>>> GOOD EVENING IT IS WEDNESDAY SO THE FIRST, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

WE BEGIN WITH SEARCH UNDERWAY , THE NAVY LOOKING FOR FIVE CREWMEMBERS LOST AT SEA AFTER A HELICOPTER FROM THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN CRASHED INTO THE WATERS OFF OF SAN DIEGO.

STEVE WALSH HAS THE LATEST DETAILS.

>> Reporter: THEY ASKED IT HAPPENED AROUND 4:30 TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

THE MHS 60 HELICOPTER OPERATING ON THE DECK OF THE CARRIER CRASHED ROUGHLY 60 MILES OFF OF THE COAST OF SAN DIEGO.

ONE SAILOR WAS RECOVERED.

THE NAVY AND COAST GUARD SPENT WEDNESDAY SEARCHING FOR FIVE OTHER CREWMEMBERS.

ANOTHER FIVE SAILORS WERE INJURED ON BOARD THE USS LINCOLN.

TWO WERE FLOWN ASHORE FOR TREATMENT AND ARE LISTED IN SERIOUS CONDITION.

THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD AUSTIN ACKNOWLEDGED THE ACCIDENT.

>> I KNOW THE NAVY IS WORKING DILIGENTLY AT SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS.

ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT, I WANT TO PASS ON OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME.

>> Reporter: SINCE 2018, THE NAVY HAD AT LEAST FOR CRASHES INVOLVING VERSIONS OF THIS HELICOPTER.

AND WAS FITTED FOR DUTY CALL THE SEAHAWK.

IN JULY, ONE FITTED FOR AIR RESCUE CRASHED NEAR THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS.

THE CREW IS NOT INJURED BUT THEY COULD NOT BE RESCUED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY IN 2020, SEAHAWK FROM USS BLUE RIDGE CRASHED IN THE PHILLIPINE SEA.

FIVE SAILORS HAD TO BE RESCUED.

IN 2018, 12 SAILORS WERE INJURED WHEN A SEAHAWK CARRIER USS RONALD REAGAN CRASHED AFTER TAKE OFF.

BEFORE THE ACCIDENT TUESDAY, THE SAN DIEGO-BASED USS LINCOLN WAS CONDUCTING AIR TRIALS OFF OF THE COAST.

STEVE WALSH, KPBS NEWS.

>>> U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY CALLED TO THANK ALL MEMBERS THAT SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN AND THOSE THAT DIED IN THE NEARLY 20 YEAR WAR.

>> DO YOU REMEMBER 2461 AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS AND PERSONNEL WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE IN THIS WAR.

MORE THAN 20,000 WOUNDED AMERICANS, SOME STILL CARRYING THE SCARS THAT YOU CANNOT SEE ON THE OUTSIDE.

>> Reporter: SECRETARY AUSTIN ALSO GIVE THE FINAL TOTAL OF EVACUATIONS, 6000 AMERICANS IN MORE THAN 124,000 AFGHAN CIVILIANS.

THE EFFORT TO EVACUATE ANYONE LEFT BEHIND HAS TRANSITIONED FROM A MILITARY MISSION TO A DIPLOMATIC MISSION HANDLED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

>>> A FATHER SHARING HIS FAMILY'S HARROWING EXPERIENCE OF FIGHTING THEIR WAY BACK HOME AFTER VISITING FAMILY IN AFGHANISTAN.

HE ONLY WANTED TO BE IDENTIFIED BY HIS FIRST NAME AND SPOKE WITH OUR MEDIA PARTNER.

THE FATHER OF THREE SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO KEEP THE CHILDREN COME AS GUNSHOTS RANG OUT AT THE KABUL AIRPORT.

>> THEY ISSUED IN THERE.

I WAS TELLING MY DAUGHTER NOT TO WORRY.

NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.

SPIKE AFTER TWO DAYS THE FAMILY MADE IT INTO THE AIRPORTS TO BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY HOME.

