>>> ♪ 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 AND FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES.

CALL ONE 800 BILL HOWE OR VISIT THE WEBSITE AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION , DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND THE FOLLOWING: AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> THE PEOPLE IN GAZA NEED FOOD, MEDICINE, WATER, SHELTER AND TODAY I ASKED THE ISRAELI CABINET THAT I MET WITH THIS MORNING TO AGREE TO THE DELIVERY OF LIFE SUSTAINING RESOURCES TO THE CITIZENS OF GAZA.

>> PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCING AN AGREEMENT TO ALLOW ISRAELI LEADERS TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN AID IN GAZA AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

IT COMES AS THE DEATH TOLL RISES AND OTHERS INJURES AND PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID THE AID WILL COVER SAFE WATER AND FOOD AND SHELTER AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES FOR PALESTINIANS AND THE PRESIDENT ALSO PROMISED U.S. SUPPORT FOR ISRAELIS AT WAR WITH HAMAS SAYING HE PLANS TO ASK CONGRESS FOR AN UNPRECEDENTED SUPPORT PACKAGE FOR ISRAEL'S DEFENSE LATER THIS WEEK.

>> DEMONSTRATIONS OVER THE SITUATION IN GAZA ARE HAPPENING ALL OVER THE WORLD AND SAN DIEGO IS NO EXCEPTION.

EARLIER TODAY A GROUP SENT -- SHOWED UP AT THE REPRESENTATIVE'S OFFICE PROTESTING WHAT THEY CALLED THE GENOCIDE OF PALESTINIANS.

WE ARE LIVE THERE WITH MORE.

TRUCK FIRST OF ALL, YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHY I AM STANDING HERE IN BALBOA PARK AND IT IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE SITE OF ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION COMING UP AT 7:00 TONIGHT AND THIS WILL BE HELD BY A GROUP CALLED SAN DIEGO FOR PALESTINE COALITION.

EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, ABOUT 20 PEOPLE GATHERED IN FRONT OF SARAH JACOBS KEARNY MESA OFFICE AND THE ORGANIZERS ARE FROM A LOCAL GROUP CALLED JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE AND MONDAY ORGANIZERS TALKED ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE ASKING JACOBS TO DO AND THEY WALKED INTO THE LOBBY OF THE BUILDING WHERE THEY WERE MET WITH A STAFFER FROM JACOB'S OFFICE AND YOU WILL HEAR THOSE NOW.

>> WE ARE ASKING HER TO SUPPORT A RESOLUTION THAT HER COLLEAGUES ARE SUPPORTING IN CONGRESS FOR A CEASE-FIRE AND TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN AID INTO GAZA.

>> THIS RESOLUTION CALLS FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO FACILITATE A PACT TO CEASE-FIRE AND FACILITATE A PACT FOR HUMANITARIAN AID INTO GAZA.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THE CONGRESSWOMAN TAKES THIS ISSUE VERY SERIOUSLY, AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO RECEIVE THIS TO PASS IT ON TO HER.

>> OKAY.

THANK YOU.

>> Reporter: YOU HEARD THE JACOBS REPRESENTATIVE TALK ABOUT ROCKS AND HERE THEY ARE IN SEVERAL VASES AND THEY SAY IT IS A JEWISH TRADITION TO PUT THESE ON PEOPLE'S GRAVES AND SHE SAID EACH ONE REPRESENTS 3000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED WHICH AT THIS POINT TOTALS MORE THAN 4000 ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS AWFUL CONFLICT.

AGAIN, BACK OUT HERE LIVE IN BALBOA PARK AT THE DEMONSTRATION AND IT IS HERE AT THE PAVILION STARTING AT 7:00 THIS EVENING.

>> TOMORROW, PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL ADDRESS THE NATION SET TO DISCUSS THE UNITED STATES RESPONSE TO THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR AS WELL AS RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE.

WE WILL CARRY IT LIVE HERE AT 5:00 TOMORROW HERE ON KPBS FOLLOWED BY AN ANALYSIS AND KPBS EVENING EDITION WILL AIR LIVE AT 5:30.

>>> MEXICAN NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN TIJUANA WERE CAUGHT ON TAPE TRYING TO ILLEGALLY RATE A MIGRANT SHELTER.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF MEXICO'S INCREASED AGGRESSION AGAINST MIGRANTS.

