>> 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.

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

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION , DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> TONIGHT, HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS ARE DEMONSTRATING AT UC SAN DIEGO.

THINGS WERE JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

>>> THEY ARE PROTESTING MASS DEPORTATION AND ALEXANDER NGUYEN IS LIVE AT UCSD.

ALEX, WHAT ARE THE STUDENTS SAYING?

>> Reporter: GOOD EVENING, MAYA.

THIS IS BEING HOSTED BY THE CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION.

THESE STUDENTS ARE HERE PROTESTING AGAINST MASS DEPORTATION AND THE THREAT OF DEPORTATION AT SCHOOLS IN PLACES -- AT LAST MONTH, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAID IT WOULD ALLOW -- CHURCHES AND HOSPITALS, ENDING A POLICY THAT'S BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE 2021.

I TALKED TO SOME STUDENTS EARLIER TODAY AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS A LOT OF UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS HERE ON THIS CAMPUS AND THESE ARE OUR CLASSMATES, OUR PEERS, OUR FRIENDS, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE STICK UP FOR EACH OTHER AND WHEN WE SEE INJUSTICE HAPPENING, WE SPEAK OUT ABOUT IT.

>> IT'S GOOD TO SEE STUDENTS STAND UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN, ESPECIALLY WHEN A TIME WHEN SO MUCH IS CHANGING.

>> Reporter: BACK HERE LIVE, I AM JOINED BY ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF TODAY'S PROTEST, NOW, DANNY, WHY DID YOU ORGANIZE THIS PROTEST?

>> I THINK WE, AS STUDENTS, AND ALSO AS THEY UCSD STUDENTS ORGANIZE THIS BECAUSE THERE IS A CRISIS.

IT'S NOT JUST A POLICY CRISIS, IT'S A MORAL CRISIS.

IT IS A CRISIS OR OUR STUDENTS CAN'T GO TO SCHOOL AND FEEL SAFE AND SAY IN THEIR LECTURES WITHOUT WORRYING WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO GET A CALL FROM THEIR LOVED ONES THAT THEY ARE BEING DEPORTED.

WHEN THEY SEE I.C.E.

ON CAMPUS AND WILL HAVE TO HIDE BECAUSE THE UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS CENTER IS SO OVERBURDENED.

IT'S A CRISIS WHERE OUR OWN UNIVERSITY IS NOT SUPPORTING US BECAUSE THEY ARE SENDING, WHAT, 8.6 BILLION TO COMPANIES THAT CONTRACT WITH I.C.E., THEY CONTRACT WITH THE VERY AGENTS THAT SEEK TO HARM THEIR STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: AND ONE MORE DO YOU WANT THE UNIVERSITY -- WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT THE UNIVERSITY TO HELP THESE UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS?

>> THE REASON WHY WE ARE HOLDING THIS PEACEFUL PROTEST IS BECAUSE WE DEMAND MORE FROM THE UNIVERSITY TO PROTECT STUDENTS, IT'S FACULTY, WE DEMAND THAT THE UNIVERSITY DIVER MORE LEGAL AND FINANCIAL AND MONEY TO THE UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS CENTER.

WE WANT THE UNIVERSITY TO DIVEST FROM THE COMPANIES IS INVESTING IN AND INVEST IN EDUCATION INSTEAD.

WE WANT UCSD TO -- >> Reporter: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NOW EARLIER, WE SPOKE TO UNDOCUMENTED SERVICES AND THEY SEEN AN INCREASE IN STUDENTS COMING IN SEEKING SERVICES LIVE AT UCSD, ALEXANDER WHEN, -- ALEXANDER NGUYEN, EVENING EDITION.

>>> KPBS EDUCATIONAL INVESTIGATOR SAYS NEW DOWN.

-- DOWN PAYMENT GRANTS ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU JUST CAN LIVE WHERE THEY WORK.

>> Reporter: HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATORS.

>> ONE OF BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE FIND HERE IN SAN DIEGO IS THE INCREDIBLY HIGH COST OF HOUSING.

AND WE KNOW THAT OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS SUCH AS HER TEACHERS AND OUR EDUCATORS ARE REALLY STRUGGLING TO GET BY.

