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>>> SOME HIGH-LEVEL ATTENTION TODAY ON POLLUTION IN THE TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY.

THANKS FOR JOINING US, I AM JANE HINDMAN IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI .

MEMBERS OF SAN DIEGO'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION WERE JOINED BY OTHER FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL OFFICIALS IN TOURING THE SOUTH BAY INTERNATIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT .

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN SOLVING A YEARS LONG CRISIS .

>> WITH THE SMELL OF SEWAGE IN THE AIR, SAN DIEGO REPRESENTATIVES SCOTT PETERS, JUAN VARGAS, AND SARA JACOBS GOT TO SEE THE PLANT FOR THEMSELVES .

FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS, INCLUDING DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE, RICHARD VERMA, WERE ALONG FOR THE TOUR, AS WELL .2 THIS HAS TAKEN TOO LONG TO GET FIXED .

BUT THANKFULLY WE ARE ON A BETTER PATH TODAY .

>> PETERS IS A BIG REASON WHY THE PROBLEM TODAY IS SO HARD TO SOLVE IS BECAUSE OF YEARS OF NEGLECT .

>> BETWEEN 2010 AND 2020, OVER 10 YEARS, ONLY $4 MILLION WAS SPENT ON THIS PLANES MAINTENANCE .

>> OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THAT HAS CHANGED IN A BIG WAY .

PETER SAYS OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS, $31 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT ON MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS TO BRING THE PLANT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH ITS CLEAN WATER PERMIT .

>> THIS IS INTOLERABLE .

>> THE TREATMENT PLANT AND THE AREA AROUND IT ARE IN REPRESENTATIVE JUAN VARGAS'S DISTRICT.

JUAN SAYS THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN SO BAD THIS SUMMER BECAUSE SEWAGE FLOWS TENS OF MILLIONS OF GALLONS A DAY CONTINUE TO POUR INTO THE TIJUANA RIVER .

HE SAYS THAT USUALLY DOESN'T HAPPEN DURING THE DRY SEASON .

BUT VARGAS SAYS SERIOUS PROJECT IS FINALLY BEING MADE .

MEXICO STARTING TO TAKE THE ISSUE SERIOUSLY .

>> FINALLY HAVE SOME URGENCY TO IT.

THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF PIPES THAT ARE BROKEN ON THE MEXICAN SIDE, ALSO .

THERE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN AS FORTHCOMING JUST TO BE FRANK .

>> Reporter: STILL, BIG MONEY IS NOW BEING SPENT TO FIX THINGS .

MORE THAN 400 MILLION TO REPAIR AND EXPAND THIS PLANT.

A MAIN THEME TO EMERGE HERE TODAY IS THAT MORE PROGRESS IS BEING MADE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM THAN EVER BEFORE .

BUT IMPERIAL BEACH MAYOR SAYS IT ISN'T HAPPENING FAST ENOUGH.

>> WE ARE LIVING IN LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION AND I AM NOT EXAGGERATING .

>> Reporter: REPEATED HER CALL FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN AND GOVERNOR NEWSOM TO DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY HERE TO HELP SPEED THINGS ALONG .

>> THE LEVELS OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE THAT WE ARE ALL BEING EXPOSED TO OUR HUNDREDS OF TIMES ABOVE THE SAFETY LEVELS FOR HUMANS .

YES, FIXING AND EXPANDING THE TREATMENT PLANT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND A DENT BUT IT WILL NOT ADDRESS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF POLLUTION TO US, WHICH IS THE TIJUANA RIVER ITSELF .

THAT IS WHY WE NEED THE STATE OF EMERGENCY.

>> Reporter: A GARY SAYS SHE'S FEARS EVEN WITH THE COMMITMENT OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, A TRUE LASTING SOLUTION TO THIS STINKY, HAZARDOUS PROBLEM MAY STILL BE YEARS AWAY .

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS .

>>> AS WE HEAD INTO THE WE CAN, I AM TRACKING SUNSHINE RETURNING FROM FRIDAY.

WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BREEZY AND HUMID BUT I AM TRACKING GREAT WEATHER AS WE HEAD INTO LABOR DAY .

I WILL HAVE THAT UP DATED FORECAST COMING UP .

