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>>> CROSS-BORDER RAW SEWAGE, FELLING AIR AND CLOSING BEACHES.

THANKS FOR DOING THIS, I AM JOHN CARROLL IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

TODAY, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WERE IN THE SOUTH BAY TO ANNOUNCE A NEW BILL AND THAT COMBATING THIS ONGOING PROBLEM.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER WHEN IS THERE.

>> EVERY DAY, NEARLY 100 MILLION GALLONS OF SEWAGE FLOW INTO THE VALLEY, MAKING ITS WAY HERE.

TO THE OCEAN.

IT IS SO DISGUSTING AND SO DISHEARTENING TO SEE THIS HAPPEN TO OUR BEACHES.

>> Reporter: NOW LIVES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BUT SHE GREW UP.

SHE USED TO SPEND ALL DAY IN THE WATER.

>> WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT THIS BEACH, ENJOY THE BEACH, OUT IN THE WATER PLAYING.

>> Reporter: NOW SHE WON'T EVEN TOUCH THE WATER .

>> I CAN'T TAKE THE CHANCE OF GETTING SICK WITH IT.

>> IF YOU COME OUT TO IMPERIAL BEACH YOU NOTICE THIS SIDE, KEEP OUT THE WATER.

THE BEACHES HERE HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR MORE THAN 1000 DAYS AND RESIDENTS HERE SAY THE SEWAGE ISSUE NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY.

>> IT IS AN OUTRAGE THAT IN THE YEAR 2024 LITERAL RAW SEWAGE AND TOXIC WASTE CONTINUES TO SHUT DOWN OUR BEACHES.

>> Reporter: SENATOR ALEX PADILLA AND CONGRESSMAN SCOTT PETERSON AND VARGAS WERE IN THE SOUTH BAY TODAY TO INTRODUCE THE NEW BILL TO COMBAT THE ONGOING SEWAGE PROBLEM.

IT WOULD MAKE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY THE LEAD AGENCY FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO MANAGE WATER QUALITY FOR THE TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY.

VARGAS CALLS IT A PROACTIVE APPROACH AND A LONG-TERM SOLUTION.

>> PLAN WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE TODAY PUT THE EPA IN CHARGE TO QUARTERBACK THIS FOR THE LONG TERM.

ALSO HAVE $100 MILLION TO PICK -- FIX THE PLANT.

>> Reporter: CONGRESS APPROVED $300 MILLION TO EXPAND THE SOUTH BAY INTERNATIONAL WEIGHT -- WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

EARLY THIS YEAR, $156 MILLION WAS APPROVED FOR CRITICAL REPAIRS TO THE PLANT .2 I THINK THAT IS WONDERFUL.

I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEEN IT HAPPEN YESTERDAY.

>> SHE HOPES THE PROBLEM CAN BE RESOLVED.

SO THAT THE BEACHES WILL BE FILLED WITH FAMILIES AGAIN.

ALEXANDER WHEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> NEW DETAILS TODAY IN THE DEADLY SHOOTING AT APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL IN WINDER, GEORGIA.

INVESTIGATORS INTERVIEWED THE 14-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT AND HIS FATHER IN 2023.

THEY SAY OFFICIALS RECEIVED, QUOTE, SEVERAL ANONYMOUS TIPS ABOUT ONLINE THREATS OF A POSSIBLE SHOOTING AT AN UNIDENTIFIED SCHOOL .

COMES AS THE COMMUNITY MOURNS THE FOUR LIVES LOST ON WEDNESDAY .

LAURA GARY HAS MORE.

>> WE HAVE QUESTIONS THAT WE WANT ANSWERED.

>> Reporter: KEY AMONG THOSE QUESTIONS, HOW DID A 14-YEAR- OLD BOY OBTAIN AN AR 15 STYLE RIFLE AND OPENED FIRE IN A GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL WEDNESDAY?

KILLING TWO FELLOW STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS.

WHAT IS KNOWN, ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, IS THE TEEN SUSPECT WILL BE CHARGED AS AN ADULT ON FOUR FELONY MURDER CHARGES AND HIS EXPECTED COURT APPEARANCE FRIDAY.

