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>>> SAN ISIDRO BORDER CROSSING IS REOPENING TOMORROW.

THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M JOHN CAROL.

CUSTOMS AND BORDER PRODUCTION CLOSED THE BUSY BORDER CROSSING IN DECEMBER.

GUSTAVO SOLIS SAYS THAT RESIDENTS ARE HAPPY THE BORDER CROSSING WILL REOPEN.

>> IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT THINGS ARE RETURNING TO BUSINESS AS USUAL.

>> Reporter: THEY COST BUSINESSES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR.

>> AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO THINK IT'S KEY.

THAT RELIES ON BORDER STRUCTURE.

>> Reporter: BEING CLOSE TO TIJUANA AND ITS MASSIVE MANUFACTURING SECTOR GIVES TIJUANA A STANDARD.

>> WE REMAIN WORKING TO GET WHERE WE WANT TO BE.

WHICH IS ALL CROSSINGS WORKING AT FULL POTENTIAL.

>> Reporter: SAMARIPA SAYS THIS AFFECTS EVERYTHING FROM GODS TO EMPLOYEES TRYING TO GET TO WORK ON TIME.

SAN ISIDRO'S PETS BORDER CROSSINGS IS JUST ONE OF FOUR CLOSED IN DECEMBER.

TWO OTHERS WERE IN ARIZONA AND ANOTHER IN TEXAS.

THE AGENCY SAYS THESE CLOSINGS WAS NECESSARY TO DEAL WITH AN INFLUX OF MIGRANTS.

PET WEST WILL REOPEN AT 6:00 A.M.

TOMORROW.

BUT ONLY FOR LIMITED HOURS.

PEOPLE WILL BE LEFT TO CROSSED NORTH BETWEEN SAN DIEGO BETWEEN 6:00 A.M. AND 6:00 P.M. AND PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO CROSS SOUTH TIJUANA BETWEEN 6:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M.

THEY WANT MORE.

THEY WANT BORDER TRAFFIC TO BE BACK IN FULL SWING WHICH MEANS HAVING THE RIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT IT.

PET WEST HAS NOT BEEN FULLY REOPENED SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

GUSTAVO SOLIS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE UPPING THE POLITICAL PRESSURE ON EACH OTHER.

THAT OVER IMMIGRATION STRAINS ALONG THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER.

COMING UP, MORE ON THE DELEGATION MEETING IN TEXAS TODAY LED BY SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON.

>>> THE FIRST STORM OF 2024 ARRIVED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY TODAY.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN NORMAL HEIGHTS EARLIER.

DESPITE THE RAIN, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THIS YEAR IS EXPECTED TO BE DRIER COMPARED TO THE RAINY SEASONS OF 2022 AND 2023.

THAT'S EVEN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT 2023 IS AN EL NINO YEAR.

STARTING NEXT WEEK AROUND THE TENTH.

>>> WE'VE HAD WET WEATHER SLIDING THROUGH AND COULD STILL DEAL WITH A SHOWER OR TWO.

WE'LL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK.

>>> SAN DIEGO'S PLANNED FACILITY TO RECYCLE WASTE WATER IS THE BIGGEST CAPITAL PROJECT IN THE CITY'S HISTORY.

THIS WEEK, THE PROJECT HEADS UNDER WATER AS DIVERS WILL SOON BE INSTALLING DISTRIBUTION PIPES IN THE MIRAMAR RESERVOIR.

>> THE PIPELINE YOU SEE FLOATING IN THE WATER IS ONE END OF AN 8-MILE CONDUIT THAT WILL CONNECT THE CITY'S WASTE WATER RECYCLING PLAN TO MIRAMAR RESERVOIR IN NORTH SAN DIEGO.

LATER THIS WEEK, THIS PART OF THE PIPELINE WILL BE UNDER 100 FEET OF WATER.

>> WE ARE GETTING READY TO INSTALL AN APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE BRANCH PIPELINE THAT WILL BE BUILT ABOVE WATER AND WILL BE SUNK IN PLACE TO ALLOW THE STREET PURIFIED WATER EVENLY WITHIN THE MIRAMAR RESERVOIR.

WE HAVE DIVERS, AT ANY GIVEN TIME THERE WILL BE FIVE DIVERS.

THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME THEY WILL BE INSTALLING AND HANDLING THE COUPLING.

THERE WILL BE A DIVER WHO'S DOING THE INSPECTIONS FOR QUALITY CONTROL.

