F0 >>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS LOOK.

THIS WEEK, I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

THIS WEEK THE CHALLENGE OF FINDING A NEW HOME HAVE FAMILIES WORRIED THEY MAY NOT HAVE A PLACE TO GO AS PRICES SURGE.

EXPANDING LOCAL STREETS.

THE CITY CLAIMS IT HAS A GRES SIV CLIMATE GOALS SO WHY IS MORE SPACE GIVEN TO CARS?

>> MEET THE LOCAL DIRECTOR WHO WENT FROM BEING A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER FROM BEG THE LATEST HERO BLOCKBUSTER.

>> SATURDAY MARKS 20 YEARS SINCE THE 9/11 ATTACKS.

THERE ARE COUNTLESS STORIES TO TELL OF THAT DAY INCLUDING TWO FIREFIGHTERS WHO ANSWERED THE CALL TO HELP.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CAROL BRINGS US THEIR STORY.

>> Reporter: THE IMAGES FROM THAT DAY ARE SEERED INTO OUR CONSCIOUSNESS, THE ATTACKS AT THE TWIN TOWERS, THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, A PLANE SLAMMING DIRECTLY INTO THE PENTAGON, A MOTHER MEANT FOR THE CAPITAL FORCED OFF COURSE BY A GROUP OF PASSENGERS AND GOING DOWN INTO A FIELD IN SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA BUT FOR SOME THE MEMORIES ARE MORE THAN IMAGES.

THEY SAW THE DEVASTATION FIRSTHAND ONCE THEY ARRIVED IN MANHATTAN TO HELP.

>> I WAS A MEMBER OF THE URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM.

>> I WAS ON THE URBAN SER P AND RESCUE TEAM.

>> JOHN WAD AND MATT NEILSON, BACK THEN SAN DIEGO FIREFIGHTERS.

WE INTERVIEWED CHIEF WOOD AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL STANDS TO THOSE WHO GAVE EVERYTHING ON THAT DAY.

THE TWIN TOWERS REPLICATED ALONG WITH A PIECE OF STEEL FROM THE REAL TOWERS.

>> CHIEF WOOD SHARED THESE PICTURES OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR HIM AND ALL THE RESCUE WORKERS AT GROUND ZERO.

DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK, THICK DUST AND SMOKE STILL HEAVY IN THE AIR.

>> THOSE OF US OF A CERTAIN AGE OR OLDER SHARE A CERTAIN EXPERIENCE.

WE KNOW WHERE WE WERE WHEN NEWS OF THE ATTACK CAME.

I WAS LIVING AND WORKING IN LOS ANGELES WHEN A FRIEND CALLED AND SAID IT IS ARMAGEDDON, MAYBE NOT BUT A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE FOR THE SAN DIEGO FIREFIGHTERS WHO WERE THERE THE NEXT DAY TO HELP.

>> I WAS AT MY HOME IN RANCHO AND HAVING TWO LITTLE BABIES AT HOME AND THEN MY WIFE AND EDUCATOR SHELBY WAS AT WORK.

I HAD LAID DOWN, BECAUSE I LEARNED TO SLEEP WHEN THE BABIES SLEEP AND SHE CALLED ME AND SAID PUT THE NEWS ON REAL QUICK.

>> BACK THEN THERE WAS NO CELL PHONE COVERAGE WHERE HE WAS RUNNING.

>> WHEN I GOT BACK IN THE CELL COVERAGE BECAUSE I WAS DOWN OF THE BEACHES WEST OF SUNSET CLIFFS AND I GOT BACK AND MY WIFE CALLED AND EXPLAINED TO ME WHAT WAS GOING ON.

I FINISHED MY JOG AND GOT BACK HOME AND I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS.

>> HE SAID WE HAVE AN EXPLOSION INSIDE.

>> Reporter: BUT THERE WAS LITTLE TIME TO WATCH THE NEWS.

WOOD SAID WITHIN A HALF-HOUR OF WATCHING IT UNFOLD ON TV, HE WAS PACKING HIS BAGS.

>> WE WERE PACKING UP AND GETTING READY TO GO GETTING DOWN TO OUR RESCUE WAREHOUSE AND GETTING READY TO TAKE 80 MEMBERS TO THERE AND BE READY WITHIN FOUR HOURS.

>> MATT NEILSON'S SPECIALTY BACK THEN AS TODAY WAS COMMUNICATIONS.

