>>> THERE IS NOT MUCH DONE ON MAINLAND HOSPITALS THAT CANNOT BE DONE ON THE SHIP.

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WE ARE LACKING AN MRI, BECAUSE IT IS A GIANT MAGNET AND THIS IS A BIG SILL BOX.

>> Reporter: WHILE DEPLOYED FOR PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP THE STAFF HAS PERFORMED FOR 50 SURGERIES.

IT IS NOT FEINBERG'S FIRST TIME PARTICIPATING.

>> LAST TIME WE TOOK CARE OF OVER 50,000 PATIENTS.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN THE DIRECT CARE MERCY PROVIDES, IT IS THE TRAINING THEY DO WITH LOCAL HEALTHCARE WORKERS THAT IS THE POINT OF THEIR MISSION.

>> WHAT WE DO IS BUILD THESE PARTNERSHIPS IN THESE COMMUNICATIONS IN TIMES OF CALL.

IF THERE WAS A CRISIS OR ANY OTHER CRISIS WE ARE READY TO RESPOND.

>> Reporter: THE MERCY HAS 12 OPERATING ROOMS, 80 ICU BEST, 1000 INPATIENT BEDS.

IT IS A HYBRID OF MARINES AND HEALTHCARE STAFF.

THEY EXPECT TO BE DEPLOYED TO THE HOLIDAYS.

>>> UTILITY REGULATORS HAVE PUT OFF A DECISION ON NEW SOLAR RULES FOR CALIFORNIA'S APARTMENTS, SCHOOLS, AND FORMS.

THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION IS WAITING UNTIL NOVEMBER 2nd RULE.

IT IS THE SECOND TIME REGULATORS HAVE DELAYED CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED RULES.

THE NEW RULES WOULD NOT ALLOW MOST MULTI-METERED COMPLEXES TO USE THE ENERGY THEY GENERATE.

INSTEAD THE RULES REQUIRE ROOFTOP GENERATED ELECTRICITY TO BE SOLD TO THE UTILITY AT WHOLESALE PRICES AND BOUGHT BACK AT RETAIL PRICES.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BROKE GROUND ON ITS LATEST INVESTMENT THAT WILL BRING STATE-OF-THE-ART CLASSROOMS TO PACIFIC BEACH ELEMENTARY.

MG PEREZ TELLS OF HOW THE RENOVATION WILL BENEFIT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> Reporter: STUDENTS IN SYDNEY ARTHUR'S UNIVERSITY PRE-K CLASS HAVE A WINDOW ON THE WORLD THAT IS BEING BUILT JUST NEXT-DOOR.

THESE YOUNG LEARNERS ARE BUSY OBSERVING THE CONSTRUCTION WORK EVERYDAY WHILE DOING CLASSWORK OF THEIR OWN.

BY LATE NEXT YEAR THESE PREKINDERGARTEN STUDENTS COULD BE LEARNING IN A MONITORED NEW KINDERGARTEN.

THE ARTIST RENDERING SHOW THE PLANS FOR STATE-OF-THE-ART CLASSROOMS, COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACES, AND UPGRADED FACILITIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE CAMPUS.

TEACHERS ARE PREPARING THEM FOR ALL OF IT.

>> SOMETIMES THEY KNOW THEIR LETTERS AND THINGS.

BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW THEY NEED TO LEARN HOW TO SHARE AND TALK TO EACH OTHER.

THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE EACH OTHER AND HAVE TO KNOW WHY WE SHARE TROYES.

>> Reporter: THIS MORNING THERE WAS A CELEBRATION.

THE $21.7 MILLION PROJECT NOW UNDERWAY.

SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES ARE YOU DOING VOTER APPROVED BOND MONEY TO PAY FOR THE PACIFIC BEACH ELEMENTARY PROJECT.

THEY WILL TEAR DOWN 60-YEAR-OLD BUILDINGS AND GET RID OF THE TEMPORARY ONES AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS BUNGALOWS.

>> WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN BUNGALOWS.

