>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE, FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES, FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL ONE 800 BILL HOWE.

AND BY THE CONRAD FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCO SHYLY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

-- AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU!

>>> THE CAMPAIGNS ARE JUST ABOUT DONE AND NOW IT'S ALL ABOUT TURNOUT.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

VOTER PARTICIPATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CHALLENGE ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUNG ADULTS.

KPBS REPORTER VISITED SAN DIEGO TO SEE IF STUDENTS WERE ENGAGED.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGISTRAR, SAYS, HER OFFICE HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 500,000 MAIL- IN BALLOTS FOR PROCESSING.

SHE SAYS SHE EXPECTS A TURNOUT OF 50 TO 60%, HISTORICALLY, YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE LOWEST TURNOUT RATE OF ANY OTHER VOTING AGE GROUP IN THE NATION.

BUT LATELY, COLLEGE STUDENTS SEEM TO BE THE EXCEPTION.

ACCORDING TO COLLEGE TURNOUT WAS 66% IN A 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

UP BY 14% FROM 2016.

>> FROM WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, WE HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN A RISE IN STUDENT REGISTRATION, OR VOTER REGISTRATION FROM THE CAMPUSES AND THAT KIND OF CORRELATES WITH THE ELECTION WHERE YOU SEE MORE FOLKS GO OUT TO VOTE.

>> Reporter: THAT IS THE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT GOVERNMENTS AT UC SAN DIEGO.

HE HAS SEEN A HIGH DEMAND FOR STUDENT VOTING RESOURCES IN VOTING FOR THE LAST ELECTIONS.

>> IS THERE GOING TO BE A LARGE NUMBER TO THE GENERAL ELECTION, I DON'T KNOW MAYBE NOT SO BUT YOU WILL DEFINITELY SEE A BIGGER TURNOUT.

>> Reporter: ALMOST EVERY SINGLE STUDENT WE APPROACHED VOTED IS PLANNING ON VOTING EMMA OR IS VOTING NOW.

LIKE 20-YEAR-OLD, ALEX PATTERSON.

>> I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW THE ONLY WAY THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO MAKE OUR VOICE HEARD.

>> Reporter: AND IN THE FEW ELIGIBLE VOTERS LIKE 20-YEAR-OLD >>> IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE EXPERIENCING SOME TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WITH THAT LAST STORY.

KPBS NEWS HAS A LOT PLANNED FOR SAN DIEGO, OUR RADIO CAME WHILE THE CALIFORNIA ELECTION SPECIAL STARTING AT 9:00.

WE WILL ALSO HAVE UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT ON KPBS TELEVISION AND ONLINE, YOU CAN JOIN US FOR A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION , AND THAT IS HOSTED BY AMITA SHARMA .

FOUR YEARS AGO, A BLUE WAVE, GAVE DEMOCRATS CONTROL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

NOW, REPUBLICANS ARE CLOSE TO RETAKING THE MAJORITY, AND EVEN POSSIBLY MORE.

ISABEL ROSALES LOOKS AT THE STEAKS ON THIS ELECTION EVE.

>>> MAKE NO MISTAKE, DEMOCRACY IS A BALLOT FOR ALL OF US.

>> Reporter: IN THE LAST SPRINT TOWARDS THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, CANDIDATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY MAKING THEIR CLOSING PITCH.

AND VOTERS CASTING BALLOTS IN RECORD NUMBERS.

>> WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY IS NOT OKAY.

AND WE ARE ALL SUFFERING.

>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS BABBLING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE SENATE.

THE MAJORITY RAZOR THIN.

35 OF 100 SENATE SEATS ON THE BALLOT.

IN THE HOUSE, ALL 435 SEATS ON THE BALLOT.

SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI FACING AN UPHILL BATTLE TO HOLD HER MAJORITY.

>> DEMOCRATS ARE SPENDING MONEY THAT BIDEN WON BY 20 POINTS.

WHY IS IT COMPETITIVE?

COST OF LIVING, CRIME, INFLATION.

