>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

DIVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR, RESTORATION AND FLOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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>>> SHOCKING REVELATIONS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES INVESTIGATIVE STORY ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS ICON CESAR CHAVEZ ARE RIPPLING THROUGH THE LABOR MOVEMENT TODAY.

TAKE YOU FOR JOINING US.

THE STORY DOCUMENTS WHAT IT SAYS ARE NUMEROUS INCIDENTS OF CHAVEZ SEXUALLY ABUSING WOMEN AND GIRLS.

JOHN CAROL LOOKS AT HIS LEGACY HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: AT AN EVENT THIS MORNING IN SAN LORENZO, CALIFORNIA, GOVERNOR NEWSOM WAS ASKED ABOUT THE REVELATIONS ABOUT CESAR CHAVEZ.

>> WE WILL HAVE TO REFLECT ON ALL OF THAT AND REFLECT ON A FARM WORKERS MOVEMENT AND LABOR MOVEMENT THAT WAS MUCH BIGGER THAN ONE MAN.

>> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR SPOKE OF THE INSPIRATION CHAVEZ HAS BEEN IN HIS LIFE AND HE'S FAR FROM ALONE.

SUPPORT POURED IN FROM THE LABOR MOVEMENT AND POLITICAL LEADERS WITH A SIMILAR MESSAGE, THE ACTIONS OF ONE MAN SHOULD NOT DEFINE THE LARGER MOVEMENT HE HELPED CREATE.

PERHAPS THE PERSON WHO WAS AT HIS SIDE CREATING THAT MOVEMENT MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE IS THE NOW 95-YEAR-OLD DOLORES HUERTA.

SHE ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT SAYS IN PART THAT SHE KEPT A SECRET BECAUSE TO HAVE REVEALED IT WOULD HAVE HURT THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT SHE SPENT HER LIFE FIGHTING FOR.

THEN SHE TALKED ABOUT THE ABUSE SHE SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF CHAVEZ SAYING SHE WAS INITIALLY PRESSURED INTO HAVING SEX WITH HIM, SOMEONE SHE ADMIRED.

THE SECOND TIME SHE WAS RAPED.

HUERTA SAYS THESE ACTIONS DO NOT DIMINISH THE MOVEMENT FOR WORKERS AND IT IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER TO CONTINUE ADVOCACY AND ACTIVISM.

THERE IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE FALLOUT THAT IS NOW JUST STARTING.

STREETS, NOT JUST IN SAN DIEGO BUT ACROSS THE NATION BEAR HIS NAME.

SCHOOLS DO AS WELL.

THE GOVERNOR SAID TODAY SOME 300 -- THREE DOZEN IN CALIFORNIA ARE NAMED AFTER HIM.

THERE ARE THE MURALS IN PLACES LIKE CHICANO PARK AND STATUES.

>> IN 1973 PROBABLY WAS WHEN I GOT TO KNOW CAESAR.

>> Reporter: PERHAPS THIS IS MOST DISTURBING TO THOSE WHO KNEW AND WORKED WITH CHAVEZ.

SAN DIEGANS WERE AT HIS SIDE AS HE WORKED ON LABOR ISSUES.

FEATURED IN THE DOCUMENTARY CALLED LINDA AND CARLOS THE CHACON A LOVE STORY.

THEY FOUNDED THE CESAR CHAVEZ SERVICE CLUB OF SAN DIEGO.

>> I LOVED IT SO MUCH AS WE WERE THERE AS A PERSON.

>> Reporter: AS THE HURT SETTLES IN THERE IS SOME PORT ACROSS THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY.

>> THIS IS THE WORLD WE ARE LIVING IN.

IT IS A SENSITIVE MOMENT.

>> Reporter: CESAR CHAVEZ DIED IN APRIL 1993.

THE MEMORIES PEOPLE WHO ADMIRED HIM HAVE HAD FOR THE LAST 33 YEARS NOW CHANGED FOREVER IN A PAINFUL WAY.

JOHN CAROL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE ARE A FEW DAYS AWAY FROM SPRING BUT THE SWELTER IS ALREADY HAPPENING.

