>>> 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.

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AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

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THANK YOU.

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

WE START WITH THE SECOND BRUSH FIRE IN OCEAN SIDE THIS WEEK.

THE LATEST INCIDENT IS CALLED THE NOVEMBER FIRE AND IT'S BURNING ON CAMP PENDLETON.

THE FIRE IS ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE MARINE BASE NOT FAR FROM THE OCEANSIDE MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE.

THE GOLF COURSE WAS GIVEN AN EVACUATION ORDER WITH EL CAMINO HIGH SCHOOL AS THE EVACUATION POINT.

SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS WERE GIVEN A WARNING FOR POSSIBLE EVACUATION.

AND KPBS REPORTER JACOB AIRE IS LIVE IN OCEANSIDE WITH THE LATEST.

HI, JACOB.

>> Reporter: HI, MAYA.

AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND US, THINGS HAVE STARTED TO WRAP UP HERE AT THE TEMPORARY EVACUATION CENTER AT EL CAMINO HIGH SCHOOL AS PEOPLE HAVE STARTED TO HEAD HOME.

THE BLAZE BROKE OUT JUST AFTER 10:00 A.M.

THIS MORNING, AND BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THE FIRE HAD BURNED ABOUT 560 ACRES AND WAS 0% CONTAINED.

BUT FORWARD PROGRESS OF THE FIRE HAD BEEN STOPPED, AND EVACUATION ORDERS WERE LIFTED JUST AFTER 5:00 P.M.

EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WE SPOKE THE OCEANSIDE DIVISION CHIEF BLAKE DORSEE NEAR WHERE THE FIRE STARTED.

>> THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

WE DON'T HAVE A CAUSE DETERMINED YET.

WE KNOW THE GENERAL AREA OF THE FIRE STARTED NEAR CAMP PENDALTEN NEAR WITH BORDER WITH OCEANSIDE.

WE HAVE AIR RESOURCES WHICH IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT.

WE DON'T HAVE ROADWAY ACCESS TO A LOT OF AREAS ACROSS CAMP PENDLETON, SO THOSE ROADWAY AIRCRAFT BECOME CRITICAL TO US WHEN WE'RE FIGHTING THESE FIRES.

>> Reporter: DORSEE SAID ABOUT 40 PEOPLE EVACUATED DUE TO THE FIRE.

CAMP PENDLETON FIRE, OCEANSIDE FIRE, AND OCEANSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO FIGHT THE BLAZE AND AIR TANKERS AND HELICOPTERS WERE PART OF THE FIGHT.

HE SAYS HE EXPECTS CREWS TO BE FIGHTING THE BLAZE THROUGH THE NIGHT.

REPORTING LIVE FROM OCEANSIDE, JACOB AIRE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT AT SAN DIEGO BEACHES THROUGH TOMORROW.

SURF HEIGHTS COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 7 FEET WITH SETS UP TO 9 FEET ON NORTH FACING BEACHES.

TODAY HE BROKE HIS BOARD IN HALF BEFORE GOING OUT IN BIG SURF, HE ASKED HIMSELF SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.

>> IS THIS FOR ME?

CAN I EVEN GET OUT?

LIKE IS THERE A RIP I KNOW I CAN GET THROUGH?

BUT, YEAH, JUST BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND BE LIKE IS IT -- IS THIS PAST MY LIMIT OR NOT.

BUT YEAH.

>> NOW, RICK ROMERO HAS BEEN A LIFEGUARD IN SAN DIEGO FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

HE SAYS WHEN YOU GET TO THE BEACH, TALK TO THE LIFEGUARDS.

THEY CAN TELL YOU WHERE TO SURF AND SWIM SAFELY.

>> WE'RE OUT HERE WORKING FOR THE PUBLIC.

WE'RE ALWAYS THERE.

WE'RE KIND OF WATCHING THE WATER, BUT MAKE TIME AVAILABLE TO MEET PEOPLE, TALK ABOUT BEACH SAFETY.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

>> SWIMMERS CAN CHECK BEACH CONDITIONS AT LIFEGUARD TOWERS, AND ROMERO SAYS FEEL FREE TO RING THE DOORBELL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

>>> OVERALL TONIGHT DROPPING DOWN TO THE MID-60s OVERALL.