>> Reporter: EACH GRANT RECIPIENT WILL RECEIVE -- AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY IT BACK.

THEY WILL ALSO GET FINANCIAL COUNSELING AND EDUCATION ON THE HOMEBUYING PROCESS.

COUNCILMEMBER MARNI VON WILPERT SAYS THE $1 MILLION IN GRANTS DOESN'T COME FROM TAXPAYERS.

INSTEAD, IT'S PRIVATELY FUNDED BY LENNAR HOMES AS PART OF A AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.

>> WE HAD A NEW DEVELOPMENT, THE RANCH AREA, WE WORKED OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPER, TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY ARE GOING TO BRING NEW HOUSING TO DISTRICT FIVE, THEY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HAVING TEACHERS BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THESE HOUSES AND TEACH WHERE THEY LIVE.

>> Reporter: WHILE THEY CAN PURCHASE HOMES ANYWHERE IN THE -- THEY HAVE TO TEACH WITHIN SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.

THAT INCLUDES -- SCRIPPS RANCH, CARMEL MOUNTAIN, AND OTHER PARTS OF NORTHEAST SAN DIEGO, BOTH THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED AND APPARENTLY UNIFIED THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE SCHOOLS THERE.

TEACHERS MUST BE FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS AND THEIR HOUSEHOLDS MUST EARN LESS THAN 160% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.

FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, THAT'S ABOUT $190,000.

THEY OFTEN MAKE A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH TO GET ANY KIND OF ASSISTANCE BUT NOT ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN A HOME.

SO WE ARE HOPING TO HIT THAT SWEET SPOT SO THAT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE.

>> Reporter: IN THE 2020 THROUGH -- FOR A BEGINNING TEACHER IN A LARGE -- $500.

MIDRANGE TEACHERS EARN ABOUT $87,000 ON AVERAGE.

>> AND WHILE WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR UNIONS TO INCREASE SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR OUR EDUCATORS, THE REALITY IS THAT HOUSING PRICES ARE JUST OUT OF CONTROL AND EVEN FOR THOSE EARN A GOOD WAGE.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO UNIFIED IS ALSO WORKING TO -- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS IN CITY HEIGHTS.

URBAN LEAGUE OF SAN DIEGO WILL START ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS TO THE WHOLE PROGRAM ON MARCH 1st.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> AS WE FINISH UP THE WORK WE CAN HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, I AM TRACKING SOME MILD AND SUNNY WEATHER HERE FOR BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

AFTER THAT, WE ARE GOING TO SEE VERY NICE WEATHER HERE OVER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

WE WILL BE TRACKING SOME CHANGES.

THAT WILL INCLUDE OUR NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN.

AN UPDATE TO LOOK AT THE FORECAST COMING UP.

>>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS COMPANIES ARE PREPARING FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF TARIFFS.

U.S.

BUSINESSES ARE THE ONES THAT PAY THE PSEUDO-TAXES ON IMPORTS.

SO, TARIFFS CAN IMPACT THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS AND COSTS, AS WELL AS THE PRICES THEY CHARGE CONSUMERS.

AMY KILEY HAS MORE ON THE LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT.

>> IT WILL BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 25%.

>> Reporter: NEW TARIFFS HE SAYS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS, IT COULD AFFECT VEHICLES, PHARMACEUTICALS, AND COMPUTER CHIPS.

TRUMP SAYS HE WILL FORMALLY UNVEIL THEM AS EARLY AS APRIL 2nd.

THAT'S THE DAY AFTER THE PREVIOUSLY STATED DEADLINE FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO RECIPROCAL TARIFFS.

TRUMP SAYS HE'S GIVING GOVERNMENTS AND BUSINESSES TIME TO RESPOND.

>> I'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY SOME OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN THE WORLD AND BECAUSE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING, ECONOMICALLY AND THROUGH TARIFFS AND TAXES, THEY WANT TO COME BACK INTO THE UNITED STATES.

>> Reporter: THAT LEEWAY COMES AS SOME AMERICAN BUSINESSES APPEAR TO BE STRUGGLING.

WITH THESE RAPIDFIRE TRAY CHANGES, -- REPORTS IT'S CONFIDENCE INDEX IS THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN IN FIVE MONTHS.

