>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK.

THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM WE ARE WANTING TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE BEST ORIGINAL REPORTING FROM KPBS NEWS.

FOR MORE THAN A YEAR WE HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU THE STORY OF COVID-19 IN SAN DIEGO AND WE WILL STAY UP ON IT.

COMING UP, BIG MOMENT FOR SAN DIEGO'S TOURISM INDUSTRY.

MATT HOFFMAN WILL TELL US ABOUT THE RETURN OF CRUISES THIS SUMMER.

>>> THIS WEEK A COURT TO STAY ON A RULING THAT WOULD UPEND CALIFORNIA'S ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.

THIS SURGE IN GUN OWNERSHIP AMONG WOMEN.

>>> RACIAL JUSTICE EXPLORES THE MEANING OF LATIN X AND WHO USES IT.

>>> WE START WITH THE PRESSURE THAT COMES WITH PINGING RENT IN SAN DIEGO.

WHEN THE MORATORIUM ENDS THIS FALL IT'S UNCLEAR HOW MANY RENTERS MIGHT LOSE THEIR HOME.

WE FOUND A RELIEF PROGRAM DOES NOT ALWAYS HELP THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST.

>> Reporter: -- AS A DAY LABORER AND FATHER OF FIVE KIDS SOON TO BE SIX.

TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE AND MOTHER-IN-LAW THE FAMILY LIVES IN A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT IN VISTA.

>> THIS BEGAN WITH THE PANDEMIC IN MARCH.

>> Reporter: WHEN THE PANDEMIC IT WORKED RIGHT UP.

THE SOON BELLWOOD BEHIND ON RENT.

>> WE COULD EAT OR WE COULD PAY RENT.

THAT IS A REALLY HARD DECISION.

>> Reporter: THE FAMILY APPLIED TO THE COUNTY READILY PROGRAM THIS PAST MARCH AND WAITED.

FINALLY THE MONEY CAME LAST MONTH.

RENT RELIEF WAS MEANT TO QUELL THE SYNONYMY OF ADDICTIONS BUT THROUGH SAN DIEGO COUNTY THE MONEY IS ONLY BEGINNING TO TRICKLE OUT.

THE COUNTY HAD DOLED OUT ONLY A QUARTER OF THE MONEY IT HAS RECEIVED AS OF LAST WEEK.

ANALYSIS OF THE FUNDS REVEALS SOME ZIP CODES DISPROPORTIONATELY BENEFIT.

THE DOWNTOWN HIGH RENT DISTRICT HAVE GOTTEN THE MOST MONEY SO FAR.

LITTLE ITALY AND THE GASLAMP RECEIVED OVER $1.4 MILLION WHILE RESIDENTS OF SOME OF THE COUNTIES THREE LOVE LIST INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS EACH RECEIVED A FRACTION OF THAT.

IN LOGAN HEIGHTS SANDY C GROH AND NATIONAL CITY.

THE ZIP CODES WERE RESIDENTS OF HAD THE BEST CHANCE OF RECEIVING RELIEF TO SOME OF THE WEALTHIEST IN THE COUNTY.

RANCHO SANTA FE, PALAIS, LITTLE ARIEL AND THE GASLAMP.

PART OF THE PROBLEM IS GETTING THE WORD OUT TO THE RENTERS FOR GETTING HELP.

THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMMISSION SAYS >> WE DID ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE RADIO.

>> A COMPLICATED SYSTEM IS DIFFICULT FOR TENANTS TO NAVIGATE.

THE FACT MONEY CANNOT BE GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN LOANS TO PAY THEIR RENT AND THE REQUIREMENT WHEN WORDS COVER 20% OF THE RENT MONEY.

>> THE EVICTION MORATORIUM DOES NOT ABSOLVE ATTENDANCE FINANCIAL SPOTS ABILITY TO PAY ALL OF THE RENT.

WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE STATES SB 91 GUIDELINES.

IF THE CHANGES HAPPEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO EXHAUST ALL OF THE FUNDS WE HAVE.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THEY HAVE SEEN MANY TENANTS WHO DESPITE THE EVICTION MORATORIUM PRIORITIZED PAYING RENT OVER OTHER BILLS.

