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♪ ♪ >>> THE SAN DIEGO PADRES ARE IN LOS ANGELES TONIGHT PLAYING A WINNER TAKES ALL GAME FIVE AGAINST THE DODGERS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

THE FAITHFUL ARE CHEERING ON THE TEAM FROM HOME AND THAT WATCH PARTIES ACROSS THE COUNTY.

REPORTER KATIE IS LIVE WHERE FANS ARE GATHERING TO WATCH THE PADRES ON THE BIG SCREEN.

KATIE?

>> Reporter: HI, MAYA.

WE'RE JUST A FEW MINUTES AWAY FROM THE STARTING PAGE.

THERE ARE LOTS OF FANS HERE AT GALLAGHER START SQUARE.

IT IS A SOLD-OUT WATCH PARTY TONIGHT AND THE GATES OPENED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.

READY TO HAVE A GOOD TIME TONIGHT.

YU DARVISH WILL BE THE PADRES STARTING PITCHER TONIGHT.

DARVISH WAS THE STARTING PITCHER IN GAME TWO WHEN THE PADRES WON, 10-2.

TONIGHT'S GAME FOLLOWS THE DODGERS 8-0 WIN AGAINST THE PADRES WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON I SPOKE TO RYAN.

HE WAS AT WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S GAME AND HE SAYS PADRES FANS KEPT THEIR SPIRITS HIGH.

>> IT WAS A TOUGH WATCH, BUT IT WAS GREAT SEEING THE ENERGY OF THE PADRES FANS STILL KEEPING IT ALIVE EVEN 8-0.

STILL CHANTING PADRES.

STILL CHANTING FOR THE TEAM.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT'S WINNER WILL FACE THE NEW YORK METS FOR A SPOT IN THE WORLD SERIES.

LIVE AT PETCO PARK, I AM KATIE ANASTAS, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IN ADDITION TO THE WATCH PARTIES HAPPENING AROUND TOWN, SOME FANS ARE TREKKING TO LOS ANGELES TO CHEER ON THE PADRES AT DODGER STADIUM.

SKIPPING TRAFFIC BY TAKING THE TRAIN.

HE SAYS THE GAME SHOULD BE EXCITING.

>> GAME FOUR WAS PRETTY GREAT.

GAME FIVE.

KIND OF LIKE A GAME SEVEN, PRETTY MUCH, SINCE THERE'S ONLY FIVE GAMES IN THE SERIES.

JUST WANT TO CHECK IT OUT AND GIVE THE PADRES SOME SUPPORT.

>> AND WHEN THE PADRES WERE AT DODGER STADIUM LAST SUNDAY, L.A.

FANS THREW BALLS AND TRASH ON THE FIELD CAUSING A 12 MINUTE DELAY OF THE GAME.

CHRISTOPHER SAYS HE DOESN'T THINK FANS WILL BE AS ROWDY THIS TIME.

>>> MUCH LIKE WE HAD LAST NIGHT INTO THIS MORNING, THERE WILL BE THE CHANCE FOR SOME AREAS OF FOG.

MAKE SURE YOU ALLOW EXTRA TIME IS TO VENTURE OUT TOMORROW MORNING.

LOW 60 DEGREES TONIGHT WITH COASTAL CLOUDS COMING IN.

WE WILL SEE HOW THE FORECAST CHANGES INTO THE WEEKEND.

>>> IN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST, STORMS HAVE PASSED, BUT THE RECOVERY IS JUST BEGINNING.

BUT HELP IS ON THE WAY.

>> Reporter: DOUBLE DESTRUCTION IN THE SUNSHINE STATE.

>> I THINK THE COMPLICATION FACTOR HERE IS THERE'S TWO STORMS.

>> Reporter: HURRICANE HELENE MADE LANDFALL IN FLORIDA AS A DEADLY HURRICANE CARVING A PATH OF DESTRUCTION ACROSS SIX STATES .

THEN MILTON HIT AS A CATEGORY THREE STORM BRINGING TORNADOES, TORRENTIAL RAIN, AND STORM SURGE.