TOOK VIDEO FROM THE BORDERLINE CRISIS CENTER SECURITY CAMERAS SHOWS UNIFORMED SOLDIERS ARMED WITH LONG RIFLES TRYING TO FORCE THEIR WAY INSIDE THE SHELTER.

THIS HAPPENED OCTOBER 11 AT MIDNIGHT.

>> A WERE DEMANDING THE FEMALE RESIDENTS TO OPEN UP THE SHELTER GATE AND LET THEM IN AND THEY WERE ACCUSING THEM OF HIDING UNDOCUMENTED PERSONS AND HELPING PEOPLE TO CROSS THE BORDER THROUGH AN IRREGULAR MEANS, WHICH IS NOT CORRECT.

>> Reporter: NICOLE RAMUS IS A DIRECTOR HERE A NONPROFIT THAT ORGANIZES LEGAL WORKSHOPS AT THE SHELTER.

SHE SAID THE SHELTER IS HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE MIGRANT POPULATIONS INCLUDING BLACK AND LESBIAN WOMEN AND SINGLE MOTHERS WITH YOUNG KIDS AND MANY OF THEM HAVE ALREADY FACED HARASSMENT BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN TIJUANA.

>> WOMEN HAVE TO PROTECT WOMEN IN THE CITY BECAUSE THE AUTHORITIES DON'T PROTECT US AND IN MANY CASES THE AUTHORITIES ARE THE ONES WHO ARE AGAINST US OR ACTIVELY TRYING TO HARM US.

>> Reporter: SHE IS CARE -- CODIRECTOR OF THE CENTER AND SHE SAID MANY OF THE SOLDIERS WORE MASKS AND DIDN'T IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AND THEY HAD NO SEARCH WARRANTS.

SHE SAID THIS RAID VIOLATES MEXICAN LAW.

>> WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO MANDATORY CHECKPOINTS IN PLACES WHERE HUMANITARIAN AID IS BEING PROVIDED.

IT GOES AGAINST THE RIGHT OF THE MIGRANT COMMUNITY TO RECEIVE HUMANITARIAN AID AND IT GOES AGAINST OUR RIGHT TO PROVIDE.

>> Reporter: SHE CALLS THIS AN ESCALATION OF THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENTS MIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HAS LONG PRESSURED MEXICO TO STOP MIGRANTS FROM GETTING INTO THE US BORDER ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND THE TRUMP AND BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAVE TAKEN THE SAME APPROACH.

>> WE HAVE TO STOP SEEING MIGRANTS AS CRIMINALS AND THEY ARE NOT.

THEY ARE VULNERABLE PEOPLE FLEEING FOR THEIR LIVES AND TRYING TO SURVIVE AND PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN.

TOOK THE NATIONAL GUARD DIDN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE RAID.

>>> TONIGHT UNDER A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING TO THE 60s, BUT MORE HEAT ON THE WAY THROUGHOUT THE END OF THE WEEK AND WE GET THE MARINE LAYER CAN TURNING -- CONTINUING.

>>> DEFENSE RELATED SPENDING AND SAN DIEGO GREW DESPITE A NET DECLINE IN JOBS ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT ON THE REGION'S MILITARY ECONOMY.

WE HAVE MORE ON THE REGION'S SECOND LARGEST ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF SURPRISES IN THE REPORT THAT SAID DEFENSE RELATED SPENDING FOR THE MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS CONTRIBUTES MORE THAN $56.5 BILLION TO SAN DIEGO'S ECONOMY AND THE REPORT IS THE RESULT OF A JOINT EFFORT BY THE NONPROFIT SAN DIEGO MILITARY ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AT UC SAN DIEGO.

>> WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD THAT COMES FROM BEING IN A MILITARY TOWN.

>> Reporter: HE IS A RETIRED ADMIRAL AND CEO OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND HE SAID IT HAS BEEN IMPORTANT THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE MILITARY'S LOCAL IMPACT.

>> FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS AND MEDIA AND ACADEMIA TO KIND OF PUT A NUMBER ON HOW BIG THE MILITARY FOOTPRINT IS HERE.

>> Reporter: IT IS A LARGE FOOTPRINT AND THE REPORT SAID WHEN THE REGIONS 111,000 ACTIVE- DUTY SERVICEMEMBERS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR WITH THE DEFENSE CONTRACTORS, HEALTHCARE WORKERS, AND THE MILITARY CIVILIAN WORKFORCE, MORE THAN 350,000 LOCAL JOBS EXIST BECAUSE THE MONEY IS SPENT EITHER DIRECT OR INDIRECTLY ON THE MILITARY.

