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>>> IT IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HAS DIED.

A NEW KING, CHARLES III NOW REIGNS IN ENGLAND.

TONIGHT, MOURNERS FLOCKED TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE AND WINDSOR CASTLE TO REMEMBER QUEEN ELIZABETH II.

THE WORLD BANK RESPECTS TO THE 96-YEAR-OLD MONARCH WHO PASSED AWAY WITH HER FAMILY AT HER SIDE.

EVEN HERE IN OUR COUNTY, TRIBUTES AND REMEMBRANCES UNDERWAY.

QUEEN ELIZABETH HAVING MADE A HISTORIC VISIT YEAR, STOPPING AT LOCAL LANDMARKS.

KPBS REPORTER TONYA THORNE WITH A LOOK BACK AND A REACTION FROM THOSE MOURNING HER DEATH.

>> Reporter: HAS BEEN 39 YEARS IN SAN DIEGO WAS GRACED BY THE PRESENCE OF THE LATE QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND HER HUSBAND, PRINCE PHILIP.

IN FEBRUARY OF 1983, THE ROYAL DON'T HER TENURE DOCKED AT BROADWAY., WHERE CROWDS WERE WAITING TO GREET AND CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE ROYALS.

THE SAN DIEGO TOUR INCLUDED VISITS TO THE OLD WORLD THEATER, THE INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY, THE SAN DIEGO ZOO AND ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.

HER VISIT TO ST. PAUL'S IS COMMEMORATED WITH A PLAQUE IN THE CATHEDRAL'S COURTYARD THAT CAN STILL BE VISITED TODAY.

LIKE ELSEWHERE AROUND THE WORLD, THE DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH IS BEING FELT IN SAN DIEGO TOO.

>> IT IS A VERY SAD DAY.

IT IS A DAY WE KNEW WAS COMING, IT STILL SEEMS A SHOCK.

>> Reporter: HARGREAVES IS THE DIRECTOR OF ST. JAMES BY THE SEA EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN LA JOLLA.

>> NEARLY 60 AND ALL MY LIFE, THE QUEEN HAS BEEN THE QUEEN.

I HAVE NEVER KNOWN A TIME WITHOUT HER.

>> Reporter: NICOLE McEWING BEATTY IS GENERAL MANAGER OF SHAKESPEARE PUB AND GRILL, A LOCAL EATERY WITH THE BRITISH STYLE COMFORT FOOD.

>> ABSOLUTELY GOT IT.

WE ALL WERE SHOCKED.

SEEM TO HAPPEN REALLY QUICKLY.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS SINCE THE NEWS BROKE, HER PHONE HAS BEEN RINGING NONSTOP AND SHE ANTICIPATES CUSTOMERS COMING IN TO MOURN THE QUEEN'S DEATH.

>> WE ANTICIPATE A LOT OF EX- PATS COMING IN TO BE WITH EACH OTHER AND TO CELEBRATE HER LIFE.

>> Reporter: AROUND THE FIRE WAS AT SHAKESPEARE PUB AND IS VISITING SAN DIEGO FROM ENGLAND.

>> BECAUSE MY GRANDPARENTS FEEL IT SO MUCH, I ALSO FEEL IT.

IT IS SAD THE QUEEN HAS DIED BUT KING CHARLES WOULD BE GOOD.

HE IS A BIT MORE ACTIVE.

HE WILL BE UP TO GO TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES MORE AND BE A "MORE EVENTS.

>> Reporter: CRYSTALS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSE OF ENGLAND IN BALBOA PARK WAS LEADING THE NEW SINK IN.

>> THING HAPPENED SO, NEWS HAS TRAVELED SO FAST VETERAN TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EVERYBODY IS DOING AND TRYING TO COORDINATE WITH ALL THOSE PEOPLE I AM IN CONTACT WITH TO OPEN THE DOORS IF ANYBODY NEEDS US.

>> Reporter: THE QUEEN'S FUNERAL WILL BE HELD AFTER 10 DAYS OF MORNING.

OF 1000 ENGLAND AND SHAKESPEARE PUB WILL HOST EVENTS FOR SAN DIEGANS TO ATTEND.

TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MAY WELL HAVE SO MUCH MORE OF THE QUEEN'S PASSING AND LEGACY RIGHT HERE ON KPBS AT 8:00 TONIGHT.

