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♪♪ >>> TONIGHT SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT LAMONT JACKSON IS OUT OF A JOB.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM JADE HINDMON IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

THE SCHOOL HEARD RESULTS OF AN INVESTIGATION AND WE TAKE YOU OUTSIDE THE CENTRAL OFFICE FOR DETAILS.

>> Reporter: IT JADE, THE DISTRICT HIRED AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATOR TO LOOKED INTO JACKSON IN MAY.

ACCORDING TO FINDINGS TWO WOMEN WHO PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR THE DISTRICT ALLEGED THAT JACKSON MADE SEXUAL ADVANCES THAT THEY REFUSED.

THE BOARD HIRED AN INDEPENDENT THIRD-PARTY INVESTIGATOR.

>> THE ALLEGATION OF INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT TOWARDS TWO FORMER EMPLOYEES WAS FOUND TO BE CREDIBLE.

BASED ON THAT FINDING, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE SUPERINTENDENT HAVE MUTUALLY AGREED THAT SEPARATION IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT.

>> Reporter: IT DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FABIOLA BAGULA WILL TAKE OVER AS ACTING SUPERINTENDENT.

LIVE I AM REPORTING FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> SUNNY SKIES MAKING A RETURN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

IT WILL BE HUMID AND BREEZY BUT OVERALL, GREAT WEATHER NOT JUST FOR LABOR DAY BUT ALSO INTO NEXT WEEK.

WE WILL HAVE A LOOK AT THE FORECAST COMING UP.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMMISSION WAS GIVEN MONEY TO ASSIST JANUARY FLOOD SURVIVORS BUT ONLY ABOUT ONE IN FOUR ALL OF SIZE.

WE VISITED ONE SURVIVOR WHO THINKS THAT SHOULD CHANGE.

>> Reporter: THE FUNDS ARE RESTRICTED TO THE FEW HUNDRED FAMILIES THAT ARE STILL USING THE COUNTY HOTEL VOUCHERS ON MAY 23.

JESSICA SAYS THAT IS NOT A GOOD MEASURE OF NEED.

>> NOBODY LEFT THE HOTELS BECAUSE THEY WERE SECURE AND RECOVERED.

PEOPLE JUST ENDED UP IN THEIR CARS AND TENTS.

>> Reporter: SHE MOVED OUT OF THE HOTEL IN MARCH.

HER GRANDFATHER GAVE HER AN OLD TRAVEL TRAILER.

SHE SAYS IT WAS MORE STABLE FOR HER SON WHO TURNED EIGHT YEARS OLD THE DAY THAT THERE -- THEIR HOME FLOODED.

WHEN SHE PULLED INTO THE RV LOT, SHE WAS GOT PUNCHED.

IT BACKS ONTO A STORM WATER CHANNEL.

>> WE HAD STORMS IN MARCH AND IT FILLED ALMOST ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

>> Reporter: IT IS NOT LIKE WHERE SHE USED TO LIVE.

SHE SAYS THE CITY DID NOT PROPERLY MAINTAIN THAT.

>> THE ONE BY MY OLD PLACE, I THOUGHT IT WAS A NATURE PRESERVE.

THAT IS HOW MANY PLANTS AND TREES WERE BACK THERE.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE ADVOCATING FOR RECOVERY FUNDING TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL SURVIVORS.

THE AMOUNT WAS BASED OFF OF A FEW HUNDRED FAMILIES STILL IN HOTELS AND WILL LIKELY ALL BE SPENT HELPING THEM.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS POSTPONING A DECISION ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS.

INDUSTRY LEADERS WANT NEW REQUIREMENTS TO BE FLEXIBLE .

>> Reporter: INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCES REQUIRE DEVELOPMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE UNITS.

AFTER DOZENS OF MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS, THREE OPTIONS WERE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

DETAILS LIKE HOW AFFORDABLE THEY NEED TO BE AND WHAT SIZE DEVELOPMENT IT WOULD APPLY TO VARIED.

ONE SAYS COUNTY LEADERS SHOULD FINISH ONE BEFORE WORKING ON THE OTHER.

>> THIS COULD HAVE A LARGE IMPACT ON THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING NEW HOMES IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS.

>> Reporter: COUNTY STAFF SHARED WAYS THAT DEVELOPERS CAN COMPLY WITHOUT PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON SITE.

