>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS "EVENING EDITION" HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL-HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

>> AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY, A FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY.

THANK YOU JOINING US.

I AM AMITA SHARMA IN FOR MAYA TRABULSI.

DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF ALL 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN HIS NEW YORK HUSH MONEY TRIAL.

THE SIX WEEK TRIAL CENTERED ON THE CONCEALMENT OF A HUSH MONEY PAYMENT TO ADULT FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS JUST AHEAD OF THE 2016 ELECTION.

THE JURY FOUND A MANNER IN WHICH TRUMP REIMBURSED HIS FORMER LAWYER MICHAEL COHEN CONSTITUTED FALSIFICATION OF BUSINESS RECORDS, AFTER LEAVING COURT TRUMP CALLED THE VERDICT A DISGRACE AND CONTINUED TO CLAIM HE DID NOTHING WRONG.

HE ADDED THAT VOTERS WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY IN THE CASE WHEN THEY VOTE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

>> IT'S A RIGID TRIAL, A DISGRACE.

THEY WOULDN'T GIVE US A VENUE CHANGE.

WE WERE AT 5% OR 6% IN THIS DISTRICT, IN THIS AREA.

THIS WAS A RAKED, DISGRACEFUL TRIAL, BUT THE REAL VERDICT IS GOING TO BE NOVEMBER 5 BY THE PEOPLE, AND THEY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

>> TRUMP WILL BE SENTENCED JULY 11.

THE JUDGE COULD SENTENCE TRUMPET TO PROBATION OR UP TO FOUR YEARS FOR EACH COUNT IN STATE PRISON, WITH A MAXIMUM OF 20 YEARS.

>>> ABOUT 100 SAN DIEGO RESIDENTS ARE SUING THE CITY OF HER DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE JANUARY FLOODS.

ATTORNEYS FROM THE FIRM'S AT GEARY, STEVENSON, AND GOMEZ TRIAL ATTORNEYS ANNOUNCED THE CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT TODAY.

THE LAWSUIT SAYS RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE CITIES, QUOTE, UTTER FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ITS FLOOD CONTROL INFRASTRUCTURE.

ROBERT VILLA LOST HIS FAMILY'S HOME IN THE FLOODING AND IS TAKING ON BEHALF OF HIS NEIGHBORS, WHO SAY THEY WANT JUSTICE, AND FOR THE CITY TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY PICK >> THE CITY FAILED US, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

FAILED US.

NEGLECTED.

IGNORED, AND IT DID NOT COME TO THE AID THE WAY THAT WE THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD.

YOU KNOW, HAVING TO BE WITH MY HANDICAP, ONE LITTLE STEPSTOOL AS THE WATER WAS UP TO HEAR, AND SHE IS FREAKING OUT WITH HER MENTALITY, NOT KNOWING WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THE CITY MISLED THE PUBLIC ABOUT REPAIR PROJECT FOR THE TROY IS GREEK STORM PREVENTION INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WERE LISTED AS ACCOMPLISHMENTS WHEN THEY WERE EITHER YEARS AWAY FROM COMPLETION OR YET TO BE COMPLETED.

IT ALSO ALLEGES THAT MONEY DESIGNATED FOR STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, REPAIRS, AND MAINTENANCE WAS USED TO BUY THE 101 ASH STREET BUILDING, WHICH HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF LAWSUITS AND OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION PICK A SPOKESPERSON FROM THE CITY'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAID THEY DO NOT COMMENT ON PENDING LITIGATION.

>>> LOCAL REALTOR ASSOCIATION ARE ENCOURAGING HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS AFFECTED BY THE JANUARY FLOODING TO APPLY FOR UP TO $2900 IN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAY SAYS THERE ARE ALMOST $100 MILLION AVAILABLE, AND THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS TOMORROW.

>> Reporter: WHEN PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ISSUED A DISASTER DECLARATION INTEREST TO THE JANUARY LETTING, GRANT MONEY FROM THE NATIONAL REALTORS RELIEF FOUNDATION BECAME AVAILABLE FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY FLOODING.

