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>> GOOD EVENING I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION IS PLANNING TO MORE THAN 70,000 VETERANS AFFAIRS STAFF.

CRITICS SAY THE CUTS WILL HURT VA HEALTHCARE AND BENEFITS.

OUR REPORTER SAYS THE VETS HERE IN SAN DIEGO ARE NOT TAKING THESE CUTS WITHOUT A FIGHT.

FOR ON A RECENT LATE AFTERNOON, VETERANS IN SAN DIEGO GATHERED TO PROTEST AND PENDING CUTS TO THE VA. ONE OF SEVERAL SUCH PROTESTS HELD AROUND THE COUNTRY THIS MONTH.

CLIFF WAS WOUNDED IN COMBAT AND RECEIVES DISABILITY BENEFITS FROM THE VA. >> WE NEED SERVICES , THEY ARE SLASHING JOBS LEFT AND RIGHT.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

>> HE SAYS THE CUTS ARE IMPACTING HIM ALREADY.

LAST MONTH THE VA FIRED ALMOST 1500 PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES.

>> I'VE SEEN PEOPLE DIE AND I'VE KNOWN PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE.

I SUFFER FROM PTSD AND THE COUNSELOR I HAVE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO ME.

FOR THE PROTESTS WERE ORGANIZED AFTER THE VA SECRETARY TOLD VETERANS IN A MARCH 6 VIDEO TO GET USED TO THE CHANGES.

THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE ISSUED A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION LAST WEEK REQUIRING THE VA TO OFFER FIRED PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES THEIR JOBS BACK.

THEY ASKED THE SUPREME COURT TO BLOCK THIS.

EVERY THURSDAY THE VFW HALL AND LOGAN HEIGHTS OPEN ITS DOORS TO THE COMMUNITY AND SERVES FREE BREAKFAST.

>> USING VA HEALTHCARE, CONCERNS ABOUT IT, THE WAIT TIMES ARE PRETTY LONG AS IS SO CUTTING JOBS AND LAYING OFF PEOPLE, IT WILL AFFECT ALL OF US ACROSS THE BOARD.

>> IN OCEANSIDE, ONE REPRESENTATIVE HELD A HEARING WITH VETERANS AND ADVOCATES ON THE CUTS AND SAYS REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS WON'T STAND UP TO THE ADMINISTRATION.

>> THEY'VE EFFECTIVELY CEDED CONTROL TO ELON MUSK CAN'T TO DOES MAC.

>> ONE OF THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HAS BEEN EMPOWERED BY TRUMP TO MAKE THE GOVERNMENT MORE EFFICIENT.

THE RESULTS SO FAR HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF LAYOFFS, LAWSUITS, AND QUESTIONABLE CLAIMS OF GOVERNMENT SAVINGS.

THEIR GOAL IS TO FIRE 70,000 TO 80,000 PEOPLE AND BRING THE DEPARTMENT TO ITS STAFFING LEVEL OF 2019 BEFORE THE 2022 PACKED ACT OPEN TO BENEFITS TO VETERANS AND THE AGENCY BEEFED UP STAFFING TO ACCOMMODATE IT.

HE SITS ON THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE WHICH HELPS PENDING LEGISLATION AND SAYS NO ONE HAS ARTICULATED WHY THE CUTS ARE EVEN NEEDED.

>> WE DON'T HAVE CLEAR ANSWERS BECAUSE OUR COLLEAGUES WON'T HAVE HEARINGS LIKE THIS.

THEY WON'T HAVE TOWN HALLS, THEY WON'T BE ACCOUNTABLE OR TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHY THEY SUPPORT THESE MOVES BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID, IN MY VIEW, TO CROSS THE PRESIDENT AND ACROSS THEIR BIGGEST DONOR, ELON MUSK WHO HAS BEEN PUT IN CHARGE.

>> THIS MARINE VETERAN SAYS SHE RELIES ON THE VA AND THE MOVE TO CUT STAFF LEFT HER FEELING BETRAYED.

>> I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST ME.

THERE'S THIS SENSE OF BETRAYAL, A SENSE OF BETRAYAL FROM THE COUNTRY.

