>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING ADDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOW FAMILY AND COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR, RESTORATION AND FLOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE.

AND BY THE CONRAD FOUNDATION.

AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> ANOTHER IN CUSTODY DEATH AT A CALIFORNIA DETENTION FACILITY.

THINGS FOR JOINING US.

I'M ELIZABETH SANCHEZ.

THIS LATEST CASE INVOLVES AN IMMIGRANT FROM CHINA.

THIS HAPPENED IN IMPERIAL COUNTY .

AS COREY SUZUKI REPORTS, IT WAS THE SECOND IN CUSTODY DEATH IN CALIFORNIA IN TWO WEEKS.

>> Reporter: THE PERSON WAS ORIGINALLY FROM CHINA.

I WAS HOLDING -- AT THE DETENTION FACILITY.

SHE HAD DIED AFTER HAVING A SEIZURE AT THE DETENTION CENTER ACCORDING TO ICE.

STAFF MEMBERS ADMINISTERED CPR.

SHE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

IMMIGRANT RIGHTS GROUPS SAY HER DEATH FITS INTO A PATTERN OF DWINDLING OVERSIGHT AND INCREASINGLY HARD TO LIVE HIS HARSH CONDITIONS AT THE IMPERIAL COUNTY DETENTION CENTER AND OTHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

-- IS AN ORGANIZER WITH THE IMPERIAL LIBERATION COLLABORATIVE, A LOCAL IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS GROUP.

SHE HAS BEEN VISITING THE DETENTION CENTER TO SPEAK WITH DETAINEES SINCE 2022.

>> AS OF AUGUST, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE CAN NO LONGER CONDUCT THOSE VISITS.

WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GO INSIDE OF THE FACILITY.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON.

>> Reporter: OTHER IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS GROUPS ARE CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH.

ON MONDAY I.C.E.

SAID AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY BUT DECLINED TO ANSWER FURTHER QUESTIONS.

IN THE NEWSROOM, COREY SUZUKI, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A LEGAL FIGHT IS PLAYING OUT OVER HOW MUCH FLEX ABILITY PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS AN USING NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO SUPPORT I.C.E.. THE FOCUS IS ON TWO LARGE CITIES.

CHICAGO AND PORTLAND , WHERE SOME PROTESTS GOT PHYSICAL OVER THE WEEKEND.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ HAS AN UPDATE.

>> TENSIONS ARE HIGH IN TWO DEMOCRAT-LED CITIES AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO STEP UP ITS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.

OVER THE WEEKEND PROTESTS IN CHICAGO AFTER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AUTHORIZED 300 MEMBERS OF THE ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD TO, QUOTE, PROTECT FEDERAL OFFICERS AND ASSETS.

THIS COMES OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF ILLINOIS GOVERNOR.

>> IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO FOCUS ON THE WORST OF THE WORST, WHICH IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID THEY ARE GOING TO DO, THEY NEED TO GET THE HECK OUT.

WHAT THEY OUGHT TO DO IS ALLOW US TO WORK WITH FBI, ATF, DEA WHO ARE CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO TARGET AND TAKE OUT THE BAD GUYS.

>> Reporter: IN OREGON ON SUNDAY TRUMP APPOINTED A FEDERAL JUDGE WHO EXPENDED ON A MORE NARROW RULING THAT APPOINTED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROM SENDING OREGON NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO THE STATE'S LARGEST CITY.

THIS CAME AFTER OFFICIALS IN OREGON AND CALIFORNIA OBJECTED IN COURT TO TRUMP REASSIGNING FEDERALIZED GUARD TROOPS IN LOS ANGELES TO PORTLAND.

>> ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT THE TELEVISION, TURN ON YOUR TELEVISION, READ YOUR NEWSPAPERS.

IT'S BURNING TO THE GROUND.

THE GOVERNOR, THE MAYOR, POLITICIANS ARE PETRIFIED FOR THEIR LIVES.

THEY OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED.

>> Reporter: THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER NOW BLOCKS NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS FROM ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY TO PORTLAND.

>> THERE'S NO NEED FOR MILITARY INTERVENTION IN OREGON, THERE'S NO INSURRECTION IN PORTLAND, NO THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY.

OREGON IS OUR HOME, IT'S NOT A MILITARY TARGET.

