>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWELL FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, FEEDING, AND AIR RESTORATION.

FLOOD REMODELING SERVICE IS FOR OVER 40 YEARS CALL 1-800 BILL HOWELL OR VISIT BILL HOWELL.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLING MARCOS SHYLY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.

>>> HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS ARE ONCE AGAIN BEING RELEASED ONTO THE STREETS OF SAN DIEGO THANKS FOR JOINING US, I AM JOHN CAROL IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI BORDER OFFICIALS STARTED DROP OFF AT TRANSIT DACIANS THIS MORNING ONE DAY AFTER SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHUT DOWN ITS MIGRANT WELCOME CENTER.

KPBS REPORTER GUSTAVO SALINAS HAS THE REPORT.

TOOK ABOUT 300 MIGRANTS WERE LEFT OUTSIDE OF THE IRIS TRANSIT STATION.

THEY WERE COLD, HUNGRY, AND TIRED.

THEY'RE BACK FROM THE CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION BUSES.

FELIPE IS A COLOMBIAN ASYLUM SEEKER WHO CROSS THE BORDER WITH HIS FAMILY.

WE AREN'T USING HIS FULL NAME.

BECAUSE HE IS TECHNICALLY AN ADULT, FELIPE WAS SEPARATED FROM HIS PARENTS AND YOUNGER SIBLINGS.

HE DOESN'T HAVE A PHONE, AND HAS NO WAY OF CONTACTING THEM.

>> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] TOOK HIS FAMILY FLED COLOMBIA BECAUSE OF GAME VIOLENCE.

ARMED GROUPS IN COLOMBIA HAS CONSIDERED SERIOUS ABUSES AGAINST CIVILIANS INCLUDING KIDNAPPINGS AND FORCING CHILDREN INTO THEIR GAMES.

IRIS TRANSIT CENTER DOESN'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO WELCOME MIGRANTS, NO SHOULDER, NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS, NO BENCHES OR WI-FI AND ACTIVIST WITH AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE.

HE WAS THE LONE VOLUNTEER TRYING TO WELCOME MIGRANTS OF THE CBP BUSES DROPPED THEM OFF.

>> WHEN THEY WERE FIRST DROPPED OFF BY BORDER PATROL, MANY PEOPLE LEFT OFF THAT WAY AND I WAS NOT SURE IF I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE EVERYONE AND TO INFORM PEOPLE HEY YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AT.

>> Reporter: THAT IS THE MAIN CONCERN, THAT THIS VULNERABLE POPULATION WANDERS INTO THE STREETS OF SAN DIEGO WITHOUT ANY HELP.

RIOS SAYS THAT MOST OF THE MIGRANTS DON'T PLAN TO STAY IN SAN DIEGO, THEY SIMPLY WANT TO REUNITE WITH FRIENDS AND RELATIVES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

>> THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO CONNECT WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.

SOME OF THEM HAVE SEPARATED.

>> Reporter: LOCAL NONPROFIT ARE NOT GETTING ANY SUPPORT FROM THE CITY, COUNTY, STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> NO GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, ABSOLUTE NO GOVERNMENT SUPPORT.

>> Reporter: UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE MIGRANT WELCOME CENTER FUNDED BY $6 MILLION IN THE COUNTY.

THAT CENTER, WHICH WAS OWNED CENTRAL, WELCOME MORE THAN 81,000 MIGRANTS FROM OCTOBER TO FEBRUARY.

BUT IT JUST CLOSED DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING NOW WITH THAT CENTER CLOSE, VOLUNTEERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO WELCOME MIGRANT.

>> WE SEE HOW IT IS EVOLVING DAY TODAY.

I KNOW THERE IS GOING TO BE MANY CHALLENGES SINCE WE ARE DOING THIS OUT OF OUR OWN DIMES ON THE NGOS AND PARTNERS ON THE GROUND THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS.

>> Reporter: FROM THE EMIGRANT DEFENDERS LAW CENTER.

SHE SAYS VOLUNTEERS ARE TRANSPORTING MIGRANTS FROM TENNESSEE DROVE TO THE OLD TOWN TROLLEY STATION.

>> WE SAY THIS IS A GOOD CENTRAL LOCATION, IT HAS ALL THE MAJOR STOPS, HAS A FREE SHUTTLE TO THE AIRPORT AND IT ALSO HAS DEBTOR ACCESS TO OTHER SHOPS.