>> HAVING TWO MAJOR HURRICANES IN LESS THAN THREE WEEKS HAS REALLY DECIMATED OUR DOWNTOWN AREA.

>> Reporter: HILLSBORO COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE STILL EVACUATING PEOPLE FROM FLOODED HOMES.

>> WE ARE SIX FEET DEEP.

WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IT MIGHT GET AS HIGH AS 20 FEET.

>> Reporter: IN PINELLAS COUNTY, HUNDREDS REMAIN IN SHELTERS, SOME WHO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR WEEKS.

>> WE HAVE OVER 170 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN SHELTERS WITH US SINCE HURRICANE HELENE.

>> Reporter: THE RESCUES AND RELIEF POURING IN.

>> REPRESENTS THE LARGEST NATIONAL GUARD RESPONSE IN FLORIDA.

WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL $50 MILLION ON TOP OF WHAT WE DID FOR HURRICANE HELENE.

>> Reporter: FEMA SAYS PEOPLE WILL NEED TO APPLY FOR SEPARATE HURRICANE RELIEF FOR EACH STORM.

>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH EACH PERSON AS THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH WHAT THEY EXPERIENCED FROM HELENE, WHAT THEY EXPERIENCE FROM MILTON.

>> Reporter: WHILE VICTIMS ASSESS THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND, MOMENTS OF HOPE AND RESILIENCE BEGIN TO EMERGE.

>> WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL BORN IN ONE OF OUR SHELTERS.

OUR SHELTER STAFF HELPED WITH THE DELIVERY.

>> Reporter: MARYBELLE GONZALES, KPBS NEWS.

HE >>> IT HAS BEEN SEVEN YEARS, BUT THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO HAS SETTLED A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT OVER PEOPLE SHELTERING IN THEIR CARS AND RVs.

IN 2017, A GROUP OF UNSHELTERED PEOPLE SUED THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO OVER ITS VEHICLE HABITATION ORDINANCE.

UNDER THAT LAW, PEOPLE LIVING IN THEIR CARS AND RVs COULD FACE FINES OR HAVE THEIR VEHICLES IMPOUNDED.

A LAWYER FOR THE PLAINTIFFS SAYS TICKETS WILL BE DISMISSED AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS WILL ALSO STOP.

>> THE CITY CANNOT ENFORCE THIS .

THOSE TWO ORDINANCES AGAINST FOLKS WHO FIND THEMSELVES LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES.

IF THERE ARE NO ALTERNATIVE PARKING OPTIONS.

ANOTHER BENEFIT LONG-TERM IS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SAFE PARKING LOTS IN SAN DIEGO, PARTICULARLY THE MISSION VALLEY LOT.

>> THE PLAINTIFFS' LAWYER SAYS IT TOOK YEARS TO REACH THE SETTLEMENT BECAUSE OF OBLIGATIONS SURROUNDING THE V VEHICLE HABITATION LAWS.

THIS MEASURE WILL RESULT IN MORE UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS FINDING SUPPORT THEY NEED THROUGH THE SAFE LOT PROGRAM.

>>> THE FIRST OVER-THE-COUNTER AT HOME COVID-19 AND FLU TEST, WILL BE AVAILABLE AROUND THANKSGIVING.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER HEIDI DE MARCO SAYS THIS IS A CRITICAL TOOL FOR SENIORS.

>> Reporter: THE NEW TEST WILL GIVE OLDER ADULTS QUICK INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND HELP THEM AND OTHERS DECIDE IF IT IS SAFE TO GATHER.

>> AND SO THEY HAVE PUT OFF TRAVELING TO SEE FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

THEY HAVE RESTRICTED EVEN HOLIDAY GATHERINGS WHETHER IT IS THANKSGIVING OR CHRISTMAS MEAL.

BECAUSE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WHO THEY MIGHT BE INTERACTING.

>> Reporter: THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL REPORTS IN RECENT YEARS AROUND 80% OF FLU -RELATED DEATHS HAVE BEEN AMONG PEOPLE 65 AND OLDER.

IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2023, THE SAME POPULATION ACCOUNTED FOR NEARLY 90% OF COVID RELATED DEATHS.

