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>>> NEARLY HALF THE BATHROOMS AT MISSION BAY PARK ARE CLOSED.

IT'S A RESULT OF CITY BUDGET CUTS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M JACOB AERE HENEFER MAYA TRABULSI.

THE CITY COUNCILMEMBER SAYS HE MAY HAVE FOUND A FUNDING SURPLUS THAT COULD REOPEN THE RESTROOMS.

KPBS REPORTER CARLY SAYS THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT ABOUT HOW THE MONEY SHOULD BE USED.

>> WHEN YOU GOT TO GO, YOU'VE GOT TO GO BUT FINDING A BATHROOM IN MISSION BAY PARK IS NOT THAT EASY.

NEARLY HALF OF THEM ARE CLOSED.

IT IS THE RESULT OF A CITY BUDGET CUT.

FOR JOGGERS, WALKERS AND PLAYGROUND USERS, THAT MEANS THERE VISITS CAN GET UNCOMFORTABLE QUICK.

>> I'M SURE PEOPLE DON'T WANT A BUNCH OF KIDS RUNNING AROUND HAVING TO FIND PLACES TO GO BECAUSE THEY CAN'T HOLD IT AS LONG.

>> ANGELA RIVERA BRINGS HER GRANDKIDS TO THE PARK ONCE A WEEK.

SHE DIDN'T EXPECT THE CLOSURE.

SHE SAID SHE WAS FORCED TO USE ANOTHER OPTION.

>> THE BATHROOMS WERE CLOSED SO SADLY, WE HAD TO USE AN ALTERNATIVE, WHICH WAS A TREE.

>> THE CITY CLOSED 13 OF 28 BATHROOMS.

MAYOR TODD GLORIA SAYS HE STANDS BY THE CLOSURES.

THE MAYOR SAYS HE SHARES CONCERNS THAT THE BATHROOMS MAY HAVE ON VISITORS BUT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO MAINTAIN THEM.

COUNCILMEMBER -- COUNCILMEMBER RAUL CAMPILLO SAYS HE THINGS OTHERWISE.

>> WE SHOULD HAVE KEPT THESE BATHROOMS OPEN.

WE HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT.

WE HAVE THE MONEY NOW TO DO IT.

WHY AREN'T WE DOING IT?

>> IT COSTS $540,000 TO KEEP THE BATHROOMS OPEN.

CAMPILLO SAYS THE CITY HAS $1.8 MILLION LEFT OVER IN THE BUDGET.

IT CAME FROM A BALLOT MEASURE THAT WAS CUT.

>> WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THIS BECAUSE IT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.

IT IS A DISSERVICE TO RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.

THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WALK 30 MINUTES TO THE NEXT RESTROOM.

TO MY POINT AND SAY WE HAVE 15 OF THEM OPEN BUT THAT MEANS AND START WALKING A FEW MINUTES, YOU HAVE TO WALK 30 MINUTES.

THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.

WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT IN THIS CITY.

>> THE MAYOR REJECTED THE PROPOSAL.

IN THE MEANTIME, FAMILIES LIKE THE RIVERA'S WILL HAVE TO HOLD ON A LITTLE LONGER.

CARLY KAY, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WORK TO CLEAR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS ON STATE LAND NEAR LOCAL FREEWAYS WILL CONTINUE.

GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ANNOUNCED AN EXTENSION OF THE PILOT PROGRAM THAT STARTED LAST YEAR.

IT ALLOWS SAN DIEGO GREATER FLEXIBILITY TO PROACTIVELY CLEAR ENCAMPMENTS.

THE AGREEMENT COVERS A FIVE MILE AREA THAT INCLUDES DOWNTOWN, SHERMAN HEIGHTS AND BARRIO LOGAN.

THE STATE REIMBURSES THE CITY FOR SOME OF THE COST.

GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAYS THE CLEANUP HAS ENCAMPMENTS THAT POSE A THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.

