>>> OCTOBER IS HERE AND THE PADRES ARE STILL PLAYING BALL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I MAYA TRABULSI.

BIG BUSINESS FOR EAST VILLAGE BUSINESS AND BARS.

NEAR THE BALLPARK TODAY TALKING TO SOME BUSINESSES AS THEY PREP FOR THE POSTSEASON.

>> Reporter: AS ERIK AND HIS STAFF ARE BUSILY SETTING UP THE RESTAURANT ALREADY ANTICIPATING A BIG CROWD.

STEPS AWAY FROM THE STADIUM.

>> WE ARE SO CLOSE , AS THEY SAY WE CAN THROW A BASEBALL INTO THE STADIUM.

>> Reporter: IS PETER BUSINESSES DEPEND ON HOW WELL THE PADRES DO AND HOW WELL THE SEASON GOES.

>> THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT HELP, BUT OUR SURVIVAL IS BASED ON HOW WELL THE PADRES.

>> Reporter: LAST YEAR WHEN THE PADRES FAILED TO MAKE THE POSTSEASON HE SAW A DROP IN SALES .MANY RESTAURANTS AROUND THE BALLPARK ARE HUGE SUPPORTERS OF THE PADRES AS EVIDENCED BY ALL THE FLAGS AND SIGNAGE.

>> BEING IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO IS DRIVEN BY THE CONVENTION CENTER BUT THE PADRES ARE THE WILDCARD.

LITERALLY.

WHEN THE PADRES DO WELL THE STREETS GET FLOODED.

>> Reporter: THE GENERAL MANAGER HERE, SEEING RESERVATIONS HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY FOR THE WILDCARD SERIES.

>> LAST YEAR YOU MISSED THE PLAYOFFS AND TWO YEARS AGO WAS AWESOME.

THE ENERGY IS BACK AND THE TEAM WILL GO A LONG WAY.

>> THAT IS HOW A LOT OF PADRES FANS DEAL TOO.

JOHNNY FLYING IN FROM TEXAS JUST FOR THE GAME.

A DIEHARD PADRES FAN.

>> I LOVE THE PADRES SINCE I WAS A KID.

BORN AND RAISED IN ENCINITAS.

I STOOD UP IN BOSTON WAY TOO LATE WATCHING THIS TEAM.

>> Reporter: HE IS THANKING HIS UNDERSTANDING WIFE FOR LETTING HIM GO TO GAME ONE TONIGHT.

>> I HAVE A YOUNG KIDS AND I AM HERE BECAUSE OF HER.

>> Reporter: FANS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES STOKED.

>> WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 20 YEARS AND TO WATCH THE PADRES GROW AND GROW AND MAKE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS WITH A GREAT TEAM THAT WILL GO ALL THE WAY, IS AWESOME FOR US.

>> Reporter: ALEXANDER WIN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> JUMPING AHEAD, DROPPING DOWN TO A LOW OF A 60 DEGREES.

WE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT A FEW LOW CLOUDS ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE DAY OR EARLY IN THE DAY AND THAT MAY CAUSE SOME VISIBILITY ISSUES.

OVERALL, TEMPERATURES STILL COMFORTABLE ALONG THE COAST.

THINGS ARE HEATING UP FURTHER INLAND.

HE WILL TELL YOU HOW HOT AMATEURS GET THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND, COMING UP.

>>> IN JUST A FEW MINUTES VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, REPUBLICAN SENATOR JD VANCE AND DEMOCRATIC MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ WILL FACE OFF IN THEIR FIRST DEBATE.

JULIA BENBROOK IN NEW YORK CITY WITH WHAT TO EXPECT TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: THE STAGE IS SET FOR THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE HOSTED BY CBS IN NEW YORK CITY.

OHIO SENATOR JD VANCE AND MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD FOR THE FIRST TIME.

VANCE A 40-YEAR-OLD BEST- SELLING AUTHOR AND FIRST TERM SENATOR.

HE WILL MAKE THE CASE FOR FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

>> THE WAY I SEE THE DEBATE IS SIMPLE.

AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE 90 MINUTES, GOVERNOR WALZ AND I WILL DEBATE THE ISSUES.

>> Reporter: RESOURCES VANCE WILL LIKELY ATTACK WALLS ON HIS MILITARY SERVICE AND LABEL HIM AS A LIBERAL AND MODERATE CLOTHING.

>> HE COMES ACROSS AS A AGRICULTURAL FRIENDLY OUTDOORSMAN UNTIL YOU START PEELING BACK THE LAYERS AND YOU REALIZE HE'S MORE RADICAL THAN KAMALA HARRIS.

>> Reporter: BUT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS' GUIDES ARE HOPING TO DRAW CONTRAST WITH VANCE.

>> Reporter: WALZ IS A SIX- YEAR-OLD GOVERNOR AND FORMER CONGRESSMAN WHO OFTEN LEANED ON HIS BACKGROUND AS A TEACHER AND HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH.

>> I EXPECT HIM ALSO TO BE TALKING DIRECTLY TO AMERICANS ABOUT WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THIS ELECTION.

NOT GETTING TOO CAUGHT UP IN THE NONSENSE THAT JD VANCE THROWS HIS WAY.

>> Reporter: THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES COULD GET THE LAST WORD.

THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES HAVE YET TO AGREE ON ANOTHER ROUND.

REPORTING NEW YORK, I AM A JULIA BENBROOK.

>>> THE 90 MINUTE DEBATE STARTS AT 6:00 TONIGHT, FOLLOWED BY PBS NEWS SPECIAL ANALYSIS.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN CALLING ON BOTH SIDES AND A MASS SUPPORT STRIKE TO RETURN TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE.

AS LORI GEARY EXPLAINS, HURRICANE HELENE'S DEVASTATION IS ONLY AMPLIFYING THE URGENCY TO REACH A DEAL.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE TAKING IT ALL AWAY, TO THE PICKET LINE, NEARLY 50 THOUSAND MEMBERS WENT ON STRIKE AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT ON TUESDAY.

>> WE HAVE DONE THE HOMEWORK AND NO THEIR WORTH AND ESSENTIALLY THEY DEMAND FAIR WAGES AND BETTER BENEFITS.

>> Reporter: AFTER WEEKS OF TENSE NEGOTIATIONS, ACCEPTABLE NUMBERS HAVE NOT BEEN REACHED.

THE ALLIANCE WHICH REPRESENTS A MAJOR SHIPPING LINE AND PORT-A- POTTIES HAS ALREADY RAISED WAGE HIKES AND CLAIMS THE UNION IS NOT NEGOTIATING IN GOOD FAITH.

MANY FEEL SACRIFICES MADE DURING THE PANDEMIC ARE BEING OVERLOOKED.

>> WE DID NOT START WORKING THEN WE WORK TO THE DOCS NIGHT AND DAY.

>> Reporter: DOCS THAT ARE AT A VIRTUAL STANDSTILL, THIS COULD UP THE FLOW OF A WIDE ARRAY OF CONSUMER GOODS INTO THE COUNTRY.

>> YOU WILL PAY MORE FOR AND IT WILL TAKE LONGER FOR YOU TO GET.

THE UNION SAYS IT WON'T BE INTIMIDATED BY A TIMELINE.

>> Reporter: >> WE ARE WEIGHTED.

>> Reporter: THEY DO HAVE A PREDICTION.

I LAURIE AGUIRRE FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE CITY COUNCIL CALLING FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCY OVER THE SUPER CRISIS NEAR THE BORDER.

THEY ARE UNANIMOUS VOTE COMING A DAY AFTER GROUND WAS BROKEN ON AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'LL HELP CONTROL THE FLOW OF SEWAGE GOING INTO THE SOUTH BAY INTERNATIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCILMEMBER VIVIAN MORENO HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE BEFORE THE VOTE.

SHE LIVES CLOSE AND SPONSOR THE COUNCILS RESOLUTION.

MORENO SAYS REPAIRS TO THE TREATMENT PLANT ARE A POSITIVE STEP BUT NOT NEARLY ENOUGH.

