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>>> DAYS AFTER THE 12th ANNIVERSARY OF DACA, PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCES A NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER AIMED AT PROTECTING THE UNDOCUMENTED SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF U.S. CITIZENS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

ABOUT HALF 1 MILLION FAMILIES WILL NOW BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENCY.

NEWS REPORTER ANDREW DYER HAS MORE.

>> THESE COUPLES HAVE BEEN RAISING FAMILIES, SENDING THEIR KIDS TO CHURCH AND SCHOOL, PAYING TAXES, CONTRIBUTING TO OUR COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: ADVOCATES AND LAWMAKERS WERE ON HAND FOR THE LONG RUMORED POLICY CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT, VITAMIN D EXECUTIVE ORDER APPLIES TO UNDOCUMENTED SPOUSES WHO HAVE LIVED IN THE U.S. AT LEAST 10 YEARS AND THEIR CHILDREN.

CURRENT POLICY WOULD REQUIRE THESE ESPOUSES TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS IN ORDER TO COME BACK LEGALLY.

BIDEN SAYS THAT IS A PROBLEM.

>> WE CAN FIX THAT AND THAT IS WHAT I'M GOING TO DO TODAY.

>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE IS THE CHANGE IMPACTS HALF 1 MILLION AMERICANS AND 50,000 CHILDREN.

TAMMY LYNN IS A PROFESSOR AND RUNS THE IMMIGRATION LAW AT UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO.

SHE SAYS THE CHANGE WILL BE FELT ESPECIALLY IN SAN DIEGO INCLUDING AMONG THE SO-CALLED DREAMERS, HEREUNDER DACA.

>> I HAVE A LOT OF DACA CLIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE THEY WERE LITTLE.

IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY TO EVEN TRY TO FIX THEIR STATUS.

THE KIDS ALMOST, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GRADUATING FIFTH GRADE AT THIS POINT.

>> THE POLICY, SOMETIMES CALLED PAROLE IN PLACE ISN'T NEW.

SPOUSES OF U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE ELIGIBLE.

SHE SAYS DESPITE THE POLICY EXPANSION THE PROCESS STILL WILL NOT BE EASY.

>> IT IS NOT AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS.

JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 10 YEARS, JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE MARRIED TO THE SYSTEM, IT IS NOT GUARANTEED.

>> Reporter: BIDEN ALSO ANNOUNCED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER USING THE WORK VISA PROCESS FOR DACA RECIPIENTS AND OTHER U.S. COLLEGE GRADUATES.

THOSE AFFECTED BY THE CHANGE SHOULD GET THEIR DOCUMENTS READY BUT CAUTIONS AGAINST PAYING ANYONE UNTIL THEY TALK TO AN ATTORNEY OR A REPUTABLE IMMIGRATION ORGANIZATION.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS IS.

>>> FOR NEARLY A YEAR, KPBS HAS COVERED THE PROGRESS ANSWER CUMMINGS OF THE CBP ONE MOBILE APP FOR ASYLUM-SEEKERS.

IN A FEW MINUTES WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW IT IS WORKING FOR USERS AS PRESIDENT BIDEN LIMITS NEW ARRIVALS.

>>> TONIGHT, THE PUBLIC GETS A CHANCE TO GET SOME INPUT ON PLANS TO MOVE THE RAILROAD TRACKS AWAY FROM THE CRUMBLING BLUFFS DELMAR.

THEY ARE LOOKING AT THREE POSSIBLE ROUTES.

TANIA THORNE IS LIVE IN DELMAR WHERE THEY ARE HOLDING A PUBLIC WORKSHOP.

>> WE ARE HERE AT THE SAN DIEGO MARRIOTT IN DEL MAR WHERE SANDAG IS HOLDING AN IN PERSON COMMITTEE MEETING TO MEET WITH RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND GIVEN MORE INFORMATION ON THE THREE POSSIBLE ROUTES FOR THE CUSHION OF THE DEL MAR RAIL LINE.

