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♪ ♪ >>> PROTESTERS TOOK TO THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO TODAY TO SHINE LIGHT ON WHAT THEY CALL A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THEY'RE DEMANDING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE AND TO START BY REHIRING RECENTLY FIRED EMPLOYEES OF THE EPA.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL WAS THERE.

>> OUR LEADERS WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US ARE CURRENTLY ROLLING BACK ECO-FRIENDLY POLICY AND THEY ARE FIRING THE WORKERS THAT STAND IN THEIR WAY.

>> THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WAS FOUNDED IN 1970 BY REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON.

THESE PROTESTERS SAY ANOTHER REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, IS TRYING TO RUIN IT.

>> WE'RE JUST FED UP WITH WHAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS BEENING BEEN DOING, ATTACKING OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> SHANE IS WITH SAN DIEGO 350.

WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT ONE, THE EPA WORKERS THAT WERE FIRED.

WE ARE HERE TO PROTEST AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORT TO UNDERMINE CLIMATE ACTION.

>> THE PROTESTERS MARCHED FIRST TO A SPOT OUTSIDE THE EDWARD J. SCHWARTZ COURTHOUSE.

THERE, RETIRED EPA EMPLOYEE DAVID FAGEY URGED THE CROWD TO RAISE THEIR VOICES IN SUPPORT OF HIS FORMER COLLEAGUES WHO ARE STILL ON THE JOB.

>> THEY'RE ON THE THIRD FLOOR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

THEY STILL DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

ONE MORE TIME.

[ CHEERING ] >> FROM A PLACE REPRESENTING FEDERAL POWER, THEY MARCHED TO THE SEAT OF MUNICIPAL POWER, SAN DIEGO CITY HALL WHERE WE HEARD MORE FROM FAGEY.

>> THIS ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY WANT CLEAN WATER.

THEY WANT CLEAN AIR.

THEY WANT CLIMATE CHANGE TENDED TO, AND THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON.

>> THESE PROTESTERS SAY THEY WON'T STOP UNTIL THE FIRINGS OF EPA EMPLOYEES ARE ROLLED BACK BECAUSE, AS THEY SAY, A LOT OF THEIR SIGNS SAY, THERE IS NO PLANET B. JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LOOKING AT GETTING SOME WET WEATHER IN JUST IN TIME FOR YOUR TUESDAY, SO IF YOU'VE GOT SOME PLANS YOU MIGHT BE SHIFTING THEM.

THIS STORM SYSTEM TREKKING IN RIGHT OVERHEAD FOR US WHICH MEANS NEEDED RAINFALL AND THERE'S A WHOLE OTHER STORM BEHIND THAT.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN THE FORECAST AHEAD.

>>> NEXT MONTH, SOUTH BAY VOTERS WILL BE CASTING THEIR BALLOTS IN A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR.

KPBS SOUTH BAY REPORTER COREY SUZUKI SAYS THE TOP CAN ATS ARE FOCUSED ON A RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING IMMIGRATION AND THE CROSS-BORDER SEWAGE CRISIS.

THE ELECTION FOR THE DISTRICT 1 SEAT ON THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

THE DISTRICT REPRESENTS THE SOUTH BAY WHICH INCLUDES CHULA VISTA, NATIONAL CITY, IMPERIAL BEACH AND PARTS OF SAN DIEGO.

THAT SEAT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR TWO MONTHS NOW.

COUNTY CHAIR NORA VARGAS STEPPED DOWN.

WE STILL DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY SHE RESIGNED.

THAT DECISION LEFT VOTERS IN THE SOUTH BAY ITHOUT A COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE AND LEAVING TWO DEMOCRATS AND TWO REPUBLICANS.

IN APRIL VOTERS CHOSE A NEW SUPERVISOR TO REPRESENT THE REGION.

>> TOP OF MIND IS THE SEWAGE CRISIS.

IT'S THE BIGGEST ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN THE NATION RIGHT NOW.