>> Reporter: THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO APPEAL THE JUDGE'S DECISION.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> BACK IN CALIFORNIA BALLOTS HAVE GONE OUT FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION ON PROPOSITION 50.

TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT HERE IS PUBLIC MATTERS REPORTER JAKE.

>> Reporter: VOTERS WILL DECIDE OF CALIFORNIA GETS A NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAP AHEAD OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.

GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAYS IT'S IN RESPONSE TO TEXAS REDRAWING ITS MAP.

HERE IS WHAT IT WOULD MEAN AND SAN DIEGO.

IF YOU LIVE IN EAST COUNTY YOU ARE PROBABLY CALIFORNIA'S 40th DISTRICT REPRESENTED BY DARRELL.

ONE OF THE FIVE REPUBLICANS NEWSOM'S MAP TARGETS.

NEWSOM WANTS TO FLIP THE DISTRICT TO DEMOCRATS.

IT WILL DO THAT BY CARVING A BIG ARTS OF THE DISTRICT AND PUTTING THEM IN SEATS HELD BY DEMOCRATS.

THEN PUTTING PARTS OF DEMOCRATIC DISTRICTS INTO THE 48, WHICH MEANS THE BALANCE OF VOTERS WOULD CHANGE A LOT.

RIGHT NOW, 42% OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE 40th DISTRICT ARE REPUBLICANS AND 28% ARE DEMOCRATS.

IN THE NEW MAP ONLY 29% WOULD BE REPUBLICANS AND 39% WOULD BE DEMOCRATS.

SO IF YOU USED TO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF IN EITHER 51st OR VARGAS 52nd IN FALL.

BOTH OF THEM ARE DEMOCRATS.

OR YOU COULD END UP IN THE 50th , HELD BY DEMOCRAT SCOTT PETERS.

THE 50th WOULD GO FROM 42% DEMOCRATS IN 26% RETAIL -- REPUBLICANS TO JUST 36% DEMOCRATS AND 32% OR PUBLICANS.

BASICALLY, A TOSSUP.

BECAUSE YOU CAN JUST MAKE VOTERS DISAPPEAR.

YOU TAKE THEM OUT OF ONE DISTRICT THEY HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE.

HERE IS WHAT PETERS SAID ABOUT THE CHALLENGE OF REACHING A NEW GROUP OF VOTERS.

>> LOOK, I LIKE THE DISTRICT I HAVE.

IT'S TREMENDOUS.

I PREFER NOT TO CHANGE IT.

IT'S ALSO A LITTLE MORE DEMOCRATIC THAN THE MAP THEY HAVE GIVEN ME, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GERRYMANDERING HAPPENS.

BUT I'M WILLING TO BE A TEAM PLAYER.

I'VE REPRESENTED BEFORE AND I WILL DO IT AGAIN.

>> Reporter: IT'S WAY TOO EARLY TO MAKE PRODUCTIONS FOR 2026.

BASED ON WHERE YOU LIVE, YOUR VOTE COULD DECIDE WHO CONTROLS CONGRESS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

>> THAT WAS JAKE REPORTING.

THE KPBS VOTER HUB IS UPDATING WITH INFORMATION ON THE SPECIAL ELECTION FROM PROP 50.

VOTERS WILL RECEIVE THEIR BALLOTS THIS WEEK.

THE VOTER HUB HAS AN INTERACTIVE MAP THAT WILL SHOW YOU HOW YOUR DISTRICT MIGHT CHANGE IF PROP 50 PASSES.

YOU COULD FIND THE LINK TO THE VOTER HUB ON OUR HOMEPAGE, KPBS.ORG.

>>> WE HAVE A NICE, QUIET START TO THIS WEEK.

MONDAY NIGHT TO TUESDAY MORNING WILL GET DOWN TO 62 IN SAN DIEGO, RAMONA, 49.

A LITTLE COOLER FOR SOME.

MT.

LAGUNA, 50 FOR YOUR LOVE.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE RESERVOIR LEVELS HERE.

SEEMS KIND OF APPROPRIATE WITH THE NEW WATER YEAR UNDERWAY AS WE HIT RESET ON THE ODOMETER FOR RAINFALL ON OCTOBER 1st.

YOU CAN SEE WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE SURPLUS IN MOST CALIFORNIA RESERVOIRS.

