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>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN PLAYED POSSIBLE, IN PART, BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND FLOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL-HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

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AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> THANKS FOR JOINING US I'M JOHN CARROLL.

FOR THE FIRST TIME RESEARCHERS SAY THEY CONFIRMED POLLUTION IN THE TIJUANA RIVER IS IN THE AIR THAT PEOPLE BREATHE.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER SAYS THEY ARE CONNECTING IT TO HEADACHES, NAUSEA AND BREATHING ISSUES.

>> Reporter: DANIEL LIVES A MILE FROM THE TIJUANA RIVER, THAT IS WHERE RESEARCHERS MEASURED THE LARGEST TOXIC GASES AND CHEMICALS LINKED TO SEWAGE.

HE SAYS IT IMPACTS HOW HE LIVES.

>> USUALLY I COME HOME AT NIGHT I TAKE MY DOG OUT FOR A WALK ONCE I GET HOME.

BUT T WOULD GET SO BAD THAT I WAS LIKE, NOPE, WE CAN'T GO.

WE CAN'T BE GOING OUTSIDE.

I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SLEEP WITH A HEADACHE I AM GOING TO GET INASSUME INSOMNIA.

>> Reporter: HE BELIEVES THE AIR IS CONTRIBUTES TO IT.

THERE IS A LINK FROM THOSE SYMPTOMS TO THE AIR.

THE COMMUNITY RESPECTED RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY WHERE TO LOOK >> THEY STARTED TALKING, WE TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY AND HEARING ALL OF THEIR EXPERIENCES OF HEADACHES, NAUSEA, THEY CAN NOT SLEEP, THEY HAVE ANXIETY.

THE COMMUNITY SORT OF, THEY TRY AGEUE TRIANGULATED.

YOUR YOU AT THE OCEAN IT IS OVER HERE.

WE FOUND THE HOT SPOT.

>> Reporter: SCRIPPS CO- AUTHOR SAYS IT MAY EXPLAIN WHY IT IS SHARE BORN >> THE FLOWS OF THE RIVER ARE HIGH, IT LEADS TO TURBULENCE.

THAT LOOKS LIKE A BREAKING WAVE, SO, THAT IS A PLACE WHERE THE AEROSOL AND THE GASES CAN GET OUT MOST EFFICIENTLY.

SHE SAYS THE PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

>> Reporter: SHE IS CALLING ON THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD AND THE COUNTY TO REDUCE TURBULENCE AT THE HOT SPOT TO LESSEN THE AIRBORNE HAZARDS.

BACK TO YOU.

>>> AND A LITTLE BIT OF MOISTURE LINGERS AROUND OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, WE ARE SAYING GOOD-BYE TO THAT.

TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY.

71 FOR THE LOW IN THATE AS WE MOVE OUR WAY INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

WHAT IS GOING TO BE CHANGING FOR US?

I WILL HAVE THAT FULL FORECAST, COMING UP.

>>> GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAID HE IS DEPLOYING NEW CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL CRIME SUPPRESSION TEAMS TO SEVERAL REGIONS INCLUDING SAN DIEGO.

AT A NEWS CONFERENCE, NEWSOM POINTED TO A SIMILAR APPROACH IN OAKLAND AND SAID HIS PLAN DIFFERS FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CONTROVERSIAL NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENTS.

>> WE ARE DOING A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

WE DID IT IN PARTER >>SHIP WITH THE BIDE ENADMINISTRATION, WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE MILITARIZATION OF THE GUARD AND MILITARIZING THE UNITED STATES CITIES.

>> STATE OFFICIALS SAY STATEWIDE IN 2024 PROPERTY CRIME FELL 8.5% AND VIOLENT CRIME DROPPED 4.5%.

>>> CITY CREWS ARE CLEANING UP HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS IN AREAS OF DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO THAT USED TO BE OUT OF REACH.

