
KPBS News This Week – Friday, September 24, 2021
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The director of the Centers for Disease Control okays COVID boosters for high-risk groups.
The director of the Centers for Disease Control says it's a good idea for certain high-risk groups to get an extra dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Plus, tens of thousands of college students are back on UC San Diego campus after a year-and-a-half of remote learning. And, KPBS Arts reporter Beth Accomando shows us what comic books can teach us about critical thinking alongside SDSU students.
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KPBS News This Week – Friday, September 24, 2021
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The director of the Centers for Disease Control says it's a good idea for certain high-risk groups to get an extra dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Plus, tens of thousands of college students are back on UC San Diego campus after a year-and-a-half of remote learning. And, KPBS Arts reporter Beth Accomando shows us what comic books can teach us about critical thinking alongside SDSU students.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> AGAIN FOR JOINING US FOR THIS LOOK AT THE BEST ORIGINAL REPORTING FROM KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK I AM JOHN CARROLL THAT COMING UP MIGHT BE OVER BY THE HEAT IS STILL INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER CLEAR LOOKS INTO WHY IT MIGHT BE HARDER TO FIND A PUBLIC POOL TO COOL OFF IN THIS WEEKEND.
>>> A SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO.
ANDERSON EXPLAINS HOW A NEW EGYPTIAN VULTURE IS A MILESTONE FOR CONSERVATION EFFORTS BASED ON CHIP INSIDE SAN DIEGO'S BREW KAYAK.
NEEDS THE WOMAN WHO IS DOCUMENTING SAN DIEGO'S CRAP YOU'RE SEEING.
WE START WITH KRISTEN NICOLE IN 19 PANDEMIC.
THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL SAYS IT IS A GOOD IDEA FOR CERTAIN HIGH RISK GROUPS TO GET THAT EXTRA DOSE OF THE VACCINE THAT INCLUDES THOSE WHO WORK IN HEALTHCARE, CAREGIVERS AND THOSE WHO ARE WORKING IN A HOMELESS SHELTER OR IMPRISONED BOOSTER SHOTS ARE FOR THOSE WHO RECEIVE THEIR INITIAL SHOCK AT LEAST SIX MONTHS AGO.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE BACK ON CAMPUS AT UC AFTER A YEAR AND ABOUT LEARNING .
KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER EDDIE PEREZ WAS THERE ON DAY THOUSANDS WHEN COVID IS STILL VERY MUCH A CONCERN.
>> Reporter: IN THE CM STUDENTS FLOODING BACK CAMPUS THERE ARE CLEAR SIGNS EVERYWHERE COVID 19 IS STILL WITH US THIS FALL MASKS AND MANDATES ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT STUDY AND GRADE POINT AVERAGE .
18-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN IS A FRESHMAN MOVING INTO THE DORMS WITH HELP FROM HIS MOTHER AND FATHER.
THEY ARE ABLY VACCINATED FAMILY WHO TRAVELED HERE FROM THEIR HOME IN THE BAY AREA.
TO BE LEARNING IN PERSON AND GETTING THE EXPERIENCE I DID NOT HIGH SCHOOL.
JUSTIN IS MORE THAN 32,000 AND SEMESTER.
THEY ARE ALL REQUIRED TO BE VACCINATED.
THE UNIVERSITY IS ALSO MOVING SOME CLASSES OUTDOORS.
TESTING WITH ONE FOUR: AND MASKS ARE NOT NEGOTIABLE WITH YOU SOME COVER TO JUSTIN'S MOTHER IS THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY WORRIED ABOUT, ABOUT AND FRIENDS U.S. CV HAS TAKEN THE LEAD SINCE THE INITIAL SHUTDOWN THAT LEADERSHIP CONTINUES THIS FALL EVEN VACCINATED STUDENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE A IS A WAY FOR THE FIRST MONTH OF CLASSES VACCINATED WILL BE TESTED PRICING WEEK >> I AM CONFIDENT BECAUSE WE ARE A COMMUNITY THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF AND THAT THE BASED ON WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE SAME .
THERE IS A COMMUNITY WHERE HE WILL STUDY CHEMICAL ENGINEERING IS MODERATELY AND WITH JUST ALWAYS MAKE THE DECISION, BE SMART AND WE ARE ALWAYS HERE FOR HIM.
