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>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS INDEPENDENCE DAY, JULY 4th.

A SPECIAL HOLIDAY SHOW FEATURING SOME OF THE BEST REPORTING FROM 2023.

THE FOURTH OF JULY IS ALL ABOUT OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY.

WE HAVE A COUPLE STORIES TO SHARE.

IN EAST COUNTY WHERE A BELOVED HOTEL HAS DEEP ROOTS IN THE SAN DIEGO BLACK EXPERIENCE.

>> IN THE BACKCOUNTRY, THIS UNASSUMING HOTEL IS THE JEWEL OF THE TOWN.

POPULAR WITH HONEYMOONERS.

IT IS A CHARMING BED AND BREAKFAST.

THE ONLY THING THAT BRINGS TO LIGHT ITS HISTORY IS WHAT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL.

HOTEL ROBINSON, 1897.

BUILT ON THE SITE OF THE RESTAURANT BAKERY.

>> NOT ONLY ONE OF THE OLDEST HOTELS OWNED BY AFRICAN- AMERICANS.

IT IS ALSO A NATIONAL SITE AND HISTORICAL SITES.

>> A LOCAL HISTORIAN WHO WROTE ABOUT PIONEERS IN THE 80s AND 90s.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE REALLY SURPRISED THAT JULIAN HAD THAT RICH HISTORY OF AFRICAN- AMERICAN HISTORY.

>> PART OF THE HISTORY STARTED WITH A LOVE STORY.

THE CURATOR OF THE AFRICAN- AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER.

>> THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT HOTEL AND JULIAN JUST LIKE THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALBERT AND MARGARET.

>> IT WAS A SLEEPY LITTLE TOWN FOUNDED BY CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS BEFORE GOLD WAS DISCOVERED THERE.

>> PART OF THE GOLD RUSH IN SACRAMENTO.

FOLLOWING THE GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS OF DOWN CALIFORNIA.

DOWN THE RIVER.

AND BACK UP TO ITS SOURCE.

HOPING THAT THEY WOULD FIND GOLD.

>> THAT WAS 1869.

AND STARTED THE FIRST AND ONLY GOLD RUSH IN SAN DIEGO.

>> THERE IS GOLD IN THOSE HILLS.

>> IT BROUGHT PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE.

>> HE SHOWS UP HERE IN 1880.

>> THAT IS DAVID LEWIS.

HE HAS LIVED WITH JULIAN FOR GENERATIONS.

>> ALBERT, I WAS ASSUMING WAS ENSLAVED AT THE TIME.

HE CAME HERE WITH A MAN NAMED CHASE.

>> HE CAME INTO THE SAN DIEGO AREA.

>> HIS WIFE MARGARET CAME TO JULIAN LATER.

>> CELEBRATING IN 1886.

THAT IS WHEN THEY STARTED A BAKERY AND RESTAURANT BUSINESS ON THIS SITE.

AND THERE FROM 1886 UNTIL 1902 WHEN THEY BUILT THIS HOTEL.

THEIR PROPERTY WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM CITY HALL.

THAT LINE WAS COMING IN FROM ARIZONA.

>> THE TOWN HALL WAS THE SOCIAL HUB OF JULIAN.

>> WE ALSO HAD DANCES THERE, THEY WOULD BE ALL NIGHT.

THE HOTEL PROVIDED MEALS FOR THOSE DANCERS.

>> SHE WAS FAMOUS FOR THOSE APPLE PIES.

PEOPLE WOULD COME FROM MILES AROUND TO SAMPLE MS. ROBINSONS APPLE PIES.

>> SHE WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO MADE APPLE PIES.

IT WAS STARTED BY MARGARET ROBINSON.

>> ALBERT DIED IN 1915.

SHE RAN THE HOTEL OR SELF UNTIL SHE SOLD IT FOR $1500.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF HISTORY IN THIS HOTEL.

HE IS TO STAY IN THIS ROOM BEFORE HE BILLED TO THE GRAND HOTEL.

BEARING THE NAMES OF SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT PEOPLE STAYED HERE.

IT IS PART OF THIS HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF JULIAN.

