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>>> GOOD EVENING, IT'S MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

KPBS REPORTER, KATIE SAYS A NUMBER OF TRAVELERS WILL BE FACING THE RAIN.

>> Reporter: FORECASTERS EXPECT FOUR DAYS OF RAIN, BEGINNING TUESDAY, WITH POSSIBLE FLOODING AND THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY.

AAA SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY'RE EXPECTING A RECORD NUMBER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS TO HIT THOSE WET ROADS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

ALMOST NINE MILLION.

>> TO MAKE SURE YOUR TIRES ARE IN GOOD CONDITION AND PROPERLY INFLATED.

ALSO KEEP YOUR WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES FRESH.

>> Reporter: MORE SAN DIEGANS WILL BE TAKING TO THE CLOUDY SKIES TOO.

SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ANTICIPATES ABOUT 75,000 TRAVELERS EACH DAY.

AIRPORT SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY SHOULD PLAN AHEAD.

>> BEFORE YOU LEAVE YOUR HOUSE, CHECK YOUR FLIGHT STATUS AND GIVE YOURSELF ENOUGH TIME TO GET TO THE AIRPORT.

>> THE RAIN SHOULD STOP BY SATURDAY, LEAVING COOLER WEATHER IN THE 60s.

>> NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IS FEELING THE EFFECTS TO HIT THE WEST COAST.

ONE PERSON DIED OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER BEING CAUGHT IN A FLASH FLOOD.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ HAS MORE COVERAGE ON THE STORMS AND WHAT'S EXPECTED IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

>> Reporter: A SERIES OF ATMOSPHERIC STORMS PUMPING HEAVY RAIN INTO CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK, ALREADY PROVING DEADLY.

>> THIS IS CRAZY.

I'VE NEVER SEEN IT LIKE THIS.

>> Reporter: FLOODING ROADWAYS INCLUDING PARTS OF INTERSTATE 5 ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS.

IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CREWS PERFORMED WATER RESCUES SUNDAY, WHERE THE FLOOD WATER WAS JUST DEEP IN SOME PLACES.

PROMPTING OFFICIALS TO USE JET SKIS AND SMALL BOATS TO ACCESS CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS.

HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INTO TUESDAY, BEFORE A MORE WIDESPREAD STORMS, STEPS UP TO THE PLATE AND SLAMS THE ENTIRE STATE.

A LEVEL THREE OF FOUR FLOODING THREAT IS IN PLACE FOR MORE THAN 17 MILLION PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON WEDNESDAY.

ACCORDING TO THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER.

THEN YET ANOTHER ATMOSPHERIC RIVER WILL BE ON ITS HEELS, KEEPING STORMY CONDITIONS INTO FRIDAY.

LOS ANGELES COULD SEE ANYWHERE FROM TWO MONTHS WORTH OF RAIN TO NEARLY HALF A YEAR'S WORTH OF RAIN IN JUST ONE WEEK.

>> WE'VE GOT A BIG POPULATION DENSITY IN AND AROUND LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO, AND NOT TO MENTION, THE RECENT BURN SCARS FOR THIS AREA THAT WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING, MUD SLIDES, ROCK SLIDES, WITH DAYS OF RAIN COMING IN.

>> Reporter: SOME RELIEF FOR THIS NON-STOP STORMY PATTERN MAY FINALLY ARRIVE BY THE WEEKEND.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE ARE STILL DRY TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH CLOUDS ARE THICKENING NEAR THE COASTLINE.

WE'LL GET DOWN INTO THE 50s.

THE WEATHER FORECAST GETS A LOT MORE ACTIVE LATER THIS WEEK.

SO THE STORM TRACK WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT SOUTH ON TUESDAY, STILL TO OUR NORTH FOR TUESDAY.

YOU CAN SEE A FEW BRIEF SHOWERS AROUND.

HEAVY SNOW UP INTO THE SIERRA.

FLOODING RISKS TO THE NORTH.

BUT LATER THIS WEEK, AN INCREASINGLY WET PATTERN, TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT, SO CHRISTMAS NIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS DAY.