>> THEY COLLECT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM REALTORS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THESE ARE REAL ESTATE AGENTS, BROKERS, AND IT IS JUST THROUGH THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF THEM TO CONTRIBUTE TO THESE FUNDS.

>> Reporter: THE GREATER SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS AND PACIFIC SOUTHWEST ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS RECEIVED A 1.16 ALIEN DOLLAR GRANT TO ASSIST FLOOD VICTIMS.

>> THIS PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR HERE IN SAN DIEGO IS PROVIDING RELIEF FOR MONTHLY HOUSING PAYMENTS FOR RESIDENTS.

A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THERE IS A NATURAL DISASTER, PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED.

THERE ARE A LOT OF REPAIR COSTS.

THEY MAY HAVE TO SIGN A NEW LEASE AT A NEW APARTMENT IF RENTING.

THERE ARE THREE COMPONENTS OF THIS GRANT.

ONE IS MORTGAGE RELIEF.

ONE IS RENT RELIEF.

AND THE OTHER IS HOTEL REIMBURSEMENTS.

>> Reporter: BOTH HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS MAY APPLY TO RECEIVE UP TO $2900.

>> WHAT THE RESIDENTS CHOOSE TO DO WITH THE MONEY WHEN THEY GET IT IS REALLY UP TO THEM.

IT IS DESIGNED TO OFFSET THE COST OF THAT HOUSING PAYMENT.

IF YOU ARE ALL SQUARED AWAY WITH YOUR HOUSING PAYMENT BUT YOU HAVE OTHER COSTS THAT YOU HAVE INCURRED BECAUSE OF THE STORM, YOU CAN USE THAT MONEY HOWEVER YOU WISH.

>> Reporter: SO FAR HE SAYS THE ASSOCIATIONS HAVE RECEIVED 130 APPLICATIONS, AND ALMOST $1 MILLION IS STILL AVAILABLE.

>> WE HAVE GIVEN AT AROUND $120,000 IN CHECKS TO LOCAL RESIDENTS, THAT COMES PEOPLE ALL ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

MUSSER IN THE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH WAS DIEGO, BUT WE EVEN HAD SOME PEOPLE AS FAR UP AS NORTH COUNTY THAT NEEDED TO APPLY FOR THIS RELIEF.

4 PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED MONEY FROM FEMA ARE STILL ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

TO SEE IF YOU QUALIFY AND TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION GO 2.S DAR.COM/FLOOD-ASSISTANCE BY MAY 31st.

MELISSA MAE , KPBS NEWS.

>>> A UC SAN DIEGO PROFESSOR SAYS SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICIALS RETALIATED AGAINST HER AFTER SHE FILED A COMPLAINT ALLEGING THAT THEN COUNTY SUPERVISOR NATHAN FLETCHER SEXUALLY HARASSED A STUDENT.

JULIE BETH HINES ALLEGES IN A SUPERIOR COURT LAWSUIT THAT IF FEMALE STUDENT TOLD HER ABOUT FLETCHER'S BEHAVIOR.

AT THAT TIME, FLETCHER WAS ALSO AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT UC SAN DIEGO.

HINES FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE UNIVERSITY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER COUNTY OFFICIALS CANCELED AN OUTSIDE CONSULTING CONTRACT SHE HAD WITH THEM.

SHE IS SEEKING DAMAGES OF NEARLY $280,000.

IN MARCH OF 2023, FLETCHER RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AFTER A METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM EMPLOYEE ALLEGED IN A LAWSUIT THAT SHE WAS SEXUALLY HARASSED BY FLETCHER.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, FLETCHER FILED A COUNTER SUIT DENYING THE ALLEGATIONS AND ACCUSING HER OF DEFAMATION.

>>> CALIFORNIA'S GAS TAX IS THAT TO RISE $0.02 STARTING LAST MONTH, BUT WHEN COUNTY LAWMAKER IS TAKING A HAND AGAINST INTO.

KPBS WORTH COUNTY REPORTER ALEXANDER NGUYEN BREAKS DOWN THE COST AND WHY THE TAXES INCREASING.

>> Reporter: IF THERE'S ANY GOOD NEWS FOR DRIVERS OF THE PAST THREE WEEKS OR SO, IT IS THAT GAS PRICES HAVE BEEN DROPPING.