BUNGALOWS IS A REALITY.

NOW WITH THIS BOND MONEY WE ARE ABLE TO GET HIGH-QUALITY FACILITIES.

>> Reporter: THE SCHOOL PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR SIX GENERATIONS.

THE RENOVATION IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST EDUCATION AND SPACE.

IT IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE 1.8 ACRE FIELD WILL BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE A NEW TRACK FOR AREA RESIDENTS TO USE AFTER SCHOOL AND ON WEEKENDS.

SAN DIEGO UNIFIED HAS DESIGNATED 350 ACRES OF JOINT USED PARK SPACE CONNECTED TO SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

THIS FIELD WILL ALSO INCLUDE BASKETBALL COURTS AND A NEW PLAYGROUND AS PART OF A DISTRICTWIDE MASTER PLAN.

>> IN AREAS THAT ARE PARK DEFICIENT IN A SAN DIEGO CONTINUES TO GROW, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAXIMIZE OUR USE OF EXISTING SPACE.

>> Reporter: IF DISTRICT OFFICIALS NEED ANY SUGGESTIONS THE PRE-K STUDENTS HAVE SOME.

>> BARS.

>> A VERY SWIRLY SLIDE.

>> Reporter: SOME KEEN OBSERVATIONS FROM EXPERTS WHO SHOULD KNOW.

>>> A GROWING NUMBER OF AMERICAN RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO COLLEGE IN TIJUANA.

CHEAPER TUITION IS JUST ONE OF THE PERKS.

>> Reporter: MELISSA PEREZ LIVES IN NATIONAL CITY.

EVERY MORNING SHE HAS TO TAKE THE TROLLEY, WALK ACROSS THE BORDER, AND GET A RIDE FROM A FRIEND TO CAMPUS.

IT IS AN HOUR AND A HALF COMMUTE.

BUT WHEN SHE SEES HER FRIENDS SHE SAYS IT IS TOTALLY WORTH IT.

>> I WILL BE IN A BAD MOOD BUT I WILL GET HERE AND MY MOOD INSTANTLY GOES UP.

>> Reporter: SHE IS ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 350 STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE U.S.

BUT ARE ENROLLED IN A PRIVATE MEXICAN UNIVERSITY.

THEY HAVE CAMPUSES IN TIJUANA.

CLASSES ARE TAUGHT IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH.

PEREZ LOVES THE SMALL CLASSES.

>> THE CLASS IS A REALLY BIG.

THERE ARE LIKE 40 STUDENTS AND ONE TEACHER IN THE U.S.

THEY CAN'T PAY THAT MUCH ATTENTION.

OVER HERE IT IS LIKE 20 STUDENTS TO ONE TEACHER.

>> Reporter: FERNANDO GARCIA IS -- PRESIDENT.

HE SAID IT IS COMMON FOR PEOPLE OVER THE BORDER TO SPLIT THEIR TIME BETWEEN BOTH COUNTRIES.

>> WE KNOW HERE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE IN THE TIJUANA AREA, IT GOES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

EDUCATION IS NOT AN EXCEPTION.

>> Reporter: SEVERAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO A HIGH NUMBER OF AMERICAN RESIDENT STUDENTS.

THEY HAVE A MODERN CAMPUS.

IT HAS AN AMERICAN-STYLE GYM AND FOOTBALL STADIUM.

TUITION IS 5000 PER SEMESTER, SLIGHTLY CHEAPER THAN IN-STATE TUITION AT UC SAN DIEGO.

BUT A LITTLE MORE THAN SDSU.

THEY ALSO HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF ACCREDITATION GIVEN TO ALL UNIVERSITIES IN CALIFORNIA.

-- SPECIALIZES IN BUSINESS AND ENGINEERING.

THE UNIVERSITY ALSO HAS PARTNERSHIPS WITH MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES IN TIJUANA WHERE STUDENTS CAN WORK AND EARN SCHOOL CREDIT.

