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>>> TEMPERATURES ARE FINALLY DROPPING IN SAN DIEGO, BUT A NEW WAVE OF UNUSUAL WEATHER IS HEADING OUR WAY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

KPBS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REPORTER CARLY KAY TELLS US IT MAY BE A GOOD TIME TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS.

TODAY WAS THE PERFECT BEACH CAY AT SCRIPPS PIER.

VISITORS WALKED DOWN THE BEACH AND SWIMMERS PLAYED IN THE LAKES.

SURFERS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CALM CONDITIONS WHILE THEY LAST.

>> CAME DOWN AND MY EXPECTATIONS GOT KIND OF PUSHED BECAUSE THE SWELLS ARE COMING FROM THE SOUTH.

BUT THERE ARE ACTUALLY MORE WAVES HERE.

4, 5 FOOT WAVES SOMETIMES, SO DEFINITELY EXCITED.

>> Reporter: BUT THE TROPICAL HURRICANE RACHEL WILL CHANGE THAT.

STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL COULD BE COASTAL REGIONS AT RISK.

>> IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WE GOT A LOT OF RESTAURANTS AND HOMES THAT ARE RIGHT THERE ON THE WATER'S EDGE, SO HOMES AND BUSINESSES, ROADS, INFRASTRUCTURE, BRIDGES ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SOME DAMAGE.

>> Reporter: THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ASSOCIATION ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH THIS MORNING.

STORMS LIKE RACHEL CAN GENERATE GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES PER HOUR.

IT'S UNUSUAL FOR THESE KIND OF WEATHER EVENTS TO REACH SAN DIEGO, BUT METEOROLOGIST ALEX TARDY SAYS EL NINO'S WARMER WATERS HELPS THE STORMS LIVE LONGER.

>> IT ADDS MORE ENERGY, MORE HEAT, HOUR FUEL, AND SO YOU GET MORE TROPICAL CYCLONES.

SO YOU HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR A CYCLONE TO HIT THE BAJA, TO HIT HAWAII, OR IN THIS CASE TO EVEN APPROACH SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: SWELLS UP TO 10 FEET COULD HIT OUR BEACHES.

SHORES FACING THE STORM WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED THE HARDEST.

THAT INCLUDES COASTLINES LIKE IMPERIAL BEACH, OCEAN BEACH, AND LA JOLLA.

BUT MILLER SAYS EVERYONE ON THE COAST SHOULD BE ALERT.

>> OF COURSE THE LOW LYING BEACHES ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO THIS KIND OF THING, BUT I'M GOING TO GO OUT AND SAY EVERY BEACH.

OFFICIALS AT EVERY BEACH NEED TO BE CONCERNED AND PREPARING FOR THIS.

>> Reporter: THE STORM WILL ALSO BRING A HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN TO THE REGION.

IT WILL RAIN THE MOST IN AREAS WITH MOUNTAINS.

>> AND WHEN THAT RAIN MEET UP WITH OUR MOUNTAINS OVER OUR INTERIOR MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE GREAT BASIN, THAT CAN SPELL FOR SOME BIG PROBLEMS WITH FLASH FLOODING.

>> Reporter: THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO HIT SAN DIEGO SATURDAY NIGHT.

RESIDENTS CAN PREPARE FOR THE STORM BY GETTING SANDBAGS AND AVOIDING THE BEACH.

CARLY KAY, KPBS NEWS.

>> AND ONE WAY TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS ARE SANDBAGS, AND SANDBAGS ARE AVAILABLE IN LIMITED SUPPLY AT SOME SELECT RECREATION CENTERS IN EACH DISTRICT.

RESIDENTS WITH IDENTIFICATION SHOWING PROOF OF RESIDENCY CAN RECEIVE UP TO TEN EMPTY SANDBAGS.

YOU CAN CHECK KPBS.ORG/WEATHER TO CHECK FOR YOUR LOCATIONS.

>>> THE HEAT WAVE IS FINALLY ENDING.

FINALLY ENDING.

IT'S BEEN A HOT STRETCH.

LAST WEEKEND WE HIT 105 DEGREES.