>> Reporter: REASSURING WORDS IN A CHALLENGING TIME OF UNCERTAINTY.
AND YOU PROGRESSED, KPBS NEWS.
THAT IS ONE OF SEVERAL PANDEMIC STORIES THIS WEEK.
YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR REPORTS AND A REPORT ON LOCAL SEAT LOCATIONS ON THE TRACK EQUIPMENT 19 PAGE KPBS.ORG JUST CLICK THE LINK ON OUR HOMEPAGE.
>>> SAN DIEGO STATE STUDENTS ARE ALSO BACK ON CAMPUS PICKS ARE EXPANDING THEIR MINDS WITH THE STYLE OF LITERATURE OFTEN USED FOR HIGHER LEARNING KPBS REPORTER BETH SHOWS US WHAT COMIC BOOKS CAN TEACH US ABOUT CRITICAL THINKING.
>> Reporter: HOW DOES A PROFESSOR GET STUDENTS TO SIGN UP FOR A CLASS WITH NO TITLE ENGLISH 157?
CHANGED NAME.
>> I CALL PSYCHEDELIC MIRRORS.
THEY SAY THAT HUMANITY SARA DIAMOND IS JUST NOT TRUE.
YOU JUST HAVE NOT MARKETED THEM IN THE RIGHT WAY >> Reporter: HE IS A PROFESSOR AT ENGLISH AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AT SAN DIEGO'S UNIVERSITY AND HIS MARKETING WORK IN MOVIES WAS SOME THING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
IT WAS LIKE IS LOOKING INTO'S OFFICE, LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF SO POSSIBLY BE OUT PSYCHEDELIC JUST A VERY, VERY STRANGE, VERY UNIQUE NAME FOR A?
>> COURSE LISTING HISTORY AND, EXPECT THE HISTORY OF THE CLASSES ON THE HUMAN SITE AND HOW A GROUP OF BRILLIANT ARTISTS LIKE ROBERT CROWN AND DAN KRAUSE, HOW THEY DEPICT THE INTRICACIES OF THE HUMAN MIND BUT IN COMIC BOOKS.
>> A COURSE IN COMIC BOOKS MIGHT MAKE SOME TAXPAYERS THINK THEIR MONEY IS BEING WASTED.
BEING BUT IT IS NOT >> COMMENTS MAY NOT SEEM AS IMPORTANT AS OTHER ACADEMIC PROGRAMS BUT I FEEL LIKE COMICS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY INTERACTIVE AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE MORE VISUAL LEARNERS OR SOMETHING BUSY, AND ALSO GET EDUCATIONAL AND THEY COULD ALSO SEE A LOT OF INFORMATION OTHER THAN, IT IS CRITICAL THINKING.
I THINK IT IS ANALYZING TEXT WHAT MIGHT JUST OVERLOOK SOMETHING CARTOONS.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT ALWAYS SAY FOR YOURSELF AND CRITICAL PATIENT AS WELL FAKE NEWS AT TICK-TOCK IN INSTAGRAM KIND OF STRIP PEOPLE OF RECENTLY IS THE ABILITY TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES.
THAT WOMAN BE A METAPHOR FOR HIS FAMILY OR FRIENDS?
>> Reporter: AND FOR THIS CLASS TO BE CRITICALLY ABOUT HOW IMAGES CAN AFFECT?
NO ROBERT CROWN IS A GREAT PLACE TO SHOW US WHERE RACISM GROWS GROSSER ENTERTAINMENT WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS TO YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE STREETS OF PRAGUE WATCHING AN EARLY FORM OF A MOTION PICTURE.
TODAY I WAS LIKE SITTING HOW AN UNDERGROUND CARTOONIST IN EARLY FORM OF MOTION PICTURES TO SHOW HOW SUSCEPTIBLE PEOPLE ARE TO BE RACIST EGGS.
WE SEE IN THE MOVIES WHERE GOING TO BELIEVE IT IF WE HEAR THAT YOU BECOME A LEADER WITH THE INTERNET WE ARE GOING TO BELIEVE IT HE CHALLENGED US TO DEEPLY UNDERSTAND IMAGES THAT IT WAS MY WAS ASKED TO TEACH A CLASS ABOUT COMMENTS.
