>>> IT IS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S LATEST EFFORT TO OFFER RELIEF IN COLLEGE TUITION LOAN DEBT AND IT INVOLVES A NOW DEFUNCT ONLINE FOR-PROFIT SCHOOL THAT WAS BASED HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

THE FORMER ASHFORD UNIVERSITY WAS SUED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

KPBS REPORTER ANGIE PEREZ HAS MORE ON STUDENTS WHO WERE TREATED AND DECEIVED WILL NOW GET FINANCIAL RELIEF.

>> Reporter: THE CASE AGAINST A FORMER ASHFORD UNIVERSITY INVOLVES MORE THAN 2300 STUDENTS.

WHO ASKED FOR LOAN DEBT RELIEF AFTER THEY SAY THEY WERE MISLED BY THE ONLINE SCHOOL.

AND LEFT WITH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN GOVERNMENT DOAN'S.

THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TEAMED UP WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO INVESTIGATE AND THEN SUE ON BEHALF OF THOSE STUDENTS.

THIS IS THE BUILDING OFF THE 163 THAT USED TO HOUSE ASHFORD UNIVERSITY HEADQUARTERS.

NOW IT IS HOME TO A VENTURE CAPITAL COMPANY.

FROM MARCH 2009 TO APRIL 2020 INVESTIGATORS SAY ASHFORD INVESTIGATED ENGAGED IN DECEPTIVE RECRUITING PRACTICES.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID TODAY, >> WILL ASHFORD UNIVERSITY DID TO ITS STUDENTS WAS ILLEGAL.

>> Reporter: HE JOINED THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN ANNOUNCING THE GOVERNMENT WILL FORGIVE $72 MILLION IN OUTSTANDING LOANS FOR THE 2300 STUDENTS AFFECTED.

ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, SOME OF THE MAJOR MR. TATIAN MISREPRESENTATIONS INCLUDED RECRUITERS WHO PROMISE STUDENTS THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK AS TEACHERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, NURSES OR DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSELORS.

WHEN IN FACT ASHFORD HAD NO STATE APPROVAL OR ACCREDITATION FOR THOSE CAREER DEGREES.

RECRUITERS ALSO PROMISE STUDENTS ACCELERATED DEGREE PROGRAMS.

LESS THAN A TRADITIONAL FOUR YEAR SCHOOLS.

THAT WAS NOT TRUE.

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED ASHFORD PROGRAMS OFTEN TOOK MORE THAN FIVE ACADEMIC YEARS TO COMPLETE AND RECRUITERS GUARANTEED ALL ASHFORD CREDITS WOULD TRANSFER TO OTHER UNIVERSITIES.

IN MANY CASES, CREDITS DID NOT TRANSFER.

>> WE ARE PROUD TO BE YOU AGC.

>> Reporter: JUST TWO MONTHS AGO THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GLOBAL CAMPUS ACQUIRED DIRECT OWNERSHIP OF WHAT IS LEFT OF ASHFORD UNIVERSITY.

THAT INCLUDES ITS DEBT.

WE REACHED OUT FOR, TO THE GLOBAL CAMPUS WHICH IS AFFILIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.

A SPOKESPERSON TOLD US THEY ARE LOOKING INTO THE MATTER AND HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY.

IF YOU ATTENDED ASHFORD UNIVERSITY BETWEEN 2009 AND 2020 AND FEEL YOU WERE HARMED, YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO STUDENTA.OF /BORROWERDEFENSE TO SUBMIT A CLAIM.

>> RECENTLY SOME OF THE INTERIOR VALLEYS WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE HEAT AND THAT CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING BUT THERE ARE SOME CHANGES COMING UP.

WITH REGARDS TO TEMPERATURES.

ALSO WITH REGARDS TO THE POTENTIAL OF SOME PRECIPITATION COMING BACK INTO THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AS WELL AS THE DESERT.

MUCH MORE WITH DETAILS AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND HAD INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

THE FORECAST COMING UP.

>> THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO'S FOOTBALL TEAM UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR AN ALLEGED HAZING INCIDENT A USD SPOKESPERSON TOLD OUR MEDIA PARTNER KKTV THAT ABOUT HALF OF THE FOOTBALL TV IS FACING VARYING DEGREES OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

SOME HAVE RECEIVED INDEFINITENESS TENSIONS IN THE FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF FOUND OUT ABOUT THE INCIDENT BACK ON AUGUST 18th AND THE UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS DID NOT RELEASE DETAILS BUT SAY THEY DO NOT BELIEVE ANYONE WAS PHYSICALLY HARMED.

