>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS "EVENING EDITION" HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY 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.

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

>> AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

STORMY GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

WE BEGIN TODAY WITH THE ONGOING WILDFIRE BATTLE IN LOS ANGELES.

MORE THAN 170,000 PEOPLE ARE STILL UNDER EVACUATION.

FIREFIGHTERS ARE MAKING PROGRESS, BUT EVACUEES ANXIOUS TO RETURN TO THEIR DEVASTATED NEIGHBORHOODS WILL HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST ANOTHER WEEK.

MARIBEL GONZALEZ REPORTS.

>> Reporter: AS CREWS WORK AROUND THE CLOCK TO GET A HANDLE ON THE DEADLY LOS ANGELES COUNTY WILDFIRES, THERE IS HOPE TEAMS WILL MAKE GAMES THIS WEEKEND.

BUT THE REPRIEVE MAY NOT LAST LONG.

>> BUT THOSE SANTA ANA WINDS, IT IS GOING TO BE VERY TRY AT THEIR.

THERE WILL BE A RETURN TO MORE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS TO THE AREA.

WE WILL HAVE RESPITE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AT THE WEEKEND, BUT THEN THE SANTA ANNA'S TO COME BACK NEXT WEEK.

>> Reporter: FOR SOME A RETURN HOME IS LIKELY MONTHS AWAY.

CONTAMINATED WATER AND LANDSLIDES ARE STILL BIG RISKS, AND WHILE SOME RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE DELAY, OTHERS ARE GROWING FRUSTRATED.

>> I THINK THEY SHOULD LET PEOPLE GO BACK AND GET EVERYTHING STARTED ROLLING.

>> HONESTLY I THINK IT IS A BAD IDEA FOR ANY PEOPLE COMING UP JUST FOR NOSTALGIC PURPOSES.

I HATE TO SAY THAT.

>> Reporter: CITY AND COUNTY LEADERS ARE TRYING TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THEY ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO REOPEN IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> EVERY FOOT THAT WE CAN GIVE BACK AS SOON AS WE CAN GIVE BACK WE ARE GIVING BACK.

WE ARE NOT HOLDING AREAS UNTIL WE GET A LARGER AREA THAT WE CAN REPOPULATE.

EVERY DAY WE ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AND EVERY DAY ANYTHING I CAN GIVE BACK AS A UNIFIED COMMAND WE ARE GIVING BACK ONCE IT IS SAFE.

>> I PROMISE YOU THAT AS YOUR CHIEF, THAT THE L.A. FT WILL STAND WITH YOU AS YOU CONTINUE TO CLEAN UP AND REBUILD YOUR COMMUNITIES.

>> Reporter: IN PACIFIC PALISADES, CALIFORNIA, MARIBEL GONZALEZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND WE HAVE ALL WATCHED IN HORROR AS FIRESTORMS SWEPT THROUGH LOS ANGELES NEIGHBORHOODS .

HERE IN SAN DIEGO, AND NEVER TODAY TO PREVENT THE SAME THING FROM HAPPENING LOCALLY.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL EXPLAINS .

>> Reporter: THE SOUND OF SAN DIEGO FIREFIGHTERS SPRINGTOWN CHAPARRAL COULD BE HEARD THIS MORNING IN THE SAN CARLOS NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT TO COLE'S MOUNTAIN.

BUT IT WASN'T WATER COMING OUT OF THOSE NOZZLES.

>> THIS PRODUCT IS CALLED MIGHTY FIREBREAK OR.

IT IS AN EPA APPROVED PRODUCT.

>> Reporter: EPA APPROVED BECAUSE THE FORMER SAN DIEGO FIRE CHIEF JEFF BOWMAN SAYS THERE IS NOTHING TOXIC IN IT.

>> IT IS A CITRUS BASED, FOOD BASED PRODUCT THAT CAN BE SPRAYED MONTHS IN ADVANCED ON DRY VEGETATION OR HOMES, AND IT WILL STAY FIRE RESISTANT TO THAT ENTIRE TIME.

>> Reporter: BOWMAN SAYS IT WILL LAST FOR SIX MONTHS, AND THE ONLY THING THAT CAN REMOVE IT BEFORE THAT IS HEAVY RAIN.

AND THERE IS NO RAIN HEAVIER OTHERWISE IN THE FORECAST.

