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>>> AT EVENING, IT IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, TRYING TO GET THROUGH ANOTHER DAY OF SCORCHING HEAT AND FOR MOST OF US IT IS NOT EASY.

IF YOUR LOCAL SCHOOLS ARE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING OR DEALING WITH BROKEN ONES, BEATING THE HEAT MEANS LETTING KIDS GO HOME EARLY.

THIS AS DISTRICTS SCRAMBLED TO INSTALL PORTABLE UNITS IN THE NAME OF SAFETY.

HERE IS KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER M.G.

PEREZ.

>> Reporter: IT IS RAINING SUNSHINE AND SIZZLING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE COUNTY, WHICH MAKES IT CONVENIENT THAT THIS IS A MINIMUM DAY AT MANY SCHOOLS, LIKE SHERMAN ELEMENTARY.

THE AIR CONDITIONING IS BACK ON AFTER A BRIEF BREAKDOWN LAST WEEK.

TO THE RELIEF OF PARENTS TRYING THEIR BEST TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN SAFE.

>> IT IS VERY HOT, OBVIOUSLY THE TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW.

JUST BEING IN A CLASSROOM WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE, IT MAKES IT FEEL HOTTER.

>> Reporter: SHERMAN ELEMENTARY IS IN THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH HAS BEEN MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN MOST IN KEEPING KIDS COOL.

THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD WAS THINKING ABOUT AIR CONDITIONING WELL BEFORE THE LATEST HEAT WAVE.

BACK IN 2015, THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED A MASTER PLAN TO INSTALL A C IN EVERY CLASSROOM, PAID FOR WITH BOND MONEY.

THAT PLAN WORKED FOR THE MOST PART, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH DID NOT GET AIR CONDITIONING BECAUSE THE DISTRICT WAS TIED UP IN A DISPUTE WITH THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO OVER ANOTHER LONG- TERM LEASE OF THE LAND HERE.

I GOT FIGURED OUT AND RENOVATIONS ARE UNDERWAY, WITH AC GRADUALLY BEING INSTALLED.

BUT IT IS A BIG CAMPUS.

THE MAC IMAGINE HEADING TO ONE CLASS AND ANOTHER CLASS AND THEY ARE REALLY FAR FROM EACH OTHER, SO BY THE TIME I GET THE CLASS I AM THIRSTY, SWEATY.

NO ERROR.

IT IS SO HARD.

>> Reporter: THE CONTRACTOR DOING RENOVATIONS HAS PROVIDED PORTABLE AC UNITS.

THE DISTRICT HAS DISTRIBUTED 120 ADDITIONAL UNITS TO OTHER SCHOOLS WHERE THE AIR CONDITIONING WENT OUT.

>> THE WAY WE TRIAGE HOW TO PRIORITIZE REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW MANY FOLKS ARE AFFECTED BY AN OUTAGE.

AN ENTIRE SCHOOL GOES DOWN, THAT WILL BE PRIORITIZED OVER A SCHOOL THAT LOST AIR CONDITIONING PART WAY.

>> Reporter: THREE SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO BE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING INCLUDING MIDLAND ELEMENTARY, WHERE PARENTS PICKED UP KIDS AT NOON TO GET THEM HOME FROM THE HEAT.

BERNARDO HEIGHTS AND RANCHO BERNARDO HIGH SCHOOL ALSO HAVE NO CONSISTENT AIR-CONDITIONING, SO STUDENTS ARE BEING RELEASED EARLY AS WELL.

PARENTS HAVE BEEN PROMISED CREWS ARE WORKING TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

MEANWHILE THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION IS MONITORING THE SITUATION AND OFFERING SUPPORT AS IT CAN.

>> I SERVE AS A LITTLE BIT OF AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER CONNECTING SCHOOL LEADERS WITH THE PEOPLE FROM CAL FIRE, FROM SDG&E, AGENCIES LIKE PUBLIC HEALTH TO MAKE SURE SCHOOL LEADERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION TO KEEP KIDS SAFE.

