>>> GOOD EVENING COME IT IS THURSDAY, APRIL 21st.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SAN DIEGUITO AREA IS APOLOGIZING FOR THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE MANY PEOPLE DEMANDING HER RESIGNATION AFTER ONLY A FEW MONTHS ON THE JOB.

OUR EDUCATION REPORTER HAS A STORY.

>> Reporter: THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT BOARD MEETING OF THE SAN DIEGUITO HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS FILLED WITH PARENTS, FAMILY AND STUDENTS OF ASIAN DESCENT WHO CAN'T NOT BELIEVE WHAT THEY HEARD THE SUPERINTENDENT SAY.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU HEARD ME.

YOU HURT MY FAMILY AND MY KIDS OF WHAT THEY WORK SO HARD FOR.

>> Reporter: THE COMMENTS WERE MADE BY A SUPERINTENDENT BY A CLEANING LAST WEEK WAS SHE CHARACTERIZED AND CREDITED THE SUCCESS OF THE DISTRICTS CHINESE STUDENTS TO WEALTHY PARENTS AND EXTENDED ASIAN FAMILIES ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM.

THE BACKLASH CAME QUICKLY AS DID THE SUPERINTENDENT'S APOLOGY WHICH SHE REPEATED LAST NIGHT.

>> I DO APOLOGIZE TO OUR ASIAN COMMUNITY, I APOLOGIZE TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND I APOLOGIZE TO MY STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: SHE'S ONLY BEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT SINCE NOVEMBER.

WE HAVE LEARNED THAT SHE IS NOW ON ADMINISTERED OF LEAVE PENDING A FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

SHE HAS APOLOGIZED PUBLICLY TWICE WITH NO FURTHER CONTENT.

>> WE ARE BECOMING A NO PLACE FOR HATE DISTRICT.

>> Reporter: SHE DOES SPEAK ABOUT HER PLANS FOR REVITALIZING THE DISTRICTS EFFORTS IN JANUARY.

FOLLOWING A COUPLE OF HATE GRAFFITI SPRAYED ON THE WALLS AT THE ACADEMY.

>> TO ENSURE THAT OUR STAFF UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN ANTI-BIAS EDUCATOR AND WHAT IT MEANS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN BIASES AND THAT THE WORK IS ONGOING.

>> Reporter: NOT EVERYONE IS DEMANDING HER RESIGNATION.

>> I BELIEVE THE APPROACH IS COUNSEL, NOT CANCEL.

MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ALREADY WORRIED ABOUT SAYING THE WRONG THING AND DOING THE WRONG THING AND HURTING THEIR CLASSMATES AND OTHER FRIENDS.

>> Reporter: HE IS WITH THE COALITION.

>> IF WE HAD MORE INCLUSIVE THOUGHT, IF WE HAVE MORE DIVERSE THOUGHT IN KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DIFFERENT GROUPS, THIS TYPE OF STATEMENT WOULD NEVER COME OUT.

>> MY BOTTOM LINE IS WE ARE OPPRESSED AND WE WANT HER TO RESIGN.

>> Reporter: THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL HAVE THE LAST WORD ON HER FUTURE.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> A 16 YEAR BOY IS CHARGED WITH COMMITTING A HATE CRIME IN AN ATTACK ON A BLACK GIRL IN LAKESIDE TODAY.

HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGES.

THE ATTACK LAST WEEKEND PROMPTED A TOWN HALL WHERE MANY VOICED THEIR FRUSTRATIONS THAT OTHERS WEREN'T ARRESTED AND CHARGED.

THE CLAIM THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM STOOD BY A NOT ONLY WATCHED THE ATTACK BUT ALSO HURLED RACIAL EPITHETS.

AN OFFICIAL FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE SAID THEY CANNOT CHARGE APPEARED FOR STANDING BY.

TODAY THEY RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH AN INVESTIGATION AND WILL HOLD EVERYONE RESPONSIBLE ACCOUNTABLE.

THIS REVERSAL IS NOT RE- SURPRISING BECAUSE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ARE POLITICIANS.

>> BY NOT CHARGING CASES LIKE THIS, THEY ARE SENDING A SIGNAL THAT MIGHT BE LEGAL BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO CHARGE IT BECAUSE WE MIGHT LOSE.