PRICES ARE NEARLY $.30 LOWER THAN IT WAS A MONTH AGO ACCORDING TO AAA.

THE PRICES COULD RISE AGAIN COME JULY, BECAUSE THE CALIFORNIA EXCISE TAX WILL INCREASE BY TWO CENTS PER GALLON.

>> TWO CENTS PER GALLON MAY NOT SOUND A LOT, BUT WHEN EVERYTHING IS INCREASED -- >> Reporter: RIHANNA IS A MOTHER OF FOUR IN VALLEY CENTER.

SHE SAYS EVEN A TINY INCREASE ADDS TO THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON HER FAMILY.

>> IS TO GO VISIT FRIENDS, GET GROCERIES, GO TO SPORTS OR ANY OTHER EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES OR NECESSITIES AS A FAMILY, TWO SENSES JUST IN ADDITION TO EVERY INCREASE THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING.

OUR GROCERIES ARE MORE EXPENSIVE.

EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS MORE EXPENSIVE.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO CALTRANS, 80% OF HIGHWAY AND ROAD REPAIRS ARE PAID FOR BY THE EXCISE TAX, AND ON AVERAGE, CALIFORNIANS PAY ROUGHLY $300 PER YEAR ON STATE GAS TAXES.

CHANGES TO THE EXCISE TAX HAVE BEEN YEARLY OR JULY 1 BASED ON THE CHANGES OF THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.

THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISOR JIM DESMOND THINKS THE STAGE UPON THIS YEARS INCREASE.

>> THIS IS NOT THE TIME.

WE HAVE PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES LEAVING CALIFORNIA, AND WE ARE CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO STAY HERE.

>> Reporter: DESMOND PLANS TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION AT NEXT WEEK'S BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS MEETING , ASKING THE GOVERNOR TO SUSPEND THE INCREASE.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS HAVE CALLED FOR A PAUSE OR ELIMINATION OF THE STATE EXCISE TAX.

IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING YEARLY AS 2021.

>> HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT YOU ARE PAYING IN TAXES AND FEES FOR YOUR GASOLINE, RENTING THIS UP TO THE NEAREST DESCENT.

YOU ARE PAYING TWO CENTS FOR THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE FEE, $0.11 FOR THE SALES TAX, $.58 FOR THE STATE EXCISE TAX, AND $0.18 FOR THE FEDERAL EXCISE TAX.

>> Reporter: COME JULY 1, THE EXCISE TAX WILL RISE TO $.60 PER GALLON.

SAN DIEGO STATE ECONOMIST JOE SILVERMAN DOES NOT THINK THAT TAXES SOLO ACCOUNT FOR THE HIGH PRICES IN CALIFORNIA.

HE HAS ANALYZED THE DIFFERENCE IN STATE AND FEDERAL GASOLINE EXCISE TAXES FOR ALL 50 STATES.

>> $.50-$.75 PER GALLON THAT CANNOT BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY THE FACT THAT WE PAY IS SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER GASOLINE TAX THAN THEY DO IN OTHER STATES.

>> Reporter: HE THINKS THE OIL COMPANIES ARE CHARGING MORE TO BRACE FOR THE STATES MANDATE THAT ALL NEW CARS SOLD IN CALIFORNIA WILL BE ZERO EMISSION BY 2035.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN , KPBS NEWS.

>>> AFTER TESTING IT OUT IN 12 STATES, THE IRS IS LOOKING TO EXPAND AND EXTEND ITS FREE TAX FILING PROGRAM PERMANENTLY.

IN 2025, DIRECT FILE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO TAXPAYERS WITH CERTAIN SIMPLE FEDERAL RETURNS IN ALL 50 STATES AND WASHINGTON, D.C. CALIFORNIA WAS INCLUDED IN THE PILOT PROGRAM THIS PAST TAX SEASON.

MORE THAN 140,000 PEOPLE USED THE SERVICE.

THE IRS PLANS TO GRADUALLY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE TAXPAYERS IN THE COMING YEARS.

