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>> THE AZTECS ARE GETTING READY FOR THEIR BIGGEST GAME YET.

THE FINAL FOUR.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THE SDSU'S MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM SPOKE TO THE MEDIA TODAY BEFORE HEADING TO HOUSTON.

MELISSA MAE SAYS THE TEAM IS GRATEFUL FOR SUPPORT THAT'S COMING FROM ALL OVER, INCLUDING WASHINGTON D.C. - >> GOING TO A FINAL FOUR AND IT'S EXCITING.

EXCITING FOR ME, EXCITING FOR OUR TEAMS, OUR FAMILIES.

EXCITING FOR SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY AND EXCITING FOR THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: THE AZTECS ARE EXCITED TO MAKE IT TO THE FINAL FOUR BUT THE COACH SAYS THIS HAS BEGINNING OF THE SEASON.

>> WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND FINISH A JOB.

WE RECRUIT SAYING WE'RE GOING TO BE GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND NOW WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO DO IT, AND THE BAR HAS BEEN RAISED, SO WE'RE GOING TO ENJOY THIS ONE BUT WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO FIGHT TO MAINTAIN THE CULTURE AND THE RAPPATIONREPUTATION OF THIS PROGRAM.

>> Reporter: FANS ARE JUMPING ON THE SDSU BANDWAGON.

>> WE'L TAKE AS MANY FANS AS WE CAN GET.

THE BANDWAGON HAS GOT ROOM FOR% EVERYBODY, SO WE EMBRACE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T KNOW SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL ARE STARTING TO FIND- OUT ABOUT IT AND THE NATIONAL STAGE GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW WHAT A SPECIAL PLACE THIS IS AND WHAT A GOOD PROGRAM WE HAVE.

>> Reorter: LIKE THE SAN DIEGO PADRS, THE SAN DIEGO WAVE, THE SAN DIEGO ZOO, AND EVEN VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS.

>> IT'S EXTRA MOTIVAON, JUST T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T YOURSELF.

FOR THE TEAM, FOR THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, FOR SAN DIEGO STATE.

>> IT'S A GREAT FEELING.

IT'S KIND OF AWESOME JUST, LIKE, BEING OUTSID AND A BUNCH OF PEOPLE COMING UP TO YOU THAT úJUST SUPPORT US, SO WE NEED ALL THE SUPPORT WE CAN HAVE.

WERE GOING TO TRY TO WIN THIS THING FOR THEM.

>> Reporter: BOTH GUARDS WANT TO WIN THE MEN'S BASKETBALL NATINAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR SAN DIEGO.

>> VERY IMPORTANT.

VERY IMPORTANT.

THAT'S OUR GOAL.

THAT'S THE GOAL THAT'S BEEN SET FROM THE START OF THE YEAR.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORANT, VERY EXCITING.

WE CAN'T WAIT.

>> YU CAN JUST FEEL IT WHEN WE'RE AROUND EACH OTHER THAT WE'RE NOT SATISFIED, AND IT'S úALL ABOUT BRINGING ONE BACK TO- SAN DIEGO, ESPECIALLY FOR THE% FIRST TIME EVER.

WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH BIGGER THIS THING COULD GET.

MELISA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND KPBS IS PLANNING COVERAGE OF THE FINAL FOUR THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND AND THAT INCLUDES FOLLOWING THE ATECS TO HOUSTON.

STAY TUNED FOR CONTENT ON ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

>> WITH THE SERIES OF STORMS HITTING SAN DIEGO IN RECENT MONTHS, THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN POTHOLES ON OUR STREETS.

CITY CREWS ARE RACING AGAINST THE CLOCK TO GET THEM PATCHED, BUT AS ALEXANDER NGUYEN SHOWS, IT'S HITTING DRIVERS' POCKETBOOS HARD.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO ROADS% ARE NOT THE BEST IN THE WORLD, BUT THE RECENT STORMS HAVE MADE THEM EVEN WORSE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK TOO HARD TO FIND THEM ON MOST MAJOR STREES IN THE CITY.

ú >> MOTHER NATURE HAS BEEN REALLY CHALLENGING THIS YEAR.

