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>>> TONIGHT THERE IS A TENTATIVE DEAL FOR THOUSANDS OF ACADEMIC WORKERS IN THE UC SYSTEM, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THE STRIKE IS OVER.

THE DEAL DOES NOT COVER ALL OF THE WORKERS, SO NOBODY IS LEAVING THE PICKET LINE JUST YET.

FINALS ARE LOOMING.

>> Reporter: THAT IS TODAY., THAT WAS YESTERDAY.

AND THIS WAS TWO WEEKS AGO.

THEY ARE NOW IN WEEK THREE.

A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN THE UC AND UAW THAT COVERS SOME OF THE ACADEMIC WORKERS ON THE PICKET LINE.

THE PRESIDENT OF UAW SAID THEY CAME TO AN AGREEMENT LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

>> 12 WORKERS HAVE REACHED AGREEMENTS REPRESENTING TWO DIFFERENT BARGAINING UNITS, ECONOMIC RESEARCHERS AND POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS.

THE RATIFICATION NOTES WILL START IN THE COMING DAYS EITHER LATE THIS WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

>> Reporter: IT INCLUDES PHRASES AND SOME BENEFITS LIKE MONEY FOR CHILD CARE.

THE DEAL DOES NOT COVER THE OTHER 36,000 STUDENT WORKERS WHO ARE STILL ON STRIKE.

THOSE WHO GOT THE TENTATIVE DEAL WHO ARE STAYING ON STRIKE IN SOLIDARITY FOR NOW.

THEY THINK THIS SERVES AS A TEMPLATE FOR THE OTHER UNITS AND THE STRIKE CANNED AND QUICKLY FOR EVERYONE.

>> WE THINK THAT THE UNIVERSITY SHOULD REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE OTHER PARTIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: A GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHER TOLD US THAT SHE HAS HAD TO FILE FOR RENT DEFERMENT TWICE THIS YEAR AND HER FARMWORKER PARENTS ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO HELP HER FINANCIALLY.

>> IN THE CHEMISTRY PROGRAM WE HAVE TO SIGN A CONTRACT WHEN WE JOIN THAT WE WILL NOT TAKE A SECOND JOB.

WHATEVER WE ARE PAID, THAT IS IT.

IT HAS BEEN REALLY HARD TO GET GROCERIES AND PAY RENT.

I HAVE TO GO TO THE FOOD BANK.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER STUDENT RESEARCHER TOLD US THAT EVERYBODY ON THE PICKET LINE WOULD RATHER BE DOING WHAT THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS ON CAMPUS.

>> I GUARANTEE YOU NONE OF US ARE EXCITED TO LEAVE THAT WORK.

WHAT WE ARE EXCITED FOR IS TO SEE ALL OF OUR COWORKERS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR WHAT THEY ARE CHANTING, BUT THEY ARE CHANTING 48,000 WORKERS STRONG.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS AND READY TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO CHANGE CONDITIONS NOT JUST FOR THEMSELVES BUT FOR FUTURE WORKERS.

>> THIS IS BIGGER THAN JUST US.

IT'S BIGGER THAN MY RESEARCH.

THIS IS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF EQUITABLE, DIVERSE, AND INCLUSIVE SCIENCE.

>> Reporter: A SPOKESPERSON TOLD ME THEY WILL CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH AND ARE COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING A FAIR AND REASONABLE CONTRACT.

AS THE STRIKE CONTINUES, THE FALL QUARTER IS WINDING DOWN.

THIS IS THE LAST WEEK OF INSTRUCTION WITH FINALS JUST DAYS AWAY.

>>> THE UNITED STATES IS ADVANCING TO THE NEXT ROUND OF THE WORLD CUP.

THEY BEAT IRAN 1-0.

>> MAKE IT A BIG RUN.

HE SNUCK IN BEHIND.

IN THE MIDDLE AND HE SCORES.

WHILE ALL EYES MAY HAVE BEEN GLUED TO THE ACTION, A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST RIGHT HERE WANTS THE ATTENTION TO BE ON ISSUES MUCH LARGER THAN SOCCER.

>> WOMEN LIKE FREEDOM.

>> Reporter: YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE FACE OF A WOMAN THAT DIED IN HE RAN AFTER BEING ARRESTED BY MORALITY POLICE JUST FOR WEARING THE WRONG THING.