>> PALOMA AGUIRRE IS THE MAYOR OF IMPERIAL BEACH.

SHE'S'S CANDIDATE FOR THE OPEN SEAT.

THE CROSS-BORDER SEWAGE FLOWS SHOULD BE A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE COUNTY.

WE KNOW NOW BECAUSE OF THE REQUESTS THAT I MADE TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL COMING DOWN AND ASSESSING THE FAMILIES THAT 70% OF OUR FAMILIES IN SOUTH COUNTY HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT HAS BECOME ILL OR HAVE BECOME ILL THEMSELVES.

>> AGUIRRE SAYS SHE WANTS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS TO LOOK CLOSER AT HOW THE SEWAGE CRISIS IS AFFECTING STUDENTS IN SOUTH BAY SCHOOLS.

SHE SAYS SHE WOULD ALSO PUSH FOR THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO TO CONSIDER FORMING A JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY THAT WOULD FOCUS ON TREATING THE RIFRT.

ANOTHER PRIORITY FOR AGUIRRE IS HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS TO LIVE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

SHE WANTS TO IMPROVE WAGES AND BENEFITS FOR COUNTY STAFF AND EXPLORE NEW PROTECTIONS FOR RENTERS ACROSS THE REGION.

>> I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD THAT I WANT TO LOOK INTO BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, HOUSING PRODUCTION IS ONE OF THE MULTI-PRONGED STRATEGY TO BEGIN ADDRESSING THIS HOUSING CRISIS AND PREVENT HOMELESSNESS.

IT'S NOT JUST HOUSING PRODUCTION PERIOD.

>> AGUIRRE HAS BEEN CRITICAL OF SOME RECENT DECISIONS BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON IMMIGRATION, INCLUDING A NEW POLICY THAT STRENGTHENED SANCTUARY LAWS.

SHE WANTS TO FUND LEGAL AID PROGRAMS TO HELP PEOPLE FACING DEPORTATION AND SERVICES FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES.

>> WE ALSO HAVE TO PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS.

SO THE COUNTY NEEDS TO INCREASE THE RESOURCES THAT NON-PROFITS NEED TO PROVIDE ENOUGH SERVICES ESPECIALLY AROUND LEGAL COUNSEL.

>> THE COUNTY SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON COUNTY SERVICES.

IMMIGRATION IS A FEDERAL ISSUE.

>> ANOTHER LEADING CANDIDATE IS JOHN McCANN, THE MAYOR OF CHULA VISTA.

McCANN, A REPUBLICAN THINKS THE COUNTY SHOULD BE COOPERATING WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES.

>> WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW OUR JAILS WHEN THERE IS A WARRANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY ON PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES WITH OUR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THAT ONLY MAKES OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY SAFER AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE SAFER.

>> McCANN ALSO WANTS THE COUNTY TO PRIORITIZE THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.

HE SAYS THE COUNTY NEEDS TO REVIEW ITS SPENDING AND CONSIDER BUILDING A NEW SET OF SHELTERS.

>> AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, I HAVE TAKEN THE REGIONAL LEAD TO GET HOMELESS OFF THE STREETS.

IN 2016, WE CREATED THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM WITH NON-PROFITS IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN WE BUILT THE 65 TINY HOMES VILLAGES WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES SO PEOPLE COULD GO IN AND GET PERMANENT HOUSING.

>> LIKE AGUIRRE, McCANN ALSO WANTS TO ADDRESS THE COST OF LIVING IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

HIS PLAN IS TO OPPOSE RAISING TAXES AND OTHER FEES.

HE'S CRITICAL OF THE BOARD'S RECENT DECISION TO EXPLORE A NEW SALES TAX, TO OFFSET POTENTIAL CUTS TO FEDERAL FUNDING.

>> THE COUNTY NEEDS TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT HOW THEY NEED TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AND WORK MORE EFFECTIVELY.

