>>> THAT HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE 2019.

>> UPON COMPLETION, THEY ARE COMMITTED TO PRESERVING ACCESS TO THE PARK AND COMMIT TO OPENING IT, I MINIMUM OF TWO DAYS EACH MONTH.

>> IF THAT WERE THE TERMS, THERE WOULD BE A 75% REDUCTION.

IS A FURTHER RATCHETING DOWN ENCLOSURE OF FRIENDSHIP PARK.

>> FRIENDSHIP PARK USED TO BE OPEN EVERY WEEKEND AND OVER TIME, OPENINGS WERE CUT.

IT CAN LEAD TO A RESTORATION OF WHAT FRIENDSHIP PARK WAS MEANT TO BE.

>> IT IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF FRIENDSHIP PARK.

>> THE ANNUAL EVENTS WERE HELD FOR DECADES.

PEOPLE HAVE COME TO ENJOY THE VIEW OF THE OCEAN AND CHAT WITH FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE.

THE NOTION THAT IT IS A VITAL PUBLIC SPACE.

IT IS TO BE CELEBRATED BY THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA AND BAJA CALIFORNIA.

>>> SOUTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS GETTING NO IMMEDIATE RELIEF FROM THE MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF SEWAGE TAINTED WATER FLOODING ACROSS THE BORDER.

ERIK ANDERSON HAS THE DETAILS.

>> THEY ARE STILL SCRAMBLING TO FIX BROKEN PIPELINES IN THE CANYON.

THAT RESULTED IN MORE THAN 30 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

MORGAN ROGER SAID THERE IS TO AFRICAN EROSION AND IT IS NOT CLEAR WHEN THEY WILL BE FIXED.

YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE SCOPE OF WORK IS IN THE SCHEDULE.

>> THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IS TAKING UP MOST OF THE SEWAGE COMING ACROSS THE BORDER IN THE CONCRETE RIVER CHANNEL.

>> IT IS 25 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

>> SOME OF THAT FLOW PASSED THROUGH WITHOUT BEING TREATED BEFORE RELEASE TO ME OUTFALL, THREE MILES OFFSHORE.

U.S. AND MEXICAN OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET THE PIPES REPAIRED.

GETTING THE FLOW UNDER CONTROL.

>> EVEN THOUGH MANY OF THE BEACHES ARE EXPERIENCING STRONG ODORS AND DISCOLORATION, PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING TO GET IN THE OCEAN.

>> FINDS NEXT TO THE.

I WANT PEOPLE TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER.

WE FOUND PEOPLE SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN ANYWAY.

ALEXANDER BERGMAN IS VISITING FROM AUSTRIA AND SAID HE WASN'T WORRIED ABOUT SWIMMING IN CONTAMINATED WATER.

BIRDMAN AND FELLOW TRAVELER, SAY THEY HAVE BEEN SURFING IN THE CONTAMINATED WATER.

>> THEY HAVEN'T CALLED US YET.

>> WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO PATROL AND EDUCATE THOSE THAT ARE -- , RISK OF SWIMMING IN CONTAMINATED WATER.

THEY ALSO SWITCHED OVER FROM THE BLUE SIGNS THAT A BEACH WATER MAKE CONTAIN SEWAGE AND MAY CAUSE ILLNESS.

TO THE BRIGHT YELLOW SIGNS THAT SAY SEWAGE CONTAMINATED WATER.

>> I'M AMAZED THAT WE ARE NOT GOING IN THE WATER.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN SURFING FOR YEARS.

SOME HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THE WARNING SIGN.

>> I TOOK A PICTURE TO SEND TO FRIENDS IN COLORADO TO TELL THEM WE CAME ALL THIS WAY.

WE ARE JUST NOT GOING IN.

>> POSTING THE STATUS ONLINE AT -- .

>> OFFICIALS DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY FROM MONKEYPOX.

>> THE DECLARATION TAKES PLACE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY RECORDS THE 59th CASE OF THE DISEASE.

