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>>> AS WE HEAD INTO MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, A TIME TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED WHILE SERVING OUR COUNTRY, FAMILIES OF FALLEN CAMP PENDLETON AND MARINES ARE FILING SUIT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM JOHN CARROLL IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

FAMILIES OF FOUR OF THE FIVE MARINES KILLED IN 2022 OSPREY CRASH SAY THE AIRCRAFT IS DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER ANDREW DYER HAS MORE ON THE LEGAL ACTION.

>> Reporter: THE LAWSUIT FILED IN FEDERAL COURT IN SAN DIEGO NAMES THREE CONTRACTORS INVOLVED IN THE V 22 OSPREY, ROLLS-ROYCE, BELL, AND BY WHEN.

ROYCE FRIEDMAN IS ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS WHO FILED THE SUIT.

HE SAYS MORE THAN ANYTHING THE FAMILIES ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS.

>> THEY WED THIS AIRCRAFT ARE TO BE MADE SAFER SO THAT THESE TYPES OF THINGS DON'T HAPPEN, AND FUTURE MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH.

>> Reporter: AND MARINE CORPS INVESTIGATION THAT A LONGTIME MECHANICAL PROBLEM THAT HAS PLAGUED THE OSPREY CALLED A HARD CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT COST THE 2022 CRASH OF THE CAMP PENDLETON-BASED AIRCRAFT.

ALL OSPREYS IN THE MILITARY WERE GRANTED IN DECEMBER AFTER AN AIR FORCE AIRMAN WERE KILLED IN A CRASH OFF OF JAPAN.

THAT CRASH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

THE MILITARY BEGAN FLYING THE OSPREYS AGAIN IN MARCH AFTER WHAT THEY SAID WERE MAINTENANCE AND PROCEDURAL FIXES.

THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

>> WHAT WE HAVE SEEN COMING OUT OF THE MANUFACTURERS IS THAT THE RESPONSE TO ALL OF THESE CRASHES IS TO DEVELOP WORKAROUNDS, BUT IN THE BACK OF MY MIND I AM STILL LINGERING ON THIS QUESTION OF WHY ARE THESE CRASHES HAPPENING, AND NOBODY HAS THE ANSWER FOR THAT YET.

>> Reporter: SINCE MARCH OF 2022, FOUR OSPREY CRASHES HAVE KILLED 20 U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS.

ANDREW DYER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS ASKING STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO INVESTIGATE HEALTH ISSUES LINKED TO CROSS-BORDER SEWAGE.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE ANASTAS SAYS SEVERAL BEACHES REMAIN CLOSED HEADING INTO THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY IS ISSUED CLOSURES IN CORONADO, THE SILVER STRAND, AND IMPERIAL BEACH SAYING BACTERIAL LEVELS THERE EXCEED HEALTH STANDARDS BEER COUNTY LEADERS ARE ASKING THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO INVESTIGATE HEALTH ISSUES LINKED TO CROSS-BORDER SEWAGE POLLUTION.

>> WE WANT ADDITIONAL AND MORE ROBUST INTERVENTION, BOTH FROM OUR STATE AND FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE THIS IS A CRISIS LIKE NO OTHER.

MAC IMPERIAL BEACH MAYOR PALOMA GEARY CREATED A TASK FORCE TO MONITOR PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS.

THEY PLAN TO SURVEY UP A RESIDENCE ABOUT SYMPTOMS THAT DON'T SENT THEM TO THE HOSPITAL AND ARE LESS LIKELY TO SHOW UP IN CANTY DATA.

>> WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE BECOMING ILL BY BACTERIA AND PATHOGENS THAT ARE NOT ON THIS LIST, ONE.

TWO, NOT EVERYONE CAN AFFORD HEALTH COVERAGE.

THREE, NOT EVERYBODY FEELS THAT THEIR SYMPTOMS ARE SERIOUS ENOUGH TO BE HOSPITALIZED OR GOING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO STATE PROFESSOR PAULA STICKLER GRANADOS IS ON THE TASK FORCE.

SHE SAYS MORE COMPLETE DATA CAN IMPROVE THE NEED FOR MORE ATTENTION AND FUNDING.

>> THE SCIENCE CAN SUPPORT THE ADVOCACY WORK, SO THAT IS THE EVIDENCE THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO THE POLICYMAKERS AND THE PEOPLE THAT HOLD THE FUNDS TO SAY HEY, THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE.

