>>> A BIG STEP FORWARD TODAY DEALING WITH THE SEWAGE CRISIS PLAGUING THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

THAT INVOLVES A PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE CRITICAL TO THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE SOUTH BAY INTERNATIONAL TREATMENT PLANT.

OUR REPORTER IS LIVE NEAR THE PLANT WITH MORE ON THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

>> Reporter: THIS TREATMENT PLANT.

>> A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE SUN TO GO DOWN TO GET RID OF THE HEAT.

TONIGHT IT IS 63 IN THE CITY, WHICH IS MILD.

I WILL HAVE THE FORECAST AHEAD.

>> WE APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

>>> AT LEAST 119 PEOPLE HAVE DIED ACROSS SIX STATES SO FAR WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR.

>> IT IS REALLY HORRIFYING BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE THERE THAT ARE REALLY HARD TO GET TO.

>> SEVERAL COMMUNITIES REMAIN VIRTUALLY ISOLATED MONDAY CUT OFF FROM LIFE-SUSTAINING SUPPLIES AND MEDICAL CARE DAYS AFTER HURRICANE HELENE DECIMATED LARGE PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST.

>> THERE IS NO COMMERCIAL OR RETAIL WATER AVAILABLE IN OUR CITY.

>> THE MAYOR FINDING A SMALL WINDOW OF CELL PHONE SERVICE.

IN DESPERATE NEED OF THINGS LIKE WATER, FOOD, AND COMMUNICATIONS.

>> 6000 PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED TO A WEBSITE WE HAVE WHERE YOU CAN REQUEST TO BE HOOKED UP WITH YOUR MISSING FAMILIES.

>> MANY MAY BE FOUND WHEN WIRELESS SERVICE IS RESTORED, BUT A GRIM REALITY REMAINS.

>> WE HEARD ACCOUNTS OF PEOPLE SEEING HOUSES FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER WITH PEOPLE IN THEM.

>> HUNDREDS OF ROSE REMAIN CLOSED THE DAMAGE ON A SCALE THAT COULD TAKE YEARS TO REPAIR.

HISTORIC AND BELOVED TOWNS, LAKES, NATIONAL PARKS, FOREVER CHANGED.

>> THIS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GOING FORWARD.

>> A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT.

HELP IS COMING.

>> I DIRECTED MY TEAM TO PROVIDE EVERY AVAILABLE RESOURCE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

>> FOR MANY RIGHT NOW SURVIVAL IS HOUR BY HOUR.>> WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.>>> FEW OF US LOVE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE BAD THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN TO US, BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS THERE IS NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT TO DO SO.

PEOPLE GO OVER THE STEPS RECOMMENDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT YOUR FAMILY SHOULD TAKE IN CASE OF A NATURAL DISASTER.

STRIKE 3 FIREFIGHTERS INVOLVED IN A VEHICLE CRASH RECOGNIZED BY THE PRESIDENT TODAY.

>> I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK.

ONE OF THE BRAVE TEAMS HAS VOLUNTEERED TO BE THERE FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SAID TO TRAVEL ALL THE WAY TO HELP.

ON THEIR WAY THEY WERE IN A TERRIBLE CAR ACCIDENT IN LOUISIANA.

WE PRAY FOR THE FULL RECOVERY.

>> BECKER WAS A PART OF A TASK FORCE ON THEIR WAY TO NORTH CAROLINA TO HELP WITH HER CAN RESCUE EFFORTS.

THEY LEFT SAN DIEGO FRIDAY AS A PART OF THE 48 MEMBER TEAM OF SEVEN OTHER AGENCIES.

BATTALION CHIEF AND KPBS CAPTAINS WERE INJURED WHILE TRAVELING IN A PICKUP TRUCK.

THE OTHER VEHICLE INVOLVED WAS A LARGE 18 WHEELER.

>> DEVASTATING.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE EVER WANT TO HEAR IN ANY POSITION IS TO HEAR OF ONE OF OUR OWN INJURED.