THESE MEETINGS ARE REALLY IMPOTENT AND SOMETHING SANDAG IS WORKING ON TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY, ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY DOUBTS THEY MAY HAVE OVER THIS PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT SOME POINT VERY SOON BECAUSE THOSE BLUFFS ARE UNSTABLE AND WE NEED TO RELOCATE THAT RAIL LINE.

HERE WITH ME, I HAVE OMAR WITH SANDAG.

WE ARE STUDYING THREE ROUTES, THAT IS WHAT SANDAG HAS ANNOUNCED AND I THINK THE BIG QUESTION EVERYONE HAS IS WHETHER OR NOT THESE ROUTES CAN CHANGE, ARE THEY THE FINAL ONES, WHAT IS HAPPENING?

>> THESE ROUTES CAN CERTAINLY CHANGE.

WE ARE EARLY IN THE PROCESS, LIKE YOU SAID THIS IS A TIME FOR THE COMPANY TO PROVIDE THEIR COMMENTS AND REALLY WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE BUT THERE COULD BE COMMENTS THAT LEADS TO NEW ROUTES THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY ANALYZE.

>> THANK YOU.

I KNOW ONE OF THE ROUTES THAT DID COME OUT OF ONE OF THESE MEETINGS WAS THE ONE THAT RUNS ALONG THE I-5 FREEWAY.

THEY ARE REALLY ENCOURAGING THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND GET MORE INFORMATION HERE.

WE WILL BE HERE AT THE SAN DIEGO MARRIOTT IN DEL MAR BRINGING YOU UPDATES AND WE WILL HAVE A FULL UPDATE TOMORROW ON EVENING EDITION AND ON KPBS.ORG.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO FIREFIGHTERS ARE HELPING TO FIGHT THE POST-FIRE NEAR GORMAN, CALIFORNIA.

SIX, DRIVE EDUCATION IS KEEPING THE FIRE BURNING.

>> Reporter: THE POST-FIRE HAS BURNED MORE THAN 15,600 ACRES IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY SINCE SATURDAY.

IT IS 24% CONTAINED AS OF TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

CAL FIRE SAYS NEARLY 1700 PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE FIRE INCLUDING 22 FROM SAN DIEGO.

SAN DIEGO FIRE RESCUE DEPUTY CHIEF DAN EDDIE SAYS HE EXPECTS OTHER COMMUNITIES TO ALSO ASK SAN DIEGO FOR HELP IN THE COMING DAYS.

>> I WOULD EXPECT TO BE NORTH OF US, LEE COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY, RIVERSIDE, SANTA BARBARA, THOSE ONES.

IF THEY GET SOMETHING THEY ARE ALREADY THIN SO THEY WILL BE REQUESTING HELP FOR US FROM SURE.

>> Reporter: CAL FIRE SAYS FIREFIGHTERS WORKED OVERNIGHT TO STOP THE FIRE FROM SPREADING.

THEY SAID DENTS FEELS KEPT IT BURNING.

EDDIE SAYS THAT IS SOMETHING FOR SAN DIEGO TO KEEP IN MIND AS HEAVY RAINS HAVE HELPED EDUCATION GROW IN MANY -- RECENT YEARS.

>> HAVING A FIRE THEY ARTS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, EARLIER THAN JULY, SHOWS ME AND SHOULD SHOW SAN DIEGO IS A FACT THAT WE ARE DRYING OUT.

WE ARE DRYING OUT EARLIER THAN WE DID BEFORE AND SO FIRE CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO BE INCREASED.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER GROUP THE SAN DIEGO FIREFIGHTERS JUST RETURNED FROM RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

THE LISA FIRE IS NOT 100% CONTAINED.

CAL FIRE SAYS THE FIRE STARTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BURNED 890 ACRES.

THE CAUSES OF BOTH FIRES ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION.

EDDIE SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT TO FOLLOW EVACUATION ORDERS AND HAVE A GO BAG READY WITH FOOD, CASH AND A DAYS WORTH OF CLOTHING.