CALIFORNIA STATE PRESIDENT PRO TEM SPOKE ABOUT THIS WEDNESDAY AT THE MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT AND SHE SAID IN ADDITION TO INFORMING STATE AND LOCAL LAWMAKERS, THE ANNUAL REPORT MAKES IT CLEAR JUST HOW STABILIZING CONTINUED DEFENSE SPENDING IS TO THE ECONOMY.

>> ESPECIALLY IN A YEAR LIKE THIS WHEN CALIFORNIA'S RESOURCES ARE LITTLE BIT MORE LIMITED, OUR REGION BENEFITS FROM THE STABILITY OF THE MILITARY'S ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO SAN DIEGO.

AND AGAIN I WOULD SAY THE ENTIRE STATE.

>> Reporter: THE REPORT FOUND THAT WHILE SPENDING INCREASED, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JOBS WAS DOWN HALF A PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR EQUATING TO THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND THEY ATTRIBUTE THAT TO EXPIRED MILITARY CONTRACTS RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC SUCH AS THOSE SUPPORTING COVID TESTING AND VACCINATIONS.

>>> THE CORONADO CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A PLAN TO BRING THE CITY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING LAWS.

ANDREW BOWEN'S SAID NINE SITES IN THE CITY WILL HAVE TO BE REZONED FOR HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING.

>> Reporter: THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT WAS PACKED AND THE MEETING CAME MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER CORONADO THUMBED ITS NOSE AT THE STATES AFFORDABLE HOUSING LAWS AND ZONED FOR ONLY ONE THIRD OF THE HOMES, THE STATE DEEMED NECESSARY TO MEET THE CITY'S HOUSING NEEDS BUT THE CITY RELENTED AFTER THE STATE THREATENED TO SUE AND THE SITES INCLUDE A CHURCH, A CHILD CARE CENTER AND THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MANY RESIDENTS EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF ALLOWING MORE GROWTH IN THE CITY.

THIS COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HE SHARES THOSE CONCERNS.

>> I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE ARE ALL SITTING HERE BECAUSE THE STATE CREATES THE PROCESS WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.

AND THEN YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS, WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS.

>> Reporter: A NEW HOUSING ELEMENT ASSUMES THE NAVY WILL BUILD HUNDREDS OF MILITARY HOUSING UNITS IN CORONADO AND THAT HUNDREDS OF HOMEOWNERS WILL BUILD NEW ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN THEIR BACKYARDS.

>> I FIRMLY BELIEVED THAT HAVING A POTENTIAL COMPLIANT HOUSING PLAN WAS IMPOSSIBLE.

I DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH ONE.

AND THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE ONE NOW THAT BY ALL LIKELIHOOD THE STATE WILL AGREE TO CERTIFY, WITH MAYBE SOME MINOR CHANGES, TO ME, IS LIKE REMARKABLE.

>> Reporter: STATE LAWS AROUND HOUSING HAVE GOTTEN HARDER FOR CITIES TO FOLLOW AND FOUR OTHER CITIES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY STILL DON'T HAVE A STATE CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT.

>>> IN 1961, HUNDREDS OF BLACK AND WHITE PROTESTERS KNOWN AS FREEDOM WRITERS WERE IMPRISONED FOR RIDING TOGETHER ON SEGREGATED BUSES INTO THE SOUTH AND AT JUST THE TEEN HEZEKIAH WATKINS BECAME THE YOUNGEST BY ACCIDENT AND TONIGHT HE IS SHARING HIS STORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO.

WE HAVE A FIRST LOOK.

>> Reporter: HEZEKIAH AND TROY WERE 13 WHEN THEY HEARD THE FREEDOM RIDERS WERE COMING TO THEIR CITY, JACKSON MISSISSIPPI.

>> WE BEGAN A LITTLE JINGLE THAT THE FREEDOM RIDERS ARE COMING TO JACKSON.

WE WERE HAPPY AND NOT HAPPY BECAUSE WE WANTED TO JOIN THE FREEDOM RIDERS, BUT WE WANTED TO SEE THEM AND MAYBE TOUCH ONE.

