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

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

BIG ISSUES AND BIG CONCERNS FROM THE CONTROVERSIAL TITLE 42 DILEMMA PLAYING OUT IN THE COURTS TO YET ANOTHER DEATH OF AN INMATE IN COUNTY JAIL CUSTODY.

THIS ON THE HEELS OF PROTEST AND SKIPPING THE REPORTS.

TO THE ALL-OUT EFFORT IN TRAINING UNDERWAY TO PREPARE AND BE READY FOR WHAT COULD BE ANOTHER DEVASTATING FIRE SEASON.

LET'S BEGIN THERE WITH THE NUDE TRAINING TACTICS BEING PUT INTO PLACE THIS WEEK WHEN IT COMES TO COMBATING WILDFIRES >>> A REPORTER IN NORTH COUNTY WHERE THE FIRE AGENCIES WERE COMING TOGETHER TO UNITE IN THE FIGHT.

>> A MASSIVE WILDFIRE AND FIREFIGHTERS JUST ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.

THEIR JOB IS TO PROTECT THIS HOME.

THIS IS ONLY A DRILL BUT IT IS JUST LIKE THE REAL THING.

>> FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS STROLL, AS THE FIREFIGHTERS CAME IN, ONE OF THE FIREFIGHTERS MADE CONTACT WITH THE DOWN TO ELECTRICAL LINE.

>> THE CAPTAIN WITH THE CHULA VISTA FIRE DEPARTMENT IS PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.

HE SAYS FIREFIGHTER DOWN IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO BUT ONE THAT MUST BE PRACTICED SO FIRST RESPONDERS PUT THEIR EMOTIONS ASIDE AND KNOW WHAT TO DO.

>> WE TRUST THE FIREFIGHTERS AND WILL RISE TO THE MOMENT.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW NOTHING SUBSTITUTES FOR TRAINING.

>> THAT IS THE POINT OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MULTI AGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE THAT GOES ON OVER THREE DAYS.

VALLEY CENTER FIRE PROTECTION CHIEF SAYS, EVERY YEAR, THEY PREPARE AS IF THIS YEAR WOULD BE THE WORST BY YOUR SEASON YET.

>> WE ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH COOPERATORS OF CAL FIRE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE AS PREPARED AS POSSIBLE.

THIS DRILL TAKES THE ELEMENT TO A GREATER LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THE ENTIRE COUNTY IS READY TO FIGHT FIRE AT A MOMENTS NOTICE.

>> OVER 60 AGENCIES AND NEARLY 800 FIREFIGHTERS ARE PARTICIPATING FROM AS FAR NORTH AS ORANGE COUNTY AND AS FAR SOUTH AS TIJUANA.

>> SAN DIEGO FIRE AND RESCUE ENGINEER HELPS COORDINATE WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS FROM ACROSS THE BORDER AND HE SAYS BOTH SIDES BENEFIT FROM THE TRAINING AND COOPERATION.

>> THE FIRE GOES ACROSS THE BORDER.

IT DOES NOT STOP AT THE BORDER SO THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

>> THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN TIJUANA AND THEY BROUGHT A REGIONAL TEAM TO LEARN STRATEGIES AND MANAGING LARGE SCALE INCIDENTS AND THE TRAINING WILL GO A LONG WAY BECAUSE WHEN THEY GO BACK THEY WILL PUT ON THEIR OWN REGIONAL LARGE SCALE EXERCISE.

HE ADDS THAT NO MATTER THE BADGE , THEY ARE ALL IN IT TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE BROTHERHOOD.

WORKING THROUGH LIFELIKE SCENARIOS LIKE THESE NO MATTER HOW BAD THE PRACTICE GOES WILL HELP SAVE LIVES WHEN AND IF THE REAL THING HAPPENS.

>> ANY TIME WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME, THERE'S BOUND TO BE MISTAKES.

AS LONG AS HE CAN GET A FEW PRACTICE RUNS IN AND MAKE THEM AS LIFELIKE AS POSSIBLE THEN YOU SET YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS.

>>> THE LEGAL FIGHT WAGES ON OVER THE CONTROVERSIAL REMAIN IN MEXICO PROGRAM THAT FORCES ASYLUM-SEEKERS TO LIVE IN MEXICO WHETHER CASES ARE ADJUDICATED REPORTER SAYS PEOPLE ENTER THE PROGRAM FACE A DANGEROUS AND DEMORALIZING EXISTENCE.

