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>> ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND SAN DIEGO COUNTY, AMERICANS GATHERED TODAY TO REMEMBER THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001.

THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, I'M MAYA TRABULSI AND ON THAT DAY, NEARLY 3000 AMERICANS LOST THEIR LIVES, FOLLOWING THE WORST TERRORIST ATTACK SINCE PEARL HARBOR.

JOHN CARROLL ATTENDED A MEMORIAL WHERE PEOPLE HEARD FROM AN EMT THAT WAS THERE THAT DAY AND A SAN DIEGO FIREFIGHTER WHO ARRIVED HOURS LATER TO HELP.

JOHN IS AT GILLESPIE FIELD IN OKLAHOMA WITH MORE INFORMATION, JOHN?

>> Reporter: WE WILL HEAR FROM THEM IN JUST A SECOND BUT THE EVENT HAPPENED EARLIER TODAY AT THIS HANGER HERE AT GILLESPIE FIELD BEHIND ME, WE HEARD FROM REPRESENTATIVE SARAH JACOBS AND FROM SUPERVISOR JEWELL ANDERSON WHO ORGANIZED TODAY'S EVENT.

THIS DAY OUT HERE WAS FULL OF VISUAL REMINDERS OF THAT DAY, FIRE TRUCKS, ONE FLYING A HUGE AMERICAN FLAG, POSTERS FEATURING THE NAMES OF ALL 2977 PEOPLE THAT DIED THAT DAY IN NEW YORK CITY, AT THE PENTAGON AND IN SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUT, MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE HEARD FROM TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE, SAN DIEGO BATTALION CHIEF, MATT NELSON LEFT SAN DIEGO FOR NEW YORK WITHIN HOURS OF THE ATTACK TO HELP IN ANY WAY HE COULD AND FROM THE OUTSET WAS FORMER NEW YORK EMT AND FIREFIGHTER, DAVID BLACKSBURG, HERE IS WHAT SOME OF WHAT BOTH MEN SAID.

>> WE'VE HAD THE LOSSES OF ALMOST 3000 PEOPLE A DAY OFF BUT WE LOST A LOT MORE SINCE THAT DAY DUE TO CANCERS, DUE TO LONG-TERM INJURIES, EVEN THE STRESS AND SUICIDES THAT CAME FROM THAT EVENT.

LET'S NOT FORGET THOSE PEOPLE AS WELL.

>> Reporter: THEN, A LOUD SOUND, THE GROUND WAS SHAKING, LOOKING UP AND SEEING THE SECOND PLANE HIT THE SOUTH TOWER , CONTINUING TO HELP EVACUATE, CONTINUING TO HELP SURRENDER AND PROVIDE MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR THOSE 47 HOURS THAT I SPENT AT GROUND ZERO, I REMEMBER THE CONFUSION.

I ALSO REMEMBER THE COURAGE OF THOSE OF US WHO WERE THERE TO HELP OTHERS.

>> Reporter: AS YOU CAN HERE, ALL THESE YEARS LATER AND BLACKSBURG'S VOICE STILL CRACKS WITH EMOTION, A UNIFYING MESSAGE FROM HIM AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO SPOKE HERE TODAY THAT WE MUST REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ALL AMERICANS AND WE MUST NEVER FORGET WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT TERRIBLE DAY A QUARTER CENTURY AGO.

IN EL CAJON, JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>> I'M ARIELLA SCALESE AND COMING UP TONIGHT, WE DROP TO 72 DEGREES, STILL HOLDING ONTO THAT HUMIDITY, AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE WAY WITH LOWER TEMPERATURES BY THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE HEAT STARTS TO CREEP BACK IN.

A CLOSER LOOK COMING UP.

>>> SAN DIEGO NAVY OFFICIALS ARE AT BASE POINT LOMA AS TEMPERATURES HIT 90 DEGREES ON TUESDAY, BASE OFFICIALS WERE BUSY CHECKING THE BARRACKS ROOMS TO MAKE SURE NOBODY WAS USING PERSONAL AIR CONDITIONERS, THEY ARE AGAINST THE RULES.

