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>>> FOUR DAYS INTO A WAR ENGULFING THE MIDDLE EAST, UNCERTAINTY AND ANXIETY ARE RISING ACROSS THE REGION AND FOR MANY IN THE UNITED STATES.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI, HE WAS CLOSE ACTIVITIES IN SAUDI ARABIA, LEBANON, KUWAIT AND ISRAEL IS CONDUCTING STRIKES IN TEHRAN AND BEIRUT AS I RAN TO AIM AT U.S.

ALLIES AND TARGETS ACROSS THE GULF.

WE HAVE MORE FROM WASHINGTON.

>> Reporter: SMOKE RISING FROM U.S.

CONSULATE IN DUBAI AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A SUSPECTED IRANIAN DRONE ACCORDING TO A SOURCE IN THE REGION.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PRAISED THE PROGRESS OF THE U.S.

MILITARY OPERATION IN IRAN .

>> THEY HAVE NO MAYBE COMET HAS BEEN KNOCKED OUT, THEY HAVE NO AIR FORCE.

BUT FOR HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE KILLED IN RECENT DAYS AFTER THE U.S.

AND ISRAEL LAUNCHED A FIERCE BOMBING CAMPAIGN ON IRAN WITH ONLY SIX U.S.

SERVICE MEMBERS BASED IN KUWAIT HAVE DIED AND SENATE ARMED SERVICE CHAIRMAN ROGER WICKER SAYS HE EXPECTS SENATORS TO DISCUSS A POTENTIAL SUPPLEMENTAL DEFENSE FUNDING BILL DURING A BRIEFING WITH TOP DONALD TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS THIS AFTERNOON.

>> I COMMEND THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR COMING DOWN STRONG IN FAVOR OF THIS QUANTUM LEAP IN NATIONAL DEFENSE.

>> Reporter: THE BRIEFING COMES AS QUESTIONS CONTINUE TO BE RAISED BY LAWMAKERS ON SHIFTING EXPLANATIONS FOR THE STRIKES.

>> I AM TROUBLED BY THE LACK OF RATIONALITY.

THAT IS WHAT YOU BRING US TO CONGRESS.

FOR AN IRANIAN MEDIA OUTLETS SAYS THE SON OF THE FORMER SUPREME LEADER, A FIGURE LONG SEEN AS A POTENTIAL SUCCESSOR, IS ALIVE.

>> THE WORST CASE WOULD BE WE DO THIS AND SOMEBODY TAKES OVER WHO IS AS BAD AS THE PREVIOUS PERSON.

YOU GO THROUGH THIS AND FIVE YEARS YOU REALIZE YOU PUT SOMEBODY IN WHO WAS NO BETTER.

>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, DEMONSTRATORS RALLIED IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO TODAY TO PROTEST THE CONTINUED IMPRISONMENT AND ENDANGERMENT OF POLITICAL PRISONERS, PART OF A HUNGER STRIKE MOVEMENT WHICH JUST ENTERED IT'S 110th WEEK.

THE GROUP IS RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT RECENT REPORTS INDICATING IRAN MAYBE USING POLITICAL DETAINEES AS HUMAN SHIELDS AGAINST AIRSTRIKES BY U.S.

AND ISRAELI FORCES .

THEY ARE URGING THE U.S.

AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO DEMAND IRAN ADHERE TO HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS .

>> WE ARE HERE TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH THEM .

RAISED CONCERN ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN PRISONS IN IRAN , ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WITH THE WAR SITUATION IN IRAN , THE PROTESTERS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF THEM, WERE ARRESTED A FEW WEEKS AGO.

WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THEM.

>> TUESDAY, HUNGER STRIKE DEMONSTRATIONS TAKE PLACE, THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

>> A RELATIVELY QUIET NIGHT BUT OVERALL COME OF THE BIG THEME FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK IS THE WIND WHICH WILL BE PICKING UP WITH A COUPLE OF EPISODES OF STRONGER WINDS, OVERALL, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE WINDIER TIMES, 40 IN PROMOTED TONIGHT AND 51 AND DRAGO SPRINGS 55 IN SAN DIEGO.

WIND ADVISORIES BEGIN AT 10:00 P.M.

