>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING ADDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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AND BY THE CONRAD PREMISE FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCO SHYLY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING: AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

, GOOD EVENING, YESTERDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

-- OVER LOCKER ROOM ATTACK AT THIS HIGH SCHOOL.

THE SCHOOL CANCELED ALL ITS AFTER CLASS ACTIVITIES TODAY AND TOMORROW'S FOOTBALL GAME AGAINST -- EICHEL.

KPBS REPORTER TANIA THORNE HAS MORE FROM THIS DUAL SCHOOL, WHERE SHE TALKS TO STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: TENSION CONTINUED AT VISTA HIGH SCHOOL IN RESPONSE TO AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION OVER AN ATTACK THAT INVOLVES SOME OF THE SCHOOLS FOOTBALL PLAYERS.

THE INCIDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE VISTA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND A THIRD-PARTY INVESTOR.

THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT DID RECEIVE VIDEO EVIDENCE OF A TEENAGE BOY BEING FORCIBLY PUSHED TO THE GROUND.

THEIR INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THERE WAS NO SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND THAT THE BOY WAS NOT HURT BUT STUDENTS AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE RESPONSE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> THIS IS REALLY MESSED UP.

THERE HAS BEEN LIKE, NO ONE AT SCHOOL, BECAUSE OF THE THREAT.

>> A LOT LESS PEOPLE.

FOR LIKE, THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.

A LOT LESS PEOPLE.

AND, LIKE, SOME KIDS HAVE TO, LIKE, GO TO THE BATHROOM WITH OTHER KIDS, LIGHT, TOGETHER, FOR THEIR SAFETY AND STUFF.

>> Reporter: HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN, JB, AND IT WAS ABOUT TO PLAY AGAINST CALLAWAY TODAY AND TOMORROW, BUT THOSE GAMES HAVE ALL BEEN FORFEITED.

IN VISTA, TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO MAYOR, TODD GLORIA IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT TODAY.

HE WAS PART OF A WHITE HOUSE EVENT AIMED AT COUNTERING HATE FUELED VIOLENCE AND EXTREMISM IN THE U.S. KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL SHARES SOME OF WHAT THE MAYOR SAID AT -- CONFERENCE.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA, ANSWERING A QUESTION ON WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE THE FIRST OPENLY PERSON OF COLOR TO SERVE AS MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO.

GLORIA JOINED ONE OTHER DEMOCRAT AND TWO REPUBLICAN MAYORS AT A PANEL DISCUSSION HOSTED BY FORMER ATLANTA MAYOR, KEISHA LANCE-BOTTOMS.

THIS BEING THE UNITED WE STAND CONFERENCE, THE DISCUSSION CENTERED ON HOW TO BRING ABOUT UNITY.

>> CREATED OUR FIRST OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY AT THE CITY, CHIEF RACE AND EQUITY OFFICER, RECOGNIZING THAT, AS WE EXPECT ALL SAN DIEGO RESIDENTS TO TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT AND COURTESY, WE HAD TO DO THAT INTERNALLY, WE HAD TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

>> Reporter: LATER, GLORIA WAS ASKED HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES BETTER.

>> GET OFF SOCIAL MEDIA.

IT IS A FLIPPANT ANSWER, BUT WE ARE SO MUCH BETTER THAN WE PRESENT OURSELVES IN THE DIGITAL WORLD.

THESE HATE FILLED VOICES, PEOPLE WHO TAKE THEIR VICTORY ALL AND TURN IT INTO VIOLENCE?

THEY ARE NOT THE MAJORITY.

>> Reporter: -- AND ATTACKS AGAINST MINORITY GROUPS FILLED MUCH OF THE DISCUSSANT GIVEAWAY COMES TO DEALING WITH THAT ISSUE, THE FOUNDING PRESIDENT AND CURRENT SECRETARY OF THE SAN DIEGO ASIAN AMERICANS FOR EQUALITY, FRANK HSU, SAYS THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND, BY EXTENSION, MAYOR GLORIA, HAVE IT ALL WRONG.

>> IT IS NOT GOING TO FOSTER UNITY AT ALL.

BECAUSE IT FUNDAMENTALLY DIVIDES AMERICANS INTO DIFFERENT IDENTITIES.

DIFFERENT IDENTITY GROUPS.