>> IT IS A FAR CRY FROM THE OVER $1 BILLION IN INVESTMENT NEEDED TO COMPLETELY SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO TAKE MORE ACTION, URGENTLY.

>> $700 MILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN COMMITTED TO REPAIR AND EXPAND THE TREATMENT PLANT.

THE WORK IS EXPECTED TO TAKE YEARS TO COMPLETE.

>>> A SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AS A RON LAUNCHED A BALLISTIC MISSILE.

FOR THE LATEST ON THE CONFLICT, HERE IS MICHAEL YOSHIDA IN WASHINGTON.

>> Reporter: IRAN UNLEASHING A MASSIVE MISSILE ATTACK ON ISRAEL.

SAYING THE ATTACK FOCUSED ON ISRAELI SECURITY AND LAUNCHED IN RESPONSE TO ISRAEL'S KILLING OF HEZBOLLAH'S LEADER AND OTHERS IN LEBANON RECENTLY.

THE ATTACK NOT A TOTAL SURPRISE BUT IT DOES LEVEL CONCERNS OF A WIDENING REGIONAL CONFLICT.

>> THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION BY IRAN.

A SIGNIFICANT EVENT.

>> Reporter: AN ESCALATION THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS WATCHING CLOSELY.

>> THE ATTACK APPEARS TO BE DEFEATED AND MAKE NO MISTAKE THE U.S. IS FULLY, FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF ISRAEL.

>> Reporter: THIS ALL COMES AFTER ISRAEL'S LAUNCH OF A GROUND OPERATION IN SOUTHERN LEBANON TARGETING IRAN'S BACK TO HEZBOLLAH .

ATTACKING THEM AND LOCALIZED RAIDS.

AS THE AIR ATTACK BY IRAN WAS UNDERWAY, ISRAELI MILITARY LEADERS SAID THEY WERE READY FOR AND SO WERE THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.

>> WE DEALT WITH SUCH A FRIENDLY FLOW IN THE PAST AND WE WILL DEAL WITH IT NOW.

I CALLED THE PUBLIC TO CONTINUE ACTING RESPONSIBLY AS YOU DID THROUGHOUT THE WAR.

>> Reporter: SOME IRANIAN MISSILES FIRED TUESDAY NIGHT MADE DIRECT IMPACT IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ISRAEL.

A ISRAELI SPOKESPERSON SAYS THAT IRAN'S ACTIONS WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCES.

IN WASHINGTON, MICHAEL YOU SEE THE REPORTING PERIOD >>> SAN DIEGO-BASED CARRIER STRIKE GROUP IS BEING KEPT IN THE MIDDLE EAST AMID THE ESCALATING CONFLICT.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER HAS MORE ON WHAT THAT MEANS.

>> Reporter: ON SUNDAY, THE PENTAGON ANNOUNCING THE U.S. ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND STRIKE GROUP WILL REMAIN IN THE MIDDLE EAST DUE TO WEIGHT AND BALL THINGS SITUATION.

THE NAVIES MAINTAIN AN ELEVATED PRESENCE IS THE LATEST CONFLICT BEGAN FALLING HAMAS ATTACKS IN ISRAEL A YEAR AGO.

THE CONFLICT HAS ESCALATED EFFECTIVELY OVER THE LAST WEEK AS ISRAEL EXPANDED OPERATIONS.

IRAN LAUNCHED ABOUT 200 MISSILES TODAY IN RESPONSE AND SAYS TO NAVY DESTROYER'S FIRED ABOUT A DOZEN INTERCEPTORS AT THE MISSILES.

IN OTHER SAN DIEGO-BASED CARRIER, THE THEODORE ROOSEVELT LEFT THE REGION LAST MONTH.

IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC HEADING HOME.

THE EAST COAST CARRIER HARRY S TRUMAN IS IN ROUTE AND COULD ARRIVE NEXT WEEK FREEING THE LINK INTO ROTATE BACK TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC AND RESUME ITS DEPLOYMENT.

THE LINCOLN LEFT SAN DIEGO IN JULY.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR , IRAN FIRES A BARRAGE OF MISSILES FURTHER INFLAMING TENSIONS IN A REGION ON EDGE.