>> THE VETERAN AND VETERAN FAMILY COMMITTEE IN CALIFORNIA FOR THE PARTY, THE CENTRIST POLITICAL PARTY STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO BY THE FORMER DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND BILLIONAIRE.

SHE SAYS VETERANS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ARE UNHAPPY WITH WHAT'S HAPPENED AT THE VA AND THAT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE FAILURE OF THE TWO PARTIES.

>> I THINK WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE TWO- PARTY SYSTEM BEFORE OUR EYES EVERY DAY.

THERE'S A PROBLEM WHEN AMERICANS BY AND LARGE ARE SAYING, NOT ONLY VETERANS BUT AMERICANS IN GENERAL SAY THAT THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IS CAUSING THEM STRESS AND ANXIETY.

>> THEY PROVIDED KPBS WAS A STATEMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT IN WASHINGTON DC SAYING IT'S COMPLYING WITH TRUMPS EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION AS WELL AS THE COURTS PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ON FIRINGS BUT DID NOT, AGAIN, ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT IMPACTS LOCALLY.

WE FIRST ASKED MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AGO.

>> SEEING MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SCRAMBLING TO FIGURE OUT HOW A JOURNALIST WAS ADDED TO A GROUP CHAT DISCUSSING U.S. PLANS FOR AN ATTACK IN YEMEN.

THE CHAT WAS HOSTED ON THE COMMUNICATIONS APP, SIGNAL.

THE NATION'S TOP INTEL CHIEFS WERE CALLED BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE HERE TODAY.

>> IF THIS WAS THE CASE OF THE MILITARY OFFICER OR INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AND HAD THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR THEY WOULD BE FIRED.

>> Reporter: TULSI GABBARD IN THE CIA DIRECTOR JOHN RADCLIFFE IN THE HOT SEAT WITH SEVERAL LAWMAKERS AFTER THE REVELATION OF A SIGNAL CHAT GROUP WITH OTHER TOP TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS AND JEFFREY GOLDBERG, THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE ATLANTIC.

THEY WERE ON THE CHAT ACCORDING TO GOLDBERG BUT ONLY RADCLIFFE CONFIRMED HE WAS THERE.

GOBER CLAIMS THAT THE DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH DISCUSSED LIKELY CLASSIFY DETAILS OF AN IMPENDING ATTACK ON WHO THE REBELS WHICH HEGSETH DENIES.

AS FOR USING AN APP LIKE SIGNAL TO COMMUNICATE SENSITIVE INFORMATION.

>> THE WARMER WEATHER WE'VE HAD TO START THE WEEK HAS STARTED TO COOL DOWN CLOSER TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HISTORICAL AVERAGES BUT TOMORROW THE BIG STORY WILL BE THE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WHICH COULD IMPACT VISIBILITY.

I WILL BREAK ALL THAT DOWN COMING UP.

>> APOLOGIES FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.

MAKING RIGHT TURNS ON RED LIGHTS WAS ILLEGAL IN THE UNITED STATES FOR MOST OF THE 20th CENTURY.

OUR REPORTER SAYS WHILE DRIVERS ARE USED TO THE CONVENIENCE, THE MANEUVER IS FACING GROWING SCRUTINY.

>> CONGRESS LEGALIZED RIGHT TURN ON RED A HALF-CENTURY AGO IN RESPONSE TO THE OIL CRISIS OF 1973.

THE IDEA WAS TO CONSERVE GASOLINE BY REDUCING VEHICLE IDLING AT THE INTERSECTIONS BUT A STUDY FROM SEVERAL CALIFORNIAN UNIVERSITIES FOUND THAT THE GAS SAVINGS HAVE BEEN NEGLIGIBLE.

ONE CITY PLANNING PROFESSOR CO- AUTHORED THE STUDY WHICH ALSO FOUND RIGHT TURN ON RED IS GENERALLY UNSAFE.

>> IT'S ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS WITH A RIGHT TURN ON RED, IT'S THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF IT, THE DRIVER IS LOOKING LEFT AT THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND FAILING TO SEE A PEDESTRIAN IN FRONT OF THEM OR CYCLIST IN FRONT OF THEM.