>> MY UNCLE THAT USED TO COME HERE WITH HIS FAMILY WHEN WE WERE LITTLE.

WHEN THEY WOULD GET TO THE FRONT DOOR, ALBERT WOULD COME OUT AND PICK HIM UP AND PUT THEM ON HIS SHOULDERS AND WALKED HIM INTO THE HOTEL.

MY UNCLE SAYS THAT HE FELT LIKE HE WAS 10 FEET TALL.

>>> THIS IS THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF THE MOST COLORFUL AND MEANINGFUL GATHERING SPOTS.

KATIE LEARNS ABOUT THE BEGINNINGS OF CHICANO PARK.

>> BEGAN WITH ALMOST A BROKEN PROMISE.

LOGAN HEIGHTS IS MOSTLY A CHICANO COMMUNITY.

WHEN THEY BUILT THE CORONADO BRIDGE, IT DIVIDED THE COMMUNITY IN HALF.

IN THE NEWLY OPENED MUSEUM SHE STILL GETS EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT 60 YEARS LATER.

>> IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS DISPLACEMENT, THE CITY AGREED TO RETURN THE LAND BENEATH THE BRIDGE INTO A PARK.

WHEN BULLDOZERS ARRIVED THEY BUILT A HIGHWAY PATROL STATION.

A WITNESS WALKED TO THE COLLEGE AND EXPLAIN WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

THEY ALL LEFT CLASS.

MARCHING TWO MILES BACK AND LOCKED THE BULLDOZERS WITH THEIR BODIES.

>> WE WERE GOING TO CREATE OUR OWN PARK.

WE HAD GOTTEN TIRED OF BEING DISRESPECTED.

AND BASICALLY TREATED LIKE WE HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.

WITHIN A MATTER OF A COUPLE HOURS, THERE WERE A COUPLE HUNDRED PEOPLE HERE.

IT SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE.

>> THEY OCCUPIED THE PARK FOR 12 DAYS BEFORE CITY NEGOTIATIONS BEGAN.

THE COMMUNITY WON AND THREE YEARS LATER THEY PAINTED THE MURALS THAT THE PARK IS NOW FAMOUS.

OVER THE YEARS, INDUSTRY IN THE NAVY CREPT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE MANY SPENT THEIR WEEKENDS OCCUPYING MORE THAN -- AND CREATING CALIFORNIA'S WORST AIR POLLUTION.

WHAT REMAINS FACES A NEW THREAT.

>> WHAT REMAINS HAS BEEN INFRINGED UPON AND IS VIEWED AS A PLACE TO LIVE.

THE PROPERTY JUST SOLD FOR $1.2 MILLION.

WE ARE LOSING THE LAST OF OUR RESIDENTS.

>> THIS ONGOING BATTLE OF GENTRIFICATION.

>> I'VE BEEN HERE GROWING UP LONGING TO SEE 10 DIFFERENT STORES OR GALLERIES SHIFT OUT OF WHAT THEY USED TO BE.

NOT EVEN JUST ON LOGAN AVENUE, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

>> THE PARK OFFERS CULTURAL PRIDE FOR THOSE WHO REMAIN.

SHE GREW UP IN THE PARK WHEN HER MOTHER PAINTED THE PILLARS.

>> I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A MOM THAT HAD THE FORESIGHT TO TEACH ME ABOUT THE AZTECS AND ALL OF THAT HISTORY.

THAT WE DO NOT GET IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM HERE WHICH IS WATERED DOWN.

>> SHE QUESTIONED WHETHER SHE BELONGED.

THE PARK GAVE HER A SPACE TO LEARN ABOUT HER OWN HISTORY AND EMBRACE HER IDENTITY.

>> SEEING THE PILLARS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE AS DARK AS I AM AND DARKER, I WILL NOT PUT IT INTO ACTUAL WORDS.

IT IS ALWAYS A SENSE OF JOY NO MATTER WHAT.

THERE IS NO REASON TO BE SAD IN THE PARK NO MATTER WHAT.

>> THE ELDERS HELD A RITUAL.

THE PARK COMMITTEE IS ON NEW PROJECTS.

