>>> ANOTHER RAINY DAY, AND MORE WET WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

MELISSA SPOKE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND WEATHER THE STORM COULD MAKE A DENT IN THE DROUGHT.>> THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST SAYS THIS WINTER STORM IS BRINGING BENEFICIAL RAIN.

>> AS WE HAVE SEEN YESTERDAY AND TODAY IT HAS JUST BEEN MISTY AND LIGHT RAIN COMING DOWN NONSTOCK.

IT'S REALLY EASY FOR THE GROUND TO ABSORB THAT RAIN WHEN IT IS COMING DOWN IN A LIGHTER FASHION.

>> STARTING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MORNING THE RAIN COULD GET A LITTLE MORE INTENSE.

>> WE ARE EXPECTING A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN TO COME, BUT WE ARE ONLY EXPECTING RAIN RATES OF MAY BE .3 OR .4 INCHES PER HOUR, AND IT'S GOING TO BE QUICK MOVING.

WITH QUICK MOVING RAIN IT DOESN'T ALLOW A LOT OF WATER TO COME DOWN IN ONE AREA, SO THAT DOES HELP LIMIT THE FLOODING CONCERNS.

>> EXPLAINING THERE MAY BE MINOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND MINOR ISSUES NEAR PALOMAR MOUNTAIN.

>> WE ARE EXPECTING QUITE A BIT OF ACCUMULATED RAINFALL UP THERE, SO THERE MAY BE SOME MINOR FLOODING CONCERNS.

MAY BE A FEW LITTLE ROCKSLIDES OR MUD ONTO THE ROADS NEAR PALOMAR MOUNTAIN, AS WE ARE EXPECTING 5 INCHES OF RAIN.

>> THERE IS A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FRIDAY UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY.

WAVES COULD REACH A 7 TO 10 FEET.

>> THERE COULD BE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN THOSE TYPICAL SPOTS LIKE IMPERIAL BEACH IN THE PARKING LOT.

>> YOU MAY BE WONDERING IF THIS RAIN IS GOING TO HELP OUR DROUGHT STATUS.

>> ALL SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS IN D3, WHICH IS EXTREME DROUGHT HERE WE ARE ONLY EXPECTING THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN SAN DIEGO PROPER WITH MORE LIKE AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF IN NORTH COUNTY.

NOW THAT WILL BE HELPFUL, BUT IT PROBABLY WILL NOT CHANGE OUR DROUGHT STATUS.

>> THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS MONITORING THREE BURN SCARS LEFT BY LAST YEAR'S AIRPORT LINE AND BRIDGE FIRES AND ORANGE COUNTY AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

>> WHEN WE HAVE A FIRE AND IT BRINGS ALL OF THE VEGETATION IT LEAVES THIS HYDROPHOBIC LAYER OF SOIL WHERE THE FIRE HAS BURNED, AND WHEN THE RAIN FALLS ON THAT SOIL AND NONE OF THE WATER GETS ABSORBED, AND THAT IS WHY WE GET DEBRIS AND MUD FLOWS IN AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY BURNED.

>> THE FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING AT 4:00 A.M. >>> THE WIND AND RAIN IS DELAYING EFFORTS TO PULL THE DEBRIS OF A U.S. NAVY FIGHTER JET OUT OF THE SAN DIEGO BAY.

IT CRASHED INTO THE WATER NEAR SHELTER ISLAND YESTERDAY MORNING.

THEY CONFIRMED THE PILOTS WERE TRYING TO LAND WHEN THEY EJECTED FROM THE PLANE.

THEY WERE TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL AND ARE IN STABLE CONDITION.

KELLOGG'S BEACH REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS.>>> WE HAVE BEEN PICKING UP QUITE A BIT OF RAINFALL.

LEADING TO THE CONCERN OF FLOODING AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT NUMBERS LIKE THIS IT WAS A WET GO OF THINGS.

I WILL TELL YOU WHEN WE ARE GOING TO DRY OUT COMING UP.

>>> FEDERAL AUTHORITIES IN SAN DIEGO ARE IN THE CROSSHAIRS.

SAN DIEGO AREA STEPPING DOWN AS A PART OF THE TRANSFER OF POWER.

OVERSEEN ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE U.S. ATTORNEY OFFICES AS THE CHIEF FEDERAL PROSECUTOR FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA.

PROSECUTOR ANDREW HAYDEN WHO WORKED UNDER McGRATH'S TAKING OVER AS ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE REGION.

