>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING ADDITION HAS BEEN BY BILL HOWE WITH FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES, FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL ONE 800 BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILL HOWE, AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND, BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> IT IS TUESDAY AUGUST 23rd.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

THE CASE NUMBERS KEEP RISING AND SO DO THE CONCERNS AND CALL FOR MORE VACCINATIONS.

TODAY, THE COUNTY BEGAN DISTRIBUTING MORE THAN 700 MILES TO HEALTH PROVIDERS, BUT NOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO MEET THE DEMAND.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL TALK TO ONE CINDY AGAN IS CRITICAL HOW THE COUNTY IS HANDLING VACCINE DISTRIBUTION.

>> SAN DIEGO NEEDS TO FIGHT HARD TO GET MY VACCINES IN SAN DIEGO.. >> WE SPOKE WITH HIM AND HIS CAR BECAUSE HE WAS ON A TRIP, JUST TO LOS ANGELES.

IT IS A TRIP THAT HE SAID HE SHOULD HAVE NOT HAD TO MAKE.

AFTER GETTING HIS FIRST MONKEYPOX VACCINATION IN JUNE, HE WAS DUE FOR HIS SECOND ONE.

HE USED THE MY TURN APP, USED BY THE STATE TO SET UP VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS.

UNTIL LAST NIGHT, HE THOUGHT HE COULD GET THE SECOND SHOT IN SAN DIEGO.

HE SAID HE ANSWERED SCREENING QUESTIONS ACCURATELY AND WAS GIVEN AN APPOINTMENT.

THAT IS WHEN HE WAS TOLD THE COUNTIES WERE NOT GIVING SHOTS.

>> I STOOD IN LINE FOR OVER AN HOUR, I GOT ALL THE WAY INSIDE AND CHECKED IN, SAT DOWN WITH THE NURSE AND HE TOLD ME HE COULD NOT GIVE ME THE SHOT.

I WAS NOT HAPPY.

>> Reporter: HE KNOWS PEOPLE IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN L.A. COUNTY.

>> THEY SAID TO COME TO LOS ANGELES TO GIVE ME A SHOT.

>> Reporter: IT TOOK HIM A FEW MINUTES TO GET HIS SECOND SHOT, BUT HE WORRIES TO WHAT WAS A ANNOYANCE FOR HIM, COULD BE MORE SERIOUS FOR OTHERS WHO CANNOT WORK REMOTELY AND WHO CANNOT JUST JUMP IN THE CAR AND DRIVE UP TO L.A.. >> IT IS DISAPPOINTING THAT I WAS UNABLE TO GET A SECOND SHOT SINCE I SIGNED UP FOR IT.

I WAS FOLLOWING ALL OF THE RULES.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED.

>> Reporter: JUSTIN CRESSY SAID HE IS NOT THE ONLY PERSON THIS HAS HAPPENED TO.

WE ASKED THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SOMEBODY AVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW, BUT THEY SAID NOBODY WAS.

IN AN EMAIL STATEMENT, THEY SAY THEY RECEIVE CHEMO ALLOCATIONS FROM THE STATE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF MONKEYPOX CASES IN THE TWO WEEKS AND ON SYPHILIS CASES FOR MEN.

THIS VACCINE ALLOCATION COMES FROM THE COUNTY'S RESERVES.

THEY EXPECT 1000 MORE SOON FROM THE STATE.

JUSTIN CRESSY SAID THEY NEED TO DO BETTER.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AT RISK GETTING MONKEYPOX.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY AND HEALTHCARE DIVIDERS DISTRIBUTIVE VACCINES ARE USING A METHOD ALLOWING THEM TO RETURN ONE DOSE INTO FIVE MEANING 3525 DOSES ARE GOING OUT NOW, 5000 MORE WHENEVER THE STATE SHIPMENT COMES IN.

THE CASE NUMBERS ARE MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, 234 POSITIVE CASES AS OF THIS AFTERNOON.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS .

>>> WE HAVE A SPECIAL PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE TRACKING THE LATEST MONKEYPOX NEWS WITH OUR REPORTING AND INFORMATION ON VACCINES.

LOOK FOR THE LINK ON OUR HOMEPAGE AT KPBS.ORG .

>>> THE BOARD THAT OVERSEES SAN DIEGO LAW ENFORCEMENT WANTS EVERYONE TO ENTER THEIR FACILITIES TO GET SCANNED FOR DRUGS.

