>>> GOOD EVENING IT IS FRIDAY APRIL 8th.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I AM IN MAYA TRABULSI.

IT WAS AN ARREST THAT MADE HEADLINES AND SPOKE OF RIOT.

IT ALSO LED TO A MESA POLICE OFFICER BEING FIRED FOR HIS ALTERCATION INVOLVING A BLACK MAN IN MAY OF 2020.

THAT OFFICER IS HOPING A JUDGE WILL GIVE HIM HIS JOB BACK.

JOHN CARROLL IN COURT TODAY AS THE ATTORNEY MADE THE CASE.

>> Reporter: JUDGE KATHLEEN McCALL ALREADY MADE A RULING.

THAT CAME YESTERDAY.

IT FOUND THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTED THE FIRING.

TODAY'S ACTIONS IN COURT WERE A CHANCE FOR -- ATTORNEY TO PETITION THE COURT.

IN TRYING GET THE JUDGE TO CHANGE HER MIND FROM WHERE SHE STOOD ON THURSDAYS RULING.

ATTORNEY MICHAEL MOORE GOSS WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE EVIDENCE AGAINST -- PRESENTED IN THE RULING BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE.

THE CITY PRESENTED EVIDENCE THAT HE CHANGED SOME OF HIS STATEMENTS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

BUT THE STATEMENTS WERE GIVEN OVER MANY MONTHS AND -- WAS NOT BEING PURPOSELY DISHONEST.

HE SAID THE TERMINATION WAS TOO EXTREME OF A PUNISHMENT.

BUT THE JUDGE CHALLENGED THE ATTORNEY AT EVERY TURN.

-- ADMITTED TO TREATING OMARI JOHNSON UNPROFESSIONALLY WHILE HE WAS TAKING HIM TO THE POLICE STATION TO BE BOOKED.

HIS BEHAVIOR SHOULD BE VIEWED IN THE OVERALL CONTEXT OF HOW JOHNSON WAS TREATING HIM IN THE PATROL VEHICLE.

THE ATTORNEYS FOR LA MESA DID NOT GIVE AN INCH SAYING ALL SEVEN REASONS THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CITED FOR FIRING -- WERE ROCK SOLID.

HE WAS NOT IN COURT TODAY.

NONE OF THE ATTORNEYS DECIDED THEY WANTED TO TALK TO US.

JUDGE McCALL SAID SHE IS TAKING IT UNDER SUBMISSION AND WILL ISSUE HER FINAL RULINGS SOON.

>>> U.S. OFFICIALS IN UKRAINE SAY A RUSSIAN MISSILE KILLED AT LEAST 50 CIVILIANS AT A REAL STATION FULL OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

ONCE AGAIN WORLD LEADERS ARE STRONGLY CONDEMNING THE ATTACK ON CIVILIANS.

>> Reporter: IN THE EASTERN CITY OF -- THERE ARE BODIES BLOGS AND BAGS.

THIS WAS A CROWDED STRANGE STATION.

OFFICIALS SAY THESE WERE FAMILIES SIMPLY WAITING FOR A WAY OUT.

THEIR FATE WAS SEALED WHEN A RUSSIAN MISSILE EXPLODED.

AMERICAN AID WORKER NATE MILK WAS NEAR THE STATION.

>> WE SAW ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON THE PLATFORM IN ABOUT TWO MINUTES LATER AS WE WERE DRIVING TO OUR WAREHOUSE WE FELT THE EXPULSION.

>> Reporter: RUSSIA'S DEFENSE MINISTRY CALLS ALL STATEMENTS ABOUT THE STRIKES A PROVOCATION WHICH DOES NOT CORRESPOND WITH REALITY.

IMAGES SAY FOR THE CHILDREN AND IT IS UNCLEAR OF WHO PUT THAT ON THERE.

>> IT IS MAYBE REVENGE FOR OUR CHILDREN WHO THEY CLAIM HAVE BEEN ATTACKED OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS BY THE UKRAINIANS.

>> Reporter: UKRAINIAN AIRWAYS SAID THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BRACE FOR MORE TAX LIKE THIS.