>> SAN DIEGO IS PREPARING AN UPDATE TO ITS STREET DESIGN MANUAL WITH GUIDELINES FOR ONE TO PROHIBIT RIGHT TURN ON RED, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS WITH HIGH PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.

HE SAYS IT COULD DO MORE THAN JUST PREVENT COLLISIONS BUT ALSO MAKE NEIGHBORHOODS MORE WALKABLE.

>> IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT SAFETY BUT ABOUT COMFORT AND MOVE ABILITY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.

RATHER THAN JUST LOOKING AT THE SAFETY CALCULATIONS WITH A QUANTITATIVE SET UP, THERE'S THE QUALITY OF THE SIDE.

LOOK AT HOW THESE PLACES ARE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE.

>> THE STREET DESIGN MANUAL IS EXPECTED TO GO BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL LATER THIS YEAR.

>> SAN DIEGO UNIFIED IS CONSIDERING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR FACULTY AND STAFF.

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS VOTING ON THREE PROPOSALS TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR AT LEAST 10% OF ITS STAFF OVER THE NEXT DECADE.

ONE PROPOSED SITE IS AT DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS.

OTHERS INCLUDE THE REVERE CENTER , THE 80 INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA CENTER AND THE DISTRICT OWNED LAND ON COMMERCIAL STREET.

ALTOGETHER, THE DIFFERING SIDES WOULD PROVIDE 1500 UNITS.

>> IF WE COULD RECRUIT AND RETAIN OUR EMPLOYEES AND IF OUR FAMILIES COULD NO LONGER AFFORD TO LIVE IN SAN DIEGO, IT OBVIOUSLY DIRECTLY IMPACTS EVERYTHING WE ARE TRYING TO DO AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE KNOW THAT AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE COULD ACTUALLY JUMP IN AND BE PART OF THIS SOLUTION.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO UNIFIED TOLD OUR MEDIA PARTNER THAT THE DISTRICT CAN'T USE BOND MONEY TO RAISE TEACHERS SALARIES.

A REPRESENTATIVE SAID IT WOULD TAKE HUGE INCREASES IN STATE FUNDING TO RAISE WAGES.

THE COST OF COLLEGE HAS SKYROCKETED OVER 30 YEARS.

HARVARD ANNOUNCED THEY WOULD OFFER FREE TUITION FOR FAMILIES TAKING $200,000 OR LESS.

UNDERGRADUATE TUITION WAS $56,000 THIS YEAR AT HARVARD SO WHY IS COLLEGE SO EXPENSIVE?

JEN SULLIVAN LOOKS AT THE NUMBERS AND WHAT STUDENTS COULD DO TO HELP CUT DOWN COSTS.

FOR THE COST OF COLLEGE HAS RISEN DRAMATICALLY OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES WITH INFLATION AND INCREASE IN OPERATING COSTS CAUSING COLLEGES TO CHARGE MORE AND THEY ARE RECEIVING LESS FEDERAL FUNDING.

>> THERE'S NO DOUBT COLLEGE IS EXPENSIVE.

>> BANK RATE BROKE DOWN THE COST OF TUITION AS WELL AS FEES LIKE ROOM AND BOARD FOR THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR.

THEY ESTIMATED THE AVERAGE IN- STATE TUITION AND ROOM AND BOARD AT A PUBLIC FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE WAS NEARLY $25,000 PER YEAR.

OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS, THEY PAID AN AVERAGE OF $44,000 PER YEAR.

A PRIVATE FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE COST CLOSE TO $59,000 PER YEAR.

>> I THINK THAT PEOPLE JUST AREN'T FEELING THE ABILITY OF A COLLEGE DEGREE IS THE SAME FROM A FEW DECADES AGO.

>> THERE ARE SOME THINGS THEY COULD DO TO LOWER COSTS.

>> ONE WAY TO CUT DOWN THE COST FOR COLLEGES WILLING TO ATTEND A COLLEGE THAT'S NEAR WHERE YOU LIVE AND LIVING AT HOME.

>> CONSIDER ATTENDING A COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND TRANSFERRING TO A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE OR APPLY FOR WORK-STUDY JOBS.

LOOK INTO FINANCIAL HELP LIKE STUDENT LOANS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND GRANTS, CHOOSE A DEGREE WITH A POSITIVE RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT.

