>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "KPBS EVENING EDITION" HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES -- PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR, RESTORATION AND FLOOD 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!

>> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE A BIG DECISION TO MAKE NEXT WEEK, WHETHER TO APPROVE THE CONTINUED USE OF AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS, .

THE CITY GETS THEM FROM A COMPANY CALLED FLOCK.

PBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL SAYS THAT THE REPORTERS GATHERED DOWNTOWN SAYING THAT THEY WANT FLOCK OUT.

>> [ CROWD CHANTING ] GET THE FLOCK OUT!

>> MEMBERS OF DOZENS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WERE JOINED BY TWO MEMBERS OF THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL THIS MORNING, TO WEIGH IN ON THE SUBJECT OF A LPR CAMERAS IN THE CITY.

BUT, IF YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A COMPANY CALLED FLOCK, YOU MIGHT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE -- MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT THEIR SIGNS MEANT OR WHAT THEY WERE CHANTING ABOUT.

>> FLOCK IS A PROVEN BAD ACTOR THAT HAS SHOWED EITHER AN UNWILLINGNESS OR INABILITY TO PREVENT A POWERFUL TOOL FROM BEING ABUSED.

>> Reporter: FLOCK IS AN ATLANTA-BASED COMPANY THAT MAKES THE ALPR CAMERAS SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN USING SINCE 2023.

EIGHT KPBS INVESTIGATION THIS YEAR FOUND A NUMBER OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY POLICE AGENCIES USING ALPR DATA COLLECTED FROM PRIVATELY OWNED LICENSE PLATE READERS, WITH MINIMAL OVERSIGHT.

AND, FLOCK HAS FACED CRITICISM IN OTHER STATES AND CITIES IN THE COUNTRY WHERE IT'S CAMERAS ARE IN USE.

SOME PLACES HAVE CUT TIES WITH THE COMPANY.

>> WE MUST RE-EVALUATE THE CITY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH FLOCK.

TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY PARTNERS WITH A VENDOR THAT RESPECTS OUR RESIDENTS.

THAT, SIMPLY FOLLOWS THE LAW.

>> WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY SHOULD BE USED, IT SHOULD BE REMOVED IN ITS CURRENT STATE.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO PRIVACY ADVISORY BOARD HAS STUDIED THE USE OF ALPR SYSTEMS IN THE CITY.

SAYS THE BOARD DOESN'T TAKE A POSITION ON A SPECIFIC ALPR COMPANY, BUT IS CLEAR ON POLICIES THAT MUST BE ADOPTED FOR THE SYSTEMS TO BE USED PROPERLY IN A WAY THAT RESPECTS PEOPLE'S PRIVACY, AND AS THINGS STAND NOW, THE PAB SAYS THAT IS NOT HAPPENING.

>> THIS TECHNOLOGY SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS YOU CAN DO THESE THINGS.

>> Reporter: BUT, THERE IS SUPPORT FOR ALPR CAMERAS ON THE CITY CANCEL.

COUNCILMAN SAYS THEY HELP SOLVE CRIME, PURE AND SIMPLE.

>> THAT IS WHY WE HAVE SEEN STOLEN CARS REDUCED BY 20% OVER THE YEAR, IN THE CITY ALONE, 50% IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY IN DISTRICT 3, AND IN UPTOWN, AND HILLCREST, AND THOSE PLACES WHERE THERE ARE TRADITIONALLY MORE CAR THEFTS, SO THE DATA SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, MY CONSTITUENTS WANT MORE OF THESE.

>> Reporter: THE CITY PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY LAST MONTH TO APPROVE A NEW CONTRACT WITH FLOCK.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL TAKE IT UP AT THEIR MEETING NEXT TUESDAY.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN DARRELL ISSA IS STAYING PUT IN CALIFORNIA.

HE WAS REPORTEDLY CONSIDERING RUNNING FOR A HOUSE SEAT IN TEXAS.

IN AN INTERVIEW TODAY ISSA SAID, "I BELIEVE THE PEOPLE OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY WHO HAVE ELECTED ME SO MANY TIMES WILL, IN FACT, REGARDLESS OF PARTY REGISTRATION, VOTE FOR ME."

ISSA SAYS CONGRESSIONAL COLLEAGUES IN TEXAS HAD ENCOURAGED HIM TO RUN FOR OFFICE THERE.

