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>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY LEADERS CONTINUE TO GRAPPLE WITH CROSS- BORDER SEWAGE POLLUTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON SELF-PAY COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTED TO CONTINUE A LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION OVER THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS.

KPBS REPORTER SAYS THAT THE COUNTY MAY EXPAND A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES AIR PURIFIERS TO SOME HOUSEHOLDS.

>> Reporter: IMPERIAL BEACH RESIDENT MAC JOSH SAYS THAT THE ODOR HAS BEEN PRETTY BAD THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

>> MOSTLY IN THE NIGHTS AND EARLY MORNINGS DEPENDING ON THE WIND PATTERN.

IT HAS BEEN SHIFTING IN AND YOU CAN SMELL IT.

IT SMELLS LIKE IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOOD FOR YOU.

>> Reporter: SCIENTISTS REPORTED DANGEROUS LEVELS OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND HYDROGEN CYANIDE IN THE AREA.

A DAY LATER, COUNTY SUPERVISORS SAYS THAT THE LEVELS WERE NOT IN IMMINENT PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT.

NATIONAL CITY COUNCILMEMBER RAISED HEALTH CONCERNS AGAIN TODAY.

HE SAYS THAT HE FELT THE EFFECTS FIRSTHAND WHEN HE VISITED THE AREA YESTERDAY.

>> THE MONITORS WERE BEYOND SAFE LEVELS.

I WAS THERE AND I SAW IT.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, I KNOW.

I KNOW WHAT MY BODY WAS TELLING ME.

I THROAT STARTED BURNING AFTER 30 MINUTES AND IT FELT LIKE ACID REFLUX.

I WAS THERE.

MY THROAT STILL TO THIS DAY, THERE IS A BIT OF IRRITATION.

>> Reporter: THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD IS GETTING AN UPDATE INTO EARTH ODOR COMPLAINTS.

EXPENDING COUNTY PROGRAM THAT PROVIDED AIR PURIFIERS TO SOME HOUSEHOLDS.

>> IT IS THE END-ALL BE-ALL.

WE NEED TO SOLVE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE CRISIS, WHICH IS THE SEWAGE.

>> Reporter: BIPARTISAN GROUP REQUESTING ADDITIONAL DISASTER FUNDS TO FOR SALTWATER WASTE TREATMENT PLAN.

THEY SENT THE REQUEST TO CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP TODAY.

THEY WROTE THAT YEARS UNDERINVESTMENT HAVE REDUCED THE PLANS CAPACITY.

THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF FUNDING POSSIBLE IN ANY UPCOMING DISASTER SUBLIMINAL PACKAGE.

HIS COMMUNITY IS READY FOR CHANGE.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATE SEES OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SEES.

THEY PROBABLY THINK OF IT AS A SMALL ASPECT THAT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM, BUT ULTIMATELY WE GOT A COMMUNITY HERE THAT IS AT RISK OF UNKNOWN AIR POLLUTANTS AND CHEMICALS THAT ARE HARMING THE BODY.

>> Reporter: TRYING TO NEWS.

>>> MEANWHILE, RESIDENTS ARE TAKING THE FIGHT AGAINST CROSS- BORDER POLLUTION TO COURT.

CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT FILED LAST FRIDAY CLAIMS THAT THE PRIVATE COMPANY IN CHARGE OF OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT FAILED TO FIX THE MALFUNCTIONING FACILITY.

LAWSUITS SAYS THAT IT HAS RESULTED IN A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF HOMES IN THE AREA AND ONE OF THE OWNERS TOLD OUR MEDIA PARTNER AT FIRST LIVING IN IMPERIAL BEACH WAS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE, BUT HAS SINCE TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE.

>> GETTING UP IN THE MORNING, WALKING DOWN AND HITTING THE STINK ABOUT HALFWAY PAST DOWN THE STAIRCASE AND RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S ONE OF THOSE MORNINGS.

>> ONCE SERVED, IT WILL HAVE 60 DAYS TO RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT.

RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THAT THEY HOPE THE SUBSTANTIAL REPAIRS AND EXPANSION OF THE TREATMENT PLANT WILL BRING RELIEF TO THE AFFECTED COMMUNITIES.

>>> TONIGHT, COASTAL LOW CLOUDS RETURN AND THERE COULD BE AREAS OF DRIZZLE AS YOU ARE HEADED OUT EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.

