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>>> A MAN BITTEN BY A POLICE DOG DURING AN ARREST PLANS TO SUE THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

KATIE ANASTAS SAYS HIS ATTORNEY IS CALLING IT EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE.>> Reporter: THE LAWSUIT STEMS FROM AN INCIDENT ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 24.

THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS OFFICERS WERE RESPONDING TO A 911 CALL ABOUT A MAN WHO THREATENED A WOMAN WITH A GUN.

THERE IS BYSTANDER VIDEO OF THE ARREST.

KPBS IS NOT SHOWING THE VIDEO, DUE TO THE GRAPHIC NATURE.

IT SHOWS THE MAN, MARCUS EVANS, WALKING OUT WITH HIS HANDS RAISED, WEARING NO SHIRT AND NO SHOES.

OFFICERS REPEATEDLY ORDERED HIM TO SURRENDER, BUT HE DID NOT.

OFFICERS USED THREE BEAN BAG ROUNDS AND A CANINE TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY.

>> WHILE MR. EVANS WAS ON THE GROUND, HANDS UP, SAYING PLEASE DON'T SHOOT ME, SOMEBODY HELP ME, THEY ARE SHOOTING ME, THEY CONTINUED TO SHOOT HIM TWO MORE TIMES.

AND THEN, NOT ONLY DO THEY SHOOT HIM TWO MORE TIMES, BUT THEY DEPLOYED CANINE OFFICERS TWICE.>> Reporter: HE DESCRIBED HIS BEHAVIOR AS PASSIVE RESISTANCE.

THE PROCEDURE ON THE USE OF FORCE DEFINES PASSIVE RESISTANCE AS A REFUSAL TO COMPLY WITH VERBAL DEMANDS AND DOES NOT CONVEY A THREAT OF RESISTANCE TO THE OFFICER OR ANOTHER PERSON.

IT SAYS POLICE MAY USE CANINES AND EXTENDED RANGE IMPACT WEAPONS TO RESTRAIN A SUBJECT BELIEVES TO HAVE ACCESS TO A DEADLY WEAPON.

>> HE DIDN'T HAVE SOCKS ON, YOU COULD CLEARLY SEE HE WAS UNARMED.

WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?

>> POLICE ARRESTED EVANS ON SUSPICION OF ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, AND RESISTING ARREST.

THE DEPARTMENT SAID NO WEAPON WAS FOUND.

HE WAS NOT BOOKED INTO JAIL.

THEY SAY THE ROUNDS INJURED HIS STOMACH, SHIN, AND ARM DURING THE ARREST.

HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK.

- - HE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK.

>> WE ARE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR THE COURT TO PUT AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT SAYS THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THESE CANINE OFFICERS LIKE THIS.

DRUG IN A STATEMENT ON FRIDAY, THE DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, INCLUDING REVIEWING BYSTANDER VIDEO, BODY WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE, AND WITNESS STATEMENTS.

THE POLICE CHIEF SAID HE WAS "COMMITTED TO EXPLORING HOW THE SITUATION COULD HAVE AND HANDLED DIFFERENTLY.

KATIE ANASTAS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE WILL BE TRACKING SOME NICE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, SUNNY SKIES, BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, WE WILL SEE SOME CHILLY CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE COAST, HEADING INTO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

OVERALL I WILL BE TRACKING MILD, BREEZY, NICE WEATHER SETTING UP FOR US.

HOW NICE WILL IT BE?

I WILL DETAIL THE UPDATED FORECAST, COMING UP.

>>> IN THIS WEEK'S WHY IT MATTERS SEGMENT, SCOTT LEWIS LOOKS AT ELECTION FALLOUT, SPECIFIC HOW THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP WILL IMPACT LOCAL RACES.

>> REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE OBVIOUSLY PLEASED WITH LAST WEEK'S ELECTION, DONALD TRUMP IS GOING BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY COULD BE HEADED FOR A NEW LOW.