>>> STARTING TOMORROW, DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT LOCAL BEACHES.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE EARLIER TODAY AT OCEAN BEACH.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS A HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY AND LAST THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AS HIGH AS SEVEN 10 EIGHT FEET IN SOME AREAS.

RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM.

THE CONDITIONS ARE FUELED BY HURRICANE GENEVIEVE WHICH IS GAINING STRENGTH IN THE PACIFIC, SOUTH OF BAJA, CALIFORNIA.

>>> OVERNIGHT LOWS, THEY ARE COMING DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

WE WILL TAKE WHAT WE CAN GET.

THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK IN THE SITE WHEN IT COMES TO THE HEAT.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT EXACTLY WHEN AND WHERE, COMING UP.

>>> NEW POLLING DATA SUGGESTS THE RACE FOR CALIFORNIA'S 40th CONGRESSIONAL SEAT IS VERY CLOSE.

PUBLIC MATTERS REPORTER JAKE HAS THE DETAILS.

>> THE FIRST GENERAL ELECTION POLL RELEASED FOR THE 40th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT HAS THE TWO CANDIDATES NECK AND NECK AS THE CAMPAIGN RAMPS UP.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISOR JIM DESMOND AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTY VAUGHN WALKER CAME IN FIRST AND SECOND IN THE PRIMARY IN JUNE.

A SURVEY OF 500 LIKELY VOTERS CONDUCTED BY DEMOCRATIC FIRM LAKE RESEARCH PARTNERS WAS RELEASED LAST WEEK.

48% SHOWS ON WILKER.

6% STILL UNDECIDED.

DESMOND HAD A TWO-POINT LEAD AMONG THOSE WHO STRONGLY SUPPORTED EITHER CANDIDATE ACCORDING TO THE POLL.

BECAUSE THESE RESULTS ARE WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR, THE TWO ARE STATISTICALLY TIED.

>> THAT MEANS THAT THE BEST GUESS IS THAT MONTY IS LEADING 48-46 BUT IT COULD BE LEADING 52-42 OR COULD BE THAT DESMOND IS LEADING BY TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS.

THAT IS ALL BECAUSE OF WHAT WE CALL SAMPLING VARIABILITY.

>> IN A STATEMENT TO K PBS, THE DESMOND CAMPAIGN SAYS HE IS A COMICAL, STRONG RECORD OF DELIVERING RESULTS WHICH IS WHY EVEN THE DEMOCRATS OWN POLL SHOWS THIS RACE IS WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR.

THE POLL SHARED IN A PRESS RELEASE AND THEY CONTINUE TO TRY TO TIE DESMOND TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP YOUR CALIFORNIA'S 40th DISTRICT COULD BE ONE OF JUST A FEW ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER THAT DECIDE WHO CONTROLS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

>>> PUBLIC MATTERS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH KPBS , A NEWS SOURCE AND VOICE OF SAN DIEGO.

YOU CAN SEE MORE OF OUR STORIES AT WWW.KPBS.ORG.

>>> A PROMINENT LABOR UNION LEADER WILL NOT FACE ANY FURTHER LEGAL ACTION OVER AN ARREST LAST YEAR.

IT HAPPENED DURING THE PEAK OF I.C.E.

ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS IN LOS ANGELES.

DAVID HUERTA WAS ARRESTED WHEN HE SHOWED UP TO AN IMMIGRATION RAID.

WIDESPREAD PROTESTS FOLLOWED.

WHERE IS THE STATEWIDE LEADER OF THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION.

HE WAS ACCUSED OF INTERFERING WITH FEDERAL AGENTS BUT TODAY, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT WILL DISMISS THE CASE NEXT MONTH IF HE COMPLIES WITH THE TERMS OF HIS RELEASE.

HE SAYS THE MOVE PROVES THE CASE WAS BASELESS.

