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>> GOOD EVENING THIS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI PICKED THINGS ARE LIKELY TO CHANGE SOON AT THE MEETINGS OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISOR PEAK THIS AFTERNOON THE BOARD APPROVED CHANGES TO THE RULES OF CONDUCT FOR PEOPLE GIVING TESTIMONY TO THE BOARD.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL SAYS WHAT HAPPENED AT A BOARD MEETING APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN THE LAST STRAW PICKED >> Reporter: THE ATMOSPHERE AT BOARD MEETINGS HAS BEEN GOING DOWNHILL FOR A WHILE NOW.

BOARD CHAIR SAID DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN GETTING MORE COMMON AND THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO THERE WAS THIS BIG >> WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK WHEN THE SUPERVISOR WERE DISCUSSING MEASURES TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID A MAN IDENTIFYING HIMSELF AS JASON FIRST INDICATED HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ONE OF THE SUPERVISORS HANGING FROM A TREE SAID NATHAN FLETCHER SHOULD SHOOT HIMSELF AND CALLED ANOTHER SUPERVISOR -- AND THEN TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO CALLING HER AND AUNT JEMIMA, A RACIST REFERENCE TO A BLACK SERVED TO A SERMON FOR A WHITE FAMILY.

THINK IT IS TIME FOR US TO REVAMP AND RELOOK AT THE RULES AROUND PUBLIC PROCEDURES.

>> Reporter: THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER A NUMBER OF CHANGES MOST NOTABLY PROHIBITING DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT, THINGS SUCH AS LOUD, THREATENING LANGUAGE.

THE PROPOSED CHANGES ALSO INCLUDE A CHANGE IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME INDIVIDUALS AND PEOPLE IN GROUP PRESENTATIONS CAN SPEAK.

FLETCHER INSISTS THE PREPAYS CHANGES DO NOT EQUATE TO DENYING ANYONE'S FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

>> PUBLIC COMMENT WILL ALWAYS REMAIN OF FEATURE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

>> Reporter: AT A VIRTUAL MEETING HELD TODAY ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES A NUMBER OF COLORS DISAGREED WITH THE EMPLOYEE SEEING AT VARIOUS CONCERTS .

>> THESE, TWO MINUTES IS SHORT ENOUGH.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO JUSTIFICATION FOR REDUCING IT TO ONE MINUTE .

>> Reporter: BUT A NUMBER OF COLORS ALSO EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE CHANGES.

NO WE ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO DISAGREE OR AGREE AND SHOW SUPPORT.

BUT THE SOLE PURPOSE OF MAKING COMMENTARIES IS TO DISRUPT OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS THEN ONE CAN ONLY SURMISE THE INTENT IS HARMFUL PEAK >> THE MEASURE PASSED 3-1 WITH SUPERVISOR ANDERSON TESTING THE LOAN NO VOTE.

THE NEW RULES WILL GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> OCEANSIDE'S CHIEFS OF POLICE WAS PUT ON THE SPOT AT A COMMITTEE MEETING.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS ASKED HIM TO COMMIT TO A MANDATORY DIS- ESCALATION POLICY.

KPBS TANIA THORNE WAS THERE AND TELLS US HOW THE CHIEF RESPONDED PEAK >> OCEANSIDE'S CHIEF OF POLICE JOINED OVER 200 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN A COMMUNITY MEMBER.

THE TOPIC WAS THE URGENT NEED FOR A MANDATORY DE-ESCALATION POLICY FOR OCEANSIDE POLICE PICKED >> IT IS TIME FOR THE OCEANSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADOPT AN ENFORCEABLE DE-ESCALATION POLICY.

>> DS DE-ESCALATION TRAINING IS AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE FOR POLICE OFFICER PICKETT HELPS THEM TO PROTECT THEMSELVES IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> THE ABILITY TO ACT ON THESE PRACTICES HAS CAUSED DISTRESS.

>> Reporter: THE CURRENT POLICY READS WHEN INTERACTING WITH PERSONS IN CRISIS AND SITUATIONS IN WHICH THE USE OF FORCE IS LIKELY AND WHEN FEASIBLE OFFICER SHOULD USE DE- ESCALATION STRATEGIES.