>> THE 50-YEAR-OLD MAN ENDED UP IN THE PROTOCOLS PROGRAM ON MARCH 4 AND EVER SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN SCARED AND ON THE RUN, TERRIFIED OF ATTRACTING THE ATTENTION OF THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT.

I SPOKE TO HIM LAST WEEK EXCLUSIVELY FOR PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM AND HE AGREED TO AN INTERVIEW THAT ONLY IF IDENTIFIED HIM AS A SAD COLOMBIAN AND I ASKED HIM WHY HE PICKED THIS NAME.

>> I'M SAD BECAUSE I DREAM OF ENTERING THE UNITED STATES THAT I CONTINUE TO SUFFER IN MEXICO.

>> OR THAN 3000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SENT BACK TO MEXICO SINCE ABIDING MINISTRATION BROUGHT IT BACK IN DECEMBER 2021 AND MORE THAN 900 ARE IN TIJUANA AND CRITICS SAY PEOPLE ON THE PROGRAM DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO LAWYERS AND FACE DANGERS AND ASCETICAL AMBIENCE OF THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO WEAR PEOPLE DOWN SO THEY LOSE HOPE AND ABANDON THEIR CASES.

>> I SEE THAT THE PROGRAM IS ABOUT WEARING PEOPLE DOWN SO WE ABANDON THE PROGRAM AND THAT IS THE IDEOLOGY.

>> AFTER A FEDERAL JUDGE FORCED ABIDING MINISTRATION TO BRING BACK THE PROGRAM, OFFICIALS ABOUT TO GRAB SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH THE ORIGINAL VERSION BUT THEY SAY IT HAS NOT HAPPENED.

A SENIOR POLICY COUNSEL FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNSEL.

>> NONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL UNDERLYING ISSUES HAVE BEEN SOLVED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION.

NORTHERN MEXICO IS STILL A DANGEROUS PLACE FOR MANY ASYLUM- SEEKERS AND THERE ARE STILL VERY FEW U.S. LAWYERS WHO CAN ASSIST MIGRANTS WITH THEIR CASES AND PEOPLE STILL HAVE A LOT OF INSECURITY WHILE THEY WAIT AND MEXICO FOR THEIR HEARINGS.

>> THE SCARCITY OF LEGAL PRESENTATION IS EACH PROBLEM AND THEN OF THE PEOPLE I INTERVIEWED HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND A LAWYER THEY DID GET ONE PIECE OF PAPER WITH NUMBERS TO CALL FOR FREE LEGAL PRESENTATION BUT NO ONE EVER PICKS UP SO ALL THEY HEARS THIS RECORDED MESSAGE.

>> THE PERSON AT EXTENSION 103 IS UNAVAILABLE.

>> AND ATTORNEY WITH HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST AND SHE RECENTLY VISITED THE SAME SHELTER AND WAS STRUCK BY THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TOLL.

>> PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO LEAVE AND BEING STUCK IN THIS LITTLE SHELTER ALL THE TIME IS REALLY WEIGHING ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.

WHEN ONE PERSON I SPOKE WITH SAID, HE HAD INSOMNIA AND HE SHOWED ME THAT HE HAD BAGS UNDER HIS EYES AND HE SAID I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS BEFORE.

AND NOW I CAN'T SLEEP.

I THINK THE IMPACT ON FOLKS MENTAL HEALTH IS A REALLY SERIOUS ISSUE.

>> COMPLICATING THINGS FURTHER WAS THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE ABIDING MINISTRATION PLANS TO TERMINATE TITLE 42 AND TITLE 42 IS ANOTHER TRUMP ERA PROGRAM DESIGNED TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF ASYLUM-SEEKERS WHO CAN ENTER THE U.S. AND USING THE PANDEMIC AS JUSTIFICATION, THE POLICY ASKS BORDER OFFICIALS TO TURN AWAY THE ASYLUM-SEEKERS.

IF IT DOES INDEED GO AWAY THAN EXPERTS SAY IT WILL LIKELY MEAN MORE PEOPLE WIND UP IN MPP AND THOSE ENROLLED IN MPP WILL TECHNICALLY BE BATTLE OFF THAN THEY WERE UNDER TITLE 42 BECAUSE AT LEAST THEY WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO START THE ASYLUM CASE WILL FACE AN UPHILL BATTLE.

