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>>> ANOTHER HEAT WAVE IS HERE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M JOHN CARROLL IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

EXTREME TEMPERATURES WILL BE FELT IN MUCH OF SAN DIEGO THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AYERS SPOKE WITH SOME NORTH COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO KEEP COOL.

>> Reporter: FROM THE BEACHES TO FAR EAST DESERT ALL OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS NOW UNDER A HEAT ADVISORY OR EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE MID-80s ON THE COAST TO OVER 115 DEGREES IN THE DESERTS.

>> PASSED OUT JUST WALKING.

>> Reporter: ALFREDO GARZA WAS INSIDE THE PARK COMMUNITY CENTER IN ESCONDIDO.

IT'S ONE OF THE MANY DESIGNATED COOL ZONES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT PROVIDES AIR-CONDITIONING.

>> WELL, THE LIBRARY WAS MY ESCAPE.

>> Reporter: GARZA SAYS HE FELL INTO HOMELESSNESS AFTER A CAR STRUCK HIM WHILE BIKING IN 2024.

WITH THE PUBLIC LIBRARY STILL CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS AND WITH THIS COOL ZONE CLOSED FOR THIS WEEKEND, HE'S MAKING OTHER PLANS.

>> I TRY TO STAY IN THE SHADE SOMEWHERE.

I DON'T LIKE THE PARK, SO I MAYBE CATCH THE -- GO TO THE BEACH.

I GREW UP IN OCEANSIDE.

>> Reporter: LIKE GARZA, MANY PEOPLE MAY HAVE THAT SAME IDEA, BUT THERE'S A BIT OF A CATCH AT THE BEACH THIS WEEKEND.

AN OFFSHORE HURRICANE IS FUELING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO LARGE WAVES AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING.

SENIOR ANTONIO ZAARATE AND ESTELLA NUNEZ PLAN TO STAY IN THEIR AIR-CONDITIONED HOMES.

THEY KNOW MANY SENIORS IN THE AREA WHO AREN'T SO LUCKY.

[ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> Reporter: THE COUNTY SAYS HYDRATING WITH WATER, FINDING SHADE, WEARING SUNSCREEN, AND TAKING BREAKS WHEN OUTSIDE WILL HELP PEOPLE KEEP COOL.

ALSO CHECK ON FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AT HIGH RISK FOR HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS EVEN IN YOUNG CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.

AND NEVER LEAVE KIDS OR PETS IN A CLOSED OR PARKED VEHICLE.

THE COUNTY ANNOUNCED THREE PARKS WILL CLOSE DURING AUGUST AS TEMPERATURES PEAK.

EL CAPITAN RESERVE NEAR LAKESIDE, THE PRESERVE IN GALLEY CENTER AND LAKE GALLEY PRESERVE.

JACOB AYER, KPBS NEWS.

>> LOCAL LIBRARIES DOUBLE AS COOL ZONES EXCEPT IN ONE SAN DIEGO NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE SOUTH CLAREMONT IS CLOSED DUE TO AN ACCIDENT.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JENNIFER CAMPBELL SAYS IT WILL BE TWO TO THREE MONTHS BEFORE IT OPENS.

THE NORTH LIBRARY IS AN ALTERNATIVE BUT IT'S CLOSED ON THE WEEKENDS.

COOLER TEMPERATURES CAN BE FOUND AT OUR BEACHES, BUT WE'RE STILL SEEING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE WATER.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE EARLIER AT MISSION BEACH.

WAVES ARE LARGER THAN USUAL, AND LIFEGUARDS SAY RIP CURRENTS ARE DANGEROUSLY STRONG RIGHT NOW.

METEOROLOGISTS SAY THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING DURING HIGH TIDE.

>>> WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ROUGH SURF THIS WEEKEND.

IT'S BEEN TEMPTING TO WANT TO TAKE A DIP AS WE'VE GONE THROUGHOUT YOUR FRIDAY JUST BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF HEAT.

GUESS WHAT?