USD TOOK THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION TO THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY HAVE ALSO CONTACTED AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO START AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW.

>> THE FIRST MEETING OF SAN DIEGO'S LONG-AWAITED POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION IS IN THE BOOKS .

KPBS REPORTER HAS MORE ON WHAT THE COMMISSION WILL BE TASKED WITH DOING AND WHY THEY ARE ALREADY PLAYING CATCH-UP.

>> Reporter: THE NEW COMMISSION OF POLICE PRACTICES AS A RESULT OF MEASURE BE AN INITIATIVE OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 2020 WHICH CALLS FOR INCREASED OVERSIGHT OF THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE CITY COUNCIL TOOK NEARLY THREE YEARS TO SET IT UP BUT THE NEW COMMISSIONERS HAVE NOW OFFICIALLY BEEN SWORN IN.

>> I HAVE BLACK CHILDREN, BLACK GRANDCHILDREN.

MIXED GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF FAMILY FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES WHO I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR DETECTED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SERVED WELL BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

>> Reporter: A REVIEW POLICE MISCONDUCT, OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS AND AND CUT THE DUST AND ALSO HAVE THE POWER TO LAUNCH INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS BUT IT'LL TAKE MONTHS TO DEVELOP A PROCESS FOR HOW THAT HAPPENS.

WHILE THE COMMISSION CANNOT PRODUCE PUNISH OFFICES DIRECTLY IT CAME MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON DISCIPLINING OFFICERS TO THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

COMMISSIONERS WILL ALSO BE PLAYING CATCH-UP.

FOR YEARS AND INTERIM COMMISSION STRUGGLED TO KEEP UP WITH REVIEWING COMPLAINTS AGAINST OFFICERS.

THERE IS NO BACKLOG OF MORE THAN 100 UNREVIEWED CASES.

SCOTT ROHDE, KPBS NEWS .

>> AND EFFORT IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO A $25 PER HOUR MINIMUM WAGE FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

AS KPBS MAP HOFFMAN EXPLAINS, THERE IS A PUSH FOR IT IN THREE SAN DIEGO CITIES.

>> Reporter: GO TO A GROCERY STORE OR SHOPPING CENTER IN SAN DIEGO, LA MESA OR CHULA VISTA AND YOU MIGHT SEE PEOPLE COLLECTING SIGNATURES FOR A COUPLE OF BALLOT INITIATIVES ONE SEEKS TO LIMIT HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVE COMPOSITION AND THE OTHER WILL HAVE A $25 PER HOUR MINIMUM PAY.

>> Reporter: A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE PERSON BEHIND THE BALLOT ISSUES AND SAID THE PANDEMIC MADE STAFFING SHORTAGES WERE AND SOME ARE LEAVING FOR HIGHER- PAYING JOBS IN RETAIL OR FOOD SERVICE.

>> WE ARE HEARING MANY HEALTH WORKERS CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE WHERE THEY WORK AND ARE WORKING TWO OR THREE JOBS AND JUST REALLY STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

>> Reporter: IS WHAT IMPACT POSITIONS INCLUDING RECEPTIONIST, CLEANING STAFF, MEETINGS WORKERS AND SECURITY GUARDS.

NOT NURSES OR DOCTORS.

SHE SAID IT WOULD ALSO BOOST PAY FOR SOME WHO PROVIDE DIRECT CARE.

>> CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT, PATIENT CARE TECHNICIANS, DIALYSIS TECHNICIANS, THESE ARE MANY OF THE FOLKS AT THE LOWER END OF THE WAGE SCALE IN HEALTHCARE AND ALSO FOLKS WHO HAVE SOME OF THE MOST CONTACT WITH PATIENTS.

>> Reporter: BEHIND A SIMILAR LEGISLATIVE PUSH, SUPPORTING SENATE BILL THAT WOULD ALSO BOOST HEALTHCARE JOBS TO $25 AN HOUR AND MOST HOSPITALS HE REACHED OUT TO REFERRED US TO THE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION OF SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL COUNTIES.

