>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS LOOK AT SOME OF THE BEST STORIES FROM KBPS I'M MAYA TRABULSI .

A FORMER POLICE OFFICER CLAIMED SHE WAS RETALIATED AGAINST.

>>> MAKING HOUSES INTO HOMES, WE FOLLOW ONE FAMILIES JOURNEY TO STABLE HOUSING AND VOLUNTEERS WERE HELPING ALONG THE WAY.

>>> IT'S KNOWN AS CARLSBAD SLEEPING BEAUTY, SEE HOW SOME OF THE HISTORY AT CARRILLO RANCH IS BEING PRESERVED FOR THE DIGITAL AGE.

>>> THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK WAS THE WILDFIRES BURNING IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, A CAMERA NETWORK HAS PROVEN TO BE A VALUABLE TOOL FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.

>> SO THIS IS THE ALERT CALIFORNIA INTERFACE.

WE'RE LOOKING FROM THE MOUNT WILSON CAMERA WHICH IS ACTUAL FOOTAGE OF THE EDEN FIRE IN LOS ANGELES, SEEN THROUGH HP, THAT STANDS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE WIRELESS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORK CREATED BY UC SAN DIEGO AS PART OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH PROJECT BACK IN 2000.

>> WE DEPLOYED THESE CAMERAS TO LOOK AT WEATHER CONDITIONS BUT NOW THAT'S THE DOMINANT USE OF THE NETWORK IS THE WILDFIRES.

>> HP INVOLVED IN TO ALERT CALIFORNIA, FRANK VERNON IS A UCSD RESEARCH SCIENTIST AND INVESTIGATOR FOR BOTH THE HP AND THE ALERT CALIFORNIA PROJECTS.

>> THE HEINZ FIRE IN 2001, AND THEN WE HAVE THE CEDAR FIRE IN 2003 AND THEN WE ARE OFF TO THE RACES AND THEN THE FIRE COMMUNITY REALLY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE CAMERAS BEING DEPLOYED IN KIND OF REPURPOSED THE THOUGHT PROCESS, IT WAS AN ACCIDENTAL THING THAT THE CAMERA STARTED BEING PUT ON THE MOUNTAIN TOPS.

IF SOMEONE CALLS IN A 911, THE FIRE AGENCIES CAN LOOK RIGHT AWAY AND SAY OKAY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS SIGNIFICANT OR NOT.

THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN INCORPORATE THAT IN ALL THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES.

>> HP HAS 148 FIXED CAMERAS AT 34 INDIVIDUAL SITES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

AND IS INCLUDED IN ALERT CALIFORNIA'S NETWORK OF MORE THAN 1100 AND TILT ZOOM CAMERAS, AND ALL THE IMAGES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN REAL TIME.

>> SO EACH INDIVIDUAL CAN GET ON THE INTERNET WHEREVER THEY ARE, CELL PHONE, AT HOME, AND LOOK AND SEE, PICK UP THE CAMERAS IN THEIR AREA AND GO SEE WHAT'S IMPORTANT.

>> PHOTO ALERT CALIFORNIA.ORG, HAS REAL-TIME UPDATES.

>>> FOLLOWING THE LATEST ON THE FIRES IN LOS ANGELES AND HOW OUR COMMUNITY IS HELPING, YOU CAN FIND UPDATES ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> A FORMER POLICE DETECTIVE IS SUING THE CITY.

SHE SAYS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COVERED UP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY HER HUSBAND A POLICE SERGEANT.

>> ALLISON FORD WORKED FOR THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 17 YEARS.

SHE EARNED THE TITLE, OFFICER OF THE YEAR, AND A LAWSUIT ANNOUNCED MONDAY, SHE CALLS IT A BOYS CLUB, WHERE WOMEN ARE PUNISHED FOR SPEAKING OUT.