NOW, THE MARINE LAYER, IT'S STAYING ON THE SHALLOWER SIDE RIGHT NOW, SO COASTAL AREAS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE LOW CLOUDS AS WE START OFF TOMORROW MORNING.

BUT WE DO HAVE SOME CHANGES ON THE WAY NAMELY WITH OUR TEMPERATURES.

EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT COMING UP.

>>> SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA SAYS HE WILL SIGN THE BUDGET APPROVED LAST NIGHT BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE PLAN WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY AFTER HOURS OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND DEBATE.

UPDATES INCLUDE RESTORING FUNDING FOR MOST OF THE LIBRARIES AND REC CENTERS THAT WERE ON A LIST FOR POSSIBLE CLOSURE, A PROPOSAL TO END A CONTRACT FOR LICENSE PLATE READERS TO SAVE MONEY WAS NOT ADOPTED.

>>> ABOUT TWICE A DAY SAN DIEGO LAW ENFORCEMENT CHARGED SOMEONE WITH RESISTING AN OFFICER AND NOTHING ELSE.

IT'S MUCH MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN TO A BLACK PERSON.

IN PART TWO OF THIS SERIES, KPBS REPORTER KATIE HYSON TELLS WHAT THE DATA SHOWS AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: KEYSHAWN SHAHEED PRICE WAS LEAVING A FOOTBALL GAME IN SEPTEMBER WHEN SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICERS STOPPED HIM.

ALLEGEDLY FOR SPEEDING.

PRICE SAYS THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE SINCE THEY WERE BEHIND TWO BUSES.

>> IDEA OR LICENSE AND Y'ALL GOT MY INSURANCE.

BUT Y'ALL STOPPING ME AND PUTTING LIGHTS IN MY KIDS FACES AND ALL THAT, Y'ALL DON'T NEED TO BE DOING THAT.

>> Reporter: HIS 14-YEAR-OLD SON AND 15-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WERE IN THE BACK SEAT.

>> I DON'T FEEL SAFE WITH PULLING ME OVER.

>> Reporter: THE FRONT PASSENGER WAS FILMING.

HE ASKED THEM TO CALL HIS WIFE.

OFFICERS ORDERED HIM OUT OF THE CAR.

>> I DON'T HAVE TO GET OUT THE CAR.

>> Reporter: THEY HANDCUFFED HIM AND HIS KIDS.

HE SAID IT WAS HIS CHILDREN'S FIRST INTERACTION WITH POLICE.

>> I FEEL LIKE I WAS BEING ROBBED AND, LIKE, MY KIDS WAS BEING KIDNAPPED, HONESTLY.

IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE -- IT WAS THE WORST FEELING EVER NOT BEING ABLE TO DO NOTHING.

KNOWING THAT EVERYTHING THEY WERE DOING WAS, LIKE, TRANCE GRESSING ON MY RIGHTS.

>> Reporter: THEY TOOK PRICE TO JAIL FOR RESISTING AN OFFENSE.

HIS NEXT COURT DATE IS THIS MONTH.

PRICE WORKS FOR A NON-PROFIT THAT ASSISTS PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE LOCAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

HE SAYS HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES HAD ALREADY NOTICED A PATTERN OF STAND ALONE RESISTING CHARGES.

>> SO WE WAS ALREADY, LIKE, KIND OF LIKE STRATEGIZING AROUND IT, LIKE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT.

BUT WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME, IT WAS, LIKE, WOW.

>> Reporter: THEY REQUESTED DATA FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY -- ALL CASES WHERE THE ONLY CHARGE WAS RESISTING FROM JANUARY 2024 THROUGH OCTOBER 2025.

THAT DATA SHOW BLACK PEOPLE ARE ABOUT NINE TIMES LIKELIER THAN WHITE PEOPLE TO BE CHARGED BY SAN DIEGO LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH RESISTING AND NOTHING ELSE.

SPD SPOKESPERSON CESAR JIMENEZ SAYS BY E-MAIL THAT THIS STATISTIC DOESN'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY.

