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>>> BALLOTS ARE STILL BEING COUNTED, TONIGHT THERE ARE ALREADY SOME CLEAR WINNERS IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION.

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VOID -- BOATERS HAVE VOTED FOR THE NEST SUPERVISOR FOR DISTRICT 4.

ANDREW BOWEN SAID THE CITY COUNCILMEMBER TOOK AN EARLY AND INSURMOUNTABLE LEAD.

>> Reporter: THEY GATHERED AT A UNION HALL TUESDAY NIGHT THE MOMENT THE FIRST RESULTS WERE POSTED ONLINE.

THE CROWD ERUPTED IN CHEERS.

SHE HAS A COMMANDING LEAD OVER THE REPUBLICAN WITH MORE THAN 60% OF THE VOTE AND SHE WILL BE THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN EVER TO SERVE ON THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND A FACT SHE NOTED WITH PRIDE.

SHE WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2018 ON SEATING THE INCUMBENT, WHO WAS HER FORMER BOSS THROUGH A GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN CENTERED ON RACIAL EQUITY AND POLICE ACCOUNT ABILITY.

SHE SAID THAT BEFORE SHE STARTS WORKING ON POLICYMAKING AT THE COUNTY, SHE WILL FOCUS ON HIRING THE RIGHT STAFF AND MEETING WITH COUNTY OFFICIALS.

>> I AM MAKING SURE I GET GROUNDED IN THE POSITION AND WHAT IS ASKED FOR AND HOW TO BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SUPERVISOR THAT I CAN POSSIBLY BE.

>> Reporter: SHE ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THAT WHILE THE RESULTS MAY INDICATE THAT THE VICTORY IN THE SELECTION REMAINS UNATTAINABLE, I RESOLVED TO ENHANCE THE PROSPERITY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY REMAINING RESOLUTE.

SHE WILL HAVE INAUGURATION ON DECEMBER 5 AND IT WILL ONCE AGAIN GIVE DEMOCRATS THE MAJORITY IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

>>> MONTGOMERY AND HER VICTORY WILL TRIGGER A SPECIAL ELECTION IN MARCH TO FILL HER SEAT ON THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE CHULA VISTA CITY ATTORNEY ELECTION APPEARS TO BE LEADING TO A RUNOFF AND THE EARLY RESULTS SHOW HIM LEADING BY A THIN MARGIN OF LESS THAN 300 VOTES AND DAN SMITH THE DIAZ IS A DISTANT THIRD AND THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID A RUNOFF ELECTION IS FOR ONE CANDIDATE TO GET MORE THAN 51% OF THE VOTE.

THEY ARE AT 39 AND 38% RESPECTIVELY AND THE RUNOFF ELECTION WOULD MOST LIKELY BE THE SAME AS THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION IN MARCH AND THERE IS A SPECIAL ELECTION BECAUSE VOTERS SELECTED A DEAD CANDIDATE IN THE NOVEMBER 22 RACE.

>>> THE YEARS LONG DISPUTE BETWEEN RATEPAYERS LAST NIGHT BECAME VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY LEAVING FOR CHEAPER WATER AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

WE ARE NOW HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE TWO RURAL DISTRICTS.

>> Reporter: THE PROCESS IS CALLED DETACHMENT AND A TWO- STEP PROCESS AND BACK IN JULY THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY LOCAL COMMISSION WHICH IS IN CHARGE OF THE INNER AGENCY DISPUTES LIKE THIS APPROVED THE REQUEST TO LEAVE THE WATER AUTHORITY AND VOTERS HAVE THEIR SAY LAST NIGHT IN ROUGHLY 95% OF THEM AND HERE IS WHAT THE HEAD OF THE CAMPAIGN SAID LAST NIGHT SHORTLY AFTER THE EARLY RESULTS WERE RELEASED.

>> IT IS THE FARMERS TO GET A WIN WHO HAVE HAD TO PAY ASTRONOMICAL WATER RATES AND THEY HAVE LOST SO MANY TREES AND IT IS A WIN FOR THE LITTLE GUY AND LOCAL CONTROL AND A WIN FOR FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR BILLS.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO AN INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS, IT COULD SAVE AN ESTIMATED $7.7 MILLION A YEAR BY SWITCHING TO EASTERN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AND EVEN WITH THIS OVERWHELMING RESULT, IT ISN'T OVER AND THE AUTHORITY IS SUING THEM TO KEEP THEM FROM LEAVING.