FLOOD WATCHES IN EFFECT.

I'LL TALK ABOUT THE DETAILS COMING UP.

>>> SOUTH BAY UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS SELECTED TWO MORE SCHOOLS TO PERMANENTLY CLOSE IN THE COMING YEARS.

THE DISTRICT HAD ALREADY IDENTIFIED ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH WILL CLOSE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AERE SAYS THE SCHOOL BOARD'S RECENT DECISION WAS MET WITH A LOT OF PUSHBACK.

>> Reporter: FACING A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT AND THE LOSS OF STATE FUNDING THAT COMES WITH IT.

SOUTH BAY UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS LISTED THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO PERMANENTLY CLOSE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

DISTRICT SAYS IT WILL HELP DEAL WITH ONGOING FINANCIAL PRESSURES.

OPPONENTS SEE IT DIFFERENTLY.

>> EVERY STUDENT SHOULD HAVE AC SISES TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, CLOSING TWO ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS IS GOING TO HAVE A VERY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.

>> Reporter: SHE REPRESENTS ROUGHLY 400 MEMBERS WHO EDUCATE AND SUPPORT STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

SHE POINTED TO STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT SCHOOL CLOSURES DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT LOW INCOME STUDENTS, STUDENTS OF COLOR, THAT THEY COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT TEST SCORES, ATTENDANCE, AND BEHAVIOR.

>> FOR OUR STUDENTS, WE KNOW WHEN SCHOOLS CLOSE, THEY'LL BE SENT TO OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EITHER PROVIDE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION, TAKE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OR THE TRANSPORTATION THAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDES.

>> Reporter: IN MAY, THE DISTRICT CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS IDENTIFIED TO CLOSE AFTER CLASSES WRAP UP THIS ACADEMIC YEAR.

NOW, SUNNY SLOPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND BARRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST.

SUNNY SLOPE IS EXPECTED TO CLOSE AT THE END OF THE 2028, 2029 SCHOOL YEAR.

DOZENS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHOWED UP TO THE RECENT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING TO VOICE THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE SCHOOL CLOSURE RESOLUTION.

WHILE THE SCHOOL CLOSURE PLAN WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, IT WAS A SPIRITED AFFAIR.

BARRERA SAYS THE DISTRICT SHOULD OFFER MORE ROBUST TO STAY IN THE DISTRICT.

>> THE DECLINE OF ENROLLMENT IS REAL, BUT THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS THAT THE DISTRICT HASN'T EXPLORED.

SCHOOL CLOSURES SHOULD BE THE LAST OPTION.

THEY NEED TO INVEST IN OUR STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: SOUTH BAY UNION SUPERINTENDENT JOSE ESPINOZA SAID IN THE MEETING, BARRY ELEMENTARY, HAS SEEN SOME OF THE GREATEST ENROLLMENT DECLINES IN THE DISTRICT.

SUNNY SLOPE HAS ALSO SEEN LARGE DECLINES AND HAS FACILITY ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

ESPINOZA DECLINED AN INTERVIEW REQUEST.

SOUTH BAY UNION DID NOT IMMEDIATELY ANSWER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CLOSURE PLAN.

THE DISTRICT SENT KPBS A STATEMENT SAYING SINCE MAY, THE DISTRICT HAS COMPLETED ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS, INCLUDING UPDATED ENROLLMENT DATA, SITE CAPACITY INFORMATION, AND PUBLIC INPUT AMONG OTHERS.

AS A RESULT, THE SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION PLAN WAS REFINED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS, CLARIFYING INFORMATION, AND AN INCREASE IN PLANNING TIME.

SUPERINTENDENT ESPINOZA SAID IN HIS WRITTEN RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION WILL ENSURE ALL STUDENTS WILL HAVE SAFE SCHOOLS AND STRONG INSTRUCTIONAL AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.