A FEW WEEKS AGO, I TALKED ABOUT THE KEY TESTS REPUBLICANS FACE IN SAN DIEGO.

CONSERVATIVE AND BUSINESS GROUPS SPENT MORE THAN $2 MILLION SUPPORTING KEVIN FAULKNER FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR.

IF YOU ONE, REPUBLICANS WOULD HAVE TAKEN BACK CONTROL OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

BUT DEMOCRATS HAD A TRUMP CARD.

HERE IS AN AD FROM THE LABORERS UNION.

>> KEVIN FAULKNER IS HOPING YOU FORGET HE EMBRACED DONALD TRUMP, THAT EVEN AFTER THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION, HE DEFENDED HIS OWN VOTE FOR TRUMP.

>> THE TEST WAS THIS, WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH TO SINK HIM?

DESPITE THE MILLIONS SPENT IN SUPPORT OF HIM, THE BLISTERING ADS AGAINST TARA LAWSON REAMER AND THE PROBLEMS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS.

HIS SUPPORTERS TRIED DESPERATELY TO COUNTER IT.

HERE IS AN AD FROM THE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP COALITION.

>> DON'T FORGET, AFTER VOTING FOR,, VOTE FOR KEVIN.

>> Reporter: WE KNOW A FEW VOTERS DID JUST THAT, BUT NOT EVEN CLOSE TO ENOUGH.

RIGHT NOW, HERE ARE THE MARGINS IN DISTRICT 3.

KAMALA HARRIS GOT 62% OF THE VOTE, TRUMP GOT 38% OF THE VOTE.

THE MARGIN WAS 24 POINTS.

THIS IS AS HIGH AS THE 29 POINTS BIDEN ONE THE SAME AREAS BY, BUT IT'S STILL A LOT TO OVERCOME.

FAULKNER RAN SEVEN POINTS AHEAD OF DONALD TRUMP, BUT HE NEEDED TO DO TWICE AS WELL AS HE DID.

TRUMP SEEMS TO BE SLIGHTLY MORE POPULAR IN SAN DIEGO THAT HE WAS IN 2020, BUT IT SHOWS VOTER ANTIPATHY TOWARD HIM WILL CONTINUE TO HURT LOCAL REPUBLICANS FOR YEARS TO COME.

I'M SCOTT LEWIS, AND THAT'S WHY IT MATTERS.>> THE STORY IS PART OF THE PARTNERSHIPS MATTER, FIND ALL OUR COVERAGE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ONLINE ON KPBS.ORG.

>>> ROUGHLY 8 MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE BECAME ELIGIBLE TO VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2024, AND DATA IS SHOWING THOSE VOTERS WERE MORE LIKELY TO IDENTIFY AS CONSERVATIVE AND REPUBLICAN THEN IN 2020.

WE SPOKE TO LOCAL YOUNG VOTERS ABOUT THEIR DECISIONS.>> WHEN DID BRAD BECOME A CENTRAL PART OF THE CAMPAIGN?

>> KAMALA HARRIS IS BRATS SUMMER MOMENT TOOK SOCIAL MEDIA BY STORM.

ADS ON INSTAGRAM VIED FOR SUPPORT.

YOUNG VOTERS AND TO CUT THROUGH THE NOISE, TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT VOTING.

>> I KNOW THE ALGORITHM IS FEEDING ME WHAT THEY WANT ME TO SEE, SO I COULDN'T PUT MEDIA INTO A FACTOR HERE, IT HAD TO BE WHAT I'VE SEEN BASED OFF REAL LIFE SCENARIOS.

>> Reporter: THAT WAS GRACE CHAVEZ, A 19-YEAR-OLD VOTER ORIGINALLY FROM NEVADA.

SHE VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP THIS ELECTION SEASON, BUT SAYS NEITHER CANDIDATE WAS A TOP CHOICE.