THE INDUSTRY IS DEALING WITH NEW STEEL AND ALUMINUM TARIFFS.

OTHER COMPANIES SAY THAT 10% TARIFF ON CHINESE IMPORTS IS HINDERING THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS.

FUTURE TARIFFS COULD AFFECT ALL SORTS OF INDUSTRIES.

>> YOU MIGHT GET A STATE LIKE INDIANA, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT HAVE A LOT OF PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS, BEING HIT MUCH HARDER THAN A STATE LIKE IOWA OR WISCONSIN.

IT'S GOING BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE THE PAIN IS FELT, IF, INDEED, THESE TARIFFS GO THROUGH.

>> BUSINESSES AROUND THE WORLD ARE ALSO DEALING WITH THE ONSLAUGHT OF CHANGE.

>> EVERY DAY, THERE'S A DIFFERENT TARIFFS AND A DIFFERENT PLAN.

IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS.

>> Reporter: AMY KILEY REPORTING.

>>> FURTHER LAYOFFS AND FUNDING CUTS TO THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU HAVE BEEN HALTED FOR NOW BUT WITH THE AGENCY WORK ON HOLD BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, CONSUMER ADVOCATES ARE VERY CONCERNED.

KARIN CAIFA BREAKS DOWN WITH THE CUTS COULD MEAN FOR YOUR MONEY.

>> Reporter: SINCE 2011, THE PROTECTION BUREAU SAYS IT SECURED OVER $20 BILLION IN RELIEF.

MORE THAN 200 MILLION CONSUMERS.

>> IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH YOUR STUDENT LENDER AND YOU MADE THE PAYMENT AND IT'S NOT SHOWING UP ON YOUR BILL , GO TO THE CFPB.

IF YOU ARE A SERVICEMEMBER AND YOU FALL PREY TO A PREDATORY LOAN, GO TO THE CFPB.

>> THE TRUMPET MINISTRATION ORDERED THE CFPB TO STOP WORK, STALLING INVESTING AGENTS AND SUSPENDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE TO NEWLY THESE CONSUMER PROTECTIONS LIKE BANNING MEDICAL DEBT ON CREDIT REPORTS, CAPPING THOSE CREDIT CARD LATE FEES AT EIGHT DOLLARS AND TAPPING BANK OVER CHARGE FEES AT FIVE DOLLARS.

ELIZABETH WARREN, WHO HELP CREATE THE CFPB ASKED THE FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN WHAT THE BANKING LANDSCAPE MIGHT LOOK LIKE WITHOUT IT.

>> IF IT'S NOT THERE, EXAMINING THESE GIANT BANKS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE LAWS ON NOT TREATING CONSUMERS, WHO IS DOING THAT JOB?

>> I CAN SEE NO OTHER FEDERAL REGULATOR.

>> NO ONE.

>> Reporter: SOME THAT -- ARGUE THAT STATE REGULARS CAN HANDLE COMPLAINS.

>> SO IF NOBODY'S LOOKING OUT THERE FOR CONSUMERS.

I THINK IT'S INACCURATE AND NOT TO TRY AND SCARE CONSUMERS RIGHT NOW.

>> BUT CONSUMER ADVOCATES LIKE ADAM REST OF THE CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA THEY IT'S A MASSIVE JOB AND COULD LEAD TO AN UNEVEN RESPONSE FOR CONSUMERS.

>> REALLY SHOULD NOT BE THE CASE THAT YEARS AGO DETERMINES THE LAWS ENFORCED AND SUPERVISE.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, I AM KARIN CAIFA.

>>> A LAW THAT CALIFORNIA VOTERS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER IS HAVING A BIG IMPACT LOCALLY.

SCOTT LEWIS BREAKS DOWN WHY IT MATTERS.

>> ABOUT 115 PEOPLE ARE IN JAIL RIGHT NOW WHO WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN LAST YEAR AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF PROPOSITION 36.

IT PASSED IN NOVEMBER AND IT TURNS CERTAIN PROPERTY AND DRUG CRIMES FROM MISDEMEANORS AND FELONIES.

HE REVERSED A PROPOSITION PAST 10 YEARS BEFORE CALLED PROPOSITION 47.

