
Friday, June 6, 2025
Season 1 Episode 3574 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
San Diego leaders are speaking out against the Defense Secretary's plans to rename a Navy ship.
San Diego leaders are speaking out against the Defense Secretary's plans to rename a Navy ship that honors a gay veteran. Plus, standing up for science. How researchers and students at U-C San Diego say federal budget cuts are impacting their work. And the North Park Music Fest is back and bigger than ever. What to expect as dozens of bands take over the neighborhood this weekend.
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Friday, June 6, 2025
Season 1 Episode 3574 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
San Diego leaders are speaking out against the Defense Secretary's plans to rename a Navy ship that honors a gay veteran. Plus, standing up for science. How researchers and students at U-C San Diego say federal budget cuts are impacting their work. And the North Park Music Fest is back and bigger than ever. What to expect as dozens of bands take over the neighborhood this weekend.
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>> LOCAL VETERANS AND LEADERS ARE DENOUNCING A NEW PENTAGON EFFORT TO RENAME THE U.S. HARVEY MILK.
I'M MAYA TRABULSI.
THE SUPPLY SHIP IS NAMED FOR THE POLITICIAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST.
KPBS MILITARY REPORTER ANDREW DYERS IS THE SHIP AND LGBTQ+ VETERANS ARE PART OF SAN DIEGO'S MILITARY COMMUNITY.
>> WE OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY WILL NEVER BE ERASED.
>> SAN DIEGO RIGHTS ACTIVIST NICOLE MARIE RAMIREZ, THE NEW HARVEY MILK, HELPED LEAD THE COMPANY TO HAVE A SHIP NAMED FOR HIM.
THE DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH MOVING TO RENAME THE SHIP ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHERS IS SPEAKING OUT.
>> SOMETHING IS REALLY WRONG IN AMERICA.
THIS IS MUCH MORE THAN TRYING TO REMOVE THE NAME OF HARVEY MILK.
>> BEFORE BECOMING THE FIRST OPENLY MAN ELECTED TO OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA, HE WAS AN OFFICER IN THE NAVY AND SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR.
INCLUDING THE PENTAGON'S NEW MAN ON TRANSGENDER SERVICE MEMBERS, SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD SAYS THE PROPOSED RENAMING IS A CONTINUATION OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ATTACKS ON THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY.
>> THIS IS HAPPENING DURING PRIDE MONTH.
THIS IS INTENTIONAL.
AND THIS IS DISGRACEFUL.
IT IS CRUEL AND MEAN, AND THAT'S THE POINT.
WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS TO NOW BE IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF ADMINISTRATION THAT DOES NOT SEE US AS FELLOW AMERICANS, NOT SEES US AS EQUAL AMERICANS.
>> THE PENTAGON IS CONSIDERING RENAMING SEVERAL JON LEUER WITH LAST SUPPORT SHIPS LIKE THE HARVEY MILK.
THESE SHIPS ARE CREWED BY CIVILIAN MERCHANTS AND PROVIDE FUEL TO NAVY WARSHIPS.
THEY ARE BOTH IN SAN DIEGO AND ALL ARE NAMED FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS.
OTHER SHIP NAMES UNDER THREAT INCLUDE THE U.S.
IN THIS HARRIET TUBMAN, DOLORES, CESAR CHAVEZ, AND THURGOOD MARSHALL.
>> THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF AN ATTACK ON A BROADER COMMUNITY THAT YOU HAVE TO SPEAK UP AND PROTEST OUT AGAINST BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE ATTACKS ARE GOING TO KEEP ON COMING.
>> SAN DIEGO SAYS THIS FIGHT IS THE SAME ONE THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN FOR DECADES.
>> IT TOOK THE ORGANIZING, TOOK EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO WRITE INTO THE CAMPAIGN AND SPEAK UP TO MAKE PROGRESS AND THEY WILL HAVE TO DO THE SAME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T REGRESS.
>> FOR GLORIA, RENAMING THE SHIP AS AN ATTACK ON ALL LGBTQ+ VETERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS.