>> WE WILL COME IN, I PROMISE.

EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN, PROTECT YOUR HOUSE, YOUR FAMILY, WHOEVER IT MIGHT BE.

BUT GO IF YOU ARE TOLD TO GO.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO COUNTY RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP FOR EMERGENCY ALERTS TO THEIR CELL PHONES OR EMAIL AT ALERTSAN DIEGO.ORG.

>>> MORE CLOUDS LINGERING AT THE COAST.

WE WILL SEE SOME NOTABLE CHANGES AS WE GO DOWN THE ROAD.

THAT WILL PLAY DIRECTLY INTO OUR TEMPERATURES, ESPECIALLY OVER THE INTERIOR.

MEANWHILE, THERE REMAINS A FIRE RISK HERE THROUGHOUT THE DESERT LOCATIONS, POINTS OFF TOWARD THE EAST AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE HEAT BUILDING.

HOW HIGH THE MERCURY WILL GO AS WE LOOK AT TRENDS HERE LATER ON THIS WEEK AND WEEKEND, ALL THOSE DETAILS ARE COMING UP IN JUST A BIT.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S LEAD PHYSICIAN, DR. WILMA WHITTEN, IS LEAVING.

THE COUNTY ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT TODAY AFTER 23 YEARS OF SERVICE.

SHE HAS SERVED AS THE COUNTY'S PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER FOR 17 YEARS.

DURING WHICH SHE WAS A PUBLIC FACE AMID NUMEROUS MEDIA STORIES INCLUDING WILDFIRES, MEASLES, AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN MENECHINO EXECUTIVE ACTIONS DIRECT ASYLUM- SEEKERS TOWARD EXISTING LEGAL PATHWAYS.

THOSE PATHWAYS ARE NOT WORKING FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE MARGINS.

>> MIGRANS WILL BE RESTRICTED FOR RECEIVING A AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER UNLESS THEY SEEK IT AFTER INTRICATE AND ESTABLISHED , LAWFUL PROCESS.

>> Reporter: WHEN PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCED THE NEWEST RESTRICTIONS EARLIER THIS MONTH, HE SAID ASYLUM-SEEKERS SHOULD USE EXISTING LEGAL PATHWAYS TO ENTER THE U.S. >> FOR EXAMPLE, BY MAKING AN APPOINTMENT AND COMING TO A PORT OF ENTRY.

>> IT SOUNDS EASY AND IT IS, AT LEAST IN THEORY.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DOWNLOAD THE CBP ONE APP ON YOUR SMART PHONE, FILL OUT THE LOCATION AND SCHEDULE AND CLIMATE, BUT IN PRACTICE?

>> THE APP IS FAMOUSLY GLITCHY.

IN PREPARING FOR THIS INTERVIEW, I TRIED TO USE THE APP TO DOWNLOAD AND I TRIED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.

IT GLITCHED OUT.

>> Reporter: THAT IS JEREMY YOUNG, HE IS AN ATTORNEY WITH A NONPROFIT LAW FIRM THAT REPRESENTS MIGRANTS WITH ASYLUM CLAIMS.

HE SAYS CBP ONE HAS EVEN DEEPER PROBLEMS THAT GOES WAY BEYOND JUST BEING GLITCHY.

>> NOT EVERYONE HAS A SMART PHONE.

>> Reporter: MIGRANTS WITHOUT SMART PHONES CANNOT GET APPOINTMENTS.

ALSO THE APPLEMAN COMES IN THREE LANGUAGES SO GOOD LUCK IF YOU DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH, SPANISH OR HAITIAN CREOLE.

USING THE APP IS PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR MIGRANTS WITH CERTAIN DISABILITIES.

FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND.

>> THE APP DOES, EFFECTIVELY, IT PRECLUDES THESE PEOPLE FROM THE ASYLUM PROCESS.

MIKE THE APP MY BIGGEST PROBLEM MIGHT BE THAT DEMAND HEAVILY OUTWEIGHS SUPPLY.

