>>> >>> A HIGH PROFILE TRAINRIDE IS PUTTING THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL REAL PROBLEMS IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT.

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

TREASURY SECRETARY TO THE FIRST LOOK AT THE RAILS.

TONYA THORNE IS IN SOLANA BEACH WHERE THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION ARRIVED JUST MOMENTS AGO.

>> Reporter: THANK YOU.

THAT IS RIGHT.

WE ARE AT THE SOLANA BEACH TRAIN STATION WHERE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION PETE BUTTIGIEG IS PAYING SAN DIEGO A VISIT.

HE JUST GOT OFF THE TRAIN RIDE WHERE HE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE CLIFF EROSION IMPACTING COASTAL RAIL LINES.

HEAVY RAIN, RISING SEA LEVELS AND SHIFTS IN THE GROUND ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE EROSION.

IT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM BUT IT GOT SO BAD IN SAN CLEMENTE THAT TRAIN SERVICE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED BETWEEN OCEANSIDE AND IRVINE.

EMERGENCY REPAIR WORK IS UNDERWAY AND IS EXPECTED TO COST $12 MILLION TO STABILIZE THE CLIFFS AND REOPEN THE RAIL LINE.

IT IS ESTIMATED TO LAST UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.

HERE IS WHAT BUTTIGIEG HAD TO SAY FOLLOWING THE TRAINRIDE.

>> WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THE TIMETABLES GOVERNMENT AND CONSTRUCTION START BENDING TO MEET THE TIMETABLES BEING SET BY PHYSICS INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

CERTAINLY, HAVING HAD A CHANCE TO SEE FOR MYSELF JUST HOW FEW FEET STAND BETWEEN THESE RAILS AND THE BLUFFS AND THE BEACH, YOU CAN SEE HOW LITTLE ROOM FOR MANEUVER THERE REALLY IS.

>> Reporter: THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THESE COASTAL RAILINGS NEED TO BE RELOCATED.

THERE IS NO CONCRETE ANSWERS AT THE MOMENT FOR THE PROJECTS.

SOME OF THE QUESTIONS LOOMING ARE WHERE IT WILL GO, WHEN, AND HOW MUCH IT WILL COST.

TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> THE SEASON OF SICKNESS CONTINUES ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

WHETHER IT IS THE FLU OR THE FLU LIKE RSV ILLNESS.

CHILDREN ARE BEING IMPACTED AND FAMILIES ARE WAITING SEVERAL HOURS FOR TREATMENT.

WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE LATEST OUTBREAKS.

>> Reporter: MEDICS ARE ON THE MOVE.

SO ARE THE SEASONAL VIRUSES ATTACKING CHILDREN.

CASES HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED HERE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, PARENTS HAVE WAITED UP TO SIX HOURS FOR TREATMENT.

HOLDING ON TIGHTLY TO THEIR SIX CHILDREN AND THE HOPE THAT THEY CAN BE HELPED.

RACHEL HENDERSON AND HER HUSBAND JUSTIN CAME FROM ESCONDIDO FOLLOWING THEIR PEDIATRICIAN'S ORDERS FOR THEIR 17-MONTH-OLD SON LUKE.

>> MY SON IS EXPERIENCING AN ASTHMA ATTACK AND HAVING BREATHING ISSUES.

>> Reporter: HAS HE HAD ANY OTHER SYMPTOMS?

>> COUGH, RUNNY NOSE, NOW HE HAS REDNESS IN HIS EYES.

>> VIRUSES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES.

>> Reporter: DR. NICHOLAS HOLMES HAS BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF PEDIATRIC CARE FOR MANY YEARS.

HE IS NOW AN ADMINISTRATOR.

USES THE PERFECT STORM OF A HEALTHCARE CRISIS IS HAPPENING AS COVID CONTINUES, LEAVING CHILDREN VULNERABLE AFTER MONTHS OF WEARING MASKS.

>> THEY WERE NOT EXPOSED TO THE NORMAL COMMON COLD VIRUSES.

SO NOW THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH THOSE TYPES OF IRISES.

>> Reporter: EARLIER THIS MONTH STUDENTS AT PATRICK HENRY HIGH SCHOOL WERE HIT HIRED BY A RESPIRATORY VIRUS OUTBREAK.

