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>>> CHANGES ARE COMING TO CALIFORNIA'S CONGRESSIONAL MAPS AFTER VOTERS APPROVED PROP 50.

THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M JOHN CARROLL IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

THE BALLOT INITIATIVE WILL TEMPORARILY SUSPEND THE STATE'S CITIZEN REDISTRICTING COMMISSION AND PUT A NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAP IN PLACE THAT FAVORS DEMOCRATS.

KPBS REPORTER JAKE HAS MORE ON WHAT THIS MEANS GOING FORWARD.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA WILL HAVE A NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAP AHEAD OF THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS THAT COULD HELP DEMOCRATS WIN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, TEXAS REPUBLICANS REDREW THEIR STATE'S CONGRESSIONAL MAP TO FAVOR THEIR PARTY AT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S REQUEST.

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SAID PROP 50 IS IN RESPONSE.

HE ARGUES THEY'RE TRYING TO RIG THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS, BUT CALIFORNIA IS FIGHTING BACK.

>> WE STOOD TALL, AND WE STOOD FIRM, IN RESPONSE TO DONALD TRUMP'S RECKLESSNESS.

AND TONIGHT AFTER POKING THE BEAR, THIS BEAR ROARED.

>> Reporter: NEWSOME SAYS WINNING CONTROL OF THE HOUSE IN 2026 WOULD GIVE CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS THE POWER TO STOP TRUMP'S AGENDA.

LEADING THE CHARGE ON PROP 50, NEWSOM IS SETTING HIMSELF UP AS THE FRONT-RUNNER FOR 2028.

HE SAYS IT REJECTS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR IT.

RANKIN SAID CALIFORNIA'S PROCESS SHOULD BE THE WAY IT'S DONE EVERYWHERE.

>> OTHER STATES SHOULD BE FOLLOWING THE STANDARD THAT CALIFORNIANS SET WITH THIS INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION.

>> Reporter: BUT OTHER STATES ARE NOT FOLLOWING THAT STANDARD, AND PROP 50 IS A RESPONSE TO THAT POLITICAL REALITY.

CALIFORNIA CITIZEN REDISTRICTING COMMISSION WILL RESUME DRAWING THE MAPS AFTER THE 2030 CENSUS.

IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, THE LONE REPUBLICAN COUNCIL SEAT HELD BY REPRESENTATIVE DARRELL ISSA, COULD BE UP FOR GRABS.

SEVERAL LOCAL DEMOCRATS HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR INTENTION TO RUN, INCLUDING SAN DIEGO COUNCILMEMBER MARNI VON WILPERT AND FORMER CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE NAJAR.

THE CONGRESSMAN ALSO SAID IN A STATEMENT HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE AND WILL CONTINUE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA.

OVER THE NEXT YEAR WE'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT THE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES AND LEARN HOW THE NATIONWIDE BATTLE OVER REDISTRICTING PLAYS OUT.

>>> EMBATTLED POWAY COUNCILMEMBER TONY BLAIN RESIGNED TODAY, ONE DAY AFTER THE RECALL ELECTION AGAINST HIM.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER ALEXANDER NGUYEN HAS REACTIONS FROM THOSE WHO LED THE RECALL EFFORT.

>> Reporter: TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE, THAT'S WHAT SHE SAYS AFTER TONY BLAIN RESIGNED TODAY, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

BLAIN'S RESIGNATION CAME THE DAY AFTER INITIAL RESULTS FROM THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS SHOWED 80% OF THE VOTES SUPPORTED REMOVING HIM FROM OFFICE.

SHE CALLS THE RESIGNATION A WEAK RESPONSE AFTER MONTHS OF TURMOIL.

>> HOWEVER, IT WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE'LL CALL A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AND TAKE THE NEXT STEPS.

>> Reporter: AND THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE NOW VACANT SEAT.

THE CITY COUNCIL HAS CALLED A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THIS FRIDAY AT 11:00 A.M.

JOHN FROM THE RECALL TONY BLAIN CAMPAIGN CALLS THE RESIGNATION BITTERSWEET.

>> PROBABLY THAT THE MOST DISAPPOINTING THING OF THIS WHOLE EFFORT IS THE STRAIN THAT HE PUT ON THE STAFF OF THE CITY OF POWAY.