>> TWO OTHER CANDIDATES IN THE RACE.

VIVIAN MORENO AND CAROLINA CHAVEZ DID NOT RESPOND TO THE REQUEST BY KPBS DEADLINE.

MORENO IS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND A DEMOCRAT.

SHE REPRESENTS NESTOR, AND BARRIO LOGAN.

SHE WANTS TO MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE AND IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY.

SHE REPRESENTS THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE CITY.

IN CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS, CHAVEZ SAYS SHE WANTS TO FOCUS ON FUNDRY FUND-RAISING.

LINCOLN PICARD AND ELIZABETH E. FORD HAVEN'T RAISED SIGNIFICANT FUNDS AND HAVE A LIMITED CAMPAIGN PRESENCE.

THE SPECIAL ELECTION WILL TAKE PLACE ON APRIL 8th.

UNLESS ONE PERSON WINS MORE THAN 50% OF THE VOTE THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES WILL MOVE ON TO A RUNOFF ELECTION IN JULY.

MAIL-IN VOTING BEGINS THIS WEEK.

CORY SUZUKI, KPBS NEWS.

>> KPBS HELD A FORUM TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN DISTRICT 1.

COMING UP, WHAT ISSUES THEY HOPE THE NEXT SUPERVISOR WILL ADDRESS.

>>> TEACHERS AND STAFF AT GROSSMONT UNIFIED HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTINUE TO RAISE THEIR VOICES OVER PROPOSED JOB CUTS.

MEMBERS PICKETED OUTSIDE GROSSMONT HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY'RE OPPOSING THE RECENT VOTES TO CUT MORE THAN 50 JOBS BY THE END OF THE YEAR TO FIX A BUDGET SHORTFALL.

CRITICS SAY CUTTING JOBS NOW WILL HAVE LONG-TERM EFFECTS.

>> BECAUSE OF THE NEW TEACHERS WHEN OUR SENIOR TEACHERS START TO RETIRE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO REPLACE THEM, AND SO IT'S KEY THAT WE NURTURE THOSE -- THOSE POSITIONS AND KEEP THEM WITHTHIS THE DISTRICT AND IT WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON STUDENTS.

>> THE BOARD WILL MEET AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT.

UNION MEMBERS SAY THEY'RE PLANNING A LARGER DEMONSTRATION BEFORE THE MEETING.

>>> SAN DIEGO IS MOVING AHEAD WITH A PLAN TO RAISE TAXES ON CANNABIS BUSINESSES.

THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE ON CANNABIS PRODUCTS FROM 8% TO 10%.

IT COMES AS THE CITY FACES A BUDGET DEFICIT.

THE MOVE TAKES EFFECT MAY 1st AND IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE NEARLY $4 MILLION IF GROSS RECEIPTS REMAIN THE SAME.

THAT'S NOT A SURE THING, THOUGH, SINCE PEOPLE BUYING CANNABIS PRODUCTS COULD TAKE THEIR MONEY ELSEWHERE.

>>> ALL EYES ARE ON CONGRESS THIS WEEK AS WE ARE JUST DAYS AWAY FROM A POTENTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

MICHAEL YOSHIDA HAS THE LATEST ON THE HIGH-STAKES SHOWDOWN BETWEEN HOUSE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.

>> CONGRESS FACING A FRIDAY NIGHT DEADLINE TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT.

HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON'S PLAN RELEASED OVER THE WEEKEND AVOIDS A SHUT DOWN PUSHING THE ISSUE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD INCLUDES A $6 BILLION INCREASE IN DEFENSE SPENDING AND 13 BILLION IN CUTS TO DOMESTIC SPENDING AS WELL AS PIECES TO SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AGENDA INCLUDING CARRYING OUT I.C.E.

DEPORTATIONS.