>> Reporter: STATEWIDE, 36 GOVERNOR SEATS UP FOR GRABS.

BUT A CRUCIAL BATTLEGROUND STATE.

ARIZONA, HOME TO CONTESTED SENATE AND GUBERNATORIAL RACES, 12 OF THE 13 REPUBLICAN NOMINEES IN FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICE HAVE QUESTION THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 ELECTION, ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON POST .

ALSO CRITICAL, NEVADA, GEORGIA AND PENNSYLVANIA.

>> ARE YOU HAPPY WITH WHERE AMERICA IS HEADING?

>> Reporter: ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST CLOSELY WATCHED SENATE RACES.

>> FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS ARE ON THE BALLOT.

>> Reporter: AND WHERE THREE PRESIDENTS STOPPED THIS WEEKEND, PRESIDENT BIDEN DECLINING POPULARITY, PLUS RISING INFLATION AND GAS PRICES ARE MAKING IT HARD FOR DEMOCRATS TO SEE A CLEAR PATH AHEAD.

FROM CAPITOL HILL, ISABEL ROSALES, KPBS NEWS.

>>> POLITICIANS FOR A GENERATION AGO MIGHT NOT RECOGNIZE THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE IN SAN DIEGO.

ONCE A RELIABLY RED COUNTY, DEMOCRATS HAVE MADE HUGE GAINS.

CLAIRE TRAGESER LOOKS AT THE DATA AND GETS ANALYSIS ON HOW IT HAPPENS AND THAT IS LATER IN THE NEWSCAST.

>>> AS VETERANS DAY APPROACHES, CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS GATHERED TO DISCUSS HOMELESSNESS AMONG VETERANS.

KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAE SAYS THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS.

>> A GAP BETWEEN WHAT IS AVAILABLE AND WHAT FOLKS NOTICE.

AND IT IS UNIQUE I THINK TO OUR BEDROOM COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: SUPERVISOR NATHAN FLETCHER WAS AMONG COUNTY AND CITY LEADERS WHO MET WITH FORMER HOMELESS VETERANS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS WHO LEAD HOUSING OUTREACH AND SERVICE PROGRAMS.

>> EVERYONE SERVES BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING GREATER THAN THEMSELVES.

>> Reporter: BEING A PART OF SOMETHING GREATER THAN THEMSELVES IS NOT THE ONLY SIMILARITY AMONG VETERANS.

>> ANOTHER REALITY IS A LOT OF FOLKS STRUGGLE WHEN I GET OUT.

AND MAYBE IT IS POST DRAMATIC STRESS, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT COMBINED WITH THE DIFFICULTY OF THE TRANSITION.

>> Reporter: MAYOR TODD GLORIA DISCUSSES THE CURRENT CHANGE IN THE HOMELESS VETERAN POPULATION.

>> ONE AREA WHERE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN AND NOT UP.

OVER THE LAST YEARS TO BE ABLE TO GET A 27% REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS VETERANS IN SAN DIEGO.

IS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE DOCTORS FROM THE VA. >> Reporter: THE VETERANS AFFAIRS SUPPORT HOUSING WHICH INCLUDES RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR HOMELESS VETERANS.

>> WHEN WE CAN PROVE THAT WE CAN DO THAT WE NEED TO REPLICATE THAT.

AMONGST OUR TRANSITIONAL FOSTER CARE YOUTH.

AMONGST OTHER VOLATILE PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, TO WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE A SIMILAR COMMITMENT.

>> Reporter: BOTH LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR LATER THIS MONTH, TO DISCUSS THE HOMELESS SITUATION IN CALIFORNIA.

>> THE POINT IS THAT IT IS ACROSS THE STATE AND WHERE I SEE A LOT OF OTHER CITIES THAT ARE NOT DOING WHAT OUR CITY IS DOING, ARE THE COUNTIES THAT ARE NOT DOING NEARLY WHAT THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO IS DOING, MY HOPE IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT CATCHES THOSE FOLKS AND WAKES THEM UP, TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.