WE ARE LOOKING AHEAD TO A WHETHER WE CAN FOR SOME COMING UP.

>>> THE FUTURE OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S COMMUNITY GARDEN IS IN LIMBO.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER TAMMY SAYS GARDENERS WHOSE LIVELIHOODS DEPEND ON IT ARE ASKING COUNTY LEADERS TO HELP KEEP IT OPEN.

>> Reporter: ON A RECENT MORNING AT THE COMMUNITY GARDEN ED PICS LEFTOVER TOMATOES AND SQUASH FROM HIS SUMMER CROPPED -- CROP.

>> THESE ARE PAST THEIR PRIME.

THESE ARE THE JERSEY DEVIL TOMATOES.

THEY KIND OF LOOK LIKE A BIG RED PEPPER.

>> Reporter: HE HAD BEEN THINKING ABOUT HIS WINTER CROPS.

HE DOESN'T KNOW IF HE WILL HAVE A GARDEN TO PLANT THEM IN.

THE COUNTY AND CITY OF SAN DIEGO RECENTLY POSTED WARNING SIGNS IN THE TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY.

THEY CAUTION THE PUBLIC THAT TOXIC GASES AND CHEMICALS HAVE BEEN DETECTED THERE.

ONE OF THE SCIENCES THAT THE ENTRANCE OF THE GARDEN, THAT'S WHY THE RESOURCE CONTRADICTION -- CONSERVATION DISTRICT OF SAN DIEGO DECIDED TO -- GARDENERS.

>> I THINK THEY HAVE LOOKED AT THIS WITH ALL OF THE RECENT PUBLICITY AND SAID, WE HAVE A LIABILITY HERE.

WE ARE WORRIED THAT SOMEBODY WILL SAY THEY ARE HURT OR NEGATIVELY IMPACT.

>> Reporter: THE VETERAN EARNS MONEY BY SELLING CROPS AT LOCAL FARM STANDS.

FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS HE HAS MADE FRIENDS AND MEMORIES WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN.

>> MY GRANDDAUGHTER, IT WAS A RAINY DAY.

ONE OF THOSE RARE RAINY DAYS.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

WE WOULD COME OUT HERE AND PICK FOR A WHILE.

THEN IT WOULD START RAINING AND WE WOULD GO IN THE SHED AND SIT DOWN TO TALK FOR A LITTLE.

GOOD MEMORIES.

>> Reporter: HE'S NOT READY TO STOP PLANTING.

>> THEY TOLD US WE HAVE 60 DAYS.

>> Reporter: AND BRIAN RIVERA ALSO LEASES A PLOT IN THE GARDEN.

THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT RENTS THE LAND FROM THE COUNTY AND HAS MANAGED THE GARDEN FOR 23 YEARS.

LATE LAST MONTH THEY TOLD OTHER GARDENERS THE DECISION TO CLOSE .

>> DUE TO POLLUTION THAT SURROUNDS US.

THE TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY JUST A MILE AWAY, WE DO HAVE THE RIVER.

THERE IS A CRISIS GOING ON.

>> Reporter: IN AN EMAIL TO KPBS THE DISTRICT SAID , THE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEALTH RISKS OF THE SEWAGE CRISIS OR, QUOTE, THE PRIMARY FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE DIFFICULT DECISION.

ABOUT TWO MILES FROM THE GARDEN IS A SEWAGE HOTSPOT.

NEW DATA RELEASED IN AUGUST SHOWED THAT AREA IS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF THE TOXIC SEWER GAS, HYDROGEN SULFIDE.

RESEARCHERS SAY IT'S IN THE AIR RESIDENTS ARE BREATHING.

NOT ENOUGH IS KNOWN ABOUT THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE -- EXPOSURE TO HYDROGEN SULFATE.

>> WE RECOGNIZE POTENTIAL HEALTH CONCERNS IN THE VALLEY AT THEY FRIENDLY YOU BELIEVE THE BENEFITS IN THE SPACE FAR OUTWEIGH THE RISK.

>> Reporter: -- WORKS WITH THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT.

SHE TOLD THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, LOSING THE GARDEN WOULD DEVASTATE THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE ARE CALLING ON THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO TO STEP IN AND ENSURE THE GARDEN'S FUTURE.

