>> Announcer: MAJOR FUNDING FOR "KPBS EVENING EDITION" HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AND AIR RESTORATION, AND FLOOD SERVICES, FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILLHOWE, OR, VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

AND, BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION.

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>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER TO END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP IS FACING YET ANOTHER CHALLENGE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

A FEDERAL JUDGE ISSUED A RULING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE PROHIBIT THE ORDER FROM TAKING EFFECT ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. KPBS REPORTER TONYA THORPE BREAKS DOWN WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

>> Reporter: HE GRANTED A SEVEN- DAY STAY FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO APPEAL.

THIS COMES IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FILED BY THE ACLU ON BEHALF OF A PREGNANT WOMAN TWO PARENTS, AND THEIR INFANTS.

>> IN FOCUSING ON BABIES A JUDGE -- FOCUSING ON THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MOST DIRECTLY AND SUBSTANTIALLY AFFECTED.

BY THE BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ORDER.

>> Reporter: DANNY IS A LEGAL ANALYST FROM SAN DIEGO.

HE SAYS THE INJUNCTION IS NO SURPRISE GIVEN THE MULTIPLE LAWSUITS FILED AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP OFFICE EXECUTIVE ORDER AND THE SUPREME COURT RULING LAST MONTH.

>> WHAT THE SUPREME COURT HELD IN ITS RECENT LANDMARK RULING THAT JUDGES COULD ISSUE WHAT ARE CALLED UNIVERSAL JUNCTIONS THAT EXTEND BEYOND THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT THE LAWSUIT.

>> Reporter: THE CURE HE SAYS IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT.

>> THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL LAWSUITS THAT WERE BROUGHT THAT SAID WE ARE NOT JUST SUING ON BEHALF OF OURSELVES IN THIS CASE, IT WAS BROUGHT BY AN IMMIGRANT PARENTS, AND ON BEHALF OF HERSELF, APPEARANCE AND BABIES, WHO WERE BORN, BUT WERE ALSO GOING TO SUE ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE IN THE WHOLE CLASS OF WHO COULD BE AFFECTED NATIONWIDE.

>> Reporter: BUT EATON SAYS THE OTHER LAWSUITS COULD CREATE A CLASH BETWEEN THE CIRCUIT COURTS.

>> THAT DISPUTE HAS TO BE RESOLVED BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

THAT'S THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S DOCKET, A-- RESOLVING CONFLICTS- - AMONG THE LOWER FEDERAL COURTS.

>> Reporter: EATON THINKS THE FOCUS GOING FORWARD WILL BE ON THE MERITS OF THE BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP EXECUTIVE ORDER.

>> WHETHER THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER IS CONSISTENT WITH THE 14th AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION-- THAT'S AN OPEN QUESTION AS FAR AS CONCERNED.

>> Reporter: IF THE COURTS DON'T BLOCK THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IT COULD GO INTO EFFECT BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WEATHER HEADLINES AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, I'M GOING TO BE TRACKING SUNNY SKIES, MILD CONDITIONS, HOTTER ACROSS THE INTERIOR.

GREAT WEATHER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

I'M ALSO GOING TO BE TRACKING ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN.

IT WILL BE A LOW CHANCE, BUT IT WILL BE ON THE EXTENDED FORECAST.

I'LL DETAIL THAT OUTLOOK COMING UP.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S DEMOCRATIC HOUSE MEMBERS REINTRODUCED A BILL THAT AIMS TO STREAMLINE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO CROSS- BORDER SEWAGE POLLUTION.

IF PASSED THE BILL WOULD PUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IN CHARGE OF COORDINATING ALL PROJECTS TO ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLLUTION ISSUES.

THE-- LAWMAKERS SAY KEY COMPONENTS OF THE BILL FOLLOW RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A 2020 REPORT FROM THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.

THEY FIRST INTRODUCED THE BILL LAST SEPTEMBER.

>>> A NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH SURVEY FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION SHOWS THAT SEWAGE POLLUTION FROM THE TIJUANA RIVER IS NOT JUST CLOSING BEACHES, IT IS IMPACTING THE DAILY LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK, AND GO TO SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO'S SOUTH BAY.

KPBS MEDICAL REPORTER HEIDI DE MARCO REPORTS.

>> Reporter: OVER 2000 PEOPLE COMPLETED THE ONLINE SURVEY, 64% OF WHICH IS A PARENTS REPORT DID NEW OR WORSENING PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS IN THE LAST 30 DAYS, LIKE COUGHING AND CONGESTION.