>> Reporter: THE HEAT IS ON AND SO ARE THE SOLUTIONS TO DEAL WITH IT.

M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A BIG QUESTION AND CONCERN ON MOST OF OUR MINDS IS, WILL THE POWER STAY ON?

OFFICIALS ARE DOING ALL THAT THEY CAN TO KEEP THE GRID RUNNING AND PLEADING WITH PEOPLE TO CONSERVE POWER, ESPECIALLY FROM NOW UNTIL 9:00 TONIGHT.

GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM IS PRAISING CALIFORNIANS FOR RESPONDING TO TEXT MESSAGE ALERTS TO CUT BACK USED DURING A TIME OF RECORD DEMAND.

THAT HAS SAVED UTILITY COMPANIES FROM RESORTING TO ROTATING POWER OUTAGES.

>> 27 MILLION OF THOSE TEXT MESSAGES HAVE GONE OUT AND WITHIN 45 MINUTES WE SAW A ROUGHLY 2600 MEGAWATT REDUCTION IN USAGE.

HAD THAT NOT HAPPENED, WE WOULD HAVE HAD SOME EPISODIC LOAD REDUCTION.

>> IVAN RODRIGUEZ, WITH A LOOK AT THE EXTREME CONDITIONS AND WHEN RELIEF MAY BE IN SIGHT.

>> Reporter: FOR THE EIGHTH DAY IN A ROW, THE CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR IS URGING RESIDENTS TO CONSERVE POWER.

THE SWELTERING HEAT CONTINUES TO FRY THE GOLDEN STATE.

10 CITIES IN CALIFORNIA SET ALL- TIME HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS TUESDAY.

IN DAVIS, CALIFORNIA, SOME RESIDENTS LOST POWER AS TEMPERATURES REACHED A HIGH OF 113 DEGREES.

>> A HOT DAY.

I WAS TRYING TO COOL OFF AND EVERYTHING SHUT OFF.

>> Reporter: THE CONDITIONS AGGRAVATING DEADLY WILDFIRES ACROSS THE AREA.

FIREFIGHTERS ARE BATTLING THE FAIRVIEW FIRE.

THE FIRE BURNING 5000 ACRES AND KILLING TWO PEOPLE AS OF WEDNESDAY AND IT REMAINS ONLY 5% CONTAINED.

>> WE ARE ALL LIGHT AND A FEW OF HER NEIGHBORS ARE ALL RIGHT.

>> Reporter: THE HEAT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH FRIDAY.

>> HOPEFULLY THINGS GET BETTER SOON, NEXT WEEK.

>> Reporter: A GROWING CONCERN NOW COMING FROM 200 MILES OFF THE COAST OF SAN DIEGO.

HURRICANE KAY COULD BRING EXTREME RAIN TO THE COAST A STRONG WIND HAD CEASED.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SPEAKING OF HURRICANE KAY, WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THE IMPACT IN SAN DIEGO AND WHEN WE COULD SEE THE CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS A COOLDOWN, COMING UP IN YOUR FULL WEATHER FORECAST.

>>> A NEW VERSION OF THE COVID BOOSTER HAS ARRIVED IN SAN DIEGO.

TONIGHT THE COUNTY CONFIRMED IT RECEIVED THE FIRST SHIPMENT OF DOSES, BUT GETTING IT WILL BE A CHALLENGE.

HERE IS KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL.

>> Reporter: FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THIS MORNING, A CALL FOR MOST PEOPLE TO GET THE NEW BOOSTER.

>> WE EXPECT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO GET THE SHOP THIS MONTH AS FOLKS GET BACK TO SCHOOL AND BACK TO HIM WORK AND BACK TO THE REGULAR ROUTINES.

>> Reporter: BUT WHO SHOULD GET THE SHOT AND WHEN?

