>>> THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THIS LOOK AT THE BEST ORIGINAL REPORTING FROM CAPE CBS NEWS -- KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE WILL EXPLAIN THE RACES TO DECIDE ISSUES FROM THE NORTH COUNTY TO THE SOUTH BAY.

>>> IN HONOR OF WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY, ONE LOCAL SCHOOL SHOWS US HOW IT IS TRYING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS.

>>> SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE JOINT IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT AND SAVE VULNERABLE ANIMAL SPECIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

>>> WE STARTED THE BORDER WHERE ASYLUM-SEEKERS HAVE BEEN HELD OFTEN ON AN OUTSIDE HOLDING AREAS BY THE BORDER PATROL.

GUSTAVO SOLIS REPORTS ON THE DEATH OF ONE MIGRANT.

>> WE ARE PROFOUNDLY SADDENED TO LEARN THAT WHAT WE FEARED HAS HAPPENED.

WE HAVE KNOWN IT WAS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE DIED.

>> ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS AT CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION IN THE MIGRANT CAMPS.

SHE SAID OF VOLUNTEERS HAVE SEEN MIGRANTS WITH DIABETES, HEART CONDITIONS AND OPEN GASHES.

>> OTHER THAN CALLING AN AMBULANCE UP BORDER PATROL IS NOT EQUIPPED TO TREAT ANY CONDITION HERE.

>> VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE BASIC TREATMENT DONATED SUPPLIES, BANDAGES, FIRST-AID KITS, ASPIRIN FROM THE MAKESHIFT PHARMACY.

CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION ISSUED A STATEMENT CONFIRMING I MIGRANT DIED WEDNESDAY MORNING.

THE PERSON BEGIN EXPERIENCING MEDICAL DISTRESS AT 5:45 AM AND WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE THEY WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT OFFICIALS DID NOT RELEASE THE NAME OR SAY EXACTLY WHAT LED TO HER DEATH.

VOLUNTEERS SAY SHE WAS FROM THE WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY OF GUINEA.

>> SHE AND FAMILY MEMBERS WENT SO FAR TO GET HERE AND I'M SURE SUFFERED A LOT AND TO GET THIS FAR FOR HER TO DIE AND NOT HAVE THE MEDICAL ATTENTION THAT SHE DESERVED.

I TRUST THAT THE PEOPLE PRESENT DID THEIR BEST AND I NEED TO BELIEVE THAT BUT THAT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

>> THE CAMPUS SITUATED BETWEEN TWO BORDER WALLS BETWEEN THE PORT OF ENTRY AND WAS FIRST OPENED IN 2022 AND REOPEN LAST MONTH.

MIGRANT ADVOCATES IS WARNED -- HAVE WARNED OF THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.

>> WE HAVE WARNED ANYONE THAT WOULD LISTEN THAT THE MEDICAL CONDITIONS ARE SERIOUS AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.

>> SHE IS ANOTHER VOLUNTEER AND HAS BEEN AT THE CAMP SINCE SEPTEMBER 7 AND SAID SOME MIGRANTS ARE RELUCTANT TO GET MEDICAL HELP BECAUSE IT MEANS THEY WILL BE SEPARATED FROM FAMILY.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS WEEK WHEN A PREGNANT WOMAN FROM RUSSIA NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

SHE COULD NOT TAKE HER HUSBAND AND TWO CHILDREN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH HER.

>> SHE WOULD HAVE TO PICK WHICH ONE OF THE CHILDREN SHE WOULD BE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL WITH HER.

SHE TOOK HER OLDEST CHILD WHICH WAS ABOUT NINE YEARS OLD OR SO.

>> VOLUNTEERS ARE EXPERIENCING SECONDHAND TRAUMA AND IT NEED MORE SUPPORT.

>> THE BURNOUT IS REAL AND UNSUSTAINABLE.

WE HAVE BEEN HERE AT THE OPEN- AIR DETENTION SITES WITH NO SUPPORT OR RESOURCES FROM ANY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT.

NOT FROM CITY, COUNTY, THE STATE AND NOT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> PERSONNEL CLEARED THE CAMP ON THURSDAY MORNING AND BY THE AFTERNOON, ALL THOSE LEFT WERE ABANDONED TOYS, SNEAKERS AND TRASH AND OFFICIALS SAY THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IS REVIEWING THE INCIDENT.

