>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR.

PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS.

AND PRIVILEGED TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

ANDERSON PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR.

HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN DRAIN, HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS SINCE 1978.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT IS FRIDAY, APRIL 30.

THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

>>> A CONTROVERSY IN QUESTIONS BEING RAISED OVER A FATAL POLICE SHOOTING CAUGHT ON BODY CAMERA VIDEO.

YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE AND HEAR IT AND C FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE VICTIM SAY HE DID NOT HAVE TODAY.

NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TONYA THORNE HAS MORE.

SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND THIS HARD TO WATCH.

>> DROP IT!

BUT NOW.

A >> Reporter: THIS IS THE FINAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN OFFICER CHAD MOORE BEFORE OFFICER -- OLSON IS FATALLY HIT.

DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT HAVE BEEN RELEASED.

DISPATCHERS RECEIVED A CALL ON APRIL 21 OF A MALE SUSPECT HEADING CARS WITH A METAL OBJECT.

HE WAS SHOWN HOLDING A METAL SQUEEGEE AND AN METAL BAR.

BUT SOME SAY HE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF THREATENING BEHAVIOR.

>> PLEASE PUT THE CROWBAR DOWN.

PUT IT DOWN!

PUT IT DOWN.

>> WHAT?

>> PUT IT DOWN.

SIT DOWN.

>> OLSON RUNS AWAY FROM THE FIRST OFFICER BEFORE BEING ENCOUNTERED BY OFFICER MOORE.

THERE WERE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS.

MOORE ENCOUNTERED OLSON IN THE PAST AND INITIALLY TRIED TO DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION, REMAINING IN HIS VEHICLE AND USING A LOUDSPEAKER.

BY THE TIME MOORE LEFT HIS VEHICLE, HE DROPPED THE SQUEEGEE AND ONLY HAD THE METAL CROWBAR IN HIS HAND.

MOORE BACKED AWAY 65 FEET AND GAVE HIM SEVERAL WARNINGS BEFORE USING HIS FIREARMS.

THE FOLLOWING VIDEO SHOWS IMAGES AND SOUNDS THAT COULD BE DISTURBING TO SOME PEOPLE.

>> STEPHEN, I AM GOING TO SHOOT YOU.

DROP THAT PIPE NOW.

DROP IT!

>> [ GUNFIRE ] >> OLSON WAS SHOT SIX TIMES.

OLSEN WAS TRANSFERRED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL HE WAS LAID OUT LATER DECLARED DEAD.

>> OFFICERS TRIED TO DE- ESCALATE SITUATIONS PEACEFUL BUT IT IS NOT THE ANSWER TO EVERY SITUATION.

WE CANNOT ALWAYS WALK AWAY AND HOPE NOBODY GETS HURT.

>> Reporter: MOORE HAD A PAST CRIMINAL HISTORY.

MIKE OLSEN IS THE BROTHER.

>> HE WAS ALWAYS HELPING PEOPLE.

HE HAD PROBLEMS.

I GO LOOKING FOR HIM AND I WOULD FIND HIM HELPING OUT SOMEBODY CLEANING THE PARKING LOT OR REARRANGING SOME SEATING OR -- I KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME HE IS ALWAYS JUST HELPING PEOPLE.

EVERYBODY LOVES HIM.

HE WOULD NOT HURT ANYONE.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THAT STEPHEN IS DEAF AND MENTALLY ILL. >> HE WAS IN THE ARMY AND WAS HURT.

HE LOST HIS HEARING IN ONE EAR.

I JUST HOPE THE PUBLIC AND EVERYBODY IS TREATED FAIRLY AND LEGALLY.

SOMEBODY HAS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT HAPPENED.

>> Reporter: MORE INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED ONCE ALL INVESTIGATIONS ARE COMPLETED.

A VIGIL AS PLAN TONIGHT FOR OLSON AT THE SITE WHERE HE WAS SHOT.

IN ESCONDIDO I AM TONYA THORNE FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE FAMILY OF ANGELA HERNANDEZ, WHO DIED WHILE IN NTS CUSTODY IS SEEKING JUSTICE AGAINST THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR HIS ROLE THEIR ROLE IN HIS DEATH.

WE HAVE HEARD MORE ABOUT WHY THE FAMILY IS FILING A CIVIL LAWSUIT.

>> WE BELIEVE THAT THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL DEGREE OF RESPONSIBILITY.

