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MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH CRUSHING HIS STUDENT LOAN DEBT, BUT IT MAY FEEL A LITTLE BIT LATER TONIGHT.

RESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED A SWEEPING EFFORT TO FORGIVE UP TO $10,000 FOR QUALIFYING BORROWERS.

SOME WILL RECEIVE AN EVEN BIGGER RAKE.

THE PRESIDENT HAS ALSO EXTENDED THE STUDENT LOAN PAYMENT PAUSE THROUGH DECEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER 31.

STILL UNDER THE PLAN, BORROWERS EARNING LESS THAN $125,000 PER YEAR OR COUPLES EARNING LESS THAN $250,000 PER YEAR WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO $10,000 IN LOAN FORGIVENESS.

MEANWHILE, LOAN PAYMENTS WILL ALSO BE CAPPED AT 5% OF MONTHLY INCOME, ACCORDING TO TWO BIDEN.

>> THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET ON TOP OF RENT AND UTILITIES, FINALLY BE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT BUYING A HOME OR STARTING A FAMILY, OR STARTING A BUSINESS.

>> RECIPIENTS OF PELL GRANTS ARE - - WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR $25,000 IN STUDENT LOAN RELIEF.

TREY BARCLAY IS A LOCAL RESIDENT WHO IS STILL PAYING OFF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DEBT, FROM HIS TIME STUDYING AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF SAN DIEGO BACK IN THE MID- 2000'S.

HE WAS HOPING FOR MORE.

>> 10,000 IS KIND OF A JOKE, GIVEN THE SHEER INTEREST ON MOST ACCOUNTS.

$10,000 DOESN'T EVEN COVER ONE YEAR OF INTEREST.

IT IS SUCH AN ARDUOUS ARBITRARY NUMBER, WHY CAN'T THERE BE MORE?

WHY THIS CUT OFF?

SO THE PRESIDENT IS ALSO DEFERRING STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID IT WILL BE THE LAST TIME THE PAUSE IS EXTENDED.

A POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR SAYS THE TIMING OF THIS EFFORT COULD LOWER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S APPROVAL RATING COMING UP INTO ELECTIONS.

>> IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR BLUE-COLLAR WORKERS, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT LEAD TO FURTHER INFLATION.

HE'S GOING TO FACE ATTACKS ON THE FAR LEFT AND FAR RIGHT, BUT HIS HOPE IS THAT ENOUGH MODERATE AND YOUNG VOTERS WILL BE PLEASED WITH THIS PACKAGE AND REMEMBER THAT COME NOVEMBER.

>> EVEN AFTER HE GETS $10,000, HE STILL GOING TO DEFER PAYMENTS.

>> THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY TO CATCH UP WITH ANY AMOUNT UNDER $30,000, AND REALLY UNDER $80,000, FOR SURE, WHICH WOULD COVER, TO ME, WHAT HAS BEEN ACCRUED AND CHARGED OVER THE YEARS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.>> ABOUT 43 MILLION BORROWERS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE PLAN, 20 MILLION WILL HAVE THEIR DEBT COMPLETELY CANCELED.

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL ANNOUNCE FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT HOW OURS CAN CLAIM THIS RELIEF IN THE WEEKS AHEAD.

>> AND IT APPEARS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WEBSITE WAS UNPREPARED FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT, THOSE LOGGING ON TO STUDENTEIGHT.GOV WORST STRUGGLING WITH THE HIGH VOLUME OF VISITORS.

IT TOOK ALMOST A MINUTE FOR THE WEBSITE TO LOAN, AT NOON.

>>> STUDENTS AT SAN DIEGO UNIFIED GO BACK TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, THE FALL SEMESTER MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST FULL YEAR FOR SUPERINTENDENT LAMONT JACKSON.

ANGIE PEREZ SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT HIS PLANS FOR CALIFORNIA'S SECOND-LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> DR. LAMONT JACKSON CONSIDERS HIMSELF A SPIRITUAL MAN.>> THE SPIRIT OF UBUNTU, AND AFRICAN PROVERB THAT MEANS I AM BECAUSE WE ARE.

>> THAT A PROVERB CAN BE USED TO INSPIRE THE SAN DIEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT, A MESSAGE HE HAS LIVED BY, EVEN BEFORE BEING TERMINALLY APPOINTED TO THE POSITION LAST MARCH.