>>> SAN DIEGO'S VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM SAYS A NEW $25 MILLION SPINAL CORD INJURY CENTERS SHOULD OPEN EARLY NEXT YEAR.

KPBS MILITARY AND VETERANS REPORTER ANDREW DYER SPOKE TO LOCAL PARALYZED VETERANS WHO SAY THE FACILITY IS BADLY NEEDED AFTER YEARS OF DELAYS.

>>> THREE YEARS AGO, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SAID IT WOULD OPEN IN 2024.

LAST YEAR, THEY SAID IT WOULD OPEN EARLY THIS YEAR.

NOW, THE SAN DIEGO VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM SAYS IT'S NEW SPINAL CORD INJURY AND COMMUNITY LIVING CENTER WILL OPEN IN EARLY 2027.

JESSE ROBINSON IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE PARALYZED UTTERANCE OF AMERICA SAN DIEGO CHAPTER.

HE SAYS IT CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH.

>> I HAVE NOTHING BUT HIGH REGARDS TO WHAT THE VA HAS DONE FOR MY LIFE.

YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE NEW CENTER, AT THIS POINT IT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED.

>> LEWIS URBAN IS ALSO WITH THE PBA.

>> THERE IS A MASSIVE NEED FOR LONG-TERM CARE ACCORDING.

>> IN THE FACILITY WITH 50 BEDS, 20 OF THEM FOR LONG-TERM CARE.

>> IT IS AN AMAZING FACILITY.

IT IS 90% DONE.

>> WHAT IS BEHIND THE DELAYS?

>> CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN 2021.

THE CENTER WAS BUILT BY THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

THE VA SAN DIEGO SPOKESPERSON SAID INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNICAL PROBLEMS ARE TO BLAME FOR THE DELAY BUT THOSE ARE OVER.

THE VA TOOK CHARGE OF THE BUILDING EARLIER THIS MONTH.

RICHARD JOHNSON IS A FORMER NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE VA.

HE HAS USED A WHEELCHAIR FOR 60 YEARS AND SAYS THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT FOR THE VA.

>> THE KEYWORD THAT YOU WANT TO USE IS CONTINUITY.

CARE, WHICH I HAVE HAD SINCE 1965.

THERE WAS NOWHERE ELSE I CAN GO AND SHOW UP AND THEY KNOW ME AND THEY KNOW ABOUT ME.

IT IS CRITICAL.

LIFESAVING.

>> THE MEN SAY THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE CURRENT CENTER IS SMALL.

THE LITTLE OUTDOOR SPACE IT HAD BECAME A CONSTRUCTION ZONE.

>> THERE IS NOT A LOT OF PLACES FOR VETERANS TO GO TO GET OUTSIDE AND CONGREGATE AND BE WITH ONE ANOTHER SO THAT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT.

>> RIGHT NOW, ALL THAT'S LEFT IS INSTALLING EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHING.

THE PBA IS HELPING FINALIZE DESIGN ELEMENTS.

>> YOU KNOW, FAUCETS AND MIRRORS AND ACCESSIBILITY HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS SPACING AROUND THE ROOMS AND THE BED, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT GOES INTO THE ROOM FOR YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL UNITS.

THIS FACILITY WILL BE GREAT.

IT HAS ELECTRIC LINES SO YOU CAN BE A PATIENT IN A BED AND ASK YOUR WINDOWS TO OPEN AND YOU CAN SEE OUTSIDE WHERE CURRENTLY THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

>> THE VA SAYS THE NEW CENTER SHOULD START SEEING PATIENTS EARLY NEXT YEAR.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS HOLDING MEETINGS WITH BOTH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY WITH TWO SEPARATE WARS TOP OF MIND.

MATTIE GANNON HAS THE LATEST FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

>> IT IS NOT OFTEN WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT WORLD LEADERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE ON THE SAME DAY WERE SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH THE PRESIDENT BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE SAW TAKE PLACE HERE TUESDAY.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HOSTED BOTH UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY AS WELL AS ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.

