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

SHOULD GET DRAMATIC RESCUES ACROSS CALIFORNIA AS ANOTHER STORM PUMMELS THE STATE.

GOOD EVENING.

FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE BEEN BUSY PULLING PEOPLE FROM THE SAN DIEGO RIVER AND OUT OF THEIR CARS STUCK IN RISING FLOODWATERS.

MATT HOFFMAN IS LIVE IN MISSION VALLEY WITH A LOOK.

>> Reporter: THIS STORM HAS BEEN HITTING MISSION VALLEY PRETTY HARD.

EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT RAINING RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM CONTINUES.

THE SAN DIEGO RIVER IS OVERFLOWING.

IN THIS PART OF TOWN IT OVERFLOWS AND FLOODS DURING THESE HIGH RAIN EVENTS.

FIRST RESPONDERS ARE REMINDING PEOPLE TO NOT DRIVE THROUGH MOVING OR STANDING WATER.

NOT EVERYONE IS HEEDING THOSE WARNINGS.

>> Reporter: AT LEAST A COUPLE OF CARS WHEN ACROSS THE SAN DIEGO RIVER GOT STUCK.

ONE WOMEN HAD TO BE RESCUED IN THE AREA.

THERE WERE PLENTY OF PEOPLE COMING OUT TO SEE THE OVERFLOWING WATER.

>> USUALLY THIS IS FLOODED.

MAYBE ABOUT FIVE FEET OF FLOODING BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE.

>> THESE RESIDENTS WERE TRYING TO GO SHOPPING BUT WERE QUICKLY TURNED AROUND.

THEY WERE NOT GOING TO CHANCE GETTING STUCK.

>> EVEN IN OUR TRUCK, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD JUST PARK AND WALK.

>> FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAD TO RESCUE SOME OF THEM STUCK IN RISING WATER.

>> WE KNOW THAT THEY CAMP OVER THERE A LOT.

>> JUST THIS MORNING ABOUT ONE RESCUES WERE MADE BY FIRST RESPONDERS.

WE WERE ALONG THE HIGHWAY AFTER CREWS RESCUE TWO PEOPLE FROM THE RIVER.

INFLATABLE BOATS AND SWIMMERS HAD TO BE DEPLOYED?

>> LUCKILY WE HAD OUR HELICOPTER IN THE AIR AND WE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE AND RESCUE THEM.

>> Reporter: THE FIRE CAPTAIN SAYS THERE IS POSTED SIGNS AND CLOSURES AROUND THE FLOODED ROADS.

>> DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.

BE SAFE.

>> THOSE CREWS ARE STILL ON HIGH ALERT.

MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED AND THEY ARE TELLING PEOPLE TO AVOID AREAS AROUND THE SAN DIEGO RIVER.

IT WILL NOT BE WHAT WE SAW LAST NIGHT BUT SOME ON AND OFF SHOWERS.

>> IT IS HARD TO REMEMBER A TIME WHEN WE GOT THIS MUCH RAIN.

BUT DID THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAY?

>> IN TERMS OF THE SAN DIEGO RIVER, IT IS ABOUT 12 FEET DEEP IN CERTAIN PARTS OF IT.

THE LAST TIME WE SAW THIS WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN IN AT LEAST THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

WE ARE SEEING SOME VERY SICK AFRICAN RAINFALL WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THEY ARE WARNING PEOPLE TO AVOID AREAS LIKE THIS.

IF YOU DO GET STUCK, YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE WATER GOES DOWN FOR THEM TO TOE OUT YOUR VEHICLE.

>>> IT APPEARS THERE WAS FINALLY A BREAK ON THE HORIZON FROM THE RECENT STORMS, BUT NOT WITHOUT ONE FINAL PUNCH.

WE SEE MORE FLOODING AND RESCUES.

>> Reporter: FROM THE WATERS OF THE QUICKLY RISING CREEK, A DELICATE AND DRAMATIC RESCUE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

THE WOMEN'S WAS HOISTED HIGH ABOVE THE FLOODWATERS AND TO SAFE GROUND.

RESCUE WORKERS ON RAFTS WERE HELPING TO EVACUATE ABOUT 175 PEOPLE FROM THEIR MOBILE HOMES.

>> IT IS A LAKE OUT THERE.

>> Reporter: THIS WOMAN SLIGHTS AND COLLAPSES DOWN THE HILLSIDE.

>> MUDSLIDES, POWER OUTAGES, CLOSURES, IT HAS BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT TIME.

>> Reporter: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THAT SAN FRANCISCO SURPASSED IS YEARLY RAINFALL AVERAGE EIGHT MONTHS EARLY.