KPBS REPORTER SAYS THAT ALSO MEANS THE CITY'S OUTREACH WORKERS ARE MAKING MORE OFFERS OF SHELTER FOR PEOPLE LIVING NEAR FREE WAYS BUT FEW ARE ACCEPTING.

>> Reporter: FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE CAMPING ALONG SAN DIEGO'S FREEWAYS, ON CITY SIDEWALKS THEY ARE TOLD TO MOVE EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS.

ONRAMPS, UNDERPASSES, THEY FOUND A WAY TO STAY FOR WEEKS AT A TIME.

CITY LEADERS SAY IT GIVES PEOPLE FEWER WAYS TO HELP.

>> THEY BUILD A COMMUNITY AND BUILD ALL OF THIS STUFF AND IT IS HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO SAY WOULD YOU LIKE TO DROP ALL OF THAT RIGHT NOW AND COME TO A PLACE YOU DON'T KNOW?

THAT IS A HARD THING TO DO FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN OUT FOR A LONG TIME.

>> Reporter: THE NEW AGREEMENT IS GIVES THE CITY MORE ACCESS TO THOSE ENCAMPMENTS, FOR THE NEXT YEAR, THE STATE WILL REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR CLEARING ENCAMPMENTS FIVE MILES OF FREEWAY THROUGH DOWNTOWN, LITTLE ITALY, EAST VILLAGE AND BARRIO LOGAN.

>> INSTEAD OF DOING THE WHOLE SAN DIEGO AREA, THE RESOURCES WE DON'T HAVE.

WE KNEW TO COMMIT TO THE HARDEST AREAS, DOWNTOWN.

>> Reporter: SO FAR THE CITY SAYS THEY CLEARED 57 ENCAMPMENTS AND 88,000 POUNDS OF TRASH ALONG THE FREEWAYS.

16 PEOPLE HAVE ACCEPTED OFFERS OF SHELTER AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

>> I WOULD SAY IT SAY LOW PERCENTAGE AT THIS POINT ARE SAYING YES.

>> Reporter: ON A RECENT MORNING CREWS CLEANED UP TRASH AND BELONGINGS LEFT BEHIND BY CAMPERS ON A PATCH OF DIRT TO INTERSTATE 5.

JUAN CARLOS RIVIERA DECLINED OFFER.

>> I HAVE A LOT OF STUFF.

WE ARE NOT WILLING TO GIVE UP YET.

>> Reporter: HE HAS BEEN HOMELESS FOR 1 1/2 YEARS, HE AS ARTHRITIS IN HIS KNEES AND USES A WHEELCHAIR.

HE LOST MANY OF HIS BELONGINGS.

>> RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE A TENT, SOMEONE STOLE IT.

>> Reporter: THE STREET WALK TEAM HELPS PEOPLE LIKE RIVIERA, JENNY LEADS THE TEAM.

SHE SAYS THEIR PATIENTS DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.

>> OUR SHELTER BEDS ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE AND THEY ARE NOT DECIDING TO MOVE INTO SHELTER IF THERE IS NO BED.

IT REALLY HAS BEEN A LOT OF TENSION IN THE COMMUNITY OVERALL.

>> Reporter: IN THE LAST YEAR THE CITY'S SHELTER SYSTEM LOST HUNDREDS OF BEDS.

12% OF PEOPLE REFER TO SHELTER GOT IT.

AT THE SAME TIME?

>> WE SAW THE NEED INCREASE BY 15% OVER THE YEAR.

SORRY IT IS NOT BETTER NEWS.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO IS JUST ONE CITY WITH ENCAMPMENTS NEAR FREEWAYS AND JUST ONE CITY WORKING WITH CAL TRANS TO REMOVE THEM.

RIVERSIDE ANNOUNCE AID TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH CALTRANS EARLIER THIS MONTH.

CHULA VISTA IS PURSUING ONE, TOO.