>> I'M SPEAKING OUT TODAY, NOT JUST FOR MYSELF BUT FOR EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN FAILED BY THE SYSTEM.

THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT CULTURE OF RETALIATION AND COVERUPS MUST AND.

>> THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND HER EX-HUSBAND DECLINED TO RESPOND TO THE ALLEGATIONS.

THE LAWSUIT DETAIL SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY MANY OFFICERS AND PRESSURE NOT TO REPORT.

IT CLAIMS THAT CULTURE ENABLED HER THEN HUSBAND AND FELLOW OFFICER SERGEANT MITCHELL FORD TO ABUSE HER.

WHEN SHE TOLD HIM SHE WANTED A DIVORCE, SHE ALLEGES THAT HE PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED HER.

ALLISON FORD SAID THAT NIGHT HE TOLD HER SHE WOULD LOSE HER JOB BECAUSE OF THE POWER HE HELD IN THE DEPARTMENT.

>> AT FIRST I DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE DEPARTMENT THAT I LOVED AND THAT I HAD WORKED SO HARD FOR WOULD PROTECT ME.

BUT THEY DID NOT PAY >> THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS WHEN SHE REPORTED THE ASSAULT, ST PD DID NOT INVESTIGATE PROPERLY HER HUSBAND WAS PLACED ON PAID LEAVE AND CLEARED OF WRONGDOING BUT IT CLAIMS THAT SDPD TOOK AWAY HER PRIVILEGES AND DENIED HER SCHEDULE REQUEST.

THAT OFFICERS USED POLICE RESOURCES TO STALK HER.

AND THAT SDPD REFUSED TO ENFORCE THE RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST HER HUSBAND.

JOHN GOMEZ IS HER LAWYER.

>> I IF THESE ARE THE LINKS THAT THE DEPARTMENT WILL GO TO TO SUPPRESS ONE OF ITS OWN FEMALE OFFICERS A DECORATED AWARD-WINNING DETECTIVE IN ORDER TO PROTECT A MORE SENIOR MALE OFFICER, WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT HOW IT TREATS EVERY DAY CITIZENS WHO LACK THE RESOURCES OR KNOWLEDGE TO FIGHT BACK?

>> ALLISON FORD RESIGNED LAST YEAR.

SHE SAYS MITCHELL FORD REMAINS WITH SDPD , ARMED.

>>> PART OF THE RECENTLY PASSED MILITARY BUDGET INCLUDES A CONTROVERSIAL PROVISION, STARTING WITH YOUR GENDER AFFIRMING CARE WILL NO LONGER BE COVERED BY THE MILITARY'S HEALTH CARE PLAN.

ANDREW DYER SPOKE WITH ONE LOCAL FAMILY PREPARING FOR THE CHANGE.

>> THE ONLY HARM THAT'S COMING TO MY FRIENDS ARE THE PEOPLE I CARE ABOUT THAT ARE TRANS IS TRANSFERRED BE A PERIOD 17-YEAR- OLD XANDER LIVES WITH HIS FAMILY NEAR THE COAST IN NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

HIS FATHER IS A RETIRED NAVY OFFICER AND SANDER IS COVERED BY MILITARY HEALTH INSURANCE, TRY CARE.

XANDER IS TRANS, FOR HIS FAMILY'S SAFETY, HE ASKED THAT WE ONLY USE HIS FIRST NAME, EVEN WITHOUT COVERAGE FOR GENDER AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE HIS MOTHER, ROBIN, SAYS THAT SHE THINKS THEY CAN ABSORB THE ADDED COST BUT SHE IS WORRIED THOUSANDS OF MILITARY FAMILIES CAN'T.

>> IT'LL BE HARD.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHILD IN DISTRESS, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A REALLY UNHAPPY CHILD AND I DON'T KNOW, MY HEART BREAKS.

I'M VERY WORRIED.

VERY WORRIED THAT THERE ARE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PHYSICALLY HARMED BECAUSE OF THIS.

