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>> NOT LONG AFTER GETTING BACK ON TRACK, TRAIN PASSENGERS FACE ANOTHER SETBACK.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

TRAIN SERVICE IS ON HOLD BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTIES A DAY AFTER CERTAIN DEBRIS FELL ON THE TRACKS IN SAN CLEMENTE.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL SAYS THE QUESTION OF WHEN IT WILL BE RUNNING AGAIN IS UP IN THE AIR.

>> Report: THE FOLKS WHO ORK AT THIS CULTURAL CENTER AND GARDENS IN SAN CLEMENTE NOTICED CRACKS IN THEIR PATIO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

THEN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, IT LET LOOS.

SEDING DIRT AND DEBRIS DOWNHILL, SOME OF IT LANDING ON THE TRACK.

AND THOSE TRACKS THAT HAD ONLY BEEN OPEN FOR A LITTLE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS, AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS, WERE CLOSED AGAIN.

>> CURRENTLY, ALL RAIL MOVEMENT IS STOPPED THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR.

>> Reporter: SCOTT JOHNSON IS A SPOKESPERSON FOR METRO LINK, THEY OPERATE COMMUTER TRAINS NORTH OF OCEANSIDE WHERE THE úCOASTER ENDS.

METRO LINK IS TAKING THE LEAD IN GETTING OUT INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLOSURE BUT AS TO WHEN THE TRACKS WILL OPEN AGAIN -- >> WE WISH WE HAD A CLEAR AND DEFINED TIMELINE.

UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T.

>> Reporter: AT DOWNTOWN'S 'S 'S 'S 'S 'S STILL ON THE KOESTERER BUT THE SURF LINER?

IF YOU WERE A PASSENGER PLANNING G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G OUT OF LUCK.

A TICKET AGENT INSIDE SANTA FE DEPOT TOLD ME NO TRAINS WERE LAVING SAN DIEGO AT ALL WHICH LED TO A KIND OF RARE, INTERESTING SIGHT HERE, ONE, TWO, THREE SURFLINER TRAINS ALL STUCK RIGHT HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

THE MESSAGE ABOUT THE PAUSING OF SURFLINER SURFACE SEEMED TO HAVE REACHED SOME PASSENGERS.

THERE WERE VERY FEW AT THIS HISTORIC STATION.

AND THE ONES WE TALKED TO WERE ONLY THERE FOR THE COASTER.

- A DIFFERENT STORY AT THE OLD TOWN TRANSIT CENTER.

WE FOUND TWO PASSENGERS WAITING FOR THE SURFLINER.

MARIA TORREZ JUST HEARD HER úTRAIN WAS NOT GOING TO ARRIVE.

> WELL, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE M TRACKS THAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING THEY'RE NOT RUNNING TODAY AND I ALREADY HAD MY TICKET >> Reporter: I HAD TO BREAK THE BAD NEWS TO ROSELYN.

SURFLINER ISN'T COMING.

>> THEY NEVER NOTIFIED ME.

>> Reporter: IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER AMTRAK HAS RESTARTED ITS BUS SERVICE BETWEEN OCEANSID AND IRVINE.

E PUT LINKS ON OUR WEBSITE úWHERE YOU CAN GET MUCH MORE INFORMATION BUT, FOR NOW, THE CLOSURE OF THE SECOND BUSIEST PASSENGER RAIL CORRIDOR IN THE COUNTRY THAT WE THOUGHT WAS BEND US IS MESSING UP TRAVEL PLANS ONCE AGAIN.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>> Maya: A POSITIVE UPDATE FOR PASSENGERS WHO RELY ON MTS BUS LINES, SOME DRIVERS WENT ON STRIKE THIS WEEK AMID CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AT OPERATOR FIRST TRANSIT IN A TWEET THIS MORNING, MTS SAYS AS OF NOW, ALL BUS SERVICE IS RUNNING AS SCHEDULED.

HOWEVER, NEGOTIATIONS ARE STILL ON-GOING.

RIDERS CAN GET THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON THE MTS ALERTS AND DETOURS WEB PAGE.