IN OUR INTERVIEW, HE SAID THE TONE FOR WHAT IS TO COME IN THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

>> THIS WILL BE ABOUT BELONGING, EQUITY, IT WILL BE ABOUT OUR CHILDREN DRIVING AND STAFF DRIVING, SO THAT WE CAN BECOME WHAT WE HAVE SET OUT FOR, AND THAT IS THE BEST PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ACROSS THE NATION.>> SAN DIEGO UNIFIED IS SECOND IN SIZE TO THE LOS ANGELES SCHOOL DISTRICT, WITH MANY OF THE SAME BIG-CITY ISSUES, STARTING WITH THE CONTINUING COVID CRISIS.

>> WE'VE RECENTLY MOVED AWAY FROM DISTRICTWIDE MASK MANDATE, TO REALLY FOCUS ON WHAT IS HAPPENING AT OUR SCHOOLS.

WE REALIZE THAT A LOT OF DATA IS ABLE TO BE CAPTURED AT OUR SCHOOL SITES.

>> INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS COULD REINSTATE MASKS, OR TAKE OTHER COVID PRECAUTIONS BASED ON A LOCALIZED OUTBREAK OF CASES, RATHER THAN A MANDATE FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

THEN THERE IS THE THREAT OF THE MONKEYPOX VIRUS.

THERE WILL BE SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS FOR STUDENTS IN ATHLETICS.

>> CLEANING OUR MATS, FOR WRESTLERS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH CLOSE CONTACT, SHARING OF TOWELS, AND MATERIALS LIKE THAT.

>> ON THE MATTER OF THE NEW CALIFORNIA LATE START LAW REQUIRING MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO BEGIN AT 8:00 A.M. OR LATER, AT HIGH SCHOOLS NO LATER THAN NO EARLIER THAN 8:30 A.M. WE HAVE DATA FROM A STUDY THAT STARTED IN 2021.

>> WE HAVE MORE ON WHAT THIS MEANT FOR PARENTS WHO HAVE MULTIPLE DROP OFF POINTS, WHEN THEY HAVE MULTIPLE CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY.

I THINK WE ARE POISED.

>> POISED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL, AS FAMILIES ADJUSTER TO.

THE DISTRICT ALSO HAS A MORE DISTRICT REPRESENTATION ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.

ZACHARY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY TWO NEW STUDENTS WHO ARE CONTINUING THE LEGACY.

>> WE ARE LOOKING AT THE IDEA THAT PATTERSON PASSED ON, STUDENT VOICE, HAVING STUDENTS AT THE TABLE AND REALLY HEARING FROM THEM.

>> JACKSON HAS BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT MORE THAN 30 YEARS AS A TEACHER, COACH, PRINCIPAL, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, AND A PRODUCT OF SAN DIEGO UNIFIED, COMPLETING 12 YEARS OF EDUCATION IN DISTRICT SCHOOLS.

HE IS ALSO A DEDICATED FATHER AND SHARED A VERY PERSONAL STORY OF GROWTH, WHEN HIS SON DECIDED TO PURSUE A COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP IN OPERA, NOT ATHLETICS.

>> IT WAS ALL OF HIM WHO SAID THAT HE WAS INTERESTED IN PURSUING CHOIR, AND THAT HE WAS MOVING AWAY FROM ATHLETICS, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHAT I WAS PUSHING HIM INTO DOING, AND SO, IF THERE IS A MESSAGE FOR PARENTS, IT IS THAT WE NEED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF OUR STUDENTS AND LET THEM FIND THEIR VOICE.

MAGIC WILL HAPPEN.

SORRY, I GET A LITTLE CHOKED UP.

>> THE SUPERINTENDENT IS STILL TEACHING.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S PLAN TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IS IN THE BOAT TONIGHT.

STICKING POINT IS A FOUR CENT PER MILE TAX ON DRIVERS.

SOME REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT IT, BUT THE STATES AS IT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE PLAN.

WE HAVE MORE ON THE BACK AND FORTH WITH JOHN CARROLL.

>> Reporter: THIS STORY BEGAN LAST DECEMBER WHEN THE SANDAG BOARD OF DIRECT OTHERS LOOKS TO MEET STATE LEVELS OF CARBON EMISSION REDUCTION.

THEY DIRECTED SANDAG STAFF TO FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY TO PAY FOR IT.

THAT'S WHERE THINGS STOOD UNTIL EARLY JULY.

>> GROUP OF BOARD NUMBERS WROTE A LETTER SAYING HEY, THE PLAN BEFORE YOU IS BEING ALTERED.>> THE CARB IS THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD.