>> Reporter: CHU SAYS VIOLENCE IS VIOLENCE AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

HE SAYS SEPARATING OUT VIOLENCE AGAINST THIS GROUP OR THAT ONE IS THE WRONG WAY TO THINK ABOUT THE ISSUE.

>> IT IS NOT SOMETHING TO ASIAN AMERICANS ONLY.

SO, MY POINT IS, IT IS A TREND HURTING ALL AMERICANS.

>> Reporter: AN OVERARCHING THEME, HERE, WAS RESTORING CIVIL DISCOURSE, AGREEING TO DISAGREE WITHOUT BEING DISAGREEABLE, WORKING TOWARD SOLUTIONS.

THAT IS SOMETHING FRANK CHU AND THE PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY WOULD NO DOUBT AGREE ON.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

STOMACH SAN DIEGO FEDERAL PROSECUTOR DISMISSED CHARGES AGAINST A RETIRED NAVY ADMIRAL IN A WIDE-RANGING CORRUPTION SCANDAL.

THE REAR ADMIRAL LUIS LOVELESS WAS ONE OF FIVE OFFICERS TRIED FOR ALLEGEDLY ACCEPTING BRIBES FROM FOREIGN DEFENSE CONTRACTOR LEONARD FRANCIS, KNOWN AS FAT LEONARD.

JURORS WERE UNABLE TO REACH A VERDICT AGAINST LOVELESS.

HE WILL NOT FACE A RETRIAL FOLLOWING THE DISMISSAL MOTION.

LEONARD FLOYD HOUSE ARREST WHILE AWAITING SENTENCING.

>>> CALIFORNIANS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS MAY SOON BE ORDERED BY A JUDGE TO GET TREATMENT.

KPBS HEALTH REPORT MEANT MATT HOFFMAN TELLS US SAN DIEGO COUNTY WILL BE AMONG THE FIRST TO ESTABLISH A CARE COURT.

>> MY SON HAS SPENT MORE TIME IN JAIL AND PRISON THAN HE EVER HAS IN A HOSPITAL.

AND HE IS THE IDEAL CANDIDATE DURING THAT TIME, FOR SOMETHING SUCH AS CARE COURT.

>> Reporter: ANITA FISHER IS NO STRANGER WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

SHE WORKED FOR THE SAN DIEGO CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS, AND SHE HAS A PERSONAL CONNECTION.

FISHER SAYS HER SON, A FORMER MEDIC IN THE U.S. ARMY, IS DIAGNOSED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA, AND HE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF TREATMENT FOR YEARS.

>> WHEN HE STOPPED HIS MEDICATION, THERE IS USUALLY A DETERIORATION, AND HE IS NOT AWARE THAT HE IS IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

SO, THAT LEADS TO HOMELESSNESS, SELF-MEDICATING WITH STREET DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, AND THEN ARREST -- >> Reporter: CALIFORNIA'S CARE COAT COURT CODIFIES A PROCESS FOR COURT ORDERED TREATMENT FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS.

THE MAC I KNOW THERE IS DEFINITELY OPPOSITION TO IT, BECAUSE OF RIGHTS, BUT MY SON HAS NO RIGHTS IN JAIL OR PRISON, EITHER.

SO, I WOULD RATHER THAT HE BE TEMPORARILY, INVOLUNTARILY TREATED IN SOME MANNER, SO THAT HE CAN THEN, AGAIN, BE ABLE TO LEAD HIS OWN LIFE IN THE WAY THAT HE WANTS.

BUT DURING THESE TIMES, HE CANNOT.

>> Reporter: FISHER HAD BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THE CARE COURT, EVEN SHARING HER STORY WITH GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM.

SAN DIEGO MAYOR, TODD GLORIA, WAS THERE YESTERDAY WHEN NEWSOM SIGNED THE BILL INTO LAW.

>> NO OTHER ISSUE I HEAR ABOUT MORE THAN THIS ONE.

POTHOLES, TRAFFIC, CLIMATE CHANGE, GUN VIOLENCE, THERE IS A LARGE LIST OF ISSUES, WE ARE STILL IN A PANDEMIC, EVERYBODY.

THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE PRIORITIZING.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISOR NATHAN FLETCHER SAYS HE THINKS CARE COURT IS A MISSING TOOL TO HELP PEOPLE WITH VITAL CARE.

