>>> MAJOR FUNDING HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWELL FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR, RESTORATION, AND BLOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL ONE 800 BILL HOW, OR VISIT WILL HOUSE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD FOUNDATION.

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AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

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>>> FROM BALBOA PARK TO DOWNTOWN THERE IS PARKING STRIFE IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.

YOU FOR JOINING US.

LAST FALL, THE CITY CREATED A SPECIAL EVENT ZONE FOR PADRES GAMES, CONCERTS, AND OTHER EVENTS.

THAT MADE PARKING DOWNTOWN MORE EXPENSIVE.

NOW, KPBS VIDEO JOURNALIST SAYS ONE CITY COUNCILMEMBER IS TRYING TO SCALE BACK THOSE FEES.

>> Reporter: IF YOU GO TO ONE OF THE PADRES HOME GAMES THIS YEAR AND PARKED IN THE STREET NEAR THE STADIUM, IT WILL COST YOU AROUND $10 AN HOUR BECAUSE YOU'RE INSIDE THE CURRENT SPECIAL EVENT PARKING ZONE.

THE PARKING ZONE IS TOO BIG AND COSTS TOO MUCH.

>> VISITING DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO SHOULD BE A WELCOMING AND ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE EXPERIENCE.

NOT PUNITIVE PRICE GOUGING AT THE PARKING METER.

>> Reporter: THE CURRENT SPECIAL EVENT ZONE IS BORDERED BY STATE STREET TO THE WEST, BROADWAY TO THE NORTH, THE EYE FIVE TO THE EAST AND HARBOR DRIVE TO THE SOUTH.

THE ZONE ENCOMPASSES MORE THAN 85 BLOCKS.

HE WANTS TO SHRINK THAT BY ABOUT THREE BLOCKS ON EACH SIDE, DROP THE HOURLY FEE TO FIVE DOLLARS, AND SHORTEN THE SPECIAL EVENT TIME FROM 7:00 TO FIVE HOURS.

>> WE HAVE TO NOT JUST LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE CHARGING BUT WHAT WE'RE COLLECTING IN SALES TAX AND OTHER FEES WHEN A PERSON SAYS I'M NOT GOING TO DO MY IN DOWNTOWN AND DOESN'T PAY FOR A NIGHT OR TWO AT A HOTEL, A LOT OF PEOPLE DO.

>> Reporter: HIS FAMILY OPENED THIS MEXICAN RESTAURANT MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO, ON THE CORNER OF 10th, JUST INSIDE THE CURRENT SPECIAL EVENT ZONE.

>> MY PARENTS OPEN THIS PLACE UP, IN STRAW 94, AND IT'S BEEN 32 YEARS, NOW.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT BEFORE THE HIGHER PARKING RATES WENT INTO EFFECT, BUSINESS WAS TOUGH, ESPECIALLY IF THE PADRES LOST.

>> IF THEY DID GOOD, IF THEY WON, PEOPLE ARE HAPPY AND THEY'LL COME OUT AND SPEND, BUT IF WE LOST THEY'RE WALKING INTO THEIR CAR, GETTING OUT OF DOWNTOWN.

>> Reporter: NOW WITH HIGHER RATES, MANY OF HIS REGULARS TELL HIM IT'S JUST TOO EXPENSIVE TO GO DOWNTOWN.

>> COSTING 100 AND SOMETHING TO COME DOWN HERE.

>> Reporter: IF THE PAN IS PASSED, REYES WILL BE JUST OUTSIDE THE NEW SPECIAL EVENT PARKING ZONE, BUT HE IS NOT CONFIDENT IN THE PLAN.

HE SAYS THE SPOT IN FRONT OF HIS BUSINESS WILL LIKELY FILL UP WITH PEOPLE LOOKING FOR CHEAPER PARKING, BUT THEY MIGHT NOT COME INSIDE HIS BUSINESS.

HE IS HOPING HIS PROPOSAL WILL GO BEFORE THE FULL CITY COUNCIL AROUND THE START OF BASEBALL SEASON.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> TWO SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE CALLING ON MAYOR TODD GOREY TO SUSPEND PAID PARKING FOR CITY RESIDENTS IN BALBOA PARK, THE MAYOR SAYS THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.

