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>> GOOD EVENING IT IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6.

THE HEAT WAVE IS STRETCHING INTO THE SEVENTH DAY AND THE RELIEF IS NOT EXPECTED ANYTIME SOON, WHETHER IT'S AIR- CONDITIONING OR FANS, PEOPLE ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO STAY COOL.

BUT AS WE SEE, KEEPING COOL WHEN YOU LIVE ON THE STREET IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: LIVING ON THE STREET IS DIFFICULT ON ANY DAY BUT THE ONGOING HEAT WAVE HAS MADE THINGS TRULY MISERABLE FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE PERMANENT SHELTER.

ALONG THE STRETCH OF COMMERCIAL STREET, CITY CREWS WERE OUT CLEANING THE AREA UP THIS MORNING.

THAT MEANS PEOPLE LIKE LARRY AND RACHEL AND THEIR DOGS HAVE TO PICK UP AND MOVE.

>> THEY MAKE US MOVE EVERY OTHER DAY AND SOMETIMES THEY WAIT UNTIL IT GETS REALLY HOT OUT TO MAKE A SMOOTH FOOD AND LOTS OF PEOPLE CAN'T MOVE THEIR STUFF BECAUSE THEY ARE HANDICAPPED.

>> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO THE CLEANING CREWS AND THE UN- SHELTERED -- WE FOUND HOMELESS ADVOCATE MICHAEL HANDING OUT WATER, JUICE AND FOOD AND HE SAID IT'S FINE FOR CUSTODY TO CLEAN UP TRASH.

>> BUT THE FACT THEY MAKE PEOPLE MOVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS HEATWAVE IS RIDICULOUS AND DANGEROUS AND CRUEL.

>> Reporter: THE MAYOR REJECT THAT CRITICISM.

PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THE PEOPLE ON SIDEWALKS ARE BLOCKING THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THE MAYOR SAID THE CITY IS DOING MORE THAN EVER BEFORE TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS.

>> WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN THE LAST YEAR DOING TWICE A MONTH CONCENTRATED EFFORTS TO SERVE OVER 1700 ON SHELTERED PEOPLE INCIDENTAL.

THAT RESULTS IN PERMANENT HOUSING PLACEMENTS.

WE HAVE PLACED 700 INDIVIDUALS INTO PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS.

>> Reporter: THE CONCENTRATED EFFORTS THE MAYOR IS TALKING ABOUT IS ONE-STOP SHOPPING EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE GET CONNECTED WITH A VARIETY OF SERVICES WITH THE GOAL OF GETTING THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

HE SAID THE EVENTS BILLED TRUST WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST TRUST IN THE SYSTEM AND OFTEN DECLINED OFFERS OF SHELTER.

ON THIS DATE THE CITY AND COUNTY ARE ALSO REMINDING PEOPLE THERE ARE DOZENS OF COOLING CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTY WHERE EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

BACK OUT ON THE STREET, MICHAEL TOLD US WHAT HE SEES AS A FINAL PERMANENT SOLUTION.

>> I WANT A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO MOVE GOOD I WANT SAFE SHELTERS.

I WANT TO APPROPRIATE PLACES.

MOST OF ALL I WANT HOUSING FOR FOLKS.

>> Reporter: THAT IS SOMETHING EVERYONE AGREES ON.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW WE GET THERE.

IN A CITY WITH SOME OF THE HIGHEST HOUSING PRICES IN THE NATION.

>>> AND WE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY FOR COMMENTS.

IN A STATEMENT A SPOKESPERSON SAID IN ADDITION TO DAILY OUTREACH EFFORTS TO CONNECT PEOPLE SHELTER AND SERVICES, TEAMS HANDED OUT COLD WATER AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S COOL ZONES.

>> PREPARE FOR ROLLING BLACKOUTS.

THAT'S THE WARNING FOR THE OPERATOR OF THE STATES POWER GRID AS IT URGES EVERYONE TO CONSERVE ELECTRICITY DURING THE PEAK HOURS FOR SOME OF THE DATE IN A ROW.

AS WE SEE, THEY ARE TAPPING OTHER SOURCES FOR ENERGY.

>> Reporter: NATURAL GAS IS A BIG POWER SOURCE LIKE SOLAR.

NATURAL GAS POWER PLANTS AREN'T RELIABLE IN HOT WEATHER AND THE HOT WEATHER IS PRECISELY WHEN PEOPLE CONSUME THE MOST ENERGY.