>> THE FEDERAL PROVISION ECHOES LAWS IN 26 STATES THAT AND GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS.

REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN, OF CALIFORNIA SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE PROVISION FROM THE HOUSE FLOOR.

>> CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO GROW UP WITHOUT BEING SUBJECTED TO EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES.

THESE ARE MINORS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

WHAT BUSINESS IS IT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO BE ENGAGING IN THIS?

>> THE CLAIM THAT THIS TREATMENT IS HARMFUL IS REJECTED BY EVERY MAJOR MEDICAL ORGANIZATION.

KATHY MOBLEY IS THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF TRANS FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES, A SAN DIEGO BASED NONPROFIT.

SHE SAYS TRANS GIVES RECEIVED COUNSELING AND MENTAL HEALTHCARE WELL BEFORE DOCTORS PRESCRIBE ANY MEDICATION.

>> THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED CARE THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS, PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONS AS IMPORTANT MEDICAL CARE FOR GENDER DYSPHORIA.

AND SO WHEN WE WITHHOLD MEDICAL CARE FROM ANYBODY, WE ARE CREATING HARM.

>> DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE SIR JACOB SERVES ON THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AND SAYS THE ANTI-TRANS PROVISION WASN'T IN THE VERSION OF THE BILL THAT THEY NEGOTIATED.

SHE VOTED AGAINST THE DEFENSE BUDGET, EVEN THOUGH SOME OF HER PRIORITIES LIKE A MILITARY PAY RAISE WERE INCLUDED IN IT.

>> OUR MILITARY FAMILIES ARE NOT CALLING ME ABOUT DRAG SHOWS, NOT CALLING ME ABOUT THESE CULTURAL ISSUES, THEY ARE CALLING ME ABOUT THE HEALTHCARE AND CHILDCARE THEY NEED TO KEEP THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILY SAFE.

>> XANDER SAYS LAWMAKERS SHOULD START LISTENING TO TRANS KIDS.

>> A LOT OF MY FRIENDS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE I'VE TALKED TO THAT ARE TRANS, THEY HAVE FELT SO MUCH HAPPIER AFTER TRANSITIONING.

>> HE SAID HIS TRANSITION WAS A REVELATION.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT'S GENDER DYSPHORIA THAT DEFINED BEING TRANS, BUT IT'S THEY DON'T KNOW IT'S AN OPTION, BUT WHEN IT DOESN'T BECOME AN OPTION IT'S LIKE WOW, THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER.

IT'S A MOST LIKE PUTTING ON GLASSES IF YOU HAVE BLURRY VISION.

>> SANDERS MOTHER SAID THE COVERAGE FAN IS ESPECIALLY CRUEL BECAUSE MILITARY KIDS HAVE TO MOVE, CHANGE SCHOOLS AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS EVERY FEW YEARS.

>> THEY ARE CALLED DEPENDENCE BUT I THINK THEY ARE THE BRAVEST OF ALL BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING A SACRIFICE THAT THEY DIDN'T CHOOSE TO MAKE, AND NOW THEIR COUNTRY IS TURNING THEIR BACK ON THEM?

I JUST, IT HURTS.

>> REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE THE SUMMER PALED -- FAILED TO STRIP COVERAGE FOR EVERYONE COVERED BY TRICARE INCLUDING TROOPS AND MILITARY RETIREES, ADVOCATES ARE PREPARING FOR MORE ANTI- TRANS PROPOSALS TO EMERGE FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

>>> MORE FROM CONGRESSWOMAN SARAH JACOBS THIS WEEK.

ARE PUBLIC MATTERS REPORTER SPOKE WITH JACOBS ABOUT THE START OF A NEW CONGRESS AND THE INCOMING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

YOU CAN FIND IT ON THE KBPS YOUTUBE PAGE.

