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>> REACTIONS ARE ROLLING AND FOLLOWING THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE OF THE SEASON.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

AS JULIA BENBROOK REPORTS MOST OF THE CANDIDATES -- >> Reporter: RECITING FALSEHOODS IT'S BIDEN'S PERFORMANCE THAT IS RECEIVING THE MOST ATTENTION.

THERE WERE MOMENTS WHERE HE STRUGGLED TO ARTICULATE A THOUGHT LEAVING SOME DEMOCRATS QUESTIONING IF HE SHOULD BE THE NOMINEE AND OTHERS RUSHING TO DEFEND HIM.

IT IS THE FIRST TIME A SITTING PRESIDENT AND A FORMER PRESIDENT HAVE DEBATED.

>> THE WHOLE WORLD IS BLOWING UP UNDER HIM.

>> I HAVE NEVER HEARD SO MUCH MALARKEY.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPARRED OVER MANY ISSUES , BUT BIDEN MISSED MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO FACT CHECK TRUMP AND CHALLENGE HIM ON ABORTION WERE DEMOCRATS HAVE AN EDGE AMONG VOTERS.

REPUBLICANS ARE NOW LOOKING TO CAPITALIZE ON PRESIDENT BIDEN SHAKY MOMENTS.

ACCORDING TO A CNN FLASH POLL 67% OF DEBATE WATCHERS SAY TRUMP HAD A BETTER PERFORMANCE.

SOME DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS ARE PRIVATELY EXPRESSING CONCERNS.

>> I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WILL WANT TO SEE HIM CONSIDER TAKING A DIFFERENT COURSE NOW.

WE ARE STILL FAR FROM OUR CONVENTION.

>> Reporter: TOP DEMOCRATS HAVE REST OF HIS DEFENSE.

>> I WILL NEVER TURN MY BACK ON PRESIDENT BIDEN.

>> Reporter: WHILE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ADMITTED HE GOT OFF TO A SLOW START SHE URGED VOTERS TO LOOK AT WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.

>> I WON'T SPEND ALL NIGHT TALKING WITH YOU ABOUT THE LAST 90 MINUTES AND I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS OF PERFORMANCE.

>> Reporter: THESE TWO ARE SET TO MEET AGAIN ON THE DEBATE PAGE BEFORE THURSDAY DEBATE BIDEN AND TRUMP HAD ALREADY AGREED TO A SECOND SEPTEMBER 10th HOSTED BY ABC.

THE PARTY CONVENTIONS TAKE PLACE BEFORE THAT WHEN THE PARTY NOMINEES BECOME OFFICIAL.

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IS IN JULY AND THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN AUGUST.

REPORTING IN ATLANTA, I'M JULIA BENBROOK.

>>> THE SUPREME COURT WILL ANSWER THE COMMISSION -- QUESTION ON WHETHER TRUMP IS IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION ON MONDAY.

JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS ANNOUNCED THAT WILL BE THE FINAL DAYS OF OPINIONS FROM THE CURRENT TERM.

THERE ARE AS MANY AS FOUR OPINIONS REGARDING THE TRUMP IMMUNITY CASE.

>>> A MARINE LAYER IS STARTING TO ERODE ON AS QUICKLY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS, BUT IT DOES COME BACK TONIGHT AND IT IS GOING TO ROAD FAIRLY QUICKLY.

WE TALK ABOUT A WARMER TREND IN THE WEEK AHEAD I WILL HAVE THE FULL FORECAST.

>>> CHULA VISTA IS ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING PARTS OF THE COUNTY.

THE CITY HAS GAINED ALMOST 100,000 PEOPLE OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES AS IT SPRAWLED OUT WORDS TO THE EAST BUT THAT KIND OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT CAN COME WITH BIG, WILDFIRE RISKS AND THE CITY MAY NOT BE DOING ENOUGH TO MANAGE THEM.

>> Reporter: ONE TAKES EVERY CHANCE HE CAN GET TO TALK OF CHULA VISTA.

>> IT IS A COMMUNITY WHERE YOU PARK AND STAY AND GROW A FAMILY AND THAT IS LIFE.

>> Reporter: THAT IS PART OF THE DEAL FOR JUAN WHO WORKS AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT IN CHULA VISTA WORKING WITH YOUNG FAMILIES AND OTHER POTENTIAL BUYERS.

HIS JOB IS TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL AT HOME IN THE CITY.