JOIN US FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH, A ROYAL WIFE, A PBS NEWS HOUR SPECIAL.

THEN AT 9:00, QUEEN ANTHOLOGY, A LIFE ON FILM.

>>> SAN DIEGO IS PREPARING TO SAY GOODBYE TO A HEAT WAVE AND HELLO TO THE LONG BEACH OF A PACIFIC HURRICANE.

SOME PEOPLE TODAY ALREADY FEELING THE GUSTY WIND AND LIGHT RAIN WHILE OTHERS ARE BUSY GETTING SANDBANKS TOGETHER IN CASE OF POTENTIAL FLOODING.

HERE IS KPBS REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON.

>> Reporter: HURRICANE KAY HAS BEEN FLEXING ITS TROPICAL MUSCLES ALONG THE CENTRAL BAJA CALIFORNIA COAST.

BIG WAVES ARE POUNDING THE SHORE AND HEAVY RAINS ARE DRENCHING MEXICAN COASTAL TOWNS.

THAT SOGGY WEATHER WAS COMING TO SAN DIEGO.

>> THE RAIN IS GOING TO BE WIDESPREAD ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

>> Reporter: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST ALEX TARDY SAYS RAINFALL AND IS ON THE CULTURAL SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS THE TOTAL ONE HALF TO A FULL INCH.

ON THE DESERT SIDE, IT COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE.

THAT RAISES THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING.

THE STORM COMES ON THE HEELS OF A VERY HOT SPELL IN THE WEST.

>> FROM SALT LAKE, SACRAMENT, SAN DIEGO, L.A., AND MOST OF THOSE AREAS IN BETWEEN THEM IT IS TOP THREE HOTTEST FOR A SEVEN-DAY STRETCH.

IN SOME CASES LIKE SALT LAKE AND SACRAMENTO, NUMBER ONE.

>> Reporter: ONE SPRING VALLEY RESIDENT FILLING SANDBAGS IN VINITA AND HOPES A DOZEN OR SO WILL KEEP MUD FROM REACHING HIS PATIO DOOR.

>> THE RAIN IS GOING TO COMMIT IT IS GOING TO OVER SATURATE AND THINGS ARE GOING TO SLIDE.

THINGS ARE GOING TO GET SLIPPERY AND NASTY.

>> Reporter: IT IS NOT COMMON FOR SAN DIEGO TO BE WITHIN THE REACH OF A PACIFIC HURRICANE.

THE STORMS TYPICALLY DRIFT WEST.

BUT, THIS PAST WEEK'S HEAT DOME PULLED THIS STORM NORTH PORT SAN DIEGO.

>> THIS REQUIRES THIS SORT OF HARMONY BETWEEN THE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION BEING, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THIS NORTHWARD FLOW ALONG THE WESTERN MARGIN AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, A STORM GETTING KIND OF CAUGHT UP IN THAT.

>> Reporter: THE REGIONS OCEAN TEMPERATURES, WHILE WARMER THAN IN THE PAST, ARE STILL TOO COOL TO FEED A HURRICANE.

THAT HELPS MINIMIZE STORM DAMAGE REACHING INTO THE REGION FROM THE TROPICAL ZONE.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND, THIS IS THE NINTH STRAIGHT DAY OF FLEX ALERTS ACROSS CALIFORNIA, WITH ALL OF US ASKED TO REDUCE POWER USAGE DURING THIS RECORD-BREAKING HEAT WAVE.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AARON HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: FOR OVER A WEEK, CALIFORNIANS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO REDUCE THEIR ELECTRICITY FROM 4:00 TO 9:00 P.M. THAT CHANGED ON THURSDAY WITH THE ALERTS STARTING AT 3:00 P.M. AND ENDING AT 10:00 DUE TO CONTINUING FORECASTED HIGH DEMAND ON THE GRID AND LOW SOLAR OUTPUT.

SCOTT ANDERSON IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE ENERGY POLICY INITIATIVE CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO.

IS IS THE LENGTH OF THESE CONSECUTIVE FLEX ALERTS IS A >>>.

>> WE CAN TRADE POWER BETWEEN STATES THAT ARE TO THE EAST OF US OR TO THE NORTH OF US.

THAT HELPS TO KIND OF IRON OUT SOME OF THE SUPPLY ISSUES WE ARE HAVING.

