>>> 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 45 YEARS.

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AND, BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> PICKET LINES WENT TO PENN STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES ACROSS CALIFORNIA TODAY INCLUDING SAN DIEGO STATE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M JOHN CAROL -- JOHN CARROLL HENEFER MAYA TRABULSI.

A CONTRACT WITH THE CSU'S LARGEST LABOR UNION IS SET TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT.

THE WORKERS ARE SEEKING BETTER PAY.

>> DOZENS OF CSU EMPLOYEE UNION WORKERS IN SAN DIEGO JOINED HUNDREDS OF OTHERS ACROSS THE STATE TO DEMAND FAIR WAGES.

>> WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES.

>> THE UNION REPRESENTS MORE THAN 36,000 STAFFERS AND STUDENT WORKERS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.

FROM GROUNDSKEEPERS TO NURSES TO OFFICE WORKERS, WORKERS WHO KEEP THE UNIVERSITY RUNNING.

>> WE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT OPERATE UNIVERSITY.

>> THE UNION HAS BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH THE CSU SINCE EARLY MAY BUT THE CONTRACT EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT.

>> WE ARE ASKING TO BE PLACED PROPERLY.

>> MEDDLING IS ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE LOCAL CHAPTER.

>> I TALKED TO FOLKS THAT THEIR INCREASES WOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO 30% AND THEY DID NOT GET THAT.

WE ARE TRYING TO FIGHT TO GET THOSE PEOPLE ONTO THE PROPER STEPS STRUCTURE AND TO GET THEIR PROPER INCREASE.

>> TODAY, GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SIGNED A FINAL AGREEMENT FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

IT PROVIDES FUNDING INCREASES FOR THE CSU SYSTEM.

IN A STATEMENT, THE CSU SAYS THE BUDGET WILL ALLOW US TO COVER MANDATORY COSTS AND AND OTHER KEY PRIORITIES SUCH AS EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.

>> THE CSU DOESN'T HAVE ANY REASON TO NOT PAY US OUR PROPER SALARY STRUCTURE.

>> YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO CONSIDER A SECOND JOB LIKE I AM CURRENTLY DOING RIGHT NOW.

>> TAMIKA LOVELACE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE COURT NADER AT SDSU.

SHE SAYS THE UNION IS READY TO STRIKE IF NEED BE.

>> WE ARE HOPING NOT TO GET THERE.

WE WANT A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND WE WANT OUR NEGOTIATION TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

>> THE UNION SAYS IF IT STRIKES, THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY SHUT DOWN THE NATION'S LARGEST PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.

>> WE ARE THE LINCHPIN IN THE SYSTEM.

IF YOU PULL US OUT, THE WHOLE SYSTEM -- >> IN A STATEMENT, THE CSU SAYS IT IS COMMITTED TO BARGAINING IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE UNION.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MANY HOSPITALITY WORKERS IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO WILL SOON SEE A BUMP IN THEIR PAYCHECKS.

A NEW LAW INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE OR HOSPITALITY WORKERS TAKES EFFECT TOMORROW.

EVENTS CENTER WORKERS WILL NOW MAKE AT LEAST $21 06 PER HOUR AND EMPLOYEES AT HOTELS WITH 150 OR MORE ROOMS AS WELL AS AMUSEMENT PARK WORKERS MUST TOMORROW BE PAID $19 PER HOUR.

WAGES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FOR HOSPITALITY WORKERS UNTIL THEY REACH $25 PER HOUR BY 2030.

>>> TEMPERATURES DROPPING ONCE AGAIN TO THE MID TO LOW 60s DEPENDING ON EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT.

STILL SOME CLOUDS STICKING AROUND BUT WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME SHIFTS THIS WEEK IN THE FORECAST AND I WILL GIVE YOU AN EARLY LOOK AT YOUR FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND FORECAST, COMING UP.

>>> THE SUPREME COURT ENDED ITS TERM WITH TWO BUSTER RULINGS THIS MORNING.

KAREN KAFA IS IN WASHINGTON TO BREAK DOWN THE COURT'S FINAL OPINIONS.