THAT IS WHY WE SEE THE REVERSAL.

OKAY, NOW THE COMMUNITY IS WATCHING WHAT WE ARE SAYING IN THEIR OUTRAGE.

>> HE ADDED THE DA CHARGE AND OTHERS IN THIS CASE IS UNLIKELY BECAUSE IT WILL BE TOUGH TO PROVE.

HE SAYS THAT SHOULD NOT BE A DECIDING FACTOR IN WHETHER TO PROSECUTE.

>>> A NEW REPORT IS SHINING THE SPOTLIGHT ON CRIME RATES ACROSS THE COUNTY.

WE ARE SEEING HISTORICAL RATES AND ON THE OTHER END, AN INCREASE IN VIOLENT CRIMES.

OUR REPORTER DIVES INTO THE NUMBERS AND THE REASONS BEHIND THEM.

>> Reporter: THE NEWEST REPORT FOUND THAT IN 2021, CRIME IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY JUMPED UP 8% IN PROPERTY CRIME WENT UP 9%.

CYNTHIA BURKE IS THE DEPUTY SCIENCE.

OVERALL, SAN DIEGO COUNTY STILL HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST CRIME RATES WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER AREAS.

>> WHAT WE SAW IN 2020 WAS REALLY SOMETHING I HAD NOT SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS.

WE GO BACK TO 1980.

WE ARE STILL AT 42 YEAR LOWS ROUGHLY.

WE SAW BIG JUMPS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONE YOU JUMPS THAT I'VE SEEN IN VIOLENT CRIMES AND PROPERTY CRIMES.

>> Reporter: AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WAS UP 12%.

THE PANDEMIC GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT INFLUENCES CRIME.

>> WE WERE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMIT CRIME.

WE SAW THAT WITH THE VIOLENT CRIME.

>> Reporter: THE PANDEMIC DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF THE INCREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME.

>> WHEN YOU DELVE INTO THE STATISTICS AND THE CHANGES WE SAW WERE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ARE INCREASING IN A MORE LARGER TREND.

>> Reporter: THE SERGEANT SAYS THE CRIME RATE IN THE CITY IS EVEN HIGHER.

>> WE WERE AT 10% VIOLENT CRIME AND ROUTE 13% IN PROPERTY CRIME.

THE NUMBERS ARE HIGHER IN GENERAL.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT GUNS ARE A BIG FACTOR.

>> THE AMOUNT OF GUNS WE ARE SEEN ON THE STREETS AS UNPRECEDENTED.

>> Reporter: THE FINDING THAT MOST OF THE HOMICIDES WERE A RESULT OF AN ARGUMENT IS A REAL CONCERN.

THEIR RESPONSE TIMES ARE UP DRAMATICALLY.

>> HOW MANY OF THESE ARGUMENTS ARE ESCALATING TO THE POINT WHERE A SIMPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVENTION WITHOUT AN ARREST COULD HAVE WORKED.

WE ARE NOT MAKING IT TO THIS CALL SOMETIME.

>> Reporter: THE STUDY IS A GOOD TOOL AND IF USED PROPERLY CAN HELP CREATE SAVER COMMUNITIES.

>> WE HAVE FEWER HOMICIDES NOW THAN WE DID IN THE LATE 1980s OR 1990s, THAT ONE HOMICIDE IS ONE HOMICIDE TOO MANY.

HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SAN DIEGO A SAFE PLACE?

HOW DO WE ENGAGE IN THOSE CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS?

>> WE DON'T GET BACK TO COMMUNITY POLICING BEFORE THEY HAPPEN, THE NUMBERS WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.

A DOUBLE- DIGIT INCREASE IN CRIME SHOULD BE CONCERNING.

>>> A CRUCIAL ISSUE PUTTING MANAGEMENT AGAINST LABOR IS PLAYING OUT TONIGHT.

CALIFORNIA WORKPLACE REGULATORS ARE POISED TO EXTEND MANDATORY PAY FOR WORKERS AFFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR AND NOT JUST SEPTEMBER AS WAS CURRENTLY PLANNED.

THE BOARD IS DEBATING THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW.

DUAL BENEFITS ARE REDUNDANT AND CONFUSING.