>> WE HAVE TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT.

THIS IS ONLY GOING TO HELP SOME OF THE MOST SERIOUS AND SEVERE INDIVIDUALS.

THERE IS A SMALL POPULATION OF THOSE ON THE STREET.

THEY ARE SOME OF THE MOST SEVERE, BUT THEY ARE A SMALL POPULATION THAT THIS WILL APPLY TO.

IT IS A USEFUL TOOL, BUT CARE COURT IS NOT JUST GOING TO SWEEP UP EVERYONE WHO IS UNSHELTERED INTO COURT ORDERED TREATMENT AND SERVICES.

>> Reporter: FAMILY NUMBERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND HOSPITAL STAFF ARE AMONG THOSE WHO COULD RECOMMEND SOMEONE FOR CARE COURT.

IT HAS TO BE UP AND RUNNING IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BY OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE COMING TO OUR REGION TO HELP REDUCE BORDER WAIT TIMES.

LOCAL LEADERS -- EXPANSION IN AUGUST.

TODAY, THE BY THE DEMONSTRATION AWARDED $150 MILLION TO HELP FINISH THE PROJECT.

THE EXPANSION IS A TOLL BORDER CROSSING, STATE ROUTE 905 WILL LEAD DRIVERS TO THE EXISTING PORT OF ENTRY.

STATE ROUTE 11, THE TOLL ROAD CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE DRIVERS TO OLD-TIME MESA EAST.

>> IT WILL BE A LAND PORT OF ENTRY WHERE YOU PAY.

AND YOU WILL NOT BE IN LINE FOR MORE THAN 20 MINUTES.

THAT IS THE ENTIRE POINT.

>> -- IS THIS WILL PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE FOR NEARLY 3600 TRUCKS ACROSS THE BORDER.

WITHOUT THE EXPANSION, WAIT TIMES FOR TRUCKS WOULD BE OVER SIX HOURS LONG BY 2040.

>>> A SAN DIEGO RESEARCHER SAYS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TENDS TIES WITH CHINA COULD BE BAD FOR TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: A UCSD RESEARCHERS IS A LONG-RUNNING POLITICAL SPAT BETWEEN TWO OF THE PLANET 'S MOST POWERFUL COUNTRIES COULD MAKE IT HARDER TO SLOW THE PACE OF GLOBAL WARMING.

>> WE ARE DEFINITELY VERY WORRIED THAT THE INCREASING GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA IS GOING TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO COOPERATE.

>> Reporter: MICHAEL DAVIDSON EXAMINED FIVE KEY AREAS CRUCIAL IN THE FIGHT TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

THEY INCLUDE MATURE GREEN TECH, LIKE SOLAR POWER, ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM WIND, AND POWER STORAGE USING BATTERIES.

DAVIDSON ALSO EXAMINED TWO EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.

>> CARBON CAPTURE SEQUESTRATION INVOLVES CAPTURING THE CARBON BEFORE IT IS EMITTED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, AND THEN SEQUESTERING IT UNDERGROUND SO IT CANNOT CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

GREEN STEEL INVOLVES USING LOW CARBON OR ZERO CARBON TECHNOLOGIES TO PRODUCE STEEL, FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH HYDROGEN OR ELECTRICITY.

>> Reporter: DAVIDSON AND HIS CO-AUTHORS LOOKED AT THE ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS FOR EACH.

-- CHINA COLLABORATION HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN DEVELOPING AND LOWERING THE COST OF GREEN TECHNOLOGY.

DAVIDSON SAYS THEY SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY POLITICAL FRICTION.

>> SO THAT WE CAN MANAGE THOSE, BUT WHILE ALSO NOT PUTTING UP UNNECESSARY BARRIERS THAT PREVENT US FROM ACHIEVING OUR BROADER GOALS.

>> Reporter: DAVIDSON SAYS IMPORT TARIFFS AND PROTECTIONIST TRADE POLICIES WILL STYMIE THE GROWTH OF CLIMATE FRIENDLY TECH.

FINDINGS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE CURRENT EDITION OF THE JOURNAL SCIENCE.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

FOR MIKE TODAY MARKS THE BEGINNING OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WHEN WE CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS LATINOS HAVE MADE TO OUR COMMUNITY'S AND NATION.