HE SAYS IT WON'T WORK.
>> IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HARVEY MILK BUT ABOUT EVERYONE WHO SEES THEMSELVES IN HARVEY MILK THAT SHIPS NAME IS HARVEY MILK AND I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
WANTS TO SAY, THE NAME WILL STAY THAT WAY REGARDLESS.
>> ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.
>> HERE LOCALLY AND OTHER CONTROVERSIES REGARDING OCEANSIDE'S POLICY ON RAISING THE PRIDE FLAG.
WILL HAVE MORE ON THE COUNCILS BACK AND FORTH IN A FEW MINUTES.
>>> TONIGHT WE GET OUR USUAL JUNE GLOOM BACK JUST LIKE WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST THREE NIGHTS.
TEMPERATURES FALLING TO 64 IN THE CITY WITH THOSE CLOUDS INCREASING FOR US AND STICKING AROUND AS WE GO THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST FEW NIGHTS AND WE WILL START TO LESSEN THE MARINE LAYER IN THE DAYS TO COME.
WE WILL HAVE THAT FULL FORECAST HAD.
>>> A HIGH-STAKES FEUD BETWEEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUNK AND ELON MUSK IS ESCALATING.
WAS STARTED AS A CRITICISM OF THE SO-CALLED ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL BECAME A HEATED AND PUBLIC DISAGREEMENT.
JULIAN IS AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH DETAILS ON THE RELATIONSHIP.
>> THIS BACK-AND-FORTH PLAYED OUT MUCH LIKE A REALITY TV SHOW WITH AND DONALD TRUMP AND TECK BULLINGER ELON MUSK TREATING BARBS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
MUSK IS A BIG TROMP DONOR AND PLAYED A KEY ROLE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
TRUMP ELEVATED HIM BY MAKING HIM A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE AND FOR THE FIRST 130 DAYS, TRUMP SECOND TERM, MUSK HAD A LEADING ROLE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY.
WITH THE GOAL OF ROLLING OUT WASTE FRAUD AND ABUSE WITHIN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
BUT IN JUST A FEW SHORT MONTHS THE TWO WENT FROM PRAISING ONE ANOTHER >> >> HE'S AN AMAZING PERSON.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A GOOD MAN.
NOT ONCE HAVE I SEEN HIM DO ANYTHING THAT WAS MEAN OR CRUEL OR WRONG.
>> PUBLICLY FEUDING.
THE CRACKS IN THE RELATIONSHIP STARTED TO SHOW WHEN MUSK CRITICIZED TRUMPS SO-CALLED ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, ADDING HE BELIEVES IT WOULD UNDERMINE HIS WORK IN --.
THE CEO THEN ESCALATED THE FIGHT ON THURSDAY WHEN HE STARTED TO SHARE YEARS OLD COMMENTS FROM TRUMP RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEFICIT, AND THEN THINGS GOT PERSONAL WITH MUSK CLAIMING QUOTE, WITHOUT ME TRUMP WOULD HAVE LOST THE ELECTION AND TRUMP RAISING THE IDEA OF TERMINATING CONTRACTS THE GOVERNMENT HOLDS WITH MUSK COMPANIES.
ON FRIDAY TRUMP THAT HE WON'T TO BE SPEAKING WITH MUSK FOR A WHILE AND A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL SAYS THE PRESIDENT PLANS TO GET RID OF HIS TESLA HE PURCHASED BACK IN MARCH.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE, I'M JULIA BENBROOK.
>> TRUMP COULD BE PREPARING TO CANCEL FUNDING FOR CALIFORNIA.
IT IS THE LATEST MOVE BY THE ADMINISTRATION TARGETING THE DEMOCRATIC LED TO STATE AND THIS COMES AFTER HE THREATENED TO WITHHOLD FEDERAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE OVER TRANSGENDER ATHLETES PARTICIPATION IN SPORTING EVENTS LAST MONTH.
