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>>> GOOD EVENING.

TONIGHT WE HAVE A SPECIAL EDITION OF KPBS EVENING EDITION.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE'RE REVISITING SOME OF THE BEST STORIES THAT WE TOLD FROM THE SUMMER SEASON AND THAT INCLUDES OUR COVERAGE FROM COMIC-CON THAT GOT A LOT OF INTEREST FROM OUR AUDIENCE.

>> Reporter: IS IT THE FIRST DAY OF COMIC-CON.

SO YOU HAVE TO DRESS THE PART.

AND IT IS IT THE FIRST YEAR WHERE MAJOR STUDIOS ARE NOT HERE.

AND THEY ARE BRINGING COMIC-CON BACK TO ITS OLD ROOTS.

SO LET'S CHECK IT OUT.

>> WITH MONTH HOLLYWOOD STARS HERE, THESE ARE THE ARTTIVITIES AT THE STARS AT THE POP CONVENTION.

THE SOUTH BAY ARTIST HAD A LINE OF PEOPLE ALREADY WAITING FOR HIM AS SOON AS THE CONVENTION FLOOR OPENED.

>> IS IT A GREAT TIME FOR THE ARTIST AND SOMEONE HAS BEEN GRINDING TO GET THAT RECOGNITION AND TO FIND A NEW CROWD, FIND A NEW AUDIENCE BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO SHOWCASED AMONG THE NOISE NOW.

>> Reporter: THAT IS HOW THEY DISCOVERED IT.

>> I DIDN'T REALIZE THE LONG WAS GOING TO BE THIS BIG.

SO I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS THAT POPULAR.

BUT I CAN SEE WHY.

>> Reporter: HIS ART IS INFLUENCED BY POP CULTURE WITH HIS OWN TWIST OF INCORPORATING HIS OWN CULTURE.

WITH MOST OF THE HOLLYWOOD PANELS CANCELED, MOST PEOPLE WERE OUT HERE ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR.

EXHIBITORS SAY THEY ARE SEEING MORE PEOPLE STOP BY THE BOOTHS LIKE THIS 15-YEAR-OLD.

HE WAS STOPPING AT THE CAB CONBOOTH TO CHECK OUT THE LATEST VIDEO GAME.

>> THERE IS SO MUCH TO SEE.

THE GHOST BOOTH IS REALLY COOL.

THIS BOOTH IS REALLY COOL.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THINGS ARE MUCH MORE EMISSIVE THIS YEAR.

>> I FEEL LIKE WAY MORE PEOPLE DRESSED UP THIS YEAR.

I SAW A GUY WITH A RED HOOD.

SUPER INTERESTING AND SUPER COOL.

IT IS A LITTLE BIT AFTER 5:00 AND PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO HEAD OVER TO THE AREA WHERE THE PARTIES ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN.

AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, KPBS NEWS.

>> COMIC-CON DRAWS HUGE CROWDS.

BUT THAT IS NOT SAN DIEGO'S BIGGEST EVENT.

THAT GOES TO PRIDE.

THEY HAD SOME OF THE BEST TURNOUT IN YEARS.

FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, WE HAD A PRESENCE AT THE PARADE.

BUT IT WAS A MUCH SMALLER PRIDE EVENT IN EAST COUNTY THAT HAD ADDED SYMBOLISM AND RESPONSE.

WE LOOK AT THIS MAN'S FIRST PRIDE WALK.

>> Reporter: THE.

>> Reporter: PARTICIPANTS WERE EXCITED.

THEY ARE NAMED SANTEE.

THEY SHUT DOWN A YMCA AFTER A GYM MEMBER SAID THAT SHE WAS AFRAID WHEN A TRANCE WOMAN, KRISTIN WOOD USED THE WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM.

ONE ATTENDEE CALLED THEM ASTRO TURFING.

THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO HAVE A PUBLIC CONSENSUS WHEN THERE IS NONE.

THEY SAY THE LGBTQ+ SENTIMENT WAS WHY THE CHURCH THE PRIDE WALK.

>> I THINK THAT IS A SMALL, BUT VOCAL SEGMENT.

I DON'T THINK -- I THINK THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IS CARING AND THEY'RE ALL GOOD PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: HUNDREDS SHOWED UP TO WALK.

DRUMMERS, CHANTS, AND A NEAR CONSTANT TREATMENT OF PASSING CARS HONKING IN SUPPORT DROWNED OUT THE DOZEN MOST SILENT PROTESTERS AND ONE MAN WITH A MEGAPHONE.

