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AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.

>> A CHANGE IN THE WHITE HOUSE DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN CHANGES IN THE ONGOING PROJECTS, AND THERE ARE PLEN OF THE OTHEM BETWEEN THE BORDER OF THE U.S. AND MEXICO.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THE TODAY, THE U.S.

AMBASSADOR VISITED MEXICO THE TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESS BEFORE THE END OF HIS ASSIGNMENT.

OUR REPORTER WAS THERE.

>> Reporter: FROM ENVIRONMENTAL TO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, SAN DIEGO AND MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO SEE THE PROJECTS THROUGH, REGARDLESS OF WHO WAS PRESIDENT.

>> WE HAVE BORDERS OF OVER 1,900 MILES FROM BROWNSVILLE TO HERE IN MEXICO.

AND YOU LIVE THE REALITY EVERYDAY.

YOU SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE CHALLENGES.

>> Reporter: ON TUESDAY, THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CHAMBER OF CONGRESS HOSTED THE U.S.

AMBASSADOR THE MEXICO KEN SALAZAR AND HE HIGHLIGHTED THE CHALLENGES AND THE CHANGES AMONG THE BORDER.

>> FIRST, A SECURE BORD SER DRIVEN BY JOINT PLANNING, RESOURCE INVESTMENT ACKNOWLEDGING TECHNOLOGY AND PARALLEL OPERATIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER.

>> Reporter: SALAZAR SAID THAT TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP CURB HUMAN TRAFFICKING AS WELL AS UNLAWFUL TRADE, BUT IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE JOINT COORDINATION, AND ANOTHER JOINT PROJECT, THE OTAY MESA JOINT TRADE, BUT THE COMPLETION IS NOW 2028, AND WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION IS FARTHER ALONG ON THE MEXICO SIDE, IT IS FALLING BEHIND ON THE SAN DIEGO SIDE.

>> SO, IT IS A TIME TO LOOK AT OUR OWN PROCESSES TO SEE WHY IT IS TAKING THINGS TO TAKE SO LONG AND WHAT IS FUNCTIONING, AND WHAT IS NOT FUNCTIONING WITHIN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND TO BE ABLE TO DO BETTER PROJECTS UP AND DOWN THE BORDER.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS IT IS A GOOD TIME TO REFLECT ON WHERE THINGS HAVE WORKED AND WHERE THINGS NEED IMPROVEMENT.

>> THERE IS A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE, AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO IT, BUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT-ELECT WILL DO AFTER JANUARY 20th, BUT I CAN SPEAK TO WHAT I HOPE FOR, AND THAT IS THE FRAMEWORK OF PARTNERSHIP, AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE BUILT AND THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE PUT ON THE TABLE WITH SOME VERY DIFFICULT ISSUES, THAT IT WILL BE PART OF THE MIX THAT IS CONSIDERED.

>> Reporter: AND PART OF THE MIX ALSO INCLUDES THE FRESH MEXICAN ADMINISTRATION OF CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM WHO WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE LAST MONTH.

>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM, AND PROVIDE THEM OUR BEST IDEAS, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS THE MEXICAN SOVEREIGNTY AND THEIR DECISION OF HOW TO MOVE TOWARD, AND WE ARE OURSELVES BEING IN SAN DIEGO TO TODAY DOING WORK ON OUR REFORMS.

>> Reporter: IT IS A TRANSITION DOING WORK ON THE ALMOST 2,000-MILE LONG MEXICAN BORDER, AND SALAZAR SAYS IT IS GOING TO TAKE STRONG ADVOCACY TO APPEAL TO THE ADMINISTRATION.

TONYA THORNE, KPBS.

>>> AND NOW WITH THE RISE OF ANTI-ABORTION RHETORIC ON THE NATIONAL STAGE IS STILL A BARRIER TO ACCESS IN CARE.

KPBS REPORTER SAYS THAT A NEW PROGRAM SEEKS TO CHANGE THAT.