ONE OTHER FAMILY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT STILL IS IN AFGHANISTAN.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PASSED WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE A FIRST IN THE NATION RESOLUTION TO DECLARE MISINFORMATION SURROUNDING THE PANDEMIC, A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

AS OUR HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SHOWS US, CAME AFTER HOURS OF PUBLIC COME ON.

>> Reporter: THE RESOLUTION SAYS MISINFORMATION CERAMIC CORONAVIRUS IS PROLONGING THE PANDEMIC AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY FOR SAN DIEGO'S.

DURING A MARATHON ACCORDING TO SO THAT THE REGIONS LARGEST HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS SPOKE IN FAVOR OF IT.

>> THE INFORMATION IS APPOINTED TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING AN EFFECT OF THE HOSPITALS.

WE HAVE A PANDEMIC OF THE UNVESTED IT.

>> THIS IS ABOUT TAKING A MORE ACTIVE ROLE DEVELOPING RESOURCES TO COMBAT MISINFORMATION IN ORDER TO HELP THE COMMITTEE MAKE INFORMED HEALTH CHOICES.

>> JUST OVER 170 PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON THE RESOLUTION WHICH WAS A MAJORITY AGAINST IT AND CLAIMING IT INFRINGES ON THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

>> THE PASS IS TONIGHT THE SUN WILL COME UP IN THE MORNING AND EVERYBODY WILL STILL HAVE THE EXACT SAME ABILITY TO SPEAK OUT.

TO SAY WHATEVER IT IS YOU LIKE TO SAY.

IF THIS PASSES TONIGHT, THE COUNTY WILL BE ON RECORD.

CALLING OUT MISINFORMATION FOR WHAT IT IS.

>> Reporter: THE RESOLUTION DIRECTS COUNTY STAFF TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE COMBATING MISINFORMATION, SOME HEARD WITH THE BOARD MEETING.

>> I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT YOU CAN DO IS GET RID OF THE NOTION THAT THE PFIZER VACCINE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE FDA.

IT HAS NOT.

I CAN GIVE YOU THE LETTER IF YOU WOULD LIKE IT.

>> THE EVERYBODY KNOWS THE COVID TESTS ARE ABSOLUTELY IRRELEVANT.

>> IT IS A BIOTECH SO.

A BIO WEAPON.

>> AND EXPERIMENT WITH GENE THERAPY BIO WEAPON.

I MEAN, YOU CAN CALL IT SO MANY THINGS.

IT IS NOT EVEN A VACCINE.

>> Reporter: SOME QUESTION WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHAT MISINFORMATION IS AND CLAIMED THE PANDEMIC IS BEING MADE UP OR EXAGGERATED.

>> IT'S A BIG PLOTS.

THIS IS A HUGE GAP.

>> YOU ARE CREATING A CRISIS.

IT IS NOT THERE.

>> WHY DO YOU CARE WHO DIES?

IS THAT A BLESSING?

ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THE PLANET, RIGHT?

LET PEOPLE DIE.

LET'S THE PROCESS TAKE PLACE.

>> OTHERS ARE THERE TO VOICE HER CONCERN ABOUT FIXING MANDATES.

>> WE DO NOT WANTED IT ALL.

WE JUST WANT TO HAVE THE CHOICE TO OPT OUT.

>> Reporter: THE BOARD WAS SPLIT.

>> MINIMUS I WANT TO SEE OUR NEIGHBORS DIE OR FAMILY OR FRIENDS BUT, I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU STOP MISINFORMATION NOR WHAT I WANT TO.

>> Reporter: THE SUPERVISORS ULTIMATELY VOTED 3-2 TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.

>> I BELIEVE MASKS WORK.

I BELIEVE THE VACCINE WORKS.

I BELIEVE -- SO, I AM NOT GOING TO BACK DOWN FROM DOING WHAT I BELIEVE IS RIGHT.

>> Reporter: MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> FOR THE LATEST ON THE PANDEMIC AND RESOURCES CHECK OUT THE TRACKING COVID-19 SECTION OF KPBS.ORG.

