>>> 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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>>> AS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION CONTINUE TONIGHT AND THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR A HALF WORLD AWAY, THERE ARE RALLIES OF SUPPORT HERE IN SAN DIEGO AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

TODAY, COLLEGE STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTY JOINED A NATIONAL WALKOUT FOR BALANCE TIME WITH DEMONSTRATIONS ON THE CAMPUS.

THEY HAVE THE STORY.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE OFTEN TWO SIDES TO ANY STORY AND THE SITE IS COMMITTED TO SPEAKING FOR PALESTINIANS CAUGHT IN THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR.

MANY OF THEM ARE USING ONLY FIRST NAMES TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM RETALIATION.

>> WE ARE HERE FOR A SOCIETY WHO KNOWS THE TRUTH AND WHAT IS GOING ON.

>> Reporter: STUDENTS AND STAFF HERE DOWNTOWN JOINED A NATIONAL WALKOUT FOR PALESTINE AT NOON LEAVING SCHOOL WORK BEHIND FOR AN HOUR OF PROTESTING AND FOR THEIR BELIEFS TO BE HEARD AND MANY OF THEM WITH PERSONAL CONNECTIONS TO THE HUMANITARIAN TRAGEDY THAT HAS CONTINUED SINCE THE HAMAS INVASION OF THE ISRAEL OCTOBER 7 AND THEY FOUND ALLIES IN THEIR HISPANIC CLASSMATES.

>> WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A SOLID AREA WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND LIVES BEING DICTATED WITH BORDER WALLS AND WE DO KNOW HOW IT FEELS.

>> FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS ISRAEL HAS BEEN INDISCRIMINATELY BOMBARDING THE GAZA STRIP.

TOOK THIS AFTERNOON THE POSTTEST -- PROTEST GOT MORE PERSONAL.

>> EVERY TIME WE GO ON THE LINE WE SEE NEW FAMILY MEMBERS AND RELATIVES GETTING KILLED.

>> I AM A PALESTINIAN AND I AM NOT A TERRORIST OR MURDER.

>> Reporter: CLEAR IT IS A SOPHOMORE STUDYING JOURNALISM AT SAN DIEGO STATE AND BORN IN JORDAN AND CAME HERE TO THE UNITED STATES TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL AND GET A HIGHER EDUCATION.

>> OBVIOUSLY A LOSS OF ANY INNOCENT LIFE IS WRONG AND THIS IS BEEN HAPPENING FOR 75 YEARS AND 107 YEARS OF OPPRESSION OF COLONIZATION.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE STOPPED.

>> AMONG THE FACES AND FLYING FLAGS THERE WAS ALSO THE FLAG REPRESENTING THE OTHER SIDE AND A HANDFUL OF ISRAELI STUDENTS CAME TO CAMPUS TO BE SEEN, IF NOT HEARD AND THEY DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED FOR SAFETY REASONS AND THEIR ADVISOR DID SPEAK ABOUT THE OCTOBER 7 HAMAS INVASION THAT TRIGGERED THE STRONG ISRAELI RESPONSE.

>> THERE PRETENDING IS THIS THE BOMBINGS AND THEY ARE STRIKES GOING ON FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS ARE HAPPENING IN A VACUUM FOR NO REASON AT ALL AND THAT IS HISTORICALLY DISINGENUOUS AND INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST.

>> Reporter: DESPITE THE DISAGREEMENT, THERE IS ALSO HOPE IS EXPRESSED BY THIS PALESTINIAN AMERICAN PROFESSOR AT CITY COLLEGE.

>> THE AWARENESS SPREAD OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS IS UNLIKE ANYTHING I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

>>> AFTER THREE WEEKS OF GRIDLOCK, THE PEOPLE'S HOUSES BACK IN BUSINESS WITH THE FIRST ACTION PASSING A RESOLUTION STANDING WITH ISRAEL IN THE AFTERMATH OF ATTACKS BY HAMAS AND IT WAS APPROVED BY NEARLY THE ENTIRE HOUSE AND IT COMES AFTER THE CONGRESSMAN MIKE JOHNSON WAS ELECTED SPEAKER BY HIS FELLOW REPUBLICANS TODAY.

WE HAVE MORE FROM CAPITOL HILL.

