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

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>>> JUST DAYS AFTER GETTING BACK ON TRACK, YET ANOTHER SETBACK FOR NORTH COUNTY RAILWAY PASSENGERS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

TRAINS HEADING IN AND OUT OF SAN DIEGO ARE ONCE AGAIN DISRUPTED BY A LANDSLIDE.

KPBS NORTH REPORTER ALEXANDER BRENNAN TALKS TO SOME AFFECTED BY THE LATEST TRACKED CLOSURE.

>> THAT ONE MADE IT TO THE TRACK.

>> Reporter: THIS AMTRAK TRAIN WAS ALMOST CAUGHT IN A LANDSLIDE YESTERDAY.

OFFICIALS SAY THE CONDUCTORS SPOTTED SOIL AND ROCKS ON THE TRACKS AND STOPPED SHORT OF THE LANDSLIDE.

THE TRAIN NEVER MADE IT THROUGH SANTA CLEMENTE, AND RETURNED TO OCEANSIDE.

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME A LANDSLIDE HAS DISRUPTED THE TRAIN SERVICE BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTY, SINCE LAST FALL, AND THE SECOND TIME IN THIS SPOT IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS.

THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, WHICH OWNS THE TRACKS THROUGH ORANGE COUNTY, SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT IT UNDERSTANDS CUSTOMERS' FRUSTRATION.

WE, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE BEEN FORCED TO HALT RAIL SERVICE AGAIN, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON.

THE OTA SAYS IT IS WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO REOPEN THE TRACKS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SOME RIDERS WERE FRUSTRATED BY THE DISRUPTION.

>> OH, MY GOD.

AM I GOING TO GET OUT TO MY GRANDSON'S GRADUATION?

>> Reporter: MOST OF THE PEOPLE WE TALKED TO WERE TAKING IT IN STRIDE.

>> THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL.

>> Reporter: LIKE LINDA, WHO WAS IN TOWN TO CELEBRATE HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS BIRTHDAYS.

>> THEN, THE LANDSLIDE HAPPENED.

I HEARD ABOUT THAT AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I COULD COME TO OCEANSIDE.

AND I HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, WHERE THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE TRACK.

>> Reporter: IF YOU ARE HEADING NORTH, THIS IS THE END OF THE LINE.

FROM HERE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO JUMP ON THE BUS TO GO TO IRVINE.

AMTRAK SAYS FOR NOW, THERE WILL BE A BUS BRIDGE BETWEEN OCEANSIDE AND IRVINE FOR RIDERS TO COMPLETE THAT TRIP.

PAUL IS VISITING FROM AUSTRALIA.

HE TOOK THE BRIDGE DOWN TO OCEANSIDE, AND SAID IT WAS VERY COMFORTABLE.

>> I MANAGED TO SEE A LOT MORE THAN I WOULD HAVE, IF I HAD BEEN IN THE CAR.

>> Reporter: FOR METRO LEAGUE RIDERS, NOT SERVICE FOR SAN DIEGO.

BUT, NEXT UP IS THE VIEJO STATION.

IT IS UNCLEAR WHEN THE TRACKS WILL REOPEN.

ALEXANDER WINN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE URGING PEOPLE MOST AT RISK FOR MPOX TO GET VACCINATED.

AS KPBS HEALTH REPORTER EXPLAINS, IT FOLLOWS AC/DC WARNING THAT THE VIRUS COULD RESEARCH.

>> Reporter: ANYONE CAN CONTRACT MPOX, BUT THOSE MOST AT RISK INCLUDE GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN.

THE VIRUS, PREVIOUSLY CALLED MONKEY POX, SPREADS THROUGH CLOSE CONTACT, SPECIFICALLY SEX.

IT STARTED SPREADING OUT AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR AND SINCE THEN, 470 CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SAN DIEGO WITH NO NEW CASES SINCE FEBRUARY.

THE CDC IS WARNING WITH SUMMER EVENTS AROUND THE CORNER, THE VIRUS COULD START SPREADING AGAIN.

MORE THAN 20 CASES WERE REPORTED IN CHICAGO LAST MONTH.

>> WE WERE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THE OUTBREAK WE SAW IN CHICAGO, AND WHAT WE ARE ADVISING THAT FOLKS AT RISK FOR MPOX SHOULD GET UP TO DATE.