>>> AFTER A DINING PATIO AT RESTAURANT BECAME POPULAR DURING THE PANDEMIC MAY SOON BECOME A THING OF THE PAST IN CHULA VISTA.

DURING THE PANDEMIC OF THE CITY ISSUED A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO ALLOW RESTAURANTS TO EXPAND ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

THAT WAY PEOPLE COULD SOCIALLY DISTANCE AND BUSINESSES COULD REMAIN OPEN.

THE CITY SAYS THE DECISION TO GET RID OF THE SIDEWALK PATIOS IS TO HELP OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS, BUT SOME BUSINESS OWNERS SAY THEY WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO KEEP THEM AROUND.

>> WE WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, A CIVIL DIALOGUE.

THESE HAVE BECOME A FIXTURE FOR OUR BUSINESS IS, BUT THEY ARE A FIXTURE OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> THEY WERE TAKING UP MULTIPLE PARKING SPOTS, SO JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE HELPING A RESTAURANT, THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE HELPING THE STORE NEXT BECAUSE THEY LOST THEIR PARKING SPACES.

>> MOST PERMITS ARE SET TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30, BUT THE CITY AUTHORIZED AN ADDITIONAL EXTENSION TO SEPTEMBER FOLLOWING A LATER DATE.

>>> A LOT IN CALIFORNIA'S UNINHABITED COASTAL ISLANDS, BIOLOGISTS ARE SEEING SOMETHING THAT HAS HIM CONCERNED.

HUNDREDS OF DEAD THE LION PUPS AT A TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN NORMALLY THOSE NUMBERS WOULD BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.

KPBS REPORTER JOHN CARROLL SPOKE TO A LOCAL EXPERT ABOUT WHAT COULD BE GOING ON.

>> WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT SCIENTISTS ARE SEEING STILLBORN OR PREMATURE BIRTHS OF CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS.

>> Reporter: IS THE CURATOR OF SEAWORLD RESCUE PROGRAM, JENNY'S IS PLUGGED INTO THE NETWORK OF SCIENTISTS SEND RESCUE OPERATIONS ALONG THE WEST COAST.

THE POPULATION COUNTS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS, WHICH MEANS SCIENTISTS AT NOAA, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS LEADING TO THE SPIKE IN PUP DEATHS.

'S SAYS IT COULD BE THAT FEMALES ARE HAVING TO DO MORE WORK TO FIND FOOD.

>> THEY ARE SWIMMING MORE.

THEIR BODY CONDITION IS LESS THAN IDEAL FOR HAVING THEIR PUPS.

>> Reporter: SMITH SAYS THE REASON THERE ISN'T GET AN ANSWER OR ANSWERS AS TO WHAT IS BEHIND THE PUP DEATHS IS THAT NOAA SURVEYS HAVE SO FAR ALL BEEN AERIAL, BUT A STATEMENT FROM THE AGENCY HINTS AT WHAT COULD BE GOING ON.

IT SAYS IN PART, PREMATURE BIRTHS ARE NOT UNCOMMON WITH SEA LIONS, AND OFTEN BECOME NUMEROUS DURING EL NINO PERIODS, WHEN PREGNANCY LIONS NEED TO SWIM FARTHER IN SEARCH OF SHIP BEING -- SHIFTING PREY SPECIES.

WHATEVER THE CAUSE, SMITH SAYS THEY ARE USUALLY FOLLOWING THE SITUATION.

>> WE HAVE COMMUNICATION MEETINGS ALL THE TIME WITH THE STRANDING NETWORK SO WE CAN KIND OF FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE REST FACILITIES ALONG THE WEST COAST.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE CAUSE IS NOT YET APPARENT, ONE THING SMITH CAN SAY FOR SURE AT LEAST FOR NOW IS THAT THEY ARE NOT SEEING AN UPTICK IN THE RESCUES IN THIS REGION.

SEAWORLD HANDLES RESCUES FROM THE BORDER TO THE ORANGE COUNTY LINE, BUT IF THEY DO START TO SEE THE ISSUE HERE, SHE SAYS THEY ARE READY.

>> WE WILL DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THEM ONCE THEY ARE HERE.

WE WILL WEIGH THEM.

WE WILL DETERMINE THEIR LENGTH.