SOURCES TOLD CNN AT LEAST ONE COMMITTEE ON CAPITOL HILL WAS TOLD, ALL RESEARCH GRANTS WERE GOING TO BE CANCELED.
THE MOVE COULD AFFECT HIGHER EDUCATION.
TODAY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AT UC SAN DIEGO ATTENDED WHAT THEY CALLED A STANDUP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST.
KPBS REPORTER THOMAS SAYS MANY OF THEM TOLD THEIR OWN STORIES OF HOW FEDERAL FUNDING ARE AFFECTING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
>> THE ENTRANCE OF THE GUYS LIBRARY AT UC SAN DIEGO WAS THE SITE OF A RALLY ATTENDED BY STUDENTS AND STAFF.
THEY CAME TO PROTEST PROPOSED CUTS TO SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS AND FOUNDATIONS, CUTS THAT HAVE ALREADY HAD AN EFFECT ON WORK HERE AT UCSD.
>> AT UC SAN DIEGO, AS OF MAY 30th, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 150 FEDERAL GRANTS TERMINATED.
RESULTING IN A LOSS OF $30 MILLION.
>> ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO SAW HIS GRANT FUNDING TERMINATED WAS STUDYING THE BIOLOGY OF AUTISM.
POSTDOC CHRISTIAN CAZARES WHO SAYS THE REASON GIVEN FOR CANCELING HIS GRANT WAS HIS RESEARCH WAS RELATED TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.
>> HONESTLY, EVEN IF I DID, SO WHAT?
MY SEARCH CENTERS ARE NEUROBIOLOGY AND AUTISM IN PATIENTS, ANIMAL MODELS, --.
>> THE TO THE VALUE OF SCIENCE FUNDING TO THE SAN DIEGO ECONOMY AND THE PROGRESS OF MEDICINE.
ESTABLISHED ACADEMICS SPOKE ABOUT HOW FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH, HELP THEM BECOME QUALIFIED.
>> I STAND BEFORE YOU PRODUCT OF NIH INVESTMENT IN SCIENCE AND TRAINING.
IS A PHD STUDENT, I WAS FUNDED BY AN NIH TRAINING GRANT.
I RECEIVED AN NIH POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP.
>> OF COURSE THERE WERE MANY EXAMPLES OF NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT RELIED ON GOVERNMENT GRANTS TO RESEARCHERS.
>> IT'S THE CURIOSITY DRIVEN RESEARCH, THE RESEARCH COMING FROM UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT LEADS TO THESE DISCOVERIES THAT CHANGE OUR LIVES.
EARLIER, GPS, EVERY DAY WE USE GPS TO WALK ACROSS CAMPUS OR DRIVE ACROSS TOWN.
>> AS UNIVERSITIES ENTER THEIR SUMMER BREAK, THE FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN AS FEDERAL BUDGETS ARE PROPOSED AND APPROVED.
TODAY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET IS CALLING FOR A 50% CUT TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AND A 37% CUT TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.
THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.
>>> VOTING HAZARD IN SOUTH BAY AND RUN OFF ELECTION FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S DISTRICT SUPERVISOR.
A RACE THAT WILL DECIDE WHETHER DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS HAVE MORE INFLUENCE OVER THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
AS KPBS'S COURSES IF YOU REPORT, THAT TWO CANDIDATES HAVE DIFFERENT PARTIES WHEN IT COMES TO SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AND COUNTY JAILS.
>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST GEL SYSTEMS IN CALIFORNIA FOR MORE THAN 180 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN CUSTODY OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES.
MAINLY FROM OVERDOSES AND BY SUICIDE FOR DEMOCRAT IS THE MAYOR OF IMPERIAL BEACH AND CANDIDATE FOR THE DISTRICT ONE SEAT.
SHE SUPPORTS THE COUNTY CITIZEN OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND WE CONSIDER GIVING THEM MORE AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE CUSTODY DEATHS.
>> I WOULD WORK WITH THE SHERIFF AND SAY THERE IS THIS INTEREST, CAN WE WORK TOGETHER?