HE SAYS EVERY CITATION FOR RESISTING IS BASED ON PROBABLE CAUSE.

THE DATA INCLUDES MORE THAN 1,300 CASES WHERE THE ONLY CHARGE IS RESISTING.

THAT'S ABOUT TWO A DAY.

SAN DIEGO CITY ATTORNEY DECLINED TO PROSECUTE ABOUT A THOUSAND OF THEM.

>> THE PERSON'S CHARGE, IT GETS DISMISSED.

A JUDGE NEVER SEES IT, AND THEN RINSE AND REPEAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER.

>> Reporter: SCOTT HOLMES IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY AND LAW PROFESSOR IN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA.

>> AND NO ONE IS KEEPING UP WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM OR QUANTIFYING IT OR PRESENTING IT TO THE PUBLIC.

>> Reporter: HOLMES NOTICED A PATTERN WITH HIS CLIENTS AND STARTED RESEARCHING RESISTING CHARGES.

>> THERE WAS A HIGH CORRELATION BETWEEN PEOPLE BEING STOPPED WITHOUT ANY REASONABLE SUSPICION OR ANY GROUNDS AND THEN ARGUING OR COMPLAINING ABOUT IT AND THEN ENDING UP WITH A RESISTING CHARGE TO PUNISH THEM FOR ARGUING ABOUT THEIR INTERACTION.

>> Reporter: HOLMES FOUND IN DURHAM 90% OF PEOPLE CHARGED RESISTING AND NO OTHER MAJOR OFFENSE WERE BLACK.

AND MOST OF THOSE CHARGES WERE NEVER PROSECUTED.

TO HIM THAT'S A RED FLAG.

>> IT REALLY IS A SIGNAL MORE THAT THE POLICE HAVE ENGAGED IN MISCONDUCT THAN THE PERSON'S GUILTY OF THE CRIME.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS MANY OF THESE CASES ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

>> THE ONLY PERSON ALWAYS CHARGED WITH RESISTING ARREST, THE QUESTION IS ARREST FOR WHAT?

WHAT WAS THE LEGAL DUTY THAT BROUGHT THIS PERSON BEFORE YOU THAT MADE THEM OBLIGATED TO COMPLY WITH YOUR ORDERS?

>> Reporter: GENERALLY AN OFFICER HAS TO HAVE REASONABLE SUSPICION TO DETAIN SOMEBODY.

HEATED WORDS AREN'T ENOUGH.

>> UNLESS YOUR WORDS ARE FIGHTING WORDS OR YOU'RE ACTUALLY VERBALLY THREATENING THE SAFETY OF THE OFFICER, YOU CAN EXPRESS YOUR DISAPPROVAL OF HOW THINGS ARE GOING IN THE MOST STRONG TERMS AND BE FULLY PROTECTED UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

>> Reporter: SPOKESPERSON CESAR JIMENEZ SAID IF SOMEONE BELIEVES THEIR RIGHTS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED, THEY CAN FILE A COMPLAINT.

KPBS RECENTLY FOUND THE CITY BOARD TASKED WITH POLICE OVERSIGHT DOESN'T GET TO REVIEW THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE COMPLAINTS.

>> THE PURPOSE OF THE CHARGE IN THAT MOMENT IS TO CONTROL THAT PERSON AND SEND A SIGNAL TO EVERYBODY ELSE THAT THIS IS NOT THE WAY YOU DEAL WITH THE POLICE.

YOU HAVE TO OBEY US.

AND SO THE IMPACT OF IT IS TO DISSUADE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE VULNERABLE COMMUNITY FROM ASSERTING THEMSELVES.

>> Reporter: HOLMES SAYS USING CRIMINAL LAWS TO CONTROL BLACK PEOPLE HAS BEEN A TACTIC SINCE SLAVERY ENDED.

HE OFFERED A SOLUTION.

WHEN OFFICERS CHARGE RESISTING WITHOUT LEGAL GROUNDS, THEY SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE.

>> IT'S A CRIME.