ú >>> A CIVIL DEFENSE ATTORNEY IS WEIGHING IN ON THE DECISION TO UNSEAL VIDEOS OF THE ALLEGED APE OF A TEENAGE GIRL BY FORMER SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS BS REPORTER ALEXANDER NGUYEN HAS THE UPDATE.

>> Reporter: JUDGE JEFFREY FRASER IN HIS DECISION TO UNSEAL THE VIDEO CLIPS ALSO STAYED HIS RULING NOR TWO WEEKS TO GIVE THE CITY ATTORNEY AND POLICE TIME TO APPEAL.

THE VIDEO CLIPS WERE CELLPHONE CLIPS INCLUDING FROM THE ALLEGED VICTIM' PHONE AND TIPS TO SNAP CHAT.

MATT ARAIZA'S ATTORNEY SAYS THE VIDEO WILL PROVE HIS CLIENT WAS NOT IN THE ROOM WHEN THE ASSAULT HAPPENED.

>> WE BELIEVE THEY WILL NOT ONLY EXONERATE MATT ARAIZA BECAUSE WE HAVE CELLPHONE DATA THAT HE WAS NOT THERE AT THE TIME BUT, SECONDY, THAT THERE WAS NO -- THERE WAS NO SEXUAL ACTION THAT AS OBJECTED TO BY THE ALLEGED VICTIM.

>> Reporter: THE ALLEGED VICTIM ACCUSED ARAIZA AND TWO OTHERS AT RAPING HER AT A PARTY IN OCTOBER 2021.

THE CLIPS SHOW HER ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ACTS WITH SEVERAL MEN.

THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS OFFICE ARGUED IN COURT YESTERDAY THE CLIPS ARE CONSIDERED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND POLICE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SHARE THEM.

THE ATTORNEY FOR THE NOW 18-YEAR-OL WOMAN ARGUED THE SAME.

IN A STATEMENT TO KPBS, HE SAYS, úJANE DOE SUPPORTS THE RELEASE OF ANY RECORDS EXCEPT FOR THE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY MATT ARAIZA IS SEEKING ô IT'S NOT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.

THAT'S AN INFLAMMATORY WORD THEY'RE TRYING TO USE TO SUPRESS THAT EVIDENCE.

>> Reporter: BRIAN WATKINS IS A CIVIL DEFENSE ATTORNEY WITH NO CONNECTION TO THE CASE.

HE SAYS THIS EVIDENCE MAY HELP ARAIZA AS WELL AS TWO OTHER MEN.

> THE ESSENCE OF RAPE IS THE LACK OF CONSENT AND THE EVIDENCE SHOWS SHE DID IN FACT CONSENT TO WHATEVER ACTIONS DID OCCUR AND THE FACT THAT MATT ARAIZA WAS NOT EVEN PRESENT IS EVEN STRONGER FOR ARAIZA'S CASE.

>> Reporter JUST BECAUSE THE JUDGE UNSEALED THE VIDEOS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE PUBLIC OR THE MEDA WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW THEM NOR DOES IT MEAN THE DEFENSE WILL USE THEM IN THE CIVIL - TRIAL.

THE JUDGE IN THE CASE WILL NEED TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>> Maya: THE MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN WAS ONE CASUALTY OF COVID-19.

STUDENTS HAVE STRUGGLED TO CATCH UP AS THEY TRY TO RETURN TO SOME KIND OF ROUTINE IN THEIR SCHOOLWORK.

K EDUCATION REPORTER MG PEREZ TELLS US ABOUT A NEW EFFORT TO HEL THEM.

- >> Reporter: THIS HELP COMES WITH A WHISPER.

HLP ALSO COMES WITH A LIQUID TIMER OR QUIET TIME, PUTTING TOGETHER A PUZZLE, WITH FRIENDS WHO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.

>> YES, IT WAS GOOD TO COME, IT'S A NICE TIME.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE, YO HAVE PEOPLE TO TALK TO AND LIKE YOU CAN CONNECT WITH SOME THAT MIGHT BE FEELING THE SAME WAY AS YOU.

