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>>> THE IT'S A NEW YEAR, BUT SAN DIEGO IS STILL FACING MANY OF THE SAME BUDGET CHALLENGES.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

MOMENTS AGO, SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA WRAPPED UP HIS ANNUAL STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS.

KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN IS LIVE OUTSIDE CITY HALL WHERE THE SPEECH JUST TOOK PLACE.

ANDREW, TELL US WHAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: MAYA, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW IN WHICH GLORIA HAS OPTED TO HOLD THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS HERE AT CITY HALL.

HISTORICALLY IT'S BEEN HELD AT THE BALBOA THEATER JUST DOWN THE STREET.

IT'S A MUCH MORE OPULENT SPACE, AND THE CHANGE OF VENUE IS MEANT TO SYMBOLIZE WHAT GLORIA HAS CALLED THE AGE OF AUSTERITY IN SAN DIEGO.

THE BUDGET DEFICIT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TOP INS HE ADDRESSED TONIGHT.

GLORIA HAS CUT CITY MANAGEMENT POSITIONS, ENDED CONTRACTS, AND MOVED CITY EMPLOYEES FROM RENTED OFFICE SPACE INTO BUILDINGS THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CITY.

AND YET HE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ALL OF THESE MEASURES HAVE NOT BEEN ENOUGH TO FULLY BALANCE THE CITY'S BUDGET.

>> THAT DOES MEAN WE WILL HAVE MORE TOUGH DECISIONS AND CUTS THIS YEAR TO SOLVE THE REMAINDER OF THE DEFICIT AS WELL AS THE UNANTICIPATED ECONOMIC CHALLENGES POSED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S TARIFFS AND BUDGET CUTS THAT ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL.

I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT EASY TO HEAR, AND I KNOW THAT NONE OF IT HAS BEEN EASY TO LIVE THROUGH.

I HEAR THE FRUSTRATIONS AND I SHARE THEM, BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT WE CANNOT BUILD A STRONGER SAN DIEGO ON A FRAGILE FOUNDATION.

>> Reporter: WELL, MAYA, YOU HEARD THERE A BRIEF MENTION OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND WAYS IN WHICH GLORIA FEELS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS MAKING HIS JOB HARDER.

GLORIA ALSO CALLED OUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES.

HE SAID SAN DIEGO IS A PROUD BINATIONAL CITY AND THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS WAGING A CAMPAIGN OF FEAR.

>> AND I KNOW THAT YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN TORN APART, IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THROWN INTO CHAOS, IN INNOCENT BYSTANDERS PUT AT RISK, AND IN LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS FORCED INTO VOLATILE SITUATIONS THAT THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR AND DIDN'T CREATE.

WE HAVE SEEN WHERE THIS KIND OF RECKLESS ENFORCEMENT LEADS.

WE'VE SEEN THIS FIRSTHAND ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS IN OUR CITY BUT MOST PROMINENTLY IN SOUTH PARK LAST MAY AND MOST RECENTLY OUR ENTIRE NATION SAW THIS FIRSTHAND IN THE MURDER OF RENEE NICOLE GOOD IN MINNESOTA, A LIFE THAT WAS LOST BECAUSE OF THE CALLOUS AND RECKLESS ACTIONS OF A FEDERAL AGENT WHICH OUTRAGED ALL OF US.

>> Reporter: MAYA, THERE WERE A FEW TIDBITS OF NEWS IN THE SPEECH TODAY, ONE IS A PLAN TO WORK WITH THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT TO REDEVELOP GOLDEN HALL, THE BUILDING TO MY LEFT.

IT'S BEEN USED FOR LARGE EVENTS.

IT'S BEEN A TEMPORARY HOMELESS SHELTER.

AND IT'S CURRENTLY VACANT AND IN NEED OF A SECOND LIFE.

GLORIA SAYS HE PLANS TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR PERMISSION TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT ON THIS PROPERTY'S REDEVELOPMENT SOME TIME IN THE SPRING.

REPORTING LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>> WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING OUT THERE, ANDREW, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> OVERNIGHT NASA MADE HISTORY OFF THE COAST OF SAN DIEGO WITH THE SAFE RETURN OF SPACE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS.