MONEY EXCHANGE, AND IT ALSO HAS THE MAJOR STOPS FOR GREYHOUNDS AND THING LIKE THAT, THAT PEOPLE NEED IN ORDER TO BE MOVE ONWARD.

>> Reporter: GIVEN THE LACK OF SUPPORT FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, NON-PROFITS ARE ASKING SAN DIEGO TO STEP UP.

>> WE WELCOME ANYONE OF ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS AND HELP US ALONG THE WAY.

>> Reporter: THE BEST WAY TO DO SO IS BY REACHING OUT TO WRIGLEY TO GROUPS LIKE AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE, EMIGRANT DEFENDERS LAW CENTER.

HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE, AND THOUGH WE ALL WE GOT SAN DIEGO MUTUAL AID GROUP GUSTAVO SALINAS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE SCHOOL BELL WILL RING AGAIN FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING, WELCOMING STUDENTS BACK TO BANCROFT ELEMENTARY PICKETT WAS THE MOST DAMAGED CAMPUS IN THE LA MESA SPRING VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WITH LAST MONTH'S REACHING FLOODWATERS DESTROYED FLOORING EVERYWHERE.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER PEREZ RINGS IS A LOOK AT THE SCHOOLS NEXT CHAPTER.

>> Reporter: NICOLE WILSON IS MOVING BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM.

SHE AND HER STUDENTS EVACUATED LAST MONTH, AND SHE STARTED WITH CHANGING THE CALENDAR ON THE WALL.

>> I CAME BACK AND THAT WAS ON JANUARY 22nd.

SO IT WAS KIND OF FROZEN IN TIME.

IT WAS A LITTLE EERIE.

>> Reporter: WILSON SHOT THIS VIDEO ON HER CELL PHONE AS THE RECORD RAINS THAT THEY FLOODED BANCROFT ELEMENTARY, SITUATED AT THE BOTTOM OF A SPRING VALLEY HILL, SURROUNDED BY STORM DRAINS THAT CLOGGED WITH MUD AND DEBRIS.

>>I DID GET A CHANCE TO SWITCH UP SOME THINGS AND JUST START NEW.

IT IS GOING TO BE A FRESH START.

BUT WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE GETTING BACK INTO OUR ROUTINE BECAUSE CONSISTENCY IS THE BEST THING FOR THESE KIDS RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: FOR JUST ABOUT A MONTH AND A DAY, MORE THAN 400 STUDENTS AND 53 BANCROFT STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN VISITORS, LEARNING AT NEARBY SPRING VALLEY ACADEMY, FORCED FROM THEIR CAMPUS, SO THAT SENSITIVE REPAIRS COULD BE DONE.

FLOORING IN EVERY OFFICE AND CLASSROOM WAS DESTROYED.

>> THIS IS OUR MAIN OFFICE.

>> Reporter: ROBERT COCHRAN IS CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER FOR THE LA MESA SPRING VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HE HAS SPENT MOST OF THE PAST MONTH COORDINATING DEMOLITION, RENOVATIONS, AND REPAIRS.

IN RECORD TIME, THE LIBRARY WENT FROM FRIGHTENING TO FRESH WITH NEW CARPETING, 40,000 SQUARE FEET OF FLOORING EVERYWHERE WITH HEAVY VINYL BACKING THAT CAN BE REPAIRED MORE EFFICIENTLY IF FLOODING COMES AGAIN.

>> THERE HAS REALLY BEEN A MASSIVE SUPPORT, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY IN ORDER TO BRING THIS TOGETHER, REPAIR THESE BUILDINGS, MAKE THEM SAFE AND READY FOR OCCUPATION.

>> Reporter: ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS I HAVE PLANNED TO RETURN TO THE BANCROFT CAMPUS AS A CELEBRATION.

THEY WANT TO CELEBRATE STUDENTS WHO NOT ONLY SURVIVED A CRISIS, BUT CONTINUE TO THRIVE IN ONE OF THEIR MOST TEACHABLE MOMENTS.

LIKE 10-YEAR-OLD FIFTH GRADER, ABEL ROGERS.

>> WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT?

>> THAT WE HAVE A NEW FLOOR.

