>>> 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, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL-HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCO SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING -- THANK YOU.

>>> THE DEADLINE FOR RED TO MOVE OUT OF UNAFFORDABLE RV PARK IN VISTA HAS COME AND GONE BUT SOME ARE STILL THERE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US I AM JOHN EHRMAN IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

THE RED WERE GIVEN EVICTION NOTICES WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD.

NOW TONYA THORNE SAYS THEY'RE GETTING SOME HELP FROM THE CITY'S FAIR HOUSING ATTORNEYS.

>> Reporter: OF THE 30 FAMILIES THAT MADE UP THE GREEN OAK RANCH RB COMMUNITY, SEVEN REMAIN.

>> IT IS NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE WE MEAN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WHERE WE LIVE A SAFE AND AFFORDABLE.

>> Reporter: HUBERT AND HIS FAMILY LIVE IN A TINY HOME ON THE PROPERTY.

HE SAID HE WAS RELIEVED WHEN FAIR HOUSING ATTORNEYS UP FOR THE ANY OF VISTA ISSUED A LATER STATING THE EVICTION NOTICE WAS INVALID.

>> IT WAS A RELIEF.

ALMOST LIKE A SIGN OF STRESS IS GONE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GET OUT RIGHT NOW.

>> THE LANDLORD, GREEN OAK MINISTRIES AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS FAILED TO FOLLOW THE TENANT PROTECTION ACT.

THE BULB REQUIRES PROPERTY OWNERS OR LANDLORDS TO INFORM TENANTS OF THE REASONS BEHIND AN EVICTION PRINT IF IT WAS WITHOUT JUST CAUSE, THE LAW MANDATES EITHER A RENTAL WAIVER FOR THE LAST MONTH OF TENANCY OR RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.

THE LETTER PRESENTED, MITIGATION PLAN.

IT CALLS ON THE RANCH TO RESEND THE EVICTION NOTICES AND TO OFFER RELOCATION BENEFITS EQUAL TO THREE TIMES THE LAST MONTH'S RENT TO EACH TENANTS, WHO HAVE ALREADY MOVED OUT OF THE PARK.

>> THE REASON WHY WE PROVIDE FAIR HOUSING SERVICES IS BECAUSE LANDLORDS ARE NOT ALWAYS FOLLOWING THE LAW.

THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE CITY OF VISTA HAS HAD TO STEP IN AND HELP TENANTS AND DEFENDANT TENANTS.

>> Reporter: THE DEPUTY NEIGHBOR -- MAYER SAYS IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND DISPLACING FAMILIES.

>> WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE RESPONSE WILL BE FROM THIS LANDLORD.

RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THE TENANTS SUMMERTIME.

>> Reporter: GREEN OAK RANCH MINISTRIES HOLDS THE LEASE TO THE END OF THE YEAR.

IN A STATEMENT THE MINISTRY SAID THEIR INFECTIONS ARE LAWFUL AND THEIR ATTORNEYS WILL BE RESPONDING TO THE CITY AND THEIR FAIR HOUSING ATTORNEYS.

THEY SAY THE LETTERS WE RECEIVED WERE BASED ON THE NEW TENANT PROTECTION LAW, SB 567.

IT MAKES IT VERY CLEAR EXCEPTIONS AS GREEN OAK RANCH MINISTRY IS RECOGNIZED AS AN RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION, WE ARE EXEMPT FROM SB 567.

BACK AT THE RANCH, THE REMAINING FAMILIES HAVE ALSO OBTAINED AN ATTORNEY.

>> THIS IS WRONG.

IT NEEDS TO BE DONE RIGHT.

WE JUST NEED MORE TIME.

I AM JUST HEARTBROKEN THAT OUR NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE LEFT UNDER DISTRESS ARE IN A WORSE POSITION.

>> Reporter: SHE FEARS MANY OF THE FAMILIES THAT MOVED OUT GOT INTO ON A SAFE, UNAFFORDABLE OR UNSUSTAINABLE HOUSING.

>> WE HAVE BEEN SEEKING THE LORD AND WHERE AND HE WILL OPEN THE DOOR.