>> IN A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR SAID THE U.S. WAS TAKING THE RESPONSE TO THE NEXT LEVEL TO STOP THE SPREAD.

THE NEXT LEVEL WAS THE DECLARATION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.

DETAILS WERE LIMITED.

OTHER OFFICIALS SPOKE OF BETTER COORDINATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS AND BETTER SHARING OF DATA.

>> WE CONTINUE TO MARSHAL FORWARD THE TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TAKE ON MONKEYPOX AND KEEP IT FROM SPREADING TO THE POINT OF BEING ANTHEMIC.

>> THERE WERE AT LEAST 6600 CASES IN THE U.S., UP FROM YOU ARE THAN 5000 LAST WEEK.

IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, IF THE NINE CASES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.

ALL CASES WERE MEN IN THE VAST MAJORITY WERE MEN WITH MALE SEXUAL PARTNERS.

MONKEYPOX IS NOT A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE BUT IT DOES SPREAD THROUGH CLOSE CONTACT.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY DECLARED ITS OWN LOCAL HEALTH EMERGENCY.

ON TUESDAY, PRIOR TO THE FEDERAL ANNOUNCEMENT, SUPERVISOR SPOKE OF THE NEED FOR VACCINATIONS.

>> WE AGGRESSIVELY BEGAN ADVOCATING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

TO OTHER LEADERS THAT WE NEEDED INCREASED AVAILABILITY OF VACCINE.

THE SITUATION THAT WE FACE IS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WE DID DURING COVID.

THERE IS ALREADY A VACCINE AND THERE TREATMENT.

>> THERE ARE MORE THAN 1 MILLION DOSES OF VACCINE CONTROLLED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND 600,000 DOSES HAVE BEEN SENT TO DISTRIBUTION POINTS.

THE COMMISSIONER OF THE FDA SAID AVAILABLE DOSES COULD INCREASE FIVEFOLD IF A SKIN DEEP INJECTION USING A SMALLER AMOUNT PROVES TO BE EFFECTIVE.

>> IT HAS BECOME CLEAR THAT GIVEN THE CONTINUED SPREAD, WE ARE AT A CRITICAL POINT, DICTATING THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE RISING INFECTION.

THE GOAL HAS BEEN TO VACCINATE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.

>> ABOUT 4000 DOSES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>>> SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY IS BRINGING BACK FACIAL COVERING REQUIREMENTS AHEAD OF THE YEAR.

HE ANNOUNCED THAT BEGINNING ON MONDAY, FACIAL COVERINGS WILL BE REQUIRED IN ALL INSTRUCTIONAL SETTINGS WHETHER INDOORS OR OUTDOORS.

THOSE THAT ARE FULLY UP-TO-DATE ON VACCINATIONS CAN REMOVE THE MASK WHILE TEACHING AS LONG AS STUDENTS ARE MASKED.

FACIAL COVERINGS ARE ALSO RECOMMENDED INDOORS WHEN GATHERING FOR EVENTS, MEETINGS AND OTHER FUNCTIONS.

THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM VACCINATION REQUIREMENT ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FALL SEMESTER.

>>> THE UNITED STATES MAY SOON HAVE A NEW TOOL TO FIGHT THE PANDEMIC.

PFIZER AND MODERNA ARE DEVELOPING BOOSTERS THAT ARE VACCINES THAT ARE COMPRISED OF THE OLD FORMULA, ALONG WITH A NEW ONE THAT FOCUSES ON THE SUB VARIANT.

THE FDA SAID IF THEY APPROVE THE SHOTS THEY COULD BECOME AVAILABLE NEXT MONTH.

ROUGHLY 124,000 COVID CASES ARE CONFIRMED EACH DAY.

THE ACCURACY IS IN QUESTION BECAUSE OF THE USE OF HOME TEST.

STATE AND INTERNATIONAL LEADERS CAME TOGETHER TODAY WITH A COMMON GOAL, TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

A REPORT WAS RELEASED BY THE TASK FORCE THAT SHOWS THAT SINCE 2020, COUNTY WENT FROM 150 REPORTS OF EXPLOITED CHILDREN TO 500.