AND IF PROSECUTORS STARTED PROSECUTING IT AS CRIMES, PROSECUTING THE POLICE EVERY TIME THEY STOP SOMEBODY WITHOUT REASONABLE SUSPICION AND LAID THEIR HANDS ON THEM AND ASSAULTED THEM AND PUT THEIR KIDS IN HANDCUFFS AND CHARGED THEM WITH FALSE IMPRISONMENT OR KIDNAPPING, THEN POLICE WOULD STOP IT THE WAY CRIMINALS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DETERRED BY CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

>> Reporter: KATIE HYSON, KPBS NEWS.

>> THAT WAS PART TWO IN A SERIES BY KATIE HYSON.

SHE COVERS ISSUES ROOTED IN SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY.

YOU CAN FIND HER WORK ON ALL OUR KPBS PLATFORMS.

>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SIGNED A $70 BILLION IMMIGRATION BILL INTO LAW.

REPUBLICANS USED THE RECONCILIATION PROCESS IN CONGRESS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND THAT MEANS IT WAS APPROVED WITH A SIMPLE MAJORITY AFTER A LENGTHY DEBATE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THE PACKAGE WILL COVER COSTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY THROUGH THE END OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TERM.

IT INCLUDES MORE FUNDING FOR I.D.

'S AND U.S.

CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.

>>> NEW NUMBERS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TODAY CONFIRMED THAT INFLATION IS CLIMBING.

IT'S NOW AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL IN THREE YEARS.

KAREN KEPA HAS DETAILS ON TODAY'S REPORT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE PRICES WE PAY.

>> Reporter: PRICE HIKES CONTINUE TO PINCH U.S.

HOUSEHOLDS.

ANNUAL INFLATION ROSE TO 4.2% IN MAY, ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.

THAT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE APRIL 2023.

>> THE REAL PRESSURE ON THE OVERALL ECONOMY IS ON INFLATION AND PRICES.

FOR CONSUMERS THIS MEANS, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLES WITH AFFORDABILITY.

>> Reporter: FUELING THE FASTER PACE, OVERALL ENERGY COSTS UP MORE THAN 23% SINCE MAY 2025 AMID ELEVATED OIL PRICES DUE TO THE WAR IN IRAN.

DAVID ANDERSON OF THE TEXAS AJM DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT'S PUTTING PRESSURE OF OVERALL FOOD AND GROCERY PRICES UP 3.1% YEAR OVER YEAR.

>> WE THINK ABOUT ALL OF OUR FOOD.

WE GOT TO GET IT FROM WHERE WE PRODUCE IT TO WHERE WE CONSUME IT, AND THAT REQUIRES DIESEL AND GASOLINE AND RAIL TRAFFIC, TRUCKING, YOU NAME IT.

>> Reporter: OTHER FACTORS AT PLAY IN THE GROCERY AISLES, FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES UP 6.1% OVER THE LAST YEAR DRIVEN BY SOARING LETTUCE AND TOMATO PRICES AFTER WEATHER CUT CROPS.

COFFEE PRICES UP MORE THAN 17% IN THE LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF TARIFFS.

AND BEEF AND VEAL UP OVER 13% AS SUMMER SEASON KICKS OFF, ANDERSON SAYS, AND CATTLE NUMBERS ARE AT A CYCLICAL POINT.

INFLATION IS OUTPACING WAGE GROWTH.

>> WE'RE PAYING MORE AT THE GROSSI STORE.

WE'RE NOT GETTING A WAGE THAT COINCIDES WITH IT, SO WE'RE FOALING THAT ADDITIONAL STRESSOR.

>> Reporter: ECONOMISTS WARN COSTS COULD EVENTUALLY DENT CONSUMER SPENDING.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M KARYN KEFA.

>>> NEW FEDERAL WORK REQUIREMENTS ARE ALREADY TAKING EFFECT FOR FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER HEIDI DeMARCO SAYS AS PEOPLE TRY TO NAVIGATE BOTH SYSTEMS, ADVOCATES REPORT CONFUSION IS GROWING.

>> Reporter: NEW FEDERAL WORK REQUIREMENTS ARE ROLLING OUT IN STAGES ACROSS CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC BENEFIT PROGRAMS INCLUDING CAL FRESH AND MEDI-CAL.

