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AND BY THE CONRAD PREMISE FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCO SHYLY AND BY THE FOLLOWING .

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU, THANK YOU.

SAN DIEGO'S CRACKDOWN ON HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS IS UNDERWAY .

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TROUBLE SEE, ENFORCEMENT OF THE UNSAFE CAMPING ORDINANCE BEGAN TODAY.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AIR SAYS THE LAW PROHIBITS TENT ENCAMPMENTS AND MANY PLACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SPREAD ACROSS THE CITY.

THERE ARE SOME NEW SIGNS THAT LET PEOPLE KNOW THERE'S NO MORE UNSAFE CAMPING ALLOWED IN CERTAIN AREAS.

IT'S GOING TO DO THE SAME THING AS THE OTHER EXISTING LAWS DO.

IT'S JUST GOING TO MOVE PEOPLE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER WILL NOT TOO MUCH APPEAR DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT.

ON MONDAY, HOMELESS ADVOCATE MICHAEL MCCONNELL SAYS, PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS ARE GOING TO BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THIS ORDINANCE.

THEY DON'T HAVE NO EMPATHY, NO SYMPATHY IN THEIR HEART.

HE WAS RAISED IN SOUTHEASTERN DIEGO BUT NOW FINDS HIMSELF HOMELESS LIVING IN BALBOA PARK.

HE SPOKE TO KPBS AFTER BEING TOLD TO MOVE LOCATIONS BY POLICE OFFICERS.

BUT DIDN'T WANT TO SHOW HIS FACE ON CAMERA.

THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TO CERTAIN EXPERIENCES, BUT I FEEL LIKE IF EVERYONE EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING.

LIKE EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE YOUR GOES THROUGH ONCE.

I BET YOU THERE HAVE A WHOLE CHANGE IN PERSPECTIVE OF LIFE.

SO HOW DOES THE ORDINANCE WORK?

EXACTLY WELL, IT'S TWOFOLD.

THE ORDINANCE BANS TENT CAMPING IN ALL PUBLIC SPACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

IF SHELTER BEDS ARE AVAILABLE, AND ALSO BURNS TENT ENCAMPMENTS AT ALL TIMES IN CERTAIN SENSITIVE AREAS.

THOSE ARE PLACES LIKE PARKS, KENYANS AND NEAR SCHOOLS.

TRANSIT STATIONS IN HOMELESS SHELTERS, REGARDLESS OF SHELTER CAPACITY.

THE ENFORCEMENT WILL BE CONDUCTED BY SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICERS DISTRICT THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS, STEPHEN WHITBURN INTRODUCED THE ORDINANCE EARLIER THIS YEAR AND SAYS ENFORCEMENT INCLUDES A PROGRESSIVE APPROACH FROM WARNINGS TO CITATIONS AND, IF NEEDED ARRESTS, THE IMPLEMENTATION IS GOING TO HAPPEN GRADUALLY OVER TIME.

AH GENERALLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING IN THE AREAS AROUND SCHOOLS AND IN SOME OF OUR PARKS AND OTHER AREAS WHERE THERE ARE PARTICULAR CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, SUCH AS AROUND HOMELESS SHELTERS, AND SUCH ENFORCEMENT PERIOD COMES AFTER THE CITY OPENED SAFE SLEEPING SITES WITH TENTS PARKING LOTS ADJACENT TO BALBOA PARK THAT WHITBURN SAYS WILL ACCOMMODATE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.

BUT THE OVERALL SHELTER CAPACITY IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH SO HARD TO GET INTO A SHELTER HERE IN SAN DIEGO, ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF REFERRALS.

THE SHELTER ARE DENIED BECAUSE OF OCCUPANCY AND OTHER ISSUES.

THERE'S JUST NOWHERE SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO GO.

SO THEY END UP RIGHT HERE IN THE PARK OR ON A SIDEWALK COUNCIL PASSED THE CONTROVERSIAL ORDINANCE 54 IN LATE JUNE.

JACOB BEAR KPBS NEWS.

HOMELESSNESS IS GROWING PROBLEM IN THE NORTH COUNTY AS WELL COMING UP HOW A SHELTER IS UNDERGOING CHANGES TO BETTER HELP FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S TOP TRANSPORTATION OFFICIAL IS STEPPING DOWN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SAYS HIS PUSH TO MOVE AWAY FROM CAR DEPENDENCE MADE HIM THE TARGET OF CONSERVATIVE ATTACKS.

