>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS.

A FAST-MOVING FIRE IS THREATENING HOMES IN LAKESIDE.

IT STARTED AROUND 2:30 P.M.

YOUR EL MONTE PARK.

EVACUATION ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED ASKING RESIDENTS TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY.

OUR KPBS REPORTER JOINS US FROM NEAR THE FIRE WITH THE LATEST.

ALEX, WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR?

>> Reporter: WE ARE LIVE RIGHT HERE IN LAKESIDE.

AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A FIRE BEHIND ME.

WE KNOW IT'S ABOUT 312 ACRES AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REACH ABOUT 1000 ACRES.

THERE ARE ABOUT 10,000 CREWS FIGHTING THIS BLAZE RIGHT NOW IN THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND.

EL MONTE ROAD IS CLOSED AT LAKE JENNINGS AND THE AREA IS SPARSELY POPULATED, BUT CAL FIRE SAID THEIR HOMES HERE AND WE'VE SEEN SOME RESIDENTS EVACUATING WITH THE HORSES AND SOME RESIDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET THROUGH TO THE POLICE BLOCKADE AND TRYING TO GET TO THEIR HOMES SO THEY CAN EVACUATE .

PRESUMABLY THEIR ANIMALS AND LOVED ONES.

RIGHT NOW I AM NEXT TO THE MEDIA STAGING AREA.

YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE CARS RIGHT NOW GOING THROUGH AND I'M THINKING THAT'S PROBABLY CARS OF PEOPLE BEING EVACUATED.

I AM RIGHT NEXT TO CAPTAIN ROBERT JOHNSON FROM CAL FIRE.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS FIRE?

>> LIKE WE MENTIONED, THE FIRE IS 312 ACRES IN SIZE AND STILL GROWING.

THE FIRE STILL BURNING AT A MODERATE RATE OF SPREAD AND THERE IS 0% CONTAINMENT.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE OVER 100 FIRE PERSONNEL ON SCENE AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL THAT WERE REQUESTED.

WE HAVE THE FULL ARSENAL OF RESOURCES INCLUDING THE AERIAL ASSETS AS WELL AS THE GROUND CREWS.

>> I KNOW THIS AREA IS VERY SPARSELY POPULATED AND VERY HILLY.

HOW IS THE TRAIN AFFECTING FIREFIGHTING?

>> THE TRAIN IS STEEP, ROCKY TERRAIN.

IT DOES PRESENT ITS OWN SET OF CHALLENGES FOR FIREFIGHTERS.

THESE ARE NOT CHALLENGES THEY ARE UNPREPARED FOR.

THEY TRAIN IN THESE CONDITIONS, BUT IT DOES CREATE CHALLENGES.

ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT THE FIRE IS CURRENTLY DRIVEN AND INFLUENCED BY THE STEEP ROCKY TERRAIN.

ANYTIME WE HAVE WIRE BURNING IN A SLOPE IT WILL MOVE A LOT FASTER UPHILL THAN IT WOULD ON LEVEL GROUND.

SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE SEEING THESE LARGE INCREASES IN ACREAGE ON THIS INCIDENT.

>> Reporter: I DO KNOW THAT SOME RESIDENTS ARE COMING HOME RIGHT NOW, AND I DO KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A BLOCKADE RIGHT NOW.

ARE SOME OF THEM ALLOWED TO GO TO THE BLOCKADE AND GET TO THEIR ANIMALS?

>> YEAH, SO A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS IF THEY ARE ABLE TO GO IN TO THAT.

THE ROAD CLOSURES ARE GOING TO BE SET UP THROUGH SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S AND WE WORK IN COOPERATION WITH THEM, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY ARE THE ONES DOING THE ROAD CLOSURES AS WELL AS THE EVACUATION ORDERS AND WARNINGS.

WHAT WE RECOMMEND TO RESIDENTS OR PEOPLE IN THE AREA, MONITORED GENESIS PROTECT APP AS WAS SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.