WE REACHED OUT TO HEALTH SYSTEMS AS WELL AS THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

NO ONE WAS AVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW, BUT WE DID SUBMIT A LIST OF QUESTIONS TO THE COUNTY.

AS TO WHO AND WHEN, A HEALTH DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON SAID ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF 18 WHO HAD TWO VACCINES WITH THE LAST ONE COMING TWO MONTHS AGO.

THOSE WITH COMORBIDITY SHOULD CHECK WITH THEIR HEALTH PROVIDER AND SCHEDULE A BOOSTER.

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THE NEW BOOSTERS ARE NOT HERE YET INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS.

THE SPOKESPERSON SAID SOME LOCAL PHARMACIES HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN THEM AND SOME MEDICAL GROUPS MAY HAVE AS WELL.

WE WERE TOLD BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 6 AND NINE.

WE DID HEAR BACK FROM SCRIPPS HEALTH.

THERE SPOKESPERSON SAID THEY HAD ALREADY REQUESTED 8000 DOSES AND THEY EXPECT TO GET THEM SOMETIME THIS WEEK.

THE NEW BOOSTER COMBINES ELEMENTS OF THE ORIGINAL VACCINE ALONG WITH PROTECTION AGAINST THE CURRENTLY CIRCULATING VERSIONS OF OMICRON.

NOW THAT SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION OR SOON WILL BE, PARENTS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IF THEIR CHILDREN SHOULD GET THEM.

THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS YES.

12 AND OLDER CAN GET THE PFIZER VERSION.

THE MODERNA VACCINE IS FOR PEOPLE 18 AND UP.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS FARED MUCH BETTER THAN MUCH OF THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO COVID.

AS WE HEAD INTO FALL AND WINTER, THE HOPE IS WITH SPREADING IMMUNITY IN THE NEW BOOSTERS, IT CAN STAY RIGHT WHERE IT IS, IN THE LOW RISK CATEGORY.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> NEW NUMBERS JUST-RELEASED SHOW 321 TOTAL CASES OF MONKEYPOX IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THIS COMES AS THE FDA IS CLEARING REDTAPE TO ALLOW FOR INCREASED TESTING CAPACITY.

KPBS SPOKE WITH A LOCAL DOCTOR WHOSE MONKEYPOX ADVICES GOING VIRAL.

>> I'M GIVING YOU A MONKEYPOX UPDATE -- >> Reporter: SAN DIEGO-BASED DR. CARLTON THOMAS HAS RACKED UP MILLIONS OF VIEWS ON TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM, GIVING OUT INFORMATION ABOUT MONKEYPOX SYMPTOMS, VACCINES, AND HOW THE VIRUS SPREADS.

>> MESSAGING MATTERS AND WHEN IT COMES FROM SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO IS VERY SEX POSITIVE, WHO IS A GAY MAN, WHEN IT COMES FOR ME IT IS EASIER TO LISTEN TO THAN IF IT WERE TO COME FROM SOME CRUSTY, HETEROSEXUAL, 75- YEAR-OLD GUY IN A SUIT AND TIE.

>> Reporter: THOMAS SAYS MESSAGING HAS NOT BEEN CONSISTENT FROM HEALTH OFFICIALS.

THE MAJORITY OF CASES ARE AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN AND WHILE CLOSE SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT IS A WAY TO TRANSMIT MONKEYPOX, IT IS MAINLY SPREADING THROUGH SEX.

>> I THINK THERE IS FEAR OF ANGER IN THE GAY COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT AND ALSO A FEAR OF HAVING IT BE WEAPONIZE.

SO I THINK THE MESSAGING BECAUSE OF THAT FINE LINE THAT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE TO WALK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT DEMONIZED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME EDUCATED.

>> Reporter: WITH MONKEYPOX VACCINES AND LIMITED SUPPLY, THOMAS HAS BEEN USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT WHEN APPOINTMENTS BECOME AVAILABLE.

HE ALSO DOES LIVE Q&A VIDEOS AND SAYS MOST PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THE VACCINES.