MORE THAN 1000 OF THEM WERE ABSENT FROM SCHOOL FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.

THINGS ARE BACK TO NORMAL TODAY.

WE KNOW THAT THE OUTBREAK HERE HAPPENED AFTER HOMECOMING.

MANY OF THE STUDENTS WERE TESTED, BUT NOT MOST OF THEM WHICH MEANS HEALTH OFFICIALS STILL DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE SICK WITH.

400 CASES OF RSV WERE CONFIRMED HERE.

THE REST ARE SUSPECTED CASES OF THE FLU AND COMMON COLD VIRUSES.

>> IF YOU ARE SICK, STAY AT HOME.

HANDWASHING AND HYGIENE WITH HAND SANITIZER IS REALLY IMPORTANT WORK IF YOU COUGH OR SNEEZE, SNEEZE INTO YOUR ARM.

WEARING A MASK CAN HELP TO PREVENT YOU FROM GETTING SICK.

>> Reporter: THE FAMILY IS WAITING AND HOPING FOR THE BEST.

>> HIS HEALTH, HER HEALTH, MY HEALTH, AFTER THAT THE OTHER KIDS THAT HE GOES TO DAYCARE WITH AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WILL IT BE SOMETHING THAT WILL CONTINUE?

IT IS A REVOLVING DOOR OF ILLNESS.

>> Reporter: THAT IS THE QUESTION MANY PARENTS WANT ANSWERED.

>>> NEW COVID-19 VARIANTS ARE EMERGING WITH SO MANY LETTERS AND NUMBERS AND THE NAMES THAT THEY ARE BEING CALLED SCRABBLE VARIANCE.

COMING UP, THE POTENTIAL THREAT THEY POSE AS WE ENTER THE COLDER MONTHS OF THE YEAR.

>>> IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS IS OUTPACING THOSE BEING WE HOUSED.

THERE IS MORE EVIDENCE OF THE CHALLENGES OF HOMELESSNESS AND THE COST OF LIVING IN OUR REGION.

>> Reporter: IN ITS FIRST BRAND- NEW MONTHLY REPORT, THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS SAYS FOR EVERY 10 PEOPLE WHO FIND HOUSING, 13 MORE PEOPLE BECOME HOMELESS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

HEATHER IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WITHOUT A PERMANENT HOME.

SHE LIVED AT HARBORSIDE PARK IN CHULA VISTA UNTIL PUSHED OUT.

NOW SHE LIVES IN A TENT DOWNTOWN.

>> IT IS THE BILLS AND THE INFLATION.

IT'S HARD TO KEEP UP.

I HAVE SEEN MANY VEHICLES GET CAUGHT UP.

I'VE SEEN FAMILIES GET KICKED OUT.

>> Reporter: CAMERA IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS.

>> WHAT IS CHALLENGING AND SHOCKING IS THE NUMBER WITH FIRST TIME HOMELESSNESS WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT EVEN WITH ALL OF THE INVESTMENTS WE DO NOT PREVENT.

WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GET FURTHER UPSTREAM.

>> Reporter: THE ANALYSIS FOUND ABOUT 15,000 PEOPLE WERE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FOR THE FIRST TIME.

JUST UNDER 12,000 PEOPLE WHO WERE HOMELESS FOUND SOME TYPE OF HOUSING IN THE LAST YEAR.

>> IT'S ALSO BROKEN OUT BY THE NUMBER OF SENIORS OR TRANSITIONING YOUTH, THE FAMILIES AND VETERANS.

IT ACTUALLY TRACKS THE NUMBERS OF THE SAME POPULATIONS BEING HOUSED.

>> Reporter: THE REPORT COMES AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE DATA PROGRAM TO HELP IMPROVE HOMELESSNESS.

IT INCLUDES AN APP-BASED TOOL TO HELP EMPLOYEES CONNECT UNSHELTERED PEOPLE TO SERVICES.

>> THERE IS NO GOOD PLACE FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE SENIOR, DISABLED, IN A WHEELCHAIR OR OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR.

WE HAVE TO HAVE INCOME FOR THAT.