IT IS NOT JUST PEOPLE'S STORIES, BUT WE HAVE DATA TO BACK IT UP HERE FOR MAC LAST MONTH THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO JOINED THE COUNTY, THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, AND THE CITY OF IMPERIAL BEACH IN DECLARING A LOCAL EMERGENCY RELATED TO THE POLLUTION.

KATIE ANASTAS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT IS A BREEZE HE WENT OUT THERE.

THE WINDS OF CHANGE ARE BLOWING AS WE BEGIN THE NEW HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

WE WILL BE TURNING MUCH COOLER OUT THERE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO ESPECIALLY SATURDAY.

YOU CAN SEE STRONG WINDS.

44 INTO MOUNT LAGUNA.

58 FOR THE LOW IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

LOW 60s IF NOT UPPER 50s NEAR THE COASTLINE.

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE EXPIRING AT 2:00 A.M. WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT GOES ON ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS BREEZY EVENING WITH THE FULL FORECAST COMING UP.

>>> A FALLBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS HONORING ITS HISTORY THROUGH BOOKS AND A NEW READING CENTER.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER TONYA THORNE SHOWS US HOW THEY ARE KEEPING STORYTELLING ALIVE.

>> Reporter: IS ALMOST THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT FOR LA PALOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IT IS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW .

WITH SONGS, DANCES, GIFTS, AND A BLESSING.

LOCAL NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL MEMBERS CELEBRATED THE OPENING OF A NEW READING CENTER AT THE SCHOOL'S LIBRARY.

>> IT IS AN HONOR FOR ME AND IT IS AN HONOR BECAUSE OF OUR CULTURE, OUR TRIBE, THE N'DE APACHE TRIBE OF THE PEOPLE THAT I REPRESENT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY I WAS CALLED TO DO THIS.

>> Reporter: ANGEL IS THE CHIEF OF THE N'DE APACHE TRIBE.

HE SAYS HE ENJOYS SHARING HIS STORIES AND HISTORIES IN THE HOPES IT IS SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T GET LOST.

>> ASK ANY NATIVE AMERICAN ABOUT THEIR HISTORY, THEY WILL BE MORE THAN GLAD TO TELL YOU.

IT IS JUST WE ARE NOT ASKED OFTEN ENOUGH.

WE LOVE TO SHARE THAT.

>> I MEAN, WHAT BETTER WAY THAN A LIBRARY TO TEACH THE KIDS.

I MEAN, THE KIDS GROWING UP NEED TO START LEARNING THEIR CULTURE.

THEY NEED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT IS INVOLVED IN THEIR BACKGROUND SO THAT WHEN THEY GROW UP, THEY CAN BE AS PROUD AS WE ARE.

>> Reporter: THE SCHOOL'S LIBRARY AND WANTED TO CREATE A SPACE THAT WOULD KEEP HISTORY ALIVE.

SHE DISCOVERED THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT ON AN ANCIENT BURIAL GROUND AND WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE PIECE BACK.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF HISTORY RIGHT HERE UNDERNEATH THIS LA PALOMA, THIS GROUND.

WE HAVE SEVERAL TRIBES SURROUNDING US, SO I KNEW ONCE I MADE THOSE CONNECTIONS THAT IT WAS GOING TO BECOME AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A POWERFUL THING TO BE ABLE TO OPEN A BEAUTIFUL ROOM AND REMINDED CHILDREN THAT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT AND THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO HAPPEN AND REMIND US OF HOW WE CAN BE BETTER.

>> Reporter: A DARK AND PLAIN CORNER GOT FILLED WITH COLORFUL MURALS AND BOOKS, AND SHE HOPES IT IS A SPACE WHERE STUDENTS NOT ONLY LEARN ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY, BUT ALL HISTORIES.

>> I MEAN THIS IS WHAT IT IS REALLY ABOUT.

EVERYONE OF THOSE ELDERS TALKED ABOUT THE PORTALS, THE BOOKS.

HOW CAN WE, YOU KNOW, FIND OURSELVES IN THE BOOKS.

WHAT CAN WE FIND ABOUT EACH OTHER IN THE PAST?

>> Reporter: TANIA THORNE , KPBS NEWS.

>>> NEARLY 80 YEARS AGO, A BLACK CORONADO RESIDENT DROWNED IN THE SAN DIEGO BAY .