THESE ARE SYMPTOMS THEY BELIEVE ARE TIED TO THE ONGOING SEWAGE CRISIS.

65% SAID IT'S ALSO AFFECTING THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.

>> OUR HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY IN SOUTH COUNTY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE RESIDENTS ARE IMPACTED BY THE TIJUANA RIVER.

AND, THEY NEED TO HAVE A LOWER THRESHOLD WHEN TALKING TO THEIR PATIENTS AROUND LOOKING FOR THINGS LIKE DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, HEADACHES, BUT TORY SYMPTOMS, THINGS THAT CAME OUT FROM THESE FINDINGS.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY SAYS THIS IS THEIR ONLY ACTIVE EMERGENCY, THEY ARE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT TAP WATER SAFETY, AND PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES LIKE THE 988 CRISIS LINE.

RESIDENTS IN ELIGIBLE ZIP CODES ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE FREE AIR FILTERS.

OFFICIALS SAY THE SURVEY RESULTS WILL HELP PUSH FOR MORE COORDINATED ACTION WITH STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES AND LONG- OVERDUE SOLUTIONS.

FROM THE NEWSROOM, HEIDI DE MARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> OFFICIALS ARE SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT ON THEIR NEXT TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

ANDREW BOWEN SAYS THE PLANNING AGENCY, SANDAG, GOT AN EARFUL AT A WORKSHOP THIS WEEK.

>> [ CROWD CHANTING ] >> Reporter: A SMALL GROUP OF ACTIVISTS RALLIED OUTSIDE NOT SANDAG WORKSHOP IN CITY HEIGHTS THURSDAY EVENING.

AMONG THEM WAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PEOPLE'S PLATFORM SAN DIEGO, A YOUTH LED MOVEMENT, TO TACKLE, CHANGE BY INVESTING IN PUBLIC TRANSIT.

HE SAYS SANDAG'S TRANSPORTATION PLAN SPENDS TOO MUCH MONEY STUDYING HIGHWAY PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERFUNDED AND MAY NEVER ACTUALLY GET BUILT.

HE'S ALSO DISAPPOINTED SEVERAL RAIL PROJECTS HAVE BEEN DOWNGRADED TO RAPID BUS LINES, WHICH HE SAYS AREN'T ALWAYS THAT RAPID.

>> AND RIGHT HERE IS THE RAPID 215.

WHEN SANDAG CONSTRUCTED IT PROMISED US DEDICATED BUS LANES, AND A SERVICE MUCH FASTER THAN THE 15 IT REPLACED.

WELL, WE GOT A ROUTE NO FASTER THAN THE ONE IT REPLACED, SAN DIEGO CITY PAID FOR THE BUS LANES, AND WE NEVER GOT MORE BOARDING.

THEY HAVE PROMISED BUT NOT DELIVERED.

>> Reporter: WHILE SANDAG IS PLANNING EXPRESS LANES ON SEVERAL FREEWAYS THE AGENCY SAYS IT IS ACTUALLY THE SMALLEST PACKAGE OF HIGHWAY PROJECTS THEY HAVE EVER PROPOSED, PART OF THE REASON IS SLOWER POPULATION GROWTH.

>> WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE THIS PLAN BE A LITTLE MORE AFFORDABLE.

WE HEARD FROM OUR BOARD AND THE PUBLIC THAT THEY WANTED THE COSTS TO COME DOWN FOR THE PLANE, AS WE TRIED TO REALLY OPTIMIZE OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE BEST WE COULD.

>> Reporter: SANDAG IS ACCEPTING COMMENTS ON ITS DRAFT REGIONAL PLAN THROUGH JULY 18th.

THE AGENCY HAS TO OFFICIALLY ADOPT THE PLAN BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THESE DAYS WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE UNITED STATES CROSSING THE RUBICON FROM DEMOCRACY TO AUTHORITARIANISM, BUT WHERE ARE WE ON THE TRAJECTORY?

KPBS ' AMITA SHARMA SPOKE WITH THOSE WHO STUDY THE LIE -- LAWN -- LAW-- TELL ME WHERE DOES CONGRESS' PASSAGE OF THE BILL THIS MONTH FIT INTO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT AMERICAN DEMOCRACY?