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

>>> RECENT LEGAL COMPLAINTS CLAIM STAFF AT A SAN DIEGO COUNTY OWNED EMERGENCY SHELTER SEXUALLY ABUSED MORE THAN 100 CHILDREN OVER DECADES.

KPBS REPORTER SAYS THEY BLAME COUNTY POLICY.

>> Reporter: THE ABN JESSE POLANSKY CHILDREN'S CENTER IS A 24-HOUR FACILITY.

PROVIDING TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR CHILDREN.

IT IS OFTEN THE FIRST STOP BEFORE FOSTER CARE.

THE COUNTY SAYS THOSE CHILDREN MUST BE TAKEN FROM THEIR FAMILIES FOR THEIR SAFETY BUT DOZENS OF RECENT COMPLAINTS FROM NATIONAL LAW FIRM CLAIM THE COUNTY DID NOT KEEP THOSE CHILDREN SAFE.

THAT BETWEEN 1993 IN 2023 CENTER STAFF SEXUALLY ABUSED CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS TWO YEARS OLD.

AND THREATENED THE CHILDREN TO KEEP THEM FROM REPORTING.

THE ATTORNEYS BLAME THE COUNTY FOR FEELING TO ADEQUATELY SCREEN AND SUPERVISE CENTER STAFF AND ALLEGEDLY, IGNORING REPORTED ABUSE.

AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORTING A COUNTY SPOKESPERSON HAD NOT RESPONDED TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT.

>>> GOVERNER GAVIN NEWSOM RECENT BAN ON HEMP PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN THC HAS RECENT CONCERNS AMONG MEDICINAL USERS.

KPBS REPORTER SAYS SOME PEOPLE WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDING CHILDREN.

>> Reporter: 10-YEAR-OLD SADIE HAS SPENT COUNTLESS NIGHTS IN THE HOSPITAL.

SHE HAS A BRAIN DISORDER.

SHE STRUGGLES WITH SEIZURES, INSOMNIA AND ANXIETY.

SADIE'S MOTHER, HAS BEEN GIVING HER CBD TINCTURE.

RECOMMENDED BY HER DOCTOR FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS.

CBD IS DERIVED FROM HEMP PLANT.

IT ALSO CONTAINS TRACE AMOUNTS OF THC, THE COMPOUND FROM CANNABIS PLANT THAT GIVES POT IT'S HIGH.

>> JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO WE CELEBRATED HER ONE YEAR SEIZURE FREE ANNIVERSARY.

AND IT WAS A REMARKABLE MILESTONE.

IT ALLOWED HER TO FEEL LESS AFRAID.

>> Reporter: SHE WORRIED ABOUT HIS HEALTH MAY BE AT RISK NOW.

IN SEPTEMBER, THE STATE BAND ALL HEMP PRODUCTS CONTAINING ANY THC.

IT CAN NO LONGER BE SOLD LEGALLY IN CALIFORNIA STORES OR PURCHASED ONLINE FOR OTHER STATES.

ADULTS OVER 21 CAN STILL BUY IT AT MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSARIES.

>> THESE ARE VERY SPECIFIC TYPES OF BRANDS AND DOSES AND YOU CANNOT MARRY THEM ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PEDIATRIC POPULATION.

>> Reporter: GOVERNER GAVIN NEWSOM INITIATED THE VAN BECAUSE HE SAYS LOOPHOLES IN THE LAW HAVE MADE IT TOO EASY FOR KIDS TO ACCESS INTOXICATING PRODUCTS.

STUDYING CHILDREN WHO USE THE MONEY FOR HEALTH PURPOSES SAY, EVEN THE PARENTS WHO THINK THEY ARE JUST GIVING A PURE CBD PRODUCT TO THEIR KIDS AND THAT IS ALL THEY HAVE EVER USED, 22% WAS THE POSITIVE FOR THC.

>> Reporter: SAYING HIGHLIGHTS RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CONFIRM HEMP AND THC.