SAN TEASE MAYOR EVEN CAME IN SUPPORT.

KRISTIN WOOD STIRRED IN THE CROWD TAKING IN THE SOLIDARITY.

>> THAT IS THE MEANING OF LOVE AND JOY AND INCLUSION.

>> Reporter: AFTER THE DISCRIMINATION THAT SHE DISCOVERED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, SHE WAS MOVED.

>> WORDS FAIL ME.

BUT IS THIS NOT BEAUTIFUL?

>>> SUMMER BROUGHT A NEW BEGINNING FOR SAN DIEGO'S NEW LAFAYETTE HOTEL AND CLUB.

THEY WENT INSIDE TO SHOW US ALL THE UPGRADES TO THIS LOCAL LANDMARK.

RETURN FROM THE OUTSIDE, THE LAFAYETTE HOTEL AND CLUB MAINTAINS THE ICONIC TALL, WHITE COLUMNS.

>> WE HAVE WANTED TO RESPECT THIS PLACE AND WHAT IT DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE CULTURE HERE.

WE WORKED WITH THOUSANDS OF DESIGNERS AND ARCHITECTS AND TRYING TO KEEP THIS PLACE ALIVE.

>> Reporter: THE COST OF THIS REMODEL, $31 MILLION.

>> AND THE IDEA THAT YOU WANT TO COME TO A SPACE AND ACTUALLY BE VISUALLY STIMULATED WHATEVER YOU SEE.

>> Reporter: MARQUES WILLIS IS FOR THE MARKING.

>> YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT TO ELEVATE THE COMMUNITY AND BRING SOMETHING REALLY COOL TO NORTH PARK.

>> Reporter: THE LAFAYETTE IS THE FIRST HOTEL OWNED AND DEVELOPED BY THE CH PROJECTS.

IT IS KNOWN FOR ITS ICONIC RESTAURANTS LIKE PROVISIONS.

>> WE HAVE DONE RESTAURANT IN THE RESTAURANT SPACE AND ALL OF OUR SPACES ARE ECLECTIC.

AND THERE IS BEAUTIFUL DESIGN TO.

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THE RESTAURANT SPACE IS IT IS SOMETHING IT GIVES BACK TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

AND LAFAYETTE BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY FOR SO LONG, 77 YEARS, THIS FELT LIKE IT WAS HOME FOR US.

>> Reporter: THE LOBBY BAR IS THE EPICENTER OF THE HOTEL SITTING BETWEEN A 24-HOUR DINER, RETAIL SHOP AND THE HISTORIC POOL.

>> WE DID NOT TOUCH THIS TOO MUCH, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE VOCAL POINTS OF THE PROPERTY.

THIS POOL WAS DESIGNED AND BUT BY THE VERY FIRST JOHNNY WISE- MUELLER.

AND IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE KEPT PART OF HIS THEORY HERE AS WELL.

>> Reporter: THEY HAD TUDOR DESIGNS, HE DESCRIBES THE DESIGNS OF THE HOTEL.

>> IS IT COMMUNITY SO PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER AND HAVE A PLACE THAT GIVES THEM A LITTLE BIT OF ESCAPISM.

BUT IT IS A STAYCATION FOR THE LITTLE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

>> Reporter: IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE A STAYCATION AT THE HOTEL, THEY ARE $299 A NIGHT.

>>> HOW ABOUT THE KIDS RUN TO THE WORLD SERIES.

HERE IS WHERE TEAM MEXICO HAD ONE OF ITS BEST SHOWING IN A DECADE.

>> Reporter: THIS LITTLE LEAGUE HAS 144 TEAMS, 1800 PLAYERS.

A NINE ACRE COMPLEX FILLED WITH BASEBALL DIAMONDS AND BATTING CAGES.

THIS IS A PROUD HISTORY OF PRODUCING MAJOR BASEBALL PLAYERS.

>> SOLACE, OSCAR AND OTHERS.

>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.

PADRE'S LEGEND GONZALEZ PLAYS LITTLE LEAGUE RIGHT HERE IN TIJUANA.

ONE OF THE FIELDS IS EVEN NAMED AFTER HIM.

THEY SAY IT IS COMMON FOR KIDS IN SAN DIEGO TO PLAY BASEBALL SOUTH OF THE BORDER.

>> WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE TO CROWD THE BORDER EVERY DAY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LEVEL THAT WE PLAY OVER HERE AND THE LEAGUE IS AWESOME.

>> Reporter: IT FEATURES KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAYING TOGETHER SINCE THEY WERE THREE YEARS OLD.

THEY DOMINATED THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT.

THEY ALLOWED ZERO RUNS AND SCORED 77 ON THE WAY TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> THEY ARE SAY VERY GOOD TEAM.

THE COACHES ARE SUPER SMART.

>> Reporter: IF THIS TEAMS WINS THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT, THEY'LL.

>> Reporter: MEXICO IN THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.

FRANCISCO IS THE COACH.

AND HE ALSO COACHED THE 2013 LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM THAT MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE FINAL GAME AGAINST JAPAN.

HE SAID THAT RETURNING TO WILLIAMSPORT WILL GIVE THEM A SECOND CHANCE TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES.

WHY DO THEY PRODUCE SO MANY GOOD BASEBALL PLAYERS?

THEY SAY IT IS BECAUSE OF THE COMPETITION.

THERE ARE IS 2,000 IN THE LEAGUE AND THEY COMPETE AT A HIGH LEVEL.

THERE ARE NO STAR PLAYERS ON THIS TEAM.

NO BIG EGOS.

THEY GREW UP TOGETHER.

THEY'RE MORE LIKE BROTHERS THAN TEAMMATES.

THAT IS ONE MESSAGE THAT THE PLAYERS HAVE REALLY BOUGHT INTO.

HERE IS THEIR RESPONSE IS WHEN YOU ASK WHO IS THE BEST TEAM ON THE PLAYER IS.

ALL OF US SAYS JONATHAN T WE'RE ONE UNIT.

ANOTHER PLAYER WATCHES THE WILLIAMSPORT TOURNAMENT EVERY YEAR ON TV.

HE SAID THAT GETTING TO PLAY IN IT WOULD BE PRETTY AWESOME.

LITTLE LEAGUE TIJUANA IS A FAMILY AFFAIR.

THE PARENT TRAVEL WITH THE TEAM.

THEY COME PREPARED TO CHEER AND COME WITH DRUMS AND MULTIPLE CHANTS TO GO.

THIS IS ONE OF THE TEAM MOMS, SEEING JUST HOW HARD THE KIDS TRAINED INSPIRES THE PARENTS TO PUT IN JUST AS MUCH EFFORT, IF NOT MORE H. [ SPEAKING GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> Reporter: IT IS A SACRIFICE.

PARENTS SPEND THEIR ENTIRE WEEKENDS GOING TO BASEBALL TOURNAMENT.

AND TRAVELING WITH THE TEAM IS NOT CHEAP.

THEY SET UP A GOFUNDME PAGE TO COVER THE TRAVEL EXPENSES.

IF THEY WIN JULY 1st, THEY WILL REPRESENT MEXICO AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES IN AUGUST.

>>> THE PADRES MAY HAVE BEEN THE HOTTEST TICKET OF THE SUMMER.

THEY SMASHED THE RECORD OF SOLDOUT GAMES.

THEY ARE JUST AS PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS MISSION OFF THE FIELD.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT SAN DIEGO'S UNHOUSED POPULATION.

>> Reporter: INSIDE PETER'S OFFICE AT THE PADRE'S HEADQUARTERS, WE STEP BACK IN HISTORY.

>> MY FAVORITE ROCK BAND OF ALL TIME, THE ROLLING STONES, LIVE IN SAN DIEGO, 1981.

>> Reporter: HE WALKS US THROUGH SOME OF HIS UNIQUE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA, HE RECALLS SOME OF HIS FONDEST MEMORIES.

HE SHOWS US A FAMILY PHOTO FROM 1931.

>> THIS IS FROM MY GRANDFATHER, WALTER AND MY GRANDMOTHER'S WEDDING.

>> Reporter: THEY BROUGHT THE DODGERS FROM L.A. TO NEW YORK IN 1967.

HIS BASEBALL ROOTS RUN DEEM.

BUT HE HAS HIS SIGHTS SET FIRM FOR THE FUTURE, NOT JUST FOR THE PADRE FANS, BUT FOR THOSE THAT HEAR THE ROAR OF THE CROWDS FROM BEYOND THE BALLPARKS' CALLS, SAN DIEGO'S UNHOUSED POPULATION, FLANKING ALMOST EVERY PART OF THE CORNER TO IT BE CLOSE TO THE SERVICE PROVIDERS.