HE RECENTLY BECAME THE THIRD CALIFORNIAN ON THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF RACIAL TERROR LYNCHINGS.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE-LOOKED INTO HIS LIFE AND DEATH.

>> Reporter: AROUND 8:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1946, ALTON COLLIER BOARDED THE CORONADO FERRY TO SAN DIEGO.

HE NEVER REACHED THE OTHER SIDE.

HIS BODY WASHED UP ON THE CORONADO SHORE A WEEK LATER.

WHAT HAPPENED TO COLLIER DEPENDED ON WHICH NEWSPAPER YOU READ .

WHITE RUN PAPERS DID NOT USE THE WORD "MAN" IN THEIR HEADLINES ABOUT COLLIER , BUT "NEGRO," "SUSPECT," AND "KNIFE ASSAILANT."

IN THEIR ACCOUNTS, COLLIER, 26, NOT IN A HEATED ARGUMENT WITH 219-YEAR-OLD NAVY MAN, FREDDIE JOHNSON AND OTIS GILBERT.

THEN COLLIER DREW A KNIFE AND SLASHED JOHNSON'S ARM, SO GILBERT CONFRONTED COLLIER WITH BOTOX, AND COLLIER LEAPT OVER THE RAILING INTO THE BAY.

FERRY CREW DROPPED A LIFE RAFT, THEN KEPT GOING.

EVEN THOUGH COLLIER SCREAMED FOR HELP AFTER HE HIT THE WATER.

THIS DETAIL BOTHERED CORONADO HISTORIAN KEVIN ASHLEY.

>> WHY WOULD A GUY JUMP INTO THE WATER AND DROWN IF HE KNEW HOW TO SWIM.

IF HE DID NOT KNOW HOW TO SWIM WHY DID HE JUMP INTO THE WATER?

SOMETHING DID NOT OUT AT UP ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: ASHLEY SEARCH BLACK NEWSPAPER AND FOUND THAT EVEN HEADLINE.

IN THIS ACCOUNT, WITNESSES SAW SAILORS CALLING COLLIER THE LETTER AND WORD, CROWDING HIM TOWARD THE RAILING, STRIKING HIM WITH A BOAT HOOK, AND COLLIER FALLING OVERBOARD.

>> THE WHITE PRESS BASICALLY FED WHEN I BELIEVE WAS THE PREVAILING NARRATIVE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN AS AGGRESSIVE, AND THE BLACK PRESS PORTRAYED HIM AS A VICTIM.

>> Reporter: IN THE MONTH LEADING UP TO COLLIER'S DEATH, RACE RELATIONS WERE BOILING IN SAN DIEGO.

AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE PICKETING BUSINESSES THAT WOULDN'T HIRE THEM, SO COLLIER'S STORY DID NOT SURPRISE ASHLEY.

HE BELIEVES THE FAIRIES NAVY PASSENGERS CLOSED RANK.

>> THEY BASICALLY AGREED WHAT WAS THE STORY.

THEN ONE OF THE GUYS HAD A SO- CALLED/, WHICH AT FIRST WAS PORTRAYED IN THE PRESS THAT HE MUST SO MUCH BLOOD, AND THEN LATER ON IT WAS JUST SORT OF A SCRATCH.

>> Reporter: THE CORONER DECLARED COLLIER'S DEATH A SUICIDE.

COLLIER'S WIFE GEORGIA SUED THE FERRY COMPANY.

>> IMAGINE THIS 23-YEAR-OLD, 24- YEAR-OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN WITH A PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION, TAKING ON THIS COMPANY.

>> Reporter: DEPOSITION PAINTS A DIFFERENT PICTURE OF COLLIER, A CEMENT WORKER AND UNION MAN AT THE HOTEL DEL CORONADO.

YOU NEVER DRINK , HAD ASTHMA, WERE GLASSES, AND IMPORTANTLY -- >> HE DID NOT OWN A KNIFE.

HE DID NOT OWN A RAZOR.

PERMIT GEORGIA CALLIER TOLD THE LAWYER, QUOTE, HE HAD A TEMPER WHATSOEVER.

THAT SATURDAY HE GOT OFF OF WORK BEFORE NOON, HELPS HER WITH THE DISHES AND COOKING, PLANTED FLOWERS, THEN BOARDED THE FERRY TO PICK UP TAILORED TROUSERS FOR HIMSELF AND A COAT FOR GEORGIA AT A DOWNTOWN DEPARTMENT STORE.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GO DANCING THAT NIGHT, BUT HE NEVER CAME BACK.

