>> IT IS KIND OF SCARY, IT SUCKS THAT WE ARE SO LATE IN THE QUARTER, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP GOING TO CLASS AND DO THE BEST THAT I CAN DESPITE EVERYTHING.

>> WE WONDERED HOW CLASS HAS BEEN WITHOUT THEM.

>> OF COURSE WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE OUR TA IN CLASS WITH US SO WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND JUST GET FEEDBACK ON OUR ASSIGNMENTS .

IT IS DEFINITELY A BETTER LEARNING PROCESS WHEN THEY ARE THERE.>> THIS SECOND-YEAR STUDENT SAYS HER EDUCATION IS SUFFERING WITHOUT THE ACADEMIC WORKERS.>> WE NEED THEM SO MUCH, WE ARE NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY WITHOUT THEM.>> BOTH STUDENTS SAY THEY SHOULD GET PAID MORE FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THEY DO.>> I DO HOPE THAT THEY GET THE WAGES THEY DESERVE , IT REALLY JUST SHOWS HOW MUCH WORK THEY PUT INTO EVERYTHING.

>> WE NEED THEM BACK, BUT THEY NEED TO GET PAID FOR IT AND I DON'T BLAME THEM.>> A COMPUTER LAB RESEARCHER AT UC SAN DIEGO IS AMONG THE 40,000 ACADEMIC WORKERS ON STRIKE ACROSS THE SYSTEM.

HE SAYS HE FEELS FOR THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE WORKED HARD.

>> I'M DEFINITELY CONCERNED THAT SOME STUDENTS ARE FEELING LIKE THIS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT ME AND A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE BASICALLY LIVING IN POVERTY AND THE UNIVERSITY AT ANY POINT HAS THE ABILITY TO AND THAT.

>> HE ALSO FINDS HOPE IN THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT THEY REACHED WITH POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS AND RESEARCHERS BECAUSE FOR THOSE WORKERS, THE STRIKE COULD AND AS EARLY AS THE END OF THE WEEK, OR AS SOON AS THEY SIGN THEIR CONTRACTS.>> NOW WE CAN NEGOTIATE EVERY DAY AND SEE SOME MOVEMENT.

>> THEY SAY THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING AND THEY LOOK FORWARD TO SETTLING THE CONTRACTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

>>> TAKE A TRIP TO TIJUANA AND YOU WILL SEE THAT NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ARE IN THE STREETS HELPING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT IS IT WORKING?

GUSTAVO EXPLORES THE IMPACT ON VIOLENT CRIME.

>> Reporter: YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THIS BEFORE, OR AT LEAST A VARIATION OF IT, IT IS OF A MAN AND A WOMAN WALKING DOWN THE STREET HOLDING HANDS, THE MAN CAULKS AT ANOTHER WOMAN PASSING BY AND HIS PARTNER JUST STARES AT HIM IN UTTER SHOCK.

THERE IS A VERSION OF THIS CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IN IT, THE MAN IS REPRESENTED BY THOUSANDS OF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS WHO HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO TACKLE THE HOMICIDE RATE, AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, THE RESIDENTS WERE SUPPOSED BE PROTECTED BY THE NATIONAL GUARD AND THE OTHER WOMAN, WELL, SHE REPRESENTS THE FREE MARKETS.

SHE SELLS SECONDHAND CLOTHES AND SHE LAUGHED WHEN I ASKED HER TO EXPLAIN THIS TO ME.

CORTEZ SAYS THE NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS COME FROM PARTS OF MEXICO WHERE AMERICAN BRANDS LIKE NIKE AND LEVI ARE HARD TO COME BY.

>> CORTEZ AND OTHERS SAY THAT NEIGHBORHOODS IN TIJUANA HAD NEARLY 1900 HOMICIDES, THEY WERE HAPPY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS FINALLY TAKING ACTION.

BUT, THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN MORE THAN 1700 MURDERS IN TIJUANA SO FAR THIS YEAR, ON TRACK TO SURPASS LAST YEAR'S TOTAL.

THE NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS STATIONED IN TIJUANA DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT.

THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT MEXICO HAS TURNED TO THE MILITARY TO FIGHT CRIME.

A RESEARCHER AT UC SAN DIEGO TRACES TODAY'S EFFORTS BACK TO 2006.

>> THE ARGUMENT THAT WAS MADE ABOUT 2006 WAS THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS CORRUPTION, INSTABILITY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS, WE NEEDED TO DEPLOYED THE ARMED FORCES IN A WAY THEY HAD NOT BEEN INVOLVED BEFORE.

CORRUPTION WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE TEMPORARY.