KPBS REPORTER MEGAN ALVARADO FOUND A LOCAL MURALIST WAS MAKING AN IMPACT.

>> Reporter: WITH THE SHAKE OF A CAN AND PUSH OF A BUTTON, PAUL GIMENEZ CREATES MAGIC AND LIFELIKE MURALS.

HE IS HALF OF THE TEAM THAT MAKES UP GROUND-FLOOR MURALS.

ON THIS DAY, HE AND HIS PARTNER ARE PAINTING A MURAL FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN CHULA VISTA.

BUT THEIR WORK CAN BE SEEN THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO, AND FEATURES OF THE CITY SPORTS LEGENDS.

IT ALL STARTED WITH TOMMY NGUYEN.

>> EVERYBODY WAS PRETTY UPSET, DOWN, A LOT OF TENSION IN THE AIR, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, COVID.

IT WAS MID PANDEMIC.

I PUT OUT HEY, I WANT TO PAINT TONY GWYNN SOMEWHERE.

I WILL DO IT FOR THE COST OF SUPPLIES.

>> Reporter: HALFWAY THROUGH THE PROJECT, THE BIG LEAGUES CALLED.

>> THE PADRES CONTACTED US.

ALL OF SAN DIEGO STARTED POSTING, IT WAS ALL OVER THE NEWS.

THAT WAS HOW WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES TO SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: THAT WOULD MAKE THAT MURAL SPECIAL FOR HIM IS THAT IT BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER DURING A DARK TIME.

>> THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, TO BRING THE CITY TOGETHER, WHEN I FELT LIKE WE WERE ALL KIND OF TORN APART.

>> Reporter: THAT COMMUNITY IS WHAT ALWAYS FUELS HIS PASSION.

>> FOR ME, ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS EVER IS WHEN YOU GET TAGGED BY FANS OR SUPPORTERS.

IT IS ALWAYS THE IMAGE OF THE ENTIRE FAMILY IN FRONT OF THE MURAL, ALWAYS THE IMAGE OF LIGHT, LITTLE KIDS LOOKING UP AT IT.

I REMEMBER BEING A LITTLE KID, SEEING MURALS AND BEING INSPIRED.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO FIND THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN THE ART THEY SEE AROUND THEM.

HE FEELS BLESSED HE FOUND INSPIRATION IN HIS DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

>> THE INFLUENCE OF CHICAGO PARK WAS HUGE FOR ME, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I FELT PROUD TO BE THIS SKIN COLOR, PROBABLY MEXICAN, PROUD TO BE FROM SAN DIEGO, KNOWING THAT THIS ENTIRE PARK IS DEDICATED TO MY PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: AND HIS PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS CLOSE BY.

HIS NANA, PAOLA CHAVEZ, HAPPENED TO STOP BY WHILE HE WAS PAINTING THIS ONE.

>> SHE SAYS, I CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE, SHE SAYS SHE VISITS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR MURALS.

BACK SHE DOES.

>> AND SHE SAYS SHE -- I CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE THAT GOD GAVE HIM THE INTELLIGENCE AND THE CAPACITY TO PAINT SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

SHE SAYS THAT SHE IS BEYOND PROUD OF YOU.

HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL, WHEN SHE SAYS THAT ABOUT YOU?

>> IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I AM DOING EXACTLY WHAT I AM SUPPOSED TO BE.

>> Reporter: IN JUST TWO YEARS, SPORTS STARS GAVE THIS DUO SHOUT OUTS, AND THE MAYOR OF CHULA VISTA STOPS BY TO CHECK THE PROGRESS OF THE LATEST MURALS.

>> HE IS IN HIGH DEMAND.

WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF HIM.

>> Reporter: GIMENEZ WAS LITTLE KIDS WHO LOOK LIKE HIM TO DREAM BIG.

>> ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

I TRULY BELIEVE IT.

>> Reporter: KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ALONG IMPERIAL AVENUE, THE SAN DIEGO LACK ARTS CULTURE DISTRICT IS TAKING FORM.

COMING UP, HOW IT LOOKS TO HONOR AND UPLIFT THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

>>> THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM IS REPORTING HIGH MARKS IN ITS FIRST PANDEMIC CUSTOMER SURVEY.

