>>> ♪ MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH COMING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

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>>> THE SEASON KNOWN AS HOT LABOR SUMMER GOING STRONG UNTIL FALL AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND WE HAVE SEEN WORKERS ACROSS INDUSTRIES RALLY AND STRIKE FOR BETTER PAY AND TONIGHT UNIONIZED UNION WORKERS ARE CALLING FOR A RAISE.

WE ARE NOW JOINED LIVE FROM CITY HALL WHERE DEMONSTRATIONS ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: WE ARE HERE OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL WHERE CITY WORKERS HAVE GATHERED IN DEMONSTRATION OVER GROWING FRUSTRATION AND THEIR UNION CONTRACT EXPIRED IN JUNE.

THE CITY HAS REJECTED WHAT THEY ARE CALLING A REASONABLE PROPOSAL FOR COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES.

WORKERS SAY THE CITY WORKFORCE IS UNDERSTAFFED AND EMPLOYEES ARE TAKING ON ADDITIONAL TASKS WITH NO INCREASE IN PAY.

ALEX IS A SENIOR STREET MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN WHO HAS WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND SAYS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME NEGOTIATIONS HAVE STRETCHED THIS LONG.

>> WE HAVE NO DIRECTION OR GUIDANCE BY CITY COUNCIL AND NOBODY IS ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THEIR OWN AND IT IS LIKE WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?

WHAT IS GOING ON?

WE ARE NO MORE IMPORTANT THAN POLICE OR FIRE AND WE ALL HAVE A POSITION AND WE ARE THE BACKBONE AND WE ARE PART OF THE PIE.

>> Reporter: THE DEMONSTRATION COMES AS THE CITY FACES A $10 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND IN ADDITION TO THE PAY INCREASE, THEY SAY THEY REQUESTED THE CITY ALLOCATE A PORTION OF UNUSED FEDERAL COVID RELIEF FUNDING TOWARDS ESSENTIAL WORKERS ALL WHICH WERE REJECTED BY THE CITY AND WE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY FOR THE STATEMENT AND NOT HEARD BACK.

THE UNION, TEAMSTERS LOCAL 911 SAY THIS IS RISKING THE LOSS OF OVER 200 ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHICH THEY REPRESENT AND THEY INCLUDE ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS AND ENGINEERING AND CITY MAINTENANCE.

SOME ARE ON CALL 24 SEVEN.

AND CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PICK UP AGAIN NEXT WEEK.

WE DO EXPECT TO BRING YOU AN UPDATE.

>>> AFTER A BIT OF A CLOUDY START, ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE SHORELINE, WE WILL NOTE IT WILL BE MORE THAN OFFSHORE FLOW WIND AS WE MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PERHAPS MORE INTERIOR VALLEY SUNSHINE AS COMPARED TO THE LAST FEW DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID-80s HERE AND RAMONA UP TO 80 DEGREES AND CHULA VISTA AT 73 BUT WE DO HAVE A WARMING TREND ON TAP AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS COMING UP LATER ON.

>>> SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION LEADERS SAY A RECENTLY OPENED HOMELESS SHELTER IN OCEANSIDE IS ALREADY MAKING AN IMPACT.

THE NAVIGATION CENTER IS A LITTLE OVER A MONTH OLD AND THE 30 DAY SHELTER PROVIDES YEAR- ROUND SERVICES TO PEOPLE AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FEATURING 50 BEDS, CAFETERIA, TRAINING CENTER, AND OTHER SPACES.

SO FAR, THE CENTER HAS HELPED 45 PEOPLE OFF OF THE STREET.

>> IT HAS WORKED BEAUTIFULLY AND WE WILL HELP PEOPLE.

>> THE PEOPLE HERE ARE GREAT.

>> THE SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION SAYS IT HOPES TO HAVE A SIMILAR NAVIGATION CENTER OPEN AND NATIONAL CITY EARLY NEXT YEAR.

>>> MAIL BALLOTS ARE ARRIVING THIS WEEK FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE SEAT ON THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

ANDREW BOWEN EXPLAINS WHAT IS AT STAKE.

>> Reporter: HEY, SAN DIEGO, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THERE IS A SPECIAL ELECTION HAPPENING NEXT MONTH WITH VOTERS CHOOSING A NEXT COUNTY SUPERVISOR WHICH INCLUDES PARTS OF SAN DIEGO AS WELL AS LA MESA AND --.