THESE HEAT ADVISORIES, EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS ARE GOING TO LAST THROUGH SUNDAY FOR US AS THE PEAK OF THE HEAT ARRIVES FOR THE WEEKEND.

I'LL BREAK IT DOWN IN YOUR FORECAST AHEAD.

>>> THE MEERN CORPS SAYS A PILOT EJECTED SAFELY BEFORE A PLANE CRASH THIS MORNING.

VIDEO FROM OUR MEDIA PARTNER KGTV SHOWS FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDING TO THE SCENE JUST AFTER 10:00 A.M.

A MILITARY SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE PILOT IS INJURED BUT EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.

THE CRASH IGNITED A SMALL BRUSH FIREN AN OPEN AREA NEAR THE RUNWAY.

THE MARINES SAY THE PLANE IS AN F-35B.

AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDER WAY TO DETERMINE WHAT WENT WRONG.

NO ONE ELSE IS HURT.

>>> A POWER OUTAGE FORCED SEA WORLD TO CLOSE EARLY TODAY.

THE OUTAGE STARTED IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE.

SDG&E IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE.

THE UTILITY SAYS ALL EQUIPMENT USED TO SUPPORT ANIMALS IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL.

SEA WORLD SAYS IT WILL PROVIDE REFUNDS FOR THOSE WHO BOUGHT TICKETS FOR FRIDAY.

>>> THE DEATH OF FORMER CHARGERS LINEBACKER BILLY RAY SMITH JR.

THIS WEEKEND IS BRINGING RENEWED ATTENTION TO THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF REPEATED HEAD TRAUMA.

SMITH'S FAMILY SAYS HE HAD DEMENTIA CAUSED BY CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY OR CTE.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER HEIDI DeMARCO TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT THE SCIENCE BEHIND THAT DISEASE.

>> Reporter: FOR YEARS DOCTORS HAVE KNOWN REPEATED BLOWS TO THE HEAD CAN HAVE CONSEQUENCES LONG AFTER ATHLETES LEAVE THE FIELD.

>> I THINK OUR MAIN CONCERN IS THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OVER TIME AND HOW MUCH CUMULATIVE EFFECT IS NECESSARY IS WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.

>> Reporter: THE DOCTOR IS A NEURO SURGEON WITH SHARP HEALTHCARE.

HE SAYS CTE IS A PROGRESSIVE DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH REPEATED HEAD TRAUMA, AND IT CAN AFFECT MORE THAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS.

>> COMBAT SPORTS LIKE MMA OR BOXING, PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL, EVEN SOCCER WITH HEAD STRIKES, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY -- SERVICE MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SHOCKS OR BLASTS REPEATEDLY.

>> Reporter: SARAH BANKS HAS STUDIED CTE FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.

SHE USES BRAIN AUTOPSIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DISEASE.

>> WE REALLY DO RELY ON THE FAMILIES OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO SADLY DIE WITH REPETITIVE HEAD INJURY AND DEMENTIA TO DONATE THEIR BRAINS SO THAT WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS.

>> Reporter: THAT MEANS DIAGNOSING CTE IN A LIVING PERSON IS A PROCESS OF ELIMINATION.

>> A LOT OF TIMES IT IS KIND OF A WAIT AND SEE.

IT TAKES A MINIMUM OF A YEAR TO EVEN ESTABLISH THE FACT THAT WE'VE RULED OUT EVERY OTHER CONDITION BEFORE WE REALLY SETTLE ON THIS TYPE OF A DIAGNOSIS.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS RESEARCHERS ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS TO DETECT CTE INCLUDING THROUGH BLOOD AND SPINAL FLUID, BUT THERE IS NO RELIABLE TEST YET.

AND THERE'S ANOTHER BIG QUESTION SCIENTISTS STILL CAN'T ANSWER.

>> WE DON'T UNDERSTAND, FOR EXAMPLE, WHY SOME PLAYERS GET CTE AND SOME DO NOT.

>> Reporter: BANKS SAYS A LONG HISTORY OF PLAYING CONTACT SPORTS IS JUST ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.

