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IN THE FIRE AT A BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY IN ESCONDIDO SEEMS TO BE WELL UNDER CONTROL.

THOUGH EVACUATION ORDERS REMAIN IN PLACE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US I'M JOHN CAROL.

SIDE TECH REPORTER TOMAS FUDGE TELL US HOW FIRST REPORTERS ARE DEALING WITH THE LATEST LITHIUM ION BATTERY FIRE.

>> Reporter: THE FIRE BEGAN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT THE NORTHEAST OPERATION CENTER OF SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC.

THE BUILDING IN AN ESCONDIDO INDUSTRIAL STORAGE UNIT HAS ION BATTERIES.

AND ONE CAUGHT FIRE.

THE FIRE CHIEF SAID THERE WAS NO LONGER ANY VISIBLE SMOKE OR FIRE.

>> IT REACHED BASICALLY, BURNED ITSELF OUT.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING.

NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CONFIRMING THAT.

>> Reporter: THE SURROUNDING AREA WAS EVACUATED AND THREE SCHOOLS CANCELED CLASSES OUT OF WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CALLED AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.

LITHIUM ION BATTERY FIRES CAN'T BE EXTINGUISHED WITH FIRE.

THEY'RE UNPREDICTABLE AS THEY CAN SEEM TO GO OUT BUT REIGNITE.

FIRE AUTHORITIES ARE OFTEN LIMITED TO COOLING NEAR BY STRUCTURES SO THE FIRES DON'T SPREAD.

>> THE BEST INDUSTRY PRACTICES THAT ALL THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS HAVE AGREED ON WHEN THEY WERE OUT THERE YESTERDAY ADVISING.

IF IT'S IN A SAFE AREA, THEN YOU LET IT BURN ITSELF OUT.

>> Reporter: FIRES LIKE THIS ARE DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY EMIT FLAMMABLE GASES.

THE GASES ARE LIGHTER THAN AIR SO THEY FLOW SKYWARD AND DISBURSE QUICKLY.

THE CASES WERE THE SIZE OF AN SUV WITH ION BATTERIES.

>> IF YOU CAN THINK OF A SUITCASE STACKED ON EACH OTHER.

THEY'RE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A MOTORCYCLE BATTERY.

KIND OF THE SIZE OF A BRICK.

>> Reporter: SOME COMMUNITIES ARE FIGHTING TO CREATE ION BATTERY STORAGE BUILDINGS IN THEIR AREA.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> NEXT WEEK THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS SET TO TAKE UP A NEW MORATORIUM ON STORAGE SYSTEMS UNTIL MORE STRINGENT BUILDING CODES ARE PUT INTO PLACE.

>>> MANY OF SAN DIEGO'S YOUNGEST STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SWELTERING IN OVERHEATED CLASSROOMS DURING THIS WEEK'S HEAT WAVE.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S MALFUNCTIONING AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS ARE TO BLAME.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER HEIDI DEMARCO SAYS THIS LACK OF COOLING NOT ONLY DISRUPTS LEARNING BUT POSES SERIOUS HEALTH RISKS.

>> Reporter: WITHOUT PROPER COOLING, CLASSROOMS BECOME UNBARABLELY HOT.

>> DR. V WYNN SAYS PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO HIGH TEMPERATURES CAN LEAD TO SERIOUS HEALTH COMPLICATIONS.

INCLUDING HEAT STROKE.

>> IT CAN BE ANY WHERE FROM JUST PLAIN HEAT EXHAUSTION, TO ACTUALLY TRIGGERING ASTHMA ATTACKS BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF POLLUTION, INDOOR POLLUTION IN THE SCHOOL AND HEAT TENDS TO EXACERBATION POLLUTION.

ACTUALLY IN THE SCHOOLS, THE PARTICULATE MATTER IS HIGHER.

>> Reporter: HEAT CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR STUDENTS TO FOCUS AND LEARN EFFECTIVELY.

>> ESPECIALLY IN LOWER INCOME AREAS WITH MORE, MINORITY CHILDREN.

THE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE GOES DOWN AS IT GETS HOTTER.

SO SCHOOL PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF HEALTH SCORES AND WHAT NOT.