YOU CANYON PRESIDENT ASKED WHY FLEEING CIVILIANS BE TO BE THE TARGET OF MISSILES AND CALLED ON OTHER NATIONS TO OPEN UP THEIR EMBASSIES IN KIEV.

>>> AS THE RUSSIAN INVASION CONTINUES ESCONDIDO'S PALOMAR HEALTH IS STEPPING UP TO HELP HEALTHCARE WORKERS TREATING PEOPLE IN UKRAINE.

PALOMAR HEALTH IS WORKING WITH THE U.S. EMBASSY TO IDENTIFY WHICH HOSPITALS THERE ARE OPERATIONAL AND IN NEED OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES.

THEY ARE DONATING UNUSED INVENTORY TO BE SHIPPED TO WHERE IT IS URGENTLY NEEDED.

NELLY BALKAN IS HELPING WITH THE INITIATIVE AND SAYS THEY HOPE TO GO BEYOND SENDING SUPPLIES.

HER HUSBAND IS A DOCTOR AND WAS BORN IN UKRAINE.

>> THE GOAL ULTIMATELY, THE LAST PHASE OF OUR PLAN IS TO SEND OUT A TEAM OF PHYSICIANS HEADED BY MY HUSBAND.

>> PALOMAR HEALTH IS WORKING WITH SS UBI, A SAN DIEGO NONPROFIT THAT FULFILLS INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL MISSIONS.

>>> TAX SEASON ENDS ON APRIL 18th.

LOCAL LEADERS ARE ENCOURAGING LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO CLAIM THEIR TAX CREDITS WHILE THEY CAN.

>> Reporter: TAXES MAY NOT BE FUN BUT WHO DOESN'T LIKE GETTING MONEY BACK?

TODAY SOME LOCAL AGENCIES PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON ONE WAY TO DO SO.

IF THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT ALSO KNOWN AS THE ITC.

IT IS FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES.

211 SAN DIEGO IS ONE OF THE LOCAL GROUPS URGING THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO CLAIM THEIR TAX CREDITS.

BEFORE TAX SEASON ENDS ON APRIL 18th.

211 SAN DIEGO CEO BILL YORK SAYS THE MONEY THAT IS SAVED CAN CORPORATE RENT, UTILITIES, GROCERIES, TUITION, AND OTHER IMPORTANT EXPENSES.

JUST LAST YEAR OUR 211 TEAM ANSWER 27,000 CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAD QUESTIONS.

WE TAKE THE TIME AND WALK- THROUGH ELIGIBILITY.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT YOUR TAX APPOINTMENT.

THE UNITED WAY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND THE UT IC COMMISSION OR WORKING TO GET THE WORD OUT.

TAX PROGRAMS ARE BEING DONE BY VITA.

INCLUDING UNDOCUMENTED FILERS WHO MEET OTHER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.

>> EVEN IF THEY DID MAKE THE LEGAL LIMIT AND MINIMUM OF 12,000 TO HAVE TO FILE, THEY SHOULD STILL FILE BECAUSE THEY CAN QUALIFY FOR EARNED INCOME CREDIT.

DIFFERENT CREDITS THAT GO TO THEM.

WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HELP OTHERS PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: THEIR SERVICES ARE FREE AND NO APPOINTMENT IS REQUIRED.

SAN DIEGO RESIDENT -- GOD HELP THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

>> IT WAS AMAZING.

I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE FREE PROGRAM.

IT IS MY FIRST TIME USING THIS PROGRAM.

IT'S A BLESSING BECAUSE I AM A SINGLE MOM OF TWO KIDS.

AND AN EXTRA $300 TYPING A TEXT PLAYER IS A PLUS.

>> Reporter: INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES CAN CALL 211 OR VISIT TWO-ON-ONE SAN DIEGO.ORGéTAXES TO SEE IF THEY QUALIFY FOR THE FEDERAL EI TC OR OTHER TAX CREDITS.

>>> SAN DIEGO IS REMOVING BIKE LANES THAT WERE RECENTLY ADDED TO A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET IN MIRA MESA.

ADVISORY BIKE LANES ARE A WAY TO GIVE CYCLISTS THEIR OWN SPACE ON STREETS THAT ARE TOO NARROW FOR REGULAR BIKE LANES.