SAN DIEGO CITY WORKERS ARE MAKING THEIR ROUNDS, PICKING UP TRASH AND MAKING CONTACT WITH PEOPLE LIVING ON THE FRINGES.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE RAISING THE ALARM OVER A LAWSUIT FILED BY CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISTS IN TENNESSEE.

KPBS REPORTER SAYS IT IS TARGETING FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR COLLEGES THAT SERVE LATINO STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: IT WAS FILED IN JUNE BY THE ACTIVIST GROUP STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS THE SAME GROUP THAT SUED HARVARD LEADING TO STRIKING DOWN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.

NOW HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS THAT GIVES GRANTS TO COLLEGES WHERE MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE STUDENTS IS LATINO.

>> EVERY ONE OF THEM ARE FEDERALLY DESIGNATED AS A HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION.

>> Reporter: THE SUPERINTENDENT IN CHULA VISTA, HE SAYS IT GOES TO VARIETY OF PROGRAMS.

>> EXPANDING STEM CURRICULUM AND HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS, STRENGTHENING, ADVISING RETENTION, AND BUILDING THE WORKFORCE THAT CALIFORNIA AND THE SAN DIEGO REGION DEPEND ON.

>> Reporter: ITS CASE IS PART OF AN EFFORT BY CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISTS TO ELIMINATE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS A HISTORY OF STEMMATIC RACISM, CALIFORNIA IS HOME TO THE LARGEST NUMBER OF HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS.

IT TARGET $50 MILION.

THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WORRIES THAT THE SUIT COULD UNDERMINE SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS THAT CROSS THE BORDER TO GO TO SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA >> PEOPLE FLEEING FOR THEIR LIVES, THEIR FAMILIES, IT IS VERY TARGETING TOWARDS OUR COMMUNITY, TOWARDS OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY, TOWARDS OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: LATE LAST NIGHT THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT DEFEND THEM IN COURT LEAVING THE FUTURE UNCLEAR.

IN CHULA VISTA, BACK TO YOU.

>>> A NEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT PLAN IS GOING BEFORE VOTERS THIS NOVEMBER.

KPBS PUBLIC MATTERS REPORTS, A LOOK AT HOW SAN DIEGO FIVE CONGRESSIONAL SEATS COULD CHANGE IF THE MAP IS APPROVED.

VOTERS WILL DECIDE IF CALIFORNIA GETS A NEW MAP AHEAD OF THE ELECTIONS.

GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAYS IT IS IN RESPONSE TO TEXAS REDRAWING ITS MAP.

THIS IS WHAT IT WILL MEAN.

EAST COUNTY, 48th DISTRICT, ONE OF THE FIVE REPUBLICANS NEWSOM'S MAP TARGETS.

NEWSOM WANTS TO FLIP THE DISTRICT TO DEMOCRATS BY CARVING OUT BIG PARTS OF THE DISTRICT AND PUTTING THEM THIS SEATS HELD BY DEMOCRATS AND PUTTING SOME OF THE DEMOCRATIC DISTRICTS IN THE 48.

THAT MEANS IT WILL CHANGE A LOT.

43% IN THE 48 DISTRICT ARE REPUBLICANS AND 48% OF DEMOCRATS, IN THE NEW MAP, 29% REPUBLICANS AND 39% DEMOCRATS.

SO, IF YOU USED TO LIVE IN HIS DISTRICT YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF IN 51st OR 52nd NEXT FALL.

BOTH OF THEM ARE DEMOCRATS OR END UP IN THE 50th HELD BY DEMOCRAT SCOTT PETERS, THE 50th WILL GO FROM 42% DEMOCRATS AND 26 REPUBLICANS TO JUST 36% DEMOCRATS AND 32% REPUBLICANS.

BASICALLY A TOSS UP.

YOU CAN NOT JUST MAKE VOTERS DISAPPEAR.

IF YOU TAKE THEM OUT OF ONE DISTRICT THEY HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE.

HERE IS WHAT PETERS SAYS ABOUT THE CHALLENGE OF REACHING A NEW GROUP OF VOTERS.