>>> WE NOW KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THE TEENAGE DRIVER WHO DIED AFTER A POLICE CHASE CRASH IN CLERMONT .

THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE IDENTIFIED THE DRIVER AS 16- YEAR-OLD EDGAR GIOVANNI OVIEDO .

OUR MEDIA PARTNER, KG TV TALKED TO TWO OF HIS COUSINS AT THE CRASH SITE WHERE A MEMORIAL HAS BEEN SET UP FOR HIM .

THEY SAY THEIR COUSIN, WHO WENT BY GEO, WAS GETTING FOOD THAT MONDAY NIGHT .

>> HE WAS ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR FAMILY .

HE WOULD ALWAYS TEXT MY SISTER AND I AND FROM WHAT I KNOW, OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, HE WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO KEEP IN TOUCH .

SORRY, I HAVE A KNOT IN MY THROAT .

BUT YEAH, LIKE IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE HOW IT HAPPENED AND THE FAMILY IS VERY SAD .

WE FEEL FOR, OBVIOUSLY, THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE INVOLVED .

>> WELL, 30-YEAR-OLD OFFICER AUSTIN MATCHA TART WAS ALSO KILLED IN THE CRASH.

OFFICER ZACH MARTIN IS WHO WAS IN THE SAME PATROL CAR REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.

ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, THE TEEN DRIVER DID NOT HAVE A LICENSE .

>>> VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND HER RUNNING MATE, MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ ARE SET TO APPEAR FOR THEIR FIRST JOINT INTERVIEW ON CNN THIS EVENING .

IT IS HARRIS' FIRST UNSCRIPTED SIT DOWN WITH A JOURNALIST SINCE SHE BECAME THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE .

OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT, JULIA BENBROOK HAS MORE ON WHAT'S AT STAKE .

>> Reporter: VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS SITTING DOWN FOR HER FIRST INTERVIEW WITH MAJOR MEDIA OUTLET SINCE BECOMING THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE .

HOPING TO CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM SHE HAS FELT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL .

>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF SHE COMES OFF TOUGH, IF SHE COMES OFF PRESIDENTIAL, IF SHE COMES OFF UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S NOT JUST JOY, BUT IT'S THAT JOYFUL WARRIOR THAT SHE IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR EVERY AMERICAN, THEN, LOOK, IT IS GOING TO BE A HOME RUN .

>> Reporter: DURING THIS JOINT INTERVIEW WITH HER RUNNING MATE, MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ, HARRIS IS LOOKING TO DROP CONTRAST WITH HER OPPONENT, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP .

>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, IT IS A JOB INTERVIEW AND IT IS A COMPETITION .

>> IT WILL ALSO ALLOW HARRIS TO EXPLAIN HOW HER POSITIONS ON KEY ISSUES MIGHT DIFFER FROM PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S.

AS THE 2024 RACE ENTERS A NEW PHASE .

>> I THINK THE VOTERS ARE PRETTY SMART .

THEY ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING FOR THIS THING AND SAYING JUST WHO IS THIS PERSON AND WHO IS GOING TO SHOW UP?

>> BY NOT SCHEDULING A MAJOR INTERVIEW BEFORE NOW, HARRIS OPENED HERSELF TO COMPLAINTS FROM BOTH REPUBLICANS AND SOME NONPARTISAN OBSERVERS THAT SHE IS TRYING TO DODGE SCRUTINY .

>> I THINK THE HANDWRINGING AND THE GYRATIONS OVER THIS OVER THE LAST MONTH SHOW A TROUBLING LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN HER POLITICAL ABILITY .

>> Reporter: THE INTERVIEW, TAPED IN GEORGIA, WHERE HARRIS IS MAKING SEVERAL CAMPAIGN STOPS THIS WEEK, AIRS ON CNN AT 9:00 P.M. EASTERN .

REPORTING IN WASHINGTON, I AM JULIA BENBROOK .

>>> FENTANYL IS A DANGEROUS NARCOTIC THAT KILLS MORE THAN 100,000 AMERICANS EACH YEAR .

DONALD TRUMP AND MANY OTHER POLITICIANS SAY THIS DEADLY DRUG IS REGULARLY SMUGGLED INTO THE U.S. BY UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS .

BUT EXPERTS TELL KPBS BORDER REPORTER GUSTAVO SOLIS THAT THOSE CLAIMS ARE LARGELY FALSE .

>> IF YOU ARE FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD SOMETHING LIKE THIS .

>> NO ONE HAS EVER SAID A WALL KEEPS OUT 100% OF ILLEGAL ALIENS BUT IF IT KEEPS AT 98% I SAY WE ARE DOING PRETTY GOOD .

AND THAT MEANS LESS FENTANYL, LESS DRUGS AND LESS CRIME COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITIES .

>> THAT WAS JD VANCE, THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

AND YOU WILL HEAR SIMILAR RHETORIC FROM POLITICIANS RIGHT HERE IN SAN DIEGO .

>> TWO OTHER THINGS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT THAT ARE CONCERNING ABOUT THE BORDER AND HOW PEOPLE ARE JUST ABLE TO WALK ACROSS THE BORDER AND GET HERE .

THE TWO THINGS ARE FENTANYL, DRUGS AND FENTANYL AND ALSO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

>> THAT WAS REPUBLICAN IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISOR JIM DESMOND .4 YEARS, POLITICIANS, MAINLY REPUBLICANS, HAVE DRAWN A CLEAR LINE BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES FENTANYL EPIDEMIC AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

THEY SAY BORDER WALL'S AND OTHER HARSH IMMIGRATION MEASURES WILL PREVENT FENTANYL FROM ENTERING THE COUNTRY .

BUT WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF FENTANYL IS SMUGGLED INTO THE COUNTRY BY U.S. CITIZENS .

KPBS SPOKE WITH LOCAL PROSECUTORS, EXPERTS, AND BORDER PATROL OFFICIALS TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW INTERNAL GETS HERE AND WHO BRINGS IT IN .

>> 80% OF THE PEOPLE WHO WE PROSECUTED AND CONVICTED AND BY WE, I MEAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 80% OF PEOPLE CONVICTED IN 2023 OF DRUG TRAFFICKING OFFENSES WERE U.S. CITIZENS .

AND SO THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO CROSS, OBVIOUSLY .

BUT ALSO ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SLIP UNDER THE RADAR .

>> THAT IS TERROR, GRAPH .

SHE IS THE U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA .

>> THE NARRATIVE THAT IT'S THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OR ASYLUM- SEEKERS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE THEY ARE FLEEING VIOLENCE AND THEY HAPPEN TO ALSO HAVE A BAGGIE OF FENTANYL IN THEIR BACKPACK AS THEY ARE TRACKING THROUGH THE DESERT, THAT NARRATIVE IS A DANGEROUS MISCONCEPTION .

BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHO WE ARE SEEING .

>> THE FEDERAL RECORDS SHOW THAT MORE THAN 90% OF ALL FENTANYL, COCAINE, HEROIN, AND METH IS SEIZED AT LEGAL PORTS OF ENTRY OR AT BORDER CHECKPOINTS ON MAJOR ROADS ALREADY INSIDE THE U.S. .

CECELIA FAR FUNNY IS AN EXPERT ON INTERNATIONAL CRIME .

SHE SAYS MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS CONTROL VIRTUALLY ALL DRUG SMUGGLING ACROSS THE BORDER .

PUTTING THEIR PRODUCT IN THE HANDS OF DESPERATE MIGRANTS IS JUST BAD FOR BUSINESS .

>> IT WILL NOT MAKE SENSE TO PUT YOUR MERCHANDISE IN SUCH A RISKY SITUATION, RIGHT?

IS THIS MIGRANT GOING TO CROSS OR NOT GOING TO CROSS OR ARE THEY GOING TO GET STOPPED?

>> IT MAKES MUCH MORE SENSE TO SMUGGLE DRUGS THROUGH LEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS .

>> WE ARE AT THE SANTA SITA PORT OF ENTRY, THE LARGEST.

OF ENTRY IN THE WORLD .

WE HAVE CROSSED THIS POINT OF ENTRY .

>> RECTOR OF FIELD OPERATIONS FOR THE SAN DIEGO FIELD OFFICE OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION .

OPENED 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK .

IT HAS 24 VEHICLE LIGHTS THAT ARE OFTEN BACKED UP FOR HOURS .

