KEEP CAMPS AND RETREATS RUNNING WHILE HELPING FAMILIES FACING HOMELESSNESS.

>> OUR GOAL ISN'T TO WALK IN THERE AND SAY EVERYTHING CHANGES.

EVERYTHING STOPS.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH EVERYTHING WE CAN.

IF IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PLANS AND DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN , BUT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE WANT TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.

WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS IN DIFFERENT CAMPS WHAT CAN WE CONTINUE TO DO?

CAN WE SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY?

>> Reporter: THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN AT THE BEGINNING OF 2025 AND WILL BE HOLDING MEETINGS BEFORE THE MOVE FOR COMMUNITY INPUT.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL NURSES WALK FOR THE SECOND AND FINAL DAY OF THE STRIKE TODAY NURSES TOLD OUR PARTNER THEY FELT ENERGIZED AFTER AN APPEARANCE FROM SENATOR TONY ADKINS WHO GAVE HER SUPPORT.

THE HOSPITAL SAYS THE NOISE FROM STRIKE COMES AT A COST TO PATIENTS.

SEE MAP FOR MANY OF OUR FAMILIES, THIS IS INTIMIDATING.

THIS IS VERY GARY FOR PATIENTS COMING HERE FOR THERAPY.

THE KIDS HAVE PUT THEIR HEADS ON AND SOME KIDS WITH AUTISM.

VERY SENSITIVE TO SOUND.

'S WE MET WE ARE HEARING CONVICTING REPORTS.

WE HAVE FAMILIES OUT MARCHING WITH US THAT WE ARE ASKING THEM ABOUT THE NOISE IN THE BUILDING AND THEY ARE SAYING THEY CAN HEAR IT, BUT IT'S NOT DISRUPTIVE.

>> NURSES WANT A 30% RAISE OVER THREE YEARS FOR THE HOSPITAL VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS THEY NURSES CAN EARN BETWEEN $130,000-$200,000 PER YEAR UNDER THE CURRENT CONTRACT OFFER.

>>>, CON IS UPON US AND WITH US, THE COLORFUL DISPLAY SUCH TAKE OVER THE CONVENTION FLOOR.

KPBS STOOD REPORTER KATERINA SPOKE TO THREE SAN DIEGO PLAYERS ON HOW THE MEDIA CREATES A COMMUNITY, ACCEPTANCE AND CREATIVITY.

>> WELCOME TO COMICON AND YOU'RE LOOKING TO RUN INTO SPIDERMAN OR MARIO OR NOT THE CHARACTERS THEMSELVES OF COURSE, BUT THE PLAYERS WHO LOVE THEM AND PAINSTAKINGLY CREATE COSTUMES TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THEM BUT FOR MANY, PLAYING IS MUCH MORE THAN DRESS-UP.

IT'S AN OUTLET FOR CONNECTIONS AND SELF-EXPRESSION.

MILES MONTGOMERY WAS A SHY MIDDLE SCHOOL OR WHEN HE CAUGHT THE BUG.

>> I STARTED GOING TO COMIC-CON COMICON WHEN I WAS 11 OR 12 YEARS OLD AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD SEEN PEOPLE DRESSING UP AS COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS, FANTASY CHARACTERS AND I WAS LIKE OH, NORMAL PEOPLE CAN JUST DO THIS?

>> Reporter: NOW 20 YEARS LATER, HE COMES TO COMIC-CON EVERY YEAR.

LATELY IS A MAD MAX CHARACTER.

>> IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU NEVER THINK THAT ANYONE IS QUITE AS NERVY AS YOU ARE AND YOU MEET OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE LITERALLY LIKE DRESSING UP AS A CHARACTER FROM ANIME AND VIDEO GAMES, AND JUST MEETING FRIENDS THAT I NEVER WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE.

>> THE WALKING DEAD UNIVERSE WORLDWIDE.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CHOOSE DRESSING UP, PLAYING AS KIND OF THEIR ART FORM AND THEIR WAY TO SHOW THE CREATIVITY, BUT ALSO THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE CHARACTER AND THE ACTORS THAT PORTRAY THEM.

>> Reporter: MICAH USES COS LIKE TO EXPRESS HER LOVE FOR CAROL , CHARACTER ON THE WALKING DEAD.

>> I WAS PART OF A HANDFUL OF FOLKS BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WHO WERE HARD-CORE CAROL COS PLAYERS TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAD HER OWN LITTLE FACEBOOK GROUP .

I DID MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO I DON'T THINK WOULD BE IN MY LIFE OR THAT I WOULD EVEN KNOW IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE COS COMMUNITY .

>> Reporter: CAROL SURVIVES AN ABUSIVE EX-HUSBAND AND GROWS INTO A CONFIDENT AND CAPABLE LEADER.