THEIR MISSION ENDED ABOUT A MONTH AHEAD OF SCHEDULE DUE TO A MEDICAL ISSUE WITH ONE OF THE FOUR CREW MEMBERS.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME NASA HAS ENDED A MISSION EARLY FOR A MEDICAL REASON.

THE SPACEX CAPSULE LANDED IN THE OCEAN NEAR SAN DIEGO AROUND 12:45 THIS MORNING.

THE ASTRONAUTS ARE NOW RECOVERING IN SAN DIEGO UNDER THE CARE OF DOCTORS AND ARE SAID TO BE DOING FINE.

HERE IS AUDIO FROM ONE OF THE ASTRONAUTS DURING THE RETURN AND COMMENTS FROM NASA LEADERSHIP.

>> SPLASH DOWN AND MAINS ARE CUT.

SPACEX DRAGON, IT'S SO GOOD TO BE HOME, WITH DEEP GRATITUDE TO THE TEAMS WHO GOT US THERE AND BACK.

>> WE DID MAKE A DECISION PRIOR TO TODAY, A COUPLE DAYS EARLIER, THAT WE WERE BRINGING THE CREW TO A MEDICAL FACILITY IN THE SAN DIEGO, YOU KNOW, OFF THE SAN DIEGO AREA.

AND SO THE CREW WILL STAY THERE.

THEY'LL STAY THERE OVERNIGHT, AND WE EXPECT TO BRING THE CREW BACK TO HOUSTON ON FRIDAY, OBVIOUSLY, PENDING THE MEDICAL.

>> AND THE CREW SPENT 167 DAYS IN SPACE CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS AND OTHER RESEARCH.

NASA SAYS THAT'S ROUGHLY 2,600 ORBITS AROUND THE EARTH.

>>> PLEASANT WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY LOOKING GREAT, ORANGE COUNTY JUST AS GOOD.

LOW 40s FOR A LOT OF US.

NIPPIER ON THE OCEAN SIDE.

48 INTO SAN DIEGO AND BORREGO SPRING, 42.

A FEW CLOUDS OUT THERE.

OVERALL BIG PICTURE, RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AND THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE NEAR THE WEST COAST.

WE'RE GOING TO STAY DRY.

DETAILS AHEAD.

>>> BRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FRONTLINE WORKERS ARE THE LATEST TO VOTE TO UNIONIZE IN THE COUNTY.

THEY SAY STAFFING SHORTAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS ARE AFFECTING PATIENT CARE.

THIS WEEK KPBS HEALTH REPORTER HEIDI DE MARCO SAYS THE HOSPITAL CHALLENGED THE VOTE.

>> Reporter: PATIENT CARE ASSISTANCE, FOOD SERVICE WORKERS, AND MEDICAL INTERPRETERS ARE AMONG THE GROUPS THAT VOTED TO UNIONIZE THIS MONTH.

THEY SAY THE DELAY MEANS ONGOING STAFFING PROBLEMS REMAIN UNRESOLVED.

>> WE EXPERIENCE THOSE BURDENS OF FEELING LIKE WE'RE LETTING FAMILIES DOWN BECAUSE WE SIMPLY HAVE TOO MUCH ON OUR PLATES.

>> Reporter: JOSE BERRIOS IS A MEDICAL INTERPRETER AT RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

HE SAYS ABOUT A QUARTER OF PATIENTS RELY ON INTERPRETERS TO COMMUNICATE SYMPTOMS AND CONCERNS.

>> I'VE GOTTEN UP TO ABOUT 18 OR 19 PATIENT INTERACTIONS IN A SINGLE DAY, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN WORKING IN THIS INDUSTRY FOR 13 YEARS, THAT IS ABOVE -- FAR BEYOND WHAT A HUMAN BRAIN CAN HANDLE IN TERMS OF ASSURING ACCURACY, ADEQUATE INTERPRETATION, AND JUST BEST PRACTICES.

>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT, RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SAYS, CONCERNS ABOUT UNION CONDUCT DURING THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND IN-PERSON VOTING PROMPTED THEM TO FILE AN OBJECTION WITH THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD TO INVESTIGATE.