>> Reporter: THE COST OF PHASE ONE OF SAN DIEGO'S PURE RATTER TREATMENT PROJECT IS ABOUT $1.5 BILLION.

PHASE ONE WILL BE COMPLETED LATER THIS DECADE AND IT WILL PRODUCE 40 MILLION-GALLONS A DAY FOR THE CITY.

ROBERT HERNANDEZ OVERSEES THE PIPELINE PROJECT.

HE SAYS CALIFORNIA REQUIRES WASTE WATER TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS CALLED THE POTABLE REUSE.

THAT MEANS TREATING THE WATER AND TREATING IT AGAIN BEFORE FLOWING THROUGH YOUR TAP.

>> WE'RE DOING AN INDIRECT POTABLE REUSE WHICH IS AN ADDED FOR SAFETY IN CASE SOMETHING GOES WRONG IN ANY ONE OF THOSE STEPS THERE'S SOME CONTINUITY BETWEEN THEM.

SO YOU CAN BE A LITTLE MORE CONSERVATIVE WITH THE APPROACH.

>> Reporter: IN 2022, FOUR EAST COUNTY WATER AGENCIES BROKE GROUND ON A WATER PURIFICATION PLANT.

IT WILL PRODUCE ABOUT A THIRD OF THOSE AGENCIES DAILY WATER SUPPLY.

OCEANSIDE IS ALREADY BEGUN SUPPLYING RESIDENTS WITH PURIFIED RECYCLED WATER.

3 MILLION A DAY.

SAN DIEGO'S RECYCLING PLAN WILL BE BY FAR THE BIGGEST AND THE MOST PRODUCTIVE LOCALLY.

FERNANDEZ SAYS THE CITY NEEDS ITS OWN LOCALLY CONTROLLED WATER SOURCE.

>> LIVING HERE IS KIND OF THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM THERE'S REALLY NO WATER RIGHT, LOCALLY AVAILABLE.

SO THIS PROJECT PROVIDES A WAY FOR SAN DIEGO TO PROVIDE A SAFE, RELIABLE, LOCALLY SOURCED DRINKING WATER.

MANAGER THAT WE REALLY HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO'S WATER SYSTEM WILL BE OPERATIONAL AND PROVIDING WATER TO RESIDENTS BY 2026.

THEY SAY IT'LL BE AT FULL CAPACITY PROVIDING NEARLY HALF THE CITY'S WATER NEEDS BY 2035.

THOMAS FUDGE, PBS NEWS.

>>> FIRE STATION 4 NOW HAS AN EXTRA FIRE ENGINE.

IT WILL BE IN SERVICE 5 HOURS A DAY.

THE CITY ADDED THE VEHICLE AS PART OF A PILOT PROJECT TO SPEED UP RESPONSE TIMES.

FIRE STATION 4 ISN'T JUST ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN THE CITY BUT THE ENTIRE NATION.

>> SOMETHING WE'VE WANTED TO DO FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

WE JUST HAVE NOT BEEN IN A POSITION STAFFING WISE TO PUT AN ADDITIONAL ENGINE OUT THERE EVERY DAY DEPLOYED FOR EVEN AN HOUR.

WE FELT IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME.

>> Reporter: CHIEF STHOL SAYS THIS WILL EASE THE BURDEN ON OTHER FIRE STATIONS AROUND DOWNTOWN WHO ARE OFTEN CALLED TO CALLS IN THE EAST VILLAGE.

>> Jim: SOME HEALTH EXPERTS EXPECT BIGGER BUMPS GOING INTO JANUARY.

MANDY GATHER LOOKS AT DATA FROM THE CDC ON HOW YOU CAN PROTECT YOURSELF AND THOSE AROUND YOU.

>> Reporter: THE SAME RESPIRATORY VIRUSES HITTING THE U.S. HARD.

>> WE ARE SEEING AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF COVID.

FORTUNATELY A LOT OF THAT IS IN THE OUTPATIENT SETTING.

NOT NECESSARILY IN THE HOSPITAL LIKE WE HAD SEEN IN YEARS PAST.

INFLUENZA IS RAMPANT.

>> Reporter: 2/3 AS STATES REPORTING FLU ACTIVITY THAT'S HIGH OR VERY HIGH AND ITS ACCELERATING.

SO FAR 7 MILLION CONFIRMED ILLNESSES.

73,000 HOSPITALIZATIONS AND 4,500 DEATHS RELATED TO FLU.