THE BOARD OVERSEES CLIMATE ACTION PLANS ACROSS THE STATE.

WHEN THEY RECEIVED THE SUPERVISORS LETTER, THEY WROTE BACK.

>> CARB IS OF THE OPINION THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS MILEAGE TAX.

>> DESMOND OPPOSES THE TAX, BUT ENVIRONMENTALISTS SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

>> WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF LOOKING AT WHATEVER ALTERNATIVE, OR ROAD USE CHARGE IS NECESSARY, TO GET THE TYPE OF FUNDING TO MOVE US AWAY FROM NEEDING TO USE A CAR TO GO EVERYWHERE.

>> KARINA CONTRARINESS IS THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY ADVOCATE FOR THE SAN DIEGO-BASED CLIMATE ACTION CAMPAIGN.

WHETHER IT IS A ROAD USE CHARGE OR OTHER FUNDING SOURCE, SHE SAYS IT IS CRITICAL THE REGION MEET THE STATE-MANDATED BENCHMARKS.

>> IT IS NOT FEASIBLE TO HAVE PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION BE THE ONLY WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN MOVE ABOUT THE REGION.

IT IS NOT GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY, IT IS NOT GOOD FOR THE LEVELS OF POLLUTION IN THE AIR.

>> ESSENTIALLY THEY ARE TRYING TO TAX US OUT OF OUR CARS.

>> DESMOND SAYS HE IS ALL FOR REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES, AND SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS THE STATE BENCHMARKS MUST BE MET, BUT HE FAVORS A DIFFERENT APPROACH.

>> I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY BE INVESTING IN TECHNOLOGY, AND ROADWAY SYSTEMS, SO WE CAN USE THEM MORE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY, AND BASICALLY INSTEAD OF EVERYBODY HAVING TWO OR THREE CARS IN YOUR FAMILY, YOU CAN MAYBE ONLY NEED ONE CAR IN YOUR FAMILY.

>> THE CLOCK IS TICKING.

SANDAG IS SAID TO COME BACK WITH AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE ROAD USE CHARGE NEXT MARCH, AN ALTERNATIVE THAT HAS SO FAR PROVEN ELUSIVE.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>> YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BUY A CAR THAT RUNS ON GAS IN CALIFORNIA BY THE YEAR 2035.

THERE IS A VOTE SET FOR TOMORROW , TOWARD ZERO EMISSIONS IN THE STATE.

IF IT PASSES, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST BAND LIKE IT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, AND IT COULD HAVE MAJOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE US CAR MARKET, CONSIDERING HOW LARGE OUR STATE ECONOMY IS.

BUT THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR YEARS NOW.

GOV.

GAVIN NEWSOM'S SHARED AND ORDER ANNOUNCING THAT ALL CARS SOLD HERE HAVE TO BE ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2035.>>> THE PARK OF CHULA VISTA, THE HARBORSIDE PARK HAS THE HIGHEST CRIME RATE, CETACEANS AND ARRESTS OF ANY PARK.

MANY WHO SPOKE IN FAVOR OF A TEMPORARY CLOSURE CITED SAFETY CONCERNS FOR CHILDREN AS IT IS ACROSS FROM HARBORSIDE ELEMENTARY.

THOSE WHO CALL THE PARK HOMES A CLOSING IT IS NOT WARRANTED.

>> RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME THERE WAS A DRUG SALE HAPPENING RIGHT ACROSS THE FENCE.

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION HAD TO CLEAR THE FIELD, BECAUSE A MAN WAS DEFECATING NEXT TO THE FENCE.

>> WE RESPECT THE CHILDREN, WE WATCH OUT FOR THE KIDS, WE MAKE SURE NO ONE MESSES WITH THE CHILDREN.

EVERYONE IS RESPECTFUL, THEY ARE CLEANING UP THEIR AREAS.

>> DURING ITS CLOSURE, HARBORSIDE PARK WILL HAVE AROUND-THE-CLOCK SECURITY AND FENCING.

IT WILL HOST A VOTE FOR PEOPLE TO TENSELY ACCEPT SERVICES.

THE PARK WILL BE CLEANED AND SURVEYED TO FIND OUT WHAT IT COMES OF IT IN THE FUTURE.

>>> ANDREW BOWEN LOOKS AT A PROJECTS CONNECTION TO TRANSIT.

>> WE ARE WHICH THAT THAT WE ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET THAT HAS THE SIDEWALK.