PERSONALLY HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE DATA.

>> THERE IS A THEORETICAL 98% RECOVERY AFTER TWO SHOTS.

THERE IS ALSO THE THEORETICAL THAT ONCE YOU GET MONKEYPOX YOU NEVER GET IT AGAIN, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT.

WE NEED DATA ABOUT VACCINE EFFECTIVENESS, ABOUT ANTIBODY LEVELS AND WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE ARE GETTING INFECTED AFTER THOSE TWO SHOTS.

>> Reporter: WITH ADEQUATE SUPPLY VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE AT COUNTY SITES.

KEEP IN MIND APPOINTMENTS ARE TYPICALLY REQUIRED.

NATIONWIDE AND IN CALIFORNIA MONKEYPOX CASES HAVE BEEN TRENDING DOWNWARD, SOMETHING THOMAS ATTRIBUTES TO VACCINATIONS AND BEHAVIOR CHANGES.

>> IT MADE A DIFFERENCE.

THIS 40% DROP IN CASES, ALTHOUGH I DON'T WANT TO BECOME COMPLACENT, BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU BECOME COMPLACENT ABOUT A DROP, THINGS START GOING BACK UP AGAIN.

WE STILL NEED TO PROTECT OURSELVES AND GET THOSE VACCINES.

>> Reporter: ANYONE CAN CONTRACT MONKEYPOX.

IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY JUST UNDER 7000 DOSES HAVE BEEN GIVEN OUT.

THERE IS ANOTHER COUNTY SPONSORED VACCINE CLINIC ON THURSDAY, BUT ALL OF THOSE SLOTS HAVE BEEN FILLED UP.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE HAVE A SPECIAL PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE TRACKING THE LATEST MONKEYPOX NEWS WITH OUR LATEST REPORTING AND INFORMATION.

LOOK FOR THE LINK ON OUR HOMEPAGE, KPBS.ORG.

>>> MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ARE COMING TO THE SOUTH BAY.

CHULA VISTA OFFICIALS ROLLED OUT PLANS FOR THE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

BY THE YEAR 2025, THIS LOT WILL BE HOME TO THE CINEMA ARTS EDUCATION CENTER AND LIBRARY.

IT IS JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE MILLENNIA TOWN CENTER.

THE BUILDING WILL BE 168,000 SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY INCLUDING A TELEVISION, FILM, AND PRODUCTION STUDIO FOR SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY.

THE CHULA VISTA MAYOR SAYS A PROJECT LIKE THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES.

>> ALONG THE WAY WE HAD SO MANY NAYSAYERS THAT SAID CHULA VISTA COULD NOT DO THIS.

WHY ARE THEY CHASING THIS DREAM?

TODAY I CAN TELL THOSE PEOPLE, WE DO IT IN CHULA VISTA.

WE HAVE VISION FOR THE FUTURE.

WE WANT TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER.

>> RIGHT NOW THE CITY HAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND IN THE FUTURE.

>>> WE ARE TWO MONTHS AWAY FROM THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS IN CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO CONSIDER A NUMBER OF PROPOSITIONS.

PROP 26 WOULD LEGALIZE SPORTS BETTING AT TRIBAL CASINOS AND THE STATES HORSERACE TRACKS.

>> Reporter: WOULD YOU PUT MONEY ON STEPH CURRY OR LeBRON JAMES?

WANT TO BET ON THE RAMS WINNING THE SUPER BOWL AGAIN?

IN 2018 THE SUPREME COURT ALLOWED STATES TO LEGALIZE SPORTS BETTING.

SINCE THEN MORE THAN HALF OF U.S. STATES OF MADE THE MOVE.

THEN CAME AN INITIATIVE TO LEGALIZE SPORTS BETTING IN CALIFORNIA.

TO WILL APPEAR ON YOUR BALLOT.