>> Report: THE WELLNESS ROOM HERE AT BLACK MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THE LARGEST IN THE POWAY UNIFIED DISTRICT, DESIGNED AS A SAFE SPACE FOR ANY OF THE 1100 STUDENTS ON CAMPUS TO STOP BY AND TAKE A BREAK.

>> IT HAS WEIGHT ON IT.

IT HELPS THEM CALM DOWN.

IT'S A THERAPEUTIC BEAR.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE STUDENT SERVICES SPECIALIST WHO RUNS THE WELLNESS ROOM.

SHE HAS CREATED THIS CALMING CORNER WITH TOOLS AND TOYS, FUNDED BY A NEW $7 MILLION STATE GRAT THAT WILL PAY FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

>> IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO LISTEN TO THEM, TO SEE WHAT THEY NEEDED.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO EXPRESS VERBALLY HOW THEY'RE FEELING.

>> Reporter: THE GRANT MONEY% TO SUPPORT THESE STUDENTS IS COORDINATED WITH HELP FROM THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION.

IT IS A DIRECT ATTEMPT TO PREVENT AND ELIMINATE STUDENT SUICIE.

>> MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE% IDEATION ARE ON THE RISE FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS.

>> Reporter: HEATHER DEMORE IS LEADING THE COUNTY'S PLANS FOR SPENDING THIS GRANT MONEY AND SUPPRTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT >> THEY ALL SAY WE DON'T HAVE NOUGH MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND, FRANKLY, WE NEVER WILL.

WHAT'S REALLY CRITICAL, WHAT THE RESEARCH SHOWS IS THAT SCHOOL - CLIMATE IS VERY MUCH CONNECTED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS > Reporter: THE GRANT IS JUST GETTING STARTED AND IT WILL BENEFIT MANY MORE CAMPUSES THAN JUS BLACK MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THERE ARE 470 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTY THAT WILL RECEIVE FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS.

THAT MEANS MORE WELLNESS ROOMS WORKING FOR STUDENT WELL-BEING >> I COME HERE TO LIKE CALM DOWN, JUST HELP WITH ANXIETY.

>> Reporter: THAT'S HELP THAT úIS MORE THAN A WHISPER.

p>> THANK YOU.

BYE.

>> Reporter: MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>> Maya: TOMORROW, THE SAN DIEGO PADRES PLAY THE SAN FRANSISCO GIANTS IN MEXICO CITY IN THE FIRST EVER MAJOR LEAGUE - BASEBALL SERIES IN THE MEXICAN CAPITAL DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.

AS KPBS REPORTER JACOB AERE SHOWS US, IT'S BRINGING OUT FANS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER.

>> Reporter: THE CULTURAL HEART OF MEXICO CITY, THIS AREA OF MEXICO'S CAPITAL IS JUST A SMALL PART OF ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD.

OVER 1500 MILES AWAY FROM SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA, IT LOOKS AND FEELS DIFFERENT HERE THAN THE ROSS-BORDER REGION FROM THE ARCHITECURE TO THE HIGH-ALTITUDE ENVIRONMENT TO THE FAST-PACED LIFESTYLE OF THE MANY PEOPLE LIVING HERE.

NOW THIS SKY SCRAPING- MEGAMETROPOLIS IS SET TO PUT THE SAN DIEGO PADRES ON THE BIGGEST STAGE SOUTH OF THE U.S. BORDER.

THERE'S ALREADY MANY FESTIVITIES AND DECORATINS SET UP BUT AHEAD úOF THE GAMES IN MEXICO'S CAPITAL CITY, THE PADRES TOOK TIME TO CONNECT WITH LOCAL YOUTH FROM THE TOWN... TO TEACH THEM A THING OR TWO ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTALS OF BASEBALL.

>> I FEEL REALLY GOOD BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A DREAM.

I REALLY LIKE SAN DIEGO TEAM.

>> Reporter PADRES MANNY MACHADO WAS AT THE CLINIC SHOWING KIDS TIPS.

HE EXPLAINS WHAT THIS EVENT AND THE SERIES MEANS TO HIM.