COUNTY SUPERVISORS CAN BE LESS WELL-KNOWN THAN SAY MAYORS OR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT THEIR JOB IS NO LESS IMPORTANT THAN THE SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE COUNTY BUDGET WHICH IS MORE THAN $8 MILLION AND INCLUDES PROGRAMS LIKE FOOD STAMPS AND THINGS FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND SUPERVISORS ARE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS AND COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS.

THEY DECIDE THINGS LIKE WHICH COUNTY ROADS NEED REPAVING AND WHERE TO PLAN FOR FUTURE GROWTH.

THREE YEARS AGO DEMOCRATS GAINED A MAJORITY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A GENERATION AND THEY HAVE PASSED PROGRESSIVE REFORMS ON ISSUES RANGING FROM CANNABIS TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND THEN NATHAN FLETCHER WAS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND RESIGNED AND NOW THE BOARD IS SPLIT EVENLY 2-2 AND THE ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 7 AS A RUNOFF BETWEEN SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MONICA MONTGOMERY AND AMY REICHERT AND REICHERT AS A REPUBLICAN AND MONTGOMERY STEP IS A DEMOCRAT.

YOU WON'T SEE THEIR PARTY AFFILIATION ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE OFFICIALLY THE OFFICE IS NONPARTISAN.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CANDIDATES AND HOW TO VOTE ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

>>> 19 SCHOOLS WILL BE OFFERING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AT THE TEAM UP OF THE TWO AND THEY APPROVE THE PARTNERSHIP WHICH MEANS ALL OF THE DISTRICT'S ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL HAVE ON CAMPUS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS WITH FUNDING COMING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONS EXPANDING LEARNING OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM WHICH GIVES STUDENTS A WIDE RANGE OF AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN IN RIGOROUS INSTRUCTION ALL DAY LONG AND THEY NEED A SNACK AND STRETCH BREAKS OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WILL PROVIDE THEM SNACKS AND ACTIVITIES AND WE HAVE BUILT IN POWER HOUR OR THEY CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME OF THEIR HOMEWORK DONE AND TUTORING.

>> FORMS WILL BE SENT OUT BY THE DISTRICT TO FAMILIES AND SPOTS WILL BE GIVEN ON A FIRST- COME FIRST-SERVED BASIS.

>>> THIS MONTH THE COVID PAYMENT PAUSE ON STUDENT LOANS ENDED AND PAYMENTS RESTARTED.

AMERICANS 01 $.7 TRILLION IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

BEHIND EVERY DOLLAR IS SOMEBODY STORY OF SURVIVAL AND SACRIFICE.

OUR EDUCATION REPORTER, ANGIE PEREZ HAS MORE ON THE PRICE OF PAYBACK.

>> BETWEEN THE TIME I GOT THESE DEGREES AND ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO PUT SOME OF THAT KNOWLEDGE AND STUFF TO WORK, I GOT CANCER.

>> Reporter: 73-YEAR-OLD CINDY NELSON IS A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR AND ALSO SURVIVED MORE THAN $100,000 IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT AND MUCH OF IT WITH MOUNTING INTEREST.

>> I WAS BLESSED THAT I EVEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO COLLEGE, NO MATTER WHAT IT TOOK.

>> Reporter: IT TOOK A LOT, BECAUSE IN HER LATE 30s SHE BECAME A SINGLE MOTHER WITH TWO CHILDREN TO SUPPORT AFTER A DIVORCE TRIGGERED BY HER COMING OUT AS A LESBIAN AND HER TRUTH BROUGHT HER FREEDOM AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

GOING TO COLLEGE, SHE HOPED, WOULD EVENTUALLY PROVIDE SECURITY FOR HER FAMILY.

>> YOU HAVE TO GO TO COLLEGE TO HAVE THE WORLD OPEN UP TO YOU AND YOU WILL BE WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU NEVER IMAGINED AND YOU WILL SEE DIVERSITY LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN.

>> Reporter: GRANT MONEY HELPED PAY FOR A PORTION OF HER BACHELORS DEGREE IN VISUAL ARTS FROM UC SAN DIEGO.

BUT IT WAS FEDERAL LOANS THAT PAID FOR A MASTERS DEGREE IN EDUCATION FROM SAN DIEGO STATE IN 1997.