EMPLOYEE ADVOCATES SAY THEY ARE ESSENTIAL TO ALLOWING SICK WORKERS TO STAY HOME.

THE DEBATE COMES AS THE VARIANCE BECOMES DOMINANT IN CALIFORNIA.

>>> SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL REVIEWED FIVE PROPOSALS FOR THE MIDWAY DISTRICT.

CITY STAFFERS WANTED TO THIN OUT THE COMPETITION.

>> Reporter: THE ARENA PROPERTY SPANS ALMOST 50 ACRES IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS BEEN BEGGING FOR INVESTMENT.

ALL FIVE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS INCLUDE A MIX OF BOTH AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE HOUSING, COMMERCIAL SPACE, PARKS AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUE.

TWO OF THE PROPOSAL SICK TO RENOVATE THE EXISTING ARENA, WHILE THE REST WOULD REPLACE IT FROM SCRATCH.

THOSE PROPOSALS WERE THE ONE CITY STAFFERS WANTED TO ELIMINATE.

MANY RESIDENTS SAID THEY WANT MORE INFORMATION BEFORE ANYONE IS CUT.

>> MANY OPTIONS NEED TO BE LOOKED AT.

WE NEED A PROJECT THAT EMBRACES THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE LAND-USE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE AGREED WITH THE COMMENTS INVITED TO KEEP ALL FIVE PROPOSALS IN THE RUNNING.

>> I DO NOT WANT TO RUSH AND MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PICK THE RIGHT PROJECT FOR THE SITES.

WE HAVE A RECENT HISTORY UNDER THE PRIOR MERRILL ELECTION.

>> Reporter: THERE IS A LAYER OF UNCERTAINTY.

STATE HOUSING OFFICIALS WANT TO ENSURE THE CITY PRIORITIZES AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE FINAL PLAN.

NONE OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS WILL BE FEASIBLE UNLESS THE CITY IS ABLE TO RAISE A 30 FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT IN MIDWAY.

A BALLOT MEASURE TO APPROVE THAT IS HELD UP IN COURT.

ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ENERGY SECRETARY TOWARD THE AREA TODAY.

THE BITING DEMONSTRATION IS LOOKING TO FIND PERMANENT STORAGE FOR THAT SPENT FUEL AND A PART OF THE SOLUTION IS COMMUNITIES VOLUNTEERING TO STORE IT IN UNUSED SPACE.

>> WE BELIEVE THAT NUCLEAR MUST BE A PIECE OF THIS CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTION BUT WE ALSO BELIEVE WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IN PARTICULAR.

WE KNOW HOW TO STORE NUCLEAR WASTE SAFELY.

THE QUESTION IS WHERE WE DO IT.

>> THEY HAVE 123 FIELD CANISTERS STORED OFF-SITE THAT ARE REINFORCED WITH CONCRETE.

>>> JOE BIDEN SAYS U.S. WILL STEP UP AGAIN WHEN IT COMES TO SITTING MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO THE UKRAINE.

HE PLANS TO BAN RUSSIAN AFFILIATED SHIPS FROM AMERICAN PORTS IN AN EFFORT TO ISOLATE MOSCOW FROM THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.

MORE FROM OUR REPORTER ISABELLA GONZALES.

>> Reporter: NEW SATELLITE IMAGES.

THE CITY IS GROUND ZERO.

THE STILL PLANT STANDS AS THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE.

PUTIN HAS SCRAPPED PLANS TO STORM THE PLANT ORDERING SOLDIERS TO INSTEAD ENCIRCLE IT.

>> THEY WILL BE DEAD.

CIVILIANS WILL BE ELIMINATED.

>> Reporter: ZELENSKYY WARNS HIS TROOPS DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH SERIOUS WEAPONS TO DEFEAT THE RUSSIANS THERE.

THE U.S. IS RESPONDING.

PRESIDENT BIDEN UNVEILING HIS LATEST DRAWL, SENDING MORE MONEY WOULD NEED CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.

>> WE ARE AT A CRITICAL WINDOW WHERE WE SET THE STAGE FOR THE NEXT STAGE OF THIS WAR.

>> Reporter: THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT PLANE WEAPONS LIKE HOWITZERS AND DRONES FROM U.S.