SONIC RADHA WAS HIRED AS CEO OF SANDACK, THE COUNTY'S TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY.

ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO , HE WAS THE MOST PROGRESSIVE LEADER THE AGENCY HAD EVER SEEN PUSHING FOR MORE SPENDING ON PUBLIC TRANSIT AND LESS ON FREEWAY WIDENING.

HIS MOST CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL WAS TO CHARGE MOTORISTS BASED ON HOW MANY MILES THEY DRIVE, HE ARGUES .

IT'S A FAIRER WAY TO PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE COMPARED TO THE GAS TAX OR SALES TAXES.

BUT HE TOLD ME THE INTENSE OPPOSITION IT SPARKED, PARTICULARLY AMONG LOCAL REPUBLICANS INFLUENCED HIS DECISION TO LEAVE.

THERE IS NO SECRET THAT THERE IS A NUMBER POSITIVE BETWEEN SOME BOARD MEMBERS AND MYSELF.

AND I FELT MAYBE WITH THE NEXT PERSON THE NEXT CEO, HE OR SHE WILL HAVE A BETTER TIME DEALING WITH THIS BOARD SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THE JOURNEY AND KIND ACHIEVE MORE UNDERSTOOD.

THEY WERE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME.

YOU KNOW, FIGHTING POLITICAL FIGHT.

THE SO CALLED MILEAGE TAX IS BEING REMOVED FROM SANDBAGS PLANS WITHOUT IT.

THERE ARE BIG OPEN QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW SAN DIEGO WILL MEET ITS CLIMATE GOALS, CUT BACK ON CAR DEPENDENCE AND FUND DESPERATELY NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT.

HIS FINAL DAY AT SANDBAG WILL BE DECEMBER 29TH .

HE'S PLANNING ON MOVING BACK TO LOS ANGELES AND TEACHING UNIVERSITY CLASSES IN ENGINEERING AND URBAN POLICY.

ANDREW BOWEN KPBS NEWS.

AND BEFORE HE ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION, SANDBAG CEO SAT DOWN WITH ANDREW FOR AN INTERVIEW ABOUT THE FUTURE OF FREEWAYS IN SAN DIEGO, AND IT'S A BONUS EPISODE OF THE FREEWAY EXIT PODCAST.

YOU CAN STREAM IT NOW, ANYWHERE YOU LISTEN TO PODCASTS.

WAS THE HOTTEST MONTH ON RECORD AROUND THE WORLD, AND NOW THAT IT'S WRAPPING UP.

WE'RE EXPECTING CHANGES IN THE WEATHER HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY METEOROLOGIST AGREED UP, BRIG.

I HAS A FIRST LOOK.

MONSOON IS MAKING A SIGNIFICANT OF PARENTS INCREASING THAT MOISTURE AND HUMIDITY ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

NOW THERE IS STILL GOING TO BE THAT CHANCE FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY AS WE HAD A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INLAND.

FLASH FLOOD RISK OF COURSE.

GUSTY WINDS DRY THUNDERSTORMS BLOWING DEATHS, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL RAIN FOR SOME THAT HEAT IS ALSO GOING TO BE TRIMMED DOWN A BIT, TOO.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT AREAS ARE MOST AT RISK FOR THE STORM'S COMING UP.

SAN DIEGO MARRY TODD GLORIA IS MAKING ONE LAST PUSH FOR SUPPORT ON SMART STREETLIGHTS.

THE REALITY IS MOST SAN DIEGANS STRONGLY SUPPORT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BEING ABLE TO USE THESE TOOLS TO BRING PEOPLE TO JUSTICE AND BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT PRIVACY SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE TIME IS RIGHT TO REDEPLOY THESE TECHNOLOGIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO KEEP US SAFE.

THE MAYOR AND POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE TRYING TO BRING BACK THOUSANDS OF SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS IN STREET LIGHTS NOW THAT A NEW PRIVACY ORDINANCE PASSED.

POLICE ALSO WANT TO ADD HUNDREDS OF LICENSE PLATE READERS.

POLICE SAY THE TECHNOLOGY HELPS SOLVE CRIME .

BUT OPPONENTS CITE PRIVACY CONCERNS.

