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

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

COMING UP, THE IMPORTANCE OF ART AND CREATING A SPACE TO THRIVE.

SEE HOW A NEW SHELTER IN NORTH COUNTY MADE IT A PRIORITY TO SERVE FAMILIES IN NEED.

>>> THE MENTAL TOLL OF A FIRST RESPONDER.

DEALING WITH THE UNSEEN CHALLENGES OF THE JOB.

>>> AND DOCUMENTING BASEBALL HISTORY.

HOW THAT MEMORABILIA GETS A SEAL OF APPROVAL.

>>> WE START WITH A NEW REALITY FOR SAN DIEGO'S UNHOUSED.

JACOB AERE HAS AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S NEW APPROACH TO WHAT THEY CALL UNSAFE CAMPING.

>> Reporter: IS SPREAD ACROSS THE CITY THERE ARE NEW SIGNS THAT LET PEOPLE KNOW THERE IS NO MORE UNSAFE CAMPING ALLOWED IN CERTAIN AREAS.

>> IT'S GOING TO DO THE SAME THING AS OTHER LAWS.

MOVE PEOPLE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.

>> Reporter: NOT MUCH WAS DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT ON MONDAY.

HOMELESS ADVOCATE MICHAEL McCONNELL SAID PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED.

>> THEY HAVE NO SYMPATHY.

>> Reporter: HE WAS RAISED IN SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO BUT NOW FINDS HIMSELF HOMELESS IN BALBOA BUT -- PARK.

HE DID NOT WANT TO SHOW HIS FACE ON CAMERA.

>> I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES.

IF THEY WENT THROUGH IT THEY MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

>> Reporter: HOW DOES THE ORDINANCE WORK EXACTLY?

THE ORDINANCE BANS TENT CAMPING IN ALL PUBLIC SPACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY IF SHELTER BEDS ARE AVAILABLE.

IT ALSO BANS TENT ENCAMPMENT AT ALL TIMES IN CERTAIN SENSITIVE AREAS.

IS A PLACE LIKE PARKS CANYONS AND NEARBY SCHOOLS, TRANSIT PATIENTS AT HOMELESS SHELTERS REGARDLESS OF SHELTER CAPACITY.

>> THIS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICERS.

>> Reporter: ENFORCEMENT INCLUDES A PROGRESSIVE APPROACH FROM WARNINGS TO CITATIONS AND IF NEEDED, ARRESTS.

>> THE IMPLEMENTATION WILL HAPPEN GRADUALLY OVER TIME AND GENERALLY WE WILL BE STARTING IN THE AREAS AROUND SCHOOLS AND IN SOME OF OUR PARKS.

AND OTHER AREAS WHERE THERE ARE PARTICULAR CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY SUCH AS AROUND HOMELESS SHELTERS AND SUCH.

>> Reporter: THE ENFORCEMENT PERIOD COMES AFTER THE CITY OPEN SAFE SLEEPING SITES WITH TENTS IN CITY LOTS ADJACENT TO BALBOA PARK THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.

THE OVERALL SHELTER CAPACITY IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH.

>> IT'S HARD TO GET INTO A SHELTER.

TWO THIRDS ARE DENIED BECAUSE OF OCCUPANCY.

THERE IS JUST NOWHERE SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO GO SO THEY END UP RIGHT HERE IN THE PARK OR ON A SIDEWALK.

>> Reporter: THE COUNCIL PASSED THE ORDINANCE 5-4 IN LATE JUNE.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A RECENTLY OPENED SHELTER IN VISTA FOCUSES ON HAPPENING -- HELPING FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.

>> Reporter: EARLIER THIS YEAR OPERATION HOPE NORTH COUNTY IN VISTA WAS GIVEN A WHOLE RENOVATION THAT TRANSFORMED THEIR PROPERTY.

>> CLOSE TO 66% OF OUR POPULATION'S CHILDREN AND IT'S APPARENT TO ANYONE WHO VOLUNTEERS.

