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>>> TONIGHT, MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE ARE UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY IN THE SOUTH BAY.

YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

CUSTOMERS IN IMPERIAL BEACH, AS WELL AS PARTS OF CORONADO, SAN DIEGO, AND CHULA VISTA HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.

WE HAVE A LOOK AT HOW THIS IS IMPACTING PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES IN THESE AREAS.

BUT FIRST, KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON HAS MORE ON WHAT PROMPTED THE BOIL WATER ADVISORY AND WHAT IT MEANS.

AND THE BOIL WATER ORDER CAME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AND THE EARLIEST THAT CAN BE LIFTED IS TOMORROW.

CALIFORNIA AMERICAN WATER IS THE PRIVATE COMPANY THAT RUNS THE REGION'S WATER SYSTEMS.

THE COMPANY IS CONFIDENT THE WATER SUPPLY IS FINE, BLAMING A DIRTY FAUCET AT A TESTING SITE.

>> OUR WATER SYSTEMS ARE PRESSURIZED, SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE WAS A MAIN BREAK, THE WATER WOULD FLOW AWAY FROM OUR WATER SYSTEM.

SO WE, WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ANY EMERGING CONTAMINANT, E. COLI, IN OUR WATER SYSTEM.

>> Reporter: STATE RULES REQUIRE TWO CLEAN TESTS BEFORE A BOIL WATER ORDER CAN BE LIFTED.

EACH TEST TAKES 24 HOURS, BECAUSE WATER SAMPLES HAVE TO BE CULTURED IN A LAB TO CONFIRM OR REFUTE THE PRESENCE OF PATHOGENS.

THE COMPANY WAS OFFERING BOTTLED WATER TO IMPERIAL BEACH RESIDENTS, THEY HAD RUN OUT THIS MORNING.

THE BOIL WATER ORDER IS ANOTHER CRUSHING BLOW FOR IMPERIAL BEACH.

>> JUST DISAPPOINTING, REALLY.

IN HOW WE HAVE JUST BEEN MARGINALIZED AND DISENFRANCHISED AND FORGOTTEN ABOUT AS A COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE SUFFERED WITH OUR OCEAN BEING POISONED FOR SO LONG, ONLY TO LATER FIND OUT THAT OUR AIR IS POISON THAT WELL, OUR PARKS AROUND THE AREA, ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEY, OR POISONED, AND NOW OUR DRINKING WATER IS POISON.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE BORDER REGION BECAUSE OF CROSS-BORDER SEWAGE, BUT GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM HAS RESISTED PLEAS FOR THE SAME, AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO UNMOVED BY CALLS FOR A FEDERAL STATE OF EMERGENCY.

THOSE MOVES COULD BRING STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING.

>> YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE, FOR SURE, YES, ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S OUR ROLE AS A CITY.

IT'S TO PROTECT OUR, OUR COMMUNITY'S WELL-BEING, THEIR HEALTH.

AND ALL WE GET IS AN EMERGENCY AFTER AN EMERGENCY.

YEAH.

>> Reporter: THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAS DESIGNATED A $630 MILLION PLAN TO CAPTURE AND TREAT SEWAGE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER, BUT THOSE FIXES REMAIN YEARS AWAY.

THE BEACH NEAR THE BORDER HAS NOW BEEN CLOSED TO HUMAN CONTACT FOR 625 DAYS.

>> IS CERTAIN OTHER SEGMENTS OF THE COASTLINE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WERE CLOSED FOR THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT MAYOR GARY AND THE COMMUNITIES HERE IN SOUTH COUNTY HAVE FACED, ALL HELL WOULD BE BREAKING LOOSE.

THIS WOULD BE THE BIGGEST EMERGENCY IN THE HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA.

THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID.

>> Reporter: PADILLA WAS IN IMPERIAL BEACH TO ANNOUNCE $3 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL TO TRACK PATHOGENS IN OCEAN WATER.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>> FOR THE PEOPLE OF IMPERIAL BEACH WHO HAVE DEALT WITH POLLUTION OCEAN WATER, THE BOIL WATER ORDER IS JUST ONE MORE THING TO DEAL WITH.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL TALKED TO RESIDENTS AND A BUSINESS OWNER ABOUT THE LATEST WATER PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: AT THE IMPERIAL BEACH OFFICE OF CALIFORNIA AMERICAN WATER, THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING EVEN BOTTLED WATER TO RESIDENTS THIS MORNING.

