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

I'M JOHN CARROLL IN FOR MY OUT TROUBLE SEE.

COMING UP ARE SPECIAL SERIES ON PUBLIC ART IN SAN DIEGO.

ONE ARTIST WHO SAYS THE AIRPORT EMBRACED HIS WORK ONLY TO LATER CENSOR IT AFTER GETTING COMPLAINTS.

>>> DRAWING ATTENTION TO CLIMATE.

PROTESTERS USE ART TO PUSH FOR FUTURE WITHOUT FOSSIL FUEL.

EXPERIENCED KIDS FROM JULIE I WILL NOT SOON FORGET.

SEE HOW A DAY AT SURF CAMP UNLOCKS HAPPINESS FOR THOSE WHO ARE GROWING UP BEYOND OUR BEACH COMMUNITIES.

WE START WITH SCRUTINY OVER HOW PRIVACY IS HANDLED BY CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.

KPBS REPORTER GUSTAVO SALISH TELLS US HOW CRIME DATA IS BEING ACCESSED DUE TO A RELATIVELY UNKNOWN CONTRACT.

>> Reporter: IN RESPONSE TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S HARD- LINE IT IMMIGRATION POLICIES CALIFORNIA PASSED A SERIES OF LAWS TO PROTECT IMMIGRANTS WHICH LICK -- LIMIT -- ADVOCATES NOW SAY THAT IDEAL BETWEEN THE SANDY ANCIENT -- SAN DIEGO -- VIOLATES THE SPIRIT OF THOSE LAWS.

IN JUNE CBP RENEWED A CONTRACT WORTH $139,000 TO GRANT THEM ACCESS TO THE LARGEST CRIMINAL DATABASE.

ARE JUST CONTAINS DATA FOR EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN THE COUNTY.

IT INCLUDES ARRESTS, TRAFFIC CITATIONS AND DATA FROM METERS.

>> THIS ACCESS TO THE DATABASE MEANS THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PERSON HAVING AN ENCOUNTER WITH A LOCAL POLICE OFFICER AND THAT ENCOUNTER THEN BECOMING AN IMMIGRATION PROBLEM IS INCREASED.

CESAR HERNANDEZ STUDIES WHAT HE CALLS CRIMINAL IMMIGRATION WHICH IS HOW MINOR CRIMINAL ACT THAT HE CAN LEAD TO SERIOUS IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES.

HE SAYS SHARING THIS DATA WITH CBP PUTS IMMIGRANTS AT RISK FOR BEING DEPORTED SOMETHING AS MINOR AS DRIVING WITH EXPIRED REGISTRATION.

TO BE CLEAR, HE IS NOT BREAKING ANY LAWS BY SHARING THIS DATA BUT GARCIA HERNANDEZ SAYS LOCAL LEADERS NEED TO THINK BEYOND JUST THE LETTER OF THE LAW.

>> FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ELECTIVE OFFICIALS, THEY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE MESSAGE IS THAT SENDS BECAUSE THE ARTIST DATABASE IS NOT LIMITED TO SEVERE CRIMES.

IT'S NOT LIMITED TO ONE KIND OF CRIME OR ANOTHER.

IT'S A VERY WIDE RANGE OF ENCOUNTERS.

ENCOUNTERS WITH CRIMINAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER CONCERN WITH THIS ARRANGEMENT IS LACK OF OVERSIGHT.

AARON GRASSLEY IS POLICY DIRECTOR WITH ALLIANCE SAN DIEGO.

SHE SAYS CBP HAS PROVEN IN THE PAST IT CANNOT BE TRUSTED.

>> THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF ABUSE WITH IMPUNITY.

NOT SPEAKING JUST TO DATABASES BUT IN GENERAL.

SO I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE REALLY CONSIDERED.

IS THIS AN AGENCY WE WANT TO TRUST TO HAVE ACCESS?

>> THEY REFERENCED A 2019 INCIDENT IN WHICH CBP USE DATA TO SPY ON HUMANITARIAN WORKERS HELPING PEOPLE FROM THE CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANT CARAVAN.