>> THERE ARE ONLY POSITIVE INCREASES IN SPENDING.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR VETERANS' HEALTH PROGRAMS AND INCREASING MILITARY PAY FOR OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE MOO WHILE REPUBLICANS SAY THE BILL MAKES NO ARTISAN POLICY FROM THE STOPGAP BILL.

>> ALSO TURNING OVER SOME OF THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR AGENCIES AS SLUSH FUNDS FOR ELON MUSK AND DONALD TRUMP TO DO AS THEY WILL WITH THIS FEDERAL FUNDING.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ENDORSED THE BILL AND THE HOUSE IS EXPECTED TO HOLD A VOTE AS EARLY AS TUESDAY, BUT WITH A RAZOR THEN MAJORITY AND AT LEAST ONE GOP REP EXPECTED TO VOTE AGAINST THE BILL.

HOUSE REPUBLICANS CAN'T AFFORD ANY MORE DEFECTIONS IF DEMOCRATS UNITE IN OPPOSITION.

>> IT WILL BE A TIGHT VOTE.

I DON'T THINK WE'LL GET A DEMOCRAT, AND WE DON'T WANT A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

THE BILL CAN BE FILIBUSTERED SO EVEN WITH ALL 53 REPUBLICANS VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE SPENDING BILL, SEVEN DEMOCRATS WOULD STILL BE NEEDED TO PASS AND AVOID A SHUT DOWN.

I'M MICHAEL YOSHIDA REPORTING.

>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSED FEDERAL FUNDING CUTS CAN IMPACT MORE THAN A MILLION SAN DIEGO RESIDENTS.

THOSE RESIDENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW.

KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAY EXPLAINS WHO IS AT RISK AND WHEN THE CUTS CAN HAPPEN.

>> SUPERVISOR TARA LAWSON REAMER SAY 1.2 MILLION RESIDENTS RELY ON ONE FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS.

>> THE U.S. HOUSE BUDGET PROPOSAL INCLUDES A 15% CUT TO HOUSING ASSISTANCE JEP ART IEDZ JEOPARDIZING IN SAN DIEGO.

FEDERAL FOOD PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN TARGETED WITH THE HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE PROPOSING CUTS THAT COULD LEAVE 400,000 FAMILIES TO AFFORD GROCERIES.

>> CUTS TO PROGRAMS LIKE S.N.A.P., CALFRESH AND CALWORKS COULD TAKE EFFECT WITHIN THE YEAR.

>> THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDE HEALTHCARE, HOUSING, FOOD AND JOBS AND THEY'RE IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO THE LIVELIHOODS OF SAN DIEGANS, BUT ARE ESSENTIAL TO HEALTH, SAFETY AND SECURITY.

>> AND MANY SAN DIEGANS COULD LOSE THEIR HEALTHCARE.

>> PROPOSED CUTS TO HEALTH CARE FUNDING PARTICULARLY MEDICAL WILL DRAMATICALLY REDUCE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTHCARE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER TREATMENT AND PREVENTATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR NEARLY 900,000 INDIVIDUALS ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> LAWSON REAMER SAYS THE COUNTY MUST DEVELOP A CLEAR NOTIFICATION STRATEGY WHEN SERVICES ARE AT RISK.

>> THE NOTICE WILL BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS INCLUDING MAIL AND EMAIL.

IT IS CRUCIAL THAT ALL FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES BE NOTIFIED ABOUT IMPENDING FUNDING CUTS AND POTENTIAL SERVICE REDUCTIONS BEFORE THEY OCCUR SO THEY CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY.

>> LAWSON REAMER SAYS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL VOTE ON THE MATTER AT THEIR MEETING TUESDAY.

>> I WILL BE CALLING UPON THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATION OFFICER TO DEVELOP A OTIFICATION STRATEGY TO ALL FEDERALLY FUNDED BENEFICIARIES AND IT SHOULD BE DELIVERED AND CONCISE IN A TIMELY MANNER.

>> A REPRESENTATIVE FROM SUPERVISOR JIM DESMOND'S OFFICE SAYS THEY WILL WAIT UNTIL TUESDAY'S MEETING TO COMMENT.

