>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES , PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR, RESTORATION AND FLOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 45 YEARS.

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

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

AND, BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THE FORMER NEWS DIRECTOR FOR KPBS HAS FILED A WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATION AND SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION.REPORTER ANDREW DYER HAS MORE.

>> IN THE SUIT ON HIS TERMINATION EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS IN RETALIATION FOR FLAGGING A POTENTIAL FCC VIOLATION TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT.

THE SUIT REFERENCES A SEPTEMBER EPISODE OF EVENING EDITION.

IT FEATURED A LIVE SEGMENT FROM A PROTEST AT THE ENCINITAS CITY HALL.

BEHIND REPORTER WAS A SIGN WITH THE LETTER F WORD WRITTEN ON IT.

FCC REGULATIONS SAY BROADCASTERS CAN'T AIR INDECENT CONTENT OR CERTAIN PROFANITY.

SHEPPARD SAYS IN THE LAWSUIT FILED IN MAY, HE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REPORTER BE FIRED BUT HIS SUPERVISOR TOLD HIM HE WAS, QUOTE, GROSSLY OVERREACTING.

SHEPHERD CLAIMS IN HIS LAWSUIT THAT THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN HIS TERMINATION IN FEBRUARY.

HE SAYS HIS FIRING VIOLATED CALIFORNIA'S WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION LAW.

TWO KPBS STAFFERS MENTIONED IN THE SUIT DECLINED TO COMMENT, CITING THE LITIGATION.

SHEPHERD REFERRED QUESTIONS TO HIS ATTORNEY WHO DID NOT RESPOND.

A KPBS SPOKESPERSON ALSO DECLINED TO COMMENT, CITING THE PENDING LAWSUIT.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> KPBS MAINTAINS STRICT EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE FROM MANAGEMENT ON SCS YOU AND SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION.

UNDER KPBS PROTOCOL FOR REPORTING ON ITSELF , NO CORPORATE OFFICIAL OR NEWS EXECUTIVE REVIEWED THIS STORY BEFORE BROADCAST.

>>> TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE LOW 60s ONCE AGAIN.

NOT A LOT OF CHANGES IN OUR TEMPERATURES OR AT LEAST NOT HERMETICALLY.

WE ARE IN A SLOW WARMING TREND.

THE KEYWORD IS SLOW.

THE BIGGER STORY REALLY IS THE FIRE DANGER BUT NOT FOR ALL OF US AND YOUR FOURTH OF JULY FORECAST IS LOOKING GOOD FOR MOST OF US.

I WILL BREAK DOWN EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT, COMING UP.

>>> A NEW STATE HOUSING LAW TAKES EFFECT IN SAN DIEGO TODAY.

PUBLIC MATTERS REPORTER JAKE DOLLARD TELLS US WHERE THE LAW WILL AND WON'T MAKE WAY FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT.

>> MORE HOMES COULD BE COMING TO A SAN DIEGO TRANSIT STOP NEAR YOU.

THE STATE LAW SB 79 CHANGES ZONING AROUND CERTAIN TRANSIT STOPS TO ALLOW MUCH DENSER HOUSING.

THE LAW APPLIES ANYWHERE WITHIN A HALF-MILE OF A QUALIFYING TRANSIT STOP.

IN SAN DIEGO, THAT MEANS ALL THE TROLLEY STATIONS AND A HANDFUL OF RAPID STOPS BUT ACCORDING TO SAN DIEGO CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, ONLY A QUARTER OF ALL AREAS WHERE THE LAW COULD APPLY WILL BE IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED.

>> ONLY AREAS OUTSIDE OF LOW RESOURCE AREAS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE DESIGNATED HISTORIC RESOURCES ARE NOT TETHERED TO SEA LEVEL RISE, AND NOT IN VERY HIGH FIRED ZONES WILL TAKE EFFECT ON JULY 1.

>> THAT WAS SENIOR PLANNER BACK IN MAY AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING INTRODUCING THE CHANGES.

THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO SEE AN IMMEDIATE ZONING CHANGE INCLUDE NORTHPARK ON THE AREA AROUND UC SAN DIEGO AMIDST THE TROLLEY STOPS.

MOST OF THE PLACES WILL BE PHASED-IN WHEN THE CITY RELEASES AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN NEXT SUMMER BUT CHANGES IN LOW RESOURCE AREAS WHICH INCLUDES NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE LOGAN HEIGHTS, LINCOLN PARK AND ENCANTO COULD BE DELAYED EVEN FURTHER.

AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER, A GROUP THAT ADVOCATES FOR MORE HOUSING SAYS THE CITY IS LIKELY WAITING TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF DENSE HOUSING IN THOSE AREAS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T NEED TO.

>> WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SENSE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF MORE HOUSING WILL BE.

IT WILL BE A STABILIZING PRICES.

>> LAST YEAR, KPBS REPORTED THAT PLACES IN SAN DIEGO WHERE MORE HOMES ARE PERMITTED SAW SLOWER RENT GROWTH.

PROPONENTS OF THE BILL EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE IN PLACES WHERE SB 79 ALLOWS MORE DEVELOPMENT.

JAKE DAUGHTER, KPBS NEWS.

>> THAT STORY WAS PART OF OUR PUBLIC MATTERS INITIATIVE WITH OUR NEWS SOURCE AND VOICE OF SAN DIEGO.

YOU CAN FIND MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHERE THE LAW WILL APPLY IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO ON OUR WEBSITE, WWW.KPBS.ORG .

>>> GAS PRICES HAVE BEEN ON A STEADY DECLINE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW BUT THAT SOON MAY CHANGE.

THAT IS BECAUSE THE CALIFORNIA GAS TAX IS GOING UP $0.02 STARTING TODAY.

THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL TAX TO MORE THAN $0.63 PER GALLON WHICH IS THE HIGHEST RATE IN THE COUNTRY.

BUT, THERE IS GOOD NEWS.

EXPERTS SAY DRIVERS WON'T SEE PRICES AT THE PUMPS GO UP OVERNIGHT AND TO EXPECT A DOWNWARD TREND TO CONTINUE IN THE MEANTIME.

>> ALTHOUGH IN THE CURRENT CLIMATE OF THE DECLINE IN PRICES, CONSUMERS PROBABLY WILL NOT SEE AN INCREASE AT THE PUMP BUT RATHER PRICES MAY DECREASE MORE SLOWLY.

THAT IS JUST COINCIDENTAL BECAUSE OF THE TIME.

GAS PRICES HAVE BEEN DEFINED NATIONALLY FOR SEVEN STRAIGHT WEEKS.

>> THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR GAS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY DROPPED FOR THE 40th TIME TODAY AND 41 DAYS.

IT COST $5.47 FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR GAS, THE LOWEST AMOUNT SINCE MARCH 13.

>>> THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TRI- CITY MEDICAL CENTER AND SHARP HILL IS NOW OFFICIAL.

HOSPITAL HELD A CELEBRATION TODAY.

AS KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER ALEXANDER NGUYEN SHOWS US, THIS CAME AFTER VOTERS LAST MONTH OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED MEASURE H, ALLOWING THE PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT TO PARTNER WITH THE PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.

>> THROUGH CONFETTI, CHEERS, AND APPLAUSE, TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER IS NOW OFFICIALLY SHARP TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER.

>> I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED.

>> IT SERVES SURROUNDING AREAS.

THE HOSPITAL HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR A PARTNER FOR YEARS.

FIRST, A DEAL WITH UC SAN DIEGO HELP FELL THROUGH TWO YEARS AGO.

THEN, LESTER, TRI-CITY WAS ABLE TO INK A DEAL WITH SHARP BUT BECAUSE IT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CARE DISTRICT, TRI-CITY NEEDED VOTER APPROVAL.

LAST MONTH, VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED MEASURE H, ALLOWING THE PARTNERSHIP TO MOVE FORWARD.

>> MEASURE PASSED ON MORE THAN 92% WHICH REPRESENTS HOW IMPACTFUL THE COMMUNITY BELIEVES THIS PARTNERSHIP WILL BE.