FOR CONSUMER WATCH, I AM JENN SULLIVAN.

>> THE VISTA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS EXPANDING ITS SPANISH LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM.

OUR REPORTER SAYS INTEREST FROM LOCAL FAMILIES IS DRIVING THIS CHANGE.

>> Reporter: IN VANESSA'S MATH CLASS AT THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, STUDENTS ARE NOT ONLY LEARNING GEOMETRY, THEY ARE ALSO PRACTICING SPANISH.

THIS IS ONE OF NINE CLASSROOMS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING IN BOTH ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.

>> THIS HELPS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING AND ALSO , I HAVE READ THAT, LEARNING OTHER LANGUAGES HELPS YOU TO NOT FORGET THINGS WHEN YOU GET OLDER.

IT'S ALSO FUN.

>> THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRENTLY OFFER DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION.

THE DISTRICT PLANS TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM TO ADDITIONAL GRADE LEVELS AND ANOTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS NEXT YEAR.

A HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS IN TWO YEARS.

>> OUR FAMILIES HAVE AND SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROGRAM.

THEY DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A K- 5 EXPERIENCE, THEY WANT TO HAVE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACH IT.

>> THE DIRECTOR SAYS IT SERVES BOTH ENGLISH SPEAKERS LOOKING TO LEARN A SECOND LANGUAGE IN STUDENTS FROM SPANISH-SPEAKING FAMILIES WHO WANT TO PRESERVE THAT SKILL.

>> YOU'VE GOT FAMILIES WHO HAVE MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES.

WHEN THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS A SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRY, SOMETIMES COMMUNICATION IS AN ISSUE.

THEY'VE BEEN IN A SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN MODELING, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THEIR MOTHER LANGUAGE.

>> EXPANDING THE PROGRAM WILL INVOLVE HANDLING HIRING MORE BILINGUAL TEACHERS.

>> NOT SAYING IT'S BEEN EASY BUT SO FAR WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB TO PROMOTE OUR DISTRICT.

>> MOST STUDENTS SPEAK ENGLISH AT HOME.

THE PROGRAM BEGAN WITH ONE KINDERGARTEN CLASS AND ONE FIRST-GRADE CLASS IN 2020.

ALEX PETERMAN WAS ONE OF THOSE FIRST-GRADERS.

>> STARTING EARLY HELPS LATER ON, YOU KNOW MORE WORDS.

IT'S EASIER BECAUSE YOUR BRAIN IS STILL GROWING AND YOU COULD GET THAT INTO YOUR MIND.

>> STUDYING SUBJECTS LIKE MATH, SCIENCE, AND SPANISH COULD BE CHALLENGING.

STUDENTS SAY THE KEY IS TO BE PATIENT WITH YOURSELF.

>> RELAX AND JUST GO WITH THE FLOW.

>> DISTRICT LEADERS ARE LOOKING TO RECRUIT MORE TEACHERS AT THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE THIS WEEK.

KPBS NEWS.

>> SO HERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW, SOME DUNG BEETLES ARE NATIVE TO CALIFORNIA BUT MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN IMPORTED TO PREVENT THE DAMAGE DONE BY CATTLE FARMING.

OUR REPORTER SPOKE WITH AN ENTOMOLOGIST ABOUT THEIR USES AND THEIR AMAZING ABILITY TO ADAPT.

>> THE BEST-KNOWN IMAGE OF THE DUNG BEETLE IS THE ONE THAT RULES IT'S ROLLS IT'S BALL OF DUNG TO ITS HIDING PLACE WHERE IT LAYS ITS EGGS BUT THESE ARE ALSO DUNG BEETLES ALONG WITH THE DUNG BALL ROLLERS, THERE'S ALSO THE DWELLERS MOVING INTO THE DUNG PILE AND THEY SET UP HOUSEKEEPING.

>> THERE'S A THIRD GROUP CALLED TUNNEL LETTERS.

THEY TUNNEL UNDERNEATH THE COW PATHS TO PRODUCE THOSE LITTLE CHAMBERS.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DUNG BEETLES.

