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>>> AS AMERICA COMMEMORATES 22 YEARS SINCE THE SEPTEMBER 11th ATTACK, THE NATION REMEMBERING PAINFUL MOMENTS THAT ARE STILL FRESH FOR SO MANY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

OUR COVERAGE STARTS LOCALLY, THE COMMUNITY ONCE AGAIN TO FIND ANTI-SOMATIC FLYERS AND THIS TIME RAMADI MISINFORMATION ABOUT 9/11.

KPBS REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SAYS OUR PROPOSED CITY LAW AIMS TO HOLD THOSE DELIVERING THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

>> Reporter: ANTI-SOMATIC FLYERS WERE PUT OUT OVERNIGHT IN HIS COMMUNITY.

KPBS ISN'T SHOWING THE MESSAGES ON THEM.

THIS AREA AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES HAVE SEEN ARISE IN RECENT MONTHS, DROPPING OFF ANTI-SOMATIC FLYERS.

>> IT IS REALLY GROSS AND ON TOP OF THAT EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE SAYING IS LIES.

>> Reporter: COUNCILMEMBER REPRESENTS THIS AREA.

HE HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE.

LAST WEEK ADDRESSING THIS VERY ISSUE.

HE SAID THE COWARDLY ACTIONS ONLY HAVE THEM DOUBLING DOWN ON A PROPOSAL TO UP PENALTIES FOR ACTIONS LIKE THIS.

RIGHT NOW PEOPLE CAN BE CITED WITH AN INFRACTION FOR LITTERING.

BUT PROPOSING A NEW MISDEMEANOR OR HATE LETTER.

>> WE HAVE A PLAN TO STEP UP THE PENALTY.

AND HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.

BUT THAT IS GOING TO STOP EVERY BAD PERSON BUT THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO IN OUR POWER.

WE ALREADY KNOW THAT A LOT OF THIS HATE SPEECH DOES INFLUENCE PEOPLE TO THEN CARRY OUT VIOLENCE IN THE NAME OF THOSE HATEFUL IDEOLOGIES.

SO PREVENTING THAT, WE WILL BE PROMOTING PUBLIC SAFETY BUT ALSO SENDING THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND EVERY OTHER COMMUNITY THAT IS THE TARGET OF HATE SPEECH, THAT THE GOVERNMENT CARES AND DOESN'T WANT ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO SUFFER THAT.

>> THESE FLYERS ARE MEANT TO PUNISH PEOPLE TO BAD ACTIONS.

>> Reporter: MARCUS IS A RABBI AT THE NEARBY TEMPLE.

AND SHE IS IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL THAT COULD SEE PENALTIES OF UP TO A YEAR IN JAIL AND EVEN RESTITUTION.

>> I AM VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PASSING OF THESE LAWS AND HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL WORDS AND DEEDS THAT LEAD TO INCITEMENT OF VIOLENCE.

AND AGGRESSIVE ACTIONS TOWARDS ANY FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS.

AND SAN DIEGANS.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE WILL BRING A DRAFT OF THE HATE A ORDINANCE TO THE COUNCIL'S PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE SOMETIME THIS MONTH AND FOR NOW MARKETS SAYS SHE IS FOCUSING ON ROSH HASHANAH.

>> MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS HOW MUCH TIME THIS TAKES AWAY FROM THINGS THAT WE WOULD RATHER BE DOING AND DOING HAPPY TIMES WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND PREPARING OUR BEAUTIFUL HOLY DAISIES AND THAT BEGINS THIS WEEKEND.

>> Reporter: IS SAN DIEGO POLICE SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY RESPONDED AND ARE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING WHAT HAPPENED.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SOLEMN CEREMONIES TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO CONTINUE TO GRAPPLE WITH THE AFTERMATH OF 9/11.

GLORIA PATHS MEDIA REPORTS.

>> TODAY, WE PAY TRIBUTE.

