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>>> HILLCREST TONIGHT TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

TONIGHT'S ACTIONS FOLLOW THE WEEKEND DEADLY SHOOTING AT A NIGHTCLUB IN COLORADO WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE MAN ARRESTED IN A MOMENT.

HEARING FROM THOSE WORRIED THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IS INCREASINGLY BECOMING A TARGET FOR VIOLENCE.

>> HERE IN HILLCREST THE TRAGEDY IS VERY PERSONAL.

>> IT HAS BEEN VERY HARD.

>> IT HAS BECOME A SHRINE TO THE FIVE PEOPLE WHO DIED IN THE 25 WHO WERE INJURED AT CLUB Q IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

FRANCISCO CAME HERE TO GATHER HIS THOUGHTS.

>> IT MEANS A LOT FOR US YOU KNOW THIS IS LIKE OUR SAFE HAVEN WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS LIKE ANYTHING HAPPENS WE ALWAYS COME OVER HERE.

IT FEELS LIKE THEY HAVEN'T EVEN HEALED FROM THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE THAT HAPPENED IN 2016.

49 PEOPLE WERE KILLED THERE.

>> WE ARE ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR THIS NOT TO HAPPEN AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN.

>> AND IT FEELS LIKE THE COMMUNITY IS CONSTANTLY UNDER ATTACK.

>> WE ARE ALWAYS WATCHING OUR BACK.

YOU KNOW, LIKE EVEN WHEN WE COME LIKE I SAID, I FEEL SAFE IN MY CITY, I JUST DON'T FEEL SAFE OUT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> IT IS A HORRIBLE THING FOR THAT COMMUNITY AND IT JUST MAKES ME FEEL FOR THIS ONE.

>> WITH THE HILLCREST BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SAYS PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT A NIGHTCLUB IS JUST NOT A NIGHTCLUB FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LGBTQ, WHO ARE NOT SAFE TO EXPRESS WHO THEY ARE IN PUBLIC.

>> IT'S A STRIKE AT THE HEART, AT A NIGHTCLUB AND IS A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND STRIKES AT THE HEART OF THE SAFE SPACES THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS CREATED.

>> LATELY THERE HAS EVEN BEEN TENSIONS IN THIS SAFE COMMUNITY KNOWN AS A SAFE HAVEN IN SAN DIEGO.

>> NOT LONG AGO WE HAD PEOPLE COME OUT TO PROTEST, CHILDREN'S TRICK-OR-TREATING THAT WE HAD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT WAS ORGANIZED BY THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AND THOSE PROTESTERS SET THE TONE OF NERVOUSNESS IN HILLCREST, THESE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY CAN COME OUT AND REALLY THREATEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> ALL OF THIS AND THE NEWS THAT THE SHOOTER IN COLORADO MAY HAVE LOCAL TIES MADE PEOPLE FEEL THREATENED.

>> THAT CONTEXT CREATES THIS NERVOUSNESS AND I FEEL LIKE WITH THAT KIND OF TENSION GOING ON AND THEN THE SHOOTING AND MAY BE THOSE LOCAL CONNECTIONS IT JUST PUTS PEOPLE ON EDGE.

>> THAT'S WHY THEY DECIDED TO COME TOGETHER.

HOLD A COMMUNITY MEETING, MARCH AND VIGIL TO STAND UP.

>> LGBTQ AND ALLIES WILL COME TOGETHER AND WE WILL BE STRONGER AS A RESULT BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF THE HISTORY OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY, WE LEAN INTO THESE THINGS AND WE ARE STRONGER AT THE END.

>> IT WILL BE AT RICHES AT 6 PM FOLLOWED BY A MARCH TO THE PRIDE FLAGPOLE FOR A BIT VIGIL.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> ONE OF THE PROMINENT FOCUSES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAN DIEGO PRIDE TALKED WITH MIDDAY ADDITION ABOUT THE EMOTIONS MANY ARE FEELING.

>> LGBT BARS HAVE BEEN A SAFE SPACE AND A SANCTUARY FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR SO LONG AND SO THE FEAR AND THE VIOLATION THAT WE ALL FEEL IS SO PALPABLE AND HURTFUL AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE AN ABSOLUTE VIOLATION AND SO TO MY COMMUNITY I FEEL YOU.

I UNDERSTAND.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS.

WE CAN'T LET FEAR AND HATE WIN.