THIS WEEKEND, THIS MAY BE A LITTLE SURPRISING, BUT THERE IS ACTUALLY TECHNICALLY A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

NOW, WE EXPECT LANDFALL FOR TROPICAL STORM RACHEL TO BE TO OUR SOUTH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME WIND AND SOME RAIN.

AND HERE IT IS.

TECHNICALLY, YES, IT'S TRUE.

TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE IMPACTS AND WHAT CAN WE REALLY EXPECT COMING UP.

>>> AND ISAIAS IS THE FIRST TROPICAL STORM TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE IN THE ATLANTIC THIS SEASON, AS IT HAS STRENGTHENED INTO A CATEGORY 3 STORM JUST OVERNIGHT.

THE RECORD SETTING STORM IS SET TO SLAM MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST WITH HEAVY RAIN AND WIND.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ IS IN GULF SHORES, ALABAMA, WITH THE LATEST FOR YOU.

>> Reporter: FILLING SANDBAGS.

>> GETTING IT GOING.

>> Reporter: BATTENING DOWN THE HATCHES.

>> I'M NOT TAKING IT LIGHTLY, BUT I FEEL SAFE.

>> Reporter: OR GETTING OUT OF TOWN.

>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO STAY WHEN THE WATER COMES.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE ARE RACING TO PREPARE AS HISTORICAL STORM ISAIAS TAKES AIM AT THE GULF COAST.

THE STORM IS THE FIRST HURRICANE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL IN THE U.S.

FOR TWO YEARS, FUELED BY RECORD WARM WATERS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

OVER 12 INCHES OF FLOODING RAIN, DAMAGING WINDS, AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE ARE PREDICTED ALONG THE GULF COAST.

>> THE SURGE IS REALLY WHAT PUTS A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES IN JEOPARDY.

WE ALWAYS SAY YOU HIDE FROM THE WIND, BUT YOU RUN FROM THE WATER.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE ARE INKWURJED TO ENCOURAGED TO STAY INDOORS AND TO AVOID TRAVEL.

>> WHEN THE STORM STARTS APPROACHING LAND, YOU NEED TO GET OFF THE ROAD, GET TO SHELTER AND GET SAFE.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALS ARE ALSO WARNING OF DOWNED TREES AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.

POWER OUTAGEERIZE ALSO EXPECTED WELL INLAND AS THE STORM RACES UP TO THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA, NORTHERN GEORGIA, AND NORTH EAST MISSISSIPPI ON SATURDAY.

COMMUNITIES IN THE STORM'S PATH BRACING FOR IMPACT AND HOPING FOR A BREAK.

>> WE DON'T HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE CLIMATE, SO WE JUST LEARNED TO DO WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE DO.

WE LEARNED TO ADJUST AND TRUST.

>> Reporter: IN GULF SHORES, ALABAMA, I'M IVAN RODRIGUEZ, KPBS NEWS.

>> AND THE GULF COAST IS WHERE MORE THAN HALF OF THE U.S.

OIL REFINERIES ARE LOCATED.

FEDERAL REGULATORS SAY ISAIAS HAS ALREADY DERAILED NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF THE DAILY OIL PRODUCTION.

AS JEN SULLIVAN REPORTS, THERE'S GROWING FEAR THAT IF THIS STORM DAMAGES ANY OF THE REFINERIES, IT COULD DRIVE UP ALREADY HIGH OIL AND GAS PRICES.

>> Reporter: HURRICANE ISAIAS BARRELLING TOWARDS AMERICA'S GULF COAST, PACKING WIND GUSTS AROUND 120 MILES PER HOUR.

THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO DUMP UP TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN ALONG THE COAST.

STATES OF EMERGENCY HAD BEEN DECLARED FOR PARTS OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA, AND FLORIDA.

>> THE IMPACTS, AS YOU CAN ALREADY SEE, ARE PRETTY WIDESPREAD AND EXPANSIVE.

>> Reporter: THE MAJOR HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO HIT AN AREA WHERE MORE THAN 50% OF THE U.S.

OIL REFINERIES ARE LOCATED.

>> BUT IF ONE OF THOSE REFINERIES IS HIT, THEN THAT COULD ABSOLUTELY RAISE THE PRICE OF GASOLINE.

