>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH CLOTHING, HEATING, RESTORATION AND FLOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 45 YEARS, CALL 1-800-BILLHOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

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

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.

>> AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD HAITIAN BOYS IN FEDERAL CUSTODY TONIGHT AFTER SHOWING UP FOR SCHEDULED IMMIGRATION APPOINTMENT THIS WEEK, THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M JACOB AERE.

THE CHILD HAS BEEN LIVING IN SAN DIEGO SINCE HIS FATHER WAS DEPORTED NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO.

ALEXANDER HAS MORE ON HOW AND WHY THE CHILD WAS TAKEN.

>> THERE HE IS, THAT IS HOW LITTLE HE WAS.

>> Reporter: ON WEDNESDAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TOOK THIS EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY INTO CUSTODY, SHE IS A COURT OBSERVER.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I SAW A CHILD THAT YOUNG AND IT WAS JUST, I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING BECAUSE I HAD NEVER WATCHED A CHILD BY HIMSELF.

TO GET DETAINED IN THAT MANNER.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID IT WAS UPSETTING TO WITNESS THAT.

>> THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A WAR AND YOU JUST DO WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO AND DEAL WITH THE EMOTIONS LATER BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE NEED US, THERE'S NOBODY ELSE THAT IS WITNESSING HOW THEY ARE BEING TARGETED AND ABUSED.

>> Reporter: THE BOY HAD BEEN LIVING WITH HIS UNCLE AFTER HIS FATHER WAS DEPORTED IN MARCH OF 2025.

ACCORDING TO A DHS SPOKESPERSON, THE UNCLE DID NOT HAVE LEGAL CUSTODY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION REAUTHORIZATION ACT, THE SPOKESPERSON SAID THE BOY WAS CONSIDERED AN UNACCOMPANIED MINOR.

IN A STATEMENT, THE SPOKESPERSON SAID OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AND TO ENSURE THE CHILD SAFETY, I.C.E.

DETERMINED IT WAS BEST TO REMOVE THE CHILD AND PLACE HIM IN THE CARE OF THE OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT.

>> I'M NOT SURPRISED, I.C.E.

WOULD SAY ANYTHING TO JUSTIFY THEIR ACTIONS.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE UNCLE WAS DESIGNATED ON SCHOOL RECORDS AS AN AUTHORIZED CAREGIVER.

>> THIS IS A CLASSIC CASE OF LEGALIZED LAWLESSNESS WHERE THEY WILL ATTEMPT TO USE THE LAW TO FURTHER WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A LAWLESS ACTIVITY.

>> Reporter: THE FAMILY IS TRYING TO WORK OUT THE CUSTODY ISSUE, MEANWHILE THE BOY IS HELD BY THE OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT WHILE THAT IS WORKED OUT.

>> WE HAVE AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD THAT SHOULD BE IN SCHOOL, THAT IS CURRENTLY SITTING BEHIND A WALL THAT IS NOT IN THE CARE OF HIS NATURAL CARETAKER.

>> Reporter: THE HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE SAYS THE BOY SHOULD BE DOING WHAT BOYS HIS AGE ARE DOING, GOING TO SCHOOL AND PLAYING WITH OTHER KIDS.

CITY COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS CALLING FOR THE RESTORATION OF TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE STATUS FOR HAITIANS.

>> WE ARE IN THIS SITUATION BECAUSE OF A PROGRAM THAT DID NOT NEED TO BE ENDED.

>>> CALIFORNIA VOTERS FLIPPED ALL FIVE CONGRESSIONAL SEATS THAT WERE TARGETED BY PROPOSITION 50 LAST YEAR PRE- PUBLIC MATTERS REPORTER, JAKE GOTTA IS HERE TO BREAK DOWN THIS ELECTION, ALSO OVERCOMING GERRYMANDERING NATIONWIDE.

>> DEMOCRATS WON MORE SEATS IN CONGRESS THAN EITHER PARTY HAS IN OVER A DECADE.