THAT INCLUDES DETAILS ON VACCINES , THE LATEST CASE NUMBERS, AND LOCAL REPORTING.

YOU CAN GET THERE CLICKING THE LINK ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

>>> MORE THAN 50,000 PEOPLE ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM FLAMES THAT ALREADY BURNED OVER 200,000 ACRES.

THE CALDOR FIRE DESTROYED 544 HOMES AND NEARLY 35,000 STRUCTURES NEAR LAKE TAHOE.

IS JUST 20% CONTAINED TONIGHT AND POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS MAKE IT'S LIKELY TO CONTINUE SPREADING.

>> Reporter: FIRE CREWS BRACING TO CONTAIN THE CALDOR FIRE AS THE BLAZE NOW TURNS AND THREATENS PARTS OF NEVADA.

>> WE ARE USING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES.

EVERYTHING WE HAVE.

>> Reporter: FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHTS TO PROTECT HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN THE ENCLAVE OF SOUTH LAKE TAHOE.

TUESDAY THE STREETS FILLED WITH DENSE SMOKE LEAVING THE AREA COMPLETELY DESERTED.

CREWS ARE STANDING BY TO PROTECT HOMES AS FLAMES STARTED COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE.

RESIDENCE PREPARING FOR THE WORST, FEARFUL THEY WOULD LOSE EVERYTHING.

>> WHAT IS GOING FOR YOUR MIND?

SPIKE EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW?

OUR HOTEL, OUR WHOLE TOWN.

OUR JOBS.

EVERYTHING.

>> Reporter: DRY CONDITIONS OF HEAVY WIND FIELDS THE CALDOR FIRE SEVERAL DAYS, SO FAR, HIS BIRDS NEARLY 200,000 ACRES.

CALIFORNIA IS TAKING EVERY MEASURE TO TRY TO CONTAIN THE CALDOR FIRE BUT FLAMES DROPPING RETARDED CHEMICALS AND HUNDREDS OF FIRETRUCKS AND WATER TRUCKS IN THE AREA ARE READY TO HELP.

THE STATE IS ALSO DEPLOYING THOUSANDS OF FIREFIGHTERS AND NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO BATTLE THE BLAZE.

ALL RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS IN EL DORADO COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO EVACUATE.

>> WOULD WE GOING TO THE HOUSE, WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE BOXES AND IT'S LIKE OKAY, WHAT CAN I LEAVE HIDE AND WHAT DO I HAVE TO TAKE?

WE HAVE X KIDS.

SO, IT WAS VERY HARD TO SAY OKAY, DO I KEEP PRESCHOOL PICTURES?

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 53,000 RESIDENTS SCRAMBLE TO PACK AND GET OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, CAUSING TRAFFIC JAMS THAT LEFT ROADWAYS BACKED UP FOR MILES.

>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.

TAHOE BE DESERTED AND EMPTY BEFORE.

>> Reporter: EVACUEES FORCE TO SET UP CAMP AT A SHELTER IN CARSON CITY, NEVADA.

>> I HAVE THE CLOTHES ON THE BACK RIGHT NOW AND THE IMPORTANT PAPERS.

THAT IS IT.

I AM WORRIED.

>> CREWS ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON THE CHAPARRAL FIRE BURNING IN SAN DIEGO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES.

IT IS NOT 80% CONTAINED UP FROM 50% YESTERDAY.

MORE THAN 1400 ACRE FIRE ERUPTED LAST WEEKEND AT THE EDGE OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST.

TWO STRUCTURES BURNED AND A FIREFIGHTER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

ALL CALIFORNIA NATIONAL FORESTS ARE CLOSED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17th BECAUSE OF WELFARE CONDITIONS.

>>> A NEW RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR LANDLORDS IS NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COUNTY WITH A TENANT PROGRAM STARTING FRIDAY.

AS OUR KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER FOUND OUT, SOME ARE HESITANT TO APPLY.

