>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, AND FLOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> A SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TAKING DRUGS ONTO THE PREMISES OF A COUNTY JAIL.

THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

COMMUNITY ADVOCATE SHOWED UP BUT COURT TODAY HOPING FOR ANSWERS.

LET'S GO TO JACOB AT THE CENTRAL COURTHOUSE.

>> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN NEARLY A MONTH SINCE I DEPUTY BOOKED ON SUSPICION OF NEW DRUGS ONTO A JAIL PROPERTY.

COCAINE WAS FOUND IN HIS CAR AND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY JAIL.

HE WAS CHARGED FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ON IT COMMUNITY LOCATION.

FINITY ADVOCATES ARE FRUSTRATED AND WANT JAIL EMPLOYEES TO BE SCANNED FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS.

THEY SAY NOT DOING SO IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEATH OF INMATES.

>> WHETHER IT WAS A SUBSTANCE LIKE COCAINE OR ANY KIND OF DRUG, MY BROTHER DIED FROM IT DRUG THAT CAME INSIDE THE JAIL.

MY BROTHER WAS SCANNED BUT THE DEPUTIES WERE NOT.

I JUST WANT ANSWERS.

>> Reporter: BACK IN JANUARY NEW NEWLY ELECTED SHERIFF KELLY MARTINEZ SAYS THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT EMPLOYEES ARE TAKING DRUGS INTO THE JAIL.

OFFICIALS SAID THE OFFICER WAS SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY AND THEY DID NOT REVEAL WHICH JAIL THIS HAPPENED..

HE WILL HAVE TO REPORT TO A FELONY READINESS CONFERENCE IN APRIL.

REPORTING FROM DOWNTOWN I AM JACOB AERE FOR KPBS NEWS .

>>> DEVELOPERS CAN GET FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BUILD LOW INCOME HOUSING BUT THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THAT FOR MODERATE INCOME HOMES.

KITTY ALVARADO HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: HOUSING IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES FACING SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND THE STATE.

THAT THIS ASSEMBLY MEMBER HAS A PLAN TO BUILD HOMES FOR MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES.

>> AS I TALK WITH SAN DIEGANS ALL OVER, EVERYBODY IS WORRIED ABOUT HOUSING.

MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HOUSING.

>> Reporter: HE HAS INTRODUCED A BE 1287.

IT WOULD REQUIRE COMMUNITIES TO BUILD MODERATE INCOME HOUSING AFTER BUILDING LOW INCOME HOUSING.

>> IT IS A REAL WIN-WIN TO CREATE HOUSING FOR A BROAD DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: COLLIN PARENT SAID HIS NON-PROFIT CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO EXPAND ON EXISTING DENSITY LOT AND CREATE A MIDDLE INCOME BONUS PROGRAM.

THEY PITCHED IT TO THE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS.

>> AFFORDABILITY IS A CHALLENGE FACING A LOT OF PEOPLE.

IT IS NOT JUST KEEPING BRENT DOWN.

IT IS ALSO MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE AND WORKING PEOPLE ARE HAVING CHALLENGES AND WE NEED SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THAT.

>> Reporter: ECONOMICS PROFESSOR ALAN JEN SAYS THIS IS THE PERFECT STORM FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND THEY KEEP FALLING BEHIND WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

EXPECT SAN DIEGO COUNTY AS A DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE BUT PRICES HAVE SURGED.

NOW THERE IS A LACK OF WORKFORCE HOUSING.

>> Reporter: THE PRICE OF A SINGLE HOME IN SAN DIEGO IS $900,000.

>> YOU NEED ABOUT $200,000 ANNUAL INCOME IN A HOUSEHOLD AND THAT IS DOUBLE WITH THE MEDIUM INCOME IS IN SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: THIS BILL IS A GOOD ATTEMPT AT SOLVING THE ISSUE BUT IN THE LONG-TERM, IT MIGHT MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE.

>> THE PROBLEM IS JUST TOO BIG FOR ANY ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

IF YOU BUILD ENOUGH HOMES, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LIVE HERE BUT THEN WE START ALL OVER AGAIN.