>> THE DATA HAS NOT PANNED OUT BUT IT DOES ALMOST THINGS AND WE ALSO HAVE NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THE RESEARCH WE NEED TO SEE.

>> Reporter: SHE STOCKPILED TINCTURES WHEN NEWSOM PROPOSED THE MEASURE.

>> HER LIFE HAS ALMOST RESTARTED AND WE CAN GO ON FAMILY ADVENTURES AND NOT FEEL THIS KIND OF SENSE OF PANIC.

AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF CBD.

>> Reporter: THE BAND WILL LAST UNTIL MARCH OF 2025 .HEIDI DiMARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> HOW IS IT THAT A POLICE OFFICER CAN GET IN TROUBLE FOR SERIOUS MISCONDUCT IN ONE DEPARTMENT BUT YEARS LATER AND UP IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT WITH A CLEAN RECORD?

WELL, IT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN THAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WANT TO ADMIT.

TODAY WE TALKED TO KPBS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER ABOUT THESE WANDERING OFFICERS IN A DISTURBING CASE INVOLVING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE NAVY.

WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> TO START, TELL US ABOUT WANDERING OFFICERS AND HOW THEY BECAME SUCH A PROBLEM.

>> IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES IN CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

IT INVOLVES CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WHEN THEY HAVE A BAD APPLE, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, THEY HAVE A BIG INCENTIVE TO KEEP THE SITUATION INVOLVING THE BAD APPLE FROM THE PUBLIC EYE.

ANY POWERFUL POLICE UNION OFTEN FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO PROTECT THE OFFICERS DISCIPLINE AND FOR THEIR MISCONDUCT.

SO THE AGENCY TAKE THE PATH OF LEAST DISTANCE AND THEY LET THE OFFICER GO.

THEREBY, THEY AVOID PUBLIC SCRUTINY AND FIGHT WITH THE UNION.

HERE IS DAVID LOY OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION.

>> HISTORICALLY CALIFORNIA WAS ALMOST A COMPLETE BLACKHOLE OF POLICE TRANSPARENCY.

THE PUBLIC HAD VIRTUALLY NO INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONDUCT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> SO THESE BAD APPLE COPS WERE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND ARE FREE TO CONTINUE THEIR CAREER AND A NEW UNIFORM.

RESEARCH SHOWS THAT A BAD APPLE AT ONE AGENCY BECOMES A BAD APPLE AT ANOTHER AGENCY.

>> SO IT SEEMS THAT YOU HAVE ALLEGEDLY FOUND AN EXAMPLE OF THIS HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

TELL US ABOUT JONATHAN.

>> WELL, IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN SAN DIEGO ANNOUNCED THE CASE AGAINST HIM.

HE WAS A DETECTIVE WITH NAVY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.

AND CIS.

IT IS AN AGENCY STAFFED BY CIVILIANS.

THEY INVESTIGATE CRIMES AGAINST THE NAVY AND HE WAS CHARGED WITH TWO THINGS.

THE USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE.

HE USED A CHOKEHOLD ON A HANDCUFFED PRISONER WHO PASSED OUT FOR ABOUT 17 SECONDS AND LATER IN THE INTAKE PROCESS, WHEN THE PRESIDENT WAS HANDCUFFED TO A TABLE, HE WAS GRABBED BY HIS THROAT AND HIS HEAD BANGED AGAINST THE WALL.

HE IS ALSO CHARGED WITH FILING A FALSE STATEMENT WHICH I FOUND PECULIAR.

HE LIED ON HIS JOB APPLICATION TO GET IN TO NCIS.

>> SO FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SAY HE LIED TO THE NAVY, WHAT SPECIFICALLY DID HE LIE ABOUT?

>> WELL, HE TOLD THE NAVY ABOUT HIS HISTORY WITH ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

APPARENTLY NCIS NEVER CHECKED.

KPBS REQUESTED DOCUMENTS AND THEY PROVIDED DOCUMENTS IN THE TWO DIFFERENT INVESTIGATION SHOWING IN BOTH CASES IT WAS A USE OF IMPROPER FORCE.

AND HE TURNED OFF HIS CAMERA THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ON.