IN MOST CASES, AGENT AT THE INSPECTION BOOTHS HAVE LESS THAN A MINUTE TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO REFER SOMEBODY FOR A SECONDARY INSPECTION .

A KEY SAYS THAT THE VOLUME OF CARS AND PEOPLE MAKE FINDING DRUGS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT .

>> COULD BE ANYWHERE, IN THE SPARE TIRES, THE ROOFS, THE FLOORBOARDS, THE DASHBOARD .

THE ENGINE COMPARTMENTS, THE SPARE TIRES .

A WHOLE HOST OF DIFFERENT AREAS .

>> Reporter: ARGUES THAT NARRATIVES LINKING MIGRANTS WITH DRUG SMUGGLING ARE DISTRACTING AND EVEN DANGEROUS .2 A TENDENCY TO MAKE IT ALWAYS ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE .

THE FOREIGNER THAT BRINGS IN ILLICIT DRUGS AND IT IS NEVER A HOMEGROWN ISSUE BUT IT IS RATHER A GENERALLY RACES DISCOURSE THAT LINKS SOMEONE ELSE, THIS FOREIGNER, THIS UNWANTED PRESENCE THAT BRINGS DRUGS .

>> Reporter: PROSECUTORS AGREE, McGRATH SAYS THAT BLAMING MIGRANTS SHIFTS THE FOCUS AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY BEHIND THE EPIDEMIC .

>> WHEN I TALK ABOUT A DANGEROUS MISCONCEPTION , IT'S PLACING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE KIND OF TARGET OF DRUG SMUGGLING ON ECONOMIC MIGRANTS .

THAT'S NOT WHO'S DOING IT .

THE FOCUS OF WHO IS PUSHING THESE POISONS INTO OUR COUNTRY ARE THE CARTELS .2 BOTH CIVILIAN AND LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERTS TOLD KPBS THAT IF POLITICIANS ARE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT SOLVING THE FENTANYL CRISIS THERE ARE REAL SOLUTIONS OUT THERE LIKE INVESTING IN NONINVASIVE SCANNERS AT THE LEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS .

COMMITTING TO DRUG PREVENTION EFFORTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER AND PURSUING MORE BINATIONAL DRUG CRACKDOWNS ON CARTELS .

GUSTAVO SOLIS, KPBS NEWS .

>>> THIS SUNDAY IS INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY AND AN EVENT OUTSIDE THE COUNTY IN MENSTRUATION BUILDING TODAY HIGHLIGHTED THE PROGRESS BEING MADE IN SAN DIEGO AND NOW FAR, SO FAR THERE IS, HOW FAR, RATHER THERE IS LEFT TO GO .

>>> THE REGIONAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND OVERDOSE PREVENTION TASK FORCE RELEASED THEIR ANNUAL REPORT TODAY .

1200 HERBAL FLAGS WERE DISPLACED REPRESENTING THE LIVES LOST TO OVERDOSE IN 2023 .

COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND TASK FORCE CO-CHAIR, SUMMER STEFAN SAYS IT IS 77 FEWER LIVES THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR .

>> BUT FOR ALL OF THOSE FLAGS OUT THERE, THERE ARE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF FAMILIES THAT WILL SUFFER PAIN FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE .

THEIR COURAGE IS DEMANDING CHANGE THAT WILL MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY ELSE COST CHILD IS NOT LOST TO OVERDOSE .

>> STEFAN ALSO DISCUSSED PROPOSITION 36 WHICH VOTERS DECIDE THIS NOVEMBER .

IT WOULD INCREASE PUNISHMENT FOR CERTAIN THEFT AND DRUG RELATED CRIMES .

IT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE COURTS TO WARN OFFENDERS COULD BE CHARGED WITH MURDER .

IF THEY SELL OR PROVIDE DRUGS THAT KILL SOMEONE.

>>> A SAN DIEGO NONPROFIT FURNISHES HOMES FOR PEOPLE EMERGING FROM HOMELESSNESS .

KPBS REPORTER KATIE ANASTAS SAYS NEW RESEARCH SHOWS THE PROGRAM LED TO GREATER MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, AND PHYSICAL HEALTH .