AND WE GET TO HAVE OUR -- >> Reporter: NICOLE WILSON IS EXCITED TO GET BACK TO LEARNING, TOO.

>> THAT WAS OUR BIGGEST TEACHABLE MOMENT, JUST LEARNING RESILIENCE AND MOVING FORWARD.

>> Reporter: MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT WAS A STRESSFUL AND CONFUSING DAY FOR SOME FAMILIES DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES DUE TO LAST MONTHS FLOODS.

FLOOD VICTIMS WITH VOUCHERS FROM THE COUNTY TO STAY AT THE COMFORT IN AND BONITA SAY THEY WERE TOLD THEY HAD TO BE OUT BY TODAY LATER, THEY WERE TOLD THEY HAD RECEIVED INCORRECT INFORMATION.

ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS DONNA MARIA FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW.

SHE SAYS SHE WAS TOLD TO GO TO ANOTHER MOTEL IN NATIONAL CITY TO EXTEND HER VOUCHER, WHICH SHE DID.

>> LIVING ON THE EDGE, NOT KNOWING WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO, WHAT TAKES PLACE NEXT?

WHO IS IN CHARGE?

WE ARE JUST CONFUSED.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

>> THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO SAYS ONLY THOSE WITH EXPIRING VOUCHERS HAD TO VERIFY THEIR INFORMATION TO CONFIRM THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES WERE STILL THE SAME AND THAT IT COULD BE DONE WITH THEIR CASEWORKER OVER THE PHONE.

>> I AM AREA SCALISE ARE COMING UP TONIGHT WE'RE DOWN TO THE 50s AND PARTLY SQUAT CAP WE ARE GOING TO BE EVENTUALLY WATCHING THE COOLER AIR TAKEOVER AND THE RETURN FOR SOME EARLY INTO THE WEEK WE WILL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK, COMING UP.

>>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ELECTION DAY TO VOTE IN PERSON.

39 VOTING CENTERS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WILL OPEN FOR EARLY VOTING STARTING TOMORROW.

CENTERS ARE OPEN DAILY FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M.

THROUGH MARCH 4th, AND STARTING MARCH 2nd, AN ADDITIONAL 179 CENTERS WILL OPEN.

FOR INFORMATION ON HOW AND WHERE YOU CAN CAST YOUR BALLOT, VISIT OUR VOTER HUB AT KPBS.ORG/ VOTER HUB.

>>> CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT HAVE VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY TO UTILIZE.

THE LARGEST UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT UNION IN THE COUNTRY.

RESULTS OF A WEEKLONG ONLINE ELECTION WERE ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING IN SACRAMENTO BY THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD WITH A 97% MAJORITY, MORE THAN 20,000 STUDENT ASSISTANCE ON CAMPUSES ACROSS CALIFORNIA WILL BECOME MEMBERS OF THE CAL STATE UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES LOCAL 25 79.

THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR A GUARANTEED MINIMUM NUMBER OF WORK HOURS, SALARIES THAT ARE ABOVE MINIMUM WAGE AND PAID SICK LEAVE.

>> WE WERE TIRED OF BEING TREATED LIKE WE ARE SOME SORT OF OTHER WHEN WE ARE NOT, WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS AND ALL WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS GET AN EDUCATION AND LIVE.

THAT ON ITS OWN IS HARD ENOUGH.

>> Reporter: THE UNION VICTORY IS BEING CELEBRATED ACROSS THE 23 CAMPUSES OF THE CSU, INCLUDING STUDENT ASSISTANCE AT CAL STATE SAN MARCOS AND SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, BOTH OF WHICH KPBS IS A SERVICE .

>>> THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER CARL VINCENT AND ITS STRIKE GROUP RETURNED TO SAN DIEGO TODAY AFTER A SHORTER THAN USUAL FOUR MONTH DEPLOYMENT.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER ANDREW DYER SAYS THEY WERE EXCITED FAMILIES READY TO WELCOME THEIR SAILORS HOME.

>> Reporter: SIX-YEAR-OLD WAITS WITH HER MOTHER AT THE FENCE, SHE IS EXCITED TO SEE HER OTHER MOM DISEMBARK FROM THE CARL VINSON.

FOR FOUR MONTHS IS A LONG TIME.

