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>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN OVERNIGHT, AFFECTING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE AND THE MILITARY.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON HOW ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN SAN DIEGO ARE STEPPING IN TO HELP MILITARY FAMILIES.

BUT FIRST KARYN CAIFA HAS A RUNDOWN OF THE IMPACTED GOVERNMENT SERVICES.

>> Reporter: DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN SOME FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE DEEMED CERTAIN SERVICES AND EMPLOYEES ESSENTIAL, WHICH MEANS SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS WILL CONTINUE, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND TSA EMPLOYEES WILL KEEP FLIGHTS MOVING, THOUGH WITHOUT PAYCHECKS, AND VETERANS CAN CONTINUE TO RECEIVE MEDICAL AND CRITICAL CARE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SAYS THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION WILL STILL RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES BUT BE LIMITED IN THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS IT CAN DO, WHICH EXPERTS WARN COULD PUT THE NATION'S FOOD SUPPLY IN RISKY TERRITORY.

>> IF THIS GOES ON FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, THERE COULD BE FOOD SAFETY OUTBREAKS THAT COULDN'T BE COPED WITH.

SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS COULD OCCUR IN THE SUPPLY CHAINS.

>> Reporter: THE SHUTDOWN ALSO STALLING THE ADMISSION OF NEW PATIENTS TO NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH CLINICAL TRIALS UNLESS MEDICALLY NECESSARY.

>> SO IF WE'RE ON DECK FOR A CLINICAL TRIAL, THAT WILL STOP.

>> Reporter: THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SAYS NUTRITIONAL PROGRAMS LIKE SNAP BENEFITS CAN CONTINUE UNTIL FUNDING RUNS OUT.

THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAYS FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS WILL STILL BE DISBURSED AND BORROWERS ARE STILL REQUIRED TO MAKE THEIR PAYMENTS TO AVOID DEFAULT AND DELINQUENCY.

AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SAYS NATIONAL PARKS WILL STAY PARTIALLY OPEN, A MOVE SHARPLY CRITICIZED BY PARK ADVOCATES WHO SAY IT'S DANGEROUS FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE ACCESS WITH MORE THAN 9,000 AGENCY EMPLOYEES FURLOUGHED.

IN WASHINGTON I'M KARIN CAIFA.

>>> LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN SEVERAL SAN DIEGO ORGANIZATIONS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY, THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHERS WHO RELY ON GOVERNMENT FUNDED JOBS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL HAS MORE ON THE SCOPE OF HELP BEING OFFERED.

>> Reporter: THE SETTING WAS FEEDING SAN DIEGO'S WAREHOUSE.

THE MESSAGE, SERIOUS AND SIMPLE.

>> WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT MILITARY FAMILIES AND HOW THEY SUSTAIN THEMSELVES OVER THE NEXT PERIOD OF TIME, WHETHER IT'S A DAY OR A MONTH OR WHATEVER THE DURATION IS.

>> Reporter: DAVID BOONE HEADS UP SD MAC, THE SAN DIEGO MILITARY ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHICH WORKS TO STRENGTHEN TIES BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN ORGANIZATIONS.

HE WAS JOINED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER LOCAL NON-PROFITS WHICH FORMED AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION ABOUT A YEAR AGO CALLED THE EMERGENCY ACTION GROUP.

THEY FIRST WORKED TOGETHER TO HELP IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE MURPHY CANYON PLANE CRASH, AND NOW THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HAS BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER AGAIN.

A BIG PART OF THEIR MISSION, MAKING SURE MILITARY MEMBERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND CIVILIANS WHO WORK WITH THE MILITARY HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.

LAST MONTH FEEDING SAN DIEGO CEO BOB KAMINSKY SAID THE ORGANIZATION FED MORE THAN 180,000 HOUSEHOLDS AND THANKS TO THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HE EXPECTS THAT NUMBER TO SPIKE.

>> CONSEQUENTLY THEY MAY BE FALLING INTO THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET REPRESENTED BY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS FEEDING SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: BEYOND FOOD, OTHER KINDS OF HELP ARE AVAILABLE.

>> OUR SOCIAL WORKERS HAVE RAMPED UP AND THEY'RE STANDING BY FOR AN INCREASE IN CASES.