HE ARRIVED BEFORE HIS FELLOW SAN DIEGO YENS.

HE WAS THEIR HOURS LIGHTER, THAT FIRST EVENING OF 9/11.

THE JOB OF SETTING UP EQUIPMENT NEEDED SO PEOPLE COULD COMMUNICATE WAS URGENT.

>> I WAS ON AFFORD MISSION AND ON TOP OF THE WESTERN UNION BUILDING.

THE VERY FIRST NIGHT, THAT WAS LOOKING DIRECTLY INTO THE PILE.

AND I WAS CLIMBING UP ON SCAF FORMING AND INSTALLING ANTENNAS AND INSTALLING FOR A TASK FORCE.

>> HE SAID HE WAS AS PREPARED AS HE COULD BE FOR THE SITE HE WOULD SEE IN NEW YORKMENT THOUGH IT WAS A NIGHTMARE RISCH PLACE AT THAT TAME, HE IS THANKFUL HE WAS IN THAT PLACE AT THAT MOMENT.

>> EVERYBODY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING AND I WAS CONSIDERING MYSELF LUCKY BECAUSE I HAD A MISSION TO DO, OR I SHOULD SAY LOOKING BACK I WAS LUCKY BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING I COULD FOCUS ON.

>> Reporter: ONCE IT WAS COMPLETE, HE JOINED HIS FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS ON THE PILE.

THERE WERE SOME TRULY AWFUL MOMENTS.

>> WE COVERED A LOT OF BODY PARTS WHILE WE WERE THERE, AND THE BIGGEST THING IS THE SMELL, RATE?

A RIGHT.

WE'RE IN LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS BUT WE COULD SMELL SOMETHING AND WE BROUGHT THE DOGS IN.

PEOPLE LOSE SIGHT OF HOW IMPORTANT CLOSURE IS.

IF YOU EVER LOST SOMEBODY, YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

>> NOW 20 YEARS LATER, A GOOD PLACE TO GET A VISCERAL FEEL FOR WHAT HAPPENED IS HERE AT THE FIREFIGHTERS MUSEUM.

THE UNSPEAKABLE LOSS STILL DIFFICULT.

PREP O REPLICAS WITH THE NUMBERS 343 AT THE TOO, THE NUMBER OF NEW YORK FIREFIGHTERS LOST ON THAT DAY.

HERE ARE THEIR FACES.

OF COURSE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE DIED ON SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001.

MORE THAN 3,000.

AND THE MESSAGE FROM BACK THEN IS THE ONE HOMETOWN HEROES LIKE JOHN WOOD AND MATT MEAL SON STILL REMIND US OF TODAY, NEVER FORGET.

>> JOHN CAROL, KPBS NEWS.

>> THAT IS JUST ONE OF MANY SPECIAL REPORTS FROM KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK LEADING UP TO THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11.

WE HAD A SPECIAL FORUM ON THE END OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN HOSTED BY MILITARY REPORT TER STEVE WALSH AND YOU CAN FIND OUR CONTENT ONLINE AT KPBS.ORG.

>>> WITH STUDENTS BACK ON CAMPUS, A SCHOOL YARD FIGHT WENT VIRAL, MOSTLY FOR HOW IT WAS BROKEN UP.

KPBS EDGE KAYTION REPORTER HAS REACTION FROM CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS THAT SAID SCHOOL STAFF CROSSED A LINE.

>> Reporter: THE VIDEO HAS SPLATTERED ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA SINCE IT WAS CAPTURED AUGUST 31st IN THE OUTDOOR LUNCH COURT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE TWO STUDENTS IN A FIGHT.

WHAT IS NOT CLEAR IS WHY ONE OF THE WHITE CAMPUS SUPER VAY SOURCE ALLEGE DELAY ENDED UP ON THE GROUND RESTRAINING ONE OF THE YOUNG BLACK GIRLS WITH HIS KNEE.

>> PUT EGG HER STOMACH TO THE GROUND AND PUTTING HIS KNEE TO THE BACK OR NEAR THE BACK OF HER NECK.

WHERE DOES HE GET THE LOGIC THAT THAT KIND OF ACTION BETWEEN A SCHOOL SIGNS VISOR AND A CHILD IS OKAY?