CBP DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT.

>> WE HAVE TO HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE GUARDRAILS ARE.

>> Reporter: DAVE MOSS IS THE DIRECTOR OF INVESTIGATIONS WITH THE FRONTIER FOUNDATION.

>> I HAVE SEEN NOT A LOT OF QUALITY CONTROL GOING ON.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING ARE DESIGNED TO PREVENT ABUSE, BUT THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS BACKED UP WITH ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS.

>> IT'S REALLY AN HONOR SYSTEM.

INVESTIGATORS OFTEN LET US KNOW HOW YOU VIOLATED IT.

>> Reporter: ARGES DIRECTOR ANTHONY RAY AND CHAIRWOMAN NORA VARGAS DECLINED INTERVIEWS.

RECORDS SHOW CBP HAS BEEN GETTING ARGES DATA SINCE AT LEAST 2006.

IN 2019 SAND I UPDATED IT POLICIES TO REFLECT LAWS.

THIS INCLUDE -- INCLUDED THE LEARNER LEADING SEARCH REPRESENTATIVES.

ALSO THEY PUT IN A DISCLAIMER TELLING THEIR USERS THERE IS NOT -- >> EVEN IF HE AGREED TO DO ONE THING YOU CANNOT ALWAYS TRUST HIM TO STICK TO THE RULES.

>> Reporter: THIS NOVEMBER 2021 EXCHANGE BETWEEN FORMER SAN DIEGO SHERIFF BILL GORE AND COUNTY SUPERVISOR TERRELL LAWSON REMER ILLUSTRATES THE LIMITS OF LOCAL OVERSIGHT.

DURING COMMUNITY FORUM IT WAS ASKED WHERE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CAN BE SURE THEY ARE CATCHING OTHER AGENCIES BREAKING THE RULES >> HOW YOU FIND OUT?

>> SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT NOT.

IF SOMEONE MAKES A CALL I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WILL FIND THAT OUT.

YOU DO THE BEST YOU CAN BY EDUCATING YOUR OFFICE OR WHAT THE RULES ARE.

IF YOU DO FIND OUT, YOU HANDLE THAT MISCONDUCT THROUGH INVESTIGATION AND APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINARY ACTION, BUT I CAN'T GUARANTEE IT NEVER HAPPENED.

>> SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD MECHANISM TO MONITOR OTHER AGENCIES?

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DOES NOT SHARE DATA DIRECTLY WITH CBP, HOWEVER THE DEPARTMENT DOES SHARE IT WITH ARGES.

ARGES IS SHARING IT WITH CBP.

GRASSLEY SAYS INDIRECT SHARING IS PROBLEMATIC.

>> WE WOULD ARGUE IN GENERAL THAT THIS ENTANGLEMENT BROUGHT COLLUSION BETWEEN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENCIES WILL LEAD TO LACK OF COMMUNITY TRUST WHICH MAKES ALL OF US LEFT SAFE.

>>> JULY HAS BEEN FILLED WITH HEADLINES ABOUT EXTREME HEAT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

AS KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER WINN TELLS US CLIMATE ACTIVISTS SAY IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHY THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW.

>> Reporter: DOZENS OF PROTESTERS GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE ENERGY BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO ARMED WITH TALK TO RAISE THE ALARM AND LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR THE UTILITY COMPANIES.

SAM BROUGHT IS THE PARENT COMPANY OF SDG&E AND SO-CALLED GAS.

THEY WANT SMPRA TO INVEST FROM FOSSIL FUEL AND FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO DECLARE A CLIMATE EMERGENCY.

SCOTT KELLY IS THE DIRECTOR OF RAISE THE ALARM AND A BIOLOGY PROFESSOR AT SAN DIEGO STATE.

HE SAYS DECLARING A CLIMATE EMERGENCY IS STATING THE OBVIOUS.

>> WE HAVE PHOENIX HAVING RECORD TEMPERATURE AND NO ONE HAS SEEN THIS.