IT HAS JUST BEEN -- FOR MAC SHE SAYS ALL OF THE REMAINING FAMILIES ARE LOOKING FOR HOUSING.

AS ATTORNEYS LITIGATE THE LEGAL STANDING OF THE EVICTION NOTICES, SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE, THE NEW PROPERTY TENANT IS GETTING READY TO MOVE IN.

THE NONPROFIT WAS AWARDED THE LEASE TO THE 110 ACRES TO EXPAND THEIR SERVICES TO HOMELESS FAMILIES.

THAT LEASE BEGINS JANUARY 1st.

TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ARE GOOD NEWS FOR FIREFIGHTERS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

THE FRANKLIN FIRE HAS GROWN TO MORE THAN 4000 ACRES AND IS NOW 7% CONTAINED.

IT TORE THROUGH PART OF MALIBU, BURNING PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY.

UP TO 20,000 PEOPLE WERE FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES.

>> THE SMOKE WAS SO THICK THAT YOU CANNOT SEE.

SOMEONE WAS SITTING OVER THERE AND YOU CANNOT SEE THEM.

THEY HAVE SO MANY FIRETRUCKS IN HERE AND SO MANY -- THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW THIS LAND, THEY REALLY FOUGHT FOR IT.

>> Reporter: THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

OFFICIALS SAY MORE THAN 8000 HOMES AND STRUCTURES ARE UNDER THREAT BUT NO MAN WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT ONE MAN, RATHER, WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP SAVE HOMES AND WE WILL HAVE EXTRA COMING UP.

>>> AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, I HAVE NICE WEATHER FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

WE WILL SEE SOME CHILLY MORNINGS BUT WE WILL SEE MILD CONDITIONS IN THE AFTERNOON AND OVERALL THE WEEKEND LOOKS GREAT.

UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT I HAVE IN STORE FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

>>> >>> 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, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL-HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCO SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING -- IS MAKING PROGRESS IN RESTORING POWER TO CUSTOMERS AFTER THEY WERE'S EMERGENCY SHUTOFF SPREAD AT LAST CHECK JUST OVER 1500 CUSTOMERS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER.

AT ONE POINT, POWER WAS OUT FOR MORE THAN 50,000 CUSTOMERS, MOSTLY IN RURAL EAST COUNTY.

OUR MEDIA PARTNER SPOKE TO A RESIDENT WHOSE POWER IS BACK ON NOW AFTER BEING OUT FOR 48 HOURS.

HE CALLED SDG&E TO ASK ABOUT THE DELAY.

>> WE GOT PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE LINES.

WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE SURE IT IS SAFE BEFORE WE CAN TURN IT BACK ON.

WE ARE GETTING VARIOUS ANSWERS AND INFORMATION.

YOU ARE ALSO GETTING WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE A LOT OF THE BLAME GAME.

A LOT OF THIS AGENCY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THE DECISION, KNOW THAT AGENCY IS >> Reporter: A SPOKESPERSON FROM SDG&E SINCE THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE BEFORE WORKERS COULD RESPOND.

THE COMPANY INSPECTS POWERLINES WHICH INCLUDES LAUNCHING DRONES AND HELICOPTERS.

OFFICIALS SAY THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS COMPLEX, MEETING DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE POTENTIALLY ON DIFFERENT CIRCUITS.

THAT IS WHY ONE BLOCK COULD BE OUT WHILE ANOTHER COULD BE ON.

SDG&E SAYS POWER FOR SOME RESIDENTS IS NOT EXPECTED TO RETURN UNTIL FRIDAY.

RESOURCE CENTERS ARE STILL OPEN.

YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE SCREEN NOW.

THE HOURS ARE 8:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M. FOR THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WAS CLOSED MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO AND NOW THERE IS ONLY ONE LEFT IN THE STATE, DIABLO CANYON.

THOMAS BUDGET SPOKE WITH SOMEONE WHO SAYS IT IS TIME TO SHUT THAT ONE DOWN FOR AT LEAST IMAGING THE OUTPUT.