>> Reporter: WHEN JESSE GRAY LEFT THE AIR FORCE, HE WASN'T SURE WHAT TO DO NEXT.

HE BECAME HOMELESS AND LIVED IN HOTEL ROOMS AND HIS CAR FOR TWO YEARS .

ONCE HE GOT AN APARTMENT, HUMBLED DESIGN FULLY FURNISHED IT .

>> IT WAS REALLY SURREAL.

I THINK TO THAT.

, THAT HAD BEEN THE BIGGEST ACT OF GENEROSITY I HAVE EVER RECEIVED FROM A STRANGER .

>> HE SAYS IT CHANGED HIS OUTLOOK ON WHAT WAS NEXT .

>> NOW I FELT LIKE I HAD SOMETHING TO PROTECT AND WORK SO EVEN MORE SO THIS WASN'T JUST AN ENVIRONMENT, THIS WAS A HOME .

THIS IS WHERE I CAN PUT DOWN ROOTS AND CONTINUE GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, CONTINUE WORKING ON MY FUTURE .

>> THE NEW REPORT FROM THE UC SAN DIEGO HOMELESSNESS HUB SHOWS GREAT ISN'T ALONE .

RESEARCHERS SURVEYED MORE THAN 150 HUMBLED DESIGN RECIPIENTS .8 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE REPORTED AN INCREASED SENSE OF SELF-WORTH AND SECURITY .

MOST ALSO REPORTED AN INCREASED SENSE OF BELONGING.

NEW BEDS MET PEOPLE GOT BETTER SLEEP WHILE DINING ROOM TABLE AND LIVING ROOM COUCH IS MEANT THEY COULD ENTERTAIN FRIENDS AND FAMILY .

>> YOU FEEL A DISCONNECT FROM SOCIETY WHEN YOU ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THE HUMBLE INTERVENTION IS ESSENTIALLY WRITING THAT SHIP FOR PEOPLE .

>> Reporter: MOST SURVEY PARTICIPANTS MOVED INTO HOUSING IN 2021 AND 2022 IN NEARLY ALL OF THEM HAVE STAYED IN THEIR HOMES .

COUNTY WIDE, A QUARTER OF PEOPLE WHO ENTER HOUSING RETURNED TO HOMELESSNESS WITHIN TWO YEARS .

KATIE ANASTAS, KPBS NEWS .

>>> MORE GOOD NEWS, THE WAITLIST FOR THREE NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY ARE NOW OPEN .

THE PROPERTIES AND THEIR ADDRESSES ARE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW .

THEY ARE THE SANTA FE SENIOR VILLAGE IN VISTA, ASTORIA IN SAN MARCO'S AND BREEZEWOOD IN ESCONDIDO .

THEY FEATURE UNIT FOR SENIORS, LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND ADULTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS .

>>> THIS WEEK THE COUNTY RELEASED AN INTERACTIVE MAP TO HELP PEOPLE FIND AFFORDABLE HOMES THAT THEY QUALIFY FOR.

OUR MEDIA PARTNER, KG TV SPOKE TO A FULL-TIME WORKER WORKING MOTHER WHO SAYS THAT IS JUST PART OF THE SOLUTION .

>> I CALL MYSELF A BLIND SPOT BECAUSE I HAD NO TRAUMAS, NO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES.

NO, YOU KNOW, NO TEEN PREGNANCIES FOR MY DAUGHTER OR MYSELF .

I WASN'T A VETERAN .

I WASN'T A MIGRANT .

I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ADDICTION .

>> SELECTED APPLICANTS WOULD PAY RENT EQUAL TO ABOUT 30% OF THEIR INCOME.

INTERESTED RENTERS CAN APPLY ONLINE ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE OR IN PERSON AT HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OFFICE .

FOUR AND WE HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU ON OUR STORY FROM YESTERDAY ABOUT OF THE ENCAMPMENT DISCUSSION AT THE CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS WEEK .

WE INCORRECTLY REPORTED THAT CARLSBAD DOES NOT HAVE AN EQUIPMENT BAND .

BUT THE BAND WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2021 .

THE DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT UPDATING THE BAND TO REFLECT THE LATEST U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING NOT REQUIRING SHELTER BEDS TO BE AVAILABLE BEFORE ISSUING A CITATION.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT ERROR.