TODAY WAS THE FIRST TIME THE PRODUCT HAS BEEN SPRAYED ON OPEN LAND, BUT THE SAN DIEGO FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN USING IT ALONG THE SAN DIEGO RIVER TO KEEP ENCAMPMENT FIRES FROM SPREADING, SO HOW DO WE KNOW FOR SURE IT WORKS.

BOWMAN DID HIS OWN EXPERIMENT ON HIS CHRISTMAS TREE, WHICH HE SPRAYED FIVE WEEKS AGO.

>> IT IS AS DEAD AS DEAD CAN BE.

WE PUT A 3000 RETORT ON IT AND IT WOULD NOT BURN.

THAT DEAD CHRISTMAS TREE WON'T BURN.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.

>> Reporter: BOWMAN SAYS THERE HOPE NOW IS THAT PEOPLE WILL START TO PUT SYSTEMS IN PLACE THAT WILL SPRAY THE PRODUCT ON THEIR HOME IF WILDFIRE APPROACHES.

NEW HOMES CAN BUILD IT IN DURING CONSTRUCTION, BUT THEY SAY EXISTING HOMES COULD USE IT, TOO.

THEY SAY IT WON'T BE CHEAP.

PROBABLY AROUND $25,000, BUT JUST BALANCE THAT AGAINST LOSING YOUR HOME.

THE PRIORITY FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT I WAS USING THE SPRAY TO PROTECT EXIT ROUTES.

>> DID YOU SEE THE VEHICLES STACKED UP ON THE ESCAPE ROUTES IN L.A.?

THEY ENDED UP LEAVING THEIR VEHICLES, BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT MOVE.

WE HAVE A DEVICE THAT WILL SPRAY IT 300 FEET UP THE HILL, SO NO FIRE WOULD BURN TOWARDS THE EXIT ROUTE.

PEOPLE COULD LEAVE WITHOUT THE FEAR OF DYING IN THEIR CARS.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE SPRAYING IN FIRE PRONE AREAS.

$0.01 IF FIRE COMES, THE HOPE IS THIS MIGHTY FIREBREAK OR PRODUCT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE EXAMPLE OF AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION BEING WORTH A POUND OF CURE.

JOHN CARROLL , KPBS NEWS .

>>> TEMPERATURES ARE STAYING PRETTY CONSISTENT AS FAR AS DONATES LOWE'S.

47 DEGREES.

ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND, NOW THAT THE PATTERN HAS CHANGED TO MORE THAN ONSHORE FLOW BUT WE WILL SEE MORE OF THE LOW CLOUDS, THE FOG AS WE GET INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND EARLY- MORNING.

KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU ARE GOING TO WRITE YOUR WEEKEND, BUT THE PATTERN IS GOING TO CHANGE AGAIN.

I WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THAT COMING UP.

>>> TODAY'S ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS AND ASKED AN ADDITIONAL $250 MILLION FEDERAL INVESTMENT TO COMBAT CROSS-BORDER POLLUTION, AND WITH THAT MORE THAN $650 MILLION HAS BEEN SECURED FOR THE SOUTH BAY INTERNATIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION PROJECT.

MEANWHILE OUR PARTNER KPTV FOLLOWED UP WITH UC SAN DIEGO RESEARCHERS ABOUT THEIR FINDINGS ON SOUTH BAY AIR QUALITY IN SOUTH BAY, AND THEY SAY THAT THE DATA SUPPORTS THAT THE SPREAD OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE IS MOST SEVERE WHEN THERE IS HIGH RIVER FLOW AND LITTLE TO NO WINS.

STORM AT THIS MOMENT IS AN INDICATOR OF A MAJOR ISSUE, RIGHT?

AND THIS IS KIND OF SETTING THE STAGE FOR OUR FOLLOW-UP REPORTS IN, YOU KNOW, SUCH A COMPLEX MIXTURE OF SEWAGE AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE.

THERE'S A LOT TO BE SEEN.

>> AND THE UCSC SAID HE IS UNDER.

REVIEW.

ON A RELATED NOTE, THE CDC RELEASED A SURVEY OF SOUTH BAY HOUSEHOLDS SHOWING NEARLY 70% OF HAD A HEALTH SYMPTOM FROM THE SEWAGE CRISIS.