>> WHAT WE CAME HERE TODAY TO DO IS GIVE KIDS A LITTLE TIME, I THINK IT GOES A LONG WAY NOT JUST FOR THESE KIDS BUT EVERYBODY IN THIS WHOLE COUNTRY.

>> I THINK WE'RE DOING BIG, BIG THINGS IN BASEBALL, AND IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF SPECIAL THINGS TO COME.

>> Reporter: AFTER SPENDING AN HOUR OF THEIR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT THE YOUTH BASEBALL CLINIC, THE TEAM HEADED OVER TO THE TEMPORARY HOME STADIUM.

IT'S A BALLPARK WITH DEEP TIES TO SAN DIEGO.

IT WAS BUILT BY AND NAMED AFTER PADRES MINORITY OWNER ALFREDO HARPE LOU SAYS THE PADRES CEO.

ô FOR THE SECOND TIME WE'LL BE PLAYNG IN THIS BEAUTIFUL STADIUM.

IT'S OPEN FOR THE FIRST TIME THREE YEARS AGO AND WE HELPED D D D WITH THE MINOR LEAGUE GAME SO WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO BE WITH ALFREDO, PLAY IN HIS BEAUTIFUL STADIUM AND HOPEFULLY GET A COUPLE OF WINS AGAINST THE GIANTS.

>> Reporter: IT'S ALSO THE HOME STADIUM FOR THE MEXICO BASEBALL TEAM.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF CONNECTIONS AND TO ME, HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT DIABLOS AND SAN DIEGO PADRES, THAT'S PRICELESS.

>> Reporter: AND IT'S HERE THE SAN DIEGO PADRES TAKE ON THE SAN FRNSISCO GIANTS HERE THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

FANS FROM THE U.S. AND MEXICO CRAM INTO THE STADIUM WHICH SITS ROUGHY 20,000 PEOPLE ON EACH DAY.

THIS SERIES, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, IS EXPECTED TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE PADRES' INFLUENCE SOUTH OF THE U.S. BORDER.

REPORTING FROM MEXICO CITY, JCOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>> Maya: AND JACOB AERE AND VIDEO JOURNALIST MATT BULLER WILL BE WITH THE PADRES THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

KEEP AN EYE FOR UPDATES AT KPBS.ORG, YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW KPBS ON INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK AND TIKTOK AS WE POST MORE PADRES ONTENT FROM MEXICO CITY.

>>> A STATE TREASURE IS ELEBRATING ITS 100TH BIRTHDAY.

THE RAMONA OUTDOOR PLAY IS A STORY OF EARLY CALIFORNIA AND THE SUFFERING OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

KPBS REPORTER KITTY ALVARADO TELLS US WHILE IT MAY BE 100 úYEARS OLD, ITS MESSAGE IS TIMELESS.

THAN 300 VOLUNTEERS OF ALL COLORS BACKGROUNDS AND AGES COME TOGETHER TO TRAVEL BACK IN TIME.

THE LATE 1800s, WHEN LOCAL NATIVE PEOPLE WERE TREATED AS THOUGH THEY WERE CREATED EQUAL.

BUTTHIS IS NO ORDINARY PLAY OR LOVE STORY.

IT'S A SAGA SET IN THE DAYS WHEN TEMACULA BELONGED TO THE NATIVE PEOPLE.

ON THIS DAY, NEARLY 4,000 FOURTH GRADE ARE GETTING THEIR HISTOR LESSON AT THE NATURAL AMPHITHEATER, ONCE A SACRED NATIV-AMERICAN SITE.

>> THIS IS A TRADITION FOR OVER £0 YEARS.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE FOURTH GRADERS OF THE VALLEY.

THY'RE STUDYING CALIFORNIA HISTORY.

>> Reporter: DENNIS ANDERSON IS THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE RAMONA OUTDOOR PLAY.

HE TELLS US IT'S NOT ONLY THE OFFICIAL PLAY OF CALIFORNIA -- >> IS THE LONGEST-RUNNING OUTDOOR DRAMA IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.- APRIL 1923 TO APRIL 2023. ú>> Reporter: THE PLAY IS BASED ON THE PLAY "RAMONA" INTERTWINING FICTION WITH THE REAL HORRORS OF NATIVE.