IT INCLUDES PAYING A FEE, DONATING LAND, AND HOLDING AFFORDABLE UNITS SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SUPERVISOR STEP SAYS SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CREATES ECONOMICALLY BALANCED COMMUNITIES.

>> IF YOU DON'T WANT TO INCLUDE LOW INCOME IN THE PROJECT, JUST PAY THE FEE.

HOW DOES THAT PROMOTE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING?

>> Reporter: A WERE ENCOURAGED TO BRING BACK IDEAS THIS WINTER.

KATIE ANASTAS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> HOUSING IS A BIG ISSUE COMING UP THIS ELECTION YEAR.

ACTIVISTS ARE JOINING A NATIONWIDE PUSH TO BUILD MORE HOMES.

>>> LABOR DAY WEEKEND WILL WRAP UP A BUSY SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON.

ALL 10 OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS OF THE YEAR HAPPENED THIS SUMMER.

EMILY SCHMIDT REPORTS THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL SET RECORDS OF THEIR OWN.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALLY THREE WEEKS OF SUMMER REMAINED BUT FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, SOAKING IN THE LAST LITTLE BIT OF TIME MEANS BAGGAGE.

>> IT WAS A NIGHTMARE TRYING TO FIND PARKING.

>> I AM OFF TO ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

>> I DON'T TRAVEL ON HOLIDAY WEEKENDS BECAUSE OF THIS USUALLY .

>> Reporter: 2.86 MILLION PEOPLE COULD TRAVEL FRIDAY ALONG WITH AN EXPECTED 17 MILLION OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND STRETCH.

THAT WOULD BE A LABOR DAY RECORD.

NOT EVEN ONE OF THE TOP 10 DAYS IN RECORD-SETTING YEARS.

>> WE ARE ALWAYS GEARED UP FOR THIS KIND OF THING .

>> Reporter: AIR VOLUME IS UP AND GAS PRICES ARE DOWN.

THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR GAS IS $3.27, THE LOWEST LABOR DAY MARK IN YEARS.

>> WE HAVE SEEN PRICES GO DOWN BY $.15 IN THE LAST MONTH.

>> Reporter: YOU COULD FACE PLENTY OF COMPANY WITH THE WORST TRAVEL TIME ON MONDAY BETWEEN 11:00 A.M. AND 8:00 P.M.

BUT BEFORE THAT THERE IS A WHOLE WEEKEND TO ENJOY.

>> OUR FLIGHT WAS CANCELED SO WE ARE REROUTING.

>> Reporter: UNLIKE MILLIONS OF HOLIDAY TRAVELERS, SOME ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE QUITE YET.

I'M EMILY SCHMIDT, KPBS NEWS.

>>> HERE AT HOME IT WAS A BUSY DAY AT SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

OFFICIALS EXPECT 450,000 TRAVELERS OVER THE NEXT SIX DAYS.

OUR MEDIA PARTNER CAGEY TV SPOKE WITH TRAVELERS AND THEY SAY THAT WEATHER COULD RAIN ON THEIR PLANS.

>> IT TOOK SUPERLONG.

>> MY SECOND FLIGHT FROM DALLAS TO NEW YORK WAS CANCELED.

>> FOR THOSE HITTING THE ROAD, EXPECT TO PAY $4.70 PER GALLON FOR REGULAR GAS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>>> A SAFETY REMINDER FROM CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL.

DO NOT DRIVE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS.

CHP IS RAMPING UP OPERATIONS THIS WEEKEND.

THE MAXIMUM ENFORCEMENT PERIOD BEGINS TONIGHT AT 6:00 P.M. AND WILL LAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY MORNING.

>>> ABOUT 80% OF OVERDOSE DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE FROM OH YOU AIDES, PRIMARILY FENTANYL.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL.

HEIDI DiMARCO SAYS THE STUDY COINCIDES WITH OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY TOMORROW.

>> Reporter: THESE SIX FOOT TALL AND TWO CHAIRS DISPLAYED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BORDER REPRESENT LOSS FROM OVERDOSES.

>> WE WANTED TO TAKE THE EMPTY CHAIR, WHICH IS A SYMBOL OF DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE U.S. AND MEXICO TO SYMBOLIZE THE MISSING LOVED ONES ON THESE DAYS.