>> Reporter: DIABLO CANYON NUCLEAR PLANT WAS SUPPOSED BE CLOSE DOWN THIS YEAR AND NEXT A BILL PASSED TWO YEARS AGO HAS KEPT ITS TWO REACTORS OPEN UNTIL 2029.

THE PLANT GENERATES NEARLY 10% OF CALIFORNIA'S TOTAL ENERGY THAT CRITICS SAY IT IS GIVING THE STATE TOO MUCH ENERGY, ESPECIALLY IN THE SPRING WHEN THEY HAVE HYDROPOWER.

RICHARD McCANN IS WITH THE CONSULTING FIRM M CUBED.

IN 2023 CALIFORNIA GENERATED ENOUGH HYDROPOWER TO MATCH THE POWER WE ALREADY GOT FROM THE NUCLEAR PLANT.

>> THAT COMBINATION MADE IT SO THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF EXCESS POWER IN THE SYSTEM.

IT IS NOT THAT IS EXCESS SOLAR POWER.

IT WAS EXCESS POWER.

THE BIGGEST CULPRIT FOR THE EXCESS POWER IS DIABLO CANYON, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RETIRED.

>> Reporter: McCANN SAYS WHEN THE STATE HAS TOO MUCH POWER IT CAN SELL IT TO NEIGHBORING STATES, OFTEN AT ROCK-BOTTOM PRICES WERE HAS TO DUMP THE ENERGY, WHICH MEANS IT GOES TWO WAYS.

SOLAR POWER SB, CLEAN ENERGY SOURCE THAT THE STATE MAY HAVE UNDERESTIMATED WHEN IT CHOSE TO EXTEND DIABLO CANYON.

BRIAN MURRAY IS WITH THE CALIFORNIA ISO, WHICH RUNS THE GRID.

HE SAYS IT NUCLEAR IS CLEAN POWER, NO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BUT IT DOES CREATE NUCLEAR WASTE AND IT HAS TO RUN 24/7, MAKING IT VERY INFLEXIBLE.

>> WITH THE LACK OF OF FLEXIBLE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE COMING ONTO OUR SYSTEM, I DO NOT KNOW IF THERE WILL BE VALUE IN RETAINING THOSE RESOURCES.

>> Reporter: McCANN SAYS NUCLEAR POWER FROM DIABLO CANYON IS EXPENSIVE.

PG&E IS APPLYING TO RAISE THE COST TO KEEP THE PLANT OPEN AND THAT WILL AFFECT SAN DIEGO AS WELL.

WE GOT NO COMMENT FROM PG&E.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE END OF THE YEAR TRAVEL STRETCHES JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

AAA SAYS AMERICAN SAYS CAN EXPECT A BUSY TIME AND SKIES AND ALL THE ROWS.

KAREN KAFA IS IN WASHINGTON WITH A LOOK AT HOW TO PREPARE FOR SMOOTH TRAVELS AHEAD.

>> Reporter: GET READY FOR CROWDED FLIGHTS AND ROADWAYS ALL OVER AGAIN.

>> THANKS GIVING WAS A RECORD- SETTING AND HERE WE ARE WITH THE HOLIDAY FORECAST.

WE ARE PROJECTING ANOTHER RECORD YEAR.

FOUR AAA EXPECTS 1.93 MILLION PEOPLE WILL TRAVEL 50 MILES OR MORE DURING THE HOLIDAY PERIOD BETWEEN SATURDAY DECEMBER 21st AND WAS A, JANUARY 1st.

FOR THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS EXPECTED TO DRIVE, GAS PRICES WILL BE LOWER THAN LAST HOLIDAY SEASON.

TRIPLE A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THERE IS A TRADITIONAL DROP IN WINTER DEMAND COUPLED WITH NEW TRENDS.

>> PEOPLE ARE WORKING REMOTELY AND NOT GOING INTO THE OFFICE AS MUCH.

THAT BRINGS GUEST A MAN DOWN FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE HOLIDAY SHOP ONLINE.

YOU'RE NOT HAVING MANY PEOPLE DRIVING TO STORES AS WE USED TO IN THE PAST.

>> Reporter: DATA RELEASED WEDNESDAY SHOWED AIRFARE IS UP 4.7% YEAR-OVER-YEAR.