>> MAYA, IF YOU MEASURE THE STRENGTH OF A DEMOCRACY BY ITS ABILITY TO ACT ON THE NEEDS COMMITTEE INTERESTS, AND THE WISHES OF ITS PEOPLE, THIS BILL FITS RIGHT IN.

A SLIM MAJORITY OF AMERICANS OPPOSED THE BILL.

IT CUTS $1 TRILLION FROM MEDICAID.

IT'S PROJECTED UPWARDS OF 12 MILLION PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE, MILLIONS MORE STAND TO LOSE FOOD STAMPS, AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY, THAT COMES OUT TO ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE ENDING UP UNINSURED.

60,000 PEOPLE WITHOUT FOOD STAMPS.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE BILL PROVIDES TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAX CUTS, LARGELY TO THE WEALTHY.

THERE IS DEMOCRATIC SAN DIEGO CONGRESSMAN JUAN VARGAS, WHO VOTED AGAINST THE BILL.

>> PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS, REALLY, TAKING IT, IT'S REALLY ONE OF THE LARGEST STEPS OF TAKING MONEY FROM PEOPLE MARGINALIZED, THAT DON'T NEED IT, AND THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY.

AND THAT'S AGAINST REALLY WE THE PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: THE LEGISLATION WILL DRIVE THE ECONOMY ADVANCED NATIONAL SECURITY, AND PUT MONEY BACK INTO THE POCKETS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, HE SAYS.

UNIVERSITIES INCLUDING UC-SAN DIEGO, HAVE REPEATEDLY TAKEN IT ON THE CHIN UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ON FUNDING, WHAT TO RESEARCH, WHAT TO TEACH, WHO TO HIRE, AND WHETHER TO ADMIT FOREIGN STUDENTS, AND THE IMPACTS DEMOCRACY.

AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES ARE PLATFORMS FOR EXPOSURE TO DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES AND IDEAS, DISCOVERY, AND INNOVATION THAT HAVE ENRICHED THE COUNTRY.

DEMOCRACY CORNERSTONES.

PROFESSOR EMERITUS SAYS THE U.S.

SIMPLY DOES NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH CHEMISTS, PHYSICISTS, AND OTHER SCIENTISTS, TO FULFILL RESEARCH DEMANDS WITHOUT GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.

HE SAYS HE IS STUMPED BY THE ADMINISTRATION'S ACTIONS TOWARDS UNIVERSITIES COMBINED WITH THE SHUTDOWN OF MOST USAID PROGRAMS WHICH IS ADDICTED TO COST MILLIONS OF LIVES WORLDWIDE.

>> I NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD GO SO LOW IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN WE AREN'T A DEMOCRACY.

THE CONSTITUTION DOESN'T SAY WE HAD TO BE GENEROUS.

THE CONSTITUTION DOESN'T SAY WE REALLY HAVE TO LOVE ALL OUR NEIGHBORS.

>> Reporter: BACKSTOP ON SOME OF TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS SEEN AS AVERAGE.

LOWER COURTS HAVE BLOCKED TRUMP'S FREEZING FEDERAL GRANTS, LIMITING UNION BARGAINING RIGHTS, AND TARGETING LAW FIRMS THAT HAVE CLIENTS WHO HAVE CHALLENGED THE ADMINISTRATION.

BUT, THE WINGS OF LOWER COURTS HAVE BEEN CLIPPED BY THE SUPREME COURT'S RECENT RULING, BLOCKING A SINGLE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE'S POWER TO STOP ENFORCEMENT OF A FEDERAL POLICY DEEMED UNLAWFUL NATIONWIDE.

LOCAL LEGAL ANALYST TERRY LIPPMANN SAYS THAT DECISION PUTS THE U.S.

IN EVEN MORE OF A PRECARIOUS MOMENT.

>> CONGRESS INTO DOING ANYTHING, AND THE EXECUTIVE IS WILLING TO DO CRAZY STUFF.

YOU PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER, YOU TAKE THE NUMBER-ONE FORCE FOR DEMOCRACY FOR THE RULE OF LAW FOR DECENCY THAT'S BEEN OPERATIVE OVER THE LAST FIVE MONTHS, AND YOU TAKE IT OUT OF COMMISSION.

YOU TAKE THE STAR PLAYER OFF THE FIELD AS IT WERE.

>> Reporter: SOME POLITICAL SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THE COUNTRY HAS ALREADY SLID INTO A FORM OF AUTHORITARIANISM.

THE MILITARY HAS BEEN DEPLOYED IN L.A.

