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>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT IS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN.

ANOTHER INMATE HAS DIED IN CUSTODY.

IT IS THE 16th DEATH IN THE GELS IF YOU'RE.

THIS COMES AFTER ACTION BY SUPERVISORS TO STOP THOSE DEATHS.

KATIE ALVARADO SAYS A PART OF THE PLAN IS TO HIRE HUNDREDS OF DEPUTIES.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF VACANT POSITIONS IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAVE BEEN LOSING EXPERIENCED MEMBERS TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

>> UP UNTIL MARCH OF 2021, WE WERE FULL.

WE WERE THE AGENCY THAT THE PEOPLE WANTED TO COME TO.

THERE WAS A WAITING LIST FOR PEOPLE TO BE IN OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT.

WITH THESE OTHER AGENCIES PUTTING INCENTIVES, IT HAS HELPED US COME BACK ON PAR.

>> Reporter: THAT THE DECISION TO OFFER MORE INCENTIVES TO ATTRACT NEW EMPLOYEES AND RETAIN THE ONES THEY HAVE.

SOME OF THE INCENTIVES INCLUDE A 10% RAISE FOR GENERAL NURSING STAFF, 5% PREMIUM PAY FOR DEPUTIES ON THE NIGHT SHIFT, AND A $20,000 SIGNING BONUS FOR OFFICERS WHO TRANSFER TO THE DEPARTMENT WITH AT LEAST ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE.

PLUS, IF THEY ARE FROM OUT OF THE AREA, THEY WILL GET A $15,000 RELOCATION ALLOWANCE.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF ANTHONY RACE IS BRINGING ON EXPERIENCED OFFICERS IS PRICELESS.

WALL THAT $20,000 BONUS SOUNDS HIGH, IT IS ACTUALLY A HUGE SAVINGS OVER HIRING NEW RECRUITS.

>> THAT IS ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF THE ACADEMY, SIX MONTHS BASED TRAINING AND THREE MONTHS OF THE BACKGROUND PROCESS.

THAT IS ABOUT $100,000 OF EACH PERSON WE PUT THROUGH.

IF YOU TO PUT 10 PEOPLE IN THE ACADEMY THAT WOULD BE $1 MILLION FOR EVERY 10 FOLKS WE TRIED TO HIRE.

>> Reporter: THERE HAS BEEN A RECENT INCREASE IN GEL DEATHS, MANY BECAUSE OF DRUG OVERDOSES.

>> WE ARE FACING THE REALITY OF AN OPIOID CRISIS THAT IS IMPACTING OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

OVERDOSE DEATHS ARE UP SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE COUNTY AND THE JAIL POPULATION IS A REFLECTION OF WHAT IS HAPPENING COUNTYWIDE.

SKEW THE INCREASES OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE GELS.

IN THIS CASE, THAT COMPELS US TO ASK WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO.

WHAT MORE CAN WE DO?

>> THEY ARE LOOKING TO HIRE ABOUT 300 SWORN DEPUTIES AND 125 MEDICAL STAFF.

THE SUPERVISORS NEEDS TO TAKE A SECOND VOTE ON THE INCENTIVES AND OTHER MEASURES, BUT RAY IS FEELING CONFIDENT.

>> WE ANTICIPATE A POSITIVE VOTE.

WHEN THEY APPROVE ON SEPTEMBER 9, THAT WILL BE THE FIRST DAY THE INCENTIVES START ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.

>>> MORE NORTH COUNTY SCHOOLS WERE BACK IN SESSION TODAY.

THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS RETURNS TO CAMPUSES IN OCEANSIDE, VISTA AND GONZO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

>>> THE PEP RALLY AT RANCHO BERNARDO HIGH SCHOOL WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE NEW FRESHMAN ALONG WITH CHEERS AND HIGH-ENERGY.

THEY WERE LOOKS OF UNCERTAINTY AND MAYBE SOME NERVOUSNESS.

>> I REALLY HOPE WE HAVE A YEAR OF NORMALCY BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT DIFFERENT AND MORE FUN AND MORE WELCOMING AND ENGAGING.