>> Reporter: THE CDC ESTIMATES TWO DOSES OF VACCINE ARE 80% EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING INFECTION.

SAN DIEGO PUBLIC COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER DR. CAMERON KAISER SAYS PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN FULLY VACCINATED DON'T NEED IT AGAIN.

>> WE ARE NOT SEEING THE VIRUS IN WASTEWATER HERE AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY CASES RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T WANT ANY.

WHILE YOU CAN VACCINATE AND STILL POTENTIALLY GET MPOX, THE DISEASE IS MILDER AND YOU ARE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS FROM IT.

>> Reporter: PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT VACCINATIONS AT THE START OF PRIDE MONTH, AHEAD OF LARGE LGBTQ+ PRIDE EVENTS PLANNED FOR SAN DIEGO NEXT MONTH.

IN THE PAST YEAR, 18 RESIDENTS WERE HOSPITALIZED WITH MPOX, AND NO DEATHS WERE REPORTED.

>> WE ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THE GREAT WORK OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE DONE SPREADING THE WORD, THAT GETTING VACCINATED REALLY MAKES THE DIFFERENCE.

WE ARE ASKING FOLKS TO DO IT AGAIN.

>> Reporter: COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE PLENTY OF MPOX VACCINES AVAILABLE.

PEOPLE CAN GET THEM FROM THEIR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, OR AT COUNTY STD CLINICS.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THERE ARE CALLS TO STOP ALL SURGERIES AT ZION MEDICAL CENTER, OVER CONCERNS ABOUT THE STERILIZATION OF THEIR EQUIPMENT.

A KAISER EMPLOYEE AT THE HOSPITAL SAYS SURGICAL TOOLS DO NOT MEET STERILIZATION STANDARDS.

THE ALLEGATION COMES AFTER KAISER ZION ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAD AN ISSUE WITH THEIR HOT WATER LINES AT THE FACILITY.

THE KAISER EMPLOYEE SAID THAT SHE, AND DOZENS OF OTHER EMPLOYEES, SIGNED A LETTER, DEMANDING SURGERY STOP UNTIL THE ISSUES ARE FIXED.

KAISER SAYS IS IT IS ONLY CONDUCTING NECESSARY OPERATIONS WITH TOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN CLEANED AND PROCESSED AT TWO OUTSIDE FACILITIES.

>>> TEACHERS AND OTHER CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES AT THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE JUST DAYS AWAY FROM A NEW CONTRACT, AND IF A MAJORITY OF UNION MEMBERS APPROVE IT, KPBS EDUCATIONAL PER REPORTER ANGIE PEREZ HAS THE LATEST ON THIS HISTORICAL VOTE.

>> THAT IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, MY FRIEND.

I LOVE THAT.

>> Reporter: THOMAS HAS BEEN TEACHING HERE AT CHOI IS MEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THE PAST 24 YEARS.

HE IS GUIDING STUDENTS THROUGH THE END OF THEIR END OF SEMESTER SCIENCE PROJECT, IN THIS COMBINATION FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE CLASS.

HE IS ALSO PREPARING TO VOTE FOR A NEW CONTRACT WITH THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, LIKE HE HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

>> SO, MY ELATION REALLY COMES FROM THE FACT THAT IT IS A UNION, AND A DISTRICT NEGOTIATION THAT ENDED IN A GOOD, POSITIVE WAY.

I THINK IT'S A BENEFIT FOR EVERYBODY, REALLY.

>> AFTER SCHOOL, THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE MORE SAY IN WHAT THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE.

>> Reporter: LUNCHTIME UNION MEETINGS LIKE THIS ONE ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE DISTRICT THIS WEEK, AS EDUCATORS GET EDUCATED ON THE DETAILS OF THEIR NEW CONTRACT.

MORE THAN 6000 CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES ARE VOTING BY PAPER BALLOTS, WHICH ARE BEING COLLECTED ON CAMPUSES, AND AT HEADQUARTERS FOR THE SAN DIEGO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, WHICH HAS BUILT A COALITION WITH SIBLING UNIONS AND OTHERS, TO WIN BIG.