>> CHRIS HOWARD IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF SHARP HEALTHCARE.

HE SAYS IT WILL INTRODUCE SERVICES AND ELEVATE EXISTING ONES INCLUDING INVESTING MORE THAN $100 MILLION INTO THE HOSPITAL.

>> WE ARE WORKING ON PLANS TO REINTRODUCE LABOR AND DELIVERY SERVICES WHICH WE ARE WELL UNDERWAY WITH BUT WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING WITH THE LOCAL MEDICAL STAFF TO HELP CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON THE SERVICES AND CARDIOVASCULAR, NEUROSCIENCES AND ONCOLOGY.

>> THE GOAL IS TO DELIVER OUR FIRST BABY AT SHARP TRI-CITY THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

>> DR.

JEAN MONT IS THE CEO OF TRI-CITY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT.

HE SAYS RESTARTING LABOR AND DELIVERY HAS BEEN THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

TRI-CITY SUSPENDED LABOR AND DELIVERY SERVICES IN 2023 BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL STRUGGLES.

>> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING.

THIS IS SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY NEEDED AND WANTED.

>> OCEANSIDE COUNCIL REPRESENTS THE AREA.

HE WAS BORN IN TRI-CITY AND IS EXCITED FOR LABOR AND DELIVERY TO RETURN.

>> WE ARE EXCITED AS A COMMUNITY NOT JUST WHAT IT MEANS TO THE RESIDENCE TO HAVE QUALITY HEALTHCARE AND ENHANCE BUILDING BUT ALSO WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE OVERALL COMMUNITY, OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, THE RESIDENTS HERE.

>> WITH LABOR AND DELIVERY RETURNING, AN ICONIC PART OF SHARP MATERNITY WING WILL GRACE THE TOP OF TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER.

>> THE STORK, I AM BEING TOLD, WILL BE A PART OF THE HOSPITAL.

>> I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE STORK TO BE HERE.

>> ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> FILIPINO AMERICANS IN SAN DIEGO HAVE MAINTAINED CULTURAL TRADITIONS FOR DECADES THROUGH REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.

KPBS REPORTER ELAINA TAKES US TO NATIONAL CITY FOR A FIESTA.

>> ON A WARM SATURDAY MORNING IN MAY, RINGING BELLS PIERCED THROUGH THE QUIET AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING ST.

MARY'S CHURCH ON EAST EIGHTH STREET IN NATIONAL CITY.

MEN DONNING TRADITIONAL AND WOMEN GLITTERING IN DRESSES SPARKLED IN THE MORNING LIGHT, AT TIMES, STOPPING TRAFFIC.

A REPLICA OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY ROSE ABOVE THE CROWD.

THOUGH SHE WAS TRAVERSING THE STREETS OF SAN DIEGO, THERE WAS A CONNECTION TO HOME.

>> IT BRINGS ALL OF THE PEOPLE CLOSER TOGETHER.

>> THE ORIGINAL OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY STATUE DRAWS STATUES TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR THE SAME PROCESSION.

THE STATUE OF AN IMAGE OF THE VIRGIN MARY THAT IS CONSIDERED SACRED IN THE REGION OF THE PHILIPPINES.

>> IT IS VERY SEXIST CELEBRATING THE DELIBERATION OF OUR BLESSED MOTHER, THE LADY OF -- NATIVE ROSARY OF MANAOAG .

IT MEANS OLD LADY BUT THAT IS HOW SHE WAS CALLED THERE IN THE PHILIPPINES SO WE DO IT HERE TOO.

>> CATHOLICISM CAME TO THE PHILIPPINES THROUGH SPANISH COLONIZATION WHICH LASTED FROM THE MID-1500S UNTIL THE TURN OF THE 20th CENTURY.

IT IS NOW INGRAINED IN MUCH OF FILIPINO CULTURE AND IDENTITY AND THE MANY LAYERS OF FILIPINO CULTURE HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED IN SAN DIEGO FOR DECADES.

