>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOW FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL ONE 800-BILL-HOW.COM AND BOBBY CONRAD BRANSON FOUNDATION.

AND BY THE FOLLOWING -- AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> THOUSANDS OF RESEARCH AND STUDENT EMPLOYEES WHO WORK FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ARE ON STRIKE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI HEARD PICKET LINES WENT ALL ACROSS THE STATE FOR MORE PAY AND UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES.

KPBS M.G.

PEREZ HAS MORE FROM UC SAN DIEGO.

LUCY WHEN WE WANT IT?

>> NOW.

>> Reporter: YOU CAN HEAR IT LOUD AND CLEAR, EVERYWHERE ON THE CAMPUS THIS MORNING AND.

EACH ONE OF THE STRIKERS WORKS FOR UC SAN DIEGO.

THERE UNITES MEMBERS WHO WERE POSTGRADUATE AND DOCTORAL SCHOLARS, ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND TEACHING ASSISTANTS.

CATHERINE IS ONE OF THEM.

MISTY I'M OUT HERE STRIKING BECAUSE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN BARGAINING WITH US.

WE NEED A FAIR CONTRACT.

>> Reporter: THE OTHER 77 ACTORS WORKERS ON THIS CAMPUS TEACH MOST OF THE STUDENTS WHO ATTEND CLASSES.

WILL ALSO DOING RESEARCH.

>> THE UNIVERSITY HAS COMMITTED A NUMBER OF UNFILLED LABOR PRACTICES.

THESE ARE EXPLICITLY ILLEGAL AND THEY ARE NOT FAIR.

>> SHUT IT DOWN!

>> Reporter: THEY SAY THEY WILL STAY ON THE PICKET LINES AND OUT OF CLASSROOMS UNTIL THEY HAVE A NEW CONTRACT AND A LABOR DISPUTE IS ALSO ABOUT MORE MONEY AND BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS.

THEY SAY THEY HAVE STUDENTS ON THEIR SIDE.

>> ARE WORKING CONDITIONS ARE THERE WORKING CONDITIONS.

MY STUDENTS ARE STANDING WITH ME AND THE OTHER GRADUATE WORKERS WHOSE CLASSES THEY ATTEND.

THEY KNOW THAT THE SITUATION THAT THE UNIVERSITY HAS PUT US IN IS UNFAIR.

THEY KNOW WE HAVE TO FIGHT TOGETHER TO SHOW THE UNIVERSITY THAT WITHOUT US, THIS UNIVERSITY IS NOT RUN.

>> Reporter: THE STRIKE DID NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

POSTGRADUATE UNION MEMBERS HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH THE UNIVERSITY FOR ALMOST A YEAR.

FOR A RESPONSE FROM THE UNIVERSITY?

THERE IS JUST A WRITTEN STATEMENT.

IT COMES FROM THE UC'S PRESENT OFFICE SPEAKING FOR ALL CAMPUSES.

IT SAYS, THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH.

AS WE DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF ANY STRIKE ACTION ON OUR STUDENT LEARNING.

THE UNIVERSITY LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUING NEGOTIATIONS IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE UAW.

SETTLING THESE CONTRACTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT IMPORTANT LEARNING AND VITAL RESEARCH AT OUR LOCATIONS MAY CONTINUE.

>> THE WAGES THAT WE LIVE ON, BARELY AFFORD US TO LIVE AT A SUSTAINABLE LEVEL.

>> Reporter: OF HE IS A TEACHING ASSISTANT AND BIOLOGY RESEARCH.

HE IS AFRAID HE WON'T MAKE IT TO GRADUATION >> THERE IS NO SAFETY.

IF YOU ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, IT IS SO MUCH HARDER TO DO.

TWO OF THE IMPACT OF THE STRIKE WILL BE DETERMINED BY HOW LONG IT CONTINUES.

M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO HOSPITALS ARE PREPARING WHAT COULD BE A BUSY WINTER.

THERE ARE STILL WORRIES OF A TRIPLE DANEK WITH COVID, THE FLU AND RSV CASES SURGING AT ONCE.

>> Reporter: SO FAR, THIS FLU SEASON IS HOSPITALIZING AMERICANS AT A RATE THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN A DECADE.

DR. WILLIAM SAYING WITH KAISER PERMANENTE SAN DIEGO SAYS, THEY HAVE BEEN SEEING MORE PEOPLE COMING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH FLULIKE SYMPTOMS.