COUNTY AND FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS CONFIRMED THE TEEN AND HIS MOTHER WERE INTERVIEWED LAST YEAR AFTER THEY SAY OFFICIALS RECEIVED, QUOTE, SEVERAL ANONYMOUS TIPS ABOUT ONLINE THREATS OF A POSSIBLE SHOOTING, TARGETING AN UNIDENTIFIED SCHOOL.

18 DENIED BEING INVOLVED IN ALTHOUGH THE SUSPECT'S FATHER REVEALED THAT HE KEPT HUNTING GUNS IN THE HOUSE, HE TOLD INVESTIGATORS HIS SON DIDN'T HAVE UNSUPERVISED ACCESS TO THEM AND THEY DETERMINED THERE WAS NO PROBABLE CAUSE FOR ARREST.

>> SECURE THOSE FIREARMS AND ENSURE THAT THESE KIDS DO NOT GAIN ACCESS.

>> Reporter: GEORGIA STATE SENATOR, MANUEL JONES SAYS LOCKING LAWS ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE DRAFT SESSION >> WE NEED TO WORK ON CHILD ACCESS AND HOLD THE PARENTS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ACCESS TO GUNS INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY.

>> Reporter: EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE PARENTS OF ETHAN CRUMBLEY, JAMES AND JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WERE EACH SENTENCED UP TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER FOR THEIR ROLES RELATED TO THEIR SON DEADLY CRIME.

ETHAN CRUMBLEY WAS CONVICTED OF GOING FOUR STUDENT AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL IN 2021.

NOW A GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL BEGINS A SIMILAR JOURNEY TOWARD HEALING.

I AM LAURA GARY FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> WITH TEMPERATURES SOARING OVER 100 DEGREES IN SOME AREAS, EXTREME HEAT CAN BE HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER HEIDI DiMARCO SAYS IT IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS.

>> THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THIS HEAT AFFECTS ANYONE WITHOUT EFFECTIVE COOLING OR ADEQUATE HYDRATION.

>> IN THE HEAT, EVERYDAY YOU ARE SWEATING, LOSING WATER.

YOU ARE LOSING SODIUM.

YOUR LOSING THE ELECTROLYTES AND THESE THINGS CAN REALLY SNEAK UP ON PATIENTS AND CAUSE AN ACUTE PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC CONDITIONS SUCH AS HYPERTENSION, DIABETES, AND CARDIAC DISEASE ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT RELATED HEALTH RISKS.

>> A LOT OF THOSE MEDICATIONS WORK BY ESSENTIALLY DEHYDRATING YOU.

THEY WORK BY FORCING YOUR KIDNEYS TO DISCRETE ELECTROLYTES LIKE SODIUM AND THAT INTERACT WITH WATER ON A PHYSIOLOGICAL LEVEL.

>> Reporter: SYMPTOMS OF DEHYDRATION CAN VARY.

>> LIGHTHEADED SENSATION AND ALL OF THESE THINGS COULD BE A SYMPTOM OF THE NEED FOR WATER OR ELECTROLYTES.

>> Reporter: EMERGENCY ROOMS HAVING AN UPTICK IN CASES.

BUT HE SAYS HE IS OFTEN TREATING PATIENTS WITH HYDRATION DURING THE SUMMER.

>> A LOT OF TIMES WE WILL HAVE PATIENCE WITH BLOOD PRESSURE ISSUE, LOW BLOOD PRESSURE, FAINTING SPELLS, LIKE THAT.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS ONE IT IS THIS HOT, PEOPLE SHOULD PLAY -- PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THEIR MEDICAL HISTORY.

>> I THINK IT A LITTLE HUMILITY AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BOUNCE BACK FROM THE HEAT AS WELL AS YOU USED TO.

TONIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MANAGE AS WELL AS YOU USED TWO POINTS OF NOT BE AFRAID TO GET SOME REST, TO COOL DOWN.