>> Reporter: ONE SITS AT WATERFRONT PARK IN SAN DIEGO AND THE OTHER AT THE MONUMENTAL ART.

SUFFERING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER IS CONNECTED.

>> IT IS A CALL TO ACTION FROM THE BORDER TO WORK IN A JOINT MANNER TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF COMMUNITIES.

>> Reporter: IN THE U.S. IS CONFRONTING A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS DRIVEN BY FENTANYL AND MEXICO FACES SIGNIFICANT CHANGES RELATED TO HARM REDUCTION AND TREATMENT.

>> PEOPLE HAVE MEDICALLY ASSISTED TREATMENTS AND THEN THERE WAS A SHORTAGE AT THE BORDER.

THEY WENT BACK TO THE BLACK MARKET TO SOURCE SUBSTANCES AND THERE ARE REPORTS FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY LOSE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MEXICO TO OVERDOSES AS WELL .

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THERE IS ONLY ONE METHADONE CLINIC IN TIJUANA.

IN YOU THE U.S., NALOXONE IS AVAILABLE WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION BUT IN X IN IT IS CONTROLLED.

>> THE PROBLEM IS, IN MEXICO, NALOXONE IS NOT LEGAL.

SO MANY FAMILIES, -- IT IS REALLY TRAGIC THAT IN MEXICO THEY DON'T HAVE NALOXONE SO PART OF THE WORK IS TO TRY TO SOLVE THAT.

>> Reporter: 2023 DATA FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT SHOWS THAT ABOUT SEVEN OUT OF 10 OVERDOSE DEATHS ARE OPIOID -RELATED IN MEXICO.

THE SCALE OF CONSUMPTION IS CLOUDED BY A LACK OF DATA AND TESTING IN MEXICO.

IT IS BELIEVED THAT OVERDOSES ARE A SHARED CRISIS.

HEIDI DiMARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE AND THE FIRST INTERVIEW WITH KAMALA HARRIS IS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.

THAT IS COMING UP NEXT AFTER KPBS EVENING EDITION .

>>> IT'S 66 DAYS FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND BOTH THE HARRIS AND TRUMP CAMPAIGNS ARE TRYING TO CLARIFY THEIR POSITION ON KEY ISSUES THAT COULD PLAY A BIG PART IN THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

MICHAEL YOSHIDA SHOWS US HOW THIS COULD BE A CLOSE ELECTION .

>> Reporter: IN THE FIRST SITDOWN INTERVIEW SINCE BECOMING THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, SHE IS CHANGING POLICY POSITIONS INCLUDING FLIP-FLOPPING ON FRACKING AND THAT COULD PLAY A ROLE IN HOW PEOPLE VOTE IN PENNSYLVANIA WHERE FRACKING IS A HUGE EMPLOYER.

WHILE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT -- VICE PRESIDENT IN 2020 SHE SAID THE OPPOSITE BUT THAT HAS CHANGED.

THURSDAY SHE NOW BELIEVES THAT CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY CAN GROW WITHOUT ELIMINATING THE PRACTICE.

>> AS VICE PRESIDENT I DID NOT BAND FRACKING BUT AS PRESIDENT I WILL.

>> Reporter: HARRIS ADDRESSING ANOTHER REVERSAL FROM 2019 WHICH SUPPORTS DECRIMINALIZING ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS.

>> WE HAVE LAWS THAT NEED TO BE ENFORCED.

>> Reporter: THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ADDING TO CONFUSION OVER ITS STANCE ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.

HE HAS GONE FROM SAYING HE IS PRO-CHOICE AND THEN TAKING PRIDE IN OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE AND SAYING THAT STATES SHOULD SET ABORTION LIMITS.

NOW HE WILL NOT GIVE A STRAIGHT ANSWER ON HOW HE WILL VOTE ON A AN INITIATIVE IN FLORIDA.

>> I THINK SIX WEEKS IS TOO SHORT.

THERE HAS TO BE MORE TIME.

>> HE HAS BEEN CONSISTENT.

HE DOES NOT LIKE LATE-TERM ABORTION.

I THINK HE HAS BEEN SOMEWHERE ELSE ON THIS ISSUE.

>> Reporter: FROM WASHINGTON I AM MICHAEL YOSHIDA REPORTING.