WORKERS TOLD US THEY WERE HAVING TO GO TO COSTCO AND PAY RETAIL TO GET IT.

DOZENS OF PEOPLE LINED UP IN THEIR CARS AND TRUCKS TO GET A CASE.

FINALLY, MORE ARRIVED, AND THE SCRAMBLE TO GET IT TO THIRSTY RESIDENTS PICKED UP AGAIN.

>> I LIVE IN THE CORONADO CASE.

>> THE K'S ARE ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH POSSIBLY TAINTED WATER, ALEXANDRA POLIS WAS MUCH MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HER MOTHER WHO LIVES IN CHULA VISTA, ANOTHER AREA IN THE SAME SITUATION.

>> TO MAKE SURE MY MOTHER HAS WATER, SO THAT IMPACTS HER ON A DAILY BASIS, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE ANIMALS AND -- BECAUSE WE DO, WE GOT ANIMALS.

>> Reporter: >> IT'S DEVASTATING TO OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.

>> Reporter: IMPERIAL BEACH MAYOR WAS ALL OVER THE CITY TODAY, INCLUDING WATCHING OVER THE WATER DISTRIBUTION.

SHE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON IB RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

>> THE WORKERS, WORKERS WHO DEPEND ON THEIR TIPS TO SURVIVE, ARE NOT HAVING THAT INCOME COME INTO THEIR HOUSEHOLD.

I MEAN, WHAT ELSE IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE?

>> Reporter: HERE ALONG IB'S FAMOUS SEACOAST DRIVE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES ARE CLOSED, SAVE ONE.

IT'S THE YIELD PLANK IN.

THEY'RE OPEN MAINLY.

>> TALK ABOUT KICKING YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN.

WE LOST THE BEACH, NOW WE LOST THE WATER.

THE ONLY THING THAT PEOPLE CAN DRINK DOWN HERE IS BEER.

>> Reporter: MORE SPECIFICALLY, BEER THAT COMES OUT OF BOTTLES AND CANS, NOT ON DRAFT.

HE CAN'T SERVE FOOD RIGHT NOW, BUT MATTIS SAYS THE KIND OF LIQUOR LICENSE THAT ALLOWS HIM TO SERVE PREPACKAGED DRINKS, SO THAT'S ENOUGH THAT HE CAN STAY OPEN.

>> GET SOME ATTENTION TO IMPERIAL BEACH.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO FIX IT, YOU KNOW?

WE KEEP ON TRYING TO GET A LEG UP, A LEG UP, A LEG UP, AND WE TRY, WE TRY TO GET THAT LEG UP, WE GET A LEG KICKED OUT FROM UNDER US.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA AMERICAN WATER COMPANY SAYS THE BOIL WATER ORDER SHOULD BE LIFTED WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

IT CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH, ESPECIALLY FOR IMPERIAL BEACH RESIDENTS WHO HAD ENOUGH OF CONTAMINATED WATER IMPACTING THEIR WAY OF LIFE.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>> AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO BOTTLED WATER, YOU MUST BOIL WATER FOR AT LEAST ONE MINUTE.

DON'T USE WATER FROM YOUR REFRIGERATOR, EVEN IF IT IS FILTERED.

USE BOILED OR BOTTLED WATER TO PREPARE FOOD AND TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH.

GIVE PETS BOTTLED WATER OR BOILED WATER THAT HAS BEEN COOLED.

YOU CAN USE TAP WATER FOR BATHING, BUT BE CAREFUL NOT TO SWALLOW ANY.

>>> AND NOW TO OUR OTHER TOP STORY.

A MARINE PILOT WAS KILLED WHEN THEIR JET CRASHED OVERNIGHT IN SAN DIEGO.

35 MILITARY REPORTER ANDREW DYER HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: THE F/A-18 FIGHTER WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT WHEN IT CRASHED IN A REMOTE PART OF McAS MIRAMAR JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

THE JET AND PILOT WERE BASED IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

AFTER AN OVERNIGHT SEARCH, CRUZ FOUND THE PILOT'S REMAINS.

THE NAME OF THE PILOT IS BEING WITHHELD UNTIL 24 HOURS AFTER NEXT OF KIN HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

STANDARD PRACTICE FOR MILITARY LINE OF DUTY DEATHS.

THE CRASH HAPPENED IN THE SCRIPPS RANCH AREA OF THE BASE EAST OF INTERSTATE 15, AND IS REMOTE AND LARGELY UNPOPULATED.