>> A PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR, AND EVOLUTION AT UC SAN DIEGO.

DUNG BEETLES ARE HIS SPECIALTY YOUR KEY SAYS THERE ARE OVER 5000 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF THEM.

A DUNG BEETLES OCCUPATION IS PRETTY SIMPLE.

ECOLOGICAL ROLE IS MISUNDERSTOOD.

ONE THING IS VERY CLEAR, FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, DUNG BEETLES ARE A GREAT CLEANUP CREW.

>> FOR ONE, THEY PHYSICALLY REMOVE COW DUNG FROM THE SURFACE OF THE SOIL AND INTO THE SOIL , THEREBY MAKING THESE ROUTES ACCESSIBLE TO PLANTS AND OTHER ORGANISMS AND THEY AERATE THE SOIL BECAUSE THEY OFTEN PRODUCE THESE TUNNELS.

>> HE SAYS HE BECAME INTERESTED IN THE DUNG BEETLES AS A SCIENTIST BECAUSE THERE ARE FEW CREATURES THAT ADAPT SO READILY TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

BIOLOGIST SAY THEY HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF PLASTICITY.

FOR INSTANCE, THEY HAVE A LEVEL OF NUTRITION WHICH DETERMINES WHETHER MALES WILL GROW THESE BIG LONGHORNS SEEN ON THE LEFT THAT THE USE FOR FIGHTING AS THEY COMPETE FOR MATES.

ENVIRONMENT FACTORS COULD DETERMINE THEIR SHAPE AND THEIR SIZE.

>> THEY COULD LOOK DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE GENETICALLY IDENTICAL SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF AN ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS A STRONG IMPACT ON THE WAY THE ORGANISM LOOKS AND OPERATES.

>> THERE'S A NATIVE CALIFORNIA DUNG BEETLES BUT THERE'S A LOT OF FOREIGN SPECIES THAT WERE BROUGHT TO THE U.S. TO SOLVE WHAT WAS PERCEIVED TO BE A SHORTAGE OF THEM.

THEIR PURPOSE WAS TO CORRECT THE DAMAGE CATTLE FARMING WAS DOING TO LAND THAT THE COWS USED AS PASTURE.

>> THERE WERE MANY STUDIES INTRODUCED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL IN THE 60s BECAUSE DUNG BEETLES ARE BENEFICIAL FOR COW PASTURES.

THE USDA INTRODUCE THEM FROM OTHER PLACES INCLUDING SOUTHERN AFRICA AND EUROPE.

>> Reporter: WEATHER RAISED IN TUNNELS ARE GETTING ONE OF THOSE BIG DUNG BALLS, EACH BEETLE EGG, THEY ARE SUPPLIED WITH PLENTY OF AND WE AT THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN, CAN APPRECIATE THEIR JOB WELL DONE.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED SOME LOW CLOUDS AND FOG THIS MORNING BUT THAT'S GOING TO SPREAD FURTHER INLAND COME TOMORROW MORNING SO HEADS UP FOR YOUR MORNING COMMUTE.

WE MIGHT HAVE SOME VISIBILITY IMPACTS BUT THE STORY THIS WEEK WILL BE THE TEMPERATURES.

WE STARTED OFF FORMER THAN WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF YOUR TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORICAL AVERAGES AS WE BEGIN TO COOL DOWN.

SOME OF US FIVE OR SO DEGREES BELOW THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE WILL BREAK DOWN IS THE WIND THAT WILL PICK UP LATER THIS WEEK.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ESPECIALLY FOR THE DESERT REGIONS.

LET'S DIVE INTO THIS PIECE BY PIECE BEGINNING WITH TEMPERATURES TONIGHT.

OCEANSIDE DROPPING DOWN TO THE MID 50s, A FEW DEGREES WARMER IN SAN DIEGO.

LOW 50s FROM OUT LAGUNA AND ALL OF US ARE SEEING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND OF COURSE, GOING INTO TOMORROW ESPECIALLY THE MORNING HOURS, WE HAVE FOUGHT TO CONTEND WITH.

ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST WITH THE SYSTEM MOVING FURTHER INLAND.

TEMPERATURES TOMORROW IN THE MID 60s.

A DEGREE WARMER THAN OCEANSIDE AT 65 DEGREES.

WE ARE 90 IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

TALKING ABOUT YOUR EXTENDED OUTLOOK ON THE COAST WE WILL SEE A MIXTURE OF SUNSHINE, CLOUDS, FOG THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK SO DON'T EXPECT COMPLETE SUNSHINE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

TEMPERATURES VARY BY A FEW DEGREES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE WARM-UP A FEW DEGREES FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

WE END UP IN THE MID 50s, THE CLOUDIEST OF DAYS ON YOUR SUNDAY.

LET'S LOOK AT THE INLAND FIVE DAY OUTLOOK HERE.

IT'S A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH THE MIXTURE OF SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60s TO LOW 70s VARYING BY 1 DEGREE DAY-TO-DAY.

IN THE MOUNTAINS WOULD BEGIN TO DROP DOWN TO THE 40s FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

THEN WE WARM-UP WHEN WE GET TO SUNDAY.

TEMPERATURES AT 90 DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY AND DROP DOWN A FEW DEGREES THURSDAY AND WE RELEASED THE DROP FROM THURSDAY TO FRIDAY.

THEN WE REMAIN THAT WAY SATURDAY AND WARM UP TO THE 80s BY THE TIME WE GET TO YOUR SUNDAY.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, TRUMP INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS AFTER IT WAS REVEALED THAT THEY DISCUSSED WAR PLANS ON A COMMERCIAL MESSAGING APP.

THAT'S AT 7:00 AFTER THE EVENING EDITION.

>> DEAL OF A BOOK SO MUCH YOU'D RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE IN SAN DIEGO?

ONE BOOK SAN DIEGO NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN THROUGH APRIL 1.

SUBMIT YOUR PICK ONLINE BEFORE WE GET TO OUR LAST STORY, HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW.

ON THE MORNING EDITION, FEDERAL WORKERS HAVE BEEN ORDERED AKIN TO OFFICES ONLY TO FACE SHORTAGES OF DESKS, COMPUTER MONITORS, PARKING, AND EVEN TOILET PAPER.

SPRING BREAK TRAVEL SEASON IS HERE.

OUR MIDDAY EDITION IS TALKING WITH THE SAN DIEGO AUTHOR OF THE SMART WOMAN'S GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL SOLO TRAVEL.

>>> WE ARE NEARING THE END OF MARCH AND WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH BUT THERE'S A PLACE WHERE YOU COULD LEARN ABOUT THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT AND FIGHT FOR EQUALITY ALL YEAR LONG.

LAST SUMMER I WENT BEHIND THE SCENES TO SEE HOW THE WOMEN'S MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA CAREFULLY AND LOVINGLY CARES FOR HISTORIC ARTIFACTS OF THE SAN DIEGO HISTORY CENTER IN BALBOA PARK AND I GOT A LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOST PRECIOUS ITEMS IN THEIR COLLECTION.

HE THIS IS THE NEW HOME OF THE SAN DIEGO WOMEN'S MUSEUM.

>> WE ARE NOW PART OF THE HISTORY CENTER, YES.

>> HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE HERE?

>> IT'S FANTASTIC.

IT'S FANTASTIC.

WHEN YOU HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL THINGS, YOU WANT TO SHARE THEM WITH PEOPLE.

THE WORLD COMES THROUGH BALBOA PARK AS WE KNOW SO IT'S VERY EXCITING.

>> IN FACT YOU'VE GOT SO MANY GREAT THINGS TO SHOW US .

>> THE WOMEN'S MUSEUM IS THE ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT COLLECTIONS IN THE COUNTRY AND WE ARE PROUD OF THAT.

>> THIS BANNER ENDED UP HANGING IN THE HOME OF A LEADING SAN DIEGO SUFFRAGIST AND IT'S ONE OF THE JEWELS OF OUR COLLECTION.

>> THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS IN THE UNITED STATES TO VOTE SHALL NOT BE DENIED OR ABRIDGED BY THE UNITED STATES OR ANY STATES ON ACCOUNT OF SEX.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THIS IS A LITTLE BOOKLET ON SONGS AND VERSES FOR THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT THAT WOMEN WOULD SING ALONG TO.