AND ON TO A SUCCESSFUL JOB AT THE SDSU SCHOOL OF NURSING, WHICH CAME WITH LIFETIME HEALTH BENEFITS AND A STEADY INCOME WHEN SHE NEEDED TO PAY BACK THE LOANS.

>> WHEN TIMES WERE ROUGH, THEY WOULD PUT ME ON INCOME CONTINGENT TO PAY AS I GO AND THEN WHEN THINGS GOT BETTER, I WOULD PAY MORE BUT ONCE I GOT THE CANCER AND COULDN'T WORK, I STOPPED PAYING THEM.

>> Reporter: HER STORY IS LIKE SO MANY OTHERS OF BORROWERS WHO FOUND THEMSELVES DROWNING IN DEBT WHEN LIFE HAPPENED AND THERE ARE MILLIONS OF BORROWERS WHO ARE HOPING FOR RELIEF AND LOAN FORGIVENESS AND DAN IS A CLINICAL PROFESSOR FINANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO WITH 20 YEARS OF INVESTMENT BANKING EXPERIENCE.

HE SAID LOAN FORGIVENESS HAS TO COME WITH REFORM.

>> RECOGNIZE WE DO HAVE TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO CERTAIN BORROWERS WHO WERE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY THIS BACK AND AT THE SAME TIME RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE TO TIE THE RIBBON A LITTLE TIGHTER BETWEEN THE VALUE OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION AND HOW WE PAY FOR THAT.

>> I STARTED PAYING IT BACK RIGHT AWAY.

>> Reporter: TIM HAD TO PAY OFF $200,000 IN STUDENT LOANS FOR HIS MEDICAL SCHOOL EDUCATION.

>> I AM FORTUNATE IN THE SENSE THAT I MAKE A PHYSICIAN LEVEL SALARY AND I WAS ABLE TO MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS.

>> Reporter: CONSISTENT PAYMENTS INCLUDED A FEW LUMP SUMS IT HELPED HIM GET HIS TOTAL DOWN TO $50,000 AND IT DIDN'T HELP HIM FIND HAPPINESS.

PRACTICING FAMILY MEDICINE WITH 60 HOUR WORK WEEKS.

>> THIS IS ODESSA AND SHE IS SIX AND THIS IS SIMON AND HE IS 10.

>> HE LEFT MEDICINE FOR A REMOTE JOB WORKING FROM HOME AS A MEDICAL PROCEDURE CONSULTANT GIVING HIM MORE TIME TO SPEND WITH HIS FAMILY AND HE ALSO DISCOVERED A BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM THAT GAVE HIM CREDIT FOR CONSISTENT PAYMENTS AND HIS WORK AT NONPROFIT HOSPITALS ELIMINATING HIS REMAINING BALANCE.

>> TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM, WHICH I INTENDED TO QUALIFY FOR I THINK I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT HAVING BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND NOT HAVING THOSE LOANS ANYMORE.

>> Reporter: SHE DISCOVERED A FORGIVENESS PLAN BASED ON HER LIMITED INCOME AND REPAYMENT HISTORY.

SHE IS NOW STUDENT LOAN DEBT FREE AND CANCER FREE.

>> WHEN I LOST EVERYTHING, IT WAS TOUGH.

BUT I MADE IT THROUGH.

>> Reporter: THE FINANCE EXPERT SAYS THERE IS HOPE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS IT.

>> IT HAS BECOME A CENTERSTAGE ISSUE.

IT IS IMPORTANT AND NO LONGER THIS FRINGE ISSUE THAT THE GUYS IN THE IB TOWERS ON CAMPUS WILL FIGURE OUT.

>> DAN SUGGESTS THE FIRST STEP FOR ANYONE FEELING OVERWHELMED WITH STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS IS TO GO TO STUDENT AID.GOV.

>>> THE DEATH TOLL OF AMERICANS IN ISRAEL HAS RISEN TO 22 AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT EXPECTS THAT NUMBER TO CLIMB AND AT LEAST 2000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED ON BOTH SIDES AS THE WORLD WATCHES THE ESCALATING VIOLENCE.

HEALTH EXPERTS SAY IT COULD CAUSE A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF STRESS AND ANXIETY ESPECIALLY WITH KIDS AND WE HAVE MORE ON HOW TO TALK TO THEM WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN BRICK -- AND BRING THEM COMFORT.