>> Reporter: A NATIONWIDE STUDY SHOWS EACH ONE DEGREE INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE REDUCED LEARNING BY 1%.

STUDENT ATHLETES ARE AT RISK TOO.

>> YOU KNOW DIZZINESS.

KIDS THINK IT'S HEART ISSUES BUT IT'S DEHYDRATION.

THEY'RE STILL PRACTICING.

>> Reporter: SHE'S ADVOCATING TO MAKE SCHOOLS COOLER.

>> IT'S ABOUT BRINGING AIR- CONDITIONING BUT HAVING IT BE BASED ON YOU KNOW SOLAR PANELS, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO, BECAUSE YOU JUST BRING IN JUST REGULAR AIR-CONDITIONING WE HAVE NOW IT'S GOING TO DRIVE UP THE NITROUS POLLUTION IN THE ROOM.

>> MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD IS WEARING LIGHT CLOTHING.

LIGHT CLOTHING REFLECTS THE LIGHT MORE.

SUN, HAT, SUNSCREEN IS VERY IMPORTANT.

MAKE SURE THEY'RE HYDRATED.

>> Reporter: THE DISTRICT IS PRIORITIZING REPAIRS BASED ON STUDENT NEEDS, LOCATE AND AIR ACCESS.

AND SCHOOLS MAY RESTRICT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION TO MANAGE HEAT.

HEIDI DEMARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE'VE GOT LOW CLOUDS COMING BACK INTO THE COAST TONIGHT BUT LET'S FACE IT IT'S NOT BEEN ENOUGH OF AN ON SHORE FLOW TO REALLY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE ACROSS OUR REGION.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE NUMBERS WILL STAY HIGH BEFORE THEY CHANGE COMING UP.

>> WE'RE LEARNING MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE APALACHE HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING.

INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS.

FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED.

THE GEORGIA SCHOOL SHOOTING SUSPECT AND HIS FATHER APPEARED IN COURT TODAY.

THE SUSPECT IS EXPECTED TO BE TRIED AS AN ADULT AND HIS FATHER COULD FACE UP TO 180 YEARS IN PRISON.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE FATHER BOUGHT THE AR STYLE GUN USED IN THE SHOOTING AS A GIFT FOR HIS SON.

MONTHS AFTER THE TWO WERE QUESTIONED ABOUT ONLINE THREATS TO COMMIT A SCHOOL SHOOTING.

MEANWHILE, BOTH PRESIDENTIAL TICKETS ARE WEIGHING IN.

OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JULIA BENBROOK HAS THE LATEST ON THE GUN CONTROL DISCUSSION.

>> Reporter: WHILE SPEAKING TO A CROWD SHORTLY AFTER THE DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN GEORGIA THIS WEEK, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ISSUED A CALL TO ACTION AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE.

>> WE'VE GOT TO STOP IT.

AND WE HAVE TO END THIS EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COUNTRY ONCE AND FOR ALL.

YOU KNOW IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.

>> Reporter: ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, HARRIS'S RUNNING MATE MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HE SEES.

>> HAVING BACKGROUND CHECK, HAVING RED FLAG LAWS AND MOVING ON A BAN ON THESE TYPE OF WEAPONS.

>> Reporter: J.D.

VANCE SAYS HE DOESN'T BELIEVE STRICTER GUN LAWS WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

>> YOU HAVE SOME STATES WITH VERY STRICT GUN LAWS AND YOU'VE GOT SOME STATES THAT DON'T HAVE STRICT GUN LAWS AT ALL AND THE STATES WITH STRICT GUN LAWS THEY HAVE A LOT OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.

>> Reporter: INSTEAD VANCE IS MAKING THE CASE FOR TIGHTER SECURITY IN SCHOOLS.

>> I DON'T LIKE THIS, I DON'T LIKE TO ADMIT THIS.

I DON'T LIKE THAT THIS IS A FACT OF LIFE.

BUT IF YOU ARE A PSYCHO AND YOU WANT TO MAKE HEADLINES, YOU REALIZE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE SOFT TARGETS.