>> Reporter: THAT'S BETHANY WITH THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

SHE SAYS THE RECENT RAINSTORM HAVE CREATED A BACKLOG OF MORE THAN 1300 REPORTED POTHOLES IN THE CITY.

>> ON DAYS WHEN IT'S RAINY OR COLD, T'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO DO ANY KIND OF POTHOLE REPAIRS.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE CITY, REPAIR CREWS LOST AN ESTIMATED 70 WORKING DAYS BECAUSE OF THE RECENT STORMS.

SINCE OCTOBER, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 13 INCHES OF RAIN, A 35% INCREASE FROM THE SEASONAL AVERAGE.

>> ITY CREWS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE WEATHER AND FILLING AS MANY HOLES AS THEY CAN BEFORE THE NEXT STORM COMES.

AROUND 60 WORKERS ARE FANNED OUT ACROSS THE CITY.

IT TAKES ABOUT THREE MINUTES TO PATCH UP A POTHOLE AND CREWS CAN PATCH UP TO 200 POTHOLES A DAY.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR DRIVERS, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , THE AVERAGE COST FOR CAR REPAIRS FROM POTHOLE DAMAGE IS $600.

>> IT CAN GO FROM 12 TO 15 PEOPLE ON JUST PARTICULAR POTHOLE ISSUESE.

>> Reprter: PETE HERNANDEZ- SAYS HE'S SEEN EVERYTHG FROM POPPED TIRES TO BUSTED RIMS FROM POTHOLE DAMAGE.

>> THIS ONE IS A 19-INCH WHEEL FOR A MERCEDES, SO IT'S A CUSTOM WHEEL.

SO UNFORTUNATELY, YOU CANNOT REPLACE JUST ONE WHEEL FOR THIS.

úYOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE SET.

> Reporter: ACCORDING TO AAA, DAMAGE CAUSED BY POTHOLES COST 25.6 BILLION IN 2021.

GOOD NEWS FOR DRIVERS.

THIS STRETCH OF ROAD IS GETTING A FULL REPAVEMENT EARLY NEXT YEAR.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO STATE HAS FOUNDED A CENTER FOR RESEARCH INTO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

KPBS SCI TECH REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE PAID A VISIT TO LEARN WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON FOR A.I.

TECHNOLOGY.

>> Reporter: T JAMES SILVER AND BROWN CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NAMED FOR A DONOR ALUMNUS HAS CREATED A NEW HOME FOR A.I.

RESEARCH AT SAN DIEGO% STATE.

HE CENTER DIRECTOR HAS BEEN WORKING WITH A.I.

SYSTEMS AT SDSU FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

HE SAYS IN THE MID-TEENS, THEY WERE MORE LIKELY TO CALL THE FIELD BIG DATA.

>> WE WERE WORKING IN THE FIELD OF RESEARCH THAT IS MULTIDISCIPLINARY, STATISTICS, MACHINE LEARNING, ENGINERING.

COMING TOGETHER IN THIS, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD NAME FOR IT AND A.I.

HAS BEEN THE BRAND OF IT NOW.

>> Reporter: ELKINS SAYS SDSU'S BRAND OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RELIES ON CAMERAS AND SENSORS THAT CAN CREATE A DATA SET BASED ON THE ENVIRONMENT IT'S IN.

IT'S KIND OF THE OPPOSITE OF ChatGPT, A COMPUTER-BAED A.I.

SYSTEM THAT GETS AN ANALYZES DATA THAT'S PASSIVELY COLLECTED.

>> THEY GO OUT INTO THE WEB AND - JUST GRAB PICTURES, GRAB DOCUMENTS, GRAB WEBSITES.

WIKIPEDIA IS DUMPED INTO THIS AND HAS LEARNED FROM IT, WHICH IS AWESOME, BUT WE WORK ON THE KIND OF PROBLEMS YOU CAN'T GET AN OTHER WAY THAN GETTING IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND COLLECTING úTHAT DATA.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS AOT OF THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WORK HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES HAVE CREATED WAS DONE FOR THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AND HOMELAND SCURITY.

ONE SYSTEM OPERATED THROUGH VIRTUAL REALITY HEAD GEAR ALLOWS SILORS AND A SHIP TO FOCUS ON A SHIP MECHANISM THAT ISN'T WORKING AND FIX IT.