THEY ARE OPPOSED TO BOTH INITIATIVES.

CEO SAYS HEALTH PROVIDER SUPPORT THERE IN THE LIVING WAGES BUT -- >> PASSING MEASURES CITY BY CITY INCLUDING SOMEWHAT EXCLUDING OTHERS SIMPLY ISN'T GOOD POLICY.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY SUPPORT OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS, BUT FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT INCREASED EXPENSES AND COSTS TO THE BOTTOM LINE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL REVENUE WHICH PUTS HOSPITALS AND OTHER PROVIDERS IN A TOUGH POSITION.

>> Reporter: ALEXIA REFERRED TO THEM AS OPERATIONAL HANDCUFFS SHOULD THE INITIATIVE MAKE THE BALLOT AND PASS.

>> PROVIDERS WILL HAVE TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND SOME OF THAT COULD BE ACCESS.

UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF THAT CAN ALSO BE FACILITIES AND AT CLOSING.

WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THAT ALREADY THROUGH OUT THE STATE.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS SOME HOSPITALS OPERATE ON THIN MARGINS BUT PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE NOTION THAT HELP SYSTEMS CANNOT AFFORD THIS.

>> WHAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO DO IS LOSE MORE HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN OUR SYSTEM.

>> Reporter: IF ENOUGH SIGNATURES ARE COLLECTED AND VERIFIED VOTERS IN SAN DIEGO, LENEXA AND CHULA VISTA WOULD SEE THE INITIATIVES ON THE 2024 BALLOT.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS .

>> THE 70th COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO HAVE EXTENDED AN EFFORT KNOWN AS HARM REDUCTION.

SOME LOCAL LEADERS ARE TAKING A STANCE AGAINST THE EXPANSION IN THE NORTH COUNTY.

KPBS REPORTER TANIA THORNE HAS A STORY.

>> Reporter: SIX NORTH COUNTY LEADERS SIGNED A LETTER TO GAVIN NEWSOM CALLING FOR AN END TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF CLEAN NEEDLES AND DRUG USE DEVICES.

>> THE CITY OF ESCONDIDO , CITY OF SAN MARCO, CITY OF VISTA, CITY OF CARLSBAD MAYOR AND THE VICE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE, WE ALL SIGNED ONTO A LETTER STATING THAT WE DO NOT WANT THESE NEEDLE EXCHANGES AND SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA DONE IN THESE CITIES.

>> Reporter: COUNTY SUPERVISOR IS REFERRING TO THE SUPPLIES DISTRIBUTED AS PART OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE STATE.

SUPPLIES SUCH AS CLEAN NEEDLES, DRUG COOKERS, TOURNIQUET AND GLASS PIPES ARE AVAILABLE AS A WAY TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF DISEASES.

IT IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DISTRIBUTOR TO ENGAGE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL AND TRY GETTING THEM INTO TREATMENT.

>> WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT HANDING OUT NEEDLES .

THE ENGAGEMENT IS STILL POSSIBLE.

IS STILL AVAILABLE.

I JUST THINK, IF THIS WERE A FAMILY MEMBER, IF THIS WERE SOMEBODY IN YOUR FAMILY THAT WAS DOING THESE TYPES OF DRUGS AND IS THAT WHAT YOU WOULD DO?

WOULD THAT BE THE COMMON SENSE THINK?

>> FUNDING GOING TOWARDS THE NIELSEN PIPES WOULD BE BETTER SPENT GOING TOWARD ENGAGEMENT AND TREATMENT.

>> I THINK AS A SOCIETY IS MUCH MORE COMPASSIONATE TO GET PEOPLE THE HELP SO THEY CAN START MAKING BETTER DECISIONS AND THEN WE CAN STOP THE SPREAD OF HIV AND THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT NEEDLES SPREAD.

LET'S STOP THE USE OF THE NEEDLES INSTEAD OF JUST GIVING OUT CLEAN ONES.

>> Reporter: THE FOUNDER OF THE HARM REDUCTION COALITION OF SAN DIEGO .

>> SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAMS AND OTHER HARM REDUCTION PROGRAMS TO REDUCE THE RISK TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEY ALSO REDUCE THE RISK TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: SHE'S COMMITTEES THAT DO NOT HAVE SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAMS SEE AN INCREASE IN DISEASES AND SYRINGE LITTER LEFT BEHIND.