ON THE SURFACE, CAROL AND MICAH HAVE LITTLE IN COMMON .

CAROL BEING AN OLDER WHITE LADY AND MICAH IS A YOUNG FILIPINO.

IT MICAH SAYS SHE ADMIRES THE CHARACTER OF CAROL AND WILL NEVER FORGET MEETING THE ACTRESS PLACER.

>> IT'S AWESOME.

I THINK SHE'S ONE OF THOSE ACTRESSES THAT ARE MORE RESERVED AND SO THERE ARE SOME CELEBRITIES WHO AT FIRST, DIDN'T LIKE GET THE WHOLE WHY IS EVERYONE DRESSING UP AS ME KIND OF THING.

BUT OVER THE YEARS, BECAUSE I'VE MET HER SO MANY TIMES, SHE'S GOTTEN USED TO IT AND HAS WARMED UP TO US.

THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SO MANY OF US THAT LOVE AND ADORE HER.

>> Reporter: IT WAS ALSO THE CAUSE PLAY THAT SHE MET HER CLOSE FRIEND NINA.

WE MET SHE COMES TO COMIC-CON USUALLY EVERY YEAR AND IS USUALLY THE PERSON THAT I ROAM AROUND WITH AND BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MUTUAL LOVE FOR THE WALKING DEAD, WE TEND TO KIND OF PRIORITIZE THAT.

>> Reporter: SHE FOUND ACCEPTANCE IN THE COSPLAY COMMUNITY THAT HE HADN'T EXPERIENCED BEFORE.

>> I WOULD MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITHOUT EVEN MEETING THEM IN PERSON AND IT WAS JUST LIKE A QUICK PICTURE AND THEN I WOULD SEE THEM AT CONVENTIONS AND WE WOULD CONNECT AND THEY WERE COSPLAYERS OR LIKE ME.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS IT GAVE HIM THE COURAGE.

>> THEY GOT ASKED BY CHAD MICHAELS WHOSE FAMOUS SHARE PERFORMER HERE IN SAN DIEGO FROM DRAGON HE WANTED ME TO BE PART OF A DISNEY SHOW.

I WAS LIKE, ME?

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?

>> Reporter: DRAG CHOSEN COSPLAY COMPETITIONS ARE A LOT ALIKE.

BOTH INVOLVE SKITS AND LIP- SYNCHING, BUT FOR JIMMY, IT GOES DEEPER THAN THAT.

>> THE COSPLAY COMMUNITY IS KIND OF MORE ACCEPTING I WOULD SAY ABOUT DIFFERENT BODY TYPES.

DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES.

DIFFERENT SEXUALITIES IN GENERAL AND OBVIOUSLY THE LGBT COMMUNITY .

THAT'S LIKE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

SO I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A GOOD OVERLAP THERE WITH THE COMMUNITIES.

AND I HAVE KINDA FOUND MY LITTLE PLACE IN THEIR.

>> Reporter: JIMMY IS NOW ABLE TO MAKE A LIVING AS A CAUSE PLAYER AND DRY QUEEN.

WELL COMIC-CON WILL BE ONE OF THE MANY CONVENTIONS HE ATTENDS THIS YEAR FOR WORK, IT'S ALSO A FAMILY REUNION.

KATERINA, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LET'S BREAK DOWN YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES.

THE TOP THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW AS WE DO HEAD THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK.

INLAND AREAS, YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BAKE HERE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS THE WE ARE SEEING AND UP TICK IN MONSOONAL MOISTURE THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS OR HEADS UP.

LIGHTNING CAN BE DETECTED IN THE SKIES, SO MAKE SURE YOU ARE STAYING WEATHER AWARE IF YOU DO HEAR THUNDER OR SEE LIGHTNING OR GET INDOORS.

THOSE ARE NO CONDITIONS TO BE OUTSIDE.

THOUGH THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T LIKE IT AS HOT.

WE CAN DRYING AND COOLING TREND ON THE WAY AS WE DO HEAD INTO THE LATER HALF OF THE WEEK.

TONIGHT WE'RE DROPPING DOWN TO A LOW OF 70 IN SAN DIEGO.

68 IN OCEANSIDE.

FURTHER EAST, YOU'RE DROPPING DOWN TO A LOW OF 66.

SO BORREGO SPRINGS, YOU'RE HANGING ONTO THOSE 80s TONIGHT.

THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT, WE STILL HAVE THE HEAT TO CONTEND WITH.

THE HEAT ADVISORY IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR AREAS FURTHER INLAND AND AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE DESERT UP THROUGH PORTOLA VALLEY.

SO HEADS UP, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME PRETTY INTENSE HEAT THAT COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.