>> Reporter: MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION NOW AVAILABLE FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY TEACHERS, TRYING TO PAY FOR CLASSROOM PROJECTS.

THE MONEY IS COMING FROM SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC SHAREHOLDERS.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER EXPLAINS HOW IT WORKS.

>> RECORD SOMETHING.

>> Reporter: THERE IS A BRILLIANT LAND OF ALL KINDS OF SCIENCE.

GOING ON HERE, AND CHRISTINA EIGHTH GRADE CLASS.

SOME OF IT DETACHED FROM REALITY.

>> INTO OUR VIRTUAL WORLD.

>> Reporter: 13-YEAR-OLD EXTERIOR COST ALANO IS STRAPPED INTO HIS VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET.

AS PART OF A LESSON, AND LEMON GROVE ACADEMY.

A CAMPUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MANY CHILDREN WHO COME FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.

>> I AM MOVING MY ARMS ACCORDING TO THE ARROWS THAT IT'S SHOWING ME.

>> Reporter: XAVIER AND HIS CLASSMATES USING EQUIPMENT SIMILAR TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY, USED BY SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND THE MILITARY.

TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND FIND NEW SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES.

THE HEADSETS COST $5000.

AND HALF OF THAT WAS PAID WITH FUNDING FROM SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC SHAREHOLDER MATCHING GRANT.

IT IS A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE EQUITY AND EDUCATION.

>> I THINK THE STUDENTS LOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO TRY SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WHAT HAVE SPARKED INTEREST, OR SOMETHING THAT MAYBE THEIR PEERS ARE DOING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD ACCESS TO.

>> Reporter: TEACHERS POST PRODUCTS ON THE DONORS CHOOSE.ORG WEBSITE, PROJECT TO SUPPLEMENT LEARNING AND SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATH.

AND RACIAL EQUALITY CURRICULUM.

AND THEN, SHAREHOLDERS WILL MATCH DONATIONS RAISED.

IN SOME CASES, TRIPLING THE MATCHED MONEY.

>> WHEN OUR TEACHER CAN ADD EXTRA PIECES, I SAY THE SPRINKLES, THAT HELPS KEEP OUR CHILDREN ENGAGED AND HELPS THEM KEEP IN SCHOOL.

THIS IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL.

>> I WANT TO BE A METEOROLOGIST.

>> AND HOW MIGHT THIS HELP?

>> MAYBE LIKE EXPERIENCING THE WEATHER?

THROUGH THE META-VERSE?

>> Reporter: THE DONORS CHOOSE MATCHING PROGRAM IS OPEN TO TEACHERS AT ANY SCHOOL, ANY SERVICE AREA.

AND THERE IS $250,000 TO BE SPENT.

APPLICATIONS WILL BE TAKEN UNTIL THE MONEY IS GONE.

-- SINCE APPLICATIONS OPENED LAST FRIDAY.

CHRISTINA WATKINS HAS ALREADY GOTTEN MORE FUNDING APPROVED.

46 DIGITAL TABLETS, TO HELP STUDENTS PROGRAM HERB ARE CLASSROOM ROBOTS, THAT IS A REALITY CHECK WORTH CELEBRATING.

>> M.G.

PEREZ KPBS NEWS .

>>> BRUSHING HER TEETH OR TAKING A SHOWER AND GRABBING A VAPE, MORE TEENS WHO USE E- CIGARETTES ARE INCREASINGLY MAKING IT PART OF THEIR DAILY ROUTINE.

AND THAT IS ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH FROM 2017 TO 2021, THAT IS PUBLISHED IN JAMA NETWORK OPEN.

IT REPORTS THAT 10% OF ADOLESCENTS REPORT VAPING WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES OF WAKING UP.

AND SIMILAR RESEARCH HAD THAT NUMBER AT AROUND 1%, DURING THE PREVIOUS FOUR YEAR PERIOD MY CALIFORNIA BAND FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS, BACK IN 2020.