AS BOB MENTIONED WE'VE ALSO SEEN QUITE AN INCREASE FOR NEED FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

>> Reporter: STEP OFFERS EMERGENCY FINANCIAL GRANTS, AND WE LEARNED HERE THAT BOTH USAA AND NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ARE OFFERING NEW MEMBERS INTEREST-FREE LOANS DURING THE SHUTDOWN.

SAN DIEGO IS A MILITARY TOWN.

SD MAC SAYS BETWEEN 115 AND 120 THOUSAND ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL LIVE HERE.

AT ANY GIVEN TIME A NUMBER OF THEM ARE SERVING IN FARAWAY PLACES, STRESSFUL TO BEGIN WITH.

ANOTHER ASPECT OF LIFE MADE MORE DIFFICULT BY THE SHUTDOWN.

DAVID BOONE IS A RETIRED REAR ADMIRAL.

>> CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING A NAVY PERSON ON A SHIP DEPLOYED HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD, RIGHT?

YOU'RE IN THE RED SEA.

YOU'RE BEING SHOT AT.

AND YOUR FAMILY'S BACK HERE.

>> Reporter: THE INDIVIDUAL MESSAGES FROM THE SPEAKERS HERE TODAY MAY HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT, BUT THE OVERALL THRUST IS THE SAME.

HELP IS AVAILABLE IN MANY WAYS TO MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY, THEIR FAMILIES AND THOSE WHO RELY ON MILITARY-RELATED JOBS.

THOSE WHO GIVE SO MUCH TO THIS COUNTRY EVERY DAY.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> KPBS "MIDDAY EDITION" SPOKE WITH SAN DIEGO CONGRESSMAN MIKE LEVIN ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE SHUTDOWN ON OUR COUNTY AND WHY DEMOCRATS BELIEVE IT'S NECESSARY.

YOU CAN HEAR THAT INTERVIEW AT KPBS.ORG OR WHEREVER YOU LISTEN TO PODCASTS.

>>> WEATHER HEADLINES HERE AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 24 HOURS, OVERALL I AM TRACKING SUNNY SKIES AND PRETTY MILD CONDITIONS.

OVERALL WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A DRY WEATHER PATTERN HERE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

AND AS OF RIGHT NOW THE WEEKEND'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.

I'LL HAVE AN UPDATED LOOK AT THAT EXTEND FORECAST LOOKING AT BOTH YOUR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY COMING UP.

>>> TODAY SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISORS APPROVED A PROPOSED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN HARMONY GROVE NEAR ESCONDIDO.

BEFORE THE VOTE KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER ALEXANDER NGUYEN TALKED TO SOME RESIDENTS WHO WERE OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF AN EVACUATION ROUTE FOR WILDFIRES.

>> YOU CAN CHOOSE TO HONOR THE LESSONS OF PARADISE, CAMP, TUBBS, CARR, DIXIE, NORTH COMPLEX, PALISADES AND EATON FIRES.

>> Reporter: TODAY SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISORS HEARD FROM DOZENS OF NORTH COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO BE THE NEXT COMMUNITY ON THAT LIST.

>> PEOPLE WERE GETTING OUT OF THEIR CARS, RUNNING OUT TO TRY TO GET AWAY FROM THE FIRE BECAUSE THEY HAD ONE MEANS OF EGRESS.

>> Reporter: VICTORIA GAMBLE SAYS THAT IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE PROPOSED HARMONY GROVE VILLAGE SOUTH IS APPROVED.

SHE LIVES IN ELTON FOREST JUST SOUTH OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

>> IT WON'T MAKE US WRONG.

IT JUST MIGHT MAKE US DEAD.

>> Reporter: THE DEVELOPMENT WAS INITIALLY APPROVED IN 2018 BUT WAS HELD UP IN COURT.

THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED AND THE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL IN AUGUST.

>> WE AREN'T AGAINST DEVELOPMENT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE FOR DEVELOPMENT.

WE SUPPORTED HARMONY GROVE VILLAGE, WHICH IS NEAR US.

>> Reporter: HARMONY GROVE RESIDENT DEBBIE O'NEIL SAYS SHE RECOGNIZES THE NEED FOR MORE HOUSING IN THE COUNTY BUT IT NEEDS TO BE SMART HOUSING.