>> WHEN FACED WITH TO SHOW - - WHEN FACED WITH TWO EVILS, CHOOSE NEITHER, I HAD TO GO FOR SOMEBODY, I DECIDED TO GO WITH TRUMP, BECAUSE I CITED WITH HIM A LITTLE BIT MORE.>> Reporter: LIKE MANY YOUNG VOTERS WHO TURNED OUT FOR TRUMP, SOME OF HER REASONS WERE INFLATION, AND THE ECONOMY.>> BEING A COLLEGE STUDENT, SEEING HOW PRICES HAVE GONE UP HERMETICALLY, GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE AND SEEING HOW MUCH IT COSTS EVEN FOR THE LITTLE THINGS I NEED, SNACKS AND EVERYTHING, IT HAS JUST GONE UP A LOT COMPARED TO FOUR YEARS AGO.>> Reporter: THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND ENGAGEMENT FOUND THAT 40% OF YOUTH SELECTED THE ECONOMY AND JOBS AS A TOP VOTING ISSUE.

ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS WERE THE SECOND-HIGHEST ISSUES.

IT INFORMED SHILOH KERATINS VOTE.

>> I THINK THIS ELECTION WAS VERY PERSONAL FOR A LOT OF GROUPS OF PEOPLE, EVEN IF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS VOTING ON THE ECONOMY, THERE WERE OTHER FACTORS AT STAKE.>> Reporter: A 21-YEAR-OLD FROM TEXAS, SHE ORIGINALLY VOTED FOR VICE PRESIDENT, HARRIS.>> THIS RESULT, THIS OUTCOME MIGHT NOT BE WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR, IT MAY NOT BE WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN BY ANY MEANS, BUT I THINK IT REFLECTS THE FACT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS NOT BEEN CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITIES IT IS SUPPOSED TO SERVE.>> Reporter: THEY SAY THEIR FAMILIES POLITICAL VIEWS HAD A STRONG IMPACT ON THE ISSUES THEY CARE ABOUT.

CHAVEZ COMES FROM A CONSERVATIVE BACKGROUND, WHILE KERATINS IS LIBERAL.

KERATIN IS NAVIGATING HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.

SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT HOW THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL HANDLE WOMEN'S AND LGBTQ PLUS RIGHTS.

>> I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A MOMENT FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL THESE EMOTIONS, EVEN IF A STATEMENT DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU, IT MIGHT TO SOMEONE ELSE, THOSE ARE VERY CRUEL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID DURING THIS POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, VERY DEMEANING.

>> Reporter: BOTH ARE INTERESTED IN TALKING TO PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT YOU VIEWS, TO FIND COMMON GROUND AND DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS.

SOMETHING ALMOST EVERYONE AGREES WILL BE GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY.

>>> A FORMER SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICER, LARRY TURNER CONCEDED IN THE RACE FOR SAN DIEGO MAYOR, HE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS MORNING, SAYING IN PART THE CAMPAIGN WAS MORE THAN A POLITICAL RACE, IT WAS A MOVEMENT, WHICH PROVES THAT WE CAN OVERCOME THE FACTORS THAT DIVIDE US AND INSTEAD FOCUS ON WHAT UNITES US.

HE ALSO CONGRATULATED MAYOR TODD GLORIA ON HIS RE-ELECTION.

>>> A NEW INDEX WATCHED CLOSELY BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE SHOWS THE PRICES MOST PAY FOR GOODS AND SERVICES TICKED UP LAST MONTH.

ONE EXPERT SAYS THIS HICCUP COULD PALE IN COMPARISON TO WHAT IS AHEAD UNDER A NEW ADMINISTRATION.

LAURA REPORTS.

>> Reporter: THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, OUT THIS MORNING, SHOWS A 2% RISE, A 2.6% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR, AND A SLIGHT STEP BACK FROM THE LONG-HELD FED GOAL OF 2%.>> STRENGTHENING THE ECONOMY AND LABOR MARKET CAN BE MAINTAINED WITH INFLATION GOING DOWN 2%.>> WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE ELECTION JUST HOW TOXIC INFLATION, HIGH PRICES, AND HIGH INTEREST RATES ARE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.>> Reporter: LARRY SUMMERS SERVED AS TREASURER SECRETARY AND IS THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL.