HOW THE FORECAST IS CHANGING INTO THE WEEKEND.

I WILL HAVE THAT STILL TO COME.

>>> THE IMAGES ARE SHOCKING AS DEVASTATING WILDFIRES INTENSIFY IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

THE BRIDGE FIRE IS NOW THE LARGEST IN THE STATE BURNING OVER 51,000 ACRES IN LOS ANGELES THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES.

IT HAS DESTROYED MORE THAN 30 HOMES AND 2500 BUILDINGS AT RISK.

THE NEARBY LINE AND AIRPORT FIRES HAVE BURNED HOMES AND FORCED PEOPLE TO EVACUATE.

CAL FIRE CREWS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO HELP FIGHT FLAMES.

>>> MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES ARE THEIRS AND TODAY POLYMER HEALTH BROKE GROUND ON A NEW 120 BED FACILITY THAT WILL BRING MUCH- NEEDED SERVICES TO THE NORTH COUNTY.

KPBS REPORTER SAYS THAT THE FACILITY INCLUDES HELP FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

>> 120 BEDS ARE COMING TO PALOMAR HEALTH.

>> WHEN DESIGNING THE 84,700 SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY, WE WERE MINDFUL THAT PHYSICAL SPACE HAS AS MUCH OF AN IMPACT ON THE HEALING JOURNEY AS THE TREATMENT PROGRAMS OFFERED WITHIN ITS WALLS.

>> Reporter: DIANE IS THE CEO OF PALOMAR HEALTH.

>> ADOLESCENT, ADULT AND GERIATRIC PATIENTS WILL RECEIVE TREATMENT SURROUNDED BY NATURAL LIGHT, ART AND PLEASANT FURNISHINGS ALL FOSTERING A WARM, CALM ENVIRONMENT THAT PROMOTES SOCIALIZATION AND ENGAGEMENT.

>> Reporter: THE FACILITY WILL OFFER A RANGE OF INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES AND AN OFFER OF UNIQUE AND DEMAND RESOURCE.

>> FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON THE WEST COAST, THE STATE-OF- THE-ART FACILITY WILL OFFER HELP FOR HEROES.

A WIDELY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO SERVE THE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NEEDS OF ACTIVE DUTY AND RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL, VETERANS, FIRST RESPONDERS AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS THAT IT'S A PRIORITY TO TAKE CARE OF THE ONES WHO TAKE CARE OF US.

>> FACE THE HORRIFIC IMAGES AND THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

THEY KEEP IT SILENT AS THEY TAKE CARE OF THE REST OF US, SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE A COMPASSIONATE PLACE OF HEALING IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH SOMETIMES ADDICTION AND CO-OCCURRING PTSD AND OTHER TRAUMA THAT DEBILITATE THEIR LIVES.

>> Reporter: MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES IN NORTH COUNTY WILL NOT MOVE JUST YET, BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITY WILL TAKE ALMOST TWO YEARS.

THE REGION IS ALSO STILL WAITING ON A 16-BIT PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY AT TRI-CITY HEALTHCARE ANNOUNCED IN 2022 AND EXPECTED TO OPEN IN THE FALL.

STRIDES HAVE BEEN MADE TO HELP THOSE IN NEED.

>> THE NORTH COUNTY OFTEN FELT LIKE THE FORGOTTEN CHILD OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY WHEN IT COMES TO RESOURCES, BUT FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE HAVE INVESTED SO MUCH IN THE NORTH COUNTY.

>> Reporter: RESOURCES INCLUDE ONE SAFE PLACE IN SAN MARCOS AND CRISIS STABILIZATION UNITS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> AS THE SCHOOL YEAR GETS UNDERWAY, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE A NEW MANDATE TO GIVE 30 MINUTES OF RECESS EVERY DAY.

THAT IS BECAUSE OF A STATE LAW THAT RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN'S GROWTH.

KPBS'S REPORTS THAT ONE FACTOR IS ALREADY COMPLICATING THINGS, EXTREME HEAT.

>> Reporter: AS TEMPERATURES SPIKED ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK, THE STAFF AT THE K-8 SCHOOL DID THE ONLY THING THAT MADE SENSE.

THE USHERED KIDS INDOORS AND TURNED UP THE AC.

>> THERE IS A RISK OF HEATSTROKE, DEHYDRATION, KIDS HAVING HEADACHES, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT TAKING ENOUGH WATER OR BEING OUT IN THE SUN TOO LONG.