>> DOES THIS MEAN THAT COME THE NEW YEAR, RESIDENTS IN FALLBROOK AND RAIN BRU -- RAINBOW WILL SWITCH THEIR WATER TO EASTERN MUNICIPAL IN RIVERSIDE?

>> Reporter: NOT QUITE.

THEY HAVE TO PUT A FEW ADMINISTRATIVE PIECES IN PLACE INCLUDING $25 MILLION AND THE DISTRICT STILL NEED TO DETERMINE THE NEW RATES FOR PAYERS AND THERE IS THE ISSUE OF THE LAWSUIT THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED.

>>> COMING UP TONIGHT, WE ARE STILL TRACKING POWERFUL SANTA ANA WINDS WHICH WILL BRING THE ELEVATED FIRE RISK AND WE COULD SEE WIND GUSTING FROM 40 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR AND WE'LL HAVE MORE COMING UP.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO SHORES RELEASED RECORD-BREAKING NUMBERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR AND MELISSA HAS THOSE DETAILS.

>>> THE TOURISM AUTHORITY ESTIMATES VISITORS MADE THEIR WAY TO SAN DIEGO DURING THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR AND IN JANUARY $23.48 BILLION WERE IN TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT.

SHE IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE SAN DIEGO TOURISM AUTHORITY AND SAYS THE INDUSTRY HAS RECOVERED FROM BOTH LEISURE AND BUSINESS STANDPOINTS SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

>> GOING BACK TO 2020 WE LOST 20 YEARS OF GAINS FOR THE FACT WE ARE HERE NOW WITH A RECORD- BREAKING YEAR AND TO BE ABLE TO DO VISITORS SPENT WITH LESS VISITORS THAN WE HAD IN FISCAL YEAR 22 IS REALLY A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH OF THE DESTINATION.

TRUCK SHE SAID VISITORS SPEND IS WHAT TOURISTS LEAVE IN THE DESTINATION, IN OTHER WORDS ALL THE MONEY THEY SPEND HERE.

SHE SAID THE 23 FISCAL YEAR EXCEEDED 2022 BY OVER $1 MILLION.

>> WE HAD RECORD-BREAKING VISITORS SPEND WITH $14.2 BILLION AND WE ALSO HAD RECORD- BREAKING TOT COLLECTIONS WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY HOTEL TAX AND 418 MILLION IN THE COUNTY.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID TOURISM HELPS PROVIDE LOCAL JOBS AS WELL.

>> WE HAVE OVER 214,000 IN OUR INDUSTRY SO CERTAINLY MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE A FULL SCHEDULE THAT FOLKS ARE WORKING 40 HOURS PER WEEK IS SOMETHING WE ARE FOCUSED ON.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO MAY BE RANKED AS THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITY IN THE COUNTRY BUT SHE SAID OUR DIVERSE ATTRACTIONS ARE ATTRACTIVE.

>> WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM A MICHELIN STAR RESTAURANT TO FISH TACOS AND WE HAVE A VARIETY OF HOTELS THAT MEET DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS SO THAT WILL MEET FOLKS WHERE THEY ARE IN TERMS OF THEIR BUDGET AND HOW THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY WHEN THEY COME HERE.

>> Reporter: ONE AREA THEY SAY NEEDS IMPROVEMENT IS INTERNATIONAL VISITORS.

THEY DO EXPECT THOSE NUMBERS TO RECOVER BY THE END OF 2024.

>>> TWO CITIES IN NORTH COUNTY ARE TEAMING UP IN AN EFFORT TO SHELTER HOMELESS RESIDENTS.

ARE REPORTER SAYS THEY JUST GOT STATE FUNDING TO OPERATE THE SOON TO BE SHELTER.

>> Reporter: IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT FOR SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS.

>> FOR THOSE HUDDLING IN SHELTERS TRYING TO ESCAPE THE RAIN AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE WALKING THE STREETS, SORRY.

IT IS EMOTIONAL.

>> Reporter: TODAY THE SENATOR ANNOUNCED $5 MILLION SECURED FROM THE STATE WHICH WOULD HELP COVER THREE YEARS OF OPERATING COSTS.

BUT THIS ISN'T NO ORDINARY SHELTER.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THAT TWO CITIES ARE FUNDING ONE PROGRAM DIRECTLY.

>> IT IS A CENTER THAT IS A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN VISTA AND ENCINITAS.