ALEXANDER TAKES A LOOK AT HOW PEOPLE ARE ESCAPING THE HEAT AND SOME SIGNS TO WATCH FOR HEAT RELATED INJURY.

>> Reporter: WITH THE SUN BEARING DOWN IN THE HEAT NOT LETTING UP ANYTIME SOON STAYING INDOORS IS A GIVEN.

>> THERE ARE SEVERAL PUBLIC POOLS THROUGH THE CITY THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPEN INCLUDING THIS ONE IN CITY HEIGHTS.

YOU CAN GO TO A COOL ZONE LIKE THIS ONE IN SAN CARLOS.

SHE HAS BEEN KEEPING COOL BY OPENING WINDOWS AT NIGHT.

>> YOU CLOSE THE WINDOWS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND IT USUALLY STAYS PRETTY COOL UNTIL THE AFTERNOON.

FOR MAC IF IT GETS TOO SHOT -- HOT SHE WILL GO TO THE MOVIES OR SHOP AT GROCERY STORES.

AN EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR AT SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SAYS THERE IS AN INCREASED CHANCE OF HEAT RELATED INJURIES DURING A PROLONGED HEAT WAVE.

>> AS THE HE DRAGS ON PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING IN PLACES WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING AND THEY NEVER GET A TRUE RECOVERY SO THE HEAT RELATED INJURY BUILDS UP OVER DAYS.

>> Reporter: THE NATURAL -- NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL FRIDAY AND YOU SHOULD NOT DO STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.

>> I THINK IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THE SYMPTOMS THEMSELVES.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CHECK ON ELDERLY FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS.

>> Reporter: IF THEY LOOK LIKE THEY ARE NOT TOLERATING THE HEAT WELL THAT'S WHEN YOU SHOULD TAKE THEM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

>> IF I AM OUTSIDE UNDER THE TREES YES, PLEASE.

>>> THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES.

RELIEF AT THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE.

TONIGHT DOWN TO 54 IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

RAMONA, 53.

59 IN SAN DIEGO.

MONTHLY RECORD HIGHS IN JEOPARDY.

SOME AREAS HAVE WOKEN MONTHLY HIGHS.

EVEN LATER INTO NEXT WEEK THE HEAT HOLDS.

I WILL HAVE YOUR FULL FORECAST.

>>> THE MAYOR OF EL CAJON IS ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION ON IMMIGRATION POLICIES.

THEY SAY THEY DO NOT ALIGN WITH FEDERAL LAW.

HE TAKES ISSUE WITH THE STATE LAW RESTRICTING DATA SHARING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AMONG WHAT HE CALLS SANCTUARY POLICIES.

HE'S ONE OF THE FEW THAT HAVE PUSHED BACK WITH SANCTUARY PROTECTIONS.

TODAY IN WASHINGTON THE NOMINEE TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FACED HIS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING.

BRIAN ABEL WRAPS UP THE HEARING ON CAPITOL HILL.

>> DO YOU THINK FIGHTING IS A RESOLUTION OF POLITICAL DIFFERENCES IS A GOOD EXAMPLE?

>> Reporter: SENATOR MARK WAYNE MULLEN TESTIFIED DURING HIS HEARING TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

ATTEMPT START AS SENATOR RAND PAUL QUESTIONED HIM OVER HIS TEMPERAMENT.

>> EXPLAIN WHY THEY SHOULD TRUST SOMEONE WITH ANGER ISSUES .

>> LET ME EARN YOUR RESPECT.

LET ME IN THE JOB.

I WILL NOT BACK DOWN FROM THE CHALLENGE AND I WILL ALSO ADMIT WHEN I'M WRONG.

>> Reporter: THIS COMES AFTER THE OUSTER OF KRISTI NOEM WHOSE TENURE ENDED OVER THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

DEMOCRATS VOTING TO WITHHOLD FUNDING WHILE DEMANDING SIGNIFICANT REFORMS FOLLOWING THE KILLINGS OF RENIE GOOD AND ALEX PRETTY.

>> IN THE PAST 14 MONTHS SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM HAS BROKEN THE AMERICANS TRUST.