IT APPARENT TO ANYONE THAT VISITS US THAT IT'S MAINLY KIDS.

>> Reporter: JAMIE FIGARO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HOMELESS SHELTER FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND SINGLE MOMS.

WHEN THE RENOVATION WAS COMPLETE HE KNEW THE SPACE NEEDED MORE THAN BLANK WALLS.

>> YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE A PLACE THEY WILL REMEMBER.

MAYBE IN A GOOD WAY.

I REMEMBER THE STAFF CARED ABOUT US.

>> Reporter: AND FOR THAT, FIGARO ENLISTED THE HELP OF LOCAL ARTISTS.

>> I WAS REALLY EXCITED WHEN JIMMY CONTACTED ME AND TOLD ME ABOUT THE BACKGROUND OF THIS PLACE AND WHAT THEY DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: AND MICHELLE GUERRERO GOES BY MR. B BABY.

>> I BELIEVE THAT ART CAN TRANSFORM A PLACE AND SO I'M HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS FOR THESE KIDS AND REALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, TURN THIS ENVIRONMENT INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND COLORFUL THAT THEY ARE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF.

>> Reporter: HER STYLE OF ART AND FAMOUS CHARACTER, CHUCHO, HAS GAINED NATIONAL ATTENTION.

HE IS NOW GETTING A BOOK OF HIS OWN, A TOY VERSION AND A BOARD GAME.

SO SHE KNEW CHUCHO WOULD BE A CHARACTER FOR THE PLAY AREA AT THE SHELTER THAT WOULD BE PERFECT.

>> HE WAS A PINATA AND ORIGINALLY THE PINATA'S WERE BROKEN AND SEEDS WERE SPREAD OVER THE GARDEN WHICH MAKES ME THINK OF GROWTH.

>> Reporter: OTHER ARTWORK THAT WENT UP ON THE WALLS INCLUDE SHADOWS OF CHILDREN PLAYING AND GAZING UP AT THE STARS AND SKY.

AND A SLEEPING DOG PAINTED BY VICTOR RODRIGUEZ.

>> I THINK ABOUT THIS PLACE AND WHAT IT OFFERS AND ITS PEACE OF MIND ON THE IN BETWEEN OF BEING WHERE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE AND TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT AND SO JUST HAVING A PLACE TO LAY YOUR HEAD AND REST UP AND LIKE GATHER YOURSELF AND FIGURE OUT YOUR NEXT MOVE, YOU KNOW?

>> Reporter: WHAT WERE ONCE BLANK AND BROWN WALLS ARE NOW FILLED WITH COLORS AND ALT -- ART THAT FIGARO HOPES THE KIDS WILL SEE AND KNOW IT FOR THEM.

>> WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE, YOU KNOW THE MURALS ARE FOR THE CHILDREN AND SO THEY SAW SOMETHING BEING CREATED THAT WAS INTENTIONALLY CREATED FOR THEM AND I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE ANY OF US FEEL SPECIAL.

>> TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>> AND KPBS NEWS HAS AN ONGOING SERIES ON PUBLIC ART AROUND SAN DIEGO COUNTY .

YOU CAN STREAM THOSE STORIES ANY TIME ON THE KPBS NEWS YOUTUBE PAGE AND AT KPBS.ORG.

WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT THE DANGERS FIRST RESPONDERS FACE ON THE JOB BUT IN RECENT YEARS MORE OF THEM ARE DYING BY SUICIDE THEN IN THE LINE OF DOING -- DUTY.

KPBS REPORTER KITTY ALVARADO INTRODUCES US TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS TRYING TO MAKE A CHANGE AND A WARNING THIS STORY CONTAINS DISCUSSIONS OF SUICIDE .

>> Reporter: THIS FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC CAN REMEMBER EVERY SECOND OF THIS.

>> NOW!