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAID THEY ARE SEEING MORE THAN OR MORE 14- YEAR-OLDS EXPORTED WERE IN THE PAST, THE AVERAGE AGE WAS 16.

>> AS COMPARED TO 2020, WHERE HE RECOVERED 26 CHILDREN, MINORS, JUST IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, 22 WERE RECOVERED.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE AGES ON AVERAGE WERE YOUNGER THAN THOSE RECOVERED IN 2020.

>> LEADERS ARE ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO TALK WITH THEIR CHILDREN TOO SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE RISK OF THE INDIVIDUALS THEY ARE BEFRIENDING.

>>> BRITTNEY GRINER WILL SPEND NINE YEARS IN A RUSSIAN PRISON UNLESS A SWAMP CAN BE WORKED OUT.

SHE LEARNED HER FACE TODAY AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO DRUG SMUGGLING.

>> Reporter: IN RUSSIA, BRITTNEY GRINER, WAS FOUND GUILTY OF DRUG SMUGGLING AND SENTENCED BY A RUSSIAN COURT TO 9 YEARS OF JAIL TIME.

>> THIS IS A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE.

>> Reporter: ON FAIRBURY 17th, PROSECUTORS SAY THE GOLD MEDALIST WAS ARRESTED WITH LESS THAN ONE GRAM OF CANNABIS OIL IN HER LUGGAGE AT A MOSCOW AIR WORK.

SHE CLAIMS IT WAS AN HONEST MISTAKE, DUE TO PACKING IN A HURRY SAYING SHE HAD NO INTENT TO BREAK THE LAW.

>> WE HAD A BIG PICTURE OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE U.S.

WHICH NOW ARE ABYSMAL.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING RUSSIA IS WRONGFULLY DETAINING HER.

IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.

I CALL ON RUSSIA TO RELEASE HER SO SHE CAN BE WITH HER WIFE, LOVED ONES, FRIENDS AND TEAMMATES.

AMERICAN OFFICIALS ON THE GROUND ALSO REACTING TO THE VERDICT.

>> I WILL CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING TO CARE FOR THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF HER AND ALL U.S. CITIZENS DETAINED IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

>> THE ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED A PRISONER SWAP AND PAUL WE WENT WHO WAS CONVICTED OF ESPIONAGE IN 2020.

IN EXCHANGE FOR THE TRIBUTE.

>> IT IS HARD TO LOOK AT THAT.

>> HER LEGAL TEAM SAID THEY WILL APPEAL THE VERDICT.

ANALYST THAT SHE IS BEING USED AS A PAWN IN THE WAR AGAINST UKRAINE.

>> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS CHARGED FOUR POLICE OFFICERS WITH CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

ALL OF THEM WERE INVOLVED IN THE DEADLY BREONNA TAYLOR RATE.

THE 26-YEAR-OLD MEDICAL WORKER WAS SHOT TO DEATH BY OFFICERS THAT KNOCKED DOWN HER DOOR WHILE EXECUTING A SEARCH WARRANT.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID THE OFFICERS, ALONG WITH SERGEANT, SHARE BUT CANNOT FULLY IMAGINE THE GRIEF.

>>> FIRST IT WAS FLOODING AND NOW FIRES TRIGGERING EVACUATIONS.

THE CHALLENGES FACING THE RESIDENTS AND RESCUE WORKERS.

>> Reporter: IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, SIRENS AND SPOTLIGHTS CUT THROUGH THE DARKNESS IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA.

>> AT THAT POINT IT WAS CLOSE.

I GOT OUT, HOPPED IN THE VEHICLE AND LAID ON THE HORN.

>> I WOKE UP IN THE WATER WAS THIS HIGH.

I ALMOST DROWNED.

>> THE SUFFERING STILL FELT WITH A HEIGHTENED RATE OF EXTREME WEATHER, TOP OF MIND FOR SURVIVORS.

