>>> 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 REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILL HOWE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY.

AND BY -- AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> TONIGHT, WE ARE GETTING A BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THE CROSS- BORDER POLLUTION PROBLEM.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

THIS RIVER IS ONE OF THEM MOST ENDANGERED RIVERS IN AMERICA BECAUSE OF POLLUTION ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN RIVERS 2024 REPORT.

OUR KPBS REPORTER BRINGS US A NEW PERSPECTIVE OF THE AREA THAT CASES COMPLEX ISSUES.

>> Reporter: FROM THE GROUND, THIS IS THE STATE OF THE RIVER VALLEY.

THEY GAVE NONPROFIT LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES A FEW OF THIS AREA.

>> YOU GET AN IDEA OF THE BASES, THE CANON, THE HILLS, THE MOUNTAINS.

AND WHERE WATER FLOWS.

SO YOU SEE HOW ALL OF THESE CANYONS ARE BEING CUT AND MOLDED BY WATER.

>> Reporter: RAMON IS WITH A NON-PROFIT AND HE HOPES THE GROUP INTO A NEW PERSPECTIVE OF THE PROBLEMS FACING THE WATERSHED.

>> HOW IS IT THAT WE CHANGE OUR WAY OF LIFE?

HOW IS IT WE CAN IMPACT WHAT WE ARE DOING ON THE GROUND IN A WAY THAT VALUES OUR RIVER MORE?

>> Reporter: WHALEN MATTSON SAYS SEEING TIJUANA FROM A BIRDS EYE VIEW SHORTENS THE SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT.

>> THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTEXTUALIZE THE GROWTH RATES, AND THE PRESSURES THAT WE ARE PUTTING ON ONE OF THE MOST BIO DIVERSE, BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN THE WORLD, AND HOW WE ARE ALL CULPABLE AND HOW WE ARE ALL TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO GET THE WORD OUT.

AND FIND PATHWAYS FORWARD.

>> Reporter: MARGARITA DIAZ IS WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFIT IN TIJUANA.

SHE SAYS MANY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN TIJUANA DO NOT HAVE PROPER SEWAGE MANAGEMENT.

>> THEY HAVE RUNNING WATER BUT THEY DON'T HAVE SEWAGE.

HEARING -- HERE IN TIJUANA, IT'S DIFFERENT LEVELS.

THE WATER IS THE SAME, BUT ALCOHOL, ET CETERA.

>> Reporter: DIAZ SAYS THAT SHE TRIES TO BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT A SOLUTION.

THE ONE SHE DESCRIBES IS A 30- YEAR-OLD PROBLEM.

>> WE HAVE NOT SEEN THINGS THAT STAY THE SAME WAY FOR 30 YEARS.

>> Reporter: MELISSA >>, KPBS NEWS.

>> LOCAL HOSPITALS ARE REPORTING THAT BORDER WALL FALLS ARE UP NEARLY 60% IN THE LAST YEAR.

ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE AREA.

THEY ARE ON THE ONLY HOSPITAL TREATING THESE TYPES OF INJURIES.

THERE WERE 629 PATIENTS THAT FELL FROM THE BORDER WALL LAST YEAR.

THEY HAVE SEEN NEARLY 1000 ALREADY THIS YEAR.

THEY SAY THEY ARE ALSO SEEN GREATER SEVERITY OF THE INJURIES.

>> THERE IS A LIMITED NUMBER OF RESOURCES.

NOT JUST THE FINANCES BUT IN TERMS OF HOW MANY PATIENTS CANNED ME AND MY TEAM TAKE CARE OF?

HOW MANY BEDS EXIST IN THE SYSTEM?

SO YOU OVERWHELM THOSE RESOURCES.

IT DIMINISHES THE LEVEL OF CARE THAT CAN BE PROVIDED AS A WHOLE.

>> HEALTH RESEARCH SHOWS THE COST OF CARE COSTS TAXPAYERS ABOUT $163,000 BEFORE THE BORDER WALL GROUP.

IT JUMPED TO $433,000 AFTERWARDS.

>>> GRIEF, OUTRAGE, DISBELIEF FOR THE FAMILIES OF WORKERS KILLED IN A FAIRY COLLAPSE OVER THE WEEKEND.

LAURA GARY BRINGS US MORE AS HE AND HIS CLIENTS ARE DEMANDING JUSTICE AND ANSWERS.