NATIONALLY, CDC DATA SHOWS COVID-19 LEVELS IN WASTE WATER ARE VERY HIGH.

HIGHER THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR IN EVERY REGION.

WEEKLY EMERGENCIES ROSE 12% AND HOSPITALIZATIONS JUMPED ABOUT 17% IN THE MOST RECENT WEEK.

WITH CASES SURGING SOME HOSPITALS ARE REQUIRING MASKS ONCE AGAIN.

>> AND IT'S TYPICAL THAT WE SEE A SURGE IN THESE VIRUSES AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

ALTHOUGH IT DOES SEEM TO BE A BIT MORE THIS YEAR THAN IN YEARS PAST.

>> Reporter: DR. DENISE MILSTINE SAYS TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS BY BEING VACCINATED AGAINST THESE SPREADING VIRUSES AS WELL AS PRACTICING OTHER PREVENTATIVE MORE THANS LIKE STAYING HOME WHEN YOU'RE SICK.

WASHING YOUR HANDS AND MASKING UP IF YOU DON'T FEEL WELL BUT HAVE TO BE AROUND OTHERS.

>> THE MORE WE EXPOSE OURSELVES THE MORE WE'LL SEE AN INCREASE IN THESE INFECTIONS.

>>> JANUARY IS NATIONAL BLOOD DONOR MONTH.

THERE TENDS TO BE EXTRA NEED.

EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY LOOKED TO FILL THAT GAP.

>> IT'S NEVER A BAD TIME TO GIVE BLOOD BUT THE SAN DIEGO BLOOD BANK SAYS THE WINTER MONTHS HAVE AN EVEN GREATER NEED.

TODAY THE BLOOD BANK TEAMED UP WITH THE SAN DIEGO CREDIT UNION FOR THE BLOOD DRIVE INCLUDING A SITE IN ENCINITAS.

>> I'VE BEEN A BLOOD DONOR FOR NEARLY 5 MONTHS.

A FRIEND OF MINE'S SON GOT SICK SO HE NEEDED BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT.

UNFORTUNATELY HE DIED.

HIS SON DIED, SO WE JUST KEEP ON DONATING BLOOD IN MEMORY OF HIM.

>> Reporter: CLAUDINE VONDANCA IS THE COORDINATOR OF THE BLOOD BANK.

SHE SAYS WHILE SUPPLIES ARE NOT AT A CRISIS LEVEL.

>> WE LIKE TO KEEP AT LEAST A 7 DAY SUPPLY ON THE SHELF OF ALL TYPES.

WE'RE SLOW ON THOSE Os.

O+ AND O NEGATIVE.

>> Reporter: O NEGATIVE IS THE TYPE BLOOD THAT EVERYBODY CAN ACCEPT.

THAT'S THE HARDEST TO FIND.

>> IT FEELS LIKE IT'S JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

>> Reporter: TIM FITS THE BILL.

HE HAS 0 NEGATIVE BLOOD AND REGULARLY DONATES.

HE SAYS HE'S GIVEN 5-GALLONS OF BLOOD THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.

>> I FEEL LIKE IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP BECAUSE THEY GIVE THE BLOOD TO THE NICU UNIT OR ICU.

>> Reporter: WEDNESDAY'S MULTI LOCATION EVENT HAS COME TO A CLOSE.

PEOPLE CAN DONATE YEAR ROUND BY FINDING A LOCATION NEAR THEM AT SAN DIEGO BLOOD BANK.ORG.

JACOB HEIR, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A DELEGATION OF LAWMAKERS LED BY HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSTON WERE IN TEXAS TODAY.

THEY'RE CRITICIZING PRESIDENT BIDEN'S IMMIGRATION CHANGES.

>> Reporter: A MAJOR CROSSING POINT FOR MIGRANTS HOPING FOR ENTRY INTO THE U.S.

IN EAGLE PASS TEXAS.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT REPUBLICANS CONSISTENT REFUSAL TO VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT'S BORDER FUNDING YEAR AFTER YEAR IS HAMSTERRING IN BORDER SECURITY.

MORE AID TIED TO UKRAINE AND ISRAEL IN THE PRESIDENT'S CURRENT PROPOSAL IS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WILL ONLY WORSEN THE MIGRANT CRISIS >> WE WILL NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PERFORM OUR JOBS AS FULLY AND COMPLETELY.

>> Reporter: WITH HOUSE GOP MEMBERS ANNOUNCING THEY'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HIM IN THE COMING WEEKS.

