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>>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

AFTER A TWO YEAR HIATUS BECAUSE OF COVID, THE MIRAMAR AIR SHOW IS RETURNING THIS WEEKEND.

BUT A COALITION OF GROUPS SAYS THE SHOW SHOULD HAVE NEVER COME BACK.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL IS LIVE ON THE -- OVERPASS, WHERE MEMBERS OF THOSE GROUPS ARE PROTESTING.

JOHN, CAN YOU TELL US WHY THEY WANT THE AIR SHOW TO BE CANCELED?

>> LET ME JUST SET THE SCENE.

AS YOU WERE SAYING, MAYA, WE ARE HERE, ON THE OVERPASS.

THERE ARE A LITTLE MORE THAN -- PROTESTERS ON THE BRIDGE.

YOU CAN SEE MANY OF THEM HOLDING SIGNS, AND THE FLAGS, VETERANS FOR PEACE.

BUT TO GET TO YOUR QUESTION, IN A WORD, THE ANSWER IS CLIMATE.

THE GROUPS INCLUDE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST AND THE SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUPS, AND THE ONE GROUP THAT IS HAS BEEN AGAINST THE AIR SHOW FOR YEARS, THE VETERANS FOR PEACE.

>> WE ARE NOT HERE TO KILL A PARTY, BUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS HERE TO KILL US AS A SPECIES.

>> Reporter: PAST PRESIDENT OF THE VETERANS FOR PEACE, GARY BUTTERFIELD, AGREES THE MIRAMAR AIR SHOW IS ENTERTAINING, BUT HE SAYS THAT IS NOT THE POINT.

BUTTERFIELD IS THE COST OF THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF POLLUTION GOING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS JUST IS NOT WORTH IT.

>> AS THE CITIZENS OF SAN DIEGO, WE ARE BEING ASKED TO MAKE SACRIFICES TO REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT.

WE FEEL IT IS INCUMBENT UPON THE MILITARY, ESPECIALLY THE NAVY AND MARINES, TO DO THE SAME.

>> WE ARE PUTTING THE ECHELON FOR A COUPLE DIFFERENT OBJECT IS PRETTY >> Reporter: NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE MARINES SEE IT DIFFERENTLY.

>> WE REALLY WANT TO BUILD CAMARADERIE WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

WE FINALLY GET, AFTER THREE YEARS, THE CHANCE TO BRING OUR LOCAL PARTNERS IN, OUR FRIENDS, OUR NEIGHBORS, TO SHOW THEM WHAT WE DO.

>> Reporter: SECOND LIEUTENANT JACOBY HAWKINS AS THE MARINE CORPS ADMITS THE AIR SHOW DOES EMIT A LOT OF POLLUTION, BUT HE SAYS THAT IS NOT THE ENTIRE STORY.

HE POINTS TO WAYS THE MIRAMAR AIRBASE IS WORKING TO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.

>> WE HAVE THE MICRO GRID ON BASE, WHICH SUPPLIES ENERGY TO HOMES IN SAN DIEGO.

AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THINGS TO REDUCE OUR CARBON OUTPUT, OUR FOOTPRINT AS WELL.

>> Reporter: THE PENTAGON HAS LONG ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS A THREAT TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.

BUTTERFIELD SAYS ENDING THE AIR SHOW WOULD BE A GESTURE OF GOODWILL THAT THE MILITARY IS SERIOUS.

>> EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS OPTIONAL, AND FOR ENTERTAINMENT.

IT IS CHOKING US.

IT IS CODE RED FOR HUMANITY -- >> Reporter: THE PROTESTERS WILL BE OUT HERE ON THE CAROL CANYON OVERPASS UNTIL 6:00 TONIGHT.

THIS IS THE FINAL PROTEST, OF THE SEVERAL THEY HAVE HAD OVER THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS.

LIVE OVER THE 15, JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>> JOHN, THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

CAN YOU TELL US, WHAT ABOUT THE AIR SHOW BEING CANCELED IN THE FUTURE?

WHAT IS THE WORD ON THAT?

>> Reporter: I DID ASK LIEUTENANT HAWKINS ABOUT THAT.

HE WOULD NOT GO THAT FAR, NATURALLY.

BUT HE DID SAY THAT IT MAY BE MODIFIED IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO BE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.