>> Reporter: AND ONLOOKER INTERFERING WITH THE CREW FIRST ATTACKED SECURITY GUARDS THEN TOOK A KNIFE OUT AND STABBED TWO OF THE PEOPLE CALL THERE TO HELP.

AN ARMY OF FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS ANSWER THE CALL TO SAVE THEM.

IN THAT MOMENT HE FELT THE BROTHERHOOD WAS REAL.

>> THE AMBULANCE PULLED IN AND THERE WERE TONS OF MY PEOPLE ALREADY IN THE PARKING LOT WAITING FOR ME.

>> Reporter: IS NOT ALWAYS A GOOD THING.

>> THE FIRST THING THE TRAUMA HE DOES IS CALLED TRAUMA NAKED SO THEY STRIPPED ME NAKED IN FRONT OF HALF MY DEPARTMENT AND SO I KNEW I WAS HURT BECAUSE I DIDN'T CARE.

>> Reporter: HE THOUGHT HE PUT THE ATTACK BEHIND HIM WHEN HE WENT HOME.

>> I STARTED HAVING NIGHTMARES.

I WOULD WAKE UP SCREAMING.

SOAKED IN SWEAT.

I HAD ONLY BEEN IN BED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF.

>> Reporter: THIS BECAME ROUTINE.

>> I AM IN REAL TROUBLE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> Reporter: THIS IS PTSD POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SOMETHING FIRST RESPONDERS MAY HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN THEIR CAREERS.

IGNORING IT CAN HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES.

IN RECENT YEARS MORE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS ARE DYING BY SUICIDE THAN IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

DR. HEECHINE CHAE.

HE IS ONE OF THE LEADING EXPERTS IN HEALING THE BRAIN AFTER A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY OR PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA BROUGHT ON BY AN INCIDENT LIKE VERNON'S.

>> UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH IS REALLY THE START OF A HEALING JOURNEY.

>> Reporter: HE GAINED KNOWLEDGE BY TREATING THOUSANDS OF SERVICE MEMBERS AND IS NOW AT THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTH IN SAN DIEGO.

THEY DEVELOPED A SPECIAL PROGRAM TO HELP FIRST RESPONDERS FROM INJURIES TO THE BRAIN.

>> WE CALL IT A MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND IT'S ALL INJURIES TO THE CONNECTIONS TO THE BRAIN CELLS THAT MRIS DON'T PICK UP.

THEY THINK IT'S THEM BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THEIR INJURY.

>> Reporter: CHAE SAYS IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST ONE INCIDENT.

IT CAN BECAUSE WHILE SUPPRESSING MOTIONS -- EMOTIONS.

>> CHANGES IN THE PATTERN OF THOUGHTS OR INABILITY TO RESET AFTER EACH DAY OR AFTER EACH WEEK IS ACTUALLY A GOOD WARNING SIGN THAT YOU SHOULD GET SOME HELP.

>> THAT MISBEHAVIOR IS THE POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS.

>> Reporter: RETIRED SAN DIEGO POLICE ASSISTANT CHIEF SARAH CREIGHTON SAID SHE SAW THE CONSEQUENCES OF IGNORING THE SYMPTOMS AND NOT TAKING CARE OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO PROTECT US.

>> WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE OVER THE LAST 10 OR 15 YEARS WHERE DUIS, OFFICERS INVOLVED IN DUIS AND BAR FIGHTS, EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIRS, JUST A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MALADAPTIVE COPING MECHANISMS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO TO GET SOME SEMBLANCE OF FEELING.

>> Reporter: WHEN THE HELPERS NEED HELP, IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO ADMIT.

>> TO SUCK IT UP, BUTTERCUP, THEY USED TO TELL YOU.

>> Reporter: THIS CAPTAIN SAYS IT'S PART OF THE OLD-SCHOOL FIREFIGHTER CULTURE.

>> I DID NOT THINK I WOULD COME HERE.

I WOULD BELITTLE YOU IF YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULD COME HERE.

I WAS PART OF THAT CULTURE.

