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lawmakers get an in-person look at the conditions for sailors on board the USS Abraham Lincoln.

Thanks for joining us.

I'm Lawerence K Jackson in for Maya Trabulsi.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers visited the aircraft carrier this weekend.

San Diego Democratic Representative Jacob Sarah Jacobs was among them.

KPBS military and veterans reporter Andrew Dyer says a new report suggests the Lincoln could return to San Diego as soon as this week.

Jacobs says she heard directly from sailors and Marines about quality of life issues on their deployment.

She wants the House Armed Services Committee to visit San Diego and hear from the crew directly.

Young lady from California, Miss Jacobs.

And then we'll get to Mr.

Fallon.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

The demands could be a preview of what to expect from Democrats.

Should they take the House in the November midterms?

Control of the House would allow Democrats to issue subpoenas and hold hearings.

Pentagon leaders have downplayed the severity of conditions on the Lincoln.

But a DODIG report this month acknowledges resupply problems in the Middle East.

U.S.

Naval Institute news reports the Lincoln was sailing near Hawaii on Sunday, meaning the ship could arrive as soon as this week.

You answered the call.

You got the job done.

And just as importantly, the lessons you're bringing home are helping us better prepare the next team to deploy.

Another San Diego carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, just left.

Navy leaders say it could be on another long Middle East deployment.

Andrew Dyer, KPBS news Coming up tonight, down to 64 degrees.

Pretty cool with areas of low clouds.

We'll talk about the dry, bright stretch that we're going to see and how hot temperatures get by the end of the week.

It's all coming up.

President Donald Trump is suggesting more talks between the US and Iran will take place this week, after he outright rejected Tehran's latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

It all comes amid a whirlwind development in the UK related to a base used by the US in the war.

Maddie Gannon has the latest from the white House.

Any hope that talks between the U.S.

and Iran at the United Nations General Assembly would lead to an immediate breakthrough.

Has largely faded by Monday.

President Donald Trump told Axios Sunday that he expects more conversations between the two to take place this week.

But it comes after he definitively rejected the latest proposal from Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart larger talks to end the war.

U.S.

ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz criticized the proposal, saying Iran was, quote, asking for everything upfront.

The latest proposal from Iran came as the two held talks at the United Nations in New York last week.

Trump used his speech at the major gathering of world leaders to say he's facing a choice to make a deal with Iran or annihilate the country, a decision that Iran appeared to acknowledge over the weekend.

We are fully prepared for the time for the war to be resumed.

And I repeat, we stand firm in the face of any new aggression when it comes to a doomsday war.

But at the same time, we are ready.

We stand ready for diplomacy.

It is up to the up to President Trump to choose.

Meanwhile, police in the U.K.

said Sunday they arrested five people on suspicion of terror and explosive offenses near a base in England.

The US has used the base, including long range bombers, amid the war with Iran working with Britain.

It was an amazing job.

We had them under investigation.

They, they were looking to do big damage to our fort.

Iran previously criticized the UK for allowing the US to use the base amid the conflict.

Its embassy in London is denying any link to the arrests, and many questions remain as the situation is still being investigated at the white House.

I'm Maddie Gannon.

Far flung conflicts in the Middle East, Ukraine and Russia are causing increased pain here at home.

Surging oil prices are wreaking havoc on the global economy and slamming inflation weary consumers.

Marybel Gonzalez breaks down what's driving that pressure and who could feel it the most?

With oil prices surging, mortgage rates going back up above 7% and heating oil costs expected to rise during the winter months.

Many households are having to reconsider some of their bigger expenses.

American consumers are feeling down, sentiment sinking to the second lowest level on record in September, dipping to 48.1%, nearly a 13% decline from a year ago, according to the University of Michigan's consumer Sentiment Index.

That inflationary pressure is really coming from the oil price shock, so much higher oil prices elevating the price levels for most products.

Surging oil prices, due largely to the war in Iran as well as the war in Ukraine.

Are shaking up the bond market, pushing up inflation and sending mortgage rates past 7%.