DRIVERS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS HAVE TO SHOW ONE LANE AND THEN MOVE INTO THE BIKE LANES FOR UNCOVERING TRAFFIC.

NEIGHBORS SAY THEY WERE BLINDSIDED WHEN THE DESIGN WAS ADDED TO A QUARTER MILE OF GOLD COAST DRIVE.

THE BACKLASH PROMPTED THE MAYOR TO ORDER THE BIKE LANES REMOVED.

>> THE BUCK STOPS HERE AND THAT IS WHY I AM HERE EXTENDING TO THE PUBLIC WHAT WILL HAPPEN AND WHY WE WILL FIX IT AND YOU WILL SEE THE ROAD IS ON THE WAY IT'S BEEN RETURNED TO ITS PREVIOUS CONDITION.

>> THEY ARE INSTALLING MORE BIKE LANES ELSEWHERE.

>>> A LOCAL PRIVATE SCHOOL IS BRIDGING THE CULTURAL DIVIDE FOR FIRST-GENERATION MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS.

ANGIE PEREZ TAKES US ON A SPECIAL FIELD TRIP WITH SOME OF THEM.

>> Reporter: CARLOS -- IS GETTING TO KNOW THE STUDENTS WHO COME TO HIM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS PHOTOGRAPHY NOW ON DISPLAY HERE AT THE CENTRAL -- AND BALBOA PARK.

CARLOS IS A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER WHO WAS BORN IN TIJUANA AND LATER NATURALIZED AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.

HE HAS DEEP ROOTS IN MEXICAN HISTORY.

>> THE STUDENTS ARE FROM THE FRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL AND ALL MEXICAN AMERICAN WITH PARENTS WHO IMMIGRATED TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

LOOKING FOR A BETTER LIFE.

>> MY PARENTS DID NOT GO TO COLLEGE SO IT WILL BE AN EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US.

I HAVE THREE SIBLINGS FOR RIGHT NOW THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE PATH THAT I WENT.

>> Reporter: THE PATH TO THE PARKER CAMPUS INCLUDES 1300 STUDENTS, A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE WHITE, WHICH CAN BE A CHALLENGE FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT.

THAT PROMPTED THE SPEAK PROGRAM WHICH STANDS FOR SHAPING PEER EMPOWERMENT ADVOCATING KNOWLEDGE.

IT IS MENTORING CROSS CULTURAL COMPETENCY FOR ALL STUDENTS.

>> IT IS ALSO ABOUT CREATING UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS FOR THOSE WHO COME FROM DIFFERENT IDENTITIES OR HAVE ACCESS TO PRIVILEGED.

TEACHING THEM WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO CREATE.

>> Reporter: THE FIELD TRIP WAS DESIGNED TO HELP CLOSE THE GAP FOR STUDENTS WITH ROOTS ON BOTH SIDE OF THE BORDER.

JUST LOOK AT THE SHOW'S TITLE.

>> IT IS ACROSS THE BORDER.

SOME WHO NAVIGATES BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER.

>> Reporter: THIS PHOTOGRAPH HITS CLOSE TO HOME.

>> THE MIGRANT PICTURE WHERE THERE WAS THE LADY OR MAN IN THE BACKGROUND WITH THE DESERT.

THAT WAS LIKE OH MY PARENTS CAME TO AMERICA.

THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THAT PICTURE.

>> Reporter: THE GAP CAN GO BOTH WAYS WHEN A STUDENT IS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DIFFERENCE OF AMERICAN LIFE AND A MEXICAN FAMILY.

>> CONNECTING BACK TO MY FAMILY IS A BIT TRICKY BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE TRADITION.

>> THEY PASS ON THE TORCH TO THE NEXT GENERATION.

IT IS UP TO THEM TO BE THAT THE DECISION-MAKERS WERE THE LEADERS OF OUR PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: IT IS A PICTURE- PERFECT MOMENT WITH PROGRESS AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.

>>> THE LATE HOLOCENE OR SELENA IS IMPACTING GENERATIONS 27 YEARS AFTER HER DEATH.

COMING UP, THE SDSU CLASS IN HER MEMORY.