WHEN THE WHOLE OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES IS UNDER ONE OF THESE HEAT DOMES THERE IS NOT MUCH EXTRA POWER TO BE TRADED AROUND BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS JUST AS HOT AS WE ARE.

>> Reporter: KEVIN GRADY OF SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC SAYS THE UTILITY IS SEEING SOME RELIEF IN DEMAND DUE TO THE INCOMING STORM SYSTEM.

>> WE KNOW THE CLOUD COVER HAS REDUCED OUR DEMAND IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY JUST A LITTLE BIT.

ACROSS THE STATE, IT IS STILL VERY HIGH.

THIS IS A STATEWIDE SUPPLY ISSUE.

WE ARE STILL MONITORING ALL OF THAT.

THE REST OF THE WEST IS STILL UNDER INCREDIBLE DEMANDS.

WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE RELIEF LOCALLY ON THE LOCAL GRID TOMORROW BASED ON THE TIMING OF THE STORM.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA BROKE ITS RECORD ENERGY USE AROUND 5:00 P.M. TUESDAY WITH 52,000 MEGAWATTS.

THE PREVIOUS HIGH WAS 50,270 MEGAWATTS SET JULY 24th, 2006.

SO FAR, CALIFORNIA HAS NARROWLY AVOIDED ROLLING OUTAGES DURING THE EXTREME HEAT.

HELP IN THE FORM OF COOLER WEATHER IS ON THE WAY AND ANDERS SAYS THAT SHOULD END THE FLEX ALERTS.

>> YOU CAN SEE VERY CLEARLY A DROP OFF ON SEPTEMBER 10th.

SO, I THINK THAT IS SATURDAY, RIGHT?

DROP OFF ON SATURDAY WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL BE LOWER ACROSS THE STATE, THE HEAT WAVE WILL LIFT AND SO THAT IS GOING TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, A WAVE OF RELIEF ON THE GRADE BECAUSE THE HEAT WAVE WILL SUBSIDE.

>> Reporter: OPERATORS OF THE STATE ELECTRICITY GRID CONTINUE TO WARN THAT UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND ON ENERGY SUPPLIES COULD FORCE THEM TO PERIODICALLY CUT POWER TO SOME CUSTOMERS.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT IS RELEASING OFFICIAL NUMBERS FROM HEAT RELATED INCIDENTS AT SNAPDRAGON STADIUM OVER THE PAST WEEKEND.

FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THEY RECEIVED MULTIPLE 911 CALLS DURING THE SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL GAME AND HAD TO TRANSPORT AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE WHILE HELPING OTHERS IN DISTRESS.

AMATEURS WERE HOVERING AROUND 100 DEGREES AND WITH LITTLE SHADE ON HAND.

FIRE OFFICIALS AT ONE POINT CONSIDERED CANCELING THE GAME.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE SPOKE WITH A FAN WHO IS A VIDEO OF WHAT UNFOLDED IS STILL GOING VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> I WANTED TO COVER AND SHOW WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON.

WE WERE JUST BLOWN AWAY.

WHEN THE FIRST PERSON GOT WHEELED OFF BY A STRETCHER, TAKEN BY AMBULANCE, I KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING TO GO WRONG.

>> A FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY WANTED TO COLLABORATE WITH SAN DIEGO STATE WITH THE MEDICAL PLAN THAT THERE BUT WAS NOT SOLICITED.

A BILL HOWE SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY SAID THE PLAN INTO TWICE TO ADD MORE AMBULANCES .

BILL HOWE SAYS FREEWATER IS GIVEN OUT DURING THE GAME AND THEY WERE EVALUATING PLANS FOR FUTURE EVENTS AT THE STADIUM.

>>> AND EL CAJON NURSING HOME HAD SUCH A LONG RECORD OF POOR CARE AND ABUSE THAT FEDERAL OFFICIALS MOVED TO DECERTIFY IT IN APRIL.

THEN, TO THE SHOCK OF ADVOCATES, THEY RESCINDED THEIR ORDER AND THE FIRST OF A TWO- PART SERIES, KPBS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AMITHA SHARMA EXAMINES THE EVIDENCE AGAINST THE NURSING HOME AND WHY IT REMAINS OPEN.

WE HAVE A WARNING.

THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS SOME AUDIENCE MEMBERS MAY FIND DISTURBING.