HIS GLASSES WERE LATER FOUND ON THE FERRY DECK, BROKEN.

>> SHE MAINTAINED HE WAS MURDERED, BUT SHE NEVER GOT HER DAY IN COURT.

AND EVENTUALLY THE CASE WAS DROPPED.

>> Reporter: GEORGIA COLLIER NEVER SAW A DIME.

A WEEK LATER, THE FERRY COMPANY SOLD FOR $5.5 MILLION.

THE SAILORS WERE NEVER CHARGED.

ASHLEY'S RESEARCH PROMPTED THE EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE TO DECLARE COLLIER'S DEATH A LYNCHING.

SDSU ANTHROPOLOGY PROFESSOR SETH MALLEUS SAYS SAN DIEGO COULD LEAD A NATIONAL RECKONING WITH A BROADER DEFINITION OF LYNCHINGS.

>> YOU IMMEDIATELY THINK OF THESE IMAGES FROM THE DEEP SOUTH, AND YOU THINK OF HANGINGS.

WE IMMEDIATELY LINK IT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS.

LYNCHING IS ABOUT PEOPLE TAKING THE LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS, THERE BEING NO REPRESENTATION AND TERRORIZING AN INDIVIDUAL.

4 SHE WANTS ACCOUNTABILITY.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO CHANGE HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE.

>> Reporter: ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF COLLIER'S DEATH LAST YEAR AROUND 8:00 P.M. , MORE AND ASHLEY BOARDED THE CORONADO FERRY.

>> I JUST WANT TO SOMEHOW SAY I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

MAYBE NOBODY ELSE KNOWS, BUT I KNOW.

>> Reporter: COLLIER DID NOT GET TO SEE THE FLOWERS HE PLANTED THAT DAY BLOOM.

ON THE WAVES HE WAS LEFT TO DROWN IN, MORE AND ASHLEY SPRINKLED FRESH PETALS.

>> SAY HIS NAME, ALTON COLLIER.

>> Reporter: A PUBLIC CEREMONY WILL BE HELD THIS SUMMER.

KPBS NEWS .

>>> THIS MEMORIAL DAY, MANY AMERICANS WILL VISIT A NATIONAL CEMETERY TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS.

AS KAREN K FOR REPORTS, VOLUNTEERS ARE WORKING TO RECOGNIZE SERVICEMEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED FOR TOO LONG.

>> Reporter: ON A BLUSTERY SPRING SATURDAY IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, THE CIVIL WAR SERVICE OF JOHN NOBLE IS FINALLY MEMORIALIZED.

NOBLE WAS BORN IN HAVANA CUBA AROUND 1832.

HE THOUGHT FOR THE UNION ARMY FROM 1862 TO 1863 AND IN 1902 HE WAS BURIED ANTENNAL THE 1960s, ONE OF THE ONLY BURIAL SITES IN THE AREA FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS.

>> I DID NOT REALIZE THIS WAS A BLACK CEREMONY -- CEMETERY.

THIS WAS JUST WHERE MY RELATIVES ARE BURIED.

ANYONE UNDERSTOOD THE GRAVITY OF THE EXCITEMENT.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE THE COFOUNDER OF A VOLUNTEER GROUP CALLED FRIENDS OF -- THE PRIMARY MISSION WAS UPKEEP.

NOW THE FOCUS HAS EXPANDED TO RESEARCH, STORYTELLING, RESEARCH AND REMEMBRANCE.

>> THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS MANY OF THE STORIES ARE NOT THERE TO BE FOUND.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE FAMILIES WHO CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THEIR ANCESTORS, THAT CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THEIR HISTORY, THEIR LINEAGE, THOSE STORIES ARE OFTENTIMES LOST.

>> Reporter: THE MORE THAN 150- YEAR-OLD CEMETERY IS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF AT LEAST 300 U.S. MILITARY VETERANS.

THIS SPRING, NOBLE AND FOUR OTHER BLACK VETERANS RECEIVED THE GRAVE MARKERS TO WHICH EVERY ELIGIBLE U.S. MILITARY VETERAN IS ENTITLED, WHETHER BURIED IN A CEMETERY MAINTAINED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, OR A PRIVATE CEMETERY LIKE LEBANON.

