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>>> THERE ARE DOZENS OF STORES THAT SELL FIREARMS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, BUT THERE ARE NOT ANY IN IMPERIAL BEACH.

THERE WILL NOT BE ANY RETAIL SALE OF GUNS UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR AT THE EARLIEST.

JOHN CARROLL SAID THAT IS DUE TO ACTION BY THE IMPERIAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL.

>> Reporter: THE IMPERIAL BEACH COMMERCIAL DISTRICT HAS BEEN ON SOMETHING OF A ROLL THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

ALL SORTS OF BUSINESSES HAVE COME TO THIS MOST SOUTHERN OF CALIFORNIA BEACH TOWNS, BUT THERE ARE NO BUSINESSES THAT SELL FIREARMS.

A WOMAN NAMED STEPHANIE WANTS TO OPEN A STORE FOCUSED ON WOMEN'S SPORTING GOODS AND WANTS TO BE ABLE TO SELL GUNS.

HER APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE IS WHAT LED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ACTION THIS EVENING.

>> WE WANT PEOPLE TO BEAR WITH US AS WE HAVE A PAUSE.

>> Reporter: THEY VOTED ON A MORATORIUM SO CITY STAFF TO RESEARCH AND COME UP WITH A SET OF REGULATIONS.

>> WE WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME SO WE CAN CRAFT SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE SPOKE IN SUPPORT AND AGAINST THE MORATORIUM.

A SAN DIEGO GUNOWNERS GROUP SPOKE IN OPPOSITION.

WE REACHED OUT FOR COMMENT AND PROVIDED THIS STATEMENT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE COUNSEL PROVIDED CLEAR AND ATTAINABLE PATHWAY FOR LICENSED DEALERS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE DO NOT WANT TO HINDER HER ABILITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE SHE IS CATERING TO ALL CUSTOMERS BUT ESPECIALLY WOMEN CUSTOMERS.

WE ASK THAT YOU BEAR WITH US.

>> Reporter: NORMALLY THE PROCESS TAKES FROM SEVEN MONTHS TO TWO YEARS.

SHE SAID THIS ONE IS BEING FAST TRACKED.

NO SECOND READING WILL BE NECESSARY.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL COME BACK FOR THE COUNCIL FOR A FINAL VOTE IN MID AUGUST.

>>> A PROPOSAL TO ALLOW POLICE TO START USING SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ON CITY STREETLIGHTS HAS BEEN REJECTED.

THE PRIVACY ADVISORY BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY AGAINST THE PLAN AT A PUBLIC EATING YESTERDAY.

DOZENS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TESTIFIED.

A MAJORITY OPPOSE THE USE OF CAMERAS BY POLICE.

POLICE SAY THE CAMERAS ARE A VALUABLE CRIME-FIGHTING ASSET, BUT BOARD MEMBERS SAY THIS DOES NOT GIVE ENOUGH DETAIL AND ASSURANCE THAT THE FOOTAGE WOULD NOT BE MISUSED.

>> THEY HAVE TOLD YOU UPFRONT THEY DO NOT TRUST YOU TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY.

I AND MY COMMUNITY DO NOT TRUST THEM.

>> VERY OFTEN WHEN WE PROSECUTE CRIMES WE ARE LOOKING FOR VIDEO EVIDENCE.

THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN SHOT AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY NOT TOO LONG AGO.

THERE WAS A VIDEO OF THE PERPETRATOR RUNNING AWAY THAT WAS FILMED BY A COFFEE SHOP SURVEILLANCE CAMERA.

>> MANY WHO TESTIFIED ALSO SAY BELIEVE IT IS THEY, NOT CRIMINALS, WHO ARE BEING WATCHED BY THE CAMERAS.

THE ADVISORY BOARD DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO STOP LEGISLATION FROM PASSING.

THE DECISION ULTIMATELY LIES WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

>>> MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT CAUSED THE TITANIC FOUND SUBMERSIBLE TO IMPLODE, KILLING EVERYONE ON BOARD.

INVESTIGATORS ARE COMBING FOR CLUES THROUGH DEBRIS LEFT BEHIND 13,000 FEET BELOW THE SEA SURFACE.