>> THEY MAY HAVE TAKEN OUT LOANS, CHARGED ON HER CREDIT CARDS.

UNFORTUNATELY ERIN THE GUIDELINES THE STATE, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY OR PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN OUT LOANS.

>> Reporter: FOR THE VISTA RESIDENT HE DID GET SOME MONEY BUT NOTHING TO COVER APRIL MAY AND JUNE.

THE MONTHS HE WAITED AFTER HE APPLIED.

CALIFORNIA IS CONSIDERING A PLAN TO FORGIVE ALL BACK RENT FOR PEOPLE LIKE TOSCANO.

HE OWES ALMOST $5000 AND IS WORRIED.

>> MAYBE WE ARE ONE MORE HOMELESS STATISTIC.

IF I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR MY RENT, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

I AM GOING TO TAKE MY FAMILY UNDER THE STREET?

OR IN THE CAR TO LIVE?

>> Reporter: TOSCANO SAYS THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF SOMETHING HIS FAMILY DID NOT ASK FOR.

THE PANDEMIC.

BEFORE THE PANDEMIC IT HE SAYS HE ALWAYS FOUND A WAY TO PAY THE RENT.

>>> YOU CAN WATCH THESE STORIES AND STREAM EPISODES OF KPBS EVENING EDITION ON THE YOUTUBE PAGE.

DRAWBACK THE CRUISE INDUSTRY WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO BE HIT BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

MATT HOFFMAN TELLS US ABOUT ITS COMEBACK AND HOW VACCINATIONS ARE A TOP PRIORITY.

>> WITH GREG SCHIFF'S NOT HANGING AROUND THE PORT.

>> HOLLAND AMERICA IS ANNOUNCING A RETURN TO CRUISING AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS.

>> THIS IS ANOTHER SEARCH IN THE ECONOMY POST PANDEMIC.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE TRYING TO BEING THE INDUSTRY BACK.

>> THE CDC SAYS IT IS TIME TO START OPENING.

AND WE WORK TOGETHER AND WE ARE TRYING TO DO IT IN A SAFE WAY.

>> Reporter: HOLLAND AMERICA PRESIDENT SAID THE CDC WANTS EMPLOYEES VACCINATED AND WITH THE HELP OF HEALTHCARE.

500 CREW MEMBERS HAVE GOTTEN THEIR SHOTS.

>> THEY ARE INSURING THE CREW IS SAFE AND THEN THEY ARE INSURING THE PASSENGERS SAVE.

>> THIS REPRESENTS A RETURN TO NORMAL FOR THE CRUISING INDUSTRY.

SOON IT WILL BE FULL OF PASSENGERS GETTING READY TO SET SAIL.

ALL PASSENGERS WILL HAVE TO PREVAIL VACCINATED.

THAT ALSO MEANS NO WEARING MASKS OR SOCIAL DISTANCING ON BOARD.

>> WE WANT TO MAKE IT 100% NORMAL FOR OUR GUESTS.

WE HAVE TAKEN SIGNIFICANT PRECAUTIONS.

OUR CREW WILL INITIALLY WEAR MASKS.

>> Reporter: THERE WILL BE MORE THAN 40 HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISE IS TO NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA'S COAST, AND HAWAII.

SHIPS LIKE THIS CAN ACCOMMODATE MORE THAN 2500 PASSENGERS BUT THEY WILL SCALE UP CAPACITY GRADUALLY.

I THINK BY THE FALL WE WILL PROBABLY OPERATING CLOSE TO 100%.

>> Reporter: EVERY CRUISE SHIP BRINGS AROUND 2 MILLION FOUR THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

>> ALL OF THE PEOPLE SHOPPING IN STORES AND EATEN OUR RESTAURANTS.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE FOUR OTHER CRUISE LINES THAT OPERATE HERE BUT AT LEAST ONE HAS SAID THEY DO NOT PLAN TO OFFER ANY TRIPS THIS YEAR.