>> THE BILL WILL BRING ITS NEXT COMMITTEE HEARING NEXT MONTH.

>>> CAL FRESH ALLOTMENTS ARE ENDING TOMORROW.

MELISSA MAE MET WITH ONE PLACE THAT HAS BEEN WORKING TO KEEP FOOD ON THE TABLE.

>> I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO.

I AM WORRIED.

>> ROBIN MORENO IS ON A FIXED INCOME AND WAS GETTING $281 PER MONTH IN A CAL FRESH FRUITS.

>> YOUR ASSISTANCE DOESN'T GO UP WHEN INFLATION GOES UP.

FOOD PRICES ARE HIGH AND GAS PRICES ARE HIGH SO SERVICES LIKE THE FOOD BANK THAT REALLY WRAP AROUND THOSE SENIORS.

>> Reporter: SHELLEY PARK'S IS WITH ME SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK, WHICH RECENTLY SERVED ABOUT 2000 SENIORS BY TAKING THEM BOXES OF FOOD.

>> THE BOX SINCE HAD 40 POUNDS OF FOOD.

>> Reporter: MANY SENIORS ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE EVEN WITH THE BENEFITS.

>> IT IS A TOUGH CHOICE.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TAKING THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS AND EATING.

SOME ARE CUTTING THEIR PILLS IN HAVE TO STRETCH OUT THEIR PILLS.

>> Reporter: PARK'S SAYS EVEN THOUGH THE EXTRA BENEFITS AND FEBRUARY 28, THEY WON'T FEEL THE PINCH RIGHT AWAY.

>> WE EXPECT TO SEE A SURGE IN NEED IN APRIL BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GETTING THAT MONEY ON THEIR EBT CARD AND THEY CAN SPEND IT THROUGH MARCH BUT COME APRIL, THAT MONEY WILL NOT BE THERE.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK HOST DISTRIBUTIONS FOR SENIORS EVERY MONTH.

YOU CAN FIND THEIR LOCATIONS OF THE OTHER FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS ONLINE.

I MELISSA MAE , KPBS NEWS.

>>> SDG&E IS MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO PAY THEIR BILLS AFTER PRICE HIKES.

HOUSEHOLDS CAN RECEIVE UP TO $600 PER YEAR.

THE PRICE OF GAS DECREASED BY 68% IN JANUARY AND MARCH NATURAL GAS PRICES ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOWER DUE TO SERVICE BEING RESTORED TO A PIPELINE.

MORE INFORMATION ON ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS CAN BE FOUND AT SDGE'S WEBSITE.

>>> IF YOU COULD BENEFIT FROM STUDENT LOAN BENEFITS THAT COULD BE CANCELED, THERE WILL BE INFORMATION RELEASED TOMORROW.

>> Reporter: LAST AUGUST JOE BIDEN UNVEILED A SLEEPING PROGRAM TO GIVE UP TO $20,000 IN FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN DEBT WHOSE INCOME WAS LESS THAN $125,000 PER YEAR.

>> PEOPLE CAN START TO CRAWL UNDER FROM THAT MOUNTAIN OF DEBT AND GET ON TOP OF THE RENT AND UTILITIES.

>> Reporter: SUPPORTERS WANTED THE MOVE AS A BIG STEP FORWARD TO ENDING A COLLEGE DEBT CRISIS COMPOUNDED BY THE PANDEMIC.

THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS FOR BORROWERS IN SCHOOL, 90% OF THOSE FUNDS WOULD GO TO THOSE EARNING LESS THAN $70,000 PER YEAR.

THEY ARGUE THAT WRITING OFF $430 BILLION IN REPAYMENTS SHOULD GET CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.

THE SUPREME COURT AGREED TO TAKE UP TWO CHALLENGES TO THE PLAN, INCLUDING ONE FROM SIX GOP LED STATES.

WHILE KEEPING A BLOCK IMPOSED BY AN APPEALS COURT IN PLACE.

