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>> THANKS FOR JOINING US THE BEST ORIGINAL REPORTING FROM KPBS THIS WEEK I'M MATT HOFFMAN.

CONNECTING WITH THOSE WHO ARE UNHOUSED MEET A MAN WHO OVERCAME HIS OWN STRUGGLE NOW WORKING TO HELP OTHERS DO THE SAME.

LOCAL HOSPITALS ARE STRETCHED THIN.

SAN DIEG'S COST OF LIVING IS A BARRIER MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH NURSES AND SUPPORT STAFF.

SAN DIEGO'S PERSIAN COMMUNITY TALKS ABOUT CELEBRATING A NEW YEAR.

IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER WEEK OF RAINY WEATHER IN SAN DIEGO SOME COMMUNITIES ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE MESS FROM THESE PAST STORMS.

KPBS REPORTER CAUGHT UP WITH A NEIGORHOOD IN NORTH COUNTY.

>> IT WAS MY SANCTURY.

NOBODY UNDERSTANDS I'M SAD NOT TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO MY HOUSE WITH MY THING.

>> SHE HAD TO LEAVE HER WORLDLY POSSESSIONS BEHIND WHEN DISASTER STRUCK HER HOME LAST THURSDAY MORNING.

IT CAUSED A SINK HOLE BEHIND HER HOME, RESIDENT WERE EVACUATED.

SHE HAS BEEN STAY WG HER MOTHER.

NO IDEA WHEN SHE WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN.

>> I JUST DECORATED MY LIVING ROOM.

I HAVE BEEN THERE THREE YEARS MARCH 19.

I FELT COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO START DECORATING.

NOW I CANNOT GO BACK IN.

IT IS, LET GO, LET GOD IT WILL UNFOLD IT WILL BE WHAT IT WILL BE.

I'M CONFIDENT WE ALL WILL BE OKAY.

IT IS FRUSTRATING.

>> A MAN LIVED OPPOSITE HE SPENT NIGHTS IN A HOTEL ABLE TO MOVE BACK INTO HIS HOME OVER THE WEEKEND.

HE IS WORRIED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT.

>> MY FINANCES ARE NOT GREAT.

THE POSSIBILITY OF ME BEING ABLE TO SELL MY HOME ARE DIM AT THE MOMENT.

I LOVE THIS PLACE, UNTIL THIS IS RSOLVED, AND EVERYBODY'S SQUARED AWAY, I'M STUCK.

>> THIS SIDE OF THE STREET WAS THE WORST HIT.

THIS IS WHEN IT HAPPENED THERE IS A DORN CORDON IN PLACE WATER ON THE FLOOR.

PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR BELONG BELONGINGS.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHO WILL FOOTING THE BILL.

OCEAN SHINE SAID REPAIRS WILL START WHEN THEY CAN.

KPBS CONTACTED INVESTMENTS WHO OWNS GREEN VALLEY FOR COMMENT.

THEY HAVE NOT COMMENTED BY THE TIME THE STORY WENT TO AIR.

THEY JUST WANT TO GO HOME.

>> KPBS NEWS.

>> THERE IS EYE-OPEING WORK ON HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.

WE HAVE THE UNCERTAINTY AROUND PLANS TO CLOSE A SHELTER.

LET'S GO TO CHULA VISTA.

A MAN WHO STRUGGLED IS TRYING TO PAY IT FORWARD.

>> WHEN THE TIMES COMES IN IN THE MOMENT.

>> HOMELESSNESS AND ADDICTION GO HAND IN HAND.

HE SPENT YEARS WITHOUT A ROOF OVER HIS HEAD USING DRUGS AND LCKED UP BEHIND BARS.

THAT IS BEHIND HIM NOW.

HE HAS BEEN SOBER FOR YEARS NOW.

HE WORKS FOR TREATMENT AND EDUCATION IN CHULA VISTA.