>> IF WE HAVE 70 OR 80 CALLS THAT IS LOWER THAN PRE- PANDEMIC.

THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD START WITH GETTING BACK TO BUSINESS AND RECOVERING FROM ZERO.

>>> OUR COVID-19 LIVE BLOG HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR FEATURES ON WWW.KPBS.ORG.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER BIG STORIES THIS WEEK.

CALIFORNIA IS OFFERING A DIGITAL RECORD OF YOUR COVID-19 VACCINE .

THE FIRE THAT BURNED THIS WEEK NEAR THE POWELL RESERVATION WAS A POWERFUL MINDER THAT FIRE SEASON IS HERE .

>>> A RACIST HUNTING AFTER A BASKETBALL GAME AT CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL MAKING NATIONAL HEADLINES.

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE TOP STORIES THIS WEEK ON WWW.KPBS.ORG.

>>> WILDFIRE RISK IS ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE -- ON AN ABANDONED GOLF COURSE.

ALEXANDER WINN SHOWS US THE PLANS FOR THIS PORTION OF NORTH COUNTY.

>> Reporter: THE FIRE SAFETY AND EVACUATION PLANS IN PLACE ARE NOT ENOUGH TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY TODAY.

>> THIS IS THE PROJECT.

RIGHT ABOVE THAT IS THE OLD DOUBLETREE GOLF COURT.

THEY WANT TO BUILD 500 HIGH DENSITY HOMES.

THE CITY DID NOT TAKE ACCOUNT THE FIRE DANGER.

THE NEWLY COMPLETE 601 UNIT PACIFIC VILLAGE, IT WILL ADD 3000 CARS TO THE AREA.

ADDED CONGESTIONS AFFECTING WILDFIRE EVACUATIONS.

>> IN THE PAST 20 YEARS THIS PLACE WAS EVACUATED AT LEAST FIVE TIMES.

IN HIS STATEMENT TO KPBS PRESIDENT BRIAN GREENE SAYS THIS PROJECT WAS A RESULT OF FIVE YEARS OUTREACH WITH RESIDENTS AND THE PROJECT HAS BEEN A RIGOROUS AND THOROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND WHILE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE PLAN TO HAVE THREE NEW EMERGENCY ACCESS ROUTES.

THE EXCESS WILL CUT EVACUATION TIMES IN HALF.

ONE OF THOSE PROPOSED ROUTES IS BETWEEN -- >> IT IS A LAST-MINUTE REQUIREMENT.

RIGHT NOW IT IS ABOUT 18 FEET ACROSS AND THE PLAN CALLS FOR IT EXTENT TO BE ABOUT 24 FEET.

STILL RESIDENTS SAY IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO DO WITH THE FIRE DANGER.

>> REPORTER:'S GROUP IS A VOCAL OPPONENT OF THE PROJECT.

HE SAYS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT HELPED OVER DEVELOPMENTS.

>> WHAT YOU ARE SEEING RIGHT HERE IS 40-YEAR-OLD INFRASTRUCTURE.

ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT.

NOT A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT THAN PARADISE.

AS FAR AS THE EVACUATION.

>> THIS GROUP WANTS ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID THE PROJECT WILL IMPROVE FIRE EVACUATION.

SHE LOBBIED FOR THE EVACUATION ROUTE TO BE COMPLETED FIRST.

>> I WANTED IT TO BE COMPLETED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE ENGINEER.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT.

THEY JUST WANT IT DONE THE RIGHT WAY.

>> RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING TO CHALLENGE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.

>>> A WARNING ON THIS NEXT STORY.

INCLUDES VIDEO OF CALIFORNIA'S ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN WILL PLAY IN THE AS A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT REVIEWS THE RULING.

THE RECENT UPTICK IN GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP IS MUCH MORE NUANCED AND WOMEN ARE A BIG HEART OF IT.

>> Reporter: -- IS OUR INITIATIVE TO STOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.

WOMEN MENTORING WOMEN IN A MALE- DOMINATED WORLD OF FIREARMS.

>> TODAY WE HAVE 10 LADIES WHO ARE LEARNING HOW TO SHOOT.