MELANIE FISH SAYS DOMESTIC FARES WERE REASONABLE AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAYS BUT NOW THE CLOCK IS TICKING >> IF YOU ARE NOT MAJOR PLANS YET TO GO OVER THE HILLS AND THROUGH THE WOODS TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE, YOU GOT TO GET ON IT.

FOUR AIR PASSENGERS HAVE NOT PLACED TOO MANY CANCELLATIONS THIS YEAR BUT NOTES IT IS WINTER >> IT IS THE HOLIDAYS.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL YOUR TRAVEL APPS DOWNLOADED TO GET UPSTATE QUICKLY.

KEEP IT IN A CARRY-ON.

IT WILL SAVE YOU SO MUCH OF A HEADACHE IF YOU ARE NOT SEARCHING FOR A LAWSUIT CASE.

BE FLEXIBLE AND LEAVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME ONCE YOU GET TO THE AIRPORT.

>> IN WASHINGTON, I'M KAREN K- POP.

>>> TODD GLORIA RECENTLY ANNOUNCED HE WAS HALTING THE EFFORT TO READ THE WILL OF THE SIX BLOCKS AROUND CITY HALL.

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO CEO SCOTT LEWIS SAYS THAT WORK WAS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS AREA HAVE THE CONTROVERSIAL DECISION TWO YEARS AGO THAT THE CITY NEEDED TO BUY TWO TOWER DOWNTOWN.

♪ ♪ TALK AT THE NEWS THAT TODD GLORIA WAS ENDING EFFORTS TO DROP A MASTER VISION FOR THE CITY'S CIVIC CORE SURPRISE THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP AND PRIVATE FOUNDATION.

THEY HAD HIRED CIVIC PLANNERS TO PRORATE A CULTURAL HUB FOR SAN DIEGO THAT NEEDED HOUSING, SCHOOLS, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND A RESTORATION OF THE CIVIC THEATER.

THE MAYOR SAID THE EFFORT COULD NOT CONTINUE BECAUSE VOTERS HAD REJECTED THE SALES TAX INCREASE IN MEASURE E. LAWYER NEVER SAID HE NEED A TAX INCREASE TO PURSUE THE VISION FOR THE CITY SPENT $132 MILLION TO BUY TWO TOWERS.

ONE ON ASH STREET AND CIVIC CENTER PLAZA.

CITY LEADERS SAID THEY HAD A ONCE IN A GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE THAT VISION FOR THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN AND TO SETTLE THE LAWSUITS IT HAS FILED.

HERE WAS COUNSEL PRESENT, SEAN WERE THERE AT THE TIME.

>> SOMEONE SAID THIS WOULD REWARD BAD ACTORS BY HAVING THE CITY PURCHASE WHAT IS IT ON HANNIBAL BUILDING.

I UNDERSTAND THE SENTIMENT.

HOWEVER IT IGNORES A KEY POINT.

CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY IS A GOAL BECAUSE IT WILL AID THE CITY IN SOLVING MULTIPLE PROBLEMS SUCH AS OFFICE SPACE.

THUS BY REFUSING THE DEAL BECAUSE WE DO NOT LIKE THE CHARACTERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE, WE WOULD BE PUNISHING OURSELVES.

>> Reporter: THE CITY ATTORNEY WANTED TO KEEP PUSHING THE LAWSUITS TO RECOVER MORE MONEY.

TODD GLORIA WAS ALSO DETERMINED.

>> ALL TOLD, WHAT WE ARE GAINING IN CERTAINTY AS TO OUR COST AND THE ABILITY TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR WORKFORCE AND HOW TO MAKE THE LAND THAT WE OWN IN THE CIVIC CORE WORK FOR ALL OF US.

>> IT WAS A BET ON THE FUTURE RIVERA SAID.

>> WE HAVE TO DELIVER.

THOSE OF US WHO SUPPORT A SETTLEMENT ARE BETTING ON THIS CITY TO DO SOMETHING THAT MANY FOLKS DO NOT THINK WE CAN DO.

THAT IS SUCCESSFULLY REDEVELOP THE CIVIC CORE.