THE DEATH SPARKED PROTESTS AROUND THE WORLD.

IT HAS BROUGHT BACK PAINFUL MEMORIES FOR IRANIAN BORN PEOPLE THAT CALL SAN DIEGO HOME.

>> THERE IS NO DAY THAT GOES BY THAT I AM NOT CRYING.

>> Reporter: SHE KNOWS JUST WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE A WOMAN IN IRAN.

SHE SAID SHE FELT HASP HUMAN GROWING UP JUST BECAUSE SHE WAS A GIRL.

SHE WEARS A T-SHIRT IN MEMORY OF MARTHA.

>> THEY JAILED HER AND SHE DIED UNDER THEIR WATCH.

AFTER THAT, THERE WAS AN UPRISING THAT YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE OUT AND SHOUTING FOR THE BASIC WHITE -- FOR THEIR BASIC RIGHTS.

>> Reporter: THEY BELIEVE THAT THE COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM TAKING PART IN THE COMPETITION.

SOCCER IS SOMETHING VERY CLOSE TO THEIR HEARTS.

SHALL OF THE SPORT AS A CHILD BUT HAD TO DISGUISE HERSELF AS A BOY JUST SO THAT SHE COULD PLAY ALONGSIDE HER BROTHER'S.

SHE NEVER EVEN GOT THE CHANCE TO SEE HER BROTHER PLAY PROFESSIONALLY BE A BECAUSE WOMEN WERE NOT ALLOWED IN SOCCER STADIUMS.

I ASKED HER HOW IT FELT.

>> IT WAS AWFUL.

I FEEL LIKE I AM IN JAIL AND MY BODY PICK MY BROTHER WAS MY HERO.

I LOVE SOCCER AND WE WOULD PLAY TOGETHER.

WHEN HE WENT UP AND BECAME A SOCCER PLAYER, I FELT THAT I HAD EQUAL CHANCE AND COULD HAVE BEEN BUT BEING IN IRAN, GIRLS CANNOT PLAY.

>> Reporter: THE SOCCER FEDERATION SHOWED SUPPORT BY POSTING THE IRANIAN FLAG ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITHOUT THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC EMBLEM.

FARMER SHOULD BE DONE BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCORDING TO THEM.

>> PLEASE DON'T MAKE DEAL WITH THEM IN ANY SORT OF DEAL.

PLEASE DON'T TREAT THEM AS A NORMAL GOVERNMENT.

THEY HAVE NO MERCY FOR THEIR OWN PEOPLE.

THEY KILL THEIR OWN PEOPLE.

JUST IMAGINE IF THEY HAVE ANY POWER, WHAT THEY WILL DEAL ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO NUCLEAR POWER.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE WORLD CUP JOURNEY MAYBE OVER, THE FIGHT FOR IRANIAN WOMEN TO BE TREATED AS HUMANS BY THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT CONTINUES.

TERESA SAID SHE WILL KEEP MAKING HER VOICE HEARD UNTIL BEEN BORN A GIRL IN IRAN DOES NOT MEAN A DEATH SENTENCE.

>> THE WORDS WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM ARE PART OF A NEW TRIBUTE TO IRANIAN WOMEN.

IT'S THE WORLD OF TWO LOCAL ARTISTS.

IT ALSO FEATURES THE IMAGE OF A 16-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS CAPTURED, TORTURED, AND KILLED BY SECURITY FORCES AFTER JOINING A PROTEST.

>> THE PEOPLE OF IRAN LOVE AMERICAN SOME OF THE WEST.

THEY ARE LOOKING FOR IN LIFE THAT IS VERY SIMPLE SO THAT WOMEN CAN RIDE BICYCLES FREELY, WOMEN CAN GO TO STADIUMS FREELY .

WOMEN CAN TRAVEL FREELY WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THEIR HUSBANDS OR FATHERS.

>> YOU CAN FIND THE MURAL ON EL CAJON BOULEVARD NEAR 46 STREET.

A VIGIL WAS PLANNED FOR 7:00 TONIGHT TO HONOR THOSE KILLED IN RECENT PROTESTS.

>>> THE SENATE PASSED A BIPARTISAN BILL PROTECTING SAME- SEX AND INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE.

IT GOES TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR APPROVAL BEFORE IT CAN BE SIGNED INTO LAW .