HIS BRIEF CONSIDERATION CAME AFTER CALIFORNIA VOTERS APPROVED A REDISTRICTING PLAN THAT MAKES ISSA'S DISTRICT AND OTHERS MORE FAVORABLE TO DEMOCRATS.

ISSA REPRESENTS THE 48th DISTRICT AND IS RUNNING FOR RE- ELECTION.

HE IS THE ONLY REPUBLICAN IN A CROWDED RACE AGAINST DEMOCRATS.

>>> OVERALL TONIGHT, WE ARE DROPPING DOWN TO THE MID-40s.

WE WILL SEE A FEW CLOUDS, BUT STAYING MOSTLY CLEAR.

KEEP IN MIND, TOMORROW MORNING, WE COULD HAVE SOME LOW CLOUDS, COULD IMPACT VISIBILITY A LITTLE BIT, SO YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

ALTHOUGH, THE SANTA ANA WINDS WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THROUGHOUT THE DAY ARE REALLY LOSING THEIR STRENGTH.

MUCH LIGHTER WINDS AT THIS POINT.

THIS WILL CONTINUE AS WE HAD THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND I WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT, COMING UP.

>>> SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS IT IS EXPECTING A $47 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THE SUPERINTENDENT MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN A YOUTUBE VIDEO TODAY AND SHE SAYS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR THIS IS THE CHRONIC UNDERFUNDING OF SPECIAL EDUCATION.

>> THESE SERVICES COST US MORE THAN $400 MILLION, ANNUALLY.

YET, WE RECEIVE ONLY ABOUT $125 MILLION FROM STATE, FEDERAL, AND LOCAL SOURCES.

THE REMAINING $275 MILLION PLUS COMES FROM OUR GENERAL FUNDS.

>> SHE ADDS THAT DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND RISING EMPLOYEE COSTS ARE OTHER REASONS THE DISTRICT IS FACING THE FUNDING SHORTFALL.

SHE SAYS THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL RESERVES ARE AT 2%.

THAT IS THE MINIMUM REQUIRED BY THE STATE.

AT WEDNESDAY'S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, DISTRICT OFFICIALS ARE EXPECTED TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT IS CAUSING THE DEFICIT.

SHE SAYS THEY ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO CLOSE THE BUDGET GAP, LONG-TERM.

>>> A COMPETITION TARGETING A HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEE FAILED TO GET ENOUGH SIGNATURES.

KPBS REPORTER SAYS THAT THE RECALL EFFORT WAS THE LATEST COMMUNITY DRIVEN EFFORT AGAINST THE BOARD'S CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY.

>> Reporter: THE BOARD MEMBER MAJORITY WERE HOPING TO OUST TRUSTEE SCOTT ECKER IN A SPECIAL ELECTION BUT DID NOT GATHER ENOUGH SIGNATURES BEFORE LAST MONTH'S DEADLINE.

ECKER AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE MAJORITY HAVE DRAWN FIRE FOR ELIMINATING LIBRARIAN POSITIONS AND ADVOCATING FOR CONTROVERSIAL SCHOOL PRAYER AND PROTEST POLICIES.

LAURA PREBLE IS ONE OF THE RECALL LEADERS, AND A RETIRED LIBRARIAN.

>> WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT THERE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF STUDENTS OR TEACHERS, OR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

>> Reporter: ECKER DECLINED AN INTERVIEW REQUEST AND SENT AN EMAILED STATEMENT.

"SINCE TAKING OFFICE, MY FULL ATTENTION HAS BEEN ON THE WORK I WAS ELECTED TO DO.

COMPLETING PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE, RAISING GRADUATION RATES, PROMOTING SAFETY, AND ENSURING EAST COUNTY TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS ARE WISELY INVESTED TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS TO THRIVE.

THAT FOCUS HAS NEVER WAVERED AND WILL NOT CHANGE."

STEPHANIE IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE TEACHERS UNION.

SHE SAYS OPPONENTS OF THE BOARD MAJORITY ARE NOW FOCUSED ON NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION.

>> WE HAVE STARTED WAY EARLIER THAN WE NORMALLY DO FOR AN ELECTION CYCLE THIS YEAR.

WITH A VERY STRONG FOCUS ON GETTING PRO EDUCATION CANDIDATES ELECTED FOR 2026.

>> Reporter: KPBS REACHED OUT TO BOARD PRESIDENT GARY WOODS FOR AN INTERVIEW.

HE DID DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED REQUEST BUT SENT A HIGHLY CHARGED STATEMENT IN WHICH HE CALLED RECALL ORGANIZERS, "SOCIALISTS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, RADICAL LISTS, AND EXTREMISTS."

