>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR THIS LOOK AT ORIGINAL REPORTING THIS WEEK.

I MET HOFFMAN.

COMING UP, DISCRIMINATION AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

KPBS INVESTIGATES A NEW LAW THAT REQUIRES LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DISCLOSE ITS RANKS AND HOUSING FOR ARTISTS IN NORTH COUNTY.

SEE THE NEW HOMES INTENDED TO MINIMIZE GENTRIFICATION.

AND THE GREAT SHAKEUP.

SEE HOW KIDS IN ONE SAN DIEGO COUNTY CLASSROOM GOT AN IMPORTANT LESSON AND EARTHQUAKE SAFETY.

WE ARE STARTING WITH SOME ELECTION COVERAGE.

PEOPLE ARE ALREADY VOTING WITH THE GENERAL ELECTION, NOW JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER PEREZ TELLS US HOW POLITICAL EXTREMISM IS NOW AFFECTING DOWN BALLOT RACES.

>> I WILL SPEAK QUICKLY.

I'M SORRY IT'S NOT OKAY.

WHAT'S REALLY NOT OKAY IS DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM.

>> IT CAME FAST AND FURIOUS.

THOSE ARE VOICES FROM SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

AT DIFFERENT TIMES DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC OF THE PAST 2.5 YEARS.

HAS BLOODY AND HATRED DIRECTED AT THOSE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS WHOSE JOB IS RUNNING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SPENDING TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

THIS IS FROM A BOARD MEETING IN MAY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THERE IS THIS FOR A MEETING OF THE SWEETWATER MEETING SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 2020.

PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SHOWN UP LIKE NEVER BEFORE TO BLAME AND BERATE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM MASK MANDATES AND VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS TO CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND LGBTQ REPRESENTATION.

>> IF WE DON'T START FROM ESTABLISHED SETS, IT MAKES A VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE ANY CONVERSATION BEYOND THAT.

>> CRAWFORD IS A CLINICAL SCIENTIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO.

HE STUDIES TRENDS IN SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> MOST OF THE JOB, WE ALSO AGREE IS NONPARTISAN.

WE HAVE A CERTAIN BUDGET THAT WE HAVE.

ARE WE GOING TO CONSTRUCT A SCHOOL HERE?

WE ARE HIRING PERSONNEL.

>> THERE ARE MORE THAN 13,000 SCHOOL BOARDS IN THE U.S. 1000 OF THEM ARE HERE IN CALIFORNIA ALONE.

THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE NONPARTISAN.

SOLVING VERY LOCALIZED PROBLEMS.

COVID CREATED UNIVERSAL CHAOS IN EDUCATION.

ALONG WITH DEEP-ROOTED POLITICAL LINES.

WHICH MEANS, YOUR BALLOT FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION HAS CANDIDATES WITH BIG PARTY SUPPORT, EVEN IF THERE IS NO R OR D NEXT TO THEIR NAME.

>> TO SEE THE SCHOOL BOARD AS A PARTISAN BODY, THAT MAY NOT BE ATTRACTIVE TO THEM.

>> SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE SOME SAY IN THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS.

>> HE SHARES THE CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY AND IS THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

HE HAS BEEN AT WORK RECRUITING AND TRAINING CANDIDATES FOR SCHOOL BOARDS.

>> THEY LOVE THEIR KIDS INCLUDING NON-REPUBLICAN.

>> STUDENTS IN SAN DIEGO AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT YOUR VOICE MATTERS, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

>> HE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE AND A COUPLE OF STATES AWAY.

HE IS 18 YEARS OLD, AND HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR AND IN SEPTEMBER, HE WAS ELECTED TO THE BOISE IDAHO SCHOOL BOARD.

ESTABLISH AND COMMENT CANADA WHO ACCEPTED THE ENDORSEMENT OF A LOCAL FAR RIGHT MILITARY GROUP KNOWN AS THE IDAHO LIBERTY DOGS.

>> THE ONLY WAY WE CAN STOP THAT, THE ONLY WAY WE CAN STAND UP FOR OUR SCHOOLS IS TO PUT OUR FOOT DOWN AND SAY NO, ENOUGH.

THAT EXTREMISM HAS NO PLACE HERE.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN DECISION-MAKING REGARDING OUR SCHOOLS.