>>> OCTOBER IS RECOGNIZED AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY MORE THAN 4 MILLION BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS IN THE U.S. MELISSA MAE TELLS US HOW TREATMENT HAS CHANGED.

>> BREAST CANCER IS THE SECOND MOST COMMON CANCER FOR WOMEN.

>> THIS IS NOT A PRETTY PINK DISEASE.

THIS IS A NASTY STRUGGLE THAT A LOT OF WOMEN GO THROUGH.

ONE IN EIGHT.

TO ME BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH MEANS COURAGE AND FIGHTING.

>> 13 YEARS AGO, REBECCA NOTICED A SMALL LUMP ON HER LEFT BREAST AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HER2+ IS CANCER AND AT TIMES IT WAS OVERWHELMING.

>> I LOST ALL MY HAIR AND I HAD 12 BREAST SURGERIES AND I LOST MY LEFT BREAST.

LIKELY, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE FOR EVERYBODY, I HAD A STRONG SUPPORT SYSTEM.

>> THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY SAID BREAST CANCER DEATH RATES HAVE DECLINED BY 43% SINCE THE LATE 1980s DUE TO EARLY SCREENINGS, INCREASED AWARENESS AND BETTER TREATMENT THANKS TO LARGE-SCALE CLINICAL TRIALS.

>> PEOPLE CAN HAVE LESS TOXIC THERAPIES FOR EARLY-STAGE BREAST CANCER AND ON THE SAME TOKEN, WOMEN WITH ADVANCED OR METASTATIC STAGE 4 BREAST CANCER , STUDIES SHOW THAT WOMEN ARE LIVING LONGER.

>> EARLIER THIS YEAR THE UNITED STATES PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE CHANGE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT ALL WOMEN AT AGE 40, NOT 50, GET A BREAST CANCER SCREENING WITH A MAMMOGRAM EVERY OTHER YEAR.

THE DOCTOR WITH UC SAN DIEGO SAID IF YOU NOTICE ANY BREAST SKIN CHANGES, NOT JUST LINES, CONTACT YOUR PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR.

>> IF THERE'S NEW SKIN THICKENING OR CHANGES TO THE AND SOMETIMES THE TUMORS CAN PULL THE IN WHERE IT WAS NOT BEFORE.

>> THE AVERAGE AGE OF WOMEN IS 61 BUT RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN YOUNGER WOMEN BEING DIAGNOSED.

>> LaTINA WOMEN ARE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER ON AVERAGE SEVEN YEARS EARLIER THAN THEIR CAUCASIAN COUNTERPARTS AND WE KNOW AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER IN THEIR 40s AS OPPOSED TO 50s AND 60s.

>> THERE IS A MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER WALK, GO TO CANCER.ORG TO SIGN UP.

>>> TUESDAY WAS WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY AT ONE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY HAVE A NEW APPROACH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS.

TANIA THORNE SHOWS US HOW IT'S WORKING IN SAN MARCOS.

>> LET'S FACE IT TOGETHER IS THE NAME OF THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM THAT ALL OF SAN MARCOS STUDENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO.

>> I CANNOT BE HERE STANDING HERE WITHOUT YOU GUYS.

JUST TO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS CARE REALLY, REALLY MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE AND IMPACT.

I DO HOPE THAT THE PROGRAM HAS MILLIONS OF IMPACTS OUT THERE FOR OTHER STUDENTS WHO ALSO NEED TO HEAR THE STORY.

AND ALSO NEEDS TO FACE ALL THE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS.

>> A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO WAS IN A BAD MENTAL STATE.

>> I WAS WORRIED ABOUT BEING NEGLECTED OR REJECTED AND NOT BEING ABLE TO FIT IN LIKE THE REST OF THE STUDENTS.

ONE DAY, SOMETHING CHANGED AND WHAT THAT WAS WAS THE AMAZING MISSION HILLS GRIZZLIES ON THE CAMPUS.

AND THE LESS -- LET'S FACE THE PROGRAM.