>>> HOUSE REPUBLICANS WITH A VOTE WEDNESDAY ON THE FOURTH NOMINEE TO REPLACE KEVIN McCARTHY'S SPEAKER.

>> TODAY IS THE DAY THAT HOUSE REPUBLICANS WILL HUMBLY LOOK AT OUR HEARTS AND ELECT MIKE JOHNSON AS SPEAKER OF THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE.

>> Reporter: THIS TIME THEY CLOSE THE DEAL.

>> THE CHALLENGE BEFORE US IS GREAT BUT THE TIME FOR ACTION IS NOW, AND I WON'T LET YOU DOWN.

>> Reporter: LATE TUESDAY, MIKE JOHNSON EMERGED AS THE LATEST.

TO WIELD THE GAVEL AND AFTER A WILD DAY THAT SAW THE HOUSE MAJORITY WHIP MAC GET THE NOMINATION AND HOURS LATER DROPPED HIS BID LACKING SUPPORT ON A FLOOR VOTE, JOHNSON, AN ATTORNEY WITH A FOCUS ON CONSTITUTIONAL LAW WAS FIRST ELECTED IN 2016 SERVING ON THE HOUSE JUDICIARY AND ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE.

>> MIKE JOHNSON IS A GOOD MAN AND AS HE SAW LAST NIGHT, WE ARE READY.

>> Reporter: AND ALIA FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE WAS A KEY CONGRESSIONAL FIGURE IN THE FAILED EFFORT TO OVERTURN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES CRITICAL OF HIS RECORD BUT OPEN TO FINDING WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER.

>> ALL MIKE JOHNSON WOULD NEED TO DO IS MEET US OR LEAD US IN A BIPARTISAN WAY IN THAT FASHION AND WE WILL WORK TOGETHER WHENEVER AND WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: MEMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES EAGER TO GET BACK TO WORK.

>> WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE MISSION AND I FEEL EXCITED THAT MIKE JOHNSON IS THE GUY THAT CAN GET US BACK TOGETHER AND GET A FOCUS ON WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO.

>> TONIGHT WE WILL WATCH SOME AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND RAIN AND MAYBE SOME SHOWERS MOVING IN AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 60s WITH COOLER WEATHER STICKING AROUND WARMER TEMPERATURES MAKE A COMEBACK AND IT IS COMING UP IN THE FULL FORECAST.

>>> MORE THAN ONE SAN DIEGO IS LIVE UNDER THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE.

ARE REPORTER HAS MORE IN A NEW REPORT FROM THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION.

>> FOR THE FAMILY OF FOUR, THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE IS $30,000 A YEAR.

COULD YOU IMAGINE TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET ON $30,000 A YEAR IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY?

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE.

BUT 335,000 SAN DIEGO COUNTY RESIDENTS LIVE IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE.

>> Reporter: THAT NUMBER INCLUDES ENOUGH CHILDREN TO FILL PETCO PARK TWICE AND 16,000 OF THE COUNTY'S K-12 STUDENTS ARE NOT HOUSED.

HE SAID EVEN MORE, ONE AND IN THREE DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK AND LATINO CAN'T AFFORD BASIC EXPENSES LIKE HOUSING, FOOD, AND CHILDCARE.

THIS PARTNERED WITH THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION AND ONE SOLUTION THEY SAID WAS INVESTING MORE IN IMMIGRANTS.

>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS THE NINTH LARGEST POPULATION OF ANY COUNTY IN AMERICA OF IMMIGRANTS AND THEY CONTRIBUTE TO OUR TAX BASE.

TRUCK RESEARCH SHOWS IMMIGRANTS INCLUDE AN OVERALL ECONOMY WHETHER THEY ARE DOCUMENTED OR LABELED AS HIGHLY SKILLED.

>>> A CONTROVERSIAL CLASS OF SHIPS COULD BE OUTFITTED WITH ARMY MISSILE LAUNCHERS AND THE COMBAT SHIFT USS SAVANNAH BASED IN SAN DIEGO AND IT TESTFIRED A MISSILE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST THIS WEEK USING A LAUNCHER ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED FOR USE ON LAND AND A NAVAL SERVICE FORCE SPOKESPERSON SAID THE NEW SYSTEM WOULD EXPAND THE COMBAT CAPABILITY OF THIS BUT THE TWO VERSIONS OF THIS HAVE BEEN PLAGUED WITH MECHANICAL AND DEVELOPMENT SETBACKS AND THE NAVY HAS ALREADY RETIRED SOME OF THE SHIPS AFTER A FEW YEARS OF SERVICE.