INVENTORIES TO SEND TO UKRAINE.

>> PUTIN HAS FAILED TO ACHIEVE HIS GRAND AMBITIONS AND AFTER WEEKS OF SHELLING KYIV, KYIV STILL STANDS.

>> Reporter: RUSSIAN AFFILIATED SHIPS ARE NOW BANNED FROM AMERICAN PORTS.

THE HELP CAN'T COME QUICK ENOUGH.

UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS REMAINING DEFIANT AND RESISTING ATTACKS AND IGNORING THEIR CALLS TO SURRENDER.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> GIVING BACK TO THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH.

TODAY WOUNDED WARRIOR VOLUNTEERS HAD A DAY OF SERVICE AT A HOUSING FACILITY FOR VETERANS IN OCEANSIDE.

TANIA THORNE WAS THERE.

>> Reporter: ONE GENERATION OF SERVICEMEMBERS GIVING BACK TO ANOTHER.

THAT WAS THE MESSAGE OF THURSDAYS DAY OF SERVICE.

>> WE DECIDED TO COME OUT AND DO SOME PROJECTS.

JUST TO HELP THEM FEEL MORE AT HOME.

>> Reporter: ADRIANA IS ONE OF THE WOUNDED WARRIOR BATTALION.

THEY'RE HELPING TO GET THE WORK DONE.

>> IT ALLOWS OUR SERVICEMEMBERS TO GET BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.

MOST OF THEM WILL RETIRE OUT FROM WINDED WARRIOR BATTALION SO IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THEM REINTEGRATED BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND HELP THEM FIND A NEW PURPOSE.

>> Reporter: SHE IS ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS.

SHE GOT DIAGNOSED WITH AN UNDIAGNOSED CONDITION THAT MADE HER UNFIT FOR ACTIVE DUTY.

SHE IS NOW RECOVERING WITH THE WOUNDED WARRIOR BATTALION.

>> IT DEFINITELY HELPS TO FEEL LIKE I'M STILL IN THE FIGHT EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT IN MY REGULAR MOS WITHIN THE MARINE CORPS.

I CAN STILL FEEL PROUD ABOUT MYSELF.

I FEEL LIKE I'M ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING.

>> Reporter: VOLUNTEERS GOT TO WORK ON THE COURTYARD.

CURTIS IS THE PROGRAM MANAGER.

>> WE WANT THEM TO FEEL COMFORTABLE, NOT JUST TRANSITION BUT SHOWING THEM THAT WE REALLY CARE.

>> I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR IN MARCH.

IT IS TOTALLY TRANSFORMING MY LIFE.

>> Reporter: HE HAD BEEN LIVING IN HIS CAR FOR NINE MONTHS.

>> I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING THAT IS FOCUSING ON HELPING PEOPLE'S LIVES.

COMING HERE AND SHOWING THAT WE CARE.

>> Reporter: HE HOPES TO PASS HIS CONTRACTORS TEST IN A FEW MONTHS.

EVENTS LIKE TODAY INSPIRE HIM TO HELP OTHERS STRUGGLING WITH LIFE GET BACK UP AGAIN.

TANIA THORNE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> MORTGAGE RATES ARE RISING, BUT THAT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE COOLING OFF SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S HOUSING MARKET.

A MEDIAN PRICE HIT A NEW HIGH, $805,000.

PRICES WERE UP 19% IN A YEAR.

AGENTS SAY BUYERS RUSHED TO GET INTO PROPERTIES BEFORE MORTGAGE RATES CLIMBED HIGHER.

THE AVERAGE RATE FOR A 30 YEAR FIXED RATE MORTGAGE IS NOW 5.11%.

THAT IS THE HIGHEST RATE IN MORE THAN A DECADE.

>>> CALIFORNIA HAS SOME OF THE WORST AIR QUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE AMERICAN LIKE ASSOCIATIONS ANNUAL STATE OF THE AIR REPORT SHOWS THAT FOUR IN 10 AMERICANS LIVE IN THE COUNTY IMPACTED BY AN UNHEALTHY AIR.

THE BIGGEST BLEACHERS.

>> IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO, YOU'RE DEALING WITH THOUSANDS OF TRUCKS, SHIPS, TRAINS, ALL OF THOSE SOURCES OF POLLUTION AND THEN YOU HAVE WILDFIRE SMOKE ON TOP OF THAT.