WE HAD SEVEN DAYS OF HEAT THAT EXCEEDED THE RECORDS THAT WERE SET 125,000 YEARS AGO.

WE HAVE HOT TUB LIKE TEMPERATURES IN FLORIDA THAT ARE KILLING THE CORAL REEFS.

>> HE SAYS INSTEAD OF DECLARING A CLIMATE EMERGENCY BIDEN IS EXPANDING DRILLING BECAUSE OF LOBBYING BY COMPANIES LIKE SAMPRA ENERGY.

>> THEY NEED TO STOP LISTENING AND START THE IMMEDIATE ENERGY TRANSITION TO GREEN ENERGY AND TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

IT'S >> Reporter: THESE PROTESTERS SAY CLIMATE CHANGE IS DISRUPTING HUMAN LIFE SO THEY NEED TO BE DISRUPT OF TODAY.

NOT EVERYBODY IS A FAN OF THE DISRUPTION.

>> [ INDISCERNIBLE ] >> Reporter: RICHARD KELLEY LIVES IN THE BUILDING ACROSS FROM THE HEADQUARTERS AND HE'S TIRED OF PROTESTERS SHOWING UP EVERY FEW MONTHS.

>> I THINK IT'S PRETTY RUDE.

>> Reporter: BUT DISRUPTION IS THE POINT.

>> THIS EMERGENCY NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY >> Reporter: SEMPRA SAYS I HAVE RESPECT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND IS INVESTING BILLIONS IN CLEANER ENERGY.

>> WE NEED CLEAN AIR, NOT ANOTHER BILLIONAIRE!

>> Reporter: ALEXANDER WINN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ARTISTIC FREEDOM IS SO CHERISHED AND VALUED THAT IS PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

A LOCAL ARTIST IS ACCUSING SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OFFICIALS OF CENSORSHIP.

HE TOLD HIS STORY TO KPBS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER , AMITA SHARMA.

>> Reporter: RIGHT AFTER ARTIST EVAN OPERA DACA INSTALLED HIS VIDEO PIECE AT THE SAN DIEGO AIRPORT IN FEBRUARY A NEARBY MAN OFFERED AN HONEST REVIEW.

>> HE WATCHED THE WHOLE THING AND WHEN HE WAS DONE HE ASKED ME IF I'M THE ARTIST AND I SAID YES AND HE SAID WELL THIS IS WOKE [ BLEEP ].

>> Reporter: THE PIECE CHALLENGES THE VALUE OF THE MILITARY PRESENCE IN SAN DIEGO AND USES VOICES OF LOCAL RESIDENTS THE CRITICISM THROUGH ANIMATION AND PUTS THEIR WORDS INTO THE MOUTHS OF THE INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL POLITICAL FIGURES.

THIS IS SHOWN AS TOPPLED, BEHEADED STATUES.

THIS FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER.

>> DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO CREATE AN ECONOMY THAT BELIEVES IN DEATH AND DESTRUCTION?

>> Reporter: THE PIECE QUESTIONS WHETHER THE MILITARY SHOULD EVEN BE ON EARTH AND SAID THE EARLY WHITE SETTLEMENTS IN SAN DIEGO BUILT ON THE BACKS OF PEOPLE SOUTH OF THE ORDER AND THROUGHOUT THE.

>> HIDDEN BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE PLAN FOR A WHITE UTOPIA HAS BEEN THE COST OF PEOPLE AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF VARIOUS OCCUPIED TERRITORIES.

SOUTH OF THE U.S. AND THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC.

>> Reporter: EVAN APODACA SAYS AFTER ONE MONTH OF THE INSTALLATION THE AIRPORT REMOVED IT FROM MY WALL NEAR 848 WITHOUT WARNING OR A REASON.

THAT IS UNTIL EVAN APODACA WENT ON INSTAGRAM AND DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT SAME DAY IN MARCH.