HE FOLLOWED UP WITH A SECOND STATEMENT IN A MORE MEASURED TONE THAT INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING.

"DESPITE COORDINATED EFFORTS BY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, POLITICAL ACTIVIST AND ANONYMOUS SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, THE RECALL EFFORT COLLAPSED ENTIRELY.

THIS OVERWHELMING DEFEAT REFLECTS THE STRENGTH AND UNITY OF EAST COUNTY PARENTS AND EDUCATORS."

THREE OF THE BOARD'S FIVE SEATS ARE UP FOR ELECTION NEXT YEAR.

ELAINE NAVARRO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A STATE LAWMAKER FROM SAN DIEGO IS CALLING FOR A PUBLIC REVIEW OF A MASSIVE DATA CENTER PROJECT SLATED FOR THE IMPERIAL VALLEY.

KPBS' KORI SUZUKI SAYS MANY RESIDENTS HAVE FELT BLINDSIDED BY THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT.

>> Reporter: THE PLANNED DATA CENTER IS HUGE, ALMOST 1 MILLION SQUARE FEET.

IT WOULD BE LOCATED ON UNINCORPORATED LAND NEAR THE CENTER OF THE CITY OF IMPERIAL.

MOST IMPERIAL VALLEY RESIDENTS LEARNED IT WAS IN THE WORKS JUST LAST WEEK, THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.

WHEN LOCAL OFFICIALS IN THE CITY OF IMPERIAL POSTED AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT IT ONLINE.

IN IT, THEY INCLUDED A NOTICE THAT SAID COUNTY OFFICIALS THAT FOUND THE PROJECT DID NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

>> I CAN'T FATHOM A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE, AGAIN, JUST THE INTENSITY, AND SCALE OF WHAT IS DESCRIBED IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WITHOUT -- AND THEN, CLAIMING THAT THERE IS SOME FORM OF EXEMPTION TO REVIEW.

>> Reporter: THAT IS DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR STEVE PADILLA WHOSE DISTRICT INCLUDES IMPERIAL COUNTY.

HE SAYS THE PUBLIC INCLUDES A COMPLETE PICTURE OF HOW MUCH WATER AND POWER THE STRUCTURE WILL USE AND HOW IT CAN AFFECT THINGS LIKE REGIONAL AIR QUALITY.

DATA CENTERS HAVE BEEN PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE INTERNET FOR A LONG TIME BUT ARE NOW FACING INCREASING SCRUTINY, ESPECIALLY OVER THE VAST AMOUNTS OF WATER AND POWER THEY CONSUME.

AS GENERATIVE A.I.

COMPANIES SEEK TO VASTLY EXPAND THEIR FOOTPRINT.

THE PROJECT DEVELOPERS PUSHED BACKS AGAINST PADILLA'S CONCERNS, THEY SAID THAT IT WAS DESIGNED TO MEET HIGH ENVIRONMENT STANDARDS.

>> I CAN APPRECIATE THAT SENATOR PADILLA IS AT LEAST ASKING QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS SAY ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.

>> Reporter: IMPERIAL RESISTANCE, AN ADVOCACY GROUP THAT HAS BEEN COLLECTING SIGNATURES FOR A PETITION CALLING ON THE COUNTY TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROJECT.

HE COMPARES THE DATA CENTER TO OTHER SAID SECTORS LIKE THE SOLAR INDUSTRY WHICH MANY RESIDENTS VIEW AS EXTRACTING THE IMPERIAL VALLEY'S RESOURCES WITHOUT CREATING MEANINGFUL BENEFITS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.

>> WE HAVE BEEN COMING HERE FOR DECADES, AND YET WE REMAIN ONE OF THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY RATES.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS 700 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SIGNED THEIR PETITION.

OFFICIALS WITH THE COUNTY OF IMPERIAL DID NOT RESPOND TO INTERVIEW REQUEST.

KORI SUZUKI, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE FBI ARRESTED A MAN TODAY WHO INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE PLANTED PIPE BOMBS NEAR THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS TO THE NIGHT BEFORE THE 2021 CAPITAL RIOT.

ACCORDING TO TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES, THAT IS.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ HAS THE LATEST.