>>> 20 YEARS AGO THIS EVENING, A HUNTER LOST IN THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST 25 MILES EAST OF SAN DIEGO STARTED A SMALL CAMPFIRE AS A SIGNAL THE SEARCHERS AND LOST CONTROL OF THAT FIRE AND THE SANTA ANNA WIND TURNED IT INTO THE CEDAR FIRE AND AT THE TIME THE LARGEST IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY.

ARE REPORTER LOOKS BACK AND ASKS, COULD IT HAPPEN AGAIN?

>> Reporter: THE FIRE RACED TOWARD SAN DIEGO OVERNIGHT AND OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS, THE CEDAR FIRE WOULD BURN 427 MI.2 AND A PAST 30 MILES ACROSS AND IT DESTROYED MUCH OF THE COMMUNITY OF CREST AND JUMPED INTERSTATE 15 AND TORE THROUGH SCRIPPS RANCH AND IN ALL 2800 HOUSES AND BUSINESSES WERE LOST WITH 15 PEOPLE DYING IN THE FIRE.

JERRY AND HIS WIFE WERE AMONG THOSE WHO DROVE AWAY FROM THEIR HOME JUST IN TIME.

>> I TOLD MY WIFE I WOULD MEET HER AT STARBUCKS OR SOMETHING AT SCRIPPS RANCH JUST AS A PLACE TO RALLY AND THAT IS WHAT WE DID AND AN HOUR LATER EVERYTHING WAS GONE.

TRUCK BACK THEN FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT COULDN'T DROP WATER WITH IN A HALF HOUR OF SUNSET AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHEN THE FIRE STARTED AND BY MORNING THERE WAS NO STOPPING IT AND THE SAN DIEGO FIRE RESCUE CHIEF REMEMBERS IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.

>> I WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT AND THERE WAS NO AMOUNT OF FIRE OR PERSONNEL THAT WOULD STOP THAT FROM BLOWING THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY AND REALLY WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS KEEP YOURSELF SAFE AND YOUR CREW SAFE AND AFTER IT BLOWS THROUGH THEN YOU CAN START MITIGATING AND START SUPPRESSING SOME OF THOSE FIRES IF YOU CAN GET TO THEM BEFORE TO MAKE IT SIGNIFICANT.

>> Reporter: DAYS LATER WHEN THEY WERE ALLOWED TO GO BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT.

>> IT WAS LIKE A WAR ZONE AND ALL UP AND DOWN HERE AND I DON'T KNOW, 40 HOUSES OR WHATEVER AND I THINK THERE WERE 235 HOMES SO SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.

>> Reporter: THE CEDAR FIRE TAUGHT HARD LESSONS.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY IMPROVEMENTS AND SAN DIEGO HAD OFF-DUTY FIREFIGHTERS READY TO WORK IN 2003 BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH FIRE ENGINES AND VEHICLES TO GET THEM TO THE FRONT LINES.

HE SAID THINGS HAVE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY IN THE PAST 20 YEARS.

>> WE ARE IN A MUCH DIFFERENT POSITION NOW AND WE HAVE A HEALTHY RESERVE FLEET THAT WE CAN PUT THE FOLKS ON AND WE HAVE UTILITY RIGS AND A LOT OF OTHER WAYS CERTAINLY THAT WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE TODAY.

>> Reporter: THINGS HAVE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY IN 20 YEARS AND NOT JUST IN THE TECHNOLOGY USED TO FIGHT FIRES BUT ALSO WITH THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO FIGHT FIRES MORE EFFECTIVELY AND SMARTER.

>> Reporter: COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION AMONG FIRE AGENCIES IS ALSO IMPROVED AND THEY WERE SERIOUS HANDICAP FIGHTING THE FIRE.

>> I THINK SAN DIEGO PROBABLY OPERATES WITH THE GREATEST REGIONAL COLLABORATION OF ANYWHERE AND AS FIRE CHIEFS WE MEET MONTHLY AND HAVE WORKING GROUPS, WHETHER IT BE TRAINING, COMMUNICATION, SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY TALKING.