>> EVERY VETERAN HAS A STORY TO BE TOLD, SO WITHOUT THAT MARKER THAT STORY IS LOST, AND THE LEGACY OF THAT VETERAN WAS LOST.

>> Reporter: MATTHEW WAS THE DAS OUTGOING UNDERSECRETARY FOR MEMORIAL AFFAIRS.

HE SAYS EFFORTS LIKE THAT BY THE FRIENDS OF LEBANON CEMETERY AT ANOTHER PRIVATE SITES AS AN EXTENSION OF THE RECOGNITION AT THE NATIONS VA OPERATED CEMETERIES.

>> THIS IS REACHING OUT BEYOND THOSE BATTERIES TO PRIVATE CEMETERIES THAT MAY BE THE GRAVES HAVE NOT BEEN MAINTAINED , AND THE MARKERS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

>> Reporter: THE VA'S NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION SAY THEY ARE WORKING WITH PRIVATE HISTORICALLY BLACK CEMETERIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND PENNSYLVANIA AND OTHERS AND LOCAL VETERANS GROUPS, HISTORIANS, AND VOLUNTEERS LIKE SAMANTHA DORN TO VERIFY SERVICE RECORDS AND MARKERS TO MAKE SURE EVERY VETERAN'S SERVICES HONORED.

>>> AMERICANS ARE TRAVELING IN RECORD NUMBERS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

GUESS MICHAEL YOSHIDA REPORTS, THE WEATHER COULD CAUSE DELAYS.

>> Reporter: HITTING THE ROAD THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

AAA PREDICTING MORE THAN 38 MILLION PEOPLE WILL BE TRAVELING BY CAR, A NUMBER THAT IS UP 4% FROM 2023 POINT >> THE BUSIEST MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND FOR ROAD TRAVELERS FOR ROAD TRIPS IN 25 YEARS.

>> Reporter: AIRPORTS SEEING A SPIKE IN TRAVELERS AS WELL.

THE TSA SAYING THURSDAY WAS THE SECOND BUSIEST DAY IN U.S.

AIRPORTS EVER, WITH JUST UNDER 2.9 MILLION SCREENED PASSENGERS .

ONLY THE SUNDAY AFTER LAST YEAR'S THANKSGIVING HAS SEEN WERE TRAVELERS.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO MAYBE DID NOT TRAVEL PRE-PANDEMIC ARE TRAVELING NOW.

KEEP THAT IN MIND.

PEOPLE WHEN THEY TRAVEL LONG HOLIDAY WEEKENDS, A LOT OF TIMES THEY ARE NOT BUSINESS TRAVELERS TO MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH SECURITY, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AND GIVE YOURSELF JUST EXTRA TIME.

BACK A BUSY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND THEY COULD BE IMPACTED BY SEVERE WEATHER.

ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE U.S., STORMS ARE HAPPENING FRIDAY AND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND WITH THREATS OF LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS, AND POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOES.

PARTS OF THE SOUTH ALSO EXPECTING EXTREME HEAT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS.

TRAVELERS ARE BRACING FOR WHATEVER THE WEATHER OR CROWDS MAY BRING.

>> THE TSA LINE WAS CRAZY, SO HIGHLY RECOMMEND DIGITAL I.D.

IT WAS A BREEZE, EVEN PRE-CHECK AND CLEAR WAS FULL OF PEOPLE.

>> IT'S NOT BAD.

I'M USED TO IT, THOUGH.

I'M USED TO THE TRAFFIC.

WHEN YOU COME AND YOU ARE TRAVELING IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON, THERE ARE THINGS TO EXPECT.

>> Reporter: MICHAEL YOSHIDA, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT IS EXPECTED TO BE BUSY AT OUR BEACHES.

SAN DIEGO LIFEGUARDS WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE OF IMPORTANT SAFETY GUIDELINES.

THEY SAY THE SAFEST SPOT TO SWIM IS IN FRONT OF LIFEGUARD TOWERS.

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR SWIMMERS TO BE MINDFUL OF RIP CURRENTS.

>> WE JUST HAD A FULL MOON, SO THAT CAUSES EXTREME HIGH AND LOW TIDES, SO THE TIDES ARE GOING TO CHANGE EVERY SIX HOURS.

BE MINDFUL OF THE TIDES.