SO LET'S LOOK AT HOW IT'S IMPACTING SAN DIEGO NOW.

POLICE HAVE ARRESTED ABOUT 400 PEOPLE ON PROPOSITION 36 RELATED CRIMES.

THE BOOK THEM INTO JAIL.

NONE OF THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED, NOT THE JAILING OR REST, WITHOUT PROPOSITION 36.

IT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE POLICE AND PROSECUTORS WHO SUPPORT A PROPOSITION 36 WANTED, BY HANDLING THESE NEW ARREST, IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE.

SHERIFF KELLY MARTINEZ TOLD US THAT SHE EXPECTS MUCH MORE PRESSURE ON THE JAILS, NOT JUST FROM NEW FELONY CONVICTIONS BUT FROM PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TAKE THEIR CASE TO TRIAL BECAUSE THE STAKES ARE NOW HIGHER.

>> WE ANTICIPATE THAT NUMBER WILL INCREASE OVER THE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE AS LIKELY TO PLEA TO CRIMES OR THEY MIGHT HAVE BEFORE BECAUSE THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE MUCH MORE IMPORTANT.

SO, SAME WITH THE MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES THAT, IF PEOPLE PLEAD TO SOME OF THE MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES, THEY WILL BE STACKABLE AS A FELONY.

>> THE LAST THING SHE SAID IS AN IMPORTANT POINT.

PROSECUTORS CAN NOW LOOK AT MISDEMEANORS THAT OCCURRED OVER THE LAST DECADE AND ADD THOSE TOGETHER TO PROSECUTE SOMEBODY AT A HIGHER LEVEL BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY ARE ACCUSED OF NOW.

BEFORE PROPOSITION 36 PASS, THEFT OF ITEMS WORTH $950 OR LESS WAS A MISDEMEANOR AND NOW, THAT'S A FELONY, IF THE PERSON HAS TWO OR MORE PAST CONVICTIONS FOR THAT SAME KIND OF THING.

IF SOMEONE COMMITS A CRIME AND HAS TO DO -- THAT HAS TO DO WITH DRUGS, IT PUSHES THEM TO SAY THAT PERSON CAN EITHER GO TO JAIL OR GET TREATMENT.

CRUCIALLY, THERE ARE VERY FEW PLACES TO GET TREATMENT RIGHT NOW.

AND THE JAILS ARE FALLING APART.

THE SHERIFF SAID THAT THE VISTA DETENTION CENTER IS BASICALLY AT THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE $300 MILLION TO BUILD A NEW ONE, BUT THE COUNTY IS WRESTLING WITH THE DEFICIT.

LAST YEAR, SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND OTHERS FLOATED A NEW JAILS TAX ON PROPERTIES TO FUND THE JAILS, BUT IT DIDN'T GO FORWARD.

WE WILL WATCH TO SEE IF IT DOES THIS YEAR.

I AM SCOTT LEWIS, FOR VOICE OF SAN DIEGO, AND THAT'S 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 THE MATTERS.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO READER HAS ENDED ITS 52 YEAR PRINT RUN.

KPBS ARTS REPORTER JULIA DIXON EVANS VISITED THE GOLDEN HILL'S OFFICES.

>> Reporter: WORN, BLACK FILING CABINETS DECK TO 12 HIGH, NEARLY EVERY SAN DIEGO READER ISSUE PRINTED IS HELD IN THERE.

APPROXIMATELY 26,000.

>> THERE IT IS.

SO MY FIRST PIECE -- >> Reporter: LONGTIME EDITOR TURN OWNER CALLED IT A LIVING RECORD OF THE CITY.

>> A LOT OF IDENTITY IS MEMORY AND THIS HERE IS A MEMORY OF SAN DIEGO THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO THE WHOLE CITY THAT ASKED AND ANSWERED EVERY WEEK OF THE QUESTION OF WHAT'S IT LIKE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: FOR DECADES, SAN DIEGO'S PICKED UP THE READER AT -- CONCERT LISTINGS, COLUMNS, AND REVIEWS OF THEATER, FILM, MUSIC, FOOD, AND EVEN FISHING, BUT THE FEBRUARY 13th EDITION WAS THE LAST.