>> Reporter: THE SIDE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS SHIPWRECK IS THE SITE OF A NEW TRAGEDY.

A TITANIC FOUND SUBMERSIBLE HAS BEEN FOUND IN PIECES.

THE NAVY REPORTS DETECTING AN ACOUSTIC SIGNATURE CONSISTENT WITH A CATASTROPHIC IMPLOSION ON THE DATE THAT THEY LOST CONTACT.

>> IT WAS IN AN AREA THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1600 FEET FROM THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC.

>> Reporter: THE FIVE PEOPLE ON BOARD HAVE BEEN PRONOUNCED DEAD.

LOVED ONES AND MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE IN MOURNING.

>> I FEEL TERRIBLE FOR THE FAMILIES THAT HAD TO GO THROUGH THESE FALSE HOPES THAT KEPT GETTING DANGLED AS IT PLAYED OUT.

>> Reporter: AS TO WHAT CAUSED THE CATASTROPHIC IMPLOSION, THAT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

>> IF THE COAST GUARD IS REMAINING THERE AS PART OF THE COLLECTION OR RECOVERY, THAT IS SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL.

>> Reporter: THE CEO OF THE MAKER IS AMONG THE DEAD.

THEIR PRACTICES ARE IN QUESTION THAT THE COFOUNDER IS CAUTIONING PEOPLE NOT TO RUSH TO JUDGMENT.

>> TEAMS WILL STILL BE COLLECTING DATA FOR DAYS, WEEKS, MAYBE MONTHS.

IT WILL BE A LONG TIME BEFORE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

>>> SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, TWO HIKERS HAVE DIED AT THREE SISTERS FALSE IN THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST.

WE HAVE TIPS TO SAY'S STAY SAFE OUT ON THE TRAILS.

>> Reporter: THREE SISTERS FALSE IS RATED MODERATE TO STRENUOUS DUE TO AREAS A ROCKY AND UNSTABLE TERRAIN, EXTREME HEAT RISK AND NO SHADE.

>> IT SEEMS TO BE THE MOST DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU DO WALK DOWNHILL TO START.

THERE'S A LOT OF WATER THERE RIGHT NOW FROM ALL THE RAIN WE HAD SO PEOPLE HAVE SLIPPED AND FALLEN AND INJURED THEMSELVES.

>> BACKUP IS VERY CHALLENGING.

ESPECIALLY IF IT'S WARM.

>> Reporter: RICHARD RODGERS THE SEARCH AND RESCUE MEDER FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND RECOMMENDS DRESSING APPROPRIATELY, WEARING SUNSCREEN AND BRINGING AT LEAST ONE LITER OF WATER FOR EVERY HOUR ON THE TRAIL.

>> DO NOT GO BY YOURSELF.

HIKE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

IF YOU DO HIKE ALONE, BE SURE TO LET SOMEONE KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING AND WHEN YOU ARE EXPECTED TO BE HOME.

ALSO, MAKE SURE YOUR CELL PHONE IS CHARGED IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.

>> Reporter: THE FIRE CAPTAIN HAS THIS ADVICE IF YOU ARE HURT WHILE OUT TAKING.

>> IF YOU DO NOT HAVE CELL SERVICE, SEND SOMEBODY FOR HELP.

SEND SOMEBODY UP THE TRAIL OR BACK DOWN THE TRAIL TO WHERE THERE IS SERVICE AND THEY COULD CALL 911.

>> Reporter: THEY TELL ME THAT I CAN RESCUES ARE CHALLENGING AND EXPENSIVE.

>> WE ARE SENDING NOT ONLY TRAINED PERSONNEL, VOLUNTEERS AND FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO THE CONSUMPTION OF AIRCRAFT FUEL AND THE LOGISTICS TO SUPPORT THESE TYPE OF EVENTS CAN BE IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

>> Reporter: WHILE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE DURING THESE EMERGENCIES, TAXPAYERS FOOT THE BILL FOR THE RESCUES.

>>> SUMMER IS OFFICIALLY HERE.

WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY SO IS THE INCREASED RISK FOR WILDFIRES.