AND WE WOULD JUST KEEP SHOWING UP AND SHOWING UP AND STAYING IN THIS FIGHT AND WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT FOR THOSE INCLUSIVE SPACES.

>> AND WE HAVE MORE LOCAL COVERAGE OF THE NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING IN COLORADO AND THAT INCLUDES MORE OF OUR CONVERSATION WITH SAN DIEGO PRIDE DIRECTOR FERNANDO LOPEZ AND YOU CAN HEAR IT ON THE MIDDAY ADDITION PODCAST.

NOW TO THE ONGOING POLICE INVESTIGATION IN COLORADO THERE ARE NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ON THE ARREST AND PENDING CHARGES ALSO TELLING US ABOUT THOSE WHO RISK THEIR LIVES TO STOP THE SHOOTER.

>>> A GROWING MEMORIAL OF FLOWERS AND MESSAGES OF LOVE OUTSIDE OF CLUB Q IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

A CITY IN MORNING AFTER A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE INSIDE THE CLUB KILLING AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE AND INJURING 19 OTHERS.

THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY LEFT TERRIFIED.

>> THERE WAS A MOMENT IN TIME WHERE I FEARED I WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT OUT OF THAT CLUB ALIVE.

>> MICHAEL ANDERSON WAS BARTENDING SATURDAY WHEN A GUNMAN BEGAN SHOOTING.

>> AROUND 11:55 PM OR SO I HEARD A FEW POPS, POPPING SOUNDS AND I FOLLOWED THE OUTLINE OF A MAN HOLDING A RIFLE.

AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CLUB, JUST PROBABLY ABOUT 15 FEET FROM ME.

>> AMONG THE VICTIMS KILLED, DEREK AND DANIEL.

WHO WERE ALSO BARTENDING THAT NIGHT.

THE HORRIFIC SHOOTING LEAVING THE CITY SHAKEN.

>> THEY ARE BOTH GRIEVING, ANGRY, CONCERNED, WORRIED.

>> THE SHOOTING LASTED MINUTES, AUTHORITIES SAY TWO CLUB GOERS STOP THE SHOOTER WHEN CONTINUING HIS RAMPAGE, WITHOUT THEIR HEROIC ACTIONS, POLICE SAID IT COULD'VE BEEN MUCH WORSE.

>> WE KNOW THAT HE HAD A LONG RUN, AND AR STYLE WEAPON.

AND THAT WAS THE MAIN WEAPON THAT HE DID UTILIZE DURING THIS SHOOTING.

ADDITIONALLY HAVING A SECOND HANDGUN.

IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECT AS 22- YEAR-OLD ANDERSON LEE ALDRICH WHO FACES FIVE COUNTS OF FIRST- DEGREE MURDER AMONG OTHER CHARGES.

JEN SULLIVAN, KPBS EVENING EDITION NEWS.

>>> THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS TONIGHT ABOUT RACE AND TERMINOLOGY ALLEGEDLY USED BY PUBLIC DEFENDERS SUPERVISOR THOSE COMMENTS ARE SET TO SOON BE AIRED IN SUPERIOR COURT INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: >> IN AUGUST 2020 A BLACK LATINA LAWYER SPOKE DURING A ZUMBA MEETING AT THE PUBLIC DEFENDER ASSOCIATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

HE TOLD BOARD MEMBERS THEY WERE ALIENATING ATTORNEYS OF COLOR BOARD MEMBER AND A SENIOR PUBLIC DEFENDERS SUPERVISOR SHERRY STONE ALLEGEDLY RESPONDED BY CALLING BULLINGER LAZY, THEY SAY HE IS A WELL APPRECIATED ATTORNEY AND SHE ALLEGEDLY SAID HOW DARE HE TRIED TO LYNCH HER GIVING HIS LOW ACUMEN AND POOR PERFORMANCES.

>> IT IS CHILLING.

THERE IS A REASON WHERE HATE SPEECH IS OUTLAWED AND THAT IS BECAUSE IT HAS A CHILLING IMPACT.

IT PREVENTS OTHERS FROM EXERCISING THAT RIGHT TO SPEECH AND EXACTLY THAT IMPACT.

>> FORMER DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER ZACH WAS IN THAT MEETING AND HIS COWORKERS WERE OUTRAGED OF STONE'S ALLEGED COMMENTS, THEY CAME TO HIM BECAUSE HE IS A MEMBER OF THE UNION'S DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE.