>> Reporter: IN HIS 11 MONTHS IN OFFICE, BLAIN HAS STOOD UP TO A LITANY OF CONTROVERSIES, INCLUDING ALLEGED VOTE TRADING AND HARASSING CITY OFFICIALS AND STAFF.

WITHIN WEEKS OF HIS SWEARING IN, RESIDENTS BEGAN ORGANIZING A RECALL EFFORT.

>> AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST HIM AS AN INDIVIDUAL, IT'S JUST THE BEHAVIOR HE WAS CONDUCTING HIMSELF AS JUST NEEDED TO BE STOPPED.

>> Reporter: LAST MONTH THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CHARGED HIM WITH BRIBERY AND DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.

ON MONDAY, BLAIN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ARRAIGNED ON THOSE CHARGES, BUT A JUDGE GRANTED A CONTINUANCE BECAUSE HE'S BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE BALKINS.

HAS HE BEEN OFFICIALLY RECALLED, THE SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL HIS SEAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE JUNE PRIMARY.

NOW THAT HE'S RESIGNED, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT A SPECIAL ELECTION COULD BE HELD EARLIER IN THE SPRING.

THAT'S WHAT THE MEETING THIS FRIDAY WILL DETERMINE.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LOOKING AHEAD THROUGH TONIGHT UNDER A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY, TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING BACK DOWN INTO THE UPPER 50s AFTER SOME RECENT WINDY WEATHER, THE WINDS WILL START TO EASE AND TEMPERATURES WILL START TO COME UP FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

BUT WE'RE ALREADY TRACKING THE NEXT STORM THAT COULD BRING US SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION.

I'LL SHOW YOU WHEN THAT ARRIVES COMING UP.

>>> IT IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CASE INVOLVING THE U.S.

ECONOMY AND AMERICAN'S WALLETS TO REACH THE U.S.

SUPREME COURT IN YEARS.

THE JUSTICES HEARING ARGUMENTS OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EMERGENCY TARIFFS.

KARIN CAIFA EXPLAINS WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR MONEY.

>> Reporter: THE FATE OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S SO-CALLED LIBERATION DAY TARIFFS ON THE LINE AT THE U.S.

SUPREME COURT, AND THE WHITE HOUSE ARGUMENT FACING SOME SKEPTICISM FROM CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES LIKE AMY CONEY BARRETT.

>> CAN YOU POINT TO ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE CODE OR ANY OTHER TIME IN HISTORY WHERE THAT PHRASE, TOGETHER, REGULATE IMPORTATION, HAS BEEN USED?

>> Reporter: THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE HAS LEANED ON A 1970s-ERA EMERGENCY LAW TO IMPOSE DUTIES ON DOZENS OF COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY ARGUE THE LAW ALLOWS A PRESIDENT TO, QUOTE, REGULATE IMPORTATION DURING EMERGENCIES.

IT'S THAT TERM AT THE CRUX OF THE DEBATE, WHETHER REGULATE PERMITS TARIFFS.

KETANJI BROWN JACKSON COUNTERING IT WAS DESIGNED TO PUT A CHECK ON PRESIDENTIAL POWER, NOT EXPAND IT.

>> IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT CONGRESS WAS TRYING TO CONSTRAIN THE EMERGENCY POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT.

>> Reporter: SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES WHO BROUGHT THE CASE, ARGUE THE LAW DOESN'T EXPLICITLY USE THE WORD TARIFFS OR DUTIES, AND OFFICIALS SAID THE COSTS AND UNCERTAINTY HAVE BEEN UNTENABLE.

>> WE STARTED IN MY KITCHEN AND EXPANDED TO A FOOD TRUCK.

AND LAST YEAR OPENED A SHOP INSIDE OUR LOCAL VA HOSPITAL.

BUT AFTER YEARS OF GROWTH, MY BUSINESS HAS GROUND TO A HALT BECAUSE TARIFFS ARE DRIVING UP MY COSTS.

>> TARIFFS TRICKLE DOWN TO THE PEOPLE, AND THEY ARE CRUSHING US.