>> I LIKE THE DISTRICT I HAVE.

TREMENDOUS, I PREFER NOT TO CHANGE IT.

IT IS ALSO, IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DEMOCRATIC THAN THE MAP THEY HAVE GIVEN ME THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN JERRY MANDERRING HAPPENS, I AM WILLING TO BE A TEAM PLAYER.

I REPRESENTED POWAY BEFORE, I CAN DO IT AGAIN.

>> BASED ON WHERE YOU LIVE, YOUR VOTE COULD DECIDE WHO CONTROLS CONGRESS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

>>> PUBLIC MATTERS IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN KPBS, EYE NEWS SOURCE AND VOICE OF SAN DIEGO.

YOU CAN SEE MORE OF OUR STORIES AT KPBS.ORG/PUBLIC MATTERS.

>>> RIDERSHIP ON SAN DIEGO TROLLEY NETWORK GREW BY MORE THAN 7% OVER THE PAST YEAR.

BUT KPBS METRO REPORTER SAYS THAT ONE OF THE NEWEST STATIONS IS ALSO ONE OF THE LEAST POPULAR.

>> Reporter: GO TO THE CLAIREMONT DRIVE STATION AND YOU WILL SEE WHY IT ATTRACTS FEWER PASSENGERS THAN ANY OTHER STATION ON THE BLUE LINE.

IT OPENED AS PART OF THE BLUE LINE EXTENSION T IS CLOSE TO MISSION BAY PARK, GETTING THERE REQUIRES A NOISY AND DANGEROUS WALK OVER THE I-5 FREEWAY.

THE STATION IS ALSO SURROUNDED BY LOW DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, A RESULT OF THE CITY'S RESTRICTIVE ZONING.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK RAIL TRANSIT IS A GOOD THING, MOVE PEOPLE QUICKLY.

IT IS ONLY GOOD DEPENDING ON THE LAND USE AROUND IT.

>> Reporter: ETHAN IS CLIMATE DIRECTOR AT UC BERKELEY LAW, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

HE AUTHORED A STUDY 10 YEARS AGO ANALYZING THE WALKABILITY AROUND RAIL STOPS IN CALIFORNIA AND FOUND SAN DIEGO HAS SOME OF THE WORST IN THE STATE.

HE SAYS IT IS GOOD THAT THE CITY ZONED FOR HIGHER DENSITY NEXT TO THE CLAIREMONT DRIVE STATION BUT HE SAYS IT IS NOT IDEAL TRYING TO FORCE TRANSIT- ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT INTO A SMALL AREA, HE SAYS, IT CAN LEAD TO UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE BAD FOR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND TRANSIT.

>> YOU ARE SO, YOU ARE SO PRESSING THE SUPPLY, YOU ARE CONCENTRATING A DEMAND LIKE FOCUSING SUNLIGHT ON A MAGNIFYING GLASS ON ONE PARCEL OR A SERIES OF PARCELS AROUND THE STATION AREA.

YOU ARE LIKELY TO GET HIGH-END TYPE HOUSING RATHER THAN MORE, NOT NECESSARILY SUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE BUT MORE AFFORDABLE TYPES UNITS.

>> Reporter: ZONES FOR APARTMENTS IN MORE AREAS, CLOSE TO THE TROLLEY, WOULD DELIVER MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FASTER.

KPBS NEWS.

OIVMENT THE SAN DIEGO COMPANY GENERAL ATOMICS CELEBRATING THEIR SHIPMENT OF A DEVICE THAT WILL MAKE NUCLEAR FUSION POSSIBLE.

THOMAS FUDGE TELLS ABOUT FUSION ENERGY.

>> Reporter: IT TOOK PLACE IN A BUILDING THE SIZE OF A AIRPLANE HANGA FLRKS POWER ATTENDED BY SCIENTISTS AND VIPS.