>> WE HAVE A KITCHEN, WE HAVE MEDICATION AND A.A.

MEETINGS, N.A.

MEETINGS.

A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENS HERE.

>> AN UGLY CHILDHOOD LED HIM DOWN THE PATH.

HE IS SIX # THREE NOW.

HE GOT CERTIFIED AS A DRUG AND WHOLE COUNSELOR.

HE IS A ROLE MODEL FOR OTHERS.

>> LIFE SKILLS, HOW TO BE RESPONSIBLE.

HOW TO KEEP A JOB.

HOW TO DO RESUMES.

I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO DO IT MYSELF.

>> HE SUPERVISES A PROGRAM CALLED WORK FOR HOPE THERE.

IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE IT IN THE COUNTY.

IT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH POLICE, PARK RAPING ERS IN-- PARK RANGERS IN THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA.

HE HAS BEEN IN THE PROGRAM TWO MONTHS.

>> IT HELPS YOU SAVE MONEY AND GET BACK INTO SOCIETY.

YOU ARE GIVING BACK TO THE CITY TOO.

>> DIANA IS ALSO IMPROVING PARKS AS AND SHE HAS TRIED OTHER REHABILITATION PROGRAMS.

>> KNOWING WHERE I COME FROM AND INVOLVED IN SIMILAR LIFESTYLE I GREW UP, HE WAS REALLY UNDERSTANDING.

HE KNEW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GET BACK ON YOUR FEET.

>> WORK FOR HOPE HAS GIVEN HIM PURPOSE AND FIND SOBRIETY, HOUSING AND A LIFE THAT DID NOT SEEM POSSIBLE.

>> IT OPENED DOORS FOR WORK.

FOR MYSELF, I WAS IN ANOTHER PROGRAM.

I WORK FOR PICKLE PARK.

IT KEPT ME FOCUSED.

GETTING UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, COMING TO WORK GETTING BACK IN A ROUTINE.

GETTING PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IS NOT EASY.

IT HAPPENS IN CANYONS, PARKS AND ON THE STREETS.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE LIVE IN THE BRUSH NEAR THE 805 AND 405 FREEWAYS.

>> SINCE MY MOM DIED, NOW I WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE.

>> I WANT TO HELP YOU.

I KEEP COMING BACK.

>> RUBIO GAIN AS THE TRUST OF PEOPLE HE MEETS OVER TIME WITH CONTACT.

THE RELATIONSHPS HE BUILDS HELP PEOPLE ACCEPT SERVICES THEY NEED LIKE GABRIEL WHO LIVES IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE JUNGLE.

>> WE WILL HELP YOU GET OFF THE STEETS, WE HAVE SHOWERS AND WASHING MACHINES.

WE WILL WORK ON A PLAN TO GET YOU OFF THE STREETS AND STAY OFF THE STREETS GET YOU A REAL GOOD JOB MAKING MORE MONEY THAN I MAKE.

>> HE HELPED PEOPLE RECLAIM THEIR LIVES AND TO GIVE BACK IN A SIMILAR WAY.

SHE SAID WORK FOR HOPE MODEL SHOULD EXTEND BEYOND CHULA VISTA.

>> THERE WOULD BE MORE IN LIVING ENVIRONMENTS THEY WOULD HAVE THE LIGHT.

THEY WOULD BOOST THEMSELVES UP.

>> OVER IT 200 PEOPLE, WE ARE NOT EVEN DONE OFF THE STREETS EMPLOYABLE.

REUNIFIED A WITH FAMILY, CHILDREN, SINGLE PARENTS.

WE MAKE AN IMPACT HERE.

>> THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE PEOPLE LIKE HIMSELF, WITH EXPERIENCES AND ADDICTION COUNSELING.

I WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD GET INVOLVED WE HAVE A FENTANYL EPIDEMIC ALL OVER.

HOMELESSNESS IS EVERYWHERE.