THE MARINES SAY NO PROPERTY ON THE GROUND WAS DAMAGED, AND THE CRASH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

THERE'S LITTLE SIGN OF A FIGHTER JET EXCEPT A PIECE OF THE FUSELAGE AND COCKPIT.

IN 2008, AN F/A-18 HORNET CRASHED INTO A UNIVERSITY CITY HOME WEST OF THE BASE.

THAT AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE BASE FROM THE WEST, A DIVERSION FROM THE STANDARD TRAFFIC PATTERN TO AND FROM THE BASE.

AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF FROM MIRAMAR LAUNCHED TO THE WEST, AND ARE SUPPOSED TO IMMEDIATELY TURN TO THE NORTH, AVOIDING FLYING OVER THE DENSELY POPULATED UNIVERSITY CITY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AIRCRAFT APPROACH TO LAND FROM THE EAST OVER THE UNPOPULATED EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASE.

THE F/A-18 THAT CRASHED THURSDAY IS THE DELTA VARIANT OF THE JET.

A TWO-SEATER WHICH SERVES AS THE MARINE CORPS'S CARRIER AIR WING FIGHTER, DEPLOYING NUCLEAR POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.

IT'S AN AGING AIRFRAME THAT'S BEING PHASED OUT AND REPLACED BY THE F-35 CHARLIE.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> DANGEROUS AND OPPRESSIVE HEAT IS GRIPPING A LARGE PART OF THE COUNTRY.

A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED IN MICHIGAN, WHERE A STORM SPAWNED A TORNADO, CATASTROPHIC FLOODING, AND KNOCKED OUT POWER FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.

THE HEAT THERE AND IN OTHER STATES IS EVEN FORCING SOME SCHOOLS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING TO DISMISS KIDS EARLY.

>> IT'S, IT'S BAD.

IT IS.

CAN'T BRING KIDS BACK INTO THAT ENVIRONMENT.

I MEAN, IT'S LIKE BEING IN AN EASY BAKE OVEN.

>> AND IN LOUISIANA, FAST- MOVING WILDFIRES FORCED THE ENTIRE TOWN OF MARYVILLE TO EVACUATE.

TYPICALLY DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR, THE STATE IS PREPARING FOR HURRICANES AND OTHER TROPICAL STORMS.

>>> WELL, WE ARE TRACKING AN INTENSE HEAT UP AS WE TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY STARTING ON SUNDAY.

THINGS ARE REALLY GOING TO START TO HEAT UP, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR INLAND AREAS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU HOW HOT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING, AND WHEN OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN IS.

WE ALSO HAVE AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT.

THOSE AREAS THAT ARE OF OUR MOST CONCERN COMING UP.

>>> MORTGAGE RATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE STORING THIS WEEK, AND CONSUMERS APPEAR TO BE MORE ANXIOUS ABOUT THE ECONOMY.

AS LAURA GEARY REPORTS TODAY, THE FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR REVIEWED HIS LIKELY NEXT STEPS TO CURB INFLATION.

>> IT IS THE FEDS JOB TO BRING INFLATION DOWN TO OUR 2% GOAL.

AND WE WILL DO SO.

>> Reporter: FED CHAIR JEROME POWELL CUT TO THE CHASE RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE.

>> WE ARE PREPARED TO RAISE RATES FURTHER IF APPROPRIATE, AND INTENT TO HOLD POLICY AT A RESTRICTIVE LEVEL UNTIL WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT INFLATION IS MOVING SUSTAINABLY DOWN TOWARD OUR OBJECTIVE.

>> Reporter: THIS FORECAST COMING AT THE SAME TIME MORTGAGE RATES ARE SOARING TO A 22 YEAR HIGH.

A 30 YEAR FIXED RATE IS NOW AVERAGING 7.23%, UP NEARLY TWO POINTS OVER THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO FREDDIE MAC.

AND DESPITE THE CURRENT PACE OF PRICE INCREASES SLOWING THIS SUMMER, THE FED MAY NOT BE READY TO EASE OFF THE INTEREST- RATE GAS PEDAL.

>> ALTHOUGH INFLATION HAS MOVED DOWN FROM ITS PEAK, A WELCOME DEVELOPMENT, IT REMAINS TOO HIGH.

>> Reporter: CHAIRMAN POWELL SAYS THE BIG PICTURE IS WHAT MATTERS WHEN TRACKING PRICES.