>> Reporter: AMERICANS HONOR THE NEARLY 3000 PEOPLE WHO PERISHED WHEN FOUR HIJACKED PLANES CRASHED INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER.

THE PENTAGON AND IN A FIELD IN PENNSYLVANIA.

>> 2977.

INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

THEY LOST THEIR LIVES.

>> Reporter: AS MEMORIAL EVENTS TAKE PLACE.

A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF AWARENESS EMERGES FOR THOSE WHO DISPLAYED REMARKABLE ACTS OF HEROISM ON THAT TRAGIC DAY.

>> THE DEGREES OF CANCER ARE GROWING.

AND THE COST OF TREATMENT IS GROWING.

>> Reporter: THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH HEALTH EFFECTS OF HANDLING TOXIC DEBRIS AND MATERIALS AT GROUND ZERO.

>> PEOPLE WERE COMING UP WITH RESPIRATORY AILMENTS.

>> Reporter: AT LEAST 341 FIREFIGHTERS PARAMEDICS AND CIVILIANS SUPPORT STAFF HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF POST-9/11 ILLNESS.

EXPOSURE TO DUST AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER LINKED TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY DISEASE.

THOUSANDS OF CANCER DIAGNOSES HAVE ALSO BEEN LINKED TO THE TOXIC AIR, DURING THE ATTACKS.

>> IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T DYING BUT ARE SICK BUT AREN'T LIVING BUT ALIVE.

AND NO ONE MEASURES THAT LOSS.

>> Reporter: WITH EACH PASSING YEAR, THE LIST WHO SUCCUMBS THE POST-9/11 ILLNESS CONTINUES TO RISE.

THE NAMES CONTINUALLY ADDED TO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER MEMORIAL WALL.

>> Reporter: GLORIA PATHS ME KNOW, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LOCALLY, DOZENS STOOD OUTSIDE TO COMMEMORATE 9/11.

THE PASTOR AND A CHAPLAIN WITH THE CORONADO FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CRISIS RESPONDERS.

AT THE TIME.

HE SERVED ON A RESPONSE TEAM, FOR COMMERCIAL AIRLINE CRASHES.

AND THE CHAPLAIN SAYS WHILE THE COUNTRY WAS TRYING TO WRAP THEIR HEADS AROUND THE 9/11 ATTACKS.

HE WAS HEADING FOR GROUND ZERO.

>> HOW LARGE THE DEVASTATION WAS.

HE COULDN'T CAPTURE THAT.

IN THE NEWS MEDIA.

BECAUSE THE FORCE OF THE TOWERS OF THE TOWERS COMING DOWN.

BLASTING THROUGH BUILDINGS, POOR BLOCKS, WHEN BODIES WERE DISCOVERED, THE WHOLE SITE WOULD STOP.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO TELL THE STORY TO GENERATIONS THAT DIDN'T EXPERIENCE THAT DAY.

THE CORONADO FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT WILL DO ITS PART AND THAT THIS 9/11 CEREMONY WILL CONTINUE FOR YEARS TO COME.

>>> NEAR A CEMETERY BREAKING DOWN ON A MEMORIAL HONORING FAMILIES WHO LOST A LOVED ONE WHILE SERVING OUR COUNTRY, THE GOLD STAR FAMILIES MEMORIAL MONUMENT WILL BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

AND THE FOUNDATION WHICH HELPS CREATE GOLD STAR FAMILY MEMORIALS AROUND THE NATION JOINED THE COMMITTEE TO PLAN THE MONUMENT.

AND ITS DEDICATION IS SCHEDULED FOR VETERANS DAY.

>>> THE FAMILY OF A MAN GUNNED DOWN BY A FORMER SERVICE MEMBER IS TAKING THE GOVERNMENT THE CORPORATE THEY SAY THE KILLER WHO WAS FORCED OUT OF THE MARINE CORPS FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUY A GUN.

THE CASE SPOTLIGHTS PROBLEMS THAT THE MILITARY HAS HAD.