>>> SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERS AND STATE LAWMAKERS ARE RESPONDING TO FEARS ABOUT MASS DEPORTATIONS UNDER THE INCOMING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER KATIE ANASTAS SAYS THEY ARE PROPOSING POLICIES TO LIMIT I.C.E.

'S ACCESS TO SCHOOLS.

THAN THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THE SECOND- LARGEST DISTRICT IN CALIFORNIA.

LAST MONTH, IT'S A SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTED A RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING THAT IT IS A WELCOMING DISTRICT FOR ALL STUDENTS.

THE RESOLUTION SAYS THE DISTRICT WILL NOT PERMIT I.C.E.

TO ACCESS ITS FACILITIES WITHOUT A WARRANT.

>> THE DATA IS CLEAR BOTH IN RELATION TO IMMIGRATION ISSUES AND ON LGBTQ+ ISSUES THAT DISCRIMINATION IS HARMFUL, THAT WORRYING ABOUT THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF YOUR FAMILY AND DEPORTATION IS HARMFUL.

>> Reporter: STATE LAWMAKERS ARE PROPOSING FURTHER LIMITS.

ASSEMBLY BILL 49 WOULD REQUIRE I.C.E.

OFFICERS TO PROVIDE A WARRANT AND WRITTEN STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

THEY WOULD ALSO NEED PERMISSION FROM A DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OR A DAYCARE CENTER'S DIRECTOR ERIC >> I INTRODUCED ASSEMBLY BILL 49 TO SEND A MESSAGE TO ALL OF OUR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS, IMMIGRANT FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT WE HAVE THEIR BACKS.

POOR BACK CURRENT I.C.E.

POLICY SAYS OFFICERS SHOULD AVOID ARREST AND SEARCHES AT SCHOOLS AND OTHER SENSITIVE LOCATIONS.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NAMED OTHER PROTECTED AREAS IN 2021, INCLUDING SCHOOL BUS STOPS, PLAYGROUNDS, CHILDCARE CENTERS, FOSTER CARE FACILITIES, AND GROUP HOMES.

IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY TAMMY LYNN SAYS EVEN WITHOUT CHANGES TO POLICY, THREATS OF MASS DEPORTATION CAN HAVE FAR- REACHING EFFECT.

>> WHEN YOU HAVE THIS RHETORIC, IT SCARES THESE COMMUNITIES INTO NOT SENDING THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL, WHICH IMPACTS EVERYTHING ELSE, RIGHT?

ENROLLMENT RATES MAY DROP WHICH IMPACTS THE FUNDING FOR THAT SCHOOL, WHICH IMPACTS THE DISTRICT.

IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN THE LINE.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ALSO PUBLISHED A WEBPAGE WITH RESOURCES FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

KATIE ANASTAS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> KPBS HAS BEEN REPORTING ON THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY ON THE SAN DIEGO BORDER REGION SINCE HIS REELECTION.

GUSTAVO SOLIS HAS LED THAT COVERAGE FOR US AND JOINS ME NOW WITH MORE.

WELCOME.

SO, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT SAN DIEGO'S UNAUTHORIZED IMMIGRANT POPULATION?

>> Reporter: IT IS A PRETTY BIG AND DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE.

I SPOKE WITH EXPERTS AT UC SAN DIEGO WHO LOOK AT CENSUS DATA TO GET A SENSE OF THE SIZE AND SCOPE.

ROUGHLY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, BETWEEN 150 AND 170,000 PEOPLE ARE LIVING WITHOUT STATUS.

THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL 150,000 PEOPLE WHO ARE U.S. CITIZENS OR IMMIGRANTS WITH STATUS, BUT LIVE IN NEXT STATUS HOUSEHOLDS.

BETWEEN THOSE TWO GROUPS, THAT IS 300,000 PEOPLE WHO COULD BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED THAT IS A HUGE NUMBER.

FOR CONTEXT, THE POPULATION CHULA VISTA IS ABOUT 300,000.

>> THAT IS A HUGE NUMBER , AND WITH THAT SIGNIFICANT POPULATION, WHAT COULD MASS DEPORTATIONS LOOK LIKE HERE IN SAN DIEGO?

OR BACK THE FOLKS I'VE BEEN TALKING TO BREAKDOWN THE IMPACTS IN TWO CATEGORIES.

ONE IS THE SOCIETAL IMPACT OF JUST LOSING THAT POPULATION.

