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

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR, RESTORATION, AND FLOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 45 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

AND BY -- AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU!

>>> WATCH PARTIES ARE HAPPENING ACROSS SAN DIEGO AHEAD OF TEAM USA'S WORLD CUP DEBUT.

THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M JOHN CARROLL IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

MEXICO KICKED OFF THE GLOBAL SOCCER TOURNAMENT YESTERDAY WITH A WIN.

NOW, IT'S THE UNITED STATES' TURN TO TAKE THE PITCH IN LOS ANGELES.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AYER IS LIVE IN LITTLE ITALY WHERE AN ALL DAY WATCH PARTY IS TAKING PLACE.

JACOB, WHAT'S IT LIKE DOWN THERE?

>> Reporter: HEY JOHN, IT IS BEGINNING TO TURN INTO QUITE THE LIVELY ATMOSPHERE HERE.

FANS ARE TRICKLING IN TO WATCH THE GAME WHERE U.S.

WILL BE TAKING ON PARAGUAY.

THEY WERE SHOWING BOTH WORLD CUP GAMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

EARLIER IT WAS CANADA TAKING ON BOSNIA.

THAT WAS A 1-1 TIE.

WE SPOKE WITH THE U.S.

AND OTHER SOCCER FANS HERE EARLIER IN THE DAY, HERE'S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.

>> I LIKE TO SEE BRAZIL WIN BECAUSE I WAS BORN THERE.

BUT I'LL CHEER FOR ALL THE HOME NATIONS AS WELL.

>> Reporter: RUSH IS A LONG TIME PLAYER AND COACH OF THE GAME.

HE IS EXCITED THE MATCHES ARE BEING HOSTED ACROSS THE THREE NORTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES BUT DISAPPOINTED WITH THE HIGH TICKET PRICES.

HE COULD AFFORD TO GO TO THE GAMES THE LAST TIME THEY WERE HELD IN THE U.S.

BACK IN 1994.

>> I REMEMBER 94 VIVIDLY WHEN I WAS IN THE ROSE BOWL.

I WAS BEHIND THE GOAL ON THE SECOND GOAL.

JUST AMAZING.

I ACTUALLY WENT TO STANFORD, WATCHED BRAZIL, THEN RUSSIA TEAM OR USSR AT THE TIME.

>> Reporter: ARIANA IS A RELATIVELY NEW FAN TO THE SPORT.

SHE SAYS THIS IS HER FIRST WORLD CUP.

>> YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING TO EXPERIENCE HOW WONDERFUL AND HOW AMAZING IT S. YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW TEAMS OR PLAYERS.

YOU CAN GET EXCITED FOR THE HECK OF IT.

>> Reporter: THE U.S.

GAME IS SET TO KICK OFF TONIGHT AT 6:00 P.M.

THERE ARE OTHERS TAKING PLACE AROUND THE COUNTY INCLUDING CHULA VISTA AND ANOTHER ONE IN MISSION BEACH.

REPORTING LIVE FROM LITTLE ITALY, JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>> KPBS HAS A DEDICATED SECTION ON OUR WEBSITE FOR ALL THINGS WORLD CUP.

YOU FIND IT ON OUR HOME PAGE KPBS.ORG WITH ALL THE LATEST DETAILS.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE PLAYERS FOR THE U.S.

MEN'S TEAM A A BIT LATER IN THIS NEWSCAST.

>>> WE'LL SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60s , OUR TEMPERATURES, WE ARE SEEING MILD FLUCTUATIONS BUT STILL ALONG THE COAST, SEEING ABOUT AT HISTORICAL AVERAGE.

ELSEWHERE, TRENDING A LITTLE ABOVE HISTORICAL AVERAGE.

WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE END OF YOUR WEEK AND YOUR WEEKEND IAN LOOKING INTO NEXT WEEK COMING UP.

>>> THIS WEEK, WE HAVE SEEN BACK AND FORTH RHETORIC FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP ON AMERICAN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN.

NOW MORE THAN THREE MONTHS SINCE U.S.

LED ATTACKS BEGAN, THERE MIGHT FINALLY BE A BREAKTHROUGH.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON SOCIAL MEDIA FRIDAY CALLING OUT IRAN FOR WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS INACCURATE DISTRIBUTIONS OF A PROPOSAL TO END THE WAR.

VERY DISHONORABLE PEOPLE TO DEAL WITH, THE PRESIDENT WROTE, WITH THEM, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS DEALING IN GOOD FAITH.

IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER MEANWHILE SAID ON SOCIAL MEDIA, A DEAL HAS NEVER BEEN CLOSER AND ALL DETAILS WILL BE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC IN DUE COURSE.

ON THURSDAY NIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID DURING A POLITICAL EVENT THAT THE WAR HAD ENDED.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD, BUT WE ENDED THE WAR WITH IRAN TODAY.

AND THEY HAVE AGREED NEVER TO HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.

SOMETHING THAT WE INSISTED ON.

>> Reporter: A SENIOR TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL SAID IRAN HAD AGREED TO DISMANTLE ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND DESTROY AND REMOVE NUCLEAR MATERIAL.

THE OFFICIAL SAID THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ WOULD REOPEN AND IRAN WOULD END PROXY SUPPORT OF TERRORIST GROUPS.

IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER CAUTIONED AGAINST SPECULATION ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT.

WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MADE A NUMBER OF PREVIOUS CLAIMS OF AN IMMINENT DEAL, EXPERTS SAY THIS MAY BE DIFFERENT.

>> THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE GOTTEN SO FAR THAT HE IS WILLING TO GO OUT AND SAY THEY ARE THIS CLOSE MEANS I THINK THEY ARE INDEED QUITE CLOSE.

>> Reporter: A SIGNING CEREMONY FOR A MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING WOULD MOST LIKELY BE HELD IN GENEVA SWITZERLAND NOT FAR FROM WHERE TRUMP WILL ATTEND THE G7 SUMMIT IN FRANCE.

>>> A WARNING TO OUR AUDIENCE, THIS NEXT STORY DISCUSSES SUICIDE.

A LONG EXPECTED SUICIDE BARRIER IS COMING TO THE SAN DIEGO CORONADO BAY BRIDGE.

TAMMY SPOKE WITH A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER WHO HAS PERSISTED FOR YEARS TO GET A BARRIER BUILT THERE.

>> Reporter: WHEN HE WAS A FIREFIGHTER IN CORONADO, WAYNE STRICTLAND RESPONDED TO MANY SUICIDE CALLS ON THE CORONADO BRIDGE.

>> IF YOU CAN SAVE A LIFE OR SAVE AN INJURY, AND AS A FIREFIGHTER YOU GET INVOLVED.

THAT BECAME A MISSION OF MINE.

>> Reporter: HE KNEW HE HAD TO DO SOMETHING.

FOR YEARS, HE URGED CALTRANS TO BUILD A BARRIER.

SURVIVORS AND THE FAMILIES WHO LOST LOVED ONES WORKED ALONGSIDE HIM SHARING THEIR STORIES.

>> COMMISSIONERS LISTENED AND ONE WAS SO UPSET, HE KIND OF HAD TO LEAVE THE ROOM FOR A MINUTE.

IT MADE A DIFFERENCE WITH HIM TALKING.

>> Reporter: IN 2019, CALTRANS ADDED BIRD SPIKES ON THE BRIDGE BUT IT REMAINS THE SECOND FREQUENTLY MOST USED BRIDGE FOR SUICIDE IN CALIFORNIA.

THEY PROPOSE BUILDING AN EIGHT FOOT TALL STEEL MESH BARRIER.

THIS WEEK, THE STATE COASTAL COMMISSION GAVE IT THE GREEN LIGHT.

>> INSTALLING THE BARRIERS AT ITS CORE IS GOING TO SAVE LIVES.

SUPPORTING FIRST RESPONDERS WHO HAVE THE DIFFICULT JOB OF LEADING RESCUES AND ALSO ENSURING ONGOING ACCESS TO THE COAST.

>> Reporter: CALTRANS EXPECTS TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION THIS FALL AND HAVE IT READY BY 2028.

FOR STRICTLAND, THE GUARDRAILS GIVE HIM HOPE.

>> THINGS DO GET BETTER AND OF COURSE, PREVENTING THIS SUICIDE WELL KNOWN SUICIDE HOT SPOT IS GOING TO SAVE A LOT OF LIVES.

>> Reporter: TAMMY MURGA, KPBS NEWS.

>> HELP IS JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

CALL OR TEXT 988 TO CONNECT TO A TRAINED COUNSELOR.

IT IS PART OF THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE.

AN ONLINE CHAT FEATURE IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT 988CALIFORNIA.ORG.

>>> TODAY MARKS 10 YEARS SINCE THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA.

IT REMAINS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST MASS SHOOTINGS IN AMERICAN HISTORY WITH 49 KILLED AND 58 INJURED.

MANY OF THE VICTIMS WERE MEMBERS OF ORLANDO'S LGBTQ AND HISPANIC COMMUNITIES.

THE NIGHTCLUB'S BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

THERE ARE PLANS TO BUILD A PERMANENT MEMORIAL THERE.

THE CITY OF ORLANDO WILL HOLD A REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY TONIGHT.

HERE IN SAN DIEGO, THE LGBP CENTER IN HILL CREST IS HOSTING A COMMUNITY OFRINDA FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO REMEMBER THE VICTIMS.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, KPBS MIDDAY EDITION FEATURED A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SHOOTING AND ITS LASTING IMPACT.

ROUND TABLE SPOKE WITH A NUMBER OF LGBT JOURNALISTS.

YOU CAN STREAM BOTH EPISODES ON KPBS.ORG OR WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.

>>> RIDERS ON SAN DIEGO'S PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEMS COULD BE PAYING MORE AS EARLY AS THIS FALL.

THAT IS IF THE REGION'S PLANNING AGENCY APPROVES A FARE INCREASE TO HELP BALANCE DEFICITS.

KPBS PUBLIC MATTERS REPORTER JAKE DETAILS HOW A NEW PROPOSAL WOULD SHIELD LOW INCOME RIDERS FROM THAT PRICE HIKE.

>> Reporter: MTS IS FACING A STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT THAT STARTED WHEN RIDERSHIP COLLAPSED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

THE AGENCY HAS COVERED ITS DEFICIT WITH EMERGENCY STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS BUT THAT MONEY WON'T LAST FOREVER AND THE AGENCY IS FACING AN INSURMOUNTABLE GAP IN 2030 IF IT CAN'T FIND NEW REVENUES.

WHICH IS WHY THE BOARD VOTED TO APPROVE FARE INCREASES.

SANDAG IS SET TO CONSIDER THE HIGHER FARE STRUCTURE IN JULY AFTER IT MOVES THROUGH A COMMITTEE PROCESS.

BUT ON THURSDAY THE MTS BOARD APPROVED A PLAN TO PROTECT LOW INCOME RIDERS FROM THE HIGHER FARES.

SHAWN RIVERA INTRODUCED A PLAN TO FREEZE FARES FOR RIDERS ENROLLED IN CAL FRESH, MIDICAL OR CAL WORKS.

>> FIRST WE PROTECT PEOPLE WHO ARE VULNERABLE.

THE BELIEF THAT HAVING THOSE FOLKS STAY IN THE SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY BETTER FOR THE LONG TERM HEALTH OF THE SYSTEM.

>> Reporter: THE PLAN WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD DESPITE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT ON REVENUES.

MTS STAFF WAS UNSURE HOW MANY REGULAR RIDERS WOULD QUALIFY, BUT THE DIRECTOR MARCUS BUSH, NATIONAL CITY COUNCILMEMBER APPLAUDED HIS IDEA.

>> HAVING THE QUALIFIERS BE RIDER WHO'S ARE ON CAL FRESH, THEY WOULD GET THE SAME FARE.

I THINK THAT IS VERY FAIR.

THAT IS REALLY TAKING A CREATIVE SOLUTION THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: HIGHER FARES WON'T BE ENOUGH TO COVER LONG TERM DEFICITS ANYWAY.

BY 2030, THEY HAVE TO LOOK FOR OTHER REVENUE SOURCES REGARDLESS.

MTS STAFF MADE CLEAR A LOCAL SALES TAX MEASURE WOULD BE THE MOST VIABLE LONG TERM STRATEGY.

BUT THAT WON'T BE UPON THE BALLOT UNTIL AT LEAST 2028.

IN THE MEANTIME, RIVERA SAYS MAXIMIZING REVENUE FROM EVERYTHING BUT FARE SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY.

>> THE ALTERNATIVES TO MAKING MORE PROGRESS ARE EITHER INCREASING FARES FOR LOW INCOME RIDERS OR FOLKS ACROSS THE SYSTEM AND OR REDUCING SERVICES.

I JUST WANT TO SEE A MAXIMUM LEVEL OF URGENCY TO GET THEM TURNED ON.

>> Reporter: JAKE GOTTA, KPBS NEWS.

>> Reporter: THE OCCASION IS BEING COMMEMORATED IN A MULTITUDE OF WAYS.

INCLUDING HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

I VISITED THE SAN DIEGO HISTORY CENTER WHERE A VERY SPECIAL EXHIBIT OF AN ANNIVERSARY IS COMING TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: FOR A MOMENT AS MOMENTOUSLY HISTORIC AS THE 250th BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES, YOU WOULD EXPECT A PLACE FOCUSED ON HISTORY TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL.

FOR THE SAN DIEGO HISTORY CENTER THAT MEANS A UNIQUE LOOK AT HOW THE LAST 250 YEARS HAVE UNFOLDED HERE.

>> SO THIS IS QUITE AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT FOR US.

ANY MUSEUM.

THE CONCEPT IS SAN DIEGO HISTORY, 1776 TO 2026 IN 100 OBJECTS.

>> Reporter: DR.

TINA IS THE HISTORY CENTER'S VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, COLLECTIONS AND EDUCATION.

SO HOW DO YOU CHOOSE 100 OBJECTS TO TELL A 250 YEAR OLD STORY?

THAT IS HOW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION CAME TOGETHER.

ENGAGING WITH STUDENTS FROM UC SAN DIEGO AND SAN DIEGO STATE TO CHOOSE THOSE 100 OBJECTS.

>> WE BROUGHT THEM IN AND TOOK THEM IN A WHOLE TRAINING REGIMEN ON HOW TO UNDERSTAND OBJECTS AND WRITE LABELS FOR THE OBJECTS AND DO OBJECT BASED LEARNING.

>> Reporter: WHEN WE VISITED THE EXHIBIT WAS STILL COMING TOGETHER BUT WE GOT A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN IT OPENS.

>> EVERYTHING FROM THE VERY SERIOUS, THIS CANNON THAT WAS AT THE MUSEUM, REPRESENTING A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, TO THE WHIMSICAL.

THOSE OF YOU OF A CERTAIN AGE LIKE ME WILL REMEMBER THE JACK IN THE BOX HEAD THROUGH WHICH ONE WOULD PLACE ONE'S ORDER WHEN ONE WENT THROUGH THE DRIVE THROUGH.

YOU MAY KNOW JACK IN THE BOX WAS FOUNDED IN SAN DIEGO AND IT IS STILL HEADQUARTERED HERE.

THE EXHIBIT NOT ONLY SPAN A WIDE ARRANGE OF TYPES BUT ALSO OF AGE.

THERE ARE VERY OLD THINGS.

>> THIS IS A 17th CENTURY AMARIO OR CABINET PURCHASED BY OUR FOUNDER GEORGE MARSDEN.

>> Reporter: STEPPING FORWARD IN TIME, THERE IS THIS VOLUMOUS BOOK.

A PRICELESS ARTIFACT FROM A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN SAN DIEGO HISTORY.

>> IT WILL BE OPEN DURING THE EXHIBIT.

BUT THIS IS THE GUEST REGISTER FROM THE 1915 EXPO.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT CAME SIGNED THEIR NAME IN THE BOOK.

>> Reporter: MOMENTS IN SAN DIEGO'S ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY ARE HERE.

THE LATE SAN DIEGO JACK MURPHY, QUALCOM STADIUM AND THIS MODEL OF HORTON PLAZA.

IMAGINE THE HOURS MODEL MAKERS SPENT ON THESE.

>> THIS FLAG IS ONE OF OUR NEWER OBJECTS.

IT DATES FROM 2019.

AND THIS FLAG HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST FLAG OF THE KUMYA NATION THAT WAS FLOWN OVER THE PRESIDIO.

>> Reporter: IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE HISTORY CENTER TO PRESENT AS FULSOME A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF OUR HISTORY.

THAT INCLUDES DARK MOMENTS.

THESE UNASSUMING PIECES TELL OF THE KKK'S PRESENCE HERE AND HONORARY RIBBON AND A TAILLIGHT COVER WITH THOSE INFAMOUS THREE LETTERS.

IT WAS DONATED BY THE SON OF A KLAN MEMBER.

>> HE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE THIS HISTORY IN SAN DIEGO AND WE FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT TO INTERPRET THIS HISTORY AND SHOW THE GOOD AND THE BAD.

>> Reporter: BACK TO THE LESS SERIOUS, BUT STILL HUGELY IMPORTANT IN SAN DIEGO HISTORY.

>> WE HAVE THE PROGRAMS FROM THE FIRST COMICON FROM 1970.

>> THESE UNIFORMS WORN BY MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, A NOD TO OUR MILITARY MYSTERY AND THIS UNASSUMING LITTLE SMITH CORONA TYPEWRITER WAS USED TO DRAFT THE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS OF THE WOMEN'S STUDIES DEPARTMENT AT SAN DIEGO STATE, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION.

MOVING FORWARD TO VERY RECENT HISTORY, A BANNER WITH THE WORDS PEACE, LOVE, AND HOPE WILL BE GOING UP SOON.

IF YOU GOT A COVID VACCINE AT THE DEL MAR FAIRGROUNDS, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER IT HANGING THERE.

>> WHAT DO YOU HOPE VISITOR, TAKE AWAY?

WHEN IT IS ALL DONE, THEY COME AND SEE IT AND WALK OUT THE DOORS?

WHAT DO YOU HOPE THEY TALK ABOUT?

>> THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A SAN DIEGO CONNECTION.

SECOND, MULTIPLE NARRATIVES.

MULTIPLE STORIES.

NOT THE INCOME SINGLE NARRATIVE.

SOMETIMES IT IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED BEFORE.

THAT IS WHAT WE WANTED TO EMBRACE.

PEOPLE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PAST THROUGH ARTIFACTS.

WE ARE USED TO TELLING HISTORIES THROUGH TIME LINES, EVENTS, PEOPLE.

THROUGH THE WRITTEN WORD.

BUT THIS IS TELLING HISTORY THROUGH OBJECTS.

>> Reporter: OBJECTS THAT WITH APOLOGIES TO KEN KRAMER, TELL YOU A LOT ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

AMERICA AT 250, SAN DIEGO 1776- 2026 OPENS JUNE 18th AND RUNS THROUGH JULY 31st AT THE SAN DIEGO HISTORY CENTER IN BALBOA PARK.

IT IS VERY MUCH WORTH YOUR TIME.

>>> WE HAVE COVERAGE OF AMERICA 250 ON ALL KPBS PLATFORMS.

THAT INCLUDES A DEDICATED SECTION AT KPBS.ORG.

YOU'LL FIND A MIX OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL CONTENT, EXPECT MORE IN THE COMING WEEKS AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE FOURTH OF JULY.

>>> EARLIER, WE HEARD FROM JACOB AERE IN LITTLE ITALY AS FANS PREPARE TO WATCH THEM COMPETE IN THE WORLD CUP.

WHAT ABOUT THE PLAYERS THEMSELVES?

FEW ATHLETES WILL EVER GET THE CHANCE TO PLAY ON THE BIGGEST STAGE AS THE HOST NATION AND IT IS ALL HAPPENING HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WE HAVE MORE FROM THE PLAYERS REPRESENTING TEAM USA.

>> YES, I'M HERE OUTSIDE OF THE USA'S WORLD CUP PRACTICE FACILITY.

I WAS AT THEIR PRACTICE JUST A BIT AGO.

PLAYERS CHOMPING AT THE BIT.

SOME OF THEM SAYING THEY ARE NERVOUS AND NOT AFRAID TO SAY IT.

THIS WORLD CUP RETURNS TO A VERY DIFFERENT AMERICA THAN THE ONE THAT VISITED WHEN IT WAS LAST HOTTED HERE IN 1994.

U.S.

SOCCER BACK THEN HAD TO PAY PLAYERS JUST TO TRAIN TOGETHER.

THERE WAS NO MLS, NO SOCCER SPECIFIC STADIUMS, THERE WERE NO GENERATION OF KIDS GROWING UP WATCHING AMERICAN STARS COMPETE AT SOME OF EUROPE'S MOST STORIED CLUBS LIKE WE HAVE TODAY.

NOW, CROWDS ARE BIGGER.

PASSION OF FANS IS MORE PALPABLE.

THE FOOTBALL IQ IS HIGHER.

AND THOSE KIDS WHO GREW UP WITH WORLD CUP DREAMS ARE NOW LIVING AND ABOUT TO PLAY IN ONE RIGHT HERE ON HOME SOIL.

THEY ARE HYPED.

>> PROBABLY LOOKING UP AT MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THE STANDS WHO SUPPORTED ME.

THERE WILL BE A LOT OF EMOTIONS AND A PROUD MOMENT.

>> VERY HAPPY EMOTION.

IF TEARS COME, TEARS COME.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT MOMENT.

>> FULL CIRCLE MOMENT.

AS A KID DREAMING ABOUT BEING IN THAT POSITION, WEARING THE CHRIS, AND CREST AND BEING ABLE TO HEAR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, IT MAKES DREAMS COME TRUE.

>> IT IS A GREAT FEELING.

I CAN'T WAIT.

>> I'M MOTIVATED.

INSPIRED.

EMOTIONAL.

>> I'M SURE THERE WILL BE A TEAR SHED.

>> LA IS MY HOMETOWN.

PLAYING FOR LA IS AN INBELIEVABLE STORY.

>> GRATEFUL FOR MY FAMILY.

EVERYONE WILL BE THERE.

IT WILL BE A SPECIAL MOMENT FOR SURE.

>> Reporter: THE U.S.

HAVE NOT REACHED A WORLD CUP QUARTER FINAL SINCE 2002.

BUT THIS GROUP BELIEVES THIS TOURNAMENT WON'T JUST BE A SOCCER EVENT, IT WILL BE MOMENT CHANGING HOW THEIR COUNTRY SEES THE GAME AND HOW THE REST OF THE WORLD SEES THEM.