FAILING TO REPORT DISQUALIFIED SERVICEMEMBERS TO THE FBI'S GUN BACKGROUND CHECK DATABASE.

KPBS MILITARY REPORTER ANDREW DYER REPORTS.

>> THE OFFICER RETURNED TO HER APARTMENT AFTER HER SHIFT AT NASAL IT WAS A PRIVATE IN 2018, JUST BEFORE 4:00 P.M. AND THE 24-YEAR-OLD TOOK HER NEW PUPPY OUT FOR A WALK.

WHEN SHE RETURNED, HER UPSTAIRS NEIGHBOR, A MAN SHE DIDN'T KNOW WAS WAITING OUTSIDE OF HER DOOR, AND WAS HOLDING A REVOLVER.

>> SHE REALLY ENJOYED BEING IN THE NAVY, AND SHE ENJOYED HER JOB IMMENSELY.

SHE LOVED HELPING PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: HER MOTHER WAS DEVASTATED BY THE LOSS OF HER ONLY CHILD THAT DAY.

SHE SAYS THEY SPOKE ON THE PHONE EVERY DAY AND DEVON PLAN TO BE AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST.

AFTER THE NAVY TO WORK WITH VETERANS.

>> I THINK SHE HAD TWO MORE YEARS LEFT.

AND THEN, SHE WAS GOING TO TRANSFER TO A GRADUATE SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: THE MAN WHO SHOT AND KILLED DEVON WAS A MARINE DESERTER WHO HAD BEEN ARRESTED IN 2016.

AND DIAGNOSED AS SCHIZOPHRENIC, SUFFERING FROM DELUSIONS AND HALLUCINATIONS, FOUND COMPETENT TO FACE COURT-MARTIAL.

THE SCHIZOPHRENIA DIAGNOSIS SHOULD HAVE LANDED DEMAND EDUARDO ON THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM.

USED HIS GREEN GUN PURCHASES.

BUT THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT DID REPORT THEM, SO WHEN THEY WENT TO AN OCEANSIDE GUN DEALER TO PURCHASE A FIVE SHOT REVOLVER, NOTHING CAME BACK.

>> IN THIS CASE AGAIN TO THE DATABASE AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.

>> Reporter: EUGENE REPRESENTS LESLIE WAS IN TWO LAWSUITS, ONE AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ANOTHER AGAINST THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AND HE SAYS THE LAW IS CLEAR.

THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUY A GUN.

>> AN ADDITIONAL WHAT WAS NEEDED TO PREVENT THE DEATH.

ALL YOU NEEDED WAS COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.

THAT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE SUCH A POWERFUL CASE.

>> Reporter: FOR YEARS THE PENTAGON INSPECTOR GENERAL HAS FAULTED THE MILITARY FOR VIOLATING THE LAW.

AND FAILING TO ADD DISQUALIFIED PERSONNEL TO THE FBI'S NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM.

COMMONLY CALLED THE MOST WELL- KNOWN CASE WAS ADDED FORMER AIR FORCE AIRMAN DEVIN KELLEY WHOSE DOMESTIC ASSAULT CONVICTION SHOULD HAVE LANDED HIM IN THE SYSTEM.

THE AIR FORCE FAILED TO REPORT HIM AND IN 2017, KELLY KILLED 26 PEOPLE IN THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SUTHERLAND SPRINGS TEXAS.

LOSING NICHOLS IS THE POLICY DIRECTOR OF THE GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE.

>> THE MILITARY HAS A LONG TRACK RECORD OF NOT REPORTING THIS INFORMATION WHEN IT SHOULD.

AND GOING BACK TO THE 1990s WHEN THE BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED.

>> Reporter: IN 2020 THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOUND THAT AFTER THE SHOOTING, THE SYSTEM IMPROVED, PREVIOUSLY THE SERVICE IS REPORTED AS QUALIFIED CRIMINAL INFORMATION TO AN INTERNAL PENTAGON MATT KELLER COMPONENT FOR THE INFORMATION DIDN'T ALWAYS GET TO THE FBI.

