>>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24th .

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE AND ATTACKS ON SEVERAL FRONTS CAUSING CASUALTIES, THE U.S. AND ALLIES OF THE VILLA TERRI WITH A RESPONSE.

PRESIDENT BIDEN VOWING THEY WILL RUSH ACCOUNTABLE.

>>> OPINIONS RUNNING STRONG.

COVERAGE BEGINS WITH THE MILITARY MOVES AND WORLDWIDE REACTION.

>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN WITH SEVERAL MORE CRUSHING SECTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA DESIGNED TO CAUSE LONG-TERM IMPACT ON RUSSIA.

>> THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT LEAVE THIS ALONE.

>> Reporter: TANKS IN THE SYSTEM WITH THEIR ASSETS FROZEN.

>> DOING BUSINESS IN DOLLARS, YOUR POUNDS AND YEN AS PART OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: THE FIRST LIGHT OF DAWN, THE RUSSIANS ATTACKED, MISSILES RAINING DOWN, UKRAINIAN FAMILIES TAKING COVER IN SUBWAYS TURNED BOMB SHELTERS.

>> IT MAKES YOU INSECURE.

VERY UNSAFE.

>> Reporter: OTHERS SCRAMBLING TO PULL MONEY OUT OF ATMs, DEADLOCKED TRAFFIC EVACUATING THE CAPITAL CITY OF KYIV.

A TV BROADCAST WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN WARNING OTHER COUNTRIES NOT TO INTERFERE.

>> THE RUSSIAN RESPONSE WILL BE FAST.

CONSEQUENCES YOU WILL NEVER FACE AGAIN.

>> Reporter: BIDEN UNFAZED IN HIS RESPONSE.

>> YEAH IS THE AGGRESSOR.

POTENTIALS THE WAR.

NOW HE IS PREPARED FOR THE CONSEQUENCES.

>>> HERE IN SAN DIEGO, THOSE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN UKRAINE ARE WATCHING IN HORROR AS RUSSIA ATTACKS.

EARLIER TODAY, PEOPLE GATHERED NEAR THE COUNTY DEMONSTRATION BUILDING CALLING FOR PEACE AND FOR OTHERS TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST WAR.

THERE ARE TWO UKRAINIAN CHURCHES EQUAL THE REGION AND ONE HOLDING A PRAYER SERVICE RIGHT NOW.

JOHN CARROLL HAS THE LOCAL REACTION.

>> A LITTLE BIT OF PANIC.

A LOT OF PANIC.

>> Reporter: THE LAST SPOKE TUESDAY AND WERE STILL HOLDING OUT HOPE PRAYING FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN WOULD NOT LAUNCH THE WAR AGAINST UKRAINE NOW UNDERWAY.

THEY CONTINUED REACHING OUT TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS WITH STORIES THERE HEARING NOW WHICH ARE GUT WRENCHING.

>> THEY WERE TIRED AND ARE LEAVING.

I ASKED WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO.

THEY DO NOT KNOW.

THEY ARE VERY FRIGHTENED.

TOOK UP UNTIL RECENTLY THE MAIN CONCERN WAS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONGREGATIONS CHURCH.

NOW HIS ATTENTION IS FOCUSED THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY.

>> EVERY MINUTE, EVERY SECOND PEOPLE ARE DYING.

WE NEED TO STOP THIS AGGRESSION.

>> Reporter: BOTH ARE LEFT WITH A SINKING, HOPELESS FEELING NOT KNOWING WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT.

>> I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS HAPPEN.

I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WOULD HAPPEN TODAY.

BUT IT HAPPENED.

WE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER.

WE NEED TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

>> THIS CRAZY.

SOMETHING I CAN ENVISION.

IN THAT REALITY.

>>> CRUDE OIL PRICES SHOT UP $100 A BARREL WITH BEIJING INCREASING WORRIES ABOUT GAS PRICE INCREASES HERE IN THE U.S. CENTRE COUNTY SET YET ANOTHER RECORD TODAY.

THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A GALLON OF GAS SHUT UP NEARLY 3 CENTS.