>> A FEW BLOCKS FROM HERE IS -- THE LARGEST PROVIDER OR SUBCONTRACTOR.

>> Reporter: IN THE WORLD OF INTERNATIONAL HIGHER ED THIS IS AN OUTLIER.

>> THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IS WHAT WE TRADITIONALLY WOULD THINK ABOUT.

>> Reporter: THE ACADEMIC DIRECTOR FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION AT BOSTON COLLEGE.

>> WE KNOW MOST FREQUENT DESTINATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ARE THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, AND WE THINK ABOUT THIS IS -- >> Reporter: THEY ARE BUCKING THE TREND AND SPEAKING TO AN INCREASE IN STUDENT MOBILITY.

-- ENROLLED AFTER GRADUATING FROM SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE.

HE WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO WORK IN MEXICO OR THE U.S.

MOST PEOPLE EXPECT HIM TO GO BACK TO SAN DIEGO BUT HE PLANS TO STAY IN TIJUANA.

>> IS A MEXICAN IT IS IMPORTANT TO SUCCEED IN MEXICO.

TO BE AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE IN ORDER TO GET AHEAD OF THEMSELVES.

>> Reporter: EVEN STUDENTS WHO PLAN TO RETURN TO SAN DIEGO SEE VALUE IN THEIR MEXICAN EDUCATION.

>> I HAVE NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS.

>> Reporter: -- HAS RECONNECTED WITH HER MEXICAN HERITAGE AND MADE LOTS OF NEW FRIENDS.

SOMETHING SHE CREDITS TO MEXICAN STUDENTS BEING A BIT MORE OUTGOING THAN THE ONE SHE IS USED WITH THE U.S. >> AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE KIND OF MEAN.

THEY KEEP TO THEMSELVES.

IT'S NOT THE SAME ATMOSPHERE.

OVER HERE YOU LITERALLY DON'T KNOW ANYBODY.

BUT YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY GOING TO MAKE FRIENDS.

>>> FORMER BASEBALL STAR STEVE GARVEY HAS ENTERED THE RACE FOR THE LATE DIANE FEINSTEIN'S U.S. SENATE SEAT.

THE 74-YEAR-OLD REPUBLICAN HOPEFUL PLATE 14 SEASON WITH THE L.A. DODGERS AT FIVE MORE WITH THE PADRES.

HE SAYS IT IS TIME TO GET BACK IN THE GAME.

HE SAID HIS FOCUS WILL BE A PUBLIC SAFETY, EDUCATION, AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE ISSUES.

HE WOULD BE THE FIRST REPUBLICAN ELECTED TO THE CHAMBER SINCE 1988 IF HE WINS.

>>> AFTER MORE THAN THREE YEARS THE WATER DIVORCE SAGA BETWEEN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY AND TO NORTH COUNTY AGENCIES COULD BE OVER SOON.

ALEXANDER WYNNE EXPLAINS.

>> Reporter: IN JULY THE LOCAL AGENCY COMMISSION APPROVED THE DIVORCE.

DETACHMENT IS A TWO- STEP PROCESS.

VOTERS IN -- WILL HAVE THEIR SAY IN NOVEMBER SPECIAL ELECTION.

LIKE YOU DID DIVORCE THE PROBLEM STARTED BREWING YEARS AGO.

THE WATER AUTHORITY STARTED MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO WATER RELIABILITY ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO.

THESE TWO AGENCIES NOW JUST WANT TO SKIP OUT AND LEAVE THE REST OF US FOOTING THE BILL.

LIKE ANY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THERE WERE COSTS.

THE PROJECTS RAISED WATER RATES FOR EVERYONE.

>> WE INVESTED MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SO WHEN WE HAD THE DROUGHT THE JUST FINISHED, WE WERE NOT AFFECTED HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF WATER.

>> Reporter: FOR RESIDENTS AND FARMERS THE COST WAS TOO MUCH AND THEY SAY THEY WERE NOT BENEFITING FROM THE PROJECTS.

NICK IS A FARMER.