>> BECAUSE PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO DISPOSE OF IT AND DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT TO DISPOSE IT IN AND DO NOT HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FRONT FACING AND INTERACTING WITH THEM ON A VERY REAL WAY EVERY DAY.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS OUTREACH WORKERS WITH HER ORGANIZATION BUILD RAPPORT WITH PEOPLE DUE TO SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAMS.

AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET THEM INTO TREATMENT FOLLOWING THAT ENGAGEMENT.

SHE ENCOURAGES THOSE WHO DO NOT AGREE OR UNDERSTAND HARM REDUCTION TO ASK THE PEOPLE DOING THE WORK OR BEING IMPACTED THE MOST.

>> GIVE US A CALL TO TALK TO SOMEBODY AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS IN OCEANSIDE, SAN MARTIN, ESCONDIDO AND ASK THEM WHAT THEY NEED.

FIND OUT WHAT THEY NEED.

THOSE ARE OUR CONSTITUENTS OF THOSE DISTRICTS.

>> Reporter: COUNTY STAFF TOLD THEM THAT THEY WOULD WORK ON THE MATTER AND RESPECT THE WISHES OF THE CITY.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>> SAN DIEGO BEGAN ENFORCING ITS UNSAFE CAMPING ORDINANCE ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND THAT HAS RESULTED IN FEWER HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS DOWNTOWN BUT THERE IS STILL NOT ENOUGH SHELTER BEDS FOR EVERYONE WHO NEEDS ONE.

KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAE RECENTLY WROTE A LONG WITH THE STREET HEALTH OUTREACH TEAM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO HELP PEOPLE MOVE OFF OF THE STREET AND INTO A SHELTER.

>> Reporter: IF YOU ARE EVER IN THE DOWNTOWN THE SAN DIEGO AREA YOU MAY SEE A VAN LIKE THIS DRIVE BY.

BUT, IT IS NOT JUST A VAN IS A LIFELINE FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

>> NO MATTER WHAT WE HAVE CLIENTS THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US AND WILLING TO ACCEPT OUR HELP AND THEN THEY AREN'T.

BUT NO MATTER WHAT WE DON'T QUIT.

WE KEEP COMING BACK EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T WANT US TO.

>> Reporter: THAT HIS FATHER JOE 'S VILLAGE WORKER.

WE JOINED THEM ON A RECENT AFTERNOON TO SEE THE HOMELESS OUTREACH WORK FIRST HAND.

THE TEAMS DAILY INTERACTIONS START WITH OFFERING WHAT THEY CALL TOOLS OF ENGAGEMENT.

>> Reporter: WILKINS ALSO SHINES CLIENTS TO USE NARCAN WHICH CAN REVERSE OPIOID OVERDOSES.

>> TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY SIGNS OF LIFE AND IF NOT YOU CAN TAKE OUT THE SECOND DOSE AND DO ANOTHER DOSE.

OKAY?

JUST MAKE SURE YOU ARE CALLING FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES OR ASKING SOMEONE TO HELP YOU.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER 214 UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS HAVE DIED FROM OVERDOSES SO FAR IN 2023.

MOST WERE FROM FENTANYL.

STEPHEN BROWN HAS BEEN LIVING ON THE STREETS FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

>> WITHOUT THEM I WOULDN'T BE WALKING RIGHT NOW.

MY LEG WAS REALLY INFECTED.

IT WAS BAD IT WAS HURT.

THEY LOOKED AT IT AND SAID WE HAVE A SOLUTION FOR YOU AND THEY GIVE ME MY MEDICATION AND EVERYTHING I NEEDED.

I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITHOUT THEM.

>> Reporter: EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT FOR THE TEAM , BUT ONE THING IS ALWAYS CONSISTENT.

THEY MAKE AN IMPACT IN THE LIVES OF HOMELESS SAN DIEGO INNS.

>> WE SEE PEOPLE PHYSICALLY HEALED.

WE SEE PEOPLE'S HEALTH GET BETTER BECAUSE THEY STARTED TAKING MEDICATION.

WE SEE PEOPLE START PRACTICING SAFER USE PRACTICES.

SO THERE YOU SCISSOR CAUSING LEFT ARM.

>> Reporter: SOMETIMES THAT IMPACT BUILDS TRUST AND LEADS TO SUCCESS STORIES LIKE RUTHIE WILSON.