WE WILL FIND OUT WHAT THEIR BLOOD GLUCOSE IS, WHAT THEIR TEMPERATURE IS.

IF THEY HAVE ANY ROOM.

>> Reporter: SEAWORLD'S MISSION TO HELP ANIMALS IN DISTRESS CAN BE DESCRIBED WITH THREE OURS, RESCUE, REHABILITATE, AND RETURN.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO RETURNING, THAT IS DONE WITH THIS VESSEL, THE SECOND CHANCE.

THIS VIDEO FROM SEAWORLD SHOWS ONE OF THOSE HAPPY MOMENTS.

ON THIS DAY, THE RETURN OF ELEPHANT SEALS.

AS FOR THE CALIFORNIA SEA LION PUPS, THE CONCERN IS FAR FROM A PANIC.

THE POPULATION OF CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS IS ROBUST.

NOAA SAYS THERE IS ABOUT 250,000 OF THEM LIVING AND THRIVING ALONG THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA.

JOHN CARROLL , KPBS NEWS .

>>> KPBS IS EMBARKING ON A NEW SERIES ABOUT VOLUNTEERS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY .

WE ARE TELLING STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO DEVOTE THEIR TIME IN UNEXPECTED WAYS.

IN THE FIRST INSTALLMENT, KPBS'S KATERINA PORT ALLEN BRINGS US A STORY OF A MAN WHO IS TEACHING SURFING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT TO LOCAL YOUTH.

>> OUR GRADUATION CEREMONY ISN'T IN A CLASSROOM, ISN'T IN A DANCE HALL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT IS HERE ON THE BEACH, BECAUSE THIS IS OUR LAST ROOM.

THIS IS WHERE WE FIRST MET THE STUDENTS HERE ON THIS BEACH TWO YEARS AGO, SO IT ONLY FELT APPROPRIATE AND FULL CIRCLE TO COME BACK TO THE SAME BEACH WHERE THEY ATTEMPTED TO SURF THEIR FIRST WAVE.

MY NAME IS -- CALLED AROUND AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF --.

IT IS A TWO-YEAR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND REENROLL ABOUT 30 STUDENTS AND WORK WITH THE MONTHLY OVER THE PERIOD OF TWO YEARS.

ONCE THEY ARE IN OUR PROGRAM, EVERYTHING IS FREE, FROM THE WETSUITS TO THE SURFBOARDS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION TO THE SURF LESSONS.

IT STARTED BACK IN 2020.

IT WAS IN REFLECTION OF ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING THAT SURFING TAUGHT ME, FROM COMMUNITY TO CONNECTION TO SELF TO CONNECTION TO THE OCEAN, AND EVEN JOB OPPORTUNITIES, AND RECOGNIZING THAT THERE WAS KIDS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD HERE IN ENCINITAS THAT LOOK LIKE ME, YET I'D NEVER SEE AT THE BEACH.

I ESSENTIALLY WANTED TO CREATE SOME SORT OF CELEBRATORY DAY THAT WOULD CONNECT THE STUDENTS TO THE OCEAN.

BUT IT DEVELOPED TO BE SO MUCH MORE, BECAUSE NOW WE ARE ESSENTIALLY A TWO-YEAR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM THAT IS FOCUSING ON SURF MODULES, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, AND MENTORSHIP.

I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF HEALING THAT HAPPENS ON THE COASTLINES.

UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE A LOT OF POPULATIONS WHO HAVE HAD SEVERED RELATIONSHIPS WITH IT, WHETHER IT BE GEOGRAPHICAL DISPLACED OR, YEAH, JUST NOT FEELING COMFORTABLE WITH IT NOWADAYS.

>> [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] DON'T BE AFRAID.

RING IT IN.

THAT'S GET THE KIDDOS OUT OF THE WATER.

ALWAYS THE HARDEST THING TO DO.

>> OKAY, RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT THE BEACH AT A SURF BREAK CALLED PARTIES, AND WE ARE GETTING READY TO CELEBRATE THE CULMINATION OF TWO YEARS IN OUR PROGRAM FOR 15 STUDENTS.

THEY ARE GRADUATING TODAY.