IN THE FACE OF PROTESTS OVER I.C.E.

RATES, POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN DETAINED OR ARRESTED, MEDIA AND LAW FIRMS HAVE BEEN TARGETED.

THE SUPREME COURT HAS SAID OKAY TO DEPORTING MIGRANTS TO THIRD COUNTRIES LIKE SUDAN WITHOUT EXHAUSTING LEGAL REMEDIES FIRST.

ALL OF THAT NOTWITHSTANDING CONGRESSMAN VARGAS DESCRIBES WHAT HIS REDLINE'S.

>> WHEN AMERICANS LOOK-- AT THIS IMMIGRANT WOMAN, WHO YES, SHE IS HERE WITHOUT DOCUMENTS, BUT SHE HAS THREE CHILDREN, AND THEY HAVE FOUR MEN ATTACKED HER WITH MACHINE GUNS, HOLDING MACHINE GUNS, THROW HER TO THE GROUND, PUT HER ARMS BEHIND HER, SHACKLE HER UP, AS SHE IS CRYING FOR HER CHILDREN, AN AMERICAN SAID, THAT'S GREAT, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT IN OUR COUNTRY.

THAT'S WHEN WE CROSSED THE RUBICON.

>> AND MAYA, SO FAR, HE SAYS THEY WATCH THOSE THINGS WITH TERROR AND DISCUSSED.

HE SAYS ULTIMATELY IT WILL BE THE AMERICANS WHO COURSE CORRECT THE DEMOCRACY SHIP, BUT HE WORRIES THAT THERE WILL BE MUCH MORE MISERY BEFORE THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.

>> GOSH, I HATE TO HEAR THAT, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORTING, AMITA.

THIS STORY IS PART OF OUR PUBLIC MATTERS INITIATIVE.

LEARN MORE ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG/ PUBLIC MATTERS.

>>> WHY IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO CURB THE SURGEON MEASLES CASES COMING UP ON 7:00 AFTER " EVENING ADDITION."

>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RECENT YEARS ESCONDIDO IS PREDICTING A $7 MILLION BUDGET EXCESS.

YOUR REPORTER LOOKS INTO WHAT IT MEANS.

>> Reporter: GRANT AVENUE IN DOWNTOWN ESCONDIDO IS BUSTLING WITH ACTIVITIES DURING LUNCH TIME.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR JULIAN, MANAGER OF UPPER EAST AND GRAND.

>> IT FEELS GOOD TO BE ONE OF THE NEWER PLACES THAT'S OPENED.

>> Reporter: THE RESTAURANT AND BAR OPENED ROUGHLY 7 WEEKS AGO AND THIS HISTORIC DISTRICT, BUT SEVERAL WEEKS AGO IT LOOKED LIKE THIS.

CONSTRUCTION, STREET CLOSURES, AND EMPTY STOREFRONTS.

BUT, NOW ONE OF DOWNTOWN ESCONDIDO'S BUSIEST STREETS LOOKS LIKE THIS.

>> I THINK GRAND IS ONE OF THE NEXT ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS THAT'S KIND OF GETTING DEVELOPED.

I THINK IT WAS GOOD WE PUT OUR RESTAURANT HERE.

WE THINK THEY DID NEED SOMETHING ON GRAND IN GENERAL.

>> Reporter: SIDEWALKS, PARKING, ROUNDABOUTS, AND EXPANDED DINING OUTDOOR AREAS.

>> THE RECENT REOPENING OF GRAND WAS A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE.

>> Reporter: REVITALIZATION IS ONE OF THE REASONS ESCONDIDO IS SEEING A BUNCH OF SURPLUS THIS FISCAL YEAR.

>> WE EXPECT AN INCREASE IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, WE WILL ALSO INCREASE SOME SALES TAX REVENUE.

>> Reporter: FINANCE DIRECTOR, SAYING THE 1% SALES TAX INCREASE LAST FALL, AN INCREASE IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES CHANGED THE MATHEMATICS.

>> THAT UPDATED PROJECTION ALSO REFLECTS THE STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH THE CITY HAS EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

>> Reporter: MONEY FROM MEASURE I IS PUTTING RESIDENTS ON BETTER FOOTING, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THE DEFICIT TROUBLE IS SOLVED.

>> MEASURE I WAS ADOPTED WITH A 20-YEAR SUNSET CLAUSE, MEANING UNLESS VOTERS APPROVED TO EXTEND THE TAX IT WILL END AFTER 20 YEARS.