>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN DECLARED A NEW NATIONAL MONUMENT ON THE ORDER OF RIVERSIDE IN IMPERIAL COUNTY.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AT THE URGING OF SEVERAL TRIBES.

>> THE NEW CHUCKWALLA BLOCKS ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON 600,000 ACRES OF HIGH DESERT EAST OF THE SALTON SEA.

IT'S SACRED TO SEVERAL TRIBES.

>> MY INITIAL REACTION WAS, AND MY SECOND REACTION WAS NOW THAT THIS HAPPENED, WE NEED TO START WORKING ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO ENSURE STEWARDSHIP OF THE MONUMENT.

>> JOSEPH IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRIBE, HE SAYS THE TRIBE IS HOPING TO PRESERVE CERTAIN AREAS BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THEY WANT THE LAND TO BE OPEN FOR EVERYONE TO EXPERIENCE.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE DID OUR ENTIRE LIFE, AND GENERATIONS BEFORE US.

WE WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO COME AND ENJOY THE LANDSCAPE THAT WE HAVE CALLED HOME.

>> THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AMID A GREATER PUSH TO RECOGNIZE LAND THAT SIGNIFICANT TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

THE PRESIDENT ALSO CREATED A SECOND NATIONAL MONUMENT.

THE HIGHLANDS MONUMENT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, ONE THING'S ANNOUNCEMENT DID NOT INCLUDE WAS A THIRD MONUMENT PROPOSED BY THE TRIBE IN SOUTHEASTERN IMPERIAL COUNTY.

A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE MONUMENT BUT SHE SAID ALL LAND DESIGNATIONS LED BY TRIBES WERE CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION.

>>> FURNISHING A HOME CAN BE OVERWHELMING AND EXPENSIVE ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE TRANSITIONING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.

MELISSA MADE TELLS US ABOUT A NONPROFIT THAT HELPING PEOPLE GO FROM SIMPLY HAVING A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS TO HAVING A HOME.

>> WHAT?

THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE OUR HOUSE.

>> IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

>> IT'S SO NICE .

>> THAT IS RITA CHAVEZ AND HER SON DOMINIC, SEEING THEIR FULLY FURNISHED HOME IN CHULA VISTA FOR THE FIRST TIME.

PRETTY HOMEY, RIGHT?

BUT IT DIDN'T ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THIS.

THIS IS WHAT THE APARTMENT LOOKED LIKE JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE, NO FURNITURE, NO CHRISTMAS TREE, NOT EVEN A FAMILY PHOTO.

BEFORE GETTING THEIR PLACE THEY WERE LIVING IN A SOUTH COUNTY LIGHTHOUSE IN NATIONAL CITY, IT'S AN EMERGENCY SHELTER RUN BY THE SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION.

>> I WAS GOING THROUGH A LOT.

I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE AND I HAVE SOME ADDICTION PROBLEMS AS WELL.

AND IT CLOSED ROADS FOR ME.

SO I NEEDED A NEW START.

>> SCOTT MINOR WAS RITA'S ADVOCATE AT THE SHELTER.

>> RITA WAS THE PERSON THAT WAS ABLE TO GRIND AND WORK HER WAY AND SHE WAS HUNGRY.

SHE REFUSED TO GO BACK TO THE STREETS AND SO SHE WORKED VERY HARD AND PUT IN THE WORK.

>> THE WORK INCLUDED COMPLETING LEGAL PAPERWORK, DOING CHORES AND STAYING SOBER, AND BECAUSE RITA DID HER PART, MINOR WAS ABLE TO FIND THEM AN APARTMENT, MAKING THEM THE FIRST OFFICIAL GRADUATES FROM THE SOUTH COUNTY LIGHTHOUSE.

>> THEY PUSHED US LIKE TO SAY EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE OKAY, YOU ARE GOING TO GET A HOME.

>> BUT THE HOME WAS AN EMPTY APARTMENT WITH NOTHING MORE THAN BLANKETS AND PILLOWS ON THE FLOOR.