>> Reporter: TRUMP'S TOP APPELLATE ATTORNEY HAS WARNED A RULING AGAINST THE TARIFFS WILL HAVE CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES FOR THE U.S.

ECONOMY.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M KARIN CAIFA.

>>> SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ARE ALREADY KICKING AROUND IDEAS FOR HOW TO BALANCE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

TODAY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE BEGAN DISCUSSING THE SPENDING PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.

ONE PITCH?

PAID PARKING AT OUR BEACHES, INCLUDING MISSION BAY.

RIGHT NOW THE COUNCIL IS TARGETING TOURISTS FOR THE PROPOSED FEES, SAYING LOCALS COULD GET A PERMIT OR A BEACH GOER BADGE.

BUT RESIDENTS TELL OUR MEDIA PARTNER KGTV MAKING PEOPLE PAY AT ALL IS NOT FAIR.

>> CHARGING PEOPLE TO PARK TO GO AND ENJOY SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO ENJOY, JUST LIKE THE BEACH AREA.

IF YOU PUT UP PAID PARKING, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO COME OUT AND ENJOY GOING TO THE BEACH WHEN YOU HAVE TO PAY ASTRONOMICAL FEES JUST TO PARK?

>> PARKING FEES WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE COASTAL COMMISSION.

OTHER PROPOSALS INCLUDE A TAX ON RENTAL CARS, WHICH AIMS TO MAKE TOURISTS HELP PAY FOR THE WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR ROADS, AND A TAX ON EMPTY STOREFRONTS AROUND THE CITY.

>>> AFTER MONTHS OF DISCUSSION, THE NATIONAL CITY COUNCIL STRUCK DOWN A CONTROVERSIAL BIOFUEL DEPOT PROJECT LAST NIGHT.

THEY DECIDED THE BENEFITS FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY WOULD COME AT TOO HIGH A COST FOR NATIONAL CITY.

>> HEY, HEY, HO,HO, YOU'VE GOT TO GO.

>> Reporter: FIERY OPPOSITION FROM RESIDENTS AND LOCAL GROUPS AND THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT WOULD RELY ON DIESEL-BURNING TRAINS AND TRUCKS BRINGING MORE AIR POLLUTION TO WEST NATIONAL CITY, WHICH ALREADY HAS A HISTORY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY.

THE CITY COUNCIL APPEARED DIVIDED ON THE PROJECT.

THEY ASKED THE TEXAS ENERGY COMPANY BEHIND IT TO FIND OFFSETS FOR THE POLLUTION.

BUT IN A SURPRISE DECISION TUESDAY NIGHT, COUNCILMEMBERS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO REJECT THE PROJECT.

COUNCILMEMBER LUIS MOLINA REPRESENTS WEST NATIONAL CITY.

>> THE WEST SIDE HAS DONE ITS SHARE, WE ARE NOT SAYING NO TO PROGRESS, WE'RE JUST NOT WANTING TO -- CONTINUE TO BE THE PRICE OF IT.

>> Reporter: VICE MAYOR MARCUS BUSH SAID THE CITY NEEDED TO GO EVEN FURTHER.

>> I DON'T WANT THIS CONVERSATION TO DIE HERE.

I THINK WE NEED TO DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR EFFORTS ON CLEANING UP OTNC, THE WEST SIDE.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER AND DO THAT.

>> Reporter: RESIDENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS ERUPTED INTO CHEERS FOLLOWING THE DECISION.

THIS WOMAN IS WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COALITION.

THEIR PLANS NOW ARE TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR CLEAN UP OF EXISTING POLLUTION IN THE CITY.

>> WE'RE EXCITED FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

FIRST WE REST AND THEN WE GET BACK TO WORK.

>> Reporter: FOR NOW, SHE SAYS NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS CAN ALL BREATHE A LITTLE EASIER.

IN A STATEMENT, USD CLEAN FUEL SAID THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED IN THE DECISION AND WOULD EVALUATE THEIR NEXT STEPS.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> I'M JEFF, TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, DEMOCRATS POST BIG WINS ON ELECTION NIGHT IN A REBUKE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AGENDA.

THAT'S AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> THE LATE VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY IS REMEMBERED AS AN ARCHITECT OF WAR.