THE REGIONS ALL HAVE THEIR OWN CLUBS WHERE TRADITIONAL DANCE, STORIES, AND FOOD ARE HONORED.

SALVADOR WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN DIEGO.

HIS FATHER, A NAVY VETERAN WAS INVOLVED IN THE BUGLE CLUB.

>> YOU HAVE THE REGIONAL CLUB AND YOU HAVE THE CHURCH AND YOU HAVE THE FAMILY.

TO ME, THE CHURCH IS A SAFETY NET FOR OUR CLIPPING COMMUNITY.

>> THE NAVY WAS ANOTHER STRONG CONNECTION.

>> THE REGIONAL CLUB REALLY SET THE BASIS OF CAMARADERIE FOR THE NEW NAVY GUYS BECAUSE THE NAVY GUYS WOULD COME HERE, BE STATIONED LOCALLY, HAVE SOME RELATIVES IN SAN DIEGO, THEY WOULD BASICALLY TRY TO FIND THE REGION THEY WERE FROM.

>> THE MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS ALSO PLAYED PIVOTAL ROLES IN THESE ASSOCIATIONS.

CHARLOTTE SAYS SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD WHEN HER AUNT AND OTHER WOMEN STARTED SAN DIEGO'S CLUB IN 1962.

>> SHE TOLD THE MEN TO STAY IN THE KITCHEN, TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN WHILE THE WOMEN WENT INTO THE BEDROOM TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY COULD SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND THAT WAS THE BIRTH OF THE CLUB.

>> THE CLUB WAS FORMED I WOMEN TO SUPPORT WOMEN, A MAIN FOCUS WAS ENSURING THAT THEIR CHILDREN HAVE A CONNECTION TO THEIR HOMELAND AS THEY GREW UP IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THEIR CULTURE, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD EVENTS AROUND OUR FAITH AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD PLENTY OF PARTIES TO ENTERTAIN EACH OTHER.

>> THE FIESTAS ARE THROUGH LINE FOR EACH OF THE REGIONAL GROUPS.

THE DEVOTEES OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY OF MANAOAG GATHERED FOR MASS AFTER THE PROCESSION.

THE SMELL OF INCENSE WALKED IN THE AIR.

IMPORTANT LEADERS IN THE CATHOLIC FILIPINO FAITH EVEN FLEW INTO TOWN FOR THE MASS INCLUDING THE FORMER PRIOR RECTOR OF THE MINOR BASILICA IN MANAOAG.

AFTER MASS, THE ATTENDEES FORMED A WINDING LINE THROUGH THE CHURCH'S COMMUNITY AUDITORIUM.

THE SMELL SETTING THE TABLE FOR CONTINUED FELLOWSHIP.

>> WHEN THERE IS A FIESTA, THERE IS FOOD.

THERE IS LEADERSHIP.

YOU GET DOMINGO WITH LIBERTIES.

>> ONLY HANDFUL OF THE FOLKS AT THE SIESTA COME FROM MANAOAG BUT OVER THE YEARS, THE REGIONAL ASSOCIATION HAVE FORMED CONNECTIONS AND ATTENDED EACH OTHER'S FIESTAS.

CELIA M ACOSTA ATTENDED THE ST.

MARY'S FIESTA.

>> EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NOT FROM THE SAME REGION, YOU ALWAYS GATHER JUST BECAUSE OF A PATRON OR A SAINT THAT YOU ADORE.

>> THE CHALLENGE LIES WITH THE YOUNGER GENERATION WHO DON'T HAVE MEMORIES OF CELEBRATING THESE TRADITIONS AND HOLIDAYS IN THE PHILIPPINES, MAKING SURE THEY SEE THE VALUE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL TRADITION.

THERE IS A SOLID FOUNDATION TO BUILD UPON.

>> WE SET A GOOD EXAMPLE THAT THEY USED TO FOLLOW.

WE BRING THE ROSARY, BRINGING THE STATUE HOUSE TO HOUSE TO CELEBRATE THE FIESTA.

WHEN WE ARE GONE, THE NEXT GENERATION WILL DO THE SAME THING.