WEDNESDAY EVENING AND I WILL CONTINUE TO THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FIRST RUN OF STRONG WINDS AND WE GO INTO THE WEEKEND COMING UP.

>>> A COALITION OF SAN DIEGO NONPROFITS IS ORGANIZED TO HELP MEMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD AND ANYONE IN THE HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT DURING THIS PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

MILITARY REPORTER SAYS THE GROUPS HAVE NOT SEEN ADDITIONAL SUPPORT YET BUT ALREADY IF AND WHEN THEY DO.

>> DID NONPROFITS MAKE UP AN EMERGENCY ACTION GROUP READY TO RESPOND WHEN NEEDED BY SAN DIEGO MILITARY COMMUNITY.

THE COALITION AGREES TO SUPPORT THE LIST OF PROJECT, ZERO 800, ARMED SERVICES YMCA, SAN DIEGO MILITARY ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND FEEDING CITIGO.

>> THOSE FIVE COMING TOGETHER, WE DO A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SERVICES, COLLECTIVELY, WE CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER.

>> Reporter: THE CEO OF ZERO 800 PROVIDE SOCIAL WORK SERVICES TO ACTIVE-DUTY AND TRANSITIONING MILITARY FAMILIES .

SHE SAYS BY WORKING TOGETHER, THE ORGANIZATIONS CAN MORE EFFICIENTLY HELP FAMILIES DURING TIMES OF CRISIS.

>> COLLECTIVELY, LET'S MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THEM FOOD AND DIAPERS AND SUPPORT RENT IF THAT BECOMES A CHALLENGE.

>> Reporter: PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORT THE LISTEN PROJECT, FIRST THAT COMES IN, TRACY OWENS IS A SENIOR MILITARY RELATIONS OFFICER.

>> OUR FOCUS IS ON MILITARY FAMILIES IN FINANCIAL CRISIS AND WE SEE CHALLENGES TYPICALLY WITH THE MILITARY FAMILIES, MAKING ENDS MEET.

OUR FINANCIAL WELLNESS PROGRAM HELPS THEM TO HELP STOP THE LOSS , VISION, REPOSSESSION, UTILITY DISCONNECTION, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

>> Reporter: THE PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AFFECTS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS REFUSING TO AGREE TO A FUNDING BILL UNTIL CHANGES ARE MADE IN THE WAKE OF TWO FATAL SHOOTINGS OF U.S.

CITIZEN BY IMMIGRATION AGENTS IN JANUARY BUT THS IS A BIG AGENCY INCLUDING THE 1000 OR SO NUMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD BASED IN SAN DIEGO.

ACCORDING TO NEWS REPORTS, THE PAYROLL FOR THE COAST GUARD IS UNAFFECTED SO FAR BUT OTHER DHS CIVILIAN WORKERS ARE SEEING PARTIAL PAY, WHEN SAYS THEY ARE READY WHEN NEEDED.

>> WE ARE READY TO MOBILIZE WITH FEEDING SAN DIEGO TO SUPPORT WITH AN ON-SITE DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AND PRODUCE AND ITEMS LIKE THAT.

TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES AND WE ARE STANDING BY READY TO SUPPORT WHEN THEY NEED US.

>> Reporter: CONGRESS IS BACK IN WASHINGTON THIS WEEK BUT DEMOCRATIC LEADERS SAY THEY ARE STANDING FIRM ON THEIR DEMANDS FOR CHANGES IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT BEFORE THEY AGREED TO A DEFINING PLAN.

>> CALIFORNIA SENATOR ALEX PADILLA QUESTION HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY AT A CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT HEARING THIS MORNING, HE PRESSED FOR UNANNOUNCED OVERSIGHT VISIT TO DETENTION FACILITIES, KRISTI NOEM SAYS THEY ADHERE TO HIGH STANDARDS AND THE ALEX PADILLA SAID HE NEEDED TO SEE FOR HIMSELF.

>> DESPITE CLEAR COURT ORDERS, DHS CONTINUES TO REFUSE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, INCLUDING MYSELF.

ACCESS TO DETENTION FACILITIES TO CONDUCT UNANNOUNCED OVERSIGHT .