>> Reporter: ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP REPRESENTS A NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND THOSE KILLED SATURDAY IN GEORGIA.

THE VICTIMS WERE AMONG HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE BOARDING FAIRIES TO COME HOME.

ON TUESDAY, SOME TEARFULLY RECALLED THE MOMENT THAT A METAL GATEWAY COLLAPSED.

REGINA AND HER UNCLE WERE AMONG ABOUT 20 PEOPLE WHO WERE PLUNGED INTO THE WATER.

SHE SAID HE PANICKED AND WAS PULLING HER UNDER.

>> KILLED THEM OVER MY SHIRT, AND I PULLED HIM BACK UP TO THE TOP.

AND I SAW HIS FACE.

I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, WHAT DID I DO?

>> Reporter: HER UNCLE AND SIX OTHERS DIED BETWEEN THE AGE OF 73 AND 93.

AS THE LOCAL INVESTIGATION GOES ON, SOME WITNESSES SAY THAT OVERCROWDING COULD BE TO BLAME.

>> THEY TOLD EVERYBODY TO GO AND THAT WAS TOO MANY PEOPLE.

WE WERE AIR BOAT TO AIRBOAT PUSHING.

>> IN A STATEMENT, GEORGIA'S DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL RESOURCES AS THE GATEWAY WAS INSPECTED LAST NOVEMBER AND NOTHING WAS FOUND.

>> I'M SURE IT HAS SOME TYPE OF LIMIT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

>> FINDING THAT OUT IS ONE OF MANY ANSWERS THAT CRUMP AND CLIENTS WILL PURSUE.

>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SAPELO SEVEN ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, NOT SWEPT UNDER THE RUG.

>> Reporter: LAURA AGUIRRE FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 50s.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A FEW LOW CLOUDS.

THOSE LOW CLOUDS ARE GOING TO EXPAND AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATER HALF OF THE WEEK.

MEANWHILE, TEMPERATURES ARE STILL RISING HERE ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS.

WE WILL TELL YOU HOW WARM WE WILL GET TO THIS WEEK.

WE DO START TO SEE A SLIP -- A SLIGHT DIP WHEN IT COMES TO THIS.

>>> THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE WORKING TO APPEAL TO UNDECIDED VOTERS, BUT POLLING SHOWS THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS HAVE ALREADY DECIDED WHO THEY WILL VOTE FOR.

WITH EARLY VOTING UNDERWAY, MILLIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE ALREADY CAST THEIR BALLOTS.

JULIA BENBROOK REPORTS.

>> Reporter: WITH TWO WEEKS TILL ELECTION DAY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TAILOR THEIR APPEARANCES AND MESSAGING TO A SHRINKING GROUP OF VOTERS.

>> WE STAND AT THE VERGE OF THE FOUR GREATEST YEARS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.

>> I BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THERE IS MORE THAT WE HAVE IN COMMON THAN WHAT SEPARATES US.

>> Reporter: EARLY VOTING IS UNDERWAY IN MOST STATES.

ON TUESDAY MORNING, 16 MILLION BALLOTS HAD ALREADY BEEN CAST.

>> EVERYONE REALIZES THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTIONS WE WILL HAVE IN YEARS.

WE'VE GOT TO GET IT DONE.

>> I WAS NOT REALLY THINKING ABOUT VOTING EARLY EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT MY DAUGHTER IS BACK FROM COLLEGE FOR FALL BREAK, SO I JUST FIGURED I WOULD GO WITH HER.

>> Reporter: WHILE DEMOCRATS HAD A WIDE ADVANTAGE OVER DEMOCRATS -- REPUBLICANS YEARS AGO, THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT THE GAP MIGHT NOT BE SO WIDE THIS YEAR.

THE TERM CAMPAIGN IS MAKING A LAST-MINUTE PUSH TO ADVOCATE FOR EARLY AND MAIL-IN VOTING, DESPITE YEARS OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT FALSELY PAINTING THESE METHODS AS DANGEROUS AND FRAUDULENT.

>> HE NEEDS THOSE VOTES AND WANTS TO GET PEOPLE OUT.

SOME PEOPLE JUST CAN'T GET OUT ON ONE PARTICULAR DAY.