KPBS REPORTER KITTY ALVARADO HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: IF PEOPLE BEING DETAINED, IN SAN DIEGO JAILS, ARE DYING OF DRUG OVERDOSES, THE SOLUTION SEEMS SIMPLE TO PARKER, HE IS THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE CITIZENS LAW ENFORCEMENT REVIEW BOARD.

>> AS FAR AS CONTRACTORS AND EMPLOYEES, THE CONTACT EMPLOYEES, AT MINIMUM SEARCH, PAT THEM DOWN AND METAL DETECTOR.

WITH A METAL DETECTOR, DRUGS CAN COME IN AND CANNOT BE DETECTED, BUT SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING INTRODUCED INTO A FACILITY, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE, ARE SOMEHOW SCANNED.

>> Reporter: RECENTLY, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTED TO SUPPORT A NEW BODY SCANNER FOR $200,000.

SUPERVISOR JOEL ANDERSON HAD QUESTIONS FOR SHERIFF ANTHONY RAY.

RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY PEOPLE DETAINED, OR INMATES, GO THROUGH THE SCANNER.

>> IF DEATHS CONTINUE BECAUSE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS IN OUR JAIL SYSTEM, IS THERE ANY RESEARCH WE ARE THINKING IN TERMS OF TO BUILD A CASE OF WHY WE SHOULD BE SCANNING OR NOT SCANNING?

>> OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE HAD NO CONCRETE EVIDENCE OR PROOF OR CASES SUSTAINED OF ANYBODY BRINGING NARCOTICS IN.

WE ARE FORECASTING THE RESOURCES ON WHAT WE KNOW WHICH DRUGS ARE COMING IN.

>> Reporter: HE SAID HE'S HOPING OUT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SCAN STAFF, BUT WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE UNION.

PARKER SAID THE DEPARTMENT REJECTED WHEN MIKE IS A THING THAT COULD HELP THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE SEARCHING STAFF.

>> THE DEPARTMENT DID RECOMMEND OR REJECT THE RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE THE INCARCERATED PERSON GO THROUGH THE SCANNERS UPON ENTERING A FACILITY AFTER HAVING LEFT, NOT JUST UPON BOOKING, BUT WHEN THEY GO TO COURT, WHEN THEY GO TO MEDICAL TO GO BACK TO A BODY SCANNER AT THAT TIME AND THEY WILL BE INTRODUCED TO THE FACILITY AND THEY SAID NO.

>> Reporter: THEY ALLOWED THE DRUG SNIFFING DOGS.

THE SAID RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE IN CUSTODY.

THEY ARE ALSO FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR OWN STAFF.

16 PEOPLE HAVE DIED SO FAR THIS YEAR IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY JAILS.

18 DIED LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS CONSIDERED THE DEADLIEST IN OVER TWO DECADES.

>> EVERY ONE OF US COULD WIND UP IN A COUNTY JAIL TONIGHT ACCUSED OF SOMETHING THEY DID NOT DO.

THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS IN THE COUNTY JAIL, WHO ARE DYING, ARE NOT CONVICTED OR SENTENCED.

I THINK WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT.

I THINK WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE NOT THOROUGHLY PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: A RECENT REPORT SHOWED SAN DIEGO COUNTY JAILS HAD THE HIGHEST RATE OF OVERDOSE DEATHS IN THE STATE BASED ON POPULATION.

KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS .

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS EXPERIENCING A SHORTAGE OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKERS.

THEY NEED IS ONLY EXPECTED TO GROW IN THE COMING YEARS.

LOCAL LEADERS AND PROFESSIONALS GATHERED THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.

RIGHT NOW, THE COUNTY IS SHORT NEARLY 8000 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKERS AND WITH ALL AREAS INCLUDING SCHOOLS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND HEALTHCARE.

>> THINK ABOUT THIS, IF EVERYBODY STANDING BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW BROKE THEIR LEG RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING THEM IN AND X-RAY.

.

>> THAT WAS SUPERVISOR CHAIR NATHAN FLETCHER.

HE ORDERED A REPORT ON THE WORKFORCE SHOWING 18,500 MORE PROFESSIONALS WILL BE NEEDED BY THE YEAR 20 27th, AND AT LEAST $120 MILLION WILL BE NEEDED TO TRAIN MORE PEOPLE IN THE FIELD.

