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RENT CONTROL IS ON THE BALLOT.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST CALIFORNIA'S PROP 33.

THE PADRES ARE MAKING A RUN IN THE MLB POSTSEASON.

BUSINESSES TELL US HOW THE EXTRA GAINS ARE HELPING THEIR BOTTOM LINE.

UC SAN DIEGO ROLLS OUT A NEW REQUIREMENT THAT STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE TO EARN A DEGREE.

WE START WITH SAN DIEGO'S BALANCING ACT IN ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.

THE NUMBER OF INDOOR SHELTER BEDS IS SHRINKING.

ANDREW BOWEN'S TELLS US WHY THE CITY IS LOOKING TO EXPAND MAKESHIFT CAMPGROUNDS TO FILL THAT VOID.

>> GROUNDS ARE LOCATED ON TWO VACANT LOTS IN THE BACK CORNERS OF BALBOA PARK.

I CURRENTLY HAVE SPACE FOR ABOUT 540 TENTS.

OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THAT WILL GROW TO ABOUT 770.

THE CITY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY AGREED TO EXTEND CONTRACTS WITH TWO NONPROFITS THAT OPERATE THE CAMPGROUNDS.

COUNCIL PRESIDENT SEAN ADMITS THEY ARE NOT IDEAL.

>> I THINK WE CAN RECOGNIZE FOR THE FOLKS WHO OPTED IN IT IS A BETTER ALTERNATIVE THEY WERE EXPERIENCING BEFORE.

I DON'T IS THE BEST OPTION IN FRONT OF US BUT IT IS THE BEST AND I DO THINK WE SHOULD HAVE HUMILITY IN HEARING FROM THOSE WHO HAVE OPTED FOR THAT CHOICE THAT IT IS BETTER TO THEM THAN WHAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING.

>> STAFF SAY THE CAMPGROUND HAVE BEEN OPERATING UNDER BUDGET OVER THE PAST YEAR AND CAN HANDLE THE EXTRA CAPACITY WITHOUT A BIG INCREASE IN SPENDING.

THE SITES OFFER TRANSPORTATION, BATHROOMS, MEALS AND CASE MANAGEMENT.

ONLY 6% OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE STAYED AT THE CAMPGROUNDS HAVE EXITED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

>> WE ARE BUILDING MORE HOUSING INCLUDING TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT HAS BEEN BUILT IN SAN DIEGO IN DECADES.

AS EVERYONE CAN SEE WHAT ALL THE IN THE AIR IT TAKES TIME.

WE CAN'T LEAVE PEOPLE IN A CAMP.

>> TO DOWNTOWN HOMELESS SHELTERS WITH MORE THAN 600 BEDS WILL CLOSE.

THE CITY IS SCRAMBLING TO FIND ALTERNATIVES .

FOR THE TIME BEING THOSE ALTERNATIVES WILL BE OUTSIDE.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>> ONE REASON PEOPLE FALL INTO HOMELESSNESS IS THE RISING COST OF HOUSING.

>>> VOTERS WILL DECIDE WHETHER IT GIVES COUNTIES MORE POWER TO LIMIT RENT INCREASES.

KATIE LOOKED INTO THE SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION TO THE BALLOT MEASURE.

>> CALIFORNIA EMITS RENT INCREASES TO 10% A YEAR.

FOR TENANTS LIVING IN APARTMENTS BUILT BEFORE 1995 A LAW KNOWN AS COSTA HAWKINS PREVENTS CITIES AND COUNTIES FROM PASSING FURTHER RENT CONTROL LIKE FOR NEWER BUILDINGS , SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES OR NEW TENANTS.

THE JUSTICE FOR RENTERS ACT PROPOSITION 33 WOULD REPEAL THAT LAW ALLOWING CITIES AND COUNTIES TO CONTROL RENT FOR ANY HOUSING.

JOSE LOPEZ IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER IN SAN DIEGO.

HE SUPPORTS PROP 33.

>> IT MATTERS A LOT ESPECIALLY FOR THE THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIANS WHO ARE ONE INCREASE AWAY FROM HAVING TO MOVE OUT.