>> Reporter: RIVERA SAYS IN THE WEEK AND A HALF HE HAS GROWN IN THE GARDEN -- >> WE HAVE NOT HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE SOMEBODY SAYS I GOT SICK FROM PRODUCE.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS MANY DEPEND ON THE BOTANICAL HERBS AND FRUIT THAT HE GROWS AND SELLS.

>> THIS IS OUR HERBAL GARDEN.

YOU COULD CALL THIS THE CVS PHARMACY.

WE ALWAYS JOKE AROUND.

PEOPLE COME HERE, I NEED SOMETHING FROM HER PHARMACY.

>> Reporter: RIVERA RUNS THE BUSINESS WITH HIS WIFE.

IT IS SPANISH FOR, "OPENING PATHS."

>> YOU CAN WALK TO MY GARDEN.

I STILL CHAMOMILE, I SMELL LEMON BALM, I SMELL VALERIAN ROOT, I SMELL MUGWORT.

SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS.

THIS PLACE DOESN'T JUST BENEFIT US, IT BENEFITS ALL OF THE BIO FLORA.

>> Reporter: WITH EVICTION LOOMING RIVERA ISN'T SURE OF HIS NEXT STEPS.

HE SAYS, GARDENERS ARE SCRIBBLING TO FIND A BACKUP GARDEN.

>> WE STICK TOGETHER AND NONE OF US HAVE FOUND SOMETHING.

IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: A COUNTY SPOKESPERSON SAID THE COUNTY IS, QUOTE, STILL ASSESSING THIS PROPERTY'S FUTURE USE.

THE SUPERVISOR TOLD GARDENERS IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST -- >> WE ARE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH SOME FARMERS AND GARDENERS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HEAR YOU, I SEE YOU.

I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR YOU.

WE ARE GOING TO FIGURE THIS OUT TOGETHER.

I STAND WITH YOU.

>> Reporter: THE DISTRICT IS OFFERING PLOTS AT A SWEETWATER COMMUNITY GARDEN.

BUT WHITEHEAD SAYS PLOTS AND AMENITIES ARE LIMITED THERE.

HE WANTS GARDENERS TO SIGN WAIVERS TO BE ABLE TO STAY AT THE TIJUANA RIVER GARDEN.

AND HE HOPES ANOTHER AGENCY CAN NOW STEP UP TO MANAGE IT.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT ANSWER IS GOING TO BE.

ALL I KNOW IS WHAT I WAS TOLD WHEN I WAS DEPLOYED.

THE FIRST ANSWER IS NEVER THE RIGHT ANSWER.

>> Reporter: TAMMY, KPBS NEWS.

>> THAT STORY FROM TAMMY WAS ALSO FEATURED IN THE SAN DIEGO NEWS NOW PODCAST PICKETS OUR DAILY PODCAST FROM THE KPBS USER.

IT'S AVAILABLE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.

>>> THE DELMAR FAIRGROUNDS IS IN THE MIDDLE THE PUBLIC TOUR TO GET FEEDBACK ABOUT ITS FUTURE.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB SAYS IT IS HOLDING PUBLIC FORUMS WITH ONE TONIGHT.

>> THE FAIR, THE RACETRACK, CONCERTS AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT EXPOS.

THE DELMAR FAIRGROUNDS HAS BEEN A MASS GATHERING SPACE FOR DECADES.

CALIFORNIA'S 22nd DISTRICT AGRICULTURE ASSOCIATION OWNS THE FAIRGROUNDS.

THE STATE AGENCY IS DEVELOPING A NEW MASTER SITE PLAN TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THE SPACE.

AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR PUBLIC INPUT.

>> WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR NINE YEARS AND ARE LOOKING AT THE NEXT 100 AND SAYING, WHAT DOES THIS PROPERTY NEED TO LOOK LIKE?

WHAT KIND OF THINGS NEED TO BE HERE?

WHAT WILL MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME?

>> Reporter: THE ASSOCIATION IS PUTTING QUESTIONS LIKE THOSE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH A SERIES OF MEETINGS THEY ARE CALLING THE FAIRGROUNDS OPEN HOUSE.

OPEN HOUSE MEETINGS WILL TAKE PLACE AT CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTY FROM MID-NOVEMBER AND ALLOW THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ABOUT PRIORITIES ON THE SITE.