>>> IS IT HOT ENOUGH FOR YOU?

ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE LIVING IN LENT.

RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURES IN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES THESE PAST DAYS FORCING MANY TO MOVE TO THE COAST FOR HEAT RELEASE.

DOCTORS REMIND YOU TO DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

>> HEATSTROKE COULD START WITH BEING SLEEPY AND WITH A HEADACHE AND NOT FEELING WELL.

LETHARGIC.

AND THEN IT CAN GO ALL THE WAY TO NAUSEA, VOMITING.

>> NEVERMIND YOU TO BRING AN UMBRELLA OR FIND SOME SHADED AREA IF YOU PLAN TO SPEND HOURS AT THE BEACH.

>>> HAPPY FRIDAY, EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN TO KPBS.

I AM MARVIN GOMEZ WITH A QUICK LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

IT WILL TRY AND CALL FOR TOMORROW AS ONSHORE FLOW RETURNS ACROSS HER AREA.

IT WILL ONLY BE ALONG THE COAST.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND ACROSS THE DESERT IT WILL BE WINDY THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

NEXT WEEK THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES.

COOLER WEATHER ACROSS HER AREA.

IN THE POSSIBILITY OF RAIN IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLING DOWN INTO THE MID-50s.

HERE IS OUR SATURDAY.

YOU CAN SEE THE COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

AND ALONG THE COASTLINE AND FOR THE SOUTH WILL TREND COOLER.

BUT THEN BY SUNDAY THAT COLD FRONT WILL BE EXTENDING A LITTLE BIT FARTHER SOUTH AND IT WILL BE BRINGING A LOT COOLER CONDITIONS FOR MOST OF THE STATE.

BY MONDAY THAT SAME COLD FRONT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE ITS WAY FARTHER SOUTH.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WE WILL SEE THE RAIN DURING THE DAY AND ACROSS OUR AREA WILL BE RETRACTING THE RAIN POSSIBLY MONDAY NIGHT INTO OUR TUESDAY MORNING.

FOR TOMORROW STILL HOT ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS.

98 DEGREES IN PERRIGO SPRINGS.

ALONG THE COAST WE WILL KEEP THE LOW 70s FOR OUR AFTERNOON.

HEADING INTO MONDAY THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND A FEW PASSING SHOWERS.

67 THE HIGH FOR TUESDAY.

ACROSS INLAND AREAS YOU WILL NOTICE THE TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT FEW AFTERNOONS ARE DROPPING.

83 ON SATURDAY AND THEN BY THE TIME WE HEAD INTO YOUR MONDAY WE ARE ONLY GOING TO BE AT 67.

IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN WE ARE KEEPING 60s FOR THIS WEEKEND AND EVENTUALLY WE WILL END UP WITH 40s BY THE TIME WE HEAD INTO YOUR TUESDAY WITH WINDY CONDITIONS.

THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR WET WEATHER THERE.

NUMBERS WILL DROP GRADUALLY BACK INTO THE LOW 80s FOR MONDAY AND POSSIBLY UPPER 60s HEADING INTO YOUR TUESDAY.

>>> THE LEAD HAS FLIPPED IN THE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 80.

GEORGIA GOMEZ IS AHEAD BY LESS THAN 150 VOTES.

THERE ARE STILL 500 VOTES TO BE COUNTED IN THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS SAYS THAT NUMBER MAY NOT BE OUT UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY WHEN THE ELECTION IS CERTIFIED.

NO MATTER WHAT THOSE RESULTS ARE THE RACE WILL RUN OFF ON JUNE 7th.

THE CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING TO REPLACE LORENA GONZALEZ WHO RESIGNED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

>>> BIG INCENTIVES FOR BUYING AN ELECTRIC CAR OR STARTING TO DRY UP.

WHAT MIGHT BE DONE TO KEEP THE MONEY FLOWING IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>> Reporter: TOYOTA IS THE NEXT BIG MANUFACTURER OF REACHING THAT 200,000 CARS FOR SELF- REPORT AND COURSE.

SO FAR GENERAL MOTORS AS WELL AS TESLA HAVE ALREADY EXCEEDED THAT.

NISSAN IS NOT THAT FAR BEHIND.