>> COVID IS JUST AS BAD IF NOT WORSE THAN FLU, BUT BOTH KILLED A LOT OF PEOPLE AND WE ARE STILL SEEING DEATH EVEN NOW AFTER ALL THESE VARIANTSS.

>> Reporter: IS THE FIRST COMBINED TEST AUTHORIZED TO BE MARKETED OUTSIDE OF EMERGENCY USE.

IT PRESIDES RESULTS IN 15 MINUTES AND CAN BE USED BY ANYONE AS YOUNG AS TWO WITH ADULT SUPERVISION.

SHARP FAMILY MEDICINE DOCTOR SAYS THE ABILITY TO TEST AT HOME WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION CAN HELP SENIORS AVOID UNNECESSARY TRIPS TO URGENT CARE.

>> JUST BEING THERE, YOU ARE EXPOSING OTHER PEOPLE.

AND SO THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS A RISK.

AND THEN WHEN HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL GET SICK, THAT TURNS INTO A BURDEN ON EVERYBODY ELSE .

>> Reporter: PAUL DOWNEY WITH SERVING SENIORS SAYS MANY ADULT ADULTS ARE STILL FEARFUL.

>> WE SEE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT STILL ARE EXPERIENCING SOCIAL ISOLATION SINCE COVID.

SO IF THIS GIVES JUST ONE PERSON PEACE OF MIND THAT HE OR SHE CAN GO OUT INTO THE WORLD, IT HAS DONE ITS JOB.

>> Reporter: THE TESTS WILL BE BETWEEN 13 AND $16.

THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE BY THE END OF NOVEMBER.

JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

HEIDI DE MARCO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO WALK ON A FREEWAY?

AS KPBS REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN SHOWS US, YOU CAN FIND OUT TOMORROW AT A SPECIAL EVENT IN SOUTH CREST.

>> Reporter: FROM 10:00 TO 12:30 TOMORROW, CALTRANS WILL BE CLOSING THE 43rd STREET ON AND OFF RAMPS TO THE AID OF FIVE FREEWAY.

THE STATES WILL BE OPEN TO BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS WITH MUSIC, ARTS, AND EVEN A FASHION SHOW.

THE GOAL IS TO HELP REIMAGINE THE SPACE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE RAMPS WERE BUILT IN THE 1970s TO BE THE START OF HIGHWAY 252, A FREEWAY THAT CALTRANS ULTIMATELY SCRAPPED IN THE FACE OF COMMUNITY OPPOSITION.

JANICE IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GARDENS, A NONPROFIT THAT IS ADVISING CALTRANS ON THE AREA'S REDEVELOPMENT.

>> WE WANT TO IMAGINE WHAT THESE 50 ACRES THAT THE RAMPS WOULD LOOK LIKE IF IT HAS BEEN TURNED TO THE COMMUNITY FOR A COMMUNITY BENEFIT.

SO AS WE WALK THROUGH THE SPACE, WE REALIZE HOW LARGE IT IS, HOW VAST AND ALSO HOW BIG OUR IMAGINATION CAN GO ON WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THERE.

>> Reporter: THERE IS PRECEDENT FOR SAN DIEGO TURNING A FREEWAY BACK INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD.

STARTING IN THE 90s, THE 66 ACRES SET ASIDE FOR HIGHWAY 252 WERE ROGER GRADUALLY REDEVELOPED INTO HOUSING PARKS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SHOPPING CENTER.

IT IS TIME TO FINISH THE JOB AND RETURN THE 43rd STREET RAMPS TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE WANT THE NEXT GENERATION TO SEE THAT IT IS POSSIBLE.

THEY MAY HAVE TO CARRY IT FORWARD AS WELL AS WELL AS ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF THAT BECAUSE THERE IS WORK TO DO IN HEALING OUR COMMUNITY FROM DIVISIVE INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> Reporter: A SIMILAR EVENT WAS HELD ON STATE ROUTE 15 LAST YEAR.

YOU CAN FIND MORE DETAILS ON SATURDAY'S EVENT, INCLUDING THE BEST WAY TO GET THERE AT KPBS.ORG.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>> ANDREW HAS COVERED THE STORY OF OUR FREEWAYS EXTENSIVELY WITH HIS PODCAST, FREEWAY EXIT.