>> THAT WAS A DIFFERENCE MAKER, IN SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE DISTRICT THAT EDUCATORS, PARENTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WERE UNITED TO WIN THESE IMPROVEMENTS FOR OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: A LOOK AT THE TENTATIVE CONTRACT SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A 15% PAY RAISE OVER TWO YEARS, A LUMP SUM PAYMENTS, RETROACTIVE TO JULY OF 2022.

IT REQUIRED LOWER CLASS SIZE FOR EVERY KINDERGARTEN TO THIRD GRADE ROOM, AND AN INCREASE IN COUNSELORS AND FULL-TIME NURSES.

IF THE CONTRACT IS APPROVED, THE LUMP SUM PAYMENT WILL COME IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, JUST AS THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS.

THE AMOUNT OF THAT PAYMENT WILL RANGE FROM $7000-$10,000 BEFORE TAXES, DEPENDENT ON AN EDUCATORS LENGTH OF EMPLOYMENT.

>> AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO USE THAT MARKET ALL OVER THAT MAP.

>> Reporter: FOR VETERAN TEACHERS LIKE MR. COURTNEY, THAT IS A BIG PAYDAY, AND HE SAYS THAT IS ALSO A BIG INCENTIVE TO KEEP TEACHERS COMING BACK EACH YEAR.

>> BINGO!

WHAT ELSE?

>> Reporter: ESPECIALLY THE NEW ONES, WHO HE CONTINUES TO MENTOR.

>> TEACHING IS NOT EASY, RIGHT?

WE KNOW YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, WE KNOW THE REALITIES OF IT.

STICK AROUND, IT IS GOING TO BE WORTHWHILE.

AND THE WORK YOU PUT IN IS GOING TO BE FAIRLY COMPENSATED.

>> THERE WE GO, ALL RIGHT!

>> Reporter: BALLOTS WILL BE COLLECTED THROUGH THURSDAY, WITH RESULTS EXPECTED BY THE END OF THIS WEEKEND.

MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> HOLLYWOOD RIDERS COULD SOON HAVE SOME REINFORCEMENT ON THE PICKET LINE.

SAIGON UNION REPRESENTING TV FILM AND ACTORS VOTED TO AUTHORIZE A STRIKE AGAINST MAJOR STUDIOS IS A NEW CONTRACT IS NOT REACHED BY JUNE 30th.

THE UNION IS SET TO BEGIN TALKS WITH STUDIOS FOR A NEW DEAL TOMORROW.

MEANWHILE, STUDIOS HAVE REACHED A TENTATIVE DEAL WITH THE DIRECTORS GUILD, BUT NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY ABOUT IT.

JEFF WYNN HAS THAT START OF THE STORY.

>> Reporter: WITH NO END IN SIGHT FOR THE HOLLYWOOD RIDERS STRIKE, STU MASON SAYS SHE IS FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.

>> OUR LABOR IS BEING DEVALUED EVERYWHERE.

>> Reporter: MEMBERS OF THE RIDERS GUILD OF AMERICA HAVE BEEN HOPING FOR SOLIDARITY WITH OTHER HOLLYWOOD UNIONS.

BUT, ON SUNDAY, THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA STRUCK A TENTATIVE DEAL WITH THE ALLIANCE OF MOTION PICTURES AND TELEVISION PRODUCERS.

>> IT FRANKLY DOESN'T CHANGE MUCH FOR THE RIDERS GUILD.

>> Reporter: WGA SAYS IT IS GOING TO CHARGE FORWARD WITH THE SAME DEMANDS FOR MORE PAY AND HIGHER RESIDUALS.

ON MONDAY, MEMBERS HANDED OUT LEAFLETS AT THE APPLE STORE AT THE GROUP BECAUSE THE TECH GIANT ALSO STREAMS MOVIES AND SHOWS ON ITS APPLE TV PLUS.

>> TO REMIND THE FOLKS THAT ARE VISITING THOSE STORES, THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THE SHOWS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO WATCH ON THESE APPLE DEVICES ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE A LIVING ANYMORE.

>> Reporter: SIMILAR DEMONSTRATIONS WERE DONE AT ABOUT A DOZEN APPLE STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS ON THE SAME DAY APPLE HELD ITS DEVELOPER CONFERENCE.