>> Reporter: WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE BUS STATION, IT WAS EMPTY AND THEY BEGAN WALKING.

>> HE PUSH ME AND I LANDED INSIDE OF THE BUS STATION.

SO I SPOT THIS SIGN ACROSS THE CEILING.

AND I LOOK AT IT AND IT SAYS A WHITES ONLY, BUT BEFORE I CAN BLACK COMPLETELY OUT, THIS OFFICER HIT ME ON MY SHOULDER AND BACK AND SAID WHY ARE YOU IN HERE.

>> Reporter: HE ASKED HIS BIRTHPLACE.

>> IN MY SAID MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN, HE REACHED IN HIS BACK POCKET WITH A TWO-WAY RADIO AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE SAID BUT THEY CAME LIKE FLIES RUNNING IN.

AND SAID WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE HERE.

>> Reporter: MISTAKEN FOR A FREEDOM RIDERS, HE WAS PLACED ON DEATH ROW WITH NO DUE PROCESS AND RELEASED 11 DAYS LATER AT THE ORDERS OF THEN- PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY.

WATKINS SAID THAT EXPERIENCE PUSHED HIM TO BECOME AN ACTIVIST.

HE IS PROUD OF EACH OF THE 109 TIMES HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED.

TO HEAR MORE YOU CAN VISIT KPBS.ORG.

>>> CHULA VISTA TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN HARBORSIDE PARK AND IS CONSIDERING CLOSING IT FOR GOOD ANGRY MANY RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY THE FAMILIES LIVING IN THE MOBILE HOME PARK A FEW BLOCKS AWAY.

CORY SUZUKI REPORTS.

>> Reporter: A GROUP OF KIDS RACE BACK AND FORTH IN A FORK IN THE ROAD AND IT IS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND THE STREET VIBRATES WITH THE RUSH OF THE NEARBY FREEWAY AND CHEERS AND THE SOUND OF A SOCCER BALL AND THEN A CRASH.

SEVERAL PLAYERS LET OUT GASPS.

THE OCCASIONAL SOCCERBALL FLYING HAS BECOME COMMON HERE AT REDWOOD, A MOBILE HOME PARK IN SOUTHWEST CHULA VISTA AND DOZENS OF YOUNG FAMILIES LIVE HERE AND THAT THE NARROW ROADS ARE LINED WITH PLAYSETS AND BRIGHT YELLOW SIGNS THAT WARN CARS TO DRIVE SLOWLY.

SHE IS A PARENT OF ONE OF THE SOCCER PLAYERS.

SHE SAYS ALL THE KIDS RUNNING AROUND HAS BEEN CAUSING A LOT OF FRUSTRATION.

>> THE NEIGHBORS COMPLAINED THE HAS THEY CAN BREAK A WINDOW OR DESTROY THEIR PLANTS.

YES.

THEY CAN.

BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE KIDS AND THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INSIDE OR INDOORS JUST WATCHING TV.

TRUCK RIGHT NOW THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO GO BECAUSE HARBORSIDE PARK, THE ONLY ONE NEARBY IS SHUT DOWN.

THE CITY FIRST OPENED IT IN 2006 AND IT WAS A SPRAWLING GREEN PLACE WITH BENCHES AND BASKETBALL COURTS AND A WIDE GRASS FIELD AND RESIDENTS HERE AND OF BRENTWOOD IN PARTICULAR WERE REALLY EXCITED AND IT WAS THE FIRST NEW PARK ON THE WEST SIDE AND OVER 20 YEARS.

RAMIREZ REMEMBERS TAKING HER THREE KIDS THERE EVERY SATURDAY.

>> THE SWINGS AND PLAYGROUND BUT ALSO MY OLDEST KID LOVES SOCCER.

AND BASKETBALL.

SO TO HAVE WHERE THEY CAN PLAY SOCCER OR BASKETBALL OR JUST RELAX OR HAVE A LITTLE PARTY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

IT WAS A PERFECT SPOT.

>> Reporter: IT IS MORE THAN HAVING A PLACE TO RUN AROUND.

THIS IS A PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY.

>> PEOPLE CLOSE TO THE PARKS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE HEALTHIER AND BE MORE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE.

SO THERE IS A VERY STRONG LINK THERE.

>> Reporter: FOR RESIDENTS, THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW GREEN SPACES NEARBY AND MEANT A LOT IT WAS A FEW BLOCKS AWAY.

