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>>> PROTESTS AGAINST IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ARE CONTINUING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

AND RIGHT NOW PEOPLE HAVE GATHERED TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST TACTICS USED BY I.C.E.

AND BORDER PATROL.

--OID WHERE THE PROTEST IS UNDER WAY.

JACOB, PAINT THE PICTURE FOR US.

WHAT'S IT LIKE OUT THERE?

>> Reporter: HI, MAYA.

THERE ARE A FEW HUNDRED PROTESTERS HERE OUTSIDE THE OCEANSIDE CIVIC CENTER.

THEIR MESSAGE, END I.C.E.

VIOLENCE AND DEPORTATIONS.

THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT RESPONDING TO WHAT PROTESTERS SAY IS ESCALATING VIOLENCE FROM FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICERS, INCLUDING THE KILLINGS OF RENEE GOOD AND ALEX PRETTI IN MINNEAPOLIS.

EARLIER TODAY, I SPOKE WITH LARRY WARNER.

HE IS ONE OF THE PROTEST ORGANIZERS.

>> WHAT WE SAW IN BOTH OF THOSE WAS IMMEDIATELY THE ADMINISTRATION VILIFIES THE VICTIM, JUSTIFIES THE ACTIONS, AND YET AS WE WATCH THE VIDEOS, THEY DON'T GO TOGETHER.

AND SO THERE'S BEEN THIS ONGOING LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY WITH THE ACTIONS OF I.C.E.

>> Reporter: WARNER SAYS THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNITY FEAR AND ANGER OVER I.C.E.

ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT HE SAYS THERE IS A BIT OF HOPE THAT THINGS COULD CHANGE.

HE POINTS TO THE NEWS THAT TWO OFFICERS INVOLVED IN ALEX PRETTI'S SHOOTING HAVE BEEN PUT ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, AND BORDER PATROL COMMANDER GREGORY BOVINO IS NO LONGER LEADING ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS IN MINNESOTA.

LATER TONIGHT IN ESCONDIDO A SIMILAR EVENT IS TAKING PLACE.

A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL WILL BE IN FRONT OF ESCONDIDO CITY HALL.

REPORTING LIVE FROM OCEANSIDE, JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND MEANWHILE, THE COUNTY BOARD SAYS IT WILL NOT ALLOW I.C.E.

AGENTS TO ACCESS NONPUBLIC COUNTY SPACES WITHOUT A JUDICIAL WARRANT.

SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE CIVIL LIBERTIES ENFORCEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY CLEARS, OR CLEAR ORDINANCE.

THE ORDINANCE WILL ALSO REQUIRE AN ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ACTIVITY.

THE FINAL VOTE WAS 3-1, WITH SUPERVISOR JIM DESMOND OPPOSING.

>> AND I BELIEVE THAT AFTER MONTHS OF WORK, AMENDMENTS, AND EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY DIALOGUE, WE'RE TAKING THIS FINAL VOTE ON THE CLEAR ORDINANCE, A CONCRETE, LAWFUL ACTION TO PROTECT PEOPLE WHO RELY ON COUNTY SERVICES EVERY DAY.

>> AND THAT'S WHAT MINNESOTANS AND SAN DIEGANS DESERVE GOING FORWARD, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WORKING TOGETHER.

SO I'M GOING TO BE REGISTERING A NO VOTE IN ITEM 9.

I FEEL THIS IS A DIVISIVE AND RESTRICTIVE, NOT COLLABORATIVE.

SO I'LL BE REGISTERING A NO VOTE.

>> THE COUNTY WILL ALSO POST MULTILINGUAL SIGNAGE AT ITS PROPERTIES TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THEIR RIGHTS.

THE CLEAR ORDINANCE WILL TAKE EFFECT IN 30 DAYS.

>>> YOU MAY REMEMBER WE REPORTED ON A SURFER WHO WAS DETAINED BY I.C.E.

AFTER HE ACCIDENTALLY WANDERED ON TO A CAMP PENDLETON BEACH.

IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE UPON HIS RELEASE FOUR MONTHS LATER.

>>> ALTHOUGH WE MAY BE DEALING WITH SOME COOL NIGHTS, WE HAVE A WARMING TREND THAT'S GOING TAKE US WELL ABOVE THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY WARM, UNSEASONABLY WARM FRIDAY COMING UP, AND THURSDAY IS IN TRANSITION TO THAT.