IN CALIFORNIA, FIVE REPUBLICAN HELD DISTRICTS FLIPPED DEMOCRATS INCLUDING THE 48 IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THAT WAS THE POINT OF PROP 50 THAT VOTERS PASSED LAST YEAR, CALIFORNIA LEADERS WANTED TO OFFSET GERRYMANDERING IN REPUBLICAN-LED STATES BY DOING THEIR OWN HERE.

IT TURNED OUT THIS ELECTION WAS SUCH A HUGE SWING TOWARDS DEMOCRATS, THE REPUBLICAN-LED GERRYMANDERING FAILED TO FLIP MOST OF THE SEATS.

NATIONWIDE, REPUBLICANS TARGETED 10 SEATS HELD BY DEMOCRATS AND ONLY FLIPPED TWO.

IN TEXAS, WHERE THE GERRYMANDERING STARTED, ONLY FIVE OF THE DEMOCRATIC HELD SEATS FLIPPED AND THEY LOST THE OTHER TWO.

POLITICAL SCIENTIST, LAUREN PRATHER SAID BEYOND CHANGING THE DISTRICTS, PROP 50 HELPED FOCUS ENERGY ON THIS MIDTERM AS A WAY TO PUSH BACK ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

>> TO THE EXTENT THAT VOTERS FELT LIKE OUR ELITES ARE ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING, OR AT LEAST PUTTING SOMETHING IN FRONT OF US SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT BACK, I THINK HAVING THAT BE PART OF THIS YEAR-LONG CYCLE LEADING UP TO THE MIDTERMS I THINK CERTAINLY COULD HAVE GALVANIZED PEOPLE.

>> LAUREN PRATHER SAID REPUBLICANS MOTIVATED VOTERS IN ESTES, TOO.

>> SO I THINK IN THOSE PLACES ALSO, YOU SAW THAT AS A GALVANIZING FACTOR, LIKE WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET THIS BEAT US, WE ARE GOING TO TURN UP AND VOTE.

SO OVERWHELMINGLY, THE GERRYMANDERING IS NOT GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

>> DEMOCRATS ARE POISED TO ENTER 2027 WITH THE LARGEST MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE EITHER PARTY HAS HELD SINCE AT LEAST 2009.

JAKE GOTTA, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ELECTION RESULTS ARE STILL ROLLING IN BUT SOME CONTESTS ARE STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL.

TO BREAK DOWN WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR IS THE VOICE OF SAN DIEGO, SCOTT LEWIS.

LET'S START WITH FUNDINGS LIKE THE TIJUANA RIVER SEWAGE CRISIS, YOU REPORTED THAT THIS HAS ALREADY PASSED WITH 52% OF THE VOTE.

CAN YOU TELL US HOW YOU MADE THAT CALL?

>> TRADITIONALLY AND THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF THE COUNTRY BUT IN SAN DIEGO, THE EARLY VOTE HAS BEEN DOMINATED BY REPUBLICANS OR CONSERVATIVE, MORE OLDER FOLKS SO AS THE RETURNS COME IN LATER, THEY TEND AND ALWAYS HAVE TENDED TO BE MORE ON THE LEFT, SO AFTER THE INITIAL RESULTS CAME OUT AND LAST NIGHT'S DROP, IT SEEMED PRETTY CLEAR THAT IT WAS JUST MAKING EVEN BIGGER MARGIN THAN IT NEEDED TO PASS.

>> SO THE CITY PLANS TO USE SOME OF THE MONEY TO TREAT WASTEWATER SEWAGE FROM MEXICO, DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEALING WITH THE CROSS BORDERS?

>> WELL, THEY SAID THEY WOULD SOLVE THE TIJUANA RIVER SEWAGE CRISIS, THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO HAS TAKEN ON THIS CHALLENGE AND SAID WE WILL SOLVE THIS IF YOU PASS THIS TAX.

THAT WAS THE PRIMARY PEOPLE CITED, THAT WAS THE PRIMARY THING THAT THEY USED TO GET SIGNATURES AND NOW THEY HAVE THE BURDEN OF SOLVING IT.

THIS HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE, CRISIS FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO FOR 50 YEARS AND NOW THEY SAY THEY ARE GOING TO SOLVE IT.