>> I THINK THAT THIS WAS A TACTIC TO DELAY THE INEVITABLE OUTCOME OF OUR VICTORY.

>> Reporter: IF THE LABOR BOARD OVERRULES THE OBJECTIONS, THE UNION WILL BE CERTIFIED AND NEGOTIATIONS CAN BEGIN.

IF THE OBJECTIONS ARE UPHELD, THE ELECTION COULD BE THROWN OUT AND REDONE.

HEIDI DE MARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AT A SENATE HEARING THIS WEEK, REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ACCUSED THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OF RESETTLING UNVETTED AFGHANS AFTER THE FALL OF KABUL IN 2021.

KPBS MILITARY AND VETERANS REPORTER ANDREW DYER SAYS VETERANS PACKED THE HEARING ROOM IN SUPPORT OF AFGHANS.

>> Reporter: TWO DAYS AFTER THE SHOOTING, THE STATE DEPARTMENT INDEFINITELY PAUSED THE AFGHAN SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM, THE LAST REMAINING IMMIGRATION OPTION FOR AFGHANS UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

DURING A SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARING -- SINCE 2021 WEREN'T SCREENED OR VETTED.

LIKE MISSOURI SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY.

>> TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ADMITTED INTO THIS COUNTRY, WE HAVE NO IDEA OF THEIR ACTUAL BACKGROUND, THEIR POTENTIAL TERRORIST CONNECTION, AND IN MANY CASES WE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEY ARE OR WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHO THEY'RE CONNECTED WITH OR WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF.

>> THAT'S JUST INCORRECT.

>> Reporter: ANDREW SULLIVAN IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NO ONE LEFT BEHIND A NONPROFIT THAT ADVOCATES FOR FORMER U.S.

ALLIES IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

HE SERVED IN BOTH COUNTRIES.

>> THEY SERVED ALONGSIDE AMERICAN TROOPS, DIPLOMATS, INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PROFESSIONALS AND WERE VETTED DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

>> -- DESPITE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.

IT'S BEEN USED TO JUSTIFY SYSTEMATICALLY DIGGING UP OF OLD IMMIGRATION CASES AND THE REVOCATION OF GREEN CARDS.

IT'S BEEN USED OF INSTITUTE NEW TRAVEL BANS THAT ENCOMPASS POTENTIALLY A BILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE.

>> Reporter: THE SHOOTER WORKED FOR CIA IN AFGHANISTAN AND WAS VETTED.

SAN DIEGO NAVY VETERAN SEAN IS THE COFOUNDER OF AFGHAN EVAC.

HE SAYS AFGHANS STILL HAVE THE SUPPORT OF VETERANS.

>> DOZENS AND DOZENS OF VETERANS AND BATTLE BUDDIES SHOWED UP IN SOLIDARITY.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT IN THAT ROOM THAT WASN'T A GOVERNMENT WITNESS WAS SUPPORTING AFGHANS.

IT WAS REMARKABLE.

THE HEARING ROOM WAS PACKED.

>> Reporter: ON THURSDAY THE ADMINISTRATION TOLD CONGRESS IT WOULD CLOSE A CAMP IN QATAR USED TO SCREEN AFGHAN EVACUEES, ABOUT 1,100 AFGHANS MOVED TO THE CAMP BY THE U.S.

HAVE BEEN STUCK THERE SINCE TRUMP ENDED ASYLUM TRAVEL ALMOST ONE YEAR AGO.

THERE'S NO WORD ON WHERE THEY ARE TO GO NOW.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WHAT'S ALREADY A TENSE SCENE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ESCALATED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.

NOW PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE MIGHT INVOKE THE INSURRECTION ACT TO DEPLOY U.S.

TROOPS.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ HAS THE LATEST.

>> Reporter: -- AFTER A FEDERAL AGENT SHOT AND INJURED A MAN DAYS AFTER ANOTHER PROTESTER WAS SHOT DEAD THERE.

>> I'M NOT MAD AT YOU.

>> Reporter: THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS AN IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENT TRIED TO CONDUCT A TARGETED TRAFFIC STOP ON A VENEZUELAN NATIONAL WHO DROVE OFF, CRASHED, AND FLED ON FOOT.