MATT HALF AND HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: PEAK FIRE SEASON HAS ARRIVED IN SAN DIEGO.

THE CAPTAIN WITH CAL FIRE SAN DIEGO SPOKE TO US.

>> THE OTHER DAY SHOWED US WE WILL NOT JUST SLOWLY TRANSITION INTO FIRE SEASON.

WE HAD FIVE FIRES THAT DAY.

IF YOU DID THREATEN SOME HOMES.

>> Reporter: ON TUESDAY THE BLACK WOULD FIRE SCORCHED 37 ACRES AND DESTROYED ONE STRUCTURE.

THE SAME DAY THE WILDCAT FIRE FORCED EVACUATIONS BEFORE BEING STOPPED AT 20 ACRES.

IN EL CAJON A FIRE BURNED 10 ACRES.

NEAR THE BORDER A FIRE WAS JUST UNDER 5 ACRES ON THE U.S. SIDE AND 20 ACRES IN MEXICO.

UP NORTH, THE RAINBOW FIRE WAS ONE ACRE.

OFFICIALS SAY THERE IS A LOT OF DRY BRUSH.

>> FIRE SEASON IS YEAR-ROUND AND PEAK FIRE SEASON IS HERE.

IF YOU STILL HAVE RUSH TO CLEAR AROUND YOUR HOUSE IT IS A REALLY GOOD TIME TO DO IT.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THAT THE WEATHER PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN THE SIZE OF WILDFIRES.

>> A LOT OF THESE FIRES YOU WILL NOT HEAR ABOUT WHEN WE DO NOT HAVE THE WIND AND THE HOT, DRY DAYS BECAUSE IT IS EASIER TO KEEP THEM SMALL.

WHEN WE DO HAVE THE WIND WE START GETTING THESE BIGGER FIRES THAT GO MORE THAN 10 ACRES.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, AMERICANS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ABORTION DEBATE SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES.

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

>>> A NEW MURAL DEPICTS THE SUCCESSFUL FIGHT TO BAN THE USE OF THE SHORT HANDLED HOSE ON CALIFORNIA FARMS.

WE LOOKED INTO THE STORY BEHIND THE MURAL.

>> Reporter: CARS WHIZ BY ON THE FREEWAY ABOVE.

MARIO, THE LEAD ARTIST OF THE MURAL GIVES A SNEAK PEEK TO A CURIOUS FAMILY.

>> WE HAVE THE PAST, THE CONSEQUENCE, THE STRUGGLE AND THE VICTORY.

>> Reporter: IT MIRRORS THE BACKS OF THE FARMWORKERS TOILING IN THE FIELDS.

MAURICE LED THE FIGHT AGAINST THE SHORT HANDLED HOE USED BY FARMWORKERS IN CALIFORNIA.

THE WORKERS CALLED IT THE DEVIL'S ARM.

IT FORCED THEM TO STOOP OVER ALL DAY.

CESAR CHAVEZ TOLD HIM HE SHOULD FIGHT AGAINST IT.

IT WAS A CHANCE MEETING IN A POOL HALL IN 1970 THAT CONVINCED HIM.

>> ONE OF THE FARMWORKERS HAD A BAD BACK.

I ASKED HIM WHAT HAPPENED AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS FROM USING IT.

>> Reporter: HE WENT TO HIS TRUCK AND BROUGHT IT BACK.

THEY AGREED THAT IT SEEMED BAD.

THE WORKER CHALLENGED HIM.

>> TO KNOW HOW BAD IT IS YOU HAVE TO GO USE IT.

AFTER SOME ENCOURAGEMENT AND PRESSURE, I WENT TO THE FIELD TO USE IT.

I REMEMBER DRIVING DOWN THE VALLEY AT DON AND SPENDING THE DAY BENT OVER AND I REALIZED THAT DAY IT WAS TORTURE AND WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING TO GET RID OF IT.

>> Reporter: HE WENT TO THE LAW LIBRARY AND FOUND NO LAWS AROUND IT.

>> I LEARNED THAT IT WAS WORSE THAN JUST THE PAIN.

THEIR BACKS WERE BEING DESTROYED.

>> Reporter: HE FILED A LAWSUIT .