>> SHANE HARRIS AND OTHERS ARE DEMANDING ANSWERS AND INFORMATION FROM THE GROSS MONTH UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SUPERINTENDENT TERESA KEMPER RELEASE ADD VIDEO RESPONSE ACKNOWLEDGING THE INCIDENT ON THE CAN PUS BUT WILL NOT SAY ANYMORE UNTIL AN IN ZERO GUYS IS COMPLETED.

>> WE KNOW THE FEMALE STUDENT INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT IS IN FOSTER CARE.

WHY ALSO KNOW SHE HAS NOT RETURNED TO SCHOOL, BUT BECAUSE OF CONFIDENTIALITY AND OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HER IS BEING KEPT PRIVATE.

>> HER PARENTS ARE AT THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THEY ARE ENTRUSTED WITH THE YOUNG LADY'S SAFETY.

THOUGHT IS WHO SHOULD BE TALKING RIGHT NOW.

OTHER CHAIRMAN NATHAN FLETCHER KNOWS WHERE THE BUCK STOPS WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAFETY OF FOSTER CHILDREN.

THE COUNTY HAS ALMOST 2100 CHILDREN IN THE O IN ITS CARE RIGHT NOW.

>> FOLKS INVOLVED IN ANY SECURITY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT SITUATION HAVE NOT LEARNED BY NOW, YOU OUGHT NEVER PUT YOUR KNEE ON SOMEONE'S HEAD OR NECK, THAT IS A PROBLEM.

WE'LL LOOK INTO THIS VIGOROUSLY AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

>> THEY WILL MEET WITH THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT BY THE END OF THE WEEK WHILE THE CAMPUS SUPERVISOR INVOLVED REMAINS ON PAID LEAVE.

>> KPBS NEWS.

>> A THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC MIGHT NOT BE OVER, BUT THE COUNTY'S TOUGH EVICTION PROTECTION IS GONE.

SOME RENTERS ARE ALREADY BEING TOLD TO START PACKING BY THEIR LANDLORDS.

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR MET SOME BEING PUSHED OUT ARISE THIS.

>> THEY ARE PACK UP EVERYTHING THEY OWN.

>> IT IS ALL PACKED UP TO LEAVE.

I STILL HAVE CLOTHES IN THE CLOSETS SO WE HAVE TO GET MORE BOXES TO PUT OUR THINGS IN, BUT THAT IS ABOUT IT.

THAT IS ALL WE HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE THEY TOLD US WE HAVE TO MOVE.

>> Reporter: LAST MONTH, THEIR NEW LAND LORD SAID THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR AMENDMENT.

APARTMENT.

IT WAS JUST THEM.

THEY AND THEIR NEIGHBORS MOST OF WHOM ARE IMMIGRANTS OR CITIZENS ON FIXED INCOMES TAKES WERE TOLD THEY HAD TO REMODEL THE APARTMENTS.

>> THEY CAN'T SAY EVICT BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN SAW.

SO WHAT THEY ARE DOING, THEY ARE OH, WELL, LET'S REMODEL.

LET'S REMODEL AND GET THESE PEOPLE OUT AND RAISE THE RENT.

>> Reporter: UP INTIM MID AUGUST, THEY HAD A BAN THAT PROHIBITED LANDLORDS FROM PUSHING PEOPLE OUT FOR REASONS LIKE REMODELING BUT THAT EXPIRED AND THE PROTECTIONS DON'T GO AS FAR.

HOUSTON CURRENTLY PAYS $1,100 A MONTH AND CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THE $1,550 IT WILL COST AFTER RENOVATIONS.

IT IS PERFECTLY LEGAL.

A LANDLORD AND THE SAN DIEGO INCOME PROPERTY BROKERAGE FIRM.

>> FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS, THE TEXTBOOK SOLUTION WAS BUY THE BIDDING WITH RATE THINGS WRONG WITH IT.

WHAT ARE THE RIGHT THING?

WELL IF IT HAS UGLY PAINT, LOUSY MANAGEMENT, POOR LANDSCAPING.

THAT IS THE RIGHT THING WRONG WITH IT.

YOU FIX THAT AND YOU CAN RENT IT FOR MORE.

>> BUT HE SAID NOW THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.

AFTER 30 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS HE HAS NEVER SEEN SUCH A HIGH DEPLANNED FOR APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND THAT RENTS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE.

>> THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE IN CALIFORNIA, NOT EVERYBODY CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN PARRA DAYS.

