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[ MUSIC ] >> TODAY IS JUNETEENTH, A DAY MEANT TO COMMEMORATE THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES.

IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN 1816 FIVE WHERE FEDERAL TROOPS ARRIVED IN GALVESTON, TEXAS, TO ANNOUNCE TO THOUSANDS OF SLAVES THAT THEY WERE FREE.

WE LOOK AT HOW THE HOLIDAYS BEING MARKED.

>> FROM A HISTORIC FIGHT, TO THE NATION'S CAPITAL.

SO I'M A HAPPY BLACK AMERICAN.

>> AND A MARCH FOR FREEDOM IN DALLAS.>> JUNETEENTH FREED THE PEOPLE.

>> CELEBRATIONS FROM COAST TO COAST.

JUNETEENTH COMMEMORATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AT A WHITE HOUSE EVENT LAST WEEK, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAID THE DAY IS A REMINDER THAT THERE IS A LOT MORE WORK TO DO.

>> IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE PAST, IT'S ABOUT OUR PRESENT, AND OUR FUTURE.

BIDEN WARNED SUPPORTERS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL OF POLITICAL EFFORTS.>> DID YOU EVER THINK YOU WOULD GO THROUGH A TIME WE WERE BANNING BOOKS IN AMERICA?>> DURING A SALVATION IN ATLANTA, KAMALA HARRIS WAS THE FIRST BLACK AMERICAN, FOR SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN, AND FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO THAT POSITION, AND USED THE STAGE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND VOTE.

>> AS WE CREATE TRADITIONS ON TOP OF THOSE THAT HAVE EXISTED, THINK OF JUNETEENTH AS OUR CALL TO ACTION.

>> IN 2020, BIDEN RECEIVED ABOUT 80% OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTE, BUT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S SUPPORT IS GROWING.

REPORTING IN WASHINGTON, I'M JULIA BENBROOK.

THERE ARE SEVERAL CELEBRATIONS IN SAN DIEGO, INCLUDING AN EVENT FOR LOVERS.

THEY HOSTED A HARRY TUBMAN BIRD WALK IN BALBOA PARK, TODAY.

PARTICIPANTS REFLECTED ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DAY, AND LEARNED ABOUT TOOLS TUBMAN USED TO FREE HUNDREDS OF SLAVES.

>> SHE WAS A BOTANIST, SHE WAS AN ASTRONOMER.

SHE WOULD GROW DIFFERENT HERBS, AND THAT NORTH STAR, THEY WERE ON THE QUOTES.

THIS IS A JOYOUS HOLIDAY, AND WE HAVE TO KEEP IT EDUCATIONAL.

>> THIS WEEKEND THEY CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH WITH A PRESENTATION OF THE WORLD IS MY HOME, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF PAUL ROBERSON.

A LAWYER, ACTOR, SINGER, AND NFL HALL OF FAMER.

THE SHOW STARTS AT 7 P.M. ON SATURDAY AND 4 P.M. ON SUNDAY.

>>> A TRIPLE THREAT OF DANGEROUS WEATHER IS IMPACTING PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, IN THE FORMS OF WILDFIRES, EXTREME HEAT, AND FLOODING FROM THE FIRST NAMED STORM SWIRLING THROUGH THE GULF OF MEXICO.>> SURFSIDE BEACH IS AMONG A NUMBER OF TEXAS OCEANFRONT'S CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY.

TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO, THE FIRST NAMED STORM OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON IS 185 MILES OFF TAMPICO, MEXICO, SENDING HEAVY RAIN AND A MASSIVE STORM SURGE NORTH.>> NOBODY IS GOING TO COME HELP YOU.

>> COASTAL CITIES ARE ALREADY GRAPPLING WITH RISING FLOODWATERS, PUSHED ASHORE BY WIND.

FOR FORECASTERS PREDICT A SPREAD ACROSS TEXAS NOW THREE THURSDAY, AND ALSO INTO NEW MEXICO.