A >> Reporter: EUGENE AARON DALE, THE FAMILY ATTORNEY FOR HERNANDEZ, WHO DIED WHILE BEING PINNED DOWN BY METRO OFFICERS SAYS THE CASE WAS SETTLED BY NTS BUT THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT STILL NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

THEY SAY TWO OFFICERS WERE CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE AND FAILED TO FOLLOW PROTOCOL UPON ARRIVAL.

>> IT WAS DURING THAT TIME THAT THE TWO OFFICERS SAID WORDS TO THE EFFECT OF, "KEEP IT DOWN.

HOLD HIM.

EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT STRUGGLING.

AT THAT POINT HE WAS BARELY BREATHING.

A >> Reporter: AARON DALE SAYS THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT IF THE SD PD WOULD HAVE WASHED HIS BREATHING AND ADMINISTERED EMERGENCY ASSISTANT.

INSTEAD HE SAYS THE OFFICERS LET TIME PASS BEFORE HE WAS SLIPPED TO HIS SIDE.

HE SAYS THAT AT THAT POINT, HERNANDEZ HAD BEEN ASPHYXIATED AND HAD FOAM COMING OUT OF HIS MOUTH.

>> WE INTEND TO FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE OFFICERS INVOLVED.

AND IF APPROPRIATE, AGAINST THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FAILURE TO TRAIN, FAILURE TO SUPERVISE OR RATIFICATION FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED.

A >> Reporter: SD PD HAS NOT RELEASED A REPORT REGARDING THE INCIDENT.

AND ARENDELLE SAYS HE WILL BE FILING MORE INFORMATION.

IN THE MEANTIME THE FAMILY SAYS THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR SON WILL NOT HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE.

REPORTING FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> IF YOU ARE A PARENT YOU KNOW THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU'RE CHILD'S DIAPER NEEDS TO BE CHANGED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND THAT IS THIS SITUATION THAT OF FATHER FOUND HIMSELF IN WHILE GROCERY SHOPPING.

MOMENTS LATER HE WAS BEING INTERROGATED BY DEPUTIES.

JOHN CARROLL HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ OFTEN WALKS THE TWO MILES TO THE GROCERY STORE WITH HIS DAUGHTER SCARLETT IN THE STROLLER.

HE HAD JUST FINISHED GETTING GROCERIES WHEN HE NOTICED THAT HIS DAUGHTER HAD A WET DIAPER, CLOTHING AND BLANKET.

>> IT WAS REALLY BAD AND I NEEDED TO TAKE CARE OF IT RIGHT AWAY.

>> I JUST CAME OVER HERE TO WHERE I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE LESS PEOPLE.

A >> Reporter: WHAT HE DID NOT KNOW THEN BUT WOULD SOON FIND OUT, SOMEBODY CALLED THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT ON HIM.

AFTER DISPOSING OF THE DIAPER IN A TRASHCAN HE WALKED OVER TO THE PLACE HE WAS TO MEET HIS WIFE.

HE WAS DROPPING SCARLET IN WHEN A DEPUTY ROLLED UP.

>> HE ASKED IF I HAD CHANGED A KID WITH A DIAPER AROUND HERE.

AND I WAS LIKE, YES.

>> Reporter: RODRIGUEZ SAYS THE DEPUTY GAVE NO OTHER REASON FOR APPROACHING.

AS THEY TALKED, HE SAYS A SECOND DEPUTY ROLLED UP THAT JUST WATCHED WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

ON ADVICE FROM HIS PARENTS A LONG TIME AGO THIS CAME TO MIND.

>> IT STAY QUIET, CUP YOUR HANDS LIKE THIS.

THEY STARTED ASKING ME QUESTIONS.

THE QUESTION THAT CAME UP WAS IF I HAD BEEN ARRESTED AND I SAID NO WHICH IS TRUE.

WHETHER OR NOT I HAD A RECORD, WHICH IS A NO AND ALSO TRUE.

>> Reporter: EVENTUALLY THE DEPUTY CONFIRMED HIS IDENTIFICATION AND HE AND HIS PARTNER LEFT.

RODRIGUEZ WANTS TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT HIS UPSET IS NOT DIRECTED TOWARDS LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT TOWARDS THE PERSON THAT CALLED.

>> MIGHT PROBLEM IS THAT THEY WERE CALLED.

FOR NOTHING.

AND, THAT THEY SAW FIT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE CALL.

A >> Reporter: AS FOR THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT, LIEUTENANT BAGS SAID THE DEPUTIES WERE CHECKING ON THE WELFARE OF THE FAMILY.