IT'S AVAILABLE ON MAJOR PLATFORMS AND KPBS.ORG.

♪ ♪ >>> THERE ARE LESS THAN FOUR WEEKS LEFT FOR ELECTION DAY AND THE BATTLEGROUND SPRINT IS ABOUT TO KICK INTO OVERDRIVE.

KAREN HAS A LOOK AT THE BIG POLITICAL NAMES HITTING THE TRAIL AND THE CAMPAIGN ROAD MAP AHEAD.

>> Reporter: EVERY VOTE COUNTS, BUT VOTERS IN 2024'S KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES CAN EXPECT A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER 5th.

>> GOOD TO BE BACK IN MICHIGAN.

>> Reporter: THE CANDIDATES ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT FLYERS TO ARIZONA, GEORGIA, NEVADA, NORTH CAROLINA, MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, AND PENNSYLVANIA, ZEROING IN ON THE ISSUES THEY FEEL WILL RESONATE MOST WITH VOTERS, LIKE THE ECONOMY AND MANUFACTURING IN MICHIGAN.

>> WE WILL ENSURE THE NEXT GENERATION OF BREAKTHROUGHS ARE NOT ONLY INVENTED BUT NOT RIGHT HERE.

>> I INTEND FOR THE TRIUMPH OF THE AMERICAN AUTO INDUSTRY TO BE AMONG MY GREATEST LEGACIES.

I WANTED TO BE A LEGACY.

>> WE GOT TO FOCUS ON OUR OWN PEOPLE AND PUT THEIR INTERESTS FIRST.

THAT IS WHAT THE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP EXISTS OR.

>> THIS ISSUE SHOULD NOT DIVIDE US.

IT SHOULD UNITE US.

WE MAKE INCOME FROM FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IN PITTSBURGH THURSDAY.

>> SHE DOESN'T HAVE CONCEPTS FOR A PLAN.

SHE HAS AN ACTUAL PLAN TO MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER.

>> Reporter: ON WEDNESDAY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID NO TO ANOTHER DEBATE BEFORE ELECTION DATE.

THAT MEANS NO MORE HEAD-TO-HEAD EVENTS.

>> WE DON'T HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND THE FINISH LINE.

>> Reporter: AND LEAVES CANDIDATES TO PUT THEIR GROUND GAMES TO THE TEST.

>>> LOCALLY ONE OF THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL ELECTIONS IS FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR.

THE WINNER IN DISTRICT THREE WILL HAVE A BIG INFLUENCE IN HOW THE REASON TOP ISSUES ARE HANDLED.

KPBS JOHN CARROLL LOOKS AT THE CANDIDATES.

>> Reporter: IF YOU LIVE IN ANY OF THESE LOCATIONS, YOU ARE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S DISTRICT THREE, AND YOU HAVE A CHOICE THE SELECTION WHETHER TO KEEP YOUR CURRENT COUNTY SUPERVISOR OR ELECT A NEW ONE.

RUNNING FOR A SECOND TERM.

>> I'M A SURFER.

I'M A MOM.

MAKING SURE WE HAVE CLEAN WATER AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT IS ABSOLUTELY MY TOP PRIORITY.

>> Reporter: AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.

>> WHEN I WAS ELECTED, WE HAD ZERO COUNTY SUPPORTED SHELTER BEDS.

WE NOW HAVE OVER 900.

>> Reporter: LAWSON-REMER SAYS SHE SUPPORTS BANNING AND CABINETS AS LONG AS THE FOCUS IS ON GETTING PEOPLE THE HELP THEY NEED TO GET OFF THE STREETS.

MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND BRINGING DOWN GUN VIOLENCE ARE ALSO HIGH ON HER TO DO LIST.

SHE IS BEING CHALLENGED BY FORMER SAN DIEGO MAYOR KEVIN.

>> THE HEART OF OUR SUPERVISOR DISTRICT.

>> Reporter: WE TRIED IT NUMEROUS TIMES IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET AN INTERVIEW, BUT WE NEVER HEARD BACK.