>> SHE WAS ALWAYS SO INEBRIATED I COULD NEVER HAPPEN .

IT TOOK ME OVER A YEAR.

>> Reporter: AFTER A LIFE FILLED WITH TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES WILSON SAYS SHE LIVED ON THE STREETS IN SAN DIEGO FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

>> I WAS RAPED AT 15.

I HAD A BABY AND MY PARENTS PUT ME OUT.

I SAT IN THE DESERT LEFT FOR DEAD.

MY EX-HUSBAND, HE PULLED BOTH MY ARMS OUT OF THE SOCKETS.

ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER AND I WAS SLEEPING OUTSIDE OF RALPH'S.

ON THE STREET.

THESE GUYS CAME AND SWOOPED ME UP.

AND THEY HELPED ME.

AND TOOK CARE OF MY WOUNDS.

>> Reporter: THE SENEGAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS IN SAN DIEGO ARE 12 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE ASSAULTED THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION.

>> YOU DON'T WANT TO GET BEAT UP .

YOU DON'T WANT TO GET ROBBED.

BECAUSE IT IS ALL A POSSIBILITY.

YOU DON'T SEE IT BECAUSE YOUR FRIEND SEE IT.

>> Reporter: BUT RECENTLY WILSON MOVED INTO HER OWN APARTMENT.

>> THIS IS AMAZING.

>> Reporter: WITH A RECEIPT FOR PAYING HER FIRST MONTHS RENT IN HAND WILSON CREDIT THEM FOR NEVER GIVING UP ON HER.

>> SHE MADE TODAY HOPE THAT I DIDN'T FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.

>> Reporter: GETTING PEOPLE IN THE HOUSING IS THE ULTIMATE SUCCESS FOR THIS HEALTH TEAM BUT SHE COUNTS ALL THE MILESTONES.

>> I WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION OF I WANT TO GET CLEAN AND SOBER, CAN YOU HELP ME.

I HAVE HELPED PEOPLE AND DELIVERED THEM TO DETOX, TO REHAB.

AND I HAVE WATCHED THEM SUCCESSFULLY FINISH AND MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIFE.

>> Reporter: IN THE LAST YEAR THE TEAM HAS HELPED MOVE ABOUT 20 PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING AND ALMOST 60 INTO SHELTERS.

BUT IN JULY, MORE THAN 1500 PEOPLE WERE LIVING ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

>> AND THIS WAS THE SECOND STORY IN A TWO-PART SERIES.

YOU CAN FIND BOTH STORIES ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR ORIGINAL IN-DEPTH FEATURE REPORTING ON OUR KPBS YOUTUBE PAGE.

THERE IS A PUSH UNDERWAY TO RETURN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NATIVE AMERICAN HUMAN REMAINS AND ARTIFACTS HELD BY CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS.

HERE IS MORE FROM SACRAMENTO.

>> Reporter: FRUSTRATION AND PAIN ON DISPLAY.

>> THIS REPORT IS SAD AND HEARTBREAKING.

>> Reporter: DURING A LEGISLATIVE HEARING TRIBAL LEADERS JOINED LAWMAKERS TO ASK WHAT IS A HOLD UP FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FAILING TO REPATRIATE NEARLY 700,000 NATIVE AMERICAN HUMAN REMAINS AND ARTIFACTS.

IT IS NOT MERELY A REQUEST.

>> THESE ARE ANCESTORS.

THESE ARE FAMILY MEMBERS.

>> Reporter: AN AUDITOR UNCOVERED MULTIPLE CAMPUSES FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL AND STATE NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT.

THE LAWS LAY OUT HOW TO HANDLE HUMAN REMAINS AND ARTIFACTS WITH DIGNITY AND WITH MATT.

VIOLATION CAN BE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL.

>> IN SACRAMENTO, AND HAS THE THIRD LARGEST COLLECTION WITH MORE THAN ONE 15,000 HUMAN REMAINS AND CULTURAL ITEMS WITH ONLY 5% REPATRIATED.

WHERE ARE THEY?

>> Reporter: A SPOKESPERSON SAID THEY ARE IN STORAGE AND IN THE HEARING THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT SAYS HE IS COMMITTED TO TIMELY AND APPROPRIATE COMPLIANCE WHILE WORKING WITH TRIBES.