THAT'S WHERE HUMBLE DESIGN SAN DIEGO COMES IN.

>> IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE SHELTER, TO HAVE A SPACE, BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING TO MAKE IT A HOME, AND A STEP FURTHER, A HOME THAT IS CATERED TO THE INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE INSIDE.

>> COURTNEY BROWN IS A DESIGNER FOR HUMBLE, THE NONPROFIT DESIGNS AND FULLY FURNISHES HOME INTERIORS FOR PEOPLE TRANSITIONING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.

>> THERE'S A DIGNITY AND HAVING A HOME AND NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT HAVING A BED TO SLEEP IN HER NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE POTS AND PANS TO COOK WITH.

AND EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY DESERVES THAT.

>> HUMBLE HAS A 15,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE IN LOGAN HEIGHTS FOR OF DONATED FURNITURE AND HOUSEWARES.

>> IT'S MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT HUMBLE, ALL OF THE HANDS AND PEOPLE THAT GO INTO IT FROM SOMEBODY WHO'S JUST MAKING A DONATION AND HOW THAT DONATION COMES TO OUR WAREHOUSE, IT'S TOUCHED BY VOLUNTEERS AND IT ENDS UP COMING TO A SPACE TO BETTER SOMEBODY'S LIFE.

>> ENTERING RITA'S LIFE STARTED WITH A CLIENT MEETING, THIS IS WHERE COURTNEY AND HER TEAM GOT TO KNOW RITA, WHAT MOTIVATES HER AND WHAT A HOME MEANS TO HER.

>> WITH RELATIVES, EVERYBODY, WHERE YOU GUYS CAN UNITE IN ONE AREA, TO HAVE A LOT OF GOOD TIMES, A LOT OF GOOD TIMES TOGETHER.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHE HAS A SAY IN THE DESIGN OF HER SPACE.

>> I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE RECLINER RIGHT THERE.

>> I WANT TO ALTER MY ROOM, IF I COULD PUT JESUS'S FACE LIKE CRYSTALS, ALL MY LITTLE STUFF, LIKE OBSIDIAN, JUST CRYSTALS, I LIKE STUFF LIKE THAT.

>> THROUGHOUT THE MEETING, RITA TOLD THE DESIGNERS HER SON HAD ONE REQUEST.

>> HE TOLD ME TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT HE WANTS A CONSOLE.

>> THEN THE DESIGNERS WOULD CHOOSE WHAT WOULD FILL THE APARTMENT.

>> I COME BACK TO THE SPACE AND THINK ABOUT RITA AS A PERSON AND THINK ABOUT WHAT SHE WOULD WANT AND THE ENERGY THAT SHE BRINGS AND I TRIED TO FIND ITEMS THAT MATCH THAT.

>> THREE DAYS LATER THE CHAVEZ FAMILY WAS SENT OUT OF THE APARTMENT FOR A FEW HOURS WHILE TEAM HUMBLE CAME INTO TRANSFORM IT WITH HELP FROM THE SAN DIEGO PADRES FOUNDATION AND THEN RITA AND DOMINIC CAME HOME FOR THE BIG REVEAL.

WHAT HUMBLE CAUSE CALLS THE CLIENTS DAY OF JOY.

>> OH MY GOD, THIS IS PERFECT!

THIS IS WHAT I WANT!

>> AND THE RECLINER?

>> OH MY GOD, SHUT UP!

YOU GUYS REMEMBERED!

>> AND REMEMBER THE ONE THING DOMINIC WANTED QUIET --?

A GAMING CONSOLE AND HE GOT IT THANKS TO THE POTTERIES FOUNDATION.

>> NO WAY!

>> MERRY CHRISTMAS, BUDDY.

>> I WASN'T PLANNING TO CRY BUT I'M GOING TO CRY.