>> THE FED HAS BEEN IN TOO MUCH OF A HURRY TO CUT INTEREST RATES, MUCH TO YOU IN A HURRY TO PROMISE FUTURE CUTS.

>> Reporter: MANY CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A DROP IN RATES TO MAKE HOMES, VEHICLES, AND CREDIT CARDS LESS EXPENSIVE.

TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, ENERGY COSTS SEEMED TO STAY STEADY.

USED VEHICLE PRICES JUMPED 2.7%.

AIRLINE FARES CLIMBED 3.2%.

ONE DROP IN SOMETHING MOST OF US USE EVERY WEEK, GAS PRICES, DOWN NEARLY A 10th OF A PERCENTAGE POINT ACROSS ALL FUEL TYPES.

>>> THE COVID PANDEMIC DID SO MUCH DAMAGE, INCLUDING A DOWNTURN IN BUSINESS AND CIVIC LIFE.

JOHN CARROLL SAYS DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO IS PART OF A NEW EFFORT TO BOOST DOWNTOWN AREAS ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

>> Reporter: HE REPRESENTS DISTRICT 17 IN THE HEART OF SAN FRANCISCO.

HE WAS IN OUR AREA TO GET A FIRST LOOK AT HOW RECOVERY IS PROGRESSING POST-PANDEMIC.

HE CHAIRS THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON DOWNTOWN RECOVERY.

THE DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO PARTNERSHIP TOOK HIM ON A TOUR OF ONE SQUARE BLOCK OF DOWNTOWN THIS MORNING.

THE PARTNERSHIP IS A 30-YEAR- OLD GROUP, FUNDED BY BUSINESSES IN THE PROPERTY AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

THERE WERE A COUPLE STOPS ALONG THE WAY, HERE AT SYMPHONY HALL AT THE JACOBS MUSIC CENTER, HE HEARD ABOUT A DOWNTOWN SUCCESS STORY, THE RENOVATION.

>> WE'VE GOT TO GIVE THEM A REASON TO COME DOWNTOWN, A PLACE THAT THEY CAN BE SAFE.

SAN DIEGO HAS A LOT OF PLACES WHERE THAT IS WORKING RIGHT NOW.>> Reporter: THE TOUR CONTINUES AT THE BREWERY.

>> YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE US SOMETHING, YOU ASK FOR SOMETHING, I THINK THAT'S FAIR FOR A GOVERNMENT GROUP AND A PRIVATE SECTOR GROUP, THIS IS NOT FOR FREE.>> Reporter: DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO FACES THE SAME PROBLEMS, GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE STREET, DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN THE POPULATION.

>> SAN DIEGO HAS A LOT TO DO TO BRING TOURISM, HOSPITALITY, AND EVENTS, BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THE THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN, MAKING SURE IT IS CLEAN, AND SAFE, AND ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.>> Reporter: FROM THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP, APPRECIATION FOR HIS VISIT.>> TO HAVE OUR LOCAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS UP AND DOWN THE STATE, TO HAVE HIM UNDERSTAND THAT PERSPECTIVE WAS REALLY CRITICAL FOR US AS WE MOVE DOWNTOWN.

>> Reporter: THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER STILL HAS MORE DOWNTOWNS TO VISIT, BUT THE START OF THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN JANUARY HE WILL TAKE WHAT HE LEARNED FROM THESE VISITS TO ALLOW THE STATE BETTER HELP DOWNTOWNS OR IN SOME CASES, GET OUT OF THE WAY, SO CITY CENTERS CAN REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.>>> A PROPOSED 213 UNIT HIGH-RISE IS GETTING PUSHBACK FROM RESIDENTS.

THE PACIFIC BEACH PLANNING COMMITTEE IS SET TO VOTE TONIGHT ON WHETHER IT IS IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT.