>> THE CORPORATE GREED HAS GOT TO GO.

>> Reporter: THEY HAD DECLINED TO COMMENT ON THE TENTATIVE DEAL WITH THE DGA, OR THE STALEMATE WITH THE RIDERS.

BUT, PREVIOUSLY PUSHED BACK ON UNION DEMANDS, POINTING TO THE LAYOFFS AT DISNEY, WARNER BROS.

DISCOVERY, AND PARAMOUNT GLOBAL, THE PARENT COMPANY AS KCAL NEWS.

AS THE STRIKE ENTERS THE SIXTH WEEK, ENTERTAINMENT ATTORNEY AND JOURNALIST SAYS THAT THE FALL SEASON FOR THE BROADCAST NETWORKS MAY START WITHOUT SCRIPTED PROGRAMMING.

>> ON THE OTHER HAND, THE STREAMERS, SUCH AS NETFLIX, WOULD PROBABLY BE HAPPY TO SEE THE FALL SCRIPTED BROADCAST SEASON DESTROYED, BECAUSE IT WOULD DRIVE VIEWERS TO THOSE STREAMING PLATFORMS.

SO, THE COMPANIES AREN'T EVEN ON THE SAME PAGE, NECESSARILY.

THAT MAKES IT HARDER TO GET A DEAL DONE ACROSS THE TABLE.

>> THAT WAS JEFF WINN REPORTING.

THE DGA AGREEMENT STILL NEEDS APPROVAL FROM THE NATIONAL BOARD, THAT IS EXPECTED SOMETIME TODAY.

AFTER THAT, DETAILS OF THE DEAL WILL BE RELEASED.

>>> RELIGIOUS GROUPS ARE WORKING WITH SACRAMENTO CITY LEADERS TO SHELTER AND FEED DOZENS OF SOUTH AMERICAN MIGRANTS FLOWN TO THE STATE CAPITAL.

CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING WHETHER FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS AND HIS ADMINISTRATION SHOULD FACE CHARGES, SUCH AS KIDNAPPING FOR ARRANGING THE FLIGHTS.

A TEXAS SHERIFF'S OFFICE ANNOUNCED IT HAD RECOMMENDED CRIMINAL CHARGES OVER TWO FLIGHTS OF MIGRANTS TAKEN TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD LAST YEAR.

IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILL PURSUE CHARGES.

>>> RECORDS SHOW THAT HUNDREDS OF IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENTS AND CONTRACTORS ABUSED CONFIDENTIAL DATABASES.

KPBS REPORTER GUSTAVO SOLIS SAYS THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO LOTS OF PERSONAL DATA.

>> Reporter: IN SAN DIEGO, ONE I.C.E.

AGENT USED THE FEDERAL DATABASES TO SPY ON HIS EX- WIVES NEW BOYFRIEND.

ANOTHER AGENT USE THE DATABASE TO GET A DETAINEES PRIVATE INFORMATION TO SOMEONE WHO IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO HAVE IT.

THOSE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF MISCONDUCT.

IN SAN DIEGO IMPERIAL COUNTIES, 26 I.C.E.

AGENTS AND CONTRACTORS WERE INVESTIGATED FOR THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR BETWEEN 2016 AND 2019, RECORDS SHOW.

MOST OF THESE EMPLOYEES IMPROPERLY USE COMPUTERS AND DATABASES.

IN FACT, THE MOST COMMON VIOLATION WAS USING FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DATABASES FOR SELF QUERIES, OR JUST LOOKING YOURSELF UP.

>> WE MIGHT SEEM LIKE LOW-LEVEL OFFENSES.

>> Reporter: DAVID MOSS' POLICY DIRECTOR ON THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, HE SAYS LOOKING YOURSELF UP ON A DATABASE MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL.

>> BUT, WHAT THEY DO IS TELL YOU A BROADER PICTURE OF THE CULTURE, OF DHS, AND I.C.E., AND CBP.

>> Reporter: THAT BROADER PICTURE COULD INCLUDE MORE SERIOUS VIOLATIONS, AND THAT CREATES PUBLIC MISTRUST.

>> PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY ARE NOT BEING WATCHED, AND THEY CAN LOOK UP WHATEVER THEY WANT IN THE DATABASE, AND MAYBE THAT STARTS WITH THEM LOOKING UP THEMSELVES, AND THEN MAYBE THAT PROGRESSES TO THEM LOOKING UP THERE EX-WIVES.

>> Reporter: PART OF WHAT MAKES THIS SO CONCERNING, IS THE SHEER AMOUNT OF PERSONAL DATA THESE DATABASES HAVE ABOUT US.

HE SAYS THEY CAN TRACK OUR MOVEMENTS WITH LICENSE PLATE READERS.

THEY HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHO WE SPEND TIME WITH AND WHERE WE WORK.

>> THEY HAVE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AND THEY KEEP INGESTING MORE AND MORE.

IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO KNOW THE FULL THREAT OF INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE.

>> Reporter: IN FACT, IN 2018, SOME OF THOSE DATABASES WERE USED TO TRACK LAWYERS AND HUMANITARIAN WORKERS HELPING MIGRANTS IN TIJUANA.

THAT INCLUDED NICOLE RAMOSE.

SHE IS A DIRECTOR OF THE BORDER RIGHTS PROJECT, WHICH GIVES LEGAL ADVICE TO ASYLUM-SEEKERS TRAPPED IN MEXICO.

WITH ONE OF THE PEOPLE UNDER SURVEILLANCE, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION EVEN HAD A DOSSIER ON HER.

>> THAT INCLUDED INFORMATION SUCH AS MY MOTHER'S NAME, WHERE SHE LIVES, IN THE INTERIOR, MY TRAVEL, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL THAT DID NOT ORIGINATE IN THE U.S. MY CAR, LICENSE, MODEL.

>> Reporter: THIS TYPE OF SURVEILLANCE HAS REAL-WORLD CONSEQUENCES.

THEY FIRST FOUND OUT SOMETHING WAS OFF WHEN CBP AGENTS CENTER TO A SECONDARY INSPECTION.

>> THAT IS WHEN A SUPERVISOR CONFISCATED MY GLOBAL ENTRY CARD.

>> Reporter: GLOBAL ENTRY CARDS ARE VITAL FOR SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON THE BORDER.

THEY ALLOW PEOPLE TO CROSS THROUGH SPECIAL CAR AND PEDESTRIAN LANES THAT ARE MUCH FASTER THAN THE GENERAL LANES.

HAVING ONE OF THOSE CARDS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CROSSING THE BORDER IN 30 MINUTES OR THREE HOURS.

RECORDS SHOW THAT SOME I.C.E.

AGENTS BASED LITTLE DISCIPLINE AFTER THE VIOLATIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE AGENT WHO USED THE DATABASE TO SPY ON HIS NEW WIFE'S EX-BOYFRIEND, THAT WAS NOT REFERRED TO MANAGEMENT.

SAME THING FOR ANOTHER AGENT WHO DID A LICENSE PLATE SEARCH WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION.

THEY DID NOT RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR COMMENT.

>> THERE IS ZERO TRANSPARENCY AND ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY.

>> Reporter: RAMOSE SAYS SHE IS STILL UNDER SURVEILLANCE.

SHE AVOIDS CROSSING THE BORDER UNLESS SHE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO.

>> PEOPLE MIGHT SAY, WELL, IF YOU ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

BUT, THE FACT THAT I AM NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO NOT SURVEIL US AND KEEP US ON A WATCH LIST.

>> Reporter: GUSTAVO SOLIS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE KEELING CURVE IS GIVING US MORE BAD NEWS ABOUT CARBON EMISSIONS BUILDING UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

THE MAUNA LOA OBSERVATORY IN HAWAII MEASURES CARBON DIOXIDE MOLECULES IN DRY AIR, AND THE CHARTED DATA IS CALLED THE KEELING CURVE.

ON MONDAY, THE FEDERAL AGENCY NOEL, AND THE INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY REPORTED THE FOURTH HIGHEST YEAR TO YEAR INCREASE OF CARBON DIOXIDE EVER REPORTED.

TODAY, THE TOTALS ARE 424 PARTS PER MILLION OR PPM, WHICH IS A NEW RECORD.

>> SO, WE CERTAINLY HOPE TO STOP SEEING THE THREATENING OF THIS KEELING CURVE, OR THE GLOBAL CO2 TREND.