OUR JOB IS TO HELP PEOPLE.

NOT BE A PART OF IT INCIDENT.

>> THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS DEVIN FEHELY OF THOSE INJURED ARE HEADING TO LOUISIANA WHILE THE REMAINING MEMBERS WAIT FOR ORDERS IN TAXES.

THE PRESIDENT ADDED HE WILL CONTINUE TO SEARCH RESOURCES INCLUDING FOOD AND WATER AND LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT INTO THE AREA.

>>> A PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE CRITICAL TO THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE SOUTH INTERNATIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

NOW WE GO LIVE WITH MORE ON THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

>> Reporter: THE TREATMENT PLANT IS BEHIND ME.

IT IS A BIG PIECE OF THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS CRITICAL TO SOLVING EVENTUALLY THE SEWAGE CRISIS DOWN HERE.

TODAY THEY HELD THE GROUNDBREAKING ON WAS SOME ARE REFERRING TO AS THE PLANTS FRONT DOOR.

>> THE PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS KNOWN AS JUNCTION BOX 1.

IT IS THE MECHANISM THE PLANT USES TO CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF FLOW COMING IN FROM MEXICO.

IT WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN 2021 BUT NOW IS ON ITS WAY TO BEING FUNCTIONAL AGAIN.

FEDERAL AND LOCAL LEADERS WERE ON HAND TODAY FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING.

IF YOU BEEN FOLLOWING OUR COVERAGE YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT OFFICIALS AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT HAVE FOR MONTHS BEEN CALLING ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND ON GOVERNOR NEWSOM TO DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTION SAYS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN PULLING BEHIND EFFORTS TO SOLVE THE SEWAGE PROBLEM BUT ALSO SAYS THE STATE OF EMERGENCY ISN'T NEEDED.

>> THE TRUTH IS RIGHT NOW THERE IS NOTHING THAT WOULD BE UNLOCKED BY A DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY.

THE PRACTICAL NATURE OF MAKING THAT WOULD AND HAVE AN IMPACT.

WHAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT IS THE ONGOING ADVOCACY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE FULL FUNDING FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE FACILITY.>> THAT VIEW IS NOT SHARED BY SOMEONE WHO IS ON THE FRONT LINES.

THE IMPERIAL BEACH MAYOR AND SECRETARY GARCIA MADE THE TECHNICALLY CORRECT THEY MAINTAIN A DIRECT DECLARATION IS VERY WORTHWHILE.

>> THERE IS A BENEFIT TO DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY, AND IT IS SETTING A VERY CLEAR SIGNAL TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ADMINISTRATION THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY BEYOND JUST A LETTER OR A VISIT THAT THIS IS INDEED A FULL-BLOWN PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN MANY PHASES OF REPAIRING AND EVENTUALLY EXPANDING THIS.

COST ESTIMATE FOR ALL OF IT IS ABOUT $700 MILLION.

ENOUGH THAT ONLY 400 MILLION HAS BEEN COMMITTED SO FAR.

>>> AND DO WE KNOW WHEN THE REPAIRS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED?

>> WE DO.

IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT SPRING.

WHEN THAT HAPPENS IT WILL ALLOW THE PLANT OPERATORS TO CAP THE AMOUNT OF SEWAGE THAT COMES IN EVERY DAY AT 25 MILLION GALLONS.

THAT IS WHAT THEIR LICENSE CALLS ON THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO.

SOMETHING ELSE THE MAYOR POINTED OUT TO ME THAT SHE SAYS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

ALL THE REPAIRS AND EXPANSION IN THE WORLD TO THAT PLANT WON'T DO ANYTHING TO STEM THE PROBLEM FROM THE TIJUANA RIVER.

SHE SAYS EVENTUALLY THE RIVER IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE DIVERTED SO THAT THEY CAN PUT THE WATER THROUGH TREATMENT BEFORE PUTTING IT BACK INTO THE RIVER, BUT THAT IS WAY DOWN THE ROAD.>> VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES GEARING UP FOR A HIGH- STAKES DEBATE TOMORROW.

OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT TAKES A LOOK BACK AT HOW EACH OF THEM WERE SELECTED AND WHAT THEY BRING TO THE TABLE.

>> DURING A FAST TRACK SELECTION PROCESS VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS CHOSE MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ AS HER RUNNING MADE.

IT WAS HER FIRST MAJOR DECISION AT THE TOP OF THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

>> LET US FIGHT FOR THE PROMISE OF OUR FUTURE.

>> ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL HE IS LEANING INTO HIS BACKGROUND AS A TEACHER AND FOOTBALL COACH.

AS WELL AS HIS TIME IN POLITICS THAT SPANS ALMOST 20 YEARS SERVING IN CONGRESS AND AS GOVERNOR.

>> YOU LOOK AT GOVERNOR TIM WALZ.

THE REASON HE WAS PICKED IS TO BRIDGE THE CULTURAL DIVIDE.

TO REACH OUT TO CONSTITUENTS THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES HAD PROBLEMS REACHING.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S PICK HE TOOK HIS TIME.

AFTER MONTHS OF CONSIDERATION HE SELECTED THE OHIO SENATOR J.D.

VANCE.

>> I AM THRILLED TO HAVE A NEW FRIEND AND PARTNER FIGHTING BY MY SIDE.

>> HE HAS LESS DEBATE EXPENSE BUT HAS BEEN PLENTY OF TIME IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT.

COMING ON THE POLITICAL SCENE AFTER WRITING A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER IN 2016 AND WINNING A CROWDED SENATE PRIMARY IN 2022.

>> THE REASON HE WAS SELECTED WAS TO BE THE HEIR APPARENT AND CONTINUE ON, SO OF COURSE HE IS COMBATIVE AND AGGRESSIVE.

>> A RECORD NUMBER OF CALIFORNIANS HAVE REGISTERED TO VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND THAT IS ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

OVER 22 MILLION PEOPLE ARE REGISTERED.

THAT IS NOT MORE THAN 1 MILLION FROM THIS TIME JUST FOUR YEARS AGO.

HE SAYS THE MORE PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT THE VOTING PROCESS THE MORE LIKELY THEY ARE TO VOTE.

HER OFFICE HELD A SERIES OF WEBINARS TO FAMILIARIZE VOTERS WITH WHAT IS ON THE BALLOT.

IT TOOK PLACE THIS AFTERNOON.

>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE VOTERS INFORMATION GUIDE, WHICH IS A HUGE GUIDE THIS YEAR.

LARGER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER YEARS WITH LOTS OF INFORMATION.

WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE THEM TO HELP THEM VOTE.

>> BOTH ARE AVAILABLE FOR PLAYBACK ON THE CALIBER SECRETARY OF STATE WEBSITE.

>>> THE VERY INSTITUTIONS DESIGNED TO KEEP THEM ACCOUNTABLE DEMOCRACIES CAN DIE FROM WITHIN.

THAT IS A KEY PREMISE OF THE 2018 BOOK, HOW DEMOCRACIES DIE.

AS A PART OF OUR ONGOING PUBLIC MATTERS SERIES WE SPOKE WITH THE CO-AUTHOR EARLIER TODAY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOUR MOST RECENT BOOK STATE POLITICAL PARTIES IN DEMOCRACIES MUST FOLLOW THREE PRINCIPLES.

WHAT ARE THEY?

SPEAK TO BE A POLITICIAN COMMITTED TO DEMOCRACY.

IT MEANS THREE SIMPLE THINGS.

THAT YOU ACCEPT ELECTION LOSSES.

YOU ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF ELECTIONS WIN OR LOSE.

THAT YOU DO NOT USE VIOLENCE OR INCITE VIOLENCE TO TRY TO GAIN POWER.