>> Reporter: OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY RECEIVE SERVICES FOR HOMELESSNESS WAS OVER 41,000 PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT.

THAT IS ABOUT FIVE TIMES MORE THAN THE ANNUAL COUNT THAT WAS DONE IN FEBRUARY.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS PUTTING A PLAN TOGETHER FOR HOW TO SPEND OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONEY FOR WHEN IT ARRIVES.

SUPERVISORS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ADOPT A FRAMEWORK THAT WILL INCLUDE TREATMENT, HOUSING, EMERGENCY ROOM OUTREACH AMONG OTHER APPROACHES.

THE LOCAL AREA SAW NEARLY 100,000 OPIOID -RELATED DEATHS LAST YEAR.

MUCH OF IT WAS FUELED BY THE RISE AND FENTANYL USE.

>>> A TASK FORCE IS WORKING TO PROTECT THOSE SEEKING AND PROVIDING ABORTIONS.

THE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS TASK FORCE TODAY WAS TO THE SAN DIEGO CITY ATTORNEY AND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY ARE AMONG 15 LEGAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS ACROSS THE STATE JOINING THE GROUP.

THEY PLAN TO PROSECUTE INTIMIDATION AND HARASSMENT AT ABORTION CLINICS AND FORCE CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS AGAINST DECEPTIVE OR UNLAWFUL CONDUCT AND CREATE NEW LAWS TO KEEP PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS SAFE, AMONG OTHER GOALS.

>>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THE REVERSAL OF ABORTION RIGHTS WILL NOT A VOTERS IN NOVEMBER.

ONE THING FOR CERTAIN IS CALIFORNIANS WILL BE ASKED WHETHER TO DO MORE TO PROTECT ABORTION MATTERS.

WE HAVE A DETAILED LOOK AT PROPOSITION ONE.

>> Reporter: THE LANDSCAPE OF ABORTION ACCESS IS RAPIDLY SHIFTING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

SINCE THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V WADE IN JUNE AND IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO ABORTION, REPUBLICAN-LED STATES HAVE RUSHED TO RESTRICT OR BAN THE PROCEDURE.

CALIFORNIA IS MOVING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

>> WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

>> Reporter: DEMOCRATIC LEADERS WORK TO MAKE THE STATE A SANCTUARY FOR ABORTION.

NOW, CALIFORNIA VOTERS HAVE A CHANCE TO ENSHRINE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION.

>> THIS IS PROPOSITION ONE IN A MINUTE.

ABORTION ACCESS IS NOT GOING AWAY IN CALIFORNIA ANYTIME SOON.

THE PROCEDURE HAS BEEN LEGAL SINCE 1967.

YOU CAN GET AN ABORTION FOR ANY REASON BEFORE A FETUS IS VIABLE AT ABOUT 24 WEEKS OF PREGNANCY.

THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION INCLUDES A RIGHT TO PRIVACY THAT HAS BEEN INTERPRETED AS PROTECTING ABORTION.

DEMOCRATIC LEADERS WANT GREATER ASSURANCES THAT ABORTION ACCESS WILL NOT BE THREATENED BY SHIFTING POLITICAL TIES.

A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HAS BEEN PLACED BEFORE BUT A VOTERS THAT PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO CHOOSE OR REFUSE ABORTION OR CONTRACEPTIVES.

IT IS AN EXPLICIT GUARANTEE OF REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM THAT DEMOCRATIC VOTERS IS IMPORTANT.

ANTIABORTION ADVOCATES SAY THE LANGUAGE IS SO BROAD THAT IT WOULD LEGALIZE LATE-TERM ABORTIONS BEYOND THE 24 WEEK POINT OF VIABILITY.

VOTE YES IF YOU WANT CALIFORNIA TO ADD A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO CHOOSE AN ABORTION.

VOTE KNOW IF YOU DO NOT.

FOR MORE ON THIS AND OTHERS VISIT CAL MATTERS.ORG.

>> FOR MORE ON THE ELECTION YOU CAN VISIT OUR VOTER HUB.

YOU CAN GET THERE BY CLICKING THE LINK AND YOU WILL FIND THAT ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

>>> THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ONLINE PAGE CHRONICLING COMPLAINTS AGAINST NURSING HOMES IS OFTEN CALLED THEIR TRANSPARENCY WEBSITE.