SO THEY CAN BOND AND BORROW A BUNCH OF MONEY, BUILD A FACILITY BUT THEY DON'T OWN ANY OF THE LAND AND THERE'S COUNTRIES INVOLVED AND PRIVATE LANDOWNERS INVOLVED AND A BORDER WALL AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

IT IS A GIANT BURDEN AND RESPONSE ABILITY THEY HAVE TAKEN ON AND WE WILL BE THERE TO TRACK IT.

>> YOUR NEWSROOM CALLED MEASURE A TO PASS, THAT WOULD BE EXTENDING THE TERM FOR COUNTY SUPERVISORS, THE RESULTS OF THE TWO MEASURES CAME AT SIMILAR MARGINS, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?

>> ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE REPORTED THAT THE COUNTY SPEND ITS OWN MONEY PULLING PEOPLE AND ASKING THEM WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF THE COUNTY AND ONE OF THE MAIN RESULTS WAS THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT THE COUNTY WAS GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

SO NOW FAST-FORWARD A YEAR AND VOTERS HAVE GIVEN THEM MORE POWER AS INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISORS, THEY ARE GIVEN AN EXTRA TERM IN OFFICE AND MORE POWER TO DIRECT THE COUNTY STAFF ABOUT WHAT TO DO, AND THEY HAVE MORE MONEY TO DO THINGS WITH.

SO, QUITE A SWITCH FROM WE ARE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION TO KNOW YOU GET MORE MONEY AND MORE POWER.

>> I WANTED TO ASK YOU, ZOOMING OUT TO THE BIG PICTURE, WHAT YOU MAKE OF THE FACT THAT NATIONAL POLITICS HAVE LOCAL ELECTIONS, IF ANY AT ALL?

>> THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY A BLUE WAVE AND I'M SURE WE FELT SOME OF THAT HERE.

YOU KNOW, THE BLUE STATES MAYBE DIDN'T DO QUITE AS WELL AS THE OTHER STATES FOR DEMOCRATS.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGH WERE VERY UPSET AND WANTED TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT THEY WANTED TO SUPPORT A DIFFERENT APPROACH.

AND THEY WERE UPSET ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS BUT THEY LITERALLY RAISED THEIR OWN COST OF LIVING WITH THE TAX INCREASE.

SO I THINK IT IS HARD TO PULL OUT TOO MANY LESSONS.

>> ONE IMPORTANT THING I WANT TO HIT ON BEFORE WE LET YOU GO IS ELECTION CENTRAL, THE ELECTION HUB, YOU BROUGHT IT BACK THIS YEAR AND IT WAS PAUSED SINCE THE PANDEMIC REALLY.

CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IT IS FOR THOSE WHO DON'T REMEMBER AND HOW IT ACTUALLY WENT?

>> FOR JOURNALIST, EVERY NEWS STATION, RADIO STATION GATHERED AROUND THE REGISTRAR AS THEY HANDED OUT THE RESULTS AND THEY HAVE BEEN AT GOLDEN HALL FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL UNTIL I REALIZED IT WAS A UNIQUE SAN DIEGO NONPARTISAN CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY EVERY ELECTION AND THE PANDEMIC KILLED IT.

AND I KEPT WAITING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO PLATFORM IT AND BRING IT BACK BUT WE DID A MINIMAL VERSION THIS WEEKEND I THINK IT IS BACK ON ITS FEET.

>> CONGRATULATIONS, I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU AND THE NEWS MEDIA, THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL FOR THE PUBLIC.

>> IT WAS A PLACE THAT EVERYBODY COULD COME TOGETHER AND THE STUDENTS SHOWED UP, THAT WAS A GREAT PLACE TO SEE DEMOCRACY CARRIED OUT.

>> THANK YOU, SCOTT, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR COVERAGE THIS ELECTION CYCLE.

AND TO STAY UP-TO-DATE, VISIT KPBS .ORG.

>> AS ELECTION RESULTS SOLIDIFIED ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THERE IS A MAJOR SHAKEUP IN LOS ANGELES, KAREN BASS HAS BEEN DEFEATED IN THE INCUMBENT FOR MAYOR.