MAYA?

>> THANKS FOR THAT REPORT, JOHN CARROLL.

>>> HE HAS BEEN CAUGHT, THE MAN DUBS THAT LEONARD WAS ARRESTED IN VENEZUELA AFTER FLEEING HOME DETENTION EARLIER THIS MONTH IN SAN DIEGO.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER STEVE WALSH HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: LEONARD FRANCIS IS AT THE CENTER OF A WIDE-RANGING NAVY CORRUPTION CASE.

HE CUT HIS GPS ANKLE MONITOR AND FLED SEPTEMBER 4th, WEEKS BEFORE HIS SENTENCING.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, FRANCIS WAS ARRESTED AT THE AIRPORT IN CARACAS BY VENEZUELAN AUTHORITIES, ACCORDING TO THE U.S.

MARSHALS SERVICE.

VENEZUELAN AUTHORITIES SAY FRANCIS WAS HEADED TO RUSSIA.

SINGAPORE-BASED JOURNALIST TOM WRIGHT INTERVIEWED FRANCIS FOR A PODCAST IN 2021.

HE SAYS THE FORMER MALAYSIAN CONTRACTOR HAD DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE NAVY AFTER YEARS OF BRIBING OFFICERS TO STEER BUSINESS TO HIS PORTS.

SMACK TOP-SECRET SHIP SCHEDULES, THAT TYPE OF THING WOULD BE OUTDATED BY NOW, BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN IN DETENTION FOR NINE YEARS, BUT HE STILL KNOWS HOW THE U.S. NAVY OPERATES, WHICH COULD BE EXTREMELY VALUABLE TO RUSSIA.

>> Reporter: FRANCIS TRAVELED TO MEXICO AND CUBA BEFORE ARRIVING IN VENEZUELA.

WRIGHT SAYS FRANCIS MAY HAVE LED BECAUSE HE BELIEVED HE WAS ABOUT TO GO TO PRISON.

THIS DESPITE COOPERATING WITH FEDERAL PROSECUTORS OVER THE YEARS IN CASES THAT ENDED OVER 30 NAVY OFFICIALS.

BECKY HAS BEEN WITNESSING FOR NINE YEARS, IN HIS MIND, HE HAS DONE NINE YEARS ALREADY IN HOME ARREST.

HIS SENTENCE IT IS COMING UP, AND HE COULD COULD BE THINKING OH, GOD, I COULD DO UP TO 20 YEARS, AND NO ONE ELSE IS GETTING PUNISHED THAT MUCH PRETTY >> Reporter: THIS MORNING, IN SAN DIEGO FEDERAL COURT, A JUDGE POSTPONED FRANCIS IS SENTENCING HEARING UNTIL DECEMBER.

THE U.S. HAS LIMITED EXTRADITION WITH VENEZUELA, WHICH MAY COMPLICATE FRANCIS'S RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES.

STEVE WALSH, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE ARSON TRIAL FOR THE USS BONHOMME RICHARD CONTINUED TODAY, WITH FIGURES ATTENDING THE PRICE SEMEN APPRENTICE RYAN MAYS AT THE SCENE OF THE FIRE.

MAZES CHARGED WITH ARSON AND HAZARDING A VESSEL, FOR THE FIRE THAT BURNED ALONG THE SAN DIEGO WATERFRONT FOR NEARLY FIVE DAYS IN JULY 2020.

PETTY OFFICER KENJI VELASCO IS THE PROSECUTION'S KEY WITNESS.

VELASCO TESTIFIED THAT HE WAS ON WATCH THE MORNING OF THE FIRE, AND SAW MAYS GOING INTO THE AREA WHERE THE FIRE STARTED.

MAYS'S ATTORNEY QUESTIONED WHY VELASCO INITIALLY TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT HE DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE PERSON WHO PASSED HIM.

>> HE INITIALLY TOLD AND CIS THAT HE NEVER SAW THE PERSON BEFORE, DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE PERSON.

THEN, HAS POINTED OUT IN CROSS EXAMINATION, TOWARD THE END OF THAT INTERVIEW, AND CAS WENT, WELL, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANY ROOM?

THAT IS WHEN HE DID WELL, MAYBE, MAYBE MAYS.

>> PROSECUTORS ARE EXPECTED TO FINISH THEIR CASE TOMORROW.