HE -- THESE MEETINGS TOOK PLACE AHEAD OF FUNERAL SERVICES FOR FORMER REPUBLICAN SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM IN WASHINGTON.

NOW, BOTH OF THESE MEETINGS STAYED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS BUT WE DID HEAR FROM WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KAROLINE LEAVITT AFTERWARDS WHO CALLED THEM BOTH POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE IN A POST ON X AND WE KNOW THAT THE WAR IN IRAN AS WELL AS THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE WERE EXPECTED TO BE DISCUSSED.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE WAR IN IRAN, THE MAJOR QUESTIONS HANGING OVER THE MEETING BETWEEN TRUMP AND NETANYAHU IS JUST HOW ALIGNED ARE THESE TWO LEADERS WHEN IT COMES TO THE WAR IN IRAN RIGHT NOW ?

TRUMP YESTERDAY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM ALTHOUGH HE SAID OVERALL THEY ARE PRETTY CLOSELY ALIGNED.

THEN, FOR ZELENSKYY , IT WAS JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT HE AND TRUMP SAT DOWN TOGETHER ON THE SIDELINES OF THE NATO SUMMIT IN TURKEY.

THERE, TRUMP ANNOUNCED THE U.S.

WOULD BE LOOKING INTO ALLOWING UKRAINE TO USE ITS OWN PATRIOT AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM, SOMETHING UKRAINE HAS LONG SAID IT HAS NEEDED.

IN A POST ON X AFTER THE MEETING, ZELENSKYY CONFIRMED THAT THE TWO DID DISCUSS PATRIOTS.

HE ALSO SAID THEY TALKED ABOUT DIPLOMACY AND OVERALL HE SAID THE MEETING WAS GOOD.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE, I'M MADDIE GANNON.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE LEADERS OF UKRAINE AND ISRAEL BOTH VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE AT A CRITICAL TIME FOR THE ONGOING WARS.

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

>>> SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN ON A PUSH TO REZONE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING.

THE SO-CALLED UP ZONING IS MOTIVATED BY A HOUSING SHORTAGE THAT HAS INCREASED PRICES.

IT IS ALSO INTENDED TO COMBAT SUBURBAN SPRAWL.

KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN DUG INTO THE METRICS.

>> AT FIRST GLANCE, SAN DIEGO'S MISSION HILL NEIGHBOR LOOKS LIKE A SUBURB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY.

QUITE STREETS, HOUSES WITH BIG YARDS, BUT LOOK CLOSER AND YOU WILL FIND A LOT MORE THAN JUST SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.

>> THIS IS AN AREA THAT WAS BUILT UP IN THE EARLY 1900s AND CHANGED IN THE 20s.

THE STREETS -- >> MICHAEL STEFANIC LIVES IN MISSION HILLS AND WORKED IN THE SAN DIEGO CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR 27 YEARS.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS IS THEY LOOK VERY LOW DENSITY BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF IN CELL.

DUPLEXES, APARTMENTS, GRANNY FLATS.

>> MOST OF THOSE DUPLEXES, APARTMENTS AND GRANNY FLATS WERE BUILT BEFORE MISSION HILLS WAS DOWN ZONED.

DOWN ZONING IS WHEN A CITY CHANGES A NEIGHBORHOOD'S LAND USE REGULATIONS TO ALLOW FOR LESS HOUSING.

IT REALLY TOOK OFF IN SAN DIEGO AFTER 1967 THE YEAR THE CITY ADOPTED ITS FIRST GENERAL PLAN.

LEADERS AT THE TIME SAID THE PLAN WOULD ENCOURAGE MORE COMPACT DEVELOPMENT AND LESS SPRAWL.

IN REALITY, IT KICKED OFF DECADES OF DOWN ZONING.