SHE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE DEPUTY BODY CAMERA SHOWS THAT RODRIGUEZ WAS TREATED POLITELY AND PROFESSIONALLY.

AND HE SAYS THAT IS TRUE.

>> I HAD MORE QUESTIONS AND I WAS ASKED TO SEND MORE IN AN EMAIL.

>> Reporter: I DID ASK IF CHANGING A DIAPER IN PUBLIC IS LEGAL.

WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR BACK.

I AM JOHN CARROLL FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT IS CANCELING ALL CONTRACTS ALONG THE U.S. AND MEXICAN BORDER.

MONEY GOING TOWARDS THE PROJECT WILL GO TOWARDS PROJECTS FOR MILITARY CHILDREN.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS THEY WILL REPAIR DAMAGE ALONG THE BORDER IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>>> THE U.S. MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN IS UNDERWAY.

U.S. AIRCRAFT HAVE MOVED FEWER THAN 100 AIRCRAFT.

THEY SAY CONTRACTORS AND GOVERNMENT WORKERS ARE DEPARTING THE COUNTRY.

AT THE PENTAGON HAS SAID IT IS CONCERNED ABOUT ATTACKS BY THE TALIBAN.

IT IS SENDING 650 GROUND TROOPS INTO AFGHANISTAN.

THE PROCESS IS DUE TO BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 11.

>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE HEARING ABOUT VACCINATION PROGRESS FOR UNCLE MILITARY MEMBERS.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS WITH SUCH A LARGE MILITARY POPULATION IN SAN DIEGO, THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBERS, THERE DEPENDENCE AND SO ON IS IMPORTANT TO GET VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: AROUND 60% OF THE SAN DIEGO MILITARY POPULATION HAVE GOTTEN AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE VACCINATION.

THAT IS A COMBINED 66,000 MEMBERS.

>> THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT IS NOT USED TO GIVING UP INFORMATION.

>> Reporter: CONGRESSMAN SCOTT PETERS GOT ACCESS TO THIS DATA AS LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO GET THE MOST ACCURATE PICTURE OF VACCINATION PROGRESS.

>> THERE ARE SO MANY MILITARY PEOPLE.

SO WE GOT A CALL FROM NATHAN FLETCHER, THE CHAIRMAN AND HE WANTED THAT DATA.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE AROUND 328,000 SAN DIEGANS WHO GET THEIR HEALTHCARE FROM A DOD PROVIDER.

>> WE NEED THOSE COUNTS.

>> Reporter: PETER HAS THE DATA AND OUT OF THOSE 300,000 DOD BENEFICIARIES, 29% HAVE GOTTEN AT LEAST ONE DOSE AND 19% ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

THOSE NUMBERS ARE LOWER BUT SOME MAY HAVE GOTTEN SHOTS OUTSIDE OF FEDERAL FACILITIES.

>> THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE THAT WANT TO A COUNTY SITE.

BUT THERE REALLY IS NO WAY TO KNOW IF THEY GOT IT.

>> Reporter: NATHAN FLETCHER SAYS THEY ARE WORKING TO GET DATA ADDED TO COUNTY TOTALS.

>> WE REALLY WANT TO TRACK WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PROGRESS.

>> Reporter: THE VA HAS VACCINATED 70,000 SAN DIEGANS BUT THEY THINK IT WILL STILL TAKE TIME TO GET MILITARY NUMBERS ONTO THE VACCINATION DASHBOARD.

>> TODAY, PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY IS --.

>> Reporter: MILITARY OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO UPDATE PEOPLE ON A REGULAR BASIS.

I'M MATT HOFFMAN FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> ALL VACCINATION SITES IN THE COUNTY ARE ACCEPTING WALK- IN APPOINTMENTS.

APPOINTMENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE BALBOA MUNICIPAL JIM WITH MORE VACCINATIONS COMING NEXT WEEK INCLUDING MODERNA, PFIZER AND JOHNSON & JOHNSON.

APPOINTMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 9 AM UNTIL 3 PM AT BALBOA PARK.

>>> IF YOU WANT TO SIGN YOURSELF UP OR AN ELIGIBLE FAMILY MEMBER YOU CAN GO TO WWW.KPBS.ORG.

CLICK ON THE VACCINES LINK AND YOU CAN FIND THAT ON THE HOMEPAGE.

>>> A DAY OF CELEBRATION FOR CANNABIS IS APRIL 20.