>>> IF CHULA VISTA TONIGHT IS VOTING ON A RESOLUTION TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE A PART, THAT IS USED AS A 10 CITY BY UNFILTERED INDIVIDUALS.

KPBS ALEXANDER THE WIND TELLS US THE CITY HAS A RISE IN CRIME PROMPTING THE ACTION.

>> Reporter: MAMA HEATHER HAS BEEN HOMELESS FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS AND FOR THE PAST FIVE MONTHS, SHE HAS BEEN LIVING AT HARBORSIDE PARK.

>> IT HAPPENED THIS WAY FOR A REASON BECAUSE WE LOST OUR JOBS AND HOMES.

SOME HAVE PROBLEMS AND SOME HAVE DRUG PROBLEMS AND SOME WITHOUT.

IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO OR WHAT THEY ARE, THEY CAME TO THE SITUATION TO THE ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: SHE IS CALLED MAMA HEATHER BECAUSE SHE TAKES CARE OF PEOPLE, MAKING SURE THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED.

SHE MAKES SURE THE PARK STAYS CLEAN.

CHULA VISTA COUNCILMEMBER JOHN McCANN WANTS TO CLOSE THE PARK DOWN.

HE SAID DRUG USE AND CRIME ARE MAKING IT DANGEROUS FOR STUDENTS AT NEARBY HARBORSIDE ELEMENTARY.

>> THIS IS NOT A HOMELESS ISSUE, THIS IS A DRUG USE AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITY ISSUE.

WE DON'T, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT NORMALIZING THIS FOR OUR CHILDREN AND PROTECTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN THE HARBORSIDE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: HOMELESS ADVOCATES SAY IT IS A HOMELESS ISSUE.

>> THEY WILL BE DISPLACED.

>> Reporter: SEBASTIAN MARTINEZ , EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SAID THERE IS NO SHELTER.

THE CHULA VISTA BRIDGE SHELTER IS NOT GOING TO BE OPENED UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.

>> I THINK IT WILL CREATE THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT PARENTS ARE ASKING FOR, WHICH IS FOR THE AREA TO BE SAFER.

THESE FOLKS HAVE TO GO INTO RESIDENTIAL AREAS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT COME TO THE PARK.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THAT WILL MAKE IT HARDER FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS TO HELP PEOPLE.

THE REASON WHY THEY CONGREGATE HERE IS BECAUSE IT IS HELP WITH THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THAT IS WHERE THEY CAN GET HELP.

>> AT THE COUNTY BUILDING, YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO VACCINES AND MEDICINE.

THEY CAN CHECK ON THEIR EBT AND ON THE STATUS OF ANY KIND OF SSI THEY ARE GETTING.

THAT IS WHY A LOT OF FOLKS ARE HERE.

>> Reporter: THE COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT.

IS PASSED, THE PARK WILL BE CLOSED FOR 90 DAYS WITH AN OPTION TO EXTEND THE CLOSURE.

IT WILL COST THE CITY $350,000.

ALEXANDER WHEN, KPBS NEWS .

>>> A STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD FOLLOWING AN INCREASE INVOLVING BIKES.

THERE HAVE BEEN 57 COLLISIONS INVOLVING CYCLISTS SO FAR THIS YEAR, 100 LAST YEAR AND 62 THE YEAR PRIOR.

THOSE COLLISIONS ARE UP MORE THAN 230% SINCE THE YEAR 2019.

CITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY WANT TO INCREASE RESOURCES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY AND ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS SAFE DRIVING BEHAVIOR.

CARLSBAD EMERGENCY DECLARATION GOES INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THE AUGUST 30th COUNCIL MEETING.

AT THAT TIME, THE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE IF THEY WILL GRATIFY IT.

>>> TOMORROW MARKS SIX MONTHS SINCE THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE.

TENS OF THOUSANDS HAVE DIED ON BOTH SIDES, INCLUDING THOUSANDS OF UKRAINIAN CIVILIANS, 2 MILLION MORE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED.

REPORTER AMANDA SANSOME HAS THE IMPACT WITH THE IMPACT THE WORLD HAD WORLDWIDE.

>> Reporter: FOR SIX MONTHS, UKRAINIANS HAVE BEEN LIVING UNDER SIEGE.

AS RUSSIA CONTINUES TO PRESS ON WITH ITS VIOLENT CRUSADE TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY, ROUGHLY 6 1/2 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE FLED UKRAINE ACCORDING TO THE U.N. WITH ANOTHER ESTIMATED 6.6 MILLION DISPLACED INTERNALLY.