>> NOW DECADES LATER, THE MILITARY FORCES ARE STILL CONSIDERED ILL-EQUIPPED TO TACKLE CARTEL VIOLENCE.

THEY DOUBLED DOWN ON THE MILITARY STRATEGY, HE PASSED A LAW THAT FORMERLY MADE THE FEDERAL POLICE A PART OF THE MILITARY.

SO FOR THE DATA SHOW THAT THIS HASN'T WORKED.

>> DISPLAYED IN THIS PERFORMANCE, WE HAVE NOT SEEN CONDITIONS IMPROVING IN MEXICO.

>> SHE RECENTLY GAVE ME A TOUR, AND A PLAYGROUND WHERE PEOPLE USED TO SHOOT UP HEROIN, THEY OPERATE IN THE OPEN AND THE NATIONAL GUARD STILL DOES NOTHING TO STOP THEM.

CORTEZ SAYS THE SOLDIERS ARE EVEN SCARED OR THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO BOTHER.

TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, SOLDIERS AND OTHER PARTS OF MEXICO HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT ISN'T NEW.>> IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED OVER THE YEARS, ESPECIALLY BY CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAVE ERODED HUMAN RIGHTS.

>> SHE HAS SPENT YEARS CONDUCTING WORK IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE WAY HER WHERE MARIA CORTEZ LIVES.

SHE SAYS CONDITIONS ARE SO BAD THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEIR OWN CIVIL RIGHTS FOR SEEKING PROTECTION.

>> I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS.

>> SHE SAYS IT IS ONLY ACCEPTABLE IF THE ARMED FORCES ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH THEIR MISSION.

>>> HERE'S SOME OF THE MOST READ STORIES THIS WEEK AT KPBS .ORG, THE PROMISE OF PREFAB HOMES, IT IS A CHEAPER AND FASTER WAY TO BUILD.

WE WILL HAVE THAT STORY FOR YOU A BIT LATER IN THE SHOW.

>>> LOW-COST COMPUTERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SOUTH COUNTY FAMILIES, LEARN ABOUT THE EVENT HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND IN CHULA VISTA AND WATER IS RELEASED FROM THE LAKE TO MAINTAIN SAFE LEVELS, IT'S ALSO PART OF OUR DISCUSSION ON THIS WEEK'S KPBS ROUNDTABLE PODCAST.

>>> SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON THE EARTH'S FUTURE IS BEING SIDETRACKED BY A MUCH MORE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER, ERIC ANDERSON TELLS US HOW A REAWAKENED VOLCANO IS ERUPTING DECADES OF WORK.

>> LAVA FLOWS FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST VOLCANOES, AND CUT OFF ACCESS TO A RESEARCH OBSERVATORY, THAT HAS RECORDED CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS IN THE AIR FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS.

THEY REPORT DEADLY RISING CO2 LEVELS, THE SCIENTIFIC RECORD THAT WAS STARTED BY OCEANOGRAPHERS.

THE STATION ISN'T EXPECTED TO BE OPERATING ANYTIME SOON.

>> THEY STILL HAVE TO LET THE LAVA COOL, THEY HAVE TO BUILD A NEW ROAD OVER IT AND PUT POWER POLES OVER IT.

>> HE IS LOOKING FOR A NEARBY LOCATION THAT IS SUITABLE FOR TAPE MEASUREMENTS UNTIL THE OBSERVATORY IS BACK ONLINE.

HE SAID IT IS A SPECIAL SPOT.

>> THERE'S SOME OTHER VOLCANOES ON MAUI THAT ARE GETTING UP PRETTY HIGH.

BUT IT'S JUST THOSE VOLCANOES, THE ONLY THINGS STICKING UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE AT A REMOTE SPOT, SO IT'S REALLY A UNIQUE LOCATION AND VERY VALUABLE FOR REMOTE WORK.

>> A TEMPORARY SITE WOULD HAVE TO BE UPWIND OF THE VOLCANO BECAUSE VOLCANOES CAN BE A MAJOR SOURCE OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, THE CURVE IS WIDELY REGARDED AS A WARNING SIGN ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING.

>>> ONE OF THE MANY CHALLENGES OF SAN DIEGO'S HOUSING CRISIS IS THE COST AND TIME THAT IT TAKES TO GET NEW HOMES BUILT.

JACOB SHOWS US AN OPTION THAT IS GETTING ANOTHER LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL SOLUTION.

>> THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF FLOOR PLANS.

A PREFABRICATED HOUSE MAY LOOK LIKE A MODERN HOME.