>> Reporter: THE RULE ON FLYING AT NIGHT HAS SINCE BEEN RESCINDED AND SAN DIEGO CITY AND COUNTY AND CAL FIRE AND THE ELECTRIC COMPANY TOGETHER HAVE NEARLY 5 TIMES AS MANY HELICOPTERS AND PLANES TO FIGHT FIRE AND THE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO THEM HAS GREATLY IMPROVED.

ERIC FROST IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER AT SAN DIEGO STATE WHICH HELPS FIRE AGENCIES KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE FIRE IS AND WHERE IT IS GOING.

>> YOU COULDN'T VERY EASILY GET ACCURATE INFORMATION FLYING OVERHEAD DURING THE DAY FOR A VERY SIMPLE REASON THAT THERE WAS SMOKE.

>> Reporter: SOFTWARE CAN NOW SHOW WHERE A FIRE IS AND WHERE IT WILL BE IN AN HOUR OR A DAY AND THE CEDAR FIRE LED TO MORE STRINGENT BUILDING CODES AND SHAKE SHINGLE ROOFS ARE NO MORE AND EXPOSED EAVES ARE NOT ALLOWED AND THIS HOUSE AND MANY OTHERS BURNED DOWN BECAUSE EMBERS GOT UNDER THE EAVES AND INTO THE ATTIC AND RESIDENTS ARE NOW REGULARLY REMINDED TO FIRE HARDENED THEIR HOMES AND CREATE DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND IF THERE IS FIREWOOD OR PATIO FURNITURE OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT CAN BURN, GET IT AWAY FROM THE HOUSE BECAUSE AS CAL FIRE SAYS, THE QUESTION IS NOT IF BUT WHEN THERE WILL BE ANOTHER MAJOR FIRE IN THE COUNTY.

>> THE READINESS OF THE FIRE SERVICE IN THE SPEED THAT WE MAKE DECISIONS AND HOW WEEKLY WE MOBILIZE, WE HAVE HAD TO REALLY ADAPT TO THESE LARGE FIRES BECOMING THE NEW NORMAL.

>> OUR FREELANCER JW AUGUST WROTE AND REPORTED THE STORY.

>>> A NEW REPORT SAID HEALTHCARE WORKERS ARE FACING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS WITH INCREASED REPORTS OF BURNOUT AND HARASSMENT AT WORK.

OUR HEALTH REPORTER HAS MORE ON WHAT IS BEING DONE TO ADDRESS THIS.

>> Reporter: THE REPORT SAID THE NUMBER OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS REPORTING HARASSMENT AT WORK DOUBLED FROM 2018 TO 2022, AND NEARLY HALF OF THOSE SURVEYED SAY THEY ARE OFTEN BURNED OUT.

>> THIS IS A REALLY HARD JOB AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT BUT WE GIVE OUR HEART AND SOUL TO OUR NATION.

LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF TIMES WE FORGET TO NURSE OURSELVES AND I JUST REALLY FEEL LIKE IT IS A REALLY TRYING TIME RIGHT NOW AND I'M KIND OF WORRIED.

>> Reporter: NIKKI IS A KAISER NURSE AND OFFICER AND THEIR UNION REPRESENTING SAN DIEGO NURSES AND SHE SAID THE PANDEMIC HAD HAD A LASTING IMPACT.

>> I HAVE SEEN NURSES LEAVE THE BEDSIDE IN THE FRONT LINE OF HOSPITALS AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE IT WAS TOO MUCH AND THEIR ANXIETY WAS UP OR THEIR DEPRESSION WAS HITTING THEM HARD.

THE BURNOUT IS REAL.

IT IS REAL.

>> Reporter: THE REPORT SAID POSITIVE WORKING CONDITIONS LIKE TRUST IN MANAGEMENT AND HELP FROM SUPERVISORS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH LESS BURNOUT AND FEWER ODDS OF POOR MENTAL HEALTH.

>> BONUS PROGRAMS NEED TO BE DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY ACROSS THE POWER ACCESS OF PEOPLE WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF POWER IN THE ORGANIZATION ALSO HAVE ROBUST WELLNESS PROGRAMS.

>> Reporter: JUDY DAVIDSON IS A NEUROSCIENTIST AT UC SAN DIEGO HELP WITH RESEARCH SHOWING THAT ONE THIRD OF EMPLOYEES REPORT BURNOUT AND HAVE CLINICAL DEPRESSION.