>>> FEDERAL JUDGE CLEARING THE WAY FOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S PLAN TO DOWNSIZE THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE WHITE HOUSE SAYS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES HAVE ACCEPTED RESIGNATION OFFERS, BUT NOW ANOTHER WAVE OF FIRINGS IS CATCHING A NUMBER OF WORKERS BY SURPRISE.

>> WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENT.

>> COMPLETE CHAOS, AND FRANKLY A BUNCH OF CRUELTY.

>> THAT IS HOW MANY WHO WORK WITH OR INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ARE DESCRIBING A WAVE OF MASS FIRINGS UNDERWAY.

>> A PHONE CALL.

THEY CAN'T GET INTO THEIR COMPUTERS.

>> THE D.O.T.

ATTORNEY SAYS SEVERAL STAFFERS WERE NOTIFIED THIS WAY OR WOKE UP TO THIS EMAIL OBTAINED BY CNN TELLING EMPLOYEES THEY WERE BEING LET GO OVER POOR PERFORMANCE.

WORKERS AT THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ALSO RECEIVED SIMILAR EMAILS.

THE TOTAL NUMBER AT BOTH AGENCIES WAS UNKNOWN.

ELON MUSK EXPLODE AT A GLOBAL LEADER SOME ABOUT POTENTIALLY MUCH LARGER SCALE FIRINGS TO COME.>> WE DO NEED TO DELETE ENTIRE AGENCIES AS OPPOSED TO LEAVE A PART OF THEM BEHIND.

>> EDUCATION SECRETARY NOMINEE LINDA McMAHON FACED DOE CLOSURE QUESTIONS.

>> THE YOU AGREE SINCE THE DEPARTMENT WAS CREATED BY CONGRESS IT WOULD NEED AN ACT OF CONGRESS TO ACTUALLY CLOSE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION?

>> CERTAINLY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP UNDERSTANDS WE WILL BE WORKING WITH CONGRESS AND CERTAINLY IT DOES REQUIRE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION.>> THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN DO TOGETHER.

DON'T PULL THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER KIDS.

>> WE ARE RECEIVING MESSAGES FROM UNIVERSITIES WHOSE FINDINGS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT.

WE HAVE CHAOS AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT BEAR THE BRUNT OF THIS.

>>> ROBERT F KENNEDY JUNIOR IS NOW THE TOP HEALTH OFFICIAL IN THE NATION.

CANEDY WAS SWORN IN AS SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TODAY.

JUST ONE REPUBLICAN VOTED AGAINST HIS CONFIRMATION.

KENNEDY FACED INTENSE SCRUTINY OVER HIS CONTROVERSIAL VIEWS ON VACCINES AND PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY.

>>> 105 PEOPLE DIED OF FLU RELATED CAUSES SINCE THE START OF THE SEASON INCLUDING FOR TEENAGERS.

THAT IS MORE DEATHS THAN THE LAST TWO FLU SEASONS COMBINED.

71 OF THOSE WHO DIED WERE NOT VACCINATED.

OUR HEALTH REPORTER EXPLAINS WHAT MAKES THE FLU DANGEROUS AND THE WARNING SIGNS TO WATCH OUT FOR.

>> IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY NEAR THE AGE AND 10 KIDS HAVE NOT RECEIVED A FLU SHOT THIS SEASON.

THIS PUTS THEM AT A HIGHER RISK FOR SERIOUS ILLNESS.

THIS IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AT RAINY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

>> THEY COME IN WITH PRIMARILY INFLUENZA AND THEN A LOT OF THEM DEVELOP PNEUMONIA.

SOME OTHER COMPLICATIONS WITH BACTERIA, SO IT CAN BE PRETTY SEVERE.

>> THAT IS HOW THE FLU CAN BECOME DEADLY.

IT CAN ALSO CAUSE DANGEROUS INFLAMMATION IN THE BRAIN OR HEART.

EVEN IN OTHERWISE HEALTHY PEOPLE.

>> ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS.

ANY CHRONIC CONDITIONS.

>> IN THE WORST CASES IT CAN GO DEEP INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM.

>> THEN IT BECOMES MULTI-ORGAN SYSTEM FAILURE WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF PROBLEMS.

>> THIS YEAR'S FLU IS HITTING HARDER.

>> THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A TOUGHER FLU SEASON BECAUSE OF THE STRAIN.