>> SHE GOES ON TO NAME THE COUNSELORS AND ADULTS ON HER CAMPUS WHO HELPED PULL HER OUT OF A DARK SPOT.

IT'S ALL A PART OF THE LET'S FACE IT TOGETHER PROGRAM.

>> WE'VE ALWAYS HAD FOLKS ON CAMPUS THE CARED BUT THIS REALLY WAS GOING TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS.

EVERYBODY HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC.

>> SHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT.

>> PRE-PANDEMIC PEOPLE MIGHT'VE THOUGHT, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT BUT NOBODY CAN SAY THEY HAVE NOT HAD SOME IMPACT.

THIS IS A WAY TO DO IT IN A POSITIVE WAY AND IT'S NOT LOOKED DOWN ON AND THERE'S NO SHAME.

>> COLORFUL POSTERS AND SIGNS ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO REACH OUT IF THEY NEED MENTAL HEALTH HELP .

STUDENTS CAN ACCESS HELP BY TEXTING THE NUMBER THAT WILL RESPOND WITH CONFIDENTIAL RESOURCES.

THERE IS A WELLNESS TEAM THAT ADDRESSES MORE SEVERE CASES AND GOES ON TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS IN THE STUDENT'S HOME.

A $2 MILLION GRANT FROM THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS HELPED ROLL OUT THE PROGRAM.

SHE SAYS IT IS SOMETHING THEY PLAN ON KEEPING AND FUNDING BECAUSE THE INVESTMENT IS SAVING STUDENTS LIVES.

>> WE HAVE SAVED LIVES AND IT'S ALMOST ON A WEEKLY BASIS WHERE WE'RE HAVING INCIDENTS WHERE STUDENTS COME FORWARD WHERE PREVIOUSLY THEY WOULD NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT AND OUR GETTING IT.

>> SAN MARCOS STUDENTS CAN TEXT 741741 IF THEY OR A FRIEND ARE LOOKING FOR HELP.

>>> THIS WEEK ALSO INCLUDED NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY FOR ONE LOCAL POLITICIAN DOING SO WITH AN ASSIST FROM IT NATIONAL NEWS PARATROOPER -- PAPER.

>> HOPING TO HAVE QUIET CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS AND INSTEAD I CAME OUT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES.

>> REPORTER INTERVIEWED MARNI VON WILPERT AFTER LGBTQ+ PROTESTERS CHECKED OUT ALL THE BOOKS FROM A PRIDE MONTH DISPLAY FROM THE LIBRARY IN HER DISTRICT.

>> WHEN THE REPORTER ASKED MARY A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY CREEK I DON'T WANT TO HIDE IT.

>> IT PROMPTED TOUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH CONSERVATIVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE SUPPORTIVE IN THE END BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE WITH EVERYONE.

MANY HOMELESS CHILDREN ARE LGBTQ+ CHILDREN THAT ARE EVICTED FOR -- BY THEIR FAMILIES.

WELL MARNI VON WILPERT CELEBRATES THE SHE IS WATCHING RIGHTS BEING TAKEN BACK.

THE SUPREME COURT RULED BUSINESSES CAN REVIEW SOME SERVICES LGBTQ+ PEOPLE.

ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT END OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE SUICIDE PREVENTION NONPROFIT THAT ALSO ASSIST OF -- LGBTQ+ YOUTH AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TRIED TO REMOVE HARVEY MILK TAKE A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER AND POLITICIAN FROM THE CURRICULUM.

>> I'M NOT SURE WHAT A TEACHER LOOKS LIKE.

>> EVEN STILL, COMING-OUT WAS WORTH IT.

>> IT'S LESS ISOLATING TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND BE FREE AND AS SOMEONE WHO IS A VERY PUBLIC FIGURE, IT'S A LOT EASIER TO JUST BE WHO I AM.

>> EVERYONE ELSE THAT CAME OUT THIS YEAR OR TODAY, SHE SAYS, CONGRATULATIONS.

>>> THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO FIND KPBS CONTENT AND ONE IS FOR THE PODCASTS DAILY AND WEEKLY RADIO SORES -- SHOWS AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING ANY TIME.

WE ALSO HAVE THE DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP, SAN DIEGO NEWS NOW AND DIGITAL SERIES LIKE FREEWAY EXIT.