>> Reporter: THE PANDEMIC CAUSED MANY SAN DIEGO RENTERS TO FALL LATE ON RENT.

ALTHOUGH RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS HAVE BECOME AVAILABLE, SHE SAYS PEOPLE ARE NOT RUSHING TO APPLY.

BACK THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND UNKNOWNS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND IT IS HARD FOR THEM TO TRUST THIS TYPE OF ASSISTANCE AND PARTICULARLY THE POPULATION WE SERVE AND WE FOCUS ON IN MY PROGRAM.

>> Reporter: SHE MANAGES PROGRAMS FOR OUTREACH AND MIGRANT HEALTH FOR THE COMMUNITY CLINIC.

STARTING TODAY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS CLINIC WILL BEGIN OUTREACH FOR THE COUNTIES NEWEST RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

THIS ONE IS AIMED AT HELPING LANDLORDS OPERATING LESS THAN FIVE RENTAL UNITS.

QUALIFYING LANDLORDS MAY RECEIVE UP TO $50,000 PER UNIT IN LATE RENT DATING BACK TO A FULL 2020.

SHE IS THE HOUSING PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE.

SHE SAYS THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THIS PROGRAM IS ALSO ONLINE.

SOMETHING NOT EVERYONE IS COMFORTABLE WITH.

>> AND A TECH SAVVY WORLD YOU THINK EVERYBODY WOULD BE UP TO PAR ON TECHNOLOGY AND HOW WE CAN GET DOCUMENTS DONE.

WE HAD A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED CAPACITY WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO ONLINE.

MANY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO MANEUVER THROUGH ONLINE PORTALS OR UPLOAD DOCUMENTS.

>> Reporter: MANY TIMES PEOPLE NEEDING ASSISTANCE FOR A FACE- TO-FACE MEETING VERSUS ONLINE OR OVER THE PHONE.

THE COUNTY IS RELYING ON COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP WITH IT.

>> I THINK THE COUNTY LEARNED A LOT FROM THE TRUSTED MESSENGER MODEL WITH OTHER EFFORTS AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID FOR THE TYPE OF APPROACH AND PUTTING RESOURCES INTO THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: INFORMATION ON RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS CAN BE FOUND ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE OR BY CALLING 211 TO CONNECT TO A LOCAL AGENCY FOR ASSISTANCE.

TONYA FOREIGN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> STILL CLIMBING, THE PRICE OF A HOME IN SAN DIEGO HAS GOT MORE THAN 27% IN YEAR.

THEN IS THE SECOND LARGEST PRICE JUMPED IN THE COUNTRY.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO CASE LOGIC REPORTS.

SAID EAGLE PRICES ALSO EXCEEDED OTHER CALIFORNIA HOME RECORDS PRETTY MUCH AREA STILL HAS NOT REACHED ITS RECORD WHICH WAS DIRTY 3.4% OVER 12 MONTHS RECORDED IN JULY OF 2004.

ANALYSTS SAY THE LOWER INVENTORY OF AVAILABLE HOMES COUPLED WITH LOWER MORTGAGE RATES AND REMOTE WORKERS ARE ALL FACTORS THAT KEEP THE MARKET HIGH.

THE ONLY MARKET WITH PRICE GAINS HIGHER THAN SAN DIEGO WOULD BE PHOENIX, ARIZONA JUST OVER 29%.

>>> WE HAVE AN UPDATE ABOUT A SOUTH BAY BREWERY THAT WAS RECENTLY FORCED TO TAKE DOWN ITS OUTDOOR DINING AREA WHILE NEIGHBORS WERE ABLE TO KEEP THEIRS.

MELISSA MAY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY.

>> Reporter: JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO THE OWNER OF THE BREWERY WAS ORDERED TO TAKE DOWN THE OUTDOOR DINING SPACE.

HE QUESTIONED WHY HIS NEIGHBORS COULD KEEP THEIRS.

TODAY -- >> Reporter: THE CITY GRANTED TODAY TIMOTHY PARKER AND THE CHULA VISTA BREWERY A NEW PARKING SPACE.