COUNCILMEMBERS SENT A MEMO TO THE MAYOR, CLAIMING THE CITY'S ROLLOUT OF PARKING KIOSKS AND ITS ONLINE PAYMENT PORTAL HAVE CRITICAL PROBLEMS, AND THAT THE SCRAMBLE TO PUT UP SIGNS AT THE PARK SHOWS THE SYSTEM IS NOT READY.

IN A FOUR PAGE RESPONSE, THE MAYOR SAID THE PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED ON A TIMELINE CALLED FOR BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THAT ANY DELAY WILL LEAD TO AN EVEN LARGER PROJECTED BUDGET DEFICIT.

AROUND $129,000.

>>> WE HAVE SOME BREEZY WEATHER OUT THERE, THE SANTA ANA WINDS ARE BLOWING, WE'VE BEEN WET ENOUGH LATELY, THE FIRE RISK IS LOWER THAN IT WAS, A YEAR AGO THIS MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY OF SOME OF THE HORRIFIC LOS ANGELES COUNTY WILDFIRES TO OUR NORTH, BUT, YOU CAN SEE WILL GET DOWN TO 56 IN SAN DIEGO, TONIGHT, 46, SOME CLOUDS LINGERING, MANY OF US IN THE INLAND AREAS ARE IN AN ADVISORY, A COUPLE DIFFERENT EXPIRATION TIMES BUT THESE ARE IN EFFECT INTO TOMORROW.

>>> THE GUNMEN WHO KILLED TWO PEOPLE AND INJURED 13 IN 2001 AT THE SCHOOL MAY BECOME ONE OF THE FEW AMERICAN SCHOOL SHOOTERS TO BE RELEASED FROM PRISON.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB EYRE EXPLAINS WHY.

>> Reporter: A SAN DIEGO SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE GRANTED A RESENTENCING FOR CHARLES ANDREW WILLIAMS ON TUESDAY.

WILLIAMS WAS 15 YEARS OLD WHEN HE TOOK A REVOLVER FROM HIS FATHER'S LOCKED GUN CABINET AND SHOT 15 PEOPLE AT SANTA ANA HIGH SCHOOL, KILLING TWO.

HE PLEADED GUILTY AND WAS SENTENCED TO 50 YEARS IN PRISON.

LAURA SHEPPARD IS HIS ATTORNEY.

>> THIS RULING DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT HE HAS SUFFERED EXTREME CONSEQUENCES FOR HIS ACTIONS.

HE HAS SPENT 25 YEARS, MOST OF IT IN ADULT PRISON, SO NOBODY IS SAYING HE GETS A FREE PASS.

WE'RE SAYING THAT HE'S REDEEMABLE.

>> Reporter: THE DECISION TO RECALL EVERY SENTENCE WILL RESULT IN WILLIAMS BEING RETURNED TO THE JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM WHERE HE COULD BE RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER A HEARING.

SO, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?

THE SAN DIEGO DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS IT'S BECAUSE OF CHANGES TO STATE LAW FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS IN 2011, AND A COURT OF APPEAL DECISION IN 2022.

STATE LAW ALLOWS JUVENILE DEFENDERS WHO SERVED 15 YEARS OF A LIFE SENTENCE TO SUBMIT A PETITION FOR RESENTENCING.

THE COURT OF APPEAL DECISION ALLOWS JUVENILE DEFENDERS SERVING LONG SENTENCES THAT ARE EQUIVALENT TO LIFE TO ALSO ASK FOR A RESENTENCING.

>> I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY, I KNOW THAT HIS CRIME HURT A LOT OF PEOPLE, 25 YEARS AGO.

BUT, THE LAW HAS CHANGED IN CALIFORNIA SUCH THAT 14 AND 15- YEAR-OLD CAN'T EVEN BE PROSECUTED AS AN ADULT.

>> Reporter: THE D.A.S OFFICE SAYS THEY WILL APPEAL THE COURT'S DECISION.

IN A STATEMENT, DISTRICT ATTORNEY STEFAN SUMMERS SAYS THESE SAME OPPORTUNITIES WERE NOT GIVEN TO THE TWO VICTIMS WHO WERE EXECUTED.

THEY WANT TO BE RELEASED FROM THE GRAVE AND RETURNED TO THEIR FAMILIES.

WILLIAMS IS NOW 39 YEARS OLD.

HIS FIRST PAROLE REQUEST WAS DENIED IN SEPTEMBER 2024.

THE PAROLE BOARD SAID HE WAS A GOOD CONTINUED RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND LACK INSIGHT INTO THE REASONS WHY HE COMMITTED THE SHOOTING.

