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>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS GIVING THE DEPARTMENT OF AN ULTIMATUM.

ALLOW A PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTION AT THE OTAY MESA DETENTION CENTER OR FACE A LAWSUIT.

COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE SETTING A HARD DEADLINE.

>> AND AT THIS POINT, IT'S TIME FOR ACTION.

AND IF THEY DO NOT SCHEDULE THIS INSPECTION ON FRIDAY, WE WILL BE IN COURT.

>> Reporter: BOARD CHAIR TERRA LAWSON-REMER SAYS HOMELAND SECURITY HAS STONEWALLED THE COUNTY LONG ENOUGH.

FEDERAL AND COUNTY OFFICIALS WERE TURNED AWAY FROM THE OTAY MESA DETENTION CENTER LAST MONTH WHERE THEY TRIED TO INSPECT THE FACILITY.

A DHS SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE COUNTY DID NOT GO THROUGH PROPER PROCEDURES AND WAS TURNED AWAY.

LAWSON-REMER SAYS THAT'S NOT TRUE AND PROVIDED AN EMAIL FROM CORE CIVIC STATING I.C.E.

APPROVED THE VISIT.

SUPERVISOR PALOMA GEARY SAID THEY'D BEEN TOLD THE SHERIFF WOULD BE CALLED IF THEY DIDN'T LEAVE.

>> IT'S A FACILITY, RIGHT?

THEY HAD NOTHING.

THEIR STORY CHANGED WHILE WE WERE THERE.

SO I THINK THEY WERE JUST GRASPING AT STRAWS.

THE BIG QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO HIDE?

>> Reporter: THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DETENTION CENTER FOR YEARS.

LAWSON-REMER SAYS THOSE COMPLAINTS HAVE GONE FROM A TRICKLE TO A FLOOD.

AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BY KPBS, DE15NYS HAVE THROWN SHAMPOO BOTTLE WRAPPED WITH HANDWRITTEN NOTES ALLEGING DETERIORATING CONDITIONS.

LAWSON-REMER SAYS THIS IS ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH.

>> RIGHT NOW, WE ARE HEARING SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS FROM INSIDE THE OTAY MESA FACILITY.

REPORTS OF TREATED MEDICAL CONDITIONS, SPOILED FOOD, AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS.

THOSE CLAIMS MAY OR MAY NOT BE TRUE, BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT.

>> Reporter: THE BOARD GAVE DHS A DEADLINE OF 5:00 P.M.

TODAY TO GRANT ACCESS FOR THE INSPECTION FRIDAY.

LAST NIGHT, IN CLOSED SESSION, THE SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZED COUNTY COUNCIL DAMON BROWN TO SUE IF ACCESS ISN'T GRANTED.

CALIFORNIA ALLOWS COUNTY TO INSPECT PRIVATE DETENTION CENTERS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PURPOSES.

BROWN SAYS THE PURPOSE OF THE INSPECTION IS TO HAVE A REPORT ON RECORD OF ANY VIOLATIONS.

THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHUT DOWN THE FACILITY, ONLY CONGRESS CAN.

>> AND SO OUR HOPE WOULD BE THAT IF THERE WERE VIOLATIONS THAT WOULD BE UNCOVERED BY OUR INSPECTION THAT THIS REPORT WOULD SERVE AS A TOOL FOR THOSE WITH THE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY TO USE IT AND TO HELP BRING RELIEF TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE.

>> Reporter: IF DHS MISSES THE 5:00 P.M.

DEADLINE, LAWSON-REMER SAYS THE EARLIEST THE COUNTY WOULD FILE A LAWSUIT IS NEXT WEEK.

>>> ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES ARE STEPPING UP ATTACKS ON IRAN AS AMERICANS WHO ARE STILL IN THE REGION ATTEMPT TO EVACUATE.

BRIAN ABEL REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.

>> WE ARE ACCELERATING, NOT DECELERATING.

>> Reporter: U.S.

DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH CAUTIONING AMERICANS, THE OPERATION AGAINST IRAN IS STILL IN ITS EARLY DAYS.

>> IRAN'S CAPABILITIES ARE EVAPORATING BY THE HOUR, WHILE AMERICANS' STRENGTH GROWS FIERCER, SMARTER, AND UTTERLY DOMINANT.

MORE BOMBERS AND MORE FIGHTERS ARE ARRIVING JUST TODAY.