>> I DON'T HAVE A HISTORY LIKE OTHER FOLKS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR DO SO THE FIRST THING I DID WAS LISTEN.

RECOMMENDED THAT STONE RECEIVED DIVERSITY TRAINING.

>> ABOUT HOW THAT WAS AN ACT OF AGGRESSION.

AND ALSO THAT HER ROLE AS A SUPERVISOR SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED.

NEVER ANYTHING ABOUT HER JOB.

NEVER ASKING HER TO LOSE HER JOB.

>> HE BELIEVES HIS RECOMMENDATION ULTIMATELY CAUSED HIM HIS JOB ABOUT A MONTH LATER, HE WAS SEEING STONE ON HIS TENURE PANEL AND SHE TOLD HIM I WANT TO KNOW YOU ABOUT THREATS AGAINST COWORKERS WILL COME BACK TO BITE YOU.

>> HE BELIEVES HE ALSO RAN MANAGEMENT MONTHS EARLIER WHEN HE CAME OUT TO A LGBTQ PANEL.

IN DOING SO, HE SAID THE PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE HAD NOT ALWAYS BEEN SO WELCOMING.

THE PEOPLE LIKE HIM.

HE SAYS THE BACKLASH WAS IMMEDIATE.

>> I HAD SUPERVISORS REACH OUT DIRECTLY.

EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN ABOUT ME BRINGING UP THAT STATEMENT.

AND CRITIQUING THE OFFICE.

>> SO HE SAID HE HAD ONLY RECEIVED STELLAR PERFORMANCE REVIEWS SO, HE EXPECTED MORE OF THE SAME IN OCTOBER 2020 WHEN HE WENT BEFORE THE TENURE REVIEW PANEL.

HE WAS WRONG.

>> ALMOST THE SECOND OR MAYBE THIRD QUESTION AFTER HOW ARE YOU WAS SORRY.

YOU ARE PRETTY ANIMATED AND FLAMBOYANT, DON'T YOU THINK THAT HURTS YOUR CLIENTS?

SORRY.

WHICH I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE.

HOW THAT FELT.

>> HE SAYS HE KNEW WHAT IT MEANT.

>> YOU ARE TOO MUCH AND YOU ARE TO GAY AND YOU ARE TOO DIFFERENT.

I AM NOT.

I BELIEVED THAT IF I DID EVERYTHING I COULD.

FOR MY CLIENTS AND I PUT EVERYTHING INTO THE JOB.

IT WOULD BE THE TIME WHERE MY WORK WOULD MATTER AND WHO I AM.

WOULD IT BE THE DETERMINING FACTOR.

>> HIS SUPERVISORS THEN APPROACHED HIM IN NOVEMBER 2020 WITH AN ULTIMATUM.

QUIT OR BE FIRED.

HE SAYS THEY TOLD HIM HE WAS NOT A GOOD FIT FOR THE OFFICES CULTURE AND HE ASSUMES THE COUNTY FOR WRONGFUL TERMINATION, FORMER DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER MICHELLE HAS FIRED A SIMILAR LAWSUIT AND DECLINED TO SPEAK TO KPBS, REACHING OUT TO STONE AND PUBLIC DEFENDER RANDY MIZE AND COUNSEL FOR COMMENT, THE COUNTY SAYS IT LOOKS FORWARD TO BRINGING THESE CASES TO A JURY TO HEAR THE FACTS.

THE TRIAL IS SCHEDULED TO START NEXT MONTH.

THE OTHER IS IN FEBRUARY.

VISTA FOR REPRESENTS BOTH ATTORNEYS HE SAYS THE ALLEGATIONS IN THE CASES DON'T ALIGN WITH THE VALUES OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE.

>> THE FACT THAT THE TYPE OF DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE CARRIED OUT AGAIN AGAINST ZACH WAS DONE BY LAWYERS.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MAKING THIS CASE EVEN WORSE.

>> KPBS NEWS.

>>> WHAT A MOMENT FOR TEAM USA AT THE WORLD CUP PLAYING ON SOCCER'S BIGGEST STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2014 THE U.S. MEN'S TEAM SET THE TONE FOR THEIR RUN IN QATAR.

>> ON THE RUN.

>> THE FIRST GOAL OF THE MATCH CAME THE FIRST HALF AND IT WAS ALMOST ENOUGH TO SCORE A WIN BUT WALES ANSWERED LATER IN THE GAME WITH A GOAL AND A PENALTY KICK EARNING A TIE, UP NEXT MIGHT BE TEAM USA'S TOUGHEST OPPONENT THOUGH, ENGLAND.

THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY 11 AM PACIFIC TIME.

THREE SAN DIEGO ADDED TO ITS REPUTATION AS A SOCCER CITY THIS YEAR AND FANS ARE CLOSELY WATCHING THE WORLD CUP EVEN TED LASSO IS GETTING INTO THE ACT, THE BILLBOARD PROMOTING THE SHOW WITH A TALK FROM THE NATIVE WHO IS PLAYING FOR TEAM USA IN THE WORLD CUP, AS REPORTER ALEXANDER SHOWS US THAT HAS SAN DIEGO IN'S PRETTY FIRED UP.

>> USA.

>> THE EXCITEMENT IS PALPABLE AT O'BRIEN'S PUB AS THE PACKED CROWD WATCHES THE U.S. MEN'S TEAM TAKE ON WALES IN THE WORLD CUP.

THROUGH THE CHEERS AND BEERS, THESE FANS HAVE ANOTHER THING FOR U.S. >> WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE A SAN DIEGO KID IN THE WORLD CUP.

>> I AM A MIDFIELDER FOR THE U.S. MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM.

>> THAT'S THE KID HE IS TALKING ABOUT, GROWING UP IN SAN DIEGO AND PLAYED FOR SEVERAL CLUB TEAMS HERE, INCLUDING THE NOMADS, DEREK ARMSTRONG IS THE HEAD COACH FOR THE NOMADS AND STILL REMEMBERS THE DAY HE FIRST SAW HIM IN 2010.

>> HE WAS PLAYING AT A LITTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN LA JOLLA FOR DELMAR, HE WAS A 12-YEAR- OLD PLAYING ON THE RIGHT WING.

AND I WANTED HIM AFTER THAT, AS SOON AS I SAW HIM I SAID WE NEED TO GET HIM.

AFTER THREE SEASONS WITH THE NOMADS, HE SAID HIS EYES ON THE BIGGER STAGE, HE WAS BEING SCOUTED.

>> I ADVISED AGAINST IT BECAUSE IT WAS OBVIOUSLY YALE BOUND, HE WAS GOING TO AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL.

>> WHEN I REACHED THE AGE OF 15 I FELT LIKE I DO MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN TRYING TO MOVE TO EUROPE.

OR TO MAYBE KIND OF TAKE A STEP BACK AND DECIDING TO TRY TO GO TO COLLEGE.

AND I DECIDED I WANTED TO TRY TO GO PROFESSIONAL.

>> FANS ARE THRILLED TO HAVE ONE OF THEIR OWN IN THE WORLD CUP.

>> WE HAVE TONS OF KIDS THAT LIKE SOCCER ALL OVER SAN DIEGO.

IT MEANS A LOT TO SEE ONE OF OUR OWN IN THE GAME.

MY SON IS 2 1/2 AND HE IS TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOMEBODY MAY GO TO THE WORLD CUP THAT IS FROM HERE.

I WILL TELL HIM IN THE FUTURE.

>> KPBS NEWS.

>>> THIS MONTH CALIFORNIANS VOTED TO PASS PROP 31 WHICH WOULD BAN THE SALE OF FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS STATEWIDE, THOMAS TELLS US ABOUT THE WORK HAPPENING AT SDSU TO EXAMINE HOW TOBACCO USE IS IMPACTING OUR HELP AND ENVIRONMENT.

>> WHY ARE SMALL CHILDREN, BABIES EXPOSED TO THIS?

>> SAN DIEGO STATE FACULTY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN LOTS OF RESEARCH ON TOBACCO POLLUTION EXAMINING PARKS AND BEACHES TO COLLECT AND COUNT WHAT SEEMS LIKE AN INFINITE NUMBER OF CIGARETTE BUTTS.

LAST WEEK THE CENTER FOR TOBACCO AND THE ENVIRONMENT WAS FOUNDED TO GIVE THAT KIND OF RESEARCHER HOME, RESEARCHERS AND STAFF GATHERED AT THE CENTERS HEADQUARTERS TO MARK THE OCCASION AND THE CENTER'S DIRECTOR AND PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR AT SDSU SAYS THE CENTER'S MISSION IS TO EXAMINE AND HOPEFULLY FIND SOLUTIONS TO THIS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT EXISTS OUTDOORS IN TERMS OF WASTE AS WELL AS INDOORS IN TERMS OF TOBACCO SMOKE TOXIC RESIDUE.

>> THE OUTDOOR PROBLEM IS SHOWN ON MANY MAPS IN SAN DIEGO WHERE PEOPLE HAVE DISCARDED CIGARETTE BUTTS.

IDENTIFYING WHERE THE SOLID WASTE RESIDES IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF EVIDENCE.

>> WHERE DOES IT COLLECT, WHO IS IMPACTED BY IT AND THEN HOW DOES IT EVENTUALLY END UP THROUGH THE STORM DRAIN.

GOING OUT INTO THE OCEAN.

>> THE TOXIC RESIDUE WHERE THE SMOKE BECOMES EMBEDDED IN CARPETS AND DRYWALL IS OFTEN CALLED THIRDHAND SMOKE.

>> SECONDHAND SMOKE GOES THROUGH THE AIR AND STICKS TO THE WALLS AND THE MOMS AND COLLECTS IN DUST, AND BUILDS UP AND ACCUMULATES AND IN CARPETS.

AND TOYS AND PILLOWS AND MATTRESSES AND CLOSE.

SO IT IS EVERYWHERE AND IT STAYS THERE IT DOES NOT JUST DISAPPEAR.

>> LYDIA GREINER, A PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR STATES PEOPLE WHO HAVE BOUGHT PREOWNED HOMES HAVE DESCRIBED IT TO HER.

>> NOW THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE MOVED OUT THE PRIOR OWNERS HAVE MOVED OUT, WE CAN SEE ON THE WALLS WHERE THERE ARE STAINS, WHERE THE PICTURES WERE REMOVED.

WE CAN ALSO SMELL AN OVERWHELMING SMELL OF TOBACCO SMOKE.

WE ARE CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE WE FIRST TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET RID OF THE SMELL.

AND IN DOING THAT, WE DISCOVERED THAT IT IS NOT JUST A SMELL, THAT THE SMELL ACTUALLY REPRESENTS CERTAIN CHEMICALS.

AND REMOVING THOSE TOXINS FROM A HOME IS VERY DIFFICULT.

THE CENTER FOR TOBACCO IN THE ENVIRONMENT IS FUNDED ENTIRELY BY GRANTS THAT FUND THE RESEARCH.

THOMAS A FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THERE ARE SOME POSITIVE NEWS FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST LUNG CANCER.

THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN CANCER DEATHS, THERE IS PROMISE AND INCREASING THE RATE OF SURVIVAL, ON THE NEW HOPE AND WHY EXPERTS ARE SAYING MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE.

>> Reporter: IN THE FIGHT AGAINST LUNG CANCER, HEALTH EXPERTS, NEW DATA ON SURVIVAL RATES FROM REMARKABLE PROGRESS.

>> IS A TERRIBLE DISEASE AND HONESTLY THE PAST WE'VE HAD TROUBLE MOVING THE NEEDLE BUT THE LATEST REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION SHOWS THE FIVE-YEAR LUNG CANCER SURVIVAL RATE HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE.

FROM 21% AT 2014 TO 25% IN 2018.

HOWEVER, A PERSON'S ODDS OF SURVIVING FIVE YEARS AFTER DIAGNOSIS IS ONLY ABOUT 20% IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

>> I DIAGNOSED ONE CANCER ON A DAILY BASIS AND WE ARE NOT CATCHING IT EARLY ENOUGH.

>> THE ODDS OF SURVIVING CANCER INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN IT IS DIAGNOSED EARLY.

ABOUT 44% OF CASES OF LUNG CANCER ARE NOT CAUGHT UNTIL A LATE STAGE.

BUT THE SURVIVAL RATE IS ONLY 7%.

LAST YEAR LUNG CANCER SCREENING RECOMMENDATIONS WERE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ANYONE AGES 50 TO 80 WHO HAVE SMOKED A PACK A DAY FOR 20 YEARS OR TWO PACKS A DAY FOR A DECADE.

BUT IN 2021, THE REPORT SHOWED ONLY ABOUT 5.8% OF ELIGIBLE PEOPLE IN THE U.S.

WERE SCREENED.

>> THE CHALLENGE IS GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE AND MAKING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDING THEM WITH OPTIONS IN TERMS OF HOW TO GET DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER AND THEN REALLY EXPLAINING THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING SCREENED.

