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>>> MORE LEGAL JEOPARDY FOR THE MAN WHO WANTS TO RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

AFTER 2 1/2 YEARS AND WEEKS OF SPECULATION, DONALD TRUMP NOW FACES A CRIMINAL CASE RELATED TO WHAT HAPPENED ON AND AROUND JANUARY 6 OF 2021.

HE IS FACING FOUR FELONY ACCOUNTS ACCUSING HIM OF TRYING TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION.

IT SAID THAT THOSE EFFORTS LED TO THE JANUARY 6 ATTACK ON THE U.S. CAPITOL.

CHARGES INCLUDE CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND WITNESS TAMPERING.

A FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY HERE IN SAN DIEGO GAVE HER REACTION TO US JUST A SHORT TIME AGO.

>> EVEN THOUGH IT WAS EXPECTED, IT IS STILL VERY SOBERING WHEN YOU SEE A FORMER PRESIDENT AND THE LEADING CANDIDATE FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BEING PROSECUTED FOR VIOLATION OF FEDERAL CRIMES, VERY SERIOUS FEDERAL CRIMES.

THIS IS THE SECOND INDICTMENT AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT IN TWO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.

I THINK IT IS NOT ONLY UNPRECEDENTED, BUT IT IS GOING TO BRING THE NATION TO SOME PRETTY ROCKY TIMES BETWEEN NOW AND THE ELECTION.

>> NPR AND PBS NEWS HOUR HAVE THE LATEST ON THE CRIMINAL CHARGES.

THIS COMES AS THE CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY IS WELCOMING HIM TO ITS CONVENTION.

HE IS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND AND SPEAK AT THE EVENT.

IT'S A RARE TRIP TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR TRUMP WHO IS LEAVING THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FIELD DESPITE A LONG LIST OF LEGAL PROBLEMS.

THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY WILL BE HELD MARCH.

>>> IT IS A NIGHT TO BUILD TIES BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENTS ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.

THEY INCLUDE CHULA VISTA POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND PARKWAY POSSIBLE IN ELKO HOME.

WE HAVE MORE FROM CAMPBELL PARK AND NATIONAL CITY FOR THE EVENT HAPPENING THERE.

>> Reporter: CAMPBELL PARK IS AT THE HEART OF NATIONAL CITY.

THAT HEART BEATING QUICKLY.

WE ARE HERE TO REPORT A LARGE POLICE PRESENCE ON SITE RIGHT NOW, THAT IS A GOOD THING.

YOU CAN SEE PLENTY OF ACTIVITY BEHIND ME.

THE 10th ARE PUT UP BY LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING FOOD AND FUN.

THERE WAS CERTAINLY PLENTY TO SEE AND TO HEAR TONIGHT.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS A VEHICLE PRODUCED BY THE ARMY.

IT IS GOING TO REPLACE THE TRADITIONAL HUMVEE.

THE POLICE UNIT IS BASED HERE IN NATIONAL CITY.

THEY ARE SHOWING OFF THIS VEHICLE WHICH IS FASTER AND BIGGER AND WE ARE TOLD MUCH SAFER FOR THE ARMY TO USE.

THE ENTIRE EVENT TONIGHT IS ABOUT PERCEPTION AND IMPROVING COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WE SPOKE WITH THE NATIONAL CITY POLICE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AND HIS SAN DIEGO STATE INTERN.

>> YES WE WEAR A UNIFORM.

WE ARE PEOPLE JUST LIKE THEY ARE .

WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.

IF IT IS RELATED TO CRIME, THIS IS A GOOD EVENT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND SHARE THAT WE CANNOT FIGHT CRIME WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

WE NEED THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND THAT.

THIS IS OUR WAY OF TELLING THEM THANK YOU AND LET'S WORK TOGETHER.

>> I THINK EVERY PERSON IS DIFFERENT AND CAN CONTRIBUTE DIFFERENT THINGS TO A SPECIFIC SETTING.

JUST GOING OUT THERE WITH THE CORRECT MINDSET AND TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE AND GIVING IT YOUR BEST CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

>> Reporter: THESE ARE BUBBLES.

THEY ARE NOT VERY GOOD CRIME- FIGHTING TOOLS BUT IT SPEAKS TO THE ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE PARK THIS EVENING.

THEY MAY NOT BE GOOD FOR FIGHTING CRIME, BUT THEY CERTAINLY ARE FUN.

THAT IS A BIG PART OF WHAT THE NIGHT OUT IS ALL ABOUT.