AS THE MEMBER WHO EARNED THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE LEFT-WING GROUP THAT BOOSTED NEW YORK CITY MAYOR LAST YEAR.

THE ESSAY AND THE WORKINGS FAMILY PARTY HAD STRONG SHOWINGS NATIONWIDE IN TUESDAY'S ELECTION.

ELAINE ALFARO SAID THE CANDIDATES WERE ON THE BALLOT IN SOME OF THE HISTORICALLY CONSERVATIVE STRONGHOLDS.

>> CHEERS ERUPTED IN THE BARRIO SITE TUESDAY NIGHT, THEY WERE CELEBRATING THE BLUE TSUNAMI THAT SWEPT MANY OF THEIR MEMBERS INTO OFFICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ALSO MEMBERS WHO SHOWED UP ON BALLOTS IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION.

RYAN HILL IS THE ESSAY SAN DIEGO'S COCHAIR.

>> IT IS A BIG SIGN TO SEE THAT POLITICIANS ARE WILLING TO ASSOCIATE THEMSELVES WITH SOCIALIST POLITICS, TO COLLABORATE WITH US AS AN ORGANIZATION AND TO SHOW UP AND SEE THAT SOCIALISM IS NOT A DIRTY WORD IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> TWO WHO STOOD OUT WERE MAYORAL CANDIDATES IN EL CAJON AND CHULA VISTA.

ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT ACCOUNT BY THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS, HE SAYS HIS SHOWING IS A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME.

>> I THINK WITHIN DSA, I KNOW IN THE SAN DIEGO CHAPTER, IT HAS BEEN SLOWLY GROWING BUT I THINK WITH RUNNING, HELPING RUN MY RACE ACROSS EL CAJON, IT HAS HELPED OUR MEMBERSHIP AND REALLY BRING IN THOSE SKILLS THAT WE NEED TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE RUN RACES.

>> ALEXANDER KRAFT IS A MEMBER OF THE WORKING FAMILIES PARTY, IN EL CAJON, HE IS RUNNING ROUGHLY 20 POINTS BEHIND BILL WELLS.

THE CONSERVATIVE INCUMBENT.

>> WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS NOT JUST GETTING PEOPLE ENERGIZED BUT ALSO ORGANIZED.

>> ELAINE ALFARO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT, WE SPEAK WITH ADAM HAMILTON, THE FIRST KANSAS DEMOCRAT ELECTED TO THE U.S.

SENATE IN NEARLY A CENTURY, THAT IS AT 7:00 AFTER THE EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> WE HAVE A QUIET NIGHT ON OUR HANDS, IT WILL GET A LITTLE BREEZY, THE WIND WILL BE RATTLING THROUGH THE PALMS A LITTLE BIT BUT OTHERWISE, A NICE QUIET NIGHT, 52 IN EL CAJON, 56 IN SAN DIEGO AND BOTTOMING OUT AROUND 40 AT MOUNT LAGUNA.

COASTAL FLOODING IS BACK, DURING HIGH TIDE WE WILL SEE TWICE A DAY A SERIES OF MINOR FLOOD EVENTS HERE, COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TUESDAY, THAT IS THE THEME LATELY.

FULL DETAILS AHEAD.

>>> SAN DIEGO OFFICIALS SAY THEY CLOSED THE CITY'S BUDGET DEFICIT FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.

PUBLIC MATTERS REPORTER, KEVIN SAID THAT IS AFTER YEARS OF FINANCIAL SHORTFALLS.

>> EVERY FALL, THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO RELEASES A FORECAST COMPARING THE PROJECTED COST OF SERVICES TO THE REVENUE THE CITY EXPECTS TO RECEIVE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THE MAYOR TODD GLORIA SAID IN A PRESS CONFERENCE, THE FORECAST SHOWS A BALANCED BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT USING ONE- TIME FIXES.

>> THIS RESULT DID NOT HAPPEN ON ITS OWN, IT REFLECTS DIFFICULT DECISIONS, PERMANENT REFORMS AND SUSTAINED DISCIPLINE.

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, MY ADMINISTRATION HAS CONFRONTED THE CITY'S STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT HEAD-ON.