>> Reporter: HEIDI DiMARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ANOTHER RESOURCE , A HELPFUL RESOURCE TO DO WITH THE HEAT ARE COOLING CENTERS.

THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO HAS OPENED UP 11 RECREATION CENTERS.

THEY ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER THROUGHOUT YOUR SCREEN RIGHT THERE.

YOU CAN ALSO GO TO ANY SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY DURING OPEN HOURS.

>>> AFTER NEAR RECORD-BREAKING TEMPERATURES FOR SOME PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, THE HEAT WILL CONTINUE I AM TRACKING SUNNY, HOT, AND EVEN SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS AS WE ENTER THAT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, RELIEF IS ON THE WAY .

I WILL HAVE A LOOK ON THAT FORECAST COMING UP .

>>> PROFESSIONAL SOCCER ICON AND SAN DIEGO WAIVE SC FORWARD ALEX MORGAN ANNOUNCED THE END OF HER SOCCER CAREER TODAY.

KPBS REPORTER TONYA THORNE HAS THE DETAILS ON MORGAN'S RETIREMENT.

>> LEGEND, ICON, AND AN ALL- STAR WOMEN'S SOCCER PLAYER, ALEX MORGAN ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT IN A VIDEO MESSAGE POSTED TO HER X ACCOUNT.

SHE CALLED THE DECISION A TOUGH ONE, ONE SHE HAD BEEN DEBATING SINCE THE START OF THE SEASON.

>> I AM RETIRING.

AND I HAVE SO MUCH CLARITY ABOUT THIS DECISION AND I AM SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO FINALLY TELL YOU.

>> Reporter: MORGAN SAID SOCCER HAS BEEN A PART OF HER LIFE FOR 30 YEARS.

A PROFESSIONAL CAREER THAT INCLUDES TITLES WITH THE U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM.

FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS.

>> AND ARTIS AND HER CANVAS, ALEX MORGAN.

>> Reporter: AND SAN DIEGO WAIVE AND 2022 OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT SHE SAID HELP EXPAND WOMEN'S SOCCER .

>> WE'RE CHANGING LIVES AND THE IMPACT WE HAVE ON THE NEXT GENERATION IS IRREVERSIBLE.

AND I AM PROUD OF THE HAND I HAD IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: MORGAN HELD LEAD THE TEAM TO THE PLAYOFFS IN THEIR INAUGURAL SEASON.

NATIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER LEAGUE SHIELD.

>> SHE IS JUST A GREAT HUMAN BEING.

SHE FIGHTS FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS, SHE FIGHTS FOR EQUAL PAY AND SHE IS A HUGE PART OF THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY.

>> WITH THE SAN DIEGO SIREN, AND INDEPENDENT SUPPORTER OF THE SAN DIEGO A FOOTBALL CLUB TWO TAKING A RISK ON A BRAND- NEW TEAM, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND SHE HAS REALLY AND GRADED HERSELF IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> WHILE RETIREMENT IS BITTERSWEET, IT BRINGS NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

>> WILL MISS HER MEDLEY ON THE FIELD AND HOPE SHE STAYS INVOLVED WITH THE TEAM BUT IT IS DEFINITELY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CLUB AND ALSO THE NATIONAL TEAM TO BRING IN SOME YOUTH AND TO BRING IN SOMEONE TO FILL THOSE SHOES.

HUGE SHOES TO FILL, OBVIOUSLY.

BUT IT REALLY DOES ALLOW FOR GROWTH AND PROGRESSION IN THE GAME.

>> Reporter: NEWS OF MORTGAGE RETIREMENT ALSO CAME WITH A SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT.

>> I AM PREGNANT.

AND AS UNEXPECTED AS THIS CAME WE ARE SO OVERJOYED.

>> THIS IS MORGAN'S SECOND CHILD.

HER FINAL GAME WILL BE AT SNAPDRAGON STADIUM ON SUNDAY AT 5:00 P.M. SAN DIEGO WAIVE FC WILL BE HOLDING AT THEIR FINAL HOME GAME ON NOVEMBER 3rd.