THEY ARE PREPARING FOR WOULD BE COMING AND THEY'RE REACTIVATING SOME OVERFLOW TENTS USED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>> WE WANT TO BE READY FOR OUR PATIENTS.

TENTS ARE NOTHING NEW.

ALL OF THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS HAVE SOME SORT OF TENT FORMATION.

THE IDEA IS NOT FOR A PLACE FOR PATIENTS TO BE CARED FOR IN A LONG-TERM BASIS.

IT IS A SCREENING TENT.

>> Reporter: SHARP HEALTHCARE HAS USED SIMILAR TENTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND ARE STILL USING THEM.

FLU SEASON HAS ONLY JUST STARTED BUT 3000 CASES REPORTED LAST MONTH IS ALREADY MORE THAN THE LAST SEVERAL OCTOBERS.

IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO TURN THE SITUATION AROUND.

HE IS ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO GET THEIR FLU SHOTS.

>> WE ARE HOPING THAT VACCINATION CAN PUSH THAT CURVE DOWN SO IT CAN BE EASY.

THAT IS THE BEST CASE SCENARIO.

>> Reporter: HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS ARE PREPARING FOR A WINTER THAT WILL HAVE COVID-19, THE FLU, AND RSV ALSO COMMITTING AT ONCE.

COVID -RELATED HOSPITALIZATIONS REMAINED RELATIVELY LOW.

OFFICIALS ARE ANTICIPATING SOME TYPE OF A WINTER SURGE.

SAYING SAYS WITH HOLIDAY GATHERINGS AROUND THE CORNER, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IS KEY.

>> IF THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND, YOU KNOW SOMEONE IS GOING TO HAVE AN INFECTION.

MAYBE THEY ARE NOT SYMPTOMATIC.

JUST PUT YOUR MASK ON.

REMAKE WHEN IT COMES TO RSV, CASES START RISING IN DECEMBER BUT IT IS HITTING SAN DIEGO EARLY THIS YEAR.

THERE IS ANOTHER TWIST.

RSV TYPICALLY INFECTS CHILDREN UP TO 3 YEARS OLD.

RIGHT NOW, KIDS AS OLD AS 6 ARE PRESENTING WITH A FLULIKE ILLNESS.

KPBS NEWS .

>>> ONLY ONE WEEK AFTER ELECTION THE 49th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RACE IS STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL.

AS ALEXANDER WINN REPORTS THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COULD BE DETERMINED BY A FEW KEY RACES HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

MS.

HE LET US JUST GET THROUGH THE ELECTION.

THEY HAVE NOT WON YET.

>> Reporter: IT IS NOT OVER UNTIL IT'S OVER.

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LEFT ACCOUNT IN CALIFORNIA, THE RESULTS COULD SHIFT THE POWER IN CONGRESS.

THE STATE IS A DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLD.

THAT COUNSELOR SAYS REPUBLICANS CAN STILL ETCH OUT A FEW WINS.

>> THERE ARE PURPLE POCKETS AND THERE ARE OF COURSE RED POCKETS.

WE MET ONE OF THOSE WINDS COULD BE HERE.

MIKE LEAVITT IS LEADING IN THE 49th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THAT IS NORTH OF SAN DIEGO AND SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY.

THERE IS STILL ENOUGH VOTES THAT COULD SWING THE OTHER WAY.

WITH CONTROL OF THE SENATE SECURED OVER THE WEEKEND, DEMOCRATS ARE LOOKING TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE HOUSE.

>> THERE ABOUT A HALF-DOZEN RACES THAT ARE CLOSE ENOUGH AND THE BALANCE BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE RACES IS CLOSE ENOUGH THAT CALIFORNIA MICE HE RACES WILL DETERMINE THE OUTCOME.

>> Reporter: THE GOP CURRENTLY HAS 212 SEATS.

DEMOCRATS, 2004.

NUMBER NEEDED IS TO 18.

FOR A CHANCE TO RETAIN THE HOUSE, DEMOCRATS NEED TO PICK UP WENT IN DISTRICTS 13, 22, 27, 41, AND 47.

THE 13th DISTRICT IS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND IT IS A STATISTICAL DEAD HEAT WITH FEWER THAN 100 VOTES SEPARATING EMIGRANT ADAM GRAY AND REPUBLICAN JOHN DUARTE.