JUST AS CRITICAL IS THAT IF YOU ARE A POLITICIAN OR POLITICAL PARTY AND HAVE PEOPLE WHO VIOLATE THOSE RULES IN YOUR OWN MIDST YOU HAVE TO EXPEL THEM FROM THE PARTY.

>> A WEARY AMERICAN DEMOCRACY ON THESE PRINCIPLES?

>> THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY THERE HAVE BEEN MOMENTS WHERE POLITICIANS HAVE THREATENED VIOLENCE AND ACTED RECKLESSLY, BUT WHAT IS REALLY BEAR ABOUT THE CURRENT MOMENT IS THAT AN ELECTION FROM THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND WE HAVE A CANDIDATE WITH CANDIDATE TRUMP WHO JUST ON JANUARY 6 ALONE CAN MIX OF THE RESULTS OF AN ELECTION AFTER ALL THE VARIOUS LEGAL CHANNELS CHALLENGING THE RESULTS THAT HAD BEEN EXHAUSTED AND YOU BY ACCOUNT OF THE COMMITTEES THAT INVESTIGATED THIS INSIGHT AND VIOLENCE.

WE HAVE ONE CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE WHO HAS VIOLATED THOSE PRINCIPLES AND THEN I THINK PERHAPS THAT IS ABOUT A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL.

WHAT IS MOST SHOCKING IS SINCE THAT EVENT ALTHOUGH THERE WAS SOME CONDEMNATION BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BY AND LARGE IT HAS TALKED OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF ITS MOUTH AS MANY LEADERS HAVE SAID THE PARTICIPANTS IN JANUARY 6th NEED TO BE PARDONED.

THIS IS EXCUSING VIOLENCE AND PEOPLE HAVE REAL DIFFICULTIES SEEING THAT JOE BIDEN ACTUALLY WON THE ELECTION FAIR AND SQUARE.

THERE ARE SIGNS THAT OUR DEMOCRACY IS IN TROUBLE.

>> WHAT REFORMS ARE NEEDED TO STRENGTHEN U.S. DEMOCRACY?

>> WE LIVE IN A VERY OLD SYSTEM.

WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IT IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE 18th CENTURY, AND THERE ARE THINGS SUCH AS THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.

WE THINK ELIMINATING IT WOULD BE A GREAT THING.

THE USE OF THE FILIBUSTER.

BLOCKING THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY'S.

LIFETIME TENURE FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICES.

THESE OLD OUR UNIQUE FEATURES.

>> WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED?

>> OTHER DEMOCRACIES THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE AMAZINGLY IMPLEMENTED THESE.

THE ONLY TODAY WITH AN ELBOW TOROIDAL COLLEGE IS FOR SELECTING THE PRESIDENTS.

ARGENTINA WAS THE LAST COUNTRY TO GET RID OF THIS IN 1994.

EVERY OTHER DEMOCRACY HAS TERM LIMITS OR RETIREMENT AGES FOR THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND NO OTHERS HAVE THE FILIBUSTER RULE.

>> IS IT FAIR IN THE SHORT TERM AND WHAT ROLE DO REGULAR CITIZENS PLAY AND HOW THIS ALL UNFOLDS?

>> IT IS REALLY ESSENTIAL TO FOCUS ON WHAT CITIZENS CAN DO BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY DEMOCRACY IS RULED BY THE PEOPLE.

THEY PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE.

INSTITUTIONS WON'T SAVE US.

WE HAVE TO SAVE IT OURSELVES.

IN THE SHORT RUN WHAT IS REALLY CLEAR IS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO DEMOCRACY FROM ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM HAVE TO JOIN FORCES TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY.

INFORMED BROAD COALITION SUPPORTING CANDIDATES AND PARTIES THAT ARE COMMITTED TO DEMOCRACY.

>> IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WE HAVE SEEN ATTEMPTS TO CENSOR BOOKS IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES AND THREATS AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

JUST GENERAL RUDENESS AT PUBLIC GOVERNMENT MEETINGS.