>> Reporter: HEGSETH SAYS THE NEXT PHASE OF THE MILITARY ACTION IS FOR U.S.

AND ISRAELI AIR FORCES TO TAKE COMPLETE CONTROL OF IRANIAN SKIES.

AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RELEASED NEW VIDEO WEDNESDAY OF A U.S.

SUBMARINE SINKING AN IRANIAN WARSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS.

>> ON THE GROUND, WE WILL NOW BEGIN TO EXPAND INLAND, STRIKING PROGRESSIVELY DEEPER INTO IRANIAN TERRITORY AND CREATING ADDITIONAL FREEDOM OF MANEUVER FOR U.S.

FORCES.

>> Reporter: THE PENTAGON IDENTIFYING FOUR OF THE SIX AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED SUNDAY IN AN IRANIAN DRONE STRIKE.

MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN IRAN SINCE THE WAR BEGAN, ACCORDING TO U.S.-BASED GROUP THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST NEWS AGENCY.

MEANWHILE, AMERICAN CIVILIANS IN THE REGION ARE SCRAMBLING TO EVACUATE.

THE U.S.

HAS CLOSED EMBASSIES IN THREE COUNTRIES, REDUCED ITS REGIONAL DIPLOMATIC STAFFING, AND WARNED AMERICANS TO LEAVE.

>> AN AIRPORT'S BEEN ATTACKED OR THE AIR SPACE IS CLOSED, THEN WE CAN HAVE THE PLANES LINED UP TO GO BUT WE CAN'T GET THEM TO LAND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE PERMISSIONS TO LAND THERE.

SO THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.

BUT REST ASSURED, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST EVERY AMERICAN.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, BRIAN ABEL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND THE CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST HAS SENT CRUDE OIL PRICES SOARING, BUT GAS ISN'T THE ONLY THING WE COULD SOON BE PAYING MORE FOR.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE ECONOMIC TOLL COMING UP.

>>> TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GET A MIDDLE BIT WINDIER OUT THERE.

WIND ADVISORIES PICKING UP FOR MANY AREAS ACROSS THE INTERIOR.

DOWN TO 44 IN RAMONA.

BREEZY BORREGO SPRINGS.

WINDY MOUNT LAGUNA.

SAN DIEGO 55.

THE WIND VERIES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 4:00 P.M.

THURSDAY IN INLAND PORTIONS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE VERY DIFFERENT WINDS.

INITIALLY AN ONSHORE WIND, THEN AN OFFSHORE WIND.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOUR WEEKEND COMING UP.

>>> THE CONGRESSIONAL STALEMATE OVER FUNDING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS LED TO A THIRD GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN SIX MONTHS, CREATING STRESS FOR TSA WORKERS WHO SAY THEY FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T MATTER.

A UNION LEADER WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES TOLD KGTV THAT SOME WORKERS HAVEN'T RECEIVED THEIR BACK PAY FROM THE LAST SHUTDOWN.

>> THEY FEEL LIKE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE JOB THAT WE DO IS BEING PUT ON THE BACK BURNER.

WHEN WE'RE ALSO NATIONAL SECURITY, WE'RE ALSO HERE TO, YOU KNOW, PROTECT THE SKIES OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.

IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, SHOULD WE CALL OFF OF WORK?

SHOULD WE PICK UP OUR CHILDREN?

BEING THREATENED WITH DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS IF YOU DO CALL OFF.

>> Reporter: IRENE WASHINGTON SAYS OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE STILL GETTING PAY WHILE THEY ARE NOT, WITH NO TIMELINE AS TO WHEN THEY'LL SEE A PAYCHECK.

SHE ASKS FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT AND URGES PEOPLE TO CALL CONGRESS AND PUSH FOR PAY UNDER THE SHUTDOWN FAIRNESS ACT, A BILL THAT WAS INTRODUCED LAST YEAR TO PAY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO WORK DURING A SHUTDOWN.

>>> DOZENS OF SCHOOL SECRETARIES, CLERKS, AND OTHER STAFF COULD LOSE THEIR JOBS IN SAN DIEGO'S LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER KATIE ANASTAS SAYS IT COMES AS SAN DIEGO UNIFIED STARTS TO ADDRESS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET DEFICIT.