AND WE HAVE GOT TO BOLSTER SECURITY AT OUR SCHOOLS.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO A CNN ANALYSIS, THE SHOOTING IS AT LEAST THE 45th SCHOOL SHOOTING IN 2024.

OF THE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS THIS YEAR, 32 HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON K THROUGH 12 CAMPUSES AND 13 ON UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

REPORTING IN WASHINGTON, I'M JULIA BENBROOK.

>> A GROUP OF ALIENATED REPUBLICANS CALLED REPUBLICAN VOTERS AGAINST TRUMP ARE UNLEASHING AN 11 MILLION ADD BLITZ IN KEY SWING STATES.

A LOW COOL REPUBLICAN WHO IS FIRMLY NOT IN THE ANTI TRUMP CAMP IS THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

COREY GUSTAFFSON SPOKE ABOUT WHY SHE HOPES FORMER PRESIDENT WINS.

>> SHE HAS BEEN VICE PRESIDENT FOR THREE YEARS AND DID NOTHING TO STOP THE INVASION OF OUR COUNTRY.

>> 8 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HAVE COME TO THIS COUNTRY OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 3-1/2 YEARS.

WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP LEFT OFFICE IT WAS AT THE LOWEST IN DECADES.

I THINK HE'S GOING TO START WITH IMMIGRATION AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO ALSO ATTACK INFLATION.

WE HAVE UNBELIEVABLY SOARING COST OF LIVING IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SO PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST DEBT BY BALANCING BUDGETS, BUT LOWERING TAXES SO THAT MONEY IS PUT BACK INTO PEOPLE'S POCKETS.

>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S QUALIFICATION FOR THE JOB AT THIS TIME.

HE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF 34 FELONIES.

HE'S ACCUSED OF TRYING TO OVERTURN THE RESULTS AND INCITING AN INSURRECTION.

HE'S BEEN FOUND LIABLE CIVILLY FOR SEXUAL ASSAULTS.

HE'S BEEN ORDERED TO PAY $355 MILLION IN PENALTIES FOR LYING ON HIS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND HE'S BEEN ACCUSED OF BREAKING THE LAW BY TAKING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS HOME.

WHAT MAKES DONALD TRUMP A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN YOUR EYES.

>> WELL NUMBER ONE YOU HAVE HALF THE PEOPLE VOTE FOR YOU.

TRUMP HAD TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS VOTE FOR HIM.

KAMALA HARRIS HAS NEVER HAD ANYONE VOTE FOR HER FOR PRESIDENT IN HER ENTIRE PRESIDENTIAL CAREER.

SHE HAS NEVER BEEN PRESIDENT AS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS.

I THINK THE RECORD OVER THE 2017 AND 2021 WAS FANTASTIC FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

WHETHER IT BE LOW IMMIGRATION, WHETHER IT BE LOWER TAXES, WHETHER IT BE A ROARING ECONOMY.

>> WHAT ROLE DOES HIS CRIMINAL RECORD PLAY IN YOUR THINKING?

IN THAT HE MAKES A GOOD CANDIDATE.

>> IT'S ALL GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.

>> ONE CASE HAS GONE THROUGH.

>> BUT IT'S UNDER APPEAL.

>> BUT A JURY OF HIS PEERS FOUND HIM GUILTY.

>> THERE'S ALSO A SUPREME COURT THAT CHANGES THAT CASE.

AND ALSO IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE JUDICIAL PROCESS, PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO APPEAL AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY AND THERE'S AN APPEAL PROCESS THAT IS ONGOING.

YOU MISSED THE FEDERAL DOCUMENTS CASE.

IN THE LONG RUN OF LITANY OF WHAT YOU LAYED OUT A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO.

>> SPECIAL PROSECUTOR JACK SMITH IS APPEALING THAT.

>> SO PRESIDENT TRUMP IS APPEALING TOO.

I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A STANDARD APPLIED TO BOTH SIDES IN THE SAME WAY.

>> PROJECT 2025, A BLUEPRINT FOR A RESTRUCTURALLING OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH THAT IS ALIGNED WITH CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES WOULD AMONG OTHER THINGS ELIMINATE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, PUT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE PRESIDENT, LIMIT ACCESS TO FOOD ASSISTANCE AND CUT OVERTIME PROTECTIONS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DISTANCED HIMSELF FROM THAT PLAN.