WHEN THE TIDES ARE GOING LOWER, YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE RIP CURRENTS BUILDING STRONGER.

THIS WELL IS GOING TO BE MOSTLY OUT OF THE SOUTH, ANYWHERE FROM WAIST TO CHEST HIGH OVER THE NEXT 4 DAYS.

>> IF YOU PLAN ON ENJOYING MEMORIAL DAY ON A BOAT, LIFEGUARDS SAY KEEP YOUR DISTANCE, AND DRIVERS STAY SOBER.

THE BAY WILL BE CROWDED IN THE LAWS FOR DRINKING AND DRIVING ARE THE SAME FOR BOATING.

>>> THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS EXPANDING FREE SWIMMING LESSONS IN LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE TYSON VISITED THE CLASS TO LEARN WHY.

>> Reporter: ON A THURSDAY, STUDENTS LEAVE CLASSIC ROSA PARKS ELEMENTARY TO FACE THEIR FEARS AT THE CITY HEIGHTS POOL.

>> BEFORE THE LESSONS, LIKE I COULD ONLY STAND THE WATER.

IF IT WAS TOO DEEP I WOULD SINK.

>> THE HARDEST PART IS ALWAYS LIKE, WHEN THE TEACHER EVENTUALLY NEEDS TO LET YOU GO SO YOU CAN LEARN THESE THINGS BY YOURSELF.

I CAN'T DO IT.

I CAN'T DO IT.

I'M GOING TO FALL IN THE WATER OR SOMETHING.

>> LIKE THE DEEP END, YEAH.

I WAS ALWAYS A BIT NERVOUS TO DO IT.

>> Reporter: NOW HE CAN FRONT FLOAT, BACK FLOAT, AND PANCAKE, LIFE-SAVING SKILLS.

AQUATIC SUPERVISOR CYNTHIA CARRANZA SAYS MANY STUDENTS IN THIS PROGRAM HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE BEACH OR EVEN A POOL.

>> SWIMMING LESSONS SHOULD NOT BE PERCEIVED AS SOMETHING THAT IS A PRIVILEGE.

IT SHOULD BE PERCEIVED AS SOMETHING THAT IS A NECESSITY, AND EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE CDC, ONLY ABOUT A QUARTER OF LATINO ADULTS HAVE HAD SWIMMING LESSONS, AND DROWNING DEATHS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED AFTER COVID.

MAYBE BECAUSE POOLS CLOSED.

THESE LESSONS COULD BE SAVING LIVES, OF CHILDREN LIKE ANDREA HERNANDEZ.

>> I FEEL GREAT.

I FEEL LIKE I'M GOOD AT SWIMMING NOW.

YEAH.

>> Reporter: SHE HAS ADVICE FOR OTHER KIDS NEW TO SWIMMING.

>> TRY YOUR BEST TO NOT BE SCARED, AND YEAH.

>> Reporter: KPBS NEWS.

>>> WHILE THE WINDS OF CHANGE ARE BLOWING, IT IS GOING TO BE VERY BREEZY THROUGH THE EVENING.

THERE ARE WIND ADVISORIES FOR SOME OF THE MOUNTAINS AND THE PASSES OFF TO THE EAST.

TURNING SHARPLY COOLER SATURDAY, BUT EVENTUALLY WE WILL SEE THE HEAT REBOUND AND RETURN, ESPECIALLY FOR THE INLAND DESERTS BY MEMORIAL DAY AFTERNOON.

IN THE SHORT TERM UNTIL JUST 2:00 A.M. , A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOME OF THE HIGH GROUND OFF TO THE EAST END IN FAR INLAND PARTS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFF TO THE EAST, BUT TONIGHT LOW CLOUDS NEAR THE COAST.

61.

BREEZY FOR SOME OF US.

ON SATURDAY WE WILL BE DEALING WITH A MORE PLEASANT BUT COOLER DAY, GO THERE AND TRY.

YOU WILL NOTICE A BIG CHANGE.

THIS IS A STRONG COLD FRONT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE MOISTURE STARVED, FOR US IT IS LEAVING ITS MARK AND COOLING US DOWN.

YOU CAN SEE THESE LOW CLOUDS NEAR THE COAST.

MID-60s FOR HIGHS IN SAN DIEGO.

HE WILL NOTICE A BIG CHANGE IN THE INTERIOR.

ONLY 85 FOR THE HIGH IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

MUCH COOLER.