IF CONFIRMED TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT HOW WILL YOU BE DIFFERENT FROM SECRETARY NOEM.

>> MY MANAGEMENT STYLE IS EMPOWERING PEOPLE.

I WANT TO BRING PEACE TO MINE -- PEACE OF MIND BACK TO THE AGENCY.

>> IF CONFIRMED AS HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY HE WOULD ALSO LEAD TSA.

THAT IS THE AGENCY THAT HANDLES SECURITY AT AMERICA'S AIRPORTS WHO HAVE GONE WITHOUT PAY FOR WEEKS.

THE STALEMATE IN CONGRESS IS AFFECTING THE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: SPRING BREAK COLLIDES WITH A CONGRESSIONAL IMPASSE WITH AIRLINE PASSENGERS STALLED IN THE MIDDLE.

>> EVEN IF THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ISSUES WITH THE STAFFING SHORTAGES YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT CAN HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE WORKED WITHOUT PAY SINCE FEBRUARY 14 WHEN FUNDING LAST AMIDST A STALEMATE OVER IMMIGRATION REFORM.

OFFICIALS SAY CALLOUTS AND RESIGNATIONS ARE MOUNTING.

>> IF THEY DON'T GET PAID THEY WILL CONTINUE TO CALLOUT.

THEY WILL QUIT ALTOGETHER.

THAT IS A SERIOUS CONCERN.

>> Reporter: THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAID PASSENGERS ARE ENTITLED TO REFUNDS ONLY FOR A CANCELED FLIGHT, SCHEDULE CHANGE, OR SIGNIFICANT DELAY.

NOT A TSA BACKUP.

A REPORTER AT A TRAVEL NEW SITE RECOMMENDS TRAVELERS STAY IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH THEIR AIRLINE.

SOME ARE OFFERING MORE REBOOKING FLEXIBILITY.

>> IT IS OUTSIDE OF YOUR CONTROL AND THE AIRLINE CONTROL.

I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY EARLY MORNING OR LATE AT NIGHT PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE BEST TIMES, PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY WON'T BE AS MANY FLIGHTS TAKEN OFF AND THEY PROBABLY WON'T BE AS MANY PASSENGERS SO YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE DEALING WITH VERY LONG SECURITY LINES.

>> Reporter: PASSENGERS CAN CONSIDER TSA PRE-CHECK.

SOME TRAVEL CREDIT CARDS WILL REIMBURSE CONSUMERS FOR THE COST.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS ARE QUESTIONED BY U.S.

LAWMAKERS ABOUT THE WAR WITH IRAN.

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

>>> THE SANTEE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD VOTED TO GIVE ITSELF A RAISE FROM $240 A MONTH TO $500 A MONTH FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THAT WILL GO UP TO $750 NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND $1000 AFTER THAT.

AN UPDATE TO STATE LAWS ALLOWING SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO GIVE THEMSELVES SIMILAR PAY INCREASES.

YOU CAN FIND A RECENT STORY ON THAT TOPIC AT KPBS.ORG.

>>> DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES IS STRUGGLING, ACCORDING TO A NEW INTERNATIONAL REPORT.

THE VARIETIES OF DEMOCRACY BASED INSTITUTE IS A SUITE AND FIRM THEN ANALYZES COUNTRIES AND ASSIGNS A LIBERAL DEMOCRACY INDEX SCORE.

THE U.S.

IS AMONG DOZENS OF NATIONS THAT ARE AT TALK WITH TYSON.

AMONG THE ISSUES FOR THE U.S.

INCLUDE THE SUPPRESSION OF MEDIA AND DISSENTING VOICES ALONG WITH THE RAPID CONCENTRATION OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER.

THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL PASSED A CONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION DEFINING ANTI- SEMITISM.

THAT FOLLOWED FOUR HOURS OF PUBLIC HEATED COMMENT AND A LOAN NO VOTE BY A JEWISH COUNCILMEMBER.

>> Reporter: ANTI-SEMITISM HAS BEEN RISING ACROSS THE COUNTRY ACCORDING TO ORGANIZATIONS AND HUNDREDS OF SPEAKERS AT A RECENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

DEFINING IT IS THE CITY'S FIRST STEP TO BETTER FIGHT IT.