>> THE CITY IS PROJECTING A $5 MILLION SURPLUS FOR FISCAL YEAR 28, TO CLOSE THE DEFICIT, THE CITY IS BRINGING AN $80 MILLION IN TRASH COLLECTION FEES AND $60 MILLION IN INCREASED HOTEL FEES AND A NATIONAL OPIOID SETTLEMENT.

THEY MADE $80 MILLION IN CUTS.

>> SO YOU HAVE SEEN SERVICE- LEVEL REDUCTIONS THAT NONE OF US ARE HAPPY ABOUT BUT ANYTHING IS NOT LOOKED AT ONE YEAR AT A TIME.

>> THE FIVE-YEAR OUTLOOK PROJECTS OF $5 MILLION DEFICIT IN FISCAL YEAR 2029 WHICH INCREASES FROM THERE.

THAT IS MOSTLY THROUGH THE FINANCING OF PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER SAID THAT PROJECTION STILL LEAVES OUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE CITY'S MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE BACKLOG.

>> WITH A NEARLY $8 BILLION NEED TO REPAIR INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE'S NO BELT TIGHTENING THAT WE CAN USE TO CLOSE THE GAP AND WE NEED A SUSTAINABLE DEDICATED SOURCE OF FUNDING.

>> BECAUSE THEY ARE BASED ON THIS YEAR'S SPENDING, NEXT YEAR COULD SHIFT DEPENDING ON THE NEW BUDGET THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ULTIMATELY ADOPTED.

>>> THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER LEAGUE PLAYOFFS START TONIGHT, THE QUARTERFINAL MATCH AGAINST UTAH ROYALS STARTS AT 7:00 AT SNAPDRAGON STADIUM.

LAST NIGHT THE CONVENTION CENTER IN THE BOTANICAL BUILDING WERE LIT UP IN PINK TO SUPPORT THE TEAM, THAT IS THE COLOR WAVE THEY ARE ASKING FANS TO WEAR AT TONIGHT'S MATCH.

IF THEY WIN, THE TEAM WILL HOST A SEMIFINAL MATCH NEXT WEEKEND.

>>> ACROSS GENERATIONS, HIGH SCHOOLS IN SOUTHEASTERN SAN DIEGO HAVE PRODUCED A STATISTICS DEFINING NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, IN PART FOUR OF THIS SPECIAL SERIES, WE LOOK AT HOW THAT REMARKABLE LEGACY CONTINUES TODAY.

>> Reporter: LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL WAS BULLDOZED IN 2003, REPLACED WITH A BRAND-NEW CAMPUS, THEY LOST A LOT OF ATHLETES DURING THAT FOUR YEAR CLOSURE, COACHES HAD TO REBUILD LEGENDARY LINCOLN TEAMS FROM SPARSE ROSTERS.

THE SCHOOL HIRED DAVID DUNN TO COACH FOOTBALL, FORMER CINCINNATI BENGALS WIDE RECEIVER AND MORRIS HIGH SCHOOL ALONE.

DESPITE THE NEW CAMPUS, HE FACED BUDGET CHALLENGES.

>> WE ARE TALKING $400-$500 PER HELMET, $300 FOR A GOOD PAIR OF SHOULDER PADS AND UNIFORMS AND WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS OUT THERE, WE LOSE A BUNCH OF KIDS TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

>> THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HASN'T ANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT ATHLETIC FUNDING.

THE COACH ESTIMATES HIS TEAM GETS $12,000 FROM THE DISTRICT EACH YEAR INCLUDING TRAVEL.

HE HAS TO FUND RAISE THE REST.

IN AN AREA WITH SOME OF THE LOWEST HOUSEHOLD INCOMES IN THE COUNTY.

BY 2024, THE NEED WAS EVEN CLEARER.

>> THE FIELD WAS NOT SAFE, EVERYBODY KNEW IT WASN'T SAFE.

THERE WERE AREAS ON THE FIELD WHERE WE COULD PULL BACK THE TURF, PULL UP THE TURF AND SEE CONCRETE UNDER IT.

AND THERE WAS OVER 100 FLAGS AND WE RAN OUT.