TONIGHT ON THE ROAD TO FORD AT ESCONDIDO AND RAMONA.

NIPPIER TO THE EAST INTO MOUNT LAGUNA.

WE'LL HAVE A PREVIEW OF THE WEEKEND.

FORECAST DRY WEATHER CONTINUES WITH STORM TRACKS DIRECTING ALL THE WESTERN RAIN WAY, WAY TO THE NORTH AS COLD HOLDS IN THE EAST.

YOUR LOCAL FORECAST IS COMING UP.

>>> FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN JEROME POWELL LAID OUT THE REASONS BEHIND THE CENTRAL BANK'S FIRST DECISION ON INTEREST RATES IN 2026.

KARIN CAIFA IS IN WASHINGTON WITH THAT DECISION AND WHAT POWELL HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE OUTLOOK FOR THE U.S.

ECONOMY.

>> THERE IS A LOT GOING ON AROUND THE FEDERAL RESERVE RIGHT NOW, FROM CHAIRMAN JEROME POWELL UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE TRUMP DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO POWELL'S ASSERTION THAT THAT INVESTIGATION AMOUNTS TO BULLYING OF THE CENTRAL BANK, AND THE PRESIDENT'S IMPENDING DECISION ON POWELL'S REPLACEMENT.

BUT THE FED STAYS STEADY, AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO INTEREST RATES.

FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN JEROME POWELL ON THE CENTRAL BANK'S FIRST INTEREST RATE DECISION OF 2026.

>> IN SUPPORT OF OUR GOALS, TODAY THE FEDERAL OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE DECIDED TO LEAVE OUR POLICY RATE UNCHANGED.

>> Reporter: THE FEDERAL RESERVE TAKING ITS TIME BRINGING INTEREST RATES DOWN, AND SEEING ILL URGENCY, WITH GOVERNMENT DATA POINTING TO SLOWER JOB GROWTH BUT A RELATIVELY LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND INFLATION EBBING, EVEN AS CONSUMER SENTIMENT NUMBERS POINT TO AMERICANS BEING IN A SOUR ECONOMIC MOOD.

>> INFLATION DATA HAS BEEN LOOKING A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THESE CONSUMER SENTIMENT NUMBERS REALLY FALLING OFF A CLIFF, INDICATING THAT CONSUMERS ARE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THEIR JOBS RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SHARPLY CRITICAL OF POWELL, INSISTING LOWER INTEREST RATES WOULD SPUR GREATER ECONOMIC GROWTH BY ENCOURAGING CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES TO BORROW AND BUY, SPEND AND HIRE.

>> I'D LIKE TO SEE INTEREST RATES GO DOWN.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING DOWN.

WE HAVE THE ENERGY AND FUEL GOING DOWN.

>> Reporter: THE CENTRAL BANK DID CUT RATES THREE TIMES LAST YEAR AS IT MONITORED THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF TRUMP'S POLICY, ESPECIALLY HIS BROAD GLOBAL TARIFF PLAN.

AND AMID THE MANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE LABOR MARKET, THE FEDERAL RESERVE SIGNALING A MORE UPBEAT TONE ABOUT THE STATE OF THE U.S.

LABOR MARKET.

AND FOR ALL OF THE TALK ABOUT CONSUMER SENTIMENT SLIPPING, POWELL SAID THAT CONSUMER SPENDING HAS REMAINED RESILIENT.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M KARIN CAIFA.

>>> A PROPOSAL TO TAX EMPTY SECOND HOMES AND SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN SAN DIEGO FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY.

KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SAYS THE TAX WOULD HAVE APPEARED ON THE JUNE BALLOT.

>> Reporter: THE TAX WOULD HAVE APPLIED TO HOMES THAT ARE VACANT FOR MOST OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS HOMES THAT ARE RENTED SHORT-TERM ON PLATFORMS LIKE AIRBNB.

BOTH KINDS OF HOMES WOULD HAVE BEEN TAXED AT $8,000 PER YEAR, WITH AN ADDITIONAL $4,000 FOR PROPERTIES OWNED BY CORPORATIONS.

BEFORE THE MEETING, OPPONENTS OF THE TAX RALLIED OUTSIDE CITY HALL, SAYING IT WOULD HURT THE LOCAL TOURISM ECONOMY, AND SAN DIEGANS WHO RELY ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS TO GET BY.