BUT CNN FOUND THAT 140 PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THAT PLAN ALSO WORKED WITHIN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

WHY SHOULD AMERICANS BELIEVE HIM?

>> I'M THE HEAD OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

I WILL LEAVE IT TO PRESIDENT TRUMP HIS OPINION ON PROJECT 2025 BUT I'M GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION DOES.

IT'S A GREAT CONSERVATIVE THINKING.

>> TRUMP HAS SAID HE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO INTERFERE IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

HE HAS FALSELY CLAIMED THAT HE WON 2020 ELECTION.

AND HE SAID DURING THE JUNE DEBATE WITH BIDEN, THAT HE WOULD ACCEPT THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS, IF IT IS FAIR AND LEGAL AND A GOOD ELECTION.

IS HE A GOOD JUDGE ON WHETHER AN ELECTION IS FAIR, LEGAL AND GOOD?

>> I MEAN, WE'VE HAD TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO THINK THAT HE IS.

SO THAT MEANS SOMETHING.

BUT I WOULD HAVE, IF WHAT YOU MEAN BY THE QUESTION IS SHOULD WE HAVE FAIR AND FREE ELECTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK REPUBLICANS STAND WILLING TO WORK WITH DEMOCRATS TOWARD THAT END.

HOW ABOUT DOING SOMETHING SIMPLE IN CALIFORNIA WHICH IS VOTER ID.

80% OF AMERICANS AGREE WITH VOTER ID.

ONLY A 15 STATES DON'T HAVE VOTER ID FOR VOTING.

THIS IS NOT SOME KIND OF UNCOMMON THING IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

WHAT I CAN DO, IS A LOT OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS IN CALIFORNIA FEEL THESE ELECTIONS AREN'T FAIR.

AND BY PUTTING VOTER ID A UNIVERSALLY POPULAR EFFORT IF WE CAN PUT THAT INTO PLAY IN CALIFORNIA I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY PUT MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE ELECTION SYSTEMS GOING FORWARD.

>> COREY, AMERICANS AS YOU ALL KNOW ARE DEEPLY DIVIDED ON MAYOR POLICY ISSUES.

IMMIGRATION, RACE, ABORTION, EVEN DEMOCRACY, ARE THERE SOME SHARED VALUES THAT REMAIN THAT UNIFY AMERICANS?

>> I THINK SO.

I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD LOOK AT.

I THINK THAT WHY I'M A REPUBLICAN.

WHY I'M A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN IS BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S REALLY ONE THING THAT UNITES OUR COUNTRY AND THAT'S OUR FOUNDING PRINCIPLES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO SAY THAT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WERE OF A DIFFERENT AGE.

THERE WERE OBVIOUSLY TERRIBLE THINGS GOING ON THERE.

RIGHTS WERE NOT APPLIED EQUALLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SLAVERY.

BUT WHERE THE CONSTITUTION TALKS ABOUT WHERE WE SHOULD END UP.

WE CAN HAVE OPINIONS ON HEALTH CARE, TAXATION POLICY, MILITARY SPENDING THESE ARE ALL THINGS WE CAN HAVE WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.

RIGHT.

BUT, WHAT CAN UNITE US AS PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHETHER YOU ARE MALE, OR FEMALE, REGARDLESS OF YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR COLOR OR CREED.

THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO EVERYBODY ALL OVER AMERICA.

>> THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TO ME.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK IN THE FUTURE.

>>> DONALD TRUMP NOTCHES A LEGAL WIN WITH HIS SENTENCING IN THE HUSH MONEY CAME DELAYED UNTIL AFTER ELECTION DAY.

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

>>> A GROUP OF NAVY CHIEFS WENT TO EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS TO INSTALL AND MANAGE A SECRET WIFI NETWORK ABOARD A WARSHIP.

ANDREW DEYER HAS PH-RZ MORE ON WHAT HAPPENED.

>> WHEN THE MANCHESTER LEFT, THERE WAS ONE EXTRA.

A WIFI DISH.