THE CITY COUNCIL IS SET TO VOTE ON THE SMART STREETLIGHT PROGRAMS RENEWAL TOMORROW.

TODAY IS THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL A VACANT SEAT ON THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DISTRICT FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE REGISTERED BY THE END OF THE DAY WILL BE ALLOWED.

VOTE FOR CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING DEMOCRATS MONICA MONTGOMERY STEP AND VANESSA GOLDBERG AND REPUBLICANS AMY REICHERT AND PALMA QUIGG.

BALLOTS CAN BE RETURNED BY MAIL OR DROPPED OFF AT ONE OF 27 LOCATIONS.

VOTING CENTERS WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH AUGUST 15TH AND WE HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET CAUGHT UP ON THE SPECIAL ELECTION, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH ALL OF THE CANDIDATES JUST GO TO K PBS .ORG.

AND CLICK ON THE VOTER HUB LINK ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

SAN DIEGO RESEARCHER FINDS LOWERING FOOD PRICES AS THE PRODUCT NEARS THE EXPIRATION DATE COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE ORGANIC FOOD WASTE KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON HAS DETAILS.

CALIFORNIA'S PUSHED TO TURN ORGANIC FOOD WASTE INTO COMPOST SQUARELY AIMED AT REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM LANDFILLS AND A NEW UC SAN DIEGO STUDY FOUND THAT £133 BILLION OF FOOD WASTE IS GENERATED IN THE U .

S. EACH YEAR, RESEARCHERS SUGGEST GROCERY STORES CAN DO MORE TO REDUCE WASTE IF YOU WALK INTO ANY GROCERY RETAILER IN THE US, MOST OF THE CHARITABLE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE EXACT SAME PRICED THE MOMENT THEY GOT THERE FOR THE MOMENT, THEY EXPIRE AND END UP LANDFILLS DROPPED THE PRICE AS THE EXPIRATION DATE NEARS AND STORES BOOST THE CHANCES OF MAKING A SALE.

RETAILERS COULD ALSO BOOST PROFITS BY SELLING MORE ITEMS INSTEAD OF THROWING THEM AWAY.

SANDERS SAYS.

FEWER THAN A QUARTER OF ALL GROCERY STORES IN THE U.

S USE ANY KIND OF DYNAMIC PRICING IF YOU CAN AT LEAST CHANGE PRICES ALONG THE WAY TOWARDS EXPIRATION YOU THEN DECREASED WASTE IN MY FINDINGS BY 21.

MORE THAN 10% OF FOOD.

WASTE COMES WHEN STORES THROW OUT EXPIRED, PRODUCE BYPRODUCT OF DYNAMIC PRICING IS TO MAKE FRESH FOOD MORE AFFORDABLE.

CALIFORNIA GROCERY STORES AND RESTAURANTS ARE ALREADY REQUIRED TO SEGREGATE ORGANIC FOOD WASTE TO COMPOST IT AND TO STEER EDIBLE LEFTOVERS TO THE HUNGRY.

YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ELEMENTS ARE ACTUALLY STILL EDIBLE AND RECOVER THOSE SO WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THEM TO FOOD.

BANKS SAYS SAN DIEGO IS ADJUSTING TO THE NEW ORGANIC WASTE RULES.

AND HE'S ENCOURAGED BY THE RESPONSE.

ERIC ANDERSON KPBS NEWS.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS LAUNCHING A NEW WEBSITE TODAY TO HELP PEOPLE SAVE ON THEIR STUDENT LOANS.

UNDER A NEW PLAN, SOME BORROWERS COULD SEE THEIR MONTHLY PAYMENTS DROPPED TO NOTHING WHILE OTHERS WILL SAVE MONEY OVER THE COURSE OF THE LOANS.

LIFETIME CHRIS WIN IS IN WASHINGTON TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN.

WITH FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS SET TO RESUME IN OCTOBER.

SOME BORROWERS ARE FEELING THE PRESSURE.

WHAT MATTERS BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TYING IT UP AGAIN, BUT RELIEF COULD BE ON THE WAY.

ON MONDAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LAUNCHED DEBATE A WEBSITE FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S NEW SAVE PROGRAM AND INCOME DRIVEN PLAN INTENDED TO LOWER MONTHLY PAYMENTS AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT PAID BACK OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE LOAN UNDER THE NEW PROGRAM, INCOME AND FAMILY SIZE WILL DETERMINE THE PAYMENTS FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS, WITH SOME PAYMENTS DROPPING TO $0 PER MONTH TO QUALIFY FOR $0 PAYMENTS.