>>> A DONATION FROM AN ENCINITAS RESIDENT COULD CHANGE THE FATE OF AN EMPTY CITY OWNED LOT AT THE HEART OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEBATE .

TONYA THORNE EXPLAINS .

>> Reporter: AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR A PART, THAT HAS BEEN THE LONGING CONTENTIOUS DEBATE OVER THE EMPTY CITY OWNED LOT IN ENCINITAS.

IN JUNE, CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE LIMIT OF 30 TO 45 UNITS ON THE SITE .

NO DECISION WAS MADE AND THE COUNCIL FORMED A NEW TASK FORCE INSTEAD THAT WILL FOR LOCATION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ENCINITAS .

BUT $100,000 BROUGHT THE CONTROVERSIAL LAW BACK INTO THE AGENDA DURING WEDNESDAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING .

>> I WANT TO DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR MY THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD TO ME.

I REALLY ENJOYED LIVING IN ENCINITAS .

>> Reporter: GLENN JOHNSON HAS OFFERED THE CITY $100,000 TO ESTABLISH A PARK ON THE LOT AND NAME IT AFTER HIS WIFE, SALLY JOHNSON .

THE EVEN THOUGH MY WIFE IS DECEASED AND I MAY JOIN HER IN A FEW YEARS, I HOPE MANY YEARS, I WANT TO LEAVE SOMETHING FOR POSTERITY .

>> HIS OFFER WAS MET WITH CHEERS AND APPLAUSE FROM SOME RESIDENTS , INCLUDING 10-YEAR- OLD ENTREPRENEUR, OLIVER PRATT WHO RAISED MONEY OVER THE SUMMER AND PRESENTED HIS OWN OFFER .

>> SO FAR I HAVE MADE A WHOPPING $1542 .

>> BEFORE THE CITY CAN ACCEPT THE DONATIONS, THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT WOULD NEED TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF A PARK ON THE NINE ACRE LOT .

BUT ADVOCATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING CITY COUNCIL SHOULD WAIT FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TASK FORCE REPORT IN NOVEMBER .

>> THE PURPOSE OF THAT TASK FORCE IS TO LOOK AT EVERY CITY OWNED PROPERTY AND OTHER SITES IN OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN FIND A WAY TO BUILD UP AND AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE JUST STARTED THOSE MEETINGS .

>> OTHERS HAD MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THE DONATION .

>> IF I HAD $100,000, COULD I JUST OFFER SOMETHING TO THE CITY AND HOPE IT GETS DONE?

IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY UNDEMOCRATIC PROCESS TO ME .

>> COUNSEL WAS DIVIDED BUT APPROVED THE STUDY OF THE PARK ALSO DUE LATER THIS YEAR .

TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS .

>>> WELL, SEPTEMBER 1st HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS LETTER APPRECIATION DAY .

KPBS ARTS REPORT AND COMIC BOOK FAN WANTS TO SHARE HER APPRECIATION .

>> COMIC BOOK LETTERING, LIKE FILM EDITING, CAN BE AN INVISIBLE ART THAT GOES UNDERAPPRECIATED BUT GOOD LETTER OR ENHANCES A COMIC AND ONE OF THE BEST IS STANCE A CHI .

HE GOT INTO THE PROFESSION BY ACCIDENT .

TWO A TEACHER THAT WAS TEACHING CALLIGRAPHY AND I AM DOING A COMIC BOOK .

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A LETTER AND I SAID YEAH .

I WOULD LOVE TO LETTER.

HOW HARD CAN IT BE?

I HAVE NEVER LETTERED A COMIC BOOK IN MY LIFE .

>> HE DID SOME RESEARCH AND BEGAN LETTERING .

>> I JUST GOT THIS .

THIS IS A PAGE FROM SERGIO .

AND YOU CAN SEE HE HAS ALREADY DONE SOME OF THE INKING OR PENCILING AND INKING THE ARTWORK AND HERE I HAVE THE, THIS IS MY PART WHERE I GO THROUGH THE LINES AND I WOULD WRITE THE WORDS ACCORDING TO THE NEW SCRIPT .