>> WE NEED LANGUAGE.

IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SOMETHING IS WE NEED A DEFINITION.

>> Reporter: NEARLY EVERYONE WHO SPOKE AGREED ANTI-SEMITISM NEEDS TO BE COMBATED.

THEY DISAGREED ON HOW TO DEFINE IT.

THE CITY ADOPTED THE DEFINITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE ALLIANCE.

IT HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY DOZENS OF COUNTRIES AND CITIES ACROSS THE U.S.

INCLUDING LOS ANGELES, CHULA VISTA, AND EL CAJON.

IT SAYS ANTI-SEMITISM IS A CERTAIN PERCEPTION OF JEWS WHICH MAY BE EXPRESSED AS HATRED.

IT IS 11 EXAMPLES.

CRITICS SAY THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN USED TO SILENCE CRITICISM OF ISRAEL AND SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIANS.

ONE OF THOSE CRITICS IS A JEWISH COUNCILMEMBER.

HE SAID PEOPLE MUST BE ALLOWED TO BOTH LOVE JEWISH PEOPLE AND SPEAK FREELY AGAINST ACTIONS BY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT.

>> A DEFINITION THAT CANNOT HOLD BOTH OF THESE THINGS AT ONCE IS NOT A TOOL TO FIGHT ANTI-SEMITISM.

IT IS A TOOL FOR SILENCING PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT EVERYONE.

>> Reporter: HE URGED THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER OTHER DEFINITIONS BUT HE WAS OUTVOTED A- ONE.

FOR MORE IN THE DEBATE AND TO READ THE FULL DEFINITION VISIT KPBS.ORG.

>>> TODAY'S -- TUESDAY'S EPISODE OF EVENING EDITION FEATURES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THIS TOPIC.

YOU CAN FIND IT WHERE YOU GET YOUR PODCAST.

>>> THE PERSIAN NEW YEAR HOLIDAY THAT CELEBRATES SPRING BEGINS FRIDAY.

JULIA DIXON EVANS TELLS US HOW A LOCAL MOTHER DAUGHTER AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR DO WELL RECENTLY RELEASED A NEW CHILDREN'S BOOK EXPLORING THE TRADITIONS THROUGH YOUNG EYES.

>> Reporter: SHE GREW UP IN IRAN BUT FLED THE COUNTRY IN THE 1970S TO PURSUE HER EDUCATION.

HER DAUGHTER HAS NEVER VISITED IRAN.

AS A FAMILY THEY KEPT THE TRADITION ALIVE.

>> I GREW UP WITH IT.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE MAIN HOLIDAY FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD.

>> WHEN I WAS REALLY YOUNG IT JUST MEANT A DAY OUT OF SCHOOL, WEARING A BRAND-NEW OUTFIT AND BEING WITH MY FAMILY.

AS I GET OLDER IT REALLY FEELS LIKE THE DARKNESS FADING AWAY OF WINTER AND IT REALLY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THINGS TO SORT OF TURN AROUND.

>> Reporter: THE MAIN CHARACTER IS TASKED WITH SETTING UP THE UNIQUE SPREAD OF SEVEN SYMBOLIC FOODS.

WITH AREA IN A, READERS PREPARE, SHOP FOR, AND BAKE EACH TRADITIONAL ELEMENT.

BAKLAVA, GARLIC, APPLES AND MORE.

>> START THINKING ABOUT THE SEVEN THINGS MOM HAS SEEN.

I ONLY REMEMBER APPLE, GARLIC, AND THAT'S IT.

>> Reporter: THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE VIVID, RELATABLE AND ENGAGING RIGHT DOWN TO A PEEKABOO CAT HIDDEN THROUGHOUT THE BOOK.

THEY WANTED TO SHARE THE HOLIDAY WITH A YOUNGER GENERATION AND CREATE A BOOK THEY NEVER HAD ABOUT A HOLIDAY THEY SAY TRANSCENDS BORDERS AND TIME.

>> HOPEFULLY THIS IS THAT WAY BECAUSE IT SPEAKS OF A HOLIDAY THAT IS 3000 YEARS OLD AND YET EVERY YEAR IS BRAND-NEW.