ESCORSIA LIKES THE FEEL OF THE NEW BUILDINGS IN EAST CHULA VISTA.

HE AND HIS WIFE ARE BOTH RUNNERS AND THEY LOVE THE TRAILS AND CANYONS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME ESCORSIA SAYS HE ALWAYS WORRIES IN THE BACK OF HIS MIND, HOW MUCH RISK OF A WILDFIRE?

>> THERE IS A LOT OF VALLEYS AND OPEN SPACES AS WELL AND IF NOT CONTROLLED THEN IT COULD BE A DISASTER.

>> Reporter: IT IS TRUE.

THE THREAT OF A MAJOR WILDFIRE IS GROWING AS WE MOVE EASTWARD.

LAST YEAR THE CITY UPDATED IN EMERGENCY PLANNING DOCUMENT.

IT SAYS THOUSANDS OF HOMES COULD IGNITE DURING THE NEXT WILDFIRE AND BLAMES THE CITY FOR NOT DOING ENOUGH TO MANAGE THE GROWTH OF WILD VEGETATION.

ACCORDING TO THE PLAN THE BIGGEST DANGER COMES FROM THE DOZENS OF CANYONS THAT CARVE THROUGH THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY.

>> WE HAVE SEVERAL AREAS WE CAN'T REACH ANNUALLY.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE CITY'S EMERGENCY SERVICES MANAGER.

INSIDE THOSE AREAS HE SAYS GRASSES AND SHRUBS HAVE GROWN RILED -- WHILE.

>> OVER 30 OPEN SPACE AREAS AND A LIMITED BUDGET AND A LIMITED STAFF WITHIN OUR DIVISIONS, WE CANNOT GET TO ALL OF THESE AREAS.

SOME AREAS HAVE GROWN FOR 30+ YEARS.

>> Reporter: SOME CANYONS ARE ALSO NEXT TO OLDER, MORE VULNERABLE HOMES.

THE STRUCTURES ARE LESS RESISTANT TO HEAT AND EMBERS.

AS A FIRE STARTED IN ONE OF THOSE -- IF A FIRE STARTED TO JUMP UP THE WALLS AND REESE FROM CANYON TO CANYON.

>> AS MUCH AS WILDFIRE IS A DISTINCT RISK TO THE COMMUNITY, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT BECOME MORE OF A PRIORITY TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC.

>> Reporter: CITY LEADERS IN CHULA VISTA HAVE TAKEN SOME DECISIVE STEPS TO GET AHEAD OF THE NEXT WILDFIRE.

ONE IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEW FUEL CREW, A SPECIAL CRACK TEAM OF FIREFIGHTERS ARMED WITH CHAINSAWS AND OTHER HEAVY-DUTY TOOLS.

THIS HAS MANAGED TO SIGNIFICANTLY CLEAR OUT THREE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS CANYONS.

THEY ARE ALSO TRYING TO BRING BACK THE CITY FIRE COUNCIL.

THIS GROUP FOCUSES ON SPREADING FIRE SAFETY INFORMATION PART OF A COUNTYWIDE NETWORK.

CHULA VISTA USED TO HAVE ONE BUT WENT DORMANT DURING THE PANDEMIC AND HASN'T COME BACK YET.

STILL OVERALL OFFICIALS SAY NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED THE CITY UPDATED ITS HAZARD PLAN LAST OCTOBER.

WILDFIRE RESEARCHER LUKER CARMEN JOHNE SAYS CHULA VISTA IS FAR FROM ALONE.

>> WE RELY ON FIREFIGHTERS FOR EVERYTHING AND WE HAVE THIS FEELING THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS THE FIREFIGHTERS WILL JUST BE THERE TO PROTECT ALL OF US BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE LAST FEW DECADES ESPECIALLY THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES HAS SHOWN HOW THIS IS NOT THE CASE.

>> Reporter: CARMENYANI SAID IT IS IMPORTANT TO JOIN COMMUNITY GROUPS AND TRY TO HELP KEEP THEIR HOME SAFE.

ESCORSIA, THE REAL ESTATE AGENT HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS LOT AND DISCUSSING THESE ISSUES WITH NEIGHBORS.

AND ESCORSIA IS PROUD TO LIVE IN CHULA VISTA.

HE SAID HE IS CONFIDENT IN THE CITY'S CAPABILITIES AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PROTECT THEM , STILL, ESCORSIA SAYS HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE NOT SURE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.

>> WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WILL TAKE US BUT DEFINITELY CHULA VISTA IS WHAT WE CALL HOME NOW.

>> Reporter: IN CHULA VISTA, COREY SUZUKI, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO LEADERS ARE DIVIDED OVER SUPREME COURT RULING ON HOMELESSNESS .

THE JUSTICES RULED THAT CITIES CAN CAN'T -- CAN PUBLIC -- PUNISH PEOPLE FOR CAMPING IN PUBLIC.

WHILE SOME ARE PRAISING THE DECISION, OTHERS SAY THIS CRIMINALIZES HOMELESSNESS.

>> Reporter: SUPREME COURT SIDED WITH THE CITY OF GRANTS PASS, OREGON IN A 6-3 MacBOOK RIVETING PEOPLE FROM USING BEDDING WAS SLEEPING IN PUBLIC PLACES INCLUDING PARKS, PARKING LOTS, SIDEWALKS EVEN IF THERE IS NOT ADEQUATE SHELTER AVAILABLE.

>> THE PAST RULING AT TWO DOORS OPENING -- TO DOORS OPENING.

I THINK THE REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW HAVE BEGUN TO BE EFFECTIVE AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE ON WITH THOSE.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO APPROVED A PUBLIC CAMPING BAN LAST JUNE.

THE UNSAFE CAMPING ORDINANCE INHIBITS TANNING CABINETS IN PUBLIC SPACES IF SHELTER BEDS ARE AVAILABLE AND REGARDLESS OF SHELTER AVAILABILITY PEOPLE CANNOT CAMP NEAR SHELTERS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OR WATERWAYS.

WOODBURN SAYS IT IS WORKING.

THE DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO PARTNERSHIP REPORTED A 67% DROP -- 60% DROP BETWEEN MAY AND DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR OF -- >> PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE LAW AND THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SHELTER OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

>> Reporter: HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS LIKE PAUL DOWNEY, CEO OF SERVING SENIORS, SAYS MANY ARE MOVING AWAY NOT NECESSARILY INTO SHELTERS.

>> THE FACT IS THAT WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY SOLVING ANYTHING WITH THE ENCAMPMENT BATTLE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS WE HAVE SIMPLY SHIFTED PEOPLE FROM DOWNTOWN TO THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.

AND SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AND SEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE AND WE JUST RESHUFFLE THE DECK.

>> Reporter: THE 2024 COUNT REPORTED 3489 UNSHELTERED PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO , UP BY 6% FROM THE YEAR BEFORE.

OTHER COMMUNITIES SO MUCH LARGER INCREASES INCLUDING A 47% INCREASE IN LA MESA, 68% IN CHULA VISTA AND 85% IN LEMON GROVE.

AT THE TIME 87% OF THE CITY'S EMERGENCY SHELTER BEDS WERE FULL.

THE NUMBER OF SHELTERED HOMELESS PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY WENT UP BY 2% BETWEEN THE 2023 AND 2024 POINT AND TIME COUNTS.

SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT SEAN RIVERA VOTED AGAINST THE UNSAFE CAMPING ORDINANCE LAST YEAR.

HE SAID HE WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE RULING BUT THAT IT "DOES NOT CHANGE OUR ABILITY TO FOCUS ON BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PREVENTING SAN DIEGO FROM FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND PROVIDING HUMAN CENTERED SHELTER WAS SERVICES AND --" RIVERA HAS REQUESTED A PUBLIC CITY COUNCIL'S HEARING ON A PROPOSAL FOR A SHELTER.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> TWO OFFICERS HAVE BEEN INDICTED OVER THE FAILED POLICE RESPONSE TO A SCHOOL SHOOTING IN UVALDE TEXAS AND AS LARRY KERRY REPORTS FAMILIES ARE COPING WITH MIXED EMOTIONS TWO YEARS AFTER THE TRAGEDY.

>> Reporter: WE ARE ALL HAPPY THAT AT LEAST TWO OFFICERS WERE INDICTED.

>> Reporter: JESSE RIZZO LOST HIS NIECE WHEN SHE ALONG WITH 18 CLASSMATE AND TWO TEACHERS WERE KILLED AT ROBB ELEMENTARY IN UVALDE , TEXAS.

PETE ARREDONDO WAS ONE OF THE FIRST OFFICERS INDICTED FOR HIS ROLE IN THE BOTCHED RESPONSE THAT DAY IN MAY OF 2022.

>> WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THEY FAILED AND WHATEVER CONSEQUENCES THEY ARE FACED WITH THEY MUST ACCEPT THEM.

ARREDONDO IS SEEN AS THE ON- SITE COMMANDER OF MORE THAN 370 OFFICERS WHO WAITED 77 MINUTES TO CONFRONT AND KILL THE 18- YEAR-OLD GUNMAN ACCORDING TO A JUSTICE REPORT RELEASED IN JANUARY.

THE DOJ OUTLINED MANY MISSED OPPORTUNITIES BY POLICE TO STOP THE BLOODSHED SOONER, SUCH AS HEARING BURSTS OF GUNFIRE, GETTING REPORTS THAT A TEACHER HAD BEEN SHOT AND RECEIVING A DESPERATE CALL FROM A STUDENT TRAPPED ALIVE WITH THE SHOOTER.

TEXAS AUTHORITIES CONFIRMED THAT ARREDONDO TURNED HIMSELF IN THURSDAY.

HE WAS BOOKED ON 10 COUNTS OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND KNOWN CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE ACCORDING TO JAIL RECORDS BEFORE BEING RELEASED ON BOND.

BOTH HE AND GONZALES FACE FELONY CHARGES OF ABANDONING AND ENDANGERING A CHILD.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY TOLD LOCAL MEDIA THERE.

RIZZO SAYS THE INDICTMENTS BRING SOME PEACE BUT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE.

>> IN ORDER TO BRING CALL -- CLOSURE YOU WOULD WANT ALL OF THE OFFICERS TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY AND BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

>> Reporter: I'M LAURA GARY FOR KPBS NEWS.

>> A NONPROFIT GROUP IS REPORTING AT LEAST 86 UNINTENTIONAL SHOOTINGS BY CHILDREN IN THE U.S.

THIS YEAR.

MANDY GAITHER HAS WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GUN SAFETY.

>> Reporter: IT CAN HAPPEN IN AN INSTANT, LITTLE HANDS ON A GUN CAN HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES.

>> BECAUSE IT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN CHILDREN THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT PARENTS ARE NOT AWARE OF THAT THEY CAN DO TO PREVENT THEIR CHILD FROM BEING INJURED OR KILLED BY A FIREARM.

>> Reporter: EMERGENCY MEDICINE DR. KEISHA FRAZIER WAS CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA SAYS A KEY TO PREVENTION IS PROPERLY STORING A FIREARM.

REMEMBER THREE SIMPLE THINGS.

KEEP GUNS UNLOADED, LOCKED AND STORED SEPARATELY FROM AMMUNITION.

>> THERE IS A 70% REDUCTION IN INJURY IF YOU HAVE YOUR GUNS LOCKED UP STORED, SO YOU CAN KEEP YOUR FAMILY SAFE BY KEEPING IT LOCKED UP.

>> Reporter: SINCE UNINTENTIONAL SHOOTINGS CAN HAPPEN EVERYWHERE FRAZIER SAYS EVERY PARENT SHOULD ASK ABOUT GUNS BEFORE ALLOWING THEIR CHILD TO GO TO ANOTHER HOME.

>> SAY HEY, HOW DO YOU STORE YOUR FIREARMS OR DO YOU KEEP YOUR GUNS LOCKED UP IN YOUR HOME?

AND JUST HAVE IT IN THE FLOW OF YOUR CONVERSATION THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY HAVE WITH FAMILY.

>> Reporter: FRAZIER DOSE AS YOU CAN PLACE BLAME EITHER ON THE IMPULSIVENESS OR CURIOSITY OF YOUR CHILD OR ON A PEDIATRICIAN WHO SUGGESTS YOU ASKED THESE QUESTIONS.

>> ALL THESE WAYS YOU CAN ASK WITHOUT HAVING TO BE NERVOUS ABOUT THE COMBATIVENESS OF IT.

>> Reporter: I MANDY GAITHER.

>>> VETERANS CONNECT WITH SERVICES.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER ANDREW DYER HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE VA AND SEVERAL COMMUNITY GROUPS AT THE OLD TOWN TRANSIT CENTER FRIDAY OR HELPING VETERANS CONNECTED TO SERVICES, THE FIRST OF SEVERAL EVENTS IN A NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MTS AND THE VA. JANICE McDONALD IS A CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER WITH THE VA'S HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM AND SHE SAYS THE PARTNERSHIP JUST MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

>> WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A PERFECT UNION.