THE DETAILS OF HOW THE DISH GOT THERE AND THE CONSPIRACIES UPON THE SHIP'S CHIEF TO CONCEAL IT ARE DETAILED ON THE NAVY TIMES.

>> FOR A NAVY WARSHIP AT SEA.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE SENSITIVE ABOUT ANYTHING THAT COULD GIVE AWAY YOUR POSITION.

>> Reporter: SWOPE IS WITH THE CENTER OF A THINK TANK FOCUSED ON NATIONAL SECURITY.

>> THE RUSSIANS HAVE TALKED ABOUT A RADAR CAPABILITY THEY'RE DEVELOPING THAT COULD DETECT AND LOCATE TERMINALS.

>> Reporter: THEY PAID A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH FOR INTERNET OUT OF THE CHIEF'S MESS BANK ACCOUNT.

NAOMI WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH THE PASSWORD.

SHE WOULD PERSONALLY TYPE IT INTO OTHER CHIEFS DEVICES.

WHEN OTHER PEOPLE NOTICED THE NETWORK, THEY CHANGED IT SO IT LOOKED LIKE A PRINTER.

FOUR MONTHS INTO THE DEPLOYMENT, A CIVILIAN CONTRACTOR INSTALLING EQUIPMENT DURING A STOP IN GUAM FOUND THE DISH AND TOLD THE CAPTAIN.

SWIFT SAYS TECHNOLOGY HAS MADE IT EASIER FOR DEPLOYED SAILORS TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE BACK HOME AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.

>> IT'S ALWAYS BEEN NEEDED TO BE RECONCILED WITH THE NEED TO PROTECT OPERATION, INFORMATION AROUND LOCATION.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE INVESTIGATION THE DISH DID NOT GUILTY COME COMPROMISE THE SHIP'S SAFETY.

ALL BUT TWO CHIEFS ON BOARD OPTED INTO THE SCHEME.

MOST WERE REFERRED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PUNISHMENT.

NAVY TIMES REPORTED THAT MORENO FACED PUNISHMENT AND REDUCTION IN RANK.

>>> A NEW VOTER BILL IS HEADING TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S DESK THAT COULD BOOST VOTER REGISTRATION.

>> Reporter: A GENERATION AGO VOTER TURN OUT HAD HIT HISTORIC LOWS.

FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS RESPONDED WITH SO CALLED MOTOR VOTER LAWS.

CITIZENS WERE GIVEN THE OPTION OF REGISTERING TO VOTE AT THE DMV WHEN THEY GOT A DRIVER'S LICENSE, STATE I.D.

OR UPDATED THEIR ADDRESS.

THE MOTOR VOTER LAW'S BOOSTED REGISTRATION IN CALIFORNIA AND OTHER STATES THAT PASSED THEM.

BUT NOT BY AS MUCH AS MANY HAD HOPED.

>> ACTUALLY 50% OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENTED WITH THIS QUESTION, DO YOU WANT TO REGISTER TO VOTE, DURING THEIR TRANSACTION, 50% OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY DECLINED.

>> Reporter: SHE'S AMONG THE SUPPORTERS OF THE NEW BILL THAT MAKE VOTER REGISTRATION AUTOMATIC NOT OPTIONAL.

THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE THANKS TO TECHNOLOGY ALLOWING THE AGENCY TO CHECK IN REALTIME WHETHER A PERSON IS ELIGIBLE TO BE REGISTERED AND PUT THEM ON A LIST.

BUT THE BILL HAS CRITICS.

THEY INCLUDE BRITNEY STONE OF THE ACLU.

SHE SAYS NO TECHNOLOGY IS PERFECT AND IF AN IMMIGRANT WERE TO ACCIDENTALLY BE REGISTERED IT WOULD FEED UNFOUNDED FEARS OF VOTER FRAUD.

>> WE EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF THE BILL WOULD CREATE SERIOUS RISKS FOR NONCITIZENS.

>> Reporter: IF NEWSOM SIGNS THE BILL IT COULD GO INTO EFFECT AS EARLY AS 2026.

>>> RESIDENTS ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.

THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN A UC SAN DIEGO STUDY ON THE IMPACT THE SEWAGE IS HAVING ON NEIGHBORHOODS.