PROP 27 FOUNDED BY LARGE GAMING COMPANIES WOULD LEGALIZE ONLINE SPORTS BETTING.

WE HAVE A SEPARATE VIDEO FOR THAT, BUT THERE IS ANOTHER.

PROP 26.

I WILL EXPLAIN.

I AM GOING TO EXPLAIN PROP 26 IN A MINUTE.

PROP 26 WOULD LEGALIZE SPORTS BETTING AT TRIBAL CASINOS AND CALIFORNIANS FOR HORSERACE TRACKS.

THIS PROP, FUNDED BY SEVERAL NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES, WOULD ALSO ALLOW TRIBAL CASINOS TO OFFER ROULETTE AND DICE GAMES.

IF IT PASSES, PROP 26 WILL ALLOW ANYONE TO SUE FOR CERTAIN GAMING LAW VIOLATIONS.

ANALYSTS ESTIMATE PROP 26 COULD GENERATE TENS OF MILLIONS ANNUALLY, WHICH WOULD FIRST FUND SCHOOLS AND GAMBLING REGULATION.

ANY MONEY LEFT OVER WOULD GO TO THE STATES MAIN FUND AND ALSO FUND THINGS LIKE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS.

OPPONENTS ARE LED BY CARDROOMS.

THEY SAY THIS IDEA WOULD TRIGGER MORE LAWSUITS AGAINST THEM, LEADING TO LOST JOBS AND TAX REVENUE.

SUPPORTERS SAY IT WILL INCREASE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND DRIVE MORE BUSINESS TO TRIBAL CASINOS.

VOTE YES IF YOU WANT TO ALLOW SPORTS BETTING AT RACE TRACKS AND TRIBAL CASINOS AND YOU WANT TRIBAL CASINOS TO ADD ROULETTE AND DICE GAMES.

VOTE NO IF YOU DO NOT.

ONE NOT SO SMALL DISCLAIMER.

IF BOTH INITIATIVES PASS, IT IS POSSIBLE THOSE COULD GO INTO EFFECT.

BUT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, A COURT WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PROPOSITION AND OTHERS, VISIT CALMATTERS.ORG.

>> AND CHECK OUT THE KPBS VOTER HUB.

WE ALSO HAVE A SECTION FOR OUR SPANISH-SPEAKING AUDIENCE.

YOU CAN GET TO THE VOTER HUB BY GOING TO OUR HOMEPAGE.

>>> TREES SHADE IS PROVEN TO REDUCE HOT TEMPERATURES, BUT MANY NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TREES ON THE GROUND TO BEGIN WITH.

THAT CHANGED TODAY FOR ONE PARK IN VISTA.

>> Reporter: RAIN TREE PARK IN VISTA DID NOT GET ANY RAIN TODAY, BUT IT DID GET A SHIPMENT OF NEW TREES.

>> WE ARE TRYING TO INCREASE THE TREE CANOPY IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.

IF THOSE COMMUNITIES HAVE EXISTING IRRIGATION OR THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN TREES LONG TERM, THOSE ARE HIGH PROBABILITY AREAS.

PARKS LIKE THIS THAT LACK SHADE, THOSE ARE HIGH PRIORITY AREAS FOR TREES TO GO IN AS WELL.

>> Reporter: CAL FIRE SAYS IT IS PART OF A GRANT TO PLANT 2000 TREES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THE CITY OF VISTA GOT 200 OF THEM.

>> YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THIS COMMOTION, BEAUTIFUL COMMOTION.

WE'VE GOT TREES.

>> Reporter: THE COUNCILMEMBER JOINED CORE MEMBERS AND GETTING TREES IN THE GROUND.

>> THIS AREA IN VISTA DESPERATELY NEEDS TREES.

WE ARE GOING THROUGH A HEAT WAVE.

MOVING FORWARD IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET HOTTER AND WHAT TREES DO, NOT ONLY DO THEY PROVIDE A BEAUTIFUL SCENE FOR EVERYBODY TO ENJOY, BUT THEY PROVIDE SHADE.

