>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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[ MUSIC ] >> THERE IS A LOCAL EMERGENCY IN ESCONDIDO TONIGHT OVER AT A HOMELESS CABINET OVER ESCONDIDO CREEK.

I MAYA TRABULSI, MOMENTS AGO, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO SPEND $4 MILLION TO DEAL WITH HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS IN THE AREA.

EARLIER TODAY, DOZENS OF PEOPLE WERE CLEARED FROM THE CAMP.

THERE ARE ONLY A FEW SHELTER BEDS AVAILABLE FOR THEM.>> Reporter: SOME PEOPLE CALL THIS PART OF ESCONDIDO THE JUNGLE.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CAMPING HERE FOR MONTHS OR YEARS CALL IT HOME.

>> NO ONE'S GETTING ANY HELP, AND WAS GETTING OFF THE STREET, THEY ARE JUST PUTTING EVERYONE WHO MADE A HOME HERE BACK ON THE STREET.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME I FELT SAFE IN SIX MONTHS AND HAVEN'T HAD TO MOVE.>> Reporter: ANGELA HAS BEEN LIVING OFF HARMONY GROWTH.

MONDAY MORNING, THE AREA WAS SWEPT AFTER THE CITY DECLARED A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY.

SERVICE PROVIDERS SET UP TENTS, TO OFFER RESOURCES.

THEY EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION OVER THE SHORTFALL.>> IT WAS A COUPLE DAYS, GETTING OUT OF OUR HOMES THAT WE BUILT OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, IT'S NOT RIGHT, BECAUSE THERE'S NO SHELTER, THERE'S NO PLACE TO PUT US.

IT'S LIKE [ CENSORED ] GOLDFISH CRACKERS AND WATER.

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HELP EVERYBODY, THE WHOLE [ CENSORED ] WORLD.

[ INAUDIBLE ] [ CHEERING ]>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO CITY MANAGER DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, SAYING THE WATER IN THE CREEK IS UNSAFE BECAUSE OF HIGH BACTERIA DOUBLES.

64 PEOPLE WERE WARNED BEING KIMMITT WOULD BE CLEARED OUT, BUT ONLY 15 SHELTER BEDS WERE AVAILABLE.>> UNFORTUNATELY THE MATH INDICATES THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED, IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PLACES FOR THEM TO GO.>> Reporter: ANGEL IS ONE OF THE MAIN SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR THE COUNTY.

>> I DON'T THINK ANYONE WANTS TO SEE ANYONE LIVING IN ENCAMPMENTS.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE TO EXIT THOSE ENCAMPMENTS, AND INTO SAFE, HOUSED LOCATIONS.

WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY AND WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER PARTNERS TODAY, TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE CONNECTED TO THOSE RESOURCES AS POSSIBLE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES FOR THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE BEING DISPLACED TODAY.

>> Reporter: INTERFAITH WILL SEE AN EXPANSION OF HEADS, THAT WON'T BE HAPPENING UNTIL FEBRUARY.

IN THE MEANTIME, DOZENS OF PEOPLE C.A.R.T.

THEIR BELONGINGS, UNSURE OF WHERE THEY WILL SLEEP TONIGHT.

TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.>> LOOKING OUT TONIGHT, WE ARE BOTTOMING OUT IN THE MID 40s ALONG THE COAST, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A LITTLE COOL, BUT WE ARE ON A TREND, AS TEMPERATURES WILL START TO SEE AN UPTICK IN THE MERCURY HERE, AS WE HEAD INTO MOST OF THIS WEEK, AND WE DO HAVE A COOLER SHOT OF AIR ALONG THE WAY.

WE WILL BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR YOU, COMING UP.

>>> THE LEADER OF SAN DIEGO'S COMMISSION ON POLICE PRACTICES HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION JUST SIX MONTHS INTO THE JOB.

SCOTT ROHDE REPORTS THE POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD REVIEW THAT PROVIDES POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.

>> Reporter: PAUL PARKER WAS NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMISSION ON POLICE PRACTICES, IN JUNE.

HE HAS A LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND, AND PREVIOUSLY LED THE COUNTY CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT BOARD.