>> TYPICAL MONTHLY RENT FOR CALIFORNIA APARTMENT HAS RISEN ABOUT $500 OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.

IN SAN DIEGO IT'S MORE THAN $2600.

HOMELESSNESS IS INCREASING.

DESPITE MORE BEING SENT TO ADDRESS IT.

LOPEZ IS ADVOCATING FOR FAMILIES LIKE HIS OWN.

>> EVENTUALLY BECAME THE ORGANIZER AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE THEY WOULD ACTUALLY PAY ME TO GO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE THINGS MOST PEOPLE TOLD ME TO BE QUIET ABOUT.

>> HE HAD BEEN PAYING A LITTLE OVER $2100 IN MONTHLY RENT.

AFTER A LEAKY SINK FLOODED THEIR HOUSE HE SAYS THE LANDLORD EVICTED THEM, REMODELED AND RAISED THE RENT.

HE NOW PAYS ALMOST 3800 TO LIVE A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY.

>> I HAD TO INVITE MY BROTHER TO LIVE TO HELP PAY PART OF THE RENT.

BESIDES THAT JUST MAKING SACRIFICES.

CUTTING EXPENSES.

>> OTHERS ARE AGAINST A LONG LIST OF LOCAL LEADERS WHO OPPOSE PROPOSITION 33 INCLUDING SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA AND THE MAYORS OF CARLSBAD, CHULA VISTA AND TO MACULA AND SENATOR TONY ATKINS.

APARTMENT AND REALTOR ASSOCIATIONS HAVE DONATED MORE THAN $67 MILLION TO FIGHT THE MEASURE.

LUCINDA LILLY RECENTLY SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RENTAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION.

>> OUR INDUSTRY FINDS IT SAD THAT IT'S US VERSUS THEM.

THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE SEE IT.

WE WOULD LOVE TO GET TOGETHER AND WORK OUT SOLUTIONS RATHER THAN GET HAMMERED EVERY TIME SOMEONE COMES UP WITH AN IDEA THAT SAYS YOU ARE REALLY RICH THEREFORE YOU'RE A BAD PERSON THEREFORE I'M GOING TO SCREW YOU OVER.

>> SHE SAYS IT RENT INCREASES ARE NECESSARY TO COVER REPAIRS.

MOST HOUSING IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS MORE THAN 30 YEARS OLD.

SHE SAYS CALIFORNIA OVER REGULATES RENTAL HOUSING ALREADY AND IT'S DRIVING LANDLORDS OUT OF THE MARKET.

MORE RENT CONTROL WOULD MAKE THAT WORSE SHE SAYS.

DISCOURAGED DEVELOPERS FROM BUILDING NEW HOUSING.

INSTEAD SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OFFER MORE RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

>> A LOT OF TIMES IT'S A MATTER OF CAR BROKE DOWN I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY MY RENT.

I JUST NEED A SHORT-TERM LOAN TO GET ME THROUGH THE NEXT MONTH.

>> A FEW YEARS AGO RESEARCHERS ANALYZED MORE THAN A DOZEN STUDIES ON THE IMPACT OF RENT CONTROL.

THEY FOUND IT DOES WORK TO KEEP RENT LOWER AND INCREASE HOUSING STABILITY FOR CURRENT TENANTS.

THEY SAY THERE'S NOT MUCH EVIDENCE THAT IT REDUCES NEW CONSTRUCTION OR HOUSING QUALITY BUT IT DOES TEND TO REDUCE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RENTAL UNITS AS OWNERS TAKE THEM OFF THE MARKET.

RICARDO FLOREZ LEADS A NONPROFIT THAT ADVOCATES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

HE SAYS RENT CONTROL ISN'T A PERFECT SOLUTION, BUT IT'S NECESSARY.

>> YOU'VE GOT TO STOP THE CRISIS AND THEN THINK ABOUT WHERE TO GO FROM HERE.

>> HE THINKS IT HAS TO BE DONE WITH CHANGES TO ZONING.

>> WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE LUXURY TO SAY LET'S DO ONE OR THE OTHER.

PEOPLE CONTINUE TO HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT FOOD, MEDICINE OR RENT.

>> ZONING TAKES UP MORE THAN 80% OF SAN DIEGO'S RESIDENTIAL LAND.