TO KEEP COOL.

DEMAND COULD EXCEED GRID CAPACITY BY NEARLY 4000 MEGAWATTS AND HAS ISSUED AN ENERGY EMERGENCY ALERT 2 URGING FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION.

THE PRESIDENT AND CEO SAYS -- >> WE NEED 2000 MORE MEGAWATTS FOR DEMAND TO AVOID AN ENERGY EMERGENCY ALERT AND A REAL POTENTIAL FOR ROTATION.

>> Reporter: KEVIN GARRETT IS THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR SDN G. >> TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, THE ALL-TIME HIGH BY THE CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR HAPPENED AND 2017 AND IT WAS 50,000, I BELIEVE.

AND TODAY THE FORECAST IS 51,000 .

>> Reporter: THAT IS MEGAWATTS.

THE FLEX ALERT HAS INCREASED THE GRID EACH DAY SINCE THE HEATWAVE BEGAN.

THAT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY TO REDUCE MAN.

THEY ALSO ASKED THAT THE CARLSBAD DESALINIZATION PLANT REDUCE ITS OUTPUT TO EASE THE STRAIN ON THE GRID.

>> WE WORKED WITH OUR PUBLIC PARTNERS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR ENERGY USAGE BY NINE MEGAWATTS AND STILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WATER.

>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT OF POSEIDON RUNS THE CARLSBAD DESALINATION PLANT.

HE SAID THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE STATE GRID OPERATOR ASKED THE PLANT TO REDUCE ITS POWER USES.

THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY IS USING THE STORAGE FACILITY TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY TO HELP MEET PEAK DEMAND.

>> THEY ARE IN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.

>> THE PRINCIPAL ENGINEER AT THE WATER AUTHORITY.

>> IT WILL GENERATE 20 MEGAWATTS AND SUPPLY THAT TO THE GRID AND REALLY HELP INCREASE OUR ENERGY RESILIENCY IN THE REGION.

>> Reporter: THAT IS ENOUGH ENERGY FOR ROUGHLY 20,000 HOMES.

>>> U.S.

MARSHALS ARE LOOKING FOR THE MAN DUBBED FAT LEONARD.

LEONARD FRANCIS DECISION TO FLEE PROVIDES ANOTHER TWIST TO THE DECADE-LONG BABY CORRUPTION CASE.

>> Reporter: MALAYSIAN BUSINESSMAN LEONARD FRANCIS PLEADED GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING THE NAVY IN 2015.

HE WAS AT THE HEART OF A CORRUPTION PROBE THAT NEARED NEARLY 30 NAVAL OFFICIALS.

FRANCIS WAS AWAITING SENTENCING WHEN THE U.S.

MARSHALS WERE NOTIFIED SUNDAY THAT HE HAD CUT HIS ANKLE MONITOR.

OMAR CASTILLO IS THE DEPUTY SUPERVISOR FOR THE U.S. MARSHALL SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA.

>> WE WENT TO HIS HOUSE THAT AFTERNOON.

KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.

NO ANSWER.

LOOKING THROUGH WINDOWS AND IT LOOKED VACANT.

FOUND AN UNLOCKED DOOR AND MY TASK FORCE OFFICERS WENT IN.

>> Reporter: LEONARD HAS FEW TIES TO THE U.S. HIS BUSINESS WAS BASED IN SINGAPORE.

HE LIVES WITH THREE OF HIS CHILDREN WHO ARE FILIPINO.

NEIGHBORS TOLD INVESTIGATORS THEY SAW A U-HAUL TRUCK PARKED OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE BEFORE HE LEFT.

>> FINDING OUT ABOUT U-HAUL AND KNOWING THAT THE HOUSE IS EMPTY, HE HAS HAD SOME TIME TO PLAN THIS OUT.

WE ARE DEFINITELY LEANING FOR HIM BEING ON THE INTERNATIONAL SIDE.

AND WE ARE BASICALLY PURSUING SOME OF THOSE LEADS.

>> Reporter: THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY SAYS THIS TWIST MAY MAKE IT EVEN LESS LIKELY THAT NAVY WILL LEARN THE LESSON OF THE LARGEST CORRUPTION SCANDAL IN NAVY HISTORY.