OUR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER REVIEWED SEXUAL ABUSE COMPLAINTS AND FOUND INACCURACIES AND OMISSIONS.

>> Reporter: ON A FEBRUARY EVENING IN 2019, A 48-YEAR-OLD DISABLED WOMAN HAD SETTLED IN HER ROOM AT THE SAN DIEGO RIO VISTA HEALTHCARE CENTER WHEN A CAREGIVER ENTERED AND ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED HER.

THE REPORTED INCIDENT IS DOCUMENTED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH UNDER ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS ON ITS WEBSITE.

YOU HAVE TO DIG DEEP TO FIND IT.

THE MAIN COMPLAINT PAGE DESCRIBES THE ATTACK AS SIMPLY SUBSTANTIATED EMPLOYEE TO RESIDENT ABUSE.

THAT PAGE, WHICH TALLIES COMPLAINTS, IS MEANT TO HELP PEOPLE FIND SAFE NURSING HOMES THAT INSTEAD WE FOUND WAS MISLABELING AND ERRORS .

ESPECIALLY IN SEXUAL ABUSE COMPLAINTS.

THEY LARGELY DID NOT RESPOND TO MULTIPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY DOCUMENT THE CLAIMS.

A LAWYER WHO HAS REPRESENTED NURSING HOME SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS BELIEVES THE INACCURACIES ON THE COMPLAINT WEBSITE ARE DELIBERATE.

>> I VIEW IT AS EVIDENCE THAT ON AN INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS MORE CONCERNED WITH OBSCURING ACTUAL INFORMATION THAT SUGGESTS EMPLOYEES MAY BE ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ASSAULT THAN THEY ARE IN ACCEPTING THAT REALITY AND PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.

>> Reporter: HE POINTS TO ONE CASE IS AN EXAMPLE.

IT WAS A FORMER CAREGIVER WHO WAS CONVICTED OF MULTIPLE SEX CRIMES AGAINST ONE WOMAN AND PLEADED GUILTY TO SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TWO OTHERS IN NEED EAST COUNTY NURSING HOMES.

THE COMPLAINT WEBSITE DOES NOT CLASSIFY ANY OF THOSE ATTACKS AS SEXUAL IN NATURE.

THE WEBSITE ALSO LISTED ONE OF THE CASES AS UNSUBSTANTIATED EVEN THOUGH ITS OWN LICENSING DIVISION CONFIRMED THE INCIDENT.

THE PAGE ERRONEOUSLY DESCRIBED THE PERPETRATOR AS A RESIDENT.

AND ADVOCATE FOR NURSING HOME REFORM SAID THE MISLABELING OF THIS CASE IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT HE CALLS THEIR HOSTILE INDIFFERENCE TOWARD NURSING HOME SEXUAL ABUSE.

HE SAYS THESE ERRORS ARE INCONSISTENT WITH A WIDELY HELD VIEW THAT THE COMPLAINT WEBSITE IS TRANSPARENT.

>> IF HE'S CONVICTED OF DOING THIS HEINOUS THING AND IT'S NOT ON THE TRANSPARENCY WEBSITE OR VERY INACCURATE ON THE TRANSPARENCY WEBSITE WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.

>> Reporter: THE WEBSITE LACKS TRANSPARENCY AND OTHER WAYS.

WE REVIEWED SEXUAL ABUSE COMPLAINT LISTS FOR ALL 84 NURSING HOMES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY ON THEIR WEBSITE FROM 2019 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 10, 2022, STATE REGULATORS SUBSTANTIATED AT LEAST 24 SEXUAL ABUSE CASES AT 18 LOCAL NURSING HOMES.

THE WATCHDOG DID NOT CITE NURSING HOMES WITH DEFICIENCIES IN A MAJORITY OF THOSE CASES.

NO DEFICIENCIES MEANS NO DETAILS ARE MADE PUBLIC.

THE SAN DIEGO PATIENT SAFETY ADVOCATE MARIAN HOLLINGSWORTH SAID THE ULTIMATE EFFECT IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY.

>> IT SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE FACILITY THAT NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO THEY WILL BE JUST FINE.