>> Reporter: WITH WAR IN IRAN THEY FELT DIFFERENT FOR THE FAMILIES AND THEIR FAMILY.

>> WHAT MATTERS IS HOW IT AFFECTS OUR CHILDREN.

ALSO IT HAS SURVIVED SO MANY WARS.

HOPEFULLY IT WILL SURVIVE FOREVER.

>> Reporter: JULIA DIXON EVANS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AN IMPRESSIVE MARCH HEAT WAVE IS NOT JUST BREAKING DAILY RECORDS, BUT IN MANY AREAS NOT NECESSARILY SAN DIEGO BUT OTHER NEARBY SPOTS LIKE SANTA ANNA AND IDLEWILD WITH THE RECORD HIGHS ARE BEING BROKEN.

THERE ARE HINTS OF LIMITED RELIEF EARLY NEXT WEEK.

IT IS STILL GOING TO BE HOT BY MARCH STANDARDS.

IT IS STEAMY OUT THERE.

RECORD-BREAKING HEAT CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST.

THERE ARE AREAS BREAKING MONTHLY RECORD HIGHS AND DANGEROUS HEAT IN THE LOWER DESERT.

THE RISK OF COLD WATER SHOCK STILL PRESENT.

I KNOW IT IS WARM BUT THE WATER IS STILL COLD.

HERE YOU CAN SEE WE ARE DEALING WITH HEAT ADVISORIES ACROSS THE AREA.

IN THE COASTAL AREAS OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES, AND EVEN MOST INLAND COMMUNITIES.

YOU GET INTO THE DESERT YOU FIND EXTREME OR EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS.

IT IS HOT OUT THERE.

TONIGHT WE FIND SOME RELIEF.

59, MAINLY CLEAR SKIES AND RELENTLESS HEAT HOLDS FOR THURSDAY.

IT IS HOT, VERY HOT.

WE WILL BE AROUND 96 AND EL CAJON.

ESCONDIDO 94.

BORREGO SPRINGS 104.

MEANWHILE LOW 80s ALONG THE COASTLINE.

RECORDS FALLING.

MONTHLY RECORDS BEING BROKEN IN SOME PARTS OF THE INLAND AREAS.

SIZZLING IN THE DESERT FOR FRIDAY.

STILL DOWNRIGHT HOT.

NOT A DROP OF RAIN BUT RECORD HEAT WILL BE EXPANDING FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE AND 15 TO 30 DEGREES ABOVE HISTORICAL AVERAGES AND WELL ABOVE AVERAGE ON THE COASTLINE AS WELL.

THE ONLY RELIEF TO BE FOUND WILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE.

RECORD CHALLENGING WARMTH IN MANY AREAS AND THE BIG PATTERN DOES NOT CHANGE A WHOLE LOT.

LATE MARCH THEY HEAT HOLDS ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION.

WE WILL GET RELIEF TO THE NORTH.

THE COLD AIR WILL BE RETREATING , STILL A LITTLE NIPPY IN NEW ENGLAND.

A DRY SPELL FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AS WELL.

LIMITED OR NO PRECIPITATION ANYWHERE IN THE SOUTHWEST.

THE DROUGHT EXPANDING TO THE EAST.

WORSENING DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN PART OF THE GREAT BASIN.

81 THURSDAY, 80 ON FRIDAY.

THE COAST IS A POPULAR PLACE FOR THE WEEKEND.

THAT IS YOUR RELIEF.

SAN DIEGO YOU ARE IN A BETTER SPOT.

STAYING IN THE 90s THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

SOME RELIEF BACK INTO THE 80s THIS WEEKEND.

THE WORST WILL BE BEHIND US BY THE TIME WE GET INTO THE WEEKEND.

70s FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

BACK INTO THE 60s SUNDAY.

MONDAY WILL BE VERY WARM.

WE HAVE THE HOTTEST WEATHER 104 ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

TEMPERATURES HEDGING DOWN SLIGHTLY BUT STILL HOT FOR MARCH.