HE SAYS AIRPORT OFFICIALS REACHED OUT TO MEET IN PERSON.

>> THEY SAID YOUR PROJECT WAS NOT THE SAME AS WHAT YOU HAD PROPOSED.

>> Reporter: AIRPORT OFFICIALS DECLINED AN INTERVIEW AND IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT AIRPORT SPOKESPERSON IT ERIN HALL WROTE THAT OPERA DOC IS VIDEO PIECE WAS BROUGHT DOWN BECAUSE ARTWORK DELIVERED BY THE ARTIST DID NOT MATCH THE PROPOSAL THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE ARTS PROGRAM.

BUT EVAN APODACA SAID THEY LEFT OUT WHAT ELSE I TOLD HIM.

>> THEY SAID THE PERSON THAT HAD MADE THE COMMENT TO ME ABOUT THE ARTWORK BEING WOKE [ BLEEP ] IS THE SAME PERSON WHOSE COMMENTS HAD GONE UP TO GOVERNMENT APPOINTED OFFICIALS WHO RUN THE AIRPORT WHO HAD THEN TOLD EVERYONE BELOW THEM IN THE ART DEPARTMENT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO IS NO STRANGER TO PUBLIC ART CONTROVERSIES.

IT FEATURED PIG STATUES IN POLICE UNIFORMS DANCING.

ACTIVISTS HAVE ALSO LONG PUSHED THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO TO REMOVE THE STATUE OF FORMER GOVERNOR PETE WILSON BECAUSE OF HIS HARD- LINE STANCE ON UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE.

BOTH OF THE PIG DISPLAY AND WILSON STATUE REMAINED.

ELIZABETH LARISON IS THE NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP.

SHE SAYS RESISTING ARTISTIC CENSORSHIP IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AMID TODAY'S DEEP CLINICAL DIVIDE.

>> WE DIVIDE ACCESS TO PROVIDE TO THE FULL CORNUCOPIA OF WHAT IDEAS CONTRIBUTE TO A SHARED CULTURE.

>> Reporter: SHE ARGUES IN EVAN APODACA'S CASE THE AIRPORT OFFICIALS FAILED TO MAKE THAT POINT.

SHE STUDIED THE MATTER AND SAID OFFICIALS CHOSE EVAN APODACA'S WORKFORCE PRETTY CREATIVITY, EDUCATIONAL VALUE AND ET CETERA.

IN AN EMAIL LAST FALL DANIEL DENNARD, CURATOR OF THE AIRPORTS ARTS PROGRAM TOLD EVAN APODACA HIS WORK RESONATED WITH THE AIRPORTS CONCEPT.

HE WROTE "THE PANEL FELT YOUR WORK WAS CONNECTED TO OUR THEME THE WAY WE CHOOSE OR NOT CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO THINGS AROUND US AND HOW THEY INFORM OUR FUTURE.

EVAN APODACA SAID HE WAS NEVER ASKED TO SUBMIT THE FINAL PIECE TO AIRPORT OFFICIALS BEFORE HE INSTALLED IT.

LARISON SAID IT'S UNLIKELY THAT WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE.

>> THE VISUAL AND ARTISTIC ASPECTS ARE STILL THERE AND NOT COMPROMISE.

AND YET, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IS A SLIGHTLY MORE CRITICAL VIEWPOINT, WHICH IS EXPLORED THROUGH THE VOICES.

>> Reporter: THAT'S WHY SHE DESCRIBED THE ART AS "VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION," OR PUT ANOTHER WAY -- >> THIS IS A CASE OF CENSORSHIP.

>> APODACA SAID HE DOESN'T WANT TO CRITICIZE OFFICIALS BUT HE SAYS -- >> NEED THIS STUFF IN THE PUBLIC.

IT SHOULDN'T BE HIDING.

>> HE SAID HE HASN'T GIVEN UP ON THE WORK BEING DISPLAYED ELSEWHERE.

I'M AMITA SHARMA, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SOME UNEXPECTED PARTS OF SAN DIEGO ARE FLUSH WITH ART.