>> CORE GOODS PRICES FELL THE LAST TWO MONTHS, BUT ON A 12 MONTH BASIS, CORE GOODS INFLATION REMAINS WELL ABOVE ITS PRE-PANDEMIC LEVEL.

>> Reporter: ALSO OUT FRIDAY, THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN'S MONTHLY CONSUMER SENTIMENT SURVEY, WHICH MEASURES AMERICANS ATTITUDES ABOUT THE ECONOMY.

DESPITE A SLIGHT DIP IN CONSUMER CONFIDENCE BETWEEN JULY AND AUGUST, OVERALL SENTIMENT WAS STILL FAR BETTER THAN LAST SUMMER, WHEN INFLATION PEAKED AT OVER 9%.

>> WE ARE NAVIGATING BY THE STARS UNDER CLOUDY SKIES.

AT UPCOMING MEETINGS, WE WILL ASSESS OUR PROGRESS BASED ON THE TOTALITY OF THE DATA AND THE EVOLVING OUTLOOK AND RISKS.

>> Reporter: BOTTOM LINE FOR NOW, BRACE FOR MORE INTEREST RATE PUMPS IN THE MONTHS AHEAD.

I'VE LAURA GEARY FOR KPBS USE.

>>> IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING CHEAP TO DO THIS WEEKEND, THAT HOLLYWOOD HAS YOU COVERED.

SDSU'S MIRACLE PICKED TELLS US ABOUT THE RETURN OF NATIONAL SEMINOMA DATE IN THE FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORT.

>> THIS WEEKEND'S NATIONAL CINEMA DAY.

LAST YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE THEATER OWNERS BANDED TOGETHER.

FOR THREE DOLLARS, YOU COULD'VE SEEN ANY MOVIE.

IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL, OVER 8 MILLION PEOPLE WENT, AND IT WAS THE BIGGEST ATTENDED MOVIE DAY IN YEARS.

THIS WEEKEND, THE PRICE IS ACTUALLY $4.00 A TICKET, BUT THAT'S A GREAT DEAL WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PRICING FOR MOVIE TICKETS ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.

YOU'RE ALMOST $11 ON AVERAGE FOR A MOVIE TICKET.

HERE IN SAN DIEGO, THEY CAN RANGE FROM $12-$20, DEPENDING ON THE THEATER, HOW PREMIUM THE THEATER IS, THE TIME OF DAY YOU'RE WATCHING YOUR MOVIE.

AND THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE THEATER, THE MOVIE THEATER INDUSTRY.

BECAUSE FROM COVID, THEY WERE DECIMATED.

WHEN THE STUDIOS SHUT DOWN AND THE THEATER'S SHUTDOWN, THERE WAS NO REVENUE.

YOU KNOW, ONE THEATER CHAIN, SENNA WORLD, WHICH OWNS REGAL HERE IN SAN DIEGO, DECLARED BANKRUPTCY.

ANC WAS CLOSE TO BEING BANKRUPT.

SO THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE BACK INTO THE THEATERS.

>>> WRITERS AND ACTORS IMPACTED BY THE STRIKE IN HOLLYWOOD GOT A LITTLE EXTRA ASSISTANCE THIS WEEK.

VOLUNTEERS FROM THE TEAMSTERS AND OTHER UNIONS HANDED OUT BAGS OF FOOD AND ESSENTIAL ITEMS YESTERDAY.

THE MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND HOSTED THE FOOD DRIVE.

WRITERS HAVE BEEN ON STRIKE MORE THAN 100 DAYS NOW, AND ACTORS JUST OVER A MONTH.

>>> WE'RE GETTING A NEW LOOK AT THE DESTRUCTION ON MAUI AFTER CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES ON LAHAINA'S FRONT STREET.

BUSINESSES ARE WRITING TO THE CHALLENGE AND HELPING SURVIVORS.

MIKE VALERIO HAS THE LATEST ON THE RECOVERY.

>> THIS ONE WAS, USED TO BE A RESTAURANT.

>> Reporter: THERE IS AGONY IN EVERY STONE OF LAHAINA'S FRONT STREET.

UTILITY TEAMS SOLEMNLY WORK.

MEMORIES OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE ARE VISCERAL AND MOURNFUL FORCE.

>> PEOPLE WERE JUMPING IN THE WATER, BUT ALSO, THERE'S NO AIR, BECAUSE THE FIRE IS EATING ALL OF THE OXYGEN, RIGHT, IN THE AIR.