THE SURVEY CONDUCTED BY A MARKET RESEARCH FIRM REVEALED AN OVERALL SATISFACTION RATE OF 91%.

MORE THAN 1800 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED.

SATISFACTION WITH FARES WAS THAT 89%, UP FROM 73% BACK IN 2019.

AREAS WHERE MTS WILL BE LOOKING TO IMPROVE INCLUDE SECURITY, MORE FREQUENCY, WEEKEND SERVICE, AND CLEANING.

>>> MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS IN THE WORKS NEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TODAY, THE MTS BOARD VOTED TO ADVANCE A NEW DEVELOPMENT AT THE RANCHO BERNARDO TRANSIT STATION.

IT IS EXPECTED TO HAVE AROUND 140 UNITS, OPENINGS AT NUMBER 25.

-- TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CURRENTLY HAS 376 UNITS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND ANOTHER 590 IN THE PLANNING STAGES.

>>> A TENTATIVE DEAL HAS BEEN REACHED WITH UNION FREIGHT TRAIN WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT, AVOIDING A STRIKE THAT THREATENS TO WREAK HAVOC ON SUPPLY CHAINS AND PASSENGER TRAVEL.

KRISTIN WENDY BREAKS DOWN THE TERMS OF THE DEAL.

>> CRISIS AVERTED.

>> THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC.

>> Reporter: RAILROAD UNIONS AND MEDICINE REACHED A TENTATIVE DEAL THURSDAY, PREVENTING A STRIKE THAT COULD HAVE BROUGHT 30% OF THE NATION'S FREIGHT TO A GRINDING HALT, AND PUSHED PRICES HIGHER FOR MANY GOODS.

>> HAD WE HAD A REAL STRIKE, THAT WOULD HAVE COST THE ECONOMY $2 BILLION PER DAY OF THE STRIKE.

>> Reporter: THURSDAY, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN APPEARED WITH NEGOTIATORS AT THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER PERSONALLY CALLING IN DURING TALKS THE PREVIOUS NIGHT.

>> THIS AGREEMENT IS A BIG WIN FOR AMERICA.

>> Reporter: THE TENTATIVE DEAL GIVE UNION ENGINEERS AND CONDUCTORS A 24% RAISE DURING THE FIVE YEAR LIFE OF THE CONTRACT, WHICH RUNS FROM 2020 THROUGH 2024.

BACK PAY AND BONUSES WILL GIVE THEM AN AVERAGE OF AN $11,000 PAYMENT PER PERSON ONCE THE DEAL IS RATIFIED.

UNION LEADERSHIP RELEASED A JOINT STATEMENT SAYING, IN PART, MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE AGREEMENT PROVIDE OUR MEMBERS WITH THE ABILITY TO TAKE TIME AWAY FROM WORK TO ATTEND TO ROUTINE AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL CARE, AS WELL AS EXEMPTIONS FROM ATTENDANCE POLICIES FOR HOSPITALIZATIONS AND SURGICAL PROCEDURES.

SOURCES WITHIN THE UNIONS GIVE THE PRESIDENT CREDIT FOR HELPING TO GET THE DEAL COMPLETED WITHOUT A STRIKE.

>> THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATING EFFECTIVELY AS A VITAL PIECE OF OUR ECONOMY.

THEY ARE REALLY THE BACKBONE OF THE ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, I AM CHRISLYN, KPBS NEWS.

>> WAS GET A FIRE RAIN RAGES IN THE COMPANY, NOW THE BIGGEST FIRE TO HIT THE STATE THIS YEAR.

A SPOT FIRE JUMPED THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE AMERICAN RIVER, BUT CREWS WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE FLAMES FROM THE COMMUNITY OF FOREST HILL IN PLASTER COUNTY.

ACCORDING TO CAL FIRE, AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, CONTAINMENT REMAINS AT 20% POINT SO FAR, MORE THAN 64,000 ACRES HAVE BURNED.

EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS ARE BEHIND A SPIKE IN POWER OUTAGES , ACCORDING TO ANALYSIS BY CLIMATE CENTRAL, A NONPROFIT RESEARCH GROUP.

THEY FOUND FROM 2000 TO 2021, 83% OF ALL IMPORTANT POWER OUTAGES WERE CAUSED BY EXTREME WEATHER, SUCH AS WILDFIRE, TORNADO, OR HURRICANE.