RIGHT NOW THE ONE BIG THING IS THERE IS A $7500 TAX CREDIT IN THE BUILD BACK BETTER BILL WHICH IS CURRENTLY STALLED IN CONGRESS.

THAT TAX CREDIT IS FOR ANYONE BUYING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE.

THERE IS AND WITHIN THAT BILL FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES BUILT IN THE U.S. AT A PLANT THAT IS GOVERNED BY A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.

THE UNION PLANT.

THAT GETS AN EXTRA $4500 CREDIT.

SENATOR MANCHIN IS TALKING ABOUT JUST PULLING THIS PART OF THE BUILD BACK BETTER BILL FOR CONSIDERATION.

HE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE SENATORS WHO HAS BEEN BLOCKING THE BILL.

THAT CAN BE VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE IT WILL REALLY GIVE THE AUTO INDUSTRY IS SHOT IN THE ARM AND CONVERTING CONSUMERS FROM GAS POWERED AND WITH GAS AND HITTING SIX DOLLARS A GALLON.

THAT COULD BE MUSIC TO CONSUMERS EARS.

>>> PINK FLOYD IS REUNITING FOR A GOOD CAUSE.

LEGENDARY ROCK BAND RELEASED A NEW SINGLE TODAY AND ALL PROCEEDS FROM HEY HEY RISE UP GO TO UKRAINIAN HUMANITARIAN RELIEF.

THEN FLOYD HAS NOT RECEIVED NEW MUSIC IN 28 YEARS.

>>> 27 YEARS AFTER HER DEATH LEGENDARY TEJANO SINGER SELENA HAS INSPIRED A CLASS AT SAN DIEGO STATE.

HOW HER LEGACY LIVES ON THROUGH MUSIC AND SOME VERY DIVERSE IN THEIR GENERATIONS.

>> Reporter: I HEARD THAT SONG ON THE RADIO AND I REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.

GEORGETTE IS A DRAG QUEEN CREATED BY THIS YOUNG MAN.

BORN IN A SMALL TOWN JUST NORTH OF MEXICO CITY.

GEORGETTE SITS AT HER KITCHEN TABLE WITH A POWDER PUFF AND MAKEUP PREPARING TO BECOME HER ALTER EGO, SELENA.

THE TEJANO SUPERSTAR WHO DIED TRAGICALLY BUT HELPED A CONFUSED 10-YEAR-OLD MEXICAN BOY LIVE AND FIND HIS TRUE IDENTITY.

>> I HAD A LOT OF BULLYING WHEN I WAS A KID.

BECAUSE OF WHO I AM.

BUT I FEEL GREAT AND I LOVE WHAT I DO.

THAT'S THE MAIN THING.

>> Reporter: JORGE IMMIGRATED MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO TO SAN DIEGO.

SIGNS OF SELENA ARE EVERYWHERE IN HIS LIFE INCLUDING MEMENTOS AND MEMORIES OF VISITING HER GRAVE SITE IN SOUTH TEXAS.

ALL OF IT HAS BROUGHT HAPPINESS AND CONFIDENCE CREDITED TO SELENA, HER SONGS AND HER SPIRIT.

>> SHE COULD NOT SPEAK SPANISH TOO WELL BUT YOU COULD SEE SHE WAS GIVING HER BEST.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I AM HAVING TO INTERVIEW IN ENGLISH.

SO I AM TRYING TO DO MY BEST.

WE HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON.

WE MAKE THE SOUNDS OF SELENA OR PART OF A COLLEGE CORRECTLY HIM.

PROFESSOR RODRIGUEZ PITCHED THE IDEA FOR A SELENA CLASS TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF SAN DIEGO STATE PRE-PANDEMIC.

IT IS NOW A PERMANENT ELECTIVE OFFERED IN THE SPRING SEMESTER.

DR. NATE AS STUDENTS CALL HIM AS A FAN AND FELLOW TEXAN WHO GREW UP WITH A HEAVY INFLUENCE FROM THE TEJANO SINGER.

HE BUILT THE CLASS SYLLABUS WITH 16 WEEKS OF LEARNING MODULES THAT YOU SELENA IS A BRIDGE TO LATINO CULTURE, MEDIA REPRESENTATION AND PERSONAL IDENTITY.