THE WORD SHOULD DOES NOT MAKE THE POLICY MANDATORY BACK IN SAN DIEGO IT SAYS DE-ESCALATION TEST SHALL BE YOU SPEAK OCEANSIDE CHIEF OF POLICE WAS PUT ON THE SPOT WHEN HE WAS ASKED ONE QUESTION.

TOBRUK HE ANSWERED.

ENTERED/BUT I HAVE A LOT TO SAY IN ADVANCE OF THAT PEAK >> WE HAVE COMMITTED TO CHANGE SHOULD FROM SHALL .

WE GIVE A 30 DAY PERIOD BEFORE IT IS NOW EFFECTIVE.

>> Reporter: COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE HAPPY BUT THE CHANGE BUT SAY THIS CONVERSATION IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF MANY.

THE OBJECTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE NORTH COUNTY LGTBQ+ RESOURCE CENTER PEAK >> OF SOMEBODY DOESN'T FOLLOW THE POLICIES WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

WHERE'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY, WHERE'S THE TRANSPARENCY?

I THINK THAT'S WHY WE NEED MORE WORK BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT STEP, GREAT BEGINNING BUT THERE'S MORE TO IT.

>> THE CHANGE WILL GO INTO EFFECT IN 30 DAYS AND POLICE OFFICERS WILL NEED TO PASS A WRITTEN TEST ON THE NEW POLICY CHANGES.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> FROM THE GROCERY STORES TOOK CAR DEALERSHIP PRICES ARE SURGING PEAK HISTORIC INFLATION IS HITTING THE NATION AND THE PANDEMIC IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN BACKUP IS BEING BLAMED.

KAREN WITH A LOOK AHEAD AT THE IMPACT OF EVERYTHING FROM GIFTS TO TRAVEL.

>> Reporter: UP AND AWAY FROM THE LATER DEPARTMENT SAYS TO ME AND KEPT COMING IN OCTOBER .

ANOTHER .9% AND 6.2% OVER THE LAST YEAR.

THE BIGGEST OVER YOUR SEARCH SINCE NOVEMBER 1990 PUSHING NUMBERS HIGHER MEAT, POULTRY FISH AND EGGS UP 1.7% IN OCTOBER AND UP 11.9% OVER LAST YEAR.

USED CAR PRICES UP TO .5% DURING THE MONTH AND 26.4% FOR THE YEAR PEAK ENERGY PRICES, INCLUDING GASOLINE, ARE 4.8% IN OCTOBER.

A CONCERN AHEAD OF WINTER PEAK >> FAMILIES HAVE BEEN SPENDING MORE MONEY FOR GASOLINE AND NOW THESE HOME HEATING PRICES ARE ADDED TO THAT PEAK BIDEN SAYS REVERSING THE INFLATION TREND IS A TOP PARTY.

THE RAPID RISE IN THE DEMAND MEANS A SHORTAGE OF RAW MATERIALS AND SUPPLY CHAIN BOTTLENECKS.

>> WE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT PATIENT BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING THAT THE ACTION WE ARE TAKING IS WORKING.

WE JUST HAVE TO STICK WITH IT LONG ENOUGH TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER REPORTS THAT AN INCREASE IN AVERAGE HOURLY WAGES WELL OUTPACE BY PRICE HIKE SAYS AMERICAN SPLENDOR HOLIDAY SPENDING PEAK IN WASHINGTON, KPBS NEWS.

STOMACH A NEW REPORT OUT TONIGHT SAYS LOOK OUT FOR A RISE IN RENT BUT THE U.S. ECONOMIC FORECAST PREDICTS A SHARP INCREASE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION THAT INCLUDES SAN DIEGO COUNTY BUT ONE ESTIMATE SHOWS BY THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER IN 2023 RENTS IN SOME AREAS WILL SEE A JUMP FROM THE CURRENT AVERAGE OF $2144 A MONTH TO 2492.

EXPERTS SAY COVID CAUSED A LARGE-SCALE MOVEMENT OUT OF THE INNER CITIES TO THE SUBURBS RESULTING IN SLOW SUPPLY.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS RENTAL MARKET WITH VACANCY RATES AT 1.56% WHICH THE REPORT SAYS WILL SPARE THE TRIPLE DIGIT RENT HIKES.

START A NEW TRAINING FACILITY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS OPENED IN THE SOUTH THEY TODAY.