>> AND IT'S A TERRIFYING THING TO BE PACKING YOUR ANIMALS AND THROWING THINGS INTO YOUR CAR WONDERING WHAT SHALL I TAKE WHILE YOU'RE GOING OUT PAST FLAMES AND NOT SURE IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT OUT.

>> Reporter: RESIDENTS OPPOSE THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE EVACUATION ROUTE.

DEVELOPERS SAY THAT'S A BASELESS SCARE TACTIC BECAUSE EVACUATION CONCERNS HAVE BEEN DISPROVED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE AND EVACUATION EXPERTS.

DEVELOPER DAVID KOVACH SUBMIT AID PRERECORDED STATEMENT TO THE BOARD.

>> TO THE 11 GOVERNMENT REVIEWS THAT HAVE OCCURRED FROM 2018 TO TODAY, THE ESSENTIAL CONCLUSION OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PLAN HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE DAY ONE.

SAFE EVACUATION IS NOT RELIANT ON SECONDARY ACCESS.

>> Reporter: RESIDENTS SAY THEY WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED IF THE BOARD VOTED FOR APPROVAL.

THE STATE SAYS THE COUNTY NEEDS TO PRODUCE MORE THAN 170,000 HOMES BY 2029.

HARMONY GROVE VILLAGE SOUTH WOULD ADD 453 HOMES.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS REVOKED A GRANT OF MORE THAN $1 MILLION TO FUND A ROAD SAFETY PROJECT IN EAST SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SAYS IT'S PART OF A NATIONAL TREND.

>> SO CAMPBELL BOWEN AT ONE POINT IN TIME USED TO BE THE, THE MAIN ROAD FROM SAN DIEGO TO CAMPO.

>> Reporter: I'M WALKING WITH LISA STEWART ON CAMPO ROAD.

SHE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE CASA DE ORO ALLIANCE, A NON-PROFIT THAT ADVOCATES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

CAMPO ROAD IS DOTTED WITH STRIP MALLS AND DRIVE-THRUS.

IT'S BUSY, FAST, EVEN CHAOTIC.

THE ROAD IS WIDE WITH FIVE LANES.

BUT THE SIDEWALKS ARE NARROW AND INTERRUPTED WITH DOZENS OF DRIVEWAYS.

>> SO A PEDESTRIAN IS CONSTANTLY LOOKING, LOOKING BEHIND THEM TO SEE WHO'S COMING, LOOKING IN FRONT TO SEE WHO'S GOING TO TURN, LOOKING TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT TO HE SEE WHO SEES THEM OR DOESN'T SEE THEM.

BECAUSE A LOT OF TIME THE CARS ARE TRYING TO SEE THE TRAFFIC AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO PEDESTRIANS.

>> Reporter: LAST YEAR SAN DIEGO COUNTY WON A GRANT OF $1.2 MILLION TO IMPLEMENT A ROAD DIET.

FOR ONE BLOCK THEY WOULD REDUCE THE LANES TO ONE IN EACH DIRECTION, ADD A MEDIAN, BIKE LANES, AND A TEMPORARY ROUNDABOUT.

THE GOAL, CREATE SOME ORDER OUT OF THE CHAOS AND SLOW TRAFFIC TO A SAFER SPEED.

THE MONEY CAME FROM THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL PROGRAM, CREATED BY THE BIDEN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.

BUT LAST MONTH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SENT THE COUNTY A LETTER REVOKING THE FUNDS.

THE REASON, THE PROJECT WAS, QUOTE, HOSTILE TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

>> YEAH.

DISAPPOINTED.

I THINK IS THE POLITEST THING THAT I CAN SAY.

>> Reporter: STEWART SAYS WHAT'S HOSTILE TO CARS IS THE STATUS QUO.

>> THAT WE COULD HAVE LEARNED A LOT AND PROVEN THAT ROUNDABOUTS AND TRAFFIC CALMING ACTUALLY DOES HELP MAKE IT SAFER FOR NOT ONLY PEDESTRIANS BUT FOR ALL DRIVERS.

BECAUSE THE ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN CASA DEORO HAVE BEEN CAR ACCIDENTS.

>> REALLY THIS IS JUST A BRAND NEW FRONT FOR THE WHOLE CULTURE WAR AROUND ROAD SAFETY.