>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS OUR PROSECUTORS PURSUE HATE CRIME CHARGES IN THE SHOOTING AT A LGBTQ NIGHTCLUB IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

COMING UP AT 7 PM AFTER EVENING EDITION OF KPBS.

>>> RESEARCHERS UNDOMESTICATED THE SPEED AND IMPACT THAT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HAVE ON OUR CLIMATE?

A NEW STUDY OUT OF SAN DIEGO SHOW THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN CLOUDS AND POLLUTION MAY BE MASKING THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING.

ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON SHOWS US MORE.

>> PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN THE SPEED OF GLOBAL WARMING OVER THE LAST 150 YEARS.

SCIENTISTS HAVE RECENTLY REVIEWED HISTORICAL DATA ON CLOUDS AND AEROSOL POLLUTION.

>> THE ONES WE ARE INTERESTED IN OUR SULFATE AEROSOLS.

AND SMALL PARTICLES ON WHICH CLOUD DROPLETS CAN FORM.

>> THOSE RECORDS INDICATE POLLUTION MAY HAVE CREATED MORE CLOUD COVER WHICH MASKS THE IMPACT OF GREENHOUSE GASES ON THE CLIMATE.

>> WE CAN REVIEW SOME CERTAINTY AND AEROSOL, WHO GIVES US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW SENSITIVE THE CLIMATE IS IN CHANGES AND GREENHOUSE GASES.

WHICH THEN HELPS US TO FORGET WHAT LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE FROM GREENHOUSE GAS CHANGES WE CAN HAVE.

>> MAY BE UNDERESTIMATING HOW QUICKLY THE CLIMATE IS WARMING.

THAT MEANS CURRENT WARMING PREDICTIONS MAY HAVE TO BE INCREASED AS MUCH AS HALF A DEGREE.

THE DIFFERENCE IS DRAMATIC.

>> IT IS SURPRISING FOR PEOPLE TO THINK THAT AIR POLLUTION IS COUNTERACTING GLOBAL WARMING TO SOME EXTENT.

BUT REALLY WANT TO SYMPATHIZE THAT AIR POLLUTION IS REALLY BAD FOR SOCIETY AND THE ECOSYSTEMS AND STUFF SO WE NEED TO FOCUS ON CLEAN IT UP.

>> AND THE CURRENT ADDITION PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THREE DAYS OF WARMTH AND THERE IS MORE AS WE WORK OUR WAY DOWN ON THE ROAD ANOTHER WARMING TREND COMING UP LATER ON THIS WEEK IT WILL STAY ON THE DRY SIDE YOU TAKE BACK THE PRECIPITATION EARLY ON THIS MONTH WE HAVE SEEN A GAP NOW WITH NO RAIN.

AND SOME WIND AND RETURNING TO SOME OF THE INLAND VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS LATER ON THIS WEEK ESPECIALLY AS WE GO TO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

PRETTY QUIET LOOK HERE ON THE SATELLITE AND RADAR A LOT OF SUNSHINE.

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THOSE HIGHS WELL UP INTO THE MID-70s THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

AND ANOTHER QUIET NIGHT COMING UP HERE AS WE GO DOWN INTO THE 30s.

A LITTLE CHILLY OUT THERE, SAN DIEGO 48.

CHULA VISTA THE SAME.

AND DROPPING DOWN TO THE LOW 40s.

THAT WILL STAY DRY AS WE GO TO TUESDAY, THE COAST COULD BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER AND THEN WE WILL START TO SEE SOME OF THOSE WINS AS WE GET STRENGTH HERE LATER AND THAT WILL DROP THE WARMTH BACK TO THE COAST BUT AGAIN ANOTHER FRIDAY COMING UP WE WILL LOOK FOR HIGHS IN THE LOW 70s SO A COUPLE DEGREES LOWER THAN TODAY AROUND SAN DIEGO CHULA VISTA AND OCEANSIDE THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR, RAMONA 75.

MOUNT LAGUNA TOPS OFF AT 61 DEGREES AND ON WEDNESDAY AGAIN WE WILL START TO SEE SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST AND START TO SEE WINDS THURSDAY MORE OF A PUSH OF WINDS COMING DOWN FROM THE NORTH AND EAST.