KATIE PORTER IS LEADING THE REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER, SCOTT.

THE 41st IS IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

INCUMBENT KEN CALVERT IS LEADING THE CHALLENGER WILL ROLLINS.

HE CAN STILL MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.

>> BOTH ORANGE COUNTY AND RIVERSIDE HAVE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS.

ONE THING WE SEE IS DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A HIGHER COLLEGE EDUCATION POPULATION.

REMAKE ALEXANDER WINN, KPBS NEWS .

>>> CLAIRE TRAGESER LOOKS AT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

>> THEY IDENTIFIED 72 SITES AND 42 OF THE 72 OUR PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

>> Reporter: ROAD CHAMPION MEASURE H. IT WILL CHANGE THE CITY'S CHARTER SO THE CITY CAN LEASE SPACE TO CHILDCARE BUSINESSES.

>> PROVIDED THE OPTION FOR PROVIDERS TO HAVE THE SPACE THAT WOULD BE CHEAPER THEN BUILDING THEIR OWN FACILITIES.

OR RENTING OUT FOR PROFIT FACILITIES THAT MIGHT CHARGE THEM MORE.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THE IDEA IS TO GIVE CHEAPER LEASES THAN WHAT IS COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE BUT HE CANNOT PROMISE THAT.

THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE ANY LEASES OF THREE YEARS OR MORE.

WAS HE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE CANNOT APPROVE IT IF IT IS LESS THAN THREE YEARS.

IF IT IS AN EXTENSION, IT DOES HAVE TO COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

I ANTICIPATE THAT EACH OF THESE LEASES WILL COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

>> Reporter: AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE PLAN IS NOT TO SAVE ANY OF THESE CHILDCARE'S LOTS SPECIFICALLY FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.

>> WE DO LOOK FOR WAYS TO EXPAND THAT BENEFIT TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

I AM MORE CONCERNED ABOUT ANALYZING THE SPECIFIC PARKS AND RELATION CENTERS THAT CAN HAVE CHILDCARE SLOT SO THAT FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WILL LOOK TO A NEARBY PARK WHERE THEY CAN DROP THEIR CHILD OFF BEFORE WORK AND BE ABLE TO PICK UP AFTER WORK WITHOUT HAVING TO DRIVE OUT OF THE WAY FROM WHERE THEY LIVE AND >> Reporter: THE SUCCESS SENDS A MESSAGE ABOUT WHAT VOTERS WANT.

SO SAYS COURTNEY, THE DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY FOR THE SAN DIEGO YMCA.

>> WE NEED TO BE PRIORITIZING PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS.

WE NEED TO SEE THEM AND THEIR STRUGGLES TO, YOU KNOW, NURTURE AND CARE FOR CHILDREN AT THE SAME TIME THERE WORKING AND SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL ECONOMIES.

>> Reporter: SHE IS LOOKING TO SEE COUNCIL MEMBERS PRIORITIZE FUNDING FOR CHILD CARE IN THE CITY BUDGET.

>> THE HOPE THIS IS A NUDGE FOR ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR TO CONSIDER WHAT THESE FACILITIES NEED TO GET UP AND RUNNING TO HOUSE LICENSED CHILDCARE.

AND THEY WILL DEFINITELY NEED TO SEE FACILITIES FUNDING FOR TENTATIVE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SPACES.

EVEN FUNDING THAT WOULD HELP WITH DEEPER EXPIRATION AND KNOWING WHICH FACILITIES MAY BE IN CHILDCARE DESERTS.

>> Reporter: SOME SITES COULD BE RUNNING IN CITY PARKS AND REC CENTERS NEXT YEAR.

KPBS NEWS .

>>> WE ARE COVERING ALL THE LOCAL AND STATE RACES ON HER WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

YOU CAN FIND THE LATEST RESULTS AS WELLS ARE REPORTING IF YOU JUST KICK ON THE KPBS VOTER HUB ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

>>> BIDEN CALLS FOR COOPERATION NOT PREDATION DURING HIS FIRST FACE-TO-FACE MEETING WITH CHINA'S PRESIDENT SINCE TAKING OFFICE.

AS MIKE VILLARREAL REPORTS, THE MEETING COMES AT A CRITICAL TIME.

>> Reporter: THE STAKES BETWEEN THE SUPERPOWERS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN HIGHER.