WE ARE WALKING FROM THE OLD TOWN TRANSIT CENTER TO THE SPORTS ARENA PROPERTY.

48 ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND WHERE THE CITY WANTS TO BUILD A NEW COMMUNITY.

BUT THE WAY THINGS ARE NOW, THOSE FUTURE RESIDENTS WON'T HAVE A PLEASANT OR EVEN SAFE WALK TO THE TROLLEY.

THERE ARE GAPS IN THE SIDEWALK, MISSING CURB RAMPS, LITTLE SHADE OR TREES, AND WHEN CROSSING THE MASSIVE EIGHT LANE ROADS THAT CUT THROUGH THE MIDWAY DISTRICT, IT IS CLEAR THAT CARS, NOT PEDESTRIANS HAVE THE PRIORITY.

THEY SAY THEY NEED A QUICKER, SAFER ROUTE TO THE TROLLEY.

>> THE ROUTE IS NOT DIRECT, IT IS VERY CIRCUITOUS.

IT TOOK US ALMOST HALF AN HOUR TO GET HERE, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING IN A STRAIGHT LINE.>> FIVE REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN COMPETING FOR THE RIGHT TO BUILD ON THE SPORTS ARENA PROPERTY.

ON MONDAY, MAYOR TODD GLORIA ANNOUNCED HE'S RECOMMENDING MIDWAY RISING, THE PLAN WITH OPTIONS.

>>> TODAY IS INDEPENDENCE DAY IN UKRAINE, AND ALSO SIX MONTHS SINCE RUSSIA INVADED THE COUNTRY.

WE SPOKE WITH UKRAINIAN FAMILY LIVING IN SAN DIEGO WHO SAYS THIS IS A BITTERSWEET DAY.

VIRGINIA HAS LEFT UKRAINE TO HIDE.

BUT AT THIS IN A HEART AND MIND EVERY DAY.>> I JUST WANT TO OPEN THE DOOR AND COME IN TO MY APARTMENT, AND SEE EVERYBODY.

>> SHE DREAMS OF THE DAY SHE CAN GO BACK TO A LIFE SHE USED TO LIVE.

THINKING OF IT RINGS HER TO TEARS.

BUT ON INDEPENDENCE DAY HER HEART TO SEE.

>> I CAN SEE PEOPLE AND UNDERSTAND THAT I MISS OUR PEOPLE SO MUCH.

>> HER HUSBAND AT HER TWO LITTLE BOYS WERE ON VACATION WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT.

THEY MANAGED TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO SAN DIEGO THROUGH TIJUANA.

KNOWING HER LOVED ONES ARE SO FAR AWAY AND IT DANGER IS TOUGH.

BUT HER FIGHTING SPIRIT GIVES HER HOPE.

>> I AM JUST PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS NATION.

AND I AM MORE BRAVE.

>> THEY'VE MADE IT THEIR MISSION TO HELP FAMILIES IN UKRAINE BY HOLDING ART SALES AND EXHIBITS IN DIFFERENT CITIES THAT FEATURE UKRAINIAN ARTISTS.

SO FAR, THEY HAVE RAISED OVER $10,000.>> WE ARE PLAYING THE EDGE IN LIFE AND DEATH.

>> WHEN SHE SEES THE FACES OF HER OWN TWO SONS, SHE SEES THE FACES OF BRAVE UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS.

THEIR SACRIFICE FILLS HER WITH EMOTION >> IT HAS HURT SO MUCH, EVERY DAY IT IS LIKE TO FEELINGS, PAIN AND LOVE, EVERY DAY, I CAN FEEL IT.

>> AFTER 31 YEARS OF INDEPENDENT'S, SHE FINALLY FEELS LIKE SHE KNOWS WHAT THE DATE NEEDS.

>> I KNOW WHAT I AM CELEBRATING.

THIS IS NOT JUST A DAY OF CONCERT AND FIREWORKS, THIS DAY IS OUR PAIN, OUR LOVE, OUR HOPE.

>> KATIE ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A QUARANTINE IS IN EFFECT BECAUSE OF MEXICAN FOOD FLIES.

THE FLIES CAN INFECT MORE THAN 50 TYPES OF FRUIT INCLUDING CITRUS, AVOCADOS, LAVA, POMEGRANATE, AND MANY OTHERS IN THE AREA.

ANYONE GROWING THESE FRUITS HAVE BEEN URGED NOT TO THE FRUIT OF THEIR PROPERTIES.