IN RECENT YEARS ON HOUSED RESIDENTS WITH FEW PLACES TO GO IN THE SOUTH BAY STARTED MOVING INTO THE PARK AND AFTER A LONG DEBATE, THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO CLOSE IT RARELY AND KICK EVERYBODY OUT AND IT FIRST OF MANY BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS WERE RELIEVED AND MANY OF THEM HAD KIDS WHO WENT TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEXT-DOOR AND IT CREATED AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT BUT THEN MONTHS WENT BY AND THEN A YEAR AND THE PARK STAYED CLOSED AND THEN THIS PAST MAY THE CITY COUNCIL MADE A SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT.

THEY SAID THEY WERE LOOKING AT LEASING OR SELLING THE LAND THAT HARBORSIDE WAS ON FOR HOUSING AND MAYBE PERMANENTLY CLOSING THE PARK.

FOR SHE AND HER NEIGHBORS, IT WAS A SHOCK.

>> ANGRY IS THE WORD BECAUSE THE CITY DIDN'T HEAR US.

WE WANT THE PARK TO BE REOPENED AND WE WANT SPACE FOR OUR KIDS TO PLAY.

WE HAVE BEEN WAITING AND WAITING.

>> Reporter: NOW SOME RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR THE PARK TO BE REOPENED.

KEVIN IS 12 AND LIVES IN BRENTWOOD.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PARK REAL AND SO WE HAVE MORE SPACE AND MORE PLACES TO GO PLAY AND OTHER KIDS CAN COME.

>> Reporter: NOTHING HAS BEEN DECIDED FOR SURE BUT BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS HOPE CITY LEADERS WILL THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT THIS DECISION AND ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IT WOULD MEAN FOR THE WEST SIDE TO LOSE THE PARK.

>>> UNCERTAINTY HANGS OVER CAPITOL HILL IS ANOTHER DAY AND WITHOUT A HOUSE SPEAKER.

CONGRESSMAN GYM JORDAN FAILED TO WIN THE VOTE ON THE SECOND BALLOT TODAY AND HE HAS VOWED TO STAY IN THE RACE DESPITE NO CLEAR PATH TO THE GAVEL AND 22 REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS REJECTED HIS BID VIEWING HIM AS TOO EXTREME A CHOICE FOR THE SPEAKERS JOB AND SOME ARE THROWING THEIR SUPPORT BEHIND PATRICK McHENRY, THE INTERIM SPEAKER.

>> I THINK IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE EMPOWER HIM TO SERVE AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING IN THAT ROLE BECAUSE THEN HE CAN GET THE HOUSE MOVING AGAIN ON CRITICAL ISSUES INCLUDING, OBVIOUSLY, NEEDED ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL.

>>> SOME REPUBLICANS ARE TALKING WITH DEMOCRATS ABOUT THE PLAN TO GIVE THE TEMPORARY SPEAKER MORE POWER TO REOPEN THE HOUSE.

>>> FOUR RIGHT AID STORES IN SAN DIEGO ARE SET TO CLOSE AFTER THEY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS FILED IN NEW JERSEY.

THEIR INITIAL PLAN IS TO SHUT DOWN 154 STORES NATIONWIDE INCLUDING FOUR LOCATIONS AND ARE COUNTING, PLAZA DRIVE IN OCEANSIDE, MAINSTREET AND RAMONA AND MISSION FORGE ROAD AND MESA BOULEVARD.

>>> JOB-BASED HEALTH INSURANCE IS MORE EXPENSIVE FOR COMPANIES AND WORKERS THIS YEAR AND YEARLY PREMIUMS FOR FAMILY HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE SWORD TO AN AVERAGE OF NEARLY $24,000 WHICH IS ACCORDING TO A HEALTH BENEFITS SURVEY FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION AND THE AVERAGE EMPLOYEE'S SHARE OF THE ANNUAL PREMIUM CAME OUT TO $6075 WHICH IS A JUMP OF ALMOST $500 FROM LAST YEAR OR NEARLY 8%.

THEY SAY THE INCREASE IS ROUGHLY IN LINE WITH INFLATION.

>>> IT IS NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH.

ABOUT ONE IN EVERY FIVE U.S. STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12 AND 18 SAY THEY HAVE BEEN BULLIED AND IN A NATIONWIDE SURVEY BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS.