THE INCOME THRESHOLD HAS BEEN INCREASED.

RAISED FROM 150% TO 225% OF FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES, WHICH TRANSLATES TO AN ANNUAL INCOME OF $32,805 FOR A SINGLE BORROWER.

OR 67,500 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR OTHER BORROWERS CAN SEE THEIR PAYMENTS CUT IN HALF AND CANCELED AFTER AT LEAST 10 YEARS OF REPAYMENT WHEN THE PROGRAM IS IN FULL EFFECT NEXT YEAR.

THE INITIATIVE COMES AFTER THE JUNE SUPREME COURT DECISION STRIKING DOWN PRESIDENT BIDEN'S LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM GOING TO STOP FIGHTING TO DELIVER BARBERS.

WHAT THEY NEED.

BUT THE PLAN STILL COMES AT A COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES RANGE FROM 138 BILLION TO 361 BILLION OVER 10 YEARS, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE SIGN UP IN WASHINGTON.

I'M CHRIS WIN.

FORMER NFL IN SAN DIEGO STATE STAR PUNTER MET ARISE A HAS FILED A DEFAMATION SUIT AGAINST THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO ACCUSED HIM OF RAPE.

SHE SAYS IT HAPPENED AT A HOUSE PARTY NEAR THE STS U CAMPUS ON OCTOBER 2021 WHEN SHE WAS 17.

THE D. A S OFFICE DECLINED TO PRESS CRIMINAL CHARGES IN DECEMBER, CITING A LACK OF EVIDENCE ARISES.

ACCUSER THEN SUED HIM AND FOUR OTHERS IN CIVIL COURT.

IN HIS COUNTERSUIT , FILED ON FRIDAY, ARRIVES AT CLAIMS THAT THE WOMAN WAS EMBARRASSED ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND KNOWINGLY MADE FALSE ACCUSATIONS TO POLICE AND TO THE MEDIA.

I'M JEFF BENNETT TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR BY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOMINATING THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY DESPITE THE LEGAL CASES AGAINST HIM COMING UP AT SEVEN AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

SHELTERS FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN EXPERIENCING.

HOMELESSNESS ARE SCARCE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY OPERATION HOPE INVISTA IS ONE OF THE FEW OFFERING FAMILIES A SAFE SPACE AND HELP FOR A NEW BEGINNING AS KPBS.

NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TANYA THORN SHOWS US THE SHELTER RECENTLY UNDERWENT SOME CHANGES.

CHILDREN LAUGHING AND PLAYING BALL CAN BE HEARD BEYOND THE FENCE OF OPERATION HOPE, NORTH COUNTY.

FOR MANY OF THOSE CHILDREN.

THE VISTA PROPERTY IS A HOME THEY HAVEN'T HAD IN A LONG TIME.

I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR MY SON.

HONESTLY I WANTED TO GO TO MOMENT FOR MY SON, WHERE HE HAS A ROOM A ROOF OVER HIS HEAD FOOD IN HIS STOMACH AND HE'S SAFE.

ALANI.

CHAVEZ AND HER SIX YEAR OLD SON CURRENTLY LIVE AT THE HOMELESS SHELTER FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND SINGLE MOMS WANTED TO CHANGE MY LIFE LIKE I ALWAYS TIRED OF BEING ON THE STREETS, CHAVEZ AND HER FAMILY BECAME HOMELESS IN 2015 WHEN THE RENT MONEY WAS STOLEN, UNABLE TO COME UP WITH THE FUNDS, THEY WERE SOON EVICTED.

SO YOU PACKED EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY CAN ONTO MY SON STROLLER.

AND THEN WE WENT TO THE WELFARE OFFICE AND ESCONDIDO TO SEE IF YOU CAN GET HOTEL VOUCHERS AND WE WEREN'T APPROVED FOR IT.

SO WE HAD TO STAY.

I HAD I WAS SLEEPING IN THE PARK.

SINCE THEN, CHAVEZ AND HER CHILDREN HAD BEEN IN AND OUT OF HOMELESSNESS BEFORE APPLYING FOR THE SHELTER WAS JUST DONE.

I WAS DONE BEING HOMELESS.

I JUST WANTED TO BE SETTLED.

I WANTED TO BE GOING THE RIGHT PATH BECAUSE I WAS NOT.

AIMING FOR THE RIGHT PATH.

AND I JUST WANT TO BE.

THE STABLE.

I WANT TO LEARN AND BE PRODUCTIVE.

MOTHER.

BECAUSE I'M EXPECTING AND I JUST WANT TO BE THE GOOD MOTHER.

THAT WASN'T WITH MY OTHER KIDS.

THE ORGANIZATION HAS HELPED CHAVEZ REACH THAT STABILITY.

SHE RECENTLY OPENED HER FIRST BANK ACCOUNT, GOT A JOB AND TO SAVING TOWARDS SECURING HOUSING OPERATION.

HOPE NORTH COUNTY IS A HOMELESS SHELTER FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND SINGLE WOMEN.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 12 ROOMS ARE LARGEST ROOM CAN HOLD A FAMILY OF SEVEN AND OUR SMALLEST ROOM CAN HOLD A FAMILY OF TWO.

FIGUEROA IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ORGANIZATION, A ROLE HE TOOK ON ABOUT A YEAR AGO TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATION AND LEAD THIS ORGANIZATION.

UM POST COVID AND JUST LIKE A LOT OF NONPROFITS, OPERATION HOPE NORTH COUNTY.

YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH THAT THOSE TRIALS THROUGH COVID COVID CUT OFF MANY OF THE VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS THE NONPROFIT DEPENDED ON AS RESTRICTIONS EASED, VOLUNTEERS RETURNED AND DONATIONS PICKED UP AGAIN FIGURED IT WAS SAYS IT WAS TIME FOR BIGGER GOALS.

AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I ASSESSES LIKE WE NEED TO REVITALIZE, AND SO THIS ORGAN IS PHYSICALLY REVITALIZE THE SPACE.

SO IT MIRRORS THE SUPPORT OF THE STAFF IS PROVIDING THAT IT MIRRORS THE SUPPORT THAT OUR BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS PROVIDED FOR SO MANY YEARS.

THEY JUST NEEDED A FACE LIFT.

THE PROPERTY ITSELF WAS AN OLD CLINIC THAT ORGANIZATION PURCHASED IN 2012.

THE ROOMS FAMILIES ARE ASSIGNED.

IT USED TO BE OLD EXAM ROOMS AND OFFICES.

SO ALL OF OUR ROOMS WHEN FAMILIES COME IN, EVERYONE GETS FRESH LINENS.

UM AND THEN INSIDE THESE ROOMS WITH THE FAMILIES WILL SEE TO ONCE THE ONCE THE FAMILY MOVES IN AS WELL.

EVERY FAMILY WILL GET FRESH TOILETRIES AS WELL.

WE HAVE A LAUNDRY ROOM HERE ON SITE .

WHEN THE FAMILIES ARE WITH US , EVERYTHING IS TAKEN CARE OF FOR THEM.

THE PROPERTY RECENTLY UNDERWENT A COMPLETE RENOVATION , COURTESY OF A DONATION FROM NORTH COAST CHURCH.

THEY HELPED TRANSFORM THE SHELTER WITH ALMOST $300,000 WORTH OF RENOVATIONS.

UM, OUR FLOORING TO OUR YOUTH ROOM OR KITCHEN, SPACE FURNITURE, THE BEDROOMS.

OUTSIDE LANDSCAPE BEING PAVING.

I MEAN, IT WAS JUST SO MUCH THAT WENT INTO IT SAYS THE RENOVATIONS, HELPED WITH REVITALIZING THE ORGANIZATION TO CONTINUE HELPING STRUGGLING FAMILIES PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO GET OUR PARENTS THE ADULTS HERE AT THE SHELTER, STABILITY AND TOOLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL TO FIND HOUSING, BUT IT'S LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR ALL OF THE KIDS HERE?

WHILE THEY DO HAVE A YOUTH ROOM IN ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS, SAYS THERE'S ONE PLACE THAT IS EVIDENT TO BE THEIR FAVORITE.

BUT WHAT ABOUT OUTSIDE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE KIDS PLAY.

AND HOW CAN WE CREATE A SPACE FOR THEM?

THAT YOU KNOW, EXEMPLIFIES HOPE THAT EXEMPLIFIES LIFE THAT EXEMPLIFIES DREAMING AND BELIEVING BUT ALSO SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES VIBRANT COLORS AND FOR THAT HE TURNED TO THE HELP OF LOCAL ARTISTS.

TOMORROW WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE ART THAT TRANSFORMED A PLACE OF REFUGE INTO A PLACE OF COLOR AND HOPE FOR THE CHILDREN.

TANYA THORN, KPBS NEWS.

IT'S THE FOURTH MOST COMMON CANCER IN THE U.

S AND A RECENT STUDY IS SHOWING CULT COLON CANCER IS ON THE RISE IN YOUNGER ADULTS.

THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY RECOMMENDS ADULTS AT AVERAGE RISK START REGULAR SCREENINGS AT AGE 45.

MANDY GAITHER HAS SOME RED FLAGS TO WATCH OUT FOR WE ARE SEEING COLON CANCER AND MUCH YOUNGER PATIENTS UNDER THE AGE OF 50.

EXPERTS DON'T KNOW THE EXACT CAUSE FOR THIS ALARMING RISE, BUT THEY SUSPECT SOME LEADING FACTORS.

OBESITY SMOKING ALCOHOL , LACK OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WE OBVIOUSLY TRY TO ELIMINATE WHILE SOME PATIENTS MAY NOT SEE ANY SYMPTOMS, DOCTOR, SELSBERG SAYS THERE ARE SOME SIGNS TO LOOK OUT FOR NUMBER ONE IS RECTAL BLEEDING.

MANY PATIENTS THINKS THINK THAT IT'S HEMORRHOIDS, HE SAYS, TO SEE A DOCTOR BEFORE DECIDING ITS HEMORRHOIDS AND PAY ATTENTION TO SYMPTOMS LIKE ABDOMINAL PAIN, UNEXPLAINED WEIGHT LOSS AND CHANGES IN BOWEL MOVEMENTS.

THAT'S THE ONE THING I ALWAYS TELL MY PATIENTS, MANY PATIENTS ARE AFRAID OF A COLONOSCOPY, BUT I TELL THEM THERE'S NOTHING TO BE AFRAID ABOUT.

IT'S REALLY A SIMPLE PROCEDURE.

UM AND.

THE FACT IS, IT'S PREVENTABLE IF WE COULD DO A COLONOSCOPY AND LET'S SAY WE FIND APOLLO.

WE MOVED THAT POLYP.

WELL THAT POLYP NO LONGER CAN EVENTUALLY CHANGE INTO A CANCER.

THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY ALSO REMINDS US WHEN IT COMES TO TREATMENT.

EARLY DETECTION IS KEY FOR HEALTH MINUTE.

I'M MANDY GAITHER.

COVERED CALIFORNIA WILL START USING TAX PENALTIES AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE UNINSURED TO CUT COSTS FOR ENROLLEES.

CHANGES INCLUDE ELIMINATING NEXT YEAR IS DEDUCTIBLES FOR SOME ENROLLEES LOWER AND COPAYS FOR PRIMARY CARE VISITS AND REDUCING COSTS OF GENERIC DRUGS.

BUT SOME PREMIUMS WILL GO UP BY NEARLY 10% COVERED.

CALIFORNIA LEADERS SAY THE REDUCTIONS WILL ENCOURAGE ENROLLEES TO USE THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE.

THE CHANGES TAKE EFFECT IN JANUARY.

SWELTERING HEAT CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY AS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS BRACE FOR WHAT SCIENTISTS ARE CALLING THE HOTTEST MONTH IN HISTORY.

PATRICK CORNELL BRINGS US MORE AS EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

TEMPERATURES SCORCHING ABOVE THE TRIPLE DIGITS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

EXPERTS STAMP JULY THE HOTTEST MONTH ON THE PLANET IN RECORDED HISTORY.

KIND OF, YOU KNOW, NAUSEATED.

AND THEN I'D BE A FLUSH.

YOU CAN FEEL IT.

YOUR HEART RATE SPEEDS UP.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A LITTLE LIGHT HEADACHE AND YOU JUST FEEL DEHYDRATED.

YOU GOTTA HAVE YOUR WATER SO I HAVE MY WATER RIGHT HERE.

THE HISTORIC HEATWAVE INTENSIFYING IN STATES LIKE ARIZONA AND OTHERS THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED DEADLY IMPACTS OF EXTREME TEMPERATURES , PROMPTING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS TO HEAT EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS FROM CALIFORNIA TO NEW YORK CITY LIKE A LIZARD.