>> MARCH IS VERY OFTEN ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES IN THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> Reporter: MARCH 15th IS THE DEADLINE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO LET STAFF KNOW THEY COULD LOSE THEIR JOBS AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

ON TUESDAY, THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO ELIMINATE 221 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THEY INCLUDE SECRETARIES, CLERKS, CLASSROOM ASSISTANTS, AND OTHERS.

133 OF THOSE JOBS ARE STAFFED.

THE REST ARE VACANT.

>> WE'RE PREDICTING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO REASSIGN ROUGHLY HALF OF THE EMPLOYEES WORKING IN POSITIONS SLATED FOR ELIMINATION TO OTHER POSITIONS IN THEIR CURRENT OR FORMER CLASSIFICATION.

>> Reporter: THE DISTRICT EXPECTS 69 PEOPLE WILL LIKELY GET LAYOFF NOTICES THIS MONTH.

THE DISTRICT SAYS ELIMINATING THESE POSITIONS WILL SAVE ABOUT $19 MILLION.

IN DECEMBER, DISTRICT LEADERS SAID THEY EXPECTED TO FACE A $47 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT NEXT YEAR.

DON VASQUEZ LEADS THE DISTRICT'S BARGAINING UNIT FOR OFFICE, TECHNICAL, AND BUSINESS SERVICES EMPLOYEES.

>> I WANT TO REMIND YOU, WEAR THE BACKBONE.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE LAYOFFS WOULD AFFECT SOME OF THE LOWEST-PAID EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT WHO PLAY IMPORTANT ROLES FOR STUDENTS.

>> THEY'RE THE FIRST ONES WHO GET THEM TO SCHOOL, TO FEED THEM, TO TALK TO THEM, TO GIVE THEM BAND-AIDS WHEN THEY HURT THEMSELVES.

TO CHECK IN WHEN THEY'RE HAVING A BAD DAY.

>> Reporter: THE DISTRICT SAYS CERTAIN ROLES ARE NO LONGER NEEDED.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE DISTRICT IS SWITCHING TO ONLINE ENROLLMENT NEXT YEAR, RATHER THAN COLLECTING AND PROCESSING HARD COPY FORMS.

SOME EMPLOYEES ARE STILL EXPECTING HEAVIER WORKLOADS AFTER THE LAYOFFS.

MEGAN GLYN IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.

>> IN 2015 WE HAD SEVEN OTBS MEMBERS.

WE HAVE TWO NOW.

IT IS THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK ON TWO PEOPLE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE TO ELIMINATE ONE OF THOSE TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: THE DISTRICT SAYS THE FINAL NUMBER OF LAYOFFS WILL LIKELY BE SMALLER THAN 69.

SOME MAY BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO DIFFERENT ROLES IN THE DISTRICT, AND THE STATE COULD SEND MORE MONEY TO SAN DIEGO UNIFIED.

>> SO MUCH IS STILL UNCERTAIN PENDING THE GOVERNOR'S MADE BUDGET REVISE, POTENTIAL RETIREMENTS, RESIGNATIONS AND VACANCIES.

>>> THIS YEAR MARKS THE 95th ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF AMERICA'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL DESEGREGATION COURT CASES.

KPBS EAST COUNTY REPORTER ELAINE ALFARO SAYS GENERATIONS LATER, COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN LEMON GROVE ARE LEADING EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY AND LESSONS OF THE ORGANIZED MOVEMENT.

>> Reporter: IN 1930, ROBERTO ALVAREZ WAS ATTENDING THE LEMON GROVE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

BUT WHEN HE AND OTHER MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS CAME BACK FROM CHRISTMAS BREAK IN JANUARY 1931, THE PRINCIPAL WAS STANDING AT THE DOOR OF THE SCHOOL.

HE TOLD THEM THAT FROM THEN ON, THEY WOULD BE ATTENDING CLASSES IN A SEPARATE BUILDING.

THE PARENTS ORGANIZED, AND THE STUDENTS REFUSED TO GO TO CLASS.

THEY TOOK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO COURT, AND ALVAREZ WAS THE LEAD PLAINTIFF.

HERE'S HIS SON, ROBERTO ALVAREZ JR.

>> I KEEP TELLING PEOPLE, IT'S NOT ABOUT MY FAMILY, IT'S ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.

IT WAS ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT GOT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW.

THEY STOOD UP, AND THEY KNEW WHAT WAS RIGHT.

IN A TIME THAT WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.