WILLIAMS IS DUE BEFORE A SAN DIEGO JUVENILE COURT JUDGE FOR A STATUS CONFERENCE.

REPORTING FROM THE NEWSROOM, JACOB EYRE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AMERICANS HAVE BEEN ENJOYING SOME OF THE LOWEST GAS PRICES IN YEARS, WHILE THE SITUATION IN OIL-RICH VENEZUELA CHANGE THAT?

THE ANSWER IS COMPLEX.

KAREN IS IN WASHINGTON WITH A LOOK AT THE POSSIBLE SCENARIOS, AND WHAT IT ALL MEANS FOR CONSUMERS.

>> Reporter: IT'S ONLY BEEN A FEW DAYS SINCE THE U.S.

MILITARY ACTION IN VENEZUELA AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS ALREADY TOUTING BIG PLANS FOR VENEZUELA'S OIL INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THEIR OIL SUPPLY WON'T COME ON THE MARKET QUICKLY OR EASILY, AND SOME ANALYSTS THEY MAY NOT EVEN BE NECESSARY TO KEEP U.S.

GAS PRICES LOW.

PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS VENEZUELA WILL TURN OVER 30 MILLION TO 50 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL TO THE U.S.. >> WE'RE GOING TO SELL IT IN THE MARKET PLACE AT MARKET RATES, NONE OF THE DISCOUNTS VENEZUELA IT WAS GETTING.

THAT MONEY WILL BE HANDLED IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE WILL CONTROL HOW IT IS DISPERSED IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: THE MEMBER MAY SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT FOR PERSPECTIVE, THE UNITED STATES CONSUMED JUST OVER 20 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL PER DAY OVER THE LAST MONTH, WHICH UNDERSCORES HOW THE PROCESS OF U.S.

ACCESS TO VENEZUELA'S VAST OIL RESERVES, THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD, MAY NOT CHANGE HOW MUCH DRIVERS PAY AT THE PUMP TOO SOON.

>> WHEN THE PRESIDENT AND ADVISERS TALK TO U.S.

OIL COMPANIES, EXECUTIVES, AND ANALYST, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A MISMATCH BETWEEN HOW QUICKLY THE PRESIDENT WANTS THE MONEY TO FLOW, AND THE OIL PRODUCTION TO GROW, AND HOW QUICKLY IT WILL REALLY HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: RESTORING VENEZUELA'S OIL PRODUCTION IN THE STRUCTURE WILL REQUIRE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT, AND WITH THE POLITICAL CLIMATE STILL UNCERTAIN, IT MAY BE A RISKY SELL TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

FORECASTERS ALREADY SAY 2026 WILL BE THE CHEAPEST YEAR FOR GAS SINCE COVID.

REDUCTION IS UP AND GLOBAL DEMAND DOWN AFTER THE WEEKEND EVENTS, FUEL SAVINGS PLATFORM STOOD BY A PREDICTION GAS PRICES WILL AVERAGE JUST BELOW THREE DOLLARS A GALLON NATIONALLY THIS YEAR.

PRESENTED IS FROM CHEVRON, EXXON MOBIL AND CONOCO PHILLIPS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND A MEETING ON FRIDAY TO DISCUSS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S PLANS AND GOALS.

RIGHT NOW CHEVRON IS THE ONLY U.S.

OIL COMPANY ACTIVE IN VENEZUELA.

IN WASHINGTON, KAREN.

>>> AFTER GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN RELATED DELAYS, NEW FEDERAL DIETARY GUIDELINES WERE RELEASED TODAY.

AS IVAN RODRIGUEZ REPORTS, THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL SHAPE THE TYPES OF FOOD SCHOOLS SERVE, WHAT DOCTORS RECOMMEND TO PATIENTS, AND WHAT CAN BE PURCHASED ON FOOD STAMPS.

>> Reporter: EVERY FIVE YEARS, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THE U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE UPDATE THE FEDERAL DIETARY GUIDELINES BASED ON THE LATEST RESEARCH.

THE NEW GUIDELINES GO BY PAST ADVICE BUT ALSO INCLUDE NODS TO HHS SECRETARY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.

'S MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN MOVEMENT.

URGING AMERICANS TO PRIORITIZE PROTEIN AND HEALTHY FATS AND LIMIT THEIR CONDUCT -- CONSUMPTION OF ULTRA PROCESSED FOODS AND ADDED SUGAR.