>> Reporter: MAJOR OIL PRODUCERS HAVE EVACUATED NONESSENTIAL PERSONNEL FROM OIL PLATFORMS IN THE GULF AND CURTAILED PRODUCTION.

U.S.

OFFICIALS ESTIMATE THAT NEARLY 1.5 MILLION BARRELS PER DAY OF OIL PRODUCTION HAS BEEN SHUT-IN BY COMPANIES AHEAD OF THE STORM.

THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 72% OF THE DAILY OUTPUT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

AND THAT OIL IS SHIPPED TO AREAS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

>> ANY LOSS OF PRODUCTION CAPACITY COULD REALLY CAUSE A SHARP SPIKE IN PRICES.

>> Reporter: THE STORM COMES AT A TIME WHEN AMERICA'S ENERGY OIL STOCKPILE IS AT THE LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 1982, AND GAS PRICES ARE ALREADY SKY HIGH DUE TO THE ONGOING WAR WITH IRAN.

AS OF FRIDAY THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR A REGULAR GALLON OF GAS WAS $4.37.

THAT'S UP 15 CENTS IN THE LAST MONTH, ACCORDING TO AAA.

THE RISK IS THAT THE STORM'S DAMAGE COULD SQUEEZE SUPPLY CHAINS EVEN MORE, FURTHER RAISING HISTORICALLY HIGH PRICES.

JEN SULLIVAN, KPBS NEWS.

>> SO NOW LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THE LOCAL GAS PRICES FROM TODAY.

THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR GAS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS DROPPED FOR THE EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE DAY TODAY.

IT FELL 2 CENTS TO $6.35 PER GALLON FOR REGULAR GASOLINE.

THE PRICE HAS FALLEN ABOUT 7.5 CENTS OVER THE LAST EIGHT DAYS.

THE PRICE IS NOW 38 CENTS MORE THAN IT WAS A MONTH AGO.

>>> SOUTHERN PANAMA WAS HIT BY A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE TODAY.

A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 7.7.

PATRICK AUTMAN REPORTS ON WHAT HE'S HEARING OUT OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY.

>> THIS APPEARS TO BE THE STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE TO HIT PANAMA IN YEARS IF NOT LONGER.

SCENES OF DAMAGE THAT CONTINUE TO COME IN PARTICULARLY FROM THE AREA OUTSIDE OF PANAMA CITY ARE TERRIFYING.

WE ARE SEEING BUILDINGS, CHURCHES THAT HAVE COLLAPSED.

AN AREA WHICH IS VERY POPULAR WITH FOREIGN SURFERS AND TOURISTS, THERE IS WIDESPREAD DAMAGE THERE.

STRUCTURES THAT HAVE COLLAPSED.

THIS EARTHQUAKE WAS SO STRONG YOU ACTUALLY SEE A SUSPENSION BRIDGE THAT GOES OVER THE PANAMA CANAL, A BRIDGE THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CROSS EVERY DAY, ACTUALLY KIND OF ROCKING WITH THE FORCE OF THIS EARTHQUAKE.

SO MY FAMILY HAPPENED TO BE IN PANAMA CITY WHEN IT TOOK PLACE.

THEY ARE FINE, BUT THEY SAID IT WAS SOMETHING OF A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE TO JUST FEEL THIS EARTHQUAKE WITHOUT ANY WARNING HIT THE AREA WHERE THEY ARE.

THE POOL AND THE HOUSE.

THEY WERE HIT -- WHERE THEY WERE AT THE WATER WAS SLOSHING OUT OF THE POOL.

PICTURE FRAMES WERE ABOUT TO FALL.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS PANAMA CITY HAVE EVACUATED AS A PRECAUTION.

BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE IMAGES OF THE DAMAGE COME IN, IT DOES APPEAR THAT THERE COULD BE CASUALTIES, PERHAPS EVEN LOSS OF LIFE.

>> PATRICK WITH THAT REPORT.

IN PANAMA CITY ONE OF SAN DIEGO'S SISTER CITIES, THE PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM WAS SUSPENDED ALONG TWO LINES ALONGSIDE SOME EVACUATIONS OF PEOPLE FROM SOME STATIONS THERE.

PANAMA'S MAIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS ALSO CLOSED TEMPORARILY AS A PRECAUTION.