>> Reporter: SINCE JANUARY THE VA HAS USED ITS NEW MEDICAL UNIT VAN TO KEEP CARE AND SERVICES OUT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR VETERANS.

VETERANS CAN ENROLL IN VA MEDICAL CARE AND APPLY FOR VETERANS SERVICES AS WELL AS BE CONNECTED TO HOUSING SERVICES.

>> THAT'S WHY WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO GET THE ASSISTANCE.

>> Reporter: MIGUEL GONZALEZ, OVERSEES THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM AT MTS, HE SAYS THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO PEOPLE IN THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY THAT MTS CAN ALSO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND NOT JUST TO VETERANS.

>> WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS PROVIDE A WARM HANDOFF.

IF WE MEET AN INDIVIDUAL THAT NEEDS ASSISTANCE WHETHER FOR VA OR MAYBE NONVETERAN WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTACT THAT OUTREACH RESOURCE AND PROVIDE THEM A GOOD CONNECTION SO THEY CAN GET THAT HELP.

>> Reporter: OTHER SERVICES FROM COMMUNITY GROUPS SUCH AS LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN VACCINATIONS WILL ALSO BE PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP.

>> TRY TO BRING AS MUCH RESOURCES.

HAVING THE VA WORK WITH US IS AMAZING.

ALL OF US WANT TO WORK TOGETHER.

WE HAVE THE SAME GOAL TO HELP OUT COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE VIEW -- VA AND MTS ARE BRINGING THE SERVICES TO THREE STATIONS ON A ROTATING BASIS IN OCTOBER.

IN ADDITION TO OLD TOWN THEY WILL ALSO VISIT OTHER STATIONS IN CHULA VISTA.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A COVID-19 SURGE IS HERE AND THE CDC RECOMMENDS THE AMERICANS -- THAT AMERICANS GET UPDATED SHOTS.

CASES HAVE BEEN RISING IN AT LEAST 38 STATES PARTICULARLY IN THE WESTERN SOUTH.

HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS ARE TAKING UP.

THE CDC SAYS TWO NEW VARIANTS ARE TAKING UP AN ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN HALF OF U.S.

INFECTIONS.

NEW VACCINES WILL BE BASED ON THESE LATEST DRAINS, ANYONE SIX MONTHS OR OLDER IS ENCOURAGED TO GET VACCINATED.

THE WAY WE SLEEP IT MAY BE KNOWN TO US BUT A STUDY FROM UC SAN DIEGO HAS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL CATEGORIES OF SLEEP THAT YOU ARE LIKELY NOT AWARE OF AND AS KPBS CYTEC REPORTER THOMAS WEDGE EXPLAINS THERE MAY BE A WAY TO PREDICT DISEASE .

>> Reporter: SLEEP IS SOMETHING PEOPLE LOVE AND LOVE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT NOT HAVING ENOUGH OF , BUT RESEARCHERS SAY OBSERVATIONS DON'T SHOW AN ACCURATE PICTURE.

SCIENTISTS AT UC SAN DIEGO ANALYZE SEVERAL NIGHTS OF SLEEP FROM 30,000+ PEOPLE.

THEY IDENTIFIED FIVE MAIN TYPES OF SLEEP AND SEVERAL MORE SUBTYPES.

>> WE CAN LOOK AT SLEEP ACROSS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN NORMAL LIVES WAS A REALLY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.

>> Reporter: PROFESSOR BEN SMARR WAS ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE STUDY'S RESULTING PAPER, THE VOLUMINOUS DATA THEY GATHERED CAME FROM PEOPLE WHO WORE ORE RINGS WHICH MONITORED BODY HEAT AND OTHER THINGS THAT INDICATE HOW YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT AND WHAT KIND OF SLEEP DID RESEARCHERS COP FROM THE DATA?

>> FOR SOME EVERY NIGHT SLEEP IS GREAT.

THERE ARE SOME THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SHORTER BELTS BUT OTHERWISE MOSTLY LONGER BOUTS.

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE FOR WHOM EVERY NIGHT IS BROKEN UP.

>> Reporter: THE 33 PET -- THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THE STUDY SLEPT GOOD.

THE SMALLER ISLANDS SHOWED VARIETIES OF DISRUPTED SLEEP DEFINED AS WAKING UP FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR.

