>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS LOOK AT THE BEST OF ORIGINAL REPORTING .

THOSE WHO SERVED AMERICA FINALLY BECOME AMERICANS.

SEE THE EMOTIONAL MOMENTS AS THE VETERANS WHO WERE ONCE DEPORTED TAKE THE OATH OF CITIZENSHIP.

>>> A TO THE, CON MUSEUM WE WILL SHOW YOU THE EXHIBITS THAT CELEBRATE THE HISTORY AND ARTISTRY OF COMICS AND ANIMATION.

SOMETHING NEW AND ONE OF THE MOST MYSTERIOUS PLACES ON EARTH.

LOCAL SCIENTISTS DISPLAY A ROLE IN DISCOVERING A NEW SPECIES OF DEEP-SEA FISH.

WE BEGIN WITH A LEGAL FIGHT OVER EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK.

A LONGTIME NEWS ANCHOR IS SUING THE LOCAL STATION SHE WORKED FOR AND TOLD HER STORY TO OUR REPORTER.

>> IT'S ALMOST BEEN FOUR YOUR SINCE SANDRA MOSS SIGNED OFF.

>> IT'S MY LAST NEWSCAST HERE.

>> Reporter: BUT SHE CLAIMS THAT WAS NOT HER CHOICE.

SHE CLAIMS SHE WAS FIRED AFTER SHE ASKED FOR ARRAYS .

>> I WORKED AT THE STATION 415 YEARS .

I PUT MY HEART AND SOUL INTO MY WORK I LOVED MY JOB.

THE YEAR BEFORE I LEFT I DISCOVERED MY COANCHOR WAS BEING PAID 40% MORE THAN I WAS FOR DOING THE SAME JOB.

>> SHE SAID LEARNING THAT HURT .

>> SHOCK , BETRAYAL, HUMILIATION .

I WAS SAD.

>> Reporter: SHE IS SUING HER FORMER EMPLOYER McKENNAN BROADCASTING FOR VIOLATING CALIFORNIA'S EQUAL PAY ACT, AN AGE DISCRIMINATION LAW.

>> I HAD TWO CHOICES.

I COULD WALK AWAY SILENTLY AND I COULD BURY MY HUMILIATION AND SHAME OVER LOSING MY JOB AT THIS TIME IN EIGHT DISRESPECTFUL AND DISAPPOINTING WAY.

OR I COULD SHARE MY STORY AND TAKE BACK MY POWER.

I COULD TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OTHER WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE.

>> Reporter: COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW MOSS MADE $80,000 LESS THAN HER COANCHOR.

>> EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST WOMEN UNINTENTIONALLY SETTING THEIR PAY HAVE TO MEND THEIR WAYS.

>> Reporter: MIRANDA McGOWAN IS A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LAW.

HER AREA OF EXPERTISE INCLUDE GENDER AND DISCRIMINATION LAW AND SHE SAYS CALIFORNIA LAW IS CLEAR WHEN IT COMES TO EQUAL PAY AND IT'S LOWER AND IT'S A LOT MORE STRINGENT THAN FEDERAL LAW.

>> THEY SHOULD START PAYING WOMEN WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY WORTH.

>> Reporter: MOSS IS SUING FOR PAST AND FUTURE WAGES LOST AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS BUT WOULDN'T DISCUSS WHAT IT WAS WORTH IN DOLLARS AND INCENSE.

>> VIEWERS WOULD BE SURPRISED TO LEARN HOW WOMEN ARE TREATED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

>> SHE SAYS SHE NEVER IMAGINED HER 40 YEARS IN BROADCASTING WOULD END LIKE THIS.

>> I'M HOPING THAT IN THE COMING WEEKS A NEW CHAPTER WILL BE A BETTER ENDING FOR ME.

>> WE REACHED OUT TO THE STATION WHO DID NOT RETURN OUR CALLS FOR COMMENT.