>> I FEAR NAVY OFFICIALS ARE GOING TO VIEW THIS AS A DRAMATIC TERM IN THIS CASE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE THE BOOK ON IT.

AND SO, THERE IS ALREADY A LACK OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS CASE IN OFFICIAL WASHINGTON AS IT IS.

>> Reporter: THE REMAINING DEFENDANTS IN THE CASE ARE SENT IN ARE SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCE IN THE COMING WEEKS.

>>> IT WAS BACK TO CLASS FOR STUDENTS IN THE UVALDE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MORE THAN THREE MONTHS SINCE THE SHOOTING THAT KILLED 21 PEOPLE.

TODAY MARKED THE FIRST TIME THAT MANY OF THE SURVIVORS SET FOOT INSIDE.

MORE NOW.

>> I CAN STILL HEAR THE GUNSHOTS.

IT WAS VERY TERRIFYING TO ME.

>> Reporter: A SUMMER BACK TO SCHOOL IN UVALDE.

MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AT THE SHOOTING IN TEXAS LEFT 19 STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS DEAD, CHILDREN AND STAFF IN THE YOU'VE ALL DAY CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT RETURNING TO CLASS ON TUESDAY.

A NEW SCHOOL YEAR UNLIKE ANY OTHER.

MARKED BY GRIEF, HEARTACHE BUT ALSO HOPE.

>> I AM JUST NERVOUS.

I'M TRYING TO FOR HIS BEHALF TO BE THERE AND SUPPORT HIM.

>> Reporter: THE ROB CAMPUS SHUT DOWN PERFECTLY SINCE THE ATTACK.

FORMER STUDENTS ARE SPREAD OUT AT OTHER NEARBY ELEMENTARIES.

WHILE SOME OPTED FOR VIRTUAL LEARNING AND OTHERS HAVE LEFT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COMPLETELY.

>> I TALKED TO MY SON AND I TOLD HIM THAT THEY WILL HAVE MORE COPS.

THEY WILL HAVE HIGHER FENCING.

AND HE WASN'T HAVING IT.

MET DESPITE HEIGHTENED SECURITY, SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND MONTHS OF PREPARATION, FAMILIES WHO ALREADY LOST ONE CHILD IN THE MASSACRE WORRY ABOUT SENDING ANOTHER CHILD BACK TO SCHOOL.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT TERRORIZES YOU DAILY AND NIGHTLY.

I CLOSE MY EYES AND ALL I SEE IS MY SON AND I HEAR THE GUNSHOTS.

>> Reporter: FOR THOSE HEADING BACK TO CAMPUS, SUPPORT IS POURING IN IN MANY WAYS.

CANINE COMFORT DOGS ARE ON CAMPUS IS TO MAKE THE SOMBER DAY A LITTLE EASIER.

>>> UC SAN DIEGO HAS BROKEN GROUND ON A NEW STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT.

THE DORMS WILL HOUSE MORE THAN 1300 STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: THE TWO NEW DORM BUILDINGS, 22 AND 23 STORIES HIGH, WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS AND OTHER UPPERCLASSMEN.

THAT GROUP FACES STIFF COMPETITION TRYING TO GET ON CAMPUS HOUSING.

THE PROJECT IS GOING UP RIGHT NEXT TO THE CAMPUS ISTROLLEY STOP.

AND THERE ARE EVEN MORE DORMS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ELSEWHERE ON CAMPUS.

THE UNIVERSITY'S CHANCELLOR SAYS THE HOUSING COST WHETHER ON CAMPUS OR OFF, ARE A MAJOR BURDEN ON STUDENTS.

>> IN SAN DIEGO, BECAUSE THERE WAS ALREADY A SHORTAGE OF HOUSING, IT MAKES IT WORSE.

SO I THINK AS A CAMPUS, WE OWE IT TO OUR STUDENTS TO USE THE LAND THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US BY THE COMMUNITY EFFECTIVELY TO BUILD HOUSING FOR STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: THE DORM PROJECT IS BENEFITING FROM A $100 MILLION GRANT FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT WHICH WILL HELP KEEP THE RENTS AFFORDABLE FOR LOW INCOME STUDENTS.

ASSEMBLY MEMBER CHRIS WARD SAID IT'S PART OF A NEW GRANT PROGRAM THAT WILL SUPPORT MORE STUDENT HOUSING AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE STATE.