KPBS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER SCOTT ROD EXPLORED THE CITY SURPRISINGLY ASCETIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO IS HOME TO A WORLD-CLASS PUBLIC ART SCENE.

COLORFUL STRETCHING ACROSS ENTIRE BUILDING SITES.

SOARING SCULPTURES CELEBRATING THE CITY'S HERITAGE.

BUT THERE IS A WHOLE WORLD OF PUBLIC ART THAT THRIVES ALONG THE BOWELS OF AMERICA'S FINEST CITY.

>> YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING SO IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO COMMISSIONED THIS OFFICE TO TRANSFORM THE CEILING OF THIS PUBLIC RESTROOM AND OCEAN BEACH.

HE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE PROJECT WAS PERSONAL.

>> THE PIECE IS TITLED MY MEMORY ON TOP OF YOUR MEMORY.

>> Reporter: THE PROJECT FEATURES FAMOUS QUOTES LATER WERE EXPERTS FROM NEWS STORIES.

THE ARTIST SAYS A PUBLIC RESTROOM IS IN LINE WITH THE RIGHT TYPE OF ART.

>> IT CAN MAKE US REFLECT AND IT CAN BE ANYWHERE AND WERE ELSE BETTER THAN WHEN YOU ARE DOING THE MOST BIOLOGICAL BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: HIS PEACE IS ARE STARTING FOR AS WE EXPLORE THE ARTWORK SPRINKLING SAN DIEGO SEWAGE SYSTEM.

ABOUT ONE MILE NORTH IS ANOTHER PIECE FUNDED BY THE CITY'S ARTS COMMISSION ON A PUBLIC RESTROOM.

THE WORK TITLED PIXELATED SUMMER AS A COLLAGE OF PHOTO TILES CAPTURING THE PHONETIC JOY OF NEARBY BELMONT PARK AND THE SUMMER SERENITY OF MISSION BEACH.

JACOB BISHOP WAS WRAPPING UP A MORNING OF METAL DETECTING ON THE SAND AND HE STOPPED TO CONSIDER THIS ARTWORK.

>> IT GIVES STYLE, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS IT REMINDS HIM OF BRINGING HIS DAUGHTERS TO THE OCEAN WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE.

>> I TRIED TO TEACH THEM TO SURF.

THEY HAD THEIR LITTLE WETSUITS AND IT WAS FUN.

>> WHEN YOU FLUSH AT THESE BATHROOMS THE WATER FLOWS FIRST TO A PUMP STATION NEAR THE AIRPORT.

PUMP STATION HELPS SEWAGE REACH TREATMENT PLANTS.

HALF A DOZEN FUTURE PUBLIC ART INCLUDING A PLAZA FILLED WITH SANDSTONES PILLARS AND MOSAICS WITH NATIVE STONE AND HANDMADE TILES.

FROM THE PUMP STATION OUR AFFLUENT EXPEDITION CONTINUES TO THE POINT LOMA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

>> WE MAY BE DEALING WITH [ BLEEP ], BUT SOMEONE ELSE CAN FIND SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.

>> Reporter: RICHARD TURNER PRODUCED SEVERAL PIECES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE POINT LOMA PLANT INCLUDING A SERIES OF ABSTRACT METAL PATTERNS.

SOME ARE A CASCADE OF COLORS REPRESENTING THE OCEAN WHILE OTHERS ARE A MIX OF RUSTY BLACK AND BROWN REPRESENTING THE SEWAGE TREATED INSIDE.

THE INSTALLATION ALSO INCLUDES AN INTERACTIVE SECTION OF PIPE.

THE EXACT TYPE OF PIPE THE PLANT USES TO SAFELY DISCHARGE TREATED WASTEWATER, ABOUT 150 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY IN THE OCEAN.

>> I THOUGHT, OKAY, HERE I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY BRING VISITORS INSIDE THE TECHNOLOGY OR PART OF THE PLAN ITSELF.