NAVY SPOKESPERSON, BRIAN OVERT CONFIRMED THAT AND SAID THEY DON'T HAVE TO LOAD CAPACITY AND AS THE TEMPERATURES ROSE, THEY BEGAN TRIPPING CIRCUIT BREAKERS, KPBS RECEIVED A TIP FROM ONE IN THE BARRACKS THAT SAID IT IS SO HOT THAT THEY CANNOT SLEEP AND WHEN THEY DO, THEY ARE SWEATING THROUGH THE SHEETS.

THEY ARE NOT NAMING THE SAILOR BECAUSE THEY FEAR RETALIATION, IN 2025, THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL PROVIDED UPGRADES TO BARRACKS, A PLAN TO UPGRADE WAS IN PLACE THIS SPRING BUT IT IS UNCLEAR WHEN THAT MIGHT BECOME.

>>> THE GOAL FULLY SOLVES THE TIJUANA RIVER SEWAGE CRISIS BUT AS SCOTT LEWIS EXPLAINS IN THIS SEGMENT, A LOT STANDS IN THE WAY.

>> Reporter: WHEN SAN DIEGO COUNTY VOTERS LOOK AT THEIR BALLOTS NEXT MONTH, THE FIRST LINE OF MEASURE B WILL SAY IT WILL "CLEANUP SEWAGE IN THE TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY."

FOR MONTHS, WE WONDERED WHAT THE PLAN WAS FOR THAT AND NOW WE KNOW THE, COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CAME UP WITH A PLAN TO BUILD WHAT COULD BE THE BIGGEST PROJECT IN THE COUNTY'S HISTORY, A FACILITY THAT WOULD CAPTURE THE RIVER AND CLEAN IT, HERE IS SUPERVISOR PALOMA.

>> WE HAVE TO HAVE A CAPTURE AND CLEANUP INITIATIVE TO TREAT THE RIVER HERE ON OUR SIDE OF THE BORDER.

NOT ANOTHER STUDY OF THE PROBLEM BUT A LONG-TERM SOLUTION DRIVEN BY THE COUNTY.

FOUR IT WILL START AS A STUDY, SPECIFICALLY IT IS A $1.8 MILLION ENGINEERING AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS.

THE SUPERVISORS ARE CLEAR WHAT THEY WANT, A NEW GIANT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.

THE COMPLICATIONS ARE ENORMOUS, FOR ONE THE COUNTY DOES NOT OWN THE LAND IN THE TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY.

THE BORDER AREA IS A QUILT OF FEDERAL LAND, THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO LAND AND PRIVATE LAND.

DIVERTING AND CLEANING AN ENTIRE RIVER IS NO SMALL TASK.

SUCH A FACILITY COULD EASILY COST MORE THAN $1 BILLION AND COULD ONLY HAPPEN IF THE TAX INCREASE IN MEASURE B PASSES AND YET SUPERVISOR JIM DESMOND WHO OPPOSES THAT TAX STILL VOTED TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PLAN.

>> TREATMENT PLANTS ARE GOING TO BE $1 BILLION ON OUR SIDE OF THE BORDER.

HOWEVER, I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST PLAN FOR THE WORST CASE SCENARIO AND MOVING FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY TIJUANA BUILDS THE INFRASTRUCTURE THEY HAVE BEEN PROMISING BUT I ALMOST THINK IF THEY SEE US PLANNING OTHER ONES, WHY SHOULD THEY BUILD ONE, IT IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD WE ARE WALKING INTO.

>> Reporter: THAT IS WHAT MAKES THIS SO INTERESTING, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES, SAN DIEGO LEADERS ARE PROPOSING TO HANDLE THE PROBLEMS THEMSELVES AND STOP WAITING FOR MEXICO OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

I'M SCOTT LEWIS FOR VOICE OF SAN DIEGO, AND THAT'S WHY IT MATTERS.