>> Reporter: POLLS CONTINUE TO SHOW THERE IS NO CLEAR LEADER IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.

REPORTING IN WASHINGTON, I'M JULIA BENBROOK.

>>> OF THE SIGNS AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE NOT ENOUGH TO REMIND YOU, IT IS AN ELECTION YEAR.

IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE, VOTERS MUST BE REGISTERED.

THE DEADLINE HAS PASSED.

IF YOU MISSED IT, TANIA THORNE HAS INFORMATION ON WHAT TO DO.

>> ELECTION DAY IS QUICKLY APPROACHING AND VOTERS HAVE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO MAKE THEIR SELECTIONS.

BUT ALL VOTERS NEED TO BE REGISTERED.

THAT DEADLINE HAS NOW PASSED.

SEAN WITH THE SAN DIEGO REGISTRAR OF VOTERS EXPLAINS WHAT TO DO.

>> IF YOU MISSED THE VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE, IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

STOP BY THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE DAILY FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M., OR YOU CAN STOP BY ANYONE OF THE VOTING CENTERS AND REGISTER CONDITIONALLY AND VOTE A PROVISIONAL BALLOT.

IT'S NOT TOO LATE IF YOU MISSED THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE.

>> Reporter: THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE IS IN KEARNY MESA.

FIND AN OFFICE CLOSE TO HOME ON SDVOTE.COM.

THEY SAY THE SOONER IS BETTER TO AVOID DELAYS.

>> IF YOU WAIT TO VOTE IN PERSON, EXPECT A LONG LINE.

THAT'S WHY SAN DIEGO COUNTY, WOULD YOU HAVE 11 DAYS OF VOTING FOR PEOPLE TO CAST THEIR BALLOT EARLY.

>> Reporter: BRAHMS IS EARLY VOTES MAKE THE FIRST ROUND OF UNOFFICIAL RESULTS ON ELECTION NIGHT.

DELAYED REGISTRATION AND BALLOT DROP-OFF COULD CAUSE A DELAY IN RESULTS.

>> IF YOU PUT YOUR BALLOT IN THE MAIL, AND CAN BE PROCESSED SOONER AND BE PART OF THE FIRST RESULTS RELEASED ON ELECTION NIGHT FOLLOWING THE CLOSE OF THE VOTES CENTERS AT 8:00 P.M. >> REPORTER:'S IS MORE VOTING CENTERS WILL OPEN AS ELECTION DAY APPROACHES.

GIVING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR QUESTIONS, LATE REGISTRATION AND DROP OFFS.

IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE REGISTERED BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A BALLOT, YOU CAN CHECK THE REGISTRATION STATUS ONLINE OR BY CALLING THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>> FOR MORE RESOURCES AND INFORMATION ON THE LOCAL MEASURES ON YOUR BALLOT, YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE KPBS VOTER HUB AT KPBS.ORG.

>>> I'M JEFF BENNETT.

TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, KAMALA HARRIS AND DONALD TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO REACH OUT TO LATINO VOTERS.

THAT'S AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> SAFETY CONCERNS ARE PROMPTING THE CITY OF ENCINITAS TO RELOCATE FIREFIGHTERS FROM THE CITY'S OLDEST FIRE STATION.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER ALEX LOOKS INTO WHAT THAT MEANS FOR NEARBY RESIDENTS .

>> Reporter: ENCINITAS FIRE STATION 1 IS OLD, EVEN OLDER THAN THE CITY ITSELF.

>> IT WAS A COUNTY FIREFIGHTING FACILITY.

IT HAS BEEN IN USE EVER SINCE.

>> THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT IN THE 1950s WITH UNREINFORCED MASONRY WHICH MEANS IT IS PRONE TO COLLAPSE IN AN EARTHQUAKE.

AND THE RECENT SWARMS OF EARTHQUAKES RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE BUILDING.

>> THE CONVERSATION GOT STARTED ABOUT THE WAY THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED, AND WE HAD A BUILDING INSPECTOR COME DO A REPORT, AND IT BECAME TIME TO TAKE ACTION.

>> THE BUILDING WAS DEEMED UNSAFE WITH STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCIES.

SO EARLIER THIS MONTH, STATION 1 MARK FIREFIGHTERS WERE MOVED TO STATION 3 A MILE AND A HALF AWAY.

>> THERE IS A RESPONSE TIME EFFECTIVELY.