MILLIONS OF BOWERS BORROWERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THEY ARE APPROVED FOR RELIEF BUT NO DEBT HAS BEEN CANCELED YET.

THIS IS PART OF THE 9/11 HEROES ACT THAT GRANTED THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM DURING EMERGENCIES.

BUT THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY WILL AND AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

IN WASHINGTON I AM KARIN CAIFA.

>>> CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY FOR A NEW BUILDING AT SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY.

IT WILL HAVE A NUMBER OF FACILITIES.

IT WILL COST A LITTLE OVER $100 MILLION AND IS FUNDED THROUGH PROPOSITION Z.

THAT IS A $400 MILLION BOND APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 2016.

>> IT WAS VOTED ON AND SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY SO THIS IS THERE SPACE COMING TO FRUITION.

>> IT IS EXCITING.

WE NEEDED AN UPDATE ON CAMPUS.

IT IS NICE TO SEE THAT THEY ARE PUTTING THE MONEY, TIME, AND RESOURCES INTO OUR CAMPUS.

>> THE NEW BUILDING IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED IN THE WINTER 2024.

>>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY GOT SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN AND MORE THAN 2 FEET OF SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND WITH A NEW STORM ON THE WEEKEND.

KPBS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIST THOMAS OF FUDGE SAID THESE STORMS COULD MAKE THE DROUGHT LESS OF AN ISSUE .

>> Reporter: ALEX WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS A COLD STORM FROM THE NORTH BROUGHT LOW TEMPERATURES AND SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO 2000 FEET OF ELEVATION.

CONDITIONS WARMTH AS AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER BROUGHT TROPICAL MOISTURE.

>> THAT ROLLED IN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

THAT RAINED HARD IN MOST PLACES THOUGHT TWO INCHES OF RAIN.

>> Reporter: THAT PRECIPITATION INCLUDED HAILSTORMS IN PLACES THAT SWITCHED FROM SNOW TO RAIN AND BACK TO SNOW AGAIN AS THE TEMPERATURES FLUCTUATED.

>> THERE WERE LOCATIONS THAT HAD REPEATED HAILSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

ON SATURDAY THE SNOW LEVELS WENT CRASHING BACK DOWN TO NEAR 1500 FEET.

>> Reporter: MOUNT PALOMAR HAD GOTTEN 28 INCHES OF SNOW AT SATURDAY AND MOUNT LAGUNA HAD 29 INCHES, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

CALIFORNIA HAS EXPERIENCED DROUGHT CONDITIONS OVER THE PAST 2 1/2 OR THREE YEARS.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON THERE WERE FEW HOPES OF TURNING THAT AROUND BUT, ALEX TARDY SAYS THIS COULD BRING WATER SUPPLIES BACK TO NORMAL.

>> WE NEED ABOUT TWO TIMES THE SNOW PACK AND ALSO ABOUT 150% OF THE RAIN.

NOT SAN DIEGO BUT CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WE ARE ON PACE TO SEEING THAT.

>> Reporter: MUCH OF CALIFORNIA ALREADY HAS TWO TIMES THE NORMAL SNOWPACK BUT IF CALIFORNIA IS REBOUNDING, AN OTHER AREA THAT NEEDS TO SUPPLY WATER, THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN, HAS A LONG WAY TO GO.

>> THE COLORADO IS DOING WELL WITH SNOWPACK BUT, THEY HAVE MORE THAN THREE YEARS TO MAKE UP.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS EVEN IN THE BEST CONDITIONS WE WILL NOT STOP SEEING DROUGHT AFTER THIS WINTER IS DONE.

RAIN AND SNOW IS PREDICTED AGAIN WEDNESDAY IN SAN DIEGO.

I AM THOMAS FUDGE FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE MASSIVE WINTER STORM SYSTEM MARCHING ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAS SPAWNED TORNADOES AS WELL AS SNOW, RAIN, AND HEAVY WIND.

>> Reporter: IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, NEIGHBORHOODS WERE BATTERED.

