>>> WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE ONGOING UNITARIAN CRISIS AT OUR BORDER.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, MAYA TRABULSI.

ORDER LIVING IN THE MAKESHIFT MIGRANT CAMP AND -- DIED YESTERDAY.

MY RENT ADVOCATE SAID DEATH WAS INEVITABLE GIVEN THE HORRIBLE CONDITIONS AT THE CAMP.

>> WE ARE JUST PROFOUNDLY SADDENED TO LEARN THAT WHAT WE FEARED HAS NOW HAPPENED.

WE HAVE KNOWN THAT WAS A MATTER OF TIME FOR SOMEONE TO DIE.

>> Reporter: NINA DOUGLAS IS ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS.

SHE SAID MIGRANTS HAVE HAD DIABETES, HEART CONDITIONS, AND OPEN GASHES.

>> WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT BORDER CONTROL IS NOT EQUIPPED TO TREAT CONDITIONS HERE.

>> Reporter: VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE BASIC -- TO MIGRANTS.

OFFICIALS SAY THE PERSON WAS EXPERIENCING MEDICAL DISTRESS AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD.

OFFICIALS DID NOT RELEASE HER NAME WERE SAY WHAT LED TO HER DEATH.

VOLUNTEERS SAY SHE WAS FROM A WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY AND TRAVELED WITH RELATIVES.

>> SHE AND HER FAMILY MEMBERS WENT SO FAR TO GET HERE.

I'M SURE THEY SUFFERED A LOT.

AND THEN TO GET THIS FAR IN HER TO DIE AND NOT HAVE THE MEDICAL ATTENTION SHE DESERVES.

I TRUST THAT THE PEOPLE PRESENT DID THEIR BEST.

I NEED TO BELIEVE THAT.

BUT THAT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

>> Reporter: THE CAMPUS SITUATED BETWEEN TWO BORDER WALLS.

IT WAS FIRST OPENED IN THE FALL OF 2022 AND REOPENED LAST MONTH.

ALL ALONG MIGRANT ADVOCATES HAVE WARNED ABOUT THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.

>> WE HAVE TOLD EVERYONE WHO WILL LISTEN THAT THE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES IN THE OPEN AIR DETENTION ARE SERIOUS AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.

>> Reporter: FLORA LOPEZ AS A VOLUNTEER.

SHE HAS BEEN AT THE CAMPS FOR A LONG TIME.

MIGRANTS ARE RELUCTANT TO HELP BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THEY WOULD BE SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES.

THE WOMAN COULD NOT TAKE HER HUSBAND AND TWO CHILDREN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH HER.

>> SHE HAD TO PICK WHICH ONE OF THE CHILDREN SHE WOULD GO TO THE HOSPITAL WITH.

SHE ENDED UP TAKING HER OLDEST CHILD, WHO TO ME SEEMED ABOUT NINE YEARS OLD.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID VOLUNTEERS ARE EXPERIENCING SECONDHAND TRAUMA AND NEED MORE SUPPORT.

>> THE BURNOUT IS REAL.

IT IS UNSUSTAINABLE.

WE HAVE BEEN HERE AT THE BARN WALL IN THE OVER AIR DETENTION SITE WITH NO SUPPORT OR RESOURCES FROM ANY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT.

NOT FROM CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND NOT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> Reporter: CBP PERSONNEL CLEARED THE CAMP THURSDAY MORNING.

BY THE AFTERNOON ALL THAT WAS LEFT WERE ABANDONED TOYS, SNEAKERS, AND TRASH.

OFFICIALS SAY THE CBP OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IS REVIEWING THE INCIDENT.

>>> AT LEAST 27 AMERICANS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS.

SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN IS MEETING WITH MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.

LINCOLN SAID THEY WILL HELP IN THE SEARCH FOR THE OVER 100 HOSTAGES TAKEN AND HELP IN OTHER WAYS.

THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT WARNED GAZA WILL NOT HAVE ANY FUEL OR POWER.