PANAMA'S PRESIDENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF MOBILIZING RESOURCES TO HELP PEOPLE IN THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, HURRICANE ISAIAS HEADS TOWARDS THE GULF COAST THREATENING COMMUNITIES FROM MISSISSIPPI TO FLORIDA.

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

>>> TWO IMPERIAL COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE PUSHING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION ON DATA CENTERS.

KPBS REPORTER CORY SUZUKI HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: FOR THE PAST YEAR THE IMPERIAL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS BEEN WEIGHING HOW TO HANDLE GROWING INTEREST FROM DATA CENTER DEVELOPERS AND FURIOUS OPPOSITION FROM RESIDENTS.

NOW TWO OF THEM WANT TO LET VOTERS DECIDE.

ON TUESDAY SUPERVISORS SAID THEY WANT TO DEVELOP A BALLOT MEASURE THAT WOULD GIVE RESIDENTS THE OPTION TO BAN DATA CENTERS ON COUNTY LAND.

ESCOBAR SAID HE FELT LIKE HE MADE A MISTAKE WHEN HE VOTED TO ADVANCE A DATA PROJECT EARLIER THIS YEAR.

THAT PROPOSAL WAS FOR A DATA COMPLEX IN THE CITY OF IMPERIAL AND IS NOW TIED UP IN THE COURTS.

>> HOW DO YOU RECTIFY THAT MISTAKE?

BY MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE A VOICE IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.

>> Reporter: THE OTHER THREE SUPERVISORS RESISTED.

THEY ARGUED THE BOARD SHOULD WAIT FOR THE COUNTY'S NEW DATA CENTER ADVISORY TO ISSUE RECOMMENDATIONS IN JANUARY.

COUNTY CHAIR PRICE.

>> IT MAY BE A BAN ON DATA CENTERS HERE IN IMPERIAL COUNTY.

THAT MAY BE WHAT ULTIMATELY THIS GROUP DECIDES.

BUT LET US DO THE RESEARCH.

>> Reporter: COUNTY OFFICIALS COULD EITHER HOLD A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE MEASURE NEXT YEAR, OR PUT IT ON THE BALLOT DURING THE PRIMARY ELECTION IN 2028.

ON TUESDAY THE BOARD ALSO VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO REINSTATE A TEMPORARY FREEZE ON DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT AFTER THEIR PREVIOUS MORATORIUM WAS STRUCK DOWN BY THE COURTS LAST MONTH.

CORY SUZUKI, KPBS NEWS.

>>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS OUT WITH A NEW DIRECTIVE TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS THIS WEEK.

VOTE WITH, QUOTE, EVERY APPROPRIATE TOOL INCLUDING EARLY AND BY MAIL IN THIS YEAR'S MID-TERM ELECTIONS.

BUT THAT'S DESPITE THE PRESIDENT CRITICIZING MAIL-IN TING FOR YEARS.

MADDIE GANNON IS AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH MORE.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CALL FOR REPUBLICAN VOTERS TO VOTE BY MAIL WAS PARTICULARLY STRIKING GIVEN HIS PAST CRITICISMS OF THE VOTING METHOD.

BUT WITH MORE THAN 2 MILLION VOTES ALREADY CAST IN THIS ELECTION, EXPERTS SAY IT COULD BE A SMART POLITICAL MOVE.

>> I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY SHREWD MESSAGING TO CHANGE THAT AND TO BE SAYING REPUBLICANS AND TRUMP SUPPORTERS VOTE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, GET YOUR VOTES LOCKED IN.

DON'T WAIT UNTIL ELECTION DAY.

>> Reporter: WITH NOVEMBER'S MID-TERM ELECTIONS LOOMING, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS A NEW MESSAGE FOR REPUBLICAN VOTERS.

>> IF YOUR STATE HAS EARLY VOTING, DO NOT WAIT.

GO OUT AND VOTE.

VOTE EARLY, VOTE BY MAIL, OR VOTE IN PERSON ON ELECTION DAY, NOVEMBER 3rd.

>> Reporter: THAT CALL BRUSHED UP AGAINST YEARS OF CRITICISM BY TRUMP ABOUT VOTING BY MAIL, NOT TO MENTION HIS ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE PRACTICE IN A MOVE REJECTED BY THE SUPREME COURT LAST MONTH.