ALYSSA MAE SHOWS US HOW A DRIVING TRACK WILL HELP EMERGENCY RESPONDERS BE SAFER ON THE ROAD.

>> Reporter: FIRST RESPONDERS SPEND MORE TIME DRIVING THAN ANY OTHER TASK BUT THE NEW SHIFT EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATIONS CENTER WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH THE FACILITY TO LEARN HOW TO SAFELY OPERATE THEIR EMERGENCY VEHICLES PEAK >> MOST OF US AND MOST OF OUR CADETS, THE ONLY FOUNDATIONAL TRAINING THEY HAVE A DRIVING IS WHAT THEY LEARN FROM THEIR PARENTS A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER MY CAN LIFT SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE SKILL SET THEY NEED TO DO EMERGENCY DRIVING.

>> Reporter: KELLY MARTINEZ IS THE UNDERSHIRT PEAK SHE SAYS THIS FACILITY IS A MAJOR UPGRADE FROM THE OLD TRADING FACILITY AT THE FORMER QUALITY CALM STADIUM PARKING LOT.

>> TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE CAR QUICKLY, GO AROUND OBSTACLES, AVOID COLLISIONS, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT SKILLS AND THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LEARNING HERE PEAK >> Reporter: CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN OCTOBER 2020 CREATING NEARLY 300 JOBS PICKETT WAS A GROUP EFFORT BETWEEN THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT PEAK >> THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF GETTING THIS TRACK BILL AND ALSO IN THE TRAINING BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HELP US WITH INSTRUCTION ALL OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TRAINED UP.

EXPECT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO AND NOT JUST LATER IN THEIR CAREER BUT NOW.

IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECRUIT PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE.

ANY KIND OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, WHEN YOU HAVE STATE- OF-THE-ART FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR TRAINING IT MAKES YOU MORE ATTRACTIVE.

>> Reporter: HOME OF THE REGIONAL POLICE, CHEF AND FIRE DEPARTMENT ACADEMIES PEAK >> IN A REAL-LIFE SITUATION THERE COULD BE PEOPLE ON THE SIDEWALK, THAT CAN BE ANY NUMBER OF THINGS, THEIR VEHICLES ON THE ROAD PEAK THEY GET A CHANCE TO KNOW HOW A VEHICLE RESPONSE, HOW THEY CAN HANDLE SO THAT WHEN THEY ARE OUT THERE IN REAL LIFE THEY'RE ABLE TO KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE VEHICLE IN A VERY SAFE WAY.

>> Reporter: THEY TRAIN ABOUT 500 CADETS A YEAR AND THE STATE- OF-THE-ART FACILITY WILL TRAIN THEM IN SEVERAL STATE REQUIRED STANDARDS PEAK >> PARKING SITUATION, CITY BLOCK VERSUS FREEWAY CONDITIONS, PARKING LOTS, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE REPLICATED RIGHT HERE PEAK >> Reporter: BOTH LARGE AND SMALL EMERGENCY VEHICLES CAN UTILIZE THE CENTER AND CAN ALSO BE USED FOR TEENAGE DRIVING SAFETY PROBLEM PROGRAMS.

>>> IS THE EFFORT TO VACCINATE CHILDREN AGES 5 TO 11 A WELL KNOWN PEDIATRICIAN GROUPS IS, 19 CASES IN KIDS ARE ONCE AGAIN CLIMBING PEAK RANDY EITHER HAS A LOOK AT THE LATEST NUMBERS PEAK >> Reporter: ACROSS THE U.S. NEARLY 1 MILLION CHILDREN AGES 5 TO 11 ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEP BY THE END OF THE DAY GETTING THE FIRST DOSE OF PROTECTION AGAINST COVID 19 PEAK >> I THINK THAT THE PARENTS WHO HAVE GOTTEN VACCINATE AS THEMSELVES ARE PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO BE VACCINATED AND THEY SHOULD .

>> Reporter: THE EFFORTS TO VACCINATE YOUNGER CHILDREN RAMPS UP THERE IS AN ANOTHER NUMBER BACKUP AS WELL PEAK IN THE PAST WEEK THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS SAYS THERE'S A 6% INCREASE IN NEW COVID 19 CASES IN CHILDREN FROM THE WEEK BEFORE.