>> RITA SAID SHE WILL TREAT HER HOME WITH CARE AND MAKE VISITORS FEEL AS WELCOME AS SHE FELT DURING HER DAY OF JOY.

>> IT WAS OVERWHELMING BECAUSE NOBODY EVER DID THIS FOR US.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME ANYBODY HAS EVER DID ANYTHING LIKE THIS FOR US.

>> TO DATE, TEAM HUMBLE HAS FINISHED 450 SAN DIEGO HOMES.

>> I FEEL SAFE, I FEEL LIKE NOBODY COULD COME IN HERE AND DO ANYTHING.

IT JUST MAKES IT HOME.

THAT'S THE KEY WORD, HOME.

>> VOLUNTEER WHEN USED AS A VERB DICTIONARY.COM DESCRIBES IT AS SOMEBODY WHO OFFERS THEMSELVES FOR SERVICE OR UNDERTAKING BUT IN THE CASE OF ONE YOUNG VOLUNTEER, THAT DESCRIPTION FALLS FLAT.

JOHN CARROLL SHOWS US HOW THIS VOLUNTEER BRINGS PEACE TO A COUPLE NAVIGATING A DIFFICULT TIME.

>> IT'S ARTHUR.

>> HELLO.

>> ONCE A WEEK, OFF ARTHUR WAITING COMES INTO SPEND A FEW HOURS WITH BARBARA AND JEFF, THIS IS MUCH MORE THAN A SEARCHABLE CALL -- SOCIAL CALL, WEIGHING IS HERE TO BRING THE GIFT OF COMFORT AND COMPANIONSHIP.

>> THESE PROGRAMS CAN HELP CARETAKERS.

>> THE CARETAKER IN THIS CASE IS BARBARA, WHO, AT THE AGE OF 83, NOW CARES FOR 81-YEAR-OLD HUSBAND, WHO HAS ALZHEIMER'S.

BARBARA DOESN'T CALL IT A BURDEN, MORE, A LABOR OF LOVE AND CARING FOR SOMEONE IN COGNITIVE DECLINE IS A FULL- TIME JOB AND THAT'S WHERE ARTHUR COMES IN.

HE HAS A VERY PERSONAL CONNECTION TO ALZHEIMER'S THAT BEGAN LONG AGO.

HE AND HIS FAMILY WOULD TRAVEL EVERY YEAR TO VISIT HIS GRANDMOTHER IN CHINA BUT ONE YEAR, HE STARTED NOTICING CHANGES.

>> SHE KIND OF LIKE FORGOT ME AND MY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.

IT SEEMED LIKE SHE COULD NOT RECALL ANYONE, LIKE ANY MORE ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND THE CONNECTIONS WE HAD.

>> THAT SET OFF A PROCESS OF DISCOVERY, HE WENT ONLINE AND LEARNED ALL HE COULD ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S, WHAT CAUSES IT, WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT.

>> THAT'S WHEN I DISCOVERED ALZHEIMER SAN DIEGO AND THEY SPECIALIZE IN HAVING ACTIVITIES TO ADVOCATE, HOW TO DEAL WITH ALZHEIMER'S, AND I FIRST GOT INTERESTED IN THE YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN EARLY FORM OF DEMENTIA, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO DO THAT?

>> ARTHUR IS NOW WELL-VERSED IN DOING THAT, HE AND JEFF HAVE DEVELOPED A ROUTINE.

>> AND AFTER, WE LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT.

WE USUALLY LIKE TO GO ON WALKS WITH THE DOG.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GO ON THESE WALKS ESPECIALLY FOR PHYSICAL HEALTH AND IT'S ALSO A GOOD WAY TO INTERACT WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

AND THEN ONCE WE FINISHED WALKING, WE COME BACK AND USUALLY AT THIS TIME I HAVE MY BAG OF GOODIES, WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF BRAINTEASERS, PUZZLES AND USUALLY AFTER THAT, WE CONTINUE TO TALK, SOMETIMES WE LIKE TO WATCH TV AND CALM OURSELVES DOWN ESPECIALLY AFTER A LONG WALK, WE JUST SETTLE DOWN.