>> WHETHER A DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, WE ARE SEEING THE EFFECT RIGHT HERE.

>> AS RECOVERY ENTERS WEEK 2.

>> I SHOT THE WINDOW OUT.

I WAS ABLE TO SEE MY KIDS AND THAT MADE IT WORTH IT.

>> Reporter: IN THE WEST, THE FIRE EXPLODING IN SIZE, FORCING PEOPLE TO FIGHT THE FLAMES ON THEIR OWN.

>> THE WIND WAS BLOWING TO THE SOUTH AND THAT CHANGED AND WE HAD TO ABANDON.

IT INSTANTLY WENT FROM WE GOT THIS TO 20 FOOT FLAMES.

>> Reporter: IS MILLIONS BREAK THE HEAT WAVE, EXTREME TEMPERATURES CLAIMED THE LIFE OF AN ELDERLY COUPLE IN GEORGIA WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING 115 DEGREES IN THEIR HOME.

>> IT IS NOTHING SHORT OF SHOCKING.

>>> FIREFIGHTERS ARE GAINING GROUND ON THE McKINNEY FIRE WHICH IS NOW THE DEADLIEST AND MOST DESTRUCTIVE FIRE OF THE YEAR.

THE WILDFIRE NEAR THE BORDER WAS 10% CONTAINED IN THE FLAMES DIDN'T ADVANCEMENTS YESTERDAY, FOLLOWING DAYS OF CLOUDY AND RAINY WEATHER.

>> IT HAS BEEN VERY HUMID.

WE NOW HAVE THUNDERING DOWNPOURS.

THAT IS IN THE MOUNTAIN AREAS.

THERE IS A FLOOD WATCH THAT CONTINUES THROUGH THE EVENING.

FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY, FEWER STORMS AS WE TEND TO DRY OUT.

ANOTHER SURGE IS COMING.

MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS ON THE WAY.

HERE IS A LOOK AT THE FLOOD WATCH.

IT IS IN THE MOUNTAIN AREAS.

THAT CONTINUES THROUGH THE EVENING.

HERE IS A LOOK AT WATER VAPOR.

YOU CAN SEE THE MOISTURE SEARCHING IN FROM ARIZONA AND SOUTHEASTERN CALIPH ON YOU.

THIS SWIRL, THAT WAS ONCE A HURRICANE BEING DRAWN NORTHWARD.

TEMPERATURES TONIGHT, RIGHT AROUND 70.

CLOUDS IN THE AREA.

MID-60s IN LOWER 70s.

THERE WILL BE STORMS AROUND TO THE EVENING.

WATCH OUT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING HERE.

TEMPERATURES TOMORROW, STILL WARM.

LOW 90s IN RAMONA AND EL CAJON.

NOT AS ACTIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS.

MAYBE A STRAY STORM.

THE MOISTURE WILL BE HANGING AROUND ON FRIDAY.

A FEW STORMS TRYING TO PUMP UP.

GOING INTO SATURDAY IT IS THE SAME SCENARIO.

SUNDAY THE MOISTURE SURGES BACK.

WE LOOK AT THAT FORECAST, ALONG THE COAST, IT WILL BE WARM AND HUMID.

INTERIOR SECTIONS, UPPER 80s.

WE WILL SEE A SPOTTY STORM HERE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY BY SUNDAY OR MONDAY.

STORMS AROUND SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND IN THE DESERT.

STILL A RISK OF STORMS, SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

>>> THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LAUNCHED AN EFFORT TO ATTRACT 10,000 NEW MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO CAMPUSES.

THAT INCLUDES A $20,000 GRANT FOR STUDENTS TO COMPLETE ADVANCED DEGREES AND THEN WORKING SCHOOLS.

THE COVID PANDEMIC TRIGGERED A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN SCHOOLS THAT SHUT DOWN DELAYED SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL GROWTH.

$184 MILLION IS INCLUDED TO COVER TEACHING GRANTS AND OTHER EFFORTS TO RECRUIT COUNSELORS AND CLINICIANS.