>> Reporter: AT 2:00 A.M. ON FEBRUARY 7th, A QUADRIPLEGIC WOMAN SLEPT IN A CHAIR COVERED BY A SHEET AT AVOCADO POSTACUTE NURSING HOME IN EL CAJON.

A MAN STOOD OVER HER WITH HIS HANDS UNDER THAT SHEET.

THE INCIDENT IS ONE OF THREE SEXUAL ASSAULTS THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SUBSTANTIATED AT THE 256 BED FACILITY SO FAR THIS YEAR.

SINCE 2019, STATE RECORDS REVEAL 628 OVERALL COMPLAINTS FILED AGAINST AVOCADO.

THAT IS FOUR TIMES THE STATE AVERAGE FOR FACILITIES WITH AT LEAST 100 BEDS.

>> IT IS AN UNSAFE PLACE FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO BE.

>> Reporter: A LAWYER WITH THE CALIBER AND ADVOCATES FOR NURSING HOME REFORM.

HE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE STATE INVESTIGATIONS INTO AVOCADO.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE A DANGEROUS NURSING HOME.

AND ONE THAT I WOULD BE RELUCTANT TO SEND ANYBODY LET ALONE FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

>> Reporter: HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST EGREGIOUS EXAMPLES TAKEN MAINLY FROM STATE REGULATORS REPORTS WITH SUPPORT FROM POLICE INVESTIGATIONS.

A 90-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED BY HIS ROOMMATE AND LATER DIED.

A 71-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY A CAREGIVER DURING A DIAPER CHANGE.

A RESIDENT WITH STRICT SWALLOWING PRECAUTIONS CHOKED TO DEATH AFTER SHE WAS LEFT TO EAT HER LUNCH ALONE.

AND A CAREGIVER ALLEGEDLY SLAMMED A RESIDENT INTO A WALL.

>> IT IS QUITE STRAIGHTFORWARD.

>> Reporter: THAT IS SCOTT FIKES, AN ATTORNEY WHO HAS PURSUED AVOCADO FOR NEGLIGENT CARE.

HE IS DISCUSSING THE STATE REGULATORS FINDINGS.

>> THERE IS A LONG EVIDENTIARY RECORD THAT SHOWS THEY ARE UNABLE OR UNWILLING, WHATEVER IT MAY BE TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL AND QUALITY OF CARE THAT MEDICARE AND MEDICAID DEMAND.

>> Reporter: EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE CENTERS FOR AIR AND MEDICAID SERVICES, THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT OVERSEES NURSING HOMES SEEMED TO AGREE.

THE AGENCY STATED IN APRIL THAT IT WAS TERMINATING AVOCADOS CONTRACT WITH CMS TO OPERATE AS A SKILLED NURSING HOME CITING ITS FAILURE TO PROTECT RESIDENTS FROM ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPORTATION.

BUT, WEEKS LATER, CMS REVERSED COURSE AND PRESENTED PLANS TO DECERTIFY AVOCADO.

A CMS SPOKESPERSON SAID IN AN EMAILED STATEMENT THAT THE TERMINATION ORDER WAS PULLED THE GUNS AVOCADO HAD "RETURNED TO SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE MEDICARE REQUIREMENTS."

YET, JUST TWO MONTHS AFTER REGULATORS CANCELED THE DECERTIFICATION, STATE INVESTIGATORS FOUND 13 FEDERAL DEFICIENCIES AT AVOCADO.

WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THE NEW FINDINGS, A CMS SPOKESPERSON TOLD KPBS THAT AVOCADO RETURNED TO SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE IN JULY.

AVOCADO DID NOT RESPOND TO MULTIPLE REQUESTS FOR COMMENT.

ALSO SINCE APRIL, STATE INVESTIGATORS HAVE SUBSTANTIATED 11 ABUSE CASES OF RESIDENTS AND ONE QUALITY OF CARE VIOLATION AT AVOCADO.

TONY CHICOTEL SAYS KEEPING AVOCADO OPEN ILLUSTRATES HOW REGULATORS ABDICATE THEIR DUTY TO PROTECT RESIDENTS IN FAVOR OF SHIELDING FOR-PROFIT NURSING HOMES.