SO WHEN THAT REVENUE ENGINE 20 YEARS, AND WITHOUT ANY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE TO THE CITY STRUCTURE THE CITY WILL BE BACK WITH A STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT.

>> Reporter: THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE LIST.

>> ROOF REPAIRS AND OTHER BUILDING REPAIRS.

MEASURE I FUNDS WERE ALSO ALLOCATED TO REPLACE CRITICAL POLICE AND FIRE VEHICLES.

>> Reporter: GRANT AVENUE IS CERTAINLY THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THE NEW EATERY.

>> IT ADDS MORE FOOT TRAFFIC.

IT'S EASIER TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK AND WALK THE STREET.

>> Reporter: ALEXANDER WIN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TRUMP'S BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL AIMED TO FULFILL A PROMISE BUT NO TAX ON TIPS OR OVERTIME IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN THE SHORTHAND IMPLIES.

KAREN CAVA IS IN WASHINGTON WITH A BREAKDOWN OF WHO QUALIFIES, AND WHEN.

>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS WITH THE SIGNING OF THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ON JULY 4th THE PRESIDENT FULFILLED A CAMPAIGN PROMISE OF NO TAX ON TIPS OR OVERTIME, BUT EXPERTS SAY WORKERS WILL NOT FEEL RELIEF IN THEIR NEXT PAYCHECK, EMPLOYERS WILL STILL WITHHOLD FEDERAL TAXES FROM TIPS ON OVERTIME THROUGH THE END OF 2025.

INSTEAD ELIGIBLE WORKERS WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT TAX SEASON FOR A BIGGER REFUND OR A REDUCED TAX PAYMENT.

>> THERE'S NO BENEFIT RIGHT NOW.

IT'S GOING TO BE WHEN THEY FILE THEIR TAX RETURN, AND DO THEY MEET THE CRITERIA?

DO THEY HAVE SUPPORT?

>> Reporter: OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TAX PROFESSIONALS SAYS TAX PROFESSIONALS ARE STILL SEEKING CLARITY FROM THE IRS AND SOME AREAS OF THE NEW LAW-LIKE SPECIFICS ON ELIGIBLE WORKERS.

WHAT THEY DO KNOW IS THAT WORKERS IN JOBS THAT TRADITIONALLY RECEIVE TIPS WILL BE ABLE TO DEDUCT UP TO $25,000 IN TIP INCOME FROM THEIR FEDERAL INCOME TAXES ON THEIR 2025 TAX RETURN, AND WORKERS WHO RECEIVE OVERTIME COULD DEDUCT UP TO $12,500 OF THAT EXTRA PAY.

INCOME LIMITS WILL APPLY, AND THE TAX BREAK IS TEMPORARY THROUGH THE END OF 2028.

THE CHANGES MAKE IT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR WORKERS TO TRACK THEIR TIPS.

>> DOCUMENTATION BECOMES EVEN MORE IMPORTANT OTHERWISE THE DEDUCTION WON'T APPLY, BECAUSE IT COULD BE CHALLENGED BY IRS AND IS ALLOWED.

>> Reporter: THE LAW DOES NOT CHANGE TAX LAW FOR INDIVIDUAL STATES.

STATE INCOME TAXES STILL APPLY TO BOTH TIPS AND OVERTIME.

IN WASHINGTON, I AM KAREN K5.

>>> AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT I WILL BE TRACKING LOW CLOUDS.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 60s.

TEMPERATURE WISE NOT A LOT OF VARIANCE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

OVERNIGHT LOWS A MIX OF 50s AND 60s.

PRETTY MILD ALONG THE COASTLINES WITH LIMITING CLOUD COVERAGE.

ALONG THE INTERIOR, A MIX OF 50s AND 60s, EVEN 70s IN THE DESERT AREAS.

FUTURE TRACK RADAR SHOWING AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY PARTS OF FRIDAY MORNING THERE WILL BE SOME COASTAL FOG, BUT BY ABOUT 9:00 A.M.

THE CLOUDS SHOULD START TO LET UP.

BY ABOUT MID DAY TO LATE AFTERNOON WE WILL SEE HER SUNSHINE HERE IN THE FORECAST.

OVERALL GOOD WEATHER THROUGH FRIDAY EVEN INTO SATURDAY WHEN THINGS REALLY WARM UP ALONG THE INTERIOR.