WE HAVE ADVICE FROM A THERAPIST FOR PARENTS.

>> Reporter: IT CAN IMPACT EVERY PART OF THE PARENTS OR PERSONS LIFE AND BEING BULLIED AS A CHILD CAN LEAVE LASTING SCARS.

IT CAN MAKE KIDS FEEL DEPRESSED OR SUICIDAL.

>> Reporter: PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS PLAY A BIG ROLE IN PREVENTION.

>> NO CHILD PLANS OR WANTS TO BE A BULLY.

SO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT IS GOING ON.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID PREVENTION STARTS AT HOME BY CREATING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN SO THEY CAN TALK ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS.

>> WE DON'T WANT KIDS TO INTERNALIZE THINGS OR PUSH IT DOWN OR SUCK IT UP BECAUSE IT WILL COME OUT AT SOME POINT AND IT WILL COME OUT IN OTHER WAYS AND IT COULD COME OUT AT OTHER PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: EMPATHY IS A KEY COMPONENT AND SHE SAID TO TEACH KIDS EARLY HOW TO THINK ABOUT OTHERS AND HOW THEIR BEHAVIOR MAY IMPACT SOMEBODY ELSE.

>> YOU CAN DO THIS WITH PLAY AND WHEN YOU PLAY WITH PUPPETS OR DOLLS OR ANYTHING ELSE, GET THEM TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE OTHER CHARACTERS OR DOLLS MAY BE EXPERIENCING OR IF YOU ARE READING A BOOK, STOP AND ASK THEM, WHAT YOU THINK THAT CHARACTER IS FEELING?

>> Reporter: SHE SAID TO TEACH COPING SKILLS TO HELP KIDS NAVIGATE THEIR FEELINGS SO THEY DON'T COME OUT IN OTHER WAYS.

>> IT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM DEEP BREATHING TO USING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND MOVEMENT TO RELEASE STRESS AND BEING CREATIVE OR DRAWING OR COLORING.

>> Reporter: FINALLY, TEACH BY EXAMPLE.

>> WE CAN'T EXPECT KIDS TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE ARE NOT DOING.

>>> STARTING OFF WITH YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES AS THE WARM- UP CONTINUES.

WE HAVE HAD TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE AND LOOKS TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

WE WILL SEE A RETURN OF MORE THAN ONSHORE FLOW THAT STRENGTHENS WITH A MARINE LAYER MAKING A COMEBACK BRINGING US COOLER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY THROUGHOUT EARLY NEXT WEEK.

IF YOU ARE SICK OF THE HEAT, WE WILL EVENTUALLY GET A COOL DOWN.

TEMPERATURES ARE COOLER TONIGHT WITH SAN DIEGO DOWN TO 60 AND LAGUNA HAS LOWER 50s AND HERE 64 THROUGH TONIGHT.

A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW JUST HOW HOT IT WILL BE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WHICH IS UNSEASONABLY WARM HERE IN AND AROUND SAN DIEGO.

IT IS 80 DEGREES TOMORROW FOR OCEANSIDE AND HERE BACK TO THE TRIPLE DIGITS.

AND NOW IT WILL BE INTO THE LOWER 70s.

IT WILL BE ANOTHER HOT ONE ON FRIDAY AS THE HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN.

SO A LOT OF THE SOUTHWEST DEALING WITH THE UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER AND RECORD TEMPERATURES ARE SET ACROSS THE REGION.

LET'S TAKE YOU TO THE COAST AND HERE IS THE COOLING TREND WITH 75 ON SATURDAY WITH MORE CLOUDS AND MAYBE A SHOWER OR TWO IN THE MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MORNING.

WE MOVE YOU FURTHER INLAND AND WE HAVE 90s THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS TREND INTO THE 80s BY SATURDAY WITH LOW 70s ON SUNDAY AND HERE WE GO WITH THE LOW CLOUDS HEADING INTO MONDAY AT 73 BY THE START OF NEXT WEEK.

IN THE MOUNTAINS TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE 50s, BUT WE HAVE TWO MORE DAYS OF THE UPPER 60s AND LOW 70s BEFORE WE SEE THE TEMPERATURES TRENDING A BIT COOLER AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY AND MONDAY INTO THE 50s AND WRAP THINGS UP IN THE DESERT WITH TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT EVENTUALLY BREAKING ONLY 83 INTO MONDAY.