HIS CAMPAIGN WEBSITE SAYS HE WILL AGGRESSIVELY BUILD SHELTERS AND ENCOURAGE BUILDERS TO CREATE NEIGHBORHOOD APPROPRIATE HOUSING.

HE ALSO PROMISES TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND MAKE IT LESS ANNOYING FOR PEOPLE TO WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS NONPARTISAN BUT LAWSON-REMER SELECTION IN 2020 MADE IT MAJORITY DEMOCRAT.

FAULCONER IS A REPUBLICAN.

IF HE IS ELECTED, THE BOARD WOULD GO BACK TO REPUBLICAN CONTROL.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> FORCED LABOR FOR PRISONERS IS ONE OF THE LAST VESTIGES OF SLAVERY IN CALIFORNIA.

VOTERS CAN REMEDY THAT WITH THIS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

CAL MATTERS REPORTER WENDY FRY EXPLAINS PROP SIX.

>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA BANNED SLAVERY WHEN IT BECAME A STATE BUT MADE AN EXCEPTION.

IN THE BEGINNING CALIFORNIA IN ITS CONSTITUTION HAS ALLOWED FORCED LABOR AS A FORM OF CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT.

TODAY, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PRISON INMATES ACROSS THE STATE ARE WORKING IN A VARIETY OF JOBS FROM FIREFIGHTERS TO COOKS FOR VERY LITTLE PAY.

THAT COULD CHANGE IF VOTERS PASS A BALLOT MEASURE THIS NOVEMBER THAT WOULD CHANGE THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO BAN ANY KIND OF FORCED WORK.

I AM WENDY FRY, REPORTER FOR CAL MATTERS.

THIS IS PROPOSITION SIX IN A MINUTE.

CALIFORNIANS ARE TALKING ABOUT ENDING FORCED LABORERS IN PRISONS.

THAT COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED IN 2020 TO INVESTIGATE THE HARMFUL AND LONG-LASTING EFFECTS OF ENSLAVEMENT ON AFRICAN- AMERICANS.

IT RECOMMENDED BANNING FORCED LABOR AS A WAY TO ERASE ENSLAVEMENT FROM THE STATE'S FOUNDING DOCUMENT.

PROPOSITION SIX WOULD AMEND THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION TO PROHIBIT THE STATE FROM PUNISHING INMATES WITH AN VOLUNTARY WORK ASSIGNMENTS FROM DISCIPLINING THOSE WHO REFUSE TO WORK.

THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT HOW THE MEASURE WOULD AFFECT THE STATE BUDGET AND PRISON WORK PROGRAMS.

EXPERTS SAID COULD OPEN THE DOOR TO FORCING THE STATE TO PAY MORE MONEY TO INMATES WITH JOBS.

TODAY MOST OF THEM EARN LESS THAN $.74 AN HOUR.

SUPPORTERS SAY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR VOTERS TO PUT AN END TO FORCED LABOR 174 YEARS AFTER CALIFORNIA JOINT THE UNION AS A FREE STATE.

THEY ALSO SAY THE STATE CAN AVOID THE COST OF HIGHER INMATE PAY BY CREATING VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS.

THERE IS NO REGISTERED OPPOSITION TO THE MEASURE.

A HANDFUL OF REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS VOTED AGAINST PLACING THE MEASURE ON THE BALLOT.

SOME HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL COST OF RAISING PAY.

VOTE YES IF YOU WANT TO FORBID THE STATE FROM FORCING PRESENT INMATES TO WORK.

VOTE NO IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EVERYTHING ON YOUR 2024 BALLOT, GO TO CAL MATTERS.ORG.

>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT IS ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, JUST GO TO KPBS.ORG/ MOTOR HUB.

>>> A LOCAL SIGN PAINTER WENT VIRAL ON TIKTOK WHILE APPLYING FOR A MAJOR ARTIST RESIDENCY BRINGING ATTENTION TO A TIMELESS TRADE.

ARTS REPORTER JULIA DIXON EVANS EXPLORES HOW HIS VIDEOS AND ART CONTINUE TO CAPTURE THE FASCINATION OF MILLIONS.