>> THAT IS GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORT.

>>> WHETHER IT IS POLICE OR THE FIRST RESPONDER JOBS IT IS TOUGH WORK WITH ITS OWN HEALTH RISKS.

COMING UP, WE SPEAK WITH LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS WORKING TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH AMONG THEIR COLLEAGUES.

>>> SOME PARKS ARE CLOSED TODAY AND WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH BECAUSE OF EXTREME HEAT.

ALEXANDER SHOWS US THAT THE CLOSURES ALSO ALLOW THE COUNTY TO DO SOME MAINTENANCE.

>> Reporter: UNDER THE BLAZING SUN WITH THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE, THE TEMPERATURE IS SWELTERING.

THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WHY THE COUNTY CLOSED EL CAPITAN PRESERVE.

IT IS THE TOUGHEST IN THE REGION.

THIS RANGER SAID THAT THE HEAT PLUS ELEVATION IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.

NOT EVERYONE GOT THE MEMO.

JAMES WANTED TO HIKE BUT WAS TURNED AROUND.

>> IT'S A NICE DAY AND I DID NOT WANT TO WASTE IT.

>> Reporter: HE JUST WANTED TO FIND A RIGHT NICE PLACE AROUND NATURE TO GET SOME WORK DONE.

>> I HAVE BEEN DOING COMPUTER WORK AROUND THE AREA.

I PICKED ONE AND WENT BUT IT HAPPENED TO BE THE HARDEST HIKE ON THE HOTTEST DAY.

>> Reporter: IT IS THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY AND BLAZING HOT PICK IF YOU WANT TO HIKE, DO IT EARLY IN THE MORNING OR THE EVENING AND WEAR LIGHT CLOTHING AND BRING PLENTY OF WATER.

IN THE HEAT OF AUGUST YOU WILL NEED A LOT MORE WATER THAN YOU THINK.

>> THIS TIME OF YEAR WHERE YOU WOULD NEED TO BRING ONE OR TWO GALLONS OF WATER AND NOT PLAN TO GO TO THE TOP.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THE RULE OF THUMB IS WHEN YOU ARE HALFWAY DONE WITH YOUR WATER YOU SHOULD TURN AROUND.

>> THE MOUNTAIN IS WAY TOUGHER THAN WE ARE.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY ALSO CLOSED HELLO CANYON AND MOUNT GOWER.

OTHERS HAVE BEEN CLOSED ALL SUMMER.

THESE CLOSURES WILL ALLOW THE COUNTY TO DO MAINTENANCE INCLUDING TRAIL RESTORATION.

>>> SOCAL WAS ABLE TO TAP INTO SOME MONSOONAL MOISTURE.

IT IS STILL ONGOING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST AND INTO THE ROCKIES.

WE ARE TRYING OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.

AS WE CONTINUE TO TRY OUT, HUMIDITY WILL COME DOWN BUT ALSO WE WILL EXPERIENCE WARMING TEMPERATURES.

WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW HOT IT WILL GET HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, COMING UP.

>>> A NEW STUDY FROM UCLA SHOWS THE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAVING ON ONE OF OUR LARGEST SOURCES OF WATER.

MORE THAN 10 TRILLION GALLONS OF WATER WERE LOST FROM THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN FROM THE YEARS 2000 THROUGH 2021.

THAT IS 10% DECREASE IN RIVER FLOW, ACCORDING TO THE STUDY.

THAT IS AROUND THE SAME VOLUME AS THE ENTIRETY OF LAKE MEAD.

>>> SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS ONE OF THE TROUBLE SPOTS FOR WILDFIRES WITH SMOKE AFFECTED MARCH METRO AREAS LIKE LAS VEGAS.

OTHER ZONES ARE SEEING EVACUATIONS.

WE HAVE THE LATEST FROM OUR REGION AND TO THE NORTH.

>> Reporter: FURIOUS FLAMES SCORCHING THE EARTH, SPEWING THEY CAN TOXIC SMOKE ALONG THE BORDER TO CANADA.

>> YOU CAN FEEL THE HEAT ACROSS THE LAKE AND HEAR THE ROAR FROM THE FIRE AS IT WOULD HIT LARGER CLUMPS OF TREES.

>> Reporter: THE RAGING FLAMES THREATENING PROPERTIES AND TRIGGERING EVACUATIONS.

>> THE FIRST PRIORITY IS ALWAYS HUMAN LIFE AND SAFETY.