NOW THE SERVICE BRANCHES SUBMITTED IT TO THE FBI DIRECTLY.

BUT WITH THAT INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT.

THAT ONLY WHETHER SERVICEMEMBERS CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS MADE IT INTO THE BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM.

IT DIDN'T INVESTIGATE WHETHER MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES MADE IT INTO THE SYSTEM LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE.

>> THE MILITARY ACCESS TO PROTECT AND DEFEND OUR COUNTRY FROM ACTUAL VIOLENCE.

SO THE REQUIREMENTS THAT DOD REPORT TO THE BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM FOR GUN PURCHASES, DIRECTLY FULFILLS THE VERY PURPOSE OF THE MILITARY.

>> Reporter: SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON LAST YEAR.

AND IN JULY A FEDERAL JUDGE DENIED A GOVERNMENT MOTION TO DISMISS THEIR FAMILIES LAWSUIT.

ANDREW DYER.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, RESCUE CREWS SCRABBLED TO REACH MOROCCO'S REMOTE AREAS, FLATTENED BY THE DEADLY EARTHQUAKE.

COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE REVIEWING ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH HER BROTHER BENGALS FOUNDATION, THE ORGANIZATION HIRED SECURITY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS LIGHTING NEARBY.

BUT IT IS AN EXPENSE FOR NONPROFITS IS THEY CANNOT AFFORD.

KPBS NORTH REPORTER TONYA THORNE SAYS A DECISION IS BEING MADE TODAY.

>> Reporter: TENSION BETWEEN THE FOUNDATION AND OCEANSIDE, AND A NUMBER OF THEIR NEIGHBORS HAS BEEN GROWING.

THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES FOOD AND RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE BUSINESS PARK ON PRODUCTION AVENUE.

THE BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE AREA SAY THAT THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE ARE CAUSING DAMAGE.

AND PROPERTY MANAGERS SAY THEY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME LEASING VACANT PROPERTIES AS A RESULT, THEY HAVE HIRED A THIRD PARTY SECURITY COMPANY.

AND AN EXPENSE, THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE MANAGER SAYS, IS NOT WITHIN THEIR BUDGET.

>> IT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR US, IT IS A MOVE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE STATES THAT HAVE BEEN LAID OUT BY THE BUSINESS PARK AND THE PEOPLE THEY WANT TO SHUT DOWN.

>> Reporter: PART OF A COMMITTEE FORMED BY THE BUSINESS IS CITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAS TO COME UP WITH POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.

BUT THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE COLLABORATION FROM THE BUSINESSES.

>> IT'S NOT AN ATTEMPT OF WORKING WITH THIS OR WORKING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, THEY WANT TO SHUT DOWN AND MAY WANT TO CUT THE WATER OFF.

AND FOR US, WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THE DOORS OPEN, WE HAVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: THEY OWN THE BUILDING, AND THE CITY GRANTED THEM A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO PROVIDE SERVICES.

AS LONG AS OUR OPERATIONS AREN'T DETRIMENTAL.

ABOUT THE PUBLIC OR NEARBY PROPERTIES.

NEARBY PROPERTY MANAGERS.

THEY ARE IN VIOLATION OF THAT PERMIT.

AND THEY ARE ASKING THE CITY TO REVOKE IT.

MANAGERS DECLINED AN INTERVIEW BUT PROVIDED A LIST OF 14 BUSINESSES, MOVING OUT OF THE BUSINESS PARK, DREW TO BROTHER BENNO'S.

BUT MEYER THINKS SECURITY HAS HELPED IMPROVE THE SITUATION AROUND THE BUSINESS PARK.

AND HIS CLIENTS HAVE BEEN UNDERSTANDING.

>> A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN RECEPTIVE TO THAT AND TRYING TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO.