THIS, ALONG WITH ADEQUATE STAFFING, WILL HELP SUPPORT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

DISTRICT DOCUMENTS SHOW THE CLOSURES OF SUNNY SLOPE AND BARRY ELEMENTARY ARE SUBJECT TO REVIEW OF ENROLLMENT AND FINANCIAL DATA.

BARRERA SAYS IN ADDITION TO OPPOSING SCHOOL CLOSURES, THE UNION MAY STRIKE IN FEBRUARY DUE TO ONGOING CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DISTRICT.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> UNION MEMBERS WHO WORK FOR CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM SAY THEY HAVE AUTHORIZED A STRIKE.

THE TEAMSTER CHAPTER REPRESENTS MORE THAN 1,000 SKILLED TRADE WORKERS.

A MESSAGE FROM THE UNION SAYS 94% OF ITS MEMBERS VOTED TO AUTHORIZE A STRIKE, BUT NO DATE HAS BEEN SET.

THERE ARE TWO CAMPUSES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, AND IN SAN MARCOS, WHERE THEY HAVE NOT FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH RAISES THAT WERE SET TO TAKE EFFECT BACK IN JULY.

>>> ONE THING THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A LOT OF IS EXCESS LAND FOR THIS WEEK'S WHY IT MATTER'S SEGMENT.

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO EXPLAINS WHY THE DISTRICT'S RECENT PROPOSAL TO TRANSFORM THOSE PROPERTIES IS ON ICE.

>>> DISTRICT LEADERS WANTED TO BUILD HUNDREDS OF HOMES FOR EDUCATORS, AND THEY WERE ABOUT TO LAUNCH THE MOST AMBITIOUS HOUSING PROJECT ON SCHOOL LAND IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY THIS MONTH.

BUT THEN THE DISTRICT SHOCKINGLY GOT COLD FEET.

IT'S NOT CLEAR EXACTLY WHERE THEY WILL GO FROM HERE.

HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED.

LIKE EVERYONE, TEACHERS ARE DEALING WITH SAN DIEGO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.

DISTRICT LEADERS ASKED DEVELOPERS TO PROPOSE PROJECTS ON SCHOOL LAND, INCLUDING THE 14-ACRE SITE OF THEIR FORMER HEADQUARTERS IN UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS.

DEVELOPERS WOULD GET THE LAND AND THE DISTRICT WOULD GET SOME RENT AND EMPLOYEES WOULD GET AFFORDABLE HOMES.

DISTRICT CONSIDERED 15 PROPOSALS.

A COMMITTEE REVIEWED THEM AND RECOMMENDED PROJECTS TOTALING 1,500 NEW HOMES FOR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.

BUT THEN A DISPUTE AROSE.

THE COMMITTEE HAD ASKED DEVELOPERS TO MAXIMIZE AFFORDABILITY.

BUT DID THAT MEAN GIVING THE CHEAPEST POSSIBLE UNITS OR THE GREATEST NUMBER OF CHEAPER UNITS?

DISTRICT BOARD PRESIDENT AND OTHERS, WANTED A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS.

BUT AT THE BOARD MEETING EARLIER THIS MONTH, LONG-TIME TRUSTEE RICHARD BARRERA SAID THEY NEEDED TO REWORK THEIR PROPOSALS.

HE HAD THIS EXCHANGE.

>> I WANT PROPOSALS THAT MEET OUR GOALS, PERIOD.

SO LET'S SEE WHAT YOU COME BACK WITH.

>> OKAY, HOLD ON.

NOW WE NEED TO STOP HERE.

IS THIS ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY WE'RE NOW GOING TO SUBMIT NEW PROPOSALS THAT THIS IS SO WILD?

I'M COMPLETELY STUNNED.

>> Reporter: IN THE END, THE BOARD COULDN'T MAKE A DECISION.

THEY DID NOT GIVE DEVELOPERS ANY ADDITIONAL DIRECTION, AND INSTEAD, THE BOARD JUST PLANS TO DO A WORKSHOP NEXT MONTH.

AS FOR SAN DIEGO UNIFIED EDUCATORS, RELIEF FROM THE HOUSING COST IS ON HOLD.