THIS JEEP FLIP ONTO THE DRIVEWAY IF A NEARBY HOME.

FAMILIES WOKE UP TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE.

>> I GOT UP IN THE WIND JUST THREW ME BACK.

I WAS SCREAMING.

IT WAS LIKE A BLIZZARD INSIDE THE HOUSE WITH ALL OF THE DEBRIS FLYING.

I WAS JUST SCREAMING FOR MY KIDS.

THEY WERE IN THEIR BEDROOMS.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE HURT OR ANYTHING.

>> LOOK AT THAT.

THE ROOF IS GONE.

>> Reporter: NEIGHBORS DESCRIBED HOW THEY SURVIVED.

>> THERE WAS A LOT OF REAL STRONG WIND.

I WAS IN THE GARAGE.

MY WIFE WENT TO THE NEIGHBORS HOUSE TO GET IN THE SHELTER.

>> Reporter: THIS IS CONNECTED TO THE SAME SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT BLIZZARD WARNINGS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND.

THEN TORNADO THREATS TO TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, AND KANSAS ON SATURDAY.

MONDAY MORNING THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS.

IN WEST COAST A NEW SYSTEM OF RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW PUSHES FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND THE ROCKIES.

I'M MIKE VALERIO FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> SO LET'S START OFF WITH THE WEATHER HEADLINES.

PERIODS OF RAIN TODAY AND TUESDAY EVEN SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS BUT HEAVIER RAIN AND SNOW LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

DRY AND WARMER LATER IN THE WEEK SO WE DO HAVE RELIEF ON THE WAY.

WE DO HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INTO A IN AFFECT.

THIS WILL BE IN THE MOUNTAIN REGIONS.

WE ARE EXPECTING SNOW THAT CAN CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

AROUND SAN DIEGO METRO WE ARE DROPPING DOWN TO A LOW 51.

TOMORROW, THE FORECAST IN SAN DIEGO, A HIGH OF 68 AND RAIN STICKING AROUND.

HEAVIER RAIN AT TIMES AND AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE HIGHER TERRAIN, THAT IS WHERE WE GET THE SNOW.

IF WE LOOK AT FUTURECAST WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH SHOWERS BUT HEAVIER RAIN PUSHING IN LATE TUESDAY.

THIS IS ABOUT 10:00 P.M. PACIFIC TIME.

HEAVIER SNOW THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING AND THEN HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING IT WILL BE STICKING AROUND.

THERE WILL BE WINTER STORM WATCHES FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS INCLUDING TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

SNOWFALL EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS LIKE BIG BEAR LAKE AT 6/2 AND 12 INCHES.

RIGHT VILLAS LOOKING AT 6-12 INCHES AS WELL.

HERE IS THE FIVE DAY OUTLOOK.

RAINY FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

STAYING IN THE 50s ON THURSDAY.

THEN BACK UP TO THE 60s GOING INTO THE WEEKEND.

A SHOWER IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY IT WILL BE COOLER.

IT WILL BE DRYING OUT WITH SUNNY WEATHER.

WE ARE TALKING SNOW THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK BUT DRYING OUT AND BACK UP TO THE 40s BY WEDNESDAY.

IN THE DESERT, WINDY AND RAIN IN STORE BUT DRIER TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK.

FOR KPBS NEWS I AM METEOROLOGIST BREE GUY.

>>> THE MAYOR OF AN AREA CITY SAYS THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL WHEN IT COMES TO WATER POLLUTION.

SOME OF THE STEPS INCLUDE BETTER NOTIFICATION OF FUTURE SPILLS TO THE PUBLIC ALONG WITH THE BUILDING OF A DIRT BERM ON THE U.S. SIDE.

>> THE DIRT BERM WOULD STOP SOME FLOWS FROM HAPPENING.

THAT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT AND COULD PREVENT BEACH CLOSURES AT IMPERIAL BEACH.

>> MEXICO IS COMMITTING MORE THAN $100 MILLION TOWARDS IMPROVEMENTS ON ITS SIDE OF THE BORDER.