>> Reporter: THE CASE WAS ARGUED IN SAN DIEGO SUPERIOR COURT.

>> MY FATHER TESTIFIED, A COUPLE OF MY OTHER AUNTS TESTIFIED.

>> Reporter: THE JUDGE RULED IN FAVOR OF THE STUDENTS AND REINTEGRATED THE SCHOOL.

THIS WAS TWO DECADES BEFORE THE LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASE BROWN VERSUS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

IT BECAME KNOWN AS THE LEMON GROVE INCIDENT AND WAS AMONG SEVERAL CASES THAT PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN BROWN V. BOARD.

LAST NIGHT, NEARLY 95 YEARS LATER, THE LEMON GROVE CITY COUNCIL DECLARED MARCH LEMON GROVE INCIDENT MONTH.

ALVAREZ JR.

SAYS THE HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATION IN CALIFORNIA IS AN IMPORTANT LESSON, ESPECIALLY TODAY.

AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAGES HIS MASS DEPORTATION CAMPAIGN.

>> SOME WAYS, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

BECAUSE ALL THE WORK THAT WE DID, ALL THE WORK THEY DID IN 1930, '31, ALL THE SUCCESS THAT THE COUNTRY HAD, WE THOUGHT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, WON A BATTLE.

YOU KNOW.

AND I THINK WE DID WIN A BATTLE.

BUT, YOU KNOW -- IT'S COMING BACK TO HAUNT US AGAIN.

>> Reporter: ANN STAPP BELLTON IS A PASTOR AT LEMON GROVE'S GRACE COMMUNION CHURCH.

SHE HELPS PRESERVE THE LEMON GROVE INCIDENT MURAL.

>> THIS IS LEMON GROVE INCIDENT IS JUST ONE MORE DEMARCATION THAT CIVICALLY, WE NEED TO ALL GATHER TOGETHER AND PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS AND STAND UP WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT SO THAT OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS AND VOICES WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE A VOICE AND STAND UP AGAINST RACISM AND INJUSTICE.

>> Reporter: THERE WILL BE SEVERAL EVENTS THIS MONTH CELEBRATING THE ANNIVERSARY.

THIS SATURDAY FROM 1:00 TO 4:00 P.M., THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

THEY'LL SHOW DOCUMENTARIES ON THE INCIDENT AND OFFER TOURS OF THE MURAL.

A LARGER CELEBRATION IS PLANNED FOR THE END OF THE MONTH.

ELAINE ALFARO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A NATIONAL SURVEY FROM THE CENTER FOR TRANSPARANCE AND TRUSTED ELECTS AT UC SAN DIEGO FOUND ONLY 60% OF RESPONDENTS ARE CONFIDENT THAT VOTES WILL BE DOUBTED ACCURATELY IN THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS.

PROFESSOR LAUREN PRATHER IS CODIRECTOR OF THE CENTER.

KPBS "PUBLIC MATTERS" REPORTER JAKE GOTTA SPOKE TO PRATHER ABOUT THE SURVEY FINDINGS AND THE CONCERNS THEY'RE RAISING HEADING INTO THE MIDTERMS.

>> PROFESSOR, TELL ME WHAT THE SURVEY FOUND SPECIFICALLY AND THEN WHY IT WAS SO ALARMING.

>> SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE INTERESTED IN TESTING WITH THIS SURVEY WAS TO EXAMINE TRENDS IN PUBLIC OPINION TOWARDS ELECTIONS.

SPECIFICALLY, TRUST IN ELECTIONS.

SINCE THE FIRST YEAR OF TRUMP'S TERM.

WE'VE BEEN SURVEYING AMERICANS SINCE 2022, ASKING THEM ABOUT THEIR CONFIDENCE IN U.S.

ELECTIONS, AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS SURVEY, WE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW TRUST HAD CHANGED SINCE JUST AFTER THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

AND ONE THING THAT WE FOUND WAS THAT IT DECLINED BY ABOUT 17 PERCENTAGE POINTS.

SO THERE WAS FAIRLY STRONG CONFIDENCE AFTER THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, ESPECIALLY AMONG REPUBLICANS WHO SAW THEIR TRUST IN ELECTIONS CLIMB CONSIDERABLY FROM JUST BEFORE THE ELECTION TO JUST AFTER.

AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE SEEN A DECLINE ACROSS ALL PARTIES.

DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, AND INDEPENDENTS ALL TRUST THAT THE 2026 MIDTERMS ARE GOING TO BE COUNTED ACCURATELY LESS THAN THEY DID THE 2024 ELECTION.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF KEY FACTORS THAT MAY BE CAUSING THIS DECLINE.

SO ONE IS THE RHETORIC THAT ELITES IN SOCIETY USE TO TALK ABOUT ELECTIONS.

AND SO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS CONTINUED TO ASK ABOUT THE QUALITY AND INTEGRITY OF U.S.

ELECTIONS IS PROBABLY SHAPING PEOPLE'S TRUST, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE'S -- PEOPLE THAT TRUST HIM AND HIS ADMINISTRATION.

IT'S CAUSING THEM TO QUESTION WHETHER AMERICAN ELECTIONS CAN BE TRUSTED.

WE'VE ALSO SEEN -- AND ONE THING WE CAN SEE IN OUR SURVEY IS THAT AMERICANS ARE PRETTY SKEPTICAL OF GERRYMANDERING.

BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS THINK THAT THIS IS AN UNTRUSTWORTHY ASPECT OF U.S.

ELECTIONS.

AND THE FACT THAT THAT HAS BEEN SO SALIENT IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS I THINK IS ALSO CAUSING SOME CONCERN AMONG AMERICANS AND MAY BE AFFECTING THIS DECLINE IN TRUST.

>> ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOUR -- THE PAPER ABOUT YOUR STUDY SPOKE ON WAS THE EXPECTATION OF I.C.E.

OR FEDERAL AGENTS AT THE POLLS.

CAN YOU TELL US WHAT SURVEY RESPONDENTS TOLD THE CENTER ABOUT THAT?

>> SURE.

THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE KEY FINDINGS THAT WE THINK ARE ESPECIALLY INTERESTING RELATED TO I.C.E.

OR OTHER FEDERAL AGENTS, EXPECTATIONS ABOUT I.C.E.

OR OTHER FEDERAL AGENTS AT THE ELECTION.

SO ONE IS THAT A FAIR NUMBER OF PEOPLE, I THINK MORE THAN 30% ACROSS DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, AND INDEPENDENTS, EXPECTATION OR THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT I.C.E.

COULD BE AT THE POLLS AROUND THE MIDTERMS.

AND I WANT TO NOTE THAT OUR SURVEY TOOK PLACE BEFORE WE SAW THE SIGNIFICANT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS IN MINNESOTA.

SO WHAT WE'RE REPORTING WITH THIS SURVEY MIGHT ACTUALLY CHANGE OR THESE EXPECTATIONS MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE INCREASED SINCE THE SALIENCE OF THESE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS IN MID-JANUARY.

SO THE FIRST INTERESTING FINDING WAS THAT PEOPLE EXPECTATION OR THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT I.C.E.

IS GOING TO BE AT THE POLLS.

THE SECOND THING IS HOW THIS AFFECTS THEIR TRUST.

AND SO WHILE WE SEE THAT DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, AND INDEPENDENTS, 30% OR MORE THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT I.C.E.

IS GOING TO BE AT THE POLLS, WHERE THEY DIVERGE IS WHETHER THIS WILL INCREASE OR DECREASE THEIR TRUST.

SO WHAT WE ACTUALLY SEE IS THAT DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THAT I.C.E.

AT THE POLLS SHOULD BE A CAUSE OF CONCERN.

AND WOULD LEAD THEM TO HAVE LESS TRUST.

WE SEE THAT FOR REPUBLICANS, THEY ACTUALLY THINK THAT THIS WOULD GIVE THEM MORE CONFIDENCE IN ELECTIONS.

AND SO WE DO SEE SOME PARTISAN DIFFERENCES THERE IN THE WAY THAT THAT EXPECTATION MAPS ON TO TRUST.

THE THIRD THING I WANT TO SAY IS, WE DO SEE THAT ALTHOUGH THE EXPECTATIONS ABOUT I.C.E.

AT THE POLLS IS RELATIVELY STEADY ACROSS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN OUR SURVEY, WHERE THEY DIVERGE IS IN WHETHER THAT'S A CAUSE OF CONCERN FOR THEM.

WE ALSO ASK PEOPLE WHETHER THEY -- IF I.C.E.

WERE AT THE POLLS, WHETHER THEY EXPECTED THEMSELVES OR THEIR FAMILY TO BE INTERROGATED.