>> THE SADNESS IS ENDLESS.

EVERY HOMELESS FACE THAT YOU SEE, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THEY'LL SHARE THEIR STORY WITH YOU.

YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING INSIDE GOOD OF THAT PERSON THAT IS SUFFERING RIGHT NOW AND YOU WANT TO HELP THEM.

>> Reporter: AND HELP THEM IS WHAT HE HAS ROLLED UP HIS SLEEVES TO DO.

>> I GOT A STRONG APPETITE FOR THAT.

THE Y'S BOTTOM LINE HUMANITY ISSUE, REALLY.

>> Reporter: IS IT A PERSONAL MISSION, BUT ONE WHERE HE CAN USE THE PROFILE OF THE PADRES TO CREATE A BIGGER IMPACT FOR SAN DIEGO.

>> BALLPARK IS A PLACE FOR JOY.

PEOPLE COME OUT HERE AND THEY WANT TO FORGET THEIR WORRIES.

FOR A LONG TIME, THIS IS MY PERSONAL ENDEAVOR.

BUT I THINK NOW THAT THE HOMELESS POPULATION HAS GROWN AND CURRENTLY IS GROWING WITH THE VISIBILITY TO BRING IT BACK ON THE DECLINE, WE'VE DECIDED TO PUT OUR FOOT TO THE ACCELERATOR AND WHAT THE PADRES CAN DO TO HELP.

>> Reporter: HE IS A MEMBER FOR IF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT FUNDS AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS TO ALLEVIATE HOMELESSNESS.

ONE PROJECT IS A PRINT SHOP CALLED TIMMY'S PLACE.

THEY WORKED WITH THE YOU ARE BEEN STREET ANGELS WHERE THEY ADDED 300 NEW BEDS AT THE SHELTER.

SOME OF THEM WILL BE WORKING AT TIMMY'S BUT THEY'LL LEARN MUCH MORE THAN HOW TO MAKE COFFEE OR PIZZA.

>> THEY NEED TO LEARN HOW TO DO ALL THINGS THAT WE LOWER THAN LEARN IN LIFE.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE TRYING TO LIFT US FROM THE SHELTER IN A HOME.

THIS MAN EXPERIENCED HOMELESS FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.

SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS, HE NEVER THOUGHT THAT HE GREW UP IN UP TO AN ADULT.

HE SAID THAT THEY GAVE THEM WORK AND TRUST.

>> IT MEANT THE WHOLE WORD TO ME.

IS IT HARD TO KNOW WHAT WORDS TO USE TO SAY THAT YOU'RE LIFE IS CHANGED.

>> Reporter: DREW MOTIONER SAID THAT THE YOUTH CANNOT WAIT.

>> WE CANNOT WORK AT THE SPEED OF GOVERNMENT.

>> Reporter: HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE FOUNDATION AND HE HAS RAISED $21 MILLION AND HALF OF THEM LOST THEIR HOMES AT YOUTH.

>> IF YOU CAN CATCH THEM WHILE THE CEMENT IS STILL WET, YOU CAN CHANGE THEIR LIVES AND SAVE THEIR LIVES AND HELP THEM FIND THEIR PATHWAYS OFF THE STREET.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THAT LUCKY DUCK IS RAISING MONEY TO MAKE ITSELF SUSTAINING OVER TIME AS A BUSINESS MOD AND THE YOUNG EMPLOYEES WILL USE THE CORE WORK PRINCIPLES IN THE FUTURE.

IT GIVES THEM HOPE IS IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR.

HE SAID THAT HOMELESSNESS IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT LOOKS.

AND HE HAS THIS WORD FOR SAN DIEGANS.

>> WE NEED YOU NOW.

WE NEED YOU NOW.

KEEP SMILING AND GOOD SOMETHING.

SMILING AT A HOMELESS PERSON IS A LOT.

>> THE SAN DIEGO SPIRIT.

PEOPLE COLLABORATE AND COMPROMISE.

PEOPLE GENERALLY WANT TO DO THEIR FAIR SHARE.

>> Reporter: PETER SAID IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT HE IS COMMITTED TO THE ISSUE FOR LIFE.

>> OUR CITY HAS A HEART AND IT HAS A SOUL IN WAYS THAT YOU DON'T SEE IN A LOT OF PLACES.

>> Reporter: I ASKED A QUESTION POSSIBLY ON MANY PEOPLE'S MINDS, WOULD HE HELP BRING THE CHARGERS BACK TO SAN DIEGO?