>> Reporter: GLASSBLOWER RYAN STOLBERG TAKES US TO HIS ART GALLERY, WHAT REMAINS OF IT.

>> I'M KIND OF OVERWHELMED RIGHT NOW, HONESTLY.

I'M KIND OF, LIKE, LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS, THIS BLUE AND GREEN IN HERE, THIS IS, THIS WAS ARTWORK.

THIS WAS A STAND FOR A PIECE OF A ?

THESE WERE MY WINDOWS, WHERE WE HAD TONS OF BEAUTIFUL GLASS ART, AND NOW THERE'S JUST PILES OF RUBBLE.

>> Reporter: BUT AMID THE DEVASTATION, THERE IS COMPASSION.

THE HAWAIIAN SPIRIT OF OHANA, FAMILY.

>> ON THE GROUND, IT IS JUST A LOT OF GRATITUDE.

>> Reporter: THE PHARMACIST IS DEVOTING HIS DREAM, HIS BUSINESS TO GIVEAWAY MEDICATIONS.

THOUSANDS OF DOSES, HE SAYS, ABSOLUTELY FREE TO THOSE IN LAHAINA WE LOST EVERYTHING.

>> I KNOW THAT WE'VE ADMINISTERED THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOSES OF MEDICATION , WHETHER THAT BE THE EXPENSIVE INJECTABLES FOR, FOR THOSE BATTLING DIABETES, OR, OR ANY TYPE OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICATIONS.

WE'VE DONE IT ACROSS THE BOARD.

>> Reporter: AMID ALL OF THIS, THERE IS A FEELING AMONG MANY OF DUTY, TO STAY IN LAHAINA AND HELP ITS REBIRTH.

>> WILL LAHAINA MAKE A COMEBACK?

YES IT WILL.

>> YOU DO HAVE THAT HOPE.

>> YES.

AND WILL I STICK AROUND TO HELP LAHAINA MAKE A COMEBACK?

I WILL PUT >> THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO NEED STABILITY, AND WHO NEED SOMETHING TO LOOK TO, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AS TRUSTED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, WE HAVE THAT MENTAL AND THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

>> I'M MIKE VALERIO, REPORTING.

>>> TENS OF MILLIONS OF SMART PHONES GO OUT OF USE EVERY YEAR.

NOW, A GROUP OF COMPUTER SCIENTISTS AT UC SAN DIEGO SAY THEY HAVE A WAY TO PUT THEIR COMPUTING POWER TO WORK.

KPBS CYTEC REPORTER THOMAS FLEDGE HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: HOW LONG DO YOU KEEP AND USE YOUR SMART PHONE?

AN ESTIMATED 2 1/2 YEARS ON AVERAGE.

THE BATTERY DIES, OR THERE'S THIS NEW, IMPROVED MODEL YOU JUST GOT TO HAVE.

IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE, 150 MILLION SMARTPHONES ARE DISCARDED EVERY YEAR.

THEY END UP IN DRAWERS, OR THEY END UP IN A PILE LIKE THIS.

>> BUT TYPICALLY, THE PROCESSOR IS STILL TOTALLY FINE.

THE PEOPLE ARE GETTING RID OF THESE DEVICES EVERY COUPLE YEARS OR SO, AND THEY STILL HAVE A POWERFUL PROCESSOR WITHIN THEM.

>> Reporter: AND THAT PROCESSOR IS THE PART THAT UC SAN DIEGO COMPUTER SCIENTISTS WANT TO REPURPOSE.

SWITZER SAYS THE PROCESSORS IN THESE SMARTPHONES CAN RUN PERFECTLY WELL FOR AT LEAST SIX YEARS.

>> WE COULD COLLECT UP OLD, UNWANTED PHONES AND REDEPLOY THEM IN, FOR INSTANCE, A DATA CENTER.

THEN WE WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF NEW HARDWARE THAT WE NEEDED TO BUILD.

>> Reporter: THE UCSD RESEARCH DELVED DEEPLY INTO THE CARBON ENERGY CAUSE OF CREATING NEW COMPUTER HARDWARE, WHICH SWITZER SAYS IS CONSIDERABLE.

TODAY, SMARTPHONES ARE RECYCLED , SO TO SPEAK, BUT THE GOAL OF EXTRACTING PRECIOUS METALS LIKE COPPER AND SILVER, IS DIFFICULT, AND RENDERS VERY LITTLE RETURN.