THE RAZING OF A VILLAG AT THE HANDS OF A POSSE RIDING WITH THE SHERIFF OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

AND THESE ARE IMAGES OF THE REAL RAMONA.

SHE WAS CAPTURED WEEPING AT THE GRAVE OF HER HUSBAND.

HE WAS MURDERED FOR STEALING A HORSE.

LIKE MANY LOCALS, ANDERSON'S FAMILY HAS MADE THE PLAY A AMILY TRADITION FOR THREE - GENERATIONS.

>> MY FAMILY MOVED HERE IN 1956 AND MY DAD WAS IN THE CHORUS BY APRIL AND IT BECAME PART OF OUR LIVES EVERY SPRING.

IT'S MADE IT I WON'T SAY A BETTER PERSON BUT, OH, I UNDERSTAND MUCH MORE THE TERRIBLE SUFFERING OF NATIVE-AMERICANS.

>> Reporter: AND THAT'S WHY ALMOST 50 SINGERS AND NATIVE DANCERS MOSTLY FROM LOCAL TRIBAL BANDS COME TOGETHE TO PERFORM IN THE SHOW.

>> IT'S AN HONOR TO COME HERE.

> Reporter: BIRD SINGER STEVE ALVAREZ SAYS THEIR PERFORMANCE WITNESSED THE RITUALS HANDED DOWN FOR GENERATIONS.

>> AND THIS PLAY GIVES US A CHANCE FOR OUR NATIVE VOICE TO COME OUT AND SHOW PEOPLE THAT WE'RE NATIVE AND NO MATTER WHAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH, WE'RE STRONG AND HERE.

>> Reorter: BRUCE DURAN WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HEMET.

SHE HAS DEEP ROOTS IN THE ANCIENT LAND.

>> MY GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT GRANDMOTHER WAS ONE OF THE FIRST >> Reporter: HER FAMILY HAS BEEN A PART OF THIS PLAY FOR OVER A DECADE.

>> THAT'S ALEXIS LOPEZ AND HER SON WAS THE LITTLE ONE IN THE GREEN.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR SHE WAS OPPOSITE THE STAGE AND PART OF THE STAFF WHO CAME WITH THE FOURTH GRADE CLASS.

SHE HOPES THIS LIVING HISTOR LESSON INSPIRES THEM TO LIVE ITS MESSAGE.

AND SHE WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE REACTIONS DURING THE PLAY.

>> WOW, THEY GOT IT.

CAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, WOW, INDIANS WERE TREATED BAD.

WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

>> Reporter: THIS LADY HAS PLAYED RAMONA SIX SEASONS AND GREW UP IN HEMET.% WHEN SHE WATCHED THE SHOW AS A CHILD SHE KNEW SHE WAS DESTINED TO PLAY RAMONA.

>> I IMMEDIATELY WAS DRAWN TO THE STORY, THE CHARACTER, AND I% TOLD MY MOM, HEY, I'M GOING TO DO THAT ONE DAY.

>> Reporter: FOR CONTRERAS, THIS IS MORE THAN A PERFORMANCE, IT'S SOMETHING SHE FEELS IN HER SOUL AND TRANSENDS TIME.

>> I CAN COMPLETELY TAKE SOME OF THOSE LINES OUT OF CONTEXT FROM THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF IT BUT úREALLY JUST FEEL IT HERE AND BE LIKE IT'S STILL GOING ON, IT'S STILL HAPPENING.

>> Reporer: AND ELI SANTANA, WHO PLAYS ALESSANDRO, IS A PROUD SECOND GENERATION MEXICAN AMERICAN.

HE GREW UP IN NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

HE RECENTLY DISCOVERED HIS NATIVE ROOTS.% >> TO HEAR THAT IT CAME FROM SOMETHING AND IT MEANT SOMETHING AND THAT, THAT JUST GROWING UP IN THIS AREA, WAS -- IS JUST AMAZING AND I FELT LIKE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN ME.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS RAMONA'S MESSAGE IS UNIVERSAL AND SOMEHOW REMAINS RELEVANT 100 YEARS LATER.