IT GIVES YOU MORE SEVERE SYMPTOMS.

>> SAYING WARNING SIGNS OF A SEVERE CASE INCLUDE PERSISTENT FEVERS, DIFFICULTY BREATHING, CHEST PAIN OBVIOUSLY.

IF THEY ARE SLEEPING ALL THE TIME.

THOSE ARE THE KIND OF SYMPTOMS THAT MAKE YOU REALLY WORRIED.

>> HOSPITALS ARE SEEING A SURGE IN CASES.

FLU ADMISSIONS ARE NEARLY DOUBLE LAST YEAR.

THEY SAY WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET.

>> FOR THE LAST FOUR WEEKS WE HAVE SEEN FLU CASES CONTINUE TO RISE, WHICH SENDS A SIGNAL WE ARE HEADING INTO THE SECOND PUMP.

>> HE SAYS VACCINATION REMAINS THE BEST PROTECTION, AND WHILE IMMUNITY FADES OVER TIME ONE- SHOT SHOULD LAST THE SEASON AND A SECOND DOSE ISN'T RECOMMENDED.

>> IF YOU HAVE THE VACCINE YOU TURN A WILD DISEASE THAT CAN KILL INTO SOMETHING THAT IS A MILDER FORM THAT WE CAN MANAGE.

IT CAN REDUCE THE SEVERITY.

>> BOTH SAY THAT FLU SEASON COULD LAST UNTIL MARCH, SO IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO GET VACCINATED.

THEY ALSO RECOMMEND PRACTICING GOOD HYGIENE AND STAYING HOME WHEN SICK TO PREVENT SPREADING THE VIRUS.>>> IMAGINE A SUBWAY LINE THAT COULD TAKE YOU FROM CITY HEIGHTS IN JUST 8 TO 10 MINUTES.

THAT IS THE LATEST CONCEPT BEHIND THE PURPLE LINE.

A LONG TRANSLINK CONNECTING THE SOUTH BAY SUBURBS TO JOB CENTERS IN NORTHERN SAN DIEGO.

OUR KPBS METRO REPORTER SAYS IT'S A GRAND VISION WITH A PRICE TAG THAT HAS EVEN SUPPORTERS WONDERING WHETHER IT WILL EVER BECOME A REALITY.>> IT IS ONE OF THE TOP THREE JOB CENTERS IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION.

>> WE MEET OUTSIDE A LARGE OFFICE BUILDING.

>> IF YOU LOOK AROUND YOU SEE SIMILAR KIND OF THINGS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE AREA FOR A JOB, BUT ALSO NOT VERY WELL CONNECTED TO TRANSIT.

>> THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NONPROFIT THAT HAS LONG BEEN A SUPPORTER OF THE PURPLE LINE.

A PLANNED HIGH-SPEED TRANSIT CONNECTION FROM SORRENTO MESA.

THE GOAL IS TO GIVE A FASTER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE THOUSANDS OF COMMUTERS WHO DRIVE THAT CORRIDOR EVERY DAY.

THE COUNTY'S TRANSPORTATION AGENCY RECENTLY COMPLETED A STUDY THAT ANALYZES HOW THE PURPLE LINE MIGHT WORK AS A HEAVY RAIL LINE WITH FASTER SPEEDS AND HIGHER CAPACITY THAN THE EXISTING TROLLEY.

THE STUDY LOOKED AT ONLY A PORTION OF THE CORRIDOR AND IT DIDN'T CONSIDER REAL ESTATE COSTS.

EVEN STILL THE PRICE TAG IS STAGGERING.

>> THE FIRST THING I DID IS I FOUND OUT WHAT THE BUDGET ESTIMATE WAS, AND IT WAS A $20 BILLION PROJECT COST, AND I SAID THEY ARE CLEARLY NOT GOING TO BUILD THIS BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY SAN DIEGO WILL HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY TO BUILD ONE PROJECT, AND EVEN IF THEY DID HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY TO BUILD THEY WOULD NOT AND CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T SPEND IT JUST ON ONE PROJECT.

>> FOR COMPARISON THIS VERSION OF THE PURPLE LINE WOULD COST OVER 10 TIMES WAS SAN DIEGO RECENTLY SPENT.

EXPECTING THE BLUE LINE TROLLEY.

>> IT IS KIND OF LIKE A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD.