>> Reporter: CORRIGAN SALERNO IS POLICY MANAGER AT TRANSPORTATION FOR AMERICA, A THINK TANK BASED IN D.C.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS REVOKED HUNDREDS OF ROAD SAFETY GRANTS, SAYING ITS PRIORITY IS WIDENING ROADS TO MAKE ROOM FOR MORE CARS.

BUT SALERNO SAYS WIDER ROADS LEAD TO FASTER DRIVING.

>> IT'S VERY WELL DOCUMENTED BOTH IN RESEARCH AND ALSO BY BASIC PHYSICS, THE FASTER A CAR GOES WHEN IT HITS SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING, THE MORE ENERGY IS EXCHANGED AND THE MORE LIKELY PEOPLE ARE TO BE KILLED OR INJURED.

SO WHEN WE DECIDE THAT WIDENING A ROADWAY IS A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT, WE'RE EFFECTIVELY SAYING THAT SPEED IS SAFE.

AND SPEED CAN BE USEFUL BUT YOU CAN'T ALWAYS HAVE SPEED ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S COMING AT THE EXPENSE OF PEOPLE'S SAFETY.

>> Reporter: KPBS REACHED OUT TO THE U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR COMMENT BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.

THE COUNTY SAYS IT'S STILL COMMITTED TO FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES FOR ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> I'M AMNA NAWAZ.

TONIGHT ON THE "NEWSHOUR" THE GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN WITH LITTLE HOPE FOR A SOLUTION IN THE NEAR TERM.

THAT'S COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> CITIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD HOST CLIMATE GATHERINGS EACH YEAR.

NOW IT'S SAN DIEGO'S TURN.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER TAMMY MERGA SAYS THE FIRST SAN DIEGO CLIMATE WEEK KICKS OFF TODAY.

>> Reporter: DOZENS OF MILES OF SCENIC BEACHES, WILDFLOWER SUPERBLOOMS SO VIBRANT YOU CAN SEE THEM FROM SPACE, WILDLIFE LIVING AMONG US.

>> SAN DIEGO IS THE MOST BIODIVERSE COUNTY IN AMERICA.

>> Reporter: THAT'S JILLIAN QUINN.

SHE'S AN ORGANIZER OF SAN DIEGO CLIMATE WEEK.

IT CELEBRATES THE COUNTY'S BIODIVERSITY.

>> WE'RE AN INCREDIBLE REGION.

AND IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO HAVE A CLIMATE WEEK HERE.

>> Reporter: BUT IT ALSO SPOTLIGHTS HOW THIS BIODIVERSITY IS UNDER THREAT FROM SOURCES LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOW SAN DIEGANS ARE BEING IMPACTED.

>> THE FLOODS, THE FIRES, EARTHQUAKES THAT WE HAVE HERE AND JUST LIKE CERTAIN THINGS HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: ERICA RODRIGUEZ IS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE EVENTS PLANNING COMMITTEE.

SHE SAYS SAN DIEGO CLIMATE WEEK IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY OTHERWISE NOT MEET TO COME TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE ON CLIMATE SOLUTIONS.

>> EVEN JUST HAVING THE WEEK I THINK IS A GOAL BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

IT IS GOING TO BRING CLIMATE TO THE STAGE.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO CLIMATE WEEK HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.

THERE ARE OVER 100 COMMUNITY-LED EVENTS SCHEDULED AROUND THE COUNTY THROUGH OCTOBER 8th.

AND MOST OF THEM ARE FREE.

ONE OF THE CENTRAL TOPICS OF THE INAUGURAL EVENT IS THE TIJUANA RIVER SEWAGE CRISIS.

IT'S.

>> Y. CAROLINE IVEIAS OF NORTH PARK SAYS SHE DECIDED TO VOLUNTEER.

SHE HOPES A PANEL DISCUSSION FRIDAY WILL HELP CREATE URGENCY AROUND STOPPING THE POLLUTION.

>> HOW WE CAN DEVELOP GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES TO HELP THIS REALLY UNFORTUNATE ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE THAT'S UNFOLDING IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS KIND OF AN UNSPOKEN DISASTER.

>> Reporter: ONE ANCHOR EVENT ON SATURDAY FOCUSES ON LEARNING ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP FROM INDIGENOUS LEADERS.