>> Reporter: THE IMAGES ARE SCARY AND HEART RAKING AS VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN ISRAEL AND GAZA AND IT COULD FEEL OVERWHELMING.

>> YOU MAY HAVE PERSONAL CONNECTIONS TO IT OR EXPERIENCING SOME TRIGGERS FROM SOMETHING FROM YOUR PAST SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE AWARE OF WHAT YOU ARE FEELING AND LET GO OF SHAME AND JUDGMENT OF THAT.

>> Reporter: JODI BRAUNSTEIN SAID FOR YOUNG CHILDREN WHO HAVE NOT BEEN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE, THERE IS NO NEED TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT BUT FOR OLDER KIDS WHO HAVE HEARD ABOUT OR HAVE SEEN VIOLENT THINGS, SHE SAYS TO BE PROACTIVE AND DON'T WAIT FOR THEM TO COME TO YOU BUT TALK TO THEM AND IT IS OKAY TO NOT HAVE ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS.

>> THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY NEED.

KIDS NEED YOU TO BE IN IT WITH THEM AND LET THEM KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

TRUCK SHE SAID LET THEM GUIDE THE CONVERSATION BASED ON WHAT IS ON THEIR MIND AND THEN LISTEN AND OFFER WAYS TO COPE.

>> SEE IF THEIR THOUGHTS ARE ACCURATE AND HELPFUL AND TEACH THEM STRATEGIES TO REGULATE SO IF THEY FEEL OVERWHELMED THERE ARE THINGS THEY CAN DO TO CALM THEIR BODY AND MIND.

>> Reporter: IF IT FEELS OVERWHELMING, TAKE A BREAK TO THE EXPOSURE OF THE VIOLENCE.

>>> CALIFORNIA HAS A NEW TOOL TO HELP FIND MISSING BLACK YOUTH AND SINCE AMBER ALERTS WERE INTRODUCED TWO DECADES AGO, MORE THAN 370 CHILDREN AND AT RISK INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN FOUND, BUT CRITICS SAY AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED BY THIS SYSTEM.

THE STATE SENATOR SAYS IT IS BECAUSE BLACK INDIVIDUALS ARE OFTEN LISTED AS RUNAWAYS AND OFFERED A NEW LAW CREATING EBONY ALERTS WHICH AIMS TO ADDRESS THE RACIAL DISPARITY.

>> HALF AMERICAN YOUNG INDIVIDUALS MAKE UP 40% TO COME UP MISSING.

>> WITH THIS THE ATTENTION AND NEED AN URGENCY I FEEL WILL BE MET AND WHAT I FEEL IS A GAME CHANGER.

>> THEY CAN USE TECHNOLOGY LIKE ROADSIDE SIGNS AND ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATIONS LIKE AMBER ALERTS.

BUT EBONY ALERTS RAISES THE AGE FROM 17 OR YOUNGER TO 25 AND YOUNGER.

>>> IT IS NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY.

WE SPOKE WITH THE DISTRICT 5 COUNCILMEMBER WHO CAME OUT AS A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY THIS SUMMER.

>> YOU HOPE TO HAVE QUIET CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS AND INSTEAD I CAME OUT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES.

>> Reporter: REPORTER INTERVIEWED HER AFTER PROTESTERS CHECKED OUT ALL THE BOOKS FROM A PRIDE MONTH DISPLAY IN A LIBRARY IN HER DISTRICT.

>> REPORTER ASKED ME IF I WERE A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY, I DON'T WANT TO HIDE IT.

TRUCK SHE SAID THE ARTICLE PROMPTED TOUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH CONSERVATIVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE SUPPORTIVE IN THE END, BUT THAT ISN'T THE CASE IN FOR EVERYONE AND MANY HOMELESS YOUTH ARE LGBTQ+ CHILDREN WHO WERE EVICTED BY FAMILIES AND SHE SAID SHE IS PUSHING TO OPEN ANOTHER SHELTER FOR THEM.