IT REQUIRES STATES TO ACKNOWLEDGE A SAME-SEX MARRIAGE FROM ANOTHER STATE.

IT'S A PROTECTIVE MEASURE IN CASE THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS THE 2015 DECISION THAT LEGALIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CERTIFIED ON DECEMBER EIGHT.

THEY ARE STILL COUNTING BALLOTS.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHY THE COUNTING PROCESS IS TAKING SO LONG.

>> Reporter: THERE WERE NEARLY 9000 BALLOTS LEFT ITALIAN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

MUST NEED TO BE CURED OR HAVE THE SIGNATURE VERIFIED.

THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH A LENGTHY PROCESS TO CONFIRM THAT THEY ARE VALID.

>> IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY IS VOTING MORE THAN ONCE, ONLY VALID BALLOTS ARE BEING COUNTED, AND IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BALLOT LIKE THE ENVELOPE WAS NOT SIGNED, THE COUNTY IS REQUIRED TO CONTACT VOTERS AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SUBMIT A SIGNATURE SO IT CAN BE COUNTED.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER SIX TO CURE THE BALLOTS.

WHILE THIS MAY BE FRUSTRATING FOR SOME VOTERS, IT IS PART OF THE PROCESS TO KEEP THE ELECTION SECURE.

>> ELECTION OFFICIALS ARE DOING THEIR JOB AND MAKING SURE THAT ONLY VALID BALLOTS ARE COUNTED, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PROTECTIONS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT VOTERS ARE NOT DISENFRANCHISED TO VOTE BY MAIL.

>> Reporter: OF THE MORE THAN 1 MILLION VOTES CAST, 90% WERE MAILED IN WITH SOME ARRIVING ON OR AFTER ELECTION DAY.

BALLOTS ARRIVING SEVEN DAYS LATER ARE COUNTED.

ALEXANDER SAID THERE ARE SOME WAYS THAT THEY CAN MAKE THE PROCESS FASTER.

>> SOME COUNTIES HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS.

THEY LET VOTERS TAKE THEIR BALLOTS TO A VOTING SITE AND GET THEM SCANNED AND COUNTED ON THE SPOT RATHER THAN PUTTING THEM IN AN ENVELOPE AND HAVING TO SIGN IT AND HAVE THEIR SIGNATURE VERIFIED LATER AND COUNTED LATER.

FOR MIKE THAT WOULD LET OFFICIALS COUNT THE BALLOTS IMMEDIATELY, CUTTING DOWN THE PROCESSING TIME.

>>> EARLY VOTING IS UNDERWAY IN GEORGIA.

THE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR RAPHAEL WARNOCK IS FACING HERSCHEL WALKER IN A DECEMBER SIX RAN OFF.

MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE CAST THEIR BALLOTS YESTERDAY, BREAKING THE SINGLE DAY VOTING RECORD.

MONDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY EARLY VOTING WAS REQUIRED IN EVERY COUNTY PICK OVER THE WEEKEND MORE THAN 157,000 PEOPLE VOTED.

>>> TONIGHT, THE SUPREME COURT HEARS IT CASE CHALLENGING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IMMIGRATION POLICY.

>>> THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO HAS NEW MARCHING ORDERS IN ITS APPROACH TO THE FENTANYL DRUG CRISIS.

THE EXECUTIVE ORDER CALLS FOR GREATER LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE AND ASKS FOR THE CITY TO GET A MORE DETAILED PLAN FOR MILLIONS IN OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONEY THEY EXPECT TO RECEIVE IN THE YEARS AHEAD.

THE CITY REPORTS MORE THAN 800 LOCAL OVERDOSE DEATHS INVOLVED FENTANYL LAST YEAR.

>>> HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE BRACING FOR A SURGE IN COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATIONS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

STAYING HOME IF SICK, GETTING TESTED ARE VACCINATED CAN ALL HELP TO RELIEVE THE STRAIN.

UPDATED COVID VACCINES WERE RELEASED CALLED DIVALENT BOOSTERS.

JUST 16% OF ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS HAVE RECEIVED ONE.

>> WE HAVE A LOT TO GO.

WE KNOW THAT IT WORKS.

WE ARE SEEING THAT IT DECREASES HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS.