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES IN THE STATE HAVE BEEN CHARGED SO FAR, ALONG WITH HUNDREDS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

IN ONE VILLAGE, RESIDENTS WERE FORCED TO EVACUATE.>> A SEVERE DROUGHT WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES, LOW HUMIDITY, AND THEN WE GET WIND, EXPLOSIVE WILDFIRES IN AREAS THAT TRADITIONALLY WOULD NOT BE IN THAT CONDITION.

>> EXTREME HEAT AND DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST, WEDNESDAY, WITH EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH OR RECORD RAKING TEMPERATURES IN MANY CITIES FROM ILLINOIS TO MAINE.

>> PEOPLE SAY THIS EXTREME WEATHER HAS ALWAYS OCCURRED, WE AGREE, BUT IT IS OCCURRING AT A FREQUENCY THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN.>>> WE ARE DEALING WITH A TYPICAL RHYTHM THIS TIME OF YEAR, LOW CLOUDS NEAR THE COAST AND THROUGH THE MORNING, BRIGHTER INTO THE AFTERNOON.

OVERNIGHTS NIGHT WE GET INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60s NEAR THE COASTLINE, COOLER INTO RAMONA, 52, BORREGO SPRINGS, 71.

WE ARE GETTING READY FOR A SIGNIFICANT, PROLONGED DESERT WAVE OFF TO THE EAST THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

THE HEAT IS GOING TO BE BUILDING ON THURSDAY.

WE WILL TELL YOU HOW HIGH WE GO WITH THE FULL FORECAST, SOON.>>> CORY SUZUKI SAYS THE NEWS MARKS A MAJOR EXPANSION OF THE SERVICES MEANT TO HELP PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE SOUTH COUNTY.>> THE SOUTH COUNTY LIGHTHOUSE IS ON EUCLID AVENUE, RAN BY THE NONPROFIT, SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION.

THEY WILL GIVE FOOD, JOB TRAINING, AND A PLACE TO SLEEP FOR 30 DAYS, THEN GIVE AN OPTION TO MOVE ON TO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

EVEN THOUGH THE ORGANIZATION IS A FAITH-BASED, CHRISTIAN NONPROFIT, OFFICIALS SAY THEY WON'T REQUIRE ANYONE TO TAKE PART IN RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES.>> 3, 2, 1.

>> NATIONAL CITY LEADERSHIP SAYS THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS IN THE MAKING.

THIS STARTED HAVING - - THIS STARTED HAPPENING THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.

I WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL.

>> MARCUS BUSH LIVES JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM THE NEW SHELTER.

WHEN PERMITS CAME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2021, HE SAYS HE RALLIED HIS NEIGHBORS TO INCREASE SUPPORT.

WE DON'T FIND MANY COLLECTIVE LEADERS LIVING NEXT TO A HOMELESS SHELTER THAT ACTUALLY SUPPORT IT, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO, THERE IS A HOMELESS CRISIS, THIS IS NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT.>> WELCOME TO THE GRAND OPENING OF THE SOUTH COUNTY LIGHTHOUSE.

STANDARD NEW SHELTER IS FUNDED ENTIRELY BY DONORS, AND WILL NOT REQUIRE PUBLIC DOLLARS, BUT THEY WILL WORK WITH OUTREACH WORKERS.

ROSIE VASQUEZ IS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE UNSHELTERED IMMUNITY.

SHE SAYS THIS NEWS IS A BIG DEAL.

BEFORE THIS, THE SOUTH BAY HAD ALMOST NOWHERE ELSE PEOPLE COULD GO FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING.

WHAT'S GREAT IS WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT A PILOT PROGRAM, WE ARE LOOKING AT PROGRAMMING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN COMMITTED, AND THEY BEEN ABLE TO FIND SUCCESS.

I THINK THAT IS VERY ENCOURAGING FOR WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO HERE IN THE SOUTH BAY.

>> THE SOUTH BAY LIGHTHOUSE IS ACCEPTING 75 PEOPLE, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY HOPE TO BE HOUSING 160.>>> A PROPOSAL TO REROUTE TRAIN TRACKS AWAY FROM THE BLUFFS IN DELMAR IS GETTING SOME PUSHBACK FROM ITS NEIGHBOR, SOLANA BEACH.