>> FOR TWO YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVELY NO WAY TO SEEK ASYLUM AT THE PORT OF ENTRY.

>> A VIRAL VIDEO OF AN ARREST IN NATIONAL CITY IS RAISING QUESTIONS OVER POLICE BRUTALITY.

ARE KPBS REPORTER HAS THE LATEST IN A WARNING THAT THE VIDEO MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR SOME VIEWERS.

>> THE GRAPHIC VIDEO POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA ON WEDNESDAY IS ANOTHER REMINDER THAT THERE'S STILL MORE WORK NEEDED IN TERMS OF CURBING POLICE BRUTALITY SHE IS PART OF THE RACIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE AND WAS ON THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE THAT DRAFTED THE DE-ESCALATION POLICY.

>> NOW FOUR OR FIVE YEARS LATER WE ARE SUPPOSED HAVE DE- ESCALATION AND NOT JUST FOR SAN DIEGO CITY BUT ALL THE CITIES IN THE COUNTY AND REGION AND WE ARE STILL GETTING HORRIFIC INCIDENTS OF EXCESSIVE FORCE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> THE NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT HAPPENED AROUND 9:30 AM SUNDAY MORNING.

>> THE INCIDENT STARTED OFF AS A CAR CHASE THAT BECAME A FOOT CHASE AND ENDED RIGHT HERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE AN OFFICER APPEARING TO SLAM THE WOMAN DOWN AND ANOTHER APPEARING TO HIT HER TWICE BEFORE TAKING HER INTO CUSTODY.

>> THE OFFICERS ASSISTED IN THE ARREST AND IN A STATEMENT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT UNDERSTANDS THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND THAT THE INCIDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED TO SEE IF PROPER PROCEDURE WAS FOLLOWED.

THE USE OF FORCE EXPERT AND FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SAID THE PUBLIC SHOULD RESERVE JUDGMENT UNTIL ALL THE FACTS COME OUT.

>> THERE IS A POSSIBILITY SHE COULD'VE THREATENED, IS FIGHTING OR EVEN TRY TO HIT OR KICK AN OFFICER.

WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE ALL WE SEE IS WHERE THE VIDEO STARTS WHERE SHE IS THROWN ONTO THE GROUND.

>> SOMETIMES USE OF FORCE IS JUSTIFIED BUT CANNOT MAKE A DETERMINATION UNTIL MORE FOOTAGE IS RELEASED IT UNTIL THERE ARE REAL CONSEQUENCES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT THAN INCIDENTS SUCH AS THIS WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN >> IT'S FUNDAMENTAL FOR COMMUNITY TRUST OTHERWISE WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE HUNTED.

>> THEY WILL NOT COMMENT FURTHER ON THE ARREST UNTIL THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED.

IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN.

ANOTHER INMATE HAS DIED WHILE IN CUSTODY AT A COUNTY JAIL AND IT COMES ON THE HEELS OF RALLIES AND OUTCRY OVER THE HIGH NUMBER OF FATALITIES.

HERE IS THE KPBS REPORTER.

>> THE INMATES WERE UNRESPONSIVE.

>> ONE OF THE INCARCERATED PERSONS WAS REVIVED BY NALOXONE AND LIFESAVING MEASURES CONTINUE TO BE ADMINISTERED TO THE OTHER INCARCERATED PERSON WHICH WAS OMAR OR NELLIS.

>> HE WAS FIRST BOOKED IN NOVEMBER 2018, CHARGED WITH A PROBATION VIOLATION AND LATER THAT YEAR HE WAS CHARGED WITH A NUMBER OF CRIMES INCLUDING MURDER.

HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO GEORGE BAILEY LATE LAST YEAR.

JAIL MEDICAL STAFF AT BAILEY AND PARAMEDICS DID ALL THEY COULD TO SAVE THE 28-YEAR-OLD BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

>> THE FIRST THING IS WE ARE IN A DEEP CRISIS.

>> IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY THAT WE COVER THE NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE STEPS OF THE HALL OF JUSTICE AND THE SUBJECT, IN CUSTODY DEATHS IN JAILS RUN BY THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AND MILLER SAYS A NUMBER OF REFORMS NEED TO HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY.