LIKE AN ELECTRIC BUS FOR ELDERLY RESIDENTS.

AND PLACING A LID ON THE FREEWAYS SUPPORTED BY LOCAL LEADERS INCLUDING CONGRESSMAN JUAN VARGAS.

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 1960S.

UNDER THE PRESSURE OF GENTRIFICATION, THE PARKS MESSAGE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN THE SAME.

>> WE ARE HERE AND WE ARE NOT LEAVING.

>>> NASA IS SYNONYMOUS WITH AMERICAN INGENUITY.

ONE OF THE TRAILBLAZING ASTRONAUTS WAS HONORED HERE.

TELLING US MORE ABOUT THE LEGACY.

>> JUST AS OTHERS INSPIRED ME, I HOPE THIS BUILDING WILL INSPIRE A GENERATION OF AZTECS TO REACH FOR THE STARS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> SHE GOT HER BACHELORS DEGREE IN PHYSICS IN 1980.

SHE RETURNED TO SDSU FOR THE RENAMING OF WEST COMMENTS.

SHE MANAGED IN THE NASCAR MISSING AT THE SPACE CENTER.

SHE BECAME AN ASTRONAUT AND FLEW HER FIRST MISSION.

ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY 30 YEARS AGO.

>> LOVE SEEING THE EARTH FROM SPACE.

THE HARBOR IS VERY DISTINCTIVE.

I GOT TO FLY OVER THAT.

TO BE INVOLVED IN SCIENCE RESEARCH STUDYING THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND THE OZONE DEPLETION AND THEN ON MY THIRD OR FOURTH FLIGHT, PART OF ASSEMBLING THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

>> MAKING HISTORY AS THE FIRST LATIN AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE AFTER SHE CLAIMS TO HAVE CHANGED HER MAJOR FIVE TIMES.

TAKING PART IN THE MUSIC PROGRAM THROUGHOUT HER COLLEGE YEARS.

SAYING SHE WAS CERTAINLY THE FIRST ASTRONAUT TO PLAY THE FLUTE IN SPACE.

>> SHE WAS A PHYSICIST AND ASTRONAUT, ALSO A MUSICIAN.

THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND.

IN ORDER TO BRIGHTEN THE HORIZON, YOU NEED TO EMBRACE EVERY DIMENSION OF WHO WE ARE.

>> SHE REMAINS EXCITED ABOUT NASA'S WORK AND PLANS FOR ANOTHER MOON LANDING.

>> INITIALLY PEOPLE GOING TO THE MOON AND THEN UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO GO ON TO MARS AS WELL.

>> SHE GOT A DOCTORAL DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING FROM STANFORD.

>>> ONE OF THE SPECIALS IS A PODCAST ALL ABOUT CALIFORNIA'S CAR CULTURE AND ITS FUTURE.

IT IS CALLED FREEWAY EXIT.

YOU CAN STREAM ALL SIX EPISODES CREATED AND HOSTED BY ANDREW BALLWIN.

DIVING INTO THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE FREEWAY SYSTEM.

CLIMATE IMPACTS DIVIDING COMMUNITIES IN THE EVERY DAY PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES.

AVAILABLE TO STREAM WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST.

>>> SAN DIEGO IS AHEAD OF THE CURVE WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SOME OF THE BIGGEST VEHICLES ON THE ROADS CLEANER.

ERIC ANDERSON SHOWS THE FAST CHARGING TECHNOLOGY NOW AVAILABLE FOR HEAVY DUTY ELECTRIC TRUCKS.

>> THE FOUR HIGH-POWERED CHARGING STATIONS ARE AT A TRUCK STOP.

AWARDING THE FUELING STATIONS $200,000 TO INSTALL THE CHARGERS ON THE PROPERTY WHERE THEY FUEL UP DIESEL CAR TRUCKS.

NOW FOR THE FUELING STATIONS, THEY HAVE THE HIGH-SPEED CHARGERS.

>> THIS IS A WONDERFUL STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WE ARE OPENING DOORS FOR OTHER PARTNERSHIPS WHERE WE CAN FOCUS ON CLEAN AIR.

WORKING TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND JOBS.

>> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TO CHANGING THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY TO A ZERO ADMISSIONS FUTURE.

>> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL POINT.

FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

THESE ARE FAST CHARGING INVESTMENTS THAT WE WANT TO SEE HAS THOSE TECHNOLOGIES BECOME MORE AVAILABLE.

>> THERE ARE ALREADY 2000 LOW OMISSION TRUCKS ON THE ROAD.

THERE ARE ALSO PASSENGER VEHICLES AFTER 2035.

TRANSPORTATION GENERATES 40% OF ALL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN CALIFORNIA.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPPBS NEWS.

>>> A SPECIAL WEEKEND ROAD TRIP TO MEXICO CITY.

PLAYING IN BACK TO BACK GAMES.

PLAYERS TOOK PLACE IN A LOT OF COMMUNITY EVENTS.

A REPORTING CREW THERE, YOU CAN REVISIT THE COVERAGE ON THE KPPBS YOUTUBE PAGE.

>>> THE FIRST OF THREE SUPERBALLS ARE SUPPOSED TO -- THOSE WHO REMEMBER THE BIG MOMENT 35 YEARS LATER.

>> THEY NEVER WON A SUPER BOWL BUT THEY HAVE POSTED THE GAME THREE TIMES.

DURING SUPER BOWL XXII, HISTORY WAS MADE.

>> YOU START WATCHING THAT WHOLE THING.

THAT FIRST BLACK QUARTERBACK SUPER BOWL AND THEY WON.

IF I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO HIM, I WOULD JUST SAY, I LOVE YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU.

>> HE COULD NOT GET A TICKET TO THE GAME BUT HE GOT THE NEXT BEST THING.

>> THE FIRST TIME THAT I SAW THAT IT WAS DOUG WILLIAMS IN THAT HOTEL, I HAD THE SUPER BOWL XXII PROGRAM SAYING CAN YOU SIGN THIS FOR ME?

SURE.

HE SIGNED IT.

GAVE IT BACK.

WOW.

VERY BIG.

>> IT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT HE IS A WASHINGTON SUPER FAN.

DOUG WILLIAMS WAS MORE THAN JUST A PLAYER TO HIM.

>> I REMEMBER IF YOU WERE A BLACK FOOTBALL PLAYER, YOU CAN'T BE A QUARTERBACK.

YOU CAN RUN FAST, YOU CAN CATCH.

YOU MIGHT EVEN BE A TACKLE.

QUARTERBACK?

NO.

DOUG WILLIAMS, HE CAME IN THERE AND DID IT.

>> DOUG WILLIAMS FOR ME, IN FOOTBALL TERMS, YOU MAY NOT BE AT THE EXACT SAME TABLE AS JACKIE ROBINSON, HE IS IN THE SAME LOBBY IN THE SAME SET OF TABLES IN TERMS OF BREAKING THROUGH.

>> A QUARTERBACK ENGINEER WHO PORCHES THE QUARTERBACKS AND HE WAS THERE DURING THE SUPER BOWL.

>> THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING THIS.

THIS MEANS AND I FOR SURE CAN DO THIS NOW.

HIM GETTING THERE WAS A STORY.

IT WOULD'VE BEEN A GREAT DEAL, IT WAS GREAT.

TO SHOW OUT LIKE THAT.

YEAH.

>> IT GAVE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY HOPE.

>> HE DID DO IT AT THE BIGGEST STAGE.

HIS HANDS HAVE BEEN ON THAT BIG HEAVY DOOR FOR DECADES NOW.

THERE ARE OTHER HANDS HELPING.

HIS TWO HANDS THAT PUSHED THAT THROUGH.

>> I WATCHED AND I LOOKED AT YOU, I KNOW THAT YOU GOT HURT.

YOU CAME UP.

YOU GOT STRONGER.

I WANT TO LOOK AT YOU AND SAY, YOU ARE STRONG.

YOU WANT TO BE STRONG TOO.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE THINGS WE KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THE THINGS WE DON'T KNOW.

THANK YOU FOR OUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT YOUR PROCESS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESILIENCE.