THE CAO WILL BE ASKED TO REPORT BACK TO THE COUNTY WITH NOTIFICATION STRATEGY OPTIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS.

MELISSA MAY, KPBS NEWS.

>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT DENYING THE POSSIBILITY OF A RECESSION SAYING WHO KNOWS?

WHEN ASKED OF HIS ECONOMIC POLICIES COULD CREATE ONE.

STOCK MARKETS ARE REACTING TO THE UNCERTAINTY.

THE S&P 500 FALLING AGAIN AS CHINA PLACES NEW TARIFFS ON SOME U.S. GOODS.

BRIAN ABLE HAS MORE ON THE RETALIATORY TARIFFS AND WHAT TRUMP'S TOP ECONOMIC ADVISER IS SAYING.

>> WE ARE SEEING THE BEGINNING OF WHAT COULD TURN INTO A TRADE WAR WITH CHINA'S RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON MANY U.S. FARM PRODUCTS GOING INTO EFFECT TODAY.

IT'S IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS ON CHINA.

NEARLY ALL IMPORTS FROM THERE THAT HE RAISED TO 20% LAST WEEK.

CHINA IS THE LARGEST OVERSEAS MARKET FOR U.S. FARM PRODUCTS.

THEY ARE IMPOSING TARIFFS ON AMERICAN CHICKEN, WHEAT AND CORN ALONG WITH SOYBEANS, PORK, BEEF, FRUIT AND OTHERS.

THE ESCALATION IS ON TOP OF THE BACK AND FORTH TARIFFS LEVIED AND THEN PARTIALLY DELAYED IN MEXICO AND CANADA.

THE UNCERTAINTY IMPACTING U.S. AND GLOBAL STOCK MARKETS.

THE MAJOR U.S. INDICES ALL STARTING THE WEEK DOWN AFTER A ROUGH LAST WEEK FOR BULL WALL.

TWO MAJOR INDICES HAVING THEIR WORST SINCE SEPTEMBER.

>> ADDING TO THE UNCERTAINTY IS THE PRESIDENT'S ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION SUNDAY, ACKNOWLEDGING THE POSSIBILITY OF A RECESSION.

>> ARE YOU EXPECTING A RECESSION THIS YEAR?

>> I HATE TO PREDICT THINGS LIKE THAT.

THERE IS A PERIOD OF TRANSITION BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS VERY BIG.

WE'RE BRINGING WEALTH BACK TO AMERICA.

>> THIS MORNING THE WHITE HOUSE'S TOP ECONOMIC ADVISER KEVIN HASSER ARGUED THAT THE UNCERTAINTY IS WORKING IN THE U.S.' FAVOR.

>> WHAT I'M SEEING IN THE JOBS NUMBER IS THE UNCERTAINTY IS CREATING JOBS IN THE U.S.

RIGHT NOW WE JUST SAW 10,000 MANUFACTURING JOBS CREATED IN THE U.S. >> IN THAT INTERVIEW, HASSETT DID ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONCERNS OF MANY AMERICANS ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND THERE IS POT POTENTIALLY MORE INSTABILITY AHEAD AND THEN THERE'S JAPAN WITH LOOMING TARIFFS SENDING A DELEGATION THIS WEEK HERE TO WASHINGTON, D.C., FOR TRADE TALKS.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE, I'M BRIAN ABLE REPORTING.

>>> SAN DIEGO FC REMAINS UNDEFEATED.

THEY BEAT ROYALE SALT LAKE 3-1 SATURDAY NIGHT.

OUR NEW DIGITAL SERIES SOCCER A LA FRONTERA TELLS THE STORY OF SOCKER IN SAN DIEGO SOCCER IN SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA.

HERE'S JACOB AYER.

>> ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

I HAD TO JUGGLE THE BALL IN THE GAS STATION BECAUSE NOBODY KNEW WHAT SOCCER WAS.