THE UCSD SCHOLARS FIRST NEEDED TO GET A BUNCH OF UNWANTED PHONES TO TRY TO TURN THEM INTO LITTLE DATA CENTERS.

FELLOW COMPUTER SCIENTIST GABRIEL MARCANO SAYS SWITZER HAD A PLAN.

>> JEN HAD A DONATION DRIVE, EFFECTIVELY, WHERE SHE ASKED FOR ANYONE ON CAMPUS, THEY HAD OLD PHONES LYING AROUND IN THEIR DRAWER, TO PLEASE GIVE THEM TO HER, AND SHE HAD A LITTLE BOX IN FRONT OF HER OFFICE, AND WE GOT A LOT OF PHONE THAT WAY.

>> Reporter: THEN THE WORK BEGAN, ASSEMBLING PHONES TOGETHER SO THE PROCESSORS COULD WORK ON THE SAME OPERATING SYSTEM.

THEY CALLED THEM PHONE CLUSTERS, BUT IN THE LAB, THEY LOOK MORE LIKE A SMARTPHONE TOAST RACK, OR MAYBE A PHONE SANDWICH.

>> ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS ABOUT THESE IS A PHONE, IN ITS WAY, IS ALREADY A DATA CENTER IN A BOX.

>> Reporter: PANNUTO IS A COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROFESSOR AT UC SAN DIEGO, AND HE'S SWITZER'S ADVISER.

HE SAYS HIS FELLOW RESEARCHERS HAVE PROVEN THAT SMARTPHONE PROCESSORS CAN BE LINKED AND CAN OPERATE LIKE A DATA CENTER.

SWITZER SAYS THEY POSTED A WEBPAGE ON ONE OF THEM.

PANNUTO SAYS THE DEVICES WOULD BE USED BY CONSUMERS, BUT THEY COULD ENHANCE THE POWER OF DATA CENTERS, EXPAND AND DECENTRALIZE THE INTERNET CLOUD.

>> LOOK, WE HAVE DONE 10 PHONES IN THE LAB.

WE BUILT A LITTLE PEN PHONE CLUSTER.

WE'VE PROVEN IT WORKS.

AND NOW WE WANT TO GO TO AND EQUALS 100, AND EQUALS 1000, AND EQUALS 2000, AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE START TO RUN WILL WORKLOADS?

>> Reporter: SO IF YOU'VE GOT AN OLD SMARTPHONE DOZING IN A DRAWER, IT'S PROCESSOR COULD HAVE A FUTURE LIFE.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WELL, LET'S START YOU OFF WITH THEIR WEATHER HEADLINES.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND.

IT'S THE WEEKEND, YAY!

WE DO HAVE AN END OF WEEKEND WARM-UP, THOUGH.

THE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO SKYROCKET, WITH THE HOTTEST DAYS BEING MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

NOW, THERE IS GOING TO BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS YET AGAIN IN THE FORECAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, BUT BEFORE THAT, THE BIG FOCUS IS GOING TO BE THE HEAT.

BUT I WANT TO FIGURE REALLY QUICKLY, BECAUSE WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF RAIN SO FAR THIS MONTH AT L.A. COMING IN JUST SHY OF THREE INCHES OF RAIN.

THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE JUST A TRACE MORE THIS MONTH, SO VERY IMPRESSIVE RAINFALL TOTALS.

SALT LAKE CITY AND SAN DIEGO ABOUT 1.84 INCHES VERSUS THAT HISTORICAL AVERAGE.

BARELY OVER A TRACE.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE THAT ROLE REVERSAL.

LOOK AT THIS, WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE VERY WET ACROSS THE SOUTH AND THE SOUTH VENTRAL.

WELL, LOOK AT THAT.

WE'RE VERY DRY.

SO IT'S KIND OF BEEN A REVERSAL OF SORTS FOR OUR PATTERN.

WE'VE BEEN VERY WET.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE TOO WET AS WE HAD THROUGHOUT THE REST OF OUR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

OVERALL, WE'RE GOING TO BE STAYING MOSTLY DRY.

WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, BUT THAT HEAT IS CERTAINLY GOING TO START TO IMPACT US BY SUNDAY.

TONIGHT, WE'RE DROPPING DOWN TO A LOW OF 65 AROUND SAN DIEGO.

WE'LL RISE TO 76 BY TOMORROW.