>> Reporter: HE SAID NOW HE'S ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN HE SPOTS A LOT OF ISSUES WITH WHAT'S REQUIRED OF TODAY'S FIRST RESPONDERS.

ESSENTIALLY, GOING AT A PACE THAT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE.

HE ALSO SAYS THAT VICIOUS CYCLE CONTRIBUTED TO HIS ISSUES AND TOOK THE LIFE OF ONE OF HIS BROTHERS.

>> TO THIS DAY IT HAUNTS ME.

IT WAS 15 DAYS BEFORE HE KILLED HIMSELF.

>> Reporter: HE THOUGHT HE HAD IT UNDER CONTROL UNTIL HE DIDN'T.

>> I LOST MY TEMPER.

I HAVE PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO ME THAT THAT HEY, IT'S TIME.

YOU NEED HELP.

>> Reporter: VERNON AND ALVERNEZ SAY IN A MOMENT OF DESPAIR THAT COULD'VE BEEN THERE ENDING TOO .

>> AFTER TWO OR THREE WEEKS OF NO SLEEP, SUICIDE WAS AN OPTION.

>> Reporter: VERNON IS NOW FULLY HEALED AND PART OF THE ARMY THAT RUNS TO SAVE THEIR OWN THANKS TO HIS NEW MISSION TO EDUCATE FIREFIGHTERS HE WORRIES ABOUT THOSE NOT DIPPING FORWARD.

>> THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT KEEPS ME AWAKE AT NIGHT.

WHO OUT THERE IN MY DEPARTMENT IS STRUGGLING IN SILENCE AND IT SCARES ME BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD TWO SUICIDES.

>> Reporter: ALVERNEZ CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

HE NOW WELCOMES FIREFIGHTERS TO THE INSTITUTION OF HEALTH, THE PLACE THAT HE'LL HIM.

>> I DID MY PART.

WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE SUICIDES.

>> KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>> IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS STRUGGLING WITH THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE THERE IS HELP.

THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 9-8-8.

FIRST RESPONDERS SHOULD REACH OUT TO THEIR WELLNESS PROGRAM AS WELL.

AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST READ STORIES AT KPBS.ORG >>> THE USS BOXER IS STRUGGLING TO SEE MONEY INTENDED TO LOCAL PARKS DIVERTED TO FIX A FREEWAY OFFRAMP AND INDIGENOUS ATHLETES ARE REVIVING AN ANCIENT SPORT IN SAN DIEGO.

>>> THE PADRES ARE BACK AT PETCO PARK FOR A BIG FOUR GAME SERIES AGAINST THE L.A. DODGERS.

SOME OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL JOB DOCUMENTING THE GAME'S HISTORY.

HERE IS KPBS REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN WITH A NUMBER -- ANOTHER ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR STORIES THIS WEEK.

>> Reporter: THAT IS THE SOUND OF ALIKA WILLIAMS STEPPING UP FOR HIS FIRST EVER MAJOR LEAGUE AT-BAT.

HE IS MAKING HIS MAJOR-LEAGUE DEBUT AT PETCO PARK.

IT'S A MOMENT THAT THE SAN DIEGO NATIVE WILL NEVER FORGET.

>> IT WAS AWESOME TO DO IT IN MY HOMETOWN AND HAVE SO MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS COME OUT AND SUPPORT.

IT WAS AMAZING.

>> DEBUTS DON'T HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN BASEBALL SO WHEN THEY DO IT'S A MOMENT MAJOR-LEAGUE BASEBALL WANTS TO OFFICIALLY MARK.

HOURS BEFORE WILLIAMS BIG MOMENT MLB AUTHENTIC CARRIER JC SMITH WAS PREPARING.

>> IF HE GETS INTO THE GAME HE WILL WANT ITEMS AUTHENTICATED.

>> Reporter: HE IS PART OF A TEAM THAT AUTHENTICATE ITEMS FROM EACH GAME.