SOME OF THESE FOLKS ARE STUDENTS, WORKERS AND TEACHERS, LAWYERS, PARENTS, JUST NEIGHBORS, RIGHT?

JUST THAT FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY COULD BE GREATLY IMPACTED DEPENDING ON HOW BIG THE NUMBERS ARE.

THE OTHER FOCUS, THE OTHER IMPACT IS ON THE ECONOMY.

AND FOR THAT, I TALKED TO TOM WONG, AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT UC SAN DIEGO , AND HE IS THE FOUNDING, THE LEADING FOUNDER OF THE U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY CENTER OVER THERE, AND THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.

>> SAN DIEGO THRIVES ON TOURISM , AND THE BACKBONE OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IS SERVICE.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE UNDOCUMENTED POPULATION IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, AGAIN, NEARLY 1 OUT OF EVERY FIVE BACK UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT WORKS IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY.

>> Reporter: HE WAS JUST SPEAKING ON THE IMPACT ON THE TOURISM INDUSTRY.

AS YOU REMEMBER FROM LAST FALL, WE HAD RECORD BREAKING NUMBERS IN TOURISM IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH MONEY PEOPLE SPEND HERE.

SO IT COULD BE DEVASTATING FOR THE ECONOMY.

>> YOU'VE ALSO REPORTED ON THE CHALLENGES OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

SO WHAT WOULD BE THE OBSTACLES ONCE THEY DECIDE TO CARRY OUT MASS DEPORTATIONS?

4 YEAH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF JUST LOGISTICAL ONES AND RESOURCES.

IT'S VERY EASY TO SAY "MASS DEPORTATIONS," IT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO GET IT DONE.

MONEY ALONE.

IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY, A LOT OF PEOPLE TO DO IT.

CONGRESS WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THOSE EXTRA TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO FUND IT.

THEY WOULD ACTUALLY NEED TO HIRE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL BOTH AT I.C.E.

AND BORDER PATROL.

THEY WOULD NEED TO BUILD FACILITIES TO DETAIN ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT THEY WANTED A PORT.

IT COULD GET HELD UP BECAUSE OF MONEY, LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES.

DIPLOMATIC CHALLENGES ARE ANOTHER BIG ONE.

RIGHT NOW COUNTRIES LIKE CUBA AND VENEZUELA AND NICARAGUA ARE NOT ACCEPTING DEPORTEES.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH A WAY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO ACCEPT THEM.

>> WE APPRECIATE YOU FOLLOWING THIS STORY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> Reporter: THANK YOU.

>>> I'M AMNA NAWAZ.

TONIGHT ON THE "NEWS HOUR" THE CEASE-FIRE DEAL BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS MOVES CLOSER TO BEING IMPLEMENTED.

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

>>> AND AS THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY APPROACHES, A YALE UNIVERSITY HISTORY PROFESSOR USES THE PAST TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE.

TIM SNYDER SPOKE TO PUBLIC MATTERS REPORTER AMITA SHARMA ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

>>> ♪ ♪ >> Reporter: IN YOUR BOOK ON TYRANNY, YOU WRITE THE MISTAKE IS TO ASSUME THAT RULERS WHO CAME TO POWER THROUGH INSTITUTIONS CANNOT CHANGE OR DESTROY THOSE VERY INSTITUTIONS , EVEN WHEN THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL DO.

EXPLAIN THIS QUOTES RELEVANCE TO AMERICA RIGHT NOW AS WE HEAD INTO PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP'S SECOND TERM IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

>> YEAH, IT IS COMPLETELY NORMAL FOR ASPIRING AUTHORITARIANS TO TRY TO WIN ELECTIONS AND THEN GET INSIDE THE SYSTEM AND MAKE THE SYSTEM LESS DEMOCRATIC.

WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT DEMOCRACY IS A MATTER OF SPIRIT AND A MATTER OF THE FUTURE, AND NOT JUST A MATTER OF THE OUTCOME OF A GIVEN ELECTION.

>> Reporter: A LOT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT PEOPLE VOTING AGAINST THEIR OWN INTERESTS.

IN A PLACE LIKE SAN DIEGO WHERE THE COST OF RENT AND CHILDCARE ARE SKYHIGH, THE MEDIAN PRICE OF A HOME IS UP TO NINE TIMES THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME, AND WE HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST ELECTRICITY RATES IN THE COUNTRY .

ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST STRUGGLING TO GET BY MORE APT TO KNOW THEIR INTERESTS AND VOTE ACCORDINGLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS, OR ARE THE EVEN MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MANIPULATION AND POSSIBLY TYRANNY?

>> IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE GOOD CHOICES ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND FOR THEMSELVES, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF ACCESS TO SHELTER AND FOOD.

THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN A DISTANT WAY.

SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO UNDO DEMOCRACY ARE ALSO THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WOULD TRY TO MAKE LIVES HARDER.

I'M AFRAID WE ARE GOING TO SEE A GOOD DEAL OF THAT IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS TO COME.

4 WE REPORTED RECENTLY THAT THOUSANDS OF DEMOCRATIC VOTERS IN SOME OF SAN DIEGO'S POOREST COMMUNITIES EITHER SAT OUT THE NOVEMBER ELECTION OR VOTED REPUBLICAN.

MANY, CITING THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, PRETTY MUCH ECHOING WHAT HAPPENED ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.

IF TRUMP GOES AHEAD WITH PROMISE TO TARIFFS, THE PRICES OF GROCERIES AND OTHER GOODS WILL GO UP.

HOW DO YOU EXPECT THOSE VOTERS AND WALL STREET TO REACT?

AND WHAT MIGHT RESISTANT LOOK LIKE?

>> I THINK RESISTANCE, I THINK THAT IS THE KEY.

IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO OPPOSE THIS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE TO IT.

YOU CAN'T SAY A LOOK, WE TOLD YOU SO BACK IN NOVEMBER 2024.

YOU HAVE TO SAY, LOOK, IF WE WIN NEXT TIME, IF OUR GROUP IS IN POWER, THIS IS WHAT WE WILL DO.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A VISION.

IF IT IS JUST ABOUT THE PAST, YOU'RE GOING TO GET TRAPPED AND YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE.

THE FACT THAT TRUMP IS GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE MISERABLE, WHICH HE WILL, IS ONLY GOOD FOR THE OPPOSITION IF THE OPPOSITION IS READY TO SAY OKAY, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS BETTER THAN 2024 FOR YOU.

WE CAN'T GET TRAPPED IN COMPETING ABOUT WHICH PASTOR WERE GOING TO BACK TO, LIKE THE 1930s AND THE DEMOCRATS 2024.

IF YOU HAVE A VISION OF THE FUTURE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SAY OKAY, I NOW SEE IT.

THE PENNY HAS DROPPED.

I UNDERSTAND HOW IF I VOTE FOR YOU GUYS THINGS MIGHT CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.

>> Reporter: DO YOU FEEL LIKE DEMOCRATS HAVE A VISION FOR THE FUTURE?

>> I THINK THEY WERE, THE DEMOCRATS WERE TRAPPED BY TRUMP, BECAUSE WHAT TRUMP FORCES THEM TO DO IS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY BE THE PARTY THAT OFFENDS ORDER, AND BE THE PARTY THAT HAS A VISION FOR THE FUTURE, AND THAT IS A TOUGH ROLE TO HAVE.

NOW THE TRUMP CONTROLS EFFECTIVELY THE SUPREME COURT, BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS, AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE A CHANCE TO BE THAT PARTY OF THE FUTURE.

I THINK IT IS A CHANCE THEY HAVE TO SEIZE, ESPECIALLY THE NEXT SIX MONTHS AS THE CONTRADICTIONS OF THE TRUMP- MUSK PROGRAM STARTS TO REVEAL THEMSELVES.

THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE OPENINGS.

I'M NOT SAYING THEY CAN OR THEY WILL.

SOMETHING THAT WILL BE THE TIME FOR NEW PEOPLE TO PROFILE THEMSELVES.

>> Reporter: ELECTED OFFICIALS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY SAY THREATS AGAINST THEM HAVE GONE UP DRAMATICALLY IN RECENT YEARS.

SOME OF THAT INTIMIDATION CAME THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

YOU HAVE SAID SOCIAL MEDIA IS SET UP FOR DISINFORMATION AND DRIVES PEOPLE TO DO THINGS THAT ARE ANTIDEMOCRATIC AND AGAINST THEIR OWN INTEREST.