IT WOULD ONLY OFFER 74 UNITS TO LIVE IN, 10 FOR A MEDIUM TO LOW INCOME TENANTS.

THE OTHER UNITS WOULD BE HOTEL ROOMS.

THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ALLOWS HIGH-RISES IF THEY MEET CERTAIN STANDARDS.>> THIS IS GOING TO INFLATE LAND VALUES.

BECAUSE OF THAT, THE CONDOS THEY MAKE WILL ALSO BE UNAFFORDABLE, BECAUSE ALL THE SQUARE FOOTAGE VALUES ARE GOING TO GO WAY UP AS WELL.>> THE MEETING BEGINS AT 6:30 P.M. AT THE EARL BERTIE LIBRARY.

>>> THE BUDGET DEFICIT COULD CREATE SOME CHANGES.

TONYA THORNE SAYS THE CITY IS NOW LOOKING FOR PROPOSALS FROM NEW MANAGERS.

>> Reporter: THE CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS HAS BEEN A NORTH COUNTY HUB FOR CULTURE, ART, PERFORMANCES, AND COMMUNITY.

>> THIS WAS THE HOUSE ESCONDIDO BILL, SPECIFICALLY MINDED FOR COMMUNITY CENTERED EVENTS, CELEBRATIONS, YOU NAME IT.>> Reporter: JESSE GONZALES IS THE COMMUNITY ASSET MANAGER.>> A SMALLER THEATER OF 400 SEATS, WHERE WE GET TO SEE A SLEW OF DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES TAKE PLACE.>> Reporter: THE CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION MANAGE THEIR PROGRAMMING FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, BUT THAT TENURE COULD COME TO AN END.

THE CITY OF ESCONDIDO IS LOOKING FOR A NEW MANAGER FOR THE CENTER AS IT TRIES TO CLOSE AN $11 MILLION BUDGET GAP.

THEY STARTED A SEARCH AFTER A REVIEW FOUND THE CENTER WAS RUNNING AT A LOSS TWO YEARS AGO.

COVID HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THAT.

>> PART OF OUR MISSION STATEMENT WAS BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND IF YOU CAN'T FOR A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARDER TO BUILD BRIDGES INTO THOSE COMMUNITIES IF THAT SOMETHING YOU HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO.

>> Reporter: THE CITY PAYS THE FOUNDATION $600,000 PER YEAR TO RUN THE CENTER, THEY PLAN TO UNDERGO THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO CONTINUE THE WORK.

>> WE ARE DOING A LOT OF GREAT WORK HERE, I FEEL LIKE WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.

IT WOULD BE A SHAME AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT THIS INSTITUTION OR THESE BUILDINGS WOULD BELONG OR GO TO SOMEONE ELSE, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.>> Reporter: THEY HOSTED A TOWN HALL FOR FEEDBACK.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS FILLED THE CONCERT HALL TO ASK QUESTIONS, PROVIDE FEEDBACK, AND LEARN MORE.>> REALLY WE NEED TO FILL THESE BUILDINGS, KEEP THEM FILLED, KEEP THEM ACTIVATED, BRING A NEW SENSE OF LONGING, AND CREATE THAT THIRD SPACE WE ALL DESIRE.>> Reporter: THERE HAVE BEEN INTERESTED APPLICANTS, A DECISION WILL BE MADE NEXT YEAR.>>> APPARENTLY WE ARE IN THE OFFICIAL HOLIDAY SHOPPING SYSTEM SEASON, RESEARCHERS EXPECT RECORD ONLINE SPENDING.

KAREN HAS MORE ON HOW HIGH SPENDING COULD BE, AND THE WAY SHOPPERS ARE CHOOSING TO PAY.>> Reporter: AT LEAST ONE PROJECTION THIS YEAR EXPENSIVE A BALLOON, THINK OF IT AS A MODERN TWIST ON LEAH WELL - - LAYAWAY, WITH POTENTIAL PITFALLS.