>> VOICE OF SAN DIEGO IS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS FOR THE PUBLIC MATTERS INITIATIVE.

>>> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY IS STRUGGLING WITH THE RECORD HIGH DIESEL PRICES, AND IT IS HITTING ESPECIALLY HARD DURING THE GREAT HARVESTING SEASON, HARVESTING REQUIRES A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUEL.

>> THIS LAND IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY IS JUST A SLIVER OF WHAT BRANDON OVERSEES.

>> WE HAVE PROBABLY TOUCHED ABOUT 10,000 ACRES OF GROUND.

>> Reporter: HE'S THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE RANCH.

AND HE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF HARVESTING SEASON FOR GRAPES AND ALMONDS.

>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE OPERATING 24 HOURS A DAY AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

>> Reporter: THAT MEANS THEY ARE USING A LOT OF FUEL.

>> RIGHT NOW, FOR JUST THE TRACTORS ALONE, WE ARE USING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN PROBABLY 1500 AND 2000 GALLONS OF FUEL PER DAY.

>> Reporter: AND THE SEMI'S AND TRICK UP -- PICKUP TRUCKS, IT ADDS UP QUICKLY WITH CURRENT DIESEL PRICES.

>> WE ARE BETWEEN 100 AND $140,000 PER WEEK AND JUST DIESEL.

>> Reporter: IT IS A BIG INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR AND IT CUTS DIRECTLY INTO MARGINS.

>> THAT'S AN EXTRA $60-$70,000 WORTH WE ARE SPENDING EACH WEEK JUST BECAUSE OF THAT INCREASE OF FUEL FROM LAST YEAR.

>> THE COSTS ARE RIDICULOUS AND WE JUST CAN'T CONTINUE OBSERVING THESE COSTS AND STAY IN BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: JORDAN SPENCER SAYS IT ONLY AS TO THE CHALLENGES OF AN ALREADY TOUGH SEASON.

>> I'M GOING TO PAY THIS COST BUT THE PRICE I'M GETTING FOR MY GRAPES IS LESS THAN I GOT FIVE YEARS AGO OR 10 YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF MARKET CONDITIONS, SO IT IS ONE MORE THING THAT IS CHALLENGING OUR INDUSTRY TODAY.

>> Reporter: THEY TRY NOT TO PASS THOSE COSTS ONTO THE CUSTOMER BUT SOMETIMES A FUEL SURCHARGE AS NEEDED.

AS THEY WORK THROUGH HARVESTING SEASON, HE SAYS THE BEST WAY TO SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW BY LOCAL WINE.

>> THE BIGGEST THING I CAN TRY TO HELP PEOPLE RIGHT NOW IS PLEASE CHECK YOUR LABELS AND TRY TO BUY CALIFORNIA WINE AND THAT WILL HELP US OUT, TOO.

>> LA MESA CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED A TREASURE THIS WEEK AFTER THE FORMER TREASURER RESIGNED EARLIER THIS WEEK.

EMMETT STEWART IS LIKELY THE YOUNGEST TREASURE IN CITY'S HISTORY.

>> WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THE DEGREE FROM UCLA?

>> I SHOULD BE GRADUATING NEXT YEAR.

>> EMMETT STEWART IS STILL IN COLLEGE AND CAN'T YET BUY A DRINK.

>> BUT, HE WAS JUST NAMED THE CITY OF LA MESA'S CITY TREASURER IN A 4-1 VOTE, THE CITY APPOINTED 21-YEAR-OLD STEWART TO SERVE THE ROLE.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN THERE MY ENTIRE LIFE AND I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO GIVE BACK AND FIND WAYS TO DO THAT, I THOUGHT I WOULD JUMP IN BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING EXPERIENCE AND ONE I WAS ABLE TO DIVE INTO AND TRULY BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: BOTH ARE RUNNING IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION FOR THE PERMANENT JOB.

SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE TAKEN TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHARE THEIR GRIPES ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT, SAYING HIS AGE AND EXPERIENCE DON'T ALIGN WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ROLE.

COUNCILMEMBER LAURA SHARES THEIR CONCERNS.

>> I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THERE IS A YOUNG MAN THAT WANTS TO SERVE AND OBVIOUSLY VERY BRIGHT, HE MIGHT BE A FUTURE ELON MUSK OR EINSTEIN THAT AGAIN, WE ARE TALKING TREASURE.

>> Reporter: ANYONE THINKING STEWART MIGHT HAVE IMPOSTER SYNDROME SHOULD THINK AGAIN.

>> I'VE SEEN ALL THE PEOPLE THAT INVEST IN CRYPTO, THAT IS NOT MY INTENTION AT ALL, IN THE PAST I'VE HAD WORK EXPERIENCE WITH BEING FINANCIAL ANALYST FOR THOSE COMPANIES SO MY FINANCIAL BACKGROUND IS MERITED THROUGH THERE.

>> SHE WANTED THE COUNCIL'S DECISION TO BE ABOUT EXPERIENCE, NOT AGEISM.

>> THAT IS SOMETHING I EXPERIENCED A LOT WHILE RUNNING AND I WAS THINKING WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE?

>> Reporter: STEWART SAYS HE HOPES HIS APPOINTMENT WILL INSPIRE OTHERS TO NOT LET THEIR AGE LIMIT THEM.

>> ALWAYS TAKE A SHOT, YOU MAY ALWAYS WIN, YOU NEVER KNOW, IT IS WORTH TAKING A SHOT.

I THINK THE PEOPLE ARE THE FUTURE AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AND I'M EXCITED TO BE REPRESENTATION OF THAT.

>> Reporter: DURING THE MEETING, THE MAYOR EXPLAINED THAT THE TREASURER WILL PROVIDE FINANCIAL ADVICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

ELAINE ALFARO , KPBS NEWS.

>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, HOW THE SEPTEMBER 11th ATTACKS HAVE TRANSFORMED THE U.S.

AND THE WORLD 25 YEARS LATER AND THAT IS COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER KPBS EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> ON THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACKS OF 9/11, WE ARE LOOKING BACK ON THEIR LASTING IMPACTS, KPBS MILITARY REPORTER , ANDREW DYER HAS THIS ON HOW THAT DAY CHANGED LIFE FOR THE MILITARY.

>> YOU COULD GO YOUR WHOLE MILITARY CAREER WITHOUT EXPANDING COMBAT OPERATIONS AND THE LAST 10 YEARS WERE DIFFERENT, I'M ANDREW DYER AND I'M ALSO A VETERAN OF THE WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, WELCOME TO A SPECIAL EPISODE OF THE BORDER BRIEF.

ON SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001, EVERYTHING CHANGED, ON THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF THOSE ATTACKS, WE ARE ASKING HOW THEY CHANGED THE MILITARY.

THE POST MILITARY EXPERIENCE DIDN'T INCLUDE MUCH COMBAT, ALMOST 60,000 TROOPS WERE KILLED FROM THE EARLY 60s TO 70s, THEN 25 YEARS, THINGS WERE ELECTIVELY QUIET.

THEN 9/11, IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYONE KNEW SOMETHING WAS COMING, WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT.

TWO WEEKS AFTER THE ATTACKS, I WAS IN MY RECRUITER'S OFFICE AND IN BOOT CAMP BY CHRISTMAS, THE SERGEANT IS THE FIRST HEADQUARTERS BATTALION SERGEANT MAJOR AT CAMP PENDLETON, HE JOINED THE MARINES IN 2000 AND JUST FINISHED HIS LAST TRAINING ASSIGNMENT ON 9/11.