DHS ALLEGES THE MAN RESISTED ARREST.

>> OUR I.C.E.

AGENTS ARE FOLLOWING THE LAW AND RUNNING OPERATIONS ACCORDING TO TRAINING.

LAST NIGHT WHAT WE SAW WAS THREE INDIVIDUALS WEAPONIZE SHOVELS AND BROOMS AND ATTACK AN I.C.E.

OFFICER THAT HAD TO DEFEND HIMSELF.

>> Reporter: DHS SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM SAYS FEDERAL AGENTS ARE FOLLOWING THE LAW AND PROTOCOLS.

SHE SAID PEOPLE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PROVIDE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP TO OFFICERS.

>> IF WE ARE DOING AN OPERATION, THERE MAY BE INDIVIDUALS SURROUNDING THAT INDIVIDUAL WHO WE'RE ASKING WHO THEY ARE AND HAVING THEM VALIDATE THEIR IDENTITY.

>> Reporter: IN A TRUTH SOCIAL POST, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THREATENED TO INVOKE THE INSURRECTION ACT TO DEPLOY FEDERAL TROOPS TO THE STATE.

>> THE INSURRECTION ACT IS A TOOL AT THE PRESIDENT'S DISPOSAL.

I THINK THE PRESIDENT'S TRUTH SOCIAL POST SPOKE VERY LOUD AND CLEAR.

>> Reporter: STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE CALLING FOR CALM.

>> I REALLY HOPE THAT THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT DO THAT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR CITY NEEDS RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: AS SOME RESIDENTS FEAR WHAT COULD COME NEXT.

>> I AM VERY SCARED.

AAM WORRIED THAT I'M NOT EVEN ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL AND FEEL SAFE.

>> Reporter: IVAN RODRIGUEZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> I'M ANNA, TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE PRESIDENT THREATENS TO INVOKE THE INSURRECTION ACT TO QUELL PROTESTS IN MINNEAPOLIS.

THAT'S COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> THE THIRD ANNUAL SAN DIEGO RODEO KICKS OFF TOMORROW AT PETCO PARK.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AERE SAYS IT BEGINS RIGHT AFTER A LAWSUIT AGAINST RODEO ORGANIZERS ALLEGING ANIMAL CRUELTY WRAPPED CLOSING ARGUMENTS.

AND A WARNING, SOME OF THE IMAGES OF ANIMALS IN THE STORY MAY BE DISTURBING TO VIEWERS.

>> Reporter: HORSE HOOVES POUND THE GROUND AT A FULLY DIRT-COVERED RENDITION OF PETCO PARK.

A RIDER PERFORMS TRICKS ON HER STEED THURSDAY MORNING.

IT'S A GLIMPSE OF WHAT'S TO COME AT THE SAN DIEGO RODEO THIS WEEKEND.

>> I WAS BORN IN A RODEO FAMILY, SO IT'S IN MY BLOOD SINCE DAY ONE.

WHEN MY PARENTS ROPED AT HOME, I'D ALWAYS GET ON THE CALVES, SO THEY FIGURED THAT I WAS GOING TO BE A BULL RIDER.

>> Reporter: 18-YEAR-OLD BULL RIDER JEREMY SAYS YOUR BODY HAS TO REACT FAST AND STRONG AND TUNNEL VISION TAKES OVER WHEN COMPETITION STARTS.

>> IT FEELS LIKE NOT THAT LONG UNTIL YOU'RE ON THE BACK OF A BULL.

>> Reporter: MISS RODEO CALIFORNIA.

SHE GREW UP ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER IN THE RODEO SCENE.

SHE SAYS THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF EVENTS.

>> HERE SPECIFICALLY AT SAN DIEGO RODEO, I'M EXCITED FOR TEAM ROPING.

IT'S MY FAVORITE.

WE HAVE TWO COWBOYS WHO WILL ROPE THE LEGS AND THE HEAD OF THE CALF.

>> Reporter: THE RODEO'S USE OF ANIMALS FOR SPORT IS THE SUBJECT OF A LAWSUIT IN SUPERIOR COURT ALLEGING ANIMAL CRUELTY.

ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS ARE PROTESTING THE THREE-DAY EVENT.

THE COFOUNDER OF STRATEGIC ACTION FOR ANIMALS.

>> THERE'S CRUEL EVENTS LIKE CALF ROPING WHERE BABY CALVES ARE FORCED TO RUN 20 MILES AN HOUR, JERKED, SLAMMED TO THE GROUND, AND THOSE ARE INHERENTLY CRUEL AND DO RESULT IN INJURIES AND SOMETIMES DEATH TO THOSE ANIMALS.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO RODEO IS PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP BY THE SAN DIEGO PADRES.

THE ORGANIZATION WOULD NOT PROVIDE KPBS AN INTERVIEW AND DID NOT IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE A STATEMENT.

ATTORNEY BRIAN PEACE GAVE CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN THE LAWSUIT TODAY.

HE REPRESENTS NONPROFIT GROUPS.

>> WHAT WE ARE SEEKING IS AN UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES INJUNCTION THAT WOULD PROHIBIT SAN DIEGO PADRES ELSE IS THE RODEO FROM ENGAGING IN SPECIFIC ACTS OF CRUELTY.

>> Reporter: HE'S HOPING TO STOP SPECIFIC ACTS AT THE RODEO, INCLUDING WHAT HE DESCRIBES AS ROPING BABY CALVES AND SLAMMING THEM TO THE GROUND AND USING BUCKING STRAPS ON ANIMALS.

AT LEAST TWO ANIMALS HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR DIED AT THE RODEO IN PAST YEARS.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WELL, WE ARE DRY AND WE'RE GOING TO STAY DRY AND FAIRLY WARM.

DAYTIME WEATHER HAS BEEN RUNNING WARM HERE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

THAT'LL BE THE CONTINUED THEME.

WE'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A MINOR INCREASE IN FIRE DANGER, ESPECIALLY AROUND SATURDAY.

BUT OVERALL BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WET ENOUGH LATELY, THERE'S STILL SOME RESIDUAL MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE PLANTS, THE VEGETATION, THE GROUND IS NOT TOO DRY.

THE FIRE DANGER IS LIMITED.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HINT, JUST A HINT, OF MOISTURE COMING IN IN ABOUT A WEEK.

AROUND NEXT FRIDAY, THE END OF NEXT WEEK, THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AROUND.

NOTHING BIG BUT THE FIRST SIGN OF SOME MOISTURE HERE INTO THE SECOND HALF OF JANUARY.

TONIGHT, 48 FOR YOUR LOW, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

WE LOOK GOOD.

HIGH PRESSURE IS ANCHORED OVERHEAD ALL WEEK LONG AND CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY.

PATCHY FOG IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY.

OCCASIONAL LOW CLOUDS NEAR THE COAST.

WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.

A WARM, DRY DAY FOR FRIDAY.

HIGH PRESSURE STILL WITH US.

YELLOW ON THE MAP, THAT MEANS DRY WEATHER.

SPECIFICALLY IN OUR AREA HERE, TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO RANGE FROM THE COOL SIDE, MOUNT -- IT'LL BE A NICE TIME FOR FRIDAY AND A PLEASANT START TO THE WEEKEND.

BIG DIVISION HERE IN THE TEMPERATURE SETUP HERE EAST OF THE ROCKIES.

MUCH COLDER.

WEST OF THE ROCKIES WE ARE DRY AND WARM.

A STELLAR SUNDAY.

NOT MUCH TO REPORT IN TERMS OF DISRUPTIVE WEATHER.

A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE, MAUL DEGREE OF FIRE DANGER.

THE PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE WEST COAST, LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION.

WE DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING HERE THROUGH WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY.

STORM TRACK INTO PARTS OF ALASKA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA.

SO LOCALLY, HERE WE ARE WITH A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE A FEW INTERMITTENT CLOUDS OFF AND ON THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

MID 70s, LOW 70s, HEDGING DOWNWARD SLIGHTLY INTO TUESDAY.

INLAND AREAS, LOW TO MID-80s, WARMEST ON SATURDAY.