>> THE WORLD IS AWASH WITH INFORMATION, THIS INFORMATION AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MESSAGES TO THE IMAGE BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND THE LOCATIONS ARE OF THE IMAGE ITSELF AND THE DEEPLY THROUGH OKAY I AM CONSUMING THIS IMAGE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR MY THOUGHTS, 70 WERE MY ACTIONS?
EACH ONE OF US WILL BE CONFRONTED BY AMBIGUITIES EVERY DAY.
>> Reporter: UNAPOLOGETIC TRIO CITY PICKED BE BACK IF ANYTHING MR.
PREPARE ASSESSMENT OR FOR LIFE THAT A COURSE IN BOTANY >> INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIND A SPECIFIC ANSWER YOU ARE JUST BROADENING YOUR OWN WORLD PERSPECTIVE CONCEPTS AND IDEAS YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY BECOME A MORE MATURE PERSON SO NOT NECESSARY AS MUCH ABOUT FINDING A SPECIFIC ANSWER ABOUT MAYBE BECOMING SOMEONE WHO IS MORE OPEN-MINDED AND OVERALL WELL- ROUNDED .
>> Reporter: THAT'S WHY WE NEED CLASSES LIKE PSYCHEDELIC MIRRORS.
LITERATURE IS ONE OF THE LAST PLACES IN THE UNIVERSITY FOR OPEN DIALOGUE BY CONFLICT.
AWFUL CONFLICT, DISAGREEMENT, WE HAVE NEVER MORE OF A NEED FOR OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE THE CRITICAL CAPACITY TO EVALUATE INFORMATION .
THAT MONDO, KPBS NEWSPRINT STRATA FOR FAMILIES OF CRITICAL LOVE AND WENT TO THE CITY'S 13 POOLS THEY ARE PROBABLY OUT OF LUCK .HAS FOUND THE CITY HAS DRASTICALLY CUT BACK IN THE POOL HOURS SINCE 2019.
>> Reporter: SHARON REESER AND HER THREE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER ARE PRACTICING THEIR SWIMMING AT A PUBLIC POOL.
IN HIS PAST 5:00 ON A FRIDAY AND CLAIRE'S LIPS ARE TURNING A LITTLE BLUE BRICK IS LATE IN THE DAY FOR SWIMMING BUT THEY ARE FEEDING IT IN WHEN THEY CAN .
THAT IS BECAUSE THIS POOL IS NOT OPEN ON WEEKENDS.
>> SUNDAY SWIMMING WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT WITH SCHEDULES TO MAKE IT TO SWIM SESSIONS THAT ARE DURING THEIR DAY.
>> Reporter: DURING THE DAY THERE ARE HARDLY ANY WEEKEND POOL HOURS WHERE KIDS CAN'T SWIM AND THAT IS A BIG CUT BACK FROM PREVIOUS YEAR SAN DIEGO HAS 13 PUBLIC POOL IN 2019 ALL BUT ONE OF THEM HAD RECREATIONAL SWIM HOURS.
TOTAL ACROSS ALL SEPALS THERE WERE 30 HOURS WHEN KIDS COULD SWIM ON THE WEEKENDS.
POOLS WERE MOSTLY CLOSED LAST SUMMER DUE TO COVID.
NOW, THIS SEPTEMBER, THERE ARE JUST THREE POOLS WITH RECREATIONAL SWIM HOURS TO CLAIRE ABOUT, AND SAN TO CITO.
HE'S POOL IS OPEN TO AN A HALF TO FIVE HOURS TOTAL EACH WEEKEND.
HE IS PLANNING TO GO TO APPLE ON SENATOR GRAY I THOUGHT AS I WAS PULLING OUT A PSYCHOLOGIST THAT IS OPEN.
>> Reporter: SCOTT RECENTLY BROUGHT HIS SON TO A POOL ON SATURDAY.
THE WEBSITE SAID IT WAS OPEN BUT IT WAS NOT THERE IS A LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION WITH IT NOT BEING OPEN .
BUT MORE SO THERE'S A FRUSTRATION AROUND THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION.
>> Reporter: THE POOL HAS SWITCHED FROM SOMEWHERE HOURS TO FALL HOURS.