SOME OF THOSE PRIORITIES ARE TRANSPORTATION AND ACCESS TO THE FACILITIES.

ENCOURAGING TOURISM AND GENERATING REVENUE AND PROTECTING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE AREA.

OVERALL, THE MASTER SITE PLAN WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THE DELMAR FAIRGROUNDS AND RACETRACK.

THE DELMAR HORSE PARK AND THE SURF AND TURF RECREATION CENTER.

WHILE NOTHING IS SET IN STONE THERE ARE ALREADY IDEAS BEING DISCUSSED.

>> WE ARE TALKING TO THE CITY OF DELMAR ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL EVENTS RAIL PLATFORM HERE VERY SOON.

>> Reporter: THERE IS A SIGN UP LINK ON THE DELMAR FAIRGROUNDS WEBSITE.

JACOB, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IS PROPOSING A TAX ON SECOND HOMES AND FULL-TIME VACATION RENTALS.

KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SAYS THE DETAILS ARE STILL BEING WORKED OUT.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS SHORT ON FUNDING FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IT DOES.

FROM DELIVERING WATER, TO PAVING STREETS, TO BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

CITY COUNCILMEMBER SEAN RIVERA SAYS HE IS WORKING ON A PROPOSAL THAT COULD HELP.

A TAX ON VACATION HOMES.

THOSE RENTED OUT SHORT-TERM ON PLATFORMS LIKE AIRBNB AND THOSE THAT OWNERS KEEP VACANT FOR PERSONAL VACATIONS.

>> THERE ARE 11,000 HOMES IN SAN DIEGO RIGHT NOW THAT ARE NOT BEING USED TO BE LIVED IN BY SAN DIEGO.

THERE IS A COST TO THAT.

AND WE NEED TO GENERATE REVENUE FROM THAT.

>> Reporter: RIVERA DID NOT SAY HOW MUCH THE TAX WOULD BE BUT HE SAID HE IS PROJECTING IT WOULD BRING IN AT LEAST $100 MILLION EACH YEAR.

THE COUNCILMEMBER HAS BEEN ON A PUSH TO EXTRACT MORE REVENUE FROM OUT-OF-TOWNERS WHO VISIT SAN DIEGO, WHICH HE OFTEN CALLS A PLAYGROUND FOR THE RICH.

>> THAT IS THE GOLDMINE THAT WE ARE SITTING ON AS A CITY.

WE HAVE NOT MADE IT WORK WELL ENOUGH FOR SAN DIEGO AND'S.

IT WORKS GREAT FOR PEOPLE THAT COME HERE ON VACATION AND WORKS GREAT FOR INVESTORS THAT SUCK PROFIT OUT OF THE CITY.

BUT IT'S NOT WORKING WELL ENOUGH FOR SAN DIEGO.

AT TIMES IT CAN FEEL LIKE WE ARE LIVING HERE TO ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE TO MAKE MONEY AND PLAY HERE.

THAT'S NOT OKAY.

>> Reporter: RIVERA'S OFFICE TOLD KPBS THE TAX WOULD SUPPORT THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND AND WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF VOTERS.

HE'S HOPING TO PLACE THE TAX ON THE JUNE 2026 BALLOT.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, THE GOVERNOR OF OREGON ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EFFORT TO SEND IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.

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

>>> WHEN PEOPLE HAVE TO BE REHOSPITALIZED AFTER A MEDICAL PROCEDURE IT CAN LEAD TO HIGHER COSTS FOR PATIENTS AND FOR HOSPITALS.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER HEIDI DiMARCO SAYS A NEW STUDY BY UC SAN DIEGO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE SHOWS VIRTUAL CLINICS MAY HELP THE PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: AFTER HIGH RISK PATIENTS LEAVE THE HOSPITAL THEY ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO COMPLICATIONS IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS.

THE GOAL OF UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH VIRTUAL CARE CLINIC IS TO PREVENT AVOIDABLE READMISSIONS.

>> THE REAL BENEFIT FOR ME IS IT RELATES TO GEOGRAPHY.

>> Reporter: BOB LIVES IN SACRAMENTO.

HE TRAVELED TO SAN DIEGO FOR A SPECIALIZED PROCEDURE.