HERE IS THE SET OF WHAT WE ARE TRACKING FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THINGS COOKING HERE ALONG THE INTERIOR, BUT FOR THE COASTAL REGIONS WE WILL SEE MODERATE CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGHOUT FRIDAY, ALSO SATURDAY LOOKING PRETTY NICE AS WELL.

SO, WE WILL BE WATCHING FOR THAT TREND.

TEMPERATURE WISE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, WE WILL SEE A MIX OF 70s ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS.

WARMER THE FARTHER ALONG THE INTERIOR YOU GET.

80s AND 90s, EVEN TRIPLE DIGITS AT THE SPRINGS REACHING 110 RID VERY INTENSE HEAT FOR SOME DESERT AREAS.

BUT, SATURDAY, IT WILL BE A LOT HOTTER WHAT WE ARE TRACKING FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

LOOKS LIKE WE WILL SEE WARMING CONDITIONS AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

YOUR EXTENDED OUTLOOK, LOTS OF SUNSHINE.

TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-70s, OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOW 60s.

INLAND FORECAST IS WHERE THINGS REALLY WARM UP HERE INTO THE WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-80s.

WE WILL DIP INTO THE LOW 80s INTO THE EARLY PARTS OF NEXT WEEK.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES TAPER OFF IN THE MID-70s BY THE WEEKEND.

AND ACROSS THE DESERT STAYING WELL INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS WITH LOWS IN THE 70s.

>>> HAVE YOU LISTENED TO THE FINEST?

THE KPBS PODCAST CAPTURES THE PEOPLE, THE ARTS, AND MOVEMENTS REDEFINING OUR REGION'S CULTURAL IDENTITY.

NEW EPISODE TODAY, LISTEN NOW AT KPBS.ORG/THE FINEST, OR WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.

OF ALL THE MUSEUMS YOU CAN VISIT IN SAN DIEGO THERE IS ONE THAT IS VERY UNIQUE.

IT TOOK YEARS OF PASSIONATE WORK BY DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, AND AS KEN KRAMER SHOWS US, THE RESULT IS SOMETHING REMARKABLE ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: WEST OF TOWN THERE ARE AIRCRAFT TO LET YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ARRIVED, AND JUST BEYOND IS A HANGAR WHERE INSIDE FOR A FEW HOURS THREE DAYS A WEEK THE MUSEUM IS OPEN.

A MUSEUM COMPLETELY DEVOTED TO AND ABSOLUTELY JAMMED FULL OF HELICOPTERS.

TALK ABOUT FLYING UNDER THE RADAR!

HOW IS IT THIS PLACE HAS GOTTEN SO LITTLE ATTENTION?

IT'S FREE TO COME IN.

YOU NEVER SAW SO MANY HELICOPTERS IN YOUR LIFE.

THE VOLUNTEERS HERE LIKE HOWARD NORTHRUP JUST LOVE IT.

>> WE JUST WANT TO BE THE BEST WE CAN.

THERE'S ONLY LIKE FIVE HELICOPTER MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD.

>> Reporter: FOUNDED BY PILATE AND BUILDER, IN 1992, CLASSIC ROTORS ROTORCRAFT MUSEUM, IT'S CALLED, THROUGH DONATIONS, HAS KEPT ADDING AND DISPLAY MORE HELICOPTERS.

>> THE RANGE GOES FROM LITTLE TINY ONES YOU CAN SIT ON WITH A GAS POWERED MOTOR ON THE BACK, AND IT FLIES AS A HELICOPTER.

>> Reporter: GO BACK TO THE 1950s AND '60s, AND MECHANICS ILLUSTRATED-- >> ON THE BACK OF THOSE MAGAZINES WAS A CLASSIFIED SECTION.

THE ARTICLE SAID SEND FIVE DOLLARS FOR PLANS TO BUILD YOUR OWN HELICOPTER.

>> Reporter: IF YOU FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS A REQUIRED MOTORCYCLE ENGINE FROM LIKE A TRIUMPH 650, A LEVER, AND A CLUTCH JUST LIKE A MOTORCYCLE, SO, YOU WOULD GO OUT TO THE AIRFIELD MAY KICKSTART IT AND SLOWLY SHIFT THROUGH THE GEARS TO GET THE ROTOR TURNING.

IF YOU WERE SKILLED YOU COULD GET IT OFF THE GROUND.

THERE MUST HAVE BEEN MANY BUZZING AROUND, ONLY COST FIVE DOLLARS FOR THE PLANS.