YOU CAN HEAR MORE OF THAT ENTERED INTERVIEW ON THE MID DAY FORECAST.

>>> THE CALIFORNIA PADRES ARE TRYING TO KEEP MANNY Machado WITH THE TEAM.

THEY SAY HE IS WORTH $350 MILLION OVER 11 YEARS.

OTHER PLAYERS ALSO AGREED TO LONGER LUCRATIVE CONTRACTS.

>>> PADRES FANS WILL BE WATCHING TOMORROW WHEN FERNANDO TATIS RETURNS TOMORROW.

HE HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN SPRING TRAINING BUT WILL MISS A SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME TO PAY A PENALTY FOR USING A PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUG.

>>> THERE IS A NEW REGULATION REGARDING BACKYARD SKATE RAMPS.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN SPOKE WITH PEOPLE INVOLVED IN WHY THIS IS NEEDED.

>> Reporter: IF YOU WANT THIS IN YOUR BACKYARD, YOU WILL NEED A PERMIT.

VISTA COUNTY RECENTLY ADDED TO CODE REQUIRING TO RESIDENTS THAT IF THEY WANT TO BUILD A SKI RAMP THEY HAVE TO APPLY FOR A PERMIT THAT WILL COST ABOUT $3345.

AND IT CAN ONLY BE USED DURING CERTAIN TIMES.

COUNCILMEMBER CORREA VOTED IN FAVOR OF THIS.

>> THIS ALLOWS THE CITY TO CHECK FOR CONFORMITY AND TO CHECK FOR SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.

>> Reporter: THIS STARTED BECAUSE NEIGHBORS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE RAMP IN THE BACKYARD OF A PERSON WHO HAS HAD IT FOR 10 YEARS AND IT WAS NEVER A PROBLEM UNTIL THE LAST FEW YEARS.

>> WE HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO ACCOMMODATE OUR NEIGHBORS UNTIL THEY DO IT AT CERTAIN TIMES BUT IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

>> Reporter: OTHERS SAY PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN BUBBLING FOR YEARS.

TONY ASKED THAT HIS FACE NOT BE SHOWN.

>> I SHOWED EVIDENCE AND I AM HOLDING A DECIBEL METER LIKE THIS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN READ IT.

OUTSIDE IT WAS MORE THAN 70 DECIBELS.

>> THIS IS WHAT 70s DECIBEL SOUND LIKE.

SOME NEIGHBORS LIKE ELIZABETH SAYS THE NEIGHBOR DOES NOT BOTHER THEM.

>> THEY USE IT SPORADICALLY.

MAYBE JUST A FEW HOURS A DAY.

>> Reporter: THE ISSUE HIGHLIGHTED SOME SHORTCOMINGS IN CITY CODE.

>> WE ARE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THIS INSTANCE BUT WHAT IT COULD BECOME IN THE FUTURE.

IS ARE GOING TO BE A PROLIFERATION OF SKATE RAMPS?

AND HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT THE RESIDENTS HERE.

>> Reporter: IT ONLY APPLIES TO RAMPS THAT ARE 6 FEET TALL OR MORE.

IT WILL GO INTO EFFECT NEXT MONTH.

IN THIS VISTA I AM ALEXANDER NGUYEN FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> ANDREA IS A SYMPHONY ARTIST.

NOW HER HOBBY HAS BECOME A SECOND CAREER AND SHE IS AN OFFICIAL REPRESENTED ARTIST UP THE STUDIO DOOR.

BETH ACCOMANDO CREATED THIS VIDEO OF THE ARTIST.

>> I MOSTLY SOURCE FROM FLEA MARKETS.

I NEVER QUITE KNOW WHAT I WILL FIND THERE AND THAT IS PART OF THE ADVENTURE.

I LIKE SOMETHING THAT REALLY LOOKS OLD.

SOMETHING THAT IS ECLECTIC AND HAS SHAPE AND MOVEMENT TO IT.

BUT I ALSO HAVE FRIENDS THAT GIVES ME STUFF.