>> Reporter: GRAINY SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED BY THE FBI OF A MAN SHROUDED IN A HOODIE, GLOVES, AND FACE MASK, WILL THE ONLY IMAGES OF THE BOMBER FOR FIVE YEARS, BUT TODAY THE FBI ARRESTED BRIAN COLE JR., CHARGING HIM WITH TRANSPORTING AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE, AND MALICIOUS DESTRUCTION BY MEANS OF EXPLOSION AND CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE SEARCHES OF HIS VIRGINIA HOME.

FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY THERE WAS NO NEW TIP OR EVIDENCE THAT HELPED LEAD TO THE ARREST.

>> THAT EVIDENCE HAS BEEN SITTING THERE, COLLECTING DUST.

THIS WASN'T A NEW TIP, IT WASN'T SOME NEW EVIDENCE, IT WAS THE HARD WORK OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION.

DEPUTY DIRECTOR BOND YOU KNOW AND DIRECTOR PATEL.

>> Reporter: THE VIDEOS FROM 2021 SHOW AN INDIVIDUAL PLACING A BOMB OUTSIDE THE DNC HEADQUARTERS AND ANOTHER IN THE ALLEY BEHIND THE RNC BUILDING.

THE DISCOVERY OF THE BOMBS DREW POLICE FROM THE CAPITAL COMPLEX BEFORE CROWDS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SUPPORTERS BEGAN BREAKING THROUGH POLICE BORDERS TO BREAK INTO THE CAPITAL BUILDING.

THE TIMING HAS DRIVEN CONSPIRACIES ABOUT THE BOMBING SUSPECT AND A POSSIBLE CONNECTION TO THE RIOT.

INVESTIGATORS REVIEWED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VIDEOPHILES, HUNDREDS OF TIPS, AND SCOURED CELL PHONE TOWER DATA.

THEY ALSO EXAMINED DATA ON SALES OF BLACK AND GRAY NIKE AIR MAX SNEAKERS WORN BY THE SUSPECT -- FEWER THAN 25,000 OF THE SHOES HAVE BEEN SOLD AROUND THE TIME THE BOMBS WERE PLACED.

>> THEY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS WORKING AGAINST THEM.

YOU CAN SEE FROM THE VIDEO BECAUSE OF THE TIME OF YEAR IT WAS, HE WAS DRESSED IN KIND OF VERY AMORPHOUS, BULKY CLOTHING.

HE WAS WEARING A FACE MASK AND A HOOD.

>> Reporter: IVAN RODRIGUEZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT, ON "THE NEWS HOUR," A PARTISAN DIVIDE EMERGES OVER A CONTROVERSIAL STRIKE ON AN ALLEGED DRUG BOAT IN THE CARIBBEAN.

THAT IS COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF LAWMAKERS UNVEILED A PLAN TO PREVENT A MASSIVE SPIKE IN HEALTHCARE PREMIUMS.

CNN SAYS THIS NEW, TWO YEAR PLAN WOULD INCLUDE A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SUBSIDIES, WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS.

THE SECOND YEAR WOULD MAKE EVEN MORE CHANGES, INCLUDING WAYS TO OFFSET THE COSTS.

REPRESENTATIVE MIKE LEVIN IS PART OF THE GROUP, AND HE TOLD OUR MEDIA PARTNER, KGTV, THAT THE BILL AIMS TO ADDRESS A LOOPHOLE THAT RAISES PREMIUMS FOR THOSE WHO PREVIOUSLY QUALIFIED FOR ACA TAX CREDITS.

WHEN YOUR SPOUSE AGES INTO MEDICARE PERIODS.

>> AND RIGHT NOW, IT IS A DOUBLE WHAMMY BECAUSE FOLKS IN THEIR 60s ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SEEING THE WORST IMPACT OF THE CREDITS GOING AWAY, SO YOU KNOW, YOU CAN IMAGINE IF YOU ARE IN THAT SITUATION AND THE CREDITS ARE GOING AWAY, AND YOU HAVE A SPOUSE WHO ALL OF A SUDDEN QUALIFIES FOR MEDICARE, AND THEN YOU GET AN EVEN BIGGER BILL, THAT BECOMES AN EVEN LARGER BURDEN.

>> THE GROUP HOPES TO PUT THIS PLAN UP TO A VOTE IN CONGRESS BY DECEMBER 18th.

THE SUBSIDIES ARE SET TO EXPIRE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

>>> AS INFLATION AND THE COST OF LIVING RISE, MORE SERVICEMEMBERS ARE FEELING THE STRAIN.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER, ANDREW DYER, SAYS ONE LOCAL NONPROFIT IS GROWING WITH THE GOAL OF NATIONWIDE EXPANSION.