>> I'M HOPING THIS WILL OPEN UP AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FARMERS TO GET THEIR WATER RATES.

GET THE RELIEF WE NEED.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO -- THE RESIDENTS COULD SEVEN ESTIMATED $7.7 MILLION A YEAR BY LEAVING.

IF RESIDENTS VOTE YES TO LEAVE THEY WILL STILL NEED TO PAY AN EXIT FEE OF ROUGHLY $25 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

>>> FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE SPECIAL ELECTION YOU COULD CHECK OUT OUR VOTER HUB ON KPBS.ORG.

YOU CAN FIND OUR VOTER GUIDE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

>>> A COLD BEER MIGHT SOUND GOOD ON A HOT DAY.

BUT COULD ARISE IN GLOBAL TEMPERATURES CHANGE THE WAY WE TASTE?

THE HOBBS HARVEST IS THREATENED BY GLOBAL WARMING.

HOPS HAS BEEN RIPENING EARLIER AND PRODUCING LESS SINCE 1994.

SO FOR THE IPA LOVERS OF THE WORLD, THAT MEANS THEY ARE STARTING TO LOSE THEIR CRITICAL BITTER COMPONENT.

THE HEAT COULD LEAVE BREWERS TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT FLAVOR PROFILES.

>>> THE MARINE LAYER CONTINUES TO PLAY A ROLE IN OUR WEATHER.

WE WILL HAVE MORE CLOUDS AND THAT WILL KEEP A LITTLE BIT OF A LID ON SOME OF THE WARMTH.

AWAY FROM THE COAST INTO SOME OF THE FOUR ENTER AREAS, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME WIND.

NOT ONLY THIS EVENING BUT RIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

LATER ON WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE EXTENDED WITH PERHAPS WARMTH RETURNING LATER ON THIS WEEKEND.

WIND ADVISORIES UP THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALL THE WAY STRETCHING FROM BIG BEAR LAKE DOWN TO BORREGO SPRINGS.

THIS IS WHERE THE WIND COULD MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOING TRAVELING HERE KEEP THAT IN MIND OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

OTHERWISE IT IS A RELATIVELY QUIET NIGHT HERE IN METRO.

MID-60s UNDER A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY.

THE CLOUDS WILL BE THICKENING AND YOU CAN SEE THE MARINE LAYER SLOW TO A ROAD.

YOU CAN SEE THAT STRIPE OF CLOUDINESS.

BUT AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THURSDAY, WILL START TO SEE THE WIND BLOWING A LITTLE BIT MORE OFFSHORE.

I TIPPED HER WISE TOPPING OFF INTO THE 90s.

A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS TWO DAYS IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

74 IN OCEANSIDE.

THERE WAS THAT SLIGHTLY WARMER HERE COMING INTO PLAY AS WE GO INTO THE WEEKEND TOWARD THE COAST.

PERHAPS MORE PRONOUNCED INTO THE INTERIOR VALLEYS.

THERE ARE STILL CLOUDS LINGERING AS WE WORK OUR WAY TO WEDNESDAY.

OF COURSE THE WIND INTO THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, ESPECIALLY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

BUT BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND WE WILL START TO NUMB THE TEMPERATURES ON THE CLIMB.

ALSO A SLIGHT INCREASE AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR PRESIDENT BIDEN PLEDGES TO PROVIDE ISRAEL SUPPORT TO DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST HAMAS.

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

>>> MORE THAN TWO 80,000 TRIPS WERE MADE ON BUSES AND TROLLEYS ON FREE RIDE DATE.

THE SAN DIEGO METRO SYSTEM SAID THAT IS THE HIGHEST RIDERSHIP SINCE 2020.

THEY ENCOURAGE USING PUBLIC TRANSIT TO REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND AS A WAY TO SAVE ON GAS MONEY.

>>> A COYOTE IS BACK IN THE WILD AFTER RECOVERING FROM A BROKEN LEG.