EVEN WHILE SHE CELEBRATES BEING OUT, SHE SAID SHE IS WATCHING RIGHTS BE TAKEN BACK AND THIS SUMMER ALONE THE US SUPREME COURT RULED THAT BUSINESSES CAN REFUSE SOME SERVICES TO LGBTQ+ PEOPLE.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE AND THE CONTRACT WITH A SUICIDE PREVENTION NONPROFIT THAT ALSO ASSISTS LGBTQ+ USE -- YOUTH AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TRIED TO REMOVE HARVEY MILK FROM ITS CURRICULUM.

>> I AM NOT SURE WHAT TEACHING LOOKS LIKE IN THIS COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: EVEN STILL SHE SAYS COMING OUT WAS WORTH IT.

>> IT IS LESS ISOLATING TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND BE FREE AND AS SOMEBODY WHO IS A VERY PUBLIC FIGURE, IT IS A LOT EASIER TO BE WHO I AM.

>> Reporter: EVERYONE WHO COMES OUT THIS YEAR OR WILL COME OUT TODAY, SHE SAYS, CONGRATULATIONS.

>>> SAN DIEGO'S GOAL OF NET ZERO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS DEPENDS ON PHASING OUT THE USE OF NATURAL GAS.

ANDREW BOWEN SAID A RECENT COURT DECISION HAS PUT THAT GOAL IN JEOPARDY.

>> Reporter: NATURAL GAS AND FURNACES AND STOVES AND WATER HEATERS ACCOUNT FOR 21% OF LOCAL CARBON EMISSIONS AND SAN DIEGO HAD HOPED TO UPDATE ITS BUILDING CODE TO REQUIRE ALL NEW BUILDINGS BE FULLY ELECTRIC.

BUT LAST SPRING THE COURT OF APPEALS FOUND A SIMILAR GAS BAN IN BERKELEY WAS ILLEGAL UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

>> IT IS SPECIFICALLY OVER EXISTING BUILDINGS AND IT HAS HUGE POTENTIAL FOR EMISSION REDUCTIONS.

TRUCK SHE IS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE NONPROFIT ACTION CAMPAIGN WHICH AUTHORED A REPORT ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION IN LIGHT OF THE COURT RULING AND SHE SAID SAN DIEGO CAN OFFER STRONGER INCENTIVES FOR ALL ELECTRIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CAN TAKE ACTION TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S CLIMATE GOALS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT HAS THE POWER TO REGULATE SOURCES OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTION.

>> WITH THIS DOES IS APPROACH BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION FROM AN EAR HOLIDAY STANDPOINT AND FROM THOSE PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS THAT DO COME WHEN WE REDUCE THOSE AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET THERE IS IF IT IS ALL ELECTRIC AND WE CAN'T HAVE A ZERO EMISSION APPLIANCE IF IT IS BURNING METHANE GAS.

TRUCK TRANSPORTATION IS STILL THE LARGEST EMISSION OF THAT AND IT CONSIDERS THE NEW LIMITS BUT IT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO WEAN THE CITY OFF OF CARS BY MAKING IT EASIER TO BIKE OR WALK OR TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT.

>>> IT HAS BEEN A BREEZY DAY, ESPECIALLY OVER THE INTERIOR VALLEYS TOWARD SOME OF THE SLOPES AND INTO THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY START TO LESSON LATER ON TONIGHT.

MEANWHILE WE WILL NOTE IT WILL BE A LITTLE LESS IN THE WAY OF MORNING CLOUDINESS ON THURSDAY WITH A BIT OF AN OFFSHORE FLOW AND THAT PERTAINS MORE SO AWAY FROM THE COAST AND THE MARINE LAYER DEEPENS AGAIN ON FRIDAY SO MORE CLOUDS ROLLING IN BUT AT THE SAME TIME A WARMING TREND COMING UP LATER ON THIS WEEKEND.

IN THE SHORT TERM FOR LITTLE WHILE LONGER WE DO HAVE SOME WIND ADVISORIES FOR MANY OF THE SAME SPOTS THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY AND HERE AROUND JULIAN AND ALSO TOWARD PINE VALLEY IT HAS BEEN WEST AND THE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS THAT HAVE BEEN GUSTY SO IF YOU ARE TRAVELING NORTH OR SOUTH, BE AWARE OF THE CROSSWINDS IN PLACE.

TEMPERATURES TONIGHT DROPPING INTO THE 40s AND A MATCHING 48 HERE WITH OCEANSIDE AT 55 AND OCEAN SPRINGS AT 57th -- 57.