OCEANSIDE, 78.

BORREGO SPRINGS, 106.

MOUNT LAGUNA, 74.

BUT THERE IS AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE DESERT AS WE TRAVEL A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INLAND.

THAT MEANS THAT TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE RATHER TOASTY OUT SIDE, SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE TAKING PRECAUTIONS IN THE HEAT.

HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE GOING TO BE A BIG CONCERN, SO AGAIN, TAKE PLENTY OF COOLING BRAKES, AND ALSO DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

FIVE DAY OUTLOOK ALONG THE COAST, WELL, PATCHY FOG, THEN SON.

THAT'S GOING TO BE THE STORY THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

HIGHS ARE GOING TO RISE TO THE 80s.

BY SUNDAY, 84 ON MONDAY.

87 BY TUESDAY, SO IT'S GOING TO BE QUITE WARM ALONG THE COAST FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK.

WEDNESDAY HEADING A HIGH OF 82.

INLAND, WELL, HIGHS ARE GOING TO BE RISING TO THE 90s AND EVEN THE TRIPLE DIGITS BY TUESDAY, SO, BUCKLE UP.

IT IS GOING TO BE HOT.

MOUNTAINS, WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE AROUND THE 70s, SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE TOO BAD, BUT FOR THE HUNDREDS, WELL, TRIPLE DIGIT TEENS ON THE WAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST BREE GUY.

>>> AND HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE ARE UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY.

IT AFFECTS CUSTOMERS OF CALIFORNIA AMERICAN WATER WOULD LIVE IN IMPERIAL BEACH, AS WELL AS ARTS OF CORONADO, SAN DIEGO, AND CHULA VISTA.

THEY'RE BEING TOLD TO USE BOILED TAP WATER, OR BOTTLED WATER FOR DRINKING AND FOR COOKING.

THE EARLIEST THE ADVISORY COULD BE LIFTED IS TOMORROW.

>>> AND A MARINE PILOT WAS KILLED WHEN THEIR JET CRASHED IN A REMOTE PART OF McAS MIRAMAR.

THE F/A-18 FIGHTER WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT WHEN IT WENT DOWN JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

THE JET AND PILATE WERE BASED IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

>>> I'M JEFF BENNETT.

TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, LOCAL HAWAIIANS RAISE CONCERNS THAT THEY COULD BE PUSHED ASIDE AS NOW WE REBUILDS FROM DEVASTATING WILDFIRES.

COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE HAS THE UNTITLED UNAUTHORIZED HUNTER S. THOMPSON MUSICAL LOOKS TO THE LIFE OF THE GONZO JOURNALIST.

KPBS ARTS REPORTER BETH OKAMOTO ATTENDED A REHEARSAL TO SEE HOW THE POP-CULTURE ICON IS BEING REMEMBERED, AND IF HE WOULD APPROVE.

>> MY FIRST MEMORY OF HUNTER S THOMPSON IS GOING TO SEE THE FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS MOVIE WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

>> WE WERE SOMEWHERE AROUND BARSTOW ON THE EDGE OF THE DESERT WHEN THE DRUGS BEGAN TO TAKE HOLD.

>> THAT FILM, AND JOHNNY DEPP'S PERFORMANCE, GOT JOE ICONIS HOOKED ON HUNTER S. THOMPSON AS A NOTORIOUS POP-CULTURE FIGURE.

THEN, ICONIS STARTED TO READ THOMPSON'S WORK.

>> THESE ARE POETRY TO HIS LANGUAGE.

THERE IS REAL MUSIC IN HIS LANGUAGE.

BUT THE CONTACT OF IT WAS SO FAR OUT, AND, AND HAD SUCH A SEX, DRUGS, AND ROCK 'N ROLL KIND OF VIBE.

AND WHEN I FIRST ENCOUNTERED HIM, I WASN'T USE TO THAT KIND OF VIBE, THAT KIND OF AGGRESSION , AND SORT OF PSYCHEDELIC IMAGERY IN WRITING THAT FELT REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND REALLY, AND REALLY POETIC, AND REALLY ROMANTIC.

>> IT'S ALMOST OF THE THE POLITICAL CLIMATE CREATED HIM.

IT WAS A CONFUSING TIME, AND THERE WAS THIS VOICE, SO CLEAR.

THIS IS WHAT I SEE, THIS IS WHAT I THINK.

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

>> WE PRESENT AN OBJECTIVE POINT OF VIEW.