IF IT MAKES SENSE, I THINK IT DOES, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT HAVING THEM MORE AUTHORITY.
>> RUNNING AGAINST IS JOHN McCANN, REPUBLICAN IN THE MIRROR OF CHULA VISTA.
HE'S A STRONG SUPPORTER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SAYS HIS FOCUS WOULD BE ON INCREASING FUNDING FOR THE HIRING OF MORE SHERIFFS DEPUTIES AND JAIL STAFF.
>> THAT WILL HELP THE INMATES BECAUSE MANY TIMES IF THEY ARE UNDERSTAFFED, THE GUARDS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING AND NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL EVERYTHING.
>> IF YOU LIVE IN DISTRICT 1, THE LAST DAY TO CAST YOUR BALLOT IS JULY 1st.
COURSE SUZUKI, KPBS NEWS.
>>> YOU CAN FIND MORE ABOUT THE SPECIAL ELECTION CANDIDATES, OR TO VOTE AND WHETHER YOU LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE.
GO TO KPBS.ORG/VOTER HUB.
>> THE FALLOUTS OF THE FEUD BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND BILLIONAIRE ELON MUSK, COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.
>>> THE GOVERNMENT'S LATEST JOBS REPORT POINTS TO A STEADY BUT SLOWING LABOR MARKET.
KAREN BREAKS DOWN WHAT THE NUMBERS MEAN FOR NEW GRADS, SUMMER HIRES AND OTHER JOBSEEKERS.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE PLEASE WITH THE GOVERNMENT MAY JOBS REPORT.
>> TODAY'S JOBS REPORT SHOWED THE ECONOMY IS STRONG.
>> U.S.
EMPLOYERS ADDED 139,000 JOBS DURING MAY, SLIGHTLY MORE THAN ECONOMIST EXPECTED BUT FEWER THAN IN APRIL.
ON EMPLOYMENT STATES THAT HE AT 4.2% BUT SOME ECONOMISTS SEE SLOWDOWN SIGNS AND ONCE JOBSEEKERS DON'T MATCH THE REALITY.
>> I THINK THE HEADLINE NUMBERS ARE NECESSARILY REPRESENTING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF THE PEOPLE IN THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW.
>> HEALTHCARE AND LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY LETTER SECTORS ADDING JOBS IN MAY, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT JOBS CONTINUE TO DECLINE AND ADMIT THE WHITE HOUSE BACK AND FORTH ON TARIFFS RETAIL AND MANUFACTURING HIRING DROPPED PICS OF THE TEMPORARY HIRING, BAD NEWS FOR SUMMER JOBSEEKERS AND ACCORDING TO INDEED, A POTENTIAL LABOR MARKET WHETHER.
>> IT TELLS US ABOUT THE SHORT TERM HIRING PLANS AND ABOUT HOW EMPLOYERS ARE FEELING ABOUT BRINGING NEW PEOPLE ONTO PAYROLL .
OFTEN TIMES WHEN WE SEE THAT START TO DROP, THAT CAN BE A CAUTION SIGN.
>> THE REPORT ALSO HIGHLIGHTED A DAUNTING LANDSCAPE FOR NEW GRADS, MARCH AND APRIL GAINS WERE DOWN BY A COMBINED 95,000 JOBS AND AS COMPANIES SLOW HIRING, CURRENT WORKERS ARE STAYING PUT.
>> IT'S A GOOD TIME TO HAVE A JOB.
LAYOFFS ARE LOW, NOT AS GOOD OF A TIME IF YOU ARE -- IF YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB.
>> LABOR MARKETS RESILIENCE AGAINST WHITE HOUSE TRADE POLICY IS LIKELY TO BOLSTER THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S WAIT AND SEE APPROACH TO INTEREST RATE CUTS.
IN WASHINGTON, KAREN, KPBS NEWS.
>>> BIG BRANDS ARE PULLING BACK ON PRIVATE EVENTS THIS YEAR.