>> Reporter: HE CONVINCED THE SCHOOL TO FIX IT LEAVING LINCOLN WITH NO FIELD THAT SEASON, THEY WOULD BUS TO FACILITIES WILLING TO SHARE A FIELD, THEY LEFT SCHOOL EARLY AND STAYED UP LATE, SQUEEZED ON HOURS OF PRACTICE INTO WHATEVER TIME WAS AVAILABLE.

>> WE LOST SO MANY HOURS OF PRACTICE TIME.

>> Reporter: SOMETIMES THE BUSES WERE TOO SMALL OR THEY CAME LATE.

>> THEY WOULD SEE US SITTING OUTSIDE WITH WATER BOTTLES AND UNIFORMS AND ALL THE EXTRA THINGS TRYING TO GET OVER TO PRACTICE.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE FIELDS WERE NOT ALWAYS WELL-EQUIPPED.

>> THEY DIDN'T HAVE FOOTBALL LINES, FOOTBALL MARKINGS, EQUIPMENT OR EVEN GOALPOSTS.

WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A WEIGHT ROOM AT THE TIME, WE DIDN'T GET TO HAVE THE SLED WORK OR ANYTHING.

>> Reporter: THE PLAYERS HAD SO MANY VALID REASONS TO SKIP PRACTICE BUT THEY DIDN'T TAKE THEM, PLAYERS LIKE JESUS THE BEAST MINUTES, CENTER AND GUARD.

>> IT WAS SO CRAZY, ALL THOSE TIMES, ALL OF US WERE JUST SO TIRED.

EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM REALLY WANTED IT, THEY WANTED TO SHOW EVERYBODY WRONG.

>> Reporter: WIDE RECEIVER AND CORNERBACK, DERIAN BRIDGES SAYS SOMETHING THAT ECHOES ACROSS THE DECADES.

>> AS MUCH AS WE WENT THROUGH, WE WAS JUST PLAYING WITH A CHIP ON OUR SHOULDER BECAUSE WE KNOW NOBODY ELSE IS DOING THIS.

SO WE HAD TO GO OUT THERE AND WIN EVERY GAME.

>> Reporter: IT PAID OFF, DESPITE ALL THESE CHALLENGES, THE TEAM WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THAT YEAR AND WON.

>> YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU JUST DID.

I MEAN, REALLY, TO HAVE NONE OF THIS STUFF AVAILABLE TO YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS MEANS.

>> Reporter: THE TEAM DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A SECONDARY UTILITY FIELD TO PRACTICE ON BUT TRAVELING FARTHER TO PLAY HARDER SCHOOLS BUT WITHOUT A BIGGER TRAVEL BUDGET AND LIKE ALUMNI ACROSS THE DECADES, THEY STILL FACE RACISM.

>> I REMEMBER PLAYING YOUTH FOOTBALL DOWN THE STREET HERE AND ACTUALLY PRACTICING ON THE FIELD HERE OUTSIDE, AND AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR, CERTAIN TEAMS WE PLAYED AGAINST, WE WERE TOLD, MAKE SURE YOU DON'T RETALIATE.

I MEAN, SOMETIMES AS DISGUSTING AS BEING SPIT ON, IT IS HEARTBREAKING TO HAVE TO TELL MY SAME KIDS 40 YEARS LATER, I'M TELLING THEM THE SAME THING.

>> Reporter: EVEN THIS YEAR.

>> WE HAD AN INCIDENT THIS YEAR ALREADY WHERE THE COACH WAS OUT OF LINE WITH SOME OF HIS COMMENTS.

HE SAID HE WILL DEFINITELY BE WORKING AT McDONALD'S IN THREE YEARS OR YOU WILL DEFINITELY BE THIS OR, WE ARE GOING TO COLLEGE AND YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO JAIL.

>> AND YOU JUST THINK, LIKE WE GREW UP LIKE THIS, LIKE THIS IS THE HOOD BUT I WOULDN'T SAY THAT, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE GREAT KIDS HERE AND THEY TAKE GOOD RESPONSIBILITY.

>> JESUS AGREES.

>> I THINK EVERYBODY AROUND HERE KNOWS EACH OTHER AND IT IS JUST LIKE A BIG FAMILY.