>> Reporter: THIS COUPLE IS PROTESTING IN FRONT OF THIS PLANNED PARENT CLINIC IN OCEANSIDE AND THEY ARE ANTI-ABORTION AND WHILE THEY ARE COURTEOUS, SOME SAY THAT THE MERE PRESENCE COULD PREVENT SOME SEEKING MUCH NEEDED CARE, BECAUSE PLANNED PARENTHOOD PROVIDES MANY SERVICES BEYOND ABORTION.

AND THAT IS WHY TODAY, THERE IS A NEW JUSTICE PROGRAM TO SERVE PEOPLE NEEDING ACCESS TO CARE.

>> THIS SERVICE IS NOT AN IDEOLOGICAL APPROACH, BUT IT IS BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS TOK A CESS TO HEALTH CARE.

>> Reporter: AND MAX IS THE HUMAN SERVICES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND HE SAYS THAT IT IS AIMED AT HETEROSEXUAL WOMEN, AND NOT QUEER WOMEN, AND THAT IS WHY IT IS NEEDED.

>> Reporter: MOST OF THE QUEER WOMEN ARE MORE TO HAVE HAD ABORTIONS THAN THE HETEROSEXUAL WOMEN.

>> Reporter: THE CENTER RECEIVED NEARLY $300,000 FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO RUN THE PROGRAM FOR THREE YEARS, AND IT IS ONE-ON-ONE CASE MANAGEMENT, AND ACCOMPANYING PEOPLE TO INTIMATE MEDICAL PROCEDURES SUCH AS ABORTION AND GENDER AFFIRMING CARE.

AND IN ADDITION TO ACCOMPANYING PEOPLE TO PLACES LIKE THIS, THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDING THE LGBTQ PEOPLE TO ACCESS TO CARE.

>> WE WANT FOLKS TO KNOW THAT DESPITE THE NARRATIVES OUT THERE, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO GET THE CARE THEY NEED WHETHER IT IS ABORTION CARE, AND ACCESS TO GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE.

>> Reporter: AND THIS IS THE PROJECT MANAGER, AND HE SAYS THAT DESPITE THE ANTI-ABORTION AND ANTI-REPRODUCTIVE RHETORIC, IT IS ULTIMATELY HEALTH CARE.

>> WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET THE CARE THEY NEED AND LIVE DIGNIFIED CARE.

>> Reporter: FOR MORE CARE CONTACT AT 760-994-1690.

OR VISIT NC RESOURCE CENTER.ORG.

ALEX SANDRO WYNN, KPBS NEWS.

>> AT THE COAST, WE WILL HAVE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FOR YOU, BUT THE BIGGER STORY IS GOING TO BE WHEN WE DRY OUT AND HOW TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO PLAY OUT HERE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK.

SO WE'LL BREAK DOWN THAT FOR YOU, AND MORE COMING UP.

>>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN UNVEILED A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR PACKAGE BEFORE HE LEAVES OFFICE TO HELP STORM VICTIMS IN THE SOUTHWEST.

>> WE WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO HELP YOU THE PICK UP THE PIECES TO GET BACK TO WHERE YOU WERE.

>> Reporter: THAT IS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SENDING ASSURANCE TO THOSE IN THE STORM RAVAGED SOUTHEAST AND NOW HE IS ASKING CONGRESS FOR ROUGHLY $100 BILLION TO BACK IT UP, AND ROUGHLY 40 BILLION OF THAT TO FEMA, DOUBLE OF WHAT CONGRESS BUDGETED ACCORDING TO A CONGRESSIONAL SERVICE REPORT.

THIS YEAR'S ACTIVE AND POWERFUL HURRICANE SEASON INCLUDING THE STORMS OF HELENE AND MILTON ALONG WITH THE DEADLY FIRES OUT WEST DRAINED THE BUDGET, AND IT IS ADMINISTRATOR ANGEL ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY TESTIFYING ABOUT THE AGENCY'S DISASTER RESPONSE.

>> OUR WORK PERSEVERED BEYOND THE CHALLENGES AND PERSEVERED IN A DIFFICULT SECURITY ENVIRONMENT, AND GENERATED BY MISINFORMATION ABOUT FEMA'S WORK SPREAD THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> Reporter: TWO HOUSE MEMBERS WHO COULD ULTIMATELY VOTE ON THE PRESIDENT'S QUEST ON THE DIFFERING VIEWS ON FEMA'S REPORTS.