>> WE ARE COMPLETELY TIRED.

OUR CITY IS DESTROYED.

>> Reporter: WEBSITES HAVE WITHSTOOD HEAVY MILITARY CASUALTIES.

CIVILIAN DEATHS IN UKRAINE ARE CLIMBING BY THE DAY.

HALF A YEAR ON, IT REMAINS UNCLEAR WHAT RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN CAN GAIN FROM THE INVASIONS.

>> HE MADE A TERRIBLE, STRATEGIC MISTAKE.

HE BELIEVED THEY COULD BE WELCOMED BY A POPULATION.

THAT TURNED OUT TO NOT BE THE CASE.

>> Reporter: DESPITE TERRITORIAL LOSSES IN THE EAST, THE UKRAINIAN CAPITAL OF KEYS HAS YET TO FILE.

THE UNDERPREPARED RUSSIAN MILITARY FLAGGING AMID THE WESTERN SUPPORT WITH UKRAINIAN RESISTANCE.

>> IF SOLDIERS REMAIN HIGHLY MOTIVATED SINCE THEY ARE FIGHTING ON THEIR HOMELAND AND PROTECTING THEIR OWN TERRITORY, THEN YES.

>> Reporter: UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS ARE COUNTERING WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

AS RUSSIA STILL SHOWS NO SIGNS OF RETREATING.

>> IT IS UNCLEAR WHERE THIS IS ALL HEADED.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, I'M AMANDA SANSOME.

>>> A YEAR AFTER AMERICA AND ITS ITS LONGEST WAR, THOUSANDS OF AFGHANS ARE SETTLING INTO NEW LIVES INSIDE THE U.S.

THOUGH ADVOCATES SAY THE U.S. IS NOT DOING ENOUGH ESPECIALLY TO HELP WOMEN TO REMAIN BEHIND AND UNDER THREAT FROM THE TALIBAN.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER STEVE WALSH HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: SISTERS EVACUATED FROM AFGHANISTAN AUGUST 30th LAST YEAR.

THEY WERE ALLOWED ONLY ONE BACKPACK EACH.

SHE TAKES ME THROUGH THEIR HOME.

SHE IS EMBARRASSED THAT THEIR HOUSE IS FURNISHED MAINLY BY DONATIONS.

>> WHEN I SEE THE NEW AFGHAN COMMERCE, I DO MY BEST TO HELP THEM BECAUSE I CAN FEEL WHAT THEY ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: THEIR FATHER DIED A MONTH BEFORE WITH NO MALE RELATIVE LIVING WITH THEM, THEY WERE VIRTUALLY TRAPPED IN THEIR HOME AS THE TALIBAN TOOK OVER AFGHANISTAN.

>> IT IS SOMETHING LIKE A NIGHTMARE MAYBE FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE U.S., BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A MOVIE THAT, FOR US, EVERY MINUTE WAS LIKE A HORROR FILM.

WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT.

>> Reporter: HER FAMILY ARRIVED IN SAN DIEGO IN JANUARY.

BEFORE THEY FLED, SHE TOLD THE LOCAL UNIVERSITY, OCCASIONALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT NOW, MASOOMA ESMAELZADA HOLDS VIRTUAL CLASSES WITH HER FORMER STUDENTS BECAUSE ENGLISH HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CURRICULUM AND WOMEN ARE OFTEN BARRED FROM CLASS.

>> THEY HAD GOALS, DREAMS.

RIGHT NOW, THEY SAID, WE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT TOMORROW.

WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

THEY ARE REALLY BROKEN.

>> Reporter: SHE WORKS WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, LA MAESTRA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS.

THE TRANSITION TO THE U.S. IS TOUGH FOR AFGHAN WOMEN.

HER FATHER STRESSED EDUCATION.

ONE SISTER IS A NEUROSURGEON AND THE OTHER IS AN ARCHITECT.

THOUGH MANY OF THE OTHER WOMEN MASOOMA ESMAELZADA CANNOT READ OR WRITE .

>> SOME ORGANIZATIONS SAY YOU HAVE TO START WORKING, BUT HOW, WHEN I DON'T HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE?

THEY DON'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE.

THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT SELF- CONFIDENCE TO WORK.