THE HOTSPOTS NOT AS HOT ON SATURDAY.

SUNDAY NICE PLEASANT WEATHER FOR US.

HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST IN THE FOUR CORNERS REGION, AND THAT IS BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF RECOVERY FROM THIS RECENT FRIEND.

YOU CAN SEE FOR THE COASTAL AREAS A LOT OF CLOUDS SATURDAY, EVEN PERSISTENT INTO MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON.

THEN WE GET INTO MORE OF A TYPICAL RHYTHM OF MORNING CLOUDS AND BRIGHTER AFTERNOON SKIES INTO THE END OF THE WEEKEND AND THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY.

HIGHS WILL BE AROUND 69 THEN, STAYING IN THE UPPER 60s.

THE TEMPERATURES WILL NOT CHANGE A WHOLE LOT FOR THE COAST.

THEY WILL DROP A BIT FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS.

YOU WILL NOTICE THE CHANGE COME SUNDAY NIGHT.

HERE IS WHERE YOU DO NOTICE A COOLDOWN.

67 THE HIGH ON SATURDAY FOR THE INLAND, RUNNING COOL.

A LOT OF CLOUDS, EVEN HOLDING ON FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON ALMOST UP TO THE MOUNTAINS, SO ACROSS MUCH OF THE INLAND AREA.

WE WILL BE BOUNCING BACK TO THE MID-70s AND UPPER 70s BY WEDNESDAY, AN 11 DEGREE JUMP FROM THAT COOL SATURDAY TO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

THE MOUNTAINS WE GO, VERY BREEZY THIS EVENING.

STILL BREEZY THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

MOSTLY SUNNY AND A LITTLE COOL FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, ESPECIALLY SATURDAY.

ONLY 55, BUT WE WILL BOUNCE BACK INTO THE LOW 70s.

ABOUT AN 18 DEGREES JUMP FROM SATURDAY TO A WARMER WEDNESDAY.

INTO THE DESERTS YOU NOTICE A BIG COOLDOWN SATURDAY.

IT DOES NOT LAST LONG.

BACK TO 94 SUNDAY.

MEMORIAL DAY MOSTLY SUNNY AND COMFORTABLE.

IT'S ALL RELATIVE.

BACK UP TO 100 DEGREES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

WE HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE START TO THE WEEKEND, BUT WE DO REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THE BIG SACRIFICE HERE ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AS WELL.

I AM GEOFF CORNISH FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> A PLAY ABOUT SELF LIBERATION, BLACK CULTURE, AND IDENTITY IS COMING TO THE OLD GLOBE THIS WEEKEND.

JACOB AIR -- JACOB AERE SAYS FAT HAMMETT REIMAGINES A TIMELESS SHAKESPEARE TAIL.

HER MAC FOR THE FIRST TIME AND OTHER AT THE OLD GLOBE, THE BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF "FAT HAM " IS TAKING THE STAGE.

SYDNEY CURTIS DIRECTOR OF THE SHOW.

>> THE PLAY IS SET IN NORTH CAROLINA.

IT IS SAID IN THE SOUTH.

WHAT WE SEE ARE THE TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS SIMILAR TO BEING IN A BLACK CHURCH, RIGHT?

WE HAVE A BIG FAMILY PRAYER THAT WE ALL CAN RECOGNIZE.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS A 2022 PULITZER-WINNING TONY NOMINATED PLAY IS A FRESH AND FUNNY TAKE ON SHAKESPEARE'S HAMLET.

"FAT HAM" WAS WRITTEN BY JAMES I JAMES.

>> HOWEVER WHEN YOU DO IT AT A BARBECUE AND YOU ADD IN SOME KARAOKE, IT JUST BECOMES A REALLY GOOD TIME.

IT IS DEFINITELY MORE COMEDY THAN TRAUMA.

>> Reporter: THE STORY IS SET AT A SOUTHERN FAMILY COOKOUT AND INCLUDES GHOSTS AND DEMANDS OF REVENGE FOR MURDER.

FELICIA BOSWELL PLAYS DEIDRE IN THE SHOW.

>> SHE IS A FIRECRACKER.

SHE HAS A LOT OF HEART.

SHE HAS A LOT OF SPIRIT.

SHE IS FUN.

SHE IS GOING TO BE COMIC RELIEF FOR YOU.