>> BECAUSE WE ARE SHOVEL READY AND EVERYTHING IS IN AGREEMENT, IT POSITIONS UC SAN DIEGO TO FARE VERY WELL IN THIS YEAR'S STATE BUDGET.

>> Reporter: LAST YEAR UCSD REDUCED ITS DORM CAPACITY IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19.

THAT MEANT SOPHOMORES WERE NO LONGER GUARANTEED ON-CAMPUS HOUSING.

BUT THE UNIVERSITY BROUGHT BACK IT'S TWO-YEAR HOUSING GUARANTY LAST MONTH AND IS LONGER-TERM GOAL IS TO GUARANTEE HOUSING FOR FOUR YEARS.

THE DORM PROJECT OFFICIALLY CALLED THE PEPPER CANYON WEST LIVING AND LEARNING NEIGHBORHOOD, WILL OPEN TO STUDENTS IN THE FALL OF 2024.

>>> AS THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR GETS UNDERWAY, STUDENTS WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED OUR MEETING CHALLENGES HEAD ON.

COMING UP GOT THE SUPPORT THEY ARE GETTING TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS.

>> A HEFTY FINE FOR ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE MAKER JEWEL LABS.

THEY WILL PAY NEARLY $440 MILLION OVER ITS BEEPING PRODUCTS WHICH ARE BLAMED FOR A SURGE IN TEAM TAPING.

THE DEAL WAS ANNOUNCED IN CONNECTICUT TODAY ON BEHALF OF 33 OTHER STATES AND PUERTO RICO COULD IN 2020 IN A PROBE THAT FOCUS THAT JEWEL WAS MAKING SAFETY AND BENEFITS OF ITS USE TO ALTERNATIVE TO SMOKING.

FEDERAL HEALTH REGULATORS ARE ALSO TRYING TO BAN THEIR PRODUCTS.

>>> A LAW PASSED IN 2020 AND THE SALE OF FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN CALIFORNIA NOW THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY IS ASKING VOTERS TO OVERTURN THE LAW IN NOVEMBER.

THIS IS PROPOSITION 31.

>> Reporter: 2020 CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS VOTED TO PROHIBIT THE FLAVORED CHEWING TOBACCO AND MENTAL CYST CIGARETTES.

NO MORE LABORS LIKE COTTON CANDY, MANGO AND HONEY.

IT HASN'T TAKEN IN EFFECT YET BECAUSE THE COLLECTED ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO PUT A REFERENDUM ON CALIFORNIA NOVEMBER ABOUT.

>> I AM ELIZABETH AGEE LATER AND THIS IS PROPOSITION 31 IN UNDER A MINUTE.

PROP 31 AS VOTERS WHETHER THEY WANT CALIFORNIA'S FLAVORED TOBACCO BAND TO GO INTO EFFECT.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALREADY BANNED THE FLAVORED CIGARETTES EXCEPT FOR MENTHOL AND HAS PROPOSED BANNING THOSE, TOO.

IT ALSO BANNED PREFILLED FLAVOR THEY CARTRIDGES.

ALL OF THOSE WOULD BE OUT LOUD IN CALIFORNIA VOTERS BACK PROP 31.

ADVOCATES OF THE FLAVOR BAND SAFE FLAVORED BANDS ATTRACT CHILDREN AND TEENS WHO GO ON TO DEVELOP NICOTINE ADDICTIONS.

OPPONENTS OF THE BAND SAY THE STATE ALREADY MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO SELL TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO MINORS.

AND THAT THIS LAW INFRINGES ON THE FREEDOMS OF ADULTS AT LEAST 60 CALIFORNIA'S CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE THE BAN SELLING FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

THOSE REGULATIONS WON'T CHANGE IF THE LAW IS VOTED DOWN.

VOTE NO IF YOU WANT TO STRIKE DOWN THE STATE MAN AND ALLOW THE SALE OF FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

>>> FOR MORE ON THE ELECTION, CHECK OUT THE KPBS VOTER HUB.

WE ALSO HAVE A VERSION FOR OUR SPANISH-SPEAKING AUDIENCE.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE ACCEPTING YOUR ELECTION QUESTIONS TO HELP US GUIDE OUR COVERAGE IN THE WEEKS AHEAD.

YOU CAN GET TO OUR VOTER HUB FROM OUR HOME PAGE, OR BOTH BY GOING TO KPBS.ORG.

