>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS LOOK AT THE BEST ORIGINAL REPORTING FROM KPBS NEWS.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

A SAN DIEGO CASE LED TO THE TAKEDOWN OF A NATIONAL CRIMINAL NETWORK PREYING ON THE ELDERLY.

WHAT AN INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED?

>>> OUR SERIES ON MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS ABOUT A FAMILY WHO MOVED IN DURING THE LOCKDOWN BUT NEVER MOVED OUT.

>>> REASON TO CHEER.

THE SMALL BUT MIGHTY BREWERY THAT IS BRING HOME AWARDS AND RECOGNITION.

>>> WE BEGAN WITH AN INVESTIGATION THAT HAS ALREADY MADE AN IMPACT.

AND GIGA VOTERS DEMANDED MORE OVERSIGHT OF POLICE TWO YEARS AGO.

OUR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER FOUND THE CITY HAS LESS OVERSIGHT NOW THAN WHAT THEY DID BACK THEN.

A WARNING THAT THE STORY CONTAINS BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE THAT SOME MAY FIND DISTURBING.

>> WATCH THE DOG.

>> Reporter: IN THE SUMMER OF 2020 SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICERS CONDUCTED A WELFARE CHECK AT AN APARTMENT ON FOURTH AVENUE.

IN THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE YOU CAN SEE THE OFFICERS ENTERED THE APARTMENT AND TWO CHILDREN ARE SITTING ON THE COUCH WHEN A MAN WALKS OUT OF THE BEDROOM.

POLICE OFFICER SHOUT INSTRUCTIONS AND THE MAN KEEPS WALKING.

BEEN AN OFFICER FIRED A TASER.

USING THEIR TASERS THE OFFICER SHOCKED THE MAN A FEW MORE TIMES BEFORE PUTTING HIM IN HANDCUFFS.

POLICE MADE NO ARRESTS AT THE MAN THAT WAS TASTE FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE OFFICERS FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE.

AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED AND THE OFFICERS WAS CLEARED.

BUT THE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION, WHICH IS MADE UP OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS DISAGREED AND FOUND THE USE OF FORCE WAS EXCESSIVE.

THEY SHARED THEIR CONCLUSIONS WITH THE APARTMENT AND THEN THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCORPORATE THE FEEDBACK BEFORE CLOSING THE INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.

THAT IS HOW THE SAN DIEGO POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.

>> THEY ARE REALLY NOT FUNCTIONING AT ALL.

>> Reporter: AUDREY AND SAINT JULIAN IS AN ATTORNEY AND COCHAIR OF SAN DIEGO AND FOR JUSTICE.

SHE ALSO AUTHORED PROPOSITION B.

IT PASSED WITH 75% OF THE VOTE.

IT REQUIRES THE CITY COUNCIL TO CREATE A STRONGER COMMITTEE WATCHDOG OVER THE POLICE WITH THE POWER TO LAUNCH THEIR OWN INVESTIGATIONS AND SUBPOENA WITNESSES.

BUT THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET.

>> IT IS A TRAVESTY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS WORKED IN SUCH A WAY THAT INSTEAD OF CREATING A MORE ROBUST OVERSIGHT MECHANISM FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE BASICALLY DESTROYED IT AT THIS POINT.

>> Reporter: THERE IS 25 COMMISSION RESPONSE AND CURRENTLY FEWER THAN HALF OR FILLED.

THEY COULD HAVE FILLED THE VACANCIES BUT CHOSE NOT TO AS BURNOUT CONTRIBUTE TO A WAVE OF REGULATIONS.

PATRICK ANDERSON SERVED ON THE COMMISSION UNTIL LAST YEAR.

>> I WAS SPENDING 20-30 HOURS A WEEK JUST ON THE COMMISSION.

>> Reporter: THE DWINDLING NUMBER OF COMMISSIONERS COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH THE WORKLOAD.

THERE IS NOW A BACKLOG OF MORE THAN 150 CASES AND WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO GROW.

THAT IS BECAUSE THE COMMISSION RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THEY WILL STOP HOLDING MEETINGS AND PAUSING THE INTERVIEWING OF CASES.

WE ALSO FOUND THAT DOZENS OF CASES HAVE BEEN CLOSED OF ALLEGED MISCONDUCT WITHOUT THE COMMISSION'S INPUT SIMPLY BECAUSE TOO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED.