>> Reporter: IN THE HECTIC LAST DAYS IN AFGHANISTAN, THE U.S. PRIORITIZED GETTING PEOPLE OUT WHO WORKED WITH THE U.S. DEVON WITH REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL SAID THE FOCUS WAS ON THOSE WHO MIGHT QUALIFY FOR SPECIAL IMMIGRATION VISAS OR SIV'S.

>> BECAUSE OF THE WORK THEY DID, THEY WERE AT RISK BY THE TALIBAN, YET THEY DID NOT WORK FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

THEY WERE NOT SUBCONTRACTORS FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

THERE WAS REALLY NO WAY.

THERE ARE FEW WAYS FOR THEM TO GET TO THE U.S. >> Reporter: AFGHAN E ZACH FORMED THAT GROUPS WORKING TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF AFGHANISTAN.

ONE YEAR OUT, HE IS WORRIED PUBLIC ATTENTION IS FADING.

>> WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THE WORLD DOES NOT STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS.

AS SOON AS THE ROAD STOPPED TALKING ABOUT IT, THAT IS WHEN WE WILL SEE UPTAKE.

WE SAW THERE WAS AN UPTICK IN UKRAINE IN HOUSES AND BEATINGS.

>> Reporter: THE GROUP SUPPORTS THE REAGAN ADJUSTMENT ACT, HELPING AFGHANS CAUGHT IN IMMIGRATION LIMBO.

MASOOMA ESMAELZADA'S SISTER WORKED WITH THE U.S. IAD AND NOT DIRECTLY WITH AMERICANS, BUT THAT WAS ENOUGH TO GET HER FAMILY ON THE RADAR FOR THE LAST-MINUTE EVACUATION.

GLAD TO BE SAFE, SHE IS SAD SHE IS PART OF A BRAIN DRAIN FOREST BY THE TALIBAN.

>> IT HAS MADE ME SAD.

IT TELLS ME MY EDUCATION WAS USELESS, AND I CANNOT USE IT FOR MY OWN PEOPLE IN MY COUNTRY.

IT MIGHT BE USELESS FOR THE TIME BEING.

THAT IS THE THING THAT MADE ME DISAPPOINTED.

THAT MADE ME HOPELESS.

>> Reporter: WITHOUT SOME OTHER PERMANENT SOLUTION, THE SYSTEM OR SISTERS HAVE TWO YEARS TO MAKE IT BACK THROUGH THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS.

STEVE WALSH, KPBS NEWS .

AWAY ALMOST 2 MONTHS OUT FROM THE GENERAL ELECTION.

TODAY, WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW VOTERS ARE LEANING FOR THE GOVERNOR.

A UC BERKELEY POLL OUT TODAY SHOWS GAVIN NEWSOM WITH A COMMANDING'S LEAD IN HIS REELECTION A.

HE IS UP MORE THAN 20 MONTHS.

55 TO 31% OVER BRIAN DALI, A STATE SENATOR FROM WRITING.

THE SAME POLL SHOWS A SIMILAR RESULT, 54:27%.

THAT IS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>>> A STORM SYSTEM DEVASTATING PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN TEXAS IS MOVING EAST WITH MILLIONS UNDER THREAT OF FLASH FLOOD INC.

IN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

ISABELLA ROSALES HAS THE LATEST .

>> MY APARTMENT IS FLOODING.

I JUST WOKE UP.

SHOULD I CALL 911?

WHAT DO I DO?

>> Reporter: A WHIPLASH, EXTREME DROUGHT, AND RECORD- BREAKING RAINFALL IN TEXAS.

MORE THAN NINE INCHES FALLING INTO THE DALLAS AREA OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD, NOT SEEN SINCE 1932.

>> I THINK EVERYBODY WAS NOT ANTICIPATING THIS MUCH RAIN THIS FAST.

>> Reporter: THE TORRENTIAL RAINS AND WATERS RUSHING THROUGH HOMES AND STREETS.

RESCUERS ATTENDING TO HUNDREDS OF CALLS FOR HELP.

GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT SIGN THE A DISASTER DECLARATION FOR 23 COUNTIES.

>> NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE STORM HAS BEEN DRAMATIC.

>> Reporter: THE RISING WATERS ARE DEVASTATING PARTS OF UTAH AND ARIZONA.

>> YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO OR WHAT TO LOOK.

YOU DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO START.

IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.

>> Reporter: THE HEAVY RAIN, EAST, THREATENING LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

THE GREATEST RISK IS IN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA.

DARK CLOUDS ARE LOOMING OVER SHREVEPORT DAYS BEFORE THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE KATRINA'S.