THEY HAVE UPGRADED APPLIANCES.

THE PROCESS TO GET THERE IS RATHER DIFFERENT.

>> IT MEANS IT IS BUILT IN A FACTORY OFF-SITE.>> HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF U.S. MODULAR.

FOR SOME PEOPLE, THERE IS A STIGMA ABOUT PREFAB HOUSES, AND GETTING PAST THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES.

>> WE USED TO SAY THAT THEY WERE LIKE YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S TRAILERS BACK IN THE DAY AND THEY FOCUS SO MUCH ON BEING AFFORDABLE THAT THE QUALITY REALLY WASN'T THERE.

AND IN TODAY'S PRE-MANUFACTURED HOUSING, THE QUALITY IS THERE AND THEY ARE STILL LESS EXPENSIVE.

>> HOW MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE?

LESS THAN 10% TO 30% CHEAPER THAN TRADITIONAL ON-SITE CONSTRUCTION, AND IT CAN BE DONE FASTER.

>> WE HAVE AN OPEN LOT THAT WE WANTED TO BUILD ON.

>> DAVID LYNCH HAS THIS MANUFACTURED HOME.

>> EVERYTHING IS READY TO GO.

IT'S THE EFFICIENCY OF TIME AND THE COST IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN HAVING IT CUSTOM-BUILT.

>> WE KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE IT CAN BE.

>> THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES OF PREFAB HOUSING, FROM MANUFACTURED HOMES TO HOME IMPORTANT APARTMENT BLOCKS.

THIS IS A WAY TO BUILD HIGH- QUALITY MULTIFAMILY HOMES IN A MORE COST-EFFECTIVE WAY, THAT HE SAYS WILL IMPROVE THE LIVES OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

>> WE TAKE THE COST SAVINGS AND THE TIME SAVINGS AND WE TRANSLATE THAT TO WHAT WE HOPE TO BE A REDUCTION IN THE RENTAL PRICE, BUT EVERYTHING STARTING FROM ABOUT $1500 AND UP.>> COMPANIES ARE BRINGING MORE OF THESE COMPLEXES TO THE REGION INCLUDING A POTENTIAL 900 UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

THERE ARE CONCERNS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE WON'T BE UNITS FOR EVERY LOW INCOME FAMILY.

>> UNLESS YOU ARE BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND INCORPORATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS INTO EVERY DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU ARE DISPLACING FOLKS.

>> THE POLICY SHIFT TO A BUILD NOW APPROACH HAS BEGUN TO OPEN DOORS FOR MORE PREFABRICATED HOUSING IN THE COUNTY.

IN FACT, A MANUFACTURING FACILITY IS COMING TO THE IMPERIAL VALLEY NEXT SPRING.

PETE COFOUNDED A COMPANY CALLED INDEED WELL.>> WE CAN SHIP THE UNITS TO A HIGH-COST MARKET.

>> HE SAID THE WORK CAN COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES, SO IT ALSO WORKS FOR SMALLER UNITS, FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

>> THEY ARE ABOUT 380 SQUARE FEET STUDIOS, WE ACTUALLY GOT A 260 SQUARE FOOT MICRO ROOM THAT WE DO.

>> THEY CAN BUILD UP TO 6 TO 7 STORIES WITH BIGGER UNITS.

>> WE HAVE SOME LARGER PROJECTS WHERE WE ARE DOING TWO OR THREE BEDROOMS THAT ARE 960 UP TO 1100 SQUARE FEET.>> FINANCING THE PREFABRICATED DEVELOPMENTS CAN BE AN ISSUE, BECAUSE IT IS A NEWER INDUSTRY IN THE U.S., THEY NEED MANY DEVELOPERS.

>> IT'LL BE EASIER, THE LONGER WE GO, THE MORE THEY ARE OUT THERE.

I WOULD SAY WITH THIS TYPE OF AN ASSET, YOU ARE GOING TO GET A LOT OF TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT NEED HELP IN THE CITY, SO THAT DEFLECTS THE INVESTORS.

>> THE SPEED AND SAVINGS OF GETTING A PREFABRICATED HOME ARE WILLING TO HELP FAMILIES.

>> AMID A HOUSING CRISIS THAT IS TAKING THE HARDEST TO ON MIDDLE AND LOW INCOME EARNERS, PREFABRICATED HOUSING OFFERS A GLIMMER OF HOPE, TO OFFER A HOME AT A LOWER COST, THAT CAN BE MOVE IN READY IN A FRACTION OF THE TIME.