BUT PEOPLE IN THE SAN DIEGO POT INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN CHEERING ALL YEAR THANKS TO A TREND TOWARDS LOOSENING CANNABIS RESTRICTIONS.

AND KPBS REPORTER KATIE STEAGALL SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE LOOSENING OF RESTRICTIONS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

>> Reporter: IT WAS A JOYFUL ELECTION FOR DEMOCRATS LAST FALL.

ONE OF THE BIG ONES IS THE MAJORITY OF THE SUPERVISORS.

THERE WAS A NEW SET OF POLICIES REGARDING CANNABIS.

>> IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS ONE OF THE FEW ENTITIES THAT HAS THIS OUT RIGHT BAN ON CANNABIS PRODUCTS.

NOT JUST RECREATIONAL ADULT USE BUT ALSO MEDICINAL.

A >> Reporter: NATHAN FLETCHER LED THE CHANGE HE SAYS THE INDUSTRY HAS SUPPORTED HIM.

ONE GROUP DONATED $22,000 TO HIS CAMPAIGN.

BUT NATHAN FLETCHER SAYS HE DID NOT PUSH THE POLICY PROPOSAL BECAUSE OF THE DONATIONS.

>> WE ARE PUSHING THIS BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND WHAT EVERY OTHER JURISDICTION HAS DONE.

>> Reporter: OTHER CANDIDATES, MOSTLY DEMOCRATS, ARE BACKED BY CANNABIS ADVOCATES.

BUT, CANNABIS GROUPS HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

CONSIDER THAT IN THE LAST TWO ELECTIONS, THE SAN DIEGO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE POLITICAL ACTION GROUP SPENT $1.5 MILLION.

EXPERTS SAY THAT THE INFLUENCE OF CANNABIS HAS GROWN.

>> THERE ARE OTHER MAJOR PLAYERS IN CANNABIS COULD BECOME ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS IN SAN DIEGO POLITICS.

>> Reporter: THE USE FOR ADULT USE CANNABIS IS NO LONGER AT A STATE LEVEL BUT IS BEING WAGED CITY BY CITY SO LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MORE IMPORTANT.

>> THE OTHER QUESTION IS WHERE CAN YOU PUT A DISPENSARY?

WHERE CAN YOU DO GROWING?

>> Reporter: THE VICE CHAIR OF THE SAN DIEGO CANNABIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYS THEY NEED MORE LICENSES FOR DISPENSARIES.

SO THEY ARE LOOKING AT INCREASING LICENSES IN INDIVIDUAL CITIES AND HE SAYS THAT WILL HELP SOCIAL EQUITY CLAIMS.

>> MANY OF THOSE AREAS DO NOT HAVE REPRESENTATION.

IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM.

AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF HOW FEW LICENSES ARE AVAILABLE.

IF YOU ALLOW FOR MORE LICENSES TO BE AVAILABLE THEN YOU ALLOW FOR THE DEFLATION OF THOSE LICENSES.

>> Reporter: THEY ALSO WANT TO DECREASE THE COST OF A LICENSE.

IN CHULA VISTA IT CAN COST MORE THAN $100,000.

AND THAT CAN PUT POTENTIAL BUSINESS OWNERS OFF.

>> THERE ARE NO OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA .

YOU HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE AREA.

>> Reporter: AND WICKER SAYS THERE ARE ONLY FIVE CANNABIS BUSINESSES ON UNINCORPORATED LAND RIGHT NOW.

>> SO WHY CAN A LAWFUL BUSINESS THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE MANAGED, CANNOT BE CLOSER TO HOME?

-- AND THERE ARE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES.

>> Reporter: WE SPOKE WITH THE CEO OF ONE OF FIVE LICENSED CANNABIS BUSINESSES.

AND HE IS IN FAVOR OF THIS.

HE SAYS IT IS TIME TO MOVE BEYOND THE THC STEREOTYPE.

>> WE NEED TO MOVE BEYOND THE STEREOTYPE THAT CANNABIS USERS ARE BAD PEOPLE.

THEY ARE JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE.

>> Reporter: FOR KPBS NEWS I AM KATIE STEAGALL.

>>> CLEAN ENERGY TO 70,000 HOMES IS IN JEOPARDY.

I NEWS SOURCE EXPLAINS.

>> Reporter: WIND TURBINES.

EAST COUNTY BUT A DEVELOPER CLAIM COULD PUT WIND TURBINES IN DANGER AFTER OPPOSITION EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD CUT GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS AND GENERATE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR A TRIBE.

SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT INCLUDING DONNA TISDALE.