IT STILL ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF ALL CASES IN THE U.S.

WHILE SOME SCHOOLS ARE GETTING RID OF MASK REQUIREMENTS PEAK >> THERE'S A STORM IN THE HORIZON IT IS COMING OVER, YES, I THINK IT IS TOO SOON TO LIFT MANDATES FOR MASKS ESPECIALLY IN CHILDREN.

>> Reporter: A NEW POLL SHOWS 78% OF AMERICANS ARE NOT SURE OR BELIEF SOME ASPECT OF COVEN 19 MISINFORMATION PEAK THOSE SURVEYED 38% BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT IS EXAGGERATING THE NUMBER OF COVEN 19 DEATHS BY COUNTING DEATHS FROM OTHER FACTORS BUT ONE THIRD OF ADULTS PULLED ARE UNSURE, 19 VACCINE CAUSES INFERTILITY PEAK EXPERTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE UNITED IN SAYING THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT VACCINE IMPACTS FERTILITY.

FOR HEALTH MINUTE I AM INDICATE THEIR PEAK THE BANK AFTER 20 MONTHS OF COVID TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS NONESSENTIAL TRAVELERS CAN FINALLY CROSS THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER.

THIS IS PARTICULARLY WELCOME NEWS TO BUSINESSES WHO MAKE MOST OF THEIR MONEY FROM MEXICAN CUSTOMERS.

GUSTAVO REPORTER TELLS US WHAT IT MEANS TO SAN YSIDRO.

MAKE SAN DIEGO'S COVID RECOVERY IS IN FULL SWING PEAK BARS AND REESE TRENDS HAVE BEEN PACKED ON WEEKENDS ARE COMING BACK TO BEACHFRONT HOTELS.

SHOULD THE STATE COVID PROTOCOLS WERE LIFTED BUT NOT THE ONE THAT MATTERS MOST BUT CROSS ORDER RESTRICTED STILL KEPT TIJUANA SHOPPERS AWAY FROM SAN YSIDRO STORES PEAK JASON WELLS IS CEO OF THE SAN YSIDRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BECKY HAS A FUNNY WAY OF EXPLAINING WHAT SAN YSIDRO HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH.

>> IT AS IF THE GOVERNOR HAD TOLD LITTLE ITALY YOU COULD REOPEN AND GO BACK TO YOUR NORMAL LIVES PEAK THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CAME IN AND SAID THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO CAN SHOP IN LITTLE ITALY ARE THOSE THAT LIVE IN LITTLE ITALY.

>> Reporter: THEY PROTECT LARGE CORPORATIONS AT THE EXPENSE OF SMALL BUSINESSES.

THAT IS BECAUSE TRUCKERS AND WORKERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CROSS NO PROBLEM.

SHOPPERS HAVE NOT PICKED >> UNFORTUNATE, AND FINANCIAL COMMUNITIES THAT'S WHAT WE DEPEND ON FOR OUR LIVING AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE I WILL SAY BECAUSE OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT COULD OR COULD NOT CROSS BACK >> Reporter: KONG COUNCILWOMAN REPRESENTS SAN YSIDRO.

THE BACK BORDER COMMITTEES TO A BLOG BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THE SAN YSIDRO PORT OF ENTRY, THE BIGGEST PORT OF ENTRY CUSSING IN THE WORLD.

BORGER CLOSES DEVASTATED SMALL BUSINESSES IN SAN YSIDRO, DEPLETED THE REGIONAL ECONOMY IN SAN DIEGO AND WE CAN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY'S ABILITY TO MAKE A COMEBACK PEAK >> Reporter: THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

>> SAN YSIDRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPORT SINCE 2000 $21 BILLION IN RETAIL SALES HAVE BEEN LOST.

OVER 2000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS.

AND OVER 200 BUSINESSES HAVE TO CLOSE PERMANENTLY HERE IN SAN YSIDRO.

>> CAMPOS OWNS CAROLINE'S SHOES PEAK WHEN THE BORDER OPEN MONDAY SHE OPENED AN HOUR EARLY AND EVEN PUT GOODIE BAGS TOGETHER FOR CUSTOMER SHE HAD NOT SEEN IN 20 MONTHS PEAK ON DAY ONE THE BORDER REOPENING DID NOT LIVE UP TO THE HIGH.