THERE ARE ONLY 1450 CBP ONE APPOINTMENT AVAILABLE EVERY DAY, BUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS, TRYING TO GET ONE.

>> YOU ARE FUNNELING EVERYONE INTO ONE LINE AND THE LINE IS ALREADY LONGER THAN ANY LINE YOU HAVE SEEN IN YOUR LIFE.

>> Reporter: THE EXECUTIVE ACTIONS DO NOT INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CBP ONE APPOINTMENTS.

ALREADY IN TIJUANA, THE AVERAGE WAIT TIME IS MORE THAN SEVEN MONTHS.

LOCAL OFFICIALS WORRY THAT MIGRANT SHELTERS THERE WILL OVERFLOW WITH MORE PEOPLE WAITING FOR APPOINTMENTS.

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ALMOST 6 MONTHS, ONE WOMAN TELLS US.

EIGHT MONTHS AND ONE WEEK, TELLS US ANOTHER WOMAN NAMED MARIA.

SHE IS TRAVELING WITH HER TWO TEENAGE SONS.

JASMINE IS THE ASYLUM SEEKER WHO HAS BEEN WAITING SIX MONTHS, SHE SAYS THAT THE LONG WAIT TIMES ARE TAKING A TOLL ON EVERYONE'S MENTAL HEALTH.

SHE SAYS THAT A LOT OF THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE SHELTER ARE DEPRESSED AND ANXIOUS.

SOME OF THE WOMEN ARE EXPERIENCING HAIR LOSS.

MARIA STARTED TO CRY WHEN I ASKED HER HOW LONG SHE HAS BEEN WAITING.

MARIA SAYS THAT SHE DECIDED TO FLEE HER HOME IN THE MEXICAN STATE AFTER A LOCAL DRUG CARTEL BURNED HER BUSINESS TO THE GROUND AND TRY TO RECRUIT HER TWO TEENAGERS.

SHE DOES NOT FEEL SAFE IN TIJUANA.

SHE IS AFRAID THAT THE CARTEL WILL COME AND FIND HER.

MARIA HAS TRIED TO REQUEST ASYLUM IN PERSON AT THE ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS BUT EVERY TIME, BORDER PATROL AGENTS JUST KEEP TURNING HER BACK, TELLING HER TO USE THE CBP ONE APP.

MARIA SAYS SHE WANTS TO FOLLOW THE LEGAL PROCESS BUT SHE IS STARTING TO LOSE HOPE AND SHE IS NOT ALONE.

OFFICIALS IN TIJUANA SAY CBP ONE'S LONG WAIT TIMES ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO ILLEGAL CROSSINGS.

THIS MAN IS THE HEAD OF THE MIGRANT AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND SAYS ROUGHLY 1/3 OF MIGRANTS ACROSS THE BORDER ILLEGALLY ONLY DO SO AFTER THEY TRY TO SCHEDULE CBP ONE APPOINTMENTS.

>> [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] >> HE SAYS MIGRANTS LOSE HOPE AFTER WAITING SEVERAL MONTHS.

THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE IN TIJUANA AND ARE SO DESPERATE THAT THEY DECIDE TO CROSS ILLEGALLY.

HE BELIEVES THAT FORCING MORE MIGRANTS TO USE THE APP WITHOUT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS COULD INTENSIFY THE SAME CRISIS THAT BIDEN IS TRYING TO SOLVE.

LAST WEEK, SEVERAL IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY GROUPS FILED A LAWSUIT TO BLOCK THE NEW RULES.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCES NEW DEPORTATION PROTECTIONS FOR UNDOCUMENTED SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF U.S. CITIZENS.

THAT IS AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> AS PRIDE MONTH ROLLS ON, LGBTQ PLUS RIGHTS ARE AT THE CENTER OF DEBATE IN STATE LEGISLATURES.

THIS, AS VOTERS ARE FACED WITH TWO PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WITH STARKLY DIFFERENT VIEWS ON THE MATTER.

JULIA BENBROOK HAS A LOOK AT WHERE THEY STAND.