>> THE ABILITY TO CLEANUP AND GET PEOPLE BACK IN THEIR HOME.

>> Reporter: ADMIN INSTALLED THIS ZIPLINE THINKING THE BRIDGE CONNECTING HIS ISOLATED NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD WASH OUT.

IT DID AND HE HAS ZIPPED BACK AND FORTH EVER SINCE.

>> WE ARE A RESILIENT GROUP.

>> SNOW CONTINUES TO PILE UP IN THE SIERRA NEVADA VALLEY.

>> I AM TIRED OF IT.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE SERIES OF STORMS WE HAVE SEEN ACROSS CALIFORNIA BE ENOUGH TO END THE DROUGHT?

COMING UP, AN UPDATE AND HOW MUCH MORE RAIN WE CAN STILL GET HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

>>> ATTRIBUTES HAVE BEEN POURING IN FOR A POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

SHE HAD A CONNECTION AS WELL.

HE WAS THE SUBJECT OF A REPORT ON OFFICERS TRANSFERRING TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

KATIE ALVARADO TALKED TO KIM THEN AND THAT IS THE STORY NOW.

>> Reporter: WE FIRST MET HIM LAST MARCH AT HIS STATION IN LAKE ELSINORE WHERE HE ALSO LIVED.

THE STORY WAS ABOUT OFFICERS LIKE CALHOUN LEAVING SAN DIEGO TO WORK FOR THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF'S APARTMENT.

HE WAS HAPPY HE WOULD SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO LITTLE BOYS.

>> THE MONEY WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT BUT I MEAN, IT WOULD'VE HAD TO BE SOMETHING REALLY SIGNIFICANT.

I AM PATROLLING HOME AND MY NEW COLLEAGUES ARE REALLY GREAT.

I AM GLAD THAT I AM HERE.

>> I WOULD ALWAYS TEASE HIM THAT I WOULD SHOW HIM THE ROPES.

HE AND I WOULD ALWAYS TELL CHEESY DAD JOKES.

>> Reporter: HE WAS HAPPY FOR HIM WHEN HE MOVED TO RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

>> WE KEPT IN TOUCH.

WE JUST TALK TWO DAYS AGO AND MADE PLANS TO GET TOGETHER SOON .

>> Reporter: CALHOUN WAS KILLED ON FRIDAY DURING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL.

CRENSHAW WAS AMONG THE SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICERS THAT RUSHED UP TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER THE SHOOTING.

HE WAS QUICK TO ACT WHEN HE THOUGHT LIGHTS ARE AT RISK.

HE RECOUNTED THE STORY FROM THEIR TIME TOGETHER.

>> THE GENTLEMAN HAD A HEART ATTACK AND WE GOT THERE WITHIN FOUR MINUTES.

HE IMMEDIATELY STARTED CPR.

WHEN THE MEDIC SHOWED UP AND THEY SAID IF IT WASN'T FOR THE QUICK ACTION AND CHEST COMPRESSIONS, THIS GUY WOULD NOT HAVE LIVED.

>> Reporter: CALHOUN SHARES WHAT HE, WHY HE WANTED TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER.

>> I KNOW IT'S SUPER CLICHI BUT IT IS MY HEART THAT I ENJOY HELPING PEOPLE AND BEING OUT ASSISTING PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

I LIKE TO WATCH OVER THOSE WHO CANNOT HELP THEMSELVES AND PROTECT THEM FROM PEOPLE WHO FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD SUCK.

>> HE IS THE SECOND RIVERSIDE COUNTY DEPUTY KILLED ON DUTY IN JUST OVER TWO WEEK.

SICKLE LAWMAKERS ARE DEMANDING ANSWERS AFTER THE FAA MELTDOWN THAT LED TO THE FIRST STOP AND AIR TRAVEL SINCE 2001.

THAT COMES ON THE HEELS OF SOUTHWEST AIRLINES DISRUPTION DURING HOLIDAY TRAVEL.

HERE IS THE LATEST.

>> DOZENS OF LAWMAKERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ARE DEMANDING MORE ANSWERS IN A LETTER TO PEOPLE TO JUDGE ON FRIDAY CONCERNING FAA AND KNOWLEDGE EATING THE DISRUPTION .

>> WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SOME MAJOR GAMES WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FAA HAS THE SYSTEMS, STAFFING AND OPERATIONS IT NEEDS.

>> Reporter: IT HAPPENED ON THE HEELS OF THE DEBACLE THE CANCELED THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS.