DOCTORS TESTIFIED THAT FARMWORKERS WERE RETIRING YOUNG WITH DESTROYED BACKS, OFTEN PERMANENTLY DISABLED AND IN WHEELCHAIRS.

STOOPING OVER DEGENERATED DISCS IN THEIR SPINE UNTIL THEY RUPTURED.

>> THE FARMWORKERS WERE JUST A TOOL.

THEY WERE JUST LIKE THE HOPE.

A FARMWORKER BECAME DISABLED BECAUSE OF BACK INJURY THEY JUST GOT ANOTHER ONE TO TAKE THEIR PLACE.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THAT GROWERS CLAIMED THE SHORT HANDLE WAS NEEDED FOR EFFICIENCY.

WHEN THEY SURVEYED GROWERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THEY FOUND THE SAME WORK WAS BEING DONE WITH A LONG HANDLED LOW EVERYWHERE BUT ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA.

HE HAS ANOTHER THEORY.

IT WAS ABOUT CONTROL.

>> I CAN REMEMBER THEM TELLING ME, THE SLAVEOWNERS HAD WHIPS GUNS THEY USED TO KEEP THEM WORKING.

HERE THEY HAVE AT THIS.

>> Reporter: IT KEPT THEM BENT LOW AT A TIME WHEN CESAR CHAVEZ AND OTHERS WERE TRYING TO UNIONIZE THEM TO STAND UP.

IT MADE THEM EASIER TO SUPERVISE.

>> YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPERVISOR, ONE FOREMAN SUPERVISING 50 OR 60 WORKERS WHEN YOU KNEW WHO WAS RESTING BY THOSE WHO WERE STANDING UP.

>> Reporter: FARMWORKERS ORGANIZED ACROSS THE STATE INCLUDING CHICANA PARK.

THEY RISKED THEIR LIVELIHOODS TO TESTIFY DURING THE LEGAL BATTLE.

THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA BANNED THE USE OF THE SHORT HANDLED LOW IN 1975.

REMEMBERING THE WIN MOVES HIM.

HE PUTS IT IN PERSPECTIVE.

>> WE GOT RID OF IT BUT IT'S JUST ONE LITTLE PART OF THE FARMWORKER'S LIFE.

>> Reporter: NOW RETIRED, HE STILL SPEAKS OF THE WORK LEFT TO DO.

FARMWORKERS IN CALIFORNIA ARE STILL DYING IN THE FIELD OF HEAT EXHAUSTION, A PREVENTABLE ILLNESS.

>> WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS GET BEYOND THE BELIEF THAT FARMWORKERS ARE JUST TOOLS AND IT DOES NOT MATTER THAT IT IS HARMFUL.

>> Reporter: HE POSES WITH THE FAMILY AT THE MURAL.

INSTEAD OF SAYING CHEESE, THE CHILDREN SAY [ SPEAKING NON- ENGLISH ].

THEY WILL SPEAK AT A PUBLIC UNVEILING OF THE MURAL ON SUNDAY, JUNE 25th.

>>> THE PARENTS OF A MAN KILLED IN A CALIFORNIA MASS SHOOTING LAST YEAR ARE TURNING THEIR GRIEF INTO SERVICE.

GREG GRIMES WAS KILLED IN SACRAMENTO IN THE EARLY HOURS OF JULY FOURTH.

HIS PARENTS ARE HOLDING AN EVENT AIMED AT GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION THIS WEEKEND.

>> I BREAKDOWN A LOT.

MY HUSBAND IS A ROCK.

HE BREAKS DOWN AS WELL.

>> Reporter: DEBORAH AND GREGORY LEAN ON EACH OTHER FOR STRENGTH.

>> IT IS LIFE-CHANGING.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAVE REALLY GONE THROUGH THE VARIOUS STAGES OF GRIEF.

>> Reporter: NEARLY ONE YEAR AGO ON THE FOURTH OF JULY THERE 31-YEAR-OLD SON WAS SHOT AND KILLED AS HE AND FOUR OTHERS WERE LEAVING A NIGHTCLUB IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO.