THIS WILL PROVIDE THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON ROAD CLOSURES, EVACUATION ORDERS, AS WELL AS WARNINGS.

>> Reporter: FOR ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE BEING EVACUATED, BEING TOLD THEY HAVE TO EVACUATE TO WHERE CAN THEY GO?>> CURRENTLY THE EVACUATION POINT WILL BE THE WALMART AS WELL AS LARGE ANIMALS.

WE ARE WORKING ON ESTABLISHING AN EVACUATION SITE FOR LARGE ANIMALS THAT WILL BE A LONGER- TERM SOLUTION THAN JUST THE WALMART PARKING LOT.

>> Reporter: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT IS CAPTAIN ROBERT JOHNSON FROM CAL FIRE.

I DO KNOW THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY IS HERE AND THEY ARE TALKING TO RESIDENTS AND THEY ARE HELPING RESIDENTS WITH LARGE ANIMALS TO EVACUATE.

FOR NOW, LIVE IN LAKESIDE, ALEXANDER QUINN.

>>> THERE IS RELIEF IN SIGHT.

TEMPERATURES ARE DOWN TO THE 50s AND LOW 60s FOR MOST OF US INTO AREAS.

AND WE WILL HAVE LOW CLOUDS RETURN, BUT FOR NOW THERE ARE SO HE ADVISORIES.

SOME OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE ENDING THIS EVENING, BUT OTHER AREAS AND LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HOLD ONTO THE HEAT ADVISORIES INTO THE DAY TOMORROW.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT BIG CHANGES BRING IN JUST A MINUTE.

>>> THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO'S BUDGET MAY NOT BE A DONE DEAL AFTER ALL.

TODAY MAYOR TODD GLORIA VETOED PORTIONS OF THE BUDGET PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK.

KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOEING SAID HE WANTS TO REIN IN SPENDING.

>> Reporter: THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED HE WOULD ACCEPT THE CITY COUNCIL'S BUDGET FOR LIBRARIES AND REC CENTERS.

IT WILL STILL BE CUT BUT NOT BY AS MUCH AS THE MAYOR HAD INITIALLY SOUGHT.

GLORIA USED HIS LINE ITEM VETO POWERS AS MAYOR TO BLOCK ROUGHLY $5 MILLION IN SPENDING BY THE COUNCIL.

THAT INCLUDES FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS AND A HANDFUL OF PHYSICIANS IN CITY MANAGEMENT.

AND HE SAID HE'S ADJUSTING THE COUNCILS REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS TO BE MORE REALISTIC.

>> AS MAYOR I CANNOT GOOD CONSCIENCE ALLOW A BUDGET BUILT ON SHAKY ASSUMPTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD.

NOT FROM EUROPE FACING NATIONAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY, GLOBAL INSTABILITY, AND REAL THREATS TO THE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING WE RELY ON.

>> Reporter: THE CITY'S STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT OF MORE THAN $300 MILLION HAS BEEN YEARS, EVEN DECADES, AND THE MAKING.

LAST NOVEMBER VOTERS NARROWLY REJECTED A SALES TAX INCREASE THAT WOULD'VE SPARED SAN DIEGO THE BUDGET CUTS IT IS NOW FACING.

EXACTLY HOW TO MAKE THOSE CUTS HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF ACRIMONY BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.>> IT'S TRUE THE COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO OVERRIDE MY VETO.

I URGE THEM TO ACCEPT THIS COMPROMISE.

A BUDGET THAT RESTORES ESSENTIAL SERVICES WITHOUT OVER COMMITTING THE CITY'S FINANCES.

>> Reporter: THE CITY COUNCIL CAN OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETOES WITH SIX VOTES AND IT HAS TO DO SO BY JUNE 26.

ANDREW BOEING, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO IS SCALING BACK INCENTIVES FOR HOMEOWNERS TO BUILD ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A PACKAGE OF REFORMS LATE LAST NIGHT.