HATE AND VIOLENCE AND RHETORIC HAVE NO PLACE.

IN BOISE AND ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY.

>> THE HISTORIC ELECTION IS ONE SOLUTION TO THE UNFOLDING POLITICAL PROBLEM THAT IS GRIPPING SCHOOL BOARDS EVERYWHERE.

IT ALSO PROVIDES A TEACHABLE MOMENT WHICH KEISHA SAYS IS A GOOD THING.

SHE HAS DECADES OF EXPERIENCE AS A SAN DIEGO TEACHER WHO NOW SERVES AS REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR THE CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.

>> IT'S A LESSON THAT SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR EVERYONE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

>> THAT LESSON WILL NOT GO QUIETLY.

>>> AS YOU STUDY THE ISSUES, THE KPBS VOTER HUB IS THE PLACE TO BE.

WE HAVE CONTENT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH THIS YEAR.

THE VOTER HUB HAS ALL OF THE REPORTER STORIES AND EXPLAINERS ON ALL OF THE KEY RACES.

YOU CAN GET THE VOTER HUB LINK ON THE KPBS VOTER PAGE.

THEY INCLUDE MANY LOCAL DRESSES.

METRO PORTER ANDREW BOWEN TELLS US HOW REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO HOLD ONTO THE LOAN SEAT ON SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL.

>> DISTRICT 6 HAS BEEN REPRESENTED BY THE LAST REPUBLICAN IN SAN DIEGO ELECTED OFFICE.

NOW THAT HE HAS TURNED OUT, TWO DEMOCRATS ARE RUNNING TO REPLACE HIM.

>> I SERVE AS A MEMBER FOR OVER NINE YEARS NOW.

>> HE FINISHED FIRST IN THE D6 PRIMARY WINNING 41% OF THE VOTE.

HE SPENT THE LAST SIX YEARS RUNNING PACIFIC ARTS MOVEMENT, THE NONPROFIT THAT PRODUCES A SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL.

HE SAYS THAT EXPERIENCE AS A MANAGER WILL HELP HIM ADDRESS THE CITY'S OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS.

>> YOU LOOK AT THE FISCAL CHALLENGES WE FACE, THE STAFFING AND VACANCIES WE CURRENTLY HOLD AND I THINK THESE ARE CRITICAL COMPONENTS THAT EXPLAIN WHY THE CITY IS FAILING TO DELIVER ON SOME OF THE MOST BASIC SERVICES THAT PEOPLE THINK OF EVERY DAY.

>> TOMMY HOWE, AN ACTIVIST AND FORMER RADIO HOST FINISHED SECOND IN THE PRIMARY WITH 37% OF THE VOTE.

HE'S SKEPTICAL OF THE CITIES EFFORTS TO ZONE FOR MORE HOUSING AND SAYS MOST NEW HOMES ARE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.

>> WE ARE STILL NOT ANSWERING THE BASIC QUESTION, HOW IS THIS HOUSING GOING TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE, MORE OBTAINABLE AND MORE AFFORDABLE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.

>> THE HOUSING AND ZONING DEBATE IS A CRITICAL ONE.

WE WILL VOTE ON NEW COMMUNITY PLANS AND UNIVERSITY CITY AND MESA.

KPBS NEWS.

STORMING POLITICS IS AT THE HEART OF DISCUSSION TO KEEP ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN MEXICO.

KPBS BORDER REPORTER GUSTAVO MET WITH SHELTER OPERATORS IN TIJUANA WHO ARE UPSET BY THE MOVE THING THE SYSTEM IS OVERWHELMED.

ACTIVIST HAD TWO BANANAS.

ONE LOOK LIKE SECRETARY OF STATE ANTHONY BLINKING AND THE OTHER ONE LOOK LIKE HIS MEXICAN COUNTERPART.

THIS WAS IN PROTEST OF A RECENT AGREEMENT IN WHICH MEXICO WILL ACCEPT VENEZUELA NATIONALS IMPORTED FROM THE U.S. AN ACTIVIST IN TIJUANA SAYS THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS INHUMANE TO ASYLUM-SEEKERS.