AN EXPERT SAYS THE MAJORITY OF FLIGHTS WERE GETTING ON TIME.

PASSENGERS HAVE TO BE THEIR OWN TROUBLESHOOTERS.

>> HAVING THAT FLEXIBILITY AND BEING PREPARED IS NEVER A BAD IDEA.

THERE ARE CONTROLLABLE DISRUPTIONS.

THINGS WITHIN THE AIRLINES CONTROL THAT THEY CAN MANAGE LIKE A SOFTWARE ISSUE OR INTERNALLY.

THERE ARE UNCONTROLLABLE'S LIKE THE WEATHER AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL WHICH IS A SEPARATE ENTITY FROM THE AIRLINES.

>> SHE RECOMMENDS NONSTOP FLIGHTS TO REDUCE THE CHANCE OF DISRUPTION ON EARLY MORNING FLIGHTS TO AVOID THE DOMINO AFFECT OF DISRUPTION LIKE THE FAA STOPPAGE LAST WEEK.

SICK AT THE LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. IS HONORED TO DAY WITH A NATIONAL HOLIDAY.

WE LEARN HOW THE DAY WAS CELEBRATED IN SAN FRANCISCO.

>> Reporter: MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAS HONORED IN BALBOA PARK TODAY.

>> ABOUT 700 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, RACES, RELIGIONS AND NATIONALITIES GATHERED FOR THE CELEBRATION.

>> I THINK BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE GONE THROUGH , THE ENERGY OF BEING IN PERSON IS UNDENIABLE.

>> THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT HOSTED TODAY'S CELEBRATION WITH THE THEME BRIDGING.

>> IN AN ARROW WITH A LOT OF DIVISION AND HATE, DR. KING SAYS WE NEED TO BUILD BRIDGES AND NOT WALLS.

>> WE CAN BECOME A MODEL FOR THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD.

FUNDING THE COMMON POINTS OF CONNECTION.

>> STEVE PHILLIPS WAS A KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE CELEBRATION.

HE IS A BEST-SELLING AUTHOR AND COLUMNIST.

>> I WAS VERY HUMBLED BY THE ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZERS HERE.

WE CAN CREATE THE KIND OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY WE SHOULD ALL BE WORKING TOWARD.

>> Reporter: HOW SAN DIEGO REPRESENTS HOW THE WORLD COUNTS.

HOW DO WE MAKE THAT A HOUSE OF JUSTICE.

THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO PARTICIPATE IN DEMOCRACY >> Reporter: ONE OF PHILIP'S EARLIEST MEMORIES IS WITNESSING DR. KING SPEAK WHEN HE WAS A CHILD IN CLEVELAND.

>> HIS MODEL AND HIS LEGACY HAS BEEN INSPIRATIONAL AND MOTIVATING FOR MY OWN LIFE.

>> HE HAD THIS REFLECTION OF WHAT SHE THINKS DR. KING MIGHT SAY ABOUT THE CELEBRATION.

>> I THINK THAT HE WOULD BE THRILLED AND HE WOULD ALSO SAVE WHEN WE WERE DONE RESOURCES OVERCOME, HE WOULD SAY LET'S GET TO WORK, AND THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

>> NEARLY 3 YEARS INTO THE PANDEMIC, TESTING AND TREATMENT SITES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ARE CLOSING DOWN.

SEVEN SITES RUN BY THE STATE CLOSE BY FEBRUARY 25 BECAUSE OF LOW DEMAND.

SOME HAVE ALREADY SHUT THEIR DOORS FOR GOOD.

YOU CAN STILL GET TESTED AT THREE LOCATIONS OR THROUGH YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER.

FREE HOME TESTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE PUBLIC HEALTH CENTERS, MANY LOCAL LIBRARIES AND DO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY MAIL.

AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED WEARING MASS IN PUBLIC.

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS YOU SHOULD KEEP ONE HANDY.

NEW GUIDELINES SHOW THAT MASKING , THE AGENCY ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS TEST NEGATIVE ON THE RAPID TEST BEFORE LEAVING ISOLATION.

THOSE WHO TEST POSITIVE BUT HAVE SYMPTOMS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ISOLATE FIVE DAYS.

TICKET CALIFORNIA IS ABOUT TO ENTER TWO WEEKS OF DRY WEATHER FOLLOWING A DELUSION OF RAIN FROM ATMOSPHERIC RIVER'S.

WE HAVE THE UP DATE FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT WATER RESOURCES.

>> Reporter: THE RAIN TO CALIFORNIA HAS SEEN SINCE CHRISTMAS HAVE BEEN A CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION.