BELLA IS A DALLAS MOM OF THREE WHO WORKS FULL-TIME, AS DOES HER HUSBAND.

SHE SAYS MONEY IS TIGHT.

>> I MAKE DECENT MONEY, BUT MY GOODNESS, WHEN LIFE HITS, LIFE HITS HARD.>> Reporter: SHE OFTEN USES BY NOW, PAY LATER, FOR SHORT-TERM PATHS.

>> I'VE USED IT AT WALMART TO PURCHASE GROCERIES, BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO DO THAT THAN TO PUT IT ON AN ALREADY MAXED OUT CREDIT CARD.>> IT ALLOWS CUSTOMERS TO PURCHASE ON AN INSTALLMENT BASIS, WITH AN INTEREST RATE.

A >> Reporter: RECORD BUYING IS PREDICTED WITH THIS METHOD.

>> WE ARE EXPECTING A PLANE - - WE ARE EXPECTING $18.5 BILLION TO BE PROCESSED, YEAR ON YEAR GROWTH.>> Reporter: FINANCIALLY SAVVY BUYERS WILL CHOOSE THIS TO AVOID INTEREST.

MOST PEOPLE WANT TO FREE UP CASH, OR BY SOMETHING THEY COULDN'T OTHERWISE AFFORD.>> A MAJORITY OF THE VALUES TENDS TO BE HIGHER FOR BY NOW, PAY LATER, ULTIMATELY IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO STRETCH THE BOUNDS OF THEIR BUDGET.>> Reporter: HOLIDAY SHOPPING WILL INCLUDE BUYING NOW AND PAYING LATER, PUTTING OFF PAYING UNTIL TOMORROW WHAT SHE CAN GET TODAY.

CYBER MONDAY WILL BE THE BIGGEST DAY EVER FOR BY NOW, PAY LATER, WITH ESTIMATES FOR THOSE TRANSACTIONS EXPECTED JUST SHY OF THE $1 BILLION MARK.

EXPERTS ADVISE THOSE USING LOANS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, KEEP TRACK OF WHAT YOU OWN, AND WHERE UNPAID LOANS COULD DING YOUR CREDIT SCORE.

>>> TONIGHT I WILL BE TRACKING OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 40s, A COOLER START ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

38 SNIDE, A MIX OF 30s AND 40s FOR THE REST OF THE AREA, 46 NIGHT IN CHULA VISTA.

OVERNIGHT, LOTS OF CLEAR SKIES FOR US.

BY 8:40 P.M.

SPECIFIC TIME, YOU CAN SEE CLOUD COVERAGE ACROSS THE COAST.

WEATHER DELAYS WILL SLOW DOWN THAT MORNING DRIVE TIME.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE LOTS OF SUNSHINE, LATE AFTERNOON, MORE AND MORE CLOUD COVERAGE IS FILTERING IN FROM THE COAST.

OVERALL, FRIDAY MORNING, CONDITIONS WILL BE NICE.

ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY TOMORROW, THURSDAY, LOTS OF SUNSHINE.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60s AND UPPER 70s.

OVERALL PRETTY PLEASANT CONDITIONS.

WE WILL SEE 70s ON THURSDAY, A COOLDOWN MOVES IN, TEMPERATURES IN THE MIX OF MIDDLE TO UPPER 60s.

LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 40s, EVEN 30s ON SATURDAY MORNING.

INLAND WE WILL SEE LOTS OF SUNSHINE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN TAKING A DROP ON FRIDAY.

WE WILL SEE 30s FOR THE MORNING LOW ON THE WEEKEND, WITH A COUPLE SHOWER CHANCES POSSIBLE.

IN THE MOUNTAIN REGIONS, MORE SHOWERS, WITH THE COOLDOWN REALLY MOVING IN ON SATURDAY, TEMPERATURES BARELY GETTING ABOVE FREEZING.

WE WILL SEE TEMPERATURES DRIFT OFF IN THE WEEKEND, AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 60s AND 70s.>>> WITH THE HOLIDAYS APPROACHING, THOUSANDS OF US WILL TAKE TO THE ROAD.