INSTEAD OF AN EXTRA TRIP HE WAS ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH HIS DOCTOR VIRTUALLY.

>> I APPEALED TO HER A FEW TIMES FOLLOWING DISCHARGE TO SAY, CAN YOU HELP ME SORT OUT THIS CONFUSION CONCERNING MEDICATION, OR NEXT STEPS IN MY TREATMENT?

>> Reporter: DR.

SARAH HORMAN WAS ABLE TO MAKE SURE HIS PRESCRIPTIONS WERE FILLED AT HIS HOME PHARMACY.

SHE SAID IT HELPED HIM AVOID GOING BACK TO THE HOSPITAL UNNECESSARILY.

IT'S PART OF UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH'S PROCESS FOR MAKING SURE A PATIENT'S PRIMARY PHYSICIAN AND CAREGIVER UNDERSTAND THEIR CARE PLAN.

>> THIS IS A VISIO -- VIDEO VISIT.

OUR GOAL IS TO SEE PATIENTS WITHIN A WEEK OF DISCHARGE.

>> Reporter: IN A RECENT STUDY HORMAN AND HER COLLEAGUES FOUND HIGH-RISK PATIENTS FOLLOW-UP VIRTUALLY ARE READMITTED LESS OFTEN.

>> READMISSION RATES FOR PATIENTS THAT WE SEE HER ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20% AND 30% LOWER THAN PATIENTS THAT WE DON'T SEE.

>> Reporter: THE TRANSITION CLINIC STARTED DURING THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO IN PERSON CARE.

>> I'VE SEEN PATIENTS AND HOMELESS SHELTERS.

I'VE SEEN PATIENTS AND DRUG REHAB CENTERS.

SOMETIMES THEY GO HOME TO A FAMILY MEMBER'S HOUSE.

SOMETIMES THEY DON'T EVEN LIVE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS HOSPITAL DATA SHOW THAT WHEN CHECKUPS ARE IN PERSON AS MANY AS HALF OF PATIENTS DON'T SHOW UP.

THAT NUMBER DROPS TO LESS THAN 5% AT UC SAN DIEGO VIRTUAL CLINIC.

>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HEALTH EQUITY AND MEETING OUR MOST VULNERABLE PATIENTS FOR HEALTH RISK AFTER DISCHARGE, THIS IS THE SOLUTION.

>> Reporter: READMISSIONS ARE EXPENSIVE FOR PATIENTS.

CO-PAYS AND DEDUCTIBLES AT UP WITH EACH HOSPITAL STAY.

AND FOR HOSPITALS >> READMISSIONS COST OUR HEALTH SYSTEM BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

WE NEED TO FREE UP BEDS FOR THE NEXT PATIENTS THAT ARE IN NEED OF OUR CARE.

>> Reporter: THE VIRTUAL CLINIC IS AVAILABLE TO PATIENTS AT HILLCREST AND JACOBS MEDICAL CENTERS WITH PLANS TO EXPAND.

HORMAN SAYS IT IS A MODEL THAT CAN IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES, CUT COST AND GIVE PATIENTS A SAFER PATH HOME.

HEIDI DiMARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ACCESS TO YOUTH SPORTS AND ATHLETIC FIELDS IN THE HOT SPRINGS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR YEARS.

KPBS REPORTER ELAINE SPOKE WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABOUT PLANS TO OPEN -- FOR SOCCER FIELD.

>> Reporter: IF YOU WANT TO PLAY SOCCER YOU HAVE TO SETTLE ON A DIRT PLOT AT THE COMMUNITY PARK.

>> THIS ISN'T THE TYPICAL PLACE YOU PRACTICE SOCCER IF YOU'RE TRAINING TO ACHIEVE GROWTH FROM THE PRACTICES.

YOU KNOW?

THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS.

>> Reporter: DANNY IS A LOCAL PARENT WHO HAS LIVED IN HONG KONG BUT FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE.

HE IS NO STRANGER TO THE BUMPS AND BRUISES YOU GET FROM PLAYING AT THE PARK.

>> GIVING YOU BLOODY ARMS AND LEGS AND STUFF.

>> FOR THE FIELD WE PROPOSE PUTTING IT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BASKETBALL COURT OVER HERE.

>> Reporter: THE NEW FIELD WOULD BE A SMALLER TURF PITCH MEANT FOR PLAYERS UNDER EIGHT YEARS OLD.