>>> LOCAL HOUSING POLITICS HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY INTO THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT.

KPBS REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SAYS IT REFLECTS A SHIFT TO EMBRACE YIMBY.

>> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS OF VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IT JOINED A YIMBY'S FOR HARRIS CALL.

IT STANDS FOR "YES IN MY BACKYARD."

THEY BELIEVE BUILDING MORE HOUSING IS KEY TO MAKING IT LESS EXPENSIVE.

CONGRESSMAN SCOTT PETERS WAS AMONG THE SPEAKERS .

>> Reporter: I AM EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE HARRIS AND WALZ ADMINISTRATION .

WE WANT TO BOOST TRANSIT RIDERSHIP AND GET CARS OFF THE ROAD.

>> Reporter: HOUSING POLICIES LIKE ZONING AND DENSITY LIMITS HAVE BEEN A CONCERN AT CITY GOVERNMENTS.

>> WE WILL END THE AMERICAN HOUSING SHORTAGE .

>> Reporter: HARRIS SAYS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD PUSH FOR FASTER APPROVAL OF HOUSING.

JORDAN SAYS DEMOCRATS INCREASINGLY SEE BUILDING MORE HOUSING AS A POSITION THAT WINS ELECTIONS.

>> WE HAVE SEEN IN SAN DIEGO AT THE STATE AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THOSE THAT ARE PUSHING PRO-HOUSING POLICIES HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND I THINK IT DEMONSTRATES THE MORE THAT SOMEONE IS SUPPORTIVE OF HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITIES, THE MORE LIKELY THEY ARE TO DO WELL.

>> Reporter: DONALD TRUMP HAS BOASTED OF HIS EFFORTS TO BLOCK AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES SAYING IT WILL HELP KEEP CRIMINALS OUT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A POPULAR BEACH JUST OUTSIDE OF THE SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR PLANT WILL REMAIN OPEN .

A 25 YEAR LEASE HAS BEEN SIGNED WITH THE PARK'S OFFICE TODAY JUST ONE DAY BEFORE THE AUGUST 31 DEADLINE.

THE 50 YEAR LEASE FOR THE SAN ONOFRE STATE BEACH AND SAN MATEO CAMPGROUND WAS EXTENDED THREE YEARS IN 2021.

AN ESTIMATED 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE VISIT THE PARK EACH YEAR.

>>> A SCIENTIFIC RAKE THROUGH COULD CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE RECYCLE.

RESEARCHERS AT UC BERKELEY SAY THEY HAVE FOUND A PROCESS TO BREAK DOWN PLASTIC AND KEEP IT FROM ENDING UP IN LANDFILLS.

>> Reporter: THE FUTURE OF RECYCLING PLASTICS COULD LOOK DIFFERENT THANKS TO A NEW DISCOVERY AT UC BERKELEY.

>> IT COULD PROVIDE A BETTER ALTERNATIVE.

YOU CAN GET THE EXACT SAME PLASTIC BY RE- CREATING IT FROM SCRATCH.

>> Reporter: HE IS A CHEMISTRY PHD CANDIDATE AT UC BERKELEY.

HE BUILT UP YEARS -- BUILT OFF OF YEARS OF RESEARCH FROM PRIOR STUDENTS AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES, SOAP BOTTLES, SHOPPING BAGS, AND MORE.

>> SANDWICH BAGS BUT ALSO LARGE OBJECTS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AS WELL AS MILK JUGS AND OTHER CONTAINERS.

>> Reporter: CHEMISTS COMBINE THESE PLASTICS WITH SODIUM AND TRUXTON -- TUNGSTEN.

THEY AT ETHYLENE, STIR IT UP FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF, OPEN UP THE REACTOR AND THIS IS THE RESULT.

NO MORE PLASTIC.

IT JUST RAW MATERIALS THAT CAN BE RECYCLED.

>> I BEGAN TO LOSE HOPE BUT ONE DAY HE CAME TO ME AND SAID I HAVE THE BEST RESULTS I THINK I WILL EVER SHOW YOU.

>> Reporter: ON TUESDAY THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE.

>> IT IS ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS FORUMS THAT WE HAVE IN SCIENCE .

>> Reporter: THEY HOPE THIS PROCESS WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO LESS PLASTIC IN LANDFILLS.