>> PEOPLE NEED TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER WHAT THEY CAN DO IN THEIR OWN LIVES TO REDUCE THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT.

PEOPLE ALSO NEED TO PRESSURE LAWMAKERS TO DO MORE TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.

>>> BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW.

OUR REPORTER TAKES US TO AN EVENT THAT IS ALL ABOUT THE EARTH AND WHAT GROWS OUT OF IT.

>> Reporter: WHEN YOU THINK OF A GARDEN, WHAT COMES TO MIND?

FOR MANY OF US IT IS SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THE ROSE GARDEN AT BALBOA PARK.

IT IS SPLENDID IN ITS FLORAL BEAUTY.

THIS GARDEN IS NOT AS MUCH ABOUT THE EYES AND MORE ABOUT THE STOMACH, NUTRITION.

THESE ARE CALLED TINY GARDENS.

IT IS A WAY TO GET PEOPLE STARTED GROWING THEIR OWN FOOD.

THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR OF BAYSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE IT HAS PROVIDED TINY GARDENS TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT STARTS WITH STUDENTS FROM CLAREMONT SHOVELING SOIL INTO BAGS.

>> WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME SHOVELING DIRT'S INTO THESE BAGS.

>> IT'S ALL TOTALLY WORTH IT.

WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE WITHOUT ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD BECAUSE IT IS A BASIC HUMAN NEED AND A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT AND NO ONE SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT.

>> Reporter: COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAIR ORIGINALLY PARTNERED WITH BAYSIDE LAST YEAR AS A WAY TO GET FOOD AND THE MEANS TO GROW IT TO PEOPLE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>> IF YOU CAN LOCALLY GROW, YOU WILL GET ACCESS TO FRESH PRODUCE AND VEGETABLES AND HAVE A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

IT IS NOT AS HARD AS IT SEEMS.

>> Reporter: ALONG WITH THE SOIL, EVERYONE GOT A TOMATO AND A CILANTRO PLANT, A TOMATO CAGE AND WATERING CAN.

THEY PROVIDED INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO GET THERE GARDEN TO GROW.

THE SUM TOTAL IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THE PARTS.

>> ONE OF THE MONTIER TOLD ME HER KIDS WOULD NEVER EAT VEGETABLES UNTIL THEY GREW THEM THEMSELVES AND OTHER EAT THEM ALL THE TIME.

>> Reporter: IS A NAME THAT ONLY MAKES SENSE AT THE START BECAUSE THESE GARDENS WILL GROW AND TURN INTO SOMETHING BIG, SOMETHING FUN, SOMETHING THAT IS LIFE-SUSTAINING FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LET'S TALK OUR WEATHER HEADLINES AS HE TAKE IT INTO THE EVENING.

CLOUDS WILL INCREASE AND WE WILL SEE SOME WINDS PICKING UP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.

IT WILL BE COOLER INTO THE WEEKEND.

BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY, WE WILL START TO SEE A WARMING TREND AND TEMPERATURES WILL GO THE OTHER DIRECTION.

WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOVE AVERAGE TRENDS.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AREAS EAST OF BIG BEAR LAKE AND EAST OF OCEANSIDE AS WELL.

WE DO HAVE WIND ADVISORIES THAT WILL LAST UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND WE COULD HAVE SOME 40 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR GUSTS.

ACROSS THE INLAND AREA, YOU WILL PICK UP SOME RAINFALL.

WE ARE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY A QUARTER OF AN INCH AS AGO THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS AND INTO TOMORROW AS WELL.

CHULA VISTA, YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME SHOWERS.

RAMONA, 59 DEGREES.

A WET STRETCH CONTINUES INTO FRIDAY AND THEN WE WILL WRAP THINGS UP PRETTY QUICKLY.

FUTURE CAST SHOWS CLOUDS HEADING OUT.

YOU WILL START YOUR MONEY WAS SHOWERS.

YOU MIGHT SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT CREATING SOME CLOUDY SKIES BUT OVERALL IT SHOULD BE ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THINGS.

WE WILL SEE THE SHOWERS AS I MENTIONED AROUND THE COAST.