THAT MEANS THEY WATCH EVERY PITCH, EVERY SWING, EVERY HIT AND EVERY OUT VERY CAREFULLY.

IF ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT HAPPENS FROM A MAJOR MILESTONE TO A NO- HITTER TO A FIRST EVER AT-BAT THEY WILL TRAP THE BALL AND ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.

>> WE WATCHED IT DIFFERENTLY.

WE ARE FOLLOWING THE BALL AND WE KEEP TRACK OF EVERYONE WHO TOUCHES THE BALL AND WHEREWITHAL GOES.

>> Reporter: MLB AUTHENTICATORS MAY VERIFY UP TO 40 GAME BALLS A NIGHT BUT IT'S NOT JUST ALL THERE WATCHING.

ANYTHING FROM BROKEN BATS TO BASE PADS AND JERSEYS COULD COME THEIR WAY.

AFTER SOMETHING LIKE A BALL COMES OFF THE FIELD , IT PASSED TO THEM AND THEY LABEL IT WITH A HOLOGRAM STICKER THAT IDENTIFIES THE ITEM AS LEGIT.

>> IT'S A WITNESS-BASED PROGRAM THAT WE DO SO WE HAVE TO SEE SOMETHING TO AUTHENTICATE IT.

>> Reporter: STEVE VILLALOBOS HAS BEEN IN MLB AUTHENTICATOR SINCE 2006.

HIS DAY STARTS WITH HELPING OVERSEE THE CERTIFICATION OF ALL THE GAME BALLS THAT WILL BE USED IN TODAY'S GAME.

>> 26?

>> Reporter: THEN HE HEADS BACK THROUGH THE TUNNEL AND OUT ONTO THE FIELD TO AUTHENTICATE THE PADRES TEAM LINEUP CARD.

>> HOLOGRAM IS NOT WANTED.

>> Reporter: SOME OF THE ITEMS AUTHENTICATED WILL GO BACK TO PLAYERS OR EVEN THE TEAM.

SOME OF IT WILL ALSO BE SOLD TO FANS.

THE PADRES HAVE A GAME STORE WHERE PEOPLE CAN BUY THINGS LIKE BALLS, JERSEYS OR EVEN HATS.

MLB AUTHENTICATORS ALSO RATIONALIZING VERIFYING AUTOGRAPHS ARE REAL.

IF IT HAS THE HOLOGRAM STICKER, IT'S LEGIT.

>> WITH ANY AUTOGRAPH, THE AUTHENTICATION IS EVERYTHING.

I WOULD NEVER BUY ONE WITHOUT THAT AUTHENTICATION.

>> Reporter: JOHN DALY BROUGHT A REPLICA LINEUP CARD FOR HIS SON AND HAS AN AUTOGRAPH FROM ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE PLAYERS, CJ ABRAMS.

DALEY HAS PEACE OF MIND KNOWING THE SIGNATURE IS REAL AND HE CAN GO ONLINE AND READ ALL ABOUT THE ITEMS BACK STORY.

>> I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU COULD SCAN THE QR CODE AND IT TAKES YOU TO A SITE AND IT SAYS IT WAS THIS INNING, THIS BAT.

IT'S A GREAT WAY TO LOG THAT MOMENT IN HISTORY.

>> Reporter: MLB'S AUTHENTICATION PROGRAM COVERS EVERY TEAM IN THE LEAGUE BUT HE GET STARTED HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

IN THE LATE 90s AND EARLY 2000'S PADRES LEGEND TONY GWYNN NOTICED HIS SIGNATURE WAS BEING FORGED.

HE HELPED TO LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION THAT REVEALED A MASSIVE FORGERY SCANDAL THAT WAS UNCOVERED BY THE FBI.

>> THAT WAS KIND OF THE TOUCHSTONE MOMENT WHERE EVERYBODY REALIZED THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: MICHAEL PILSNER READS MLB'S AUTHENTICATION PROGRAM AND HE SAYS IT'S NECESSARY BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE FAKING AUTOGRAPHS AND CLAIMING ITEMS CAME FROM GAMES WHEN THEY SIMPLY DIDN'T.