JUNE WAS INCREASINGLY A RAINBOW FILLED MONTH FOR MANY BIG CORPORATIONS BUT THIS YEAR SOME RETAILERS AND BRANDS ARE GOING QUIET.
WHY ARE WE SEEING THIS CHANGE?
>> RIGHT IS MORE THAN A WEEKEND, IT IS MORE THAN JUST A MONTH.
PRIDE IS ALL YEAR-ROUND.
>> ST. LOUIS HAS CELEBRATED PRIDE WITH THE THREE FESTIVAL AND THIS YEAR THAT IS CHANGING.
PRIDE FEST GOERS WILL HAVE TO PAY $10 ENTRY FEE TO THE ORGANIZATION HAS LOST MORE THAN $150,000 IN CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS INCLUDING ST. LOUIS HEADQUARTER ANHEUSER-BUSCH WHICH PULLED ITS SUPPORT AFTER A 30 YEAR PARTNERSHIP.
>> A PHONE CALL, WE NO LONGER SEE THE VALUE IN THE RELATIONSHIP.
AND THAT WAS ALL WE GOT.
>> WE REACHED OUT TO ANHEUSER- BUSCH FOR COMMENT BUT HAVEN'T HEARD BACK IT'S NOT THE ONLY BRAND SCALING BACK, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY OF MORE THAN 200 CORPORATE EXECUTIVES BY GRAVITY RESEARCH.
39% PLAN TO DO THE SAME THIS YEAR.
NEW YORK CITY PRIDE IS FEELING THE IMPACT AS WELL.
>> WE ARE ABOUT 25% DOWN FROM OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL WHICH EQUALS $750,000.
>> THE CORPORATE SUPPORT MARKS A SHIFT IN RECENT YEARS.
BUSINESSES ARE SCRAPPING SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMS TO ADVANCE DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
WITH THIS SHIFT, SOME PRIVATE EVENTS ARE INCORPORATING PRIDES ORIGINAL PURPOSE.
>> PROTESTS CAN MEAN SO MANY THINGS.
PROTESTERS PROTEST.
BIG A JOY IS PROTEST, BEING VISIBLE IS PROTEST.
WE WILL NOT GO BACKWARDS.
WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THESE ACTIONS FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THIS ESTATE.
>> IN NEW YORK, I'M LEE WALDMAN.
>> NYC PRIDE AND PRICE HITLESS ARE RELYING ON COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT THIS YEAR TO MAKE UP FOR THE DECREASED CORPORATE SUPPORT.
>>> OCEANSIDE IS HOSTING WERE A PRIDE FLAG WILL BE RAISED.
THIS COMES AFTER THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE REVERSING THEIR DECISION TO FLY THE FLAG AT CITY HALL.
TONYA THORNE SAYS THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL VOTED IN FAVOR OF IT BUT ON A SECOND READING, THINGS CHANGED.
>> FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS, THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE HAS PROCLAIMED JUNE AS PRIDE MONTH BUT THIS YEAR, THAT PROCLAMATION WAS REJECTED BY THE NORTH COUNTY LGBTQ RESOURCE CENTER.
>> I WAS DISAPPOINTED AND ANGRY, TRYING TO HOLD BACK., VERY POSITIVE INDIVIDUAL BUT THIS WAS REALLY TOO MUCH FOR US TO COME HERE, GET A PICTURE TAKEN, CELEBRATE AND WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT.
>> IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RESOURCE CENTER AND SAYS THE REDUCTION COMES AFTER OCEANSIDE REVERSED THEIR DECISION TO FLY THE PRIDE FLAG.
AND MADE THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO DISPLAY THE PRIDE FLAG AT CITY HALL FOR THE FIRST TIME.
DURING A SECOND GRADING, TWO WEEKS LATER, ONE OF THE SUPPORTING COUNCILMEMBERS CHANGED HIS MIND.
>> THIS HAS BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT EXPERIENCE I HAVE HAD PROBABLY THE HARDEST I HAVE HAD SINCE BEING IN LEADERSHIP AND I'VE BEEN WRESTLING WITH THIS SINCE THEN, EVERY CONVERSATION, AND I, JUST BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD, I CANNOT SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION.