IN ONE CASE, LaROCHE DROPPED A HANDCUFFED PRISONER TO THE GROUND AT SAN DIEGO COUNTY JAIL AND THEN BOUNCED HIS FACE OFF THE CONCRETE.

LaROCHE HAD TURNED OFF HIS BODY ONE CAMERA FROM VIDEO INSIDE THE GEL SHUNNING -- THE JAIL SHOWING THE PRISONER SHOWED NO THREAT.

>> ANOTHER CASE INVOLVING LaROCHE WHOSE TREATMENT OF A FEMALE PRISONER, SHE WAS ALSO HANDCUFFED.

HE HELD HER DOWN BY THE NECK AFTER HE FLIPPED HER OVER HIS LEG.

>> WE HAVE VIDEO THAT SHOWING RIGHT NOW.

>> YES, LaROCHE CLAIMED THE PRISONER TRIED TO KICK HIM, BUT THE CAMERA IN THE JAIL INTAKE AREA, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE SHOW THAT ANY BEHAVIORS ON HER PART, NONE OF THEM WANTED THE KIND OF TREATMENT HE HAD GIVEN HER.

>> SO WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR HIM NOW?

>> WELL HE WAS SENTENCED IN NOVEMBER.

FOR HIS CRIMES, WHICH HE COPPED A PLEA TO.

FOR THE FALSE STATEMENTS HE MADE ABOUT HIS WORK, EMPLOYMENT HISTORY, A $250,000 FINE AND FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON.

AND FOR HIS TREATMENT OF THE FEDERAL PRISONER HE FACES ANOTHER HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FINE.

THE SENTENCING FOR LaROCHE WILL INCLUDE AN AGREEMENT THAT HE LEAVES NCIS AND NOT APPLY FOR ANY OTHER JOB IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> I KNOW YOU WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS WAY.

IMPRESSIVE AS USUAL.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MAYA.

>>> I WANT TO START YOU OFF WITH YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK.

OVERALL THINGS WILL STAY RELATIVELY COMFORTABLE ALONG THE COAST.

THE MARINE LAYER KEEPING THE TEMPERATURES RELATIVELY STEADY IF YOU MOVE CLOSER TO SHORE.

A DIFFERENT STORY FURTHER INLAND AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A MIDWEEK HEAT RISK AS THOSE TEMPERATURES SOAR AND IT'LL STILL BE A STEAMY WEEKEND ON TAP AS WE GO INTO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

TONIGHT WAS IN THE 70s AND AS WE MOVE FURTHER INLAND, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME STORY.

RAMONA DOWN TO 61 A MOUNT LAGUNA, 64.

THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE, IT IS LARGE AND IN CHARGE AND IT WILL BE MAKING A LOT OF THE SOUTHWEST WITH PLENTY OF DAILY RECORD HIGHS.

ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST.

HERE CLOSER TO THE COAST, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR INLAND VALLEYS AND ARE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING AND THE HEAT ADVISORY YOU SEE SHADED IN BOTH RED AND YELLOW, THAT WILL GO THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

ALTHOUGH THINGS WILL STILL BE A LITTLE HOT, EVEN AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

IT IS REALLY THIS MIDWEEK HEAT RISK.

ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE HEADING THROUGHOUT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER THAT WE WANTED TO BE WEATHER AWARE ABOUT.

MAKE SURE YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF IN THE HEAT.

WE HAVE THE WEATHER ICONS BUSTED OUT WITH THERMOMETERS.

TRIPLE DIGITS AND A SIMILAR STORY IN AREAS FURTHER INLAND.

RAMONA AT 104, SAN DIEGO AND OCEANSIDE IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND THE COOLER AIR.

HIGHS WILL BE RUNNING RIGHT AROUND THE UPPER 70s FLIRTING WITH 80.

THAT'LL BE THE CASE HERE ALONG THE COAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TO GO ALONG WITH IT.

TEMPERATURES WILL RISE AS WE GO TO THE END OF THE WEEKEND LEARNING WITH 90 AND FURTHER INLAND, TO QUESTION TRIPLE DIGITS AGAIN AS WE HEAD INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF AND THAT MEANS DRINKING PLENTY OF WATER AND STAYING HYDRATED.