THE VINCENT AND IT STRIKE GROUP DEPLOYED IN OCTOBER, SPENDING MUCH OF THE LAST MONTH IN THE INDO-PACIFIC AREA WHERE THE U.S. MAINTAINS A ROBUST NAVAL PRESENCE NEAR CHINA AND KOREA.

THINGS DIDN'T GO AS PLANNED IN NOVEMBER, AN AIR FORCE TO BE 22 OSPREY CRASHED NEAR JAPAN, KILLING EIGHT SPECIAL OPERATIONS AIRMEN THE PENTAGON GROUNDED THIS ENTIRE FLEET OF OSPREYS, INCLUDING THOSE CHARGED WITH CARRYING PERSONNEL AND SUPPLIES TO AND FROM THE VINCENT.

STRIKE GROUP COMMANDER, REAL ADMIRAL RICARDO SAYS THE NAVY HAD A BACKUP PLAN.

>>WE BROUGHT SEE TWO GREYHOUNDS FROM THE AIR WING THAT IS DEPLOYED FORWARD IN JAPAN TO SUPPORT US WITHIN DAYS OF THE GROUNDING.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE OUR OPERATIONS WITHOUT OPERATIONAL IMPACT.

>>THE FOUR MONTH DEPLOYMENT IS SHORTER THAN THE NORMAL SEVEN OR SIX MONTHS CARRIERS ROUTINELY SPEND AT SEA.

THAT WAS THEIR MISSION.

>> OUR OPERATIONS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, COMBATANT MENTORS AND OUR NATIONAL LEADERS, WE ARE READY TO GO AT ALL TIMES AND THAT WAS THE TIME OF CHOOSING WHERE WE WERE GOING TO DEPLOY NOW.

WE ARE READY TO GO TOMORROW WE WILL GO AGAIN WITH NECESSARY.

>> NOW FOR WHAT IS NEXT, THE OFFICIAL SAYS THEY WILL GET SOME TIME OFF BUT THEN IT IS BACK TO THE BUSY PACIFIC FLEET OPERATION AND DEPLOYMENT CYCLE.

FROM NAVAL AIR STATION, I AM ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AS AMERICAN HOMEOWNERS CONTINUE TO RELY ON VIDEO SECURITY SYSTEMS TO KEEP THEIR FAMILY SAFE, A RECENT GLITCH BY ONE SMART CAMERA MAKER IS RAISING SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS.

IT ALLOWED USERS TO SEE FOOTAGE FROM OTHER HOMES.

MICHAEL YOSHIDA HAS THAT STORY.

>> Reporter: SMART CAMERA MAKER, WISE, IS BLAMING A TECHNICAL GLITCH FOR THE SECURITY ISSUE THAT ALLOWED ABOUT 13,000 CUSTOMERS TO SEE IMAGES AND VIDEO FROM INSIDE OTHER PEOPLE'S HOMES LAST WEEK.

I WORK IN THE SPACE, I'M NOT ALL THAT SURPRISED.

>> Reporter: CUSTOMERS SAW THUMBNAILS FROM OTHER USERS HOMES IN THE COMPANIES APP 1500 OF THEM TAPPED TO ENLARGE THE THUMBNAILS, ALLOWING SOME CUSTOMERS TO WATCH WHAT IT FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S CAMERAS.

ROB GABRIEL, A HOME SECURITY EXPERT FROM SAFE HOME.ORG SAYS WHILE IT MAY BE CONVENIENT TO ACCESS WIRELESS SECURITY CAMERAS REMOTELY THROUGH OUR DEVICES, THAT EASE AND COMFORT COMES WITH A COST.

>>OUR PRIVACY RISK IS ALMOST LIKE A TAX THAT WE PAY FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF BEING CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS.

>> Reporter: GABRIEL SAYS COMPANIES HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THEY KEEP IMPROVING THEIR SECURITY PROTOCOLS.

THERE ARE ALSO SIMPLE STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO MINIMIZE YOUR RISK.

FIRST, CHECK THE COMPANY'S TRACK RECORD.

ONLY PUT CAMERAS IN LIVING ROOMS, HALLWAYS, OR DOORS, NOT BATHROOMS OR BEDROOMS.

THAT WAY IF SOMEONE HAS ACCESS, THEY WON'T CAPTURE YOUR MOST INTIMATE MOMENT.

GABRIEL ALSO RECOMMENDS CAMERAS WITH PRIVACY SHUTTERS.

>> IT IS AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL SHUTTER THAT YOU CAN HEAR CLICK ON AND OFF SO YOU KNOW THE CAMERAS NOT VIEWING YOU WHEN YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE.

WE MORE THAN 90 975 ACCOUNTS WERE UNAFFECTED BY THE SECURITY ISSUE AND THE COMPANY SAYS IT HAS ADDED A NEW LAYER OF VERIFICATION BEFORE USERS CAN SEE THUMBNAILS AND VIDEOS TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

I AM MICHAEL YOSHIDA REPORTING.

>>> CREWS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED A YOUNG GRAY WHALE TO WASH ASHORE ON LA JOLLA SHORES BEACH.

THE WHALE WAS FIRST SPOTTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND WAS REPORTEDLY ALIVE AT THE TIME THE CREWS FROM THE NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC ADMINISTRATION LATER CONFIRMED THE WHALE HAD DIED.

HIS BODY WAS TOWED AWAY EARLIER TODAY.

NOAA SAYS THE WHALE WAS 24 FEET LONG, 11,000 POUNDS AND DID NOT APPEAR TO BE IN GOOD HEALTH.

NOAA PLANS TO REFORM A NECROPSY.

>>> ONE OF THE HOTTEST PLACES ON EARTH TO WITNESS SOMETHING QUITE DELUSIONAL.

A TEMPORARY LAKE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE DRIEST REGIONS IN AMERICA.

STEPHANIE ELAM EXPLAINED, IT IS ALL DUE TO CALIFORNIA'S RECORD HEAVY RAIN THIS SEASON.

>> Reporter: TOURISTS WAITING IN .

KAYAKERS PADDLING OUT.

THIS IS, AFTER ALL, CALIFORNIA.

BUT THIS IS NOT THE OCEAN.

IN FACT, IT IS 282 FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL.

THIS IS DEATH VALLEY, THE LOWEST POINT IN NORTH AMERICA AND THE HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH.

NOW ATTRACTING VISITORS WITH ITS COOL LAKE WATER FOR THIS GROUP OF FRIENDS DROVE IN FROM LAS VEGAS.

CLEAR THE GARDEN OF EDEN, DON'T YOU THINK?

>> YOU CAN CHECK IT OFF YOUR BUCKET LIST AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

>> Reporter: LIKE THE DESERT OASIS IT IS, THE LAST TIME THE LAKE APPEARED WAS 19 YEARS AGO.

BUT THINGS ARE CHANGING.

>> THE CLIMATE CHANGE MODELS FOR THIS AREA PREDICT WARMER TEMPERATURES, WHICH WE ARE DEFINITELY SEEING.

AND ALSO MORE INTENSE RAINSTORMS.

>> Reporter: EVEN FOR PARK RANGER, ABBY WINES, THE MASSIVE LAKE IS A MARBLE.

>> POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL COMING IN, MEANING THAT THIS IS USUALLY JUST A DRY SALT FLAT.

>> Reporter: ON AVERAGE, DEATH VALLEY GETS TWO INCHES OF RAIN A YEAR.

BUT IN THE LAST HALF YEAR, THE PARK HAS BEEN WALLOPED WITH NEARLY FIVE INCHES OF RAIN, INCLUDING FROM TROPICAL STORM HILARY LAST AUGUST.

>> THE RAINIEST DAY WE EVER HAD ON RECORD.

>> Reporter: THIS IS WHAT BAD WATER BASIN USUALLY LOOKS LIKE.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW.

EVEN I COULDN'T RESIST GETTING OUT THERE.

>> IT IS HARD TO OVERSTATE JUST HOW INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND SERENE IT IS TO KAYAK IN DEATH VALLEY.

RIGHT NOW, LAKE MANUALLY IS ABOUT SIX MILES LONG AND THREE MILES WIDE.

BUT IT IS ONLY ABOUT A FOOT DEEP.

SALTY.

>> Reporter: VISITORS ARE FINDING OUT JUST HOW SALTY THE WATER IS.

RANGERS SAY IT IS MORE A SITE TO SEE THAN TASTE.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIVING IN THEIR.

>>ALSO IT IS VERY SALTY.

EXTREMELY SALTY.

IT IS TOO SALTY TO DRINK.

IT IS NOT GOING TO HELP THE WILDLIFE AT ALL.

>> Reporter: NO ONE IS BITTER ABOUT GETTING SALT SOAKED.

>> MIRACULOUS.

>> IS A REAL.

>> CRAZY.

>> Reporter: IF IT MEANS ENJOYING THE MAGIC OF A DREAMY LAKE IN THE DRIEST PLACE IN NORTH AMERICA.

AND IF YOU DO WANT TO EXPERIENCE THE LAKE FOR YOURSELF, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE BECAUSE AS IT STARTS TO HEAT UP HERE IN THE DESERT AND THAT EVAPORATION RATE GOES UP, THE LAKE WILL SOON DISAPPEAR.

STEPHANIE ELAM, CNN, DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA.

>>> THE RETURN OF GIANT PANDAS TO SAN DIEGO ISN'T JUST AN ENVIRONMENTAL STORY, IT IS ALSO A TOURISM STORY.

SDSU'S MIRROR COPAL TELLS US HOW THIS WILL BRING MORE VISITORS IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>> THE PANDAS REALLY KIND OF GREW IN THEIR POPULARITY WHEN THEY WERE HERE AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO.

NOW WHAT WE SEE IS 30 MILLION PEOPLE COMING TO SAN DIEGO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, 4 MILLION GO TO THE ZOO BUT THIS IS GOING TO BRING PEOPLE, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS A DESTINATION TRIP, THIS WILL BE WITHIN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, NEVADA AND ARIZONA.

BUT THE PANDAS THEY BECOME A UNIQUE OPTION.

IT IS GOING TO DRIVE ATTENDANCE TO WELL NORTH OF 4 MILLION A YEAR AND THEN ON TOP OF IT, THE ZOO WILL HAVE A LOT OF MERCHANDISING OPPORTUNITIES WITH BOOKS ABOUT PANDAS, VIDEOS, PUSH TOYS FOR YOUNG KIDS AND IT WILL DRIVE A LOT OF ATTENTION AND IT WILL MAKE THE ZOO BEING TRULY THE DESTINATION HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> AND LET'S START WITH OUR WEATHER HEADLINES BECAUSE WE WILL EVENTUALLY WATCH SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES MOVING THROUGH AS WE HAD THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND EARLY INTO THE WEEK WE ARE GOING TO WATCHING THOSE CHANCES START TO INCREASE MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY AND AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE MIDDLE THE WEEK THIS IS GOING TO BE DRY IS TEMPERATURES RETURN CLOSER TO THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE.

WE WILL DROP TO THE 40s IN OCEANSIDE 50s IN SAN DIEGO, CHULA VISTA .51 IN ABREGO SPRINGS.

TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE 50s AND WE WILL BE DOWN ABOUT 35.

HIGH PRESSURE AND CONTROL THINGS STAY DRY, OVERALL PRETTY PLEASANT HERE AS WE DO BEGIN THE WEEKEND.

CURRENTLY WE CAN GET OUT AND ENJOY SOME BEACH TIME EVEN THOUGH WE DO SOME YARD WORK.

A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FOR THE DAY TOMORROW AROUND SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

ABREGO SPRINGS AT 77, MORE CLOUDS, MAYBE EVEN A SHOWER OR TWO, NOT EVEN LOOKING AT 50.

SAN DIEGO, SOME NICE TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 60s.

HIGH PRESSURE STILL DOMINATE AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY, SO IT WILL BE ANOTHER DRY DAY BUT WE WILL WATCH A BIT OF A PATTERN CHANGE EARLIER ON INTO THE WEEK.

AND THAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RETURN OF SOME WET WEATHER POSSIBLY MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.

SO WE WILL TAKE YOU OUT THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, WE WILL START THINGS INTO THE COAST WERE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD ALL NOTICED A DIP IN TEMPERATURE FROM SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS MORE CLOUDS MOVE IN A HIGH OF ONLY 66.

ON MONDAY MOSTLY THE PASSING SHOWER OR TWO.

I THINK WE CAN START WITH THE LITTLE BIT OF RAIN EARLY ON TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE MORE SUNSHINE AND TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE MID-60s.

>>> IT WILL BE A WARMER DAY ON SATURDAY, TEMPERATURES DROP WITHIN AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY.