HOW OPTIMISTIC ARE YOU THAT THESE PLATFORMS WILL GET REGULATED, GIVEN THAT THE TECH, BIG TECH APPEARS TO HAVE TRUMP'S YEAR ?

>> I WOULD ADD TO YOUR LIST, ANTI-HUMAN.

THE ALGORITHM IS TRAINING US TO REACT NEGATIVELY TO OTHER HUMANS AND TO TREAT HUMANS AS ENEMIES.

I THINK THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM IS THAT THEY ARE ANTIHUMAN IN THAT BASIC SENSE.

IF YOU ARE ANTIHUMAN, YOU CAN'T BE PRO-DEMOCRATIC, YOU CAN'T BE PRO-FREEMAN -- FREEDOM.

I'M NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT AT ALL.

YOU GET TO A SITUATION WHERE THERE ARE TOO FEW PLATFORMS AND THOSE TOO FEW PLATFORMS ARE UNREGULATED.

THE HOPE THAT HAS TO COME FROM CITIZENS WHO UNHOOK THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN STATES WHO CHOOSE TO ENACT POLICIES TO ALLOW YOUNG PEOPLE TO AT LEAST HAVE TIME AT SCHOOL, WHICH IS AWAY FROM THE SCREENS.

FOR MAC THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING WITH ME TODAY.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>>> PUBLIC MATTERS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH KPBS , I NEWS SOURCE, AND VOICE OF SAN DIEGO.

YOU CAN SEE MORE OF OUR STORIES THAT KPBS.ORG/PUBLIC MATTERS.

>>> THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS ARE WIDESPREAD SHIFTS TOWARDS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY INCLUDING ITS OUT THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

JIM HINCH SAYS VOTERS IN THE TRADITIONALLY DEMOCRATICS HOLD SWUNG NOTABLY TO THE RIGHT.

>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS WON MOST RACES IN SOUTH COUNTY, BUT THE MARGIN OF AND -- VICTORY SHRINK.

IN NATIONAL CITY, JOE BIDEN WON MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF VOTES IN 2020.

BUT IN NOVEMBER, DONALD TRUMP GAINED GROUND BY NEARLY 10 PERCENTAGE POINTS.

THE SWING TO REPUBLICANS WAS EVEN LARGER IN BORDER COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS SAN YSIDRO AND NESTOR.

VOTERS GAVE SEVERAL REASONS FOR THE SHIFT.

HE SAID RISING COSTS, GROWING HOMELESSNESS, AND A SURGE OF IMMIGRANTS AT THE BORDER MADE THEM FEEL INSECURE.

LEADERS SEEMED UNABLE TO TACKLE MAJOR PROBLEMS AND THAT LED TO A DESIRE FOR CHANGE.

MICHAELA POLANCO IS AN INDEPENDENT FROM BONITA.

SHE VOTED FOR KAMALA HARRIS MY BUT SHE SAID OTHER PEOPLE IN HER COMMUNITY DIDN'T, BECAUSE THEY FELT DEMOCRATS HAD FAILED TO DELIVER.

>> I BELIEVE THE SHIFT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH BAY VOTING MORE FOR TRUMP VERSUS KAMALA HARRIS HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE IMMIGRATION THAT WAS IN OUR BORDER HERE IN SAN YSIDRO.

PEOPLE HERE REALLY BELIEVE THAT TRUMP WILL AT LEAST HAVE MORE OF AN ENFORCEMENT TO THE IMMIGRATION RULES AND REGULATIONS, WHEREAS UNDER THE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS ADMINISTRATION, IT WAS MORE LOOSE, OR THEY WEREN'T REALLY TYING UP THE ENFORCEMENT.

>> Reporter: EVEN REGISTERED DEMOCRAT EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT IN THEIR PARTY'S PERFORMANCES ON MAJOR CHALLENGES FACING THE SAN DIEGO REGION.

LOCAL DEMOCRAT SANDY NARANJO SAID IT COULD BE THE START OF A STATEWIDE POLITICAL REALIGNMENT IF MORE PROGRESS IS NOT MADE.

>> THERE IS GOING TO BE A SHIFT TO THE RIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE DEMOCRATS IN POWER AND THEY ARE NOT DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

FOR MAC FOR VOICE OF SAN DIEGO IN NATIONAL CITY, I AM JIM HINCH.

>>> TO SEE MAPS ON HOW VOTING SHIFTED THROUGHOUT THE REGION, GO TO KPBS.ORG/ BOAT SHIFT.

