>>> CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY ARE GROWING LOUDER AS MORE PEOPLE DIE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY JAILS.

THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN 17 IN CUSTODY DEATHS THIS YEAR.

THAT IS ONE SHORT FROM LAST YEAR'S RECORD OF 18.

AS OUR REPORTER TELLS US ACTIVISTS ARE TAKING ISSUE WITH THAT ACCOUNT.

>> OUTSIDE THE STEPS OF THE HALL OF JUSTICE ADVOCATES CONTINUE TO DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE IN CUSTODY DEATHS THAT HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK THIS YEAR.

>> THAT IS THERACIAL JUSTICE COALITION OUT OF SAN DIEGO.

AS THE NUMBER OF IN CUSTODY DEATH GOES UP THE SCENE YOU COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR EXCUSES.

THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN 17 IN CUSTODY DEATHS OF THIS YEAR, BUT THEY ARE NOT COUNTING AN INMATE WHO GOT RELEASED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

>> WE ARE REALLY WORRIED AS THE DEATH RATES GO UP AND IT LOOKS MORE EMBARRASSING FOR THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WILL FIND WAYS TO CORRODE THESE DEBTS AND TRY TO EXPLAIN A WAY.

>> CRITICIZING THE CITIZENS LAW- ENFORCEMENT REVIEW BOARD FOR NOT DOING ENOUGH TO HOLD BOND ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DEATHS.

>> WE HAD A HISTORY OF NOT BEING TIMELY AND DROPPING THE BALL SOME YEARS AGO.

>> IS THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND SAYS HE IS PUSHING TO BE MORE PROACTIVE AS IN CUSTODY DEATHS CONTINUE TO RISE.

>> MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE DIFFERENTLY TO PREVENT THEM.

>> RIGHT NOW THEY DO NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THE RECORDS OF THE MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO A PERSON IN DISTRESS.

>> WE ARE REALLY ONLY GETTING HALF OF THE STORY BUT WE CANNOT LOOK TO SEE IF THE MEDICAL SERVICES DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO IN A TIMELY FASHION.

>> HE IS ADVOCATING FOR ACCESS TO THE MEDICAL SERVICE RECORDS AS WELL AS CRACKING DOWN ON DRUGS GETTING INTO JAIL FACILITIES.>>> ANOTHER CONTROVERSY.

THIS TIME OUTRAGE OVER A PICTURE OF THIS PERSON IN THIS CLASSROOM.

ONE PARENT DEMANDED THAT IT BE REMOVED BECAUSE OF ITS INSENSITIVITY AND INSULT TO VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST.

IT WAS REMOVED, BUT THE INCIDENT COMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOST HIGH, HOLY DAYS FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, WHICH CONTINUES TO FIGHT DISCRIMINATION.

OUR EDUCATION REPORTER TAKES US ON CAMPUS TO TALK WITH SOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DOING THEIR PART TO SHARE THEIR FAITH.

>> THIS IS THE SIVAN OF REPENTANCE.

THERE IS A 4 STEP PROCESS.

>> THEY CALL THEMSELVES AND UNTRADITIONAL NAME THAT THEY SAY HONORS THEIR VERY TRADITIONAL FAITH.

THEY MEET ONCE A WEEK AT LUNCHTIME AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS SENIOR HAS ATTENDED SINCE SHE WAS A FRESHMAN.

EVERY YEAR THERE CONTINUES TO BE INCIDENTS OF HATE SPEECH AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE COMMUNITY.

>> IT MAKES ME NOT WANT TO EMBRACE MY RELIGION AND BE OPEN ABOUT IT.>> IT IS THE JEWISH NEW YEAR.

>> SHE IS OFTEN A GUEST SPEAKER AT THE CLUB.

ESPECIALLY NOW DURING THE JEWISH HIGH HOLY DAYS.

LEADER OF THE NEARBY TEMPLE EMMANUELLE, WHICH IS CELEBRATING ROSH HASHANAH AND PREPARING FOR THE MOST HOLY DAY OF ATONEMENT.

YOM KIPPUR.

SHE COMES TO CAMPUS BEARING GIFTS OF APPLE AND HONEY.

SHE ALSO BRINGS A REALITY CHECK IN HARD LESSONS ABOUT REMAINING FAITHFUL IN THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE.

>> WHEN WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO IDENTIFY ANYONE WHO WE DO NOT LIKE AS THAT OR ANALOGIZE PEOPLE WE FIND TO BE POLITICALLY UNAPPEALING WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO DESENSITIZE WHO AND WHAT THEY ACTUALLY WERE.