>> Reporter: JOSH IS THE ENCINITAS FIRE CHIEF.

HE SAYS IT'S THE BUSIEST STATION AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO REDUCE RESPONSE TIME IS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

EVEN WITH THE MOVE, THE RESPONSE TIME IS OF HIS -- WITHIN THE STANDARD TIME.

THE TYPICAL RESPONSE TIME IS WITHIN SIX MINUTES.

>> WE ARE STILL GETTING EMERGENCIES WITHIN THAT RESPONSE TIME THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE LONGER.

>> THE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING INTO HOW THE MOVE AFFECTS RESPONSE TIME IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

AS FOR WHAT TO DO WITH THE BUILDING.

A NUMBER OF ALTERNATIVES ARE BEING PRESENTED AT NEXT MONTH'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, INCLUDING TEARING IT DOWN FOR A NEW BUILDING.

ALEXANDER WEHN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> DESPITE UNCERTAINTY IN THE OIL MARKETS, MOST U.S.

DRIVERS ARE SAYING RELIEF AT THE GAS PUMPS RIGHT NOW.

WHAT IS PUSHING PRICES LOWER?

HERE'S THE DETAILS FROM WASHINGTON.

>> Reporter: GAS PRICES HAVE TICKED LOWER IN MOST PLACES IN RECENT WEEKS.

EVEN IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY.

>> YOU SHOULD SEE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN GAS PRICES GOING FORWARD IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.

IN A PERIOD OF RELATIVELY STABLE GAS PRICES, AS THINGS PROJECT INTO THE SPRINGTIME.

>> Reporter: AAA'S PRICE TRACKER SAYS AS OF TUESDAY, THE NATIONWIDE AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR GASOLINE IS $3.16, DOWN FOUR CENTS FROM A MONTH AGO.

GAS BUDDY SAID IT'S ALL THE MEDIAN GAS PRICES SLIP BELOW THE THREE DOLLAR MARK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2024.

THE SENIOR DIRECTOR AT AUTO OUT OF PLAY.COM SAYS IT'S THE SEASON FOR DECREASES.

PARTS OF SOME COUNTRIES WHICH PUMPS OVER TO A WINTER BLEND THAT MAKES IT EASIER TO START A CAR IN COLD WEATHER.

>> YOU ARE USING LESS CRUDE OIL IN THE FINDING PROCESS.

THE GASOLINE PRICE ITSELF IS ACTUALLY LESS SENSITIVE TO THE CRUDE OIL.

>> PETERSON SAYS U.S.

GASOLINE PRICES HAVE BECOME LESS DEPENDENT UPON SWINGS IN THE GLOBAL OIL MARKET IN RECENT YEARS.

RESERVES HAVE BEEN STABLE.

CRUDE OIL PRICES ARE CLOSE TO $70 PER BARREL RECENTLY HAVE ALSO HELPED KEEP THOSE PRICES AT THE PUMP IN CHECK.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M KAREN K5.

>>> LOCAL GAS PRICES HAVE DROPPED FOR THE SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE DAY.

THE AVERAGE PRICE IN SAN DIEGO DROPPED FROM 6/10 OF A CENT TO $4.16.

ACCORDING TO AAA, THAT'S A 4% DROP OVER THE COURSE OF SEVEN DAYS.

THE AVERAGE PRICE IS NOW TWO CENTS LESS THAN IT WAS A MONTH AGO.

ALMOST $.97 LOWER THAN A YEAR AGO.

>>> TEEN DRIVER SAFETY WEEK.

MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES ARE A LEADING CAUSE OF DRY -- DEATH FOR TEENS AGES 16 TO 18.

MORE TIPS ON HOW PARENTS CAN HELP KEEP TEEN DRIVERS SAFE.

>> ON THE ROAD, THERE CAN BE A LOT OF DISTRACTION.

THAT CAN BE DANGEROUS, EVEN DEADLY.

IN 2022, MORE THAN 2500 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN CRASHES INVOLVING YOUNG DRIVERS AGED 15 TO 18.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF OPTIONS FOR PARENTS WHO WANT TO KEEP THEIR TEEN DRIVERS SAFE.

>> Reporter: THIS DR. WITH CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE OF ATLANTA AS IS TEACHING 18 TO DRIVE SAFELY STARTS BEFORE THEY ARE EVEN OLD ENOUGH TO GET A LICENSE.