A BORDER PATROL SYSTEM USES THE SAME CONCEPT OF A.I.

INTERACTING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT TOO IN THIS CASE ASSESS RISKS.

HE SHOWS A ROBOT WITH A HUMAN-LIKE FACE THAT CAN INTERVIEW SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO CROSS AN INTERNATIONAL BORDER.

>> IT TALKS TO YOU AND IT'S ENGAGING YOU IN DIALOGUE LIKE ALEXA DOES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE SENSORS ARE MEASURING YOUR BEHAVIOR AND ASSESSING THE% INTERVIEW FOR A DECISION TO PASS ALONG TO ANOTHER HUMAN FOR AN INTERVENTION OR TO CLEAR YOU.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO STATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER ISN'T JUST AARON ELKINS.

>> WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

>> Reporter: IT'S ALSO STUDNTS.

THIS STUDENT SPEAKS OF HER WORK ON WHAT SHE CALLS A BIG DATA PROJECT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BLOR UNIVERSITY.- IT USED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO ANALYZE FACTORS AND PATTERNS THAT COULD EXPLAIN WHY SOME KIDS HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER.

>> FIND RELATIONSHIPS WHEN THERE ARE COMORBIDITIES, THEIR PAST HEALTH HISTORY, THEIR MEDICATION, THAT KIND OF THING.

>> Reporter: AND SAUL GARCIA HAS SPENT SOME TIME WITH THE úCENTER MASCOT, PEPPER.

HE'S USING THE TECHNOLOGY OF ChatGPT TO MAKE PEPPER A ROBOT YOU CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH.

>> WITH ChatGPT, THE RESPONSES ARE VERY NATURAL.

THEY DON'T SEEM ROBOTIC AT ALL AND PEOPLE WILL BE MORE COMFORTABL SHARIN INFORMATION WITH PEPPER.% >> Reporter: ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT ROBOTS DON'T USUALLY LOOK LIKE OUR MASCOT, PEPPER, BUT THEY THINK A LOT LIKE WE DO AND SAN DIEGO STATE IS TRYING TO MAKE A.I.

OUR BEST BUDDY WHEN IT COMES TO THE WAY COMPUTERS SERVE HUMANITY.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THAT IS THE FOCUS FOR THE LATEST EPISODE OF KPBS MIDDAY EDITION, AVAILABLE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.

>>> ND WE WANT TO WARN YOU THAT MUCH OF THE VIDEO YOU'LL SEE IN THIS NEXT STORY IS GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING FOR ME.

IT SHOWS THE POLICE RESPONSE TO MONDAY'S SCHOOL SHOOTING IN TENNESSEE.

MIKE VALERIO HAS AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'RE LEARNING FROM THIS LATEST ATTACK.

>>Reporter: HORRIFIC SOUNDS OF úGUN FIRE RAIN THROUGH NASHVILLE'S COVENANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

[ GUNFIRE ] POLICE SAY THE 28-YEAR-OLD ATTACKER ENTERED A SIDE DOOR, BLASTING THROUG WITH A HIGH-POWERED RIFLE.% ONCE INSIDE, THE SHOOTER OPENS FIRE, KILLING THREE CHILDREN AND THREE STAFFERS.

WITHIN MINUTES, POLICE ARE IN THE SCHOOL.

>> MOVE, MOVE!

>> THERE WAS NO HESITATING.

THEY WENT THROUGH THAT DOOR AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THE SHOOTER AND THEY ENGAGED AS SOON S THEY FOUND THE SHOOTER.

>> Reporter: THE OFFICERS MOVED QUICKLY, TACTICALLY, CHECKING CLASSROOMS FOR THE SHOOTER.

GUNSHOTS GETTING LOUDER ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

14 MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST 911 CALL, THE ARMED ATTACKER IS FOUND AND NEUTRALIZED BY OFFICERS REX ENGLEBERT AND MICHAEL COLLAZO.

>> YOU SEE THESE WELL-ORGAIZED, COURAGEOUS YOUNG MEN RUSHING TO THE SOUND OF THE GUNFIRE.

>> Reporter: FOUND IN THE SHOOTER'S CAR, A SERIES OF- WRITINGS.

ON THE KILLER, THREE GUNS, AN AR-15 RIFLE AND TWO NINE MILLIMETER HANDGUNS WITH 30-ROUND MAGAZINES.

THE SHOOTER WAS UNDER A DOCTOR'S CARE FOR AN EMOTION DISORDER.

>> LAW ENFORCEMENT KNEW NOTHING ABUT THE TREATMENT SHE WAS RECEIVING, BUT HER PARENTS FELT SHE SHOULD NOT OWN WEAPONS.

AS IT TURNE OUT, SHE HAD BEEN HIDING SEVERAL WEAPONS WITHIN THE HOUSE.

>> Reporter: CHIEF DRAKE SAYS THOSE WEAPONS WERE ALL PURCHASED LEGALLY.

>>> AND THE SHOOTING IN NAHVILLE HAS REIGNITED THE CONVERSATION ABOUT GUN CONTROL.

KPBS REPORTER KITTY ALVARADO HAS AN UPDATE WITH A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMAN WHO HAS TWO MISSIONS.

COMFORTING FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS AND TRYING TO STOP FUTURE VIOLENCE.

>> GO, GO, GO!

[ SIRENS ] >> Reporter: MAN ARE NUMB AFTER THEY HEAR OF ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING IN AMERICA BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE FOR SANDY PHILLIPS.

>> THE PAIN THAT THOSE FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH AND WHAT THEIR LIVES ARE GOIN TO BE LIKE FROM THAT DAY FORWARD.

>> Reporter: BECAE SHE KNOWS THAT PAIN INTIMATELY.

SHE LIVES WITH IT EVERY DAY.

HER DAUGHTER, JESSICA, A FUTURE SPORTS REPORTER, WAS KILLED IN A MASS SHOOTING INSIDE A MOVIE THEATER IN COLORADO TEN YEARS AGO.

>> SHE WAS DOING EXTREMELY WELL AND EVERYBODY HAS TOLD US WHAT A BRIGHT FUTURE THAT SHE HAD.

AND SHE WENT TO A MOVIE WITH HER BEST FRIEND AND NEVER CAME HOME.

>> Reporter: SHE AND HER HUSBAND LONNIE STARTED SURVIVORS EMPOWERED TO HELP HEAL THE WALKING WOUNDED.

THEY TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY IN AN RV AND IMMEDIATELY GO HELP MASS SHOOTING SURVIVORS.

ú >> KNOWING THOSE PEOPLE, SEEING THEM SUFFER AFTER EVERY MASS SHOOTING, THERE'S AT LEAST ONE SUICIDE.

MISSION IS TO HOLD THE GUN LOBBY ACCOUNTABL THROUGH LEGISLATION, BECAUSE AFTER LOSING THEIR DAUGHTER, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUPLE ALSO LOST EVERYTHING THEY OWNED WHEN THEY TRIED TO SUE AN AMMUNITION DEALER.

THEY WOUND UP HAVING TO PAY TEIR LEGAL FEES.

UT ON SUNDAY, THEY SCORED A VICTORIA WHEN COLORADO LAWMAKERS PASSED A BILL ALLOWING LAWSUITS LKE THEIRS.

THE BILL STILL NEEDS TO BE SIGNED, BUT THE LAW WILL BE NAMED AFTER THEIR DAUGHTER.

>> THEY VOTED ON CHANGING THE NAME TO JESSIE'S LAW.

THEY ALL STOOD WHEN IT PASSED AND FACED US IN THE GALLERY HONORING OUR GIRL.

WE DID IT.

AND JESSIE WILL BE REMEMBERED.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THEIR FIGHT CONTINUES AND THEIR TARGET IS THE AR-15, THE WEAPON THAT KILLED THEIR DAUGHTER AND SCHOOL CHILDREN IN UVALDE.

WHAT SHE HEARD FROM THEIR FAMILIES HAUNTS HER.

>> THE FACT THAT THE SHOOTER WAS ABLE TO GET SO CLOSE TO THOSE CHILDREN AND JUST ANNIHILATE THM TO THE POINT WHERE THEY NEEDED DNA TO IDENTIFY THEM.

- AND I KNOW THAT'S HARD FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO, BUT THEY NEED TO LISTEN TO IT.

>> Reporter: SHE KNOWS IT WON'T BE EASY BUT SAYS SHE HAS AN AGEL BY HER SIDE THAT KEEPS HER GOING.

>> NOT FOR OURSELES, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S TOO LATE, BUT FIGHTING FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN AFFECTED BY GUN VIOLENCE YET.

KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEW.

>>> ON THE NEWS HOUR TONIGHT, THE LATEST ON THE DEADLY SHOOTING AT A NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THAT'S COMING UP AT 7 AFTER% EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> JAVIR SALAZAR ROJAS IS% BETTER KNOWN IN TIJUANA AS THE DEPORTED ARTIST.

GUSTAVO SOLIS SHOWS US HOW HE USES ART TO SHINE ON THE PLIGHT OF DEPORTEES.

>> Reporter: ONE OF HIS FAVORITE PAINTINGS IS OF A LITTLE BOY IN THE DESERT HIDING FOR THE BORDER PATROL.

THE BOY CROUCHES BEHIND A BUSH.

HE'S CARRYING A LIGHT BLUE BACKPACK THAT'S ALMOST AS BIG AS HE IS.

úIT'S ACTUALLY A SELF-PORTRAIT FROM WHEN HE WENT ON A FAMILY TRIP TO TIJUANA WHEN HE WAS 11 YEARS OLD.

>> AD ON THE WAY BACK, I TRIED TO LOAD UP IN THE VAN WHEN EVERYBODY WAS GOING HOME AND MY MOM STOPPED ME.

>> Reporter: THE REST OF HIS FAMILY WAS GOING TO DRIVE THROUGH THE PORTWOULD HAVE ENTRY, BUT SALAZAR WOULD HAVE TO SNEAK BACK ACROSS THE COUNTRY ILEGALLY.

>> I SAID, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING HOME.

SHE SAID, YOU CAN'T COME HOME WITH US.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PAPERS.

>> Reporter: THAT'S WHEN SALAZAR FOUND OUT HE WAS UNDOCUMENTED.

HE HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO OAKLAND AS A THREE-MONTH-OLD CHILD AND LIVED THERE EVER SINCE WHILE HIS FAMILY DROVE ACROSS THE BORDER.

HE HAD TO HIKE THROUGH A RURAL PART OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> I GOT SEPARATED FROM MY GROUP.

I REMEMBER HIDING IN THE BUSHES AND BORDER PATROL FOUND ME.

I GOT TAKEN TO AN IMMIGRATION% CENTER AND THEN DEPORTED.

>> Repoter: SALAZAR EVENTUALLY MADE IT BACK TO OAKLAND AND LIVED THERE UNTIL HIS LATE 2007S 20S WHEN HE STOLE $300 FROM A GAS STATION, GOT CAUGHT, AND WENT TO PRISON.

HE TAUGHT HIMSELF TO DRAW IN PRISON AND ALSO SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER BETWEEN 2011 AND 2014.

>> I RISKED MY LIFE FOR THREE YEARS WORKING FOR A DOLLAR AN HOUR FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AND MY LAST 30 DAYS, THEY CAME AND TOLD ME I WAS BEING DEPORTED.

>> Reportr: HE WAS DEPORTED RIGHT AFTER FINISHING HIS PRISON SENTENCE.

HE'S NOW 47 AND LIVES IN TIJUANA.

HE'S AN ESTABLISHED ARTIST.

>> COME ON, BUDDY.

>> Reporter: AND THE PROUD PARENT OF FIVE ADOPTED DOGS AND A CAT.

>> LET ME GET YOU A BLANKET >> Reportr: KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE DEPORTED ARTIST, SALAZAR'S PAINTINGS DEPICT MIGRATION AND BORDER CULTURE.

HE USES ART AS A WAY TO TELL HIS OWN STORIES AND CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE SEE DEPORTEES.

>> NOBODY SPEAKS UP.

NOBODY IS GOING TO HEAR OUR STORY.

SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT TELL A NARRATIVE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO TELL IT THROUGH THEIR EYES, THROUGH THEIR AGENDA.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS DEPORTEES ARE DEPICTED AS CRIMINALS, BAD HOMBRES.

THIS THEORY, THEY'RE SENT BACK TO THEIR HOME, BUT IN REALITY, MANY OF THEM HAVE NO CONNECTION TO THAT HOME.

>> WHEN YOU'RE DEPORTED, IT'S ALMOST LIKE BEING TREATED LIKE A FOREIGNER IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY.

THEY LOOK AT YOU AS AN OUTSIDER.

>> Reporter: DISCRIMINATION PLAYS OUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

SOME DEPORTEES STRUGGLE TO SPEAK úSPANISH OR SPEAK IT WITH A THICK AMERICAN ACCENT.

OTHERS LIKE SALAZAR HAVE VISIBLE TATTOOS.

ú >> SOMETIMES I'M ON THE BUS AND THE ONLY AVAILABLE SEAT WILL BE NEXT TO ME AND PEOPLE WILL COME AND THEY'LL STAND UP AND A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WILL STAND UP RATHER THAN SIT NEXT TO ME.

>> Reporter: SALAZAR WANTS HIS ART TO CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE, ESPECIALY AMERICANS, VIEW DEPORTATION.

IN HIS CASE, DEPORTATION SEPARATED HIM FROM THE REST OF HIS FAMILY BACK HOME IN OAKLAND.

>> YOU'E NOT JUST DEPORTING A PERSON.- YOU'RE DEPORTING A FATHER, YOU'RE DEPORTING AN UNCLE, YOU'RE DEPORTING SOME FAMILY'S MAIN BREADWINNER.

YOU'RE SEPARATING FAMILIES, SO YOU'RE JUST NOT PUNISHING THE PERSON WHO IS BEING DEPORTD.

WE'RE PUNISHING A WHOLE FAMILY.

>> Reporter: HIS ART IS ALSO POLITICAL COMMENTARY.

SALAZAR JUST FINISHED PUTTING UP AN ART INSTALLATION AT THE BEACH ALONG THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER RIGHT AT THE VERY TOP OF THE BORDER WALL.

IT FEATURES PRESIDENTS JOE BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP LOCKED IN A PASIONATE KISS.

IT'S MEANT TO DISPLAY THE DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE IMMIGRATION POLICIES.

BEHIND IT IS BIDEN BREAKING ALL HIS IMMIGRATION PROMISES AND ALSO ADOPTING TRUMP-ERA LAWS THAT ARE ANTI-IMMIGRANT.

GUSTAVO SOLIS, KPBS NEW.

>> AND THAT STORY IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE IN-DEPTH FEATURE REPORTIG FROM THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

OU CAN FIND MORE OF THOSE STORIES ON OUR YouTube PAGE.

IT'S ALSO WHERE WE LIVESTREAM KPBS EVENING EDITION WEEKNIGHTS AT 5.

>>> IN RECENT DAYS, WE'VE SEEN DROUGHT-BUSTING STORM SYSTEMS IN SAN DIEGO END UP BEING FAR MORE DANGEROUS ELSEWHERE AND THAT INCLUDES MISSISSIPPI WHERE TORNADOS KILLED 25 PEOPLE OVER THE WEEKEND.. >> WE'RE RIGHT HERE WHERE THE HOUSE HAD BEEN AND THE STEPS WERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SIDEWALK RIGHT THERE.

> Reporter: DEVASTATION AFTER VIOLENT STORMS RIPPED THROUGH HE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE U.S. OVER THE WEEKEND DEMOLISHING HOMES AND KILLING DOZENS.

>> LIKE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, TO BE HONEST, I CAN'T-- TO ME, I CAN'T TAKE NO MORE.

úLOST HER TWO-YEA-OLD GREAT NIECE, AUBREY, WHEN AN EF4 HIT MISISSIPPI LAST SATURDAY NIGHT.

WINSTON SAYS SHE FOUND AUBREY AMONG THE DEBRIS.

>> I DIDN'T SEE NO HOUSE, NO NOTING.

I LOOKED AROUND AND I SEEN THE BABY LAYING A LITTLE BIT FROM HER MOM.

FROM HER GRAND MOM.

p>> Reporter: YOU SAW THEM DOING CPR ON AUBREY?

>> YES, I WALKED AWAY.

>> Reporr: HER NIECE ALSO SPOKE TO CNN.

HER EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SON WAS IN THE SAME HOUSE AS 2-YEAR-OLD AUBREY.