YOU GOTTA STAY IN THE SHADE.

YOU GOTTA MOVE SLOWLY, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE HEART RATE LOW.

OTHERWISE YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SWEAT BULLETS.

THE EUROPEAN UNION'S COPERNICUS CLIMATE CHANGE SERVICE NOTES THAT GLOBE TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY THE HIGHEST IN AT LEAST 100,000 YEARS.

WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LONG TERM EFFECTS YOU SHOULD BE DRINKING.

YES EVERY HOUR.

SO GETTING 8 TO 16 OUNCES IN IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE THE HEAT WAVE, ALSO HINDERING THE BATTLE AGAINST WILDFIRES INTENSIFYING IN STATES SUCH AS NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA, WHERE THE YORK FIRE HAS SCORCHED 70,000 ACRES OF THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE IN THIS REGION, FIRE WORLDS OR VORTEXES OF FLAMES AND SMOKE ARE CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS.

PATRICK CORNELL KPBS NEWS.

ALRIGHT LET'S START YOU OFF WITH YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW OVER THESE NEXT FEW DAYS WELL, MONSOON BRINGS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION AS WELL AS THAT INCREASING HUMIDITY , SO MAYBE FEELING A LITTLE STICKY.

AT TIMES, THOUGH WE ARE GOING TO BE DRYING OUT AFTER TUESDAY.

HERE'S YOUR SETUP.

WE HAVE HIGH PRESSURE SITUATED RIGHT WHERE YOU WOULD NEED IT TO BE FOR A MONSOONAL WEATHER PATTERN AND A LOT OF THOSE RAINDROPS DODGING THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT A LITTLE FURTHER WEST WELL, WERE NOT SO LUCKY.

WE HAVE WIDESPREAD DAILY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST EVEN THROUGH SOCAL FLASH FLOOD RISK, GUSTY WINDS THERE IS GOING TO BE A DRY THUNDERSTORM FIRE RISK TO DRY THUNDERSTORMS GOING TO BE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE WESTERN TIER STATES.

BENEFICIAL RAIN FOR SOME BLOWING DUST SO THAT HEAT IS GOING TO COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT AS THAT MOISTURE IN THAT RAIN PUSHES THROUGH NOW, TONIGHT WE'RE DROPPING DOWN TO A LOW OF 70 LOW CLOUDS AND FOG.

CAN CAUSE SOME VISIBILITY ISSUES, TOO, SO JUST TAKE IT EASY ON THE ROADS.

ALSO SOME STORMS GOING TO BE POSSIBLE AS WE HAD A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INLAND FROM BRACO SPRINGS, THE MOUNT LAGUNA TEMPERATURES, THOUGH STAYING PRETTY STEADY, CLOSER AND CLOSER TOWARDS THE COAST.

NOW, TOMORROW, STORMS GOING TO BE ERUPTING ACROSS.

SO CAL NOT GOING TO BE A WASHOUT, BUT YOU COULD BE CUT UNDER ONE OF THESE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS OR TWO SAN DIEGO, HITTING A HIGH OF 79 BRONCO SPRINGS, 100.

LAGUNA 67.

SO THOSE TEMPERATURES HAVE COME DOWN SLIGHTLY TO RIGHT AROUND THOSE HISTORICAL AVERAGES.

HERE'S HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK OVER THESE NEXT FEW DAYS.

I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS FROM EIGHT PM PACIFIC TIME MONDAY, STILL SEEING A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ERUPTING OVERNIGHT, STILL DUMPING SOME HEAVIER RAIN AS WE HEAD INTO TUESDAY MORNING, AND IT'S GOING TO BE SPARSE BUT STILL SPOTTY IN NATURE, BUT STILL AGAINST SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN NOW THERE ALONG THE COAST.

MOST WHILE WE'RE STAYING IN THE SEVENTIES, ALL WEEK IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE HUMID FOR THE START OF THE WEEK.

WITH THAT INCREASING HUMIDITY IN LINDO, MOSTLY SUNNY BUT AGAIN, THUNDERSTORM OR THUNDERSHOWER, STILL GOING TO BE POSSIBLE.