SHE SAYS PARENTS NEED TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THEIR CHILD.

>> DO NOT TEXT AND DRIVE.

ALWAYS BUCKLE YOUR SEATBELT.

MAKE SURE WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING, YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ROAD AND NOT PARTICIPATING IN RISKY ACTIVITIES LIKE SPEEDING OR TAILGATING.

>> ONCE THEY ARE OLD ENOUGH TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL, SHE SAYS TEENS SHOULD PRACTICE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH PARENTS NEXT TO THEM IN THE VEHICLE.

>> WE ALSO KNOW THAT PARENT TEEN DRIVING CONTRACTS CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN KEEPING TEENS SAFE.

>> Reporter: THEY SAY IT'S A WAY FOR PARENTS TO SET RULES AND EXPECTATIONS FOR A LICENSED TEENAGE DRIVER INCLUDING NIGHT DRIVING RESTRICTIONS, RESTRICTING PASSENGERS, PHONES AND DEVICES WHILE DRIVING AND REQUIRING SEATBELT USE AT ALL TIMES.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO ABIDE STATE GRADUATED LICENSING LAWS.

>> FOLLOW THE RULE.

YOU KNOW WHEN TEAMS DRIVE AT NIGHT, WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING WITH MORE THAN PASSENGER, THESE ARE THINGS THAT INCREASE THE RISK OF GETTING IN A CRASH.

>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M ANDY GAITHER.

>> ONE IN EIGHT WOMEN WILL GET REST CANCER.

THE SECOND MOST CANCER AMONG WOMEN.

AWARENESS HAS GROWN TO WHERE WE NOW KNOW WHY BASEBALL PLAYERS SOMETIMES WEAR PINK SHOES.

REPORTER THOMAS WEDGE TELLS US ABOUT THE HARD CHOICES WOMEN HAVE TO MAKE AND THE STORY OF ONE WOMAN'S JOURNEY.

>> Reporter: JANELLE FRANCA CORREIA HAS JUST RETURNED TO WORK AT HER POINT LOMA HAIR SALON.

LIFE WAS PRETTY NORMAL UNTIL ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND SHE GOT A MAMMOGRAM AT THE AGE OF 41.

IT WAS NEGATIVE, BUT SOON AFTER , SHE STARTED FEELING SOME PAIN IN HER BREAST.

>> I MET MY GENERAL DOCTOR.

MY HUSBAND WENT WITH ME.

SHE SAID DON'T WORRY, THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN, PAIN IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH BREAST CANCER.

IT COULD JUST BE A MASS THAT'S TOUCHING A NERVE.

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HAVING PAIN.

AND EITHER WAY, WE WILL DO A BIOPSY AND SEE.

>> Reporter: SHE GOT THE RESULTS OF THE BIOPSY THROUGH A PHONE CALL.

>> IT WAS MY KIDS' LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.

I PICKED THEM UP AT SCHOOL, TOOK THEM TO DENNY'S, AND THEN I GOT THE CALL BACK.

AND I ANSWERED IT THINKING IT WAS NOTHING.

I'M JUST SITTING THERE WITH MY KIDS.

AND AUTOMATICALLY MY OLDEST IS LIKE, I CAN TELL SOMETHING IS WRONG.

IT'S LIKE IT'S OKAY.

I'M JUST ON THE PHONE WITH MY DOCTOR.

I IMMEDIATELY TEXT MY HUSBAND AND SAID I CAN'T CALL YOU BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SAY THIS OUT LOUD, BUT IT CAME BACK CANCEROUS.

WE ARE GOING TO FINISH UP HERE AND I WILL COME HOME.

>> EVERY PERSON'S JOURNEY THROUGH CANCER IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE LIFE IS COMPLEX AND SO IS BREAST CANCER.

DANIEL IS A BREAST CANCER BIOLOGIST AT SAUGUS INSTITUTE.

HE SAID HE DEVOTED HIMSELF TO THE STUDY AFTER TWO OF HIS HEROES, HIS UNCLE AND GRANDPA, DIED FROM CANCER.

HE SAYS CANCER IS A VERY GENERAL TERM FOR MANY DIFFERENT DISEASES.