I WANT TO ADDRESS AND HELP THOSE PEOPLE OUT.

>> RUBIO WANTS TO BEAUTIFY OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND GET PEOPLE PERMANENTLY OFF THE STRET BUT IT COST MONEY TO DO THAT.

HIS ORGANIZATION IS RUNNING OUT OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES.

AND APPLYING FOR GRANT FUNDING TO RAISE ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO KEEP WORK FOR HOPE RUNNING FOR NEARLY A DECADE.

KPBS NEWS.

>> SAN DIEGO'S GOLDEN HOMELESS SHELTER GNAW NEW LOCATIONS WILL HAVE TO BE FOUND PUTTING SOME RESIDENTS LIKE KEVIN GRAVES ON EDGE HE HAS BEEN THERE SIX MONTHS.

>> IT IS A TRAVESTY.

YOU HAVE NUMEROUS HOMELESS PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO THEY JUSTIFY CLOSING A PLACE THAT REACHED OUT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> IT HAS BEEN OPERATING UNDER A TEMPORARY PERMIT FOR ROUGHLY FOUR YEARS.

>> IT IS TRANSITIONING.

WE HAVE OVER FIVE HUNDRED BED HERE THE MAJORITY ARE ON THE FIRST LEVEL FOR SINGLE MEN.

WE HAVE OVER 300 BED FOR SINGLE MEN AND SECOND LEAF LEVEL WE HAVE BED FOR FAMILY AND TRANSITIONAL.

THE IS CHALLENGING HOMELESSNESS IS THE WORST HE HAS SEEN IN SAN A DIEGO.

IN A STATEMENT, CITY SPOKESPERSON SAID, THERE IS NO HARD MOVE OUT DATE.

THE FAMILIES AT GOLDEN HALL WILL MOVE INTO A NEW SHELTER.

THEY ARE LOOKING FOR FOR SHELTER OPTIONS.

UNTIL OTHER OPTIONS ARE FOUND TO MAKE SURE NO ONE WILL BE PUT OUT ON THE STREET.

ONE POPULATION WILL BE CHALLENGING TO REHOUSE.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO THE SINGLE MEN, IT MAY BE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.

OVER 300 INDIVIDUAL.

>> THE TIMELINE FOR MOVING OUT IS MURKY.

THE LACK OF DE TOWELS DETAILS ARE FRUSTRATING.

THE PROBLEM IS GRAVE.

WE HEARD THEM.

IT IS DISHEARTENING.

WHEN THE STATEMENT WAS MADE, YOU CAN PROBABLY FEEL THE SILENCE HERE.

>> NO ONE HAS MOVED OUT OF GOLDEN HOMES YET.

IT GIVES THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND OTHER TYPES OF SHELTER.

>> THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL ON THE STREET THAT DO NOT WANT TO GO INTO SHELTER SETTINGS.

THEY WANT OFF THE STREET.

WE MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE AND COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS LIKE SAFE VILLAGES.

>> THEY ARE CONTINUING TO OFFER A PERMANENT SHELTER AND IT WOULD REQIRE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDING.

IT COULD WIND UP BEING A REDEVEOPMENT PLAN CALLED THE CIVIC CORE REVITALIZATION PROJECT UP UPGRADING SIX BLOCKS OF BUILDINGS AND DOWNTOWN SAN DIEG.

>> KPBS, HERE WE HAVE AUDIO VERSIONS OF ALL OUR REPORTING.

ONE WAY TO GET THE CONTENT IS LISTEN TO OUR PODCASTS LIKE SAN DIEG NEWS NOW.

WE POST A NEW EPISODE ON ALL MAJOR PODCAST PLATFORMS.

>> THE MEXICAN PRESIDENT, THE BORDER REPORT ER EXPLAINS WHAT A THE REFORMS ARE AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR UNITED STATES.

>> MEXICO HAS AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL INSTITUTE.