>> Reporter: FERNANDO HERNANDEZ.

>> THERE RED IN THE FACE, SWEATING AND DRINKING WATER, BUT STILL SMILING AND WANT TO KEEP ON RUNNING, SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT -- HAVE TO WATCH OVER THEM, BECAUSE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WATCH OVER THEMSELVES.

>> Reporter: INDOORS, STUDENTS ARE SAFE FROM THE HEAT, BUT THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY GETTING THAT RECESS TIME REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, BECAUSE IT'S A CHALLENGE TO HAVE KIDS PLAY FREELY INSIDE OF A CLASSROOM.

TEACHERS OFTEN HAVE TO RELY ON MORE ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES, LIKE COMPUTER GAMES, DRAWING AND PAINTING.

>> THE INTENT OF THE LAW TO HAVE FREE AND UNSTRUCTURED TIME OUTSIDE, WHICH IS VERY MANAGEABLE.

IN A CLASSROOM, NOT AS EASILY TO IMPLEMENT.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT.

>> Reporter: HERNANDEZ IS OPTIMISTIC.

HE AGREES WITH THE IDEAS BEHIND THE NEW RECESS MANDATE AND IS GLAD TO SEE THE STATE STEPPING IN.

HE SAYS THAT WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A PLAN FOR RECESS SOON AS CLIMATE CHANGE MAKES HEAT WAVES MORE FREQUENT AND INTENSE.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> ANOTHER BIG SHAKEUP IN COLLEGE SPORTS.

THIS TIME, SAN DIEGO STATE IS PART OF THE NEWS.

THIS MORNING, ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL LEAVE THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE FOR THE PAC-12.

THE CHANGE WILL BECOME OFFICIAL IN THE SUMMER OF 2026.

THREE OTHER MOUNTAIN WEST SCHOOLS ARE PART OF THE MOVE.

COLORADO STATE AND FRESNO STATE.

PRESIDENT AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR SAYS THAT THE MOVE WILL ELEVATE ATHLETICS AND ACADEMICS.

>> IT IS ONLY FITTING AT THIS TIME FOR US TO ACCEPT THE MANTLE OF WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

WE ARE A GREAT INSTITUTION.

>> HERE WE ARE WITH ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY AND HOW IT WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AND TO CONTINUE PUTTING WORLD- CLASS OPPORTUNITIES IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES.

WE WORK TO GET THEM ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES AND ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES.

>> THE PRESIDENT SAYS THAT THERE ARE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS TO ADD AT LEAST WHAT DREW MORE UNIVERSITIES AND DOING SO WILL ALLOW IT TO BE A FORMALLY RECOGNIZED ATHLETIC CONFERENCE BY THE NCAA.

>>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDED TODAY TO CALLS FOR A DEBATE REMATCH WITH VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS SAYING, HE WON'T DO IT, BUT IT SEEMS THAT HARRIS IS NOT GIVING UP ON THE IDEA.

WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT EXPLAINS EXPLORES THE QUESTION AND WHAT'S NEXT AS WE HEAD TOWARD'S NOVEMBER.

>> Reporter: FOLLOWING THEIR FIRST FACE-TO-FACE MEETING ON THE DEBATE STAGE.

>> KAMALA HARRIS.

>> Reporter: VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ARGUED THAT IT SHOWED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT IS AT STAKE IN NOVEMBER.

>> WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO, BECAUSE LISTEN, I THINK THAT TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY AND IT KIND OF WAS.

WE HAVE 56 DAYS TO GO AND WE ARE STILL THE UNDERDOGS.

>> Reporter: FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WORKED THE SPIN ROOM AFTER CLAIMING THAT THE MODERATORS OF WORKLOAD, VERY UNFAIR, BUT HE BELIEVES IT WAS HIS BEST DEBATE.

>> IT WAS MY BEST DEBATE EVER I THINK.

IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

IT SHOWED HOW WEAK AND PATHETIC THEY ARE AT WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY AND THE BORDER WITH FOREIGN TRADE AND EVERYTHING.

>> Reporter: TRUMPED UP TO TRUTH SOCIAL ON THURSDAY ANSWERING THE QUESTION WRITING QUOTE, THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE.

MEANWHILE, WE ARE STILL WAITING TO SEE IF THE DEBATE PERFORMANCES WILL IMPACT VOTER VIEWS.