>> Reporter: COACH SAYS THAT STIGMA IS STILL CAUSING ENROLLMENT CHALLENGES FOR THE SCHOOL AND TEAM, LIKE THE TEAMS OF THE 60s AND 70s, THEY HOLD HIGH EXPECTATIONS REGARDLESS.

AND THAT CHIP ON THEIR SHOULDER, THAT TURNS ADVERSITY INTO POWER.

>> NO MATTER WHAT THEY PUT IN FRONT OF US, WATCH HOW WE COME OUT OF THIS.

SO, DEVELOP THE MOTTO, THEY HATE TO WATCH US WIN BUT THEY HAVE TO WATCH US WIN.

>> Reporter: GENERATIONS OF ALUMNI CHEERED THEM ON AT THIS YEAR'S HOMECOMING GAME, SOME WITH REMARKABLE PRO ATHLETE CAREERS BEHIND THEM.

MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY OF SHARED STRUGGLE AND POWER FILLED THE STANDS.

AND THEY WATCHED TODAY'S STUDENTS WIN.

43-15.

>> IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A STRUGGLE BUT IT IS OUR STRUGGLE AND IT IS OUR STORY.

>>> WELL, THE WEEKEND IS UPON US, WE HAVE A BIT OF A BREEZE OUT THERE, IT IS GOING TO BE AN OFFSHORE WIND, TECHNICALLY IT WOULD BE AN OFFSHORE WIND THAT WOULD BRING SOME FIRE DANGER TO THE MAP.

WE HAVE SEEN SOME RAIN BUT JUST BE AWARE, THERE IS A RISK OF FIRE DANGER WITH THIS DOWNSLOPING DRY WIND.

COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE AN ONGOING CONCERN, EACH HIGH TIDE CYCLE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

IN FACT, WE ARE MORE CONCERNED AROUND THANKSGIVING WEEK WHEN THE LUNAR CYCLE WILL COINCIDE WITH MORE HIGH WATER AS WELL BUT EVEN IN THE SHORT TERM SOME MINOR FLOODING.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE RISING THIS WEEKEND, WARMER SUNDAY BUT EVEN SATURDAY AS WELL.

RECENTLY, IF WE GO BACK TO LATE SEPTEMBER AND EARLY OCTOBER, WE HAD THIS, MOST OF OCTOBER, THIS PERSISTENTLY WET STORM TRACK THAT SENT STORM AFTER STORM INTO THE AREA, WE HAD A GOOD START TO THE WET SEASON, NOW WE ARE GETTING A BREAK, THE STORM TRACK HAS DIVERTED NORTH AND AFTER A VERY WET END OF SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, THE EARLY PART OF NOVEMBER IS A LOT DRIER FOR US AND THE NORTHWEST IS TAKING A TURN WITH THE FREQUENT STORMS.

WE WILL SEE THAT NEXT WEEK TO OUR NORTH.

TONIGHT, CLEAR SKIES AND 56, A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE.

IT WILL BECOME MORE BREEZY AND WINDY IN THE MORNING AROUND THE PASSES.

OTHERWISE, IT IS GOING TO BE WARM, UP TO 82 IN SAN DIEGO.

CHULA VISTA MATCHING THAT AT 83, BORREGO SPRINGS AROUND 80, THIS IS THE TYPE OF PATTERN WHERE EL CAJON WARMS UP THE DOWNSLOPING WIND.

SUNDAY, A VERY WARM DAY ACROSS THE BOARD, THE WIND WILL BACK OFF A LITTLE BIT AND WE WILL HAVE A DRY ENDING FOR MOST OF THE SOUTH WEST OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY.

AGAIN, MINOR COASTAL FLOODING, THAT IS AN ISSUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK, ACTUALLY UNTIL NOON TUESDAY.

WE WILL BE IN SAID THE MID-80s ON SUNDAY, THAT WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY ALONG THE COAST.

TEMPERATURES WILL BACK OFF SLIGHTLY INTO THE WEEK.

INLAND AREAS, TEMPERATURES SPIKE SUNDAY AND MONDAY, 87, 88, VERY WARM HERE.