SHE IS CRAZY ABOUT THE MEN IN HER LIFE, HER BABY BY HER HUSBAND.

>> Reporter: RICHARDS PLAYS LARRY, A MARINE RETURNING HOME AND SLOWLY CHANGING HIS OLD BELIEFS.

>> YOU GET A FULL ARC WITH LARRY.

HE COMES A LONG WAY AND IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

IT IS A FULL 180.

TO GET TO PLAY THAT RANGE AND GAMUT IS ANY ACT OR STREAM.

IT IS A TRUE GIFT FROM THE WRITER JAMES IJAMES TO BE ABLE TO COME IN WITH HOW PEOPLE PERCEIVE A MAN TO BE AND THEN EXPLORE ALL OF THE FACETS OF WHAT A MAN CAN BE.

MACKEY SAYS THAT THE STORY FOCUSES ON BLACK AND QUEER IDENTITY, SOMETHING THAT USUALLY SHOWN ON A STAGE THIS BIG.

>> WE HAVE JUICY WHO IS COMING IN TO HIS QUEERNESS.

OPAL WHO IS COMING INTO THEIR QUEERNESS PIC WE HAVE THESE CHARACTERS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THEIR IDENTITY AND ALONG THAT JOURNEY WE END UP PULLING IN THE AUDIENCE.

>> Reporter: LARRY IS THE SILENT TYPE BATTLING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF WARFARE.

HE SAYS HIS CHARACTER SHOWS THAT BLACK QUEERNESS AND QUEERNESS IN GENERAL CAN LOOK MANY WAYS.

>> LAVERY DOES EMBODY THESE DEEP ELEMENTS OF, LIKE, THE WOUNDED MASCULINE AND PERFORMATIVE MASCULINITY, AND THEN WE GET TO SEE THAT COCOON CRACK AND WE GET TO SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL UNFOLDING OF WHAT HE BECOMES BY THE END.

>> Reporter: BOSWELL IS ORIGINALLY FROM ALABAMA.

SHE SAYS THE STORY IS HONEST AND SHOWS REAL PEOPLE FROM THE SOUTH.

THE ACTRESS DREW INSPIRATION FOR HER ROLE FROM THE WOMEN AND FAMILY WHO RAISED HER.

>> WE DON'T HEAR STORIES ABOUT WOMEN LIKE THIS ARE FAMILIES LIKE THIS, AND THIS IS REAL LIFE.

I GREW UP GOING TO MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WITH MY FAMILY.

EVERYBODY WAS PLAYING CARDS.

THE DRINKERS WERE DRINKING.

THE SMOKERS WERE SMOKING.

I GREW UP AROUND THAT SORT OF ENERGY.

>> Reporter: THE PLAY IS FULL OF JOY, AND IT IS A GREAT CONVERSATION STARTER.

FOR HIM, "FAT HAM" HAS A DEEPER MEANING.

>> I LOVE THIS PLAY , BECAUSE THIS PLAY ACTUALLY HELPS TO LIBERATE ME IN MY QUEER JOURNEY.

AND IT HELPED ME USHER INTO THIS FIELD OF DIRECTING AS WELL.

SO IT REALLY FEELS AMAZING BEING HERE IN SAN DIEGO, SO BEAUTIFUL, AND I REALLY HOPE THE PLAY CAN FIND A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SEARCHING AND ARE IN NEED OF THAT LIBERATION.

>> Reporter: THE STORIES MESSAGES ABOUT HAVING A TRUE SENSE OF FREEDOM, SO IT IS A SHOW FOR PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE HE SAYS.

IT EXPLORES THE CONFLICT BETWEEN WHAT YOU OWE YOUR FAMILY AND WHAT YOU OWE YOURSELF.

>> WHETHER IT IS THE TIDBITS OF HAMLET THAT JAMES HAS WRITTEN INTO THE SCRIPT, WHETHER IT IS JUST THE NARRATIVE OF THIS BLACK FAMILY IN THE SOUTH STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK TOGETHER, LOVE EACH OTHER, HEAL FROM THEIR TRAUMA, OR WHETHER IT IS JUST YOU WANT TO COME TO THE THEATER AND PARTY AND HAVE A GOOD TIME, WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS.

>> Reporter: PERFORMANCES RUN MAY 25 TO JUNE 23 WITH OFFICIAL OPENING NIGHT ON MAY 30 AT THE OLD GLOBE.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

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