>> NEW GUIDELINES RECOGNIZE THAT NUTRIENT DENSE FOOD IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE PATH TO BETTER HEALTH AND LOWER HEALTHCARE COSTS.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE CAN HELP AT THE ONSET OR SLOW THE RATE OF PROGRESSION OF CHRONIC DISEASE, AS WELL AS LOWER HEALTHCARE COSTS.

30% OF HEALTHCARE COSTS ARE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OBESITY.

THE LATEST UPDATE WILL INCLUDE IMAGES OF AN INVERTED PYRAMID THAT PUTS MEATS AND VEGETABLES IN THE WIDEST PART AT THE TOP, FLIPPING A LONG-STANDING VISUAL OF THE AMERICAN DIET AND MOVING AWAY FROM THE CIRCULAR MY PLATE.

>> DIETARY GUIDELINE SHAPES DOZENS OF PROGRAMS INCLUDING HEAD START.

THESE STANDARDS AFFECT 45 MILLION SCHOOL LUNCHES EVERY DAY.

>> Reporter: THE NEW GUIDELINES ALSO TELL AMERICANS WHEN ADDING FATS TO MEALS TO PRIORITIZE OILS WITH ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS SUCH AS OLIVE OIL.

OTHER OPTIONS INCLUDE BUTTER OR BEEF TALLOW.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT, ON THE NEWS HOUR, MINNEAPOLIS REELS AFTER AN ICE AGENT SHOOTS AND KILLS A WOMAN DRIVING A CAR.

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

>>> ONE YEAR AGO, ONE OF THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY SWEPT THROUGH PARTS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

THE PALISADES AND EVEN FIRES CAUSED DOZENS OF DEATHS THE BURNED ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE GROUND, AND FORCED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES.

ALEX MICHELSON JOINS US FROM LOS ANGELES WHERE MANY FAMILIES ARE STILL RECOVERING.

WELCOME.

>> THANKS SO MUCH.

>> ON THIS DAY EXACTLY A YEAR AGO, SAN DIEGO IS WATCHED IN HORROR AS THE MET IMAGES OF THE FAST-MOVING BUYERS LED NEWS COVERAGE HERE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

CAN YOU TELL US WHERE YOU WERE AT THE TIME, AND WHAT YOU MIGHT REMEMBER FROM THAT DAY?

>> I WAS THE LOCAL NEWS ANCHOR FOR FOX 11 LOS ANGELES, AND I WAS ON THE AIR FOR 14 HOURS STRAIGHT.

ANCHORING COVERAGE THAT DAY, THEN CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY FOR ANOTHER 12 TO 14 HOUR SHIFT AND CONTINUE DOING THAT FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS IN A ROW.

AND IT WAS HORRIFIC.

WATCHING MANY OF MY FRIENDS HOMES BURN IN REAL TIME, WITH THEM TEXTING ME SAYING, THAT'S MY HOUSE, SEEING SOME OF MY FRIENDS BUSINESSES BURN IN REAL TIME.

AND WONDERING, WHERE ARE THE FIREFIGHTERS?

FOR HOURS WE HAD LIVE COVERAGE, THERE WERE NO FIREFIGHTERS IN THE PALISADES, ON THE STREETS WHERE HOME AFTER HOME WAS BURNING, WATCHING THE EXTRAORDINARY WINS.

IT WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING I'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.

IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY THAT I'VE HAD IN MY CAREER TO BE IN THIS LINE OF WORK.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS STILL HAUNTING AND EMOTIONAL TO THINK ABOUT A YEAR LATER.

>> THAT'S A GOOD WORD FOR THIS.

LOS ANGELES COMMUNITIES ARE STILL REELING FROM THE IMPACT.

HOW ARE RESIDENTS MARKING ONE YEAR SINCE THE FIRES BROKE OUT?

>> IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

THERE ARE COMMUNITY GATHERINGS HAPPENING IN ALL OF THE IMPACTED ZONES IN THE PALISADES, ALTADENA, MALIBU, PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING TOGETHER.

AT RICK CARUSO PALISADES VILLAGES THEY'RE PUTTING UP THREE BEAMS OF LIGHT TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE IMPACTED.