TO SEARCH KPBS ON ALL MAJOR STREAMING PLATFORMS >>> >>> OUR STORY ON MARNI VON WILPERT WAS ONE OF THE MOST READ AND HEAR SOME OF THEM OTHERS.

REGULATORS CAST MORE CLOUDS OVER CALIFORNIA'S SOLAR ENERGY MARKET.

>>> KPBS MET SOME OF THE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE US PAGODA COLLEGE IN TIJUANA.

>>> WE TAKE A TRIP TO PACIFIC BEACH WERE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED IS BREAKING GROUND ON A NEW MODERNIZED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

>>> NEARLY 600,000 BALLOTS ARE ARRIVING IN THAT MAILBOXES OF REGISTERED VOTERS AND DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE COMING MAYBE ONE OF THEM.

THE KPBS VOTER HUB IS BACK THIS YEAR IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH TO GUIDE PEOPLE THROUGH FOUR LOCAL SPECIAL ELECTIONS HAPPENING ON NOVEMBER 7.

LET'S START WITH THE NORTH COUNTY.

>> IN JULY THE LOCAL AGENCY PROOFED THE DIVORCE IS THE AGENCY OVERSEEING DISPUTES LIKE THIS.

DETACHMENT IS A TWO STEP PROCESS.

NOW VOTERS WILL HAVE THEIR SAY IN THE NOVEMBER SPECIAL ELECTION.

>> LIKE ANY DIVORCE, PROBLEMS STARTED BREWING YEARS AGO.

THE WATER AUTHORITY STARTED MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO WATER RELIABILITY ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO.

>> THE TWO AGENCIES WANT TO SKIP OUT LEAVING THE REST OF US FOOTING THE BILL.

>> AND LIKE ANY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT THERE WERE COSTS.

>> WE INVESTED MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SO THAT WE -- WHEN WE HAVE THE DROUGHT THAT JUST FINISHED AND IT'S GOING TO COME BACK, WE WERE NOT AFFECTED HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF WATER.

>> FOR RESIDENTS AND FARMERS, THE COSTS WERE TOO MUCH AND THEY SAY THEY WERE NOT BENEFITING.

>> I'M REALLY HOPING IT WOULD OPEN UP AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FARMERS TO GET FAIR WATER RATE AND GET THE RELIEF THAT WE NEED.

>> ACCORDING TO ANALYSIS RAINBOW IN FALLBROOK RESIDENTS CAN SAVE $7.7 MILLION A YEAR BY LEAPING AND IF RESIDENTS VOTE YES TO LEAVE THEY WILL STILL NEED TO PAY AN EXIT FEE OF $25 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

>>> THE WINNER OF THE CITY ATTORNEY ELECTION WILL BECOME CHULA VISTA'S TOP LAWYER AND WILL GIVE LEGAL ADVICE TO THE MAYOR, COUNCIL AND EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT.

IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT JOB SO SAYS THE FORMER CITY COUNCILMEMBER.

>> YOU WANT SOMEONE WHO IS APOLITICAL AND WHO CAN JUST FOCUS ON THE LAW.

>> THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER OWNED AT PEDICAB COMPANY IN SAN DIEGO AND THEN OPENED HIS OWN LAW FIRM IN CHULA VISTA.

>> I STARTED THIS FEDERAL DEFENDER AND I KNOW HOW TO LITIGATE.

I'VE BEEN A LITIGATOR FOR MY ENTIRE CAREER.

THAT MEANS GOING TO COURT AND ACTUALLY TRAINED JURY TRIAL CASES AND WINNING THEM.

>> HE STARTED HIS CAREER AS AN INTERN IN THE CITY ATTORNEYS OFFICE AND HAS WORKED FOR THE SAN DIEGO CITY ATTORNEYS OFFICE AND NOW WORKS FOR A PRIVATE LAW FIRM ADVISING THE CITIES OF CORONADO AND SOLANA BEACH.

>> I KNOW THE ISSUES THAT BIG CITIES AND SMALLER CITIES FACE.

I'M PREPARED TO HANDLE ANYTHING THAT CHULA VISTA IS PASTING -- FACING.