>>> A BREAKFAST FOR SAN DIEGANS WHO HONOR THE LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING EVERY DAY THROUGH THEIR CHARACTER AND SERVICE.

THE 40th ANNUAL DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING HUMAN DIGNITY BREAKFAST WAS HELD THIS MORNING AT THE TOWN & COUNTRY RESORT HOTEL.

MORE THAN 1500 COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAME TOGETHER FOR THE EVENT HONORING DR. KING.

>> THIS BRINGS PEOPLE BACK TO THE TIME WHEN DR. KING WAS ALIVE, WHEN HE WAS WORKING IN CIVIL RIGHTS, WHEN HE WAS MAKING ALL OF THE SACRIFICES THAT HE MADE, THAT HE WAS TRYING TO REALLY WORK TO OPEN UP DOORS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR, FOR WOMEN, FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, MANY THINGS THAT HE SACRIFICED, IN FACT GAVE HIS LIFE FOR.

>> AND SHE ADDS THAT THE STRUGGLE STILL CONTINUES NOW, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE TIME TO UNDERSTAND THE LEGACY OF DR. KING.

THE EVENT WAS ALSO A CALL TO ACTION FOR PEACE, TOLERANCE, AND UNITY.

>>> WELL WE ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK FROM THE SANTA ANA WINDS THIS WEEKEND, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT ONSHORE FLOW, WE ARE SEEING THE LOW CLOUDS IN THE FOG, ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND, BECAUSE I CAN IMPACT VISIBILITY IF YOU HAVE TO GET OUT AND ABOUT ON THE ROADS FIRST THING FOR YOUR SATURDAY.

WE ARE SEEING COOLER TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND, SOME OF US.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND BREAK EVERYTHING DOWN, STARTING WITH WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THIS EVENING.

TEMPERATURES TONIGHT IN THE LOW 40s FOR OCEANSIDE.

UPPER 40s FOR SAN DIEGO HERE CLEAR IN THE 30s IN PERRIGO SPRINGS AT MOUNT LAGUNA TONIGHT.

TOMORROW I MENTIONED THINGS ARE LITTLE BIT COOLER.

LOW 60s FOR OCEANSIDE AND SAN DIEGO.

64 IN RAMONA .

69 UP IN PERRIGO SPRINGS.

OF COURSE COOLER IN MOUNT LAGUNA.

I MENTIONED WE ARE GETTING A BREAK FROM THE SANTA ANA WINDS.

NOT FOR LONG PICK AS EARLY AS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WE WILL SEE THE RETURN OF SANTA ANA WINDS FOR A LOT OF US IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

OF COURSE THIS MEANS AN EXTREME FIRE RISK ONCE AGAIN.

WE ARE LOOKING AT 40 TO 60 MILE- PER-HOUR WIND GUST WITH A MAXIMUM OF 85 MILES PER HOUR.

DON'T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN AS FAR AS FIRE DANGER.

WE'VE GOT A BIT OF IT BREAK, BUT THE EXTREME RISK IS COMING BACK.

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR 5 DAY OUTLOOK ON THE COAST.

FIRST OF ALL 61 FOR BOTH YOUR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

THEN WE ARE GOING TO START TO WARM UP FOR TUESDAY.

WE ARE STILL SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF THOSE KIND OF SEESAW BACK AND FORTH KIND OF TEMPERATURES GOING FROM 69 TUESDAY TO 66 FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY.

FURTHER INLAND WE ARE SEEING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, AT LEAST THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE NEXT 5 DAYS HERE.

63 IS YOUR HIGH FOR SATURDAY.

WE ARE IN THE 70s BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY, AND THEY CONTINUE TO WARM UP AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO WEDNESDAY.

NOW MOUNTAINS AND DESERT, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NOT SEEING THE COOLER WEEKEND.

WE ARE IN THE 40s FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND THEN TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY DROP, MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOR THE DESERT 5 DAY OUTLOOK, 69 FOR YOUR SATURDAY.

AND THEN WE ARE STAYING RELATIVELY CONSISTENT AS WE LOOK AT A MONDAY.

BY THE TIME WE GET TO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, THAT IS WHEN TEMPERATURES GO UP IT BACK AND FORTH.

FOR KPBS NEWS , I AM ACCUWEATHER'S ANNA AZALEA.

