AND MY DAD WAS IN THE FLORIST BY APRIL.

AND BECAME PART OF OUR LIFE EVERY SPRING.

IT HAS MADE ME, I WOULDN'T SAY A BETTER PERSON.

BUT I UNDERSTAND MUCH MORE THE TERRIBLE SUFFERING.

>> THAT'S WHY 50 BIRD SINGERS AND DANCERS COME TOGETHER TO PERFORM THE SHOW.

AND ELI SANTANA WHO PLAYS ELIZONDO IS A PROUD SECOND- GENERATION MEXICAN-AMERICAN.

HE GREW UP IN NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

HE RECENTLY DISCOVERED HIS NATIVE ROOTS.

>> TO HEAR THAT IT CAME FROM SOMETHING AND IT MEANT SOMETHING AND THAT JUST GROWING UP IN THIS AREA WAS JUST AMAZING.

I FELT LIKE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN ME.

>> HE SAYS THE MESSAGE IS UNIVERSAL.

AND REMAINS RELEVANT 100 YEARS LATER.

>> WE WILL DO A TIME CAPSULE FOR 100 YEARS.

I HOPE THAT IT IS GOING JUST AS STRONG AND BUT HOPEFULLY IT WAS, IT IS MORE OF A REMINDER OF WHEN PEOPLE WERE LEFT TOLERANT AND NOT SOMETHING THAT IS RINGING TRUE.

>> THIS IS ABOUT LOVE.

IT IS ABOUT HER LOVE FOR HER HUSBAND, FOR HER BABY.

FOR HER PEOPLE.

THERE IS A VERY SERIOUS MESSAGE AND THERE IS KIND OF A TRAGIC ENDING.

BUT, THIS IS CALIFORNIA.

>> KITTY, KPBS NEWS.

>> WE WRAP UP WITH STORIES FROM CATCHING WAVES TO CATCHING Z'S.

HERE IS THE REPORTER.

IT REVEALS SOME OF THE SCIENCE BEHIND SURFING.

>> BUT THE REPORTS ARE SO ACCURATE.

A NEW EXHIBIT AT THE CALIFORNIA SURF MUSEUM IN OCEANSIDE DELVES INTO THE SCIENCE OF SURFING WHICH INCLUDES A LOOK AT HOW WAVES ARE FORMED AND HOW THEY CAN BE FORECAST.

>> THIS TAPESTRY HERE SHOWS FROM WHEN YOU GET A LOT OF STORMS, THAT GENERATES WAVES, WAVES COME THROUGH.

AND THEN THEY BUILD AND BUILD.

>> JIM IS THE MUSEUM'S PRESIDENT.

HE SAYS THE EXHIBIT WAS FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE.

>> THE CITY HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.

ONE OF THEM IS ABOUT THE SHAPE OF THE SHORELINE.

AND WHETHER IT IS A REEF OR A BEACH WAKE OR A COBBLESTONE POINT.

AND ALL THOSE HAVE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES IN TERMS OF HOW WAVES BREAK.

SO, YOU LEARN ABOUT WHY THE WAVES BREAK IN CERTAIN WAYS.

AND DIFFERENT PLACES.

>> THE EXHIBITS SHOWCASE ALL ELEMENTS.

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS AND MATHEMATICS.

ASK ANY SURFER AND THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT SURFING IS AN ART.

BUT AS THIS EXHIBIT SHOWS YOU, FOR ITS WHY A LOCAL SURF SPOT IS SUCH A GOOD SPOT TO CATCH THOSE WAVES.

THERE ARE EXHIBITS SHOWCASING HOW MATH CAN MAKE YOU BETTER SURFER AS WELL AS THE ENGINEERING MARVEL BEHIND THE SURFBOARD.

>> WE TALK ABOUT THE LENGTH AND WIDTH.

THE THICKNESS.

VOLUME.

CONCAVE, ROCKER.

THE RAILS.

THE TALE.

>> IT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE REALLY FAST.

HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SHAPES.

THE BOARDS MADE FOR REALLY BIG WAVE ARE REALLY SMALL WAVES.

YOU WILL DESIGN A DIFFERENT BOARD.