I AM ACCUWEATHER METEOROLOGIST GEOFF CORNISH FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE HAVE REPORTED ON THE PUSH TO BOOST HOUSING DENSITY.

MICHELLE TELLS US ABOUT A PROJECT THAT WOULD TRANSFORM THE NEWPORT BEACH SKYLINE AND BRINGING INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD LANDMARK.

>> I'M INCREDIBLY SAD.

>> Reporter: THE CURTAINS COULD BE CLOSING FOR SOON AT THE ICONIC MOVIE THEATER ON FASHION ISLAND.

>> I'VE BEEN GOING THERE SINCE I WAS A KID.

I KNOW IT'S A NOSTALGIC FEELING.

>> THIS LOOKS VERY VINTAGE AND RETRO.

WE HAVE SOME CHARACTER AND TRADITION THAT WILL BE LOST.

>> Reporter: THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION HAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A PROPOSAL TO APPROVE 24 CONDOMINIUM TOWERS ON THE PROPERTY.

THE LANDOWNER RECENTLY SPOKE ABOUT SELLING AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A PROJECT HE SAYS IS SOMETHING SPECIAL.

>> THEATER ATTENDANCE HAS DECLINED EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

OF COURSE, COVID DECIMATED THE BUSINESS WHICH HAS NOT RECOVERED.

>> Reporter: HE TOLD COMMISSIONERS THE THEATER COULD CLOSE AS EARLY AS THIS YEAR.

PLANNED IN ITS PLACE OR 150 HIGH-END CONDOMINIUMS, TWO SWIMMING POOLS, A CAFI, AND VALET PARKING.

IT IS IN LINE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND DESIRE TO FULFILL A STATE MANDATE TO ADD THOUSANDS OF ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS CITYWIDE.

>> IT IMPLEMENTS THE HOUSING OVERLAY AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTES TO THE TRANSITION OF NEWPORT CENTER TO BE MORE OF AN URBAN PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT.

>> Reporter: SINCE THE PROPOSAL WAS APPROVED MARCH 5 TWO APPEALS HAVE COME IN WHICH WILL BE HEARD BY CITY COUNCIL NEXT MONTH.

THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROPOSED TOWER SAYS THE RELATED CALIFORNIA TEAM HAS TAKEN TREMENDOUS CARE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AND WORLD-CLASS ARCHITECTS TO ENSURE THE PROJECT COMPLEMENTS AND ALIGNS WITH THE VISION AND GENERAL PLAN FOR NEWPORT CENTER.

>>> SO MUCH OF SAN DIEGO HAS CHANGED WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME.

MANY THINGS THAT USED TO BE LANDMARKS ARE NOW GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.

AS KEN KRAMER SHOWS US IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY OR NEIGHBORHOOD JUST ASK THE PEOPLE WHO GREW UP THERE.

>> HAMBURGER STANDS, LIFEGUARD STATION WAS RIGHT HERE.

>> HAMBURGER STANDS HERE.

>> Reporter: SAY HELLO TO TERRY AND PHIL.

A COUPLE GUYS WHO WROTE THE BOOK ON MISSION BEACH.

THEY GO BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN IT WAS A LITTLE COMMUNITY WITH ITS OWN IDENTITY, JUST A BIG NEIGHBORHOOD IS WHAT IT WAS.

>> THIS IS WHERE WE GREW UP.

THIS IS WHERE ALL THE KIDS IN SAN DIEGO CAME WHEN THEY CAME TO THE BEACH.

>> Reporter: THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM LONGTIME RESIDENTS AND THE SAN DIEGO HISTORY CENTER ARCHIVES.

TAKE A LOOK.

IT WAS SAN DIEGO, BUT IT WAS MISSION BEACH TO BE SPECIFIC.

TERRY SAID AS A KID HE JUST LOVED LIVING HERE.

>> LIFE WAS SO SIMPLE.

IN THE SUMMERTIME I WOULD LEAVE HOME AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING AND I WOULD NOT COME HOME UNTIL DARK .

>> WAY BACK FROM THE VERY BEGINNING IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS A PARTICULAR QUALITY TO THE PLACE.

SOMETHING SPECIAL, SOMETHING UNIQUE.