MOUNTAIN SIMILAR STORY, ESPECIALLY TUESDAY THAT WE DRY OUT FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK HIGH STAYING IN THE UPPER SIXTIES LOW SEVENTIES AND HIGHS IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS WITH A THUNDERSTORM IN SPOTS ON TUESDAY FOR KPBS NEWS.

I'M METEOROLOGIST BRIGADE.

AND HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES, ENFORCEMENT OF SAN DIEGO'S UNSAFE CAMPING ORDINANCE BEGAN TODAY.

THE LAW BANS TENT CAMPING IN ALL PUBLIC SPACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF THE SHELTER BEDS ARE AVAILABLE AND ALSO BANS CAMPING IN PARKS, KENYANS AND NEAR SCHOOLS AT ALL.

TIMES ENFORCEMENT INCLUDES WARNINGS TO CITATIONS AND IF NEEDED ARRESTS.

THE HEAD OF THE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS IS STEPPING DOWN.

SANDACK CEO ASANA KARADA SUBMITTED HIS NOTICE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FRIDAY EVENING.

HIS LAST DAY WITH THE AGENCY WILL BE DECEMBER.

29TH SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAIRWOMAN NORA VARGAS WILL WORK WITH THE SANDBAG BOARD DURING THEIR SEARCH FOR A REPLACEMENT.

THE FLEET SCIENCE CENTER IS MAKING EDUCATION, FUN AND FREE FOR FAMILIES IN UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND CHILDREN FROM SAYING YOU CEDRONE WERE THE FIRST TO EXPERIENCE A NEW COMMUNITY MORNING PROGRAM, KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER MG. PEREZ WAS THERE.

THERE WAS A BUSLOAD OF FAMILIES WHO TRAVELED 17 MILES FROM SANTA CEDRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO A NEW SATURDAY MORNING ADVENTURE AT THE FLEET SCIENCE CENTER IN BALBOA PARK.

EVEN LAST , AGATA BROUGHT HER THREE YOUNG SONS TO EXPERIENCE THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF SCIENCE.

TWO YEAR OLD PAVEL AND HIS BROTHERS, JAVIER AND ETHAN.

WE'RE FIGURING IT OUT AS THEY WENT ALONG.

HE MUST INTERACT CUANDO A. UM CRIMINALS.

GHANA'S A FUNDAMENTAL .

FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

THE FLEET CENTER WILL PICK SPECIFIC SATURDAY MORNINGS TO INVITE FAMILIES FROM SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED.

ROUND TRIP.

TRANSPORTATION IS PROVIDED , ALONG WITH A COMPLIMENTARY BREAKFAST AND ADMISSION AN HOUR BEFORE THE CENTER OPENS TO THE PUBLIC FLEET, YOU'RE ABLE TO EXPLORER THROUGH CURIOSITY THAT YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE YOU'RE LEARNING AND THAT THAT CURIOSITY WILL ALLOW THEM TO SEE THEMSELVES AS FUTURE INNOVATORS.

CREATORS, ENGINEERS.

FOR ENRIQUE RAMOS AND HIS TWO CHILDREN.

THIS FAMILY FIELD TRIP IS TAKING THEM TO OUTER SPACE.

THE FLEET IS KNOWN FOR ITS LEARNING THROUGH VIRTUAL REALITY.

A SHORT WAIT IN LINE LEADS TO A QUICK SPACESHIP ADVENTURE.

IT'S SOMETHING NEW TO US.

REALLY REALISTIC.

ALL THE MOVEMENTS AND ALL THE SOUNDS AND IMAGES LIKE YOU WILL SO REALISTIC.

AND THE SPACEMAN OR LIKE SO COOL SATURDAY MORNING EXPERIENCES OR ABOUT ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY TO RESOURCE IS PROVIDING HANDS ON LEARNING NO MATTER WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU COME FROM.

VENICE OPORTUNIDADES.

AH, NOTRE SKOMAL.

NEXT UP A COMMUNITY MOURNING FOR THE CHILDREN OF NATIONAL CITY WHO WILL BE TRANSPORTED TO THE FLEET CENTER AUGUST 26TH FOR FREE FAMILY, FUN AND LEARNING MG. PEREZ KPBS NEWS.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE KPBS .ORG THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRAVEL.

SEE GOODNIGHT.

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BILL.

HOW OR VISIT BILL HOW .COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREMISE FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCO SHYLY.

AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

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