HERE IS ANDREW BOEING AGAIN WITH THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: UNDER THE CITY'S ADU BONUS PROGRAM PROPERTY OWNERS CAN BUILD A DOZEN OR MORE UNITS IN THE BACKYARD OF A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME IF IT MEETS CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

IF IT IS ON LARGE LOT THE HOME IS NEAR PUBLIC TRANSIT, AND A PORTION OF THE HOMES ARE SET ASIDE AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THE PACKAGE OF REFORMS WOULD LIMIT THOSE PROPERTIES TO FOUR ADUS.

IT WOULD ALSO IMPOSE NEW FEES AND PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT VOTED FOR THE RESTRICTIONS.

>> ADUS AS PART OF OUR HOUSING SOLUTION BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY PART OF OUR SOLUTION.

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE THE RIGHT SIZE.

I THINK WE'VE SEEN VERY UGLY AND UNFORTUNATE EXAMPLES.

>> Reporter: THE COUNCILS 5-4 VOTE CAME AFTER MORE THAN FOUR HOURS A PUBLIC TESTIMONY, MOST OF IT IN OPPOSITION TO LARGE ADU PROJECTS.

DEFENDERS OF THE ADU BONUS PROGRAM SAID IT'S PRODUCING BADLY NEEDED HOUSING, MUCH OF IT AFFORDABLE TO THE MIDDLE CLASS.

>> 1-0 THREE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IS AN ADULT, I WANT HER AND EVERYONE IN HER GENERATION TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN SAN DIEGO.

THAT MEANS WE NEED TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN NOW TO INCREASE HOUSING SUPPLY.

>> Reporter: A LETTER FROM STATE HOUSING OFFICIALS LAST WEEK THREATENED TO BLOCK THE REFORMS, WHICH ALSO HAVE TO BE ASSIGNED BY MAYOR TODD GLORIA.

IT INCLUDED SOME BENEFITS FOR ADU BUILDERS INCLUDING AN ALLOWANCE FOR HOMEOWNERS TO SELL BACKYARD GRANNY FLATS SEPARATELY FROM THE PRIMARY HOUSE.

>>> FOR THE 15 WROTE ISRAEL AND IRAN ARE TRADING STRIKES ON CIVILIANS AND FLASHPOINT AREAS FACING WAVES OF ATTACKS.

PRESENT DONALD TRUMP'S OF THE ONGOING CONFLICT IS WHAT CAUSED HIM TO LEAVE THE G7 SUMMIT EARLY.

WE HAVE MORE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS BACK HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER ABRUPTLY LEAVING THE G7 SUMMIT IN CANADA.

HE WAS ORIGINALLY SLATED TO STAY LONGER BUT THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN WAS INTENSIFYING, HE SAID I HAVE TO BE BACK AS SOON AS I CAN'T.

THE WHITE HOUSE CONFIRMED HIS PLANS FOR AN EARLY DEPARTURE WRITING, BECAUSE OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

ON AIR FORCE ONE THE PRESIDENT TOLD REPORTERS HE IS SEEKING A REAL AND TO THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN.

ARGUING THAT WOULD BE PREFERABLE TO CEASE-FIRE WHILE ALSO SUGGESTING HIS PATIENTS FOR NEGOTIATIONS IS WEARING THIN.

THE PRESIDENT MET WITH MEMBERS OF HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM IN THE SITUATION ROOM ON TUESDAY JUST HOURS AFTER HE RETURNED.

WHILE THERE ARE CONFLICTING REPORTS ON HOW DEVELOPED IRAN'S NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES ARE, TRUMP SAID HE BELIEVES IRAN WAS ON THE VERGE OF OBTAINING NUCLEAR WEAPONS WHEN ISRAEL STRUCK LAST WEEK.

ISRAEL HAS BEEN PRESSING TRUMP TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN ITS CAMPAIGN TO DISMANTLE IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES.

TOP OFFICIALS FROM THE COUNTRY HAVE SAID WOULD REQUIRE AMERICAN AIRPLANES AND WEAPONS.

>>> THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS REVERSING COURSE ON GUIDANCE LIMITING IMMIGRATION RAIDS AT FARMS, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS.