>> WE EXPECTED TO SEE MORE PEOPLE SHE SAYS .

ONE THEORY BEHIND THE LOAD NUMBERS IS LONG BORDER WAIT TIMES OR AT LEAST THE FEAR OF THEM PEAK IT ONLY TOOK ABOUT 15 MINUTES FOR PEOPLE TO WALK ACROSS THE BORDER ON MONDAY MORNING.

CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION TOLD THE PUBLIC TO EXPECT LONGER WAIT TIMES SO MAYBE SOME PEOPLE STAYED HOME MONDAY TO SEE HOW THINGS PLAYED OUT.

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AFFAIRS PEAK EVEN WITH ONGOING CONCERNS OVER BORDER WAIT TIMES REOPENING THE BORDER IS A NET POSITIVE SHE SUSPECT BACK THIS IS GREAT NEWS.

EVEN WITH THE BORDER WAIT TIMES THIS IS A NEW OPERANT TODAY FOR THEM TO RECONNECT WITH THE CONSUMER BASE, RECONNECT WITH WORKERS AND AT LEAST IN CHECK TOURISM INTO THE ECONOMY.

>> THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR TIJUANA, FOR SAN DIEGO.

LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR REOPENING.

>> Reporter: THAT WAS MAYOR GLORIA PEAK THEY SPENT MONTHS TRYING TO CONVINCE WASHINGTON, DC TO LIFT THE BAN PEAK LOCAL LEADERS NOW HAVE A ROADMAP OF HOW TO GET THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CARE ABOUT BORDER ISSUES PEAK TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE TODAY SHOULD BE A TEMPLATE GOING FORWARD TO DRIVE POSITIVE CHANGE IN THIS BORDER REGION.

IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE BORDER IS SOMETHING BAD IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS PEAK THE BORDER IS AN ASSET IN TIJUANA AND SAN DIEGO AND BAJA, CALIFORNIA AND IN CALIFORNIA PEAK THIS IS A DIFFERENT MAKER PEAK IT GIVES US AN EDGE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, AND IMPROVES OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, IT MAKES US A BETTER REGION.

>> Reporter: GUSTAVO, TEND TO NEWS.

STOMACH SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS THE 2024 WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL IN A FIRST EVER WINNING BY NATIONAL BID PEAK IN A PRESS RELEASE MAYOR GLORIA'S OFFICE SAYS IT IS THE RESULT OF A MULTIYEAR EFFORT TO SHOWCASE TIJUANA'S INNOVATIVE CULTURE AND ECONOMY PICKETT SHOWED HOW THE REGION USES HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN FOR ADDRESS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOCIAL INEQUITY THROUGH ENGINEERING, SCIENCE, ART AND ARCHITECTURE.

STOMACH THE LONGEST WAR OUR COUNTRY HAS FOUGHT ENDED TWO MONTHS AGO WHEN TROOPS PULLED OUT OF AFGHANISTAN.

RESETTLING THOUSANDS OF AFGHAN REFUGEES IN THE U.S. CAN BE A COMPLEX PROCESS.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ANNOUNCED A NEW WAY TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS BUT THEY WILL WAIVE FEES THAT ARE CHARGED IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THINGS LIKE GREEN CARDS AND WORK PERMITS "SKI FEES CAN BE HEFTY IN SOME CASES HAD IT UP TO $1000 PER PERSON.

THE AFGHAN COALITION SAYS IT IS NOT ENOUGH.

BRACKET IS $575 PLUS YOU'VE GOT TO GET YOURSELF OUT OF THE COUNTRY PLUS GOT TO MAKE SURE YOUR FAMILY IS SAFE AND SECURE.

>> Reporter: ANY AFGHAN NATIONALS THAT COME INTO THE COUNTRY ON OR AFTER JULY 30th ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE FEES.

>>> WHERE TO DRAW THE LINES?

THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS GETTING CLOSER TO A NEW MAP OF CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT.

KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOLAN TAKES A CLOSER LOOK PEAK >> Reporter: ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS FACING THE CITY'S REDISTRICTING COMMISSION IS WHAT TO DO WITH UC SAN DIEGO.

A NUMBER OF STUDENTS HERE SAY THEY WANT TO BE SEPARATED FROM LA JOLLA AND DRAWN INTO A DISTRICT WITH UNIVERSITY CITY, SORRENTO VALLEY AND MIRA MESA.