>> THE GIFT OF TIME WELL SPENT, ARTHUR BRINGS TO JEFF, IT'S GIVEN TO BARBARA AS WELL.

>> IT GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHATEVER I WANTED SO I CAN GO UP AND USE MY COMPUTER IN A MORE RELAXED WAY INSTEAD OF HAVING TO, HAVING A CONSTANT COMPANION.

I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT I CAN PUT, MY CONSCIOUSNESS CAN GO AWAY FROM BEING CONCERNED, IF YOU WILL, AND I CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE THAT I NEED TO DO.

>> THE BIT -- THE GIFT OF ARTHUR'S VISIT DOESN'T STOP THERE, THEY ARE ALSO A GIFT THAT THE 16-YEAR-OLD GIVES HIMSELF.

>> WITH ALL THE OTHER STRESSES, ACADEMICS, SPORTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, THIS ENVIRONMENT OF TAKING CARE OF SOMEONE IS CALLING FOR ME.

>> FOR THOSE OF US OF A CERTAIN AGE, THE WORDS OF OUR 40th PRESIDENT RING TRUE WHEN THINKING ABOUT THIS SPECIAL TEENAGER.

WHEN RONALD REAGAN SHARED HIS DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S IN 1994, HE WROTE, IN OPENING OUR HEARTS, WE HOPE THIS MIGHT PROMOTE GREATER AWARENESS OF THIS CONDITION, PERHAPS IT WILL ENCOURAGE A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE AFFECTED BY IT.

IT'S SAFE TO SAY WITHOUT EVEN BEING AWARE OF REAGAN'S WORDS, ARTHUR WANG IS LIVING THEM OUT.

>> GREAT STORY THERE.

A BIT OF CALIFORNIA HISTORY IS MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE DIGITAL AGE.

KBPS NORTH REPORTER, TELLS US ABOUT THE PRESERVATION PROJECT.

>> SO THIS RANCH WAS BUILT ESSENTIALLY BY LEO CARINO AROUND 1937.

>> WHILE HIS NAME IS NOT FAMILIAR, IN THE 1950s, LEO WAS A HOUSEHOLD NAME AS PONCHO IN THE CISCO KID TV SERIES.

IT WAS THE FIRST FILMED IN COLOR.

>> IT WAS VERY POPULAR IN THE 1950s ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE 1960S.

>> BEFORE THE SERIES, CARRILLO HAD A LONG CAREER IN VAUDEVILLE AND MOVIES, APPEARING IN MORE THAN 90 FILMS.

HERE HE IS AS THE GRAND MARSHAL IN THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE IN 1938.

CARRILLO WAS BORN IN SAN DIEGO BUT GREW UP IN SANTA MONICA WHERE HIS FATHER WAS THE POLICE CHIEF AND LATER, THE MAYOR, IN 1937, HE TOLD A FRIEND WHO WAS A REAL ESTATE AGENT HE WAS LOOKING FOR A RANCH, A PLACE TO ENTERTAIN GUESTS.

>> A PLACE WHERE HE COULD GO THAT HAD WATER, THAT HE COULD HAVE IS LIVE STUFF -- LIVESTOCK.

>> LEO WRITES THAT HE'S DRIVING DOWN HERE IN THE SPRINGTIME AND THERE'S FLOWERS EVERYWHERE, HE ARRIVES HERE, HE JUST FALLS IN LOVE WITH WHAT HE FINDS.

>> THE LAND HAD BEEN SETTLED IN THE LATE 1800S BY THE KELLY FAMILY WHO BUILT A TWO-STORY ADOBE HOME THERE.

THE HOUSE IS ALL THAT REMAINS, MUCH OF WHAT YOU SEE TODAY IS A RESULT OF CARRILLO 'S TIME THERE.