YESTERDAY IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TOLD FEEL OFFICE LEADERS TO CONTINUE RATES AT THOSE WORKSITE.

ICE OPERATION TO PUT A CHILLING EFFECT ON SOME INDUSTRIES THAT RELY ON MIGRANT WORKERS.

OUR MEDIA PARTNER SPOKE TO A FARMER IN IMPERIAL COUNTY.

HE SAID WHILE THERE HAS NOT BEEN ENFORCEMENT ON HIS PROPERTY, HE'S HURT OF PEOPLE NOT SHOWING UP FOR WORK OUT OF FEAR OF POSSIBLE ENFORCEMENT.

>> THIS IS CAUSING SOME CONFUSION ON A LOT OF FARMS AND A LOT OF PACKING FACILITIES AND SOME EMPLOYEES ARE CHOOSING NOT TO SHOW UP TO WORK IN THE FEAR THEY MIGHT BE THE NEXT ONE.

IF WE ARE GOING TO KEEP AMERICAN PUBLIC FED WITH CHEAP, ABUNDANT, SAFE, AFFORDABLE FOOD, WE NEED AGRICULTURE EMPLOYEES.

>> HE SAID HE BELIEVES THE REAL SOLUTION IS CREATING IMMIGRATION REFORM TO COMBAT THE WORKER SHORTAGE THAT ALREADY EXISTED.

>>> THE NEWS MEDIA STATUS HAS A CHECK ON THE GOVERNMENT AND SAID IS UNDER ATTACK.

IN SOME CASES IT IS UNFRIENDLY FIRE FROM WITHIN NEWS OUTLETS.

LONGTIME OPINION EDITOR LAURA CASTANEDA SAID SHE'S A CASUALTY.

SHE SAID THE TRIBUNE FIRED HER SHORTLY AFTER MANAGERS NEXT AN EDITORIAL ON THE I.C.E.

RAISED IN LOS ANGELES.

>> Reporter: LAURA, DESCRIBE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT PRECIPITATED YOUR FIRING LAST WEEK FROM THE UNION TRIBUNE.

>> WELL, THIS WAS NOT THE ONLY INCIDENT, BUT, WE WROTE AN EDITORIAL, THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF I.C.E.

RAISED IN THE PROTESTS -- THE PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN LOS ANGELES THAT TURNED VIOLENT.

THAT EDITORIAL WAS PULLED BY THE PUBLISHER AND TOLD ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS THAT IT WAS ONE-SIDED AND THEY WERE NOT TO PUBLISH THAT PIECE.

>> WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THE IDEA THAT THE PIECE WAS ONE- SIDED?

>> THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THAT I CAN AGREE WITH THAT.

I WORK WITH TWO VERY PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE PIECE AND THE PIECE WAS WRITTEN BY THE THREE OF US, AND WE STAND BY EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WAS IN THAT EDITORIAL.

IT WAS NO WAY WAS ONE-SIDED.

WHAT IS THE OTHER SIDE?>> HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THE PULLING OF THE EDITORIAL ON THE I.C.E.

RATES IN L.A. AND THE ELIMINATION OF YOUR JOB HOURS LATER?

>> THE TWO GO HAND-IN-HAND NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY.

YOU CANNOT KILL AN EDITORIAL AT 11:00 A.M. OR NOON AND BY 4:00 A.M.

I CAN'T GET INTO MY COMPUTER OR MY EMAIL.

NOBODY TOLD ME WHAT WAS GOING ON.

I THINK I'M CALLING I.T.

AND I GET A CALL BACK FROM THE NUMBER TWO GUY TELLING ME MY POSITION HAS BEEN ELIMINATED AND I POINT-BLANK ASKED HIM IF THIS WAS CONNECTED TO THAT EDITORIAL NOT BEING PUBLISHED.

AND I TOLD HIM I FELT WAS CENSORSHIP AND HE INSISTED THAT ONE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OTHER.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.