The Federal Reserve rather than cutting interest right now, they are much more inclined to raise interest rates to contain inflationary pressure.

This leaves interested homebuyers with tough choices.

The payments are higher and in some cases, someone who thought they could qualify for a mortgage no longer qualify at higher interest rates.

And as the cooler weather sets in.

Homeowners could also feel the pinch.

As one analysis forecast, overall winter heating class could jump 8.7%, with heating oil costs expected to jump more than 30%.

Heating oil moves in tandem with diesel.

The average US retail diesel price right now is $6.50 a gallon.

That's 75% higher than it was at the same point last year, putting strain on cash strapped homeowners.

But there is some good news for those who rely on heating oil to get through the colder months, and especially those living on the East Coast this winter season, expected to be a little bit warmer.

And that is due to El Nino In Los Angeles, I'm Maribel Gonzalez.

Each year, school districts across California propose hundreds of bond measures.

These measures pay for all sorts of things, but exactly what they are isn't always clear to voters.

For our Why it Matters segment this week, Voice of San Diego's Jakob Mcwhinney explains how school bonds work.

Regardless of where you live in San Diego County, you may find something similar on your ballot this November.

A school bond well over half a dozen districts, from Vista to San Diego to Julian, have put measures before voters this year.

But what exactly is a school bond, and why do school districts rely on them so often?

Bonds are basically loans that school districts take out to pay for all kinds of facilities constructions.

These loans are then paid back with interest by local residents via taxes added to their yearly property tax bill.

San Diego Unified is a good case study in why districts go for these bond measures.

Over the past two decades, the district has been hit with recurring fiscal deficits that have led to layoffs, staff downsizing and service cuts.

Simply put, they've spent more money than they've brought in.

But San Diego Unified isn't alone.

Districts across the state have struggled with the same dynamic.

That's where bonds come in.

The voter approved measures function as an injection of cash that doesn't drain money from districts.

General funds.

Since 2008, San Diego Unified officials have proposed and voters have approved four separate bond measures totaling $11.6 billion.

That's a whole lot of dough.

But what these loans are used for and how big they are differs from district, a district in the small East County district of Jamul, Officials are asking for $18 million to replace old infrastructure like roofs and plumbing lines, and to add safety features on campuses.

Officials say taxpayers will ultimately pay back $43 million.

San Diego Unified, the state's second largest school district, is asking for a whole lot more.

3.5 billion, to be exact.

Officials project that will cost taxpayers about 8.1 billion to pay off the debt service for this budget.

But they say San Diego Unified students will get a lot out of the funds, from renovated classrooms to affordable housing for district staff.

And if those priorities sound familiar, it's because the district has repeatedly used them to make the case for new funding in the past.

San Diego Unified has long been criticized for including duplicative funding priorities in each of the bonds it's put before voters.

Both of those bond measures also have something in common they're being pushed is not raising taxes.

District officials say they'll pull this off by issuing new bonds as the old ones are exhausted.

So while the rate may not increase, passing a new bond will likely mean it will take taxpayers decades longer to pay it off than they would otherwise.

I'm Jakob McWhinney for Voice of San Diego, and that's why it matters.

Voice of San Diego is one of our partners for the Public Matters initiative.

You can learn more at kpbs.org/PublicMatters I'm Geoff Bennett tonight on the NewsHour.

The Trump administration rolled back Biden era rules for making cars more fuel efficient.

That's at seven after Evening Edition on KPBS.

The San Diego Padres are in the playoffs and will face the Chicago Cubs in a wild card rematch tomorrow night.

This time, though, they will have home field advantage.

KPBS reporter Alexander Nguyen looks at how local restaurants and bars are preparing for tomorrow's game.

Food is being delivered.

Supplies are stocked and the kitchen is getting ready for tomorrow night.

Madness.

We got a lot of people coming in our house tomorrow that we didn't plan on, so we're doing a lot of ordering today.

Randy Wagener is the owner and operator of The Smoking Gun in the Gaslamp Quarter.