JIM HOME AND STARTED THE READER IN 1972.

>> THE FIRST FIVE YEARS WERE VERY PRECARIOUS.

I WAS BORROWING FROM ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE TO TRY AND MAKE IT WORK.

FINALLY, AFTER THREE YEARS, I THINK IT WAS, WE STARTED TO BREAK EVEN.

WE GREW LITTLE BY LITTLE BY LITTLE AND IT WAS NEVER IN TROUBLE UNTIL CRAIG'S LIST.

>> Reporter: AT ITS PEAK, IT SOMETIMES TALKED TO HUNDRED PAGES, FUELED BY FREE CLASSIFIEDS .

AS CLASSIFIEDS DWINDLED, SO DO THE PAGE COUNT.

THEREFORE, SO DID ADD REVENUE.

-- BUT THE READER -- DETERMINED TO KEEP IT GOING, EVEN WITHOUT PRINT, BUT HE IS WATCHING THE FINANCES CLOSELY.

>> THERE'S A HARD NUMBER AND IF WE GET DOWN TO THAT NUMBER, IT WILL END, BUT IT WILL NOT END THERE -- I WILL DO WHAT IT POSSIBLY CAN.

>> Reporter: THE READER WILL CLOSE THE GOLDEN HILL OFFICE, BUT FREELANCERS WILL CONTINUE PUBLISHING ONLINE.

JULIA DIXON EVANS, KPBS NEWS.

>> SAD TO SEE IT GO.

>>> EGG PRICES SKYROCKETED OVER THE LAST MONTH AND THE LAST YEAR AND IN SOME PLACES, IT'S HARD TO FIND AT THE GROCERY STORE.

THAT HAS LED TO A SURGE IN INTEREST IN BACKYARD CHICKENS, BUT AS KARIN CAIFA REPORTS, THEY MAY NOT YIELD THOSE GOLDEN EGGS HOUSEHOLD WANT.

>> Reporter: BIRDS OF A CERTAIN FEATHER ARE POPULAR RIGHT NOW, AND AFFILIATE FARMERS A PENNSYLVANIA-BASED RENT TO THE CHICKEN ARE TRYING TO KEEP UP.

>> TO GET WHATEVER COOP THEY WANT, HOWEVER MANY CHICKENS, RENT THE FEED.

>> Reporter: RENT A CHICKEN DOES EXACTLY WHAT IT IMPLIES -- FOR SIX MONTHS AND THEN RETURNED.

TWO BACKYARD CHICKENS CAN DELIVER EIGHT TO 14 EGGS PER WEEK.

>> PEOPLE WANT THE FRESH EGGS AND A GOOD EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: STORE IMPOSE LIMITS AND EGG SURCHARGES AT RESTAURANTS, THE RESULT OF A NATIONWIDE AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK THAT DATES BACK TO 2022.

>> WE CONTINUE TO HAVE OUTBREAKS AND EGG FARMS.

IT WIPES OUT ALL THE EGG LAYING HENS AND SO WE GET THIS SUDDEN SHOCK TO SUPPLY.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO -- THE PRICE OF A DOZEN EGGS JUMPED 15.2% BETWEEN JANUARY AND 53% OVER ONE YEAR AGO.

DAVID ANDERSON, PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURE AND ECONOMICS AT TEXAS A&M SAYS BACKYARD CHICKENS MAY NOT REAL -- YIELD THE SAVINGS BECAUSE OF FEET AND LUCKY COST BUT COULD YIELD OTHER AWARDS.

>> FROM A DOLLARS AND CENTS STANDPOINT, IT PROBABLY DOESN'T WORK.

BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF NONMONETARY BENEFITS FROM THIS THAT PEOPLE ENJOY.

YOU KNOW?

HAVING YOU TAKE SOME PRIDE IN PRODUCING THIS YOURSELF.

>> Reporter: KATHY CALLS HERSELF THE CHICKEN CHICK AND HER WEBSITE IS A COMPILATION OF THINGS BACKYARD CHICKEN KEEPERS NEED TO KNOW.

>> THEY ARE NOT ANIMAL THAT YOU JUST PUT IN THE BACKYARD AND IT TAKES EGGS OUT OF THE COOP LIKE A VENDING MACHINE EVERY DAY.