SO ACROSS THE DESERT, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE STAYING HYDRATED WITH WATER AND TAKING PLENTY OF COOLING BREAKS LET'S, STILL TOASTY IN RAMONA UNTIL WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, FLIRTING WITH TRIPLE DIGITS.

A HIGH OF 97.

IN LAGUNA, 78 IN SAN DIEGO HITTING A HIGH OF 80 LIKE I SAID, WE ARE NOT COMPLETELY GETTING RID OF THOSE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WE COULD SEE IF YOU THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

AS WE DO HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, EVEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE DESERT AS WELL, SIMILAR STORY FOR THURSDAY THOUGH.

AGAIN, NOT A COMPLETE WASHOUT.

MOST OF THIS ACTION WILL BE SPOTTY.

ALONG THE COAST OVER THESE NEXT FEW DAYS, YOU'LL START TO SEE TEMPERATURES DROP SLIGHTLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

THOUGH WE DO STILL HAVE TO HANG ONTO THOSE LOW CLOUDS CLOSER TOWARDS THE COAST.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE HUMOR THERE AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY AS WELL.

NOW, TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO DROP AS WE DO HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND FOR AREAS INLAND AS WELL .

SO BEFORE THEN, IT'S GOING TO BE TOASTY 95 ON TAP FOR THURSDAY .

EVEN FLIRTING WITH THE 80s THERE IN THE MOUNTAINS.

THURSDAY, YOU ARE AT 79.

FRIDAY, YOU'RE DOWN TO 75.

TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP DOWN TO THE LOW 70s FOR THE START OF THE WEEKEND.

THOUGH STAYING HOT IN THE DESERT, OF COURSE, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR YOU'RE VERY HOT CONDITIONS OF COURSE SHOULD BE TOP OF MIND.

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.

PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF IN THE HEAT.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST BREE.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR RESIGNS AMID BIPARTISAN CRITICISM OF THE AGENCY'S FAILURE TO PROTECT DONALD TRUMP.

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

>>> WITH COMIC-CON FAST APPROACHING, IT'S EASY TO FORGET THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO A UNIQUE POP-CULTURE EXPERIENCE ALL YEAR LONG.

BY WAY OF THE COMIC-CON MUSEUM.

I TOOK A TOUR OF THE MUSEUM AT BALBOA PARK WHICH IS CHOCK FULL OF ONE-OF-A-KIND ITEMS IN THE BETTY BOOP EXHIBIT.

HOLLY WOULD PROP MEMORABILIA AUCTION AND A FAMOUS CAR THAT'S SURE TO TAKE YOU BACK IN TIME TO A FUTURE WHERE WE DON'T NEED ROADS.

>> BETTY BOOP.

AN INTERNATIONAL ICON.

WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT TO BRING THIS YEAR TO COMIC-CON?

>> THAT'S THE PRIMARY REASON.

SHE'S AN INTERNATIONAL ICON AND NOT ONLY THAT, SHE IS THE FIRST FULLY FORMED FEMALE ANIMATED CHARACTER.

SHE'S BEEN AROUND FOR 90 YEARS AND IS STILL ONE OF THE TOP LOVED ICONS CREATED AS A CARTOON.

IT'S JUST AMAZING.

>> Reporter: I'M THINKING IT'S ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SHE'S A FEMALE CHARACTER FOR HER TO BE AS POPULAR AS SHE WAS WORSE LONG AS SHE WAS AND IS WIDELY AS SHE WAS.

>> SHE'S SEXY WITHOUT BEING SEXUAL.

SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE TO FLY A PLANE.

PILOT A SHIP, AND TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.

AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY COMIC-CON EXISTS IS THEY WERE TRYING TO PRESERVE THE ART FORM OF COMICS AND COMIC ART.

SO WE ALWAYS HAVE ORIGINAL ART IN THE MUSEUM AND I'D LIKE TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T OFTEN REALIZE THEY ARE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT ARE FROM THE 30s, FROM THE 20s AND EVEN EARLIER.

WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, BETTY?

>> THIS IS A POP-UP EXHIBIT.

IT'S ONLY HERE FOR TWO WEEKS AND IT'S DISPLAYING THE MEMORABILIA THAT WILL BE ON THE AUCTION OF JULIAN'S AT SUNDAY, JULY 28th.

THIS IS A SMALL COLLECTION OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE, BUT WE HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL THINGS THAT I THINK YOU'LL BE INTERESTED IN SEEING.

ONE IS THE WOLVERINE DEADPOOL SHIRT THAT WAS WORN BY RYAN REYNOLDS THAT HE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE MUSEUM AS AN AUCTION ITEM.

IT'S REALLY PRETTY COOL.