>>> INFLATION WOES ARE FACING AMERICANS TO RETHINK HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS DESPITE COSTS.

MORE PEOPLE EXPECT TO TRAVEL THIS YEAR THAN IN 2022 AND IN FACT ACCORDING TO AN ANALYST, THIS WILL BE THE BUSIEST HOLIDAY TRAVEL SEASON IN AT LEAST FOUR YEARS.

WE TALKED TO THAN ANALYST -- THAT ANALYST.

>> Reporter: THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS QUICKLY APPROACHING AND INFLATION IS IMPACTING TRAVEL FOR MANY AMERICANS.

A NEW SURVEY FOUND MOST TRAVELERS ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO TAKE A TRIP WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK.

>> 77% OF TRAVELERS ARE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO SKIP THE TRIP ENTIRELY.

THEY ARE WILLING TO DRIVE INSTEAD OF FLY OR STAY IN CHEAPER ACCOMMODATIONS OR PICK CHEAPER ACTIVITIES.

>> Reporter: THIS ANALYST SAID YOU MAY FIND DEALS IF YOU HAVE FLEXIBLE TRAVEL DAYS.

>> COULD YOU GO EARLIER OR STAY LATER?

IF YOU CAN FLY THE MORNING OF THANKSGIVING, THAT COULD BE A BIG COST SAVINGS OPPORTUNITY AND HOPEFULLY STILL GET THERE IN TIME FOR THE FAMILY DINNER.

>> Reporter: MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU.

>> LOOK AT YOUR REWARDS POINTS OR MILES OR WHETHER IT IS CASHBACK OR CREDIT CARD REWARDS OR HOTEL POINTS.

YOU MAY BE SITTING ON MORE VALUE THAN YOU REALIZE.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER CONCERN IS FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS ESPECIALLY AFTER A ROUGH HOLIDAY TRAVEL SEASON LAST YEAR.

BUT YOU CAN BOOK WITH A CREDIT CARD THAT HAS STRONG TRAVEL INSURANCE PROTECTIONS.

>> A LOT OF CARDS HAVE THESE AT NO ADDED COST AND IT HELPS WITH EVERYTHING FROM DAMAGED RENTAL CARS TO CANCELED OR DELAYED FLIGHTS OR LOST OR DELAYED LUGGAGE.

>> Reporter: JUST A FEW STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO MAKE SURE YOUR HOLIDAYS ARE AS HAPPY AND STRESS-FREE AS POSSIBLE.

>>> IT IS OPENING DAY FOR THE SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.

DOZENS OF FILMMAKERS WILL DISCUSS THEIR WORKS THROUGH TALK BACKS AND PANELS INCLUDING THE DOC YOU SERIES, LIGHTS CAMERA, FRIENDSHIP AND IT SHOWS HOW 16 ADULTS DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM LEARNED LESSONS ABOUT INDEPENDENCY AND ADVOCACY AND FRIENDSHIP.

THEY SAY THE TIMING OF THE PROJECT IS PERFECT IN LIGHT OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH.

>> ONE OF THE COMMON THINGS IS THEY THINK DIFFERENTLY, WHICH IS FASCINATING WHEN YOU'RE TALKING AND LEARNING WITH SOMEBODY AS THEY LOOK AT SOMETHING DIFFERENT SO YOU GET 16 VERY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND THERE ARE CERTAIN SOCIAL NORMS THAT COME NATURALLY TO PEOPLE BUT OTHERS STRUGGLE WITH THEM.

IT IS LEARNING ABOUT THAT AND HOW TO BE VULNERABLE.

>> ALL 16 PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO VIEW THE FILM TOMORROW AT AMC IN THE UTC SHOPPING CENTER AND THERE WILL BE AN INCLUSION AND ENTERTAINMENT SESSION FOLLOWING AND IT OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF AT 5:30.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON TOMORROW.

CURSIVE COULD BE MAKING A COMEBACK AND THE MORNING EDITION HAS MORE ON THE BILL RECENTLY SIGNED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM.

THE MIDDAY EDITION HAS A SHOW FOCUSED ON THE ARTS INCLUDING A CHICANO PARK MUSEUM EXHIBIT ON INDIGENOUS ART AND AN OPERA PREVIEW.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORY 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.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION , DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING: ♪ AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

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