A PASSING SHOWER ON MONDAY, A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER ON TUESDAY BEFORE WE START TO BRING MORE SUNSHINE BACK AND MORE TEMPERATURES BY WEDNESDAY INTO THE UPPER 60s.

YOU COULD SEE A SHOWER OR TWO LATER IN THE DAY ON SATURDAY IN THE MOUNTAINS.

OTHERWISE, COOLER BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS THE WINDS PICK UP.

WHEN THE CONDITIONS OF A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN ON TUESDAY AND SUNSHINE ON WEDNESDAY.

TEMPERATURES PEEK INTO THE DESERT ON SUNDAY, UPPER 70s AND WE WILL SEE A SLOW DROP IN TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK.

FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND?

KPBS CINEMA JUNKIE HAS A VERY DIVERSE PAIR OF FILMS TO RECOMMEND.

>> Reporter: TWO YEARS AGO, JOE COHEN MADE THE TRAGEDY OF MY DEATH WITHOUT HIS BROTHER ETHAN, NOW ETHAN HAS GONE SOLO WITH DRIVEAWAY DOLLS BUT TOGETHER ARE PART OF COHEN FILM IS ALWAYS WORTH YOUR ATTENTION.

WITH DRIVEAWAY DOLLS, EVEN LEAVES A SIBLING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT DELIVERS A FILM THAT HAS THE PACE, ABSURDITY, AND WACKY CHARACTERS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO EXPECT IN THEIR COLLABORATIVE WORKS.

DRIVEAWAY DOLLS IS SET IN MOTION BY A MYSTERIOUS CASE.

>> THE CASE, SANTOS.

>>NOT ON YOUR LIFE.

>>AND A PAIR OF YOUNG WOMEN WHO ACCIDENTALLY GET A DRIVEAWAY CAR CONTAINING THE CASE FROM CURLY.

>> AND YOUR NAME?

>> MY NAME IS CURRENTLY, WE JUST MET, THAT IS TOO FAMILIAR.

>>A TRIPPY, RAUNCHY COMIC JOYRIDE, TAKES A FEW UNEXPECTED TURNS, AND DELIVERS A SPOT ON CAST OF CELEBRITY CAMEOS AS WELL AS GREAT CHARACTER ACTORS.

IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT ON HIS MIND, BUT IT OFFERS THE MOST ENTERTAINING RIDE.

IN SHARP CONTRAST, THE ZONE OF INTEREST HAS A LOT ON HIS MIND.

IN FACT, IT IS ALL ABOUT AN IDEA RATHER THAN A STORY THE IDEA IS TO EXPLORE THE BANALITY OF EVIL THROUGH A PORTRAIT OF RUDOLF HOSS, THE REAL-LIFE COMMANDANT OF AUSCHWITZ, AS HE AND HIS WIFE, HEDWIG, TO STRIVE TO CREATE A PERFECT LIFE LIVING NEXT TO A DEATH CAMP.

ON THE ONE HAND, ZONE OF INTEREST IS A CHILLINGLY AND DISSECTION OF PEOPLE THAT USES SOUND DESIGN IN A BOLDLY EFFECTIVE WAY.

ON THE OTHER HAND, IT FEELS LIKE AN INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE THAT PROVES ITS PIECES EARLY ON AND THEN JUST KEEPS REPEATING ITS OBVIOUS POINT WITH RELENTLESS SINGLE-MINDEDNESS AND WITHOUT FURTHER ELIMINATION .

DESPITE SOME FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE FILM, I STILL RECOMMEND THE ZONE OF INTEREST, IF ONLY FOR THE STUNNING AND INNOVATIVE SOUND DESIGN THAT BECOMES A CHARACTER ALL ITS OWN AND CONVEYS THE HORRORS THAT LIE JUST BEYOND THE GARDEN AND HIS PROTECTIVE WALLS.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND UNEXPECTED PROTAGONIST IS READY TO MAKE HIS GRAND ENTRANCE INVESTOR THIS WEEKEND.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AYRES IS THE LAUNCH OF A LOCALLY CREATED COMIC BOOK IS JUST ONE PART OF THE INAUGURAL ECONO ARTS FESTIVAL ON THE NORTH COUNTY CITY.

>> GOING TO THE PLAZA, HE IS SELLING.