TODAY, WE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF IN THAT REGARD.

>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION OF JUSTICE ADVOCATES HELPED FILE THE ORIGINAL CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA.

TODAY WAS CONSIDERED A WIN FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

>> WE PLAN TO DO MOVING FORWARD WILL BE AN AWESOME ADDITION AND I HAVE TO THINK EVERYBODY INVOLVED THAT HELP ME DO THIS.

>> Reporter: TIMOTHY PARKER IS THE OWNER OF THE BREWERY AND GRATEFUL THE CITY IS GIVING HIM A PERMIT FOR AN OUTDOOR SPACE TO COME FROM AT HIS NEW FOOD TRUCK.

THE NATIONAL LACK CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION ALREADY PLANS TO RELOCATE THE PLANTS AND CREATE A HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE DECK TO ADD UP TO 30 ADDITIONAL SEATS AND BE AN EXTENSION OF THE BREWERY.

>> THIS RESTORES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BUSINESS TO SUSTAIN ITS ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY.

ARE THE THINGS WE ARE SO PROUD TO DO IS THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING OR WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECTS AND THE OWNERS TO DIVIDE AND DESIGN SOMETHING IS STATICALLY ENHANCING TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL BLACK CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION.

HE SAYS BUILDING THE OUTER SPACE TURNS WHAT COULD'VE BEEN A TRAGEDY OF INJUSTICE INTO A SHOWPIECE OF JUSTICE.

THE BREWERY IS ALSO GETTING $15,000 IN COVID RELIEF ONCE FROM THE CITY PROGRAM TO HELP LOCAL BUSINESSES BUILD PARKWAYS.

MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE FALL SEMESTER KICKED OFF TODAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO.

AN ESTIMATED 31,000 STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED AND ACADEMICS AND ELECTRIC STUDENTS WILL STILL DEAL WITH THE PET MEDIC.

80% OF STUDENTS AND 91% OF EMPLOYEES ARE VACCINATED.

THOSE GRANTED EXEMPTIONS MUST BE REGULARLY TESTED.

MASKS ARE REQUIRED ON CAMPUS.

>>> A LOT EFFECTIVELY BATTING ABORTIONS AT SIX WEEKS IS NOW IN EFFECT IN TEXAS AFTER THE U.S. SUPREME COURT DID NOT ACT ON CALLS FOR ABORTION RIGHTS ACTIVIST BLOCK IT.

THE IN ACTION IS RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF ROE V. WADE.

TRUCK WITH YOUR SUPREME COURT NOT STEPPING IN TO STOP IT, ONE OF THE NATIONS MOST RESTRICTIVE ABORTION LAWS TOOK EFFECT IN TEXAS MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY.

FURTHER INTERVENTION BY THE COURTS, ABORTIONS ARE BANNED AFTER SIX WEEKS, ONCE A FETAL HEARTBEAT CAN BE DETECTED AND FOR MANY WOMEN BEFORE THEY EVEN KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT.

>> A RIGHT TO LIFE.

>> Reporter: GREG ABBOTT SIGNED THE LAW IN MAY.

THERE ARE NO EXPECTIONS FOR RAPE OR INCEST COME ONLY CONSIDERATIONS FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.

ALLOWS PRIVATE CITIZENS TO FILE CIVIL SUITS AGAINST ANYONE WHO SITS A PERSON WHO RECEIVES ABORTION SERVICES IN VIOLATION OF THE BAN INCLUDING PROVIDERS BUT ALSO SOMEONE WHO SIMPLY DRIVES A PATIENT TO AN ABORTION CLINIC.

SUCCESSFUL PLAINTIFFS ARE ENTITLED TO A MINIMUM $10,000 IN DAMAGES.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS AMONG ABORTION PROVIDERS ENGAGE IN THE COURT BATTLE AGAINST THE LAW.