>> JESSE RAMIREZ IS THE URBAN PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR ANOTHER LONGTIME SUPPORTER OF THE PURPLE LINE AND SAYS HE'S GLAD THEY DID THE STUDY AND IS TAKING STEPS TO MOVE THE PROJECT PAST THE IDEA PHASE.

>> AT THE SAME TIME KIND OF BITTER BECAUSE I WAS KIND OF SEEING HOW HARD AND COMPLEX OF A PROJECT IT IS GOING TO BE, AND HOW LONG IT POTENTIALLY COULD TAKE TO MAKE THIS A REALITY.

>> ONE OF THE MAIN COST DRIVERS IS SAN DIEGO'S TOPOGRAPHY.

TUNNELING IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND THERE IS A HUGE ELEVATION DROP FROM CITY HEIGHTS INTO MISSION VALLEY, THAT A RAIL LINE WOULD HAVE TO NAVIGATE CAREFULLY.

RAMIREZ UNDERSTANDS THE ENGINEERING CHALLENGES MEANING THIS VERSION OF THE PURPLE LINE IS COST PROHIBITIVE.

AT LEAST FOR NOW.

BUT HE POINTS OUT THE STATUS QUO MAKES CAR OWNERSHIP ALL BUT MANDATORY FOR MOST PEOPLE IS ALSO EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO CONSUMERS AND TAXPAYERS ALIKE.

>> THE PRICE TAG IS HIGH, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT THE CONTEXT.

OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AS A WHOLE INCLUDING FREEWAYS AND EXPANSIONS IN MAINTENANCE.

>> THE JOB IS TO GET REGULAR PEOPLE INVOLVED IN URBAN PLANNING AND HE SAYS A CONSISTENT CHALLENGE ESPECIALLY WITH MEGA PROJECTS THAT TAKE DECADES TO MATERIALIZE IS SOMETHING HE CALLS PLANNING FATIGUE.

>> YOU GET THEM ALL EXCITED LIKE WE HAVE THIS IDEA OF THE PURPLE LINE OR A NEW RAPID PROJECT.

YOU GET THEM EXCITED AND ENGAGE WITH THEM, AND THEN THE ENGAGEMENT FIZZLES OUT BECAUSE WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE PROJECT.

YOU START TO GET COMMUNITY MEMBERS ASKING THE QUESTIONS WHY EVEN PARTICIPATE TO BEGIN WITH?

>> AN AWESOME CONCEPT OF A TRANSPORTATION PROJECT DOES NOT MOVE PEOPLE.

>> THIS COUNCIL MEMBER SERVES ON THE SANDAG TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND WANTS MORE FOCUS ON IMPROVING THE SPEED AND RELIABILITY OF THE EXISTING TRANSIT NETWORK.

>> THAT DOESN'T MEAN NOT DREAMING BIG OR HOPING FOR GREAT THINGS FOR SAN DIEGO, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO CENTER ON THE GOALS AND NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AS WE ARE CHARTING A COURSE FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER FOR FOLKS.

>> STAFF IS LOOKING INTO A RAPID BUS VERSION OF THE PURPLE LINE THAT WOULD BE CHEAPER AND FASTER TO BUILD THAN REAL.>>> AFTER NEARLY A 30 YEAR ABSENCE AMERICAN AIRLINES RETURNS.

WE TALKED TO A PASSENGER ON THE FIRST FLIGHT.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST FLIGHT FROM AMERICAN AIRLINES TO LAND HERE IN 28 YEARS.

>> AMAZING BUT OBVIOUSLY THE CONVENIENCE OF FLYING STRAIGHT INTO NORTH COUNTY IS AMAZING.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST PERSON OFF THE FLIGHT.

>> ALL OF THE WORKERS WERE WAITING FOR THE PLANE TO COME IN.

THERE WAS A FIRE TRUCK THAT GAVE US A SALUTE, AND OBVIOUSLY DOZENS OF PEOPLE IN THE TERMINAL WAITING FOR US TO COME IN, SO ALL OF IT WAS REALLY EXCITING.

>> THE LAST TIME THEY FLEW OUT OF THIS AIRPORT WAS 1997 AND THE LAST COMMERCIAL FLIGHT OUT OF PALOMAR WAS 11 YEARS AGO.

HE LIVES FIVE MINUTES AWAY AND FLIES TO PHOENIX WEEKLY.

HE SAYS IT'S GREAT TO HAVE COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS BACK BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE UP TO AN HOUR TO CATCH A FLIGHT.