WE HAVE THE STORY FROM A PUBLIC WORKSHOP ABOUT THE RAILROAD PLANS.

>> RESEARCHERS SAY THAT DELMAR BLUFFS ROAD BY 6 INCHES PER YEAR, CREEPING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE TRACKS.

FOR YEARS THEY'VE EXPLORED MANY OPTIONS OF RELOCATING AND TURNING TELLING PORTIONS OF THE RAIL LINE, OPTIONS THAT SEEMS TO MOSTLY IMPACT DELMAR.

THEY ARE GIVING THE COMMUNITY MORE INFORMATION ON THE ROUTES FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE RAIL LINE, ONE OF THOSE ROUTES RUNS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 5 FREEWAY, AND THAT ROUTE STARTS HERE AT THE SOLANA BEACH TRAIN STATION.

SOME RESIDENTS ARE NOT HAPPY, THEY FEEL BLINDSIDED, NOT KNOWING THAT THERE COULD BE A TUNNEL RUNNING UNDER THEIR SITTING CITY.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS HAVE MOSTLY BEEN FILLED WITH DELMAR RESIDENCE, BUT THE ONE HELD ON TUESDAY EVENING HAD A LARGE TURNOUT FROM THE CITY OF SOLANA BEACH.>> ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVES WOULD GO RIGHT THROUGH SOLANA BEACH, AND WHAT IMPACT QUITE A BIT OF THE LIFE THAT WE LIVE AND THE CENTERS WHERE WE SHOP, THE TRAILS WE WALK AND RUN.

>> THIS WAS DONNA'S FIRST TIME AT A MEETING.

SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED THE AGENCY DIDN'T DO MORE OUTREACH.>> I DON'T WANT DELMAR TO BE IMPACTED, IT'S NOT A THEM AND A SITUATION, I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION, SO WE CAN BE IN THE PROCESS AND BE HEARD.>> WE HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS, WE FOUND THIS OUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, OUR COMMUNITY HAS NOT BEEN ENGAGED, OUR BUSINESSES HAVE NOT BEEN ENGAGED, NOR HAVE THE TRANSIT OPERATORS, SO WE REALLY NEED A LOT MORE ENGAGEMENT AND AN ALTERNATIVE THAT WORKS FOR DELMAR, SOLANA BEACH, AND THE REGION.>> SHE SAYS THE ROUTE ALONG THE FREEWAY COST THE MOST AND WOULD TAKE THE LUNGS TO BUILD.>> IT DOESN'T PASS THE COMMON SENSE TEST, IT ALSO DESTROYS A LOT OF STRUCTURE THAT THE REGION ALREADY INVESTED IN.>> FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY COULD CHANGE THE ROUTES.

ONE PUBLIC ADVOCACY GROUP SAYS IT IS INTERESTING HOW PUSHBACK HAS SHIFTED FROM CITY TO CITY.>> THEY DIDN'T GO THROUGH THEIR CITY, THEY HAD THE ARGUMENT THAT IT'S NOT THE RIGHT DECISION, NOT THE RIGHT TRACK, ONLY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH THEIR CITY.

>> WHATEVER THE CHOICE, HE THINKS IT SHOULD INCLUDE THREE THINGS.

WHAT WE CARE ABOUT IS MAKING THE TRAIN FAST, RELIABLE.

>> THE PUBLIC HAS UNTIL JULY 19 TWO SUBMIT THEIR FEEDBACK, ONLINE, OR BY MAIL.>>> THE CITY HAS EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR YOUTH, SENIORS AND AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO APPLY FOR DISCOUNTED TRANSIT PASSES.

KATIE HAS MORE ON WHO IS ELIGIBLE, AND HOW TO APPLY.>> THE SAN DIEGO METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM IS REMINDING REDUCED FARE RECIPIENTS OF THEIR ELIGIBILITY.

REDUCED FARE IS FOR THOSE 65 AND OLDER, MEDICARE RECIPIENTS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND YOUTH.