>> Reporter: JUNE AS PRIDE MONTH.

>> PRIDE MEANS BE HAPPY, BE YOURSELF.

>> Reporter: A CELEBRATION OF THE PROGRESS THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY HAS MADE ON THE ROAD TO ACCEPTANCE AND EQUALITY.

>> WE ARE NOT WEIRD.

WE ARE NOT ON THE FRINGE.

WE ARE HERE!

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYS THE PROTECTION AND EXPANSION OF RIGHTS FOR THE COMMUNITY IS CENTRAL TO HIS CAMPAIGN AND ADMINISTRATION.

>> YOU ARE LOVED.

YOU ARE HEARD.

YOU ARE UNDERSTOOD.

AND, YOU BELONG!

>> Reporter: BIDEN SIGNED THE RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT IN 2022 WHICH PROVIDES FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES.

BUT LIKE MANY AMERICANS WHOSE BELIEFS HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME, FROM SUPPORTING THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT WHILE SERVING AS A SENATOR -- >> MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.

>> Reporter: TO AN EVOLUTION A FEW YEARS LATER AS VICE PRESIDENT.

>> MEN MARRYING MEN, WOMEN MARRYING WOMEN ARE ENTITLED TO THE SAME EXACT RIGHTS, VISIBLE RISK THE CIVIL LIBERTIES.

>> Reporter: AROUND THE SAME TIME, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP STATED HIS POSITION.

>> I DON'T SUPPORT MARRIAGE.

>> Reporter: IN 2016, WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS VIEW ON SAME- SEX MARRIAGE HE SAID HE WAS FINE WITH IT.

AND THAT THE SUPREME COURT HAD SETTLED THE MATTER.

JUMPED'S FIRST-TERM AGENDA INCLUDED ROLLING BACK A NUMBER OF PROTECTIONS FOR LGBTQ PLUS INDIVIDUALS.

INCLUDING BANNING NEW RECRUITS WHO ARE TRANSGENDER FROM SERVING IN THE MILITARY.

THROUGHOUT HIS 2024 CAMPAIGN, HE HAS PUT A FOCUS ON BANNING TRANSGENDER ATHLETES FROM PARTICIPATING IN WOMEN'S SPORTS.

>> SOMETHING I FIND HER TO BELIEVE THAT I EVEN HAVE TO SAY, I WILL KEEP MEN OUT OF WOMEN'S SPORTS.

>> Reporter: TRUMP HAS ALSO SAID HE WOULD SEEK TO MAKE GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FOR MINORS ILLEGAL IF HE RETURNS TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

ACCORDING TO NEED -- NEW DATA FROM THE PEW RESEARCH CANDIDATES, THE VIEWS OF THESE CANDIDATES ORIGINALLY IN LINE WITH THE VOTERS.

PART OF THE PURCHASE ARE FIVE TIMES AS LIKELY AS DRUM SUPPORTERS TO SAY THE LEGALIZATION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS GOOD FOR SOCIETY.

REPORTING AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

>>> TOMORROW IS JUNE 10, THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATING THE END OF SLAVERY ACROSS AMERICA AND 1865.

TODAY SOME SAN DIEGO STUDENTS RAISED A FLAG TO HONOR THE DAY.

THE EVENT PROVIDED A SIGNIFICANT HISTORY LESSON.

>> Reporter: 11-YEAR-OLD KAYLYN STEWART WANTS YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING IMPORTANT.

>> JUNETEENTH IS A SPECIAL HOLIDAY THAT CELEBRATES THE FREEDOM OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS FROM SLAVERY.

>> Reporter: SHE IS ONE OF A GROUP OF SAN DIEGO UNIFIED STUDENTS WHO TOOK TIME FROM THEIR SUMMER VACATION THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT JUNETEENTH AND ALSO READ SOME INSPIRATIONAL POETRY.

>> BE A FREE BIRD ON THE NIGHT WENT.

-- WIND.