>> THE RABBI TELLS US CHOOSE ARE NOW IN A PERIOD CALLED THE JAYS OF ALL.

LIMIT THE TIME FOR THEM TO BE MOST OPEN, VULNERABLE, AND HONEST.

IT IS ALSO A TIME FOR FORGIVENESS AND TO EDUCATE THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST THEM.

THESE MEMORIES ARE STILL FRESH.

ONE WOMAN WAS KILLED AND THREE OTHER PEOPLE INJURED BY A SELF- PROCLAIMED WHITE SUPREMACIST ON THE LAST DAY OF PASSOVER.

A YEAR EARLIER THERE WAS THE ANTI-SEMITIC TERRORIST ATTACK AT THE TREE OF LIFE SYNAGOGUE IN PENNSYLVANIA.

11 PEOPLE DEAD.

SIX WOUNDED.

INCLUDING SEVERAL HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.

MEANWHILE ON CAMPUS THE EDUCATION CONTINUES.

>> IT MAKES ME SAD BECAUSE SOMEONE THAT WOULD HAVE THOSE FEELINGS OF HATE.

IT MAKE ME ANGRY THAT IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.

>> I HAVE HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS WHO ARE MORE CURIOUS THAN ABRUPT WITH THEIR CONVERSATION IN LANGUAGE TOWARDS ME.

I AM EXCITED TO KEEP EDUCATING AND GETTING OUT THERE.

IT IS A LOT OF FUN.

>> THERE IS THE HOPE FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

>>> HURRICANE IAN IS SLAMMING THE GULF COAST WITH NEAR CATEGORY FIVE STRENGTH.

THE MONSTROUS STORM PACKED WINDS OF 155 MILES PER HOUR.

EVEN BEFORE IT HIT.

THE IMPACT WILL LIKELY BE SOLD LONG AFTER THE STORM MOVES ON.

MIKE HAS MORE ON HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AIMS TO HELP.

>> AS HURRICANE IAN SLAMS FLORIDA'S WEST COAST PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS PROMISING FEDERAL RESOURCES TO HELP.

THE TOP PRIORITY IS SEARCH AND RESCUE.

>> THEY WILL COORDINATE SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS BY LAND, AIR, AND SEE.

WE HAVE 128,000 GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINING READY FOR RAPID DEPLOYMENT.

>> THE FEMA ADMINISTRATOR SAYS THEY HAVE GENERATORS READY TO RESTORE POWER TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

THEY ALSO GATHERED 3.7 MILLION MEALS AND 3.5 MILLION LITERS OF WATER IN ALABAMA.

>> THERE ARE MULTIPLE VOLUNTEER AGENCIES THAT ARE STAGED AND PREPARED TO PERFORM OPERATIONS AS SOON AS IT IS SAFE.

>> MORE THAN 2000 FLIGHTS CANCELED SO FAR WEDNESDAY.

IF THE STORM STAYS ON ITS CURRENT TRACK FLOODING COULD CRIPPLE THE CORRIDOR'S STRAINING SUPPLY CHAINS TO AND FROM THE STATE.

WHILE THERE ARE CONCERNS THIS COULD CAUSE THE COST OF ORANGES TO SPIKY IS NOT EXPECTED TO POSE A MAJOR THREAT TO NATIONAL OIL AND GAS SUPPLIES.>>THE TOPIC OF HUNGER AND NUTRITION WAS FRONT AND CENTER TODAY AT A CONFERENCE HOSTED BY THE WHITE HOUSE.

THE GOAL IS TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT WAYS TO END FOOD INSECURITY AND DECREASES SECURITIES CAUSED BY MALNUTRITION BY 2030.

TODAY THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED $1 BILLION IN FUNDING FOR PROJECTS TO MEET THE GOAL FOR THE SAN DIEGO HUNGER COALITION SAYS ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE ARE FOOD INSECURE HERE INCLUDING THE 33% OF ALL CHILDREN.>> WE ARE NOT SEEING THE WAGE INCREASES THAT CAN COVER THE KIND OF PRICE INCREASES THAT PEOPLE ARE FACING RIGHT NOW.

THIS AFFECTS EVERYTHING.

>> THE COALITION SAYS ALMOST ,12 MILLION MORE PER MONTH WOULD BE NEEDED TO ACHIEVE NUTRITION SECURE SAN DIEGO POPULATION WHERE EVERYONE CAN ACCESS HEALTHY FOOD.