>> THE MESSAGE THERE IS THAT IF YOU ARE SEEING SOMEBODY BURNT OUT IN THE WORKPLACE, YOU MAY ALSO SEE SOMEBODY WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT.

LEFT UNTREATED, CLINICAL DEPRESSION CAN LEAD TO SUICIDE.

>> Reporter: OTHER LOCAL SYSTEMS AIMED AT HELPING STAFF WITH STRESS AND HEALTH CONCERNS ARE AVAILABLE AND THEY SAY THEY HAVE A ROBUST EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INCLUDING PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS 24/7 AND THEY ROLLED OUT A MODEL IN 2021 INCLUDING REGULAR CHECK INS AND REFERRALS TO OTHER CARE OF NECESSARY.

>> ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO FEEL SEEN OR FEEL LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THEM MATTERS AND WE CAN WORK THROUGH A PLAN TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM CONNECTED.

TRUCK SHE RUNS THE STRESS FIRST- AID PROGRAM AND IS ON SITE AND AVAILABLE TO STAFF WHO MAY HAVE CONCERNS.

>> WE HAVE SEEN THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT THING WHEN EMPLOYEES ARE RECEPTIVE OF THAT WHEN THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT STRESS THAT THEY ARE MUCH MORE APT TO BE ABLE TO CONVEYED WHAT IS GOING ON AND BE OPEN TO THAT SUPPORT.

>> Reporter: THE REPORT SAID THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH HAS LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO HELP EMPLOYERS CHANGE WORKING CONDITIONS AIMED AT IMPROVING EMPLOYEE MENTAL HEALTH.

>>> THERE ARE NEW WEAPONS THIS YEAR IN THE FIGHT AGAINST RSV BUT INFANTS OVER SIX MONTHS OF AGE IT MAY BE LEFT OUT AND THEY HAVE A WARNING ABOUT LIMITED SUPPLIES OF SOME DOSAGES OF THE SHOT AND WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW.

>> Reporter: IT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF HOSPITALIZATION FOR INFANTS AND RSV CAN LEAD TO SERIOUS LUNG INFECTIONS AND EVEN DEATH.

>> YOU REALLY JUMP FOR JOY WITH THE NEWS THAT THIS YEAR THAT WE HAVE NOT ONE BUT TWO PRODUCTS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY PREVENT IT.

>> Reporter: THIS WEEK THEY ARE ADVISING THERE ARE LIMITED SUPPLIES OF SOME DOSES OF A MEDICINE THAT CAN PROTECT INFANTS AGAINST SEVERE I -- RSV AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDING DOCTORS RESERVE SCARCE DOSES FOR BABIES AT HIGHEST RISK, THOSE UNDER SIX MONTHS OF AGE AND INFANTS WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT CAN PUT THEM AT HIGHER RISK.

>> THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE ANTICIPATED, THE SHORTAGE, BECAUSE WE WERE SURE THERE WOULD BE PLENTY OF SUPPLY.

TOOK THEY RECOMMEND DOCTORS STOP USING IT FOR BABIES EIGHT THROUGH 19 MONTHS OF AGE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR AN OLDER PROTECTIVE THERAPY THAT HAS TO BE GIVEN ONCE A MONTH THROUGH RSV SEASON UNLIKE THE NEW SHOT WHICH PROVIDE SIX MONTHS OF PROTECTION AFTER A SINGLE DOSE.

DOCTOR SEAN O'LEARY WITH THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS SAYS THERE IS A MATERNAL VACCINE THAT COULD HELP PROTECT AGAINST THIS VIRUS.

>> IT LOOKS TO BE VERY SAFE AND EFFECTIVE BUT CAN BE GIVEN AT 32 WEEKS TO 36 WEEKS GESTATION.

WE ARE NOT HEARING ABOUT SHORTAGES OF THAT ONE.

>> HE SAID THE LIMITED SUPPLY ISSUES WILL HOPEFULLY BE SHORT- TERM.

>> IT IS A BIT OF A SCRAMBLE AND FOR US IT IS FRUSTRATING BUT WE ARE DOING OUR BEST.