THIS IS THE COUNTY'S DIRECTOR OF AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND SAYS IN ADDITION TO CONNECTING NORTH COUNTY TO A MAJOR FLIGHT OF AMERICAN RETURNING WILL ALSO BOOST ECONOMIC.

>> AMERICAN AIRLINES BROUGHT IN A CREW OF OVER 20 PEOPLE.

THE COUNTY BROUGHT ON ADDITIONAL CREWS AND CONTRACTORS.

THE RESTAURANT IS GOING TO SEE INCREASED BUSINESS.

IT'S A DOMINO EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE REGION.>> HE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS FOR COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS TO RETURN.

>> IT IS GREAT FOR US.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TIMES THAT THE FIGHTS COME AND GO.

IT ACTUALLY REALLY HELPS US AT OUR SLOWER TIMES OF THE DAY.

THIS MORNING WE ARE PRETTY MUCH COMPLETELY FULL.

>> THEY PLAN TO HIRE MORE STAFF AND EXTEND HOURS IN ANTICIPATION OF INCREASED DEMAND.>> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE THE AIRPORTS FLOURISH.

IT SHOWS THE DEMAND, AND I THINK IT WILL HELP BRING IN NEW REVENUE AND BUSINESS.>> AMERICAN WILL OFFER TWICE DAILY FLIGHTS TO PHOENIX AND BACK.

ONE IN THE MORNING AND ONE IN THE AFTERNOON.>>> THE REMOVAL OF A CONTROVERSIAL FOOTNOTE FROM THE SAN DIEGO CITY CODE COULD BE DELAYED.

THAT COULD MEAN MORE DENSE DEVELOPMENTS APPROVED FOR THE CITIES FORMERLY REDLINED NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> A FOOTNOTE IN CITY CODE ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO BUILD MUCH MORE DENSELY.

BUT ONLY IN THE VALLEY AREA WHICH REMAINS MAJORITY BLACK AND LATINO AND LOW INCOME.

NEIGHBORS DISCOVER THE FOOTNOTE AND SAID IT WAS NOT CREATED ACTIVELY OR TRANSPARENTLY.

THE COUNCIL VOTED IN JANUARY TO REMOVE IT.

COUNCILMEMBER HENRY FOSTER THE THIRD ADDED A SECOND ACTION TO THE MOTION.

TO ASK CITY STAFF TO PUT ENDING THE CITIES ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT BONUS PROGRAM ON A FUTURE AGENDA.>> IT IS A PRICE TO ALMOST EVERYBODY IN CHAMBERS.

I KNEW THE GREAT LIKELIHOOD WAS GOING TO BE THERE WOULD BE NO SECOND READING SO THAT WOULD BE TAKEN OFF OF THE AGENDA, AND I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THAT AND DISAPPOINTED IT WAS A COMPOUND MOTION BECAUSE IT SHIFTED THE FOCUS FROM THE RETROACTIVE REPEAL TO OH MY GOD.

80 USE.

>> LAST WEEK ATTORNEYS FOR THE DEVELOPER TOLD THE CITY THEY VIOLATED STATE LAW.

COUNCIL MEMBERS CANNOT VOTE OR DISCUSS SOMETHING THAT WASN'T ON THE MEETING'S PUBLIC AGENDA.

THEY ARE BEHIND SOME OF THE CITY'S LARGEST PROPOSED BONUS DEVELOPMENTS.

UP TO 150 UNITS ON ONE LOFT.

THAT SAME DAY THE SECOND READING WAS GONE FROM THIS WEEK'S AGENDA.

THE CITY INITIALLY SAID THE REMOVAL COULD TAKE EFFECT AS EARLY AS APRIL.

NOW THAT COULD BE LATER.

UNTIL THEN ANY COMPLETED APPLICATIONS FROM DEVELOPERS CAN BE AS DENSE AS THE FOOTNOTE ALLOWS.

>> FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND THAT INCLUDES THE LEGACY OF ONE MAN WHO STOOD UP TO SEGREGATION IN A WAY THAT CHANGED A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT SAN DIEGO.>> HERE IS THE EAST SIDE OF FOURTH AVENUE BETWEEN B AND C STREETS, AND WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN 1897 WAS REALLY REMARKABLE, AND NOT GREATLY KNOWN, SO HERE WE GO BACK IN TIME, AND WHAT USED TO BE HERE WAS FISHER'S OPERA HOUSE TO.