ANOTHER INTEREST RATE HIKE FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS OFFICIALLY HERE, THE FIFTH INCREASE THIS YEAR, AS THE FED TRIES TO CURB INFLATION.

REPORTER JACOB AERE LOOKS AT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOUR FINANCES.

>> Reporter: IN ITS QUEST TO BRING DOWN INFLATION RUNNING NEAR ITS HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE THE EARLY 1980s, THE FEDERAL RESERVE RAISED BENCHMARK INTEREST RATES BY ANOTHER THREE QUARTERS OF A PERCENTAGE POINT.

THAT RATE HIKE INCH IMPACT INTEREST RATE ON EVERYTHING, FROM CREDIT CARDS TO AUTO LOANS AND ADJUSTABLE-RATE MORTGAGES.

CAROLYN FREUND IS -- DEAN OF GLOBAL POLICY AND STRATEGY.

>> IF YOU WANT TO BUY THAT NEW CAR, THAT NEW HOUSE, IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IT WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO.

SO, THIS PULLED BACK ON CONSUMPTION, WHICH THEN PUTS LESS PRESSURE ON PRICES, SO INFLATION GOES DOWN.

>> Reporter: LOCALLY, A CANNABIS COMPANY PARTNERED WITH A LOCAL NONPROFIT TO RAISE $250,000 IN MEDICAL DEBT FOR SOME SAN DIEGO, INCLUDING LANDON YOUNG.

>> I HAVE MORE MONEY FOR GROCERIES, GAS, RENT, EVEN.

THIS HAS BEEN A MASSIVE WEIGHT OFF OF MY SHOULDERS.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS INFLATION, RISING INTEREST RATES WERE TAKING A TOLL ON HIM.

>> I HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF LOANS THAT I WAS ALSO JUGGLING DURING THIS TIME.

SO, I WAS KIND OF HAVING TO DETERMINE WHICH BILLS TO PAY FIRST, IN WHAT AMOUNT.

YEAH, IT WAS KIND OF A DIRE SITUATION AT THE TIME.

>> Reporter: UCSD FREUND SAYS THE INTEREST RATE HIKE TARGETING LOW INCOME EARNERS THE HARDEST.

>> ANY BIG PURCHASE YOU WANT, WHERE YOU NEED TO BORROW, IT MAKES IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT.

THAT IS HOW IT WORKS TO SLOW THE ECONOMY, BECAUSE PEOPLE DO NOT MAKE THOSE BIG PURCHASES.

BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM, IT IS VERY DAMAGING.

>> Reporter: THE FED FIVE HIKES SO FAR IN 2022 HAVE INCREASED RATES BY A COMBINED THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS, THAT IS ABOUT $300 IN INTEREST ADDED TO EVERY $10,000 OF DEBT.

THE FED INDICATED IT WILL KEEP HIKING INTEREST RATE IN ORDER TO TAP DOWN INFLATION.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MORTGAGE RATES ARE NOW THE HIGHEST THEY HAVE BEEN SINCE 2008, FOLLOWING THE LATEST INTEREST RATE HIKE.

ACCORDING TO FREDDIE MAC, THE AVERAGE FOR A 30 YEAR FIXED- RATE MORTGAGE HIT 6.3% AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR WAS ONLY 2.8%.

AS RATES CLIMB, HOME PRICES HAVE STARTED TO SOFTEN, AND TALES HAVE SALES HAVE DECREASED, BUT THERE IS STILL A SHORTAGE OF AVAILABLE HOMES FOR SALE.

STARTING TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE EVEN FEWER PEOPLE WEARING FACE COVERINGS IN CALIFORNIA.

STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE EASING MASKED GUIDELINES FOR PLACES INCLUDING JAILS, PRISONS, HOMELESS SHELTERS AND COOLING CENTERS.

MASKS WILL COME BACK IF HOSPITAL MEMBERS RISE.

DOZENS OF CALIFORNIA COUNTIES, INCLUDING SAN DIEGO, ARE IN THE LOW COVERED CATEGORY, ACCORDING TO THE CDC.

MASKS WILL STILL BE REQUIRED IN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND SENIOR CARE SETTINGS.

>>> DEADLY PROTESTS CONTINUE IN IRAN AFTER THE DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN IS BLAMED ON THE MORALITY POLICE FOR NOT PROPERLY WEARING A HEADSCARF.