A LITTLE BIT OF A COOLDOWN WITH SOME MORE CLOUD COVER ON TUESDAY.

IN THE MOUNTAINS WE GO, LOW TO MID-50s ACROSS THE BOARD.

A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE, A FEW FAIR WEATHER CLOUDS BEGINNING ON SUNDAY.

AND IN THE DESERTS HERE, WE HAVE SOME WARMTH MID TO UPPER 70s.

PRETTY CONSISTENTLY HERE BETWEEN 76 AND 78 EACH OF THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.

A SLIGHT INCREASE IN AND JUST A FEW FAIR WEATHER CLOUDS.

I'M JEFF CORNISH FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> EATING HEALTHIER IS ONE OF THE TOP NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS.

KPBS WEB PRODUCER RILEY ARTHUR TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT NUTRITION AND MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT DIET.

>> Reporter: DIET SEASON HAS BEGUN.

WHILE MANY PEOPLE FOCUS ON CALORIE CUTTING OR DRASTIC FAT DIETS TO LOSE A FEW QUICK POUNDS, OTHERS STRIVE TO EAT HEALTHIER IN THE NEW YEAR.

A RECENT SURVEY FOUND MANY ARE FOCUSED ON HEALTH AS A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION.

32% ON IMPROVING DIET AND 36% ON MENTAL HEALTH.

WHILE MANY OF US THINK WE KNOW WHAT HEALTHY EATING IS, LESS PROCESSED SUGAR, LESS FRIED FOOD, NUTRITION AND A BALANCED DIET IS MORE INVOLVED THAN THAT.

AND HEALTHY EATING IS AFFECTED BY MANY FACTORS LIKE SLEEP AND MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH CAN HELP OR HINDER YOUR ABILITY TO MAKE YOUR HEALTH GOALS.

HEALTHIER EATING IS OFTEN FRAMED AS A WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT, BUT EXPERTS SAY DIET IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FACTORS IN LONG-TERM WEIGHT CHANGE.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO WEIGHT LOSS IN GENERAL, TYPICALLY NUTRITION IS THE FOUNDATION.

YOU CAN'T OUT EXERCISE A BAD DIET.

>> Reporter: DEVELOPING GOOD NUTRITIONAL HABITS WILL REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT OF PLANNING TO AVOID TEMPTATION.

>> IF YOU'RE TRYING TO EAT HEALTHIER, YOU KNOW, THE FOOD -- THE FOOD WE REACH IS THE FOOD WE EAT.

SO THE FOOD THAT'S RIGHT AROUND US, THAT'S SITTING ON OUR COUNTER OR IN THE BREAK ROOM OF THE OFFICE OR IN YOUR PANTRY IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO END UP EATING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A MOMENT WHERE YOU'RE FEELING TIRED OR STRESSED OR IN A HURRY.

>> Reporter: SHE RECOMMENDS ADDING HEALTHIER FOODS TO YOUR ENVIRONMENT SO YOU WON'T RELY ON MOTIVATION ALONE.

IT'S EASY TO EQUATE UNHEALTHY FOOD WITH EMOTIONAL EATING, BUT THAT MIGHT NOT BE ACCURATE.

>> IT MIGHT BE HUNGER.

IF WE HAVE A DIET THAT'S TOO LOW IN CALORIES BECAUSE WE WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT OR MAYBE TOO LOW IN PROTEIN, UNINTENTIONALLY, OUR STRESS HORMONES ARE RELEASED.

>> Reporter: IT CAN AFFECT HOW CLEARLY WE THINK, HOW WE EAT, AND HOW WE SLEEP.

>> IF YOU'RE TRYING TO CHANGE YOUR DIET, FOR EXAMPLE, AND YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH SLEEP OR YOU'RE NOT GETTING GOOD QUALITY SLEEP, YOUR HUNGER HORMONES ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO YOU MIGHT BE SOMEBODY WITH THE MOST WILL POWER IN THE WORLD, BUT IF YOU'RE GETTING REALLY BAD SLEEP OVER AND OVER AND YOUR HUNGER HORMONES ARE OUT OF WHACK, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO RESIST THOSE HIGHLY PALATABLE FOODS, SALTY FOODS, SWEET FOODS, THAT WE REALLY WANT TO EAT.