KATIE ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A STORY ABOUT EQUITY IN THE WORKPLACE IS PLAYING OUT IN EAST COUNTY WHICH INVOLVES THE RIGHT OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO UNIONIZE.

OUR HEALTH REPORTER SAYS WHAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES AT THIS HOSPITAL.

>> SAN DIEGO'S ONLY EAST COUNTY HOSPITAL HAS VOTED TO UNIONIZE MORE THAN 1400 HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

REGISTERED NURSES ARE REPRESENTED.

THE NEW UNION COVERS A VARIETY OF POSITIONS INCLUDING CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS, PHARMACY TECHNICIANS AND RESPIRATORY THERAPIST.

>> HIM WALKING THROUGH THE HALLWAYS, PEOPLE ARE SMILING AND ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

>> SERRANO IS A EMERGENCY-ROOM TECHNICIAN AT THE HOSPITAL AND VOIDED TO JOIN UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS WEST AND IS HOPING THAT THIS WILL BRING IN BETTER PAY AND MORE STAFF.

>> IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT WAGES OR STAFFING BUT ABOUT QUALITY CARE FOR THE PATIENTS.

WE'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM.

NO MATTER HOW MANY COME THROUGH THE DOOR.

NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION IS.

WE WILL TAKE CARE OF OUR PATIENTS.

NOW WE HAVE THIS FEELING OF YOU AREN'T GOING TO TAKE CARE OF US.

>> Reporter: THEY SPOKE DURING A RECENT COUNCIL MEETING WITH A RESOLUTION PASSED IN SUPPORT OF FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS AT SHARP GROSSMONT HOSPITAL.

>> I'VE BEEN WITH SHARP SINCE 2015.

MY REASON FOR JOINING THE UNION IS TO HAVE A VOICE I WANT TO SEE CHANGES THAT FULFILL THE NEEDS OF THE STAFFING, BETTER PAY AND WORKER SAFETY.

>> THE VOTE TO UNIONIZE WAS 55% IN FAVOR AND NEEDS TO BE CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL RELATIONS BOARD.

AFTER THAT COMES ELECTIONS FOR BARGAINING COMMITTEES AND GETTING A NEW CONTRACT.

>> WE HOPE THEY CAN GIVE US WHAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO KEEP GOING.

>> THEY FILED A CLAIM WITH LABOR OFFICIALS ALLEGING INTIMIDATING AND THREATENING ORGANIZING EFFORTS FROM THE UNION.

UNION OFFICIALS CALLING IT A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE THE ELECTION AND DIVERT ATTENTION AWAY FROM LOW WAGES AND STAFFING.

A SPOKESPERSON ISSUING A STATEMENT SAYING THEY HAD MORE THAN 1700 OPEN POSITIONS AND SINCE THE PANDEMIC FILLING THEM HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE.

THEY MAINTAIN WAGES ARE COMPETITIVE AND INCREASED STAFF PAY LATE LAST YEAR.

MATT HOFFMAN.

KPBS NEWS.

>> THE USE OF FORCE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS MADE HEADLINES IN RECENT WEEKS.

WE VISITED A SOUTHBANK COLLEGE WERE CAMPUS POLICE ARE WORKING TO CREATE A COMMUNITY FOR CHANGE.

>> Reporter: OFFICER DAVID FELIX IS TALKING ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED AR 15 RIFLE CARRYING THIS IN HIS CAR ON PATROL ACROSS THIS COLLEGE, CHULA VISTA CAMPUS, HE CARRIES A TASER.

HE CARRIES A BATON AND A GLOCK 22 PISTOL BUT HIS MOST EFFECTIVE TOOL HE SAYS IS COMMUNICATION.

>> I SAY HELLO TO THE PEOPLE, TO THE COUNSELORS.

I APPROACH A COUPLE OF STUDENTS AND ASK THEM QUESTIONS.

THEY DO HAVE QUESTIONS RANGING FROM HOW DO I BECOME A POLICE OFFICER TO HEY, I WAS INVOLVED IN A SITUATION, HOW CAN I HELP MYSELF FROM GETTING INTO FURTHER TROUBLE?

>> Reporter: FELIX IS ONE OF NINE SWORN OFFICERS ON THE SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE POLICE FORCE AND HE HAS SERVED IN THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HE HAS SEEN THE VIDEO OF THE MEMPHIS POLICE BEATING TYRE NICHOLS.

>> THIS WAS AN AGGRESSIVE STYLE OF POLICING.

IF YOU'D DID THAT HERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD REASON OF WHY YOU WERE ACTING OR SAYING THINGS LIKE THEY DID IN THAT VIDEO.

>> THIS HURTS ME.

I LOVE MY PROFESSION.

I BELIEVE IN MY PROFESSION.

>> Reporter: SOUTHWESTERN'S CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER AND FELT THE STING OF BRUTALITY BROUGHT ON BY OTHER POLICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY STARTING WITH THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD IN 2020.

>> I HAVE TWO SONS .

THEY WERE ASHAMED TO SAY THEIR FATHER WAS A POLICE OFFICER AT THE TIME.

THEY ARE PROUD OF DOING WHAT I DO.

IT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

>> DOES CONTINUE TO HAPPEN WHEN SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE POLICE DECIDED THAT THEY NEED TO HELP TO CHANGE THE PUBLIC'S PERCEPTION AND EARN TRUST SO THEY PARTNERED WITH THE URBAN LEAGUE OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY WHICH HAS ORGANIZED FOCUS GROUPS BETWEEN STUDENTS, STAFF, POLICE AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANT SOLUTIONS.

THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE LOCAL URBAN LEAGUE.

>> EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS UNDER A MICROSCOPE.

ARE YOU LIKE MEMPHIS?

OR ARE YOU PROUD OF MEMPHIS, MINNEAPOLIS OR GEORGE FLOYD?

DO YOU HAVE MURDERS ON YOUR PAYROLL?

WE HAVE TO ASK.

>> THE COLLABORATION FOCUS GROUPS HAVE ANSWERED THOSE QUESTIONS AND BUILD BRIDGES TO DE-ESCALATE POLICE INVOLVED CONFRONTATION.

IT'S WORKING ACCORDING TO SOUTHWESTERN STUDENT TRUSTEE JOSI PEREZ.

>> IF I WERE UNDER A SITUATION OR CIRCUMSTANCE THERE WOULD BE A THREAT, I'D HAVE THE FEELING OF SECURITY KNOWING THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE PRESENT.

>> TRYING TO PROVE THE GUILT OF THE INTERIOR THE MEDIC IS LOWER THAN THE BAR OF REASONABLE DOUBT.

THE CRIMINAL CASE.

>> THE CURRICULUM AT THE SOUTHWESTERN CAMPUS FROM THE COLLEGE POLICE ACADEMY AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAMS INCLUDES REAL-TIME CURRENT EVENTS.

WITH LESSONS IN ETHICS AND LEGAL COURSES THAT GO BEYOND THE TEXTBOOKS.

THAT'S ONLY INSPIRED PARAMEDIC STUDENTS EVEN MORE.

SEEING THE VIDEO WITH MEMPHIS POLICE AND THE EMTS WHO WERE ALSO FIRED.

>> IT'S HORRIBLE THAT IT EVER HAPPENED.

TRYING TO RESPOND OR MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A POSITIVE WAY IS HARD BUT THIS IS MOTIVATING.

>> Reporter: THE CLASSMATE HERE IS COMMITTED TO HER MENTAL HEALTH.

>> I THINK IT'S ABOUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT JUST HAPPENED AND EMOTIONALLY PROCESSING THIS SO YOU AREN'T LEFT WITH THOUGHTS ABOUT IT LATER IN TIME.

YOU HAVE TO PROCESS THE CALLS THAT WE RUN AND THEN YOU ARE ABLE TO MOVE ON FROM IT.

>> BACK AT THE CHULA VISTA CAMPUS, OFFICER FELIX IS MOVING ON WITH HIS PATROL.

PROUD OF THE PROGRESS HIS DEPARTMENT IS MAKING.

SO IS THE POLICE CHIEF.

>> I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CHANGE EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES BUT I COULD START WITH MINE.

WE'VE STARTED A CULTURE HERE AT SOUTHWESTERN THAT FOCUSES ON TRUST AND HELPING PEOPLE.

FOCUSING ON BEING TRANSPARENT.

>> AS ANOTHER DAY ENDS IN THE BEST CASE SCENARIO.

KPBS NEWS.

>> THAT STORY IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE IN-DEPTH FEATURE OF REPORTING.

YOU COULD STREAM MORE ANY TIME ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE WHERE WE ALSO LIVE STREAM THE EVENING EDITION WEEKNIGHTS AT 5:00.

>>> THE UNITED STATES HAS DEPORTED THOUSANDS OF MILITARY VETERANS WHO WEREN'T BORN HERE BUT SOME OF THE VETERANS HAVE BEEN LOUDALLOWED TO RETURN HERE.

TWO OF THEM BECAME CITIZENS JUST THIS WEEK.

>> IN A FIFTH FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM IN THE DOWNTOWN OFFICES OF THE U.S.

CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES A CEREMONY 42 VETERANS WHO SERVED THE COUNTRY BUT THEN WERE DEPORTED.

THE RETIRED DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF THE SAN DIEGO U.S. CIS OFFICE JEFFREY ROGERS QUOTED FROM A POEM BY ARCHIBALD McLEISH AND HER OPENING REMARKS.

>> THE FREEDOM OF MAN IN MIND IS NOTHING BUT A DREAM, THEY ARE RIGHT, IT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM.

>> THE AMERICAN DREAM COME TRUE AT LAST FOR THE ARMY VETERANS .

ROGERS DETAILING THEIR SERVICE, CONTRARY THOSE WHO JOINED IN 1976 AT THE AGE OF 17 HE SERVED FOR YEAR AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED.

HERNANDEZ WHO SERVED FROM 2000 TO 2006 WITH TOURS IN AFGHANISTAN, WINNING NUMEROUS METALS, REGISTERED ADMINISTER THE OATH OF CITIZENSHIP.

AFTER RECEIVING THEIR NATURALIZATION CERTIFICATES, CURRENT AND HERNANDEZ SPOKE ABOUT WHAT THE DAY MEANS TO THEM .

>> I FEEL BLESSED AND HAPPY TO BE BACK ON AMERICAN SOIL.

>> FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WEREN'T THERE, WE DID THOSE THINGS FOR YOU ALL IS WELL SO THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO.

THAT'S WHY MANY PEOPLE COULD NOT HAVE WALKED IN MY SHOES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SELF- SERVING BUT WE AREN'T.

WE ARE SERVING SELFISH PEOPLE.

>> A LOT OF HAPPINESS.

UNBELIEVABLY.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS WAS HAPPENING BUT IT WAS.

>> ANYBODY WHO'S WILLING TO LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES, THEIR SANITY AND GIVE UP EVERYTHING THAT THEY HOLD DEAR FOR AMERICAN FREEDOM SHOULD BE EVENTUALLY ONE POINT CONSIDERED A U.S. CITIZEN AND BECOME A U.S. CITIZEN AND HAVE THOSE SAME RIGHTS.

THE RIGHTS THAT WE FIGHT FOR .

>> AND NOW THEY TO.

>> HERE ARE SOME OF THE STORIES THAT GOT THE ATTENTION OF OUR ONLINE AUDIENCE THIS WEEK.

THE SHERIFF'S VIDEO OF A 2019 TASER INCIDENT IS FINALLY RELEASED.

LEARN HOW IT TOOK THE WORK OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION TO BRING IT TO LIGHT.

SOME OF YOU MAY WANT TO HOLD OFF ON FILING TAXES LIKE CALIFORNIA'S TAX REFUND ISSUED.

LAST YEAR MIGHT COMPLICATE THINGS.

AND THE DELMAR FAIRGROUNDS HAS A LIVE MUSIC VENUE.

WE HAVE A TOUR OF THE SOUND.

>>>, CON IS MONTHS AWAY THAT THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AT THE NEW COMIC CON MUSEUM .

OUR ARTS REPORTER HAS AN INSIDE LOOK AT TWO NEW EXHIBITS BEGINNING WITH AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE ABOUT THE ARTISTRY OF ANIMATION.

>> YOU MAY NOT RECOGNIZE HIS FACE OR KNOW HIS NAME BUT YOU KNOW HIS VOICE.

>> OVER THE LAST 36 YEARS I'VE BEEN IN MOVIES, CARTOONS, AND ELEVATION KOS TELEVISION SHOWS SUCH AS GOOFY AND AS HIS PAL PLUTO.

>> YOU COULD HEAR HIS VOICE AS PART OF THE ANIMATION ACADEMY EXHIBIT AT THE COMIC CON MUSEUM.

>> THIS IS AN INTERACTIVE MUSEUM.

YOU WENT ABOUT THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT WITH A LOT OF HANDS ON THINGS WHERE YOU COULD ACTUALLY ANIMATE THESE THINGS AND LEARN THE PROCESS.

IT'S ALL THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES STUFF YOU MAY NOT KNOW OF BUT IT'S REALLY INTRIGUING.

>> THE CEO OF STATES NINE EXHIBITS THAT DESIGNED THE SHOW, HE'S BEEN OBSESSED WITH ANIMATION SINCE HE WAS A KID MAKING SUPER EIGHT MOVIES HE WANTED THE EXHIBIT TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE PIONEERS OF ANIMATION.

>> DECONSTRUCTING THE PROCESS OF ANIMATION.

IT WAS AN ENGAGING EXHIBIT WHERE PEOPLE COULD MAKE A STOP MOTION MOVIE.

THEY COULD LEARN WHAT GOES INTO MAKING AN ANIMATED FILM.

>> Reporter: ONE OF HIS FAVORITE SPOTS IS THE STOP MOTION STUDIOS WHERE THEY MADE A GUMBY FILM.

>> WE WANTED TO SHOWCASE IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE FANCY SET.

WHAT WE USED IT WAS MADE OUT OF CEREAL BOXES.

USE YOUR IMAGINATION.

>> YOU COULD DO THINGS ANIMATION YOU CAN DO IN REAL LIFE.

IT'S THE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS OF THE ANIMATORS WITHOUT THE RULES OF PHYSIC'S.

YOU COULD FALL FROM AN AIRPLANE AND YOU'RE OKAY >> THEY TRY TO EXPLAIN THE MAGIC BEHIND AN AMAZING AND WHETHER IT'S A OLD FILM SET UP FOR FRAMES OF ANIMATION OR THIS GIANT ZOETROPE WHICH SHOWS HOW A PRE-FILM DEVICE WOULD PRODUCE THE ILLUSION OF ANIMATION.

>> YOUR MIND IS FILLING IN THE GAP .

>> IF YOU WANT TO LEARN ABOUT ANIMATION OR SEE IF YOU'VE GOT THE PATIENCE TO MAKE A STOP MOTION FILM YOU WILL WANT TO ENROLL AT THE ANIMATION ACADEMY.

>> COME ON DOWN AND ENJOY.

IT ANIMATED.

>> FROM THE ANIMATION ACADEMY , KPBS NEWS.

>>, CON INTERNATIONAL HAS BECOME A PHENOMENON.

ATTRACTING UPWARDS OF 135,000 PEOPLE FOR THE SAN DIEGO POP- CULTURE CONVENTION WHICH BEGAN ON A SMALLER SCALE IN 1970 WITH JUST 300 PEOPLE ATTENDING.

IN THAT INAUGURAL YEAR THIS CREATED A SOUVENIR BOOK THAT IS A TREASURED MEMENTO FROM EACH YEAR'S SHOW.

THE BOOK FEATURES THE WORK OF TOP ARTISTS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY ON THE COVER LIKE THE COCREATOR OF IN AMERICA.

SAYING THE, CON SPOKESPERSONS DAVID LANSER.

>> HAVING THE SMALL GATHERING THAT FIRST YEAR, IT WAS REMARKABLE.

WE HAVE FELT LUCKY EVER SINCE TO HAVE SUCH INCREDIBLE ARTISTS.

>> THE EXHIBIT COVER STORY, FIVE DECADES OF, CON, CELEBRATING THE ARTISTS WHO CONTRIBUTED COVER DESIGNS FOR THE SOUVENIR BOOKS.

>> WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN COVER DESIGNS IS REALLY PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN AUTO OF MAINSTREAM TENSION A LOT OF MAINSTREAM TENSION.

>> HERALDED FOR THEIR WORK AND APPRECIATED.

YOU COULD SEE THE WORK THEY'VE DONE.

>> THE EXHIBIT INCLUDES THE RECENT ARTWORK WHICH IS AMAZING TO SEE UP CLOSE.

>> TO ME IT'S A REMARKABLE BACKING TO THE HISTORY OF COMIC CON AND HOW WE STARTED SO SMALL AND YET HAVE MONUMENTAL ARTISTS .

>>, CON MUSEUM ALLOWING THE POP- CULTURE CONVENTION TO FINALLY HAVE A BRICK AND MORTAR PLACE TO SHOWCASE ITS OWN HISTORY.

>> WE DO HAVE MATERIAL AND NOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHOWCASE THIS.

IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE WE HAVE.

IT'S WONDERFUL TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO VISIT AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS CONVENTION TO LEARN ABOUT OUR HISTORY.

>> ENJOY FIVE DECADES OF COVER ART ALONG WITH THE ANIMATION ACADEMY AT, CON MUSEUM.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT STARTED IN 1964 WITH THE INVENTION OF THE SYNTHESIZER.

THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE 60s AND 70s, THE GENERATION OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC WOULD TAKE OFF.

A DOCUMENTARY THAT AIRED THIS WEEK JOHN CARROLL SPOKE TO THE FILMMAKER DOCUMENTING THIS REMARKABLE CAREER.

>> Reporter: THERE'S A TRUTH BEHIND MUSIC THAT THOSE OF US WHO PERFORM IT SOMETIMES FIND HARD TO SWALLOW.

OF FACT BASED ON MATHEMATICS, DON LEWIS LOVED MUSIC FROM THE TIME THAT HE WAS A CHILD AND MAJORED IN ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING AT THE FORMER TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE BEFORE GOING INTO THE AIR FORCE AS A NUCLEAR WEAPONS SPECIALIST.

WHEN HE GOT OUT HE ANSWERED HIS MUSICAL CALL.

>> EVERYONE HAD THEIR OWN IDEA OF WHAT THE SYNTHESIZER SHOULD SOUND LIKE.

>> Reporter: HE WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO COMBINE THE SOUNDS MADE BY INDIVIDUAL SYNTHESIZERS.

HE BEGAN IN 1974, THREE YEARS LATER THE LIVE ELECTRONIC ORCHESTRA WAS BORN.

>> WE HAVE STACKS OF KEYBOARDS ON TOP.

TO ME IT WAS A MATTER OF PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: STACKS OF KEYBOARDS, AN INVENTION THAT IS THE ANSWER TO SYSTEMS AND MUSIC PRODUCTION TODAY.

YOU COULD SEE THIS AT THE MUSEUM OF MAKING MUSIC IN CARLSBAD.

>> I WAS INTRODUCED TO DON LEWIS.

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG AFTER GETTING TO KNOW DAWN THINKING THIS COULD BE THE STORY THAT NEEDED TO BE TOLD.

HE WAS THE PERSONIFICATION OF THIS.

>> THE PRODUCER, DIRECTOR AND EDITOR OF THE DOCUMENTARY DON LEWIS AND THE LIVE ELECTRONIC ORCHESTRA WHICH SHOWS HIS PLACE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC.

>> THE WHOLE CONCEPT WAS TO BE ALIVE ELECTRONIC ORCHESTRA.

>> JULIE AND DON LEWIS WERE MARY FOR 45 YEARS UNTIL HIS DEATH LAST YEAR.

HE PLAYED IN SAN DIEGO AND LA.

ONE NIGHT THE BEACH BOYS HEARD HIM AND HIRED HIM AS THEIR OPENING ACT.

THEY DID A LOT OF STUDIO SESSION WORK WITH THE LIKES OF QUINCY JONES, MARVIN HAMLISCH, AND MICHAEL JACKSON.

HIS PASSION WAS LIVE PERFORMANCE.

HE WAS HAD HIS HAPPIEST WHEN HE SHARED MUSIC WITH AUDIENCES USING HIS REMARKABLE INVENTIONS.

>> IT WAS HIS MANNER OF ART.

>> ALONG THE WAY THERE WERE STRUGGLES WHEN HE WAS BOOKED TO PERFORM AT CERTAIN PLACES IN SAN FRANCISCO, THE MUSICIANS UNION LOCAL THERE OBJECTING AND PICKETED AGAINST HIM .

>> THEY FELT STRONGLY SYNTHESIZERS WERE NOT REAL INSTRUMENTS.

>> Reporter: BUT LEWIS PUSHED FORWARD AND WORKED FOR ROLAND SYNTHESIZERS AND LATER FOR YAMAHA PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DX SEVEN USED BY DOZENS OF MUSICIANS DURING THE 80s.

>> YOU COULD FEEL HIS WARMTH, HIS DESIRE TO LEARN ABOUT THINGS THAT WERE NEW.

>> Reporter: HE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WORD WORTH GETTING TO KNOW.

THAT'S WHAT THIS DOCUMENTARY DOES, OPENING A WINDOW INTO THE LIFE OF A REMARKABLE SOUL LEAVING A LEGACY OF SHEER JOY THROUGH MUSIC AND IN THIS HIS INVENTION.

>> I WANT TO PASS THE BATON TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

THIS GIVES ME GREAT HOPE.

>> JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>> SAN DIEGO RESEARCHERS HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEW SPECIES OF FISH IN THE DEEP OCEAN.

WATERSON COASTER RICA.

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER SHOWS US HOW AN UNDERWATER VIDEO AND SOME DETECTIVE WORK LED TO THE DISCOVERY.

>> RESEARCHERS WERE LOOKING FOR LARGE OCEAN MUSCLES WHEN THEY SPOTTED A SUBMARINE UNDER THE OCEAN SURFACE.

THE TARGET WAS THIS AREA NEAR COSTA RICA.

THIS IS THE COLLECTION MANAGER AT THE SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY.

>> METHANE IS COMING UP FROM THE FLOOR.

A SLIGHTLY HIGHER TEMPERATURE WHICH APPARENTLY IS ENOUGH TO ATTRACT ANIMALS THAT ONLY LIKE IT HOT.

>> YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT.

>> THE RESEARCHER PILOTING THIS AT THE INSTITUTES UNSTAFFED SUBMERSIBLE HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE AND IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO FIND PRIME MUSCLE HABITAT AMONG A MINIVAN AND SIZED TANGLE OF WORM SHELLS.

THE HABITAT ANCHORED ON THE SEAFLOOR IN THE VIDEO RECORDED BY THE DIVE TEAM.

>> THIS IS A FANTASTIC GROUP OF TUBE WORMS.

EACH ONE LOOKS LIKE A PIECE OF PASTA BUT THEY ARE GROWING TOGETHER AND ARE ANCHORED IN THE SEDIMENT WITH ENERGY FROM THE CHEMICALS.

THEY LIVE INSIDE OF THEIR TUBES.

IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BE A TUBE WORM.

LOOK AT ALL OF THEM.

>> Reporter: THIS IS WHERE THE TEAM REPORTED VIDEO OF THE NEW IDENTIFIED PINK YOU'LL POUCH.

THE COLOR DOESN'T MEAN MUCH ON THE OCEAN FLOOR WHERE IT'S COLD AND DARK.

>> THIS WAS SECURITY CAMOUFLAGE.

>> THEY HAVE A DOWNTURNED EXPRESSION.

>> THEY DON'T MOVE VERY FAST .

THEY DON'T GO TOO FAR FROM THEIR HOMES.

THEY GO BACK INTO SHELTER.

>> THE FISH LIVE ON THE OCEAN FLOOR WHILE THE PINK FISH STAND OUT ON THE VIDEO BUT THE COLOR CAN'T BE SEEN IN THE DARK WATER.

THEY ALSO HAVEN'T BEEN SEEN OUTSIDE OF THE GEOGRAPHICALLY SPECIFIC UNDERWATER HABITAT.

THE MANAGER OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST MARINE VERTEBRAE COLLECTIONS LOCATED IN SAN DIEGO.

>> THE SECTION IS KIND OF THE GROUP OF FISH, WE HAVE QUITE A LOT OF DIFFERENT FISHES.

>> HE'S SHOWING WHAT'S BEST DESCRIBED AS A FISH LIBRARY.

THE SHELVES, FLOOR TO CEILING FULL OF UNDERWATER CREATURES PERFECTLY PRESERVED IN THESE JARS.

IT WAS HIS FIRST STOP TO IDENTIFY THE SAMPLES BROUGHT BACK BY RESEARCHERS IN 2018.

THE SAMPLES DIDN'T MATCH UP WITH ANYTHING SO THEY RETURNED TO PUBLIC LITERATURE.

>> GOING THROUGH THE BOOK, GOING THROUGH REFERENCES AND TRYING TO MATCH THEM UP THEY ARE RESONATING WITH ANYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN.

>> HE REACHED OUT TO A CALL IT COLLEAGUE IN DENMARK.

HE IS CONSIDERED AN AUTHORITY ON DEEP-SEA BOTTOM LIVING FISHES.

>> HE RECOGNIZE THIS AS THE GENUS THAT HAD BEEN DESCRIBED OF THE LAST 25 YEARS.

A FIRE WILL.

>> HE KNEW IMMEDIATELY THE FISH WAS SOMETHING NEW WHICH WOULD EXPLAIN THE LACK OF SCALES AND A NUMBER OF LOCATION AND SENSORY FLOORS ON THEIR BODY.

THEY ARE KEY TO HELPING A FISH FIND FOOD.

>> THEY ARE LIVING IN ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE PITCH BLACK.

AS WELL AS OREGON'S ORGANS.

>> THERE IS ONLY FOUR SAMPLES AVAILABLE TO RESEARCHERS.

TWO IN SAN DIEGO AND TWO IN DENMARK .

THEY SAY IT'S A REMINDER OF HOW LITTLE SCIENTISTS KNOW ABOUT LIFE ON THE OCEAN FLOOR.

THE FINDINGS WERE PUBLISHED IN THE ADDITION OF THE CURRENT EDITION OF THIS ATAXIA.

>> WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS EDITION OF KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI .

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.