>> WE HAVE THE ROLES THEY LOOK GREAT ON PAPER IN THE GIVE PEOPLE CONFIDENCE THAT CARE MIGHT BE GOOD AND THEN WE DON'T ENFORCE THEM SO THEY OVERTIME JUST BECOME MEANINGLESS.

>> Reporter: AS AVOCADO RACKED UP COMPLAINTS OVER THE LAST YEARS, ITS PROFITS GREW 72% FROM 3.2 MILLION IN 2017 THE $5.5 MILLION IN 2020 ACCORDING TO FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES.

>> THAT IS A FANTASTIC REVENUE STREAM.

>> Reporter: ERNIE TOSH IS AN EXPERT ON SENIOR CARE FINANCES.

HE SAYS GIVEN AVOCADOS COMPLIANCE RECORD, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE A THIRD PARTY MONITOR.

>> IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, YOU SHOULD ALSO BE FINING THEM SUBSTANTIALLY.

>> Reporter: TOMORROW IN PART TWO OF OUR SERIES, AVOCADO ALLEGEDLY ALLOWED A MAN WITH A SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS AND A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE TO SHARE A ROOM WITH ANOTHER RESIDENT.

THE RESULT WAS DEADLY.

AMITHA SHARMA, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AVOCADO IS JUST ONE OF MANY NURSING HOMES IN THE STATE FOUND TO HAVE PROVIDE A SUBSTANDARD CARE FOR THE RESIDENTS BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN GOOD NURSING HOMES DON'T EXIST.

IN OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE, TONY CHICOTEL FROM THE CALIFORNIA ADVOCATES FOR NURSING HOME REFORM DETAILS WHAT YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR WHEN CHOOSING A NURSING HOME.

YOU CAN FIND THAT ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

>>> RISING RENTAL COSTS ARE ADDING MORE STRESS TO THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE WITH OFF- CAMPUS EXPENSES TYPICALLY NOT COVERED BY SCHOLARSHIPS.

THAT HAS PUSHED SOME TO MAKE SOME TOUGH CHOICES.

WE REPORT ON HOW STUDENTS AND COLLEGES ARE SEARCHING FOR SOLUTIONS.

>> Reporter: 423-YEAR-OLD ADRIAN BYRD, THE PAST THREE BRIGHTER FUTURE THE TWO LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.

>> ABBY HAM FIVE DIFFERENT JOBS.

AEROSPACE WOULD BE NUMBER ONE.

I WAS LOOKING AT DEEP-SEA WELDING.

>> Reporter: WEDDING IS DONE STUDYING FOR A DEGREE IN METAL FABRICATION, BUT SLEEPS IN HIS CAR.

>> THAT IS MY ROOM RIGHT THERE.

I GOT MY SNACKS AND HELLOS.

>> Reporter: LIKE MOST TWO-YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE DOES NOT HAVE DORMS.

THE MEDIAN RENT IN THE LONG BEACH AND HAYMARKET TOPS $3000.00 PER MONTH.

A MAJORITY OF THEIR STUDENTS SUFFERED PANDEMIC RELATED ECONOMIC HARDSHIP FROM EVICTION TO JOB LOSS.

AT LEAST 70 STUDENTS DISCLOSED THEY WERE SLEEPING IN THEIR CARS, A SECURE CAMPUS GARAGE BECAME A STOPGAP SOLUTION.

>> WE PROVIDED SECURITY BUT ALSO ACCESS TO RESTROOMS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND SHOWERS.

>> Reporter: TUITION TYPICALLY CONSUMES THE CONVERSATION AROUND COLLEGE COSTS.

THE UNIVERSITY CENTER OF HOPE AND JUSTICE AS BASIC NEEDS TRAIN BUT IT'S TOO.

>> IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SAFE HOUSING SITUATION, IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT BEING EVICTED OR BEING ABLE TO MAKE YOUR NEXT MONTHLY RENT PAYMENT, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON YOUR CLASSES.

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE LEARNING.

>> Reporter: IT CAN BE TOUGH IN MAJOR CITIES WITHIN ABOUT A FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS, LIKE NEW YORK, THE AVERAGE RENT HAS CLIMBED MORE THAN 25% OVER LAST YEAR AND WASHINGTON, D.C., WHERE REALTOR.COM SAYS RENTS ARE UP MORE THAN 10% IN THE SAME SPAN.