THERE IS ONE SPOT ALONG THE SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL COUNTY LINE THAT IS SURE TO GET SOME ATTENTION, A FASCINATING SPOT FOR DECADES.

KEN KRAMER SHOWS US WHY, IN THIS STORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.>> Reporter: IF YOU LIKE GREAT VIEWS, HERE'S ONE WITH THE WONDERFUL VIEW OF THE DESERT.

YOU WALK OVER TO SEE THE DESERT VIEW.

IN THE WORLD OF ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS, THE DESERT VIEW TOWER WAS A CLASSIC, AND STILL IS.

CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL MONUMENT 939.

A THROWBACK TO THE DAYS BEFORE AUTOMOBILE AIR CONDITIONING.

HE JUST HAD TO PULL IT OFF THE LONG HIGHWAY, FOR THE KIDS TO GO UP THE DESERT VIEW TOWER.

FROM CHULA VISTA TO CHICAGO, THEY SIGNED IN PENCIL JUST TO PROVE THEY WERE HERE, AND HAD CLIMBS THE DESERT TOWER, AND HAD SEEN THE VIEW.

USED TO COST $.25 BACK IN THE DAY.

WE FOUND THE CIRCULAR GROUND FLOOR TO BE A COMBINATION MUSEUM, CURIO SHOP, AND OCCASIONAL YOGA STUDIO, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.

[ MUSIC ] UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS WE GO, EACH LANDING OFFERS MORE RANDOM THINGS TO SEE, AND A HINT OF THE VIEW, AND GET TO THE TOP WE WILL.

JUST IN CASE YOU ARE WONDERING, WHO BUILT THIS AND WHY?

WELL, HE WAS A HOTEL DEVELOPER, HIS ROADWORK CREWS CAMPED OUT HERE AT 8000 FEET, ROCK BY ROCK, THEY ASSEMBLED IT, AND THEN, WHAT'S THAT?

RIGHT ON THE SAME PROPERTY, ROCK SCULPTURES STARTED APPEARING, ALL SORTS OF STRANGE CARVINGS DONE BY AN UNEMPLOYED ENGINEER PAID A DOLLAR OF A DOLLAR A DAY AND A JUG OF WINE.

THIS HAS BEEN AN ATTRACTION EVER SINCE.

MEANTIME, IN THE TOWER, MORE STEPS, MORE COLLECTIVE THINGS TO SEE, INCLUDING WORKS OF ART ON DISPLAY, INSPIRED BY THE PLACE ITSELF.

UP, AND UP, UNTIL THE OBSERVATION DECK, AND I VIEW OVER THE DESERT THAT ON THE CLEAR DAY COULD REACH TO THE SALTON SEA AND THE SAND DUNES, 100 MILES OR MORE.

[ MUSIC ] IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT WILL COME OF THE TOWER 20, 50, OR 100 YEARS FROM NOW.

IT HAS CHANGED OWNERSHIP A COUPLE TIMES IN ITS LONG HISTORY, SEEKING TO SURVIVE AS A PICTURE-PERFECT ROADSIDE ATTRACTION THAT DOTTED HIGHWAYS IN THE 40s AND 50s.

AS THE AFTERNOON SHADOWS LENGTHEN, IT'S NOT HARD TO IMAGINE, YEARS FROM NOW, THAT PEOPLE WILL STILL BE SEEING THAT SIGN ALONG THE INTERSTATE AND SAY DESERT VIEW TOWER, LET'S GO SEE IT.

SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> THAT'S SO COOL.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE STORIES ABOUT SAN DIEGO, BE WATCHING FOR THE HALF-HOUR SHOW, EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT, 8:00 P.M., RIGHT HERE ON KPBS.

YOU CAN FIND NIGHTS STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I MIGHT HAVE TROUBLE SEE.

THIS NEW MAJOR FUNDING MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH LEMON, HEATING, AIR RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODEL SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, TREND 99 , AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.