THERE IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE IT IN U.S. >> PROFESSIONAL LECH ELECTORAL MANAGERS SET UP POLLING STATIONS AND PRINT BALLOTS AND MANAGE THE RENL INDUSTRY, ELECTRIC TRAL REGISTRY.

WE DO NOT HAVE THAT EQUIVALENT.

WE HAVE DECENTRALIZED.

>> KATHLEEN IS AN EXPERT ON MEXICAN DEMOCRACY.

THE NATIONAL ELECTORAL INSTITUTE THEY EXPECT 2006.

THAT IS WHEN THEY LOSS THE ELECTION BY LESS THAN A PERCENTAGE POINT.

>> HE DECLARED HE IS THE LEM MAT LEGITIMATE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO.

HE OCCUPIED THE CENTRAL SCWAIN SQUARE IN MEXICO CITY BLOCKED STREETS AND STILL REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE ELECTION WAS LEGITIMATE.

>> IT WOULD REDUCE THE BUDGET CUTTING THOUSANDS OF JOBS JEOPARDIZING FUNDING.

THIS COULD LEAD TO DRUG CARTELS FINANCING MEX CAL ELECTIONS.

IT IS BAD FOR SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND UNITED STATES.

IT IS A MEXICO WHERE THERE IS MORE POLITICAL INSTABILITY.

THERE WILL BE MANY MEXICANS WHO DO NOT SUPPORT THE TREND TOWARDS THE DEMOCRACY.

>> NURSE RS IN HIGH DEMAND IN CALIFORNIA AND A NEW ANALYSIS SHOWS THERE ARE SOME 60,000 NURSING VACANCIES ACROSS THE STRAGHT.

I SPOKE WITH HOSPITALS WHO FEEL THE PINCH NOT JUST NURSE RS NEEDED.

THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL OCEAN ASSOCIATION.

PANDEMIC BURNOUT IS DRIVING A NURSING CARE SHORTAGE.

TEY ALSO SAY THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH STUDENTS GRADUATING TO TAKE THEIR PLACE.

>> THERE ARE STAFFING SHORTAGES IN HEALTH CARE REGARDLESS OF WHAT COVID DID TO US BUT COVID EXACERBATED IT.

>> DIRECTOR OF TAL TALENT ACQUISITION THEY HAVE 200 OPEN NURSING POSITIONS.

THERE IS A NEED FOR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIES AND OTHER SUPPORT STAFF AN INCLUDING FOOD SERVICE WORKERS AND CUSTODINS.

>> LAST YEAR IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 2022 WE INCREASE THE SIZE OF NURSING STAFF BY 6 PERCENT.

THAT IS HUGE.

THE PATIENT POPULATION GREW BY MORE.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO RECRUITMENT THERE ARE OPTIONS SIGN ON BONUSES AND COVERING RELOCATION COSTS.

THE SAN DIEGO MARKET COMES WITH ITS OWN CHALLENGES.

>> THE FACT IT HAS SOME OF THE HIGHEST INFLATION RATES IN THE COUNTRY DOES NOT HELP.

>> DOCTOR NICHOLAS HOMES IS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.

THEY HAVE A NEED FOR NURSES AND RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS AND LAB STAFF.

THEY USE INCENTIVES LIKE SIGN ON BONUSES ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

>> THE SPECIALIZED NURSE OR TECHNOLOGIST IS LOOKING AT ALL OF THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS.

WE COMPETE AT ALL LEVELS IN ALL REGIONS,.

>> PHYSICIAN SPECIALIST RS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND.

>> IT IS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ALL AREAS PEED PEDIATRIC AND ADULTS.

>> THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION IS WORKING WITH LAWMAKERS TO TRY AND ADDRESS THE SHRTAGES.

THEY SAY WORKFORCE COSTS CAN MAKE UP MORE THAN HALF A HOSPITAL'S BUDGET.