>> THE FINAL RULINGS OF THE TERM BROUGHT A REBUFF OF THAT KEY PIECE OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION AGENDA AND A WIN FOR CONSERVATIVES IN THE CULTURE WAR OVER TRANSGENDER ATHLETES.

>> THE SUPREME COURT KNOCKING DOWN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER TO END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP AND LEAVING IN PLACE THE MORE THAN CENTURY LONG UNDERSTANDING THAT ANYONE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES IS A U.S.

CITIZEN EVEN IF THAT CHILD'S PARENTS ARE NOT.

CECELIA WAYNE, NATIONAL LEGAL DIRECTOR FOR THE CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION AND A BIRTHRATE CITIZEN MADE THE ARGUMENT AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN APRIL.

>> THIS DECISION REAFFIRMS ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PILLARS OF AMERICAN LIFE THAT ALL OF US WHO ARE BORN ON AMERICAN SOIL OUR CITIZENS ALIKE.

>> JOINED BY JUSTICES CAVANAUGH, AMY CONEY BARRETT, SONIA SOTOMAYOR AND CATANIA PROJECTION IN A 6-3 MAJORITY, CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS WROTE OF U.S.

CITIZENSHIP, THE FRAMERS OF THE 14th AMENDMENT EXTENDED THAT PROMISE TO EVERY FREEBORN PERSON IN THIS LAND.

WE KEEP THAT PROMISE TODAY.

JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO WROTE THE RULING, QUOTE, PRESERVES A POWERFUL INCENTIVE TO ENTER OR REMAIN IN THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY , AN IDEA ECHOED BY HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON TUESDAY.

>> IT HAS BEEN ABUSED.

IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WAS INTENDED TO SERVE A NOBLE AND IMPORTANT PURPOSE AND HAS BEEN THWARTED.

>> THE COURT'S CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY UPHELD STATE LAWS THAT BANNED TRANSGENDER ATHLETES FROM PLAYING ON GIRLS SPORTS TEAMS INCLUDING ONE IN WEST VIRGINIA.

>> THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WOMEN AND GIRLS AND TRANSGENDER ATHLETES HAVE APPROPRIATE PLACES TO PLAY THAT IS FAIR AND COMPETITIVE.

>> JOSHUA BLOCH OF THE ACLU ARGUED ON BEHALF OF THE PLAINTIFFS IN WEST VIRGINIA CASE, BECKY PEPPER JACKSON.

>> IN TIME, THE PEOPLE WILL SEE THAT TODAY'S DECISION HAS A HISTORIC STAKE.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP ON SOCIAL MEDIA CALLED THE COURT'S DECISION IN THE TRANSGENDER ATHLETES CASE A BIG WIN.

HE CRITICIZED THE COURT FOR THE BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP RULING AND URGED THE REPUBLICAN-LED CONGRESS TO TAKE ACTION.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M KAREN KAFA.

>>> GAS PRICES IN SAN DIEGO HAVE DROPPED FOR THE 39th TIME IN 40 DAYS.

THE AVERAGE COST OF A GALLON OF REGULAR GAS IS NOW $5.49.

ALTHOUGH PRICES HAVE BEEN DECLINING AS OF LATE, THEY ARE SET TO CLIMB AGAIN, TOMORROW.

THAT IS BECAUSE THE GAS TAX IS SET TO INCREASE AGAIN BY $0.02 THE NEW RATE WILL BE ABOUT $0.63 PER GALLON, THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY.

IT COMES AT A TIME WHEN PRICES ARE FALLING BUT STILL ABOUT $.87 MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A YEAR AGO.

>> IT IS A LITTLE ABSURD TO SEE THAT HIGH OF A GAS PRICE.

GAS HAS BEEN HIGHER EVERYWHERE BUT HERE IN CALIFORNIA IT IS WAY MORE THAN EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE STATE -- COUNTRY, I FEEL LIKE.

>> I CAN SEE THAT ON MY BANK STATEMENT.