AND WHETHER THEY EXPECTED TO FACE INTIMIDATION.

AND THERE WE SEE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR MUCH MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF I.C.E.

THAN WHITE RESPONDENTS IN OUR SURVEY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING TO ME TODAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

>> THAT WAS UC SAN DIEGO PROFESSOR LAUREN PRATER SPEAKING WITH KPBS "PUBLIC MATTERS" REPORTER JAKE GOTTA.

YOU CAN SEE MORE OF OUR COVERAGE OF POLITICAL AND CIVIC ISSUES AT KPBS.ORG/PUBLICMATTERS.

>>> U.S.

STRIKES ON IRAN HAVE INJECTED MORE INSTABILITY INTO THE U.S.

ECONOMY.

KAREN CAIFA LOOKS AT HOW AN EXTENDED CONFLICT COULD IMPACT HOUSEHOLDS.

>> Reporter: ECONOMISTS SAY THE IMPACT OF THE IRAN WAR ON THE U.S.

ECONOMY WILL DEPEND UPON HOW LONG IT LASTS.

>> IF INSTEAD OF FOUR WEEKS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOUR MONTHS OR LONGER, VERY DIFFERENT DISCUSSION.

SO DURATION IS KEY TO ECONOMIC IMPACT.

>> Reporter: THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST HAS SENT CRUDE OIL PRICES SOARING, A SPIKE PLAYING OUT AT THE GAS PUMPS THIS WEEK.

AN AIRLINE REPORTER SAYS HIGHER OIL PRICES COULD EVENTUALLY IMPACT THE COST OF FLYING.

>> IT IS HARD TO TELL HOW MUCH AN INCREASE IN JET FUEL PRICES MIGHT IMPACT AIRFARES JUST BECAUSE AIRFARES ARE MOSTLY A PRODUCT OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

BUT JET FUEL IS DEFINITELY A FACTOR.

>> Reporter: COVERING HIGHER TRANSPORTATION COSTS IMPACTS COMPANIES' BOTTOM LINES.

THE CONFLICT IS ALSO PROMPTING SHIPPING VESSELS TO AVOID THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ OFF IRAN'S SOUTHERN COAST.

MICHAEL GOLMAN SAYS TAKING THE LONG WAY COSTS MORE.

>> WE'RE SEEING THE ROUTES THAT SHIPS HAVING TO TAKE BE MUCH LONGER, MUCH MORE COSTLY.

GOING AROUND THE HORN OF AFRICA INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IN THE RED SEA.

WE'RE DEFINITELY SEEING COST INCREASES TO THE CARRIERS TO MAKE THOSE JOURNEYS.

>> Reporter: UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHETHER COMPANIES WILL INCREASE THE PRICE OF THEIR GOODS AND BOOST INFLATION MAY ENCOURAGE THE FEDERAL RESERVE TO KEEP INTEREST RATES STEADY, DELAYING RELIEF TO AMERICAN CONSUMERS COLLECTIVELY CARRYING RECORD HOUSEHOLD DEBT FROM HIGHER MORTGAGE, CREDIT CARD, AND AUTO LOAN BALANCES.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M KAREN CAIFA.

>>> A HAPPY HOMECOMING FOR 100 SAILERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AFTER AN EIGHT-MONTH DEPLOYMENT.

OUR MEDIA REPORT KGTV WAS THERE AS THE "USS CINCINNATI" RETURNED TO NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO THIS MORNING, AND THE NAVY SAYS THE CREW TRAVELED TO CAMBODIA, INDONESIA, AND THE PHILIPPINES WORKING TO FOSTER PEACE AND STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC.

>> WE'RE JUST ALL SEW EXCITED FOR HIM TO BE HOME.

>> IT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY LIFE.

I'M ALWAYS GOING TO REMEMBER THAT MOMENT.

IT WAS A REALLY AMAZING MOMENT.

>> THROUGHOUT THEIR DEPLOYMENT, SAILORS TOOK PART IN TRAINING EXERCISES DESIGNED TO KEEP CREWS READY FOR ANY SITUATION.

>>> WINDS ARE PICKING UP ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

IT'S GOING TO BE A BREEZY STRETCH INTO THE WEEKEND.

INITIALLY AN ONSHORE WIND WILL COOL THE COAST DOWN A BIT.