>> I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE PERSONNEL WHO WERE SURGED INTO THE REGION, INCLUDING THE ADMINISTRATOR CRISWELL BEING THERE, AND BEING THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES.

>> THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA ARE EXHAUSTED OF MISSTEPS, DELAYS AND POOR COMMUNICATION.

>> Reporter: WHEN AND HOW THE CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS MOVE ON THE $100 BILLION IS UNCERTAIN, AND IT COULD BE A STAND ALONE BILL OR TUCKED INTO THE END OF THE YEAR PACKAGE.

I'M LAURA AGUIRRE FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND SOME OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL PACKAGE WILL GO TO ADDRESS THE SEWAGE PACKAGE IN THE TIJUANA TREATMENT PLANT WHICH IS IN ADDITION TO THE $400 BILLION PREVIOUSLY INTRODUCED.

AND KPBS REPORTER HEIDI MARCO IS SAYING THAT THERE IS PATIENT CARE VIOLATIONS DUE TO UNDERSTAFFING.

>> Reporter: THE STRIKE BEGAN ON OCTOBER 21st DEMANDING RESTORED PENSIONS AND GUARANTEED TIME FOR GUARANTEED PATIENT TASKS AND PAID EQUITY.

ELIZABETH MESA IS A HOSPICE CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER FOR 14 YEARS.

>> I FIND MYSELF JUST WONDERING HOW ARE OUR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES, AND HOW ARE THEY COPING AND DOING AND WONDERING WHO HAS PASSED AWAY?

WHO HAS GONE WITHOUT?

AND ANY PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT OR INTERVENTION.

>> AND ANY REPORT OF THE UNION SAYS THAT KAISER DURING THE STRIKE HAS LEFT THE HOSPICE PATIENTS WITHOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT, AND IN SOME CASES, DELAYED PAIN MANAGEMENT.

>> AND PATIENTS WERE REPORTING PAIN TO THE CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER, AND THE REPLACEMENT WORKER, AND THAT SOCIAL WORKER WAS DOCUMENTING THE PAIN, AND CHARGING THAT THEY WOULD NOTIFY THE NURSE TO ADDRESS THE PAIN AND TELLING THE PATIENT THAT THEY WOULD NOTIFY THE NURSE AND WOULD GET THEIR PAIN MANAGED, AND THEN NEVER FOLLOWING UP.

>> Reporter: KIRA KEEGAN IS A RESEARCHER WITH THE NATIONAL UNION OF SOCIAL CARE WORKERS AND SINCE THE STRIKE BEGAN KAISER CUT THE STAFF LEVELS BY MORE THAN HALF AMONG SOCIAL WORKERS AND THAT IS VIOLATING MEDICARE REGULATIONS.

>> MEDICARE HAS SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR HOW CERTIFIED HOSPICE AGENCIES MUST BE RUN, AND DURING THE STRIKE, KAISER IS NOT FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS UNDERSTAFFING THEIR MSWs AND HOSPICE, AND ULTIMATELY HURTING PATIENTS IN THE PROCESS.

>> Reporter: KEEGAN SAYS THAT THE TEMPORARY STAFF ARE LICENSED SOCIAL WORKERS, BUT THEY MAY LACK HOSPICE-SPECIFIC TRAINING, AND THIS SPECIALIZED TRAINING COMBINED WITH THE ROWING STAFF ASSIGNMENTS PROVIDING THE CONTINUITY OF CARE WITH FAMILIES, AND THIS IS TROUBLING FOR MESA.

>> IT IS TROUBLING FOR THEM TO DO THE JOB OF FIVE FULL-TIME STAFF ALREADY STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT.

>> Reporter: KAISER WAS CONTACTED FOR COMMENT, BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.

IN THE INTEREST OF DISCLOSURE, KAISER PERMANENTE IS A KPBS UNDERSTAND WRITER, HEIDI DeMARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND THE GROUP THAT WOULD HAVE UNDERFUNDED THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS HAS FAILED.