OPENNESS TO REPAIRING RELATIONS SIGNALED WITH A HANDSHAKE BETWEEN JOE BIDEN AND CHINESE PRESIDENT, XI JINIPIG.

>> WE HAD AN OPEN AND CANDID CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR INTENTIONS AND PRIORITIES.

TWO TENSIONS OVER TAIWAN TOOK CENTER STAGE.

BIDEN WARNING AGAINST FURTHER PROPAGATION'S OF THE ISLAND.

BIDEN SAID HE DID NOT INTERPRET ANY IMMINENT ATTEMPT BY CHINA TO INVADE.

>> I MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE WANT TO SEE ISSUES PEACEFULLY RESOLVED.

YOU NEVER HAVE TO COME TO THAT.

>> Reporter: PAXLOVID STATED THAT TAIWAN IS THE FIRST RED LINE THAT NOT BE CROSSED.

BIDEN TURNED THE FOCUS TO MUTUAL ECONOMIC GOALS.

>> WE ARE GOING TO COMPETE VIGOROUSLY.

I AM NOT LOOKING FOR CONFLICT.

I AM LOOKING TO MANAGE HIS COMPETITION RESPONSIBLY.

>> Reporter: NORTH KOREA, AMID CONCERNS OF DENSITY RATTLING.

BIDEN SAID HE IS UNCERTAIN IF BEIJING HAS INFLUENCED TO INFLUENCE THE NUCLEAR PURSUITS.

>> I MADE IT CLEAR TO PRESIDENT XI JINIPIG THAT I THOUGHT THEY HAD AN OBLIGATION TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO MORT KOREA THAT I SHOULD NOT ENGAGE IN LONG-RANGE NUCLEAR TEST.

>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT USING THE STAGE TO TEST AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC IDEALS AS MIDTERM RESULTS FURTHER CRYSTALLIZE.

>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE PROVE THAT DEMOCRACY IS WHO WE ARE.

>> Reporter: VILLARREAL, KPBS NEWS .

>>> CHRIS MAGNUS HAS RESIGNED.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY ASKED HIM TO RESIGN LAST WEEK.

HE INITIALLY REFUSED.

ON SATURDAY, THE RIGHT HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD ACCEPTED THE COMMISSIONER'S RESIGNATION AND THANKED HIM FOR THE SERVICE TO THE AGENCY.

MAGNUS HAD BEEN CRITICIZED INTERNALLY AS BEING OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE AGENCY AND PUBLICLY FOR THE HANDLING OF THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER.

>>> ACCORDING TO AAA, THE PRICE OF A GALLON DROPPED 7/10 OF A CENT TO WITH THOSE PRICE SINCE SEPTEMBER 21st AT $5.48.

IT HAS DROPPED BY NEARLY A DOLLAR ZERO CENTS A PRICE OF $6.44 ON OCTOBER 5th.

THE PRICE IS $.85 PER GALLON MORE THAN IT WAS A YEAR AGO.

>>> AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX IS NOW OPEN IN CITY HEIGHTS.

WHILE IT IS ALREADY MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE ABLE TO MOVE IN, THERE IS STILL A NEED FOR MORE ACROSS THE COUNTY.

WE TALKED WITH SOME EXPERTS ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET MORE BELT.

>> Reporter: THE HARRIS FAMILY SENIOR RESIDENCE AND MIDCITY FAMILY APARTMENTS IN CITY HEIGHTS ARE OFFICIALLY OPEN.

LIKE ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING OFFERINGS IN THE REGION, IT IS COMPLETELY FULL WITH A LONG WAITING LIST.

AURORA LIVES IN THE COMPLEX WITH HER FAMILY OF SIX.

>> WE WERE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE HAD TO RENT OUT THE BEDROOM TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS OR OTHER FAMILIES AS WELL.

IT WAS JUST TOO EXPENSIVE FOR US TO PAY TO EVEN AFFORD SOMEWHERE TO LIVE.

NOW, HAVING TO MOVE INTO A THREE-BEDROOM, TWO BATHROOM APARTMENT IS JUST AMAZING.

>> Reporter: THE HOUSING COMMISSION'S KNOWLEDGE MANY ARE STILL IN SITUATIONS LIKE AND I USED TO BE.

ESPECIALLY WITH THE RENT PRICES.

MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE.

>> WE NEED INVESTMENTS FROM THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP INFLUX OF CAPITAL INTO THE REGION.

WE CAN AFFORD TO BUILD MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS ONE.