THE INCLUDE MORE SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS LIKE EXCESSIVE FORCE AND A LAWFUL ARREST.

>> WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT SOMEBODY WHO IS BEING PULLED OVER RIGHT NOW THAT THEIR COMPLAINT WILL BE HEARD AND GIVEN A FAIR SHAKE.

THAT IS A TRAGEDY.

IT IS A POLITICAL DISASTER FRANKLY.

>> Reporter: IT IS UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO ACT.

THEY NEED TO APPOINT A NEW SLATE OF COMMISSIONERS BEFORE OVERSIGHT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN RESTART.

THE COMMISSIONS WILL NEED TO GO THROUGH EXTENSIVE TRAINING AND DEVELOP RULES FOR HOW THE COMMISSION WILL CONDUCT THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS.

THE POWERFUL WATCHDOG ENVISIONED BY MEASURE B IS STILL A WAYS OFF.

JUST HOW FAR OFF?

>> I WOULD SAY IN THE BEST GUESS 18 MONTHS UP TO THREE YEARS.

>> Reporter: WE SENT MULTIPLE INTERVIEW REQUESTS TO COUNCILMEMBER MONICA MONTGOMERY.

A VOCAL SUPPORTER OF MEASURE B.

IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT SHE SAID SHE IS PROUD OF HER WORK ON THE ISSUE.

THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALSO DECLINED MULTIPLE INTERVIEW REQUESTS.

'S OFFICE PROMISED KPBS A STATEMENT BUT SENT OUT A NEWS RELEASE TO ALL LOCAL MEDIA SAYING THEY WILL BEGIN APPOINTING NEW COMMISSIONERS LATER THIS MONTH.

>> WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO THE STORY.

THE CITY COUNCILMEMBER IS DEMANDING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE LACK OF POLICE OVERSIGHT IN RESPONSE TO OUR INVESTIGATION.

THE CITY COUNCIL PLANS TO APPOINT A NEW SLATE OF COMMISSIONERS ON MONDAY THE COUNCILMEMBER WANTS TO HAVE ANSWERS ONE THE OVERSIGHT OF POLICE HAS STALLED.

SHE CHAIRS THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND HAS SCHEDULED A HEARING IN EARLY JUNE.

>>> ELDER FRAUD IS AMONG THE MOST UNDERREPORTED CRIMES.

WHEN IT IS REPORTED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFTEN TELLS THE VICTIMS THAT THEY CANNOT HELP THEM.

BUT OUR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER SAID THAT COULD CHANGE WITH A SAN DIEGO CASE THAT HAS REVEALED A NATIONWIDE CRIMINAL NETWORK.

>> Reporter: THIS VIDEO SHOWS A 24-YEAR-OLD MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP.

SHE IS A MONEY COURIER PART OF A SOPHISTICATED EFFORT THAT BILLED PEOPLE AND GET -- ROBBED THEM OUT OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

THE FOOTAGES FROM THE DOORBELL CAMERA.

WE OBTAINED THE VIDEO FROM POLICE.

THE COUPLE IS SEEING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

FOR THE 78-YEAR-OLD JUDITH IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF A FATEFUL CALL SHE RECEIVED IN MAY OF 2020.

>> IT WAS MY GRANDSON TROY AND HE HAD HAD AN ACCIDENT.

THE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED HIM.

>> Reporter: HE TOLD HIM HOW MUCH MONEY HE NEEDED AND COULD TELL HIS FATHER BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE HIM ANGRY.

>> IT WAS $7600 THAT THEY WANTED CASH.

EVERYTHING IS CASH.

>> Reporter: JUDITH HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND HE HAD ALL THE ANSWERS.

>> HE SAID THAT SOMEBODY WILL COME AND PICK IT UP.

SO I DID THE THING THAT EVERY GRANDMOTHER DOES.

I HELPED HIM.

>> Reporter: BUT THE VOICE ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE WAS NOT HER GRANDSON.

LAW ENFORCEMENT SAY THEY ARE AMONG DOZENS OF PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO HAVE FALLEN VICTIM COMES TO A GRANDPARENT SCAM RUN BY A NATIONWIDE CRIMINAL SYNDICATE THAT IS CALLED THE ENTERPRISE.