I AM WILLING TO MAKE THAT BET BUT THERE WILL BE ACCOUNTABILITY.

>> NOT THAT MUCH ACCOUNTABILITY ACTUALLY.

THE EFFORT IS NOW DEAD.

WHAT ABOUT THE BUILDINGS?

TURNING THEM INTO NEW HOUSING, NEW CIVIC CENTER WAS WHAT WE WERE, AS THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT SAID, BETTING ON WE LOST THE BET IT LOOKS LIKE ON OUR PODCAST LAST WEEK MAYOR TODD GLORIA SAID MAYBE SOMETHING SMALLER COULD COME TOGETHER.

>> IT COULD BE THAT WE DO A PIECEMEAL APPROACH.

GETTING OFF OF OUR CURRENT SITE TO ALLOW WHOLESALE REAL IMAGINATION OF THE BLOCKS THE CITY CURRENTLY OWNS WHICH IS WHAT I WANT TO GET ACCOMPLISHED, THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE.

WHAT WE CAN DO IS CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE DISPOSITION ON WHAT ONE ASH STREET TO CONVERT THAT TO HOUSING.

>> THE PREBYS FOUNDATION ISSUED A STATEMENT SAID THEY COULD DO EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO PUT TOGETHER THE VISION OF THE CULTURAL HUB OF THE CITY.

I AM SCOTT LEWIS FROM VOICE OF SAN DIEGO AND THAT IS WHY IT MATTERS.

>> VOICE OF SAN DIEGO IS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS FOR THE PUBLIC MATTERS INITIATIVE YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT KPBS.ORG/PUBLIC MATTERS.

>>> KAMALA HARRIS VOTERS MIGHT STILL FEEL SHELLSHOCKED THE ELECTION RESULTS EVEN SO PULLED HER TIGHT.

WE REPORT THAT THOSE UNLIKELY SURPRISED BY THE OUTCOME ARE A GROUP OF POLITICAL SCIENTISTS.

>> Reporter: KEY POLLS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE FROM 538 TO THE COOK POLITICAL REPORT IT GAVE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS A SLIGHT EDGE OVER PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP IN NOVEMBER.

BUT MODELING BY POLITICAL SCIENTISTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ACCURATELY PREDICTED TRUMP'S WIN , INCLUDING THE POPULAR VOTE A MONTH BEFORE THE ELECTION.

THE MODEL USED BASIC FACTORS SUCH AS PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS OF THE ECONOMY, WHETHER THE COUNTRY IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK IF THE INCUMBENT ADMINISTRATION IS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

UCSD POLITICAL SCIENTISTS, DOUG HAUSER.

>> ELECTIONS ARE RELATIVELY PREDICTABLE BY IS THE ECONOMY GETTING BETTER ?

IF IT IS, PEOPLE REWARD THE INCUMBENT PARTY.

IF IT IS NOT, PEOPLE PUNISHED THE INCUMBENT PARTY.

>> Reporter: DESPITE PREDICTING THE TIGHTNESS, POPULAR POLLS HAVE REPEATEDLY UNDERESTIMATED TRUMP SUPPORT AMONG VOTERS'S.

>> THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SEEN SURVEYS SLIGHTLY OR LARGELY REPUBLICANS A PERFORMANCE IN THE LAST THREE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.

AND THAT INDICATES REPUBLICAN MAY BE LESS LIKELY TO PICK UP THE PHONE OR LESS LIKELY TO BE AS FORTHCOMING UP OUT THEIR VIEWS.

>> Reporter: HAUSER SAYS POLLSTERS HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REACH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICAN VOTERS IN EQUAL NUMBERS AND PREDICT WHICH PARTY WILL ACTUALLY CAST BALLOTS.

AMITA SHARMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE FRANKLIN FIRE IS SURGING THROUGH MALIBU, BURNING HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND FORCING EVACUATIONS.

IN ONE COMMUNITY AND LABOR TOOK QUICK ACTION AND SAVE PEOPLE'S HOMES ALONG WITH A VERY OLD TORTOISE.