>> I WAS LIKE, OKAY, BRING IT.

WE ARE READY.

>> Reporter: IN MARCH, 2003, HE WAS PART OF THE INITIAL PUSH INTO IRAQ, IT WAS THE FIRST OF SIX COMBAT DEPLOYMENTS HE WOULD DO OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, HE WENT TO IRAQ TWICE AND AFGHANISTAN THREE TIMES.

>> YOU JOIN THE MILITARY FOR AN EXPERIENCE.

MOST OF THEM, THEY WILL EXPERIENCE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, EVERYBODY WILL ASK WHY AND HOW, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I ENJOY THIS BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING FOR YOUR COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: THE WARS GOT MESSY FAST, MEMBERS TELL THE STORY OF THE COMPLEX, BY THE MID-2000, MORE THAN 700 TROOPS WERE DYING IN THE WARS IN AFGHANISTAN, AND A MEMORIAL WITH THOSE KILLED FROM ONE MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE DURING THE WAR ON TERROR, THERE ARE MARINES HE KNEW, THERE WERE MARINES HE LED.

>> THOSE NAMES THAT YOU SEE ON THE WALL, THEY WERE SONS AND DAUGHTERS, FATHERS, THEY WERE SOMEBODY SPECIAL TO THEIR FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: RIVERA'S CAREER SHOWS HOW 9/11 CHANGED MILITARY SERVICE, A CREW IN THE INFANTRY MEANT A CAREER OF COMBAT.

>> WHEN YOU DO SIX DEPLOYMENTS THROUGH A COMBAT ZONE, IN MY CASE, YOU SEE THE FULL SPECTRUM OF SERVICE.

>> Reporter: RIVERA IS AMONG THOSE WHO SERVED FOR THE ENTIRE WAR ON TERROR, IN 2021, HE WAS PART OF THE FINAL WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN, HIS BATTALION WAS SENT TO HELP GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE POOL, RIVERA SAID HE'S PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE MISSION TO EVACUATE THE AFGHANS.

>> BEING THERE, I FELT I WAS DOING SOMETHING FOR HUMANITY.

>> Reporter: ONE THING THAT DOESN'T CHANGE OVER THE YEARS IS THE KIND OF PERSON HE SAYS IS DRAWN TO THE SERVICE.

>> IT IS SOMETHING THAT I SEE IT BUT I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.

BECAUSE IT COMES FROM THE HEART.

>> Reporter: BROWN UNIVERSITY ESTIMATES UP TO 3 MILLION PEOPLE SERVED IN COMBAT ZONES AFTER 9/11.

1.5 MILLION OF THEM HAVE A SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY.

THE WAR ON TERROR KILLED MORE THAN 8000 CIVILIANS CONTRACTORS, OVER 178,000 ALLIED SOLDIERS FROM AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, PAKISTAN AND SYRIA LOST THEIR LIVES, JUST OVER 7000 U.S.

TROOPS WERE KILLED.

THANKS FOR WATCHING THIS SPECIAL EPISODE OF THE BORDER BRIEF.

>>> AND THROUGH THE TRAGEDY, DEATH AND HORROR OF SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001, WE WITNESSED SELFLESS ACTS OF BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE THAT STILL STICK WITH US.

IN NEW YORK CITY WHERE THE WORLD TRADE CENTER TWIN TOWERS ONCE STOOD, MEMBERS OF THE FDNY RAN TOWARDS THE DANGER WITHOUT HESITATION.

HUNDREDS NEVER MADE IT HOME.

WE SPOKE WITH A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO LOST HIS BROTHER AND HIS COUSIN THAT DAY.

>> Reporter: FOR 25 YEARS, THE HALLOWED EARTH OF GROUND ZERO HAS STOOD AS A REMINDER OF THE HORRIFIC TERRORIST ATTACKS THAT HAPPENED HERE ON SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001.