>> THE LOCATION IS THE WATER CONSERVATION GARDEN OUT IN EAST COUNTY.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING THE INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVE AROUND CARING FOR THE EARTH, RESTORING THE LAND, AND REGENERATING THE SOIL TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: FOR ALL THE DETAILS VISIT SDCLIMATEWEEK.COM.

TAMMY MERGA, KPBS NEWS.

>>> KIDS CAN GO TO MUSEUMS, AQUARIUMS AND OTHER LOCAL ATTRACTIONS FOR FREE THIS MONTH.

MORE THAN 60 MUSEUMS, AQUARIUMS, GUARDENS AND HISTORIC SITES ARE OFFERING FREE ADMISSIONS TO KIDS THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER.

LOCAL RESTAURANTS ARE ALSO OFFERING FREE KIDS' MEALS.

ORGANIZERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS CELEBRATED THE START OF THE MONTH AT THE BIRCH AQUARIUM TODAY.

THEY SAY IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL FAMILIES TO HAVE FUN AND SAVE MONEY.

>> A TIME WHEN I KNOW SO MANY SAN DIEGANS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR WALL SKPLTS THEIR FAMILY BUDGETS THIS IS ONE SMALL WAY WE CAN SUPPORT FAMILIES TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN MAKE ENDS MEET AND STILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE VERY, VERY BEST OF SAN DIEGO.

>> PARTICIPATING ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE THE ZOO, LEGOLAND, THE SAN DIEGO BOTANIC GARDEN AND WHALE WATCHING TOURS.

MORE THAN 100 ELITE WOMEN, ATHLETES FROM AROUND THE WORLD WERE SUPPOSED TO BE COMING TO OCEANSIDE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH FOR THE FIRST "SPORTS ILLUSTRATED" WOMEN'S GAMES.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AERE SAYS LAST WEEK THE GAMES WERE SUDDENLY POSTPONED.

>> Reporter: THE S.I.

WOMEN'S GAMES WERE SUPPOSED TO FEATURE SPORTS LIKE BASKETBALL, TENNIS AND VOLLEYBALL IN A SIX-DAY COMPETITION AT WAVE ARENA.

>> I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO POSSIBLY GOING UP AND WATCHING THE FLAG FOOTBALL.

IT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING I HAD INTEREST IN.

ALSO GYMNASTICS.

>> Reporter: BRITTANY HALL SAY FORMER PROFESSIONAL TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE WHO LIVES IN SAN DIEGO.

SHE PLANNED ON GOING WITH A GROUP TO WATCH THE GAMES BUT HADN'T BOUGHT HER TICKETS YET.

>> HONESTLY, I WAS GOING TO LOOK THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TO SEE WHAT TICKETS WERE.

THAT'S WHEN WE GOT WORD IT WAS POSTPONED.

>> Reporter: WORD OF THE POSTPONEMENT CAME ON THE EVENT'S WEBSITE, WHICH SAID THE DECISION WAS MADE AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.

>> AS WE GOT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO OPENING NIGHT THIS FALL WE WERE EXPERIENCING SOME SCHEDULING DIFFICULTIES AND SOME LOGISTICAL DIFFICULTIES IN GETTING ALL THOSE ATHLETES TO OCEANSIDE THE WAY WE NEEDED TO.

>> Reporter: "SPORTS ILLUSTRATED" EDITOR IN CHIEF STEVE KANELLA SAYS ONE OF THE ORGANIZING CHALLENGES WAS BRINGING IN INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES WHO REQUIRE U.S.

VISAS.

>> THE LANDSCAPE OF PEOPLE TRAVELING FROM OUTSIDE OF THE U.S.

TO THE U.S.

WHETHER THEY'RE ATHLETES OR NOT HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY CHANGING.

AND THAT LANDSCAPE HAS BEEN SHIFTING IN THE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN -- SINCE WE BEGAN PLANNING THIS EVENT.

>> Reporter: THE EVENT WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED IN APRIL, AND TICKETS WENT ON SALE IN MID AUGUST.

KANELLA SAYS TICKET SALES WERE NOT A PROBLEM NOR A REASON FOR POSTPONEMENT.

THE GAME'S WEBSITE TELLS TICKET HOLDERS THEY CAN HOLD ON TO THEIR TICKETS OR REQUEST A REFUND WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM RECEIVING THE POSTPONEMENT NOTICE.