>> THEY SOLD THOUSANDS OF THEM.

FIVE DOLLARS WAS NO PROBLEM.

THERE WERE ONLY EIGHT OF THEM THAT I TRULY BELIEVE ARE ACTUALLY BUILT.

>> Reporter: YOU MIGHT REMEMBER ADS FOR THE GYRO COPTER BUILD IT YOURSELF.

HERE'S THE ONE THAT HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE LARGEST FLIGHT AND REFUELING, IT WENT 16 HOURS.

SO THEY DO HAVE SMALL HELICOPTERS ON UP IN SIZE.

>> A LARGE H-37, WHICH WAS ONLY ONE OF SIX LEFT IN THE WORLD.

>> PRESENTING THE MARINES' BRAND-NEW TRANSPORT HELICOPTER POWERED BY TWIN ENGINES.

26 FULLY EQUIPPED MARINES CAN GET ON BOARD.

>> Reporter: SOMEHOW THEY SQUEEZED ONE OF THE LAST SURVIVING ARMY VERSIONS OF THIS GIGANTIC HELICOPTER IN HERE, AND IT IS MASSIVE.

AND HERE IS ONE TUCKED AWAY IN THE CORNER.

THIS IS WHAT WAS CALLED THE MONTE COPTER NAMED FOR THE DESIGNER'S SON, THE ONLY OF ITS KIND, A TRIPHIBIAN.

BUT THE MONTE COPTER DID THE CONCEPT ONE BETTER, IT COULD GO ANYWHERE, LAND, AIR, WATER, IT WAS WATERCRAFT, TOO.

ONLY PROBLEM IN TRAFFIC THE ENGINE TOASTED WHOEVER WAS BEHIND YOU, AND IT GOT 2.3 MILES TO THE GALLON.

TODAY HERE SINCE THE ONLY MONTE COPTER EVER CONCOCTED.

THERE IS SO MUCH HISTORY HERE, AND EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK LIFT OFF, VERTICALLY BETTER, AND MORE EFFICIENTLY, SOME WERE EXPERIMENTAL, REMEMBER THE AIRCRAFT WE SAW OUTSIDE?

THAT WAS A PROTOTYPE THAT IF DEVELOPED WOULD LIFT OFF FROM A VERY SMALL SPACE AND THEN FLY AWAY.

TESTED AT GILLESPIE FIELD YEARS AGO IT TOO IS HERE NOW WITH ITS GIANT COUSINS WITH THE PRODUCTS OF DREAMERS AND ENGINEERS IN WAR AND PEACE TIME.

>> WE KEPT COLLECTING MORE AND MORE, AND JUST PRESERVING HELICOPTER HISTORY WAS PART OF OUR OBJECTIVE.

>> Reporter: FINALLY IN A SIDE ROOM IS THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF MODEL HELICOPTERS OF EVERY SIZE AND DESCRIPTION.

SOME THAT MUST BE ONE-OF-A- KIND, SOME OF RUSSIAN ROTORCRAFT, SO MANY LOVINGLY ASSEMBLED AND DISPLAYED.

TAKE IN TOGETHER FOR PILOTS FOR MANY WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY SOME OF THESE COPTERS WILL BE FAMILIAR.

BUT FOR ANYONE WHO HEARS THEM FLYING BY, YOU LOOK UP, IT'S AN INSTINCT, THIS IS DECADES OF PRESERVATION BY TRULY DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS.

AT THE RAMONA AIRPORT IS CLASSIC ROTORS MUSEUM, A CLASSIC PLACE INDEED, ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> KEN KRAMER HAS HALF AN HOUR OF STORIES EVERY WEEK ON THURSDAY NIGHTS 8:00 RIGHT HERE ON KPBS.

HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TOMORROW ON THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

MORE AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS NOW LEARN ONLINE THAN ATTEND IN PERSON.

MORNING EDITION HAS MORE ON WHAT'S BEHIND THE TREND AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

>>> WE ARE ALMOST AT THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE MLB SEASON.

KPBS ROUNDTABLE IS BRINGING TOGETHER LOCAL SPORTS JOURNALISTS TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THE PADRES STAND NOW, AND THEIR PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE.

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

THANKS FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Announcer: MAJOR FUNDING FOR "KPBS EVENING EDITION" HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AND AIR RESTORATION, AND FLOOD SERVICES, FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILLHOWE, OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

AND, BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY.

AND, BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND, BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.