>> CALIFORNIA'S GAS TAX WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2017 TO PAY FOR ROAD REPAIRS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

IT INCREASES EVERY YEAR, ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION.

>>> SAN DIEGO IS MOVING TO CRACK DOWN ON LANDLORDS THAT CHARGE FEES IN ADDITION TO MONTHLY RENT.

KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SAYS THE PROPOSAL WOULD BAN CHARGING RENT FOR PETS.

>> ACCORDING TO THE ASPCA, THE AVERAGE PET RENT IN SAN DIEGO IS $51 PER MONTH.

IT IS ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT CRITICS CALL JUNK FEES.

THOSE ARE CHARGES ON TOP OF RENT THAT CAN BE CONFUSING AND AREN'T ALWAYS DISCLOSED UP FRONT.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SEAN RIVERA IS PROPOSING TO REQUIRE LANDLORDS TO ITEMIZE AND EXPLAIN ALL OF THOSE FEES WHEN ADVERTISING A UNIT.

HE WOULD ALSO CAP THEIR TOTAL OF 5% OF MONTHLY RENT.

>> THIS IS NOT ABOUT CREATING UNNECESSARY BURDEN, IT IS ABOUT RESTORING FAIRNESS, INCREASING TRANSPARENCY AND HAVING REBALANCE A RELATION BETWEEN TENANTS AND LANDLORDS.

SO, RENTERS HAVE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.

>> TENANTS IN SAN DIEGO HAVE REPORTED BEING CHARGED CONVENIENCE FEES, PROCESSING FEES, NOTICE FEES, LEASE TERMINATION FEES AND TRASH VALLEY THESE.

ATTORNEYS SAY THE PRACTICE HAS GROWN SINCE CALIFORNIA ADOPTED STATEWIDE LIMITS ON RENT INCREASES IN 2019.

>> THIS WAY, LANDLORDS CAN INCREASE THE RENT TO THE MAX AND ON TOP OF THAT COLLECT THESE ADDITIONAL FEES.

FOR WHAT PURPOSE?

TO MAXIMIZE PROFITS AT THE EXPENSE OF RENTERS.

>> THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS CONSIDERING A SIMILAR ORDINANCE ON FEE TRANSPARENCY.

THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE MEASURE TUESDAY WITH A FINAL VOTE EXPECTED SOMETIME IN THE FALL.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> I'M AMNA NAWAZ.

TONIGHT, THE SUPREME COURT WRAPS UP ITS TERM WITH A SERIES OF LANDMARK DECISIONS.

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

>>> ARE MORE HISPANIC AND LATINO STUDENTS ARE GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL BANDED 20 YEARS AGO.

THAT, ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT ON YOUTH WELL-BEING IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER KATIE ANASTAS TELLS US WHY.

>> HIGH SCHOOL STARTED AS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME.

>> IT WAS 2020 WHEN CARLOS VASQUEZ MELENDEZ STARTED HIS FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, TRYING TO FOCUS ON SCHOOL DURING COVID WAS DIFFICULT BUT HE FOUND REASONS TO STICK WITH IT.

>> IT WAS PEOPLE IN MY LIFE I KNEW THAT I WAS CAPABLE OF DOING SOMETHING.

>> ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE BARRIO LOGAN COLLEGE INSTITUTE KEPT HIM ON TRACK.

IT SERVES STUDENTS WOULD BE THE FIRST AND THEIR FAMILIES TO GO TO COLLEGE.

>> IT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I KNEW I COULD RELY ON EVERY STEP OF THE WAY WHETHER IT WAS MENTOR IN, WHETHER IT WAS TUTORING, WHETHER IT WAS PERSONAL HEALTH.

>> NOW HE IS STUDYING POLITICAL SCIENCE AT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY.

A NEW REPORT SHOWS HE IS PART OF A GROWING NUMBER OF HISPANIC AND LATINO STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

IN 2005, ONLY SEVEN IN 10 GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

BY 2023, THAT NUMBER HAD GROWN TO NINE IN 10.

>> I THINK THESE COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL AT FILLING GAPS BETWEEN WHAT THE SCHOOLS CAN PROVIDE.