ALL OF THE GREAT SHOWS COMING THROUGH TOWN.

WHAT HAPPENED WAS SAN DIEGO BUSINESSMAN EDWARD ANDERSON WITH HIS WIFE BOUGHT ORCHESTRA CIRCLE TICKETS TO SEE AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS.

THEY WERE TOLD NO YOU CAN'T STAY HERE IN THE ORCHESTRA CIRCLE.

COLORED PEOPLE WERE NOT PERMITTED IN THE DOWNSTAIRS PORTION.

YOU WILL HAVE TO GO UPSTAIRS AND STAND IN THE BALCONY.

MR. ANDERSON WHO WAS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN SAID FORGET IT AND WE ARE LEAVING AND I AM GOING TO SUE.

>> AND HE DID, AND HE WON.

THERE WAS A NEW STATE LAW YOU WILL SEE.

OWNERS OF THEATERS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES WERE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES IF THEY REFUSED TO GRANT EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL COMERS REGARDLESS OF COLOR OR RACE , AND EVEN THOUGH THE CASE WAS LATER OVERTURNED ON APPEAL ANDERSON VERSUS FISHER AND FISHER'S OPERA HOUSE WAS THE FIRST TIME IN SAN DIEGO THAT ANYONE OF COLOR HAD CHALLENGED THAT KIND OF DISCRIMINATION IN THE COURTS.

THEY LATER BECAME THE COLONIAL AND WAS ITSELF A LANDMARK IN TOWN FOR LIVE SHOWS AND MOVIES INTO THE 1920S.

EVENTUALLY IT WAS TORN DOWN.

GONE.

TODAY THERE IS NO TRACE OF THE PLACE THAT TOOK ON THE ANDERSONS IN COURT, BUT REMEMBER THAT I MENTIONED THAT HE WAS A MORTICIAN?

HIS BUSINESS IS STILL GOING STRONG.

NEAR FEDERAL AND EUCLID THERE IS THE ANDERSON NAME.

FOREVER CONNECTED TO CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY IN OUR COUNTY AND A STORY YOU NOW KNOW ABOUT SAN DIEGO.>> VERY INTERESTING.

YOU CAN WATCH HALF AN HOUR ABOUT SAN DIEGO AT 8:00 TONIGHT RIGHT HERE ON KPBS.

>>> A STRONG STRONG FORCING EVACUATION ORDERS AND WARNINGS ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY .

A LOT OF AREAS ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE DISASTER CAUSED BY JANUARY'S WILDFIRES.

>> FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR SOME IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE EVACUATING.

>> A LOT OF THE HOUSES OF VEGETATION BURNED OFF.

IT COULD SLIDE DOWN THE HILL VERY EASILY.

>> THIS TIME DUE TO A POWERFUL ATMOSPHERIC RIVER STORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND THE RISK OF DEBRIS FLOW OVER RECENTLY SCORCHED EARTH.

>> THE PALISADES OF COURSE THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF HOMES THAT ARE ON SEVERE SLOPES, AND I COULD BE A BIG PROBLEM FOR THEM.

>> THE DEVASTATION IS SEVERE.

WITH ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS REDUCED TO ASH.

>> EVERY TIME I COME HERE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH.

THE FACT THE HOUSE IS GONE.

>> OFFICIALS WORKING TO SHORE UP PLACES AT RISK OF PLACING SANDBAGS AND INSTALLING BARRIERS.

>> THE KEEP FIRE ASH AND DEBRIS ON OUR PROPERTY AND NOT INTO THE ROADS AND STORM DRAINS.

>> LA LEADERS WARNED THAT ISSUES COULD BE WIDESPREAD.

>> FROM MUD FLOWS IN OUR HILLS TO OUR FLOODED STREETS.

DOWNED TREES AND DID POWERLINES.

>> LONGEVITY IS INCREASING THE CONCERN.

>> WE EXPECT THESE HEAVY RAINS TO LAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

>> EMERGENCY TEAMS ARE ON STANDBY IN CASE OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.

>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY BE SURE ABOUT SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS FLOWS OCCURRING UNTIL POTENTIALLY RIGHT BEFORE THEY OCCUR.

MARYBELLE GONZALES, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT HAS BEEN A WET GO OF THINGS RECENTLY, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO GET THE LAST OF THIS HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH OUR AREA WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THINGS QUIETING DOWN AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW.