THE SHIFT IN MESSAGING CAME AS DEMOCRATS AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS EMBRACED MAIL-IN BALLOTS, A REALITY TRUMP SEEMED TO ACKNOWLEDGE LATER THIS WEEK.

>> THEY COULD VOTE BY MAIL, IF THEY WANT BECAUSE WE SEEM TO HAVE NO CHOICE.

>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS ARE POINTING TO SIGNS THAT VOTERS MAY HAVE SOURED ON REPUBLICANS HEADING INTO THE MID-TERMS AS THE REASON FOR TRUMP'S TURN AROUND.

>> HE'S SCARED OF LOSING SO FINALLY HE'S GIVING STRAIGHT TALK TO PEOPLE, THAT WE'VE HAD GENERATIONS NOW OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN VOTING BY MAIL.

HE VOTES BY MAIL.

AND FINALLY HE'S BEING -- HE'S LEVEL SETTING WITH PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: THE PARTISAN DIVIDE OVER MAIL-IN VOTING HAS SPILLED OVER INTO USING DROP BOXES, TOO.

THIS YEAR SOME ELECTION OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGING VOTERS TO LEAVE THEIR BALLOTS IN DROP BOXES RATHER THAN SENDING THEM THROUGH THE MAIL DUE TO CONCERN OVER POSTMARK REQUIREMENTS IN DIFFERENT STATES.

AND WE SHOULD NOTE NOT ALL STATES ALLOW DROP BOXES, BUT THE MAJORITY DOES.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE, I'M MADDIE GANNON.

>> AND KPBS IS HERE TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE THE MID-TERM ELECTIONS.

YOU CAN CHECK OUT OUR VOTER LUB, AND THERE YOU'RE GOING TO FIND WHAT IS ON YOUR BALLOT.

YOU CAN REGISTER TO VOTE, AND YOU CAN SEE ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ELECTIONS.

YOU CAN ALSO STAY UP-TO-DATE ON ELECTION NEWS.

THE VOTER HUB IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH.

YOU CAN FIND THE LINK ON THE TOP OF OUR HOME PAGE, AND THAT IS AT KPBS.ORG.

>>> A PROPOSED ICE SKATING RINK IN ESCONDIDO IS GETTING A CHILLY RECEPTION FROM RESIDENTS.

THE FACILITY WOULD FILL THE VOID LEFT BY THE CLOSURE OF THE OLD RINK, THE ICE PLEX, DURING THE PANDEMIC.

RESIDENTS TELL KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER ALEXANDER WYNN THAT THE PLAN IS GOOD BUT THE LOCATION NOT SO MUCH.

>> Reporter: OUTSIDE ESCONDIDO CITY HALL THIS WEEK WITH SIGNS IN TOW, A GROUP OF RESIDENTS WANTED TO GET THEIR MESSAGE ACROSS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

>> I WANT TO PROTECT OUR BASEBALL FIELDS AND THE SOCCER FIELD.

>> Reporter: IN JUNE THE ESCONDIDO CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTAND WG THE RINKS FOUNDATION TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF BUILDING A 3,000-SEAT ICE SKATING COMPLEX AT THE PARK.

IT WOULD SERVE AS THE PRACTICE ARENA FOR THE SAN DIEGO GULLS AND ALSO HOUSE A RESTAURANT AND RETAIL SPACE.

THE THREE RINK COMPLEX WOULD ALSO BE OPEN FOR ICE SPORTS FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.

>> THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PUT IT IN A LOCATION WHERE WE HAVE EXISTING SOFTBALL FIELDS.

>> Reporter: MELISSA PETRY IS WITH A GROUP CALLED SAVE KID CARCENS PARK.

SHE SAID THE IDEA IS GOOD BUT THE LOCATION IS NOT.

>> ADULT LEAGUES PLAY THERE.

GIRLS LEAGUES PLAY THERE, AND BASEBALL ALSO OVERFLOWS INTO THOSE FIELDS.

THEY ARE HEAVILY, HEAVILY USED FIELDS.