HE'S NOW IN CRITICAL CONDITION ON A VENTILATOR.

>> HE HAS A SEVERE BRAIN INJURY.

THEY HAD TO GO IN AND TAKE PARTS OF HIS SKULL OUT.

>> Reporter: HE'S BEEN THROUGH SURGERY?

>> YES.

TEY SAY HE'LL NEED THREE OR FOUR MORE.

>> Reporer: OTHER FAMILIES ALSO TORN APART BY THE STORMS.

>> WORDS CAN'T EBB EXPRESS WHAT I'M FEELING.

>> Reporter: DAVID BROWN'S PARENTS WERE KILLED AFTER THEIR NEIGHBOR'S 18-WHEELER LANDED ON THEIR ROLLING FORK HOME DURING THE STORM.

>> THEY'RE IN HEAVEN RIGHT NOW.

AND I WAS TOLD THEY PASSED AWAY IN EACH OTHER'S ARMS.

>> Reporter: E GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPI CONFIRMED SUNDAY THAT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN APPROVED A DISASTER DECLARATIO FOR PARTS F THE STATE ALLOWING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP.

>> WERE GOING TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE GOVERNOR AND HIS TEAM ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO PROVIDE THAT SAFETY AND THAT SHELTER% RIGHT NOW FOR INDIVIDUALS.

>> Reporter: JESSICA IS HOPING HER FAMILY CAN GET HOPE.

> KNOWING THEY GOT TO START ALL OVER.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THE HELP IS GOING TO COME FROM, WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL IS GOING TO COME FROM OR A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD.

>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU GUYS HAVE LEFT?

>> THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

NOTHING.

>>> THE NEXT STORM WILL BE PRESSING ITS WAY INTO THE PICTURE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS THAT WILL BRING WET WEATHER AND SOME SNOW TO THE HIGHER TERRAINS, ESPECIALLY ABOVE 4500 FEET TO 5,000 FEET.

IT'S GOING TO REMAIN COOL THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME LESS ACTIVE WEATHER FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.

THERE ARE WINTER STORM WATCHES UP WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

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FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN AGAIN INLUDING AREAS SUCH AS THE MOUNT LAGUNA AND THIS IS WHERE WE CAN SEE SNOWFALL, AGAIN THE RATES WILL INCREASE AND SOME úWIND PACKS AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THAT TIME FRAME.

MOST OF THE WIND WITH THIS SYSTEM, IT'LL BE BREEZY AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY AND ALSO WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

THE HIGHER IMPACTS OF THIS POINT JUT OFF TO THE NORTH WHERE THERE ARE SOME WIND ADVISORIES NORTH OF LOS ANGELES WITH THAT SAID, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STORM IS ARRIVING AS WE GO INTO WEDNESDAY.

NOT QUITE YET HERE YET.

CHULA VISTA, 49.

OCEANSIDE, 48.

LAGUNA DROPPING DOWN TO 33 AND WE'LL START TO SEE SOME OF THAT PRECIPITATION EDGE ITS WAY IN OUR DIRECTION THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY, SO SOME SHOWERS WILL E PRESSING THEIR WAY INTO THE PICTURE.

IT'LL BE A COOLER DAY SETTING úUP.

AND AGAIN AS WE GO THROUGH TIME, úWEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY, WE'LL SEE SOME OF THE THAT PRECIPITATION ROLL ITS WAY INTO OUR AREA AS THE CENTER OF THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WORKS ITS WAY DOWN NEAR AND AONG THE COAST, SO WE'LL START O SEE INCREASINGLY WET CONDITIONS ARRIVING INTO WEDNESDAY FROM OCEANSIDE TO CHULA VISTA.

WET TOWARDS MOUNT LAGUNA AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY, THERE'LL ALSO BE SOME SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

LET'S BREAK IT DOWN FOR THE COAST HERE.

SOME SPOTS WITH A QUARTER TO A ALF AN INCH OF RAIN.

IT WILL STAY COOL FRIDAY, BUT REWILL SEE SOME SUNSHINE RETURNING FRIDAY AND THE START OF THE WEEKEND.

INTERIOR VALLEYS, COOLER WITH RAIN.

COULD EVEN SEE A THUNDERSTORM úTHURSDAY AND TINY HAIL WITH THOSE THUNDERSTORMS.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO START TO WARM THINGS BACK UP ALONG WITH SOME SUNSHINE FRIDAY INTO BETWEEN.

THE SNOW COMING INTO THE MOUTH OF THIS TERRAIN, THIS WILL BE THE CASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AND THAT'S WHERE THE WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT.

ALONG WITH THAT, SOME WIND.

STILL CHILLY AS WE GO INTO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MILDER AIR BY THE WEEKEND AND FOR THE DESRT, NOTICE ALSO HERE TOO, THE WINDS WILL BE KICKING UP.

THER CAN BE A COUPLE OF SHOWERS AROUN AND THEN WE'LL TREND WARMER BY TIME WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

>>> A BIG PART OF THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY FROM THE PANDEMIC IS TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY.

ONE OF THE KEY PLAYERS HERE IN SAN DIEGO SAYS ITS BUSINESS IS BOOMING.

CARNIVAL SAYS IT'S HAVING ITS BUSIEST QUARTER IN COMPANY HISTOY WHEN IT COMES TO FUTURE BOOKINGS AND THAT'S DESPITE HIGHER TICKET PRICES DUE TO INFLTION AND OTHER FACTORS.

>>> AND WHILE TOURISM IS A BRIGHT SPOT IN THE CURRENT ECONOY, THERE ARE STILL SOME RATTLED NERVES IN THE BANKING SECTOR.

CHRIS NGUYEN WRAPS UP A BUSY DAY IN WASHINGT WHERE CONGRESS IS TRYING TO GET ANSWERS ON RECENT BANK FAILURES.

>> Reporter: ON CAPITOL HILL, FINANCIAL REGULATORS TESTIFYING TUESDAY BEFORE THE SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE AS LAWMAKES N BOTH CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS LAUNCH FORMAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO WHAT CAUSED THE SECOND AND THIRD LARGEST BANK COLLAPSES IN U.S. HISTORY EARLIER THIS MONTH.

ú >> THE QUICK COLLAPSES OF SILICON VALLEY BANK AND SIGNATURE BANK WERE NO ORDINARY FAILURES.

>> Reporter: MICHAEL B.A.R., A TOP U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE OFFICAL, SAYS THE MELTDOWN STARTED AT THE TOP.

>> THIS IS A TEXTBOOK CASE OF BANK MISMANGEMENT.

>> Reporter: BARR TESTIFIED THAT SVB HAD BEEN ON THE FED'S RADAR SINCE NOVEMBER 2021 WHEN IT WAS CITED FOR INTEREST RATES% AND LIQUIDITY RISKS.

>> THEY DIDN'T TAKE THE ACTION NECESSARY.

THEY WERE QUITE VULNERABLE TO RISK, TO SHOCKS, AND THEY DIDN'T TAKE THE ACTIONS NECESSARY.

>> Reporter: E BANK, HE SAYS, COLLAPSED AFTER DEPOSITORS TRIED TO WITHDRAW $100 BILLION IN A SINGLE DAY DRIVEN BY SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE BANKING.

>> THE BANK DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH COLLATERAL TO MEET THAT.

AND THEREFORE THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO ACTUALL MEET THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO PAY THEIR DEPOSITORS OVER THE COURSE OF THAT DAY AND THEY WERE SHUT DOWN.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STEPPED IN TO GUARANTEE DEPOSITS AT THE TWO FAILED BANKS AND SET UP A FACILITY TO HELP PREVENT RUNS AT OTHER BANKS, SOME LAWMAKERS ACTION.

>> IF IT'S THE REGULATORS' FAULT, IT BETTER BE FIXED.

IF IT'S A REGULATIONS FAULT, IT ETTER BE FIXED.

>> Reporter: THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE INSTABILITY COME AS FEAR OF RECESSION ARE MOUNTING.

CHRIS NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

ALLEGATIONS OF UNION BUSTING BY STAR BUCKS.

NPR'S MORNING EDITION IS COVERING A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING THAT WILL FEATURE THE COMPANY'S FORMER CEO.

>>> AND A REMINDER, KPBS IS HEADING TO THE FINAL FOUR.

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