NOT TO SAY THERE WOULD BE SOME SHOWERS.

THEY CERTAINLY DO REMAIN FOR FRIDAY, AND WE WILL ALSO STILL HAVE SOME WIND.

MOSTLY FOR MOUNTAINOUS AREAS WHERE WE WILL SEE THEM REMAIN IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TONIGHT.

REALLY THE WORST OF THE WIND OUT THERE FOR US FOR THOSE AREAS BY THE COAST.

COOLER WEATHER AND DRIER WEATHER IN STORE FOR THE WEEKEND.

AS WE KEEP THINGS PRETTY QUIET.

FIRST UP WE CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE SHOWERS.

HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN MOVING THROUGH RIGHT ABOUT NOW AS WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND THEN IT WILL QUIET DOWN BEYOND MID NIGHT.

AS YOU HEAD TOWARDS RAMONA, 50 DEGREES FOR THE LOW.

KEEPING IT MORE OF A RAIN PATTERN HERE.

AS WE TRANSITION TO FRIDAY YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES IN TAKING SOME OF THE WIND WITH IT.

LIKE I SAID, IT WILL BE A LITTLE BLUSTERY IN OUR MOUNTAINOUS COMMUNITIES.

WE WILL BE DODGING SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

63 AS YOU HEAD TOWARDS OCEANSIDE.

TAKING A LOOK AT THE FIVE DAY FORECAST.

YOU CAN SEE HOW WE DRY OUT FOR THE WEEKEND, SO WE ARE BACK TO OUR USUAL WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60s FOR THE COAST ON SATURDAY AND UPPER 60s AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY.

YOU CAN SEE THE GRADUAL WARMING TREND INTO SUNDAY AS WE MAKE IT TO THE MID-70s.

WE WILL STAY A LITTLE MORE MILD AS WE TRY TO WORK OUR WAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.

MOUNTAINOUS COMMUNITIES STILL DEALING WITH SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS THROUGH TOMORROW, BUT WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40s IS DAYS LARGELY RAIN.

JUST WATCH OUT FOR THE WIND THAT WILL BE OUT THERE TOMORROW IN THE MOUNTAINOUS COMMUNITIES.

DRYING OUT AND TRYING TO WARM UP HEADING INTO SUNDAY, MONDAY, AND TUESDAY.

DESERT COMMUNITIES COULD STILL SEE SHOWERS AS WE HOLD ONTO THE UPPER 60s.

AFTER THAT WE ARE BACK INTO THE 70s FOR THE WEEKEND.

>>> A LOCAL FLOWER COMPANY THAT WAS NEARLY WASHED AWAY BY LAST JANUARY'S FLOODS IS BRACING FOR ANOTHER WET VALENTINES DAY.

THIS IS WHAT NATIVE POPPY IN MISSION VALLEY LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.

THE WAREHOUSE WAS COMPLETELY FLOODED AND TWO DELIVERY VANS WERE TOTALED NINE DAYS BEFORE THE PRODUCTION BEGAN.

WITH A FLOOD WATCH WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY THE CO-OWNER SAYS THERE IS SOME CONCERN.

>> LAST YEAR AT LEAST IT WAS BEFORE VALENTINE'S DAY.

THIS YEAR IT WOULD HAPPEN ON VALENTINE'S DAY.

YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME HOW MANY FLOWERS WE HAVE AND HOW MANY ORDERS ARE ALREADY MADE AND WAITING TO GO OUT.

THE FACT A LOT OF THEM HAVE COME BACK TO ORDER FROM US AGAIN THIS YEAR IS AMAZING.

>> THEY INSTALLED FLOOD BOARDS AND SANDBAGS TO PREVENT FLOODS.

THEY TOLD OUR MEDIA PARTNER THEY TALKED ABOUT MOVING THE DELIVERY VANS TO HIGHER GROUND TO KEEP THEM AWAY FROM ANY POSSIBLE FLOODING.

>>> KPBS IS FEELING THE LOVE AHEAD OF THIS VALENTINE'S DAY.

WE ASK YOU TO SHARE YOUR SAN DIEGO LOVE STORIES WHETHER IT IS ABOUT A PARTNER, FRIEND, OR A FAVORITE PLACE.

YOU CAN READ THE RESULTS ON OUR WEBSITE AT KPBS.ORG/LOVE STORY.

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

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

GOOD NIGHT.