HE IS THE HOMELESS SERVICES MANAGER WITH THE CITY OF VISTA.

>> EACH FLOOR HAS SIX TOTAL SINGLE OCCUPANCY UNITS AND ONE SHARED KITCHEN INTO SHARED RESTROOMS AND A TOTAL OF FOUR FLOORS BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS.

>> Reporter: EACH ROOM CAN FIT TWO BED SO THEY CAN HOUSE UP TO 48 PEOPLE AT ONCE.

RESIDENTS WILL OCCUPY 18 OF THE ROOM AND SIX WILL GO TO ENCINITAS RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

>> THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T HOMELESS ONLY WITHIN A CITY BOUNDARY.

>> Reporter: IT IS FOR ADULTS OF BOTH GENDERS INCLUDING COUPLES WHO ARE REFERRED BY HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAMS AND IT WON'T ACCEPT WALK UPS.

INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES CEO GREG ANGELL EXPLAINS HOW A SHELTER LIKE THIS ONE IS DESPERATELY NEEDED IN SAN DIEGO'S NORTH COUNTY.

>> RIGHT NOW THERE ARE OVER 100 SHELTER BEDS AND NEARLY 2000 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN NORTH CAROLINA.

>> HE SAID IT WILL BE RECOMMENDED ON JANUARY 9 AND HE DOES EXPECT RESIDENTS WILL START MOVING INTO THE NEW SHELTER IN EARLY SPRING OF 2024.

>>> NINE DAYS AND COUNTING IS HOW LONG CONGRESS HAS TO PROVIDE A POTENTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND AS JOHN LAWRENCE REPORTS, SO FAR, HOUSE REPUBLICANS DON'T HAVE A PLAN TO KEEP THINGS RUNNING.

>> Reporter: WASHINGTON DC IS ONCE AGAIN FACING A POSSIBLE COLLAPSE.

>> WE WANT TO AVOID A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND IS A DANGEROUS TIME AROUND THE WORLD RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE DOING THAT JOB.

>> Reporter: THEY WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF IDEAS TUESDAY INCLUDING A SHORT-TERM SPENDING BILL THROUGH JANUARY 19.

>> OPTIONS WILL BE ON THE TABLE AND WE WILL REVEAL THE PLAN SHORTLY.

TOOK SOME REPUBLICANS ARE AGAINST SHORT TERM SPENDING BILLS, HE WOULD NEED DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT WHICH COULD BE AN UPHILL CLIMB.

>> THEY WANT TO DEFAULT ON OUR DEBT AND SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT AND CRASH THE ECONOMY AND CENSURE DEMOCRATS AND AVOID HOLDING THEIR OWN MEMBERS ACCOUNTABLE.

THIS IS WHO THEY ARE.

TOOK THE SHUTDOWN OCCURS WHEN CONGRESS DOESN'T PASS FUNDING FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITHOUT SOMETHING LIKE A SHORT- TERM BILL WHICH COULD CAUSE MANY PROBLEMS FOR THE COUNTRY INCLUDING THE HALTING OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND DISRUPTIONS IN FOOD SAFETY INSPECTIONS.

JOHNSON HAS UNTIL NOVEMBER 17 TO DEAL WITH THIS CONFERENCE AND THE DEMOCRATIC-CONTROLLED SENATE AND THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE.

>> BIPARTISANSHIP IS THE WORD AND IT IS JUST WITH ONE PARTY AND SENDING IT OVER AND IT WON'T BE A VERY GOOD WAY TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD.

>> ACCORDING TO ERNST & YOUNG, THE U.S. WOULD HAVE LOST $6 BILLION PER WEEK HAD CONGRESS NOT PREVENTED A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN EARLIER THIS YEAR.

>>> TONIGHT, WHILE THE WAR RAGES ON, ISRAEL SHEDS LIGHT ON ITS LONG-TERM PLANS IN GAZA COMING UP AFTER THE EVENING EDITION.

>>> THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SECRETLY SURVEYED A BEDRIDDEN TEENAGER AND HER PARENTS WITH A HIDDEN CAMERA IN THE HOSPITAL ROOM AND ACCORDING TO A LAWSUIT FILED BY THE FAMILY IT WAS DONE WITHOUT A WARRANT.

IT WAS PART OF A FAILED CHILD ABUSE INVESTIGATION AND THE FAMILY IS NOW SUING AND WE HAVE HEART 2 OF THIS INVESTIGATION.