BUT, THIS YEAR'S PROP 31 ASKED VOTERS TO OVERTURN THAT BAND.

>>> SCIENCE FROM UC SAN DIEGO SHOWS THAT SPORES CAN READ ENVIRONMENTAL CUES, TO RETURN TO LIFE AFTER THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF DORMANCY.

KPBS TECH REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE REP TELLS US, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR UNDERSTANDING LIFE AND PERHAPS THE ORIGIN OF LIFE ON EARTH.

>> Reporter: PROFESSOR REFERS TO AN OVAL IMAGE ON A SCREEN, IT IS A DORMANT SPORE THAT IN THIS VIDEO PERIODICALLY CHANGES COLOR.

>> IT IS COUNTING EVERY TIME THAT IT ENCOUNTERS FOOD, AND IT IS SOMETHING THOSE SIGNALS AND IT GETS BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER AND THAT MEANS THAT IT'S GETTING CLOSER TO WAKING UP.

>> Reporter: THE SPORE IS WHAT HAS BECOME OF A BACTERIAL CELL THAT HAS ENCOUNTERED HARSH CONDITIONS.

IT IS NOT EXACTLY DEAD, BUT HE SAYS IT'S IN A STATE OF DORMANCY WHERE THE FUNCTIONS AND NEEDS OF A LIVING ORGANISM ARE NOT SEEN.

>> THERE IS NO METABOLISM, WHICH IS HOW FOOD GETS CONVERTED INTO CHEMICAL ENERGY.

THERE IS NO GENE EXPRESSION.

>> Reporter: A PAPER WRITTEN BY AND PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE SHOWS THIS UNDEAD ORGANISM IS STILL ABLE TO MONITOR AND RESPOND TO THE PRESENCE OF FOOD.

AND REJOIN THE RANKS OF THE LIVING.

>> WHEN THEY WAKE UP THEY GO FROM WHITE TO BLACK.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER MICROSCOPIC VIDEO SHOWS THE SPORES WAKING UP AFTER REPEATED SIGNALS THAT FOOD IS PRESENT.

WHEN THEY AWAKEN THEY QUICKLY ASSUME BEHAVIORS OF LIFE.

>> SO THEY TAKE UP WATER AND THEY START DOING ALL OF THE NORMAL BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES THAT WE WOULD EXPECT LIKE METABOLISM STARTS, GENE EXPRESSION STARTS AND THEY BECOME A FULLY LIVING, AND REGULAR SODA SPEAK BACTERIAL CELL.

>> Reporter: SPORES CAN SURVIVE FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS, THIS WAS SHOWN BY THE DISCOVERY AND REVIVAL OF SPORES THAT ONCE LIVED IN THE GUTS OF AN AGENT HONEYBEE AND WERE PRESERVED IN AMBER.

SURVIVING SPORES MAY BE THE BEST WAY TO EXPLAIN HOW EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE COULD COME TO EARTH.

>> ONE OF THE IDEAS, IN TERMS OF HOW LIFE EMERGED ON OUR PLANET IS THAT MAYBE IT HITCHHIKED ON AN ASTEROID OR COMET AND LANDED CRASH LANDED ON OUR PLANET.

AND, SO, WE ARE ALL SORT OF ALIENS FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, ALL COMING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.

BUT TO DO THAT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF LIVING MATERIAL THAT SURVIVED THIS JOURNEY.

>> Reporter: AND MAYBE, JUST MAYBE -- THAT LIVING MATERIAL WAS A DORMANT SPORE.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE ANNUAL CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT KNOWN THIS YEAR AS COP27 IS UNDERWAY.

IN EGYPT, THE HEART OF THE AGENDA IS WHETHER POORER NATIONS WILL BE COMPENSATED FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE FROM EXTREME WEATHER.

TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS ALSO INCLUDE SAUDI ARABIA ANNOUNCING A 2 1/2 BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT AND WORK TO MEET THE NET ZERO GOALS BY THE YEAR 2050.

FORMER U.S. VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE, NOW ONE OF THE LEADING VOICES ON CLIMATE ISSUES IS ALSO AT COP27.

AND HE IS CALLING OUT WORLD LEADERS FOR ACTING TOO SLOWLY.

-- >> WE HAVE A CREDIBILITY PROBLEM, ALL OF US.

WE ARE TALKING AND WE ARE STARTING TO ACT.

BUT WE ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH.

IT IS A CHOICE, TO CONTINUE THIS PATTERN OF DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR.

WE HAVE OTHER CHOICES.

>> AND DESPITE MORE ENGAGEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, IT HAS YET TO EMERGE AS A KEY ELECTION ISSUE.

A CNN POLL, THIS FALL RANKED IT LAST AMONGST SEVEN PRIORITIES, FOR THOSE QUESTIONED, WITH LESS THAN 40% DESCRIBING IT AS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THEIR VOTE.

>>> IT IS NO SECRET THAT SAN DIEGO COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION HAS BEEN TRENDING AWAY FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THE LAST TWO DECADES.

KPBS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER CLAIRE TRAGESER DIVES INTO THE DATA TO SEE WHAT IS DRIVING THE SHIFT.

>> Reporter: TAKE A LOOK AT THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION MAP AND YOU WILL SEE A COUNTY THAT HAS BECOME QUITE A BIT MORE BLUE OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES.

AND SOME VOTERS WHO HAVE LEFT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAVE NO PROBLEM TELLING YOU WHY.

FOR THE RESIDENT NIKKI, IT WAS DONALD TRUMP CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2016.

>> IN 2020, THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THAT I COULD VOTE FOR ANOTHER REPUBLICAN EVER.

>> Reporter: WHILE SHE GREW UP REPUBLICAN AND CONSERVATIVE, NOW SHE VOTES THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

>> THE ENTIRE TICKET.

[ LAUGHTER ].

EVEN IF I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

>> Reporter: PART OF A POLITICAL SHIFT IN SAN DIEGO'S VOTER REGISTRATION BETWEEN 2004 AND 2020.

IT HAS TRANSFORMED SAN DIEGO FROM A COUNTY SO RELIABLY READ, TO THE LIGHT BLUE COUNTY THAT IT IS TODAY.

THE IMPACTS OF THE CHANGE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT.

A POLITICS PROFESSOR AT UC SAN DIEGO.

-- >> WE HAVE SEEN THIS RADICAL TRANSFORMATION OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES FROM A REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLD TO A BATTLEGROUND AND NOW, AN AREA WHERE IF YOU LOOK AT THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE LEGISLATIVE COALITION, DEMOCRATS HAVE ALMOST LOCKED UP EVERY POSITION.

>> Reporter: THE MOVE AWAY FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS NOT HAPPENED EVENLY ACROSS THE COUNTY.

AREAS LIKE ESCONDIDO, CARLSBAD, LAKE SAN MARCOS, AND VALLEY CENTER, ALL SAW A DROP IN REGISTERED REPUBLICANS.

BUT, GOP REGISTRATION, ACTUALLY INCREASED IN OTHER PLACES LIKE EL CAJON AND ENCINITAS.

CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS WERE ALWAYS MORE MODERATE.

WITH LEADERS LIKE CONGRESSMAN AND GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, WHO WERE SOCIALLY LIBERAL AND PROENVIRONMENT BUT FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE.

SO, THE SHIFT MAKES SENSE.

>> THAT IS NOT DONALD TRUMP, RIGHT, THE CULTURE WARS, GETTING RID OF A REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE, THROUGH ROE V. WADE, AND PULLING OUT OF THE PARISH CLIMATE RECORDS, THOSE SORTS OF STEPS TOOK THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT AND REALLY TOO FAR TO THE RIGHT FOR MANY SAN DIEGO REPUBLICANS.

>> Reporter: JORDAN GASTON IS NO FAN OF TRUMP, BUT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY WANTS LOCAL REPUBLICANS TO FIGHT FOR CHANGE, WITHIN THE PARTY RATHER THAN LEAVE.

>> THE SAME REPUBLICAN IN THE ELECTION, YOU WANT TO SEE IT AS WELL TO A POINT, PEOPLE SHOULD SAY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SHOULD BE ABOUT CHANGE.

>> Reporter: THE DATA SHOW VOTERS FLEEING TODAY'S GOP AREN'T NECESSARILY LOCKING TO THE DEMOCRATS.

FAR MORE ARE BECOMING NO PARTY PREFERENCE VOTERS, WHICH CREATES A NEW REALITY FOR CAMPAIGNS.

BRIAN KLAUSNER, A SAN DIEGO- BASED CONSULTANT, SAYS THE SO- CALLED INDEPENDENT VOTER USED TO BE SOMEONE WHO WOULD CHECK OUT OF POLITICS.

THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE.

>> THE ESCALATION AS AN INDEPENDENT IS A REFLECTION THAT THEY HOLD VERY SPECIFIC OPINIONS ABOUT POLITICS RATHER THAN YOU WANT TO BE BOTHERED WITH POLITICS.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE REGIONS DEMOGRAPHIC AND GROWTH PATTERNS ALSO PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE.

FOR EXAMPLE, AREAS LIKE MISSION VALLEY, HAD BUILT MORE DENSE HOUSING IN THE PAST DECADE, WHICH DRAWS IN RESIDENTS WHO ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE LOWER INCOME AND YOUNGER, AND THOSE VOTERS ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE REPUBLICAN.

>> THAT CHANGES THE ISSUES THAT THEY CARE ABOUT AND HOW THEY LIVE THEIR LIVES, THEIR ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT.

THE PROXIMITY TO JOBS, AND A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT, THE SAME VOTERS MIGHT BE BEHAVING IN A DIFFERENT WAY BECAUSE THEY WOULD CARE ABOUT YOUR ISSUES.

>> Reporter: BUT WHO KNOWS HOW THIS NEW BEHAVIOR WILL LAST.

AS EXPERTS TELL YOU, LOCAL POLITICS CAN BE LIKE THE WEATHER.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, JUST WAIT A WHILE, AND IT WILL CHANGE.

CLAIRE TRAGESER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A FEW YEARS BACK CALIFORNIA VOTERS CHOSE TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA FOR ALL ADULTS.

AND NOW, THERE IS ANOTHER MEASURE ON THE BALLOT SPECIFIC TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

KPBS REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN TELLS US ABOUT MEASURE A.

>> Reporter: ALL OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY VOTERS WILL SEE MEASURE A, THE CANNABIS BUSINESS TAX ON THEIR NOVEMBER BALLOTS.

THE MEASURE WOULD ALLOW THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO IMPOSE TAXES ON LEGAL MARIJUANA BUSINESSES IN THE UNINCORPORATED COUNTY.

EVERYTHING FROM RETAIL TO DISTRIBUTION, TESTING AND CULTIVATION IS ON THE TABLE, THE TAXES COULD BRING IN BETWEEN 3 TO $5 MILLION PER YEAR AND THAT MONEY COULD BE USED FOR ANY GOVERNMENT PURPOSE, RANGING FROM PARKS, PUBLIC SAFETY, OR EVEN ROAD REPAIRS.

THE MEASURE WAS PLACED ON THE BALLOT BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

SUPERVISORS SAY IT'S A BIPARTISAN SOLUTION TO ADVANCE THE LEGAL CANNABIS MARKET AND HELP CURTAIL ILLEGAL OPERATIONS.

OPPONENTS ARGUE THAT MEASURE A IS UNFAIR BECAUSE IT ONLY APPLIES TO BUSINESSES IN THE UNINCORPORATED COUNTY, YET ALL COUNTY VOTERS ARE TAKING IT UP.

THEY ALSO QUESTIONED WHETHER REVENUES WOULD ACTUALLY GO TO SERVICES IN THE AREAS THAT ARE PAYING THE CANNABIS TAX.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND THAT IS ONE EXAMPLE OF THE CONTENT THAT YOU WILL FIND AT THE KPBS MOTOR HUB WE HAVE VERSIONS IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH THIS YEAR, IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO WORK ON YOUR BALLOT TONIGHT OR TOMORROW, IT IS A GOOD RESOURCE TO FIND VOTING LOCATIONS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE ALSO HAVE ALL OF THE STORIES OUR REPORTERS HAVE WORKED ON THIS ELECTION CYCLE.

AND YOU CAN GET TO THE KPBS MOTOR HUB KPBS.ORG.

, QUITE THE IMPACTFUL STORM ON THE MOVE HERE, RIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY, INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.

AND WEDNESDAY THIS WILL BRING ABOUT HEAVY RAIN, AND THE HEAVIEST WE HAVE SEEN.

LOCALIZED FLOODING, IN LOW- LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS, AND A HIGHER TERRAIN, WE WILL SEE SOME MOUNTAIN SNOW AND OF COURSE QUITE A BIT OF WIND, WE WILL NOTICE THAT WIND TO THE NORTH.

SAY OUT TOWARDS BIG BEAR, AND WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THE SNOW THERE, TOO AS WE GO THROUGH TIME, NOTICED THE WIND ADVISORY THAT COULD CHANGE AS WE GO DOWN.

ESPECIALLY AS WE VENTURE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT, SOME OF THE TERRAIN COULD SEE SOME OF THE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS UP TOWARDS 30 OR 35, DUSTING, KEEP THE UMBRELLAS HANDY WE WILL LOOK AT THAT WET WEATHER FOR TONIGHT, OCEAN CITY, SAN DIEGO, TEMPERATURES FALLING DOWN INTO THE 60s, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE STORMING US AS WE GO THROUGH TUESDAY, THIS WILL BE OUR HEAVIEST RAIN MAKING IT WAY THROUGH.

DURING THE DAY, SNOW LEVELS STILL WAY UP THERE, VERY HIGH ON THE TERRAIN AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY, THEY WILL BEGIN TO LOWER TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

AND BY THE TIME WE GET INTO WEDNESDAY, THE MAJORITY OF THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL BE MOVING OUT BUT WE CAN SEE UPWARDS OF AN INCH OF RAIN AROUND SAN DIEGO, SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS OUT OF THE EAST AND INTO THE FOOTHILLS, AND LAGUNA, YOU'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE RAIN BEFORE THAT SWITCH OVER TO SNOW AND SOME SPOTS COULD SEE OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN, AWAY FROM THE COAST.

AND TO THE EAST OF SOME OF THOSE INLAND WESTERN VALLEYS.

LET'S TAKE A FEW FUTURECAST, AS YOU START TO SEE AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH TUESDAY, THAT MOISTURE FEELS IT WAY IN AND PRESSES ITS WAY THROUGH THE AREA, RAIN CAN BE HEAVY AT TIMES.

TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 60s TOWARDS SAN DIEGO, BORREGO SPRINGS, AND STILL WARM AND MOUNT LAGUNA BUT THAT WILL CHANGE AS WE GO INTO WEDNESDAY.

AND WE SEE THAT TRANSITION OF RAIN OVER TO SNOW, FOR THE MOUNTAINS, A LOOK AT THE GHOST WE WILL SEE THAT WET WEATHER TUESDAY, STILL SOME LINGERING SHOWERS WEDNESDAY, AND THEN IT IS COOL BUT IT DRIES OUT.

LATER ON THIS WEEK AS WE TALKED ABOUT INLAND LOCATIONS, DAYTIME TEMPERATURE CLIMB, LATER ON THIS WEEK BUT THE WET WEATHER HERE, TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.

WEDNESDAY COULD SEE A COUPLE OF INCHES TOWARDS MOUNT LAGUNA AND YOU DRY OUT INTO THE WEEKEND OVER THE DESERT, LOOKING BEYOND THE STORMY SIDE, TUESDAY.

AND IT WILL START TO WARM THINGS UP FOR THE WEEKEND, FOR KPBS, >>> I AM JUDY WOODRUFF, CANDIDATES MAKE THEIR CLOSING ARGUMENTS TO VOTERS BEFORE ELECTION DAY.

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

>>> THE COST OF TRAVEL IS UP AND A TSA PRECHECK WILL COST YOU LESS, THE PRICE FOR ENROLLMENT AND IN PERSON RENEWALS IS DROPPING BY SEVEN DOLLARS FROM $85-$78, ONLINE RENEWALS WILL COST THE SAME, $70 AND ONCE APPROVED, THE TSA PRECHECK IS GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS.

AND IT ALLOWS PASSENGERS TO MOVE FASTER THROUGH SECURITY WHILE LEAVING ON THEIR SHOES JACKETS AND BELTS, LAST SEPTEMBER, 93% OF PROJECT PASSENGERS WAITED LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES AT THE CHECKPOINTS.

>>> IT IS THE LARGEST LOTTERY PRIZE EVER.

EVIL ARE RUSHING TO GRAB POWERBALL TICKETS FOR TONIGHT'S DRAWING WAS IS ESTIMATED THAT $1.9 BILLION.

WITH RECENT INTEREST RATE HIKES WHAT WOULD BE THE PAYOUT.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ BASED ON THE NUMBERS.

>> Reporter: WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON ALMOST $2 BILLION?

>> WHAT WHAT I DO?

I WOULD QUIT MY JOB AND TRAVEL.

>> CHARITY, DEFINITELY TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY.

>> I DON'T KNOW A LIFE-CHANGING AMOUNT OF MONEY.

>> Reporter: REALITY FOR SOMEONE OR SOMEONE'S BY 11:00 EASTERN TIME TONIGHT, WITH NO TOP PRIZE WINNERS FOR THE LAST 40 DRIES, MONDAY NIGHTS POWERBALL HAS THE BIGGEST JACKPOT IN LOTTERY HISTORY.

AN EXPECTED $1.9 BILLION.

THE ODDS OF WINNING MATCHING ALL FIVE NUMBERS AND THE POWERBALL ARE ALMOST ONE IN 300 MILLION.

BUT BEFORE YOU START MAKING YOUR LIST OF EXACTLY HOW YOU WOULD SPEND IT, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS TO CONSIDER.

THE JACKPOT AMOUNT IS WHAT YOU WOULD TAKE HOME BEFORE TAXES, IF YOU CHOOSE TO GET 30 EQUAL PAYMENTS OF $63 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, IF YOU DECIDE TO TAKE THE CASH OPTION, YOU WOULD GET ABOUT $929 MILLION.

HOWEVER, THE IRS TAKES 24% RIGHT OFF THE TOP, PLUS IT IS POSSIBLE THE STATE YOU WIN AND GETS A CUT.

ANNUITY PAYMENTS ARE ALSO BIGGER THAN A CASH VALUE BECAUSE THE LOTTERY SPONSOR INVESTS YOUR WINNINGS OVER TIME , WHICH MATURE AND EARN INTEREST ANNUALLY.

AND THE REASON FEDERAL INTEREST RATES ARE ACTUALLY CAUSING THAT VALUE TO INCREASE, BUT WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO DO TOMORROW, AFTER YOU WIN THE JACKPOT, IT IS ENOUGH FOR YOU AND YOUR FAVORITE COWORKERS TO RETIRE ON.

>> THE PAYOUT WOULD HELP MY FAMILY AND HELP PEOPLE IN NEED, AND VOLUNTEER.

>> Reporter: IVAN RODRIGUEZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND ONE TICKET SOLD CAN CLOSE THIS WEEKEND, LOTTERY OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS BOUGHT AT THE RIGHT AID ON MANCHESTER AVENUE.

ONLY THE POWERBALL NUMBER WAS OFF, AND THAT TICKET IS GOOD FOR A PRICE OF MORE THAN $1.1 MILLION.

CONGRATULATIONS.

>>> HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING ON TOMORROW.

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