IN THE 60s, 70s, 80s, SAN DIEGO DOWN ZONED MISSION HILLS, HILLCREST, NORTHPARK, MIDWAY, CLAREMONT, LA JOLLA AND MORE.

THAT EFFECTIVELY BANNED APARTMENTS IN MANY OF THE CITY'S MOST WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND PUSHED GROWTH FURTHER INTO THE SUBURBS.

THE CITY WAS USING ZONING TO TRY TO SOLVE EVERY LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUE, SOMETIMES TO THE POINT OF ABSURDITY.

>> I REMEMBER A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THE YOGURT SHOP WAS THE SAME AS AN ICE CREAM SHOP.

YOU KNOW, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?

IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE.

>> ZONING WAS INSTITUTED IN THE EARLY 20th CENTURY AS A WAY OF SEPARATING INDUSTRIAL FROM RESIDENTIAL USES.

IN DOMINANTLY WHITE COMMUNITIES.

>> RICHARD IS A HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR OF THE COLOR OF LAW.

HE SAYS THROUGHOUT THE 20th CENTURY, CITIES ACROSS AMERICA USED ZONING TO SEGREGATE NEIGHBORHOODS BY RACE AND CLASS.

THE COUNTRY HAD BEGAN TO OUTLAW EXPLICITLY RACIST HOUSING DISCRIMINATION.

DOWN ZONING, HOWEVER, COULD BE A MORE SUBTLE TOOL FOR SEGREGATION.

SUPPORTERS OFTEN SAID IT WOULD PRESERVE COMMUNITY CHARACTER.

>> PRESERVING COMMUNITY CHARACTER IS A CODE WORD FOR KEEPING OUT NON-WHITE PEOPLE.

YOU CAN'T PROVE IT JUST BY THE PHRASE COMMUNITY CHARACTER BUT FREQUENTLY, WHEN YOU GO INTO THE PLANNING MEETINGS AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, PEOPLE DO MAKE RACIALLY EXPLICIT COMMENTS THAT EXPLAIN WHAT COMMUNITY CHARACTER MEANS.

>> DOWN ZONING ALSO PREVENTED LOWER-COST HOUSING OPTIONS FROM EVER GETTING BUILT SAYS SAN DIEGO CITY PLANNING DIRECTOR HEIDI VON BLOOM.

>> HIGHER THE DENSITY, THE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAN BE.

IF IT WERE NOT BUT FURTHER DOWN ZONING, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE IN A VERY DIFFERENT SITUATION THAN WE ARE TODAY IN TERMS OF HOUSING PORTABILITY.

>> DOWN ZONING WAS THE NORM IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY BUT TODAY, IT IS THE OPPOSITE.

THE CITY HAS SIGNIFICANTLY UP ZONED NEAR JOBS, TRANSIT AND OTHER AMENITIES.

VON BLOOM SAYS SAN DIEGO HAS RUN OUT OF VACANT LAND TO BUILD LOW DENSITY HOUSING SO IT HAS TO GROW INWARD AND UPWARD.

AND, SHE SAYS, WHEN THE CITY IS UPDATING A COMMUNITY PLAN, IT LISTENS TO MORE THAN JUST THE HOMEOWNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE MAY HEAR FROM DECADES AGO THE COMMUNITY WANTED NO CHANGE, NO ADDITIONAL HOUSING.

THEY WANTED LARGE LOT SIZES.

WE MAY NOT HAVE HEARD FROM THE WORKERS THAT WERE WORKING IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE COMMUTING IN FOR AN HOUR AND WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE ON A SMALLER LOT FIVE MINUTES AND ENJOY THAT COMMUNITY.

>> WHILE SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN REVERSING SOME OF THE DOWN ZONING FROM THE LAST CENTURY, IT HAS NOT MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE CITY'S SINGLE- FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

THAT COULD CHANGE LATER THIS YEAR WITH AN INITIATIVE FROM MAYOR TODD GLORIA TO ALLOW MORE TOWNHOMES AND SMALLER LOTS ACROSS THE CITY.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IN THE SANTA PEDRO CLOSED TO THE US- MEXICO BORDER IS NOW HOME TO A NEW WORK OF PUBLIC ART.