WITH THAT DOWNSLOPING WIND COMING DOWN OFF THE MOUNTAINS TO YOUR EAST.

IN THE MOUNTAINS WE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE 50s MOST DAYS WARMING UP A LITTLE BIT INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK BUT AGAIN, NOTHING TOO DISRUPTIVE, JUST THE WIND, THE ONLY ISSUE SOME FIRE DANGER CONCERNS.

AND INTO THE DESERT, WE ARE HOVERING GENERALLY UPPER 70s INTO THE MID-80s, VERY NICE TIME TO BE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

I'M METEOROLOGIST GEOFF CORNISH.

>>> WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CINEMA JUNKIES.

THESE INCLUDE GODZILLA AND ITALIAN SHORT FILMS.

>> 2023, GODZILLA MINUS ONE.

THE ICONIC MONSTER IN THE FILM THAT WON ITS FIRST OSCAR.

ON TUESDAY, GODZILLA CELEBRATED HIS 72nd BIRTHDAY.

BY POURING INTO CINEMAS WITH A SEQUEL THAT PROVED THIS VETERAN IS NOWHERE READY TO RETIRE.

IT STARTS WITH A PREMISE OF PINNING ONE MONSTER AGAINST ANOTHER FOR A BATTLE.

BUT THE FILMMAKER IMPROVES ON THE FORMULA WITH WELL DRAWN CHARACTERS, EMOTIONAL RICHNESS AND MORAL QUESTIONS.

UNLIKE AMERICAN FILMMAKERS, YAMASAKI UNDERSTANDS THAT GODZILLA IS NOT JUST A MONSTER, HE IS A METAPHOR AND HE WAS BORN OUT OF AN ATOMIC BLAST.

IT DELVES DEEPLY INTO THE TRAUMA THE JAPANESE PEOPLE SUFFERED AFTER THE UNITED STATES DROPPED ATOMIC BOMBS ON TWO OF ITS CITIES.

BUT, YAMASAKI ALSO DELIVERS EPIC ACTION, WITH SEQUENCES THAT MAKE YOU LOOK UP AT THE SCALE OF THESE CREATURES.

HE UNDERSTANDS THAT HE DOESN'T NEED TO SHOW MASSIVE DESTRUCTION WITH ANTLIKE HUMANS UNDER ATTACK, INSTEAD, HE CAN GET MORE IMPACT ATTENTION AND ENGAGEMENT BY MAKING US CARE ABOUT A SINGLE PERSON IN DANGER AND SHOWING US WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE AT GROUND LEVEL.

MINUS ZERO NOT ONLY ENTERTAINED BUT ALSO ENGAGES YOUR EMOTIONS AND YOUR INTELLECT, CHALK UP ANOTHER VICTORY FOR BIG G. ASIAN CINEMA IS ALSO KICKING INTO GEAR.

TOPICS INCLUDE LAB DS, AND THE TAIWANESE RESTORED 60s CLASSIC GOOD NEIGHBORS.

AND OF COURSE THERE IS MYSTERY KUNG FU THEATER WHICH REMAINS A MYSTERY UNTIL IT UNFOLDS.

THIS YEAR, THERE WILL ALSO BE A SPECIAL MYSTERY GUEST.

AND ON SATURDAY, THE SAN DIEGO ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL WILL PRESENT FROM POLIO WITH LOVE, THE EVENT FEATURES FOUR SHORT FILMS FOLLOWED BY A LIVE Q&A WITH DIRECTORS, IT IS A WEEKEND FULL OF GLORY, SO DON'T JUST SIT ON YOUR COUCH, GO OUT AND SEE A MOVIE DESIGNED FOR THE BIG SCREEN.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> ANOTHER WAY TO FIND KPBS CONTENT IS THE SAN DIEGO NEWS NOW PODCAST, IT IS A MIX OF DAILY HEADLINES, STORIES FROM OUR KPBS REPORTERS.

NEW EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE WEEKDAY MORNINGS, SUBSCRIBE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE , KPBS .ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M JACOB AERE.

HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING AND WEEKEND.

>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN A MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE COMPANIES, CALL 1-800- BILLHOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

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

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.