>> DEAN IS WITH THE SAN DIEGO SCHOOL FOUNDATION.

THEY HELP FUND THE REPORT.

HE SAYS SINCE 2013, THE STATE HAS GIVEN MORE MONEY TO DISTRICTS THAT NEED IT MOST.

>> SCHOOLS ARE DOING BETTER AT MORE CONSISTENTLY, TRACKING AND SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND INTERVENING EARLIER.

>> HIGH SCHOOLS ARE OFFERING MORE CAREER TRAINING AND MORE STUDENTS ARE TAKING COLLEGE CLASSES.

>> IN TOTALITY, THOSE SETS OF THINGS HAVE GIVING PEOPLE IN HIGH SCHOOL MORE REASONS TO ENGAGE, MORE DIFFERENT WAYS TO ENGAGE, AND REASONS TO STICK AROUND.

>> COLLEGE ENROLLMENT HAVE ALSO INCREASED AMONG HISPANIC AND LATINO STUDENTS BUT IT IS STILL BELOW THE COUNTYWIDE PERCENTAGE.

COLLEGE IS NOT THE RIGHT FIT FOR EVERYONE BUT THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

>> FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT GOING TO COLLEGE, ARE THEY GETTING STRONG CAREER SUPPORT?

ARE THEY GOING TO POST SECONDARY TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIPS OR SOMETHING ELSE TO GET THEM TO THE PATHWAY TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS?

>> GOALS LIKE LIVABLE WAGES.

THE REPORT FOUND THAT THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE EARNING ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES HAVE DROPPED TO JUST ONE IN 10.

KATIE ANASTAS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> FOR THE FILIPINO DIASPORA , FOOD IS A STRONG TETHERED TO THEIR HOMELAND AND THEIR IDENTITY BUT FOR DECADES, TRADITIONAL FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FROM THE PHILIPPINES WERE HARD TO COME BY.

IN PART, TWO OF OUR SERIES, KPBS REPORTER ELAINE SHOWS HOW THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY HAS CONTINUED TO FUEL CULTURAL TRADITIONS IN-HOME GARDENS.

>> YOU CANNOT HERE MODESTA IN HER BACKYARD BEFORE YOU SEE HER.

>> I TALK TO MY PLANTS.

I GO, YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL, GOOD MORNING.

I SING TO THEM TOO.

>> CAN YOU GIVE US A SAMPLE?

>> OH, YEAH.

>> ♪ THAT IS AN OLD ONE.

>> WHETHER SINGING OR COMPLEMENTING -- >> IT IS MY THERAPY.

I CAN TALK TO MY PLANTS.

>> THE GARDEN IS PART OF THE COLLECTIVE STORY OF SAN DIEGO'S FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE UNITED STATES.

SHE GREW UP IN A REMOTE AREA OF KALINGA PHILIPPINES WHICH HAD LIMITED ACCESS TO THE STORES WERE MARKETS SO HER FAMILY GREW WITH A EIGHT.

>> GROWING UP AS A KID, OUR PARENTS TAUGHT US TO PLANT.

WE ARE STILL BABIES AND WE CAN STILL UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THAT WE WILL START DOING THE SOIL, DIG THE SOIL AND PLANT SOMETHING FOR FOOD, FOR SURVIVAL.

>> SHE CAME TO SAN DIEGO IN 1984 AFTER HER HUSBAND WAS STATIONED AT THE NAVAL BASE.

FILIPINO MIGRATION TO SAN DIEGO WAS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE NAVY.

SERVICEMEN WHO WERE STATIONED HERE WOULD PETITION TO BRING THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN TO SET UP THEIR NEW LIFE IN AREAS LIKE PARADISE HILLS AND NATIONAL CITY.

THESE HOME GARDENS SPEAK TO A BIGGER PART OF FILIPINO CULTURE THAT JOANNA GREW UP WITH IN HER GRANDPARENTS HOUSE.

THEN, SHE MADE IT CENTRAL TO HER PHD RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.

>> THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT SITE OF CULTURAL REPRODUCTION WHERE THEY ARE NOT JUST GROWING FOOD, THEY ARE ALSO PRACTICING THEIR CULTURE, A CULTURE OF GENEROSITY, A CULTURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BEEN PRACTICING SINCE BEFORE THEY GOT HERE, HOW THEY WERE RAISED, AND THEY CONTINUE TO DO IT.

>> THESE HOME GARDENS OFTEN HAVE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FROM THE PHILIPPINES THAT ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO TRADITIONAL FILIPINO DISHES.

ALFONSO ALSO GREW UP GROWING CROPS OUT OF NECESSITY.

>> MY GARDEN STARTED OVERSEAS.

WHERE I GREW UP, THAT WAS SOMETHING I DID.

IT HELPS AS WELL, OUR PARENTS TAUGHT US.

>> THAT LESSON STAYED WITH HIM, EVEN AFTER HE JOINED THE U.S.

NAVY IN 1975.

WHEREVER HE WAS STATIONED DURING HIS SERVICE, SAN DIEGO, GUAM, JAPAN, HE WOULD PLANT GARDENS.

IN 1992, HE AND HIS WIFE PURCHASED THEIR CURRENT HOME IN SPRING VALLEY IMPLANTED THEIR PERMANENT GARDEN.

ACCESS TO FILIPINO FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN SAN DIEGO LOOKED A LOT DIFFERENT IN 1975.

>> BACK HERE, I STARTED GROWING MANY VEGETABLES.

AT THE TIME, WE HAD TO GO TO DOWNTOWN JUST TO BUY A VEGETABLE.

THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT OF ORIENTAL OUTLETS.

>> HE WOULD BRING BACK FRUITS FROM THE PHILIPPINES FOR HIS GARDEN.

OVER THE YEARS, HIS GARDEN HAS PRODUCED MANY AND HIS FAMILY HAS GROWN TOO.

HE HAS THREE GRANDDAUGHTERS, SIX-YEAR-OLD ELEANOR RIGBY, SIX- YEAR-OLD ABBY ROAD AND 14-YEAR- OLD PENNY LANE.

YES, YOU ARE HEARING IT RIGHT, ALL INSPIRED BY THE BEATLES.

>> THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF MEMORIES.

IT REMINDS ME THAT THEY WERE PARTS OF THIS JOURNEY.

>> HE SET ASIDE THEIR OWN SPACES IN THE GARDEN.

ABBY ROAD AND PENNY LANE HAVE THEIR OWN STREET SIGNS IN THE FRONT YARD AND ALLIE RIGBY HAS HER OWN HIDEOUT.

HERE IS HOW THE GIRLS DESCRIBE THE GARDEN.

PENNY FIRST.

>> I FEEL A SENSE OF COMFORT KNOWING THE GARDEN IS, LIKE, WHERE I BASICALLY COME FROM AND, LIKE, THAT IS BASICALLY THE GARDEN I HAVE LIVED WITH MY WHOLE LIFE.

>> AND, ABBY.

>> I JUST FEEL REALLY CALM BECAUSE IT IS QUIET AND PEACEFUL BACK HERE.

>> AND ELLIE.

>> IT FEELS LIKE, WELL, COMING FROM A LOUD NOISE.

>> THE GIRLS CONTINUE TO CONTINUE THE LESSONS THEY WERE TAUGHT BOTH IN GARDENING AND COOKING.

PENNY AND HER SISTERS ROOM OF THE DAY THEY WILL HAVE THEIR OWN SPACES TO NURTURE AND GROW, JUST LIKE THEIR LOW LOW.

>>> FOR GENERATIONS, AMERICANS HAVE LOOKED TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AS A DEFINING STATEMENT OF THE NATION'S CORE PRINCIPLES, THE BELIEF IN EQUALITY AND UNALIENABLE RIGHTS.

THOSE IDEAS HELPED SHAPE DEMOCRACY HERE AND INSPIRED MOVEMENTS WORLDWIDE.

MICHAEL YOSHIDA REPORTS ON HOW THE DOCUMENT REMAINS A POWERFUL SYMBOL OF FREEDOM.

>> LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

THIS LANGUAGE IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE HAS HELPED TO DEFINE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR 250 YEARS.

BUT.

>> WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PART WHEN IT WAS FIRST WRITTEN.

>> IT WAS DETAILING THE FRUSTRATIONS WITH INCREASINGLY OPPRESSIVE BRITISH RULE THAT THE FOUNDERS CARED MOST ABOUT AS COLONISTS BEGAN TO CONSIDER WHAT THEIR RIGHTS WERE.

>> THEY WERE FEELING -- IT WAS JUSTIFYING THE SEPARATION AND THE FACT THAT THEY WERE NOW CREATING INDEPENDENT STATES.

>> AT WAR WITH BRITAIN FOR OVER A YEAR AND BADLY IN NEED OF ALLIANCES THAT OTHER COUNTRIES WOULD FORGE ONLY WITH A SOVEREIGN STATE, THE FOUNDERS WERE PUSHED TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE IN ORDER TO GAIN FREEDOM.

>> WITHOUT THAT FREEBIE, WITH FRANCE AND FRANCE INTERVENTION AND HELPING US IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, WE DON'T WIN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

>> GETTING TO A FORMAL DECLARATION WAS A PROCESS.

IT STARTED AS A THREE-PART RESOLUTION FROM VIRGINIA DELEGATE RICHARD HENRY LEE AND WAS FURTHER CRAFTED BY A GROUP OF FIVE.

>> THOMAS JEFFERSON, BENJAMIN LINCOLN, JOHN ADAMS, ROBERT LIVINGSTON AND ROGER SHERMAN.

THE REASON WHY THE COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED WAS, HEY, EXPLAIN WHY WE ARE SEPARATING FROM GREAT BRITAIN AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT BY CREATING THIS BILL OF GRIEVANCES.

>> THOMAS JEFFERSON THEN PUT PEN TO PAPER, BROUGHT THE IDEAS TO LIFE BEFORE FINALLY PUTTING THE DECLARATION UP FOR A VOTE.

>> THIS IS THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED ON JULY 2, 1776.

YOU HAD THOMAS JEFFERSON, BENJAMIN LINCOLN, JOHN HANCOCK AND OTHERS VOTING ON AND THEN ABOUT A MONTH LATER, SIGNING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

>> THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PASSED THE FINAL WORDING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ON JULY 4.

MOST OF THE SIGNERS ARE GOING TO SIGN ON AUGUST 2.

>> WHEN THEY AFFIX THEIR NAMES, THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE SIGNING THEIR DEATH WARRANT.

>> THIS WILLINGNESS TO RISK THEIR LIVES, FORTUNE, AND HONOR NOT ONLY LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR THE U.S.

CONSTITUTION, BUT WOULD ALSO BE WILL DEMOCRATIC CAUSES ACROSS GENERATIONS FROM ABOLITION TO SUFFRAGE TO CIVIL RIGHTS.

>> YOU CAN SEE A DIRECT LINE BETWEEN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE U.N.

DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

YOU CAN SEE IT IN SPECIFIC COUNTRIES' DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., WHO REFERS TO IT AS THE GREAT PROMISSORY NOTE AMERICA.

>> WHAT BEGAN AS A BOLD BREAK FROM A KING BECAME A BLUEPRINT FOR DEMOCRACY.

IT IS STILL SHAPING THE WORLD TODAY.

I'M MICHAEL YOSHIDA REPORTING.

>>> WE ARE TRACKING A SLOWER WARMING TREND.

WE ARE STILL MOSTLY BELOW HISTORICAL AVERAGES RIGHT NOW.

BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE WEEKEND, SOME OF US WILL BE BACK IN THE BALLPARK.

OTHERS, IT IS NOT UNTIL NEXT WEEK.

OUR MARINE LAYER BECOMING SHALLOWER AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY INTO TOMORROW.

SO, FEWER OF US DEALING WITH THE JUNE GLOOM EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE LAST DAY OF JUNE.

IT IS REALLY MAINLY THE COAST AND PORTIONS OF THE INLAND EMPIRE.