>> IN CHULA VISTA, MORE RESIDENTS ARE BEING PUSHED OUT.

A STUDENT AND HIS MOTHER HAVE LIVED IN THEIR APARTMENT FOR 12 YEARS.

>> I WAS BORN IN THIS HOSPITAL RIGHT NEXT TO OUR HOUSE.

I ATTENDED THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RATE IN FRONT OF OUR DOOR.

ALIKE THE HOUSTON'S AND ALKA HONE, THEIR APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS SOLD TO A NEW OWNER AND THEY WERE ASKED TO LEAVE.

THEY TOOK DOWN THE DOOR NUMBERS, DOORBELLS AND ROUTINELY TURNS OFF THEIR WATER WITHOUT PROPER WARNING.

>> WE REACHED OUT, BUT THEY REFUSE TODAY COMMENT.

HE IS WORRIED ABOUT THE TOLL IT IS TAKING ON HIS PARENTS.

>> MY MOM ACTUALLY GOT SICK.

SHE GOT SHINGLES BECAUSE OF THE STRESS.

THAT IS REALLY WHAT WORRIES ME THE MOST.

>> THEY DON'T WANT TO GO AWAY QUIETLY.

NEIGH JOINED ACE AND ARE DEMANDING STRONGER TENANT PROTECTIONS.

>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >> HE WANTS PEOPLE TO JOIN TOGETHER.

>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] >> SHE SAYS HELP IS OUT THERE AND IT IS VITAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS RELY ON EACH OTHER DURING THESE HARD TIMES BECAUSE UNITED THEY ARE STRONG.

THEY ARE STILL PACKING UP TO LEAVE.

VANESSA IS HER PRIMARY CARE TAKER AND HER FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT CHECK ENDED LAST WEEK.

A WE'RE A PAYING OUR BILLS ON TIME, BUT NOW WE HAVE TO LEAVE AND I DON'T NOR WHERE TO GO.

>> THEY COULD END UP WITH NOPLACE TO LIVE.

WITH THE LAST OF THE PROTECTIONS SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE MONTH, THE HOUSTONS COULD BE THE FIRST OF MANY DISPLACEMENTS ON THE HORIZON.

>>> AND >>> AND THAT STORY THAT STORY WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST.

>> IT IS PART OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PUSH TO LOWER THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 AMONG THE UNVACCINATED.

A GRIM MILESTONE HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

SCRIPTS HEALTH, ONE OF OUR LARGEST HEALTHCARE PROVIDER HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF SINGLE DAY DEATHS THIS WEEK.

SAN DIEGO WANTS SAFER STREETS BUT IT KEEPS WIDENING SOME BUSIEST ROADS.

HERE IS THIS STORY FROM KPBS METRO REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN.

>> IT IS A SUNNY AFTER NONE AND CROWDS OF HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE HANGING OUT AT FAIR AT 44, A BRIGHTLY DECORATED PLAZA.

>> Reporter: IN THE CORNER SITS THE FOOD TRUCK.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] IT IS PUERTO RICO CAN AND PLAN TEEN.

>> IT IS TWO FRIED PLANTAINS, LETTUCE, TOMATO AND MAYO AND YOUR CHOICE.

>> SOMETIMES SHE FEARS FOR HER CUSTOMERS' SAFETY WHOLE THEY SIT AND ENJOY THEIR FOOD.

CARS ZOOM BY ONE OF THE DEADLIEST STREETS.

DRIVERS OFTEN SPEED AND RUN RED LIGHTS.

SHE HAS SEEN SOME HORRIFIC CRASHES AND ONE OVE THEM -- >> THE CAR WAS TOTALLY FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN.

MY HUSBAND HAD TO PULL THE PASSENGERS OUT OF THE VEHICLE.

THERE WAS ANOTHER ACCIDENT THAT A CAR HIT ANOTHER CAR AND IT ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE IN THE MEDIAN AND THE DRIVER WAS' JEKED THROUGH THE PASSENGER DOOR.

>> GIVEN HOW DANGEROUS THE BOULEVARD IS SHE WAS SHOCKED WHEN SHE LEARNED THE CITY IS PLANNING ON WIDENING IT FURTHER.