WE CERTAINLY WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET THEIR BOOSTER PIC OF COURSE, THE FLU VACCINE.

WITH THIS MUCH FLUID AROUND ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO TO DECREASE DISEASE SEVERITY.

>> JUST OVER 10,000 FLU CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED THIS SEASON.

IT TAKES TWO WEEKS FOR BOTH VACCINES TO TAKE FULL EFFECT.

>>> AS THE HOLIDAY SEASON GETS UNDERWAY, FAMILIES ARE ADDING LOW-COST COMPUTERS TO THEIR SHOPPING LIST.

THE DEVICES ARE BEING SOLD AS PART OF A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP.

>> Reporter: THIS LAPTOP IS GETTING AN EXTREME MAKEOVER.

SO IS THIS ONE.

THERE'S A WAREHOUSE FULL OF HIGH TECH DEVICES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY OWNED AND NOW THEY ARE BEING REFURBISHED BY WORKERS AND VOLUNTEERS WITH A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION COMPUTERS TO KIDS.

ADAM IS NOT A KID.

HE'S IN NEED OF A COMPUTER SO HE CAN APPLY FOR JOBS AND GET BACK ON HIS FEET AFTER COVID AND A FAILED RELATIONSHIP DEVASTATED HIS LIFE.

>> I GO TO STARBUCKS OR WHATEVER TO GET MYSELF OFF THE STREET.

I WAS A FLOORING INSTALLER FOR MANY YEARS.

I HAVE ALWAYS PAID MY OWN WAY AND BEEN SELF-SUFFICIENT.

>> Reporter: COMPUTERS TO KIDS DEFINITELY HELPS CHILDREN CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE WITH LOW- COST OR NO COST LAPTOPS, DESKTOPS, AND TABLETS FOR FAMILIES WHO NEED THEM AND THE ORGANIZATION WILL HELP ANYONE WHO NEEDS HIGH-TECH CONNECTIONS.

IT IS PARTNERED WITH THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION TO REACH AS MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE.

MANY OF THESE DEVICES WILL BE SOLD THIS SATURDAY FOR AS LITTLE AS $100 DURING AN EVENT AT CHULA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL.

PREREGISTRATION IS ALREADY AT CAPACITY WITH DOZENS OF EXTRA COMPUTERS ALSO ON SALE.

>> WE DON'T WANT TO SAY NO TO ANYONE.

WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT ANYBODY THAT WALKS IN CAN RECEIVE ONE.

>> Reporter: THE OPERATION IS NOT ONLY OFFERING COMPUTERS TO KIDS, THEY ARE HIRING.

THERE ARE JOB POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR TECHNICIANS AND WAREHOUSE WORKERS TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING YEAR-ROUND.

IT IS LIKE SANTA'S WORKSHOP EXCEPT THE TOYS ARE TABLETS AND WEBCAMS AND COMPUTER HEADSETS DONATED BY BIG CORPORATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE EDUCATION OF SAN DIEGO STUDENTS AND ANYONE ELSE COMMITTED TO LEARNING.

>> TEACHERS MORE THAN EVER CONNECTING TO STUDENTS VIA TECHNOLOGY.

OF THE STUDENT DOES NOT HAVE THAT IN THEIR HOME THEY ARE AT A HUGE DISADVANTAGE.

>> Reporter: ADAM IS DETERMINED TO TURN HIS DISADVANTAGE INTO A COMEBACK STORY OF SUCCESS.

>>> PROBLEMS LONG THE TRAIN TRACKS IN ORANGE COUNTY WILL STRETCH INTO NEXT YEAR.

THE TRANSIT AGENCY SAID IT WILL TAKE 90 DAYS TO FIX A LANDSLIDE IN ZACH CLEMENTE.

THAT WILL MEAN SERVICE RESUMES IN FEBRUARY.

TRAINS HAVE NOT CARRIED PASSENGERS IN THE AREA SINCE SEPTEMBER.

FREIGHT SERVICES OPERATING BUT AT REDUCED SPEEDS DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS.

>>> CITY OFFICIALS SAY RECENT RAINFALL RAISED WATER LEVEL HIGHER AT LAKE HODGES THAN THEY WANT THEM TO BE.

>> THERE IS A STATE MANDATE RIGHT NOW THAT IT HAS TO BE AT 275 FEET.