-- TO KEEPING AVIAN FLU OUT OF A SMALL FLOCK.

>> THEY REQUIRE A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME AND ATTENTION AND SEVERAL TIMES A DAY AT A MINIMUM,, YOU GOT TO CHECK ON THEM, THEIR FOOD AND WATER, COLLECT EGGS AND CLOSE THEM UP AT NIGHT.

>> Reporter: HER BOTTOM LINE, IS A LONG-TERM CARE COMMITMENT, AND WHETHER RENTING OR OWNING , GETTING SOMETHING OUT REQUIRES PUTTING AN INVESTMENT IN.

IN WASHINGTON, I AM KARIN CAIFA.

>>> AN EFFORT IS UNDERWAY TO SAVE WHAT REMAINS OF SOME HOMES SWALLOWED IN JANUARY'S DESTRUCTIVE EATON FIRE.

ELISE MARTINEZ REPORTS FROM ALTADENA WHERE AN EXPERT IS WORKING FREE OF CHARGE TO SALVAGE OLD HISTORIC TILES USED TO CONSTRUCT A FIREPLACE.

>> Reporter: PIECE BY PIECE, MASONRY CONTRACTOR CLIFF DOUGLAS IS PRESERVING A SMALL PART OF ALTADENA HISTORY.

MIKE GOT IT.

>> Reporter: DOUGLAS IS WITH SAVE THE TILES, AND ORGANIZATION WORKING TO RESCUE THESE ANTIQUE TILES.

SOME MORE THAN A CENTURY OLD.

>> THESE ARE CALLED BACHELDER TILES, STARTED IN 1910.

THEY ARE LOCAL TILE SO THAT'S WHY THEY ARE IN A LOT OF THE HOMES UP HERE.

>> Reporter: CHIMNEYS AND FIREPLACES ARE SOME OF THE ONLY THINGS THAT SURVIVED THE INTENSE HEAT.

>> THE IMPORTANT PART IS JUST TO GIVE THE OWNERS A LITTLE SOMETHING BACK.

>> Reporter: DOUGLAS AND HIS CREW ARE WORKING AGAINST THE CLOCK AS THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS GETS READY TO CLEAR OUT PROPERTIES HE SAYS THERE ARE DOZENS OF HOMES WITH THESE RENOWNED TILES INSIDE.

>> WE ARE TRYING TO BEAT THE BULLDOZERS ACROSS TOWN OR MOVING THIS WAY.

WE REALLY LIKE TO GET THE, AS MANY DOWN AS WE CAN.

IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO SEE THIS TILE GO TO THE DUMP.

>> VERY UNUSUAL.

>> Reporter: THESE WERE PART OF VALERIE'S 100-YEAR-OLD HOME THAT SHE SOON HOPES TO REBUILD.

>> IT'S KIND OF IMPOSSIBLE TO BUILD THIS HOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS SO UNIQUE BUT WE COULD AT LEAST PRESERVE THE FLAVOR OF IT BY USING TILES ON THE FIREPLACE.

>> SHE SAYS SHE'S GRATEFUL FOR PEOPLE LIKE DOUGLAS AND SAVE THE TILES FOR DOING THE WORK FOR FREE.

THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING OUT OF THIS WAY TO HELP HOMEOWNERS KIND OF RECOVER AND ALSO, TO SAVE A PASS PIECE OF HISTORY.

>> Reporter: SAFEGUARDING THE PAST, ONE TILE AT A TIME.

IN ALSO DENA, ELISE MARTINEZ.

-- >>> AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, I WILL BE -- TOO LOW 50s FOR SOME AREAS.

SOME COOLER SPOTS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

44 TONIGHT, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR OCEANSIDE AND CAMP MIDDLETON.

FUTURE TRACK RADAR SHOWING AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, YOU CAN SEE SOME SNOWFALL THERE ACROSS PARTS OF THE UTAH MOUNTAINS BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE CLOUD COVERAGE WE HAVE TOMORROW MORNING WILL SLOWLY WORK ITS WAY OFFSHORE.

WHEN YOU SEE LOTS OF SUNSHINE HERE, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

HERE'S A SNAPSHOT AT 5:00.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOME AREAS, NOT A CLOUD IN THE SKY.