♪ ♪ >>> THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS MADE A TRADITION OF FLYING FLAGS THAT SHOW UNITY AND DIVERSITY, THE JUNETEENTH FLAG IS OF RED, WHITE AND BLUE IN A PERMISSION THAT REPRESENTS A PROMISING HORIZON FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY WITH A STAR THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE AMERICAN.

>> JUNETEENTH IS A SIGNIFICANT DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

SOME FOLKS MIGHT THINK IT IS JUST A BLACK HISTORY EVENT BUT REALLY BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY.

>> Reporter: JUNETEENTH IS A BLENDED WORD COMING FROM JUNE AND 19th, A DATE IN HISTORY MADE FAMOUS IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS ISLAND COMMUNITY OF GALVESTON.

JUST 40 MILES FROM HOUSTON, STANDS THE OFFICIAL MONUMENT WITH A STATUE OF U.S. ARMY GENERAL GORDON GRANGER, ANNOUNCING THE END OF SLAVERY ON JUNE 19, 1865.

ALMOST 2 AND HALF YEARS AFTER PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.

IT TOOK THAT LONG TO DELIVER THE NEWS TO THE LAST OF THE SLAVES WHO HAD NOT HEARD IT.

KAYLYN STEWART WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT TOO.

>> CAN YOU IMAGINE WAITING THAT LONG TO FIND OUT YOU ARE FREE?

IT IS A REMINDER OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO NEVER GIVE UP ON FIGHTING FOR WHAT'S RIGHT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE JUNETEENTH FLAG FLIES BELOW THE AMERICAN AND CALIFORNIA FLAGS, AND NOT FAR FROM FLAGS THAT REMIND PEOPLE THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER AND REMEMBER THE LAND THE DISTRICT SITS ON AND THEY LET IN AND LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE UP A PART OF THE DISTRICT'S DIVERSITY AND THE LESSONS THEY OFFER STUDENTS.

>> I THINK THEY ARE ABLE TO GO FORWARD WITH THEIR ADVOCACY AND NOT BE A BYSTANDER WHEN THINGS HAPPEN, WHETHER IT IS THINGS ABOUT RACE OR GENDER OR IDENTITY IN ANY KIND OF WAY.

>> Reporter: IMPORTANT WARNING HAPPENING THIS SUMMER.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> TOMORROW AMERICANS CAN CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH AT ONE OF OUR NATIONAL PARKS FOR FREE.

THE NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE IS WAIVING ALL ENTRY FEES, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THEY WILL BE A FREE ENTRY DAY AT NATIONAL PARKS.

FEES FOR PARKING AND ACTIVITIES WILL STILL BE IN EFFECT.

PARKS OPERATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUTSIDE PARTIES MAY CHARGE OTHER FEES.

>>> WITH MILLIONS OF AMERICANS UNDER HEAT ALERTS THIS WEEK, HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW EXTREME HEAT COULD IMPACT THEIR BOTTOM LINE.

KAREN KAFA HAS A LOOK AT SOME OF THE WHAT IS -- WAYS FOR HOUSEHOLDS TO CUT COSTS.

>> Reporter: EXTREME HEAT IS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT AND MORE COSTLY.

>> Reporter: WE WOULD NEVER THINK ABOUT PLANNING FOR WILDFIRE SEASON OR HURRICANE SEASON JUST DURING THOSE SEASONS.

>> Reporter: ASHLEY WARD OF THE DUKE UNIVERSITY HEAT POLICY INNOVATION HUB SAYS THESE PUNISHING HEAT WAVES MAKE IT MORE EXPENSIVE TO COOL A HOME.

>> WHEN TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT DON'T FALL BELOW 75 DEGREES, FOR EXAMPLE, IT DOESN'T GIVE THE BODY OR ANY LIVING THING FOR OUR ENERGY SYSTEMS TIME TO RECOVER FROM THAT DAYTIME EXPOSURE.

>> Reporter: DAVID TINSLEY, SENIOR ECONOMIST FROM THE BANK OF AMERICA INSTITUTE SAYS THEIR ANALYSIS FOUND HIGHER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BOOSTING CONSUMERS AVERAGE MONTHLY UTILITY PAYMENTS BY 23% SINCE 2019.