>> WERE THERE ANY EVENTS BEFORE LAST WEEK THAT SIGNALED THAT MANAGEMENT AT THE TRIBUNE HAD CHANGED COURSE ON ITS EDITORIAL POLICY?>> ABSOLUTELY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DID IS THEY DESTROYED OUR COMMUNITY VOICES PROJECT.

WE HAD A PROJECT WHERE WE HAND- PICKED A LOT OF COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, GENDERS, RACES AND RELIGIONS AND THEY WERE WRITING ABOUT A VARIETY OF TOPICS.

AND ALL THE SUDDEN MOST OF THEM, PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WOMEN , THEIR VOICES WERE SHUT DOWN AND THEY WOULD NOT RUN THEIR PIECES.

THEY ALSO PULLED AN OPINION PIECE THAT A STUDENT WROTE AT UCSD OVER THE PROTESTS THAT WERE GOING ON.

>> WHAT WERE THOSE PROTESTS ABOUT AT UCSD?>> IT WAS WHEN THE WAR STARTED BETWEEN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE AND THE STUDENTS WROTE AND WE TRIED TO GET THE OTHER SIDE, OBVIOUSLY, TRYING TO FIND THE STUDENTS FROM THE PALESTINE GROUP WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEIR GROUP WAS DISBANDED ON CAMPUS.

IT WAS TWO VERY DIFFERENT PIECES AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR IT.

WE'VE BEEN TOLD NOT TO RUN PIECES THAT HAVE THE WORD GENOCIDE, TO STICK TO LOCAL ISSUES.

WE ARE GOING TO WRITE ABOUT THIS AMERICAN RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU CAN'T SET THE AGENDA ALL THE TIME.

WE WORK ON EDITORIAL OPINION AND THAT'S THE JOB WE WERE HIRED TO DO.

TO SILENCE ALL THESE VOICES IS RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT PROJECT WAS MEANT TO DO.

>> SO JOURNALISTS AND NEWS OUTLETS THESE DAYS ARE SCARED TO REPORT AND WRITE ABOUT TOPICS OR ISSUES EVEN IF THEY ARE TRUE.

DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED WITH YOU AT THE UNION TRIBUNE AS PART OF THIS?>> YES, I DO AND IT'S RIDICULOUS.

WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE EYES AND EARS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING.

BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO SET THE AGENDA AND THEY ARE TRYING TO CONTROL THE NARRATIVE AND THAT SOME JOURNALISM.

THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY NOT ONE AND THE RICH PEOPLE WHO OWN THESE PAPERS AND TELEVISION STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SHOULD NOT BE SETTING THE AGENDA.>> WHY DID YOU DECIDE SPEAK OUT TODAY.>> BECAUSE IT ISN'T WRITES.

I'VE BEEN RETALIATED AGAINST BECAUSE I BROUGHT TWO CLAIMS TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

WOMEN AT THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE ARE NOT TREATED FAIRLY.

I'M A BROWN WOMEN OVER THE AGE OF 40 AND THESE GUYS WHO OWN THIS PAPER AND THE THREE MALE SUPERVISORS THAT I'VE REPORTED TO DO NOT LIKE IT.

AND THEY WANT TO SILENCE ME AND I WILL NOT STAY SILENT AND I HOPE THE OTHER JOURNALISTS SPEAK UP AS WELL.

>> WHAT IS NEXT FOR YOU?

>> YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD A MIGRAINE FOR TODAY'S.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN LAST TIME WAS I ATE AND I FEEL SICK TO MY STOMACH OVER THIS WHOLE THING.

BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MY NEXT STEP IS.

I KNOW I WILL ONLY GET INVOLVED IN A SITUATION THAT ALLOWS ME TO TELL THE TRUTH BECAUSE THE TRUTH MATTERS AND I WILL ALWAYS BE A STORYTELLER AND ALWAYS MENTOR JOURNALISTS AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC JOURNALISTS.

SO I HOPE TO SET A GOOD EXAMPLE ABOUT JOURNALISM AND WHERE WE ARE FROM HERE.