>> SUPER BOWL XXI ENDED WITH THEM SCORING 20 POINTS IN DENVER SCORING 10.

HE SET NFL RECORDS AND HE SHOWED KIDS I LOOK LIKE HIM THAT THEY BELONG ON THE BIGGEST STAGE IN SPORTS.

KPPBS NEWS.

>>> THE RETURN OF COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL.

THE FUN CONTINUES YEAR-ROUND IN BALBOA PARK.

SHOWING US AN EXHIBIT THAT OFFERS THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE WORLD OF ANIMATION.

>> YOU MIGHT NOT RECOGNIZE THIS FACE, BUT YOU KNOW HIS VOICE.

>> FOR THE LAST 36 YEARS I HAVE BEEN DOING CARTOONS AND MOVIES AND TELEVISION SHOWS WITH CHARACTERS LIKE GOOFY, ONE OF MY FAVORITES AND HIS PAL, PLUTO.

I GET PAID TO BARK.

>> YOU CAN HEAR HIM AS THE -- AT THE COMIC-CON MUSEUM.

>> YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF ANIMATION, THERE IS A LOT OF HANDS ON THINGS WHERE YOU CAN ANIMATE THINGS AND LEARN THE PROCESS.

IT IS ALL THE BEHIND THE SCENES STUFF THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT IS INTRIGUING ABOUT THIS EXHIBIT.

>> HAS BEEN OBSESSED WITH ANIMATION SINCE HE WAS A KID.

HE WANTS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE PIONEERS OF ANIMATION.

>> THAT IS THE PROCESS OF ANIMATION.

YOU CAN DECONSTRUCT THE PROCESS OF ANIMATION SO IT IS A HANDS- ON THING WHERE PEOPLE CAN MAKE THEIR OWN STOP MOTION MOVIE.

THEY CAN LEARN WHAT GOES INTO MAKING AN ANIMATED FILM.

>> HIS FAVORITE SPOT IS THE STOP MOTION STUDIO WHERE THEY ACTUALLY MADE A GUMBY FILM.

>> YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE FANCY SETS.

THE ONES THAT WE USE FOR THIS ARE MADE OUT OF SERIAL BOXES.

JUST USE YOUR IMAGINATION AND YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN ANIMATED FILM.

>> THAT IS THE MAGIC OF ANIMATION.

>> DESIGNED REALITY.

YOU CAN DO THE SAME THINGS IN ANIMATION THAT YOU DO IN REAL LIFE.

THE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS OF THESE ANIMATORS, WITHOUT THE RULES OF PHYSICS INTERFERING.

AN AIRPLANE, GET UP, YOU ARE OKAY.

>> SOME OF THE MAGIC BEHIND ANIMATION.

AN OLD FILM SET UP FIRST SHOOTING SINGLE FRAMES OF ANIMATION.

THIS SHOWS HOW A PRE-FILM DEVICE PRODUCED THE ILLUSION OF ANIMATION.

>> WHEN YOU WATCH IT, YOUR MIND IS FILLING IN THE GAPS.

>> IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ANIMATION THEN YOU WILL WANT TO ENROLL AT THE ANIMATION ACADEMY.

TO COME DOWN AND ENJOY, GET ANIMATED.

>> THAT IS SUPER FUN.

>>> SOMETHING THAT MUSIC LOVERS CAN LOOK FORWARD TO.

SOME OF THE WORK HAPPENING AT THE HOME OF THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY.

>> THE HISTORIC FOX THEATER TRANSFORMED INTO THE HOME OF THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY IN THE MID-80s.

IT HAS BEEN THE SYMPHONY HAD ORDER.

>> TWO YEARS AGO THEY PULLED UP STAKES AND THEY MOVED OVER HERE AT JACOBS PARK.

THE $85 MILLION RADIO SHELL AT JACOBS PARK.

COME NOVEMBER, THE SYMPHONY WILL RETURN TO THEIR MAIN HOME.

IF YOU THOUGHT 85 MILLION WAS EXPENSIVE FOR THE SHOW, THE RENOVATIONS HERE ARE BEING DONE TO THE TUNE OF $125 MILLION.