BUT THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES ARE NOT SHOWN BY WHAT SLEEP ISLAND YOU LIVE ON, BUT HOW AND WHEN YOU MOVE FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.

ONE LINK THEY MADE TO HEALTH PROBLEMS CAME IN PEOPLE WHO HAD DIABETES.

>> IF SOMEONE HAS DISRUPTED SLEEP THAT GIVES US INFORMATION THAT THEY MIGHT BE DIABETIC.

>> Reporter: THE LEAD AUTHOR OF THE PAPER LIKE MR. SMARR SAYS IS LIKELY BASED ON MORE HELP PEOPLE MOVE FROM ONE ISLAND TO THE OTHER AND HE HOPES THIS STUDY WILL HELP PEOPLE BE HEALTHIER.

>> I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS GOING TO BE USING THIS KIND OF LANDSCAPE AND THIS KIND OF INFORMATION TO GIVE PEOPLE MORE AGENCY OVER THEIR OWN DECISIONS DAY TODAY.

>> Reporter: HE ASKED THE PEOPLE WHO WORE THE AURA BRING -- RING -- AND THANK THEM.

>>> SUN IS OUT AND A LOT TO DO IN SAN DIEGO.

TRENCHES MATTHEW BUEHLER GIVES US A PREVIEW.

>> Reporter: IT IS QUIET NOW, BUT COME SUNDAY THE HOUSE OF MEXICO IS GOING TO TRANSFORM THE LAWN AT THE INTERNATIONAL HOUSES INTO A FIESTA.

THE HOUSE OF MEXICO IS CELEBRATING ITS 20th ANNIVERSARY .

SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE IS INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN KNOWN MARIACHI GARIBALDI WILL PERFORM WITH -- DANCERS AND EVEN A LATIN JAZZ GROUP CALLED THE PESOS JAZZ TRIO.

THE HOUSE OF MEXICO WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL COUNTRIES REPRESENTED AT BALBOA PARK'S HOUSE OF PACIFIC RELATIONS INTERNATIONAL COTTAGES IN 1936.

>> IT WAS ACTIVE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS AND THEN FOR REASONS UNKNOWN IT DISAPPEARED.

>> Reporter: SECRETARY FOR THE BOARD OF THE HOUSE OF MEXICO AMELIA SAYS OVER THE YEARS THE HOUSE CAME AND WENT UNTIL -- >> 20 YEARS AGO A GROUP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS FORMED A NONPROFIT AND SUBMITTED A APPLICATION AND WE WERE VOTED BACK IN.

BY ONE VOTE, I MIGHT ADD.

WE ONLY WON BY ONE VOTE.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE VOLUNTEER RUN HOUSE OF MEXICO HAS BEEN GOING STRONG EVER SINCE.

THE COLLEGE IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ORGAN PAVILION IN BALBOA PARK , BUT THE FIESTA WILL BE ON THE LAWN JUST WEST OF THE HOUSE OF MEXICO.

>> IS A BIG PARTY WITH MUSIC AND WE END WITH A DJ SO BRING YOUR DANCE SHOES.

>> Reporter: THE FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT IS FREE FROM 11:30 UNTIL 4:30 AND THERE WILL BE FOOD, BUT YOU CAN BRING YOUR OWN SNACKS.

MATTHEW BUEHLER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> OUR STORY FOR THE UPCOMING DAYS IS ABOUT THE WARMING TREND INTO NEXT WEEK.

WE WILL FIND A LOT OF THOSE NUMBERS GETTING HIGHER.

THE CONCERN WILL BE ACROSS THE DESERT, BECAUSE IT GETS HOT FOR THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES AND OUR MARINE LAYER HAS NOTABLY LAST -- LESSENED AND YOU PROBABLY ALREADY NOTICED THAT, BUT CERTAINLY HAVE CONCERN.

HEAT WATCH IS IN PLACE FOR SOME OF OUR DESERT COMMUNITIES HERE, SO WE DO HAVE THAT CONCERN AND THE HEAT WE KNOW IS GOING TO BE A FACTOR AS WE GO INTO THE START OF JULY AND IF YOU LOOK TONIGHT WE STILL GET THE MARINE LAYER WHICH KEEPS THINGS MORE COMFORTABLE.