>> STUDENTS DESERVE AND NEED TO HAVE SUPPORT.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE RESOURCES.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT WILL TAKE TIME TO BUILD OUT THE RESOURCES.

>>> GRADUATE STUDENTS IN MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON GRANTS BY EMAILING THIS ADDRESS.

>>> EVERY CHILD FEELS DIFFERENTLY ABOUT GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.

SOME MIGHT BE EXCITED WHILE OTHERS ARE NERVOUS.

ANXIETY MAY NOT LOOK THE SAME AS IT DOES IN ADULTS.

WE HAVE THE SIGNS TO LOOK FOR AND WAYS TO HELP YOUR CHILD GET READY TO HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL.

>> IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR.

HEADING BACK TO THE CLASSROOM MIGHT BRING UP DIFFERENT FEELINGS.

>> EVEN IF YOUR KID IS EXCITED, IT IS OKAY.

IT IS COMPLETELY NORMAL.

>> BACK-TO-SCHOOL ANXIETY CAN LOOK DIFFERENT IN EVERY CHILD.

THE SIGNS TO LOOK FOR ARE FREQUENT WORRYING ABOUT SCHOOL.

TROUBLE CONCENTRATING, FREQUENT HEADACHES OR STOMACHACHES WITH NO KNOWN MEDICAL COST.

CHANGES IN EATING OR SLEEPING HABITS, CLINGINESS TO CAREGIVERS, CHANGES IN MOOD, SWEATING, SHAKING HER FAST BREATHING WHEN THINKING ABOUT SCHOOL AND NOT TAKING PART IN IT KITTIES THEY NORMALLY ENJOY.

>> ANXIETY CAN COME FROM FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.

FOR SOME KIDS, MOST HELPFUL WILL BE FAMILIARIZING THEM WITH CERTAIN THINGS.

>> PARENTS CAN HELP BY GOING TO A MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT OR VISITING THE SCHOOL BEFORE THE FIRST DAY.

ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILD TO PRACTICE WITH THINGS THEY WILL BE USING ON THEIR OWN LIKE ONCE CONTAINERS OR BACKPACKS.

ALSO MEET UP WITH OTHER KIDS THAT GO TO THE SCHOOL.

>> ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO PREPARE WILL PUT THEIR MIND AT EASE AND MAKE THEM A BIT MORE COMFORTABLE.

>>> TONIGHT, A RUSSIAN COURT SENTENCES BRITTNEY GRINER TO 9 YEARS IN PRISON.

COMING UP, AFTER EVENING EDITION.

>>> A LIFE-CHANGING AND LIFESAVING DAY FOR MANY ACROSS SAN DIEGO.

>> THEY TOOK PART IN THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD TRAINING PROGRAM ON TECHNIQUES INCLUDING CPR.

THEY WILL NEED TO BECOME LIFEGUARDS.

>> IT IS AMAZING TO HAVE THE SKILL SET.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 300 KIDS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.

ROUGHLY 400,000 DEATHS HAPPEN EACH YEAR IN THE U.S.. >>> FROM NORTH COUNTY TO SOUTH COUNTY, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED GOATS IN OPEN SPACES.

IT IS NOT A NEW PETTING ZOO.

THE GOATS ARE ACTUALLY WORKING TO HELP PEOPLE SAFE FROM FIRE.

>> Reporter: HE IS BEEN IN THE GOAT BUSINESS FOR 20 YEARS.

IT IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAND MANAGEMENT COMPANY.

>> ON THE CARD IT SAYS GOATS FOR HIGHER PEAK.

I HAD TO GET IT OUT THERE.

WE RENT OUT OR YOU CAN UTILIZE THE GOAT FOR FIRE BREAKS.

>> Reporter: LATELY THEY'VE BEEN GRAZING THEIR BUSY ROADS.

BUSINESSES AND UNDERNEATH POWERLINES.