FRONT WAVE ARENA DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUESTS FOR COMMENT, BUT WE DID GET A STATEMENT FROM SHEA GEARY A SPOKESWOMAN FOR VISIT OCEANSIDE WHICH IS PARTNERED ON THE EVENT.

SHE SAYS GAMES LIKE THESE CAN BE STRONG DRIVERS FOR TOURISM, THEY HELP HOTELS DURING SLOWER SEASONS AND WHILE THEY'RE DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THE POSTPONEMENT THEY'LL OPTIMISTIC IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED.

FAN BRITTANY HALL ALSO EXPRESSED A BIT OF OPTIMISM.

>> I THINK WITH IT BEING POSTPONED, THOUGH, IT MIGHT BE A BLESSING IN DISGUISE THAT WE CAN NOW DRUM UP SOME MORE MEDIA ATTENTION, DRUM UP SOME MORE FANDOM, GET MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN COMING.

>> Reporter: KANELLA SAYS THEY HAVE NOT YET COMMITTED TO NEW DATES BUT THEY HOPE TO RESCHEDULE THE S.I.

WOMEN'S GAMES IN THE SECOND HALF OF 2026.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> GAME TIME DECISION IS A NEW KPBS VIDEO SERIES.

LEAD VIDEO JOURNALIST MIKEY DAMRON CHRONICLES HIS EXPERIENCE NAVIGATING THE WORLD OF YOUTH SPORTS WITH HIS YOUNG SON DORIAN.

IN THE FIRST EPISODE MIKEY AND DORIAN TRAVEL TO NASHVILLE AND WEST TENNESSEE WHERE MIKEY GREW UP.

THEY TALK TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE ABOUT HOW IT WAS TO PLAY SPORTS DURING A TIME WHEN TEAMS WERE FAR LESS ORGANIZED AND PRESSURE PACKED THAN THEY ARE TODAY.

>> PLAYING FOR THE RASCALS.

LOOK AT THAT HAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE TODAY WITHOUT THE EXPERIENCES I HAD PLAYING YOUTH SPORTS.

>> READY TO GO.

>> I THINK I PLAYED DEFENSE THAT YEAR.

THAT'S WHY I'M STANDING IN THE BACK LIKE THAT.

>> I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT POSITIONS ARE IN SOCCER EXCEPT FOR GOAL.

>> WHICH I PLAYED.

YEAH.

>> THAT WAS MY FAVORITE BECAUSE -- >> RING THE DOORBELL.

>> HI.

>> COME ON IN, BUDDY.

COME ON.

COME ON.

LOOK AT THIS ONE.

THIS ONE'S COOL.

WHAT YOU GOT?

THIS ONE'S FROM -- >> THAT'S SOCCER.

>> I WAS A NAVY BRAT RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM, AND I TELL YOU, I GOT TO PLAY SPORTS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND THIS ONE'S BERMUDA, RIGHT?

>> RIGHT.

THAT'S BERMUDA.

>> NAVAL AIR STATION BERMUDA.

I'M THE DAD OF A 5-YEAR-OLD NOW THAT'S ABOUT TO START PLAYING SPORTS.

AND I KNOW THE WAY HE'S GOING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH SPORTS IS GOING TO BE A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I DID BECAUSE WHEN I GREW UP, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY LEAD ORGANIZED SPORTS.

WE WERE JUST OUT PLAYING.

WE MADE UP OUR OWN GAMES.

HE WITH MADE UP OUR OWN TEAMS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I REALLY WANT HIM TO GROW UP, YOU KNOW, PLAYING SPORTS CAREFREE AND JUST HAVING FUN.

SO I DECIDED TO TAKE HIM BACK TO THE PLACE THAT I GREW UP PLAYING SPORTS AND HAVE SO MANY FOND MEMORIES OF DOING SO.

TO SHOW HIM THERE WAS A DIFFERENT TIME IN A DIFFERENT PLACE.

AND JUST FOR IT TO BE FUN FOR HIM AND SHOW HIM HOW MUCH FUN I HAD JUST GROWING UP AND MAKING UP GAMES AND JUST BEING OUT THERE HAVING FUN.

>> THIS IS WHERE WE PLAY CUT BALL TOO.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> YOU WOULD PLAY CUT BALL HERE.