>> >> Reporter: HER HEALTH WAS FEELING AS SHE ENTERED HER TEENAGE YEARS AND BY AGE 15 THE FORMALLY ACTIVE CHILD WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH COMPLICATIONS FROM A CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDER AND REQUIRED A FEEDING TUBE AND HER PARENTS HAD CRISSCROSSED THE COUNTRY LOOKING FOR DOCTORS WHO COULD HELP EXPLAIN HER CONDITION.

>> AS A PARENT, OBVIOUSLY, YOU HATE STANDING BY TO SEE YOUR CHILD SUFFER.

>> Reporter: THEY WOULD SOON BE FIGHTING TO KEEP CUSTODY OF MEDICINE BECAUSE IN 2018 AND EARLY 2019 ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, SAN DIEGO COUNTY CHILD ABUSE HOTLINE RECEIVED TWO PHONE CALLS AND THEY ALLEGE THAT THEY HAD ABUSED THEIR DAUGHTER BY CLAIMING SHE SUFFERED FROM NONEXISTENT INJURIES AND INTERFERING WITH HOSPITAL STAFF AND IT IS KNOWN AS MEDICAL CHILD ABUSE OR MUNCH HOUSE AND SYNDROME BY PROXY AND IT POSES A SERIOUS RISK OF DEATH TO CHILD VICTIMS AND THEY CATEGORICALLY DENY ABUSING THEIR DAUGHTER AND WHEN A SOCIAL WORKER SHOWED UP IN MADISON'S HOSPITAL ROOM, HER FATHER WAS STUNNED.

>> I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THIS AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN.

TRUCK THE COUNTY IS REQUIRED TO INVESTIGATE ANY CREDIBLE ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE AND AROUND THIS TIME HER MEDICAL TEAM PLANNED TO TRANSFER HER TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL FOR AROUND-THE- CLOCK CARE AND BEFORE SHE ARRIVED TO THE INVESTIGATOR FOR THE COUNTY CONTACTED A CHILD ABUSE PEDIATRICIAN AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND IN A COURT FILING SHE SAID SHE REVIEWED HER MEDICINE -- MEDICAL FILES AND ADMITS SHE RECOMMENDED SHE BE MONITORED IN A ROOM WITH VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AS A MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC TOOL TO DETERMINE WHETHER SHE WAS A VICTIM OF MEDICAL CHILD ABUSE AND THE FAMILY ALLEGES THE COUNTY REVIEWED THE PLAN TO SECRETLY MONITOR HER BUT NEVER OBTAINED COURT APPROVAL FOR THEIR SURVEILLANCE.

>> THEY HAD ALREADY PLANNED TO DO THE VIDEO AND THERE WASN'T ANY INTENTION OF BEING COLLEGIAL OR INVOLVING US AS A FAMILY.

>> Reporter: THE ATTORNEYS DIDN'T RESPOND TO MULTIPLE REQUESTS FOR COMMENT AND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DECLINED AN INTERVIEW REQUEST AND IN AN EMAIL A SPOKESPERSON SAID NO COUNTY EMPLOYEES WERE INVOLVED IN THE DECISION TO SURVEY HER HOSPITAL ROOM EVEN THOUGH THEY CONFIRM IN A COURT FILING SHE COMMUNICATED WITH THE MAIN COUNTY INVESTIGATOR ABOUT MADISON'S CARE THROUGHOUT.

THEY DECLINED AN INTERVIEW REQUEST AND WOULDN'T COMMENT ON THE FAMILY'S CASE CITING PATIENT PRIVACY PROTECTIONS AND IN A STATEMENT THAT WAS EMAILED TO THE HOSPITAL SAID THAT THEIR TOP PRIORITY IS PROVIDING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE TO PATIENTS AND FAMILIES AND BY THE TIME EDISON ARRIVED, AT LEAST ONE HIDDEN CAMERA WAS ROLLING.

>> ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WERE STANDING IN THE CORNER BECAUSE ALL OF THEM KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THEY ALL KNOW EXACT WE WE WERE BEING RECORDED.

>> Reporter: THEY BROUGHT THE CHILD ABUSE CASE TO JUVENILE DEPENDENCY COURT AND MADISON WAS REMOVED FROM HER PARENTS CUSTODY DURING THE TRIAL.

IT WAS ONLY DURING THE CUSTODY BATTLE THAT THE FAMILY LEARNED ABOUT THE SECRET VIDEO SURVEILLANCE.