TO GET REDUCED FARES, THEY NEED TO VERIFY ELIGIBILITY ONLINE, AT THE MTS TRANSIT STORE OR AT CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTERS.

THE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR MARK OLSON SAYS THEY'VE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FROM JUNE 30 TO SEPTEMBER 30.

>> SO, THE REASON WE ARE GOING TO THIS PROCESS IS WE LAUNCHED A NEW FARE COLLECTION SYSTEM CALLED PONTO, BACK IN 21.

WHEN THAT LUNCH, WE HAD A VERY SHORT TIMELINE TO CONVERT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF ACCOUNTS FROM THE OLD COMPASS SYSTEM TO THE NEW PRONTO SYSTEM, SO WITH THAT, WE WERE GOING ON THE HONOR SYSTEM, TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET REDUCED FARES, YOUTH PASSES AND SENIOR PASSES.

>> MTS HAS ALREADY VERIFIED MORE THAN 18,000 ACCOUNTS, BUT THEY ESTIMATE THERE ARE STILL 6000 SENIORS AND 19,000 YOUTH THAT STILL NEED TO BE VERIFIED.

IF THEY DON'T, THEIR CARDS WILL SWITCH TO ADULT PASSES, DOUBLING THE COST OF A DAY PASS FROM THREE DOLLARS TO SIX DOLLARS, AND A ONE-WAY TRIP FROM $1.25 TO $2.50.

THOSE LOOKING TO APPLY FOR OR RENEW REDUCED FARE ACCOUNTS MAY NEED TO SUBMIT AN I.D.

OR VERIFICATION DOCUMENT.

MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE.

>>> IN OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF CHANGES TO THE U.S. ASYLUM SYSTEM, GUSTAVO PROFILES A FAMILY OF CUBAN ASYLUM SEEKERS, THEIR STORY ILLUSTRATES HOW MIGRANTS WITH NEWBORN CHILDREN FACE UNEXPECTED OBSTACLES.

>> THIS IS NO ORDINARY BABY.

HIS PARENTS ARE CUBAN MIGRANTS.

HE WAS BORN IN TIJUANA, ON JUNE 11, JUST ONE WEEK BEFORE HIS FAMILY WAS SCHEDULED TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES TO PURSUE POLITICAL ASYLUM.

HIS FATHER GIOVANNI IS A PENTECOSTAL PASTOR WHO OFTEN HAS DESCRIBED CUBAN DICTATORSHIP.

[ INAUDIBLE ] [ SPEAKING NON- ENGLISH ] HE SAYS THOSE MEN WORK GOVERNMENT SPIES.

GIOVANNI, HIS WIFE, AND THEIR TEENAGE CHILDREN FLED CUBA.

SHE DIDN'T FIND OUT SHE WAS PREGNANT UNTIL A FEW MONTHS LATER.

BY THEN, THE FAMILY WAS ALREADY IN MEXICO, HEADING TOWARD TIJUANA.

HER DUE DATE WAS IN JUNE, PLENTY OF TIME TO GET INTO THE UNITED STATES, OR SO THEY THOUGHT.

THE PLAN WAS SIMPLE.

DOWNLOAD THE U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION'S APP ON THEIR SMART PHONE AND FILL OUT AN APPLICATION, AND SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION UNVEILED THE APP LAST YEAR, IT IS NOW THE MAIN WAY TO ACCESS THE U.S. ASYLUM SYSTEM, BUT IT HAS BEEN GLITCHY.

SO WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEMS.>> MELISSA IS THE DIRECTOR OF LITIGATION FOR THE CENTER OF GENDER AND REFUGEE STUDIES.

>> INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS, FAR LOWER THAN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT NEED THEM.>> THE RESULT IS LONG WAITING TIMES THAT COULD BE SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS OR MORE.

[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] HE DECIDED WAITING IN MEXICO AS BEING IN A PRISON.

THEY COULDN'T WORK, AND THEY LIVED IN CONSTANT FEAR THAT SKIN IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS MIGHT DEPORT THEM.