IT IS A VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE LEVELS.

SOME HAVE NEVER TOUCHED A GUN BEFORE.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO COUNTY GUN OWNERS WANTS AN INITIATIVE NOT ME SD TWO YEARS AGO.

IT IS HELPING WOMEN PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR LOVED ONES.

EVERYWOMAN GOES TO THE TRAINING IS PAIRED WITH A FEMALE MENTOR WHO TEACHES THEM EVERYTHING FROM LEARNING HOW TO SHOOT A GUN TO GUN SAFETY AS WELL AS THE STEPS IT TAKES TO APPLY FOR A CONCEALED CARRY WEAPONS PERMIT.

>> WHAT WE ARE DOING IS LEVERAGING OUR EXPERTISE AS GUNOWNERS TO BE ABLE TO HELP INCREASE WOMEN'S ABILITY TO STOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.

>> Reporter: WENDY HOFFMAN THE DIRECTOR OF NOT ME SD SAYS THE PROGRAM EXTENDS FROM HER OWN EXPERIENCE.

>> I DID NOT KNOW WHERE TO START.

I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO.

THERE WERE JUST SO MANY QUESTIONS TO ASK.

EVEN FIGURING OUT WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK WAS OBLIGATED.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE PROGRAM SPARKED MORE INTEREST DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>> WE SAW HUGE INCREASE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

WOMEN WHO WERE ON THE FENCE ABOUT GUN OWNERSHIP REALIZED THEY NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR SAFETY INTO THEIR OWN HANDS.

>> Reporter: FOLLOWING POLITICAL UNREST AND A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, 2020 SAW THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN GUN SALES.

THE NATIONALS SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION ESTIMATES A .4 MILLION PEOPLE BOUGHT A FIREARM FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR.

NEARLY HALF OF THOSE BUYERS WERE WOMEN.

KAUFMAN SAYS IT'S WOMEN FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE THAT ARE WANTING TO LEARN ABOUT GUN OWNERSHIP.

>> YOUNG WOMEN WHO ARE IN THEIR EARLY 20s.

WE HAVE OLDER WOMEN WHO ARE IN THEIR 80s WERE LIVING ALONE AND THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.

>> Reporter: IN JUST TWO YEARS THEY HAVE HELPED 320 WOMEN BECOME GUNOWNERS.

THAT NUMBER IS EXPECT TO GROW.

THE PROGRAM IS SO POPULAR SPOTS TO PARTICIPATE GET FILLED UP TO SIX MONTHS IN ADVANCE.

>> JUST BEING A WOMAN NOWADAYS.

AND FEELING LIKE I NEED THAT EXTRA SOURCE OF PROTECTION.

>> Reporter: JANINE HAS BEEN WANTING TO BUY A GUN FOR A WHILE.

AFTER HEARING ABOUT NOT BST SHE DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FIREARMS.

>> MORE WOMEN SHOULD TAKE MORE STEPS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND BE AT LEAST COMFORTABLE BEING AROUND FIREARMS.

I DO NOT THINK NOWADAYS ENOUGH WOMEN ARE COMFORTABLE.

>> Reporter: MARISSA MORRIS SAYS IT IS ALL ABOUT ARMING WOMEN WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND EMPOWERMENT.

>> I SEE THEIR FEAR DIMINISHING THE CONFIDENCE INCREASE.

>> Reporter: MOORE SAYS IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR WOMEN TO BE NERVOUS ABOUT GUN OWNERSHIP ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE COMING OUT OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATIONSHIP.

DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND PRESIDENT OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNCIL CLAUDIA COLOSSO SAYS THERE WAS A 3% INCREASE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES LAST YEAR.

THAT IS MORE THAN 17,600 CASES REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IN JUST ONE YEAR.

>> WE FEAR AS WE OPEN UP MORE AND MORE WILL GET THE VICTIMS THAT WILL REPORT THE CASES THAT HAPPENED DURING THE SHUTDOWN WHEN THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO WORK.

THEY WERE IN ESSENCE TRAPPED IN THE HOME.