>> THE EXHIBIT IS ON DISPLAY THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND THE MUSEUM IS OPEN FROM 10:00-4:00 DAILY.

ALEXANDER.

>> LOCAL SCIENTISTS ARE STUDYING THE SLEEP PATTERNS OF SOME OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE ANIMALS THAT CALL OUR OCEAN HOME.

THE REPORTER TELLS US MORE ABOUT THE RESEARCH ON ELEPHANT SEALS AND TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW THEY SURVIVE DURING THEIR 10 MONTHS AT SEA.

>> JUST LIKE US ELEPHANT SEALS NEED TO SLEEP.

BEING AIR BREATHING MAMMALS THAT ARE NOT AND YOU MAY WONDER HOW THEY MANAGE TO SLEEP WHEN OUT TO SEA.

JESSICA WAS WONDERING THE SAME THING.

>> THE BREATH HOLDING CAPACITY ALLOWS THEM TO FORAGE DEEP BELOW THE OCEAN SURFACE AND ALSO TO DO THINGS LIKE SLEEP BELOW THE OCEAN SURFACE.

>> KENDALL IS A POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW WITH SCRIPPS OCEANOGRAPHY WHO DID HER PHD AT UC SANTA CRUZ.

SHE IS THE LEAD AUTHOR OF AN ARTICLE IN THE JOURNAL SCIENCE THAT DESCRIBES THE SLEEP PATTERNS OF ELEPHANT SEALS.

SHE SAYS ELEPHANT SEALS DON'T SLEEP LIKE WE DO AT NIGHT.

INSTEAD, THEY TAKE LOTS OF 10 MINUTE CATNAPS.

>> THESE ELEPHANT SEALS ARE SLEEPING FOR VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND THAT ONLY ADDS UP TO ABOUT TWO HOURS PER DAY.

SO, THESE LONG FORAGING TRIPS THAT LAST UP TO 295 DAYS AT SEA, THE OTHER FINDING HIS THEY ACTUALLY GO INTO REM SLEEP.

>> IT IS THE SAME FULL BODY PARALYSIS HUMANS ACHIEVE DURING A NIGHTTIME REST.

>> AT THAT TIME THEY ARE TURNING UPSIDE DOWN AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY FALLING IN THIS BEAUTIFUL SLEEP SPIRAL PATTERN TOWARD THE OCEAN FLOOR BEFORE THEY WAKE UP AT AROUND 300 METERS AND SWIM BACK TO THE SURFACE.

>> KENDALL WORKS AS AN ENGINEER THAT HAD CREATED A DEVICE THAT CAN MONITOR BRAIN ACTIVITY IN ANIMALS TO FIND OUT IF THEY ACTUALLY ARE SLEEPING.

THEN WAS ONE OF HER ADVISORS.

>> YOU HAVE THIS LITTLE LONGER AND ELECTRONICS.

AND GET A HOUSING FOR IT.

SHE DESIGNED THE HOUSING AND IT WORKS WITH SOME ENGINEERS TO HOLD A WATERPROOF HOUSING THAT SHE CAN PUT THE DEVICE IN BUTTE AND THEN ATTACH THEM I DON'T KNOW, SHE TOLD ME SOME 20 OR 30 DIFFERENT WIRES AND MAKE ALL OF THAT WORK AND NOT LEAK.

>> WHAT KENDALL LEARNED IS NOT JUST A SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY.

IT ALLOWS HUMANS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE AND WHEN SEALS SLEEP AND THEN PROTECT THEM FROM THE DISRUPTION OF SHIPS AT SEA.

>> I AM INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH COLLABORATORS WHO STUDY OTHER SPECIES TO HELP IDENTIFY WHERE THESE CRITICAL RESTING HABITATS ARE PEER >> WE HAVE ACTUALLY DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB PROTECTING ELEPHANT SEALS.

SHE SAYS IN THE LATE 19th CENTURY THERE WERE NO MORE THAN 25 ELEPHANT SEALS.

NOW, THERE ARE MORE THAN 200,000.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

>> WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOYED THIS LOOK THIS WEEK.

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