YOU CAN NOTICE CLOUDS BUT NOT AS MANY AS WE HAVE SEEN AND IF WE DO SEE CLOUDS AT THE COAST, IT WON'T BE QUITE AS LENGTHY A TIME THAT WE WILL EXPERIENCE THOSE.

AND AS WE GET BACK TO THE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE ARE BACK IN THE MID-80s HERE BUT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT 90s MAKING A RETURN HERE DOWN THE ROAD AND FIRST OFF THE COAST THERE IS A WARMING TREND COMING UP AS WE WORK OUR WAY FROM SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY BACK UP TO 80 DEGREES AND MORE PRONOUNCED WARMING OVER THE INTERIOR VALLEYS AS WE TALK ABOUT AMPLE SUNSHINE HERE SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND IT WILL BE CLOSE TO 90 DEGREES.

WE WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE A WARNING -- WARMING TREND AS WE CLIMB BACK INTO THE 60s SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY AND HERE IN THE DESERTS MID-90s.

AND FOR KPBS NEWS, REPORTING.

>>> THIS INSTITUTE WAS FOUNDED A YEAR AGO WITH THE GOAL OF FULLY UNDERSTANDING BREASTMILK AND WHAT IT MEANS TO HUMAN HEALTH.

THOMAS TELLS US ABOUT THE INSTITUTE'S NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE FIELD OF STUDY THEY CALL LACK TAUTOLOGY.

>> Reporter: THE HUMAN MILK INSTITUTE IS ONE OF ACCOUNT AND -- ONE-OF-A-KIND AND NO OTHER INSTITUTE IS FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENCE OF BREASTMILK AND THE ROLE IT PLAYS IN OUR LIVES AND PEDIATRICS PROFESSOR AND FOUNDER SAID HE DOESN'T KNOW WHY NO OTHER INSTITUTE HAS THE SAME DEDICATION.

>> IT TAKES ALL ASPECTS FROM MOLECULAR BIOLOGY ALL THE WAY TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AND POLITICS AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO COVER HERE.

>> Reporter: BABY FORMULA HAS THE CALORIES AND NUTRITION TO ALLOW A BABY TO GROW BUT IT LACKS ALL OF THE BIOACTIVE MOLECULES THAT EXIST IN BREASTMILK.

THEY DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

HE SAID BABIES NURSED ON MOTHER'S MILK ARE LESS LIKELY TO GET INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND IN DEVELOPING NATIONS WITH A HIGHER BURDEN OF PATHOGENS, NOT NURSING ON MOTHER'S MILK COULD HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.

>> THIS COULD BE A QUESTION OF LIFE AND DEATH THAT IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE HUMAN MILK WITH ALL OF THOSE THE BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS THEN YOU MAY HAVE A HIGHER CHANCE OF DYING FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

>> Reporter: IT IS STILL NOT WELL KNOWN JUST WHAT THOSE PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS DO.

>> THERE ISN'T ENOUGH RESEARCH TO EVALUATE THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN CHILDREN BREAST-FED AND THOSE GIVEN FORMULA.

I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THE RESEARCH THAT ANSWERS THESE TYPES OF QUESTIONS.

>> Reporter: SHE WAS JUST HIRED AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HUMAN MILK INSTITUTE AND HER SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND IS IN NEUROSCIENCE AND SHE FOUNDED HER OWN BUSINESS, A YOGA STUDIO, AND CAMPAIGNED TO PASS PROP 14 AND 2020 WHICH PROVIDED $5 MILLION FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH.

WHEN IT COMES TO BREAST- FEEDING, SHE IS A MOM AND SHE DID IT.

>> I SPENT ALMOST THE ENTIRE TIME BREAST-FEEDING READING ABOUT BREAST-FEEDING AND BREAST MILK AND I CLEARLY REMEMBER I WOULD HAVE A PHONE IN MY HAND AND AS I WAS BREAST-FEEDING I WAS READING.

>> Reporter: HER GOAL AND THAT OF THE INSTITUTE IS TO GROW INTO A PLACE FOCUSED ON RESEARCH THAT IS ALSO ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SHE DOES ADD THE INSTITUTE SHOULD BE A PLACE THAT CREATES NEW CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER SAN DIEGO SCIENTISTS WHO CAN STUDY FOR SPEEDING.