TEXAS REPORTED THE LARGEST NUMBER OF OUTAGES, FOLLOWED BY MICHIGAN, CALIFORNIA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND PENNSYLVANIA.

THE RISE COMES AT EXTREME WEATHER GETS WORSE AMID THE RISE IN GLOBAL TEMPERATURES.

THE DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY CLIMBS, AND THE COUNTRY'S ENERGY AND THE STRUCTURE GETS OLDER AND MORE VULNERABLE.

>>> WE DO HAVE SOME NICE, COMFORTABLE WEATHER.

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WEEK MAKES.

LAST WEEK, WE HAD SEVERE HEAT, THEN WE GOT INTO THAT MESS WITH HURRICANE KAY, INVOLVE A SIGNIFICANT RAIN.

IT WAS HELPFUL, BUT FLASH FLOODING IS A INLAND AREAS.

A BIT SLEEPIER NOW.

GOOD NEWS, PRETTY GOOD SLEEPING WEATHER AT NIGHT, COMFORTABLY COOL, HERE, IN SEPTEMBER.

WE ARE DEALING WITH LOW CLOUDS IN THE LATE NIGHTS AND EARLY MORNINGS, THEN AFTERNOON SUNSHINE.

THERE WILL BE A COASTAL STORM BRINGING WELCOME RAIN TO PLACES LIKE THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA LATER THIS WEEKEND.

IT IS GOING TO STAY NORTH TONIGHT, BECOMING CLOUDY, 67 FOR YOUR LOW, AND OVERNIGHT FORECAST ALSO DOWN TO 54 -- 68 IN DRAGO SPRINGS.

NO REALLY DISRUPTED WEATHER ANYWHERE AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.

FUTURE RADAR AND CLOUDS, FUTURECAST SHOWING CLOUDS VANISHING AS WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON.

SUNSCREEN IS NOT A BAD IDEA IF YOU WILL BE OUT AND ABOUT FOR ANY EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

-- WARMER THAN TODAY IT WAS, OR WILL HAVE BEEN, HERE, FOR SOME AREAS FARTHER EAST.

BUT AGAIN, NOT A BAD DAY OVERALL.

BACK UP TO AVERAGE, NOT MUCH ABOVE THAT, IN SOME SPOTS .96 IN DRAGO SPRINGS, SOME OF THE STILL A LITTLE SHY OF NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, LOOKING GOOD, 69 DEGREES -- SATURDAY, THE WARMTH IS REALLY COMING FROM THE EAST, WE HAVE AN ONSHORE FLOW THAT IS GOING TO BRING US A BREEZY, COOL WEATHER.

BY THE WAY, THERE WILL BE THAT STORM SYSTEM, BRINGING SOME HELPFUL RAIN, AND MAYBE EVEN THE FIRST TASTE OF SIERRA SNOW, BUT THAT STAYS WELL NORTH OF US SUNDAY, SUNDAY NIGHT, AND THEN ON MONDAY, WE ARE OFF -- THE SOUTH.

WANTED TO SHOW THIS IF YOU WERE TRAVELING, THEY WILL BE OF INTEREST TO OUR FRIENDS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN COMPANY.

COASTAL FORECAST, MID AND UPPER 70s.

INLAND AREAS, BRIEFLY SPIKE TO 81 ON FRIDAY, BUT BACK INTO THE 70s FOR THE EXTENT OF THE FORECAST.

MOUNTAINS, 60'S.

NICE AND COOL, A BIT BREEZY MONDAY AND TUESDAY, THEN IN THE DESERT, WE STAY IN DOUBLE DIGITS.

THAT IS CERTAINLY A WIN.

I AM METEOROLOGIST JEFF -- FOR KPBS IS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS LAUNCHING A NEW AD CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET THE UPDATED COVID BOOSTER SHOTS.

>> ONE STEP NOW IS ALL YOU HAVE TO TAKE.

YOU WON'T FALL, I WILL LET YOU DOWN.

>> THE NEW VACCINES FROM PFIZER AND MADONNA HAVE BEEN FORMULATED TO PROTECT AGAINST THE MOST COMMON OMICRON VARIANCE.

THEY ALSO TARGET PEOPLE 50 AND OLDER, WHO ACCOUNT FOR 86% OF COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS AND 96% OF IN-HOSPITAL DEBTS.