REALLY NICE WEATHER HERE.

WE ARE GOING TO BE IN A DRY STRETCH OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND THAT WILL LAST AS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

SO HERE IS THE OVERALL SET UP ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST FOR THURSDAY.

DRY AND MILD ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS AND INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

FOR TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, EYES WILL BE A MIX OF THE 60s, 70s, EVEN SOME 80s THERE IN THE DESERT SO OVERALL, PRETTY NICE FORECAST.

PRETTY MILD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY, WE WILL STILL SEE THOSE DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS CONTINUE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

FIVE DAY OUTLOOK HERE FOR YOUR EXTENDED FORECAST.

ONCE AGAIN, REALLY NICE WEATHER HERE FOR YOUR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

I'LL BE TRACKING LOTS OF SUNSHINE.

OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE 40s.

AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 60s ON THURSDAY.

JUMPING BACK UP INTO THE 70s ON FRIDAY AND I SAID THAT WAS GOING BE A GOOD WEEKEND.

THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.

SUNNY SKIES, HIGHS IN THE MID- 70s.

WE WILL SEE TEMPERATURES DIP A LITTLE BIT ON MONDAY BUT OVERALL, GET READY FOR A SUNNY STRETCH OF WEATHER.

INLAND FORECAST, TEMPERATURES IN THE 70s, CLIMBING INTO THE 80s.

VERY WARM CONDITIONS HERE FOR THE WEEKEND WITH LOTS OF SUNSHINE.

ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS, MILD CONDITIONS HERE AND TEMPERATURE WISE, HIGH MIX OF 30s AND 40s WITH LOTS OF SUNSHINE.

IN THE DESERT, TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80s WITH LOTS OF SUNSHINE HERE AS WE MAKE OUR WAY INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.

>>> THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST AND GLINDA THE GOOD ARRIVE IN SAN DIEGO.

HIGH OFF THE HEELS OF THE BLOCKBUSTER -- BACKSTAGE TO MEET THE ACTOR BRINGING ELPHABA TO LIFE.

>> STILL -- >> Reporter: YOU CAN HEAR CARLY AUGENSTEIN LAUGH AS THE ANNOUNCER ANNOUNCES THAT SHE WILL BE PLAYING -- BEFORE DOROTHY DROPS INTO OZ.

IT REVEALS THE TRUTH BEHIND THE WIZARDS RULE AND THE POLISHED IMAGE.

>> ♪ AND I'M DEFYING GRAVITY.

>> Reporter: AT THE HEART OF ALL OF IT IS ELPHABA WHO MUST CONFORM TO LIES OR DEFY EXPECTATIONS.

>> ANYONE WHO'S EVER FELT DIFFERENT OR KIND OF LIKE AN OUTSIDER CAN RELATE TO ELPHABA SO HARD.

I WAS ALWAYS KIND OF A STRANGE KID.

I HAD STRANGE INTEREST AND I ALSO, AS A KID, I STRUGGLED WITH OCD AND ANXIETY.

>> OTHER KIDS WOULD NOTICE STUFF LIKE THAT AND THEY WOULD CALL YOU OUT ON IT BECAUSE KIDS HAVE NO FILTER AND SO I ALWAYS KIND OF FELT LIKE THAT WEIRDO IN THE CORNER OF THE CLASS THAT NO ONE WANTED TO TALK TO.

>> Reporter: THOSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES SHAPED THE ELPHABA THAT SHE BRINGS TO THE STAGE.

>> YOU ACT OUT OF THAT BUT AS A WOMAN IN MY 30s NOW, I VERY MUCH CONNECT TO ACT TWO ELPHABA BECAUSE SHE GROWS UP SO MUCH.

SHE'S TRUE TO HERSELF .

SHE WILL GIVE IT TO YOU STRAIGHT, SHE DOESN'T SUGARCOAT ANYTHING.

>> Reporter: ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT.

THERE IS THE PRINCIPLE, THE STANDBY, AND THE UNDERSTUDY.

>> AS THE STANDBY, I'M SORT OF THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE, SO I STEP INTO THE ROLE SO I AM DOING THE ROLE ALL WEEK.