>>> THIS HEAT WAVE HAS KEPT FIREFIGHTERS ACROSS THE STATE AND HERE AT HOME VERY BUSY.

IN THE LAST WEEK I FIREFIGHTERS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAD TO DEAL WITH THREE BRUSHFIRES THAT FORCED PEOPLE TO EVACUATE.

YESTERDAY, THE CAESAR FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE WHICH CREEK AREA EAST OF RAMONA AND TODAY THAT FIRE IS 50 ACRES AND 90% CONTAINED.

BUT THE CREWS ARE STILL ON HEIGHTENED ALERT.

>> WE ARE IN PEAK FIRE SEASON AND WILL BE FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

WE HAVE SANTA ANA WINDS COMING IN.

>> CAL FLYER IS ASKING THAT EVERYONE DOES THEIR PART TO PREVENT BRUSHFIRES.

AND THEY REMIND EVERYONE WITH A GO BAG READY WITH DOCUMENTS AND ESSENTIALS TO MAKE IT EASIER IF YOU ARE FORCED TO EVACUATE.

>>> WE HAD A LOT OF HEAT TO TALK ABOUT BUT ALSO SOME MOISTURE THAT WILL BE A BIT OF A HEADLINE INTO THE WEEKEND.

WE NEED SOME CHANGES.

IT IS SO HOT.

EXTREME HEAT AND FIRE DANGER.

A BAD COMBINATION.

AGAIN, WE HAVE BIG CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THE WILDFIRES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THEM.

IT'S A BIT CONCERNED THAT CONTINUES.

OVERALL, THIS WEEKEND THERE WILL BE CHANGES AS MOISTURE FROM HURRICANE KAY WILL ARRIVE.

THE HEART OF THE STORE WILL BE TO THE SOUTHWEST AND OFFSHORE.

BUT WE WELCOME SOME MOISTURE.

IN THE NEAR TERM, WE ARE STILL UNDER EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE COAST AND THROUGH ALL OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AS WELL.

THROUGH WEDNESDAY, DANGEROUS HEAT CONTINUES AND WE WILL BE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE IN MANY AREAS.

THE MOST EXTREME HEAT IN THE INTERIOR WITH JUST A HINT OF A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF AT THE COAST BUT IT IS STILL REALLY HOT OUT THERE AND THE RISK OF FIRE IS STILL A CONCERN BECAUSE WE ARE SO DRY AND JUST BY DEFAULT RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS SO LOW NOW.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT IS MAINLY CLEAR.

THE HUMIDITY WILL BE GREATER AT NIGHT.

BUT AS THE AIR TEMPERATURES RISE IN THE INTERIOR DURING THE DAY, IF YOU DON'T ADD MORE MOISTURE, BY DEFAULT THE RELATIVELY MANY DROPS.

TONIGHT YOU CAN SEE TEMPERATURES DOWN TO AROUND 80 IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL OUT THERE WITH THE RISK OF WILDFIRE DANGER.

LOOKING AT THE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

FOR WEDNESDAY.

NOT AS EXTREME WITH THE HEAT ALONG THE COAST.

YOU GO INLAND BACK UP TO 100 DEGREES IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

AND THURSDAY THIS HEAT IS STILL WITH US.

AND THEN HURRICANE KAY WILL STAY TO THE SOUTHWEST BUT IT WILL SEND MOISTURE INTO THE REGION AT THE END OF THE WEEK WHICH COULD BE HELPFUL IN SOME WAYS.

WE COULD USE SOME RAIN.

SPOTTY SHOWERS AND STORMS POSSIBLE EVEN AT THE COAST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

INLAND AREAS, STORMS POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

TEMPERATURES BACK OFF SIGNIFICANTLY.

WENDY ON FRIDAY.

WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE OFFSHORE WIND AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES AND THAT WILL LEAD TO FIRE DANGER.

IN THE DESERTS, TEMPERATURES DECISIVELY COOLER.

80s WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS AROUND ON SATURDAY.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, INSPECTORS DISCLOSE THEIR FINDINGS FROM THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, IN THE CROSSFIRE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE.

COMING UP AT 7:00 P.M. .

>>> PREGNANCY IS AN EXPERIENCE THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF PERSONALIZED ONE ON ONE CARE.

EVEN SO, TECHNOLOGY IS INCREASINGLY BECOMING PART OF THE PROCESS.

WE LEARN ABOUT THE GROWING ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN DELIVERING HEALTHY BABIES.