IT CANNOT EXCEED THAT.

RIGHT NOW IT HAS EXCEEDED IT BECAUSE OF RECENT RAINS.

>> THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY AS A WATER LEVEL OF 313 FEET.

THE CITY HAS IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT NEED TO BE SEALED.

THE WATER LEVEL IS BEING KEPT BELOW 275 FEET UNTIL REPAIRS ARE ASSESSED.

>>> WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO CHANGES BREWING THIS WEEKEND AND LATER THIS WEEK.

WE DO HAVE RELATIVELY COOL WEATHER CONTINUING SO IT IS PRETTY COMFORTABLE.

IT WILL TURN WETTER LATER THIS WEEK.

WE WILL WELCOME THE RAIN INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE MORE WELCOME RAINFALL COMING THIS WEEKEND.

PARTLY CLOUDY AND WE WILL GET DOWN TO AROUND 50 DEGREES AND HAD TO AREAS A LITTLE BIT FARTHER EAST.

YOU WILL NOTICE THAT WILL BE MUCH COOLER.

ALMOST DOWN TO FREEZING AT MOUNT LAGUNA.

WE WILL STAY DRY IN THE NEAR- TERM.

WE HAVE SOME MOISTURE OFF TO THE NORTHWEST.

ACCUMULATING SNOW IN SEATTLE WHICH IS PRETTY RARE FOR NOVEMBER.

WE HAVE SOME MOISTURE SNEAKING IN.

WE WILL SHOW YOU A DIFFERENT ANIMATION IN A MOMENT, BUT WE ARE LOOKING QUIET AND BRIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 60s ON THE COAST AND MID 60s FOR EL CAJON.

LATER IN THE WEEK, THE MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO PLUNGE FURTHER SOUTH.

THIS WILL BE BENEFICIAL.

WE ARE LOOKING AT 2 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW FOR PARTS OF THE SIERRA.

WE LOVE TO SEE THAT.

IT IS NOT GOOD FOR TRAVELERS, BUT EVENTUALLY WE WILL SEE SOME OF THE MOISTURE'S INTO THE AREA.

IT IS LATE THIS WEEKEND THIS WEEKEND THAT WE BEGIN TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF MOISTURE REACH THE AREA.

AT LEAST THERE WILL BE SOME RAIN.

YOU CAN SEE THE SHOWERS COMING.

SOME MORNING SHOWERS ON FRIDAY AND A FEW SHOWERS ON SUNDAY.

SIMILAR STORY IN THE INLAND AREAS.

A BETTER CHANCE FOR SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

A BRIEF SHOWER FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN INTO THE DESERTS WE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESISTANT .

THERE MIGHT BE SOME SPRINKLES EARLY NEXT WEEK.

>>> IT IS A FAMILIAR SCENE FOR A MILITARY TOWN.

MORE THAN 1200 SAILORS ABOARD THE TRIPOLI WERE WELCOMED HOME.

♪ ♪ >> WE ARE EXCITED TO RETURN HOME AFTER BEING GONE FOR SEVEN MONTHS.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND LOVED ONES.

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT DEPLOYMENT, BUT IT WILL BE GREAT TO BE HOME.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> WHAT A GREAT STORY.

>>> SHOES AND A BIG RED NOSE ARE CHARACTERISTICS OF A CLASSIC CLOWN, BUT THE ART OF PLANNING IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE.

NEXT WE GO TO CLOWN SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE YARD OF THE MISSION BAY BOAT AND SKI CLUB -- >> DO YOU FEEL HAPPY?

>> Reporter: CLASS IS IN SESSION.

ELLA IS THE TEACHER PROUDLY WEARING HER COLORFUL MAKEUP AND BIG RED NOSE.

>> IT IS THE WORLD'S SMALLEST MASK.

IT'S NOT A MASK BECAUSE IT IS HIDING ANYTHING.

IT HELPS YOU REVEAL INNER TRUTH AND INNER FEELING.

>> Reporter: BEHIND THE BIG RED NOSE, ELLA IS REALLY DANIELLE.

A CERTIFIED CLOWN, WRITER, PRODUCER, AND EDUCATOR.

SHE TEACHES CHILDREN HOW TO USE THEIR IMAGINATION THROUGH GAMES, TRIGGERING EXAGGERATED EMOTIONS THAT ARE ALSO ENTERTAINING.