BUT, BASED ON WHAT WE OBSERVED, THIS IS NOT YET HAPPENING, AND PAST THAT CASE, WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING MORE THAN TWO PPM INCREASE OF CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE, AND THAT IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT, COMPARED TO OUR EARLIER RECORDS FROM THE 1960S AND 1970S.

SO, IN A LOT OF WAYS, WE ARE DEFLECTING THE CO2 CURVE.

>> Reporter: THE FOUR BIGGEST INCREASES IN THE KEELING CURVE HAVE ALL OCCURRED IN THE LAST DECADE.

THE KEELING CURVE HAS BEEN RISING EVERY YEAR SINCE THE INSTITUTION BEGAN IT IN THE LATE 1950s.

>>> NOT ONE, BUT TWO UPPER- LEVEL LOWS WILL BE FOLLOWING OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

WELL, IT IS A COMBINATION OF COOL CONDITIONS -- ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE DESERTS -- AND ALSO EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVERAGE, ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE COASTLINE.

I WILL LET YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE WEEKEND CHANGES, COMING UP HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.

OTHERWISE, INTO THE OVERNIGHT, AGAIN INCREASING CLOUDS.

OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURE DROPPING TO RIGHT AROUND 60.

OCEANSIDE, MID-TO-UPPER 50s.

OVER IN THE INTERIOR TOWARD RAMONA, 53.

MOUNT LAGUNA INTO THE MID 40s.

ABREGO SPRINGS, AROUND 59.

AGAIN, EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE.

AND WE ARE ALSO SEEING AGAIN SOME AREAS OF SOME SHOWERS, OFF TO THE NORTH.

WELL NORTH OF OCEANSIDE, AND TOWARD SOME OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS, THAT IS THE APPLE UPPER LEVEL LOW.

THAT WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING, BUT WE ARE LITTLE BIT TOO FAR SOUTH.

AGAIN, LOOKING AT EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVERAGE CONTINUING.

THAT BEGINS TO FADE AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THE AFTERNOON TIMEFRAME.

IT WILL BE A SLOW PROCESS TOWARD THE COAST, AND QUICKER TOWARD THE VALLEY LOCATIONS.

RAMONA AT 71.

SPRINGS, TOPPING OFF INTO THE UPPER 80s.

IT IS A NEW MONTH, AND HISTORICAL AVERAGE RAINFALL, FROM MAY TO JUNE, TRANSITION IS DOWN TO RIGHT AROUND .05 INCHES.

WE REALLY DON'T SEE THAT SEASON KICK IN AGAIN UNTIL WE HEAD INTO THE FALL SEASON.

HERE IS A LOOK AT THE COAST, WE HAVE LOW CLOUDS BREAKING FOR US, AND SUNSHINE ON A DAILY BASIS AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS INTO THE WEEKEND.

THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BE SPREADING ABOUT.

THIS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES IN CHECK.

A LITTLE BIT OF A REPRIEVE FROM THAT EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS HERE FROM THE INTERIOR VALLEYS, AND WE WILL TRY TO INCH THE NUMBERS UP INTO THE MID-70s, BUT THE NEXT LOW IS IN THE WEEKEND.

COULD EVEN SEE A MORNING SHOWER WITH THAT, ALONG WITH COOLING AIR AND INTO THE MOUNTAINS, SIMILAR SITUATION THAT STAYS COOL THROUGHOUT, ALONG WITH SOME SUNSHINE AND INTO THE DESERTS.

NOTICE THE NUMBERS HERE AT THE WARMEST HEADING INTO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

A ROUND OF COOL AIR COMING IN AGAIN BY SUNDAY.

FOR KPBS, I AM METEOROLOGIST JUSTIN PYNE.

>>> KPBS' NEWEST PODCAST RELEASED ITS FINAL EPISODE TODAY.

"FREEWAY EXIT KALAMA" IS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE FREEWAYS.

REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN IS THE CREATOR AND HOST AND HE JOINS ME TO TELL US MORE.

ANDREW, THE PODCAST HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK SINCE IT LAUNCHED, BUT WHAT CAN VISITORS EXPECT TO HEAR IN EPISODE SIX?