>> AT A RALLY SHORTLY AFTER TRUMP'S POST, HARRIS CONTINUED TO PUSH SAME QUOTE, WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE.

REPORTING IN WASHINGTON, JULIA BENBROOK.

>> TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG LATINO VOTERS TO SHOW UP, CHICANO FEDERATION HELD A VOTER REGISTRATION RALLY AT SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE TODAY.

>> GO BALD!

>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS HOME TO MORE THAN 779,000 VOTERS, INCLUDING 150,000 AGED 18 TO 24.

THE CHICANO FEDERATION SAYS THAT THE VOTER ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN IS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE A NEW GENERATION OF CIVIC PARTICIPANTS.

>> THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE GET OUT AND VOTE.

WE AS A LATINO COMMUNITY NEED TO BE SEEN AND UNDERSTOOD AS A STRONG AND SUSTAINABLE BUILDING BLOCK.

THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THAT BOTH PARTIES WILL BEGIN TO COURT OUR VOTE AND TAKE A PLATFORM THAT MATTERS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

>> 16 AND 17-YEAR-OLDS CAN BE.

PREREGISTER TO VOTE AND WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE REGISTERED ON THEIR 18th BIRTHDAY.

>>> DOGS ARE COMPANIONS, SOURCES OF COMFORT AND GUARDIANS OF SORTS.

REPORTER EXPLAINS HOW SOME EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, DOGS ARE ALSO PROTECTORS ON THE STREET.

>> WHAT IS IT?

WHAT IS IT?

WHO'S OUT THERE?

>> Reporter: THIS IS SUSAN CASTRO AND HER DOG RALPH.

SHE HAS BEEN HOMELESS ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.

>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

>> Reporter: SHE IS 63 AND RELYING ON HER FACE REVEALS A HARD LIFE ON THE STREETS.

>> I MADE POOR DECISIONS, BUT PART OF IT IS MY AGE AND HEALTH.

I HAVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEVERAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

I MOSTLY HAD SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND I WAS HOSPITALIZED 13 TIMES IN NINE YEARS.

>> Reporter: ROTH IS A SCRUFFY NOR FOLK TERRIER AND MORE THAN JUST A PET.

>> HE'S MY BODYGUARD AND MY ANNOYANCE.

HE'S EVERYTHING WRAPPED UP INTO ONE.

>> Reporter: SHE ADOPTED RALPH ABOUT 10 MONTHS AGO, A FEW WEEKS AFTER HER PREVIOUS DOG MICKEY PASSED AWAY.

>> I NOTICED RIGHT AWAY THAT I -- THE FIRST NIGHT, I WAS CONCERNED.

THERE ARE TIMES WHERE I HAVE BEEN SCARED AND WALKED AROUND ALL NIGHT LONG.

>> Reporter: DATA SHOWS THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FACE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RATES OF VICTIMIZATION.

THEY ARE 15 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE ROBBED.

>> I SLEEP OUTSIDE, SO I NEED TO SELL KNOW IF SOMEONE IS COMING CLOSE TO ME, BECAUSE IT CAN BE DANGEROUS.

ALSO, THE DOG MAKES THEM KNOW THAT ANYONE WHO COMES NEAR ME, I KNOW THAT THEY ARE THERE.

>> Reporter: A RECENT SURVEY OF HOMELESS WOMEN FOUND THAT 35% REPORTED BEING ATTACKED.

>> I MET SUSAN HERE ON OCEANSIDE AND SHE HAS BEEN, WE GET HER DOG VACCINATED, FLEA AND TICK MEDICATION.

THE LAST EVENT, SHE BROUGHT HER NEW DOG.

HER LITTLE BABY.

>> Reporter: DEPUTIES SAYS THAT HAVING A DOG, BIG OR SMALL, IS IMPORTANT FOR WOMEN LIVING ALONE ON THE STREETS.

>> WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THAT THEIR ANIMAL IS EVERYTHING AND THEY ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE GOING INTO HOUSING OR SHELTERS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR DOG AND ARE NOT WILLING TO LEAVE THEIR DOG.

>> Reporter: IT'S ESTIMATED THAT UP TO ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE EXPRESSING HOMELESSNESS HAVE PETS.

SPENT TWO YEARS LIVING IN HER CAR AND ON THE STREETS WITH ISAAC.

HE IS A 60 POUND PIT BULL MIX WHO CREDITS HIM FOR PROTECTING HER LIFE MORE THAN ONCE.

>> ROUGH NIGHTS AND JUST A FEW TIMES FORTUNATELY.

IF I DON'T REDIRECT HIM, AND HIS JOB IS TO BE THERE PROTECTOR.

IT'S ALWAYS REALLY SCARY, BECAUSE I DO KNOW FRIENDS WHOSE DOGS HAVE BEEN STABBED.

I'M VERY FORTUNATE.

I NEVER WENT THROUGH ANYTHING THAT SEVERE.

I STILL HAVE MY BOY.

>> Reporter: FOUND HER SOULMATE.

SHE SAYS THAT SHE ADOPTED THE LOYAL AND PROTECT OF HUSKY MIX AFTER A BAD BREAKUP.

>> ONE OF THE WORST RELATIONSHIPS I'VE EVER BEEN IN.

>> Reporter: NATIONAL DATA SHOWS THAT HALF OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS WOULD NOT CONSIDER SHELTER FOR THEMSELVES WITHOUT THEIR PET.

>> WERE LIVING IN AN RV AND A MAN WAS STOPPING.

I NEVER SAW THAT MAN AGAIN.

THE INITIAL SIGHT OF HIM AND FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, HE HAS BEEN HELPING ME HEAL.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE STAYING AT FATHER JOE'S VILLAGE AND MANY OF SAN DIEGO'S TEMPORARY SHELTERS AND SAFE PARKING LOTS SAY THAT THEY ARE PET FRIENDLY.

>> I DON'T HAVE CONSTANT FEAR OR ANXIETY LIKE I USED TO.

I CAN RELAX.

>> Reporter: A 2024 ANIMAL WELFARE JOURNAL STUDY FOUND THAT NEARLY HALF OF HOMELESS PARTICIPANTS LIVE WITH THEIR DOG IN A TENT OR VEHICLE, BUT SOME SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS REQUIRED DOGS TO BE CERTIFIED AS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AMINAL, WHICH IS WHAT SHE HAD TO DO FOR RALPH BEFORE MOVING INTO GREENBRIAR VILLAGE IN OCEANSIDE LAST MONTH.

>> OUTSIDE, YOU KEEP ON YOUR TOES.

YOU JUST GO TO SLEEP AND IT'S SO REFRESHING.

IT'S SAFE.

>> Reporter: AFTER MONTHS OF WAITING, SHE'S IN HER NEW APARTMENT AND RALPH IS GETTING WELL DESERVED REST.

>> HE'S BEEN SLEEPING LIKE CRAZY.

HE DOESN'T HAVE TO'S TO NECESSARILY LISTEN SO GOOD, BECAUSE I'M PROTECTED INSIDE.

I THINK HE FEELS RELIEF.

>> Reporter: IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS HAVING THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE, YOU CAN CALL THE SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE AT 988.

>>> OUR COUNTY IS FULL OF LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE OFTEN HARD TO EXPLAIN TO VISITORS, BUT AS KEN KRAMER SHOWS US IN THE STORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO, SOMETIMES THE ANSWER CAN BE FOUND IN OUR HISTORY.

>> Reporter: EVER WONDERED NORTH ISLAND?

IT IS IN AN ISLAND.

FIRST, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OTHER ISLANDS THAT AREN'T.

HARBOR ISLAND AND SHELTER ISLAND OR FOR THAT MATTER, CORONADO ISLAND IS CONNECTED TO THE MAINLAND BY A NARROW STRIP OF LAND CALLED THE MAIN STRAND.

NORTH ISLAND IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND YOU WOULDN'T THINK TO LOOK AT IT, SO HOW YOU MIGHT ASK YOURSELF, DID IT EVER GET TO BE KNOWN AS AN ISLAND?

IT USED TO BE THAT IT REALLY PRETTY MUCH WAS.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT IF YOU GO BACK ANYTIME BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR, WAS THERE AND NORTH ISLAND WAS THERE.

BETWEEN THE TWO, WATER.

THE LOWER PART IS THE CITY AND HOTEL.

EVERYTHING IS DOWN THERE AND SEPARATED ALMOST ENTIRELY BY WATER, WHICH IS NORTH ISLAND.

WITH THANKS TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THESE, HERE IS A PHOTO OF NORTH ISLAND TAKEN AUGUST OF 1933.

IT REALLY DOES LOOK LIKE AN ISLAND.

HERE IN 1925, THERE IS A STRETCH OF SAND THAT CONNECTS THE TWO.

IN A HIGH TIDE OR STORM, THAT WOULD BE UNDERWATER AND REALLY HAD AN ISLAND.

IN NORTH ISLAND.

SO MUCH SO THAT FROM OUT AT SEA, SAILORS WOULD SEE WHAT WOULD LOOK LIKE TWO ISLANDS.

THERE WAS A BRIDGE THAT CARRIED FOURTH STREET OVER THE WATER AND ONTO NORTH ISLAND.

BACK THEN, YOU ARE GOING OVER WATER IN THAT STRIP OF WATER HAD A NAME, WHICH WAS CALLED SPANISH BITE.

IT CREATES A SHALLOW AREA OF WATER.

SAN DIEGO BAY WAS DREDGED AND THE SAND WAS USED TO FILL IN SPANISH BITE.

WHERE ONCE THERE WAS WATER, THERE IS PART OF THE NAVAL AIR STATION.

IT HAS REMAINED AND IF YOU HAVE EVER WONDERED WHY, GO BACK 80+ YEARS AND GO BACK TO PHOTOGRAPHS FOR MAPS.

THERE IS THE ANSWER AND HISTORY ABOUT SAN DIEGO.

>> IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE ABOUT SAN DIEGO, THIS SHOW CAN BE SEEN TONIGHT AND EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 HERE ON KPBS.

>>> AS WE LOOK AT THIS PAST WEEK, WE HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN FROM THE HEAT AND AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEKEND, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE FINDING THE SAME PATTERN.

FIRST UP, THE MARINE LAYER IS ON US AND THERE COULD BE SOME AREAS OF PATCHY DRIZZLE, SO BE ALERT TO THAT AS YOU ARE WORKING OUT EARLY AND HEADING INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

OTHERWISE, STANDARD SEPTEMBER WEEKEND AS WE TALK ABOUT THINGS BEING MORE SEASONABLE THAN WHERE WE ARE LAST WEEKEND.

BENEFICIAL CHANGES FOR US AND AS WE GO INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, THE WIND WILL BE BRINGING IN COOL AIR, BUT THE IMPORTANT PART IS THAT IT IS WIND, TOO.

WE WILL BE DEALING WITH SOME POTENTIAL FIRE DANGER.

AS WE LOOK THROUGH TONIGHT, 67 IS THE LOW IN SAN DIEGO AND 58 DEGREES.

FAIRLY COMFORTABLE ACROSS THE REGION AS WE TRANSITION INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

THE MARINE LAYER IS DEEPENING AND YOU WILL BE NOTICING ITS PRESENCE OUT THERE TOMORROW MORNING AND IT WILL BE WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH SOME OF THE IN THAT LOCATION, TOO, AND TOWARDS THE VALLEYS THERE.

THROUGHOUT THE DAY, IT'S QUIET AS THE MARINE LAYER COMES BACK INTO TOMORROW NIGHT.

AS WE TALK ABOUT TOMORROW, NOT MUCH GOING ON.

75 DEGREES AND SUNSHINE FOR THE HIGH.

WE ARE IN THE MID-70s AND COMING IN AT 83 DEGREES AND AT 75 OF THE DAY.

WE ARE NEAR 100, WHICH IS NOT TOO BAD FOR US.

UPCOMING DAYS, WE DO FIND THE TREND GOING DOWN IN SEVERAL SPOTS, BUT THE COST IS RELATIVELY CONSISTENT IN THE 70s, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE CONSISTENT FOR US.

MAYBE GET IN MIND, THERE IS THE TEMPERATURE DROP FROM THE LOW 80s TODAY, TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY.

AS WE GET TO SUNDAY AND MONDAY, WE FALL THROUGH THE 70s.

MONDAY WILL BE THE CLOUDIEST DAY FOR US, WHICH COULD LEAD TO MAYBE A PASSING SHOWER FOR SOME OF THE MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS BUT OVERALL IT'S A COOL AND WINDY PATTERN AS WE DROP INTO THE 50s FOR THE COMMUNITIES AND INTO THE 80s FOR A LOT OF OUR DESERT COMMUNITIES EARLY NEXT WEEK.

FOR KPBS, I'M METEOROLOGIST .

>>> FILM OUT IS ELEVATING ITS 24th YEAR AS SAN DIEGO'S LGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL.