MANY OF THE CITY'S PUBLIC POOLS AND IN THEIR WEEKEND HOURS AFTER LABOR DAY DESPITE THE FACT THAT SEPTEMBER IS USUALLY ONE OF THE HOTTEST BUTTS IN SAN DIEGO WITH HIRES AVERAGE TEMPERATURES VENTURED IN PREVIOUS YEARS CITY FOOLS OPEN ON WEEKENDS IN SEPTEMBER IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN TO BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE IN THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSOR AT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY.
HE SAYS CHILDREN OF COLOR AND CHILDREN IN LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS ARE LESS LIKELY TO KNOW HOW TO SWIM AND LESS LIKELY TO BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE OVERALL .
>> IT IS AN UNFORTUNATE SCENARIO DEPENDING ON WHERE YOUR CHILD WILL DETERMINE IF THEY HAVE ACCESS TO MOBILE ACCESS TO SPORT HE SAYS EXERCISE HELPS KIDS PHYSICALLY AND ALSO THEIR PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL AND CITY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THE FACILITIES TO THEIR RESIDENCE.
>> ARE RESPONSIBLE TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND TO LOOK AT ALSO EQUITY PRINT >> Reporter: A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CITY WHEN A DOCUMENT INTERVIEW ABOUT THE CHANGE IN POOL HOURS BUT HE SENT AN EMAIL SAYING THAT CHANGES BECAUSE THE CITY IS SHORTSTAFFED.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A NATIONWIDE ISSUE, NOT ONLY POOLS AND LIFEGUARDS BUT WITH MANY BUSINESSES THAT UTILIZE YOUNG WORKERS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THEIR CUSTOMERS HE SAID.
THE REALITY IS WITHOUT STAFF TO PROVIDE PROGRAMMING AND POOL GUARD DUTIES IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO KEEP THE FACILITY AS OPEN AS LONG AS WE WOULD LIKE AND PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC.
THE CITY PAYS POOL LIFEGUARDS $15-$17 AN HOUR TO STEP WEEKEND POOLS AT PREVIOUS LEVELS WOULD COST LESS THAN $10,000 A YEAR ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT CITY BUDGET.
SHARON REESER IS ALSO THINKING ABOUT COST.
SINCE SHE CANNOT GO TO HER LOCAL CITY POOL ON THE WEEKENDS SHE IS LEFT WITH BUYING DAY PASSES AT PRIVATE POOLS WHICH CAN COST $60 FOR HER FAMILY OF FOUR OR JOINING THE YMCA .
THE CITY POOLS, THEY ARE FINE, THEY GOT GREAT FACILITIES.
TO HER DAUGHTER WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO USE THE SPLASH PAD THE POOL BUT IS ONLY OPEN A FEW DAYS A WEEK FROM NOON UNTIL 3:00 WHEN HER DAUGHTER IS IN SCHOOL.
CLAIRE TRAGESER, KPBS NEWSPRINT STRATA SCIENCES DRIVING THE NEWS MOST POPULAR WITH OUR READERS ON THE WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG .
SOME OF THE MOST READ STORIES INCLUDE CALIFORNIA REACHING THE LOWEST COMMON 19 TRANSMISSION AND ALSO SAN DIEGO'S EARTHQUAKE PRONE AREAS, NEWLY RELEASED MAP WILL HELP US MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS ON WHERE REVEALED AND THE SAN DIEGO ZOO HAS DONE SOMETHING NO OTHER NORTH AMERICANS WHO HAS MANAGED TO DO.
ERIC ANDERSON SHOWS US HOW ZOOKEEPERS BASEMENT ENDANGERED EGYPTIAN VULTURE.
>> Reporter: CASEY WATTS BETWEEN THE LARGE WIRED INCLUSIONS IN A QUIET AREA ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE SAN DIEGO ZOO SAFARI PARK >> HEY GUYS, GOOD MORNING.
>> THIS OFF THE EXHIBIT AREA IS HOME TO A PAIR OF STRIKING WHITE VULTURE THE MAIL WITH FLUFFY WHITE PLUMAGE SITS ON PERCH BRING THE FEMALE ON THE GROUND BUT AT A DISTANCE.
THEY ARE SPECIAL FOLDERS.
THEY ARE VERY SMART BIRDS.
THEY USE ROCKS TO BREAK OPEN OSTRICH AND THEY TAKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTS THAT LARGER BIRDS CANNOT GET INTO.