>> I MET TEACHERS, SINGLE PARENTS, RETIREES AND LONG-TIME RESIDENTS WHO USE HOSTING INCOME TO PAY MORTGAGES, COVER MEDICAL BILL, HELP THEIR KIDS WITH EDUCATION, PAY FOR PARKING AT BALBOA PARK, OR SIMPLY STAY IN SAN DIEGO.

THESE ARE NOT FACELESS OPERATORS.

THESE ARE NEIGHBORS, AND THIS PROPOSAL WOULD PUT MANY OF THEM IN AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION.

>> Reporter: THE CITY'S OFFICE OF THE INDEPENDENT BUDGET ANALYST ESTIMATED THE EMPTY SECOND HOME TAX COULD BRING IN 17 TO $27 MILLION IN NEW REVENUE.

BUT IT FOUND REVENUE FROM TAXING SHORT-TERM RENTALS WAS LESS CERTAIN.

IF OWNERS WERE TO STOP RENTING SHORT-TERM, THE CITY COULD SEE A DROP IN TRANSIENCESY OCCUPANCY REVENUES.

IF OWNERS WERE TO SELL THEIR HOMES TO AVOID THE TAX, THAT COULD RESULT IN HIGHER PROPERTY TAX REVENUES.

COUNCILMEMBER SEAN ELO-RIVERA PROPOSED THE TAX MEASURE AND URGED HIS COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT IT.

>> I WILL NOT FOR A SECOND SAY THIS WILL SOLVE SAN DIEGO'S HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ISSUE, BUT I'M TRYING TO MAINTAIN SOME CONSISTENCY IN SAYING EVERY TIME WE BUILD A HOME, WE'RE HELPING MAKE THE PROBLEM A LITTLE LESS BAD AND DOING WHAT WE CAN TO TRY TO MAKE IT BETTER.

AND THE SAME APPLIES TO A HOME THAT TURNED FROM EMPTY HOME OR SHORT-TERM VACATION RENTAL INTO A HOME FOR A SAN DIEGAN.

>> Reporter: AS THE COUNCIL'S RULES COMMITTEE DELIBERATED, IT BECAME CLEAR THE TAX MEASURE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD.

ELO-RIVERA MADE A LAST-MINUTE AMENDMENT IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE IT, BUT THE COMMITTEE VOTED 3-2 TO REJECT THE TAX MEASURE, MEANING THE IDEA IS DEAD FOR NOW.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER EFFORT TO REPEAL PARKING FEES AT BALBOA PARK.

TODAY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ONCE AGAIN TAKE UP A PROPOSAL TO BRING BACK FREE PARKING ON SUNDAYS.

BUT UNLIKE YESTERDAY'S PROPOSAL, THIS ORDINANCE WOULD NOT BE UP TO THE COUNCIL BUT TO THE VOTERS.

IT'S ONE OF THE SEVERAL PROPOSALS TO REPEAL THE FEELS, INCLUDING ONE BY CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT JOE LaCAVA TO SCRAP PAID PARKING FOR RESIDENTS ALTOGETHER.

>> OUR INTENT HERE IS TO ALLEVIATE FRUSTRATION FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT I THINK WE UNDERSTAND WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.

>> THE ORDINANCE STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE FINAL APPROVAL.

IF IT CLEARS ALL THOSE HURDLES, IT COULD BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT FOR JUNE'S PRIMARY ELECTION.

>>> A NEW SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS TRAINING MORE FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER HEIDI DE MARCO SAYS SAN DIEGO IS FACING A GROWING HEALTH CARE STAFFING SHORTAGE.

>> Reporter: SULEYMAN ABOUBACAR BEGAN TRAINING FOR A MEDICAL CAREER AS A RELIGION IN UGANDA.

>> I WANTED TO BECOME A DOCTOR.

AND IN UGANDA, I WAS ABLE TO DO A CERTIFICATE IN NURSING.

>> Reporter: IN 2023, HE EMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES.

NOW HE IS ENROLLED IN THE LAURA RODRIGUEZ MEDICAL ASSISTANT INSTITUTE AT FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO, AN $80,000 INVESTMENT FROM BLUE SHIELD IS COVERING TUITION, BOOKS, AND UNIFORMS FOR TEN STUDENTS AT THE INSTITUTE THIS YEAR.

ABOUBACAR SAYS HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD THE PROGRAM WITHOUT IT.

>> SO I FEEL LIKE ALL THESE PROGRAMS THAT COME OUT TO HELP PEOPLE, ALSO THE IMMIGRANTS, IS REALLY HELPFUL TO THEM, BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY THAT NEEDS TO FULFILL ALL THESE.