THERE ARE FIELD TRIPS FOR STUDENTS.

>> TO GET TO GO INTO THE BARRIO AND SEE THE WALK OF THE BLOCK.

, THEY GET TO WRITE ABOUT AND TAKE PICTURES AND VIDEOS AND SOUND.

>> THE STUDY OF PEOPLE IN THEIR OWN ENVIRONMENT.

THAT INCLUDES THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OF CLASS ARE FOCUSED ON LEARNING THAT GOES BOLDLY DOWN THE RAINBOW ROAD.

SUMAC SELENA IS A HUGE INSPIRATION TO THE COMMUNITY.

TONS OF DRAG QUEENS WILL IMPERSONATOR.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SUCH AS MYSELF FIND MEANING IN HER MUSIC.

SO WE WILL LEARN ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET THE LOT NEXT CULTURE.

>> Reporter: THE TERM -- IS AN IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORD.

IT IS A PERSON CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO CULTURES.

NOT COMPLETELY ABLE TO SPEAK SPANISH AND NOT COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE IN THE ENGLISH SPEAKING CULTURE.

THAT WAS SELENA.

AND -- IS AN SDSU SENIOR WHO CAN RELATE.

KARINA'S MEXICAN PARENTS BUT THEY HELPED HER BY TAKING HER FROM THE BARRIO AND ENROLLING HER IN SCHOOLS WITH MOSTLY WHITE STUDENTS.

>> THE MOST PREDOMINANTLY WHITE SCHOOLS.

I CANNOT FIND MYSELF.

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO LOOKED DIFFERENT.

SELENA HELPS ME IDENTIFY WHO I AM NOW.

>> Reporter: NATALIA MARTINEZ WAS ONLY THREE WEEKS OLD WHEN SELENA WAS KILLED.

>> I NEVER GOT TO HAVE HER PRESENT BUT I HAD HER MUSIC.

I THINK THAT IS WHERE I WAS ABLE TO CREATE SELENA IN MY HEAD IN THE SENSE OF, THIS IS SOMEONE I WANT TO HAVE AS MY ROLE MODEL.

>> Reporter: THAT BRINGS US BACK TO GEORGETTE THE LITTLE BOY FROM A LITTLE MEXICAN TOWN WHO USED TO DANCE AROUND HIS LIVING ROOM IMAGINING WHAT HE COULD BECOME SOMEDAY LISTENING TO THE MUSIC OF SELENA.

>> THE THINGS I LEARNED FROM HER AS TO WHAT WAS BE RESPECTFUL KIND OF SWEET.

THAT'S HOW I REMEMBER HER AND THAT'S HOW I DO EVERY TIME I'M ON STAGE.

>> Reporter: THAT IS A LEGACY SET TO MUSIC THAT WILL NEVER DIE.

>>> THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO WILL REOPEN THEIR LA JOLLA CAMPUS TOMORROW AFTER A MAJOR RENOVATION.

FOUR YEARS AND $105 MILLION LATER JULIA DIXON EVANS SHOWS US WHAT THE NEW MUSEUM HAS TO OFFER.

>> Reporter: EVEN THE MUSEUMS ARCHITECTURE IS A WORK OF ART.

AT A TIME WHEN THE ARTS FEEL ESSENTIAL.

SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA SPOKE IN FRONT OF THE MUSEUM THIS WEEK.

>> WE SEE THESE INCREDIBLE BEGINS OF NOT JUST NEW BUILDINGS BUT NEW HOPE.

AND A TESTAMENT TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE A BIG GLOBAL CITY CAPABLE OF DOING AMAZING INCREDIBLE THINGS.

>> Reporter: THE NEW YEAR'S BASED FIRM -- QUADRUPLED THE GALLERY STATES BY EXCAVATING UNDERGROUND IN MOVING A LARGE TREE ON THE PROPERTY.

THEY ALSO TRANSFORMED THE HISTORIC BUT UNDERUSED SHERWOOD AUDITORIUM.

CATHERINE -- IS THE MUSEUM'S DIRECTOR AND CEO.