>> THAT IS PERALTA'S HOPE.

>> CALIFORNIA'S NEW BUDGET INCLUDES AN OVERHAUL OF HOW THE STATE GOVERNS ITS SCHOOLS.

SUPPORTERS IT WILL HELP STREAMLINE THE SYSTEM BY KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER KATIE ANASTAS SAYS REPORTERS ARGUE IT TAKES ME A VOICE FOR VOTERS.

>> ONE OF THE OFFICES ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT IS CALIFORNIA'S SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

THE OFFICIAL LEADS THE STATE'S EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND MAKES SURE POLICIES PASSED BY LAWMAKERS ARE IMPLEMENTED.

NEXT YEAR, THAT WILL CHANGE.

A COMMISSIONER APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR WILL LEAD THE DEPARTMENT.

THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL SIT ON ITS BOARD.

ASSEMBLY MEMBER DAVID ALVAREZ REPRESENTS SAN DIEGO AND CHULA VISTA.

HE SAYS ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EDUCATION WILL NO LONGER BE SPLIT BETWEEN TWO ELECTED LEADERS.

>> THIS GIVES THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR ELECTED GOVERNOR.

IT WILL BE CLEAR GOING FORWARD THAT A GOVERNOR, WHOEVER HE OR SHE IS, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ACADEMIC OUTCOMES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IF THOSE OUTCOMES AREN'T WHAT THEY NEED TO BE, THE BUCK STOPS THERE.

>> THE YOUTH ADVOCACY GROUP CHILDREN NOW PRAISED THE DECISION, SAYING IT CREATES A SENSIBLE SYSTEM.

THE STATES LARGEST TEACHERS UNION IS AGAINST IT, SO ARE THE TWO CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT.

ONE OF THEM IS SAN DIEGO UNIFIED BOARD PRESIDENT RICHARD BARRERA.

>> HAD WE BRING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT INTERESTS TOGETHER TO FOCUS ON A CLEAR SET OF GOALS FOR STUDENTS AND THEN HOW DO WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE FOR MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS THOSE GOALS?

THAT IS THE IDEA BEHIND THIS REFORM.

THE PROBLEM IS, THE WAY THAT THEY WENT ABOUT IT WHICH WAS TO REALLY ROCK THIS THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, NOT AT ALL TRANSPARENT, ENDED UP DIVIDING THE EDUCATION COMMUNITY.

>> SONJA SHAW IS PRESIDENT OF PITINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD.

SHAW CALLS THEM ABOUT POWER GRAD.

IN A STATEMENT, SHE SAID IN PART, QUOTE, STILL STRIP THAT OFFICE OF CORE DUTIES AND HANDS THEM TO A POLITICAL APPOINTEE.

IT REMOVES CRITICAL CHECKS AND BALANCES AND TELLS PARENTS THEIR BOATS NO LONGER MATTER.

CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL CHOOSE BETWEEN HERRERA AND SHAW IN NOVEMBER, THE APPOINTED EDUCATION COMMISSIONER WILL BEGIN IN THE ROLL ON JANUARY 25.

>>> YOUR JULY 4 BARBECUE WILL COST MORE THIS YEAR.

THE HIGH DEMAND AND LOW SUPPLY OF BEEF IS ONE FACTOR DRIVING UP PRICES BUT THERE ARE CHEAPER OPTIONS THAT CAN HELP KEEP COSTS DOWN.

JENNA SULLIVAN CRUNCHES THE NUMBERS AND HAS TIPS ON WAYS TO SAVE.

>> AS YOU GET READY TO FIRE UP THE GRILL THIS FOURTH OF JULY, THE TALK OF FOOD MAY BURN A HOLE IN YOUR WALLET.

THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU ADORATION ESTIMATES A SUMMER COOKOUT FOR 10 WILL COST $73.82 THIS YEAR.

THAT IS WITHOUT ALCOHOL.

ONE OF THE BIG REASONS YOUR SUMMER COOKOUT COSTS MORE IS THE JUMP IN MEAT PRICES.