JASMINE VL HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: VIDEO SHOWS ALEC FIGHTING THE FIRE THAT STARTED ON MALIBU CANYON ROAD MONDAY NIGHT WITH HIS OWN FIREHOSE AND WATER PUMP FOR HOURS.

>> I GO OUTSIDE AND THE SKY IS RED.

I DRIVE AROUND THE CORNER.

THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN IS ON FIRE.

>> Reporter: HE AND A FRIEND STOOD ON THE ROOF OF HIS HOME IN THE HILLS ABOVE MALIBU OFF SARAH ROAD AS THE FIRE IGNITED PALM TREES AND HOUSES AROUND HIM.

>> THE FIRE WAS FULLY SURROUNDING US, DRUMS THE WHOLE HOUSE.

>> Reporter: HE WAS ABLE TO SAVE FIVE OF HIS NEIGHBOR'S HOUSES ON THE STREET.

>> I SAY THIS HOUSE RIGHT HERE.

I SAVE THEIR TORTOISE, THEY HAD A 100 YEAR OLD TORTOISE.

>> Reporter: UNFORTUNATELY WATCHED SEVERAL OTHER HOMES BURN INCLUDING THIS ONE THAT WAS STILL BURNING LATE INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL WORKING TO PUT OUT SOME OF THE FIRE.

BIRDING STILL INSIDE OF THE HOME INTO THE SERT RETREAT COMMUNITY.

NEIGHBOR SAY THIS COMMUNITY IS SO LUCKY AS A MANY MORE HOMES COULD HAVE BURNED OF THE HUNDRED 50 UP HERE THIS FIRE WAS RAGING AS IT CAME THROUGH.

>> WE WERE DRIVING AROUND AT ONE IN THE MORNING.

AND THERE IS NOT MUCH WE COULD DO.

>> Reporter: MATT GREENBERG ALSO TRY TO HELP AND HIS FRIEND WHO LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO LIVE ABOUT PCH.

>> THERE WAS SPOT FIRES GOING ON.

HE AND A NEIGHBOR PUT SOME OF THE SPOTS OUT.

WE DID WHAT WE COULD.

>> Reporter: DELLIS AND GREENBERG WERE AMONG THE FEW WHO STAYED BEHIND AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE EVACUATION ZONE AROUND MALIBU WERE ORDERED TO LEAVE TUESDAY UNDER RED FLAG CONDITIONS.

>> IT IS GARY LIVING OUT HERE.

THE REALITY OF LIVING IN MALIBU.

>>> AS WE HEAD INTO NIGHT I WILL TRACK THE LOWS IN THE 40s WITH SOME CLOUDS NEAR THE COAST.

SOME AREAS DIPPING INTO THE 30s.

35 OCEANSIDE AND CAMP PENDLETON.

RADAR SHOWING WE WILL SEE RAIN TO THE NORTH AND EVEN SOME SNOW FLURRIES ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

THROUGHOUT YOUR THURSDAY, SOME CLOUD COVER IS WORKING HIS WAY IN LATE.

IT MAY EVEN TRY TO RAIN FOR SOME AREAS BUT OVERALL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL STAY DRY ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH MORE RAINFALL DEVELOPING ACROSS THE STATE.

THE OVERALL SET UP FOR THURSDAY, THE RAIN WILL STAY TO THE NORTH AS WILL THE SNOW.

IT WILL BE DRY ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY WITH HIGHS TO THE MID- 60s FOR THE MOST PART 62 IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

FRIDAY, WE WILL SEE THE DRY AIR IN PLACE WITH MORE RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE.

HIGHS FOR FRIDAY WILL MAKE IT INTO THE MID-TO-UPPER 60s AND MORE MILD CONDITIONS WITH A LITTLE CLOUDIER ON FRIDAY FOR THE FORECAST.

FOR THE FIVE DAY OUTLOOK ACROSS THE COAST, WE WILL SEE CHILLY CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING HOURS.

OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DIP INTO THE 40s.

SOME AREAS WITH LOWS IN THE 30s.

COULD BE CHILLY FROM TIME TO TIME BUT LOTS OF SUNSHINE FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

THE WEEKEND LOOKS GOOD WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 60s.