THEY WILL NOT EVEN HAVE TO CREATE A CARE PLAN TO SHOW THAT THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

>> Reporter: THERE IS MORE.

THEY OFTEN DO NOT IDENTIFY IN THE COMPLAINT WEBSITE WHETHER AN ACCUSED PERPETRATOR OF SEXUAL ABUSE AT NURSING HOMES IS AN EMPLOYEE OR RESIDENT.

THEY DID RESPOND TO THE ISSUE IN AN EMAIL SAYING THE ALLEGATION CATEGORY DOES NOT DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN TYPES OF ALLEGED ABUSERS AS ALL CASES OF ABUSE ARE PRIORITIZED UNDER THE SAME LEVEL OF SEVERITY.

WE WERE TOLD THAT THE ROLES MATTER.

>> RESIDENT NONRESIDENT IS TERRIBLE AND SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN, BUT IT IS USUALLY A FLASH EVENTS.

A VERY SHORT-LIVED INCIDENT.

STAFF ON THE RESIDENT SEXUAL ABUSE IS USUALLY MORE SUSTAINED.

>> Reporter: HE SAID IT IS ALSO MORE PREDATORY AND DAMNING OF THEIR QUALITY OF CARE.

>>> WE HAVE MUCH MORE NURSING HOME INVESTIGATIONS ONLINE IN OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE.

TONY FROM THE CALIFORNIA ADVOCATES FOR NURSING HOME REFORM DETAILS WHAT YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR WHEN CHOOSING A NURSING HOME.

YOU CAN FIND THAT ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

>>> THE CDC REPORTS THERE IS DECLINING INTEREST IN COVID BREWSTERS EVEN AMONG OLDER ADULTS THAT ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE VACCINATED.

ABOUT 93% OF PEOPLE AGE 65 AND OLDER HAVE COMPLETED THE INITIAL SERIES BUT ONLY ABOUT 72% HAVE KEPT UP-TO-DATE WITH THE FIRST BOOSTER IN LESS THAN HALF HAVE GOTTEN A SECOND BOOSTER.

AS FOR THE UPDATED BIVALENT BOOSTER SHOTS, LESS THAN 10% OF PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED IT.

PRESIDENT BIDEN RENEWED CALLS FOR AMERICANS TO GET VACCINATED .

>> I AM CALLING ON ALL AMERICANS.

GET THEIR SHOTS JUST AS SOON AS THEY CAN.

YOUR OLD VACCINE PREVIOUS INFECTION WILL NOT GIVE YOU MAXIMUM PROTECTION.

>> TO SHOW THAT HE REALLY MEANS EVERYONE, HE GOT HIS UPDATED BOOSTER SHOT TODAY.

THE PUSH TO VACCINATE COMES AS NEW VARIANCE FUEL CONCERNS OF A WINTER SURGE IN THE U.S. MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE ON WHAT ARE BEING CALLED SCRABBLE VARIANCE AND WHETHER THE UPDATED BOOSTERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT AGAINST THEM.

>> Reporter: IN THE U.S.

THE OMICRON SUB VARIANT REMAINS THE CURRENT CAUSE OF MOST REPORTED CASES.

NEW VARIANCE ARE CONTINUING TO SPREAD.

>> THERE ARE ALL THESE NUMBERS AND LETTERS.

THEY ARE THE SCRABBLE VARIANCE BECAUSE THEY HAVE UNUSUAL LETTERS.

>> Reporter: HEALTH EXPERTS SAY WE CAN EXPECT A SEARCH WITH THE COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER THAT IS TO COME.

BUT HOW BIG OF A JUMP IN CASES IN THE U.S.

HINGES ON THE NEW VARIANCE WHICH LUMPED TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR NEARLY ONE IN THREE NEAR COVID INFECTIONS LAST WEEK ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ESTIMATES.

>> WE WILL SEE.

BY MID-NOVEMBER, FOR EXAMPLE, DO THEY START TO TAKE OVER AND BECOME A DOMINANT STRAIN.

>> Reporter: THERE IS A DROP RIGHT NOW IN U.S. COVID-19 CASES.

>> THERE'S ALWAYS A DOWNTURN BEFORE YOU SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT SURGES.