THE SAY CLIMATOLOGIST SAYS CALIFORNIA HAS SEEN NINE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER SUS RAINY SEASON.

HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING IN LATER IN THE WEEK.

A SATELLITE IMAGE SHOWS THE STORM TO PASS THROUGH SAN DIEGO AND YELLOW.

THOSE STORMS ARE COMING TO AT LEAST A TEMPORARY END.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN A LONG TIME.

>> WE CAN EXPECT DRIER WEATHER TO THE END OF THE MONTH.

THE RAIN TO CAME TO THE STATE BROUGHT SEVERE FLOODING IN PARTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

THE SWELLING RIVERS ARE NOW PROCEEDING AND THE GOOD NEWS FOR THE WATER SUPPLY FROM ALL THE PRECIPITATION.

CURRENT SNOWPACK, IT IS NOW ON THE COURSE THAT WILL SET A RECORD LETTER SURPASSING THE CURRENT RECORD OF 1982-83.

>> WE WILL RUN INTO A HUGE STRETCH THAT WILL HOPEFULLY JUST SAY FLAT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER'S, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE MOVED FAR ENOUGH INLAND TO BRING SNOW TO THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN.

SAN DIEGO REMAINS VERY DEPENDENT ON COLORADO RIVER WATER.

>> IF YOU RELY ON THAT AS PART OF YOUR WATER SUPPLY, THAT WILL CONTINUE THE DROUGHT PROBLEMS.

>> THERE IS A LONG-STANDING DROUGHT IN THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN, BUT THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS THIS YEAR.

IN COLORADO THE SNOWPACKS ARE CURRENTLY ABOVE AVERAGE.

>>> WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.

LET'S GET RIGHT DOWN TO IT.

WINDS ARE PICKING UP .

GUSTIER IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS.

WE ARE DEALING WITH SNOW TOO.

SNOWFALL INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP.

WE DO HAVE RAIN STILL PERIODIC ON AND OFF AND WE DO HAVE A STORM WARNING IN EFFECT TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

WE HAVE A WINNER SOME ADVISORY IN THE MOUNTAINS.

THIS IS FROM SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TO RIVERSIDE COUNTY WERE THERE IS A SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS IN EFFECT.

THE SYSTEM IS BRINGING GUSTIER WINDS .

THAT WILL NOT EXPIRE FOR A FEW HOURS.

A LOW OF 51 TONIGHT WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS.

THERE WILL BE GATHERING IN INTENSITY AROUND THE COASTAL REGIONS AND WE WILL BE EXPERIENCING SOME SNOW.

IT WILL BE IN THE 50s AND 60s AROUND THE COAST AND RAIN SHOWERS ASSIST SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH ON-AGAIN AND OFF-AGAIN.

WE ARE SEEING THOSE GREENS, YELLOWS, AND ORANGES ON THE BOARD.

RAIN SHOWERS INTO THE WEEKEND.

60s MORE INLAND.

WE WILL BE IN THE 60s BY FRIDAY.

FOR THE MOUNTAINS, IT WILL BE WINDY WITH SNOW ON TUESDAY.

FOR THE DESERTS, PERIODS OF RAIN EARLY BUT PERIODS OF SUNSHINE WITH THURSDAY IN THE 60s.

SECOND IMAGINE BEING 16 YEARS OLD AND SIGNING WITH THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM.

THE PADRES JUST SIGNED TIM TO A $5.6 MILLION BONUS.

THE LEFT- HANDED HITTER AND CATCHER IS THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF JOSI ONE OF THE TOP PROSPECTS.

THE BROTHERS COME FROM A LONG LINE OF PRO BALLPLAYERS INCLUDING THEIR FATHER, UNCLE, AND GRANDFATHER?

>> THE SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SUING SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES.

AS VANESSA REPORTS, DAVE RECEIVE STEMMING FROM THESE ACTS LIKE THE POPULAR TICTOK.

>> AND COACHES FIVE YEARS, TICTOK FRAME HAS AMASSED MORE THAN 1 BILLION GLOBAL USERS.

>> THEY ARE GLUED TO THE CONTENT AND VIRAL VIDEOS.

>> Reporter: HOW LONG DO YOU SPEND ON TIKTOK EVERY DAY?

>> THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ALONG WITH THE DOZEN STATES BAN TIKTOK ALMOST FEDERAL DEVICES CITING SECURE SECURITY CONCERNS.

THERE IS NO PUBLIC EVIDENCE THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE THAT.

SOCIAL MEDIA'S IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH PARTICULARLY AMONG GEN Z.