>>> WE HAVE TWO STORIES THIS WEEK FROM KPBS EDUCATIONAL PARAMETER, WE CAUGHT UP WITH LEADERS IN EDUCATION WHO ARE LOOKING AT CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND THE PANDEMIC.

>> EVERYTHING WE HAVE DONE HAS BEEN BUILT AROUND SAFETY.

>> JAMES HOLTZ IS SELLING SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY, FOR THE LONGEST AND LARGEST MANUFACTURER, HE IS A VENDOR AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION.

HE IS SHOWING HIS PRODUCT TO MORE THAN 3500 LEADERS, REPRESENTING 1000 DISTRICTS AND COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION.

>> EVERYBODY ELSE IS IMPLEMENTING NEW TECHNOLOGY ON AN OLD-STYLE, WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO BUILD THE TECHNOLOGY.>> THESE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FACE CLIMATE CRISIS PROBLEMS AS THEY WORK THROUGH THE COME BACK FROM COVID, THAT DEVASTATED THEIR DISTRICTS.

THEY SAY 2 YEARS OF EMERGENCY FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT IS BARELY A BEGINNING.>> THAT NEEDS TO BE THE FLOOR UPON WHICH WE BUILD AND NOT THE CEILING SO WE CAN RETRACE NOW, JUST BECAUSE WE ARE EMERGING FROM A PANDEMIC, WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENT NEEDS AND WE NEED TO KEEP INVESTING.

>> HEATED SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS IS SOMETHING EVERY TRUSTEE IN THE STATE HAS EXPERIENCED AS THEY WRANGLED WITH MASK MANDATES AND REMOTE LEARNING LIMITATIONS, VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT SEEMS TO HAVE SUBSIDED.

>> WHAT HAS NOT SUBSIDED IS THE PARENT INVOLVEMENT, THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

BECAUSE NOW THEY KNOW THAT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WE NEED THEIR INVOLVEMENT, WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER.>> THEY CAN BE ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED, BUT I CAN'T HELP APATHY.

>> BUT, COVID CHANGED ALL THAT, PAINFULLY UNITING SCHOOL BOARDS LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

HERE IN THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT LAST MONTH, VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED $3 BILLION IN BOND MONEY, THAT MONEY WILL GO TO SCHOOL BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS AND TEACHER TRAINING.

THE DISTRICT IS ALSO WORKING ON STAFFING SHORTAGES.

AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.>> WE ARE ABOUT MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR CHILDREN, NOT JUST THOSE IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, BUT ALL CHILDREN.

>> THE ASSOCIATION'S INCOMING PRESIDENT ELECT SAYS, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND HAVING THE SERVICE PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE AS SAFE AS WE CAN MAKE THEM AT SCHOOL IS A BIG PART OF THAT.

>> THAT SAFETY COULD BEGIN IN ONE OF THESE NEW ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES.

>>> BIG SHOES AND A BIG RED NOSE ARE CHARACTERISTICS OF A CLASSIC CLOWN BUT THE ART OF CLOWNING ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE, STUDENTS OF ALL AGES ARE NOW PURSUING A FORM OF COMEDY THAT THE CIRCUS LEFT BEHIND.

>> ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE YARD OF THE MISSION BAY BOAT AND SKI CLUB, CLASS IS IN SESSION, AND ELLA THE CLOWN IS THE TEACHER, PROBABLY WEARING HER COLORFUL MAKEUP AND BIG RED NOSE.>> THIS IS THE SMALLEST MASK, THAT IS VERY TRUE.

IT IS NOT A MASK BECAUSE IT IS HIDING ANYTHING, IT IS HELPING YOU REVEAL INNER TRUTH AND INNER FEELINGS.

>> BEHIND THE BIG RED NOSE, ELLA IS REALLY DANIELLE, A CERTIFIED CLOWN, WRITER, PRODUCER AND EDUCATOR, SHE TEACHES CHILDREN HOW TO USE THEIR IMAGINATION THROUGH GAMES, TRIGGERING EXAGGERATED EMOTIONS, TRUTHFUL EMOTIONS THAT ARE ALSO ENTERTAINING.

TAKING THE AUDIENCE ON QUITE A RIDE.

>> IT IS LIKE A VOLCANO, IT STARTS BUILDING UP, IT STARTS RAMBLING, AND THEN IT ERUPTS AND IT'S VERY EXCITING, IT'S A BIG MOMENT FOR EVERYONE, THEN IT SLOWLY GOES BACK DOWN AND THERE'S SOME JOY TO BE FOUND THERE, TOO.

>> ELLA IS JUST ONE OF HER CLOWN CHARACTERS.