FLOREZ ARGUES THAT HAS TO CHANGE FOR ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE BUILT.

SAN DIEGO HAS A HOUSING CRISIS BUT HE SAYS IT'S A SOLVABLE ONE.

>> THIS IS NOT PUTTING A MAN ON MARS OR A WOMAN ON MARS.

>> KATIE HYSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE COUNTDOWN IS ON.

THE FINAL WEEKS OF THE ELECTION CYCLE.

THURSDAY NIGHT KPBS HOSTED A DEBATE WITH THE CANDIDATES FOR SAN DIEGO MAYOR.

LARRY TURNER AND TODD GLORIA TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, PUBLIC SAFETY AND OTHER ISSUES THAT WILL DRIVE THE DECISIONS MADE BY VOTERS.

GLORIA IS RUNNING FOR A SECOND TERM AS SAN DIEGO MAYOR, TURNER IS A SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICER AND U.S. MARINE VETERAN.

THE HOUR-LONG DEBATE IS NOW AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON THE KPBS YOUTUBE PAGE.

THE DEBATE MODERATORS ARE PART OF THE NEW PUBLIC MATTERS COLLABORATION WITH KPBS.

I'M THE SOURCE AND VOICE OF SAN DIEGO.

ALL 3 NEWS ORGANIZATIONS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO COVER NOT JUST THE ELECTION BUT THE LARGER ISSUES THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR DEMOCRACY.

IT'S ALL AT KPBS.ORG/PUBLIC MATTERS.

>>> THIS WEEKEND THE PADRES ARE IN L.A. TO TAKE ON THE DODGERS, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES GAME THREE IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY AT PETCO PARK.

IT'LL BE ANOTHER BUSY NIGHT FOR BUSINESSES IN THE GASLAMP AND EAST VILLAGE.

ALEXANDER TELLS US ABOUT THE EXTRA BOOST THEY ARE GETTING.

>> AS ERIC AND HIS STAFF WERE BUSY SETTING UP THE RESTAURANT THIS MORNING THEY WERE ALREADY ANTICIPATING A BIG CROWD THIS AFTERNOON.

STEPS AWAY FROM THE STADIUM.

>> WE ARE SO CLOSE.

WE COULD THROW A BASEBALL INTO THE STADIUM.

>>'S PIZZA RESTAURANT BUSINESS IS DEPENDENT ON HOW WELL THE PADRES DO AND HOW WELL THE SEASON GOES.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERTS AND CONVENTIONS THAT HELP BUT REALLY OUR SURVIVAL IS BASED ON HOW WELL THE PADRES DO.

>> LAST YEAR WHEN THEY FAILED TO MAKE THE POSTSEASON HE SAW A DROP IN SALES, MANY RESTAURANTS AROUND THE BALLPARK ARE HUGE SUPPORTERS OF THE PADRES AS EVIDENCED BY ALL THE FLAGS AND SIGNAGE.

>> BEING DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO IS DRIVEN BY THE CONVENTION CENTER BUT THE PADRES ARE THAT WILDCARD.

LITERALLY.

WHEN THE PADRES DO WELL THE STREETS GET FLOODED.

>> JOSH SMITH IS THE GENERAL MANAGER.

HE SAYS RESERVATIONS HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY FOR THE WILDCARD SERIES.

>> LAST YEAR WE MISSED THE PLAYOFFS.

TWO YEARS AGO IT WAS AWESOME.

THE ENERGY IS BACK.

THE TEAM IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAY.

>> THAT'S HOW A LOT OF FANS FEEL TWO.

>> THAT'S WHERE WE GO.

>> SHE FLEW IN FROM TEXAS JUST FOR THE GAME.

HE'S A DIEHARD PADRES FAN.

>> I LOVE THEM SINCE I WAS A KID.

I STAY UP EVERY NIGHT AND AUSTIN WAY TOO LATE WATCHING THIS TEAM.

IT'S THE MOST EXCITING IT'S EVER BEEN.

>> HE THINKS IT'S A VERY UNDERSTANDING WIFE FOR LETTING HIM GO TO GAME ONE OF THE WILDCARD SERIES TONIGHT.

>> I'M HERE BECAUSE OF HER.

SHE'S WATCHING BUT I GET TO GO TO THE GAME.

>> FANS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES STOKED.

BUSINESS OWNERS ARE TWO.

>> WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 20 YEARS AND WATCHED THE PADRES GROW AND GROW.

TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS WITH A GREAT TEAM THAT LOOKS LIKE THEY GO ALL THE WAY IS ALSO FOR US.

>> ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE TROLLEY GREEN LINE TAKES FANS TO PETCO PARK.

IT USED TO START BUT A CHANGE THIS WEEK BROUGHT A BRAND-NEW LINE INTO THE SYSTEM.

THEY HOPE IT WILL MAKE EAST COUNTY TRIPS FASTER AND MORE RELIABLE.

>> THE COPPER LINE WILL SERVE FOUR STATIONS.

IT REPLACES THE GREEN AND ORANGE LINE SERVICE NORTH OF THE TRANSIT CENTER.

THE CHANGE REQUIRES PASSENGERS TO TRANSFER TO THE COPPER LINE BUT OFFICIALS SAY WILL HELP PREVENT DELAYS ACROSS THE ENTIRE NETWORK.

THAT'S BECAUSE CURRENTLY GREEN AND ORANGE LINE TROLLEYS HAVE TO WAIT FOR ACCESS TO A SINGLE TRACK.

>> WHEN YOU HAD TWO TRAINS HERE AT THE EL CAJON TRANSIT CENTER WANTED TO GO UP THEY ENDED UP HAVING TO WAIT FOR EACH OTHER ON THAT SINGLE TRACK.

BECAUSE OF THAT SOME OF THOSE TRAINS GOT DELAYED AND THAT DELAY RIPPLED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO DOWNTOWN AND ELSEWHERE ON THE SYSTEM.

>> STARTING SUNDAY THE GREEN AND ORANGE LINES WILL AND AT THE EL CAJON TRANSIT CENTER.

FOR WRITERS CONTINUING NORTH THEY SAY THE COPPER LINE WILL RUN EVERY 15 MINUTES FOR MOST OF THE DAY.

>> WHAT WE'VE DONE IS GOING TO IMPROVE RELIABILITY AND DEPENDABILITY FOR EVERY WRITER ACROSS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND THAT IS ONE WAY WE ARE GOING TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO TAKE TRANSIT AND IMPROVE SYSTEMWIDE.

>> LEADERS HOPE INCREASED RIDERSHIP LEADS TO MORE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE AREA AND LESS CAR TRAFFIC.

THEY SAY NEARLY 5000 PEOPLE USE THE EL CAJON TRANSIT CENTER EACH DAY.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT MGS WILL SAVE $1 MILLION A YEAR IN OPERATING TO INCREASE FREQUENCY AND BETTER SECURITY AND HOPEFULLY IN EACH COUNTY.

>> MTS SAYS PUTTING THE THIRD TRACK AT THE EL CAJON TRANSIT CENTER COST $14 MILLION.

HALF WAS COVERED BY STATE GRANT MONEY.

COPPER LINE SERVICE STARTS SUNDAY AT 5:00 A.M. KPBS NEWS.

>>> SIGN UP FOR NEWSLETTERS TO GET A LIST OF OUR MOST POPULAR STORIES.

HERE'S SOME.

A WANDERING OFFICER CASE HIGHLIGHTS THE STRUGGLE TO HOLD POLICE ACCOUNTABLE AS HOMELESS SHELTER CAPACITY SHRINKS SAN DIEGO WILL EXPAND BALBOA PARK CAMPGROUNDS AND FIVE MOMENTS THAT STOOD OUT IN THE KPBS DEBATE.

THESE DAYS YOU CAN HACK INTO A LOT OF THINGS INCLUDING SOMEONE ELSE'S BICYCLE.

>>> IN THE ERA OF WIRELESS ELECTRONIC SHIFTING IT COULD HAPPEN BUT KPBS I TECH REPORTER SPOKE WITH A COMPUTER SCIENTIST WHO FOUND A WAY TO PREVENT IT.

>> A COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT SEA SAN DIEGO.

HE'S ALSO A CYCLING GEEK.

HE COMMUTES TO WORK ON HIS BIKE AND RIDES FOR RECREATION.

>> I DON'T RACE.

I MOSTLY GOT INTO IT BECAUSE IT'S AN INCREDIBLY COMMON EXPERIENCE.

>> HE FOLLOWS PROFESSIONAL CYCLING THOUGH HE KNOWS IT HAS A PROBLEM.

>> THE PROBLEM WITH PROFESSIONAL CYCLING IS THE CORRUPTION AND CHEATING.

PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM FOR DECADES AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD CHEAT.

>> IS ANOTHER.

HACKING INTO SOMEBODY'S WIRELESS SHIFTER.

>> PRESS A BUTTON LIKE RIGHT HERE YOU PRESS A BUTTON AND THEN THAT SENDS A WIRELESS SIGNAL TO THE GEAR SHIFTER DOWN HERE AND THAT CHANGES THE POSITION OF THE CHAIN ON THE GEARS.

>> ALL YOU NEED TO HACK INTO A SHIFTER IS AN OFF-THE-SHELF DEVICE WHICH CAN CAPTURE A WIRELESS SIGNAL AND SEND A MALICIOUS COMMAND.

FERNANDEZ AND A PARTNER TESTED IT ON A LOCAL HILL.

THEY SET UP THE DEVICE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHIFTED HIS BIKE INTO A HIGHER GEAR FORCING HIM TO SLOW DOWN.

IN A FULL ON RACE THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS AND IT'S ANOTHER WAY TO CHEAT.

>> THE LEADER IS GOING UP A BIG MOUNTAIN AND HE'S GOING TO BE AN EASY GEAR BECAUSE HE HAS TO CLIMB SO IF WE SHIFTED FROM AN EASY TO A HARD GEAR THAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY SLOW HIM DOWN AND MAKE HIM LOSE TIME.

>> THE STANDARD SOLUTION IS TO BASICALLY SHARE A SECRET NUMBER BETWEEN THE SHIFTER AND DERAILER THAT ONLY THESE TWO DEVICES NO.

>> THEY APPROACH THE COMPANY WITH THEIR PLAN.

>> THE ASSUMPTION IS THE ATTACKER CANNOT PREDICT WHAT THESE NUMBERS ARE.

THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE RECOMMEND AS A SOLUTION AND MITIGATION.

THAT'S WHAT THEY ENDED UP INTEGRATING.

>> FERNANDEZ DIDN'T WIN ANY ROYALTIES, BUT HE KNOWS HE BROUGHT A BIT MORE INTEGRITY TO A SPORT HE CARES ABOUT.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE WILL STAY AT UC SAN DIEGO LEARNING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.

A NEW GRADUATION REQUIREMENT KPBS REPORTER KATIE SAYS IT'S THE FIRST SCHOOL IN THE UC SYSTEM TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICY.

>> UC SAN DIEGO LEADERS SAY HOPE FOR ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE LIES IN THEIR STUDENTS.

>> I THINK IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOURSELF AND OTHERS THEN YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT THE SCIENCE CONCERNING THIS EARTH AND WHERE WE ARE.

>> THIS FRESHMAN IS IN A CLASS CALLED THE OCEANS.

IT COVERS EVERYTHING FROM OCEAN CHEMISTRY TO MARINE BIOLOGY.

PROFESSOR SARAH GILLY SAYS THEY DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THE CLASS THIS FALL TO HELP STUDENTS MEET THE CLIMATE CHANGE REQUIREMENT.

>> THE EXCITING THING ABOUT TEACHING A COURSE IS THAT IT'S REACHING STUDENTS AT A POINT WHEN THERE STILL DISCOVERING WHO THEY ARE.

>> NOT ALL OF THEM WERE SCIENTISTS LIKE HER.

>> PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE WERE FROM EVERY DISCIPLINE.

I THINK THE MOST VOCAL AND POWERFUL PEOPLE WERE NOT CLIMATE SCIENTISTS BUT PEOPLE FROM ARTS AND HUMANITIES AND LITERATURE AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.

THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT SIMPLY A SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM, IT'S A FACT BUT IT'S A SOCIAL PROBLEM, IT'S A CULTURAL PROBLEM.

>> THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED REQUIRING ALL STUDENTS TO TAKE THE SAME CLASS.

THEY WANTED TO SHOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS CONNECTED TO ALL FIELDS OF STUDY.

>> WE DON'T WANT CLASS TO SAY THINGS ARE BAD SEE LATER.

I THINK THAT'S WE'VE DONE TO THE GENERATION.

WE LEFT THE GENERATION IN A BAD PLACE AND INSTEAD THE FACULTY REALIZED WHAT WE WANT IS TO GIVE THIS GENERATION AND THE NEXT ALL THE TOOLS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> IS MORE THAN 40 CLASSES THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENT.

SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY OFFER SEVERAL.

OTHERS ARE IN DEPARTMENTS LIKE URBAN PLANNING, ANTHROPOLOGY AND ECONOMICS.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> DAY OF THE DEAD IS A BELOVED TRADITION DEVOTED TO CELEBRATING DEATH, LIFE AND MEMORIES OF LOVED ONES THAT WE HAVE LOST.

SOUTHBAY ENGAGEMENT PRODUCER SAYS KPBS DIGITAL COMMUNITY IS BACK THIS YEAR AND SHARES DETAILS ON HOW TO DISSIPATE.

>> DATE OF THE DEAD IS A CELEBRATION OF LIFE AND DEATH.

THE AZTECS BELIEVED MOURNING THE DEAD WAS DISRESPECTFUL.

THEY VIEW DEATH AS A NATURAL PHASE OF LIFE.

SO THEY CONTINUED TO SEE THE DEAD AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ALIVE IN MEMORY AND SPIRIT.

IN MEXICO AND OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES IT IS BELIEVED DURING DAY OF THE DEAD DEPARTED LOVED ONES RETURN TO THE EARTH TO VISIT US AND ENJOY THE ALTARS WE BUILT FOR THEM ON THIS DAY.

AT KPBS WE ARE GETTING READY TO CELEBRATE THIS TRADITION AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A SPACE TO REMEMBER AND CELEBRATE YOUR LOVED ONES.

FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR KPBS IS ORGANIZING A DIGITAL COMMUNITY ALTAR WHERE YOU CAN SHARE A MEMORY OF SOMEONE YOU WISH TO REMEMBER THIS UPCOMING DAY OF THE DEAD.

GO TO KPBS.ORG/DAY OF THE DEAD TO FILL OUT OUR FORM.

YOU CAN SHARE AN AUDIO CLIP, A VIDEO, TEXT AND A PHOTO.

YOU CAN ALSO CALL 619-630-8516 AND LEAVE A VOICE OR TEXT MESSAGE.

THE DEADLINE TO SEND YOUR OFERENDA IS OCTOBER 23rd.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> HERE IN SAN DIEGO LIFESAVING MEDICINE HAS HELPED REDUCE THE NUMBER OF FENTANYL OVERDOSES BUT MEXICO'S RESTRICTIVE DRUG POLICIES MAKE IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET IN TIJUANA.

KPBS GUSTAVO SOLIS SAYS GOOD SAMARITANS ARE SMUGGLING THIS MEDICINE INTO MEXICO.

>> SHE RUNS THE NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM.

THIS IS THE CITY'S ONLY NEEDLE EXCHANGE AND SAFE USE CLINIC.

REGULARS HERE TOSS THEIR USED NEEDLES IN A RED BOX WHILE RUIZ GIVES CLEAN ONES.

ALSO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF DISEASES.

IN THE BACK OF THE CLINIC WOMEN USE DRUGS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

THEY SIT ON A COUCH, LISTEN TO MUSIC AND CREATE ART ALL UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF STAFF TRAINED TO PREVENT OVERDOSES.

THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING.

THE MEDICINE USED TO PREVENT OVERDOSES IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET IN TIJUANA.

AN OVERDOSE REVERSAL DRUG HAS BEEN A LIFESAVER FOR USERS ACROSS THE GLOBE.

>> I THINK EVERYBODY ON THE PLANET SHOULD CARRY IT BECAUSE THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM IN MANY COUNTRIES.

>> THAT IS GRETCHEN, A SAN DIEGO NONPROFIT HAS MADE NALOXONE MORE AVAILABLE.

THE TREATMENT IS AVAILABLE IN LOCAL SCHOOLS AND EVEN VENDING MACHINES THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

SHE SAYS THESE ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE NOT COME WITHOUT PUSHBACK.

SOME FEEL PROVIDING MEDICINES LIKE THIS ENCOURAGE ILLEGAL DRUG USE.

>> STIGMA IS EVEN WORSE IN MEXICO.

>> FORMER MEXICAN RESTAURANT -- PRESIDENT HAS DOWNPLAYED THE CRISIS SAYING HIS COUNTRY DOES NOT PRODUCE OR CONSUME THE SYNTHETIC OPIOID.

HE'S BLOCKED EFFORTS TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE IN MEXICO.

>> THE PRESIDENT SAID IT PROLONGS PEOPLE USING DRUGS BASICALLY SAYING THEY ARE BEYOND SAVING, THEY SHOULD DIE.

>> A DRUG ABUSE EXPERT WHO HAS SPENT YEARS VISITING DRUG TREATMENT CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE BORDER.

HE SAYS LOPEZ CUT FEDERAL FUNDING TO NONPROFITS IN 2018.

>> EVER SINCE 2018 WE HAD TO CROSS ALL THE SUPPLIES EITHER SYRINGES, NALOXONE, EVERYTHING WE USED FOR HARM REDUCTION WE HAD TO BRING IN FROM THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA.

>> PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING FROM THE U.S.

INTO MEXICO AND SOMETIMES AT GREAT PERSONAL RISK.

>> I HAVE BEEN FOUND ONCE CROSSING WITH 300 MILES AND THEY WANTED ME TO PAY $8000.

I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY OR THEY WOULD IMPOUND MY CAR.

>> MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND MEXICAN MILITARY HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO CONFISCATE NALOXONE.

IT'S GOTTEN SO BAD THAT LOCAL PARAMEDICS AND POLICE OFFICERS ARE ASKING TO SUPPLY THEM WITH THE MEDICINE.

>> I'VE HEARD FROM THEM WHAT IS THE MEDICATION TO TREAT THEM?

CAN I HAVE SOME SO I CAN TREAT MORE PERSONS?

>> DR. ALEJANDRA GONZALES HAS TRAINED FIRST RESPONDERS AND HOW TO ADMINISTER NALOXONE.

>> THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS.

THEY HAVE SEEN OVERDOSE AND THEY CAN ONLY OFFER OXYGEN AND THAT'S IT.

IT'S A GOOD WAY TO TREAT IT BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

>> HE SAYS MORE BINATIONAL COLLABORATION IS NEEDED.

>> THIS IS A NORTH AMERICAN PROBLEM, NOT JUST MEXICO UNITED STATES, IT'S CANADA, U.S. AND MEXICO.

WE NEED TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THE COUNTRIES.

>> HE POINTS TO PEOPLE LIKE MARIA AS A SIGN OF HOPE.

SHE USED HEROIN AND LATER FENTANYL.

FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS BEFORE GETTING SOBER AT THE CLINIC.

>> SHE SAYS SHE FELT SAFE USING DRUGS IN THE CLINIC WITH PEOPLE READY TO HELP IN CASE SHE PASSED OUT WHICH SHE SAID SHE DID A FEW TIMES.

NOW THAT SHE'S SOBER SHE STILL COMES TO THE CLINIC SOMETIMES JUST TO HANG OUT BUT MOSTLY TO VOLUNTEER.

SHE LIKES TO CLEAN THE SAME ROOM WHERE SHE ONCE GOT HIGH.

SHE THINKS OF IT AS A GOOD WAY TO GIVE BACK TO THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED HER SO MUCH.

GUSTAVO SOLIS, KPBS NEWS.

>> HE HAS BEEN COVERING THE CROSS-BORDER FENTANYL ISSUE EXTENSIVELY IN RECENT WEEKS.

YOU CAN FIND THE STORY AND MORE OF OUR REPORTING ON YOUTUBE AND ALSO WHERE WE LIFESTREAM KPBS EVENING EDITION WEEKNIGHTS AT 5:00.

SUBSCRIBE AND GET NOTIFIED WHEN NEW CONTENT IS POSTED.

GAVIN NEWSOM'S RECENT BAN ON HEMP PRODUCTS HAS RAISED CONCERNS AMONG USERS.

HEIDI DiMARCO SAYS SOME ADVOCATES WARN IT WILL ESPECIALLY AFFECT VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING SOME CHILDREN.

>> SADIE HAS SPENT COUNTLESS NIGHTS IN THE HOSPITAL.

SHE HAS A BRAIN DISORDER.

SHE STRUGGLES WITH SEIZURES, INSOMNIA AND ANXIETY.

SADIE'S MOTHER HAS BEEN GIVING HER CBD RECOMMENDED BY HER DOCTOR FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS.

CBD IS DERIVED FROM HEMP PLANTS.

IT ALSO CONTAINS TRACE AMOUNTS OF THC.

THAT IS THE COMPOUND FROM CANNABIS PLANTS THAT GIVES A POT IT'S HIGH.

>> WE CELEBRATED HER ONE YEAR SEIZURE FREE ANNIVERSARY AND IT WAS A REMARKABLE MILESTONE FOR HER AND FOR US.

IT ALLOWED HER TO FEEL LESS AFRAID TO LEAVE THE HOUSE, TO GO TO SCHOOL.

>> SHE WORRIES HER DAUGHTER'S HEALTH MAY NOW BE AT RISK.

IN SEPTEMBER THE STATE BANNED ALL HEMP PRODUCTS CONTAINING ANY THC.

IT CAN NO LONGER BE SOLD LEGALLY IN CALIFORNIA STORES OR PURCHASED ONLINE FROM OTHER STATES.

ADULTS OVER 21 CAN STILL BUY IT AT MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSARIES.

>> THESE ARE VERY SPECIFIC TYPES AND BRANDS AND DOSES AND YOU CANNOT VERY.

>> GAVIN NEWSOM INITIATED THE VAN BECAUSE HE SAYS LOOPHOLES IN THE LAW HAVE MADE IT TOO EASY FOR KIDS TO ACCESS INTOXICATING PRODUCTS.

UC SAN DIEGO RESEARCHER NATOSHA WADE STUDIES CHILDREN WHO USE CBD FOR HEALTH PURPOSES INCLUDING 700 AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> EVEN IF PARENTS THOUGHT YOU WERE GIVING A PEER CBD PRODUCT TO THEIR KIDS AND THAT IS ALL THOSE KIDS HAD EVER USED 23% WERE SO POSITIVE.

>> HER FINDINGS HIGHLIGHT THE NEED FOR REGULATION OF CBD.

SHE SAYS MORE RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CONFIRM HEMP AND THC DO WHAT SELLERS CLAIM.

>> THE DATA HAS NOT PANNED OUT.

WE ALSO HAVE NOT HAD THE ABILITY TO DO THE RESEARCH WE NEED TO SEE WHAT IT CAN EFFECTIVELY TREAT.

>> FOR HER FAMILY CBD HAS BEEN LIFE-CHANGING.

SHE STUCK WILD TINCTURES WHEN NEWSOM PROPOSED THE REGULATION.

>> OUR LIFE HAS ALMOST RESTARTED AND WE CAN GO ON FAMILY ADVENTURES AND NOT FEEL THIS SENSE OF PANIC.

THAT'S BECAUSE OF CBD.

>> THE BAND WILL LAST UNTIL MARCH 2025.

HEIDI DiMARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT A BIG PART OF OUR ELECTION COVERAGE THAT LAUNCHES ON MONDAY.

THE KPBS VOTER HUB WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

YOU CAN LOOK FOR A LINK ON OUR HOMEPAGE AT KPBS.ORG.

THERE WILL BE INFORMATION ON VOTING LOCATIONS, ELECTION EXPLAINERS AND YOU WILL GET A LOT MORE OF OUR COVERAGE.

KPBS VOTER HUB LAUNCHES THIS MONDAY AT KPBS.ORG.

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS LOOK AT KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.