IT WAS ALL ABOUT THIS BIG PIECE OF ROUND METAL >> THEY ARE WORKING WITH AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM THAT IS CREATING A FUSION FACILITY IN FRANCE AND THEY ARE SENDING TO FRANCE A POWERFUL TOOL THAT IS SPECTACULAR.

>> Reporter: WHAT IS IT?

IMAGINE A MAGNET SO POWER OF THEFUL IT COULD LIFT AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER OUT OF THE WATER.

THE DEVICE ON DISPLAY AT GENERAL ATOMICS WAS 1/6 OF THE ASSEMBLY.

THE OTHER FIVE PARTS WILL STACK ON TOP OF IT MAKING IT THE HEIGHT OF THE FIVE-STORY BUILDING.

THE PARTS ARE ON THE WAY TO FRANCE.

JOHN SMITH HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS MAGNET SINCE IT WAS CONCEIVED IN 2011.

THE HUGE MAGNETIC FORCE IS NEEDED TO CONTAIN FUSION REACTIONS LIKE THE ONES THAT OCCUR ON THE SUN.

>> THE PLASMA THAT IS CREATING, REPLICATING WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE SUN GETS TO 10 TIMES HOTTER THAN THE SUN ITSELF.

HOW DO YOU CONTAIN SOMETHING THAT HOT?

WHAT WE DO IS CREATE A MAGNETIC BOTTLE, MAGNETIC BOTTLE THAT HOLDS THE PLASMA THAT THE FUSION REACTION OCCUR IN ORDER TO KEEP IT FROM TOUCHING ANYTHING AND BURNING OUT >> IT IS CREATED BY SPLASHING ADAMS TOGETHER, FUSING THEM, IT HAS BEEN REALIZED SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II.

TODAY THE GOAL SEEMS WITHIN REACH.

IT MEANS HAVING A VIRTUALLY LIMITLESS SUPPLY OF CLEAN ENERGY.

SMITH SAYS GETTING THERE IS VITAL TO RUNNING DATA CENTERS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ALL OF THE ELECTRIC CARS WE ARE GOING TO BE DRIVING.

>> EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING TODAY SAYS OUR ELECTRICITY DEMAND IN THE WORLD IS ONLY GOING TO GO UP THAT IS WHY FUSION IS NEEDED.

YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF CLEAN LIMITLESS ENERGY SOURCE TO POWER THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE STILL TECHNICAL CHALLENGES TO FIGURE OUT.

FUSION ENERGY REQUIRES FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXPENSIVE POWER PLANTS.

BUT, PEOPLE AT GENERAL ATOMICS SAY THAT FINANCIAL SUPPORT SYSTEM IS TAKING SHAPE.

>> THE FUSION ECO-SYSTEM IS UNDERGOING A RAPID CHANGE.

WE HAVE SEVERAL PRIVATE COMPANIES THAT ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH PUBLICLY FUNDED ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY DEMONSTRATE VIABLE PATH TO FUSION ENERGY IN THE 2030s.

>> Reporter: WHEREVER FUSION ENERGY BECOMES A REALITY SCOTT PETERS SAYS SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF IT.

>> OUR ENERGY FUTURE IS WRITTEN RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND SUPPORTING YOU TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> FOR JOB SEEKERS WHERE ARE THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW?

LABOR MARKET SLOWS DOWN THE NUMBER OF SECTORS ADDING JOBS IS NARROWING AND ONE ECONOMIST SAYS SOME TRACK BETTER FOR WOMEN THAN MEN.

WE GO TO WASHINGTON WITH WHAT JOB HUNTERS NEED TO KNOW.

>> Reporter: AS THE JOB MARKET SLOWS, ECONOMISTS KNOW ONE IN PARTICULAR CONTINUES TO GROW.

>> HEALTH CARE IS AN INDUSTRY WHERE AS THE AMERICAN POPULATION GETS OLDER, WE SHOULD EXPECT THE DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO INCREASE.