THE AGRICULTURAL PEST COULD HAVE A HUGE ECONOMIC IMPACT.

THE CROP VALUE WITHIN THE QUARANTINE BOUNDARIES IS $49 MILLION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S 1.8 $1.8 BILLION TOTAL.

>>> HARD-HIT FARMERS ARE GOING TO BE GETTING SOME FINANCIAL AID.

THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS EARMARKED HALF $1 BILLION TO EARMARK INITIATIVES FOR THE INDUSTRY.

THIS MONEY COMES FROM INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.

ABOUT $300 MILLION WILL HELP THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING.

OTHER MONEY WILL BE USED TO FOCUS ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS.

THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED NEED TO APPLY BY LATE OCTOBER.

>>> MONSOON MOISTURE IS BACK, A STICKY DAY TODAY WILL STAY WARM AND HUMID TOMORROW AND WE WILL SEE MORE THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP IN THE'S.

THURSDAY IS ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY.

SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD DRIFT INTO THE DESERT WITH AREAS OF SAND BLOWING AROUND.

MORNING CLOUDS, THEN SOME SUNSHINE, AT THE END OF THE WEEK IT DOES LOOK LIKE DRY HAIR WILL BE WITH US, AND IT SHOULD BE DRY INTO THE WEEKEND.

FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAIN AREAS AND IN THE DESERTS WITH OAKLEY HEAVY DOWNPOUR'S.

IN SAN DIEGO, 70 WILL BE THE LOW, WITH FOG FORMING LATE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES IN THE INLAND AREAS.

PREGO SPRINGS, 80, AND CAMPBELL AT 67.

HE IS THE WEATHER SCENARIO FOR THURSDAY.

WARM, HUMID AIR, STORMS ERUPTING IN THE MOUNTAIN, CHANCES FOR STORMS HERE AROUND MOUNT LAGUNA AND BORREGO SPRINGS.

INLAND AREAS WILL WARRANT THE LOWER 90s, TEMPERATURES ARE CLOSE TO 80 NEAR THE COAST.

AND HERE'S A LOOK AT THE TEACHER SATELLITE AND RADAR MORNING CLOUDS MELT AWAY, BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON, THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ERUPTING IN THE'S, SOME OF THOSE COULD DRIFT INTO THE DESERTS LATER IN THE DAY BEFORE THEY FIZZLE OUT AT NIGHT, AND IT WILL BE A DRY DAY.

ON FRIDAY, ANNIE STORMS WILL BE ISOLATED.

HERE IS THE EXTENDED FORECAST, COASTAL AREAS WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR THE 80s, A TOUCH COOLER OVER THE WEEKEND.

INLAND AREAS ARE A LITTLE BIT COOLER OVER THE WEEKEND HERE AS WELL.

IN THE'S, STORMS IT THURSDAY.

AFTER THAT, IT DOES LOOK DRY AND NICE.

ON THURSDAY, WATCH FOR BLOWING SAND >>> A SAN DIEGO RESEARCHER WHO HELPED SHAPE PRESENT-DAY CLIMATE MODELS HAS DIED.

ERIK ANDERSON SPOKE WITH PEOPLE CLOSE TO TIM BARNETT.>>> A QUICK FORECAST, IT DOES NOT LOOK VERY GOOD FOR RAINFALL.

>> TIM BARNETT A SCIENTIFIC STAND, MONTHS BEFORE TORRENTIAL RAIN, FLOOD, AND WIND PUMMELED THE STATE, HE PREDICTED EL NIÑO WOULD RING DAMAGING STORMS TO CALIFORNIA.

IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE STRONGEST EL NIÑO WEATHER EVENT ON RECORD.

DAVID PIERCE WAS HIS COLLEAGUE AT THE SCRIPPS INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY.

IT WAS RARE AT THE TIME TO MAKE SWEEPING PREDICTIONS BASED ON EXISTING SCIENCE, BUT BARNETT DISMISSED THE DOUBTERS AND OFTEN MADE THE RIGHT CALL.

>> TIM WAS VERY INTUITIVE.

I FELT LIKE I WAS REALLY GOOD AT THESE THINGS, TIM COULD LOOK AT A SHEET OF PLOTS FROM ACROSS THE ROOM AND KNOW THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

>> HE HAD CONFIDENCE IN HIS NUMBERS, AND A NO-NONSENSE APPROACH TO PEOPLE.

SOME SAID THAT HIS DAD HAD NO PATIENCE FOR BS OR BUREAUCRAT.