$4.78.

AS WE FIND OUT THERE MAY BE SOME RELIEF.

>> Reporter: NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO IN CENTRE COUNTY, GAS PUMPS CONTINUE TO HOVER AROUND FIVE DOLLARS A GALLON.

$95 FILLS UP.

>> IS PRETTY RIDICULOUS.

>> Reporter: AAA SAYS GAS PRICES ARE UP FROM LAST WEEK BY FOUR CENTS.

DOLLAR 12 MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

HE LIVES IN RAMONA AND SAYS THE PRICES ARE UP A DOLLAR LIKE PREDICTED BECAUSE OF THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE AS THEY REWORK THEIR BUDGET.

>> WE HAVE TO REALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING.

WE LIVE IN A BUDGET.

YOU CAN ONLY MAKE SO MUCH A MONTH.

>> Reporter: CLIENTS LIVE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE COUNTY SAY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS NOT ENOUGH FOR HER.

>> HOW CAN WE AFFORD GAS IF IT IS THAT HIGH AND AFFORD WATER AND GAS AND ELECTRICITY AND FOOD.

>> Reporter: WITH THE SUPERVISOR SAYS HE'S GETTING 10- 15 CALLS A DAY FROM PEOPLE WONDERING THE SAME THING.

>> PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED SO THEY SENT A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR SAYING THERE IS A SURPLUS THIS YEAR.

THE SURPLUS OF STATES TAXPAYERS.

IT IS THEIR MONEY.

WE SHOULD PUT THIS TO GOOD USE.

>> Reporter: HE WANTS TO TEMPORARILY CUT PROGRAMS LIKE WILDFIRE MITIGATION THAT END UP ON OTHER BILLS.

>> THIS CAN HELP BRING RELIEF TO PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM INFLATION.

>> Reporter: THEY WILL TAKE ACTION ON THE IDEA OR OTHERS SOON.

ABOUT THE GAS PRICES AND HOPE THEY CAN BE HALTED TO YOU.

IN A STATEMENT THE OFFICE SAYS THE GOVERNOR BUDGET WOULD ALSO AFFECT THE GAS TAX.

POSTPONING UNTIL 2023.

IT STILL HAS TO BE APPROVED.

THIS MORNING THE PRESIDENT APPROACHED AMERICAN OIL COMPANIES DO NOT EXPLOIT THIS MOMENT WITH HIGH GAS PRICES.

KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A GRIM MILESTONE FOR SAN DIEGO WITH MORE, THE DEBTS 5004 PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS.

AS RESURGENCE RELATED TO CALL THAT ARE EASING, HOSPITALS ARE SEEING MANY UNVESTED PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED AND DYING DUE TO COVID RELATED DEATHS.

THE YOUNGEST 46 YEARS OLD.

A 22-YEAR-OLD PATIENT DIED OF COVID RELATED COMPLICATIONS SATURDAY.

MORE THAN 80% OF THOSE CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED OUR UNVACCINATED.

>> WE HAVE DONE A LOT TO HELP AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE DO NOT DIE FROM THE DISEASE.

TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE NEEDING THE HOSPITAL AND MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES.

>> Reporter: THE DOCTOR SAYS BEFORE WE HAD VACCINES, ONE IN 100 PEOPLE THAT GOT COVID DIE FROM THE VIRUS.

NOW IT IS ONE IN 30,000.

>>> THE CDC IS CHANGING HOW IT MEASURES COVID RELATED CONSTRICTIONS.

WE WILL HEAR FROM THEM TOMORROW ABOUT COMMUNITY LEVELS OF DISEASE NOT DETERRED BY CASE NUMBERS BEING LOWERED.

RATHER THE METRIC FOR CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS.

CHANGES ARE A REFLECTION OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE NOT VACCINATED AS WELL AS THE OMICRON VARIANT HAVING MILDER SYMPTOMS.

AS THINGS STAND NOW, THE CDC SHOWS 87% OF COUNTIES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE IN HIGH TRANSMISSION.

OTHERS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE WITH THE UPDATED METRICS.