>> IT WILL BE WONDERFUL VISUALLY AND ACOUSTICALLY.

>> THE VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE SYMPHONY.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE CHANGES HAPPENING WITHIN THIS SPACE, HE IS THE GUY WITH THE ANSWERS ABOUT NEARLY EVERYTHING.

WHAT KINDS OF MODERNIZATION AND IMPROVEMENTS YOU WILL SEE, TO THOSE THAT YOU WILL NOT.

>> BRINGING THE REAR WALL IN, WE HAD A DEEP BALCONY OVERHANG BEFORE.

ACOUSTICALLY, SEATS WERE ALL THE WAY IN THE BACK OF THAT BALCONY LEVEL AND THEY WERE NOT THAT GREAT.

>> EACH ROW OF SEATS THAT IS UNDER THE BALCONY WILL BE STEPPED UP AS YOU GO BACK TO IMPROVE LINES OF SIGHT.

ANOTHER CHANGE IMPROVES AESTHETICS AND SOUND.

>> REMOVING A VALANCE THAT WOULD CUT OFF THE TOP OF THE STADIUM.

WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME STRUCTURAL MOVE TO REMOVE THAT AND OPEN IT UP TO THE FULL HEIGHT OF THIS ARCH THAT YOU SEE BEHIND US.

I WILL GIVE A LOT MORE ACOUSTIC BREATHING ROOM.

WE DECIDED TO BUILD A PERMANENT ORCHESTRA SHELF THAT WILL SURROUND THE STAGE.

THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A CHORAL TERRACE LEVEL.

>> AS ITS NAME SUGGESTS, THEY WILL SING WITH THE ORCHESTRA WHEN THERE ARE NO COURSES INVOLVED WILL BE OPENED UP TO AUDIENCE SEATING.

20 ACOUSTIC SEATING PIECES ARE INSTALLED ABOVE THE ORCHESTRA ALLOWING FOR CUSTOM ACOUSTIC TUNING FOR DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES.

ALL THE PLASTERWORK IS BEING REFRESHED AND CLEAN.

THERE ARE THOSE CHANGES YOU WILL NOT SEE BUT THAT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

LIKE THE BUILDINGS HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS.

>> WE HAVE SUSPENDED THEM FROM THE PARKING STRUCTURE ABOVE US SO THAT NONE OF THE NOISE WILL TRANSFER INTO THE SPACE.

>> RENOVATED SYMPHONY HALL AND THIS SPECTACULAR OUTDOOR VENUE.

THAT WOULD MAKE THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY A VERY ATTRACTIVE ORCHESTRA FOR THE WORLD'S TOP MUSICIANS.

A QUESTION THAT WE PUT TO THE DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC PLANNING IN A MUCH QUIETER MEETING ROOM.

>> SAN DIEGO HAS A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS THAT ARE ATTRACTIVE TO MUSICIANS.

WE ARE PERFORMING IN TWO DIFFERENT VENUES.

GREAT SOLOISTS AND COLLABORATORS THAT WE WORK WITH.

LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN A HUGE COMPONENT FOR US.

>> THE JACOBS GIFT.

$120 MILLION GIVEN IN 2002.

RESULTING IN A FINANCIALLY SOUND ORGANIZATION.

ESPECIALLY WHEN COMBINED WITH OTHER LARGE GIFTS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF PORT FROM THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.

NOW BENSON ALONG WITH SYMPHONY LEADERSHIP LOOK TO THE FUTURE.

>> WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE IT IS COMFORTABLE, SAFE, WELCOMING, WARM, IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

THERE IS A REAL ELEMENT OF TOP SHELF INCREDIBLE MUSIC MAKING AND ARTISTRY HAPPENING RIGHT ON EVERYONE'S DOORSTEP.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO L.A. OR NEW YORK CITY.

THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING RIGHT THERE.

>> SOON HAPPENING IN A CONCERT HALL THAT WILL TAKE ITS PLACE AMONGST THE FINEST IN THE WORLD.

JOHN CAMPBELL, KPPBS NEWS.

>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING RESTORATION, FLOODING, REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS .

CALL ONE 800 BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILL HOWE.COM.

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