>> Reporter: UNDER THE PROPOSAL THE ICE COMPLEX WOULD BE HERE, AND THESE SOFTBALL FIELDS WOULD BE MOVED TODAY A NEARBY PARK, AND THE RINKS FOUNDATION WOULD PAY THE CITY $4 MILLION TO DO THAT.

BUT RESIDENTS SAY THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE COST.

>> I HAVE SPOKEN WITH EXPERTS THAT ESTIMATE IT COULD COST 8 TO $12 MILLION TO ACTUALLY REBUILD FOUR SOFTBALL FIELDS IN AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION.

>> Reporter: SINCE THE MOU APPROVAL IN JUNE, AT LEAST ONE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER HAS CHANGED THEIR MIND.

>> SINCE WE BROUGHT THAT FORWARD, THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN IN AN UPROAR.

>> Reporter: SHE NOW SAYS IT'S NOT THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THE PROJECT.

>> I DO WANT THEM TO HAVE A PLACE IN THE CITY BUT I WILL NOT SUPPORT AT IT KID CARSON PARK.

HOWEVER, I'LL NOT BE VOTING ON IT BECAUSE I WILL BE OUT OF OFFICE BY THEN.

>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT TO KPBS, A CITY SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF IN AUGUST TO ASSESS OTHER CITY PROPERTIES TO SEE IF THEY'LL MEET THE PROPOSED PROJECT'S NEEDS.

ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEY'LL BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION.

ALEXANDER WYNN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT AND A LOT OF THIS IS CENTERED ON SUNDAY WITH TROPICAL STORM RACHEL JUST TO OUR SOUTH BRINGING RAIN AND WIND TO US AS WELL.

IN THE SHORT-TERM, THOUGH, THE HEAT WAVE HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A LONG TIME, FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

IT'S FINALLY ENDING.

WE HAD 105 DEGREES LAST WEEKEND.

CERTAINLY NOT THE CASE THIS WEEKEND.

IN FACT, THE WORST OF THE EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS, THE FINAL ONES ENDING TONIGHT OFF TO OUR EAST.

RAIN ARRIVES LATER THIS WEEKEND, AND WE HAVE A VERY RARE TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT.

SO JUST TO KIND OF WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN, THE EXTREME HEAT WARNING ENDS AT 8:00 TONIGHT.

8:00 P.M.

IT'S OVER THANKFULLY.

THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE SWIMMING OUT THERE.

WE'VE HAD ROUGH SURF AND SOME RIP CURRENT DANGERS.

BEACH HAZARDS DO CONTINUE.

TONIGHT 70 DEGREE, INTERMITTENT CLOUDS.

THERE'S NOT MUCH TO SAY ABOUT TOMORROW OTHER THAN IT'S COOLER.

IT'S COOLER FOR EVERYBODY.

AND IF NOT FOR SUNDAY, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING TO REALLY LEAN INTO.

THE THE HEAT WAVE'S OVER.

STILL WARM BUT NOT AS HOT AS IT'S BEEN.

70s ALONG THE COAST.

THEN IT GETS INTERESTING.

WE RARELY SHOW THE EAST SATELLITE LOOP HERE, BUT WE WANTED TO DO IT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ACTION.

THAT'S GOING TO STAY TO THE SOUTH TO NEW MEXICO.

IT'LL SEND SOME RAIN INTO NEW MEXICO.

BUT TROPICAL STORM RACHEL IS OUR PROBLEM LOCALLY BECAUSE LOOK AT THIS.

WE EXPECT TO SEE THIS MAKE LANDFALL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT, EARLY SUNDAY MORNING PROBABLY LESS THAN A HUNDRED MILES SOUTH OF US.

AND THIS MAY STILL POTENTIALLY BE A TROPICAL STORM WHEN IT CROSSES THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER.

SO A VERY RARE TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

AND WE'RE GETTING READY FOR SUNDAY.

IT'S GOING TO BE A WINDY TIME.

GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR.

STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN HOOHIGH GROUND TO THE SOUTHEAST TO SAN DIEGO ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER.

SO THAT COULD LEAD TO SOME SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES.

WE COULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN SAN DIEGO.

2 TO 4 INCHES FROM BORREGO SPRINGS EAST TO THE DESERTS.

THAT WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

EVEN MORETHEN THAT INTO NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME RISKS TO LIVES AND PROPERTIES MAINLY BECAUSE OF WATER AND FLASH FLOODING AND A LITTLE BIT OF WIND.