RIGHT NOW THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF OVERCAST GOING ON WHICH IS KIND OF NICE, BUT THE WAVES ARE PRETTY BIG, WHICH IS GREAT.

SO WE HAVE A BIT OF A ROUTINE THAT WE ALWAYS JUST SENT HER AROUND.

WE LIKE TO CREATE CULTURE WITH HER ORGANIZATION.

TODAY WE USUALLY START OFF WITH A GROUNDING CIRCLE, WHERE WE GATHER BACKUP, TALK ABOUT THE INTENTION FOR THE DAY, LAY OUT THE INTENTION FOR THE DAY, AND THEN WE MOVE INTO SOME BREATHING AND YOGA.

AND THEN BEYOND THAT, THEN WE WILL GET INTO THE WATER.

WE WILL PLAY IN THE WATER FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS.

WE WILL SERVE.

AFTER THAT, THAT IS WHEN WE ARE GOING TO DO THE GRADUATION CEREMONY.

>> THAT'S WHAT'S HANDS US APART.

WE AREN'T JUST A SURF CAMP.

WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE EXPERIENCE THAT THE FAMILIES ARE GETTING FROM THE KID TO THE PARENTS, ALL THE WAY TO THE COUSINS THAT DROP IN SOMETIMES.

WE ARE REALLY WELCOMING THEM ALL.

>> I HEARD ABOUT IT THROUGH A FRIEND WHO IS A FRIEND OF MARIO.

WE JOINED, BECAUSE AT LEAST FOR ME PERSONALLY I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A BIT OF A FEAR ABOUT BEING IN THE OCEAN AND SERVING, EVEN THOUGH I GREW UP BY THE WATER.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR MY KIDS TO GET A CHANCE TO LEARN HOW TO SURF, TO CONNECT WITH OTHER KIDS KIND OF OF A SIMILAR BACKGROUNDS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE KIDS IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA, JUST TO GET TO BE IN COMMUNITY.

TO ME ABOUT BEING A PERSON OF COLOR, AND SOMETIMES FEELING LIKE I DON'T BELONG, YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF SITUATIONS, TO SEE MY KIDS FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS GROUP, AND HOW WELCOMING THE GROUP IS, THAT HAS BEEN PROBABLY THE BEST THING TO OBSERVE AS PART OF THE PROGRAM.

>> TO ME, MY FIRST TIME SERVING WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF HARD, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SURF.

I KNEW HOW TO SWIM, BUT I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO SURF.

IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO REACH THE GOAL OF GETTING IT, BUT THEN I GOT TO IT, AND I REACHED IT.

>> GOING IN THE WATER, IT IS VERY -- CHAOTIC.

I DEFINITELY WHEN YOU GET THE HANG OF IT, IT IS KIND OF CALMING.

YOU CAN RELAX THERE UNTIL YOUR WAVE COMES AND YOU FEEL CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO GET ON THE BOARD, AND YOU KNOW, RIDING A WAVE.

BUT IT IS A FUN EXPERIENCE.

>> MY FEELING ABOUT GRADUATING, JUST EXCITED.

SAD BUT EXCITED, BECAUSE NOW I KNOW HOW TO SURF BY MYSELF, AND WHENEVER I WANT TO I JUST COME TO THE BEACH AND SURF.

>> LESLIE., ON UP.

>> FOR ME, GRADUATING WITH THESE KIDS, IT'S LIKE SAYING, YOU KNOW, MY YOUNGER BROTHER OR SISTER GRADUATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE ARE REALLY CONNECT IT AND WE REALLY DO GROW FAMILIAL BONDS WITH THE STUDENTS AND WITH THEIR PARENTS, BECAUSE WE GET TO KNOW THEM FOR 2 YEARS.

IT'S A REALLY EMOTIONAL DAY, A CELEBRATORY DAY, BUT I WAS REALLY PROUD OF SEEING ALL THE KIDS STEP ONTO THE PLATE, GET THEIR GRADUATION CERTIFICATE.

I THINK THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO.

THE COURAGE THAT YOU FIND WHEN YOU SURF, HAVING THAT TRANSFER OVER INTO YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE THROUGH BUILDING COMMUNITY.