>> KNOW PREGNANCY IS THE SAME AND THAT'S WHY RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING TO MAKE DELIVERY PLANS SPECIFIC TO EACH PATIENT AND THEY ARE DOING THAT BY STUDYING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ALGORITHMS.

>> IF YOU THINK IT OF IT AS AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, THIS LABOR MAY NOT BE GOING AS WELL AS WE THINK IT IS.

>> Reporter: THE RECENT STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE MEDICAL JOURNAL ANALYZE PATTERNS OF CHANGES OF WOMEN IN LABOR TO HELP DETERMINE WHETHER IT SAFER FOR BOTH THE WOMAN AND THE BABY TO HAVE A TRADITIONAL DELIVERY OR IF A C-SECTION IS NEEDED.

THE MAYO CLINIC STUDY SAYS THAT 700 CLINICAL VARIABLES WERE STUDYING IN A DAILY BASE OF $65,000.

A WOMEN WOMAN IN LABOR IS CHECKED EVERY 2-FOURS TO TEACH HOW SHE IS PROGRESSING BUT THERE'S MANY FACTORS IF THERE IS COMPLICATIONS.

THOSE VARIABLES ARE NOT THE SAME FOR EVERY WOMAN.

>> IT WILL BE EMBEDDED IN THE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS.

THE DATA IS ALREADY THERE.

IT ASSIGNS A LABOR RISK SCORE.

IT TELLS US WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESSFUL IMAGINAL DELIVERY WITH A HEALTHY MOM AND HEALTHY BABY RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

>> Reporter: HELPING OBSTETRICIANS MAKE CRITICAL DECISIONS AND GET MORE INTO MARGINALIZED CARE.

IF THIS ALGORITHM IS ÃMAKE THERE MAY NOT BE A NEED FOR AS MANY C-SECTIONS.

>>> THIS FALL STUDENTS ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY ARE ADJUSTING TO BEING BACK ON CAMPUS AND FACE TO FACE FULL-TIME.

THE START OF THE NEW SEMESTER IS ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

WE SEE HOW THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS ARE BEING MET AND CELEBRATED.

>> Reporter: THESE ARE SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS FOR A VERY SPECIFIC YOUNG STUDENT.

>> WE USE THE BACK OF THE HANDS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE BUTTON OR IF THE BUTTON IS HOT.

>> Reporter: 15-YEAR-OLD GRACE IS FEELING HER WAY ACROSS ORANGE AVENUE IN CORONADO AND LISTENING TO TRAFFIC ALL AROUND HER.

>> TO MIKE RIGHT SHOULDER IS WHERE THE CAR SHOULD BE.

>> Reporter: GRACE HAS BEEN BLIND SINCE BIRTH BECAUSE OF AN UNDERDEVELOPED OPTIC NERVE THAT CAN'T CARRY MESSAGES FROM HER EYES TO HER BRAIN.

>> IT'S SCARY AT FIRST BECAUSE THERE ARE LITERAL CARS.

BUT AFTER DOING IT FOR A FEW YEARS, IT GETS EASIER BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT MOST OF THE TIME.

AND IT BECOMES SOMETHING I DO EVERY DAY.

>> THE VOICE SHE LISTENS TO BELONGS TO JIM.

AN ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY SPECIALIST WITH THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

HE WORKS WITH FIVE OR SIX VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS EVERY DAY IN DISTRICTS FROM CORONADO TO SANYO CEDRO.

TEACHING THEM LIFE SKILLS AND HELPING WITH ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THEIR SCHOOLWORK.

>> IT'S NOT ABOUT FAILURE AND MEETING MY EXPECTATIONS.

IT'S ABOUT THEM REACHING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE THAT THEY CAN IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TAKES TO DO THAT SAFELY.

>> Reporter: HE HAS WORKED WITH GRACE SINCE SECOND GRADE.

MAKE I'M FEELING THE GRASS ON MY RIGHT SO I HAVE A BOUNDARY.

>> Reporter: SHE IS NOW A FRESHMAN AT CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL RE: ENROLLED IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT COMPUTER SCIENCE.

GRACE IS GROWING UP WITH HER OTHER SENSES SHARPENED AND HAS ONLY A LITTLE INTEREST IN WHAT SHE MIGHT NEVER SEE.

>> PROBABLY JUST MY FAMILY AND I HAVE HEARD THE STARS ARE PRETTY BEAUTIFUL.