>> THIS VIDEO SPANNED THE WHOLE ROOM AND IT COVERED EVERYTHING.

EVERY INTERACTION BILL AND I HAD WITH MADISON AND EVERY PERSONAL MOMENT AND THE WORST PART WAS I GAVE MADISON BATHS AND EVERY DAY I CLEANED HER UP.

I CHANGED HER DOWN EVERY DAY AND ALL OF THAT WAS ON THE VIDEO.

IT WAS HORRIFIC.

>> Reporter: 38 DAYS IS HOW LONG THE COVERT SURVEILLANCE LASTED AND THE FAMILY ALLEGES IN THE LAWSUIT.

AFTER THE LEGAL BATTLE, THE JUVENILE DEPENDENCY COURT AWARDED THEM CUSTODY OF MEDICINE AND THE FAMILY'S LAWSUIT QUOTES THE SUPERIOR COURT COMMISSIONER WHO RULED IN THEIR FAVOR AND HE ALLEGEDLY CRITICIZED THE EXTENSIVE USE OF COVERT SURVEILLANCE CALLING IT, AND UNBELIEVABLE INVASION OF PRIVACY AND AN INSENSITIVE INVASION OF PRIVACY.

HOSPITALS HAVE USED COVERT SURVEILLANCE TO INVESTIGATE MANY SUSPECTED CASES OF MUNCH HOUSE AND BY PROXY IN RECENT DECADES, BUT THERE IS SHARP DISAGREEMENT AMONG MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND LEGAL EXPERTS ABOUT THE PACK THIS.

>> ON THE FACE OF IT IT IS UNETHICAL AND UNNECESSARY.

>> Reporter: HE IS A LAW PROFESSOR IN LITTLE ROCK AND HE REVIEWED THE COMPLAINT BY THE FAMILY AND SAID THE ALLEGATIONS TROUBLED HIM.

>> IT STRUCK ME AS JUST VIOLATIVE OF THE FAMILY'S RIGHT TO PRIVACY.

HE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HOSPITALS CAN GENERALLY USE SURVEILLANCE THROUGHOUT THE FACILITIES BUT WHEN THEY WORK IN COOPERATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT, HE ARGUES THE FOURTH AMENDMENT ALWAYS REQUIRES COURT APPROVAL.

A JUDGE HAS DISMISSED PARTS OF THE LAWSUIT BUT IT HAS ALLOWED IT TO PROCEED ON SEVERAL CLAIMS INCLUDING ON THE FOURTH AMENDMENT GROUNDS.

SOME EXPERTS SAY SURVEILLANCE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE WHEN INVESTIGATING THESE CASES.

>> I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR ALL OF THE TOOLS WE CAN POSSIBLY USE THAT COULD HELP US PROTECT CHILDREN FROM THIS.

TRUCK SHE IS A PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF NURSING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES AND SHE ENCOURAGES HOSPITALS TO DEVELOP CLEAR PROTOCOLS WHEN USING SURVEILLANCE.

THE FAMILY SAID THAT IS ONE OF THEIR GOALS AND THEY ARE SEEKING MONETARY DAMAGES BUT THEY ARE HOPING THEY CLEAR SAFEGUARDS FOR CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE IN THE FUTURE.

>> THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT IS NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH GOOD YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST BUT HOW MUCH YOU ARE WILLING TO CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO GIVE BETTER AND MAKE IT BETTER FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

>>> IF YOU DID MISS PART 1 OF THIS INVESTIGATION, YOU CAN FIND IT ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE WHICH IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND ALL OF OUR DAILY STORIES AND FEATURE REPORTING AS WELL AS A LIVE STREAM OF THE EVENING EDITION WEEKNIGHTS AT 5:00.

>>> IT WAS AN OFF YOUR ELECTION YESTERDAY BUT THERE WAS BIG MESSAGES SENT WHILE DEMOCRATS MARKED KEY VICTORIES IN SEVERAL RACES AND BALLOT MEASURES AND A SERIES OF NEW POLLS REVEAL A ROCKY ROAD FOR JOE BIDEN AS HE SEEKS TO STAY IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

WE HAVE MORE.

>> Reporter: A VICTORY FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN OHIO.

>> WINNING WAS THE ONLY OPTION AND WE DID IT TOGETHER.