HOW DO THESE SYMPTOMS PLAY A LARGER CONTEXT OF OUR DEMOCRACY?

>> ONE OF THE UNDERLYING AND UNWRITTEN RULES OF A DEMOCRACY IS THAT YOU ACCEPT THOSE THAT YOU DISAGREE WITH AS LEGITIMATE CONTENDERS FOR POWER.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE WITH SOMEBODY OR DISLIKE SOMEBODY AT LEAST IN A PUBLIC SWEAR YOU RECOGNIZE THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO COMPETE FOR OFFICE AND THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF DEMOCRACY.

THE UNWRITTEN RULE OR NORM IS ESSENTIAL.

WHAT ONE SEES IN A CONTEXT OF INCREASED POLARIZATION WHERE THEY VIEW THE OTHER SIDE IS NOT JUST A RIFLE BUT AN ENEMY WILL GO TO EXTREME MEASURES TO KEEP THE PERSON FROM POWER.

THAT IS ONE THING WE ARE WITNESSING.

THE OTHER THING THAT YOU MENTIONED.

WE HAVE TO REMEMBER TO BE A DEMOCRACY IT IS ABOUT COMPETITION.

IT IS ABOUT PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN POLITICS AND ALSO FREEDOM OF PRESS AND ASSOCIATION AND FREEDOM TO READ THE BOOKS THAT YOU WANT TO READ.

WHEN YOU HAVE POLITICIANS AND POLITICAL LEADERS ATTACKING THOSE BASIC CIVIL LIBERTIES INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO READ BOOKS THAT YOU WANT TO READ YOU KNOW DEMOCRACY IS FACING SERIOUS CHALLENGES.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING WITH ME TODAY.

>> AS A REMINDER YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES AND MORE ONLINE.

>>> SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH.

WITH ONE DAY LEFT FEMA WANTS YOU TO START A CONVERSATION TO GET READY FOR THE WORST.

ACCORDING TO THEIR INSTITUTE NATURAL CATASTROPHE LOSSES IN 2022 IN THE U.S.

TOTALED $114 BILLION.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS IN ORDER TO PREPARE GATHER IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS SUCH AS BIRTH CERTIFICATES TO INSURANCE POLICIES.

PHOTOGRAPH OR SCAN THEM AND THEN PUT THEM IN A WATERPROOF CONTAINER AND BE SURE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR INSURANCE COVERS AND WHAT IT DOES NOT.

>> OTHERWISE YOU COULD SUFFER A LOSS FROM A HURRICANE OR TORNADO.

A WILDFIRE.

YOU HAVE A GAP IN COVERAGE.

MEANING YOUR HOME HAS BEEN DESTROYED.

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET ENOUGH MONEY TO REPLACE IT.

>> YOU CAN GET IN-DEPTH LISTS OF WHAT TO DO NOW TO PREPARE AT THE WEBSITE READY.GOV WITH TIPS RANGING FROM HAVING EXTRA CASH TO HANDLE EMERGENCY EXPENSES TO MAKING SURE YOUR PET IS MICRO CHIPPED IN CASE YOU GET SEPARATED.

WHEN YOU ARE PACKING YOUR EMERGENCY KIT DO NOT FORGET TO PACK ONE FOR PETS AS WELL.

>>> ONCE AGAIN HOME TO WETLANDS AND ENDANGERED SPECIES.

OUR REPORTER SAYS THE RESTORATION PROJECT IS MEANT TO PROTECT BOTH COASTAL CITIES AND WILDLIFE.

>> THE PROJECT HAS RESTORED OVER 80 ACRES OF WETLANDS AND THE SALTMARSH NEAR INTERSTATE 5.

MUCH OF THE AREA HAD BEEN USED FOR OUR CULTURE.>> WHAT WAS HERE BEFORE WERE ROWS OF WHAT SEEMED TO BE DRIED OUT TOMATO PLANTS, SO TO HAVE BEEN WATCHING OVER THE YEAR OR SO OF THIS RESTORATION TO SEE IT GO FROM THAT TO THIS IS A STUNNING TRANSFORMATION.