R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. CAPSULE FOR 100 YEARS, AND I HOPE THAT IT'S GOING JUST AS STRONG BUT HOPEFULLY IT'S MORE OF A REMINDER OF WHEN PEOPLE WERE LESS TOLERANT AND NOT SOMETHING RINGING TRUE.

>> THIS IS ABOUT LOVE.

úIT'S ABOUT RAMONA'S LOVE FOR HER HSBAND, FOR HER BABY, FOR HER PEOPLE.

THERE'S A VERY SERIOUS MESSAGE AND IT'S A KIND OF A TRAGIC ENDING, BUT THIS IS CALIFORNIA.

>> Reporter: INDICATE KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>> Maya: 90 LOCAL VETERANS ARE ON THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME.

HONOR FLIGHT TOOK OFF FROM SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FOR WASHINGTON, D.C. TODAY.

THE VETS WERE GREETED BY CROWDS OF PEOPLE FROM AIRPORT EMPLOYEES TO MEMBERS OF THE SAN DIEGO FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND ONCE INSIDE, THEY WERE TREATED TO BREAKFAST AND GIVEN A CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH EACH OTHER.

>> THIS IS EXCITING.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.

IT'S BEEN IN MY BOOK FOR A LONG TIME.

>> GET A CHANCE TO BE WITH OTHER VETERANS.

>> Maya: IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION TO THESE VETERANS, HUNDREDS ARE EXPECTED TO GREET THEM WHEN THEY GET BACK SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

THEY WILL GATHER AT THE BAGGAGE CLAIM AREA AROUND 1 P.M. >>> MAY IS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC IRONED HERITAGE MONTH AND AS KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TANIA THORNE SHOWS US, THE CELEBRATION IS KICKING OFF TOMORROW IN OBSERVATIONSIDE.

>> Reporter: OCEANSIDE.

>> Reporter: WITH CULTURES REPRESENTED DURING THE COMMUNITY EVENT, ORGANIZERS SAY THERE'S DEFINITELY NEW THINGS TO LEARN.

>> NOT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS AND THEY KNOW SOME OF OUR PERFORMANCES BUT WE WANT TO ENHANCE THAT AND JUST GIVE AN OPPORTNITY FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW TO BE ABLE TO BE EDUCATED.

>> Reporter: KEVIN SHIN OWNS THE SWITCHBOAR RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN OCEANSIDE.

A HAWAIIAN AND KOREAN FUSION EATERY.

AFTER THE CITY WAS NAMED AFTER CALIFORNIA'S CULTURAL DISTRICTS, SHIN KNEW IT WAS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THE FIRST SO CAL ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER FESTIVAL.

>> IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THE DIVERSITY THAT WE REALLY DO HAVE AND HIGHLIGHTING ALL OF THE DIFFENT CULTURES THAT WE DO HAVE HERE IN NORTH COUNTY.

>> Reporter: THE FESTIVAL CO-DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF úUMEKE, A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE EDUCATION OF HAWAIIAN CULTURE, ALSO A HULA INSTRUCTOR AND HER HULA SCHOOL L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L ENTERTNMENT MUCH.

[ ♪♪ ] BUT THE FESTIVAL ISN'T LIMITED TO NORTH COUNTY.

PARTNERS FROM ALL OVER SAN DIEGO WLL BE JOINING.

LIKE J.J. JONES.

THE HEAD INSTRUCTOR OF SUMO.

HE SAYS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO SUMO WRESTLING, THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION HE HOPES TO UNVEIL.

>> THERE ARE WOMEN, THERE ARE WEIGHT DIVISIONS, AND I JUST WANT TO EDUCATE TO MAKE SURE LIKE THE ART AND THE SPORT ARE BOTH CELEBRATED TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: AND THAT'S THE FOCUS OF THE EVENT.

TO EDUCATE THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

ú >> IT'S LITERALLY ALL THE DIFFERENT MARTIAL ARTS, ALL THE DIFFERENT STYLE OF DANCING, ALL THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, THE GAMES.