>> ALTHOUGH SELF-DEFENSE IS NOT ONE OF THE FOCAL POINTS OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNCIL, THEY DO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO HELP VICTIMS OVERCOME THEIR TRAUMA.

>> WILL LEAD TO SUCCESS WHICH IS EMPOWERMENT CLASSES.

NOT NECESSARILY SELF-DEFENSE BUT MORE EMPOWERMENT.

HOW TO ASSERT YOURSELF.

HOW TO BASICALLY SAY THIS IS WHAT I WANT.

>> Reporter: THEY ENCOURAGE VICTIMS TO HAVE A SAFETY PLAN.

TIPS LIKE CARRYING A CELL PHONE AND HAVING A SAFETY WORD IN CASE YOU NEED HELP.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO OWN A FIREARM BUT YOU JUST THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO KNOW HOW TO SAFELY OPERATE ONE, THIS IS A PERFECT PLACE TO LEARN THAT.

>> Reporter: THOSE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM CAN VISIT NOT ME SD.COM.

>>> WE MIGHT LOOK BACK ON THIS WEEKEND AT THE TURNING POINT IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC FOR HOLLYWOOD.

IT'S NOT JUST UNIVERSAL PICTURES .

THE LATEST FAST AND FURIOUS MOVIE DREW BIG CLOUDS.

>> Reporter: THEATERS ARE NOW OPEN AT FULL CAPACITY AND VIN DIESEL IS PERSONALLY ASKING PEOPLE TO RETURN TO CINEMAS.

>> THIS IS WHERE WE ALL COME TOGETHER TO BE ENTERTAINED.

TO ESCAPE IT TO GO SOMEPLACE NEW.

>> Reporter: IT DOESN'T REALLY TAKE US SOMEPLACE NEW BUT IT TAKES THE FORMULA CAR SHENANIGANS AND TURNS IT UP TO 11.

OKAY MAYBE 12.

I WAS FULLY EXPECTING IT TO BE BIG DUMB AND FUN BUT THE LEVEL OF DUMB GETS TAKEN TO THE STRATOSPHERE.

JUSTIN LYNN RETURNS TO DIRECT HIS FIFTH INSTALLMENT IN THE SAGA.

YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM CREDIT OR BLAME DEPENDING ON HOW IMPORTANT YOU THINK IT IS.

FOR MAKING A FRANCHISE SO RIDICULOUSLY OVER-THE-TOP YOUR JOB JUST DROPS AND YOU HAVE TO LAUGH.

SOME THOUGHT IT WAS DISAPPROVAL.

BUT HAVE SEEN THE FILMS EMBRACING THEIR LUDICROUSNESS AND I CANNOT HELP BEING ENTERTAINED.

LYNN AND DIESEL SEEM TO THINK THE TORONTO SAGA IS ON PAR WITH SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA.

BUT AGAIN THE INTENSE SERIOUSNESS THAT DIESEL INVESTS IN THE ROLE IS JUST ANOTHER LEVEL ABOUT RICHARDS US IN THE FILM.

PEOPLE COME BACK TO THE DEAD REPEATEDLY.

ROCKETS GET STRAPPED TO CARS.

AND WE ARE REMINDED OF PHYSICS AND THE LAWS OF GRAVITY ONLY TO HAVE THEM DISMISSED LIKE THINKINGS.

THERE IS FAR TOO MUCH PLOT EXPEDITION.

BUT FOR AUDIENCE WHO HAVE BEEN STREAMING FILMS AND HOME THEATERS FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, F9 MAY OFFER THE PERFECT MIX OF ESCAPISM AND BIG-SCREEN FLAMBOYANCE TO LURE THEM OFF THEIR COUCHES AND INTO A REAL CINEMA.

I CAN'T SAY IF IS A GOOD FILM, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS AN ENTERTAINING SPECTACLE THAT CAN PUT THE PANDEMIC IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR FOR AT LEAST 145 MINUTES.

>>> FROM MUSCLE CARS OF THE BIG- SCREEN TO CLASSIC CARS ON THE STREETS.