BY THE LATE 30s AND 40s PHIL AND TERRY WERE CALLING IT HOME AND PART OF WHAT THEY DO IS RECALL AND DOCUMENT HOW IT WAS.

>> SAFEWAY WAS RIGHT HERE.

THEY STACK WATERMELONS OF THE SUMMER.

SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER THE KIDS WOULD WALK BY AND KICK A WATERMELON.

IT WOULD ROLL ONTO THE SIDEWALK AND SOMEBODY WOULD BE RIGHT THERE TO SCOOP IT UP.

>> BURIED UNDER THE ASPHALT IS THE OLD TROLLEY CAR TRACKS.

>> Reporter: YOU GET TO TALKING TO THESE GUYS ABOUT MISSION BEACH AND YOU QUICKLY LEARN HOW AT TIMES AND SPOTS THIS PLACE HAS FLOODED WITH HIGH TIDES AND ONE PARTICULARLY BAD STORM IN THE 1920S THAT WAS JUST A WOODEN BOARDWALK.

OUT OF THAT CAME THIS.

THE SEAWALL THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS TODAY.

TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SEAWALL, PHIL AND TERRY CAME ACROSS A PIECE OF HOME MOVIE FILM SHOT BY DR.

AND MISSES FREEMAN.

WITH THIS IS IS THE MISSION BEACH SEAWALL BEING BUILT.

>> THEY BUILT THE PILES FOR THE RETAINING WALL.

THEY MIX THE CONCRETE, CUT ALL THE STEEL.

>> Reporter: IT WAS ALL DESIGNED BY A MAN NAMED DARRELL PHILLIPS BACK IN 1927.

FINALLY IT STARTED LOOKING LIKE THE WALL AND OCEANFRONT PARK WE KNOW TODAY.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW.

>> THE WALL GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BEDROCK.

ON THE OCEAN SIDE HE BUILT A LIP RIGHT HERE SO IT WOULD COME IN AND HIT THE WALL AND BOUNCE BACK.

>> Reporter: IT IS A PUBLIC BEACH AND THE SAND IS GENERALLY HIGHER SO YOU DON'T SEE IT.

WHAT YOU DO SEE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IS PRETTY AMAZING PICTURES OF SURF SPLASHING AGAINST THE WALL.

>> SOMETIMES IT WOULD BOUNCE UP 30 TO 40 FEET AND CRASH ONTO THE WALKWAY TAKING CARE OFFENSES >> Reporter: THEN THERE WAS ONE OF THE STRANGEST THINGS BEACH RESIDENTS HAVE EVER SEEN -- FOAM, JUST FOAM.

>> I RECALL 1939 AFTER THE BIG STORM THE WIND BLEW THE FOAM OFF OF THE OCEAN AND COVERED THE ENTIRE BEACH WHERE WE COULD GO DOWN THE STEPS INTO THIS FOAM AND IT WAS OVER OUR HEADS.

WE WALKED THROUGH AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS KIDS LOVE TO DO.

>> Reporter: SO MUCH MORE THAN THE DREDGING THAT'S WHAT WOULD BECOME THE MISSION BAY.

THEY GREW UP., LIVED HERE OFF AND ON THEIR WHOLE LIVES, STILL LOVE IT AND SO REMEMBER MANY OF THE LITTLE THINGS.

>> Reporter: AT THE NEXT CORNER WAS A DRUGSTORE AND SODA FOUNTAIN.

>> Reporter: THEY WROTE THE BOOK ON MISSION BEACH FROM TERRY KERN AND PHIL BREATHER WHO CERTAINLY DO KNOW AND RECALL A LOT ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: KEN HAS A HALF- HOUR OF STORIES EVERY WEEK ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

YOU CAN SEE THEM THURSDAY NIGHTS .

HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW.

>>> THE U.S.

HAS AGREED TO RELEASE MORE THAN 150 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL FROM ITS STRATEGIC RESERVE.

WE DIG INTO WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE STOCKPILE.

WE ARE ROUNDING UP THE BEST CULTURE AND ART EVENT AROUND TOWN.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON HER WEBSITE KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WAS PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR, RESTORATION AND FLOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 40 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.