>>> PALESTINIANS AND IN SAN DIEGO ARE URGING PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO TAKE ACTION.

>> Reporter: MAYORS -- A COALITION OF PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS ASKED SAN DIEGO OFFICIALS TO AND FUNDING TO THE ISRAELI MILITARY.

-- SAYS SHE HAS FAMILY IN GAZA WERE ISRAEL IS BOMBING.

SHE LOST CONTACT WITH THEM TWO DAYS AGO.

>> THE LAST MESSAGE I RECEIVED FOR MY AUNT WAS THAT THEY WERE ALIVE BUT THEY WOULD RATHER DIE P GOES NO ONE FEELS BUT THE PALESTINIANS ARE LIVING HERE.

>> Reporter: THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT CUT OFF WATER, FOOD, AND ELECTRICITY TO GAZA WERE 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED INSIDE BORDERS THE SIZE OF PHILADELPHIA.

ALMOST HALF OUR CHILDREN.

THIS RABBI OF TEMPLE EMANUEL SAID PALESTINIANS ARE ALSO PAYING THE PRICE.

BUT THEIR PLATE DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE ACTIONS OF HAMAS.

>> IT HAS BEEN HORRIFIC.

EVERY DAY WE FIND OUT MORE FAMILIES KILLED IN SEEING THE FACES OF PEOPLE WHO WE KNOW ARE OUR FRIENDS AND WE KNOW AND LOVE THEM.

IT IS INEXCUSABLE.

>> Reporter: HAMAS AND THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT IN THE THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE SATURDAY.

EVERYONE I SPOKE WITH ON BOTH SIDES IS PLEADING FOR HELP.

THEY ALL SAID THEY ARE NOT HEARD.

>> WE WILL HAVE MORE COVERAGE OF THE WAR.

PBS NEWS HOUR WILL PRESENT WERE IN THE HOLY LAND, A SPECIAL SPECIAL.

>>> IT HAS BEEN WINDY THROUGH MIDWEEK.

NOW THE WIND WILL DIE DOWN.

IS IT WE LOOK BACK THE LAST 36 HOURS, ASIDE FROM THE WIND TIED TO TORNADOES IN PARTS OF FLORIDA, WE HAD 80 MILES AN HOUR GUSTS IN -- CALIFORNIA.

TWO ARE EASED THAT STORM MOVED EAST.

TONIGHT WE WILL GET QUIETER AND COOLER FOR THE INLAND AREAS.

>>> GOVERNOR NEWSOM WILL NOT DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY OVER THE WATER CRISIS IN THE TIJUANA VALLEY.

HE SAYS, A STATE PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY CANNOT ACCELERATE FEDERAL WORK NEEDED.

BUT GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S OFFICE SAID HE HAS TAKEN OTHER ACTIONS INCLUDING URGENT ACTION AND FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

LOCAL LEADERS HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR THE DECLARATION OF STATE AND FEDERAL EMERGENCIES TO ADDRESS POLLUTION.

SOME BEACHES HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR HUMAN CONTACT FOR MORE THAN 600 CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS THAT CHULA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL SAID AT TIMES THERE ARE ONLY ONE OR TWO BATHROOMS TO USE.

COREY SUZUKI EXPLAINS WHY THE SCHOOL IS CLOSING RESTROOMS AND THE EFFECT THAT IS HAVING ON STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: FOR -- FRESHMAN YEAR IS OFF TO US STRESSFUL START.

THE CLASS WORK, NEW PEOPLE, AND THEN THE BATHROOM SITUATION.

>> THERE ARE CERTAIN BATHROOMS, BUT THEY ARE CLOSED.

I HAVE TO GO TO THE NEAREST BATHROOM WHICH IS FIVE MINUTES AWAY.

>> Reporter: IN RECENT WEEKS MOST OF THE BATHROOMS HAVE ENCLOSED AT THE 2500 STUDENT SCHOOL.

SHE HAD WALKED FIVE MINUTES FROM HER SPANISH CLASS TO FIND A BATHROOM THAT WAS OPEN.