BUT AGAIN, THAT IS THE PROBLEM WHETHER THEY GO COLLECT >> Reporter: OCEANSIDE'S FIRST HOMELESS SHELTER OPENED AND IS ON A REFERRAL BASIS BY OCEANSIDE POLICE.

AS OF MONDAY, 20 BEDS AVAILABLE.

OCEANSIDE'S PLANNING COMMISSION TAKING UP THE PERMITS AND CONDITIONS ON MONDAY EVENING.

>> WE WOULD REALLY LIKE COLLABORATION FROM THE CITY FINANCIALLY.

>> Reporter: THE ORGANIZATION DOESN'T GET ANY FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

>> WE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE US SOLVING IT, WE ARE HOPEFUL, BUT YOU KNOW.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE ALSO HIRED CLEANING SERVICES AND REDUCED HOURS TO HELP ADDRESS THE BUSINESS PARKS COMPLAINTS.

TONYA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CHILDREN EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS HAVE INCREASED MORE THAN 20 VOLT OVER THE PAST DECADE.

AND TODAY, CONGRESSMAN SCOTT PETERS SAID ANDREA POM, HOLDING A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH SOME STUDENTS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE.

KPBS NORTH REPORTER ANDY WHEN WAS THERE.

>> THIS COMES AND SPEAKS TO HOW MUCH MORE COMPLICATED YOUR LIVES ARE, FOR THE PREVIOUS GENERATION.

MIKE HILTON HUMID SIDE ANDREA POM STARTED THE DISCUSSION AT BERNAL HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL BY RECOGNIZING THAT STUDENTS TODAY FACE MORE CHALLENGES THAN THE PREVIOUS GENERATION, FROM BULLYING TO SUICIDE TO SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.

>> WHAT IF ONE OF THEM WAS MY FAMILY OR MY FRIENDS?

LIKE THAT KIND OF THINKING WAS BECAUSE OF THE ACTOR SHOOTER DRILLS THAT I HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE KINDERGARTEN.

AT MY SCHOOL.

>> I THINK A LOT OF US ARE NUMB TO IT.

>> I REMEMBER WHEN OUR SCHOOL HAD A SHOOTING THREAT AND WE HAD TO GO INTO A LOCKDOWN.

IT WAS A BIG DEAL AND A LOT OF KIDS WERE SCARED.

>> Reporter: THAT TAKES A TOLL ON MENTAL HEALTH.

>> I THINK KIDS ARE REALLY FEELING THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD, MORE THAN THEY DID IN THE PAST.

>> Reporter: DR. BEN MAXWELL IS A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST AT RAINEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, STUDENTS ARE MORE DIGITALLY CONNECTED AND THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING.

>> THE MORE WE CAN FIND WAYS TO HELP KIDS MANAGE THE STRESSORS AND MANAGE THE INFORMATION THAT IS COMING IN, THROUGH THEIR PHONES OR THROUGH THEIR SCREENS, OR THROUGH COMPUTERS, AND THIS CONNECTED WORLD WE LIVE IN.

I THINK THE BETTER WE CAN SUPPORT THEM.

>> Reporter: THAT IS WHERE THE SUICIDE TRAINING AND AWARENESS DELIVERED FOR THE PREVENTION ACT OR STANDUP ACT INTRODUCED BY CONGRESSMAN SCOTT PETERS COMES IN.

CONGRESSMAN SCOTT PETERS WAS INSPIRED BY WHAT THE STUDENTS TOLD HIM IN 2019 ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND GUN VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS.

THAT BECAME THE BASIS FOR THE STANDUP ACT WHICH BECAME LAW LAST YEAR.

THE LAW PRIORITIZES FUNDING FOR AWARENESS AND PREVENTION OF SCHOOL GUN VIOLENCE AND SUICIDE.

PETERS SAYS MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE THE TARGET AUDIENCE FOR THESE POLICIES AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.