>> IF REPUBLICANS WERE SERIOUS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER THESE YOU KNOW IMPEACHMENT SHAM HEARINGS AND WHAT HAVE YOU THAT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY SIT DOWN WITH DEMOCRATS AND COME UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO REALLY DEAL WITH IMMIGRATION.

>> WE NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN GET ACCOMPLISHED IN THIS DEAL AND NOT WHAT WE CAN GET ACCOMPLISHED SO MONTHS FROM NOW.

>> Reporter: I'M LAURA AGUIRRE, PBS NEWS.

>>> WE NOW KNOW WHAT KILLED MILLIONS OF BEES.

THE BEES TESTED POSITIVE FOR AN INSECTICIDE TO KILL BEES USUALLY USED AROUND HOUSES.

>> WE SUSPECT MALICE TO BE HONEST.

BECAUSE ALL NEAR BY ORCHARDS DID NOT HAVE ANY REPORTED USE.

IT SEEMS IT WAS DIRECTED TOWARD US.

WE CAN'T SAY THAT FOR SURE, WE'RE DEFINITELY PULLING OUT OF THAT AREA.

>> Reporter: THE BEE SANCTUARY WAS FORCED TO SHUT DOWN.

THEY CREATED A GO FUND ME PAGE.

YOU CAN SEE IT ON YOUR SCREEN.

GOFUNDME.COM/HONEYBEEPOISONREC OVERY.

>>> HERE'S KAREN KAFFA ON WHERE THOSE WITH FINANCIAL RESOLUTIONS CAN PAIR DOWN DEBT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS LINGERING CREDIT CARD DEBT FOLLOWING THEIR FINANCING INTO THE NEW YEAR.

>> EVEN IF IT JUST HAPPENED OVER THE HOLIDAYS OR IT HAPPENED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

YOU NEED TO GET RID OF THAT DEBT.

>> Reporter: AMERICANS COLLECTIVE CREDIT CARD BALANCES SOARED TO A NEW HIGH OF $100,000.

NEARLY THE AVERAGE INTEREST RATES FOR CREDIT CARD SPIKED AT MORE THAN 22% IN 2023.

AMIDST THE FEDERAL RESERVES INTEREST RATE HIKES TO CURVE INFLATION.

WHILE DEBT CAN FEEL ISOLATING.

HOUSES WITH CREDIT CARD DEBT ARE ON A DECLINE RIGHT NOW.

>> WHEN INFLATION GOES DOWN, THAT DOES NOT MEAN PRICES ARE GOING DOWN.

THAT'S WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE FEELING THE PINCH OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY THEIR BILLS.

>> Reporter: HOUSEHOLDS CAN MAKE A FRESH START IN THE NEW YEAR WITH TWO MAJOR FIRST STEPS.

CREATING A BUDGET AND TRACKING EXPENSES.

>> THINK OF THAT AS YOUR FINANCIAL FOUNDATION.

YOU HAVE THOSE TWO THINGS IN PLACE AND YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER HOW YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY.

OTHER KEY OPTIONS, MAKING A LIST OF ALL CREDIT CARD BALANCES AND KNOWING YOUR CREDIT SCORE AS A STARTING POINT.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M KAREN KAFFA.

>>> THE IRS IS UPDATED THE RULES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE TAX CREDITS FOR THE NEW YEAR.

FEWER VEHICLES ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL TAX CREDITS AND EVEN FEWER ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE MAXIMUM CREDIT OF $7,500.

BUT MANY ELECTRIC AND PLUG IN HYBRID MODELS ARE STILL AVAILABLE.

THE CREDIT CAN BE APPLIED FOR AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE.

>>> PUBLIC ART IN IMPERIAL BEACH.

LOCAL ARTISTS TOLD GUSTAVO SOLIS THEY WERE INSPIRED BY THE LOCAL SURF CULTURE.

>> MY FLAME IS MALCOLM JONES.

I LIVE ON IMPERIAL BEACH.

>> Reporter: MALCOLM JONES IS BEING MODEST.

HE'S THE ARTIST TO THE LARGE PIECE.

>> THE IDEA IN THE OLD DAYS WITH THE LONG BOARDS, WHEN THE SURFERS WOULD GET OUT OF THE WATER, THEY WOULD DIG A LITTLE HOLE AND STICK THE BOARDS DOWN IN THE HOLE THEY KNOW MOUND IT UP.