THEN THIS WEEKEND, IT IS STILL GOING TO BE BREEZY BUT IT WILL BECOME AN OFFSHORE WIND FOLLOWING A COLD FRONT.

COUNTER INTUITIVELY, AN OFFSHORE WIND, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEHIND A COLD FRONT, IS GOING TO WARM US UP ALONG THE COASTLINE, AND THE COAST, PLACES LIKE SAN DIEGO ITSELF, WILL BE WARMER THAN THE INTERIOR DESERTS ON SATURDAY.

WINDS WILL EXCEED 35 MILES PER HOUR IN INLAND AREAS.

TONIGHT, LOW CLOUDS OUT THERE NEAR THE COAST.

IT'S ONSHORE BREEZE.

WINDS ARE GOING TO BE INCREASING.

INTERIOR PARTS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY UNDER A WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4:00 P.M.

THURSDAY.

KIND OF GOT THAT XTENDED A LEG BIT DEEPER.

COASTAL CLOUDS, ONSHORE BREEZES TOMORROW.

WE'RE GOING TO BE UP AROUND 75 IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

95 AND BREEZY IN MOUNT LAGUNA.

68 INTO SAN DIEGO.

WINDY ON THURSDAY.

HERE'S THE FRONT.

PUSHES SOUTH AND THE TAIL OF THE FRONT IS GOING TO BRUSH US QUIETLY NO PRECIPITATION WITH IT.

FRIDAY, WE WILL BE COOLER.

THE COOLEST AIR WILL BE IN THE INLAND AREAS.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN TO SEE THE WIND SHIFT AND BLOW OFFSHORE BEHIND THE FRONT, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A PROCESS THAT WARMS US UP A LITTLE WITH ALONG THE COASTLINE.

SO SANTA ANA WINDS PICK UP FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

IT'S AN OFFSHORE DRY WIND.

THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR SOME DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.

GUSTS OVER 35 MILES PER HOUR, BUT POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THE CANYONS AND PASSES TO MAYBE GUST 50 TO 70 MILES PER HOUR.

TOUGH CROSSWINDS FOR TRAVELERS.

AGAIN, STRONGEST WINDS MAY BE TO OUR NORTH.

BUT A BIG CONTRAST.

COOL INLAND, BUT RIGHTING A THE COASTLINE, THE OFFSHORE BREEZE WILL ACTUALLY WARN US UP A LITTLE BIT.

SO THERE WE ARE, WARMING UP TO 80 ON SATURDAY FOR THE COAST.

71 THURSDAY.

EXTRA CLOUDS.

80 SATURDAY.

BACK DOWN TO THE UPPER 60s ON MONDAY.

LET'S GO INLAND A LITTLE BIT.

HERE YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE, NOT QUITE AS ARM WARM.

IT WILL BE WARMER BUT NOT QUITE AS WARM AS THE COASTLINE ON SATURDAY.

UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80.

WE BEGIN TO FIND A DIFFERENT TREND HERE.

IN THE MOUNTAINS WE ACTUALLY DROP TO A HIGH OF ONLY 36 SATURDAY.

A DRAMATIC CONTRAST BETWEEN THE INTERIOR AND THE COAST.

WARM FOR THE COAST.

COOL INLAND.

OFTEN THE DESERTS ARE WARMER?

WE'RE GOING TO BE 8 DEGREES COOLER THAN SAN DIEGO ON SATURDAY IN THE INTERIOR DESERTS.

SO COOLER INLAND, WARMER ALONG THE COAST COME SATURDAY.

SO BE CAREFUL OUT THERE WITH THE WIND.

I'M ACCUWEATHER METEOROLOGIST JEFF CORNISH FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> RECENT PARKING FEE CHANGES AT BALBOA PARK HAVE PROMPTED MORE SAN DIEGANS TO THINK ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY AND WHO CULTURE BELONGS TO.

KPBS ARTS REPORTER JULIA DIXON EVANS SHOWS US HOW ONE BALBOA PARK ORGANIZATION WITHOUT PUBLIC VISITING HOURS HAS BEEN EXPANDING WHAT'S CONSIDERED ART AND WHO IT SERVES.

>> I LIKE TO THINK OF US AS, LIKE, A HOSPITAL FOR ARTWORK.

>> Reporter: LETITIA GOMEZ FRANCO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER, A NONPROFIT THAT HELPS MUSEUMS AND THE PUBLIC TREAT, PROTECT, AND CARE FOR PAINTINGS, PAPER, SCULPTURES, AND ARTIFACTS.