>> THE THIRD CANDIDATE RESPONDED AFTER A BROADCAST DEADLINE AND HIS COMMENTS CAN BE FOUND ON THE KPBS WEBSITE.

>>> YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THERE'S A SPECIAL ELECTION HAPPENING NEXT MONTH.

VOTERS WILL BE CHOOSING A NEW COUNTY SUPERVISOR FOR DISTRICT 4 WHICH INCLUDES PARTS OF CENTRAL SAN DIEGO, LA MESA, LEMON GROVE AND SPRING VALLEY.

COUNTY SUPERVISORS CAN SOMETIMES BE LESS WELL-KNOWN AND SAME MAYORS ARE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS BUT THEIR JOB IS NO LESS IMPORTANT.

THEY APPROVE THE COUNTY BUDGET WHICH IS MORE THAN $8 BILLION AND INCLUDES PROGRAMS LIKE FOOD STAMPS, MEDI-CAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE ALSO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR UNINCORPORATED AREAS, COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS.

SUPERVISORS DECIDE WHICH COUNTY ROADS NEED REPAVING AND WHERE TO PLAN FOR FUTURE GROWTH.

THREE YEARS AGO THE DEMOCRATS GAINED THE MAJORITY ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A GENERATION AND PAST PROGRESSIVE REFORMS ON ISSUES RANGING FROM CANNABIS TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND THEN THE FORMER SUPERVISOR WAS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL-HARASSMENT.

HE RESIGNED AND NOW THE BOARD IS SPLIT EVENLY.

THE ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 7 IS A RUNOFF BETWEEN THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR.

ONE IS A REPUBLICAN AND ONE IS A DEMOCRAT BUT YOU WON'T SEE THE PARTY AFFILIATION ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE OFFICIALLY THE OFFICES NONPARTISAN.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CANDIDATES AND HOW TO VOTE BY GOAT DESPITE GOING TO KPBS .ORG/VOTER HUB.

>>> AMERICANS 01 $.7 TRILLION IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT AND BEHIND EVERY DOLLAR IS SOMEONE POP A STORY OF SURVIVAL AND SACRIFICE.

WE HAVE MORE ON THE PRICE OF PAYBACK.

>> BETWEEN THE TIME I GOT THE DEGREES AND WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO PUT SOME OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND STUFF TO WORK, I GOT CANCER.

>> THE 73-YEAR-OLD IS A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR AND ALSO SURVIVE MORE THAN $100,000 IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

>> I WAS BLESSED THAT I EVEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO COLLEGE, NO MATTER WHAT IT TOOK.

>> IT TOOK A LOT BECAUSE IN HER LATE 30s SHE BECAME A SINGLE MOTHER WITH TWO CHILDREN TO SUPPORT AFTER DIVORCE, TRIGGERED BY HER COMING OUT AS A LESBIAN IN HER TRUTH BROUGHT HER FREEDOM AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

GOING TO COLLEGE, SHE HOPED IT WOULD EVENTUALLY PROVIDE SECURITY FOR HER FAMILY.

>> YOU HAVE TO GO TO COLLEGE TO HAVE THE WORLD OPEN UP TO YOU.

YOU WILL BE WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU NEVER IMAGINED.

YOU WILL SEE DIVERSITY LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN.

>> GRANT MONEY HELPED PAY FOR A PORTION OF HER BACHELORS DEGREE IN VISUAL ARTS FROM UC SAN DIEGO.

BUT IT WAS FEDERAL LOANS THAT PAID FOR HER MASTERS DEGREE IN EDUCATION FROM SAN DIEGO STATE IN 1997.

AND ONTO A SUCCESSFUL JOB AT THE SCHOOL OF NURSING WHICH CAME WITH LIFETIME HEALTH BENEFITS AND THE STEADY INCOME WHICH SHE NEEDED TO PAY BACK HER LINES.

>> WHEN TIMES WERE ROUGH THEY WOULD PUT ME ON INCOME CONTINGENT TO PAY IS AGO AND THEN WHEN THINGS GOT BETTER THAN I WOULD PAY MORE.

BUT ONCE I GOT THE CANCER AND COULD NOT WORK, I STOPPED PAYING.

>> HER STORIES LIKE SO MANY OTHER STORIES OF STUDENT BORROWERS WHO FOUND THEMSELVES DROWNING IN DEBT WHEN LIFE HAPPENED.