>> IT IS SUGGESTING THESE HEAT WAVES ARE HOTTER AND LASTING LONGER SO WHEN THAT OCCURS, PEOPLE HAVE TO TURN UP THEIR AIR-QUALITY.

>> Reporter: THERE IS A BURDEN ON BUSINESSES TOO.

IN A 2022 REPORT, THE U.S. CONGRESS TRAINED ECONOMIC COMMITTEE CITING DATA POINTING TO MORE THAN 2.5 BILLION HOURS OF LOST LABOR ACROSS CERTAIN SECTORS.

>> BASIC STREAMS OF HEAT ARE REALLY IMPACTFUL, SO IT DOES HAVE A SOMEWHAT DEPRESSING EFFECT ON THE OVERALL ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: EXTREME HEAT CAN ALSO DISRUPT THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY, WHEN AIR IS HOT AND LESS DENSE, PLANES NEED LESS WEIGHT OR MORE RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF.

IN WASHINGTON, I AM KAREN KAFA.

>>> AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT, WE WILL SEE THOSE LOW CLOUDS.

THEY RETURN TO THE COASTAL ZONES.

THE WESTERN INTERIOR VALLEYS, TEMPERATURES DROPPING DOWN INTO THE LOWER 60s.

MOST OF THAT COMBINED FOR THE IMMEDIATE SHORELINE OUT OF THE INTERIOR, WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE LOW 50s.

MID-50s TOWARD MOUNT McKENNA AND NEAR 70 INTO BORREGO SPRINGS.

TOWARD WEDNESDAY, AFTER THE MORNING LOW CLOUDINESS ALONG THE COAST, WE WILL NOTICE A SLIGHTLY WARMER AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE STATE.

THIS WILL BE A TREND WE WILL SEE CONTINUE AS WE WORK OUR WAY DOWN THE ROAD.

MOUNT McKENNA, 70 DEGREES TOMORROW.

74, OCEANSIDE.

71, CHULA VISTA.

THE INTERIOR VALLEYS WARMING UP INTO THE MID-80s.

NOTICE LATER ON, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A LOW CLOUD RIGHT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST BUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LINGER LONG.

BY MIDMORNING, WE START TO SEE A LITTLE PUSH AS THEY WILL START TO DRIFT THEIR WAY OFF THE COAST.

LATER ON THIS WEEK WE WILL SEE LESS IN THE WAY OF LOW CLOUDINESS, ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE COAST THAT COME SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.

WE WILL START AS IT IS TEMPERATURES RESPONDING, CLIMBING BACK INTO THE UPPER 70s.

OVERNIGHT LOWS INTO THE LOWER 60s.

TORE THE INTERIOR VALLEYS, PARTLY SUNNY WEDNESDAY BUT BY THE TIME WE GO INTO THE WEEKEND, WE WILL BE APPROACHING 90 DEGREES ALONG WITH THE MORE SUNSHINE ON THE WAY, MOUNTAINOUS LOCATIONS LOOKING BREEZY HEADING INTO THURSDAY BUT HERE A NOTICEABLE JUMP IN THE MERCURY.

TO PUT YOUR WIFE, AS WE GO INTO THE WEEKEND, AND THROUGHOUT THE DESERTS, WE WILL ALSO BE CLIMBING UP TO NEAR 110 DEGREES ON FRIDAY.

LIKELY IN THE CLINTONS BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE CLIMBING UP TO THE 70s AND INTO THE 80s.

I AM METEOROLOGIST JUSTIN PALMER.

>>> IF YOU'RE CRAVING FOR INFANTS THIS WEEK, BRING YOUR APPETITE BUT LEAVE YOUR PASSPORT AT HOME.

TASTE OF LITTLE ITALY IS BACK.

DOZENS OF TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN RESTAURANTS ARE PARTICIPATING THIS YEAR.