>> IT'S A RISK FACTOR, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU WILL GET IT.

>> Reporter: THE UNCERTAINTY IS RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW EARLY IN LIFE REPEATED HEAD IMPACTS MAY MATTER.

>> IT'S ACTUALLY A BIG QUESTION THAT'S HAPPENING NATIONALLY ESPECIALLY IN KIDS' SPORTS IS DO WE LET OUR KIDS TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN CONTACT SPORTS?

SHOULD WE DELAY THE AGE OF CONTACT?

>> Reporter: FOR NOW, RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING TOWARD A WAY TO IDENTIFY THE DISEASE DURING LIFE AND BETTER UNDERSTAND WHO IS MOST VULNERABLE.

HEIDI DeMARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A NEW PLAN FOR MANAGING A DWINDLING RESOURCE IN THE WEST -- WATER FROM THE COLORADO RIVER.

AS A RESULT, CALIFORNIA WOULD FACE MANDATORY CUTS.

THE U.S.

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION ANNOUNCED THE TEN-YEAR PLAN TODAY.

ARIZONA AND NEVADA WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED TO USE LESS WATER.

OTHER STATES IN THE REGION WON'T HAVE TO SCALE BACK, AT LEAST FOR NOW.

UPDATES TO THE PLAN WILL BE MADE EVERY TWO YEARS AND WILL DEPEND AT WATER LEVELS AT MAJOR RESERVOIRS LIKE LAKE POWELL AND LAKE MEAD.

>>> SAN DIEGO GAS PRICES TICKED UP TODAY.

THEY'RE NOW AN AVERAGE OF $5.75 A GALLON ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A. SOME OF THAT PROFIT IS CONTRIBUTING TO RECORD PROFITS FOR OIL COMPANIES.

>> Reporter: OIL GIANTS EXXONMOBIL AND CHEVRON FRIDAY REPORTING MASSIVE PROFITS DUE TO THE SPIKE IN PRICES DUE TO THE WAR.

THAT'S ABOUT $160 MILLION PER DAY.

AND CHEVRON $12.1 BILLION.

THIS AS CONCERNS OVER BROADER REGIONAL CONFLICT GROW.

>> WE'VE SEEN ESCALATION BETWEEN IRAQI MILITIAS IN SAUDI ARABIA, YEMEN STRIKES GETTING CLOSE TO EGYPT AS WELL.

SO THIS IS A WIDENING WAR.

>> Reporter: WHILE OIL COMPANIES HAVE RAKED IN PROFITS, U.S.

CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN SQUEEZED.

THE NATIONWIDE AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR GAS WAS ROUGHLY 96 CENTS HIGHER ON FRIDAY THAN ONE YEAR AGO, TRIPLE A SAYS.

STILL PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN A CABINET MEETING FRIDAY SAYS HE BELIEVES THE ECONOMY IS ON TRACK TO BE STRONGER THAN HIS FIRST TERM.

>> THIS TERM'S GOING TO BLOW IT AWAY.

I THINK THIS TERM IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BLOW IT AWAY.

>> Reporter: U.S.

ECONOMIC GROWTH EXPANDED BUT SLOWED HEADING INTO THE SUMMER, ACCORDING TO GOVERNMENT NUMBERS RELEASED THURSDAY.

CONSUMER SPENDING FUELED THE GROWTH, BUT ECONOMISTS WONDER HOW LONG HOUSEHOLDS CAN ABSORB THE ENERGY SHOCK.

>> IT'S HOW WILL THIS IMPACT DIESEL WHICH WILL TRICKLE THROUGH THE PRICE OF FOOD, THE COSTS OF ANYTHING YOU BUY ON AMAZON, SHIPPING PACKAGES THROUGH THE POSTAL SERVICE.

THESE ARE THINGS IMPORTANT TO THE U.S.

ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: THE IRAN WAR HAS ALREADY COST $76 BILLION RELATED TO ELEVATED ENERGY PRICES, ACCORDING TO BROWN UNIVERSITY'S CLIMATE SOLUTIONS LAB.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> VENEZUELA IS STILL RECOVERING FROM A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK LAST MONTH.