EVENTUALLY, THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A FULL-SIZE FIELD TOO.

A LOCAL YOUTH SOCCER COACH ARE LEADING THE COMMITTEE EFFORT TO CREATE THE TOWN'S FIRST SOCCER FIELD.

THE COACH SAID THE PRACTICE SPACE IS DEFINITELY NEEDED.

RIGHT NOW PLAYERS HAVE TO TRAVEL HALF AN HOUR IF THEY WANT TO PRACTICE ON A REAL SOCCER FIELD.

>> I HAVE NINE KIDS AND THEY ARE ALL FROM OUR COMMUNITY HERE.

THAT'S THE CLOSEST FIELD WE HAVE.

>> Reporter: LEON HOPES THAT THEY ARE LESSONS FOR THE KIDS.

>> IF YOU WANT SOMETHING YOU WORK FOR IT.

>> Reporter: VOLUNTEERS WILL INSTALL THE NEW FIELD IN THE COMING WEEKS.

ELAINE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REMAINS SHUT DOWN AFTER LAWMAKERS FAILED TO PASS A FUNDING BILL LAST WEEK.

IN RESPONSE, NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION IS REVIVING A PROGRAM THAT SERVED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DURING THE LAST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

PAYCHECK ASSISTANT LOANS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO MILITARY MEMBERS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THE CURRENT SHUTDOWN.

THE VICE PRESIDENT OF NAVY FEDERAL SAYS 32,000 PEOPLE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM BACK IN 2019.

A ZERO INTEREST LOAN WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE AFFECTED.

>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DIRECT DEPOSIT WITH NAVY FEDERAL AND YOUR PAY HAS TO BE ONE OF THE IMPACTED PAY FILES FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

BASED ON YOUR PAYCHECK THAT DETERMINES HOW MUCH YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR.

>> THE LOANS HAVE TO BE REPAID WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DISPERSES BACKPAY.

THAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE SHUTDOWN ENDS.

THE EARLIEST THAT CAN HAPPEN ISN'T UNTIL THE HOUSE RETURNS FROM RECESS ON OCTOBER 14th.

THE SHUTDOWN DOES NOT AFFECT THE U.S.

SUPREME COURT, WHICH STARTED A NEW TERM TODAY IN WASHINGTON.

KAREN TELLS US ABOUT SOME OF THE HIGH-PROFILE CASES TO BE HEARD IN THE MONTHS AHEAD.

>> Reporter: THE SUPREME COURT DID NOT GET MUCH OF A SUMMER BREAK.

WEIGHING IN OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS ON A NUMBER OF EMERGENCY CASES AROUND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION AND ITS POLICIES.

NOW THE COURT'S NEW TERM, WHICH OPENED ON MONDAY, FEATURES A DOCKET LOADED WITH CASES THAT WILL TACKLE HOW MUCH POWER THE PRESIDENT HAS UNDER THE U.S.

CONSTITUTION AND SOME HOT BUTTON SOCIAL ISSUES.

THIS WEEK THE COURT WILL HEAR ANOTHER CASE REGARDING TRANSGENDER RIGHTS.

JUSTICES WILL HEAR A CHALLENGE TO A COLORADO LAW BANNING CONVERSION THERAPY.

THE DISCREDITED PRACTICE THAT PURPORTS TO CONVERT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE TO BE STRAIGHT BY A LICENSED COUNSELOR IN THE STATE.

THEY SAY SUCH RESTRICTIONS VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

LATER IN THE TERM THE COURT WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS IN A CASE INVOLVING TRANSGENDER STUDENTS PLAYING ON SCHOOL SPORTS TEAMS THAT ALIGN WITH THEIR GENDER IDENTITY.

IN NOVEMBER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S TRADE POLICIES COME INTO FOCUS AS THE JUSTICES CONSIDER WHETHER PRESIDENT TRUMP OVERSTEPPED HIS EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY WHEN HE IMPLEMENTED SWEEPING LOCAL TARIFFS.

A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULED THIS SUMMER THAT THE POWER TO IMPOSE TAXES IS ONE THAT BELONGS TO CONGRESS.