>> Reporter: THE NEW VARIANCE ARE OFFSHOOTS OF OMICRON SO HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THE UPDATED BOOSTER WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH PROTECTION AGAINST THEM.

>> WHILE THEY ARE DIFFERENT THEY ARE NOT DIFFERENT ENOUGH TO SAY THAT IT WILL EVADE IMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: HOWEVER, MANY ANTIBODY TREATMENTS ARE BASED ON SOME OF THE ORIGINAL STRAINS OF THE CORONAVIRUS.

>> IF YOU'RE COUNTING ON GETTING AN ANTIBODY TREATMENT THAT WILL PROBABLY NOT BE AS EFFECTIVE FOR THAT REASON.

>> THESE NEW OFFSHOOTS HAVE EVOLVED TO SHARE MANY OF THE SAME MUTATIONS.

SOME EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT MEANS WE HAVE ENTERED A NEW PHASE THAT WILL SEE CIRCULATION OF SEVERAL VARIANCE AT THE SAME TIME.

>>> AS WE TALK ABOUT AN ONSHORE FLOW, COASTAL LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL CONTINUE.

ALSO LOOKING AT THE LOW CLOUDINESS MAKING ITS WAY TO SOME OF THE INTERIOR WESTERN VALLEYS.

WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT MORE DRY CONDITIONS AFTER A DRY MONTH.

YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO SEPTEMBER 9.

THAT WAS THE LAST TIME WE SAW OVER HALF-INCH PRECIPITATION.

TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR-NORMAL.

IN SOME CASES WE WILL TALK ABOUT TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BIT BELOW NORMAL.

WE WILL BE FALLING BACK DOWN TO 60 IN SAN DIEGO.

COOLER IN OCEANSIDE.

CHULA VISTA IT 57 AND LAGUNA IN THE MID 40s.

HERE IS A LOOK AT FUTURE CAST.

WE WILL NOTICE SOME OF THOSE LOW CLOUDS RETURNING.

YOU START TO SEE THAT HERE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING TIME FRAME AS WE WORK OUR WAY TO THE AFTERNOON WE WILL START TO SEE SOME NICE CONDITIONS RETURNING.

OVER THE INTERIOR, ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS AND SOME OF THE DESERTS TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT BELOW NORMAL.

HIGH TEMPERATURE-WISE WE WILL BE CLIMBING UP TO 60 AND MY OUTLOOK UNIT, 70 IN SAN DIEGO.

WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT MARK.

OCEANSIDE CLIMBING UP TO 70.

A SIMILAR SITUATION ON TUESDAY.

WE WILL SEE STORMING IS HEADED OUT TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS.

WE WILL ALSO SEE SOME RAIN BUT WE WILL STAY ON THE DRY SIDE.

TEMPERATURE WISE WE WILL START TO NOTICE SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS CLIMBING JUST A BIT TOWARD THE COAST AS WE GO INTO SATURDAY.

LOOKING AT MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG OVER SOME OF THE INLAND LOCATIONS, SOME OF THE VALLEYS.

A LITTLE BIT COOL ON WEDNESDAY.

OTHERWISE, TEMPERATURES CAN START TO SLOWLY CLIMB THEIR WAY UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

MOUNTAINOUS LOCATIONS ARE TURNING COOLER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

WE SAW DIP IN THE JET STREAM A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM THE COAST AND WE WILL START TO SEE TEMPERATURES TURNING AROUND BY THE WEEKEND.

SAME SITUATION FOR THE DESERT.

SUBTLE COOLING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

A LITTLE BIT WARMER BY THE WEEKEND.

>>> THERE WAS NO DAMAGE, BUT A SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKE WAS FELT BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE BAY AREA.

THE USGS MEASURED IT AS MAGNITUDE 5.1.

SHAKING WAS FELT JUST AFTER 11: 40 THIS MORNING WITH AN EPICENTER JUST EAST OF SAN JOSE.

THIS COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE GREAT CALIFORNIA SHAKEOUT IN WHICH MILLIONS PREPARED FOR THE REAL THING.