>> DEPRESSION STARTED TO RISE AFTER 2012.

AS SMART PHONES AND SOCIAL MEDIA GREW, SO DID THE RATE OF DEPRESSION AMONG TEENS NEARLY DOUBLING BETWEEN 2004 AND 2019.

THAT YEAR WONDER FOR YOU BREAST TEEN GIRLS HAD EXPERIENCED CLINICAL DEPRESSION.

>> THEY ARE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO USE THE APP FOR LONGER .

>> Reporter: TIKTOK SAID ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS SUPPORTING THE SAFETY AND WELL- BEING OF TEENS AND BRACKET NICE THIS WORK IS NEVER FINISHED.

WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS AND EMPOWER PARENTS ADDITIONAL CONTROLS FOR THEIR TEENS THROUGH TICTOK FRAME FAMILY PARENTS.

USERS OF TICTOK FRAME SPEND AN HOUR'S OF 90 MINUTES ON THE APP, MORE THAN ANY OTHER SOCIAL PLOT FORM.

>> WHAT KEEPS YOU SCROLLING EVEN IF YOU KNOW YOU BEEN TWO HOURS ON IT?

>> ONCE YOU WATCH ONE VIDEO IT IS LIKE A CYCLE.

>> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO JEROME.

>> I HAD JUST BEEN SCROLLING UNTIL THE SUN CAME UP.

>> HE SAID THAT HE LOST SLEEP I LOST TOUCH WITH HIS FRIENDS AND BOSSES SENSE OF SELF.

IN 2021, HE DELETED THE APP.

>> BEING DISAPPOINTED IN MY LIFE IS NEVER SOMETHING I WANT TO BE DOING.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES WE GIVE TO OUR AUDIENCE.

>> PROVIDING PAY TRANSPARENCY TO NEARLY 1 MILLION FOLLOWERS.

>> TIKTOK HELP BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH AUDIENCE REACH POTENTIAL.

>> Reporter: SHE HOPES THAT THE ALGORITHM WILL HELP IN VAPOR.

>> THIS IS THE ONLY REASON I AM DOING THIS.

IT IS MY ENTIRE MISSION.

>> AND COACH ALLY THEY ANNOUNCED THEY WOULD INTRODUCE NEW WAYS TO FILTER OUT PROBLEMATIC VIDEOS PICKETT HAS ROLLED OUT A TOOL THAT HELPS PEOPLE DECIDE HOW MUCH TIME THEY WANT TO SPEND ON THE APP.

STRUCK A DEATH TOLL RISES AFTER RUSSIAN ATTACK ON AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN EASTERN UKRAINE.

THAT IS COMING UP RIGHT AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> SERVICE IS A MAJOR PART OF CELEBRATING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY.

WE LEARN HOW SOME CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED THAT CARING STARTS WITH EVEN THE SMALLEST CREATURES.

>> Reporter: SURE THAT HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER HAS ITS FAIR SHARE OF DOGS AND CATS FOR ADOPTION.

THEY ALSO HAVE ALPACAS, RABBITS, BIRDS, REPTILES, MINIATURE HORSES, AND MORE.

THESE ANIMALS ARE NOT FOR ADOPTION.

THEY ARE AMBASSADORS, AND TODAY THEY HAD AN IMPORTANT LESSON.

>> TRYING INTO MARTIN LUTHER KING AND HIS MESSAGE OF A MORE COMPASSIONATE WORLD.

TEACHING KIDS ABOUT HOW JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE SMALL OR YOUNG DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

IS STARTS WITH HELPING ANIMALS AND PLANTS.

>> YOU CAN SEE HOW SOFT THOSE FEATHERS ARE.

>> Reporter: THE CENTER SPOKESPERSON SAYS AN OCEAN AS PART OF THE MISSION.

>> YOU CAN REALLY CHANGE THE WORLD BY STARTING WITH KIDS.

ONCE WE ARE ADULTS USUALLY OUR THOUGHTS ARE INGRAINED.

BUT WITH THE KID, YOU CAN REALLY CHANGE THE WORLD.

>> Reporter: MOST OF THE ANIMAL AMBASSADORS ARRIVED AT THE CENTER IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

THEY WILL COME TO US AND SAY WHAT YOU LIKE TO HAVE THIS ANIMAL AS AN AMBASSADOR.

THEY BECOME OUR INSTRUCTORS.

>> Reporter: VOLUNTEERS ARE ALWAYS NEEDED FOR THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND AS WELL AS BOARDING ANIMALS UP FOR ADOPTION.

>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.