>> EMPOWERING ANY CITIZEN OF ANY STATE TO BRING ESSENTIALLY A BOUNTY ON TO ANYONE WHO IS SUPPORTING SOMEONE TRYING TO GET AN ABORTION IN TEXAS IS REALLY WHAT IS JUST SO TRUCK AUDIO.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN CALL THE LAW EXTREME AND A BLATANT VIOLATION OF ROE V. WADE.

THE SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT LEGALIZED ABORTION NATIONWIDE WILL FACE A CHALLENGE NEXT TERM.

THE CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY COURT WILL PUT ARGUMENTS AROUND A MISSISSIPPI LAW THAT BANS ABORTIONS AFTER 18 WEEKS.

IN WASHINGTON, KPBS NEWS .

>>> FROM WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES TOO DANGEROUS HERE.

THE IMPACT OF IDA IS FELT THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

AS GERALD FORD REPORTS, THE SYSTEM IS NOW MOVING NORTH WHERE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS FORECASTED.

>> IT IS HORRIBLE HERE WE GO.

HORRIBLE.

>> Reporter: NO ELECTRICITY, SCORCHING HEAT, FOOD, WATER AND GAS IN SHORT SUPPLY.

>> THEY WILL WAIT HOURS TO GET GAS.

SEVEN OR EIGHT HOURS A DAY.

IT IS NOT GOOD.

>> Reporter: MANY LEFT LOUISIANA LINED UP FOR GAS SOME CHOSE TO RIDE OUT THE STORM NOW PACKING THE HIGHWAYS TO GET OUT.

OTHERS TRYING TO KEEP THEIR GENERATORS GOING.

>> WE ARE HOPING THAT WE CAN GET GAS.

>> Reporter: CREWS STRUGGLING TO RESTORE POWER.

THERE IS NO END IN SIGHT.

OFFICALS SAY THE POWER COULD BE OUT FOR WEEKS IN LOUISIANA.

>> THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN OUT THERE IN THE HEAT WORKING HARD TO GET IT BACK ON.

NOBODY IS HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS.

>> Reporter: IN PLACES WHERE IDA RICCI MOST HAVE IT.

CLEANUP IS UNDERWAY.

DAMAGE TO HOMES, ROADS, BRIDGES AND BUSINESSES.

>> THIS IS DEVASTATING.

NOTHING LEFT OF THE SHOPPING CENTER.

>> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR IS URGING THE STATES TO REMAIN IN HIGH ALERT FOR WATCHING OUT FOR UNSAFE ROADS AND BRIDGES.

>> WITH FLOODING AND OTHER AVENUES, IT IS REALLY CHALLENGING.

>> Reporter: ITEM IS NOT DONE YET.

OTHER STATES NOW FEELING THE IMPACT.

A POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OR GO IN NEW ORLEANS.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> TROPICAL MOISTURE SLOWLY EXITING HERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, BRINGING SUNSHINE AND DRIER CONDITIONS BACK INTO THE FORECAST.

ALSO, WARMER TEMPERATURES, WE SEE A RISE, NOT SIGNIFICANT BUT A COUPLE DEGREES FOR THE MOST PART WARMING UP OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

HEADING INTO TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES ON THE, DELETE MID 60s.

THE LOW 70s WITH CLOUD COVERAGE A MARINE LAYER THICKENING UP TONIGHT INTO THE MORNING HOURS PER WE SHOULD SEE THINGS CLEAR UP AS WE MOVE INTO THE AFTERNOON.

WE GO BACK INTO THE MID-70s IN SAN DIEGO, OKLAHOMA MID 80s.

TRIPLE DIGITS IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

THE PATTERN LOOKS THE SAME, PRETTY TRANQUIL INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

YOU NOTICE CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ALL OF THE WOULD WEATHER LOOKS TO STAY KIND CAN FIND HERE TO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION.

EVEN THAT SHOULD BE LESSENING A LITTLE BIT HERE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

DRIER, CALMER, WARMER PATTERNS SETTING APPEAR.