>> ONCE THE COPY IS ROUGHLY LETTERED IN, I MAKE THE GUIDELINES FOR THE LETTERING .

THIS IS WHAT IT THE GUIDELINES, THIS IS CALLED THE LETTERING GUIDE .

AND THAT GIVES ME A GUIDE ON HOW BIG TO MAKE THE LETTERING SO THAT EACH LINE IS VERY CONSISTENT .

>> ROUGHING UP THE LETTERING, I CAN KIND OF GAUGE HOW LONG EACH LINE WOULD BE .

>> Reporter: A THIRD GENERATION JAPANESE-AMERICAN ALSO CREATED HIS OWN COMIC, SET IN FEUDAL JAPAN .

>> A RABBIT LIVING IN AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC WORLD .

ALL THE CHARACTERS ARE ANIMALS.

EVEN THOUGH IT IS A FANTASY SERIES, I TRIED TO DO, PAY HAMAS TO THE JAPANESE CULTURE .

THIS PAGE THAT I AM WORKING ON NOW HAS TO DO WITH JAPANESE PICKLED PLUMS .

>> ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE WHO STILL HAD LETTERS .

>> AND I DO EVERYTHING THE OLD- FASHIONED WAY .

LIKE I SAID, I LOVE THE CRAFT OF COMICS SO I DO THE WRITING, I DO THE PENCILING AND I DO THE INKING, LETTERING PHYSICALLY ON PAPER RATHER THAN ON COMPUTER AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY ENJOY .

I LOVE THE FEEL OF THE BOARD AND JUST CONNECT ME TO THE ARTWORK .

AND IT BRINGS MORE OF MY PERSONALITY INTO THE ART .

MOST OF MY IS DONE WITH A BRUSH TO DENOTE THE JAPANESE STYLE OF BRUSHED CALLIGRAPHY .

WE HAVE DIFFERENT SOUND EFFECTS SUCH AS ONOMATOPOEIA WHERE SOUNDS BECOME WORDS LIKE COUSIN ROOM .

WE TRY TO CREATE LETTERING THAT WOULD REFLECT THAT .

LIKE IF SOMETHING CRASHES, LIKE A LITTLE CRACKLY WORDS OR IT WILL BE MORE WHERE YOU TRY TO REFLECT THE WORDS THEMSELVES .

THE SOUNDS THEMSELVES .

>> CELEBRATE LETTER OR APPRECIATION DAY THIS SUNDAY BY TAKING TIME TO NOT JUST READ A COMIC BUT ALSO TO AGONIZE THE ART OF LETTERING .

KPBS NEWS .

>>> AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS I AM TRACKING THE SUNSHINE MAKING A RETURN OF THE FORECAST STARTED TOMORROW .

IT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT WARM, IT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT BREEZY BUT OVERALL GREAT WEATHER HERE, AS WE HEAD INTO LABOR DAY .4 TONIGHT I AM TRACKING SOME LOW CLOUDS IN THE, BUT OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE A MIX OF MID-TO- UPPER 60s PRETTY MILD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, ABOUT AVERAGE.

ACROSS THE REST OF THE COAST WE WILL SEE AMATEURS A MIX OF 60s .

THE UPPER AREAS WILL SEE SOME 70s AND THEN THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN THE 50s .

OVERALL ABOUT AVERAGE TEMPERATURES HERE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR .

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, TOMORROW'S FORECAST LOOKING PRETTY GOOD .

HERE'S THAT SUNSHINE RETURNING THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT .

I WAS GOING TO SEE PLENTY OF IT .

OCEANSIDE UP THROUGH TO MACULA YOU WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOUD COVER WITH HIM, THE UPPER 70s .

WILL BE IN THE 80s FOR ESCONDIDO, EVEN THE DESERT AREAS ARE STILL BEING PRETTY MILD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR .106 POINTS OVERALL SOME NICE WEATHER HERE KICKING OFF YOUR FRIDAY AND HEADING INTO YOUR LABOR DAY WEEKEND AND OVERALL I JUST WANT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO HOW MUCH SUNSHINE WE ARE GOING TO SEE HERE ACROSS THE WEST COAST AS WE HEADED TO THAT WEEKEND .