>> Reporter: TURNER HAS ARTWORK ON FIVE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES IN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING TWO IN SAN DIEGO.

>> I LIKE THE QUIRKINESS OF IT BUT I ALSO FELT MORE IMPORTANTLY THAT HERE IS AN INTERESTING CHALLENGE FOR ME.

>> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO THE POINT LOMA FACILITY HE LEFT HIS MARK ON THE METRO BALL IT CENTER WHICH IS THE NEXT STOP.

THE CENTER PROCESSES TREATED SLUDGE FROM POINT LOMA.

THE ARTWORK STARTS AT THE FRONT GATE, CONTINUES IN THE LOBBY AND SPREAD AUTOMATED MINISTRY THE BUILDING.

>> THE AND ASK QUESTIONS AND I TELL THEM AND THEY FIND IT INTERESTING.

>> Reporter: RICHARD PITCHFORD IS THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THE CENTER.

HE SAYS THE ARTWORK FORCES VISITORS TO PONDER THE COMPLEX PROCESS THAT HAPPENS AFTER THE USE THE BATHROOM.

>> YOU FLUSH IT, IT'S GONE.

WHEN WE DEAL WITH IT ON THE OTHER END AND IT'S ACTUALLY A FASCINATING INDUSTRY.

>> Reporter: THE DUNG BEETLE IS A RECURRING MOTIF.

ABOUT EACH ANIMAL DROPPINGS AND THEN RECYCLES NUTRIENTS BACK INTO THE ECOSYSTEM.

IT'S A PERFECT MATTER -- A METAPHOR FOR THE CENTER.

THE ARTWORK ALSO EXPLORES A BIT OF SAN DIEGO SANITATION HISTORY SUCH AS -- >> WHEN THE CITY HAD A LOW-FLOW TOILET AND THEY WERE REPLACING ALL THE TOILETS.

YOU CAN SEE THE PILES OF TOILETS DOWN THERE AND THAT KIND OF REPRESENTS THAT'S WHERE ALL THIS USED TO GO OR COME FROM.

THEN THEY MADE ARTWORK OUT OF ALL THOSE BROKEN TOILETS.

>> Reporter: PITCHFORD SAYS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE PIECES IS A SERIES OF LITTLE FLOATING, WELL , LOGS ON ONE OF THE HALLWAY LOGS -- WALLS.

THEY START OUT BROWN AND SLOWLY TURNED TO A SHIMMERING GOLD.

>> I WALK BY IT SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I FIGURE OUT THAT IT REPRESENTING THIS.

YOU CAN START OUT WITH SOMETHING THAT'S BASICALLY SOMEBODY'S WAIST AND BY THE END OF THE PROCESS IT IS WORTH SOMETHING.

>> HE EVEN FOUND SYMBOLISM IN THE BLANK SPACES AT THE END OF THE WALL.

>> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR OUR BIOSOLIDS.

>> I NEVER ONCE CONSIDER THOSE AT STRESS SPACES HAVING ANY MEANING, BUT THE FACT THAT HE IS BRINGING MEANING TO THAT PIECE IS GREAT.

I LOVE THAT.

>> Reporter: IN THE END I SUPPOSE THAT'S WHAT ALL THIS BATHROOM ART IS ABOUT, FINDING MEANING AND VALUE WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT.

SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT THE NEXT TIME YOU HIT THE HEAD.

SCOTT ROD, KPBS NEWS.

>> YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT PUBLIC ART IN SAN DIEGO ON OUR WEBSITE.

JUST GO TO KPBS.ORG/PUBLIC ARTTO FIND ART IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND LET US KNOW WHICH PIECES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE US PROFILE.

>>> SURFING AND SAN DIEGO SEEM TO GO HAND-IN-HAND, BUT NOT FOR EVERYONE.

FOR SOME CHILDREN TRIPS TO THE BEACH ARE RARE.

KPBS REPORTER KITTY ALVARADO TAKES US TO A SUMMER CAMP FOR KIDS WHO WANT TO RIDE THE WAVE.