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

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

YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT KPBS.ORG/PUBLICMATTERS.

>>> THE POWAY CITY COUNCIL SET A DATE TO FILL THEIR VACANT SEAT FOR DISTRICT TWO.

HOLDING A SPECIAL ELECTION ON JUNE 2.

THAT'S THE SAME DAY AS THE CALIFORNIA PRIMARY.

POWAY CITY ATTORNEYS SAY COMBINING THE ELECTIONS WILL BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE.

FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, TONY BLAINE, WAS RECALLED BY VOTERS IN NOVEMBER AND LATER RESIGNED.

>>> THIS WEEK KPBS IS LOOKING BACK ON THE TOP STORIES OF 2025.

MUCH OF IT WAS DRIVEN BY POLITICS AND THE PROTEST THAT FOLLOWED.

WELL THIS FRIDAY, SEE OUR KPBS NEWS SPECIAL AIRING AT 5:00 P.M.

WITH REPLAYS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

REPORTERS FROM KPBS NEWS OFFER THEIR INSIGHT AND COMMENTARY ON THE BIGGEST STORIES THEY COVER THIS YEAR.

HERE IS A LOOK.

>> I, DONALD J. TRUMP, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE.

>> WELL, IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE WHIRLWIND.

>> FIRST, WE HAVE A LIST OF PARDONS AND COMMUNATIONS RELATING TO EVENTS THAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 6, 2021.

>> AND I THINK WE KNEW FROM THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, PART TWO.

>> WE DON'T HAVE THE CARDS RIGHT NOW.

WITH US, YOU START HAVING CARDS.

>> THAT WE WERE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH IT.

BUT WHAT WE COULD DO IS PULL AT THE MOST IMPORTANT THREADS, AND WE DID THAT.

>> RESEARCHERS TOLD KPBS TEAR WORK IS NOW THE AT RISK IF IT CONTAINS LANGUAGE DEEMED PROBLEMATIC BY THE WHITE HOUSE, INCLUDING THE WORD, WOMEN.

>> IF I CAN'T SAY THE WORD, WOMEN, I CAN'T TELL YOU AN ABORTION BAN IS GOING TO HURT WOMEN OR I CAN'T DOCUMENT THE WAY THE ABORTION BAN IS HURTING WOMEN.

I GUESS A WORD THAT'S NOT ON HERE IS MEN.

AND I GUESS A WORD I DON'T SEE ON HERE IS WHITE.

SO I GUESS WE'LL SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH WHITE MEN AND WHAT THEY NEED.

>> MEANWHILE THE RESEARCHERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TOLD TO SCRUB THEIR WEBSITES OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION LANGUAGE, AND THE BLOWS TO FEDERALLY FUNDED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY KEEP COMING.

IT JUST LOST A $35 MILLION USAID GLOBAL RESEARCH GRANT ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND NUTRITION, AND OTHER FEDERAL GRANTS ARE IN JEOPARDY.

>> IT REALLY IMPEDED THE ABILITY OF THE SCIENTISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, TO DESCRIBE WHAT THEY WERE RESEARCHING ACCURATELY.

>> Reporter: TWICE A WEEK, A GROUP OF 3 TO 6-YEAR-OLDS GATHER IN A SMALL CLASSROOM IN SPRING VALLEY.

IT'S CALLED THE PARENT EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM OR PEP, TO GIVE THEM TOOLS THEY NEED TO OVERCOME BEHAVIORS LIKE TANDEMS, AGGRESSIONS, AND SEPARATION ANXIETY.

>> THIS IS A FEDERAL GRANT THAT CAME OUT OF THE BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO FUND MORE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT IN SCHOOLS AFTER THE SCHOOL SHOOTING IN UVALDE, TEXAS.

>> Reporter: THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AWARDED THE SPRING VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT MORE THAN $12 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS.

IN MAY, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TOLD SCHOOL DISTRICTS THEY WOULD STOP FUNDING THE GRANT PROGRAM TWO YEARS EARLY.