♪ >> THIS IS SOCCER A LA FRONTERA, AND WE ARE DIVING INTO THE GROWTH OF SOCCER CULTURE IN SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA.

FROM THE STREETS TO THE STADIUMS.

TODAY SOCCER IS EVERYWHERE IN THE SAN DIEGO-TIJUANA BORDER REGION.

WE HAVE FOUR TOP-LEVEL PROFESSIONAL TEAMS AND PLENTY OF ADULT RECREATIONAL TEAMS AND YEAR-ROUND YOUTH PROGRAMS.

>> I'VE GOT THE WAVE AND THE NEW TEAM HERE, SAN DIEGO FC HERE.

THAT'S ONE OF THEM ON THE FRONT AND THERE'S THE OTHER ONE ON THE BACK.

>> TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT AND HOW FAR WE'VE COME, WE NEED TO REWIND THE CLOCK BY OVER HALF A CENTURY.

>> WHEN I WAS A KID I WAS ONE OF THE KIDS THAT WAS SCREAMING AND YELLING AT THE STADIUM AND BANGING ON THE CHAIRS.

THE YEAR WAS 1968 AND SAN DIEGO HAD ITS FIRST PROFESSIONAL TEAM.

THEY WERE CALLED THE SAN DIEGO TOROS AND THEY PLAYED AT OLD BALBOA STADIUM.

IT WAS SHORT-LIVED BLISS.

THE CLUB FOLDED AFTER ONE SEASON, BUT THE FOUNDATION WAS LAID.

>> THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE SPORT OF SOCCER NOT ONLY DURING THAT TIME, BUT EVEN ALL OF THE WAY INTO THE EARLY '80s.

TEAMS ARE POPPING UP AND TEAMS ARE DISAPPEARING.

>> IT TOOK MORE THAN A HALF DECADE UNTIL 1976 FOR ANOTHER TEAM TO MAKE THE SCENE THEY CALLED THEMSELVES THE JAWS.

YET AGAIN, AFTER ONE SEASON THE JAWS SUFFERED THE SAME FATE AS THE TOROS, BUT THE NEXT ATTEMPT WOULD BE THE ONE THAT STUCK.

>> HERE, SITTING IN THE SAME ROOM WITH PELE AND BOBBY MOORE, MAKE KING, GIORGIO, THE ITALIAN FROM ROMA.

>> AND THIS IS YOU.

>> THAT'S ME, YEAH.

>> IN 1978 THE SAN DIEGO SOCCERS WERE BORN AND UNLIKE THEIR PREDECESSORS THEY HAD A CHARISMATIC STAR, JULIE V. >> HE WAS A VERITABLE SCORING MACHINE.

>> STARTING AS AN OUTDOOR TEAM PLAYING AT JACK MURPHY STADIUM, THE FIRST FEW YEARS FOR THE SOCCERS WERE ROUGH, BUT IT MOVED INDOORS IN THE '80s TO THE SAN DIEGO SPORTS ARENA CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR THE FRANCHISE AND PROFESSIONAL SOCCER IN THE REGION.

>> WHEN THE FACE OF SOCCER WENT AWAY, THE ONLY WAY TO PLAY WAS THE GREAT LEVEL OF PLAY AND IT WAS LIKE SOCCER INSIDE CAPTURED IN A BATTLE.

>> THEY WERE A SELF-PROCLAIMED BLUE COLLAR TEAM FULL OF INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS INCLUDING V. AND SEVERAL OTHERS WHO HAD DEFECTED DEFECTED FROM SOVIET BLOC COUNTRIES.

>> AND THERE WERE 15,000 AT SOME POINT.

>> THEY WERE FULL OF CREATIVITY, FLAIR AND EXCITEMENT.

>> DON'T FORGET, THE EARLY SOCK SOCKERS AND HUGO SANCHEZ THE GREATEST MEXICAN PLAYER OF ALL TIME.