TONYA THORNE.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ONLINE THREATS MADE BY THE ALLEGED GEORGIA SCHOOL SHOOTER MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.

THAT IS COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER THE EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> NOT GUILTY, THAT IS THE PLEA ENTERED BY FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ATTORNEYS IN FEDERAL COURT TODAY.

THE PLEA IN RESPONSE TO A REVISED INDICTMENT OVER TRUMPS ALLEGED INTERFERENCE IN THE 2020 ELECTION.

THIS COMING JUST DAYS BEFORE HE FACES VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ON THE DEBATE STAGE.

BRIAN ABEL HAS THE LATEST.

>> Reporter: FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S ATTORNEY ENTERING A NOT GUILTY PLEA.

REVISED JANUARY 6 INDICTMENT LEVELED BY SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH.

AS SHE CONSIDERS HOW THE CASE WILL MOVE FORWARD AFTER THE SUPREME COURT'S PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY DECISION, WITH THE ELECTION JUST 60 DAYS AWAY, JUDGE TANYA CHUTKAN REMINDING THE DEFENSE TEAM ELECTORAL PROCESS AND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE ELECTION DOES NOT MATTER HERE.

TRUMP TODAY WORKING TO REFOCUS THE CAMPAIGN ON THE ECONOMY, WITH A SPEECH AT THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK.

>> KAMALA HARRIS CAN'T BRING DOWN THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE HER ENERGY POLICIES ARE DRIVING UP THE COST OF EVERYTHING.

>> Reporter: THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN PRINCIPALLY COUNTERED .

>> SHE IS TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMY ALMOST EVERYTHING I DAY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND HER PLANS TO LOWER COST FOR HOUSING AND GROCERIES.

>> Reporter: BOTH CAMPAIGNS CRISSCROSSING BATTLEGROUND STATES THIS WEEK WITH A FOCUS ON PENNSYLVANIA.

THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN FRESH OFF AN ENDORSEMENT FROM REPUBLICAN AND FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN, LIZ CHENEY HUNKERED DOWN IN THE COMMONWEALTH PREPARING FOR THE DEBATE AGAINST TRUMP IN LESS THAN A WEEK'S TIME.

>> PERMISSION TO SAY OKAY, LIZ CHENEY, THE DAUGHTER OF FORMER VICE PRESIDENT, >> CHENEY.

SOMEONE WHO IS WIDELY CONSERVATIVE AND MODERATE , IF SHE CAN VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS THEN MAYBE I CAN, TOO.

>> TRUMP, MEANWHILE AT A FOX NEWS EVENT, SETTING EXPECTATIONS FOR THE MODERATORS TREATMENT OF HIM FOR THE UPCOMING ABC DEBATE.

>> ABC IS THE WORST NETWORK IN TERMS OF FAIRNESS.

TRUCK THAT SEPTEMBER 10th DEBATE, ANOTHER PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE SELECTION AS NORTH CAROLINA BEGINS SENDING OUT ABSENTEE BALLOTS THIS WEEK.

IN WASHINGTON, RYAN ABEL REPORTING.

>>> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS RUSSIA SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO INFLUENCE THE ELECTION AND OTHER ISSUES THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

THE DOJ HAS INDICTED TWO EMPLOYEES OF THE KREMLIN THE MEDIA ARM.

THEY ARE ALLEGEDLY PART OF A NEARLY $10 MILLION SCHEME TO SET UP A FRONT COMPANY, TENANT MEDIA WITH THE GOAL OF AFFECTING HOW YOU VOTE IN NOVEMBER.

>> NO, THEY ARE USING RT AND THEY ARE USING SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO SO DISINFORMATION AND PUSH THEIR OWN POLICIES AND PROGRAMS.

>> Reporter: IN RESPONSE TO THE ALLEGATIONS AND RT SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY ARE CRACKING DOWN ON RUSSIA'S USE OF FAKE PROFILES AND FAUX NEWS WEBSITE.