>>> KPBS REACH OUT TO THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE COMMENT ON HER DEPARTURE FROM THE PAPER.

A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE OWNER OF THE NEWSGROUP, EXECUTIVE EDITOR, ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT.

THE DECISION TO ELIMINATE LAURA CASTANEDA'S POSITION HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY EDITORIAL AND, IN FACT, SHE DID NOT WRITE THE DRAFT EDITORIAL SHE FALSELY CLAIMS LED TO HER DISMISSAL.

>>> THE IMPERIAL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPOINTED A NEW CEO LAST WEEK.

KPBS IMPERIAL VALLEY REPORTER SAID NOT EVERYONE AGREED ON THE CHOICE.

>> Reporter: IN APRIL THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DISMISSED THE COUNTIES OVER TOP ADMINISTRATOR.

THEY SAID HE WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT WOULD NOT SAY WHY.

NOW, THE BOARD HAS APPOINTED A NEW CEO.

KATHLEEN LANGE AS AN ADMINISTRATOR AT A NATIONAL PRIVATE HEALTHCARE COMPANY THAT PROVIDES MEDI-CAL SERVICES.

THE DECISION WAS NOT UNANIMOUS.

TO MEXICAN FIGHTERS VOTED AGAINST HER APPOINTMENT BECAUSE SHE WILL RECEIVE A SIGNIFICANT WE HIGHER SALARY THAN FIGARO.

ONE SUPERVISOR SAID SHE SEES A TREND IN THE BOARD'S DECISIONS TO APPROVE LARGER RAISES.

BUT THAT IS THE REASON IT IS NOT ABOUT DR. LANK.

IT IS ABOUT HOW WE DECIDED A 33% INCREASE TO A CEO.

>> Reporter: THE DECISION COMES AHEAD OF THE COUNTY PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN AUGUST.

ONE SUPERVISOR SUPPORTED THE APPOINTMENT BUT WARNED THE COUNTY WILL FACE CHALLENGING DECISIONS IN THE COMING MONTHS.

>> I WELCOME YOU AND I WILL ALSO LEAN ON YOU VERY HARD BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE HERE.

>> Reporter: SHE WILL START OFFICIALLY AT THE END OF JUNE.>>> AUTO INDUSTRY OBSERVERS SEE CAR PRICES HOLDING STEADY DESPITE TARIFFS.

HOW LONG WILL THE TREND LAST?

WE HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT IS DRIVING THE NUMBERS.

>> Reporter: A DROP IN AUTO SALES DRAG DOWN OVERALL RETAIL SALES LAST MONTH ACCORDING TO A GOVERNMENT REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED ON TUESDAY, AND THAT SHOULD KEEP AUTO PRICES DOWN FOR NOW, BUT ANALYSTS SAY MAYBE NOT.

EVEN WITH 25% TARIFFS ON ALL IMPORTED CARS AND AUTO PARTS IMPLEMENTED BY THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS AUTO PRICES HAVE NOT SKYROCKETED THE WAY SOME ANALYSTS EXPECTED.

BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN, WHAT COULD HAPPEN, WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN, BUT IT'S NOT MATERIALIZED ON DEALERS LOTS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE MILLIONS OF VEHICLES IN INVENTORY.

>> Reporter: ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY COULD KEEP PRICES NEUTRAL FOR NOW.

EDMUNDS.COM SAID THE PRICE FOR NEW CARS IN MAY WAS .2% ON AVERAGE COMPARED TO APRIL.

THAT'S AFTER AUTO SALES CLIMBED IN MARCH AS SOME CONSUMERS SOUGHT TO GET AHEAD OF TARIFFS.

COMS DEPARTMENT DATA SAID SALES LEAD 3.5% IN MAY FROM APRIL.

A BIG PART OF A PULLBACK IN RETAIL SALES.

>> BY HAVING FEWER CONSUMERS SAY LET'S GO TO A DEALERSHIP RIGHT NOW AND BY CAR, IT DOES PROLONG HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE BEFORE THE TARIFF CARS SHOW UP.