>> TO HAVE NOBODY COME IN AND EVEN LOOK AT THE WORK WE WERE DOING, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING OR TO SEE WHAT WE WERE DOING AND HOW IT'S CHANGING LIVES AND HAVE THAT JUST BE STRIPPED FROM US.

IT WAS SHOCKING, IT WAS SAD.

IT MADE ME ANGRY.

>> I JUST FINISHED 32 YEARS.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WHERE I WAS RESTRICTED, WHERE I COULD GO, WHO I COULD MEET WITH.

>> Reporter: WHAT KIND OF EXPLANATION WERE YOU GIVEN FOR THE LIMITATIONS?

>> SOME OF IT WAS WHERE TRAVEL WAS BANNED BASICALLY, AS SIMPLE AS THAT, NO EXPLANATION.

>> HE PUT A REAL HUMAN FACE ON THE LOSS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF EXPERTISE.

WHILE ELON MUSK WAS GOING IN AND MAKING CUTS UNDER DOGE, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS.

ALEX DIDN'T LOSE HIS JOB, HE DECIDED TO QUIT.

>> THERE IS AN INEQUITY IN THE SYSTEM THAT WILL REQUIRE THE RESPONSE, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE ACTION IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.

>> IT'S A MOMENT WHERE I THINK PEOPLE ARE FREAKING OUT AND RIGHTFULLY SO.

IN AMERICA, WE'VE NEVER SEEN THIS KIND OF RADICAL SHIFT.

>> AN ESTIMATED 60,000 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS PEACEFULLY JOINED TOGETHER IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO SATURDAY.

I THINK THE SHIFT IS THAT PEOPLE ARE PROTESTING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

NOT JUST IN SAN DIEGO, THE PROTEST ACROSS ARE ALSO MUCH LARGER.

SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER, AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY DID THAT STORY IN SAN DIEGO.

YOU KNOW, THERE IS THAT PROTEST CORNER, THAT FIFTH AND E DOWNTOWN.

IT ACTUALLY LED TO A SUPREME COURT DECISION BECAUSE THEY'RE PROTESTING DOWNTOWN.

SAN DIEGO ACTUALLY HAS A LONG AND KIND OF DEEP HISTORY WITH PROTEST, IN PARTICULAR.

>> A STATEWIDE PROPOSITION ASKS VOTERS ONE QUESTION, SHOULD THE STATE TEMPORARILY REDRAW THEIR DISTRICT TO FAVOR DEMOCRATS?

>> WE WERE HEARING ABOUT HERE IN SAN DIEGO, JUST LIKE LINES OUT THE DOOR, PULLING PLACES FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO REGISTER TO VOTE ON THE SAME DAY, SO THEY COULD ACTUALLY VOTE.

>> AFTER POKING THE BEAR, THIS BEAR ROARED.

>> THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF MAKING IT CLEAR THIS IS ABOUT THE NATIONWIDE REDISTRICTING BATTLE.

THIS IS ABOUT THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS ABOUT OUR DEMOCRACY.

THIS IS ABOUT THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS, WHICH ARE A REFERENDUM ON PRESIDENT TRUMP.

>> OUR KPBS NEWS SPECIAL AIRS HERE ON KPBS FRIDAY AT 5:00.

BUT YOU CAN ALREADY FIND IT ON OUR STREAMING PLATFORMS.

THE SPECIAL IS AVAILABLE ON KPBS PLUS AND THE KPBS YOUTUBE PAGE.

>>> WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST ACCURATE FORECAST FOR SAN DIEGO IN QUITE A WHILE HERE WITH HEAVY RAIN COMING IN AT A VERY KEY TRAVEL TIME, CRITICAL TRAVEL TIME.

IT'S A CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY.

THE CALM BEFORE A STORMY CHRISTMAS IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW.

FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED, AN ADVANCE TO THE RAIN.

THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL ROLL IN ON CHRISTMAS EVE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY AND STILL EVEN INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

WE'LL HAVE SOME LINGERING RAIN.

TONIGHT, CLOUDS INCREASE, 57 FOR YOUR LOW.