>> THEY CAME UP WITH SOME GOOD IDEAS, MEDIA LITERACY, SO I UNDERSTAND SOCIAL MEDIA, SUPPORT FOR PARENTS NOT JUST FOR STUDENTS BUT FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND ALSO CONTINUED FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND SCHOOLS.

THAT IS THE KIND OF FEEDBACK WE NEED.

>> Reporter: SAM BOYD WAS THERE FOR THE ROUNDTABLE WITH PETERS AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO SEE LEGISLATION PUT IN PLACE FOR WHAT THIS CONCERNS ARE ABOUT.

>> WITH SUICIDE RATES GOING UP AND JUST OF THE OVERALL STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH, AND IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.

I HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND I'VE HAD MY OWN MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES AND I FEEL THAT IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING THAT PEOPLE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO RAINEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, PEDIATRIC PSYCHIATRIC TYPE CRISIS HAS INCREASED 20 TIMES FROM 10 YEARS AGO AND IT IS SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AS RECOVERY EFFORTS CONTINUE IN MAUI, THE FIRE RAVAGED COMMUNITY GETTING HELP FROM SOME SAN DIEGO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

KPBS EDUCATIONAL REPORTER MG PEREZ TELLS US ABOUT THE EXCEPTIONAL DONATION DRIVE STARTED IN A SECOND GRADE CLASSROOM.

>> GIVE YOURSELF A PAT ON THE BACK.

>> Reporter: SHELLEY CRICKET SHARES HER PASSION FOR THE UKULELE WITH HER SECOND GRADE CLASS, HERE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SARAH MESA.

HAWAII'S MOST WELL-KNOWN INSTRUMENT ALSO PROVIDES THESE STUDENTS WITH A REMINDER OF WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE NOW.

CLEANUP AND RECOVERY, FROM DEVASTATING WILDFIRES LAST MONTH.

THIS CRICKET IS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT EDUCATING HER STUDENTS THAT SHE'S ALMOST LOST HER VOICE.

>> I WANTED MY SECOND GRADERS TO LEARN COMPASSION EMPATHY AND FEEL LIKE WHAT IT WOULD BE, IF YOU WENT TO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY AND YOUR SCHOOL WAS BURNED DOWN.

-- THERE, YOU HAVE TWO DOLLARS, THREE DOLLARS.

>> Reporter: JUST OVER A WEEK AGO, MATH LESSONS TOOK ON A MUCH DEEPER MEANING, AS STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES STARTED COLLECTING SPARE CHANGE TO HELP HAWAIIAN CHILDREN IN MAUI.

MISS CRICKET HAS LONG TIME TIES IN HAWAII AND OWNED PROPERTY ON THE BIG ISLAND AND SPENDS A LOT OF HER VACATIONS THERE.

>> I LIKE THE SPIRIT OF ALOHA.

AND I LIKE TO LIVE ALOHA.

AND THAT IS JUST BEING KIND TO EVERYONE.

>> Reporter: ALREADY MORE THAN $700 IN MONEY HAS BEEN DONATED AND THE STUDENTS ARE CALCULATING AND ACCOUNTING FOR EVERY PENNY.

THE REST OF THE SCHOOL HAS JOINED IN AND NOW THE EFFORT INCLUDES COLLECTING NEW SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

ALL OF IT WILL BE SENT TO THE CHILDREN WHO NEED IT MOST.

>> IT IS JUST BEING A GOOD PERSON FOR HELPING PEOPLE IN NEED.

>> IT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOST A LOT OF THINGS AND THEY MIGHT HAVE TO COME I DON'T KNOW, THEY NEED MONEY TO BUY STUFF.

SO THAT IS WHY WE RAISED A LOT OF MONEY.

>> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH THE BOUNDARIES OF SAN DIEGO ARE 2500 MILES AWAY FROM MAUI, THE CONNECTION IS STRONG AND THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS CREATING COMMUNITY THERE TOO.