>> THEY DOMINATED THE MULTIPLE NATIONWIDE INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUES WINNING TEN LEAGUE TITLES IN 11 YEARS.

>> GROWING UP LIVING IN MIRA MESA THERE WAS ONLY THE SAN DIEGO SOCKERS.

THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE.

>> IN A TOWN OF OTHERWISE CHAMPIONLESS SPORTS TEAMS THE SOCKERS STOOD OUT.

>> THEY WERE WINNERS AND THIS CITY WAS ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING WINNING TEAMS.

>> AND EVEN WENT ON TO HAVE THE LONGEST WINNING STREAK IN U.S. PROFESSIONAL SOCCER HISTORY.

48 CONSECUTIVE WINS FROM 2010 TO 2013.

>> EVEN AFTER ALL THE DECADES, THEY'VE KEPT UP THEIR WINNING WAYS AND LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR A MASSIVE MOVEMENT IN PROFESSIONAL SOCCER ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SAN DIEGO-TIJUANA BORDER.

>> THE FAN BASE FOR SOCCER NOW IN SAN DIEGO IS HUGE.

IT'S CONTINUOUSLY GROWING.

WAIT FOR FIVE MORE YEARS WHEN SDFC WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP OR THE WAVE WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND WHAT THAT BRINGS TO THE CITY.

>> WHILE KEEPING TRUE TO THEIR INTERNATIONAL WORKING-CLASS ORIGINS.

>> UP NEXT ON SOCCER A LA FRONTERA, PART THREE, THE RISE OF WOMEN'S SOCCER IN OUR CROSS-BORDER REGGON.

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>> THAT TERRIFIC STORY WAS PRODUCED BY JACOR AYER FOR THE SOCCER A LA FRONTERA SERIES.

STAY TUNED FOR THE THIRD EPISODE OUT NEXT WEEK.

LEARN MORE ON KPBS.ORG/SOCCER A LA FRONTERA.

>>> HERE WE GO.

WE HAD KIND OF THE WARM DRY PERIOD OVER THE WEEKEND AND NOW THINGS ARE SHIFTING AROUND ON US AND IT BRINGS SOME MORE WET WEATHER.

GREAT NEWS BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW TOO QUICKLY THE WET SEASON CAN DRY OUT ON US THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH ESPECIALLY HEADING INTO APRIL.

SO GETTING THE MOISTURE WHILE WE CAN, AND WE'LL KEEP IT PRETTY SOGGY HERE AS WE HEAD THROUGH YOUR TUESDAY AS A NEW STORM SYSTEM TREKS RIGHT OVERHEAD.

MEANWHILE, YOUR WEDNESDAY CAN FEEL A LITTLE SHOWERY IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT ONE WHICH IS THE BIGGEST STORM FOR OUR ENTIRE STATE, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE SOME DIFFERENT IMPACTS FOR US AS WE LOOK AROUND THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.

HERE'S WHAT WE'VE GOT MOVING THROUGH.

FIRST UP, THIS IS KIND OF THE WEAK SETUP BEFORE THE NEXT BIG STORM SYSTEM AND IT DOES PROVIDE US AT LEAST SOME RAINFALL FARTHER NORTH IN THE STATE AND WE WILL NOT GET IN ON THE ACTION.

PROBABLY ABOUT A HALF INCH OR SO OF RAIN POSSIBLE AND IT BEGINS AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, WE'LL SEE THE SHOWERS PUSHING THEIR WAY ON IN, AND AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY TO BORREGO SPRINGS AND NOT COOL ENOUGH TO BE TRUE SNOW SHOWERS OUT THERE FOR SNOW LOCATIONS AND NO REAL ISSUES FOR THAT.

WE'LL GO BACK INTO THE LOWER 60s TOMORROW.

ESCONDIDO COMING IN AT 61.

NOTICE, THERE'S PLENTY OF WET WEATHER AND SNOWFLAKES MIXING IN FOR LAGUNA, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH IN THE WAY OF ACCUMULATIONS.