MAT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>> DEATH IS NOT AN EASY THING TO FACE A CREMATORIUM IS HELPING FAMILIES THROUGH THE PROCESS UNTIL THE END.

KPBS TANIA THORN SHOWED US THE SPACE AND THE CREMATION PROCESS.

>> DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANEMIC, IT WAS AN ICU NURSE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF DEATH DURING COVID A LOT OF FAMILIES COULD NOT DEAL WITH IT AND HAVE THAT CLOSURE.

I WANTED TO PROVIDE A SPACE FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT MOMENT WITH THEIR LOVED ONE.

>> SHE LEFT THE MEDICAL FIELD AND DEDICATED HER LIFE TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

>> THE REPUBLICTHE REASON WE STARTED WE WANT TO PROVIDE A SERVICE THAT IS NOT THERE.

>> SHE SAID IT TOOK ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF TO GET SILVER LINING CREMATIONS UP AND RUNNING.

>> THERE ARE LICENSES INVOLVED WE HAVE TO TAKE FROM THE STATE, FROM THE CITY AND FROM THE COUNTY.

>> SHE SAID WITNESS CREMATIONS ARE NOT A NEW THINGS.

>> THERE ARE OTHER CREMATORIES IN THE AREA.

THEIR SET UP IS INDUSTRIAL.

THE FAMILY GETS FIVE MINUTES.

THEY DON'T HAVE A QUIET SPACE.

A PLACE TO SAY GOODBYE.

IT IS QUICK, HERE WE GO.

TH BODY IS GETTING DECREE GETTING CREMATED.

>> IT WAS DESIGNED WITH CREMATION IN MIND.

THE CHAMBER ALLOWS FOR FAMILIES TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS IN THEIR OWN WAYS.

>> WE HAD MONS AND HINDI ALL RELIGIONS WE HAVE HAD IT.

FROM TEN PEOPLE TO 60.

BEING PART OF THE PROCESS AND WITNESSING IT IS A TRADITION.

ONE THAT SHE SAID WILL GO UNFULFILLED WITHOUT SPACES LIKE THE ONE THEY OFFER.

>> A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE IMMIGRANTS.

BECAUSE THEY CANNOT TAKE THEM HOME IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO GO THE RIGHT GOODBYE.

>> SHE SAID MANY PEOPLE STILL VIEW CREMATION AS SCARY AND SOMETHING THEY DON'T CONSIDER RIGHT AWAY.

>> THERE ARE NO FLAMES COMING OUT.

THERE IS NO SMOKE.

THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS TERRIFYING ABOUT THE PROCESS.

IT IS VERY CALM.

WE PLAY MUSIC.

WE HAVE THEM BE IN THE HOME.

THEY SEE US LOAD THE DECEDENT INTO THE PLACE.

IT IS NICE TO BE PART OF IT SAME AS WHEN THEY GO TO A CEMETERY THEY ARE PART OF THE BURIAL.

>> PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING CREMATION OVER BURIAL DUE TO COST AND CONSCIOUSNESS.

>> EMBALMING IS FORM MALD HIDE.

THE BODY GOES INTO THE GROUND AND STAYS THERE UNTIL THE TIME COMES AND THEY GET DISINTEGRATED.

>> WITH CREMATION IT IS GREENER MORE AFFORDABLE SOLUTION FOR THE FAMILY.

>> HER EXPERIENCE WITH DEATH AND HOSPITALS IS WHAT MOTIVATED HER TO OPEN A DIFFERENT SPACE.

>> EOPLE USED TO DIE AT HOME FAMILIES CARED FOR THEM.

THE FAMILY DOES NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY ANYMORE.

IT GIVES THEM THAT CHANCE FAMILIES COME IN AND BRUSHED THE HAIR OF THEIR LOVED ONE OR APPLIED LIPSTICK FOR THE LAST TIME.

>> IT IS THOSE SMALL DETAILS THAT HELP FAMILIES MOVE ON.