>> Reporter: A REPORT FROM THE SAN DIEGO WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP FOUND MEDICAL ASSISTANTS ARE AMONG THE MOST IN DEMAND HEALTH CARE JOBS IN THE REGION.

THE POSITIONS ARE PART OF A SHORTAGE OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS THAT'S GROWING.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT, AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO FEEL IT AS PATIENTS.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS CONTINUE TRAINING UP.

>> Reporter: MEREDITH JOHNSTON MANAGES DEVELOPMENT FOR THE FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS.

SHE SAYS ENTRY LEVEL JOBS LIKE MEDICAL ASSISTANTS ARE ONE OF THE FASTEST WAYS TO EXPAND THE WORKFORCE.

>> IT'S SUCH A GREAT PATHWAY AS A FIRST STEP INTO A CAREER IN HEALTH CARE.

SOME GO ON TO BE LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSES AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS IN.

>> Reporter: MEDICAL ASSISTANT PROGRAMS TYPICALLY TAKE LESS THAN A YEAR.

SHE SAYS THEY ALLOW STUDENTS TO QUICKLY ENTER CLINICS AND RELIEVE PRESSURE ON DOCTORS AND NURSES, ESPECIALLY IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

>> WE HIRE FROM OUR COMMUNITIES, AND A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE SIGNIFICANT WEALTH AND MEANS TO PAY, YOU KNOW, LARGE TUITIONS FOR TRAINS.

>> Reporter: ABUBUKAR SAYS HE HOPES TO WORK AT FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO AFTER GRADUATION.

>> AFTER FINISHING THE PROGRAM, I'M HOPING I'LL BE GETTING 26, WHICH I FEEL LIKE IT'S A GOOD AMOUNT AND A GOOD START FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS JUST TRAINING OF THE SECTOR.

>> Reporter: JOHNSTON SAYS SCHOLARSHIPS LIKE THIS HELP TRAIN WORKERS FROM THE COMMUNITY'S MOST AFFECTED BY THE SHORTAGE.

HEIDI DE MARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> I'M GEOFF BENNETT.

TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE FBI CARRIES OUT A RAID IN GEORGIA RELATED TO AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE 2020 ELECTION THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP LOST.

THAT'S AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> TENSIONS IN MINNEAPOLIS ESCALATING EVEN MORE AS REPRESENTATIVE ILHAN OMAR IS ATTACKED AT A TOWN HALL.

THIS AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SENDS HIS BORDER CZAR TO THE CITY TO TRY AND DE-ESCALATE FOLLOWING THE FATAL SHOOTING OF ALEX PRETTI BY FEDERAL AGENTS.

BRIAN ABEL REPORTS.

>> SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM MUST RESIGN OR FACE IMPEACHMENT.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> Reporter: CONGRESSWOMAN ILHAN OMAR TUESDAY ATTACKED IN MINNEAPOLIS WHEN SOMEONE AT HER TOWN HALL SPRAYED AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE ON HER BEFORE BEING TACKLED TO THE GROUND.

OMAR CONTINUING THE EVENT AFTER.

>> WE ARE MINNESOTA STRONG, AND WE WILL STAY RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF WHATEVER THEY MIGHT THROW AT US.

>> Reporter: THE ATTACK HAPPENING AS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS CONTINUES GRAPPLING WITH THE FATAL SHOOTINGS OF ALEX PRETTI AND RENEE GOOD BY FEDERAL AGENTS.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MAKING AN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT LEADERSHIP CHANGE FOR THE MINNESOTA OPERATION, WHILE DEMOCRATS THREATEN TO WITHHOLD KEY FUNDING VOTES, AND SOME IN THE PRESIDENT'S OWN PARTY BEGIN TO CRITICIZE DHS'S HANDLING OF THE CRISIS IN MINNESOTA UNDER SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM'S LEADERSHIP.

>> SHE'S GOT TO MAKE HER OWN DECISION, OR THE PRESIDENT DOES.

BUT SHE HAS TAKEN THIS ADMINISTRATION INTO THE GROUND ON AN ISSUE WE SHOULD OWN.

>> Reporter: TRUMP CONTINUES TO DEFEND NOEM, BUT OUT GREG BOVINO, IN BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN.

PRESIDENT TRUMP TELLING FOX NEWS THE MOVE IS TO TURN THE TEMPERATURE DOWN.