>> [ APPLAUSE ] >> Reporter: A BIGGER OFFICE, BIGGER WAREHOUSE, AND BIGGER AMBITIONS TO HELP MILITARY FAMILIES ARE WHAT IS BEHIND THE NEW, BIGGER NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS FOR THE SUPPORT THE ENLISTED PROJECT, OR S.T.E.P.. SUPPORTERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE NEW LOCATION IN MIRAMAR.

>> WHAT IF WE CAN HELP THESE MILITARY FAMILIES AND TRANSITIONING VETERANS, WHO ARE STANDING IN THESE LINES TO RECEIVE FOOD, DIAPERS, BACKPACKS, TOYS, TURKEY DINNERS?

WHAT IF WE CAN HELP THEM THROUGH THIS MOMENT IN THEIR LIFE, IN A WAY THAT MAKES THIS THE LAST TIME THEY NEEDED HELP AND THE LAST TIME THEY NEEDED TO STAND IN LINE?

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO- BASED NONPROFIT HELPS MILITARY FAMILIES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS BY PROVIDING IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL HELP AND LONG-TERM FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION.

THEY ALSO DISTRIBUTE FOOD AND OTHER ITEMS FAMILIES NEED.

A CEO AND COFOUNDER, TONY, SAYS THE DEMAND FOR HELP FROM THE MILITARY COMMUNITY IS GROWING.

>> THEY JUST KEEP ASKING AND FOR MORE SUPPORT, SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ADD OUR PROGRAM TO MORE STATES AND GUARANTEE IT IN MORE STATES.

>> Reporter: TO DO THAT, S.T.E.P.

EXPENDED ON THE WEST COAST TO OREGON AND WASHINGTON AND MOST RECENTLY HAVE GONE TO HAWAII, BUT THERE ARE SERVICEMEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY REACHING OUT TO THE ORGANIZATION.

THE NEW, LARGER SPACE ALLOWS THEM TO SERVE MORE FAMILIES.

>> WE CAN NOW COMMIT OURSELVES TO LEAN INTO THIS NATIONAL DEMAND FOR OUR FINANCIAL WELLNESS COUNSELING PROGRAM.

WE SERVE FAMILIES IN 47 STATES.

>> Reporter: THEY MOVED INTO THE BUILDING JUST A MONTH AGO AND SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE MORE DISTRIBUTIONS THAN ANY MONTH PRIOR.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HISTORY, YOU PROBABLY THINK OF THE PAST.

BUT, THE SAN DIEGO HISTORY CENTER HAS ITS SIGHTS ON THE FUTURE IN A COLLABORATION WITH THE WOMEN'S MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA, AND I RECENTLY VISITED THE CENTER FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY, WHERE THAT HISTORY IS BEING PRESERVED AND CREATED.

>> WE DESERVE TO BE HERE, AND WE ARE HERE, NOW.

AND IT IS VERY EXCITING.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO HISTORY CENTER TRUSTEE, SANDRA MOSS, SAYS HISTORY IS HAPPENING NOW IN THIS SHARED REPOSITORY FOR SAN DIEGO STORIES, AND SHE SAYS THERE'S NO BETTER SPACE FOR IT.

>> PUEBLO PARK IS THE JEWEL OF SAN DIEGO.

SO MANY IMPORTANT, CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS ARE HERE.

AND HAVING A SPACE DEDICATED TO SHARING THE STORIES OF WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE SAN DIEGO WHAT IT IS, IS SO IMPORTANT.

>> Reporter: CREATED IN 1983 AS THE WOMEN'S RECLAMATION PROJECT, THE EVOLUTION OF THE WOMEN'S MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA HAS SPANNED OVER 40 YEARS, FROM A PRIVATE HOME, TO LIBERTY STATION, AND NOW IN ITS FINAL ITERATION AS THE CENTER FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY, PART OF THE SAN DIEGO HISTORY CENTER, A MERGER COMPLETED THIS YEAR.

>> SO, THEN, THESE HIDDEN STORIES ARE NO LONGER HIDDEN.

>> Reporter: MELISSA JONES IS THE PUBLIC PROGRAM MANAGER AT THE HISTORY CENTER, SHE SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT TO SHOW YOUNG PEOPLE EXAMPLES OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE FOR THEM, BY LOOKING INTO A MIRROR FROM THE PAST.

>> WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THOSE EXAMPLES, THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IS POSSIBLE FOR THEM.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS HER WORK IS MORE THAN A PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR HER.

>> I AM SAN DIEGO BORN AND RAISED.

I LOVE THIS TOWN.

AND I WAS A LIFELONG LOVER OF HISTORY.

ACTIVE IN GIRL SCOUTS IN MY YOUTH, AND I CAME TO THIS ORGANIZATION IN MY 20s AND I WAS SHOCKED.

I WAS LIKE, "HOW DID I NOT KNOW THE WOMEN'S MUSEUM EXISTED?"

THIS WOULD HAVE MEANT SO MUCH TO ME AS A KID.

>> Reporter: JONES GIVES US AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE ITEMS BEING PRESERVED.

BUTTONS, LITERATURE, CLOTHING, AND THINGS YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT TO FIND IN A MUSEUM, LIKE THIS FIRST OF ITS KIND CO-TEXT SANITARY PAD PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FOR YOUNG GIRLS.

>> IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LIFE AND OUR HISTORY TO COLLECT THIS KIND OF STUFF.

>> Reporter: IT IS A NEW IDENTITY.

IT REALLY IS A NEW IDENTITY.

TINA IS THE CENTER'S PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION, AND COLLECTIONS.

SHE SAYS WHILE IT IS GREAT TO HAVE IMAGES LIKE THE ONE SHE IS SHOWING OFF OF WOMEN WORKING IN McHENRY'S, COMBINING RESOURCES ALLOWS THE MUSEUM TO PRESENT A FULLY FORMED HISTORY.

>> LET'S LOOK AT THIS ONE, IT IS A LITTLE BIT OLDER.

WEST COAST FISHERY, 1930.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS WHAT WE DON'T SEE IN THESE IMAGES, IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY.

>> ARE THERE, AGAIN, FIRST- PERSON ACCOUNTS, EITHER THROUGH DIARIES, OR THROUGH THEIR DESCENDENTS NOW?

>> Reporter: AND PRESERVING THEIR COLLECTION LEADS TO QUITE A HEFTY ENERGY BILL EACH MONTH.

>> SO, WE HAVE TWO COLD ROOMS, A COLD, COLD ROOM AND A LESS COLD, COLD ROOM.

>> YEAH, THERE IS A FAN.

YEAH.

>> Reporter: WOW!

>> YEAH, SO, THESE ARE WHERE WE KEEP THE NEGATIVES.

>> Reporter: SHE TAKES US INSIDE A BASEMENT STORAGE ROOM, WHERE THE CONTENTS OF SEEMINGLY ENDLESS FILING CABINETS ARE KEPT AT A CONSISTENT TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY FOR PRESERVATION.

>> YOU CAN SMELL THE CHEMICALS.

>> YES, THAT IS THE SMELL, IT IS CALLED VINEGAR SYNDROME, IT IS THE SMELL OF THE NEGATIVE, YOU KNOW, GASSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THIS IS PART OF OUR COLLECTION.

>> Reporter: OKAY!

>> FROM THIS SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS AND THE SUBJECTS, THEY ARE ARRANGED BY DATE.

>> Reporter: NICE!

>> NOW, EACH OF THESE IS FILLED WITH -- >> Reporter: 1981!

>> AND THESE ARE ALL ORGANIZED BY STORY AND BY TOPIC.

>> Reporter: BUT, IT IS THE PERSONAL STORIES OF WOMEN THAT MAKE THIS COLLECTION SO UNIQUELY SAN DIEGO LIKE THIS DIARY ENTRY WRITTEN BY A WOMEN NEWLY ARRIVED IN SAN DIEGO ON A JULY MORNING IN 1865.

>> "OH, THE STRANGELY FOREIGN BUT AS I STEPPED FROM MY STATEROOM AND STOOD ON DECK AS THE SALES CAME TO ANCHOR.

THE HILLS WERE BROWN AND BARREN, NOT A TREE OR GREEN THING TO BE SEEN.

A MOST DESOLATE LOOKING LANDSCAPE."

>> Reporter: THAT HAS CHANGED.

AND EMBRACING CHANGES WHAT THE CENTER FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY, WITH THE HISTORY CENTER, WANTS TO RECOGNIZE, CHRONICLE, AND CELEBRATE.

>> AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

THE MUSEUM IS CELEBRATING CREATIVITY AND CURIOSITY WITH THE SAN DIEGO S.T.E.M.

WOMEN'S EXHIBIT THAT IS!