>> REPLACING THE WETLANDS AND REMOVING ENOUGH SOIL TO FULL 333 OLYMPIC -SIZED SWIMMING POOLS.

INVASIVE PLANTS WERE ALSO REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH NATIVE ONES RESTRING HABITAT FOR SEVERAL ENDANGERED BIRD SPECIES.

>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS THE CONTINUING LOSS OF WETLANDS.

WE HAVE NOW LEARNED IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ECOSYSTEM .

THE WATER QUALITY OF WHAT GOES FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OUT TO THE OCEAN.

THE CREATION IS KIND OF A NEW STRATEGY THAT WE HAVE FOR WHAT WE LOST.

>> IT CAN ALSO HELP BRACE FOR RISING SEA LEVELS.

>> WE CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WHEN THE SEALEVEL RISE HAPPENS THERE IS SOMEPLACE FOR THE WATER TO GO AND NOT THREATEN OUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE OR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.

>> THEY WORK TOGETHER ON THE $87 MILLION PROJECT.

FUNDING CAME FROM FEDERAL SOURCES AND LOCAL TAX REVENUE.

THE PROJECT ALSO CREATED A NEW TRAIL ALONG THE WAY TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO NEARBY TRAILS AND WILL EVENTUALLY BE A PART OF A TRAIL GOING FROM THE COAST TO JULIAN.

>>> GET READY FOR THE PADRES POSTSEASON.

THEY WILL HOST A WILD-CARD PLAYOFF SERIES AT PETCO PARK TOMORROW EVENING.

THAT IS WHERE OUR REPORTER IS STANDING BY LIVE.

>> Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT.

YOU CAN SEE THE TEAM IS OUT HERE GETTING SOME PRACTICE IN.

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A REBUILDING YEAR, BUT HERE WE ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS.

EARLIER TODAY WE FOUND OUT THAT THE PADRES WILL BE PLAYING THE BRAVES FOR THE WILD CARD SERIES AND WE TALKED TO SOME FRIENDS WHO ARE EXCITED THAT THEY ARE BACK IN THE PLAYOFFS.

>> OCTOBER READY.

>> THE FANS FLOCKED TO THE PADRES STORE TO GRAB SOME MERCH TO SUPPORT THE TEAM TOMORROW.

>> WE WILL BE SITTING AT THE PETCO PORCH TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY.

HOPEFULLY NOT THURSDAY BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO WIN KPBS IN A ROW.

>> THIS SEASON-TICKET HOLDER WAS ALSO THERE.

>> HE WAS ACTUALLY BORN ON OPENING DAY THREE YEARS AGO.

HAVE TO GET HIM HIS SHIRT.

>> EXCITED THEY ARE BACK IN THE PLAYOFFS AGAIN AFTER MISSING THEM LAST YEAR AND PLAYING AT HOME, BUT HE IS ALREADY LOOKING TOWARDS THE DIVISION SERIES.

>> WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THE DOCTORS AND TAKE THEM OUT AGAIN.

JUST LIKE 2022.

>> Reporter: YOU CAN SEE THE TEAM STILL PRACTICING OUTSIDE.

WITH 93 WINS THIS SEASON IT IS THE BEST SEASON SINCE 1998 WHEN THEY WENT TO THE WORLD SERIES.

THIS YEAR'S TEAM IS HOPING TO GET SOME CHAMPIONSHIP WINS OUT OF THIS.

I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A HUGE BASEBALL FAN, SO I GOT YOU THIS AT THE STORE EARLIER TODAY.

IT SAYS OCTOBER READY.

ARE YOU OCTOBER READY?

BACK TO YOU.>>> I WISH I HAD MORE BETTER NEWS FOR US BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO GET RID OF THAT HEAT IN SEVERAL SPOTS.

WE ARE JUST NOT GOING TO.

THE HOT PATTERN CONTINUES FOR US.