>> IT REALLY WAS A FIRE AND THERE WAS NO ESCAPING IT, PEOPLE ARE COMING UP HERE AND IT WAS HORRIFIC.

>> Reporter: JOHN OUR TRUSTED FRIENDS OF MISS CRICKET, THE HOME SURVIVED SIX MILES NORTH OF THE FIRE ZONE.

AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR WEEKS TO HELP STUDENTS OF THE CATHOLIC SACRED HEART SCHOOL IN LAHAINA, FIND PLACES TO KEEP LEARNING, LIKE A COVERED PARKING LOT AND UNUSED CHURCH SPACE, THEY WILL MAKE SURE EVERY DIAMOND SCHOOL SUPPLY COMING FROM THE ELEMENTARY GETS TO THE CHILDREN WHO NEED IT NOW.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS HOPE TO OPEN IN THESE TEMPORARY LOCATIONS BY HALLOWEEN.

>> IF WE CAN CONNECT THEM AND REALLY CONNECT THE KIDS AND ALLOW THEM TO RIDE BACK-AND- FORTH AND LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER.

I THINK WE ARE TAKING THE EDUCATION WAY OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.

>> Reporter: KIDS HELPING KIDS WITH THE ALOHA SPIRIT.

>> TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR!

>> Reporter: MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ALL OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE MARINE LAYER, THAT IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE CLOUDINESS AS WELL AS TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

AND TRENDING COOLER BUT WILL NOT CONTINUE AS WE HAD OUR WAY DOWN THE ROAD LATE THIS WEEK INTO THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND.

WE WILL LET YOU KNOW COMING UP.

FOR TONIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY AND WE WILL DROP DOWN TO 70 DEGREES.

AND THE CLOUDINESS MORE SO TOWARDS THE COAST BUT SOME OF THE INTERIOR VALLEY LOOKING AT SOME OF THE CLOUDINESS.

TO START THINGS OFF EARLY ON TUESDAY, TEMPERATURES CLIMBING BACK INTO THE MID-TO-UPPER 70s AROUND TO LAVISTA.

AND MOUNT LAGUNA.

MOSTLY SUNNY SKY AT 66, BORREGO SPRINGS TOPPING NEAR 90.

AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING INTO YOUR EARLY TUESDAY.

WE WILL START TO SEE MOISTURE SLOT ITS WAY TOWARDS THE EAST, AND A LITTLE BIT OF THAT MID LEVEL TROPICAL MOISTURE OUT OF THE PICTURE, THAT YOU SEE THE CLOUDS ANCHORING, AND WE WILL SEE THOSE MAKE A RETURN AGAIN AS WE GO INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND ALSO INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

LET'S TAKE A TRIP DOWN THE ROAD HERE.

AND HERE'S A LOOK AT THE COAST.

NOTICE HOW THESE TEMPERATURES TREND DOWN A BIT.

AND WE GO INTO WEDNESDAY WE WILL BE FALLING BACK INTO THE MID-70s.

AND TO START SOME AFTERNOON SUNSHINE, TEMPERATURES DROPPING DOWN INTO THE 60s, OVER SOME OF THE INTERIOR VALLEYS, ALSO A TENDENCY TO SEE SOME NUMBERS DROPPING IN THE COMING DAYS THE MID-80s ON TUESDAY, AROUND 80 ON WEDNESDAY.

AND WE WILL STAY PUT IN THE 70s, LATE WEEK INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND UNDER A MOSTLY SUNNY SKY FRIDAY.

PARTIAL SUNSHINE AS WE HAD OUR WAY INTO SATURDAY.

AND MOUNTAINS ALSO LOOKING AT SOME COLDER AIR FILTERING IN AND A LITTLE BREEZY AND LOOK AT THIS, MAINLY IN THE 50s, MORE LIKE FALL HERE HEADING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND HANGING OUT IN THE LOW 60s, RIGHT INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND.