>> FIRST AND COUNCILMEMBER JIMMY FIGARO WHAT CHANGED HIS VOTE, KILLING THE RESOLUTION.
HE LATER EXPLAINED HIS DECISION CAME FROM A BELIEF IN KEEPING GOVERNMENTS SPACES IN OCEANSIDE NEUTRAL.
OF THE COUNCILMEMBER I WANT TO ENSURE OCEANSIDE CITY BECAME'S NEUTRAL AND REPRESENT EVERY COMMITTEE MEMBER EQUALLY FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS, CULTURES AND BELIEFS.
THIS WAS NOT AN EASY DECISION.
>> THE STANCE OF NEUTRALITY IS LIKE SIDING WITH THE OPPRESSIVE MAJORITY AT A TIME WHEN LGBTQ COMMUNITIES ARE UNDER ATTACK.
>> IS THE TIME FOR US TO ASK JUST FOR A SIMPLE REPRESENTATION IN A TIME WHERE LGBT NOT EVEN WRITES, IDENTITIES, ARE UNDER ATTACK.
>> EXPLAINS THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRIDE FLAG AND OTHER FLAGS COMES DOWN TO IDENTITY.
>> IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS THIS NARRATIVE ABOUT, THEN WE HAVE TO SAY YES TO THE FLAG AND BRING IT UP.
LET'S SEE WHAT PEOPLE --.
IF YOU CANNOT STAND UP TO BIGOTRY AND FLAGS THAT REPRESENT IDENTITIES AND OPINIONS, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RAINBOW FLAG AND ANY OTHER FLAG.
IT'S NOT AN OPINION FLAG.
IT'S NOT A TEAM THAT YOU CHOOSE TO BE PART OF OR NOT IT'S PART OF OUR IDENTITY, THE HISTORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMERICA.
>> MANY MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN OCEANSIDE FEEL LIKE THE CITY TURNED IT'S BACK TO THEM.
THE LGBTQ RESOURCE CENTER IS LOCATED IN OCEANSIDE AND CURRENTLY HOSTS THE CITY'S ONLY SAFE PARKING PROGRAM IN THE REGION'S ANNUAL PRIDE EVENT.
THE CITY HALLS OF CARLSBAD, ENCINITAS AND VISTA ARE THE ONLY CITIES THAT DISPLAY THE PRIDE FLAG IN JUNE.
>> PRIDE BY THE BEACH KICKS OFF TOMORROW FROM NOON TO 6:00 P.M.
IN OCEANSIDE AND FEATURES FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND RESOURCES FOR ALL.
>>> THE NORTHPARK MUSIC FEST RETURNS WITH PERFORMANCES IN 10 VENUES AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
KPBS REPORTER JULIAN DIXON EVANS HAS A PREVIEW.
>> THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL IS MOVING FROM ITS USUAL CENTRAL LOCATION TO A WALKABOUT FORMAT.
>> WHAT HAVING THE MUSIC MORE IN VENUES THIS YEAR, IT'S A REALLY GREAT CHANCE FOR FANS TO SEE ARTISTS IN A REALLY INTIMATE SETTING AND ALSO TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE GREAT VENUES WE HAVE AROUND NORTHPARK LIKE THE GARDEN HERE IN OUR PRODUCE.
>> HE WANTS THE COMMUNITY TO CONNECT THROUGH ART, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE SOUTH PARK ICE RATE.
>> AFTER WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK , AND IN GENERAL, THERE IS A SENTIMENT THAT THINGS ARE A LITTLE CRAZY FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND SHARE THEIR MUSIC AND ART AND A SOCIAL CATHARSIS THAT IT'S A WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN BOND TOGETHER AND GET THROUGH SOME DIFFICULT TIMES.
>> LOCAL ACTS INCLUDE HIP-HOP ACTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.
AND SINGER-SONGWRITER ALLIE WHO SAYS THE SAN DIEGO MUSIC SCENE IS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL.