>>> SAN DIEGO GETTING A SHOT OF HOMELESSNESS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS.

MATT HOFFMAN WITH THE ANNUAL EVENT UNDERWAY.

>> Reporter: TEAMS MET WELL BEFORE THE SUN CAME UP.

37 DEGREES AT SPRING VALLEY ELEMENTARY WHEN THE COUNT STARTED.

>> IT'S NICE TO KNOW WHERE PEOPLE EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE ASSISTING THE HOMELESS IN SPRING VALLEY DOWNTOWN NEAR THE BEACHES AS THEY SPREAD OUT.

DRIVING TO FIND PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.

THE PUBLIC WORKS IN SPRING VALLEY ARE HERE EVERY DAY.

>> TO BETTER HELP VOLUNTEERS.

>> Reporter: IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE REGION TO HELP WITH FUNDING FOR PEOPLE IN SHELTERS.

TEAMS SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

VOLUNTEERS ASK BASIC QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW LONG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOMELESS AND THEIR AGE.

THE ISSUE OF SERVICES AND SHELTERS BEING FAR AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

>> WHEN YOU ARE READY TO DO THIS THE COUNTY IS HERE TO IDENTIFY ISSUES.

>> Reporter: WE SPOKE TO A MAN IS INTERESTED IN THE SHELTER BUT DOES NOT WANT TO LEAVE HIS HOMETOWN.

>> YOU MAY AS WELL ASK HIM TO MOVE TO IOWA.

HE DOESN'T WANT TO GO THERE.

>> Reporter: SPECIALISTS SAY SOME HOMELESS HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS AND OTHERS.

>> I HAVE NOT BEEN ON HERE A VERY LONG TIME.

SOME GUYS ARE NEW FROM COVID.

THE ECONOMICAL SITUATION HAPPENING NOW THERE IS LESS RENT ASSISTANCE OR TRANSPORTATION.

PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN CARS.

>> Reporter: IN 2020 PEOPLE WERE FOUND TO BE HOMELESS ON THE STREETS BY HALF.

ADVOCATES SAY ACTION IS TO BE TAKEN.

>> THE NEED MORE HOUSING ANY CHANCE WE GET.

>> Reporter: WHILE THERE IS FOCUS ON THIS PARTICULAR TOWN, OUTREACH WORK IS DONE DAILY ACROSS SAN DIEGO, MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE RESCUE MISSION ADDED A COLD WEATHER-SHELTERED TONIGHT'S TO MAKE MORE ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO AVOID THE ELEMENTS.

FOUR LOCAL SCHOOLS CLOSED BECAUSE OF WEATHER RELATED CONDITIONS.

YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR CAMERA THE MOUNTAIN LODGE STILL HAS PLENTY OF SNOW.

PEOPLE DRIVING UP THE MOUNTAIN ARE REMINDED TO BRING CHAINS.

LOOKS LIKE WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE IN STORE, HERE IS THE FULL FORECAST.

>>> HOPE YOU HAD AN EXCELLENT FIRST AND THANKS FOR TUNING IN TO KPBS .

I AM MARVIN GOMEZ WAS TAKEN THE FORECAST IN CENTRE COUNTY.

GRADUALLY WARMING UP INTO THE WEEKEND AND REALLY NEXT WEEK.

WE ARE ANTICIPATING BREEZY CONDITIONS FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND AND JUST IN GENERAL, WATCH THE ICE THE NEXT FEW AFTERNOONS.

HERE IS A QUICK LOOK AT TONIGHT'S FORECAST EQUAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

CLEAR CONDITIONS ON THE OCEAN SIDE.

30 DEGREES.

41 IN THE DELTA.

INLAND SPOTS LIKE RAMONA DOWN TO 27.

HOLD IN BORREGO SPRINGS AS WELL.

ACROSS THE AREA ADVISER IS IN EFFECT IN SAN DIEGO AND ALSO ADVISORY MIDNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING AT 8:00 A.M.. COLDER ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS ANY CENTRAL ROCKIES FRIDAY AND CALIFORNIA COLD LIKE PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE.