THAT MEANS WE WILL START TO WARM THINGS BACK UP AT THE COAST RIGHT INTO THURSDAY PRETTY GOOD TRAVELING CONDITIONS HERE AS WE TALK ABOUT THOSE COASTAL HUMIDITIES AS WE GO TO THE INTERIOR WE CAN SEE SOME WIND HERE ON THURSDAY WARM DAY THANKSGIVING HIGH TEMPERATURE TOPS OFF AT 80 TO LOOK AT THAT MID-80s AS WE GO INTO FRIDAY, WE WILL START TO SEE THE ONSHORE FLOW RETURNING SOMEWHAT AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND THEN CLOUDS CAN ROLL INTO THE COAST AND EVEN SOME OF THE INTERIOR WESTERN VALLEYS.

WINDS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY BREEZY, SEEING 60s THOUGH AS WE GO DOWN THE ROAD AND THROUGHOUT THE DESERT DRY ACROSS THE BOARD AS WE GO RIGHT INTO YOUR SATURDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> MANY SAN DIEGO WILL BE TAKING TO THE SKIES ON WEDNESDAY TO GET TO THEIR HOLIDAY DESTINATION AND IT IS A HISTORIC ONE OF THE BUSIEST DAYS FOR AIR TRAVEL OF THE YEAR AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE SAN DIEGO AIRPORT LATELY THIS IS A REMINDER TO BE THERE WELL AHEAD OF YOUR SCHEDULED FLIGHT TIME.

TERMINAL ONE PARKING LOT WAS PERMANENTLY CLOSED OVER THE SUMMER FOR CONSTRUCTION AND IF YOU PLAN TO PARK AT THE AIRPORT TRAVELERS ARE ADVISED TO MAKE PARKING RESERVATIONS AHEAD OF TIME FOR TERMINAL TWO AND THEN RIDE A SHUTTLE OVER TO TERMINAL ONE IF YOU HAVE TO.

OTHERWISE PUBLIC TRANSIT TO THE AIRPORT IS ADVISED AS IS BEING DROPPED OFF OR PICKED UP.

>>> IT IS A SHORT WEEK THAT WILL END WITH THE START OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON, IN WASHINGTON WHILE PRESIDENT BIDEN SPENT PART OF HIS DAY RENEWING A WHITE HOUSE THANKSGIVING TRADITION.

>> ON THE HEELS OF A WEDDING AND A PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHDAY, THE WEEKENDS CELEBRATORY ATMOSPHERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUING MONDAY.

>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MAKING MUCH ADO ABOUT STUFFING AT THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL THANKS GIVING TURKEY PRESENTATION WITH SOME POLITICAL PUNS.

>> THE VOTES ARE IN, THEY HAVE BEEN COUNTED AND VERIFIED.

THERE IS NO BALLOT STUFFING OR FOUL PLAY.

>> A PAIR OF PARDONS FOR CHOCOLATE AND CHIP.

>> BASED ON THEIR COMMITMENT TO BEING PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY I HEREBY PARDON YES.

I HEREBY PARDON CHOCOLATE AND CHIP.

>> THE BIRDS OF HONOR RECEIVED VIP TREATMENT, BASTING AND GLORY AT THE WILLARD HOTEL AND GOBBLING UP ATTENTION EVERYWHERE THEY WENT.

PRESIDENT BIDEN DISHING OUT EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NOW FREE BIRDS.

>> RECEIVING THE PRESIDENTIAL PARDON TODAY, THEY WILL HEAD TO ONE OF THE NATIONS BASKETBALL SCHOOLS AND RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES NORTH CAROLINA STATE.

>> WHILE ALSO SERVING A MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE TO THE COUNTRY.

>> WE CAN'T FORGET THE REASON OF THANKSGIVING IN THE FIRST PLACE, BEING GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE AND GRATEFUL FOR FELLOW AMERICANS WHO MAY NEVER MEET.

>> AND CAPPING OFF THE FESTIVE DAY THE OFFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE ALSO ARRIVING AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

>> KPBS NEWS.

>>> CHOCOLATE AND CHIP, SO HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE NEWSROOM, NPR MORNING EDITION WILL HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENTZ ABOUT HIS TIME IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND WHETHER HE MIGHT RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2024.

AND THEN ON MIDDAY ADDITION THAT TELLS US ABOUT WORK HAPPENING IN NORTH COUNTY TO KEEP PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS FROM ENDING UP BACK ON THE STREET AFTER A HOSPITAL STAY.

AND YOU CAN FIND THE NIGHTS STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, K PBS.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, GOOD NIGHT.

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