>> Reporter: PAUL DOWNEY SAYS THE ISSUE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING FOR OLDER POPULATIONS.

MANY OF WHOM ARE BECOMING HOMELESS.

LIKE SYLVIA MARTINEZ, USED TO BE, BEFORE MOVING INTO THE DEVELOPMENT.

SHE SAYS MANY SENIORS ARE STILL ON HOUSE.

IN CARS OR ON THE STREET.

>> THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING TO SPEED THAT UP TO GET THE HOMELESS HELP.

THEIR HOUSE DETERIORATES.

>> TO MAKE LIKE THIS IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, WE WILL NEED MORE FUNDING AND LAND.

>> Reporter: THE REGION IS OVER HUNDRED 70,000 HOUSING UNITS BUILT WITHIN THIS DECADE.

LAST YEAR, 10,000 UNITS WERE BUILT.

KPBS NEWS .

>>> HIGH WIND WATCHES ARE IN PLACE FOR 10 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

FORECASTERS SAY THE REGION NEEDS TO BE ON ALERT FOR STRONG WINDS THIS WEEK.

THREATS OF WIND DAMAGE AND WILDFIRE DANGERS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK BETWEEN TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY.

JUSTIN POVICK HAS MORE ON ITS IMPACT HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY ALONG WITH YOUR FULL FORECAST.

>> WARMER AIR ON THE MOVE ALONG WITH SOME VERY GUSTY WINDS AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY HEADING IN TOWARDS WEDNESDAY AND THEN WE COULD SEE SOME MORE CHILL LATER ON THIS WEEK HEADING INTO AND THROUGH THE OF COMING WEEKEND.

THERE IS SOME HIGH WIND WATCHES AS YOU GO THROUGH THE OUT INTERIOR.

INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH DESERTS AND STRETCHING NORTH.

THAT IS IN MANY TO THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS, LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

AFTER EAST TOO.

SATELLITE AND RADAR VERY DRY AIR CURRENTLY IN PLACE.

WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A RELATIVELY QUIET NIGHT WITH NO PRECIPITATION.

CHULA VISTA INTO THE UPPER 40s.

YES, THEY ARE GOING TO STAY A LITTLE ON THE COOL SIDE AS A WORKER WAY INTO TUESDAY.

SOME CHANGES ARE COMING UP AS WE GO DOWN TO THE ROAD.

WE WILL SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES QUICKLY BEGIN TO WARM BACK UP, CLOSE TO NORMAL AS WE GO INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

A LITTLE 11 NORMAL, OCEANSIDE, 69.

55 TOWARDS MOUNT LAGUNA.

THEN WE START TO SEE THE DIRECTION CHANGE.

OFFSHORE FLOW IS GOING TO WARM US UP.

THE DRY AIR DESCENDING OFTEN HIGHER TRAIN OF COMPRESSES.

WE CAN SEE SOME WINDS QUITE GUSTY AS A WORKER WAY TO THE EAST AND THE NORTHEAST.

SOME OF THESE GUYS OVER 40 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR.

THIS CAN MAKE FOR SOME DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

AS THAT AIR IS PUSHED OFFSHORE, WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME WARMTH AT THE COAST AND THROUGHOUT SOME OF THE INTERIOR WESTERN VALLEYS AS WE GO INTO WEDNESDAY.

LOOK AT THIS.

WE WILL SEE THAT DRIER AIR MAKE ITS WAY ON OUT.

THERE IS YOUR WARRANT.

TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AT THE COAST.

WE'RE TALKING LOW TO MID 70s.

A LITTLE COOLER THIS WEEK.

IT DOES SAY DRY INTO SOME OF THE VALLEYS.

WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE BREEZY MISS ON WEDNESDAY.

AND THE WARMTH INTO THE 70s.

MOUNTAINOUS LOCATIONS, VERY GUSTY WINDS AS I SHOWED YOU ON WEDNESDAY.

THOSE WINS BACK OFF AND BE COOLER HEADING TOWARDS THE WEEKEND.

THEY ARE QUITE BREEZY HERE.

COOL THROUGHOUT THE DESERTS AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE WILL STAY DRY INTO THE WEEKEND.

I AM, YOU KNOW, JUSTIN.

>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DISNEYLAND'S HISTORY CHARACTERS IN THE TREASURY PART OF THE CAST WORD MAY REPRESENT CHARACTERS WITH DISABILITIES.