TONYA FOREMAN SHOWS US A SUMMER TRADITION IS BACK WITH A FEW CHANGES.

>> Reporter: UNLOAD THIS CHEVY AND PAULA AND CRANK THE ENGINE.

ROB AND HIS WIFE NANCY HAD A FRIDAY NIGHT TRADITION BEFORE THE PANDEMIC IT.

>> HAVING DINNER IS LIKE A DATE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT.

IT'S A NIGHT OUT.

>> Reporter: FOR YEARS THE COUPLE HAS ATTENDED THE CLASSIC CAR AND HOT ROD SHOW ON ESCONDIDO AVENUE.

>> I SAID LOOK AT ALL THE MOLD GUYS THEY HAVE MY SCARS.

WE ARE ONE OF THE OLD GUYS NOW.

>> Reporter: LAST YEAR WOULD'VE BEEN THEIR 20th ANNIVERSARY.

BUT THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER PUT A PAUSE ON ITS TWENTY-YEAR STRICT.

>> WE CAN HELP THE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN.

AND WE CAN LET MORE PEOPLE IN OR FROM ALL OVER.

NOT JUST LOCAL PEOPLE.

WE MISSED A LOT.

>> Reporter: NOW THE SUMMER EVENT IS BACK.

>> IT MEANS A LOT TO US OLDER PEOPLE WITH CLASSIC CARS.

CRUISING GRAND YOU GET TO SEE HER FRIENDS.

AND YOU MAKE NEW FRIENDS.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR THERE ARE ADJUSTMENTS.

THERE WILL NOT BE CRUISING BECAUSE OF OUTDOOR DINING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

INSTEAD GRAND AVENUE WILL BE CLOSED TO CAR TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS IN THE CLASSIC CARS WILL ALL BE PARKED GIVING VISITORS A CHANCE FOR THAT UP CLOSE LOOK.

ALTHOUGH THE CLASSIC CARS ARE FUN TO LOOK AT THE EVENT ALSO BRINGS IN VISITORS WHICH MEANS MORE MONEY FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

THE MANAGER OF THE LILY'S PIZZA IS SUPER EXCITED FOR THE RETURN.

>> I AM EXCITED BUT WE ARE UNDERSTAFFED LIKE A LOT OF RESTAURANTS RIGHT NOW.

BUT I JUST HOPE PEOPLE ARE REALLY NICE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WILL DO THE BEST WE CAN.

>> Reporter: THE EVENT WILL START AT 4 P.M. EVERY FRIDAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

>>> KPBS HAS YOU COVERED WITH LOCAL PODCASTS FOR YOUR WEEKEND LISTENING AND CLEANING SPECIAL INTERVIEWS FROM PORT OF ENTRY.

>> I THINK WE SHOULD HACK MYTHOLOGY.

AND I'M GOING TO CREATE THIS WARRIOR PRINCESS.

IT'S GOING TO BE A METAPHOR FOR THE HISTORY OF THE WOMEN OF MEXICO WHO DON'T GET CREDIT FOR BEING WARRIORS.

>> Reporter: THAT IS HOST ALAN WARREN FALL HOSTING A LIFESTREAM ON THE TRANSFER YOU TO PAGE THIS WEEK WITH DIRECTOR FORTE GUTIERREZ.

IT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE UNIQUE CONTENT FROM OUR KPBS ON OUR DIGITAL PLATFORMS.

INCLUDING A NEW EPISODE OF THE PORT OF ENTRY PODCAST RELEASED THIS WEEKEND.

>>> PORT OF ENTRY EXAMINES THE PASSPORT CULTURE AND PART OF THAT IS HOW WE IDENTIFY OURSELVES AND RELATE TO EACH OTHER.

KPBS RACE AND EQUITY REPORTER TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT WORKS FOR THEM AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THE TERM LATIN X.

>> Reporter: THE WAY PEOPLE CHOOSE TO IDENTIFY IS ALWAYS CHANGING.

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO DEFYING ANYONE OF LATIN AMERICAN DESCENT HERE IN THE U.S. >> I IDENTIFY AS CHICANA.