AS YOU THE FORECAST NEAR THE COAST, CHAPTERS GO FROM THE MID- 70s UP INTO THE LOW 80s HERE FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

BACK INTO THE UPPER 70s AS WE HEAD INTO MONEY.

FURTHER INLAND, TEMPERATURES WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A MORE DRAMATIC WARM APPEAR, WE GO FROM THE LOW 80s WITH SOME LOW CLOUDS AND FOG ON THURSDAY TO THE UPPER 80s BY SATURDAY.

90s IN THE FORECAST SUNDAY WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE IN THE FORECAST.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, LOW 70s HERE INTO THE LOW TO MID 70s BY THE TIME WE GET INTO NEXT WEEK.

NOT A LOT OF CHANGE, WE SEE A LITTLE MORE CLOUD COVERAGE FOR THE SECOND WEEKEND.

NO REAL SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE IN THE FORECAST.

LIKELY MORE IN THE WAY OF SUNSHINE OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.

IN THE DESERT, TEMPERS GO FROM TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT OF 100 TO 15 OR 17 AS WE MOVE IT TO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY I METEOROLOGIST JESSICA PASH FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> GIVING A VOICE TO UNDERREPRESENTED STOOGES COMMUNITIES.

BETH DR. MONDO PICS WITH THREE PLAYWRIGHTS TO FIND OUT WHAT INSPIRED THEM AND WHAT STORIES THEY WANTED TO TELL.

>> Reporter: GET READY FOR THE NEW PLAY FESTIVAL.

>> THE SHOW YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS A CONSTRUCT OF FACT AND FANTASY.

>> Reporter: THE ARTISTIC INSPIRATION COMES FROM MANY PLACES OR, JUST ONE.

>> ANGER INSPIRED ME.

THAT IS WHAT.

THAT IS WHAT INSPIRED ME.

>> Reporter: THE PLAYWRIGHTS HIT APPOINTED POINT AFTER JENNIFER CREW CONFESSED TO BEING A RACIAL IMPOSTER.

>> THAT DEEPLY UPSET BECAUSE SHE WAS A WHITE WOMAN SPECIFICALLY ACTING LaTINA AND I AM LaTINA AND I HAD TO FIGHT AND CLAW MY WAY INTO GETTING OTHER PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE MY IDENTITY.

AND ALL THIS WHITE WOMAN HAD TO DO WAS 10 HER SKIN.

>> Reporter: AND LED TO THE PLAY BLACK SKIN.

>> Reporter: THE SHORT VERSION IS ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.

THE EASIEST WAY TO SAY IT IS A STUDENT STARTS TO QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT HER PROFESSOR IS ACTUALLY CUBAN OR NOT.

MEANWHILE, THERE IS A LESION CHARACTER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF SHE COUNTS AS PART OF THE LaTINA IDENTITY AS WELL.

IS KIND OF AN EXPIRATION OF WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE PART OF THE IDENTITY THAT ENCOMPASSES SO MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ALSO DIFFERENT AND WHO DO WE GIVE ACCESS TO AND WHO DO WE KEEP OUT AND WHY?

>> Reporter: SHE SPECIFICALLY SETS THE PLAY IN A CITY SHE DESCRIBES IS ONE THE THINGS THAT IS LIBERAL BECAUSE THAT IS ANOTHER SOURCE OF ANGER.

>> YEAH KIND OF REALLY WANT TO SAY DON'T TRY TO PUT THIS IN A SOUTHERN TOWN WHERE THEY DO NOT KNOW BETTER.

THIS IS A LIBERAL TOWN WHERE PEOPLE EMBRACE DIVERSITY YET THE STUFF KEEPS HAPPENING.

>> Reporter: BUT FOR DANIELLE IT WAS THE CARTOON POCAHONTAS AND IN THE EPIPHANY SHE HAD THAT INSPIRED HER PLAY >> I REMEMBER A MOMENT IN THE SIXTH GRADE WHEN I WAS LEARNING ABOUT DECOLONIZATION OF THE CARIBBEAN AND THE AMERICAS.