THE EVENT IS ANOTHER REMINDER THAT THE SAME THING CAN HAPPEN RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

MARIBELL GONZALEZ SPOKE WITH ONE OF OUR REGION'S LEADING EXPERTS ON SEISMOLOGY.

>> IT IS THE LONGEST FAULT IN CALIFORNIA, AND THEREFORE CAPABLE OF THE BIGGEST EARTHQUAKES.

>> Reporter: THIS SIMULATION DEPICTS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S WORST CASE EARTHQUAKE, A MASSIVE MAGNITUDE 7.8 RUPTURE ALONG THE SAN ANDRES FAULT, NEARLY TWO MINUTES OF SHAKING.

EXPERTS SAY HUNDREDS COULD DIE ALONG WITH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.

SEISMOLOGIST DR.

LUCY JONES HELPED DEVELOP THIS SCIENTIFIC SCENARIO IN 2008.

>> WE KNOW HOW IT WILL HAPPEN.

WE KNOW WHAT THE SHAKING WILL BE, AND THAT'S WHAT THESE MODELS ARE SHOWING, IF WE RUN THESE.

THIS IS THE BEST SCIENCE PUT TOGETHER.

WE'RE TWO MINUTES INTO THE EARTHQUAKE AND WE'RE STILL HAVING STRONG SHAKING IN DOWNTOWN.

>> Reporter: THIS SIMULATED EARTHQUAKE RIVALS THE POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK VENEZUELA IN JUNE, HIGHLIGHTING THEIR DEVASTATING IMPACT.

>> IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF WHAT'S CALLED A TRANSFORM FAULT.

IT BEGAN WEST OF CARACAS AND THEN RUPTURED TOWARDS CARACAS, THEREFORE HELPING FOCUS ENERGY INTO THE HEAVILY POPULATED AREAS.

WE THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN HERE AS WELL.

>> Reporter: THE PROBLEM IS UNLIKE A WEATHER EVENT, AN EARTHQUAKE REMAINS UNPREDICTABLE.

>> IT COULD GO ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS.

IT COULD BE TOMORROW.

IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, NEXT MINUTE.

>> Reporter: BUT A NEW STUDY WARNS THE RISK OF A SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA COULD BE GREATER THAN PREVIOUSLY BELIEVED WITH EVEN MORE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE.

>> WHAT WE FOUND NOW IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD AN EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SINCE 1857, SO STRESSES ARE NATURALLY HIGH, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN SOME PLACES THE HIGHEST THAT WE'VE SEEN IN ALL OF THESE THOUSAND YEARS.

>> Reporter: RESEARCHERS SAY A SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKE AT CUHONE PASS WHERE THE SAN ANDRES AND SAN HACINTO MEET COULD CRIPPLE INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS CITIES.

>> AND IF, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING HAPPENS, YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE WATER FOR A WHILE.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA HAS LONG BRACED FOR THE IMPACT, IMPLEMENTING MANDATORY RETROFITS OF BUILDINGS AND UPDATES TO BUILDING CODES.

BUT DR.

JONES IS CONCERNED THAT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH.

>> WE UNDERESTIMATE THE SOCIAL DISRUPTION AND THE ECONOMIC DISRUPTION.

WE ARE SO FOCUSED ON OUR FEAR OF DYING THAT WE FORGET TO BE AFRAID OF BEING BANKRUPTED.

>> Reporter: FOR NOW EXPERTS URGE BEING PREPARED, RETROFITTING YOUR OWN HOME.

>> THEN WHEN YOU PUSH SIDEWAYS, IT CAN COME RIGHT DOWN.

RIGHT NOW I'M JUST GOING TO GO IN AND PUT ON SOME EXTRA SHEER WALL.

NOW WHEN I PUSH SIDEWAYS, IT DOESN'T GO DOWN.

IT DOESN'T COLLAPSE.