>> I HAVE LIVED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES THROUGHOUT MY 20s.
I GREW UP IN ORANGE COUNTY AND LIVED IN L.A. AND SAN DIEGO BY FAR IS THE MOST MUTUAL SUPPORTIVE, KIND, ALL THE THINGS YOU CAN THINK ABOUT, JUST THIS BEAUTIFUL ARTIST COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE REALLY DO CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER.
>> SHE PERFORMS AT 540 AT OUR PRODUCE.
OTHER SPACES INCLUDE THE OFFICE BAR, SEVEN GRAND, QUEEN BEES AND MORE.
FESTIVAL PASSES ARE SOLD OUT BUT SOME ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC INCLUDING ST. LOUIS CHURCH AND A CREATOR THERE.
IF YOU WALK THROUGH NORTHPARK SATURDAY, CHANCES ARE YOU WILL HEAR MUSIC.
JULIA DIXON EVANS, KPBS NEWS.
>> THAT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.
WE WANT YOU TO CHECK OUT A BRAND-NEW PODCAST THAT WE HAVE HERE FROM KPBS .
IT IS CALLED THE FINEST.
THE PODCAST CAPTURES THE PEOPLE, ART AND MOVEMENTS THAT REDEFINE OUR REGION'S CULTURAL IDENTITY.
YOU CAN LISTEN NOW WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.
>>> WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE I THINK A LOT OF US CAN BE THANKFUL ABOUT THE JUNE GLOOM BECAUSE IT MEANS WE DON'T GET TOO HOT, BUT OF COURSE LIKE THE TERM, IT MEANS THE CLOUDS ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE THICKER, STICK AROUND LONGER, AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST FEW DAYS.
MORE OF THE SAME COMING AT US AS WE HAD THROUGH TONIGHT BUT ULTIMATELY OUR STORY THEN IS THAT THE MARINE LAYER SINCE HEADING TO THIS WEEKEND.
DON'T EXPECT AS MUCH FOR SATURDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT.
THE DESERT STAYS HOT INTO THE EARLY WEEK, SO WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TRIPLE DIGITS ON THE BOARD.
TONIGHT, 64 FOR THE CITY AND MORE OF THOSE COASTAL CLOUDS WORKING THEIR WAY ON IN.
AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY TO MOUNT LAGUNA INTO THE MID-50s HERE.
TRANSITIONING INTO TOMORROW, WE ARE SEEING THE SUN TRYING TO BRIGHTEN UP THROUGHOUT THE DAY A LITTLE HARDER FOR THOSE COASTAL COMMUNITIES.
THE CITY ITSELF, 70 DEGREES, CHULA VISTA AT 71 AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY TOWARDS SPRINGS, 102 FOR THAT HIGH.
SUNDAY'S FORECAST SHOWS US THE HEAT IS REALLY WRAPPING UP ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S.
BUT LIKE I SAID, IF YOU ARE TOWARDS THE COAST, YOU WILL NOTICE IT AS MUCH.
IT'S GOING TO BE DEFINED BY A SUBTLE WARMING HERE.
FOR THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES, WE GO BACK INTO THE LOWER 70s FOR SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
FOR INLAND COMMUNITIES, A LITTLE BIT WARMER FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY BACK INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70s AND THAT'S WHERE WE STAYED EVEN INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.
MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES HERE, YOU WILL FIND WE HAVE SOME SUNSHINE OUT THERE HOLDING ONTO THE UPCOMING DAYS, BUT REALLY, SUNDAY IS GOING TO BE OUR WARM WHEN AS WE GET INTO THE LOWER 70s AND GO BACK INTO THE UPPER 60s AND EVENTUALLY CLIMBED OUR WAY BACK TO THE MID-70s FOR WEDNESDAY.
LIKE I SAID, THE DESERT IS STAYING HOT IN THE EARLY WEEK 106 FOR THAT HIGH ON MONDAY IS THE HOTTEST OF THESE DAYS TO COME, SO WE ARE WRAPPING IT UP TOWARDS MONDAY AND STAYING WARM AS WE HAD THROUGH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST MELISSA.