>> WE WANT BETTER PROTOCOLS FOR DRUG REHAB AND DRUG INTERACTION WITH BETTER MENTAL HEALTH STAFF , BETTER MEDICAL STAFF.

>> IF IN FACT HE DID DIE OF A DRUG OVERDOSE YOU MIGHT THINK HE WAS DURING DOING DRUGS AND MAPS ON HIM BUT NOT SO.

>> THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP DRUGS OUT OF JAIL, PEOPLE ARE COMING IN SO HOW DO THEY GET THE DRUGS?

IT'S A FAILURE IN THE SYSTEM.

>> THE LIEUTENANT REJECTS IT.

>> WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW NARCOTICS ARE GETTING INTO THE JAILS AND DO OUR BEST EFFORT TO KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING BUT THE DEPUTIES ARE DOING AS GOOD A JOB AS THEY CAN.

>> AN AUTOPSY IS BEING CONDUCTED AND THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO HOW YET ANOTHER PERSON DIED WHILE IN CUSTODY AT A JAIL RUN BY THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.

>>> A NEW STUDY SAYS DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO IS THRIVING AND PROJECTIONS FOR GROWTH ARE STRONG.

THE KPBS REPORTER LOOKS AT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE FUTURE.

>> WHAT WILL DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE.

>> IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE YOU WILL SEE THIS EUROPEAN VIBRANT MODEL.

>> THANKS TO A STUDY JUST RELEASED, THE PRESIDENT OF THE DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO PARTNERSHIP CAN IT ENVISION IT.

>> EVERYTHING WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS >> GO ON STROLLS, GET A CUP COFFEE.

BRING YOUR DOG FOR LUNCH AND ENJOY EVERYTHING DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO HAS TO OFFER >> THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY BEHIND IT SAYS COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, DATA IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER AND IT SHOWS WHO LIVES, WORKS AND PLAYS DOWNTOWN AND ALSO WHOSE MEETING THEIR VITAL INFORMATION TO MAKING SMART DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT DECISIONS.

>> GONE ARE THE DAYS WERE YOU THINK I WANT TO PUT A BUILDING SOMEWHERE AND ARE THERE RESTAURANTS OR CAFES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO GO TO AND IS IT ACCESSIBLE AND IS HER HOUSING NEARBY.

THE MORE EFFORT AND INVESTMENT WE CAN PUT INTO THE DATA AND RESEARCH, THE MORE IT WILL PAY OFF.

>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST FINDINGS WAS THE INCREASE IN LIFE SCIENCES, WORKERS LIVING AND WORKING DOWNTOWN >> IT'S A VERY SCIENTIFIC WORK THAT THE INDUSTRIES ARE CRAVING IS LEAVING DOWNTOWN IN HIGHER NUMBERS AND IT IS A YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC.

>> HISTORICALLY, FINANCE LAW AND TOURISM HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATED DOWNTOWN, ATTRACTING INVESTMENTS IN THE AREA AND WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO TOURISM DURING THE PANDEMIC.

NOW THE DATA PAINTS A DIFFERENT PICTURE THAT WILL HELP DRIVE IN MORE DIVERSE INVESTMENTS.

>> IF DOWNTOWN IS GOING TO THRIVE THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE DIVERSE SEGMENTS OF INDUSTRY DOWN HERE SO IF ONE IS STRUGGLING THEN IT IS LIFTED UP BY THE REST OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING AND LIVING DOWN HERE.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STUDY FINDS IS HOW RESILIENT DOWNTOWN IS DESPITE THE CHALLENGES.

>> THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE STUDY MAKES THEM EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF DOWNTOWN.

>> I LIVE DOWNTOWN AND WORK DOWNTOWN AND IT WAS QUIET FOR A LITTLE WHILE DURING THE PANDEMIC BUT IT IS BACK TO BEING AS VIBRANT AS IT WAS BEFORE AND THAT IS A GOOD SIGN FOR THE FUTURE.

>> >>> THE PRICE OF FOOD IS RISING THANKS TO INFLATION BUT THERE IS SOME RELIEF FOR THOSE IN NEED.

OUR REPORTER IS ON THE NEW LAW HELPING TO FEED THE HUNGRY.