THAT IS WHY WE ARE SEEING GROWTH THERE STEADILY IN THAT SECTOR.

JOBS DATA FOR JULY SLOWS HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE ENCOUNTERED FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE OVERALL GAINS, THEY POINT TO WOMEN IN THE DRIVER SEAT IN THOSE AREAS.

>> HEALTH CARE ARE MAKING UP THE JOB GROWTH FROM THE JULY PAYROLL REPORT.

I THOUGHT IT HAS TO BE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYEES AND INDEED IT IS ALMOST 80% FEMALE.

>> Reporter: AREAS HOT A FEW YEARS AGO, TECH AND FINANCE ARE PEELING BACK.

NO HIRE, NO FIRE.

NOT A LOT OF LAYOFFS BUT EMPLOYERS NOT CONFIDENT TO HIRE, EITHER.

>> UNCERTAINTY IS THE THEME FOR 2025.

A BIG DRIVER FOR WHY THE ECONOMY HAS SLOWED DOWN OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

PROBABLY THE BLOCKER THAT IS GOING TO PREVENT HIRING PICK UP UNLESS SOME OF THE UNCERTAINTY GETS INVOLVED.

>> JOB MARKET STAGNANT AND SLOW JOB MARKET GROWTH WILL BE TEMPORARY.

THE QUESTION IS, HOW LONG IS THE TEMPORARY STATE EXISTS?

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, BACK TO YOU.

>>> THE WAIT IS OVER FOR SAN DIEGO FOOTBALL FANS.

THE AZTEC'S KICKOFF THEIR SEASON TONIGHT AGAINST DIVISION 1 OPPONENT STONY BROOK.

ONE KEY PLAYER, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TRANSFER JADAN DENENGAL.

HE WAS BACK UP ON A CHAMPIONSHIP-WINNING TEAM.

THE COACH SEEMED EXCITED TO START THE SEASON.

>> FOOTBALL IS HERE.

I MEAN IT IS, WE ARE SAN DIEGO'S FOOTBALL TEAM.

SO, YOU KNOW, I EXPECT OUR COMMUNITY TO SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT AND TO CREATE AN ADVANTAGE FOR US THAT WILL ONLY GET BETTER AND BETTER AS THE YEAR GOES ALONG.

>> TONIGHT, MARKING START OF THE SECOND SEASON AS HEAD COACH.

THE GAME STARTS AT 7:00 P.M. AT SNAPDRAGON STADIUM.

>>> THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT OF RAIN AROUND RECENTLY.

EVEN TODAY THE CLOUDS WERE OUT.

THE GOOD NEWS IS IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR DRIER, QUIETER TIMES THERE HAS BEEN FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE CONTENDING WITH MUCH MORE RAIN.

WE SAY GOOD-BYE TO THE MOISTURE AND BEYOND THAT, THEN, IT IS A QUIET HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

JUST IN TIME FOR US HERE.

ESPECIALLY WITH THE FOUR-DAY WEEKEND PLANNED FOR LABOR DAY.

THE MOISTURE RETURNS INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK.

TONIGHT, BACK DOWN TO 71 IN THE CITY AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH OCEANSIDE, 65 DEGREES, THERE LEADING OVER TO PLACES LIKE MOUNT LAGOONA, 54 FOR YOUR LOW TONIGHT.

TOMORROW, YOU CAN TELL HERE, MORE OF THE SAME.

WE GET THE DRIER WEATHER WORKING IN, WARM, AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY FARTHER EAST YOU WILL FIND THE FLOW STILL HOLDING ON ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO.

WELL OUT OF OUR AREA, KEEPS THINGS QUIET.

AGAIN, TOMORROW, 85 FOR THE HIGH AS YOU LOOK TOWARDS SAN DIEGO.

ESCONDIDO COMING IN AT 93, BORREGO SPRINGS, HOLDING ON TO THE HIGH.