PARKER SAYS THE CITY COMMISSION IS NOT A GOOD FIT.

FOR ONE THING, HE BELIEVES THAT 25 MEMBER BOARD IS TOO LARGE, AND UNWIELDY.

SO I THINK IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE NO MORE THAN 15, I THINK.

THE REASON I SAY THAT, IT TURNS OUT WITH THAT MANY PEOPLE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE A VERY THOROUGH DISCUSSION.>> EVENTUALLY, THE COMMISSION IS SUPPOSED TO LAUNCH INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS, AND SUBPOENA WITNESSES.

SAN DIEGO VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED THE EXPANDED AUTHORITY IN 2020, BUT PARKER BELIEVES IT IS STILL A WAYS OFF.

>> IN MY EXPERIENCE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE YEARS TO DO THAT, TO GET THE FULL POWER.

I KNOW THAT IS FRUSTRATING FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR THE COMMISSIONERS.

>> IN A STATEMENT, GLORIA TRAN SAID THE COMMISSION WAS DISAPPOINTED BY PARKER'S RESIGNATION, BUT THANKED HIM FOR HIS WORK.

SCOTT ROHDE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> FORMER NAVY LEADERS WON'T FACE FURTHER DISCIPLINE IN THE 2022 DEATH OF A NAVY SEAL TRAINEE.

INVESTIGATIONS INTO HIS DEATH FOUND POOR MEDICAL OVERSIGHT AT THE TRAINING FACILITY IN CORONADO CONTRIBUTED TO HIS DEATH.

IN AUGUST, THE NAVY ORDERED BOARDS OF INQUIRY INTO THE FORMER MEDICAL OFFICER.

THE BOARDS COULD FORCE EITHER MAN OUT OF THE NAVY.

ON FRIDAY, THEY WERE CANCELED.

THE NAVY SAYS ISSUES RAISED BY THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS LED TO THE DECISION.

IT DOESN'T SAY WHAT THOSE ISSUES ARE.

>>> LATINO VOTERS CONSUMING SPANISH-LANGUAGE NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA MAY BE MORE LIKELY TO FALL FOR ELECTION LIES, ACCORDING TO UC SAN DIEGO RESEARCHERS.

THAT VULNERABILITY COULD PARTIALLY EXPLAIN WHY MORE LATINOS ARE WEANING TO THE RIGHT.>> FEW VOTERS ESCAPED THE ONSLAUGHT OF DISINFORMATION ONLINE, THIS ELECTION SEASON, BUT MORE SO FOR PEOPLE WHO CONSUMES SPANISH-LANGUAGE NEWS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.

THAT'S BECAUSE ALGORITHMS DESIGNED TO FACT CHECK OUR WEAKER FOR STORIES IN SPANISH.

UC SAN DIEGO RESEARCHERS RECENTLY STUDIED THE 2022 MIDTERM ELECTIONS AND FOUND LATINOS WHO GOT NEWS FROM SPANISH-LANGUAGE SOCIAL MEDIA WERE MORE LIKELY TO BELIEVE FALSE POLITICAL NARRATIVES THAN LATINOS CONSUMING INFORMATION IN ENGLISH.

ONE RESEARCHER SPECULATES ON WHY.>> HAVING THAT MEDIUM OF SPANISH, ESPECIALLY FOR RECENT LATINO IMMIGRANTS FEELS LIKE A MORE TRUSTWORTHY SOURCE.

I ALSO THINK IN SOCIAL MEDIA, A LOT OF THE WAY WE GET VIEWS AND INFORMATION IS THROUGH OUR NETWORKS, RIGHT?

A FRIEND, A FAMILY MEMBER.

THAT CAN POTENTIALLY PLAY A ROLE.

>> Reporter: SHE ADDS THAT CANDIDATES KNOW THIS, AND USED IT THIS YEAR, WITH DISINFORMATION CLAIMING NICOLAS MADURO'S POLITICAL PARTY SUPPORTED DEMOCRATS, OR CLEANING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS A COMMUNIST MADE THE ROUND IN SPANISH.>> AND POTENTIALLY RESONATED WITH VOTERS, AND SO, IT HELPS TO MOTIVATE THEM TO NOT SUPPORT HER, OR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, MORE BROADLY SPEAKING.>> Reporter: INITIATIVES HAVE EMERGED TO HELP LATINO VOTERS RECOGNIZE DISINFORMATION.