>>> IT JUST GOT EASIER FOR DEVELOPERS TO BUILD HOUSING ON COMMERCIAL LAND.

THE GOVERNOR SIGNED TWO LAWS TODAY INTERESTED IN THE HOUSING PRODUCTION INCLUDING AFFORDABLE UNITS.

>> THIS IS A MOMENT ON A JOURNEY TO RECONCILE THE ORIGINAL SIN OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

THAT IS THE ISSUE OF HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY.

IT TOUCHES MORE THINGS AND MORE WAYS ON MORE DAYS THAN ANY OTHER ISSUE.

IT IS AT THE CORE OF THE EXPRESSION OF SO MUCH OF THE FRUSTRATION MANY OF US HAVE ABOUT OUR STATE AND OUR FUTURE AND THE FRAGILITY OF THE MOMENT WE ARE LIVING IN.

>> BOTH NEW LAWS ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO BYPASS LOCAL LAWS TO BUILD HOUSING ON LAND SET ASIDE FOR BUSINESSES.

ONE REQUIRES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THE HOUSING UNITS TO BE AFFORDABLE TO THE OTHER SAYS IT MUST GO THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS.>>> TODAY THE GOVERNOR ALSO SIGNED LEGISLATION EXPANDING UNION RIGHTS FOR FARMWORKERS.

THE LIFESPANS THE WAY THEY CAN VOTE IN A UNION ELECTION.

INCLUDING BY MAIL-IN BALLOT AN AUTHORIZATION CARD SUBMITTED TO THE AGRICULTURAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD UNDER AN ADDITIONAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR.

THE UNITED FARMWORKERS IN THE CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION CLARIFIED LANGUAGE WILL BE PASTORING NEXT YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO ADDRESS CONCERNS AROUND IMPLEMENTATION AND VOTING INTEGRITY.

>>> KIDS AS YOUNG AS FOUR YEARS OLD CAN NOW GO TO TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN IN CALIFORNIA, BUT THOSE KIDS COULD NOT GO TO AFTERCARE APPEAR THAT IS ALL CHANGING UNDER A NEW LAW.

OUR REPORTER EXPLAINS WHAT THIS MEANS FOR A LOCAL FAMILY.

>> SARAH HAS BEEN FIGURING OUT THE AFTERNOONS FOR HER SON, WHO IS A TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTNER.

>> WE WERE INITIALLY TOLD THEY HAD NEW AFTER SCHOOL CLASSROOMS COMING, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE UP AND RUNNING BY THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WHICH WAS SUCH GREAT NEWS.

>> THEN IT WAS NOT SO GREAT BECAUSE HE IS NOT FOUR YEARS AND NINE MONTHS OLD.

HE COULD NOT GO TO AFTERCARE.

>> WE JUST SCRAMBLED AND FOUND A BABYSITTER OFF OF FACEBOOK TO HELP FOR SOME OF THE DAYS, AND OTHER DAYS WE JUST JUGGLED HAVING A FOUR-YEAR-OLD IN A HOUSE WELL WE DID OUR WORK FOR FIVE HOURS A DAY.

>> THAT SHOULD NOW CHANGE WITH THE SIGNING OF THE BILL.

THIS IS THE DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY FOR THE SAN DIEGO YMCA.

>> ANY CHILD ON THERE THAT INCLUDES TEACHING NOW IS ELIGIBLE FOR SCHOOL AGE LICENSE CARES.

>> MANY GET OUT AT 2:00 NOON ON WEDNESDAYS.

MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR WORKING PARENTS TO SEND THEIR KIDS THERE.

THE LAW CHANGES THAT, BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGAN.>> IT POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED TO ADD TO THAT TOXIC STRESS THAT SO MANY HOUSEHOLDS ARE EXPERIENCING.

>> STRESS LIKE WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THIS HOUSEHOLD FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

>> IT TELLS THEM THAT IT FEELS LIKE THE PANDEMIC WHERE YOU ARE JUST KIND OF FORCED TO JUGGLE EVERYTHING AND HANDLE EVERYTHING ON YOUR OWN, AND LEFT TO FEND FOR YOURSELF.

>>> YOU WILL ONE DAY GET MONEY BACK FROM RECYCLING WINE AND LIQUOR BOTTLES.

THE GLASS BOTTLES ARE BEING ADDED TO CALIFORNIA'S RECYCLING REBATE PROGRAM, BUT ON UNTIL JULY 2024 PRODUCED ITS RECYCLING PROGRAM INCLUDES BEER CANS AND BOTTLES, BUT MY WINE OR SPIRITS.

THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED LATE YESTERDAY HE HAD ASSIGNED THE SENATORS BILL INTO LAW.

HE SAYS THE STATE GENERATES MORE THAN 1 BILLION WINE AND LIQUOR BOTTLES EVERY YEAR.

>>> AFTER A LONG MEETING IN FRONT OF AN OVERFLOWED CROWD TO TEMECULA CITY COUNCIL VOTED AGAINST ADVANCING THE PROPOSAL, BUT MAY NOT BE THE END OF THE MATTER.

OUR REPORTER TELLS US WHAT IS NEXT.>> PEOPLE DESCENDED ON TO TEMECULA CITY HALL ON TUESDAY.

SOME TO PROTEST.

OTHERS TO SUPPORT A PROPOSAL TO DECLARE THE CITY A SANCTUARY FOR THE UNBORN.

THE PROPOSAL CAME FROM THIS COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HELD UP A MODEL OF A FETUS AS SHE EXPLAINED THE RESOLUTION.

>> THE COUNCIL VOTED 4-1 AGAINST PUTTING IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

>> I DID NOT WANT TO PLACE IT ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE IT WAS NOT CLEAR.

>> SHE SAID SHE HAS MADE HER PRO-LIFE STANCE CLEAR.

THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS AGAINST ALEXANDER'S PROPOSAL.

>> YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THEM.

CLEARLY WE HAD 84% OF THE EMAILS THAT WE RECEIVED OPPOSED TO HAVING IT ON THE AGENDA.

I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES.

>> THE MAYOR SAYS THE PROPOSAL FAILED BECAUSE IT LACKED CLARITY AND THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH HOW RESOLUTIONS ARE PRESENTED IN COUNCIL MEETINGS.

>> I COULD PROPOSE ANYTHING I WANT TO, BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO WORK IN THAT SPACE.

WITHOUT HAVING THAT INFORMATION FROM A CITY ATTORNEY OR SOME MORE RIGOROUS REVIEW IT IS HARD TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT ANY OF IT.

>> THAT COULD HAVE PUT THE CITY IN LEGAL JEOPARDY.

THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL THREATENED LEGAL ACTION IF THEY TRY TO LIMIT REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE.

>> ALL WE HAVE HERE ARE THE COMMENTS OF A COUNCILMEMBER ALEXANDER.

>> THAT IS A LEGAL ANALYST WHO SAYS WITHOUT A RISDON RESOLUTION HE CANNOT DETERMINE IF THERE IS A CONFLICT WITH STATE LAW.

>> WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PARTICULAR PROPOSAL IF IT EVER GETS TO THAT POINT.

>> HE ALSO HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE ALEXANDER IS THE DIRECTOR OF BIRTH CHOICE.

A PREGNANCY CRISIS CLINIC.

>> A GENERAL PROPOSAL THAT COULD HAVE SOME BROAD EFFECT ON THE INDUSTRY IN WHICH THEY WERE PROBABLY WOULD NOT CAUSE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

IF THERE IS SOME FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO HER EMPLOYER THAT RAISES A DIFFERENT ISSUE.

>> FOR THIS RESIDENT IT IS LESS ABOUT LOCALITIES AND MORE ABOUT THE CITY BEING TURNED INTO A SPECTACLE.

>> IT WAS A COMPLETE CIRCUS.

>> SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED THEY CALLED OF THE NEEDY AND THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ABOUT THE RESPONSE TO THE PROPOSAL, BUT DID NOT CALL OF THE RESOLUTION ITSELF.

>> THEY DID AND DODGE AND TRY TO PLACE BLAME.

I JUST HOPE THE BEST FOR THEM.

I HOPE THEY CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS AND MOVE FORWARD PAST IT.

>> THAT IS ONE THING THAT THEY CAN AGREE ON.

>> WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HEAL.>>> SMOKING COULD SOON BE BANNED IN ALL PUBLIC SPACES.

THE CITY HAS BARRED SMOKING IN PARKS, TRAILS, AND WITHIN 20 FEET OF OUTDOOR DINING AREAS SINCE 2014 TO GET THE LATEST PROPOSAL IS ADOPTED IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT THE IDEA SAY IT WOULD PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AS WELL AS THE OCEAN FROM LETTER.

THEY VOTED TO PUT THE PROPOSAL UNDER REVIEW BY CITY STAFF.

>>> SENDING A SCIENTISTS ARE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT A MASSIVE UNDERWATER DUMPSITE BETWEEN CATALINA ISLAND AND LOS ANGELES.

THE ENVIRONMENT REPORTER EXPLAINS WHAT THEY ARE HOPING TO FIND.>> RESEARCHERS HOPE TO FIND OUT HOW DANGEROUS THE UNDERWATER HABITAT IS NEAR A NOTORIOUS DUMPSITE IN THE BASIN.

UNDERWATER SCANS REVEALED MORE THAN 27,000 DECAYING BARRELS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR.

>> WE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH WERE IN THOSE BARRELS.

>> SCIENTISTS USE UNDERWATER DRONES TO MY MORE THAN 36,000 ACRES OF THE SEAFLOOR THERE.

RESEARCHERS DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY OF THE BARRELS CONTAINED THE DANGEROUS CHEMICAL OR WHETHER THEY HELD OTHER TOXIC CHEMICALS.

>> TO WHAT EXTENT ARE THE PENETRATING THE ECOSYSTEM?

WHETHER THAT IS MARINE MAMMALS OR THE FISHING COMMUNITIES THAT RELY ON THOSE RESOURCES.

>> IT WAS A CHEMICAL DUMPING GROUND IN THE 1930S AND SHIPPING RECORDS FROM A DISPOSAL COMPANY SAY 2000 BARRELS WERE DUMPED THERE EVERY MONTH FOR 15 YEARS.

>> IS THISMAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE FOOD THAT WE ARE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THAT WE MIGHT CATCH?

>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING MORE THAN $5 MILLION ON A HOST OF STUDIES THAT COULD HELP SCIENTISTS DETERMINE IF THE DUMP IS BEST LEFT ALONE OR IF IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP.

>>> ANOTHER HOT DAY ACROSS THE AREA.

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS AND HEAT ADVISORIES DUE TO EXPIRE AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING.

GOOD NEWS ON THE WAY IN OUR WEATHER HEADLINES.

THEY DO EXPECT A COOLER PATTERN AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

INCLUDING THE WEEKEND.

WE WILL GET THOSE ONSHORE WINDS BRINGING US DRIER CONDITIONS TOO.

IF YOU HAVE BEEN SEEN SHOWERS AND STORMS LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WE SHOULD BE GETTING DRY.

COOLER TEMPERATURES CARRY US INTO THE WEEKEND, AND THEN A SLIGHT WARMING TREND AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK .

LOOKING AT YOUR LOWS INTO TONIGHT.

DROPPING A SIMILAR NUMBER OF THE LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS.

THAT MEANS 60s IN SAN DIEGO.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, DROPPING INTO THE 50s.

TOMORROW, MORE SUNSHINE ON TAP.

WE WILL GET SOME RELIEF WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES.

SAN DIEGO AT 79.

OCEANSIDE AT 81.

STILL HOT OUT IN THE DESERT WITH TRIPLE HEAT CONTINUING AS WE GO INTO OUR DAY TOMORROW.

AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK HERE IS THE PATTERN ACROSS THE COUNTRY BEER WE HAVE THE DRYER AIR MOVING IN.

MORE COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS.

THE BIG RIDGE BRINGING A LOT OF WARMTH TO THE SOUTH-CENTRAL AND ALL EYES TO FLORIDA AS HURRICANE IAN CONTINUES TO BRING DESTRUCTION THROUGH ITS PATH.

IN THE MOUNTAINS THE TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE LOWER 70s AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

WHEN WE LOOK AT A THE DESERT.

STILL STAYING HOT.

THE BIG COOLDOWN IS TEMPERATURES INTO THE 90s BEFORE CLIMBING BACK TO THE TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT.

>>> A NEW TREATMENT IS OFFERING HOPE FOR ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS AFTER THE DRUGMAKERS WITH THESE RESULTS FROM A RECENT CLINICAL TRIAL.

>>> AROUND 6 MILLION PEOPLE ARE LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND.

A NEW TREATMENT IS SHOWING PROMISING RESULTS.

>> IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE HAVE HAD A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS.

>> THE COMPANIES THAT MAKE THE DRUG SAY CLINICAL TRIALS SHOW IS SLOWED THE RATE OF COGNITIVE DECLINE BY ABOUT 27% IN THOSE STUDIES.

SOME OF THE 1800 PEOPLE IN THE TRIAL GOT THE DRUG, WHILE OTHERS GOT A PLACEBO.

OVER 18 MONTHS THEY WERE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT MEMORY ORIENTATION AND PROBLEM SOLVING.

>> WHILE 27% MAY NOT SOUND LIKE A LARGE NUMBER IN TERMS OF BEING FUNCTIONAL IF YOU HAVE THIS SORT OF SLOWING OF COGNITIVE DECLINE CAN BE REALLY SIGNIFICANT.

>> IN THE TRIAL THE TREATMENT SEEMED TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PLAQUE IN THE BRAIN OF A PERSON WAS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.

>> IT IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP IS, BUT THIS DRUG SEEMED TO DO BOTH.

>> WHILE THE TREATMENT IS PROMISING IT IS STILL EARLY.

>> THEY HAVE TO PUT THIS THROUGH THE PEER REVIEW PROCESS.

THEY APPLIED FOR ACCELERATED APPROVAL.

>> OF THE TREATMENT IS GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT IT COULD BE AVAILABLE AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR.>>> TODAY THE SAN DIEGO WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP BROUGHT SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TO HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL.

THE IDEA WAS TO CONVINCE STUDENTS THAT ARE UNDERREPRESENTED TO ASPIRE TO STEM CAREERS.

OUR REPORTER EXPLAINS HOW THEY DID IT.

>> CAREERS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ARE PLENTIFUL IN SAN DIEGO.

SOME OF THESE NINTH GRADERS ARE LOOKING FOR A PATH TO GET A THERE.

SHE IS A FORMER TEACHER WHO SAYS THERE ARE WAYS TO INSPIRE KIDS LIKE THIS.

>> HAVING AN ADULT IN YOUR LIFE WHO CAN SHOW YOU HOW USEFUL IT CAN BE AND HOW YOU CAN APPLY IT LIKE THEY ARE DOING TODAY.

I THINK HELPING KIDS NOT TO THINK IN TERMS OF I AM BAD AT A SUBJECT OR GOOD AT A SUBJECT, BUT EVERY SUBJECT IS SOMETHING THEY CAN GROW IN.

>> THEY TRIED TO EXPOSE THE KIDS WHO PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT DIFFERENT FROM THEM.

THIS NINTH GRADER SAID ONE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES WAS VERY INSPIRING.

>> SHE DID NOT COME FROM A GRADE SCHOOL.

SHE HAD TO REALLY MOTIVATE HERSELF BECAUSE EVERYONE THERE DIDN'T REALLY CARE.

SHE SAYS SHE KEPT TRYING EVEN THOUGH SHE WOULD FALL AT TIMES.

>> THE PERSON SHE SPOKE ABOUT WAS FROM CHICAGO.

SHEENA PROTOTYPES TECHNOLOGY FOR CELL PHONES AND COMPUTERS.

>> MY HIGH SCHOOL WAS VERY UNDERFUNDED.

THERE WAS A LOT OF VIOLENCE GOING ON, SO I ALWAYS FOUND IT STRUGGLING TO NOT GIVE INTO TEMPTATION WITH MY PEERS OF BLOWING OFF STUDYING OR ASSIGNMENTS.

>> WHENEVER SHE IS CONCERNED SHE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE HER PEERS OR HAS A DIFFERENT BACKGROUND SHE TRIES TO PUSH THAT OUT OF HER MIND.

>> I NEVER LET IT STOP ME FROM SPEAKING MY MIND AND WORKING HARD.

MY WORK WILL SPEAK FOR ITSELF I WILL LET THAT OVERPOWER ANY SORT OF MINORITY TALK.

>> SHE IS A ENGINEER AND SAYS THE ADULTS IN HER LIFE THAT DROVE AND INSPIRED HER WAS HER MOTHER.

>> SHE SAID SHE DID NOT REALLY THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT SHE WOULD HAVE JUST BEING PRESENT.

AS AN ADULT SHE SEES SHE CAN INSPIRE KIDS THAT LOOK LIKE HER.

THAT MADE HER WANT TO SPEAK TO THE KIDS AT HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL.>>> MAKING HISTORY DURING THE WASHINGTON DC STOP OF HER TO HER BY PLAYING A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

THAT IS IN APPROXIMATELY 200- YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL FLUTE THAT LIZZO PLAYED AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

A FRENCH FOOD MAKER GIFTED IT TO PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON IN 1813.

A LIBRARY OF CONGRESS KEPT IT FOR DECADES BEFORE ALLOWING LIZZO TO PLAY IT AT ITS FACILITY AND LATER ON STAGE AT HER CONCERT.

SHE SAYS IT WAS LIKE PLAYING OUT OF A WINEGLASS.

VERY COOL.

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