RESIDENTS ARE SETTING UP MONITORS TO COLLECT DATA ABOUT THE AIR QUALITY.

INCLUDING GAS FOUND IN THE AIR.

>> JUST PERMEATES EVERYWHERE.

YOU CAN, I HAVE HATE TO SAY IT BUT YOU CAN TASTE IT.

I'VE BEEN ASKED AND I SAID, I'M NERVOUS.

WHAT AM I BREATHING.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WORSE IS BUT IF IT'S GOING TO BE WAY WORSE THAN YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE BREATHING IS THIS THE TIME THAT I NEED TO MOVE.

>> THERE ARE ALREADY MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO KEEP A MONITOR AT HOME.

THE MONITOR WILL STAY IN BOBBY'S HOME FOR THREE TO FIVE DAYS.

>>> STORMS AND FIRES HAVE TAKEN A TOLL ON SAN DIEGO'S ICONIC PIERS THIS YEAR.

CRYSTAL PIER IN PACIFIC BEACH HAS BEEN MOSTLY BLOCKED OFF SINCE NOVEMBER.

JUST LAST MONTH OFFICIALS SAID THEY WOULDN'T REOPEN THE OCEAN BEACH PIER AS THEY FOCUS ON RENOVATIONS.

>> Reporter: THE IMPERIAL BEACH PIER HAS BEEN THE ONLY ONE IN THE COUNTY.

IT'S FULLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND HAS BEEN BUSTLING WITH VISITORS.

>> IT'S STILL THE SAME OLD PIER.

THE SAME PIER.

>> Reporter: MARQUEZ WAS ONE OF THEM.

HE HAD TAKEN THE BUS UP FROM TIJUANA TO VISIT.

>> I JUST CAME TO SEE THE BEACH AND TO WALK DOWN THE PIER AND JUST REMINISCE.

I WAS HOPING THAT IT WOULDN'T BE CONTAMINATED SO I COULD JUMP IN THE WATER.

BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE OCEAN FOR YEARS.

BUT, I WILL WAIT TILL NEXT TIME.

>> Reporter: LIKE MARQUEZ POINTS OUT THE YEAR HASN'T BEEN WITHOUT CHALLENGES.

THE SEWAGE CRISIS HAS BEEN WORSE.

THE CITY HAS ALSO SEEN ITS SHARE OF STORMS AND SEA LEVEL RISE.

STILL THROUGH IT ALL, THE IV PIER STANDS.

>> THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT THE PIER IS IT'S KIND OF A SPIRITUAL THING FOR ME.

>> Reporter: TRISHA BAGLIONI MANAGES THE PIER FISH RESTAURANT.

>> I CAN WAKE UP AND NOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING.

I STEP ON THE PIER AND I GET HALF WAY UP AND ALL THE CARES ARE LEFT BACK THERE.

>> Reporter: KPBS NEWS.

>>> AS WE GO THROUGH THE UPCOMING DAYS WE'RE GOING TO START TO NOTICE THE RELIEF.

SO IF YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SOME RELIEF.

THERE'S GOOD NEWS ON THE HORIZON FOR YOU.

IT BEGINS TOMORROW BUT WE'RE STILL WELL ABOVE WHERE WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR.

RIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND THE HEAT CONTINUES.

IT'S NOT QUITE AS HOT AS WHERE WE'VE BEEN THESE PAST FEW DAYS.

BUT CERTAINLY FEELING A VERY HOT AND WE'LL STILL HAVE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND TO CONTEND WITH IN A FEW SPOTS.

MOSTLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY EVENING.

TEMPERATURES THOUGH DO RETURN TO CLOSE TO AVERAGE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

SO, IF YOU WERE LOOKING FOR MORE OF THAT TYPICAL COMFORT THAT WE FIND THIS TIME OF YEAR, DON'T WORRY.

WE'LL GET BACK TO IT.

JUST GIVE IT A FEW MORE DAYS.

AS WE HEAD THROUGH TONIGHT, 71 IN THE CITY AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY TOWARD OCEANSIDE.

66, RAMONA COMING IN AT 67.