ISABELLA ROSALES, KPBS NEWS .

>>> A WILDFIRE THAT BURNED OVER 188 ACRES, IN PINE VALLEY, WAS 25% CONTAINED TODAY.

THE SPREAD HAS BEEN STOPPED.

THIS WAS ON MONDAY MORNING OFF OF PINE CREEK ROAD.

WITHIN THREE HOURS, IT BURNED ABOUT 120 ACRES.

NO STRUCTURES WERE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER.

IT TOOK 300 PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR TO SUBDUE THE FIRE.

>>> HEADING THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, THE MONSOON MOISTURE IS STARTING TO RETURN A LITTLE BEFORE US.

WE WILL FIND MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE DESERT.

I DON'T THINK WE SEE A LOT OF ACTION HERE.

IT WILL BE DRIER INTO THE WEEK ACROSS THE REGION.

FOR TONIGHT, WE HAVE TEMPS FALLING INTO THE LOWER AND UPPER 60s IN SOME SPOTS, UPPER 60s FOR SAN DIEGO AND 68 IN OCEANSIDE.

ALL IS PRETTY QUIET OUT THERE FOR YOUR NIGHT.

WE WILL HAVE SHOWER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COMING FROM THE MONSOON.

THE BULK OF THE MONSOON IS FURTHER EAST.

WE WILL GET THUNDERSTORMS COMING ACROSS THE REGION AS WE GO THROUGH TOMORROW.

TOMORROW, WE HAVE EXTRA CLOUDS OUT THERE.

WE HAVE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

DOES IT MAKE IT TO THE BEACHES?

UNLIKELY.

WE WILL HAVE A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CITY, 78 IS THE HIGH.

MT.

LAGUNA IS 79 AND BORREGO SPRINGS IS TOWARD THE TRIPLE DIGITS, BUT WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN.

HERE IS FUTURECAST.

THE MOISTURE COMING IN PRETTY QUICKLY WITH THE MONSOON.

IT STARTS IN NORTHERN MEXICO AND MOVES NORTHWARD OFF TO OUR SOUTH.

WE COULD SEE A STRAY SHOWER OR TWO MOVING INTO TOWN, BUT IT'S NOT AS LIKELY.

WE GET INTO THURSDAY AND WE HAVE EXTRA MOISTURE AROUND, SO WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT A SMALL CHANCE FOR RAINFALL REMAINING.

TOWARDS THE COAST, THE CLOUDS REMAIN FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

FRIDAY IS LOOKING BRIGHTER AS WE GET DRIER TIMES FOR YOU.

INLAND LOCATIONS DEALING WITH A QUIET TREND AS TIMES HOLD ON TO UPPER 80s NEAR 90s.

I THINK THERE ARE A FEW EXTRA CLOUDS FOR US.

MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

WE BRIGHTEN THINGS UP TOWARD THE WEEKEND.

THAT WILL BE TRUE FOR THE DESERT LOCATIONS.

WE HAVE A THUNDERSTORM WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND QUIETER AND MORE DRY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM ACCUWEATHER METEOROLOGIST MELISSA CONSTANZER .

>>> A FORMER MOTEL 6, IN VISTA, WILL BE CONVERTED INTO STUDIO APARTMENTS AS AFFORDABLE POWER HOUSING.

THE KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORT.

TALKED TO A MEMBER WHO SAID AT $1400 A MONTH, THE UNITS ARE HARDLY LOW-COST.

>> THE VISTA CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE TRANSFORMATION OF A FORMER MOTEL 6 INTO A STUDIO APARTMENT BUILDING.

THE RENOVATED PROPERTY INCLUDES 75 STUDIO APARTMENTS, AVERAGING 375 SQUARE FEET.

THE RENT PRICE WILL BE BASED ON MARKET RATES AT THE TIME THEY ARE RENTED.

IF CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED TODAY, THE RENTS WOULD BE AROUND $1400 PER MONTH ACCORDING TO THE PROPERTY DEVELOPERS.

AND COUNCILMEMBER VOTED AGAINST THE PROJECT SAYING THE RENT IS ANYTHING BUT AFFORDABLE.

>> WHAT I DISAGREE WITH IS CALLING THIS ANY KIND OF ATTAINABLE OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE IT IS NOT DEED RESTRICTED.

ESSENTIALLY WITH WHAT THE DEVELOPER IS DOING IS A VERY MODEST MODIFICATION.