KPBS REPORTER KITTY ALVARADO SPOKE WITH LOCAL IRANIAN LEADERS.

>> Reporter: IRANIANS HAVE BEEN PROTESTING FOR ALMOST A WEEK, AFTER 22-YEAR-OLD MASHA AMINI DIED AFTER BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY THE MORALITY POLICE FOR NOT WEARING HER HEADSCARF PROPERLY.

WOMEN HAVE LED THE PROTEST BY BURNING THEIR HIS JOB AND CUTTING THEIR HAIR ON THE STREETS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

NOW, MANY SITES ON THE INTERNET ARE ALSO BEING BLOCKED.

IRANIAN STATE MEDIA SAYS 17 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE UNREST.

-- WAS BORN IN IRAN AND LIVES IN SAN DIEGO.

HE SAYS IRANIAN AMERICANS ARE DISTRESSED BY THE IMAGES AND NEWS COMING OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

>> IT HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON ALL OF US, IN PARTICULAR THOSE OF US THAT OUR PARENTS.

>> Reporter: MOEN SAYS TWO SEPARATE ISSUES ARE CAUSING THE UNREST, THE FIRST, THE CAUSE OF AMINI'S DEATH.

THE PRESIDENT OF IRAN HAS ORDERED AN INVESTIGATION, AND OFFERED CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH.

MOEN SAYS THE INVESTIGATION MUST BE TRANSPARENT AND HAPPEN QUICKLY.

>> THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, THE LOSS OF A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG, INTELLIGENT WOMAN IS INVESTIGATED, ADDRESSED, AND, YOU KNOW, THE SITUATION IS CORRECTED SUCH THAT IT WILL NOT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE SECOND IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE ANGER AMONG PEOPLE IN CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

>> IN THEIR ANGER, I THINK, HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE YOUNG THAT ARE ON THE STREET MIGHT THINK THEY ARE NOT BEING LISTENED TO.

>> Reporter: THEN, HE OFFERED SOME BEAUTIFUL WORDS FROM A PERSIAN POET AND PHILOSOPHER.

>> WE ARE ALL BELONGING TO THE HUMAN FAMILY.

AS A MEMBER, AS A BODY.

AND IF ONE MEMBER OF THAT BODY IS ILL, THE ENTIRE BODY WILL BE ILL.

THE WOMEN OF IRAN NEED TO BE RESPECTED.

THEIR DESIRES NEED TO BE HEARD.

>> Reporter: WE REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL OTHER IRANIAN-AMERICANS IN SAN DIEGO.

THEY DECLINED INTERVIEWS BECAUSE THEY FEAR THEIR FAMILIES IN IRAN MIGHT BE PUNISHED IF THEY WENT PUBLIC WITH THEIR THOUGHTS.

KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, JOE MANCHIN'S PROPOSAL TO SPEED UP ENERGY PRODUCT PROJECT DIVIDES DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS ARE COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> OFFICIALS HAVE TURNED TO MENTAL HEALTH CONSERVATORSHIPS AS A POTENTIAL FIX TO THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.

BUT THE SYSTEM IS ALREADY STRUGGLING TO SERVE THE STATE'S MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.

KPBS PARTNER I NEWS SOURCES FOUND FEWER CONSERVATORSHIPS ARE BEING PURSUED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, EVEN AS SOME LOCAL LEADERS SUPPORT EXPANSION.

THE LACK OF DATA AND OVERSIGHT ALSO RAISES MAJOR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER GROWING THE PROGRAM WILL ACTUALLY WORK.

>> HERE, YOU HAVE WHAT SEEMS LIKE THIS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT COURSE OF -- HEALTH SYSTEM, BUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO VISIBLE STRATEGY STATE WHY ON HOW TO USE THIS TOOL.

>> YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THIS STORY ONLINE, AT I NEWS SOURCE.ORG.

SELECT A NEW BUILDING WILL OPEN ON THE CAMPUS OF UC SAN DIEGO TOMORROW, HOUSING ALL KINDS OF ENGINEERS DESIGNING PRODUCTS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE.

FRANKLIN ANTONIO HALL IS NAMED AFTER THE LATE -- COFOUNDER, AND AS KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER MG PEREZ SHOWS US, THERE IS ALREADY FUTURISTIC WORK BEING DONE THERE.