OPEN NOW AT THE CENTER AND NOW, TO HAVE SPECIAL HOURS DURING DECEMBER NIGHTS FROM 5:00 TO 9:00 P.M.

>>> ON THE COAST, KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR PATCHY, LOW CLOUDS TO START OFF YOUR FRIDAY MORNING.

NOW, AS WE HEAD INTO ESPECIALLY THE LATE WEEKEND FOR NEXT WEEKS, WE WILL HAVE A WARMING TREND, IT IS LIKE A ROLLER COASTER RIGHT NOW WITH THE TEMPERATURES.

IN THE SHORT TERM, IT'S THE BEACH HAZARDS YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF, SO A LOT OF THE HIGH IMPACT TO SITUATIONS CLOSER TO THE COAST, SPECIFICALLY THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENTS OUT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING BECAUSE OF HIGHER THAN USUAL HIGH TIDES.

IT CAN LEAD TO SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND LOW-LYING AREAS, ESPECIALLY.

SO, IF THIS IS YOU, IF THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE A HOME, A BUSINESS, YOU WILL BE IN THAT AREA, KEEP THAT IN MIND, THAT YOU JUST WANT TO WATCH OUT FOR THOSE HIGH TIDES.

OVERALL, LOOKING AT OUR TEMPERATURES FOR TONIGHT, CHILLY IN THE 30s IN OCEANSIDE, AND 30s FOR BRICCO SPRINGS AND MOUNT LAGUNA, AS WELL.

VERY SIMILAR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE BOARD AS FAR AS MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES.

NOW, AS WE LOOK TO TOMORROW, MOST OF THE CLOUDS HANG OUT IN OUR SOUTHERN, COASTAL AREAS.

CHULA VISTA, 68 FOR OUR HIGH, A LITTLE BIT WARMER IN EL CAJON AT 72, NOW, WE ARE STAYING DRY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY STORMS THAT ARE MOVING IN THIS FAR SOUTH.

A LOT OF THE ACTION IS ISOLATED INTO THE NORTHWEST, FOR NOW.

BUT, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FIVE DAY OUTLOOK, FIRST ALONG THE COAST.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WARMING TREND I WAS TALKING ABOUT REALLY KICKS OFF, ESPECIALLY AS WE GET SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK, SO WE GET 72 BY THE TIME WE GET TO YOUR TUESDAY, FURTHER INLAND.

WELL, WE ARE IN THE 80s BY THE TIME WE GET TO TUESDAY, VERY WARM OVERALL, BUT WE ARE COMFORTABLE, IN THE 70s, UNTIL THEN THE VERY CHILLY TO START OFF, THOSE LOWS IN THE 30s AND 40s, THOUGH.

SO, YOU KNOW THE DRILL BY NOW, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DRILLING YOU WITH, JACKET OUT THE DOOR.

PLENTY OF SUNSHINE IN THE MOUNTAIN REGIONS, 48, FRIDAY, UP TO 61 BY THE TIME WE GET YOUR TUESDAY, THOUGH.

A TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE FROM THE LOWS AND THE HIGHS STARTING OUT THE DAYS IN THE 30s, THEN IN OUR DESERT REGIONS, WE ARE HANGING OUT IN THE 70s, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.

WE GET CLOSE TO 80 BY THE TIME WE GET TO TUESDAY, WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THIS AND SEE IF WE DO, IN FACT, GET TO 80, BUT OVERALL WE ARE IN THE 70s OVERALL.

FOR KPBS, I AM ACCUWEATHER'S JOHNNY AZALEA.

>>> IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BESIDES THE GRINCH WERE A CHRISTMAS CAROL THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, KPBS HAS YOU COVERED.

OUR ARTS REPORTER HAS A NEW PLACE ON CHRISTMAS EVE BUT ONE THAT IS COMPLETELY DEVOID OF WARM AND FUZZY SENTIMENTALITY.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, SHE STOPPED BY A REHEARSAL OF 89 CARSON JUNCTION ROAD.

>>> Reporter: FOR ANYONE NEEDING AN ANTIDOTE TO HOLIDAY CHEER, ACTOR, SHANE HENNESSY, HAS THE PERFECT OPTION.

>>> IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE "DIEHARD" OF SHOWS, IN THE SENSE THAT, LIKE, IT'S GOT CHRISTMAS ELEMENTS BUT IT IS NOT A CHRISTMAS SHOW, IT IS MUCH MORE ACTION-PACKED THAN THAT.