>> THESE ARE $25 A POUND.

>> THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF STEW GROCERY STORE IN THE NEW YORK'S TRI-STATE AREA.

HE SAYS THE COST OF ALL MEAT HAS GONE UP.

IN THE LAST YEAR, OVERALL MEAT PRICES ARE UP MORE THAN 7.5% ACCORDING TO THE LATEST CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT WHICH MEASURES HOW MUCH PRICES FLUCTUATE OVER TIME.

>> THE DEMAND HAS NOT GONE DOWN.

PEOPLE STILL WANT MEAT.

>> THE U.S.

CATTLE HERD IS AT THE LOWEST LEVEL IN 75 YEARS.

A COMBINATION OF HIGH DEMAND AND LOW SUPPLY IS FUELING HIGHER PRICES AND ARMOR COSTS ARE RISING.

>> EXTRA LABOR, INSURANCE, FUEL PRICES AFFECT THE COST OF YOUR PRODUCT NOW.

>> LEONARD HAS SEEN A SHIFT IN WHAT CUSTOMERS ARE BUYING BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST.

>> WE ARE NOTICING CUSTOMERS ARE SHIFTING TO LOWER-PRICED PROTEINS RIGHT NOW.

>> WHAT ARE YOUR CHEAPER OPTIONS THIS YEAR?

CHICKEN, PORK, EVEN GROUND BEEF IS AT DULLES AND 5 A POUND.

>> ANOTHER WAY TO SAVE, DON'T BUY PRECUT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

FOR EXAMPLE, A PRECUT WATERMELON CAN COST UP TO 20% MORE AND BUYING AT WHOLE AND CUTTING IT YOUR SELF.

FOR CONSUMER WATCH, I'M JENNA SULLIVAN.

>>> MANY SOCCER FANS WILL BE WATCHING TEAM USA'S WORLD CUP KNOCKOUT MATCH THIS EVENING AGAINST BOSNIA.

AS THEY GATHER AT WATCH PARTIES AROUND THE COUNTY, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS URGING THEM TO KEEP SAFETY IN MIND.

>> WHAT YOU JUST SAW WAS A VERY EXCITED CROWD IN OCEAN BEACH, CALLING TEAM MEXICO'S WIN AGAINST ECUADOR LAST NIGHT.

MANY MORE RESTAURANTS AND VENUES WATCH MATCHES.

OUR MEDIA PARTNER CAUGHT UP WITH A FAN TO DISCUSS HIS PLANS.

>> WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A SPOT OVER THERE, WATCH IT.

WE ARE ALL GOING TO GO AND SUPPORT BOSNIA AND CHAND AND WE WILL BE THE ONLY ONES THERE BUT THAT IS OKAY.

>> THE NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS EVERYONE PLAYS A ROLE IN ENSURING THE FESTIVITIES REMAIN SAFE AND ENJOYABLE.

TO DETER ACCIDENTS, THEY ARE ASKING FANS NOT TO DRIVE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL, WEAR A SEATBELT, AND AVOID DISTRACTED DRIVING, RESPECT LOCAL ORDINANCES AND AVOID ANY RECKLESS BEHAVIOR, KEEPING PERSONAL BELONGINGS SECURE IN PUBLIC AREAS AND BEING AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS.

>>> AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND, MOST OF US ARE STAYING BELOW OUR HISTORICAL AVERAGES UNLESS YOU ARE IN THE DESERT.

BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE WEEKEND, YOU ARE RIGHT IN THE BALLPARK WHERE YOU SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE CONTINUE OUR SLOW WARMING TREND INTO NEXT WEEK.

THE MARINE LAYER CONTINUING TO GET SHALLOW DAY BY DAY.

A FEW OF OUR VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL BE NOTICING THE IMPACTS OF THOSE LOW CLOUDS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND LATE AT NIGHT AND THEN THERE IS THE FIRE DANGER.

NOT ELEVATED FOR ALL OF US BUT IT IS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND THIS TIME OF YEAR ESPECIALLY WITH THE FOURTH OF JULY AND FIREWORKS.