AS OF TODAY NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

THE FORMER BOISE STATE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN COACHED FOOTBALL AND WORKED WITH SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS AT HIS ALMA MATER.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS A BELOVED SON AND DOTING FATHER.

SINCE HIS DEATH HIS PARENTS HAVE BEEN PRESSING THE CITY TO ADOPT SAFETY MEASURES THROUGH AN INITIATIVE NAMED AFTER THEIR SON.

IF ADOPTED, IT WOULD REQUIRE DOWNTOWN ESTABLISHMENTS TO HAVE EXTERIOR CAMERAS AND LIGHTING, MAKE MANDATORY METAL DETECTORS AT BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS, AND HOLD ESTABLISHMENTS ACCOUNTABLE WHEN INCIDENTS BREAK OUT.

IN THE MEANTIME THEY ARE FOCUSED ON AN UPCOMING EVENT CALLED THEIR LIFESAVERS PARTY.

THEY HAVE BEEN ADVERTISING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND ON BILLBOARDS.

IT AIMS TO ELEVATE THE CONVERSATION AROUND GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND LEARNING SKILLS LIKE CPR AND HOW TO TREAT BLOOD LOSS.

A SPECIALTY WILL BE ON HAND TEACHING THE IMPORTANT COURSE.

>> TAUGHT BY THE NURSES AT UC DAVIS DRAMA.

THAT IS THE SAME TRAUMA UNIT THAT WORKED ON OUR SON.

>> THE GREG GRIMES LIFESAVERS PARTY IS BEING HELD TOMORROW.

>>> A CONCERNING DECLINE IN BLOOD DONATIONS SINCE LAST MONTH COULD PUT STRESS ON U.S.

BLOOD SUPPLIES THROUGH THE RED CROSS.

THE ORGANIZATION WORRIES THAT THE NUMBER WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO GO DOWN.

MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE ON THE IMPACT AND HOW YOU CAN HELP.

>> Reporter: AS SUMMER HEATS UP BLOOD DONATIONS ARE GOING DOWN.

>> LAST MONTH WE COLLECTED OVER 26,000 FEWER BLOOD DONATIONS THAN NEEDED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PATIENTS.

>> Reporter: TIFFANY TAYLOR WITH THE RED CROSS SAID IT IS COMMON TO SEE DECLINES THIS TIME OF YEAR AS MORE PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING AND THERE ARE FEWER BLOOD DRIVES AND PLACES LIKE SCHOOLS.

SHE SAID THE NEED DOES NOT TAKE A SUMMER BREAK.

>> IT CAN LEAD TO BLOOD SHORTAGES WHICH AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO SUPPORT CANCER PATIENTS AND THEIR TREATMENT.

IT AFFECTS OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO MEDICAL EMERGENCIES AND WANTED CHRONIC CONDITIONS.

>> Reporter: IT CAN ALSO LEAD TO POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTIVE SURGERIES.

LOW DONATIONS ARE ESPECIALLY CONCERNING FOR THE APPROXIMATELY 100,000 AMERICANS WHO SUFFER FROM SICKLE-CELL DISEASE.

>> THERE'S NO WIDELY AVAILABLE CARE.

THEY OFTEN RELY ON REGULAR BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS TO MANAGE THEIR PAIN AND PREVENT LIFE- THREATENING COMPLICATIONS.

>> Reporter: WHILE DONORS OF ALL BLOOD TYPES ARE NEEDED THE RED CROSS IS ESPECIALLY IN NEED OF TYPO WHICH IS ALWAYS IN HIGH DEMAND.

>> ANYBODY INTERESTING IN GIVING BLOOD CAN SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT ON THEIR WEBSITE.

>>> LET'S START YOU OFF WITH THE WEATHER HEADLINES.

IT IS THE SAME OLD SAME OLD AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

A SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR TEMPERATURE WILL TAKE HOLD OF THE REGION.

IT IS STILL PRETTY BREEZY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS.

WE EXPECT SIGNIFICANT WARMING INTO THE LATER HALF OF NEXT WEEK.

THAT IS SOME GOOD NEWS.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN KIND OF DREARY THE LAST FEW WEEKS TONIGHT AROUND SAN DIEGO WE ARE DROPPING DOWN TO A LOW OF 59.