BUT YOU GO INTO THE INTERIOR DESERTS MODERATE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING.

THIS WILL HAVE REAL IMPACT OF ACCUWEATHER RATING OF 1.

IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT THE SCALE IN TERMS OF WIND.

COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY THIS WEEKEND.

EVERY HIGH TIDE WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE COASTAL FLOODING INTO FLOOD PRONE SPOTS.

SUNDAY THIS WILL TRANSITION FROM A TROPICAL STORM TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TO WHAT WE WILL CALL A TROPICAL RAINSTORM, AS IT LOSES ITS ENERGY VERY RAPIDLY.

IT'S GOING TO BRING SIGNIFICANT RAIN TO MANY AREAS.

SUNDAY NIGHT, MONDAY IT SLIDES AWAY.

COOLS US DOWN, BRINGS US SOME RAIN.

HERE IT COMES.

WE'LL PUT A PAUSE POINT IN FOR SATURDAY NIGHT.

SUNDAY MORNING AT 6:30 A.M., SOAK RAIN.

SOAKING RAIN.

BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.

THE ROADS WILL BE WET.

THEY'LL BE SLICK.

HYDROPLANE RISK WILL BE PRESENT.

THEN SHOWERS LINGER THROUGH MONDAY AS WELL.

WE'VE NOT HAD A FORECAST LIKE THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

IT'S LIKE THE SWITCH IS THROWN AND WE'RE RIGHT INTO THE WET SEASON.

THIS IS TROPICAL AS OPPOSED TO TRADITIONAL WET SEASON WEATHER.

MONDAY 74 IN THE INLAND AREAS.

SHOWERS LINGER MAYBE INTO TUESDAY.

INTO THE MOUNTAINS WE GO, RAIN SHOWERS TURNING COOLER BEHIND THE SYSTEM.

WHAT A CHANGE IT WILL BE.

THE HEAT WAVE CERTAINLY DECISIVELY OVER FROM THE TRIPLE DIGITS TO THE 90s AND MID AND LOWER 70s TO THE DESERTS.

.

FLASH FLOODING A BIG CONCERN THERE FOR THE DESERTS.

LOTS TO TALK ABOUT.

>>> WELL, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE LOVES HALLOWEEN MORE THAN OUR KPBS ARTS REPORTER BETH ACCOMANDO.

SO WHEN SHE HEARD THAT SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE WAS DOING A BLOOD REHEARSAL FOR ITS NEW HORROR COMEDY "DYING FOR DRACULA," WELL, SHE HAD TO CHECK IT OUT.

WARNING THERE IS BLOOD THAT IS GOING TO FLOW, BUT IT IS ALL FAKE AND EVEN EDIBLE.

>> THIS IS FIRST NIGHT OF TECHNICAL REHEARSAL.

>> Reporter: SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE'S "DYING FOR DRACULA" SERVES OPPLAY WITHIN A PLAY.

>> A HORROR COMEDY ABOUT A GROUP OF ACTORS PUTTING ON A PLAY CALLED DRACULA, THE TRADITIONAL DRACULA PLAY.

HOWEVER, THERE'S A VAMPIRE IN THE THEATER, AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT WHO IT IS BEFORE EVERYONE PERISHES.

>> THE UNDEAD ARE NEVER FULLY RESTING.

WE MUST TREAD CAREFULLY.

ARE WE READY?

>> Reporter: LAST WEEK THE CAST AND CREW WERE GETTING READY FOR THEIR FIRST BLOOD REHEARSAL.

>> WE'VE HIRED AN EXPERT, MONIQUE HANSEN, WHO IS HELPING US WITH THE GORE.

>> I AM THE BLOOD SPLURT QUEEN, SO I'M MAKING ALL OF THE BLOOD PACKS, THE BLOOD, ALL OF THE WET STUFF YOU SEE FOR "DYING FOR DRACULA."

>> WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A SPECIAL SPLATTER REHEARSAL.

>> FOR WEEKS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT BECAUSE I WAS EXCITED TO PLAY WITH FAKE BLOOD.