65 FOR THE LOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

YOUR SATURDAY FORECAST, YOU SEE WE HAVE MORE OF THIS HEAT.

THE HEAT WAVE DOES NOT REALLY LET UP TODAY INTO TOMORROW.

BUT YOU'RE STARTING TO NOTICE A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE OUT THERE.

THAT COULD BE TRUE EVEN ACROSS OUR REGION.

WE WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH FUTURE SATELLITE AND RADAR.

THROUGH SATURDAY, LOOK AT SOME OF THIS MOISTURE KICKING IN.

WE GET JUST ENOUGH OF AN ON SHORE SET UP.

WE GET SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN A FEW SPOTS.

MOSTLY THE MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS.

IT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST CHANCE OF IT AS WE HEAD THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO SATURDAY EVENING.

AS WE TAKE YOU THROUGH TOMORROW THOUGH, IT IS STILL AGAIN QUITE HOT THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

SAN DIEGO 87 FOR THE HIGH.

RAMONA COMING IN AT 106.

BORREGO SPRINGS COMING IN AT 105 DEGREES.

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY WE START TO TURN THINGS DOWN.

STAYING IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS RIGHT THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE WE GET THROUGH THE UPPER 70s ON WEDNESDAY.

FOR MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES WATCH OUT FOR THAT SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORT COMING AT US IN THE DAYS TO COME.

DESERTS, TRY TO GET OUT OF THE TRIPLE DIGITS BY THE TIME WE GET INTO WEDNESDAY BUT IT REMAINS PRETTY HOT HERE.

>>> IT'S BEEN 36 YEARS SINCE BEETLE JUICE FIRST HAUNTED CINEMAS BUT TIM BURTON'S TRICKSTER GHOST IS BACK FOR A SEQUEL.

WE HAVE THE REVIEW OF BEETLE JUICE, BEETLE JUICE.

>> PREVIOUSLY ON BEETLE JUICE.

>> WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER.

A TRICKSTER DEMON TERRORIZED OUR ENTIRE FAMILY AND TRIED TO FORCE ME TO MARRY HIM.

>> Reporter: NOW SHE STARS AND HAS A TEENAGER AND BEETLE JUICE IS BACK FOR MORE SHENANIGANS.

>> I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU SO HAPPY.

>> THE SEQUEL TO BURTON'S 1998 HIT ARRIVES WITH THE SAME STRENGTHS AND SAME WEAKNESSES AS THE ORIGINAL.

BOTH FILMS ARE FUN, VISUALLY INVENTIVE, BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED AND BOAST A GREAT CAST.

BUT BOTH ALSO SUFFER FROM MEDIOCRE SCRIPTS.

AND THE SEQUEL NEVER FEELS AS CRAZY OR AS CHARMINGLY HANDMADE AS THE ORIGINAL.

AS IT RECYCLES OLD GAGS.

THE SEQUEL DOES BENEFIT FROM REASSEMBLING THE ORIGINAL CAST OF MICHAEL KEETON, WINONA RYDER AND KATHERINE O' HARA.

>> WHY?

, NO, NO, NO.

>> I'M TRYING TO CAPTURE THE PERFECT SCREEN.

AND I INVITE ALL OF YOU TO DO THE SAME.

>> BUT THEN BURTON GIVES THEM LITTLE TO DO.

HE ALSO TEASES US BY ADDING A GORGEOUSLY MONICA BELUCCI BUT THEN LEAVES HER ADRIFT ON A SUBPLOT THAT FEELS LIKE AN AFTERTHOUGHT.

I AM HAPPY TO SEE BOB.

>> PLEASE BOB.

>> ALONG WITH HIS SHRUNKEN HEADED COWORKERS.

AND IF MINONS HAVE THEIR OWN MOVIE, MAYBE THESE GUYS NEED ONE.

BEETLE JUICE, BEETLE JUICE PROVIDES A PERFECT POPCORN MOVIE TO ESCAPE TO.

IT OFFERS EYE CANDY BUT NOT MUCH MORE.

KPBS NEWS.

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

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, I'M JOHN CAROL.

HAVE AN EXCELLENT EVENING AND A WONDERFUL WEEKEND.

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