>> SEVERAL OF THE UPPERCLASSMAN SHOWED NEW STUDENTS AROUND CAMPUS.

RANCHO BERNARDO HI IS ONE OF 40 SCHOOL SITES IN THE AREA.

IT IS THE THIRD LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH MORE THAN 35,000 STUDENTS.

THIS MUSIC VIDEO WAS RELEASED BY DISTRICT OFFICIALS ONLINE LAST NIGHT FEATURING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM MANY NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS.

IT WAS DESIGNED TO MOTIVATE EVERYONE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL TO FULL TIME IN PERSON LEARNING.

STUDENTS ALSO HAD THE BENEFIT OF $41 MILLION IN CAMPUS RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

THAT INCLUDES SIGNIFICANT CLIMATE FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE SCHOOL ADDED TWO NEW PSYCHOLOGISTS AND A FULL TIME SOCIAL WORKER TOO.

>> THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF EMOTIONAL THINGS.

THEY BELONG HERE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS THEY FEEL BELONG HERE.

>> Reporter: BESIDES THE NEW FRESHMAN CLASS, THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST DAY ON CAMPUS FOR MANY OF THE OLDER STUDENTS TOO.

THAT IS A CONSEQUENCE OF COVID AND MANY OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE WORLD IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

>> I STARTED NINTH GRADE ON A COMPUTER AND IN HIS ZOOM.

THAT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST SAD THING FOR ME.

I WANTED TO HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE.

I WANTED TO GO TO HOMECOMING.

>> Reporter: AVA IS NOW A JUNIOR WHO WILL GRADUATE IN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

SHE AND HER FRIENDS ARE BACK ON CAMPUS LATER IN THE MORNING BECAUSE OF THE NEW CALIFORNIA LATE START LAW.

IT REQUIRES HIGH SCHOOLS TO BEGIN AT 8:30 A.M. AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS AT 8:00 A.M. >> I THINK THE LATE START IS A VERY GOOD IDEA.

WE HAVE SO MUCH COURSELOAD.

WE ARE VERY PRESSURED.

>> THE WORKLOAD IS STILL THE SAME, BUT WE HAVE LESS TIME TO DO HOMEWORK NOW, JUST BECAUSE SPORTS WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOON AND BECAUSE EVERYTHING GOT PUSHED TO LATER.

>> Reporter: SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION.

THAT IS SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT.

>>> THE STUDENTS RETURN TO CLASS, MANY TEACHERS ARE NOT.

COMING UP, WHY THE U.S. EDUCATION SECRETARY SAYS WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF A NATIONWIDE CRISIS.

>>> THE CARLSBAD COMMUNITY IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF A MOTHER WHO DIED AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR AS SHE WAS WRITING HER A BIKE WITH HER TODDLER.

TANIA THORNE SAYS THE FAMILY, ADVOCATES, AND OFFICIALS ARE CALLING FOR MORE SAFETY ON OUR ROADS AND EDUCATION ON BIKE WRITING.

>> FLOWERS, CANDLES, AND PICTURES OF CHRISTINE CAN BE SEEN ON THE CORNER OF AVAST WOULD AVENUE AND VALLEY STREET IN CARLSBAD.

>> Reporter: THIS IS WHERE THE CARLSBAD MOM WAS HIT BY AN SUV ON AUGUST 7th WHILE SHE WAS WRITING HER A BIKE WITH HER DAUGHTER DELILAH.

SHE DIED OF HER INJURIES, BUT HER DAUGHTER WAS NOT HURT.

ON TUESDAY NIGHT, HER HUSBAND, BOB, ASKED THE CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL FOR SAFER ROADS.

IT WASN'T HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AT A COUNCIL MEETING.

>> I CAME HERE A MONTH AGO TO DISCUSS PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE SPEED AT WHICH PEOPLE TRAVEL THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> Reporter: AT JULY COUNCIL MEETING, HE ASKED FOR WAYS TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> NEVER IN 1 MILLION YEARS DID I THINK THREE WEEKS LATER, MY LIFE WOULD BE HIT BY A 42-YEAR- OLD FEMALE WHO LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES AN HOUR AND A BLEW A STOP SIGN.