THEY PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE ECOSYSTEM .
>> Reporter: INTERACTION LIKE THIS IS LIMITED BECAUSE THEY WANT THE BIRDS TO KEEP THEIR HEALTHY DISTRUST OF PEOPLE.
MUCH OF THE MONITORING HABITS INSIDE PATIENT OUT OF THE BURNSIDE THIS ACCOUNT WITH VIDEO SCREENS THAT MONITOR ALL THE ENCLOSURES BACK TO YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT A LOT OF THE BIRDS BEHAVIOR WITHOUT DISTURBING THEM TOO MUCH WE HAVE CAMERAS A LOT OF OUR NESTING AREA.
THIS IS A GREAT OF OUR NESTING AREA FOR THE VULTURES.
>> Reporter: A SQUARE BOX SERVES AS AN ASPIRANT THE BIRDS TYPICALLY CLEAR A FLAT ROCKY AREA TO LAY AN EGG.
THE NESTED SCREEN FROM A PAIR OF TERRITORIAL PAUL NOT VULTURES THAT ARE IN THE NEXT VULTURE ENCLOSURE.
>> IS GOOD FOR THEM NOT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THESE GUYS WHEN THEY ARE SITTING SO THEY DON'T GET DISTRACTED BY THEY CAN SEE THEM ANYWHERE ELSE THEY ARE PREACHING AND THEY CAN MAKE SURE THEY ARE PROTECTING THE AREA FROM OTHER BIRDS YOUR VIBRANT >> Reporter: THE MATING PAIRS DONE SOMETHING NOT ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE IN NORTH AMERICA.
PRODUCED AT FERTILIZED EGG WHICH HAS TO REALLY DESERVE IT THE PARK SLEEP CONDOR SPECIALLY SHOWED US THE TRAILER WHERE THE ENDANGERED SHAPE WAS FAT.
SHE WAS BROUGHT TO THIS FEEDING STATION AND A SMALL WHITE BOWL FILLED WITH SNUGGLY ANIMAL HAIR.
THE FAINT SCREECH TOLD KUYPER SHE WAS HUNGRY AND READY TO EAT BRICK >> WE HAVE ONE WAY OR AND WINDOWS IN HERE BRICK AS LONG AS THE LIGHT IS ON IN THIS LIGHT IS ALL SHE CANNOT SEE ASPIRANT WE CAN SEE HER.
>> Reporter: THE MEETING STARTED WITH A SIMPLE SOCK PUPPET AND A PAIR OF TWEEZERS.
VULTURES TEND TO TAKE MORE FOOD FROM PARENTS BE EXPECT THEY ALSO TAKE LITTLE FOOD BINS AS WELL AS REGURGITATION.
>> Reporter: AS THE BIRD GREW THE SOCK PUPPET WAS REPLACED BY A MORE REALISTIC ONE THAT STAFF USED TO CARE FOR CONDOR CHECKS.
TO THAT TINY TAN CHICK IS NOW FULLY FLEDGED AT A BIT NERVOUS WITH HUMAN VISITORS.
SHE GRABS THE FENCE AND POPS HER WEIGHT SENSITIVE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THIS IS HER TERRITORY.
HER DARK BROWN PLUMAGE WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME WHITE LIKE HER PARENTS PAY THE VULTURES ARRIVAL IS BEING CHAIRED BY INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION GROUPS YES IT IS VERY WELCOME TO HAVE A BROADER NETWORK OF ZOOS THAT HAVE THE SPECIES AND CAN POTENTIALLY PROVIDE BIRDS FOR A RELEASE PROGRAM.
>> STEFAN IS A CONSERVATION SCIENTIST.
HE SAYS MORE THAN HALF OF THE VULTURES POPULATION HAS BEEN LOST A HUNTING, POISON AND ELECTROCUTION IN THE LAST 40 YEARS CAPTIVE BREEDING ONLY HAPPENS IN A HANDFUL OF LOCATIONS IN EUROPE AND ISRAEL AND THOSE EFFORTS PRODUCE A SMALL NUMBER OF BIRDS EACH YEAR POPULATION CONTINUES FALLING IN PARTS OF EUROPE AND AFRICA THERE ARE CONSERVATION SUCCESSES.
IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AND NORTHERN SPAIN AND ON THE CANARY ISLANDS, INTENSIVE CONSERVATION PROGRAMS HAVE ACTUALLY MANAGED TO REVERSE THE FORTUNES OF THE EGYPTIAN VULTURE BUT THEY ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITIES BY CHANGING THE WAY WE BUILD ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE .
>> Reporter: WHILE IT IS TOUGH TO HELP CORRECT THE CHALLENGES THE BIRDS ARE FACING IN THE WILD A HALF A WORLD AWAY RIVAS HOPES THE EFFORT OF BREEDING HERE IN SAN DIEGO WOULD GO TO OTHER NORTH AMERICAN .
THAT WILL STRENGTHEN THE SPECIES CHANCES FOR SURVIVAL.
ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWSPRINT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR SPECIAL VIRTUAL KICKOFF FOR THIS YEAR'S ONE BOOK ONE SAN DIEGO.
DISABILITY RIGHTS ACTIVIST JUDITH HUMAN JOINED KPBS ARTS CALENDAR AT A JULIA DIXON EVANS FOR A DISCUSSION ABOUT HER BOOK BEING HUMAN CONSUMER ANY TIME AT THE KPBS YOUTUBE PAGE.
ONE ONE SAN DIEGO IS NOW IN ITS 15th YOUR IS A COLLABORATION WITH DOZENS OF LOCAL LIBRARIES AND PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS DEEP IN THE BASEMENT AT THE KELLOGG LIBRARIES IS A TREASURE TROVE OF SAN DIEGO.
HISTORY IS KNOWN AS I IT IS THE ONLY ONE DEDICATED TO SAN DIEGO'S BREWING INDUSTRY.
AS KPBS REPORTER ALEXANDER RHEINGOLD SHOWS.
>> Reporter: NOT KNOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW THE HISTORY SINCE DECIDED THAT BUILDING RIGHT THERE.
>> Reporter: IT'S KNOWN AS THE BREW HIVE AND IS THE ONLY ONE DEDICATED TO SAN DIEGO'S BREWING SCENE.
LOCATED DEEP IN THE BASEMENT OF KELLOGG LIBRARIES IS A TREASURE TROVE OF THE REGION'S BEER HISTORY.
THERE ARE ABOUT CAPS BOTTLE CAPS.
>> I JUDITH AND I AM THE HISTORY AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIAN AT CAL STATE SAN MARCO'S.
>> SHE IS THE CURATOR OF THE BREW KIND.
>> OH YOU ARE THE BEER HISTORY AND THEY ARE ALWAYS FASCINATED.
I ALWAYS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OR CORRECT THE MISCONCEPTION .
>> THE MISCONCEPTION IS THAT IT STARTED IN THE 19 80s BUT IT ALL STARTED IN 1868 WITH --'S SAN DIEGO BREWING COMPANY.
THIS IS A SECURED STORAGE AREA.
>> AS DONNIE WANTS AROUND THE COLLECTIONS SHOWING OFF AND SHE HAS COLLECTED OR PEOPLE HAVE DONATED TO THE ARCHIVE YOU CAN SENSE HOW MUCH HE LOVES HER WORK >> I KEEP SAYING I THINK THIS IS THE CSU COLLECTION BUT I FEEL SO INVESTED IN THIS BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A PASSION FOR ME I ALWAYS SAY I, MY COLLECTION AND IS REALLY NOT >> Reporter: THE COLLECTION AS PIE CLASSES AND ARTWORKS FROM VARIOUS BREWERS, SO HAVE GONE OUT OF BUSINESS AND OTHERS SHOW THE EVOLUTION OF THEIR LOCALS AND THE COLLECTION KEEPS ON GROWING.
>> THAT IS ABOUT IT FOR THIS ROOM.
WE HAVE ANOTHER ROOM DOWN ON THE OTHER END OF THE BUILDING.
>> Reporter: THE IDEA STARTED AS EARLY AS 2015 ABOUT THE TIME WHEN CAL STATE SAN MARCO'S WAS DRIVING HIS BEER MAKING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM.