THERE ARE MILLIONS OF BORROWERS WHO ARE HOPING FOR RELIEF AND LOAN FORGIVENESS.

A CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF FINANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO WITH 20 YEARS OF INVESTMENT BANKING EXPERIENCE.

HE SAYS LOAN FORGIVENESS HAS TO COME WITH REFORM.

>> RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO HAVE TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO CERTAIN BORROWERS WHO WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO PAY IT BACK AND AT THE SAME TIME RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE TO TIE THE RIBBON A LITTLE TIGHTER BETWEEN THE VALUE OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION AND HOW WE PAY FOR THAT COLLEGE EDUCATION.

>> I STARTED PAINTING BACK RIGHT AWAY.

>> TIM HAD TO PAY BACK $300,000 IN STUDENT LOANS FOR HIS MEDICAL SCHOOL EDUCATION.

>> UNFORTUNATE IN THE SENSE THAT I MAKE OF PHYSICIAN LEVEL SALARY AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS.

>> CONSISTENT PAYMENTS THAT INCLUDED LUMP SUMS HELPED HIM GET HIS TOTAL DOWN TO $50,000 AND IT DID NOT HELP HIM FIND HAPPINESS.

PRACTICING FAMILY MEDICINE WAS 60 OVER WORKWEEKS.

>> THIS IS ODESSA AND SHE IS SIX AND THIS IS SIMON, HE'S 10.

>> HE LEFT A MEDICINE FOR REMOTE JOB WORKING FROM HOME AS A MEDICAL PROCEDURE CONSULTANT, GIVING HIM MORE TIME TO SPEND WITH HIS FAMILY.

HE ALSO DISCOVERED A BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM THAT GAVE HIM CREDIT FOR CONSISTENT PAYMENTS AND HIS WORK AT NONPROFIT HOSPITALS, ELIMINATING HIS REMAINING BALANCE.

>> BEING ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM WHICH I WAS INTENDED TO QUALIFY FOR AND I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT HAVING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND NOT HAVING THOSE LOANS ANYMORE.

>> CINDY NELSON ALSO DISCOVERED A FORGIVENESS PLAN RAISED ON HER LIMITED INCOME AND REPAYMENT HISTORY AND SHE IS NOW STUDENT LOAN DEBT FREE AND CANCER FREE.

>> WHEN I LOST EVERYTHING, IT WAS TOUGH.

BUT I MADE IT THROUGH.

>> THE FINANCE EXPERT SAID THERE IS HOPE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS IT.

>> IT HAS BECOME A CENTER STAGE ISSUE.

IT IS NO LONGER A FRINGE ISSUE THAT THE GUYS IN THE IVORY TOWERS ON CAMPUS WILL FIGURE OUT.

>>> AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE BATHROOM IS NOT ALWAYS A GIVEN AT ONE HIGH SCHOOL IN CHULA VISTA.

COREY SUZUKI EXPLAINS WHY THEY ARE CLOSING RESTROOMS AND THE EFFECTS OF HAVING ON STUDENTS.

>> FRESHMAN YEAR IS OFF TO A STRESSFUL START WITH ALBANY PEOPLE, CLASSWORK AND THEN THERE IS THE BATHROOM SITUATION.

>> THERE ARE CERTAIN BATHROOMS THAT ARE CLOSED SO I HAVE TO GO TO THE NEAREST BATHROOM THAT IS LIKE 5 MINUTES AWAY AND THE TEACHER DOESN'T LET YOU GO OUT AGAIN.

>> IN RECENT WEEKS MOST OF THE BATHROOM SEVEN CLOSED.

ON TUESDAY SHE HAD TO WORK -- WALK 5 MINUTES TO FIND ONE THAT WAS OPEN.

CHULA VISTA AND OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN CLOSING BATHROOMS IN RESPONSE TO SPIKE IN VAPING, VANDALISM AND OTHER BAD BEHAVIORS.

ALL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.

THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKING AT THE SWEETWATER BOARD MEETING.