>> WITHIN BREAST CANCER, WE HAVE TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER, WARM UNRECEPTIVE DEPOSIT OR BREAST CANCER, HER 2 RECEPTOR POSITIVE BREAST CANCER.

EACH OF THESE HAVE DIFFERENT TREATMENTS THAT WORK.

SO THEREFORE, EVERY CANCER PATIENT KIND OF ENTERS THEIR JOURNEY FROM A UNIQUE PLACE.

>> Reporter: HOLLERN'S RESEARCH IS FOCUSED ON IMMUNO THERAPY TREATMENT, TEACHING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO ATTACK CANCER CELLS IN A ROBUST WAY.

T CELLS ARE THE ATTACKERS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO BREAST AND SOME OTHER CANCERS, CELL TARGETS ARE HARD TO FIND.

HE IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ACTIVATE THESE CELLS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM SO THEY CAN DIRECT THE CELLS TOWARDS THEIR CANCEROUS TARGETS.

WILL THIS THERAPY BECOME THE BEST WAY TO TREAT BREAST CANCER?

>> EVEN THOUGH IMMUNOTHERAPY HAS STRUGGLED TO WORK, IT IS NOT A HOPELESS ENDEAVOR.

I TRULY BELIEVE THIS IS THE WAY TO GO BECAUSE OUR CANCER CELLS CAN DEVELOP RESISTANCE TO DRUGS, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM LOCKED ON, THERE IS NOWHERE FOR IT TO GO.

>> Reporter: HOLLERN'S RESEARCH MAY HOLD PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE OF BREAST CANCER TREATMENT.

IMMUNOTHERAPY WAS NOT AN OPTION FOR JANELLE FRANCA CORREIA , SO SHE MADE THE TOUGH CHOICE OF HAVING A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY.

HER DOCTORS DISCOVERED A CANCEROUS LYMPH NODE IN THE PROCESS, SO SHE WILL BEGIN RADIATION TREATMENT NEXT MONTH.

BY THE WAY, SHE HAD NO FAMILY HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER.

LOSING BOTH BREASTS WAS HARD.

SHE SAYS LOSING THAT PART OF HER AND HAVING TO WEAR BAGGY SHIRTS HAS BEEN VERY TOUGH.

>> IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY A HUGE CHALLENGE.

I HAVE NOT REALLY GONE TO PARTIES OR ANYTHING.

I DON'T WANT TO GET DRESSED IN THAT SORT OF WAY YET.

THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL SIDE HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST PART.

I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF WOMEN THAT FEEL THE SAME WAY.

>> Reporter: SHE IS PLANNING TO HAVE BREAST RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY.

HOLLERN SAYS AN IMPORTANT LESSON IN CORREIA'S EXPERIENCE IS THAT SHE WENT BACK FOR MORE DIAGNOSIS EVEN THOUGH HER MAMMOGRAM WAS NEGATIVE.

>> THE INTUITION THAT SHE HAD TO GO BACK AND HAVE A SECOND LOOK IS REALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU CAN MISS THINGS.

THE PERSON KNOWS THEIR OWN BODY.

SOMETHING DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT.

IN HER CASE, GOING BACK AND HAVING THAT SECOND LOOK IS PROBABLY WHAT SAVED HER LIFE.

>> Reporter: AND HER SALON, CORREIA HAS SET UP A DISPLAY WITH A PICTURE OF HER FAMILY AND AN INVITATION TO ENTER A BREAST CANCER FUNDING RAFFLE.

A REMINDER THAT OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

THE SUSAN G COLEMAN FOUNDATION IS ACTIVE THIS MONTH, FUNDRAISER AND AND SPONSORING EVENTS THAT BRING ATTENTION TO THE CAUSE.

LEAH BRUNE IS DIRECTOR OF SUSAN G, IN SAN DIEGO.

SHE SAYS THEY WANT TO BRING THEIR MESSAGE AND THE THERAPIES THEY UNDERWRITE TO WOMEN OF ALL ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS.

>> LATINO WOMEN ARE MOST DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.

LIKE I MENTIONED, 43% MORE LIKELY FOR BLACK WOMEN TO DIE FROM THIS DISEASE, SO THESE ARE JUST REALLY LARGE DISPARITIES THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE PUTTING THE FOCUS ON.