>> I'M IN THIS FOR BASEBALL.

>> Reporter: BUT BEYOND THE BALLPARK GATES, REALITY CONTINUES TO LIVE ON THE STREETS LIKE THE GROWING STREAMS FOR THE DREAMS FOR THE PADRES, HE'S STACK BEING THE DECK OF THE EXPERIENCES OF HOMELESSNESS TO EXPERIENCE OF HOPE.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ON THE PLANET.

I INTEND TO BE HERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

>> FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN VISIT LUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION.

>>> SUMMER IS ABOUT SPENDING TIME IN THE OUTDOORS AND APPRECIATING NATURE EVEN IF IT IS A BIT MISUNDERSTOOD.

WE HAVE ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR STORIES THIS SUMMER.

IT IS ABOUT THE ANIMALS THAT EMERGED FROM LIKE BETTER HIBERNATION.

>> Reporter: ONE COOL THING ABOUT BATS, THEY NAVIGATE AND HUNT USING ECHO LOCATION WHERE THE HIGH PEAK SQUEAK BOUNCES OFF BUGS.

>> YOU HEAR IT BACK, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE BAT IS DOING.

THEY'RE SENDING OUT A FREQUENCY AND BASED ON WHAT THEY GET BACK, THEY CAN TELL HOW FAR AWAY THE BUG IS.

>> Reporter: BATS LIVE ALL OVER SAN DIEGO.

SAN DIEGO BATS ARE POPULAR.

THEY HAD TO CAP ATTENDANCE.

SHE CHOSE THIS PART OF THE RIVER FOR A WALK DUE ACCESSIBILITY AND A GOOD SUPPLY OF RIVER BUGS AND CONDO BUILDINGS WITH THE ROOFS ON EITHER SIDE.

THEY SQUEEZE BETWEEN THE FILES FOR TILES FOR COVER.

>> WE WANT PEOPLE TO DESIGN AND BUILD THEIR OWN BAT BOXES.

>> Reporter: ONE 17-YEAR-OLD BUILT SIX BAT BOXES TO EARN HIS SCOTT RANK.

HE SAID THAT THE BOX BOOKED BAT BOX GIVES THEM A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE.

AND WE ASKED WHY BATS.

HE EXPLAINS BECAUSE THEY ARE BATS.

>> OFTENTIMES WE GET CAUGHT UP IN THE FANTASY OF FLYING.

IT SEEMS LIKE MYSTICAL, AND BEING ABLE TO BE HAVE THAT KIND OF SUPER POWER.

>> Reporter: THEN THERE IS THE CREEPY GOTHIC LURE OF THE BAT.

>> BEYOND BATMAN, THERE IS A LOT OF WITCH CRAFT ELEMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT.

AND YOU HAVE CHARACTERS LIKE DRACULA AND VAMPIRES THAT CAN TURN NO BATS.

AND THOSE ARE POPULAR ELEMENTS THAT ADAPTED FROM THAT.

>> Reporter: NATALIE SAID THAT SHE USED TO BE TERRORIZED FROM BATS.

>> I STILL GET A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN THEY TRY TO DIVE BOMB MY HAIR.

I HEAR IT IS BECAUSE I HAVE LIGHT HAIR AND THE BATS COME CLOSE TO YOU.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE NOT AIMING FOR YOUR HEAD.

>> THERE ARE MYTHS ABOUT BATS, THAT THEY ATTACK YOU.

THEY DON'T.

THEY'LL GET IN YOUR HAIR.

NOPE.

THEY'LL DRINK YOUR BLOOD.

THERE ARE THREE SPECIES OF VAMPIRE BATS, NINE NORTH OF MEXICO.

NONE HERE.

>> Reporter: THIS IS A SELF- TAUGHT BAT EXPERT.

HE SAID THAT SAN DIEGO HAS A TERRIFIC BIODIVERSITY AMONG ITS BATS.

22 OF THEM CAN BE FOUND IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THE GREATEST THREAT TO BATS IS A DEADLY DISEASE CALLED WHITE NOSE SYNDROME.

THAT AND THE HEAVY USE OF PESTICIDES THAT KILLS THEIR PREY.

THEY CAN BE WRECKERS FOR THE DISEASE.

>> COUNTY HEALTH REQUIREMENT IF THERE ARE HUMAN CONTACT WITH A BAT, THE BAT HAS TO BE TESTED FOR RABIES.