KPBS CINEMA JUNKIE HAS ATTENDED EVERYONE AND HAS A PREVIEW OF THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL, AS WELL AS ANOTHER TASTY OFFERING.

>> Reporter: THE REWARDING THING ABOUT BEING A LOYAL ATTENDEE OF A FILM FESTIVAL IS THAT SOMETIMES YOU GET TO SEE ARTISTS EVOLVE.

BENJAMIN HOWARD IS A SAN DIEGO FILMMAKER WHO HAS BEEN SCREENING HIS FILMS SINCE 2017.

THIS YEAR, HIS DEBUT FEATURE WILL CLOSE THE FESTIVAL ON SUNDAY.

>> IF YOU HAD TOLD ME BACK THEN THAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE A FEATURE AND IT'S GOING TO CLOSE OUT THE FESTIVAL SEVERAL YEARS FROM NOW, THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE BELIEVED YOU.

HERE WE ARE.

WE ARE COMING BACK HOME TO SAN DIEGO WHERE WE FILMED AND WHERE I GREW UP.

WE SHOT A SCENE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE MUSEUM, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE SCREENING THE FILM.

IN SO MANY WAYS, IT'S VERY AND SPECIAL.

>> Reporter: I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED BY THE FACT THAT PROGRAMMER MICHAEL HAS TAPPED IN HIS LOVE OF HORROR TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FESTIVAL OVERLAPPING FRIDAY THE 13th AND PROMPTING HIM TO SCREEN AN ENTIRE NIGHT OF HORROR.

THE EVENING'S FIRST FILM, THE JUDGMENT, IS ABOUT A MAN WHO RETURNS TO THE EGYPTIAN HOME AND HAS TO FACE IT GOES FROM HIS PAST, AS WELL AS POSSIBLE WITCHCRAFT INTENDED TO PUNISH HIM FOR HIS LIFESTYLE.

>> EVEN IF IT IS WITCHCRAFT, YOU DON'T REALLY BELIEVE IN IT, DO YOU?

>> Reporter: IT ALLUDES TO SUPERNATURAL ELEMENTS, BUT THE HORROR IS ROOTED IN THE REAL WORLD AND REAL PREJUDICES.

NEXT IN THE HORROR LINEUP IS WHICH YOU WAYS BREWED BY JANE CLARK WHO DREW INSPIRATION FROM PRACTICAL MAGIC.

THE NIGHT CONCLUDES, BUT THERE IS A ZOMBIE OUTSIDE FROM TRAUMA ALONE.

THE FILM RUNS THROUGH SUNDAY AT MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS WITH PLENTY OF FILM CHOICES TO TEMPT YOU.

SPEAKING OF TEMPTING CHOICES, A DIFFERENT FRIDAY THE 13th OPTION WILL BE SERVED UP BY CHEF PHILIP ASKED YVONNE FOR THE SAN DIEGO FILIPINO FILM FESTIVAL.

HIS WHITE RICE WILL BE CATERING MAGIC HOUR, A TASTY PRELUDE TO THE FESTIVAL WHERE ATTENDEES WILL GET TO SAMPLE FILIPINO FOOD AND GET A PREVIEW OF THE FILM LINEUP.

>> WE HAVE BEEN IN PARTNERSHIP SINCE DAY ONE AND SINCE WE STARTED THE SAN DIEGO FILIPINO FILM FESTIVAL.

FOOD IS IMPORTANT FOR US, BECAUSE WE SHARE STORIES WHEN WE EAT.

FOR US, FOOD IS A CULTURAL REPRESENTATION.

>> IT REPRESENTS THE DIVERSITY WITHIN THAT CULTURE.

AS POINTS TO HOW A STAPLE OF FILIPINO FOOD LIKE ADOBO REFLECTS VARIETY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT JUST ADOBO, AS WELL AS CHICKEN ADOBO AND/OR PORK.

TECHNICALLY, THERE IS 152 WAYS TO MAKE IT.

THERE ARE JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS AND SO MANY DIFFERENT REGIONS THAT MAKE THEM IN DIFFERENT STYLES.

>> THAT MEANS HAVING MANY UNIQUE FLAVOR VARIATIONS TO CHOOSE FROM, JUST LIKE THE CINEMATIC OFFERINGS YOU HAVE THIS WEEKEND.

KPBS NEWS.

>> FEAST FOR THE EYES AND PALLETS.

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

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.