THE MURAL IS PART OF A COLLABORATION BETWEEN CALTRANS AND LOCAL ARTS LEADERS.

KPBS ARTS REPORTER JULIA DIXON EVANS SHOWS US HOW THE PRODUCT IS DESIGNED TO DO MORE THAN JUST BRIGHT IN THE SPACE.

>> AT FIRST GLANCE, IT MIGHT JUST SEEM LIKE A PAINTED SIDEWALK BUT NEW PUBLIC ART ON THE WILLOW ROAD FOOTBRIDGE ALSO OFFERS SOME PRETTY SURPRISING FUNCTIONAL ADVANTAGES.

>> IT IS HELPING PRESERVE THE PAVEMENT.

THE MATERIALS CAN HELP ALSO RESERVE -- REDUCE GROUND TEMPERATURES BECAUSE OF THE REFLECTIVITY.

WE HAVE ALSO PILOTED A GLOW-IN- THE-DARK TREATMENT TO MAKE THE SPACE MORE VIBRANT AND I.

>> NICK WORKS ON COMMUNITY PROJECTS WITH CALTRANS AND PARTNERS WITH BLACKBOX GALLERY, A SANTA CEDRO ART SPACE TO DESIGN THE BRIDGE MURAL.

>> IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT BRIDGE.

WE KNEW THAT.

THERE IS A LOT OF HISTORY ALONG THE BRIDGE.

>> AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON ONE SIDE LEADS A STEADY STREAM OF CHILDREN CROSSING TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

THE NEARBY LIBRARY, TRANSIT CENTER AND SMALL BUSINESSES ALSO GENERATE HEAVY FOOT TRAFFIC.

>> THERE ARE PARK SPACES ON BOTH SIDES.

IT IS A PRETTY HEAVILY USED PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.

>> BLACKBOX GALLERY SAYS THE DESIGN WAS INSPIRED BY MEXICAN FOLK ART, BRIGHTLY COLORED, FANTASTICAL CREATURES.

>> IT IS A BIG PART OF OUR CULTURE.

IT IS A PROTECTOR.

A GUIDE.

>> A GEOMETRIC PATTERN SPANS THE LENGTH OF THE BRIDGE, PAINTED IN FIVE BRIGHT COLORS.

SOME SECTIONS ARE FORMULATED TO GLOW-IN-THE-DARK.

>> IT IS ACTUALLY THESE GREEN ONES THAT ABSORB THE SUN THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THEN AT NIGHT ILLUMINATE.

IT HAS AN ADDED PRODUCT TO IT.

THEY DO A BASE LAYER, THE GLOW TREATMENT AND THEN A PROTECTIVE COAT.

SO, YOU COULD EVEN TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SUNNY DAY AND A CLOUDY DAY IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH IT GLOWS.

>> ALONG THE PATH, SILHOUETTES HIGHLIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD LIFE AND HISTORY LIKE CHILDREN WALKING TO SCHOOL AND A FAMILY PLANTING A TREE.

>> THIS ONE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

THIS KIND OF REPRESENTS THE AGRICULTURAL HISTORY OF SANTA CEDRO, KIND OF THE CLASSICS.

ALL THE FAMILY NEEDED TO SURVIVE WAS A STRONG COMMUNITY AND A LITTLE PLOT OF LAND.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE STILL TO THIS DAY ALONG THE RIVER VALLEY, SMALL FAMILY FARMS AND IT IS ALSO THE LARGEST COMMUNITY GARDEN IN THE COUNTY.

>> ALONG THE RIVER VALLEY, YEAH.

>> THE MURALS MAY ALSO HELP MAKE THE BRIDGE AND THE COMMUNITY SAFER.