>> I REPRESENT A REMOTE STUDENT ATTENDING SCHOOL VIRTUALLY.

>> Reporter: THAT IS ALEX CHOW, A GRADUATE STUDENT AT UC SAN DIEGO, WORKING ON HIS MASTERS DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE.

HE IS ACTUALLY 100 MILES AWAY, AT HOME, IN RIVERSIDE, REMOTELY OPERATING A NEW ROBOT THAT IS IN DEVELOPMENT ON CAMPUS IN LA JOLLA.

>> WITH THIS ROBOT, YOU CAN MOVE THE ROBOT AROUND, LIKE SO.

TURN AROUND YOUR ENVIRONMENT, GRAB STUFF WITH THE ARMS AND GRIPPER, AND BASICALLY, INTERACT WITH YOUR CLASSMATES TO GET A MORE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE OF SCHOOL WHILE YOU ARE ABSENT.

>> Reporter: CHOW IS ONE MEMBER OF A TEAM OF UCSD GRADUATE STUDENTS EXPERIMENTING WITH THIS BIONIC SIMULATED PERSON THAT COULD SOMEDAY SOON HELP CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

-- GOSH IS ALSO ON THE TEAM DOING RESEARCH FOR HER PHD DISSERTATION.

>> IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO PHYSICALLY ATTEND SCHOOL, THEN THEY MAY BE ABLE TO USE THIS ROBOT TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL AS THE ROBOT.

>> Reporter: THIS PROJECT IS HAVING ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE BRAND-NEW FRANKLIN ANTONIO HALL, NAMED AFTER THE LAKE -- COFOUNDER, WHO WAS A UCSD GRADUATE.

ANTONIO DONATED 30 MILLION OF THE $180 MILLION IT COST TO CONSTRUCT THE FOUR STORY STATE OF THE ART BUILDING.

DESIGNED BY ENGINEERS TO HOUSE THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERS.

>> BURSTING AT THE SEAMS POINT >> Reporter: ALBERT PESTANO WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF FRANKLIN ANTONIO.

HE IS ALSO THE DEAN OF THE UC SAN DIEGO JACOBS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, WHICH HAS REACHED A RECORD ENROLLMENT OF ALMOST 10,000 STUDENTS.

THIS NEW BUILDING MAKES ROOM FOR GROWTH AND BRINGS STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND INDUSTRY LEADERS TOGETHER UNDER ONE SOLAR POWERED ROOF.

>> WHEN YOU SIT IN THIS BUILDING, YOU ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY MOTIVATED TO LOOK OUT AND TO WORK WITHIN, TO COLLABORATE AND TO THINK BIG THOUGHTS INDEPENDENTLY.

>> Reporter: THE BUILDING IS DIVIDED INTO MORE THAN A DOZEN CO-LABORATORIES, LABS WITH COLLABORATION GOING ON EVERY DAY ON EVERY FLOOR.

>> NOW, WORKING ON A HOME ROBOT THAT CAN TAKE GROCERIES AND PUT THEM AWAY.

>> Reporter: HENRY CHRISTIANSEN'S DIRECTOR OF ROBOTICS.

HE TEACHERS AND MENTORS MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS, AND ALSO THOSE WHO ARE WORKING ON DEGREES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE WHO DESIGN SOFTWARE TO MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN.

>> NOW, I GET TO HAVE THEM ALL IN THE SAME SPACE.

THIS MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE, FOR THEM TO TALK TO EACH OTHER, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER ON BUILDING PRODUCT WE HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE.

>> Reporter: THIS IS NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER'S ENGINEER ANYMORE, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT.

IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, PESTANO AND HIS TEAM HAVE LED THE JACOBS SCHOOL INTO THE TOP 10 ENGINEERING UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY.

HE SAYS THE NEW HOME THAT WAS BUILT ON WHAT USED TO BE A PARKING LOT WILL KEEP THE SCHOOL IN THE TOP 10, HOUSING RESEARCH IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, DEVELOPMENT OF POWERFUL, LONG-LASTING BATTERIES FOR ELECTRIC CARS, AND THIS: >> MAKING THIN FILM SENSORS, EVEN LESS INTRUSIVE THAN A BAND- AID, THAT NOT ONLY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOUR METABOLISM, BUT THE POWERED BY THE VERY SWEAT THAT YOUR SKIN EXUDES.