>> IT IS SO MUCH MORE RAPID THAN ANYONE IN THE COUNTRY IS WILLING TO ADMIT.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THE GRANDPARENT SCAM IS AN OLD CRIME , BUT THE ENTERPRISE HAS TAKEN IT TO A NEW LEVEL.

>> YOUR NAME IS JESSICA?

>> OKAY.

>> Reporter: SHE IS NOT JESSICA BUT JASMINE FROM LOS ANGELES.

THE INDICTMENT EXPLAINS HOW COURIERS LIKE HER ARE AT THE BOTTOM RUNG OF THE LADDER.

SHE ALLEGEDLY TOOK THE MONEY AND PASSED IT TO A CREW CHIEF WHO OVERSEES OTHER COURIERS.

IT WAS THEN PASSED UP TO THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.

OFFICIALLY ARRESTED IN 2021 AND CHARGED WITH 33 FELONIES INCLUDING EXTORTION AND FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING.

>> THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD INVESTIGATIVE LEAD.

>> Reporter: IT WOULD OPEN THE EYE OF THE DAS OFFICE.

>> THERE WAS A NETWORK OF MONEY- LAUNDERING ABOVE HER.

THAT LAUNCHED A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.

>> THIS PROSECUTOR IS IN THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN SAN DIEGO.

SHE SAID THE ARREST GOT THE FEDS INTERESTED.

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T USUALLY PAY ATTENTION TO ELDER FRAUD AND ABUSE BUT THIS ONE WAS DIFFERENT.

>> SHE LETTERS TO THE OTHERS ON THE WEST COAST.

>> Reporter: JOHNSON WOULD JOIN OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO FORM A FIRST OF ITS KIND CRIME-FIGHTING TEAM, THE SAN DIEGO ELDER JUSTICE TASK FORCE.

THE MEMBERS WERE PROSECUTED UNDER THE FEDERAL RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION ACT.

IT CAN LEAD TO LONGER PRISON TERMS AND LARGER FINES.

>> AN INDICTMENT IN THE CASE LIKE THIS IS A WATERSHED MOMENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ELDER SCAMS.

>> Reporter: THE INDICTMENT FOLLOWED IN JULY 2021 AND LOOKING BACK INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY WAS ABLE TO BREAK THE CASE BECAUSE THE ENTERPRISE GOT TOO GREEDY.

COURIERS TRY TO SQUEEZE MORE MONEY OUT OF THEIR BIG.

>> HE DID CALL BACK AFTER HE GOT HIS MONEY AND HE WANTED $21,000 MORE.

>> Reporter: THE COUPLE HEADED TO THEIR BANK TO TAKE THE MONEY OUT.

>> THE GIRL AT THE BANK SAID THIS IS A SCAM.

I SAID NO IT IS ABOUT MY GRANDSON.

SHE SAID YOU START CALLING YOUR WHOLE FAMILY AND TELLING THEM IT IS A SCAM.

>> Reporter: THE NEXT BREAKTHROUGH CAME WHEN THE TASK FORCE LEARNED OF A SIMILAR SCENARIO THAT PLAYED OUT IN OHIO.

>> I REALIZED IT WAS NOT RIGHT.

WHEN HE SHOWED UP THEY ARRESTED HIM AND SEES HIS PHONE DEVICES.

THE CASE GOT BETTER AFTER THAT.

>> Reporter: THE PHONE PROVIDED A WEALTH OF LEADS.

LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND IN TIME OPERATIONS IN FLORIDA AND ARIZONA AND YORK AND TEXAS WOULD BE UNCOVERED.

>> THEY STUDY PSYCHOLOGY AND THEY KNOW HOW TO GET THERE HOOK INTO THE VICTIM.

>> Reporter: THE DEPUTY DA SAID THE INVESTIGATION SHOWS HOW VULNERABLE THOUSANDS OF OLDER AMERICANS ARE AND HAS BROUGHT A NEW AWARENESS OF ELDER FRAUD TO THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> WILL NOT EDUCATE OUR WAY OUT OF THIS PROBLEM.

FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND GOVERNMENT AND FROM THE BANKING AND RETAIL INDUSTRY.

WE NEED A MONUMENTAL RESPONSE TO THIS MONUMENTAL PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: AS FOR THE ONGOING EFFORT AGAINST THE ENTERPRISE GANG MEMBERS?

>> WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THE OTHERS AND GET IT DONE.

>> THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAID SIX INDICTED MEMBERS HAVE PLEADED GUILTY.

MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS ARE ONGOING AND THE STORY WAS REPORTED AND WRITTEN BY OUR FREELANCE REPORTER.

>>> TITLE 42, THE POLICY THAT PREVENTED PEOPLE FROM SEEKING ASYLUM AT THE BORDER WAS LIFTED ONE WEEK AGO.

OUR REPORTER HAVE AN UPDATE FROM NONPROFITS AT THE FOREFRONT OF MIGRANT HUMANITARIAN AID.

>> Reporter: NONPROFIT GROUPS WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND AT THE BORDER SINCE THE END OF TITLE 42 DESCRIBED DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE SEEKING ASYLUM IN AMERICA.

MARGARET WITH THE LAW CENTER IS DECRYING THE DEATH OF AN 8-YEAR- OLD GIRL ON WEDNESDAY, AND BORDER PROTECTION CUSTODY.

IT HAPPENED IN TEXAS A WEEK AFTER A 17-YEAR-OLD DIED IN A FLORIDA DETENTION CENTER.

>> I HOPE IT IS THE LAST TIME I'M HERE BUT I AM AFRAID IT MAY NOT BE.

IF YOU ARE PROCESSING THAT QUICKLY, WHAT RESULTS SHOULD WE SEE BUT UNFORTUNATE TRAGEDIES?

>> Reporter: CBP HERDED THE ASYLUM-SEEKERS INTO REMOTE AREAS AND BETWEEN THE BORDER WALLS ON U.S.

SOIL.

WAS THERE PEOPLE WAS COUNTED AND PREREGISTERED BUT NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE AND DEPRIVED OF BASIC NEEDS.

>> ABSOLUTELY DISTURBING TO SEE HUMAN BEINGS TRAP BETWEEN BORDER WALLS AND TREATED WITH CONDITIONS THAT COULD HAVE ENDED UP KILLING SOMEONE.

THERE WAS SO MANY TIMES THAT WE SAW CHILDREN THAT WAS CRYING THAT WAS ASKING FOR FOOD.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER NONPROFIT SHOWED UP TO PROVIDE BASIC NEEDS.

>> WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH WATER PATROL FOR MEDICAL SERVICES.

AT ONE POINT THEY SAID TO STOP CALLING US.

>> Reporter: THE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN OPERATING THE MIGRANT SHELTERS SAID THEY HAVE SEEN MORE PEOPLE SINCE THE END OF TITLE 42 AND ON SOME DAYS FIVE TIMES MORE THAN THE AVERAGE.

THEY ARE CALLING ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO LIVE UP TO OUR NATION'S VALUES AND INVESTIGATE WHAT THEY SAY ARE THE FAILURES OF CBP.

>> I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHY AND HOW THIS HAPPENED.

IF THAT MEANS THAT OFFICIALS NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE CONSIDERED.

>> Reporter: WE REACHED OUT TO CBP AND THEY DID NOT RESPOND.

>>> THE DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY WITH THE COVID PANDEMIC MAY BE OVER BUT THE VIRUS ISN'T GONE.

OUR HELP REPORTERS IN A PROGRAM TO TRACK COVID AND OTHER VIRUSES IN OUR WASTEWATER IS CONTINUING.

>> Reporter: YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THIS.

WAITING IN LINE TO GET A COVID TEST.

A COUPLE DAYS LATER YOU GOT YOUR RESULT BUT NOW AT HOME TESTING IS EASIER AND MORE EFFICIENT.

BUT THOSE RESULTS ARE NOT TRACKED COUNTYWIDE.

THAT IS WHERE THE SAN DIEGO SEWAGE COMES IN.

>> NOT EVERYONE TAKES A TEST THESE DAYS.

BUT EVERYONE POOPS.

>> Reporter: ROB KNIGHT PIONEERED WASTE WATER TESTING AT UC SAN DIEGO.

IT IS PROVED TO BE AN EARLY INDICATOR OF VIRAL SPREAD WITH DETECTION OF 2 TO 2 WEEKS BEFORE NORMAL TESTING.

THAT IS BECAUSE INFECTIONS FIRST DEVELOPED IN SOMEONE'S GUT.