NOT MANY CLOUDS, WATCH THE MOISTURE DISAPPEAR HEADING INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS AND AS THAT LEAVES, TOMORROW MORNING, LARGELY QUIET.

WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOUDS COMING IN FROM THE PACIFIC.

ONLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL BE TOWARDS THE SIERRA IN OUR STATE.

THAT WILL BE LIMITED IN OUR REGION, THEN, OBVIOUSLY.

AS WE TAKE YOU THROUGH THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES, HOLDING ON TO THE 80s, A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND HERE, SUNNY SKIES, MORE OF THE MARINE LAYER COMING BACK TO US VENTURING INTO NEXT WEEK.

THE TEMPERATURES, INLAND COMMUNITIES, STILL LOOKING AT A BRIGHT.

COMFORTABLE 70s, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY, JUST BEAUTIFUL.

HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET OUT AND ENJOY IT.

GREAT IN THE DESERTS HOLDING ON TO THE TRIPLE DIGITS, NOT UNUSUAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT WAS EXACTLY 60 YEARS AGO TONIGHT THAT THE BEATLES CAME TO SAN DIEGO AND ROCKED THIS CITY.

THE EXCITEMENT HAD BEEN BUILDING FOR WEEKS AND AS KEN KRAMER SHOWS US, THEIR PERFORMANCE REMAINS, TO THIS DAY, SOMETHING UNFORGETTABLE ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: FIRST THING, BALBOA STADIUM WHERE THE CHARGERS PLAYED, THERE USED TO BE 34,000 SEATS AND WHERE ON AUGUST 28th OF 1965 THE BEATLES CAME TO PERFORM IN SAN DIEGO.

LEE LEWIS WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER WITH CHANNEL 10.

IT WAS A BIG THING, THERE WERE CONCERNS, TROUBLE?

THE CROWDS?

THE BEATLES WERE COMING.

>> THEY WERE ON A UNITED STATES TOUR.

THEY HAD SOME PROBLEMS, I BELIEVE, IN A CONCERT IN L.A. WITH THE FANS.

IT WAS NOT REALLY A RIOT BUT, THEY HAD PROBLEMS.

SO, THE SAN DIEGO POLICE GEARED UP WELL AND BROUGHT A BUS LOAD OF POLICE OFFICERS DOWN TO SAN DIEGO STADIUM TO BALBOA STADIUM FOR THAT EVENT.

>> Reporter: WEEKS OF ANTICIPATION AND PUBLICITY.

THOUSANDS OF EXCITED FANS.

>> A LOT OF TEENAGE GIRLS, LOTS OF THEM.

THEY WERE SCREAMING AND RUNNING AROUND AND THEY WERE ALL EXCITED AND, YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE BLACK AND WHITE FILM AHEAD OF TIME.

>> Reporter: SUSAN REMEMBERS, YES, SHE WAS REALLY EXCITED AND SHE HAD AN IDEA.

>> I WROTE A LETTER TO THE MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO, FRANK KERN, AT THE TIME, AND ASK IF I CAN GIVE A KEY TO THE CITY TO THE BEATLES.

>> Reporter: THE MAYOR WROTE BACK, COME TO ME AND YOU AND THREE OTHER GIRLS WILL GET PASSES AND GIVE THEM KEYS TO SAN DIEGO, OKAY.

NOW, MEANTIME, LEWIS WAS GETTING A PRESS PASS, TOO.

>> I BELIEVE IT WAS A SATURDAY NIGHT, THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AHEAD OF THE ACTUAL CONCERT.

>> Reporter: UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYES OF POLICE AND SECURITY GUARDS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS PEOPLE, THERE THEY WERE, JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE, RINGO, THE BEATLES AS PHOTOGRAPHED BY LEE WHOSE JOB WAS TO STAND IN THE BACK AND SHOOT THE GENERAL SCENE AND HE WAS NOT ALONE >> THERE IS MY LITTLE CAMERA.