ADVOCATES SAY ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS UNDERSTANDING OW THE RULES DIFFER DEPENDING ON THE TIMING AND PROGRAM.

CAL FRESH WORK REQUIREMENTS WENT INTO EFFECT JUNE 1st.

SOME GROUPS THAT PREVIOUSLY QUALIFIED FOR AUTOMATIC EXEMPTIONS MAY NOW NEED TO MEET WORK REQUIREMENTS.

THAT INCLUDES SOME VETERANS, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AND FORMER FOSTER YOUTH.

BUT MANY PEOPLE MAY STILL QUALIFY FOR EXEMPTIONS.

JOSE CASTRO OVERSEES THE CAL FRESH PROGRAM AT THE SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK.

>> OUR TEAM HAS BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITY, LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE, AND THEN HOW WE CAN HELP FIND EXEMPTIONS.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE UNDER 18 OR OVER 64 CAN QUALIFY FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM WORK REQUIREMENTS.

SO CAN PEOPLE WHO ARE PREGNANT OR WHO CAN'T WORK BECAUSE OF A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION.

CAREGIVERS FOR A CHILD UNDER 14 AND STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SCHOOL AT LEAST HALF TIME MAY QUALIFY, TOO.

THE CHANGES ARE DIFFERENT FOR MEDI-CAL, CALIFORNIA'S MEDICAID PROGRAM.

WORK REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT SCHEDULED TO TAKE EFFECT UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 2027.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY SAYS ABOUT 314,000 MEDI-CAL RECIPIENTS MAY BE SUBJECT TO THE NEW WORK REQUIREMENT.

LINDA WAY IS A POLICY DIRECTOR FOR THE WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY.

>> IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THERE'S CONFUSION BECAUSE THIS IS A BRAND NEW REQUIREMENT THAT HAS NEVER BEEN IMPOSED.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE EXEMPTIONS AREN'T EXACTLY THE SAME FOR CAL FRESH AND MEDI-CAL.

FOR MEDI-CAL, OLDER DULTS WILL BE EXEMPT.

SO WILL PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, CHILDREN, FORMER FOSTER YOUTH, NATIVE AMERICANS, AND PARENT CAREGIVERS.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF OVERLAP IN TERMS OF THE REQUIREMENTS, BUT THEY DON'T PERFECTLY ALIGN.

>> Reporter: SHE ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO SEEK HELP EARLY BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU QUALIFY FOR ONE, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU'LL QUALIFY FOR THE OTHER.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY SAYS RESIDENTS WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT ELIGIBILITY CAN CALL 211 FOR ASSISTANCE.

HEIDI DeMARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WHILE WE GET SEVERAL DAYS IN A ROW OF A SHALLOWER MARINE LAYER, SO ONLY ALONG THE COAST ARE WE DEALING WITH THE EARLY MORNING JUNE GLOOM.

NOW, OVERALL HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING, SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP US OUT WITH AT LEAST SOME OF THE CLOUDY SKIES, BUT IT ALSO LEADS TO IN SOME CASES DANGEROUS HEAT.

LET'S TALK TONIGHT, THOUGH, WHAT TO EXPECT.

69 BORREGO SPRINGS.

62 FOR CHULA VISTA AND 64 FOR SAN DIEGO ITSELF.

WE GO TO TOMORROW, IT'S A WIDE RANGE.

THAT'S WHY WE TALK ABOUT OUR DIFFERENT REGIONS.

76 IN OCEANSIDE.

WE GET TO 84 FOR ESCONDIDO, 94 RAMONA, AND 96 BY THE TIME WE GET IT BORREGO SPRINGS.

THERE'S THE DANGEROUS HEAT THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

WE'LL DIVE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A MINUTE, BUT FIRST LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK ALONG THE COAST HERE.

WE'RE SEEING IN THE 70s, BUT WE DO SEE SOME VARIATION.

78 FRIDAY AND BACK DOWN TO 75 BY THE TIME WE GET TO MONDAY.

DEALING WITH MOSTLY INTERMITTENT CLOUDS THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TO GET OUT AND ENJOY AS WELL.

FURTHER INLAND WE'RE IN THE 80s.

NOT A LOT OF VARIATION.