>> THIS ONE HAS THE FAR-REACHING IMPACTS INCLUDING SOME VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL FOR THE SIERRA.

WE'LL GET IT PROBABLY ABOVE 6,000 FEET.

HOWEVER, AS YOU CAN TELL IT'S THE RAINMAKER ON TUESDAY THAT WILL PROVIDE US WITH THE WET WEATHER.

THERE IS A TAP ALMOST LIKE A WEAK ATMOSPHERIC RIVER AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY THURSDAY, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE TRULY A SOAKING, SOAKING RAINFALL THAT WE CAN'T SEE SOMETIMES OF YEAR.

THE TEMPERATURES IN THE 50s AND WANT ONLY WILL WE BE COOLER HEADING INTO THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES WHICH MEANS MORE SNOW ABOVE 6,000 FEET AND THAT'S THE BEST CHANCE TO GET SNOWFALL AND THE RAIN PERSISTS THURSDAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60s.

FOR KPBS, I'M MELISSA COSTANZA.

>>> I'M AMNA NAWAZ.

HOW AID GROUPS ARE COPING AFTER THE U.S. CUTS 80% OF THE USAID PROGRAMS.

THAT'S AFTER THE EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> AS WE MENTIONED, THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE DISTRICT 1 SUPERVISOR'S SEAT COULD IMPACT THE BALANCE OF POW OR ER ON THE BOARD.

KPBS' MARIAELENA CASTELLANOS SPOKE WITH VOTERS TO FIND OUT WHAT IS AT STAKE.

>> HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING STABILITY, THE ARTS AND PRIORITIZING THE MOST VULNERABLE, THESE ISSUES WERE AT THE FOREFRONT OF A CONVERSATION WITH VOTERS IN DISTRICT 1 THIS MONTH AT THE SHERMAN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER AHEAD OF THE UPCOMING SPECIAL ELECTION.

SEBASTIAN MARTINEZ LIVES IN CHULA VISTA.

HE'S THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ADVOCATES FOR JUST AND MORAL GOVERNANCE AND HAS WORKED TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

>> THE BIGGEST ISSUES FOR ME ARE NUMBER ONE, HOW THE MOST VULNERABLE ARE GOING TO BE TREATED.

I WANT TO SEE A SUPERVISOR IN THAT POSITION WHO WILL NOT CRIMINALIZE THE UNHOUSED.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SUPERVISOR IN THAT POSITION THAT WILL NOT BEND TO PRESSURE TO DEMONIZE IMMIGRANTS.

>> LOCAL ARTIST KIM PHILIPS IS THE DIRECTOR WITH SOUTHEAST ART TEAM, A TEAM FOCUSED ON CREATING PUBLIC ART IN SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO.

SHE HOPES THE NEXT SUPERVISOR WILL FOCUS NEXT ON THE PERSONAL AMBITIONS AND MORE ON THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> ARTS AND CULTURE IS VERY IMPORTANT.

IT'S NOT A LUXURY.

IT IS A NECESSITY.

IT BRINGS JOBS TO OUR DISTRICTS.

IT EMPLOYS ARTISTS, AND SO ALL OF THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

>> JONATHAN BURGOS IS THE FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FIRST GEN SCHOLARS, A NON-PROFIT THAT SUPPORTS STUDENTS IN SOUTH BAY SCHOOLS.

HE FEELS DISTRICT 1 CONSTITUENTS HAVE FELT UNHEARD AND UNDERESTIMATED.

>> I FEEL LIKE MY QUESTION TO THEM IS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO ARE UNDERSERVED, VOICES FROM THOSE IN ALL REGIONS OF THE DISTRICT NOT JUST ARE HEARD, BUT ALSO JUST AT THE HEART OF IT, LIKE, HOW MUCH DO YOU CARE ABOUT DISTRICT 1 TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.

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