SO I WOULD WANT TO SEE THE NIGHT SKY.

BUT I DON'T REALLY WANT SITE.

BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE TO RELEARN EVERYTHING.

>> Reporter: 16 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND TIME AS AN EMT, SECURITY OFFICER AND A CREDENTIALED TEACHER WITH A MASTERS DEGREE AND A BLACK BELT IN JUJITSU AND HE IS VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

>> AT 24 YEARS OLD I HAD AN INJURY TO MY LEFT I WERE HAD A RETINAL DETACHMENT AND I LOST THE MAJORITY OF MY VISION IN MY LEFT EYE AND DIDN'T GET IT BACK.

>> Reporter: SOMETIME SOMETIMES HE COMES HIS ONE GOOD EYE SO HE CAN RELATE TO WHAT HE STUDENT HIS EXPERIENCE.

A SENSE OF HUMOR ALSO HELPS.

>> THEY CAN MAKE SAFE CHOICES, STAY OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, BE PATIENT SO THEY DON'T BECOME A PATIENT AND ABLE TO FIND THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF INDEPENDENCE THEY CAN.

>> Reporter:@SANYO CEDRO MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE'S ANOTHER STUDENT SUCCESS STORY INVOLVING 12-YEAR- OLD DIEGO.

ALSO BLIND SINCE BIRTH COULD WITH PROSTHETICS OR BOTH HIS EYES.

HE HAS NEVER SEEN THE LIGHT OR EVEN SHADOWS.

ONLY COMPLETE DARKNESS.

THAT HAS NOT STOPPED HIM FROM DREAMS OF SOMEDAY PLAYING PROFESSIONAL FOOT WALL.

>> I LOVE FOOTBALL FOOTBALL.

>> Reporter: WHAT POSITION DO YOU PLAY?

>> WHEN I THROW THE BALL SOMEBODY CLAPS OR SOMETHING AND I THROW IT IN THAT DIRECTION.

>> Reporter: DIEGO IS SUPPORTED BY HIS VISUAL IMPAIRMENT TEACHER, TOO.

TONYA IS ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE SAN DIEGO OFFICE OF EDUCATION TEAM.

SHE TEACHES BLIND STUDENTS HOW TO READ BRAILLE AND HOW TO TYPE IT FOR CLASS ASSIGNMENTS.

SHE IS A PERSON WHO CAN SEE AND SHE SAYS SHE HAS BEEN EDUCATED BY SO MANY OF HER STUDENTS WHO CANNOT.

>> MY STUDENTS CAN GENERALLY TELL IF A PERSON IS NATURALLY KIND AND GOODHEARTED.

NOT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY LOOK BUT BY WAY THEY ARE INTERACTED WITH.

THEY TAUGHT ME TO JUST BE OPEN- MINDED AND TO BE PATIENT.

ESPECIALLY WITH THE IGNORANT CITED WORLD.

>> Reporter: THAT IGNORANCE IS SOMETHING HER STUDENT DIEGO OFTEN DEALS WITH.

JIM AND THE COUNTY SUPPORT TEAM MEET HIM WHERE HE IS WITH HIGH HOPES FOR WHAT HE WILL BECOME.

>> EVERYTHING IN HIS WORLD IS AUDIO AND TACTILE.

SO HE HAS TO HAVE A REALLY PHENOMENAL MEMORY.

THE THING THAT HE HAS TO HAVE THAT LUCKILY HE DOES IS A PHENOMENAL ATTITUDE.

>> Reporter: DIEGO'S PERSEVERANCE SETS THE EXAMPLE FOR ALL THE OTHER VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTY LIKE HIM WHO JUST WANT SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS.

>> TREAT THEM NORMAL.

TREAT THEM THE WAY NORMAL PEOPLE ARE TREATED.

>> MY MOTHER IS BLIND CAN DO ANYTHING AND I DON'T MIND BEING BLIND.

>> Reporter: LIKE DIEGO, GRACE IS READY FOR A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR AND JIM WILL BE THERE TO CHEER THEM BOTH ON.

>> THEY ARE ABLE TO DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF LIFE THAT WE MIGHT SKIP OVER BY TRYING TO FIGURE THEM OUT VISUALLY.

>> Reporter: THAT IS A LESSON FOR ALL OF US THAT IS CLEAR TO SEE.

MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

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