THE MEASURED PEOPLE ON THE VALUE OF THEIR INPUT AND CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER.

>> HE TOOK HIS WIFE AND THREE SONS ON REGULAR CAMPING EXCURSION, SHARING HIS LOVE OF THE OCEAN.

BUT HE DID ALLOW HIS WORK TO SWALLOW WHAT WAS IMPORTANT.

>> HE ALWAYS MADE TIME FOR FAMILY, AND HE CAME DOWN TO WATCH VOLLEYBALL FOR US.

HE DIED AFTER A BATTLE WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE.

ERIK ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN CANCEL SOME STUDENT DEBT FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.

THE DETAILS ARE COMING UP NEXT AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> WE ARE SEEING A SURGE OF RENT FROM COAST TO COAST.

A SURVEY FOUND MORE THAN HALF OF RESPONDENTS FOUND A RENT INCREASE IN THE PAST 12 DAYTONA THIS WEEK SHOWS A POSSIBLE HOUSING MARKET SLOWDOWN.

JEN BREAKS DOWN WHAT IT ALL MEANS, AND WHAT IS BEHIND THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.

>> IF YOUR RENT IS GOING UP, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

RENT IS STILL HIGH, AND SORTING ACROSS THE COUNTRY >> I PAY IT EVERY MONTH, I DON'T PAY IT ON TIME, I PAY IT WHEN I GET IT.

DO A NEW SURVEY FOUND 60% OF RENTERS SOUGHT A RENT INCREASE DURING THE PAST YEAR, WHILE JUST 38% OF RENTERS SAY THEY SAW THEIR INCOME GO UP.

>> I'M GETTING NERVOUS.

I HAVE TO PRIORITIZE.

>> RENT IS GOING UP FOR THE SAME REASONS EVERYTHING IS GETTING EXPENSIVE, IT IS MORE MONEY FLOWING AROUND THE ECONOMY , AND THAT'S COMING HOME TO EAST.

>> REPORT SHOWS NEW HOME SALES FELL BY 4.6% IN JULY FROM THE DEVIOUS ACCORDING TO DATA RELEASED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AT THE US CENSUS BUREAU, WHICH .2 RISING MORTGAGE RATES FOR THE RECENT DECLINE IN SALES.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HOMES IN THE COUNTRY.

PEOPLE ARE SCRAMBLING TO FIND OPEN APARTMENTS, RENT IS GOING UP, AND IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.>> THERE ARE SOME CASES WHERE RENT INCREASES ARE STARTING TO SLOW, INCLUDING SOME NATURE CITIES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO.

>> PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE THIS KIND OF RENT INCREASE.

THEY WILL PACK UP AND GO SOMEWHERE MONEY CAN GET THEM FURTHER.

>> AS THE CALIFORNIA DROUGHT STRETCHES ON, EVEN CELEBRITIES HAVE TO PAY UP FOR NOT DOING THEIR PART TO CONSERVE WATER.

FAMOUS RESIDENTS OF CALABASAS INCLUDING KEVIN HART, AND SYLVESTER STALLONE HAVE BEEN USING TOO MUCH WATER.

OFFICIALS SAY ANYONE WHO EXCEEDS 150% OF THEIR WATER BUDGET FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS WILL PAY A PENALTY.

BUT THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE PEOPLE CUT BACK.

OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO HAVE FLOW RESTRICTION DEVICES INSTALLED.

>> THERE IS REALLY NO OTHER WAY TO GET PAST THE CLIENTELE THAT HAS THE MEANS TO PAY FOR AN ENORMOUS WATER BILL.

PENALTIES ASSESSED TO WATER BILLS DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY EFFECT.

WHAT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT IS CREATING AN AGGRAVATION.

>> PEOPLE NEED TO VOLUNTARILY DO IT, AND IF THEY DON'T, STRONGER MEASURES HAVE TO BE TAKEN, BECAUSE WE ARE ALL SHARING IT, AND THE DROUGHT IS RATHER OBVIOUS.

>> THE WATER DISTRICTS IS ABOUT 70% OF ALL RESIDENTS WATER USE IS FOR OUTDOORS.

THEY ARE ADVISING PEOPLE TO MOVE THEIR LAWNS AND INSTALL DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPING.

>> THERE IS A NEW AMERICAN GIRL DOLL, AND IF MITCHELL MEANT OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION.

HER STORY WAS WRITTEN BY BEST-SELLING AUTHOR ARTHUR BECKMAN.

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