HE SERVED AS DEFENSE SECRETARY DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM AND VICE PRESIDENT DURING THE INVASIONS OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

CARLSBAD CITY COUNCILMEMBER MELANIE BURKEHOLDER WAS A SECRET SERVICE AGENT WHO SPENT TIME PROTECTING CHENEY.

SHE REMEMBERS A SOFT SPOKEN FAMILY MAN.

KPBS REPORTER ANDREW DYER SPOKE WITH HER.

>> I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE THAT POWERFUL IN THE POLITICAL REALM, WE KIND OF FORGET THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY HUMANS.

>> Reporter: MELANIE BURKEHOLDER WAS A SECRET SERVICE AGENT BASED IN LOS ANGELES 20 YEARS AGO DURING GEORGE W. BUSH'S PRESIDENCY.

THAT OFTEN MEANT BEING DETAILED TO SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS WHEN THEY TRAVELED.

SHE SPENT A LOT OF TIME PROTECTING CHENEY WHEN HE VISITED HIS HOME IN JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING, A PLACE SHE SAYS WAS A REFUGE FOR HIM.

>> THAT MAN WOULD GET UP AT LIKE 4:30 IN THE MORNING AND HAVE HIS CIA BRIEFINGS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT HE NEEDED TO DO BE GO GET ON THE WATER AND SOMETIMES NOT GET HOME UNTIL 7:00 AT NIGHT BECAUSE HE WAS FLY FISHING ALL DAY LONG AND HE ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.

>> Reporter: CHENEY'S LEGACY IS INSEPARABLE FROM THE WARS HE CHAMPIONED IN IRAQ, SUPPORT FOR THE WAR WAS HIGH.

PUBLIC POLLING BEFORE THE 2003 INVASION SHOWED MOST REPUBLICANS AND A MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS SUPPORTED MILITARY ACTION.

BY 2023, JUST 36% OF AMERICANS POLLED SAID THE COUNTRY WAS RIGHT TO INVADE IRAQ.

BURKEHOLDER GIVES CHENEY THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT ON THE WAR.

>> I THINK IT'S FAIR TO CONSIDER HIM A WAR HAWK.

I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY WE CAN MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK IRAQ ALL WE WANT AND SEE DIFFERENCES TODAY THAN WHAT WE WERE LIVING AT THE TIME.

I THINK IT'S ALSO VERY TRUE THAT HE DID WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS BEST AT ALL TIMES, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WAS OUT OF PERSONAL INTEREST, I THINK IT WAS OUT OF THE INTEREST OF THIS COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: IT'S THAT INTEREST BURKEHOLDER SAYS SHE REMEMBERS ABOUT CHENEY, GENUINE CONCERN FOR COUNTRY.

BURKEHOLDER WOULD GO ON TO NAME ONE OF HER TWO CHILDREN AFTER CHENEY AND RUN FOR OFFICE HERSELF AS A REPUBLICAN.

NOW AS A CARLSBAD CITY COUNCILMEMBER, SHE SAYS SHE CARRIES THE LESSONS FROM CHENEY AND ALL THE FORMER PRESIDENTS FROM CARTER TO BUSH SHE WORKED AROUND.

>> PEOPLE THAT I ADMIRED THAT WERE IN THOSE POSITIONS DID NOT GET ELECTED AND CHANGE WHAT THEY BELIEVED IN.

THEY GOT ELECTED AND STOOD FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVED IN AND I THINK SERVED THE PEOPLE WELL IN THAT CAPACITY.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM CARLSBAD, ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS NOW THE LONGEST IN HISTORY AT 36 DAYS AND COUNTING.

EFFECTS ARE BEING FELT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING AT AIRPORTS.

NOW PASSENGERS ARE BEING WARNED TO EXPECT EVEN LONGER DELAYS AND DISRUPTIONS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

SO WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOUR TRIP IS IMPACTED?

JEN SULLIVAN BREAKS DOWN YOUR RIGHTS WHEN YOU FLY.

>> Reporter: PASSENGERS AT AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE DEALING WITH DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS, THE ONGOING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS CAUSING STAFFING SHORTAGES AND THAT'S STRANGING AIR TRAVEL.