>> Reporter: BUT THE BANK OF AMERICA INSTITUTE SAID THEY PREDICT TARIFFS WILL BOOST PRICES HIGHER IN MONTHS.

BUT BANK OF AMERICA DOES EXPECT SUPPLY CHAIN ON CARS TO CONTINUE AND THAT WILL, I THINK, OVER TIME, PUT UPWARD PRESSURE ON PRICES.

IT WILL JUST TAKE SOME MONTHS TO COME THROUGH.

>> Reporter: THE DIRECTOR OF INSIGHT THAT CAR BUYING RESEARCH SITES THAT AUTOMAKERS MAY WAIT UNTIL THE NEW MODEL YEAR, TYPICALLY EARLY FALL, TO PASS ALONG ADDED COSTS.

BUCKETS ONE OF THE THINGS WE DON'T EXPECT TO SEE PRICE CHANGES, ESPECIALLY, IT KIND OF MASKS THAT A LITTLE BIT.

>> Reporter: EDMUNDS SAID THAT AUTOMAKERS HAVE BETWEEN A 30 AND 70 SEVEN-DAY SUPPLY OF CARS ON THE LOTS DEPENDING ON THE MANUFACTURER, BUT EVEN WITH SLOWER SALES THOSE PRE-TARIFF SUPPLIES WILL LEAVE QUICKLY SOON.

>>> THE HEAT CONTINUES HERE ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION.

IT IS STILL SIZZLING MIDWEEK ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE DESERTS AND IN INLAND LOCATIONS.

WE ARE GOING TO TURN A LOT COOLER AS THE WEEKEND WILL BE VERY DIFFERENT OUT THERE.

AND THE MARINE LAYER IS BRINGING SOMETIMES WE CALL IT JUNE GLOOM.

WITH THOSE LOW CLOUDS IN THE MORNING ALONG THE COAST, BUT THEN THE CLOUD LAYER VANISHES AND WILL BE BRIGHTER IN THE AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT INCREASING CLOUDS AGAIN.

62 DEGREES FOR YOUR LOW IN THE METRO AND HEAR THE HEAT ADVISORIES.

SOME OF THESE WILL BE OFF OF THE MAP THIS EVENING.

BUT THERE WILL BE AN EXTENSION OF SOME OF THESE HE ADVISORIES FOR SOME OF THE HOTTER LOCATIONS NEAR LOWER ELEVATIONS IN THE DESERTS FOR TOMORROW.

SO ANOTHER HOT DAY FOR WEDNESDAY.

JUST NOT QUITE AS HOT.

A SMIDGE LESS HOT THAN IT WAS ON TUESDAY FOR AREAS A LITTLE BIT INLAND FROM THE COAST.

REGARDLESS, IT WILL BE A HOT TIME IN YOU CAN SEE THE CONTRAST AROUND 71 INTO SAN DIEGO TO 85 STILL IN EL CAJON.

BORREGO SPRINGS 113 FOR WEDNESDAY.

SO THE HEAT IS STILL ON, BUT LOOK AT THIS.

A BIG PATTERN CHANGE, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT AS SUMMER OFFICIALLY BEGINS, THIS IS NOT A MISPRINT.

THERE WILL BE A FEW AREAS WITH JUST A HINT OF SNOW.

TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW HISTORICAL AVERAGES AND SNOW LEVELS DROP ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ABOUT 6000 FEET IN SOME PARTS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES OR THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER.

THE FIRE RISK HERE IN THE GREAT BASIN AS WELL TO THE NORTHEAST.

AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE COASTAL FORECAST WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DROP IN TEMPERATURES.

77 WEDNESDAY, KIND OF GRADUALLY STABILIZING AT 74 FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY.

MOSTLY SUNNY AND PLEASANT.

INLAND AREAS WE GO FROM $.86 STILL WARM WEDNESDAY BACK TO 75 ON SATURDAY.

ENJOY THAT.

IN THE MOUNTAINS WE ARE GETTING COOL BY SATURDAY DOWN TO 67.

GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE OUT THERE.

AND IN THE DESERTS A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE WE REALLY FIND COMFORT.

113 WEDNESDAY.

106 FRIDAY, DOUBLE DIGITS ON SATURDAY.

AND STILL AHEAD ON SUNDAY, BUT NOT NEARLY AS HOT AS WE HAVE BEEN.

FOR ACCUWEATHER, I'M GEOFF CORNISH FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> AN UPDATE ON BREAKING NEWS OUT OF LAKESIDE WE ARE GOING WILDFIRE HAS FORCED PEOPLE TO EVACUATE.

IT STARTED AROUND 2:30 P.M.

YOUR EL MONTE PARK.

THE FIRE HAS BURNED 312 ACRES WITH THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD TO 1000 ACRES.

IT IS 0% CONTAINED.

OVER 100 FIREFIGHTERS ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR ARE BATTLING THE FLAMES.

A TEMPORARY EVACUATION POINT IS SET UP AT THE WALMART ON CAMINO CANADA IN EL CAJON.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS FIRE, OF COURSE, AND WE WILL PROVIDE YOU UPDATES ON A WEBSITE AT KPBS.ORG.

>>> SAN DIEGO USE EXPRESSION, JULIA DIXON EVANS EXPLORES HOW PROTESTS CONNECTS TODAY'S MOVEMENTS TO A LONG HISTORY OF RESISTANCE.

WHEN A ART AS PROTESTS TAKES MANY FORMS AND PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS AND UNDERGROUND -- CREATED TO MAKE SENSE OF THE WORLD AND SURE MESSAGE.

THE PROFESSOR GRAPHIC DESIGN AT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY SAID PROTEST SIGNS ARE PUBLIC VISUAL MANIFESTATIONS OF REAL-TIME DISSENT.>> EVERYBODY IS AN ARTIST.

THEY DO THEIR OWN JOURNAL PAGES OF THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW.

THEY ARE SO PERSONAL.

THEY ARE QUICK AND WITTY AND ALSO SERIOUS.

>> Reporter: FAMILIAR IMAGERY AND DESIGN CAN INFORM PROTEST ART.

LIKE A TROJAN HORSE AT THE BORDER OR A MODIFIED NO KINGS STREET SIGN.

AND EVEN FLAGS ARE THE EMBLEMATIC RED MAGA HAT.

ON SATURDAY LOCAL ARTISTS GOES ON VIEW AT THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY.

IT DISPLAYS AND BROADCASTS ALL THE WORDS REMOVED FROM GOVERNMENT WEBSITES THIS YEAR.

BUT MONUMENTS THAT ARE REPRESENT ONE DAY OF HISTORY.

THEY SEE AS TRUTH.

IT'S BRILLIANT THAT SOMEBODY ELSE USES THIS AS A WAY TO CHALLENGE THAT NARRATIVE.

>> Reporter: THE ISSUES MAY CHANGE BUT THE URGENCY TO RESPOND THROUGH ART IS NOTHING NEW.

THE ORIGINS OF ART AS A PROFESSION AND AS SUBVERSION ARE DEEPLY CONNECTED TO POWER STRUCTURES.

LIKE MONARCHIES IN THE CHURCH AND THE PROPAGANDA.

>> THE ARTISTS ARE SAYING, HEY, YOU'RE REGRESSING, YOU ARE PRESSING MY VOICE, SO I'M TO DO THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT MY COMMUNITY IS STRUGGLING WITH OR WHAT I BELIEVE.

>> Reporter: IN HISTORY AND TODAY PEOPLE CREATE ART TO SERVE AND CHALLENGE POWER.

>> WHENEVER PEOPLE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY, HUMANITY FINDS WAYS, SUBVERSIVE WAYS, TO COMMUNICATE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE URGE TO COMMUNICATE AND THE NEED TO COMMUNICATE.

>>> YOU CAN FIND PHOTOGRAPHS OF LOCAL PROTEST ART ALONG WITH TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.