LAST YEAR, HOWARD UNIVERSITY SENIOR JORDAN MOORE STARTED AN ONLINE EFFORT TO CONDUCT AND CONNECT THE STUDENTS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SOME LIVED AS FAR AWAY AS OF BALTIMORE.

THIS YEAR, SHE IS WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS OFFENSE OF RESIDENCE LIFE WORKING TO STRENGTHEN CAMPUS TIES PERSONS.

>> A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO AND FROM CAMPUS.

SO, IT MAKES IT HARDER TO BE INVOLVED IN ORGANIZATIONS, HAVE MEETINGS OR IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET A GLASS.

>> Reporter: LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE RECEIVED A $30 MILLION GRANT FROM PHILANTHROPIST McKENZIE SCOTT, WHICH WILL SUPPORT ONGOING EQUITY EFFORTS, INCLUDING HOUSING, FOOD, AND TRANSIT.

ADRIAN BYRD SAYS WITH HIS YOUNG SON IN MIND, HE WILL MAKE THE MOST OF THIS UNCONVENTIONAL COLLEGE LIFE AND HE SOMEDAY HOPES TO GIVE BACK.

>> I CAN SEE MYSELF HELPING OUT THE COMMUNITY EVEN AFTER I GRADUATE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE.

>>> WE ARE CONTINUING OUR LOOK AT PROPOSITIONS FACING CALIFORNIA VOTERS THIS NOVEMBER.

PROPOSITION 27 WITH ALLOW LARGE GAMING COMPANIES THAT ARE WITH A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE TO OFFER ONLINE SPORTS BETTING.

THE BALLOT MEASURE WAS BACKED BY FAN WALL AND DRAFTKINGS.

HERE IS A REPORTER GRACE GARY.

>> Reporter: AND A LOT OF THE COUNTRY, IF YOU WATCH THE SUPER BOWL, ODDS ARE YOU SAW ADS FOR SPORTS BETTING, A LOT OF THEM.

LIVE IN GAME BETTING, LADYLIKE.

IF YOU ARE IN CALIFORNIA, BETTING ON SPORTS, BESIDES HORSERACING, IS ILLEGAL, AT LEAST FOR NOW.

IN NOVEMBER, CALIFORNIANS WILL VOTE ON TWO DIFFERENT INITIATIVES TO LEGALIZE SPORTS BETTING.

PROP 26, FUNDED BY NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES, WOULD LEGALIZE SPORTS BETTING ONLY AT TRIBAL CASINOS AND HORSE RACE TRACKS.

VISIBLE INDIVIDUAL FOR THAT ONE.

THEN THERE IS ANOTHER, PROPOSITION 27.

I AM A RECENT GETTY, A REPORTER WITH CAL MATTERS.

I WILL EXPLAIN PROPOSITION 27 IN A MINUTE.

PROP 27 WITH ALLOW ONLINE SPORTS BETTING.

IT IS BACKED BY SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN ONLINE SPORTS BETTING.

IF THE MEASURE PASSES, TRIBES COULD OFFER ONLINE SPORTS BETTING.

GAMING COMPANIES GOOD AS WELL.

OPERATORS PAY FEES AND TAXES TO THE STATE.

STATE ANALYSTS ESTIMATE PROP 27 COULD GENERATE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN RELIEF FOR CALIFORNIA.

MOST OF THAT WOULD BE DEDICATED TO HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING.

15% WOULD GO TO NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES THAT ARE NOT INVOLVED IN SPORTS BETTING.

THE MEASURE ALSO CREATES A NEW ARM OF THE STATE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO REGULATE ONLINE SPORTS WAGERING.

OPPONENTS SAY ONLINE SPORTS BETTING COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF GAMBLING ADDICTION.

THEY ALSO ARGUE THE BULK OF THE PROFITS WOULD GO TO GAMING COMPANIES AND IN OTHER STATES.

SUPPORTERS SAY IT WOULD CREATE PERMANENT FUNDING TO REMEDY HOMELESSNESS AND BOOST FUNDS FOR TRIBES THAT DON'T OFFER SPORTS BETTING.

VOTE YES IF YOU WANT TO LEGALIZE ONLINE SPORTS BETTING.

VOTE NO IF YOU DON'T.

AND ONE NOT SO SMALL DISCLAIMER.

IF SPORTS BETTING INITIATIVES PASS, IT IS POSSIBLE BOTH COULD GO INTO EFFECT.

IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, A COURT WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PROPOSITION AND OTHERS, VISIT TRAIN 29.

>>> CHECK OUT THE KPBS VOTER HUB.

WE HAVE A VERSION FOR OUR SPANISH SPEAKING AUDIENCE.

YOU CAN FIND IT ON OUR HOMEPAGE OR BY GOING TO KPBS.ORG.

>>> FROM THE SIERRA NEVADA TO THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY, FIREFIGHTERS ARE WORKING TO CONTROL WILDFIRES THAT EXPLODED DURING THE HEAT WAVE.

THE LARGEST IS THE FAIRVIEW FIRE, WHICH IS BURNED ROUGHLY 19,000 ACRES SINCE MONDAY.

AT LAST CHECK, IT IS ONLY 5% CONTAINED.

AUTHORITIES SAY TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED EARLIER THIS WEEK WHILE TRYING TO EVACUATE.

>> OUR HEAT WAVE IS COMING TO AN ABRUPT END AS HURRICANE KAY APPROACHES .

STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE ELEVATED FIRE THREAT.

AS THE MOISTURE INCREASES, THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODS, WE COULD HAVE DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS HERE AT INTO THE WEEKEND.

HURRICANE KAY MOVES NORTH, SLOWS DOWN BUT THE MOISTURE COMES IN AROUND IT.

SOME AREAS OF FLOODING, MUDSLIDES.

OF COURSE, WILDFIRE RELIEF EVENTUALLY.

TRAVEL DELAYS ARE EXPECTED.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES WILL STAY ON THE WARM SIDE.

A WARM, HUMID, BREEZY NIGHT.

TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70s.

INLAND AREAS, LOW TO MID 70s.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES THEIR 60th MOUNT LAGUNA AND CAMPO IS AT 71.

DURING THE DAY TOMORROW, MOISTURE STARTS TO INCREASE.

THESE TEMPERATURES COULD ACTUALLY CLIMB A.

WITH THE DOWNSLOPING WIND, IT MAY BE WARMER THAN THIS.

WE DO HAVE CLOWNS AND PRECIPITATION LIVING IN.

THAT MIGHT KEEP THE TEMPERATURES DOWN JUST A BIT.

YOU CAN SEE THE TEMPERATURES HOVERING IN THE 60s AND MOUNT LAGUNA TO THE MID-80s IN THE INLAND AREAS.

HERE COMES THE RAIN TOO.

THAT MOISTURE SURGES IN.

UP HERE IN THE MOUNTAINS, WE ARE THINKING PERHAPS 14 8 INCHES OF RAIN.

AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE COAST COULD EVENTUALLY WIND UP WITH ONE TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.

THE WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY TOO.

COULD HAVE STRONG WINDS HERE AUGUSTINE PERHAPS UP TO 60 TO 80 MILES PER HOUR IN THE MOUNTAINS AND CLOSE TO THE COAST WE COULD HAVE JUST OVER 40 MILES PER HOUR.

QUITE A CHANGE IS COMING HERE.

OUR EXTENDED FORECAST DOES CALL FOR WIND AND RAIN ON THE INCREASE.

YOU CAN SEE THE COAST, DOWNSLOPING WINS WARMING UP.

THEN OVER THE WEEKEND, STILL SOME MOISTURE AROUND, CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH.

INLAND AREAS, WARM, BREEZY AND HUMID WITH THE RAIN ON THE INCREASE.

THERE COULD BE PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS HERE STORMS AROUND INTO THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND THE DESERTS.

THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING, AS WE SEE SOME HEAVIER RAINS MOVING IN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND IT WILL BE PRETTY WINDY HERE TOO.

THEN NEXT WEEK, IT WILL START TO GRADUALLY DRY UP.

FOR KPBS USE , I AM METEOROLOGIST MARK MANCUSO.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWSHOUR, A LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORIC REIGN OF NEWTON'S LONGEST RULING MONARCH IN QUEEN ELIZABETH II.

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

>>> THERE IS SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBER OF SUICIDES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

A NEW REPORT SHOWS A FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR OF DECLINE FROM A HIGH OF 465 IN 2018 TO 364 IN 2021.