IN IS SHOWING A DIVIDE BETWEEN URBAN AND SUBURBAN VOTERS.

>> Reporter: MEASURE G TRIED TO OFFER SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.

MORE TRAINS AND BUSES FOR URBAN RESIDENTS AND MORE HIGHWAY AND ROAD REPAIRS FOR THE SUBURBS, AND A KPBS ANALYSIS BY VOTER PRECINCT FOUND THAT IF MEASURE G HAD BEEN LIMITED TO THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, IT WOULD HAVE PASSED WITH 54%.

THE MEASURE ALSO WON MAJORITIES IN THE SOUTH BAY, AND IN THE DOWNTOWN AREAS OF MANY SUBURBS.

BUT THE FURTHER A VOTER WAS FROM A DENSE POPULATION CENTER, THE MORE LIKELY THEY WERE TO VOTE NO.

SDSU SCIENCE PROFESSOR BRIAN ADAMS SAYS THAT ANOTHER SALES TAX ON THE BALLOT MEASURE E TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO LIKELY COMPETED WITH MEASURE G FOR VOTERS' ATTENTION AND SUPPORT.

>> THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE SUCKED ALL OF THE OXYGEN OUT OF THE ROOM.

THIS IS A REALLY HARD ACTION YEAR FOR ANY BALLOT MEASURE FOR ANY DOWN BALLOT RACE.

IT IS JUST LIKE, I MEAN, WE HAD A U.S. SENATE RACE IN CALIFORNIA THAT GOT LIKE NO ATTENTION WHATSOEVER.

>> Reporter: NATIONAL POLITICS ALSO LIKELY INFLUENCED THE OUTCOME OF MEASURE G, AND INFLATION MAKES IT HARD TO SELL VOTERS ON THE TAX INCREASE.

AND DEMOCRATS WHO ARE MORE LIKELY TO SUPPORT MORE PUBLIC SPENDING JUST DIDN'T SHOW UP TO THE POLLS AS MUCH AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST.

AND IT WAS A BUSY ELECTION CYCLE.

>> I WOULD HYPOTHESIZE THAT MANY VOTERS VOTED FOR ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER AND FIGURED THAT TWO SALES TAX INCREASES ARE TOO MUCH, AND EVEN THOUGH THE MEASURE WAS NEEDING TO WIN IN SAN DIEGO TO WIN BY MORE TO OUTBALLOT THE OTHER.

>> AND 50% OF COUNTY VOTER SAID NO TO MEASURE G, AND MEASURE E, THE SALES TAX INCREASE IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO ALSO FAILED BY THE SAME MARGIN.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP CONFIRMED ON TRUTH SOCIAL THAT HE PLANS TO CARRY OUT HIS MASS DEPORTATION PLAN.

OUR MEDIA PARTNER SPOKE WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB BONTA WHO SAYS THAT CALIFORNIA HAS HUNDREDS OF LAWSUITS READY TO FIGHT AGAINST IT.

>> WE SUED THEM OVER 100 TIMES AND WON 80% OF THE TIME BECAUSE THEY BROKE THE LAW TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND COULDN'T HELP THEMSELVES AND THE OVERREACH OF THE CONSTITUTION VIOLATION OR THE LAW, AND WE EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND WE WILL CHECK THEM AND PUT THEM BACK IN THEIR BOX WHERE THEY CAN EXERCISE JURISDICTION THAT THEY HAVE AND NOT MOVE OUTSIDE OF THAT JURISDICTION.

>> Reporter: THE BORDER PATROL UNION RELEASED A STATEMENT TO ALLOW AGENTS TO ASSIST HOMELAND SECURITY AND OTHER FEDERAL AND MUNICIPAL AGENTS, BUT BONTA SAYS IT IS PROHIBITED UNDER STATE LAW.

AND THEY WILL RELEASE A BULLETIN TO SAY THAT LOCAL AND STATE LAW WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO.

AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO ROUND UP UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE TO STIR UP FEAR IN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.

OUR REPORT SPOKE WITH THE KPBS REPORTER GA WAU VOE SOLIS TO LEARN MORE.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA IS A SANCTUARY STATE, AND WHAT PROTECTION DOES THAT STATUS OFFER THE STATE'S NEARLY 2 MILLION UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE WHO COULD BE TARGETS OF DEPOR FACING?