THAT INCLUDES THE CAFE AND BAKERY WHOSE OWNER WON SEASON NINE OF CUPCAKE WARS.

THE LITTLE ITALY ASSOCIATION SAYS PARTICIPANTS WILL WALK AWAY WITH A FULL STOMACH AND A HISTORY LESSON ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> LITTLE ITALY IS ACTUALLY AN ITALIAN FISHING COMMUNITY.

THERE WERE OTHER CULTURES AND ETHNICITIES HERE BUT PREDOMINANTLY ITALIAN.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS EVENT IS ACTUALLY OVER THE LAST 16 YEARS, IT HAS HELPED US RAISE OVER $1500 TO BENEFIT THE PROGRAMMING AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

>> THE EVENTS RUNS TODAY AND TOMORROW.

UNFORTUNATELY IT IS SOLD OUT BUT VISITORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TRY ANY OF THE RESTAURANTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

TOUR PARK LET'S COME OF THOSE OUTDOOR PATIOS PLACED ON TOP OF PARKING SPOTS ON CITY STREETS EMERGED AT THE LIFELINE FOR RESTAURANTS AND BARS DURING THE PANDEMIC, KEEPING THEM AFLOAT.

ALEXANDER WYNNE SAYS ONE NORTH COUNTY CITY IS GOING TO MAKE THOSE BUSINESSES PAY FOR THE PRIVILEGE.

>> Reporter: DOWNTOWN IS BUSTLING WITH SHOPPERS AND RESTAURANT GOERS THIS AFTERNOON.

PATIO SEATING IS A POPULAR OPTION ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON.

THESE PATIOS HAVE BECOME A FIXTURE IN THE CITY.

>> PEOPLE JUST WANT TO BE OUTSIDE.

>> Reporter: THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN A BEACH TOWN LIKE THIS., AUGUST THESE RESTAURANTS AND BARS WILL HAVE TO PAY A FEE.

APPROVED LAST WEEK THE CITY COUNCIL, BUSINESSES WILL HAVE TO PAY A FEE PER SQUARE FOOT FOR THE LOSS OF THE PARKING SPACES.

THIS MAN SUPPORTS THE FEE.

>> I WOULD PREFER THERE WERE NO FEE BUT I AM A REALIST.

IF YOU WANT SOMETHING THAT HAS VALUE, IT SHOULD BE PAID FOR.

IT HAS VALUE TO THE CITY.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE PARKLAND HAS ADDED 60% CAPACITY TO ITS TASTING RULES.

DOWN THE STREET, THE GENERAL MANAGER SAYS THE PARK LET'S HELP INCREASE SALES AT HER STORE.

>> HELPED WITH TRAFFIC PEOPLE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THE ZONES THEY SIT AND.

THEY CAN EITHER WAY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> Reporter: THE CHANGE COMES AFTER MORE OF A YEAR OF MOUNTING FRUSTRATION OVER A LACK OF PARKING SPACES.

HERE IS THE BARBERSHOP'S OWNER SAYS BUSINESS IS DOWN 40 TO 60% BECAUSE OF THE PARKLETS.

>> WE DON'T HAVE ANY PARKING, MY CUSTOMERS KEEP COMPLAINING.

I AM 40 TO 50% DOWN ON THE WEEKDAYS.

NOBODY WANTS TO COME DOWN HERE.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE 27 OUTDOOR DINING -- PARKLETS IN THE CITY.

THE CITY IS LOOKING AT OPTIONS TO MAKE THE PARKLETS PERMANENT.

ALEXANDER WYNNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> HERE IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TOMORROW IN THE NEWSROOM.

NPR MORNING EDITION HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS ON PRESIDENT BIDEN'S RECENT EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON IMMIGRATION.

>>> AND, TODAY EDITION IS DEDICATING TOMORROW'S SHOW TO THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY, THAT ERRORS AT NOON.

>>> IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY, CHECK OUT OUR YOUTUBE PAGE WHERE YOU WILL FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES INCLUDING AN IN DEPTH FEATURE.

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