>> WE JUST CANNOT MANAGE IT, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.

>> Reporter: ALL OF THIS COMING AS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO FLY AHEAD OF A BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON, WHICH IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR PASSENGERS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR RIGHTS AT THE AIRPORT.

>> WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS FOR PASSENGERS TO HAVE RIGHTS.

>> Reporter: MELANIE FISH IS A TRAVEL EXPERT WITH EXPEDIA.

SHE RECOMMENDS DOUBLE CHECKING YOUR AIRLINE'S POLICIES, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN RIGHTS EVERY PASSENGER HAS.

LAST YEAR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LAUNCHED A LIST OF RULES THAT PROTECT PASSENGERS.

AIRLINES MUST AUTOMATICALLY ISSUE A FULL REFUND IF YOUR FLIGHT IS CANCELED OR SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED.

THAT MEANS IF YOUR DOMESTIC FLIGHT IS DELAYED BY MORE THAN THREE HOURS AND MORE THAN SIX HOURS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO A REFUND.

IF YOU'RE FLYING DOMESTICALLY, AIRLINES MUST DELIVER YOUR CHECKED BAG WITHIN 12 HOURS OF ARRIVING OR REIMBURSE YOU FOR ANY CHECKED BAG FEES.

IF YOUR FLIGHT IS SIGNIFICANTLY DELAYED -- BUT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO SO.

THIS IS THE D.O.T.

'S WEBSITE.

IT BREAKS DOWN WHAT MAJOR U.S.

AIRLINES WILL PAY FOR DURING FLIGHT DISRUPTIONS.

LOOK FOR THOSE GREEN CHECKS.

TO AVOID TRAVEL HEADACHES DURING THE SHUTDOWN, FISH RECOMMENDS THIS.

>> IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO BOOK THAT FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY AND A DIRECT FLIGHT IF YOU CAN.

>> Reporter: FOR CONSUMER WATCH, I'M JEN SULLIVAN.

>>> THREE NEW RECIPIENTS OF THE SAN DIEGO ART PRIZE WERE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED.

KPBS ARTS REPORTER JULIA DICKSON-EVANS SPOKE TO THE WINNER ES ABOUT THEIR ART AND THE IMPACT OF THE AWARD ON SAN DIEGO'S VISUAL ART SCENE.

>> Reporter: INGRID HERNANDEZ'S TIJUANA PHOTOGRAPHY, TIANA ORTIZ OWE'S -- ORTIZ RUBIO POINTED OUT A BIG CONNECTION.

>> I THINK IT'S QUITE IMPORTANT WE ARE THREE WOMEN, WORKING MOTHERS, AND I FIND THAT VERY MEANINGFUL TODAY.

>> Reporter: ESTABLISHED IN 2006, THE PRIZE CELEBRATES THE BORDER REGION'S VISUAL ARTS TALENT WITH A LITTLE CASH AND A CULMINATING EXHIBITION HAPPENING NEXT FALL AT OCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART.

THE JUDGES ARE OUT-OF-TOWN CURATORS, A WAY OF GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT LOCAL ARTISTS AND IN TURN PUTTING SAN DIEGO'S ART SCENE ON THE MAP.

DANIELLE DEAN IS CURIOUS ABOUT THE WAY CAPITALISM AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS PLAY OUT IN ARCHIVES AND MEDIA.

SHE WORKS WITH VIDEO, PERFORMANCE, AND INSTALLATION ART, OFTEN COMBINING ALL THREE, LIKE IN A RECENT PROJECT CALLED AMAZON.

>> YOU WOULD WALK IN AND THERE WAS FOUR, IT WAS A FIVE-CHANNEL VIDEO INSTALLATION, SO THERE WAS FOUR MONITORS AND ONE MASSIVE LARGE PROJECTION AND LOADS OF PROPS THAT LOOK LIKE PLANTS TO KIND OF MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE IN THE AMAZON JUNGLE.

AND YOU WOULD SEE PEOPLE ON THE SCREENS WHO WERE SORT OF INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER BUT AT THE SAME TIME NOT.

AND IT WAS VERY MUCH ABOUT THEIR ISOLATED LABOR AT HOME.