TOOK THEY CASTED THEIR BALLOTS TUESDAY TO ENSHRINE THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION IN THE CONSTITUTION HERE AND THE LATEST STATE TO DO SO IN THE WAKE OF THE SUPREME COURT'S 2022 DECISION TO OVERTURN ROE V. WADE.

IN VIRGINIA, DEMOCRATS SWEPT THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND REBUKED THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR WHO WAS OUT TO PURSUE WHAT HE CALLED REASONABLE ABORTION RESTRICTIONS IF THE GOP TOOK CONTROL OF BOTH CHAMBERS.

>> VOTERS ARE SENDING A MESSAGE TO ALL OF US, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS THAT THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THEY CARE ABOUT IS FREEDOM.

>> Reporter: ABORTION ACCESS COULD BE A DRIVING FORCE FOR BOATERS AND IT COULD BE A BOON TO DEMOCRATS IN 2024.

>> I THINK YOU HAVE TO LET IT BE DECIDED STATE BY STATE AND THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.

>> Reporter: POLLING SHOWS THAT THE MOOD IN THE COUNTRY IS POSING TROUBLE FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN'S REELECTION CHANCES COMING UP SHORT IN HYPOTHETICAL MATCHUPS AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND OTHER CANDIDATES.

>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS HE HAS AND DRAW THE CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT HE PUTS FORWARD AND BRINGS TO THE TABLE AND WHAT DONALD TRUMP OR ANY OTHER REPUBLICAN ON THE MAGA SIDE OF THIS PUTS FORWARD.

>> Reporter: THE NEWLY REELECTED DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR IN KENTUCKY SAID THE KEY TO VICTORY IS FOCUSING ON THE THINGS THAT IMPACT PEOPLE'S DAILY LIVES.

>> THEY WANT SOMEBODY WHO WILL TRY EVERY DAY TO MAKE THEIR LIFE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

>> WE WILL UPDATE THE VOTER HUB AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE PRIMARY SEASON AND EARLIER WE DID HAVE RESULTS FROM LAST NIGHT'S SPECIAL ELECTION WHICH IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE VOTER HUB AT KPBS.ORG.

>>> VOLUNTEERS ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES AND PLANTED TREES IN COMMEMORATION OF KATE SESSION STAY ORGANIZED BY THE CITY IN COLLABORATION WITH TREE SAN DIEGO.

SHE WAS A BOTANIST WHO WORKED IN SAN DIEGO IN THE EARLY 20th CENTURY AND KNOWN AS THE MOTHER OF BALBOA PARK HAVING INTRODUCED HUNDREDS OF TREES INTO THE AREA AND VOLUNTEERS SAY THEY ARE THANKFUL TO DO THEIR PART FOR MOTHER NATURE.

>> IT IS MORE THAN BEAUTIFYING THE CITY AND THE TREES HAVE SO MUCH VALUE AND THEY ARE SLOWING DOWN STORM WATER AND PRODUCING STORMWATER RUNOFF AND IT IS COOLING AND HELPING MITIGATE THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT AND TREES ARE AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF A HEALTHY CITY.

>> THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO SET A GOAL TO PLANT MORE THAN 100,000 TREES BY THE YEAR 2035.

>>> LET'S START OFF WITH THE WEATHER HEADLINES AS WE TRACK SOME PRETTY ACTIVE WEATHER WHEN IT COMES TO THE WIND.

THE SANTA ANNA WIND CONTINUES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK PLUS WE ARE WATCHING WARMING TEMPERATURES WITH SOME OF THE PEAK OF THAT HEAT COMING THIS WEEKEND BUT MEANWHILE A SIGNIFICANT PATTERN CHANGE IS ON THE WAY AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

LET'S TAKE YOU IN TONIGHT WHERE WE ARE DOWN TO 39 DEGREES IN OCEANSIDE AND SAN DIEGO DOWN TO 47 AND HERE A COLD NIGHT AHEAD FOR MOUNT LAGUNA AND THE TEMPERATURE AROUND 34.

WE TAKE YOU INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY WHERE WE HAVE WARM CONDITIONS AND WE STILL HAVE SOME GUSTY CONDITIONS MOVING THROUGH AND MOUNT LAGUNA, YOUR TEMPERATURE IS UP INTO THE UPPER 40s AND HERE 78 WITH A CLEAR SUNNY SKY IN OCEANSIDE AND YOU ARE WARMING UP WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 70s.