>> WE ALL THE SOVEREIGN TRIBAL NATIONS OF CALIFORNIA A APOLOGY FOR HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR REPATRIATION FOR THEIR ANCESTORS AND CULTURAL ITEMS.

>> Reporter: SOME OF THE REASONS FOR THE DELAY HAVE BEEN THE AUDIT REPORTS LACK OF POLICIES, FUNDING AND STAFF.

IT IS NOT ONLY ABOUT RETURNING BUT RIGHTFULLY RECORD.

>> WE ARE GOING THROUGH A REBUILDING BUT IF WE CAN'T GET OUR ANCESTORS BACK WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE A WHOLE NATION.

>> Reporter: WHAT IS NEXT?

THERE IS A PUSH FOR LEGISLATION THAT WILL CREATE A REPORTING SYSTEM BETWEEN CSU AND THE LEGISLATURE.

>> THAT WAS CHANTE PASSMORE REPORTING.

PEOPLE LIVING IN IMPERIAL BEACH ARE FED UP WITH POLLUTION AND CALLING FOR ACTION.

ON MONDAY THE HOLLISTER PUMP STATION NEARBY SPILT $20,000 OF SEWAGE AND MANY PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD DO NOT HAVE CENTRAL AIR-CONDITIONING AND TOLD OUR MEDIA PARTNER THAT THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN OPENING THEIR WINDOWS TO THE SMELL OF SEWAGE OR CLOSING THEM AND SWEATING IN THE HEAT.

>> THE SMELL ALL NIGHT, IT GOT SO STRONG THAT IT IS HAD TO GO CLOSE THE WINDOW.

IT WAS REALLY BAD.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ACTION HASN'T BEEN TAKEN BUT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STEP IN AND FIX THE PROBLEM.

>> YESTERDAY THE MAYOR OF IMPERIAL BEACH CALLED ON GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM TO DECLARE A SEWAGE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN ORDER TO GET FUNDING TO IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER WATER COMMISSION SAYS.

>> FEMA IS WARNING IT COULD RUN OUT OF MONEY BY THE END OF THE MONTH WITHOUT MORE FUNDING FROM CONGRESS .

THE MOST DIRECTOR SAID IT WILL PRIORITIZE THE $3.4 BILLION IT HAS LEFT FOR EXTREME WEATHER DISASTERS LIKE TROPICAL STORM DAHLIA AND MAUI WILDFIRES.

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A RECORD- BREAKING ONE FOR BILLION-DOLLAR WEATHER-RELATED DISASTERS FEMA IS ASKING CONGRESS FOR 12 BILLION-DOLLAR MORE TO GET THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR.

>> THE INTERIOR HEAT HAS BEEN A STORY OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE HEAT RELAX AS YOU GO INTO THURSDAY IT ALSO INTO FRIDAY.

MAKING A RETURN, SOME OF THE COASTAL LOW CLOUDS.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE SEEING THE TEMPERATURE CHANGE COMING AS WELL AS THE CLOUDS THERE CAN BE SOME MOISTURE ROLLING ITS WAY INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND ALSO INTO THE DESERT WITH POTENTIAL OF SOME WET WEATHER.

WELL, THE HEAT IS AGAIN, THE COURT OF THE HEAT IS ABOUT TO RELAX.

WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THOSE WARNINGS OUT HERE.

SOME OF THE ALERTS GOING THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.

BUT, BY AND LARGE THE MAJORITY OF THE INTENSE HEAT HAS BEEN FELT HERE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

AS I MENTIONED WE ARE STARTING TO SEE A CHANGE NOW.

THE ONSHORE FLOW COMING BACK AND CLOUDS WILL BE THICKENING AS TEMPERATURES DROP DOWN INTO THE MID-60s.

THAT IS IT.

TAKE A LOOK AS WE FALL BACK TO 64 IN OCEANSIDE.

RAMONA 66 AND LIKE I MENTIONED THERE WILL BE THAT RIBBON OF LOW CLOUDINESS.

LOWERING VISIBILITY LATER ON TONIGHT AND AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

SO THAT MOISTURE PICKING UP TO AND SO THAT CAN MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND ALSO INTO THE DESERT AS WE GO IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

AROUND PERRIGO SPRINGS AND LAGUNA THERE COULD BE A THUNDER SHOWER AROUND.