>> WE HAVE TOM HOMAN THERE NOW.

WE PUT HIM IN THERE.

HE'S GREAT.

THEY MET WITH THE GOVERNOR, THE MAYOR, EVERYBODY ELSE, AND WE'RE GOING DE-ESCALATE A LITTLE BIT.

>> Reporter: THE MAN ACCUSE OEFD ASSAULTING OMAR, 65-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY KASEMIRCEZ.

WASHINGTON OFFICIALS CONDEMNING AFTER THE ATTACK.

>>> AN IMMIGRANT SURFER WHO WAS DETAINED BY I.C.E.

AFTER ACCIDENTALLY WANDERING ON TO A CAMP PENDLETON BEACH HAS BEEN RELEASED.

KPBS REPORTER GUSTAVO SOLIS SAYS I.C.E.

VIOLATED THE MAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS BY DETAINING HIM INDEFINITELY.

>> Reporter: HA THIS MAN SPENT FOUR MONTHS IN THE OTAY DETENTION CENTER.

I.C.E.

AGENTS ARRESTED HIM IN AUGUST.

A FEW DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS, A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERED I.C.E.

TO RELEASE KARENIAN.

THE JUDGE SAID I.C.E.

HAD VIOLATED HIS DUE PROCESS RIGHTS.

KARENIAN SAID LIFE IN THE DETENTION CENTER WAS DEPRESSING.

TERRIBLE FOOD, MEN CONSTANTLY CRYING, AND LACK OF SUNLIGHT.

>> IT'S HARD TO GET SUN.

THE ONLY OUTSIDE YOU SEE IS MAYBE ABOUT A 30 -- 50 FOOT BY 50-FOOT SQUARE AREA.

>> Reporter: HIS GIRLFRIEND VISITED HIM AS OFTEN AS SHE COULD, AND SHE NOTICED THE PHYSICAL TOLL OF DETENTION.

>> HE LOOKED REALLY PALE WHEN HE WAS IN THERE.

>> Reporter: ONE THING THAT KEPT HIM MOTIVATED THROUGHOUT THIS ORDEAL WAS THE THOUGHT OF EVENTUALLY REUNITING WITH HIS DOGS.

>> THAT'S LIKE -- THAT'S ONE THING I WANTED TO SEE SO BAD IS MY DOGS, YOU KNOW.

I MISSED THEM SO MUCH, ESPECIALLY PEPPER.

I KNEW SHE WOULD GO CRAZY WHEN SEE ME, YEAH.

>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH SHE IS NOW DEGREE, SANDRAS KIRK SAYS CHIRNAN IS STILL TRYING TO PUT HIS LIFE BACK TOGETHER.

>> WHEN HE CAME HOME, THEY DIDN'T GIVE HIS WORK PERMIT BACK, DIDN'T GIVE HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE BACK.

HE STILL DOESN'T HAVE THE WORK PERMIT, BUT HE'S GOT A TEMPORARY LICENSE FINALLY.

>> Reporter: COURT RECORDS SHOW THAT CHIRNAN WAS BORN IN LEBANON AND CAME TO THE U.S.

AS A 5-YEAR-OLD IN 1975.

AFTER TWO VIOLENT DRUG CONVICTIONS IN THE 1990s, I.C.E.

PLACED HIM UNDER SOMETHING CALLED AN ORDER OF SUPERVISION.

THAT ORDER REQUIRES CHIRNIAN TO CHECK IN WITH I.C.E.

ON A REGULAR BASIS AND AVOID GETTING IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW.

HE HAS NEVER MISSED A CHECK-IN.

THE FEDERAL JUDGE SAID THAT I.C.E.

VIOLATED ITS OWN RULES.

IMMIGRANTS UNDER ORDERS OF SUPERVISION CANNOT BE DETAINED WITHOUT A WRITTEN NOTICE OR A FORMAL HEARING.

CHIRNIAN GOT NEITHER.

I.C.E.

DID NOT RESPOND TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CASE.

SANDRAS KIRK SAYS IT IS WRONG FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TARGET IMMIGRANTS WHO FOLLOW THE RULES.

>> THOSE PEOPLE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

THEY'RE GOING THE RIGHT PROCEDURE, AND THEY'RE TAKING THEM INTO DETAINMENT.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

YOU TELL THEM TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, THEY'RE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY.

>> Reporter: THE COUPLE HAS MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THEIR ORDEAL.