>> I THINK THAT BIGGEST FUNCTION PRACTICAL FUNCTION OF THE SANCTUARY STATE IS THAT IT LIMITS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM HELPING LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND HELPING IMMIGRATION LAWS, AND FOR EXAMPLE HERE IN SAN DIEGO, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TIS OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IF THEY STOP YOU, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ASK YOU YOUR IMMIGRATION STATUS, AND IF YOU ARE DETAINED, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TURN AROUND AND ASK THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENTS OF YOUR CUSTODY STATUS.

>> AND DESCRIBE THE JOBS AND THE LIVES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ECONOMY, AND HOW MIGHT CALIFORNIA AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY FARE WITHOUT THEM?

>> HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, THERE IS AN ESTIMATED BETWEEN 150,000 AND 170,000 UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE, AND THERE'S AN EXTRA 150,000 FOLKS WHO LIVE IN MIXED STATUS HOUSEHOLDS, AND THAT WOULD BE FOLKS UNDOCUMENTED PARENTS, AND U.S. CITIZEN CHILDREN OR MAYBE U.S. CITIZEN SPOUSE, AND THEIR PARTNER IS UNDOCUMENTED OR MAYBE SOME FAMILIES WHO HAVE ONE SIBLING AND HAVE STATUS, AND ONE WON'T, AND YOU TAKE THOSE GROUPS AND THE MIXED STATUS PEOPLE, IT IS ALMOST A POPULATION AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A VERY BIG NUMBER.

HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN HERE?

WE HAVE DATA SHOWING THAT, AND SOME 60% OF THE UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO HAVE BEEN IN THE COUNTRY 10 YEARS OR LONGER, AND ONE-THIRD HAVE BEEN IN THE COUNTRY 120 YEARS OR LONGER, AND ABOUT 1 IN 5 WORKERS ARE IN THE SER VIRS INDUSTRY, RIGHT?

1 IN 10 ARE IN CONSTRUCTION, AND THAT IS GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT POLICY LIKE MASS DEPORTATION WOULD HAVE.

HERE IN SAN DIEGO, WE JUST HAD NEWS OF THE RECORD YEAR WHEN IT CAME TO TOURISM, AND WE MADE MORE MONEY FROM TOURISM THAN ANY OTHER TIME IN SAN DIEGO.

WE KNOW THAT 20% OF UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS WORK IN THAT INDUSTRY, AND IT WOULD HAVE A PRETTY BIG IMPACT ON THAT DYNAMIC.

LAST QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED WAS ABOUT ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS, AND I DON'T HAVE NUMBERS FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY, BUT I DO HAVE STATEWIDE FIGURES FROM 2023 SHOWING THAT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS CONTRIBUTED $3.7 BILLION IN LOCAL AND STATE TAXES.

>> GUSTAVO, YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO SOME PEOPLE WHO MIGHT FIND THEMSELVES ON THE PLANE BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

WHAT ARE THEY AND THEIR FAMILIES UNDERGOING RIGHT NOW?

>> WHAT A LOT OF STRESS, AND A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY, AND ANXIETY, AND I HAVE TALKED TO FOLKS WHO HAVE HEARD FROM FAMILIES WHO, YOU KNOW, THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION, AND THE KIDS DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL, AND FOLKS DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO WORK, AND THERE IS JUST THIS FEELING OF DEPRESSION, YOU KNOW, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, AND TO BE UNDOCUMENTED IN THIS COUNTRY, AND ALREADY IMPOSES A HIGHER AMOUNT OF ANXIETY, BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF LEGAL STATUS, AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS CONNECTED TO IT, AND ADD TO IT, THE CALLS FOR LEGAL DEPORTATION, AND THAT ADDS STRESS.

>> THANK YOU, GUSTAVO.

>> THAT IS GUSTAVO SOLIS AND THAT IS PART OF THE PUBLIC MATTERS ISSUE, AND YOU CAN FIND MORE ON KPBS.COM/PUBLIC MATTERS.