>> THERE IS THE TRADITIONAL WHITE MAKEUP FOR THIS CLOWN, ALONG WITH WHAT DANIELLE CALLS GROTESQUE BRIGHT BLUE EYESHADOW AND PLENTY OF PENCILED IN WRINKLES.

>> I LOVE TO DISPLAY ALL OF MY FAMILY, ALL OF THEIR NEUROSES AND LOVE AND CARE, ALL WRAPPED UP INTO ONE CHAOTIC CLOWN.

>> BY, EVERYONE.

WELCOME.

>> ONCE A MONTH, THE JEWISH GRANDMOTHER CLOWN IS THE Mc UP AT THURSDAY NIGHT OPEN MIC CABARET, WHERE THE HUMOR IS RATED MUCH MORE PG-13 AND SHE IS BRUTALLY HONEST, THE FIRST RULE OF CLOWNING.

>> HAPPY AND SURPRISED FACE.

>> RIGHT NOW, SHE ALSO LEADS A WEEKLY CLASS AT THE THEATER, TEACHING ADULTS HOW TO CLOWN.

>> FEEL FREE TO PLAY WITH THE VOLUME, THE MOVEMENT.

>> BRITNEY IS ONE OF HER STUDENTS.

>> I'M AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST, SO I WORK FOR THE COUNTY AND DATA RESEARCH FOR OPIOID OVERDOSE AND SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS, SO IT'S QUITE DIFFERENT FROM MY DAY JOB.

>> NOT EXACTLY A RESUME YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM SOMEONE LEARNING TO BE GENUINELY FUNNY, ALONG WITH EMBRACING THE JOY IN FAILURE.

AND REDISCOVERING THEIR INNER CHILD.

ALL OF THAT PART OF THE CURRICULUM IN THIS CLOWN CLASS.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN ON STAGE AND IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, AND JUST TO LET GO MORE.

SO IT'S KIND OF COOL THAT I CAN DO THAT AND SHOW PEOPLE THAT SIDE OF ME.>> HE IS A PROFESSIONAL CLOWN, A CHARACTER CREATED BY SKYLER SULLIVAN.

>> HELLO, I'M DR.

FANCY, WHAT'S YOUR NAME?>> HE ALSO WORKS AS A THERAPEUTIC CLOWN IN CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS.

OFTEN WORKING WITH TERMINALLY ILL KIDS, WEARING A TIARA TO COMPLEMENT HIS RED NOSE.>> WE ALL HAVE THOSE THINGS THAT TROUBLE IS, THAT WE CARRY WITH US, AND THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT CLOWNING THAT IS ABLE TO ACCESS THAT IN A WAY THAT FEW OTHER THINGS I HAVE SEEN CAN DO.

>> SO THE HEYDAY OF CLOWNS AND A THREE RING CIRCUS HAS EVOLVED TO A HYPER PURPOSE.

BRITNEY, THE COUNTY EPIDEMIOLOGIST IS GETTING CLOSER TO EARNING HER OWN BIG RED NOSE.

>> I'M TRYING MORE TO OPEN UP, TRYING TO USE MY FACIAL EXPRESSIONS MORE AND TRYING TO BE MORE ENGAGED OR OPEN TO MYSELF.

>> DANIELLE WILL CONTINUE TO USE BUBBA AND ELLA AS INSPIRATION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF CLASS CLOWNS.

>>> TEAM USA CONTINUES ITS RUN AT THE WORLD CUP THIS WEEKEND IN TWO OF ITS LEGENDS FOR THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TEAMS WILL SOON BE HALL OF FAMER'S.

JOE ELLIS WAS ANNOUNCED AS THE INDUCTEE TO THE NATIONAL SOCCER HALL OF FAME, SHE COACHED THE WOMEN'S TEAM TO TWO WORLD CUP WINS.

JOINING HER IS LANDON DONOVAN, ALSO A SAN DIEGAN AND FORMER STAR PLAYER FOR THE MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM.

HE LEADS THE SAN DIEGO SOCCER CLUB.

>>> IT IS A FAMILIAR SCENE FOR A MILITARY TOWN, MORE THAN 1200 SAILORS ABORTED, WE WATCHED SOME OF THE HAPPY REUNIONS.

>> WE HAVE 1200 SAILORS AND MARINES ABOARD THE SHIP, THEY DECIDED TO RETURN HOME FROM DEPLOYMENT HERE IN SAN DIEGO AFTER BEING GONE FOR SEVEN MONTHS.

THEY ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE HOME TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND LOVED ONES.

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT DEPLOYMENT, LIKE I MENTIONED, BUT NOTHING BEATS SEEING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

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