IT'S LIKE, ONLY ME WOULD GET A DELIVERY BACKSTAGE OF DOLL PARTS AT A CONCERT.

I HAVE A HEARTY BACKGROUND IN HORROR.

I GUESS, SOMETHING ABOUT DOLLS, I GRAVITATE TOWARDS.

I CAN'T QUITE EXPLAIN IT.

I JUST FIND THEM INTRIGUING.

I HAVE LEARNED THAT RUBBER IS DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH.

I CAN'T USE A BLOWTORCH IS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON IT.

IF I WANT TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE OVEN AND BAKE IT IT NEEDS TO BE PORCELAIN.

WHEN I DO PIECES, SOMETIMES I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO DO RIGHT AWAY.

LIKE THIS TYPEWRITER.

I FOUND IT AT A SWAP MEET.

I INSTANTLY KNEW I WANTED TO DO SOME KIND OF AN ALTERED PEACE.

I WAS REFERENCING AND THINKING OF THIS OLD DOLL SHOW CALLED "WAY OUT" AND THIS EPISODE WAS THE INSPIRATION.

>> CASSANDRA.

BEAUTIFUL CASSANDRA.

SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL UNTIL SHE LOST HER HEAD.

>> SHE IS A HUMAN BODY IN A DRESS AND SHE HAS A GIANT LIGHTBULB FOR A HEAD.

THAT IMAGE REALLY STUCK WITH ME.

SOME OTHER PIECES, LIKE THIS, I SAT ON THAT FOR PROBABLY TWO YEARS AND THEN I RANDOMLY HAD AN OLD TRUMPET AND I JUST DECIDED THEY NEEDED TO BE MARRIED.

SOMETIMES IT IS INSTANT AND SOMETIMES THINGS SIT IN THE STUDIO WHILE I MARINATE.

THERE IS THIS MOMENT THAT HAPPENS WHERE SOMETIMES I WILL SEE, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE TWO TOTALLY DISPARATE ITEMS, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY BEGIN TOGETHER AND I AM NOT JUST FORCING THEM TOGETHER BUT THEY LOOK LIKE THEY BEAGLE BELONG TOGETHER.

SOMETIMES IT TAKES A COUPLE OF YEARS AND I AM STUCK WITH THAT PIECE.

LIKE I HAVE A FAN THAT I JUST FOUND AND I THINK IT IS A WONDERFUL BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE.

BUT I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH IT YET.

THE FACT THAT I HAVE TO FORCE IT SO MUCH TELLS ME I NEED TO WAIT FOR SOMETHING ELSE TO COME ALONG.

HERE IS MY TINY ART ROOM BUT, IT SERVES ME.

THERE ARE USUALLY DOLL PARTS LYING EVERYWHERE.

AS WELL AS VARIOUS DISEMBODIED TOYS.

SO, I GUESS IT IS KIND OF UNOFFICIALLY A MORGUE.

THIS PIECE, I JUST STARTED WORKING ON ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

THIS IS ANOTHER THING I SAT ON.

I FORGOT I EVEN HAD IT.

I LIKE OLD ANALOG TYPE OF STUFF.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF THINGS THAT HAVE NO FUNCTION OR MAKE NO SENSE.

YOU KNOW, HOW IT IS JUST THE MOST COMPLICATED MACHINE FOR THE MOST MENIAL TASK.

PEOPLE ASK WHERE I GET MY IDEAS AND I GET THEM FROM EVERYTHING AROUND ME.

I LIKE THINGS THAT HAVE HUMOR IN THEM.

I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE THINK I HAVE A DARK AESTHETIC BUT FOR ME, THAT IS USUALLY JUST WHAT I FIND HUMOROUS OR BEAUTIFUL.

I HAVE A DARK SENSE OF HUMOR.

I JUST TEND TO GRAVITATE TOWARDS THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND I THINK THOSE THINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND FUNNY.

>> ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES.

PROVIDING PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, AND FLOOD SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM .

AND -- AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

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