AS WE LOOK AT THE STORM TRACK SHIFTING SOUTHWARD, IT BEGINS TO NUDGE FURTHER SOUTH THROUGH TUESDAY.

STILL, WE'RE MAINLY DRY.

BEGINNING TO SEE A FEW SHOWERS OUT THERE.

BUT OVERALL, TUESDAY IS GOING TO STILL BE DRIER THAN MOST DAYS TO COME, SO THERE WILL BE SHOWERS THAT SNEAK IN LATE IN THE DAY.

OCEANSIDE, SAN DIEGO, ESCONDIDO, WE'LL SEE SOME OF THIS.

MOUNT LAGUNA, SOME SHOWERS AROUND.

SO AGAIN, LATE TUESDAY, WE'LL BEGIN TO SEE OUR FIRST FEW SHOWERS, BUT THE MAIN EVENT IS BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY, CHRISTMAS EVE, INTO CHRISTMAS DAY THURSDAY AS WELL, WITH MOISTURE COMING FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES.

SPECIFIC MOISTURE COMING FROM THE WEST, COMING NORTH, AND FOR MANY REASONS, IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY WET SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK RIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS ITSELF.

A FEET OF SNOW IN THE SIERRA.

WINDY, ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH.

WE'LL BE BREEZY, BUT THE WIND WILL PICK UP AND BEGIN TO SEE MORE AND MORE OF THAT OVERALL.

BUT PLACES LIKE LOS ANGELES WILL SEE MORE RAIN, BUT STILL LOOKING AT AN INCH OR TWO LATER THIS WEEK.

THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BEGIN TO SEE SOME SHOWERS ON TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY AND THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE.

THIS IS WHEN RAIN INCREASES NORTH TO SOUTH.

WE'LL BEGIN TO PICK UP ON RELATIVELY HEAVY RAIN THURSDAY, CHRISTMAS DAY, RAIN CONTINUING.

HEAVY SNOW TO THE NORTH.

THIS IS A KEY FORECAST, TO TELL YOU AND TO SHARE WITH YOU, ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY IN SAN DIEGO BETWEEN TUESDAY NIGHT AND THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS AND FRIDAY.

BUT YOU'LL NOTICE, NORTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY FROM AROUND SOLANO BEACH AND INTO AREAS AROUND ST.

ORANGE COUNTY.

LOOKING AT TWO TO FOUR INCHES NEAR SOLANO BEACH AND UPWARD.

UP INTO LOS ANGELES, FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE MOUNTAINS JUST NORTH OF L.A., THERE ARE AREAS THAT WILL SEE SOME DANGEROUS FLOODING FOR VENTURA COUNTIES.

EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY TO NO SURPRISE.

IN EFFECT HERE IN ADVANCE OF ALL OF THIS AND THEN THE STORM WILL SHIFT INLAND, LATE SATURDAY MOVING INTO THE GREAT BASIN.

SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO DROP AND MORE AREAS TO OUR NORTH.

BUT FOR THE COAST, THIS IS THE WETTEST FORECAST I COULD REMEMBER FOR SAN DIEGO, FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60s.

RAIN INCREASING ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

A FEW SHOWERS, SNEAK IN ON TUESDAY INTO THE INLAND AREAS, A FEW SHOWERS ROLL IN ON TUESDAY, RAIN WEDNESDAY, RAIN CHRISTMAS DAY AT TIMES.

THURSDAY, STILL SOME RAIN.

THERE WILL BE SOME RISK FOR FLOODING.

WE'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE RIVERS SO FORTH.

MOUNTAIN TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING, MAINLY RAIN THOUGH INTO THE MOUNTAINS WITH SNOW LEVELS JUST ABOVE MOST OF OUR HIGHER ELEVATION SPOTS HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

COULD BE A FEW FLAKES AND SOME SNOW AT THE HIGHEST OF HIGH ELEVATIONS AND THE DESERTS WILL BEGIN TO SEE SOME SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY, CHRISTMAS EVE.

A LITTLE DELAY THERE, BUT IT WILL BE VERY WET.