IT WANTS TO SHRINK THE SIZE OF THE PLAZA AND ADD A NEW RIGHT- TURN LANE FOR MOTORISTS.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE CRAZY AND ADD TO THE CHAOS THAT IS HERE.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE FORCING THE DEVELOPER OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT TO PAY FOR THE WADE DENG A NOT EXAMPLE HOW KARSEN TRICK PLANNING HAS CONTINUED IN SAN DIEGO DESPITE PLEDGES FROM CITY LEADERS TO MAKE STREETS SAFER AND MORE PEDESTRIAN, BAKE AND TRANSIENTS ORIENTED.

THERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE IN BAY PARK.

>> ONE THING YOU NOTICE WHEN YOU WALK ALONG THE BOULEVARD IS THAT THE SIDEWALKS ARE NOT ACTUALLY COMPLETE.

>> Reporter: WHITNEY LIVES NEAR THE TROLLEY STATION AND THAT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH WAYS FOR THEM TO ACCESS THE STATION, SO SHE IS ORGANIZING THEM TO ACT BETTER.

>> IF YOU WALK THIS ROAD, THERE IS LITERALLY NO ACCESS IF YOU'RE NOT IN A CARE.

IT IS VERY DANGEROUS.

AND IT IS NOT GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE TROLLEY STATION, THE BOULEVARD WAS NARROWED FROM FOUR LANES TO TWO.

SHE SAID SHE LIKED IT BETTER THAT WAY.

>> TRAFFIC GOT A LITTLE CONGESTED FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND THEN IT WAS PRETTY SMOOTH SAILING BUT THE TRAFFIC WAS MUCH SLOWER.

YOU WOULDN'T GO ABOVE 35 ON THIS ROAD WHEN IT WAS ONE LANE EACH WAY.

>> BUT WHEN CONSTRUCTION ENDED, THE ROAD WAS WIDENED AGAIN.

NOW THEY TREAT IT LIKE A FREEWAY.

>> Reporter: ADDING AN EXTRA LANE IS OFTENTIMES, THE FIRST INSTINCT OF A TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

>> COLIN PARENT IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE THINK TANK CIRCULATE SAN DIEGO.

HE SAID THE NEW GOALS SET OUT IN THE ACTION PLAN SHOULD HAVE CHANGED THIS DRIVING FIRST MINDSET BUT JUST MAKING A PLAN ISN'T ENOUGH.

>> THEY ARE NOT SELF EXECUTING POLICIES.

THE CITY HAS TO HAVE OR ANY CITY HAS TO HAVE IMPLEMENTING POLICIES REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VALUES IN THOSE LARGER DOCUMENTS SO FOR STREETS THAT'S THINGS LIKE COMPLETE STREETS PLAN, OR THE ROAD DESIGN MANUALS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS AND A LOT OF CITIES INCLUDING SAN DIEGO HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP TO THE VALUE STATEMENTS THAT THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE SIGNED ON TO.

>> BACK AT THE FOOD TRUCK, THE CONSTRUCTION TO FURTHER WIDEN THE ROAD HASN'T STARTED YET.

IT IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONTH.

>> IT IS SOMETHING WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO REVERSE IN THE FUTURE AND I THINK THE TRAFFIC IS SO BAD RIGHT NOW.

WE NEED TO BE THINKING MORE HOW WE CAN REDUCE THE TRAFFIC AND REDUCE THE SPEED OF THE CARS.

I THINK ADDING A LINE ISN'T GOING TO DO THAT.

ADDING A LINE IS GOING TO ADD MORE TRAFFIC, MORE CARS, MORE ACCIDENTS.

OTHER MAYOR HAS NOT SAID IF HE WILL STOP THE WIDENING BUT THEY GOT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT.

LIKE OTHER ISSUES WE HAVE INHERITED FROM THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION, THE CITY NEEDS TO LOOK BACK AND MAKE SURE ITS CONSISTENT WITH MAYOR GLORIA'S GOALS.

>> >> IT WAS A SHORT WORKWEEK THANKS TO THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY.

LOCAL WORKERS DEMARIOED ESSENTIAL USED THE DAY TO RALLY AND SAY THEIR NEEDS ARE NOT BEING MET.

HERE IS THE STORY.

>> WE ARE THE UNION.

MIGHTY UNION.

>> IT IS A FIGHT FOR PROVIDING FOR OUR FAMILY.

>> Reporter: WORKERS HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONTLINES DELIVERING COVID VACCINATIONS AND TESTING AND THEY WANT CVS TO COME MEN SAY THE THEM.