64 FOR THE CITY AS YOUR LOCAL 61 IN CHULA VISTA, MID-70s INTO REGULAR VISTA.

-- BORREGO VISTA.

NO SIGN OF RELIEF AND WE HAVE LIMITED A LOT OF MOISTURE THROUGH THE FOUR CORNERS SO, THERE IS NOT AS MUCH THUNDER ACTIVITY.

AS WE LOOK THROUGH TOMORROW, 75 IS THE HIGH AND MORNING MARINE LAYER WILL STILL BE OUT THERE BUT IT IS GETTING SLIMMER AS WE EXPECT.

OCEANSIDE, 79 FOR YOU.

RAMONA COMING IN AT 94 SO THE NUMBERS ARE TAKING OFF.

AND THERE IS A LOT MORE OF THAT TO COME.

ONCE WE GET BEYOND THE FIVE DAY THAT'S WHEN NUMBERS WILL REALLY GO UP SO, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE HOLIDAY ITSELF BECAUSE THIS HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM IS STRENGTHENING.

COASTAL COMMUNITIES THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, AGAIN WE ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.

70s TO LOWER 80s FOR OUR TEMPERATURES.

IF YOU ARE IN THE INLAND AREAS WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO 90 DEGREES FOR A HIGH ON SUNDAY AND SAME FOR MONDAY BUT NOT TOO BAD NOT COMMUNITIES WATCH OUT FOR -- MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES WATCH OUT FOR BREEZY WEATHER AS WELL AS FIRE RISK.

BEYOND THE FIVE DAY ESPECIALLY FOR THE DESERT IS WHEN THE HEAT WILL REALLY SETTLE IN.

FOR KPBS NEWS I'M METEOROLOGIST, MELISSA COSTANZA.

>> Reporter: GET READY FOR ALL OUT PANDEMONIUM.

TWO PANDAS HAVE ARRIVED AND THIS VIEW IS OF THE LONG OVERSEAS JOURNEY FOR THE PANDAS.

THEY ARE THE FIRST PANDAS TO ENTER THE U.S.

IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

ALL THANKS TO A DECADE- LONG PARTNERSHIP WITH CHINA TO FURTHER PANDA CONSERVATION EFFORTS.

SAN DIEGO ZOO SAID THAT HAS FULLY RENOVATED ITS PANDA HABITAT FOR THE NEW RESIDENCE.

>> ARE GIANT PANDA HABITAT HAS GONE THROUGH AN ABSOLUTE TRANSFORMATION.

THE SIZE HAS QUADRUPLED AND MAYBE EVEN QUINN TWOFOLD -- QUINTUPLED.

THERE ARE A LOT OF VERTICAL STRUCTURES AND MANY THINGS THAT HEARKEN BACK TO THE MOUNTAINS OF SHUSH ONE --/1.

>> Reporter: WHEN THE PANDAS ARE READY THEY WILL HAVE NO SHORTAGE OF VISITORS.

SDSU'S MARICOPA EXPLAINED THEIR UNIQUE DRAW IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>> Reporter: WELL, THE PANDAS FIRST CAME IN 1987 FOR A TOUR OF ABOUT 207 DAYS AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO AND THAT WAS A SENSATION THAT GENERATED OVER 200 INCREMENTAL VISITORS.

WE HAVE NOT HAD A PANDA HERE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND THESE ARE THE FIRST TWO PANDAS THAT ARE COMING TO THE UNITED STATES NEW IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.

RIGHT NOW ALL THE OTHER ZOOS THAT DID HAVE PANDAS HAVE RETURNED THEM EXCEPT FOR THE ATLANTA ZOO WHICH HAS TWO PANDAS AND THEY WILL GO BACK LATER IN THE YEAR.

WE HAVE A TOURIST ECONOMY OF ALMOST 24 BILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUES, 31 MILLION PEOPLE CAME TO SAN DIEGO LAST YEAR.

PANDAS HAVE FOUND THAT NATIONALLY, SO THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO MAYBE HAVE NEVER CONSIDERED COMING TO SAN DIEGO, THEY WILL COME TO THE ZOO AND CERTAINLY SAN DIEGO IS A CITY THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THEM STAYING A HANDFUL OF DAYS AND ENJOYING OTHER ATTRACTIONS AND AMENITIES THAT THE CITY NOW OFFERS TO VISITORS GIVING THEM A DIVERSE EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY VISIT SAN DIEGO.

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

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI, GOOD NIGHT.

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