>>> GETTING A COLLEGE DEGREE HAS LONG BEEN CONSIDERED THE TICKET TO A HIGH-PAYING AND STABLE JOB BUT AS STUDENTS RETURNED TO CAMPUS, COULD TRADE OR VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS NOW BE A FASTER PATH TO ECONOMIC SUCCESS?

MORE ON THAT FROM MICHAEL YOSHIDA.

>> Reporter: THERE IS A SURPRISING TREND THAT APPEARS TO BE PAYING OFF FOR YOUNGER WORKERS.

>> THE LACK OF SKILLED LABOR FORCE IN THOSE JOBS, WE SEE THE IMPACT IN THE ECONOMY THAT WE NEED MORE OF THOSE JOBS.

>> Reporter: OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, ENROLLMENT IN BACHELOR DEGREE PROGRAMS WHILE ENROLLMENT IN VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS GROUP ACCORDING TO THE DATA OF THE NATIONAL STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE.

>> WE WON'T HAVE THOSE STUDENT LOANS TO GET THAT COLLEGE EDUCATION.

>> Reporter: PART OF THE SHIFT COMES FROM A POST-PANDEMIC RE- EVALUATION OF AN INVESTMENT IN WORK.

>> THE PROGRAM GIVING WORK AND THE SKILLS TO DO THIS JOB.

GET UP TO $100,000 A YEAR.

AND YOU DON'T NEED A COLLEGE DEGREE.

>> THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT CAN INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE SO YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF JOBS IN THOSE AREAS.

CONSTRUCTION.

>> Reporter: AS HIRING RATES FOR WORKERS IN THE 20s HAVE RISEN IN RECENT YEARS REQUIRING VOCATIONAL OR ASSOCIATES DEGREE, SOME OFFER THIS MORNING.

>> YOU CAN GET A HIGH-PAYING CAREER, A GREAT WAGE RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.

YES, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE BUT WE ALSO NEED TO PREPARE LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP EDUCATION.

AFTER TWO YEARS, DO YOU REALLY SEE YOURSELF ON THE JOB?

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, I AM MICHAEL YOSHIDA REPORTING.

>>> SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS MANY MUSEUMS SUMMER POPULAR AND WELL ATTENDED, OTHERS ARE SMALLER, DON'T GET AS MUCH NOTICE.

KEVIN CRAMER HEADS TO IMPERIAL COUNTY FOR THE STORY OF ONE MUSEUM IN THE DESERT THAT HAS HAD TO OVERCOME MANY OBSTACLES IN ITS STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE.

>> Reporter: INTERSTATE 8, TAKE THE TURN OFF AND A COUPLE OF RIGHT TURNS AND THERE IS WHAT IS CALLED THE IMPERIAL VALLEY DESERT MUSEUM.

A STORY OF SURVIVAL IN THE DESERT WHERE THEY HAVE A FAVORITE SAYING.

>> WE ALWAYS SAY GIVE US 20 MINUTES AND WE WILL GIVE YOU 10 MILLION YEARS.

>> Reporter: 20 MINUTES?

10 MILLION YEARS?

THERE ARE MUSEUMS THAT DO TAKE YOU BACK THAT FAR LIKE THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, DO YOU KNOW TO USE TO EXTEND ALL THE WAY UP TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY?

TOPOGRAPHIC STAND TO BUILD DUNES BY HAND AND YOU CAN GO IN AND EXPERIENCE THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE NIGHT SKY.

LISTENING TO BIRDSONG'S USED IN CEREMONIES DATING BACK CENTURIES.

YOU LOOK AROUND SO MUCH OF LIFE AND LIVING IN THE HARSH DESERT HAS TO DO WITH SURVIVING.

POTTERY THAT HAS LASTED THE ELEMENT PRESERVED 1000, MAYBE 2000 YEARS.

GEOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS DATING BACK TO TIME IMMEMORIAL.

THERE IS DOTTIE, AND ENDANGERED SONORAN DESERT TORTOISE WHO HERE SURVIVES AND THRIVES.

EVEN THIS MUSEUM ITSELF, KRISTIN ONLY IS THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

>> THE MUSEUM WAS ACTUALLY ON MAIN STREET IN DOWNTOWN EL CENTRO.