>> THE FINAL EPISODE FOCUSES ON THE FUTURE OF OUR FREEWAYS IN SAN DIEGO AND HOW THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FREEWAY REALLY HAS TO CHANGE IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR GOALS OF FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE.

LOOK AT THE IDEA OF FIGHTING EVENTS ON FREEWAYS WHERE THEY ARE TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN FOR CARS AND OPENED UP FOR PEOPLE TO WALK AND BIKE ON THEM.

I WENT TO ONE SUCH EVENT ON THE 15 FREEWAY SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT THAT IN EPISODE SIX.

WE JUST DID THIS LAST SUNDAY ON THE 153 FOR THE ROCK 'N ROLL MARATHON.

I WENT THERE, I TOOK A BUNCH OF VIDEOS, AND I WAS REALLY STRUCK BY HOW MUCH QUIETER AND MORE PEACEFUL BALBOA PARK IS WITH ALL OF THAT TRAFFIC NOISE WITH THE FREEWAY GOING THROUGH IT.

HERE IS A CLIP FROM BRIERE MARSH, A LOCAL ARCHITECT FEATURED IN THE PODCAST.

HE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS IDEA OF LETTING PEOPLE EXPERIENCE A FREEWAY WITH NO CARS ON IT AND HOW THAT CAN REALLY CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

>> I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THE VALUE OF THIS SPACE, AND WHAT WE HAVE GIVEN UP.

AND THROUGH THAT FEELING THAT THEY HAVE OWNERSHIP OVER IT, THEY CAN PERHAPS HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL OVER THEIR MIND, WHICH HAS BEEN REALLOCATED TO SOME OF THE NEWS, RIGHT?

TRAFFIC.

IF PEOPLE CAN USE IT, EVEN JUST OCCASIONALLY, MAYBE WE WILL START TO CARE ABOUT IT MORE, AND MAYBE THEY WILL START TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS SPACE HAS VALUE AND IT IS A PLACE THEY WANT TO BE, AND THEY WANT TO EXPERIENCE THOSE PEDESTRIANS ON BIKES OR RUNNING.

SO, I THINK THE POWER OF TAKING BACK A SPACE -- EVEN IF JUST FOR A MOMENT -- IS UNDENIABLE.

>> Reporter: I LOVE THAT.

IT IS ABOUT EXPERIENCING SPACES DIFFERENTLY.

>> YOUR PODCAST LOOKS AT TWO FREEWAYS IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT WERE ACTUALLY TORN DOWN IN THE '90S, AND HOW SURPRISINGLY SUCCESSFUL THOSE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN.

IT'S FREEWAY REMOVAL SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK IT EVER HAPPENED HERE IN SAN DIEGO?

>> WELL, MAIA, THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST SURPRISING AND EXCITING DISCOVERIES I MADE WHILE WORKING ON THIS PODCAST.

SAN DIEGO HAS ACTUALLY ALREADY SAID YES TO REMOVING A FREEWAY.

THERE IS A PROPOSAL FOR TEARING DOWN A VERY SMALL SNAKE MEN'S OF OUR FREEWAY THAT WAS ACTUALLY NEVER MEANT TO GET BUILT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

IN ITS PLACE, THERE WOULD BE A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH HOUSING, SOME BUSINESSES, AND A PARK.

THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2015, BUT IT IS STILL A VERY LONG WAY FROM HAPPENING.

NOW, I AM NOT GOING TO SAY WHERE THIS IS.

PEOPLE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST TO FIND OUT.

NOW THAT ALL OF THE EPISODES ARE STREAMING, YOU CAN BINGE THE WHOLE SERIES, FROM START TO FINISH.

>> VERY INTERESTING.

THANKS, ANDREW.

KPBS IS HOLDING A EVENT THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 10th, TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION IN SAN DIEGO.

YOU CAN FIND THE DETAILS AT KPBS.ORG/FREEWAY EXIT.

>>> I AM JEFF BENNETT.

TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, A DAM COLLAPSED IN SOUTHERN UKRAINE SUBMERGED HUNDREDS OF HOMES.

COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> A BIG MILESTONE REACHED TODAY IN LA JOLLA SHORES.

CREWS REMOVED THE LAST OVERHEAD UTILITY POLE, COMPLETING ANOTHER PHASE OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO'S UNDERGROUND PROJECT.