DONNA IS CONCERNED THE TURBINES WILL DEVALUE HER HOME.

>> I WISH THAT WHEN PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT TURBINES THEY WOULD STOP AND CONSIDER WHERE THEY ARE PROPOSED AND HOW IT WILL IMPACT THAT COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: TISDALE AND NEIGHBORS SUED THE COUNTY SAYING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DID NOT ANALYZE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

NEITHER THE COUNTY NOR THE DEVELOPER WOULD COMMENT.

I'M REPORTING FOR I NEWS SOURCE.

>>> I NEWS SOURCE IS AN INDEPENDENT PARTNER OF KPBS.

>>> CHANGES ARE COMING IN THE UPCOMING WE CAN.

IT WILL BE TURNING COOLER WITH ONSHORE FLOW SO PLENTY OF LIGHT MORNING CLOUDS AND AREAS OF FOG.

WE WILL ALSO SEE SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

AND IN THE DESERT REGIONS AS WELL.

LOOKING AT THE WEATHER TONIGHT, IN THE METRO, YOU WILL SEE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG.

TEMPERATURES DIPPING DOWN TO ABOUT 61 DEGREES.

CLOUDS COMING IN AND THE COASTAL AREAS, 54 AT OCEANSIDE AND EL CAJON.

MOUNT LAGUNA WILL BE 60 DEGREES.

HERE IS A LOOK AT THE WEATHER ON SATURDAY.

VERY WARM IN THE INTERIOR.

WITH RECORD HIGHS IN THE COLORADO VALLEY.

IN THE MEANTIME WE WILL SEE SOME CHANGES HERE AS THE ONSHORE FLOW KNOCKS TEMPERATURES DOWN.

OCEANSIDE AND SAN DIEGO WILL HAVE MORNING CLOUDS AND FOG.

EL CAJON WILL BE 80 AND THE SPRINGS WILL BE HOT.

98 IN CAMPOS.

PLENTY OF COOLING SPREADING INTO THE INTERIOR ON SUNDAY.

WE WILL START OFF THE DAY WITH PLENTY OF LOW CLOUDS CLOSE BY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

NEXT WEEK WE WILL SEE A WARMING TREND.

AND AS THE TEMPERATURES CREEP BACK UP INTO THE 70s, BY WEDNESDAY, INLAND AREAS WILL SEE CLOUDS IN THE AREAS OF FOG EARLY.

TEMPERATURES TRENDING DOWN AND THEN GOING INTO NEXT WEEK WE WILL SEE THINGS CHANGING.

NEXT WEEK WILL BE WARMER WITH MID-80s.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND THEN TEMPERATURES RISING NEXT WEEK.

IN THE DESERTS, IT WILL STAY HOT.

MUCH COOLER ON SUNDAY AND NEXT WEEK, ANOTHER WARMING TREND.

FOR KPBS NEWS I AM METEOROLOGIST MARK MANCUSO.

>>> DISNEYLAND IN CALIFORNIA HAS OFFICIALLY REOPENED THIS MORNING.

CAPACITY IS LIMITED TO 25% AND ONLY IN-STATE VISITORS ARE ALLOWED.

THERE ARE LOWER CROWDS AND LOWER ATTRACTIONS.

NO PARADE OR FIREWORKS AND NO PHOTOS WILL BE TAKING CLOSE-UP.

ONLY AT A DISTANCE.

>> IT IS A CALL BACK TO OUR CHILDHOOD.

WE GREW UP WITH THESE CHARACTERS.

SEEING THEM FOR REAL IS AMAZING.

>> IT IS JUST MAGIC TO WALK AROUND HERE.

>> MARIELLE, AND SIPC OWN HAS MORE.

>>> THE REOPENING OF DISNEYLAND IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THEY WANT TO BRING TOURISM BACK TO THE CITY AND THEY HOPE TO HAVE IT BACK TO PRE-PANDEMIC NUMBERS SOON.

ALSO, DISNEYLAND IS JUST ONE OF THE BIGGEST PARTS OF THAT NUMBER.

SOME PARKS COULD REOPEN AT LIMITED CAPACITY FOLLOWING CITY CAPACITY LIMITATIONS.

THE DISNEY GRAND CALIFORNIAN HOTEL AND SPA WILL OPEN AT 25% AND THEY HAD AN $8.5 BILLION REVENUE IN 2019.

THERE WERE MILLIONS OF VISITORS THAT STAYED IN THE AREA AND MAKE PURCHASES FROM AREA BUSINESSES.