IT TOOK THEM SIX MONTHS TO GET AN APPOINTMENT.

MATTIAS WAS BORN ONE WEEK BEFORE THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES.

[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] THE BIRTH THREATENED TO DERAIL THE ENTIRE PLAN, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT LET PEOPLE UPDATE APPLICATIONS.

THERE IS NO WAY TO ADD ANOTHER PERSON, IN THIS CASE, A NEWBORN, TO THE PARTY.

THE IDEA OF HAVING TO FILE ANOTHER APPLICATION AND START THE LONG WAIT TIME ALL OVER AGAIN BROUGHT HER TO TEARS.

[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] VOLUNTEERS AT THE TIJUANA MIGRANT SHELTER THE FAMILY LIVED IN SUGGESTED THEY REACH OUT TO HENRIQUE, THE HEAD OF THE MIGRANT AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT.

[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] HE SAYS THE LONG WAIT TIMES ARE MAKING THIS SCENARIO MORE AND MORE COMMON.

HE TOLD THE FAMILY TO GET HIM A CERTIFICATE AND MEXICAN CITIZENSHIP PAPERS, FAST.

JUST TWO DAYS AFTER BEING BORN, HE WAS IN TIJUANA CITY HALL, GETTING FINGERPRINTED.

HIS FINGER PRINTS LEFT TINY SMUDGES ON THE OFFICIAL PAPERWORK, AND LUCERO STOOD IN AS OFFICIAL WITNESS, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY MEXICAN LAW.

IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS PASSED THEM ALONG TO CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.

THE INTERVENTION WORKED.

ON TUESDAY, THE FAMILY CROSSED INTO THE UNITED STATES TOGETHER.

GIOVANNI SAYS HE LOOKS FORWARD TO LIVING IN A FREE COUNTRY, INSTEAD OF A LEADERSHIP.

THE FAMILY WON'T BE IN SAN DIEGO FOR LONG.

THEY PLAN TO CONNECT WITH RELATIVES IN UTAH.>>> SOME FAMILY MEMBERS OF CRASH VICTIMS DEMAND THE FAMILY FACE PERSECUTION.

NOW SIGNS ARE EMERGING THEY MAY GET THEIR WISH.

A WHISTLEBLOWER ALLEGED BOEING HAD HID SUBSTANDARD PARTS, LOST TRACK OF THEM, AND LIKELY INSTALLED THEM ON PLANES.

BOEING HAS BEEN UNDER DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENTS, STEMMING FROM CRASHES IN 2018 AND 2019.

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS BOEING VIOLATED THAT WHEN A DOOR PLUG FLEW OFF A PLANE IN JANUARY.

SO YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERY PART EVER MANUFACTURED ON THESE AIRPLANES IS NOT A BOGUS PART.

SO WE'VE HEARD FROM WHISTLEBLOWER AFTER WHISTLEBLOWER THAT THERE IS ALMOST A SWEATSHOP MENTALITY ON THE BOEING FACTORY FLOOR SPIRITS WHO BOEING SAYS IT IS REVIEWING THE CLAIMS, THE CEO ALSO SAYS THAT THE COMPANY IS WORKING TO CHANGE, AND HE APOLOGIZED TO VICTIMS FAMILIES.

TO TODAY THE SENATE PASSED A BIPARTISAN BILL TO CREATE MORE NUCLEAR POWER IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE ADVANCED ACTS WILL MAKE IT EASIER, FASTER, AND LESS EXPENSIVE TO BUILD NUCLEAR REACTORS, STREAMLINING THE PERMITTING PROCESS, BY SPEEDING UP LISA APPROVAL TIMES, ENCOURAGING SMALLER REACTORS THAT TAKE UP LESS ENERGY AND SPACE.

PRESIDENT BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO SIGN THE BILL INTO LAW.

TO BASEBALL LEGEND WILLIE MAYS DIED YESTERDAY AT THE AGE OF.

THE HALL OF FAMER PLAYED 23 SEASONS IN THE MAJOR LEAGUE, SPENDING MOST OF THAT TIME WITH THE NEW YORK AUNTS EMPHASIS GO GIANTS.

ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT FROM THE GIANTS, HE DIED PEACEFULLY, SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVED ONES.

ANDY HAS MORE ON THE LEGACY WILLIE MAYS LEAVES BEHIND.

>> FROM THE TIME HE SAID FOOT IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES IN 1951 TO HIS LAST DAYS WITH THE METS 22 DAYS LATER, 20 EASIER - - 22 YEARS LATER.

THE SAY HEY KID, HE PLAYED IN 24 ALL-STAR GAMES, WAS VOTED TWICE ALL-STAR MVP, AND SLEPT 26 HOME RUNS, TO RANK SIXTH ON THE ALL-TIME LIST.

>> NEW YORK WAS LIKE MY FAMILY, THEY EMBRACED ME LIKE MY MOTHER AND DADDY, AND MY DAD SAYS WHEN YOU GO TO NEW YORK, IF THEY STOP YOU, YOU TURN THE OTHER CHEEK, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, THEY ARE GOING TO SHOOT YOU.

>> HE WAS AS DOMINANT IN THE FIELD AS HE WAS AT THE PLATE, WINNING 12 GOLDEN GLOVES, IN GAME ONE OF THE 1954 WORLD SERIES, HIS OVER THE SHOULDER CATCH WAS A KEY POINT IN A GIANTS SHOCKING SWEEP OF THE INDIANS, GOING DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE GAMES MOST MEMORABLE CATCHES.>> WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE WORLD SERIES, THEY HAD TO PICK A HIGHLIGHT, I GUESS THEY PICKED THAT ONE.

>> IN 1958, HE MADE THE MOVE OUT WEST, SEVEN YEARS LATER, WILLIE MAYS HAD ONE OF HIS BEST SEASONS, 52 HOME RUNS.

THE 41-YEAR-OLD WAS DEALT BACK TO NEW YORK TO PLAY FOR THE METS.

THAT BECAME THE LAST AT-BAT OF HIS CAREER, AND HE HAD A GAME- WINNING SINGLE, PUTTING AN EXCLAMATION POINT ON A ONE-OF-A- KIND CAREER.

PERHAPS EVEN GREATER THAN HIS PERFORMANCE ON THE FIELD IS THE LEGACY HE LEFT OFF AT, PLAYING HIS FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE GAME JUST FOUR YEARS AFTER ROBINSON BROKE THE COLOR BARRIER, HE HELPED CARRY THE TORCH FOR FUTURE BLACK BASEBALL PLAYERS AND ATHLETES, AND HE INSPIRED HIS COMMUNITY, FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

>> A FEW YEARS AGO, HE RODE WITH ME ON AIR FORCE ONE.

IT'S BECAUSE GIANTS LIKE WILLIE THAT SOMEONE LIKE ME CAN THINK ABOUT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.

>> WE HAVE SOME HEAT BUILDING ACROSS THE REGION, WE LOOK AHEAD TO A PROLONGED HEAT WAVE, THE HOTTEST OF THE HOT WILL BE NEXT WEEK, IN THE DESERTS, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BEGIN TO BUILD THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS WELL.

FOR THOSE OF US IN SAN DIEGO AND NEAR THE COAST, EVERYONE OF US WILL SEE THOSE CLOUDS RETURN, THEN EVERY MORNING FOR THE NEXT WEEK, THOSE LOW CLOUDS WILL BE WITH US.

TONIGHT, 63, LOW CLOUDS RETURNING TO THE COAST, AND WE WILL BEGIN TO STEP INTO THE HEAT HERE, YOU WILL FIND RELIEF IN THE MOUNTAINS, MOUNT LAGUNA AT 72, RELIEF RIGHT ALONG THE COASTLINE TO OCEANSIDE AND IN BETWEEN.

WE WILL GET WARMER OUT THERE, AND ON FRIDAY, YOU CAN SEE THE HEAT BEGINNING TO BUILD EVEN CLOSER TO THE COASTLINE.

AGAIN WE WILL FIND SOME RELIEF RIGHT ALONG THE COAST, HE WILL BUILD IN THE DESERTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND ALL THE AREAS NEARBY.