>> RESTRICTIONS APPLY PRIMARILY TO THE NEW DOSE OF THE NEW SHOT WHICH IS THE STRENGTH USED FOR BABIES WHO WEIGH 11 POUNDS OR MORE THAT ARE GOING INTO THEIR FIRST RSV SEASON.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY ON LITERACY SAID ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF THOSE ABOVE THE AGE 25 ARE READING AT OR BELOW THE THIRD GRADE LEVEL.

WE FIND OUT ABOUT AN ORGANIZATION IN OCEANSIDE STRIVING TO CHANGE THAT.

>> Reporter: THIS IS A COLLECTION OF LEARNER STORIES AND IT IS A BOOK THAT PAYS HOMAGE TO THE DIVERSITY IN OCEANSIDE.

>> THE STORY BEGINS WITH A JOURNEY TO THE UNITED STATES.

AND WE HOPE ASPIRATION FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE.

>> COME HERE SHE SAID.

I STILL SEEM TO HAVE A HEAVENLY MELODY AND SOUND.

>> I FOUND THIS AND IT WAS ENGLISH BUT -- TOOK EACH OF THE READERS WROTE STORIES IN THE BOOK, BUT NOT LONG AGO THEY COULDN'T SPEAK OR READ OR WRITE ENGLISH.

THEY LEARNED ENGLISH AT OCEANSIDE READS, A LEARNING CENTER THAT HAS BEEN SERVING ADULTS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE FOR 25 YEARS.

>> OUR FOCUS IS ON HELPING ADULTS REACH THEIR GOALS.

SO IF YOU THINK OF ANY ADULT BASIC EDUCATION GOAL BE IT CITIZENSHIP OR READING OR WRITING OR LEARNING TO SPEAK ENGLISH OR READING WITH HER CHILDREN, WE DO HELP PEOPLE WITH ALL OF THOSE GOALS.

TRUCK SHE IS THE LITERACY COORDINATOR AT THE CENTER AND THERE IS ONLY A HANDFUL OF PAID STAFF MEMBERS.

SHE SAID THE REAL WORK COMES FROM VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP TUTOR ENGLISH LEARNERS.

>> OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE THE BACKBONE OF WHAT WE DO.

OUR GROUPS ARE LED BY VOLUNTEERS AND WE TRY TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND HELP THEM FEEL READY TO DO THAT, BUT REALLY IT IS THE COMMUNITY HELPING COMMUNITY, WHICH I THINK IS SO COOL.

>> SHE SAID IT IS A SAFE SPACE FOR PEOPLE INTIMIDATED BY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

GROUP LESSONS AS WELL AS ONE-ON- ONE TUTORING HELP EACH STUDENT REACH THEIR GOALS.

SHE FELT NERVOUS ABOUT TRYING TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE.

SHE DIDN'T WANT TO SHARE HER LAST NAME.

>> I ONLY KNEW HOW TO SAY HELLO BUT WHEN I READ THE BOOK I UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BUT WHEN PEOPLE TALK TO ME, I UNDERSTAND NONE.

BUT NOW, I CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT.

TRUCK SHE SAID STUDENTS HERE HELP EACH OTHER AND CREATE NEW FRIENDSHIPS AS THEY LEARN.

>> WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE HAD TO LEAVE SCHOOL AT AGE 8 AND COMING BACK AT 50 AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOCTORS IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY AND LEARNING ENGLISH AND STARTING OVER.

THERE IS A LOT OF POWER IN INTRODUCING PEOPLE TO OTHERS WHO ARE DIFFERENT FROM THEM AND SEE THE COMMONALITIES.

>> Reporter: THE STUDENTS SHARE THAT THEY ARE PRESENT AND TRYING SOMETHING NEW.

>> YOU CAN DO IT AND YOU CAN BE POSITIVE AND IT MADE YOU BETTER.

>> THE CENTER WELCOMES NEW VOLUNTEERS AND STUDENTS.

THE HOURS ARE FLEXIBLE AND TUTORING AND GROUP LESSONS VARY BETWEEN THE CENTER, OCEANSIDE LIBRARIES, AND COMMUNITY CENTERS.

>>> AFTER TWO SEASONS, THE FORMER SAN DIEGO PADRES MANAGER IS HEADED BACK TO THE BAY AREA AND TODAY HE WAS INTRODUCED AS THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 40th MANAGER IN FRANCHISE HISTORY.

HE SAID HE REALLY ENJOYED HIS TIME WITH THE PADRES BUT FELT IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON AND THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH FULL TIME MANAGEMENT HIGHER FOR THE GENERAL MANAGER AND IN HIS 10 SEASONS WITH THE CLUB.