>> THERE IS NO WAY TO PUT A STAMP AND SAY THIS IS IT OR THIS IS HOW WE WITNESSED IT.

PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FORGE IT BECAUSE THERE'S A VACUUM IN THE SPACE.

AND GENERALLY WHEN THERE IS A VACUUM IN THE SPACE, BAD ACTORS COME IN ABOUT TRYING TO KEEP THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF THE BUSINESS .

SO, THE IDEA NOW IS NOT JUST AUTOGRAPHS.

IT'S TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS WITH GAME USE PRODUCTS BECAUSE THEY ARE SOUGHT AFTER.

>> Reporter: MLB ONLY HIRES CURRENT OR FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BECOME AUTHENTICATORS.

THEY SAY THEY DO THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR TRAINING TO HANDLE EVIDENCE.

SMITH WAS A DETECTIVE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

VILLALOBOS WAS WITH SPD FOR TWO YEARS AND HE SAYS THAT THERE IS SOME CROSSOVER.

>> WE HAVE TO DOCUMENT IT.

IT WOULD BE THE SAME AS AN EVIDENTIARY SCENE.

PEOPLE CALL US AND ASK US ABOUT A JERSEY WE CAN AUTHENTICATED.

NO, I DID NOT WATCH THE PERSON FIND IT.

>> Reporter: AFTER ALIKA WILLIAMS HAD HIS JERSEY AUTHENTICATED, SMITH WAS THERE TO SHARE THE MOMENT.

>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE IN COURT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT WHERE WE HAVE TO TESTIFY THAT WE SAW THE EVIDENCE AND WHERE IT CAME FROM.

>> Reporter: BOTH SMITH AND VILLALOBOS HAVE SPENT NEARLY 20 YEARS AUTHENTICATING BASEBALL MEMORABILIA AND THEY ESTIMATE THEY HAVE CHECKED AROUND 25,000 ITEMS.

SOME OF THEM ARE MORE UNIQUE THAN OTHERS LIKE VERIFYING FINE CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES USED DURING PLAYOFF CELEBRATIONS.

IT'S THE MILESTONE MOMENTS.

LIKE BARRY BONDS TYING THE HOME RUN RECORD.

>> IS GOING ON BACK AT THE WALL, IT IS GONE!

>> Reporter: OR TREVOR HOFFMAN GETTING HIS 500th SAVE.

>> 500 SAVE!

>> WHAT KEEPS ME GOING -- I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING.

COOL STUFF HAPPENS AND IF YOU ARE A FAN YOU WANT TO SEE IT.

YOU SAW WHERE WE SIT.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE TO BE A PART OF IT.

YOU ARE ACTUALLY A PART OF HISTORY WHEN YOU AUTHENTICATE ITEMS USED IN A SPECIAL GAME.

>> Reporter: THE HOLOGRAMS HAVE A UNIQUE SERIAL NUMBER AND THEY ARE MADE TO BE TAMPERPROOF.

SINCE 2001 MLB SAYS MORE THAN MILLION ITEMS HAVE BEEN AUTHENTICATED.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>> THE FLEET SCIENCE CENTER IS MAKE EDUCATION FUN AND FREE FOR FAMILIES IN UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE COUNTY.

KPBS NEWS EDUCATION REPORTER ANGIE PEREZ WAS THERE AS DUNES FROM SANDRA YSIDRO WERE GIVEN NEW ACCESS AS PART OF A COMMUNITY PROGRAM.

>> Reporter: THERE IS A BUSLOAD OF FAMILIES TRAVEL 17 MILES FROM SANYO CEDAR MIDDLE SCHOOL TO A NEW SATURDAY MORNING ADVENTURE AT THE FLEET SCIENCE CENTER IN BALBOA PARK YVONNE BROUGHT HER THREE YOUNG SONS TO ASK VARIANCE THE SITE AND SOUNDS OF SCIENCE.