>>> NASA HAS NEW SATELLITE IMAGES THAT CAN SHOW WHAT PARTS OF OUR RELEASING METHANE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

METHANE IS AN ODORLESS GAS LINKED TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

THE SATELLITE HAS IDENTIFIED MORE THAN NIFTY PLACES AROUND THE GLOBE THAT OMIT HUGE AMOUNTS OF METHANE.

THEY SAID THAT PINPOINTING THESE OMISSIONS COULD HELP COUNTRIES IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM SO THEY CAN MAKE CHANGES TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT.

>>> THE ESCONDIDO UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVED AN UNPRECEDENTED DONATION TODAY.

IT IS ONLY THE SECOND SCHOOL DISTRICT TO RECEIVE A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR DONATION FROM PHILANTHROPIST McKENZIE SCOTT.

>> Reporter: IT WAS A BIG DAY FOR ESCONDIDO UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE McKENZIE SCOTT FOUNDATION HAS DONATED $16 MILLION TOWARDS SUPPORTING OUR WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS.

WE ARE HUMBLED BY THIS RECOGNITION.

AND THE TRUSTED PLACES ON US WITH THIS EXTRAORDINARY GIFT.

IT WAS VERY MUCH UNEXPECTED.

>> Reporter: THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID THE LARGEST DONATION IN THE HISTORY OF THEIR DISTRICT CAME AFTER THEY WERE CONTACTED LAST MONTH BY A REPRESENTATIVE.

SHE WAS IMPRESSED BY THEIR WORK.

>> ABOUT ONE WEEK LATER I WAS CONTACTED AGAIN.

THEY SAID WE WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING.

THIS TIME LET US KNOW THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE GIFTED $16 MILLION I HAD TO PAUSE.

SAID WHAT.

THAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE ENTIRE YEAR.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THE DONATION CAME AT THE PERFECT TIME BECAUSE AFTER THE PANDEMIC HE ASSEMBLED A TEAM TO PUT A STRATEGIC PLAN IN PLACE THAT CREATED A VISION FOR LEARNING.

>> NOW WE HAVE A DONOR WHO BELIEVES IN OUR WORK AND A FUNDING SOURCE TO REIMAGINE WHAT SCHOOL CAN BE LIKE FOR THE KIDS.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THEY HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING FOCUS GROUPS TO FIND OUT WHAT STUDENTS WANT TO LEARN.

>> THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY WANT SIMPLE THINGS LIKE HOW TO BALANCE A CHECKBOOK.

HOW TO APPLY FOR A MORTGAGE AND WHAT IS A MORTGAGE.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO OPEN.

JUST UNDER 80% QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH AND MANY ARE FOOD INSECURE.

>> WE HAVE MEALS SET UP FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES BECAUSE WE UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOL AND HOW SOME STUDENTS DEPEND ON IT FOR MEALS.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THAT IS NOT THE ONLY CHALLENGE.

60% ARE ENGLISH LEARNERS BUT HE SAID THAT STATISTICS DO NOT DICTATE HOW BIG THESE CHILDREN DREAM NOR WHAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE.

>> I SEE MYSELF IN THESE KIDS.

I GREW UP IN A HOME VERY SIMILAR TO THE STUDENTS.

KIDS NEED TO SEE THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE.

>> THIS REPRESENTS DREAMS AND HOPES.

>> Reporter: THE SCHOOL HAVING A CHANCE TO HAVE MORE THAN THEY USUALLY WOULD WITH THE DONATION BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR PROJECTS AND DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES FOR THE KIDS TO LEARN FAR BEYOND WHAT THEY EVER THOUGHT.

>>> PENNSYLVANIANS EXPLAIN WHAT IS MOTIVATING THEIR VOTE IN ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST CLOSELY WATCHED SENATE RACES COMING UP AT 7:00.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE NEWSROOM.

NEW CALLS FOR RESIGNATIONS IN LOS ANGELES.

WE LOOK INTO THE TWO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REFUSE TO STEP DOWN AFTER BEING CAUGHT IN A RACIST CONVERSATION.

>>> MIDDAY EDITION WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE COVID-19 SITUATION AS THE FLU AND OTHER ILLNESSES BECOME MORE OF A CONCERN IN THE AREA.

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

GOOD NIGHT.

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