TROPICAL STORM KATHLEEN CAME THROUGH.

WE ALSO HAD AN EARTHQUAKE THAT CAME THAT KIND OF FORCED OUR DOORS TO CLOSE.

>> SKEPTICS OUT HERE ON THE INTERSTATE WOULD NEVER OPEN, NEVER ATTRACT A CROWD AND BE SUCCESSFUL.

BUT HERE IT IS, STILL A MOSTLY UNDISCOVERED GEM BUT DOING WELL, THANK YOU.

>> MUCH LIKE THE DESERT ENVIRONMENT WE HAD TO REALLY ADAPT.

>> Reporter: OUTSIDE IS A WALKING TOUR WITH SIGNS, DESCRIPTIONS OF THE LAND OR PLANT LIFE, THE HOT DESERT AROUND A THERE IS WATER.

AND THERE ARE SPRINGS NOT FAR FROM HERE BUT YOU GO BACK 10 MILLION YEARS.

>> I MEAN WHAT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, THOSE ARE THE COYOTE MOUNTAINS AND THOSE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A HIKE TO THAT CALLED TOP OF THE OCEAN BECAUSE THAT IS HOW HOT CALIFORNIA USED TO REACH WAS THE TOP OF THOSE MOUNTAINS OVER THERE.

NO, NOT AT ALL.

IT WAS QUITE DEEP AND QUITE FAST.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, YOU CAN STILL FIND THE SAND DOLLARS AND FOSSILS UP THERE.

EVERYWHERE WE ARE WALKING NOW WAS ONCE DEEP UNDERWATER.

I CAN NEVER THINK OF THE PARCHED ARID DESERT RIGHT HERE QUITE THE SAME WAY LIVED HERE AND SURVIVED HERE AND STILL DO AT THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LAND AND THE NIGHTTIME SKY.

THERE IS AN AREA ON THE GROUND, AN AREA PROTECTED FROM LIGHT IN THE DESERT, A PLACE TO SAVOR THE NIGHT SKY AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ENJOYED IN ANTIQUITY.

>> IT IS REALLY, REALLY BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE WHEN EVERYTHING IS DARK AND IT WILL DROWN OUT THE SUN AND THE HIGHWAY AND YOU ARE REALLY JUST TAKING IT IN.

>> SO THERE ARE STARGAZING EVENTS HERE THAT LINK US WITH THE WONDER AND ALL THAT THE COUP AND YET TREASURE TO THIS DAY.

IT IS A WRAPPING AND WELCOMING AND IN FACT IN THE DAYTIME.

THERE IS THE WORD OF GREETING.

>> WE THINK, YOU KNOW, THE TRIP IS WORTH THE EFFORT.

>> Reporter: THE IMPERIAL VALLEY DESERT MUSEUM, WHETHER IT IS A COMMITMENT TO TRIBAL FORCES AND TRIBAL PARTICIPATION TO 10 MILLION YEARS OF HISTORIC AUTHENTICITY AND, YES, TO SURVIVAL.

ABOUT THE HISTORY AND PEOPLE OF THE AREA WE CALL HOME.

IT CAN BE SEEN TONIGHT AND EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 RIGHT HERE ON KPBS.

>>> THIS RECORD-BREAKING HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

FOR TONIGHT ACROSS THE METRO, LOW 70s.

PRETTY NICE START HERE FOR YOUR EARLY FRIDAY BUT IT WILL BE NEAR THE COAST BUT OVERALL GREAT WEATHER HERE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION.

OVERNIGHT LOWS, UPPER 60s, LOW 70s.

WE WILL SEE SOME OR MODERATE CONDITIONS HERE AS YOU GO FAR OVER THE EAST.

OCEANSIDE CAMPAIGN, 65 DEGREES WITH SOME CLOUDS MOVING IN BUT THEN AS WE HEAD TO SATURDAY, WE WILL BE ATTRACTING THAT STUBBORN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE.

THAT WILL INTENSIFY AND EXPAND HERE AS WE HEAD INTO TODAY AND SATURDAY.