THERE ARE CONCERTS, THERE ARE CHURCH GATHERINGS, THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF EVENTS TO TRY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO MAKE SENSE OF THIS, AND TO FOCUS ON THE REBUILDING PROCESS WHICH HAS BEEN CHALLENGING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> WE WERE SEEING SOME OF THOSE DEVASTATING IMAGES, AND WE KNOW THAT RECOVERY ON EVERY LEVEL TAKES TIME, SO WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?

>> I MEAN, THE DEBRIS REMOVAL PROCESS, WENT WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WORKED WITH THE NEWSOM ADMINISTRATION, WORKED WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS, AND THEY SPED UP THAT PROCESS AND GOT A LOT OF CREDIT.

BUT THE PROCESS SINCE THEN HAS BEEN MORE COMPLICATED.

IN TERMS OF PERMITS, IT'S BEEN SLOWER THAN MOST PEOPLE WANT, THERE'S ONLY ONE HOME IT'S BEEN REBUILT IN THE PALISADES AND IT WAS A MODEL HOME THAT HAD PERMITS IN PLACE BEFORE THE FIRE.

SO THAT PROCESS IS PAINSTAKING.

FOR A LOT OF FOLKS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO REBUILD, THEY'RE REBUILDING WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALS.

MORE FIRE RESISTANT MATERIAL, WORKING TOGETHER WITH ARCHITECTS, TRYING TO THINK OF A WAY TO BUILD BACK THEIR COMMUNITIES BETTER.

AND MANY OF THOSE RESIDENTS WE TALKED TO ARE DETERMINED TO REBUILD, AND EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES.

>> AND DETERMINED TO COME BACK BETTER.

ANY LESSONS HAVE BEEN LEARNED FROM THIS EXPERIENCE, AND IF THERE WERE A SILVER LINING HERE, COULD YOU SHARE SOME SUCCESS OR HOPEFUL NOTES THAT WE CAN AND ON?

>> I MEAN, CERTAINLY LESSONS ABOUT BETTER COMMUNICATION AND REDEPLOYMENT AND ALL SORTS OF MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE THAT MADE THESE FIRES WAY WORSE THAN THEY COULD HAVE BEEN, BUT IN TERMS OF HOPE, THE WAY THE COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER TIME AND TIME AGAIN SINCE THAT FIRST DAY HAS BEEN INSPIRING.

I SPENT TIME TODAY AT A PLACE CALLED FAIR OAKS BURGERS, WHICH IS IN ALTADENA, DIDN'T BURN DOWN BUT HAD A BUNCH OF SMOKE DAMAGE OPEN UP THEIR PARKING LOT, HAS BEEN DOING FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN THEIR PARKING LOT, BASICALLY ALMOST EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST YEAR, A PLACE WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER, AND THE SENSE OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THIS TOGETHER, GETTING HELP, NOT ONLY FROM PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD BUT THEIR NEIGHBORS HAS BEEN SUSTAINING.

MAKE THOSE COMMUNITIES FEEL CLOSER THAN THEY WERE A YEAR AGO, WHICH IS WHY THEY WERE SO RESILIENT AND DETERMINED, AS WE SAID, BUILD BACK VIGOR AND BETTER.

AND SHOWCASE THEIR LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER IN THE PROCESS.

>> WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE REPORTING ON THIS AS WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> NEARLY TWO YEARS AFTER BEING FLOODED IN JANUARY 2024, IT HAPPENED LAST WEEK TO BUSINESSES ALONG MISSION GORGE ROAD.

WE BROUGHT YOU THE STORY OF NATIVE POPPY BACK THEN.

TODAY, KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL CHECKED IN ON THE FLORAL SHOP TO SEE HOW THEY'RE WEATHERING THE LATEST STORM.

>> Reporter: SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TELLS THE STORY IN DRAMATIC FASHION.

A WAVE OF WATER OVERFLOWING FROM A NEIGHBORING CREEK EARLY ON JANUARY 1st, SWEEPING THROUGH THE STRIP MALL ON MISSION GORGE ROAD JUST NORTH OF I-8.

THIS IS WHAT ONE EMPLOYEE SAW NOT LONG AFTER THAT WAVE SWEPT THROUGH.

WATER GUSHING INTO NATIVE POPPY FROM A NEIGHBORING BUSINESS.

CO-OWNER MEG, IT WAS A BAD DREAM COMING TO LIFE ALL OVER AGAIN.