SHE IS PROUD TO OFFER THAT.

>> DEATH WILL HAPPEN.

IT IS PART OF LIFE.

BUT IF WE CAN FIND THAT SLIVER OF PEACE AND CALM, AND IF WE CAN OFFER THAT SPACE TO THE FAMILIES AND HELP THEM HAVE CLOSURE, THEN I THINK THAT IS WORTH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

WHY WE ARE HERE.

>> TANIA THORN KPBS NEWS.

>> THIS WEEK BROUGHT US NOW RUSE.

IRANIAN ANDS MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATE PERSIAN NEW YEAR.

SHE VISITED HOUSE OF IRAN WHERE THEY HAD A TABLE SET WITH A NEW ADDITION.

p>> THIS IS WHAT IS CALLED-- >> IT IS NOT YOUR ORDINARY MONDAY, MARCH 20 IS FIRST DAY OF SPRING.

FOR MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD IT IS EXTRA SPECIAL THEY WILL BE CELEBRATING A NEW YEAR.

THE PERSIAN NEW YEAR CALLED NA RUSE.

THEY WELCOMED THE NEW YEAR.

>> WE WILL BE RECEIVING THE NEW YEAR WITH HOPES PROSPERITY, HEALTH AND BETTER DAYS FOR PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ALL OVER THE WORLD AND IRANIANS INSIDE IRAN.

>> SHE IS ON THE ADVISORY BOARD IN BALBOA PARK.

THE CELEBRATION DOES NOT INCLUDE RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES BUT THE MESSAGE IS UNIVERSAL AND REPRESENTED IN THE TRADITIONAL TABLE SET FOR NA RUSE.

>> IT IS A JOYFUL EVENT.

TO CELEBRATE IT, THE START OF IT IS A TABLE WE HAVE SET UP OVER HERE WITH THE WORD SEVEN.

AND THE LETTER S. SO THERE ARE SEVEN TEMS TEM ITEMS ON THE TABLE EACH ONE HAS A MEANING IN OUR TRADITION AND CULTURE.

COIN IS IN PERSIAN, AND THAT SIGNIFIES PROSPERITY.

YOU SEE THIS GRAPH GROWING, THE APPLE YOU SEE OVER THERE IS A SIGN OF PROSPERITY.

>> BECAUSE IT IS ALSO A SPRING TIME CELEBRATION MANY OF THE ITEMS REPRESENT NEW LIFE LIKE THE EGG.

THIS YEAR MANY FAMILIES WILL INCLUDE SOMETHING NEW AT THE TABLE.

THE WORDS WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM.

THAT SYMBOLIZES WOMEN'S FREEDOM IN IRAN IT STARTED WITH ONE WOMAN.

>> IT MATTERS TO THEM.

THE THREE ITEMS IN THAT MOTTO, IN THAT SLOGAN, MISSION STAEMENT A, IF YOU WOULD, BASICALLY SIGNIFIES THE IMPORTANCE OF A WOMAN.

OF COURSE LIFE AND LIFE WITHOUT A WOMAN WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.

AND OF COURSE FREEDOM.

> JUST BEFORE THE MOLT MOMENT WHEN DAY AND NIGHT ARE EQUAL EVERYONE WILL BE GATHERED AROUND THE TABLE.

>> AT THE TIME THE YEAR TURNED, 225, THIS AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY WILL JOYFULLY GREET ONE ANOTHE.

>> THE CELEBRATION LASTS ALMOST TWO WEEKS.

ON THE ONE DAY THEY 13 DAY THEY TOSS OUT GREENERY.

>> I WANT TO WISH IRANIANS AMRICANS AROUND THE WORLD AS WELL AS AMERICANS.

THE HOUSE OF IRAN WILL HAVE A CELEBRATON TO MARK THE HOLIDAY ON SUNDAY.

KITTY ALVARADO KPBS NEWS.