>>> HOLE CREST CINEMAS HAS CLOSED, BUT DIGITAL JAM SEMINAR IS FILLING WITH SOME INDIE FILMS LETTERS DURING OSCAR BUZZ.

BETH OKAMOTO RUNS THROUGH THE OFFERINGS.

>> Reporter: AS I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE, DIGITAL JIM CINEMA IS A HAVEN FOR LOVERS, FATAH 12 YEARS AGO IT PROVIDES A HOME FOR THE VOLUNTEER TEAM OF FILM CRITIQUES PROGRAMMERS, A GROUP THAT INCLUDES ME, AND STANDS AS SAN DIEGO'S LAST STRONGHOLD FOR INDEPENDENT FILM.

PALESTINE'S OFFICIAL ENTRY FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM AT THIS YEAR'S ACADEMY AWARDS.

IT IS AN ANTHOLOGY OF 22 SHORT FILMS.

EACH OFFERING A VERY PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE IN GAZA TODAY.

THE COLLECTION CAPTURES THE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES OF THESE FILMMAKERS.

IN 2024, MAN DESCRIBES COMING UNDER ATTACK THREE TIMES IN 24 HOURS AND BEING DUG OUT OF TROUBLE TWICE.

AND IN SORRY CINEMA, A FILMMAKER USES HIS CLAPBOARD TO BUILD A FIRE.

BUT THE STORY THAT IMPACTED ME THE MOST WAS "SOFT SKIN."

THIS ANIMATED FILM MADE BY CHILDREN DEPICTS HOW THEIR MOTHERS WITH THEIR NAMES ON THEIR ARMS AND LEGS TO MAKE SURE THEIR BODIES COULD BE IDENTIFIED IF THEY WERE EVER KILLED.

>> [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] >> Reporter: DESPITE THE IMMENSE CHALLENGES OF FILMING IN GAZA, THESE FILMMAKERS HAVE CREATED A STUNNING COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS, AND PERHAPS MOST AMAZINGLY, MANY OF THE FILMS FOCUS ON JOY, HOPE, AND BEAUTY DESPITE HORRIFIC CONDITIONS.

>> [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] >> Reporter: ALSO SHOWING IS THE FRENCH FILM "FLOW," WHICH IS ALREADY WON ACCLAIM AND AWARDS.

IT IS ABOUT A GROUP OF ANIMALS TRYING TO SURVIVE A SUDDEN FLOOD.

THIS WORDLESS ANIMATED FEATURE IS BOTH CAPTIVATING AND GORGEOUS.

"A NORA" IS ALSO SCREENING.

IT IS A LOVE STORY OF SORTS INVOLVING A WOMAN NAMED ANORA AND THE RICH SPOILED RUSSIAN BRAT SHE IMPULSIVELY MARRIES.

JUST AS I WAS GROWING BORED WITH THEIR ANTICS, THE FILM THROWS A CURVEBALL AND BRINGS IN A NEW SET OF CHARACTERS THAT REFRESH THE ACTION AND COMPLETELY WIN ME OVER.

IGOR IS THE BEST THING IN A MOVIE WITH VERY FEW LINES AND NOT A LOT OF SCREEN TIME.

HE CREATES A CHARACTER THAT IS GENUINELY AND UNEXPECTEDLY SYMPATHETIC.

YOU CAN ALSO CATCH "A DIFFERENT MAN."

IT IS A FRESH AND INSPIRE TAKE ON DISABILITY AND DELIBERATELY CHALLENGES THE AUDIENCE TO RETHINK HOW THEY PERCEIVE SOMEONE WHO IS DIFFERENT.

I ADMIRE THE CLEVER APPROACH, BUT ALSO FOUND THE FILM TO BE ERRATIC AND PROBLEMATIC IN PLACES.

ADAM PEARSON, AN ACTOR WHO HAS NEUROFIBROMATOSIS DELIVERS A THOROUGHLY ENGAGING PERFORMANCE AS A FILM ASKED US TO CONSIDER WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT.

HOW WE PERCEIVE OURSELVES?

OR HOW OTHERS SEE US?

YOU CAN CATCH ALL THESE INDEPENDENT FILMS THROUGHOUT THE NEXT WEEK AT DIGITAL GYM CINEMA.

BETH ACCOMANDO, KPBS NEWS.

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