>> Reporter: PHOTOGRAPHER INGRID HERNANDEZ EXPLORES TIJUANA'S UNIQUE, SOMETIMES AUTONOMOUS HOUSING COMMUNITIES.

>> IT'S FOCUSED ON HOW PEOPLE BUILD SPACES, LIVING SPACES.

OFTEN THEY USE ONES WHERE MATERIAL DISCARDED FROM FACTORIES IN TIJUANA AND SECONDHAND WOOD OR PLASTIC OR EVEN ROCKS.

>> Reporter: SOME PHOTOS SHOW STRUCTURES FROM AFAR, ASKEW ON UNCERTAIN FOUNDATIONS, POPS OF SILVERY TARP.

THE INDOOR PHOTOS HINT AT HER ACCESS AND INTIMACY.

SHE'S NOT JUST DOCUMENTING.

SHE'S PART OF THEIR STORY.

>> I SPENT AT MINIMUM ONE YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS, THREE, I HAVE FRIENDS THERE, AND I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE THERE.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT CHANGES THE WAY THAT I CAN SEE THEIR SPACES.

>> Reporter: TATIANA ORTIZ RUBIO'S ART IS INSPIRED BY TIME AND CARE.

>> I CARE GIVE FOR MY DAUGHTER WHO HAS COMPLEX DISABILITIES, AND I KNOW UNDER -- IN THE UNDERLYING OF MY WORK, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRESENT, THIS IDEA OF HOW SOMEONE WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY EXPERIENCES TIME DIFFERENTLY.

SADLY, IT IS COMPLETELY BASE ON WHAT A PRODUCTIVE BODY CAN OFFER TO SOCIETY.

>> Reporter: RECENTLY SHE CREATED A LIVING INSTALLATION OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND CHAIRS HER DAUGHTER HAD GROWN OUT OF AND USED MEDICATION BOTTLES, A TANGIBLE REPRESENTATION OF OBJECTS THAT, IN HER HOME, SIGNIFY THE PASSAGE OF TIME.

>> FOR US THEY REPRESENT OUR WHOLE STORY, SO OUR TIME, HER TIME, HER LIFE IN THIS WORLD.

THEY REPRESENT OUR HOPE, ALSO SOME PAIN.

>> Reporter: ORTIZ RUBIO IS ALSO KNOWN FOR HER CLOUD-LIKE MURALS, DRAWN WITH CHARCOAL.

SHE BEGAN ONE MURAL THE DAY SHE GOT THE CALL ABOUT HER DAUGHTER'S DIAGNOSIS.

SHE LIKENED THE FEELING TO FLYING THROUGH THE THICK LAYER OF FOG AND CLOUDS TANGLED IN THE MOUNTAINS SURROUNDING MEXICO CITY, HER HOMETOWN.

>> AND THEN YOU CROSS THROUGH THEM, AND THERE'S THIS VERTIGO, AT LEAST FOR ME, THAT'S WHAT I WAS FEELING.

AND I REMEMBERED THAT FEELING, FOR SOME REASON, WHEN I WAS IN THERE AND I FELT THAT IT -- THAT'S WHAT I STARTED DRAWING.

>> Reporter: THE THREE WOMEN'S WORK FEELS COHESIVE.

IT DEFTLY, SHARPLY OBSERVES AND QUESTIONS WHAT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, WHAT IS REAL, AND WHAT IS POSSIBLE.

JULIA DIXON-EVANS, KPBS NEWS.

>> JULIA IS THE HOST OF THE KPBS ARTS AND CULTURE PODCAST, THE FINEST.

THE SEASON FINALE IS OUT TOMORROW.

YOU CAN LISTEN AT KPBS.ORG/THEFINEST OR WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.

>>> AND WE'RE TRACKING SOME CHANGES ON THE WEATHER.

HEADLINES THAT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY, STARTING WITH THE WIND BEGINNING TO EASE AFTER SOME PRETTY GUSTY CONDITIONS.

WE'LL START TO SEE THINGS IMPROVE A BIT MORE AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK, WHICH MEANS TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO GOING TO START TO WARM UP HERE FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.

THAT'S PRETTY GOOD TIMING.