WE ARE ALSO TAKING A LOOK AT THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND FORECAST.

LET'S START OFF WITH WHAT TO EXPECT TONIGHT.

FREDERICK SPRINGS LOW 60s.

LOOKING GOOD, ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN BECAUSE THE TRIPLE DIGIT HIGHS ARE COMING BACK AND THAT MEANS OUR LOWS ARE COMING BACK.

LOW 60s IN OCEANSIDE.

64 FOR SAN DIEGO.

AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO TOMORROW, TAKE A LOOK.

A LOT OF VARIATION.

MID 90s.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT WHILE YOU CAN.

IT IS NOT LASTING LONG.

80s FOR RAMONA.

73 FOR CHULA VISTA AND 72 BY THE TIME WE GET TO SAN DIEGO.

NOT A LOT OF VARIATION ALONG THE COAST AS TENDS TO HAPPEN.

WE WENT FROM LAST WEEK TO THIS WEEK, LOOK AT YOUR FIVE WEEK OUT LEAK.

WE DO WARM-UP BY SATURDAY.

76 DEGREES FOR YOUR FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY WHICH, FEELS PRETTY COMFORTABLE TO ME BUT TO EACH THEIR OWN.

AB YOU ARE A FAN OF THE LOW 70s FURTHER INLAND.

WE ARE GETTING INTO THE 80s BY THE TIME WE GET TO FRIDAY.

82 FOR SATURDAY.

MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

THAT SHOULD HELP WITH OUR FIREWORKS FORECAST AND ANY FIREWORK OR DRONE SHOW VIEWING YOU MIGHT HAVE GOING ON.

INTO THE MOUNTAINS WE GO, 60s FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND BY THE TIME WE GO TO SATURDAY, 71 WITH A BIG TEMPERATURE CONTRAST.

71 TO 78 SATURDAY TO SUNDAY AND THEN WE WARM INTO NEXT WEEK.

FOR THE DESERT, BY THE TIME WE GET TO FRIDAY, SATURDAY, WE ARE BACK RIGHT IN THE BALLPARK OF OUR HISTORICAL AVERAGE WHERE WE WOULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR.

ENJOY WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY WHILE YOU CAN WITH THAT SLOW CLIMB BACK TO THE TRIPLE DIGITS.

101 FOR YOUR FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M -- >>> THE SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE PARADE HAS BEEN LED FOR DECADES NOW.

THIS PRIDE MONTH, THE GROUP MARKS ITS 50th ANNIVERSARY.

ARENA NOVA HAS MOURN ITS HISTORY.

>> KATE BROWN STILL REMEMBERS THE FIRST TIME SHE SAW DYKES ON BIKES AT THE SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE PARADE.

IT CHANGED HER LIFE.

>> BEFORE YOU SEE DYKES ON BIKES, YOU HEAR THEM.

>> ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HEAR HUNDREDS OF MOTORCYCLE ENGINES TURNING OVER AND THERE IS THIS SOUND THAT HAPPENS.

THEN YOU SEE THEM COMING.

>> WHEN I EXPERIENCED THAT, IT WAS A VERY PALPABLE FEELING.

I WAS LIKE, THAT IS ME.

THAT IS WHO I NEED TO BE.

>> BROWN WAS NOT A WRITER THEN BUT THE EXPERIENCE INSPIRED HER TO LEARN.

TODAY, SHE IS PRESIDENT OF A GROUP WHOSE STORY BEGAN AT PRIDE 50 YEARS AGO.

>> 1976, IT WAS THE FREEDOM DAY MARCH AND A SMALL GROUP OF DYKES WERE ON THEIR MOTORCYCLES AND DECIDED TO MOVE FROM BACK SOMEWHERE IN THE MARCH TO THE FRONT OF THE MARCH AND IT WAS KNOWN AS DYKES ON BIKES EVER SINCE.

>> IT WAS A BOLD MOVE AT THE TIME.

>> IT WAS GOING AGAINST THE STATUS QUO.

WE DID NOT WANT TO BE BEHIND THE GAY MEN.