>>> CONCERTS ARE COMING BACK TO PETCO PARK.

INSTEAD OF THE PADRES PLAYING, THE BEACH BOYS WILL BE PERFORMING IN BACK-TO-BACK MEMORIAL DAY CONCERTS.

ALSO, ZIGGY MARLEY WILL BE PLAYING A SPECIAL TRIBUTE CONCERT TO HIS FATHER.

TICKET SALES BEGIN MAY 5.

>>> OVER THE WEEKEND, THE RECENTLY FORMED TURNKEY THEATER WILL RELEASE ITS FIRST PERFORMANCE.

WE SPOKE WITH THE CREATORS ABOUT DEVELOPING SOMETHING THAT COULD MAKE US ALL SLOW DOWN AND REFLECT.

>> KEEP BREATHING IN AND OUT.

IN AND OUT.

>> AFTER THE TURMOIL OF 2020, PEOPLE MAY NEED A REMINDER TO JUST BREEZE AND THINK ABOUT THEIR PLACE IN THE WORLD.

HOMECOMING, A MEDITATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD REMINDS US OF THAT.

>> THE MAIN THING ABOUT HOMECOMING IS CONNECTION WITH EVERYTHING HAPPENING WITHIN THE WORLD.

I FEEL LIKE THE EMOTION HAS ONLY ELEVATED WITHIN THE YEAR THAT HOMECOMING HAS BEEN PROCESSING.

WE REALLY WANT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN REFLECT ON AND BE THEMSELVES AND BE WITHIN THEIR OWN HOMES AND THINK ABOUT THE CONNECTION TO THE EARTH.

SOMETHING SIMPLE AND SOMETHING THAT WE ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH.

>> HOMECOMING BLOSSOMED FROM AN IDEA THAT A UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENT HAD.

>> I REALIZED THAT THE WORLD WAS CHANGING RAPIDLY.

AND I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE WORLD OF THEATER HELD.

I TREASURE HE PARTS OF THE THEATER AND TRANSFORMATION.

AND I WAS SEEING OTHER ZOOM PRODUCTIONS AND IT WAS AMAZING ARTWORK BUT THERE WAS NO TRANSFORMATION AT HOME.

>> Reporter: SO SHE TURNED TO KATIE TURNER, AN INSTRUCTOR AT SDSU.

>> WE HAVE SO MUCH PASSIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA.

I AM IN A BOX OF ITEMS THAT CAN DEEPEN THE EXPERIENCE BEING CONSIDERED AT THE TIME AND THAT MAKES THEM PART OF THE EXPERIENCE.

IT KEEPS THEM ENGAGED AND MAKES THEM PART OF THE EXPERIENCE.

>> YOUR EXPERIENCE BEGINS WHEN YOU SET UP THE BOARD.

>> THE DELUXE EXPERIENCE INCLUDES AN INTERACTIVE BOX SENT TO PEOPLE AT HOME.

NOT ONLY DOES THIS CREATE A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE BUT IT ENCOURAGES SDSU TO BROADEN EXPERIENCES FOR THE STUDENTS.

>> WE ARE TRYING THIS TO EXPERIMENT WITH WHAT IS THE ENTREPRENEURIAL POTENTIAL WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A JOY FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

>> IT WAS ALSO AN ARTISTIC EXPERIMENT AS EVERYBODY HAD TO RECORD AT HOME AND HAD MAKESHIFT STUDIOS AND THAT PREVENTED PRESENTED CHALLENGES.

>> IT WAS DIFFICULT TO MATCH THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE TONES AND TO MAKE SURE IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE IN A SINGULAR SPACE.

>> Reporter: THERE WERE FUN CHALLENGES LIKE FINDING THE SOUND FOR MOTHER EARTH.

>> IT IS A RECORDING OF WHAT EARTH SOUNDS LIKE FROM SPACE.

IT IS A RECORDING THAT NASA DID.

AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD SPEAK TO THE VERY ESSENCE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ON THIS PLANET.

>> Reporter: PUT ON YOUR HEADPHONES, BREATHE AND LET YOURSELF BE TRANSFORMED BY HOMECOMING.

I'M BETH ACCOMANDO FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, WWW.KPBS.ORG/EVENINGEDITION.

THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ANDERSON PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR.

PROUD TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KPBS.

AND PRIVILEGED TO SERVE SAN DIEGO CLIENTS.

ANDERSON PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR.

HELPING HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN DRAIN, HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS SINCE 1978.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

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