THURSDAY, CHRISTMAS DAY AND FRIDAY, CLOUDS LINGER BEFORE SOME DRYING FOR THE WEEKEND.

>>> I'M WILLIAM BRINGHAM.

TONIGHT, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL TAKE MORE STEPS TO STOP THE CONSTRUCTION OF OFFSHORE WIND FARMS.

COMING UP AT 7:00, AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> 15 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND DOZENS MORE INJURED.

A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK AGO AT AUSTRALIA'S BONDI BEACH.

THE ATTACK CAME AGAINST JEWS WHO GATHERED TO CELEBRATE HANUKKAH.

JOHN CARROLL SAYS DOZENS CAME TOGETHER IN SAN DIEGO TODAY TO DENOUNCE ANTI-SEMITISM BY LIGHTING A LARGE MENORAH.

>> Reporter: SONGS SUNG BY A LOCAL RABBI SET THE STAGE FOR TODAY'S LIGHTING OF THE SIX- FOOT MENORAH AT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

MUSIC AND THEN REMARKS FROM SAN DIEGANS OF DIVERSE COMMUNITY BACKGROUNDS.

>> THERE IS NO DEBATE WHEN LIGHT MEETS DARKNESS.

IT'S AN AUTOMATIC THING.

THE LIGHT WINS EVERY TIME.

>> THE SUPERVISOR SAYS THE LIGHTING OF THIS MENORAH SAN IMPORTANT SYMBOL THAT SAN DIEGO STANDS TOGETHER TO BRING LIGHT IN MOMENTS OF DARKNESS.

>> WE RECOGNIZE THE LIGHT OVER DARKNESS.

THE JOY AND THE LOVE.

TODAY IS A BEACON FOR EVERYBODY THAT THERE IS NO CAP ON LOVE IN THE COUNTY.

>> Reporter: THE DARKNESS HAS HIT CLOSE TO HOME LATELY.

BOTH THE SYNAGOGUE IN L.A.

AND JEWISH STUDENT CENTER IN SAN FRANCISCO WERE ATTACKED EARLIER THIS MONTH.

NO SERIOUS INJURIES WERE REPORTED FROM EITHER INCIDENT.

THE ASSESSOR, JORDAN MARKS WHO WAS JEWISH, ORGANIZE TODAY'S CELEBRATION.

HE SAYS HE'S SEEN THE EFFECTS ON JEWS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY OF ALL THOSE RECENT ATTACKS.

>> I FELT THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T COMING OUT.

THEY DIDN'T FEEL SAFE.

THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE LIGHT WAS THERE FOR THEM THIS YEAR.

AND THIS WAS TO REDEDICATE OURSELVES TO REKINDLE, NOT JUST ME, BUT ALL THE COUNTY LEADERSHIP THAT YOU ARE SAFE, THAT YOU ARE HOME, THAT SAN DIEGO IS HERE AND STANDING IN UNITY WITH YOU AGAINST HATE.

>> Reporter: BET MIDLER KNOWS ABOUT ANTI-SEMITIC HATE BETTER THAN MOST.

HE'S A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR.

HIS MESSAGE TODAY WAS SIMPLE.

WHEN YOU HEAR OR SEE ANTI- SEMITISM, CALL IT OUT.

>> TELL EVERYBODY TO SPEAK UP.

THINGS WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> Reporter: FINALLY, IT WAS TIME TO LIGHT THE MENORAH.

ONE OF THE OLDEST SYMBOLS OF JUDAISM.

BELIEVERS SAY THEY SIGNIFY DIVINE LIGHT, WISDOM, AND GOD'S PRESENCE.

AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT WAS SAID HERE TODAY IS WHO CAME TOGETHER TO SAY IT.

PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF SAN DIEGO SOCIETY.

SOME WHO HAVE DISAGREED WITH EACH OTHER OVER THE YEARS.

ALL COMING TOGETHER TO EMBRACE THE LIGHT OF THE MENORAH.