>> IT IS SCARY BUT IT IS FASCINATING TO WATCH HOW FAST IT MOVES AND HOW YOU WILL BE WATCHING IT AND THEN A SPARK WILL HAPPEN AND ANOTHER TREE WILL GO UP AND THE MAIN BULK OF THE FIRE CATCHES UP.

IT WAS MOVING SO FAST.

>> Reporter: IT IS A SIMILAR SITUATION ON THE CALIFORNIA -NEVADA BORDER.

PEOPLE ARE FLEEING THE FLAMES.

>> WE HAVE ALL OF THE ANIMALS WE COULD TAKE.

WE HAD TO TURN CATTLE AND SHEEP LOOSE.

>> Reporter: THIS EXTREME WEATHER IS CREATING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS SPAWNING A VORTEX OF FLAMES AND SMOKE.

>> LIVES ARE AT STAKE.

IT IS A HAZARD.

>>> MONEY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO CITY PARKS WILL GO TO REPAIR A FREEWAY EXIT.

THAT WAS THE DECISION MADE BY THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL.

ANDREW BOWEN HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: IF YOU HAVE DRIVEN NORTH ON THE 163 THROUGH BALBOA PARK, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THE SEX IT HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR MONTHS.

MAYBE YOU HAVE NOT NOTICED BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE LEAST USED ON THE FREEWAY.

THE CLOSURE CAME AFTER WINTER STORMS BATTERED SAN DIEGO AND CAUSED PARTS OF THE OFFRAMP TO WASH AWAY.

CITY STAFF SAY IT NEEDS TO REOPEN URGENTLY BECAUSE IT IS SOMETIMES USED BY AMBULANCES.

WHEN ASKED HOW OFTEN, THEY COULD NOT SAY.

>> I WOULD LIKE DATA TO SUPPORT THAT.

IF WE DO NOT KNOW HOW OFTEN IT IS USED AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE, I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THOSE THINGS.

>> Reporter: THE ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIRING THE OFFRAMP CAME OUT HIGHER THAN THE BUDGET.

THEY ASKED THE COUNCIL TO DIVERT $1.7 MILLION FROM A FUND DEDICATED TO IMPROVING PARKS.

ONE COUNCILMEMBER SAID HE SUPPORTS THE WORK BUT THAT PARK MONEY SHOULD NOT GO TO FREEWAYS, EVEN FREEWAYS THAT HAPPENED TO GO THROUGH PARKS.

>> I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE FACT THAT WE ARE USING PARK IMPROVEMENT FUNDS TO DO THAT AS OPPOSED TO STREET FUNDS OR STORM DRAIN FUNDS.

>> Reporter: THE COUNCIL VOTED 7-2 TO APPROVE THE REALLOCATION WHICH THEY SAY WILL NOT IMPACT OTHER PROJECTS.

THEY HOPE TO REOPEN THE OFFRAMP BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

>> ANDREW HAS COVERED THE STORY OF OUR FREEWAYS EXTENSIVELY IN RECENT MONTH WITH HIS PODCAST FREEWAY EXIT.

IT IS AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR STREAMING PLATFORMS AND AT KPBS.ORG.

THE MOST RECENT EPISODE FEATURES AN INTERVIEW WITH SANDAG CEO WHO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED HE WILL LEAVE HIS POSITION AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

>>> WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT THE DANGERS FIRST RESPONDERS FACE ON THE JOB, BUT IN RECENT YEARS MORE OF THEM ARE DYING BY SUICIDE THAN IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

KITTY ALVARADO INTRODUCES US TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS WORKING TO MAKE A CHANGE AND A WARNING, THIS STORY TO INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS OF SUICIDE.

>> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH THIS BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE WAS TAKEN MORE THAN NINE YEARS AGO HE CAN REMEMBER EVERY SECOND.

>> COVER NOW.

COVER NOW.

>> Reporter: AND ONLOOKER INTERFERING WITH THE CREW AND ATTACKING SECURITY GUARDS.

HE TOOK A KNIFE OUT AND STABBED TWO PEOPLE CALLED THERE TO HELP.

AN ARMY OF FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS ANSWERED THE CALL TO SAVE THEM.

IN THAT MOMENT HE FELT THE BROTHERHOOD WAS REAL.

>> THERE WERE TONS OF MY PEOPLE ALREADY IN THE PARKING LOT.

THEY WERE WAITING FOR ME.

THE FIRST THING THE TRAUMA TEAM DOES IS STRIP YOU NAKED.

>> I KNEW THAT I WAS HURT BECAUSE I DID NOT CARE.