NOT A LOT OF RAIN AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY, FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE A COUPLE OF SHOWERS ACROSS PARTS OF ARIZONA BUT OVERALL ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA A LOT OF SUNSHINE .

YOU JUST GO A COUPLE OF MILES OFF THE COAST, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER'S BUT OVERALL GREAT WEATHER HERE FOR US .

HERE'S THAT FIVE-DAY COAST FORECAST .

LOTS OF SUNSHINE, HIGHS ARE A MIX OF UPPER 70'S TO LOW 80s .80 DEGREES RIGHT ON THE NO'S FOR YOUR LABOR DAY FORECAST ON MONDAY AS YOU GO A LITTLE BIT INLAND, IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT HOTTER .

THE MID-TO- UPPER 80s BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE WILL MAKE THE 90s AS WE HEAD INTO LABOR DAY .

A LITTLE BIT WINDIER INLAND HERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS .

OUT AND IT'S REGIONS OVERALL PRETTY MILD WEATHER HERE .

TEMPERATURES WILL BE A MIX OF LOW TO MID 70s WITH LOWS DIPPING INTO THE 50s ON LABOR DAY MORNING SO A HEADS UP FOR THAT AND THEN INTO THE DESERT AREAS, MILD WEATHER FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR .

NORMAL WEATHER FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, TEMPERATURES IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS OF OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 80s .4 KPBS NEWS, I AM ACCUWEATHER METEOROLOGIST DAMON LOTUS .

>> YOU GOT TO LOVE THAT FORECAST .

>>> OKAY IF YOU LOOK BACK INTO THE HISTORY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY THERE ARE SOME VERY CURIOUS THINGS YOU CAN DISCOVER .

AND IT IS SHOWS US, ONE THING IN PARTICULAR HAS HAD A LASTING EFFECT .

>> YOU RECOGNIZE THIS ROAD?

PROBABLY YOU DO, IT HEADS NORTH FROM PINE VALLEY SUNRISE HIGHWAY, IT IS CALLED .

TAKE YOU UP TO MOUNT LAGUNA AND TO MOUNT LAGUNA WE WILL RETURN .

BUT FIRST LET'S A WAY TO THE UK, OKAY?

OH, AND WAY BACK IN TIME .

FOUR HERE IN WALES IT IS SAID THAT SOMETIME BEFORE THE 1870S THERE LIVED A FAMILY AND THAT FAMILY HAD A LAST NAME THAT WAS A LITTLE UNUSUAL .

HOG IS WHAT IT WAS.

SO THERE WAS A MAN WHO HAD THAT NAME, THEY CALLED HIM MR. HOGG .

AND HE DIDN'T LIKE IT, DIDN'T LIKE THE NAME .

SO MUCH SO THAT HE WENT TO THE JUDGE AND SAID I WANT TO CHANGE IT .

AND THE JUDGE WAS VERY SYMPATHETIC .

HE SAID OKAY, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT TO AND HE SAID I DON'T KNOW, ANYTHING .

THE JUDGE SAID REALLY?

ANYTHING .

VERY WELL .

THING IT IS .

WELL, SO YOU LOOK IT UP AND THERE IS THE STORY .

HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR WROTE ABOUT IT, SAYS TWO BROTHERS DESCENDED FROM MR. THING CAME TO SAN DIEGO AND WERE CATTLE RANCHERS .

THERE WAS A BACKCOUNTRY GENERAL STORE FROM THE 1880S, STOOD FOR A LONG TIME .

THE THING BROTHERS STORE IT WAS CALLED .

ALL TO SAY THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE DRIVING UP THE SUNRISE HIGHWAY, TWISTING AND TURNING YOUR WAY APPEAR YOU MIGHT GIVE A THOUGHT TO MR. HOGG WHO DIDN'T HAVE A QUICK ANSWER ON THE SPOT BUT IT WAS OKAY .

OH, AND BY THE WAY, JUST AS YOU ARE APPROACHING MOUNT LAGUNA YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN OFF TO YOUR RIGHT A SIGNED OR THING VALLEY ROAD .

WHERE THE THING BROTHERS HOMESTEADED ALL THOSE YEARS AGO .

A CURIOUS BUT PROUD NAME, IT TURNS OUT, IN THE HISTORY WRITTEN ABOUT SAN DIEGO .

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