LOOKING AT OUR OVERNIGHT LOWS, 64 IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

CHULA VISTA ALONG THE COAST, WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, LOW 70s FOR THE COASTAL REGIONS.

OCEANSIDE, SAN DIEGO, CHULA VISTA, THEN WE ARE CLOSE TO TRIPLE DIGITS IN BORREGO SPRINGS BUT NOT QUITE BACK TO THAT 100 DEGREE MARK.

HERE IS THE FIRE DANGER.

THE WORST OF IT CERTAINLY INTO THE ROCKIES, REALLY, BUT MANY OF US ARE SEEING THAT ELEVATED FIRE DANGER EVEN AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE STATE BORDER, WE GET INTO THAT HIGH-LEVEL.

NOT ALL OF OUR AREA HERE, NOT ALL THE WAY TO THE COAST BUT A DECENT PORTION OF US ARE DEALING WITH ONE STEP ELEVATED BUT STILL, ALREADY AN EXISTING LEVEL OF FIRE DANGER THIS TIME OF YEAR.

WE GO ONE STEP UP, SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AND BE PREPARED FOR.

BY THE TIME WE GET TO SATURDAY, WE ARE MOSTLY IN THAT MODERATE.

FRIDAY IS A SIMILAR STORY FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FURTHER INLAND BUT, THE SAYING GOES, KEEP IN MIND THOSE FIRE RESTRICTIONS, THE PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE TO AVOID ACCIDENTALLY SPARKING SOMETHING.

LOOKING AT OUR FIVE DAY OUTLOOK, WE GOT 75 BY THE TIME WE GET TO MONDAY SO NO LONGER IN THE LOW 70s AS WE HIT THE LOW WARMING TREND.

FURTHER INLAND, 79 THURSDAY, FOURTH OF JULY SATURDAY, YOU ARE IN THE LOW 80s, MOSTLY SUNNY.

WE GET TO 80 BY MONDAY.

BOUNCING AROUND A LITTLE BIT THERE.

OUR MOUNTAIN REGIONS, 69 FOR YOUR THURSDAY, FOURTH OF JULY SATURDAY AND THEN WE GET UP TO THE MID-70s BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE START OF THE NEW WORK WEEK.

WE SHOULD BE IN THE LOW TRIPLE DIGITS THIS TIME OF YEAR.

THAT IS WHERE WE ARE FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND WE JUST CONTINUE TO SLOWLY CLIMB A BIT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.

I'M ACCUWEATHER AND AZALEA.

>>> HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MADE MORE THAN $2 BILLION SINCE RETURNING TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

THAT IS AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> THIS WEEK, OUR NATION CELEBRATES 250 YEARS SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BUT THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM WAS FAR FROM OVER.

IT WOULD TAKE FIVE MORE YEARS BEFORE THE UNITED STATES DEFEATED THE BRITISH ARMY AND ANOTHER TWO YEARS UNTIL THE TREATY OF PARIS WAS SIGNED.

TODAY, WE CELEBRATE THOSE MANY HEROES INCLUDING PATRIOTS OF COLOR.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS HOPING TO BRING TO LIGHT THEIR UNTOLD STORIES.

>> THESE BRAVE SOLDIERS FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM, TALES OF COURAGE, FAMILY STORIES DOCUMENTED BUT NOT EVERY SOLDIER'S STORY HAS BEEN SHARED.

>> ON MY DAYS OFF I WOULD GO TO THE RHODE ISLAND STATE ARCHIVES.

>> DIAMOND BUSH BEGAN RESEARCHING HER FAMILY'S HISTORY OF HER GRANDMOTHER STARTED SHARING STORIES OF THEIR PAST.

IT TOOK A FEW YEARS FOR HER TO UNCOVER OLD PAPERWORK TO THREADED NINE GENERATIONS AND LINK HER TO MICHAEL ANTHONY WHO SERVED IN RHODE ISLAND'S FIRST REGIMENT, FAMOUS FOR BEING PRIMARILY MADE UP OF AFRICAN- AMERICAN SOLDIERS.