>> MULTIPLE CAMPUSES HAVE HAD ONE BATHROOM OPEN IN THE ENTIRE CAMPUS TO HELP WITH WHAT THEY HAVE HEARD IS TO HELP WITH VAPING IN BATHROOMS, VIOLENCE BUT ONE BATHROOM OPENED FOR THE ENTIRE CAMPUS IS HUGE.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 2000+ STUDENTS.

>> THE CHULA VISTA HIGH PRINCIPAL SAID HE DOESN'T REMEMBER A TIME WHEN THE SCHOOL HAS HAD ONE OR TWO BATHROOMS OPEN BUT THEY DO CLOSE BATHROOMS WHEN THEY FIND OUT SOMEONE HAS BEEN VAPING.

>> WE HAVE SEEN UNFORTUNATELY IN MORE RECENT TIMES AN INCREASE IN STUDENTS VAPING IN RESTROOMS.

THAT IS A CONCERN FOR US AND THAT IS WHAT WE SEE MORE FREQUENTLY AND WE END UP CLOSING THE RESTROOMS UNTIL WE CAN INVESTIGATE IF WE CAN SEE WHO WAS THERE VAPING.

>> SOME OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE ALSO BEEN RESTRICTING ACCESS TO BATHROOMS INCLUDING PATRICK HENRY HIGH SCHOOL AND LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL AND SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT THE BATHROOM CLOSURES DON'T SEEM TO BE AS BIG OF AN ISSUE ON THOSE CAMPUSES.

CLOSING SO MANY BATHROOMS AND SWEETWATER MAY VIOLATE STATE LAWS WHICH REQUIRES ALL CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE ONE BATHROOM PER 500 STUDENTS.

AFTER STUDENTS BROUGHT THIS UP TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.

MANY CHULA VISTA STUDENTS ARE GLAD TO HEAR IT.

SOME SAY IT'S COMPLICATED ENOUGH ALREADY.

>> TOO MUCH PEOPLE AND THE WORK.

>> THE BATHROOMS ARE ANOTHER THING TO WORRY ABOUT.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE IS JOINING A WORLDWIDE EFFORT TO PRESERVE ANIMAL DIVERSITY.

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER, ERIK ANDERSON, SAID THE SCHOOLS FOCUSING ON STORING GENETIC MATERIAL FROM CRITICAL SPECIES.

>> SHE IS CURATOR OF THE FROZEN ZOO.

>> EACH OF THE BOXES HOLDS 100 VIALS AND I WILL JUST PULL OUT ONE BOX.

>> THE TANKS PRESERVE SELLS FOR MORE THAN 10,000 ANIMALS EASILY ECLIPSING THE NUMBER OF LIVE ANIMALS AT THE ZOO AND IT WAS ONE FROZEN SAMPLE THAT LED TO THE CLIMBING AND SCIENTIST HOPE THE WILDHORSE WILL REINTRODUCE MUCH-NEEDED GENETIC DIVERSITY.

>> IT'S HUGE BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE TECHNOLOGY TO RE-CREATE ANIMALS FROM THE FROZEN ZOO.

THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE IS TO MAINTAIN GENETIC DIVERSITY.

AND IT'S PART OF THE NEW CENTER FOR SPECIES SURVIVAL.

THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE SAID THE EFFORTS HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY AND ACTIONS NEED TO BE COORDINATED AND STRATEGIC.

>> WHETHER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SAVING SPECIES, MANAGING POPULATIONS OR OUT IN THE FIELD , WE ALL NEED TO BE WORKING TOGETHER WHETHER WE ARE GOVERNMENT, NGO, SUPERMICRO OR BOTANIC GARDEN EXPERT OR SCIENTISTS ON THE GROUND IN THE FIELD.

>> THEY SAY THE RATE OF EXTINCTION IS ALARMING CLAIMING NEARLY 3 SPECIES IN OUR.

THE SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE SAID THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INTERNATIONAL GROUP IS SPECIAL.

>> WE TALK A LOT ABOUT CONSERVATION AT ITS HEART AND IT HAS TO START WITH PEOPLE SO CAN GROW AND BUILD ALLIANCES AND PARTNERSHIPS TO ACHIEVE MORE TOGETHER.

>> THE FROZEN ZOO IS THE LARGEST AND MOST DIVERSE COLLECTION OF ITS KIND.

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