AMITA SHARMA, KPBS NEWS.

SEE THIS STORY IS PART OF THE PUBLIC MATTERS INITIATIVE.

LEARN MORE ABOUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.>>> SOME LOCAL FAMILIES ARE PREPARING TO WELCOME A SYRIAN FAMILY TO SAN DIEGO.

THE FAMILY OF SEVEN HAS BEEN IN A JORDANIAN REFUGEE CAMP SINCE 2012.

THEIR SPONSOR TOLD OUR MEDIA PARTNER THAT THE FATHER WAS ARRESTED IN A PEACEFUL PROTEST AGAINST BASHAR AL-ASSAD, AND WAS FIRED FROM HIS JOB.

DESPITE ASIDE LEAVING SYRIA, HE IS NERVOUS ABOUT THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

THEY WERE APPROVED TO SETTLE IN SAN DIEGO AFTER $17,000 WAS RAISED THROUGH THE WELCOME CORE PROGRAM.

>> IT HAS BEEN VERY NERVE- RACKING, TRYING TO GET AN APARTMENT IS HARD.

WE HAVE TO FULFILL THE BASICS OF THE HOUSE, A COMMUNITY THAT IS WELCOMING OF REFUGEES.

>> THE FAMILY IS SET TO ARRIVE ON DECEMBER 23rd.

THE SPONSOR SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR A THREE-BEDROOM HOME, AND STARTED A GOFUNDME AND PAIN TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING ELSE.

>>> AND UNMARKED GRAVE YARD IN NORTH COUNTY HAS MARKS OF HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS.

THOMAS FUDGE SAYS AND NOW THEY ARE USING TECHNOLOGY TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHO MADE IT A FINAL RESTING PLACE.>> Reporter: IT'S DOWN THE HILL OF DELMAR, A PLOT OF LAND THAT WAS USED, AND THEN FORGOTTEN, FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

JOE BELTRAN IS 96 YEARS OLD.

AND HE REMEMBERS IT FROM WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP.>> YEARS BACK, WHEN PEOPLE DIED, THIS IS WHERE WE CAME TO BURY THEM, AND FOR A LONG TIME, NOBODY TOOK CARE OF THIS PLACE, YOU KNOW?

>> Reporter: A LITTLE MEXICAN VILLAGE, WHICH CAUGHT THE EYE OF A MEMBER OF SAINT TERESA'S CHURCH, ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO.>> ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO SIX FEET HIGH, YOU COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE.

AS I CAME DOWN THE HILL AND WAS WALKING THROUGH THE CEMETERY, I TRIPPED ON ONE OF THE GREAT SITES.>> Reporter: THAT'S WHEN A SMALL COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO CLEAN UP THE CEMETERY AND TRY TO FIND OUT WHO WAS BURIED HERE.>> MY GREAT GRANDMA IN THE BACK, MY AUNT IS RIGHT THERE, MY UNCLES ARE OVER THERE.>> Reporter: HE RETURNED 10 YEARS AGO, WHEN HE VISITED, WITH HIS SON, MICHAEL.

HE REMEMBERS A MOMENT FROM BACK THEN.

>> MY DAD CALLS ME OVER AND SAYS I FOUND MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER.

AND SO, THAT KIND OF TOUCHED MY HEART, AND HIS, I COULD SEE THE EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE, HOW GLAD HE WAS TO SEE HER.

AT THAT POINT, WE KIND OF MADE IT OUR DUTY TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE CEMETERY.>> Reporter: HE FOUND RECORDS OF ST. JAMES PARISH THAT INDICATED 80 PEOPLE WERE BURIED THERE.

SO FAR, VOLUNTEERS FOUND 57 GRAVE SITES, MANY UNNAMED.

THE SEARCH IS NOT COMPLETE, NOW THEY ARE LOOKING BELOWGROUND.

THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MADE CONTACT.

JIMMY DANIELS IS AN ARCHAEOLOGIST WITH MICHAEL BAKER.

THAT THING HE'S GOT THAT LOOKS LIKE A LAWNMOWER IS CALLED GROUND PENETRATING RADAR.

DANIELS TALKS ABOUT FINDING ANOMALIES UNDERGROUND.

SOMETIMES THEY ARE TREE ROOTS OR GOPHERS, SOMETIMES UNMARKED GRAVES.

>> THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME UNMARKED GRAVES, A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM A FEW WEEKENDS AGO, MY GOAL IS TO PROCESS ALL OF THE DATA AND LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE.>> Reporter: DANIELS HAS ALREADY MARKED SEVERAL ANOMALIES HE FOUND DURING A RECENT SCAN WITH PINK FLAGS.

UNMARKED GRAVES HAVE A DISTINCT RADAR SIGNATURE, AND THEY ARE EASIER TO FIND WHEN THE PERSON WAS CARRIED IN A CASKET.

ABOVEGROUND EVIDENCE IS ALSO HELPFUL TO PREDICT WHAT YOU WILL FIND BELOW.>> A RELIC AERIALS, AN ANOMALY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A MARKER, MAYBE IT MATCHES THE OTHER ANOMALIES THAT ARE IN THAT ROW, SO WE'VE GOT A BURIAL THERE.>> Reporter: MICHAEL BELTRAN SAYS THE END GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY ALL THE GRAVES AND PAY RESPECTS BY PUTTING UP WHITE CROSSES, EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHO THE PERSON IS.

HE SAYS STORIES FROM THE COMMUNITY ALSO COME INTO PLAY.

HE SPOKE WITH A WOMAN WHO SAYS SHE KNOWS WHERE HER SISTER WAS BURIED, MAYBE THEY CAN SCAN THE AREA TO CONFIRM IT.

ANOTHER STORY TELLS OF INFANT TWINS WHO WERE BURIED HERE.

THE STORIES OFTEN COME BACK TO LA COLONIA, AND THE FAMILIES WHO CAME FROM THAT PLACE AND STILL LIVE IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA.>> FOR MYSELF, IT STARTED OFF AS A PERSONAL JOURNEY WITH MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER.

AS MORE FAMILIES HAVE STARTED TO COME DOWN, NOW IT HAS TURNED INTO A COMMUNITY EVENT.

>> Reporter: LISA SAYS HER UNCLE AND GRANDFATHER ARE BURIED IN THE GRAVEYARD.>> MY GRANDFATHER ALWAYS INSTILLED IN ME THE IMPORTANCE OF HONORING YOUR ANCESTORS, AND NEVER FORGETTING THEM.

>> Reporter: MONTES SAYS A LOT COLONIA HAS CHANGED A LOT.

WHEN HER MOTHER WAS A CHILD, SHE WENT TO A SEGREGATED SCHOOL FOR LATINOS.

THE OLD HOMES ARE MOSTLY GONE.

THE AREA HAS BEEN MOSTLY GENTRIFIED, BUT THE GRAVEYARD HAS REMAINED PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

IT IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN REMEMBER THE PAST, AND MAYBE EVEN FIND A GRAVE SITE THAT HOLDS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.>>> IT IS THE MYSTERY RAISING ALARMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

DRONES, SPOTTED IN THE SKIES OVER SEVERAL STATES, AND LAWMAKERS ARE DEMANDING ANSWERS.

BRIAN REPORTS THE LATEST ON WHAT NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS ARE SAYING AS THE SIGHTINGS INCREASE.>> AIRCRAFT MAY USE EXTREME CAUTION, CLASS DELTA IS NOW CLOSED.>> Reporter: FRUSTRATION AROUND THE U.S. IS GROWING ABOUT THE LACK OF ANSWERS SURROUNDING DRONE SIGHTINGS IN SEVERAL STATES DISRUPTING OPERATIONS AT A MILITARY BASE IN OHIO FOR HOURS.

AND IT BRIEFLY CLOSED DOWN THE RUNWAY AT STEWART INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.

>> MANY TIMES WE WILL SEE MULTIPLE DRONES, THREE, FOUR, FIVE AT A TIME, THEY APPEARED TO BE TRAVELING IN SOME TYPE OF GRID PATTERN, WHETHER THEY ARE MAPPING OR TAKING VIDEO, WE ARE NOT SURE.

>> Reporter: FBI AND DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIALS SAY SOME ARE MAD AIRCRAFT.

THE DRONES DO NOT POSE A SECURITY THREAT AND ARE NOT FROM A FOREIGN ADVERSARY, BUT IF OFFICIALS DO NOT KNOW, THEY ARE NOT DIVULGING DRONE ORIGINS.

>> WE'VE NOT SEEN THEM TURN THEIR LIGHTS OFF IN THE DARK.

WE'VE NOT SEEN DRONES PENETRATE RETRACTED AIRSPACE.

THAT WOULD GIVE US CAUSE FOR CONCERN.>> Reporter: EXPLANATIONS THUS FAR ARE NOT SITTING WELL WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND ON CAPITOL HILL, WHERE SOME HAVE REQUESTED A BRIEFING BY HOMELAND SECURITY.

>> THIS IS REAL, I AM TERRIBLY CONCERNED.

WE ARE PRESSING, AND I'M LOOKING FOR MUCH BETTER ANSWERS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAN WHAT I AM GETTING.

>>> THE HOLIDAYS CAN BE A MAGICAL TIME FOR FAMILIES, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE QUITE STRESSFUL, AND THAT IS BACKED UP BY A NEW POLL ON THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS.

60% OF THOSE SURVEYED ARE FINANCIALLY STRAINED, 66% SAY THEY FELT LONELY THIS TIME OF YEAR.

OUR MEDIA AND ARE TALKED TO A PSYCHOLOGIST WHO SAYS HE SEES THIS ALL THE TIME AROUND THE HOLIDAYS.>> WE SEE LEVELS OF LONELINESS ARE INCREASED, BECAUSE WE ARE SPENDING MORE TIME AT HOME BY OURSELVES, AND THOSE WHO ARE SINGLE, BECAUSE OF THAT, WE SEE THAT DEPRESSION RATES GO UP.>> HE SAYS PARENTS PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THEMSELVES TO MAKE HOLIDAY SPECIAL FOR THEIR KIDS, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACCEPT WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL, AND WHAT YOU CANNOT, AND TO REMEMBER TO TAKE TIME FOR SELF-CARE.

>>> THIS WEEK, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WILL EXPAND NATIONWIDE TESTING OF RAW MILK, AFTER SAMPLES FROM THE CALIFORNIA FARM TESTED POSITIVE FOR BIRD FLU, LAST MONTH.

PATRICK EXPLAINS THE RISKS OF DRINKING RAW MILK.>> Reporter: RAW MILK IS SIMPLY MILK THAT HAS NOT BEEN PASTEURIZED.

THE PROCESS OF HEATING MILK TO A HIGH TEMPERATURE REMOVES DISEASE CAUSING GERMS, YEAST, MOLD, AND HARMFUL MICROBES.

CONTAMINATED RAW MILK CAN CONTAIN WISTERIA AND BIRD FLU VIRUS.

SOME SAY THERE ARE VARIOUS NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS, WHILE HEALTH BENEFIT - - HEALTH EXPERTS DISAGREE.

SNOOP PASTEURIZATION DOES NOT DECREASE THE VALUE OF MILK, NUTRITIONALLY, IS NOT BASED ON SCIENCE.>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO FDA ESTIMATES, LESS THAN 1% OF AMERICANS CONSUME THE DRINK.

>> IT SEEMS DRIVEN BY HYPE AND THE NATURALISTIC FALLACY, THE IDEA THAT BECAUSE SOMETHING IS SOMEHOW MORE NATURAL, MORE DIRECT FROM NATURE, IT IS HEALTHIER.

IN THIS CASE, THIS IS REALLY NOT TRUE.>> Reporter: FOODBORNE ILLNESS FROM RAW MILK CAN CAUSE DIARRHEA, STOMACH RAMPING, AND VOMITING.

CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE MODULES UNDER 65, AND PREGNANT PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WITH WEEKEND IMMUNE SYSTEM ARE AT THE HIGHEST RISK.

SEE MOST PEOPLE GET AWAY WITH DRINKING RAW MILK LIKE MOST PEOPLE DID AWAY WITH DRIVING WITHOUT A SEATBELT IN THEIR CAR.

THE PROBLEM IS, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T, AND WHEN YOU GET IN THAT ACCIDENT, YOU HAVE THAT INFECTED MODEL OF MILK, YOU ARE GOING TO WISH IT WAS PASTEURIZED.>>> CALIFORNIA IS AMONG THE STATES THAT WILL TAKE PART IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NEW NATIONAL MILK TESTING STRATEGY.

>>> HARBORSIDE PARK IN CHULA VISTA REOPENS TODAY, MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER IT FIRST CLOSED.

THERE ARE SEVERAL UPDATES, INCLUDING A NEW FIELD, RENOVATED BATHROOMS, AND A NEW PARK RANGER STATION.

THE CHULA VISTA CITY COUNCIL FIRST CLOSED IT IN AUGUST OF 2022 SO THEY CAN EVICT DOZENS OF UNHOUSED PEOPLE WHO SET UP AND CAME IT THERE.

AS THE MONTHS WENT BY, CITY LEADERS TALKED ABOUT CLOSING THE PARK PERMANENTLY.

RESIDENTS FOUGHT BACK, LATE LAST YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL AGREED TO OPEN IT.>>> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THIS WEEK, WE ARE WARMING UP, AT LEAST THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE WEEK.

ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND, THE WIND STARTING TO PICK UP, HOWLING COMING OUT OF THE NORTHEAST, AND ANOTHER SANTA ANA WIND EVENT ON TAP HERE ON TUESDAY, INTO WEDNESDAY.

WEEK TWO MODERATE, WHEN IT COMES TO HOW STRONG THE WIND IS, BUT STILL, THE FIRE WEATHER RISK WILL REMAIN.

NOW, AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATER WEEKEND INTO THE WEEKEND, WE WILL START TO SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES DROP, SO ENJOY THE WARM-UP.

WE DO GET A LITTLE BIT WARM OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

DROPPING DOWN TO 38 IN OCEANSIDE, 45 IN SAN DIEGO, RAMONA, 35, BORREGO SPRINGS, 42.

WE DO HAVE THAT WARMING TREND THAT I MENTIONED, IT'S REALLY GOING TO GO INTO THE MIDDLE TO LATE WEEK, AND THIS DOES ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE WEST COAST AND THE INTERMOUNTAIN AND INTERIOR WEST, DRIER, WARMER, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT.

YOU WILL HAVE THE SUNNY SKIES ON TAP TOMORROW, OCEANSIDE, TOPPING OFF AT 68, RAMONA, YOU ARE AT 75, I WILL CALL THAT DELUXE WEATHER FOR YOU.

BORREGO SPRINGS, 75, MALAGA, 53.

WATCH HOW THE WIND STARTS TO CHANGE DIRECTION, LATE TUESDAY EVENING, WE START TO SEE THAT NORTHEASTERLY FLOW.

THIS IS SETTING UP THAT SANTA ANA WIND EVENT, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FIRE WEATHER DANGER, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NO STRANGERS, AS OF LATE, TO THE FIRE WEATHER DANGER, FIRE WEATHER IN GENERAL.

WE ARE STILL MONITORING FIRES LIKE THE FRANKLIN FIRE, OF COURSE, BUT WE CAN STILL SEE MORE FIRES BREAK OUT ALONG THE L.A.

SUBURBS, EVEN DOWN THROUGH THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN JUST EAST OF SAN DIEGO.

THOSE FIRES CAN RAPIDLY SPREAD.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GUSTS OF 40 UP TO 60 MILES PER HOUR, WITH LOW HUMIDITY.

ALL THE INGREDIENTS COMING TOGETHER, UNFORTUNATELY, TO INCREASE THAT FIRE WEATHER RISK.

ALONG THE COAST, THE HIGH, 68 ON TUESDAY, 70 ON WEDNESDAY.

STAY ON IN THE 70s THROUGH THURSDAY, BEFORE YOU START TO SEE THAT IMAGES COME DOWN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

A SIMILAR STORY, FURTHER INLAND, BACK TO THE 80s ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, NOW TO THE 70s AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

THE MOUNTAINS, WELL, YOU WILL BE IN THE 50s, YOU WON'T REALLY SEE MUCH OF A CHANGE HERE, BUT REMEMBER, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT FIRE WEATHER RISK, ESPECIALLY AS THE WIND STARTS TO PICK UP, THE DESERTS RISING TO THE LOWER 80s THERE BY THURSDAY, THEN WE GRADUALLY START TO COME DOWN BY SATURDAY.>>> SAN DIEGANS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS CAN FIND SHELTER FROM TONIGHT COLD AT ONE OF THE INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERS AT LOCATIONS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW ON YOUR SCREEN, FATHER JOE'S, THE CENTER ON IMPERIAL AVENUE AND THE LIVING WATER CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE.

THE SHELTERS WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

>>> I'M JEFF BENNETT.

TONIGHT, ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE LATEST ON THE SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MADISON, WISCONSIN, THAT KILLED AND WOUNDED MULTIPLE PEOPLE.

THAT'S AT 7:00 P.M., AFTER EVENING EDITION, ON KPBS.>>> BEFORE WE GET TO OUR LAST STORY TONIGHT, HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW.

MORNING EDITION GETS EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO A NEW GENETICALLY MODIFIED PIG KIDNEY GIVEN TO A PATIENT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>>> NEED HOLIDAY SHOPPING INSPIRATION?

WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING SMALL DISMISSES ON OUR GIFT GUIDE.

>>> TIJUANA'S CREATIVE COMMUNITY IS THRIVING THROUGH POETRY.

OUR VIDEO JOURNALIST EXPLORES HOW POETS ARE LEAVING THEIR MARK ON MEXICO'S SECOND LARGEST CITY.

[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Reporter: SOPHIA READS FROM HER UNTITLED POEM.

WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE QUEENS, SHE SAYS.

ALL OF US, THE DARK SKINNED, SMART ONES, THE SLOW ONES, THE RIGHT-HANDED ONES.

HER HUSBAND READS FROM HER POEM, NAMED AFTER MEXICO'S ICONIC SINKHOLES.

[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]'S NEW MY LOVE, HE SAYS, THIS WET STILLNESS THAT DANCES FROM SIDE TO SIDE, HOLDING SIGNIFICANCE FOR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, REFLECTING THE DEPTH OF LONGING EXPRESSED IN HIS POEM.

AT A HOLIDAY FAIR, NOW CALLED [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ], DECORATIONS FRAME THE STAGE WHERE THE POETS RECITE THEIR WORK.

[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ]>> HIS POEM LAMENTS AND UNACKNOWLEDGED LONGING FOR LOVE.

MEANWHILE, REFLECTING ON THE STRUGGLES OF THE COMMUNITY.

[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] THE POETRY READINGS BEGAN SIX YEARS AGO AT A BAR IN TIJUANA.

IT'S A WAY FOR THEM TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.

THEY HAVE A MEANS TO TALK ABOUT THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

THE SEMI REGULAR GATHERINGS HAVE GROWN.

THE GROUP IS READY TO PUBLISHED A FIRST ANTHOLOGY.

[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] DR. VALERIA VALENCIA IS A PROFESSOR OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS.

SHE SAYS IT'S PART OF TIJUANA'S CONNECTION TO HISTORY.

>> THERE WAS THIS RADIO PROGRAM IN WHICH A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, AND I WAS YOUNG, THEY USED TO GO TO THAT RADIO STATION, AND READ OUR POEMS.>> Reporter: SHE BELIEVES THE ANTHOLOGY COULD BE A HUGE HIT, FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ONE PUBLISHED IN 1994 AND REPUBLISHED IN 2020.

>> IT'S VERY BRAVE, IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS CREATING A SAFE SPACE IS PART OF THEIR MISSION.

[ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] THE COUPLE CONCLUDES WITH A VERSE FROM THEIR POEMS.

FROM MY HEART, AN OCEAN OF LOVE OVERFLOWS.

BUT I WAS CRAVING TO BE KING OF IT ALL.>> IF YOU'VE GOT A POEM TO SHARE, YOU CAN SEND IT ON INSTAGRAM, SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN UNTIL JANUARY 21st.

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

TAKE YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR A KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH 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.

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