>> IT WAS VERY OVERWHELMING.

IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.

>> Reporter: HAVING BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE, SHE AND HER TEAM KNEW THAT THE SOONER SOMEONE GOT TO THE BUSINESS TO OPEN DOORS AND LET THE WATER FLOW OUT, THE BETTER.

>> SO WE HAVE A SPREADSHEET THAT IS CALLED THE DISASTER RECOVERY SPREADSHEET WHERE WE HAVE A STEP BY STEP PROTOCOL ON WHAT TO DO, HOW TO GET THIS INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ASK FOR SUPPORT AND HOW TO COMMUNICATE TO THE TEAM.

>> Reporter: BEING BETTER PREPARED THIS TIME AROUND MEANT LESS LOSS THAN TWO YEARS AGO.

>> WE'VE HAD A COMPANY RULE, IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO PART WITH IT, DON'T LEAVE IT BELOW THE FOUR FOOT LINE.

>> Reporter: GETTING THE WATER OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE MEANT TO BUSINESSES TWO DELIVERY VANS SURVIVED.

IN 2024, TWO VANS WERE RUINED AFTER SITTING IN FEET OF WATER FOR HOURS ON END.

>> THIS IS OUR ONLY FUNCTIONAL DRAIN IN THE SPACE.

WE TRY TO GET THE WATER THERE.

>> Reporter: THIS BRANCH OF NATIVE POPPY IS CLOSED UNTIL THINGS ARE CLEANED UP, NOW, SHE AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER ARE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.

>> THEY HOPE TO HAVE ALL THE DRYWALL REPLACED, THE PLACE PAINTED AND NEW FURNITURE BROUGHT IN BY THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY.

BUT, SINCE THIS IS A FLORAL BUSINESS, SHE SAYS THEY'LL BE OPEN BY VALENTINE'S DAY, FOR SURE.

SHE SAYS SHE AND HER TEAM HAVE HAD ENOUGH.

THEY'RE LEAVING THIS LOCATION, AND THE FLOODPLAIN IT'S IN, BEHIND.

SHE SAYS THEY HOPE TO BE IN A NEW LOCATION BY THIS SUMMER.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT'S A WINDY TIME, THE SANTA ANA WINDS ARE BLOWING, AND THANKFULLY WE'VE BEEN WET ENOUGH LATELY THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF MOISTURE.

THAT WILL BE PRESENT WITH VEGETATION AND SO FORTH, AND THAT'S GOING TO MITIGATE MOST OF THE FIRE DANGER.

IN THE CANYONS AND THE PASSES IT'S WINDY OUT THERE, WINTRY CHILL WILL BE SETTING IN THURSDAY NIGHT TO FRIDAY MORNING, ESPECIALLY IN INLAND AREAS, CALLED ONE FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STANDARDS, AND QUIETER WEATHER RETURNS FOR THE WEEKENDS, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AFTER A COUPLE OF ACTIVE WEEKS SINCE CHRISTMAS WEEK.

TONIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES DOWN TO 56 DEGREES, LOOKING NICE FOR US, IT IS WINDY AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT.

IN INLAND SAN DIEGO COUNTY, THE WIND ADVISORIES END AT 1:00 P.M.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON, ANOTHER SET OF WIND ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY FOR ORANGE COUNTY.

BUT, YOU'LL NOTICE THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN INLAND AREAS AND OVERALL, LINGERING EVEN INTO THE WEEKEND .

SOME OF THE GUSTS WILL BE CRACKING 40 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR, AND BECAUSE AREAS TO THE NORTH HAVE BEEN SO WET LATELY, AND EVEN IN SAN DIEGO WE HAD THAT FLASH FLOOD EVENT, SOME OF THE GROUND IS PRETTY WET, AND ANY WEEKLY ROOTED TREES COULD POTENTIALLY TOPPLE OR BECOME UPROOTED WITH THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS.

THURSDAY IS GOING TO BE A COOL TIME, A LOT OF MOISTURE IN THE INTERIOR, THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE AREA AROUND FLAGSTAFF WHERE THEY'VE HAD A SNOW SHORTAGE SO FAR THIS WINTER, FOR US WE'LL BE COOL, COULD BE A STRAIGHT FLURRY IN THE MOUNTAINS TO OUR EAST, BUT FOR MOST OF US HERE, A QUIET, QUIETER SPELL, ROLLING IN AFTER A FEW WET WEEKS.