WE HAVE HAD 27 SECTIONS AND WE'RE NOT DONE.

WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THEM?

>> HE IS WITH LOCAL 135 REPRESENTING 13,000 SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL WORKERS.

HE SAID CVS NEEDS TO STEP UP.

>> THIS IS THE AGE O WORKER RIGHT NOW.

THEY ARE BEING REWARDED FOR THE HARD WORK THEY DO.

CVS FOR A COMPANY THAT IS UNION, THEY ARE THE MOST ANTI- UNION.

THEY PUT UP SUCH A FIGHT OVER THIS CONTRACT.

I'M SURPRISED WE HAD TO BE HERE DOING THIS.

>> I JUST FINISHED DOING TWO DOUBLE SHIFTS AND IT IS BECAUSE NO ONE IS OUT THERE TO WORK, BUT WE HAVE TO BOW THERE, BECAUSE WE'RE HEALTHCARE.

>> THEY ARE HOPING THE COMPANY WILL MAKE ITS HEALTH-CARE PLAN MORE AFFORDABLE.

>> THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE US A PAY RAISE.

THEY ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD AND WON'T GIVE US AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE AND WON'T HELP US ON THE STAFFING ISSUES.

SO WE'RE SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

WE'RE GOING TO START TAKING THIS TO THE PUBLIC.

>> IN A STATEMENT, THEY SAID THEY HAVE HAD ALONG RELATIONSHIP WITH 135 AND HOPING TO FINALIZE A NEW AGREEMENT SOON.

>> WHILE SOME WORKERS ARE RALLYING FOR BETTER PAY, SOME BUSINESSES ARE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING PEOPLE TO HIRE.

>> THIS IS NO GOOD.

JUST LABOR IS THE MAIN THING WE'RE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: THE MANAGER OF TACO KING IS HOPING WITH FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE THEY WILL HOPE TO GET SOME MORE PEOPLE WORKING.

>> THIS OURS DAY, THIS IS LABOR DAY.

THIS IS A DAY FOR UNION AND A DAY FOR WORKERS.

>> SOME ARGUE LABOR SHORTAGES ARE, BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE IS OFFERING A LIVABLE WAGE.

>> GIVE THEM WHAT THEY ARE WORTH AND GET HEALTHCARE.

>> WHILE PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ARE GOING AWAY, $600 STATE STIMULUS CHECKS ARE GOING TO THEM.

KPBS NEWS.

>> THE TOP MOVIE IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW IS A SUPERHERO FILM BROUGHT TO THE BIG SCREEN BY AN SDS U.S. GRAD.

MARVEL'S CHUNG CHI AND LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS.

>>> IN 2002 I SHOWED THE FIRST STUDENTS FILM.

LONG BRANCH.

AND THEN WATCHED HIS TALENT MATURE WITH OTHERS.

WITH EACH FILM HE TRIED SOMETHING NEW AND DISMAYED EMPATHY FOR CHARACTERS AS THEY STRUGGLED TO FIND CONNECTIONS AND A PLACE IN THE WORLD.

NOW HE HAS DIRECTED THIS AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS AND HE HAS CHALLENGED HIMSELF TO MAKE A SUPERHERO FILM WITH THE KIND OF CHARACTERS HE DIDN'T SEE WHEN HE WAS YOUNG.

>> THERE WASN'T A LOT OF JUST ASIAN A MIKE CAN REPRESENTATION THAT FELT LIKE MY FRIENDS, THAT FELT LIKE ME.

SO WE WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE THAT TO THE EMCEE AND HAVE A CHARACTER OR OUR CHUNG CHI TO REALLY FEEL LIKE ME AND MY FRIENDS AND BE RELATABLE TO ANYBODY WHO IS AMERICAN WHETHER YOU'RE ASIAN-AMERICAN OR WHATEVER ETHNICITY YOU ARE.

>> YOU HAVE THE WRONG GO.

DOES HE LOOK LIKE HE CAN FIGHT?

COME ON, BRO.

>> LIKE YOU AND ME, BUT WITH A LITTLE EXTRA.

>> WHEN YOU WANT THAT AT THE THEATER AND I HOPE WHETHER CONSCIOUSLY OR SUBCONSCIOUSLY YOU WILL BE MUCH LESS LIKELY TO SAY, ALL ASIANS ARE THE SAME.

