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>>> CALIFORNIA'S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST EL CAJON TODAY OVER ITS CONTROVERSIAL LICENSE PLATE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM.

ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB BONTA CLAIMS THE CITY IS VIOLATING STATE LAW BY SHARING DATA WITH OUT-OF-STATE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

KPBS REPORTER GUSTAVO SOLIS HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: UNDER STATE LAW POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE PROHIBITED FROM SHARING DATA FROM THEIR LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEMS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA.

>> THEY CAN COLLECT AND STORE LOCATION INFORMATION THAT REVEALS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WORK, WORSHIP, SEEK MEDICAL CARE, SHOP, TRAVEL, AND SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

>> Reporter: ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB BONTA SAYS THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR THAT LAW.

WHEN THIS SENSITIVE INFORMATION IS SHARED OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA, THE STATE HAS NO CONTROL OVER HOW IT'S BEING USED.

HE SAYS OTHER STATES COULD SHARE THAT DATA WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND HELP THEM SEARCH FOR IMMIGRANTS.

IN A PRESS CONFERENCE BONTA SAID EL CAJON IS THE ONLY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE STATE CURRENTLY SHARING LICENSE PLATE READER DATA WITH OUT-OF- STATE AGENCIES.

HIS OFFICE HAS SPENT MORE THAN A YEAR TRYING TO GET EL CAJON TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW.

>> WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DELIBERATELY AND STUBBORNLY REFUSE TO FOLLOW THE LAW, THAT IS A PROBLEM AND THUS WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OF EL CAJON'S REFUSAL TO FOLLOW THE LAW.

WE'RE HAULING THEM INTO COURT TO GET THEM IN COMPLIANCE.

>> Reporter: BONTA SAYS THE REAL VICTIMS HERE ARE THE PEOPLE OF EL CAJON.

>> MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE PEOPLE OF EL CAJON WHOSE INFORMATION IS BEING IMPROPERLY SURVEILLED AND SHARED.

THEY DESERVE BETTER.

THEY DESERVE BETTER FROM THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY DESERVE BETTER FROM THEIR CITY LEADERS.

THEY DESERVE BETTER FROM THEIR MAYOR.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF EL CAJON DID NOT RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT.

EL CAJON POLICE CHIEF JEREMIAH LARSON PREVIOUSLY TOLD KPBS HE BELIEVES SHARING THIS INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA MAKES THEM SAFER.

>>> THERE ARE NEW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS TO WRITE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

KPBS SOUTH BAY REPORTER KORI SUZUKI SAYS CRITICS ARE WORRIED THE TOOLS WILL MAKE THEIR WORK LESS TRANSPARENT.

>> Reporter: THE PROGRAM IS CALLED DRAFT ONE.

LAST WEEK THE CHULA VISTA CITY COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO PURCHASE IT FROM AXON.

THE CITY WILL SPEND ALMOST $1 MILLION ON THE A.I.

TOOLS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

CHULA VISTA POLICE ARE PITCHING THE A.I.

SOFTWARE AS A TIME SAVING MOVE TO FREE UP OTHER OFFICERS TO HANDLE CASE WORK MORE QUICKLY.

>> OUR OFFICERS ARE STILL ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERYTHING THEY PUT IN THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT LEADING UP TO TESTIMONY IN COURT.

>> Reporter: BUT PRIVACY AND CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATES SAY THE PROGRAM RAISES NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RELIABILITY OF POLICE REPORTS.

MATTHEW GUARIGLIA IS WITH THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION.

>> THE JUDGE OR THE PROSECUTOR DOESN'T KNOW WHICH PORTIONS WERE WRITTEN BY THE A.I.

AND WHICH PORTIONS WERE WRITTEN BY THE OFFICER.

IT INTERJECTS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY.

>> Reporter: POLICE IN CHULA VISTA HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN AMONG THE FIRST TO START USING ADVANCED TOOLS LIKE DRONES AND AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

MEANWHILE CALIFORNIA IS CONSIDERING NEW REGULATIONS ON THE USE OF A.I.

AND POLICING.

STATE LAWMAKERS APPROVED A BILL LAST MONTH THAT WOULD REQUIRE NEW SAFEGUARDS WHEN POLICE USE PROGRAMS LIKE DRAFT ONE.

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM HAS UNTIL MID-OCTOBER TO DECIDE WHETHER TO SIGN IT.

>>> THE ONSHORE PUSH CONTINUES TONIGHT WHICH MEANS IT WILL BE BREEZY IN SPOTS, BUT ALSO DESPITE HAVING THAT MOISTURE COMING IN THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A LOT OF CLOUDS.

61 FOR THE LOW AS WE MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT AND THE TEMPERATURES, THEY'LL STAY ON THE COOLER SIDE.

I'LL HAVE THAT FULL FORECAST COMING UP.

>>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REMAINS SHUT DOWN AS A DEADLOCKED CONGRESS STILL HASN'T REACHED A FUNDING DEAL.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS SIGNALED THOUSANDS OF GOVERNMENT LAYOFFS COULD BEGIN SOON AND OFFICIALS SAY THE WHITE HOUSE HAS ALREADY COMPILED A LIST OF AGENCIES TO TARGET FOR CUTS.

WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JULIA BENBROOK REPORTS.

>> Reporter: THE ARGUMENTS REMAIN THE SAME.

REPUBLICANS ARE STILL PUSHING FOR ESSENTIALLY AN EXTENSION OF CURRENT FUNDING LEVELS ON A SHORT-TERM BASIS AND DEMOCRATS CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON HEALTHCARE, CALLING TO EXTEND ENHANCED OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

AS THE STALEMATE CONTINUES ON CAPITOL HILL, SO DOES THE BLAME GAME.

>> UNFORTUNATELY, REPUBLICANS HAVE SHOWN ZERO INTEREST IN EVEN HAVING A CONVERSATION.

>> REPUBLICANS ARE BEING RESPONSIBLE.

WE'RE OPERATING IN GOOD FAITH AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE DEMOCRATS TO DO THEIR JOB AND THEY WON'T.

>> Reporter: THE STAKES ARE HIGH.

AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE IT CLEAR THEY SEE THE SHUTDOWN AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHRINK THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THREATENING THOUSANDS OF LAYOFFS.

NOW THIS STEP COULD BE SEEN AS A TACTIC TO GET DEMOCRATS TO AGREE TO THEIR FUNDING PLAN WITHOUT CONCESSIONS.

>> THEIR DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE BETWEEN THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND CABINET AGENCIES ACROSS THE BOARD AND THEY ARE ACTIVELY IDENTIFYING WHERE THESE CUTS AND THESE LAYOFFS HAVE TO BE MADE.

>> Reporter: DURING THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN THE PRESIDENT AND LAWMAKERS DO CONTINUE TO GET PAID, BUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL WORKERS DO NOT.

WHILE MANY OF THEM ARE STILL WORKING DURING THIS TIME FRAME, THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'LL SEE THEIR NEXT PAYCHECK.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE, I'M JULIA BENBROOK.

>>> FRIDAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING THE GOVERNMENT'S LATEST JOBS REPORT, BUT THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN DELAYED THAT RELEASE.

NOW AS KARIN CAIFA REPORTS, BUSINESSES, JOB HUNTERS, AND INVESTORS ARE WITHOUT THAT INSIGHT AT A CRUCIAL TIME.

>> Reporter: IN THE MIDST OF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ON FRIDAY MORNING, THE LATEST GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA WAS A MYSTERY EVEN TO U.S.

LABOR SECRETARY LORI CHAVEZ-DEREMER.

>> USUALLY WE GET THE REPORTS THE DAY BEFORE AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT FOR THIS MONTH.

>> Reporter: THE DELAY OF THE RELEASE FOR THE SEPTEMBER JOBS REPORT FROM THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS MEANS WALL STREET INVESTORS, MAIN STREET BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS HAVE ONE LESS PIECE OF THE ECONOMIC PUZZLE TO MAKE IMPORTANT FINANCIAL DECISIONS.

>> IT'S NOT LIKE ALL THE DATA GOES AWAY, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY ONE SOURCE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO COULD BE QUITE DELAYED.

>> Reporter: ONE PRIVATE DATA SOURCE, THE ADP PAYROLL REPORT RELEASED WEDNESDAY, ESTIMATED THE PRIVATE SECTOR LOST 32,000 JOBS DURING SEPTEMBER WITH HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION ADDING JOBS, MOST OTHER SECTORS SLUMPING AND SMALL BUSINESSES WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES SHEDDING MORE JOBS THAN LARGER COMPANIES.

>> THERE HAS BEEN THIS WAIT AND SEE FROM EMPLOYERS IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO HIRE.

WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS FOR OTHER REASONS DECIDE THEY ARE GOING TO CONTRACT THEIR WORKFORCES.

>> Reporter: IF A SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON AND CONTINUES TO STALL THE RELEASE OF FUTURE ECONOMIC REPORTS, THE FEDERAL RESERVE COULD BE WITHOUT KEY DATA WHEN THEY MEET FOR THEIR NEXT MOVE ON INTEREST RATES AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

IN WASHINGTON, KARIN CAIFA, KPBS NEWS.

>>> VOTERS WILL BEGIN RECEIVING BALLOTS FOR THE NOVEMBER SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE MAIL THIS WEEKEND.

PROPOSITION 50 PROMISES TO REDRAW CALIFORNIA'S CONGRESSIONAL MAPS, A MOVE SUPPORTERS SAY WOULD COUNTER REPUBLICAN GERRYMANDERING IN TEXAS AND SET A NATIONAL EXAMPLE, BUT CRITICS ARGUE THAT USING FIVE YEAR OLD CENSUS DATA COULD LEADS TO VOTES IN SOME DISTRICTS BECOMING UNEQUAL.

>> THE GOAL OF HAVING EQUAL CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS IS THAT EACH VOTE IS EQUAL AND, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAD DISTRICT A WITH A POPULATION OF 1,000 AND DISTRICT B WITH A POPULATION OF 500, THE VALUE OF THE VOTES IN DISTRICT A WOULD BE DIMINISHED AND THE VALUE OF THE VOTES IN DISTRICT B WOULD BE ENHANCED.

>> LAURA HALGREN, A RETIRED SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE, TOLD OUR MEDIA PARTNER THAT PROP 50 WOULD LIKELY FACE SEVERAL LEGAL CHALLENGES IF IT'S APPROVED BY VOTERS RANGING FROM CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS TO PROCEDURAL PROBLEMS.

SUPPORTERS COUNTER SAYING THE MEASURE AMENDS THE STATE CONSTITUTION AND REPORTS RARELY OVERTURN VOTER-APPROVED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

>>> I'M JEFF BENNETT.

TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, HAMAS AGREES TO PART OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PEACE PLAN FOR GAZA.

THAT'S AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> WHEN YOU SUFFER FROM MENTAL ILLNESS, SOMETIMES COUNSELING AND MEDICATION ARE NOT ENOUGH.

FOR THOSE ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WITH DEPRESSION, AN ANSWER CAN BE FOUND IN BRAIN STIMULATION.

KPBS SCI-TECH REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE TELLS US ABOUT A TREATMENT CALLED TMS.

>> Reporter: WHEN KATHARINE UNETIC WAS A LITTLE GIRL GROWING UP IN SAN DIEGO, SHE SPENT A LOT OF TIME CRYING, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE WAS IN SCHOOL.

>> THERE WAS THIS ONE ART PROJECT IN THE THIRD GRADE I STILL REMEMBER I BROKE DOWN CRYING.

WE HAD TO TEAR PIECES OF PAPER TO MAKE PENGUINS AND I COULDN'T GET THE SHAPES TO BE LIKE UNIFORMED AND I HATED IT.

>> Reporter: WHAT SHE CALLS HER CRYING FITS CONTINUED AND SHE WAS PRESCRIBED MEDICATION FOR DEPRESSION WHILE STILL A CHILD.

NOW AN ADULT, SHE BECAME A MOM ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

SHE SAYS HER POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION WAS PRACTICALLY UNBEARABLE.

SHE REMEMBERS GET-TOGETHERS WITH OTHER MOMS WHO HAD GIVEN BIRTH AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

>> AND SO THEY WOULD BE SAYING ALL THESE LIKE THINGS THEY WERE DOING WITH THEIR KIDS AND I WAS LIKE I CAN BARELY GET UP AND OUT OF THE BED TO DO ANYTHING WITH HIM AND I THOUGHT I WAS FAILING AT IT.

I THOUGHT I WAS FAILING AS A WIFE BECAUSE I COULDN'T REALLY INTERACT WITH MY HUSBAND WITHOUT SNAPPING OR JUST SAYING I'M EXHAUSTED.

I WANT TO GO TO SLEEP.

>> Reporter: FOR PEOPLE LIKE HER, THERE'S HOPE FOR PEOPLE WITH TMS, TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION, ONE OF A HANDFUL OF PATIENTS WHO CAN'T FIND RELIEF IN PILLS AND COUNSELING.

UCSD PROFESSOR CORY WEISSMANN SAYS IN TMS THEY APPLY A COIL TO A PERSON'S SCALP.

IT CREATES A MAGNETIC FIELD THAT ENTERS THE BRAIN STIMULATING NEURONS.

TREATMENT TAKES PLACE AT A CLINIC SOMETIMES OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL WEEKS.

THEY AREN'T QUITE SURE WHY IT WORKS, BUT THEY KNOW THAT IT DOES.

THE TREATMENT'S RESPONSE RATE WHERE THERE'S AT LEAST A 50% IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN IN UP TO 60% OF PATIENTS.

>> SO MOST PEOPLE GET SOMEWHAT BETTER AND THEN ABOUT A THIRD OF PEOPLE GET WHAT WE CALL REMISSION, WHICH IS ALL THE WAY BETTER, SO FULL RESOLUTION OF THEIR DEPRESSION.

>> Reporter: KATHARINE UNETIC SAYS WEARING THE COIL WAS KIND OF LIKE WEARING A HELMET.

>> IT PRODUCES LIKE LITTLE SHOCKWAVES.

>> Reporter: CAN YOU FEEL IT ON YOUR SCALP WHEN IT'S WORKING?

>> OH, YEAH.

YOU CAN FEEL IT AND HEAR IT.

THEY'LL GIVE YOU HEADPHONES BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE SOUND.

YOU CAN STILL HEAR IT.

IT'S JUST A LITTLE MORE MUFFLED.

>> Reporter: TMS DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYONE, BUT IT WORKED FOR UNETIC.

>> SO THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS I HAD LIKE AN INTENSE AMOUNT OF ENERGY, BUT LIKE IT WAS JUST AMAZING JUST TO FEEL HAPPY AND LIKE ELEVATED IN MOOD.

IT WAS JUST AMAZING.

I HAVE NEVER FELT LIKE THAT BEFORE.

>> Reporter: TMS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF INTERVENTIONAL BRAIN MEDICINE, FAST ACTING TREATMENTS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TREATMENT-RESISTANT.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE FOR SEVERE DEPRESSION IS WHAT USED TO BE CALLED SHOCK THERAPY.

NOW CALLED ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY, IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 80 YEARS AND IT REMAINS IN USE BECAUSE IT CAN BE VERY EFFECTIVE.

WEISSMAN SAYS UC SAN DIEGO IS DOING RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND WHY STIMULATION TO THE BRAIN HELPS SOME WITH DEPRESSION.

>> WE'RE DOING A LOT OF STUDIES AT USC TRYING TO TEASE APART HOW INDIVIDUAL'S BRAINS AT BASELINE ARE DIFFERENT THAN THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE IMPRESSION OR OTHER CONDITIONS AND HOW THE TMS CHANGES HOW THEIR BRAINS ARE FUNCTIONING AFTERWARDS.

>> Reporter: UCSD IS ALSO INVOLVED IN CLINICAL TRIALS TO FIND OUT IF TMS CAN HELP CURE BIPOLAR DISORDER OR ANOREXIA.

LINCOLN FISH IS THE CEO OF A COMPANY CALLED NEUROBELLO THAT PROVIDES INTERVENTION MEDICINE LIKE TMS.

HE SAYS ONE OF HIS SUCCESS STORIES COMES FROM TREATING A RETIRED MARINE COLONEL NAMED BEN WHO SUFFERED DEPRESSION AND PTSD.

FISH SAYS TREATING BEN'S DEPRESSION MADE HIM A DIFFERENT PERSON.

>> HE ALL OF A SUDDEN -- AND THIS IS FROM A MILITARY GUY -- HAS TROUBLE SWEARING.

AGAIN, HE DIDN'T REALIZE IT, BUT HE'S SO USED TO, YOU KNOW, DROPPING F-BOMBS AND THINGS BECAUSE HE'S A MILITARY GUY AND ALL THAT AND HE SAID ALL OF A SUDDEN HE'D START TO AND COULDN'T DO IT.

HE SAID SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

>> Reporter: FOR KATHARINE UNETIC, TREATING HER DEPRESSION HAS ALLOWED HER TO ENJOY HER 1- YEAR-OLD BOY AS HE PLAYS GAMES AND LEARNS TO TAKE A FEW STEPS.

>> HE'S SUPER CUTE.

HE SMILES A LOT AND HE'S ALWAYS LAUGHING.

I ADORE HIM.

>> Reporter: FOR ALL ITS ADVANTAGES, TMS IS NOT CHEAP.

UNETIC SAYS SHE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT IF HER INSURANCE HAD NOT COVERED IT, BUT WEISSMAN SAYS IF YOU LOOK AT A COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS, IT COULD BE A LOT CHEAPER THAN LINGERING IN A DEPRESSIVE STATE FOR YEARS OR EVEN DECADES.

>>> TEST SCORES AT SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE AMONG THE BEST IN CALIFORNIA.

STATE SUPERINTENDENT TONY THURMAN VISITED BURBANK ELEMENTARY TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THE DISTRICT AS A LEADER IN STATEWIDE TEST SCORES.

HE SAYS SAN DIEGO UNIFIED IS NUMBER ONE IN FOURTH GRADE AND EIGHTH GRADE LITERACY AND MATH.

THE PRINCIPAL OF BURBANK ELEMENTARY TOLD OUR MEDIA PARTNER KGTV THAT THEY IDENTIFIED KEY BARRIERS HOLDING STUDENTS BACK.

>> WE WERE NOTICING THE CONNECTION TO THE LITERACY.

MANY OF OUR MATH PROBLEMS, OUR MATH WORK, IS RELATED TO READING PROBLEMS.

WE BEGAN TO WORK AROUND WHAT IT IS THAT THE STUDENTS NEEDED.

>> THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT'S MOVE THE NEEDLE INITIATIVE HAS BEEN DIRECTING MONEY AND STRATEGIES TOWARD HELPING STUDENTS AT RISK OF FALLING BEHIND.

>>> WHEELCHAIR DANCERS FROM THE DYNAMIC INCLUSIVE DANCE PROGRAM WILL PERFORM AT THEIR 17th ANNUAL SHOWCASE THIS WEEKEND.

KPBS ARTS REPORTER AUDY MCAFEE TAKES US TO THEIR REHEARSAL.

♪ >> Reporter: AT THE PARK DE LA CRUZ GYM PERFORMERS REHEARSE FOR THE SHINE AND SOAR FUNDRAISER SHOWCASE.

WHEELCHAIR DANCING IS ALSO KNOWN AS SEATED DANCING.

THE DYNAMIC INCLUSIVE DANCE PROGRAM IS AN EXTENSION OF THE WHEELCHAIR DANCERS ORGANIZATION, WHICH HAS OFFERED MOVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES SINCE 2008.

THIS IS THE 17th YEAR OF THE FUNDRAISER AND THIS IS THEIR SECOND-TO-LAST REHEARSAL BEFORE THE WEEKEND'S BIG SHOW.

BEVERLY WORDING FOUNDED THE WHEELCHAIR DANCERS ORGANIZATION.

SHE SAYS THE SHOWCASE TOUCHES EVERYONE INVOLVED.

>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SHOW CASE.

WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SO MANY TALENTED PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING FORWARD, WHETHER THEY ARE 5 YEARS OLD OR MY AGE, WHICH IS A VERY, VERY SENIOR.

WE DO IT.

WE LOVE IT AND THERE'S SO MUCH GRATIFICATION AND WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL AUDIENCE.

>> Reporter: ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE A DISABILITY ACCORDING TO THE CDC, LEAVING MILLIONS WITHOUT THE SAME PHYSICAL OPPORTUNITIES AS THEIR PEERS.

JASON RIVERS HAS BEEN TEACHING WITH THE PROGRAM FOR NINE YEARS.

HE SAYS THE SHOWCASE GIVES DANCERS A CHANCE TO GROW IN WAYS THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE POSSIBLE.

>> FOR THEM TO GET UP ON STAGE AND PERFORM IN FRONT OF A CROWD IS JUST I THINK SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T GET -- IT'S JUST NOT AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE VERY OFTEN.

SO I THINK IT'S JUST SUPER SPECIAL TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT AND PERFORM.

>> Reporter: THE SHOWCASE SELLS OUT EACH YEAR, DRAWING ABOUT 200 PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO RIVERS.

THE SHOW FEATURES MORE THAN 19 PERFORMANCES AND A WIDE RANGE OF DANCE STYLES.

THE NONPROFIT HAS BEEN PREPARING SINCE JANUARY.

AMONG THE DANCERS IS STEPHANIE NICHOLS-RODUS, WHO IS ALSO A WHEELCHAIR DANCER ORGANIZATION BOARD MEMBER.

>> I'M THE KIND OF PERSON WHEN YOU HEAR MUSIC, YOU JUST MOVE.

YOU MOVE AROUND.

SO WHEN THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME, I'M LIKE I'M NEVER GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN AND I'M NEVER GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT WITH MY HUSBAND AGAIN AND DANCE AND ALL THESE AMAZING EXPERIENCES.

>> Reporter: THAT CHANGED WHEN SHE STARTED TAKING CLASSES AND MET WORDING.

SHE DISCOVERED A NEW LOVE FOR DANCE.

>> IT JUST INSPIRES ME.

DANCING MAKES MY WHOLE BODY FEEL INVOLVED.

IT FEELS LIKE LIGHT INSIDE ME.

IT FEELS LIKE -- I DON'T LIKE TO USE THE WORD NORMAL BECAUSE WHAT'S NORMAL THESE DAYS, YOU KNOW?

BUT IT JUST MAKES ME FEEL THAT I CAN DO EVERYTHING THAT I PUT MY MIND ON, YOU KNOW.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS.

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW IT LOOKS.

IT MATTERS TO ME HOW IT FEELS AND WHAT I CAN SHOW OUT THERE AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS.

>> Reporter: SHE ADVISES TO PUSH PAST FEAR.

>> WHAT I LEARNED IS IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP, SOMEBODY IS MISSING OUT ON WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

YOU CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'S JUST GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL YOU SHOW UP.

SO JUST SHOW UP.

IF YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR MIND, SHOW UP.

IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, JUST DO IT EVEN IF YOU'RE HAVING A BAD DAY.

IT WILL MAKE IT BETTER.

>> Reporter: THE SHINE AND SOAR SHOWCASE IS SUNDAY OCTOBER 5th FROM NOON TO 3:00 P.M.

AT THE CHAMPION BALLROOM ACADEMY.

TICKETS START AT $15.

AUDY MCAFEE, KPBS NEWS.

>> FOR MORE STORIES ABOUT THE ARTS IN SAN DIEGO, YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE FINEST, THE KPBS PODCAST CAPTURES THE PEOPLE, ART, AND MOVEMENTS REDEFINING OUR REGION'S CULTURAL EAT.

YOU CAN LISTEN NOW AT KPBS.ORG/THEFINEST OR WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.

>>> WELL, AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE UPCOMING HOURS, KEEP IN MIND THE ONSHORE FLOW IS STILL COMING THROUGH FOR US.

SO IT IS GOING TO BE PRETTY BREEZY AT TIMES IN SOME LOCATIONS GOING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

HOWEVER, WE DO KEEP THINGS COOL AND DESPITE THAT ONSHORE FLOW THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE AS MANY MARINE CLOUDS STICKING AROUND FOR US JUST THROUGH TONIGHT.

GETTING INTO THE WEEKEND, THE NUMBERS STAY DOWN FOR US IN MANY LOCATIONS AND AS WE TALK ABOUT GOING INTO NEXT WEEK, WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE TRAFFIC.

THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR MORE MOISTURE, SOME MORE RAINFALL TO COME TOWARDS US.

IT'S BEYOND THE FIVE-DAY FORECAST, SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON.

IT'S NOT A GIVEN.

IT'S NOT EVEN A DEFINITE.

WE'RE JUST LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD TO THAT POSSIBILITY OF SOMETHING HAPPENING.

AS WE TAKE YOU THROUGH TONIGHT, THOUGH, YOU CAN SEE STILL PRETTY QUIET AROUND THE REGION HERE, 58 FOR THE LOW IN CHULA VISTA, BUT IF YOU'RE IN THE CITY, WE'RE AT 61, A COUPLE OF CLOUDS BUT NOT NEARLY AS WIDESPREAD AS THEY COULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR, MOUNT LAGUNA GETTING DOWN TO 45.

TOMORROW A COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH, BUT IT TAKES SOME TIME TO DEVELOP.

FOR TAKE LOT OF US THE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL CAP UP PRETTY WELL, 74 THE HIGH IN THE CITY, 75 IN OCEANSIDE, RAMONA 80 DEGREES AND BORREGO SPRINGS 89.

HOWEVER, THIS IS STILL MOST OF US A LITTLE BELOW HISTORICAL AVERAGES AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES AND WE DROP OFF JUST A SHADE AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY WITH THAT COOLER AIR MASS COMING THROUGH.

BEYOND THAT, THEN, STILL KEEPING THINGS LARGELY DRY AS WE GO THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK.

IT'S GOING TO BE THURSDAY, FRIDAY BEFORE WE SEE EXTRA CLOUDS.

YOU CAN START TO SEE THAT ARRIVE WEDNESDAY INTO SOME OF OUR INLAND COMMUNITIES.

WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH MOISTURE COULD BE PULLED IN FROM THE TROPICS, AT THIS POINT STILL VERY QUESTIONABLE.

AND AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES, NOTICE THE LOWEST NUMBER THERE, 56 FOR YOUR SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND THEN AFTER THAT WE START TO SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES CLIMB A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WE WILL WARM UP TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT WEEK NO MATTER WHAT EVEN AS WE BRING IN SOME OF THAT MOISTURE.. >>> BE SURE TO JOIN US TONIGHT FOR KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK WHERE WE REVISIT THE MOST IMPACTFUL AND THE MOST INTRIGUING ORIGINAL REPORTING OF THE WEEK.

"THIS WEEK" AIRS EVERY FRIDAY AT 8:30 RIGHT HERE ON KPBS.

>>> EVER WONDER WHAT IT TAKES TO SCARE PEOPLE AT A HAUNTED ATTRACTION?

KPBS ARTS REPORTER AND HOME HUNTER BETH ACCOMANDO TOOK A GRAVEYARD SHIFT AT THE HAUNTED TRAIL IN BALBOA PARK TO FIND THE ANSWER.

>> Reporter: LAST WEEK THIS GRAVEYARD WAS MY DOMAIN AS I CHECKED OFF A BUCKET LIST ITEM, BEING A SCARE ACTOR AT THE HAUNTED TRAIL IN BALBOA PARK.

>> WE LIKE JUMP SCARES.

THOSE ARE REALLY THE BEST.

THEY USUALLY POP OUT OF AN AREA OR THEY CAN BE A DIVERSION TACTIC WHERE THEY'RE KIND OF DOING SOMETHING STRANGE.

>> Reporter: GREG DEFAAD HAS BEEN RUNNING THE HAUNTED TRAIL MORE THAN A QUARTER CENTURY.

I ASKED WHAT THE QUALITIES ARE NEEDED TO BE A SCARE ACTOR.

>> COMMON SENSE WOULD BE NUMBER ONE.

THEN ENERGY AND THEN A SENSE OF TIMING.

>> Reporter: SO DID I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A SCARE ACTOR?

>> YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU'VE GOT THE PASSION THAT IT TAKES AND YOU ARE THE PERFECT PERSON TO HAVE AS A GUEST STAR.

>> Reporter: YES!

>> WHERE DO YOU HAVE HER?

>> I HAVE HER IN THE GRAVEYARD.

>> Reporter: ONCE MY LOCATION WAS CONFIRMED, IT WAS OFF TO MAKEUP WITH ARTIST STUART HIRSCH.

>> TODAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU IN THE GRAVEYARD.

IT'S UP TO YOU, BUT WE SHOULD DO A SKULL-LIKE GHOSTLY CHARACTER.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET IN THAT MAKEUP AND WARDROBE, YOU KIND OF LOSE YOURSELF AND YOU BECOME SOMEONE ELSE AND I THINK THAT IS SUPER APPEALING TO PEOPLE AND THEY COME HERE AND THEY JUST LOVE IT.

IT'S A RELEASE.

>> THEN I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OPTION IF YOU WANT BLOOD OR NOT.

>> Reporter: OH, YES, PLEASE.

>> OKAY.

>> Reporter: IS THAT ALL RIGHT?

>> THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR.

>> Reporter: HIRSCH AND HIS FELLOW ARTISTS HAVE TO MAKE UP DOZENS OF PEOPLE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS EVERY NIGHT.

>> IF YOU'RE KILLING SOMEONE, WHICH SIDE?

>> Reporter: ONCE MADE UP AND FITTED IN A BLOOD-STAINED DRESS, I'M INTRODUCED TO A LEGEND ON THE TRAIL, PATTY FAY, WHO HAS BEEN SCARING FOLKS FOR 33 YEARS.

>> THERAPY.

IT IS A JOB.

IT'S HARD WORK.

YOU HAVE TO BE ON SPOT ALL NIGHT LONG, BUT I LOVE IT.

I LOVE WHAT I DO.

>> Reporter: HER ADVICE TO A NEWBIE.

>> JUST FIND A NICE SPOT TO HIDE.

NEVER BREAK CHARACTER AND JUST GO AT IT 100%.

IF YOU GET THEM, YOU GET THEM.

IF YOU DON'T, OH, WELL.

YOU HAD FUN AND ENJOY SCARING PEOPLE.

>> I LOVE SCARING PEOPLE IT.

IS SO MUCH FUN TO BE SOMEBODY ELSE'S NIGHTMARE AND TO HEAR THE SCREAMS AND EXPERIENCE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE FEAR IS SO MUCH FUN.

>> Reporter: LUCA IS ANOTHER FULLY SCARE ACTOR WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO CREATE HER OWN COSTUME.

EACH SCARE ACTOR DEVELOPED HIS OR HER OWN STYLE.

>> WHAT I DO IS I WAIT.

I WAIT RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS MY SPOT.

AS I COME AROUND, I GO AHHHH!

>> Reporter: OKAY.

SO I LOOK FOR A GOOD SPOT.

SITTING NEXT TO ONE OF THE DEAD GUYS, TOO, IS GOOD.

I GET SOME BLACK LIGHT HERE.

I PICKED A GOOD SPOT FOR MY MAKEUP I THINK.

THIS LOOKS LIKE THE PERFECT PLACE TO STAGE A PARTICULAR KIND OF JUMP SCARE KNOWN AS A STATUE SCARE WHERE YOU PRETEND TO BE A LIFELESS PROP, BUT, OF COURSE, YOU'RE NOT.

AS DARKNESS FALLS, WE GATHER FOR OUR RALLYING CRY.

>> LET THEY KNOW WHO WE ARE!

>> Reporter: AND GET INTO POSITION AND WAIT FOR THE SIGNAL THAT THE FIRST GROUP WILL BE COMING THROUGH.

THAT'S THE CUE.

THEN I WORRY I MAY NOT BE SCARY ENOUGH, BUT PATTY REASSURES ME.

>> DON'T GET DISCOURAGED AND DON'T THINK MAN, I DIDN'T GET THIS GROUP.

I'M LOSING MY MOJO OR MY TECHNIQUE OR WHATEVER.

EVERY CROWD IS DIFFERENT.

I JUST ENJOY WHAT I DO.

I'M MY OWN ENTERTAINMENT FACTOR.

>> Reporter: SO SHAKER CAN IN HAND, I LIE IN WAIT FOR THE FIRST GROUP.

>> OH!

>> Reporter: HERE AT THE HAUNTED TRAIL, I'M BETH ACCOMANDO FOR KPBS NEWS.

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