>> THAT STORY WAS PRODUCED BY KPBS'S KATERINA PER TELE.

>>> AS WE HEAD INTO THE UPCOMING DAYS, THERE REALLY WON'T BE TOO MUCH OF A CHANGE IN OUR PATTERN.

IN FACT WE KEEP THE CLOUDS COMING IN AT NIGHT.

GET RID OF THEM AROUND THE SAME TIME EACH DAY, AND TEMPERATURES ARE SICK DAY MORE OR LESS THE SAME.

BIGGER CHANGES WILL STAY AS WE GO INTO NEXT WEEK.

WE START TO NOTE THOSE TEMPERATURES ABOVE HISTORICAL AVERAGE, SO WE ARE WELL INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS UNFORTUNATELY AT THAT POINT AS WE TALK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORING DESERT AREAS.

THROUGH TONIGHT WE HAVE THE CLOUDS WORKING THEIR WAY ON IN AS WE GO TO THE COAST, PLACES LIKE OCEANSIDE PARENTING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT.

TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50s, LOW 60s IN SAN DIEGO.

BORREGO SPRINGS 69 FOR THE LOW.

FRIDAY, HIGH PRESSURE STILL IN STORE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST.

THAT DOES NOT CHANGE.

THE BIG PATTERN HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH.

AND WE ARE TRYING TO WARM THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT THROUGH SOME OF THE INTERIOR, BUT WE REALLY DON'T NOTICE TOO MUCH OF THAT.

BORREGO SPRINGS 104 FOR THAT HIGH.

ESCONDIDO 76 FOR THE DAY.

THE CITY HOLDING ONTO THE MID- 60s FOR THE AFTERNOON.

AS WE TRANSITION THROUGH THINGS AGAIN, WE GET SOME OF THOSE STRAY SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR SOUTHWEST, BUT ULTIMATELY HIGH PRESSURE IS KEEPING THINGS DRY AND BRIGHT, AND WE WILL LOSE THE CLOUDS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

REALLY NOT A LOT OF ACTION HERE , ESPECIALLY ACROSS MUCH OF OUR REGION OF CALIFORNIA AND INTO SO MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST.

WE WORK THROUGH THE UPCOMING DAYS, NUMBERS NOT FERRYING TOO MUCH.

LOWER 70s FOR THE COAST.

IT'S ABOUT WHERE WE WILL BE PICK A LITTLE BIT COOLER FOR SATURDAY, BUT THE TREND HOLDS AS WE HEAD INTO TUESDAY.

AND NOTICE WHAT WE HAVE ON TAP FOR THE INLAND COMMUNITIES.

MID-70s PRETTY MUCH TARGETED RIGHT THROUGH THE UPCOMING DAYS HERE.

WE WILL START OFF WITH SOME OF THE CLOUDS IN THE FOG AND THEN GET GIVE WAY TO MORE SUNSHINE ESPECIALLY AS WE GO THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE WEEKEND.

MONDAY MAYBE A FEW EXTRA CLOUDS.

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES STILL LOOKING QUIET.

TEMPERATURE STAYING THROUGH THE 60s AND DESERT COMMUNITIES WHERE WE STAY IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS AND WE WILL ACTUALLY GO UP AS HE HAD INTO THE END OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I AM METEOROLOGIST MELISSA CONSTANZER.

>>> A MUSICAL CREATED FOR AND BUYS DIEGO SOUTH BAY IS READY TO BRING THE SWAP MEET TO THE STAGE.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB AERE SAYS IT IS A HYPER LOCAL PRODUCTION THAT FOCUSES ON THE RESILIENCE OF THE LAT NEXT COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: IT WANTS TO BE MORE THAN JUST A THEATER PERFORMANCE.

IT IS A REFLECTION OF FUNNY AND HEARTWARMING EXPERIENCES THAT MANY IN SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA CAN RELATE TO.

ALONG WITH THE HUSTLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

>> I GREW UP IN NATIONAL CITY AND WOULD GO EVERY SINGLE SATURDAY WITH MY GRANDMOTHER TO THE SWAP MEET.

WE NEED SWAP CLOTHES, EVERYTHING HAD A REALLY GREAT PRICE.

EVERYTHING HAD A BARGAIN.

AND HAVE DELICIOUS FOOD ALSO.

>> Reporter: MARIA IS DIRECTING THE MUSICAL AND IS CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE THEATER.

SHE SAYS THE IDEA FOR THE SHOW IS IN FIRED BY HER EXPERIENCES WITH A WIDE RANGE OF CULTURES AND LANGUAGES AT THE SWAP MEET.

>> EVERYBODY HAD THAT THE MILLER IMPULSE TO FIND A GOOD DEAL, BUT ALSO CREATE BUSINESSES FOR THEMSELVES.

IT IS A PLACE WHERE MICRO- BUSINESSES AND MICRO- ENTREPRENEURS CAN REALLY THRIVE AND REALLY BUILD OUT A BUSINESS FOR THEMSELVES.

>> AND MY DAD HAD A BOOTH HERE FOR YEARS.

>> Reporter: "PASALE PASALE" IS NOT ONLY BASED ON LOCAL PLACES IN SAN DIEGO SOUTH BAY, IS OURS LOCAL ACTORS LIKE ANNA LEAH ROMERO.

SHE PLACED ON YELLOW DEW, A PINATA VENDOR.

>> IS MY LIVELIHOOD.

I DON'T MAKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THIS IS THE WAY THAT I MAKE MONEY, THROUGH SELLING PINATA'S TO THE SWAP MEET PEOPLE.

SO I AM IN A SENSE THE OLDEST VENDOR AROUND.

>> Reporter: SOPHIE GONZALES IS ALSO IN THE MUSICAL.

SHE IS THE ONLY HIGHSCHOOLER ACT IN THE PERFORMANCE.

>> SHE IS THE YOUNGER SISTER OF THE MAIN CHARACTER JANICE LYNN, AND SHE IS JUST REALLY SPUNKY AND ARTISTIC AND SHE'S ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND CHAOS MONSTER.

SHE REALLY WANTS TO SELL.

>> [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] >> Reporter: THE STORY LINE FOLLOWS A VENDORS WHO ARE DEALING WITH NEW FEES AND DIFFICULT ECONOMIC SERVICE CIRCUMSTANCES.

MARIA PATRICE AMON SAYS IT IS A MUSICAL WITH A DEEPER MEANING.

>> IS NOT OFTEN REPRESENTED AND WHEN IT WAS DONE IN THE PAST IT WAS LIMITED ON THE STAGES, SO WE WANT TO BE PART OF THAT GENERATION OF ARTISTS, PART OF THAT GENERATION OF THEATER MAKERS WHO ARE TELLING BROADER STORIES AND GET TO SHOW THE RICH COMPLEXITY OF OUR CULTURE.

>> BY FREE AMINE ONE DOLLAR.

>> Reporter: AUDIENCES ARE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THE SHOW.

IT WILL TASTY TREATS AND BE ENCOURAGED TO SING ALONG WITH THE SWAP MEET VENDORS AS THE ACTORS FIND COMMUNAL STRENGTH TO FACE ADVERSITY.

>> ♪ ♪ >> THIS JUST RELATES WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

EVERYONE AT SOME POINT HAS COME ACROSS A SWAP MEET, AND WE HAVE ALL BEEN IN A POSITION WHERE WE ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.

>> IN A SENSE, MY CHARACTER IS MY GRANDMOTHER IN A WAY, AND IT IS ALSO OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE ME THAT TOOK ME TO THE SWAP MEETS.

SO IT IS DEEPER MEANING FOR ME IS THAT IT IS FAMILIAL, IT IS SOMETHING THAT I REMEMBER.

>> Reporter: PERFORMANCES OF "PASALE PASALE" ARE UNDERWAY AND RUN THROUGH JUNE 30th AT BAYFRONT CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL IN CHULA VISTA.

ACTUAL SOUTH BAY FOOD VENDORS WILL BE THEREAFTER EACH PERFORMANCE IN CASE THE AUDIENCE NEEDS A FEEL FOR A REAL SWAP MEET.

JACOB AERE KPBS NEWS.

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