Business is booming whenever the Padres are in the playoffs.

But he says with the Padres clinching home field advantage over the weekend.

Up again now in the Diamondbacks pen.

Machado to right field.

Carol going back.

Look it up.

It's gone.

Manny Machado he had to quickly pivot in bringing extra staff for what would otherwise be a normal Tuesday to be a huge bonus of people coming in town, coming to the bar before, during and after the game.

So there's a big shift from what a Tuesday would have looked like with no Padres in the playoffs at home versus Padres playing here, and it's one that we're definitely celebrating.

He's not the only one celebrating.

Fans are.

Go, Padres, go bring it home, baby.

Last year, the Padres lost against the Cubs in the wild card round.

Adrian Jiménez says this year it will be different.

The team plays at home and the stadium will be electric.

And we all got the little rags.

Everyone's crazy.

We're all excited for it, you know, cheering for all the players.

I mean, it's been such a special team as fans pick out the perfect gear at the Padres team store.

No one is more excited than singer Olivia King.

My brother's pitching tomorrow, so that makes me extra excited.

Her brother is Michael King.

The Padres scheduled starting pitcher tomorrow.

She says the energy is different when it's a playoff home game.

I actually just texted my friend saying the atmosphere is unlike anything I've ever seen.

So my friend is coming on Wednesday, too.

That energy also bleeds out to nearby restaurants and bars.

You can feel it in your ears, you can feel in your heart.

You can feel it in your head.

It's fun.

It's exciting as well.

Restaurants and bars.

Hope it will be a repeat in business like last year.

Fans, however, hope it won't be exactly like last year when the Cubs eliminated the Padres and the Wild Card series In downtown San Diego, Alexander Nguyen, KPBS news That's right.

When the fourth seeded Padres face off against the fifth seeded Chicago Cubs in a best of three wild card series starting at 7 p.m.

tomorrow.

The winner between the two will face the Milwaukee Brewers in the Division Series.

California is cracking down on third party brokers who buy up municipal golf course tee times and then resell them for a profit.

Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that prohibits third party platforms from listing, advertising, selling or transferring reservations at publicly owned golf courses without written authorization from the course operator.

California itself has more than 200 municipally owned golf courses.

The legislature found that brokers buying reservations and masks and then reselling them at inflated prices has reduced access for the public.

A new state law requires school districts to identify young students who need extra support in math.

KPBS education reporter Katie Anastas in San Diego County, fewer than half of students are doing math at grade level.

The new law will require school districts to test students math knowledge every year in kindergarten, first grade and second grade.

The goal is to see who needs extra help learning foundational math skills.

Marshall tuck leads the nonprofit Ed Voice.

His organization sponsored the bill, so you might see a question that shows, you know, a picture of five fish and three fish, and they'll say, which one has more fish?

Because you're just with a child who's 5 or 6, you're trying to get them to get a better sense of the relative size of things.

Tuck says kids who didn't go to preschool may have missed out on those skills.

If kids don't get the support, they need to catch up.

It can mean years of difficulty with math.

If you don't learn early numeracy, if you don't get your arms around your numbers, you know how big numbers are, how they compare with each other, then you don't learn multiplication.

If you don't learn multiplication, fractions are super difficult, and if you don't learn fractions, algebra is out of reach.

San Diego Senator Akilah Weber Pierson wrote the bill.

She told the state Senate Education Committee in April that math struggles can affect the rest of a student's career.

These challenges were underscored by a recent 2025 report from the University of California in San Diego, in my area, that showed that one out of eight incoming freshmen needed remedial math.

Some teacher and administrator groups worry that the law doesn't come with additional funding.

Kathlan Latimer is with the California Mathematics Council.

At the same committee meeting, she asked lawmakers to fund teacher training and additional classroom support staff.

We urge the prioritization of investments that build educator expertise, support effective teaching, and expand access to high quality mathematics learning experiences for all students.

The law encourages districts to use existing state funding to support students identified in the assessments.