SANDRAS KIRK SAYS THE COUNTRY IS HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

>> I'M EMBARRASSED TO SAY I'M FROM THE U.S.

>> Reporter: BUT CHIRNIAN STILL HAS HOPE.

>> OVERALL, IT'S THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE, ACTUALLY.

>> IT MAY BE, BUT WITH OUR PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW, THE THINGS THAT HE'S DOING, MMM.

>> WELL, YOU MAY BE RIGHT.

>> Reporter: AFTER HE SPOKE TO KPBS, I.C.E.

INFORMED HIM HE WOULD HAVE TO WEAR AN ANKLE MONITOR INDEFINITELY, AND HE IS NOW SUBJECT TO TWO CHECK-INS WITH I.C.E.

EVERY MONTH.

HE IS ONE OF 13,000 IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE FILED FEDERAL LAWSUITS CLAIMING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ILLEGALLY DETAINED THEM.

IT'S UNCLEAR EXACTLY HOW MANY ARE STILL IN DETENTION.

GUSTAVO SOLIS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART'S DIRECTOR WILL STEP DOWN THIS WEEK AFTER NEARLY A DECADE.

KPBS ARTS REPORTER JULIA DIXON EVANS SPOKE WITH HER ABOUT HER CAREER IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: CATHERINE KANJO BECAME DIRECTOR AND CEO OF MUSEUM OF ORARY ART SAN DIEGO, THE FIRST WOMAN TO HOLD THE ROLE IN 2016, JUST AS THE MUSEUM WAS ENTERING A MAJOR TRANSFORMATION.

>> CERTAINLY THE MOST -- THE LARGEST SORT OF CHALLENGE, WHICH IN TURN HAD THE GREATEST REWARD WAS THE EXPANSION.

>> Reporter: THAT EXPANSION WAS A $105 MILLION PROJECT THAT SHUTTERED THE LA JOLLA CAMPUS FOR FIVE YEARS.

>> AND TO GO FROM BEING SO QUIET, YOU KNOW, FROM NOT REALLY HAVING HAD A PUBLIC PRESENCE FOR THE YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION, TO THEN SUDDENLY SEEING THE LINES OF PEOPLE GOING DOWN PROSPECT, WAITING TO COME IN WHEN WE FINALLY OPENED THE BUILDING.

>> Reporter: KANJO ALSO HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT TO WHAT SHE SAW AS AN EVOLUTION IN THE SAN DIEGO ART SCENE AS A WHOLE.

ONE ROOTED IN THE UNIVERSITIES -- >> AS AN INCUBATOR FOR NEW ARTISTS, AND IT'S ALSO A WAY TO HOLD PRACTICING ARTISTS BY EMPLOYING THEM.

>> Reporter: AND ARTIST-LED SPACE.

>> I ALSO HAVE BEEN JUST DAZZLED BY THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED AT BREAD AND SALT.

THAT'S JUST BEEN AN AMAZING ACTIVATION OF HISTORICAL BUILDING AND CREATING KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS ON THEIR OWN TERMS.

>> Reporter: SHE'S BEEN AT THE HELM AS THE MUSEUM DISCOVERED ARTISTS AND ALSO LOST SOME.

>> ROBERT IRWIN IS THE SEMINOLE WHAT WE'D CALL THE LIGHT AND SPACE ARTIST WHO CHALLENGES WHAT AN ARTWORK IS AND SORT OF MAKES US REALIZE IT'S ABOUT US TUNING IN, AND IT'S ABOUT PERCEPTION.

>> Reporter: BUT FOR KANJO, THE IDEA OF BEING A MUSEUM OF AND FOR A PLACE AND TIME HINGED ON THE MOMENT IT REOPENED AFTER CONSTRUCTION.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> WE HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF UNFURLING A COLLECTION THAT HAD BEEN SHAPED OVER 50 YEARS, NOT JUST BY ME, BUT BY PRECEDING DIRECTORS AND CURATORS AND DONORS.

>> Reporter: THE MUSEUM HAS BEGUN A NATIONAL SEARCH FOR A NEW CEO.

KANJO'S NEXT ROLE IS DIRECTOR OF THE UC IRVIN LANGSTON ORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART.

JULIA DIXON EVANS, KPBS NEWS.

>> AND JULIA IS ALSO THE HOST OF THE KPBS ARTS AND CULTURE PODCAST, AND IT'S CALLED THE FINEST.