>>> I WILL SAY THIS, THERE IS A BODY COUNT, I WILL PUT IT THAT WAY.

>>> Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT, PLAYWRIGHT MICE -- MICHAEL IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL HOLIDAY FAIR, EVEN THOUGH IT IS SET ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

>>> THE BODIES ARE NOT UNDER THE TREE, SO, AT LEAST THAT IS GOOD.

BUT, BY THE TIME YOU LEAVE, YOU ARE LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE BLOWN APART.

>>> FOR HOW MANY TIMES EVERYONE HAS WISHES, AND DESIRES, AND THE THINGS THAT THEY HOPE TO GET, JUST BECAUSE THERE IS MAGIC IN THE AIR, USUALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO CHRISTMAS.

>>> Reporter: THE WISHES OF ACTOR KEVIN PHANTOMS CHARACTER ARE IN OPPOSITION TO THAT OF HENNESSY'S ARCHER.

>>> EVERYONE COMES INTO THE SHOW WANTING SOMETHING.

I TAKE IT IS PRETTY SAFE TO SAY NOBODY GETS WHAT THEY WANT BY THE END OF IT.

>>> Reporter: BUT, ACTRESS KATE MARY IAN McKELLEN SAID IT IS NOT ANTI-CHRISTMAS.

>>> CHRISTMAS IS A REALLY FUN BACKDROP TO FEAR, OF WHICH THERE IS MUCH IN THIS SHOW.

SO, I THINK IT IS FAIR, AS A CONTRAST TO THE THEME.

>>> Reporter: JACOB JAMES PLAYS THE FATHER TO LULU.

>>> SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE CHRISTMAS IS A MORE DIFFICULT TIME FOR THEM, AND SOME PEOPLE WANT TO SEE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE DARK AND GRITTY, AND SOMETHING THAT THEY FEEL THEY ARE LIKE, "YEAH, IT IS NOT MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR AND THAT IS OKAY.

>> THE PLAY IS SET IN AN ISOLATED HONOR IN 2008 AND INVOLVES TWO MEN WHO SHARED INTENSE COMBAT EXPERIENCES.

INTERVIEWED FAMILY MEMBERS AND GAVE VETERANS FOR RESEARCH.

>> AND THEY TOLD ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WAR AND THEIR EXPERIENCES, ABOUT VETERANS THAT HAD TO GO AND FIGHT THEIR WAR BUT KEEP THEIR LOVE IN SECRET, THEY WOULD MEET PEOPLE IN WAR, AND THAT WOULD BE A MOMENT OF SOLACE IN WAR.

BUT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY COULD ADMIT TO.

IT WAS SILENCED.

IT COULD GET YOU KILLED, OR COURT-MARTIALED, AND WE ALSO WANTED TO EXPLORE THAT.

>> YOU SHOULD NOT COME HERE!

>> HE IS ABLE TO REALLY BRING THAT TRAUMA TO THE PAGE IN A MEANINGFUL WAY THAT HAS BEEN REALLY FUN TO EXPLORE WITH THIS CAST.

>> MICHAEL WRITES REALLY UNIQUE STORY LINES, AND HE ALSO FOCUSES ON GAY CHARACTERS AND GAY THEMES BUT ALSO PUTS THEM ON TED SO IT FEELS LIKE I GET TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT EVERY TIME I GO IN, AND IT CHALLENGES ME.

>> Reporter: AND IT MAY CHALLENGE AUDIENCES WHO HAVE CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

>> I LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS SHOW FEELS LIKE A REALLY GREAT SHORT HORROR NOVEL SET AT CHRISTMAS.

SO, IF YOU LIKE A SHORT STEPHEN KING, IF YOU LIKE "THE MIST" OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I THINK YOU WILL LOVE THIS SHOW.

>> Reporter: FINALLY, A CHRISTMAS SHOW FOR ME.

THANKS, MICHAEL.

>> HAPPY TO DO IT!

BUY TICKETS!

>> Reporter: IT RUNS THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT.

BETH ACCOMANDO, KPBS NEWS.

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

NPR'S MORNING EDITION SPEAKS WITH A FORMER CDC CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER ABOUT THE EXPECTED VOTE ON HEPATITIS B VACCINATIONS FOR ALL NEWBORNS.

>>> AND KPBS ROUNDTABLE IS DIVING DEEPER INTO UC SAN DIEGO'S MATH PROBLEM, WITH REPORTER JACOB AERE.

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