THERE IS SUNSHINE STARTING IN THE AFTERNOON.

RAMONA TOPPING OFF AT 94 BUT NOTICE THE TREND AT THE COAST.

TEMPERATURES COMING DOWN.

STILL SOME LOW CLOUDS TO START OFF THE DAY AS WE LOOK AT THE INTERIOR VALLEY, THURSDAY 90 DEGREES BUT NOTICE HOW WE ARE STARTING TO'S.

THE HEAT IS DEFINITELY RELAXING AFTER THAT PATCHY FOG WE WILL SEE SUNSHINE ON THURSDAY.

MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN ALSO COOLING OFF AFTER THOSE THUNDERSHOWERS THURSDAY.

REMAINING DRY AND IN THE DESERT YOU CAN SEE A HISTORY SHOWER ON THURSDAY BUT DRY BEYOND THAT.

TEMPERATURES FOR HIGHS FALLING INTO THE 90s.

FOR KPBS NEWS I'M METEOROLOGIST, JUST AND PALMER.

>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, EMERGENCY OFFICIALS RUSHED TO RESPOND TO THE DAMAGE DONE BY HURRICANE IDALIA THAT IS COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>> NEW RESEARCH OUT OF SAN DIEGO FINDS A LARGE RED TIDE ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST IN 2020 HAD A IMPACT ON THE NEARSHORE MARINE HABITAT.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIK ANDERSON HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: RESEARCHERS GOT AN UNPRECEDENTED LOOK AT AN ALGAL BLOOM OF A MAJOR RED TIDE EVENT IN APRIL AND MAY OF 2020.

>> A REST COLORED, VERY RED COLORED SURFACE.

YOU CAN SEE IT EVEN AS THE WAVES ARE BREAKING.

THE WHITE ALMOST HAS A PINK TINT TO IT.

>> Reporter: OF THE NIGHT THE PLANKTON RESPONSIBLE TURNED THE WAVES INTO A LIGHT SHOW.

>> WHEN THEY ARE DISTURBED THEY RELEASE FLASHES OF LIGHT.

>> Reporter: RELEASES RESEARCHERS SAY THEY GOT PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND SCIENTISTS RECORDED THEM DEEP INTO THE OCEAN AT NIGHT.

A STRONG SWIMMING ABILITY LET THEM OUTGROW THEIR COMPETITORS ALLOWING THEM TO READ THE BLOOM .

THE RED TIDE EVENT CREATED TOXINS IN THE WATER AND USE OF OXYGEN WHICH LED TO FISH KILLS THAT SUMMER.

>> THIS INCREDIBLE DENSITY OF HIS RIGHT EYE TOTALLY RESHAPE THE COASTAL OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY.

SEVEN YEARS OF DATA WE HAVE FROM A NEARBY PROGRAM THE NUTRIENT CONDITIONS WERE COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY ANOMALOUS TO THAT 70 YEARS OF DATA >> Reporter: USING A WIRE WALKER DEVICE TO TRACK THE PLANKTON .

THE FINDINGS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE CURRENT EDITION OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

ERIK ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>> MAKE SURE YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE SKY TONIGHT TO GET A GLIMPSE OF A RARE BLUE SUPERMOON.

IT IS EXPECTED TO RISE SHORTLY BEFORE 8:00 TONIGHT AND THE SECOND FULL MOON OF THE MONTH IS CONSIDERED TO BE A BLUE MOON AND TONIGHT'S MOON IS A SUPERMAN BECAUSE IT IS CLOSER TO HER THAN USUAL.

APPEARING ESPECIALLY BIG AND BRIGHT.

NASA SAYS WE WON'T SEE ANOTHER BLUE MOON THAT IS ALSO A SUPERMOON UNTIL JANUARY OF 2037 .

HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING ON FOR TOMORROW.

FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS ARE SET TO RESTART THIS FALL BUT SOME BORROWERS WON'T HAVE TO PAY.

NPR'S MORNING EDITION AND WHY THOUSANDS OF LOANS ARE BEING FORGIVEN.

KPBS'S MID-DAY EDITION GETTING YOU READY FOR THE WEEKEND WITH A ROUND UP OF LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURE EVENTS.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORY ON OUR WEBSITE AT KPBS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I AM MAYA TRABULSI, GOOD NIGHT .