WE WILL SEE DAILY RECORD HIGHS BEING CHALLENGED ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, YES WE WILL BE VERY HOT WEATHER HERE MIXED IN, AS WELL AS WE HEAD THROUGH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

FOR TOMORROW ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY WE WILL HAVE OCEANSIDE, 91 DEGREES.

SAN DIEGO, 87 AS YOU LOOK ACROSS THE DESERT REGION.

YEAH, 112.

VERY HOT WEATHER HERE FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

AND AS WE HEAD TO YOUR FRIDAY, SO FAR, LOTS OF SUNSHINE.

THERE WILL BE A LOT OF FUN COVERS THERE OFF THE COAST.

ONE THING I WILL .

OUT, THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS , THERE WILL BE SCATTERED SHOWERS BUT OVERALL THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE LOW THROUGHOUT YOUR FRIDAY.

FOR SATURDAY, LOTS OF SUNSHINE, LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER MADE ITS WAY TO THE L.A. BASIN.

IT IS GOING TO BE HOT AND SUNNY.

FOR YOUR FRIDAY, HIGHS MAKE IT INTO THE 90s.

THAT HOT WEATHER IS GOING TO CONTINUE WHILE WE GET A BREAK FROM THE 90s ON SATURDAY.

RIGHT BACK THERE ON SUNDAY AND THEN MORE MODERATE WEATHER IN HERE STARTING ON MONDAY WITH HIGHS MID 80s MONDAY AND TUESDAY INLAND, VERY HOT WEATHER.

NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 100 AND YOU WILL SEE THAT BREAK FROM THE OPPRESSING HEAT AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS, 80 ON FRIDAY WHICH IS REALLY WARM FOR EARLY SEPTEMBER.

THE 70s AND YES, ACROSS THE DESERT.

112 ON FRIDAY AND IT WILL STAY IN THE UPPER 100 AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

FOR KPBS, I METEOROLOGIST DANIEL LOTUS.

>>> A HIDDEN GEM AND VISTA IS TURNING 25 THIS YEAR.

KPBS NORTH CALLIE REPORTER, ALEXANDER NGUYEN TAKES US TO A SECRET GARDEN THAT SHOWS WHY IT IS SO SPECIAL TO THE PEOPLE THERE.

>>> UP IN THE HILLS OF VISTA, BEHIND A PUBLIC PARK LIES A SECRET GARDEN.

FILLED WITH TURTLES, BUTTERFLIES, AND THE OCCASIONAL DRAGONFLY.

>> WHEN YOU GO TO THE TOP OF THE HILL LOOKING FOR, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE.

>> Reporter: THE SECRET GARDEN IS ACTUALLY 17 GARDENS IN ALL.

>> I REFER TO IT AS A BOUTIQUE BOTANICAL GARDEN.

>> WAS FOUNDED IN 1999.

BUT ITS HISTORY STRETCHES BACK FURTHER.

IN THE 1960s, RETIRED SERGEANT PAUL AND HIS WIFE, MARTHA BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY.

IT WAS THEIR VACATION HOME.

>> IS A HAVEN OF NATURE AND BEAUTY.

>> Reporter: IN THE COUPLE LOVED THE WILDLIFE HERE.

>> THE GARDENS HAVE MANY LITTLE CREATURES.

AND BIG ONES, TOO.

WE HAVE SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL RED TAIL HAWKS.

>> Reporter: THE COUPLE LENT THE 60 ACRE PROPERTY TO CHARITY AND THE CITY OF VISTA BOUGHT IT FOR NEARLY $2 MILLION AND INCORPORATED IT AS PART OF ECHO TERRACE PARK .1999, THE CITY DESIGNATED MOST OF THE LAND AS A PUBLIC GARDEN TO BE MANAGED BY A NONPROFIT FOUNDATION.

THAT IS HOW VISTA BOTANICAL GARDENS CAME TO BE.

>> 99 YEARS, IT WAS NEAR A HILLSIDE AND THE VOLUNTEERS OVER THE 25 YEARS WE HAVE TURNED IT INTO A BEAUTIFUL AREA OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE.