THERE WILL BE SPRINKLES AROUND, FUTURE RADAR IN A MOMENT, MAYBE A SPRINKLE OR TWO, AND IT WILL BE WINDY OUT THERE, IN AREAS LIKE MOUNT LAGUNA, 44 YOUR HIGH, RIGO SPRINGS 64, NO WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION.

YOU'LL NOTICE HINTS OF OYSTER OUT THERE, OVER THE MOUNTAINS, COULD BE A SPRINKLE OR TWO, MOST OF THE MOISTURE CERTAINLY STAYING AWAY TO THE EAST INTO AREAS CLOSER TO LAS VEGAS AND MOVING THROUGH SECTIONS OF ARIZONA.

SO, THE WIND IS THE MAIN EVENT, THE OFFSHORE WIND WILL BE A COLD FRIDAY MORNING, BUT A COOL FRIDAY AFTERNOON, WHEN THE WEATHER CONTINUING, SANTA ANA WINDS, ORANGE COUNTY UNDER WIND ADVISORIES FOR EARLY FRIDAY, AND IT WON'T BE AS ACTIVE, NOR WILL IT BE QUITE AS COLD ON SATURDAY.

STILL BREEZY, BUT NOT AS WINDY AS IT WILL HAVE BEEN.

LET'S GET INTO THE FORECAST DETAILS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, BREEZY FOR THE COAST BUT NOT AS EASY AS INLAND AREAS, AFTER A COLD FRIDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

THURSDAY NIGHT TO FRIDAY MORNING, FRIDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY MORNING, COLD NIGHTS OUT THERE, BUT REALLY TURNING NICER FOR THE WEEKEND.

INLAND AREAS AT NIGHT OVER THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS, BREEZY, TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE MID- 70s FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

INTO THE MOUNTAINS WE GO, WINDY OUT THERE, MAYBE A STRAIGHT FLURRY FOR A FEW FOLKS BUT OVERALL, A WARMING TREND STILL COOL, BUT NOT AS COLD BY MONDAY.

AND BREEZY OUT THERE AS WELL, LOTS OF SUNSHINE INTO THE WEEKEND, TEMPERATURES BOUNCING BACK UP INTO THE LOW 70s COME MONDAY.

I'M METEOROLOGIST GEOFF CORNISH FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> IN THE AGE OF ALGORITHMS AND STREAMING MUSIC RECORD STORES OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE AND PHYSICAL MEDIA IS MAKING A COMEBACK.

AT POLK ARTS RARE RECORDS, KPBS ARTS REPORTER JULIA DIXON EVANS SHOWS US HOW THE FOUNDERS VAST PERSONAL COLLECTION OF MUSIC IS FINDING NEW LIFE ON THE SHELVES.

>> SON HOUSE.

EARLY PORTUGUESE MUSIC.

I'M SURE HE KNEW THE PERSON AT THIS RECORD LABEL.

>> Reporter: IN THE BUSTLING RARE RECORDS SHOP IN CITY HEIGHTS, EVERYTHING LEADS BACK TO ITS FOUNDER, FOLK MUSIC LEGEND LOU CURTIS.

CURTIS PASSED AWAY AT 79 IN 2018.

FOUR YEARS AFTER SELLING THE STORE TO HIS LONGTIME EMPLOYEE, BRENDAN BOYLE.

AND FOLK ARTS IS STILL GOING STRONG WITH TWO LOCATIONS NOW.

>> I BOUGHT FOLK ARTS, I STARTED SHOPPING THERE IN THE YEAR 2000 WHEN I WAS 18.

LOVED IT, IT WAS MY FAVORITE PLACE.

CONSIDERED TO BE KIND OF MAGICAL, IT FELT LIKE A ROADSIDE ATTRACTION.

>> Reporter: CURTIS OPENED FOLK ARTS RECORDS IN JULY 1967, SHORTLY AFTER HE LAUNCHED THE INFLUENTIAL SAN DIEGO FOLK FESTIVAL.

HE RAN THE SHOP AND THE FESTIVAL FOR DECADES.

>> TIME FOR JAZZ.

>> EVEN HOSTED A WEEKLY JAZZ RADIO SHOW.

ALL IN THE PURSUIT OF SHARING MUSIC AND SUPPORTING MUSICIAN.

>> Reporter: WHEN FOLK MUSIC STOPPED BECOMING A FAD, HE KEPT ON GOING.