THIS IS MY LITTLE CAMERA THAT I USED TO TAKE PICTURES AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

>> Reporter: SUSAN STARTED SNAPPING AWAY, PICTURES OF THE BEATLES IN SAN DIEGO THAT SHE TOOK WITH HER LITTLE KODAD, 127 FILM FLASH CAMERA.

DOES NOT REMEMBER WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT.

NICE PLACE TO VISIT OR GOOD PLACE TO PLAY MUSIC?

SHE WAS JUST OVERWHELMING, THINKING SHE MUST BE THE LUCKIEST 14-YEAR-OLD IN THE WORLD.

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT ENDED AND SHE HAD TIME TO SPEND TIME WITH THE BEATLES.

>> JOHN ASKED ME TO TIE HIS SHIRT THING HE WAS WEARING.

GEORGE WAS WATCHING TELEVISION AND JUST, EVERYONE WAS DOING THEIR OWN THING AND WE WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, WILLING ABOUT.

I JUST KEPT -- MILLING ABOUT.

I KEPT TELLING MYSELF DON'T CRY, DON'T SAY ANYTHING STUPID.

I DID NOT WANT TO BREAK RULES AND ASKED TO LEAVE.

I WAS PETRIFIED.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> Reporter: FINALLY, TIME FOR THE CONCERT.

THE PRESS WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BRING CAMERAS IN.

>> I HAD A SMALL SILENT CAMERA THAT I STUCK UNDER MY COAT.

>> Reporter: AND FROM A DISTANCE, IN SAN DIEGO, IN THAT AUGUST OF 1965 IN BALBOA STADIUM, THERE THEY ARE.

ON JUST A FEW SECONDS OF FILM.

THE BEATLES IN TOWN.

SOMETHING IN THE SCOPE OF HISTORY THAT IS REALLY KIND OF RARE.

AND AFTERWARD THE CROWD DOES GO CRAZY.

THEY RUSHED AT SUSAN GRABBING ANYTHING THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE BEATLES.

>> THEY TOOK MY PRESS PASS AND A PIECE OF CHICKEN THAT RINGO GAVE TO ME THAT I WAS GOING TO HOLD ON TO.

>> Reporter: WHEN THE CONCERT WAS OVER, THEY LEFT THE VENUE.

ALL OF THE GIRLS RUSHED OUT OF THE BLEACHERS DOWN TO THE GRASS AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE PULLING THE GRASS OUT OF THE LAWN WHERE THE BEATLES WALKED AND WERE EATING IT.

>> THERE IT IS.

>> THAT IS IT.

>> Reporter: YES, LEE STILL HAS THE CAMERA HE SMUGGLED IN UNDER HIS COAT IN 1965.

>> SO, SHAME ON YOU FOR SNEAKING IT IN.

YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE DONE THAT.

BOY AM I GLAD YOU DID.

>> ME, TOO, ME, TOO.

>> Reporter: AS FOR SUSAN, NOW THEY THAT ARE HISTORIC IN MUSIC AND POPULAR CULTURE IT IS MORE ASTONISHING WHAT SHE WAS ABLE TO DO JUST BECAUSE SHE HAD THE STRENGTH OF INSPIRATION TO WRITE THAT LETTER.

>> PEOPLE USED TO SAY TO ME, YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT IT VERY MUCH.

IT WAS SO SURREAL TO ME THAT I DON'T THINK I BELIEVED THAT I DID WHAT I DID.

>> Reporter: SHE DID AND HE DID AND ALL OF THESE YEARS LATER NOW, THEY BOTH HAVE A PRETTY AMAZING STORY TO TELL ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>>> OH, THAT IS SO COOL, LEE LEWIS, A LEGEND AT CHANNEL 10.

YOU CAN WATCH KEN KRAMER'S ABOUT SAN DIEGO AT 8:00 TONIGHT HERE ON KPBS AND OF COURSE FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANKS FOR JOINING US, EVERYONE.

I'M JOHN CARROLL, HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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