THAT IS OUR JOB.

>> THE FACILITY TURNED HIM AWAY LAST MONTH, DEATHS IN IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOM IN ENFORCEMENT CUSTODY LAST YEAR RECEIVED 21 YOU RIGHT AND HE CALLED FOR THE RESIGNATION OF KRISTI NOEM, FIRING, OR IMPEACHMENT .

PARENTS RIGHTS TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN HOW THEY SEE FIT ARE AT THE HEIGHT OF THE SUPREME COURT DECISION PUBLISHED YESTERDAY.

OUR NORTH COUNTY REPORTING SAYS THE DECISION IS TIED TO A CASE THAT BEGAN IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> Reporter: THE RULE EXTENDS FROM THE CASE BUT WITH TWO ESCONDIDO TEACHERS, THEY CLAIM THE DIFFERENT POLICY PROTECTED THEM FROM DISCLOSING THAT STUDENTS CAN WRITE IT IN THE INFRINGES ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT AND THE PARENTS JOIN THE LAWSUIT SAYING THESE POLICIES UNDERMINE THEIR ABILITY TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN ACCORDING TO THEIR BELIEFS.

IN DECEMBER, SAID EAGLE FEDERAL JUDGE SIDED WITH THEM.

THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS TOSSED THE DECISION WHILE THEY REVIEW THE CASE.

THE PLAINTIFFS ASKED THE SUPREME COURT TO REINSTATE THE LOWER COURT'S DECISION.

LIKE YESTERDAY, THE COURT MAJORITY AGREED.

>> THAT IS WHY THIS WAS AN INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT RULING .

>> Reporter: THE SUPREME COURT HAS GIVEN BROAD EFFORTS TO PARENTS UNDER THE 14th AMENDMENT, ACCORDING TO LEGAL ANALYSTS, THE RULING SAYS SCHOOL OFFICIALS CANNOT MISLEAD PARROTS ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN'S GENDER.

>> IF WE WITHHOLD INFORMATION ABOUT A CHILD'S TRANSITIONING AND THE USE OF PROGRAMS CONSISTENT WITH THEIR BIRTH WOULD MISLEAD THE PARENTS, THE TEACHERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DISCLOSE THAT INFORMATION.

>> Reporter: THE SUPREME COURT RULING DID NOT LIFT THE INJUNCTION FOR TEACHERS, THAT IS CREATING CONFUSION OVER WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE SAFETY ACT, THE LAW OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM REQUIRING TEACHERS TO NOTIFY PARENTS IF THEIR STUDENTS CHOOSE TO GO BUY A NEW PROGRAM AT SCHOOL.

>> WITH RESPECT TO OUR BILL, WE ARE NOT SURE, THERE IS AMBIGUITY IN THE RULING.

>> Reporter: HE BELIEVES THAT THE LAW REMAINS IN EFFECT BUT -- >> WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE CONSERVATIVE SUPER MAJORITY ON THE SUPREME COURT IS DOING GENERALLY FOR NATIONAL POLICIES BUT SPECIFIC TO THE THREATS ON THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

THIS WAS NEVER ABOUT SECRECY, IT WAS ABOUT ENSURING THAT EDUCATORS ARE NOT BECOMING AGENTS OF COMPULSORY DISCLOSURE.

>> Reporter: THE THOMAS MORE SOCIETY PRAISED THE ROOM ACCESSING IT PROTECTS CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND THE HEALTH LEGAL CHALLENGE IN THIS CASE.

A STATEWIDE AGENT -- THEY SAY IT CREATES -- WHICH PUT STUDENT SAFETY AT RISK.

THE CFT PRESIDENT.

>> WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS A ONGOING ATTACK AND SILENCING OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY.

WE BELIEVE THIS IS HARMFUL FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOLS.

>> Reporter: THE SUPREME COURT RULING MEANS THE INJUNCTION AGAINST THE STATE POLICY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HAS A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE CASE.

HE SAYS THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON FOR THE SUPREME COURT'S EMERGENCY DECISION.

>> REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS DOES, YOU CAN EXPECT THE SUPREME COURT WILL WEIGH IN ON THIS CASE .