>> Reporter: THE MANAGER AT ALTA VISTA BOTANICAL GARDEN.

IT IS A PLACE WHERE CHERISHED FAMILY MEMBERS ARE MADE AND MILESTONES ARE CELEBRATED.

THE GARDENS HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART.

>> I HAD A MEMORY POP UP ON MY PHONE.

IT'S US STANDING IN FRONT OF THAT CHAIN-LINK FENCE AS KIDS, STANDING IN FRONT OF THAT CHAIN- LINK.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN SIX OR SEVEN, FIVE AND SIX.

NOW THEY ARE 18 AND 19.

BOTH OF THEM ARE LEAVING US.

>> HER CHILDREN, AS SHE SHOWS US AROUND THE GARDEN.

IT IS THE FIRST GARDEN AFTER THE ENTRANCE.

DIXONS CHILDREN ARE NOW IN COLLEGE, WHICH LEAVES HER MORE TIME TO DEDICATE TO THE GARDENS.

>> 360 VIEW, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, HOW TO GET IT DONE.

MY WEAKNESS IN THE PAST HAS BEEN PLANES.

BUT I SAID IN THE PAST, BECAUSE EVERY DAY I AM LEARNING SOMETHING NEW.

WHAT JUST KEEPS IT EVEN MORE EXCITING.

>> Reporter: THE GARDENS MISSION IS TO EDUCATE, PROTECT AND PRESERVE ENDANGERED HABITATS.

PART OF THAT IS LETTING PEOPLE EXPERIENCE NATURE AND SHOWING THEM THE TREES AND PLANTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD.

>> THIS IS WHAT WE CALL OUR MADAGASCAR GARDEN AND ALL OF THESE ARE PRIMARILY FROM MADAGASCAR.

HENCE THE NAME.

>> OF COURSE IT WOULD BE MADAGASCAR WITHOUT A BAOBAB TREE.

BUT HERE IT IS REPRESENTED BY A SCULPTURE .

>> IT WAS MADE BY OUR ARTIST, ROBERT ROCHE AND IN 2015 AND YOU CAN SEE THE BEAUTIFUL THAT IS SHARING ITS SPACE.

>> Reporter: IS NOT THE ONLY SCULPTURE AT ALTAVISTA.

SOME WILL TAKE YOU TO THE PAST .

>> THESE ARE GOOD.

>> IT IS BEHIND YOU.

ONE OF OUR PREHISTORIC DINOSAURS SCULPTURES.

>> Reporter: DIE NOT BECAUSE AND SPIN A SORCERESS.

THEY WERE DONE BY RICARDO BECERRA, THE SAME ARTIST TO MAY THE DINOSAURS SCULPTURES IN LAREDO SPRINGS.

AT ALTAVISTA, HIS CULTURES INCLUDE A SCORPION, GIRAFFE, AND A SERVANT.

THERE ARE DOZENS OF SCULPTURES FROM DIFFERENT ARTISTS AROUND THE GARDEN.

MERGING NATURE AND ART.

WHAT MAKES THIS ART SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS MOSTLY VOLUNTEER RUN.

AND THE VOLUNTEERS DO TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO ADOPT AND MAINTAIN A SECTION OF THE GARDEN FOR A PLACE THAT IS MOSTLY VOLUNTEER RUN, THIS ONE SAYS TURNING 25 IS A HUGE MILESTONE.

>> THE CELEBRATION WE ARE HAVING A GALA.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID THE ENTRANCE AND MEMBERSHIP FEES ONLY COVER A PORTION OF THE EXPENSES OF RUNNING THE GARDENS.

THE REST IS MADE UP BY DONATIONS SO THE FUNDS RAISED BY THE GALA WILL HELP THE GARDEN REMAIN OPEN FOR MANY YEARS ALLOWING FUTURE GENERATIONS TO ENJOY JUST AS HER KIDS HAVE.

>> THIS AREA IS TRANQUILITY, IT'S PEACE, IT'S HAVEN.

>> Reporter: ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

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