GOOD JOURNALISM DEPICTS.

IT DOESN'T DISRUPT.

>> HUNTER S. THOMPSON REALLY CREATED THIS IDEA OF TELLING THE TRUTH IN A COMPLETELY SUBJECTIVE WAY.

AND, AT THE TIME THAT HE CREATED IT, IT FELT REALLY GROUNDBREAKING, AND IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY IN THE HANDS OF LIBERAL THINKERS.

IT FELT LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE CHALLENGING THE ESTABLISHMENT.

>> I BOTH LOVE HUNTER S. THOMPSON, AND THERE'S DAYS WHEN I GET MAD AT HIM FOR HAVING BEEN ONE OF THE RUNNERS OF SOME OF THE DISINTEREST IN TRUTH, OR OBJECTIVE TRUTH, THAT I THINK WE'RE LIVING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT'S CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY.

15 YEARS AGO, AS THE NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE, HE COMMISSIONED ICONIS TO WRITE A THOMPSON MUSICAL.

>> I WAS REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT TELLING HUNTER S. THOMPSON'S STORY IN A WAY THAT DID NOT TRY TO SUGARCOAT ANYTHING IN HIS LIFE.

AND ALLOWS HIM TO DO THINGS THAT ARE UGLY AND PROBLEMATIC, AND THEN LEAVE THAT TO THE AUDIENCE TO DECIDE, WAS THIS GUY WORTH IT?

>> SIT DOWN.

I DON'T NEED TO PROVE MYSELF TO ANY OF YOU.

>> GABRIEL EBERT PLACED THOMPSON.

HE SEES THE PLAY AS BEING ABOUT A WRITER'S STRUGGLE TO DO SOMETHING TO CHECK UP THE STATUS QUO.

>> HUNTERS BELIEVE THAT GOOD ART COULD, AT ITS BEST, CHANGE THE WORLD, BUT EVEN IF IT'S NOT ABLE TO CHANGE THE WORLD, IT COULD MAKE THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE FOR THE PEOPLE IN IT WHO FEEL LOST AND ALONE.

>> THE WEIRDO.

THE OUTCAST.

THE FREAKS.

>> AT THE CENTER OF ALL OF THESE MAD RAMBLINGS, I THINK, IS SOMEONE WHO CARED DEEPLY ABOUT PEOPLE WHO FEEL OTHERS.

PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE MISFITS.

PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO BELONG.

AND HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE A SPACE FOR THEM.

>> EVERYBODY ELSE, GET BACK CENTERSTAGE.

>> WHERE I THINK HUNTER S. THOMPSON WOULD THINK ABOUT BEING THE SUBJECT OF THE MUSICAL.

I THINK HE WOULD HATE IT.

>> I WOULD HOPE THAT HE'D LIKE THE WORDS.

HE LOVED WORDS.

WORDS WERE HIS DAD'S.

WORDS FOR HIS MUSIC.

AND JOE IS NOT FRIVOLOUS WITH HIS WORDS, AND JOE GETS THE LAST IN A WAY THAT I THINK HUNTER WOULD APPRECIATE.

JOE TELLS THE TRUTH IN A WAY THAT I THINK HUNTER WOULD APPRECIATE, AND JOE ALSO LIES IN A WAY THAT I THINK HUNTER WOULD APPRECIATE.

>> I THINK HE MIGHT'VE FESSED UP TO SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE REALLY CRITIQUE THEM.

NOT ONLY WAS A SMART, BUT HE WAS ALSO UP FOR FUN, AND HE WAS UP FOR THE UNEXPECTED, AND HOPEFULLY THIS MUSICAL IS BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.

>> AND ICONIS DOES THINK THOMPSON WOULD APPRECIATE THE THEMES.

>> THIS SHOW DESPERATELY WANTS TO FEEL LIKE IT'S MAKING A PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T OFTEN GET A PLACE MADE FOR THEM IN THE WORLD AND IN MUSICAL THEATER SPECIFICALLY.

AND I THINK HE'D LIKE THE PUPPETS.

>> OH, AND MAYBE THE SEX DOLL.

THE UNTITLED UNAUTHORIZED HUNTER S. THOMPSON MUSICAL HOPES TO BE EVERYTHING YOU LOVE, AS WELL AS EVERYTHING YOU MIGHT HATE ABOUT THE MAN IN THE MIDST THAT WAS HUNTER S. THOMPSON.

>> THE END.

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