IT JUST KICKS OFF A SECOND SEASON.

YOU CAN LISTEN NOW AT KPBS.ORG/THEFINEST, OR WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY LEADERS TODAY APPROVED USING NEARLY $9 MILLION IN RESERVE FUNDS FOR NEW TIJUANA RIVER SEWAGE FIXES.

THE MONEY WILL HELP PAY FOR LONG-TERM PUBLIC HEALTH STUDIES, A PIPELINE STUDY TO MITIGATE AIRBORNE POLLUTION, AND MORE AIR PURIFIERS FOR RESIDENTS.

SUPERVISOR JIM DESMOND VOTED AGAINST USING RESERVES FOR MORE STUDIES, BUT SUPERVISOR PALOMA AGUIRRE SAYS DATA-DRIVEN RESEARCH HAS BEEN MISSING.

>> WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO BURY OUR HEAD IN THE SAND AND NOT EXPLORE SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC DATA COLLECTION THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT ARE THE CHRONIC LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS.

>> THE SUPERVISORS ALSO AGREED TO CREATE A POLLUTION CRISIS CHIEF POSITION TO COORDINATE THE COUNTY'S RESPONSE.

>>> WE HAVE A WARMING TREND, DESPITE SOME COOL NIGHTS, TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAY WARMING UP IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

WARMER AND WARMER INTO FRIDAY.

IN FACT, FRIDAY IS GOING TO BE UNSEASONABLY WARM THERE MIGHT BE ONE OR TWO SPOTS UP INTO THE L.A.

BASIN WHERE WE MIGHT EVEN SEE A NEAR RECORD HIGH, MAYBE NEAR SOME SPOTS NAT FAR FROM LOS ANGELES.

BUT WE DO STAY DRY.

THE STORM TRACK STAYS WELL TO THE NORTH.

SO TONIGHT CLEARING SKIES.

48 DEGREES IN THE CITY.

AND KIND OF AN UNEVENTFUL LOCAL FORECAST HERE FOR US ASIDE FROM THE WARMTH-BUILDING.

SO DRY, BUT WARMER AND WARMER.

AND AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHS ON THURSDAY, 80 IN RAMONA, 80 IN ESCONDIDO.

THIS IS WARM FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR FOR MID- TO LATE JANUARY.

IT IS LATE JANUARY NOW.

EL CAJON 83.

BORREGO SPRINGS MAKING A RUN TO 76.

WE'LL BE AROUND 75 IN SAN DIEGO.

UNSEASONABLY WARM AS THE HEAT, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT, REACHES ITS PINNACLE HERE ON FRIDAY.

THE APEX OF THE WARM-UP, STAYING WARM AND DRY ON SATURDAY, THOUGH THE TEMPERATURES MAY BACK OFF JUST A LITTLE SMIDGE.

AND THE WEEKEND FORECAST, AGAIN, BIG CONTRAST HERE BETWEEN THE RIDGE IN THE WEST, THE TROUGH IN THE EAST.

VERY COLD, RECORD COLD IN FLORIDA.

WE'VE GOT SNOW.

IN FACT, OUR FORECAST HERE FOR PLACES LIKE CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA LOOKING AT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW.

LOOKING AT RALEIGH, 6 TO 10 INCHES IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA.

SOUTHERN SNOW, IT WILL BRING SOME SIGNIFICANT WIND AND SNOW TO THE COAST OF PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST MIDATLANTIC.

BUT FOR US LOCALLY, IT JUST STAYS WARM AND DRY.

NICE WEATHER FOR US.

IN SAN DIEGO YOU COULD SEE A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE.

UPPER 70s FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

TEMPS DO BACK OFF INTO SUNDAY AND MONDAY, BUT STILL NOT A BAD TIME AT ALL.

LOOKING INTO THE INLAND AREAS HERE, WE'RE GOING TO BE RISING UP TO 84 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

FOR JANUARY, WE CAN CALL IT HOT.

WE MAY NOT CALL THIS HOT IF WE HAD THE SAME WEATHER IN JUNE.

BUT IT'S VERY WARM OUT THERE.

AND INTO THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS, WE'RE RISING INTO THE MID-50s.

A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE.

NO RAIN AROUND HERE.

EVEN IN THE MOUNTAINS WE'RE STAYING DRY.

AND THE DESERTS MAKING A RUN INTO THE UPPER 70s.