AND THEN NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING A COOLING TREND WITH EVEN SOME PRECIPITATION RETURNING MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK AS WE WATCH THE NEXT STORM MOVE ON IN FROM THE PACIFIC.

AS FOR TONIGHT, WE'RE REMAINING DRY AND WINDS BEGIN TO EASE.

TEMPERATURES BACK DOWN INTO THE 50s FOR BORREGO SPRINGS AND MOUNT LAGUNA BACK TO 47.

WE'LL SEE TEMPERATURES IN CHULA VISTA AROUND 55 AND IN SAN DIEGO TONIGHT BACK DOWN TO 58.

OCEANSIDE'S TEMPERATURES DROPPING BACK CLOSER TO 50 DEGREES.

ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT THE COOLER AIR FARTHER NORTH AND EVEN SOME OF THAT PRECIPITATION WITH SHOWERS STILL LINGER EGG.

WE'LL HAVE SOME PRETTY NICE WEATHER, AND THE HEAT STARTS TO PUSH IN A BIT MORE HERE AS WE'VE BEEN WATCHING WARMER TEMPERATURES BUILD BACK IN ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA.

SO HOW DO OUR TEMPERATURES SHAPE UP FOR THURSDAY?

OVERALL I'D SAY PLEASANT.

84 FOR BORREGO SPRINGS.

TEMPERATURES AROUND SAN DIEGO, HOW ABOUT SUNSHINE AND 70 DEGREES.

OCEANSIDE AND CHULA VISTA WILL SEE A FEW CLOUDS AND TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER END OF THE 70s.

BUT LOOK AT ALL THE ORANGE THAT STARTS TO FILL IN HERE.

THAT MEANS TEMPERATURES ARE STARTING TO WARM ON UP.

WE'LL WATCH THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE REALLY BUILDING.

SO ALSO CALMER WINDS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES.

AND THAT COULD LAST FOR A FEW DAYS BECAUSE LOOK AT THE PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

WE STILL SEE THAT RIDGING, WHICH MEANS FOR OUR FRIENDS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, THEY START TO FINALLY DRY ON OUT, AND WE'LL STAY WARMER AND DRIER THROUGH THE WEEKEND AGAIN.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK HERE ACROSS THE COAST.

YOU NOTICE THAT TEMPERATURES HERE INTO THE WEEKEND AND EVEN EARLY NEXT WEEK START TO RISE A BIT MORE, BACK INTO THE MID 70s.

FURTHER INLAND, A STRING OF 80-DEGREE DAY THIS IS WEEKEND.

LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.

FOR THE MOUNTAINS, WE'LL EITHER BE BACK TO THE 60s BY MONDAY, AND WE'LL START TO SEE TEMPERATURES COME BACK UP INTO THE DESERTS.

A HIGH OF 90 DEGREES EARLY NEXT WEEK.

FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> POLITICAL HEADLINES THIS WEEK, BUT NOTHING MATCHES THE LOCAL CONTEST.

IN CASE YOU MISSED THE RESULTS, KEN KRAMER HAS THE FINAL TOTALS IN THIS STORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> ONE, TWO, THREE.

>> Reporter: 1964, THE BEETLES HAD THE NUMBER ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR MOST POPULAR RECORDS.

FORD INTRODUCED THE MUSTANG.

AND THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL DECLARED THE CARNATION, YES THE CARNATION, SHOULD BE OUR OFFICIAL CITY FLOWER.

>> THERE'S A REALLY COOL OLD NEWSPAPER CLIPPING THAT KIND OF DESCRIBES IT, YOU KNOW.

>> Reporter: CAN YOU SEE IT HERE?

IT WAS CONTROVERSIAL.

CARNATIONS WERE BROUGHT INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS BUT SO WERE ROSES AND POINSETTIA.

CITY COUNCILMEMBER TOM SUGGESTED THE SHAMROCK.

THE CITY MANAGER SWATTED A SPIDER AND HINTED IT MIGHT HAVE COME IN ON A FLOWER.

SOMEBODY SAID HOW ABOUT SEAWEED SOMECOUNCILWOMAN HELEN COBB SAID, IT DOES MAKE A WONDERFUL SOUP.