MID TO LOW 80s OVERALL, AND STARTING OUT THE MORNING IN THE LOW 60s.

WE ARE TRENDING A LITTLE ABOVE OUR HISTORICAL AVERAGES REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT IT'S NOTHING CRAZY UNTIL WE GET TO OUR DESERT REGIONS.

FIRST, THOUGH, MOUNTAINS WE'RE IN THE 70s OVERALL.

75 FOR YOUR THURSDAY.

WE BOUNCE AROUND DEGREE BY DEGREE BUT THEN AT 76 BY THE TIME WE GET TO MONDAY.

LOWS STAYING IN THE 70s FOR THE MOST PART UNTIL WE DROP DOWN TO THE UPPER 50s.

HERE'S WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE MOST DANGEROUS HEAT.

SO THE WITH ORST OF IT FOR YOUR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

MAKE SURE YOU'RE STAYING HYDRATED, GETTING INTO THE AIR-CONDITIONING AS MUCH AS YOU CAN IF YOU DO HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME.

AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

IT'S JUNE.

IT'S NOT EVEN TECHNICALLY SUMMER YET, SO WE HAVE PLENTY MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M ACCUWEATHER ALI AZALLIAN.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR OPENED TODAY.

FOR MANY SAN DIEGANS IT MARKS THE OFFICIAL START TO SUMMER.

KPBS REPORTER ANDY WYNN HAS THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS.

>> Reporter: TODAY IS THE OPENING DAY OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR WHERE THE THEME IS ONCE UPON A FAIR AND YOU CAN GET LOST ON STORYBOOK ADVENTURES.

>> IT IS A ODE TO STORY TELLING, THE STORY TALES TO ADVENTURE TO THE BOOKS WE GREW UP WITH AND THE CHARACTERS WE LOVE.

KPBS IS A PARTNER IN THAT.

>> Reporter: AND YOU CAN GET YOUR CARICATURE DRAWN LIKE THIS GUY HERE.

AND, OF COURSE, THE FAIR WOULDN'T BE COMPLETE WITHOUT ALL THE FOOD.

>> ESPECIALLY THE FOOD.

>> IT'S GOT POTATOES WITH CHEESE ON TOP.

THEY'RE AUSTRALIAN BATTERED.

>> TASTES REALLY GOOD.

I LIKE THE CHEESE ON TOP OF IT, YOU KNOW.

TEN OUT OF TEN.

>> WE ARE GOING ON SOME INTENSE RIDES TODAY.

>> OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T FORGET ABOUT THE RIDES.

HOW WAS THE RIDE?

HOW WAS IT?

>> I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO PASS OUT WHEN WE WERE UP THERE.

MY BELLY WAS, LIKE, GOING INSANE.

>> Reporter: AFTER A LONG DAY OF FOOD, RIDES, AND ANIMALS YOU CAN COME HERE AT THE FAIR GROUNDS SPEAKEASY AND GRAB A DRINK.

AT THE DELMAR FAIR GROUNDS, I'M ALEXANDER WYNN, KMBS NEWS.

CHEERS.

>>> WELL, THE START OF THE WORLD CUP IS NOW JUST ONE DAY AWAY.

MEXICO HAS THE HONOR OF HOSTING THE FIRST MATCH.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ IS IN MEXICO CITY WITH MORE ON THE COST OF ATTENDING AND THE LIMITED ACCESS FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A TICKET.

>> Reporter: WE'RE OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY STADIUM ON THE EVE OF THE WORLD CUP.

UP TO THIS POINT A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN REGARDING TICKET COSTS.

NOW, BACK IN APRIL WHEN FIFA RELEASED A SECOND ROUND OF TICKETS, PRICES FOR MEXICO'S FIRST GAME AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA RANGED ANYWHERE FROM 3,000 TO $10,000.

MANY FANS WE SPOKE TO ACROSS MEXICO CITY SAY THEY FEEL PRICED OUT.

FOR MEXICO CITY THE FIFA WORLD CUP ISN'T JUST A TOURNAMENT, IT'S A HOME COMING THAT'S CONSUMED THE CITY STREETS.