EVERYONE AGE 12 AND OLDER ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THE SHOTS.

>> I AM -- TONIGHT A NEWSHOUR, THE U.S. LABOR SECRETARY EXPLAINS THE LAST-MINUTE DEAL THAT AVERTED A NATIONWIDE REAL STRIKE.

COMING UP AT 7:00, RIGHT AFTER EVENING EDITION, ON KPBS.

>>> MORTGAGE RATES HAVE REACHED THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2008.

TODAY, FREDDIE MAC REPORTED THE 30 YEAR FIXED RATE MORTGAGE NOW AVERAGES AROUND 6.02%.

THAT IS MORE THAN TWICE THE RATE FROM ONE YEAR AGO.

MORTGAGE RATES HAVE BEEN RISING SINCE THE FEDERAL RESERVE BEGAN EFFORTS TO REDUCE INFLATION.

FREDDIE MAC'S CHIEF ECONOMIST SAYS THE HIGHER RATE WILL HELP COOL OFF THE HOUSING MARKET SLIGHTLY, ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF HOMES FOR SALE STILL WILL NOT MEET DEMAND.

>> LOCAL HOME PRICES ARE DOWN, BUT SALES ARE UP, ACCORDING TO THE GREATER SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS.

THE MEDIAN PRICE OF A SINGLE- FAMILY HOME FELL BY 5% IN AUGUST, TO $910,000.

REALTORS REPORTED A ONE-MONTH INCREASE OF NEARLY 15% IN HOMES SOLD.

THE AREAS WITH THE MOST HOME SALES WERE IN FALLBROOK, RAMONA, OCEANSIDE, CLAREMONT, AND EL CAJON.

SELECT THE SAN DIEGO BLACK ARTS DISTRICT IN THE CANTO NEIGHBORHOOD IS TAKING FORM.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AIR SPEAKS TO LOCALS ABOUT WHAT THE DESIGNATION MEANS FOR THE CITY, AND IT'S OFTEN OVERLOOKED BLACK COMMUNITIES.

>> Reporter: WALK INTO THE WORLD FAMOUS IMPERIAL BARBERSHOP, AND YOU WILL FIND A SHOP FULL OF PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND ARTIFACTS THAT PAY A MAZDA BLACK HISTORY.

IN SAN DIEGO AND BEYOND.

IN THE HEART OF THE RECENTLY DETONATED BLACK ARTS AND CULTURE DISTRICT, AND CANTO.

>> WE WANT THIS COMMUNITY TO GROW, THE FOUNDATION OF THE PROPHET SHOULD MOST GROW.

>> Reporter: -- IS THE SHOP OWNER, AND THE ART IS NOT JUST INSIDE, IT HAS A BACK PARKING LOT FEATURING SOME OF THE DISTRICT'S MOST AMBITIOUS ART PIECES TODAY.

>> WE HAVE ARTISTS COME OUT HERE TO PAINT CERTAIN PIECES ABOUT OUR EXPRESSION OF WHERE WE ARE AT, MENTALLY, AND CULTURALLY.

SO, WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE IS BASICALLY A WHOLE THING OF JUST DIFFERENT ARTISTS THAT COME FROM THE SOUTH OF SAN DIEGO THAT ARE VERY TALENTED.

>> Reporter: ARE IN THE DISTRICT COMES IN ALL SHAPES, SIZES, AND COLORS, SAYS LOCAL ARTIST -- >> I PAINTED A NUMBER OF MURALS ON THIS STREET AND IN SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

>> Reporter: SHE WAS OVERJOYED WHEN THE DISTRICT BECAME OFFICIAL.

>> I WAS CRYING TEARS OF JOY, OF COURSE.

THE REASON WHY IS JUST BECAUSE WE SEE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, LIKE, YOU GO TO CHICANO PART, YOU IMMEDIATELY KNOW WHERE YOU ARE.

YOU FEEL A SENSE OF CULTURE, YOU FEEL THE SENSE OF PRIDE.

SO, THAT IS SOMETHING I HAVE ALWAYS FELT WE DESERVED, AND THAT WE NEED.

>> Reporter: THE NEW CULTURAL DISTRICT COVERS EIGHT BLOCKS ALONG IMPERIAL AVENUE, INCLUDING -- MEMORIAL PARK.