AMERICA'S WORLD CUP JOURNEY BEGINS AGAINST PARAGUAY RIGHT HERE IN LOS ANGELES.

>>> AS OUR TEMPERATURES JUST FLUCTUATE A FEW DEGREES DAY-TO- DAY NOW, THAT MEANS THE HEAT IN THE DESERT IS HOLDING STRONG.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT MIDSUMMER TYPE OF HEAT THAT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUT IN IT FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIMES SO KEEP THOSE HEAT RELATED ILLNESS REMINDERS IN MIND.

WE WILL MAP OUT THE DIFFERENCES HERE, NOW ALONG THE COAST, THAT'S THE PLACE TO BE IF YOU WANT A MILD WEEKEND OVERALL WHICH I MEAN, NO SURPRISE RIGHT?

THAT TENDS TO BE WHAT HAPPENS ALONG THE COAST.

BUT TAKE A LOOK AT TONIGHT.

TEMPERATURE WISE, WE ARE IN THE MID TO LOW 60s FROM OCEAN SIDE TO ESCONDIDO.

66 IN SAN DIEGO.

75 THERE FOR BORREGO SPRINGS.

A FEW CLOUDS ACROSS THE BOARD HERE AS WE HAVE SEEN THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS MOVE OUT, WE'LL SEE THE CLOUDS CLEAR.

BY THE TIME WE GET TO TOMORROW, MANY OF US SEEING BRILLIANT SUNSHINE.

75 AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE COAST.

LOOKING AT THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, NICE MILD CONDITIONS.

MID TO UPPER 70s .

76, 77.

75 BY WEDNESDAY.

WE HAVE SOME CLOUDS.

THE MARINE LAYER, THE JUNE BLOOM.

LOW CLOUDS AND FOG.

BUT THAT'S JUNE FOR YOU.

FURTHER INLAND, WE'RE IN THE 80s .

85 DOWN TO 81 SATURDAY TO WEDNESDAY SO IF 85 IS A LITTLE MUCH FOR YOU, WAIT A FEW DAYS AND WE WILL GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

AS WE LOOK AT THE MOUNTAIN REGIONS WE ARE STAYING IN THE 70s , 73 UP TO 79 BY THE TIME WE GET TO WEDNESDAY.

SEE WHAT I MEAN?

FLUCTUATIONS OF A FEW DEGREES BUT THIS GETS US TRENDING ABOVE OUR HISTORICAL AVERAGE AS WE RANGE FIVE TO TEN DEGREES ABOVE HISTORICAL AVERAGE THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS FOR OUR MOUNTAIN AND DESERT REGIONS.

AND THE TRIPLE DIGITS.

WE ARE NOT SEEING A LOT OF CHANGE DAY-TO-DAY.

105, 104.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

REALLY FEELS THE SAME JUST ABOUT OUTSIDE.

AT LEAST IT IS NOT 110 OR ABOVE.

WE GET THAT LATER INTO THE SUMMER.

EITHER WAY THOUGH, STAY SAFE WITH THIS HEAT.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M ACCU- WEATHER'S ANNA.

>>> ONE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS HAS DIED.

DAVID HOCKNEY WAS 88.

THE BRITISH PAINTER WAS A LONG TIME CALIFORNIA RESIDENT AND THIS IS WHERE HE DREW MUCH OF HIS INSPIRATION.

NICK GLASS REPORTS ON HIS LIFE AND WORK.

>> Reporter: ALWAYS WILDLY POPULAR, ALWAYS INSTANTLY RECOGNIZEABLE.

STEPPING UP IN 2016 TO SHOW US WHAT WAS IN ALL BUT NAME HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

>> THEY ARE STUNNING REPRODUCTIONS.

THEY ARE STUNNING ACTUALLY.

THAT'S THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING.

WELL, I REALIZE THIS BOOK WOULD LAST 100 YEARS PROBABLY.