SO THE BOARD WAS STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR.

THAT WAS SO THE WAX WON'T MELT OR GET SAND IN IT.

SO WHEN THEY WOULD STAY IN GROUPS TYPICALLY.

THEY WOULD PUT THEIR SURFBOARDS IN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT POSITIONS DEPENDING ON WHERE THE SUN WAS WHEN THEY DECIDE TO LAY DOWN.

>> Reporter: SURF HENGE IS ONE OF TWO ART PIECES CREATED IN THE 70s.

BACK THEN, THE CITY WAS KNOWN MORE FOR DRUG DEALERS AND BIKER GANGS THAN PUBLIC ART.

>> 25, 30 YEARS AGO IB HAD A REALLY BAD REPUTATION.

WHEN MY WIFE AND I WERE THINKING OF MOVING HERE PEOPLE WOULD ASK US, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT.

MY NAME IS DAVID FRANK, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE IMPERIAL BEACH ARTS BUREAU.

THE REASON WE'RE HERE IS TO PROMOTE IMPERIAL BEACH.

WE WANT IB TO BE KNOWN AS AN ART DESTINATION.

>> Reporter: THE IB ARTS PWAOUR -- BUREAU EVERYONE HAS AN INTERACTIVE MAP ONLINE.

FINK SAYS THAT IS DUE TO THE SECOND ICONIC ART INSTALLATION.

>> RECOGNIZING THE SURFING CULTURE AND DEMCE HOLDER WHO WAS SO INSTRUMENTAL IN STARTING THE SURF, THE SURF CULTURE THAT HAPPENED HERE IN THE 50s AND 60s.

>> Reporter: THE SPIRIT OF IMPERIAL BEACH SHOWS AN ABSOLUTELY SURFER NEXT TO A LONG BOARD.

THE SURFER ART IS INSPIRED BY ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER.

AN ART COMMISSIONER THOUGHT SURFERS WERE TOO PUNY AND ASKED HIM TO BULK HIM UP A LITTLE BIT.

>> BETWEEN THOSE TWO SCULPTURES, THOSE ARE THE TWO MOST PHOTOGRAPHED PIECES WE HAVE IN IFB AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT.

>> Reporter: THE SCULPTOR PASSED AWAY BEFORE THE PIECE WAS UP.

BOTH WORKED WITH THE GOAL OF CHANGING CITY PERCEPTION.

>> THE CITY WAS LOOKING FOR A CHANGE OF IDENTITITY.

-- IDENTITY.

THE TOWN WAS KIND OF LAWLESS AND THEY FASTENED ON HISTORIC SURFERS.

WHO WERE DOWN HERE BRAVING THESE CRAZY WAVES.

>> DEMPSEY HOLDER PUT IMPERIAL BEACH ON THE MAP.

HE HAS ENCOURAGED SURFERS TO PRACTICE THEIR SPORT.

>> THEY HAD HUGE WOODEN BOARDS THAT WEIGHED 80 POUNDS.

THEY WERE FAMOUS AROUND HERE.

>> Reporter: TODAY CROSS BORDER KEEPS SURFERS AWAY FROM THAT BREAK.

BUT THERE'S STILL A FEW SURFERS WHO PADDLE OUT DURING THE BIG WINTER SWELLS.

THE TWO PUBLIC ART PIECES CONTINUE TO BE A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION.

GUSTAVO SOLIS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S START OUT WITH OUR HEADLINES.

SEE WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING.

DRIER CONDITIONS, COOL NIGHT AND WARMER DAYS AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY THURSDAY.

CONTINUING THROUGH THE START OF THE WEEKEND.

BUT THEN WE WILL SEE THE RETURN OF SHOWERS AS WE HEAD INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY.

THEN COOLER CONDITIONS WILL STICK AROUND AS WE HEAD EARLY INTO NEXT WEEK.

AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH A FEW SHOWERS IN AND AROUND CHULA VISTA AND SAN DIEGO.

MEAN WHILE WE HAVE A CLEARER SKY MOVING THROUGH.

AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING INTO THE 30s AND 40s.

COOL NIGHTS, FOLLOWED BY MILD AFTERNOONS.

SAN DIEGO 65, CHULA VISTA 63.

WITH A NICER DRIER CONDITIONS MAYBE HEADING INTO THE OCEAN BUT HEADS UP WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THAT HIGH SURF ADVISORY.

FROM SANTA MONICA DOWN INTO SAN DIEGO.

AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH OUR THURSDAY NIGHT.

INTO THE DAY FRIDAY WE GO WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE TRENDING COOLER BURR WE DO STAY DRY ON FRIDAY.

ENJOY THAT WHILE IT LASTS BECAUSE WE ARE WATCHING OUR WEATHER PATTERN RETURN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

THIS WILL BE A PRETTY QUICK MOVING STORM MOVING THROUGH BUT COULD LEAD TO TRAVEL DELAYS.

LET'S TAKE YOU OUT TO THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.

KEEPING THE SUNSHINE THROUGH THE START OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE WIND PICKS UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY.

INLAND WE GO WHERE WE ARE DRY THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

I DO THINK A SHOWER WILL BE AROUND AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY SUNDAY BEFORE MORE SUNSHINE RETURNS AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON MONDAY.

THE MOUNTAINS LOOKING GOOD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

SUNSHINE RETURNS BUT THE COLDER AIR MOVES ON IN.

AND THEN WE CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW AND SLEET MIXING BACK IN AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY SUNDAY.

SUNSHINE RETURNING MONDAY, BUT STAYING COLD.

WRAPPING THINGS UP INTO THE DESERT HERE WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL STAY INTO THE 60s AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF OUR WEEK.

OVER THE WEEKEND, WE WILL SEE BREEZIER CONDITIONS BY SUNDAY MORNING.

FOR KPBS NEWS, MARIBELA SOLIS.

>>> SOME PARTS OF CALIFORNIA STARTED THE YEAR LOOKING MORE WHITE.

FOR THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS AND THE 15 AND 16 CORRIDOR, THAT'S IN EFFECT TOMORROW MORNING.

>>> AND THERE'S NEW MOVE TRICKLING INTO THE THEATER.

WE LOOK AT THREE FILMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

>> Reporter: IN ALL OF OUR STRANGERS, ADAM A WRITER AND SOLITUDE SOUL.

THEN ONE NIGHT.

HARRY SHOWS UP AND THE TWO MEN FALL INTO A RELATIONSHIP IN PART BECAUSE THEY MIRROR EACH OTHER'S PAIN AND LONELINESS.

>> THIS MOMENT THEY DIED.

>> YEAH, THEY DIED BEFORE I WAS 12.

>> HOW IS IT GOING?

>> STRANGELY.

>> Reporter: VERY STRONGLY, AS ADAM RETURNS TO HIS FAMILY HOME AND SEES HIS PARENTS AS THEY WERE BEFORE THEY DIED.

ALL OF US STRANGERS IS A FILM ABOUT MEMORY AND TRYING TO GO BACK TO RE-EXAMINE THE PAST AND REDEFINE KEY RELATIONSHIPS.

THE FILM MAINTAINS A MYSTERIOUS TONE SO WE QUESTION WHAT MIGHT BE REAL OR IMAGINED.

ALL OF OUR STRANGERS IS A MELANCHOLY AND BEAUTIFUL FILM ABOUT GRIEF, LOSS AND TRYING TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS.

>> Reporter: THE LONELINESS MONTH ELLISON IS AN AUTHOR AND HE'S UPSET.

>> YOU WANT STEREOTYPES I'LL GIVE THEM ONE.

>> WHAT IS THIS.

>> DEAD BEAT DADS, RAPPERS RIGHT.

>> Reporter: AN ESTABLISHMENT WITH A FAMILY DRAMA.

IT FITS IMPRESSIVE LIVE WITH THE LATTER BUT COMES UP SHORT WITH SATIRE.

THE FILM GOES WITH LOW HANGING FRUIT.

THE FILM DOES WELL BUT IT'S FRUSTRATING THAT THE ENDING WAS NOT BETTER.

>> Reporter: FROM THE MOMENT I SAW GOES AMERICA I FELL IN LOVE WITH MAKI.

IF YOU'RE WILLING TO STEP INTO HIS WORLD ON HIS TERMS YOU WILL DEVELOP AN ENDEARING WEIRDNESS AS WELL AS A INSIGHTFUL EYE.

FALLEN LEAVES IS KARIS MATIS FILL.

FALLEN LEAVES IS UNIQUE IN EVERY DAY AND I HOPE I CAN CONVINCE SOME VIEWERS TO KICK OFF 2024 BY TRYING SOMETHING NEW.

>>> THAT'S IT FOR US.

THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M JOHN CAROL.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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PROVIDING SAN DIEGO >>> AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

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