ô Reporter: AN OPPORTUNITY HE WISHED HE SAW MORE OF WHILE GROWING UP.

>> SO IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN, YOU SHOULD BRING THEM TO THIS FREE EVENT WHERE THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT CULTURES FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

>> Reporter: THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE OCEANSIDE CIVIC CENTER FROM 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M.

HERE WILL BE ACTIVITIES FOR THE YOUNGEST AND OLDEST IN THE FAMI.

AND MORE DETAIL CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

[ ♪♪ ] >> TAKING A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER% HEADLINES HERE.

AS CONDITIOS STAY COOL ALONG THE COAST BUT, BOY, HAS IT BEEN WARM INLAND AND THAT'S THE PATTERN THAT WE WILL STILL BE DEALING WITH MOST OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE A MAJOR PATTERN SHIFT IS ON THE WAY.

WE'RE TALKING BREEZIER CONDITIONS, WE'RE TALKING COOLER CONDITIONS AND WE'RE TALKING BOUT PRECIPITATION MOVING IN AGAIN AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

SO IF YOU'VE BEEN A FAN OF THE DRY, WARMER THINGS, YOU'LL LIKE úTHE PATTERN HERE LEADING INTO TONIHT AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

OCEANSIDE DROPS DOWN TO 55, SAN DIEGO DOWN TO 58, CHULA VISTA YOU'LL DROP TO 56.

BORREGO SPRINGS ONLY DOWN TO 70 AND MOUNT LAGUNA A LOW OF 56.

SO WHY HAVE WE BEEN SO WARM?

WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS RIDGING PATTERN HERE AND THAT HAS BEEN SETTING US UP WITH TEMPERATURES ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 15° ABOVE OUR HISTORICL AVERAGES.

- WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THIS PATTERN THROUGH SATURDAY.

THAT HAS BEEN SEEING A LOT OF THAT RAPID SNOW MELT AND RISING RIVER LEVELS AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PATTERN HERE THROUGH THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE INTO THE MID-60s TOMORROW FOR OCEANSIDE, SAN DIEGO WITH SUNSHINE AT 69, CHULA VISTA 70 AND ANOTHER TRIPLE DIGIT DAY FOR BORREGO SPRINGS UP TO 100°.

BUT I MENTION THE PATTERN CHANGE ON THE WAY AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE CALL A MEGABLOCK TAKES THE SIDE OF THE GREEK LETTER, OMEGA, AND WE'RE - SEEING WHERE THAT RIDGE FOR US IS SHIFTING TO THE CENTER PART OF THE COUNTRY AND THAT BRINGS US A DIP IN THE JET STREAM SO A COOLER, WETTER PATTERN ON THE WA AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY MAY.

THAT SHOWS UP NICELY HERE.

LOOK AT THAT, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, ALONG THE COAST, YOU EE THE RAINY, COOLER CONDITIONS.

TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR FIVE DAY OUTLOOK INLAND, CLOUDIER CONDITIONS STICKING AROUND MONDAY AND TEMPERATURES INTO THE 60s FOR TUESDAY ANDENCE WITH.

AND WEDNESDAY.

AS WE LOOK IN THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES INTO THE 30s AND 40 ADDS NEXT WEEK AND INTO THE DESERT, WE COOL THINGS DOWN AS WE START NEXT WEEK.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST ARIE SCALESE.

>> Maya: BED BATH AND BEYOND ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK IT WILL SHUT DOWN UNLESS SOMEONE STEPS IN TO BUY THE COMPANY.

OUR REPORTER TELLS US WHAT THIS MEANS FOR SHOPPERS IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>> 360 STORES NATIONALLY ALONG WIT 120 BYE-BYE BABY STORES THEY OWN AND 4 HERE IN SAN DIEGO, IN SAN DIEGO WE HAD 7 STORE AS OF TWO MONTHS AGO.

THREE HAVE ALREADY CLOSED.

THESE FOUR STORES WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OPEN AND THEY'RE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THROUGH THE END OF JUNE SO THERE WILL BE NO MORE BED BATH AND BEYOND BY JUNE 30th IF THEY CAN'T FIND A BUYER.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR CONSUMERS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND IN SAN DIEGO?