>> I THINK THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC INCENTIVE.

IF YOU CAN MAKE IT CHEAPER TO RECYCLE PLASTIC, IT IS GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT .

>> Reporter: A FEET CONQUERED AFTER YEARS OF TRIAL AND ERROR.

>>> THE NUMBER OF OF 401(K) MILLIONAIRES ROSE TO A NEW RECORD HIGH.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ BREAKS DOWN THE NUMBERS AND HOW YOU CAN MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR RETIREMENT SAVINGS.

>> Reporter: THE STOCK MARKET RETURNS DON'T ALWAYS EQUATE TO HAVING ENOUGH MONEY SAVED FOR RETIREMENT.

IT TAKES SAVING CONSISTENTLY AND TIME.

>> PUT TIME INTO THE MARKET.

DON'T TRY TO TIME IT.

>> Reporter: INFIDELITY HAS MILLIONS OF ACCOUNTS ACROSS 26,000 EMPLOYERS.

WITHIN THOSE ACCOUNTS JUST UNDER 500,000 HAD BALANCES OF $1 MILLION OR MORE AT THE END OF JUNE AND THAT IS UP 2.5% FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.

>> IT IS ONLY ABOUT 2% OF OUR 401(K) POPULATION.

THE MILLIONAIRES HAVE BEEN ON OUR PLATFORM ON AVERAGE ABOUT 27 YEARS.

>> Reporter: THE SCENARIO IS A BIT -- A BIT LESS ROSE.

INFIDELITY FOUND PARTICIPANTS AVERAGE SAVINGS RATE WAS 14.2%, JUST BELOW THE 15% THAT IS RECOMMENDED.

>> WE RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE SAVE THE AMOUNT WHERE THEY ARE TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF WHAT THE EMPLOYER IS OFFERING IN TERMS OF 401(K) MATCH.

>> Reporter: IF NOT YOU COULD BE LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE.

THE AVERAGE 401(K) BALANCE AMONG GENX, THEY WILL REACH RETIREMENT IN THE NEXT DECADE, IS JUST $182,100.

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO START SAVING FOR RETIREMENT BUT JOINING THE MILLIONAIRES CLUB TAKES WORK.

>> THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

YOU WILL NOT FIND A HOT STOCK AND BOOM, YOU HAVE $1 MILLION.

>> Reporter: I AM IVAN RODRIGUEZ REPORTING.

>>> AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING WE WILL BE TRACKING TEMPERATURES INTO THE 60s.

LOW CLOUDS NEAR THE COAST.

FURTHER INLAND, A BIT COOLER AND 62 FOR OCEANSIDE AND 67 IN SAN DIEGO.

64 IN CHULA VISTA.

CLOUDIER CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES BUT OVERALL, TOMORROW, A PRETTY NICE WARM-UP.

WE WILL SEE UPPER 70s IN SAN DIEGO AND CHULA VISTA, 82 IN OCEANSIDE AND AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TOWARDS THE DESERTS, IT WILL BE A BIT HOTTER.

THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL BE COOLER THOUGH.

OVERALL WE WILL SEE A MIX OF TEMPERATURES BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, LOTS OF SUNSHINE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

NICE CLEAR SKIES AND PRETTY THICK CLOUD COVER A FEW MILES OFFSHORE.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW MORNING, THE SUN COMES UP AND WE SEE SHOWERS DEVELOP AND MORE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS ARIZONA AND THE MOUNTAINS.

THEY WILL SEE SHOWERS DEVELOPING INCLUDING LIGHTNING AND THUNDER.

OVERALL THIS WILL BE BLOCK OFF AND WE WILL SEE MORE SUNSHINE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF CALIFORNIA.

HERE IS A LOOK AT THE FIVE DAY FORECAST ALONG THE COAST.

SUNNY SKIES WITH HIGHS IN THE 80s.

OVERALL, PRETTY DECENT WEATHER.

OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 60s.

TEMPERATURES IN THE 80s FOR THE WEEKEND AND IN THE 90s BY LABOR DAY.

THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS IN THE UPPER 70s BUT THEN THINGS TRAIL OFF GOING INTO LABOR DAY.

AFTER THAT, LOOKING AT THE DESERT REGIONS IT WILL BE HOT THIS WEEKEND.

BUT THEN JUST A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF JUST ON TIME FOR THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY.