>> Reporter: HE THOUGHT HE PUT THE ATTACK BEHIND HIM WHEN HE WENT HOME.

>> I STARTED HAVING HORRIFIC NIGHTMARES.

I WOULD WAKE UP SCREAMING AND I HAD ONLY BEEN IN BED FOR AN HOUR OR HOUR AND A HALF.

>> Reporter: IT BECAME ROUTINE.

>> I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO.

>> Reporter: THIS IS POST TRAUMATIC STRESS SYNDROME, SOMETHING FIRST RESPONDERS WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH AT SOME POINT IN THEIR CAREER.

IGNORING IT CAN HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES.

IN RECENT YEARS MORE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS ARE DYING BY SUICIDE THAN IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

>> PTSD IS REALLY AN IMBALANCE OF BRAIN FUNCTION.

>> Reporter: HE IS ONE OF THE LEADING EXPERTS IN HEALING THE BRAIN AFTER A TRAUMATIC RAIN INJURY OR PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA BROUGHT ON BY AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS.

>> UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH IS THE START OF A HEALING JOURNEY.

>> Reporter: HE GAINED A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE FROM TREATING THOUSANDS OF SERVICEMEMBERS AND IS NOW AT THE INSTITUTES OF HEALTH IN SAN DIEGO.

THEY DEVELOPED A PROGRAM TO HEAL FIRST RESPONDERS FROM INJURIES TO THE BRAIN AND BODY THAT THEY SUFFER.

>> IT IS ALL INJURY TO THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN BRAIN CELLS.

THE MRI DOES NOT PICK IT UP.

THEY THINK THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM BUT IT IS THERE INJURY.

>> Reporter: HE SAID IT CAN BE CAUSED BY SUPPRESSING EMOTIONS WHILE EXPOSED TO TRAUMA OVER AND OVER.

>> ANY CHANGES IN THE PATTERN OF THE THOUGHTS OR EMOTION OR INABILITY TO RESET AFTER EACH DAY OR WEEK, IT IS A GOOD WARNING SIGN THAT YOU SHOULD GET HELP.

>> THE MISBEHAVIOR IS THE POST TRAUMATIC STRESS.

>> Reporter: RETIRED POLICE ASSISTANT CHIEF SARAH SAID SHE SAW THE CONSEQUENCES OF IGNORING THE SYMPTOMS AND NOT TAKING CARE OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT PROTECT US.

>> WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE OVER THE LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS WITH OFFICERS INVOLVED IN DUIS, BAR FIGHTS, EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIRS.

JUST A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MALADAPTIVE COPING MECHANISMS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO TO GET SOME SEMBLANCE OF FEELING.

>> Reporter: WHEN THE HELPERS NEED HELP, IT IS HARD FOR THEM TO ADMIT.

>> THEY USED TO SAY TO SUCK IT UP.

>> Reporter: THIS RETIRED CAPTAIN SAID IT IS PART OF THE OLD-SCHOOL CULTURE.

>> I WAS THE TOUGH GUY THAT MIGHT BELITTLE YOU.

I WAS PART OF THE CULTURE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET RID OF.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THAT NOW HE IS ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN AND SPOTS A LOT OF ISSUES WITH WHAT IS >> Reporter: WIRED -- REQUIRED.

ESSENTIALLY GOING OUT A SPACE THAT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE.

IT TOOK THE LIFE OF ONE OF HIS BROTHERS.

>> IT HAUNTS ME THAT I SPOKE TO HIM 15 DAYS BEFORE HE KILLED HIMSELF.

>> Reporter: HE THOUGHT HE HAD IT UNDER CONTROL UNTIL HE DIDN'T.

>> I GOT IN TROUBLE.

I WAS IRRATIONAL.

I HAD PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME TO SAY IT IS TIME.

YOU NEED HELP.

>> Reporter: HE SAID IN A MOMENT OF DESPAIR THAT COULD OF BEEN THE END.

>> AFTER TWO OR THREE WEEKS OF NO SLEEP, SUICIDE WAS AN OPTION.

>> I HAD CONCERNS BECAUSE I WAS IN A DARK PLACE.

>> Reporter: HE IS NOW FULLY HEALED AND PART OF THE ARMY THAT RUNS TO SAVE THEIR OWN.

HE WORRIES ABOUT THOSE NOT STEPPING FORWARD.

>> THAT IS THE NUMBER THAT KEEPS ME AWAKE.

WHO IN MY DEPARTMENT IS STRUGGLING IN SILENCE?