>> Reporter: EXPERTS RECOMMEND NUTRIENT-DENSE FOODS LIKE VEGETABLES, FRUITS, BEANS, EGGS, AND FATTY FISH, AND REPLACING HIGHLY PROCESSED FOODS.

>> THE MAJORITY OF YOUR FOOD SHOULD NOT BE IN PACKAGES.

IDEALLY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WHOLE FOODS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

DON'T WORRY, I ALSO LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD.

IF I'M LOOKING AT A PACKAGE, I'M LOOKING AT THE INGREDIENTS.

I WANT TO SEE, NUMBER ONE, ARE THEY WORDSER I'VE EVER HEARD OF.

HOPEFULLY I HAVE, IN WHICH CASE, THROW IT IN THE BASKET.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE SUGAR ISN'T NEAR THE TOP OF IT.

>> Reporter: IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ONE SMALL CHANGE YOU CAN MAKE THIS WEEK AND WILL MAKE A BIG IMPACT, COLEMAN RECOMMENDS ADDING MORE PROTEIN TO YOUR DIET.

>> THE BIGGEST THING YOU CAN DO IS MAKE SURE EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU EAT THERE IS A SOURCE OF PROTEIN.

>> Reporter: RILEY ARTHUR, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND A BRAND NEW SEASON OF THE KPBS PODCAST THE FINEST IS NOW LIVE.

THE FIRST EPISODE LAUNCHED TODAY.

SEASON TWO STARTS IN NORMAL HEIGHTS AT BURN ALL BOOKS.

THE SPACE IS PART OF -- PART WORKSHOP, PART PRINTING PRESS, AND PART GATHERING SPACE.

THE COFOUNDERS TALK TO KPBS ABOUT KEEPING ARTISTS CONNECTED IN SAN DIEGO.

YOU CAN FIND THE FINEST BY SCANNING THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN OR LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.

NEW EPISODES WILL DROP IN THE COMING WEEKS.

>>> AND THIS WEEKEND BODE DI TREE CONCERTS PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIER OF THE CHILDREN'S OPERA PACHO RABBIT AND THE COYOTE.

IT'S DESIGNED FOR KIDS, BUT EVERYONE CAN ENJOY THE THEMES OF LOVE, HOPE, AND MIGRATION.

>> BODY TREE CONCERTS IS DEDICATED TO PERFORMING INTENTIONAL ACTS OF KINDNESS BY USING MUSIC AS A PATH TOWARDS ENLIGHTENMENT AND UNDERSTANDING.

AT A PIANO REHEARSAL ON TUESDAY, I GOT MY FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE WORLD PREMIER CHAMBER OPERA BASED ON THE CHILDREN'S BOOK PONCHO RABBIT AND THE COYOTE.

IT'S A MAGICAL ODYSSEY IN WHICH RIVERS COME TO LIFE AS WE FOLLOW A BRAVE RABBIT IN SEARCH OF HIS FATHER.

>> HE'S LIKE VERY NAIVE.

HE'S JUST A KID, AND HE FEELS THAT HE CAN DO IT.

HE FEELS LIKE A SUPERHERO.

HE'S GOING TO GO AND RESCUE HIS PAPA.

SO HE GOES AND DO LIKE ALL THE JOURNEY TO CROSS THE BORDER WITH THE HELP OF THE COYOTE.

♪ ONLY THE SMARTEST COYOTES KNOW THIS ROUTE ♪ >> Reporter: ANTHONY DAVIS COMPOSED THE SCORE FOR THIS CHILDREN'S OPERA.

>> I WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE BORDER AND TELLING THAT STORY ABOUT THE BORDER WITH THE ANIMAL CHARACTERS.

I THINK IT'S VERY LIBERATING FOR ME AS A COMPOSER TO GET AWAY FROM A REALISTIC TELLING OF THE STORY.

>> Reporter: IT'S A BORDER STORY DAVIS STARTED WORKING ON DURING THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

>> IT'S EVEN MUCH MORE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT NOW THAN IT WAS.