AS WE GO INLAND, TEMPERATURES DIPPING INTO THE 30s FOR A COUPLE MORNINGS AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

OVERALL, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID- 60s FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND INTO THE UPPER 60s AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

WE COULD SEE SOME 70s INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.

HEADS UP FOR THAT.

THE MOUNTAIN FORECAST, WE WILL SEE OVERNIGHT LOWS RIGHT AROUND USING FOR A COUPLE MORNINGS AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND BUT WINDY CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT WILL STAY DRY FOR US AND THEN WE SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 40s AND EVEN 50s AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 40s WITH THE DESERT.

HIGHS IN THE 70s AND DIPPING INTO THE 60s FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BEFORE RETURNING TO THE 70s ON SUNDAY.

>>> IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY THIS IS USUALLY A VERY COLORFUL TIME OF YEAR.

THOUSANDS OF WESTERN MONARCH BUTTERFLIES COVER THE AREA IN ORANGE AND BLACK SPLENDOR.

NOT THIS YEAR, WE HAVE MORE ON THE NOTICEABLE ABSENCE.

>> WALKING AMONG THESE EUCALYPTUS GROVES AND SEEING THE BURST OF ORANGE AND BLACK WITH GORGEOUS BUTTERFLIES OVER EVERY WINTER.

IT HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON ME.

>> Reporter: AS WINTER APPROACHES PEOPLE TRAVEL TO SEE THE THOUSANDS OF WESTERN MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.

>> IT IS ONE THING THAT INTRODUCES KIDS TO THE SPLENDOR OF NATURE.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR, MESA IS FAR LESS COLORFUL.

ONLY FOUR BUTTERFLIES HAVE BEEN COUNTED IN THE AREA IN THE LATEST DECEMBER ACCOUNTS.

LAST MONTH, THAT NUMBER WAS 34.

IT IS A STARK CONTRAST TO PREVIOUS YEARS.

>> THE MONARCHS THAT WERE HERE LAST YEAR, WE HAD 10 TO 15,000 A LOT OF THE MONARCHS STARTED TO LEAVE EARLY AND WE GOT SOME BIG STORMS.

THE BIG STORMS TEND TO COME UNFORTUNATE, KILL QUITE A FEW ADULT MIGRATING MONARCHS.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF HEAT WAVES.

THE HEAT WAVES TEND TO KILL THE EGGS.

>> Reporter: BUTTERFLY COUNTS ARE LOW ACROSS CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THE BEACH.

>> THIS PAST JULY WAS THE HOTTEST ALLY IN CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY AND A LONG DROUGHT THAT IMPACTS THEIR BREEDING HABITAT.

WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THESE LOW NUMBERS IS A REFLECTION OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS GOING ON.

>> Reporter: EMILY DOYLE WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION SAYS IN ADDITION TO CLIMATE CHANGE, THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT PESTICIDE USE AND SHOOTING TO THE RAPID DECLINE OF THE MONARCH POPULATION.

THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP LIKE PLANTING NECTAR PLANS TO PROVIDE FOOD AND PLANTING MILKWEED IN ORDER TO HELP WITH THE BREEDING HABITAT.

>> WHAT WE CAN DO IS HELP MAKE HABITAT MORE CLIMATE RESILIENT.

WHAT MAKES THE SITES SO UNIQUE IS WHERE BUTTERFLIES RETURN AND IT IS ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST.

THEY PROVIDE REALLY IMPORTANT MICROCLIMATE THAT MONARCHS NEED TO SURVIVE THE WINTER.

>> Reporter: SOME FOLKS ARE GETTING STARTED.

ONSET OF THE BUCKET FOR GREAT PLANTED TREES AT ELWOOD MESA.

>>> IF YOU TRAVEL HIGHWAY 52, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED SOMETHING.

THERE IS A SECTION OF THE ROADWAY THAT IS A LIKE A ROLLER COASTER.

THERE IS A REASON WHY AND IT INVOLVES SOME OF OUR CAST-OFF HISTORY.