>> COMIC BOOKS ARE MANY THINGS, FULL OF STORIES, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND LIFE LESSONS.

SOMETHING THEY ARE USUALLY NOT FOCUSED ON IS TAMALES OR CHICANO CULTURE.

BUT THAT IS EXACTLY THE POINT OF A NEW LOCALLY WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED WORKS, CALLED TAMALE GUY.

CO-CREATORS.

>> YOU KNOW IT IS KIND OF LIKE YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S FAVORITE NOVELLA MIXED WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LA BAMBA IN THEIR WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SOME HORROR FLICKS IN THERE, SOME FRIDAY THE 13th.

PLEASE COFOUNDERS ARE LAUNCHING THE FIRST INSTALLATION OF TAMALE GUY THIS WEEKEND.

DURING THE FIRST CHICANO ARTS FESTIVAL IN VISTA, GALVAN SAYS THE FESTIVAL TIES TOGETHER PERFECTLY WITH WHAT THEY HAVE CREATED.

>>A LOT OF STORES COME FROM OUR FAMILY, FROM JUST VERBAL STORIES.

>> IN CHARGE OF THE ART FESTIVAL, AND SAYS IT IS GOING TO BE EVERYTHING CHICANO IN ONE PLACE, AND INCLUDES FOOD AND CRAFT VENDORS, INTERACTIVE ART.

>>WE'VE GOT HIP-HOP AND CAN BE A BAND AND WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THE LOW RIDERS PARKED RIGHT THERE AND WE WILL HAVE ARCHED TOWARDS THE END OF THE STREET, WE WILL HAVE >> THE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING, AND IT IS BIGGER THAN JUST THE COMIC, IT IS ABOUT PRIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

VEGA IS EXPECTING A BIG TURNOUT.

>>TAMALE GUY COMIC WAS KIND OF THE QUESTIONS I NEEDED TO GET.

MY VISION FOR CHICANO AND LATIN TO BE REPRESENTED HERE IN VISTA.

I FEEL LIKE THROW AWAY FORGOTTEN.

>> Reporter: THE ORIGIN STORY HAS HUMBLE IN LOCAL ROOTS IN THE CLASSROOM, BOTH CALVIN AND VARGAS TEACH THE ART OF COMICS TO ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL.

>> WE BASICALLY COFOUNDED THE COMIC BOOK CLASS FOR THREE YEARS NOW, IT IS WHERE THE KIDS CAN COME IN AND LEARN ABOUT COMICS, THEY GET LECTURES, THEY GET A CHANCE TO DO COMICS WITH PROFESSIONAL GRADE PAPER.

>> Reporter: GALVIN'S BACKGROUND AS A WRITER AND ILLUSTRATOR AND VARGAS'S WORK CAME TOGETHER TO CREATE TAMALE GUY.

THEY SAY THE COMIC PORTRAYS THE AUTHENTIC BEAUTY AND PAIN OF MODERN MEXICAN AND CHICANO IDENTITY WHILE DIVING INTO INDIGENOUS HISTORY.

>> AND MEXICAN MUSIC, WE HAVE BASICALLY LIKE BALLADS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

THIS IS OUR BALLAD.

INSTEAD OF A GUNSLINGER, HE IS A TAMALE SLINGER.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF TAMALE GUY, WITH OTHER ISSUES PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE, AND A SPANISH-LANGUAGE VERSION CAN BE ON THE WAY, THE TWO CREATORS SAY THIS PARTICULAR COMIC ISN'T GEARED TOWARD CHILDREN BUT THEY HOPE THE PAGES THEY WROTE, INKED, AND COLORED IN THE COMIC INSPIRED A YOUNGER GENERATION.

>>AND THE KIDS SAY I AM NOT GOOD AT ART, COMIC IS NOT REALLY ABOUT ART, IT IS ABOUT A STORY.

YOU HAVE A GREAT STORY AND YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT COMIC.

>> Reporter: THE CHICANO ARTS FESTIVAL IS TAKING PLACE THIS SATURDAY FROM 2:00 TO 6:00 P.M.

ALONG CITRUS AVENUE IN VISTA.

IT IS FREE FOR THE PUBLIC AND THEY WILL BE BOTH EXTERNAL AND REAL-LIFE AT THE FESTIVAL.

JACOB BAER, KPBS NEWS.

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