>> Reporter: STORING EMERGENCY SUPPLIES AND HAVING A COMMUNICATION PLAN IN THE EVENT OF A DISASTER IS KEY.

AND WHEN THE BIG ONE STRIKES -- >> IF YOU USE THOSE FEW SECONDS TO GELT UNDER A STRONG TABLE, YOU NOW CAN GET BACK OUT.

WE SAY DROP, COVER, HOLD ON, AND IT REALLY IS THE SAFEST THING TO DO.

>> Reporter: I'M MARIBELLE GONZALEZ REPORTING.

>>> THE TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY RISEN QUITE A BIT TODAY, AND WE GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW.

GENEVIEVE IS MOVING FARTHER AND FARTHER OFF TOWARDS THE WEST, SO MORE OF OUR PROBLEMS WITH GENEVIEVE WILL SUBSIDE, AS WE GET INTO THE PEAK OF THE HEAT THIS WEEKEND.

KEEP IN MIND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF FIRE DANGER STILL MILLING AROUND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET TEMPERATURES THIS HIGH.

THE HUMIDITY DROPS SO LOW, IT'S JUST REALLY HARD NOT TO ESCAPE IT.

AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT GENEVIEVE, WELL OFFSHORE TROPICAL STORM, AS IT CONTINUES OUT THROUGH SEA.

AND BECAUSE IT HAS LOST WIND INTENSITY, IT ALSO IS GOING TO BE LESSENING OUR WAVES THROUGH THE UPCOMING DAYS.

IT GOOD NEWS IS THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

BUT WE DO HAVE THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY.

THAT'S GOING TO LAST A BIT LONGER AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

SO THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND IF YOU ARE TRYING TO GET TO SOME OF THOSE BEACHES AND THE LOW LYING SPOTS.

OF COURSE YOU SAW HERE THE HEAT.

THAT'S KICKING IN AS WE GO THROUGH SUNDAY.

EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS IN PLACE ACRASS THE AREA, HEAT ADVISORIES, SO IT'S ABOUT THE NUMBERS AS WE GO INTO TOMORROW.

TONIGHT NOT BAD.

74 FOR THE LOW.

OCEANSIDE 65 FOR YOU.

BORREGO SPRINGS COMING IN AT 81.

GETTING THROUGH TOMORROW, THIS IS REALLY WHERE THE CORE OF THE HEAT COMES THROUGH, AND HIGH PRESSURE IS VERY STRONG OVERHEAD, SO IT DOES MEAN OUR TEMPERATURES IN MANY SPOTS EVEN AT THE COAST 5 DEGREES ABOVE HISTORICAL AVERAGE.

INLAND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE HISTORICAL AVERAGE OR MORE.

BORREGO SPRINGS 115 FOR DAY, AS SAN DIEGO HITS 82.

CHULA VISTA WILL BE AT 82, AND ESCONDIDO 94 FOR THE HIGH.

WE DO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS HIGHER THAN WE WANT TO BE.

WE SHOULD BE NEAR THE COAST THIS TIME OF YEAR AND WE'LL BE IN THE 90s.

EVEN INLAND WE'RE IN THE UPPER 80s AGAIN.

NOTICE THE MOUNTAINS.

WE ARE IN THE MID-80s FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

WE'LL EASE OUT OF THINGS GOING INTO TUESDAY.

AND AS YOU LOOK TOWARDS THE DESERTS, THE RELIEF IS A LITTLE BIT LESS SUBTLE -- LESS STRONG, I SHOULD SAY.

A LITTLE BIT MORE SUBTLE, AS WE GO FROM 115 TO TUESDAY'S 111.

EVENTUALLY BY WEDNESDAY, MAKING IT A LITTLE LOWER.

>>> MURALS HONORING SAN DIEGO'S AFRICAN AMERICAN AND CHICANO MUSIC LEGENDS AND SAN DIEGO'S BLACK PANTHER PARTY ARE NOW UNVEILED ON A BUILDING WITH A SPECIAL PLACE IN LOCAL HISTORY.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AERE SAYS THE TEAM BEHIND THE MURALS HOPE THEY OFFER LESSONS FROM PAST GENERATIONS AND ARE A CATALYST TO REVIVE THE ARTS IN THE AREA.