KEN KRAMER SHOWS US IN THIS STORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: WE ARE EASTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 52 JUST PAST THE 805 DON'T LOOK AT THE SCENERY, LOOK AT THE ROAD.

I MEAN THE PAYMENT ITSELF.

YOU WILL SEE A CHANGE FROM CONCRETE TO ASPHALT.

RIGHT THERE.

DID YOU SEE IT?

>> YOU GO ON AND YOU GET CLOSE TO THE 163 AND IT TURNS BACK TO CONCRETE.

>> Reporter: HERE IS WESTBOUNDERS SAME THING, RIGHT THERE.

SUDDENLY THE 52 RIGHT AROUND CONVOY CHANGES.

NO MORE CONCRETE, IT IS ASPHALT AND ROBERT SAYS, THAT IS BY DESIGN.

>> THEY KNEW THAT CONCRETE WOULD JUST BREAK UP BUT WITH ASPHALT, IT IS FLEXIBLE.

>> Reporter: FLEXIBLE, ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE, LET US CALL THEM , THE DIPS, THAT I BET YOU HAVE NOTICED ON THE 52.

TRAFFIC BOUNCES ALONG LIKE A ROLLER COASTER AND THE STORIES HAVE BEEN THAT THIS ROAD IS SETTLING BECAUSE IT WAS BUILT RIGHT OVER A MORE THAN HALF- CENTURY OLD CITY DUMP.

>> IT IS TRUE.

IT IS THE OLD SOUTH MIRAMAR LANDFILL THAT STARTED DECEMBER 7, 1959.

>> Reporter: ROBERT IS WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND USED TO RUN THE LANDFILLS IN SAN DIEGO.

HE SHOWS US THE HIGHWAY HERE AND IN AN AERIAL VIEW YOU CAN SEE THE DARKER PART IS MORE FLEXIBLE ASPHALT AND YELLOW DOTS THAT IS WHERE THE DECAYING TRASH WAS DUMPED ALL THE YEARS AGO AND WHERE THE ROAD HAS SETTLED, SO MUCH SO, HE SAYS, THAT LAYERS OF NEW PAYMENT HAVE TO KEEP BEING ADDED TO SMOOTH OUT THE DIPS.

WANT TO GUESS HOW MUCH?

>> WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE TO EIGHT FEET OF ASPHALT THAT HAS BEEN BUILT UP OVER THE YEARS SINCE ROUTE 52 WENT THROUGH.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS IN SPOTS FIVE TO EIGHT FEET OF ASPHALT.

LAYER UPON LAYER TO SMOOTH OUT THE ROAD AS TRASH FROM A HALF- CENTURY AGO ROCKS BENEATH IT.

UP UNTIL 1973, TONS OF WASTE WAS BURIED AT SOUTH MIRAMAR AND THEN COVERED OVER.

WHEN I GOT FULL, TRASH WAS TAKEN TO NEW AREAS FURTHER NORTH AND WEST AND THE OLD LANDFILL WAS CLOSED BUT THAT IS NOT THE END OF IT.

>> THE OLD LANDFILL KEEP SETTLING.

>> Reporter: IT IS DECOMPOSING, DECADES OF STUFF, BANANA PEELS AND MILK CARTONS, TREE TONGUES, TIN CANS, EVERYTHING.

IT ROTS AWAY AND THE LAND THAT COVERED IT UP SINKS.

AT DIFFERENT RATES, DEPENDING ON WHAT IS DOWN THERE.

>> IT IS CALLED DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENT.

>> Reporter: IF THERE IS A ROAD ON TOP OF THAT, IT WILL SINK TOO AND THAT IS WHY WE GET A BUMPY RIDE ON THE 52 AROUND CONVOY.

>> SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE 60 AND 70 YEARS OLD.

THERE IS STILL SETTLEMENT OCCURRING.

>> Reporter: IF YOU'VE EVER WONDERED ABOUT THOSE DIPS AND ROLLS AND MAY BE HEARD SOMEONE SAY, DID YOU KNOW THERE IS AN OLD LANDFILL UNDER THEIR?

THEY ARE NOT AS TRASH TALKING.

IT IS A TRUE STORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> NO TRASH TOP THAT TALK.

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