WE WANTED TO CLAIM OUR OWN SPACE.

WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PUSHING THE BOUNDARY AND BEING LOUD.

HERE WE ARE.

>> THAT INCLUDES THEIR MONTHLY RIDE.

>> WE MET SEVERAL MEMBERS AS THEY PREPARED FOR A SATURDAY RIDE COVERING MORE THAN 100 MILES.

>> TODAY'S RIDE -- >> THE ROAD CAPTAIN ORGANIZES THE RIDES.

>> DYKES ON BIKES REPRESENTS FREEDOM , FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF RIDING.

>> YOU ARE HEARING EVERYTHING, SMELLING EVERYTHING.

YOU HAVE POWER, MANEUVERABILITY.

IT IS A REALLY WONDERFUL FEELING AND THEN WHEN YOU HIT THE CURB, IT FEELS FANTASTIC.

>> IT IS WIND THERAPY FOR THE DAY.

>> WE CAN TALK TO EACH OTHER BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE ARE JUST RIDING AND IT IS QUIET AND WE ARE ENJOYING IT.

>> SUE HAS BEEN RIDING MOTORCYCLES FOR 40 YEARS.

FOR HER, BEING A PART OF DYKES ON BIKES MEANS MORE THAN JUST FREEDOM ON THE ROAD.

>> I REMEMBER MY FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE BEING AFRAID TO GO INTO THE LGBT MEETING.

>> NOW SHE FEELS SAFE TO BE HERSELF.

>> IT IS A GREAT CULTURE TO BE AROUND.

WHEN YOU ARE WITH OTHER WOMEN WHO HAVE THE SAME LIKES AND SAME INTERESTS, I JUST ENJOY IT.

>> THE ORGANIZATION THOUGHT TO USE THE WORD DYKES, U.S.

PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE FIRST REFUSED TO LET THEM USE THE WORD AND THEN TO USE THE LOGO.

THE GOVERNMENT SAID IT WAS DISPARAGING TOWARD LESBIANS.

DYKES ON BIKES TOOK THE COST TO THE SUPREME COURT AND WON TWICE.

>> IT WAS A MAJOR VICTORY FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS OR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION OR BEING ABLE TO SAY AND TAKE WORDS OF HATE AND USE THEM IN A SELF-REFERENTIAL MENTAL -- MANNER AND SAY THIS IS WHO WE ARE.

>> IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A WORD THAT CONVEYS POWER, THAT CONVEYS STRENGTH.

>> I PROBABLY CALL MYSELF A DYKE.

I USE DYKE AND QUEER BECAUSE TO ME, THAT IS MY IDENTITY.

>> NOW THERE ARE DYKES ON BIKES CLUBS ALL OVER THE WORLD, OFTEN LEADING OFF PRIDE PARADES.

SAN FRANCISCO WAS THE MOTHER CHAPTER AND CONTROLS THE USE OF THE WORD DYKE SO IT IS PORTRAYED IN A POSITIVE WAY.

>> WE ALL EMPOWER ONE ANOTHER.

THE MOTORCYCLE START UP, THE CROWDS START ROARING AND THEN EVERYBODY ON A BIKE GETS A BIG SMILE ON THEIR FACE.

THEY ARE REVVING THEIR MOTORS.

TO BE RIGHT THERE IN THE FRONT, AND TO HAVE EVERYBODY SEE YOU FIRST, IT IS A NATURAL HIGH.

>> MANY PRIDE PARADES ALSO FOLLOW THE SAN FRANCISCO TRADITION OF HAVING DYKES ON BIKES LEAVE THE FESTIVITIES.

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

ON MORNING EDITION, STUDENT ATHLETES REACT TO THE SUPREME COURT DECISION ALLOWING STATES TO BAR TRANSGENDER ATHLETES PARTICIPATING ON WOMEN'S SPORTS TEAMS.

AND, ON KPBS MIDDAY EDITION, WE TAKE A LOOK AT STATE LAWS TAKING EFFECT STARTING TOMORROW, JULY 1.

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THANK YOU, EVERYONE, SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

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