IT ALSO PUTS MORE PRESSURE ON MIGRANT SHELTERS THAT ARE ALREADY OVERCAPACITY AND UNDERFUNDED.

HE SAYS OF THE U.S.

WANTS TO DEPORT VENEZUELANS, THEY SHOULD DEPORT THEM TO VENEZUELA.

THAT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE.

UNLIKE WITH MOST LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES, THE U.S.

DOES NOT HAVE A DEPORTATION AGREEMENT WITH VENEZUELA.

THEY PRESSURE MEXICO INTO RECEIVING THEM.

SHELTERS ARE ALREADY STRETCHED THIN.

HE SAYS THERE'S ALREADY A MIGRANT CRISIS AND UNLESS SHELTERS GET MORE FUNDING, THINGS WILL GET OUT OF CONTROL.

A BINATIONAL ACTIVIST SUPPORTED JOE BIDEN DURING THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

HE SAYS THIS AGREEMENT NOT ONLY VIOLATES A HUMAN RIGHTS OF VENEZUELA NATIONALS BUT ALSO A BROKEN CAMPAIGN PROMISE BY JOE BIDEN.

ACTIVA SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE PROTESTING INTO THE SITUATION CHANGES.

>> THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE HAVE SEEN A MOVEMENT TO BOOST TRANSPARENCY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PART OF THAT IS A NEW STATE LAW.

THAT REQUIRES AGENCIES TO RELEASE RECORDS ABOUT OFFICER DISCRIMINATION.

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER CLAIRE FOUND MOST LOCAL DEPARTMENTS SAY THEY HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT.

>> IT WAS A NIGHT IN VEGAS THAT DID NOT STAY IN VEGAS TRADE AND GENERATE 2020, SHERIFF'S DEPUTY AND AFFAIRS ANDREW PHILLIPS SPENT A NIGHT DRINKING HEAVILY WITH GERMAN TAURUS.

ATER, THE GROUP WENT UP TO A HOTEL ROOM.

THAT'S WHERE THINGS TOOK A TURN.

PHILLIPS ALLEGEDLY PUNCHED A HOLE IN A WALL AND PULLED OUT HIS GUN.

HE WAS ARRESTED BY LAS VEGAS POLICE.

>> I GOT INTO A FIGHT OVER RUSSIAN .

>> HE WAS FIRED FOR BREAKING SEVERAL SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RULES, DRINKING WHILE ARMED WITH A GUN AND SAYING HE IS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TO AVOID ARREST.

ALL OF THIS WOULD HAVE STAYED SECRET IF YOU WOULD NOT BROKEN ONE OTHER RULE.

HE SAID DISCRIMINATORY THINGS ABOUT THE GERMANS.

>> WHATEVER THEY ARE THERE SPEAKING SIMILAR LANGUAGE FOR >> A STATE LAW SAYS WHEN DEPARTMENTS FIND THEIR OFFICES SAY OR DO DISCRIMINATORY THINGS, THOSE RECORDS HAVE TO BE PUBLIC.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY POLICE AGENCIES SAY THEY HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT.

THE PHILLIPS CASE IS JUST ONE OF SIX RELEASED.

DOES THAT MEAN ALL OFFICERS ARE BEHAVING CORRECTLY?

THE STATE SENATOR WHO WROTE THE LAW IS DUBIOUS.

>> IF YOU HAVE CULTURE IN AN AGENCY WHERE THEY DON'T EVEN WANT TO RECOGNIZE MISCONDUCT, EVEN IF THE OFFICER IS BEHAVING IN A WAY I DESCRIBED, THEY DON'T SUSTAIN A FINDING, THAT DOES NOT SERVICE EITHER.

>> THE REVIEWS COULD NOT BE DONE THOROUGHLY, SO NO DISCRIMINATION IS FOUND.

OR IT COULD BE THAT OFFICERS DON'T WANT TO REPORT ON EACH OTHER.

>> I'M SCARED TO REPORT IT BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO BE KNOWN AS THE WEAK FEMALE OR THE QUOTE UNQUOTE SNITCH OR RAT.

>> A FORMER SHERIFF'S DETECTIVE SUING THE DEPARTMENT FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

>> I THINK THIS IS FEAR OF REPORTING BECAUSE EVERYBODY LOOKS AT YOU LIKE I CANNOT WORK WITH THAT PERSON BECAUSE THEY ARE A SNITCH AND CANNOT TAKE JOE .