>> Reporter: WHILE IT WILL BE TIME BEFORE THE TREES PLANTED PROVIDE MORE SHADE, SHE SAYS IT WILL HELP THIS URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE MORE GREEN SPACE TO ENJOY.

>> EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY THERE IS PAVEMENT.

WE'VE GOT CONCRETE, ASPHALT.

VERY FEW IMPERVIOUS SURFACES.

THE HEAT RADIATES UP.

WHEN IT IS 100 DEGREES, WE HAVE NO TREES, IT ACTUALLY FEELS HOTTER.

SO BEING ABLE TO PLANT MORE TREES WHERE PEOPLE CONGREGATE, WHERE THEY CAN ENJOY THE PARK UNDER THE SHADE, IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

>> Reporter: SHE HOPES THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF A LOT MORE TREES GETTING PLANTED IN THE CITY.

>> WE HAVE TO MOVE THIS TO NORTH SANTA FE BECAUSE THAT IS OUR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING AND TAKING PUBLIC TRANSIT EVERY DAY AND THERE IS VERY LITTLE SHADE.

>> Reporter: LAST MONTH GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SIGNED A BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PREVENTION TO CREATE A STATEWIDE PLAN TO INCREASE TREE COVER BY 10%.

THE DEPARTMENT HAS UNTIL 2025 TO SUBMIT A PLAN TO THE LEGISLATURE.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> HEALTH EXPERTS ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO WATCH FOR SIGNS OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES AND THEIR CHILDREN.

FRANK IS A NURSE IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT GRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND HE EXPLAINS IN HOT AND HUMID WEATHER OUR BODY'S NATURAL COOLING SYSTEM MAY BEGIN TO FAIL, CAUSING CRAMPS, EXHAUSTION, OR HEATSTROKE.

IT IS MORE DIFFICULT FOR SMALLER CHILDREN'S TO REGULATE THEIR TEMPERATURE, SO IT COULD TAKE LONGER TO GET THEIR BODIES TO COOL DOWN.

HE SAYS THE EMERGENCY ROOM HAS SEEN AN INCREASE IN KIDS WITH HEAT RELATED SYMPTOMS DURING THE HEAT WAVE.

>> SYMPTOMS ARE FATIGUE, HEADACHE, LOSS OF ENERGY.

KIDS ARE PRETTY ACTIVE, SO IF YOU NOTICE A SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN HOW HARD THEY ARE PLAYING, THAT COULD BE A FIRST, SUBTLE SIGN.

>> IF YOU BELIEVE A CHILD IS EXPERIENCING ONE OF THESE SYMPTOMS, THE BEST THING TO DO IS BRING THE CHILD TO A COOLER PLACE INDOORS.

ENCOURAGE THE CHILD TO DRINK WATER ONLY IF THEY ARE ALERT.

PLACE A COOL CLOTH ON THEIR SKIN AND CALL A DOCTOR FOR ADVICE.

WEARING LOOSE, LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING CAN HELP KEEP KIDS COOL AS WELL AS REGULAR WATER BREAKS TO PREVENT DEHYDRATION.

>>> THE SOUTHWEST HAS BEEN UNDER A DANGEROUS HEATWAVE FOR DAYS.

THAT PERSISTS.

KEEPING THE FIRE THREAT ELEVATED, BUT BY THE TIME WE GET TO LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND, WE START TO WATCH SOME RAIN AND WIND ARRIVE COURTESY OF HURRICANE KAY.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT FIRST THINGS FIRST.

IT CONTINUES TO BE ALL ABOUT THE HEAT.

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS INTO THE EVENING, ALL THE WAY TO THE COAST.

NOT EVEN GETTING RELIEF TO THE BEACHES, WHERE IT WILL ALSO BE ON THE HOT SIDE.