I AM YOUR METEOROLOGIST DAMIEN LODES.

>>> KPBS REPORTER BETH ACCOMANDO SPOKE WITH -- ABOUT THE POLITICS OF DRAG.

>> MY NAME IS SASHA VELOUR AND THIS IS THE SET OF OUR NEW PLAY.

IT TELLS THE STORY OF THE LIFE OF A DRAG QUEEN.

IT IS REALLY ABOUT THE CAMP QUALITY WHERE YOU GIVE IT YOUR FULL INTENTION.

BUT THERE IS NOTHING REAL.

OR PRACTICAL ABOUT IT.

THERE IS SOMETHING FEARLESS ABOUT DOING DRAG.

YOU STOP WORRYING ABOUT HOW OTHERS WILL REACT TO YOU AND FOLLOW YOUR INSTINCT WITH WHAT FEELS RIGHT.

I THINK A LOT OF IDEAS HAVE GOTTEN THEIR START WITH --.

WITH EVERYTHING I DO, I NEED TO BE CONSCIOUS.

I TRY TO BE BUT I ALSO HAVE TO BE ABOUT CLEARING UP MISINFORMATION.

LIKE, THIS IS ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE CONSENT OVER THEIR OWN BODIES AND HAVING POWER OVER THEIR OWN LIVES.

NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE WAY WE TYPICALLY SEE THINGS.

I THINK THAT IS WHY DRAG FEELS SO POLITICAL STILL.

IT IS BECAUSE BEING VISIBLY QUEER, BEING VISIBLY DIFFERENT, IS POLITICIZING.

IN REALITY, WE ARE MAKING ART AND HAVING FUN AND ENTERTAINING PEOPLE.

THE PROCESS FOR ME HAS BEEN ABOUT TRYING TO EXECUTE DRAG IN A WAY THAT IS MORE ARTISTIC AND WELL-THOUGHT-OUT AND CAREFULLY PLANNED THAN EVER BEFORE.

BUT STILL BE TRUE TO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT DRAG IS.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE ACTUAL ART, IT IS A GOOD THING THAT I HAVE A MICROPHONE AND THEY CAN TURN IT OFF BECAUSE I AM NOT A QUIET LIP-SYNCH OR.

I AM BREATHING HARD AND WHISPERING INCANTATIONS ALONG THE WAY.

LIP-SYNCHING IS A STRANGE ARTFORM.

IT'S LIKE, WHY AREN'T YOU SINGING?

I THINK EMBODYING POP-CULTURE REFERENCES, BY EMBODYING THEM IN NEW WAYS THERE IS ART TO BE FOUND.

WE ARE AT AN INTERESTING TIME IN DRAG.

IN CULTURE.

FOR A LOT OF US WE ARE STILL TRYING TO MAKE A CASE THAT DRAG IS PART OF THEATER.

AND EVERYONE CAN FIND THEMSELVES IN IT AND FIND IT ENTERTAINING.

EVEN THOUGH IT GREW OUT OF THE QUEER UNDERGROUND THERE IS A MESSAGE OF SELF-DETERMINATION THAT SPEAKS TO EACH AND EVERY PERSON IN THE WORLD.

THE IDEA OF DRAG IS A PARTY THAT WE CREATE TO GIVE OURSELVES PERMISSION TO BE WHO WE ARE.

WITH VIDEO PROJECTION, LIP- SYNCH PERFORMANCE, AMAZING COSTUMES AND REVEALS.

I LOVE CREATING A COMPLEX PUZZLE TO PERFORM IN.

THAT IS WHAT A DRAG COSTUME INVOLVES.

IT IS PADDING AND COURSE SITTING AND EXAGGERATING.

THESE HOUSES EXPLODE.

I FEEL LIKE I INVENTED A STYLE DOING DRAG WITH PROJECTIONS.

I STARTED USING THE PROJECTOR TO LIGHT MY FACE AND THEN I WAS GOING TO ANIMATE IT AS WELL.

THE DRAG MAKEOVER NEVER STOPS SO WE WILL TRY TO DO ANOTHER RUN SOMEWHERE IN THE NEXT YEAR.

>>> THAT STORY WAS PRODUCED BY BETH ACCOMANDO .

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US.

I AM JADE HINDMON .

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

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

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

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

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