>> IS A RELUCTANCE TO REPORT FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

>> THE PUBLIC DOES NOT THINK THIS IS FROM A NATION CLAIMS WILL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

>> A SENIOR FELLOW AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION.

HE SAYS PEOPLE MAY NOT WANT TO GO INTO A STATION OR GIVE OUT PERSONAL INFORMATION TO FILE A REPORT.

EVEN IF THEY DO -- >> HIS TERMINATION CLAIMS ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO PROVE.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE THAT NEEDS TO BE GATHERED AND IT DOES OFTEN TIMES COME DOWN TO A COMMUNITY MEMBER SAID AND A POLICE OFFICER SAID HE THIS REASON MY VIDEO EVIDENCE IS SO IMPORTANT.

>> VIDEO EVIDENCE IS CRUCIAL IN THESE CASES.

LIEUTENANT JOHN BOYCE RUNS THE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

HE CALLS IT BODY WORN CAMERAS.

>> I CAN THINK OF SEVERAL EXAMPLES WHERE THERE IS AN ALLEGATION OF SOME INSENSITIVE TERMS BEING USED.

WHEN WE REVIEWED THE BWC, WE CLEARLY SEE IT NEVER OCCURRED.

>> HE SAYS THE LOW NUMBER OF DETERMINATION CASES IS A SIGN OF PROGRESS.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THINK IT SHOWS THAT THE DEPUTY SHERIFFS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ARE DOING THEIR JOB IMPARTIALLY AND DOING WHAT WE EXPECT OF THEM.

>> COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO DEAL WITH POLICE SAY THERE IS DISCRIMINATION GOING ON IN MORE THAN JUST SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES LIKE ANDREW PHILLIPS SAYING THINGS ABOUT GERMANS.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> A PIONEER IN BROADCASTING WITH DEEP ROOTS IN A COMMUNITY IS BEING RECOGNIZED.

KITTY ALVARADO WENT TO LEMON GROVE FOR A VERY SPECIAL TRIBUTE FOR A MAN WHOSE CAREER OPEN DOORS FOR SO MANY OTHERS.

>> WE BLESS THIS DIGGING ENTRY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

ROYSE CITY COMMUNITY LEADERS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED IN LEMON GROVE TO HONOR BROADCAST PIONEER HOWARD BY PLANTING A TREE.

AND LAYING A BRICK IN THE PROMENADE.

SHANE HARRIS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION OF JUSTICE ADVOCATES PUT TOGETHER THE CEREMONY TO HONOR HIS MENTOR IN BROADCASTING AFTER LEARNING HOWARD HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BRAIN CANCER.

>> AS MUCH TIME, ENERGY, AND COMMITMENT THAT THIS MAN GAVE TO OUR REGION, IT IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT HE GETS HIS FLOWERS WHILE HE IS STILL HERE WITH US.

IT WAS DURING HIS 50 YEARS AS A RADIO PERSONALITY IN SAN DIEGO, HOWARD'S SMOOTH VOICE REACH FAR BEYOND THE COUNTY.

HE PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN GETTING BLACK MUSIC ON THE AIRWAVES.

THEY HAD TO BROADCAST FROM TIJUANA TO GET HIS OWN VOICE HEARD AND BLACK MUSIC PLAYED.

>> IT'S ALWAYS BEEN EMISSION OF NEVER GIVE UP.

WHEN I CAME TO SAN DIEGO IN 1970.

I COULD NOT GET A JOB OUTSIDE THE MILITARY, ESPECIALLY AS A BROADCASTER.

I KNEW I WANTED TO FOLLOW IN MY MOTHERS AND FATHERS FOOTSTEPS.

SO I DID NOT GIVE UP.

>> HOWARD NOT ONLY REFLECTED ON THE TIME BUT ALSO HAD A MESSAGE FOR PEOPLE STILL FIGHTING FOR OPPORTUNITIES.

>> I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WAS OVER 50 YEARS OF BROADCASTING AT A DIFFERENT RADIO STATIONS, ONE TV STATION HERE IN SAN DIEGO, WE GOT THE MESSAGE, I DID NOT GIVE UP, WHY SHOULD THEY GIVE UP?