YOU PLAY CUT BALL, YOU KNOW, YOU HIT THE CUP WITH YOUR HAND AND YOU HAD LIKE -- YOU RUN TO THAT BALL.

>> CUP BALL.

THAT'S RIGHT.

>> YES, YOU HEARD IT RIGHT.

CUP BALL.

>> NOW WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO PLAY CUP BALL.

WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED ARE A COUPLE OF DIXIE CUPS.

YOU WANT TO SMASH IT UP.

KEEP SMASHING IT.

YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR SECOND CUP, PUT THAT CUP IN HERE.

AWESOME.

TAKE THAT CUP, SMASH IT UP AGAIN.

SO NOW IT'S BASICALLY A COMBINATION OF BASEBALL AND DODGEBALL.

READY?

>> CUPBALL.

YOU RUN TO THE FIRST BASE WAS OVER THERE.

AND THEN WHEN YOU COME THROUGH YOU HAD TO TOUCH HOME.

THAT WAS HOME PLATE.

>> WHO PUT THAT BASKETBALL GOAL UP AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE?

>> THAT BASKETBALL GOALS WAS PUT UP WAY BEFORE WE CAME.

>> THIS IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE FIELD NO MORE.

THE BASKETBALL GOAL PROBABLY ABOUT RIGHT HERE SOMEWHERE.

>> YEAH, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

>> YEAH, THAT WOULD BE HOME PLATE OVER THERE.

THE BASKETBALL POST WAS FIRST BASE.

>> YEP.

>> OH, THERE'S A LITTLE MOUND RIGHT OVER THERE.

THAT WAS SECOND.

>> MM-HMM.

>> THIRD WOULD BE LIKE IN THIS NO MAN'S LAND OVER HERE.

BUT YEAH, WE USED TO -- LIKE YOU COULD STILL SEE THE HOUSE BACK THIS WAY.

>> NONE OF THIS -- EVERYTHING WAS WIDE OPEN.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS -- >> WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WE USED TO PLAY BASEBALL HERE WHEN WE WERE KIDS.

>> STICKBALL.

YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR DADDY TO TEACH YOU HOW TO PLAY STIMBALL.

I'M SERIOUS.

>> THAT'S HAPPENING.

>> THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE KIDS THAT PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL, THAT'S WHERE THEY LEARNED HOW TO PLAY BASKETBALL.

>> RIGHT.

>> THEY PLAYED AGAINST THE BIG GUYS.

AND THE GUYS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO IN FOR A LAYUP YOU GO IN TO GET KILLED.

>> MICHAEL STARTED OUT AS, YOU KNOW, 5, 6 YEARS OLD PLAYING SPORTS, SIFTING THROUGH THE SAND IN THE OUTFIELD AND JUST MESSING AROUND REALLY, BEING CUTE LITTLE KIDS.

BUT ONCE MY BROTHER STARTED COACHING HIM ONE ON ONE HE STARTED LEARNING -- WELL, HE WENT FROM JUST KIND OF PLAYING AROUND IN THE OUTFIELD TO HITTING THE BALL OVER THE FENCE.

>> AMER.

JAY DAMRON.

>> SAME LAST NAME AS YOU, RIGHT?

DAMRON.

>> YOU KNOW, HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY BASEBALL.

HE TAUGHT ME A LOT OF STUFF.

>> AMER WAS EVERYTHING TO ME.

LIKE I FOLLOWED THAT GUY AROUND EVERYWHERE.

HE WAS LIKE A BIG BROTHER, OF COURSE MY UNCLE.

HE WAS THE MOST POSITIVE MALE ROLE MODEL I HAD IN MY LIFE.

AND HE'S THE ONE THAT SPENT SO MUCH TIME WITH ME SHOWING ME HOW TO PLAY BALL AND JUST SHOWING ME HOW TO BE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD PERSON.

I WAS AWAY IN THE NAVY WHEN WE LOST HIM.

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I MADE IT BACK TO SEE HIM.

AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR DORIAN TO KNOW HIM AND WHAT HE MEANT TO ME.

>> WHAT A GREAT STORY.

AND IT WAS PRODUCED BY KPBS LEAD VIDEO JOURNALIST MIKEY DAMRON.

THE FIRST TWO EPISODES IN THE SERIES ARE AVAILABLE TO STREAM RIGHT NOW AT KPBS.ORG/GAMETIME.