>> Reporter: JUST EAST OF SAN DIEGO'S DOWNTOWN CORE, THE TROLLEY AND BUSY IMPERIAL AVENUE AND COMMERCIAL STREET CORRIDORS CREATE THE RHYTHM OF AN URBAN COMMUNITY.

IT'S HERE IN LOGAN HEIGHTS AT CLEMENTINE McDUFF ELKS LODGE WHERE MURALISTS ARE HONORING THE MUSICAL LEGACY AND CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY OF THIS BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> KIND OF THE CRUX OF THE WHOLE SOUL ROOTS OF THIS AREA.

>> Reporter: THE BUILDING NOW FEATURES MURALS OF COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THE JAZZ, SOUL, AND GARAGE BAND MUSICIANS WHO SHAPED IMPERIAL AVENUE'S MUSIC SCENE.

ONE OF THE MURALISTS HELPING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IS MARIO TERARO.

HE'S ALSO ONE OF THE FOUNDING MURALISTS OF CHICANO PARK.

TERRARO WAS RAISED AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND REMEMBERS SEGREGATION AS A TEENAGER.

>> WE MOVED IN AN AREA WHICH EVENTUALLY WAS PART OF THE BLACK SECTION OF SAN DIEGO, AND I WAS FORCED TO GO TO MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH, THE BLACK SCHOOL AT THAT TIME, IN 1960.

>> Reporter: THIS ELKS LODGE WAS A STOP ON THE CHITLAND CIRCUIT, PORT OF A NETWORK WHERE BLACK MUSICIANS PERFORMED DURING SEGREGATION.

PLANE OF THE ARTISTS HONORED IN THE MURAL ARE LOCALS OR THOSE WHO PLAYED THERE IN PERSON.

>> I PLAYED WITH THIS GUY HERE BACK AROUND 1964, '65, I WAS PLAYING WITH THE NUMBER ONE BLACK BAND, DANCE BAND IN SAN DIEGO.

WE OPENED UP FOR ETA JAMES IN THE GROUP.

>> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO ETA JAMES, OTHERS INCLUDING ENTREPRENEUR, PRODUCER AND MUSICIAN GEORGE SENBER AND GLOBAL STARS LIKE BILLY HOLIDAY AND NAT KING COLE.

>> WE STILL HAVE TO KNOW THE HISTORY.

>> Reporter: THE BUILDING ALSO SERVES AS A HUB FOR THE SAN DIEGO BLACK PANTHER PARTY.

A TRIBUTE TO THEM WAS CREATED BY A SAN DIEGO-BASED AEROSOL CREW AND CAN BE SEEN ON THE SIDE FACING COMMERCIAL STREET.

>> WE HAD A CONNECTION WITH THE BLACK PANTHERS.

FIRST THERE'S THE ORIGINAL BLACK PANTHERS, WHICH WORKED WITH THE ELKS DOING FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

THE SAN DIEGO BLACK PANTHER PARTY JOINED THE ELKS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND THEY STARTED RENTING A SPACE UP STAIRS.

>> Reporter: HILLIARD HAS BEEN WITH BOTH ORGANIZATIONS FOR LESS THAN FIVE YEARS BUT GREW UP IN THE AREA.

HE SAYS THIS ELKS LODGE HAS BEEN IN THE SAME LOCATION SINCE 1955.

>> THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE ELKS LODGE.

>> FOR THE MOST PART, BLACK ENTERTAINERS WERE LIMITED WHERE THEY COULD GO, SO THIS WAS THE ONE SPACE THAT CATERED TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTERTAINERS TO COME.

>> Reporter: THE MURAL ISN'T FINISHED YET.

THERE WERE SOME LAST-MINUTE CHANGES MADE ON THE COMMERCIAL STREET SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

HAWK SAID THE RECENT DEATH OF THEIR ELKS LODGE LEADER, DANIEL DAVIS, GIVES THE WORK EXTRA MEANING.