SEVERAL OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE SWEETWATER SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE BEEN CLOSING BATHROOMS IN RESPONSE TO BAD BEHAVIORS BY SOME STUDENTS.

BUT ALL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.

HERE IS ISAIAH RAIN FIELD SPEAKING AT THE SWEETWATER BOARD MEETING.

>> MULTIPLE CAMPUSES HAVE HAD ONE BATHROOM OPEN IN THE ENTIRE CAMPUS TO HELP WITH WHAT THEY HAVE HEARD TO HELP WITH VAPING AND BATHROOMS.

VIOLENCE.

BUT ONE BATHROOM OPEN FOR THE ENTIRE CAMPUS IS HUGE.

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 2000+ STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: THE PRINCIPAL SAID HE DOESN'T REMEMBER A TIME WHEN THE SCHOOL IS ONLY HAD ONE OR TWO BATHROOMS.

HE SAYS THEY DO CLOSE BATHROOMS WHEN THEY FIND OUT SOMEONE HAS BEEN VAPING.

HE REACHED OUT ON WEDNESDAY.

>> UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE SEEN IN MORE RECENT TIMES AN INCREASE IN STUDENTS VAPING AND RESTROOMS.

THAT IS THE CONCERN FOR US.

THAT IS WHAT WE SEE MORE FREQUENTLY.

WE END UP CLOSING RESTROOMS UNTIL WE CAN INVESTIGATE.

IF WE COULD SEE WHO WAS THERE.

HER BACK SOME OTHER SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTY HAVE ALSO BEEN RESTRICTING ACCESS TO BATHROOMS.

INCLUDING PATRICK HENRY HIGH SCHOOL AND LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.

IN SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

BUT BATHROOM CLOSERS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE AS BIG OF A ISSUE ON THOSE CAMPUSES.

CLOSING SO MANY BATHROOMS IN SWEETWATER MIGHT EVEN VIOLATE STATE LAW WHICH REQUIRES ALL CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE BATHROOM FOR EVERY 40 STUDENTS.

SOME CAMPUSES HAVE RECENTLY STARTED TO OPEN UP MORE FACILITIES.

AFTER STUDENTS BROUGHT THIS UP TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.

IN MANY CHULA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THEY ARE GLAD TO HEAR IT.

-- SAYS HIGH SCHOOL IS COMP LOCATED ENOUGH.

>> THERE IS JUST SO MUCH WORK.

>> Reporter: THE BATHROOMS SHE SAID ARE JUST ANOTHER THING TO WORRY ABOUT.

>>> CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO AVOIDING A STRIKE OF MANY OF ITS 26,000 WORKERS.

CAL STATE NEGOTIATORS HAVE REACHED TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH THREE EMPLOYEE UNIONS.

THAT INCLUDES ACADEMIC, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT STAFF THAT WILL RECEIVE A 10% INCREASE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

STUDENT ASSISTANCE REPRESENTATIVES ALSO GET THE SAME PAY RAISE.

THE CONTRACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE RATIFIED BY UNION MEMBERS IN EARLY NOVEMBER THAN APPROVED BY THE CSU BOARD.

>>> NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN KAISER AND 4500 SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE WORKERS RESUMED TODAY.

MORE THAN 75,000 KAISER WORKERS IN MULTIPLE STATES WENT ON STRIKE LAST WEEK ARE BACK AT WORK WITHOUT A NEW CONTRACT.

THE COALITION OF UNIONS SAID THE STICKING POINT CONTINUES TO BE PUTTING A LIMITATION ON SUBCONTRACTING AND OUTSOURCING JOBS.

KAISER OFFICIALS SAY THEY AND THE UNIONS WILL RETURN TO THE ORGANIC TABLE AGAIN TOMORROW.

>>> OCTOBER IS RECOGNIZED AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY MORE THAN 4 MILLION BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS IN THE U.S. MELISSA MAE TELLS US HOW TREATMENT HAS CHANGED IN RECENT YEARS.

>> Reporter: BREAST CANCER IS THE SECOND MOST COMMON CANCER FOR WOMEN.

>> THIS IS NOT A PRETTY PINK DISEASE.

THIS IS A NASTY STRUGGLE THAT A LOT OF WOMEN GO THROUGH.

ONE WOMEN IN EIGHT.

BREAST CANCER MEANS COURAGE TO ME.

>> Reporter: REBECCA DABBS 13 YEARS AGO NOTICED A LUMP ON HER BREAST.

SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER AND SAID AT TIMES IT WAS OVERWHELMING.

>> I LOST ALL MY HAIR.

I HAD 12 BREAST SURGERIES.

I LOST MY LEFT BREAST.

LUCKILY, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE FOR EVERYBODY, I HAD A STRONG SUPPORT SYSTEM TO HELP ME THROUGH.

>> Reporter: THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY SAID BREAST CANCER DEATH RATES HAVE DECLINED BY 43% SINCE THE LATE 1980s DUE TO EARLY SCREENINGS, INCREASED AWARENESS, AND BETTER TREATMENTS.

THANKS TO LARGE-SCALE CAN CONICAL TRIALS.

>> THESE CLINICAL TRIALS HAVE SAID THESE PEOPLE CAN HAVE LIST TOXICITY.

AT THE SAME TOKEN WOMEN WITH ADVANCED OR METASTATIC STAGE FOUR BREAST CANCER, OUR STUDIES SHOW WOMEN ARE LIVING LONGER.

>> Reporter: EARLIER THIS YEAR THE UNITED STATES PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE CHANGED THE RECOMMENDATION OF ALL WOMEN AT AGE 40, NOT 50, GET A BREAST CANCER SCREENING WITH A MAMMOGRAM EVERY YEAR.

DR. REBECCA SHESKEY SAYS IF YOU NOTICE ANY BREAST CHANGES, NOT JUST LUMPS, CONTACT YOUR PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR.

>> IF THERE IS NEW SKIN THICKENING OR CHANGES TO THE , SOMETIMES BREAST TUMORS CAN PULL THE INTO THE BREAST WHERE IT WAS NOT BEFORE.

THAT IS CALLED RETRACTION.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID THE AVERAGE AGE OF WOMEN BEING DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER 61.

BUT RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN YOUNGER WOMEN BEING DIAGNOSED.

>> LATINA WOMEN, THERE WAS JUST A RECENT ARTICLE, THEY ARE DIAGNOSED ON AVERAGE SEVEN YEARS EARLIER THAN THEIR CAUCASIAN COUNTERPARTS.

WE KNOW AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER IN THEIR 40s AS OPPOSED TO THEIR 50s AND 60s.

>> Reporter: THERE IS MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER WALK THIS SUNDAY AT BALBOA PARK.

GO TO CANCER.ORG TO SIGN UP.

MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A NEW PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO HELP SAN DIEGO AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ADDICTED TO DRUGS -- GIVING THEM ACCESS TO ANOTHER DRUG THAT CAN REDUCE THEIR CRAVINGS.

THOMAS FUDGE TELLS US HOW.

>> Reporter: THE NINTH FLOOR OF SAN DIEGO'S CENTRAL LIBRARY HAS A FEW OF DOWNTOWN IN THE STREETS BELOW.

IT IS WHERE I MET DAVID HOULE, WHO IS CURRENTLY HOMELESS.

THE NATIVE OF PHOENIX SAYS HE HAS BATTLED WITH ADDICTION FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

>> I HAVE HAD MY DRY SPELLS IN MY GOOD SPELLS.

COMING HERE IT JUST WENT REALLY BAD.

>> Reporter: THAT HE'S OFF FLYER AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY TELLING HIM ABOUT A PROGRAM AIMED AT HELPING PEOPLE ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS WITH A DRUG CALLED SUBOXONE.