>> A NEW BEGINNNG FOR THE PAGEANT CIRCUIT.

ANGIE PEREZ TALKS ABOUT MISS CALIFORNIA EXTRAORDINARY.

>> SHE AND HER MOTHER ARE DANCE PARTNERS.

THEY HAVE BEEN FOR QUITE A WHILE.

>> OH, MY GOSH.

LOOK AT YOU!

>> MOM CALLS HER SIS.

MOST EVERYONE ELSE CALLS HERE RECOMMENDREMY.

A SMILE READY FOR THE RUNWAY.

>> HER BODY WORKS DIFFERENT THAN US SHE USES ICONS TO TALK.

JUST LIGHTS UP EVERY ROOM SHE WALKS IN.

>> YOU WANT WATER?

A SQUEEZY POUCH.

ô> SHE HAD AN INJURY AT BIRTH THAT RESULTED IN CEREBRAL PALSY.

SHE HAS HER DAD ERIN AND BROTHERS AND THEIR LIVE IN NANNY AND GRANDMA WHO LIVE CLOSE BY.

THE MA CELLULAR ARE A PICTURE PERFECT FAMILY.

>> REMY LOVES TO DANCE AND SHE CAN SHOW HER ARM ANDS AND GROOVES TO THE MUSIC.

>> SHE IS REGISTERED IN THE MISS CHASM EXTRAORDINARY PADGETT.

IT SHE IS ALSO THE FORMER MISS U.S. AND BEYOND THE CROWN SHE IS A MOM, WIFE AND A SPEECH PATHOLOGY ASSISTANT WHO WORKS WITH NEURO DIVERSE CHILDREN.

>> YOU HAVE A DISABILITY, COME BE A PART OF THIS AWESOME FAMILY IT IS NOT JUST AN ORGANIZATION OR A CHANCE TO GET ON STAGE AND LOOK BEAUTIFUL, IT IS A FAMILY.

>> SHE HAS BEGUN HOLDING MENTOR MEETINGS PREPARING THEM FOR A TRADITIONAL FORMAL WAY COMPETITION AND TAL LPT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO SHINE MOST.

>> GIVE US YOUR BEST.

>> I WANT IT NOW.

THAT IS THE BEST.

>> SIXTEEN YEAR OLD KIERRA IS AN ACTRESS SHE IS LIVING WITH A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.

SHE WAS HIT BY A CAR CROSSING THE VIET WITH HER STREET WITH HER MOTHER AS A YOUNG CHILD THAT WAS THEN.

THIS IS NOW.

>> KIERRA HAS ALWAYS BEEN ACTIVE AND PERSIST PERSISTENT SHATTERING STEREOTYPES.

>> IT IS NOT REALITY AT ALL.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID TO STEP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE.

>> HER DAD AND YOUNGER SISTER ARE ALSO PART OF THE FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEM NOURISHED BY HER MOTHER WHO IS HER BIGGEST CHEERLEADER.

>> HELP HER THROUGH THE HARD PARTS AND CELEBRATE THROUGH THE GOOD.

>> LED BY THE LEGACY OF THE FOUNDER THE EXTRAORDINARY PANEL PAGEANT IN JULY WILL HAVE TALENT BEAUTY AND SO MUCH MORE.

>> SOCIETY SEES A WHEEL WHEELCHAIR A DISABILITY.

THIS PADGETT WILL ALLOW US TO SEE WHAT SUNDAY ALL OF THIS.

>> IN THE MASS CELLAR HOUSEHOLD THERE IS PLENTY OF JOY, WHICH IS, REMEMBER, REMY'S MIDDLE NAME.

>> I CAN'T IMAGINE LIFE WOULD BE AS RICH WITHOUT THE BLESSINGS AND THE LESSONS THESE KIDS ARE TEAHING US.

> THIS IS AN EDUCATION EVERYONE INVOLVED WILL LEARN BY HEART.

M.G.

PEREZ.

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