BUT IN THE END, THE CARNATION WAS DECIDED UPON.

IT WAS OUR OFFICIAL CITY FLOWER FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS.

ONLY THING, THE CARNATION IS NOT REALLY NATIVE TO SAN DIEGO, AND THE THINKING WAS WHY DON'T WE FIND SOMETHING THAT IS?

LET'S HAVE AN ELECTION.

I MEAN, GIVE OUT I VOTED STICKERS TO EVERYBODY WHO CAST A BALLOT, THE WHOLE ELECTION THING, BUT SAVANNAH STALLING SAYS BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY CANDIDATES -- >> WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO DO A MARCH MADNESS-STYLE BRACKET.

>> Reporter: SO THERE'D BE AN ELITE EIGHT AND ANOTHER BALLOT TO DECIDE THE FINAL FOUR.

THE TWO BEST WOULD BE IN A RUNOFF FOR THE WINNER, THE NEW CITY FLOWER.

>> PEOPLE WOULD CAMPAIGN, I THINK, FOR THEIR FAVORITE AND GOT VERY ATTACHED TO CERTAIN SPECIES.

>> Reporter: SAVANNAH IS CONSERVATION ADVOCACY COORDINATOR FOR THE SAN DIEGO BIRD ALLIANCE.

THEIR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE BIRDS HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE IN A NATURAL HABITAT.

THEY CONDUCTED THE ELECTION.

YOU CAN VOTE ONLINE, CIVIC GATHERINGS, LIBRARIES, LOTS OF PLACES.

>> WE HAD OVER 7,700 VOTES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.

WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD, I THINK.

>> Reporter: THERE WERE SOME CRITERIA, HAD TO BE NATIVE TO SAN DIEGO, IT HAD TO HAVE SIGNIFICANCE AND A NAME IN ONE OF THE LANGUAGES.

THEY WORKED WITH A CULTURAL CENTER AND HAD THEIR EIGHT FOR THE FLORAL FACEOFF, INCLUDING THE BLACK SAGE AND THE CLEVELAND SAGE.

>> THEY WERE BOTH KNOCKED OUT IN THE FIRST ROUND.

>> Reporter: OKAY.

>> YEAH.

>> Reporter: BUT IT WAS ENOUGH THAT YOU WERE THERE.

>> YOU WERE THERE.

>> Reporter: SAME WITH THE BLADDER POD AND BLUE ELDERBERRY.

>> CALIFORNIA WILD ROSE AND CALIFORNIA BUCKWHEAT, WHICH BOTH MADE IT TO THE FINAL FLORA, THE FINAL FOUR.

>> Reporter: THE END IT WAS THE BUSH SUNFLOWER AND THE BLUE-EYED GRASS FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THE WINNER?

>> THE BLUE-EYED GRASS NOW.

YEAH, THE PEOPLE CHOSE THE BLUE-EYED GRASS.

>> Reporter: WHICH THEY TOOK TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WITHOUT A WORD ABOUT SHAMROCKS, SPIDERS, OR SEAWEED, AND FAR LESS COMMOTION THAN IN 1964, SAID WE APPROVE.

AND NOW BLUE-EYED GRASS IS SAN DIEGO'S CITY FLOWER.

>> YOU CAN FIND THEM ALONG CREEKSIDES AND SHADY GROVES.

VERY POPULAR IN MEADOWS.

>> Reporter: AS FOR THIS EXERCISE IN DEMOCRACY, SHE SAYS, PEOPLE WERE PRETTY INVESTED.

>> IT WAS FUN.

IT WAS A LITTLE NERVE RACKING FOR SURE, THERE WERE SOME DAYS WHERE VOTES WERE LITERALLY 50/50 AND AS THE DAY WOULD GO ON, I WOULD BE LIKE, PLEASE SWAY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

>> Reporter: IT WAS CLOSE, ONLY ABOUT 30 VOTES, BUT IN THE END, THERE WERE NO CHALLENGES, NO ACCUSATIONS A RELATIVELY INCIDENT-FREE FLORAL FACEOFF THAT NOW ALONG WITH BLUE-EYED GRASS HAS BECOME A PART OF HISTORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> BLUE-EYED GRASS.

I LIKE THAT.

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