>> THERE IS A GENERAL FEELING THAT COVID IS OVER.

BUT IT COULD BE LIKE NEW VARIANCE WILL ARISE.

IF YOU HAVE TO SET UP THE PROGRAM AGAIN FROM SCRATCH, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT.

THIS IS AN INSURANCE POLICY GOING FORWARD.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THE AMOUNT OF COVID IN THE WASTEWATER IS LOW RIGHT NOW, IN FACT THE LOWEST IN MORE THAN A YEAR.

IN THE PAST WE HAVE SEEN SUMMER AND WINTER SURGES AS THE VIRUS EVOLVES.

WASTE WATER TESTING WILL LET RESEARCHER SEE IN A COUPLE DAYS WHAT STRAND OR VARIANT IS DOMINANT, SOMETHING THAT KNIGHT SAYS IS KEY .

>> YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER THE DELTA SPIKE.

NOBODY SHOULD BE SURPRISED THOUGH AT THIS POINT.

>> Reporter: HER OFFICE IS CONTRACTING TO CONTINUE WASTE WATER TESTING FOR AT LEAST FIVE MORE YEARS.

>> I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT WASTE WATER TESTING IS THE FUTURE OF SURVEILLANCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID THE COUNTY IS WORKING WITH PARTNERS FOR OTHER DISEASES AND WASTEWATER INCLUDING THE FLU AND RSV.

>> THAT IS A BEAUTY OF WASTE WATER TESTING.

THE EARLY DETECTION OF A VIRUS.

>> Reporter: RIGHT NOW SAMPLES ARE TAKEN FROM THREE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS TWICE A WEEK.

ON THE EAST CAMPUS THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TESTING PROCESS AND EXAMINE SAMPLES TAKEN TO EVERY DAY FOR MORE THAN 100 LOCATIONS.

KNIGHT SAYS RESEARCH IS UNDERWAY TO SEE HOW WASTEWATER DATA CAN BE USED IN OTHER WAYS TOO.

>> YOU CAN MONITOR HEALTH NOW AND PREDICT THE FUTURE.

>>> SAN DIEGO IS ONE OF THE TOP CITIES IN THE COUNTRY FOR MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS.

EACH HOME OF THREE GENERATIONS OR MORE IS DIFFERENT.

OUR SERIES UNDER THE SAME ROOF OUR REPORTER SPOKE WITH A FAMILY WHO CAME TOGETHER FOR THE COVID LOCKDOWNS AND HE NEVER MOVED OUT.

>> Reporter: WHEN JILL MOVED INTO HER PARENTS HOUSE IN 2012 IT WAS EMPTY.

SHE AND HER HUSBAND CAME TO MANAGE THE NEARBY TRAILER PARK THAT HER PARENTS OWNED.

RIGHT BEFORE COVID HER PARENTS RETURNED FOR WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS A TEMPORARY STAY.

BUT THEN RIGGS HAD A SON IN FEBRUARY 2020.

THEN COVID HIT.

>> WE WAS ALL HERE.

>> Reporter: THAT IS THE MOTHER.

BUT RIGGS HAD DIFFERENT WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE NIGHTS WITH THE NEW MORE DURING LOCKDOWN WHEN MOTHER WAS STILL MAKING PLANS TO BUILD ANOTHER HOUSE.

>> WE WAS MEASURING EVERYTHING IN THE HOUSE UNTIL THE NIGHT AND I WAS COUNTING THE HOURS, AND IT WAS LIKE IF I HEAR THAT TAPE MEASURE ONE MORE TIME, >> I FORGOT ABOUT THAT.

>> Reporter: NONE OF THEM EVER EXPECTED TO LIVE UNDER THE SAME ROOF.

BUT THEY SAY IT JUST WORKED.

THEY STARTED SHARING DAILY COCKTAIL HOURS AND MEALS.

ALSO DEBATING POLITICS AND GARDENING.

IT WAS NICE FOR THE MOST PART TO SHARE A DAILY LIFE.

SO THEY NEVER LEFT.

IT IS THE FIVE OF THEM AND TWO DOGS AND THREE CATS AND THE BABY COUSIN WALDO.

SHE LIKES SEEING HER FAMILY MORE THAN JUST ON THE HOLIDAYS.

SOMEONE IS ALWAYS AROUND IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS AS SHE AND HER HUSBAND AGE.