>> I NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE IN MY LIFE SO I AM APPLYING FOR AN ARTIST RESIDENCY.

>> AN OLD SUITCASE AND A SIGN PAINTER WHO HAS IN HIS WORDS THE AUDACITY TO TRY.

ARTISANS RESIDENCY REALLY MEMORABLE.

INSTEAD OF JUST SENDING IN A FLASH DRIVE OF HIS PORTFOLIO, HE ELABORATELY PAINTED A VINTAGE SUITCASE IN THE STYLE OF RETRO SIGN PAINTERS.

>> THIS IS WHY I DID THE SUITCASE.

I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF PIECES.

I HAD THIS.

I HAD THE BUILDING THAT I PAINTED.

I HAD THIS HOT DOG CART I PAINTED OVER.

AND THIS.

SO THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF MY PAINTING DURING THE TIME.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE GOING TO LET ME IN FROM THAT ALONE.

IT'S WHY I MADE THE SUITCASE TO BE LIKE, I DON'T HAVE A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT I WILL BE MAKING A LOT OF STUFF SOON.

>> REPORTER:'S VIDEO HAS SINCE BEEN SEEN BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.

GO A LITTLE FURTHER BACK WHERE HIS STORY STARTS WITH HIS PARENTS RESTAURANT IN SORRENTO VALLEY.

>> ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO MY PARENTS WERE OPENING A NEW RESTAURANT AND I WAS KIND OF WARMING UP TO THE IDEA OF TAKING MYSELF SERIOUSLY AS A SIGN PAINTER.

LET ME DO -- LET ME PAINT A SIGN ABOUT IT AND LET ME TRY TO MAKE A VIDEO.

>> Reporter: AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF PAINTING SIGNS AND MAKING CONTENT ONLINE, HE GREW OUT OF HIS GARAGE WORKSPACE.

HE PURSUED THE IMPACT ARTIST RESIDENCY AT BREAD AND SALT, WHICH HAS A GALLERIES AND ARTIST STUDIOS IN LOGAN HEIGHTS.

IT NOW APPEARS IN STAGES ART SPACES AS WELL AS STOREFRONTS, BUT HE PREFERS THE LATTER.

>> ONE OF THE FIRST REASONS I GOT SO INTERESTED IN IT IS THAT I LIKED HOW IT USED TO BE A NORMAL JOB.

AS A TRADE, IT WASN'T THAT DIFFERENT FROM A PLUMBER OR A MECHANIC OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT SIGN PAINTING IS THE MIX OF TRADE AND HOW I CAN FUNCTIONALLY HELP PEOPLE WHILE STILL BEING ARTSY AND DOING DESIGN AND BEING SILLY.

>> Reporter: PROFESSOR OF GRAPHIC DESIGN AT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY SAYS SIGN PAINTING'S PLACE IN ART HISTORY GOES WAY BACK TO SCRATCHING THINGS ON CAVE WALLS.

>> EVENTUALLY WE DEVELOPED THE ALPHABETICAL SYSTEMS AND THE SUBSTRATES TO WRITE ON, AND THEN IT BECAME AN ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE ATTRACTION TO ART PARALLELS AND NOSTALGIA FOR HAND-LETTERED SIGNS AND SHOPKEEPERS WHO KNEW OUR NAMES.

>> THERE IS A CONNECTION WITH HOW DISSATISFIED WE ARE WITH THE SOCIETY WE BUILT FOR OURSELVES AND HOW EVERYTHING NOW LOOKS.

YOU GO TO COSTCO.

EVERYTHING LOOKS THE SAME.

EVERYTHING HAS PRIMARY COLORS SHOUTING AT YOUR FACE WITH FONT.

>> Reporter: DEDICATION HAS ONLY GROWN AS HIS VIDEOS TURNED INTO REAL INCOME.

YOU CAN FIND HIS SIGNS PEPPERED AROUND TOWN LIKE AT WHITE RICE A BODEGA AND BARBERSHOP IN CITY HEIGHTS.