THE LIGHT OF HANUKKAH THAT OVERCOMES THE DARKNESS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY WE ALL HAVE TO SPREAD THAT LIGHT.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED AT NEXT WEEK'S TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE.

WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE LOCAL PARTICIPANTS IN A MOMENT.

BUT FIRST, ONE CALIFORNIA CITY IS RETURNING TO THE PARADE AFTER A LONG ABSENCE.

TIM JOHNS HAS MORE FROM SAN FRANCISCO.

>> Reporter: WITH JUST DAYS TO GO UNTIL THE FAMOUS ROSE PARADE, SAN FRANCISCO IS ONCE AGAIN MAKING ITSELF A PART OF THE TRADITION.

THIS NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 50 YEARS, THE CITY WILL HAVE THEIR OWN FLOAT ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE.

>> IT'S JUST A GENTLE REMINDER TO FOLKS WHO HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME, WHY IT'S SO MAGICAL.

>> Reporter: CITY OFFICIALS TELL ME THEY WANT THE FLOAT TO BE A MARKETING TOOL.

ONCE COMPLETED, IT WILL FEATURE SOME OF SAN FRANCISCO'S MOST ICONIC LANDMARKS.

ENCOURAGING PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE HERE TO COME BACK TO THE CITY BY THE BAY AND CONTINUE ITS POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY.

>> THE MOMENTUM IS REALLY STRONG.

WE ARE FEELING ALMOST LIKE A FAUCET WAS TURNED ON OR A LIGHT SWITCH WENT ON.

>> Reporter: BUT FRIDAY'S EVENT WASN'T JUST FOR POTENTIAL VISITORS.

THROUGHOUT THE DAY, NORMAL SAN FRANCISCANS COULD COME AND HELP DECORATE A PART OF THE FLOATS THEMSELVES.

FROM AN S TO F TO EVEN ONE OF THE PAINTED LADIES.

>> I LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON TV.

AS SOON AS THEY FOUND THAT OUT, ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT TO GET WORKING.

>> Reporter: MANY PEOPLE HERE SAY THEY LIKE THE CITY IS MAKING THEM A SPECIAL PART OF THE PROCESS.

THEY'RE EXCITED FOR THEIR HANDY WORK TO BE DISPLAYED IN FRONT OF THE WORLD.

>> I'VE ALWAYS WATCHED THE ROSE BOWL PARADE GROWING UP ON THE TV.

SO IT IS CRAZY TO THINK THAT I COULD HELP CONTRIBUTE TO A FLOAT THAT I HELPED MAKE.

>> Reporter: CITY LEADERS SAY SAN FRANCISCO HAS HAD A STRONG HOLIDAY SEASON SO FAR.

THEY'RE HOPING ONCE THE PARADE HAPPENS, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT POSITIVE MOMENTUM INTO 2026.

>> YOU KNOW, WE'RE BACK, AND THE WORLD KNOWS IT, AND WE'LL KNOW IT ON JANUARY 1.

>> AND THAT WAS TIM JOHN'S REPORTING.

FAMILIAR ENTRIES FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY WILL RETURN TO THE 2026 ROSE PARADE, AND THAT INCLUDES THE SAN DIEGO ZOO, WHICH WILL FEATURE THEIR ELEPHANTS FOR THIS YEAR'S FLOATS.

THEY WON THE SWEEPSTAKES AWARD FOR MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOAT FROM LAST YEAR'S ENTRY.

ALSO THE MARINE CORPS, WEST COAST BAND FROM CAMP PENDLETON WILL MARCH IN THE PARADE.

AND THERE ARE TWO EQUESTRIAN ENTRIES.

THE STEAM FIRE PUMPER UNIT AND THE VICTORIAN ROSES LADIES RISING SOCIETY FROM ALPINE.

>>> HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW ON THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

COVERING STORMS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE LATEST IMPACT.

>>> KPBS MIDDAY EDITION WILL HAVE SOME OF OUR BEST INTERVIEWS WITH SAN DIEGO BASED AUTHORS FROM 2025, AND THAT AIRS AT NOON.

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

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