HE SAID THERE IS ALREADY A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE JOB.

>> WE HAD SOME VERY INTERESTING NAMES AND PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY ACCOMPLISHED THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THIS JOB.

I THINK REALLY IT IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR TEAM AND OUR ROSTER AND THE TALENT AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE MADE THE PLAYOFFS OF THE LAST FEW YEARS IN OUR CITY AND WE HAVE GREAT FANS OF SUPPORT THE TEAM.

>> THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT MANAGER BEGINS IMMEDIATELY AND HE SAID THE ORGANIZATION WILL SIT DOWN WITH SOME INTERNAL CANDIDATES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND HE NOTED THERE IS NO SET TIME FRAME FOR THE HIGHER BUT HE SAID THIS IS THE BIG DECISION THAT HAS TO BE MADE THIS OFF-SEASON AND HE WANTS TO DO IT RIGHT.

>>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THESE WEATHER HEADLINES AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE AS WE CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW DAYS WATCHING SOME AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN MOVING IN THROUGH TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY AND WARMER WEATHER RETURNING AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE WIND STARTS TO COME BACK.

LET'S LOOK AT OUR CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT.

OCEANSIDE IS DOWN TO 60.

YOU WILL NOTICE WHAT WEATHER MOVING IN AND BORREGO SPRINGS AND MOUNT LAGUNA, THINGS WILL BE DRY UNDER A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY LATER TONIGHT.

HEADING INTO THE DAY TOMORROW, WE WILL BE TRACKING THIS FRONT SLIDING FURTHER SOUTH STILL STAYING NORTH OF LA THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH NICER CONDITIONS CONTINUING FOR US AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

PLENTY OF SUNSHINE INTO THE DESERT AND HERE 85 AND LAGUNA 58 BUT WE WILL STUDY -- SEE SOME MORE CLOUDS HERE NEAR OCEANSIDE KEEPING TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 70s AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

FRIDAY, WE HAVE COOLER TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT MOVING IN AS WE WRAP UP THE WEEK AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE COAST.

IT IS NOT A HUGE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE WITH INTO THE LOWER 70s HEADING INTO THE REST OF THE WEEK BUT YOU CAN SEE THE WARM-UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE REST OF THE WEEKEND.

IT IS 78 ON SUNDAY AND BACK TO 80 ON MONDAY.

AND MOVING INLAND FOR THE FIVE DAY OUTLOOK WE WILL KEEP 70s AROUND AND THEN TEMPERATURES START TO SKYROCKET AT THE END OF THE WEEK AND THEN 83 ON SUNDAY AND 86 BY THE TIME WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON MONDAY.

TEMPERATURES FOR THE MOUNTAINS, WE WILL SEE THINGS DIPPING HEADED INTO THE WEEKEND AND WE PEEK AT UPPER 50s THURSDAY WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND 47 IS ALL WE GET THROUGH THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND INTO THE DESERT WE SEE SIMILAR PATTERNS HERE AND THIS IS ALONG THE COAST FURTHER INLAND BUT TEMPERATURES ARE DIVING BACK INTO THE 70s.

>>> A VERY RARE AND WONDERFUL THING HAPPENED AT SEA WORLD RECENTLY WITH THE FIRST EMPEROR PENGUIN CHICK HATCHING IN THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 10 YEARS AND HATCHED AT SEAWORLD SAN DIEGO WHICH IS THE ONLY PLACE OUTSIDE OF ANTARCTICA WHERE YOU COULD SEE AN EMPEROR PENGUIN.

THEY ARE CURRENTLY LISTED AS THREATENED BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF ANTARCTIC SEA ICE AND THE PENGUIN ENCOUNTER HAS A COLONY OF 17 EMPEROR PENGUINS.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW AND THE MORNING EDITION IS HEARING FROM DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ABOUT THEIR VIEWS ON PROLONGED EFFORTS TO SELECT A NEW REPUBLICAN HOUSE SPEAKER.

OUR MIDDAY EDITION IS FOCUSING ON THE ARTS INCLUDING AN EVENT AT THE TIMKEN MUSEUM THIS WEEKEND AND HOLLOWING MOVIE RECOMMENDATIONS.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON HER WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>>> 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.