IF YOU ARE TOWARDS THE COAST THIS LIMITS HOW HARD WE GET, BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME AREAS WITH SMOKE AND HAZE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

ESPECIALLY AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY NORTH TOWARDS THE LOS ANGELES AREA WHERE WE WILL BE CHALLENGING SOME OF THE SMOKY HAZE DRIFTING DOWN.

AS WE TAKE A LOOK ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT.

63 IS THE LOW IN THE CITY.

73 IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

IT IS REALLY ABOUT THOSE DATA NUMBERS THAT ARE CHALLENGING.

IT IS WHY WE HAVE HEAT ADVISORIES AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS IN PLACE.

NOT JUST AS WE GO THROUGH TOMORROW BUT EVEN IN SOME SPOTS WILL SEVERAL DAYS TO OUT A GOOD CHUNK OF THE WEEK.

WELCOME TO OCTOBER.

TALK ABOUT TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE HISTORICAL AVERAGE.

THE CITY HOLDS ONTO 77.

BORREGO SPRINGS.

EVEN MOUNT LAGUNA MAKES IT TO THE UPPER 70s.

A VERY WARM TIME FOR US IF NOT JUST DOWNRIGHT HOT.

COASTAL COMMUNITIES HOLDING ONTO THE 80s AS WE GO THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

COULD THERE BE SOME CHANGE ON FRIDAY?

CERTAINLY, BUT NOT A LOT.

NOT A LOT OF VARIATION.

INLAND COMMUNITIES WILL FIND THE 90s ON WEDNESDAY.

THAT IS THE PEAK OF THE HEAT FOR US BEFORE WE TAPER THINGS OFF TOWARDS FRIDAY.

NOT EVERYONE GETS THAT RELIEF ON FRIDAY.

MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS ACTUALLY WILL BE A LITTLE BIT WARMER AS WE KEEP THINGS FAIRLY BRIGHT.

YOU WILL FIND THOSE NUMBERS HOLDING ONTO THE 70s IF NOT LOWER 80s THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE WEEK.

THE DESERT COMMUNITIES.

100+.

CLOSE TO THAT 110 RANGE IN A FEW LOCATIONS.

>>> DAY OF THE DEAD IS A BELOVED TRADITION DEVOTED TO CELEBRATING DEATH, LIFE, AND MEMORIES TO LOVED ONES THAT WE LOST.

THIS PRODUCERS SAYS THAT THE DIGITAL COMMUNITY IS BACK THIS YEAR AND SHARES DETAILS ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE.

>> THE DAY OF THE DEAD IS A CELEBRATION OF LIFE AND DEATH.

THE AZTECS BELIEVED MORNING THE DAD WAS DISRESPECTFUL.

THEY VIEW AT AS A NATURAL PHASE OF LIFE.

THEY CONTINUE TO SEE THE DEAD AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

ALIVE IN MEMORY.

IN MEXICO AND OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES IT IS BELIEVED DURING DAY OF THE DEAD DEPARTED LOVED ONES RETURN TO THE EARTH TO VISIT US AND ENJOY THE ALTARS BE BILLED FOR THEM ON THIS DAY.

AT KPBS WE ARE GETTING READY TO CELEBRATE THIS TRADITION AND WANT TO GIVE YOU A SPACE TO REMEMBER AND CELEBRATE YOUR LOVED ONES.

FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR KPBS IS ORGANIZING A COMMUNITY ALTAR WHERE YOU CAN SHARE A MEMORY OF SOMEONE YOU WISH TO REMEMBER THIS UPCOMING DAY OF THE DEAD.

GO TO KPBS.ORG/DAY OF THE DEAD TO FILL OUT OUR FORM.

SHARE AN AUDIO CLIP, VIDEO, TEXT, OR A PHOTO.

YOU CAN ALSO CALL 619-630-8516 AND LEAVE A VOICE OR TEXT MESSAGE.

THE DEADLINE TO SEND IS OCTOBER 23.

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

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

GOOD NIGHT.