TODAY, FAMILIES OF VICTIMS, ELECTED LEADERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS GATHERED TOGETHER TO HONOR THEIR LIVES.

>> I WAS AT THE TRADE CENTER, AND THEN WE WERE AT THE FUNERAL, THAT IS WHAT MY LIFE WAS.

>> Reporter: FOR MONTHS AFTER THE WORLD TRADE CENTER FELL, FIREFIGHTER AS BENIGNO CHANGED.

>> IT HAS PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON US, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COME HOME AND YOU HAVE TO FACE THE FAMILIES.

DID YOU FIND THEM YET?

NO.

THAT WAS THE TOUGH PART.

>> Reporter: IT WAS A HEARTBREAK HIS OWN FAMILY WAS FACING, HIS OLDER BROTHER MICHAEL AND HIS COUSIN, FRANK ESPOSITO WERE KILLED, HIS OWN FIREHOUSE, RESCUE COMPANY 5 LOST 11 MEMBERS.

>> LIEUTENANT HARVEY HOWELL.

>> Reporter: THE STATEN ISLAND STATION IS A WORKING MEMORIAL DEDICATED TO THEIR LIVES AND THE HEROISM OF THEIR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.

>> IT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU LEARN TO LOVE, SOMEBODY NEEDS ME, I'M GOING IN.

>> Reporter: AT GROUND ZERO, THE MEMORIAL HONORS THEIR LIVES AND THE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS KILLED THAT DAY.

THEIR MISSION HAS CHANGED.

>> THE STORY OF THESE 25 YEARS MEANS THE STORIES OF THOSE TWO MOMENTS IN TIME, THE MOMENTS OF THE DAY AND THE EXTENDED MOMENT OF WHAT YOU DO AFTER SUCH AN EVENT.

>> Reporter: THE 9/11 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM IS EXPANDING ADDING A NEW EXHIBIT TO HONOR THE THOUSANDS OF LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST TO 9/11 RELATED ILLNESSES IN THE YEARS THAT HAVE FOLLOWED.

IN LOWER MANHATTAN.

>>> 25 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE UNITED STATES SUFFER THE WORST ATTACK SINCE PEARL HARBOR, THE LESSONS LEARNED THAT THEY WERE FRONT AND CENTER AT THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THIS MORNING.

AND JOHN CARROLL JOINED US AGAIN FROM GILLESPIE FIELD IN EL CAJON WITH MORE ON THAT PART OF THE STORY.

JOHN.

>> Reporter: MAYA, THERE WERE EVENTS AND MEMORIALS HELD ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY TODAY, INCLUDING ONE HELD EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AT GILLESPIE FIELD BUT, THIS MORNING AT THE SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE LESSONS LEARNED THAT DAY.

MORE THAN A DOZEN REPRESENTATIVES FROM FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GATHERED TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO PREVENT ANOTHER SUCH ATTACK.

THE U.S.

ATTORNEY FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ADAM GORDON SAYS IT ALL COMES DOWN TO ONE THING.

>> IT IS COLLABORATION, THE THREATS WE FACE ARE TOO COMPLEX, OFTEN GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED FOR ANYONE AGENCY TO ADDRESS ALONE.

WHAT HAS CHANGED OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS IS OUR ABILITY TO BRING AGENCIES TOGETHER, SHARE INFORMATION, COMBINE EXPERTISE AND WORK TOWARD A COMMON OBJECTIVE.

>> Reporter: GORDON HIGHLIGHTED NUMEROUS CASES THAT HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS THAT HAVE PREVENTED NEW ATTACKS.

HE SAID SOME OF THOSE PROSECUTIONS ACTUALLY WERE TOTALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE THOSE ATTACKS NEVER HAPPEN.