SINCE THE PROJECT STARTED IN 2019, 1.8 MILES OF UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL, TELEPHONE, AND BROADBAND ALLIANCE SERVICING 81 HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE CITY IS MOVING AROUND 15 MILES OF OVERHEAD LINES UNDERGROUND EACH YEAR, BUT THERE ARE STILL ABOUT 1000 MILES OF OVERHEAD LINES WITHIN THE CITY.

>>> JUNE 6th OF 1963 WAS A DAY VERY MUCH LIKE TODAY IN SAN DIEGO, WITH OVERCAST SKIES AND A HIGH OF 68 DEGREES.

BUT, THE DAY WAS DIFFERENT IN ONE MAJOR WAY.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WAS IN TOWN.

JOHN CAROL LOOKS BACK AT JOHN F. KENNEDY'S TRIP TO OUR CITY.

>> THE PLAN HAS JUST ARRIVED AFTER A TWO HOUR, 40 MINUTE FLIGHT FROM EL PASO, TEXAS, WHERE THE PRESIDENT WAS LAST NIGHT.

>> Reporter: 60 YEARS AGO TODAY, AIR FORCE ONE, THEN A BOEING 707 LANDED AT LINDBERGH FIELD.

PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS INITIALLY COMING JUST TO INSPECT THE TRUTH AT THE MARINE DEPOT, BUT AT THE URGING OF THEN SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE PRESIDENT, DR. MALCOLM LOVE, AND GOVERNOR PAT BROWN INVITED THE PRESIDENT TO GIVE THE COMMENCEMENT SPEECH OF THE CLASS OF 1963.

HE RECEIVED THE FIRST HONORARY DEGREE GIVEN BY THE SCHOOL, IN THE OLD AZTEC BALL, WHERE THE ARENA SITS NOW.

>> I WANT TO EXPRESS A VERY STRONG SENSE OF APPRECIATION FOR THE HONOR THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO ME TODAY, TO BE AN INSTANT GRADUATE OF THIS DISTINGUISHED COLLEGE.

IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

>> Reporter: KENNEDY WOULD GO ON TO EXTOL THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA, FROM KINDERGARTEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL.

>> NO FREE SOCIETY CAN POSSIBLY BE SUSTAINED, UNLESS IT HAS AN EDUCATED CITIZENRY, WHOSE QUALITIES OF MIND AND HEART PERMIT IT TO TAKE PART IN THE COMPLICATED AND INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED DECISIONS THAT ARE NOT ONLY UPON THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS, BUT UPON ALL THE CITIZENS WHO EXERCISE THE ELEMENT OF POWER.

>> HEARS THE PRESIDENT'S HELICOPTER.

>> Reporter: AFTER HIS BRIEF REMARKS AT SAN DIEGO STATE, THE PRESIDENT BOARDED MARINE ONE, AND FLEW OVER TO McRD, AND AFTER INSPECTING THE TROOPS, THE PRESIDENT, A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II, DELIVERED A SHORT SPEECH.

>> AND IN THE YEARS TO COME, THOSE WHO OPPOSE US, THOUGH WHO WISH US ILL, MUST CONTEND WITH THE STRONG DETERMINATION OF AMERICANS, TO NOT ONLY ENDURE AND SURVIVE, BUT ALSO TO PREVAIL.

>> Reporter: APART FROM THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO SAN DIEGO STATE AND McRD, THERE IS ONE OTHER PLACE WHERE HIS TRIP HERE IS MEMORIALIZED.

IT IS HERE, ON THE SIDE OF REDFORD'S RESTAURANT, A LOCAL TEEN SNAPPED A PICTURE OF THE PRESIDENT IN HIS MOTORCADE AS THEY MADE THEIR WAY OUT TO SAN DIEGO STATE.

NEARLY SIX MONTHS AGO, THE PRESIDENT WOULD TAKE AN ASSASSIN'S BULLET IN A SIMILAR MOTORCADE.

BUT, FOR THOSE THAT WERE STILL AROUND, THE MEMORIES OF THAT DAY, JUNE 6th, ARE NO DOUBT HAPPY OF A HISTORIC DAY IN SAN DIEGO.

JOHN CAROL, KPBS NEWS.

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