>> WHEN SOMETHING GETS DAMAGED, SOMETHING GETS BROKEN, SOMETHING IS TORN, IT COMES TO A PLACE LIKE THIS.

>> Reporter: AND THEY'RE DETECTIVES.

SOLVING MYSTERIES USING FORENSIC TOOLS LIKE IMAGE IS AND CHEMICAL TESTING.

CONSERVATOR ALEXIS MILLER DEMONSTRATES AN XRF DEVICE, OR HANDHELD X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYZER.

IT LOOKS LYING SOMETHING OUT OF "STAR TREK."

HOLD IT UP TO A PAINTING -- >> AND IT GIVES THE ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION OF WHAT THE PIGMENT IS.

SO IF IT HAS MERCURY, WE KNOW IT'S VERMILION.

BUT IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR PESTICIDE RESIDUES ON COMMUNITY OBJECTS.

>> Reporter: TRADITIONAL X-RAY TECHNOLOGY WAS IVE.

ONLY AVAILABLE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.

AFTER FUND-RAISING FOR DIGITAL TOOLS, THE CENTER CAN DO MORE FOR MORE PEOPLE.

>> THESE TOOLS CAN BE USED IN REPATRIATION PROCESS.

>> Reporter: WHEN MUSEUMS RETURN OBJECTS LIKE BASKETS OR TEXTILES TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, THOSE OBJECTS WERE SOMETIMES TREATED WITH PESTICIDES OR ARSENIC WHILE IN STORAGE.

XRF CAN DETECT THAT.

>> CAN BE LIFE-SAVING.

IT ISN'T UNTIL WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF ACCESS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY BEGIN TO THINK OF HOW WE CAN BEGIN TO REPURPOSE THESE TOOLS AND THESE SPACES FOR A BROADER USE.

>> Reporter: ACCESS IN ART IS SOMETHING GOMEZ FRANCO SPENDS A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT.

>> YOU CAN LITERALLY GO DOWN A LIST AND THINK ABOUT THE REDUCTION OF BARRIERS THAT PREVENT ACCESS.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THOSE BARRIERS INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION, COST, LANGUAGE, AND PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY.

BUT SHE ALSO WANTS MORE ARTS GROUPS TO CONSIDER BELONGING.

>> YOU CAN DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

YOU CAN HAVE A FREE PARK WITH FREE PARKING, WITH FREE EVERYTHING, AND STILL PEOPLE NOT FEEL LIKE THEY'RE WELCOMED.

>> Reporter: FOR THE FIVE YEARS GOMEZ FRANCO HAS LED THE ORGANIZATION, THE CENTER HAS REDUCED ITS RELIANCE ON EARNED REVENUE SUCH AS CLIENT TREATMENT SERVICES.

FOR AN ARTS NONPROFIT WITHOUT VISITING HOURS OR AN OPEN DOOR, THINKING ABOUT ACCESS MEANS THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.

>> IT MADE US ONLY AVAILABLE TO THE PAYING CUSTOMER, AND THAT IS NOT HOW A NONPROFIT SHOULD BEHAVE.

IT WASN'T UNTIL THE TEAM HERE REALLY GOT TO THINK ABOUT, WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE?

WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT IS DIFFERENT?

WHAT IS OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PUBLIC GOOD?

AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT THEICINESS THEICI ICKINESS ABOUT TURNING AWAY BECAUSE COMMUNITIES DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO PAY.

>> Reporter: WHETHER PRESERVING GRAFFITI, STORING HEIRLOOM QUILTS, OR SAVING PHOTOS FROM FLOOD DAMAGE, THE CENTER IS WORKING TO HELP MORE PEOPLE CARE FOR THEIR OWN OBJECTS AND SEE THEMSELVES IN ART.

>> AND WE STARTED KIND OF PILOTING PROGRAMS THAT WERE ABOUT HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHICANO COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT CONSERVATION LOOKS LIKE FOR THAT COMMUNITY.

AND WE ARE TRYING TO DEMOCRATIZE AND DEMYSTIFY THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE SO THAT EVERYBODY COULD BE A PART OF IT.

>> Reporter: JULIA DIXON EVANS, KPBS NEWS.

>> AND JULIA IS ALSO THE HOST OF THE KPBS ARTS PODCAST "THE FINEST."

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