MID-TO-UPPER 90s ACROSS THE BOARD AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THE DESERT, LOTS OF SUNSHINE ANTICIPATED.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST JUSTIN POVICK.

>>> FOR OUR ONGOING SERIES IT WILL BE A PROLIFIC SAN DIEGO ARTIST, SHE HAS WORKED AT THE AIRPORT AND AT THE NORTHPARK TARGET AND AT THE JACOB CENTER JUST TO NAME A FEW.

KPBS ARTS PRODUCER HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: WORK IS THE KIND OF ART THAT REMINDS YOU THAT MIGHT EXIST.

SHE IS INFORMED BY THE INFLUENTIAL SPACE MOVEMENT ARTIST OF THE 1960s.

LIKE SAN DIEGO'S OWNER ROBERT IRWIN.

AND SHE WORKS WITH MOSTLY CLEAR PLASTICS, ACRYLICS AND FILMS THAT REFRACT AND TRANSFORM LIGHT.

HER FIRST WORK OF PUBLIC ART IS OUTSIDE OF THE MANY TARGET STORE IN NORTHPARK.

THERE SHE USED TRANSLUCENT POLYCARBONATE DISC THAT PROTRUDE FROM THE WALL IN A MASSIVE WAY.

AND THEY CAST COLORFUL SHOWER PERCHED HIGH ABOVE HANDS AS THEY WALKED BY.

>> I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT MY FIRST PUBLIC ART CLIENT WAS A PRIVATE CORPORATION.

THERE IS A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY.

WITH THE PRIVATE CORPORATION.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO ESPECIALLY BUDGETS.

>> Reporter: IN HER STUDIO, SHE CUTS AND ARRANGES TINY SLIVERS OF FILM, JUTTING HUNDREDS OF PIECES OUT FROM THE WALL AND THE PATTERNS IN THE TWIST AND MOVEMENT.

COLORED SHADOWS SCATTER.

AND SHE IS INSPIRED BY THE MOVEMENTS OF THE GROUP OF STARLINGS, KNOWN AS A MURMUR RATION.

EACH BIRD COMMUNICATES ONLY WITH ITS SEVEN CLOSEST VAPORS BUT SOMEHOW, THOUSANDS OF BIRDS MOVE FLAWLESSLY IN INTRICATE PATTERNS.

>> WE PAY FEEL VERY OVERWHELMED, BUT IT JUST KIND OF FOCUSING ON YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

AND STARTING SMALL AND THAT WENT CREATE THE RIPPLE EFFECT.

>> Reporter: THIS NEW WORK IS A REVISION IN A GLASS CASE AT THE SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

THE CLASS AFFECTS HOW LIGHT HITS THE PIECE OF THE FILM.

CURATOR OF A TEMPORARY EXHIBITS, AND SAYS BECAUSE OF THIS, THE PIECE IS BEST VIEWED IN THE EARLY MORNING OR AT NIGHT.

MUCH LIKE STARLINGS.

>> PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT REASONS WHY THEY ARE HERE BUT THEY ARE ALL IN A PLACE OF TRANSFORMATION.

>> AT THE AIRPORT, THE WORK IS PLACED BEFORE SECURITY CHECKPOINT THE MAIN SECURITY LINE IN TERMINAL TWO.

AND IS HE A SIMILAR WORK WITHOUT A BARRIER, IT IS ON THE AND CITY COLLEGE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30th, AND SHE LOVES DESIGNING LARGE WORKS OF ART, TO FIT EACH SITE, SHE SEES PUBLIC ART AS A FORM OF ARTS EDUCATION FOR PASSERSBY.

>> PUBLIC ART TO ME IS THE MOST DEMOCRATIC OF THE ART.

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON TOMORROW.

NPR'S MORNING EDITION IS COVERING WHAT THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CAUSED THE BIGGEST MONOPOLY LAWSUIT IN 25 YEARS.

AND IT IS ALL ABOUT HOW GOOGLE HANDLES ITS SEARCH BUSINESS.

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