>> THE NEW LOSSES BUSINESSES THAT GENERATE FOOD WASTE HAVE TO DONATE THEIR EDIBLE SURPLUS TO HUNGER RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS SINCE IT TOOK EFFECT ON JANUARY 1, FEEDING SAN DIEGO HAS SEEN A 25% INCREASE IN EDIBLE FOOD DONATIONS AND HAVE ADDED 25 NEW FOOD DONORS AND THE ORGANIZATION CHIEF SUPPLY CHAIN OFFICER SAID THE INCREASE IN DONATIONS COMES WHILE NEED IS HIGHER THAN EVER BEFORE.

>> PRE-PANDEMIC, 90% OF WHAT WE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY WAS RESCUED AND DONATED.

NOW WE ARE DISTRIBUTING MORE FOOD BECAUSE THE NEEDS HAVE INCREASED SO 70% NOW THEN WE ARE DISTRIBUTING.

THE OTHER 30% IS WHAT WE ARE PURCHASING.

>> THE SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER, ONE OF THE LOCAL GROCERY STORE COMPANIES THAT DONATES HER EXCESS FOOD.

>> IT USED TO BE 7000 POUNDS MONTHLY AND THIS YEAR IT IS LOOKING LIKE 15,000 POUNDS EVERY MONTH ACROSS ALL THE FOUR STORES.

>> A LOT OF THAT IS DUE TO HELPING US SHIFT THE MINDSET FROM SELLABLE AND UNSELLABLE AND THERE IS THE MIDDLE PATH OF SELLABLE, EDIBLE AND NOT EDIBLE.

>> BESIDES HELPING FEED THOSE IN NEED THEY HAVE BEEN CUTTING DOWN ON THE HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF FOOD WASTE.

>> IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF ORGANIC FOOD WASTE THAT GOES INTO THE LANDFILLS AND INSTEAD, DONATING THAT TO RECOVER YOUR ORGANIZATIONS AND WE ARE FEEDING PEOPLE AND NOT LANDFILLS.

>> FEEDING SAN DIEGO RESCUES 2.3 BILLION POUNDS OF FOOD EVERY MONTH.

>>> THERE ARE SOME CREATIVE LEARNING HAPPENING AT JACOBS HIGH-TECH HIGH.

OUR REPORTER SHOWS US WHAT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE CLASSROOMS.

>> PATENTHOLDER IS A HUMANITIES TEACHER WHO USES A NAIL GUN AND A HAMMER AND EVEN US ALL.

HE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LESSON AND THE CLASS OF 11th GRADE STUDENTS AT JACOBS HIGH- TECH HIGH AND THE TOOLS ARE FOR THE FURNITURE THEY ARE BUILDING WHILE LEARNING ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF LIFE, STARTING WITH THE BIG BANG.

>> PROJECTS GIVE US A CHANCE TO DO HANDS-ON WORK, DESIGN THINGS THAT BRING THEM TO LIFE AND WE CAN DO IT RELATED TO THE CONTENT AREAS.

>> STUDENTS IN THE HIGH-TECH HIGH CHARTER SCHOOL INSIST THERE USED UNCONVENTIONAL LEARNING THAT THIS IS REALLY OUTSIDE THE BOX.

A HANDMADE WOODEN BOX OR MAYBE A TABLE.

WORKING WITH WOOD.

>> WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE PIECE OF WOOD, THIS THING WAS ALIVE.

THIS THING HAD ITS PLACE ON EARTH AND IT INVOLVED MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF YEARS TO BECOME THE THING IT IS TODAY AND YOU ARE WORKING WITH IT TO MAKE IT IN YOUR DAILY LIFE.

>> DOWN THE HALL THEY ARE DESIGNING AND BUILDING MORE FURNITURE LED BY JOHN SANTOS WHO HAS 18 YEARS EXPERIENCE TEACHING ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND THERE ARE TOOLS HANGING ON EVERY WALL.

VISITORS TO HIS CLASSROOM ARE OFTEN CONFUSED LOOKING AROUND THE LEARNING SPACE AND HERE IS WHAT THEY TELL HIM.

>> THEY MAKE THAT CONNECTION OF I'VE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE AND IT WAS CALLED WOODSHOP THAT WHEN THEY COME TO FIND THAT THIS IS A BIOLOGY CLASSROOM AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CLASSROOM.