>> I IDENTIFY AS A MIGRANT CHICANA.

>> LATIN X PERSON.

>> MEXICAN-AMERICAN OR HISPANIC.

>> WE ARE NOW USING THE TERM LATIN X WHICH IS A NON-BINARY WAY OF SAYING LATINO OR LATINO.

WE KNOW IT IS NOT DEFINITIVE AND HAS PROVED CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE HOW WE IDENTIFY AND ARE IDENTIFIED AS OTHERS CAN GET PERSONAL.

THAT IS SOMETHING UC SAN DIEGO PROFESSOR ORIANA -- SHE KNOWS ALL TOO WELL.

>> IT'S THE POLITICS OF LABELING AND WITH THAT POLITICS OF COURSE OUR CONVERSATIONS AROUND RACE, SEXUALITY, GENDER, ALL OF THOSE COMPONENTS COMING INTO PLAY.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS SO PERSONAL THAT IT IS ONE THAT IS LEADING TO CONVERSATIONS AND DEBATE BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK SO STRONGLY ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: WE WANT YOU TO SHOW US HOW YOU IDENTIFY IN THE THOUGHTS IN THE X IN LATIN X.

WE HAD OVER 200 RESPONSES.

SOME EMBRACE THE LATIN X TERM YEARS AGO.

>> I FEEL VERY GENDER-NEUTRAL.?

OTHERS LIKE RODERIGO PREFER TERMS LIKE HISPANIC OR LATINO BECAUSE THEY CONNECT HIM WITH HIS ROOTS AS A SPANISH SPEAKER.

HE UNDERSTANDS THE NEED TO BE INCLUSIVE BUT THINKS THE LATIN X ERASES HIS CONNECTION WITH SPANISH WHICH HE GREW UP SPEAKING.

>> THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF WHITEWASHING IN SO FAR AS THE LANGUAGE IS CONCERNED.

TO ME LATIN X MEANS YOU IDENTIFYING WITH A CULTURE THAT HOLDS SPANISH IN A SPECIAL PLACE.

WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: MICHAEL ALSO DOES NOT USE THE X.

HE PREFERRED THIS THE TERM CHICANO.

OFTEN ASSOCIATE WITH MEXICAN- AMERICANS THAT EMERGE IN THE 1960s DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

HE THINKS LATIN X IS A TERM IMPOSED BY WHITE PEOPLE.

>> I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYONE IDENTIFY WITH IT OR USE IT.

IT IS JUST A TERM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WILL STICK OR NOT.

BUT IT IS NOT FROM US.

JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.

IT IS NOT FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THAT IS A BIG TENSION POINT.

WHAT DID LATIN X COME FROM?

PROFESSOR RUIZ SAYS THAT'S A DIFFICULT QUESTION.

>> THERE IS NO ONE ORIGIN STORY.

WHETHER WE THINK ABOUT THE X, IT IS DESCRIBED ABOUT COMING OUT OF INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES COMING OUT OF LATIN AMERICA.

WE'VE SEEN IT USED WITHIN LATIN AMERICAN CIRCLES AS WELL.

WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LATIN X WITHIN THE U.S. AS IT IS TIED ESPECIALLY TO LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF CLARITY IN WHY PEOPLE STARTED USING THE TERM, PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS ABOUT IT.

THEY DO NOT SEE LATIN X AS LEAVING PEOPLE OUT.

>> IN THE END THERE IS NO SINGLE DEFINITION OR UNDERSTANDING OF ANY OF THESE IDENTITY LABELS.

BUT RUIZ SAYS THAT'S A GOOD THING.

>> WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT IS EMBRACING THE TENSION.

REALLY LEANING INTO THE MESSINESS THAT IS A TERM LIKE LATIN X.

IS NOT ONE SINGULAR THING BUT ONE THAT IS MUCH MORE MULTIFACETED AND HAS LOTS OF DIFFERENT HISTORIES AND EXPERIENCE TIED TO IT.

>>> WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS LOOK AT SOME OF OUR BEST DIVISION OF REPORTING FROM KPBS THIS WEEK.

FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KPBS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.