>> I CAN LOOK AT THAT PROVEN A VALIDATION THAT MY FAMILY IS HERE, MY FAMILY BELONGS HERE.

WE ARE A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY.

IT IS REALLY AMAZING TO LEARN.

>> IT IS ESTIMATED OVER 240,000 SOLDIERS FOUGHT FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON'S CONTINENTAL ARMY AND THOUSANDS MORE SUPPORT IN THE CAUSE IN VARIOUS WAYS.

THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION SAYS THE IDENTITIES OF OVER 160,000 PATRIOTS BUT ONLY 6000 ARE PATRIOTS OF COLOR.

IT IS BECAUSE PROVING SERVICE CAN BE CHALLENGING ESPECIALLY FOR SOLDIERS WHO WERE ENSLAVED LIKE ISHMAEL TITUS, A BLACK PATRIOT BORN INTO SLAVERY IN VIRGINIA.

HE WAS LATER SOLD TO A MAN IN NORTH CAROLINA.

LIKE MANY PEOPLE WHO ENSLAVED OTHER PEOPLE, TRADED HIS OWNER, ENLISTED HIM TO SERVE AS A SOLDIER IN HIS PLACE.

>> KNOWING AND LEARNING WHAT ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE AND THE STORIES THAT WERE DOCUMENTED AND TOLD OF HIM, CAN'T PUT IT INTO WORDS.

>> SULLIVAN TITUS TAYLOR SAID HE SPENT YEARS TALKING TO HIS GRANDFATHER AND CONNECTING HIS FAMILY LINE, LEADING HIM TO ISHMAEL TITUS.

DESPITE HIS ROLE IN OUR NATION'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, TITUS'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM WOULD CONTINUE.

>> HE HAD TO RUN AWAY IN ORDER TO BE FREE.

>> IN 1832, TITUS APPLIED FOR A WAR PENSION IN MASSACHUSETTS BUT LIKE MANY ENSLAVED SOLDIERS, HIS REQUEST WAS DENIED, ACCORDING TO THE CHARLOTTE MUSEUM.

TAYLOR SAYS TITUS WAS LIKELY ILLITERATE SO WHEN HE SIGNED HIS WORKPAPERS INSTEAD OF HIS NAME, IT WAS JUST AN X, MAKING IT HARDER TO PROVE HE SERVED.

IT WAS NOT UNTIL 2013 THAT THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA OFFICIALLY ACKNOWLEDGED TITUS AS A SOLDIER IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

TODAY, MANY STATES AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES HAVE SPECIAL RESEARCHERS DEDICATED SOLELY TO FINDING MORE BLACK PATRIOTS.

>> WE ARE STILL UNCOVERING OUR HISTORY.

WE COULD STILL BE LEARNING ABOUT OUR NATION AFTER 250 YEARS SPEAKS VOLUMES.

>> TERRY KENNEDY HAS BEEN A GENEALOGIST FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

HE IS ALSO A DIRECT DESCENDENT OF TWO PATRIOTS.

SHE HELPS OTHER WOMEN RESEARCH THEIR FAMILY TREES.

>> IT IS A PRIVILEGE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FIND THIS INFORMATION, LEARN ABOUT OUR PEOPLE AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE GOT TO BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

>> IT COULD BE A CHALLENGE.

AFRICAN-AMERICANS WERE NOT REPORTED IN U.S.

CENSUS REPORTS BY NAME PRIOR TO THE 1850S.

ENSLAVED PATRIOTS WERE OFTEN BURIED IN UNMARKED GRAVES.

YOU HAVE TO RELY ON CHURCH RECORDS, ARCHIVES, WILLS OR DEEDS LISTING ENSLAVED PEOPLE AS PROPERTY.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, ASK YOUR OLDER GENERATIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY KNOW BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT, STORIES LIKE ISHMAEL TITUS MAY HAVE NEVER BEEN DISCOVERED.

>> YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATION BEHIND US UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS BEEN OUR JOURNEY AND THOSE THAT CAME BEFORE US SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.

>> JENN SULLIVAN, NEW YORK .

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