>> THERE IS NEVER A FEELING OF LONELINESS.

THAT IS A HARD THING FOR PEOPLE AS THEY GET OLDER.

WE ARE NOT EXPERIENCING THAT AT ALL.

>> Reporter: THE FATHER LIKES BEING AROUND JUSTICE DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW BUT THE FRIENDS.

>> MY PARENTS MOVED TO THE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY AND I HAVE NO REAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHY EVERYONE WOULD DO THAT.

IT IS NICE TO BE CURRENT WITH WHAT THE NEXT GENERATION IS DOING.

IT MAKES LIFE REALLY INTERESTING.

>> Reporter: THEY LIKE THE BUILT-IN BABYSITTER.

>> IF YOU NEED THAT ONE MOMENT YOU JUST GO FIND YOUR GRANDPARENTS AND SEND THEM ALONG AND SHUTTLED THEM AWAY.

>> Reporter: AND 3-YEAR-OLD FRANKIE, >> HE HAD NO COMMENT.

THE HOUSE HAS HIGH CEILINGS AND LARGE WINDOWS OVERLOOKING THEIR 12 ACRES OF NATURE.

THEIR GRANDPARENTS ADDED A PRIVATE BEDROOM AND BATHROOM IN THE YARD ALTHOUGH PRIVATE NOW IS A LOOSE TERM.

>> ALL THE BOYS DECIDED TO COME IN THE SHOWER WITH ME.

THEY SAID WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I SAID I'M TAKING A SHOWER.

OH HELLO.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE WAY MORE SPACE THAN MANY OF THE SAN DIEGO MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS.

THE HOUSE IS ALSO PAID OFF SO THERE IS LESS FINANCIAL STRAIN.

SO GEOLOGIST SAID THIS KIND OF SITUATION IS IDEAL.

MULTI GENERATIONAL LIVING LEASE TO BETTER GENERATION OUTCOMES AND HIGHER COLLEGE ATTENDANCE AND MORE SOCIAL MOBILITY.

ALSO BETTER COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP.

FRANK'S FAMILY IS REAPING THESE BENEFITS WITH LESS OF THE COST.

>> I THINK THIS IS QUITE A LUXURY TO BE ABLE TO LIVE LIKE THIS.

>> Reporter: IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS IN THIS SERIES WE WILL BRING YOU STORIES FROM MULTI GENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS THAT DON'T HAVE SOME OF THESE ADVANTAGES BUT ARE STILL MAKING IT WORK.

>> DO YOU HAVE A STORY TO TELL ABOUT YOUR MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLD?

YOU CAN GO TO WWW.KPBS.ORG/ROOF.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO FORMER NFL TEAM AND THE STADIUM THEY CALLED HOME IS LONG GONE.

BUT THAT IS MADE WAY FOR MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER TO COME TO TOWN.

OUR REPORTER TELLS US WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE NEWEST CLUB IN THE MLS.

>> Reporter: MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER HAS OFFICIALLY REWARDED THEIR 30th TEAM TO SAN DIEGO.

THE NEW EXPANSION CLUB WILL BEGIN PLAY IN 2025 AT SNAPDRAGON STADIUM.

>> THE SOCCER CLUB IS YOUR SOCCER CLUB.

IT BELONGS TO THIS CITY.

IT IS YOUR COMMUNITY AND THE SOCCER CLUB WILL BE HERE IN SAN DIEGO FOR A LONG TIME.

>> Reporter: THAT IS ONE OF THE CLUBS OWNERS.

HE IS AN EGYPTIAN BILLIONAIRE AND BUSINESSMAN AND CHAIRMAN OF THE GROUP.

THEY ARE THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE TO HAVE AN OWNERSHIP STAKE IN PROFESSIONAL SOCCER IN THE UNITED STATES.

THEY DESCRIBE WHAT IT MEANS TO REPRESENT THE RESERVATIONS IN SAN DIEGO.

>> BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK 30-50 YEARS FROM NOW AND FEEL GREAT I HAVE BEEN A PART OF THAT.

LIKE YOU SAY IN NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE SEVEN GENERATIONS.

SO I HAVE TO GET PLANNING TODAY SO I CAN HELP US GENERATIONS BUILD A BETTER TOMORROW.