MILDER CONDITIONS.

HERE'S A QUICK LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT IN AREA.

CITY TO FOR THE HIGH WITH RAMONA 61, BRIGHAM SPRINGS 66 FOR YOUR AFTERNOON.

INTO SATURDAY, THE MILD AIRFLOW ON THE COASTLINE, A QUICK LOOK AT THE FIVE-DAY OUTLOOK ON THE COAST.

NOT A LOT OF WEATHER HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARMING UP.

LOW 60s IN INLAND VALLEYS TO THE LOW 80s TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY GETTING BACK INTO THE MID-50s EARLY NEXT WEEK.

ACROSS THE DESERT 66 FRIDAY.

BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE ONCE AGAIN IN THE MID- 80s.

THAT IS OR WEATHER FORECAST FOR KPBS NEWS.

>>> SEA LEVEL RISE MAKES AN IMPACT ON SAN DIEGO AND OTHER COASTAL REGIONS AT THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTURY.

THE ATMOSPHERIC ILLUSTRATION PREDICTS OCEAN LEVELS WILL RISE ON THE WEST COAST BY 2050.

THE INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY SAYS IT WILL HAVE A REAL EFFECT ON LOW-LYING AREAS LIKE SAN DIEGO BAY.

>> THERE IS ARE PLACES WHERE THE WATER FLOWS TO A LOW POINT SO THESE ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE LOCATIONS.

AROUND THE BAY AS YOU SEE IN THE AIRPORT.

THE HIGH WATER NOT ONLY OVER WASH INFRASTRUCTURE BUT COMES UP THROUGH THE GROUND WATER SLOWLY.

AS WATER RISES, POSES PROBLEMS FOR LOW-LYING AREAS.

>>> GLOBAL WARMING DOES NOT SLOW DOWN AND OCEAN LEVELS WILL RISE AS MUCH AS FOUR FEET BY THE MIDDLE OF THE NEXT CENTURY.

OCEAN LEVELS ARE EXCITED TO RISE FASTER ON THE EAST COAST.

>>> HERE IS ANOTHER REASON TO GET HOUSEHOLD CHORES DONE TODAY.

CAN HELP LOWER RISK OF HEART DISEASE ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY OUT OF SAN DIEGO.

A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW DAILY MOVEMENTS CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT.

>> Reporter: WANTS TO BOOST HEART HEALTH?

RUNNING MARATHONS ARE DOING INTENSE WORKOUTS ARE NOT THE ONLY WAY.

SIMPLE HOUSEHOLD CHORES MAY BE ALL YOU NEED.

>> ANY MOVEMENT HELPS.

>> Reporter: THE LEAD AUTHOR OF A NEW STUDY HELPS THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION IN UC SAN DIEGO MEASURING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MORE THAN 5000 AMERICAN WOMEN AND DISCOVER DOING CHORES LIKE WASHING DISHES AND VACUUMING AND COOKING LOWERS HEART DISEASE RISK.

>> WORKING IN THE KITCHEN, GARDENING, ALL SORTS OF DAILY ACTIVITY.

>> Reporter: THE STUDY FOUND WOMEN ENGAGED IN WHAT THEY CALL DAILY LIFE MOVEMENT HAD A 43% LOWER RISK OF DEVELOPING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE OR HEART DISEASE INCLUDING HEART ATTACKS.

ALSO A 30% LOWER RISK OF STROKE AND A 62% LOWER RISK OF DYING FROM CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.

RESEARCHERS SAY IT CHANGES HOW HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND CAREGIVERS DISCUSS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WITH PATIENT'S.

>> ARE SYSTEMS DO NOT PARTICULARLY DISTINGUISH MOVEMENT WITH WALKING OR RUNNING OR DAILY LIFE OF AN.

>> Reporter: RESEARCHER SEE PEOPLE COULD SEE A SIMILAR BENEFIT.

>> WE WOULD LIKE TO REPLICATOR FINDINGS.

>>> WE HAVE A FIRST LOOK INTO HOW CALIFORNIA COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE CHANGING.