IT WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF JENNIFER SHE'S THE DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AS THE SAN DIEGO CRAFT BEER SCENE LOADED INTO A BILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY SHOULD THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO PRESERVE THAT HISTORY BECAUSE, AS IT TURNS OUT, NOBODY IN TOWN LAST WE KNEW THAT IN ORDER TO DO THAT WE WOULD NEED SOME RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A COLLECTION THAT WAS VERY EXCITING TO BOTH THE PUBLIC AND ALSO TO THOSE INTERNAL AND THE UNIVERSITY.
>> Reporter: SHE FORMED A GROUP TO SEE WHAT ARCHIVES COULD COLLECT BRICK IT WAS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH THE NAME.
>> AT FIRST WE CALL THE ARCHIVE BECAUSE OF COURSE THAT RHYMES WITH ARCHIVE BUT THE PEOPLE ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SAID THAT WILL NOT DO THE BREW KIVE .
CRAIG COOK, THE FOUNDER OF STONE BREWING DONATED MORE THAN 600 BOXES FULL OF STUFF TO THE ARCHIVES.
TWO I COLLECTED A LOT OF STUFF FROM STONE HISTORY ALONG THE WAY AND PURCHASE A LOT OF STUFF FROM OTHER CRACKBERRIES AND PLACES I HAVE BEEN PICKED ET CETERA ET CETERA I JUST BEEN COLLECTING THIS IN A SPARE ROOM IN MY HOUSE AND IT WAS OVERWHELMED.
I HAD SO MUCH STOPPING >> Reporter: SO WHEN HE WAS APPROACHED BY THE BREW KIVE HE JUMPED AT THE IDEA BUT HE CALLED IT A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP.
THE BREW KIVE IS TO PRESERVE THE COLLECTION AND HE GETS OUT OF THE HOUSE BUT IT IS THE LARGEST DONATION TO THE BREW KIVE TODAY THOUGH THEY SAY THE COLLECTION IS ON LOAN FROM COOK.
THE PERIOD FROM 1987 UNTIL 2020, SHE IS NOW WORKING ON THE FOURTH WAVE, THE POST PANDEMIC.
BUT DOWNEY IS ALSO WORKING ON PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF WOMEN IN THE SAN DIEGO BREWING HISTORY.
>> REALLY TRYING TO GET WOMEN'S HISTORY.
WOMEN'S HISTORY IS STILL NOT WELL REPRESENTED ALEXANDER WHEN, KPBS NEWSPRINT >> WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS LOOK AT KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK.
FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KPBS I AM JOHN CARROLL.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH A FINAL INSTALLMENT OF THE KPBS MUSIC SERIES.
LET'S HEAR SOME GOSPEL MUSIC FROM SAN DIEGO'S ONLY MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR'S COMMUNITY CHOIR .
>> I AM KEN ANDERSON I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. COMMUNITY CHOIR SAN DIEGO MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE MLK CHOIR.
I ALSO DIRECT THE GOSPEL CHOIR.
COMMUNITY CHOIR OTHER THAN SINGING OF COURSE AS ANY CHOIR DOZEN CONCERTS WE ALSO HAVE A GOAL OF SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING THE ARTS PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO ARE CONTINUING EXCLUSIVELY IN THE VISUAL OR PERFORMING ARTS.
[ MUSIC ] FROM THE SPIRITUAL, RENT, SWING, JAZZ, BLUES, ROCK 'N ROLL, AMERICAN COUNTRY MUSIC.
SO, POP, DISCO.
EVEN DOWN TO HIP-HOP AND RAP .
ALL OF THESE DIALS CAME OUT OF THE STABBING CAME FROM THE SPIRITUAL.
THEY ALL EVENTUALLY FIND THEIR ULTIMATE ROUTE BACK IN THE SPIRITUAL .
[ MUSIC ] BUT THINK ABOUT IT.
THERE'S ONE STYLE OF MUSIC THAT COMES FROM THAT SPIRITUAL, GOSPEL ONE THING ABOUT WORKING WITH MLK CHOIR, IT AFFORDS ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SINNERS.
PERHAPS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PASS IN ADDITION TO GET INTO SOME OF THESE OTHER INQUIRES.
THEY MAY COME PART OF ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP AN ESSENTIALLY BECOME A FINE CHOIR THEMSELVES.
I LOVE THAT.
HOW GOSPEL MUSIC AFFORDS A SINGER ON ANY MUSICAL LEVEL BUT WHATEVER YOUR MUSICIANSHIP .
[ MUSIC ]
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