We think in many ways, what's great about this bill is it's going to push districts and schools to focus more on that.

Some districts already test their youngest students math skills.

Those who don't must start using the assessments by the 2020 829 school year.

Katie Anastas, KPBS news Millions of Americans are estimated to experience seasonal affective disorder.

It's a type of depression with a recurrent seasonal pattern.

But despite its prevalence, experts say many may not know they actually have this disorder.

Mandy Gaither has more on the signs to watch out for and dispel some myths surrounding one of the treatments for it.

The days are darker, the temperatures colder, and for those who suffer winter pattern, seasonal affective disorder this time of year can be hard to form out of clinical depression.

That's mostly characterized by an increased need for sleep.

Symptoms include oversleeping, social withdrawal, overeating, craving carbohydrates, and weight gain.

Not everyone will experience depressive signs, but those can include persistent sadness, feeling anxious or empty, hopelessness, irritability, feelings of guilt, loss of interest in activities you typically love, and difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions.

First line treatment for seasonal affective disorder is actually going to be a white box, and these are devices that are commercially available.

You can find them online pretty easily.

But psychologist Gage Jordan with the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, says there are two common myths about light therapy.

The devices mimic natural sunlight outdoors.

But he says using this therapy doesn't raise risk of skin cancer.

White boxes by design filter out ultraviolet light.

Vitamin D deficiency is also linked to seasonal affective disorder, but because of the filters on the light boxes, Jordan says using one will not replace this nutrient, which primarily comes from UV rays and sunlight.

You'd be much better off with an actual vitamin D supplement.

For Health Minute, I'm Mandy Gaither.

Let's break down our weather headlines here.

We're going to be entering a drier and bright stretch of weather ahead, but still some coastal trouble here when it comes to coastal flooding, even some coastal beach erosion, and also times of some rough surf and rip currents.

Especially these coastal hazards during times of high tide.

As we get into the end of the week, we're going to be talking about near record breaking high temperatures by Friday.

Right, right.

As we head into the month of October, we're gonna be talking about the heat building back in a comfortable, cool night in Borrego Springs down to 58 Mount Laguna, a cool 45 degrees, even Oceanside down to 56, Chula Vista 61 in San Diego, 64 degrees.

Tonight, heading into the day tomorrow, we'll start with some low clouds across the coast, but it's going to be turning out to be a nice afternoon.

Escondido 83, Oceanside 79.

El Cajon 86, I should say.

And Mount Laguna 61 with Borrego Springs.

That's kind of our coolest day we've had at 91 degrees.

Enjoy it because we are going to be heating back up.

All this moisture and all this heavy rain and storms that, we've been tracking, further to our south that's going to eventually push to the east, and we'll be dealing with the dry weather, which is good news here.

Heads up, though, for those who are along the beaches, we're going to be dealing with this coastal flood advisory that continues until Wednesday at about 5 p.m.

the next five days.

Temperatures building.

Look at that.

By Saturday, 94 degrees, some intense heat building back on through.

And we're going to see that trend inland as well.

How about 99 on Friday and 100 degrees on Saturday.

We look at the mountain forecast here.

And we will also be dealing with the heat really climbing from 61 tomorrow to 84 on Saturday.

And you bet it.

The deserts are going to be quite toasty 104 degrees by Saturday.

For KPBS news, I'm Ariella Scalese Downtown San Diego Central Library contains thousands of books, many of them about history.

But starting tomorrow, the library will host an exhibit that goes far beyond books to tell about a certain horrific history.

For our September museum a month, KPBS reporter John Carroll takes us to RUTH, which stands for Remember Us The Holocaust.

The room where RUTH is located is on the smaller side, but the history it represents is vast.

The history of a dark time, reminders of an incomprehensibly profound evil.

One group of humans visited on another.

And it's named after my mother, Ruth Goldschmied.

Sandra Scheller is the founder and president of Ruth, a collection of artifacts that tell the story in a vivid, visceral way of those who died and those who lived through the Holocaust.