EVER SINCE THE U.S., MEXICO, AND CANADA WERE ANNOUNCED AS HOST OF THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP, SOCCER FAN DAVID HERRERA WAS EXCITED TO WITNESS THE MOMENT AT HOME.

BUT THE HIGH PRICE OF TICKETS ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO PREVIOUS WORLD CUPS, PUT A DAMPER ON HIS PLANS.

>> THE STADIUM IS MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES FROM ME, AND OBVIOUSLY BEING ABLE TO GET A LITTLE CLOSER I'M NOT GOING.

I DON'T HAVE A TICKET TO THE GAME, BUT JUST TO FEEL A LITTLE, TO FEEL CLOSER TO THE WORLD CUP.

ON THE CONTRARY, EVERYTHING IS FENCED OFF.

>> Reporter: THOSE FENCES AREN'T ONLY SEEN AROUND THE STADIUM BUT ALSO AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE LOCATION OF FIFA'S FAN FEST WHICH OFFICIALLY OPENS ITS DOORS THURSDAY.

PEOPLE HAD TO WAIT IN LONG LINES TO PASS THROUGH ANOTHER SET OF BARRIERS ONLY TO BE MET WITH ANOTHER CLOSED OFF AREA.

>> IT'S A LITTLE FRUSTRATING TO BE SO CLOSE YET SO FAR.

>> Reporter: THEY TRAVELED FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE U.S.

TO MEXICO CITY.

ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE TICKETS TO THE GAME, THEY'RE EXCITED TO EXPERIENCE A WORLD CUP.

>> WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO WATCH IT AT AONE OF THE GAMES AT A BAR OR SOMETHING ON THURSDAY.

SEE IF WE CAN COP SOME TICKETS.

THE REST OF IT DAY WILL BE EXPLORING MEXICO CITY.

>> IT WILL BE REALLY FUN TO SEE LOCALS HAVE HAVING A GOOD TIME AND PEOPLE WHO FLEW IN OR DROVE ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY.

I THINK THAT WILL BE FUN.

>> Reporter: BECAUSE OF TICKET PRICES MANY WILL GO TO THE FREE FAN FEST AT THE CITY'S MAIN SQUARE, WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO HOLD UP TO 55,000 PEOPLE.

THAT FAN FEST IS ALSO EXPECTED TO HAVE THE LARGEST SCREEN OUT OF ALL OF FIFA'S FAN FEST.

IN MEXICO CITY, I'M IVAN RODRIGUEZ.

>> ONE WAY TO FOLLOW THE WORLD CUP IS AT KPBS.ORG.

WE HAVE A SECTION DEDICATED TO RESULTS, HEADLINES, AND DETAILS ON LOCAL WATCH PARTIES.

TEAM USA'S FIRST MATCH IS FRIDAY NIGHT AT 6:00 AGAINST PARAGUAY.

SOME SAN DIEGO PADRES FANS CLOCKED IN FROM THE BALLPARK THIS AFTERNOON.

>> WE'RE AT PETCO PARK RIGHT NOW.

YEAH, I'M STILL GETTING EVERYTHING DONE.

YEAH.

>> SUNDAY IS FLAG DAY AND IN ONE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY IT'S ALSO AN ANNIVERSARY.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS IRAN MUST, QUOTE, PAY THE PRICE FOR TAKING TOO LONG TO NEGOTIATE A PEACE DEAL.

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

>>> OKAY, SUNDAY IS FLAG DAY, AND IN ONE SAN DIEGO COUNTY COMMUNITY IT'S ALSO ANVERSY.

56 YEARS AGO A GROUP OF STUDENTS DECIDED TO CREATE A MEMORIAL THAT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME.

KEN KRAMER SHOWS US IN THIS STORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: IT'S JUST WALKING DISTANCE FROM WHERE SHE LIVES, NOT FAR AT ALL.

HER NAME IS ARESTA JOHNSON, AND SHE'S HEADING TO A PLACE SHE ABSOLUTELY LOVES.

>> I COME BY JUST TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.

>> Reporter: FOR DECADES NOW IT'S NEVER BEEN FAR FROM HER MIND EITHER.