AND THESE ARE ORIGINAL ARTWORKS.

THERE ARE OVER 70 OF THESE AND THEY ARE BY THE ARTIST GABRIEL HARDEMAN WHO DID STORYBOARDS FOR X-MEN TALL TWO AND X-MEN UNITED.

OF YOUR COLLECTOR, THAT SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE'S INTEREST BUT THESE ORIGINAL ARTWORKS ARE HARD TO COME BY.

THESE TWO ITEMS ARE NOTABLE JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE EXTREMELY RARE.

THEY WERE BOTH THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN GONE AND LOST FOREVER, AND THEY ARE ORIGINAL PROPS FROM STAR TREK.

'S SPEC THESE ARE THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE BEEN ON DISPLAY.

>> THEY BEEN ON DISPLAY.

>>> >> Reporter: HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE.

>> FIRST MOVIE, RIGHT?

THESE ARE THE MAGIC WANDS.

THESE OF THE GOOD.

THESE ARE THE EVIL.

THESE ARE THE STUDENTS'.

IT'S REALLY FASCINATING TO LOOK AT THEM AND THEY WERE ALL USED IN THE MOVIE.

>> Reporter: RITA, WHAT DO YOU HAVE YOUR EYE ON?

>> YOU KNOW, I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO ACTUALLY BUY THAT PIECE OF BETTY BOOP ARE, BUT I CAN'T AFFORD IT.

IT'S REALLY COOL.

IT'S AN ORIGINAL ONE-OF-A-KIND.

THIS WAS CREATED BY FRANK CARUSO WHO IS THE CURRENT ARTIST FOR BETTY BOOP.

HE SAID HE WANTED TO CAPTURE THE JOY AND THE ENERGY OF BETTY BOOP.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE INTERACTIVE PART OF THE EXHIBIT WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH TO DRAWING HER.

>> RIGHT NOW, WE ARE LEARNING THE PROCESS IN WHICH -- HOW THE ANIMATORS DREW BETTY BOOP.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE GUIDELINES WERE VERY HELPFUL AND BETTY BOOP IS ESPECIALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE LIKE LOOK AT HER ANATOMY.

IT'S SORT OF REALISTIC, BUT THEN YOU HAVE HER HEAD.

>> YES.

>> IS SHAPED LIKE AN OVERSIZED BEING.

>> THIS EXHIBIT IS FOR YESTERDAY 'S FANTASY IS TODAY'S REALITY AND IT'S REALLY TRUE.

THIS IS AN EXHIBIT OF THINKERS.

EXHIBIT A PEOPLE WHO ENVISION THE FUTURE AND THEN HOW IT HAS TRANSFERRED TO BE THE CURRENT REALITY.

THIS IS THE DeLOREAN AND THIS IS A FULL REPLICA OF THE ONE THAT WAS IN THE MOVIE.

THERE ARE ONLY TWO THAT EXIST, BUT ONE WAS IN THE MOVIE AND THIS REPLICA.

AND IT IS REALLY AWESOME.

>> Reporter: SO I GET TO SIT IN ONE OF TWO DELOREAN'S IN EXISTENCE.

>> IS OUTFITTED LIKE BACK TO THE FUTURE.

THIS IS A FULL REPLICA OF THE BACK TO THE FUTURE DeLOREAN WITH EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE HYDRO TOOL.

YOU CAN SEE EVEN THE WAY THE FENDERS ARE DONE.

THE WAY THE FUEL SYSTEM IS CARRIED.

THE WIRING.

EVERYTHING IS ACTUALLY EXACTLY LIKE WHAT WAS IN THE MOVIE.

>> Reporter: IT'S A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE THAN I SUSPECTED IT WOULD BE.

AND WE HAVE NOVEMBER 5th, 1955.

>> NOVEMBER 5th, 1955.

>> Reporter: THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

YOU BUILT THIS?

>> ACTUALLY THE EXHIBIT COMPANY DID THEY COMMISSIONED BUILDING IT AND THEY GOT PERMISSION FROM THE MOVIE TO REPLICATE THE PLANS .

NOT THE COMIC-CON CONVENTION EXPERIENCE, BUT IT DOES BRING FORTH THE COMIC-CON PHILOSOPHY AND MISSION WHICH IS TO CELEBRATE COMICS AND TO CELEBRATE THE POPULAR ARTS.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO AND WE TRY TO BRING THAT JOY THAT YOU GET A COMIC-CON AS WELL WITH THE EXHIBITS THAT WE HAVE.

>> Reporter: YEAR-ROUND.

>> YEAR-ROUND.

>>> THE ONLINE AUCTION ENDS SUNDAY, JULY 28th AT 5:00 P.M.

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