IRST AND FOREMOST, OPERATIONS WILL CONTINUE AS NORMAL.

BOTH IN THE STORES AND ONLINE.

AS OF WEDNESDAY, THEY STOP TAKING ANY OF THOSE FAMOUS BLUE COUPONS OF 10 OR 20% BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE PRICING HAS BEEN ADJUSTED TO REFLECT THE BANRUPTCY SO YOU'RE GOING TO SE BIG DISCOUNTS ON ALL THE INVENTORY IN A BED BATH AND EYOND.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE COUPONS.

SO BED BATH AND BEYOND IS REALLY KIND OF ON THE CLOCK RIGHT NOW OR ELSE WE MAY SEE THEM FOR THE LAST TIME HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Maya: AND IF YOU'VE BEEN HOLDING ON TO BATH BATH AND BEYOND COUPONS, DON'T TOSS THEM OUTGOES YET.

BIG LOTS AND THE CONTAINER STORE ACCEPT THOSE 20% COUPONS FOR A LIMITED TIME AND BIG LOTS SHOPPERS CAN USE IT TOWARD TOTAL PURCHASES OF AT LEAST $50 THROUGH MAY 7th AND YOU CAN US IT TO GET 20% OF A SINGLE ITEM AT THE CONTAINER STORE THROUGH THE END OF MAY.

>>> IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW SERIES TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND, DEAD RINGERS IS NOW STREAMING.- KPBS ARTS REPORTER BETH - ACCOMANDO REPORTS.

Reporter: AS A FAN OF DAVID CRONENBERG AND ESPECIALLY HIS 1988 FILM DEADRINGERS, I APPROACHED THE NEW AMAZON STUDIOS REMAKE WITH TREPIDATION BUT TO MY SURPRISE AND DELIGHT, THE SHOW CONCEIVED BY STAR ALICE BIRCH IS EXACTLY WHAT A REMAKE SHOULD BE.

A BOLD REIMAGINING THAT REVEALS A NEW PERSPECTIVE.

THE BODY HORROR IS STILL THERE BUT NOW IT'S ABOUT MAKING% WOMEN'S BODIES VISIBLE IN NEW WAYS.

THE TWINS ARE NOW FEMALE OBSTETRICIANS AS WELL AS GYNAECOLOGISTS.

BEVERLEY IS DEDICATED TO THE IDEA OF CREATING A NEW KIND OF BIRING CENTER AND ELLIOTT IS FOCUSED ON RADICAL AND POTETIALLY-UNETHICAL RESEARCH IN THE AREA OF TREATING INFERTILIY.

MOVIES LOVE TO SHOW US ADORABLE BABIES BUT NOT GRAPHIC IMAGES OF HOW THEY ARE BORN.

>> THEN I THINK WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE -- AND IT WAS JUST ABOUT WHAT WAS INTERESTING O US, LIKE YOU SAID, I'VE NEVER REALLY SEEN THAT ON SCREEN AND- SO I FELT INTERESTED.

>> Repoer: PLAYING THE DUAL ROLE OF ELLIOTT AND BEVERLY MANTLE PROVIDED WEISS WITH A CHALLENGE.

>> E WRITING WAS A REAL GIFT IN THAT THE CHARACTERS WERE WRITTEN ON THE PAGE WITH SUCH PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY AND DEPTH AND HUMANNESS AND THEY WERE FLAWED AND BRILLINT AND DYSFUNCTIONAL.

THERE WERE SO MANY WORDS I COULD USE TO DESCRIBE THEM, AND THEY WERE BOTH COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO THE OTHER.

AND YET TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON THE OTHER SO IT WAS VERY, VERY RICH FOOD AND BRILLIANT WRITING FOR MY IMAGINATION.

>> Reporter: ALL SIX EPISODES OF "DEAD RINGERS" ARE CURRENTLY STREAMING ON PRIME VIDEO AND WELL WORTH CHECKING OUT EVEN IF YOU WERE A FAN OF CRONENBERG'S ORIGINAL.

BETH ACCOMANDO, KPBS NEWS.

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