THEY PLAN TO DISPLAY HIM AND OTHER MEMBERS ON THE EXTERIOR WALLS.

>> IT WAS QUITE A SURPRISE THAT HE PASSED.

I HAD JUST SPOKEN WITH HIM TWO DAYS BEFORE, AND WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAD FOR DOING THE MURALS ON THE BUILDING AND TO ALSO DO SOMETHING TO REPRESENT THE ELKS ON THE BUILDINGS.

>> Reporter: HILLIARD HOPES THAT BY DOCUMENTING AND PAINTING THE HISTORY OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HE'LL INSPIRE THE ARTISTS AND ACTIVISTS OF TODAY.

>> WE WANT TO BRING MUSIC BACK.

WE JUST WANT TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND JUST EMPHASIZE ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE DO IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE MURALS ARE PART OF THE IMPERIAL AVENUE LEGACY PROJECT, WHICH IS FUNDED BY GRANTS FROM THE PREBYS FOUNDATION AND THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO'S FIRST WOMEN'S SPORTS BAR HAS LANDED IN NORTH PARK.

IT'S PART OF A GROWING TREND OF WOMEN'S SPORTS BARS OPENING UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS THE WOMEN'S SPORTS INDUSTRY EXPERIENCES EXPLOSIVE GROWTH.

ONE OF US OPENED JUST AS THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER LEAGUE RETURNED FROM ITS MIDSEASON BREAK, AND IT'S QUICKLY BECOME THE SPOT TO WATCH WAVE FC MATCHES.

BUT CO-FOUNDER KELANI MILLSAP SAYS THEY'RE HOPING TO SHOWCASE OTHER SPORTS AND WOMEN ATHLETES.

>> WOMEN'S SPORTS ARE GAINING A LOT OF TRACTION, SO WE ARE TAPPING INTO NOT ONLY THE LOCAL TEAMS THAT ARE RIGHT HERE LIKE SAN DIEGO WAVE, BUT WE'RE ALSO TAPPING INTO, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE COLLEGE TEAMS.

>> ONE OF US IS LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF UNIVERSITY AVENUE AND 31st STREET.

>>> THE "FAIRY TALE MONOLOGUES" OPENS TONIGHT AT MOXIE THEATER, BUT THE PLAY DEBUTED IN AN ABRIDGED FORM AT THE SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL BACK IN MAY.

IT WON THE AWARD FOR MOST OUTSTANDING WORLD PREMIER.

KPBS ARTS REPORTER DEATH ACCOMANDO SHARES AN EARLY BACKSTAGE LOOK AT THE PLAY.

>> Reporter: ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A PRINCESS HIDING A TRAIL OF BODIES.

A WITCH AND A PRINCE HAVING A TORRID AFFAIR, AND A BAKER'S WIFE TRYING TO FIND HAPPINESS.

WAIT, WHAT?

>> LET'S BACK UP.

>> Reporter: IF THAT'S NOT HOW YOU REMEMBER THE FAIRY TALES YOU GREW UP, THAT'S BECAUSE THE "FAIRY TALE MONOLOGUES" FLIPS THE TROPES.

>> I LIKE TO SAY MY STYLE IS FUNNY UNTIL IT'S NOT, SO WE'RE POKING FUN A BIT AT THE FACT THAT EVERY SINGLE STORY IN THE GRIM.

'S FAIRY TALES USUALLY BEGINS THE MOTHER IS DEAD.

WHY DID WE HAVE TO BE WRITTEN OUT AS WOMEN?

>> ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A WICKED WITCH THAT LIVED ALONE IN A GARDEN IN THE WOODS.

>> ALL RIGHT, WHO'S WICKED?

I'M LITERALLY LIVING MY BEST LIFE.

I'M THE COMPOSER AND PLAYWRIGHT FOR "FAIRY TALE MONOLOGUES."

I LOVE THE MUSICAL "INTO THE WOODS," AS I THINK A LOT OF MUSIC THEATRE FOLIC DO.