>> IN THE MORNING THERE ARE MUCH MORE TRADITIONAL LESSONS INVOLVING LAPTOPS AND LEARNING ABOUT DATA COLLECTION, SCIENCE EXPERIMENT AND ASSESSMENTS BUT AFTER LUNCH EACH DAY, STUDENTS COLLABORATE FOR ALMOST 2.5 HOURS BEFORE THE FINAL BELL RINGS.

ISAIAH HOPES TO BE ACCEPTED AT UC SAN DIEGO AND IS TAKING HONORS MATH RIGHT NOW ALONG WITH BUILDING A TABLE.

>> YOU MIGHT SEE A TABLE BUT I SEE IT AS SOMETHING THAT IS SUPER COMPLEX AND VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE AT THE TABLE BUT IT CAME FROM BASICALLY NOTHING AND STARTED OUT AS A SINGLE ATOM AND TURNED INTO EVERYTHING THAT IS AROUND US.

>> THE CLASSROOM CONTRAST IS NOT ALWAYS ABSTRACT.

THERE IS A LARGE WOODEN, CAN BE SHAPED BOAT HANGING FROM THE CEILING THAT WAS BUILT BY SOME OF HIS SCIENCE STUDENTS AND HE SAID THERE WERE A COUPLE LESSONS LEARNED.

>> THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR KEEP OF STUDENTS WHO WERE INVESTIGATING HOW IT IMPACTS THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT AND WHEN YOU CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE BUILD A BOAT AS YOU'RE TRYING TO GAIN UNDERSTANDING HOW WE IMPACT THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT, IT MAKES IT THAT MUCH MORE REAL.

>> SIGHING AND SANDING CONTINUE AND STUDENTS ARE ALSO USING CAMERAS TO CAPTURE STOP MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY THAT WILL DOCUMENT EVERY STEP OF THEIR WOOD MAKING PROCESS THAT.

>> I REALLY LIKE THEOLOGY BUT I DON'T LIKE MATH.

>> THE 16-YEAR-OLD IS DIRECT.

SHE ADMITTEDLY CHANGES HER MIND OFTEN AND IS NOT SURE WHAT SHE WANTS TO BE WHEN SHE GROWS UP SHE IS SURE THAT WORKING WITH WOOD IS GOING TO HELP HER GET THERE >> WHEN YOU BUILD THINGS ON YOUR OWN YOU APPRECIATE WAY MORE AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU'RE COOKING, IF YOU COOK YOUR OWN FOOD YOU WILL APPRECIATE IT A LOT MORE WHEN YOU MADE IT OUT OF YOUR OWN HANDS.

>> ALL THE FURNITURE BUILT THIS SEMESTER IN THE SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES CLASSES WILL BE SOLD AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AS A FUNDRAISER AND AS FOR MAKING A GOOD GRADE, THAT'S UNCONVENTIONAL.

THAT HOLDER ASSESSES EACH OF THE STUDENT'S STRENGTHS AND JOHN SANCHEZ MAKE SURE THEY HAVE OPTIONS.

>> THE KIDS EXPERIENCE HERE WILL BENEFIT THEM AND TRANSLATE WELL TO ANY ENVIRONMENT AND IT DOESN'T ROUTE THEM ALONG ONE PATH.

>> THE BIGGEST THING WE THINK OF HIS ENGAGEMENT.

WE HAVE LEARNERS OF DIFFERENT TALENTS AND DIFFERENT LEVELS AND I WILL ASK THEM TO ANSWER SINGULAR QUESTIONER TASK.

>> THE STUDENTS WILL NOW ADD TO THEIR TOOLBOX.

>> WE HAVE BEEN LIVING IN CONSTANT WAR SINCE WE WERE CHILDREN AND WE STILL MANAGED TO HAVE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF OTHERS AND TO BE ABLE TO FIX THIS BROKEN WORLD THAT WE WERE BORN INTO AND I FIND IT REALLY INSPIRING AND HELPFUL.

>> YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE A CRAZY SURFACE AREA COVERAGE.

>>> NATIONAL INFANT IMMUNIZATION WEEK AND THIS WEEK CARRIES AN EVEN MORE IMPORTANT MESSAGE.

THE HEALTH REPORTER EXPLAINS.