>> IN MY DREAMS THE OCEAN IS MAGICAL.

>> Reporter: HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT HOW THE OCEAN MAKES YOU FEEL?

JAMES HAS.

>> THE OCEAN FEELS LIKE MAGIC COMING OVER YOU AND MAKING YOU FEEL GOOD INSIDE.

>> Reporter: HIS YOUNGER BROTHER SAYS THE OCEAN MAKES HIM FEEL AT PEACE.

>> THE SUN IS ALWAYS OUT AND IT'S REALLY LIKE IT TAKES AWAY ALL YOUR PROBLEMS.

>> Reporter: THEY LIVE IN JULIAN ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY SO VISITS TO THE BEACH ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.

>> WE LIVE FAR AWAY FROM THE OCEAN AND WE DON'T GET TO SEE IT A LOT.

>> Reporter: AND THAT IS WHERE CAMP SURF COMES IN.

>> WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST SURF CARNIVAL OF THE SUMMER.

ARE YOU ALL STOKED?

>> Reporter: THIS SUMMER THEY ANOTHER CHILDREN GOT TO SPEND ONE WEEK AT THIS MAGICAL PLACE ON THE BEACH.

SINCE 1969 THIS YMCA OVERNIGHT CAMP HAS BEEN MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE FOR CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THIS YEAR ALONE NEARLY 900 CHILDREN WILL GET THE CAMP SURF EXPERIENCE.

>> WE ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.

>> Reporter: WHILE SURFING IS JUST ONE ACTIVITY THEY LEARN AT CAMP FIRST, THE CAMPS WATERFRONT MANAGER SAYS IT'S THE KEY THAT UNLOCKS HAPPINESS.

>> WE USE SURFING IS A BIG TOOL TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM TO TRUST IN THEMSELVES, TRUST IN EACH OTHER AND JUST GET TO EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTIFUL OCEAN.

>> Reporter: UNFORTUNATELY, CAMP SURF IS A PLACE ONLY CHILDREN WILL SEE IN THEIR DREAMS.

>> IS COMING TO THE BEACH AND DREAMING ABOUT IT MAKES ME FEEL CALM.

>> Reporter: JACKSON SAYS HE IS IN THE SAME BOAT AS THE WIND BROTHERS.

>> I DON'T SEE THE OCEAN THAT OFTEN.

I DON'T SURF THAT OFTEN.

>> Reporter: HE THINKS OF THE BEACH A LOT AS WELL.

>> I IMAGINE SITTING ON THE BEACH AND WATCHING THE WAVES.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS PEOPLE MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT KIDS LIKE THEM JUST BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN CALIFORNIA.

>> PEOPLE THINK THAT I GO TO THE BEACH A LOT.

>> Reporter: IT IS SAID THAT SPENDING A DAY AT THE BEACH IS RARE FOR MOST CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN THIS COUNTY AND A WHOLE DAY IS SIMPLY OUT OF REACH FOR MOST FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY FAMILIES LIKE THEIR FAMILY THAT LIVE ON THE MARGINS.

>> IF IT WAS NOT FOR CAMP THESE KIDS WITH AT HOME PROBABLY WITH OLDER SIBLINGS.

PARENTS ARE WORKING.

>> Reporter: A REALITY SHE KNOWS.

>> I MYSELF DID NOT GROW UP GOING TO THE BEACH EVEN THOUGH I LIVED IN ENCINITAS IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT MY PARENTS HAD ACCESS TO.

>> THIS YEAR SHE AND HER FELLOW YM'S VA ESCONDIDO IMPACTS AMBASSADORS RAISED $25,000 TO CHANGE THAT FOR 50 ESCONDIDO STUDENTS.

>> I WANT TO GIVE A VOICE TO THOSE STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: AMONG THEM JACK SAID -- >> YOU MAKE NEW FRIENDS.

>> Reporter: JACK SAID CAMP SURF CHANGED HIM FOR THE BETTER.