WE STILL HAVE A DEEP MARINE LAYER SO IT IS STILL GOING TO BE CLOUDY AND A LITTLE BIT FOGGY LATE AT NIGHT AND EARLY IN THE MORNING.

AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT AROUND THE REST OF THE AREA RAMONA DROP INTO THE UPPER 40s AND 50s.

OCEANSIDE 55.

MOUNT LAGUNA WILL DROP DOWN TO A LOW OF 53.

WE WILL SEE SOME SUNSHINE TOMORROW.

SAN DIEGO HITTING A HIGH OF 70.

AS WE HEAD FURTHER INLAND RAMONA IN THE UPPER 70s AND TRIPLE DIGITS FOR THE DESERTS.

MOUNT LAGUNA IN THE 60s.

OVERALL NOT TOO SHABBY.

ALONG THE COAST FOR THESE NEXT FIVE DAYS, STAYING RELATIVELY SAID EDDIE AS TYPICAL.

WE WILL SEE SOME SUNSHINE WITH PARTLY SUNNY SKIES.

AS WE HEAD A LITTLE BIT MORE INLAND, TEMPERATURES WILL RISE MONDAY EVENING TO WEDNESDAY AS WELL.

WE WILL BE IN THE 80s OR AT LEAST FLIRTING WITH THE 80s.

THROUGH THE WEEKEND WE ARE IN THE MID-70s AND UPPER 70s BY SUNDAY.

ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS, OVERALL STAYING RELATIVELY THE SAME, BUT MID 60s ON TAP WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AS WE HEAD EVENT FURTHER INLAND.

IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BREEZY, ESPECIALLY THIS WEEKEND.

WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF SON BY WEDNESDAY.

AS WE HEAD TOWARD THE DESERT AS WELL, THAT'S WHERE WE WILL BE SEEING TEMPERATURES IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS.

STILL PRETTY STEADY.

THAT SIGNIFICANT WARM UP NOT HAPPENING UNTIL LATER ON IN THE WEEK.

WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND A LITTLE BIT BREEZY.

>>> MAJOR STUDIOS ARE SCALING BACK, CON PLANS.

LABOR UNCERTAINTY IN HOLLYWOOD IS LARGELY TO BLAME.

>>> THAT IS THE BIG ANTICIPATED SET OF PANELS FOR VISITORS.

ABOUT 4000 SEATS FOR HALL H. THE BIG STARS AND DIRECTORS AND PICK STUDIOS COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THEIR MOVIES.

INTERESTINGLY ABOUT MARBLE AND WHY THEY ARE NOT DOING IT IS THIS YEAR THE SLATE OF MOVIES IS A LOT LESS THAN LAST YEAR.

THE REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE WRITERS STRIKE AND THE POTENTIAL ACTORS STRIKE.

.

THE WRITER >>> WHICH HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE MAY FIRST, THEY HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.

IT IS BASICALLY GROUND ALL SCRIPTED SHOWS TO A HALT.

THE NEXT BIG SHOE TO DROP IS THE ACTORS STRIKE.

ON JUNE 30th THE CONTRACT FOR THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD IS DONE.

IF THEY GO ON STRIKE THAT MEANS THAT ACTORS CANNOT DO PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES.

THEY COULD NOT GO EVEN IF THEY WANTED TO.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE STUDIOS ARE ALREADY PULLING OUT.

THAT MEANS THEY BELIEVE THERE IS A HIGHER LIKE HE WOULD THEN NOT THAT THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD MAY ACTUALLY CALL A STRIKE.

>>> WES ANDERSON'S ASTEROID CITY HAS JUST DROPPED.

IT IS ABOUT A PLAY WITHIN A PLAY SET IN THE 1950s DESERT TOWN DURING A STARGAZING EVENT.

ANDERSON CREATES A UNIQUE AND CINEMATIC UNIVERSE.

WE SPOKE WITH SOME OF HIS CAST ABOUT WHAT DEFINED HIM AS A DIRECTOR.

>> Reporter: WELCOME TO ASTEROID CITY.

IT IS CREATED ENTIRELY OUT OF WES ANDERSON'S IMAGINATION AND INSPIRED BY ROADRUNNER CARTOONS.