THAT IS A INVASIVE PROCEDURE.

THE BAT HAS TO BE EUTHANIZED AND IT REQUIRED BRAIN TISSUES.

>> Reporter: SO NEVER TOUCH A BAT.

EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT RAPID, THEY HAVE TO BE CAPTURED AND KILLED AFTER THAT THEY CAN EAT TONS OF BUGS EVERY NIGHT.

AND THEY ARE FAST AND ELUSIVE, HE RECALLS ONE INSTANCE WHEN HE CAMPED IN I DON'T REMEMBER WITH A TREE NATIONAL PARK AND WAS RIDING HIS BIKE AT TWILIGHT.

>> I HAD MY HEAD LAMP ON.

SO NO ONE ON THE ROAD.

I LOOKED TO MY LEFT.

AND THEREIN SAY BAT LIKE MY WING MAN RIGHT AFTER MY SHOULDER FOLLOWING ME DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE I'M BRINGING UP INSECTS TO THE LIGHT.

>> Reporter: ONE MORE THING ABOUT BATS, THEY ARE NOT FLYING RODENTS.

THEY ARE MEMBERS OF A -- FAMILY AND THEY BARE A CLOSER RELATION TO PRIMATES THAN BUGS.

>>> SUMMER IS ENDING.

THAT MEANS IT IS BACK-TO-SCHOOL SEASON.

AND THIS SUMMER, SAN DIEGO'S LARGEST UNIVERSITY WORKED AROUND-THE-CLOCK TO MAKE MORE ROOM FOR ITS 43,000 STUDENTS.

WE LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT UC SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: THERE IS LOTS OF NOISE BEING MADE AT AND ABOUT WITH THE NEW CONSTRUCTION ON THE CAMPUS OF UC SAN DIEGO THIS WEEK.

THE BUILDINGS STARTED GOING UP ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

WELCOME TO WHAT WILL BECOME PEPPER CANYON WEST, PARTICIPATE HOUSING FOR 1300 TRANSFER AND UPPER DIVISION UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS.

AND THERE ARE PLANS FOR MORE LIVING SPACE FOR STUDENT EMPLOYEES THAT SUPPLY CONTRACT TO CONTRACT.

>> I HAVE FRIENDS, THAT ONCE THE CONTRACTS ARE UP, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO GO.

SO WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO GO.

>> Reporter: YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR IMAGINATION TO VISUALIZE THIS LOT WITH OLDER CAMPUS BUILDINGS, BECOMING THE NEW TRITE STUDENT CENTER.

THIS ARCHITECT'S RENDERING, IN LIGHT BLUE ALL THE SPACE THAT WILL HOUSE A HEALTH CENTER, COUNSELING OFFICES AND STUNNING ALUMNI AND WELCOME CENTER.

>> THIS IS ABOUT ACCESS.

>> Reporter: ROBERT CLAWSON IS THE DIRECTOR OF CAMPUS PLANNING.

HE KNOWS EVERYONE DETAIL OF EVERY KNEW PROJECT BEING BUILT TO SOLVE THE HOUSING CRISIS HERE.

THIS IS A 2400 BED RESIDENTIAL VILLAGE.

IT WILL BE COMPLETED IN THREE YEARS.

>> WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE AS MANY STUDENTS AS WE CAN.

SO IN THE FUTURE WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL THE ACCESS FOR STUDENTS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS THEY THINK ABOUT WHERE THEY WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE.

>> Reporter: UC SAN DIEGO IS NOT ONLY BUILDING NEW HOUSING AND FACILITIES, THERE IS ALSO A REBRANDING HERE.

THIS SAY LIVING AND LEARNING NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE WAS A CAPITOL CAMPAIGN TO RAISE $3 BILLION TO PAY FOR IT.

THAT IS BILLIONS WITH A B.

THE PAYOFF IS THAT BY FALL 2024, A STUDENT CAN RENT A WHITE BEDROOM APARTMENT IN THE PEPPER WEST BUILDING FOR $1,200, WELL BELOW MARKET PRICE.

>> I'M HAPPY ABOUT IT.

IT ENABLES A LOT OF STUDENTS THOSE THAT ARE FROM ABROAD CAN ACTUALLY LIVE ON CAMPUS AND EXPERIENCE THE CAMPUS LIFE AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL TURN OUT TO BE CHEAPER.

>> Reporter: THAT IS WORTH MAKING SOME NOISE ABOUT.

>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.