HE HAD AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR THE THREE-MONTH-LONG RESIDENCY HOPING TO PAINT MASSIVE SIGNS AND COMPLETED BIG PROJECTS.

>> THE PRESSURE OF THE VIDEO AND THE STORY.

I'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE MY LORE IS AS INTERESTING FOR TIKTOK.

>> Reporter: HE SPENT A LOT OF HIS TIME MEETING PEOPLE, COLLECTING THEIR STORIES, AND COLLABORATING ON SMALL PIECES AND HE IS OKAY WITH THAT.

>> I HAVE SETTLED ON THE IDEA OF TAKING MY TIME WITH WHATEVER I AM PAINTING WHETHER OR NOT IT IS IMPRESSIVE OR NOT.

AND FOCUS MORE ON INDIVIDUALLY INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE.

THAT IS THE MAGIC OF BEING HERE, I THINK.

>> Reporter: JULIA DIXON EVANS, KPBS NEWS.

>> SIGN PAINTER WILL OPEN HIS STUDIO AT BREAD AND SALT TOMORROW NIGHT AND HE WILL BE IN RESIDENCE THERE THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER.

>>> WE ARE GOING TO BE SHAKING THINGS UP IN THE WEATHER DEPARTMENT.

FIRST WE HAD SOME FOG OUT THERE THIS MORNING.

I DO THINK THAT IS LIKELY TO OCCUR AGAIN AS WE HEAD THERE TONIGHT AND EVEN MORE POSSIBLY INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

BE AWARE OF THAT AS WE HEAD FOR THE WEEKEND.

BEYOND THAT WE ARE EASING OUT OF THE WARMTH.

BIG, EXCITING NEWS FOR A LOT OF THOSE NUMBERS TO WORK THEIR WAY ON DOWN.

COOLER TREND WILL ACTUALLY TAKE HOLD EVEN INTO LATE NEXT WEEK.

WE WILL SEE THOSE NUMBERS GO DOWN EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

LET'S BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU.

WATCH OUT FOR SOME OF THOSE AREAS OF FOG.

WE DID SEE A LITTLE OF THAT TRY TO PUSH IN TOWARD THE COUNTY.

AGAIN, THERE WILL BE SOME CHALLENGES THERE.

ESPOSITO COMING IN AT 54 DEGREES FOR THE LOW.

AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY INLAND, RAMONA HOLDING ONTO 49 FOR THE LOW THERE.

TRANSITIONING THROUGH TOMORROW, BRIGHT SET UP FOR YOUR WEEKEND ONCE WE GET PAST THOSE MORNING CLOUDS.

73 FOR THE HYATT IN SAN DIEGO.

AS WE WORK OUR WAY TOWARD MOUNT LAGUNA, UPPER 60s.

STILL IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS.

WHERE WE HAVE BEEN FOR A LOT OF THE PREVIOUS DAYS THROUGH SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.

SO THAT IS SOME GOOD NEWS SO FAR.

AS WE TRANSITION THROUGH THE COASTAL LOCATIONS, WE WILL HOLD ONTO THE 70s.

THAT DOESN'T FLUCTUATE MUCH DUE TO OUR PRESENCE OF THE WATER AND THOSE MARINE LAYERS EACH MORNING.

AS YOU GET AND LEND, YOU WILL FIND THOSE NUMBERS DO GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

FROM THE MID-80s ON SATURDAY.

SUNDAY, BACK TO THE LOWER 80s.

MONDAY, WELCOME TO THE 70s AGAIN.

ALL THE WHILE IT STILL COMES WITH SOME MORNING CLOUDS TRANSITIONING TO AFTERNOON SUNSHINE.

MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS COMING UP FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS WE ARE GOING TO BE COMING THROUGH THE 60s.

IT IS A DIFFERENCE FROM THE UPPER 60s TO THE LOWER 60s BY THE TIME WE GET INTO WEDNESDAY.

WE WILL HAVE SOME CLOUDS TO CONTEND WITH TOO AS WE GET TOWARD THE LATER PART OF THE WEEK.

THAT IS SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON.

LOOK AT THE DESERT.

IT'S GOING TO BE EASING OUT OF THAT HEAT AND BY WEDNESDAY, MORE CLOUDS.

TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-80s.

SOME QUESTION AS TO IF WE SEE ANY PRECIPITATION TOWARD THE LATER PART OF NEXT WEEK.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM WEATHER METEOROLOGIST .

>>> TODAY APPLE TV PLUS DEBUTS THE DOCUMENTARY, THE LAST OF THE SEA WOMEN.

YOU WILL GET TO MEET A BAND OF FEISTY WOMEN WARRIORS OFTEN CALLED REAL-LIFE MERMAIDS.

♪ ♪ >> ON SOUTH KOREA'S ISLAND, A GROUP OF WOMEN HAVE BEEN DIVING TO THE OCEAN FLOOR WITHOUT OXYGEN TANKS FOR GENERATIONS TO HARVEST SEAFOOD.

THESE DIVERS ARE NOW ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY SENIORS, SOME IN THEIR 90s.

FILMMAKER SUE KIM MEMBERS BEING EIGHT YEARS OLD AND SEEING THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>> I JUST REMEMBER BEING SO TAKEN WITH THEM AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.

THEY WERE IN THEIR WET SUITS WALKING INTO THE WATER.

THEY WERE SO LOUD.

SO BOLD AND CONFIDENT AND FUN AND VIBRANT.

THEY JUST MADE SUCH AN IMPRESSION ON ME.

THEY REALLY IMPRINTED ON ME AS KIND OF A NEW MODEL OF WOMANHOOD THAT I COULD ASPIRE TO.

I DIDN'T HAVE TO BE JUST DEMURE AND PRETTY.

I COULD BE STRONG AND EMPOWERED AND LOUD AND FUNNY.

>> Reporter: BUT THE WAY OF LIFE IS IN DANGER OF DISAPPEARING.

THAT PROMPTED KIM TO MAKE THE LAST OF THE SEA WOMEN.

>> OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH KOREA, A NEIGHBORING COUNTRY IS BEGINNING THE RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE WATER INTO THE OCEAN.

>> IT HAS TRANSITIONED INTO AN URGENT IMPERATIVE TO DOCUMENT AND MEMORIALIZE THEM BEFORE THEY WEREN'T AROUND ANYMORE.

THAT IS REALLY THE GENESIS OF THIS FILM.

IT WAS BASICALLY A LIFELONG OBSESSION THAT TURNED IT INTO AN URGENT MANDATE NOW THAT THEY ARE ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION.

>> I BELIEVED THAT THIS WAS A STORY WE NEEDED TO TELL BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE FEW MATRIARCHAL SOCIETIES IN THE WORLD.

VERY URGENT AND RELEVANT ISSUES AS WELL.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THESE WOMEN ARE FIERCE AND STRONG AND RESILIENT AND THEY HAVE SUCH A STRONG COMMUNITY.

THEIR STORIES COULD INSPIRE SO MANY WOMEN AND GIRLS OUT THERE.

>> Reporter: KIM DISCOVERED HOW CARING THEY WERE.

>> I KNEW THEY WERE SUPERCOOL AND TOUGH AND STRONG AND EMPOWERED, BUT ONCE WE ACTUALLY STARTED FILMING WITH THEM, WE WERE ALWAYS SO WARMLY WELCOMED BY THEN.

THEY WERE CONSTANTLY BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL WHEN WE WERE FILMING THEM.

WE WOULD BE FILMING AND TRYING TO BE OBSERVATIONAL FLY ON THE WALL, BUT INSTEAD THEY WOULD COME OVER AND FEED OUR CAMERA OPERATORS AND CINEMATOGRAPHERS THE SEA URCHINS THEY HAD CAUGHT THAT MORNING.

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DISRUPTIVE TO THE FILMING, WE WOULD HAVE TO STOP FILMING AND ACCEPT THE KIND AND GENEROUS FOOD THEY WERE TRYING TO FEED US.

IT WAS SO TOUCHING TO SEE THAT THAT IS HOW THEY WERE CARING FOR US.

I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT KIND OF WARMTH AND NURTURING GRANDMOTHERLY BEHAVIOR FROM THEM.

SO IT WAS SO NICE.

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