THE PUP WAS ADMITTED TO THE VERMONT WILDLIFE CENTER BACK IN MAY WITH A BROKEN TIBIA ON HIS RIGHT BACK LEG.

ONCE THE COYOTE WAS HEALTHY ENOUGH IT WAS MOVED TO AN OUTDOOR ENCLOSURE.

HE WAS THEN RELEASED LATE YESTERDAY IN THE MOUNTAINS.

>>> TODAY IS WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY.

THE SAN MARCO'S UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANNOUNCE A NEW APPROACH TO ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS FOR THE STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: LET'S FACE IT TOGETHER.

THAT IS THE NAME OF THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM ALL OF SAN MARCO STUDENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO.

>> I COULD NOT BE HERE STANDING HERE WITHOUT YOU GUYS.

JUST TO KNOW YOU GUYS GENUINELY CARE REALLY MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.

I DO HOPE THAT THE PROGRAM HAS MILLIONS OF IMPACTS OUT THERE FOR OTHER STUDENTS WHO ALSO NEED TO HEAR THEIR STORY.

AND ALSO TO FACE ALL THESE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS.

>> Reporter: IRENE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN A BAD MENTAL STATE.

>> I WAS WORRIED ABOUT BEING NEGLECTED AND REJECTED.

NOT BEING ABLE TO FIT IN LIKE THE REST OF THE STUDENTS.

BUT THEN ONE DAY SOMETHING CHANGED.

WHAT THAT WAS WAS THE AMAZING MISSION HILLS GRIZZLIES ON OUR CAMPUS.

AND THE LESS BASIC PROGRAM.

>> Reporter: SHE GOES ON THE NAME THE ADULTS AND COUNSELORS WHO HELPED PULL HER OUT OF A DARK SPOT.

ALL A PART OF THE LET'S FACE IT TOGETHER PROGRAM.

>> WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD FOLKS ON CAMPUS AT CARE.

BUT THIS REALLY WILL DRAW ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS.

EVERYBODY HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC.

NOBODY WAS UNSCATHED.

>> Reporter: THE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES.

>> THERE IS NOBODY WHO CAN SAY THEY DID NOT HAVE SOME IMPACT AFTER BEING HOME.

THIS WAS A WAY TO KIND OF DO THAT IN A POSITIVE WAY.

THERE IS NO SHAME OF IT.

WE ARE HERE FOR YOU.

>> Reporter: COLORFUL POSTERS AND SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO REACH OUT IF THEY NEED MENTAL HEALTH HELP.

STUDENTS CAN ACCESS HELP BY TEXTING A NUMBER THAT WILL RESPOND WITH CONFIDENTIAL RESOURCES.

THERE WAS ALSO A WELLNESS TEAM THAT ADDRESSES MORE SEVERE CASES AND GOES ON TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS IN THE STUDENTS HOME.

THE 2 MILLION GRANT FROM THE CITY OF SAN MARCO'S HELPED ROLL OUT THE PLAN.

THEY SAY IT'S SOMETHING THEY PLAN ON KEEPING IN FUNDING BECAUSE THE INVESTMENT IS SAVING STUDENTS LIVES.

>> WE HAVE SAVED LIVES AND WE CAN SAY THAT CONFIDENTLY.

IT IS ALMOST ON A WEEKLY BASIS WE ARE HAVING INCIDENTS WHERE STUDENTS WOULD NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT PREVIOUSLY BUT THEY ARE GETTING IT.

>> Reporter: THEY CAN TEXT 741741 IF THEY ARE A FRIEND ARE LOOKING FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT WAS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW.

MAUI IS REOPENING ITS DOORS TWO MONTHS AFTER WILDFIRES TORE THROUGH THE ISLAND.

THE MORNING EDITION HAS MORE ON THE RECOVERY AND WHAT LOCALS ARE SAYING ABOUT TAURUS RETURNING.

>>> INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY IS GOING ON THIS WEEK.

WE ARE EXPLORING INDIGENOUS REGIONS ALL ACROSS OUR AREA.

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.