>>> NUMBER ONE ON THE WEATHER HEADLINES LIST IS TRENDING WARMER AS WE HEAD INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, AND THE MERCURY IS GOING TO STEADILY CLIMB OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND WITH THE WARMTH THAT WE GET TO DRY IN WITH AREAS FURTHER INLAND.

AND THE RAIN CHANCES WILL START TO COME IN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, AND TONIGHT, IN SAN DIEGO, YOU ARE BOTTOMING OUT INTO OCEANSIDE, AND AT 35, AND RAMONA, YOU ARE 35, AND BORREGO SPRINGS, YOU ARE 35, AND WE MENTIONED THAT WE WILL BE DRIER AND NOT TOO MUCH ACTION HERE TO BE CONCERNED, AND LOT OF IT TO BE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, AND WE ARE GETTING A DOOZY HERE AROUND THE BAY AROUND NORTHERN CHICO, AND FURTHER SOUTH, WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT HERE ON THE FUTURE RADAR AND SATELLITE.

IT IS GOING TO BE DRYER HERE WITH THE FORECAST AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND WE TOP OFF IN THE LOW 70s ALONG THE COAST OF OCEANSIDE SAN DIEGO.

AND RAMONA, YOU ARE AT 76, AND BORREGO SPRINGS, IT IS GOING TO BE WARMER HERE ACROSS SOCAL, AND WE DO HAVE CHANGES ALONG THE WAY, AND I WILL BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU, AND WE HAVE THE FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK ALONG THE COASTS, AND 70 WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND BASICALLY RINSE AND REPEAT.

BY THE WEEKEND, WE WILL GET TO THE NEXT FEATURE THAT IS GOING TO BE MOVING THROUGH AND BRINGING WITH IT, THE WET WEATHER AND THE LOW CLOUDS.

TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A HIT.

WE WILL GO BACK DOWN TO THE MID-60s, AND THEN, YOU WILL ALSO SEE THE SHOWERS TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEKEND, BUT YOU WILL SEE THE CLOUDS CREEPING UP THERE BY SATURDAY.

THE HIGHS ARE GOING TO BE DROPPING DOWN FROM THE MID-70s TO THE UPPER 60s BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, WHILE YOU ARE IN THE 50s FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS, YOU WILL START TO SEE THE COOLER AIR SLIP IN SATURDAY, SUNDAY, AND WE ARE DOWN TO THE LOW 50s AND MID-40s WHERE YOU WILL HAVE THE CLOUDS THAT INCREASE AS WELL.

AS FOR THE DESERT, YOU WILL BE TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF A HIT WHEN IT COMES TO THE TEMPERATURES, BUT YOU NOT COMPLAINING HERE WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY MORE CLOUDS WHICH WILL THICKEN BY SUNDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST BRIE DYE.

>>> A GROUP OF AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE WORKING TO CAPTURE LIFE IN THE VALLEY.

AND WE WENT TO MEET ONE OF THEM ON THE EVENING VISIT TO THE SULTAN SEA.

>> I AM LOOKING AT THIS GROUP OF MOUND OF ROCKS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CAPTURE THAT EVENTUALLY AND MOVE THERE.

BUT I WILL HAVE TO SWITCH LENSES HERE.

I CAN'T FIND WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR.

MY NAME IS JUAN.

I GUESS I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER, I GUESS.

AND FOR ME IT IS MORE OF A HOBBY AND SOMETHING THAT I DO, BECAUSE I AM INTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY, AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I DO TO MAKE A LIVING OUT OF IT.

RECENTLY, I DECIDED TO CREATE A FACEBOOK GROUP JUST TO SEE IF THERE IS INTEREST ON SHARING THE VIEWS OF THE VALLEY HERE SURROUNDED BY THE VIEWS AROUND HERE, BUT I WAS NOT SEEING THAT ON ANY GROUP.

YES, I AM SEEING WOODS, AND MOUNTAINS AND I AM SEEING ALL OF THAT, BUT HOW COME NOBODY THAT I KNOW OR THAT I KNOW THAT ARE LOCAL PEOPLE WHO ARE PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE NOT IN THESE GROUPS, AND I WANT TO KNOW MORE OF WHAT THE LOCAL PEOPLE ARE DOING WITH THIS.