IT WAS ONE OF THOSE EIGHT STATIONS WAS KPBS.

HOWARD MERCEDES IS A THIRD- GENERATION BROADCASTER.

>> I KNOW I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY IF IT WAS NOT FOR HIM.

WE THANK YOU AND LOVE YOU AS A FAMILY AND CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH.

>> MOST REMARKS NOT ON HIS CELEBRITY, BUT ON HIS COMMUNITY SERVICE WHICH EARNED HIM TWO PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS FROM BARACK OBAMA.

HE RAISED NEARLY $2 MILLION FOR NONPROFITS AND MEN TOWARD DOZENS OF YOUTH.

HE SAYS THERE IS MORE TO COME.

>> NEVER GIVE UP, I'M NOT DONE YET.

I MAY HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, I'M STILL GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AS LONG AS GOD ALLOWS ME TO STAY ON THE EARTH AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO BE DOING.

IT WAS KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT WILL BE ANOTHER EXCITING WEEKEND FOR SAN DIEGO SPORTS, THE PADRES ARE IN PHILADELPHIA FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES AFTER THEY SPLIT THE FIRST TWO GAMES IN SAN DIEGO.

TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

TWO OF OUR SOCCER TEAMS, THEY ALSO HAVE PLAYOFF MATCHES.

IT'S THE FOCUS OF THIS WEEK'S KPBS ROUNDTABLE.

YOU CAN FIND ON ALL MAJOR BUT PLATFORMS.

THE PADRES ARE GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION THIS WEEK AT KPBS.ORG.

ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR STORIES IS THE DRAMA BEHIND A MURAL THAT POPPED UP DOWNTOWN.

THERE'S ALSO PLENTY OF ELECTION INTERESTS INCLUDING A LOOK AT THE LOCAL JUDGE RACES.

FIND OUT WHY THERE IS SOME PUSHBACK BY SOME IN HILLCREST FOR PLANS AND A NEW HISTORICAL DISTRICT WE CAN FIND THOSE STORIES RIGHT NOW AT KPBS.ORG.

>>> OUR AFFORDABILITY IS THE MISSION BEHIND A UNIQUE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH COUNTY, TONYA THORNE MET WITH SOME OF THOSE WHO NOW CALL IT HOME.

>>> NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPS POP UP EVERYWHERE.

THIS ONE HAS A SPECIAL FOCUS.

>> WHAT WE DID HERE AT THE VILLAGE WAS TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES OF A WORK AREA FOR ARTISTS AS WELL AS AN ARTIST GALLERY ALONG WITH AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS IN ONE PLACE.

VOICE MARY JANE IS WITH COMMUNITY HOUSING WORKS.

A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT DEVELOPS AFFORDABLE COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA.

WHILE THEY OPERATE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES IN SAN DIEGO, ARTIST VILLAGE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT IS ART FOCUSED.

>> MANY ARTISTS GET PRICED OUT OF GENTRIFYING AREAS.

WHERE THEY CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO LIVE.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS THAT THEY CAN REMAIN AND BE PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> THE VILLAGE HAS 60 UNITS.

AN ART GALLERY, COMMUNITY ROOM, AND RESOURCES FOR RESIDENTS.

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN TO LOCAL ARTISTS, VETERANS, SENIORS, AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>> ONE-BEDROOMS AT THE LOWEST LEVEL OF INCOME, RENT WOULD BE A LITTLE OVER $550 A MONTH.

A THREE BEDROOM AT THE HIGHEST INCOME, RENT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN $1350 A MONTH.

WHEN YOU HEAR OF THESE ASTRONOMICAL RENTS TODAY, YOU CAN SEE THESE REALLY ARE AFFORDABLE.

WITH AFFORDABLE LIVING IS WHAT SHE NEEDED TO CONTINUE CREATING.

>> I MOVED BACK DOWN HERE FROM LOS ANGELES AFTER I GRADUATED.

I WAS LOOKING FOR PLACES, I MOVED IN WITH MY SON AND I MOVED INTO THE GARAGE.

>> NOW IN HER APARTMENT AT PASEO VILLAGE, SHE HAS THE SPACE TO CREATE WHAT SHE PLEASES AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE.