THEY ARE RECEIVING BENEFITS ACCORDING TO DATA RELEASED BY THE CALIFORNIA POLICY LAB.

BEFORE THIS IT WAS UNCLEAR HOW MANY COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE PARTICIPATING IN OR ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM.

>> THE COMMITTEE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IN ADDITION TO THE MISSION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ARE ALL REALLY EAGER TO UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY ARE REACHING THIS POPULATION.

PRETTY MUCH ALL THESE PARTNERS KNOW THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS USING THE PROGRAM IS DEFINITELY BELOW THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS LIKELY ELIGIBLE FOR IT.

>> RESEARCHERS HOPE THEY CAN USE THE DATA TO HELP STUDENTS AND MAKE THE PROGRAMMER WHILE THE ACCESSIBLE.

>>> A GROUP IN CITY HEIGHTS WARMING UP FOR THE ANNUAL 5K THIS WEEKEND.

THE PANDEMIC IT ON HOLD IT.

THE CLUB IS A POSITIVE PEER PRESSURE AND A BETTER FUTURE.

>> Reporter: THE CITY HEIGHTS RUNNERS CLUB HAS STUDENTS FROM MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE AREA IT IS DESCRIBED AS A FAMILY.

CULTURES AND LINKAGES AND FOOD.

>> THEY SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUAGES BUT COMMUNICATE MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE.

USUALLY WE HOST A QUITS AT THE END OF THE SEASON AND SHARE A CULTURE.

>> Reporter: ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS LIKE THIS SENIOR AT CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL.

>> I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE AS WELL WITHOUT THE RUNNING PROGRAM.

A MEDIALLY I FELL IN LOVE WITH SANTA CRUZ AND THAT IS WHAT MADE ME DECIDE.

IN TERMS, YOU CAN SAY RUNNING AFFECTED ME FOR COLLEGE IN SANTA CRUZ.

>> Reporter: IT TAKES MONEY TO CREATE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.

>> THE RUNNING PROGRAMS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD IT.

I MYSELF CANNOT AFFORD IT.

BUT I WOULD COLLECT CANS AT THE PARK FOR RUNNING SHOES, YOU KNOW?

AND THEN A SCHOLARSHIP TO RUN.

>> Reporter: THE CLUB RAISES MONEY FOR THE ANNUAL 5K RUN.

THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT NINE YEARS.

THEY PAUSED IN 2021 BECAUSE OF COVID.

CITY HEIGHTS RUNNERS AND COFOUNDERS ARE GLAD TO HAVE IT BACK.

>> IT IS MORE THAN A FUNDRAISER.

IT STARTS TO FEEL LIKE A COMMUNITY EVENT.

>> Reporter: ONLINE REGISTRATION IS OPEN THROUGH FRIDAY AT MIDNIGHT.

ALSO ADVANCE REGISTRATION AT THE EVENT UNTIL 8:15 A.M. SATURDAY.

>>> TONIGHT IN DEPTH COVERAGE OF RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE AND THE RESPONSE COMING UP AT SEVEN AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

SAN DIEGANS SHOWING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE.

RIGHT NOW A SERVICE HELD BY A PRIEST CALLING ON THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE EUROPEAN UNION TO DO MORE TO STOP WHAT HE CALLS RUSSIAN AGGRESSION.

>>> THE AVERAGE REGULAR GASOLINE IN SENECA COUNTY ROSE NEARLY 3 CENTS TODAY TO HER DOLLARS AND 78 CENTS.

THAT IS MORE THAN A DOLLAR AND $.12 THEN WE WERE PAYING THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

THE AVERAGE PRICE SEVEN OF THE PAST NINE DAYS ROSE.

A PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD POSTPONE THE GAS TAX INCREASE SET TO TAKE EFFECT IN JULY.

>>> TODAY, SAN DIEGO GOT A SNAPSHOT OF HOMELESSNESS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS.

A REGIONAL VIEW OF PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS AND IN SHELTERS.

7600 PEOPLE FOUND TO BE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

HALF OF THEM LIVING ON THE STREETS.

THE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING IS TIED TO THE COUNT.

>>> A BLAST FROM THE PAST.

TECHNOLOGY HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE 1980s.

THE OLD SCHOOL TECH IS NEW SCHOOL STYLE.

RECENTLY WE MET UP WITH A MAN KNOWN FOR HIS LOVE OF RETRO CULTURE.

>> Reporter: THE ICONIC MACHINE.

A BOOMBOX FOR MIGUEL.

>> I AM RECOGNIZE FOR SOMETHING I NEVER THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN IN MY LIFE.

ROCKING A STYLE LIKE THAT.

>> Reporter: HE IS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS PASSION OF VINTAGE MUSIC SYSTEMS.

>> OLD-SCHOOL.

I SAW THE BOOMBOX AND I KNEW IMMEDIATELY I COULD BE THAT GUY WALKED AROUND THE CITY WITH THE BOOMBOX.

>> Reporter: BORN IN THE 80s, WHEN BOOMBOXES WERE PROLIFIC, HIS LOVE FOR THE STYLE AND MUSIC OF THE TIMES STARTED AT AN EARLY AGE.

>> THE ELEMENT OF BREAKDANCING AND THE SCENE AROUND YOU IN A SENSE, EVERYONE COULD BE IN IT.

THAT IS WHAT THE CULTURE PROMOTED.

>> Reporter: FAST-FORWARD TO TODAY.

WHEN HE IS NOT WORKING AT THE VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT, HE IS OFTEN SEEN WALKING THE CITY STREETS, AUDIBLY SPREADING HIS LOVE OF DATES FOR ALL HE ENCOUNTERS.

>> ALL KINDS OF WALKS OF LIFE, ALL ETHNICITIES.

SOMETHING SO SACRED.

MAYBE BY DEFAULT PEOPLE CAN BE THEMSELVES.

EXPRESS THEMSELVES MOST IMPORTANTLY.

RESPONSIVELY OF COURSE.

>> Reporter: HIS COLLECTION OF BOOMBOXES WITH PERSONAL FAVORITES.

>> THIS IS THE ONE THAT I STARTED WITH.

CHECK IT OUT.

THIS IS THE SPEAKER SYSTEM.

>> Reporter: THE ONLY THING HINDERING HIM IS SPACE TO STORE THEM.

>> ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE HAVE GOT.

I HUNT THEM DOWN EVERY WEEKEND.

YOU SEE A BOOMBOX OUT OF NOWHERE.

>> THE BIGGER THE BOX THE BIGGER THE SIZE AND THE NUMBER OF BATTERIES IT REQUIRES.

>> ROCKING A BOOMBOX.

>> Reporter: THE BATTERY COMPANY MIGHT TAKE NOTE OF HIS CONSUMPTION AND POSSIBLY HELP THEM ALONG THE WAY.

>> I CAN EVEN IMAGINE HOW MANY BATTERIES I HAVE GONE THROUGH.

I SHOULD SEND THE BATTERY COMPANY A PORTFOLIO AND SAY LOOK.

>> Reporter: THE AUDIO CASSETTE TAPES MORE LIKE TREASURED VINYL.

ESPECIALLY FOR LOCALS WHO MADE IT A RESURGENCE.

MOST RECORD STORES IN SAN DIEGO SELL CASSETTE TAPES.

>> THE OLD-FASHIONED TAPES.

THE CREDITS AND THE DETAILS AND SPECIAL SHUTOUTS, YOU KNOW?

>> Reporter: THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN ELEMENT OF PLASTIC CASSETTE TAPES NOBODY WILL EVER MISS.

>> WHEN THEY GET BEAT UP AND IT WAS LIKE NO, THAT WAS THE BEST MIX EVER.

>> Reporter: A TIME WHEN TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS US TO HAVE SO MUCH MORE THAN THE PAST, THE BOOMBOXES THE PAST THAT FEEDS THE PRESIDENT.

SELF EXPRESSION OF RETRO CULTURE WILL ALWAYS BE ON A LOOP.

>>> THAT WAS BOOMBOX CHUCK.

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

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI .

GOOD NIGHT.