>> THE CAR EXPLODED.

I AM AN ASTEROID CITY.

>> HE LOVES TO TELL THESE AMAZING STORIES.

IS A MASTER NATION IS BOUNDLESS.

>> Reporter: IN THE FILM HE PLAYS A FATHER AND SCIENTIST.

>> I RAISED MY SON TO BE ONE AS WELL.

HE'S ALSO A JOURNALIST AND QUITE FEARLESS AND WANTING TO GET OUT THE TRUTH.

>> I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

>> DO NOT APOLOGIZE, DAD.

>> I ADMIRE HIS INGENUITY AND PERSISTENCE BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE CONTROL OF IT.

>> Reporter: CONTROL OR THE LACK OF IT IS A THEME OF THE FILM.

HE DISPLAYS A PRECISE STYLE THAT TRIES TO PUT MATHEMATICAL ORDER ON THE CHAOS OF LIFE.

>> ANY SENSE OF ORDER IS THE KNOWLEDGE THAT LIFE IS CHAOTIC AND UNCONTROLLABLE AT TIMES.

I THINK OF IT AS LIKE A GEOGRAPHER.

YOU WHAT THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO BE LIKE, MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON THIS PIECE OF TAPE WHEN THIS PERSON COMES FLIPPING DOWN BECAUSE THEY NEED YOU TO CATCH THEM.

TO ME THAT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING.

IT'S LIKE PUTTING ORDER ON SOMETHING TO MAKE IT MORE CHAOTIC.

>> Reporter: JASON SCHWARTZMAN PLACE A GRIEF STRICKEN FATHER.

>> YOU ARE SAYING OUR MOTHER DIED THREE WEEKS AGO?

>> LET'S SAY SHE IS IN HEAVEN.

>> Reporter: ACTOR JEFFREY WRIGHT HAS WORKED WITH THE DIRECTOR BEFORE AND LOVES HOW ANDERSON DOES THINGS HIS OWN WAY.

>> SOMETIMES WE MAKE CHOICES BASED ON PRECEDENT, ON WHAT HAS COME BEFORE.

HE SAYS NO.

I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT FOR HIM IN THAT REGARD.

HE IS A NONCONFORMIST.

HE IS HIS OWN ARTIST, HIS OWN SELF.

I THINK IT IS SO VALUABLE, PARTICULARLY NOW.

>> JUNIOR STARGAZERS AND SPACE CADETS, EVERY YEAR WE CELEBRATE ASTEROID DAY.

>> HE HAS A VISION IN HIS HEAD THAT IS SO DETAILED AND SO COMPREHENSIVE YOU HAVE BEEN ASKED TO HELP THEM REALIZE IT.

HE HAS A WONDERFUL WAY OF GETTING OUT A FEW MORE THAN YOU EXPECTED.

>> HE GIVES GREAT NOTES AND NOTICES EVERYTHING.

HE IS SO TOTALLY PRESENT AND ENERGETIC.

>> HE NEVER TIRES.

HE MIGHT BE AN ALIEN.

>> I DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE.

>> HE IS SO ENERGIZED BY THE PRODUCTION.

>> VERY GOOD.

WE WILL DO ONE LAST ONE.

>> HE'S DEMANDING BUT AT THE SAME TIME INCREDIBLY GENTLE AND SUPPORTIVE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, I FIND HIM INTENSELY LIKABLE.

>> I AGREE HE'S VERY LIKABLE.

HE'S A GREAT LOVER OF FILM AND ART.

OF THE PEOPLE HE SURROUNDS HIMSELF WITH AND HOW HE CREATES A SENSE OF COMMUNITY ON HIS FILM SETS.

>> HE HAS A TENDER LOVE OF HUMANITY.

IT'S THE TENDERNESS WITH WHICH HE VIEWS HUMANITY.

>> IT IS A VERY WES ANDERSON FILM.

IF YOU HAVE AN ACQUIRED TASTE FOR HIS METICULOUSLY CRAFTED CONFECTIONS YOU WILL BE DELIGHTED BY THE FILM.

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

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

>>> 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-BILLHOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

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

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.