DECEMBER AND JANUARY WILL BRING ARGUMENTS ON TWO CASES BROUGHT BY LEADERS THAT INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WERE FIRED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP, FEDERAL RESERVE GOVERNOR LISA COOK AND A FORMER TRIAL -- FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

WHETHER THE PRESIDENT OVERSTEPPED HIS AUTHORITY THERE.

A UNANIMOUS DECISION BY THE COURT BACK IN 1935 HAS PROTECTED SUCH COMMISSIONERS FROM THE WINDS OF THE WHITE HOUSE.

ALSO, ON MONDAY, THE SUPREME COURT REJECTED THE FEDERAL CONVICTION OF ELAINE MAXWELL.

CURRENTLY SERVING A 20 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE.

IN WASHINGTON, I AM KAREN.

>>> WE HAVE AND I START TO THE WEEK.

MONDAY, PRETTY NICE DAY.

TUESDAY COMEDIES AS WELL.

WE WILL BE PLEASANT THROUGH MID WEEKEND.

THE FORECAST GETS A LOT MORE ACTIVE.

THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN THE EAST PACIFIC AND ALSO PRISCILLA WITH A COUPLE OF NAME STORMS OUT THERE.

SOON TO ORGANIZE.

PRISCILLA IS THE CULPRIT FOR SOME MOISTURE THAT WILL ROLLING THIS WEEKEND.

TONIGHT, WE WILL GET DOWN TO 62 WITH LOW CLOUDS.

WE WILL SEE AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE SKY CONDITION DURING THE AFTERNOON.

MOST OF THE CLOUDS EARLY IN THE MORNING WILL BE OUT OF HERE.

72 FOR YOUR HIGH IN SAN DIEGO.

I REALLY WANT TO TURN OUR ATTENTION TO NEAR THE END OF THE FIVE-DAY FORECAST.

HERE IS PRISCILLA, CURRENTLY THE HURRICANE IS GOING TO BE MAKING THE MOVE NORTHWEST, CONTINUING TO SWIFTLY MOVE NORTHWEST.

IT WILL LOSE MOST OF ITS WIND ENERGY OVER THE COOLER WATER WEST OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA OF MEXICO.

IT WILL BE ENOUGH TO SEND SOME EXTRA MOISTURE IN OUR DIRECTION.

LATE THURSDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS, ESPECIALLY TO OUR EAST.

THAT'S WHERE THE GREATEST FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL BE.

WE WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THIS MOISTURE PLUME FROM PRISCILLA TO BENEFIT FROM SOME SHOWERS OUT THERE AS WELL.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT FUTURE RADAR AND SATELLITE.

WE ARE GOING TO SCOOT THROUGH TUESDAY.

WEDNESDAY, QUIET WEATHER.

THURSDAY, HERE COMES SOME MOISTURE.

PRESSING PAUSE AROUND 3:00 P.M.

THURSDAY.

MAYBE OUR FIRST LITTLE SPRINKLES WILL BE AROUND.

THEN, FRIDAY, MOISTURE REALLY BEGINS TO BECOME MORE ROBUST IN THE AREA.

THAT WILL BE A TREND WE NEED TO WATCH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

COASTAL FORECAST, MORE IN THE WAY OF CLOUD COVER MOVING IN TO FRIDAY.

TEMPERATURES ARE HITCHING DOWNWARD WITH CLOUD COVER FROM THE MID TO UPPER 70s ON THURSDAY.

SO WE WARM UP AND THEN COOL BACK DOWN TO 72 FOR SATURDAY.

INLAND AREAS.

YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE WAY OF CLOUD COVER FOR A TIME LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

AGAIN, MORE CLOUDS IN THE MORNING AND SOME IMPROVEMENT TO THE SKY CONDITION.

COOL DOWN TO MID 70s ON SATURDAY.

MOUNTAINOUS AREAS HERE, THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OFF TO THE EAST.

SOME SHOWERS, EVEN A THUNDERSTORM.

THAT'S THE BEST CHANCE FOR MOISTURE.

IN THE DESERTS, YOU CAN EVEN SEE A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM OR TWO ON FRIDAY.

ESPECIALLY FOR THE EASTERNMOST DESERTS.

THE FURTHER EAST TO THE GREATER YOUR CHANCE WILL BE FOR SOME MEANINGFUL RAINFALL AT THE END OF THE WORKWEEK.

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