ONE THING ON A REGIONAL SCALE OF INTEREST, THE WILDFIRES NEAR NEW MEXICO.

WE WERE GETTING SOME PRETTY GOOD MOISTURE HERE, THANKS TO THE TROPICAL STORM, SENDING SOME OF THAT EXTRA MOISTURE INTO SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

THERE WERE SOME SHOWERS AND A BIG INCREASE IN THE DEW POINT THERE, HUMIDITY IS GOING TO BE HELPING THE FIRE CREW OUT THAT WAY.

WE WILL STAY DRY AND WILL BE VERY WARM, RETURNING HOTTER.

FOR THE COASTLINE, GO MIDDLE TO UPPER 70s, SUNDAY, 81, IT DOES GET WARM, A NOTICEABLE JUMP INTO WHICH ARE, INLAND, 80 OR 90, A 10 DEGREE JUMP FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, AND STAYING HOT ON MONDAY.

INTO THE MOUNTAINS WE GO, SPEND SOME TIME IN THE 70s, GETTING A LITTLE BREEZY AT TIMES, NEXT WEEK.

90 DEGREES ON MONDAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING STEAMY, AND FOR THE DESERTS HERE, TEMPERATURES WILL BE CONSISTENTLY IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS.

ON MONDAY, WE ARE MAKING A RUN AT 110 DEGREES, WE STAY HOT ON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK AS WELL.

HAZY SUNSHINE, WITH THAT HEAT.

GO THE SAN DIEGO VA MEDICAL CENTER IS TRYING TO GET WORD OUT TO LOCAL VETERANS ABOUT THE RECENT SWEEPING EXPANSION OF BENEFITS UNDER THE PACT ACT.

ANDREW DYER HAS MORE ABOUT AN EVENT THIS WEEKEND.>> THE WHITE HOUSE CALLED IT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF VETERANS BENEFITS AND 30 YEARS.

THE PACT ACT WENT INTO EFFECT LAST SUMMER, WITH A SWATH OF PRESUMED DISABILITIES, MEANING THE VA IS LESS INCLINED TO DEMAND DETAILED DOCUMENTATION.

WITH THE NEW LAW, VA SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN TRYING TO REACH LOCAL VETERANS CURRENTLY NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE VA.

THEY ESTIMATE UP TO 80,000 VETERANS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

SOME MAY NOT BE AWARE OF HOW TO SIGN UP FOR HEALTHCARE, SOME MAY HAVE MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO GET HEALTHCARE ELSEWHERE.

MAYBE THEY GOT A GOOD PLAN FROM WORK, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE THINK IT IS BENEFICIAL FOR VETERANS TO COME CHECK IT OUT, SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE.>> THAT'S THIS SATURDAY, THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF EVENTS MEANT TO REACH SOME OF THESE VETERANS.

>> THE WHOLE THEME IS A KIND OF SUMMER PICNIC ATMOSPHERE.

WE WELCOME VETERANS TO COME OVER, ASK QUESTIONS, SHARE STORIES, MAYBE FIND OUT ABOUT SOME BENEFITS THAT YOU HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT.

>> EVEN IF A VETERAN HAS HAD CLAIMS DENIED, THINGS ARE CHANGING ALL THE TIME, AND SOME MAY NOW BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONVERSATION.

VETERANS CAN ALSO FIND OUT ABOUT OTHER VA BENEFITS OUTSIDE OF HEALTHCARE.

THE EVENT IS SATURDAY, FROM 2 P.M. UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.>> HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW.

MILLIONS OF STUDENT LOAN HOURS COULD SEE LOWER PAYMENTS THANKS TO CHANGES FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, BUT THERE ARE ALSO LEGAL CHALLENGES.

AND IN HONOR OF A BELOVED RADIO SHOW, TODD GLORIA NAMES JUNE 30 FIRST SLOW JAMS DAY.

FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

INK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MY A TRIPLE C. >> MAJOR FUNDING HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AND AIR RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES, FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL-HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

BY CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.

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