NO BATTERIES.

>> TRY TO MOVE THE ROBOT TOWARD THE TARGET?

>> Reporter: THE LEARNING CURVE AND VIBE RUNNING THROUGH ANTONIO HALL IS JUST GETTING STARTED, AS UNPACKING AND SETTLING CONTINUES.

THERE IS NO SOCIAL DISTANCING HERE.

ENGINEERS ARE WORKING SIDE-BY- SIDE AND FACE-TO-FACE.

AS THE SAYING GOES, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.

THEY HAVE.

CEDRIC GERARD IS A POST- DOCTORATE ENGINEER FROM LYON, FRANCE, WORKING ON A DEVICE THAT WILL MAKE COLONOSCOPIES MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE.

>> IN THIS SPACE, IT IS EASIER FOR DISCUSSIONS, CREATE A MORE DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT FOR COLLABORATIONS.

>> Reporter: PAISANO HAS THE WELCOME MAT OUT.

>> THE WORLD IS FILLED WITH ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED NOW.

A WORKABLE SOLUTION NOW IS BETTER THAN A PERFECT SOLUTION LATER.

>> Reporter: SO, THE FUTURE IS NOW, AND IT IS HAPPENING IN REAL-TIME.

MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO SALK INSTITUTE HAS JUST RECEIVED ITS BIGGEST GRANT EVER TO HELP CREATE A MAP OF THE HUMAN BRAIN.

KPBS SCIENCE AND TECH REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE HAS MORE ON THE EFFORT.

DIVING INTO THE BRAIN'S 90 BILLION NEURONS.

>> Reporter: SALK NEUROSCIENTIST MARGARITA BEHRENS HAS SPENT MANY HOURS WORKING IN A LAB WHERE MOUSE BRAIN DIAGRAMS ARE TAPED TO THE WALL.

THEY REPRESENT -- RESEARCH INTO THE COMPOSITION OF THE MOUSE BRAIN.

>> WE HAVE A VERY, VERY GOOD ANALYSIS OF THE MOUSE BRAIN, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THAT VERY, VERY GOOD AXIS OF THE HUMAN BRAIN.

>> Reporter: THAT IS WHERE THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RATE INSTITUTES COMES IN.

THE NIH HAS AWARDED SALK, UC SAN DIEGO, AND TWO OTHER UNIVERSITIES A $126 MILLION GRANT TO CREATE AN ATLAS OF THE HUMAN BRAIN.

SALK SHARED THE FUNDING OF 77 MILLION, IT IS THE BIGGEST GRANT IN THE INSTITUTES HISTORY.

THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEWLY CREATED RESEARCH CENTER IS SALK BIOLOGIST AND PROFESSOR, JOE ECKERT.

HE EXPLAINS THE CENTER'S GOAL.

>> TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES IN THOSE CELL TYPES IN THE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF THE CORTEX, FOR EXAMPLE, OF YOUR BRAIN, WHERE YOU HAVE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS, MOTOR FUNCTIONS, ET CETERA.

IT IS REALLY KIND OF A SAMPLING PROCESS AT THIS STAGE, TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND, TO BUILD MAPS, BASICALLY, OF THE INFORMATION WITHIN THOSE CELLS.

>> Reporter: HE HOPES THIS INFORMATION MAY LEAD TO GENE THERAPIES THAT COULD TARGET ONLY THE CELL POPULATIONS WHERE THE TREATMENT IS NEEDED.

HOW WILL RESEARCHERS STUDY THE BRAIN?

ECKER REACHES FOR SOMETHING ON THE TOP OF HIS DESK.

>> ACTUALLY, I HAVE MY COFFEE CUP HERE, SITTING ON WHAT WOULD BE A SLICE OF A BRAIN.

THIS IS JUST AN IMAGE.

>> Reporter: THE RESEARCH WILL RELY ON PEOPLE WHO DONATE THEIR BRAINS TO SCIENCE, AND THE BRAINS WILL BE CUT INTO SLICES.

BARON SAYS BRAINS THAT ARE HARVESTED QUICKLY FROM CADAVERS CAN STILL FUNCTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESEARCH.