AND, LEARNING HOW OLD POCAHONTAS PROBABLY ASKED ALWAYS.

SHE WAS LIKE, THE AGES OF 11 AND 14.

ME REALIZING I AM 11.

THERE IS NO WAY THAT ME HAVING A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH A 30-YEAR-OLD MAN IS OKAY.

THAT IS THAT.

>> Reporter: THE LETTER EXPLORES INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA.

>> THE IDEA THE TRAUMA HAPPENED TO AN ANCESTOR THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE OR MORE GENERATIONS AGO CAN MANIFEST AS AN ANXIETY ATTACK OR A PARTICULAR INSECURITY.

IT IS REALLY INTERESTING TO ME.

I LIKE TO THINK BECAUSE OF THAT IN A WAY HISTORY IS ALWAYS HAPPENING.

IT'S NOT IN THE PAST IT REVERBERATES THROUGH WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: THE PAST WAS A MAJOR SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR ANOTHER PLAY.

>> IT IS KIND OF AN OLD IF YOU WILL TO MY GRANDPARENTS GENERATION.

COMING OUT OF THE DEPRESSION AREA EXPERIENCE I THINK KIND OF CREATE A PATHWAY FOR A MEXICAN AMERICAN IDENTITY.

>> Reporter: INFORMING THE IDENTITY WAS MUSIC WHICH HE SAYS WAS THE ORIGIN OF ACCORDION BASED MEXICAN AMERICAN MUSIC.

>> THE ACCORDION AND THE MUSIC I REALLY THINK IS THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WORKING-CLASS EXPERIENCE OF THE 20th CENTURY.

WHEN PEOPLE LISTEN TO THE ACCORDION, I THINK IT IS VERY NOSTALGIC.

IT IS A VERY EXPRESSIVE INSTRUMENT IN THE WAY IT BREATHES.

>> LISTEN TO HER BREATHE.

>> I LEARNED EARLY ON TO APPRECIATE THE INSTRUMENT AND APPRECIATE WHAT IT REPRESENTED FOR THE CULTURE OF SAN ANTONIO FOR THE MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE ESTIMATE BECOMES A CHARACTER IN THE PLAY EXPLORES HOW THE MUSIC IS DEVELOPED AS AN EXPRESSION OF CULTURAL RESISTANCE AND LIBERATION.

HE CARRIES ON THE TRADITION OF ACTIVISM IN HIS PLAY WHICH WAS INSPIRED BY THE LEGACY OF ANOTHER PLAY.

>> A THEATER WITH A PURPOSE.

THERE IS A MAGIC THAT HAPPENS IN THE ENGAGEMENT IN LIFE THEATER.

GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SERIOUS ISSUES AND ASK REALLY IMPORTANT AND DIFFICULT QUESTIONS.

AWAY THAT IS ACCESSIBLE AND ENTERTAINING.

>> Reporter: AND INSPIRING OTHER PEOPLE TO TELL THEIR OWN STORIES.

YOU CAN ENJOY THE STORIES AS PART OF THE SAN DIEGO LET'S NEXT NEW PLAY FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES, THE SEACH CONTINUES 45 MISSING SAILORS AFTER A U.S. NAVY HELICOPTER CRASHED OFF THE COAST TO SAN DIEGO.

ONE SAILOR WAS RESCUED SHORTLY AFTER TODAY'S CRASH AND IS IN THE HOSPITAL.

FIVE OTHER SAILORS ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN CARRIER WHERE THE CHOPPER WAS BASED WERE INJURED.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISORS DECLARED COVID-19 MISINFORMATION A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

LAST NIGHT THE 3-2 VOTE FOLLOWED HOURS OF PASSIONATE PUBLIC COMMENT WITH PEOPLE EXPRESSING CONCERN IT WOULD DISCOURAGE THE FREE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS.

YOU CAN FIND AT MORE ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING IS, I AM MAYA TRABULSI , GOOD NIGHT.