>> ONE OF THE CULMINATING EVENT OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH WILL BE THE SUSAN G COLEMAN MORE THAN PINK WALK IN BALBOA PARK, THE CELEBRATORY WALK TAKES PLACE ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN RISING HERE OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS.

THAT IS NUMBER ONE IN OUR WEATHER HEADLINES LIST.

INLAND AREAS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WARMING HERE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATER HALF OF THE WEEK, THOSE EARLY LATE CLOUDS WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING ALONG THE COAST ARE GOING TO EXPAND.

ON TOP OF THAT, NEXT WEEK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COOLER CONDITIONS AND GUSTY CONDITIONS AS WE ARE TRACKING IN AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE THAT ARE GOING TO BE ATTACKING THE WEST COAST.

TONIGHT WE ARE BOTTOMING OUT AT 49 TO SAN DIEGO.

57.

ALTOONA DROPPING DOWN TO 47 FOR THE NIGHT.

TOMORROW IS TOASTY ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WARMING FOR THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FORECAST WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBERS, YOU ARE ALONG THE COAST IN THE MID TO UPPER 70s.

97 IN MOUNT LAGUNA.

THE NEXT FIVE DAYS ALONG THE COAST, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SEE TOO MANY CHANGES THERE WHEN IT COMES TO TEMPERATURES.

YOU ARE GOING TO BE STAYING RELATIVELY STEADY THERE.

SUNSHINE WILL PREVAIL HERE EVEN INTO THE WEAKENED AREAS.

WHILE THERE WARMING HERE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

IT'S NOT A LOT, BUT PROBABLY A LITTLE NOTICEABLE.

WE ARE DOWN TO THE LOW 80s THERE.

STAYING INTO THE LOW 80s ON SUNDAY.

DOWN TO THE 40s AND 50s.

FOR THE MOUNTAIN HIGH'S, FLIRTING WITH THE 70s ON WEDNESDAY.

THAT WILL COME BACK DOWN TO THE MID-60s COMFORTABLY.

WE WILL NOTE THAT THIS TEMPERATURE DOWN TO THE LOW 90s.

>>> THE COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN IS NOW IN A SINGLE DIGIT.

ADDING ZEROS TO HOW MUCH MONEY PEOPLE PLAN TO SPEND THIS YEAR.

BREAKING DOWN THE SPENDING AND WHERE YOU CAN FIND LAST-MINUTE SAVINGS.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE FALL IS BIG.

MORE THAN 2500 POUNDS OF PUMPKIN BIG.

THIS YEAR, IT IS ALSO BIG TO DOWNSIZE.

>> WE SEE CONSUMER IS WILLING TO INVEST IN THESE EVENTS.

ALSO IS TO BE SMART WITH THEIR PROJECT.

>> Reporter: THEY PREDICT SHOPPERS MAY SPEND AROUND $400 PER PERSON, DOWN FROM 2023'S RECORD HIGH.

OVERALL SPENDING COULD BE LOWER BUT STILL BILLIONS MORE THAN A DECADE AGO.

>> CERTAINLY WANT TO CAPTURE CONSUMERS ATTENTION AND FOCUS AND GENERATES A LOT OF EXCITEMENT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

>> RETAILERS SAY 72% OF AMERICANS PLANNED TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN.

AN ESTIMATED 67% HAND THAT OUT.

DECORATIONS IS A FAST GROWING CATEGORY AND COSTUMES.

THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION SAYS 12% OF SHOPPERS, ESPECIALLY YOUNGER CONSUMERS LOOK FOR COSTUMES AT THRIFT OR SECONDHAND STORES.

WINTER HOLIDAYS BEGIN WITH RETAIL SALES GROWING AROUND 2 1/2 TO 3 1/2%.

>> THAT COULD PUT TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS OF THE YEAR AT A RECORD $989 BILLION.

>> THAT'S 85 TIMES THE AMOUNT FOR HALLOWEEN.

FOR CONSUMER WANTS, I'M EMILY SCHMIDT.

>> HERE IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

CALIFORNIA IS NOT A SWING STATE WHEN IT COMES TO THE MORNING RACE -- PRESIDENTIAL RACE BUT NPR MORNING EDITION IS TALKING ABOUT HOW THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COULD RUN TO THE GOLDEN STATE.

AND THERE IS A SHOW CELEBRATING FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH.

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

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS "EVENING EDITION" HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY.

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