2016 IS WHEN I STARTED.

I WAS IN THE NAVY AND I CAME OUT HERE, AND THEN I STARTED TO WORKING FOR THE FORREST SERVICE.

AND GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE JOB, I AM EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCENES AND NOT FOR THE NORMAL, AND JUST DIFFICULT TO COMPREHEND AND DEAL WITH.

I WAS VERY BUSY AT THE TIME, AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND SO EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT -- WELL, I WAS PHYSICALLY TIRED AND I NEEDED SOMETHING TO HELP ME DEAL WITH THAT ASPECT OF THE JOB THAT I CARRIED AND AS PART OF MY OWN HEALTH AND THERAPY, I KIND OF LEARNED THAT PHOTOGRAPHY WAS GIVING ME THAT.

IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING A PICTURE, MY MIND IS NOT CONTEMPLATING OF WHAT I HAVE DONE IN THE DAY OR THE THINGS THAT I HAVE SEEN, AND THOSE EXPERIENCES FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY LIKE TO LINGER.

AND PHOTOGRAPHY GIVES ME THAT.

WE WERE ON ASSIGNMENT IN 2017 OR 2018 ACTUALLY.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE, BUT IT IS SOMEWHERE UP IN FRESNO UP IN THE MOUNTAINS, AND WE WERE TOLD NOT TO MOVE FROM THE AREA, AND WE WERE THERE OVER THE MOUNTAINS, AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE JUST THE GLOW FROM FIRE, AND YOU COULD HEAR IT COMING TO US.

AND I AM GOING BACK TO THE ENGINE, AND GET MY CAMERA AND START WORKING SOME PICTURES AND SEE WHAT I CAN GET FROM THAT.

AS I AM TAKING THE PICTURE, ONE OF THE GUYS WAS SITTING DOWN, AND TURNS ON HIS FLASHLIGHT AND YOU CAN SEE THE BEAM OF LIGHT THAT IS GOING NOT SADNESS, BUT IT IS MORE OF -- -- IT WAS A HUMBLING MOMENT.

I HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THAT PICTURE, AND IT IS WHAT DROVE ME TO TRY AND BECOME BETTER AND ADAPT.

AND SO ONCE I WENT LIVE WITH THAT GROUP, HONESTLY, I INVITED MY CONTACTS ON FACEBOOK, AND THEY LIKED THE IDEA AND I STARTED SHOWING STUFF, AND THE NEXT THING, MORE PEOPLE STARTED JOINING, AND PEOPLE NOT ON MY FRIENDS' LIST, AND THIS IS INTERESTING.

NOW THE GROUP IS CLOSE TO I WANT TO SAY 14,000 PEOPLE NOW.

IT IS A GREAT FEELING, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IF I HAD NOT TAKEN A STEP TO CREATE THE GROUP, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY MAYBE WOULD HAVE HAD THE CHANCE ACTUALLY TO SHARE THAT WITH THIS MANY PEOPLE AND BEING ABLE TO SHARE YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND THIS IS ONE WAY TO SHOW THE WORLD.

THIS IS WHO I AM, AND WHERE I WAS, AND RIGHT NOW, LOOKING AT THE OPEN SCENE, AND IT IS JUST SET IN FRONT OF US, AND THAT PINKISH-ORANGE IN FRONT OF THE MOUNTAINS AND I HAVE A LOOK AT THAT VIEW, AND THE QUIETNESS OVERIT, AND I DON'T KNOW, IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE A REALLY, REALLY DEEP PRESENCE, AND PHYSICALLY THERE TO TRULY SEE IT.

IT IS PART OF THE BEAUTY OF LOCALLY HERE IN THE VALLEY, AND SOMETHING TO TRULY BE THERE.

>> BEAUTIFUL IMAGERY, AND JUAN'S STORY WAS PRODUCED BY COREY SUZUKI AND YOU CAN FIND MORE ON OUR STORIES ON KPBS.ORG.

AND THAT IS OUR STORIES FOR TONIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

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