THERE WAS A PROJECT A YEAR AND A HALF IN THE MAKING FOR THE RESORTS HAS IS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES OF INCLUSION.

IT'S A SMALL WORLD ATTRACTION WAS OPENED AT THE PARK IN ANAHEIM IN 1966.

>>> IN SHAKESPEARE'S ROMANTIC COMEDY, AS YOU LIKE IT, ROSSLYN AND ORLANDO MEET AT COURT BUT DON'T TRULY FIND LOVE UNTIL THEY ARE BANISHED TO THE FOREST.

LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE GIVES US A REIMAGINED PLAY WHERE IDENTITIES CAN BE FULLY EXPLORED THROUGH A CAST OF TRANS, NON-BINARY, AND QUEER PERFORMERS.

>> Reporter: SHAKESPEARE IS GETTING TURNED ON ITS HEAD OVER AT LOYA PLAYHOUSE.

>> THIS IS SHAKESPEARE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

TWO IT WILL LOOK AND SOUND A LITTLE DIFFERENT >> WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE BEEPING -- IT IS THEN BUILDING THE SET.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE REIMAGINED FORCES BEING BUILT OUTSIDE, SOME CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING INSIDE THE REHEARSAL ROOM.

>> FIND SOMEBODY YOU ARE NOT WITHIN ANY TIME AND TAKE THEM TO THE WOODS.

>> Reporter: ELIZABETHAN AUDIENCE WOULD HAVE SEEN IT AS RESTRICTION VERSUS FREEDOM.

PERHAPS, EVEN PROTESTANT VERSUS CATHOLIC.

HOW COULD THAT BE REDEFINED FOR A MODERN AUDIENCE?

>> OUR PRODUCTION IS THE BINARY COURT AND THE FREE GENDER FORCE.

>> Reporter: REGINA VICTOR HAS SOME KEY DUTIES.

WHEN HE HAD TO WRESTLE AS PART OF THEIR DUTIES UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF ORLANDO.

VICTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING A NEW PLAY, HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR AN OLD ONE AND ACTING AS A PLAYWRIGHT AND THE ADVOCATE EVEN IF HE IS DEAD.

>> WOULD I THINK SHAKESPEARE WOULD HAVE WANTED?

WHAT WAS HIS ATTENTION RUNNING THE STORY?

HOW CAN OUR TRADITION ON THAT WITHOUT DISTRACTING FROM IT?

>> Reporter: WHILE GENDER FLUIDITY IS DISCUSSED IN THE REHEARSAL ROOM -- >> IT IS GOING FORWARD WITH A TRAGEDY FOR MOMENT.

>> Reporter: THE BARD OFFICE THEY WANTED TO PLAY WITH IDEAS ABOUT GENDER AND IDENTITY.

ZERO THE PART OF ROSALYN TO BE PLAYED BY A BOY.

WHO THEN HAS TO DRESS LIKE A WOMAN WHO THEN DISGUISES HERSELF AS A MAN, WHO PRETEND TO BE A WOMAN SO THAT THE MAN SHE SECRETLY IN LOVE WITH AND WILL HER.

LUCY WHAT THEY HAD TO DO THAT THIS WOULD ALSO HAS TO DO IS GET DOWN TO THE ESSENCE OF THE PERSON.

PETER WAS PLAYING ROSALYN TALKS A LOT ABOUT BECOMING A LOVER.

THAT IDENTITY TURNS INTO GENDER.

>> Reporter: CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY IS ONE OF THE CODIRECTORS.

>> ARE REDUCTION IS EVEN MORE GENDER FOLD BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS AMAZING GROUP OF ACTORS WITH ALL OF THESE OPTIONS FOR HOW DOES THIS PRODUCTION CONSTRUCT THE POSSIBILITIES FOR THAT CHARACTER.

>> Reporter: WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF ROSSLYN, IN FACT, WAS NOT PIVOTING FROM ONE THING TO THE OTHER AND NO ONE ELSE WAS SEEING HER IN THAT WAY?

ACTUALLY, SHE WAS SHEDDING AN IDEA.

SHEDDING A BINARY IDEA AND HER EXPERIENCE IN THE WOODS IS ACCUMULATIVE.

SHE IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE HERSELF.

THAT IS MORE AND MORE COMPLEX.

>> Reporter: WHAT IF THAT WAS REFLECTED THROUGH THE COSTUMES?