THEY SAY THEY SHARE COMMON INTERESTS WITH THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS PEAK >> PEOPLE DRAWING LINES CAN INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY .

JEN IS EDUCATION ADVOCACY MANAGER AT SAN DIEGO PRIDE EMMA WHEN I MORE THAN 30 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT THIS MAP OF COUNSEL DISTRICTS.

THEY SAY IT SATISFIES A NUMBER OF CONCERNS, REUNITING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SPLIT INTO TWO OR MORE DISTRICTS.

AND CREATING MORE DISTRICTS THAT EMPOWER PEOPLE OF COLOR.

THE MAC FOR OF OUR NINE DISTRICTS ARE A MAJORITY PEOPLE OF COLOR, LATIN EXPORTERS, ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS BEING 50/50.

WE EXPECT THAT DISTRICT COULD ACTUALLY GO UP OVER THE 50% MARK WHICH WOULD GIVE US FIVE DIFFERENT MAJORITY MINORITY DISTRICTS.

>> Reporter: THE REDISTRICTING COMMISSION ASKED FOR A DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE COMMUNITY DRAWN MAP PLUS THIS MAP DRAWN BY THE COMMISSION'S CHAIR PEAK IT WOULD KEEP THE DISTRICTS A LOT CLOSER TO HOW THEY LOOK NOW.

BUT NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE CLAREMONT AND RANCHO WOULD NOT BE UNITED INTO ONE DISTRICT.

LIKE MANY RESIDENTS THERE WON'T BE STILL COMMISSIONER FRED COSMO OF POINT LOMA SAYS THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD DOWNLOAD THE VOTING POWER OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES PEAK >> I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT THE COLLABORATION DISENFRANCHISES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO AND SEVEN AND FIVE.

I WILL LOOK AT ALL THE MAPS IN A FAIR LIGHT.

>> LABARBERA DISAGREES.

THE COLOR USUALLY THE LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES AROUND THE REST OF THE CITY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN EVERY SINGLE REDISTRICTING PROCESS BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS TIME FOR THOSE WHITE AFFLUENT VOTERS ON THE COAST TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, SHOWED THAT BIRD A LITTLE BIT MORE FAIRLY OF ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT COME ABOUT IN REDISTRICTING.

>> Reporter: THE COMMISSION WILL MEET AGAIN ON SATURDAY AND TRY TO STRIKE A COMPROMISE PEAK AFTER THAT MEETING IT WILL HOLD AT LEAST FIVE MORE MEETINGS TO GET MORE INPUT BEFORE SETTLING ON A FINAL MAP IN MID-DECEMBER.

ANDREW BOLAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SANTA ANNA SET UP FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

OFFSHORE FLOW PEAK THAT MEANS MILD TEMPERATURES AHEAD PEAK A LITTLE BIT OF AN ELEVATED RISK FOR WILDFIRE DANGER SO WILL A WATCH THAT WAS SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS PEAK A LITTLE BIT OF A COOLING TREND AS WE HEADED TO NEXT WEEK.

YOU'LL START TO SEE THAT FOR THE LATER PART OF THE WEEKEND PICKETT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE APPARENT AS WE START UP THE NEXT WORK WITH QUICK TEMPERATURES TONIGHT GETTING DOWN TO 51 IN OCEANSIDE.

54 IN ESCONDIDO PEAK 59 IN SAN DIEGO.

AN OFFSHORE FLOW COULD USE FOR THURSDAY TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR MOST BUT AGAIN, NEAR THE COAST FROM LOS ANGELES DOWN TOWARD SAN DIEGO, THAT IS WHERE THE REAL WARMTH IS GOING TO BE LOCKED IN HERE FOR THURSDAY PEAK TEMPERATURES GETTING UP IN THE LOW 80s IN SAN DIEGO.

EL CAJON 93 PEAK ESCONDIDO GETTING UP TO 91.

FRIDAY CONTINUED TO SEE THE WARMTH HERE PEAK A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZY DAY AGAIN FOR OTHER PARTS OF CALIFORNIA WITH ELEVATED FIRE DANGER BUT IT SHOULD CALM IN THE WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES WILL GO FROM THE LOW 80s EITHER THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY BACK IN THE 70s ON SUNDAY.