OF COURSE TAKING PLENTY OF COOLING BREAKS.

FOR THE MOUNTAINS HIGHS WILL BE RUNNING IN THE UPPER 70s, SO IT'LL STILL BE QUITE WARM.

YOU WILL EVEN SEE SOME 80 BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND IT IS LOOKING LIKE.

IT'LL JUST BE STRAIGHT HOT HERE ACROSS THE DESERT.

FOR KPBS I AM METEOROLOGIST, BREE.

>>> THE MTV GENERATION OR THE SANDWICH GENERATION, NOW ACCORDING TO ONE REPORT THE ECONOMY STRUGGLING MIDDLE CHILD.

MICHAEL YOSHIDA HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: NEW DATA REPORTS SHOW GEN X COULD HAVE AN OVERSIZED IMPACT ON THE BROADER U.S. ECONOMY.

>> IS A BIG OF A SQUEEZE.

>> Reporter: MANY GEN XERS ARE FINDING THEMSELVES SANDWICH, CARING FOR THEM -- THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS.

AND THE FINANCIAL STRAIN IS STARTING TO SHOW.

ACCORDING TO BANK OF AMERICA INSTITUTE, SENIOR INSTITUTE DAVID TINSLEY.

INTERNAL DATA FROM THE BANK SHOWS AVERAGE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING WAS DOWN 2% YEAR-OVER- YEAR IN AUGUST.

FOR A PORTION OF THE BANKS GEN X CUSTOMERS.

>> THEY ACCOUNT FOR OVER A THIRD OF U.S. CONSUMER SPENDING.

SO THE GENERATION REALLY PUNCTURES ABOVE ITS WEIGHT IN TERMS OF ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE U.S. ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: BUT THE DATA REVEALED THE GENERATION IS SPENDING MORE ON AVERAGE ON HOUSING, UTILITIES AND INSURANCE.

FOCUSING MORE ON SAVING AS THEY NEAR RETIREMENT.

>> THE INVESTMENT SAVING THEY ARE DOING OUTSIDE OF RETIREMENT SAVINGS IS ABOUT 40% HIGHER THAN THE OTHER GENERATIONS.

>> Reporter: GENERATION X IS LIKELY TO INHERIT TRILLION DOLLAR FROM THEIR PARENTS.

>> IT MAKES THEM IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL TRAJECTORY OF THE ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: ECONOMISTS SAY THE GREAT WEALTH TRANSFER OR FUTURE INHERITANCE WILL EVENTUALLY BE A BIG BOOST FOR GEN X.

RIGHT NOW, CURRENT FINANCIAL PRESSURE IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO DAMPEN DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.

>>> HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

OFTEN CONSIDERED CUTE WHEN AN ANIMAL GOES VIRAL ONLINE.

BUT THERE ARE REAL-LIFE IMPLICATIONS TO AN ANIMAL BECOMING TOO POPULAR.

AND KPBS MID-DAY EDITION HAS AN UPDATE ON EFFORTS TO CREATE MORE EV CHARGING STATIONS AS WELL AS THE FUTURE OF HYDROGEN CARS.

SO, GET READY NOW FOR SOME OVER- THE-TOP CUTENESS.

FOUR ADORABLE MEERKAT PUPS HAVE ENTERED THE WORLD.

THE FIRST LITTER AT THE ZOO IN YEARS.

THE MOM IS REPORTEDLY DOING WELL AND ENSURING THEY ARE SAFE.

INTERESTING FACT ABOUT MEERKATS , THEY ARE KNOWN TO KILL AND EAT VENOMOUS SNAKES AND SCORPIONS WITHOUT BEING HURT BECAUSE THEY HAVE IMMUNITY TO THE VENOM.

IF YOU ARE WATCHING ON YOUR SCREEN AND THAT IS NOT ENOUGH, YOU CAN VISIT THEM TODAY AND THEIR HABITAT AT THE ZOO.

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

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US , I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.