ON FRIDAY WE DO HAVE DRY CONDITIONS STICKING AROUND AND YOU CAN GET OUT AND ENJOY THAT BECAUSE WE ARE TRACKING CHANGES AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

HERE IS THE PATTERN WE HAVE WITH A BIG DIP IN THE JET STREAM BRINGING WHAT WEATHER AS FAR SOUTH AS SAN DIEGO WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ON THE WAY HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK AND AT TIMES WE WILL TRACK SOME HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE FIRE ACTIVITY BEING SUPPRESSED AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEK.

I DO WANT TO TAKE YOU INTO THE NEXT FIVE DAYS ALONG THE COAST WERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM THROUGHOUT THE END OF THE WEEKEND THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND MAYBE COMING DOWN A BIT BEFORE WE START TO SEE TEMPERATURES CLIMBING BACK UP AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY WITH THE UPPER 70s AND DROPPING AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB AND WE ARE AT 85 BY THE TIME WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND LOWER 80s BY THE TIME WE HEAD INTO MONDAY AND HERE TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB BRIEFLY INTO THE LOWER 50s AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND BUT A LITTLE BIT OF AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE TEMPERATURES AND IN THE DESERT WE SEE 70s THE NEXT FEW DAYS BUT A RETURN TO THE 80s SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

>>> IT MAY SOON BE LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION ONCE AGAIN IN HOLLYWOOD AFTER THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE HAS AGREED TO A PROPOSED LABOR CONTRACT WITH THE STUDIOS.

THE STRIKE IS SET TO END AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THE TENTATIVE DEAL MUST BE APPROVED BY THE UNION BOARD AND MEMBERS AND DETAILS HAVEN'T YET BEEN RELEASED.

>>> A GROWING NUMBER OF AMERICANS ARE WORKING MULTIPLE JOBS WHICH ACCORDING TO THE OCTOBER JOBS REPORT FROM THE LABOR DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE WHAT IS BEHIND THAT DATA IN WHO IS LEADING THE TREND.

>> Reporter: JUGGLING MULTIPLE GIGS IN THE LATEST JOBS REPORT FROM THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SHOWS NEARLY 8.4 MILLION PEOPLE HAD MULTIPLE JOBS IN OCTOBER WHICH IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND WOMEN APPEAR TO BE LEADING THAT TREND AND THE FEDERAL DATA SHOWS 6% OF WOMEN HOLD MULTIPLE JOBS IN OCTOBER COMPARED TO 4.7 OF MEN.

>> THE COST OF LIVING HAS TRIPLED.

>> EXPERTS SAY PEOPLE MAY BE TAKING ON ADDITIONAL JOBS DUE TO HIGH INFLATION WHICH HAS BEEN EASING THE BUT IS PAINFULLY HIGH FOR SOME HOUSEHOLDS AND NONPROFITS LIKE UNITED WAY SAY INFLATION IS OUTPACING WAGE GROWTH MAKING IT HARDER TO TAKE AND HELP FAMILIES.

>> THEY DON'T REFLECT HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE TO EVERYDAY LIVING.

>> Reporter: REMOTE WORK OFFERS FLEXIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKERS TO MANAGE SEVERAL JOBS FROM HOME AND ALSO A FEAR THAT LAYOFFS COULD HAVE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR JOBS BUT ONE ECONOMIST SAID LAYOFFS ARE HISTORICALLY LOW RIGHT NOW.

>> PEOPLE ARE RELUCTANT TO USE THEIR WORKERS AND WILLING TO NEGOTIATE HIGHER SALARIES TO KEEP THEM.

TRUCK THEY ADDED ONLY 150,000 JOBS LAST MONTH WHICH IS THE SMALLEST GAIN SINCE JUNE SIGNALING THE ECONOMY IS SLOWING AND SIGNALING THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S ACTION TO TAME INFLATION MAY BE WORKING.

>> HOW QUICKLY IS IT WORKING IS THE QUESTION AND WE ARE DEFINITELY FAR FROM THE TARGET BUT IT HAS COME DOWN A BIT.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE NEWSROOM HERE AND A BATTLE IS BREWING OVER CROP SUBSIDIES AND ON THE MORNING EDITION WHY FARMERS SAY THEY NEED MORE MONEY WHILE OTHERS ARGUE IT IS A WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY AND OUR MIDDAY EDITION HAS THE WEEKEND ARTS PREVIEW INCLUDING WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE CORONADO FILM FESTIVAL AND YOU CAN FIND THE STORIES TONIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT .

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

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