THEY ARE SUPER CUTE BUT THEY HAVE A MORE IMPORTANT JOB, PREVENTING FIRES FROM STARTING FROM THESE POWERLINES AND GETTING TO THE STRUCTURES HERE AND ACROSS THE STREET.

>> IT IS ALL PART OF A NEW PROGRAM.

>> PEOPLE REFER TO THEM AS FOUR- LEGGED LAWNMOWERS.

THOSE FOUR-LEGGED LAWNMOWERS CAN GET AREAS THAT TRADITIONAL LAWNMOWERS CANNOT.

>> Reporter: LAST MONTH THEY KICKED OFF A PILOT PROGRAM IN OCEANSIDE.

>> ONE OF THE LAST THINGS WE WANT IS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO CAUSE A FIRE.

THE COOL THING IS, WE ARE LETTING THE GOATS DO THEIR THING AND DO WHAT COMES NATURAL WHICH IS TO EAT THE WEEDS.

>> Reporter: THE RENTED GOATS ARE TAKEN TO HIGH RISK AREAS TO CLEAR OUT DRY BRUSH AND KEEP IT FROM GROWING BACK FOR LONGER PERIODS.

>> NOT ONLY DID HE EAT THE WEEDS BUT THEY ALSO EAT THE SEED.

THAT IS ONE OF THE BENEFITS.

A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE HANGING OUT AND WATCHING THEM AND THEY ARE EATING THE WEEDS BUT THEY DON'T REALIZE THEY ARE ALSO EATING THE SEEDS.

BY EATING THE SEEDS, WEEDS JUST ARE NOT POPPING BACK UP AS QUICKLY AS THEY WOULD IF THEY HADN'T GOTTEN EATEN.

>> Reporter: GOAT GRAZING FOR FIRE ABATEMENT IS NOT NEW.

IT KEEPS THEM BUSY AROUND.

>> IT IS THE REINTRODUCTION TO WHAT ABATEMENT USED TO BE LIKE AND REINTRODUCING THEM TO GET THAT UNDERSTORY AND TREATMENT TO A BETTER DEGREE.

>> HE EXPLAINS THAT THE WORK TAKES TIME.

THE WEEDS ARE NOT THE FAVORITE.

>> THEY START EATING THE PLANTS THEY ARE USED TO AND THEN AFTER TIME, IF WE NEED NATIVE PLANT REDUCTION, THEY START TO ADDRESS IT.

THAN THE NATIVE PLANTS, EAT LAST.

MOST OF THE FIRE PROBLEMS ARE THE WEEDS AND GRASS.

>> Reporter: IT TAKES A LITTLE MORE TIME BUT HE SAID THEY ARE AN ORGANIC ALTERNATIVE THAT ARE NOT JUST REDUCING TAINTOR BUT CARBON EMISSIONS TOO.

>> THEY LITERALLY CONVERTED IT.

IT IS ALL STILL ON SITE.

AND HASN'T BEEN TRANSPORTED.

THE NUTRIENTS ARE STILL IN THE SOIL.

THE GOATS REMOVE 99% OF THE SEEDS.

>> WE WANT THE TREES AND LANDSCAPE TO BE THE FIREBREAK.

IT IS ALLOWING THE LAND TO BE THE SUPPRESSION.

IF IT LEADS TO THIS AREA, IT WILL BE QUENCHED OUT.

IF IT FALLS IN THIS AREA, IT DOES NOT HAVE A STARTING IGNITION POINT.

>> THE RAYS BY RESIDENTS THAT STOMP THEM.

HE ASSURES THAT THE GOATS DON'T MIND THE ELEMENT.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN RAISED IN THIS.

THEY ARE USED TO HELICOPTERS AND SIRENS AND POLICE CARS.

IF WE WERE TO TAKE THE COUNTRY GOAT HERE, THEY WOULDN'T BE COMFORTABLE.

>> Reporter: THE NEXT SITE WILL BE X ESCONDIDO.

UPON COMPLETION IT WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROGRAM IS ADOPTED AND CONTINUED.

>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE.

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