BUT SINCE DOING A LOT OF WRITING IN THE FEMINIST SPACE, I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN THE FEMINIST TROPES THEY SHOW IN "INTO THE WOODS," AND SEEING IF I COULD PUSH THEM A LITTLE BIT FARTHER.

>> YOU WANT A FAIRY TALE?

MY MOTHER WAS DEAD TO BEGIN WITH.

I AM PLAYING THE PRINCESS.

SO THIS SHOW TAKES A LOOK AT TRADITIONAL FAIRY TALES, OLOT OF OUR OLD SCHOOL BROTHER GRIMM AND KIND OF FLIPS IT ON ITS HEAD, TAKING A LOOK MORE AT THE WOMEN'S ROLES.

A LOT OF TIMES THOSE STORIES DON'T FOCUS HEAVILY ON WHO WOMEN ARE AND ALL OF THEIR ARK AND AGENCY, AND THIS SHOW REALLY DOES TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

DEFINITELY DON'T ASK WHY MY MOTHER WAS DEAD OR WHY SHE DIED SUSPICIOUSLY YOUNG OR IF MY FATHER HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.

SO MY PRINCESS IS NOT THE TYPICAL CHEERY, LOVE IS GOING TO RESCUE ME.

SHE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES.

SHE HAS EXPERIENCED A LOT MORE TRAUMA THAN WE TYPICALLY SEE IN THIS KIND OF SHOW.

AND SHE'S NOT THE KIND OF WOMAN TO WAIT AROUND.

SHE'S THE KIND TO TAKE CHARGE AND DESIGN HER OWN FUTURE.

>> WOMEN IN GENERAL, LIKE, ONCE THEY GET PAST THE LITTLE GIRL, GRETAL AND LITTLE RED PRINCESS AGE, WOMEN JUST DISAPPEAR.

SO I WAS INTERESTED IN SHOWING A LOT OF ADULT WOMEN TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY INSIDE A STORY WHERE THEY FELT TRAPPED INSIDE A BOX, WHICH I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF WOMEN IN REAL LIFE DEAL WITH.

>> COME WITH ME.

YOUR PRINCE COMMANDS IT.

>> THAT'S CUTE.

I'M 900 YEARS OLD, SO NOBODY COMMANDS ME.

>> SO I'M VJ ROBINSON, AND IN "FAIRY TALE MONOLOGUES" I AM PLAYING THE ROLE OF THE BAKER.

I'M GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS.

>> WITH SCONES?

>> WITH CANDY WALNUTS!

>> IT ALLOWS US TO REEXAMINE HOW WOMEN ARE PORTRAYED IN FAIRY TALE STORIES AND WHY THEY'RE PORTRAYED THE WAY THEY ARE WHILE GAINING THAT UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT HAS IMPACTED OUR REAL WORLD MISOGYNY AND OFTEN HARMFUL TROPE AND PERSPECTIVES ON THE CONDITIONING WE PUT ON WOMEN, ON EXPECTATIONS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SOCIETY.

>> IN THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCTION WE SEE THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WOMEN.

EACH OF THEM IS SO COMPLEX AND HAS A DIFFERENT ARK AND HAS A LOT MORE AGENCY, AND THAT'S THE KIND OF SHOW THAT WE LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE WORLD.

>> EXACTLY.

>> "FAIRY TALE MONOLOGUES" NOT ONLY DOES SO MUCH TO MAKE YOU THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS YOU THOUGHT YOU ALREADY KNEW, BUT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR SOME FRESH, NEW CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FROM A LOCAL SAN DIEGO ARTIST.

AND THAT IS A PRICELESS OPPORTUNITY IN ITSELF.

>> Reporter: AND IF YOU'RE GOING FOR OPENING NIGHT, LECLAIRE WILL HAVE BAKED GOODS FROM THE STORY TO HELP IMMERSE YOU IN THE WORLD OF THE "FAIRY TALE MONOLOGUES."

BETH ACCOMANDO, KPBS NEWS.

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