IT SCARES ME BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD TWO SUICIDES.

>> Reporter: HE IS WELCOMING AND FIREFIGHTERS TO THE INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

>> I HAVE TO KNOW THAT I DID MY PART.

WE DON'T WANT ANYMORE SUICIDES.

>> IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS STRUGGLING WITH THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE THERE IS HELP.

THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 988.

FIRST RESPONDERS SHOULD REACH OUT TO THEIR WELLNESS PROGRAM AS WELL.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS INDICTED IN A FEDERAL PROBE OVER EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION.

>>> LET'S START WITH THE WEATHER HEADLINES.

OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, GREAT HEADLINES FOR YOU.

I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT STORMY AND STICKY OUTSIDE.

WE ARE DRIER STARTING ON WEDNESDAY.

WE WILL SEE THE HUMIDITY START TO DECREASE WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.

WE ARE WARMING AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES WILL START TO RISE THIS WEEK.

WE ARE DROPPING DOWN TO A LOW OF 70 TONIGHT.

LOW CLOUDS WITH FOG THAT CAN CREATE VISIBILITY ISSUES ON THE COASTAL REGIONS.

66 IN OCEANSIDE, SAN DIEGO 70.

BORREGO SPRINGS DROPPING TO 78 SO NOT TOO BAD.

MOUNT LAGUNA DROPPING TO 62.

TEMPERATURES TOMORROW WILL RISE TO THE 80s IN OCEANSIDE, 77 IN SAN DIEGO.

CHULA VISTA WILL BE 78.

BORREGO SPRINGS WILL HAVE A HIGH OF 106 AND MOUNT LAGUNA, 70.

WE ARE NOT TRACKING TOO MUCH ACTION OVER THESE NEXT FEW DAYS.

IT WILL STAY DRY AS THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE STARTS TO PUSH TO THE EAST, BUT WE ARE IN THE CLEAR FOR ANY MONSOON ACTION.

DRIER CONDITIONS FOR THIS WEEK AND ALSO LESS HUMIDITY WHICH IS GOOD.

IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANTS IT WILL BE A GREAT WEEK.

ALONG THE COAST HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70s AND LOW 80s.

THERE WILL STILL BE EARLY FOG SO BE SURE YOU ARE TAKING PRECAUTIONS IF YOU ARE HEADED OUT EARLY OR LATE.

FURTHER INLAND HIGHS WILL BE RISING TO THE 90s BY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

IT WILL BE WARM WITH NOT MUCH ACTION TO TALK ABOUT.

HIGHS WILL BE RUNNING IN THE UPPER 60s, LOW 70s AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

WE WILL RISE A FEW DEGREES.

THE DESERTS WILL GET BACK TO THE TRIPLE DIGIT TEENS BY SATURDAY.

>>> YESTERDAY WE BROUGHT YOU THE STORY OF OPERATION HOPE NORTH COUNTY.

THE MISSION TO HELP HOUSE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

THE SHELTER WAS GIFTED A FULL RENOVATION AND THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS TIME TO ADD SOME COLOR.

TANIA THORNE SHOWS US HOW A PLACE OF REFUGE IS TRANSFORMED INTO A PLACE OF COLOR AND HOPE THROUGH ART.

>> Reporter: EARLIER THIS YEAR OPERATION HOPE NORTH COUNTY WAS GIVEN A FULL RENOVATION THAT TRANSFORMED THEIR PROPERTY.

>> 66% OF THE POPULATION IS CHILDREN.

IT IS APPARENT TO ANYONE THAT COMES TO VOLUNTEER OR WORK OR VISIT THAT IT IS MAINLY KIDS.

>> Reporter: JIMMY IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HOMELESS SHELTER FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND SINGLE MOMS.

WHEN THE RENOVATION WAS COMPLETE, HE KNEW THAT THE KIDS SPACE NEEDED MORE THAN BLANK WALLS.

>> WE WANT TO PLACE FOR THEM TO REMEMBER.

THEY CAN REMEMBER THAT WE CARED ABOUT THEM.

>> Reporter: FOR THAT HE ENLISTED THE HELP OF LOCAL ARTIST.

>> I WAS REALLY EXCITED WHEN HE CONTACTED ME AND TOLD ME THE BACK GROUND OF WHAT THIS PLACE DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: MICHELLE GOES BY MR. B BABY.

>> I BELIEVE IN ART AND I AM HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS FOR THESE KIDS AND TURN THIS ENVIRONMENT INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND COLORFUL THAT THEY ARE EXCITED TO BE PART OF.