>> A RECENT STUDY SHOWS A NUMBER OF KINDERGARTNERS UP-TO- DATE ON THEIR REQUIRED VACCINATIONS HAS SLIGHTLY FALLEN.

>> THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE HEALTH OF HER CHILDREN.

>> 94% OF ALL KINDERGARTNERS GOT THEIR REQUIRED VACCINATIONS DURING THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR, THAT IS ONE PERCENTAGE POINT LOWER COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUSLY YEAR STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS AND OTHER DISRUPTIONS ARE LIKELY WHAT IS BEHIND THE SMALL DECREASE.

>> ONCE THOSE MANDATES OR HEALTH OFFICES ORDERS WERE LIFTED, PEOPLE WERE STILL PROBABLY A LITTLE HESITANT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL EXPOSURE.

>> THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER IS ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO MAKE SURE THEIR KIDS HAVE THE VACCINATIONS THAT COULD SAVE THEIR LIVES.

>> THIS MESSAGE GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT IS INITIAL INFANT IMMUNIZATION WEEK, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE PARENTS, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK IN WITH YOUR DOCTOR AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CHILD GETS THOSE ROUTINE VACCINATIONS.

>> THE NUMBER OF STATE REQUIRED VACCINATIONS DEPENDS ON THE STUDENT'S AGE AND COVID-19 ARE NOT ON THE LIST AT LEAST NOT FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

>> MUMPS, MEASLES, WHOOPING COUGH AND HEPATITIS.

ROTAVIRUS.

>> SOME KIDS WILL ALSO NEED BOOSTERS FOR CHICKENPOX AND POLIO AND THOSE WITHOUT MEDICAL INSURANCE CAN GET THEIR KIDS VACCINATED AT A COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER FREE OF CHARGE.

>>> FINALLY, A LOCAL COFFEE COMPANY BROUGHT HOME A BIG PRIZE AT THE RECENT U.S.

COPY CHAMPIONSHIPS.

AIR KPBS REPORTER, RECORDS THE DETAILS.

>> MOST DAYS, YOU CAN FIND NICK ALONE WITH HIS ROASTERS AT THE HEADQUARTERS.

>> BEFORE THE SUN IS UP AND BEFORE ANYBODY IS HERE, I'M RESTING COFFEE.

>> THE EARLY MORNING IS THE OPTIMAL TIME TO ROAST SOME COFFEE VARIETIES.

>> IT'S HOW I MAINTAINED THE RATIOS OF CONDUCTIVE, CONVICTED AND RADIANT HEAT.

>> IS A SCIENCE TO ROASTING.

HE DEFINITELY KNOWS MORE THAN MOST BUT HE IS STILL A RELATIVE NOVICE WHEN IT COMES TO ROASTING.

>> IT WAS FIVE OR SIX MONTHS WHEN I QUALIFIED.

>> THE QUALIFIER WAS IN 2020 BUT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC THE ONLY HAPPENED THIS MONTH IN BOSTON.

>> IN FIRST PLACE, NICK VARIETY.

>> EVENLY TWO EXTRA YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, HE SAYS THERE WAS STILL SURREAL TO BE NAMED THE BEST ROASTER AND WAS UP AGAINST SOME OF THE TOP ROASTERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.

>> I GAVE ONE OF MY CO- COMPETITORS A FIST BUMP BECAUSE I KIND OF HAD A FEELING THEY WOULD ANNOUNCE HIM AS THE WINNER SO WHEN THEY SAID MY NAME, I JUST HAD ONE OF THOSE -- I HAD A LITTLE MEME GOING ON IN MY HEAD, IS THIS REAL-LIFE COIT >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HIS ONE A COUGH P ROASTING AWARD.

>> WHILE HE IS PREPARING FOR THE WORLD CHAMPION SITS THIS JUNE IN MILAN, HE HOPES THAT BY WINNING THE U.S.

TITLE, IT WILL CITE SHINE THE LIGHT ON THE MISSION TO ERADICATE POVERTY IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE COFFEE BEANS COME FROM >> EVEN BEFORE THE COFFEE COMPETITION, JUST BY QUALIFYING WE WERE ABLE TO SHINE THE LIGHT MORE ON THE PHILIPPINE FARMERS.

AND IT ALREADY HELP THEM OUT.

>>> WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THIS LOOK AT KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.