HERE THE HEAT WILL BE A LITTLE MORE PERSISTENT INTO SUNDAY AS WELL, WHEN WE CAN REACH 80 DEGREES FOR THE HIGH.

SO NOT A BAD FORECAST, RUNNING A LITTLE WARM FOR LATE JANUARY.

I'M ACCUWEATHER METEOROLOGIST GEOFF CORNISH FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> A SAN DIEGO SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE ISSUED A PARTIAL DECISION THIS WEEK IN A LAWSUIT FILED BY ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS AGAINST ORGANIZERS OF THE SAN DIEGO RODEO.

JUDGE JOEL WOLFILE WROTE IN HIS DECISION THAT MORE CAN BE DONE TO MINIMIZE SUFFERING AND CRUELTY TO THE ANIMALS.

THE COURT FOUND THE ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS FAILED TO PROVE THE EVENTS INCLUDING CALF ROPING CAUSED UNNECESSARY CRUELTY, BUT FOUND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING THAT NO PREGNANT HORSES COMPETE IN THE EVENT.

IN 2025, A PREGNANT HORSE CRASHED INTO THE FENCE AT THE RODEO AND LATER DIED.

THE JUDGE DIRECTED THE RODEO TO PROVIDE VETERINARY CARE ON-SITE.

>>> AFTER TWO RECENT DEATHS AT THE HANDS OF FEDERAL AGENTS, THERE ARE RISING CONCERNS I.C.E.

WILL MAKE GOOD ON A PROMISE TO SHOW UP AT THE SUPER BOWL.

AS TIM JOHNS REPORTS, LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO ENSURE EVERYONE'S SAFETY.

>> AS A MATTER OF PRACTICE, WE DO NOT CONFIRM, DENY OR SPECULATE ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES ORFF OF OTHER AGENTS.

>> Reporter: SANTA CLARA CHIEF CORY MORGAN ADDRESSING FEARS ABOUT POSSIBLE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AT THE SUPER BOWL.

MONTHS AGO THEY SAID I.C.E.

AGENTS WOULD BE ON THE GROUND DURING THE GAME.

BUT SAN JOSE'S MAYOR SAYS AS OF TUESDAY, THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF SUCH A PLAN.

MAYOR MATT MAHAN WRITING IN A STATEMENT, "THE CITY WAS INFORMED BY A FEDERAL AGENCY THAT THEY HAVE NO INDICATION OF A SURGE IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT WILL HAPPEN DURING THE SUPER BOWL IN SAN JOSE."

CITY AND COUNTY LEADERS HAD BEEN PREPARING ANY WAY.

>> WE INTRODUCED POLICIES LIKE I.C.E.-FREE ZONES, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE CITY OF SAN JOSE TO SUE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TO BAN THEM FROM ACCESSING AND COMMANDEERING OPEN PUBLIC LANDS.

>> Reporter: OTTO LEE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SANTA CLARA BOARD OF COUNTY SUPERVISORS ALSO QUESTIONS WHAT AGENTS WOULD DO IN SANTA CLARA.

HE SAYS THE BOARD HAS SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS PREPARING FOR BIG GAME, WORKING TO ENSURE EVERYBODY'S SAFETY.

>> I.C.E., YOU CAN COME, BUT YOU'LL NOT FIND MUCH HERE.

>> Reporter: EVEN IF NOTHING MATERIALIZES, SOME LOCAL LEADERS SAY THE FEAR THAT'S BEING INSTALLED IN MANY COMMUNITIES WILL BE HARD TO ERASE, AND THAT'S WANT THOSE FOLKS TO KNOW SOUTH BAY OFFICIALS HAVE THEIR BACK.

>> THIS ISN'T IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

LOOK, BARACK OBAMA DEPORTED MANY PEOPLE.

BIDEN DEPORTED MANY, MANY PEOPLE.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS LEVEL OF TERROR.

>> Reporter: THE SUPER BOWL WILL TAKE PLACE AT LEVI'S STADIUM ON FEBRUARY 8th.

>>> WELL, HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE WORK ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

ON NPR'S "MORNING EDITION," LAWYERS IN MINNESOTA SAY I.C.E.

IS DETAINING FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND WHISKING THEM OFF TO A TEXAS DETENTION FACILITY.

>>> AND KPBS "MIDDAY EDITION" IS HIGHLIGHTING SAN DIEGO'S ART SCENE WITH THE WEEKEND PRESERVE.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.COM.

FROM ALL OF US HERE AT PBS, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

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

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DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING -- AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU!

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