>> Reporter: THE COMMISSIONER DESCRIBED WHY SAN DIEGO DESERVES A HOME TEAM.

>> THEY URGE SUCH A GREAT SPORTS MARKET AND SOCCER MARKET .

SOCCER PROFESSIONALLY SUCCEEDED HERE FOR MANY YEARS.

BUT IT ALWAYS WAS SORT OF MISSING SOMETHING.

>> Reporter: IT IS MADE UP OF 18 CITIES THAT MAKE UP SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THE MLS WILL BE GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT THE FANS ARE REALLY LIKE.

EACH CITY SECTION WILL BE TURNED INTO AN ART PIECE TO REPRESENT WHAT DRIVES EACH COMMUNITY.

THERE IS ONE MEMBER OF THE INVESTMENT GROUP THAT SPORTS FANS RECOGNIZE.

HERE IS A HINT.

YEP, SAN DIEGO PADRES THIRD BASEMAN AND SHORTSTOP MANNY Machado.

>> IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME AND MY FAMILY TO CONTINUE TO PLANT ROOTS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

>> SAN DIEGO MLS IS INVITING FANS TO A LET'S KICK IT PARTY TOMORROW AT SNAPDRAGON STADIUM.

IT IS FREE TO ATTEND BUT AS GOAL LINE FOR A TICKET.

>>> A SMALL BREWERY IN NORTH COUNTY INSULATE THE COMPETITION AND BROUGHT HOME THE GOLD IN THE OLYMPICS OF BEER.

OUR REPORTER GOES TO BATTLEMAGE FOR A TASTE OF THE AWARD- WINNING BEER .

>> Reporter: WALKING TO THE DOOR OF BATTLEMAGE YOU GET A SENSE THIS IS NOT USUAL CRAFT BREWERY.

ON THE WALLS THERE IS DUNGEONS & DRAGONS.

THE FANTASY ROLE PLAYING GAME IS WHEN THESE TWO LOOK FRIENDS DECIDED TO BUILD THE BREWERY AROUND THE CONCEPT.

CO-OWNER CHRIS BARRY SAID IT WAS A UNIQUE PART OF WHO THEY ARE.

>> IT WAS GOING TO BE A PLACE WHERE NERDS COULD COME AND GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT DIRTY THINGS.

>> Reporter: BUT THAT IS NOT WHY WE ARE HERE.

BATTLEMAGE IS ONE OF THREE LOCAL BREWERIES TO BRING HOME THE GOLD LAST WEEK FROM TENNESSEE.

THE COMPETITION IS CONSIDERED THE OLYMPICS OF BEER.

>> THE RESPONSE WAS PURE ELATION.

>> Reporter: THE CO-OWNER WAS DRIVING TO THE BREWERY WHEN HE HEARD THE NEWS.

>> I THINK MY FIRST REACTION WAS I TURNED TO A CUSTOMER AND SAID THIS MUST BE WHAT HEROIN FEELS LIKE.

THIS IS A COMPETITION THAT WE HAVE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT WINNING SINCE WE WAS A HOME BREWER YEARS AGO.

>> THE BEER THAT WON THE AWARD IS A BLEND OF MALT AND HOPS.

HERE IS THE TASTE.

>> Reporter: IT IS NOT A POPULAR BEER WITH CUSTOMERS BUT IT WILL RESONATE WITH BREWERS.

>> IS STANDS OUT FOR THIS STYLE BECAUSE IT HAS MORE HOP CHARACTER THE MOST READ AND AMBER AND I HAVE TRIED.

IT FINISHES QUITE A BIT DRIER.

>> Reporter: THE BEER, HE FIRST ENTERED IT INTO COMPETITION 10 YEARS AGO.

>> I'LL ALSO IN THE INITIAL COMPETITION BADLY.

>> Reporter: BUT OVER THE YEARS HE HAS REFINED THE RECIPE TO WHAT IT IS NOW.

>> THE MAIN THING THAT CHANGED WAS UPPING THE DRY HOP.

>> Reporter: NOW WITH A WORLD- CLASS WINNING BEER ON THEIR HANDS THE PAIR IS LOOKING TO EXPAND TO A SECOND LOCATION AND ENTER IN MORE BEER COMPETITIONS.

>> THAT LOOKS GREAT.

WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOYED THIS LOOK AT KPBS THIS WEEK .

I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.