>> Reporter: COUNTRY RISK SAID BRAND-NEW LUXURIOUS STUDIO APARTMENTS WITH MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE ARE GOING FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO DOLLARS PER SQUARE FOOT IN THE CITY OF VISTA.

>> IF WE ARE LOOKING AT $1500 PER ROOM AND AN AVERAGE OF 375 SQUARE FEET, THAT IS FOUR DOLLARS.

DID I DO THE MATH RIGHT?

THAT IS FOUR DOLLARS PER SQUARE FOOT.

THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS.

WITHOUT A DEED RESTRICTION, I CANNOT SWALLOW THIS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: SHE TOWARD A MODEL UNIT AND WAS UNIMPRESSED.

SHE SAID FOR THAT PRICE, SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE RENOVATIONS.

>> FOR SOMEONE TO BE PAYING $4.00 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR A NEW PAINT JOB, 375 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE WHERE, PREVIOUSLY, PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO SMOKE, AND THE ROOM HAS NOT BEEN GUTTED, THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN ATTEMPT TO MITIGATE THAT, THAT IS A BIG ISSUE FOR ME.

>> Reporter: OTHER CONCERNS WERE TRAFFIC LEADING TO THE 78 FREEWAY AND THE LACK OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY.

CAMPBELL PAGE $150 A MONTH FOR A LOW INCOME STUDIO APARTMENT IN VISTA.

>> I WAS BLESSED MORE THAN ANYTHING.

I AM APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT I DO HAVE.

>> Reporter: LIKE INSURANCE, HE DOES NOT THINK THE NEW PROJECT WILL ALLEVIATE THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.. >> THAT IS WAY TOO MUCH.

A MORE REASONABLE PRICE FOR LOW INCOME IS NO MORE THAN 1000, ESPECIALLY WITH MOTEL 6 AND THE ROOMS ARE SMALLER.

EVEN $1000 IS TOO HIGH.

SOMETHING REASONABLE MAYBE 700 OR 800 FOUR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> Reporter: NO DATE HAS BEEN SET ON WHEN THE UNITS WILL BE AVAILABLE.

TANYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS .

>>> SMILES ALL AROUND AS A NEW FAMILY-FRIENDLY PARK OPENED AT A ONCE VACANT LOT IN VALENCIA PARK.

THE $2.6 MILLION LA PAZ MINI PARK WILL PROVIDE A HIGH- QUALITY RECREATIONAL SPACE IN A GREAT LOCATION FOR KIDS TO RELEASE THEIR ENERGY AND HAVE SOME FUN.

>> HERE WE ARE BEING THE GOOD NEIGHBORS WE ARE TO BE.

IF THEY WANT TO INVEST IN THEMSELVES, WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM AND WE ARE DOING THAT.

>> I'M GLAD THE KIDS ARE HERE AND THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY AND BE SAFE IN THIS AREA.

>> THE PARK FEATURES ALL TYPE PURPOSE TURF AREAS, IMPROVE LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION SECURITY LIGHTING AND A.D.A.

COMPLIANT PATHWAYS TO FACILITATE ACCESS FOR ALL USERS .

>>> POTTERY START STOP FERNANDO TATTOO SPOKE PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HE WAS SUSPENDED FOR A POSITIVE PED TEST.

HE SAYS HE IS SORRY AND UNDERSTAND THE ANGER AND FRUSTRATION THAT HE FEELS HE HAS LOST SO MUCH LOVE FROM PEOPLE.

HE WENT ON TO SAY HE FAILED THE TEAM AND HIS TEAMMATES AND HIS COUNTRY.

HE MAINTAINS THE MEDICATION HE USED WAS USED TO TREAT RINGWORM AND HE PLANS TO HAVE SURGERY ON HIS SHOULDER.

>>> A NEW BABY AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO SAFARI PARK.

THE MALE WHITE RHINO DOES NOT HAVE A NAME JUST YET, BUT HE WAS BORN TO FIRST-TIME MOTHER OLIVIA AT THE 19 ARENA RESOURCE CENTER.

THE CALF WAS CONCEIVED THROUGH NATURAL BREEDING ON AUGUST 6th AND THE UNNAMED CALF CONCEIVED THROUGH THE NATURAL BREEDING WILL REMAIN IN A PRIVATE ENCLOSURE UNTIL IT IS READY TO MEET THE REST OF THE HERD.

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

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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