>> THE STUDY HAS SHOWN THAT WHEN YOU BEAUTIFY AN AREA, IT DECREASES VANDALISM, DECREASES THE LETTERING AND WE SAW STUDIES OF HOW IT COULD INCREASE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND WALK ABILITY WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> YOU CAN REWATCH THAT STORY ON THE NEW KPBS ARTS AND YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

THAT IS WHERE WE ARE POSTING ALL OF THE CONTENT FROM THE KPBS ARTS TEAM INCLUDING PODCASTS, LIVE STREAMS AND ORIGINAL STORIES.

JUST SEARCH FOR KPBS ARTS AND SUBSCRIBE.

>>> IT IS ALL ABOUT THE HEAT.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A COOLING TREND AS WE HEAD INTO MIDWEEK BUT THEN, HIGH-PRESSURE SHIFTS BACK OUR WAY AGAIN AND THE TEMPERATURES GO UP.

WE WILL ARRANGE TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AND THE HEAT OF THE PEAK EXPECTED ON SATURDAY FROM 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE OUR HISTORICAL AVERAGES TOO.

INTO MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS EVEN CHALLENGING RECORDS IN SOME AREAS.

JUST GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF THE SCALE OF THE HEAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT, 75 BERBER EGGO SPRINGS.

IT IS NOT 80.

WE WILL TAKE IT.

MID TO UPPER 60s ACROSS THE COAST.

68 IN SAN DIEGO AND 57 THERE IN RAMONA.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, STILL 110 IN BERBER EGGO SPRINGS.

90s FOR RAMONA AND UPPER 70s ACROSS THE BOARD FROM CHULA VISTA ALL THE WAY TO OCEANSIDE.

HERE IS THE ALERT THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.

WE STILL HAVE THE EXTREME HEAT WARNING AND THEN A HEAT ADVISORY ALONG THE COAST.

THESE GO INTO EFFECT 10:00 A.M.

THURSDAY AND THEN THEY WILL LAST THROUGH 8:00 P.M.

MONDAY.

THAT WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER TIMELINE OF WHEN WE HAVE THE EXTREME AND DANGEROUS HEAT.

LET'S LOOK AT THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.

IT WILL GIVE YOU AN OUTLINE OF HOW THIS PLAYS OUT.

ALONG THE COAST, 79 FOR WEDNESDAY.

WE STAY THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

83 IS OUR PEAK, SATURDAY AND SOME OF THAT HUMIDITY WILL BE AROUND TOO.

KEEP AN EYE ON HOW THAT IMPACTS YOUR TEMPERATURE IS.

IT WILL FEEL WARMER OUT THERE THAN THE NUMBER YOU ARE SEEING HERE.

FURTHER INLAND, UPPER 80s WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

WE GET TO 96 BY THE TIME WE GET TO SATURDAY AND THEN IT STARTS TO ALREADY FALL BY SUNDAY.

INTO THE MOUNTAINS, 70s FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

WE GET TO 88 BY THE TIME WE GET TO SUNDAY.

IN THIS CASE, THE PEAK OF THE HEAT IS NOT SATURDAY BUT SUNDAY.

WHEN YOU SEE THE PEAK SATURDAY, A LITTLE BIT OF A GENERALIZATION WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT REGIONS THAT ARE IN OUR AREA.

A LITTLE BIT HARD TO GIVE A BLANKET STATEMENT FOR EVERYBODY BUT YOU HAVE SEEN THE DESERT, WE DO HAVE THAT PEAK, SATURDAY WITH THE 115.

SORRY, OUR BREAK, OUR LITTLE COOLING TREND ONLY GETS US DOWN TO 110 WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY , MAKE SURE YOU ARE STAYING HYDRATED, GETTING IN THE SHADE, GETTING IN THE AIR CONDITIONING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M ACCUWEATHER'S AND AZALEA.