>> Reporter: ON TOUR, SHE'S THE ONLY -- BUT AUGENSTEIN HAS CLUNG -- GROWN CLOSE WITH A TIGHTKNIT COMMUNITY OF SWING ACTORS, PERFORMERS WHO MASTERED MULTIPLE ROLES AND STEPAN WOULD NEVER NEEDED.

>> I MADE IT A PRIORITY TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT I SOCIALIZE AS MUCH AS I CAN AND JUST HAVING SWINGS AROUND TO HANG OUT WITH HAS BEEN HUGE.

>> Reporter: WITH ABOUT 45 MINUTES UNTIL SHOW TIME, HER CO- STAR VOICES DRESSED AS THEY WARM UP.

INSIDE, AUGENSTEIN UNDERGOES WITH THE CAST CALLS GETTING GREEN.

IT'S THE INTRICATE MAKE A PROCESS THAT TRANSFORMS HER INTO ELPHABA.

SHE RECALLS THE FIRST TIME SHE SAW HERSELF IN FULL COSTUME.

>> I WAS IN SHOCK.

I COULD NOT STOP STARING AT MYSELF.

I TOOK SO MANY PICTURES.

I SENT THEM TO MY FAMILY.

AND I DID FEEL REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

I FELT GORGEOUS AND EVERY TIME I GET GREEN AND I LIKE MAN.

WISH I WERE GREEN.

>> Reporter: HER MAKEUP SUPERVISOR TONIGHT IS CHRISTINA TRACEY .

>> I THINK THE MAKEUP IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE STORY BECAUSE THE DESIGNER, WHEN HE WAS TRAINING ME ON THE MAKEUP WHAT HE WANTED WAS FOR THE MAKEUP TO BE SO SUBTLE THAT PEOPLE KIND OF FORGOT THAT SHE WAS GREEN AS THEY STARTED TO FALL IN LOVE WITH HER AND THAT THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HER AND EVERONE ELSE IN THE SHOW IS THAT SHE WAS JUST GREEN.

>> ♪ DEFYING GRAVITY ♪ >> Reporter: EVERY PERSON THAT PLAYS HER HAS TO DO IT THEIR WAY.

>> IT IS SO HARD.

YOU CAN'T DO THIS ROLE IF YOU DON'T DO IT YOUR WAY.

THAT'S HOW I SEE IT.

>> Reporter: THE TRANSFORMATION FROM AUGENSTEIN TO ELPHABA TAKES ABOUT 30 MINUTES AS THE GREEN MAKEUP SETS, SHE REFLECTS ON THE IMPACT OF THE FILM ADAPTATION.

>> I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY HAD AN EFFECT ON HOW ANY OF US INTERPRET OUR ROLES, THAT'S KIND OF IT'S OWN WORLD.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS KIND OF IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS.

I JUST THINK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME.

ALL THE YOUNG KIDS WHO ARE SEEING THE MOVIE AND ARE GOING TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE SHOW.

IT'S SPECIAL.

>> Reporter: FOR HER, MAKING THEATER ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE KIDS IS JUST AS IMPORTANT.

>> I ALSO LOVE THE FACT THAT WE GET TO DO SENSORY PERFORMANCES IN CERTAIN CITIES.

A SENSORY PERFORMANCE IS FOR PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT DISABILITIES, PEOPLE THAT MAY BE ON THE SPECTRUM.

FOR PEOPLE WITH ALL SORTS OF NEURODIVERSITY.

I HAVE SEEN, JUST FROM DOING THIS SHOW, WE ARE ABLE TO BRING IT TO SO MANY MORE PEOPLE.

THE MORE PEOPLE WE CAN BRING THE SHOW TO, THE BETTER IT'S FOR EVERYBODY.

>> Reporter: AND IN A MOMENT LIKE THIS, THAT IMPACT FEELS EVEN GREATER.

MIKE I FEEL LIKE NO MATTER WHAT YEAR IT IS, YOU CAN BE LIKE, MAN, THIS IS SO TIMELY.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, NO MATTER WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD, IT MATTERS.

>> Reporter: ELAINE ALFARO, KPBS NEWS.

>> WHAT A COOL STORY BY ELAINE .

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