THANK GOD MY DAUGHTER DIDN'T DIE, BUT MY WIFE WASN'T SO LUCKY.

>> Reporter: MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY CALLED ON CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ACT NOW, TO PREVENT FUTURE TRAGEDIES.

>> CERAMIC ROAD REFLECTORS, DIPS OR DIVOTS IN THE ROADS.

THOSE WOULD BE THE EASIEST SOLUTIONS.

CURB EXTENSIONS, SPEED BUMPS, ROUNDABOUTS.

>> Reporter: WILLIAM RATIGAN WITH THE SAN DIEGO BICYCLE COALITION SAYS HER DEATH IS ONE OF FOUR IN THE LAST 8 DAYS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

HE SAYS IT IS NOT BECAUSE EVITE ARE NOT UNSAFE.

>> THIS TRAGEDY BEING A WAKE UP CALL TO HOW SYSTEMICALLY UNSAFE OUR STREETS ARE.

WEEK BECAUSE OF THE BIKES HAS EXPLODED, ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUNGER WRITERS.

HE SAYS CITY GOVERNMENTS NEED TO INVEST IN ROAD SAFETY INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT MORE ACCIDENTS FROM HAPPENING.

>> THERE IS A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE OUR ROADS SAFER.

I AM HOPEFUL THIS TRAGEDY WILL SHOW THESE INVESTMENTS WILL BE WORTHWHILE.

>> Reporter: JUST THIS WEEK, GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SIGNED A BILL FOR A SAFETY AND EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM.

>> IT CREATES THE STATEWIDE STANDARD OF UNDERSTANDING HOW TO USE AN EVITE.

>> Reporter: IT WAS PRESENTED BY AN ENSIGN NITA BOARDMEMBER.

>> IT WILL CREATE A TRAINING STATEWIDE.

EVERY SINGLE PARENTS, EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ANYBODY WHO WANTS ACCESS TO HOW TO RIDE ONE SAFELY CAN ACCESS.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL WILL DEVELOP A STATEWIDE SAFETY AND EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM.

>>> MORE PEOPLE ARE DYING ON THE ROAD.

ROADWAYS DEATH HAVE GONE UP 7% DURING THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR.

IT IS A TREND THAT STARTED TWO YEARS AGO.

THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION SAYS ABOUT 9500 PEOPLE DIED DURING THE FIRST QUARTER WHICH IS A RECORD NOT SEEN IN MANY DECADES.

PEOPLE DROVE ABOUT 40 BILLION MILES MORE DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR AND ALMOST 6% INCREASE FROM THE YEAR BEFORE.

>>> THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS APPROVED OMICRON SPECIFIC BOOSTER VACCINES AND THEY WILL SOON BE COMING TO THE U.S.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS COVID VACCINE MAKERS COULD HAVE THEM READY BY NEXT MONTH, PENDING APPROVALS.

THE BOOSTER IN THE UK TARGETING THE ORIGINAL OMICRON STRAIN, WHILE U.S.

VACCINES ARE TARGETING THE MOST RECENT VACCINE VARIANCE.

THE NEW DOSES ARE ARRIVING NEXT MONTH AND THEY ARE AMBITIOUS.

>> I THINK THAT IS UNLIKELY.

MAYBE IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER WE WILL SEE YOU AT.

IN THE MEANTIME, THE ORIGINAL VACCINE BOOSTER WORKS QUITE WELL TO BROADEN OUR IMMUNITY.

THAT SHOULD BE USED.

>> LAST WEEK THE CDC UPDATED COVID -RELATED GUIDANCE.

INSTEAD OF QUARANTINING GET TESTED ON DAY NUMBER FIVE.

IF YOU HAVE COVID, YOU SHOULD STILL ISOLATE FROM OTHERS.

>>> IT HAS BEEN THE SUMMER OF CLOSED BEACHES IN THE SOUTH BAY.

TONIGHT, WE ARE BEING TOLD MEXICAN REPAIR CREWS ARE MAKING PROGRESS FIXING TO BROKEN PIPES THAT SPEWED MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF SEWAGE ACROSS THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER.