>> THE PERSON IS DEAD, THE CELLS ARE NOT.

THE CELLS KEEP FUNCTIONING FOR A WHILE.

YOU CAN KEEP THAT TISSUE ALIVE.

>> Reporter: AFTER FIVE YEARS OF RESEARCH, ECKER HOPES WE WILL KNOW MORE ABOUT TREATING BRAIN DISORDERS LIKE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND AUTISM.

>> WHAT WE ARE COUNTING ON IS THAT WE WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION IN FIVE YEARS ABOUT CELL TYPES TO DERIVE THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP GENETICISTS DAY, OH, OKAY, THOSE GENETIC VARIANTS LIE IN THESE REGIONS OF THE GENOME THAT ARE CONTROLLING GENE EXPRESSION IN THIS PART OF THE BRAIN, AND THESE CELL TYPES, AND THEN, THAT WILL BE VALUABLE INFORMATION.

>> Reporter: FOR THE BRAIN INITIATIVE, SALK WILL STUDY 30 HUMAN BRAINS.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT IS THE FIRST DAY OF ASTRONOMICAL FALL, AND FALL IS ARRIVING ON THE CALENDAR ONLY, BECAUSE WE HAVE A BIT OF A SUMMERY SURGE OF WHETHER THAT IS GOING TO BE RETURNING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

WE THINK THE HEAT WILL PEAK EARLY NEXT WEEK PROBABLY MONDAY, MAYBE SPILLING INTO TUESDAY BEFORE THE NEXT ROUND OF RELIEF ARRIVES.

THERE ARE NO MARINE THREATS THE NEXT FEW DAYS, THOUGH, SO, THAT MEANS IF YOU ARE TRYING TO HEAD TOWARD THE WATER TO BEAT THE HEAT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO SAFELY.

BUT EVEN THE BEACH LOCATIONS WILL BE WARMING UP OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

THE MOST MOIST CONDITIONS, WERE ALL THAT DEEP MONSOON MOISTURE IS NOW GENERALLY TO THE EAST OF CALIFORNIA.

SO IT IS NOT AS HUMID AS IT COULD BE, WITH SOME OF OUR RECENT BOUTS OF HEAT, BUT IT STILL WILL NOT FEEL GREAT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AS WE SEE THESE TEMPERATURES ON THE RISE.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, A CLEAR, QUIET NIGHT, 66 DEGREES WILL DO IT ON THE LOW SIDE IN THE METRO .

REGIONWIDE, NO WEATHER WORRIES, GENERALLY CLEAR.

WE WILL SEE SOME STARS OUT THERE.

LOW 60s, UPPER 50s FOR THE COASTAL REGIONS, BORREGO SPRINGS, 73 DEGREES OVERNIGHT.

FRIDAY, THAT ONE GETS UNDERWAY.

THE UPPER LEVEL AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE GREAT BASIN, TURNING UP THE TEMPERATURES FROM NEVADA DOWN INTO CALIFORNIA.

AS I MENTIONED, EVEN TOWARD THE COAST, NOT REALLY ESCAPING THIS UPCOMING HEAT WAVE.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 90s INLAND, HUNDREDS TOWARD THE DESERT, EVEN SAN DIEGO DOWN TO CHULA VISTA, DOWN TO LOW 80s DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

THEN, OVER THE WEEKEND, THE HEAT PEAKS.

SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY, MAYBE INTO TODAY, WE ARE GOING 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

WHAT DOES THAT TRANSLATE TO?

AT THE COAST, WE ARE TALKING LOW TO MID 80s, WALL-TO-WALL SUNSHINE, BUT QUITE WARM, EVEN AS YOU HEAD TOWARD THAT PACIFIC OCEAN TO GET SOME HEAT RELIEF.

INLAND, 92 SATURDAY, AROUND 90 AGAIN ON SUNDAY, THEN MID-90s FOR MONDAY, SUNNY AND HOT.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, THIS IS WHERE IT IS COOLEST, BUT STILL WARMER THAN IT SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR, STILL WALL-TO-WALL SUNSHINE, AND IN THE DESERT, TEMPERATURES PEAKING IN THE UPPER TRIPLE DIGIT BY THE TIME WE GET TO SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM A NEUROLOGIST AND RECORD WITH YOUR WEATHER FORECAST.