>>> JOHN WICK MAKES APPEARANCES INTO NEW MOVIES THIS WEEKEND PLUS AN INDEPENDENT PROGRAM AT DIGITAL JIM CINEMA.
KPBS KEITH HAS YOUR WEEKEND WILL BE PICTURES.
>> HOW DO YOU KEEP A BILLION- DOLLAR FRANCHISE ALIVE AFTER SERVING UP ITS FINAL CHAPTER?
>> I'M WORKING ON IT.
>> IF YOU ARE JOHN WICK, YOU EXPAND YOUR UNIVERSE.
NOW WE HAVE FROM THE WORLD OF JOHN WICK, BALLERINA.
THIS NEW FILM TAKES PLACE DURING THE TIMEFRAME OF JOHN WICK THREE AND PROVIDES A BACK STORY TO A BALLERINA FROM THE -- AND THAT MEANS WE GET ANOTHER ENCOUNTER WITH THE BUBBLY GIGA.
>> STUDENTS WILL TALK ABOUT YOU.
HOW DO I GET OUT OF HERE?
>> THE FRONT DOOR IS UNLOCKED.
>> NO, I MEAN, HOW DO I START DOING WHAT YOU DO?
>> IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ALREADY HAVE.
>> KEANU REEVES IS BACK.
>> SHE SENT YOU HERE TO KILL ME?
>> OR YOU CAN LEAVE.
>> I'M NOT LEAVING.
>> YOUR CHOICE.
>> HE ENGAGES IN SOME BRIEF ACTION WITH THE BOTH OF BALLERINA RESTING ON HER SLENDER SHOULDERS.
SHE PLAYS EVE, A YOUNG WOMAN WHO PUTS HER LETHAL TRAINING TO PERSONAL USE TO AVENGE HER FATHER'S DEATH.
SHE WORKS HARD TO MAKE A BALLERINA A WORTHY TRAINING IN THE UNIVERSE.
THE FILM GETS AN A+ WHICH INCLUDES A FIERY INVOLVING FLAMETHROWERS.
I THINK THAT IS THE FIRST.
>> THE SCRIPT ONLY EARNS A C+.
WHEN I SEE THIS IN A CINEMA AGAIN?
ABSOLUTELY.
ACTION FILMS ARE LIKE MUSICALS.
THEY DELIVER ONE SHOWSTOPPER AFTER ANOTHER, WE CAN TOLERATE A FEW SHORTCOMINGS, BUT EVEN THE WEAKEST ENTRY IN THE FRANCHISE IS LEAVE THE HEAD OF ANY HOLLYWOOD ACTION FILM.
IF BALLERINA ISN'T ENOUGH IN OF AN ADRENALINE RUSH, CHECK OUT THE STREAMING DOCUMENTARY, WICK IS PAIN ABOUT THE MAKING OF THE JOHN WICK MOVIES.
PROVIDES BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE AS WELL AS INTERVIEWS WITH THE KEY PLAYERS, NOTABLY KEANU REEVES AND STUNTMAN CHAD.
>> NO BETTER UNION COULD HAVE HAPPENED IN THE FILM BUSINESS THEN CHAD AND KIANA.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS SO GOOD.
>> AFTER WATCHING WICK IS PAIN, YOU WANT TO REVISIT ALL THE FILMS WITH A NEW APPRECIATION FOR THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS THAT WENT INTO THE MAKING OF THOSE GLORIOUS MOVIES.
THIS WEEKEND, ALSO OFFERS SOME TRULY INDEPENDENT PROGRAMMING AT DIGITAL JIM CINEMA ON SATURDAY, BUNKERS MIDNIGHT PRESENTS THE CULT CLASSIC, MOSQUITO.
>> CAME FROM ANOTHER GALAXY.
TRANSFORMED ONE OF EARTH'S SMALLEST INSECTS.
A BLOODTHIRSTY SWARM OF TERROR.
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