AS AN EARLY PRESERVATIONIST , CARRILLO DECIDED TO BUILD THE STRUCTURE AND MAKE IT HIS HOME.

>> BY TODAY'S STANDARDS, IT'S NOT SO COMMONPLACE, PEOPLE WANT TO DEMOLISH, WHO WANT AN OLD MUD BRICK BUILDING BUT I THINK LEO UNDERSTOOD THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BUILDING AND THE HISTORY OF IT.

AND HE LOVED THE FACT THAT IT WAS ADOBE.

>> THE RANCH BECAME CARRILLO 'S WEEKEND GETAWAY BUT IT WAS ALSO A WORKING RANCH WITH HORSES AND CHICKENS.

THE CHICKEN COOP HAS NOW BEEN TURNED INTO PUBLIC RESTROOMS, AND THE HORSE STABLE IS A MUSEUM DEDICATED TO LEO CARRILLO .

>> THIS IS LEO'S OFFICE AND BUNK ROOM.

>> EMILY POLASKY AS THE ARCHIVIST, SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXHIBITS IN THE MUSEUM AND MAINTAINING THE ARCHIVE.

>> WE'VE MODELED IT AFTER THIS PHOTO HERE, SO THERE IS LEO SITTING AT HIS DESK WRITING CHECKS, SITTING RIGHT UNDER THE BUFFALO.

>> FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, SHE'S BEEN WORKING TO DIGITIZE THE ARCHIVE AND REBELLION THAT THE PARK HAS COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS.

>> WE GOT ABOUT 1/5 OF THE COLLECTION ONLINE SO FAR.

>> THE REST ARE IN BOXES INSIDE A CRAMPED OFFICE OF WHAT WAS ONCE THE CARETAKER COTTAGE.

THE CITY MADE THE DIGITAL ARCHIVE AVAILABLE ONLINE LAST FALL.

IT CONTAINS PHOTOS, LETTERS, HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS AND A SLICE OF CARLSBAD HISTORY.

THE RANCH WAS PART OF THE MISSION LAND AT ONE POINT.

>> LEO CARRILLO 'S GREAT- GRANDFATHER CAME OVER WITH THE PORTOLA EXPEDITION AND WE DO HAVE RECORDS FROM THAT, HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS, HIS MARRIAGE WAS OFFICIATED BY THIS BEER HEAD OF THE MISSION MOVEMENT.

>> THE CITY WANTED TO MAKE THE ARCHIVE AVAILABLE ONLINE TO MAKE THAT HISTORY ACCESSIBLE AND PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE HOME FOR IT.

>> WE HAVE ALL THESE RECORDS HERE IN THE ARCHIVE WHICH TELLS YOU THE STORY OF THE LAND OWNERSHIP CHANGING.

>> CARRILLO DIED IN 1961 AND MOST OF THE RANCH WAS SOLD TO DEVELOPERS.

IN 1978, CARLSBAD ACQUIRED 27 ACRES OF THE RANCH CONTAINING MOST OF THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS.

THEY'VE BEEN PRESERVED AS CARRILLO HAVE THEM, THE PARK OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN AUGUST 2003.

IT'S LISTED IN THE REGISTRY OF HISTORIC PLACES AND DESIGNATED AS A CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL LANDMARK AND YOU CAN VISIT THIS PIECE OF CALIFORNIA HISTORY EVERY DAY FROM 9:00 A.M. UNTIL 5:00 P.M.

IF YOU DO VISIT, YOU WILL FIND THIS MESSAGE FROM LEO HIMSELF ON THE DOORSTEP.

>> YOUR HOUSE, FRIEND, RIGHT, THIS WAS LEO'S WELCOME TO HIS GUESTS.

>> WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THIS LOOK AT KBPS NEWS THIS WEEK.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI , THANKS FOR JOINING US.