>>> LAST YEAR, KPBS HAD A HUGE TURNOUT FOR THE FIRST EVER SAN DIEGO BOOK FESTIVAL.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS BECAUSE THIS YEAR'S EVENT IS COMING SOON .

JOYNES SATURDAY AUGUST 27 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO.

THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN LEADS TO ALL THE DETAILS AND AN RSVP FORM.

WE WILL HAVE SPECIAL PANELS, LOCAL AUTHORS AND VENDORS AND WE WILL BE REVIEWING OUR PICKS FOR THE NEXT CYCLE OF ONE BOOK, ONE SAN DIEGO.

>>> FORMER STAR TREK ACTOR GEORGE DECAY IS A PAST ONE BOOK SELECTION.

HE WAS HONORED AT LAST WEEK'S COMIC-CON AND TALKED WITH KPBS ARTS AND CULTURE REPORTER BETH ACCOMANDO ABOUT THE MESSAGE BEHIND HIS LATEST GRAPHIC NOVEL .

>> I HAVE WRITTEN MANY BOOKS.

THERE IS MORE -- THEY ALL HAVE BEEN ABOUT DISCRIMINATION.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD, JAPANESE- AMERICANS WERE PUT INTO PRISON CAMPS SIMPLY BECAUSE WE LOOKED LIKE IT.

WE WERE IN A WAR, THE SECOND WORLD WAR, WITH JAPAN, AS WELL AS ACTIVE FORCES IN EUROPE BUT WE ARE AMERICANS, BORN AND RAISED.

MY MOTHER WAS BORN IN THE SACRAMENTO.

THAT IS AMERICA.

MY FATHER WAS BORN IN JAPAN BUT CAME HERE AS A CHILD AND HE WAS RAISED AND EDUCATED IN SAN FRANCISCO AND I AM THEIR CHILD AND YET, WE WERE SEEN AS THE ENEMY, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE LOOKED LIKE IT.

SO, MY OTHER BOOK DEALT WITH THAT ISSUE, PUTTING INNOCENT PEOPLE SIMPLY BECAUSE WE LOOKED LIKE THIS, INTO PRISON CAMPS.

THIS BOOK IS ABOUT ANOTHER GENERATION, THIS CURRENT GENERATION, WHO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH LOVE, PEOPLE WHO FALL IN LOVE WITH PEOPLE OF THE SAME GENDERS, WOMEN WHO FALL IN LOVE WITH WOMEN OR MEN WHO FALL IN LOVE WITH OTHER MEN AND THEY GET HATED BECAUSE OF THAT.

THIS ONE DEALS WITH THAT HATE ISSUE AND IF WE CAN DEAL WITH PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HATE HAS NO PLACE, WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER, ENJOY EACH OTHER, BENEFIT FROM PEOPLE'S TALENTS AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE AND IT BECOMES A BETTER SOCIETY AND A STRONGER SOCIETY AND THAT IS THE MESSAGE OF THIS BOOK.

IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI .

>> THANK YOU.

>> TELL ME ABOUT WORKING WITH THE GRAPHIC NOVEL.

>> WHEN WE GOT RELEASED FROM THE PRISON CAMP, I WAS NINE YEARS OLD.

WE DIDN'T HAVE MOVIES, RADIO, CERTAINLY NOT TELEVISION.

THE OUTSIDE WORLD WAS COMPLETELY CLOSED.

IT WAS A PRISON THAT WE WERE IN.

WHEN WE WERE RELEASED FROM THAT, I DISCOVERED A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD.

THERE WERE RADIOS, MOVIES, AND COMIC BOOKS.

TO A NINE-YEAR-OLD KID, IT WAS A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.

I LEARNED ABOUT HOW GREEN HORNETS FOUGHT THE GANGSTERS IN NEW YORK OR HOW BOBBY BENSON AND THE B BOBBY WRITERS DID BATTLE WITH THE BAD COWBOYS.

IT WAS A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.

TO TELL STORIES WITH PICTURES.

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