MOST PEOPLE WILL SEE MY WORK IN THIS BOOK.

WHY NOT DO IT REALLY GOOD?

>> Reporter: HOCKNEY WAS BORN AN OBSERVER.

AS A BOY FROM THE TOP OF A DOUBLE DECKER BUS IN HIS NATIVE BRADFORD.

>> I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED LOOKING.

I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED LOOKING.

WHEN I COULD GO ON THE BRADFORD BUSES ON MY OWN, I USED TO RUN RIGHT UPSTAIRS, RUN TO THE FRONT OF THE BUSES SO YOU COULD SEE MORE.

YOU COULD SEE MORE.

>> THIS IS YOU ANOTHER 16?

>> 17 YEARS OLD.

>> Reporter: HOCKNEY'S GAZE WAS INTENSE FROM THE BEGINNING.

ALWAYS A SUPERLATIVE DRAFTSMAN, ART CRITICS COMPARED HIM TO HIS HERO PICASSO.

AT THE ROYAL ART COLLEGE OF LONDON IN THE EARLY 60s , HE CELEBRATED HIS HOMOSEXUALITY, HEROICALLY SO.

SEX BETWEEN MEN REMAINED AN OFFENSE IN ENGLAND UNTIL THE LAW CHANGED IN 1967.

THE WORK WAS TEASING.

>> WHAT WAS THE REACTION TO THEM AT THE TIME?

>> I THINK THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE NAUGHTY.

I CAME TO CALIFORNIA IN 1964 WHEN NOBODY KNEW ME AND I PREFERRED THAT.

SWIMMING POOLS, I LOVED THAT.

ALL THE WIGGLINGLY LINES.

IF YOU PHOTOGRAPH THEM, IT FREEZES THEM.

WHEREAS IF YOU USE PAINT, YOU CAN HAVE WIGGLY LINES.

>> Reporter: THE MOST MEMORABLE PAINTINGS FROM THE LATE 60s ONWARDS WERE THE DOUBLE PORTRAITS.

CAREFULLYDISTILLED IMAGES OF HIS PARENTS AND FRIENDS.

HE WAS RARE AMONG MODERN ARTISTS RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONALLY WITH LANDMARK EXHIBITIONS TWICE IN 1988 AND 2017.

HOCKNEY NEVER STOPPED EXPLORING HIS ART AND MEDIA.

FROM 2010, HE STARTED MAKING ART WITH AN IPAD.

IN ONE OF HIS LAST GREAT CYCLES OF WORK, HE PAINTED THE LANDSCAPE OF HIS NATIVE YORKSHIRE.

HOCKNEY WAS ALWAYS A DEFIANT SMOKER.

HE KNEW IT WOULD PROBABLY SHORTEN HIS LIFE.

>> 65 YEARS AGO, I BEGAN SMOKING ACTUALLY.

IT IS 65 YEARS IN THIS BOOK.

I KEEP LOOKING THROUGH IT AND I THINK WELL, I'VE NOT DONE SO BAD IN MY LIFE.

EVERY DAY, I HAVE DONE WHAT I WANT TO DO AND I COULD SAY THAT.

>> THAT'S A PRIVILEGE.

>> YEAH.

I KNOW IT'S A PRIVILEGE.

I KNOW I'M PRIVILEGED.

BUT I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN I WAS PRIVILEGED.

>> NICK GLASS REPORTING.

TODAY, GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM AND FIRST PARTNER JENNIFER NEWSOM RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING HOCKNEY SOAKED UP THE CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE AND GAVE THAT WARMTH BACK TO THE WORLD TENFOLD.

HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE.

KPBS.ORG.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US EVERYBODY.

I'M JOHN CARROLL.

HAVE AN EXCELLENT EVENING AND A WONDERFUL WEEKEND.

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

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR, RESTORATION, AND FLOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 45 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

AND BY -- AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU!