STORM ARE CALLING OUT WHAT THEY SAY ARE UNSAFE AND OVERCROWDED CONDITIONS >> THIS IS NOT THE CARE WE WANT FOR OUR PATIENTS OR FOR OUR OWN FAMILIES PICK >> STEPHANIE IS AN EMERGENCY ROOM NURSE WHO SAYS SHE WORRIES ABOUT TREATING PATIENTS IN HALLWAYS ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT MIGHT BE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED.

SPECKLED THIS IS HUMILIATING FOR PATIENTS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IMPOSSIBLE INFECTIOUS RISK TO OTHERS PICK >> HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY SING HISTORICALLY HIGH AMOUNTS OF PATIENTS.

A STATEMENT FROM THE HOSPITAL SAYS THE UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND IS OUTPACING AVAILABLE HOSPITAL BEDS ESPECIALLY IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

THEY SAY THEY ARE TAKING EVERY MEASURE POSSIBLE TO CARE FOR PATIENTS.

SOMETIMES THAT MEANS RESORTING TO USING OVERFLOW AREAS OR EVEN DIVERTING AMBULANCES BECAUSE OF DEMAND PICK >> I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BUT IT IS PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE AND NOW WE NEED TO STAND UP AND REQUEST FOR MORE ATTENTION.

SPECKLED JOCELYN IS AN E.R.

NURSE WHO HAS BEEN WITH UCSD HELP FOR 20 YEARS.

SHE AND OTHERS SAY THE SITUATION IS NOT SUSTAINABLE AND SOME STAFF ARE BURNING OUTS.

>> A FEW YEARS AGO, IT WAS VERY HARD TO GET A JOB IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE NOBODY LEFT.

NOW IT IS HARD TO KEEP THE JOB BECAUSE EVERYBODY KEEPS LEAVING.

THERE IS A HIGH INCREASE IN BURNOUT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF SUPPORT.

THERE IS A LOT OF LOW MORALE AMONG THE STAFF.

SPECKLED MARCH HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY BUSY AT UCSD LA JOLLA.

THERE HAS BEEN TWO INCIDENTS WERE AN INTERNAL DISASTER WAS DECLARED.

INFLUENCES AREN'T ABLE TO BRING IN PATIENTS.

IT HAPPENED ON MARCH 2nd FOR 22 HOURS AND ON MARCH 7th FOR 18 HOURS.

EMERGENCY ROOM NURSES AND THE UNION REPRESENTING THEM ARE CALLING FOR MORE NURSES AND OTHER SUPPORT STAFF.

THEY SAY MANAGEMENT HAS BROUGHT IN SOME EXTRA HELP BUT IT HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH.

>> ALL OF MY COWORKERS AND THE STAFF ARE DOING OUR BEST.

WE LOVE OUR JOB BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED THE SPACE AND THE EQUIPMENTS.

WE NEED ALL THE SUPPORT WE CAN GET FROM THE MANAGEMENT.

>> UCSD HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY WHEN POSSIBLE, THEY ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL NURSES.

THEY ARE ALSO REMINDING THE PUBLIC THAT MINOR HEALTH ISSUES CAN BE HANDLED WITH SAME-DAY VISITS TO URGENT CARE OR EVEN TELEHEALTH CONFERENCES.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO TV STATION SAYS IT WILL APPEAL A $1.5 MILLION VERDICT IN THE LAWSUIT FILED BY ITS LONGTIME ANCHOR SANDRA.

KPBS REPORTER MJ TALKS WITH -- ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AND WHAT IS NEXT.

>> I AM FEELING RELIEVED.

>> SANDRA AND HER TEAM OF ATTORNEYS ARE CELEBRATING TONIGHT.

THEY HAVE WORKED TOGETHER FOR ALMOST 4 YEARS ON HER DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST MECHANIC -- McKINNON BROADCASTING WHERE SHE ANCHORED THE NEWS FOR 15 YEARS.

>> THEY ARE STILL CAMPAIGNING TO MAKE ME LOOK BAD AND ASSASSINATE MY CHARACTER.

IT HAS BEEN REALLY TOUGH.

SPECKLED LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, A SUPERIOR COURT JURY AWARDED MOSS WELL OVER $1.5 MILLION BECAUSE SHE CLAIMS SHE WAS FIRED AFTER SHE DEMANDED SHE BE PAID THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AS HER MALE COANCHOR.

SHE SUED THE TV COMPANY FOR GENDER AND AGE DISCRIMINATION AND FOR VIOLATING CALIFORNIA EQUAL PAY LAWS.

THE JURY DECIDED McKINNON BROADCASTING DID VIOLATE THE LAWS BUT DID NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST HER.

ON THE GOOD MORNING SAN DIEGO PROGRAM TODAY, K USI ATTORNEY KENNETH FITZGERALD WAS INTERVIEWED BY AN ANCHOR TEAM WHO USED TO WORK WITH MOSS.

>> I THINK A LOT OF BROADCASTERS OUGHT TO BE NERVOUS IF THEY DON'T HAVE QUANTIFIABLE DATA IN PLACE AND ELABORATE SYSTEMS OF EVALUATION OF TALENT, AND THEY DON'T PAY FOR EVERY DECISION THEY MAKE ABOUT COMPENSATION, THEY ARE AT RISK.

SPECKLED THERE NEEDS TO BE SYSTEMS IN PLACE, PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS SELF IF THERE IS A PAY DIFFERENTIAL, THEY CAN ACTUALLY JUSTIFY IT AND NOT SAY THAT AFTER THE FACT.

>> I AM FEELING LIKE I MOVED THE NEEDLE A BIT AND THAT EMPLOYERS ARE GOING TO TAKE EQUAL PAY SERIOUSLY.

>> KUSI PLANS TO APPEAL THE VERDICT AT FIRST ATTORNEYS WILL PRESENT A MOTION TO THROW IT OUT.

>> WE WILL ARGUE THAT IRREGULARITIES IN THE TRIAL AND TO THE NUMBERS THAT THE JURY CAME TO WHICH DID NOT MATCH THE NUMBERS THAT WERE PRESENTED IN EVIDENCE REFLECT AN IRRATIONAL VERDICT BASICALLY AND WE WILL ASK THE TRIAL JUDGE TO SET ASIDE THE VERDICT.

IF THAT MOTION IS DENIED, WE WILL APPEAL.

>> WE ARE ENCOURAGING KUSI TO APPEAL THIS VERDICT TO THE FOURTH DISTRICT OF APPEAL SO THAT THE JUSTICE IS THERE CAN REAFFIRM WHAT HAPPENED AT THE TRIAL COURT.

AND SET A PRECEDENT THAT CAN BE CITED IN THE FUTURE.

SPECKLED MOSS FILED A LAWSUIT TO GET JUSTICE FOR HERSELF AND SHE AND HER TEAM SAY THEY WERE ALSO CONSIDERING OTHERS WHO MIGHT BE AFRAID TO TAKE THAT SIGNIFICANT FIRST LEGAL STEP.

>> IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE A CASE, CALL A LAWYER AND SPEAK TO THEM AND TELL THEM YOUR STORY BECAUSE YOUR STORY MIGHT BE LIKE HER STORY.

>> MOSS SAYS SHE IS READY TO MOVE ONTO THE NEXT CHAPTER OF HER STORY.

>> BROADCAST JOURNALISM IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES AND I WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN TELEVISION AGAIN, BUT I HAVE SOME EXCITING PROJECTS THAT I AM WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AND IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN FOR ME, I'M GOING TO BE OKAY.

>> AND THAT IS THE NEWS FOR NOW.

MJ PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CALIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR WILL BE IN SAN DIEGO THIS WEEKEND.

GAVIN NEWSOM WILL MAKE A STOP ON HIS DOOR PUSHING HIS BUDGET PLAN.

IT IS A CHANGE FROM THE USUAL STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS GOVERNORS TYPICAL DELIVER EVERY YEAR PICK THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAYS THE FOCUS ON SUNDAY WILL BE ON EFFORTS TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

MENTAL HEALTH IS OFTEN INTERTWINED WITH CALIFORNIA'S HOMELESS PROBLEM.

HERE IN SAN DIEGO, NEW TECHNOLOGY WILL BE ROLLED OUT TO HELP MATCH PEOPLE WITH AVAILABLE SHELTERS IN REAL- TIME.

KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER EXPLAINS HOW IT WORKS.

>> RIGHT NOW MUCH OF THE WORK SOCIAL WORKERS DUE TO CONNECT ON HOUSE PEOPLE TO SHELTERS IS DECIDEDLY LOW-TECH.

>> THEY ARE RESORTING TO STICKY NOTES.

SPECKLED IT COMES DOWN TO CALLING THE RIGHT PERSON.

>> THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT INFORMS THEM IN REAL-TIME ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE, HUMANE, SAFE SHELTER THAT NEEDS THAT PERSON'S NEEDS.

>> THE APP SEEKS TO PROPOSE IT WOULD FUNCTION MUCH LIKE A HOTEL BOOKING AT.

SHELTERS WILL SHOW THE NUMBER OF BEDS THEY HAVE AVAILABLE AND THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE.

OFFICIALS HOPE THIS WILL BE AN EASY ACCESS ONE-STOP SHOP FOR AVAILABLE SHELTER BEDS IN THE COUNTY.

>> WE BELIEVE THIS PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY WILL NOT ONLY PROVIDE SHELTER IN A HUMANE AND SUITED WAY TO THE INDIVIDUAL BUT IT WILL ALWAYS INFORM OUR COUNTY IN A TRANSPARENT MANNER AS TO WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE AND WHAT IS MISSING.

SPECKLED THE DAS OFFICE -- TWO DAYS LAST NOVEMBER BRAINSTORMING WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS.

EXPORTS -- EXPERTS -- THEY APPROVED $300,000 TO BUILD AND IMPLEMENT THE APP.

IT IS EXPECTED TO BE READY IN SIX MONTHS.

>> THIS IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE WE NEED IN THE COUNTY TO REDUCE THE TIME AND THE MINUTES REQUIRED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET PEOPLE CONNECTED TO -- IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: THIS IS PART OF THE COUNTY TO TACKLE THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS PICK THE NEXT SPACE WOULD BE FOR ON HOUSE PEOPLE AND PEOPLE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS >> HOMELESS ADVOCATE MICHAEL SAYS IT IS A GOOD IDEA BUT DOUBTS THAT IT WOULD DO ANYTHING TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS CRISIS.

>> BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS ALMOST THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

WE DON'T HAVE THOSE RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY FILL UP WITH LIVE BODIES.

I'M NOT SURE HOW TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO MAGICALLY MAKE THAT APPEAR.

>> ALEXANDER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SOMETHING THAT AFFECT JUST ABOUT EVERYONE THIS WEEK WAS ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMY WEATHER.

SOME NEIGHBORHOODS ARE STILL TRYING TO CLEAN UP SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE.

CLAIRE STRONG SHOWS US THE --.

>> THE CONSTANT WET WEATHER HAS LEFT MANY ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY WORSE FOR WEAR AND NOWHERE IS THAT MORE APPARENT THAN IN CORNICE.

-- LAKE DRIVE HAS BEEN TOTALLY WASHED AWAY AND LAST WEEK, INTENSE HEAVY RATES CAUSED A SINKHOLE ON THE EDGE OF THE STREET TO GET EVEN BIGGER.

-- ALMOST BUILT ON THE EXACT SAME SPOT YEARS AGO AND IS THANKFUL SHE DIDN'T.

>> I MARRIED AN ARCHITECT AND HE LOVED THIS LITTLE PIECE OF PROPERTY AND HE WANTED TO BUILD A POOL HOUSE HERE BECAUSE IT HAS PANORAMIC VIEWS TO SEASIDE BEACH DOWN THERE.

I CALLED HIM YESTERDAY AND I SAID YOU KNOW IF WE WOULD HAVE BUILT THAT HOUSE, WE WOULD HAVE LOST IT NOW BECAUSE IT IS A GIANT SINKHOLE NOW.

>> -- IS AN UNINCORPORATED PLACE.

CITY OFFICIALS SAY THE SINKHOLE WAS AN UNDERGROUND PIPE INSTALLED YEARS AGO.

CREWS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM FOR THE PAST MONTH BUT HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND HAS MADE IT WORSE.

SPECKLED THIS PART OF LAKE DRIVE -- CREWS ARE WORKING ON THE SINGLE BEHIND ME TO TRY TO STABILIZE IT TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER EROSION FROM HAPPENING.

>> FOR RESIDENT PAUL HE THINKS IS GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME TO FIX.

>> AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS QUITE DRAMATIC.

I DON'T THINK THE CITY WILL HAVE IT ALL CURED AND REPAIRED WITHIN SIX WEEKS.

>> THE CLOSURE OF LAKE DRIVE IS ALSO CAUSING TRAFFIC ISSUES.

MOTORISTS HAVE BEEN DIVERTED ALONG NEARBY CREST DRIVE AND PEOPLE LIVING THERE SAY SPEEDING CARS ARE MAKING THE ROAD DANGEROUS.

>> I WOULD DEFINITELY PUT SPEED BUMPS IN OR EVEN HAVE THE POLICE GIVE TICKETS.

PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING THROUGH HERE 50 MILES AN HOUR.

IT IS SCARY.

-- RELEASED A STATEMENT LAST WEEK SAYING THE WORK EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH APRIL.

MEANWHILE THE RESIDENCE ARE PRAYING FOR THE RAIN TO STOP.

CLAIRE STRONG, KPBS NEWS.

>>> HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST READ STORIES THIS WEEK AT KPBS .ORG ONE YEAR AFTER A DEADLY POLICE SHOOTING IN LITTLE ITALY THE SON OF THE WOMAN KILLED IS SUING THE CITY AND COUNTY.

A TEACHER FROM NATIONAL CITY WILL REMAIN IN JAIL ON CHILD SEX ABUSE CHARGES FOLLOWING HER SECOND ARREST RELATED TO THIS CASE.

WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT LATER, A NORTH COUNTY MAN RE- CREATES AN ANCIENT VIKING BOAT AND TAKES IT FOR A RIDE ON MISSION BAY.

>>> AS PART OF OUR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH COVERAGE, KPBS REPORTER INTRODUCES US TO THE WOMAN BEHIND A LIFESTYLE BRAND CALLED --.

IT IS A LITTLE SEWING SHOP IN BARRIO THAT IS LAUNCHING THE DREAMS OF AN ENTREPRENEUR.

>> ON THIS COLORFUL STREET, YOU WILL FIND A LITTLE SEWING SHOP CALLED SO LOW,.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT FASHION DESIGNER CLAUDIA IS UP TO.

TODAY IS A QUIET DAY TO CREATE OR RE-CREATE.

EVERYTHING HERE IS MADE OUT OF FABRIC THAT WAS ONCE SOMETHING ELSE.

SOMETHING SHE CALLS A SLOW FASHION.

SPECKLED THIS BLANKET IS NOT TRASH BECAUSE IT HAS A WHOLE.

HOW CAN WE ADD SOMETHING COOL SO PEOPLE CAN NOW BE INTERESTED IN IT AGAIN?

>> SUSTAINABLE FASHION IS SOMETHING WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THESE DAYS.

>> COMING FROM A FAMILY WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF US.

I AM ONE OF SIX KIDS, IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR MY MOM TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THINGS.

SHE WOULD TAKE US TO THE FOREVER 21 AND SHE WOULD BE LIKE WHAT DO YOU LIKE HERE?

SHE WOULD BE LIKE LET'S GO HOME AND MAKE IT AND YOU ARE LIKE I WANT IT HERE THOUGH.

WE WOULD GO THRIFT THING.

I WOULD BUY JEANS AND CUT THEM UP AND TURN THEM INTO SOMETHING ELSE.

REALLY THE CULTURAL PART OF RECYCLING HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY THINGS.

SPECKLED WHEN SHE MOVED TO SAN DIEGO, SHE WENT FOR HER DREAMS AND THE BRAND WAS BORN.

>> I HAD THAT REALLY PUNK ROCK STYLE AND ALL THAT AND EVERYONE WOULD ALWAYS BE LIKE YOU ARE SO CRAZY.

SO WHEN WE DECIDED TO OPEN UP THE BUSINESS, WE WERE LIKE WE SHOULD CALL IT SO LOCA.

>> SHE HAS BUILT A BRAND WEARING ONE-OF-A-KIND ART INSPIRED BY HER RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE A COMBINATION OF MEXICAN AND AMERICAN.

>> PEOPLE WOULD LOOK AT AS A CERTAIN KIND OF WAY BECAUSE WE WERE SPEAKING SPANISH.

I STRUGGLED WITH THAT A LOT.

WHEN I WENT TO THE RANCH MY PARENTS GREW UP, I WAS LIKE I AM MEXICAN AND MY COUSINS ARE LIKE YOU ARE AMERICAN.

I WAS LIKE WHAT?

THAT SENSE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO BELONG.

>> HER BEST SELLER COMBINES THE CATHOLIC SYMBOL SHE SAYS WAS EVERYWHERE GROWING UP IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND RESONATES WITH PEOPLE LIKE HER.

>> EVEN THOUGH SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE RELIGIOUS, THEY STILL SEE THAT AS A CULTURAL IMAGE.

FOR ME PUTTING PHRASES ACROSS, WE HAVE SOME THAT SAY --, PUTTING IT ON A SHIRT, I WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE YES I AM BROWN AND I FEEL VERY PROUD OF THAT.

>> SHE HAS BECOME QUITE THE ENTREPRENEUR AND PART OF A COLLECTIVE THAT HELPS PROMOTE OTHER FEMALE ARTISTS AND BUSINESSES.

SHE EVEN HOSTS HER OWN SHOW.

>> ESPECIALLY BEING A WOMAN AND A BROWN WOMAN IN BUSINESS, HOW CAN WE UPLIFT EACH OTHER?

>> IN OCTOBER NIKE CAME CALLING.

>> THIS HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT IS HERE AT NIKE TALKING TO A BUNCH OF DESIGNERS.

IMAGINE HOW I FEEL.

>> SHE SAYS HER LIFE COULD'VE EASILY GONE DOWN THE WRONG PATH IF SHE HADN'T BELIEVED AND WORKED HARD TO BUILD YOUR DREAM.

>> FOR ME, SELLING, I FEEL LIKE IT SAVED MY LIFE.

I WAS A TROUBLED YOUTH.

I WAS HEADING INTO THE WRONG DIRECTION.

IT GIVES ME SELF-WORTH BECAUSE I CAN MAKE THINGS AND THAT MADE ME FEEL SPECIAL.

>> SHE CAN PROUDLY SAY THAT CRAZY PUNK ROCKER FOR THE VALLEY -- FROM THE VALLEY DID GOOD.

SHE CREDITS HER FATHER, MOTHER, BROTHERS AND SISTERS BUT ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY THAT EMBRACED HER WHO SHE COMPARES TWO PIECES OF FABRIC BECAUSE MUCH LIKE HER ART >> YOU ARE BASICALLY ABLE TO SELL THINGS TOGETHER AND KEEP THEM STRONG.

I THINK THAT IS THE COMMUNITY.

>> IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO BECOME A LARGE COLORFUL QUILT.

KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>> MUCH MADNESS CONTINUES FOR THE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS.

THE AZTECS PLAY SATURDAY IN A ROUND OF 32 AFTER WINNING THEIR OPENING-ROUND GAME ON THURSDAY.

THEIR NEXT OPPONENT IS -- UNIVERSITY FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE ARENA WILL HOST A VIEWING PARTY.

THE WINNER GETS A SPOT IN THE SWEET 16, SOMETHING THE AZTECS HAVEN'T DONE SINCE 2014.

THOSE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE ARTISTIC WILL FIND IT IN TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN LA JOLLA.

KPBS ARTS PRODUCER AND EDITOR JULIA MET WITH THE TWO LATINO ARTISTS.

REPRESENTING TWO GENERATIONS AND TWO DIFFERENT PLACES ALONG THE US-MEXICO BORDER.

>> AT FIRST GLANCE WITH THE OVERSIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS AND TEXT, THE BRIGHT COLORS AND OBJECTS EXTENDED FROM THE CEILING, IT FEELS LIKE STEPPING INSIDE A CHILDREN'S BOOK ON A MASSIVE SCALE.

BREAKING THE BINDING IS THE FIRST CAREER RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBIT FOR CELIA ALVAREZ BUT 86-YEAR-OLD -- ARTIST IS NOTICED FOR HER PUBLIC ART.

AFTER A LONG CAREER, SHE IS STILL DRIVEN TO MAKE ART.

>> WHY DO I KEEP GOING?

BECAUSE IT KEEPS ME GOING.

THAT IS WHAT PROPELS YOU TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND HAVE A MISSION.

I THINK FOR ME, IT HAS BEEN MORE OF A VOCATION.

>> HER WORK INFUSES HUMOR AND PRIVATE NARRATIVE INTO BROAD THEMES INFORMED BY HER LIFE ALONG THE US-MEXICO BORDER AS WELL AS HER BACKGROUND WORKING IN ADVERTISING.

SHE COMBINES TEXT AND IMAGE IN NEARLY EVERY PIECE PLAYING WITH PUNS AND TRANSLATIONS AND MISPRONUNCIATIONS.

CO-CURATOR SAYS THE EXHIBIT HAS 35 ARTWORKS, SEVEN MAJOR INSTALLATIONS.

>> SHE IS UNBELIEVABLE DISTINCT AND VERBAL STORYTELLER.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST WORK YOU SEE WITH IMAGES OF SARDINE CANNED TRAINS.

-- TELL CHILDHOOD STORIES ABOUT POSTWAR IMMIGRATION -- BY TRAIN PICK THE MUSEUM COMMISSIONED THIS PIECE IN 1991.

>> SHE DRAWS ON MANY THINGS FROM HER OWN PERSONAL HISTORY TO COLLECTIVE HISTORY.

I THINK THAT IS ONE OF HER GREATEST SKILLS.

>> IT CENTERS ON ARTIFACTS SHE INVENTED MADE FROM A FOUND GAS MASK AND VIVID FEATHERS SETTING UP THE FULL WALL SIZED MURAL WITH PHOTOS OF MEXICO CITY FROM PHOTOS OF OLD MAGAZINES SET AGAINST BRIGHT FUCHSIA IS EQUAL PARTS UNSETTLING MEMORY AND ABSURD STORY, ONE OF HER DARKER WORKS --.

SUSPENDED FROM THE CEILING ARE 20 MASSIVE BOLTS OF FABRIC AND SEVERAL DRESS FORMS, EMBELLISHED CLOTHES AND DIAPERS MADE FROM LACE.

>> IT WAS A REBUTTAL AGAINST THE FASHION INDUSTRY FOR THEIR SEXUALIZATION OF WOMEN FROM EARLY AGE.

>> THE INSTALLATION TOUCHES ON POSTWAR WOMEN'S LABOR ISSUES.

IT EVOLVES OVER TIME TO ADDRESS THE ARTISTS THEORY OVER THE MURDERS OF YOUNG WOMEN WORKERS LINKED TO -- AND THE ADVENT OF --.

>> THEN WE HAVE THE BRIDAL GOWN OVER HERE.

IT IS WICKED.

IT IS IN DECAY.

IT IS A LOT OF DECAY.

>> DOWNSTAIRS IS THE FIRST SOLO MUSEUM EXHIBITION AS ARTIST -- LIVES AND WORKS IN SAN DIEGO.

SENIOR CURATOR -- HELPED WITH THE EXHIBITS.

>> SHE IS TRULY ONE OF THE MOST GIFTED AND COMPELLING ARTISTS OF OUR REGION, JUST SO AUTHENTICALLY -- AT WORKING WITH MATERIALS.

>> -- BEGAN BORROWING CHARACTERS FROM HIS DRAWING AND ADDING EMBROIDERY WITH HER SEWING MACHINE, THE KITCHEN TABLE.

>> I MOSTLY DO MY WORK AT MY KITCHEN TABLE.

>> ROSES EMBROIDERY WORK ARE LIKE LITTLE SCULPTURES LAYERING DRAWINGS AND VIVID SPLASHES OF WATERCOLOR AND BRIGHT THREADS.

THE EMBROIDERY FILLED IN BORDERS OR EMBELLISHES THAT HANGED BENEATH ITS.

SHE PAIRS THE FLAT DIMENSION OF PERSPECTIVE OF A CHILD'S DRAWING WITH THAT OF MESO AMERICAN STYLE.

THERE IS WEAPONRY AND WAR REGALIA ON FANTASTICAL CREATURES INFUSED WITH ROSA'S KNOWLEDGE OF PRE-AND POST COLONIAL HISTORY.

>> YOU HAVE THIS LAYERING OF MOMENTS IN TIME AND THE WORK REALLY COMES TO SHED LIGHT ON THE ENTANGLEMENTS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT.

>> ROSA IS ALSO A SCULPTOR.

MORE THAN A DOZEN SLINGSHOTS ARE STUCK TO THE WALL MADE FROM BRANCHES FOUND IN BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER AND THE ELASTIC IS STRETCHED TO THE BRINK CASTING SHADOWS LIKE DRAWINGS OF THEIR OWN.

THESE SLINGSHOTS ENCAPSULATE ROSA'S FASCINATION WITH THE TOOLS AND REGALIA OF WAR AND CHILDHOOD.

>> I WAS THINKING ABOUT TENSION AND HOW DO YOU GET TO THE OTHER SIDE TO A SLINGSHOTS OR WAR AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

>> BOTH EXHIBITIONS OPEN AT -- DURING THE FREE THIRD THURSDAY EVENT WHICH RUNS FROM 10 A.M. UNTIL 8 P.M. THURSDAY.

THE WORK WILL BE ON VIEW THROUGH AUGUST 15th.

JULIA DIXON EVANS, KPBS NEWS.

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>>> ENDANGERED PACIFIC HUMPBACK WHALES THAT A LEGAL VICTORY THIS WEEK.

KPBS ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON SAYS ADVOCATES ARE PRESSING FOR CHANGES TO COMMERCIAL FISHING PRACTICES .

>> Reporter: A FEDERAL COURT IN CALIFORNIA SAYS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO PROTECT THE LARGE MAMMALS FROM FISHING LINES.

COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS TRYING TO CATCH BOTTOM DWELLING FISH USE LONG ROPES TO CONNECT THE FISHING PODS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR TO BUOYS ON THE SURFACE.

COMEBACKS CAN GET TANGLED IN THE ROPES THAT CONNECTS THE TWO.

IT HAPPENS AS OFTEN AS 25 TIMES A YEAR.

>> NOT ONLY IS IT A HORRIBLY PAINFUL TRAUMATIC AND OFTEN DEADLY EXPERIENCE FOR THESE INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS, BUT IT IS PREVENTING THEIR RECOVERY.

>> WILLS CAN BE RESCUED BUT THE PROCESS IS DIFFICULT AND ONLY HAPPENS IF HUMANS SPOT THE ENTANGLED MAMMAL.

LOSING EVEN ONE WHALE IS TRAGIC.

>> THEY OFTEN BREED SO THEY WILL JUMP OUT OF THE WATER AND YOU CAN SEE THEM SPLASH.

THEY SING SONGS IN THEIR BREEDING GROUNDS.

THEY ARE JUST AMAZING AMAZING CREATURES.

>> THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES FOR THE FISHING INDUSTRY THAT ARE SAFER FOR WHALES.

LONG LINES CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE WATER WHEN HUMPBACKS ARRIVE FOR THE SUMMER.

THE INDUSTRY COULD ALSO USE GEAR THAT BRINGS THE FISHING PODS UP FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR WITHOUT USING ROPES.

THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY SUE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THE NATION'S FISHERIES MANAGERS DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ENTANGLEMENTS AND THEY SAID FEDERAL OFFICIALS DID NOT CONSIDER DEVELOPING A PLAN AN URGENT MATTER.

THE COURT AGREED.

>> THE PLAIN LANGUAGE OF THE MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT PROHIBITS THE AGENCY FROM AUTHORIZING FISHERIES TO KILL ENDANGERED WHALES WITHOUT A PLAN TO REDUCE BOAT HARM.

>> FEDERAL OFFICIALS DECLINED TO COMMENT ON THE RULING SAYING THEY DON'T DISCUSS LITIGATION.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WHAT DO YOU DO ONCE YOU FINISH BUILDING A VIKING SHIP I HAND?

WHAT YOU TAKE IT OUT TO SEE OF COURSE.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER ALEXANDER WAS THERE FOR THE SHIPS MAIDEN VOYAGE.

>> WITH LOTS OF FANFARE, A VIKING HORDE, A SMALL GATHERING AND A BLESSING FROM THE GODS -- PASSION PROJECT FINALLY TOOK TO THE SEA OR IN THIS CASE SAN DIEGO'S MISSION BAY ON SUNDAY.

>> WHY DID I BUILD THIS SHIP IN THE FIRST PLACE?

WELL I WILL BE BRIEF BUT 20 YEARS AGO I WAS LIVING IN VANCOUVER DC AND I HAVE BEEN A LIFELONG SELLER.

I HAVE ALWAYS SAILED AND I HEARD ABOUT A GROUP OF SCANDINAVIANS WHO WERE BUILDING A VIKING SHIP.

I SAID WHAT?

I HAVE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS SO I GOT INVOLVED.

>> WHEN HE RETIRED HE WANTED TO BUILD A SHIP OF HIS OWN.

THE PLAN FOR THE -- WAS BASED ON THE SHIP HE HELPED BUILD IN VANCOUVER WHICH WAS A REPLICA OF THE -- A VIKING SHIP UNEARTHED FROM AN ANCIENT BURIAL MOUND.

BEFORE THE SHIP COULD TAKE TO WATER, THERE WAS SOME LAST MINUTE FIXES TO MAKE HER SEAWORTHY.

>> WE ARE A LITTLE NERVOUS.

IT IS THE FIRST TIME.

>> -- PARTNER IN CRIME.

HE HELPED WITH THE SHIPBUILDING.

>> WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A FEEL.

WE HAVE NEVER USED THE WRITER.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW HOW THE SHIP BEHAVES AND BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

>> AND WITH A PUSH, VIKING REENACTORS SET OFF ON A MAIDEN VOYAGE.

THEY ALL HAD TO SIGN A WAIVER FOR SWEARING ANY POACHING FROM THIS TRIP.

AFTER THREE YEARS AND COUNTLESS HOURS OF BUILDING THE VIKING SHIP FINALLY TOOK TO THE SEA AND TOM SAYS IT IS EVERYTHING HE HOPED IT WOULD BE.

>> IT JUST FEELS LIKE IS THIS REAL?

ARE WE REALLY STANDING ON MY SHIP?

>> JEREMIAH WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON THE MAIDEN VOYAGE.

HE SAYS IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE TO CONNECT HIM WITH HIS VIKING ROOTS.

>> WE RE-CREATE SOME HISTORY AND ALSO FEEL A CONNECTION TO IT AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR PEOPLE BACK BEFORE.

>> UP NEXT, SELLING THE SHIP IN SWEDEN BUT THAT IS NEXT YEAR.

AND MISSION BAY, ALEXANDER, KPBS NEWS.

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

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