>>> THE PATTERN CHANGE CONTINUES HERE AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT YOUR THURSDAY.

WE'LL HAVE A STRENGTHENING AND INTENSIFYING AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE THERE OFF TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE SOUTHEAST.

WE'LL ALSO SEE THIS DIP IN THE JET STREAM THAT'S BEEN BRINGING SOME OF THE RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF CALIFORNIA BUT OVERALL AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT LOW CLOUDS NEAR THE COAST, OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL BE A MIX OF 50s AND 60s.

YOU CAN SEE HERE ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS WE'LL BE AT 64 FOR DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, 61 IN CHULA VISTA.

ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT 58 TONIGHT FOR BOTH CAMP PENDLETON AND OCEANSIDE.

HEADING INTO YOUR THURSDAY, STAYING DRY HERE ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, STILL SOME LINGERING SHOWERS THERE ACROSS THE AREAS TO THE NORTH.

BUT OVERALL LOOK AT ALL THIS SUNSHINE HERE ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

REALLY NICE WEATHER.

79 IN ESCONDIDO.

75 IN OCEANSIDE.

74 IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

BUT AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY SOME COOLER AIR'S GOING TO BE PULLED IN AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS ITS WAY ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

THAT WILL INCREASE THE SHOWER CHANCES THERE.

ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF NEVADA.

SO WE'LL BE WATCHING OUT FOR THAT.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE STRONGER WINDS ARE ALSO GOING TO INCREASE THAT RISK FOR FIRE DANGER HERE ACROSS AREAS OF THE FOUR CORNERS AND ESPECIALLY THE I-15 CORRIDOR THERE IN UTAH.

BUT OVERALL HERE FOR YOUR FORECAST HERE TAKING A LOOK AT THE COASTAL AREAS YOU CAN SEE FOR THE MOST PART WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME PRETTY NICE CONDITIONS HERE FOR US.

SUNNY SKIES, HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 70s.

WE'LL SEE OVERNIGHT LOWS, A MIX OF 50s AND 60s.

OVERALL IT'S GOING TO BE A PLEASANT STRETCH OF MILD WEATHER AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

THE INLAND FORECAST, TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80s FOR THURSDAY BUT THEN AFTER THAT LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP.

WE'LL BE IN THE UPPER 70s AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

LITTLE COOLER ON MONDAY.

OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE GOING TO HOLD STEADY IN THE MID TO UPPER 50s.

THE MOUNTAIN FORECAST WILL SEE TEMPERATURES HOLDING OFF IN THE 60s HERE FOR THE REST OF THE WORKWEEK.

THURSDAY, FRIDAY TEMPERATURES WILL DIP INTO THE 50s AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND BEFORE REBOUNDING BACK INTO THE '60s BY MONDAY.

ACROSS THE DESERT WE'LL SEE MID 90s FOR YOUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN TEMPERATURES WILL START TO CALM DOWN A LITTLE BIT AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND BUT OVERALL THE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY STILL LOOK GREAT.

>>> TUNE IN TO KPBS "MIDDAY EDITION" TOMORROW FOR THE WEEKEND ARTS PREVIEW INCLUDING WHAT TO EXPECT AT THE SAN DIEGO TIJUANA INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL.

IT WAS WIN OR GO HOME FOR THE SAN DIEGO PADRES IN CHICAGO TODAY.

AND THEY ARE NOT GOING HOME YET.

THE PADRES BEAT THE CUBS 3-0, SENDING THE NL WILD CARD SERIES TO A DECISIVE THIRD GAME BACK HERE AT HOME THE FRIAR FAITHFUL CHEERED ON THEIR TEAM FROM PETCO PARK'S GALLAGHER SQUARE.

OUR MEDIA PARTNER KGTV SPOKE TO FANS WHO SAY THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE THEY'D RATHER BE.

>> YOU KNOW, SHOUT OUT TO OUR WORK LETTING US LEAVE EARLY.

PTO, PREPARE THE OTHERS BECAUSE WE'RE COMING OUT AND ROOTING FOR THE PADRES.

LET'S GO!

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VERY POSITIVE.

AND WE'RE JUST -- YOU KNOW, JUST KEEPING THE FAITH.

KEEPING THE FAITH.

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