MID 70'S AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE START OF THE NEXT WORK WEEK PEAK FURTHER AND THEN, TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90s DROPPING INTO THE 80s ON SUNDAY PEAK MID 80s AS WE HEAD TOWARD NEXT MONDAY WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.

IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NOT SEEING MUCH IN THE WAY OF CHANGE PEAK AGAIN, THIS MAY BE GOING TO BE FOR COASTAL AREAS AND SLIGHTLY INLAND PEAK IN THE MOUNTAINS WERE HOVERING IN THE LOW 60 OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS PEAK A LITTLE BIT OF A BUSY COUPLE OF DAYS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY PEAK AFTER THAT IS IS PLENTY OF SUNSHINE IN THE FORECAST PEAK IN THE DESERT WE ARE HOVERING IN THE UPPER 80s AND LOW 90s BUT NO MAJOR CHANGES ON THE WAY HERE.

FOR KPBS NEWS.

I AM METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PASH.

>>> THE BOARD OF EDUCATION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE NAME OF THE MISSION VALLEY SCHOOL AS THE -- ELEMENTARY PICKETT IS NAMED AFTER A VILLAGE THAT EXISTED ALONG THE SAN DIEGO RIVER LONG BEFORE SPANISH COLONIZATION PEAK THE SCHOOL WILL OPEN IN FALL 2022.

>>> TONIGHT BUT COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE HAS NAMED THE 25 MOST REMARKABLE TEAMS IN SAN DIEGO.

THERE'S AN AWARD CEREMONY HAPPENING TO HONOR TEENAGERS WHO HAVE DEFIED ODDS AND MADE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS PEAK KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER AND SHE PEREZ INTRODUCES US TO A COUPLE OF THE STUDENTS WHO MANY SEE AS HEROES PEAK >> Reporter: TWO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 18-YEAR-OLD AIDEN WAS READY TO KILL HIMSELF PEAK >> AT THAT POINT I SAID I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS FIGHT ANYMORE PEAK I'M JUST DONE WITH THE PEAK I'M DONE WITH IT ALL.

I MADE UP MY MIND.

THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO.

SO, THAT IS WHAT I ENDED UP TRYING TO DO.

>> I SPENT A TOTAL OF 24 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL.

>> Reporter: IT IS A SUICIDE SURVIVOR AND USE THE DOCTORS TO CREATE LIFE FOR HIMSELF AND MANY OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE BREAKEVEN PRODUCE THIS VIDEO MESSAGE TELLING HIS STORY AND ISOLATION WITH SUPPORT FROM HIS BEST FRIEND, HIS FATHER AND HIS BELOVED DOG.

>> HAS COMPLETELY HELPLESS BUT THEN I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE AND THAT PUSH ME THROUGH PEAK THAT IS WHY I'M STILL HERE TODAY.

>> Reporter: AIDEN STARTED A MOVEMENT CALLED HOPES PART FIRST ON INSTAGRAM AND SPREADING ONLINE EVERYWHERE PEAK IS ONE OF THE 25 MOST REMARKABLE TEENAGERS IN SAN DIEGO NAME BY THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE.

THESE TEENAGERS ARE BEING HONORED FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN AREAS THAT INCLUDE ALMAC ACTIVISM, INVENTIONS, PERFORMING ARTS AND LEADERSHIP PEAK 17-YEAR-OLD DIRECTED AND PRODUCED THE SHORT DOCUMENTARY ON INJUSTICE AT THE MEXICAN BORDER.

HE SAYS COMMUNITIES LIKE SAN YSIDRO SUFFER FROM HIGHER THAN NORMAL RATES OF ASTHMA AND HE CALLS THE ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM PEAK >> POLLUTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT IS DIRECTLY AFFECTING THEM BECAUSE DECISIONS MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT.

>> IT IS A TOUGH TIME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEY ARE PERSEVERING AND OUR REMARKABLE TEENAGER PROGRAM SHOWS THAT THEY ARE.

>> Reporter: AIDEN HAS ONE MORE THING TO SAY PEAK >> I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER YOU ARE SEEN, HEARD IT SO LOVED.

>> Reporter: 1019, KPBS NEWS PEAK >> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

I AM A MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

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