TWO-YEAR-OLD PAVEL , AND HIS BROTHERS WERE GOING ALONG AND FIGURING IT OUT.

>> >>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Reporter: FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR THE FLEET CENTER WILL SPECIFIC SATURDAY MORNINGS TO INVITE FAMILIES FROM PACIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED.

ROUND-TRIP TRANSPORTATION IS PROVIDED ALONG WITH A COMPLIMENTARY BREAKFAST AND ADMISSION ONE HOUR BEFORE THE CENTER OPENS TO THE PUBLIC.

>> HERE AT FLEET YOU ARE ABLE TO EXPLORE THROUGH CURIOSITY BUT YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE YOU ARE LEARNING AND THAT CURIOSITY WILL ALLOW THEM SEES -- THEMSELVES TO SEE THEMSELVES AS ENGINEERS.

>> Reporter: FOR ENRICA RAMOS AND HIS TWO CHILDREN THIS FAMILY FIELD TRIP IS TAKING THEM TO OUTER SPACE.

THE FLEET IS KNOWN FOR ITS LEARNING THROUGH VIRTUAL REALITY.

A SHORT WAIT IN LINE LEADS TO A VIRTUAL-REALITY ADVENTURE.

>> IT SEEMS REALISTIC.

>> IT WAS SO REALISTIC AND THE SPACEMAN'S ARE LIKE SO COOL.

>> Reporter: THE SATURDAY MORNING EXPERIENCES ARE ABOUT ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY TO RESOURCES PROVIDING HANDS-ON LEARNING NO MATTER WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU COME FROM.

>> [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] >> Reporter: NEXT UP, A COMMUNITY WARNING FOR THE CHILDREN OF NATIONAL CITY WILL BE TRANSPORTED INTO THE FLEET CENTER AUGUST 26th FOR A FREE FAMILY FUN DAY AND LEARNING.

ANGIE PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> OUR FINAL STORY GIVES YOU A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.

JOHN CARROLL AND OUR VIDEO GENERALIST CARLOS CASTILLE TAGS ALONG WITH VISITORS TO SEE WHAT THEY SEE AND WHAT THEY HEAR.

>> Reporter: HAVE YOU SEEN THEM BEFORE?

THESE LITTLE YELLOW TO CEDARS.

THEY ARE CALLED GO KARTS.

IF YOU HAVE BUT YOU HAVE NOT SEEN A GROUP THIS SIZE TAKING A TOUR TOGETHER.

LUANNA CLARK IS THE CONVENER OF THIS REUNION.

THE COPELAND ANDERSON SANDERS FAMILY REUNION.

MORE FROM THEM IN A MOMENT BUT BACK TO THE GO CARS AND HOW THIS ALL WORKS.

IT STARTS IN A LITTLE BUILDING ON MASON STREET IN OLD TOWN.

>> DO AS LOCALS DO AND CURB THE WHEELS.

>> Reporter: EVERYONE GRABS A HELMET AND THEN IT'S TIME TO GO TO THE GO CARS AND GET MORE TUTORING FROM A GO KART CREW MEMBER.

AND WE ARE OFF!

MY PHOTOGRAPHER CARLOS AND I JUMPED OUR OWN GO KART AND FOLLOW THIS FAMILY REUNION GROUP FOR THEIR GASLAMP QUARTER AND SAN DIEGO HARBOR TOUR.

A FREE RECORDED TOUR GUIDE DOES DOUBLE DUTY GIVING DIRECTIONS AND POINTING OUT THE SITES.

>> COMING UP IS THE WHALEY HOUSE.

THE OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED HAUNTED HOUSE.

>> Reporter: EVENTUALLY, WE ARE HEADED SOUTH ON HANCOCK STREET LOOKING TO TOURISTY HERE.

AS WE MOVE TOWARD LITTLE ITALY THE WHOLE GROUP IS HANGING TOGETHER AND APPARENTLY HAVING A GOOD TIME.