ERIC ANDERSON HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: AUGUST IS TURNING INTO A BRUTAL MONTH FOR IMPERIAL BEACH, CORONADO, AND THE REST OF THE SOUTH COUNTY SHORELINE.

>> BEACH CLOSURES HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING.

>> Reporter: PALOMA SAYS RESIDENTS ARE USED TO HAVING THE BEACH NEAR THE BORDER CLOSED BUT THE CITY'S PREMIER BEACH NEAR THE PIER IS AFFECTED THIS YEAR.

WATER CONTACT THERE WAS OFF LIMITS FOR THE LAST NINE WEEKS.

>> WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER.

A MASSIVE SEWER LINE COLLAPSE IN TIJUANA IS TO BLAME FOR THE CONTAMINATION.

ONE PATH IS ALMOST FIXED, ALLOWING MEXICAN OFFICIALS TO START PUMPING SEWAGE AWAY FROM THE BORDER.

>> WE WOULD RATHER HAVE A DISCHARGE SOUTH WHERE IT HAS TIME TO DILUTE BEFORE HE GOES UP NORTH.

>> THE OTHER PIPE MAY NOT BE REPAIRED FOR ANOTHER MONTH.

>> THE SLOPE IS MUCH MORE DETERIORATED.

WE NEED TO ARRANGE ACCESS.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE CONSULTING ON THE REPAIRS.

FIXING THE FIRST PIPE WILL LIKELY STOP THE CROSS-BORDER FLOWS.

IF THERE IS RAIN, MORE SEWAGE WILL ENTER THE U.S. AND REACH THE OCEAN.

>>> WE ARE NOW UNDER A STATEWIDE FLEX ALERT.

THE CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR'S URGING US TO CUT BACK ON POWER USE UNTIL 9:00 P.M.

ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE PUTTING A STRAIN ON THE POWER GRID.

YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO KEEP THERMOSTATS 78 DEGREES OR HIGHER AND AVOID USING MAJOR APPLIANCES.

SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT MAYBE ON THE WAY.

GEOFF CORNISH HAS HER FORECAST.

>>> IT IS WARMING THE INTERIOR BUT THE INLAND HEAT IS GOING TO BE REDUCED SLIGHTLY IN THE DAYS TO COME.

WE DO HAVE SOME MONSOONAL MOISTURE.

THERE IS MORE MOISTURE INTO THE AREA SOUTH OF ARIZONA AND ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF NEW MEXICO.

TIED TO THE TROPICAL SYSTEM THAT MOVED ACROSS TEXAS, IT WAS NOT A NAMED SYSTEM.

WE HAVEN'T HAD A NAMED STORM IN THE ATLANTIC FOR MORE THAN SIX WEEKS.

IT DID BRING SOME SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVEN THOUGH IT WAS DISORGANIZED.

69 FOR THE LOW AND A METRO.

AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE THE PATCHY MORNING FOG RETURN BEFORE DAYBREAK.

TO THE EAST, THE HOTSPOT A LOW OF 82.

THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AND ROBUST TO THE EAST ON THURSDAY.

WE WILL SEE SOME SPOTTY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGH GROUND OF INLAND SAN DIEGO COUNTY THURSDAY.

AGAIN, IT WILL NOT BE BY MUCH TO SEE IN THE FUTURE CAST.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR A BRIEF DOWNPOUR THAT WILL NOT BE HANDLED ALL WELL BY SMALL-SCALE FEATURES.

THE REST OF US TURNING BRIGHT AND DRY AS THE HUMIDITY WILL BE LOWERING AS TEMPERATURES ARISE AND AS THAT VANISHES.

INTO FRIDAY, WE ARE DEALING WITH MORE OF THE ISOLATED STORMS TO THE EAST.

GENERALLY PLEASANT AND QUIET WEATHER FOR THE COAST.

MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND HIGH HUMIDITY IN THE DAY.

WE GO A LITTLE WARMER IN THE AFTERNOON.

MID-80s BACKING TO THE UPPER 80s .

FOR THE MOUNTAINS, LOOKOUT FOR SOME SPOTTY OR STRAIGHT THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

WE BACK OFF ALL THE WAY FROM THE DOUBLE DIGITS BEFORE THEY RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND.