>> ONE OF THE WAYS WE WERE ABLE TO GAIN SO MUCH GALLERY SPACE IS WE REPURPOSED SHERWOOD AUDITORIUM INTO THE MATTHEW STRAUSS GALLERIES.

IT IS ALMOST 8000 SQUARE FEET OF GALLERIES WITH 20 FOOT CEILINGS AND SKYLIGHTS AND WOODEN FLOORS.

>> Reporter: MCS D IS COMMITTED TO THE ART OF OUR TIME INCLUDING WORKS BY ARTISTS IN OUR REGION.

ONE STRIKING AREA HOLDS AN IMPRESSIVE AMOUNT OF CALIFORNIA WHITE IN SPACE ARTISTS.

THAT IS A MOVEMENT OF PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS THAT SPANS THE 50s THROUGH THE 70s.

THERE IS CRAIG KAUFMAN, MARY KORS, DUANE VALENTINE, AND ROBERT IRWIN TO NAME A FEW.

IRWIN WAS A LEADER IN THE MOVEMENT THAT HAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK.

HIS BELOVED SPITE SPECIFIC ONE DEGREES TWO DEGREES THREE DEGREES FOUR DEGREES IS BACK ON VIEW.

IT CUTS SEVERAL SQUARES INTO ANOTHER WITHDREW THE WINDOWS OVERLOOKING THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

THE WORK IS ON DISPLAY AND IT SHOWS A COMMITMENT TO REGIONAL ARTISTS NOT JUST IRWIN OR OTHER NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED NAMES LIKE JOHN -- BUT ALSO BY -- AND DOZENS MORE.

IT IS ALL PART OF A WORLD-CLASS COLLECTION.

WORKS BY MORRIS MARKEL AND ANDY WARHOL.

THE NEW ACQUISITION BY -- >> ONE OF THE FIRST PIECES THE PUBLIC WILL SEE WHEN THEY WALK INTO THE BUILDING IS A NEW GIFT.

IT IS OUTSIZED GORD, A PUMPKIN PIE THE JAPANESE ARTIST -- SO IT IS REFLECTIVE STAINLESS STEEL AND POLKADOT WITH PASTEL HUES.

GREETS THE VISITOR AS SOON AS YOU WALK IN THE FRONT DOOR.

>> Reporter: THE FIRST SPECIAL EXHIBITION TO BE INSTALLED IS A SURVEY OF THE 1960s WORK OF NIKKI -- THE FRENCH-AMERICAN ARTIST LIVED IN SAN DIEGO FOR ABOUT A DECADE UNTIL HER DEATH IN 2002.

SAN DIEGANS NO HER FOR HER VIBRANT SCULPTURES LIKE -- AND BALBOA PARK.

THE EXHIBITION CHOSEN OTHER SIDE OF THE ARTIST RAPPORT.

IN THE 60s SHE WAS MAKING RADICAL AND FEMINIST WORK WORKING WITH FOUND OBJECTS, CONSTRUCTING LARGE-SCALE SCULPTURES THAT DEPICT THE FEMALE BODY AND HER SHOOTING PAINTINGS.

TO MAKE THESE -- WOULD FIRST CONCEAL BAGS OF PAINT IN HER WORKS AND COAT EVERYTHING WITH WHITE PLASTER.?

SHE AND OTHERS WOULD SHOOT AT THESE CONSTRUCTIONS WITH A BORROWED 22 CALIBER RIFLE.

AND THEN THE PIGMENT WOULD EXPLODE DRAMATICALLY IN DRIP AND SPLATTER.

>> Reporter: THAT WAS THE CO- CURATOR OF THE EXHIBITION.

SHE SAID THE AMOUNT OF EXPERIMENTATION IN THE WORK IS GROUNDBREAKING.

>> DOING THESE THINGS THAT WOMEN 5 TO 10 YEARS LATER IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT IN THE U.S., SHE IS WORKING IN THIS MASCULINE CONTEXT ARRIVING AT THE SAME IDEAS.

IT IS INCREDIBLE HOW AHEAD OF HER TIME SHE IS.

>> YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THESE WORK STARTING SATURDAY AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN LA JOLLA.

>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, WWW.KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.