>>> STAY HOME AND STREAM, OR YOU CAN HIT THE THEATER.

KPBS CINEMA JUNKIE BETH ACCOMANDO GIVES US HER RECOMMENDATIONS.

>>> THE LATEST STAR WARS SERIES TO HIT CABLE IS AND OR.

IT OFFERS THE BACK STORY TO DIEGO LUCAS KASSIAN -- THE RELUCTANT HERO OF ROGUE ONE.

I WAS EAGER FOR THE SERIES BUT I LOVED ROGUE ONE, AND THIS SHOW PROMISES TO BE A GRITTIER, MORE HUMAN SCALE LOOK AT HOW ANGER AT AN OPPRESSOR CAN SPARK A FULL-BLOWN REVOLUTION.

THE FIRST TWO EPISODES FOCUS ON KASSIAN, THE THIEF.

>> TO STEAL FROM THE EMPIRE?

WHAT YOU NEED?

A UNIFORM, DIRTY HANDS AND AN IMPERIAL TOOLKIT.

SO PROUD OF THEMSELVES, THEY DO NOT EVEN CARE.

>> Reporter: IT IS NOT UNTIL EPISODE THREE AND THE ARRIVAL OF ACTRESS ELLEN STARS GUARD AND -- THAT WE START TO FEEL THE SWELL OF REBELLION AND PASSION OF THE CAUSE.

>> WE ARE STANDING UP.

>> Reporter: THE FIRST TWO EPISODES FELT LIKE FLUFF, AND UNNECESSARY FILLER.

BUT WITH EPISODE THREE, THE SERIES COMES INTO ITS OWN.

>> THAT IS WHAT A RECKONING SOUNDS LIKE.

>> Reporter: I HOPE ANDOR CONTINUES BUILDING ON THESE THEMES, AS TO GIVE US SOMETHING MEATIER THAN WHAT THE FRANCHISE HAS BEEN SERVING UP.

SO FAR, IT HAS NOT PROVEN AS STRONG AS THE MAN DeLOREAN, BUT IT IS FAR OUTPACING BOBA FETT AND OBI-WAN IN TERMS OF PRODUCTION VALUE AND STORY.

LIVIA WILDE'S BOOK SMART WAS AN INDY CHARMER ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL BEST FRIENDS, WITH DON'T WORRY, DARLING, THE DIRECTOR CHALLENGES HERSELF WITH SOMETHING DARKER AND MORE COMPLEX.

BUT IT IS ALL WRAPPED UP IN A SUNNY PACKAGE OF MIDCENTURY MODEL HOME PERFECTION.

>> DAD, WICKED >> Reporter: DON'T WORRY, DARLING, HAS SHADES OF THE STEPFORD WIVES AS IT SERVES UP AN EXPERIMENTAL UTOPIAN COMMUNITY THAT STARTS TO SHOW SOME CRACKS.

>> THEY ARE LYING TO ALL OF US.

>> I CANNOT TALK TO YOU RIGHT NOW, MARGARET.

>> Reporter: BUT ALICE DECIDES TO ASK QUESTIONS, AND THE ANSWERS ARE NOT COMFORTING.

DON'T WORRY, DARLING, HAS TWO STRIKES, FLORENCE PEWS ANCHORING PERFORMANCE AS ALICE, AND WILD PICTURE-PERFECT VISUAL STYLE.

THERE IS WONDERFUL CREEPINESS AND HOW MUNDANE THINGS LIKE SARAN WRAP OR A SLIDING GLASS DOOR CAN ABRUPTLY BECOME SUFFOCATING SYMBOLS IN ALICE'S IDYLLIC HOME.

THE FILM FALLS APART, HOWEVER, IN THE FINAL ACT, WHERE A TWISTER PROVOKES A GASP, BUT THAT LEAVES YOU FEELING CHEATED AND DISAPPOINTED.

DON'T WORRY, DARLING CONFIRMS WILDE'S TALENT AS A DIRECTOR, BUT PERHAPS SHE NEEDS TO BE MORE THAT MORE DISCERNING ABOUT THE SCRIPT SHE TAKES ON.

IT ALSO RECONFIRMS PUGH AS AN ACTING POWERHOUSE.

BETH ACCOMANDO, KPBS NEWS.

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