>>> A YEAR AND A HALF AGO TODD GLORIA ANNOUNCED A GOAL OF BUILDING HOUSING ON TOP OF NEW OR RENOVATED PUBLIC FACILITIES.

THE CITY IS STILL FAR AWAY FROM PUTTING THE POLICY INTO PRACTICE.

>> THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW OAK PARK BRANCH LIBRARY.

>> Reporter: THEY WERE GIVING THEM $20 MILLION TO HELP DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT A NEW LIBRARY FOR OAK PARK.

WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS, MY MIND WENT BACK TO THE MAYOR'S 2021 STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS.

GLORIA SAID THIS.

>> WE KNOW REAL ESTATE IS AT A PREMIUM IN SAN DIEGO.

THAT IS WHY I WILL IMPLEMENT PLANS TO INCORPORATE HOUSING WHEN WE REDEVELOP OR BUILD NEW CITY FACILITIES.

THIS COULD MEAN BUILDING APARTMENTS ON TOP OF NEW LIBRARIES AND FIRE STATIONS.

I WILL TAKE A THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO MAKE SURE THE TRANSIT SYSTEM AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE CAN SUPPORT THESE NEW UNITS.

WILL THE NEW LIBRARY BE THE FIRST IN SAN DIEGO TO INCLUDE HOUSING?

THE ANSWER IS NO.

THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SAYS A PROJECT IS TOO FAR ALONG TO CHANGE AND DELAYS COULD JEOPARDIZE THE STATE FUNDING.

THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT MIXING LIBRARIES WITH HOUSING.

>> IT STARTED OUT AS A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO GET A NEW LIBRARY AND HOW TO GET A LARGER LIBRARY.

>> Reporter: THE NORTHPARK LIBRARY HASN'T HAS A LOT IN COMMON WITH OAK PARK.

IT IS SMALL.

IT DOESN'T HAVE THE KIND OF THINGS PEOPLE NEED FROM THEIR LIBRARIES NOWADAYS, LIKE COMMUNITY MEETING ROOMS.

HE HELPED LEAD A DISCUSSION AT THE NORTHPARK PLANNING COMMITTEE EARLY THIS YEAR ABOUT BUILDING A NEW LIBRARY WITH HOUSING ON TOP.

>> WE DO HAVE A NICE SIZE LOT HERE.

AS THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN GROWING OVER TIME, THERE IS COMMON CRITICISM THAT THERE ISN'T ENOUGH INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE CAN CREATE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NEW POPULATIONS AND NORTHPARK.

NORTHPARK ISN'T ANYWHERE NEAR THE TOP OF THE LIST WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING NEW LIBRARIES.

OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE OAK PARK HAVE EVEN GREATER NEEDS.

ABSENCE, A LARGE CHARITABLE DONATION TO KICKSTART THE PROCESS.

THE CITY ISN'T LIKELY TO REDEVELOP THIS LAND ANYTIME SOON.

STILL, HE HASN'T GIVEN UP ON THE IDEA.

THE LIBRARY IS SURROUNDED BY NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND IT IS IN ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST WALKABLE TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> THIS IS AN IDEAL PLACE TO INCORPORATE NOT ONLY THE PUBLIC GOOD OF THE LIBRARY, BUT THE PUBLIC GOOD OF MAYBE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL.

>> LESS THAN A MILE AWAY SITS ANOTHER DETERIORATING CITY BUILDING.

THE NORTHPARK COMMUNITY ADULT CENTER.

THAT IS WHERE I MEET STEPHEN ROSS RUSSELL, THE HEAD OF THE HOUSING FEDERATION.

HE SAYS WHEN PUBLIC ASSETS LIKE THESE REACHED THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE, IT IS INCUMBENT ON CITY OF SHOWS TO REIMAGINE THEM AND THE LAND IS TOO VALUABLE TO BUILD ONE STORY.

IT IS ALWAYS A WASTED OPPORTUNITY.

>> THERE IS AN EXTRA COMPLICATION WITH THIS BUILDING.

IT IS A PART OF THE NORTHPARK COMMUNITY PARK.

WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE LAST FEBRUARY TO STREAMLINE HOUSING BUILT ON TOP OF PUBLIC FACILITIES, IT EXCLUDED FACILITIES LOCATED ON PARK LAND.

RUSSELL SAYS HE IS NOT SURE THAT MAKES SENSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN A BUILDING ALREADY EXISTS.

MAKING IT TALLER WOULD IT REQUIRE SACRIFICING ANY ACTUAL PARKLAND.

ADDING HOUSING TO THE PARK MAY MAKE IT SAFER.

>> THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO NAME A SINGLE FIRE STATION OR OTHER PUBLIC FACILITY WHERE THERE ARE CONCRETE PLANS IN MOTION TO INCORPORATE HOUSING.

THEY DID GET A GRANT TO STUDY THE CONCEPTS USABILITY CLOSELY.

A REPORT IS DUE OUT SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.

>>> RENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FACING MORE WORRIES ABOUT PAYING FOR HOUSING.

NEARLY 60% OF PEOPLE WERE HIT WITH A RENT INCREASE DURING THE PAST YEAR.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO A STUDY FROM FREDDIE MAC.

38% OF THE RENTERS SAY THEY SAW AN INCREASE IN TAKE-HOME PAY.

THE STUDY FOUND HIGHER HOUSING COSTS AND INFLATION HAS ALTERED THE PLANS FOR MANY POTENTIAL HOMEBUYERS.

NEARLY 3/4 OF RENTER HOUSEHOLDS WHO WERE PLANNING TO BUY A HOME SAY THAT HAS BECOME WERE OUT OF REACH OVER THE PAST YEAR.

>>> STUDENTS ARE HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL, BUT NOT ALL TEACHERS ARE.

SO MANY EDUCATORS HAVE LEFT THE PROFESSION THAT IT IS CAUSING SHORTAGES IN SOME DISTRICTS.

IS AMY KILEY REPORTS, THE EDUCATION SECRETARY SAYS COMMUNITIES NEED TO TAKE ACTION NOW.

>> SOME U.S. SCHOOLS CAN'T HIRE ENOUGH QUALIFIED TEACHERS TO FULLY STAFF THEIR CLASSROOMS.

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IF WE DON'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, WE ARE GOING TO BE FACING WHAT WE EXPERIENCED DURING THE OMICRON SPREAD.

>> SOME FLORIDA SCHOOLS ARE SO DESPERATE, THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO RECRUIT MILITARY VETERANS AND OTHERS WHO DON'T HAVE EDUCATION DEGREES.

>> WE ALSO WANT TO INCLUDE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO HAVE THEIR BACHELORS DEGREE.

>> WE HAD TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO GET OUR ATHLETIC TEAMS TO THE EVENTS.

>> WALL -- WIRE EDUCATOR LEAVING THE FIELD?

SOME SITES COVID-19.

>> WE ARE SENDING OUT TENS OF MILLIONS OF TESTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CONGRESS ALLOCATED TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR IMPROVING VENTILATION.

>> Reporter: OTHERS SITES DIMINISH CONTROL AS IT COMES LESS POLITICIZED.

EDUCATION IS ALSO A DEMANDING FIELD WITH COMPARATIVELY LOW PAY.

THE ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE SAID LAST YEAR, PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS MADE ALMOST 24% LESS THAN OTHER COLLEGE GRADUATES.

>> TEACHERS HAVE TO GET OTHER JOBS.

THEY ARE DRIVING OVER ON THE WEEKENDS.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS, LIZ CHENEY'S ELECTION LOSS SAY ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S INFLUENCE ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

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

>>> MANY LOCAL NONPROFITS WORKED TO HELP MAKE LIVES BETTER.

TODAY, OUR NATIONAL NONPROFIT DAY WE TAKE A LOOK AT WOUNDED WARRIOR HOMES.

THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH VETERANS WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED TO HELP THEM GET READY FOR LIFE AS A CIVILIAN.

DAVID TEAL IS THE FIRST TO LIVE IN A BRAND-NEW 500S WHERE FOOT EDU.

HE SUFFERED FROM A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN 2007 WHEN HE SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN.

>> I EXPERIENCED A VEHICLE BOMB AT THE BASE I WAS AT.

IT REALLY IMPACTED MY LIFE SIGNIFICANTLY WITH NIGHTMARES AND DEALING WITH ANXIETY AND JUST DEALING WITH LOUD NOISES.

>> HE SAYS HE FEELS COMFORTABLE AND RELAXED IN HIS HOME.

WOUNDED WARRIORS HAS THREE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES FOR VETERANS WHO ARE ALMOST READY TO LIVE ON THEIR OWN.

>>> TO SAN DIEGO LEGENDS INTO MASTERS OF THEIR CRAFT WITH BOTH OF THEIR FORMER HOMES FOR SALE.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE VERY DIFFERENT HOMES.

>> Reporter: THE SPLENDID SPLINTER, THE KID.

TED WILLIAMS WAS KNOWN BY MANY NAMES.

THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS TIME PLAYING ON THE BOSTON RED SOX AND AS A MILITARY VETERAN.

ALL OF HIS GREATNESS BEGAN HERE IN SAN DIEGO WHERE HE GREW UP.

HIS CHILDHOOD HOME AND NORTHPARK IS UP FOR SALE ACCORDING TO BOB CHANDLER.

>> AT ONE TIME, THE MAJOR LEAGUE PADRES THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE BUYING THAT HOUSE AND TURNING IT INTO A BASEBALL SHRINE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A HALL OF FAME AND SO FORTH.

OBVIOUSLY, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: AT THE SAME TIME WILLIAMS CHILDHOOD HOME IS ON THE MARKET, SO IF THE HOUSE ONCE OWNED BY WORLD-FAMOUS TECH GUYS OH, BETTER KNOWN AS DR. SEUSS.

WHILE THE BASEBALL LEGENDS FORMER HOME IS A ONE-STORY BUNGALOW, JASON BARRY IS THE CO- OWNER WHICH WAS SELECTED TO LIST THE HOME BY THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.

>> YOU LOOK AT THE FRONT DOOR AND YOU HAVE THE ETCHED GLASS OF THE HAT OF THE CAT IN THE HAT.

THEN, I WAS MENTIONING THE PULL IN HERE TOO.

YOU HAVE THE BOWTIE OF THE CAT IN THE HAT.

>> Reporter: WILLIAMS CHILDHOOD HOME ON UTAH STREET IS EASY TO MISS PICK THAT IS PARTLY BECAUSE THERE IS NO SIGN OF A MONUMENT THAT MARKS THE HOUSE.

>> IT IS NOT VERY FAR FROM THIS ATHLETIC FIELD.

HE USED TO GO THERE, AS THE STORY GOES, FROM MORNING TO NIGHT WITH A BAT AND A BASEBALL AND HE WOULD THROW IT UP AND HIT IT AND PLAY.

ABOUT IS WHERE HE HONED HIMSELF, IN NORTHPARK.

>> Reporter: THE FORMER HOUSE OF THE CAT IN THE HAT AUTHOR IS ON THE MARKET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 75 YEARS.

HIS LATE WIFE, AUDREY, KEPT THEM OF THE PLACE IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE.

>> SUPPOSEDLY THE LIBRARY, THE OFFICE, AND THE TOWER UP ABOVE WERE A PART OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSE THAT SHE THEN BUILT AROUND .

THAT IS WHERE HE DID A LOT OF HIS WORK.

>> Reporter: THE HOME SALE IS CURRENTLY PENDING FOR $925,000.

MEANWHILE, DR. SEUSS'S HILLTOP MANSION IS LISTED AT NEARLY $19 MILLION FOR THE HOUSE AND SURROUNDING PROPERTY.

OFFERS CLOSED JUST MINUTES AGO AFTER THE 5:00 P.M.

DEADLINE WITH A DECISION TO COME TOMORROW BY UC REGENTS.

>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT THE STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

AT NIGHT.

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

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALLED 1-800- BILL HOW OR A VISIT BILL HOW.COM.

>>> AND, BY THE CONRAD PURVIS FOUNDATION.