>> WATCHING THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS AND JUST COMMIT TO IT AND NOT BE SHY.

>> WE JUST FILL A LITTLE THING WITH BLOOD IN IT.

>> IT'S REALLY COOL TO WATCH THEM ENJOY IT, AND WE'RE NOT FORCING THEM TO DO IT.

>> IT WAS LIKE A LITTLE BLOODY PACKET MADE OUT OF LAUNDRY DETERGENT, ACTUALLY.

AND I JUST SQUEEZED IT AGAINST MY CHEST, AND THEN IT JUST BLEW UP ALL OVER MY SHIRT.

AND THAT'S HOW PEOPLE DIE IN THE PLAY.

>> SO THERE'S THREE BUCKETS OF BLOOD BACK THERE.

HOME DEPOT 5 GALLON BUCKETS OF BLOOD FROM WHICH THEY ARE TAKING THE BLOOD FOR THE STAGE.

THAT SHOULD BE EXCITING.

WE'LL SEE.

SOMEONE GETS AN ARM TORN OFF.

SOMEONE GETS ITATED.

>> WHAT IS THIS?

>> THIS IS NECESSARY FOR ACT 2, SCENE 3.

>> THE SCENE OF DECAPITATION.

>> SOMEONE HAS THEIR INTESTINES EATEN.

YEAH, IT'S GREAT FUN.

>> AND THEN WE HAVE SOME EDIBLE PARTS IN THE SHOW THAT I MADE WITH MARSHMALLOW AND TREATS AND HALLOWEEN FUN STUFF.

>> FRUITY.

>> AND THEN THE BLOOD THAT GOES IN ANYONE'S MOUTH THAT YOU SEE IS ACTUALLY A MINT-BASED EDIBLE BLOOD.

>> SO IN THIS SCENE I'M SUPPOSED TO EAT THE GUTS.

>> PLAY WITH IT, PULL IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SWALLOW IT, BUT IT IS EDIBLE.

>> OH, YEAH, THEY'RE GOING TO LOVE IT.

I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE AMAZED WITH THE BLOOD.

>> Reporter: MONIQUE HANSEN WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL THE ACTORS WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THE BLOOD BECAUSE IT'S LIVE THEATRE.

>> THE THING I LOVE ABOUT THEATRE ACROSS THE BOARD IN GENERAL IS THERE IS NO STOP.

THERE IS NO RETAKE.

THERE IS NO CUT.

THERE'S LIKE A DIFFERENT HEARTBEAT BECAUSE THE SHOW HAS A FORWARD PULSE.

>> Reporter: BUT "DIE IN FOR DRAKULA" IS A COMEDY ABOUT A PRODUCTION WHERE EVERYTHING GOES WRONG.

SO THERE IS ROOM TO HAVE FUN ESPECIALLY WITH THE BLOOD.

>> I'M A BIG FAN OF CAMP, ESPECIALLY HORROR CAMP.

>> BUT NOW SEEING HOW THE BLOOD IS GOING TO WORK, IT'S EVEN MORE CAMP AND I REALLY LIKE IT.

>> IT'S VERY CAMP.

THE SHOW IS NOT REALISTIC.

IT'S OVER THE TOP AND FUN.

>> Reporter: AND ONCE THIS COMEDY OF TERRORS IS SET IN MOTION, NOTHING COULD STOP IT FROM REACHING ITS BLOODY END.

>> BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE PLAY I WILL GIVE THIS AWAY.

THE STAGE IS STREWN WITH DEAD, BLOODY BODIES.

>> Reporter: AND HANSEN IS DELIGHTED TO HELP DELIVER THAT HIGH BODY COUNT.

>> I HAVE THIS IN MY HAND RIGHT HERE.

YOU JUST SQUEEZE IT AND THE MAGIC HAPPENS.

WE'RE GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO POP A SQUIB.

>> ARE YOU AS EXCITED AS I AM!

>> WHO'S READY TO GET BLOODY?

[ LAUGHTER ] >> YOU'RE KIDDING ME?

I HAVE TERRIBLE LUCK.

>> Reporter: FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M BETH ACCOMANDO, OPENING A VEIN FOR DRACULA.

>> I GUESS THAT IS THE ULTIMATE HALLOWEEN CANDY.

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