IT'S PRIMARY INGREDIENT IS -- HE SAID HE RESPONDED AND SIGNED UP FOR IT AT FATHER JOE'S VILLAGES.

>> AFTER TALKING WITH THE DOCTORS AT FATHER JOE'S, AND TAKING IT EVERY DAY GETTING THE RIGHT DOSE, IT REALLY HELPED ME A LOT.

I HAVE HAD SLIPUPS, I HAVE TALKED TO MY DOCTOR, WE BOTH KNOW IT'S NORMAL.

BUT IT IS NOT GOING OUT OF CONTROL.

I TAKE MY STRIPS EVERY MORNING LIKE I WOULD DRINK MY COFFEE.

>> Reporter: HE SAID IT'S LIKE THE DRUG MENTALLY BLOCKED THE CRAVINGS HE HAS.

HE GETS THE MEDICATION ON A SMALL STRIP THAT HE PLACES ON HIS TONGUE.

-- IS A OPIOID THAT CAN KNOCK MORE POTENT DRUGS OFF OF IT.

DR. DANIEL HASSELHOFF IS AN EMERGENCY BOXER AND CALL ECOLOGISTS -- >> WE CAN SEE THINGS LIKE PAIN RELIEF, TREATMENT OF WITHDRAWAL, TREATMENT OF CRAVINGS.

BUT WE DO NOT SEE SO MUCH OF THAT EUPHORIA THAT WE WOULD SEE, THAT DRIVES PEOPLE TO ABUSE THESE DRUGS.

>> Reporter: MEGAN PART IS THAT SHE HEALTH OFFICER IT BOTHERS JOE'S VILLAGES, TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY.

SHE ALSO PRESCRIBES MORPHINE.

>> WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE STABILIZE, RECONNECT WITH FAMILY, BECOME EMPLOYED.

>> Reporter: -- CONTAINS -- BETTER KNOWN AS NARCAN.

SHE SAID SHE HAS SEEN THE PROBLEMS -- GROWS EXPONENTIALLY IN THE COMMUNITY.

LARGELY TO THE WIDESPREAD USE OF FENTANYL.

SAN DIEGO STATE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSOR LEANDER RODDA SAID SHE HAS SPOKEN TO LIBRARIANS WHO TALKED ABOUT FREQUENT DRUG OVERDOSES IN THE BATHROOMS AND OUTSIDE THE LIBRARIES.

-- GOT A TWO-YEAR GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE TO SEE IF INTERVENING COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

TWO MONTHS AGO THEY BEGAN REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE WITH DRUG ADDICTION WHO USED THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.

>> SOME OF THE PEOPLE WANT TO GET HELP.

SOMETIMES IT IS THE LITTLE BIT OF HELP, JUST LIKE FINDING THEM THE NEXT DAY MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE TO THEM.

AND THEY TELL US THAT.

>> Reporter: THE OLD LIBRARY MISSION, PUBLIC SERVICE BY PROMOTING LITERACY AND PROVIDING INFORMATION HAS EVOLVED.

THE LIBRARY HAS ALSO BECOME A PLACE WHERE HOMELESS PEOPLE GO TO USE THE BATHROOMS, CHARGE THEIR PHONES, THE DRY, AND SAFE.

SAN DIEGO'S CENTRAL LIBRARY AND JENNIFER JENKINS SAID LIBRARIES CONFRONT A CHANGING URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND CHANGING RESPONSIBILITIES.

>> LIBRARIES HAVE NOW BECOME DYNAMIC AND REFLECTIVE AND KIND OF RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY IN REAL TIME.

AS OPPOSED TO HOLDING THOSE TRADITIONAL VALUES AND MISSIONS AND NOT EXPANDING AND GROWING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO STATE PROJECTS RECRUITS AT LEAST 40 TO ADDICTED PEOPLE TO GET THE SUBSCRIPTIONS AND TAKE IT REGULARLY.

-- SAID SHE HOPES THIS WILL BE A MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM AND PERHAPS LIBRARIES AND OTHER STATES.

BUT SHE SAID WE NEED TO REMEMBER THE DETOXIFICATION BY USING MEDICINES LIKE THIS IS RARELY ENOUGH TO MAKE THE PROBLEM GO AWAY.

>> SUBSTANCE USE OF OUR CHRONIC DISEASES.

IT IS THE SAME WITH ASTHMA, DIABETES, THESE ARE HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT WAX AND WANE.

>> Reporter: HE SAID LONG-TERM TREATMENT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY FROM DRUG ABUSE.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE NUMBER OF DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS IN THE U.S. IS STILL RISING.

BUT THE PACE APPEARS TO BE SLOWING.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO NEW ESTIMATES FROM THE CDC.

THE PROJECTS MORE THAN 112,000 PEOPLE DIE FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE IN A TWELVE-MONTH AMOUNT OF TIME IT.

THAT IS A 2700 DIFFERENCE FROM THE YEAR BEFORE.

IT IS ALSO A LOWER JUMP IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE PANDEMIC.

THE CDC SAID F'S BIKED 30% BETWEEN 2019 AND 2020.

IT ROSE ANOTHER 15% IN 2021.

>>> SEVERAL SAN DIEGANS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO GENEVA TO APPEAL TO THE U.N. ABOUT EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE BY U.S. POLICE AGAINST AMERICANS OF COLOR.

>> Reporter: TED WOMACK WAS 16 WALKING HOME WHEN AN OFFICER FOLLOWED HIM WITHOUT CAUSE.

>> I WAS LIKE, IT LOOKS LIKE HE WAS FOLLOWING ME.

AND HE ARRESTED ME AND PUT ME IN THE BACK OF HIS CAR.

>> Reporter: IT WAS THE FIRST OF AT LEAST 100 UNPROVOKED REACTIONS WITH THE POLICE.

BLACK AMERICANS ARE ARRESTED AND KILLED BY POLICE AT MUCH HIGHER RATES THAN WHITE AMERICANS.

THEY RARELY FIND JUSTICE IN THE U.S. SYSTEMS.

SO WOMACK IS TAKING IT INTERNATIONAL.

WITH A NONPROFIT ALLIANCE SAN DIEGO HE IS ASKING THE U.N. TO CONSIDER EXCESSIVE POLICE USE OF FORCE AS A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION.

>> I AM A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.

JUST A LITTLE BIT.

PART OF ME KIND OF FEELS LIKE I AM STILL LIKE THIS ONE SMALL PERSON AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO A GIANT.

>> Reporter: HE HOPES THEIR STORIES WILL OPEN PEOPLE'S EYES BUT HE ALSO WON SOMETHING CONCRETE.

FOR THE U.S. TO CHANGE ITS USE OF FORCE STANDARD FROM REASONABLE TO THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD OF NECESSARY AND PROPORTIONATE.

>> ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CAN USE THEIR DISCRETION AND SAY, I FEEL IT WAS REASONABLE TO TOOK THIS GUY FOR 20 MINUTES.

IS TO ME HE WAS NOT FOLLOWING MY INSTRUCTIONS.

AND THEN THE PERSON DIES.

>> Reporter: THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE WILL WEIGH THEIR TESTIMONY BEFORE ISSUING A REPORT.

>>> A FORMER SAN DIEGO UNIFIED STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE IS NOW ORGANIZING A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT PRISON INMATES.

BEAUTY BEYOND BARS IS THE VISION OF LEAH -- SHE GRADUATED FROM SCRIPPS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL LAST YEAR.

SHE IS A FRESHMAN AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.

SHE RETURNED HOME TO DELIVER CARE PACKAGES TO INMATES AT A DETENTION CENTER.

THE PACKAGES INCLUDE PERSONAL ITEMS UNAVAILABLE TO MOST INMATES LIKE FACE RUBBED, AND LIP BALM.

>> IT FELT INHUMANE.

THAT IS THE MAIN GOAL OF BEAUTY BEYOND BARS.