WHILE FEWER DEATHS IS POSITIVE NEWS, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS FOR SELF AND COLLECTED INJURIES ARE ON THE RISE IN SUICIDE CAN BE PREVENTED.

FOR HELP, CALL THE NUMBER LISTED ON THE SCREEN.

HELP IS AVAILABLE FOUR HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

>>> A HEALTHY BODY NEEDS A HEALTHY MICRO BIOME, WHICH STORIES THE BACTERIA THAT RESIDE IN THE GUT.

A COMPANY IN SAN DIEGO IS TRYING TO GET PARENTS TO HELP WITH THEIR RESEARCH SO THEY CAN LEARN WHAT BABIES HAVE IN THEIR GUT AND WHAT ELSE THEY MIGHT NEED.

KPBS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REPORTER SCIENCE FUDGE HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: AT PERSEPHONE BIOSCIENCES, SAMPLES OF INFANT BACTERIA ARE STORED AT 200 DEGREES BELOW ZERO CELSIUS.

THE COMPANY'S CEO CALLS WITHIN THE SMALL BOXES THE COMPANY'S ASSETS.

WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?

>> THIS IS OUR BABY KIT.

>> Reporter: THESE BOXES ARE SHIPPED TO PARENTS WHO AGREE TO SEND BACK SAMPLES OF THE EXTRUDED BY THEIR BABIES WHO ARE UNDER EIGHT WEEKS OLD.

>> EASY TO USE INSTRUCTIONS.

ANOTHER REMINDER ABOUT FILLING OUT ADDITIONAL MEDICAL INFORMATION.

EASY TO USE THE SCOOP.

YOU BASICALLY SCOOP THE AND PUT IT IN THIS LITTLE CONTAINER.

>> Reporter: THE REASON FOR COLLECTING ALL THE STABLE SAMPLES IS TO EXAMINE THE GUT BY ROAMS OF A DIVERSE GROUP OF BABIES AND COMPARE THEM TO POSSIBLE HEALTH PROBLEMS THEY HAVE IN LATER YEARS.

>> WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN IS ESSENTIAL INCREASE IN THE LAST TWO DECADES OF FOOD ALLERGIES.

A LOT OF THAT CAN BE COMING FROM THE MICRO BIOME.

>> Reporter: THE HEALTH OF THE MICRO BIOME CAN DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A CHILD'S IMMUNE SYSTEM.

AND, SHE SAYS MODERN LIFE HAS CAUSED A LOT OF HEALTH PROBLEMS RELATED TO HAVING LITTLE FIBER IN THE DIET AND THE EXTENSIVE USE OF ANTIBIOTICS.

>> WHEN WE HAVE DONE A COMPARISON WITH THE AMISH, THE AMISH BABY MICRO BIOMES ARE WAY MORE DIVERSE.

>> Reporter: OTHER MODERN INVENTIONS COLOR SAYS CAN SURE CHANGE A CHILD'S GUT HEALTH ARE C-SECTION BIRTHS AND FORMULA FEEDING.

THE STUDY WILL COMPARE THOSE KIDS TO ONE'S BORN VAGINALLY AND WHO ARE BREAST-FED.

THE COMPANY WANTS TO FOLLOW THE KIDS MEDICAL HISTORY IS FOR SEVEN YEARS.

THE ENDGAME?

DEVELOPING MEDICATIONS THAT CAN BOLSTER A CHILD'S MICRO BIOME TO IMPROVE THEIR OVERALL HEALTH.

>> WE WANT TO COME UP WITH A PRODUCT THAT CAN WORK FOR EVERY BABY, NO MATTER HOW THEY ARE BORN, NO MATTER HOW THEY ARE FRED, THEY WANT THEM TO HAVE THE RIGHT MICROBES FOR ESSENTIALLY HEALTH SUCCESS.

>> Reporter: BEFORE THAT HAPPENED, THEY HAVE TO RECRUIT A LOT MORE PARENTS TO SEND THEM INFANT .

>> WE REALLY NEED THEIR , TO BE HONEST.

THE SOONER WE GET THE , THE QUICKER WE CAN GET A PRODUCT.

>> Reporter: PERSEPHONE BIOSCIENCES JUST RAISED $50 MILLION IN SEED FINANCING.

THEY HELP THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT WILL BE A HEALTHY GOT FOUR KIDS AND A HEALTHY FINANCIAL RETURN., SPONGE, KPBS NEWS.

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