But before RUTH, Scheller and her late mother were focused on the mission of educating people about that horrific time from 1933, when Adolf Hitler came to power, through 1945, when the allies defeated Nazi Germany.

My mother and I were speaking all the time in the schools we were doing going to this school, that school, this high school, this elementary school.

Doing talks.

In 2018, Scheller broadened her reach, reaching the world stage from right here in San Diego.

I put a proposal together to do art from the Holocaust to Comic-Con, and we've been there now eight years.

Can you imagine?

From 2018 until this last year, I have had a panel at Comic-Con called Art from the Holocaust, Schiller says before her mother died, they talked about establishing a museum.

After her passing, she did the next best thing arranging an exhibit at the Chula Vista Library.

Once that ended, she moved the exhibit to the library in Rancho San Diego.

Next came a library in La Jolla and now downtown San Diego's Central Library.

It is so inspirational for me to be around this art piece, this story, because it's a different way of communicating.

When we shot this story earlier this month, Scheller and her colleagues were in the process of setting things up.

We watched as artifacts were carefully placed a garment with a white X painted on the back.

The Nazis did that to mark prisoners a place to aim their guns if they tried to escape.

A sign from a shop window.

Juden sind hier unerwunscht Translation?

Jews are unwanted.

Here.

A yellow Star of David with the word Jew sewn onto a jacket.

Jews were forced to wear these before the concentration camps opened A pair of shoes, Scheller says.

The size you got was the size you got, whether they fit or not.

And all around pictures, the faces of innocent people caught up in the moment of madness.

Some scene in a second while looking at the photographer, a gaze of confusion, sadness, utter grief.

Those pictures were taken in concentration camps like Auschwitz-Birkenau.

The day we were here, workers were rolling out this backdrop for what will be the largest display in the room a mock up of a railroad platform to be placed in front of it, the last stop for many, but also all around the faces of survivors.

Life sized cutouts of those who lived to tell the tale, those dedicated to making sure this history never repeats itself.

I'm a Holocaust survivor.

This is San Diego County resident Simon Spiegelman.

He's now 98 years old.

Sandra Scheller interviewed him recently, asking him what you might call the question of questions.

I've been asked what my message would be to our young people today.

And for me, it would be that it is very important, not to believe the Holocaust deniers and to believe that this happened, that actually happen.

And it can happen anywhere, at any time.

again.

and it's up to you.

The new young generation, to prevent it from happening.

A message years ago from another survivor propelled Scheller to bring RUTH to life.

And one particular survivor came up to me.

Her name was Gita.

And she started crying.

And she said, the only way that I can see my family is when I close my eyes at night.

Because I don't even have a photo.

I'm jealous of what you have.

So I went to the other Holocaust survivors, and I made a promise to them.

If I ever do this again, I will make sure that I will incorporate all the Holocaust survivors that I meet that come to me.

And so she has the survivors and those left behind, the items that help tell the tale, all in a room that is now hallowed ground.

RUTH will be in this space for the next two years, at which point Sandra Scheller hopes they can move right into their new permanent home so the lessons can continue to be taught.

Lessons that must never be forgotten.

John Carroll, KPBS news Here's a look at what we're working on for tomorrow in the KPBS newsroom.

While Republicans made headway with Latino voters in 2024, Democrats are hoping backlash over President Trump's immigration agenda can help win them back votes and the House.

More on NPR's Morning Edition.

And KPBS is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month on KPBS Midday Edition.

We'll tell you about a Latino, female, queer and formerly incarcerated owned bookstore in Barrio Logan.

You can find tonight's stories on our KPBS website, kpbs.org.

Thank you so much for joining us.

I'm Lawerence K Jackson.

Have a great evening.

Major funding for KPBS Evening Edition has been made possible in part by Bill Howe families, companies providing San Diego with plumbing, heating, air restoration and flood services for over 45 years.

Call 1-800 Bill Howe or visit billhowe.com And by the Conrad Prebys Foundation.

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Thank you.