>> I AM MEETING NEW PEOPLE AND DOING NEW THINGS.

>> Reporter: AND THE WYNN BROTHERS FEEL DIFFERENT TOO.

MAYBE IT'S THE SURF LEGS THEY GREW IN JUST ONE WEEK.

>> THIS EXPERIENCE AT THE YMCA HAS MADE THIS LIFE BETTER AND MADE ME DREAM BIGGER ABOUT THINGS.

>> Reporter: NOW THEY FEEL LIKE NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

>> IT MADE ME DREAM THE BIGGER OF BEING A PRO SURFER AND LEARNING STUFF THAT I DID NOT KNOW THAT A NINE-YEAR-OLD COULD DO.

>> Reporter: BUT LIKE ALL GOOD THINGS THERE CAMP SURF CAME TO AN END.

>> WE LOVE SURF CAMPS GOING >> Reporter: BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS CARRY A LITTLE PIECE OF'S -- OF CAMP SURF AND THEY CAN ALWAYS VISIT IN THEIR DREAMS.

KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

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>>> KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER , MJ PEREZ, SHOWS US HOW THIS GAME PROVIDES LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP.

>> Reporter: KICK, PASS OR GET OUT OF THE WAY.

THESE PLAYERS ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR SOCCER.

>> YOU HAVE TO PUT IN THE WORK.

IT TAKES A LOT.

>> Reporter: 12-YEAR-OLD ISAAC VARGAS PLAYS GOALIE OR ANY POSITION HIS TEAM NEEDS FIELD.

FOR TWO MONTHS HE HAS COMMITTED TWO WEEKLY SUMMER CAMPS HERE AT THE CHULA VISTA OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTER.

THESE PLAYERS COME FROM ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES ACROSS SAN DIEGO UNIFIED, WHICH HAS PARTNERED WITH THE CHICANO FEDERATION AND THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE SKILLS AND LIFE LESSONS PREVENTING LEARNING LOSS IN TEACHING PROBLEM-SOLVING, DECISION-MAKING, TEAM BUILDING AND HELPING WITH MENTAL HEALTH TOO.

>> WE SEE IT ON A DAY TO DAY.

OUR YOUTH OFF START OFF SHY.

SOMETIMES THEY DON'T KNOW ANYONE ELSE BUT THEN THEY DEVELOP SELF-CONFIDENCE AND MAKE FRIENDS AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

>> Reporter: THE CAMP RUNS ALL DAY AND IT'S FREE TO CHILDREN WHO HAVE APPLIED.

FROM NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE UNDER RESOURCED AND UNDERSERVED.

A HALF $1 MILLION FROM THE DISTRICT SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROJECT MAKES THE PRACTICE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR PROGRESS POSSIBLE.

>> WE NEED INDIVIDUALS TO BRING THEIR FULL SELVES TO BE A PART OF A COLLECTIVE AND WE NEED THE COLLECTIVE TO SEE THE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

>> Reporter: ALONG WITH ALL THEY ARE LEARNING HERE, STUDENTS ARE ALSO GETTING READY FOR COLLEGE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

ONCE THEY ARE FINISHED WITH THE CAMP, THEY WILL EACH RECEIVE FOUR UNITS OF COLLEGE CREDITS.

THE COLLEGE CREDIT FOR LEADERSHIP TRAINING IS REDEEMABLE ANYTIME IN THE FUTURE AT UC SAN DIEGO, ONE OF THE CAMPS OTHER SPONSORS.

11-YEAR-OLD LOLA IS WELL ON HER WAY TO REACHING HER GOALS OFF AND ON THE FIELD.

>> IT'S AWESOME, BECAUSE YOU FELT YOU DID A GOAL THAT YOU WANTED TO DO AND YOU ALSO SCORED ONE FOR YOUR TEAM SO YOU GUYS COULD WIN.

>> Reporter: THOSE ARE IMPORTANT POINTS FOR ANYONE KEEPING SCORE.

MJ PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

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

I'M JOHN CARROLL.

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