WE WILL HAVE 80s BY MONDAY AND EVERYONE SHOULD BUILD A WARMING TREND.

INLAND IT WILL BE 91 DEGREES BY MONDAY.

THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AS WE HAD OVER THE WEEKEND AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE RISING ACROSS THE DESERT.

YOU ARE LOOKING AT TEMPERATURES IN THE 90s BY MONDAY.

>>> THE PLAYHOUSE RETURNS TO A LIVE IN PERSON FESTIVAL.

OUR REPORTER BRINGS US A PREVIEW.

>> I CAN SET UP IN THE BOX.

>> Reporter: SOMETIMES THE MOST LIBERATING THINGS FOR ARTISTS IS TO PUT RESTRAINTS ON THEM.

>> I AM INSIDE THE BOX WHICH IS MY SET.

THIS IS A TWO BY THREE BY THREE LITTLE BOX AND THIS IS WERE I DO THE ENTIRE 90 MINUTE SHOW.

>> Reporter: DOMINIC PUT CONSTRAINTS ON HERSELF IN ORDER TO CREATE A STAGE THAT SHE COULD TAKE WITH HER ANYWHERE.

>> I WANTED TO DEFINE LIMITATIONS BY THROWING AWAY MY CREATIVE SPACE.

FOR ME, THIS HAS BEEN PLAYING AROUND.

>> Reporter: IT IS CALLED THE BOX SHOW.

>> IT IS ABOUT EXPLORATION AND JOY.

IT IS PUSHING YOURSELF TO SEE THE DARK AND THE LIGHT COMING OUT OF REAL CREATIVITY.

>> CREATIVITY LOVES CONSTRAINTS.

THERE IS A NECESSITY TO USE WHAT IS AVAILABLE.

YOU HAVE TO THINK ON YOUR FEET AND CREATIVELY SOLVE PROBLEMS.

I FEEL LIKE IT IS PART OF ANY ARTISTIC PROCESS.

>> Reporter: BRIDGET ROUNTREE WERE THINKING ON THEIR FEET FOR THEIR SHOW, WHERE INVENTIVE PUPPETEERS WERE BREATHING LIFE INTO SMALL AND LARGE.

>> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE STILT PUPPETEERS ON FOUR LEGS.

THEY WILL HAVE HYBRID ANIMAL HEADS AND HORNS, TALES AND THAT THEY WILL BE INTERMIXED.

>> THERE WILL BE GIANT UNDERSEA CREATURES AS WELL.

IT HAS THE ULTIMATE WOW FACTOR.

YOU CAN SEE IT FROM FAR AWAY AND YOU DON'T SEE IT EVERY DAY.

>> Reporter: THE SHOW WILL BE A PROCESSION OF SOUND AND MOVEMENT.

>> WE WILL INVITE THE AUDIENCE TO JOIN US FOR A SHORT WALK.

THE IDEA IS WE ARE GOING TO DRAW A BRIDGE ACROSS AS MANY MYTHOLOGIES AS POSSIBLE AND TRY TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW.

>> Reporter: CREATING SOMETHING NEW IS ALSO AT THE HEART OF THE PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT IS FOR HIS LIFE ON THEIR BORDER REGION, BUT IN A WAY THAT BREAKS THE BOUNDARIES OF TRADITIONAL THEATER.

>> THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR A SIT DOWN AND RELAX.

WE'RE HOPING THERE WILL BE A LIGHT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU AND DIRECT THE SITE OF THE VIEWER.

>> Reporter: THE AUDIENCE IS ASKED TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE SHOW.

>> THE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATES AT THE FLOOR OF THE STAGE AND THEY COMPLETE THE EXPERIENCE.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE SHOW.

>> Reporter: IT IS IMPORTANT FOR AUDIENCES TO BRING AN OPEN MIND.

>> I THINK THIS IS REALLY FREE, THEATER CAN BE ANYWHERE, ANYTHING WITH ANY PEOPLE GATHERING IN A ROOM OR SPACE.

>> Reporter: OR IN A BOX.

YOU CAN BRING YOUR OWN WALLS TO AN AUDIENCE WITHOUT WALLS FESTIVAL.

>> YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND INSIDE THESE LITTLE COMPARTMENTS.

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

THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.