>> WE HAVE GREAT PEOPLE HERE WHO WORK ON ALL DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES AND EXPERTS HERE IN SAN DIEGO THAT CAN DO REALLY MIRACULOUS THINGS AND HOW DO YOU CONNECT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND ALL OF THIS EXPERTISE TO COLLECTIVELY WORK IN ONE DIRECTION?

>> Reporter: FOR A LOT OF WOMEN, BREAST-FEEDING ISN'T EASY AND PAINFUL AT FIRST AND MANY WOMEN WONDER THERE BABY IS GETTING ENOUGH AND SHE SAID THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM NEEDS TO NORMALIZE IT BY PROVIDING ACCURATE SUPPORT DURING PREGNANCY AND LACTATION AND IT IS PART OF THE INSTITUTE'S MISSION.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE IS TRYING TO PRESERVE SPECIES DIVERSITY.

THE INSTITUTION IS FOCUSING ENERGY ON STORING GENETIC MATERIAL FROM CRITICAL SPECIES.

>> THE BLACK FOOTED FERRET IS IN HERE.

AND EACH OF THESE BOXES HOLDS 100 VIALS.

I WILL JUST PULL OUT ONE BOX.

>> Reporter: THE SUPER COOL STAINLESS STEEL TANKS PRESERVE CELLS FROM OVER 1000 ANIMALS EASILY ECLIPSING THE NUMBER OF LIVE ANIMALS LIVING AT THE ZOO AT SAFARI PARK AND IT WAS ONE FROZEN SAMPLE HERE THAT LED TO THE CLONING OF KURT AND SCIENTISTS HOPE THAT WILDHORSE WILL REINTRODUCE THE MUCH- NEEDED GENETIC DIVERSITY TO THE ENDANGERED POPULATION.

>> IT IS HUGE.

IT SHOWS THAT THE TECHNOLOGY WORKS AND WE CAN ACTUALLY RE- CREATE ANIMALS FROM THIS AND THE CELLS, THAT IS WHAT THE PURPOSES IS TO MAINTAIN GENETIC DIVERSITY.

TRUCK THE SAMPLES AND A GROWING COLLECTION OF SEEDS AND FROZEN PLANTS ARE PART OF THE NEW CENTER FOR SPECIES SURVIVAL AND BIODIVERSITY BANKING IN SAN DIEGO AND THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE SAID THESE EFFORTS HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY AND ACTIONS NEED TO BE COORDINATED AND STRATEGIC.

>> WHETHER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SAVING SPECIES OR MANAGING POPULATIONS IN HUMAN CARE OR OUT IN THE FIELD WORKING IN THIS AREA WE NEED TO BE WORKING TOGETHER WHETHER WE ARE A GOVERNMENT OR NGO, ZOO AQUARIUM, BOTANIC GARDEN EXPERT OR SCIENTISTS ON THE GROUND IN THE FIELD.

TRUCK THEY SAY THE RATE OF EXTINCTION IS ALARMING CLAIMING THREE SPECIES IN OUR AND THE SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE SAID THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INTERNATIONAL GROUP IS SPECIAL.

>> WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CONSERVATION STARTING WITH PEOPLE AND IT HAS TO START WITH PEOPLE SO IT CAN GROW AND BUILD ALLIANCES AND PARTNERSHIPS AROUND THE GLOBE SO WE CAN ACHIEVE MORE TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: THIS FROZEN ZOO IS THE LARGEST AND MOST DIVERSE COLLECTION OF ITS KIND.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR FOOD AND BASIC SUPPLIES DWINDLE IN GAZA AS ISRAEL BOMBARDS HAMAS TARGETS AND COMING UP AFTER THE EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT TOMORROW.

THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS STILL TRYING TO DECIDE ON A NEW SPEAKER AND THE MORNING EDITION WILL HAVE AN UPDATE FROM WASHINGTON.

OUR ARTS PRODUCER JULIET DIXON EVANS WILL TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE EVENTS HAPPENING AROUND SAN DIEGO THIS WEEKEND AND YOU CAN FIND THESE STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

GOOD NIGHT.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOW FAMILY OF COMPANIES PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND CALL OR VISIT BILL HOWE WEBSITE AND BY THE TRAN 30, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY , AND BY THE FOLLOWING: AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

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