>> Reporter: WHICH MEANS THIS ISSUE IS FAR FROM OVER.

>>> LATE LAST YEAR, THE SAN DIEGO DISTRICT ATTORNEY ANNOUNCED A SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION AGAINST A GANG AND THE CITY'S MOUNTAIN VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

IN THE SECOND PART OF A TWO PART SERIES, OUR REPORTER DETAILS HOW POLICE AND PROSECUTORS MADE THEIR CASE.

>> Reporter: THIS IS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF MICAH PARSONS MARKET IN THE MOUNTAIN VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

DURING THE SUMMER OF 2022.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY DESCRIBING THE SCENE.

>> THIS WAS NOT JUST A GANG CONTROLLED AREA WHERE THEY WERE SELLING DRUGS AND PUSHING PEOPLE AROUND, >> Reporter: GUN SALES, ROBBERIES, MURDERS, THE VIDEO IS A CENTERPIECE OF A THREE- YEAR EFFORT BY THE OFFICE AND THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT GANG UNIT.

KNOWN AS OPERATION MIC DROPS.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE NOTICED THAT MICAH PARSONS MARKET IT OPERATED LIKE A DRIVE-THROUGH, CONQUERED POLAND AND APPROACHED A MEMBER THERE TO SELL DRUGS, PULL UP ALONGSIDE HIM, THE GANG MEMBER WOULD REACH IN AND CONDUCT THE SALE AND THEY WOULD GO ON THEIR MERRY WAY.

>> DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY WAS A LEAD PROSECUTOR IN THE EFFORT AGAINST THE MEMBERS AND THE ASSOCIATE OF THE GANG.

AN OFFSHOOT OF THE BLOOD GANG.

>> THEY ARE CONSIDERED TO BE A GENERATIONAL GANG WHICH IS THAT IT IS KEPT VERY MUCH WITHIN THE FAMILY.

YOU MAY HAVE GRANDPARENTS, UNCLES, COUSINS, BROTHERS ET CETERA THAT ARE IN THE GANG.

>> Reporter: AND THEY HAD A DEDICATED CUSTOMER BASE.

>> AT MICAH PARSONS MARKET, IT SPENT EVERY AGE AND EVERY RACE, FROM THE VERY YOUNG TO THE VERY OLD.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE BEEN HEAVILY POLICED BUT IT WAS TRADITIONAL POLICING, RESPONDING TO CALLS AND MAKING ARRESTS.

IT WAS INEFFECTIVE, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FELT UNSAFE, THIS ALREADY BAD SITUATION HAS GOTTEN WORSE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> ESSENTIALLY, HOLDING THE COMMUNITY HOSTAGE.

UNDER SIEGE IN CRIME.

>> HENRY LEE WALLACE WAS WORRIED, AS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY, HE RAN A FEEDING PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDED THE ADDICTS AND HOMELESS WHO CIRCLED THE PARKING LOT.

HE WAS SEEING HOW THE MARKET HAD BECOME VERY DANGEROUS.

>> I DID TIME.

I RECOGNIZED THE BAD SITUATION, SHOULD I KEEP GOING FEEDING PEOPLE, KNOWING THAT THIS IS NOT LEGAL WHAT THEY ARE DOING?

>> Reporter: HE DECIDED TO SHUT DOWN THE FEEDING.

>> THERE WAS LITERALLY COME IN THE AIR, YOU CAN FEEL FEAR >> Reporter: PASTOR OF THE BRIDGE CHURCH, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE MARKET.

HE AND HIS PARISHIONERS HAD A DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT.

>> PEOPLE HAD BENT OVER TO TIE THEIR SHOE AND YOU WOULD SEE THEY ARE PACKING GUNS AND OPENLY SELLING DRUGS.

>> Reporter: IT WAS WHAT HE SHOWED TO THE SDPD COMMUNITY AFFAIRS OFFICER FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW, THEIR MEETING PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE DECISION TO START OPERATION MIC DROP.

PREVIOUSLY, IF A BLACK-AND- WHITE PATROL CAR WAS SPOTTED, THE ACTION MOVED OFF THE STREET INTO THE STORE AND OUT OF SIGHT OF THE POLICE.

BUT ONCE OPERATION MIC DROPS STARTED, UNDERCOVER OFFICERS JOINED THE DEALERS INSIDE THE MARKET.

>> WE HAVE LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENTS WEARING BODY WIRES.

>> Reporter: GANG MEMBERS QUESTION ANYONE COMING INTO THE STORE, HERE IS PART OF ONE CONVERSATION HEARD ON AN UNDERCOVER WIRE.

>> WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

>> NOT HERE.

WHY DOES IT MATTER?

REPORT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT GANGSTERS AND TWO STORE EMPLOYEES WERE PAYING PEOPLE CASH FOR EBT GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE CARDS AT A FRACTION OF THEIR TRUE VALUE.

THEY WOULD BRING UP $200, GIVE THEM $100 IN CASH.

>> THEY WOULD GET CASH IN HAND AND A GANG MEMBER WOULD BE THERE TO SELL DRUGS TO THEM.

>> Reporter: DVDs CAN LEAD TO THE FBI AND U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE JOINING MIC DROPS AND ULTIMATELY FINDING MORE THAN 2 MILLION IN WELFARE FRAUD.

>> THEY BROUGHT OUR TASK FORCE WITH THE PARTNERS WE NEEDED TO GET THE JOB DONE.

>> Reporter: THE MARKET WAS RATED IN THE FALL OF 2022, THE PAYOFF OF A SIX MONTH EFFORT THAT INCLUDED 90 DAYS OF SURVEILLANCE.

IN THE END, THE DAS OFFICE SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTED 22 GANG MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES.

>> YOU BEGIN TO SEE THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE CHANGE.

>> Reporter: DATA SHOWS THE CHANGE HAS BEEN LASTING, SINCE MIC DROPS, THE DA SAYS THERE HAS BEEN A 75% DECREASE IN SERVICE CALLS AND A 50% DROP IN ARRESTS.

IN THE AREA SURROUNDING THE MARKET.

NO REPORTER -- NO REPORTED ROBBERIES AND NO REPORTED MURDERS.

>>> A CORRECTION TO A STORY WE BROUGHT YESTERDAY, SCOTT PETERSON DISTRICT DOES NOT INCLUDE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR WHICH IS A DIFFERENT OF SARAH JACOBSEN.

>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, AMERICANS TRIED TO PLEAD WITH COUNTRIES CAUGHT UP IN THE U.S.

WAR WITH IRAN, THAT IS A 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS .

>>> TAX FILING SEASON IS UNDERWAY, A MAJORITY OF U.S.

TAX MONIES RECEIVED REFUNDS WHICH COULD BE LARGER THIS YEAR .

IVAN RODRIGUEZ JOINS US WITH WHY AND HOW PEOPLE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR EXTRA CASH.

>> THERE ARE TWO MAIN REASONS WHY AMERICANS MAY RECEIVE A LARGER TAX REFUND THIS YEAR.

CONGRESS MADE A NUMBER OF NEW AND EXPANDED TAX RATES EFFECTIVE FOR TAX YEAR 2025.

AND MOST PEOPLE DO NOT ADJUST THE TAX WITHHOLDING ON THEIR PAYCHECKS LAST YEAR TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CHANGES IN THE TAX BREAKS.

>> SOME PEOPLE ARE GETTING LARGER CHILD TAX CREDITS, LOWER TAX BRACKETS WERE EXTENDED AND FOR MOST PEOPLE IT SHOULD BE MORE IN THAT TAX REFUND THIS YEAR.

REPORT BACK TO THE WEEKEND OF FEBRUARY 20th, ABOUT 29 MILLION PEOPLE HAD RECEIVED 2025 FEDERAL TAX REFUNDS, AVERAGING $3800 ACCORDING TO THE IRS.

THAT IS MORE THAN 10% HIGHER THAN THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

>> THIS MONEY CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN YOUR OVERALL FINANCIAL WELL-BEING.

>> Reporter: BANK RATE SAYS THERE ARE A FEW THINGS TO CONSIDER IN TERMS OF WHERE TO PUT THE MONEY TO BEST USE.

>> CREDIT CARD DEBT PAYOFF SHOULD BE A PRIORITY BECAUSE THE INTEREST RATES ARE SO HIGH, THE AVERAGE CREDIT CARD DEBT LOAD IS ABOUT $6700 ACCORDING TO THE TRANS UNION.

IF YOU MAKE MINIMUM PAYMENTS TOWARDS THAT AVERAGE AMOUNT AND THE AVERAGE INTEREST RATE, YOU'RE IN DEBT FOR CLOSE TO 20 YEARS.

REPORTED OTHER AREAS IS BOOSTING OUR EMERGENCY SAVINGS, SAVING FOR A HOME PURCHASE AND INVESTING BUT HE SUGGEST NOT INVESTING UNTIL YOU HAVE CHECKED OFF A FEW OTHER BOXES.

>> SOUGHT TO OVERTURN AN ANNUAL AVERAGE OF ABOUT 10%, YOUR MONEY WILL BE DOUBLING ROUGHLY EVERY SEVEN YEARS WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

IF YOU PUT THAT TAX REFUND INTO TODAY, THE $3800 COULD BE ABOUT $10,000.

>> CHULA VISTA WILL SOON GET NEW PUBLIC PARKING SPACE ALONG THE WATER.

JACOB SAYS IT IS PART OF THE $1.35 BILLION BAYFRONT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHICH FIRST BROKE GROUND IN 2022.

>> A CEREMONIAL SHOVELING THE DIRT MOMENT.

ALONG THE BAYFRONT AT CHULA VISTA, ANOTHER NEW CHAPTER IS TAKING PLACE .

WHAT IS NOW A DIRT LOT WITH SHRUBS WILL SOON BECOME A PLAYGROUND, SPLASH PAD, NEW LANDSCAPING, AND PATHWAYS.

>> WHERE WE ARE STANDING IS WHERE THE NEW PARK WILL GO.

THE NEW PARKLAND WILL BE 12 ACRES THAT'S AROUND THIS ENTIRE AREA.

MOSTLY, ALL THAT DIRT AREA YOU SEE HERE WILL BECOME THE PARK.

>> Reporter: SHE IS THE CHAIR OF THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO AND SAYS THIS CONSTRUCTION EFFORT IS KNOWN AS THE SOUTH FACE OF THE HARBOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.

THE AREA WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS BAYSIDE PARK.

ONCE FULLY COMPLETED, THE NEW PARK AREA WILL BE TWICE AS BIG AS WHAT IS THERE NOW.

>> TO GET HERE TODAY, WE HAD TO TACKLE A LOT OF COMPLEX ISSUES ALONG THE WAY.

WE HAD TO CLEAN UP INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, UPGRADE SEWER AND STORM WATER SYSTEMS, ENHANCED ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, IMPLODING POWERPLANT, EXPAND EIGHTH STREET, AND SO MUCH MORE .

>> Reporter: THE CENTERPIECE OF THE BAYFRONT REDEVELOPMENT MOVEMENT LAST SPRING THE GAYLORD PACIFIC RESORT AND CONVENTION CENTER AND SO DID THE NEARBY 39 ACRES SWEETWATER PARK.

RESIDENTS REGULARLY EXERCISES WITH A GROUP OF WOMEN IN THE AREA.

SHE SAYS SHE IS HOPEFUL FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS.

>> [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] >> HARBOR PARK WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO PHASES AND THE PORT HAS NOT SECURED FUNDING FOR THE NORTH FACE AND THE MAYOR OF KPBS W 2012 SAYS THE NEW PARK IS EXPANDING COASTAL ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC.

>> IT MEANS CHILDREN PLAYING BY THE BANK, IT MEANS SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL SPACES, WHERE NEIGHBORS CONNECT AND MEMORIES ARE MADE.

IT MEANS EXPANDING ACCESS TO OUR COASTLINE.

BECAUSE OUR WATERFRONT BELONGS TO EVERYONE.

REPORT THE PLAYGROUND AT HARBOR PARK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED THIS FALL AND THE SPLASH PAD IS EXPECTED TO OPEN IN EARLY 2027.

>> WE ARE DEALING WITH A WINDY WEEK, WE ARE PARTWAY THROUGH THE WEEK AND THE END OF THE WEEK WILL BE WINDIER WITH WINDS INCREASING WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THURSDAY, WIND ADVISORIES FOR THE INTERIOR AREA AND ANOTHER ROUND OF SANTA ANA WINDS FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND.

IT WILL BE A DRY TIME WITH SOME FIRE DANGER PRESENT AND TURNING COOLER BEHIND A LATE WEEK FRONT BUT THERE WILL BE SOME WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PART ABOUT THE.

TONIGHT, 55 WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES AND THERE WILL BE SOME PATCHING MORNING FOG IN SOME COASTAL AREAS EARLY WEDNESDAY.

A BRIGHT AFTERNOON.

THE WARMTH RESTRICTED MORE TO THE EAST THAN IT HAD BEEN BUT NOT A BAD DAY AS WE HAVE WINDS PICKING UP WEDNESDAY EVENING BUT DURING THE DAY, 70 IN ESCONDIDO AND 68 INTO SAN DIEGO WITH OUR PRESENT CITIES INTO THE BEACH.

LOOKING GOOD.

53 IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH MT.

LAGUNA IN THE DESERT -- WE WILL GET TO STEP INTO SOME INLAND AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE DESERT AS WELL WHERE WE WILL SEE WIND ADVISORIES PICKUP 10:00 P.M.

WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE UNTIL 10:00 A.M.

THURSDAY WHICH IS WITH THIS FRONT PUSHING THROUGH, A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL DROP TEMPERATURES BEHIND IT AND BE COOLER AT THE END OF THE WEEK.

SOME SNOW DENVER WILL SEE SOME DECENT SNOW BUT WE ARE DRY AND COOL, IT WILL BE BREEZY.

ONCE THE WINDS REORIENT, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, WE WILL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SANTA ANA WINDS, WINDIEST AND INLAND AREAS WITH GUST 50 TO SEVEN MILES PER HOUR.

NASTY CROSSWINDS IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.

BEWARE OF THE RISK FOR SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES AND SOME DEGREE OF FIRE DANGER AS WELL.

COASTAL FORECAST, OFFSHORE BREEZE WILL WARM US UP, FOG, SUN ON WEDNESDAY, COOLING BEHIND THE FRONT BUT WHEN WE GET ENOUGH OF THAT DOWNSLOPING WIND, THAT IS A WARMING PROCESS , SATURDAY, SPIKE AROUND 80 IN THE COASTAL AREAS.

PROBABLY THE WARMEST SPOT ON THE MAP FOR SOME OF US.

FOG THEN SUN INTO WEDNESDAY, BRIGHT SKIES AND THE FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA AND THE WIND WILL BE THE ONLY SIGNATURE OF THAT ONE.

WE WILL NOT SEE ANY PRECIPITATION.

IT WILL GIVE BREEZY INTO THE WEEKEND.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, WINDIEST AND DEALING WITH A BIG CHILL, WE WARM UP AT THE COAST, THE WIND COOLS US DOWN FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WE ARE STUCK IN THE 30s FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

AS WE TAKE YOU INTO THE DESERT, WE WILL DEAL WITH THE WARMEST WEATHER ON WEDNESDAY, THE WARMEST WEATHER THIS SATURDAY MAY BE NEAR THE COAST.

NOT QUITE AS WARM AS THE COAST IN THE DESERTS ON SATURDAY, AS WE GET A BIT OF A TEMPERATURE SETBACK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT BREEZY, GUSTY FRONT.

I AM GEOFF CORNISH FOR KPBS NEWS .

>>> OVER THE DECADES, AS OUR AREA HAS GROWN, LITTLE BITS OF THE PAST ARE SWALLOWED UP BY URBAN ELEMENT.

TODAY, DRIVERS ON THE NORTH COUNTY FREEWAY MAY NOT KNOW THEY ARE PASSING BY AN OLD GRAVEYARD.

AS KEN KRAMER SHOWS US, A PLACE FULL OF HISTORY.

>> Reporter: HIGHWAY 56 ON THE NORTH SIDE MAYBE A MILE AND A HALF BEFORE YOU GET TO I-5 COME OVER THE FENCE FROM THE WESTBOUND LANES COME HERE IS SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDER ABOUT.

UNDER THE SPREADING PEPPER TREES, IT LOOKS LIKE A GRAVEYARD, ONE THAT MUST'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.

>> IS A GREAT STORY AND HAS TO DO WITH THE SISTERS OF MERCY.

WHO ARE A PART OF THE ROMAN CHURCH.

THEY ARE DEDICATED, ESPECIALLY TOWARDS HELPING THE ILL, THE UNEDUCATED AND IMPOVERISHED.

>> Reporter: PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT SAN DIEGO STATE AND OUR GRAVEYARD GUIDE HAS WRITTEN ABOUT LITTLE-KNOWN BURIAL SPOTS AND THE RESEARCH THIS TINY CEMETERY.

HE SAYS IN THE 1890S, BEFORE THE 56 FREEWAY CAME TO HIM ON THE OPEN ACRES OF LAND THAT WERE AROUND HERE, THOUGH SISTERS OF MERCY HAD AN ORPHANAGE.

>> THEY HAD CATTLE, THEY STARTED A DAIRY, THEY HIRED A CHINESE MAN TO RUN THE GARDEN .

>> Reporter: STARTING IN 1900, THERE WERE BURIALS, A FEW GRAVES, AND WE WONDERED, WAS AT THE SISTERS WHEN THEY DIED?

>> THIS IS WHERE IT GETS FASCINATING, THE CEMETERY WAS NOT JUST FOR THE SISTERS OF MERCY, MANY PEOPLE BURIED ON THE ROMAN CATHOLIC SIDE WERE MEXICAN LABORERS.

THAT WERE WORKING NEAR SOLANA BEACH.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO THE CEMETERY, THE CATHOLIC SIDE IS ON THE WEST AND , 100 YARDS TO THE EAST, IS WHERE THE PROTESTANTS WERE BURIED.

THE ROCK HEADSTONES CLEARLY SURVIVING THE DECADES.

TOGETHER, CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS, RECORDS SHOW 83 BURIALS AND THE LAST ONE IN THE 1960s.

>> ONLY 55 GRAVESTONES.

SOME OF THE BURIALS AND MARKERS HAVE BEEN LOST OVER TIME.

>> Reporter: ON THE WEST SIDE, TIME HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL ON THE SUPERMARKETS, A BRUSH FIRE IN THE 1930s BURNED MOST ANYTHING THAT WAS WOOD AND OTHER STATES ACROSS HIS TOOK THEIR PLACE.

YOU OFTEN NOW SEE NO NAME AT ALL ON THESE HUMBLE GRADES.

THAT IS PART OF WHAT MAKES A SIMPLE PLACE UNDER THE TREES BY THE 56 FREEWAY SO INTERESTING TO HIM, AND IN HIS OWN WAY, SO ELEGANT.

>> THIS WAS NOT GREENWOOD, THIS WAS NOT HOLY CROSS, THIS WAS SOMETHING WHERE YOU HAD WORKING- CLASS PEOPLE WHO WERE MAKING THEIR OWN GRAVE MARKERS.

REALLY GETTING INTO THAT FOLK CULTURE, PEOPLE MAKING THEIR OWN MARKERS AND HONORING THEIR DECEASED IN THEIR OWN WAY.

>> Reporter: IF YOU EVER WONDERED, THIS GRAVEYARD MAY SEEM AT ODDS WITH THE FREEWAY SO CLOSE, HERE IS TO THOSE WHO EVEN TODAY, AS A WORK OF MERCY, STOP BY FROM TIME TO TIME TO HONOR AND MAINTAIN IT A BIT.

HERE IS HOPING THE PASSING OF TIME IN TRAFFIC OUR MERCIFUL TO THIS PLACE FILLED WITH HISTORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> ALWAYS SO INTERESTING.

KEN KRAMER HAS A HALF HOUR OF STORIES EVERY WEEK ABOUT SAN DIEGO AND YOU CAN SEE THEM THURSDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 RIGHT HERE ON KPBS AND YOU CAN FIND THE STORIES FOR TONIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE AT KPBS.ORG .

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GOOD NIGHT.

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