>> Reporter: HER STYLE OF ART HAS GOTTEN INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION.

SHE IS GETTING A BOOK WITH A TOY VERSION AND BOARD GAME.

SHE KNEW THAT HE WOULD BE A PERFECT CHARACTER FOR THE PLAY AREA.

>> HE'S A PIÑATA.

ORIGINALLY THEY WERE FILLED WITH SEEDS AND LOOKING OVER A GARDEN.

I CONNECTED WITH THE IDEA THAT THROUGH BROKENNESS COMES HOPE.

>> Reporter: THAT'S THE MESSAGE SHE HOPES TO LEAVE FOR THESE CHILDREN.

OTHER ARTWORK THAT WENT UP ON THE WALLS INCLUDE SHADOWS OF CHILDREN PLAYING AND LOOKING AT THE STARS AND SKY AND A SLEEPING DOG PAINTED BY VICTOR RODRIGUEZ.

>> I THINK ABOUT THIS PLACE AND WHAT IT OFFERS.

IT IS PEACE OF MIND IN A PLACE WHERE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE AND HAVING A PLACE TO LAY YOUR HEAD AND REST UP AND GATHER YOURSELF AND FIGURE OUT YOUR NEXT MOVE.

>> Reporter: WHAT WERE ONCE LINK BROWN WALLS ARE FILLED WITH COLORS AND ART THAT THEY HOPE THE KIDS WILL SEE I KNOW IT IS FOR THEM.

>> YOU KNOW THAT THE MURALS ARE FOR THE CHILDREN.

THEY SAW SOMETHING BEING CREATED THAT WAS FOR THEM.

I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE ANY OF US FEEL SPECIAL.

>> Reporter: TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WINNING A CHAMPIONSHIP IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE EASY AND TEAM USA IS LEARNING THAT AT THE WORLD CUP THEY ARE STILL ALIVE, ADVANCING TO THE KNOCKOUT STAGES.

THEY DID SO BY KNOCKING OUT PORTUGAL.

THE GROUP STAGE WAS THE TOUGHEST FOR THE U.S. WOMEN TOTALING JUST FIVE POINTS IN THREE GAMES.

THE NEXT MATCH WILL BE SUNDAY AT 2:00 A.M. PACIFIC TIME.

THE OPPONENT IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED.

>>> ANOTHER BILLION DOLLAR LOTTERY PRIZES UP FOR GRABS, THE SECOND AND JUST A FEW WEEKS.

KAREN TELLS US ABOUT THE LONG ODDS AND A WARNING ABOUT SCAMS.

>> Reporter: CROSSING THE BILLION DOLLAR MARK.

AFTER NO WINNERS FRIDAY THE JACKPOT HAS CLIMBED TO MORE THAN $1 BILLION.

THERE IS A DRAWING AT 11:00 P.M. TUESDAY NIGHT LEAVING TICKET PURCHASERS TO DREAM.

FINANCIAL PLANNERS SAY DON'T JUST DREAM, PLAN.

STATE FARM SAID BEFORE A WHEN IT CLAIMS THE PRICE THEY SHOULD CALL A LAWYER, ACCOUNTANT, AND FINANCIAL ADVISOR.

THEY MAY HAVE A FEW DAYS OR MONTHS TO STEP OVER.

LARGE PRIZEWINNERS WILL NEED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN A LUMP SUM PAYMENT OR PAYOUTS OVER 20 TO 30 YEARS.

INVESTING WELL COULD GROW THE MONEY BUT YEARLY PAYOUTS WILL SPREAD THE MONEY OVER TIME.

LOTTERY AND SWEEPSTAKES FRAUDS ARE AMONG THE TOP OF WHAT IT SCAMS.

THEY OFTEN START WITH A PHONE CALL OR TEXT SAYING THAT THEY WON A PRIZE BUT NEED TO GIVE INFORMATION.

THIS CONTEST IS FOR THE SECOND- BIGGEST LOTTERY PRIZE WITHIN WEEKS.

A POWERBALL DRAWING YIELDED A WINNING TICKET IN LOS ANGELES.

THE BIGGEST MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT WAS $1.348 BILLION.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW.

RUNNING ADDITION HAS MORE ON THE WILDFIRE BURNING IN THE MOJAVE DESERT PRESERVE AND THE EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE JOSHUA TREE FOREST.

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>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION 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.

CALL 1-800-BILLHOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM .

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.