IN EL CAJON, JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CHECKING OUT THE WEATHER HEADLINES, THE FIRST ONE I THINK EVERYONE WILL ENJOY, MORE COMFORTABLE DAYS AHEAD AS WE GET MORE OF AN ONSHORE FLOW RETURNING, THAT MEANS WE WILL START TO SEE THE MARINE LAYER EXPAND THROUGH THE NIGHT AND THE MORNING HOURS, EVEN THROUGH THE VALLEYS AND THE HEAT GRADUALLY RETURNS AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

NICE TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK FROM THAT AND THE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT HERE, THIS HAS BEEN THE UPPER HI WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING THAT HAS BEEN BRINGING SO MUCH HEAT ACROSS SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA, AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEKEND, IT WILL RETREAT TO THE EAST.

A SIGNIFICANT COOLING HERE ACROSS CALIFORNIA WITH THAT INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW.

TONIGHT, STILL A LITTLE BIT OF HUMIDITY STICKING AROUND, TEMPERATURES MOSTLY DROPPING TO THE 70s, 63 IN MOUNT LAGUNA, 73 IN BORREGO SPRINGS AND OCEANSIDE DOWN TO 70 DEGREES TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IS STILL WARM BUT OVERALL PRETTY DECENT, 80 FROM SAN DIEGO TO CHULA VISTA, 74 IN MOUNT LAGUNA AND STILL A HOT DAY FOR BORREGO SPRINGS AT 103 DEGREES.

BY SUNDAY, WE ARE TRACKING A STRONG FRONT THAT IS GOING TO BRING SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER WEATHER, IT WILL BE PLEASANT FOR MANY OF US FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND.

STILL HOLDING ONTO HUMIDITY ALONG THE COAST FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND LOWERING HUMANITY WITH REALLY NICE WEATHER ON THE WAY FOR NEXT WEEK.

INLAND, TEMPERATURES WILL BE COMING DOWN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND THE HUMIDITY WILL ALSO COME DOWN, NOTICE HOW OVERNIGHT LOWS DROPPED TO THE UPPER 60s TO LOWER 60s, AN INDICATOR WE WILL GET SOME DRYER AIR RETURNING.

ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS, MOSTLY SUNNY AND PLEASANT FOR SATURDAY WITH A HIGH OF 74 AND SUNDAY LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, TOO.

WE WILL SEE COOLER CONDITIONS AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE STARTING TO WARM BACK UP BY NEXT WEDNESDAY.

AND THE DESERT LOCATIONS ARE STILL QUITE HOT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND EVENING TO MONDAY TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT BUT WE WILL SEE DOUBLE-DIGIT TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE 90s FOR NEXT WEEK.

I'M ARIELLA SCALESE.

>> THIS MORNING, THE ARMY TRAINING CORPS MEMBER REMEMBERED 9/11 AS THEY LOWERED THE FLAG TO HALF STAFF.

>> O, SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT, WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING -- >> MOST PEOPLE SURFING TODAY WERE NOT ALIVE ON SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001 AND I HAVE GROWN UP IN THE SHADOW OF THAT TRAGIC DAY.

FOR THOSE WHO DO REMEMBER, THE PLANES CRASHED INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON AND THE FIELD IN STONY TOWNSHIP.

>> AND THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE.

>> ALL OF THE HEROES OF THAT DAY, THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND THAT FOURTH AIRPLANE, CAN YOU IMAGINE FIGURING OUT THAT THE AIRPLANE IS A WEAPON, AND GETTING TOGETHER WITH PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW AND TAKING IT OVER AND MAKING SURE THAT IT DOESN'T HIT THE TARGET, THAT IT WAS BURIED IN A PENNSYLVANIA FIELD.

>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS THE NEARLY 3000 PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN RESPONDING TO THE TRAGIC INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 11th.

>> REMEMBER THIS WITH HUMILITY.

NEVER BE ARROGANT, AND KNOW THAT THIS JOURNEY CONTINUES FOR YOU.

>> YOU CAN FIND ALL OF TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS .ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI .

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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