IS HUMANIZING THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE, STARTING WITH REFRAMING THE WAY WE LOOK AT BEAUTY AND HYGIENE.

>> BEAUTY BEYOND BARS WILL ALLOCATE FOR NATIONAL HUMAN DIGNITY LEGISLATION REQUIRING THE ON SHACKLING OF INCARCERATED PREGNANT WOMEN WHILE GIVING BIRTH AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR WEARING RELIGIOUS HEADWEAR.

>>> IT HAS BEEN WINDY OUT THERE.

WE DO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS.

THE WIND WILL RELAX.

AS THE WIND DIDN'T WE WILL HAVE PATCHY DRIVEL PARTICLES.

A FEW OF YOU MAY GET TO USE YOUR WIPERS ONCE OR TWICE.

A LITTLE COOLER FOR THE COAST.

BUT STILL PRETTY TOASTY IN THE DESERT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE LATEST DROUGHT MONITOR.

THIS IS GREAT NEWS.

THE DATA THROUGH TUESDAY, WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES.

WE HAD SOME NASTY DROUGHT AND SEVERE DROUGHT FOR MOST OF OUR AREA.

MOST OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, THAT IS GONE.

THE DROUGHT IS OVER.

WE EXPECT TO SEE A PRETTY WET WINTER THIS YEAR THANKS TO EL NINO.

WE EXPECT TO SEE THESE RESERVOIRS REMAINING ABOVE AVERAGE.

THAT IS EXCELLENT NEWS.

WE ARE FORECASTING NO SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA INTO AT LEAST 2025.

EXCELLENT NEWS.

TONIGHT 58 DEGREES.

PATCHY WITH CLOUDS.

YOU WILL SEE NOT A STRONG FUTURE CAST BUT THERE MIGHT BE SPATS OF DRIZZLE HERE AND THERE.

OTHERWISE IT WILL BE A GREAT DAY TOMORROW WITH WRITER WEATHER IN THE AFTERNOON.

73 IN CHULA VISTA, 75 IN SAN DIEGO, 76 IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

THIS SATURDAY WILL BE AN ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ECLIPSES WHERE THE MOON, IF YOU'RE IN THE PAST THE MOON WILL BLOCK OUT MOST OF THE SUN EXCEPT FOR A BRING AROUND IT.

IT WILL NOT BE LIKE THAT IN SAN DIEGO.

THE PASSWORD THAT WILL OCCUR IS PARTS OF OREGON DOWN TO SAN ANTONIO.

THE REST OF US ACROSS MOST OF THE NATION WILL EXPERIENCE A PARTIAL ECLIPSE.

THE GOOD NEWS FOR US WE HAVE THAT DARK CHARCOAL COLOR.

MEANS GOOD VIEWING CONDITIONS.

NOT MANY CLOUDS.

FOR THE COAST WE WILL COOL DOWN SLIGHTLY FRIDAY.

WARMING BACK UP TO 81.

SUNDAY GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE.

INDOLENT AREAS COOLER ON FRIDAY BUT WARMER.

INTO THE MOUNTAINS WE GO.

SLIGHT COOLDOWN ON FRIDAY AND THAT WE BOUNCE BACK INTO THE MID-60s.

THE DESERT WE STAY PRETTY WARM.

WE WILL GET HOT INTO SUNDAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

>>> TODAY IS SOMEONE'S LUCKY DAY HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

THEY HAVE WON THE SECOND LARGEST JACKPOT IN U.S. HISTORY.

A TICKET MATCHING ALL SIX NUMBERS FOR THE 1.7 BILLION DOLLARS GRAND PRIZE WAS SOLD IN FRAZIER PARK SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD.

THE WINNING NUMBERS ARE 22, 24, 40, 52, 64.

THE POWERBALL IS 10.

IT TOOK 36 DRAWINGS SINCE JULY 19th FOR SOMEONE TO WIN.

DUKE WORKS AT THE STORE THAT SOLD THE WINNING TICKET AND HE SAYS HE BELIEVES THE WINNER WILL WILL