15 TO 30 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

THANKFULLY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS THIS WILL START TO TRIM BACK, BUT UNTIL THEN WE ARE SEEING HIGH ENERGY DEMANDS, HIGH FIRE DANGER, AND THE RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.

OVERNIGHT, MAINLY CLEAR, BUT VERY HUMID.

LOWS IN THE MID-70s.

REGIONWIDE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A MUGGY NIGHT.

70s TO THE COAST.

EVEN BORREGO SPRINGS NOT DROPPING MUCH BELOW 80 DEGREES.

THEN THURSDAY A LOT OF WARM TO HOT SUNSHINE.

STILL NEAR 90 IN SAN DIEGO.

RAMONA, TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT ONCE AGAIN.

THEN AS WE GET TO LATER THIS WEEK, ALL EYES TURNED TO KAY.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WILL BE FELT THROUGH BAJA CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO, BUT SOME IMPACTS WILL BE FELT IN TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LATER THIS WEEK.

ESPECIALLY IN THE RAIN DEPARTMENT, WHERE WE COULD SEE AN INCH OR TWO OF RAIN MAKE IT IN HERE.

THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, STILL OKAY AT THE COAST.

FRIDAY IT WILL BE WARM, BUT RAIN AND STORMS MOVE INTO BUST THE HEAT BY THE WEEKEND.

INLAND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, WE HAVE RAIN AND STORMS IN THE FORECAST COURTESY OF THE TROPICAL MOISTURE.

AFTER THAT, DRYING OUT AND MUCH COOLER.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, LOOK AT THIS.

THE RAIN KEEPING TEMPERATURES IN THE 60s FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

A WELCOME CHANGE FROM THE HEAT.

IN THE DESERT, RAIN AND STORMS ARRIVING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES IN THE 80s.

>>> FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES, IT HAS BEEN SAN DIEGO'S LGBTQ FILM FESTIVAL.

TOMORROW I KICKS OFF AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND THEN MOVES TO THE MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS FOR THREE DAYS OF FEATURES, SHORTS, AND DOCUMENTARIES.

ARTS REPORTER BETH ACCOMANDO HAS A PREVIEW.

>> Reporter: THE GREAT THING ABOUT FILMOUT IS IT NOT ONLY PROGRAMS CROWDPLEASING FAIR, BUT ALSO PUSH AUDIENCE BOUNDARIES AND POINT OUT THE INTERSECTION OF HORROR AND QUEER.

>> CORE HAS BEEN STORIES OF OUTSIDERS AND MONSTERS AND PEOPLE SING THIS MONSTERS AND UNCONVENTIONAL HEROES FIGHTING BACK, YOU KNOW, AGAINST THE MONSTER.

I THINK THAT THERE IS A QUEERNESS THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE AND ONLY RECENTLY HAVE FILMS AND BOOKS AND STORIES BEEN STARTING TO COME OUT, WHERE QUEER PEOPLE ARE AT THE CENTER.

>> REPORTER:'S FEATURE SCREAMS AT FILMOUT.

ADVENTURES INTO BODY HORROR, WHICH HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN DRAWN TO.

>> AS A QUEER KID GROWING UP IN THE 80s AND EARLY 90s, I SORT OF CAME OF AGE WHEN, YOU KNOW, I WAS PRETTY AFRAID OF MY BODY AND AFRAID OF SEX.

YOU KNOW, AIDS WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYTHING.

EVERY MALL OR, YOU KNOW, RASH, WAS LIKE I WAS CONVINCED I WAS GOING TO DIE.

I WAS PETRIFIED OF SEX.

SO THERE WAS THIS REAL SENSE THAT HORROR AND SEX AND THE BODY WERE SORT OF TIED TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER BEEN ABLE TO SHAKE.

>> Reporter: SMITH LOOKS FORWARD TO THE IN-PERSON FILMOUT SCREENING, BECAUSE HE LIKES TO WATCH AUDIENCES WATCHES FILM.