>> YES, YEAH.

>> THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

>> SIMILAR TO THAT, THIS IS A COMPILATION OF SPEECHES.

THESE TWO ITEMS ARE TOOLS OF THE TRADE.

INSTAGRAM FOR THE DAY, YOU KNOW.

>> IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS, HOW WE WON THE VOTE IN CALIFORNIA BY SELENA SOLOMON.

>> WHAT DOES THE INSCRIPTION MEAN TO YOU?

>> WHEN YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT THING, NEVER GIVE UP .

>> WILL MAKE ME TEAR UP.

>> I THINK THAT THE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP THAT OBVIOUSLY SUSTAINED THIS MOVEMENT , LIKEWISE THE HEART OF ONE WHO WROTE THIS BOOK.

>> THIS IS A POSTCARD OF A WOMAN PUTTING A STAR ON THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE FLAG IN CALIFORNIA COME A THE SIXTH ONE TO PUT THE STAR ON.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE.

THIS IS A PUBLICATION WHEN CALIFORNIA BECAME THE SIXTH STATE IN THE UNION.

>> THE SIXTH STATE IN THE FREE WEST.

YEAH.

IT REALLY GIVES ONE PAUSE, DOESN'T IT?

>> OREGON NEXT.

>> FROM THE FIGHT TO GAIN THE VOTE TO ACTUALLY VOTING.

TO THEN, BEING A LET IT TO OFFICE, TO BEING VOTED FOR.

>> HERE WE SEE DIANE FEINSTEIN , LYNN SHANK WAS THE FIRST ONE IN SAN DIEGO TO BE ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

>> YOU COULD SEE THE ARK OF WHEN WOMEN HAD NO VOICE TO THE STRONGEST VOICE.

>> EXACTLY.

EXACTLY.

>> SOMETHING FROM THE COSTUME COLLECTION.

>> WHAT WE HAVE ON THE LEFT IN THE BLUE IS A REPRODUCTION OF WHAT'S CALLED THE BLOOMERS.

THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT TO WHERE TROUSERS.

THIS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EARLIEST PARTS OF THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT GOING TO THE 19th CENTURY SO WE ARE SORT OF BOOK ENDED HERE.

>> THEY COULD WEAR PANTS WITH THESE .

IT WAS A LET US DO WHAT WE WANT KIND OF MESSAGE.

>> THERE'S A LOT ABOUT CLOTHING AND FREEDOM THAT GOES ON FOR SURE.

>> LET ME TAKE YOU UPSTAIRS .

WE ARE ENTERING AND WHAT YOU CALL THE CAGE.

>> YES, THIS IS WHERE WE STORE OUR COLLECTIONS.

I'M HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEEK INTO THIS AREA.

AS YOU COULD SEE, WE HAVE GOT MORE THINGS THAN WE COULD FIT INTO THIS SPACE BUT WE HAVE A WHOLE RANGE OF THINGS FROM EVERY DAY WHERE TO THE MOST SPECIAL GOWNS LIKE A WEDDING GOWN.

WE HAVE EXTENSIVE COLLECTIONS OF PURSES, HANDBAGS, MAKEUP KITS AND ACCESSORIES.

WE RECENTLY DISCOVERED WE HAVE A GOWN FROM 1958.

IT WAS WORN BY A WOMAN IN SAN DIEGO WHO WAS THE HEAD OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.

THIS IS A SOCCER BALL SIGNED BY EVERY MEMBER OF THE WAVE.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF COLLECTING HAPPENING TODAY.

IT'S A HISTORY MUSEUM SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS FROM THE PAST BUT DOCUMENTING THE PRESENT FOR PEOPLE 20 YEARS FROM NOW WHO WOULD WANT TO SEE THIS IN ORDER TO IMAGINE OURSELVES IN THE FUTURE, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE WERE BEFORE.

KNOWING THE STORIES OF THE WOMEN WHO CAME BEFORE WILL EMPOWER AND INSPIRE GIRLS AND WOMEN TO FULFILL THEIR PASSIONS AND DREAMS TO BECOME THE PEOPLE THEY ARE MEANT TO BE.

>> THERE YOU HAVE IT.

YOU COULD FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

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