THIS LITTLE PARK SHE KEEPS AN EYE ON IT OR MAYBE STRAIGHTENS SOME FLAGS THAT'S BEEN PLACED HERE BECAUSE IT'S THE DECENT THING TO DO.

1969 AND 70, THE WAR IN VIETNAM WAS BITTERLY DIVIDING THIS COUNTRY.

SHE WAS PART OF A GROUP THAT FELT THAT WHATEVER THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT THE WAR, DECENT PEOPLE SHOULD AT LEAST AGREE THAT SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AND MARINES FROM NEARBY COMMUNITIES WHO HAD DIED SHOULD BE REMEMBERED, HONORED.

>> AND SOME OF THEM WERE JUST -- THEY WERE JUST KIDS, AS I WAS.

I MEAN, THEY WERE JUST OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: WELL, THIS GROUP DECIDED THEY WANTED TO PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING -- A MEMORIAL ROCK SOLID AT THE CORNER OF UNIVERSITY AND SPRING IN LA MESA.

NO ONE INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY HAD DONE THIS BEFORE THEY DID.

HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE KIDS, HEARTLAND YOUTH FOR DECENCY THEY CALLED THEMSELVES.

>> WE AT HEARTLAND FOR DECENCY DEDICATE THIS MONUMENT TO YOUNG MEN FROM OUR GENERATION WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES THAT WE MIGHT BE FREE.

>> Reporter: THOSE ARE KEY WORDS.

OUR GENERATION.

AT A TIME OF SO MUCH OPPOSITION IN THE WAR, IT WAS SO COMMON TO SEE KIDS SO PUBLICLY COMMITTED TO HONORING SACRIFICE.

>> WE TRIED TO DO OUR BEST TO FIGHT FOR THE CAUSE, TO FIGHT FOR THOSE THAT WERE SERVING OVER THERE AND FOR THOSE THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, COULDN'T COME BACK.

>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN DECADES NOW SINCE THE FLAG DAY IN 1970 WHEN IT WAS DEDICATED, BUT SHE STILL HAS A STRONG CONNECTION TO THIS MEMORIAL AND TO THE TIME IN WHICH IT WAS BUILT.

>> HERE'S MY FATHER.

>> Reporter: HER FATHER, 35 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME, WAS A STONEMASON CONTRACTOR.

HIS BUILDING EXPERTISE MADE THE IDEA BECOME A REALITY.

THERE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF OTHERS WHO WERE THERE AT THE TIME.

VIRGINIA EVERS WHO HAD THE FIRST THOUGHT TO BUILD IT.

DENISE EVERS WHO WENT ONTO SERVE IN VIETNAM HERSELF, AND HER DAD.

BUT LOOKING BACK IT REALLY WAS THOSE HEARTLAND KIDS WHO MADE IT HAPPEN.

>> VERY PROUD AND VERY PROUD TO BE THE FIRST COMMUNITY TO HAVE SUCH A MEMORIAL.

>> Reporter: IN 2014 THE MONUMENT WAS RENOVATED.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO'D BEEN TOUCHED BY THIS STREET CORNER MEMORIAL SHOWED UP FOR ITS REDEDICATION.

STORIES WERE SHARED.

THERE WERE MEMORIES AND TEARS.

>> BUT YOU COULD FEEL THE PRESENCE OF ALMOST EVERY MAN ON THAT PLAQUE.

>> Reporter: THE PARK HAS BEEN EXPANDED.

VETERANS GROUPS AND INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS HAVE ADDED MEMORIAL BENCHES WITH PERSONALIZED TOUCHES BEYOND WHAT THOSE HEARTLAND YOUTH FOR DECENCY KIDS COULD HAVE IMAGINED BACK THEN.

FOR HER, IT'S SOMETHING SHE'S BEEN PROUD OF EVERY DAY SINCE.

>> THE ENERGY THAT OF WHAT THIS MEANS, IT'S PRICELESS.

IT'S PRICELESS.

>> AND KEN KRAMER HAS A HALF HOUR OF STORIES EVERY WEEK ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

YOU CAN SEE THEM THURSDAY NIGHTS AT 8:00 RIGHT HERE ON KPBS.

>>> AND HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

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