>> IT HAS BEEN AMAZING TO SIT IN THE THEATER AND WATCH PEOPLE KIND OF SQUIRM IN THEIR SEATS AND GASP AND AT THE END, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO PEOPLE AFTERWARDS, TO FIND PEOPLE CRYING.

SORT OF TOUCHED BY THIS TENDER LOVE STORY THAT IS HIDING AT THE HEART OF THIS REALLY MESSED UP BODY HORROR FILM.

>> Reporter: BENJAMIN HOWARDS RHONDA VIEW IS NOT BODY HORROR, BUT IT DID PRESENT THE FILMMAKER WITH SHOOTING HIS FIRST SEX SCENE, WHICH CAN BE SCARY.

>> ONE OF WHICH IS THE GRAY AREAS OF CONSENT.

IT IS NOT EASY, SO YOU WANT TO TREAD LIGHTLY.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS VERY COMFORTABLE.

WE HAD AN INTIMACY COORDINATOR ONSET WHO WAS PHENOMENAL TO WORK WITH.

AMANDA BLUMENTHAL IS HER NAME AND SHE REALLY KIND OF MADE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME JUST COMING INTO THIS, SCARED OUT OF MY MIND, AND ME APPROACHING THIS LIKE, OKAY, COOL.

>> Reporter: HOWARD GREW UP IN SAN DIEGO, BUT RENDEZVOUS BECAME A CLASS PROJECT AT UCLA.

>> YOU ASK YOURSELF, WHAT IS MY END GOAL?

IF MY END GOAL IS A FEATURE VERSION OF SOMETHING BUT I DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO DO THAT JUST YET -- >> IT LOOKS LIKE MY PACKAGE ARRIVED.

>> OKAY, GREAT.

START WITH A PROOF OF CONCEPT.

MAYBE YOU TAKE A SCENE AND TURN THAT INTO A SHORT PERIOD THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT WE DID WITH THE SHORT FILM.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER FILM WITH LOCAL ROOTS IS MOVING OUT, SHOT IN THE DIRECTORS HOME TOWN OF OCEANSIDE.

>> SOMETIMES I ASK MYSELF, WHY DID I DECIDE TO DO IT THIS WAY?

BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT WAS CHALLENGING TO SEE WHO CAME OUT TO HELP US AND WHO DID NOT.

>> Reporter: THE CHURCH ADMINISTRATION SCENES, WHERE THE MAIN CHARACTER OVERHEARS A MAN ASKING IF HIS SON CAN MARRY ANOTHER MAN, WERE SHOT AT THE DIRECTORS CHILDHOOD CHURCH.

>> THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS LEFT THIS DECISION TO THE LOCAL CHURCH GOVERNMENT.

>> THOSE WERE AT MY CHILDHOOD CHURCH, SO IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL TO ME TO BE ABLE TO FILM THERE, BECAUSE IT IS NOT COMPLETELY BASED ON A TRUE STORY.

IT DOES HIT CLOSE TO HOME.

>> Reporter: THE UPCOMING "MOVING OUT" SCREENING AT FILMOUT IS PARTICULARLY EXCITING.

>> I HAVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH COMMUNITY WHO ARE COMING OUT TO THIS LGBTQ FESTIVAL AND I THINK IT IS AMAZING.

I HONESTLY NEVER THOUGHT THIS COULD HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: FILMOUT WILL BE MAKING AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN TOMORROW THROUGH SUNDAY AT VENUES IN BALBOA PARK.

BETH ACCOMANDO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> I AM JUDY WOODRUFF.

TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, RECORD-SETTING HEAT WAVE PUSHES CALIFORNIA'S ENERGY GRID TO THE BRINK.

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

>>> AND HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR TOMORROW IN THE KPBS NEWSROOM.

ON MORNING EDITION, PART ONE OF A SPECIAL INVESTIGATION INTO HOW A EL CAJON NURSING HOME STAYS OPEN DESPITE RECORDS OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

AND THEN CLAIMS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

>>> THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

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