IT TAKES THE AUDIENCE ON QUITE A RIDE.

>> IT'S LIKE A VOLCANO.

IT STARTS BUILDING UP.

AND THEN IT ERUPTS.

IT IS AN EXCITING MOMENT AND THEN IT SLOWLY GOES BACK DOWN.

>> Reporter: ELLA IS JUST ONE OF HER CLOWN CHARACTERS.

>> THIS IS THE SOVIET JEWISH GRANDMA CLOWN.

>> Reporter: THERE'S THE TRADITIONAL MAKE UP FOR THE CLOWN ALONG WITH WHAT DANIELLE CALLS GROTESQUE RIGHT BLUE EYESHADOW AND PLENTY OF WRINKLES.

>> SHE IS BASED ON THE WOMEN OF MY FAMILY, ALL OF THEIR NEUROSES AND ANXIETIES AND LOVE AND CARE ALL WRAPPED UP INTO ONE CHAOTIC CLOWN.

>> HELLO.

WELCOME.

>> Reporter: ONCE A MONTH THE JEWISH GRANDMOTHER CLOWN IS Mc OF THE OPEN MIC CABARET WHERE THE HUMOR IS RATED MUCH MORE PG- 13.

SHE IS BRUTALLY HONEST.

>> THIS IS A RED HERRING.

[LAUGHTER] >> HAPPY AND SURPRISED FACE.

>> Reporter: RIGHT NOW SHE ALSO LEADS A WEEKLY CLASS AT THE THEATER, TEACHING ADULTS HOW TO CLOWN.

>> FEEL FREE TO PLAY WITH THE VOLUME, THE INTONATION, THE MOVEMENT.

>> Reporter: BRITNEY IS ONE OF HER STUDENTS.

>> I MEN EPIDEMIOLOGIST.

WORK FOR THE COUNTY, I DO DATA RESEARCH FOR OPIOID OVERDOSE AND SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH SO THAT IS QUITE DIFFERENT.

>> Reporter: NOT EXACTLY A RESUME YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM SOMEBODY LEARNING TO BE FUNNY ALONG WITH EMBRACING THE JOY IN FAILURE AND REDISCOVERING THEIR INNER CHILD.

ALL OF THAT PART OF THE CURRICULUM IN THIS CLASS.

>> IT'S LIKE THE FIRST TIME I'VE GONE ON STAGE AND BEEN SILLY IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE AND LET GO MY.

IT'S KIND OF COOL.

>> Reporter: DOCTOR FANCY IS A PROFESSIONAL CLIMATE THE MISSION IN MEDICINE.

IS A CHARACTER CREATED BY SKYLER.

>> HELLO.

I AM DR.

FANCY.

WHAT IS YOUR NAME.

>> Reporter: IS THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR AT THE THEATER AND ALSO WORKS AS A REPUTED CLOWN IN CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS OFTEN WORKING WITH TERMINALLY ILL KIDS, WEARING A TRO TO GO WITH HIS RED NOSE.

>> WE ALL HAVE THE THINGS THAT TROUBLE IS, THAT WE CARRY WITH US.

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT CLOWNING THAT CAN ACCESS THAT IN A WAY THAT FEW OTHER THINGS I HAVE SEEN IN THE ARTS CAN DO.

>> Reporter: THE HEYDAY OF CLOWNS AND THE THREE RING CIRCUS HAS EVOLVED TO A HIGHER PURPOSE.

IT IS HAPPENING IN THE CONTROLLED CHAOS OF THE CLASSROOM WHERE BRITNEY, THE COUNTY EPIDEMIOLOGIST IS GETTING CLOSER TO HAVING HER OWN BIG RED NOSE.

>> I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN MAKING MORE JOKES AND BEEN MORE OPEN ABOUT USING MY FACIAL EXPRESSIONS TO TRY TO BE MORE ENGAGED OR OPEN WITH MYSELF.

>> Reporter: DANIELLE WILL CONTINUE TO USE HER CHARACTERS AS INSPIRATION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF CLASS CLOWNS.

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

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND GOOD NIGHT.

>> MAJOR FUNDING HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY HOWE FAMILY ACCOMPANIES PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH RESTORATION, HEATING AND AIR, PLUMBING, REMODELING SERVICES.

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

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.