NO BIG DEAL FOR SAN DIEGO'S BUT A SITE WORTH SEEING FOR TOUR TAKERS, AIRPLANES COMING IN FOR A LANDING AT SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

WHILE WE PULL OVER AND WAIT FOR A PLANE, THE REST OF THE CREW CATCHES UP.

>> WE ARE NOW IN LITTLE ITALY'S WAREHOUSE AREA.

>> Reporter: THE TRIP THROUGH LITTLE ITALY IS FILLED WITH STOPS AND STARTS.

THIS IS LITTLE ITALY AFTER ALL.

AS WE MOVE FARTHER SOUTH IT BECOMES A CHALLENGE TO KEEP THIS FAMILY TOGETHER, BUT THEN COMES A LEFT TURN WITH THE BLUE PACIFIC STRAIGHT AHEAD.

WITH THE GROUP BACK TOGETHER WE CONTINUE SOUTH PASSING BY ONE OF SAN DIEGO'S CROWN JEWELS.

>> THE LARGE SAILING SHIP IS THE STAR OF INDIA.

FIRST SAILED FROM BRITAIN IN THE 1860S THIS IS THE OLDEST ACTIVE SHIP OF ANY KIND IN THE WORLD.

>> Reporter: WE SNAKE OUT OF THE MUSEUM PARKING LOT, ONE MORE PIECE OF NAUTICAL HISTORY TO CHECK OUT.

>> Reporter: THE USS MIDWAY MUSEUM PARK NEXT TO US WAS ACTIVE DURING THREE WARS.

>> Reporter: THE GO KART TOUR GUIDE POINTS OUT WHEN THERE ARE TOURS AVAILABLE ALONG SOME OF THE SITES.

>> FOR $15 YOU CAN TOUR THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER.

>> Reporter: ALL ALONG THE WAY THIS FAMILIAR CARAVAN OF TWO DOZEN GO CARS GETS THE LOOKS FROM PROGRESS YEAR AND AND THE OCCASIONAL BIKE RIDER.

BACK OUT ONTO HARBOR DRIVE, NEXT DESTINATION?

THE GASLAMP QUARTER.

WE BRUSHED PAST THE CONVENTION CENTER, A TIP OF THE HAT TO PETCO PARK AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, WE ARE HEADED NORTH ON FIFTH.

THE LAST LEG OF THE TOUR.

>> WE ARE NOW ENTERING BAKERSFIELD ME.

>> Reporter: WE MAKE OUR WELL -- WAY BACK TO OLD TOWN.

>> WE HAVE ALMOST FINISHED OUR TOUR.

>> Reporter: AND JUST LIKE THAT WE ARE BACK.

NEARLY TWO HOURS FLEW BY AND THE ORGANIZER IN CHIEF IS HAPPY.

>> WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUR TAN ON, WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUR RACE TRACK DRIVING SKILLS ON.

IT WAS LOVELY.

>> THE VEGETATION AND THE TREES.

VERY PRETTY.

>> I LIVE IN CATHEDRAL CITY.

>> Reporter: PATRICIA FORTE DID NOT HAVE TO COME FAR SHE SAID THE TOUR GAVE US A -- HER A WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE ON SAN DIEGO.

>> WE SAW THE OLD DISTRICT.

VERY INFORMATIVE.

A LOT OF HISTORY.

>> Reporter: AND FOR THIS PHOTOGRAPHER AS WELL AS MYSELF, A CHANCE TO SEE AND APPRECIATE SAN DIEGO IN A NEW WAY.

>> SAN DIEGO!

>> Reporter: THE COPELAND ANDERSON SANDERS GROUP IS NOW IN ROUTE TO THE MARITIME MUSEUM.

HERE THE GO KART PLACE THE GO KART CREW IS GETTING THE CARS READY FOR THE NEXT WAR OF BEAUTIFUL SAN DIEGO.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

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

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.