>> IN THIS PRODUCTION ROSSLYN STARTS TO SHED LAYERS, COURTLY LAYERS AND THEN START TO ACCUMULATE OTHER THINGS.

WE ARE WATCHING HER TRANSFORM OVER TIME.

>> Reporter: WILL DAVIS ADDS THAT OTHER CHARACTERS ALSO GET TO SHED LAYERS I DO NOT WANT.

AND GIVE THEM TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO MIGHT LOOK GREAT WEARING THEM.

THE IMAGE WE CHOOSE TO PRESENT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT.

>> THE MORE I CAN IMAGINE SOMETHING AND BELIEVE IN WHAT I AM IMAGINING ABOUT MYSELF AND FOR MYSELF, THE MORE THE WORLD IS GOING TO RESPOND TO THAT.

>> I THINK THAT IS THREADED THROUGH THE ENTIRE PIECE.

WAS WHERE THE GENDER PLAY WITH ROSSLYN IS AN INVITATION TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT -- JUST BECAUSE YOU PRESENT ONE WAY DOES NOT MEAN YOUR GENDER HAS STOPPED.

IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE ARRIVED.

IT MEANS YOU'RE NOT FLUID BETWEEN THEM.

THAT IS REALLY EXCITING.

>> Reporter: IT IS ALSO EXCITING TO HEAR THE MUSIC REIMAGINED.

>> ♪ ♪ WE SEE THE TEXT OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAY HAS NOT BEEN ALTERED.

EVEN WHEN THE EPILOGUE RETURNS TO THE BINARY LANGUAGE OF MALE AND FEMALE >> WHAT ENDED UP BEING DELIGHTFUL WAS GIVING THIS TRANSFER FORMER THE ABILITY TO PUT THAT GENDER PANIC ON THE AUDIENCE.

IT IS NOT ACTUALLY FOR ME TO MAKE SENSE OF THIS FOR YOU.

IT IS FOR ME TO INVITE YOU TO MAKE SENSE OF IT YOURSELF.

>> Reporter: SHAKESPEARE'S PLAY ARE ADAPTABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ABOUT THE PAST.

>> THE MAIN THING IS THE HUMAN IMAGINATION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS.

IT FEELS LIKE IT NEVER HITS OLD.

>> Reporter: LET LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE TAKES IT TO YOUR GENDER FOREST WHERE YOU MIGHT EXPERIENCE A SPUR FROM A FRESH PERSPECTIVE.

>> LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE, AS YOU LIKE IT, OPENS TOMORROW.

IT RUNS THROUGH DECEMBER 11th.

>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN MEETS HIS CHINESE COUNTERPART IN PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE TAKING OFFICE.

COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION OF KPBS .

>>> HEARS LOOK AT THE TOP STORIES.

RESEARCH AND STUDENT EMPLOYEES WHO WORK AT ALL 10 OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CAMPUSES ARE STRUCK.

WORKERS WALKED OFF THE JOB AT UC SAN DIEGO DEMANDING MORE PAY AND FAIR LABOR PRACTICES.

THE PRESIDENT MIGHTY OFFICE ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THE UNIVERSITY LOOKS FOR TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS IN GOOD FAITH AND SETTLING THE CONTRACTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

>>> JENNIE-O HOSPITALS ARE PREPARING FOR A WINTER THAT WILL HAVE COVID-19, RC, AND THE FLUID CIRCULATING AT ONCE.

IN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT COULD BE COMING, TENTS ARE BEING REACTIVATED AT KAISER THIS WEEK.

LOCAL HOSPITALS SAY THEY WILL USE THEM AS NEEDED TO SCREEN PATIENTS FOR RESPIRATORY VIRUSES.

>>> MORE ELECTION RESULTS HAVE BEEN POSTED IN THE 49th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

MICHAEL LEAVITT IS LEANING OVER HIS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER BRIAN WITH OVER 50% OF THE VOTE.

THE DISTRICT STRADDLED SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTIES.

THERE IS STILL $80,000 TO BE COUNTED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

NPR MORNING EDITION.

IT LOOKS AT THE HEALTH OF THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST AS A NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT PROMISES STRONGER TERMS.

>>> RESEARCH THAT CAMPUSES ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG .

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

>>> PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL ONE 800-BILL-HOWE.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREMISE FOUNDATION.

AND BY THE FOLLOWING -- AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.