>> I AM ON A FIXED INCOME AND AFTER I PAY THE RENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR, I HAVE ABOUT $60 LEFT FOR THE MONTH.

SHE SAYS CREATING ART IS WHAT KEEPS HER BUSY.

SHE PAINTS, MAKES GLASS ART, CERAMICS, AND JEWELRY.

BUT SHE STILL HAS A LITTLE DOUBT IN HER WORK.

>> I THINK EVERY ARTIST GOES THROUGH A PHASE WHERE THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO DO THIS, THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

I'M NOT READY.

AND THAT WAS ME.

>> SHE SAYS THAT DOUBT MAY FADE AWAY WITH THE ART GALLERY AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS.

LEWIS ALSO LIVES AT PASEO ARTIST VILLAGE.

HIS MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME IS FROM WORKING WITH CHILDREN WITH AUTISM.

IN HIS FREE TIME, HE DRAWS AND PAINTS.

>> DOING ART IS ALMOST A FORM OF THERAPY.

IT CAN HELP WITH YOUR MENTAL HEALTH, EXPRESSING YOURSELF THROUGH A NEW MEDIUM.

>> THE AFFORDABILITY OF HIS NEW APARTMENT BUT SOME SPEND MORE TIME DOING WHAT HE LOVES.

>> I BELIEVE IT IS A NECESSARY PART OF LIFE THAT IS SORT HAS BEEN NEGLECTED WITH OUR FAST PACE WAY OF LIVING.

>> DEVELOPERS SAY THE PROJECT SYNCHRONIZES WITH THE REVITALIZATION OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE DISTRICT.

VISTA COUNCILMEMBER SAYS SHE'S HAPPY TO SEE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS MAKING PLACES FOR ALL.

>> WE WANT TO SEE REVITALIZATION CONTINUE TO HAPPEN WHERE WE ARE NOT DISPLACING PEOPLE.

THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF GENTRIFICATION AND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THE FUTURE OF THEIR FAMILIES FOR >> MORE EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE ON THE WAY AT THE VILLAGE.

INCLUDING A POPULAR SANDWICH CHAIN TAKING ON THE RETAIL SPACE.

>> TONS OF PEOPLE ENJOY JIMMY JOHN'S AND WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST ONES HERE IN VISTA.

>> SAN DIEGO'S FIRST CHAIN IS EXCITED TO OPEN IN VISTA NEXT YEAR.

TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY IS ESSENTIAL FOR CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY AND FOR MANY, THE ENTRY POINT IS RIGHT HERE AT THE BORDER BUT THOSE TRUCKS ARE ALSO A HUGE SOURCE OF POLLUTION.

ALEXANDER WIN REPORTS ON WHAT'S TRYING TO BE DONE TO MAKE THEM CLEANER.

>> ON AN AVERAGE DAY ROUGHLY 3500 OF THESE TRUCKS CROSS THE BORDER AT OLD-TIME MESA, THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY BRINGING IN GOODS FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER.

THEY ARE ALSO A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO POLLUTION.

>> THE TRUCKS RESPONSIBLE FOR ROUGHLY 50% OF ALL THE POLLUTANTS WE SEE IN THE AREA.

>> AND AIR POLLUTION SPECIALIST WITH THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD.

HE SAYS THESE DIESEL TRUCKS EMIT MATTER THAT IS HAZARDOUS FOR YOUR HEALTH, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE LIVING IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS SUCH AS MARIO LOGAN.

>> WE KNOW IN AREAS WITH HIGH TRUCK TRAFFIC, THIS HIGHER CANCER RATES A LOT OF TIMES.

>> PARTICULARS FROM DIESEL ENGINES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR UP TO 70% OF KNOWN CANCER RISKS IN CALIFORNIA.

THAT'S WHY THE DEVELOPED THE PORTABLE EMISSION ACQUISITION SYSTEM.

IT WILL ALLOW THE AGENCY TO SCREEN MORE TRUCKS AND CATCH ONES THAT DON'T MEET CALIFORNIA'S EMISSION STANDARDS AND THEY CAN BE DEPLOYED ANYWAY.