THAT SAME PART OF TOWN ONCE HOSTED STREET FAIRS.

>> VENDORS FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER, BANDS, JUST EVERYBODY WOULD COME OUT HERE FOR WONDERFUL WEATHER IN AMERICA'S FAVORITE CITY AND JUST ENJOY EACH OTHER.

THIS PARK BECAME A STAPLE OF THAT, AND WE WANT TO BRING IT BACK.

>> Reporter: THAT IS -- BLEVINS, CEO OF THE NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATION, URBAN WARRIORS.

HE SAYS SAN DIEGO USED TO BE KNOWN AS THE HARLEM OF THE WEST, AND HE HOPES IT WILL BE THAT AGAIN SOON.

>> IF WE DO NOT DO THIS ON PURPOSE, CREATE AN EPICENTER TO WHICH PEOPLE WILL, FOR COMMON GROUND AND SEE PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THEM, SEE HAIR THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, HEAR MUSIC THAT SPEAKS OF US, YOU CAN KIND OF FORGET WHO YOU ARE.

>> Reporter: THE ARTS DISTRICT AS PART OF SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR, REPRESENTED BY COUNCILMEMBER MONICA MONTGOMERY-STEP.

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PRESERVING HISTORY.

THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT HISTORICALLY HAS HOUSED THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN SAN DIEGO.

THIS IS THE DISTRICT THAT EXPERIENCED THE REDLINING.

THIS IS THE DISTRICT WHERE WE FORMED COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE DESIGNATION MEANS FUNDING TO IMPROVE STOREFRONTS, ENHANCE LANDSCAPING, AND SUPPORT SMALL BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS ADDING FREEWAY SIGNAGE.

GRANT FUNDING WILL BE OVERSEEN BY THE SAN DIEGO AFRICAN- AMERICAN MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, WHICH IS FORMING AN ADVISORY COUNCIL TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT.

-- IS THE MUSEUM'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

>> PEOPLE COME TO SAN DIEGO, WONDER WHERE THE BLACK COMMUNITY IS.

MANY PEOPLE HAVE THAT PROBLEM.

SO, HAVING AN AREA DESIGNATED TO BE DEVELOPED, THAT ESTABLISHES A DESTINATION FOR PEOPLE TO BE PROUD OF.

>> Reporter: FINNEY SAYS THE WEBSITE WILL LAUNCH FOR THE ADVISORY BOARD IN A FEW WEEKS.

PHILLIPS PETE PLANTS PROVIDE HER VOICE FOR THE DISTRICT EVOLUTION POINT BACK A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, FROM STOREFRONT IMPROVEMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES, AS FAR AS DRIVING DOWN IMPERIAL -- BEAUTIFICATION, WHEN IT COMES TO THE LANDSCAPING, TREES, DEFINITELY MORE MURALS.

BUT WE JUST WANT TO SEE LOVE POURED INTO THE AREA.

>> Reporter: BACK AT THE WORLD FAMOUS IMPERIAL BARBERSHOP, -- SAYS HE IS ALREADY SERVING TO SEE THE COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HEALING THIS DESIGNATION CAN BRING.

>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CULTURE TO BUILD A COMMUNITY.

SO, THE CULTURAL PART OF IT HAS TO COME, WHETHER IT IS ART, WHETHER IT IS SPORTS, IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THERE THAT PEOPLE CAN GRAB A HOLD TO.

AND I BELIEVE ARTISTS PROVIDE A UNIVERSAL METHOD FOR BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

TRUCK RIGHT NOW, ARE IS BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AT -- MEMORIAL PARK THE LAST WEEKEND OF EACH MONTH.

THE PARK WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES IN THE DISTRICT TO SEE UPGRADES.

JACOB AIR, KPBS NEWS.

THE MAC HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW, IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

TRIAL IS ABOUT TO BEGIN FOR A SAILOR ACCUSED OF STARTING A FIRE THAT DESTROYED A NAVY SHIP.

ON MORNING EDITION, WHAT THE NAVY IS DOING TO AVOID A SIMILAR DISASTER.

>>> THEN, ON THE DAY EDITION, A ROUNDUP OF ALL THE BEST ART, CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT HAPPENING HERE, IN SAN DIEGO THIS WEEKEND.

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

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI, GOOD NIGHT.