SO I THINK IT'S PART OF KIND OF THE RESISTANCE, I THINK, A FLAGRANT DISREGARD OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND LAW THAT WE SEE AT THE CURRENT TIME.

WE'VE INTRODUCED NEW CHARACTERS LIKE THE ORANGE SNAPPING TURTLE THAT'S BUILDING A WALL, THE CHILD WHO'S IN A CAGE, THAT WAS A WAY OF UPDATING THE STORY AND RAISING THE STAKES OF THE OPERA.

AND THEN I THINK THE OPERA ALSO HAS A HOPEFUL ASPECT WITH THE MIGRATION OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.

IT'S A SENSE OF WHAT A POST-TRUMP WORLD WILL BE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, THAT MY ART TRIES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, TRIES TO SAY SOMETHING TO GET PEOPLE TO HAVE EMPATHY FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MUSIC CAN DO.

>> IT'S A REALLY NICE WAY TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ALL THE DIFFICULTIES THAT IMMIGRANTS HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

THEY CROSS THE BORDER AND THEY DO IT BECAUSE OF NEED.

THEY NEED TO SURVIVE, AND IT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY SEE POSSIBLE.

♪ THERE ARE STILL DANGERS AHEAD ♪ >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO STEP INTO THE STORY AND HOPEFULLY FIND EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING.

>> AND IT TOOK A WHILE FOR US TO FIND THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN THE POLITICAL AND THE CHILD'S FANTASY OF THE STORY.

>> I THINK THAT THE KIDS WILL LOVE TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, THE COLOR OF THE VOICES ARE DIFFERENT, IT IS EXCITING, AND THE KIDS WILL LOVE IT.

>> Reporter: HISSING SNAKES, TUNNELS FILLED WITH BATS, PANCHO RABBIT AND THE COYOTE SERVES UP A STORY TO EXCITE YOUNG IMAGINATIONS AND CHALLENGE AUDIENCES TO OPEN THEIR HEARTS TO DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.

IN THE ARTS, EMPATHY IS NOT A WEAKNESS BUT A STRENGTH.

IT'S THE VERY ESSENCE OF STORY TELLING AND WHAT MAKES US HUMAN.

IT'S ALSO THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND BODE TREE CONCERTS.

PANCHO RABBIT AND THE COYOTE WILL BE PERFORMED THIS WEEKEND AT THE SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND ON JANUARY 31st IN TIJUANA.

BETH, KPBS NEWS.

>>> HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

SAN DIEGO'S MAYOR HAS DELIVERED THE ANNUAL STATE OF THE CITY SPEECH.

FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, TODD GLORIA GAVE A RUNDOWN OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PRIORITIES FROM CITY HALL CHAMBERS.

DURING THE SPEECH, THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT TO REDEVELOP GOLDEN HALL.

>>> NASA WAS BUSY OVERNIGHT OFF THE COAST OF SAN DIEGO.

THAT'S WHERE THEY SAFELY RETRIEVED A CREW FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

THEIR TRIP ENDED ABOUT A MONTH EARLIER THAN EXPECTED DUE TO MEDICAL ISSUES WITH ONE OF THE ASTRONAUTS.

THE GROUP IS EXPECTED TO STAY OVERNIGHT IN SAN DIEGO BEFORE RETURNING TO TEXAS TOMORROW.

>>> RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS CHALLENGING A VOTE TO UNIONIZE BY 1,500 OF ITS FRONTLINE WORKERS.

THE FORMATION OF THE UNION WILL BE DELAYED WHILE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD REVIEWS THE OBJECTIONS.

STAFF SAY THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR BETTER STAFFING, PAY, AND HEALTHCARE.

RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SAID IT FILED OBJECTIONS OVER CONCERNS ABOUT CONDUCT DURING THE ELECTION.

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

NPR IS FOLLOWING THE POINT SHAVING SCANDAL INVOLVING COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYERS.

MORNING EDITION WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE INVESTIGATION.

>>> AND SAN DIEGO FC IS MAKING CHANGES BEFORE KICKING OFF THE NEW SEASON.

KPBS ROUNDTABLE IS PREVIEWING WHAT TO EXPECT WITH A LOCAL SPORTS JOURNALIST.

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

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