>> THE SYSTEM CHECK FOR EMISSIONS AND DATA IS SENT THROUGH THESE ANALYZES WERE HERE AND TRUCKS WITH HIGH MISSIONS ARE SET FOR SECONDARY INSPECTION AT OLD-TIME MESA STATION.

HE WAS THE SYSTEM CAPTURES DATA SUCH AS HOW MUCH MATTER WAS EMITTED AND THE LEVELS OF CARBON DIOXIDE, NITROGEN OXIDE AND NITROGEN OXIDES.

GASES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO SMOG AND ACID RAIN.

THIS IS ALL PART OF THE HEAVY- DUTY INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM IN 2019 FOR THE PROGRAM AIMS TO ENSURE HEAVY-DUTY TRUCKS EMISSIONS REMAIN LOW FOR THEIR ENTIRE SERVICE LIFE.

>> IT WILL ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE COST SITUATION FROM THE TRUCKS THEMSELVES BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE OPERATING AS THEY WERE DESIGNED FROM THE FACTORY.

HE WAS AT THE OLD-TIME MESA SIEGE ENFORCEMENT FACILITY, TRUCKS THAT FAILED THE SECONDARY INSPECTION ARE GIVEN A CITATION THAT COULD RANGE FROM A FIX-IT TICKET TO SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FINES FOR SERIOUS VIOLATIONS.

AT THE BORDER, ALEXANDER WIN, KPBS NEWS.

>> OUR FINAL STORY TAKES US TO PACIFIC BEACH WERE KIDS PARTICIPATED IN THE GREAT AMERICAN SHAKEOUT AND THAT'S FOR KPBS REPORTER KITTY ALVARADO GOT TO LEARN HOW TO STAY SAFE FROM A CLASS OF THIRD GRADERS.

>> READING, TALKING ABOUT THE PADRES, JUST YOUR TYPICAL DAY INSIDE MR. RAMOS THIRD GRADE CLASSROOM AT CESSIONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO.

BUT IT'S OCTOBER 20th CAMA AND IN JUST A FEW SECONDS IT WILL BE 1020.

ON THIS DAY AND TIME, 9.6 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS CALIFORNIA ARE PRACTICING WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF AN EARTHQUAKE.

AFTER STUDENTS DROPPED COVER AND HOLD ON.

IT'S EXCITING AT FIRST AS THEY HEAD OUT THE DOOR.

BUT THEY REMEMBER TO STAY CALM.

SOON, ALL 440 STUDENTS MAKE IT OUT TO THE FIELD.

NOW, IT'S BACK TO THE CLASSROOM WHERE STUDENTS ARE EAGER TO TALK TO MR. RAMOS ABOUT THE DRILL.

>> WE WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU GUYS FELT THE ENTIRE TIME.

BE HONEST.

>> I FELT KIND OF CALM BUT ALSO KIND OF SCARED BUT NOT TOO SCARED.

IF IT WAS REAL THEN I WOULD BE REALLY SCARED BECAUSE I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED AN EARTHQUAKE.

>> I WAS PRETTY EMOTIONAL AND I WAS KIND OF SCARED AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I WAS FEELING.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> IT'S NORMAL TO FEEL THIS WAY AND WHY PRACTICING IS IMPORTANT.

>> TO ME, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I WOULD LIKE MY STUDENTS TO KNOW IS TO STAY CALM.

WHEN THEY PANIC HIM AND THAT'S WHEN MISTAKES HAPPEN.

>> DURING THE REAL THING, EVEN WHEN YOU'RE NERVOUS, YOU STILL KNOW WHAT TO DO, JUST LIKE THE STUDENTS.

>> YOU REALLY WANT TO PRACTICE IT A BUNCH BECAUSE IT WILL COME UNEXPECTEDLY SO YOU WANT TO BE PREPARED LIKE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS THE STATE REALLY HAS EARTHQUAKES.

>> IF YOU'RE NOT CAUTIOUS ENOUGH, THE COULD BE CONSEQUENCES.

>> SO WE ALL HAVE TO BE READY.

LIVING IN CALIFORNIA IS BEAUTIFUL BUT -- >> BUT THERE'S LOTS OF EARTHQUAKES.

>> VERY GOOD.

GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

>> KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS LOOK AT KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.