HIS SAN DIEGO FOLK FESTIVALS WERE LIKE A WEEKLONG, AND THESE GATHERINGS WHERE THERE WAS ALL SORTS OF DIALOGUE HAPPENING BETWEEN THE GENERATIONS.

>> REPORTER:'S OBITUARY AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TO ARTISTS INCLUDING TOM WAITS, BUT HE BLEW, JOAN BAEZ.

HE WAS RENOWNED NATIONWIDE.

HIS DEEPEST IMPACT MAY HAVE COME THROUGH COUNTLESS SMALL MOMENTS INSIDE HIS HUMBLE RECORD STORE.

>> PEOPLE HAD THE RIGHT LEVEL OF CURIOSITY, AND WONDER, HE'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ALL DAY LONG, AND YOU'D BE AMAZED AT THE AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE HE HAD.

>> Reporter: MUSIC SOCIOLOGISTS SAYS RECORD STORES AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE ARE CRITICAL TO LOCAL MUSIC ECOSYSTEMS.

>> RESEARCH THAT I'VE READ ON DO-IT-YOURSELF MUSIC SCENES, IT'S SO OFTEN TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL SPACES TO ENABLING LOCAL MUSIC CULTURES.

>> Reporter: AFTER CURTIS'S DEATH, FOLK ARTS ACQUIRED HIS VAST PERSONAL COLLECTION OF PHYSICAL MEDIA.

BOYLE ESTIMATES IT HOLDS WELL OVER 100 BOXES STUFFED WITH VINYL RECORDS, CDS, AND CASSETTES, PLUS HIS LEGENDARY MIX TAPES AND METICULOUS ARCHIVE NOTEBOOKS.

>> WHAT MAKES THIS COLLECTION ESPECIALLY UNIQUE IS THE FACT THAT HE WAS A UNIQUE CHARACTER.

>> Reporter: IN THE EARLY 1970S, SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO PREACHER TOM SHAW WANDERED INTO BOGART LOOKING FOR GUITAR STRINGS.

CURTIS WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HIS MUSIC, AND THE TWO BECAME FRIENDS.

CURTIS HELPED SHOT RECORD AND PERFORM WAR, AND HE WENT ON TO TOUR AROUND THE WORLD.

TODAY, FOLK ARTS IS A SCRAPPY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN MUSIC AND STORIES.

THE STORE IS CHOCK FULL OF VINYL, CDS, AND CASSETTES FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

SPANNING GENRES AND GENERATIONS.

THERE'S ALSO A LISTENING STATION .

STAFF WILL OPEN ALMOST ANYTHING AND LET YOU HEAR IT.

THE RESURGENCE OF PHYSICAL MEDIA SUGGESTS DIGITAL FATIGUE.

IT ALSO POINTS TO A DESIRE FOR RITUAL, FOCUS, AND INTENTIONAL LISTENING.

>> THERE'S THAT HIGH FIDELITY WHERE HE'S REARRANGING HIS RECORD COLLECTION AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL HE, AND ALL OF HIS FRIENDS ARE LIKE, THAT'S ONE THING THAT I SUGGEST, NOT TO FOCUS ON IT AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL HE BUT TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF GUIDING IDEAS, PRINCIPLES, WHATEVER.

SO THAT YOU ARE BUYING RECORDS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL TO YOU.

>> Reporter: WHEN BOYLE TALKS ABOUT RECORDS, IT'S EASY TO IMAGINE THE TEENAGER WHO FIRST WALKED INTO FOLK ARTS, CURIOUS AND HUNGRY FOR MUSIC.

FOR HIM, AND FOR CURTIS AND COUNTLESS OTHERS, A LOVE OF PHYSICAL MEDIA IS ROOTED IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> THERE'S ALWAYS THIS DIALOGUE OF KNOWLEDGE AND, HAVE YOU HEARD THIS RECORD BEFORE?

WHICH IS A BIG PART OF COLLECTING MUSIC MEDIA.

>> Reporter: SHOPPERS CAN FIND ITEMS FROM THE COLLECTION ALREADY FOR SALE AT FOLK ARTS.

MARKED WITH A LOU CURTIS WHIMSICAL COLLECTION STICKER.

>> WE'RE GETTING THE MUSIC OUT TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE WOULD HAVE WANTED.

>> Reporter: KPBS NEWS.

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