>> BUT DELIVERING THE FIRST ASIAN SUPERHERO IN THE MARVEL SIN MATIC UNIVERSE CAME WITH A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE NATIVE.

>> I HAVE GONE THROUGH MY PROCESS OF REALLY STRESSING OUT ABOUT THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND CARRYING THE WEIGHT A LITTLE TOO MUCH TO WHERE I WAS STRESSED ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK THAT AMOUNT OF STRESS WAS HELPFUL TO GET THIS STORY TO THE PLACE WHERE IT IS, WHERE I FEEL VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT INTO THE WORLD.

0 PART OF THE CHALLENGE INVOLVED HOW TO SHOW HIS FATHER.

>> WE WERE UP AGAINST A LOT WITH THIS CHARACTER BECAUSE HE IN THE COMICS, THERE IS A LOT OF BAGGAGE AROUND HIM.

INITIALLY IT WAS IN A LOT OF WAYS THE E PIT NEY OF AN ASIAN STEREOTYPE.

>> HE BROKE IT BY CASTING TONY LOW ON.

>> I SAID TONY LEON IS THE TYPE OF ACTOR WE NEED TO GET FOR THIS ROLE, DEFINED WHAT'S THAT CHARACTER NEEDED TO BE EVEN THOUGH HE IS TECHNICALLY THE VILLAIN OF OUR MOVIE AND HE DOES DO SOME VERY BAD THINGS.

THE ROOT OF THOSE BAD THINGS IS LOVE.

IT IS MISGUIDED LOVE.

IT IS THE PAIN THAT COMES FROM LOSING SOMEBODY THAT YOU LOVE.

OTHER RESULT IS A MORE SYMPATHETIC AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL CHARACTER.

IN ADDITION, THE FILM GIVES US A LOT TO CELEBRATE TO SPECTACULAR ACTION TO GORGEOUS PRODUCTION VALUES.

SO GO OUT AND SUPPORT NOT JUST A SAN DIEGO FILMMAKER'S SUCCESS STORY BUT A STEP FORWARD FOR ASIANS ON SCREEN AND BEHIND THE CAMERAM AND HERE IS A BIT OF TRIVIA.

IF YOU HAD A WEDDING VIDEO, HE MIGHT HAVE MADE IT.

>> I DID WEDDING VIDEOS TO PAY THE BILLS.

>>> WE END THE SHOW WITH THE LATEST FROM THE KPBS SUMMER MUSIC SERIES.

A GROUP EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF OUR DIVERSE BORDER REGION, ONE OF THE MANY LOCAL ACTS YOU CAN STREAM ON THE YOUTUBE PAGE AND FOR ALL OF US HERE FROM KPBS, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

♪ [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] ♪ >> MY NAME IS CARLOS.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] WE GOT LUKE, BRUCE, AND D.J.

UNITE, TRIBE OF KINGS, FIRST POWER CRUISE.

♪ [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] ♪ >> OUR COUPLE BOO-YA AS CARLOS SAYS IN ONE OF THE FIRST SINGLES, WE USE A LOT OF THE MUSIC THAT INFLUENCES US ESPECIALLY WHERE WE HAVE GROWN UP IN OUR CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND A LOT OF THOSE MESH TOGETHER TO CREATE A CALM BOO-YA VIBE WITH ALL SORTS OF THE EXTRA SEASONINGS ON TOP OP IT.

THE VIBE IS SOMETHING WE'RE DRAWN TO, BECAUSE OF THE INFECTIOUS RHYTHMS AND THE DANCE ABILITY OF IT AND THE WAY THAT IT JUST MAKES PEOPLE FEEL GOOD BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE WANT OUR MUSIC TO DO.

WE WANT YOU TO FEEL GOOD WHEN YOU HEAR THE RHYTHMS AND LYRICS AND WE WANT YOU TO HAVE A POSITIVE FEELING FROM THEM.

FORS ♪ ♪ ♪ >> WE WERE PLAYING IN PLACES LIKE LOGAN HEIGHTS BEFORE IT HAD ITS FULL RENAISSANCE AND WE WERE SETTING UP IN PLACES BACKYARD PARTY STYLE, THINGS OUT THERE, BEFORE THERE WAS A TOTAL RESURGENCE IN MORGAN HEIGHTS.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PLAY AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF